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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON, - THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 10, 192 : The Oregon statesman Iaoe4 Daily Esrept MmU; Vy . . THE STATES3LIN PUBLLSIUXG CQ3IPJXY 215 o-th O'cmereial fctreet. fs.rm, Orrg-oa - k Hendrieka -r & KcSacrrv -iIpk C. Curtis - laeilla Bnaea -. Manager Maaag-inf Editor - - City Editor Satiety Editor Ralph H. Kiotziag, Advert isIb- Maaef er Ltod E. Unifier Baperinteaaent W. II. Hrnaeraoa, Cirenlatioa Maaacer E. a. Rhetea - Liveeeeek Editor W. C. Cod ocr - : - PuhrT Editor scBMxsa y the associates rasas Tk Aaaoeiated 1'rtkt i riclumilT ealitlad to the ( Malleail'ra f ill tows diapatcaea credited to it or no: otbrrwik rrcdilcd ia .kia (-a par and al3 '.he eal aaklishod aereia. THE MORNING ARGUMENT AUNTHET By Robert gulllen I I bujuntss omcre Cailww lilvttl nnn 'N;nar Pu.fir Pout ttaBTf Ma Uti DotT S j fttVaaa, Iae, Portlatfd, Secant j B1J. ; Saa . Fr.tseifcoo, Sharoa BU-. ; Cm I "' Aagalaa. Chamber of C'amctco Eldg. fkoaaaa f. Clark Co, New Tork. )2-lS4 VT 31t at.". CSiieaco aferaaette B d;. leiiMU dffiea-23 or SS3 TELFrHONM Deartir-aBt SS Seadatr I4itor... lOd Kewa lep .1 or SJ CucuUlioa Qffiea........ Zatered a the Post Qtiict ia Saleai. Orro., aa eeeoad la aiatter. May 10, 1028 Una wai-a vninir hahnld KATTIA of the W&tCh CJlHlft I A.WW UVU kllLJ na. vr.... - . . --7-.. late the city, and shewed unto tbe chief priests all the things that 1 m . . At v. lh ta 1rlor and had icaken counsel, they gave large money unto the eeldiers. Saying, Say yev His disciples came by nigbt. ana sioie mm wj wui -- Matthew 8: 11-12-13. TO MAKE GOVERNMENT PAY Rnhrt NT. Stanfield. throueh the medium of his candidacy fnr ona of the seven Dlaces on the Oregon delegation as dele gate at large to the Republican national convention, is pro posing to attempt to accomplish indirectly the same object that would, he says, "have been attained directly naa ne -remained in thev United States senate and at the head of ti nnhli lands committee" WThat is. to have the principle laid down that was laid down hv the Stanfield act of 1926. which has resulted in the navmpnt flf S6.900.000 to the 18 Oregon counties in tne u. ac ri larui orant. "extended bv law so as to apply to the federal reserves of forest areas in Oregon and the other ten public land states in the west." That is. to have the federal government pay to the states the amount of the taxes they would collect were the forest reserve lands in Drivate hands. Mr. Stanfield proposes, if he is made a delegate to the Re- - . 1 A? . nublican national convention, to go before tne resolutions committee and have the Republican party committea in hs nTatform to that principle Which, he contends, will insure the adoption of the princi ple. - . ' This would of course make taxes much lower in Oregon. It would pay more than 20 per cent of our taxes. The areas in volved in Oregon are more than 25 per cent of our total land area. , That sounds almost too good to be true. lit. Stanfield might not, succeed in his quest. If he did, that might not bring the desired result. But it might conceivably bring about an agita tion that would in the long run help in giving the whole coun try a larger idea of the rights of our public land states. POOR PA By Claude CaUaxt "I can tell a girl that's goinMo make a good mother. She likes to kiss a babj s feet instead of its mouth." 'CopjTlft. 1928. rva:UBraSyieat.i MISSISSIPPI FLOOD "I take an interest in politics. but no matter what party gets in power it looks like I get in a lit tle worse shape than I was be fore." tCepTTia-at. IMS. labltsbra fl-aA'aa.) The farming and magazine section of the Sunday States man will bedevoted, in its Slogan pages, to the sugar indus try. This is the biggest thing we have in prospect for the Salem district. There is no sort of reason why we should not have beet sugar factories. We can get them, if we will go af ter them. If we will simply invite them ; tell the heads of the big sugar companies we want them, and get the necessary contracts from the farmers to grow the beets. This can be done. It should be done Why do we wait? Marion county could afford to set aside a fund to employ a man to get onto this job, and stay on it "till finished. It would pay the county, - many times over, in the shape of increased taxes every year, and for all time. There are ten candidates for the Republican nominations v for the legislature. Four places to fill. There will be" six los . ers.. It is a pity we cannot have them all nominated. Each Jhas his high points of fitness. BUILDING FOR OREGON In one way or another, the linen mill plant meant by the Portland Journal the plant of the Oregon Linen Mills, In corporated will be operated to full capacity and the capacity increased, and the concern made a fully going concern. It has the foundation of a great and constantly expanding concern. It would do Portland credit to have her full