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Earl C. Brownlee
Sheldon F. Sackett
- Publishers
Salem, Oregon
Wednesday
November 14, 1938
Editorial
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Poincare Returns "
THE clever; pen of the cartoonist caught the American
impression of French politics by picturing a review of an
almost endless procession of the ex-premiers of France. Each
one carried a banner stating his term of office, a month, a
year, a day. .
To our way of thinking cabinets rise and fall in France
with confusing frequency. This is a result of the French par
ty system which, instead of grouping in two major parties
as in our country, divide into some fifteen or more political
factions advocating every shade of opinion from monarchy
to communistic-socialism. No party is strong enough toforr
a ministry, so each new cabinet is a collection of parties held
together for a brief period by political bargains and com
promises. .
All excluded factions watch like trained fighters to lo
cate the weak spots of the collation that they may deliver
the atal blow in form of an adverse vote on a government
measure and tumble this temporary allL-nce. In. the newly
formed cabinet a majority of members are from the fallen
one, as is frequently the case in France, and in this instance
it is headed by the same premier, Raymond Fomcare.
Poincare went out when his opponents won a political
tilt, and now he is so quickly restored to power again. In
England a cabinet fall results in a sharp change in policy,
but in France the government pursues its way as tiough
nothincr had happened. The ways of French politics are hard
for us to follow, but judging from the recent dispatches their
ways are no more a mystery to us than ours are to tnc
French, who followed our recent campaign with much inter
est and greater perplexity.
HATE.
Precedent
HOOVER will make his visit to the Latin-American
reDublics before he is president, and it is suggested from
Several quarters that he has in mind the prejudice against
the highest executive leaving his home land except uruier the
, rarest occasions. President Wilson did it when he went to
France, but it is pointed out that he came home a broken and
disappointed man ; and Queen Marie did it when she came to
this country, but we are reminded that she returned to hand
over the reins to her grandson and to lose her title
And that kings and presidents must stick close to home
and do their traveling in the confines of their own nations.
We are reminded, however, that when a big government
objected because Mr. Hoover paid too little attention to red
tape in feeding Europe's starving,' he sent it a note: "It
strikes me that trying to feed the Belgians is like trying to
feed a hungry kitten by means of a forty-foot bamboo pole,
.said kitten being confined in a barred cage occupied by tu-o
hungry lions." That ended the conversation. Mr. Hoover got
the hungry Belgians fed, by hook or by crook, without undue
regard to red tape
But he made a full accounting in the end, to the last pen
ny of. the cost
And he may or may not have much regard to red tape
or precedent after he becomes president of the United States.
One can imagine that he may readily smash any precedent, in
case he shall consider it the best way to get the thing done
that ought to be done.
1 An Outworn Practice
"VDD as it may seem, Herbert Hoover has not yet been
Vf elected president. The citizens of the United States have
given him an overwhelming majority, but it remains for the
coming of January 2 and the meeting of the electoral col
lege to see the next president elected.
Then 531 electors or their proxies, will assemble at the
capital to cast 444 votes for Mr. Hoover and 87 votes for
Mr. Smith.
This anachronism is a product of conditions resident, in
the United States when the constitution was adopted. At
that time the constitution makers thought the' people them
selves incapable of directly choosing a president ; delegation
of this privilege was made to electors, supposedly eminent
and extraordinary citizens who were to choose the president.
This system, almost from its adoption, has been as use-
ful as the two buttons on the back of .a swallow-tail coat.
Electors seldom, if ever, have voted otherwise than in the
manner prescribed by their constituents. Voting in Novem
ber, technically, is solely for the purpose of electing electors;
the January electoral college meeting determines the pres-
idency. The practice is archacic and useless. With facilities
available so that in four hours from the time the popular
election is closed, presidential wishes of the majority may be
determined, a meeting nearly two months later of 531 elec
tors who always adhere to their constituents wishes is a
' waste of time, of money and clutters orderly government. A"
constitutional amendment will be necessary to change , the
practice but it should be done. Direct election is here in prac
tice; it should be here legally.
Mr. Hoover, as a devotee of husiness efficiency, can
wisely head a movement to remove this outworn practice
from the federal constitution.
