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v , 4 ' 4 "THE OREGOITSTATES3IAlffVrSAtE3i: OREGON jEbe Oregon Sta tesmAn . ". -V" " IumI Dally Exeat Knltr ky . SIS Sott CmmiiIiI Btraat, BaiaM. 0m Jri S.-MShrfr 1 - Ralph C. Cartta . iVietor D. Carlam Sasalla Banc - - - - .- Manager Maaarina Editor - - City Editor Telwspa Kditor Social j Editor - W. H. Haadonom) Ciraalatiaa afaaacar Ralph H. hiatal Advartiaiag Maaagar Fraak Jaakaaki Maaacar Job Dap. E. A. Raotaa - - - . LUaatoek Editor W. C.Caaaar ' . Foaitry Kditar - aj X f1 r. . IfT.lTBBm OT THH ASSOCIATED FUU ? Aaaaalaa4 Proaa ta asehaaivalr aatttUd to tha aaa far pa ' radito4 to it a aot otharviao craditad is taia papar aad 4 iitaaa4lliaraift.ii , , -r- ifr.iTBBm or thh associated fuss paalieatioa of all am dJa- 1 aiao taa local aawa pmb- -2ilV eZMf .PartlaiMt. Orau. Tafopaoaa Broadway 9240. rkaawa P. Clark Ca Mow Vr- i9a.t2 nr-aiu at u.. .... nu. fffjf A . Califoraia rapraaaatativaa. 8aarea BMf, Saa rraaeiaeo; " Okaaibor Umret BJd, Loa Anffalaa. . v . - 'aiaaaa OffW Baeiaty Editor ,. liar tat 10s TELEPHONES: Kaw Dapt. - 2S or 10 Cirealatioa Off iea Jok Dapartaiaat 88S 683 Batorad at tka Paat Off iea i a 8a lam. Orrfoa. a aaeood claai mattar ' ' June 23, 1927 Sland.Uhereforc, having your loins girt about with truth, and "ftaYtag on the breastplate of righteousness. And your feel shod with . the preparation of the gospel of peace. Epheslans : 14-15. VOTE YES TEN TIMES, NO TWICE 9fr There are, twelve measures on the state ballot for the peela electionVof next Tuesday, as follows : - Repeal of negro. Chinaman and mulatto suffrage section. Votees, of course. The section is against the United States -Constitution. Portland school tax levy amendment. Vote yes, giving "the Portland district same rights as other school districts, Jand all other taxing bodies. Applies to Portland only. Criminal information amendment, allowing persons to plead guilty to crimes without grand jury 'indictments. Vote Tires, of course. Simplifies court procedure, saves costs, and ids justice. - ? Maying pay of legislators $10 a day, limited to $400 to a session., Vote yes. " Mafeme registration necessaWfor-Votinir: abolishint? ricrht lo swear in votes. Vote no. Every legal voter ought to have "the riglht to vote. xir Providing that pay of state and country officers shall not be raised during terms for which elected. Vote yes. '!v City and county consolidation amendment. Applies to .aiultnohnah. Vote yes. ; Veterans' memorial and armory bonding measure. Ap plies to Portland only. Vote yes. Fixing state tax basis at $3,500,000. Vote yes. Is companion bill to income tax bill, to balance state budget. Income tax bill. Vote yes. Z r "Blue blank" assessment bill. Vote no. Is inquisitorial , and burdensome and bunglesome. ii Nestucca bay fish bill. Vote yes. Conserve the fish in ; this and all other Oregon streams, at . . 2i' The'D'Autremonts are now numbers 9902, 9903 and 9904. So be it. So let them stay. Close the chapter. ' .'- - . . '. 1 s Is there anygj-jh Salem who intends to vote against ghe incinerator? i - ":- i - '' .. al . - Rev. E. H. Shanks, pastor of the First Baptist church of jS.fclem, is to:be the Baptist church pastor at Loveland, Colo--rado. At that point is located the largest beet sugar factory jj In the United States. Mr. Shanks will be able to tell Salem Jbeople what such a factory would do for this city. No other , bne thing could do so much. what ? Or repudiatiori. ? . It is unthinkable that & state shall repudiate its debts, incurred in supporting its. institutions like.its prison, asylums, industrial schools for boys and girls, feebleminded institution, etc., etc. There is an emergency. Something has to be done. It is hard to carry nuisance taxes at popular elections. In case of failure of the income tax bill at the polls, the governor may call an extra session of the legislature. But what could it do? Pass nuisance taxes, to be referred to the" people, and perhaps be voted down? Then what? Another round of the vicious circle? There are objections to the kind of an income tax on the ballot. There will be objections to any kind. There is no such thing as a perfectly equitable tax. But there are "argu ments in plenty to show that an income tax is the most nearly equitable and fair of all. The thing now is to vote for the present income tax. There is no better way out of the present emergency, to say the least. Tttiml16ir;'Ajxarsv essinV G. A. R. DEMANDS