SECTION TWO I Pages hto & 1 - Classified clean Nip. yiiGORo u:s ,-.-r :Vs' . ii.: 4- --. -SIXTH YEAR : ' SAXEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 13 197 '5RICE. FTVE CENTS id em Q t i $;. ' SJAfE'S NEty, CAPITOL HE AW K SI is BETTER ENGLISH KLIECTKII'. Ei'.r.iy sjiEtioss I. . - - i . - - . i Friendship JUnksDognaim ... nm'j visions PISS OF 1 I - He Exhibited the First Tele-1 Improved American Speech - - ... a M & - k ' Read Story, of Lincoln and Feels Influence Country ' -Life Has Upon Ftirn . - Old Timer Gives Many,Ricts graph Just 89 Years Ago Week Sponsored by Worn- JhatrAre of Maqrj;inferest to;0uc Pebple r ' Last Monday ? . f 1st i TM'SI WISE 111 POVERTY SOUGH y ' t t ' I 1 i 1 A Jarenlle Story By Rer. Krnest H. Shanks Tony iliyed .-in . the ; crowded dls !tricttof th great city. His borne was in Vffreat' building that sefr ed aa the honte of a large number of families. Tony did not "know how many there were. Theyj were crowded . togetner, and .the, rooms were amall, not well lighted or ventilated. Tony's family occupied but three rooms. That was all his father could pay for out of his meager wages. Tony's father and mother had come from the V,'ld. -country." Tony was born in America and he was proud of that.fact.' He had several brothers -and "sisters, all older than He,' and they rre. borni across the waters. ;:: He was- the only real American in the family. The only playpound'tb&t Tony knew was the p'avem'erit In front of the tenement house, or the 'little narow court in the rear- -But that was always so crowded ;wjthf rub bish and broken bksof furniture that there was little room to play. The pavement was also, narrow, and the "street not -Very" clean. Sometimes on a h6t day he .would play on the fire-escape . that ran along the back of. his. home, past the window of the 'room that did" double duty of kitchen . and bed room for the boys-nJfc the. tamily. Tony's world waa' rather email, that is he did not ' know muih beyond a few "short" blocks.! " Vp to the time he was old enough to go to school he had not been more than a half dozen blocks from his home. Whichever way he looked there were tall wooden buildings fronting on narrow streets, all rery much alike and filled with wxlarge families In smalL rdoms. Vi; Tony's father had beenf a vine- A Irard man In the old country.raaa 1 V he also understood small farming tn a, way. So came aboutjjwnen Tony was eigWyears oTafe the tainayinoved into - the cottntry. Tony's' father had gayed.up a little money , and he k bought A' temail place on the nil-side away off from the .big city. It was a'; beautiful spot, but- not considered, worth much for farming purposes. j So it was purchased at a rery Veason able figure. There wad a" small house, and some Other buildings! A little orchard, had' been jrtf-wt and neglectedr but .jiow about ready to cohie into toearingf with care and cttltiTationTrThe! hill side made an ideal place for grapes, and small fruit." The gar den spot, that had grown up to weeds, under the careful efforts ot the new owner- soon showed (Continued on pf 6.) E .... Basketball Floors to Be of One Size in Few Years, Says Coleman' OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGK, Corvanis;" Ore. (Spe cial.) -Basketball courts will .be standardized within a fewryear3 among colleges f, in- tho 1' Pacific coast conference, because of disad vantages i of : varying j sizes of courts, believes Ralph O, Coleman, director of inamural athletics. , Several I gymnasiums- providing for standard size, basketball floors are under construction' on; the coast. University' of Idaho ; has plans drawn for a gymnasium with standard size court. ' Wash ington State CollegeJ is also build tog with regulation "court in jvlew." f Montana's floor is one Of the be.st . ip the conference being well light- d and of standard size. The; OAC and Montana tloors are much the same. . . I "Large pavilions will.be in style - it interest?- in basketball. ; keeps growing because of .