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- C. A; Sprague , ' 1 Earl C. Bbownlee ;; Sheldon F. Sackett . Publishers t" EdlSfcirnall . - -' - - ' Salem, Oregon Sunday February 10, 199 :. Thank God evetp hmorningrwhenfyou get up that you . have something to do which must be done, whether you like it or not. Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance, self-control, diligence,' strength of .will, content and a hundred other virtues which the idle never know. Charles Kingsley. Harlan ''XttATHVT mnkiMf " iav IT ring to the hearing on land power to fix its telephone rates. ,tt.ennein xiarian, : Portland's hired "utility 'expert" is to be on hand to taVe a TTndoubtedlv the srladiators .will spar in a crowded arena. expecting lire works even it gotten in the verbal sword-play. " i ; r r . mrlan TrnnIriTTir1ftTwnrariab1at isnt riffhtto in , - dulge in "I knew him" when" ' ory is correct, one Kenneth JUamn came up inw jum - county, Washington, when the writer was editor of a weekly at Ritzville, along with several otner promoters pent, w foisting an irrigation and power scheme on an area of Adams ' county scablahd and some good wheat land. - Harlan was the : "electric expert," if memory serves us right, for the power annex to the scheme, and John Lewis, former state engineer rt. Otimmti irfla dinner tn ovp the rmter blessing of engin eering feasibility to the project after spending few hours looking It over. '. v-' 'j.v1; . , . ' . ' "Tl , p,,f Vftco TChPftt-orrowerafknew their stuff and they i.or t,U Mn'f v,i7o anv irritration nroiect: and they knew if they got horn-swoggled -.water ana power rijsiixs umuoucu uu mciu ..v.j , -- tn beoin with, they would soon be bankrupt. In that respect they were either a little wiser . or a little more successful than some Oregon farmers who were led to the slaughter on some fool irrigation scnemea. Anyway the county commissioners knocked the scheme in the tfead and Harlan went back to Walla Walla and-started electrical expertihg on a bigger scale. - . ? Kenneth Harlan was graduated to Puget Sound as a real anti-power-octopus experts How Portland came to go to Puget Sound for an expert we can't -tell, but they did and they went 7 Strong. They ordered $48,000 worth. By. the time Harlan - ' u-mi, T?t PnrfianH the citv surelv will be properly . rurtP fnr a ffrneration or years, until some new smooth-tongued chap does what the -pictures of the Alex. Hamilton Institute ads show sells himself at a fancy figure. Of course Portland's Kenneth Harlan and our Kenneth "Harlan may pot be the same; our experience was some eigm i yearago. But we don't think we are mistaken. : ; An Important Asset TINE busmess men out of ten will say that more industries ! or the development of these! now here, constitute basic i "needs for the growth of Salem. ; : ' To consider Willamette university as an industry is -some : what unusual because it is customarily viewed purely as an educational and cultural center. Yet the school is a very 1 basic contributor to the economic life of the city. More thar i 500 students and 40 faculty members, with their families I make heavy annual expenditures in Salem, This outgo is ' S350.000 annually ; the actual budget of the university, if r $Uo.000 each year. Here is a payroll of size and one wnosp developmeni is much to be desired..- In its present endowment I campaign, Willamette con ! templates an'addition of $425,00 to its funds. 35 of this s amount coming from the General Education board. Other I Urge contributions include the generous of f er of E, S. Con? 5 I of Portland who will contribute 15 cents of each dollar pledged to' endowment if, the latter is raised in full; A great portion 1 of these incoming funds represent investments of outside capital in Salem's economic structure. - In view of these facts, Willamette university's desire i tiUt Salem townspeople put their shoulder to the wheel id 1 assisting the development of Willamette, has real merit. I Viewed alone as an industry, the university is a vital economic " factor in the city and should be developed, j . : :" J ' ; - Viewing Misfortune POVERTY and destitution in the mining districts of north r VnnionA v.n(y an ncrie t the heart of humanity; ! The Prince of Wales, double-clad of the extreme cold, was visibly - effected -oy xne suuauou as he tramped through village after village and saw the ,V Fortunate America, with . citizens enjoying the necessities ana comions oi me, reu the news of the plight of these neighbors across the sea, ! expresses sorrow and goes back to the day to the enjoyment . of 1 America will be a harsh nation if she fails to appre- f pa! orpnuine svmoathv for less i f fortunate people. Poverty and "visitors; the Fnnce wui enaear nimseii io ms peupe j. influence politically can bring about alleviation of the con- dition. "- ' - U ;' : ' r -v-. - - s - They Are Doing It ; -rriHP. manacrers of the comnanv owning the Salem water JL system are busy looking -' On Monday the boring test wells near tne linen mius; me coniraci ueiug w calling forcompletion in 40, days. Work is proceeding. , nmanpotivo dimnliM are beincr and will be investigated. - The present supply will be - conditions are favorable. . in tho mn time: Salem ate ; as great a request as the fnany of them. i , .'- -f- In the long run, Salem must own its own water-supply. This is a field for municipal or public ownership in a limit- 'ed field; - ' - , . , " 5 " - But the present company invested its money here, m . rood faith. Its stockholders and managers are entitled to that fair treatment and consideration which should be given -to every one in a city hke Salem with an enviable reputation to sustain in that line. I , - , ' A Morbid ORDON Northcott, now sentenced to the gallows, receives AT altogether too much attention at tne nanas oi ine press. The inhuman; bestial cfimes X his trial by battles with counsel ' of the stani, shows iNortncott 'ape" boy degenrate and a,caiious, caicuiaung rogue. i r , Now. that he i has been found guilty, the people must expect a succession of appeaisDut we snau oe giaa u mey :be made speedily; assured that they will be quickly disposed : ''of in the interests of justice. Northcott win follow the fate : 0f Hickman and a morbid chapter will be closed. The press caa find far better use for its space than the retelling of the ' -life of one whose life has been 1 The story of the fife of Torn Word noted. former peace "officer of Oregon and Alaska, .who died this week, reads like a real thriller. Those were the days when men were men and bad men were the genuine article. Quite & contrast in ' the work of the peace of fleer of today in running down the modem pasty-faced, cold-blooded gunmen and that of of ficers in Tom Word's time who fought real he-men whose : crimes .were the crimes of. hot passion and real daring- and West - fnrmor fiftvprnnr Wpst refer the Biirdick bill to give Port- Th.e public will.be, on hand tne.mems oi;ine oin .are.iw stuff. But if the writer mem- into an, irrigation district with foncv fitrnres more: that is for three or four with two overcoats because such a greatmajonty of it? starvation are gaunt, stark for new supplies for their pipe machinery was landed here fod cleared up, as soon as weather . : - ; . should be natient and consider writer knows this to be, for Chapter of -which he has been found andfin wiuioui remorse, w e u soTuuie. , ... . . . : - ' 1 ; ; i They Say... Expressions of Opinion from Statesman Renders are ' Welcomed for Use In this column: All Iietters Must, Bear Writer's Name, Though This Need Not be Printed. - ... WOULD PRESERVE W1XLAMETTK IDEALS ... To the Editor of the Statesman: To establish the rights of Wil lamette 'university it would be necessary, to determine her pur pose. So we might glance back throueh the -rea.ru in see the con ditions ' of early Oregon and Us settlers who sensed the need of Christian education . and char acter moulding for their youth." To make possible their ideals. they gave of their small means or Willamette. The sacrificial giving of each ' generation has been an Inspiration to students md citizens of the state. The idealism, the altruism and the beneficence . shown . bv . - the founders ; must be - repeated and sustained by the men and women af the nresent In Oreeon and else where. Willamette cannot hope 'o retain , her. srrandeur if those principles' which have made pos sible her usefulness are surrend- red. . , ' . i, r: .. . We may ask; "Have the pres 3nt supporters xof Willamette ; any .ights regarding the activities ind . ther. purpose of the