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. ii laj n " , v - ' SLaleix. Oregon I The damps of autumn sink into the leaves and pre pare 'them for the necessity of their fall; and thus insen sibly are ve, as years close around us, detached from our tenacity of life by the gentle pressure of recorded sorrow. W. S. Landor. ' : I , ' - Silly Selfishness , FITTING the power of money and the poison of ill-will ; Hrainsi uie luru: ui uicuuauiv uu rorf flin bitter forces are a era in erurajred in a pre election program to unseat John L. Rand, chief justice of the Oregon supreme court. How futile the effort is may be gauged by the utter fail ure of the first attempt. But its futility does not gainsay the tragedy of sacrificing to the contest the otherwise ad m.'rMa milifVatmna nf Loval M. Graham. Mr. Graham is deserving of higher honors than are granted him by the anti- Band group. I . , T f A that nolitics must be Dlared at such cost. It is shameful that a disgruntled individual of the George Joseph irin hui authnritv of law to enrolov the mechanics of our political system for such a self-seeking display of evil dis position. - His best friend will not deny that Judge. Rand may have failed in the quite impossible task of pleasing everyone, xet . he has not been impeached by theruae, tne cnep ana me envious enterprises of his enemies. He must be happy to fc-nnw that hi friends and admirers, once sufficiently strong , to overwhelm his detractors, are again armed to protect the man and. his record from the malicious maneuvers of those who would satisfy their own spiteful' vanities in unseating him. . ... i - That Mr. Graham should have been drawn into this pet ty, impractical program is regrettable. -That the PortUnd . Telegram should' lend its energies to this impolitic, vitriolic attack is reprehensible. That George Joseph, whose cham pionship of a much abused public conscience is selfish bunk and bluster, should strive again to unseat Judge Rand is just exactly what might have been expected from Mr. Joseph. That the present attack on Judge Rand will be more fruitless than was the first seems to be a foregone conclu nW Voters of Oreeon will not weigh Judge Rand in any balance made by George Joseph or those in his present al liance. : . The whole program of bitterness is so silly and so ap parently a bargain of spiteful selfishness that it cannot be taken seriously Dy intelligent voiera.; THE CONSTTTOTTON By EDNA GARFIELD From "out the Ages past Yoice spoke; A aev-foud codo for Nation The precedent that "might is right" was broke; A day-star bow arose to greet the mora. Oar fathers firm believed ia things that stood; Nor deemed nobility a thiay; of f birth; . Xor special prUvlege for nay blood; Eqaolity of maa throaghoat the - earth. Imwortsl franters of Oar OONarrrrUIION mighty balwark graad; It high MTWoned, world-wide brotherhood; -A rainbow of fair promise la oar land. By it has been subdaed a Coatla. eat; . Oar deserts blossom, cities slag; ia praise; Aad Edaeatloa with oar Freedom bleat.. Bespeak God-galded, wise fore fathers ways. How vast .the aeed for Patriots , - tried aad trae. To weaher storms which Ship of State assail; To keep aasallied oar Red, , White aad Bluei Agaiast which not aay foe shall e'er prevail. . Contradicted Testimony 4f7T is a better world than, ever it was before, and gentler, . kindlier people dwell in it," says the kindly, gentle Ore- - gonian in its courteous retort to tne oiaursimui iauk thought anent Henry Ford's museum j village.; Who's to dispute it? For, as the Oregonian adds, "one has only to read Oliver Twist if he would dissipate this no tion" that the present is a sorry illustration of man's in humanity, i In its chivalrous defense of the present the Oregonian deals in superlatives to emphasize a point in a case it cannot prove, since tne question isso entirely one w wuyc uca. The qualities of mind and heart that left us pretty traditions of post-colonial gentility and kindliness are the same quali ties that actuate and motivate our own generation. Where our Portland friend jrets into deep water is in holding up Oliver Twist as a horrible example and ignoring the neurot ic, the erotic the "Flarrimg, Youth -td their counterparts of this later iay, , j To indulge the notion that our grandmothers were less kindly than our daughters is an ordinance even the daugh ters win not sign. To suggest that1 the era of rolled hose (or no hose at