-seating - ca fpacity for spfctators,T says Cole- jfVnan. "At present it seems .that yjUniversity -Of" Oregon r ir"sfetfins the pace in pavilion building. I "Standardized floors will affect team play a, great deaL A team used o playing on a large , court la handicapped when. placing! on a small court and 'vicet versa. A small ceur like thetjne st Idaho Is hard, to officiate on because of fncreased,, ch'anees . for personal contact. . . - j t "The largest floor in the con ference Is 9b feet long and 54 , feet wide. If. floors get fo be iuchlarger, officials wjll have to ute. rotter" ''k'at,ClS,to, ' TolloV the piays," said Coach Coleman, j STlDSISe CUTS DICTED bC t )t jsjW1W IP MP , Central Pri PhAto Washington's Xew State Cnpitol Completed (Exctosirs CntrI Presa Dispatch) - . OliYMPIA, Wash., Feb. ;12. The state of Washington is prepar ing to celebrate the 38th anniversary of . its admission to the union, February '22, with the dedication of a new. $6,000,000 marble-domed capitol building here. I ? ; " ; I . The new structure was com pleted just as the state's 20th leg islature went into sesison, pre pared for a stormy battle with the program of Gov. Roland H. Hart-ley,-against whom a state-wide re call campaign has been in .prog ress. ; ' Bitter fights have raged over the interior decorating and furn ishing of the new structure,- Gov ernor Hartley protesting vigorous ly, against such items as $50 cus pidors and $97 coat -racks-con-bisting of a short board with fpnr ordinary ; coat hooks for.: state senator's rooms. Hartley Jost his fight : for .economy, being, over ruled,, by the two other members jts Cheapness, Variety and 'Speed Appeal to Average r-rr; Busirvlpn - The real reason far the extraor dinary growth and. ever increas ing popnlarity-of squash tennis in the larger cities,1 says John R. Tu ns! in the February issue of "The Sportsman,' is that' It fits inl so perfectly with the tempo ot Ufa in 1927. VS' , '. t r: V.j ? y Mr, Tunis holds that "this sub tle game with its mobile variety, its dazzlngly" quick changes-and exchanges dovetails perfectly with the external life in the great cities in the United States. "Its cheapness, its variety and speed, its accessibility, its compe titions, its opportunity for exer cise and concentrated exercise these are fust a lew of the'"quali-; ties that endear squash tennis to the business man. ; "With the development of the round-the-court game, that it, let ting the 'ball carom from' five walls before hitting it, which has been the means of expression tt all the great players, "there ' has been evolved a variety "Of shots which can perhaps be equaled only in such games as billiards. "Sheer speed has never won at squash . tennis. Position ; play, -a knowledge of court angles, -foot work, and the ability "to mote quickly, and anticipate shots are of far more value than speed,, as the final results have shownon more than one occasion. :4 You "have shots that are impos sible in any. other . game. It is three 'strokes which -make the niceties . of position play of such vast importance in squash tennis, and It is "this wide' scope of shots from all sorts of angles and . all sorts of positions Upon the court which makes it such a delightful mental as. well as 'physical strug gle. This explains why -so many men,who during summer play nothing but a little golf, pursue squash , tennis with such 'keenness and devotion" during the winter." According to Mr. I Tunis ' the ganve originated - late In the last century when two Bostonians, prevented from playing" 'tennls-hy raln;''retire'd to ab; empty barn: Later they played the "garaa t In New-, YorH in arf encing room and the'-Idea immediately caught , the fancy ot such prominent' "Jsew "Yok tenii Is playersai-ilarotd Hack6tt and F. B Alexander. f r : -a" J - ... .i i" i- Although' told at the age of 18 by a doctor )t hat shei had only one lung. Mrs. Mary , Garner of Con igsby. .England. :. celebrated her 100th jbtrthday anniversary (in good health. , . t' The - Panama Canal Zone soon will ' have1 a distinctive series of postage stamps. : Heretofore U: S. tamps and! post cards surcharged with the words -CindrZone" have been used;' i3 -. -r. jri irm v ' GROWTH OF SQUASH IS Mil LE . of the state purchasing commis sion. ' As a result legislators will loll in the luxury of costly deep cushioned chairs, thick imported rugs, .expensive pier glass mirrors to say nothing of gleaming cus pidors. ' Erection of the new capitol building at Olympia definitely marks the-end ot the old fight to move the-state capital to a city situated more' nearly in the center of, the state-say, Yakima, or Wen atchee, east of the Cascades. - Construction of the building was marked by labor troubles and strikes of building tradesmen, which' delayed the project from time to time. . Man Treasures Apology From Abraham Lincoln OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) Sev enty years ago Abraham Lincoln accused a 9 year old boy of steal ing eggs, or a week the false charges rankled in the heart of Jonathan Goodwin Crouch. Then he was called to the office of the struggling lawyer who was later toTeNSmeIft"3reat' Emancipator to receive an apology. Now Crouch, who lives here and at 84 is hale and hearty, cherishes the incident in his heart. He con siders he. Is the only person living to "whom "Honest Abe" made a personal "apology. 'It" happened in 1S52. Crouch had- gone with his father to Springfield, 111., to sell farm prod ucts." He strayed from his fath er's 'wagon to explore a barn. As he emerged,' Lincoln drove up in a light buggy! "called the boy to him and quickly searched his clothing, explaining somedhe had been taking his eggs. A week later word came to the Crouch farm Lincoln wanted to see Johnny at his office. Johnny went andtthe lawyer, offering him his hand said, I Jim sorry l ac cused you of stealing eggs. I want you to forgive me." REMARKABLE AIRPJLANE VIEW OF A MAGIC CITY P : 1 x x. . i5r'vr ; ; - J : Vi r:V -r: - - Riven .4 . -it;;( - rt: ?-&t&'&dJx fF ft --izr1! $ -; & : n - v . - r?M4 ilKnC SEHdd plaza p Kn;.Snr W- J !:4-i2 r-n .-'-l;ir-' In no Other region in the world trict of New York This view, made by the Airmap COrporatitm ot A 'haye Jh set-back style of architecture, providins light and airtotha Note: Dr. W. B. Morse, well known physician of Salem; and head of the Oregon state medical association, is a distant relative of Morse the inventor of the tele graph. Ed.) , Just eighty-nine years ago Mon day, January 24, Prof. Samuel F. B. Morse, an impecunious portrait painter and' lecturer at New York university, gave the first- public exhibition of the Morse magnetic telegraph which was to revolu tionize, communication throughout the world and contribute as much to the social, political and eco nomic advancement of the United States as any other single factor. The exhibition was before an assemblage of specially invited guests fn the geological cabinet of New York university, Washington square, New York City! It had been; arranged that the gentlemen present should prepare dispatches for transmission which should 'be translated -by some one having no previous knowledge of their con tents'. " "' The experiment was a complete success. The messages were trans mitted over the somewhat crude apparatus made by Prof. Morse with the cooperation of Mr. Alfred Vail and his - father, vJudge Ste phen Vail. . To the admiration and wonderment of " the ' assembled company, the messages were re corded ."without difficulty and translated from the Morse code with the utmost facility. One message, addressed to the nniverse and directing it to "wheel round by kingdoms," caused much laughter and astonishment. " ' "Professor Morse" took part in this public demonstration of his telegraph with the fullest confi dence, despite, the' .feci' that nearly six eventful" 1 and discouraging years liad elapsed since he first conceived the idea of.thf TnagnettC-lbad -telegraph while dn bdard HCpack sfeipSully enroute' from Havre to New York. Notwithstanding1' the variety of experiments' Morse" had conducted; the principles 'of the telegraph as embodied in the in struments used in the Washington square demonstration, were'Tpre cisely the