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rSSSaVBSSnal Salem, Oregon Wednesday December 12, 1028 Feaftoir'es Eail C. Brownies Sheldon F. Sackett Publisher diftojpial i j i 9 He has achieved success who has lived weU. laughed often and loved much; who has gained the respect of intel ligent men and the love of little children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who has left the world far better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem or a rescued soul; who has never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who has looked for the best in others and given the best he had; whose life was an inspiration; whose mem ory is a benediction. Mrs. A. J. Stanley. ... - iii The Empty Stocking - r By F, S. Manning The Raw Materials IN copying an article printed on this page a few days ago, the Bellingham, Wash., Herald says: "The Oregon Statesman, of Salem Ore., comments informatively on what is being done in the Argentine and what can be done to develop the (sugar) industry in the Willamette valley and the country generally This analysis of the situation should emphasize the value of an important industry that already Is established in northern Washington. We have here a go ing concern, not a prospect or a faint hope. But it is not re ceiving the support, in the from of raw material, it should ti.v wmtinm RkAtrit and Snohomish counties should raise more sugar beets. We have here the foundation of a great Industrv which should be more fully developed." Disregarding the "prospect of faint hope" remark of the Bellingham newspaper, it snoma De saia umi me u uh-.iuiiu Sugar company, owning the sugar .factory at Bellingham, forfoH thr with a. much smaller acreage in sugar beets than was sufficient to run the plant to capacity. But the acreage has increased each year, from larger plantings of the first growers and of their immediate neighbors, showing that the farmers who have grown this crop have done well. Their acreage of this year was much enlarged over that of . last year: yet the plant could use more beets. That is one of the things that led the Utah-Idaho people to seek acreage in the Salem district, for the 1927 crop year, to which offer our farmers failed to respond in sufficient numbers to justify the building here of dumps, etc., etc. Our growers for the canning and packing plants in Salem have not been lax in this respect. They have overdone that end of our industries, in some lines. There is no doubt that, with a concerted effort and the assurance of a factory in Salem, enough sugar beet acreage could be signed up here on term contracts to supply a factory larger than the one at Bellingham, which could use about 10,000 acres. The Utah-Idaho people are used to getting sugar beets from irrigated lands, where they operated in Utah, Idaho, Colora do, Montana and other districts. They would like to be as sured of a sufficient acreage that could have the help of ir rigation in the greatest growing season, in the summer months. Salem can get a beet sugar factory, if she will go to work in earnest and secure an offer of that kind of acreage on a term contract ; enough to supply a large factory. It would be worth while. The action of congress in providing higher protective du ties on sugar will help. Still Water The Eugene Register says : "John H. Lewis, ex-state engin eer of Oregon, has applied to the state engineering depart ment for authority to appropriate waters of the Umpqua and Rogue rivers for canalization purposes. He believes that by canalizing these rivers by means of a series of darts ocean freight can be delivered by barges as high up as Roseburg and Grants Pass This writer advises the people of the Rogue, the Umpqua and the Willamette valleys to. keep an open mind on the subject of river navigation by means of canalization and barges. Don't scoff at the idea. Don't scoff at any new idea. The time may not be here when barge lines, operating between tidewater and the upper river valleys of this region, will pay. But the future will bring great changes. That which seems improbable now may appear altogether feasible a decade hence. The time is right now when they would pay on the Wil lamette river from Portland to Salem, and on yp as far as Eugene With still water all the way up the whole year through, which the government ought to provide; should have done so already, and will without doubt do in time. This would incerase the actual value of every acre of land and every town lot in the Willamette valley. It would pdd something to the net selling value of -every ton and bushel! and bale or parcel of our products, whether of our industries on the land or those in the cities and towns. It would give every foot of the Willamette river's bank on both sides water borne connection with all the deep sea markets of the world. As to the Umpqua and the Rogue river valleys, the same : things are true Though the cost of getting still water in those streams would be relatively much' more, compared with the volume of traffic affected. X .v. Who Who and Timely Views Early .Passage of Boulder Dam Bill Predicted Br KEY riTTMAV TTait4 States Saaator trom. Vbruk (Ker Pittmaa wu born t Viekfbare. Miu, Sept. 19. 