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The OREGON STATESMAN, Sala, Oregon, Friday Morning, Jniy 19, 1929
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From Firft Statesman, March 28, 1S51
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO.
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Cigarettes and Fire Losses ,
EF. ATCHLEY'S extensive figures on fire losses occa-
sioned by the use of cigarettes can now be augmented
by the justifiable belief that Seattle's $1,000,000 dock fire
was probably caused by the carelessness of a smoker. Mr.
Atehley's figures recently published in this paper are valu
able if for nothing more than to call public attention to vast
economic waste created by careless handling of smoking ma
terials. -
The conclusion reached by Mr. Atchley, active in secur
ing, signatures for the anti-cigarette initiative measure, is
the one which meets with disapproval. Granting that in many
ways cigarettes are harmful. It is quite apparent that a state
or federal law .prohibiting their manufacture or sale would
be heaping impossible duties upon law enforcement officers.
The government is now fully busied with the enforcement of
laws prohibiting the manufacture or distribution of liqiior.
This "noble experiment" was adopted after years of exjer
ience had convinced the majority of American citizens that
the liquor traffic was not only an individual but a national
menace ; that the use of liquor destroyed individual econcjmic
efficiency and that the property and lives of other people
were menaced by men who habitually used strong drink.
Cigarettes and their users have in no means attained
such an" unsocial position. Granting that the use of cigar
ettes: is harmful so also are scores of practices in which the
American public indulges; over-eating, under-exercising, im
proper sleep habits; habits which the individual would be
better of fi to discontinue. To invoke law to correct these ills,
however, is to lead to laws without end until none are enforc
ed I through disrespect or utter impossibility of obtaining
sufficient law enforcement offficers.
j There is a fine distinction necessary in the making of
laws regarding social practices. Liquor has been deemed not
a menace !fb the individual but to the community in which
the individual resides. The drunken driver "may take lives ;
the, drunken husband cannot provide for his family; the
booze-crazed youth is a potential criminal. To place the cig
arette user in this class of social renegades is not his due
even if cigarettes are a harbinger Of fires and of short
breath. The same treatment regarding cigarettes as is fol
lowed regarding camp fires might be followed ; the public is
duly cautioned through a free press and other means of edu
cation, pf their inherent danger. But prohibition of either
cigarettes or camp fires is not seriously considered by most
people. Rather their use is to be wisely controlled.
i Reasoning to Sound Conclusions
" A MERICA has piled up wealth equal to $400,000,000,000
XX and an annual income. of $89,000,000,000 Yet in the
time this wealth has been accumulating, public charities have
increased their expenditures 132 per cent. The nation's vast
inconie of $89,000,000,000 if equally distributed would give
each man, woman and child $745 a year. Instead we 'find that
43 of the total income goes to capital, 10 to salaries and
38 to wages," Mrs. Daisy Worcester, University of Cali
fornia instructor in economics, told some national conference
this in denouncing prosperity as a "myth" and claiming that
24 of the people own all the wealth of the country.
Silly socialistic drivel. If the national income were di
vided up equally for one year the next year there would be
nothing to divide. The fact that charity expenditures increase
shows not increasing poverty but increasing1 liberality and
the means to make liberality real. If the figures stated, 43
going to capital are true, though they seem too high compared
with customary business experience, this does not mean this
percentage goes to a few capitalists. On the contrary the
biggest businesses are owned by the masses. No i one owns
one per cent of the capital stock of the American Telephone
& Telegraph Company, one of our biggest industries. The
share credited to capital is cut up in a myriadrfrieces and dis
tributed to millions of investors, small as well as large.
It is false inference even from correct figures which
cause twisted political and economic thinking.
IM. Kmc tttt Syatfint Ik. Cm ftr..r ngo ruirnl Q rALL
Ing spaces, there would be room
for 50 or more additional cars each
time, this lady says.
Thoughtlessness Is the mother
of most of the selfishness of. the
world. Will all the people swho
kwow better please be thougjttful
in parknig their cars for the con
certs. W S
The same lady says there are
also many disgusting scenes In
WUlson park at each band concert.
Love making Is commendable, in
the right surroundings. But its un
blushing, unbridled, offensive and
suggestive public display Is not
American, or even civilized. It be
longs only to the lower animals,
and the uncivilized peoples.
as alienists to examine Snook.
They will confer with state and
defense alienists tomorrow.
As a result a sanity hearia?
probably will start , next Monday
instead of the scheduled first de
gree murdertrlal.
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Bear Writer's Name,
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visitors that they will not find
rhus rudicans or rhus diversiloba
in the Central Oregon forests. For
if they did, it is almost certain
that some of them might be
tempted to, pick the pretty leaves,
as we have known new arrivals in
certain of the western Oregon
communities to do. And afterward
they would be nearly as -certain
to suffer from itching and redness
and swelling of the affected pa.ts,
perhaps to peer forth disillusion
edly between lids puffed to an
outrageous size.
