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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1926)
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TEUEPHOWES s Clroalartloa Offie-SS Aato Ceataat Kditor10 KoVa DopartaaonCSS orl 1 j Jtatarod at tka Paat Of flea In Batea, OrafM, aa aoeand-elaM nattar. GOD. TEACHES "And Mooe said nntd the Lord. O my Lord, I am n)t ixjoenu but I am alow or sptecb, And the Lord aaTdVosf him; Who hath made man's month? Hare not I. the iror Oo, ,and IwUI . .teach thee what thon .halt aay. catch him before he gets to the train and pay him the money. I tl J'Yotti are excned.. th judge I annduneed la a Very cold to Ice. "I don't want-anybody, on the Jury I who, can lie illxe yJi ;t WHY NOT A Y ENDOWMENT FUND? Thi , subscribers tothe iund for the erection of the hwTjM, A. buildinf; and the support of the institution for.the two; year endinsr. with .1926 will-be pleased to learn, if -they, do not already know, that there will likely be a but- . plus: of some $20,000, possibly more, when the new building shall iiaye been paid for and the running expenses provided '.. asfstated--j :p,--i . i : More, if all the pledges shall be paid in full; perhaps less in case there shall be numerous failures to pay .-And the general public will be pleased, too, to hear thisrp For the Y M. C. A. is a 'public institution, conducted for . community and state and national (and world) service. " i - .This is a suggestion from a hard headed Salem business man :' f Why iiot start an endowment fund with this antici pated. surplus) ;in the control of an incorporated body with- a perpetual character, and bound by safe and enduring condi- :!tions7.' ' . '-1 . ,' 5 " ' ' ,. ;Why hot?r ' Not; so much for the immediate interest returns to be tised for the support of the institution as for accretions that ... would nkturally be made from time to time " ' So that any person with little means or large who desir ed might perpetuate the good work of a part of his legacy, Jay a clause of his or her will? . 4 " -.Whylnot?,:.-; -J-- . 1 - ' - : V' It conceivable that, in the course of time, such a fund might" give the institution self support, or at least add to its activities for good work fields that could not otherwise be included. ' WHY.GERMANY LOANS MONEY IN WALL STREET, In its' financial columns of February 9th the Kew; York Herald Tribune carried this item: " ' 'Vj;. "Signs are accumulating that Germany is now. passing ' through a marvelously fast transition bafck to prosperity. Only last week German funds, for the first time since the war, were feeing loaned on the Stock Exchange, day-to-day interest n- rates here being higher than in Germany.,. . How can Germany loan money in Wall Street? Because she is recovering her foreign trade J:l And she is recovering her foreign trade for several reas ons; one of which! is on account of her great ocean shipping fftr.flitles- ' 'i - i Crerman trade and commerce began to pick up right after . 'the war. In 1920 she was driving American ships, exporters, " "merchants and branch banks" out of the markets of South rAmerica. ;In l921 no' less than 17 lines of shipping were operating;.out of ,the port of jiamnurg alone into South Amer ican ports. i " 1; j! J American trade with South and Central America has ! grown, is , growing. Our export trade with Brazil, for in stances , was greater in 1920 than in 1919, but the percentage of increasv was ohly,38, while the increase, in the exports of Germany to that; cduntry was thirty times greater. 1 . A big; contact fori supplying print paper in Brazil was taken, from the United States by Germany recently, because thp Gerrnans-w.willmDr to extend lonflrer credits than bur t people would grants 12 months credits . r And so it Will eo. till an American merchant marine is j t ! built up to back American commerce " ; li ii ii ii if And there will be no! American merchant marine worthy ofjhe.jname built up on a permanent basis. until vwe have enough members in the two houses of Congress with the braina to adopt. the policy of the founders of our Republic; to adopt preferential duties in favor of goods carried in Ameri can ships. That policy was in force for 61 years, up to 1850, and under that policy, there was built up an American merch ant marine that was the pride of America and the envy pf the worldsthat carried most of 'the American tonnage on thehigh seas both exports and imports. 5 ' That pbUcywUl db" it again 4 4 t And no" .other yrVL ; or no other wilf stnd for long. That Jwitund8 '.'the Unit"'JStates' treasury in stead of; taking! funds out. Any Jkind of ; 5j subsidy, govern ment operation or other kind, will take money out, and it will not endurel ! -v-W. : v . In the name of common sense, what are the members of Congress thinking about? : : i ( The patronage should W eryB$aVyVTCrfxrmanoe -which will J aeij,pTi Boremua ones s. comxanapift ueme.out in. lii DigvCOuntryj ii; wherrialuremflw if' rv- Bob Paulas Is a bis man. and h4 will do bis things because; he has it in him. " Of course, erery 1 Salem tele phone patron is going to help cele brate the 50th annirersaryiot the elephone next Wednesday.