JAGE FOUR The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday 3Iorning, May 19, 1929 "No Favor Sicays Us; No Fear Shall Awe." From First Statesman, March 28, 1851 , THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Cba1u.es A. Spragle, Sheun F. Sackett, Publishers Charles A. Sprague - 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 Postoffiee at Salem, Oregon, as Second-Class Matter. Published every morning except Monday. Business office 215 S. Commercial Street. Pacific Coast Advertising Representatives : Aithur W. Stypes, Inc., Portland, Security Bldg. San Francisco, Sharon Bldg.; Los Angeles, W. Pac. Bldg. Eastern Advertising Representatives: Ford-Parsons-Stecher, Inc., New York, 271 Madison Ave; Chicago, 360 N. Michigan Ave. Mergeritis rHIS is a new disease, but it has bitten America badly. Now the stage lines have formed a vast merger, nd are planning to divide "all Gaul into three parts." And they ave no lack of gall in doing- it either. The wholesale drug .louses have suddenly found the necessity of a "merger" al hough wholesale drug houses have always been prosperous. Part of the tendency toward larger units in industry is he natural result of greater economy in mass operations. A ot of this "mergeritis" disease is spread by financial houses reeking big clean-ups in floating a lot of securities. Scouts -fbig banking houses have been scouring the country f ind ng going businesses, utilities, etc., which they could "merge" ;nto new concerns and peddle millions of dollars worth of se curities to the public which is merger-crazed. Those on the inside of the financial game can't help but 'ronder how it will come out. The proprietor of a business unds himself approached by some representative of a buy- ng group. He is offered a big price to "come in", or the hreat of bitter competition if he stays out. If the chap has nade his pile and is about through anyway, he sells out. The buyers then do a lot of "window-dressing" on the fi nancial statement and sell bonds and preferred stock or "Class A" stock to the dear public, retaining the Class B with iull voting power and no money investment for themselves. If all goes well, they win ; if things go ill, they do not lose. We heard of one such case where a plant manager re fused to stay under the reorganization. He said he would be expected to earn dividends on a greatly enlarged capital zation and it couldn't be done, so he didn't want to carry the responsibility. It is going to be interesting to watch what happens when the next big upset in business comes. Unless many of , .hese concerns have time to dehydrate themselves, there, will be many a deluge to engulf the innocent investor. Elsinore or Armory IT is just too bad for the sweet girl graduates that they can's have their party just when and where they want t. Tis a pity to buy the graduation gown, next in girlish ?ancy to a wedding gown and then find that the evening af fair is turned to a morning (shall we say mourning?) occa sion. We confess for a time we shared their resentment, .hat their plans should be frustrated by the powers that be. But surely the beautiful Elsinore will be more appro priate for graduation than the bleak and dreary armory, its facilities for illumijiation will make the gowns of white ind pink, of crepe and georgette more showy than the bare bulbs of the boxing-match emporium. Besides graduates and faculty historically disagree over Lhe place for commencement, the time, the speaker, the one l.o give the baccalaureate sermon, the rehearsals, the honors, the cost and style of gowns, the program arrangements. Only when the great day comes everyone smiles, the principal says it is the finest class ever to graduate, the chairman of the board, embarrassed at his official task, hands out thdi plomas, the parents beam, and the juniors suddenly feel old. Talking to Mars L3Llt.rilIblS cheerfully assure us that there is still no v O chance of talking to Mars interesting speculation. Presuming that Mars is inhabited by intelligent beings, what physical form do those beings take? We cannot conclude that their shape is identical with chat of homo sapiens. In the processes of evolution on Mars Intelligence may have come along some other branch of the tree of life than on the earth. phibious beaver, some flying eagle may on Mars have a brain And what language would he . what art. culture, tools has he The speculation is idle to This man created on earth so little lower than the angels, what is he on Mars, or is he a man at all? When we leap in fancy to some far off planet and look back to earth with its pigmies scratching the surface, and mortar called cities, what in our vanity and boastf ulness ! 