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Earl C. Brownleb Sheldon P. Sackett Publishers Editorial mm ' - I y; . II . . . ' l a& , j moff JAMS - I Salem, Oregon Friday 'j .. " December 14, 1028 T: Do your work not just your work and no more, but a little more for the lavishing's sake; that little more which is worth ail the rest. And if you suffer as you must, and if you doubt as you must, do your work. Put your heart into it and the sky will clear. Then out of your very doubt and suffering will be born the supreme joy of life. Dean Briggs. Only Nine More Shopping Days Until Christmas Asking for Buildings ftittf. FiiP-pnp Rpinster is comrjlaininflr because the regents A of the University of Oregon have allowed themselves to be "maneuvered into a position" of agreeing tnat tne legis lature to meet in January shall not be asked for any new buildings . ' The inference being that the Oregon State college forc es are the guilty maneuvering parties While the normal schools at Monmoutn and Ashland are going to go after new buildings. New buildings are sorely needed at the Eugene institu tion; several; and this is true when applied to a number of state institutions. But mere asking will not likely get any of them. Others may propose, but the legislators will have to dispose And they are not going to have anything to dispose with, in the way of money for new buildings -anywhere Unless a miracle happens, or unless a financial Moses leads the way out of the Egyptian bondage For the state budget is not'balanced. The state cannot keep up its general expenses on its general income- It will not have enough money to meet necessary expenses, much less taking on new projects, without increasing the deficit Except for a miracle or a Moses. Amundsen and Rockefeller l JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER said he would rather have ac ej claim than wealth. A writer in the Yakima Republic says that "of course he wants something he hasn't got or he would not be human. Would he prefer the place in history held by Roald Amundsen, known the world over for his arctic explorations and who lost his life in the attempt to rescue General Nobile?" Rockefeller is counted among the world's wealthiest men. Amundsen took the benefit of the bankruptcy law in 1924 and his medals have recently been sold to pay the last of the claims against his estate Would Rockefeller rather have been the possessor in his own right of one of those medals than to have his millions? Amundsen received acclaim; Rockefeller possessed great wealth. Probably each envied the other. The comparison might be carried further, in many di rections Mr. Rockefeller and his son do not claim to own great wealth, excepting as trustees with the responsibility of doing the most possible good with it. The Selling End A WRITER in Forbes magazine says modern commerce I and industry have developed the capacity to sell goods far ahead of the ability either to make or deliver them And he says in the manuufacturing end this is resulting In the adoption of labor saving machinery designed to speed up output. In the merchandising end, he predicts an enor mous increase in the use of the automatic salesman the ma chine into which you put a coin and out of which you take your goods, neatly wrapped He says that in five years practically every standard, rationally advertised article of small merchandise will be gold in cities and large towns by the automatic salesman. 5 This year the Washington packers are trying it on ap ples, with prospects of securing a large additional outlet. The marketing of apples from the northwest has been mak ing record breaking progress this year, and there is much of ' encouragement in stabilizing efforts ! And in these there is promise that this industry in the Willamette valley, where it got its start, on this coast, will come back and be much larger than ever- It's the flavor. We can beat the world in deliciousness of flavor with our apples. i Reverting to the "Old Woman" THE Aurora reader of the Statesman who took the head line writer to task for calling a woman of 50 old gave some statistics, like these: "One Oregon woman reached 120 years,. 