- It will be open house at -the .local tele phone office; day and evening. SwniMnnKiiEs The Juryman petitioned ' the court to be excused, declaring: "I owe a man. 25 that I bor rowed, and as he is leaving town today for some years I want to A method 1st dfrine Was- asked one day to conduct an "experience meeting at a- colored church in the South. - A colored woman arose and bore witness to the preciousness of her relUipn as Usht-bringer and comfort-giver. . v ; ; k . .-"Thats good, sister, comment ed! the. divine." "But Tltow 'about the.; practical side. - Doer your re ligion make yoa strive to -prepare your husband a good dinner f Does ft ' make ' you ' look after fhlm in every way?" T Just then the divine felt a yank at 'his coat tails by the colored preacher, who whispered ardent ly: "Press; dem k5uestkJpt,i ddctor; press dem questions. Dat's my wlfer i-'-. o " ; War stories are still .good.. Tommy Atkins and a doughboy sat 'la : a poker game together somewhere in Prance. The Brit isher held a full house, the Amer ican four of a kind. , "I raise you two 'pounds. quoth Tommy. ; ? . , The Yankee did not hesitate. "I ain't exactly onto jour cur rency curves, but 1 11 bump it up four tons." J - -tTf : LEON ML IS fW FILM COMEDY i j Bits For Breakfast Got to hand it to' him To Bob Paulus, Who has taken over the idle Kings plant on Front street, and will make 'it do com munity work. ' Bob Paulus was head of the Oregon Growers. Cooperative as sociation. He was getting a large salary. of $5000 or $6009 a year, perhaps a thousand or two thou sand more, t A;iot of; the members of the a'KtHthmJhought he was getting ; too much; though he was handling a business running up to 13,000,000 a-year, and destined to grow to many times that; and one of the most Intricate lines of business in the world, where suc cess or failure depended on full knowledge, rare abUity and quick decisions. Mr. Paulus worked himself to a frazzle. He : would have been worth was worth - several times what he was getting as a salary. But some of the short sighted members could not see, or foresee, this. So the association was dissolved; or is in process of liquidation. Mr. Paulus went "on his own" in the same field, and now many of the members of the dissolving association come to him with their products. He finds markets for them. He charges a fair commis sion. He is building up trade names of his own. He is making more money than the salary he drew; and is due to make, and . to earn honestly, many times his sal ary with the association.' Bob. Paulas knows nothing about what the Bits for. Breakfast, man is writing about him.THe would want to suppress it, no 'doubt But the above are the facts. Or about the facts. Or a few of them. There, is a lesson In this matter; there are several lessons. Cooper ative organizations, like republics, are likely to be ungrateful; short sightedly so. The: truism spoken with diviine authority that "the aborer is, worthy of, his hire" Is as true of high salaried laborers as well as of low waged ones and often the fair treatment of the high salaried ones brings the dif ference, between good pay and no pay at all to the low waged ones. Comedian With "Eccentric Legs Starred in 'fjf ate" Story at Oregon. Leon Enrol, Ziegf eld's; famous comedy star, whose eccentric legs and antics were the sensation of J a ,J I of "Sally," is the first great stage comedian to gain stardom fin films.; ... .. i As a result of his screen hit in Colleen Moore's "Sally, -First Na tional "signed him to be ' starred, and he will appear with Dorothy pish in " the .headline, role of f'Clothes Make the Pirate," the Sam E. Rork comedy which opens at 'the Oregon theatre today. With the exception' of Errol, virtually none of the comedy stars now on the screen ever achieved any marked degree of stage fame, including Charlie Chaplin.- Chaplin, the comedy genius, had not yet ripened to his present greatness of art when he left the English music halls for films. Buster -Keaton, while a member of a vaudeville headline act, was submerged beneath the older fame of his parents. : Harold Lloyd's experience , has. been.. con fined entirely to films. The late Sidney Drew was one of be few Stage stars to equal Errol's achievement of stardom on ; the screen. s " j Errol has been avNew York stage star since 1911,' when he first Joined the Ziegfeld Follies. The collapsible legs- which made him famous are again much in evidence in "Clothes Make the Pirate," in which he has the role of a henpecked Yankee tailor who runs away from his nagging wife and becomes a pirate. N '' NEW INCORPORATIONS Tiie Mainline Motors corpora tion with capital stock of S20Q,- 000 and headquarters in Portland, ha been incorporated -.by Fred Bauer, H. A. Robertson and B. W. Taylor. , Other articles filed in the state corporation department Friday follow: , , Belmont Body Works, Portland, J4000; Calvin Hellig. L. E. Neeley and;J. C. Heilig. Clever Tools, Inc.,! Portland, $5000; W. R. Frenfjcel, E.f 'A. Frentzel and B. Withers. The . Victor Timber company, Portland, $10,000; Clyde