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Feataires
' FRIDAY :
Sept. 7, 1928
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desert of water, you choose them as your guides and, fol
I lowing them, you reach your destiny. Carl Scnurz.
An Editorial Thought j
1T7TLLIAM COWPER, the great hymn writer, in hypo
W chondria, resolved to take his own life and rode to the
river Thames, but found a man seated on some goods at the
ery point from which he expected to make the fatal plunge,
le rode backlo his homeand that night threw himself upon
j u-t Li mh hrnker then he hanjred nimseii
otheceilinK but the rope parted. No wonder that, when he
nad been delivered from that awful dementia, he sat down
and wrote that beautiful hymn:
God moves in a mysterious way I
His wonders to perform:
He plants His footsteps in the sea,
And rides upon the storm.
Blind unbelief is sure to err,
And scan His work in vain;
God is His own Interpreter,
! ' And He will make it plain.
Samuel L. Simpson had suffered the pangs of recovery
from a period of dissipation and repaired to the banks of the
river at Albany, with the thought of throwing himself mto
the stream, when he wrote that imperishable poem, "The
Beautiful Willamette."
Mixing Moonshine and Gasoline
THE other day, in Portland, a drunken driver crashed his
auto into a crowd waiting for a street car in a safety
rone, and killed three' and injured a dozen or so of them.
Returning home to Portland from Seaside on Wednes
day, a drunken driver ran into a car and trailer and spilled a
whole family onto the pavement and wrecked their outfit and
.at0rH their imnds helter-skelter, then a few miles fur
ther on turnedhis own'car over and went to sleep; andhjs
car burned up and started a forest rire tne arunxen anver
kinrr i!iieH hw linnrp nnssers that wav and landed in jail.
This same driver has been arrested twice in Portland tor ariyr
ing while drunK, ana was sentenced to six mourns in jau me
second time, serving only 59 days of the sentence
AnH cn th Hpnrpdations of the drunken drivers eo on
The fellow who mixes moonshine with gasoline and goes out
onto the highways is not only a menace to nimsen ; ne is a po
tential dealer of death to all the thousands or other people
who happen his way, in autos or by any other, means of lo
comotion. And yet there are people in Oregon, even among the
250,000 or so who drive automobiles or motorcycles, who will
vote for Al Smith, who believes the prohibition amendment
to the constitution ought to be amended, the j Volstead act
nullified, and every state allowed to say how ; strong booze
should be allowed to be concocted to make a man a drunken
driver j
And the same thing applies to many of the other,. 24,
000,000 drivers in the United States, every one of whom is
constantly in danger from the mixers of moonshine and gaso
line, the potential manslaughter criminals who travel the
highways.
Even they would make this privilege a national issue,
in importance above the hundreds of issues that really con
cern the prosperity and progress and well being of all the
people of this country, and, by the same sign, all the people
of the world; for the United States is holding high the torch
of civilization in the great experiment of prohibition, as in
many other realms affecting the welfare of all mankind.
Hearst for Hoover
i6 A PPARENTLY the democratic party is endeavoring to
xjL make its opposition to prohibition the dominant issue
of the campaign. It is a false issue, William Randolph Hearst
cables from Paris.
"If the people do want a change in prohibition, it will be
in the direction of genuine temperance. That means they
will not want it modified by Tammany hall, which, as every
body knows, has always been
interests and has always in the
been 'supported by the saloon.
"The real issue is the people's wealth and welfare, their
material and spiritual benefits,
is best equipped to guarantee.
J'The history, of Tammany
Murphy and in fact the Tammany scandals in New York to
day establish the fact beyond
of the United States do not want Tammany in control of the
nation.. It is bad enough to have Tammany in control of
New York. It would be a calamity to have it in control of the
United States."
Mr. Hearst therefore declares himself for Herbert Hoo
ver of hi3 home state of California for president. 'w
Labor this year will vote reoublican as it has in the nast
It is aware of Herbert Hoover's ability, as president, to help
the working man. He knows more about the problem of dis
tribution than any other man in the world, and distribution
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How strange it is that the democratic party which tried
its best to .take Herbert Hoover into its membership eight
years ago, because of his acknowledged ability, now should
aiiempt 10 ten tne country
maae. aioux juy tiowaj journal
The greatest government
was universal free education
Deensuccessiui. ilerbert Hoover.
