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'HIE OREGON STATESMAN SALEM,: OREGON e H &SAXim&&& .MORNING j 1 ARCH -13; 192G i 7Jte0regoh:Stateam'an 1 -f ' Ioad Daily; Exeapt Xoadaj by . w TOT ITATZSXAir rTOLXSH2Xa C0X7AJT i "SH 8oU CoajaaraU! B& Balam, Oragoa ft. X finlAch . . 1 '..U Vf J mm ok. USUI Ah4ra4 Bases - " : . iKaaagar! Mar1or-E4itP My Editor TImta EdUor' Sscialy Kditor J"- geaderama - CinmlaUn Maaatar Balph R. Klatnag . Advsrtiaiag Maaarsr Fraak Jaakoakl ... . Maaacrr Jab Oapt. 5; 4iRhoU ' ' - L-"aatck Editor W. C. Conaer , - Pawltry Kditor T BU8IJTIS8 OFFICES: Jifftc-JJL 1-M ;W. Slat "its Chfearo. Marqottt. Bldf.r i6 -4s?...- naalaaca Offlei BoeMy Editor. ' i .CIrettlatloa Of f ieaS8 JTr Drrtmtl3 or 1 0 XaUivd at taa Poai Of flea la Salaa, Orafoa, aa aaaad-laM aiatUr. -- .-.... . . . ... .' -. ' ujnim 4 1 1 - And no doubt -he could do as; well, px- nearly as-well, on loans tor the general fund, If needed! I i.j This is a good law. It js sensible. It is the business way. The old way was to endorse state warrants not paid for wani of funds, after which they drew 6 per cent interest. This new provision was made on the ; recommendation of SamvKozer; secretary of state. He is responsible for a good jnny re forms in the state's book keeping and general business tneth? ods. The state of Oregon in its business capacity has become a vast concern J' ; f. ' And it runs 'smoothly and efficiently, partly on account of the hard work and thorough efficiendy of Sam Kozer, sec-f retary of state. He is' the best posted inan in Oregbn'bn th laws and business of the state; and this is said without dis paragement to any other official. or member of the-state government. He is constantly working on improvements and short cuts in the conduct of the state's affairs, aimed at clearness, . efficiency and economy. OTTTl .lfnQ?aSTn'M'a !axtt nn t ...... . And Mia. Go ye, aerre the Lor4; oaly let your flocks and your herds i ..i . 1 " KW Wlin you Ana Moses said, :-i l vr cbimo ai8(j go wun us.' - JSX, 10:24-26. FOR THE ipREATER SALEM Saiem has before, her. a period of great growth. It may be made greater arid better and more certainly enduring by mbre, efficient city government ' ' ' , i And the'change houW not be delayed. . " ' 1 .uWe should have a commission form of government ; not like Pbrtland's with three commissioners in charge of depart ments, 'and they themselves making the laws (ordinances) h ther foisr. jThere is a latr and better forin lieing doptedby'many citieathe.cornoration form, vrith the affairs of the cityA managed like those of a big corpor lation. like a factnrv kr a " s 5 ; r 'tlon, like a factory or a railroad. Axiis cnange would oe very simple in Salem. The mayor i and'citv; council micrhtr h& - and they be given powerf fo appoint a general managera , city manager, he to'have the appointment of all his subor ; dinatesJ This would give efficiency It would place respon , sibility. The mayor and city council would make the laws and appoint the general : manager, who would be responsible to . them. '-.i I. ; i'- . This kind of a commission form, if put to a vote, would carry. It s doubtful if the kind in Portland would. The resi dents of the outlying districts would fear they would have rno voice without their councilmen to represent them And the corporation form is now being generally pre- ferred, throughout the country. . ' i 4 Why not get about this at once? ; The Eugene Guard said a day or two ago: '": "Salem seems to be stirred by the cumulative reports of Eugene's progress, i- Both iSalem newspapers are calling on the electorate to do' something to give Salem a larger place on the map. We believe here that Eugene is 'destined to be , the second largest city in Oregon and there are reasons n ! plenty to support that belief. This doe4 not.mea4hat there isn't plenty of room for .Salem to expand, too." .7 ;; Is Salem going- to allow Eugene to become the second : largest city in Oregon? H ' ' I LOGANBERRY WEEK c. "V s V l i : Next weejc will be Loganberry week in Salem, by proc lamation of Mayor Giesy fJ , , ' - . I : And .isfitting. j -f. - -rKtT ; i Jli'e loganberry is the world's greatest bush fruit. It is worthy of exploitation. England now. takes half our pack of canned loganberries.;? She i. would take more if they were available at reasonable Prices. Why not give her all she will take, and every otljer country ? ; c :- -t ; ':' ' ? t ' And why not get the loganberry juice .business on the world map, and sof stabilize the greatest berry industry on earth? " ' . j .