E. Mar tin Settle M. WUson and Howard W. Martin. Multnomah Civic Stadium asso ciation, Portland, $100; Clay S. Morse, W. W. Banks, J. R. Bowles, et al. National Petroleum : company, Portland; capital stock increased from $25,000 to $200,000.. , Says Too. Many Theatres in New York Cause Poor Plays NEW. YQRK. Crosby Gaige, the producer, believes there ere too many theaters in New York because there . are not enough good plays to fill them- "Nothing hurts the theater more than a Borry production, he said. "People spend their money expecting to see something good and the disappointment is so keen many stay away for some time. .; "It we could fill . our sixty theaters with sixty good plays it would be a wonderful accomplish ment but the fact is we seldom have j over a dozen good produc tions; a season." : The ! producer believes the American drama is . .improving, however, and. that, there are many present day actors who' rank with. s j the stars of old. HOMELESS CHILDREN Ji .' , . (Portland Journal) Two hundred and fifty applications within two months by home less children' for ? admission to; the Chlidas Farm Home near Cor : -vaUis;teil toe story. V Jj y :',y : ,t:' No eould -be takenr ii, because the place is already over proTfded ,eotUgejr built for 20 children are now housing as. beeause - the manager findlt difficult to resist the appeals of little ones for r, , PorUnai theatrical men ares tfyins Vo help the situation. Monday '-W-tter-ali-sur bill In a sreat ftMAtil Jji -wnicn yo- intaet to the. home. L With . their splendid rexamplo ph We Paid For this way do stop Colds .. Some years ago a famous labora tory .developed a remedy for colds. It proved itself , quick, effective- and complete, s It stopped : colds , in ' 24 hours. ' It checked the fever, stopped the, headache, opened, the ; bowels, toned the system. . So recovery from the cold ,was prompt. ? The remedy brought no ill results, as quinine did before.,:,' -1' f"!.":-i-.-i'i-r.'l. That laboratory . announces 1 ita creations . .to ; physicians only. Most people don't consult doctors on colds. Millions of people who needed this help did not learn about iM J . j. So VV. H. HILL secured that, for mula and called it HILL'S Cascara-Bromide-Quinine. He sent out mil lions of samples to prove its effects. And he spent vast sums in telling the fact ' to people who ' have colds. At a result countless bomej calne to rely ca rt.-v n 11,000,000 Then tbeT men. decided that more people should know it. -So they paid fl.000,000 to secure the remedy. Now the facts are told in thousands bf newspapers and magazines. .: ' People everywhere are dealing with colds in this effective ;way. -' .. ; ' This is to urge that yoa try HILL'S. Take it promptly.. Every hour of de-s lay means a deeper-seated cold. . i - Be sure you get HILL'S.' The years have proved that no other help com pares. - A cold is a serious" matter, Stop it at once, end its results in the best way you can find. - -fW:'--: If you take HILL'S now, relief win come tomorrow. The fever , will, be checked, the system toned, the bowels opened. I The poisons wH be elimina-. ted.1 All those things must be done, and they should be done at once. Get HILL'S and start at once. At your drug store, -k -r ";vr.:..-vfH,;2: Be Sara It's LtX Nee 39c tasting 7 sHJBi laW Jbmlfi mi Cat Rsj Etto'uSP a PsruiS FHE-t RrCE : .FOR ,V-THE'"- JUST ! STARTING; NOW IS THE , TIME TO GET A RADIO FftEE The Oregon Statesman's prize competitors given extra prize to encourage them to get the early start in the big 3000.00 Automobile Contest. Enter your name today and take advantage of this splendid otter. The Special O: fiivir ' j-. J pTT -wd 1II Value $125.00 Purchased from Vick Bros. To be given away Saturday night, March 20, to the one turning in the most money on subscriptions March 1 to March 20 Contestants' Friends Proving Do You Fully Realize What This More Loyal Each Day Special Offer Can Mean to You Interest Increasing Do you realizehat in winning the radio you are at the same time securing votes enough towards winning this magnificent Dodge Sedan, Chevrolet Touring, Ford Touring, or one of the other grand prizes.' lne Dig vote period will socn be over. The greatest opportunity of winning will have passed beyond recall. Not to take . advantage of this present two-fold opporiunity is sui cidal to success.. r ! : . During the period from March l;- to March 13, in clusive, a bonus of 100,000 extra votes will be awarded on each and every club of $ 18 worth of subscriptions secured. . - v ' - Newcomers in Race Have Excellent Chance to Earn Big Awards Why Hesitate About Entering Gift Election? You have been making excuses to yourself -that it was too late to enter. What about it now? Here is your opportunity ta enter on qqual footing with every one, and in two weeks' time be the" owner of the" $125 radio. Yet that is not all you will find that you have gained a commanding position in the race for one of the Capital Prizes. Study the vote possibilities. Surely you have the ability to secure two or three big subscriptions to attain a position among the leaders for the radio and