share in this, her promised share and more And, one day, the shares of the company will be gilt edged and worth away above par. The linen business is stable Some of the oldest manufacturing concerns in the world are linen mills. Stewart's Resignation Demanded For Oil Deals NEW TORK, Mar 9. (AP) An echo of the naral oil reserres scandal reverberated today In high circles of the oil industry. Resignation of Colonel Robert nch transgressions W. Stewart, chairman of the board of the Standard Oil company of In diana jw.a requested by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., a heavy stockhold er in that corporation and general ly acknowledged the outstanding individual influence in the indus try as a whole. j Mr. Rockefeller based his action on Colonel 1 Stewart's recent test!-; said when advised of Mr. Rocke feller's action. ' "It is reassuring to know that tne public is not Indifferent to as thon dis closed. The result of the crim inal trials might have been differ ent If the public conscience had been earlier aroused by expres sions such as those referred to." Saying that he thought Mr Rockefeller was to be congratulat ed. Chairman Nye said he hoped that the stockholders of the In diana company would find Mr BELIEF DESCRIBED Conditionf In the flood sone and how they were met and handled by the Red Cross relief workers during the disastrous flood In the Mississippi valley about a year ago were revealed by Dr. William De- Kleine in his talk on the flood to the Rotarians at their weekly luncheon yesterday noon. Dr. De- Kleine. who Is with tne Marion county child health demonstra tion, was on the Investigating committee headed by Herbert Hoover. He declared that it was the largest disaster in the world on record, lasting from the first of March until August, and that mil lions of dollars worth of property was lost. No one could ever dream of it being as Immense as it was. In bis talk he declared that in order to prevent future disasters In this district, it .would take the careful study of skilled engineers to solve the problems of straight ening the channel, building of higher levees, and the purchasing of suitable lands on the tributary rivers which may be used, if need be, for flooding purposes, to keep down the pressure at the lower part of the river when the water rises. He said that it would cost at least a nuiion dollars to pro mote such a project and that it could only be handled by the fed eral government, and would not be completed in less than five years. More than 1,000,000 people were driven from their homes by tne flood, with 600,000 of them sick. These relief problems were all cared for by the Red Cross which cared for the sick, fed .all who were destitute and gave them anelter, so that 200 odd acciden tal deaths were the only casual ties. Much credit is also due the army for aiding those in distress. This disaster came so suddenly ana unexpectedly that the country was entirety unprepared for it. Relief workers had to be ruahd in to aid the aick. Money had to be secured and there was much to be done In very short time. Seven teen million dollars was given by the Red Cross. THE OLD HOME TOWN Stanley mony before the senate committee which at the time was delving Into the operations of the Continental Trading company, specially organ ized to handle naral reserve royal ty oil. V;.. ; Asserting that he had "lost con fldenee in Colonel Stewart's lead erehip," Mr. Rockefeller said he believed the Interests of Standard of Indiana woald be best -served by1 election of a new chairman. He called on Colonel 8tewart to make good the promise f you voluntarily gave some weeks ago" to resign promptly if and when requested Colonel Stewart .left New Tork this afternoon soon after several conferences believed to have been in connection with the move for his resignation. : v- ' , (Portland Journal) ... . Salem is working hard to increase the capital in the new linen mill. The citizens of that city did a greaiservice when they sub scribed something like $600,000 to the enterprise. They had to begin operations short in capital because the quota that Portland agreed to supply was not filled. The thing Salem is trying to do is not merely a Salem en terprise. It is an Oregon enterprise. It is an endeavor to build up a big flax industry. It is a pro 4 posal to convert Oregon raw materials into the finished pro duct. It is the plan to convert that raw material into a pro duct all ready for the final market through work done by Oregon labor with the wage kept at home and with the wage money thrown into the channels of Oregon trade from which vail Oregon may profit. This feature alone makes the enterprise of great import 9To Trio Qllfnaf CTlT'ifVimonf nf Crorrfn la t-Xtfnn trYk unniriMinn , other raw materials into finished form and keeping at home s 11 the wealth created in the process. But there is more than this in the Salem plan: It proposes " to make a home market for all the flax that Oregon farmers can