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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON,. SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 18, 1928
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UEM WDM SEES
WORLD'S BIGGEST
it Is Hardly Necessary To
Add, She Is Now Visiting
In Los Angeles
Editor Statesman:
As the weather is usually the
first topic to be disposed of, I'll
mention that this Is an Oregon
morning, or such as we often see
la Oregon, that Is cloudy. We're
: had many such during the weeks
I'Te been here, and gentle showers.
We had a sprinkle last night. But
; I'm slower than some people I've
met here. I feel that I can t get
i an accurate knowledge of 4he pre
: Talent weather in a few days' so-
Journ. A young fellow from Min
nesota said one day. "Oh! it is so
ten-ibly hot in Portland." I can't
' give his accent, but it was dee
licious. He'd been In Portland
i four days. But there are many
' whom lie could never make believe
It hadn't rained those four days
along with the other 361. I Just
; let them rare. They enjoy rt, and
so do I. Why interfere with in
nocent pleasure!
My trends who've made money
1 here, that Is, sold their lota at tne
right time, can't understand why
SUI Bay I wouldn't want to move
here. There are several reasons.
One is if my husband is to make
our living in the hot air business,
I think he should staj where there
isn't so much of it.
Then, too, when I go for a swim
( I find the tank too warm and the
dressing room worse. I want a
cold shower, not tepid. And as I
see it. there are too many people
here bidding jobs down; sort of
an inverse auction.
Too many wish to save fuel bills
and are willing to work for less in
order to do it. It is a good place
for those who wish to live like
Mexicans. And some make money.
I heard a real estate man say five
out of one hundred are at the age
of CT independent. I think, how
ever, that was over the entire
' state. San Francisco would prob
ably claim it raises the average.
I don't mean to be knocking. This
; is a great corner of the country,
if you like it. And many do.
The tamarack bordered orange
"proves are beautiful. And being
a guest, I'm not going to say any
thing about the fruit being sour.
A teacher here owns an orange
rrove. We might as well confess
that Oregon teachers salaries are
i too low for that. She says it take?
most of her salary to keep her
orange grove up. But if ahe, en
Joys it!
The Things
,. I took a trip out throagh the
i harbor Saturday, and a harbor
f,-?fft!"HaIrt'm the boat pointed out
jfe rogh a megaphone more
largest things in the world
v a tair-hour than I'd ever seen
" fin rifty years.
i tic spoke of Wrlgley's three
i1 large boats which last year con
; veyed 700,000 people to and from
Catalina Island.
, He said the Los Angeles harbor
; is the second largest as to tonnage
In the United States. I looked to
I see him pitched overboard, but
-there seemed to be no one present
'"! from San Francisco. This harbor
Xf
will soon be larger than those of
"London and New York. We saw
the huge oil tankers and loading
.stations, the dock of the 17 pas
jsenger boats of the Robert Dollar
system, one pf these oil stations
? the largest In the world. Also
Ipmjber. yard in the
iid Seattle can ship
r ,m Angeles and then
ltf"U.Xi cheaper than direct
"to Salt Lake. This Is the greatest
citrus fruit harbor, also of tuna
fish, and this harbor baa one of
the. largest turning basins. He
pointed out the gypsum plant. 1m
mense crusher of Catalina rock for
roads, the U. P. R. R. yard where
r- .there la room for 12.000 freight
'jears, and the Long Beach salt re
,! finery which last year produced
7.000 tons of salt.
; ; ; Along the Long Beach harbor
i Henry Ford has purchased J9
. acres with 1400 feet frontage and
-expects to save four and a half
tWfUloa dollars yearly In transpor
. tatlon of cars to New Zealand and
Tarlous countries.
art's
'Here comes the start of another
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week'and what a week the past
ne' has been for veterans' activi
ties. ' There have been meetings,
'trips, sessions, registrations and
.alt 'th. other necessary affairs.
K.Vl Tuesday evening the members
K lot Capital Post No. t played the
a-parit of boats to the members of
, kbe Auxiliary unit. Over 400
. Raftered in the hall for the oc
r-- A regular business meeting was
'held by Capital Post at the out
let with the Auxiliary members as
nertiLors. The principal address
f the evening was given by
IClaude Forebaure. past vlce-com-Wftder
of the department of Illi
nois. He stressed the value of the
"Anviiiarr to every American Leg-
Son1 post, emphasised the Impor
tance of wearing tne legion em
Vi.wi and complimented Capital
the "sDlendid Drum
iviiAwinr thm business meeting
tw was dancing, cards, music
program and refreshments.