--. 'n It can be done. And the surest way is for every person in ,this loganberry capital, ahd all the Willamette valley,. to be thoroughly imbued with the possibilities of this king of , the bush fruits. Let's! make jLoganberry week a notable one ,4 t STATE OP OREGON WILL PAY CASH A good deal Thais been said from time to time about the possibility that there will be a considerable deficiency in the general fund of ;the state treasury around the end of the present year and' in the first wrt of -1927, when the Legisla - ture will meet-- .J-. J'- ;' , ' f But' this will rkot affect state warrants. ? They will be : cashed as they. are. presented, and no one doing business with 1 the state of Oregon win te in the least inconvenienced, for ; the Legislature 123 made proper provision for such a con dition, under ari amended act defining the duties of the state treasurer, one clause of which reads in part: t - ,If at anyiftimej:tjie moneys in the jgeneral -- fund . . . shall become exhausted, the treasurer . ': shall be and hereby fa authorized and directed to - l borrow. frcmli&emiEr '"such outssj all ? ' - warrants' drawn against said general fund by -1 , the secretary of . state in pursuance of law, and j. A the governor. secreiary of state arid state treas- i' - urer, jointly, shall issue certificates of iridebted- ness. erefpi:!idcerUficat of indebtedness I . '" as authorized herein shall be redeemable from " :; l-the first riiorieys regularly accruing . l. . ited to the general t und . . . . and shall draw not ) to exceed, the j legal rate of interest until re- - : ; -deemed.',;; r .-; , ." f(n fur. that.. flnt.hnritv'Tifta Tint been PtreinpA. general fund ha$ not been exhausted since ; the law was . amended r ":. . ' ! , - But State Treasurer ;Kay,f under authority of the Legis lature at its. last session; borrowed from Oregon banks at four and a ,quaHer per cent interest the money that" was used to loan to the eastern Oregon fanners whose wheat had been frozen out-to enabla" them to buy spring wheat: fop r IrJ t - 1 ' Bits For Breakfast I f The In fighting trim "W That is the way for Salem to get 1 . , S With a commission form of gorernment, after the latest style efficient, progressire, economical. m Loganberry week in Salem next week " y- fV : f rWhen" eyery one must eat and talk loganberries and drink and cook with loganberry Juice. m ' , The mint boom is as big as it can oe, to me xuit nmu ,01 vue supply of mint roots. And there is a barrel of money in the roots. as there was in the peppermint oil. If the managers of the beet sugar factory at Bellingham hare anything more to say to the farm ers of the Salem district this year, they should say it quickly. Time is passing. ' S - Things will be moving In the matter of the second Salem linen mill very soon- actual construction. There is good money in paper mills;' will always be. The world will always hare to lise paper; and there are many materials from which to make it. But the Bits for v Breakfast man ventures the prediction that there will be more money made in linen mills in the Salem district, and for as long a time. coed. MINT ROOTS NETTING GROWING FORTUNES (Oaattaaa rraam pa-aX.) sold their oii rom 10 acres of land rented from E. C. Naf txger at $11.50 a pound, and the gross amount was $10 less than $10,000. But they have just finished har vesting; the roots from this same 10 acres of land, and they have sold the roots for $11,000, or about $1,000 more than they re ceived for the peppermint oil. The price was;$1.25 a sack. They re tained enough roots to replant the 10 acres. Last fall they had the mint hay, which is a good hay. (some say better than timothy) , after taking the oil from it. There is a mint boom on in this district long ago predicted by re Sligan editor of The Statesman, and urged, too. All the roots available wUl be taken within a ery short time.. Most of them have been sold and planted al ready. ' .; " j The. 10 acres in question is in the Labish beaverdam district. It is very , rich aoil. By wagon road, it is four miles from Brooks. ' Mr. Naftsger is planting more mint on his own account nowL t-, Of course, mint will not be $30 m . 4 k 'L a pound ior, long, wor pound. .The business wUl likely be overdone. But not likely, for a lew years, um it snoum per sist, and will persist. In the Salem district, for. this is the best mint country in the New World. Our district produces a mint giving a very, much greater; number of pounds of peppermint oil to the acre than that grown In Indiana and Michigan, and of a better quality, and of a higher menthol content.. This is Um natural mint country.'