raise, and to give to agriculture a further means of diver sified production. The consumption of flax in America is , enormous, and nearly all of it is imported from abroad. The Willamette valley is more perfectly suited in all requirements to the production of the best flax in the country, and as good V aa ran he produced in the worM TV rle-trelrtn noWootltr aAnn-A production and to" give a new kind of crop for Oregon fields, . is what Salem is try lflg to do, and is doing. It in all Oregon there is an enterprise that deserves en couragement and support, it is this loyal and forward-looking endeavor at Salem to develop the proposed industry. Tbe fea sibility of the plan has already been demonstrated. The pro- auci is in aemana inrougnout me country. Tne fact of our : heavy importations while we have -an area here in Oregon that yields the best flax fibre in the world, is a self -evident example of our long-time failure to take advantage of the as sets that nature showered upon us. Do not wealth men in Portland feel that as a matter of " . state pride and state development, they should help Salem cit- . fzens in their heonc effort to fully capitalize their linen in. dustry? 4 . WASHINGTON, May 9. (AP) Gratification over the 'action of John D. Rockefeller. Jr.. in de manding the resignation of Robert W. Stewart as chairman of the board of the Standard Oil com pany of Indiana was expressed to day by both Senator Walsh, demo crat, Montana, veteran prosecutor in the oil scandals, and Senator Nye, 'republican, North Dakota, chairman of the Teapot Dome committee. air. Kocaeieiier s action was taken on April 27, he disclosed to day in New Tork, after Stewart who twice before had refused to answer ; certain questions in the Continental Trading company in veetigation. had revealed that he received $759,000 of the profits made by that concern in an oil deal and had held them in trust for the Indiana Standard to which they were delivered after the trial of Harry F. Sinclair. "Tnat with the ringing speech yesterday by Judge Parker (Edwin B. Parker, before the United btates chamber of commerce) Is gratifying evidence that the bus! ness world Is waking up to the enormity of the offenses revealed by the committee," Senator Walsh U. of O. Psychologist Wins Fellowship Place Rockefeller's attitude contagious. "I am happy if the work of the committee investigating the scan dal has cansed the Inauguration of a program for a cleanup In the oil world," the North Dakota sen ator added. The action of Mr. Rockefeller will have no effect upon the pro ceedings which the senate has in stituted againat Stewart as the re salt of his three appearances be fore the Teapot Dome committee Bits For Breakfast 'sperimeBtal UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, En T"- Thomas Cutaforth, head of psychology labora tories at the Uni- vsralty of Oregon, has beta awarded a research fallow Up with the Social Seieaoe Ko search eooacil, aa orgaaixauoa re " , (udil as the -JY y forosMst seltatifie P ,K I groap la the I I Uatted 8Utea. 1 J CaUforth. who , The above from the Portland Journal is in line with what iab UCWBMt'Cr UH uccu uixuig evil tuuug . , -- r In line with what is needed; what ought to be don0 In one way W another, a great linen industry is to' be built up.in the Willamette valley; in tne Salem district. ' . j xnoaw wnnra aa neeoaie a at tieaal aataarity on ayaaesthesla, aid psychology ef the bliad,jrill work a the project "psyehopathie per aoaality of the hllad aa a facto- ia eeehesaU Bal-adjastaat.' Cats forta hlstaelf la bltad, but he has sever eoasldered this a haaJieap is say way, aad has aetaally dealgaod aad helped to auke.maeh of the ap paratus now la ase at the aal varsity laboratory. v;--.r. ' Mr. Cateforta will stady with the eoaaell with the aim ef . advaaelag knowledge ia the field of voeaticaal edocatloa of the blind. He haa al ready doae eoneiderable work oa e comparative ttady: of the learniaa ef tbe bliad, aad ia eoaaeetioa with this ' haa doae experimeatatlon ir ftager mazes aad with ether appar -tea. - - , i This is not advice Not an attempt to influence your vote S S But the Bits for Breakfast man is going to mark his ballot-for Levi T. Pennington, Sam A. Ko- xer, Lawrence N. Blowers and William A. Carter, and three others, to make up the delegates at large to the republican nation al convention. And, of course, for Hal Patton for district delegate. V - And for two of the four legis lative candidates he pnoposes to vote for A. N. Moores and Dr. W. Carleton Smith. He will have a hard time marking his ballot for the other two out of a choice of eight; some of them wonderfully well qualified and eminently de serving. S m If any one tells you the Salem public water supply is contamin ated, laugh at him. It can't be. JSvery drop of it la chlorinated. No disease germ can live in water that is chlorinated. m W X Of course, yon are going to buy a carnation, or carnations, on Sat urday, and help the War Mothers