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t ' ' ' -.-'. . - ' - ' BESSSSSSSSSSSEC JE gssjj C. A. Sprague Earl C. Brownlee Sheldon F Sackett Publishers : Salem. Oregon Friday "February is, 199. iwi: E 1 l 'I i ii ! ' . Shifts in Livestock Marketing TT wasn't so many years ago that the anti-trust busters X were forcing the bisr packing interests to divest them selves of ownership and control of stock yards at the big meat-packing centers.) The packers finally disposed of their interest in stock yards and apparently it turns out to be a good thing they did because with. the shifts that have come in transportation the scheme of "direct buying" is being fol lowed out so much through the hog-belt that the affected in terests are putting up as big a ''holler" as they did when the packers owned the jstockyards. ' "Direct buying" is where the packers go direct to the farmer ana buy his stuff, pick If up in trucks and haul if to their plants. It is becoming quite common in the Willamette valley. In the Middle West the old pUurkwas" f or livestock buyers to operate in all the country towns, buying small lots of hogs or cattle from farmers, making; up a carload and consigning them to commission firms at the stockyards at Chicago. Kansas City or other of course a commission charge a profit to the local buyer, provided he guessed right on the market, which our experience Then the bigger farmers rect to commission houses; and finally the last few years "Under the fever of co-operative marketing, farmer-controlled organizations have acted as commission'houses in the chief packing cities. Theoretically this gave all the selling prif e to the farmer with nothing . - - , - . IT City commission linn. iow wnen an mis macmnery been set up the whole scheme of marketing is threatened with change because good roads and motor trucks permit "direct buying and farm pick-up. We have noticed in Iowa country papers ads of the Chi- jfago Stock Yards itself advertising for shipments to their varus, aiiu me uiaimxei ux'tue raimcis umuu ucauA.& commission outfit in Chicago wound up an appeal in the! rural press on this subject as , "Now is the time for organized farmers to "rare unhand atop. this tIcIous system of sapping the public markets to stamp out the spreading fire of false propaganda . and above all to support cooperative lire stock marketing under Government supervision." Without a doubt the Backers are guilty of the sin of trying to buy livestock at the lowest price. Aside from this however the fact sticks out that the bufapeft revolution isn't confined to chain stores, rayon for silk paid 4Jtton, and motor buses for street cars. A man forefathers did he may even Chicago stock yards. i $o Starvation for Higher Institutions "VXREGON is not being "bled white" in support of its high vJ er- institutions. Oregon these plants in a more liberal at the frills of our colleges and universities, but alter ail tney are performing a vast service in the development of this state. President Hall was fully justified in appealing to the leirislators for additional support for the university and Pres ident Kerr was likewise on sound ground in stating that the V college was severely taxed to make its resources meet its ob ligations. We rate as real twaddle all this talk about shutting out students from other states or putting a head tax on them a3 though they ought to be barred. Some people seem to think that young people from California ought to be classed with Chinese, or Japs and rigidly excluded. -We ought to realize that while many come from schools, hundreds from Oregon states. There ought to be and able reciprocity in this. It is against out-of-state students, but that is now being done. But don't class them as objectionable aliens. The coming of these young people to Oregon to attend school may bring some cost to the state, butthis cost is probably more than offset by the attendance of Oregon young people at institutions outside this state. Hundreds of these vouncr neonle who are coming to Oregon are going to lo cate here permanently. At least they are getting acquainted with our state and . its resources aryi opportunities, lhe money we expend on their education is money well invested. We cannot live in a narrow shell, and insulate ourselves from outside contracts. Education " frMHnm and for one vp ftr so outstanding that they are states. Branch Banking - BRANCH banking may arise in Oregon if Senator Schul merich's'bill is given favorable consideration in the sen ate. house and bv the governor. his own interests in Sherwood efficiently handled and the depositors made more secure by loint stock ownership, seeks to ; ers to merge the banks of smaller communities" with