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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1929)
V Earl C. Brownlee Sheldon F. Sackett Publishers ration-1 !! Features ! Salem, Owgolft r , January 1, 1020 f J ' The New Year SALEM and the Salem district enter the year 1929 -with! , bright prospects. With full assurance of growth and of expansion oi ousmess. . Salem has become an industrial city, still retaining all the advantages of a state c&Dital. with the navroiu nri sr. tivities of state institutions that proverbially limit the ini tiative or tne people ot some other state capital cities, r J There had been built up in Salem a great canning and packing industry, backed by and supporting large industries on the land ; And these are growing and bound to grow together; not for a short time, but throughout the unfolding years, with ever increasing volume and direct as well as indirect bene- , ficial effect upon every branch of progressive activity here. . There will be more and larger canneries and Dackinur nlants. . and greater, and ever greater tonnage of products from our orchards and farms and gardens to supply them. We have a paper mill industry that is well established and has grown fast and is scheduled for greater growth along the special lines it represents jWith almost unlimited possibilities for development . along the same lines and in other branches of that trade ; with the exhaustless and ever renewing sources of the Cas cades forest reserves to draw from an unceasing source of supply of raw materials; and many other available supply sources' . n Already we see many indirect benefits from industrial developments already made, as for instance increasing qpld storage room, manufactures of cannery and packing house machinery and equipment. . We are entering an era of nut growing development that, alone, will justify a city much larger than the Salem of the present ; with indications of rapid growth. There is a bright future in the continued growth, of our educational and cultural institutions in all branches. Our flax and linen foundations, now; solid, are due for such expansion as to more than satisfy the wildest dreams of its pioneer protagonists.- It will overtop the imaginings - of present day visions. It will justify a Salem ten times the city of the present size. How soon ? Things travel f at these days. It may not require a long lime. - It will come -certainly, in due course. , So the list might be spread on and on. pages long.- V For this is verily the land of diversity and the country o opportunity; above any other section of like extent on the jl round globe v: r -rz-t . wiin luiy sirin&s 10 lis row oi potential weann wne.re Eke expanses of valley and plain and mountain have only one or two or a scant half dozen. - This is Salem's true vision for the opening year; it is the true picture for all this broad and fertile valley, between the upper spaces of the Coast Range and the sky line of the Cascades. TJie Grab Bag An Income Tax Bill? THE newspapers of Oregon, representing public opinion, A 1 1 .1 , X? are tacKiing me income tax question anew - Since the state tax commission, some of its members at first protesting it was not. necessary, with only three dissent- , - ing votes, finally declared for an income tax with a property offset. It is argued by at least one Oregon editor, who has op posed all income tax measures in this state so far proposed, j that instead of being a detriment to Oregon industries an in come tax with both personal and real property offsets would prove a benefit to existing industries here, and would work in favor of securing more of them The argument being that such an income tax would un cover perhaps $2,000,000 a year of revenues for the state ..treasury that now escapes taxation entirely Thus reducing instead of increasing the amounts re j quired from industrial concerns, whose assets consist largely . or mainly of machinery and plant material .-j -fK Such antincome tax, it is asserted, would equalize the 5vV-'state burden by "getting state taxes put of the thousands -STwho do not now pay a cent," citing for instance "the fellow 4ri the city who rents an office with a desk in it and makes his $10,000 to $100,000 a year selling bonds; writing insur ance, dealing in real estate and so forth, and hasn't a dollar that is taxable." He "would be required to pay an income ; i tax to the state that permits him to do business therein." I , The Oregon editor being quoted believes an income tax t of the kind he favors, with both real and personal property : offsets, would place industrial concerns in Oregon in a pre ferred position as regards California and Washington, where ' ' capital and going concern fees are exacted in order to get away from the supposed bad odor of the name income tax ' j among men engaged in industry. I The Editor's Year THE editor of the Corvallis Gazette-Times, reviewing his work for the past year, and for all the years of his busy 4 editorial career, prints the following: "This vear is about