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t - f. -V .-a PAGE FOUR Wo Fapor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Awe." From Tint Statesman, March 28, 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Chables A. Sfuacve, Sheldon F. Sackett, Publukra CHARLES A. Speagub - - - " Editor-Manager Sheldon F. Sackett - - Managing Editor. Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited, to it or not otherwise - credited in this paper. . Entered at the Poetoffiee at Salem, Oregon, at Seeond-Claee Matter. Published every morning except Monday. Bunnete office 215 S. Commercial Street Pacific Coast Advertising Representatives: Arthur W. Stypes, Inc., Portland, Security Bldg. Saa Francisco, Sharon Bldg.; Los Angeles, W. Pac. Bldg. Eastern Advertising Representatives: Ford-Parsons-Stecher, Inc., New York, 171 Madison Are.; . i Chicago, 330 N. Michigan Ave. The Bus Business in Salem IALEM is being furnished type, just as fine as is supplies in any city even mucn - terror in size. The Southern Eany has put on the best type of motor bus equipment. The uses areoperated strictly on schedule and run every day of the yearvResDonsible drivers operate them and the re- sources of a strong company sure passengers and public bus operation. C Yet the bus business in "street car business before it ern Pacific has taken a licking year after year on these ur ban transportation lines and done it without a whimper. Last year the reported loss was $10,000. Salem cannot ask the S. Pto continue these losses ' lution? r Should the fares be increased? That is the answer which the Portland street car lines are trying to make to their problem. But the Salem company does not propose that. Mt believes by operating economies and the protection ' of an exclusive franchise it can get out of the red on its bus business. It does not propose petitor out of business but has already made an agreement for purchasing hts business. It does ask for protection for . jt - 1. 1. i ,1 me iuiure so jitney operators may .uut tume iy aim uui line to embarrass the big operator and force it to buy them out just to get rid of them. As we view it, this request is not unreasonable. It is an old and established company which is making the request, one whose promises can be measured by its past perf ormanc- es. Salem needs street transportation; the bus lines furnish a vital service here. Werehe S. P. company to withdraw we know of no other concern which would supply the same service, the same equipment, the same responsibility at the , same fares. Other towns where private lines have started have had only mediocre service and equipment far below standard. The term of the franchise is only ten years, remarkably short as such periods are Usually demanded. One ot the most vital problems of modern cities is that of street transportation. Trolley lines have generally become poor investments; bus lines have rarely proven profitable. Yet the service is absolutely necessary. Salem is fortunate to have a company with the resources and standing of the Southern. Pacific supplying this service. ine. city can wen afford 'to grant the protection which the company asks in the way of an exclusive franchise for a ten year period. Church in Politics THIS session of congress was called to provide farm relief. Instead it seems to be providing relief to pent-up forces of bigotry. Senator Heflin has been indulging in his periodi 'v ' cal vomit against the Catholic church. Senator Copeland, a Methodist and a democrat, which is a funny combination, writes his church to scole about its mixing in politics. Dr. Clarence True Wilson for the Methodist board replies that the Catholic church has long had Washington headquarters - from which it contracted senators and government officials. That sets Patrick J. Ward of the National Catholic welfare conference a-going and he says it is the Methodist board which is in party politics while the Catholic church has no po litical platform and does hot align itself with any political party. Bishop McDowell Of claims that its board oi temperance ana morals engages m 'any lobbying and has no lobbying fund. So now it is perfectly clear just which church is trying to run the government: the other one from that which you -..r belong to. . " The "co-op" branch operating at Winlock, Washington paid, out a million dollars to its members for their egg deliver ies last year. Fifteen years ago Winlock was just a station - set down among the stumps. Logging and lumbering were receding industries and the