They would scratch themselves
to sleep at night, they would be
ever aware of their affliction by
A onI. Hiw mi 1 " rl Yt i a "
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be rid of. And some unfortunate-
souls might find that they so
much as approached the shrub
they would come under Its evil
influence.
Those who wander in this part
of 'the state will not see it, but
those who travel in infested local
ities should know the poison oak
and then take care that the ac
quaintance dees not become too
Intimate. Bend Bulletin.
BITS for BREAKFAST
-By R. J. HENDRICKS
Alas for the Spitz!
IT'S NOTHING les3 than a doggone shame when any well
behaved dog is deprived, of his bark. Down in Portland
is a I little Spitz whose joyous outbursts have provoked the
neighbors. Now his owner, to appease their wrath, has hied
her pet off to the dog and cat hospital and we are promised
by news dispatches that 'soon the canine yelp will be but a
matter of memory. I
Of course dog barks in the night make for harsh
thoughts as we try in vain to sleep." Of course the yipping
yelp; of a pup as he makes a great racket as your car rolls
down the street is not pleasing. Many a cat, too, will join
the neighbors 4n their pleasure that Spitz' outcries are no
more.
?But what is a dog without a bark? A rooster without
a crow, a hen without a cackle, a parrot without a word,
a dog without a bark? All are total misfits. Equally is this
true: of a Spitz dog; of all the forms of canine existence, this
one is .needful of his barking powers. For size and massive
ness! he has none ; his vocal outpourings alone make sure his
place in the world. Alas and alack for progress in modern
doe treatment if neighbors pleas and a sharp knife are for
ever; to deprive our canines of their outstanding asset, the
right to bark. - 1
Kaiser Lost the War
rtlrtERE may be considerable dispute about who started
X the war. There is no question' about the fact that the
Kaiser lqst it. Here is another proof-' Delegates assembled
in Berlin this month to prepare for a great peasants congress
against war which will be held next January. Imagine such
a congress in the good old days of the Kaiser and the junkers.
The peasants would have had no such ideas in their heads.
Instead their heads would have been full of "love of Father
land "Deutschland uber tiles," and "long live der Kaiser'
So times have changed when peasants may talk pacifism
in Berlin, and when they can assemble peasants of similar
mind from other countries. Russia will not be represented
because these peasants ire not communists. We wonder if
any Italians will get passports to the convention.-
The peasants are getting! tired of paying the price of
the mistakes of diplomats. V
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Chapman's weekly, four-page paper concerned with news for
the small and large buyer of bonds and .stocks Is a new publication
for the northwest. Th first number la creditable -and knowing C.
C.s ability to discnas drab figures la entertaining style, succeeding
Issues will be likewise. In these days of intense public interest In
the n vestment market the publication should succeed.
Silver Creek Falls
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There are 10 of them in all; not
10 falls in one place, but 10 falls
in 10 separate places. Nature in its
strange handiwork prepared 10
places within a 'small territory
where the water of Silver creek
and its tributaries plunges over
sheer basaltic rock formations,
creating sights that are the wonder
of beauty loving visitors who go
there in increasing numbers year
aftfer year, and will keep on going
as long as the race of men con
tinues to admire strange and en
trancing spectacles.
The most picturesque and really
the most beautiful of the group go
ing under the general name of Sil
ver Creek Falls is what Is known
as the North falls and the first
one reached from that direction
and therefore the m'ost accessible
and convenient qf them all.
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The North falls are within a few
feet of what is known as the Twin
bridge, as the tourist goes by way
of Silverton. The climb down into
and under the North falls, can be
made with less exertion than is the
case with any of the other large
falls, and for those who enjoy, real
scenery and who does not? the
rewards are greater.
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The North Falls have a sheer
drop of 146 feet of. the whole vol
ume of water that flows in Silver
creek, breaking through and over
massive rocks and then dashing
onto a point of jagged basaltic
formations below. With thousands
of rainbows showing from a point
underneath the falls, the scene is
surely spectacular. It Is worth the
short and comfortable auto ride
tJ one wno first comes to that
point of magic; indeed, li is worth
repeated trips, and one who goes
will go again and again, if con
venient, br if chance opportunity
shall offer.
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An item of special interest for
those who Intend to visit this
group for a day, or for a few
hours, is the fact that they can be
reached entirely over smooth
paved and fine macadam roads.
kThe route from Salem Is to Silver-
ton, 15 miles, "over the paved coun
ty market road, and then from Sil
verton 15 miles further over mja
cadam roads. There are goid
camping facilities at the Twin
bridge, within a few feet of the
North falls, and for those wh'o
have a little more time there lis
also the Upper North falls, about a
half mile from the Twin bridge
and these falls have a drop of 65
feet of the same stream. They pre
sent one of the beauty spots of the
whole group of 10 falls.
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And there are no charges for
visiting and enjoying either the
North or the Upper North falls. No
fences or obstructions surround
either of these beauty spots
Through the generosity "of the
owners of the land, both are open
to the public, and there Is no
charge for campers.
