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CLEAN- AND VIGOROUS
CEVENTY-FIFTH YEAH
SALEM, OREGON; SUNDAY MORNING; FEBRUARY 2U 1926
price five c:;t,
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IS TODAY'S HERD
"Setter Boy, Backbone of the
Press, Shows ;What He ,
Is Made of
Her. E. TI. Shanks
The church officer bad .met to
pass rat the names' of those wko
were to be canvassed for the sup
port of the chttTch. and benevo
lence. ra read off the
names, .'j and jtie name of rack
' Brinstead Sraa - called. Deacon
Brown said, f Well I'd take that
name1 OuU f No vnse to call ! on
Dickey., He is a ipobr boy; the
'eldest of thre children, and he is
only ten years old: Besides bis
mother is a . widow; and not very
strong. I don't . think -we ought
to ask. Dickyt to : give anything."
SO Dickey's name was taken oat
of the list of those. to be called on
Vhen v the officers I went out j on
Sunday, to MBit every family, i
, - One 'morning Miss Mary Willis
jraa nurrylag' down the street to
her office work. She, was secre
tary to Deacon Brown. At the
corner.; she stopped - to buy the
morning , paper . Irom the little
newsboy v. who t wa( there - every
morning. As she paid for the pa
per, something seemed to -say to
ber, i speak; to the f boy o she
aid, "What is yofrTtarae?" I He
looked up Lata her face and saw
she was- smiling down at him and
so he said, "My name's Diekey.
"Well nairy that Is fine name.
I like It.? ,!: : - V! :
1 "ObI like it an right, toe, Miss,
for? lty Is mj very own." ,
WeIl,.rjlckey, do you go to Bi-
.ySChClt-i.iU-.V.,: .
V Bible school? Now what' sort
( 4chool 4-hatrrI go to day
'school all ireekvf Bat I never
heard about' a Bible school." i ,
So Miss Mary told him ahout
the Bible .school, and that she had
a class of -fifteen, boys about: his
size ''every Sunday) morning, nd
she invited him tpkome too. .
"Will yon be iny teacher?" ask
ed' Dickey. "J . :
"Tes, I'll be your teacher. And
I will help you to j get acquainted
with the finest bunch of boys you
ever saw? said Miss Mary.
- "IH be there," said Dicky, and
. o 'ho was: .-
- For six months: Dickey was a
100 per cent scholar; always on
time, had his memory verse, stud
1 led bis lesson and; brought some
: thing for the offerings Then one
day after lesson as the others fil
ed out. Dickey came op to the
desk and said:
-Miss Mary." I
"Tea, Dickey. j
"Can't I belong?'
MYoa want to Join the church?"
So Miss Mary asked him some
questions and - felt sure that he
was a real little Christian. She
: took him to see, the pastor. He
asked more ; questions and took
Dickey to 1 the , officers . of the
church. They . were all satisfied
i that Dickey really believed 1 and
(Coatiavd s pirje 's.) .1'
Divorce
Etiquette Book
; Called Urgently Needed
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Arthur Springer Declares Annoyance at Being Introduced to
Woman Who Formerly Called Him! Husband; '
t -1 '. r Requests Increased Consideration j
J Arthur Stringer jbfts written the
story 6t Tibf expfirtence alter his
divorce from Jolynaj Howland.
' ' popular sUg Star. Having many
' 1 mutual friends,1 they often-meet
1 at; todal . functions. ,4 Then; the
I .trouble begins I v - f
"Sometimes," the- laments,
"when X isUnd face to face with
' the woman with whom I lived ten
years, I wonder what, behind that
smiling mask, she is thinking of
i me. As for myself. I feel rather
,4 like a five-storyjbrownstone front
t.- will torn 1WST.
