The Oregon statesman., June 21, 1927, Page 4, Image 4

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June 21, 1927
: riaally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things
are" honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure,
whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report,
JlLthere be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think an these
things. Philippians 4:8.
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC
' ;r The Grand Army of the Republic was organized at Deca
tur, Illinois, in 1866. Within a short time, the movement had
spread widely, and at high water mark in 1880 there were
r, about 300,000 members
And there are about 50,000 now in the United States. As
..there are stitll about 80,000 men of the Civil War on the pen
s sipn rolls, -it . will, be seen that all who saw service in the
struggle? that saved the Union have never been on the Grand
; AmiSolls 6f membership. There were about 2,000,000
it enlisted men in the Union armies.
)' The Department of Oregon, Grand Army of the Republic,
is now holding in Salem its 45th annual encampment, its ses
sions beginning yesterday and lasting over the next three
! days. There are 47 posts in this department; in this state,
and approximately 800 members. Of course, this does not
1 1 include the Woman's Relief Corps, the Ladies of the Grand
IjArmy of the5 Hepublic, the Sons of Union Veterans of the
! Civil War, the Auxiliary of the Sons of Union Veterans, and
liSthe Daughters of the Union veterans.
A MONUMENT TO A COW
There are men among the G. A. R. delegates now in Salem
.who have been worthy members of the splendid organization
Jjjfor almost the whole time since its first posts began to
j function V
5 A number who have been affiliated for 48 and 50 years,
ijand in the nature of things they have witnessed the thinning
t ",of the ranks, and they are witnesses yet of the march towards
?the ranks beyond the stars
t For the Grand Army of the Republic as a whole is passing
-at the rate of 700 to 800 a day. Last year the list of the
'boys' in blue who marched bravely on to the fields of asphodel
Jfmade a total of -about 20,000.
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"Every year they're marching slower,
;Every .year they're stooping lower;
. Every. year the lilting music
Stirs the hearts of other men.
Every year the flags above them
Seem to bend and bless and love them
As if grieving for the future
When they'll never march again.
Every year we see them massing,
" Every year we watch them passing.
Scarcely pausing in our hurry
After pleasures, after gain;
But theirbattle flags above them
Seem to bend and bless and love them.
And through all the lilting music
Sounds an undertone of pain."
The Grand Army of the Republic was begun and has been
' carried on for noble purposes; as witness the following
'objects and work of the organization :"
1. To preserve and strengthen those kind and fraternal
feelings" which bind together the soldiers, sailors and marines
who united to suppress the late rebellion, and to perpetuate
the memory and history of the dead.
2 To assist such former comrades in arms as. need help
1; and protection and to extend needful aid to the widows and
; orphans of those who have fallen.
3. To maintain true allegiance to the United States of
t America, based upon a permanent respect for, and fidelity to,
Z its Constitution and Jaws, to discountenance whatever weak
' ens loyalty, incites insurrection, treason or rebellion, or in
jHixJnanner .impairs the efficiency and permanency of our
free institutions; and to encourage the spread of universal
Albert vequal rights and justice to all men.
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Surely the$men who fought for the preservation of the
2 Union jrwho1 bareff iheir breasts fearlessly in the greatest
? armed struggle of history-up to that time, and who have stood
for sucl a platform, of principles throughout the years since
if the clo&a'of that jppic straggle, deserve well1 Vl ?
j,- Anl TJhe Statesman bespeaks for thiem and for the mem
jj, bers of their affiliated organizations, pleasatft days in Salem,
. with the besfc tha' this' hospitable city can afford in all the
good things of life, and in the honor and .respect and all kind
1 attention i)f the people "of the capital city of their state: : J
Welcome, Grand Army of the Republic! ' . ; ".
A piece of misinformation was spread more or less thinly
yesterday, to the effect that no provision has been made, nor
j are there funds available to make a survey of the needs of
- Salem with respect to a better sewer system and a way-of
sewage disposal 46ther;than dumping If into "the Willamette
river. V"A few years ago, the city council. set aside a f undjof,
$10,000, takeii out of the special sewer fund, and intended for
the purpose named- set aside for the very purpose of making
' fircparations that the members of the city councfl foresaw
5 would become imperative. Out of ihb fund $6000 waj taken,
i- to pay for the Kay parlc purchase; bufe-the $6000 to be repaid
"With interest. Ana.iuw ana iniereai. lautco $ovv) waa, paiu
a hnc HJa?t year, tjtiV&L&
ff (Under the above' heading, the Pacific Homestead; pub
lished from the Statesman building, will have the following
editorial article in its forthcomng (July) issue:) ''V.'-.
