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F.iKT, C. Beownles
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Two Mayors
T7ILLIAM H.JEJJSTIS, philanthropist, lawyer, builder and
? former mayor of Minneapolis, died in his home city the
'other day. , .-'--r,-t ::: v.'- '-
i An accident made him a cripple at the age of 15. He
was one of 12 children and was obliged to help support the
household. He overcame his lack of health, learned book
keeping and telegraphy and made his way through Wesleyan
university and the law school of Columbia. . - .
Went to Minneapolis and lived there 47 years, accum-
ulataing a fortune of $2,000,000; retired at 78. The roman
tic dream of Jus youth was then realized. "I am going to
frive enroled children a chance to start life even with the
rest of the children: I want them to have a better chance
than I had. For many years I have wanted to do something
for the crippled children. You have seen them iittle loucs,
who haven't a chance to be anything in life unless some one
helpa them.' . -
Mr; Eustis Built' and endowed a hospital and stipulated
that the tnist should not carry his name. The gift guaran
tees free treatment to children whose parents are not able to
pay for medical aid.
He was mayor of Minneapolis and was noted for the vig
or with which he enforced the laws and planned for the prog
ress of the city in every particular
: And at his death hundreds testified that he lived to
serve.-'
Another mayor. "Bis Bill" Thompson of Chicago. Con
sider-the contrast. The school board finds their budget will
overrun the available funds $2,000,000. Due to graft. There
is a shortage of $3,000,000 in the sanitary district budget;
due to the stuffing of the payrolls with the names of nun
dreds of political thugs . ' t
i And the grand jury denounces bitterly "the administra
tion under which such lawless conditions had been allowed
-1 to prevail"
Reported that for four years Chicago had harbored vice,
gambling and liquor syndicates; blame being placed on ap
pointees of the mayor. The other day a boy was murdered
In a soft drink parlor near one of the Chicago schools. .This
brought out the fact that many of the schools were sur
rounded bv speakeasies and other dens of vice.
When Big Bill was first elected he was the "hope" of
the young progressive business men of the city. After 1
rears in control of the affairs. .of, the city of Chicago thS
mayor's house has collapsed about him like a stack of cards, f
F Two mayors. What a contrast! How different the two
stories to go on the pages of history and to be recorded in
the lives of the youth of the land.
i TVi An a A a svf ifovnr TTnatia will rm nn livincr thmilffhotlt
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the ages, blessing mankind. The deeds of Big Bill Thompson
will be forgotten, the sooner the better for the world.
A Salem Christmas Story .
jA SALEM Christmas story written in a new item on the
xTL Slogan page this morning. It is the story, of the strug
gles of C. J. Pugh. Only hints are given of the true story.
The particulars the reader may imagine.
'i ; Mr. Pugh carried in his mind ideas of several inventions
that would aid the canning industry, and a number of others.
He acquired an ample site on North 21st street in Salem.
Built and equipped a small shop. Enlarged it several times.
But his resources were small, and he could not enthuse men
who could help him with his own absolute certainty that he
had in his ideas the seeds of success '
: Leading to a great manufacturing concern in Salem; a
world wide business - ' -
' But he has "arrived" in ample time for a happier
Christmas than he has known through, his struggles. No
one ever before could peel pears by machinery. Mr. Pugh
has a machine that does it. It has been demonstrated.;
There will be at least 10 of these machines out working on
royalties during the next harvest season. The possible field
several nunarea macnraes. i
These royalties will bring means for expansions in other
lines. They will give Salem a great factory
I - And fortunes will be built up here, for Mr. Pugh and
the few men who helped him to get onto his feet mostly
Salem men.
t Many such Christmas stories might be written, without
going beyond the city limits, of Salem. And the makings of
many more are in the certain great progress and growth of
.this city and section.
The annual slogan review of our evergreen blackberry
industry points to more and more vines under proper culti
vation, in the right locations. That is the road to high qual
ity, and that is the proper goal for every, branch of our in
dustrial growth on the land and in our towns and cities.
Taking the "X" From Christmas
TWTEWSPAPERMEN who have frowned on "Xmas" spell
X ing of Christmas have ' unconsciously performed the
world a service. For "x ' is a poor excuse for Christ when
the ereatest festive day of the world is mentioned.
Despite our modern orgy-of buying and giving, until
commercialism seems to have taken full possession of the
season, there remains in the true Christmas holiday a sa
credness occasioned by the birthday of One whose influence
has been increasingly manifested with the passing centuries.
He it was who brought to the world a. new respect for man
it wu this Teacher, Prophet whoj bespoke a message of good
will and of hope. .S . ..; , ? ..