all) is more charitable; more selfish, less cyn ical, less modest than the day of ruffled collars or poke bon nets is to tread on the toes of rightful personal opinion. Not even the Oregonian should assume hat privilege with its statement that these are "cynical and selfish times," for it thus weakens its defense by contradicting its testimony. Sixty-Seventh State Fair 1" ITTLE boys with surprised grimaces "how on earth can pigs get so fat"; and little girls proud as little girls can be, when their elders view displays of juvenile handiwork; and elders themselves, out for a week or a day of joy while they review the grand array of the fruits of labor and soil the week of Oregon's sixty-seventh annual state fair. All signs are right as final careful plans are made for vpening the big gates Monday morning. Even a sometimes - over-enthusiastic weather man threatens for once to control the elements while the colorful, funful parade goes on. Heroes a gathering place for the richness that is Ore gon. UndeKhe broad roofs of state fair buildings is mar shalled that army of animals and soil products that testifies to the bounty of resources .of a wonderful state. But quite aside from these is the gathering of happy folk, old and' young, out for a gala holiday. ; The latch-string is out; tne lignt of welcome s nines. They Say- Expressions of Opinion fi Statesmaa Readers Welcomed for Use in $hi .Column. All Letters Mast Bear Writer'! Name, - Thoagh This Need Not be Printed. .Salem extends greetings to her guests and hopes for them that joy will be unconfined. Yv . :-. Ambassador of 'Wine T71RANCE grows afraid that her wines will not always find J? markets. She has with much joy assured her people and the world through her press that prohibition is a terrible failure in America and will quickly.be done away with, but she is now sending M. Gaston-Gerrard, mayor of Dijon, as an official "ambassador of wine" to travel over the world and stir up anti-prohibition enthusiasms Perhaps, instead of starting with India, he had better come to America and join the Smith forces they need help. It will take more than a ambassador of wine to stop the growing temperance move ment now under way In all sections of the world. - ; t i i Religious Rivalry? THEN Dr. Lynn Harold Hough, one of the greatest Meth- Tt. 'i odist preachers of out day, recently closed his pastor ate in Detroit he was called to the campus of Detroit univer sity to receive the L. D. degree.; It was conferred by the Jesuit chancellor of this .Catholic university. In commenting on the incident an important Canadian daily said: The in cident makes good reading. When ix Methodist pastor can be honored by a Catholic university. North America can't be gripped quite as sharply, by religious; rivalry a some people have tried to make us think." ! ' Even Chicago s crimes have their usefulness, W are now told that the horrible example of that city has been the means of inaugurating crime "commissions and preventive campaigns all over the United States and that conditions in many cities have been materially Impipved. Perhaps as con ditions grow worse in Chicago they will grow better else-j irhere.: ;v:ii't'T;v-i;- . v. wr m. ..... i rm :y: r - Edward D. CamnheTl, farming 95,000 acres in Montana, has been appointed on a committee to help solve the farmers ' problem. Someone suggests that perhaps his best contribu tion would be to quit farming, thereby reducing the supply , tnd giving the rest of the farmers a chance. - ..v -.--., .,.1 ,' J. , Mi ii i .1 f, jv ' . , ' . - ..... ' - . i - -.:;. i ' 1 - : . ' Employment in Detroit is 10 per cent higher than' at any previous time. Kot a bad record fori a presidential year. ;: Prood of Statesmaa, Would Abate Weeds Los Angeles, Sept. 14 To the editor of the Statesman: We are recelrlng your paper, the New Oregon Statesman and hare remarked that Salem should be proud of a daily like it Is. Notice your boosting and remarked as to two things in special. That film of riax industry should be shown in educational mo Ties everywhere. iMote whar you are orintinr about weeds. At one time I had Portland lots and mine had only grass, not weeds, but each year the papers gire notice that clean up week is coming. It then stands yon .in hand to see that division of the city government, for if we do it in time It flavea the expense of posting notice, which I think I think is about $1. Then we had tS have lot cleaned or do it