- So when the business is overdone, mint growing will be come unprofitable in Indiana and Michigan, on the high priced lands there, before the vanishing point in profits is reached here, and in the long run! the peppermint ill supply" of I the United States, and perhaps of some foreign countries, wUl come from the Salem district. LEAGUE PARLEY IS v - AT CRITICAL STAGE - (Coatianed from pas 1.) ' ' , thing. ... i The' crisis in the European po litical situation growing, out of the deadlock over the question of en larging the council of the league of nations; took oa an even graver aspect .tonight, for the German statesmen rejected the compro mise offer made by the allied del egates whereby Poland wduld , be given a non-permanent seat on the council. i.: 'i ' ' ' ;' ' ' " ! " ' According, to information from reliable sources, this compromise also involves the rejection, tem porarily,, at leasts of the-' Spanish and ' BraxIIlan claims for perma nent seats.. The announcement of the compromise immediately caus ed the declaration In Spanish cir cles, that Spain would retire from the league unless her demand was recognized. ' ' , - Airaalo Mello Franco, repre senting Brazil, would not com ment beyond the declaration that he would: at all events insist on Brazil being given the permanent chair which has always been held for the United States. " " Premiei" Briand of Prance, look ing worn and downcast, made known the critical development in such tone of solemnity as to make the announcement deeply tragic j "The Germans have no accept ed," he said. Yet the 'compro mise which we offered them today represented the ,extremilinit of our : concession.' fc; I know nothing about t'he future, but. I hope sin cerely that the conversations may be continlied.'. jr. ' The German delegates tonflrmed M. Briand's announcement", saying they, too. had gone to the extreme limit. Nevertheless they denied that they were contemplating leav ing Geneva - precipitately tomor row. They were willing to-' await counter proposals from the other signatories of the J Rhine pact. They thought that; perhaps they might re-meet M. Briand, Sir Aus ten Chamberlain and other dele gates toniorrow. The exact proposal made to Ger many was. first, that Germany, en ter the league immediately; sec- ond, that the Spanish and Brazil ian claims go before a commission for study; and third, the creation of a new non-permanent seat with the election by the assembly of the state to ' fill it. No' . specific mention was made of Poland.' As the Germans wouid have to. agree in advance to an increase in the non-permanent seats, how ever, tney reit the proposal would be contrary to the policy they have been trying to follow, namely, to make no promises whatsoever in advance of their entry into the league. Their position is that, just as at Lorarno, there was a gentleman's. agreement for evacuation of the Rhlneland, and on other, matters. so the allies show the same con fidence in' Germany that Ger many's representatives will act loyally towards all just claims once Germany becomes a member of the council. ilenJpartyVhlca--recently left Shantung for. the coast of Chlhfl ; province to support the armies of Marshall Chang Tso Lin which are opposing the Kuominchun.':.: : , ' The officials of the Kuominf chun, however, Insist on their right to search foreign warships as a precaution before ,thef are given f permission - to enter the river. . . ; -''yC- ' 'i The Chinese steamer 'Pelkong, .which was crossing the' bar at the r same , time as the Japanese des troyers, was also fired upon and struck. by numerous bullets. h iVOTE RACE INTEREST ONi CONTEST GROWING .... ; (Continael from page I.) '.. 1' ( ' " -" - to' the f.race during these 4 final days.' : ' ' " " ! .There are a few who are near the top of the list who would stop working" this week, content to reit upon their laurels, confident to their own minds that their posi tion is one of security from which they look down in derision on the other candidates whom they think are less fortunate In holding a goodly reserve strength. . Bat there is a day of reckoning com ing, and that day is set for Satur day, March 20, the last day of next week. " - ' Many candidates' have several people in mind whom they haven't even called upon. It Is this week or never, for next wee votes de crease. It is work that counts from beginning to end; that is, the steady, persistent kind. : The