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PAGE FOUR Tie OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Thta-sday tloninrr, October 10, 1929 "Aro Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Awe." From first Statesman. March 28. 1SSI THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Cba&les A. Sf&acxte, Sheldok F. Sackett, Publiihen Chaxles A. Sheldon F. SraaccE Sacxett - - - - Editor-Manager - - - t! vnagxng-Edittr Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for publication ot all news dispatches credited to It or not other vise credited in this paper. Entartd ot tht Pottoffiee at Salem, Oregon, a Stcamd-CUua Matter. Published every morning tzcept Monday. Burinet of fie 215 S. Commercial Sjrei. ' Pacific Coast Advertising Representatives: Arthur W. Stypes, Inc., Portland, Security Bldg. 8aa Francisco, Sharon Bids.; Los Angeles. W. Pae. Bids'. Eastern Advertising Representatives: Ford-Parsons-Stecher, Inc., New York, 271 Madison Are.; Chicago. 360 N. Michigan Are. A"Ftop"--toHim Gift Campaign Bogs Down FllHE gift campaign to raise $50,000 to match the state's X appropriation for a new infirmary at the state university seems to have bogged down. After the usual set-up of cam paign committees which finally got down to tag-days, the Oregon Emerald now states only $10,000 has been realized. This leaves $40,000 yet to go. The need for an infirmary at the institution was adver tised verv extensively at. the time the last legislature met. It was because of the dire situation existing that the Oregon mothers took it in hand to get an appropriation when the university authorities by agreement with other institutions, refrained from asking for capial funds. : The women have done their part. They headed the cam paign and pressed it vigorously. The showing is a reflection not on the work of the organization so much as on the loyalty or lack of loyalty of alumni and friends of the university. It seems a nitv that among the many hundreds of graduates and former students of the institution there are not enough to come forward with donations of size and not force the women and girls of the university to hawking the streets sell ing tags. . What does the "Oregon spirit" mean? It is amply in evidence when football games are on, and when the legisla ture is in session and the melon is ripe to be cut. Is it of such quality that it fades out when the hat is passed for a worthy cause? The Statesman supported the appropriation for the in firmary. We feel a reproach rests on the alumni and friends of the university if they do not rally quickly and raise the money needed to make the appropriation effective. New Industrial Power Rates THE little love-feast between the public service commis sion and the executives of the Portland Electric Power company seems to be producing results. At least there is a forecast of an agreement for the reduction of rates for power for industrial purposes. According to the published state ment engineers of the power company are going over the schedule of rates proposed and the expectation is that there will be an early agreement on a scale which will put the in dustrial rates on a basis competitive with those rates now enjoyed by other Pacific Coast cities. Now we can't quite understand this. For according to the numerous figures published from time to time, this might - mean an increase in rates. Have we not been solemnly as sured that Portland rates were right among the lowest on the coast? Or at least so, taxes considered. From the standpoint of the company it is difficult to see how it can make much of a cut in rates if that means a cut in income, so long as it has an unprofitable street car system tied around its neck. For the Pep company has been a laggard in earnings among the great utilities of the coun try. Its net after interest, preferred dividends and depreci ation last year was only around $178,000; altogether too small a sum for safety for such a large corporation, and nothing at all for disbursement to the common stockholders. That is a worry for the common stockholders and not for the consumers, save that the general community thrives only as all its industries, large and small thrive. As consumers of electric power we would relish lower rates ; but when we measure what we get and what we pay, we confess we can't feel that we are robbed a particle on the basis of the present rate schedule. mmmWJ WS. i fl Old Oregon's Yesterdays Town Talks from The States man Oar father Head October 11, 1904 The ess of George O. Savage against the Salem Flouring Mills, the outgrowth of a tiro at the mills in 1119 in which hundreds of bushels of grain were bunted, was decided by Judge George H. Burnett, in favor of the plaintiff. As a result of the esse, 11 other wheat growers will profit Mill owners had claimed that the grain burned was the property ot the depositors and that the company escaped responsibility by reason ot destruction by elements. The third annual session of the North Pacific Unitarian confer ence will be held in Salem for three days, beginning October 25. Christian Endeavorers of the city are also arranging for a big coun ty institute to start that day and continue tor two days. Mrs. O. A. Park will give a talk at the first meeting ofthe Ladles' auxiliary of the T. M. C. A., to be held at tht T. this afternoon. IB HELD STRONG ON TALK WASHINGTON. Oct e.