Acr roun I- Xo Favor Svays Us: So Fear Shall Awe.m ' From Firrt Statesman, March 28, 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. CUASIX3 A. Stsaclc, Sheldon f. Sacsxtt, Publisher CiiAtixa A- Stzacvb Sheldon F. Sackett hleinber of the Asaociated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled te Am se far publication of all sews dispatches credited to it or sot otherwise credited in this paper. ' f ' ' , . Entered at tie Potty fiae at Salrm, Oregon. m$ Second-Cles Matter. Published every storaiaf except Uondvg. Eusimere office SIS S. Commercial Street. . 'Pacific Coast Advertising Eeprssentatjves: ' Arthur W. S types. Int. Portland,- Security BHg. San Francisco, Sharon Bids.; Los Angeles, W. Pac Bldg. - . .) Eastern Advertising Representatives: Ford-Parsons-Stecber, Inc., New York, 271 Madison Atc; Chicago, 360 N. Michigan Ave. Standard Oil Holds Up, Delivery 1 THE Standard Oil company refused to delirer gasoline Wednesday to Day & Niles became they bad a sign up "Gas 20c" Not until Day & Nile agreed to change the sign Thursday morning to 22c did the 'Standard trucks deliver gas to them. Perhaps this will be the way the gas war will end, by the companies framing a hold-up on the independents. The independents claim that the undercutting of the Stand ard chain was what started the recent flare-up. In the good old trust-busting days the attorney-general mitrVif main an imrairv as to the oractice of the Standard ia hn riirtntino- the resale mice attorney might launch an inquiry. Nowadays the companies can get away with most, anything though and no questions asked by the attorney general or anybody else. Here are some things that are price conundrums to gas consumers in this territory which we would like to have the ' Standard of California answer. Why is it that gas should be forced to retail here at 22c when the retail price in New York City is 17c? The haul here is far shorter than the haul to" New York; and vast quantities of California oil and gas are shimmed to the New York markets. ' ? Why do the Standard and . . J - m Individual consumers like xarmers, truckmen ana owera aw prices actually below the price which they sell to service sta tions ? Jhe price to service stations is 18c Yet gasoline will be hauled away out in the country and dumped in some farm, ers tank or at a logging camp for a price asserted to be 15c This is the worst feature of the gas business, utterly without justice or even excuse. It is rank discrimination. So flag rant is it that it is a fit subject for investigation by the state attorney general or the district attorney, if we have such off icers except onpay days. ... The independents aver that the oil companies are trying to break them and then get control of the choice stations and hamstring any others who try to hang, on. The Standard has already made a sort of wash sale of its service stations to an organization composed of "former" officials of the company. Other companies ere said to be following up this move and copying it.- . . Station operators ought to get a fair profit on the gas they pump.. When they have to pay the oil companies more than private consumers do it is hard, to see where they can set a price which will hold the business and leave them the profit they are entitled to. ' The IncomeTax Test INDUSTRIES engaged in single lines of business ought not to object to. having their income tax reports scrutinized by the senate committee in charge of the tariff bill. There is no such secrecy about corporations as there used to be. The majority of them issue reports to stockholders certified to by public accountants. By turning to a Moody's Manual the senators could get most of their information: without organiz ing a man-hunt and unleashing the bloodhounds. On the lumber business they could study reports of concerns like Long-Bell and Central Coal and Coke which controls the Ver nonia operations. -Their earnings are made public and have been so poor in late years as to force passing of dividends. The danger of such an examination as is proposed lies in these circumstances: in given lines one or two large corpor ations may make excellent prof its even in very dull times, while the big majority of other companies in those lines lose money. For instance the generous profits of the Great West ern Sugar Refining company are not a true index of the pros perity of the beet sugar interests. With this company should be considered Utah-Idaho, American Beet Sugar, Holly, Am