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C A. Spragus
CAftL G. Brownies
Cheldon F. Saceett
, -Publisher
ffl&Msk FeatEtuiires :.
,, ' Stnf e Between the Institutions, r . . .
fllHE fight between the, state university and the state col
! ' X lege held under cover for the early weeks of the session
of the legislature has become. an open tiash. . -The Angell re-
port signed by a majority of .the subcommittee of the ways
; and means committee was practically a brief for the univer
! sity, while the spirited rejoinder by Senator Elliott and Rep-
rpOATlfatlVA K: W. Jnhnviii1 was tha nl hrtf fry ho tt.
lege.' Friends of the university have taken the agressive
' activity in what may develop into a show-down fight in the
i closing days of the legislature.
The position taken, by the president of the college and
1 his supporters is not that of restricting the development of
1 the university but of defending the college against what they
i fear is a vigorous drive not only against Its revenues bu
against the scope of its functions. In other words they think
i -the university desires to grow at the expense of the state col
: lege, so they have roused themselves to action.
! It isn't going to do any good to cry "Shame! ShameT at
four two leading institutions that they thus air their gnev-
1 ances in public If it s a good fight, let's get right in and con
; tribute our own views.
In the first place we think it is true that the university
' Is more poverty-stricken than the state college. This is due
i tovtwo thincrs. one is the srreater relative irrowth of the uni
versity the last few years both in numbers-and in the work
, which it desires to offer. The second is the fact that under
the careful and continuing administrationof President Kerr
the college has been able to show more for its money. Months
, ago, perceiving the financial straits of the -state, the regents
of the state college levied tuition charges on resident as well
: as non-resident students, usinz the proceeds to erect needed
I buildings. President Hall has vigorously opposed such tui-
: tion levies. exceDt as cossiblv a temporary expedient. The
i university does have definite needs and we favor a libera
treatment of those needs at the hands of the legislature
considering those needs on their individual merits irrespec-
I tive of the demands or needs of the state college.
AH ! the clatter about admitting students from other
states is silly. Both schools charge heavy tuition for non
residents and both of them collect that tuition wherever pos
sible, the escapes being those who pick godfathers, guardians
or fiction of legal residence nere, supported Dy aiiiaaviis
which it is hard to get around.
both institutions taxed clear up to capacity the plants are
obviouslv oDeratinor up to maximum efficiency. If all the
students taking English at O. S. C. were to be transplanted
to Eugene what would the university dp with them; and if
all the girls at the university taking home economics were
shifted to Corvalhs how would the state college take care or
them? Odds are about even on duplication. A person tak
ing engineering wants and needs courses in English, econoc-
ics and history; and a girl at the university studying romance
laiuruajres oucrht to sret to take service courses such as the;
offer in domestic science. Questions about courses are set
tled definitely by the board of higher curricula, even though
its decisions do not always receive wide publicity.
We see little need for an investigation by some outside
surveyor. The work of the university and of the state-col-lece-is
auite well defined as it is. The results of any survey
even if accepted by both sides might be scrapped in a "few
years as each school thought of new schemes of serving the
public Similar surveys have been made in other states and
the findings may be applied here. -y
Changing the millage base provokes a bitter and un
necessary conflict. The college maies a sharp thrust when
it directs the comparison on enrollment, not to 1920 whei
the college enrollment was admittedly swollen by veterans ir
vocational rehabilitation work. But to 1913 when the division
of the levy was first established. At that time the reported
enrollment was 1364 for the college and 1257 for the uni
versity. To quote the Elliott Johnson report, "in 1912-13 the
college had onry 8 more students than the university, while
now it has 18 more". For our part we think the .millage
division should continue as it is, with appeals of either insti
tution for more money going direct to the legislature to be
considered orTtheir merits.
The present situation is intolerable and deplored, we be
lieve, by the active participants themselves. Under certain
conditions a single board of regents directing all the highei
educational institutions of the state might work'out a solu
tion. These conditions would be, first, that the legislature
should declare it the policy of the state to continue the de
velopment of each institution along the lines for which it was
established ; moreover the appointment of regents should be
in the hands of the governor who would select men and wom
en free from alliance with any institution but competent anc
genuinely devoted to the upbuilding of each institution and
not one at the exnense of anotner.' Men ana women wnc
wmiM ape hevrmd the ambitions or the iealousies of the com
'munities and individuals who might be affected to the largei
aervice which is to be rendered to the state. The success oi
a single board would depend wholly upon the good judgment
and fair temper of its members. It might become the agency
for harmonizipg interests now conflicting, or it might be
come a hotbed of dissension and intrigue shaming the mem
bers and the schools and the state.
