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t y i. V 1 -w,v SECTION, TWO ; - Pages I to 8 : i SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR i TBEHOFTIIE i V SflLVAHOrd ARMY .Some of the Interestihg.High Lights of the Life of Gen i eral William Boothf (There is : published in two large volumes "The Life of WI1J lant Booth, Founder of the Salva tion Army." by Harold Begbie. Reviewing some of the high lights of ' this 1 book; the editor of the Congnegatjcmalis t, Boston, writes the following: - j To what extent are our thoughts, and even onr judgments, of great men and great events as sociated with some personalized or localised impression, arising - pos sibly from some isolated elrcum Btance or .from contact with some striking expression of prejudice or admiration? I put the ques tion to my own mind, and to my readers, in the interests of a calm, judicial; and fair estimate or the eminent Christian "General." Wil liam Booth;' for I never think of the general without having some where in the back. of my mind my mother's vigorously expressed criticism arising from the only oc-r caston on which she saw and heard him. She bad gone, with others., to- a town some distance from my home where the general was to speak. Among those who had also made the trip were a young couple, ardent "Salvation ists,'' who ' fairly worshiped the ground on which their general trod. They had traveled seventeen miles in the dust and beat, and so that neither parent should miss the Joy of the occasion they had taken their baby with them. The meeting had not progressed far when the baby made his presence known. The general ' turned on the mother and in a stern and domineering way commanded the woman to take the baby hence. It was not a: gentle or sympathetic request. It was a harsh com mand. It spoiled the meeting for mymotherv' and I fear that It be came in her mind so symbolic of the General" that it obscured the strong - and . flnr,'aapects jtt - ths Christian.' 'T . i would not narrate the Inci dent were- I.' conscious o It as coloring my own judgment. The sympathies of the average public speaker will be with the general rather than with the mother and the baby. Moreover, the dictates of common sense would suggest, that when a great man had come ' some thousands of miles to speak, .and a multitude had gathered to hear him, the whole occasion should hardly be spolled for the multitude by the crying of a baba whose parents surely could not, under the circumstances, them selves derive much enjoyment or profit from the meeting. General Booth was too much a man of ac tion and decisiveness to deal with such a situation gently or timidly.- Moreover, he was a man of nervous and irritable temper, easily npset by minor Incidents, considering his vigor of will and the steady and indomitable main (Continued on page 6.) 8T. IPC 1UL ' BAY EllflllS Muclf -of 'D'ebtfs'of; Eruption Cleared From'Ma1ji.Streetsi .: Old Buildings , .-FORT de FRANCB. Martmique AP) A oacter-centurylia PICRR I ILIll Ul passed since Mont'T'clee' vented its pent up glasses ' iK lhqi efufitlttn which took 40.000 Jives at t. Pierre, several" fMoineter from this city. 4rs ':';'" 8t. Pierre at that timewas'rieh and gay, "the hftbhdest'eity In th West IndiesfSf ltwas brUliant with costly homes.? ilubs- and amusement places, and; possessed 'the only tramcars inithls part of the world: Today.tlt Is Must-caked, cows .wander through doorways which once were ' th portals of prtde, bougainvilla, icreep over crumbling walls, antl tree ferns and the split-leafed: banana plants : flourish in the ru&: of splendid vOMuch of the debrfs ef the Mont Vt'etee eruption has been -cleared from the main thoroughfare, but it is lined now with ramshackle v buildings. " In nearby streets are the1., huts of natives, built in the ' corners of buildings ruined 2S years ago. utilizing the old walls for two of their sides,, with thatch or sheet-iron roofs. Frequently, as many as eight. persons live in a space smaller 4 than .the average American room-;. " r iMont Pelee thrusts its bald dome Into the high mist, as In nocent . In appearance as It had seemed-for, many years preceding ' BURROS, LACKING V ' ' t i - I ti l vr- ,, - Jf , . i i i -r -.x. w 1 h, k vivH 1,,$ - l ."v1 ; '' "v? C Liquor smugglers have followed the prospector In making the If the burro is killed, they lose but is aboard a mount such asPancho shows one of the other uses of the out for lunch on the MexlqaU' border. EDIICJTIiLESOEfl T L Miss Juiia Spooner, Writer on Grade Methods, Here From Portland "Portland has its Columbia River Highway, its roses and its Julia Spooner!" The woman of whom this was spoken last November at a ban quet during the meeting of the Minneapolis grade teachers' asso ciation, attended by several thou sand educators, is a member of the staff of the summer school be ing conducted" In Salem under the auspices of the Monmouth normal school, as a teacher training proj ect Miss ' Julia Spooner is a grade school teacher at Duni way school in -Portland-, and Is probably the bear known1 of" all' the large Port land grade teaching staff, through her-work-in teaching history, ge ography and civics in that school, and through the Instruction and inspiratioricshe has given to thou sands jOC other teachers through her writings' and personal help in Just such schools as Is being con ducted' In iSalemd In -an interview? with a States man reported Friday, Miss Spoon er told. of 'the methods being used in the summer school in teaching historyand geography. A class was visited, that the work might bje seen. f ' Just imagine the old school room of few yfears ago. ,W hear the teaeher demanding that Johnny telwhat he has learned about New 'Zealand, on page 145 of the geography text. He is ask ed to "bound" it. to name the principal 'pities, rivers, mountains and products An absolute lesson in memory work. , Now go Into the room super vised by Miss' Spooner, conducted by teachers-wnomisho has trained in the: modern methods. - The ' question is ; on . the board, "Can- New Zealand support as large a population as the British Isles?" Johnny is asked to think about this question. First ' be is called f ' upon to decide ont of things he has 'read or heard about the ; place, If i its J location wou Id have anything to do with the so lution of the problem before the class. , " 4 ' - " ' - Then, in turp, the topography, climate, '.vegetation, animal life, minerals, . water T power, raw pro ducts,' manufacturing; labor - and market conditions, ."and relation with other nations are considered 11 i OLD BURDENS, RAPIDLY DISAPPEARING IN WEST little. A youthful burro-buster Villa used when he started a burro of today bringing in wood DENVER. Colosw-.(AP- Pan-L cho Villa, notorious Mexican band it and revolutionist, once started a revolution with a burro and a load of provisions - But the dav of this leisurely critter of the long ears and seren ading voice is passing in the Rocky Mountain region and the great southwest. Unlike the cow and the sheep, the burro of "mountain canary" has received no federal aid." Con gress, in fact, by appropriating money to build roads and high ways has militated againgt 1 him. The train and the motor truck are crowding him tutsof his field of usefulness. ' fi " Once he was indispensable to the desent traveler because of his cart el-like ability to go long distances (Continued on pa go .) .BETTER COWS FIGURE IN DAIRYING FUTURE 3 - Ill !i r; i r -ts f;i j Jy , , " krt - - i" . , 4 T'C $ Y?&m I - i i i i ta Cj t i - v , .- , DR.C.W, LARSON . , -W x - - - ''- , - f , i?,- r.; : f ;L ' ' " ' I t- - "T-zr-'J v . ' f , WASHINGTON. (AP) Ask Dr.' C. W. Larson." United States dairy chie,f.. to picture a future for the dairy industry and he'll push across his desk this group of fig ures: . i ,., , . ; Four and a half million farms in Aw?ric hve (Jalrjr cUle, mm 111! 