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On the Fourth of July tourists
visited the North falls from Cali
fornia. Idaho, Utah, Montana
Washington, and other outside
states, as well as hundreds from
many points in Oregon, including
Portland and the qther valley cit
ies. The story of the wonderful
beauty of the two falls near the
Twin bridge Is already known
throughout the coast, and it is
spreading and will spread with the
Increasing stream of visitors. That
unique district is a great asset to
Marion county and the whole
state and coast.
Salem, July 17.
Editor Statesman: j .
In regard to wormy cherries.
People do not know that the robin
or "robber" is to blame for the
worms. Those who protect their
trees from, these birds have' no
worms in thetr rrult. There
r.hould be a bounty on the robin;
it never eats any worm only the
fish worm. If you will examine
the bill of the robin with a magni
fying glass you will learn why dis
eases are spread through fruit
One robin will destroy more than
four gray digger squirrels. People
are beginning to learn how dan
gerous the robin Is and are using
them for fertilizer when they are
caught in his trees. If you will
keep the robin out of your cherry
trees you will have no
cherries. A robin's bill is as dan
gerouB as a rattle snake if you
eat the fruit it has pecked In.
Cats will not eat a robin. If they
do they become sick and in most
cases die.
W. G. BAKER.
Two Movie Men
Killed in Plane
METROPOLITAN AIRPORT,
Los Angeles. July 18 (AP)
Alvin KnWhtflJ cameraman and
Wyndam Hauber "stunt man" of
a motion picture outfit, were
killed today at Reseda, two miles
west ,of this port, when their
plane went into a spin and fell to
the ground.
ALBANY. Ore., July 18: (AP
Dr. A. W, Lewis, pastor of th
church, was
'elected moderator of the thfrtv.
ninth annual session of the synod
of Oregon which opened an ekht
day convention here today. Rev.
F5. Thomas of Halfway is the re
tiring p; evident.
Other officer? elected at today's
session tie: Stated clerk. Rev.
D. A. Thompson, Portland; per
manent c:9!k. Rev. W. H. Lee. Al-
twny; temporary clerk. Rev. J. Y.
Stewart. Albany; and treasurer.
Rev. W. U. Larpe, Eujene.
Ninety miui-ters and elders
are attending the session.
Snook's Attorneys
Aver He's Insane
COLUMBUS, Ohio. July 18.
(AP) Attorneys for Dri James
wormy H- Snook, 'confessed slayer! of The-
ora. iv. nu, zs, nis co-ea para
mour, demanded a sanity hearing
at a conference with Common
Pleas Judge Henry Scarlett today
and immediately named the super
intendents of three state hospitals
The printer and proof reader
aUowed the birth of the mission
rose to be made in 1887 in this
column of Wednesday's paper.
However, the rest of , the article
showed that the mother bud was
brought by Mrs. Alanson Beers,
who was one of the five first white
women to come to the Willamette
valley, and that the party arrived
in the summer of 1837. Those who
have even a smattering of early
Oregon history know that many
thousands of women were in Ore
gon in 1887; even many thousands
who were born in this state.
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A war between China and Rus
sia could have but one final result
in the main defeat for Russia.
But many events might flow from
it, contributing to the good or the
harm of humanity in general. The
Bits man will hope for speedy vic
tory for the forces "of China, if the
threatened major clash shall come.
But in that case every one con
cerned about the progress of the
race will wieh that China were
better prepared to realize upon the
fruits of success, for the welfare
of the world in general. A militar
istic leadership -of the vast hords
of China might mean much for the
future of the world, in continued
wars and rumors of wars, or in
peaceful solutions that will arise in
the Pacific area, where the settle
ment of issues affecting the destin
ies of humanity will from this time
on be fraught pregnant with the
wildest concern. The oldest civil
izations and the youngest meet in
this area, and here are to be set
tled either by force of 'arms or
around the tables of councilcham
bers the most important questions
that affect the progress of the
people of all lands. As Roosevelt
said, this is the era of the Pacific.
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A good lady asks the Bits man
to call attention to the selfishness
of many people parking their cars
on Court and State streets on the
evenings, of band concerts. If all
would use the smallest safe park-
Editors Say:
Read the Classified Ads.
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In Its weekly letter, issued In
the interest of the physical well
being of the state of Oregon, the
state board of health warns va
cationists, campers, and hikers
through the 6regon woods of the
danger that lurks In the poison
oak.
The warning is of no signifi
cance to those who frequent the
Central Oregon forests, and for
this our visitors may give thanks.
For the poison oak is a tempting
plant with its glossy, varicolored
leaves, and those who know not
its true character ae not to be
ridiculed for believing that it i3
an oak. Of course it is not; It is
an outlaw of the plant world,
masquerading in the guise of an
other growth, the true oak, which
we Aave learned to trust' and to
have faith and confidnece in.
Those who do not know this, to
repeat, are not to be ridiculed;
rather, they merit our sympathy.
We are happy for our summer
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