Not as Solid as It Was Cracked Up to Bel
Bite for
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B R. J. Hendricks
WWs Who and Timely Views
By COUNT FELIX VON LUCKNEK
t onner Comander Oerman Raider
'Sea Kagle."
f Felix Von Luckner. born In Ger
many, ran -off to sea at the tee of i3
after tiring oT school in which he was
not interested. He traveled to Aus
tralia aa cabin boy on a Russian craft
where he found employment In the
kitchen of a hotel before working his
way to America. He was In tn
unitea states a snort while before re
turning to Geormany In 1900 to enlist
in his country" navy. He was made
a lieutenant in lftO.V Durinsr the
World war he commanded the Seead-
ler, disguising it as a Norwegian ship
and sank 13 merchant vessels in th?
Atlantic and Pacific during two
months. He boasted that he never
killed a man, though he took many
prisoners, and obtained fame aa the
Sea Devil." Count von Luckner has
been lecturing in the United States
during the past year.
AMERICA, is the only countiy
which is responsible for
the detest of Germany in
the World war. It is the only
country which could hare won the
war and which would hare the
strength to win another .war.
should there be
one immediate
ly. Another war
in Europe is an
impossibility be
cause every
country there
must look out
for itself as
part of the
white race
against the in
vasion of Asi
atics. ' There can be
no war among
the powjars of
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- COUNT
VON LUCKNER
Europe so long as the present sit
uation continues, and It is bound
What. Might Have Been
"171 LECTION postmortems are common, but one by David
JLi Lawrence has especial interest, for he shows that by
changing 350,000 votes in certain states the election would
have been given to Smith; though such figures are more
startling than convincing, the weak spot being that to change
the opinions of that many people one would have to reach
many millions of voters. When the winning candidate gets
three out of five ol the popular votes it takes more than the
oretical changes to convince anybody that the election was
not by a decided majority
But such post-mortem verdicts may tend to hurry the
time when we shall have election of our presidents by pop
ular vote, as we should nave. There are several things in con
nection with the choosing of our chief executive that, under
modern conditions, are preposterous."
Dr. Albert Shaw, in the Review of Reviews, has pre
sented a phase of the matter thus lucidly and briefly: "We
.nominate a president in June, notify him in August, elect him
1 ' -iJovenber and inaugurate him in March. He sits about
ana tViddles his thumbs while his predecessor sends a mes
sage to congress in December and continues to approve oi
veto bills; appoint judges and other permanent officers, con
trol our entire foreign policy and dictate much of our domes
tic policy until March 4."
.After his visit to the Latin-American republics,' Mr.
Hoover will have some new ideas about how to keep them at
peace with one another.
The most virgin field for American trade is with the
republics to the south of us. Mr. Hoover will be able to give
tips to our people after his visit that will be worth more to
them than a whole yard full of regular commercial travelers
could find out."
Old Oregon's
Yesterdays
Town Talks from The States,
man Our Fathers Read
November 14, 1003
All the lots in the Smith Fruit
farm tracts have been sold.
to do so because the countries
which are inhabited by the white
race are crowded together on a
continent smaller than any oth
ers. To fight among themselves
would only Invite the eastern
powers to take possession.
America is already the only ef
fective stronghold of the white
race, because it is self-sustaining
and protected by its position.
With the Atlantic ocean on the
one side and the Pacific on the
other there is no chance for In
vasion from any point which
could not be protected. Battle
ships would be of little use in
bombarding coast towns because
they are too apt to be the prey
of airplanes and submarines.
Culture has traveled always
from east to west. Beginning in
China It spread gradually to In
dia, Persia? Egypt, Greece and
Rome and up through Europe to
Great Britain where it began Its
long westward sweep to America.
As It traveled It has developed
until now modern culture is trav
eling back from America to the
Orient. With this sweep of cul
ture nas come a series of wars in
which the civilized countries have
taken the territories they needed
tor tne comfort of their people.
Now, with the east taking on our
culture, they may be the, next to
attempt expansion, and in such a
case America would be the sur
viving white country. j
Consider our hill farmers
They needed the rain; the!
ground was too dry to plow.
Though, In the words of the song,
they now have "more as plenty.
