When men are rightly occupied, their amusement
Sjroics out of their work, as Vie color petals out of a fruit
ful flower; when they are faithfully helpul and compas
sionate, all their emotions are steady, deep, perpetual and
vivifying to the soul as is the natural pulse to the body
John Rusjtin. v
-pur some. cour
ON y'iPL UPS . A
YOU RE A SIQKT
all it
The Equalization Fee
ITIHE equalization fee was one of the bugaboos o the cam
1 paign. Al Smith flirted all around it but he was afraid
TiJvfo nrH roll from his tonsrue. Most of the campaign
word like the smallpox
But this writer ventures the assertion here and now
xi--1 mi vr v.Q ennnMrJtian 'fee yet. The farmer
owned and controlled marketing organizations Hoo
. Mam DOt ti and hack with "initial funds running
Into theiillions of government money, for controlling : major;
S?S3 fat. which there Will be loss-
if nr.f fhrnuirh a term of years
" "ffiSS 'said o"r intimlted in his St lxuis farm re
lief speech that he expected the farmer "StSt
nnranizations Would build up their funds; intimated tnat
SSSSdU obliged to return the federal money advances
the7WeS how wfflthey "build up their funds?" No , oneiU
contribute voluntarily. All must contribute .alike and as a
Part of the program, according to what he has-to sell on the
protected American nw&u
And that will be the "equalization fee.
That's what the equalization tee means. It is
-.' xi Mrill An rtr is mat A3 fiTOOCl.
m secret
the gSSnt toiwt up the money for the tosses indis
rosin of surpluses of major crops; all the money, risking it
. S the idea that in the long run the fund would equalize
it8etf v,orA wnuld be rains as well as losses in the sales
to foreign markets of wheat, corn, porkj beans nee, prunes,
etc etc There might be, over a period of years. But it
' wbu'ld be a long chance, which Mr. Hoover evidently did not
taAOT the Hoover plan is
for the farmers to take their own chances; to assess -their
own equaliation fees, and thus lean on the government only
for the "initial funds." . v,
on.:. m rfml v rpnu re an eciualization fee, tnougn
A ills v uuiu .v- $ - . rri. - -
it would not put the government into business The if farmers
would run their own business, and they would provide for
!Louia-:i :ILaZ pt fhpV would have to resort to an equal
Sn SyTolso haVe to be backed by federal
laws giving them full power
ino npr cent cooperation.
ii' .' . rr f - Victor mnrp nf the eaualization fee, and
we ere ff?ine to have it, if the government does not take all
the risk of losses in, disposing of major crop surpluses.
tu ,,n virvor rilnn worked out. this is no
rsui, wiui me i
; i 1 - Unn
g,nKFor k will leld speedily to the day when we will have no
maior croo surpluses. We will be importing instead of ex-
porting foodstuffs. -
Nut Nurserv Stock
V . -rt - lnnH'r, rf fl'lhprt ITI the
WITH avprospeciive OW auc . " , : . Austrian rile. In 1912 be waa arr
Salem district, pedigreed nursery stock is likely to be ty;
Et aForTne?e is not enough of it that ought to be set out to
plant much more than 2000 acres. , e
P The same thing is likely to be true of walnut Ptontmgj
for it is plainly evident that this industry is coming into its
own very fast now, with 50 to 100 per cent increases in an
nual crops on trees 10 years old, which rate of increase wrtl
Sodoubt go on for several years There will certeinly be
large annual increases on good walnut trees up to 25 years
of age. And steady increases indefinitely.
A survey should be made of both these industries, m
order to keep them expanding, and specially m or der to in
duce the providing of ample nursery stock of the right va
rieties and kinds; that is, properly graf ted and grown.
The walnut and filbert experiment xarm r"T
lishedin the valley by the United States department of agn
. u.. iva nf senator McNarv. wiU help. But
culture, uii tuc - - .
! ..u i ,rif hv hoth the erowers and the
mere tnuum uc u " . . ; . . , rpv,
commercial bodies in pushing our nut industries ahead The
possibilities are vast and alluring, ana, wnn uu.f
v, nrmxrincY nf neither walnuts nor filberts can
pruieciiu", nc 6'u"6 - 0
be overdone here.
FLUNKED
'use of lipstick; is oiscouaAQEo
ELEVATt AKTOF MAKt-UP.MEw$ JJL
WHAT OH EARTH IS
THE MATTta WITH
YOU DEAR ? s
youc lACE. ( saJ
RlQHT
Til i
HAD MV
LESSON
IN THE.