'atant of th
r? Car R,:ie
yVmericanX Oregonvca"
and wander
!ta!s columt
-partment of
-yesterday
office while
"sought
We saw many of the feoata used
In moving pictures, Including the
one used in the films of "The Sea
Beast." A we docked we were
asked to keep our seats till the
boat was securely tied np. The
water of the harbor has been an
alysed and found to be much
wetter than most water.
I'd like to tell you of some of
the interesting things I've seen In
parks, beaches, cafes and gardens.
I hope to see Los Angeles river be
fore I leave. I've crossed the
bridge repeatedly, but we have
never had our field glasses with
us.
MRS. W. W. ROSEBAUGH.
Los Angeles, March 14, 132S.
HERBERT HOOVER'S
REMARKABLE LIFE
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to the starving population among
whom were 3,000.000 children.
Turning again td Belgium he
saved its higher Institutions of
learning from collapse in what
has been characterized as the most
extensive special support to high
er education ever seen in Europe.
Permanent interest in the
health and care of children is as
sured in our own country in his
organization of the American
Health Association, and in its pro
gram is also Included a determina
tion to secure better homes.
Finally his last work has been
in the rehabilitation of the Missis
sippi flood area and In New En
gland. Who better than he can
direct the expenditure of the
$400,000,000 or more about to be
spent by our government In the
taming of the "father of waters."
a work requiring not only the
highest engineering skill bnt also
the ereater task of seeing this
vast sum necessary for completion
honestly and economically admin
istered? Mr. Hoover in all his relief work
received no salary and in addition
to giving up a most lucrative pro
fession, actually has always paid
his own personal expenses.
To amplify further his work in
this field of international philan
thropy and humanitarianism
would be to trespass unduly upon
your courtesy.
Finally what shall be say of
Hoover, the statesman? Let the
Honorable George H. Moses, of
New Hampshire, now serving his
third term in the senate of the
t'nited States, answer:
"The natural sources from
which to seek a president are the
congress, the governors of the
states, and the president's cabinet.
Under circumstances as they now
exist, the last named has seemed
to me the proper group from
which to make the choice whioh
will insure the continuance of the
essential policies under ' which the
country has been so prosperous
and so contented. Five of the ten
members of the cabinet are in
heritances, but all of them,
through longer service under
Coolidge. bear the letter's stamp
the more plainly. They have sat
at the council table with him
when his plans have been formu
lated, and they have been his ex
ecutives to carry these plans for
ward.
"Among this group one man
stood forth clearly as having had
a larger experience and in a wider
executive field than any of his as
sociates: Herbert C. Hoover.
"The business men have long
recognised Hoover as one who
comprehends their problems and
who wants to help in solving them
properly. The laboring men have
found him sympathetic and help
ful in all his efforts to adjust and
ameliorate their conditions. The
l firman tiavA aeen him an an
intelligent student of their affairs!
and seeking for a real remedy for
such genuine ills as they have.
The women of the country have al
ways been with Hoover. The work
which he conducted and for which
he marshalled them in war time
touched that vein of sentiment, of
helpfulness which all women pos
sess; and. seven years ago. they
constituted .a' large part of that
impressive popular support which
he had in the preliminaries to the
campaign oflMO.
Hoover himself has said: "I
am a partisan member of my
party." He has vigorously de
clared his' belief In that aspect of
our constitutional system wnicn
makes for the two-party scheme of
Dolftlcal control. He has not at
tempted to upset the accepted
order. I am sure he will not do
ao as presidentr
Column
and found." He couldn't resist
the lure of the State Basketball
tournament, . . .
And now comes a word about
membership. . The total and re
cord for Capital Post No. t yes
terday, reached -the 10 5 mark
with mere coming In all the time.
This will be some year for the lo
cal Post.
Speaking of membership brings
out the fact that District No. 2
again heads the list. oing over
the top first of all aad bow boosts
a membership of J J 21 as com
pared with 2201 last year. 8ome
record. The membership of the
state has reached the 02 S mark
according to figures compiled on
March 16.
Capital Post will sponsor the
local team in the Legion Junior
National Baseball competition,
and Leo Edwards will be In
charge of organising ' the team,
having been appointed chairman
here. Edwards explained the plan
at the meetlnr Tuesday. A de
partment or .in other words state
championship series Is to b
played, and the winner will com-
Music Department
As announced in last Sunday's
Statesman we are today publish
ing the first of a series of articles
on the History of Music or the de
velopment of music.