6 months and 11 days; one reached 117, another 111, another 109, several 106. There are 37 people living in Oregon now who are over 100 years. Ninety years is quite common. People are not f bid in this state at 80 "And you can't go a block in Salem without meeting some person between 70 and 90. It's the climate." mi i 1 a inat s ail gooa ana it s an true And the Aurora authority might have gone further in speaking of the climate that allows people in Oregon to real ly grow old- It enables them to grow old peacefully And in case of our women beautifully. Have we not the authority of Joaquin Miller, Poet of the Sierras? He was 4 an Oregon product. He knew his Oregon, and he had trav eled and kept his eyes open in many countries And he testified that Oregon women are the most beau tiful women in the world ; among other things, have the most beautiful complexions. That's the climate; the absence of glaring sunlight; the freedom from alkali in a land where dust is little prevalent. It s one thing to live to old age; that's fine. But it is still finer to grow old while retaining the resiliency and beauty of youth. Those who attended Salem Rotary meeting Wednesday found out authoritatively that the thing with a lonir and un pronounceable name that is the matter with the smell and taste of the Salem water is harmless, and it will disappear ,ln a few days. So you can drink it with impunity, or with anything else you like. The American-people chew 1100,000000 worth of gum a year, and are going to chew more of it, and their sales of it Abroad are growing fast. The ingredient that makes it good Is Oregon oil of peppermint. Watch the essential oil indus try of Salem grow. ! : Don't worry. The tempest in a teapot doftn South America way is just a case of a sizzling old pot accidentally boiling over a little. No one Is going to take these bantam roosters seriously. The imaginary line between Bolivia and Paraguay isn't worth the blood of the little finger of an . American marine. - - ' The Grab Bag December 14, 19 St 1 ns j rr I V N. I I JSIt JIMMY JAMS ( J CD A Daily Thought Honest labour bears face." Thomas Dekkefi IoTely Who's Who and Timely Views . JOHN O. SARGENT I . Lane county is crowing over three 4-H club workers of Trent in that neck of the woods who carried off first prize for judging poultry in the state poultry show at Portland. Something to crow over. Three vivas for Lane I And three crows and a lot of cackles! O. N. S. Alumni . Holiday Dinner I Plan Announced ; OREGON NORMAL. SCHOOL. Monmoutn, Oreron., Dee. IS. (Special) T&, snnnal holiday .banquet of Oregon Normal school alumni association will be held in ' the Blue room of the Portland .hotel, at 1 o'clock noon. Friday. 'December St. ; The. annual holiday dance In which' Wth alumni and student bodr of; the ' sehool participate, will follow that ereainf- at tjSO in the Indian Grille of the Mult nomah. One of McElroy's or chet tras will provide music for, the dance. Hubert A. Ooode, Portland, president of the alnmnl associa tion, and Dean J. B. V, Butler. Monmouth,' Tlce president; Win field Atkinson, .president of the student body and Marceil Stew art, committee chairman, are in chars of arrangements. Tickets may be secured at Oregon State Teachers association headquart ers, or at the door where 'the re- pectire erent take place. CONSOLIDATION' OP GOVERN MKXT'8 LEGAL WOIUv PROPOSED By JOHN O. SARGENT United Statei Attorney General (John Gtribaldi Sargent wai born at Ludlow. Vt.. Oct. 13. 1800. He ii a graduate of Tuft college, where he also receired an L..1..U. degree, at well at irom iliddlebury and .Norwich colleges. Admitted to the Vermont bar in 1890. he became state' attorney from 1898 to 1900. He was attorney general of Vermont from 1908 to 1912 and has been L'nited States attorney general ainre l(a25. He is a republican and his home is in Ludlow. ) I HAVE recommended that con gress give serious considera tion to the desirability of con solidating all the legal activities of the government under the su pervision of the attorney general. This recom mendation i s promppted b y the recurrence o f conditions akin to those which existed prior to 1870, when the re sponsibility for the' legal work of the govern-' ment was di vided among many law offic ers, with n o common super visory head. These conditions re sulted in the creation of the de partment of Justice and the plac ing of the attorney general at its head, with supervision over all the then existing law officers of the government. During- the nearly 60 years that have elapsed since the estab. lishment of the department of Jus tice considerable legislation has been enacted either directly creat ing law officers or under author ity of which legal positions have sprung up here and there, the in cumbents of which are not in spe cific terms made subject of the government. Such a condition is believed to be no less harmful to the Interests of the government now than It was in 1870. The number of questions aris ing in the extensive legal organ isation of the government make it desirable that the operation of federal law and its application shall, to the greatest possible ex teat, be unified and made so clear that the citizen, no matter how re motely distant from the seat of government or how slight may be the federal question involved in any controversy which may arise between him and his government. shall be able to know that every Issue In his case from Its incep tion will be treated as the law is Interpreted by the supreme court of the United States and followed by the department of Justice, and that