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1 ! 1. A .r 9- v f i PAGE FOUR The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, Jcly 28, 1923 "No Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Awe." r rom Jfim Statesman, March 28, 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Charles A- Spbagce, Sheldon F. Sacktt, Publisher Charles 4- Spracve; . - Editor-Manager Sheldon F. SacketT - - Managing Editor , j 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 Postoffice at Salem, Oregon, a Second-Claaa Matter. Published every morning except Monday. Busineaa office 15 S. Commercial Street. " j Pacific Coast Advertising Representatives : , Arthur WL Stypes, Inc Portland, Security Bldg. San Francisco, Sharon Bldg.; Los Angeles, W. Pac Bldg. Eastern Advertising Representatives: Ford-Parsons-Stecher, Inc., New York, 27,1 Madison Ave.; Chicago, 360 N. Michigan Ave. Spending $25,000 Sec Too Many Cooks? A "MASS MEETING" has been called by Secretary W. G, -itX Ide of the state chamber of commerce ito get ideas on how to spend the state s $2o,000 appropriated for state ad , vertising. That looks like a lot of money, and it is. But as an advertising budget it gets in millimeter measure. Com pare jit for instance with the advertising budget of American Tobacco company of over $12,000,000. Who shall say that Oregon has less of virtue in advertising appeal than a cigar ette? Yet Air, Ide and others are asked to spend $25,000 withi the hope of getting similar results. What would the job really take ? Well, Calif orniins, inc spend $300000, a year. Southern California spends m?re than that, Fresno spent ?30,000 last year, and what ; that town has ,to advertise we can't imagine, i Fullerton, a sniall city j near L. A. spent $20,000 to promote its own growth). Long Beach is increasing its newspaper advertising budget to $50,000. t The west used to have a! monopoly oft community adver tising. The gayly colored covers of "booster'' pamphlets of A western cities are still well remembered. But other places f have begun to use the magic; force of advertising, from Cor I pus Christi, Texas, with a budget of $15,000 to Old Orchard, Maine- with one of $500. Competition alone forces Oregon l to advertise if it is to riold its place in the sun of the rain. Community advertising pays. We have seen its positive results in the growth of California. A quarter of a million dollars spent in advertising Oregon would produce results similar to. those obtained by other states. Here are some comments made by some of the organizationahich have car , . ried on community advertising. These have been compiled by the bureau . off advertising of the American Newspaper Publishers' association. i' Plttsfield, Mass., Berkshire Hills Conference: "Our newspaper advertising has brought thousands of visitors to the Berkshires as well as produced several fine real estate deals." ;l Stamford, N. Y., Chamber of Commerce: "Stanford hotels "were filled to! capacity during the" height of the season as a result of oar newspaper advertising. I We had to turn away more people last August than smaller resort towns can accommodate. Wilmington, N. C, Chamber of Commerce: "Ou advertising was used from Baltimore to Birmingham covering some; nine or ten states with no space at all used locally. We have made; a very defi nite check on results, having done this each of the three years, and ' are more than pleased with the results secured." ; St. Louis Industrial Club: "Our newspaper advertising appeared in dally and Sunday newspapers in the 24 states to the south, south east, southwest and west. This territory is the St. LquIsI Trade Zone. The copy appeared before the spring and fall buying seasons. The purpose was to bring merchants here rather than have them shop in Chicago and New York. " I . "This is the eighth year of this advertising, and proof that we hav ; had good results can best be cited by saying that the merchants hav approved it each year." West Palm Beach, Fla., Department of News and Advertising: "Ne vspaper advertising has indeed produced definite results as has beer, proven by the unusually large tourist season." i We wish for Mr. Ide great success in getting results with his quarter of a hundred thousand and his one-tenth of what the sum ought to be. If he makes this sum really pay he be , longs in the advertising field, not in tb,e secretaryship of an ! organization even so good a one as the state chamber of com ! merce. i i Lay S eiralfaOiras To Her Own l4ud "So ah turawO, utt wtmt away ftg ! hr otn laadi sh aaOj ner aervanw. U Chronicle i:is Story and art hare pictured the coming of the Queen of Sheba on her famous visit to King Solo mon'! court. DUSJcy sue was, tor her land lay nearer the equator. Rich she -was. for mines or her dominions yielded gold and pre cious stones. She came to Solomon with goodly equipage, camels and servants. She came also with a lively curiosity. Frankly, hav ing heard of the wisdom of the king of Israel she sought to prove him with hard questions. So she came, and the world has heard over and over again of her com ing. But we have seen no pictures of her going. Her return, the other side of the shield, has sever been revealed. The bare record of the chronicler: "So she turned and went away to her own land, she and her servants. ! What did she turn from, this royal woman of the south f She turned from the most brilliant court of the day. She, herself was dazzled by It. What the ministers and the, cupbearers wore dazzled her; how