The woman whd ' knew, and
knows me tod irell: may eveni 1
svspect enjoy my discomfiture. ; -i
- ome i astute Arbiter of : social
usage ought to buoy and channel
Vie tangfed-up relationships of us
marled couples Iwho Jwtve sep-
: arated.ffend compile an additional
chanter for-the .Book of Etiquette,
definitely instructing the divorcee
::ow to behave in the presence of
the divorce. ',. ' " . 1
This novel suggestion Is "made
' r the well-known author ot best
2llers in "As I-took at Ldfe." j
"When I glanced do wntho so
il troard. iiofra lonr :o. nrr.
ringer continues, "and remem
red 1 that Jofcjma Just beyond
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These photos give a quick summary of the life of George Washington, "father of his country," whose
birthday the nation celebrates Monday. He was born in Westmoreland county, Va., Feb. 22, 1732, In
the house shown upper left. In 1752 he came Into possession of "Mt. Vernon," shown upper right as
it appears today from a plane. In 1759 he married Mrs. Martha Custis (center). In 1781 he forced
surrender of Cornwallis at Torktown, (right, below) winning independence of the 13 colonies from
Britain, so implanting hfmself in hearts of his countrymen that eight years later he was elected first
president. In 1799 he died at Mt. Vernon, and was buried In the tomb shown at left.
Cherry Tree Account
Hit in Legion Story
- (Published first hi the American Legion
Weekly.)
Jokesters who busy themselves
this month with plays on tht Ja
mous line, "Father, I cannot tell
a lie, will be 'commemorating,
knowingly or not, the life of
Washington written by the itiner
ant preacher and : book peddler.
Mason Weems.- Oddly ' enough,
however, the author of the cherry
tree story, condemned by serious
historians as having done almost
irreparably much toward making
his hero out an intolerable prig.
In the telling had him use no
such formality of ! address. Per
usal ot various editions of Weem's
once popular ; biography discloses
that, as presented, the youthful
George, far from addressing his
paternal parent oh that momen
tous occasion as "Father" or "Re
spected Sire,"; actually called him
plain "Pa." i 1
"I cant tell a j He, Pa," runs
Parson Weem's version. Hah
young George; was: a regular boy,
speaking out, under pressure, like
a human being, j -
What Is the Weems version of
the hatchet story, by all odds the
best known, longest lived and
most famous j anecdote about an
American? It is! Bale, perhaps,
to say that many know it withbut
its full - setting, without the cir
cumstances its author advances as
having led up to it and that, one
must admit somewhat Impaired
' (Continued oi page ) :
the Barryraores. had already sat
through the story! J '- happened to
be telling,-had sat through It at
least twenty times,' I realized that
the taproot ! of , intimacy could
sometimes drink up the moisture
of dramatic surprise. But at the
end she laughed, with the others.
A Newer Order of Things :
j "That was generosity ; and
something more than generosity.
It was a proclamation of the new
er order of things.! :. .. "
"It , wasnt so ; jong - ago that
people had. to slink into divorce
about the same - as they used to
slink Into a side j street- nickelo
deon. The - (unhappy pair were
spoken of lh .- whispers, : and, i al
though non-combatants, according
to. the law, frantic sign .language
was usually" resorted to about the
festive board to keep the disunited
pariahs sufficiently apart that the
cutlery might not ! bo misused and
murder done. i - . !
. "Bat the j social audacities1 of
yesterday can become the Vlctor
ianisms of tomorrow. . It Was not
realized, in more ' primitive times
that there were possibilities in the
state of divorce that should be as
assiduously cultivated as the pos-
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-life of Washington Told in Pictures
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Pringle Snappy Breezes
(Published by the Students of the Pringle Schools)
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: Eva .Lyons.
ASStSTAJTT EDITOa
Kiber BcoU.
REPORTEK8
Agnes Sandlfcr, Primary.
Jack Allm, Fifth Grade.
IMna Conklin, Sixth Grade.
Evelyn M. Coburn, Ktglith Grade.
Stop! Look! : . Bead!
"The Pringla school Is located
i I-..'"'.
about 5 miles south of Salem. It
is a two-room nodern school with
a built-in stage1 and is equipped
with electric; lights.
Pringle -was named after two
families of ; Pringles that took up
the first donation lane claim. In
the district.' 'One south and One
north of the school house.
The em oilmen t of th Bthoof if
24 girls and 28 boys, consist Ina of
tight grades; but this year we do
not have any seyenth grade.