LAW ENFORCEMENT (The following set of preambles and resolutions was adopt ed by the state Grand Army Encampment in session in Salem this week:) Whereas, In the past few years the administration of our criminal laws has been in many instances a failure; no one who loves his country can look upon the conditions without apprehension and being deeply stirred in his heart orer the failure, and Whereas, the 18th amendment to our constitution is a part of the fundamental law of our country and the Volstead act puts it into effect and provides penalties for the violation thereof, and Whereas, many residents are flagrantly violating our constitution thereby placing the observance and enforcement of our laws in shame ful condition, and Whereas, the issue is not at this time a question of Intoxicating liquor, prohibition or personal rights, but of respecting and enforcing the constitution, therefore be It ""' Resolved, thai the courts in many instances by light sentences Imposed, contribute to the violation o the prohibition law, we there fore ask that,both fines and jail sentences be given to bootleggers and moonshiners, as the! greatest factor In pursuing their unlawful busi ness is their personal liberty, aird be it, further Resolved, that we believe the fundamental law of our country which so many of our comrades gave their liyes to maintain and for which we gave service, should be enforced, and be it further Resolved, that we, the members of the Department of Oregon G. A. R. In Encampment assembled, demand of all officers, city, county, state and national, to faithfully enforce the pronimuon amena- ment to our constitution and our courts to mete out punishment com mensurate to the crime committed, and thereby prevent other viola tions of the law. ilf.'D.: T. IV 4L&n sr. Eti Parf. ht inijui EC.; Ku Ilerk a p. New Vork citvj and L. E. Lowe. St. Paul. Minn. Local men who contributed cars, or assisted personally In the enter tainment of the visitors included C. E,. Wilson, manager of the Sa lem chamber of commerce: L- E. Oberer, president of the Salem realty board; Leo N. Childs, chair man of the chamber of commerce committee on transportation; Jo seph Doerfler of Ladd & JJush; H. R. Crawford of the First National bunk, and George Grabenhorst, W. CKrueger. E. A. Miller. E. E. Roberts, 6. M. Earle, J. M. Rupert and Victor Schneider, local real tors.' Officials In charge of -the tour declared last night that they were delighted with the way in which the group has been received throughout the northwest. Pre vious tours, they said, have proved unusually successful. In that near ly 50 per . cent of the guests had returned home only to head for the west within a short time, and many of them had brought others with them. Further tours of a similar nature, they declared, will be scheduled for the near future. The Salem chamber of com merce will follow up the party with literature about the many opportunities of this section, as many of the party expressed a de sire to know more about Marion county. declared C. E. Wilson, manager of the local chamber. EDITORIALS OF THE PEOPLE Ur-' " : . . Ireland is becoming self contained in sugar; growing her own, with sugar beets. Sensible Ireland. Improvident United Ifetates, importing over five million tons annually, and pro--jfJucing only about a million tons of her own. i The nosfnl ilrks and rnrrivra tndnv In atnto cnni'on ion. Next the chiropractors. Salem is a real convention city, andf must be more so. Must do the things that will make -this a still better convention city, with an auditorium large 'enough for big crowds, a bowl, and a better spirit of welcome, lamong the .essentials. ii THE OREGON INCOME TAX I (Th current (Jul4ssueI0r.tthe-Pacific Homestead, pub. pilshed from the Siman.buJingi-has the following edi- "torial ariictei. w -v- - . ;;. ; " OregWyoteayJue 28th on an income tax, referred by the .legislature to the people' with a view to balancing the state "'Budget- . i on-a companion bill fixing the base for, the 6 per cent !'per annum increase at $3,500,000, approximately the levy for 1923, arid"aootit $1,600,000 less than it would be had the tax commission each year added the - 6 per cent. This the com- . mission failed to da in 1922, because of the revenues from the "income tax that was repealed in 1924. - x , jj : . If these two bills are carried, the Oregon state budget will be balanced. If they are defeated, there will be an estimated Hdeficit