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... -lL THE OREGON STATESMAN SALEM,4 OREGON V i. r- RTFS I III I t-w TT RIG to Work of Fighting Boll Weevil r for Uncle Sam Takes Him Below Line , v ' (Emery Dieffenbach is a Salem boy; The family home is at 2285 North Fourth street. ' He gradu ated from the high school at Creswell, Oregon, where the fam ily llred at that time. . He., was . or 4slx -jreara Jn . Salem. . during which time he graduated from the Oregon Agricultural college, -and be was one 'of the four members of his class picked .to go to Schnec- tady for training- and employment wltli the General Electric com pany. But he took the elril ser v. Tice examination and was given a place on the gorernment pay rolls and was assigned to Texas, where he has been. working to abate the boll weeril scourge in the cotton fields. In this service he has re cently spent some time in Mexi co, a hi letter below shows. He was foreman in the Salem, paper mill while he was in Salem. He entered,, the gjTernment service two" days after his graduation from the Oregon 'Agricultural col lege. The following is a letter Just recefred by his mother, Mrs. M.- E." Dieffenbach: 1 Dear Folks at Home : f.you will, excuse such a poor ly, written, letter .which I am . at tempting io write while the train is in motion. I win tell you a lit tie about Mexico. ,. X receired permission from Mr, Pnckett to remain in Mexico untU yesterday, altogether about three weeks, but with, the usual Mexi can epeea xney. were not aoie . to hare the eonreyor screw until Fri day , the day before I left. Tou see they had to send to the States for them. f I should like to have tested the machine before tearing ; that. bowerer, would hare been only preliminary, as the true test of a machine of this kind (cotton seed heater for protection, against boll eeril) 'would be a season's gin ning. I'm positive It is all right, though.. In factI can honestly say that it is one of the best of jtta kind. til, hare a different idea of the : Mexican . people n6w that their Country Is more tolerant. I have seen ga great, many , poor people, end their struggle for existence, their tenacity to life la interesting. ) Tou know lots of their carrying is done on the back of - burros in tact nearly every poor, family has one or. more that .literally lives with.- them. 'Among- distressing sights I saw a man with only one leg find on crutches driving a herd of bjirroe jloaded with kindling w66d. Another time a man with no legs at all. on a wheel chair, weeping the station platform. v One seel many humorous sights, ...-though. The street cars would probably interest yon. . The track runs from one side of the street to the other, v I have not been able ' to figure out why it doesn't stay on one side. Oh, yes,, I must tell youbout the bath towel, because x is.ine size 01 a oeq. sneer., witn av fring at the ends. All you have, to do .to dry yourself is to wrap up and then . unwrap. .t The food here , is not bad, and as I grow in! . experience . on . what : n to order ,t their hotels my meals Improve. .They. try to feed , you enough and, .more here. If you order a steak they bring you r enough for a. family, of five. . So you.see that if I get . sick here it J - wsduldk be from over eating and T' ot starvation. I can't stand their Spanish dishes at all. I hare tried 'twpreral, bat they are either . tuft n . - It'5-? f ' if Jiii I 1 v "yf A " , A-y i ,mn mm i . -x ym , ....... - t . Serious Alness and '.com plications .often follow; an ordinary Ccli. Cfieck rft ; usa the old Ileliaole, "Gafe and Proveri Remedy; Xaac ctiva BROMO OUINH-rEr Tb3 First fend Onjnal Cold and Grip Tablet. Proven iiafa for isoro .then a Quar trof a Century., v. ; - Tla bcx beqgi this ainatnre" -"' . tii v ' ' ? -i , . r f " i . 4r ...F ' ..' " - .-' mmmw ' 'kJ -A.j V , fri - A "i f -Iff v y -.vw, 1 I VVs. W V-Vvj ? I . Princess Victoria, sister of King George V. of England, is serious ly ill in London, with pneumonia. too hot or hare such an unsavory odor that I become suspicious as to their origin and hardly touch them. You should see the beautiful serape I bought the other day, Perhaps you hare seen them,. but in case you haren't I will try to describe one to you. They are made on a hand loom, of mohair and cotton. The colors and de signs are very ririd and striking even more so than our Indian robes. They are much thinner but of a tlffer weare. They come in all sizes and cost about the same as the Indian robes. The young men throw them orer their shoulders on festival occasions. I made the trip to Tlahualila, where the English syndicate owns thousands of