1 Travel Loquacity I7HY is it that travel breaks customary silence. A fi T T nancier can grind away in New York for a decade and never give an interview, but when he boards the Berengaria or the Homeric for a trip to interview. A Portland broker returiis from a trip to New York or San Francisco and his observations are solemnly set down. The result seems to be that the whole financial world seems to be traveling, the quotations and interviews are so abundant. The real joke of it is that piffle, meaningless comments retailed from some curb wise acre in a big town whose knowledge of the country is con fined to tickers and tabloid. "Private information" stays private only a few hours, and it travels faster than word of mouth in these days of news - "Not Paid for A FEW years ago Sherman t. and on the country glowing like a new comet. He ad dressed luncheon clubs, chambers of commerce, dined wel with magnates of industry, preached a new doctrine of em ployer-employe f raternalism, Outlook. He talked familiarly orchards, of banquet boards As suddenly he passed out of the picture. The public knew him no more. The other day a suit was filed in the Grays Harbor court for $15,000 against Rogers and hs en dorser on a note. Alex Poison, wealthy lumberman of Ho quiam. Poison is quoted mournfully as saying "Evidently Rogers spared neither his relatives nor his friends." The unpaid note will surely testify to that. The Three Trained Seals fTIHE three trained seals of Oregon newspaperdom are Hugh X Hume of the Portland Corvaliis Gazette-Times and Grove Sentinel. From Home to Bede to Ingalls or the other way jound, they never let the ball touch the ground. No other editor, say Paul Kelty of the Eugene Register or Broth er Pctnam of the Capital Journal ever takes a swat and knocks the ball from into other territory; so the trio have a private game to their own amusement and the regalement thrir readers. . via the radio. That provokes Some hairy biped, some am speak, what sign does he use, developed. be sure, but it is broadening. throwing up mounts of brick a terrible shrinkage there is Europe, he gets a hVf-column what they give out is veriest speed. Lack of Funds Rogers burst on the northwest wrote engaging articles for The of logging camps and fruit and wobbly headquarters. Spectator, C. E. Ingalls of the Elbert Bede of the Cottage BITS for BREAKFAST -By R. J. HENDRICKS. Busy times ahead 'm For Salem and the surrounding country, when all the proposed building operations get fully un der way, and the diversified har vests come on, with canning and packing forces larger and busier than ever before. S But we still have an unemploy ment situation, a hang over from the rainy season. The Salem Y free employment bureau had 130 men .and 25 women applying for work last week, and found Jobs for 106 of the men and eight of the women. Not so bad, and it will be better soon It will be the other way around before long, with more work than workers. V You will want to see that great community club parade Friday af ternoon next, in Salem. It will show you by what forces Salem is backed in her business and growth. V s s There Is no busier place than the Oregon penitentiary now. Not an idle man who is able to work. FlaxTetting Is going on, and not a false move or any whipporwill motion is permitted in or about that institution, which is now vir tually a big industrial plant. S S The Parrish junior high school girl who won in the contest which the Salem Woman's club spon sored, by preparing the best es say on Salem's historic and beau tiful trees, did very well indeed. for a ninth grader, as shown in the news columns of The States man of Thursday morning. Her work would do credit to any one. H But she made a mistake in say ing "Salem has been the capital of Oregon since 1859." Oregon was admitted to the Union as a state Feb. 14, 1859. She is the valentine state. But Salem has been the capital of Oregon since January 13, 1851, when the terri torial legislature in session at Oregon City removed the seat of government from that city to this. S That vote was the end of a long fight, and it did not end with that vote either. In the legislature of the provisional government for 1845, held at Oregon City, Gov ernor Abernethy suggested tbat proposals be received for locating permanently the seat of govern ment. This was followed by pro posals from Linn City, across the river, and by a petition from Champoeg (the present Marion) county signed by 60 persons, asking that the scatter be defer red. This was virtually done, by an act ot the legislature of the provisional government ordering future sessions of that body to be held at Oregon City. S The long fight following the vote of the territorial legislature of January 13, 1851, was precipi tated by the contention of Terri torial Governor Gaines that the act was invalid, because it em braced two subjects, the location of