-t Chris Kringle has his place and the" merry exchange of
presents is time for all hearts to be glad, bat the reason for
it all is gone if Christmas be Ainas." J? or then, the real oc
casion for anniversary is faded and we revel in a mockery.
; .- You re a Liar
A MAN arrested in Missouri on the charge of promoting a
J fraudulent book publishing scheme remarks to the po
lictM "A guy has got to live, hasn't he 7" ;
Under somewhat similar circumstances in the eizh
tesnth century in London a man protested to Dr. Samuel
Johnson: "Sir, a man must live.V ;MSirt" replied the doctor,
I do not see the necessity for it. .
1 This, from the Kansas City Star, reminds us that his
tory forever repeats itself.' The eighteenth century and the
Eighteenth amendment are alike as two peas in a pod. (
i : Sam Jones, one time flaming evangelist in the United
States, answering a like question on the part of a saloon
keeper of the old days, thundered: You're a liar; you do
not have to live!"
j I Neither does the bootlegger or the man who commits
any other crime, and if he wants to live there are thousands
yr. ways aiong pains oi taw aoiamg aecency.
1 1 Northcott declares he is not as cmy as some of the of
ficers who have been working on his case. If they plead in
sanity as a defense he'll discharge them, avers this youthful
prisoner at the Dar. 'mat s good. It saves another fiasco
like the Hickman trial. . Anyway, insanity is too common
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Who's Who and Timely Views
aforcenemt of Dry' Law
Called For
Br WILLIAM T. UMXSZKQ
BUhoy of U 0thdnd of
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WilliM t. ilmint vu'koni la 1880.'
H ws rrdut4 from ta UalTrity of
Ut 8oatfi la 189S. UUr (tadiac at rari
a aaiTaraitiea ia tka CalUd Btataa, and
baeaaUaf a minUUr f taa Eptscopaliaa
(harea.. Maaaiaf taafht dogmatie taa
otC7 at taa Daivanitr of tha Soata from,
1(93 ta 1895. Ha was appointed factor
of a church at Laatdowaa, Fa- ta 1890,
mma u muitma ta Maaartua,-Taaa-
1898. Maamac baeama rector of th
Trinity Pariah ia Nov York CMt ia 1908
aa4 waa eooaeeratad aiaboa of Saw York
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BY
FRED G.
KEXL.T
FRIEND of mine hd been adt ortUlac for liih-grde salesmen.
About one-fourth of the replies were from men whose letters
InitiM! tm Hw 1 t a ... . .
v ua M nsrw uuifCliCBaiT -OUBCUacatMJII. la himiimhi
(hei appllcaats ia future, he laserted la his adTertlaementa. this
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y . "Oaly men of good education and exceptional lateUIsenco will
fc considered. " . . .
J. ; Then a surprlalna thins; hnppened. When replies came In from
that advertisement, instead of merely the usual oae-fourth .betas;
trom ignorant men, practically all were from thai class. Many were
of th,- -I haT saw! type. 'J;"i rr- '.: s:
The explanation is, I presume, that an internment man realizes
. jiow little, he re&Ilr does know and doubts IX he actually U intelli
gent; lot n lffnorant man is so lacking in self -knowledge that ho
doesn't even know how poorly equipped he is. r - . -
rERE are some people who
leem to hold the riew I
get letters expressing that
riew, and -many of them and It
seems to be reflected in much of
onr press, that
any utterance
against prohi
bition Is honest
and courageous
while any ut
terance In .sap
port of it is
either Ignorant
or hypocritical.
Imputations of
that sort are
of course ab
surd. Opposi
tion to this
law is no Infal
lible badge of
BISHOP
MAN NINO
honesty.. Those who support It
may be quite as honest as those
who oppose it. and I cannot see
that It required any great degree
of courage to denounce the pro
hibition law in the city of New
York. ,
I did not myself rote for the
pronioiiion law, ana for som
time doubted Its advisability
Yry strongly, but I hare beea
- Old .Orcjron's
Yesterdays
Town Talks from The States.
Oar Fathers Read
Dec. 23, 1903 ,
Unless the motion to adjourn Is
reconsidered, the special session
of the legislature closes at mid
night tonights
Estimated revenue of the city
of Salem for 1904 Is set forth In
the 'new .budget as S6,I77, of
which 10 Is a license on vehicles.
Saloon licenses will net $9,000.
Thomas W. Brunk, of Eola,
Polk county was a business vis
itor.