acres of beautiful land. Ererything was modern, I found. Hot and cold water and bath in my room, electric lights from their own system and even their own ice plant. In the even ing we played bridge, and the as sistant manager eren wore a tux. Many of the Mexicans and Spaniards here speak some 'Eng lish. One young fellow who is going to be in charge of the ster ilizers here is especially friendly. In the erenings we walk about the plaza, this being; the chief evening pastime for the young folks. The boys walk one way on the Inside and the girls the other. They hare two walks and the in ner one is for peons, while the outer is for the rest. You can tell the difference all right. Those on the outside walks are dressed in garments much like ours (about a year ago), while those on the inside are more simply dressed, many of the men wear ing the large Btraw hats. How did O. A. C. come out in basketball? I harent't heard yet. I am enclosing a few postcards for your album. Got mother's and Esther's letters of the twenty- second. I will open the "little roll." Your loving son and broth er, EMERY DIEFFENBACH. Torreon. Coah., Mexico, en route to El Paso, Texas. OLD FllSWl LARGE AUDIENCE More Than 1,000 Persons Attend First Contest Staged in Silverton tMore than l,y)0 persons at tended the first old fiddlers con test sponsored by the Modern Woodmen, Bearers camp number 1110, Silverton on Saturday nights . More than 20 fiddlers were en tered. Prizes were awarded on the basis of- applause, winners of the 40 to 50 year old class being Chris Leichty, of Howell Prairie; Ed Herigstad, of Scotts Mills, sec ond; and Theodore Fisher, of Victor Point, third. In the group past 50 years, W. F. Speer, of Brooks took first; Mr. Matthes, of Brooks, second, and Loh Jennings, of Silverton. third. Mrs. Frank Powell, of Gates, sang many, old fashioned songs, winning hearty .applause. . Floor managers were jClyde Ramsby and Otto'ADfchl Other Contests will probably be staged in the future. T NEW INCORPORATIONS I The Northwest Distributors, with headquarters in Portland and capital stock of $10,000, has.. been incorported by Edwin E. Stark, A. W. Witherspoon and Leona C. Stark. , Other corporations for which low V ' i: ' y. y Cedar Creek company. Oregon City. 40Q: Winiam O.i Vaughn, Nathan M. Moody, C D. Lataur ette, et al. - ) Fulton. Meat company,, Portland, fib, 000; E. -K Appehhelmer, H. B.CBeckett and R. W..Wllberr . - t6reiace-(tOrhahi . company, Es taeada, $10,0 00;" J. F. Ixtrelace, R. F. Lovelace -Had ; Vivian? Gor- hain. . : ; 1 rU3Yestern JoiraS Jt,ra2tmTcr ' ilT and; JT.J rf company;: Portland; notice of dla- CLEAR CIIBISTII SCIENCE LECTURE Discovery and O'emonstra tion of the Principles a rrd Practices Are Told (Following is a report o a lec ture entitled "Christian Science, Its Discovery and Demonstration," by W. Stuart Booth, S. S. B.J of Denver, Colo., a member o.f ,the board of lectureship of the mother church, the First Church of Chf 1st, Science, in Boston, Mass., aenv ered last erening in the Christian1 Science church, Salem : ) IN approaching a consideration Of this, great subject of ChVis tian Science. let us briefly trace the footsteps of tsi Discover er and Founder, Mary Baker Ed dy. A consideration of Mrs. Edj dy's experiences, deductions, and demonstrations will assist us in gaining an apprehension and ap preciation of her wonderful spirit ual discorery. . The availability, of God's law to heal and save had long been lost sight of the way of right thinking and living trod by our Master. Christ Jesus, and designated by, Him as the one and only way to find God, good, -this way had fojr j centuries been hidden by tne eji-( tangling , growth of creeds, 4?" mas,, human theories, and llrijliing. material to be discovered, cleared of the confusing, ensnaring under growth, and made plain so that all might discern this Christ . wy walk therein, and share its bless-; ings. The Discovery In the year 1866 Mrs. Eddyjiuf fered a serere accident, which it seemed might prove fatal. Call ing for her precious Bible Mrs. Eddy asked to be left alone, and then , opened to the ninth chapter of Matthew, and read the second verse. What she spiritually dis cerned therein so uplifted her thought that she was Instantly healed, and, to the utter astonish ment of waiting friends walked forth and told them that God had healed her. Mrs. Eddy speaks ef this experience as the falling apple that led her to the discorery of how to be well herself, and how to make others so. (Retrospec tion and Introspection, p. 24.), We do not know, of course, just what impressed Mrs. Eddy so powerful-, ly in this Bible