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"No Favor Szcays Us; No Tear ShaU Awe."
From First Statesman, March 28, 1821
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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