instltu- IonT They give in the beliei that Willamette can do something, specifically for youth, has that belief been justified? If so, may they hope that, governed by tht same principles, Willamette may continue to fulfill their desires? Have the 1 1 supporters and friends at any time sought to aide from students these- Ideals xnd objectives? Is the Willam ette student . Induced to enter' by false pretences, or does he know the standards and alma of Wil lamette before, he enters? Should loyalty to these -ideals be expected from students beneruea founders and present friends? Present students could eair valuable mental exercise, without the basis upon which, the present financial appeal for endowment funds is made. Why should the eitizens of Oregon be- assea tc sacrifice for Willamette if Wil lamette Is not to be different It someway some' vital 'way from other institutions? . There la authority for the above claim. -In. the "CoUegian"! -January 24 under; the caption "Compulsory i Chapel, Matter oi Debate at , Whitman college'., President Penrose, speaking- be fore the committee On .the 'aim of Collegiate Education Is quote as stressing forcibly the bearlnj that the founding: and the auppprt of the school have on. its aims. Would it not be to- the credit of , the - present studenl body,. ii they could f h"ave the : interest o' the school at heart first, last, and ai tune, instead of group tryin oa th u a whoie. whict iinciudw . patromi include .ail Its - friends and Student Reader. ! Birds nod TJnkcpt Walka, are Subjects - : To the Editor of the Statesman: Since -the Statesman has been sc generous In promotinc the inter ests of worthy undertakings the past few months, I am plsased to ask you to put another bar in youi banner by requesting the people at an TMtints of the com Das tc remember the birds . by pfaclar suitable feed at a vantage poinT where they can eat It free : f rorr 3rowlIn cats.' The short Item ir the Sunday issue of the Statesmai caliinr attention to the pleading. Whieil.The Harvest Be? Who's Who & Timely Views Relief Expected for "Philippine Xyphon Sufferers a,stilfPw iomt w ora city. Sept.- 21, 186T. H lei Harvard Law Bchooi, -belns admitted to the bar In 1891. FTe Joined' a New rwiiH oi j aie . university ana vor law firm in 183. Frmi.l0 to 10 he was United States attorney feneral ot tht, southern district of New rorlc'Ha was the Republican candi date for governor in IS 10 apd served as secretary of war In the cabinet of rresiaenc rait Irom 1311 to 1913. In 1DJ7 he was the special representa. tive of the president in Nicaragua and later that year was named governor general of the Philippines. He served With the American Auxiliary Forces in France In in 7 and IS 18.. His home is ra rew xora uity.j . T HAVE Issued a call for a" spe-J I clal session oL the PHIliDDine legislature ; session until Feb ruary 7 and remain in session un til February 9, inclusiye. The purpose of the. call was stated as follows: "For the pur pose of consid ering an appro priation for. the-1 relief I and re habilitation . of provinces r e- eently damaged by storm and diseases and of the inhabitants .t said- Drov- I- STUISON inces; for the purpose of choosing resident commissioners to tne United States; and for the purpose of considering such other meas ures as may be presented to It by the governor general." . The principal subject making necessary the meeting was an ap propriation for relief of sufferers of the Salem Nature club seemed sufficient to tap the fount of pity, but a walk of several .miles over the city today, gave ample evi dence that householders are not lood Samaritans. Traversing the entire length of two prominent jtreets I saw but four object les sons v in charity 29 2 Summer, Royal Court' apts.. 925 Chemeke- :a (generous feeds) ana S7B on same 'street E. T. Barnes ( bon- ihsa feed ) to - our feathered friends so valuable to horticultur ists and in their springtime song transmitting Joy to everybody. ; While I'm at It I might as wall unload a bit of comment mid th slovenly condition ot the sidewalks in the captivating city of Salem. These blemishes, de Mumbo jum bo, 'are In marked contrast to th iplc and span appearance in good ol. summer, time with thousandsJed: 1ut the name of the. wicked f rose bushes and trim shrub everywhere