same as those originally conceived by him, and even" the in struments -were' essentially' the sdmes as" those sketched hy? the In ventor in his notebook during the ocean voyage. " Still more interesting is the fact that from 'the nucleus of ! this ap paratus, demonstrated ' publicly for the first time exactly 8ft years ago, has grown the gigantic electro-magnetic ' telegraph system of today, embracing 6,549,556 miles of wire throughout the world, and connecting virtually - every center of 'population of apparatus, the (Continued on pace 4.) are there so many talj and costly, WASHINGTON. D. C. (Spec; ial.V tn an "effort to arousejchil dren and grownups to a greater appreciation , of the beauty and strength of the English language. Better American Speech week has been inaugurated by the General Federation of. Wdman's clubs and February 20-26 Is the week! pro claimed for Id 27. '"The common language heard upon' the street or even in the homes where there are youngr peo ple is a fearful r and wonderful thing." said Mrs. Katherine Knowles Robbing of Chicago, chairman of the Better American Speech committee of the general federation. ' "Although our 'lang uage will probably" never be brought back to the fine dignity of the King James Bibfe; and the works of Shakespeare, we imay, however, come1 back tp at least a respectful handling of our moth ers'tongue and the great Interest among laymen and educators as shown- in lectures,' magazines' and newspapers supplementing the work of the general federation, is most encouraging. j "Vocabulary study is one of the latest and' most fascinating devel opments in language work and it has been found to assist material ly in eradicating the use of slang. One learns to feel a pride in the number of words in good standing that are at his command, forj lan guage and diction can be as great as' asset as fine clothes or auto mobiles.- Jr. . j "We have 'silent reading, in school and 'silent drama': out of school in the ever present and ab sorbing' 'movies. ' What is going to counteract ' the-1 undermining influence of the bad and often vulgar English of the newspaper funnies?-' And what shall we say about the-cheap sentiment and graiuraaof the; popular riongs with wnicn our ttBtnes are noo.a- ed'" : ' 'All women's clubs, schodls, churches and-blher .oTganiza'tlons interested " In ! better American speech are asked to pian some suitable observance of the week by the organization of study classes of different ' kinds by the preparation of program's that will arouse the "interest of whole Jcom- munities, by poster contests, plays, lectures and' radio talks. The following better -American speech pledge for children isi sug gested for use at the opening ex ercises of school during Better American Speech week:- t love theUnited States of America. ' '' "'' ' , ' "I love my country's flagj "I love my' couhtry'r language "I promise: 1 " - i- " "1 That I will not dishonor (Continued on page 5.) buildings congregated as in the mid merica, snows rows ana rows ox new c,xo;Xfi8rwt.s , oi j-7 Wit ' v7 : ? "sy . . ;..v i - - - ... . ! - " " - - . - 4 v.-: , ; .tC - - - ' Harry It. Brown xvltii Tils friendly PEORIA, 1 11, Feb. 12.-) The ships in the world of dnmb animals retail coal dealer whose two pets are a five-foot water mocasln and a terrier. And it's 'a friendship (hat's been tested,!-too. " Three years agb,;the'lUmofS rfver floods caused the mocasion to leave the river bank and glide to Brown heard "Fanny," hfs pet terrier.' parking viciously and running out in.the back yard saw tho coiled mocasion and "Fanny" faclijg each; other, cold enmity glittering in' the reptile's eye and a combination " of hate and curiosity Intnai of the 'other.'