the servants sat down dazaled her; how pompous old Solomon made his ascent into the house of the Lord, that dazzled her. She saw so much "there was no more spirit in her." Nothing like the like Sbeba-land; nothing like it in other courts she had visited. thJ nnnrh. Whv not stay "in this showy circle where the uvenes 01 the Cupbearers an ne ioou tb iable were so finely appoint. edT Why return to the uncouth south, whert styles were crude and aversauou uuu i rely Solomon could aouseTher ionz his seven hundred wives. princesses and three hundred ton cublnes. Solomon did not restrict his affections to Israelitic taaaid Anjs. He "loved many Strang wom en, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women or tne MoaDiies. Edomites. Ammonite, Zidonians and Hittltes." The Queen of She ba would surely be an ornament to this cosmopolitan museum of feminine beauty assemoiea lor King Solomon's loves. . But her own land called. She was loyal not to the appeal of th4 senses nor yet to the appeal of those mental activities in which she found Relight. She was loyal to; her own country wn us lgj norance and inanity. Its plodding obscurity, its inglorious past and dawnless future.- Sheba's oueen kept her head in the banter and parade of the most famous court of the day, nay, she turned her. back on it to return to her own lind. : . She drops from nlstbry to be sure. No further mention is mad of this curious, dark-skinned vis itor. Remaining ehe might have gotten ampler mention In the Bitv Brilliancy of style and manner no other court before or since perhaps, until the great court of Versailles in the days of Louis XIV. Brilliancy of speech. such that despite the reports she-T had heard, "one half of the great ness of thy wisdom was not (old me j What an allure of the queen of Heal- IhronlcTe; going, she droy ped Intooblivion. Bat was it not well? Sheba was her OTirn country, the land sha lcvel.lt contpelled ter to return Is It not a yrauar grip whica holds if oik to strange cities and remoti spots? We pays tbrouph a; village, uakcrapt, stratsMne. W'rv do tfcefe people stay tqieie? We vis it a distant nioiratala valley with a cable or two clinging at the edca of cleirfiigs. Why do people live theret! Folk from larger and more brilliant cities cannot understand why oiher folk continue to reside in places small or slow or shab by. Affer all, it is the call of home, of service in one's chosen or ap pointed place. r Luke tells the story of the trans figuration, how when the disciples saw the heavenly visitants on tha top of; the mountain be besought Jeftus that they build three taber nacles! so they might abide there. He saiid "master, it is good for us to be here." Jesus knew better than to yield the quick Impulse of the impetuous Peter. They came down rom the mountain top only to meet a man beseeching healing for hia distracted son. Inspiration 09 the mountain top service in the valley. " May we not think of Sheba's queen dropping out of the light of history, leaving behind the glories of an oriental king, find ing when she "went awar to her own land" opportunities for use fulness which compensated her and left k rich heritage of accom plishment among her own peoples. The' measure of life today is its service, not its publicity. BITS for BREAKFAST By R. J. HENDRICKS Capper on Farm Relief SENATOR ARTHUR CAPPER writing in his farm publi cation, Capper's Weekly, gives his own views about the. new legislation enacted to aid thei farmer. Senator Capper represents Kansas, a leading agricultural state, in the U. S. senate. He has published a farm magazine for years, so that I from a political and from a business standpoint he is much Interested m the legislation enacted recently by congress. Senator Capper expresses himself as pleasedthat the de benture provision was omitted. He expresses much confi dence in President Hoover, relying both on his sincerity and his capacity. Further the Kansas senator says: The program outlined by the bill is co-operative- marketing of farm products, including surpluses, by large enough units to stabi lise and dominate the market with In reasonable limits. That will mean organized selling by the farmers themselves, which in the long run is to be their salvation. They will have every power of the Fed eral government behind them. Including its financial support. I This Is not a perfect bill. It Is hot as strong in some respects as we tried to make it. But It is sound. ; We can build on it. It paves the way for a national program that will make It possible tor the farmers themselves to put agriculture on an economic equality with the other big Industries of the country. The declaration of policy in the .measure Is all-Important. It declares one of the functions of the government is to "promote the effective merchandising of agricultural commodities in interstate and foreign commerce, so that the industry of agriculture will! be placed on a basis of economic equality with other industries.' The measure proposes to establish this economic equality in four ways-- ; j I,: It "By curbing speculation. S Z. By preventing inefficient and wasteful methods of dlstribu- 1.HJH-' j ; j . S. By encouraging the organisation of producers Into effective associations or corporations under their own control tor greater unity of effort in marketing; and by promoting the establishment and fi nancing of a farm-marketing system of producer-owned and producer-controlled co-operative associations and other agencies. 