standing: out in bold relief. - To let snow and Ice re aain . in an Innocuous desfttude may be all right in Minneapolis nd Winaepeg but in a climate like western Ornon 'tis, a horse af another color. And when fin ally removed the trick should h turned without leaving scalloped edges and a narrow path In cen er like running the Bospherus in war time. Doggone - their latl- One entire block In the down town sector still has the walks cluttered . with the opalescent stuff admired so much by poet laureates but no one else--in this one. - :' Y ; -At wvfMv-f. David UcEatheon. WRITER DKX1ES HK ; , : IS JUVENILIS OFFICER - Salem, Feb. 8. To the Editor of the Statesman, To all whom it "may concern: ' As somO people Jn our fat city of Salem have evidently maY a mistake this is to' certliy that Ir Mary. S. Ramsden' White, am not our county Juvenile officer. - - - Mrs.T. C. Whito. Reports from the typhoon districts not only, make ho change In my original anticipation that relief would be needed but confirm it. In addition to the matters sta ted In my proclamation I had or iginally intended to bring before the legislature - the subject of amendments to the banking law which are required in order to per fect the system of bank examina tion, now prevailing here and to institute a more modern and effi cient system of examination to in sure the safety and soundness of the banks, both, native - and for eign, which are doing . business here. After consultation. with tht leaders of the legislature, fear was expressed lest the time avail able at the special session for dis cussion of such amendments would be insufficient to insure the pas sage and that it would be wiser to leave their enactment to the reg ular session which meets next July. WORDS OP THE WISE "There is always safety In valor." Emerson. The cruelest lies are often told in silence. Stevenson. The wrong way always seems the more reasonable. Moore All men think all men mortal but themselves. Young. , ' !.... . ' "Man is but a-reed, the weak est In nature, but he is a think ing reed." Blaise Pascal. . ... ' A good book Is the precious life-blood ot a master-spirit em balmed, and treasured up on pur pose to a life' beyond life. Mil ton., ... . . . . 'v ' .The illusion that times that were are better than those that are, has probably pervaded all ages. Horace Greeley. THE ONE MINUTE PULPIT The memory of the-Just is bless- shall rot. The wise Jn heart will receive, commandments; but a prating fool shall faiL-Proverbs, x, 7, 8. r APPEARING, ..-.IN : pepsom! PHILSTCOMI Kl "THIS"- PAOEQ. ST ACQUAISSTEO LUITW HlM-BV CEAOWG SiZZUfvrG ICE- it... -- . -r aBREQ The Grab February 11 129 llVAvMlS...J.!)!.,-A'. .': . v.v A 'Who am 1! What play did I write "which enjoyed a long run on Broadway? Where la my home? What was the nationality of umar nayyamr What Is the seat on the back of an elephant called? I 1 ; What is the most westerly point of England called? "Submit yourselves therefore tc God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." Where is this pas sage found injthe Bible? f Today In the Past On this day. in 1847, Thoma; A. Edison was born. Today's Horoscope Persons born on this day are af fectlonate. They have a stron.c vein of selfishness which can be curbed if they will but try. A Daily Thought ''Join the company of Horn rather than assume the lead among foxes." The Talmud. 1 Answers to Foregoin Questions 1. Anne Nichols;, Abie's Irlsf Rose; New York. 2. rirsian. 3. Howdah. 4. Land's End. 5. James Iv, 7. The Way of the World FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT ,. In a biography of Cavour, Ital ian patriot, one reads these words: "In the ebb and flow oi the seasons there comes a turning point when we say, 'yesterday was winter; today is spring. Tht change may have been long, brooding, unexpected, almost un hoped for; but we recognize 1 immediately. At a given moment we are surprised to note a new fel In the air,' to see buds peep forth on twig and tree, to find a new, strange exaltation in the heart. When we looked last the fields were stubble; now a deli cate verdure is creeping aero?, them. Nature, which for many months has seemed utterly ab sorbed by -death, now pours life and more life into every nerve and fibre of the visible world. History, too, has Its equinoctials." And so in the patient struggle on the part of a few to make an improved world there seems fori I long periods to be little progress F. .... . . . 