1111:1111;. CLEAN AND SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY burro an ally in illegitimate trade. at Cloudcroft. N. M., in upper left, revolution in Mexico. Upper right at El Paso, Texas. Lower time Likes Jail; Crashes Door Has Summer Residence HUNTERSVILLB, N. C. (AP) "One-eyed" Connally .represent one type of gate-crashers, but Hun- tersville has- anothar t"Uncle Ebie-Stenhouse, who generally crashes the local jail. With the permission of the board of aldermen,. "Uncle Ebie" has spent the last several sum mers in the Jan. When he re turned" here he found his "resi dence" barred to all except law breakers. Unable to find the town policeman, he crashed the jail and is still there. He is 70 years old and refers to himself as a poet, cook extra ordinary, traveler and gentleman of leisure. Top Prie prortiu-ers of HoldJertf Home, hertl,, Washington,, D. C ! Ixiwer Kfbt -Typical scrub herd. , , The total numberof cows ap proximates1 thirty million., v The annual farm value of. dairy products is $2,750,000,000; . Population in the United States, potential source of milk consump tion Increase. 'rises at the rate of 1,750,000 per jear, V I G O R O US MORNING,-JULY 24, 1927 TO SOUTH IM HELP Swarm ; of Holiday f Seekers Turned One Section Into ' Pleasureland ' SEBASTOPOL. (AP) A con certed rush of holiday seekers has turned this former playground of the nobility into a Russian Florida. The Crimea and Caucasus has become the mecca for every Rus sian who can afford' to spend his short summer leave in this district. Many are helped by the Soviet government. But it is by no means an easy task to "come south" under the present era. of low wages. Long queues form daily before he ticket agencies, and he. Is a lucky person who manages to get a "hard seat" ticket to the south at a date two weeks off. Usually all tickets aVe booked for months in advance. The Crimean season formerly consisted of three periods; the "silk" period, April and May. for the aristocracy weary of the long winter, months: the "calico" per-i iod, June and July, for the middle classes, and the "Velvet," August and September, for the merchants. There is no longer any differ ence t is virtually all "calico?-- and the Moscow official rushes -to the south as soon as he gets his leave, the "nepman," as the rising merchant prince is dubbed, as soon as he has raised necessary, funds. The most preferred places are Yalta. Alupka, Livadia, Semeis or Sudak: Most of them were the property of former members of the czarist family. Hotels are scarce in the Crimea. What few there were have been converted into so called "houses of rest," appertain ing to various state departments or institutions, and persons al lowed to live there must neces sarily be employed by the institu tion which owns the house. The palaces which dot the Cri mean coast have ' been converted into jssnatoriums for workersj and lsnnts "pr houses - of rest." There are -two ways by which a Soviet official can manage "to get to tbe Crimea with government help. In case of serious illness estab lished by a bunch of certificates from medical commissionsj the trip and "cure" is free of charge. The usual way is that the interest ed person awaits his turn to re ceive a place In the "house of rest" belonging to the institution which employs him. when he may enjoy his holiday at a monthly charge of 50-70 rubles ($25 to 35). food and other commodities included, and with a 25 to 70 per cent dis count of the railway fare in "hard" cars. ' There is no discount, however, for such persons traveling in "soft" or upholstered cars, to say (Continued on' page 8.) .There are 837 active cow-festlng associations In the United States. with: an4 enrolled total of 240.000 cows, each .producing an 'average of 6.500 pounds of milk annually "All of which means." says Dr. TDK K iC9otiusJ ci pyt t-l STORY OF CHRIST IS PICTURED IN IOWA CHURCHYARD GROTTO " " 3 V i l-j' - w yc Statue of Madonna and Child set in niche in churchyard, grptto." Inset Rev.'P. M. Dobberstein who hnilt -irrotto denictinEr life of Lchrist. VOTE HELPS SHED Eta Rapidly Becoming Poli tical Factor in Japan After Many Years TOKYO AP) The Eta. or outcast class of Japan, is rapidly becoming ' at political factor and emergfiig'J'from the forlorn condi tion In hich it has existed for many centuries. The movement . to eliminate prejudice against this class was given furtiher impetus recently when Premier Tanaka invited three members of the Eta. to dine with him. Tlhis was the first time in the history of Japan that mem bers of the Bta had ever been ac corded the hlonor of dining with the head of thie government. The Japanese generally are Buddhists. Budidhism prohibits tha killing and elating of animals. Tradition 'has fit that the outcast class originated' with persons who Kiiiea animais wiin wnicn 10 ieea the imperial jfalaons. Auerwara they oecame execu tioners and, . disposers of dead bodies. They- became known as a 1 "defiled , people" and as .such have suffered eve'r. since from so cial prejudices. '. ; In 1871 Emperor Meiji swept away tne distinctions between tha Eta and his other subjects, so far ad legal, rights were concerned. But the social prejudice remained, especially in the country districts, until recent years, when the Eta banded together to, demand better treatment. ..'