verse, but we may well pause a moment to see what it has for us of spiritual and prac tical import In connection with our consideration of Christian Sci ence. First, we note that Jesus' observed the mental state of pa tients instead of the physical: He. saw their faith. Then the Master said to the sick of the palsy, "Son, be of good cheer." What a won derful antidote for and rebuke to the fear, discouragement, and con demnation under which this man was laboring! And let us remem ber. that the Christ is erer roicing that same liberating, healipg mes sage to all who are burdened by fear and bowed down with con demnation, for the writer of the epistle to the Hebrews speaks of Christ as "the same yesterday, and today, and forerer." Therefore this word of cheer has not been silenced nor has the power of God which ritalized and enforced,, the message diminished in the least. When Jesus next saidj the sick man, "thy sins be forgiren thee," he definitely indicated the .rela tionship between sickness and. sia, and he also plainly showed Ityat they are both healed or destroyed by the same spiritual means and method. In other words, to Christ jesus sickness was as cieany laJ state oi tnougnt oojectined ontte. 'material body as was sinjfand, both sickness and sin were over- come, nnuiiied by the spiritual!. -. . . ... . , . . , w . , . hoi from Industrial channels. Ex- mindedness which characterised Christ Jesus. .it The Text-book; It was not until 1875 that Mrs. Eddy issued the, Christian Science text-book, "Science and Health" with Key to the Scriptures." Dur ing the nine years following her healing she had proved the propo sitions etated in Science and Health by healing, all manner of sickness, raising the dying, and reforming the sinner, all in accord with and in verification of Jesus' promise, "He that beljeveth. on me, the works that I do shall he do alsn." Just as a person who prepares a book on arithmetic must prove erery problem, and rule' stated therein in order that his book may rightly be termed a scientific textbook, so Mrs. "Eddy earned for. her book . the title .of the textbook for Christianly Sci entific practice, because r ot y her demonstrations which, served '. j to rerify and authenticate its teach ings. This book Is,1 ij . it title indicates; the "key to the Scrij tufes." , By means of this ey the Bible storehouse o!t pixjtnat Jjruttis Has bnjbpenesoha"al may enter and araii themseires .of the bounteous blessings of health, nappincss, and ; harmony, which' are prepared by God for ail ,RII children. J ,i ' - j . Though -the. study of t'Scierice and . Health" great Yombef-..of people hare been . healed pf physt ea! 4isabllitie& Vhjl;any others hare gained freedom from and. do-, minion Arer.sin andIla deL1.3ri tel,MLrf' - Christian Science is the second comingt of the Christ, foretold by Jesus, not a r person, but as "the spjrif of truth." Referring to the promised comforter, Jesus said, "het shall teach you alt things, and bring, all things' to your remem brance, whatsoever I ..hare said unto you." . (John l4:15, 17, 26.) This" promise and prophesy , hare been, and ate belong literally ful filled In and by Christian Science. Present Salvation Whereas men have had preach ed to them a post-mortem and problematical salvation, Christian Science comes, bringing to our re membrance and joyfully proclaim ing, the words of the Master, "the kingdom of heaven is at hand." When f Christ Jesus enjoined his followers to preach the gospel, He, in the same breath, gave command to heal, the Blck.. The unity of that injunction was apparently forgotten,, but . Christian Science has' brought that also to the re membrance Of men; and has shown the in how it is to be observed and obeyed. It is noteworthy that Christ Jesus did not indicate that the test-of Christian disciplineship was whether a man accepted and ardwed belief In certain creeds and dogmas o'r observed any form of ritual or socalled religious rites. The test of Christian discipline- ship stated by Jesus was, "By their fruits ye shall know them," and He definitely stated that the fruits he expected of his followers were the same healing works as Were wrought by him. Mrs. Eddy early recognized the legitimacy of this Christian demand that heal ing by spiritual means and power anon id accompany and verify the preaching of the gospel, and she Earnestly desired to know how such healings might be wrought. Svith the discorery of Christian Science her earnest desire or prayer was answered; and it is now possible for any and erery sincere, honest child, woman, and man to become so well acquainted with God through Christian sci