1 . . , . LiOOKing ai m worm, ioaay we see persisting evils of the lonj centuries that have passed. But we hope, and our reasons tells us that there will come a day when we can say, "yesterday was win ter; today Is spring." - MARCHING ON W. H. Ranes, California farm er, is 9S yaers old. .That doesn't prevent him from announcing V candidacy for Justice ot the peac in 1930. He gets the Jump on younger men who might be seek ing office. At 98 he seems to lead the 'field In ambition and en ergy. There is something very brave' about an old map, unaware of the sunset, pushing on to new, things and new experiences with the Indomitable courage of youth and of hope. m A SENSE OF TIME The best salesman is not tW ways the one Chat ls described as the "peppiest.' The man who is nervous, over-alert in manner, frequently"? gives i the impression of being in a hurry. He does not create a comfortable atmosphere of confidence in himself and his goods. ' A, customer doesn't like to; be hurried beyond the point that he wishes to be hurried. ' v RADIO AND THE FARM If there are Indications or a. back to the farm movement, it is probably because , something has happened which Is making the farm more attractive.; : Probably the .radio is having much" to do with changing the minds ot many people about farm life.; Farmen are not a bit unlike other human beings. v They - want tk " keep in touch with life and affairs. Tele phones, roads, radios, newspapers delivered dally all these things are bound to result in a general turn of favor toward the farm. PENDLETON HAS LARGE S m FIRE, $5000 DAMAGE PENDLETON, Feb. 9 (AP) Fire of undetermined origin late last night resulted, fn damage o from 33.009 to .SJ.000 to the ! Gadwa-Miller garage here.- Twt automobiles were destroyed an -everal others were severely dam: aged. .A large police dog wa suffocated by the dense smoke. Bits for .' Breakfast Br H. J. Hendricks ' Talking of old times ; m "W Portland' as a city celebrated ler 78th birthday on Friday: and Oregon as a state will celebrate ber 70th anniversary on Thurs day next Oregon belne the uTalntlne state. .admitted to the union on February 14th, 1S5. . In connection with the celehm- tlon of the 7Sth birthday of Port land -as a city, incoroor&ted as such by the territorial legislature Oreeon Citv February - 8th LVB D1 P01"1 iinis.wai ren ;l cr.r 2LUa2! tth'r" "Oregon style" of in- 851, credit has been riven to Samuel A. Clarke as the father of that city. He was at that tim: editor of the Oregonian, that hid been established only a few weeks before, by Thomas J. Dryer. Mr. Clarke circulated the petition for incorporation and he and 143 others signed it. He edited the Oregonian till the spring of 186S. At the time of Its incorporation Portland had abeut 500 DeoDle. Mr. Clarke afterwards edited the Statesman, having' a proprie tary interest, and he established the Willamette Farmer, published in Salem.. He moved to Oregon City from Portland, thinking the :uy dv me rails haa a better lu- ure. Mrs. Clarke owned the first rocking chair In Oregon City. Mr. Clarke planted, near Salem, the first prune orchard in Oregon, in 1873, on what is now the Graben horst tract, south of the mauso leum. He died in Salem in Aug ust, 1909. Old residents of Salem till living knew him well. He a as a familiar figure here and In ather parts of Oregon. His ancestors came on the May lower, and the home was in New Haven, Conn: His father, George sahel Clarke, and a brother jwned a sugar plantation In Cuba, Lay Sermon - -I A WALL MOTTO FOR 'Whatsover things are true, what soever things are honorable, whatv jver things are just, whatsoever things ire pure, whatsoever things are Jowlv hatsoever things are of good report : f there be any virtue, if there be anv raise, think on these things." Phil lians IV: 8. T TE once heard a state high ly way engineer say that the best ' specifications for road-building were contained iil the verses in Isaiah which read a3 follows: "Prepare, ye the way af the Lord, make straight In the desert a highway for our G9d. Every valley shall be exhalted, and every mountain and hill Shall he made low; and the crooke i