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It- "No Favor Szcays Us; No Tear ShaU Awe." From First Statesman, March 28, 1821 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Charles A. Sra&CE, Sheldon F. Sackett. Publisher j Charles A. Spracue ' - - Editor-Manager Sheldon P. Sackctt" - - Managing Editor Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for pablication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper. , - m-p-j-ux- n . Entered at the Postoffice at Salem, Oregon, a Second-Class Matter. Published every morning except Monday. Bnsine&s office 215 S. Commercial Street. Pacific Coast Advertising Representatives: Arthur W. Stypes, Inc, Portland, Security Bid. San Francisco, Sharon Bldg-rLos Angeles, W. Pac Blag. Eastern Advertising Representatives: Ford-Parsons-Stechcr, In., New York, 271 Madison Ave.; Chicago, 360 N. Michigan Ave. Cruel and Unusual 4 CASE rending over at Bend has exposed the faults of the nractice of the legislature in rushing through laws without reading them over to find out what they are all about. The 1929 revision of the anti-liquor law says that i minimum nenaltv for first conviction shall be a fine of "not less than $500" ; while the minimum penalty for second conviction is 5100 fine and 30 days in jaiU The way the law was intended to-read was for the lirst conviction a line oi . "not more than $500." Here is the story of how the manifest error happened rBack in 1915 when the prohibition act was framed, the pro vision was made for a fine on first conviction of "not more than $500." The measure was engrossed and signed that wav. When it was Drinted. however, through a typographical error, the word "less" was substituted for "more," which of course was of no effect because the engrossed copy in the secretary of state's office is the authoritative text of a law Correction slips were printed and sent out to all who had ord ered the session laws. But when the Olson code was Com piled in 1920 the incorrect text of the section was printed. Whelk the 1929 revision was made, the section as it ap peared in the Olson code was used for the making of some other amendments, so that the word 'less" is actually in the engrossed 1929 law. The error thus perpetuated now be comes sanetified apparently just because the legislature didn't read the bill over carefully to see what was really in it. The question has been submitted to the attorney general's office for an opinion. It isn't supposed to be the business of the attorney general nor the courts to correct the mistakes of the legislature. If they can't, a grave injustice will be done which w ill make the application of penalties under the law difficult. In the Bend case a woman was found guilty and fined $500 for liquor possession. She didn't pay theef ine and is in jaiL Habeas corpus proceedings have been initiated to se cure her release. A Bend judge now rules the law is uncon stitutional. Another example of sloppy work in the legislature is in the excise tax bill where one house made the exemption $500, the other $200; which is the amount appearing in the en grossed law, although both houses did not agree to the same text. When one sees how the lawmakers waste time play ing politics for thirty days and then try to jam through an ill-digested lot of bills in the closing days of the session it is perhaps amazing that errors are not more frequent. "How's Business?" SK some men that question and you are sure of finding .out that business is rotten, much worse than last month. worse than a year ago. "No business," "collections poor' Always hanging crepe. Some such calamity-howler must have been the one interviewed by a recent visitor "in Salem from Longview. This is the interview as it appeared on the front page of the Longview News. Maybe its re-publication riay teach the old lesson to beware "lest ye entertain angels unaware." This is a trne story. Last week a party of Longview men went Into a restaurant In Salem, Ore. They had been in Salem all day. had visited the various factories, seen the city, and had a glimpse of its surrounding agricul tural country. From what they had seen and heard, they knew that Salem was busy, prosperous and growing. "Well, how's business?" one of the party genially inquired of the restaurant proprietor. "Isn't any," was the reply. "Why, I thought things were in' good Bhape here. "Nope town's dead no payrolls," said the Salemite "Seems like there ought to be a good payroll at that linen mill," the Longview man insisted. "Don't suppose they employ twenty people. None of them ever come in here. Never been there myself,' the proprietor answered The Longview man had been through the mill that very day, and had seen several hundred persons working. The persistent questioner then asked about the canneries. "Cer tainly they employ a lot of people,' he remarked "Maybe so. Don't pay much money, much," was the morose answer. Questions about the paper mill, nearby sawmills, the fine agri cultural country, tne business brought in by the state capltol, the university, state Institutions located at Salem, all brought a dispar aging answer. ( The Longview men found for one thing that