4. By aiding In preventing and in controlling Surpluses in any agricultural commodity, through orderly production and distribu tion, so as to maintain advantageous domestic markets and prevent snch surpluses from causing undue fluctuations of depressions in prices: for the commodity. ' f i The act promises to help agriculture; promises to be of still more help as weak places may be discovered and corrected. It Is a start In the right direction, bnt it must be borne la mind that it la also sin experiment tha depends on co-operaion to succeed. I Knocks Out 1929 iLaw TUDGE DUFFY over in Bend handed down a decision de- ! daring unconstitutional a 1929 Oregon law which would permit the county court to remit penalties and interest on delinquent taxes. The judge held that the law was not gen eral in its application over the state, and that it gave undue powers to the county courts. That ruling sounds good to us, and the state will benefit from it in the long run. It will be a lot better for the courts. Otherwise they; would be har- rassed to death from delinquents who would want their tax , tins washed "out., j; - 1. '.-! ; ,(- ! I True a private individual of ten compromises with a debt or to collect an old account, but the state is different, it can afford to have supreme patience. The trouble is not that Densities and interest -should be remitted but that tht tax ing system should be equitable enough that the property can stand tne tax assessments leviea against it. How many are left m Of those who saw the hanging of Beale and Baker In Salem May 17, 1865, by Sheriff Samuel Head rick ror the murder on January 9 th of that year of Daniel Dela ney? There are Some. Practically all the grown men then living in the vaUey counties saw it and many women and some children; they "had business in Salem, any way," that day. And the hanging was, public; it wa3 very public. It was before the law making hang ings by sheriffs private affairs, ex cepting for the necessary witness es, doctor, reporters, etc., ana it was long before all hangings in this state were by law ordered to be done at the penitentiary. W That was the most famous mur der case of Oregon up to the time, and there has not been one since that excited such universal Inter est among all classes of people In this state. Ceorge Beale kept a saloon where the Hotel Marion now stands. Baker was a butcher and hanger on. Beale had been befriended by Delaney. Beale, the master mind of the plot, knew it was a habit of Delaney to keep a good deal of money on hand, at his farm home. He had been heard to remark that it would be easy for some one to murder "old man De laney" and get his money, without ever being found. These remarks were a part of the fatal chain of circumstances which, led to the conviction, for there was no direct evidence. They were found guilty on circumstan tial evidence, after a notable trial, conducted on both sides by the best legal talent of the state. Ruf us Mallory and Richard Williams, both afterwards elected to con gress, assisted in the prosecution. David Logan, famous for his abil ity as a criminal lawyer, assisted Caton Curl, able men, in the de fense. Beale was a prominent Ma son, and, though a saloon keeper, had borne a good reputation. S ft was shown that Beale was away from home on the nigHt of the murder, and that he had staid aU night at the farm of William Taylor, an uncle of his wife, and a well known Waldo hills citizen, the night before that. "Joe," a col ored youth fit li years, was with Delaney at his farm on the night of the murder. The murderers at tempted to entice the boy away and kill him, but he took alarm and hid In a wood pile. He was the 7'nlgger In the woodpile" of the old saw. S "W Judge R. P. Boise presided at the trial. When he read the ver- dlet of the jury he requested Beale to stand up and asked him If there was any reason why he should not be sentenced. Beale said: "I don't know that there is. I don't think I have a friend In the community There has been false swearing against me here .In this court. Everybody seems to think I ought to die and I suppose I must be hnng to satisfy them. I hope every body here la as ready to die as I am. I expect soon to meet old man Delaney In the other, world and X will say to him, 'Delaney, it was not me who killed yon. I knew the ! old man well In this world and always was a friend to him. I am an Innocent man. Give me time. Judge Boise, and I can prove my Innocence I know I can." When Beale resumed his seat Judge Boise said: "The court does not see how the Jury could come to any other conclusion thaa tt did.: The accused did not attempt to show their whereabouts and the Jury was warranted In their con clusion. A man who will steal wUl 11 about it, and a man who will murder will lie about It, They al ways declare themselves bmocent, T. T. Gjt of Oregon, Beale's 1 neveif knew it to fail. There re mains -no doubt that Daniel De laney jlied at your hands. There is no hope f(jr you to escape and ft only remains for you to prepare for death. I advise you so to pre pare, and that you confess and make sftme restitution to Delaney's heirs. jThe old man's money was sweat for and hoarded up for them. Let it be your last act to re store it." m jeer, afterwards governor had been staying at borne, while attending Willamette university. He confess ed, in hlb book "Fifty Years in Oregon," that he saw the hang ing (rather blushlngly), and that his horror at the sight was broken by a woman behind where he stood, fainting. He said that Sher iff San