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Slogan man on Sunday will tell
about apples.! In the fifties and
sixties, the Willamette' valley was
the best apple country In the
world: and It has been every day
since, by natural advantages. And
will be known as such again In
due course. . ;
"Salem, the Statesman, pub
lished at the capital of Oregon
says, is tne nut, nax, mint ana
loganberry center. It is also, we
I understand, a place where a great
deal of mustard is mixed." Yak
lima Republic. Meaning, of course.
political mustard. Quite true; es
pecially during the sessions of th
Oregon legislature.
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Japanese to the number of 300
on Sunday last, at their Lake La-
bish headquarters, celebrated the
coronation of the mikado, with
appropriate exercises lasting four
hours. Our Japanese population is
I growing.
Andrew Mellon says that the na
tional income per annum amounts
to 765 for tevery man, woman
and child. On that basis, the man
iwim ii children has enough.
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Seattle Is boasting that It has
two men each of whom has kept
tne same wife and the -same pollt
ical party for 60 years. . That is
only 50 per cent remarkable;
many men adhere to their political
raltn that long.
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Reptilian tracks have just been
discovered in the middle west.
The fact that they are apparently
1 2uu, yoo.ooo years old discredits
the theory that they might have
been made by politicians during
the late campaign.
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Until next April, the highway
commission has limited the load
on the Santiam highway to 16,000
pounds. The highway commission
has made only oae mistake it
should limit them to that the year
round on all highways and ask the
legislature to make trailers and
solid tires unlawful. Corvalliv
Gazette-Times.
have a longer life
Dieted HealtK
By L. ulu Hunt Peters MIX !
flutfioro Dtefrand HealHiWDier or Child rerx
r
Dr. B. E. Wright. weU known
Portland dentist, has taken a
branch office in the Steusloff
building In Salem. He will work
here part of the weela
The Chemawa Indian training
school third team defeated the
Mute school team in a football
game today.
Mrs. Emily Vandervort, editor
of the ..Searchlight, went to Port
land to spend the day with her
daughter. ,
Mrs. D. Erret of Omaha, wife
of the pastor of .the First Chris
tian church in Salem, has arrived
to make her home here.
A. II. Schaefer was a business
visitor to Portland.
Too-Too-Thin ?
Tou. Too. Can Gain
F you lived in London In 1760,
and were too Thin, no doubt
you would have responded
to the following advertisement
which appeared In the Spectator:
"An assured cure for Leanness
which proceeds from a cause
which . few know, but easily re
moved by an unparalleled specific
tincture, which fortifies the' stom
ach, purifies the blood, takes off
fretfuuness of the mind, occa
sions Test and easy sleep, and as
certainly disposes and causes the
body to thrive and become plump
and fleshy If no manifest dis
temper afflicts the patient," as
water will quench fire, and It Is
pleasant to the taste and ts sold
only ; In Mr. Payne's toy-shop.
rice 3 shillings a bottle with di
rections."
Notice the different things that
this unparalled tincture promises
to do. They are quite signifi
cant. We will apply them to
your case.
First, you should have a thor
ough physical examination by a
competent physician - to see if
there Is no "manifest distemper"
aflicting you. If you have, that
must be attended to before you
can hope to gain. . It may be
possible that you are chronically
poisoned from diseased tonsils,
Evgeeth, diseased nasal sinuses,
or other spots of Infection else
where in the body.
Now we will suppose that you
have had this done and the doctor
said that there Is nothing organ
ically wrong with .you. Obvious
ly, as the Advertisement says.
you have got to do something to
fortify- your stomach, purify your
blood and get rid o the fretful
ness of your mind and have more
rest and easy sleep
You will be able to do all these
things by increasing your intake
of food. Tou are not eating
enough now for your needs, and
you are undoubtedly suffering
from a degree of acidosis, and
auto-intoxication as a result.
healthier and
expectancy.
A workable rule for finding
normal aauit weight (without
ciotnes) is as follows:
For five feet in height (with
out shoes t allow 110 pounds
aiiow live ana one-half pounds
tor each inch over that heieht.
For example: Height is five feet
seven inches; weight should be
approximately 148 pounds.