they knew more about Salem than the business man did. They knew that Salem was an enterprising, progressive and flourishing city, But aa one of them exnlalned yesterday: "If we had not known better, and had been a party of tourists going through, we would have gone away with the impression that the city was on the rocks. It Just brought home what an effect a few careless words can have. That man didn't realize he was taking money out of his pocket with such talk. Imagine such an attitude toward people who had come into his city and place of business to spend money. "The same thing may be happening here. I don't believe It is certainly not to such an extreme as we encountered in this one Salem incident. But it's a good thing to remember. Tell the truth about your city; don't give a false Impression one way or another. SAME EVENING 1 ' v ,F r T!T I gchm, EjEfty 1 ' " to ewtee irro tvas - V VJUEBCt fMto WATSFCRT DCNT MX) GO TO BED .fjm x- "DRESS t& AS OCT- 4STEAO OF STTTING Mm A convention city S And a city of welcome That is what Salem is and ught to be, with a greater stress upon both. This is the capital city. It is the historic center of Oregon. The forces of civilization began here, started by the pion eers of the pioneers for all the old Oregon Country. S . People like to come to Salem, because the institutions of the state are here, and many other objects of interest. And Salem' is beautiful city, in a superb set ting. Taking care of the American Legion convention is ,a big task. It is straining the capacity of Sa lem. But think of What Salem will be called upon to do In 1934, at the centenary celebration of the coming of the missionaries! The whole Pacific,, northwest, the old Oregon country, will, be interest ed; the whole coast, for the movement began here that exten ded the arch of the republic to the Pacific Yes, the whole world, especial ly the whole world of Methodism, for that was the greatest mission ary movement up to that time un dertaken by that church- and no other has been so far reaching in beneficial results flowing from it. The centenary celebration will be bigger than the state fair; far bigger, for the crowds that will need to be taken care of, coming from long distances. Salem needs to do a lot of things. To get great er meeting places; a big auditor ium; a bowl to accommodate many thousands. The state fair grounds, with its increased and Another Shake-out in Wall Street TI7ALL STREET had another shake-out Friday. T f Nobody was surprised, but that doesn't mean that no body was hurt. The stock market long since got away from srviating on the basis of value to gambling on quotations, so far as many of the speculative favorites are con cerned. - wild trading has been confined to a limited group of securities. Utilities have been most favored and violent fluctuations have marked trading in such securities as the Insull stocks, Laclede Gas. American Superpower, etc. With brokers' loans pushed to over six billions the credit strain became so pronounced that the federal reserve bank of New York raised its rediscount rate to six per cent. This precipitated the deluge of stocks to get out from under the load. . This shake-out doesn't mean the berries are ripe for the bears necessarily. When the prices get settled again, the win resume the offensive. The present continues a fine time to keep your money In savings account or to buy good bonds, which are really at bargain prices now. Portland has a brand new stock exchange so now the speculators 5 who don't save the ante to set in oa the game in New York. Chicago or Saa Francis eo, can have a little game all their own. Tacoma is aping the big towns, too. vita a stock exchange and a curb market Stock exchanges are getting to be almost aa numerous aa gaa stations. O nee - again Pari decrees long skirts, only direction a change could go. That Is Just about the Bo, no, soma of these visiting legionnaires must have torn the trashing oft the lines down town ana snaao up their pantaloons. BITS for BREAKFAST By R. J. HENDRICKS Edi tors Say: Can't see that they helpcreasing facnUies, will help. S S There are many things yet to be done, to make Salem the conven tion city and the city of welcome it- ought to be and is destined to become. T. T. Geer In his book. "Fifty Years in Oregon," denied the com monly accepted statement that the isolation which had theretofore made country life so unpleasant naa been removed by the two ae encles of rural free mall delivery and the telephone and proved his contention. (That was; before the time of the automobile and the radio.) One day in 1902 Mr. Geer rode his bicycle from Salem to his farm in the Waldo Hills and at the dinner table asked his neighbor. Wilton L. Slmeral if Tom Jones. another neighbor, was showing any more gray hairs than when he had seen him a few months be fore. Mr. Simeral replied that he had not seen Mr. Jones tor two months. "Haven't seen him tor two months?" Mr. Geer gained. Why, have you had a fallinr out?" 11 1 m m w KOh, no." Mr. Slmeral answer ed, "but yon know we have phones now and when I want to talk to bin I simply 'call him un. and that la all there is to it. He is