AGCrOFJ
THEY
(DON'T
. ! the
SCHOOL.
OH
V minnieS-
you look-sic-
VOUCL UPS ARB-
so pale!"
LESSORS
IN 41
: ' ' .. I ' J" 1 i . i
- bURE- NOTTfe-YlMq !
TO STTAPT" A NEW FAD M .
ARE VOU ? - 1 CAK'T ELt.
WHERE- YOUC UPS CTAiar
OR, ENO
f DlDNT
FEEL. JU'STT
RK5HT ABOUT
rr amyMy:
-! 1 .
Towage reported by Salem
Polk Uli Enjoy Vacation ia
Orient. ;
Who's . Who and Timely Views
rvibMl and Mrs. Hofer bat
just returned from an interesting
vacation trip in the Orient. Col
onel Hofer fonnd the strange tish
f h iiivn aea an esnecial nOTPI-
ij for bis first chronicle of travel
for tne Statesman.
By Colonel E. Horer
I PROMISED myself to write
the Statesmak some letters of
traTel from my trip to China.
Going one way by the northern
route, via Seattle and Vancouver
and coming j back via Honolulu
and San Francisco, we went more
than half way around the world,
or about 13,418 miles by water
and 1.773 miles by land, a total
of 15.191 miles.; The distance is
25.744 nautical ', miles, by Dollar
Une steamers, around the world,
starting- from San Francisco.
As a fish ; story interests most
people, especially younger read
ers, we noted a school of whales
foW davs ' out from land ap
proaching the Aleutian island of
Alaska, the most western of which
belong to Japan. They played
around a while and left us. spout
ing itheir columns of water, to
ward the Arctic i circle. Soon we
saw many flying fish off the bow
nf th hfn. i As the steel mon
ster. Empress of Canada (648
rHt lonsrl threw a great white
wars of foam 20 feet high, fly
ing ffsb scattered In all directions
nmr the water.
There are ; more shark In the
Atlantic ocean than in the Pa
cific, but one day a large shark
came along the Dollar liner. Pres
ident Cleveland, and kept the snip
company quite a: while before dls
aBneaxinz. Second day out of
Yokahama a school of dolphin
showed np, playing in the water
like a bush league baseball team
having practice before the game.
Soon their all quit tumbling
over each other, disappeared and
came up in pursuit of a sea bass
that leaped into the air several
times. Then all disappeared.
They live mostly on smaller fish
but are great sports and will
tackle and tire ' out a shark or
ven larger fish and make a meal
sf them. These dolphin or sea
bass were four to six feet long.
Sot a bad fish story.
By
The
Everybody Satisfied
AID the Corvallis Gazette-Times the day of election :
o.r'Ja nnf rrninrr tn suit all of US."
No, not temporarily ; but in the long run the results will
Buit practically everybody in the United States outside of
thA rnmrh-neck districts of the other Dig
- lauiiuauj v -w c--
N
Mr. Hoover promises the greatest human welfare pro
gram in the history of the world; and the greatest material
development as a part oi tnis program.
Business is going to be better-- .
i.ririi;nn- fht dpprvpq to be better is going to be Dei
ter. Our country is going to assume a higher place in world
iiMariin Vtan ov0r hpfnre. i
IVAUvl OilU V - r
After four years, and after eight years, the general con
efcision will be that the voters did the right thmg
a j ovorvhmiv whn voted for Smith will see tnat
the decision should have been made unanimous as to electoral
votes, which was missed oniy py.a smau uuiui.
Digging Their Graves,
ww tViAaa nf hootlecreers. highjackers, racketeers (tak
1 ing a leaf from Al Smith's rad-dio speeches), speakeasies
' and homebrew, we hear much about the evils of drink
auu Hvuicu , OT,rtv, hoiit the evils of overeating.
mi rk.nncav rionow. roat Drandial orator at a mu-
1116 WIC vuouuw; - K . j .
Uon banquets, used to say that many Americans dug their
own craves with their teeth. . .
Three of the most pitiless diseases of modern tunes,
namely, cancer, tuberculosis and heart troubles, are, accord-
ing to eminent pnysiciana, amwsi 7 Z "It
til u-u:- Avprentinfr Dlavs an important part
& to tteS "ft W of rich foods, and 38 per
cent of the cancer cases are those of the stomach.
" Every pound of superfluous fat means added work for
i S iirof ih other vital orcrans. It means
tne neari., riuwoi " -
blood taken from the brain.