our. selves. In average times I found that the city force did It as cheap as any one, so let them do it They took $3 per 5J foot ; "lot,'. Wt I have got a refund when went to them.' . If I did not attend to it and the lots were posted we paid in oar city tax the posting fee and $3 for- cleaning. Now if Portland can do It why cannot Salem in the same state? They ajso made us spread earwig poison or pay for It being done. Bnt I think they are not enforcing that now. With the poison there were companies that got lists of property owners, es pecially non-residents, and sent out cards offering to do K fori so much. Would that not work as to cutting weeds also? . Most people remark when speak. Ing of Salem: "It's a pretty city" and a yery little pride and work can make it more so. It's not fair to those who do keep up their property to have lots around them over-grown with weeds and grass. They notify down here in Los An geles and if not burnt off by own ers, there is a city force to do it, but I do not know the law here. as I own no vacant lots. r. A. SMITH. A Welcome Tenant ' ml (?2Sl GLAD TO RENW MDOfc V ir J-r I ii i r ill imfmsmmmmmmmmmmmmMmmi If l-i . XI 1 I' . I I I I I HI I li ii III III TJ C . : : "SSB-f !l uA? New Yorker afttilkrge Rv G. I). Seymour i NEW YORK. Threa men; came up tne path to the steps. One was fat and pasty-faced, another slen der, with nervously darting eyes, nd the third of medium build. his- . shoulder sagging . under i the weight of an initialled valise.. The door opened to their knock. "You the men from tne U M. corpo-' ration?" asked the blue-eyed. white- - haired Irishman who answered their s u m"m o n a. m 'twin,. kv. j-stitf.H G. D. Seymour "Come in ind take a bath, and set ready for a ride this after. nooaT The men were minor executives of w New York firm. Their nerves were taut with overwork and worry. They were run down by too much food and too little exercise and sleep. ' They stayed three weeks. When they went back to their, desks they were thoroughly rested and recre ated., and theyxhad watched a practical experiment In recondi tioning human machinery. not our men " who break, down on the Job?" " : So Bill Brown takes 'men who have crackedhnder the strain ot high-pressure tasks and puts them on a basis of simple, normal liv ing. He makes them work and play hard, eat plain food aad not too much of it. aad sleep nine hours a aUfct. Men who are over. weight run off their extra pound age In heavy woolens under the regimen Brown prescribes, and, human skeletons add weight on wholesome food and lots of rest. . BUI, their 63-year-old host, in sists that he Isnt running a san itarium, but merely a place where men tensed by the pace ot bust, ness life are relaxed and rebuilt. . Machine Agw Casualties Bill Brown's farm at Browns. dale, on the Hudson river above New York, Is the repair-shop for the hirhlv-Dald manpower of some of the city's largest firms. "Men are just as valuable as typewriters." commented an office manager who himself had benefit ed by a few weeks at Bill's. ."We send our typewriters to a repair shop when parts wear out. Why The Streaaoas Life The "vacationers" at Browns- dale rise, winter or summer, at :30 and work half an hour in the gymnasium. Then they take a I bath, a plunge or a massage, hare breakfast and look? at the morning . papers. In hiking clothes they walk at a stiff pace across the hills tor several hours. Another bath follows, then lunch and a nap. Golf, tennis, riding and handball fill the -afternoon. After dinner- they loaf until bed time at nine. ,. They emerge, in a week or two or three, brighter-eyed, steadier handed, more alert. Most of them take back to their daUy business routine. . consciously or uncon sciously, some of the discipline they have learned at Brewnsdale. They guard more careTully against over-eating, which Brown blames for three-fifths of man's physical ills. Thej PT more attention to 3xerclse, they learn to set asiSe more hours "for sleep. And Brown sends the biU- to their employers. Bits for Breakfast A Yankee Writes From Abroad LONDON It , seems passing strange that the two people who are at the moment occuppying1 the European limelight should both be keenly averse to personal publicity, and especially does it seem -odd since, they are world famous fighters. Mr. Gene Tunney, who wages battles with his fists, and M. Eleu itherios Venizelos, the Iron-Man who has headed more than one revolution