You may yary five oer cent
above or below this weight and
still be normal. For instance. If
your frame-work is . heavy ' van
may add five per cent. and'vlce
versa. (This would cover the
difference between men's and
women's weights).
No allowance ' for IncrpjiQort
years)
Tomorrow 111 tell
increase your 'calories.
Next: Too-Too Thin (Part 2.)
A - man phoned congressman
Hawley the other day, suggesting
a higher rate of duty on one of the
Drbducts of the Salem district. It
was his Idea that this ,mlght bej
taken uo and threshed' out inl aj
week or two after the convening
at congress In December. Mr.
Hawley no doubt wishes that wero
true. But he knows better. He sat
in on the making of the last en
holding all the bearings in his
capacity of ranking member of the
ways and means committee and
it took many weary months. He 1
chairman of that com mitten this
time, and will have "to bosst the
whole Job. It will be some Job; Ev
ery section and trade and interest
oi tne country wut nave ut
heard. ,
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You have to hand It to Chicago
It is progressive. It believes In ed
ucation and public schools. A
proof, a course In make-up has
been established and girls aire
taught the art of painting, pow
dering, rouging. Fine Idea. Most
of them don't know how now.
They put it on so thick they look
like a railroad bridge. Corvallls
Gazette-Times.
The Grab
The Way
of the
World
By GROVE PATTERSON
1 xV W. ..
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November 14, 1928
Who am I? What is my posi-
tloA In Congress? Who is nn-
wlfe?
We have .a careless way of
thinking that the government is
one thing and the people are an
other, We think of the govern
ment as standing at one side
ready to enforce something or
other on the people even against
the people's will. Of course the
government and the people are
one and the same thing. The
reason we do not have prohibi
tion in this country instead fcf
merely a large amount of TALK
about prohibition is that not
enough people want the enforce
ment ol prohibition.: The gov
ernment which is the people
cannot enforce upon the people
what the people do not want.
What early governor of . v
York had only one leg?
What la the largest denomina
tion of United States curreiuv?
How many- children did P.kiI
Revere have?
"Pure religion and undifil-l
this. To visit the fatherless anj
widows In their affliction and to
keen himself nnnnnttari frnm iIm
I world." Where Is this passai
found In the Bible?
JIMMY JAMS
Dinner Stories
HE KNEW
I like that stow of tha rnv
It may be true that von think I Journalist who went to interview
you are eating more than yourj famous film star who had Just
fat sister; but In this matter of be6n divorced from an even more
famous husband
Why did I leave him?" nVi a
echoed. "Say. did you ever live
with a genius?"
Sure." said the
eating, each person is a; law un
to himself, because no two per
sons have exactly the same physi
cal makeup or the same activities.
Besides', the chances are if hat vnn
don't eat nearly so much. Youlow' modestly, , "I 4Jve alone.
can t tell what .she eats j between
meals! It is a safe wager that
you" don't eat anything ; between
uresis Decause you don t care
aDout eating. It isn't ! one of
your interests in life. Too bad
Another thing, you cannot tell
now much or little yon are eat
ing, unless you count the food by
its caionc value.
wnat: Have I got to count
calories, too?" Yes. In order to
gain, you have to know the calor
ic vaiue or. roods, just as your
lat sister does, but instead of de
creasing your calories, j as she
does, naturally you, have to In
crease them. Instead of shrink
ing your stomach, you have to
stretch It so that it will be able
to care for sufficient food for
your needs. Your stomach is
contracted, no doubt,, else you
would not feel so full after two
or three mouthfuls of food,-
First, are you sure von are un
derweight or normal? Most of
the weight tables are based on
the averages of Insurance .appli
cants. As there are so many
more adults who are overwelghl,
these averages are high. It has
been found that those who weigh
some less than the averages are
reporter fel-
Aged Medicine
Man Dies From
New Fire Water
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REDDING, Cal.. Nov. 12.
i-ar; sam steel, veteran hit
medicine man of the Pit River
inaians. aiea today, from the ef-
iwis oi onnking a white man's
beverage bootleg liquor.
Sam, whose icourara. rMimru.
fulness and stamina for almost
three quarters of a centnrv wim.
ed off death by diseas, bullet ar
row and hostile tomahawk, eonld
not withstand the drink he took
ioaay.