their own. u Opposed to the measure' . . . . . . , . , . tne tnougnt mat ineir Dan in the grocery store and telephone company may shortly be come but a branch of another or in the, largest city adjacent to the community. To own and operate that bank confers a certain pride on the stock- holders of community: when the bank merges into a branch of another town, the pride of town feels itself without a financial headquarters. Offsetting such arguments of sentiment And commun itv unitv. are weightier matters of sound finance. Banks of small capital cannot extend sufficient accommodations to their best customers. Banksof limited capital and small de posits, seldom show much profit because of an irreducible - minimum cost of operation. Banks in the smaller towns often do not show the margin of safety possessed by insti . tiitfons with huge assets and distributed liabilities. j ' Senator Schulmerich's bill branch banking, when and where it seems desirable. As a 'measure of enablement it should be passed; determination of the wisdom of branch banking in various counties in Ore- i gon will be worked out in those districts themselves as the facts in these places warrant. - " , Moonshiner Pays With Life AIT Toledo this week a moonshiner paid his life for his de A fiance of the law. His house surrounded by, officers, warned to surrender, this man Kelley opened fire at the of ficer at the door, shooting three times, one bullet grazing the officer's head. Here is an instance where the wet press will find no chance to berate the off icers and accuse them of hair-trigger shooting and abuse of their authority. ; V There have been unfortunate instances where officers' hare shown poor.discretion and where wild bullets have slain innocent persons. But a far longer record could be made of the killings and woundings of officers by bootleggers, gun men., moonshiners and -racketeers. Law enforcement .is no easy task whether it is prohibition or. property protection. Officers deserve public support instead of condemnation for -; their work, " 7 :' liquor is outlaw, always has been and always will be. ' Defiant of any restraint, liquor Interests know no limits in the breakdown of authority. No one likes to read of the kill ing of a moonshiner, but so long as moonshiners resort to shooting and bombing, officers will have to go armed arid -ready for action, ''f : ';v,a v"::;; --'" j v- - . . .. v'r-'-F V It's bad enough to hear all this talk about "old man De ficit". But when they keep calling it Defissit with' accent .gurthe "f iss" for heaven's sake stoppit, stoppit " - . h - - ; ' ; packing centers. . This meant to the commission house and showed was a gamoie. began shipping in carlots di out for profit of local buyer orl 1 II AT I ! 1 J follows: can't do business just like his have to advertise, just like the) can well afford to deal with manner. We poke much fun other states to attend our go to the scnoois oi otner there must be some reason fair to charge a -heavier tuition is an entrance into a larger nroud that our institutions are attracting youth from, other The' senator, believing that and Hillsboro could be more allow other county seat bank will be citizens and who dislike i i it i ineir own smau town, evcu us bank in the county seat town local ownership wanes and the merely paves the way for ,j '.:.., r.. . -.-. . I 111 : . .... , ; juts m ciy i icuuu Ksuiy : ii . ; 1 . " A ' II i . mmm Hi w l ; mm? ma ' - mm- WMk . g mi mm; mm. rmm' The' Way of the World CIL&RGIXO IT Nobody gets Tery far in the way of thrift or a decant savings ac count until he learns that it costs Just as much to charge an article as 'It does to pay cash for It. It hurts to take the money out of your pocket and buy a book or a suit of clothes. Charging It seems to reduce the pain. But the amount is just the same, and the first of next month may be no easier time to pay than- now. 1 If you find yourself getting too ex travagant, put yourself on a cash and carry basis for awhile. SAVINGS The question of money saving properly demands the serious thought of every man or woman who Is earning anything. Many hare a superficial or inaccurate Idea about savings. They think only of money hidden in the house or deposited in a bank If they carry life Insurance they speak of the "expense" of insurance, the "expense" of keeping up premi ums. They would not talk of the expense of a bank account. Life Insurance is one of the soundest and most effective methods of saving money. You do not hav to wait until you are dead to ben fit by modern insurance policies. There are many ways in which you can make insurance pay you well while you live and have your? health. And It pays especially well when you