of $3,279,880.51 at the end of next year .' Aiid'this will have to be 'made up in some way, or the '.money will have to be borrowed from outside feources. II l The income tax bill,- if carried, will provide $2,000,000 nexteartpwards. thebaUhcing, of the state budget, and kiftithkai ramount 'shall have been prof idedf, all the rest of the jreceipts .from the income taxes next year and in future " ySrs,v will be used to reduce the amount of state revenues trfs fromlirect property taxes.. And the 6 per cent annua - limitation on increases in revenues levied for state purposes' tjhalHapply to .the incomes taxes as well as .the property : J taxes- - 'r '-Thus making certain that there will be actual relief of '-dlrecV property tax burdensto the f ull jextent of the indirect Lincume taxes. . . ''I li & z: ; . : " ; ,!, -,' ' That is-the whole story. rt;-" - r:-ii 1 '' ' 'The income tax will do the work. Without theThcome ,tax there will a hiatuW; There taxes on "sales of articles like cigarettes and tobacco, Ice icream, etc, or theater tickets, and what noU Or there will ft3 a ndunticx burden froa tetewit on.moriey,borrowed- ti:abst4i.tia9 ct final paynssUnosie wy.cr.cther.07 All corraapondcnea (or tkit ,apart nent mast be iBJ fc tha writer, muai a written oa ano aide of tka papor only. aa aawala ao (oagoi than l&O woroa. v f The Cost of Bridges Editor Statesman: McCullough's bridge estimates, ag published in the Capital Jour nal, only Includes 12 bridges, while there are 50 bridges in the town. He estimates the t bridges on Mill creek at 14th, 15th and 17th streets at 112.000 each. Last year wc constructed a pile bridge on the same stream at Capitol street at a cost of $1200 just one-tenth the present estimate. The old pile bridg at this loca tion had stood 15 years, and we rbuilt a much heavier and stronger bridge than the old one. Some argue that pile 'bridges are not safe. The heaviest railway engines and trains have used them since the' inception of railways, and are still using them. Concrete bridg-l es are not permanent, as witness our river bridge, and repairs for them are much more expensive than for pile bridges. Concrete bridgesfor towns are purely a mat ter of pride. If we wish to pay ten times as much for them as other bridges, that is our prlvil ere. but our taxpayers should know the facts. J. E. GALLOWAY. H,', 13th St.. Salemv June 24, 1027, O- " ' 'Bits 'For' Bresvkfa-t 0.4 ''. aAfss 1 1 2 Mfhat .Sfifb Id jhappen . . v a V If ail the newspaper space wast ed were devoted to good and con structive works? t It would be worth all the gold in all the strong boxes of the United States, every year. The flax growers and the farm ers who have spring grain are not complaining over the showers of yesterda and last night. ... . . - J .The naall clerks and letter: cat rlers, with us today, are. among Uncle. Sam's most valued servants; and they-stand up;-in- the front ranks In favor'with. the general public. - ' , . . - If you find a man who is going to vote against the Incinerator, have hla head examined. ; Have you been aver the Improv ed road by way of the institution lor the feeble minded and girls' in dustrial school that joins up with tfce paved market road to Turner and beyond at the boys' training school? When our, paved road system is further along, inat .will be a favored route for through Irafncl'J; It makes ' short cut. , . '::;:' :c- ' - . ' ' J ,,The Marlon county. coart' does well ia nfreriag to assist in f get- tiog a highway over the Mint? pass joining lu4 great Willamette ; val ley with the t vast - central Oregon country.' ; In every"' possible way, the people on -both aldee of the CaietjJtt ; ilioqH fgtej. ,iip -this FINEST PLACE VISITED, HOME SEEKERS DECLARE (Continaen irom pac 1.) ville. where lunch was served: at Monmouth. Independence and Cor-; vallis. The party was entertainedj with a dinner there, and spent the night at the Hotel Benton as guests of the Corvallls chamber; of commerce. 