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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning. May 23, 1929
"No Favor Sways U; No Fear Shall Awe."
From First Statesman, March 28, 1851
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Practical or Political?
IN another column on this page we reprint an editorial from
the Albany Democrat-Herald on the subject of the San
tiam highway. Albany and Linn county have very loyally
supported the construction of this road up the south Santiam
and have expended money liberally to bring the road right
to the forest reserve, hoping to receive federal aid for con
struction from that point to the summit of the Cascades and
the connection with the road to Bend. The chief of the fed
eral roads bureau. Thomas MacDonald, has been critical of
this project and a few days ago announced that no funds
were available for the work. The editorial referred to, how
ever, seems to treat the road not as a practical project so
much as a political one. Here are some significant para
graphs :
"The deadlock is unusual in that it presents the specta
cle of a federal bureau head defying a United States senator,
who is chairman of the senate committee that shapes the
legislation under which he must operate his department, and
a congressman who, as chairman of the powerful ways and
means committee, controls the appropriations to which he
must look for its administration."
"It is an unusual situation, because bureau heads at
Washington, D. C, are not accustomed to defy members of
congress, who have power of life and death over their pet
schemes, unless those members of congress desire to be
defied."
In other words the "many avowals of loyalty" on the
part of Senator McNary and Representative Hawley are to
be used to the point of a political club ; and it is a fair infer
ence from the tone of the editorial that these men might ex
pect political reprisals from Albany in case they do not
stand up and deliver.
This utterance on the part of the Democrat-Herald
greatly weakens its case. The highway up the Santiam
ought to stand on its merits as a practical project and not as
a political one. The bane of road-building has been political
interference. In Oregon with all the political pressure that
comes from various communities, the state has rigorously
relied on a non-political body to carry out its road program ;
which certainly would resent pressure from powerfully
placed legislators in behalf of special projects.
The Statesman feels that the building of the bouth'
Santiam road is a practical and worthy project, and hopes
that it may be built. How soon it should be built and wheth
er it should precede or follow the North Santiam project
ought well to be left to the forest service or the federal road
bureau which will be called on to spend the bulk of the mon
ey. At least we do not feel that the commitments of Senator
McNary and Representative Hawley would go so far as to
bind themselves to see that the road is built in defiance of
the judgment of the bureau head.
Prohibition in Mexico .
AT a time when some newspapers and publicists are urg
ing retreat from the high ground of national prohibi
tion, Mexico under the administration of President Porte3
Gil is launching an effort to make Mexico dry through pro
gressive steps in prohibition and in education of the public.
Latin countries have long been known as bitterly opposed
to restrictions on the liquor traffic. It has been part and
parcel of their economic system and liquor consumption has
been almost an essential part of their diet. Alcohol has held
sway in Mexico and still does, as the trek of thirsty Ameri
cans to the border towns amply testifies.
Here are some of the prohibitions and restrictions
which go into immediate effect in Mexico : limit the number
of saloons and prohibit sale of liquor outside of designated
places; prohibit the manufacture of spiritous liquors- with
high alcoholic content; restrict importation of hard liquors;
prohibit sale of liquors to women and minors, etc.
The plan of education includes obligatory instruction in
schools, applying abstinence pledge, national exhibit3, dry
propaganda "slides in movie" houses, temperance lectures in
the army, in factories and labor union headquarters.
. We wonder if the "Christeros" will start a revolution
over this reform.
i Some of the effort at instruction in the evils of intem
perance would be valuable in this country. We might not
take to "dry slides" in picture houses, but we would be hap
py to have a host of the banal wisecracks in vaudeville on
prohibition chalked off. If Mexico is willing to undertake a
program looking to driving out of liquor, it would seem a
poor time for the United States to lapse back to the sins of
the old saloon days.
The Cry of Remorse
"T never meant to kill him. t only meant to scare him."
A Such is the inevitable cry of remorse which the young
Portland slayer of a high school youth now makes. In the
face of evidence of deliberate intent, he makes the assertion ;
because now he is face to face with the great tragedy he is
responsible for. Bold to kill, he is too weak to assume the
full responsibility.
Searching for the psychic spring which prompted his
foul act, is of course baffling. But undoubtedly the power
of suggestion had much to do with it. Moving pictures,
newspaper accounts, lurid fiction all depict the free and easy
gunning of these days. It is not at all difficult for one har
boring a grudge to follow the. suggestion pressed upon him
from so many sides, of shooting and killing. The lad was
morally responsible; but the abnormal act undoubtedly had
its inspiration in the atmosphere of semi-terrorism in which
we now live.
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Here and
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Terse ' comments on Events,
local and Abroad, of the Past
Week.