- ' ' ' Brown, amused, tossed the rep tile several, bits of bread. ti& stay ed. Brown ' named ' him "Mike.4 and soon it he strange wanderer became" a pet. .Brown Jost "rfcis fear, although believing'f't h "brand"6f nake poisonous But '"Fanny fcould not .be rec onciled. She' was jealous. ; undisturbed found an old under 1the back porch and Mite! barrel estate lished. quarters. The opposittdn lemained in her dog house, j With the first" nippy 'morning, however. Brown, who was pot tering in his yard and, peering n to the dog' house, found ' patef ully urlHl, up- inside Mike1 "Fan- ny was dozing near-by. " The war was 6xef , 'Brown . was convinced, and thereafter; ' hisses and were out of order. barks The bond of friendship was sol AIL Wprrieri Must in Here by l6 OXIock in Evening HASTINGS, Sussex (APJ Magistrates in this little seaside town near where the Norman, con quered King fcfarold in 1066,' say that all women should 4e To. -their homes by 10. o'clock at nigjht. They were asked, by a' saloon keeper, who wished to give a par ty to his " . women'customers, -for permission ' to ; keep hls'prmiseS open' after ten o'clock, the) usual closing1 tinted His applicatidn was refused on ' the ground-" that all women' should be ' fn: tbfeir homes hat 'that time:1' " : ' ' , , GOTHAM - town or Forty-second street dis structures, mo- majority w vmca try.-xHW C' pets, a terrier, and a water niocasfj mocasin story of one of the strangest friend iSr told by Harry It. Brown, Peoria the back steps of Brown's residence. idly cemented whet a hage-;Alre-dale. rait .: Into rthevyard. ""Mike" v"5h sunning himself ony the back steps iah" was caught' off guard The Intruder grabbed the sna"ke' in Ms teeth, shaking the writhing, pet fIously; . ":. ' ; r- v Brown.,' bearing the growling, ran .from'" thebarn lntim to see Fanny" bolt obt of herddthbuse and afnk he jaws" Into the flank' o- the enemy. It was . an easy vie toryrf The ' AiredaJe,"i"' howling, dropped "Mike" and fled.' Npw, according; tcr Bjrown, woe be it . to the hound "Who snlf(s around the yard, or YFanny's.; dog house, 'lookfhllf Toi' "X" stf aybone. A venomous hiss and a strike like llghtninr is the 'lnvarIablev,gVet-ihg.'- The invading 'pfp'usualiy figures that bonesr are plentiful elsewhere.""!-' : '" '-7- DUCHESS PREFERS E'i RkJes.Jp , Motor Cars; but FavoVs -Praftfjing.SteM arid; - Iron Tired Vehicles - Nothiqg but a "carriage and pair" o ! the' style popular "In the days of Queen Victoria has any in terest whatever for the .Duchess of Buckingham 'and' Chandos 'who BpuTfis the- automobile. ... She has ridden" in motor cars. with some i of her friends, b'ut "nev er againi'fcbe always says, as she prefers' the prancing" steeds and .the old fashioned' four wheeled vehicle1 with 'tires' of Iron, whle Vfattle ver the paVement" When the peeress eoniesaiong' : -'?3 .- The Duthess, who was a person al f Mend'Of; the' lat! BJmperoi arid Empress'of iBussiai oftenyisitihg them in old St. Petersburg, ! the only memhefot"!theatitocraey who still clings' tb the' can-iage and pair which rolls ub in front of her Cadogan Square" 'residence eve'ry mbrnfng at'hair paef'ten' to lake the' owner"' f or. la ride through th' parks;1: The DuchesS, formerly a great traveler; stllf devotes part of each aftembon tb,''trfltin"g; and-'iJaihting: She": i ! khow ! 4r the versatile peeress! Tbecanser ot 'her 'ihteest and enthusiasm In charity work as well hfer' mvn t affairs. The Duchess - "best known" boolts are 'tnitripees 4 of : FduT'Contin'erits. "letters iIrjtim Egypt, "WiIly Windand JoSk' and the Cheeses',! and "Wartime Ditties:" . The dukedom of - Buckingham and . Chandos' became extinct '"on the death of the last duke trr 1 8 S9 Clerk's Office ComDels - W5Wttb7Vfiar. Hats . . . i - PHIJUA.DALPHIA ( AP) All visitors to the office of the" clerk of. the civil courta of" Philadelphia Cojhty are required to wear hits, regardless of their ljusiiiess or sex. I ttetkk" h6't bnly 'refusVo' serve aity bareheaded : man: or woman butreqnest'tiuem. to' gettjefi'. tats. ' efore hiaVule waa,"fectiva outiiders 'J, I re'quently approached visitors eeeking' "infpTrmatonV; and e h ar ged the m'. tea f or -searching through the files. To . preyed rtbis i the bare head was made tde Hi , badge of office. - 11 (The following Interview la the "Portland; Journal; of February 8,th, oy Tea"i-ocgiey, m tvxs famous department? In 'that paper,: con tains an " array of historical facta that are of much interest to Salem people:! f-, Ur'-- Leonard C. Smith ot No. 975 Michigan avenue'is a " native son : o Oregon, having been born near Dayton ' on-August S. 1853. 