town was devoid ofpr6mise. The poultry business has proven a sounder basis of prosperity than the lumber business and the prosperity has been dif fused among more people, than the lumber business where the few proprietors either get many employes share little in ; . poultrymen have mixed brains with their chicken feed and business with their egg-selling. The Washington co-op is one of the strongest business ! I The Pennsylvania railroad ties. It is organizing a new pany" whose stock will be offered to the present stockhold ers in the railroad. The new company will be prepared' to branch out in lines of transportation' other than railroading vu wuiUf uu utc oca, cum m vursui, nusi buu lucout .Undoubtedly it means that the new company is going active ly into air transportation, perhaps into motor bus and truck service. The railroads have spent too much time propagan- . dizing why business should stay on two steel rails. The old Pennsylvania is waking up to modern conditions and taking to wings. ' - Getting a referendum petition signed, up amounts to about the same as buying a list of names for direct mail ad . vertising campaigns. You just hire George Bylander and he engages his-trained petition , peddlers to cover Portland "corners until the desired number of names is secured. Ap parently not much trouble getting signers so long as -the money ior the peddlers holds out.. A simple remedy would be a law prohibiting the hiring ot canvassers for signatures, to such petitions. " Then Bylander would .have another, job re lerending the law to stop ref erending. y - , . ' - " . .... A -- Chairman HawleyTof the house ways and means com ' mittee told the delegates attending the convention of the United States Chamber of Commerce that making a tariff bill was entirely a domestic problem. That's right. But that doesn't leave it any less a problem. Keeping the sluice-ways open for our export trade is another side of the tariff ques tion which the priests of high protection, often overlook. ' . - - . .. , " ' . ' .. - The eastern cities have gone on daylight savingVtime. That is one crime which is spared us on the west coast. A . person can get up when he wills ; but people are such slaves to the clock that they seem unwilling to rise with the birds on fine spring and summer mornings, r We would rather stay in bed, too. I . ; ." r- -; j'J Coolidge is to get a free fishfng license in Connecticut. We know a lot of men who would be willing to be ex-presi dents if they could get a free fishing license, but tfeey would specify Oregon before they took the job. .. . . . tatesman I- with a bus service of a superior Pacific Motor lTansporx com- stand behind the drivers to in against possible damages irom . Salem is unprofitable. The was unprofitable. The South indefinitely. What is the so- to put the present single com the Methodist church then dis wealthy or go broke and the the profits.. The Washington organizations in the state. - is going to extend its activi corporation, the Penroad .Com Tt Nw lmm LM 1 m M m mm MMaMMWMMMM mmm sot MMK II I S v 7 ' M - -I t II Here and There: THE public is rightfully hope ful that gasoline prices will continue lower than the 23c level which has .maintained here, but not at the necessary failure of many gasoline dealers. Rather, the cut should come from the wholesale price. A few weeks ago there wu a general slash In gas oline prices and when the smoke cleared tne general retail price had Increased, rather than de creased, because wholesale prices bad been shot npwards. The Rich field Oil company is . out with a statement showing that Its net earnings Increased $726,769 in the first quarter of 1929 or a gain of 60 per cent over the same quarter in 1928. The rate Is too high and the public will not be satisfied until better retaU prices exist without the necessity of dealer failures. The 'Portland RetaU Gasoline Dealers Protective association has sensed the problem rery keenly and frankly admitted Its inability to cope with the situation now existing. Rural users of gasoline are baying from companies direct at 10 e a gallon while the retail price to dealers In Portland stands at ltc. Both, the federal trade commission of Washington, l). C. and the public service com mission In this city hare been ap pealed to as arbiters and adjust ers in the present situation. 