First Grade: 1 vAlta McKee en
rolled in our school, last Monday.
The
VOLUME I.
Sunday is the time the average reader sits down in an
easy chair, and picksytip his paper feeling; that he can read it
through for the firsts time in a week. There are few distrac
tions. He wants a complete, thorough, local paper, written
to fit his needs. We present, again, therefore, the Busy
Reader's Newspaper, in which you will find an accurate,
brief survey of all important local happenings. In five min
utes you can be familiar with the developments of the com
munity. f'-'lH- t ";:! 5 ' I--' : v';i
r'" Monday, February 15
City council, by clever , manipulation, voted to , buy the
Kay Park site, in a special session called five minutes after
the nigh t3 regular meeting. The. property will be taken xver
immediately.) Stevens and Koon were formally accepted by
the council as the engineers to conduct the appraisal of the
Salem Water & Powr company property City Council
voted to declare the office of city health of ficer vacant nd
to put the $1150 of the health fund into the salary -of the
full time doctor, "Vernon Douglas. .. Dr. Walter Brown, direc
tor! of the child , health "demonstration of Marion county; is
also employed, as 'full time doctor at $1 .a : year. John F.
TMrari. attnrnpv forstace onerators of Oregon, intimated that
if the city of Salem does liot
will take the .matter to tne courts. u. u. rergusun, oi iiew
berg, through -attorney threatened ;to; sue if -the city, docs
not pay a reward of $500 he claims the city owes him.- Two
extra police were added to the force to aid in enfoi cement
of the top street ordinance.'
J " Stockholders of the Oregon Pulp & Paper company auth
orized the board of! directors to issue $400,000 sin additional
common stock, and in floating $1,000,000 in bonds it needed
to finance present plans to double the output of the plant,
Cuyler Van Patten w'as awarded contract to construct the
new addition to stand at Comercial and Mill streafn and mea
sure 137x220 feet, housing additional paper making mach-
Paul Wallace prizes ' were awarded to,, winners of - the
Latin contest Parrish junior high receiving first, McKinley
and Salem high school taking second and third prizes re
spectively, ; .
I i 'mm y
Sha. eomeb from.et. John.' -Luth'
eian school of Salem.
Anthony Coburn and William
Coburn have not been absent nor
tardy this ;Te.tr.
Second Grade: There ar five
pupile In th:s grude. Thiy are
learning a poem entitled, "Robin's
Jiecret."
Third Grade: We have 10 pu
pils in this grade. Th-y re mem
orizing "The Wind," by Steven-t-on.
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Fe'.ico. Foster, Joel la Sandifer.
George Clark, and Roy Boatwrisht
have neither beji absent nr tar
dy this year. "''
This grado h:s 1u?t eon rleted
a booklet on leather, made the
shajv of ai oxford shoe.
Fourth Grade: There are fiv
pupils in this grader. Theda Mino
und Albert Gnrgurlch have neitaer
ljeen absent nor tardy this year.
We have Just completed learn
ing "The Old Flag Forever." and
each pupil made a small flag.
The yentfro four graces of the
Primary department are working
(C.ontinnwl on page 4.)
Busy Reader's Newspaper
Published in the interest of those seeking full and accurate survey , of.
week's local developments
reduce the license on stages, he
HARVARD'S MOTHER
IHEBCfO YOUTH
Great Mothers of the World
Lists Parent of Univer
sity's Founder
By MARY GREER CONKLIN
Evidence points to the conclu
sion that William Shakespeare in
troduced the mother of John Har
vard to Robert Harvard, his fa
ther, at Stratford, whence he later
took her as a bride to South wart,
England, a hundred miles distant
at a period when Shakespeare was
managing the ' Globe Theatre of
S.'.uthwark. Though we have no
description of Katherme Rogers
w have the following description
of The mother of John Harvard'3
friend, Nebemiah Wallington,
whom Katherfne Rogers was said
to bs like:
3he was very loving and obed
ient to her parents, loving and
kind to her husband, very tender
hearted to her children, much af
fecting the sincere preachers of
God'a word, loving all that were
godiy, much mlsliking the wicked
and profane. She was a pattern
of sobriety unto many; very seld
om was seen abroad except at
church; when others recreated
themselves on holidays and other
times, she would take her needle
work and say, 'here is my recrea
tion.' She was of fine Inventions
for drawing works, and many: a
fine and neat piece of work hath
she foon dispatched, she would so
apply to it; besides a very good
judgment in setting out work In
colors, either for birds or flowers.