and has Just thrown his hat into the Ting 5s .premier ot turbulent Greece for ' the fourth time, really should meet and shake hands. They would find a lot in common. Either one ot them would twist the tail ot a raging Hon with all the nonchalance of a Beau, Brummel swinging his swagger cane, but a reporter drives-them to cover like frelghtened rabbits. One wonders what P. T. Barnum would have said to that. Things were not thus in my heyday as a reporter. I was offered more than one bribe by politicians for pub licity, and I have had a pugiMstic gentleman threaten to "knock my block off" because I didn't handle his "obit" the way he liked. My old friend, Battling Nelson, used to drift into my sport de partment in a newspaper office and write his own stuff. M. Venizelos Xne Up" I have had the pleasure of meet ing both Messieurs Tunney and Venlselos, and found them delight ful personalities, but I didnt meet theca ls a working newspaperman. There Ir at least one difference be tween: the two despite bis dis like of personal publicity, Gene Will receive reporters, while Eleu therios (pardon" me, gentlemen, if I seem to familiar in the use of your first names) steers as clear A Washington Bystander V "A pledge by Herbert Hoover is a sacred obligation, and , may be accepted at full YslaeJ'rOcespTdaar . . Demaad for Quality Urged oa Growers Portland. Sept. II To the editor of the Statesmaa: How can. thes president help the farmer? V. ' ' , -. ' Yesterday had wonderful trip through our - Willamette valley, from Portland to the berry cen ter of the world Woodburn. In Woodburn I visited the Ray Brown cannery, where they were canning pears shipped la from Rogue river and Washington. Why not grow pears in Willamette val ley and save cost of freight, which could he paid grower? If the pres ident could have seen the site and shape of bushels and bushels ot these pears, which these cannery workers were trying to shape up and make look appetising, he would say !the grower needs to be on his Job and raise pears that can be put up for. our people, without so much labor and cost to the cannery." Then prunes were opened for Inspection. The ones grown in the Willamette valley were canned with black blotches: the ones grown In Washington were smooth and all ot one eoler. Still, freight, had to be paid an the ones coming from Washington money that could he paid Oregon growers. Oregon growers must spray. cultivate and fertilise If they ex pect a crop and a price. A cannery cannot take inferior fruit and make It into A-l 'and ask a pries- for" It. The growers must keep themselves. ' MYRTLE MALINO WASHINGTON. Belated ac tion by congress to release from state denartment custody a mass of foreign decorations awarded to American army and navy person nel in peace times served to give the -sixty-eighth birthday of that a. a a. a most aecoraioa of American soldiers, John J. Pershing, a colorful touch. .He was pa raded before Secretary Davis to have four ad ditional highly prised tokens of esteem added i to the trunkful of such deco rations he al- -By Kirk L. Simpson- ff W',-.?p I body has yet taken the trouble to get them together. While he was in Africa, heading the fruitless effort to solve the territorial row between Chile and Peru, the gen eral developed the habit of wear ing a carefully selected list of his decorations. It was a little ges ture to increase his prestige among his Latin-American elates. KJrko U aunosoa redy P08" ana never un der any circumstances wears. By way .of preparation for the birthday . ceremony, he stripped from the buttonhole ot his trim blue suit the single sign of his multiple decorations he ever wears out of uniform. It is a tiny button reproduction of the ribbon ot his distinguished ' service medal, the reward of his own government tor his services as commander-in-chief of the army in Franca. Hun dreds, even thousands ot other Americans in both civil and mili tary Ufa wear that same ribbon, whereas there is hardly another American, living or dead, who could boast such ancient foreign tokens of high service as the Brit, ish Grand Cross ot the Order of the Bath, the French Grand Cross of ft he Legion of Honor, the Ital ian Grand Cross of the Order of St. Maurice e Lassaro and similar highest honors from a dosen other countries. Sword Withheld . Even the Opening of state de partment vaults to scatter foreign decorations to their military or naval owners, however, failed to turn