There is a chance for the Salem district getting
500
A"c", " -S2ZZZUrZ : .rTfc- Urtre-t filbert orchard
R 3 DoadVimagine that this would have
in uic UJl. , QmU. w elected, followed by
iorwaru iwvuli -
ideals? -
Since the solid outh has been cracked, we wiU all feel
. nnmW of members of the electoral
?Sl.Cd for a Uttlo white yet; hop-
EC
FRED OL
XE1XT
girsunms
m recU ood poetry by Uie
BBNITO Mt'SSOLINI
Premier of Italy
Benito aluaaolini waa born at Pre
dappio. near Forll. Italy, July 0. 188?
The son of blacksmith, he Interested
himself In politics at an early ae. Af
ter traveling widely through Europe,
he went to Trentino where he waa ac-
ItlTe among Irrendentlsta against tne
lie waa arresiea
a war
was
engaged In a revolutionary movement
In central Italy and during the World
war he abandoned Socialism ana pur
sued a strictly nationalist pollcv.
founding the Popolo di Italia, wnion
fought against neutrality. After seems
active service In the war, where he
was wounded, he began campaign
against Bolshevism and then organize!
the famous r aacisu. wrucn m ins
came the chief power within the Ital
ian state. He was chosen prime mln
inster Octoler 30 of that year and has
held the ofilce since, tiis nome is in
Rome.J , .A t
Italy tne oecnning Diria rate
problem has now reached a
tragic phase. All the main ur
ban centers have deplorably low
birth rates. De
population i n
Italy has be
come a question
which must bo
faced.
At a certain
mement the cit
ies of,Italy
grow wonder
fully, patholo
gically, not by
their own vir
tue, but by the
Influx of popu
lation. But the
bigger the cit
ies become, the
mora Darren
they become.
The progressive sterility of the
citizens keeps step with the mon
strously-rapid growth or the cty.
The metropolis grows by attract
ing to Itself the population of the
country, which, as soon as it be
comes urbanized, becomes barren.
Thus the fields are deserted and
the life gradually is choked out of
the cities. The city's commerce
and industry, its oceans of stone
and cement, cannot re-establish
the broken equilibrium. A catas
trophe ensues. The city dies. The
nation, without the vital lympth
of youth and new generations, can
not resist and, being composed or
cowardly old people, must neces
sarily fall a prey to younger peo
pies Knocking at its aesenea iron-tiers.
This already has, happened In
the past. It may happen again. In
deed, It will happen again, not be
tween cities and the country, but
PUM1UMWSUK)
in an infinitely greater order of
magnitude. The whote white race
may be submerged by the colored
races, which niultiply with a rhy
thm unknown to ours.
Are the yellow and black races
at -our door, then?
Yes, they are at our door, not
only owing to their fecundity, but
also because they are becoming
race conscious and feel they have
a future In the world.
What does it mean for the his
tory of western nations that Chi
na has 400, 000,600 inhabitants
concentrated in a single state?
Coming closer home, what does it
mean orthe future peace of Eur
ope that' Russia has an extremely
high birth rate, so much so that
despite wars, epidemics, Bolshe
vism, famine and mass executions,
its total population reaches almost
140,000,000 souls
The alarm is sounding, and all
who can see further ahead than
tomorrow I believe nobody who
cannot see at least 50 years ahead
has & right to govern a nation
are worried.
If we do not go against th6
stream, everything that the Fas
cist revolution has done will be
perfectly; neetess because at a cer
tain moment the fields, schools,
barracks, ships and factories will
be without men. The philosopher
Hegel said that he is not a man
who is not a father. . In disci
plined, enriched, cultivated Italy,
there is room for 10,000,000 more
men. Sixty million. Italians would
make their weight felt In the his
tory of the world.
who
gets ahead In the engineer
ing profession. A survey by an
engineering ? society shjows that
technical knowledge plays a fif
teen per cent role In success. The
other eighty-five pr cent is due
to personality. j
Then how develop personality?
Well how do von thintt?
DINNER STORI
NO CHOICE
A "Tommy" lying In V hospital
during the war, had beside him a
watch of curious and fdreign de
sign. The attending dffictor was
interested. i "
"Where did your watch come
from?" he asked. ;
"A German give it me," he an
swered. A little piqued, the doctor In
quired how the foa had come to
convey this token of esteem and
affection.
"'E 'ad to," was the laconic
reply.