at the same time secure votes with which to win an automobile. Don't imagine you are too big for this undertaking. It is big enough to interest any of us. . NOTICE TO OUR CITY READERS During the life of the automobile contest the carriers will not do any collecting and all the sub scription collecting will be handed by the automo bie contestants. The Oregon Statesman will ap preciate any encouragement and cooperation our subscribers may give the contestants. OREGON STATESMAN & MOTES. Vote Schedule Soon Declines The present big schedule will con tinue until Saturday night, March 13, and all subscriptions received at this office before eight o'clock will count, and subscriptions mailed with remittance to cover, which are postmarked .not later than 8:00 p. m., will connt on the second period vote schedule. The. pres ent big vote schedule Will positively be. discontinued at that time in accordance with the rules and regulations, and will never be repeated.' ', " The big votschedule won't wait for' you. YSu will have to Jump "Inland take advantage of it, whU6' yodcan.J It ls.mighty important that you do take advantage of it if you want to land one of the big prizes. Volume and volumes could be writ ten and have been 'written on the sub ject of ''opportunity." It is one of the queerest elements! that enters into the complex existence of present-day Ameri cans. It means everything or it means nothing depending upon the determ ination to grasp and' take advantage of It. , , ' One person capitalizes on his or her opportunity while the other sidesteps It. Some claim that opportunity has passed them. Another says: "I .was away from home when opportunity knocked at my door' And so it goes. Why hesitate about entering? "Were you ever , offered a better paying propo sition than is offered in this famous gift election. Study over the gift pos sibillties, the prizes that are being given . in return for these votes, and send -in your nomination today.. v One cannot win without effort, but there is no undertaking one can go inta in Salem or this entire section these next few weeks that can pay so well for the time and effort spent. Subscriptions are to be had. Ooodles of them. When . you total' up ; what a Tew subscriptions bring' in votes you know that they, figure up mighty fast. -However, it takes a little effort, tand -some there are., who, evidently are not putting forth the effort. Go after them , if you want to win. ' . . It's Up To You The only, thing that ' will keep yon from winning is you, yourself. If you can enter the campaign determined to be successful, you will be. It's up to you entirely. If you want a big, lux . urious high-powered motor car, get into the campaign today. Send in your nomination blank at once today. If you can b pare a little time, come down to Contest Headquarters yourself this afternoon or evening. Find out all; about the campaign,-what Is necessary to get votes, and then go after one of the big prizes. - ; j. "1 Did you ever have an opportunity . before in -which you were PAID IN - CASH for the. effort . necessary to win " one of the three, big automobiles? Re- member you are guaranteed pay for every moment of your time spent in vote getting- there can be no losers in this contest. Every active candidate is guaranteed a CASH award and if you , get started ; now you can secure your choice of one of the big ears without the expenditure of one cent. " - Since last Saturday night when the diamond ring period came to a close, the contestants have . been peacefully ; slumbering, ' doing ' very little of . any thing in : the ' way of getting subscrip- tlons. ; Even Nina Williams, the winner - of the diamond ring has been gracefully reclining in her chair and admiring the diamond , ring she won,; instead of re- , maining active and getting- subscrip tions that would put her name among the leaders at the close of the-contest. '. If there Is some wide-awake candi date in either Marion or Polk counties who would get into the game and get .' real ; busy while the candidates are ' peacefully sleeping, there is little doubt 'but what a new candidate or the can didate low In the list would easily ob V tain supremacy In these lull days. Frances M. Greenwood called at the . office . today .and stated that while she . had not been active the last few days, she . wanted her friends to know she was still In the race and wanted their cooperation. v - . lee Voting B allot This ballot is good lorrlOO votes for the candidate in The Oregon Statesman Subscription Campaign, whose name is written 6rt it Do not fold. Trim. : Name Address L VOnAI?TER MAROT 27tii,a926 Anyone Can ybte For Friends ; : FOR A NAME NOMINATION COUPON ' GOOD FflT? Kn nnn vhtpq ."i' ': On) One Counted to an Entrant ' This Nomination Ballot is good for 50,000 votes for the person whose; name Is written thereon.' - '"' Name Towta; , r. ........ V. . . ... .R. F. D.. . . . ... .State; Nominated by. r. 'C, . . , The person nominating: the winner of the f 1115.00 Dodge Sedan will be given f 25.00. Send in your name or the name For f urtKer information or phone - I OpSiilAreninss i N.