God had given her a pregnant wit
and an excellent memory. She
was rife and perfect in all the
stbr lea t the martyrs, "and could
readily turn to them; she was also
pTtect and well seen In the Eng
lish Chronicles, and in the Des
cents of the Kings of England.
STne lived in holy wedlock with
the husband of her youth twenty
years wanting but four days."
On the principle of the proverb
that "one good mother is worth a
hundred schoolmasters," we can
know that John Harvard had a
particularly fortunate childhood.
From the reliable document, his
mother's last will and testament,
we glean that Sshe was a woman
of fclneere and simple piety with
an abidU g affection for her child
ren. "I bequeath! my soul, she
said, "into the -merciful hands of
my dear redeemer Jesus Christ, as
my f rust and hope Is, Will preserve
rr.e to His heavenly kingdom."
John Harvard was also blessed
with brothers and sisters. When
he was born he had a half-sister
Mary, in her seventh year, and a
brother Robert. Two years later
another brother Thomas, and later
another sister, Katherlne, came to
(Con tinned en nare 8.)
Tuesday,
Busy as Monday had
thrills.
The day started out quietly enough. Five persons ar
rested for selling smokes to
a new crusade to end smoking
"Stop' signs were painted
es to Commercial street, in response to complaints by motor
ists that signs on posts could
Building for the month of February received a substan
tial boost when permits were taken out representing invest-
ments amounting to $zd,&uu. tu jvenneay win erect a
two-storv and a one story building, at 1241-45 State street,
cost $18,000. , W. A. Bond will cbnstrnct two orie-story dwell
ings at 135 South Twenty-fourth streets, and 360 Lefelle
street, cost of each $3000.: A. J. Flmfs residence will cost
$2800. . m 1 . : 5
: The riav's news would have run about lilce this, v ere it
riot for the incendiary fire started by tonvict matches 3n;the
Penitentiary Flax Plant at about 4 o'ciock.af Slight damage
was done, the fire being praetically -extinguished by the time
city equipment arrived. Two convicts were placed in the
bull pen. 1 A good story, but
At; 5:15 reporters wete
laughing with guards about their Tnucn neraiaedmarKman
ship. One' "stated ! that everal men were putting four out
of five shots in a four inch bull at 100, yards. That was
At 6:15. the same reporters had filed withlhcAssociated
Press the fact that guards firing 15 shots had knocked down
nine "men in a penitentiary
in this way. At 5 :45 o'clock : reporters returned to the
Statesman office, from covering the fire story. At :03, a
tip came that the prisoners had rioted, and shots had keen
fired. A flash was sent across the "A; P. "wires." At 6H5,
reporters had gone again to the penitentiary, approximately
two miles awav. one had returned and sent the first accurate
account to member papers on
time, mechanical men had laid out three pages lor an ex
City Rallies to Support 61 Debaters
as Nationwide Pu1)Hcity Sfibws Llerit
Comparative Scores of
-to Unhold Refutation
try Turn Towards
Oregonian Finds News
in Details From East
(Reprinted From the Oregonian)
Twenty-four students will con
stitute the squad for the Oregon
debate. " During this month the fi
nal trial debates will take plarc
and the 12 best debaters win be
selected. As there are six parts, ;
two debaters will be appointed to
prepare each speech. Six of the
12 will represent this city in the
debate as well as two of the six
alternates.
Announcement of the six suc
cessful candidates forthe trip to
Oregon wiH probably be made at
the meeting of the Philomatheon
Debating club to be held Febru
ary 26.
The eastern team has . a re
markably fine record. The Phil
omatheon Debating society was
founded in 1909. At that time
only boys wore eligible for mem
bership. In 1920 and 1921 the
school participated In four de
bates and was defeated in all.