0 REGON. which has no torna- does aid no hurricanes, is hard pressed to be really sympathetic with its eactern neighbors where storms have tak en a heavy toll of life and prop erty. True sympathy, ean come only from people who have had similar experiences and many Ore- go nians know neither hurricane nor tornado. ; Of course, there are many citlsens who migrated from the lands ot storms and they can appreciate the disaster which has befallen a large district in the district Oregonlans should ap preciate, the blessings they enjoy. This is a state remarkably blessed by nature. e ' rostai receipts in Salem, a re liable basis tor estimating city de velopment, continue to mount. This month they were $2009 mere than in April. 19 28. Postmaster Farrar reported $19,486 on the books for April, 1929, in contrast t oJ17.Hl in 1118. Occasionally extra -mailings from the state cap- ltoi errect these figures but In April, without the legislature in session, the receipts from one year to another are a fair basis for comparison. - - Hop men appear to be all "hopped npM orer , organization work being carried on among their membership with the riew of combatting legislation unfavor able .'to. their Interests. Of 6 IT growers In the state, more than 100 had signified their intention ot Joining the organisation within fire days from; the time the pre liminary announcement went out Hop growers know that these are times when it takes group action to achieve results. We hare asso ciations ot filbert growers, of egg raisers, of chain grocers, of retail credit men. and ad infinitum. - In some degree they all count. Con gressmen who are wise, however, will not vote solely on the basis of the ' number of telegram re ceived. Organizations caa prop agandixe a cants to death. it Is not preposterous to, state that prune growers hope the crop will not be too large, both la" re lation to the tonnage of prunes outside of Oregon and on orchards hero. A heavy tonnage generally means low prices dne to over-production.. Moreover, a heavy , ton nage : usually means smaU prunes. Prone growers like 29- 40's, which means .39 to 49 prunes OHEGON STATESMAN. Saiga, Terse comments on Events, Local and Abroad, of the Past Week. to the pound for this sise sells best. Big prunes are not found when the trees are too heavily loaded and consequently too heavy tonnage is not desired. This year a short crop In Cali fornia and a late blooming season here makes the crop comparative ly small both at homo and out side the state with resultant high er prices and better net for grow ers. O The ease of the prune is the most serious of any fruit. In war time good orchards sold for $500 and up. Nowadays good prune orchards can be had very reason ably. Continued poor crops and low prices without an Increase in the public's demand for prunes, has discouraged orchardlsts. One grower of prunes expressed him self as hopeful that all the poor growers would be forced out of the field, leaving the pick of the orchardlsts to .get together, or ganize a selling plan, pay a per centage on each pound for ad vertising the Oregon prune and thus to force a market. Oregon prunes are a good fruit, and hvae a valuable place in the diet but the public must be educated to thelrr&lue. Given increased de mand, the problems of prune rals ing are largely solved. Parking Business Too Good: Man Enlarges -Scope PORTLAND, Ore., May f. (AP) Sam Friedman's parking business was so rushing today he turnea to city streets for space. Friedman, a candidate for may or of Portland at the last elec tion, operates a parking lot oa a downtown corner. It filled quick ly today and more came. Police say Friedman collected the twenty-fire cent parking fee and then congested a street by utilising space. Revocation of Friedman's license will bo asked The former candidate, police charged, has been convicted twice before for parking automobiles in tne street. Robbers Erect Large Barricade Across Highway PIRTLAKD. Ore., May . (AP) Police tonight were hunt ing for three highwaymen report ed to havo barricadedCanyon road last night with foot-high stones and attempted to rob passing mo torists. Ed Glllin. Joe Thorn and Don Miller, motorists, reported - the robbery attempts to police. Police destroyed the barricade, but could find no trace ot the robbers. , Marion T alley Sings Her Last Sorigy Cleveland - CLSTOgLAND, May -(AP) -Marlon Talley, pretty mid-west American girl who rose from com paratlve obscurity ot the heights ot grand opera stardom at the age of: 19. sang her swan song hers tonight after four seasons as a prima donna of tho Metropolitan Grand Opera company. Her final appearance was tn the titular role of the opera, "Lucia. Dl Lammer. moor. i ? v.