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My garden, with its silence and the pulses of frag-' ranee that come and go on the airy undulations, affects me like sweet music. Care stops at the gates, and gazes at me wistfully through the bars. Among my flowers and trees nature takes me into her own hands, and I breathe freely as the first man. Alexander Smith. Guess Where the Blow Falls Hardest Mountain Water i iYvr i r-t t il - i m rti ij a. .1.1 .taxujI m i?iur uie peupie oi oaiera voieu ai a special Hi election in favor of buying the Salem water works, by a good majority. The vote authorized the city council to pro ceed; to make the appraisement, the arrangements for buy in? and the terms. This was done. ' An ordinance was passed June 27,' 1910, covering the matter; providing for an issue of bonds to provide the money for the purchase price. Everything was set. But Mayor Louis Lachmund ve toed the ordinance after months of suspense. The veto mes sage was dated May 8, 1911. George F. Rodgers had been mayor when the proceedings for acquiring the property were started. The price then agreed upon was around 5400,000 Two years ago the matter was again taken up, with a a , . a 9 a a m !i! committee oi tne council ana a large committee ox citizens actina cooperatively. There was an appraisement of the property and tentative arrangements were made for taking it over. The price then was about $850,000. The city had grown. The miles of pipe line had increased. Larger pipes were needed in many directions. More machinery and equip ment had been added. But the matter lagged. Some members of the city want ed to include in the program the immediate commencement of plans for bringing mountain water. Others wanted to wait for. that; wanted to take over the system as it was and let it go at that until some future time.' The owners of the system had an offer to sell to the present company, and told. Probably at a higher price than was contemplated in the negotiations with tne city, do tne matter stood. . v - Until now! There is a new agitation for city ownership, and for the bringing in of mountain water. As the writer remembers it, the franchise or "going con- jtavn' irlim tito a nnt inoliilAi aihoi In Hlo C4fft AAA nrico in 1910 or the $860,000 physical valuation of 1926. - So the price now would be more than $850,000. It would be as much more as the addition ,hiVe cost since that time, plus the going concern value. That Value increases with the birth of every new baby; of the adding of every 100 to our population, or every 1000, and so. on up. The courts in an appraisement would allow this., , Th6 longer we wait, the more the going value; for Salem is growing and will grow faster. ' But the city would have begun to make profits the mo ment it took over the system in 1910. The same, had it bought the system in 1926. That is, with good management. The main reason was that the city could get money at about half the rate of interest that is charged to a private concern. ,, And the city can get cheaper. money for improvements. It can afford to reach out; to build for the future; to put in larger pipe lines than are vailed for for the present needs. , . That is the case now.VTbe city should own its .water system.' It should go fcr theroountains for the supply. It should provide for selling power all the way down. It is los ing money and prestige and many advantages by every day of delay. The cost will be' higher every month and every year to the extent of added improvements and the growing going; concern value. Dreams Coming True . FT1HE state flax plant revolving fund has $225,000 on hand JL in money and liquid assets.- It has the 1928 crop of flax on hand, nearly all of it, for processing. It will very soon have under contract 4500 acres of flax for the next crop, and there will be money to pay for it And to provide a drying process for the spinning and other, tow, and all the new retting tanks and many other ad ditions and betterments that will be required to handle the product of the 4500 acres. It was 3200 last year And enough to pay the cost of fire protection for the warehoused flax and the state flax plant; estimated at about $20,000. Already 22 flax pulling machines have been sold and 14 more bargained for, which, with the six already owned by growers will be 42 out of the 45 that will be needed for the next harvest X And sales of the three are in prospect. Probably more than three. As many will be made as are bought. I And not a cent will be