don't, have your health. Others speak of the "expense" of buying a house or a piece of property. A house may be a rich investment. Savings is a subject which demand thought and un derstanding. It demands analy sis. Because somebody does no: save the way you save, does not mean- he Is a spendthrift. He may just be giving more thought to it than you are. COMPETITION In a large way this is an age of increasing cooperation. But It is to be hoped there will always be competition in this world. Com petition makes men strong. Says John E. Rovensky, vice president of the National Bank of Com merce, New York: "As long as a boy is in school, he has no Idea what life really is. When he gets out of school and meets other men in competition he learns what a serious piece of business life is. Then a man is tried and the weak lings are sorted out from those made t sterner stuff. The qual ity of men is tried out in competi tion." . . High Pjesstire Pete TUrW OCHT hOO WorS-TfV O5d?"'"irod LOOK ?CCK, J . mm M mi .ne? . 1 I F-. -.v- r . m mmm V- If If T T - ' XX -" Bits for Breakfast! By R. J. Hendricks ' Did you get yours Meaning your valentine J " Oregon having attained the scripturally alloted age for man of three score and ten year, is only in her swaddling clothes in living up to motto. her territorial and state "Alia volat propriis," "she flies with her own wings," was a true vision of the commonwealth build. ers, but there 1 a'long way to go still in attaining this distinction. When it is realzed, Oregon will be the true empire state. The Octogenarian society of Ma rion County, proposed to be or ganized at the celebration of the 80 th birthday of W. T. Rigdon today,, will be capable of large usefulness in keeping alive .the historic memories of this section, which have had all too little at tention. S - - The coming 1934 celebration of the centenary of the arrival of the Methodist missionaries will, ii: given the attention Its signlfl cance Justifies,- go far In fixing saiem and the mission site and old Champoeg in the positions of their historic importance. Salem will one day be the American and the world Mecca of Methodism. But 1 Poimis thaH: Live RUBIES AND PEARLS SOME asked ns where the m bies grew, And nothing did I say, But with my finger pointed to - The lips of Julia. ' Some asked how pearls did grow and where; Then spoke I to my girl, To part her lips, and showed them there The quarrelets of pearl. Robert Herrick (1591-1674) 1 vN l'l i for the opportune arrival and theJerdl years of activity and has timely efforts of Jasoji Lee in the Oregon country, all the country above the Columbia river and west of the Rocky mountains would now be flying the British flag, and possibly the rest of the Pacific coast above the center of Califor nia, if not clear to the interna tional line between the United States and Mexico. And the events that prevented this were centered in Salera, and at the mission cabins a few miles below, and at old Champoeg. S The Portland Journal of a few days ago spoke of the Stafford pickle factory at Aurora, and of this industry generally in western Oregon. The producers of the cu cumbers received last year around $200,000 for their part in -the industry. The retail prices of the manufactured product range around five times the cost of the cucumbers. So here is already a million dollar annual industry, built up from small beginnings in a few years. " m It Is capable of going much far ther; of reaching out to wider and wider markets; of bringing a mountain sum of money each year from long distances to be distri buted among our people. - s s s "Specialist production fn the Willamette valley, where Boil and climate create exceptional advan tage in many directions, ought to be worth the work," 6ays the Journal. Yes; and the organiza tion and the necessary capital. m 'm Asked by an inquisitive reporter if electrical discovery had reached its limits, on the occasion of the celebration of his 82nd birthday. Edison answered that we do not yet know one per cent of a mil. llonth part of anything. S H Was it Plato who said he knew one thing only, namely, that he knew nothing? And what other old Greek phil osopher was it who declared that he could not prove even nis own existence? 