ence as to echo the glad song of Darid: "Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His bene fits; who forgiveth all thine in iquities; who healeth all thy di seases." CHAMPIONS OF RUM HEARD BY SENATE (Continued from page 1.) the hearing room they found it turned temporarily into a moving picture studio with . Kleig lights flanking, the long committee table and a group of camera men wait ing, to take closeups of the com mittee and witnesses before the hearing got under way. . After sitting through two hours of. wet oratory. Assistant Secretary Andrewg took the oath and sub mitted to questioning by Mr. Cod man. The prohibition field mar shal .made clear his policy to dry up the sources of supply but con ceded that he would hare to hare a largely increased force to do it. The federal forces are not con cerning themselves much with dis tributors, Mr. Andrews said, leav ing that task to the local poAfe. He said .it was useless to arrest a bootlegger because "His brother or his uncle" would take up the traffic where the arrested man left off. Disclosing a plan for patrol of 1S00 to 1600 men on the Canadian and Mexican borders, General An drews said he believed this force would, break up any organized smuggling traffic. , "Smuggling from Canada and Mexico does not furnish the sup ply,' IjLe explained.. "Alcohol di version, moonshining and snium gjlrig from the sea, furnish the real sources." Increased forces to handle all Of these problems are being sought and the assistant secretary ex pressed hope that with additional men he could redduce to a mini- plaining that he did not want in crowd .court dockets with minor cases, he said his agents and the district attorneys picked out big cases in ,each district for trial. "In other words' you don't ar rest alt who are guilty," interrupt ed Senator Reed, democrat, Mis souri. ."You just arrest those of the guilty you select?" ywe.db iot begin to arrest all guilty of small offenses," return ed. rthe witness. "We want to leave that to the local enforce ment officers." . Senator Bruce opened the pre sentation for the wets' with an argument for modification in the tcoiifse of which' he brought more than i , a- score of .'indictments against the Volstead act, the oper ation of which he declared to be farclcaj. He also assailed the treasury proposal that the gov ernment , be allowed to search homes, where liquor is being dis tilled for commercial uses. 1 ; Senator Brace suggested as a remedy an amendment of the pro hibition amendment so as to per mit government manufacture and Bale, Qf intoxlcanta.in .territories that were wet when national pro hibition) became operative or that might rbte,wet hereafter.-; ; , Itnpnilmont at lha Vnlctoa1 a 9 JO; perimt : the manufacture and sale of beer' and wine' fnOri- inucauos jn.iaci waa urgea py lenaiar, n.age ana Mr.; "joaman. They Argued that this would' give the working classes Beef and; hua remove the:41acxIinlna'jon; ; y the nent f raft Juice! Hori-iitoilcat COBKinCCMIIF m flV IT THE tU Bebe Daniels Is Starred in 4lThe Splendid Crime," . v Now Playing Here William de Mtlle, whose latest production, "The Splendid Crime" whfirh opens today t the Oregon theatre has erery reason to feel pleased with his newest effort. It Is a human and humorous little picture that stirs the emotions pleasantly. Mr. de Mille really deserves a double-barreled salvo of applause for he not only direct ed the photoplay but wrote the story as well. Bebe Daniels is the bright, shin ing star of this snappy, fun-filled comedy-drama, which deals with the experience of a lorable little girl thief before afid after she re forms. Haring nairely decided that "housebreakin" ain't no work for a lady," Bebe considers the idea of going straight, but is per suaded by her two crook compan ions to pull off just one more job. This last job prores the turn ing point of her career, for she Is' caught by the youthful million aire owner of the house she at tempts to rob. In stead of hand ing her orer to the police, he in duces her to reform and let her go. From that point the action, is crowded with surprising devel opments that take an unexpected turn when Bebe commits "the splendid crime" to sare the man she lores from turning crooked. Bebe's admirers are sure .to enjoy her performance as the ragged little Raffles. It is a part that suits her to the prorerbial "T", and she plays it with intelligence and refreshing sincerity. Neil Hamilton is the fay society youth, who becomes Bebe's romatic ideal and for whom she makes the final sacrifice. vAnne Cornwall and An thony Jowltt are the other two principal players -who do go6d