well enough, though, for I was talking to nun this morning about wheth er the gourds are bad in his wheat this summer. Now, Tom Jonas was Geer's nearest neighbor, and in 20 years on their farms there was never a day when they did not see one another. Also. Mr. Geer found that Slmeral. had aot been to Macleay for a month, to get the mail. Ha had no business there, as the mail was delivered to his door. Re had seen none of his neighbors la that direction sine the Christmas entertain ment, six months before " W However, Mr. Geer hastened to add: "Bat the amount of informa tion everybody possessed about everybody elao was eVtah'nr Every famfiy within a radius of 10 miles was on a 'party line,' and when two people were Indul ging in local gossip it was usual for every family between Salem and Silver Creek Falls and from Silverton to Sublimity, to have a receiver down learning the lat est. This is the rule, and it is Justified- by the fact that the ordin ary conversation in the country lasts from one to two hours, so, if one wants to be 'next' on that line, he must needs be in posi tion to start his claim at the drop of the hat. And even then he is fre quently left In the assertion of his right! One day, merely as an experiment, a Macleay man called up a neighbor, according to a pre vious understanding, and told him that a well known citizen of the locality had sustained a dislocated knee joint through an accident occasioned by a runaway team, though nothing of the kind had happened. Within the next hour the phone at the home of the sup posedly Injured man was kept red hot by calls from every part of eastern Marion county Inquiring as to the extent of his hurt!" "And when everybody was com pelled to go to Macleay for his mail," continued Mr. Geer, "one would usually find from 10 to 20 men there waiting for the arrival of the train from Portland and the stage from Salem. At such times there was an enjoyable hour or two of sociability which per mitted the discussion of current topics, local, state and national, religious, political and agricul tural. But there is nothing of that sort now. There is nothing to go to Macleay for!" And more along the same strain. Those were the "good old days." Mr. Geer did ntt say he longed for their return. Longing would avail nothing. Julius Cae sar is not more dead and less for gotten. Mr. Geer was merely stat ing a fact. m The Bits man would like to add word in defense of the phone gossips of Mr. Geer's time in the eastern hill sections of Marion county. They were not a bit worse than the party line gossips of the present day la Salem. And it is not different in any other section of the country. A sick or Injured person needing a doctor might die and be buried, if the emergency call for help depended upon the ending of gossipy dialogues on nu merous party lines right here in. Salem. And It seems that "ren tral" can do nothing about it The hello girl is powerless in such cases. The rule Is to let 'em talk. world without end. amen. S "W Though something ought to be done about It But this seems to be in the same class as the weath er. Yon remember that Mark Twain (or was it Bill Nye?) said everybody is forever eonlplaining about the weather, but . nobody ever does anything about it "We have books fuU of laws to regulate practically every rela tion In life, and armies of enforc ing officers. Every stop and turn and honk of an auto driver has a law to regulate it and we are be ginning to accumulate a set of statutes to govern the navigation oc the air, and there will soon be more than a Are-toot shelf o these. Bat the talk of the gossips oa party phone lines goes oa with out a thing to regulate or limit It in tact, party lia phono talk resting is about the only tree thing there Is left OBLIVIOUS TO DISCOMFORTS OP HEAT There has been a minimum of complaint here regarding hot wea ther and most of that has come from those who pay only slight attention to the fact that it is not nearly so warm here as in most places of the country and who know little or nothing about loca conditions. The local man. the one who knows his pears and his steel head trout, is not complaining. He may, when some stranger remarks that it's hot, stop and remove his hat, pull a handkerchief from his pocket and wipe the perspiration from his forehead and face. But he always comes back with the statement that "it takes sunshine and warmth to put sugar in the pears." Of coarse he is thinking strict ly about the pears which are grow- ng on 10,000 acres of trees here in this valley and which are sell ing forextreme high prices. This is, you know, a cooling and re freshing thought, and as he dwells upon the entrancing fact that the most of the crop' of D'Anjous has been contracted at a price which will average better than $100 a ton, "there is no thought of the discomforts which most people ex perience in warm weather. Then the valley resident lets hl3 thoughts wander over to the fact that Bartlett pears have been sold at a price averaging over $80 a ton, and cold storage chills start chasing one another up and down his spinal column. Then when he reasons that the crop of ITowell and Bosc pears will