- ". -' ! The opera was presented by the Metropolitan Grand Opera com pany of New York before an au dience of more than t.000 persons. Ore-on. Tcesday Mcntisf, Hay 7, 1929, Opinions of Marion County - Editors May 7, 1004 George K. Rogers, state organ izer for the Woodmen of the world, is in the city. Through efforts of Rogers and others the state board of agriculture was in duced to set aside $600 to be used as prizes for drill teams to com pete during the state fair, and it is to perfect arrangements for this that he is here. The county court has granted Sunt. J. F. Calbreath of the state hospital right ot way to erect a telephone line from the Sol Dur- bll farm, east ot town, to the mill race running past the peniten tiary, Enumerators hare been named for the census board as follows: Basil H. Wagner, John Stapleton, Gates Cochran, Jay J. McCormick, G. G. Gans, H. A. West, L.. R. Stinson, Fred Mlnzenmeier, E. . Mack and J. H. Penland. ARRESTED III U. S. NEW YORK, May 6 (AP) A former paymaster in the Mexi can rebel army and his secretary who slipped through the fingers of the .law in Kansas City were arrested here today in possession of a black bag containing approx imately $700,000 with which of ficials believed they were abscond ing to Spain. - With them were found a United States government official and former United States government official, who were charged with conspiring to assist the flight. The one considered the biggest catch is Salvador Ateca the former rebel paymaster, who until recent ly held the gambling concessions in the Mexican state of Chihuahua with the rebel General Marcelo Carareo, former governor of Chi huahua. His secretary is Antonio Maques. Sailors Battle For Possession Of Lite Belts CLEVELAND, My 6 (AP) wniiam j. utbney, oz tfuiraio. passenger on the City of Buffalo, told a story ot fighting among the sailors on the ship for possession of a life preserver, while the boat was battling the storm on Lake Erie last night, on his arrival here todayi Three of the crew engaged in a fight to get a life preserver before the passengers had got theirs GIbney said. Officers ot the ship were commended however, by Gibney for their calm and force fulness In dealing with the crew. .'i Former. Police v Oiiicers Deny Any Extortion -. PORTLAND, Ore., May I., (AP) Pleas of not guilty- to charges of attempting to extract money and assault and robbery while armed were "entered today by Clifford Hayse and Ellsworth Martin, said to havo been operat ing In the guise of detectives. They were Indicted jointly with P. N. Forsythe, former ' Portland policeman, who was said lo have 1-een their chief In the -state de tective agency. Forsythe entered a .plea of not- guilty some time agO.- r ' . - . r All three were: accused of ac cepting bribe money from- houses of Hi repute.' :: REBEL FAYMflSTER Editors Say: irsBBTcg oxca SAVED Mc wasusx raou. ncnr An episode la the life ot Myron T. Herrtek waich is ntue raown but which had lar-reacains eoa seqveacea la revealed by Herman H. Kohlsaat, a former newspaper saam. in nu book, "From Hcxun ley to Harding." The part that Mr. Herrick played in the settle ment ot McKinley's debts in 1893 throws an lnterestlns sidelight on the character ot the late am bassador to France. On February 22, 189S, Mr. Kohlsaat says, a dispatch came orer the wires that a certain Robert L. Walker ot Toungstown ha dialled and that MeKInley, who was then governor ot Ohio, was on Walker's notes to the amount ot S17.00. all the mon ey he had. It was a blow to Ohio Mlitieixna In general and more especially to Mr. Herrick and Mark Hanna, who were Interested In winning the presidential nom ination for McKiniey In 1896. Mr. Kohlsaat immediately left for Cleyeland, where he was met or Mr. Herrick. Mr. Hanna and GoTernor MeKInley. The foar went to the Herrick home where the affair was threshed out. It developed that MeKInley was 1 ndebt to the extent ot 1130,099. mora moner than he had erer had. I His Conner friend. Walker, baa 1 raised the notes which the gov- ernor had signed, yet MeKInley J could ' legally bo held for the I money. None of this got Into the news papers. Mr. Kohlsaat continues, and Mr. Herrick an dMr. Hanna Immediately set about to raise the 8110,000 by subscription. I Forty thousand dollars was ob- talned in Chicago, and Cleveland gave an equally generous sum. In addition to this Mr. Herrick called upon the banks of Ohio holding the Walker-McKinley paper and asked the mto contribute 10 per cent of the amount of the notes that they held. This they agreed to do. 1 With $18,009 