the law will be given the same interpretation in every branch of the" government in which a case under it may arise. Such progress 'is being made that I am hopeful the day is not far distant when the law officers of the government throughout the country and In all the executive departments of the government wfll administer the law along the same lines of legal Interpretation. As a necessary step toward this end a central control over ques tions of legal interpretation should be vested in the chief law oficer of the government. Bits for Breakfasts Christmas cheer is good And Christmas charity is bless ed S V But better and more blessed than either would be all the year around payrolls in Salem in large ly increased numbers. Work in the new auto repair department of the Salem public schools, added at the beginning of the fall term, is going well. There are 69 boys spending some of their spare time in learning to put together a wrecked car, and to care for the cars their fam ilies and neighbors have, in em ergency and other cases. S Some of these boys will make what they learn here a part of their preparation for entering the varioi.., branches of the automo tive industry, which is the most general and extensive in this country, and leads to many oth ers. A Washington, D. C, scientist says there is no such thing as a perfect climate. A Salem friend said that man would be hanged in California. One Salem cannery Is still go ing on apples, and with night and day forces, and will be up to Christmas. S 'm They arrange Christmas' trees differently In England. They take them up by the roots and use them in several places during the season, and then re-plant them, so none of them are destroyed. We are a comparatively wasteful peo ple, here in Oregon. S A lot of safety construction is being and has been lately done at street intersections in Salem safety for auto drivers, any way. A notable case is at the corner of Mission and Liberty streets the Bush corner where the danger ous Jog has been cut off. S W One writer in accounting for the styles of the day attributes great Influence to the automobile. "The very long skirts of 1913 were a nuisance. Quickly much of the bot toms of the skirts was discarded. The process went on until today and we have what we have." Yes, and what have we 7 Who am I? To what office have I v been elected? Who was my father? Who was commander-in-chief of the Italian forces during the last lyjear of the World war? What la the nickname of the French ex-premier Clemenceau? What city is called the Athens of America? "Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wis dom of thy words." Where is this passage found in the Bible? Today in the Past On this day, in 1782, Charles ton, 3. C, was evacuated by theJ British. Today Horoscope Persona born on this dav are shrewd and determined to have their own way. They are fond of their home. Answers to Foregoing Questions 1. Ruth Bryan Owen, con- gresswoman from Florida. The late William Jennings Bryan, sec retary of state under persldent Woodrow Wilson. 2. Gen Armando Diaz. 3. "The Tiger." 4. Boston. 5. Proverbs, xxili, 9. Old Oregon's Yesterdays Town Talk from The State. Our Father Read Dec. 13, 1903 Former Governor Greer has as sumed editorial management of the Statesman. John L. Mar of Portland, major in the Third Infantry, Oregon Na tional Guard, will hold court in the Salem armory tonight. All members of Company M who have been absent from duty will be tried. Tha Younr. Men s uepumicaa club is planning to hold an elab orate banquet at the Willamette hotel Jhls Friday I - '" Many taxpayers are advocating the! installation of new heating sysiem in the county court house. A ho$ water or steam system would mean a jrreat Baving in fuel and! would lower Insurance rates, it i argued ! U H M V LECTURSSl f IRCIEvef5on ' Subject loniqht 'SAVED BY GRACE' L Scott Bozorth spent the week end In Portland. M. P. Baldwin, local weather forecaster, 'returned from Inde- nendence. anti-knock THE NEWWINTER. 1 RED CROWN GASOLINE I STANDARD (ML COMPANY OFCAUPORNU the Boy Better check up on the boys' needs today. He wants action and exercise. Bay him a Rugby Bike the Bike with a reputation and he will appreciate it erery day for years. The prices are no higher than some lighter bikes are selling for. GEO. E. ALLEN Hardware, Paints, Plumbing, Machinery 236 N. Commercial Chiffon or Service Weight Hose Pare j thread silk hose In Chif fon or Service weight The Chif fon axe silk from tap ta -bottoaa with plqnot edge. Packed eoe pair In individual boxes. $1.00 Full Fashioned Service Weight Hose A fine gauge full fashioned hose. In service weight. Folly guaran teed. A hose that will give real service. Price per pair $1.48 3 pair for $4.25 Pointed Heel Full Fashioned Hose A full fashioned hose with re Inf ereed heel and tee guard. 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