OVER there, la tna aistani,
tar-away land called "Some
thins Better" there Is the
ever-present charm of Great
Things. We heard" "Mr. Smith"
talking" ot the lack of opportunity
la Salem, of the fact that compe
tition was too keen here, oi tne
"fact" that no one was making
money. Bttt Over There, east of
the mountains. In Taat lown,
I things were booming. "All a fel
low needed was to hue over
there, take his few dollars and
"sink them into tne ground." ana
presto, fortune was at band.
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Probably by today this vaga
bond of ill-fortune is on his way.
to that Great Land. Thus always
with those who day aream dui
do not seise the opportunity ot
the present day.
The land over the mountains,
the city of Great Things is here,
now, today. Those who seize up
on this fact accomplish good
tasks; those who bide the hours
away are forever lost in chasm of
tomorrow and its vague possibili
ties. WHEN a boy kills, shall the
state extract its pound of
flesh? You may answer af
firmatively but stand with "Dad
dy" Lamb next to the trap at the
BITS for BREAKFAST
By R. J. HENDRICKS
About beautiful trees
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There is a historc walnut tree
on the Yamhill county Bide at the
Wheatland ferry. It was an east
ern black walnut tree. It is over
SO years old and was planted by
Daniel Matheney. The present
owner, Clyde LaFollette, a few.
years ago grarted it over to the
Franquette variety of English
walnut, and the tree stands in
symmetrical magnif icance about
100 feet high to the tlp3 ot its
topmost limbs.
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It Is a historic tree, because It
stands on the original donation
land claim of Daniel Matheney,
who was one of the leaders of
the 1843 covered wagon train, the
"Applegate train," the first to
come clear through with wagons,
and much the largest up to that
time. The arrival of thl3 train
practically settled the boundary
question; confirmed the Oregon
country as American territory and
led to the hoisting of the stars
and stripes over it. Daniel Ma
theney had served In the war of
1812, receiving his discharge at
the victory of New Orleans. He
served in the Black Hawk war as
a first lieutenant and in the Mor
mon war as a captain. He died
at Wheatland ih 1872.
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Some time ago. the old resi
dence of Clyde LaFollette at
Wheatland burned to the ground.
The bark on the historic walnut
tree under discussion was all
burned off of one side or burned
so badly that It has stripped off,
for about 20 feet up. Some of
the top limbs were badly scorched.
But the tree is showing vigor and
nature is doing Us best to repair
the injury. Right up to the bare
wood on the burned side, the sap
is running, and the leaves are
coming out nicely on the scorched
high branches.
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Harlan Calls for Help
KENNETH HARLAN now wants the federal trade com
mission to investigate the Oregonian. He would prob
ably be quite willing to do the investigating himself for a
modest $48,000. Not content with damning the public serv
ice commission, he must swing his inkpot against the one
paper in the state which, from the standpoint of revenues'
and resources, ought to be independent from outside control.
It wasn't so long ago that The Oregonian was charged with
being linked with the power company in promoting the cam
paign of Fred Steiwer. That called for a federal investiga
tion in which Pullman smoking car conversation became the
sole evidence.
The work such as Harlan has been doimr nlavs right into
the hands of the power companies, because it is so easily I
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He naturally would like to see
the ugly burned body of the old
tree, facing the new home, healed
over besides the historic tree is
very valuable as a property asset.
It is worth a lot of money.
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So a friend of Mr. LaFollette
(name in consideration of modes
ty withheld) has written to Hon.
Martin L. Davey of Kent, Ohio,
who was a men er of congress
for several terms, who is the great
"tree doctor" ot the United States,
as was his father before him, ask
ing what if anything may be done
to assist nature in covering over
the bare burned half of the lower
body of the historic walnut tree.
Report will be made later in this
column concerning the answer to
the inquiry.
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The Daniel Matheney -donation
claim is opposite the site of "the
old mission" of Jason Lee and his
companions; the first of its kind
west of the Rocky mountains. The
site is in view of the LaFollette
residence, across the river.
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That is a historic section. The
donation claim of George Gay was
next to that of Matheney. Gay's
life would make a book. He ar
rived opposite the old mission
with a companion In 1835, the
next year after it was started,
more dead than alive, having been
attacked by Indians in southern
Oregon. They attempted to swim
the river to the mission side of it,
and were washed down by the
current and would have perished
but for the mission people going
to their rescue in a canoe. Gay
built the first brick house in Ore
gon on his donation claim; still
standing. He became a noted
early Oregon character. He was
at ope time the richest individual
in the country. He entertained
United States government repre
sentatives here to report on the
Oregon country. His latch string
Let's, all of us, keep down the
idea of calling Minto pass Hogg
pass. Over the historic Minto
pass, before many years, there
will be a paved highway that will
be the only one kept open the
whole year through; the main
branch of It running to Salem,
and another to Albany. This will
become the chief artery of travel
between the central Willamette
valley and the inland empire. The
pass was discovered and pro
claimed and established in the
public prints by John Minto, pio
neer of 1844, and it should for
ever bear his name. Besides,
Minto is a better sounding name
than Hogg; and Mr. Hogg merely
projected a railroad over the pass,
which was not built.