work. Grants Pass Josephine hotel is to be rebuilt to six full storres. TbTIOGil Fresh vegetables, government msoected mets disblayed in sanitary rei eratbr counters. Bakery goods baked vVell ats the hundreds of different lands of the world, all assembled in this one thousands of people for miles around. $ C. & H. Pure Cane Sugar 100 lb. Sack Delivered FREE $5.39 Eagle Brand Hardwheat Flour 49 lb. Sack Delivered iFRkE $25.10 Small Buroank Potatoes 100 lb. Sack Delivered FREE $1.79 Perl66 , Stringless Beans . Oregon Pack 1 PGrilOc DISABLED SHIP RESTING " " sea srBsroixa; atd beIxq RUSHED TO VESSEL CORDOVA, Alaska. April 5, By Associated Press.) The dis abled steel freighter Wheatland Montana which broke away from the steamship West Niger in a 60-mile- gale In the north Pacific ocean 1200 miles southwest of here last night reported by radio today that she Was resting easily in a rapidly subsiding sea. The West Niger stated that she expected : to again take the Mon tana in tow soon. The Wheatland Montana lost her propeller Thursday while en route ffotn China to Puget Sound. At noon today the position of the two ships was reported as 1200 miles west of Cape Flattery. Both vessels belong to the United States Shipping Board. MQNOCLASS SFKVICE Ejeffetfericed travelers un hesitatingly select Mono jclass Service to Europe one class passage at propor tionately tower rates, with typical Canadian Pacific service and cuisine. Com bine, economy with comfort: go tht reason! Monoclass sail ings to Liver pool, Belfast, Queenstown, Glas gow. Southampton, Cherbourg, Antwerp. rf A A for Romnd At V t World and Mtdi- terranea Cruise l hUraturt. Ji C WHDeaaii RsstDesL 5SntnlSt9mUmd 3TflNDflffOIZfTD Silver t---- Lard 4 lb. Pail 85c Silver Leaf Lard I 8 lb. Pail j $1.67; Standard Tomatcies California Pack Large Size Gatis 12c Van Camp's v: Beans Medlum Size Tihs avcKUlOT IOC . 329(2 FEE CAST USED IU "ifflociTitiG Madge Bellamy, Margaret Livingston and George O'Brien Head, List , WillianiFbx has selected an ex cellent cast for the screen version of "Haroc," the Rowland V. Lee production, which is now playing at the ; Heilig theater. The play deals largely with the social side of the War and in casting the mili tary characters Mr. Fox haa select ed some of the most athletic men ia the motion picture world. George O'Brien, the youthful Fox star, plays the lead - of Dick Chapeli His work in "The Iron Horse," "The Roughneck," "The Dancere," and other big pictures last season has proren, the. fitness of this player for outstanding roles that call for physical prowess and dramatic ability. Madge Bellamy and Margaret Livingston are cast in the two chief feminine roles . of '"tessie Dunton and "Violet Deering re- spectirly. Miss Bellamy's beauty and artistry are well known and both are called into use in her .role in "Haroc." Miss Livingston's role is that of a selfish, cold socl- H - E - l Last Times Today HAVOC ROWLAND VliIE ProHuctCbx All Star Cast A Mighty DraritJi of War "Dazed Women !" . CfKSH STORES 01' in oiir owii modern electric ovens as of foods from the foremost Factories store, a convenience appretiateel by Bread 2 Large Loaves 25c 3 Small Loaves Dough Freshly Made 20c doz. - 25c id $2 Tl ' 'T - - French Pastry 6 for 25c Ctirn Good Standard -Grd'de Iowa Sweet and T ender 2cifis25e et-f and in; thia type of part she has done some remarkable fine work in. the cast. , WalterMcGrall.' probably ' the most . popul.r .of.the younger tpN gYt or screen rinain, j?iays . "uoaay 4 j j Diinton," a highly dramatic and '. ' important rQie. Mcuram a wortc In "The Dancers" and "Gerald Cranston's Lady, two other Fox successes, was among the .best of his career and "Haroc" he has eren better dramatic opportuni ty -. .;iAvv.' - "Haroc,". a tremendous , stage snccesa in England 1 and America, was adapted to the 'screen by Ed mund Gonldlng. FOUR COMING TO PRISON GROUP. TO BE SEX Tb SALEM FROM ASTORIA OOTJRTS ASTORIA, Aiirll $.( By Asso ciated Press,) Bob Adams who entered a plea of guilty to a statu atory charge In the. circuit, court here today was sentenced to two years In the state penitentiary' Adamn wlth . Olij er ClerengeM 1 ' Harold Smlthh and Ernest Cai y non will be taken to the state pen - ; itentiary by. Sheriff Schlusher to morrow. Clevenger. and Cannon will serve for boose rlolatlons and Smith for possession of nar cotics.. The group Is the largest sent from this county to the state prison at one time during the past seren years. - L - l - G , STARTS ' ,t05lOBltOW v Tho First Year on The Battle Front" ' with ii , newly ,ttar- v ried couple-7- J muts lb. .i m rl I ui .,,yjrV 4 $. 1 115 fii: J! . 4