Headrick, with whom he had boarded before, dropped to his knees In prayer for a moment aft er the trap was sprung, as if to ask forgiveness for the perform ance of his distressing official dn- ty. A Salem resident, now lmng, who was present, says Sheriff Headriek offered to resign his of fice, so that It might be given to some man who would not hesitate to perform and hangman's duties. I A few days before their execu tion. Beale and Baker made a full confession of the murder, and It was printed and copies of It sold on the; morning of the execution. for the benefit of the widows. though the wires of the condemn ed men were not yet widowed, by Frederick G. Schwatka and others. Schwafka afterwards became a fa mous Alaska explorer and author and lived in Salem after he had gained! fame. m Mr. Geer said in his book: "That; people would not flock to see such a gruesome- sight today. It the j opportunity offered, is an evidence that some progress has been made along certain lines or would !they?7 That was a trusting statement. They wVild. At least some would. The Bits man knos. He has in some 60 years of news paper reporting bad several hund red chances and invitations to see hangings. He saw one; that of Joe Drake, negro, on the Marion coun ty court house grVinds in 1885. But there is no execution at the penitentiary now when newspaper Offices are not besieged for tickets of admission and by people at which the average reader woijild be surprised. There are Salem newspaper reporters who" have seen a considerable number of exe cutions and nSt one of them lik ed or likes it. Be that recorded! to their credit. m The Bits man knows the exact spot where Beale and Baker hang ed. It was not a public square, most historians have written, was on an open prairiaj now the down town district. The Bits man also knows the house where the murder was cVnmitted; it is not where most writers have located it: V V It Is probably as well that few people know these spots, and many others within the range of know! edge of newspaper writers, who have worked here for a long time. Editors Say: I It Is right remarkable that the discovery that New York has vil lage tastes sncfula be hailed as anything new. It, seems to us it was O. Henry back in the 4ay-. of the bustle and the pompadour who proclaimed it "the ; biggest hick town on earth." Despite its millions it always has had and always will have village cravings and instincts. It is even paro chial in its habits. jThere are hundreds of little communities within the community of the me tropolis which are as isolated and circumscribed as hamljets lifteen miles from a railway cuitoff . ! All the big towns are villages, but with village cruelties glori fied and village humanities large ly submerged. It win take more than the adoption of the suppos edly rural style in -reporting to make it possible for the haber dasher from the Bronx to walk into the House of Morgan and ask where "Jack is at," and while Mrs. Astorbilt may have private charities that would float a small town Community Chest, it Is doubtful If she will have the vil. lage dressmaker stop in for tea next week. We'll grant that New York is a village In many respects but we will refuse to believe the "atmosphere'.' is complete .till the editors perfect the style of work ing a little I restraint and charity into the stories which blaxon the private misfortunes of the neigh bors across the scandal sheets Eugene Guard. " canifesblion of the buljul in Sente has biiilde3ourkslMMi wilhil'sfMHesseuip ment Hfegaon&Son ."When the Summons Comes UL OL NOO YAWK! One of the latest fancies I of New York is the discovery that it is still a village. Following the remarkable success of 0.9 Mclntyre's colyum reporting Goth am doings In what purports to be small town Journalistic style has come a new journalistic sensa tion, Walter Wtnchell, who has swept the giddy town from its feet by recording the deeds and misdeeds in small town Item; style thus: "The Adele Astair-Wm. Gaunt romance has curdled. Dolly Ber nard, once Tommy Gulnajn's 'heart' is gravely 111 at ML Sinai hoep. The local cops' new hats are bought at Wannamaker's, the police commissioner's former al ma mater." The tabloids have fonad Mr. Winchell's brevity godsend, and better still Broad way is "eating it up. SERVICE MEASURED NOT BY GOLD BUT BY THE GOLDEN RULE" TriATfitTvl of the Creed we 111C l UlTU Ascribed to, Paragraph ?GoidenRuie " funeral directors, reads as follows: "We believe in the sanctity of our calling, and we appre ciate the! confidence imposed in us by those who call upon us in an hour of need. We try to be worthy of that confidence and that trust. '! Here is a statement so concise that further explanation is 'needless. (iOUGH-HUSTOK CO. FUNERAL HOME 205 SOUTH CHURCH ST. Jhoncl20 v T- I I Yi Olden paerie Casts Her Spells with Magic Wand ! and lo,a Fairyland! The Modern Fairy Transforms raw land into beautiful parks like Bel- Crest Memorial; Park, the only modern memorial cemetery pi uregon. Community improvement demands that cemeteries keep pace Iwithi modern ideas. Beauty is required everywhere. ; The gniss-grown plots, the unsightly; headstonejj are giving way to lovely parks with pro visions lor irerpetuai pare. j Belcrest Memorial Park Satisfies the requirements for beauty and property is low be made. Before making further information. l - community improvement Yet this inprfce. E7 down pimento m a choice elsewhere, call 220$ for J ' A - t I '1- J 1 H , ' - . - " ; -f A'---, ; ' t I H -r f-