. Each institution is naturally, suspicious of a consolida
tion bill emanating from the other. We believe that a bill
drawn under the right auspices and approved before submis
sion by heads of all the institutions, would be enacted by tnc
legislature. The only person in authority who could effect
such an agreement is the governor of the state. Goyernoi
Patterson has a real opportunity for service if he can recon
cile the divergent interests into agreeing on a single admin
istration board. This board should be a lay board, and tin
individual residents should operate directly under this
board. A chancellor would be a positive nuisance: each
president should be supreme in his own institution. Millage
" . . . , Al 1 i. U1 1.
and tax levies snouia remain as mey.are at teast uoui sucu
time as there is general confidence in the purposes and ca
nncitv of the sinsrk board.
This plan may be too much to effect this late in the ses-
i . . ll.: 1L. . 1 AU.. .'..tHiitiVn.
gion; CUl It is BomeiniiiK me Kuveiiiui: ouu uw nwumuum
affected may well work toward in the coming biennium. The
present acute striie ougnt not io cummuc .
.v-.;""-" The Follow-up Tour -
TUDGE UNDSEY and Dr. Tully are to debate companion-
mm ate marriage nere one mgnj. next dwdw., iuo juuj,c o
. . . , . mm . . - t. L. & -At
out of a job now, so tnis aiioras nim enyjiuymcuw at ex
pends whether he thinks he can do missionary work for his
cause" or not He was through' this region year ago.but
missed Salem. Now if his backers an only poke the minis
terial lions and stir up some preliminary agitation like the
Congregational preacher at Eugene provokes, there will be
a big rfi3ite7: Otherwise the talkies would prooabiy araw a
better house.
Waiting At The Church
They Say...
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Stat am s HclMti ar
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Ber Writer Name,
Tboosh This Need Not be
mated.
Editors. Say:
TOLL
TOLL
This cornstalk paper we have been reading about Is the
real stuff. J. L. Ingrey of 240 Washington St., brought in a
codv of his old home paper, the York, Nebr- Republican,
which was printed on cornstalk paper. The sheet was whiter
than ordinary newsprint,- and ot good.texture, but the Re
publican'a comment .,was that Jt was ,yet too expensive for
general newspaper use,- Corn growers hope cosmierclal pro
duction xuy prore feasible as it would mean $10 an acre for
cornstalks, sow larger a waste product.
Anne MbrroW is receiving telicitations; but probably by
the time she has faced endless barricades of press cameras,
droves of reporters and interviewers, she'll wish she'd eloped
with her dad's chauffeur. -"- r
. .... . .., . . , , i Lamosa uouin oi near uaiuts ioi
Misery still loves company its a real pleasure to read I. tin mAiin
of 25 below in eastern Oregon and 40 betow in Sifesia.- tj and cash to a total ot it.9H9.;
BRIDGES' AND
FERRIES
THE war department has ad
vised the Interstate and tor-
sign commerce eomnunea oi ui
over congressional, house that It
tees no objection to, granting- the
permit for a trans-coiumoia
bridge at Astoria, and since the
ar department engineers pass
jpon the question ot whether er
not1 brldres lnterrere wun nari-
g'atlon. its attitude Is algnllleaat.
The department ot'agncttiture,
howerer has. let it be known that
it is opposed to a toll bridge here
since It would connect two state
highways approved for federal aid.
It is opposed to private toil
bridge connecting public hign-
m. a A . M m
ways, ana yet sucn ou sruie
have been built all over the coun
try and are still being built. And
will the department of agriculture
szplaln the difference between
toll, bridges and toll ferries con
necting the public highways? The
snly difference we can. see is tnai
he bridges serve the puoue mncn
better and with less cost. As
toria Budget.
NEW EPOCH PERHAPS
' History is going to be made
next Monday. An oil well Is to be
"spudded in" on the Washington
tide ot the Columbia river op po
lite the citr of Astoria. Fine. So
far so good. Let's hope it will
mark the- beginning ot a new ep
och ot progress and prosperity In
this part ot uncle Sam's domain.
Men who know the oU game
tell us there are many indications
of larce deposits ot "liquid gold'
under the terrain of the trans-Co
lumbia section they are about to
tap for the first time. Qas has Tor
x long time been apparent there,
ud this is generally Indicative of
in underlying oil strata, say the
reologlsta, and there are other
things that lead to the belief that
there Is untold wealth beneath the
toll of Point McGowan and Its en
virons. Morning AstorcUn
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Who's Who & Timely Views
States Asked to Ratify River Agreement
Br 14 WHENCE PHiPPS
, Senator from Colorado
(LawTeaca Cowl Fhipp wat bora In
Washington eoutr. Fa Aur. BO. 1862.