over to Pershing all the tro phies of his place in world esteems There still Is in the depart ment's hands a splendidly : orna mented ceremonial sword present ed to him a year or two ago by the president of Venezuelan f 4 It. Is know nas "The Sword of General Pass." The. new law permitted the distribution of stars, medals. crosses, or any other type of deco ration, nut state ae pertinent legal lights couldn't read a sword into that classlflcalon, whatever Its name or significance, and theJ weapon remains in government storage indefinitely. A calf born in: Harbin, Man churia, has six talis, and its own er intends to enter ii in the next rwat-the-fly contest New York Sun. . 6oviet Russia has named a crop dictator. It would bo fun to watch him dictating to a hill of backward potatoes. Lansing State Journal. , i if scribes as may be. I recall one meeting with the veteran Greek statesman in Lon don in 1922, when the late King Constantino was tottering on his creaky throne for the second time, Incidentally, His Majesty undoubt- ly had Venizelos to thank for the Insecurity of the royal crown. That la one case where M Venizelos has an advantage over M. Tunney; the latter never administered the coup de gracO to a ruling monarch. I had a long conference with M. Venizelos, but it was specific ally stated in advance that I was not being received as a Journalist It was Just a friendly gesture on rthe part ot this inscrutable man who has dominated Qreek affairs on and off for a generation. He talked- very freely with me but not for publication. Concerning A Monocle An association of ideas seems to be leading me away from my sub ject, but perhaps a digression will be permitted in hope that there may be a tale in the offing. I was much interested in this meeting with M. Venizelos. because a short time previously I had dined with that Grand Old Man "Tay Pay" O'Connor when he entertained M. Gounares,' then premier of Greece and Venizelos' political enemy, and M. Baltazzl, Greek- foreign minister, who were visiting Lon don in an effort to bolster up the Greek fortunes. They were not averse to publicity. I sat beside the foreign minis ter, a fat, good-natured gentleman who discoursed entertainingly on many subjects. He wore a mon ocle, or tried to wear one. The pesky thing would persist in drop ping out every SO seconds, and the minister spent most of his time screwing the bit of glass back into place. I was "amused by this at the time, but I could not know that a little later this monocle was to play a striking part in a great tragedy. In the fan of that year came a revolution in Greece. Constantino fled,, and several members of the wranunent faced a Tiring sanao. The condemned Included the aris- tocratio appearing Gounares ana his foreign minister. The story I their brarery In meeting aeam was a moving one, hut perhaps, it vu aataral that I should navei moIaIIv noted one sentence about , M. Baltazzl's monocle in the midst j of the grim history of the execn-, tions. - The big man walked out to his post before tne ruies. wbu smoking a cigarette. One thing alone seemed to disturb his peace of m!nd--ho couldn't neep monocle In his eye. sun bigger . and better m S S . The state fair. Thir will be true of the present ono. as it has been of each predecessor runnlng back for a number of years. - ' Governor Withyeombe used to say the Oregon state fair was the beet west of Minnesota. This Is still true. And it is a truth that ought to give ue pride. S "The King of Kings" is com ing to the Elsinore in a few days. It is the only picture of the kind ever attempted, and it is one of the greatest moving pictures ever made. All of Salem's trade dls- Ltrict must see It. Everybody In northern Marion and southern Clackamas counties knows E. O. Robinson. He was up to a few month ago the big gesi Doosier oi tne Aurora sec tion, where he was the high man of the commercial club, and where his office was. He was the owner of the electric light and power plants serving the towns of that district. A little while back he sold the plants which he had been Instrumental in building up; it is supposed at a good profit. giving him a nice surplus of ready money or securities. Now. Mr. Robinson has been, interested in the development of the flax in dustry of the Aurora district. Largely through his influence. flax growing was taken up there, and some very excellent croD have been grown. The north end of Marion county has rood land and thorough farmers. After Mr. Robinson had sold his eletrtr light and power plants and busi ness, he though of tho flaT and i By IL J. Hendricks linen Industries as a possible out lot for his future activities, and perhaps as lines In which he might Invest some of his surplus capital, so he planned to go to the linen districts across the Atlantic and make a thorough examination of the way they do things over there. Welli. Mr. Robinson's ad dress Is now 22 Madison avenue. Belfast Ireland, and he sends to the D'.ts, man a copy of the Belfast Telegraph of the issue of Saptem ber 1. That paper is of course full of flax and linen information. . '.! . 