hail be made straight, and the rough places plain." There are he requirements for the modern road it must be straight; there must be fills in the low places and :uts In the high places, and the ough places made smooth. Likewise the Bible contains an excellent prescription for news- Daper writing: in the versa from Paul's letter to the Philippiansj The first essential is truth, which Poems that Live . TO A CRICKET VOICE of summer, keen and shrill, . Chirping round my winter fire, Of thy song I never tire. Weary others as they will. For thy song with surnmer's filled ; Filled with sunshine, filled with June; Firelight echo of that noon Heard in fields when all is stilled In the golden tight of May, Bringing scent of new-mown F hay, Bees, and birds, and flowers !.-' W3V "; Prithee, haunt my fireside still. Voice of summer, keen and thrill. Wfttium C Bennett (1S20-1895) , aassssss""laVrsssTifBkB ... Keep Your Home Comfortable l With Good WOOD and COAU .-PROMPT SERVICE " ;- Salem's Heat Merchants - ' EnOHHibta" UvzoH (So. : - 1405 Broadway . v Phone 1835 with a baronial residence. They brought sugar to the Atlantic coast in their own ships. The fa ther, and two sons and the broth er died of fever in Cuba, and th? mother and young Samuel moved back to " Connecticut and th.3 mother married neighbor and a large part of the fortune was dis sipated. Samuel came to the coast" by way of Panama and ar rived In Portland by ship from San Francisco. Samuel A. Clarke helped to make Oregon history. and . he participated in manv of the old political fights, that ren- vective and blunt speech famous. Mrs. S. C. Dyer of Salem Is a daughter of Samuel A. Clarke, and she has many relics of th Pi oneer epoch .of Oregon and of the colonial days of New England. She believes the ill) 0.0 00 thst Is coming to the Willamette univers ity irom the estate of Eric Hauser should be devoted to the construc tion of a monumental building tor a museum, in order that thous ands of relics that may otherwise get out ot the state can be col lected and preserved. 1 She be lieves, alse, tbat the proposed new office building ot the state should have a. large room set apart as a museum. . W. T. Rlgdon of Salem Is to oalehrate his 80th birthday on. Friday by having af his guests the men of this city who have passed their 79th birthdays. He propos es the Octogenarian Society of Marion County, to hold annual meetings and perpetuate the mem ofcies and records of historic In terest. That Is a public spirited movement. Oregon ' people have paid too. little attention to the preservation of their historic background In correct and con crete form. - NEWSPAPERMEN Should be the touchstone of every news story. Follow up with re gard for justice, for decency, and finally for "things of good re Port"; surely the injunction to "think on those things' is well directed at the builder of news papers. The modern newspaper contains much of the sordid story of tarnished and misspent lives, but its duty ito tell the truth. It contains as well "things that are lovely" stories of brides and of. births and of good deeds well dona. The whole panorama oC life moves in the pages of the daily newspaper. t is all to easy for the renorter or the editor to become a synic. He sees so much of the false and the shabby, the Idols with feet of clay. Sometimes it does him good to re-read what wa mleht call Paul's formula for news-writ ing, it corrects the focus of his outlook on life. . Old Oregon's Yesterdays Town Talks from The State, man Our Fathers Read Feb. 10, 1904 The Rev. D. Errett Is conduct ing a series of biblical lectures at the First Christian church. SILVERTON The "storm of last njght tore down several light wires and set fire to a building Dwned by A. F. Simeral. Sixty-nine applicants are writ ing on the state and county teach ers examinations In Marlon county. ! W. F Buchner has let the con tract for construction of a fine two-story residence on the vacant lot south of the Boiorth property on South Commercial street.; CONGREGATIONALISTS TO SEE LINCOLN FILM An Interesting enisode In the life of Lincoln will be shown In moving pictures at the First Con gregational church. Center and rjhertv streets. Sunday night. The theme developed is that of Lin col n't lire during his first term in the White House. "!