Editors Say:
AN UNUSUAL DEADLOCK
In view of the apparent impasse
at the national capital between
Thomas MacDonald, chief of the
bureau of public roads, and Sena
tor McNary and Congressman
Hawley over the completion of the
Santiam highway, there's a lot of
surmising going on among the
champions of the project.
The deadlock is unusual in that
it presents the spectacle of a fed
eral bureau head defying a Unit
ed States senator, who is the
chairman of the senate committee
that shapes the legislation under
which be must operate his depart
ment, and a congressman who, as
chairman of the powerful ways
and means committee, controls the
appropriations to which he must
took for its administration.
Mr. MacDonald says that the bu
reau pf public roads cannot co
operate now in building the San
tiam highway east from the Cas-
cadia ranger station. Senator Mc
Nary says that he is sorry that
Mr. MacDonald takes that view
and asks for further directions.
Congressman Hawley refers to his
interest in the project and, like
his colleague, asks for further in
structions. It is an unusual situation, be
cause bureau heads at Washing
ton, D. C, are not accustomed to
defy members of congress, who
have power of life and death ov
er their pet schemes, unless those
members of congress desire to be
detled.
There are situations in which
such a dumb show might be put
over. We have been slow to think
that this is one of them. But,
as we said at the start, there's a
lot of surmising being done.
We have said from the begin
ning that the Santiam highway
would be completed if Senator
McNary and Congressman Hawley
desire that it be built. Wre have
Tlot-hanged this opinion. Sena
tor McNary and Mr. Hawley can
get this highway if they wish it
strongly enough to bear down on
the bureau ot public roads. If
they did not desire It that earnest
ly, they should not have encourag
ed the sponsors ot the Santiam
road in thinking that they favor
it. If neither Senator McNary
nor Congressman Hawley has the
power to overcome the personal
opinions of a bureau head over
whom each has direct control,
then all this talk about our re
presentatives' puissance at the na
tional capitol .doesn't amount to
very much.
We still think that Senator Mc
Nary and Congressman Hawley
favor the completion of the high
way, but have not urged upon Mr.
MacDonald forcefully enough the
reason why it should be built. We
are loth to think otherwise at
this time in the face of many
avowals of loyalty. But we are
beginning, too, to wonder about
a situation wherein a federal bu
reau head continues to oppose the
wishes of the chairmen of the
committees upon which ha is de
pendent for the fruition of all
his plans. Albany Democrat -Herald.
Now, Mr. LaFollette Is getting i was always out. Descendants ot
ready to build a better house, of
stucco or similar construction, on
the spot where the old home stood.
Gay are living In that neighbor-j
hood yet. More about that sec-i
tion later. Much more.
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gtate execution chambers and -contemplate
yourself sending a 18
year old lad t a sad fate to re
compense for a terrible crime and
your mind will shrink from such a
contemplated duty. If the boy
should die, it should only be be
cause society cannot change his
attitude, because once a killer he
will always be dangerous. Six
teen Is too young not to permit of
reform and punishment such as it
needs to be, may yet make some
thing of this warped Individual.
His act or passion is in no wise
condoned; but deafli for punish
ment will rectify no wrong and
may not prevent another crime of
such magnitude.
ALL over the land schools are
pouring forth their "gradu
ates" ready to "take up the
tasks of life." How easy for the
graduate to see himself meeting
and solving the problems of mak
ing a living, getting ahead, win
ning honor for himself. How
much harder the real struggle. It
would be easy to criticize schools
as inculators of bad ideas, telling
students that success can be won.
that everyone must get ahead,
that the world is bat a big wal
nut waiting to be cracked. How
keen the disillusionment process!
Tet we would not moan about the
condition; these blythe young
sters, ambitious-fearless grad
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and in a decade they have made
giant strides along the road. It
Is he product of the schools, how
ever Immature and unsophUtated,
that is soon to guide the country
and to do it better than any pre
ceding generation.
TyTOW that we have become a
l nation of golf bugs It is fit
ting to note that Horton
Smith of Jyplin. Mo., a youngster
just coming to his majority, drove
a peg into history in France when
he took the tournament for pro
fessionals with two scores ot 66,
one of 70 and one of 71. The uni
tiated should know that par on
the course is 71, supposedly a per
fect score.
Smith has perfect "form." He
swings with the ease and finesse
which makes a ball sail down the
fairway for 300 yards as nicely as
if sent from a catapault. He ap
proaches with deadly accuracy;
he putts with uncanny perfection.
Shades of Hagen and Jones will
fade away, with a decade of super-Smith
playing.
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