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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 15, 1923
"The Oregon Sta tesman
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Aorll IS. 102
And whn ttiw had nUttsd a crown of thorn, they pnt It npon
His head, and a red In HU right hand: and thsy bowed the knee oe-
foro Him. and mocked Him. saying. Hall. Klnc of the Jews. Matthew
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HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE GOVERNOR?
How would you like to be governor of Oregon? It is a
place of Vonor and distinction, worthy of the ambition of
any citizen
But it is a trying place in many situations, and most chief
executives will agree that the most heart rending ot all is
in the exercising of the pardoning or commuting or paroling
function of that office, or the withholding of executive clem-
;ency. .
The members of the constitutional convention sitting in
- jSalem forming the fundamental laws of Oregon, debated the
- matter of executive clemency for a long time
xJ Some were for withholding the power entirely. But it
was argued by other members that leaving the whole matter
to judicial decisions and verdicts would be bound occasion-
, ally to work grave injustice
And the pardoning power had to rest some where; and
1 where better than in the hands of the chief executive? (But
I: the vote in the convention in favor of having the pardoning
power rest in the hands of the governor was carried by a
l't vote of only 18 yeas to 15 nays.)
'.' '. The writer of this paragraph has seen the past 12 of the
s j 18 governors of the state of Oregon in action, and can testi
"u fy that every one of them spent sleepless nights and anxious
, days over the consideration of petitions for pardon; esper
daily those involving the commutation of the death sentence
, . Gbvernor Moody did. Governor Pennoyer did. In a notable
v case he consulted long with the late Judge R. P. Boise, who
1 had been the trial judge. Governors Lord and Geer and
. Chamberlain and Benson and Bowerman (acting governor X
. worried over such cases. Governor West took much time
with them, and Governors Withycombe, Olcott and Pierce
worried themselves sick over them. Governor Patterson
is no exception. The first six governors of the state, and
' the five territorial governors before Inem, and the one pro-
visional governor and the six members of the executive com-
mittees back of them, must have worried; and Dr. John Mc-
Loughlin, governor of the Oregon Country before the two
executive committees, must have had the same kind of
1 I .
: worries.
No normal human being can be hard boiled in the case of
.... life and death.
The case of Willos and Kelley is up now. It must give
. " Governor Patterson concern. Opinion is divided among the
people of the state. The Eugene Register of Friday morn-
ing sums up the matter like this :
"Ellsworth Kelley and James Willos, who were to have
- ;been hanged at the state penitentiary this morning, have
; 'been again reprieved. It is probable that this time the re-
: prive foreshadows commutation of their sentences to life
imprisonment.
r" , "Hard-boiled supporters of capital punishment will carp.
Sentimentalists will rejoice openly and fervently. The large
"' body of moderate-minded citizens lying between these two
". extremes will have little to say", but secretly will feel re-
. lieved.
""Kelley and Willos did not do deliberate and premeditated
KlMlJftli ' I "V Aw via w4ii 1n 4- . ai111aa1. 4m 41ik jfc A 9
i.v luiuiKi. x titjr raitn,ipai,cu ut a jatiuican ill Hie tuuioc Ul
which murder was done. Hence, under the law, they were
guilty Jf murder. Since the law has always punished at
tempts to break jail with great severity, they received the
extreme penalty.
, "But common sense tells us that there is a difference be
... tween participating hfa jailbreak in the course of which
f' men lose their lives and deliberately taking human life. It
' js this belief that the degree of their crime was not great
i enough to justify the death penalty that has been respons
4vible for. the long fight to save Kelley's and Willos lives.
. ,; The death penalty is an abhorrent thing. Nearly all
"'right-thinking people will welcome the time when it can be
: ' ? abolished altogether. The time when the death penalty can
i be abolished will come when there is general confidence that
;?: the lesser penalty of. life imprisonment will be inflicted im
I: partially and effectively.
f- : "That time is not yet here, because the public believes
51 that under existing conditions life imprisonment is ex
i tremely apt not to be life imprisonment. Hence, unwilling
ly, the public decides to retain the death penalty."