(AP). Admiral William A. Moffett, chief of the navy bureau of aero nautics tonight caUed upon the country to boast less and do more toward attaining leadership. In an address broadcast over the network of the National Broadcasting company, the ad miral said "We spend more on perfume and cigarettes than we do for national defense, including aviation. "We are trailing in many things where wo should as a nation and people lead," he continued. "The worst of It is that we are getting used to it." "During the Graf Zeppelin's triumph I heard little protests from the press or elsewhere de ploring the back seat we had tak en and are content to slumber in. The glory of the round the world flight could have been ours. "All honor to the recently de feated Germans who . lead the world today in lighter than air craft who have the greatest mer chant ship afloat the greatest man-of-war for her displacement and the greatest flying boat. They may have been defeated material ly but their spirit is unbroken, it Is possible that victorious and rich America haa become soft and de cadent In some ways is boasting Instead of doing." mm HELD IN RUM RING GARY, Ind.. Oet. !. (AP) Eight members of the Gary police and detective forces,' including two captains and two lieutenants, were arrested by United States marshals early tonight, on war rants charging conspiracy to vio late the liquor laws. The men were indicted by the federal grand Jury at South Bend which recent ly concluded an investigation in to law enforcement conditions in northern Indiana. Those under arrest were: James R. Bodicka, captain of detectives; John R. Smith, captain ot police; Frank R. Galloway, lieutenant of detectives; Latt Leach, lieutenant of police John Rapp, Frank Cook and Oscar Saltman, detective ser geants, and Henry Probl, detective. BITS for BREAKFAST By R. J. HENDRICKS "The plains across:" Colonel William Thompson's story of the crossing of the plains in 1852 by his family, their wag on train having arrived in the dif ficult Snake river part of the jour ney, concludes: "As our situation became more desperate it appear ed the Indians became more sul len and mean. Guards were kept night and day, the women and children driving the teams and loose cattle and horses in order that the men might get some rest. "At one point the danger seem ed imminent. The men on night guard reported that the horses were snorting and acting as If In dians were about. Mr. Feather- gill's mule appeared especially un easy. The cattle ana norses were then all driven to camp, the hors es tied up and the oxen chained to the wagons. The next morning moccasin tracks were discovered within 100 yards of our camp, showing plainly that only extreme caution and foresight had saved us all from massacre. After that camps were selected with a view to defense. V . S A point was finally reached where we were to bid farewell to the dread Snake river. Several trains camped there that night Among them was a man named Wilson, a brother of former Sen ator Henry Wilson of Colusa conn- tv (California.) Cattle had been Changing Climate fTlHE extra loner drv soell this fall has been "unusual." 1 Whenever anything unusual happens to the feather it is Same Z- KAiy lu say me cuiuaie is tuauxiiig. xi iuc wmici xa acvcic and the snow heavy, then one Rears the climate is turning colder. Or if the rains are less than normal and the dry spell protracted, then folk who speak from memory only even though it covers a long period of years, protest that the cli mate is chanemir. Then there are the old timers who hark back to the hard winters of their youth and declare winters now are not what they used to be. Nor are the summers nearly so hot as when they toiled in fields from dawn to dusk. Some folk assure us that the Japan current has changed its course and that accounts for a change in climate, if there be such a change. All of which is determined only by the rule of guessing and not bv the data of the exact science of meteorology. For the government weather bureau reports show no perceptible chancre in our climate since the records began. There are variations from the normal to be sure. Some years the heat is excessive: other vears the rainfall is deficient. A few years later all this is changed by going to the other extreme So we will have to get along with climate as we have it. There is nothing we can do about it of course, as Mark Twain long ago remarked. Least of all may we console ourselves with anv thought that the "climate is changing ." But who would want to change these luscious, mellow golden autumn days? Some people will be shocked because a former Oregon woman a nicked out bv a California cult to bo mother of a deity. In ancient times deities were women-born, not only In mythologies but in many of the cults of Asia and Egypt A study of the history ot religion and comparative religion discloses how little new there is which modern cults have to offer. Religion seems to- be one field that has been aulte thoroughly worked, ranging from crude super stition1 to refined philosophy. With football games and world series baseball games on the air. the old radio set Is apt to get a hot box this week, alias burn out a tube. These are big days for the radio fans. Srt Mftvor Llveslev has appointed his friends to Berve as the garbage detail. The nlane "Chicago. I Will" has stayed aloft over 200 hourp. "In Portland, We Do." It is now up to yon. Well, we see the" Seattle. Judge has affirmed our verdict in the "Ma? Kennedy ease, - ' Orchestra leader dons plus fours, says aa Oregonlan headline. Fortunate; otherwise ho probatory would navo appearea in ovus. TWO SCHOOM CLOSED HILO, Hawaii, Oct f-(AP)-Al results of the earthquake which shook tht island of Hawaii se verely for 23 seconds Saturday night two school houses have been closed because of damage to them. - . V ' AUTOIST DIES PORTLAND, Ore.. Oct 