command ex treme high prices he gets another shiver or two, which coupled with the knowledge that the warm sun is putting more sugar Into the pears keeps, him cool on the hot test days. Medford DaUy News. The government estimates that America new has enough autos so everybody could take a ride at once. If the esteemed government would visit any popular highway oa a Sunday afternoon It would conclude that everybody is doing it -Baker Democrat Herald. llPOSMffilff DEBATE IS DECIDED WASHINGTON, Aug. 9. (AP) A two weeks- postponement un til September 3 of the beginning of. senate consideration of the tar iff was decided upon today by par ty leaders. under an agreement reacnea Be tween republican and democratic chieftains, the senate, scheduled to reconvene August If, will meet and recess over three day periods until September 3 when the repub llcan members of the finance com mittee will have the house tariff bill In shape for floor discussions. While republican leaders nave been hopeful that the measure could be made ready by the earlier date, they reached the definite conclusion today that this was im possible and immediately ar ranged the three day recess plan with the democrats. The meeting days will be Mondays and Thurs days. Senator Watson of Indiana, the majority leader and member of the the finance committee, who made the recess announcement, said the committee would have completed by August 19 the de vision of the rate and free list schedules of the house bill, but that the additional time was re quired to consider changes in the administrative provisions. Rabbit Breeders To Have Picnic Coming Sunday The Rabbit breeder' associa tion will have a picnic Sunday at the Durbla Coraoyer hop rancn located two mUes west of Talbot station. The picnic will be both profes sional and educational tor there will bo much discussion concern ing the industry, and there will be one of the finest showing of breed ing stock that has been seen for some time, according to reports from the association. A Jttdginr contest wlU be con ducted by Judge White, from La Center, Washington. SHE 11 PUT IN NEW QUARTERS PHILADELPHIA. Aug. t. -(AP) Alphonse "Scar face Al Capone, Chicago gangland leader, under sentence of one year for toting a loaded pistol in Philadel phia, was today transferred from the county prison in the north eastern section of Philadelphia to the eastern state penitentiary, a veritable fortress, nearer the cen ter of the city. ' The official reason for the transfer was not publicly an nounced but it was reported that threats against the nnderworld leader by fellow prisoners, caused the county prison authorities to have him removed to "Cherry Hill" as the penitentiary Is local ly known. SB IH 16 IS United Brethren Choose Officers Church officials for the Castle United Brethren church were elected at a recent official board meeting as follows: Airs. Hannah Tarnell, class leader; Mrs. H. A. Rowe, secretary; Mrs. Blanche Welsh, financial secretary; Miss Cora Weigle. treasurer; Mrs. J. C. Hill, stewardship chairman; Mrs. L. W. Biddle, director f music. finance committee; S. E. Long, J. F. Mullencop, Mrs. S. Cbamber- llo, Miss Bertha VanCleave and Mrs. J. W. Koerner; board of trustees: J. F. Mollencop. W. W. Rosebraugh. J. C. Hill, W. N. Blodgett and J. W. Koerner. THE AMERICAN LEGION The American Legion Is enjoy ing its annual convention at Sa- em, and we are looking forward to returns from the Drum Corps competitions tomorrow, with a hunch that the local organization, which finished third last year, will win. At least we hope so. The American Legion has done an invaluable work la the state this past year. The world is quick to forget Men returned from the French trenches shell-shocked. broken in health, and their jobs gone. Their families, in this un fortunate train of circumstance. were destitute and would have re malned destitute had it not been for the Legion. Because of the Legion's work this year, Oregon can actually boast that she has not one needy child of a world war veteran. At the same time, through the efforts oFthe Legion and Its sister organisation, the auxiliary, an adequate system of hospltaUzation has been estab lished, one that provides comfort necessity, and ultimately, when re covery comes, a job. At mo same time, these men who marched away in honest pa triotism and gave their aU gener ously and heroically, have a cure for war the universal draft They are in effect saying what should have been said, long before their time, that machines, that business and industry, ar less than human beings, and that these things should be drafted along with men. When this draft law la passed, the motives for warwUl be gone. We wish the Legion Its best convention In its history.. Coos Bay Times. Salem Band Puts On Fine Concert An audience of several hundred people listened with appreciation to the Salem band at its 1:30 o'clock concert Thursday after noon in Willson park. Especial appreciation was ex pressed for Arthur Pryor's Amer ican Legion march as it was lead by Oscar Steelhammcr, director. This concert was an extra civic concert authorized by the city council in compliment to the Le gion