Ha attended high aeaaal ia Pittsburgh,
ad bacaa vork ia troa Kilii owned bj
ta Caraegie Mapur la 1S70. He re-
tf aa Tioe yraaideai aa traasnrer of
tea letter eoaeera vaaa It waa acquired
br the U. & ateal eorperetWm hi 1801,
aa aettled ia Daavar, Oel. There he
faaadad tha Afaee JCeaaerial Saaatorinm
for tha treatment of tabewaleeli ; He wu
elected te tha eenate ta ISIS a ad is sow
aernar au aeoame tent. .He ia Ba-
publican.) -
THE Boulder Canyon act, which
became law last December.
contains. amendments Intend
ed to bring about complete ratifi
cation of the Colorado river com
pact. ' Proper inducements are ex
tended to Arizona. Nevada and
California to enter into a three-
state compact, thus fleering the
way for seven-state agreement.
which Is in the interest of each
of these lower basin states. This
is equally true of the four states
in the upper .basin. Only by in
terstate compact, upon which the
Boulder Canyon act ii based, can
either the upper of lower groups
procure a segregation of water
unaffected by water users within
me otner oasuu
In my opinion reservations and
conditions affixed to state ratifi
cation would be most unfortunate'
ana mignt defeat the entire pro
gram. Inasmuch as such reserva
tions would not have been ap
proved by all the ratifying states
their effect might be to Invalidate
the adherence of that state to the
compact. Not only would he ef
fectiveness of the Boulder Canyon
act be jeopardized, but also the
state in question would lose, the
opportunity to 'procure a segrega
tion of water in favor ot the basin
to which it belonged.
' Water is what we need.. Each
state must have the right to
claim itg proper proportion when
needed, and yet we must encour
age early development of western
resources throughout the entire
river basin. That was the purpose
of congress in enacting the pres
ent law. In addition to authoriz
ing the -Boulder Canyon project.
we hare assured an equitable dl
vision of the waters of the stream
and the guaranty of an adequate
future supply for (rrlgtlon, domes-
tie and hydro-electrio power par-
poses. This has been the real
achievement of Boulder Dam leg
islation. It only remains for each
of the-seven states to accept such
great advantages of the uncondi
tional ratification of the Colorado
river compact.
TIME TO STOP rr
The rumpus which has been
going- on in the student body at
Eugene high school . is so more
than what happens from time to
time In every high school. More of
us looking back, can remember
many an occasion when, feeling
ran might high in school politics,
and the feeling sometimes had an
accompaniment of blows. That's
all part ot being in the teens. ;
t The present trouble at Eugene
high Is nothing : more than one
phase ot the old, old squabble over
whether the athletes or the non-
athletes shall run the school."
There's been some rough stuff and
so far the teachers hare been rath
er patient in trying to let . the
youngsters find a solution tor the
problem themselves, although they
have seen fit to step tn with dis
cipline for a number of offenses
against school " rules : as distin
guished - from student ,; rules.
Eugene Guard, 7 .. i v.
180:
Sold NearSbayir
Real estate actlrity, and espe
cially the transfer of country pro.
perty, is showing; a ; decided ' im
provement, according to word
from the Bechtel and Sears office,
where sSreral deal .art now, in
process of being closed, ''-?r;k-
The office, tbrough Earl Tuck
er, talesman, this week closed a
deal whereby C. L, Larlmor sold
his 180-aere ranch near Shaw, to
Edmond Coffin ot near Dallas Tot
Experts; in Merchandising
a - w . a w 1 - m
Ana AttvertismgiJominff t
o
. Business. Forum Today
' Problems or merchandising and
problems of advertising ; will be
discussed Tuesday evening. Feb
ruary If, at a dinner and business
program sponsored Jointly by the
Salem Advertising club and the
extension, department of the Uni
versity of Oregon.
All merchants and business men
of Salem are Invited to the affair
which will begin with a dinner at
the Elks club at C:lt o'clock and
will bo followed by-a program on
which Frank Jenkins, editor of
The Register at Eugene and Earl
Bunting, merchandising- counsel
lor from . Portland, will be tho
principal speakers. .
Jenkins will make a. pertinent.
informative talk on "Advertising-
and will: deal with the problems
which confront the merchant in
this phase of business activity.
Bunting will discuss "Merchan
dising." He makes a business of
consulting business men on sales
problems and with Jenkins, 'as
sures the meeting here of two of
the .best men In their fields in
Oregon.