1 "My, parents came'; to Oregon the year Vfdre I arrived la3 Ore- " gofl.if said Mr. Smith. t"Mr fath er Jacob D" Smith;' was born ln Ohio In 18lt, ' He was an expert ' mechanic. ' , My :inotnr,- wb6so maiden name'was Shrahi'Criswold. was lrri 'in "Newr'brkityC " fwas 9, years otd,we 'mOvted from our 1 farm to Salem:? Father bohght the Mansion, house, at that -tline jthe leading hotel at; Salem. IV was ' located; 'n 'ilwr cbrnir:of State and Liberty streets and was a two-story hotel, We moved to Sale'ni in the early spring bf 1862. ' Just hefore,' Salem - had beeln vis- Utea'wlth a destructive Jtlood. Tha water was aoout, at its nignest early in December, - 1861. that, winter, was1 a queer winter, forj it was riot only' the" winter; of tho'olg fjood when the 'river was so high. boatfduht cbrae' and. go bter the falls "at" Oregoo .City," as thchigU watqr - had "wiped but the falls, : leaving "only .a ripple to sbow wfcer the. tails shouldl'be.' 1?tt it was tsb;' the Iiite'r of" the 6lg freeze arid, fke'aVy saows." r started to school at Salem la the spring of ;t8 62. Vfie1l I, was about 13 f started, to tchol td the WJUamette-''uhiTergity'eri I ! started' to; the"' university wowA?ro - living, "on our. 20-acre - farm mid- - way" between" Salem and the fair grounds " There Is ' a ". "brick and tile yard on; Our old. place now. : -' ,;j , -,.tA; Historic ff -?;ysz UL: ' In the spring ot 1864 my father startedtb add. a third, story to our hotel. :'the ;Mansioa ""house. A stage! driver, who' dfove betweei : Pale'-inarid Albany; had roonTal our hotel. He started for. Albany . with 'the 'four-horse stage eack night at 6, drove to, Albany, and drove the' northbound stagefback to Sa.lem.: reaching Salem at 6 a. ni. one saturoayjit was July 23, 18644 this stage driver went to bed, andTafter rolling in he lit, a cigar j"""f thlrilf he had been drink-,4 ing some'. In' any event U-ehVt to sleep andrthe' bedclothes took;. lire irom nis cigsr.- e.jumpeaj up and - ran downstairs. " . jf; he . had- thrown' ia pitcher of 'wateron his bed he could' have put c-'ut tho tire, hut he ' got rattled; x. aut by the time he had located my tather.' -: .,it 'tin-. ':V .Vfc ".V ' 8-" ' . j Coatinned tr IMtC 4.) 'i - . ' ..- ciiitBions Phenomena! Growth in Mem bers SKoMn DUririRer-? A'. r-TM. A. '. loaoiriniee. iars - By LANE MOHLET The First' Baptist Church of Sa lem how has a membership 'of 5 2,: a gain" Of 3f Slri"a "period bt'three yearsl ."'After deducting ii 1 - for lossifiy death,1 letter or erasure . there'ls Blftl a net'galri of i4T?& record in the' history of the church." The 'church is' confronted" With, a serious1 ''handicap :fx 'the' vvay' of' providing .. class-room! accbmmoda4 tipris,1 Atthef present tlme'seVtfr-i al classes' are compelled to b'qldT their ' meetings In . the basement, w$ere the ventilation anil lighting' eyitetri is very "unsatisfactory. Brotherhood, a" menV 'organlza tibri lof 'the church and one ot the largest body of men In the city of; alike order, are compelled to holL their iT)us'inesa" meetings' and,-' banV quets In" the basement, ". with ,-noy-modern conveniences," in . the din. ; ing room or kitchen, poorventila- tlori,,l6wvceilngs and'a very poor.'' grade of furniture, r1" 4 "v1 ,"4' . ; The " Young" Married " people's -, tlass'bn ae'ebunt Of a lack "of; &crj ccmodatiori iriv the church build. ing br Sunday ' school room, were , compelled to'huildl 'a garage some; two' 'year ago f or 'a' temporary,, classroom. This class has'grbwn; by leaps andt hounds under the able ; leadership ""of, the "present4 teacher. - "Now t-tha class r is) coa-V fronted with -'the proposition of (n tegeneraVcfiurch.'wori: bn ac count'" ot the .corid;tioni c!.ovq" aip - , , I , . - ! " (CosttnueI on pajeS.) providing additional housing" space a Sfio'-buflaingjisV"? .; 1 ,J Ileal! z'iri g"' t fc e' ' rft a n y" , a n c! f ra r 3 '