This Is also conducted for the
benefit of teachers and students
alike, and we will endeavor to an
swer all . questions pertaining to
music in all Its branches. Only
initials, or pseudonyms given will
be published, and questions of a
personal nature, or those requiringj
the giving of trade names will be
answered personally, if. accom
panied by a self -ad dressed envel
poe. Chapter One
The field of the history of mu-
sic ia extensive and it is utterly, two tone figure8 are repeated over
impossible to cover all the facts' aod OTer agam with frequent va
ts given to us by historians andriations of indescribable slides
critics, and
I, I- t, aim nl Th a
editor to' cover the ground In as
concise and simple a form as is
possible, to do, making the subject
matter as simple as possible so
that it will come within the com
prehension and enjoyment of
everyone, regardless of the extent
of his musical education. And we
trust that In the future the public
and school libraries will be of
greater help to the musician in
this important branch of study
than they have been In the past.
The art of music should be af
forded as much time, space and
attention from them as painting
and sculpturing for exactly the
same reason. There are numer-
ous authorities on this subject, the
cost of which keeps them out of
the average student's hands
whirh Rhonid he in the filM of !
all libraries to meet the needs of
the community it serves, as for, uc " ""v a
Instance, Grove's Dictionary of'diverting. enervating or strenuous.
Music and Musicians, both series, musical treatment adds to the ef-
of Famous Composers and Their
Works, and tne Oxford Hsitory of
Music.
Historical research gives us very
little of concrete or practical
knowledge as to where or how mu
sic really started, and historians
are widely separated as to the or
iginal source. For this reason the
origin of music is purely specula
tive and in the true sense of the
word not a historical question, and
no theory has ever been advanced
that has been accepted as authen
tic by all students of the subject.
One authority believes that
melody came before rhythm, an
other believes the opposite, but
the fact remains that both must
have featured strongly in the ori
gin of music, and not until sensi
ble differences of pitch occur,
with different groupings of notes
under some recognized principle of
continuity, does music properly
begin.
This gives us our beginning,
primitive music, which embodies
the customs and habits of the sav
ages of the unprogressive states,
as the Assyrians, Egyptians, Hin
dus and Chinese, and although the
savage music is crude and some
times disgusting to us. yet it must
be taken seriously by the student,
for all historians seem agreed here
jve note how music arises, how It
is used and with what it is asso
ciated. The combination of song
and dancing as well as religious
exercises, the fashioning of instru
ments, mimicry and poetry, these
all demand attention.
As a social diversion, an outlet
for surplus animal energy, sing
ing and dancing were always of in
terest to a village or tribe, and
were combined In ceremonies as
sociated with certain . occupations
or events, such as worship, war,
hunting, agriculture, birth, death
pete In the regional tournament,
which will be followed by a na
tional tournament of regional
champions.
Plans of the drum and bugle
corps of Capital Post No. 9. Am
erican Legion, to make the trip to
San Antonio this year to compete
in the national contest, were
promised the support of other
Salem organisations, by speakers
at a Drum Corps banquet at Glen
haven, six miles south of the city
Wednesday evening.
The tremendous advertising val
ue which this trip to the national
legion - concentlon means, was
brought out In the talks at the
banquet, which was attended by
SO people.
Visitors who spoke were George
F. Vlck, representing the cham
ber of commerce; Bam A. Xoser,
for the Ktwant- clab; Dr. R. E.
Lee Steiner. for the Rotary club;
Dr. O. A. Olson and T. A. Raf
ferty for the Cherrians, Stanley
Keith for the Ad club, and Claude
Foubare, past vice-commander of
the legion department of Illinois.
Carl Gabrielson of the legion
drum' corps committee was toast
master. Legion men who spoke
were Vie Mackenzie. Commander
Harold O. Malson, Brazier Small.
Karl Hinges. Dave Shade and Past
Commander Lyle Dunsmoor.
- Attention is called again to the
big public Initiation which will be
staged at the armory on the even
ing of March 27 by the American
Legion. Capitol Post NoT t. The
initiation team will be put to
some strenuous work during the
coming week andle well prepared
tor the affair. More announce
ments next Sunday about this
meeting.