The Way
of the
World
By GROVE PATTERSON
SILVERTON, Ore.. iNov.- 8.
(Special) Mr. and Mrs. M. C.
Woodard entertained informally
at an election returns pajrty Tues
day night at their homej on West
Main and Coolidge street. Bridge
was played during the ; evening
and a Dutch lunch was served at
its close. Guests included Mr. and
Mrs. H. W. Preston, Mr. land Mrs.
W. L. McGlnnls. Mr. and Mrs: J.
Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. P. A.
Loar, Mr. and Mrs. John Carrey,
Mrs. John Ballentyne, Miss Har
riet Sage, Miss Jessie Paul, Miss
Gertrude Olsen, Miss Faye Sparks,
Mrs. S. P. Ireland; William Dunn.
Worley, Dr. C. McCaine, and J.
Gunther. i I
Old Oregon's
Yesterdays
Town Talks f rem The States.
On Fathers Read "
November 9, 1008
The all-absorbing question at
the capitol is whether Governor
Chamberlain will or will not call
a aoectal session to remedy the
detect In the Phelpa law and pro
tM for tawing a tax anon the
1923 asaesament roll".
Miss Gratia Wood aids' of Salem
Is the only woman wno ever ap-
itMiwii bef ere the MUseurt su
preme conrt to argue a case.
THE GOOD OLD DAYS
Tan have heard - of the man
who wants all automobiles demolU
lnhftd He lona for the horse
and duickt days.
Poor fellow. He iorgeis me
horse and burgy era was- the
time of 12 and 13-nour scneu-
ules for' factory employes, work
ingseven days a week. He ror
gets that machine production
shortening the working day,
Is
A , fc- tK. Wor. HI friend bare swwdered whembe coId
ZZZLt mn, men partrr. :U epli that during the tern
ef dnH Prencwsr CTmrc?.1 tsmtly hymn bet.
. MMiiii wnn m wre ... . '
y""T iA th sermosu, be imTsmnrj sss en
i T veM llsta Tv storlns! poetry H his
There Is more talk ef extension
ot the Salem, Falls City West
ern railroad to some point la the
Willamette valley, probably Sa
1cm. Albert Bates and Clark Pember
ton. who farm In the Rosedala
district, have gone to eastern
cities to attempt to make ad ad
vantageous sale of their prune
crept. ,
The Ror. William O. Eliot, Jr.,
of ortlandBreaehe4 at the Sa
lea Vnitaxlan church last sight.
John Bayne Jana tot Kennota
. .. ... M M - J '.: .
CANT PREDICT
No one knows how short the
working! day will becomer A
Chicagoan thinks many of us will
live to see a three-hour period
of daily tofl. That seems Impos
sible, but who dare say It Is?
Yesterday's Impossibilities are to
day' realities.
FREE TIME
With more leisure will come
greater opportunity for Individual
improvement. There should he
time for those .whe aspire to, write
to study and practice. Time for
those who admire musical talent
ta develen themselves. . Time for
more of us to help eur handicap
ped friends. t
AHEAD
When ancient Athens was In
flower some of : the Athenians
produced great works ot art. But
well rounded lives were lacking
The; usoer classes had no genu
Ine Interest In the- worklngman
tare as J a slave. ; ' Philanthropy
was starred,
Greater things are ahead of the
world than any of tha seres won
dera of the ps at. And the ma-
ehina . will he - the- instrument of
enlevement.
-1-
e-'e-
TFTilOXAlJTTll WOWITf i
Tha man wlih The etronsr -ens
RETURNS RECEIPTED
Poeinnis
tlbaltiLive
TO A WOOD VIOLET
this secluded shrine)
O miracle of grace,
No mortal eye but mine
Hath looked upon thy face
No shadow hut mine own
Hath screened thee from
t sight '
Of Heaven, whose love alone
Hath led me to thy light.
Whereof as shade to shade
Is wedded In the sun
A moment's glance hath made
Our souls forever ce.
J. B. TASB m5-190
the
THE ONE-MINUTE PULPIT
He that loveth not knoweth
not God: for God Is love.
In this way manifested the love
of God towards us, because that
God sent his only begotten Son
into the world.'that we might live
through Him.-I I John, iv, 8-9.
Great Thanksgiving day
That is what the United Stales
will have.
"Smith Wins N. T.."- screamed
the Baker City Herald 'in letters
six Inches high across the top of
its front page on the day of elec
tion. And the next day it rained.
I
Lady in Salem says when sbe
was a school girl she wondered
how much was a million, and! a
trillion was quite beyond her .ken.