In October. 1921. with a mem
bership of eight and a bank ac
count of S3. Mr. Barry and Miss
Shorten took over the reins of
the society. They also admitted
girls into -the clnb. Meetings
Were held weekly and a system
atic course cf training was ar
ranged. 1, Notwithstanding all this,
the next two debates although
hard fought, were lost.
The 1922 team broke the string
of consecutive defeats and scored
victories over Holyoke and Lowell.
The following year the Amherst
Agricultural college freshmen
were encountered and defeated in
the first encounter of the season.
Lowell was again defeated and the
Troy, (N. Y) high school, one of
the highest ranking New York
high schools, was met In a dual
debate Salem winning In both eft
les. r
Visits to Rutland, Vt., New Lon
don, Conn., and Brattleboro, Vt..
were attended by victories for the
Salem team, and the season was
ended with a unanimous decision
Over Beverly, Mass.
This winning of eight consecu
tive victories in one season estab
lished a new record among New
England high schools. '
Salem's greatest team opened
the season of 1924 auspiciously
fContinnpd on pugg 4.)
the
NUMBER 7
February 16
been Tuesday held unexpected
minors were fined $10 each in
by youths. .
on the Ferry street approach
not be seen. .
!' ' A
nothing outstandings t
sitting in the -turnkey's office
dining room riot. It rxretrrred
the Associated Press. - By this
of Spring Trip to
High School Speakers
of City Asrainst
Trip Recalling Ancient
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SALEM'S SCORES HERE
Record of Salem, Oregon,
debaters is shown in the fol
lowing summary o.f the past
three years' work., f '
" Teams have entered 2 3 de
bates, j winning 19 and losing
only 4. " . ' - -v - " -'
'- Ttecord of points scored by
years follow:
Salem 6 (dual) Stayton 0.
Salem 4 (dual) Dallas 2.
Salem 4 (dual) Albany; 2. '
Salem 2 (single) Eugene 1.
Salem 2 (single): Warren
ton 1.
Salem 2 (single) Ashland 1.
Salem1 2 (single). Union 0.
(Thereby winning State
championship for 1924. j-.
'I' ' toss ;j4.iiv-::
Salem 6 (dual) -Silverton .
Salem 4 (dual) rTranklin 2
Salem 4 (dnal) Falls City 2.
Salem 4 (triangle) Albany,
Woodburn 2. . ; T !
Salem 1 1 (single) Tilla
mook 2. ,
Salem 4 (dual) Woodburn 2.
' ' Saleni" "4 ( triangle ) Albany,'
Dallas. 2.'
Salem Total 56.
Opponents Total 1 19.
Salem ; won state champlon
Ships 1915. 1918, 1921, 1924.
Running Bell, Son cf Chief
Crow Feathers,! began
Dancing When 2 .
GLACIER PARK, Mont. Run
ning Bell, fite years of age, of the
Glacier National Park - reserva
tion, Is the "Jackie ICoogan" of
American Indians. ; lie has been
before the public eye three years.
having, appeared in -moving pic-
tares when a babe in. arms.'
Running Bell has been dancing
in -public since he was two years
old. He wears the complete buck
skin and feathered regalia of the
mature Indian and presents a cute
picture. v
(Continued ok pace 8.) '
a i m i 1 ; Tk 1
iiiiiia..
is 'jackie ioir
Arthur JsrisDane uutiines
What Makes a Newswrite:
'The Newspaperman Blast Stand on What He Did Yesterday;
I Like a Leghorn Hen, He is Judged by the .Esss
He Laid This Week; Kot Last Year
UNIVERSITY OP OREGON,
Eugene, Feb. 20. -(Special) 4-A
year ago Raymond t. Lawrence,
then a graduate Student, now an
Instructor,. ' in . the '.University ; of
Oregon School of Journalism, sent
to Arthur Brisbane, as to S00 oth
er leaders in American journalism
a questionnaire seeking i opinions
on the best preparation for Journ
alism and for Information 'regard
tag the rewards In the various de
partments of the -profession. J A
few days ago came the reply from
Mr. Brisbane, In the form ' of a
brief note and cutting of one; of
his editorials ; printed in the
Hearst "dailies, of which he Is editor-in-chief.