What will be the proportion and the character of my ex:
penditures for myself and for others must be a subject of
constant study and experiment. I am a responsible giver
and, as such, must follow my gifts to see that they accom
plish the good I intend.
I am also convinced that for any intelligent dealing with
this matter I must budget my income, and that, on account
of the immediacy and urge of personal claims, I should de
vote a definite proportion of my" income, Increasing as my
ability grows, to the support of persons and institutions
which will promote the welfare of my fellows and which will
express and teach the religion of Jesus.
In the experience of many, one-tenth has proved a satis
factory percentage with which to begin. This, however, ishouses Just a tew miles on the
UlCHwars? Are me mp-pocaei
flasks crowinc more numerous at
the cross roads stepplns-parlor' or
beeomtns unpopular with girls and
women attending the road house
aaee places? Seems to me this
V a whitla w.t mrA atra
Question. The ronns; people from
business is multlplyins la towns
like Salem. and there are two "or
three shops and dryroo&s nd gro
cerr stores and eating places
where there used to be one. rig
use It out for yourself. It an
swers the question whether your
real estate In the country or the
city Is im pro Ting the faster.
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What about the children and
the young people? Can they hare
a better time in the country than
In the city? - Is there more fun
for the younger generation in the
city dance halls or In the road-
not a binding rule. Five per cent means more for some than
twenty-five per cent for others. Each of us should adopt
a proportion which adequately expresses true loyalty to
Christ and his work.
CHERRY BLOSSOM TIME
Oh ! it'a cherry blossom time at Sunny Mead
And each tiny little petal as it's freed
Adds a touch of purest white
And a. fragrance of delight
To the cherry blossom time at Sunny Mead.
It is cherry blossom time at Sunny Mead
And the tiny half-forgotten little seed
Feels a stir within its heart
As new life begins to start.
And it's cherry blossom time at Sunny Mead.
Yes,-it's cherry blossom time at Sunny Mead,
And the morning sunbeams catch each dewy bead
How they sparkle with delight ;
All the world is f airland bright.
For it's cherry" blossom time at Sunny Mead.
Oh, it's cherry blossom time at Sunny Mead,
And the dryad softly plays upon his reed;
Evening birdlings softly call,
As the twilight shadows fall,
When it's cherry blossom time at Sunny Mead.
M. F.
B.
SUNDAY GUESSING
A professor from one of the, around as they did around Hard-
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THE CHRISTIAN'S USE OF MONEY DEFINED
The following statement, which reDresents the verv c&re-
;Jf fu! work of a committee of the Commission on Missions, is
I considered by Secretary Cavert-of the Federal Council of
Churches the best of its kind yet prepared by any church
.; group.
:n The Fatherhood of God, as taught by Jesus, means that
urnrl1 ia Tta maaf fomilw A a n mamluM T 41t fnmi'ltr
I, am bound to serve my Father and my fellow members with
t all I am and all I have.
! "All I have" includes my money. The way I secure it and
the way I spend t are essential tests of Christian sincerity.
J' As a Christian, I should acquire money through processes
I that do not harm, but positively help, my fellows.
As a Christian, I should spend money for the development
of personality in myself and in my fellows.
TFor the development of personality in myself and in those
related to me by ties of blood I will spend money to insure
i, myself, and them the means of physical sustenance add of
spiritual growth and happiness. ' ,
4 "' ' For the development of the personality of others and to
promote their acquaintance with the religion of Jesus, I will
spend money to support persons who are devoting them-
' selves to bringing about this acquaintance, and institutions'
; ffsarthrough which the religion of Jesus is expressed and taught.
largest universities of our coun
try delivered a literary lecture In
toreral Oregon cities this month,
and the Portland Telegram says
the people of that city who heard
htm derlred little entertainment
or inspiration from "the boring
lecture of John Erskine." He has
written some late books that hare
got Into the movies Helen of
Troy, Adam and Ere, and Sir Gal
ahad. A Salemite went to hear
him in the great auditorium of
the Oregon college at Corrallls
and did not stay half out for his
dollar, as he says not half the
audience could hear his lecture.