the capital and the construction of the territorial buildings. This became a political question; the democrats were in favor of Salem and the whigs favored Oregon City. The record is too long for this column: and the issue too in volved for a short article. It The next session of the territor ial legislature after the vote lo cating the capital in Salem was held In this city, with the excep tion of five members who met at Oregon City, claiming that was the place for the meeting. There was a question where the terri torial supreme court should have its sessions, aa the law admitting Oregon as a territory said that body was to meet at the capital and part of the members held that growing in attraction as an an Oregon City was the place, and anal affair at Lebanon. Can This Be A Hoover Economy? the balance holding for Salem. So the majority in the supreme court for Oregon City, at one session. 'm In 1855. the territorial legis lature at Salem moved the capital to Corvaliis, but federal authori ties refused to expend government funds elsewhere than in Salem, and back to Salem the legislature came, and the newly completed statehouse was occupied on De cember 18, 1855; but that build ing was destroyed by fire eleven days later; no doubt of incendiary origin. The burned building stood where the present capitol is lo cated. Those were bitter days in the political affairs of Oregon, and of the whole nation. Had not the claims of Salem been supported by Willamette university and Its graduates, this city would not have remained the capital. That institution started Salem, and gave it its place as the official cen ter of the commonwealth. They Say.. Expressions of Opinion from Statesman Readers ar. Welcomed for Use In this colamn. All Letters Most Bear Writer's Name, Though This Need Nit b. Printed. Respectively dedicated to those fine couples, who, after years of love and devotion to each other, still find life holding that joy and peace, which they so justly merit: The Old-Fashioned Couple Yes, they call us real old-fashioned, But Ma and me care not a whit; Life flows easy all around us. And we're will'in just to drift. When I look at Ma's sweet face, I always see her a girl, With her laugh'in, danc'in eyes. And a wreath of golden curls. There were other beaux who wanted This dear sweet girl 1 won; And when she whispered "Yes" to "rue My head Just fairly spun. There were no autos them days, When Ma and me were spark'in The highways were just mud and dust. With no restrict'ns on the park'in. Nigh unto fifty years we've travelled, Over roads both smooth and rough; Sometimes its been easy sail'in. And sometimes its been pretty tough. But we've weathered all the storms. As all good shipmates do: We are old, but hale and hearty. And our hearts are still true blue. Our nestlings have all left us, And now we're all alone; But we're happy and contented. Just await'in to go "home." Mrs. George H. Leavell, 1265 N. 11 St. Salem, Ore. Salemites Asked To Lebanon Fete An invitation for Cherrians and any other Salem residents to at tend the Lebanon strawberry fair June 7 and -8, has been received by C. T. Glese, King Blag of the Cherrians. The strawberry fair is 1 Opinions of Marion County Editors ENDORSES COOPERATION Where would Mount Angel be if it were not for the cooperation of its people? To the extent that we work together we prosper. But cooperation works negatively as well as affirmatively. It may be used as effectively to hold up ill advised projects as to forward worthy movements. None can sa) to what uses the cooperative spir it may or may not be put. Com mon sense and the instincts ot cl tizenship must govern that prob lem. We do know, however, that unless individual ideas and ambi tions are placed into the common larder they can hope to become the realization of the community as a whole. Occasionally some one person is strong enough to make his impression UDon the community or nation without sharing in the common ideals of the mass, but he constitutes the exception. The rule is by cooper ation with others. Mt. Angel AS OTHERS SEE US Salem in population is in the small class cities of the union but large enough to own Its wa ter works system and have pure mountain water. Such a step wouia reaouna to Its credit and materially add to its growth, pop uiation ana standing. The time nas passed when It can longer progress wit n river water supply. As for bonds, the agreement with tne taxpayers should be to pay the interest and principal with re ceipts rrom the water-users. This as well as the prospect of good drinking water, should result in an unanimous vote favorable to the proposition. Portland has pointed the way. The majority of municipalities all over the land nave pointed the way, but Buoum De understood that the owners or renters of