.', 'Throughout! he Turardistricts of Japan' there, are about 5,249 out cast districts, Witlh inhabitants numbering nearly 3,000,000. As many jo f them -wtll y ote In the. next election, the politicians are begin ning to pair attention to them. American'-. Debutante De clares- Englishmen Much More" Indifferent LONDOfC (AP)What hap pens "when the . American ,. de butante-meets the English "young eligibleT" ; ' , An American debutante 1 who writes to. th London Dally Ma0 only under, tier initials solves the question? by saying that it is the American. girl i who gets - off tbe ?hihborse; first. - v Englishmen,", she says, rhave impressed me as being Very much more indifferent than. Americans. TkiaM only natural. as they are nerf, liu tho.,minorlty and " conse ouentlr sought- after, as we. the L w v ir!sare la America. . find, X am giving way to the me and am getting quite used to being unimportant. It was quits hard at first, but one can set used ffij WE S0U6HT . :i AFTER III U . , i : s!. - . - - .- ' t3 "V, "C " ' k ... j. ... , WEST BEND, Iowa- f AP) Like the cathedral builders of the middle ages, who spent their lives rearing symbols of their religious faith, a Catholic priest is fashion ing in an Iowa churchyard a. grot to which will tell the story of Christ to succeeding Centuries. For seven years the Rev. P. M uoDDerstein has worked in the shadow of St.: Peter and Paul's cnorcn;' building the memorial with precious stones,, ore. fossils, coral and shells gathered from many lands and seas. Koom by room it bas stretched out through the -churchyard.' a laoyrlntn ot delicately patterned rock. About its walls the builder has set out and nurtured plants and vines to give it the appear ance of antiquity. inlaid in coral over th main tower Is the legend: "Grotto of the Redemption." Each room tells one chapter of the story of man s fall and . his ; redemption Statuary set In niches in the walls mas me to sellings aone in re plica of - those in which Christ moved. At least six more years of work remain, and Father Dobberstein is grooming a youthful helper to .carry on the building if he should fail in health: . West Bend's scant thousand residents watched curiously the beginning of the task, then came to wonder and finally to venerate.' Te grotto's fame soon spread, and now visitors come from great distance -3,000 or more on sum mer Sundays, and hundreds each week day. . Many have offered .to help elth er in building or in gathering ma terials, -but the priest still makes long trips each year to select; for himself the rocks with which to continue the work. Passport Idea Abolished i on Polish Corridor Route BERLIN ( APJ- Polish visas have been abolished for all per sons travelling through the Polish corridor on the two principal fVains of the Dirschan-Danzig-Ma-rienburg route, connecting with the,; regular Berlin-Warsaw, serv ice. , ." ' '. r '. - . . iThls passport alleviation was agreed upon ata Joint conference at Danzig - between the German and Polish aathorities with the view of further facilitating traffic between Germany and Poland. It was mutually , a j decided, howeyer, that the regulation Requiring pas sengers to present their passports on entry into Danzig territory re main in force. - Peasants of Pyrenees j: . , t, Gi ve "Medieval-Plays ' CHERANTE. Haute 'Pyrenees (AP)- Peasants of the tiny ham let of Cherahte hate just given the medieval epic play which they per form: every twenty yers.i ' y The epic -is not always the same hot the method: of present ing It goes back to the middle 'ages and the mystery plays:; This year's performance portrayed tha life of .Napoleon. i ; 1 Peasants produced - from chests and-trunks;- the same costumes which previous generations had used, for, the, play. . A wood-cutter played the part of the pope and Napoleon's role was taken by a '" '- -r. ""- Feature Society Real Estate Classified PRICE FIVE CENTS 11 L niCI TIM i 1 Interesting and ' Instructive Address Before the Salem .Woman's Club, (The following is an address given to the Salem Woman's club some weeks ago, by Alice Henson Ernst, assistant professor of Eng lish at the.