The important witness in the Tammany sewer graft case
was found the other dav with a hullpt i n Vila VioaH IT a nrill
never be able to testify. Tammany rules New York by hook
vr uy crooK, usuauy croOK.
A dumb girl won a beauty contest in Beaver Falls, Pa.
recently. At last it has happened, "beautiful but dumb."
The Statesman's 'Fourteen Points'
A Prosressive Program To Which This Newspaper
Is Dedicated
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A greater Salem great
er Oregon.
2. Industrial expansion and
agricnltnral development
of the Willamette valley.
S. Efficient republican . gov-
eminent for nation, state
connty and city.
4. Clean newa,' jost opinion
and fair practices.
5. Upbuilding; of Oregon's
young linen industry.
8. A modem city charter for
Salem, adopted after ma
ture consideration by -all
voters. "
7. Helpful encouragement to
, beet sugar growers and
other pioneers ia agricul
. . tural enterprise. :
& Park and - playground.-de
tinf mirceed in touching
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th spjifanna man on trie
hand in glove with the liquor
past supported the saloon and
which the republican party
under Tweed and Croker and
contradiction that the people
me way oi greater prosper
what an error of judgment it
experiment in human histnrv
at public expense and it has
velopment for all people.
9. Centralization within the
capital city area of all state
offices and institutions.
10. Comprehensive plan for the
development of the Oregon
State Fair.
11. Conservation of natural re
sources for the public good.
12. Superior I school facilities,
encouragement of teachers
.- aad active cooperation with
. Willamette university.
13. Fraternal; and social or
ganisation of the greatest
possible, number of per-
14. Winning to Marion
tys fertile lands the hlgh
. est type of citisenshlp. .-
A Washington Bystander
By Kirk L. Simpson
WASHINGTON There is one
man in Washington to whom an
the Chinese turmoil of the last
rear or two has had deep person
al significance. He is Dr. Soa-Ke
Alfred Sze. the Chinese minister,
who has managed to retain that
itle,- at least, through all the
ibJfts of political power at Peking
-ince 1921.
Strictly speaking, he has no
iiplomatic status here, the United
States not having extended de
jure recognition to the national! t
government that overthrew the
late Chang Tso-nn, Manchurtan
dictator. In that -respect, howeverj
Dr. Sze is in no different position
nan Minister Mac Murray at Pek-
ng.
Vlav Get Credentials
The Chinese diplomatist, how-
jver, has weathered a succession
of political storms at borne ana
seems to enjoy
the confidence
of the national-
League of Na-
cated by his re
cent appoint
ment to repre
sent it at Gen
eva whenever
necessary for
Leage of Na
tions purposes.
He is said to ex
pect to be for
mally creden-
tialed to Washington by the na-
ionalists whenever the United
States decides to extend full rec
ognition. The fact that the new
authorities at Peking commission
ed C. C. Wu as special represen-
-.ative in the United States and
lamed Wu as the Chinese nego
tiator rather than Sze In propos
ing negotiations for a treaty of
commerce, has created speculation
as to-whether Peking might not
iiave it in mind to name- Wu to
the Washington diplomatic post
ultimately.
Washington is watching devel-
opments in China carefully. There
A New Yorker at Large
Bv G. D.
NEW YORK. When Jascha
Heifetz, a strippling of 16, made
his American debut at' Carnegie
hall in 1917, his hearers were al
most as amazed at his nerveless
imperturbability as at his mastery
af the violin. But a few weeks
later, when he played at Smith
college, he trembled with fear and
self-consciousness, tor all his
hearers were girls.
Heifetz outgrew his shyness be
fore he reached his majority, but
he always has had to avoid the at
tentions of throngs 6t women and
girw who crowded, about stage
doors after his recitals, sent notes
to his hotels by the basketful, and
pressed invitations upon him.
For half a dozen years- he has
been regarded by many a mother
and daughter as New York's most
eligible bachelor, yet when he was
married the other day to Florence
Vidor, the motion picture actress,
he was only six months past hi?
twenty-seventh birthday- almost
too young to deserve the designs,
tion of bachelor.
Sartorial Flair
Heifetz real passion is for
clothes.
He would rather be told, after
recital, that never did a dress
suit fit so perfectly, than that his
playing was magnificent. He
would rather dress up as a Tyro
lean troubadour than test the tone
of a Stradivarius.
r New. York friends, when they
want to arrange a party for him,
make It a costume ball as hi
sister did, last Christmas, just so
he might appear-in a toreador out
fit he brought from Mexico City.