1S72. H vu edacatad t pnrata tatora and attended Sooth- vettarn Prasbyterian nnireftity, la tar re- cairinf defraea of L. L. D. from tha lat ter and Georfa Waahinfton nniveriity. Ia 1892 faa bpa practicing law In Se attle. Waah. Five yeara later ha joined tha Kloadyke taovement, working as a miner for two yeara. Ha became tha tint district attorney of Nome, Alasfca, 1899. In 1901 ha morei to Tonopaa, Neb., where he was elected United Statea lenitor on the Democratic ticket in 1912 which wa confirmed a year later to fill the anexpired terra of George Nixon. He waa re-elected in 1917 and 1V28.) EGISLATION to proTlde for (he carrying out of the Boulder Dam project will in all probability be enacted early In the present session of congress. I am confi dent that what ever legislation is enacted will embody the principle et forth in two amen dments which were in serted in the senate bill on kmy motion and which are also in the bill as it passed the hous 6V- FittVN P in house, provid ing for a diversion of power and revenue among the various states. Under the terms of these amend ments Nevada and Arizona each would be entitled to 18 per cent of the net revenue from the sale of power generated at the pro posed dam. This is merely another recogni tion of the rights of states to share in benefits from natural re sources where developments are undertaken which are desfgned to benefit the country as a whole but which also have the effect of depriving the states of a source of revenue from taxation. This principle was recognised in earlier Hoover Will Be Different ONE of the leading newspaper writers of Washington, D. C, makes the prediction that the Hoover administra tion will be "different." That it is extremely imporbable that it will preserve a "con. tinuity of Coolidge policies' which will make the transition from Calvin to Herbert almost imperceptible." Such a thought suggests that Hoover's regime will be more or less of a rubber stamp of its predecessor. Mr. Hoovers career and temperament supply no foundation for any prospect of that kind. The Washington writer sajrs: Every one who has ever worked for or under Hoover knows that he is a man of original ideas and addicted to the habit of working them out on his own lines; He has a passion for blazing trails. He is fond of choosing his own helpers a trait which may explain the absence of mariy of the Coolidge cabinet in the Hoover official household. The president-elect was nominated and victorious on a platform calling for perpetuation of 'Cool idge policies.' But the guess may be safely hazarded that be fore the Hoover administration has been in office many months the country will wake up to find it is living under Hoover policies. The people of Salem who knew Herbert Hoover as a boy here ana have followed his useful and interesting career will -. - - A Iff . 1 t A agree wun me wasningion newspaper writer He will be "different." So will his administration be different. He will do his very best to make it count for the good of his country and the world And in doing his best he will choose his own ways and fol low his own methods. Old Oregon's Yesterdays Town Talk from The Statea. man Oar Fathers Read Dec. 12, 1908 Willamette freshman Pollard, Hunt, Ldng, Whipple and Winans defeated the sophomores 20 to 18 in a basketball game. Soph players were Chapter, Grannls, Judd, Wlnslow and Morris. John Mlnto la In Portland vis iting relatives. Governor Chamberlain's mes sage to the special session of the state legislature promises to be the brlefeat In the history of guberna torlal messages In Oregon. It will deal only with the tax levy diffl eulty. legislation dealing with the cre ation of forest reserves and with royalties from oil. The only possible source of danger to the success of the boul der dam legislation lies In the chance that the forthcoming re port of the commission of engin eers mav favor a plan which would cost considerably morel money than has been anticipated, j If this should happen there Is a possibility that the additional cost might be seized upon by enemies of the legislation as an ostensible reason for further opposition. However, this reason would not be pertinent because the plan