busy bee keeps at it and is never discouraged. It is a real race, not one-sided at all, either in or out. It grows in Interest to the public as they get on the home stretch. R. A. Harris, the well known realtor who has his office in the Masonic building, called up the contest editor this morning and ; explained that some' time ago one of the Oregon Statesman contest ants asked him to save the cou pons for her fn the contest. He said he took her seriously and that he has been saving coupons care fully every day, and now has cou pons 'in the value of. 1600 votes saved up. That lady has failed to call back for those votes. He does, not know her namet and he wishes it to be known that if she wants them, to come In and get them if not, he will give them to some other contestant. Nina Williams writes us as fol lows: ; "Having I been successful in winning the diamond ring which was given as a special prize in The Statesman contest, I want to thank my many friends for their gener ous support. I am putting every effort forward to win the grand ptize and will appreciate any help I receive in the future." RIVALfSCHOOLS MEET FOR STATE HOOP TITLE (Conttiiuad from nags Z) ( up definitely in tonight's results. Eugene's chief bid .for the top berth lies I in her speed. With Coleman; ptvot man and floor gen eral, with, every man on the team threatening shots, and with Eber harfs ability to pop the ball to ward the basket with lightning rapidity and in the face of heavy guarding, the speed the team re tains will -try strenuously Salem's reserve power. ( To avoid confusion at tonight's state championship game at Wil lamette gymnasium the doors will not be opened -until 7:15 o'clock. The first game starts at 7:30 and the Salem-Eugene match at 8:30. BecaUse demand of seats Is an ticipated to be great, almost all the seats will be reserved. There will be a limited supply of general admissjon seats, however. Re served seats for the. game will be placed on sale at 9 o'clock this morning. f To cooperate in making for minimum amount of confusion; holders' of season tickets and stu dent tickets have been asked to take their seats as soon as the doors open. .- For tht morning and afternoon games there will be no reserved seats except for the sea son tickets.. 'X ) '.' CHANG FORCES ' H 1 ARE UNDER ATTACK (Continued from pafa 1.) - afternoon - when the leading one was subjected to considerable, rifle; fire from shore tranches occupied by troops of the tKnominchua .(national army). A telephone message from Taku asserts the destroyers " momentarily replied to the; fire but this is denied by the Japanese consulate here. ' The! destroyers turned back; and n chored outside of the bar. It Is believed the! destroyers - were mts taken I for warships off the Feng- 1 M jL i i Night and 1 chemClesr ' WHuft UxUCa,' to keep lleakhy sCorc Book UaSuCUeaia TEACHERS' HELP ASKED INCOMPLETING SURVEY - Continued from page 1.) teachers was sent .out several 'Weeks, ago, and; to date all have taken - the trouble to co-operate with the exception of a few. In, order to find out just why these few teachers have not shown a willingness to. help the Chamber of Commerces letters f have been sent to the chairman and clerk of each rural district,- urging co-operation in securing the acreage estimates. ; . ' More thanStwo thirds of the publicity fund of the Salem Cham ber of Commerce is given to ad vertising Marlon county as a KIDDIES'COLOS shoold not b "dosad." Treat them externally with MO OSS V VAPORUB Q r ITMUliom Jan Ummd Ymmrly whole. ; Statistics brlnglnr f rgures up" to the year 1926 are needed. There is no record of. filbert acre agejln thecounty Nor are there any figures -showing the rapid growth In strawberry acreage or walnuts. - " j'.- s ; The Salem Chamber of Com merce " Is . nrging rural teachers who-nave not eent in their survey to send in their survey. TOURISTS RETURN NEW YORK, March 12.- (By nuts AssociatedPress);-Wlth Jugs of water filled on the; banks of the river Jordan and from the seaj of Galilee, 470 "church members re turned today on-the United States liner Republic from a 60 day cruise of ; the. Mediteranean .-organized by the national Baptist society and the Christian Herald. M- - - - I Medford Victor Bursell plants IS acres grafted Franquette wal- Special! ! Special! f l r. . j Radiol :Sale I TODAY and MONDAY ; 5, G, and 7-tube sets with one, two and three : Pial Controls ,' ; i .. f .. f ' -. Less than half price at $79.50 - h COMPLETE WITH i . 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