But 26 cases will come before
Judge Burnett in the - January
term of .the circuit court.
brought to my own observation
and Inquiry to believe that it is
bringing much benefit . to our
people as a whole, and will bring
more In course of time. Eight
years is an exceedingly short per
iod for such - an undertaking as
this. ; f v. :
Some great anil serious evils
have resulted from this law, but
these evils are often exaggerated
by those who oppose the law;, and
most of these evils are due not
to the law itself, but to failure
to observe and enforce it. Most
of those who oppose and disobey
the law admit that it would be
a benefit to our country if It were
properly observed. What Is now
needed is not abandonment of the
undertaking when we have only
just begun It, but more earnest
effortfor enforcement of the law
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investigation of the fact relating
to it.
The assertions that this law
cannot be enforced come, most
of -them, from those who "do not
wish the law to be enforced, who
never hare wanted It enforced
and who admit that they hope to
see It repealed on the ground that
it cannot be enforced. As to the
possibility of enforcement. I
agree with the statement made by
Mr. Thomas A. Edison that It
can be enforced reasonably well
if proper effort. Is made and that
It is already better enforced than
some of our other laws as, for
example, the law against nar
cotics and the law against hold.
ops.
I think 'Mr. Edison also rave
tersely and truly the answer to
the contention that this law
should be renealed became ft la
an enforcement upon personal
liberty. He- said, as rsnorted:
"What is civilisation, anyway, but
a restraint on personal liberty?
If liberty were to run wild we
would have no advancement Civ.
Ulsation becomes better only as
we curb liberty in the interest
or tae general welfare."
One-Minute
Pulpit j
Rejoice with them that An re
joice, and weep with them' that
ween.
Be of the same mind one', to
ward another. Mind - not -high
things, but condescend to men of
low estate. Be not wise in Your
own conceits.
The Way
of the
World
By GROTS PATTERSON
HOURS AMONG BOOKS
The readers of this -column are
entitled to more than a running
comment on men and manners,
life and times. Today at least
tiey will get something better than
that. Let's go for a few minutes
to the library and treat .our minds
to thoughts that build.
The first from Victor Hugo:
"In the twentieth century war will
be dead, the scaffold will be dead,
hatred will be dead, frontier
boundaries will be. dead, dogma
will be dead; men will live. He
will possess something higher
than all these a great country,
the whole earth, and a great hope,
the whole heaven."
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BAJLZAO
"Conviction brings a silent, in
definable beauty into faces made
of the commonest human clay; the
devout worshipper at any shrine
reflects something of its golden
glow, even as the glory of a noble
love smnes use a sort ot ught
from a woman's face."
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CHARLES KIXGSLEY
"Except a living man there is
nothing more wonderful than a
book, a message to us from the
dead from human souls we nev
er, saw, who lived, perhaps thous
ands of miles away. And yet
these, in those little sheets of pa
per, speak to us, arouse us, terrify
us, teacn us, comfort us, open
their hearts to us as brothers."
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WALTER DILL SCOTT
"Success or failure in business
Is. caused more by mental atti
tude even than by mental
capacities."
SIR LESIJK STEPHEN
"We live in deeds, not years; in
tnougnts, not breaths ;
In feelings, not in shadows on a
dial.
We should count time by heart
throbs- '
He most lives
Who thinks most, feels the
noblest, acts the best,"
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SIR' LESLIE STEPHEN -
"The only way in wheih one hu-
By R. J. Hendricks
Yes, Mr. Jones
Salem Is a Santa Claus center
The Bit man admits it and the
61ogan man proclaims It.
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The fact Is, Salem Is more
kinds of a center than any other
city in this round world; being In
the - land of diversity and the
country of opportunity.
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It is the other way around here.
As the dajs grow longer the cold
grows stronger" is an all right
wheexe for the country from the
Rockies east, where -five people
froze to death yesterday. But not
here. As the days grow longer
warmth grows stronger here; and
the blossoms ot spring push their
way towards the sunshine. . ;
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It is big news, that there is a
prospect for the Irrigation of 10,.
000 acres or more of the Mill
creek bottom between Salem and
the old reform school.
That would bring beet sugar
factories. It would make the
southeastern section and suburbs
ot Salem a great manufacturing
district It would make property
worth many millions that is not
now worth paying taxes on.
That is the natural section tor
many Unas or manuiaciuring
plants. If the owners of that land
could vision fullr what is some
day going to happen to their pro
perty they would welcome the
idea ot securing irrigation ana
push it over to fruition as fast as
possible. That land with water
on It will be bigger than any gold
mine ever developed.
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Report comes from filbert' ex
pert at Vancauver, Wash., that the
prospects for a big 1939 filbert
crop are excellent that the trees
are loaded with catkins. These
are the substitutes for blossoms
in filbert trees, and they develop
in the winter season. Rain does
them good, and no cold weather
we ever have in the Willamette
valley does them any harm. In
fact, the filbert is a weather-proof
crop with us, and almost fool
proof, and a near lazy man's crop,
to boot.