contemplated in the bill calls for repayment with interest of any money advanced for the project by the federal government. wRh work left undone, don't let it worry you. Take it up when yon get hack at the place where yon left off. Do the Important things, the few significant, vital things. Take the others up in or der. Man was never made to pro ceed and. return like a.ky rocket. The Way of the World By GROVE PATTERSON C. D. Gabrlelson and son Carl are visiting In Portland. President Coolidge suggests a summer white house. This will settle it. One will be provided. The fellows who think protective tariff rates are in danger of being too high do not know Congressman Hawley. But they are likely to be high enough to give real instead of phony protection. I : ' VlVK ma gdimpee at nu BT FRED 01 KELLY . electricity awl water fettla," says a bmalaeaa taveatlcator, "aad Vtt tell ytm what be la. Or at least ni be able f rive yon m rood He of hia scale of '', Ilvtnjr. The more activities he and bis family engage la, tb saore , .telephone calls they will bare. If they entertala much, titer are sorr ' t to bwra mp electrlcitx mmA gas. The water bill might evea Indicate ft seaethlas ef their cultstral states. If they are riven to cleesjlnesa, ; they most nse water. I know bankers who wonld rive nrach to bare f tree access to certain onaiosuers phone, gas mmA water bULs. John H. Scott was elected fra ternal master,. of the Fraternal Union of America. David M. Bart lett Is Justice and Mrs. Will Bab- cock, secretary. Salem street car No. 8 collided with a freight train at Twelfth and State streets. The vestibule was demolished and the motor man, Walter McDonugh, narrowly escaped serious Injury. THE RIGHT MIND Homer, Greek poet, speaks of the glory of a firm, capacious mind." Very unfortunate for many of us who have little minds. But some large minds are not much better. They are capacious but not firm. A kind of incon sistency which enables a man to change his opinion in the light of new truth Is greatly to be desired. But the kind of changeableness which isn't based on new infor mation or on thought denotes a mind that may be broad but shal low. It Is capacious but not firm. a THE MIXD AGAIN On the subject of the mind one might well recall the words of the philosopher Berkeley: "All the choir of heaven and furniture of earth In a word, all those bodies which compose the mighty frame of the world have not any substance without a mind." ELECTION LESSONS They election is now a few weeks past and there has been time to think about some things in connection with It. The most encouraging aspect was not the se lection of any particular candi date although candidates are im portant. The significant thing was the enormously Increased in terest of the American people In the affairs of their republic. The sire of the rote Justifies a new belief in the possibilities of demo cratic government. It Is to be hoped the renewed spirit will con tinue to burn. ' WISE DELAY Putting off . until tomorrow ranks as a bad habit, . but one should not condemn the custom ss a whole. It all depends upon what you put oft One of the hap piest and most successful men the writer ever knew used to say: "Don't do anything today that you can put off until tomorrow but be sure you know what you can afford to put off." Trying to get everything done today or this week or this month a not worth the wear and tear. If you go home with work unflnish ed. If you have to start on a trip Dinner Stories A TRUSTING TRUST A very small boy sidled Into an Edinburgh tobacco shop not long ago. "My father's been hearin' theres a tobacco trust," he said. "True, there Is," the tobaccon ist told him. "Then father wants to know. wad ye trust him for two ounces o' rough cut?" Bits for ' Br R. J. Hendricks' Breakfast KEEPS BUSY. you doing noi AND HE "What are Frank?" "Oh, I'm an artist "Why, I didn't know you were talented along that line. WL.t branch of art are you in?" "I draw the X's for a tabloid newspaper." TT e One-jMinute Pulpit And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh conV4o worship before me, saith the Lord. And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that hare transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die. neither shall their fire he quench ed; and they shall be an abhor ring unto all flesh. Isaiah, lzvl, 23, 24, Yuletide Beauty Plans Completed Street decorations on the princ ipal thoroughfares of the Salem business district are nearly all in place today as a reeult of work carried on during the first part of the week. Evergreen streamers have been suspended in artistic manner across many of the streets. Midway between each side of the street and in . the center of