At the Pickard farm at Marion, Oregon, on Sunday, June
19th, there was unveiled a monument to a cow
To Vive La France, deceased, queen of all Jersey dom
while she lived; queen by. right t performance. The follow
ing inscription is on the monument :
"Vive La France No. 319,616, the wonder cow. Held three
world records at one time. Produced in 6 years test 53,332
lbs. fat. Grand champion P. I., Portland, Oregon, 1919."
The P. I. stands for the Pacific International.
Over the inscription on the granite monument is a picture
of Vive La France as she appeared in life; a beautiful likeness
done in enduring metal; a masterpiece in a new art. The
monument stands at the grave of Vive La France, on the
Pickard farm, on a plot of ground which is to be set apart in
perpetuity by deed, to belong to Jerseydom universal; prob
ably to have other monuments to great cows of that breed.
Why a monument to a cow ?
Will the reader say the idea is silly? Some readers will.
But Vive La France was the cow that brought the attention
of all Jerseydom to Oregon, which has become a great asset
to this state and the other states of this coast. She produced
the blood strain that enabled the Pickards to regain their
old home place the farm on which they were born. That is
sufficient for the sentiment behind the movement.
There is a monument at Champoeg, Oregon, about 40
miles from the one that was unveiled at Marion, which com
memorates the decision of the vote that made the Oregon
Country United States territory. That monument would not
have been erected had it not been for the cows in the immi
grant trains that brought the early settlers to the Oregon
country the cows of "The Covered Wagon" trains; and but
for those cows the British flag would now fly over the region
west of the Rocky mountains north of the California line to
the Columbia river, and perhaps to the international line
between Canada and the United States
The British flag instead of the Stars and Stripes.
And there ae many monuments to the horse (and its
riders) throughout this and other countries. Why not to the
cow ? i
The cow is the foster mother of the human race. She is
the wet nurse of the live stock industry generally. The people
who think great thoughts and perform great deeds are the
milk drinking peoples. The achieving nations are the nations
half the food of which comes from the milk of the cow. The
brain and the brawn are produced by the milk that makes a
balanced ration for man from almost any combination o
foods, as was told by the dietary experts of the World wan
Milk helped to save the world for democracy. The cow is the
chief support of rotation farming, and rotation farming is
the hope of profitable agriculture, based on a constant renew
ing of the fertility of the soil. Dairying is basic for enduring
food supplies for all people, in the cities and on the farms.
Why not, then, a monument to a cow? A monument to a
cow that set the pace for the upward trend in profitable dairyT
ing? A cow that marked the way to the 1000 pound' butter;
fat animal as a minimum for production; set the standard
thus high above the performance of the common brindle cow
producing an average of about 150 pounds
The cow that pointed the way to the elimination of the
"boarder" and made it clear that all cows on American farms,
and especially Oregon and Pacific northwest farms, may be
come paying animals ; paying high profits for their feed and
care . i
Pointed the way tc the ultimate 1200 pound butter fat
cow, and better, with increase in dairy knowledge.
Some day, when this shall be the most densely populated
region of the western hemisphere, brought about through
rotation farming, with beet sugar factories and Grimm alfalfa
and the other legumes with the industries on the land
furnishing the raw materials joined up with the industries in
the cities and towns manufacturing them and forwarding
them to the markets of the world, it will be freely acknowl
edged that Vive La France, pioneer of the bovine race in
the line of achievement, earned her monument,
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ious and" menacing: How can liey be aroused to duty, to considerate
stizdy ot; the facts, 'and of tiio obligations which citizenship imposes
upon them?
i 4" This letter is written in the hope that friends of the cause of just
taxation in every community will organize, and see to it that the vote
i out in full strength, and that the state in its need is sustained.
The gpTsrnor and the legislature have marked the pathway. Let us
not be either timid or delinquent. Much work can be done in the
next ten days. Triumph is in the offing, if electors are not laggard.
STEPHEN A. LOWELL,
Pendleton, Or June 17. 1927.
(Mr. Iowell is one of the ablest attorneys in Oregon, and a patri
otic citizen of high standing in tliistate. Ed.)
There is nothing too good in all Salem for the Grand Army
of the Republic and the members of all their affiliated organ
izations. Hail and welcome!
Bits For Breakfast
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G. A. II. owns the town
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And is welcome to it
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For they are the boys who matte
the tcotiniry one and indivisible,
and safe and sane for aye.