Of the sixteen hundred who paid
their money he did not seem to
worry whether they got anything
for their money or not.
s
The same question comes up in
some of the spoken drama. Even
if you have perfectly good hear
ing the actors carry on perfectly
good whispered parlor conversa
tion, and it is perfectly all right
with the performers on the stage
if . your money is thrown into the
river.
.
It does not help the popularity
of the inaudible lecture or the
theater play that Is composed of
unspoken drama.
Salem is a growing town in
many ways. There Is a better
class of moving picture plays com
ing on here every month in the
year. There is not so great a
growth in the spoken drama. In
fact that are not many of the
greater spoken plays expected In
the near future. The greatest
screen event is "Wings" in the
near future, but the general run
of plays is better than a year ago
and seldom but the audience gets
the good of It and many times the
better and often the best. The
college classroom lecturer with a
dampener on his voice who comes
from the student class room
should be supplied with an ampli
fier. S
The Democratic nartv In Ore
gon Is not playing to very large
nouses. There are barely enough
registered to fill the places on the
county ticket are almost all Ta
cant. The flcht will h sitn,.h.
er 'In the Republican party the
primaries will divide between the
progressive and reform elements
and the warhorses niharin.
o
ing.
W
The women and the church vote
will cluster like sweet honey bees
around Herbert Hoover, while the
wickeder variety of democrats In
Oregon will have to vote for Al
Smith, and will probably be out
numbered by the wet republicans.
As the situation increases to exist
in Oregon, the outcome of the
primaries and November election
is tinged with uncertainties. With
Milt Miller as a self-starter for the
unwashed and Oswald West and
Ex-Governor Pierce dividing the
moral elements, of the Bourbons,
the political situation of the mi
nority party was never quite as;
feebly postured and disadvanta
geous divided.
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Portland is to have a Palace of
Titania, and on top of this seg
ment from a Midsummer Night's
Dream there is to be a real Sir
Nevill Wilkinson and a Lady Bea
trix. Portland has a fine flair for
nobility, and nothing does the so
ciety people quite so much good as
to make a fuss over a real English
lord or lady.
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Is the tendency toward popula
tion increasing in the cities or in
the country? Is life becoming
more endurable in the big open
spaces on the land? Or are peo
ple leaving the land for the cities?
Are ' people flocking to the big
centers with the motor cars, and
how about merchandising In towns
(like Woodburn or even smaller
towns? Looks like all kinds of
MEDFOl CAPTURES
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THE MORNING ARGUMENT
AUNT HET
By Robert QuiUea
State Contest Held At Cor-
vallis With Honors
Almost Even
CORVALLIS, April 14. (AP)
In competition so close that the
judges required one hour to decide
the winner, the lledford high
school band retained the state
championship in the jf Ifth annual
high school band contest at Ore
gon State college this afternoon.
Med ford, under the leadership
of Wilson Waits, scored one half
the farms at the rural dance balls.; point . higher than Albany' . high
what with a fellow having a' school, led by William Nichols.
chance to sit out a dance or two
with the girl in the motor car,
certainly have about all the fun
there is. The only trouble Is the
targe attendance there of fellows
from h city.
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Big questions, this deciding
about people enjoying sports and
pleasures more in the country or
in the city. It has been assumed
CorramYklgh. three times wln-J
er, led by If. S. McCurley, took
third place.
The contest today was the larg
est in the history ot th state.
s. i in a a J s
HI DIQal WllQ 29f ma.UCleUlSl
POOR PA
By Claude CalUn
"N'othtn makes a man feel
more abused than to come home
nuitfn with a headache an' look-
la' for sympathy an' have his wife
start In tenia' about he aches."
(Oaerdffct. ltt. Publish! SyndlesU.)
"I think our son Joe could get
work if he wouldn't frass so fin.
He looks so expensive that nobody
would thirs jf offerln' him lo
wages."