algamated whose profits have been thin of less than that for some time. Again corporations now have a diversity of pro ducts. Total profits may be no index as to the condition of specif ic branches of a company's business. In a big packing enterprise like Swift's, the fertilizer or hide branches may be unprofitable though the losses were overcome by profits in other departments. All of these facts the senate committee will have to re member when it studies the eases where the investigation ought to be really worth while. There are the watch companies who appear in beggars' role to get increased protection. Taking a look at the tax reports of Elgin, Hamilton and Gruen ought to disclose their poverty and need of higher protction. Of course the senate won't call for the tax reports of the that the farmers, none of them, - x"'" - Analyzing A N investigation has been XX ed in the Congressional Record for June 14 wno nave heert killed bv orohibition officers In performance of their dutyr The number of appalling,4t ls-true. But a study and investigation of the individual cases discloses no sucn wua and indiscriminate slaughter as the anti-prohibitionists try to make out. Here is' what the investigation showed:. 55 of the number were already firing at officers before they were fired upon; 32 drew their guns first, but failed to follow up with speed on the trigger; in 10 cases both officers and vic tims fired, the evidence, not first: 12 had attacked officers In the remaining cases the search or arrest. " - j Of the total of 155 the study showed that only six could be classified as innocent victims. One of these was killed with a gun in his hand; one was struck by a stray bullet, which sometimes happens in ordinary efforts at arrest, two were killed in a boat collision ; two more were automobile fa talities.: r; i. " . ; The shedding of innocent blood is always a mistake and a tragedy. Enforcement officials have repeatedly stressed use of weapons only in self-defense. When the bootleircrers and law violators lay aside lies ana nignt-sucjuj. . . I Motor Tank Cars . .. 3 -a; -i TjAVE you noticed these M-painted green,! that are helping turn the highways into freight rights-of-way paid for by the public? They are own ed by a private transportation company which contracts !it. It ; . . m . -- - . wiiu ou companies 10 transport bv rail. Thev are now mbh!no ' of tiie tank car freight These motor gas tanks haul from naewaier 10 smau aistnouting , iau stations tnat cave large mm - - Editor-Manager Managing Editor of srasoline. Or the district other oil companies sell to a.l A a tax returns. There are many farmers. They prefer to think have to make out tax returns. "' ml W trie Score ' made of the 155 persons report- being clear as to which fired with other weapons than 'guns. majority were resisting lawful their, rifles, machine uns and ...... -- ..-.; Crowd Hurhwavs double - Tointed tank Vara. gasoline oy trucic rather than tht nilmaTo nf A stations; or they haul to re- enougn capacity, ivvv gallons. ,J2 rN ' (sate IP 'l&ci 31 We know of no finer stimulus to airplane flying than turning the highway over to perambulating boxcars. How long will the public continue to subsidize the truck lines by furnishing the right-of-way and then expect the railroads to carry a big share of the tax burden? Sweet Home reports Us first frost. That ooght to ret a column editorial la a certain daUy of vide BITS for BREAKFAST By R. J. HENDRICKS- Con tin a Ins the Thompson story m Toby vms the name of Riddle's Modoc wife. She and her husband begged General Canby not to go to the conference, as treachery was surely Intended. Bat the general replied that his government had ordered him to go, and a soldier bad no choice but to obey orders. The conference went on, by a camp fire. General Canby passed tne cigars to tne rea uenas. Ail ready I" shouted Captain Jack, as he drew a pistol and shot General Canby. Sconchin shot Meachem through the shoulder, in the head and in the arm, whila" Boston Charley shot Rev. Thomas dead. Dyar fled, closely pursued by Hooker Jim, but escaped Rev. Thomas and General Canby were stripped and the general scalped. Meachem was insensible, and as the Indians started to scalp him Toby told them the soldiers were coming, and they left him and fled. Meaehem's scalp was partly cnt loose. While these scenes were being enacted, two Indians ap proached the lines of the soldiers with "a white flag. Lieutenants Sherwood and Boyle went out