Several similar public forums,
such as is to be held here, have
been conducted in other dtiea ot
Oregon and everywhere the pro
gram nas oeen exceptionally well
received. Med ford merchants have
already asked for another similar
gathering. j
Harris Ellsworth, secretary of
the state editorial association, will
preside , at the banquet.
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Representative Bronaugh's bill
providing , . that . State Industrial
Accident commissioners salaries
be increased from S C 0 to $ 1 8 0 0
a year afforded a lxyely senate ses
sion. Saturday when personalities
were- injected" following . confi
dence rote In Senator Norblad.
Tho HI was defeated with IS
senators dissenting. , It "Was indi
cated that an attempt would be
made W reconsider the bill Mon
day. .
f Senator Joe Bailey explained
that the bill had received the ap
proval of virtually all employers
who contribute to the Industrial
Accident fund and many labor or
ganizations He said the money In
volved in - the tnereased salaries
would be ,pald.out offt the funds
of the accident commission.""
Inquiry Launched
Into Dealings in '
Deadly Narcotics
L6S ANGELES, Feb 1 AP)
f -Federal and state officials were
Intensifying their inrestlgaUoa
here tonglht Into the claimed tile,
gal furnishing of narcotics to AL
ma Rubens, film actress. Eight lo.
cal physicians already hare beea
brought into the Inquiry; although
tho name of but one. Dr. LC, Jesse
Citron, has been made public. (
f Miss Rubens' condition was de
scribed aa critical following a sur
gical operation c-a t a Hollywood
hsopItaL Her moliier,tMrs:The-
reasj Rubens-was. IU at ner home,
III froin'worry over hef daughter.
To tho Editor: '
What red-blooded American
heart does not thrill at the mere
mention of that patriot whose
birthday anniversary we Friday ob
serve; which is a household word
upon the lips of even little child
ren; and whom we aeiignt 10 non
or and revere by the affectionate
appellation of "Father of his
country."
Although born almost two cen
turies ago, George Washington is
today one of the best-loved and
foremost figures ot all history.
Crude as were his easly oppor
tunities, he made the most of
them, and, even as a youth, did
nothing by halves. All his school
work are models of neatness and
accuracy. And his word was as re
liable as his work. Butterworth
says of him that he had wisdom
beyond most ot those of his time;
a massive Intellect; iron strength
ot will, and dauntless courage,
coupled with an affectionate heart
and purity and loftiness of pur
pose. It was thus that he grew to
manhood, well qualified for lead
ership In the crisis which arose
during those fearful days of the
Revolutionary War, when colossal
burdens devolved upon the hearts
and minds of our military leaders,
and equally so, later, upon the
founders of our great Republic In
which Washington was the foifn
most figure. Forgetful of self, and
actuated by no sordid purposes or
ulterior motives, he held his coun
try and its statesmanship above
every other interest, in life, and
America above every name but
God's, with whom he devoutly
linked it.
Throughout his military career,
although often In despair, he dis
played that supreme courage and
determination which characterized
him throughout life, and In the in
spiring terms embodied in the
Declaration of Independence were
reflected the high- ideals which
were a part of his noble nature.
In 1796, at the close of his
second term as first president of
the newly formed United States,
he steadfastly declined to accept
the nomination for a third term.
And though he might have occu
pied a throne so great was the
devotion of his soldiers and the
people to him yet he was content!
to retire to his home on the banks
it the Potomac, where he spent
the remainder of his days, known
then, as since, by that title immor
tal: "First In war, first in peace,
and first in the hearts of hie
countrymen," and loved by all
true-hearted Americans, as well as
revered throughout the world by
lovers of democracy and freedom.
Wen may we emulate the noble
example of patriotism which he ex
emplified. May there ever be In
J3 that virility and stablenesa of
toyal patriotism and devotion to
American ideals which shall make
likewise applicable to us and to
Dur posterity the illustrous words
30 beautifully written of him:
-; "Whoso powers shed around
him in the common strife.
Or mild, concerns of ordinary life.
A constant influence and pecu
liar grace;
But who, if he be called upon to
face
Some awful moment to which
heaven has joined
Great issues, good or bad, for hu
man kind.
Is happy as a lover, and, attired
With radiant brightness, like a
man Inspired;
Who, through the heat of con
, fllct. kept the law
In calmness made: and saw what
he foresaw.
EDN AOARFIELD.
Bitsiffbr
By B. J. Hendricks
Tes, that's true
. W -a .