the streamer is an evergreen wreath from which the .streamers are draped; O. D. Olson, florist, has had charge of the decoration work. merchants contributing funds for the decorations. . India Mission Worker Visits STAYTON. Ore.. Dee. 11. (Special) Miss Edna Holder, a former teacher In the schools here who has been doing missionary work ia India, spent the week end xt the F. F. Foster home and lec- ured at the Methodist church on Saturday and Sunday. She had with her some of the beautiful fancy work made by the native vomen. and numerous other ar ticles made in India. Second the motion That a radio he furnished the Marlon county poor farm. Who'll start 'er, with something more substantial than a suggestion. So that the song may be changed here to "over the air to the poor house." No one hears much about .the Marion county poor farm. It Is small in number of Inmates compared to our popu lation. But those who are there are human beings. S The school of home economics at the O. S. C. living up to its name, offers this for the Christ mas season: "Attractive Christ mas cards may be made from plain parchment paper. The en velopes may be lined with the col ored linings saved from old en velopes. The cards are made in a booklet form by cutting a piece of paper twice the width and length of the finished card and folding It twice, once lengthwise and once crosswise. A simple sketch and a printed greeting will make an artistic card or a small snapshot of yourself or the family attached to the card gives a per sonal touch to a Christmas greeting." Now that congress is in session why doesn't it do something worth while by passing a law making It a felony to 6pell It "Xmas"? Such spelling Is entirely unxtian. Cor vallls Gazette-Times. Some one makes this comment. anent tne season: "The name of the goat blamed by the Hebrews for everything isn't mentioned anywhere, but doubtless It sound ed much 'like 'dad. " S The man who suggests that thev are doing wonderfully well at the state flax plant, but might make .i.cr use oi me secondary or waste products," has something in me way of equipment to sell If what he suggests will nass mhs- ter. the state flax plant will take it on. There is nothing too up to date or good in the world for that Pjant. - Mint to the south: If you turn PDIUiKIIa.w J i t , i . . uunvan, ua 8UI1 vpie as a unit, you will be the balance of power and can boss the works ai me age of sixteen Peggy xiupmns joyce wrote in her diary: i ii never marry." Hardly ever is apparently what she meant. She nas just announced her Intention to take a fifth husband. The pre- rinm fnr were divorced or ob tained divorce. S A Portland man invaded the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ringo and threatened to shoot them If they didn't turn off the radio. It Is suggested that some saxophone concert was driving the man crazy. S Anybody hankering for a new kick In home-brewed drinkables will be Interested to learn that the bureau of standards In Washing ton has concocted an ingredient hitherto not extant. For the pres ent. It Is known by the terrifying name of xylotrlhydroxyglutaric acid, and probably needs to be shaken well Into several syllables before using, or at least before pronouncing. Dr. Warren E. Em- ley, of Dr. Burgess' scientific wiz ards at the bureau, told the Amer ican Chemical society about xylo trlhydroxyglutaric acid the other day. , He said it makes good lem. onade. Xylose, Its principal ele ment, is a sugar made from pea nut shells and cottonseed bran. It has a sweet taste and no food val ue. In addition to its possibilities for lemonade et al.- chemists think xylo, etc., can be utilized as an Industrial substitute for glu cose and as a food for sufferers from diabetes. The Grab December 12. 19 It MED FOBO DISTRICT IS GOOD B P T Crop revenues from the Med ford Irrigation district increased from 11,388,700 in the year 1924 to $1,702,417 In 1928, according to the annual report of the di rectors filed with the state engin eer here Tuesday. The report was prepared Dy E. J. Leach, manag er of the district. The report showed that the rev enues from orchards during the year 1928 were $1,423,327 a against $1,275,000 in 19.27. In 1924 these revenues aggregated $1,200,000 and in 1925 aDnroil. mately $1,275,000. Revenue from the production of clover In 1928 was $44,571. a compared with $138,000 In 1924. in iz tnis revenue totalled $88. 644 and in 1927 approximately $50,933. Grain production in 192S re turned revenues of S10 4T5 . against $14,609 in 1927. Revenue from grain in 1924 was SI 6.200 and $8495 In 1925. Revenues from corn dropped from $9000 in 1924 to $5019 in 1928. In 1925 this revenue aggregated $3311 as com pared with $3970 in 1927. Truck garden revenues increas ed from $25,600 In 1924 to $36- SSS I . aaA ' n izs. zn 1925 this revenue was S54.733 as compared with $61,008 in 1927. Revenues from errs, milk nni other dairy products in 1928 to talled $187. 