needed for the revolving fund from the legislature to convene January 14. t Probably not acent more will ever be needed; even to the expansion of the j t. v :a r e iL. ,t- in aaa f This is wonderful ; almost unbelievabale, in view jothe struggles of the past ; the discouragements ; the slowness of getting into proper line. S This all looks forward to making the prison self support- in or. and providing a wage for every inmate worker. All those in the flax industry are now paid. This will mean that the Oregon state penitentiary will be reformatory. It will be living up to the ideals of the men who framed our constitution., calling for reformatory treat ment and not vindictive justice. In the institution out at the east end of State street, dreams are coming true; the dreams of such pioneers as Mrs. W. P. Lord. . At 1 1 - J it. M a1 W. Ana mere are wing laiu me sure, iuunuauons ox a iw 000,000 annual industry for the Willamette valley And with the J. W. S. pedigreed flax seed you may have a" larger vision. It will be a $200,000,000 annual industry, and more, for we will compete with cotton. Can you get a faint vision of what that will mean? It will mean the use of every available acre in this great valley, from the slopes of the Coast Range to the lower reaches of the Cascades. - i i i - ' . i , . - "' i , wfMAxwm',, m m mvimvi this flu' . ' i( "4 . '., 1 SOME WWrrew vnc-1 - iLr Y )"-!. f i i xi .nil mi WMUTJ 1 ;yt Who Who and Timely Views Wilson's Anniversary PUBLIC opinion has. a habit of being divided in its consid- a - r ii i j i : ui:. m erailOn oiuie nopes anu acme v emeu is ui. puuuc uieu, vet the breach between opinions narrows with the passing of time. Observance today of the anniversary of the birth of Woodrow Wilson is. of itself, important, but it serves as il- lustration, pernaps, oi tne xrum oi ine siaiemeni mai uine heels the woimds that scar the flesh of mankind. - It will be interesting to see Woodrow Wilson woven into his proper place in the pattern of history. There are many things about his record that assure him a place of perma nency second to few who have served this nation in its high- est OXIice. inere uibt retuaui ui uic uuua w sums, wj good reasons why he should not occupy a high place. As the record of his day Is written under, the calmer perspectives of future years it may prove that today's widespread ob servance of the anniversary of his birth was but a preface to the general acclaim his name will someday winv ; s Jrfelly'girariis BY FRED G. KELLY I FIND mjtelt more and more lmprewed'wlUt th wiUlngBM of Ter members of the floarlahloc human race to pay the blgh-:- eat market price for dlaeomf ort. Look la amy fashionable restau rant where Tictims are compelled to pay a so-called convert charge be fore they start to eat at alL and note how closely the tables are crowded together. If customers were seated comfortably would they feel like paying the same high prices? - I hare noticed, too, that no matter how iasbt cheap restaurants spring np alongside of a so-called exclusive hotel, that hotel meets neb competition not by lowering prices tn its own dining room but a. . .a a .m li ni i is Ka Satav9u ks4AAn nrtfl Isnj ay mttrrt m. rertaln number who derive pica arable sense of lmpor tanre and grandeur from paring them. I mrself shall never forget to ray dying day the morning I paid f 1.23 f one Uttle silos of hon eydw melon! - ' ADOPTION OP NAVAL PRO GRA3I URGED Br runEazox a. oillxtt SmiMer Trom Miwrha tti (Frederick Hnntinfton Gillett wsi bora t We.tfield, UaM.. October IS, 1851. . He wii frxluated from Amherst college ad (tndied law at HarvarC He kat practiced law at Springfield. Maae., iaea 1877. From 1879 to 1883 ha vat aaaiataat attornej feneral of Mataacha aotta, later terring a member mi the itato hoota of repreaentatiTea for two jeara. Ho wm elected to roBKMaa ta 1898 and was speaker of the boaa from 119 to 198$ when ho waa elected ta tbe aoaata, his term expiring in 1981.) npHE senate should find no con I flict in passage of the naval construction bill and ratifies. tlon at the same time of the mul- tilaterial treaty for the renuncia tion of war. I am confi dent that the senate will rat ify the treaty, which I consid er a great a c h 1 e vement snd a substan tial step to ward universal peace. But we must prepare for war as the other na tions do. The Sen. Gillett naval program contemplates keeping up with our rivals rather than so far behind as to be defenseless. . This is the most helpful treaty ever made, but