(Copyrtf. U21. PublUfcars Srnalcasa.'
were here including anp'all girls
band from Seaside. 1
Other teams In thta order of
placing were: v
- Jefferson (Portland). La
that the automobiles and the uranae, urant (Portland), rrank-
naved highways wero carrying ths'Hu (Portland), and Seaside.
bnlk of shopping and pleasure: Ths competition was followed
seeking from the country into the by a concert by the .college mili
citles. even towns Uke Salem. It tary band. Ths judges were An
may be true or false; for lack of drew Loner. Jr., of La Grande
mere accurate information it is a' military "band : Bert Brown. Port-
iuu iiuyuvu; uiuuesua, flumes
aruess. Should be some way to
measure just how mneh entertain
ment a normal human being re
quires in order to exist, and then
dole It out to them just as you
would their proper share of break
fast mush. J
There ' are probably about as
many people attending church on
Sunday in a town like Salem as
ever before. It was noticeable by
those who hit the highways on
Easter day that during the church
hour the pavements were almost
devoid of traffic. All around us
we see occasional new and en
larged churches. Take Roseburg.
and the only prominent new build
ing erected the past year was the
new Christian church. But Rose
burg was hit pretty hard by re
moving the railroad shops and
roundhouses to Eugene, an enter
prise caused by opening the Cas
cade division of the Southern Pa
cific. The census would probably
not verify the claim of Eugene to
be the second largest town in the
state.
m
Salem women are awakening to
paramount interest in spring golf,
gowns and hats, with heaps of
color, some millinery shops being
one solid blase of pinks and reds.
P. At wood,
band.
Bandon municipal
French President Cuts
Down On His Labors
The Y free employment office
for Salem had 161 men applying
for work the past week, and 24
women, and found jobs for 127 of
the men and 11 ot the women.
That was the best week- of the
year so far.
S
If ycu can prove you have lived
in Salem 70 years, you will be
welcome to a free luncheon at the
Salem commercial club on April
30, which will be the annual
Champoeg day.
There Is being" developed a sort
of Portland Heights high class re
stricted district In Kingwood
Heights, adjoining and overlook
ing West Salem and Salem. A
great deal of development work
in the way of scenic drive ways
and other improvements is to g
forward with the coming of set
tled weather. Several fine homes
are, planned. Every lot in the
whole 'tract of around 200 acres
is platted to conform to the lay
of the land, giving each prospec
tive home a view unique and indi
vidual, and not possible to be
shut off. This work took the time
of a competent landscape archi
tect for a whole summer. We are
going to hear a great deal of
Kingwood Heights from now on.
Germans Try Electricity
To Slaughter Their' Cows
BERLIN AP) Electrocution
of cattle has been tried out at the
central slaughter house of Berlin.
By means of. two electrodes at
tached to the neck and spine, a
galvanic current of 110 volts are
passed into the body of the ani
mal to be slaughtered. The shock
proved sufficient in the case of
steers and' calves to cause instan
taneous and painless death.
The trial executions were con
ducted in the presence of the di
rectors of the slaughter house, a
delegation of veterinary surgeons,
representatives of the ministry of
agriculture, the society for the
prevention of cruelty to animals,
members of the Protestant and
Jewish communities and a dele
gation of wholesale butchers.
PeeoidoLed
BECKE & HENDRICKS
189 N. nigh
Telephone 161
BLANKS THAT ARE LEGAL
We carry In stock over 115 legal blanks suited to most any business
transactions. W may have just the form yon are looking for at a big
saving as compared to made to order forms.
Some of the forms: Contract of Sale, Htm Notice, Will Forms, Assign
raent of Mortgage, Mortgage forms, Quit Claim Deeds, Abstract forms,
BID of Sale, Building Contract, Piromlasory Notes, Installment Notes,
General Lease, Power of Attorney,' Prime Books and Pads, Scale Re
ceipts, etc. These forms are carefully prepared for the courts and
private use. Price on forms range from 4 cents to 16 cents apiece, and
on note books from 25 to 50 cents.
PRINTED AND FOR SALE BY
The Statesman Publishing Co.
- LEGAL BLANK HEADQUARTERS
At Business Office, Ground Floor
PARIS (AP) President Gas
ton Doumergue has won his strike
for less work. One of his daily Jobs
Is to sign two or three hundred
documents, often long-winded and
usually in legal phraseology with
references to laws and decrees
which have to be looked up to
make the text intelligible.