, ; . -j ' ' : 1
."YoOr letter was mislaid," Mr.
Brisbane Writes, "and I have just
dictated,' io the Edison phono
graph, this note to you and the
article enclosed, on the train ' on
the way back from California.
The editorial, in part, as it ap
peared February 9, under the title
"A ,-Good - Newspaper A Man Of
What Material is lie MadeT".fol
lows: - .
"Mr. Raymond D. Lawrence,
studying Journal!? ra at the Univer-
tchtrait To
SKow Ability of Tczva
bmere; Eyes of Ccun-
Rivalry for Name.
Boston American Sees.
i'Story' in Com;r.g Gd
V-.-'- - i - - : m -
Sparks to Fly "When Salem 5Iet t -i
- j Salem
(lCcprinied -fretB the XAtenrr Piffpst.)
A novel and picturesque rivalr;
has .drawn two Widely separate!
Sale ma together, and next May
their champions will meet in an
unprecedented tournament of wits.
Unprecedented, that 13, not ia
kind, 'but La the circumstance ?
surrounding t h e rivalry. Of
course there are many Salems c-i
the map, especially if you incluJj
Salem on the Tirumanimuttsr ri
ver. In the province ot Madras
India. - At least - seven cf the
world's Salems are In the Unite I
States. For the purposes of thia
history we may tiisregard the Sa
lems in Illinois, New Jersey, North
Carolina Ohio and Virginia, ar I
fasten our. attention on the histor
ic Salem in Massachusetts and U
hustling Salem t In Oregon, for
they are the rivals now prepariz.T
to lock horns in vigorous corn bat.
Whereof the circumstances arc
thus set forth in the Boston Amer
ican: . i
No'one ln authority at ILe City
Hall In-Salem, Mass., was able t ;
recall yesterday the phraseolosr
of the letter which .tame sever: !
years- ago to the Witch City fro: i
the capital of the state of Ores::-,
but everybody remembered ti e
gist of it- : . -. '
"Please." Implored the Oregon
Salem to the Massachusetts r.ilc: ,
"please get yourself another nan. a
and leave 'Salem to be be r no ty
a more nrogressive town."
The letter from the western
capital implied, that the Puritan
Salem had. been sleeping 1( 3
years, that it attracts the curious
only as Pompeii attracts tf.er
that It j lacks grit and gunijti .
and is living In and upon its ran.
Which, coming from a city c!
17,679 people to a historic com
munity three times as large, w- ,
to say the least, a startling, if n:t
modest; petition.
The birthplace of Timothy Pick
ering and Nathaniel Hawthorn ,
the city which makes claim to I -Ing
the scene of the "first ar::. 1
resistance to royal authority," i i
the year 1775, might have n ;i
something sharp in reply, but wi-e
old Salem, recognizing the 't-j';-liclty"
touch of the expert secre
tary of an enterprising charnlcr
of commerce, refused to nibblo.
Other Salems the Oregon re-
: (Continued oa pr 4.)
sity Of Oregon, asks: What kir i
of men are "successful in journal
ism, and why are they successful?
"He can 'get a very good answer
from Professor E. W. Allen, dean,
of the School of Journalism, z..
the UniTersity of Oregon.
"A good newspaper man Is cr :
who can SEE A THING CLEAR
LY AND DESCRIBE IT SI.MPI.V.
"This refers to the editorlr.1 de
partment. "Inithe business or advert! :
department he la the man t
can Inspire confidence, tell
truth forcibly and plainly,
stop talking after he has t:
ENOUGH.
t1;
"The best kind of n:
man, and a rare kind, is
can retain through tLa :
capacity to feel inter.:
press Intense feeliz ttr;
writlngs.
"A young tUTf;:oTt Cu-'i
leg for the first tin a tA;
eration intensely. " La.:r,
It not: at all r . 1 t' t r
a BCTTZr. E-r: : .;.
' "Th.3 jazzz i . :: ",