about 500 yards beyond their line to meet them. They were fired apon by savages la ambush, and Lieut. Sherwood .mortally wounded. . Says Col. Thompson: 'Thus end ed the long, dreary farce of the peace commission And ; at what a price! There lay the noble Can- by .prone apon his face, cold and till la death; having breasted the hurricane of - many a well fought field to fall at last by the treacherous, assassin hand of a prowling savage to whom he had come upon a mission of peace and friendship. There was another of the commissioners; a -man of peace, a preacher ot'the gospel-of eternal love, stricken down, with the words of mercy and forgive ness upon his lips, lils gray and reverent locks all dabbled in bis Own blood. Another, shot and hacked and stabbed, covered with wounds, beaten down with cratl Mows, Motionless bnt still alive. And there was another, with warhoop and pistol shot ringing at his heels, fleeing for his Me; whUe at the side scene was tha "honorable Capt. Jack, stage man ager of the awful play, arch de mon of massacre, with pistol that took the priceless life of Canby stiU smoking la his hand, leap ing with glee,' his dark face all aglow with the glare of the dread spectacle, like a fiend daaclag In the fire-light of hell. No wonder that in its lurid light the govern ment for a moment: forgot Its dawdung peace policy, and let sup the doge of war " April 12, 187J; the day after the massacre, preparations- were made for an attack in fall force by the regulars. But no- general forward movement was made till the Hth., There was a battle ot three days and. nights and amid the hum ot-tons of leaden bullets and the bursting of countless shells, not a single Indian was klued; except one buck who tam pered 'with an nnexploded shelL to get out the powder and lead with a me and hatehet, and was Bcauerea over the lava beds for nis incjuisltiveness. - On the 18th Col. Alvia C. Gillem of the rer. ulars. who had been put la charge oi me campaign and General w neaton relieved, sent CoL Thorn as and Major Wright of the reg ulars in cnarge of a scoutlngart of 0 men, to discover if possible ue wnereaooou of the savages. I7o Doxtt kM FM.ni Inmi nr. Cat Inta. circulation. Gillem was not experienced la fighting Indians of the character of the Modocs, or be would have sent experienced scoots Instead of inexperienced regulars. The party scouted aheut for several miles la the lava beds, and saw no Indians or signs of Indians. They sat down in supposed security to eat their lunch. The Indians tuietly sur rounded them, and, at the first rifle fire, the soldiers were panic stricken. That panic became a rout, and the rout a massacre. Of the 62 men In the scouting party, all were killed excepting two, and they were badly wounded! The communications of CoL Gillem were cut off and his supply trains captured, horses and alL "Whip ped again," was the verdict ot the nation. The entire eomiaand of Gillem was demoralized, and de sertions were by the wholesale, a m Then General Jeff C. Davis ar rived and on May 2 took- charge, and restored the command to General Wheaton, able and veter an fighter. But CoL Hasbrouck, old soldier that he was. had a les son to learn. A few days later, his command chasing Modocs went into camp In the lava bed feeling secure, as no Indians or Indian signs had been seen. But as day vegan to break over the desolate hills, the Indians from three sides poured. Into the camp a withering fire. Captain Jack, standing weU out of harm's way, (dressed in the uniform of the dead General Canby!), had staged another mas sacre. Several of Hasbroack's reg ulars were killed by the first fire; but the Modocs had not counted on the near presence of a band of Wasco Indians under Captain George, their chief, who the night before had stealthily and Quietly made their camp near that of Hasbrouck. and when the surprise firing began attacked the Modocs from the rear. It was Captain Jack's turn to be surprised; and the Modocs ecarrled to their hid ing places In the lava beds. From a rout of the soldiers it became a rent of the Modocs. Captain Jack was the first man to Turn. This was the beginning of the end. The rapscallion redskins under Cap tain Jack Quarreled with him and among themselves. '' V They t rake into smaU parties and fled from the lava beds. With the he!? of friendly Indian scouts and the assistance of white leaders who. knew Modoe character, or lack of character. Including Col onel wiluam. Thompson and the Applegates, t