27 SHEEP KILLED WOODLAND, Calif., Feb.v 13. (AP) Twenty-seven yearling sheep were killed by a Southern Pacific train near olo today. "Do l gct cof ret er naae. vr WJL SfcKJ Editors Say : LONE EAGLET NOT MUCH LONGER Slim, out lucky Lindy, our lone eagle, our good will ambassador. cur peacetime ace of "aces;, our Colonel Charles- L. Lindbergh, is going to get married. Here is one engagement announcement where of it seems permissible to name first the fiance. Nevertheless the bride-to-be Is of appropriately dis tinguished prominence. Miss Anne Morrow, is she, daughter of 'the United States ambassador to Mex ico. Big news? The world will 3ay so. This, folks, is going to be our most notable American wedding in many years. Not even the Nich olas Longworth-Alice Kooseveii romance of two decades ago could have anproached the degree of in terest that it will arouse. President Cleveland's White House wed ding was no more important thar this event is to become. Lind bergh Is the national idol. The na tion will take to its heart also hu prospective bride. They, have been saying that Lindbergh was girl-shy. Appar ently it was1 not so much that a; that he knew whom he wanted. In the pursuit af his duties he met his chosen one. In the pursuit of those duXles he has wooed anc. won her. It seems a little clear er now why Lindbergh has founc It 'necessary, or expedient to fly south so frequently. Gentle ru mor had connected the name o Lindbergh with that of Miss Ann. Morrow, but so for the matter oi that had it connected his nam- with that of her sister. Miss Eliz abeth Morrow. And it had at tempted to make out a romance between the flying colonel and a stage beauty or two, but Lindy had fluickly stopped that. Now, in their own good time and in the conventional way the bride-to-be and her father have announced the truth. There will be no royal wedding in Europe this year or soon that will approach in popular and whole-hearted Interest the Lindbergh-Morrow wedding. Royalties of all nations would better post pone their announcements until after this really big event is out of the way. Morning Register. GARDEN CLUB WORK Last night the Grants Pass Gar den club entered another year of activity when officers were named work outlined for the season., The club has oassed through sev- brought to Grants Pass a lot of ne publicity through its flower shows and has helped in the beau tificatlon of the county by encour aging the planting of flower gar dens. Garden club work, such as that undertaken by the local organiza tion, is a fine thing for the com munity. It helps bring a better appreciation of the natural beauty to be found in southern Oregon and aids in awakening the public consciousness to the necessity of conserving this gift. One line of work to be under taken this year is the protection of the wild flowers and shrubs from the inroads of the dealers in nursery stock who find the hills of Josephine county a wonderful propagating ground for them. The worst offenders are the California dealers, who find it necessary to obey the California laws relating to the digging of the wild plants but come to Oregon where the laws are not observed to any ex tent. Last winter truck loads ol huckleberry, rhododendron and other native shrubs were taken into California, some of these loads concealed under a thin cov ering of Christmas trees. We hope that the garden club will take an active leadership in the campaign against the shrub "bootlegger" and that the lull support ofthe people of the coun ty may be enlisted to aid in their efforts. Grants Pass Courier. URGES INCOME TAX What, then, is to bo done to get Oregon but of the-"red"? Gov ernor Patterson advocated an in come tax, which the people promptly repudiated. Therefore, he and Sam Kozer are balancing the state budget to the best of their abilities and looking to the legislature for the next move. And the legislature is In a turmoil, with no one faction as yet show ing the power to put across any of the various "cure-ails" under con sideration. Personally, The Chronicle is convinced that the only way., out is through a compromise income tax law, the money to be used first to, get the state out of debt, and then to reduce taxes on real property. The income tax should be augmented by an excise tax, such as recommended by the Car kin tax commission as a means of obtaining revenue from national banks, holders of tax-free secur ities, and business generally that s operating in Oregon in such a manner as to escape Its full share of taxation. The Dalles Chronicle -OotVT wtffcHO To vOftjT IT WRN Fftev 1 J i?,i.l1m,..V ., jTC$ltnt iiU ti m ti)jiilT till h II icLm kmt.