over and merchants are beginning to look over their books to see what amount of business they ,l did. Our business has averaged about two columns per day Some days Tom Nolan has taken an extra column away from ii if Via a Wn on mnH Tvtfpr stuff than nnra that the S .. v at wa UV aMVa - f . business management didn't have the heart to leave it out ' But, on the whole, we have averaged aoout columns per jiatyr -That's about 776,000 words used up, so, if you fmd yourself short in your vocabulary, you will know what s the matter. We have thrown.together over 16,000,000 words in our time, and we do not recall that any of them ever amount. ed to anything. They have, however, made a lot or people mad, a lot of people happy and have served to .amuse those . who don't take themselves nor life too seriously. And for us we have had a lot of fua writing them !' . - (The Tom Nolan the Gazette-Times editor refers to is a lekdinflr Corvallis merchant who has preferred position on ffr.the editorial page of that paper for his advertisements, and .e days ne leaves tne eaiior. very jinuicu space iw ui. w ions ; hence the preference of the business management.) Well! We 11! Well! ' Z r L-r .... V " , ' ' ' Bits for Breakfast i Thank you - V And many happy returns! Here is a prediction: Salem will round the corner twelve months from today with the bigge3t year in her history to her credit V Biggest In new buildings, big gest in business and -biggest in manufactures and- payrolls and all the indirect benefits that accrue rom them. -- This sounds good: Most pf 50 'elected newspaper editors of the United States and Canada Ba Mia election of Hoover was the great est domestic event of 1928.. and tne Kellogg treaty the greatest in. ternatlonal matter. Can you t beat it? Can you find anv fault tin th decision? Of course, mountain water is not pure. Even rain water is not pure. No water is pure unless made so chemically. But moun tain water from the right source is so nearly pure that the public regards it as absolutely pure, and it can easily be made germ Droof by chlorination. By R. J. Hendricks line to the No man who has had faith in Salem and kept his feet jea the ground, throughout all the years that there haajbeen Salem, since the town started to grow: around rne scnooi that developed into Willamette university, has been disap pointed in his calculations. And the great future oi &aiem .Is as certain as its modest past. Have faith in Salem.: Par aphrasing J. P. Morgan the elder when he loaned the Cleve- - lana administration nunureu uuuuu uuiwis wucu oidj body else was scared, and said a man was a fool who' was a hoar on the United States government, do not be a bear on the town. That's a New Year thought some one may wel come. Analyze it fore and aft and down the middle, and in- . . II f 1 11 . . . J .1.VBJ. :,side and out, and you win conciuae it is suuuu, uuras uu c in the class of the people Mr Morgan referred to when he put up his hundred million dollars. ; : The Chicago News approves the. idea that there should be no more reclamation projects because we have too much 'd in cultivation already. Next thing we Know tne wews ' others nice it wm come out in xavor oi uina wuww uj ecause there Is so much unemployment in the country First, buy the city waterworks, and then go where you please for the supply, so it is pure. . ! i i The happy New Year spirit is In you . BY FRED O. KELLY - A LTiiOUGU bobbeduUrad women ara aapposcd to have beea lfe A aareni for barber la faille competRloa with aaf etjr rasota, I flad M that most barber do mot Ilka womea mrtomert. - "A nam Ita yoa alone, Oae barber told mo, "but wofi go lata reat detail about Jmst bow they waat their hair rut. Tboa, ao mat - ter how It's done, It doean't quite suit thonu " JIoreoTer, they doa't ture large city Salem will be the cheapest, because the cost of pumping will be obviated. and the hydroelectric power gen. erated on its way down to Salem will pay the interest charges on the cost of the pipe line and its maintenance. - V And the advertising value of mountain water ia very large. No one would ever I have to make ex cnsei for mountain water, a However, even with city owner ship of the water wofka, no pipe mountains should be built till it could be shown con clusively that it would bea pay ing investment, as compared with the cost of putting into tb,e mains some other near pure supply. "W Here's hope: The legislature will be in session a week from next Monday, and during all the time the legislature has been held in January, beginning in 1S85, there has not been . a period of very severe weather here, or snow that remained for over a few days. Ii An Albany man has brought suit for $400 damage for the kill ing of his dog. We have known for many years tuat cows greatly increased in value when they were struck by a train, but we had no idea that dogs had the same habit. Apparently, however, dogs have the habit developed even to a greater degreethan cows. Cows seldom increased in value more than 400 per cent. If a man sued a railroad company for $400 for a cow, ft could be safely set down that the cow's value was in the neighborhood of $100, but, when a man asks $400 for the death of a dog why we know right Franklin's Birthday PHILADELPHIA (AP) The two hundred twenty-third anni versary of Benjamin Franklin's birthday will be observed here op January 17. Which amendment to the Unit ed States Constitution abolished slavery t Louisi- Who is the governor general of the Irish Free State? "He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that Is hasty .of spirit exalteth folly." Where is this passage found i the Bibl?