properties would not be out money, and there would be sufficient users to meet tne indebtedness. It is full tinre to av)Id an epidmic of ty. phold and make the beautiful city more so and of more importance iu mose wno would then be In clined to build and reaM tu This is one and the soneihio in which to double the state cani- mm a yuyuiauun. woodburn could aave aone tne same instead of placing me burden on the tax Payers, but It began with a $25, v Bjsiem mat is now valued a 950,000 with the bonded indebted ness all paid. Woodburn Inde pendent. BOX BOARDS AXT rmvi Last Sunday we had occasion to anve over the highway from Riot. reall to Salem. At one point, not far from Salem, not less than fire bill boards are caught in the range i me motorist's vision. They mat the View Of the timbered MIl.Mo. There are curves in the highway at this point and these billboards draw the attention of the motorist from the road Just at the time when the driver needs to nnt hi whole attention to handling his car. it is to. the interest of the state of Oregon to make the high ways as attractive as possible for the tourists and promote every chance of safety in .travel. When the eye is caught by these glaring billboards his attention is mo. mentarily changed from the road's to me board. This moment may be just long enough to meet another car head-on. Why not get the bill boards off the highways and im prove the scenic beauties of the roads of onr state. If that cannot be done then have them placed in the unsightly places and away from the curves. Turner Tribune. W. 8. C. TRIMS IDAHO PULLMAN, Wash.. May 18 (AP) Washington State College led the University of Idaho 84 to 15 here today after 11 events of their dual track and field , meet had been rnn off. There were fonr events to coin. Editors Say: AMPLIFYING OUR REMARKS Judge Sawyer, of' Bend, told the editors last winter the trou ble with Oregon Srat the "inferi ority complex. That 1 only halt th. trouble. . Thether halt is the "superiority complex," of which pioneer worship is a m- or symptom. Salem Statesman. The Statesman propably did not mean that remark as ungra- vfously as it reads. Oregonians will not and should not be dis suaded from honoring their pi oneers and preserving pioneer memories and traditions. Bnt if tthe Statesman meant, as is likely, that we need to look forward and not backward in formulating onr course of present-day conduct, it Is quite right. In western Ore much a disposition to cleave to ultra-conservatism and an outworn viewpoint. It is not so much a superiority complex that pos sesses ns as an over-disposition to folow in beaten paths. We are set In our ways. Let us not be come annoyed at ourselves about it, however. If we must have either, a "superiority complex" is preferable to an "inferiority complex." Eugene Register. SCPPLY AND DEMAND What shall be- done' for the young ladies who have taken a teacher's course of instruction and find that the supply of teach ers all over the country is greater than the demand? They have been fitted for one purpose and are crowding the market to such, an extern tnat it win have deleterious effect upon salaries if there is no other solution of the problem. There is, of course, adding to the number of marriages, but even then many desire to pursue a pedagogic career, their husbands probably just out ot college and not being able to support their wives. They have ben taught to teach. Every spring school boards ot directors receive large num bers of applications, do not de sire to ignore the present facul ties that have made good, yet are aware tnat the taxpayers are closely watching the market and v u . i ucviaiuuD n vuuuuru xuuv pendent. MORE BODIES FOUND One body found here, another there, and two or three more yonder. "Taken for the ride" they say. Dragged into an auto mobile, shot strangled or knifed, while the machine reels off the miles, and dumped in some lone ly spot in the jungle of the city or Its suburbs. The police haven't time to trouble with these "ride" muraers. iney Know the gang responsible as a rule, or can find out with little difficulty, and know the very men who rode the death car, but gangdom with its influence; Its perjurors; its hand picked alibis; rid terrorization of honest witnesses; is proof against court conviction in 90 out of 100 cases. We on the west coast have not been troubled to any extent with gang tactics as yet. The time is. coming, and not far off, however, when this prob lem must be coped with. Morn tag Astorlan. DEFENDING THE KISSING The three Tom River minis ters who see the mouth of hell en gulfing their community because m a recent high school play 50 high school boys kissed 50 high school girls, need experience. Let the trio shave iff the manly whis kers, don the junior corduroys and sweaters, and