get money to give aid and com fort to the disabled war veterans for whom the war is not over and for many thousands of them it will never be over.' V There are 619,712 boy and girl club members in the United States;' in the 4-H club' work meaning health, hand, head, heart. Marion county has her full quota; and growing. There is no finer work being done in any country than this. RAIL OPENING PLANNED Spectacular Crash At State and High An auto entanglement, featur ing a brindle Ford and a Boston Star, cansed much excitement yesterday on the corner of State tnd High streets. The Ford, light and open, was operated by Carl Luta, who had his machine dem onstrate ability that Henry him self knew nothing of. Unlike other cars which gradually slip into trouble, this machine took what Officer Olson termed a dou ble roll, then sprang Into a high somersault, and made one last dive through apace hitting the lona Star driven by Adam Burns. When the two machines were pull ed apart and the damage estimat ed, it was found that the Lutz car iuffered the worse. Luts received several cuts about the face and hands. Burns es caped without Injury. Burns-was driving east on State street and Lutz going north on High. Officer Olson, summoned a broom and swept up the broken glass. Taking pity on the desert ed Ford car, the big hearted offi cer pulled it to a garage. The crash was efficiently handled, everything being cleaned up with in the short time of 10 minutes. i - - to I B S ' "apc r l' ? TEA COFFEE FiAVOfWQ, STFTfyl CARPENTRWORK ErSeTV 'TfT EXTRACTS -PAINTS SOiUS tgggS?? ) rr YW Ialso butchermc yXy -Ji unseed, olive . MAI- 1 5 leas- W OLD BEN HANSOM- DROVE. )M FteOTA SXAS.aaToM CENTER, AND HAD A HAIRCUT AMD SHAVE WHEN CAME- OUT OP THE BARQBR. SHOP HIS OWN HORSE DIDNT KNOW HIM - a-ai -is made by police here for Mrs. Alex Carl Erickson and her three small children who disappeared, todav following testimony yesterday in which she accused Erickson of brutality and with the death of two of their children. Erickson was in Jail to await action by thai grana jury. He was arreeted Sun day when police broke into his house and cut a heavy leather strap which they said had been drawn taut around the woman's neck. Mrs. Erickson in court yester day accused her husband of kill ing their new born infant 11 years ago in Aberdeen. S. D., by teasing it into a furnace. , An eight months' old child she said, was kicked and beaten so severely that it. too. died. While police were telegraphing South Dakota officials for any in formation available there. Erick- son's attorneys appeared in court with the declaration that the woman is either fabricating her story of torture and death for the purpose of obtaining a divorce, or is suffering hallucinations. All police efforts to find the woman today were unavailing. She was not home nor at the home of her mother here and neighbor knew nothing of her. STORY US RELATED mm t Mrs. Alex Carl Erickson of Portland Tells Wild Jam on Hubby ABERDEEN. S. D., May 9. (AP) Authorities here announc ed today they had found no sub stantiation ior airs. Alex can Erickson' statement to Portland, Ore., police yesterday that her husband killed one of their chil dren here 11 years ago. While a preliminary "investiga tion failed. to disclose anyone who remembered the Erickson family, police said they would make a thorough Investigation before con sidering the matter closed. nn o PORTLAND. May 9. (AP). A search of the city was being Sour Stomach ( "Phimps Milk of Magnesia" ) , Better than Soda l Dignitaries Leave - Portland for Klamath Falls Last Night PORTLAND, May 9. (API- Governor Patterson, Ralph Bndd, president of the Great Northern railway, and ' w. D. B. Dodsoa, manager of the Portland chamber of commerce, left late today for Klamath Falls to participate la the formal opening of the Great Northern's new line from Bend. Budd will speak at a banquet tomorrow night given by the Klamath county. chambat of com merce- George 8. Long, of -Ta- coma, la. expected to announce at the banquet definite plans of the Weyerhaeuser Timber company tor ueveiopmenur in the Klamath ter ritory which will Include construc tion of a large pine mllL A special train will leave .Port land at S p. nu Thursday carrvtna? rr a Rjarlatared Trad If ark Of a delegaUoa of members of the. Tha Charles B. Phillips Chemical roriiana and Great Instead of soda hereafter take . . a m aT - ft little rrauuja auw vi manw- slav" ia water any tuna for lndl cestlon or sour, add, gassy stom ach, and relief will come Instantly Up MUk ot MsgnesT.aaa p a nreacrlhed by physicians becaasa it overcomes three times as much add la the stomach as a saturated solution of bicarbonate .o . soaa, leaving tha stomach wweet aad free from all gaaea. It neutralises add fermentations In tha bowalf and gently nrges tha aomrtng wasts from the system withoat purging Besides, it is more pleasant te takst than soda. Insist npon PhIlllpa. 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