A summary In plain language
is now required by the president
before he will sign anything. This
short digest made by each minis
try that submits a document is
written in red ink. It gives the
president in a minute a knowledge
of the subject and greatly shortens
the time the chief eyecutive has to
spend with his fountain pen.
Dr. Caldwell's 3 Rules
Keep You Healthy
Bits For Breakfast
Blossom day, rain or shine. .
Hoping for much shine and
little or no rain. .
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Practically all the flax seed for
the farmers having contracts
with the state has been calle'3 5tf d
Presumably, a lot of it is in the
ground, though the weather , has
not been favorable for planting.
U
Col. W. B. Bartram, superinten
dent of Industries, In charge of
the state flax plant. Is in Chicago,
on his way home from an eastern
trip. He will no doubt arrive
here this week, and will be pleased
if he finds most of the flax seed
in the ground. He hoped to see
much of it planted by the first of
April.
Dr. Caldwell watched the re
sults of constipation for 47 years,
and believed that no matter how
careful people are of their hearth,
diet and exercise, constipation will
occur from time to time regardless
of how much one tries to avoid it.
Ot next importance, then, is how
to treat it when It comes. Dr.
Caldwell always was in favor of
getting as close to nature as pos
sible, hence his remedy for consti
pation, known as J)r. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin, is a mild vegetable
compound. It can not harm the
most delicate system and is not
a habit forming preparation. Syr-;
up Pep3tn is pleasant-tasting, and
youngsters love it. It does not
grip. Thousands of mothers
have written us to that effect.
Dr. Caldwell did not approve of
drastic physics and purges. He
ilid not believe they were good for
human beings to put into their
systems. In a practice of 47 years
he never saw any reason for their
asawher. a medi'ine like Syrup
Pepsin will empty the bowels Just
as promptly, more cleanly and
gently, without griping and harm
to the system.
Keep fred from constipation! It
robs your strength, hardens your
arteries and brings on premature
old age. Do not let a day go by
without a bowel' movement. Do
not sit and hope, but go to a drug
gist 'and get one of the generous
bottles of Dr. Caldwell's Sirup
Pepsin. Take; the proper dose
that night and by morning you
will feel like a different person.
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Use Syrup Pepsin for yourself and
members of the family in consti
pation, biliousness. sour and
crampy stomach, bad breath, no
appetite, headaches, and to break
up fevers and colds. Always have
a bottle in the house, and observe
these three rules of health: Keep
I he head cool, the feet warm, the
bowels open.
We would be glad to have you
prove at oil r expense how much
Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin can
mean to you and yours. Just
write "Syrup Pepsin," Montirello.
Illinois, afrit we will send you pre
paid a FREE SAMPLE liOTTLK.
Adv.
Unusual Values In
PHONOGRAPHS
and Radios
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which formerly sold at $300.00
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TERMS f 1 0.OO Down, f 10.00 a Month.
VICTOR MODEL 8-4, which
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TERMS 110.00 Down, 910.00 a Month.
VICTOR MODEL 4-40, which
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CLEARANCE PRICE 122.50
TERMS S10.00 Down, 910.00 a Month..
VICTOR MODEL 4-7, which
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CLEARANCE PRICE 75.00
TERMS 97.00 Down, 9&00 a Month.
VICTOR MODEL 4-3, which
formerly sold at $ 95.00
CLEARANCE PRICE 59.50
TERMS S5.00 Down, 95.00 a Month..
CORTEZ BRUNSWICK, which
formerly sold at .$300.00
CLEARANCE PRICE 195.00
TERMS 910.00 Down, 910.00 a Month.
MADRID BRUNSWICK, which
formerly sold at $175.00
CLEARANCE PRICE 122.50
TERMS 910.00 Down, 910.00 a Month.1
ATWATER KENT RADIO,
Model 35 Cabinet with built
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GILFILLAN 4 Complete with
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C H E N N E Y PHONOGRAPH,
which formerly sold at $360.00
CLEARANCE PRICE J 75.00
Air American B Eliminators,
formerly sold at $89.50 $ 7 50
ALL USED WET A BATTER
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Many other good values In Radios, Radio
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