under stress it may be broken. We should urge a disarmament agreement, for armament reduction would be the best proof of the value of the treaty. As a wealthy nation, we must be willing, as we were In 1921. to make sacrifices for disarma ment, but we must be met. half way. A navy Is our insurance, but we should reduce both the risk and the Insurance. The United States must not for get.' that the principal nations of the, world are our debtors and that wealth makes aa attractive prey. There Is already a keen Ii vIL One-Minute Pulpit trade rivalry with Great Britain which promises to increase. I do not doubt the sincerity of British friendship. But England refuses .' to decrease her naval armaments down to ours; so the only course for us Is to increase our navy. Without the number of coaling stations Great Britain enjoys, the United States mast, of necessity, have large cruisers with a big fuel capacity. It is dangerous to shut our eyes in false security, thinking that treaties are self-execut"'"'- T The Way of the World By GROVE PATTERSON Health A 17-year-old Dakota girl won agree with Engush statement national, health . contert recent that war between tne iu tries is 'unthinkable,' but declar ations are sometimes forgotten. Dinner Stories A Matter of Inches When Bobble was six, he waa given a real watch, which, regard less of quality or accuracy, had a loud tick. Naturally, the Uttle fel low was very proud, and he would stroll up and down the street. stopping every moment or two to draw the timepiece from his pock et and regard It gravely. Every passerby smiled at Bob ble s performance, but the climax came when his little cousin, Betty, tripped along and asked him tha time. Bobbiff regarded his watch per plexedly for a moment, and then replied with dignity: "Two inevs to four!" TRY IT! At the rodeo an agile cowgirl rode beneath. the horse, on the horse's neek and almost on his tall. One of the party remarked: "That's nothing. I did all cf that the first time I over rode a horso.' RETURN TRIP The late Booker T. Washington use to tell a story of his meeting a colored woman and asking "Well, Miranda, where are you go ing?" "I'se goln' nowhere, Mr. Washington." was the reply, "I'se been where I'se goln'." . WEAVERS RETURN Favour Is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman that fearett the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own work? praise her In the gates. Proverbs xxxl. SO-31, HUBBARD. Ore., Dec. 27. (Special) Joe Weaver and fam ily have returned from Goshen. Indiana. Mr. Weaver of the Weaver Trucking , Company of Hubbard, left for the east last September to look after property there which he owns. Howard Pemble has had charge of the trucking business during the ab sence of the, owner. ly conducted by the 4-H clubs of the country. She Is a blonde and blue eyed girl of -Norwegian des cent from North Dakota, a fresh man in college. The champion among the boys is William Tobias, a Saginaw county, Michigan, lad In the eighth grade. It Is to be ob served that neither boy nor girl has any regular routine of exer cise or diet. It Is discovered they afe accustomed to get plenty, of sleep, are only moderately fond of meat, and drink no tea or coffee but lots of milk. o o Countenance While on the subject of health one is reminded of the old quota tion from Fielding .that 'a good countenance is a letter of recom mendation." A good' countenance is much dependent-on health. All night' hours, five hours of sleep, dissipation, make 'a bad counte nance. And in this world of com petition the young man of bad color and droopy manners can not expect to go far. e ' On the Air "Interested in Religion?" asks Dr. Cadman, and then answers his own Question. "Why, men were never interested in religion as they are today. Anybody, almost, will sit down and talk religion.' News papers and magazines give space to religious subjects now in a measure which was never dreamed of a few years ago." The more radio Is developed the more we must be fascinated by tv unlimited possibilities of it. Mil- lions hear addresses, sermons aua the like who rarely heard them be fore. What goes on the air becomes enormously lmportanLThere is a hunger to know, and the radio can feed the hunger. The problem is to get good food. o a Well Dressed Thoughts Thoughts have to be well dress ed if they are going to move In good company. Definite attention to the use of language is of more Importance than tba average ma or woman think, u you nave no good clothes for your thoughts