'The program of entertainment at each city was: arranged by its local chamber. Yesterday morning the Corval- lis chamber motored the guestsj to Eugene, where a Eugene dele-j gation took them through a local' cannery and packing plant. Rave' them a view of the University of Oregon campus, and brought them; back up through the valley, with' stops at Springfield. Harrlsburg.' Albany, where they lunched, and finally delivered them to the Sa lem delegation waiting for them at Jefferson at 4 o'clock. i Lane and Linn counties had entertained the visitors royally. Every man had been presented with a box of the choicest straw berries, after he had been fed all the strawberry shortcake he could hold. Praise Farm Lands' Yet, as the highway wound among the hills bearing them nearer Salem, exclamations were heard constantly as perfectly kept orchards swung into view, or stretches of level fields opened out between vistas of evergreen clad hills. After a short Inspection tour of the. cjty Ui which the state insti tutions Were viewed, the party was entertained at dinner by the Salem chtfmber of commerce. Following the dinner, the group again enYbarked in uutos furnished by. members - of, the - local realty board and beaded toward Silver ton. Nowhere could the visitors have found a more typical, or more perfect Oregon scene, as they passed between well kept farms, over timbered hills, with always Mt. Hood standing out in the sun set glow.. C.iven Final View Then the final surprise of the day for the visitors when the cars headed for Mt. Angel and ascend ed to the top of the butte which commands. the whole valley. True farmers, the ; group j enjoyed as much .the inspection of the herd of full blood Ifolsteins kept at the Mt. Ah gel school farm as they did the panoramic view of thecal-, ley. From there the delegation headed for West Woodburn, where the guests were placed on the Oregon Electric headed once more for Portland. Today and tomor row they are being taken down the lower Columbia highway to Astoria, finishing an itinerary which has included, besides Ore gon, points In Idaho, visits in Spo kane and vicinity, the Yakima val ley and western Washington. v Included in the party were the following: R. E. Meader. L A. Dwinall and C. W. Brown, of SUV ley, Iowa;. B. J. Simonson. Elk Point, S. D.; Sklles Core and John Moen, Forest City, 1 Iowa ; J. !Mc4 Greevey. Leland, Iowa; . B. F, Smith, Lake Mills, Iowa; Sam An drist, Mantorville. ; Minn. ; R. of Miller and John Miller, W. Concord Minn. i R. J. Schneider, LJamors. Minn.; JA. Mtrtoa, -ekrin. More Marines to Tientsin Foreshadowed at Capitol WASHINGTON. June 24. (By AP.) Possibility that additional marines would be sent to Tientsin to reinforce the 1150 now en route there, was foreshadowed to day at the navy department where it was said that the actual num ber would be determined by neces sities in Tientsin and by transport facilities. . x The' number of marines left in Shanghai, in any event, for the protection of American lives and property, would be determined by Hear Admiral Williams. The transport Chaumont, now in Chinese waters! will return to ithe United States shortly for an overhaul at Mare Island navy yard after which she will return to the Orient. Brilliant Comet Visible Through Telescope Monday PORTLAND, June 24. (AP) Pons-Winnecke, a brilliant comet, will be closer to the earth Monday than at any time since its discov ery in 1819, according to a state ment from Miss Jessie M. Short, assistant professor of mathemat ics at Iteed College. It will be S.&t'O.OOO miles away, closer than M&rs. However distant this may seem, it is unusually near for a comet. Miss Short said. A report from the Chabot Ob servatory at Oakland. Cal., safd the comet was visible with the uaked eye there Tuesday night. Miss Short doubted that it could be seen here without a telescope. The comet will cross the earth's orbit on Monday. It circles the earth once every six years. Meteors which follow the comet probably will be seen with the naked eye, Miss Short said, be cause they will come within the earth's atmosphere. Eventually they will become so hot that they will vaporize or they will fall bomewhere on the earth. The fact that the earth will be !u the dark of the moon Monday should be of some aid to persons endeavoring to see the comet. River's Mystery Remains Unsolved; Body Interred INDEPENDENCE, Ore., June 24. (Special.) With the mys tery of the man's identity still un solved, the body found floating in the Willamette river Thursday af ternoon was buried in potter's field at the Odd Fellows' cemetery here today. ' 3Mk? Irjaota aTf ood, Kia sn. ;, A. .ICIlygell tad .Jobs rot- Assorted Gum Drops Regular 30c a lb. Special for Saturday Only 18c a lb. 2 lbs. for 30c Only at Schaeffer's DRUG STORE ORIGINAL YELLOW FRONT The Penslar Store " - - ; Phone 197 - - '--i35 N.;Ccsaist." ' new n il E IN BUILDING PHASE Road Will Give Southern Pa cific Through Line Into Central