But she has been raking the
leaves from eight big oak trees on
and in front of her premises, and
now a trillion does not puzzle oer
President Hoover will have
good working majority in bgfth
houses, of members of his own
party. And he has a way of work
ing with minorities, too. So it will
be unanimous. He has not been
refused a thing he has asked of
congress in the work of the de
partment of commerce, and the
democrats have cooperated the
same as the republicans.
mm S
A democratic member of con
gress who did not like Mr. Hoover
personally said of him, a few
months ago, that he would halve
to acknowledge the fact that he
never asked a thing of the head!
of the commerce department, in
the way' of Information, that he
did not get a correct reply "right
off the bat." or within 24 houraj
We have here - In the Salem
district a filbert and walnut boojm
in the making. But It will not 'be
half big enough, for there will
not be sufficient nursery stock to
go around. We need a drive f&r
more nursery stock.
m m m '
The Hoover lead grows. He poll
ed the largest popular vote in the
history of the country, of course.
Also the largest electoral votle.
Told you several days ago some
one ought to move to make It un
animous. " i
Oh. yes. It rained yesterday. Bat
there are likely fair days ahead.
We have the best all the yeir
around climate in the world. j
S
If the canning and cold pack
strawberry markets should follow
the Wall street lead, we are going
to have a strawberry boom here In
the strawberry center of -the world
for those products. That would
make our growers feel like a mil
lion dollars.
V
Big party troubles In Texas. Na
turally. That state is not used fo
voting republican; but they wll
get over it. !
.
We see by the. paper that they
are going to clean up Seattle.
What's the use? The Job will hate
to be done all over again as soojn
as It's completed. Yakima: Re
public. m - S i
A treatment for insanity, im
perfect yet temporarily effective
has been discovered, but It comes
too late to be used in the cam
paign thi3 year. Exchange, Nov.
6.
S
Sure; you can get rich with
out an education as Ford and Ed
ison did. If you're a Ford or an
Edison. i
S S
The difference between propa-
Former Student
Visits College
The new Corvallis city ambu
lance has arrived; is paid for, and
was pat into official use for the
first time November 1.
SILVERTON. Ore., "Nov. 8.-t-(Special)
Miss Esther Towe hais
returned from a visit of several
days at the Pacific Luther College
at Parkland. Wash. Miss Towe lis
a former student of the college.
Other Sllverton young people who
are attending there this year are
Evelvn Solum, John and Inga
Goplerud.
M A l .f
uu uu unci hi miuiiuauon U
that useful Information dupsu't
kick the shins of a pet prejudice
!
Detective stuff: When you pas,
hense and smell a cake burn
ing. It's a sign the house U on a
party line.
, um
A family tree Is like others The
shady part is farthest from the
main trunk.
The Grab
i Bag
, ' V.:- C
. 7
V ::i '. ?
November 9. 192S
Who am I? What Is my hus
band's position? Who defeated
my husband for the presidency of
the United States?
i i
What was Spain once called?
Who is the United States am
bassador to Canada?
Who obtained the crown
England by conquest in 1066?
of
"And why beholdest thou the
mote that is in thy brother s eye
but perceivest not the beam that
is in thy own?" Where is thti
passage found in the uibier
JIM .VI Y JAMS
57
5V? -
! ' x
of
MO, FELLERS. -I
CAN'T PLAY
fooTOAUU fiO MORE -
MOM 67S IT'S
TOO DArHGEi00
Today In the Past
On this day the first battle
Ypresjwas fought, In 1914.
i - Today's Horoscope
Although they hare a
deal of seriousness In
make-up. persons born on
day like I fun and enjoy the
ter..
Pay
53fy
ferwhat
good
their
this
thea-
rarely get
they do.
sufficient
A Daily Thonghf
"Where ignorance is bliss
folly to jbe wise." Gray.
'tis
Answers! to Foregoing Question
1. Mrs. William H. Tart; chief
Justice of the supreme court;
Wood row Wilson.
2. Iberia.
3. William PhllUpps.
4. William I.
5. St Luke, vi. 41.
Individuality
is the reward of cities whose irrv
provements are just a little better
than the rest.
i 1 !
Modern Memorial Parks ,
replace ugliness
with
beauty
Phone 22C3
. , i- ?-
714-716 First ZfttX Bank JSHg.
v 1 v ' ' I' Salem, Oregon
atractlrs rcnonallty is lh oau
TlsllOa U roruaau ,