they will not make a good impres sion. Facility In the use of lan guage is not a gut. It is to oe e- nulred. It It within tne reacu all. Lincoln became am expert m the use of language. And yet Lin coln had Mttle schooling and little education in the commonly accept ed sense of the term. He had few books but those few were of the orl tht best taught him tech nique In the use of languai tno Bibte especially. Bits for Breakfast By R. J. Hendricks The Grafcr IB December 2, 9S I f V I Who am It What position did I formerly hold In New York City? Who succeeded me In office? What are peanuts often called in the South? What is the nickname of Mas sachusetts? How wide In a standard fuage railway in the U. S.? "Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; ail is vanity." Where is this passage found in the Bi ble? JIMMY JAMS OSWALD PHOMGO HCO BE tr - ) o I This is the snow season When we have any at all, which Is not usual or much, or long continued. That is a big mark In the line of progress here, the doubling of the capacity of the cold storage establishment on North Front street, making a very large ca pacity tor our fruits; especially for strawberries in cold pack. Also provision for the storage oi eggs. It Is only a few years since there was contemplated here a large municipal plant for taking care of our fruit; especially, one year, our cherries when so large a proportion of them were cracked by the rains. As the mat ter Is progressing, this is being taken care of by private enters pstae, which Is better. - m m a ' Work In the plant of the Ore gon Mnen Mill. Inc.. will he much jmera pleasant as the putting n dast disposal facilities pro gresses. This matter would haye been taken care of better from the beginning, with, more expert, enced builders. But our flax and liifen industry cults are grpwing up, and we will in time be te real linen cuy; tne renk y, North America. S - The Joint Wy and means eon) mftte of the legislature to con- Of the prison. The industries there are taking care of that matter. But it will be pleasant for the members of that commit tee to go out there and see what has resulted from the Wise gen srosity W former ways and means committees. It would be a great satisfaction for Alec LaFollette to be on hand and see what has hap pened. He was tbe watch-dog oi the senate while he lived; but he had faith in the flax industry and voted for all the appropriations. That Industry is growing up to the point of taking care of Itself and all the cost of the rest of the institution to boot; and wages for all worker inmate besides. S "b A good many members of the legislature will be new to their work, but with Elbert Bebe and Joe Singer there In their accus tomed capacities to show 'em no body can go far wrong. Eugene, Register. According to end of the year estimates the production of the county for the year 1928 amount ed to about 144.000.000. If we didn't have to spend so blamed much to lire and have what we want we soon could lay up money with it coming In at that rate. . One automobile manufacturing concern distributed 144,500,000 in dividends to stockholders Christmas. Old Santa had a time carrying that load. -U V Down at Nogales, In Arizona, Christmas day, the international Todrty in the Past In 1856, on this day, Woodrow Wilson. 28 th president of the United States, was born. Today's Horoscope Persons born on this day are fearless, courageous and also di plomatic. They never offend those whom it is not wise to offend. A Dally Thought "The great man Is he who does not lose his child's heart." Men-clus. Answers to Foregoing Questions 1. John F. Hylan; mayor of New York City; James J. Walker. 2.. Goobers. 3. Bay State. 4. Four feet, eight and one-half Inches. 5. Eccleslastes, ill, 8. border was moved northward two blocks for a few hours by immi gration officials in order to per mit children from the Mexican side of the line to share in an American celebration of Christ mas. The goal of the children was a community Christmas 'tree. bearing food and gifts, and the Associated Press relates that "a mob of struggling Mexican child ren, some of them crying from emotion, poured through In a mad rush for the tree." These child ren, all of them unbelievably stricken with poverty, according to American standards, "gazed in awe. then shrieked with lov as Santa Claus. provided by civic and church organisations, put In their bands toys and food, candy and new clothes." SCHOOL AND CLUB UNITE IN PROGRAM Poems tlhat Live Old Oregon's Yesterdays Town Talks from The State, man Onr Fathers Read Mrs. Anna Nichol, formerly lo cal manager of the Postal Tele graph company, 1 here from Cane LNome, Alaska, visiting at the home of Mrs. Ida Babcock. 