-University of Oregon, which proved, so informative and interesting to those present that a request was made' for . tbe manu script, in order that the whole of the Salem district . public might share ;fn the, pleasure which the Woman's club audience had in lis- lening 10 ias Bpeaiter. jl u hu- . ... a m Jtat ' J dress shows the results of long. careful and intelligent research and is well worth the time ot reading by any thoughtful person. The address follows:) Looking about us at the Amer ican theatre of today, we behold a strange scene a scene almost ot chaos: formless plays that puzzle or annoy, settings all .criss-cross and upside down, our beloved Shakesperian Hamlet done in golf togs and "plus fours:'; no repose, no beauty; at times apparently no meaning. What is it all about? What ARE the new trends in the' American theatre? And where do they lead us? , ; y The term American theatre we shall take for granted In the be ginning as broadly Inclusive, not only of the material ' structures themselves, but of audience, act ors, scene designers and stage craftsmen, plays and playwrights. Changes in the American theatre, of course, manifest themselves or are reflected in all of these. But since for clearness 'we must con centrate on some particular phase of ; this rather large subject, it shall be on the last two named plays and playwrights, since these are held to be the primary crea tors. Through, this peephole, we shall hope for an Incidental vision of tbe total scene they aim to in terpret.. .,- , "The stage,? as Edmond About aptly puts it, "Is- a magnifying mirror in which are reflected tha passions, the vices, tbe follies o( each-epoch.' In a deeper sense, claims Archibald Henderson la. the very. excellent and very search. Ing analysis of the modern theatre which he calls OUR CHANGING DRAMA, "the stage is itself the imare of tha time of thn nhllna. ophlcal, social, political and re ligious aspirations of the epoch." iui may seem, at ursc appraisal, father "a large-order" to use our current slang. But' it Is all this indeed, , to the serious - student, through the medium 6f the most fascinating .kaleidoscope Imaging able, j However, since in this pres ent chat, I particularly desire NOT to be ponderous, we shall lay aside '. politics.- .philosophy and some of the other categories. And .: ---.i C6ntiBna. on pf ,) " in ID HIDES IH FOnEST True Commune Found to Fvist! Fnual Rio-hte rnH hln ' - Taxes Collected xBLAGO VESHENSK. Siberia (AP) Rumors about the exist ence of a mysterious settlement in the dense taiga." or virtually Im penetrable Siberian forests, have; been confirmed by, an expedition which set out some months ago. - After; making 400 miles on horseback through virgin forests, deep swamps and 'across many rivers, the expedition came upon o ouiu iuioo ItU iUg with about 40; inhabitants. , JThe villagers, who, claimed not to ' have seen , civilized man for years, described themselves as be longing to a certain religious sect. Their chief occupation was hunting, purchasing furs from na tives j and ' collecting reindeer horns.; which latter they sold to Chinese for; the making of medl clne." , .;.'.'.'.. ;' . ) There are no authorities what ever In the village, no taxes are Collected, and men and women enjoy the same rights. In short It, Is a true commune. . The Illagers Teporled that i n l19a " detachment of whife guards tried to penetrate their village but the population met the intruders on the j edge of the Swamps surrounding the villaca and drove them off by rifle fire, f', Every two-years- one of the vil lagers goes 'to. Biarovfshensk to dispose of. the . accuniulated fur -, and replenish-- their arr.'-' n. turrit?. . rrn fTncrmcncTi UL1H IKLKUUUl 1 SECTflflim