- Old Oregon's Yesterdays Town Talk from The State. Our Father Read January 1, 10O4 Clinton Kurtz has received a new automobile of the Oldsmoblle type, the machine coming from Portland. The annual report of City Re. corder N. J. Jndab shows a turn over for the year of $11,410.65. One of the fine delivery 'horses of the Wells-Fargo company died The principals of Marion coun ty schools will convene here to day, the first meeting for organ ization of a principals' club. Harvey Hinkle, Hubbard busi ness man, is in the city. A Handy Check MEXICO CITY (AP) An en terprising milliner here, has placed a mlrrro In front of his store with the suggestion that the senorita look Into it to see whether her hat is In style or. good condition. Gundersons Are , Hosts to Young People's Class SILVERTON. Ore., Dec. (Special) Mr. and Mrs. M.G. Gunderaon. were hosts at a Christ mas party at their home on East Hill Thursday night. Quests weje members of the young- people a Bible class of Trinity church. These included Martha Thompson, Helen Thompson, Arnold Thomp son, Hllman Lovllen, Cora Gbple rud, Inga Goplerud, John Gople. rud, Julia Slattum, Harold Slat turn. Clifford Eklund, Mildred Lee, Francis Nelson, Martha Sa ther, Gladys Dahlen, Richaro Holm. Edward Holm, Arnold Johnson, Esther Towe, Ludvf Meyers. Althea Meyers, the Rev II. L. Foss, Karen Larson and Mr. and Mrs. Gunderson. Mrs. Gunderson Is In charge ot the class. A Christmas tree and the exchanging of gifts were fea tures of the evening. A man has been quoted. as say ing: "If you teach a boy to blow a saxophone, he'll never blow b safe." Still it's hard to decid which is worse. Nogales (Ari.; International. . Today in the Past On thia day, in 1927. Governor Alfred E.' Smith was Inaugurated for his fourth term at Albany, N. Y. , Today's Horoscope Persons born on this day are of determined . character and ihey have much executive ability. If they make ' New Year's resolu tions they keep them. Dally Thought "lie" who talks much cannot always rtalk well." Goldoni. In 1756 Georgia and South Car olina quarreled over the naviga tion of the Cavannah river. Geor gia captured several vessels be longing to Carolina. Answers '- to Foregoing Questions 1. Ifenry L. Mencken; Ameri can Mercury; Baltimore, Md. 2. Thirteenth. 3. Baton Rouge. 4. Timothy M. Healy. 6. Proverbs, xiv, 29. The- great earthquake in Spain in 17355 caused many people to emigrate; to America, among them many Jews, who settled in Rhode Island, v And mountain water for the fu-pway that there is an increase of lO.OOfi per cent. Hot dog! Cor- vallisHJazette-Times "U S Some heartless wag released a lot of counterfeit money in New York for the holidays. Ah well! It will be spent no doubt for a lot of counterfeit booze so that after all, nature evens things up. SALEM, Mass. (AP) A false alarm Is Just a false alarm to some people, but It's $100 to George Gagnon. Ha drew fine for that amount for playing with an alarm hnv " 1 0 1 ! Happy New Year to You Fron? All of Us Mrs. . Agnes Snapp -Marie" Kilmurray Bernard Kay Delia Hayden - Mae Kakara May the path off your life during the coming year be filled with joy and prosperity! S i I BISEOlf'S . 135 NJ Com'l. K"5 KfTTII(SIlo AUTOMOBILE LICENSES MAY BE SECURED ON NEW YEAR'S DAY I ' ' from 9 a.m. to 5 pan. . , ,'iAt.StateXicenseJMvifion State, Building TO ALL our kind friends, and to the citizens of this town, we ring out this heartfelt wish: Peace, Plenty and a Prosperous New Year. Flcencrj(ectric Ctleffl. OrceoQ i HAPPY interlude . . . this Neuj Year's Day..! A. brief respite between two years of effort, during which we look behind us ...let us hope without regret... then forward, forming resolutions that we pray will bring us future health and happiness. Alike with "Western Auto" ...And, today as always, we give much thought to you... our friends and customers... We wish you full fruition of your dreams . . . May. 'yjur ship come in" well lapen with prosperity. May well deserved success reward your efforts, as it has crowned our constant striv ing to be of more assistance to our fellow motorists., through greater values, bet ter service, and fair and . honest dealing.; J : 12th St. between State and Court St. - I HAL E. HOSS, lSi to kDS 1 i ' 7 High Pressure Pete : ; '''.;"!'' ' ' ; 1'VVifea6W i. utiv. is a -w r mm mmn 11 aa -r . . -. vw m aw ia m it w jwt a - r t-J- . B!. u. i -mLzr a twm 1 1 -w su. raw ippi jcIfo tip, aad pay rather gn&gjngij." V