4 Mrs. Nichol owns and controls a toll bridge across the Nome. : J. M. Shelley, - representative from Lane county, has secured the names of all Oregon legislators -to a petition asking that he be ap pointed on a national non-partisan commission which may be created for the Lewis and Clark exposR tlon. .u C. E. Budlong has purchased A n V . - . m me .eynoias uroiners grocery store on siaie ana xztn streets. WHEN SHE COMES HOME TTTHEN sh,e comes home again I YV A thousand ways . I fashion, to myself, the tender ness , Of mj glad welcome: I shall tremble ye;: And touch her, as .when first In the old days I touched her girlish, hand, nor dared uprai . Mine eyes, rack was my faint heart' sweet distress Then silence: and the perfume of her dress: The room will sway a little, and n haze Cloy eyesight ouI-sight, even for a space; And tsars yes; and the ache here In the throat To know that I to til deiem the "-: "j place'.: V ! ' Her arms make for me; and the ; sobbing note S''Si X ty "with kisses, ere the tearful '-. face - .. , ' Again t hidden tar the' old env fcrace. ,- ... "a High Pressure Pete ZEN A, Ore., Dec. 27 (Special) The Zena school and commun ity club sponsored a Christmas program at the school house, Fri day, December 21 )pjj Cl nrfsfdajat oJt'Ulfi community club presided at a short busjnesa ev Ion at which time he appointed two committees.: Refreshments. Mrs. Jesse Walling, Mrs, p. Hunt and Mrs.-Jxed Purvjjtet program epgimUtie, Charlel Mcvarter. t. K. Simpson and Rsy E. Barker. Mr. Scott announced that N. C. Jamison of the O. S. C. livestock extension service would give a lee ture at the Lincoln school house Mopday evening, January 7. The meeting, wa then turned over to Miss Lillian Reynolds, principal of the school, who directed the program. Recitation. -"Welcome." Jess! Worthington; Recitation, "If I were Santa Claus," Ernest John son; song. ''Christmas Bells," Wil ms Crawford, Barbara Scott, Juno Worthington and Mildred Den ham; Recitation, "Looking for Old Santa," Ralph Denham. rtauu uuei, isuuiraqa) vvbiu, Julia and .Ruth Shepard; vocal duet, "The Christmas Trse," Helen Kane and Mildred 'Denham; real Ing, "Christmas Company11 tieieri Kane; a ChrislP.Ss" drill by six girls: srr5de Johnson. Wilma Cfavford, Marguerite Johnson, Alice Crawford, Mildred Denham and Helen Kane. Piano duet. "LeCarillion," and encore. "A Trip to Santa." Hilda and Frank Crawford. Jr.; recitation,- ''Hooray for Christmas," Ronald Smith; song, "Star of tho East," Gertrude Johnson, Julia Shepard, William Nash' and Don ald Scott; recitation, "Annie and Willie's Prayer." Marguerite John son. One act comedy, "A Christmas Chime." The scene Is In the living room of the : Ten-ill's country home. The characters were Gladys and Joseph Terrlll. Hilda Craw ford and Ellis Walling, Dolly Wa kelle, Elaln Worthington and Ted Owen, Stanly Nash. Reading "111 take what Santa Brings," Paul Worthington. After the program a luncheon was served In the basement kit chen. " UHUI n L'S PUPILS ENTERTAIN LINCOLN, Ore.. Dec. 17 fSD- cial)--The Lincoln school patrons and several visitors from adjoining districts enjoyed the excellent Christmas program given by the pupils at the Lincoln school house Friday evening, December 21. The opening number was a song "Silen Night," by the school. Oth er numbers Included a four-line verse "Light of Welcome." by Hel en Neiger; playlet. "The True Christmas Spirit," Margsret Wil- ton, Verl, Ida and Duane McKln- ney, Isabel Kennedy, Marlon Wall ing, Ralph Alsm an. Kenneth Ed wards, Dorothy Walling, Edrudell , soya and-Cllfford Walling. Reading, "Santa's Good to Us." Billy Bretenstein: playlet 'The Dolls Christmas." Genevieve Wall ing, Laurence Bradford Edrudell Boyd, Pearl McKlnney. Oordon Bradford. Glen Alsman: Santa Was-Vernon Merrick: recitation "My Christmas" and "My Chrlstma Dolly' Freddy Bussell; reading ''Christmas 1 a Birth day, too." Marlon Walling; read ing "A City Santa Clans." Ralnh Alsman; song, "O, Uttle Town ol uetnienem," Kenneth Edwards. Recitation, sronn nt fnm Chrlstma emblems, Verl McKin ney, Marlon Walllne. Mvrtle Ken- nedy and Edrudell Boyd; reading -"When I'm a Big Man." Glen Ataman; Christmas dialogue, Lu dlle Hackett and Jack Bradford. -ib th ftDPe rue. wmtreN. oh it r-7r VI . . 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