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This is the annual blackberry
Slogan issue. Don't be discour
aged with your evergreen black
manb eing can properly attempt
to Influence another Is the en
coufaging him to think for-him
self. Instead of endeavoring to in
still ready-made opinions Into
his head."
MAX MULLER
"All truth is safe and nothing
else Is safe1 and he who keeps
back the truth, or withholds it
from men, from motives of ex
pediency, is either a coward or a
criminal, or both."
berry plantings. The cultivated
evergreen Is the high quality
fruit In the (blackberry family.
There is a future tor It.
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The prosecuting attorneys want
a first offender reformatory for
Oregon. That's what the old re
form school Is to be turned Into,
together with provisions for the
older boys who would otherwise
go to 'the state training school at
Woodburn. Every state should
have such an institution, and most
of them do; some more than one.
Oregon can now afford one, seeing
that the plant Is already owned
by the state, adaptable to those
uses with small expense.
We are not much given to an
indulgence in the pastime of lead
ing in the cheering, but,. If we
were we would suggest three
cheers and a tiger for the Coquille
bankers who put one holdup man
where he will hold up nothing
nore than six feet of earth. That's
one of the best remedies for the
bank robber scourge that has yet
been discovered. Corvallis Oa-
rette-Times.
Dinner Stones
What's It For?
The real estate agent is endea
voring to Interest a fair prospect
in a house ot her own. "Why
not," says he, "purchase a home?"
"Home?" says she. !'I'U say not.
Why I couldn't use one. I was
born In a hospital educated in a
college courted in an automobile
married In church we lire on
delicatessen out of a paper bag
spend the mornings on the golf
links the afternoons over a
bridge table the nights in a Jazz
palace or at the movies. And when
I die I'm going to be buried from
the undertaker's. Say, all I need
Is a garage, with mar e a bed
room above it."
A Very Sick Man
Two Scotsmen decided to be
come teetotallers. , But McGregor
thought it would be best if they
had one bottle of whiskey to put
in the cupboard, in case of ill
ness; so the bottle was bought
and put in the place mentioned
After 4hree days Sandy could
bear It no longer, and he said,
"McGregor, I am 111."
"Too late, says McGregor, "I
was ill all yesterday!"
10 Lives Lost in
Coal Mine Blaze
TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 22. Sat
urday (AP) Ten men are
known to have died In the fire
which followed an explosion In the
Harutorl coal mine near Kushiro,
Yes6 island, yesterday. Fifty
three others who were trapped in
the mine have been rescued.
December 23, 1928
Who is Benjamin Barr Llnd
sey? 1
What is the Sinn Fsin?,
Who is the president of Mexico?
"Herein Is love, not that we
loved God, but that he lOTed us.
and sent his Son to be the prop
itiation for our sins." Where is
this passage found in the Able?
jriSIMY JAMS
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Twlav In h at
Oh this day, In 17 SS. Washing
ton resigned command of the
American army at Annapolis, Md.
Today's Horoscope
Persons born on this day are
quiet and think deeply as a rule,
but have a high temper and may
act under an ill-advised Impulse.
Their judgments are just and Im
partial, ,ii
"Society is like a large piece of
frozen water; and skating well Is
the great art of social life." L. E.
Landon.
Answers to Foregoing Questions
2. For more than 25 years he
was ' judge of the juvenile court
at Denver, Colo, and a strong ad
vocate of .social reform.
3. A revolutionary party which
aims at the Independence of Ire
land.. 4. Emllio Portes Gil (provi
sional president.)
5. I John, lr, 8.
: A Chicago woman, suing for a
divorce, claimed that the mors
noise she made the sounder her
husband slept. Looks to us like
this was an ideal, married couple.
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It yon bava Epilepsy, Fit. Falling Slekaaaa
ar Coaralaioaa ao mattar how ba -ailto
a today without tall. Attacka stopped
orar aigat ia many oaaaa. KO NAJbCOT
108 ao harmful 4ru(a. 8tUfaetioa or
aioaay back. ' ' -
DK. O. M. SXKFSOjr CO., 1915 W acta
St. CLIVAHD, O.
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(greeting
My Dear Patrons and Friends:
wish' it were possible to shake the hand of each
and every one of you on Christmas morning 'and
tell you how very much I appreciate your friendly
patronage and kindly good vnU. Since this cannot
be done, I hope you will accept my sincere thanks -and
appreciation for aU past favors. Also permit
jne to extend to each of you my heartiest best vnsh
for a Christmas full of joy and a New Year of
much prosperity and happiness. -
. - , ; .Sincerely yours L ;
CAft DR.M.D.VINYARD,
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