'm W Thwe' ii. a llnea trade review, 'mong other things. In the paper. ?he"e is pome advice against the high retail prices of linen goods. Especially thoee sold to tourists; running to 50 per cent profit for retailers. Mention Is made of an Improved trade with China, in which the, Belfast manufacturers are "getting most of .the business for the higher grades, beating our competitors for quality and ap pearance. It is added: "But in the low class of stuff other coun tries; making an inferior article. can sometimes cut us out." The linen damask trade is reported good, also the linen handkerchief trade. In which, it is stated "we have the upper hand." S V Salem Y free employment of fice had last week 135 men and 25 women applying for work, and found Jobs for 113 of the men and 13 of the women. But that propor tion will not hold for many weeks now.' Mr. 'Hoover hopes to com pletely solve, the problem of un employment. ;He will have "some Job." though there is no other llv- ng man better qualified to tackle it with confidence, of success. thel A sect up ia Canada has Just voted against the farther ordina tion of wemea as preachers. Pooh- pooh 1 does eny mere man really think. . he . . can keep women from preaching when they feel like It? Eugene Bgisterf -:: There Is bo place in the United States that has bigger possibili ties for- eoeamercial production ef rabbits than the Rogue River val ley, according to Lewis Griffin of Colorado: who acted as judge of rabbit entries at the Jackson coun ty fair. With All his decorations, Amerl and foreign, supplemented by six campaign badges he is entitled vO wear, would Justify some 10 bits ct colorful . ribbon en - the breast ot Pershing's uniform unie. Of them all, except when cour tesy requires otherwise It paying official visits abread, the ; little Distinguished Eervlee medal , bat ten is the only token ever seen. Even : that disappeared at the time ot the " funeral of the Un known Soldier In 1921, when Per shing walked behind the casket from th - eapitol to Arlingtoa cemetery. Then fee were Only the Victory medal, to which every man who served In the armed forces of the country ia the World war at home or abroad is entitled. Xt'a : no - use to ask Pershing about these decorations. He won Id fealy suggest that the conversa tion - turn -to , "something worth while. He leaves care ot the ba. Jeweled and intrinsically valuable tars and cresses and ' medals to his office staff. Thev am ot tered about in his trunk ar thm office safe or elsewhere, and no- 71 No. 1 of a Series of Four Educative Talks What is Salem's Fastest Growing Industry? Without doubt it is the Western Paper Converting Co. CONSIDER ITS RECORD WINTERING a field of production unique in the Hi west, this cpmpany rlid 250,000 cto business its first year! IV';-. ' . This remarkable record was TJe;rnort' striking; by $310,000 of gross business its second year. s -. Now in the third year of production the company will . reach the 600,000 mark of tjusiBeaa done. . Making' fruit wrappersfood wrappers-paper bags school supplles-tfn foil wrapsundreds of spe cialized products in large quantities and at reason able prices.. , . the business is growing by leaps and ' bounds. r - - $?f$t;l . V':-i:'V : To finance anew ; building whlehtwul double the area of the present structure on Front street, Salem, 145,000 of common and preferred stock is yet avail able. rrr. , Western Paper Conyertiog Co. : ' o V - P a Box 357 Sales Tel 2358 s . , INFORMATION REQTJST . (NAME) (ADDRESS) Without obligation ai mil t!M further biformaUon regarding your plan of distribu ting a limited portion of Capital Stock set aside for worWngeapital. , Pleaaa aend this request to the horns effka, Balcmr attantlon of Henry S. Jones, financial inaiiagsr. ' ; v. - : - 4. X-w" -"