It never or seldom rains but It
pours
v
And Salem has a lot ot impor
tant things on hand now. Has al
ways had. Always will have. And
that Is a good thing. If this were
a dead city, there would not be
anything to trouble any ot us.
V
The Willamette university drive
must be finished. Big things tor
Salem depend on this. .Great Is
sues, looking to make this the ed
ucational center ofche valley and
the state.
a m
The T. W. campaign needs to be
finished; must , be; and that In
stitution must have a new home of
Its own.
1. .
And there Is the Salem General
hospital. There is a chance to
make Salem a hospital and nsd-
ical center; and this will mean
much.
m
The Salem Hospital Auxiliary,
a new organization, will have a
meeting this afternoon at 2:30 at
the chamber of commerce. All
the women of the city are urged
to be present. They are all con
cerned.
H
This new movement is backed
by some of the leading women of
Salem; women who want Salem to
have the best of everything, in
cluding hospital facilities. But
this appeals to all women in Sa
lem, without respect to church or
society or other affiliations. So
every woman is concerned, and
every man, too, for that matter.
"a
Any one may be sick at any
time. No one is Immune from li
ability to accident; especially in
this automobile age. And when in
jury or illness comes, you will
want the best modern methods
can give you. Tou want It here, at
hand ,'and not in some other city.
V
If every woman who ought to
be a member of this auxiliary
would join, and contribute only a
dollar a year, there would be $5.
000 to $10,000 annually to en
able the building of a larger hos
pital; additions to the present
buildings; more equipment; more
rooms and beds provided
a. a.
And an endowment fund, In or
der that sick and mangled and
crippled people without means
may have the right kind of ser
vice.' That Is the most Important
thing; of all. in this connection.
We have not a Henry Ford here
in Salem, to build and endow a
hospital, like the one tn Detroit.
But we have thousands of men
and women who might contribute
a dollar a year, without missing
u mucn, ana these aoiiars would
soon do the . work that ought to
be done.
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ThlS Will not AXfiluda larir.r
ter, understood, men and women
will remember the Salem General
hospital in their wills. Wealth
people will give large sums.
S
This hospital belonc-a to every
body. The directors merelv direct.
They do not own ft. There are no
stockholders. No one gets any div
idends, excepting the dividends of
service and satisfaction. All the
earnings go to expenses, and to
making more improvements; to
the giving ot better service by
providing Improved facilities.
To every woman: Attend that
meeting today.
lPosinnis
that Live
MARCAJtET AND DORA .
MARGARET'S beauteous
Grecian arts
Ne'er draw form completer,
Tet wh la my heart of hearts.
Hold I Dora's sweeter?
Dora's eyes of heavenly blue
Pass all the painting's reach.
Ringdoves' notes are discord to
The music of her speech.
Artists! Margaret's smile receive,
And on canvas show it;
But for perfect worship leave
Dora to her poet.
Tkoma$ Campbell (1TT7-1S44)
To tho editor 1
I am making this as a sugges
tion which it seems to me would
be a practical one In disposing ot
out-of-date cruisers soon to be
scraped by our government. Why
not have these stationed along our
coasts at summer resorts and have
them available for publlo Inspec
tion. On holidays such as the
Fourth of Jury they would be
great attractions. My idea comes
from the use the battleship Ore
gon is being put to. . Children
would get much keen enjoyment
out of such an opportunity to see
our great cruisers. ,
It might be a practical sugges
tion to have these i ships turned
over to such organizations as the
W. C. A. to be used for sum
mer camps.
MRS. R. WICKERLANDER.
2020 N. Liberty Street.
Old Oregon's
Yesterdays '
Town Talks frosn The States.
Owr Fathers Road
t f.? a. Fob. IO, 1004
The Portland .Woolen Mills, lo
cated at Sellwood, was destroyed
by fire, with an estimated loss of
HSO.Qtf. - -
; :-8ALEMITE WEDS j
; Word reached here'i Saturday
night that a marriage license Was
Issued In Portland Saturday to N.
waiting of Portland and Del-
M
Congressman Hermann has ad
vised Superintendent Potter of
the Chemawa Indian school that
he has succeeded In getting some
of -u the appropriations for - the
school increased. The school Is
seeking an Increase ; of Sis.ooo.
Fortunately, for tho school, Her
mannAras appointed on the com
mittee of Indian affairs.
.The Citizens' Light & Traction
company received, ; carload of
new machinery to. Install fa their
electric plant here. . '
1
" 'Al small conflagration v at - the
asseager depot caused some ex
citement. One freight bumped an-
ma Irene Coffey., of Salem. Both other, causing the stove la the ca
gave their ajc as leal. , booce to turn over. .
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