The Ladles Auxiliary of the
Spanish War Veterans will be hos
tesses to the veterans at a chicken
dinner tomorrow evening at the
Veterans hall In the armory.- In
addition to the dinner there will
be a social and literary-program
or catastrophe. Thus rhythm
was a most dominant feature and
was accented by some recurrent
noise as the clapping of hands, the
slapping of sticks and the beating
of stones, aided frequently by
some crudely fashioned instru
ment. Accent is most conspicuous In
savage music, and the accents us
ually resolve into definite beats
or rhythms, and tnese mythms are
emphasized by noises or vocal
cries and bodily motions. Often
these metric patterns or phrase-
schemes are very intricate to the
listener, instances having been
noted in which the voice carried
a douple pattern against a triple
beat in the accompaniment.
Savage melodies contain few
distinct tones, and usually one or
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chiefly minor in effect and any
hint of a notion of a scale is us
ually downward, including pas
sages which we call the cromatlc
scale, but which utilise even small
er intervals than the semitone.
Specially impressive or highly
emotional primitive speech is cast
in -certain forms of poetry, and to
conceive such utterance in singing
or chanting it. seems to be instinc
tive. Sometimes a case of evident
pathos or charm is developed, and
on the other hand mere Jungle
noises, nonsense-jingles and song-;
Jargon foreign to ordinary speech
occur, which shows an interest in
tonal and rhythmic effect apart
from the tnougnt.
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stinctive in all races and dancing
and song naturally assume dra
matic proportions, involving per-
Bonification, plot and action.
Whatever the nature of the story.
feet.
Even religious exercises were
done in song-pantomimes, and it
seems that musical dramatic ex
pression was necessary to primi
tive religion. -
Part-singing with ideas of har
mony have been considered impos
sible for the savage mind, but
some tribes in Africa and Aus
tralia attempt part-singing and
concerted effects between voices
and Instruments. These instances
i are uncommon and do not reveal
any definite system, however.
The subject of primitive instru
ments is a difficult one to handle
in any systematic manner, since
details Vary indefinitely, but the
existence of many actual speci
mens in museums has greatly add
ed to the interest and understand
ing of the topic.
Extraordinary cleverness and
dexterity, combined with genuine
artistic feeling and remarkable pa
tience, has been shown in the mak
ing of musical Instruments by peo
ple who were oilier wise very
crude. Well-made instruments
were considered most precious,
even sacred, and therefore much
time and effort is given to creat
ing the desired condition and
form, and the most elaborate carv
ing and coloring is frequently
added.
Three standard forms of musi
cal Instruments were thus devel
oped as follows:
(a) The flatlle or wind instru
ments. Innumerable flutes and
flageolets were made from reeds,
grasses, wood, bone, clay and
stone fashioned with a mouth-hole
or a whistle-mouthpiece which was
blown either by' the mouth or the
nose. They were both single' and
double, and sometimes were fitted
with two or more- finger-holes for
varying pitch. Air reseryolrs were
often provided, such a bag or sack,
with one or more pipes attached.
Tones thus produced were usually
shrill and harsh- , with varying
sweetness and relume.
Very common were horns and
trumpets made of wood, metal,
horn, shell and Ivory, and of every
shape else and quality, producing
tones powerful and often harsh
(b) .The percussron or pulsat-
ive Instruments. Clappers or wood
or bone, various hollowed tubes,
which were' beaten, and castenets
of shell or metal are common. Dif
ferent rattles, gongs, tom-toms are
found, made of metals, stone and
wood, and sometimes being in
sets to produce rude harmony.
Drums are many, as is the tam-
burine, and are made, of a. hollow
box or bowl with a stretched skin
ever it. These are sounded by
striates; the- hand or by sticks;
A graduated series- , of gourds
combined - with resonating pieces
of wood, struck by sticks, like the
present day "xylopbenerarevfound
la Asia and elsewhere. -,
(c) The stringed 'Instruments,
As we all know," the bew and ar
row was one of theiirst develop
ments in warfare, and ICmar have
been the early starting-point efl
some musical Instrument.".1 and
historians tell us that rudo harps
similar 4n shape to the bow occur
among savages.- We are also told
that strings were made out of
hair, animal tissues, fibre and
metal.
Taking all these facts Into con
sideration, we naturally wonder
how music came Into existence.
and all writers seem to agree to
the "hypothesis that music Is de
rived from a desire of self-expres
sion.
We hare treated the subject of
the primitive stage of muslo In the
foregoing paragraphs in as concise
and simple a form as it has been
possible to do. We will be very
glad to answer any question that
may have arisen in any of ouri
readers' minds, in our next issue..
Our next article will take you
nnthr teo further on leading
Into the seml-clvillted state of the!
growth of music, taking in tne sys
tems, employed in that time in
China; India and Arabia.
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