Trunkloads of alien apparel follow
him " home ' from bis- recitals ia
svery part of the world.
do& rrs saw
ID BE CMATOASSIU-
If HAWCj
are signs of uneasiness as to how
the Nationalists are going to ac
complish the ambitious stabiliza
tion and development program ad
opted at the Nanking conference of
the nationalist party chiefs.
American Attitude
The recent visit to Washington
of Sun Po, nationalist leader and
son of the late Dr. Sun Tat-sen,
father of the Chinese revolution,
afforded opportunity for Wash
ington's viewpoint to be presented
informally but very frankly to
the Chinese authorities. Sun -had
already conferred with many Am
erican bankers as to the possibil
ities of loans to help get the new
government on its feet. While he
was being entertained by Dr. Sze
here, -he met several high gov
ernment officials under such cir
cumstances that plain speaking
was possible.
Without question the Chinese
visitor carried away the impres
sion that the nationalists Would
have to do Fmuch to put their
government pouse in financial or
der before , they could expect
American capital to come to their
assistance. The outstanding Chi
nese loans for which they assum
ed responsibility must be dealt
with and the movement to oust
foreign control of the customs ad
ministration, which forms about
the only immediate available sure
source of "revenue for the Peking
central government, does not have
a happy look in Washington eyes.
When Sun gets back to Nanking
there is little doubt he will inform
his nationalist colleagues that
Washington will be able to see its
way clear to approving large
American private loans only if
and when it has seen reassuring
evidence that the nationalists are
willing to move slowly and care
fully with their governmental re
form program and to extend a
helping hand to legitimate- busi
ness enterprises in China, foreign
or domestic.
Sevmour
The clothes he wears must be
sartorially perfect. Ris street ties
are fashioned bv London tailors
from silk fabric he found weavers
making in Lyons. France. Jascha
Heifetz may shrug his shoulders
deferentially when told that he is
the ablest violinist of all time, but
be will beam gratitude at the as
surance that Florence Vidor has
married the best-dressed man in
America.
Marked For Greatness
Only in his later years, since his
artistic fame was secure, has Hei
fetz had time to play. His father
Ruvin, a cafe violinist in Vilna,
Russia, where Jascha was born,
watched his son from cradle days
for tokens of genius, and tells
how Jascha, before he could walk,
would tug at his parent's coat
tails with baby fury when the
father purposely sounded a flat
note on his fiddle. Jascha was
studying under Leopold Auer at
nine, and was famous through all
Europe when he came to America
at If.
The elder Heifetzes Heifetz,
by the way, is Hebrew for treas
ure" and Jascha's two sisters.
now married, live In Central Park
West. Ruvin teaches violin
Among his pupils are the children
of Efrera Zlmbalist and .Alma
Gluck.
When Jascha is in New' York
between tours he generally takes
a Park Avenue apartment, where
he stacks the first editions he col
lects, and where his telephone bills
are- tremendous for another fa
vorite , diversion is calling up
friends in distant cities.
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CLICKS !
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"Swing to Hoover Seen in Mid
dle West," headlines the Oregon-
gonian. Looks as though Kipling's
dope about the east and west nev
er meeting would be upset in No
vember.
The Maharajah of Indore is in
trouble again. Those women just
will not let him alone.
Portland is all worried up over
its earwigs. Why not turn Milt
Miller loose on them. They'd leave
then, all right.
Wisconsin still is half off the
reservation. Young "Bob" LaFol
lette won, although his viotory was
purely a personal triumph.
These air derbies are getting
so common that the sky is literal
ly crowded with planes.
Young Cortland Hill, who had
intended to enter the Canadian
mounted police has changed his
mind and will go to Yale. That's
once the "Mounties" failed to get
their man.
Aimee Semple McPherson has
settled that land fraud suit out of
court. Wonder what her next pub
licity stunt will be?
John Coolidge hasn't got a Jeb
yet. Bet that boys laziness wor
ries Cal a lot.
A singer and a harpist have wed
in New York. We pity the neigh
bors.
An ancient "shell," datLJ back
many years, has been dug up near
Baker. That shell game was an
old-timer, all right.
Venizelos is recovering from
dengue fever. A man who can
weather the storms of Greek pol
itics is too tough for a mere fever
to kill.