slip into the drama as members of the cast They might get a thrill out of the experience, but we doubt if they would become immediate candi dates for Hell's army. "Such- a mat ter of public, and perhaps exces sive, osculation appeals to us a matter of taste rather than mor ality. Morning Astorlan. Governor Patterson, urges preservation of strips of natur al timber along Oregon's high ways. Give the highway commis sion power, he says, to negotiate agreements with owners of tim ber, and give the commission also a little money. It is a fine idea.. If you doubt it. get out in your car and drive at this season along a road bor dered by the magnificent virgin timber of Oregon. Then picture to yourself what that same road would look like with the timber gone. Do that just once and you will agree enthusiastically with the governor that the timber along our highways should be preserved. Eugene Register. DALLAS, May 18 A suit -f oiH divorce was filed here by Grace M. Grow of Independence against Elmer A. Grow of that city. She Charges cruel and inhuman treat ment and states that he had struck her many times. She also charges that he failed to provide her with a home and made her live with his mother. She asks for the cus tody of their two children Charles aged 10 and Clara age six years, and for $30 a month for their sup port. H Finds a Way to Stop Attacks of Fits Reports are received of an amazing treatment that epileptics state has proved successful in stopping their attacks. R. Lepso, Apt. 107. 895 Island Ave., Mil waukee, Wis., has been supplying sufferers with this treatment. He now wishes to reach all those who have not been helped and to do so is making the startling offer of a generous treatment free to all suf ferers. Anyone afflicted should write for this free treatment at once, giving age. adv. CALL FOR BIDS Sealed bids will be received by the County Court ot Marion Coun ty p to noon. May 20, 1929, for the construction of a fire escape on th3 court house as per plans on file in the office ot the County Clerk. This escape to be erected to conform to sections 2 to 6, Chap ter 293, Laws of 1925. The Court reserves the right to reject any or all bids. TXT m rAVtin a M-7-12-1S J Lay Seirmmon; "Let us go elsewhere into the- next . h T mv nrea.cn trier aiao , for to this snd came I forth." Mark ' Some how the "next towns" al ways seem benighted. When we enjoy what we label a Good Thing we are immediately impelled ' to share the Good Thing with Albany and McMinnville and Dallas, where we feel, sure there is a dearth of Good Things. That is true of a senior play or of a su perior golf team. Sometimes it is our experience that . the "next towns" do not appreciate our good things so highly as we do our selves, when we take them abroad. Sometimes we have to come home crestfallen, with lost laurels. Religion In particular seems to be infected with the evangelistic spirit. When one has the "true" religion he does not lock it up in his safe deposit box for fear U will be stolen or that some one may share it. No. He becomes a propagator. He seeks to Infect oth ers with his faith. He becomes a missioner. A man can be a phil osopher or a scientist and be sat isfied with publishing hjjs views or his findings and then defend ing them. Sometimes he may lec ture. He seldom evangelizes. Most of the great religions have been crusading faiths. Mohammed used the "sword; Paul the ser mon; Charlemagne drove the Sax ons across a river t o baptize them in the faith; modern Chris tian churches pour out money to redeem the world; Mormon chur ches send out their pairs to spread their belief. What if the religions of India and of China decided to "evangelize" in America? Per haps they would if they had more money. Probably too if their wealth was much greater than ours they would win many con verts in this land ot money-wor ship. , The "next towns are always inviting. The conqueror sees them as victims of his lust for power and booty. The merchant sees them as choice markets tor his wares. The apostle sees them mov ing in a darkness his zeal can il lumine. So we find it easy to be come propagandists and evangel ists, whether of creeds or electric Attorney Tells Of Hearing Shot Over Telephone AURORA, 111.. May 18. (AP) Robert A. Milroy, attorney for the Joseph DeKing family, fold a state legislative committee today that ho was talking on the tele phone with Mrs. DeKing when she was shot and killed by county dry raiders. Milroy's testimony, in which he told of hearing the shot fired by Deputy Sheriff Roy Smith, was among the few bits of evidence heard by the committee which re lated directly to the slaying. Most of the day was taken up in a dis cussion of Kane county politics. Prize Stock Is Taken In Blaze JV ear Portland PORTLAND, May 18. (AP) Two international