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Every automobile in Salem
ought to be at the service of the
G. A. It. men to see ali we have
to show them and we have a lot.
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This is a good time to show the
boys in blue that Salem is a real
convention city. A real convention
city is one in which every latch
string hangs on the outside of the
door, every act is one of hospitali
ty, and every word one of wel
come. Some fool in the legislature had
the Portland school district, a few
years ago, deprived Nof the 6 per
cent increase for taxing purposes
enjoyed by every other school dis
trict in the state. This has mud
died the educational waters down
there, to the point of embarrass
ment. There is a bill on the bal
lot to restore the 6 per cent. We
should all vote for it, and let our
Portland neighbors run their own
school district.
V
Elinor Glyn says: "I predict
that as time goes on there will be
far more time spent by young peo
ple in gymnasiums, swimming
pools, and on tennis courts and
golf links than in parked automo
biles, airless ball rooms and stuffy
dance halls. Athletic girls are
rapidly ending the reign of the
frenzied, idle flapper."
V "a !
A husband is no longer neoded
in the raising of a family, says a
magazine writer. Well, who's go
ing to wipe the dishes?
The nice thing about being a
man is you don t have to stay
home after you wash your head,
a 'a S
First symptom f an incurable
disease: "Why, I could knock that
little ball half a mile!"
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New brass phonograph records
Too Hard Work
Mame: Why did you quit work
ing for that there college profes
sor's wife? Wasn't it a good job?
Jane: Oh, the job was all right.
But they was always scrappin' and
it took all me time lookin' up
what they said in the dictionary.
Unlocated
A certain country minister post
ed this notice on the church door:
'Brother Smith departed for
heaven at four-thirty-, m." The
Inext day he found written below:
plHeaven, nine a. m.; jamith not in
yet. Great anxiety."
ONE OF OREGON'S ABLEST LAWYERS
. . ON THE INCOME TAX
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Editor Statesman:
Any pragmatic argument for or against the income tax measure
which Kill appea upon the ballot at the coming special election in
this state is impossible. There is no settled opinion upon problems
oi taxation, except the common notion tttat any tax is a burden. We
are confronted, however, by a serious situation, one which invokes
an appeal to the devotion which every man ought to feel for the
state of which he is a part. The institutions of 'the commonwealth
must be maintained. We cannot be stumbling in the procession o
the states. We surely do not desire to visit other sections and become
subjects of inquiry as to why Oregon fails to meet her financial
obligations. It will be a fantastic situation indeed If the interests
who are now financing the brilliant campaigns for population and
industries shall defeat the proposed income tax. and thus compel their
missionaries to apologize and explain.
There appear to be three classes among our citizens who antagon
ize this bill, (1) a few very wealthy people who have somehow con
ceived a belief that an income tax will retard the growth of the state.
(2 a group-of iho old federalist contingent who still are convinced
that , the "wise, the wealthy; and the well born ought to be the
governing, and the non-burden bearing class, and (3) a larger. contin
gent, composed of pleasure lovers who are not wUling to bear their
share of Jhe expense of maintenance of those institutions whichof
necessity are concommltants of civilization and orderly government.
The first subdlvlsoa can. well settle the question by candid consid
eration of their own attitude of mind, were they seeking location for
the investment of money in the industrial world. Surely, none ,ef
them woald (viewwith favorany state where property and visible
wealth stagger under uch inequitable load as In Oregon. The second
subdivision possesses no Imposing voting power, but it is capable of
exerting Indirectly considerable influence through certain sections of
the public press. The men and women who still'cling to the Matnil
tonian principles ought to be patriotic enough and sacrificial enough
to forego their .preconceived prejudices, and sustain the state In Ita
time of jueed; Win ; they do that? " The last subdivision presents a
problem. Indeed. It constitutes the real obstacle In the way of certain
adoption of the Income tax sytiteni on election day.: The persons In
this group have little property, bat they all thave fair Incomes whkh
they prefer to expend upon themselves. Some are married, bat the
most are aingleAThey manifest slight interest in establishing homes,
or in the affairs which make for stability in the communities where
they reside. They enjoy all the advantages of education, safety and
protection which the public furnishes, bat are not willing to assist In
payfnr.for.the same. : The phycholofj of their status la both tnysUwv
will last 1000 years. Have heard
the present kind played in restaur
ants that were older than thai.
"How's old Smith doing in the
hospital?"
"Fairly well, but I don't think
ne win Dc uui as suou as cipeti-,
ed."
"How did you find out did you
see the doctor?"