The Statesman's idea of a real
rough-neck is a fellow who would
waylay a newsboy on his route
and rob him of his hard-earned
money.
With all these "golden wed
dings" in Oregon why not start
a marriage marathon with a nice.
fat prize for the centurv mark?
At least a pet ostrich
would
come in handy in getting
dull razor blades.
rid of
Looks to us as if Chicago's
crime wave really is a permanent
wave.
Watermelons and canteloupes
are classified by the O. A. C. as
"vegetables." We have tried to
eat some that ought to have been
classified as "gourds."
When fewer clothes are worn,
women will wear 'em.
The sight of some of these
painted old chromos. aping flap
pers and making fools of them
selves, makes us wish that the
ducking-stool could come back.
A fine peach-tree has been
grown in Baker without grafting;
a fact to which we respectfully
call Tammany s attention.
VorkOn Liberty
Bridge to Start
- Work on the South Liberty
street bridge, contract for which
was warded to the Holdener Con.
structlon company of .Sacramento
by the city council Tuesday night,
will start as soon as machinery
can be snippea nere irom Cali
fornia, it was stated Wednesday
by A. J. Wagner, secretary-trea
surer of the company. -
Old Oregon's Yesterdays
Town Talk From the Statesman Our Fathers Read
September 8, 1903
Adjutant General' W. E. Finier
was in the city yesterday and held
a consultation with the Governor
along military lines and attended
to some other minor details in
connection with his office.
Captain C. A. Murphy of Com
pany M. O. N. G. arrived home
last night from Gearhart Park to
attend to some urgent business
here.
Charles A. Park was transacting
business in Portland yesterday.
George W. Weeks was a pas
senger for Jefferson yesterday on
the forenoon's overland train.
State Printer and Mrs. J. R.
Whitney went to Albany yester
day morning for a visit.
Mrs. E. G. Patterson and littte
baby of The Dalles arrived in the
city last evening for a visit with
Mrs. Patterson's father, E. C.
Churchill.
SUPERIOR, Wis., Sept. 6.
(AP) Breaking his rule of not
charging from the seclusion of
Cedar Lodge more than twice a
week. President Coolidge attend
ed the tri-state fair in Superior
Wednesday.
Accompanied by Mrs Coolidge.
the , chief . executive! motored . .40
miles from the Lodge to mingle
with the - thousands at the fair
grounds. Driving quickly past the side
shows and amusement booths, Mr.
Coolidge stopped In front of the
livestock exhibits where cows.
sheep and hogs elicited his ad
miration. Most of Mr. Coolldee's time at'
the fair, however, was given over
to watching trotting races. Seat-1
ed in a special flaz-draDed box in
the grandstand, both the chief ex
ecutive and Mrs. Coolidge dis-.'
played the keenest interest in the
trotting, Mr. Coolidge especially
requiring minute informations
about various horses entered. An
agricultural exhibition also was
inspected by the president before
returning to the executive resi
dence. Albanians Build
Palace For King
Costing $500,000
TIRANA. Albania, Sept. 6.
(AP) The Albanian national as
sembly is expected soon to yote an
appropriation of $500,000 for the
construction of a great palace for
Ahmed Bey Zogu, the country's
new .king. Artisans, it is said, are
already at work on an elaborate
gold crown for him to wear upon
state occasions. -
Coccio Cotta, former minister of
interior, completed the formation
of fthe new Albanian cabinet to.
dav.
Guiding
Your Child
By Mrs. Agnes Lyne
iiKtvlKl.Mi .A tt.-Htk
All morning outside my window
I hear an irirtated voice: "Take
your finrs out of your mouth,
Joseph. Joseph, take your fin
gers out of your mouth."
A climax of annoyance is reach
ed and I hear the little hands be
ing slapped. Joseph cries. A
few minute la
ter the voice
takes up its fu
tile refrain. Out
on the 1 a'w n
stands a little
two year old
boy with noth
ing to do. A
silly mechanic
al toy lies at
his feet. He'd
rather suck his
fingers than
play with it.
This situation reoeats Itself
day after day. The young mother
who is so scrupulous about naps
and orange juice never stops her
round of duties for a moment to
wonder why 'Joseph sucks his fin
gers and how she can break' him
of the habit.