which was left over, Mr. Herrick paid n $10,900 mortgage on the MeKInley Opera House in Canton and deposited $3,000 In the bank to cover cur rent and subsequent bills Incurred by the governor. McHimeys political career savea oy Mr. Herrick and Mr, Hanna, he begged them to show him the list ot people who sub scribed to the fund that they had raised. He fully Intended to pay back ail the money out of his sal ary as president and only their re fusal to divulge the names kept him from doing so, the author points out. After his election to the pres idency, MeKInley turned over his salary to Mr. Herrick as it came in. Mr. Herrick invested the money for him and had swelled the MeKInley estate to more than $200,000 when the president met his death. Had It not been for the friend ship of two Clevelanders, Myron Herrick and Mark Hanna. Me KInley would have been ruined. both financially and politically. Cleveland Plain Dealer. INSIST UPON AN INSPECTOR Bulb growers of the Grants Pass district' will, this day, pay a license fee ranging from IS for less than an acre to SIS an acre. This license fee was nreBcribed in a bill passed at; the last session of the state legislature, the terms of which will be fully explained by a. u. Alien, member of the state board ot horticulture, at a meet - ing slated for Friday night at the court house. Josephine county is the larrest bulb growing section in the state, There will be 608 acres of glad- iolus bulbs and a'lairly large ac- reage or other bulbs harvessad this fall. This section will pay in license fees several thousand dol-1 lars. With portions of Jackson county now engaged in bulb cul ture, it is probable that the Rogue valley will contribute as much as the rest of the state in these fees. The purpose of the bill, as far as it affects bulbs, is asserted by its backers to be for the proper inspection of all bulbs grown in the state. As long as the growers here mnst pay the fees they should be given the fullest possi ble benefit from aheir expendi tures. A full time Inspector! should be placed in the valley,' with headquarters at Grants Pass i where he can give: the inspection necessary. The funds raised from the license fees here should be ex pended in giving the local growers the benefits derived from fre quent and competent inspection. Growers can easily benefit from inspection. By having an inspect or on the ground at all times, the growers should be able to have their bulbs certified as free from disease. This certification can be obtained only when an inspector is available to inspect the bulbs la the field. Growers should turn out ea ' masse Friday night to insist that the state-board furnish a full-time inspector for this '- district. The inspector must be a man' fully qualified to do the work required. The growers can accomplish this if they demand Uj Grants V Courier 20 YEARS AGO The Oregon Journal reprints an item appearing in Its columns April 23, 1909. It reads: ! Klamath Falls Four large touring ears are to car ry mall and passengers be tween this city and Bonansa. When they are In operation the trip between Lakevlew and Klamath Falls will be made in oae day. At pros ent it takes a day and night. How time changes.- What was once a day ana a; night trip to Lanview, is a five-hour jaunt. is the time far, distant when stages not auto stages but air stages "will make thia trip 4a an hour? Klamath Falls Herald. PERHAPS SENATOR HEFLIN . ISNTT SUCH A JtX)L -. ' PtSenator Heflin may" not ' he such a consummate ass as most people believe hint to bo. . In his recent oratorical endur ance contest in the Upper- House' tho fact was brought out that for making that Incendiary speech In Massachusetts, bo not only had all his expenses paid, but ho received a substantial honararium"V ' BITS for BREAKFAST By K. J. HENDRICKS - Shades ot Harrey Scott! V V The Oregonian in its report of the ChamsoegT celebration of last Saturday was made to say that Joe Meek was the first Oregon dele gate In congress. V Also, the question was raised as to the year of the disaster to the immigrants who followed the guid ance of Stephen Meek in attempt ing to find the so-called "Meek cut-off Into the Willamette val ley in 1847. "W Harrey Scott left historical writings, edited by his son., Leslie Scott, that would upon perusal set right almost any question about the early settlement of the Oregon Country and the identity and rec ord of the men and women who took leading parts In the develop ments of those great days cf our history, S W There was a statement made from