The aged chief medicine man
had an enviable record for cour
ageous action In battle as Well as
an envied reputation of a twb
fisted drinker. Despite this, he
was esteemed by all his white
neighbors in Modoc county where
ne lived for more than 50 years.
As far as we were concerned the
game was called on account of
silence.
"ENFORCEMENT"
Please note that in the above
paragraph the thing referred to
isnot "prohibition" but the "en
forcement of prohibition." It is
very probable that most of the
people actually do want prohibi
tion. They have voted in favor
of it and they would doubtless dlo
so again in practically every state
in the union. But it is also ap
parently true that they do not
want it enforced to the degree
that would make It Impossible
for them to have a drink quietly
on the side.
The well-to-do want It enforced
on the poor and the poor are per
fectly willing to have it enforced
on the well-to-dot A great nunu
ber of people perhaps the great
er number believe prohibition
is a splendid idea, always deserv
ing of their vote. But enforce
ment that Is another matter.
THE MOUNTAINEER
One can underaand the perplex
ity of the mountain man in the
south. He can not understand
why he can not turn his corn in
to liquor as properly as he can
turn it into meat It Is his corn,
and he Is willing to do It quietly
and unobtrusively. He Is fur
ther perplexed when he finds him
self In prison . looking through
barred windows at his tree and
respectable brethren who bought
the product of his corn.
It Is a strange situation where
in the seller goes to JaiL while
the buyer merely turns to an
other market.
CHECKING UP
Now that election Is over we
will do well to look back over
some of the things we have d
Ueved and some .of the things we
have said. After-a time of ab
normal excitement and distorted
optnfons it ts proper to check up
on ourselves and try to recall
OW,w acted "d what we
ng quite so absurd in the next
OSwu THOUOrHT HE i
cout-o take This somoy i
POMMY MtET AWAY FROM
Pit- OUT m THE OME
VWATS GrOMMA READ
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Today In the Vast
On this day, in 1832. Charles
Carroll, of Carrollton, last sur
viving signer of the Declaration
of Independence died.
Ttxlaj'g Horoscope
Persons born on this day have
great self-control. They can take
a large amount of abuse without
retorting, but they invariably
come out on top in the end.
A Daily Thought
"Charms strike the sight, but
merit wins the soul. Pope.
Answers to Foregoing Questions
1. Nicholas Long worth J speak
er of the house; the former Alice
Roosevelt.
2. Peter. Stuyvesant.
A $10,000 gold certificate.
4. 1C.
?; James, IT.
One-Minute
Pulpit
Poemis
thatjLiye
A PHILOSOPHER
TO take things as they be
That's my philosophy.
No use to holler, mope, or cuss
If they was changed they mig (
he
High Pressure Pete .
Lej him praise his name In the
dance; let him sing praises unto
him with the timbrel and harpi
For the Lord taketh pleasure
la his people: he will beautify the
meek with salvation.
Let the saints be Joyful In
gltfry: let them sing aloud upon
their beds. Psalnr, cxlix 3-5.
If ran It peurin down,
An llghtnln's buxxin' roan",
I tint a-fearln well be hit.
But grin that I ain't out in it
If I got deep la det ,
It hasn't happened yet
And owed a man two dollars, Ceel
Why, I'd he glad it wasn't three!
If some one come along.
And tried to do me wrong.
Why I should sort of take a whim
To thank the Lord I wasn't him.
I never seen a night
So dark there wasn't light
Somewhere about If I toek care
To strike a match and find out
where;' ( ' , :
Vo JC. Bmngt (1SM.K22)
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By Swau
: f The Nicaraguan tvernment set aside $190,000 to cover
the expenses of its Presidential election. The "interference
of the American marines will turn $95,000 of this back into
the treasury. Uncle Sam supervised the purchasing of elec
tion supplies and practiced a little of his own economy in
all the details. The result was that the election cost half as
much as Nicaragua expected.
-The people of Oregon and of Marion county and Salem
r particularly will have ,no reason for regretting the splendid
showing they made In helping the cause of Herbert Hoover,
the poor boy. who got his inspirations in this state and city,
that led hinr to the highest, place-of honor and service in
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