livestock expo sition horses and a prize bull were burned to death in a fire of un determined origin tonight which destroyed the Damascus dairy farm buildings at Holbrook, Ore., near Portland. Firemen fought the blaze for three hours. The buildings, con. sidered the most modern in the northwest, became smouldering ruins because of the lack of wa ter protection. An estimate of loss was not fur nished although it is known the buildings were valued at 825,000 covered by insurance. WASHINGTON, May 17. (AP) Organized labor today threw its weight behind the forces opposing the increased sugar tariff as pro posed in the republican tariff bill. Gabriel's Puffs Published Vf Gsbrtel Supply Co. each week Powder No. 1 SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1029 Banner Year Salem This should be a It takes 1 1TTI1L ' . . oauuer jeur. nuu as-i gfpa ieei surance of good crops build the building will develop home. in every line. I Salem Thera are several 457 homes in the past not have the very best places in Salem where nine years. Also many! materials in your one may buy. lumber business b u i 1 d 1 ngsj home? In various grades but theatres, etc David T. Mason, a are sure we can please! . forest engineer ot Port- you and give you the Building permits In land, estimates that on Desi in Duuaing mater-.saiem ior ials and service. half of the May have Phone or Call Dron in or telenhnneto $100,000 us and we will be gladjis every reason to be-j ton contained a total to advise you on anyjlieve the mark will o f 872,000,000.000 ouuaing proDiem tnatuouDie mis you might have. month Is It Will No good home such ceeds without well laid win onng pians. e n be glad tottivitles In consult wun yon aDoutirusn or activity. When and 3S estimates and specitH me warm then the cations for your home Ton may have the ad-J carpenters vantage of our expert Gabriel will ence without a cent ofdolng its charge. supply business. Capitol and Union washing machines or political no- tions or gas mains. For over a century now we have been invading the "next countries" with our program of religion, and have operated on a vast scale. Levies on the home base have f deployed armies on wide fronts on many continents. The phrase "evangelization ot the world in this generation" glowed brightly a quarter-century ago, and missionary movements were at their height. The outpouring of men and money have not redeem ed the world in this generation; and meantime there is defection at the home base. As a matter of fact nowhere do the flames of Christian zeal burn more brightly than on foreign fronts, and it takes the "returned missionaries" to kindle anew the fires on home hearths. Another significant fact is that Christians serving abr-c.V are losing the narrow view of creed and custom. Denomination al differences which they find they cannot explain to the "heathen" they find they cannot justify to themselves. The result is growing fraternity abroad which is find ing a reflection at home. The faiths of other lands too are hav ing their reaction upon (those of the missioners, who find that oth er faiths have germs of "truth. that ail faiths have things In ii- mon. A day's drive banishes our pro vincialism. A visit to the "next town" shows that they too have waterworks and newspapers and talking pictures. And the mission ary attitude of the churches Is changing, finding expression in so cial uplift, in more brotherly re lationship, and less in dispensing of sacraments long held in private proprietorship. Gray Belle $1.00 SUNDAY DINNER DE LUXE sorp Chi-k"ii (.iimlK) Creole RKLISHES Olivt's Hurr Gherkins COCKTAILS 1'rUit or Shrimp CHOICE OK SALAD Fresh Crab Louis or Ranana Royal. CHOICE OF ENTREE Fried H Spring Chicken Small Top Sirloin Steak Baked Spring Ciicken Roast Leg of Veal, Jelly VEGETABLES Buttered Fresh" Asparagus Tan Browned Potatoes CHOICE OI" DESERT Wild Blackberry Sundae Ice Cream Sherbet Apple . Cherry - Lemon Pie Fruited Jello BEVERAGES Upton's Tea . Coffe Milk Gray Belle Now nnder management of John Blakely Weekly Edited by - A IiBmberjkck Telephone 2248 or 72S Vol. 1 Growing Cost Small 5 to 6 thou- The cost f lumber . , ' . 1 - oi ium oer to lor me average nome average, will not exceed $400 has built 2.- or $500. A small item of the whole . . . Why tne first January I 1927 the month ofi three Pacific coast run nearly states of Oregon. Cal- and there' If nr. ml a and w.ihlnr. oeiore tne ieei or standing timber. past. not be long Ore iron Hrhnol tim- untll summer sesaon. her lanrla nre heinir ouuaing aw grouped together in all their stead of in sections 1C as nnder the days comej hammers of present arrangement. One of the big timber stands for the schools will be south of the Umpqua river near Scottsburg. will fjy and be found bit ot the! Telephones 224S or 72S