the platform at the Cham- poeg meeting of Saturday, by a man who ought to know better. that Samuel Simpson's poem, "The Beautiful wmameue, was wru- tea -at Ghampoeg. That undying allegory of human life might hare been written at almost any point on the beautiful river w It would putt up the pride of a SalemU to think it was written tn the capital city; where Sam Kimn.vin mdnated from WHlim- ttn university. But It was not The poem was written at Albany. and first published, under the heading, "Ad Wlllamettam." in tho Albany Democrat. Mr. Simp son afterwards made some correc tions, at least la punctuation. It Is said reverently. W It Is a fact that at the time the great poem was written, Mr. Simpson was suffering under a weight of regrets and sorrows, and the care ful reader will note the train of sadness running through the theme. . There was an exhibition of thoughtlessness that is largely tho basis of selfishness at the May day doings on Willamette unl- J verslty's grounds. Everything was beautifully set for the exercises oh the campus near the historic Waller hall. Then a heavy show er came up. and there was a rush for the gymnasium, where the pro gram was carried out. Numbers of the ladies, gathered and seated on the campus, including those the names of whom Oregon is proud. and especially some of mature age and feeble bodies, were slower in their movements than a big crowd of young men and boys S "m But these young men and boys rushed for the preferred seats in The Alabama solon made a typ ical defense. "I am not as rich as some of my colleagues here." I said he. "I am a poor man. I (can't afford to tour the country without compensation." The inquiry naturally arises, can Senator Heflin afford to de- (vote all his time la Washington stirring up the passions ot relig lions prejudice "without compen- sat ion 7" 1 Probably not. And with men ot the Heflin stamp, the claque of (the JUavern and the clink of dol- I lara, more than compensate for the ridicule and humiliation he might suffer. Sledford News Tribune. Read the Classified Ads. t ' i Have You Bought Financial MR. W. thought that his insurance was rather adequate. It seemed that it was sufficient to keep his family- quite comforta bly. But he forgot that without his prudent financial guidance the matter of investment would be largely a question of luck. -A life insurance trust would have solved the problem. He could have been sure that the . money would have been profitably invested and that there would have been no chance of therunds being unwisely dissipated. There is a life insurance trust for yo'ur own requirements. It entails no additional pre miums, no added burdens for you to carry. A talk with our trust officer - will convince you of the wisdom of this modern method of f guarding your estate " We' recommend life insurance -we do not 'sell it - - ; United . States the gymnasium, tearing standing room only, tor the ladles named; and they were allowed to stand throughout the exercises! - Now, the Bits man gives all credit to the good qualities of the rising generation. He freely ad mits that in many respects the boys and young men ot the pres ent generation are superior to those of the time of his immature years S But no grandfather or great grandfather, nor many fathers ot the youngsters guilty of that ex hibition ot churlishness, especially among the Oregon pioneers, would hire permitted such a piece of selfishness to go by enrebuked t In fact, it just could not have happened. It was not done in those days. Womanhood, young and old, was respected, and no boy or man of whaterer age would have held a seat while a woman was standing, in any kind or audi ence. S That spirit ot respect for the weaker sex was fine and beautiful. It exists yet. throughout the south and in other sections of this country, and Is supposed to be ex emplified especially in the west. Salem, the starting place of the pioneers ot the pioneers, the child of the first and best of them, ought not to lag behind in her present day youth, in giving due respect and honor' to womanhood. olyQdk.neaoeehrd rdl rdl rdlu rdd GRAY BELLE SPECIAL MOTHER'S DAT BOXES OF CANDY See Window Displays JOCTORS quite approve the quick comfort of Bayer Aspi rin. These perfectly harmless tab lets ease an aching head without penalty. Their increasing use year after year is proof that they do help and can't harm. Take them for any ache; to avoid the pain peculiar to women; many have found them marvelous at such times. 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