If she took time to, watch her
child she would observe that he
sucks his fingers as a consolation
when things are going hard with
him or out of sheer boredom be
cause tie has nothing to do. She
would divine that the gratifica
tion of sucking his fingers In
some measure atones for his exile
since his baby sister came to usurp
his place in his mother's love and
attention.
She would stop scolding and
punishing. She would provide
him with the sort of toys that
would keep his hands too busy to
get Into mischief. A few old pie
tins and a wooden spoon would
prove glorious entertainment. He
could dig and spill the dirt from
one pan to another ad infinitum.
He could bang the spoon upon the
pans and make a splendid and
satisfying noise.
If his mother would take pains
to plan her day so that, when ba
by sister wa tucked away for her
nap. Joseph could feel that he
had his mother all to himself
again for a little while, it would
further relieve the tension which
underlies his apparent disobedi
ence. Thoughtless discipline is worse
than useless. In breaking any un
desirable habit it is Imperative
to find out the cause, and as far
as possible remove it. It is
equally necessary to substitute
'some desirable habit, fat Its place.
WATCHES
HORSE RICE EVENTS
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Mrs Mattie Know who has
been visiting at the home of W. T.
Rigdon in this city returned to her
home in The Dalles yesterday.
Miss Kittle Harboard, a member
of the state board of pharmacy
went to Portland yesterday after
noon to attend a meeting of that
body there.
Jordan Purvine of Portland vis
ited in Salem yesterday and Sun
day among his many friends here.
M. Purvine is now working in the
shoe store of Egert and Young
and company in the metropolis.
Dr. J. H. Robinett formerly of
this city and a graduate of the
Willamette university but who has
been located at lone, Oregon was
ia this city for a few days visit.
The doctor has been practicing in
his chosen field for more than a
year and says that be is meeting
with good success, which he well
deserves.
Secretary of State and Mrs. F. I.
Dunbar are home from a visit to
Astoria.
Antique Cannon
Shell Is Dug Up
BAKER. Ore.. Sept. 6. (AP)
An ancient type of shell, evi
dently fired from a cannon many
years ago, was unearthed by
workmen excavating for the new
hotel at Main and Auburn streets
here today. The shell was a dud
and weighed seven pounds.
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GOD
BIRD
With the intention of adding
the life and color of wild
birds to Belcrest, plans
are being made to pro
vide favorable con
ditions for their
coming. The most
important attraction
is food. The landscape
architects are working from
lists of berry bearing shrubs on
which birds are known to
feed. There are a con
siderable number of
these. The task is
to select shrubs
which will provide
food throughout the
year. A number of variez
ties are necessary to give this
continual yield. Then too, each
shrub selected must be one
that is thrifty in this ci
mate. It must have
beauty as well as
food value, for
these shrubs have
their part in the gen
eral scheme of beautifica
iion. The presence of birds'
will not only add a note of beau
ty. The birds are a far
more efficient destroy
er of vermin than
any spray. To
all natural attrac
tions it is desirable to
add artificial improvements
'bird houses, and bird baths.
pelctesft Memorial
714-716 First
Phone 2250
ITRAINING .SCHOOL '
REPORT SUBMITTED
Approximately 130 Of a tot a! ,r
360 boys paroled from th -,iU,
training school for boys duriru- ?;
past 18 months, are profitably a(1
satisfactorily, empioyeo. accord
ing to a report prepared her.- i,v
E. L. Ferguson,' parole officer ,t't
the institution. The report was
prepared at the request of re
state board of control.
The report showed that mi
boys are reporting regularly, and
that only 48 complaints have bu
received by the school officials.
It was said that many of these
complaints were without merit,
and that no action on the--paLaf
the parole officer was necessary.
School officials obtained em
ployment for 23 boys during the
past five months, with homes ob
tained for 11. Twelve parole vio
lators were returned to tti,
school during the five months per
iod. Thirteen beys have left te
state, one has Joined the marin.
and six have failed to reply To
letters sent to them by school of
ficials.
The report Indicated that the
population had been -reduced ma
terially during the past few
months, and that other reductions
were in prospect. It was predicted
that the population of the school
would be reduced to 100 by Octo
ber 1. The normal population is
between 180 and 200. j
The reduction in population has 1
been made possible through the
efforts of the parole officer. Many
of the boys have been placed in
jobs, while others have been re
leased to their parents with the
understanding that they shall at
tend school.
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