the remnant bands surrendered. Hasbrouck and the Waseo scouts gathered la Captain Jack and his followers two days later. Jack was an arrant coward. Some of his followers would have fought to the death, but when he was cornered he gave up, hoping lor mercy. Black Jim and his crowd were taken la by CoL Thompson, General Roes and their company,- .' CoL Thompson relates aa in teresting Incident ot the evening wnen Black Jim and his ragged bunch had been turned over to General Davis. (Black Jim's trail nad been fouowed by the marks ot a crutch ot one of his followers who had been shot in the fighting or January i Tin, by John Fair euids,- who was at that time by the side ef CoL Thomas Thomp son - wnen : tne citizen soldiers wanted to be allowed to go Into Captain Jack's camp and finish the war.) Mrs. Body, Mrs. Schlra, and Mrs. Brotherton were at the camp ot General Davis, provided i by the commanding officer with a tent. The families of these women, settlers of that section, had all been wiped out butchered by Mo docs with Black Jim. These women bad asked to see the Indian cap tives, with the Idea ot securing from the murderers of their hus bands, sons and daughters some of the keepsakes they had stolen irom tnem. suddenly Fox, corre spondent of the New Tork Herald,' caned at the door of the tent of General Davis, and -cried, "the women are going to kill the In dians!" Col. Thompson and Gen eral Davis sprang from the tent door and rushed to the tent where the women were domiciled. Co. Davis was ahead of Thompson. The latter says he saw Mrs. Schira with a double edged knife noised. Black Jim was standing fronting the women, stolid as a ' bronze. MrS. Sehira's mother was attemot- ing to cock a revolver. General Davis made a grab for the knife, catching the blade in his right nand and in the struggle his hand was badly lacerated. A surgeon was called and dressed the wound ed hand. About 40 officers were seated at dinner at the mess that night: men grown gray in their country's service, young lieutenants from West Point, etc During the dinner one er tne young men made some slighting remarks about the con duct of the women in attemotine to kill the Indians. (But lack nf pace makes it necessary to wait one day for the seuueL) Yesterdays b Editors Say: ANOTHER ACRE OF DIAMONDS Announcement ot plane of the Washington Co-operative Egg and Poultry association for a chicken cannery In BelUngham, with a cap acity -ot 700,000 birds a year, or 2,000 a -day. draws attention to a unique branch ot the ooultrr in dustry which is increasing daily la popularity at home and abroad. The poultry association sow is canning 1,000 chickens a day at Its Lyndea plant, and the market for fLynden Canned Chicken"' is expanding so rapidly that a sec ond cannery, twice as large as that now In operation, is needed to meet the growing demand for this Whatcom county product. Sales of the Lynden brand have increased se per cent siaoe the association took it oyer, and by the time the BelUngham plant is completed. about the first of next year. It is expected a considerable part of Its output will be in Immediate de mand. Alaska and Hawaii, particularly, are caning ior more and more wnatcom county; canned chicken. ana tne association foresees, aa un limited world market. esMdallr in tne warm and cold climates where poultry does not thrive as it does in the temperate zones, notably in tne Pacific Northwest. More than 9,000 poultrymen in fa a iwuliUaa tot COLDS, GRIPPE, FLU, DENGUE, BILIOUS FEVER and araT.airfa - Is is the i igrzj fOuldrenGsy' tL rjJLznr cm? zzsnr APPROVED BTDOC1TX&S 666 Western-Washingtoa are members - W. . m.i.ImHm. wMebr 4m a lmalaoaa axrreratlng about 125,000,000 annually, end there arw'nmnareaa m xnaepciut entn who are' profiting from the $10.000,00e industry 1 this state. The expansion of the "tinned eMOnjtem tt industry, wo- v-idlnr a market outlet for hens that do not come, np to laying standards and tne aundreas ana thousands of cockerels those not sold as broUers that constitute am annual meat surplus, 'wfll help te balance the industry and Insure continuing profits to thov poultry raisers. The peultryntea of the state are following la the steps- of the dairy, fish, vegetable, fruit and other In dustries that hare gone out after world markets with canned goods that can be preserved Indefinitely. The experimental stage has been passed and henceforth the prob lem apparently Is to provide a sup ply adequate to meet the domestic and