convention. PROBE LIKELY WASHINGTON. Aug. 9. (AP) Senator King, democrat, Utah, said today that f any evidence "can be submitted" that the quar ter million dollar political fund mentioned by Mr. Mabel Walker Willebrandt in a current series of newspaper articles "was used in the 1926 Pennsylvania primary" he would favor an investigation of the circumstances by the senate committee which Inquired into the campaign in that year of Senator Elect Vare of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Willebrandt wrote that $250,000 was found In a safe de posit, box of a senator after he died and that the money was turn, ed over to another political lead er. She did not mention names or states. Senator King is a member of the Vare investigating committee of which former Senator Reed, de mocrat. Missouri, was chairman. The Utah senator said he saw no reason for investigating Mrs. Willbrandt's statement unless evi dence was submitted that the money was used in the campaign over which the committee has jurisdiction. Greater Movies To be Exhibited A week of special attractions to be staged in conclusion with Greater Movie season throughout the United States, is being plan ned for Satem to start about Aug ust 15, according to Sam Cohen, publicity manager of the Elsinore theatre. Mr. Cohen was in Port land Thursday afternoon and while there consulted with distrib utors relative to plans for the mo vie season locally. SALEM TEAM Hi DEBATE tpworth League Institute Hears Debate on Prohi bition Enforcement FALLS CITY. August 9. T' special feature of the evening vice for Epwortn League Insti u d Wednesday was a debate between the champion of the Portland an t Salem districts. The subject debated upon was resolved that: The use of fire arms be prohibited in the enforce ment oj prohibition." The Port land team of Helen Peters and Harry Plrdeaux upheld the affir mative and the Salem team, Ha,t Beall and Jessie Pool, the mo tive. The decision was for Salem two and Portland one. The judges. Dr. T. H. Temple, superintendent of Salem district. Miss Mary Find! and Prof. P. H. Hertiog of Kim ball college, are all members of the Institute faculty. This debate Is sponsored bytt a 4th vice presidents of the Port land and Salem districts of the Methodist church, Lauren Deach, Portland and John Shenerbere. Salem. The champions are deter mined by a series of debates ht-ld during the winter preparing for the final at Institute every sum mer. The winning arguments of the negative team were based on five points: 1. No crisis In the present sys tem which demands' a change. 2. No better plan is suggested by the affirmative. 3. That it is contrary to the American principles of law. 4. That it would practically nul lify the prohibition law. 6. That it would lead to general disrespect of American laws. An announcement was made during an Institute assembly of a special state Epworth League con vention to be held in Sunnyside Methodist church in Portland No vember 15 to 17. This is the first convention of its kind and probably will not be repeated for in the hear future. It is made possible only by the fact that three national 'hoards of the Methodist church are meeting on the Pacific coast at that time. State officers of the Epworth Lea gue expect to get speakers from these meetings. Read the Classified Ads. Stage Driver is Put Under Arrest When Floyd Hamman. driver of the Hamman stage running be tween Salem and Detroit failed to stop at a railroad crossing he did not know that he was to be ar rested for the offense. An officer happened to Bee the violation and brought Hamman into justice court here. He admitted his ne glect and was fined $10 by Jus tice Brazier Small. 7 YOUR vacation will be more enjoyable if you have the matter of your will off your mind. Before you go is a good time to put your house in order. You have spent years working for a com petence, now we suggest that y.ou spend an hour, if e necessary, to make sure that it will take good care of your family, should you leave them for good. You are invited to consult our trust officer about any trust you may wish your lawyer to include in your will. Ladd & Bush Trust Company - Wo are all busy these days with the berries and cherries, Luscloas fruit. Indicative of the fine soft of Hubbard and so captivating in their delicious substance that friend wife entirely neglects her radio activities and prepares for canning. A worth-while act, we thinks Hubbard Enterprise. is That Pleases rE Statesman Publishing Company operates the largest printing estab lishment in the state outside of Portland. Presses large and smell and workmen skilled in the trades daily produce commercial printing of high quality. Whether It Is a book or catalog or bulletin, the Statesman can print it for you. And if you want ordinary commercial forms: letterheads, en velopes, office blanks, you may depend upon setting work of quality at rea sonable price at the Statesman office. SINCE 1851 The Statesman has led the Salem field in the line of commercial printing. Never has it been better able to serve than at the present time. estimates cheerfully furnished. Work delivered when promised. IPIzzzio SCO