"So. I saw his nurse." The
Pathfinder.
Xo Ghosts AVanted
A southern planter was discus
sing the hereafter with his old,
black body servant. "Sam," said
his master, "let's make an agree
ment this way: The one that gets
over there first must come back
and tell the other what it is like
over there."
"Yes, sah," replied Sam. "Dat
suits me all right, but effen you
all dies fust, please come buck in
de day time, sah."
A Gentle Hint!
A little girl sniffed audibly as
she walked into the dining room,
and said to her aunt, "I smell
candy."
After receiving the object of
her sniffing, she looked at the
sweet morsel intently and said, "I
did not fink that I could smell
such a small piece."
Oregon City Attorney filtered
jail to visit client, was locked in
most of day.
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By train or ship to New York City from
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Summer excursion roundtrip tickets are
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GOOD NEWS FOB
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STRAWS
MEN
Water iri the Willamette at
Portland Will Besin to Fall
on Thursday
over pencil and. paper for a fpW
minutes, and then handed in their
slips all except, one.
J'Come, Mary," said the teacher,
"bring your paper to nie."
Mary, with downcast eyes aij
flaming cheeks, handed the teth
er a slip of paper bearing "ih..
words: "Willie Smith."
The following special was re
ceived from the Associated ITesd
at Portland last nighty
"The lower Columbia river and
the Willamette at rortlanrt win
remain nearly stationary Tuesday
and Wednesday, and begin to fall
slightly Thursday."
This is good news Tor our straw-
lerry men. It indicates that the
worry over shortage of space for
barreled berries in the cold stor
age , warehouses neir the Port
la ndf waterfront is about over.
Tfyis makes it aboftjcertain that
there will be a market for all the
strawberry crop of this section.
OV VOttNCB SMtTH-tfUCEMr.
There Whs Once a Ilarber
Did you. ever get up in a terrible
hurry in the morning, rush out
without breakfast or even a shave,
and then find the clock was fast,
and you had a quarter of an hour
to wait for your train? Xo? Well,
Johnson did one morning'
Instead of grumbling, however,
he turned into a harbor's shop.
"Shave, please!" he cried, "an-d
hurry."
".Vice day for the big race, sir,"
began the barber leisurely, but
Johnson cut him short.
"Get a jerk into it. man!" he
said, "I've got to catch the nine
fifteen."
But the barber wasn't to be
rattled. He went on slowly lather
ing, till Johnson's self control left
him.
"Hold that brush still, man!"
he yelled.
The barber loked at him per
plexedly. "Hold it still!" he repeated,
"and I'll waggle my head!-'
A Budding Romanco
The teacher, wishing to arouse
the interest of her Sunday school
class, asked them to write the
names of their favorite hymns.
All the pupils bent their heads
Tt'Mlng Tbeni
"Tell the janitor to put up
notices that, no book agents ar?
to be admitted to the build
said the publisher. "Hut you ltd
just advertised for agents to fp!
our new work," protested the sec
retary. 'Of course. 1 want t
try the applicants out. it a man
could be stopped by a little ihiu
like that, what good would h- in
to us?"
How Would Vou-Ui h?
A visitor, being shown through
an English insane asylum notice)
one of the inmates, an Anirrjran.
who was jabbering senselessly ani
covering his cell with diagram-t.
"What a pathetic case!" h.- r-.
marked. ,
"Yes." replied the superiutcn
dent.v5"He tried to explain to sonic
Englishmen what waffles were."
A rather deaf lady found her
self sitting beside a surgeon at
dinner. She asked: "Should I
call you E)r. T- or Mr. T ?
"Call me what you lik-,
madam," he replied, and adltd.
genially: Some of my friends
call me an old fool."
"Ah. ".she rejoined, not heai in
correctly what he had- said, hut
anxious to be pleasant, "those are
the people who know you into-mately!"
He'd Figured It Out
The marriage had just been con
summated.' The high-powered
young business man groom turned
to the preacher. "Well, what do
I owe you?" -
"Ah er whatever you think
it's worth." r
"Good enough and a fair propo
sition. I'll give you fifteen p.r
cent of her earnings for the next
year, less her cost to me."
W1IH.V A MAX MARK IRS
IX)NDON An intriguing hook
dedication is that of Arthur Kag
lefield Hull, doctor of music. Ox
ford university. - .the author of
ii-any standard works on music.
His latest work he dedicated: "To
my wife, whose lack of interest in
this book has been my constant
tfer.palr."
Portland Income, tax returns
will exceed last year's.
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iectioii to
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