foreign markets. The industry Is one to be en couraged, for it is particularly wetl adapted to Whatcom county, which produces 1,000,00 1 new chickens every year and between one-fourth and one-third of all the eggs raised la Washington. It Is merely another ot the "acres cf diamonds" that re being uncov ered all about us. BelUngham Herald. SPENDING THE ROAD MONEY There is a movement on foot to force the commission to issue a million dollars worth of bonds a year for three years all to be spent on the Roosevelt highway. The coast cities are all tor It, of course, for purely selfish reasons. But the expenditures cannot pos sibly be justified by the amount of prospective trivet as compared with the actual travel that Is al ready in the WUlamette valley. Moreover, most of the prospective Roosevelt highway travel is pleas ure travel, tourist travel. The road to Portland is lined with cars going there- on business. They are Oregon cars and travel the roads many times the year. They are entitled to first consideration and first relief. The present roads are too crowded for safety. They are dangerous and the death and injury toll in itself la suffi cient reason tor the project. WU lamette valley towns and counties should organize,, not to oppose the building of roads elsewhere, but to insist that present congestion be relieved and the roads made safe where they1 are used most at least to the extent and In reas onable ratio with the amount of money raised tin the valley and In Portland by auto licenses and gas tax. Corvallis Gazette-Times. Old Oregon's Yesterdays Town Talks from The States - man Our Fathers Read Seocember IS. 10O4 President Downing of the state fair board has accepted the resig nation, of Aasoeiata Jndee O. A. Westgate of Albany, and appoint ed Frank Frailer ot Pendleton In his stead. Success of the second day of the state fair Is larrelv dne to the Woodmen of the World which fur nished the principal entertainment outside of the regular racing pro gram. Hon. Charles's. Fulton, United States senator from Oregon, and Senator John Mitchell are in Sa lem for the state fair and business conferences in connection with their public offices. Eugene Bosse, who visited Mc MlnnvIUe last week, thinks the outlook flax growing in that sec tion good, and will send 50 bush els of seed there for distribution. Penney Company Has New Man in Dallas Store DALLAS. Sent. 12. Lewie Wick, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Wick et Dallas, commenced work with the local J. C Penney com pany, joonaay morning. Lewis takes the nlace vaeitef by the transfer ot Forest Ginn to Wttleta, Calif. : . For the past three years young Wick, has been employed in the shoo department of Olds. Wort. man and King ef Portland. oToy j hshment in the ; e - o.ui.Ci J.8D1 xna rSSL Never ha, lU j Estimates eheerralr.f urnished. Work ddivered 4 mm . I a - " ."'.in.. ' ' .. -M- ' ' fl ' ffl IBi Ill SHE TOEXED BE Assistant War Secretary Says Range of Bombers WiJ be Doubled WASHINGTON Sept. 12 -(Special) The army air service has "put on seven league hoots' to ex tend Us effective range of mili tary operations through the recent development of long-range refuel ler devices, TJ Trubee Davison, assistant secretary of war tor aeronautics, said tonight tn a radio address brer a nation-wide hookup. " Mr. Davison summarized the stgnifieanee of the military and commercial endurance flights with the aid of refueling hr the air as the eleventh; guest speaker oa the &oad of the Sky" avfattoa aeries, sponsored by the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce and the Na tional Broadcasting company. Mr. Davison said that the range ot present bombardment planes WQl be doubled as the result of ex periments with refuelfag in the air carried out since the- first his. tory-making flight ot the "Ques tion Mark. which started last New Tears day "With existing fuel arrange ments bombardment planes have a radius et action not more than 1,200 miles under the most favor able conditions," Mr. Davison said. "Now we can double this radius of action through the use of refuel ing ia flight. "There is a strong possibility that refueling In flight may help to solve a most pressing problem with respect to the relationship between pursuit and bombardment aviation. The farther bombers can penetrate into enemy territory to destroy enemy munitions, factories sad mobilization centers, the more effective will this branch of avia tion be. , . "On the ether hand, to extend the