Oregon WASHINGTON. June 24 (AP) The interstate commerep com mission received notice today that construction on aTtew 61-mile line of railroad, connecting Cornell, Siskiyou county. Cat:, with Altur as. Cal., began June 14. Alturas is a point on the California-Neva-da-Oregon railfoad. Permission to undertake the conjStruction was granted several months ago. , When the line Is 'completed it will give the Southern Pacific company, which controls the Cgn tral Pacific - railroad; a through, line north from San Francisco Into central Oregon. The only stations contemplated on the new line will be at Cornell, Canby and Alturas. About 2.400 square miles of land, largely In timber, will be provided with transportation by the new rail line. The Southern Pacific proposes to extend the line eventually from Klamath Falls. Ore., to Cornell. Construction costs will be met by the Southern Pacific from funds on hand, or to be raised through the sale of securities. The commission haa received nos ap jjHcdUoJf relatliig'rto' a'e3mirion user agreement . between the Southern Pacific and the Great Northern railway-for terminals at Klamath Falls. V ISLANDS UNPREPARED SAYS GOVERNOR WOOD (Continued from page 1.) day he was phOtoKTaphed with the president and both wore the hat of the cowboys. The general declared the Flli pinoes were the "most contented and happy-people in the world." But he said it "would be like put ting a small boywithout any train ing in an airplane and telling him to. fly." to give the islands their independence now. , While most of the people" want independence, he said, they did not understand its responsibility and were not ready to assume Jt. He crilieized the leaders of the" in dependence movement, declaring they are- "unwilling to be frank enougn with the people to tell them what the responsibilities of independence means." "A break in trace.relatlons with this country alone would paralylze economic conditions there," ho said. -. Education is proceeding satis factorily, In the islands and lep rosy is ast being exterminated, he added. The general declared the islands would produce enough rubber to meet the' demands of America, but he has found that capital has been low in coming to the islands be- f:ausd'V)t-tfhe'-ropagaudii for in. dependence. . The support given his ad minis, tratiqn by the president Mas praised particularly by Mr. Wood and he lauded also the work r!fnB on his behalf by Emillo Eguinaiio, former leader of the revolution ists. . ' v ., ' Discussing conditions iu China, -where he stopped for a brief vis! It enroute. to the United Stato General Wood expressed the hr.rm that a central government .u be established there before lunp; he had little sympathy for u,n pleas of China for equal treaties, declaring "A nation's laws arj, acceptable to other civilized rn tries, and until Its responsibljft are equal to other countries, )t cannot expect equal treaties.- NO SETTLEMENT MADE 3Iontana Cities Am Still Without Newspapers fc. Trinters Out , BUTTE, Mont., June 24 fAfi Butte and Anaconda still wp,,. without newspapers tonight am! no move bad been made toward a settlement of "4he difficulties be tween Ihe newspaper publishers and the printers. The Butte Post, the Butte Miner and the Anaconda Standard suspended publication last Monday. . - Mum4 A I aad t.u(0 aJC-J& Hi mm PU.a Im ai4 1 owtalUe boxas. aralarl r aa bart. Safe. ReitaMa. K.t Wow I SOU BY baUMiUSIS gTurvszii Every Home Should Display the American Flag To Display On INDEPENDENCE DA Y, July Fourth Every Reader of the Oregon Statesman Can, Have a Flag till (m''---' j. . II 1 1 f i? if- Tf-' '"Mfc. Description of Flag This flag is 3x5 feet and is made of specially selected cotton bunting, has ewed stripes (not printed) and fast colors. The yarns used are tight, strong, yet they are sufficiently light to permit the flag to float beautifully in the breeze. How to Get Your iFIag Clip three flag coupons (which will be published daily) from this paper and hand in or mail to The Statesman office, together with 98c and take home your flag or have it mailed to yourself or a friend. - FLAG COUPON Three of these coupons and 98c when presented at or. mailed to the Statesman office. 215 South Commercial St., Salem, Oregon, entitles you to a beautiful American Flag, size 5x3 fect as advertised." N ame ... Add ress ..... NOTE-Ifflag is to be mailed add 10c additional for cost of mailinc and . ; iiag win dc sent postpaid to the address given. IS