663 as against $48. 439 in 1927. This revenue was on 1 $7300 In 1925. There are 5400 acres of nnhaM lands In the district at this time as compared with 4750 acres In 1924. Alfalfa acreage- decrAiaA from 2300 acres In 1924 to 1850 seres In 1928. Grain acrair. in 1928 was 660 acres as. camnircH with 250 acre in 1924. Corn ac reage Increased from 150 acres In 1924 to 650 acres In lfiss Truck garden acreage lncreal from 500 acres In 1924 to 800 ac res in uzg. Pasture acreara In creased from 120aers tn oo res. The bonded indebtedness f iue district is X,Z6U,000. Rhea Luper. state engineer, said the report of the district for 1928 indicated that the production is increasing with satisfactory re turns to the growers. CORR TI IS IMPORTANT Good English as an essential to successful business was the topic on which Dr. Carl G. Doney, presl dent of Willamette university, spoke to the Salem Klwanls club Wednesday noon. "Thirty-four leading American corporation executives, called up on for a statement of the essentia qualities needed for success, all emphasized the correct use of English as one of the most funda mental needs of the business man," said Dr. Doney. Words are the implements of thought and a man's mental pro cesses can best be picked by an analysis of his diction, said the speaker. Dr. Doney declared that much of the effectiveness of Woodrow Wilson as president was due to his marked ability to ex press in clear language the thoughts tne nation was speaking "Cultivate an acquaintance with the dictionary," urged the presi dent. "Use the book of synonyms frequently. Business men can't afford to neglect their manner of speaking." Professor T. S. Roberts delight ed the club with a musical num ber, Rubensteln's "Kamerol-Os- trow" as a prelude to the 'address of the day. For an encore he played the "Misere." N. D. Elliatt was Introduced by Charles Wiper, president, as the secretary of the club for 1929, Mr. Elliott having been reelected this week .at a meeting of the board of directors. William P. Ellis was named chairman of a special committee to arrange a la dles' night while Ralnh Coolev was appointed chairman xf a com mittee to raise a special Christ mas charity fund. Stayton Lions Attend Meeting In Washington STAYTON. Ore., Dec. 11. i (Special) Local folk who went to the Lions meeting at Vancouv er, Wash., were Dr. and Mrs. H. A. Beauchamp, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Rawe, Mr. and Mrs. William Swift andW. A. Weddle. Mrs. Swift. who is an accomplished violinist, played a solo at the meeting, with accompaniment by Mrs. R. D. Hope, a former Stayton resident Aow living at Vancouver. A school in Missouri with 365 pupils enrolled cast 5139 ballots in a straw poll. Obviously It Is the school of practical politics we hare heard so much of recentlv. Nashville Banner. iMUlltfigil, ti 1 1 I ; : t I . High Pressure Pete I N X " V V " 1 t , : 1 I ' x V -if ' geMaft-ajber --- --qnjgair-'x--- i Who am I? In what position am I Identified with the Univers ity of Michigan? What is my nickname? What waa the Pharos of Alexandria? What was the name of the pres ent pope before he ascended tr papal throne? Which state Is sometimes called "Chinook?" "And Jesus said unto him. No man, having put his band to the plow, and looking back, Is fit for the kingdom of God." Where Is this passage found in the Bble? JIMMY JAMS Got a surprise Focz -you, MOM- TMeVRB Bi-uiri- ) IS JEUV BEAJ-t FofeA PENNV rHOW J Tixlay in the Past On this day. In 1787, Pennsyl vania ratified the V. S. constitu tion, the second state to do so. A Dally Thought "No really great man ever thought himself so." Hazlttt. ' Today's Horoscopes Persons born on. this day are proud,' self-confident and often self-satisfied. They usually have a brilliant intellect. Answers to Forerolnir Questions 1. Fielding H. Tost; director of 2. A lighthouse on the Island of athletics; "Hurry Up.- Pharos and one of the seven won ders of the ancient world. 3. Achilla Rattl. 4. .Washington. 5. St. Lake. lx. 62. It should be remembered that the horned toad that went 81 years without a drink was one of those fellows who couldnt get It. Richmond Times-Dispatch. fuaClaaIaal Mi Btaa( 1 Subject loniqht At "Baptism by Water or Bap tfani by the Spirit: Which is the more Essential to Salvation?" Questions Answered. ' HIV a. By Swau - I A? G05S THfcfTe 1433 j Omt VJTU. fce. GWA ? SfTL$ WILL ee. SL5 J 7 " . - , a. . . , ITTTsnsSBnassni i "T Vtm M " a .a. " aw . . - I '- .. ...,-. ' ,,,