range of bombing pianos be yond the range ot their protective pursuit planes would impose a distinct handicap upon the bomb ers which would be compelled to rely upon their own weapons In defending themselves against enemy attack. "We must now study how the range of pursuit planes may be ex tended by refueling in flight, to keep them abreast of the long range, but slower moving, bomb ers," Mr. Davison said. "The greatest enemy of flying today is fog. and here I can point to progress which indicates that, in the not far distant future, fog will be completely defeated. We hare-learned now to fly hour after hour In fog without any horizon, without being able to see the sky. or the ground, by means of instru ments which were developed prln- The Marie of Genuine Aspirin TJ Aim ASHEnr is IH an oU friend, tried and true. There can never be a iitisf actore mhi. tate for either one. Bayer Arpiris as is tne accepted anti dote for Bain. Ita relief bo relied on, whether used for the occasional headache, to. head-off c COld, OT far the more aertAaa air and pains from nMmtHi ghewmatiim or other aihnnta It's easy to uranury Bayer Aspirin hy the Barer Cross an am- aau v. the name Bayer oa the box aadtho wuxa itttumo prialed ia red. - - - i That Pleases state outside of Portland. Pr-iti UTr VTri coraraercial printins of ----- Statesman - ha laA ci... cjpahy ty army orngtacors. "Wan frying ia f og has virtual ly beam made safe, the next queer Uoa is how does the pilot get his plana to his destination when an the landmarks are alddeaT Here again the army has made a vital contribution to firing because ot the very important role it - has played ia the development of the radio beacon. "AH the pilot who flies oa the beacon 'has to do is to . follow a yellow light on tha iastrament board of his plana. When the lamp ehangee from yellow to ted or arreea. a h-aw fc la (tbr a the right or left of his coarse sad gets Daca: tarongn in eauspae ax nedlent of klefrtnr the rmAAmo until the light shows yellow once more. The raaio neacea is aa ewe. trie hlxawar taat stretches ever distances of hundreds af mfiea. No rale vn shatter ft: aa foe can. obnterats' It"- - Ia eoaclaaioa. Mr. Davison nU that "the war department eager to make as many eontrfbu tioaa toward' tha ermaais of and In doing se to fester an agency commercial aviauom aa peeeseio of peace and good wUL" Assistant Secretary of the Nary David & Ingalls will talk over the radio at the uu tlaa r Tim. day night as the twelfth speaker ci ine nova oi ue bay ana tion series sponsored by tha Aero nautleal Chamber ot Commerce ef America and the National Bread, casting company. Vegetable Seed Grown on Farm At Silverton SILVERTON, SepL It Victor Madsen completed a three weeks' threshing period this week when he completed his four acres of kale seed. . He reports that the crop was very good. He has set out another field ot kale which will be harvested next year. For the past 25 years vegetable seed has been grown on the Mad sen farm, first by Mr. Madsen's fa ther, and since his death feur years ago, by Victor Madsen. The seed , is raised under contract to wholesale seed houses. COMING TO SALEM Dr. Mellenthin SPECIALIST la LttfraaZ Melldtte for the -past 0tem jears DOES NOT OPERATE U Q Le at Kaiwa HuteL Friday, Sept. 27 Office Hours: 10 a. in. to 4 OJn. ONE DAT ONLY No Charge for Ccnsaltation Dr. Mellenthin is a regular graduate la medicine and surg ery and is licensed by the state of Oregon. He does not operate -for chronic appendicitis, gall stones, ulcers ot stomach, tonsils or ade noids. He has te his credit wonderful results in diseases of the stomach, liver, bowels, blood, skin, nerves, heart, kidney, bladder, bed wet ting, catarrh, weak lungs, rheu matism, scjatica, leg ulcers and rectal ailments. Below are the names ot a few of his many satisfied patients in Oregon who have been treated for one or the other ot the above named causes: Mrs. H. H. Blake, Marshfield. Ore. Alfred Clemmena, Corvallis, Ore. Cbas. Desch, Portland, Ore. Mrs. J. C. Huntsucker, Toledo. Ore John Lucian, Echo; Ore. Bert Lampa, St. Helens, Ore. Mrs. Maybelle Snyder, Alsea. Ore. Miss Emma Turner, Mikkalo, Ore. J. H. Wood, Eugene, Ore. Mrs. Jennie Woolery, Salem, Ore. Remember above date. tha.t"on- sultatioa on this trip will be free and that his treatment Is differ- - Married women nnii H rrnm- paaied by their' husbands. AddreM? 4991 Wm TV! .A Street, Los Aagelea, ICallf ornla. r-r - ' - . mmm . . . tit or . . when promised, 5