-" -np ! '' ' Book Reading is Novel Contest at State University UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene, Feb. 14. -The freshman reading contest being conducted by the University of Oregon li brary and co-operative store, is attracting much attention from both university and publishing sources. The content consists of reading that will culminate in an essay on "Books I Have Read . During the Year and What They Have , Meant to Me." The reading is tol aaie irom uciooer l, iszb, ana continues to October 10, 1929. Three prizes totaling $60 will be given by the Judging committee. The National . Association of Boole Publishers, through its ex. ecutlve secretary, Marion Humble, has manifested interest in the plan, saying in their letter, "We know of no other college which has triedjjuch a plan and we hope you will be sure to'write us about your results." Sacred Concert Here This Sunday Prof. P. Waldo Davis of Los An geles will give a sacred concert on he triple golden chimes in the evening, February 17. annonnces Pirst Methodist church Sunday ne pastor, Kev. Fred C. Taylor. V -program of hymns and 'gospel ongs interspersed with vncnl 3olos and numbers by the vested 2hoir Is nlanned. Profaasor nak by his son. Herschel nnMhM nr. will bs liceompanled on hpjbiano dna an vine pipe organ 1 bM "Prof . T. S. Roberts. ' Eugenics Law to Go Farther, Aim Inmates of the stat tralnlnir school for boys and trial school for girls, would be suDject to the state eugenics law under a bill introduced by Senator Elliott. The state hoanltal nnrf state institution for the feeble minded already are under the eu genics law. Old Oregon's Yesterdays Town Talk from The State, "n Our Fathers Read Peb. 13, 1004 Orders have been Issued hv Ad jutant General W. E. Finzer dis banding the medical corps of the Oregon National Guard, the order to take effect February 29, 1904. Approximately 2,000 acres . of hops will be set out in Oregon this year according to a preliminary survey. T. B. Jones will set out 100 acres in this vicinity. Justice of the Peace W. H Queener of Stayton was in Salera yesterday. His team ran awav as he approached the citv. consider able damage being done to his arriage. Miss Edna Parrlsh of Dallar college has been visiting friends ;n saiem. "What SMOKER Our coal offers not only maximum heat, but also the absolute minimum of waste and soot. It's more considerate of your own pocketbook and your neighbors. Good WOOD and COAL r PROMPT SERVICE Salem's Heat Merchants iasn 1403 Broadway ft?JC REALTORS HEAR HOW WILLAMETTE HELPS Willamette university should and does man much to Salem from a purely selfish business standpoint and from' the moral standard It has set and maintained which la second to none In all the colleges In the land. C. M, Dun can, manager of the Willamette university financial drive which begins tntepslvely here next week, told the Salem Realty board in ad dressing' theta at their regular Thursday, noon luncheon. Mr. Duncan pointed out that for the university to secure the 14 8,000' endowment offered by the Rockefeller Foundation, ap proximately $300,000 allowing for shrinkage must be raised from friends, of the institution. Of this latter sum, Salem will be asked to raise a .dollar to every two dollars from other coast dis tricts. In other words, the fi nancial benefit is largely Salem's, as every dollar this city puts in will bring in to the city $3.62 from other sources. flOOO Dally to Spend - Already Willamette university spends an average of $1000 a day every day of the year in Salem, the campaign manager said. Nine ty per cent of the Institution's monetary output is spend in Sa lem. The appeal of Willamette to Salem citizens should be even greater from the aspect of Chris tian education and culture, from the high moral standards and the scholastic standards, which rank above those of the state's larger and more materially-minded insti tutions. Mr. Duncan pointed out. Leadership Developed The leadership that Willamette has already developed in many walks of life is but one proof of the worth whiteness of promoting the university, and by promoting, Mr. Duncan referred not to the financial drive alone, but to the continuous backing and boosting it is possible for Salemltes to give. The last 16 years has been out tanding development in the field, f advertising and succeeding .ears will find even more marked improvements In the profession, ejn Kric W. Allen 6T the Unl .ersity of Oregon told members of he Salem advertising club Thurs lay noon. Unethical practices in the pro fession are being discarded, the dean stated, and in their stead are arising proved methods of ad vertising which are successful in f merchaadising goods. The function of the university. the dean said, is to provide know ledge which will lead to results of ultimate, rather than immediate value. For this reason, schools of journalism are becoming reposi tories of knowledge where the best books and trade journals as well as scientific investigations, are collected f"-- 'q use of suc ceeding generations. iB!l C. S. Spn.. The Sf' nan was introduced as jft new member of the club and expiea is pleasure with Salem and its future. 53 Fuoell So. Phone 1855 m -By Swau unsiiy demi is SPUED ID CLUB