9-(AP) Alex Breugger, J 5, died at a hos pital hero today from injuries suf fered when he was struck by a hit-and-run driver on September 27. Fred Wolf! was arrested. volved in a quarrel with a young man in his employ. Suddenly both drew revolvers and began firing at each other. The duel ended by Wilson falling from his mule, a dead man. The young man rode away ana was seen no more. A grave was dug, the dead man bur ted and within two hours the train was in motion. w s s "There was no time for tears or ceremonies, winter was com ing on, and the terrible mountains must be crossed. Besides tht dread of an Indian attack was ever present. After leaving Snake river we lost no more cattle. We crossed the Bin mountains with out any mishap. Wef met several settlers coming out with teams to help any that might be in dis tress. They were told to go on back, as others were behind far more in need of assistance than we. On reaching the Columbia river we found the Indians very friend ly and obtained an abundance of fresh salmon. Trifles were traded for salmon and wild currants, which formed a welcome addition to our bill of fare. The dreaded Cascade mountains were finally reached. A storm was raging in the mountains, and we were advis ed by settlers whom we met com ing out to assist the immigrants, to wait for better weather. Some disregarded the advice and paid dearly for their temerity, losing many ot their cattle, and only tor the help rendered by the settlers might themselves have perished. "a As soon as the storm spent its force a 'start was made and the dreaded mountains passed In six days, and without any serious mishap. On reaching the valley we were everywhere greeted with genuine western hospitality. Veg etables were plenty and cheap la fact could bo had for the asking. Bnt while wheat was abundant there were no mills to grind it la- to flour, and we soon discovered that that very necessary article could not be had for love or mon ey. We were therefore soon duced to a daily diet of boiled wheat, potatoes, pumpkins and wild meat, the latter requiring but little exertion to secure. But we were as well of as anybody else, and with the remnants of clothing saved from the wreck of the desert and plains passed the winter in health and some degree of comfort." (Cot Thompson, as quoted. wrote of "the sickness that dot ted the valley of the Platte (in 1852) with graves." The sickness dotted the valley with graves, but they were unmarked. There was nothing to mark them with, and besides there was no time to spare time was precious. And anoth er reason was the dread of In dians and wolves. So the custom was to bury the dead in unmarked graves at the camping places, and then have the cattle and wagons pass over them as the trains pull ed out, in order to obliterate the marks of the graves.) "W The Immigration of that year lost 6009 from various causes, mostly from a disease that was called "the cholera." That was the year of the "big migration," when more than (0,009 men, women and children trekked up the Platte valley bound for the Pa cific shores. The father of the Bits man came that year, driving an ox team; came from Spring field, Ills. The mother of the Bits man came from the same state in 1850: a 12 year old girl: walked all the way barefooted. Taylor (W. T.) Rigdon ot Salem, a very smaU boy then, was a member of the same covered wagon train, with his people. The westward movement across the plains to this coast from 1834 to 1869, when the golden spike was driven connecting the Central Pacific with the Union Pacific railroad, was the most remarkable hegira in history. In those years 350,000 people followed the Old Oregon Trail with their faces set for the sunset shores of the Pa cific. The first years, all were bound for the Oregon Country, which during the 30 'a-and most of the 40's meant for the westward moving throng, only the Willam ette valley. In the late 40's and thereafter their destinations were divided between western Oregon and California, and later, Wash ington and eastern Oregon and Idaho. U U As has been told before in this column, at least 20,000 lost their lives on the journey, and ot all those 20,000 graves only on is definitely marked, that ot a Mor mon woman, Rebecca Burdlck Winters, wife ot Hiram Winter. aged 50 years. This pioneer mo ther was one of the 1152 immi gration. She died August 15th ot that yaar, near Scott's Bluff, Ne braska. One of the company had the forethought to pick up an old wagon tire that lay along the trail. and bending it into an oval he set it within the grave. On top ot the tire was chiseled the mother's name and age. A party of survey ors laying out a railroad along the North Piatt happened by mere chance to run their line right over the grave. Then the surveyors with a touch ot sympathy that is beautiful to think upon, went back 20 miles and changed the line of survey that it might miss the mo ther's grave. The old tire with its chiseling is there yet, and also a monument built by the descend ants in Utah of the pioneer mo ther. m The mother ot Harvey Scott died Sunday, June 20th, of 'that year at a point not a great dis tance west ot the resting place of the Mormon pioneer mother, and was hurled the next morning in an unmarked grave at the camp ing place, about tl miles north west of Laramie. She died ot what was known as "plains cholera," a disease probably derived from im pure water. George H. Himes, curator of the Oregon Historical society, estR mates the number ot deaths on the plains during the covered wa gon days at more than 19,000. He is generally conceded to be good authority. The wonder Is not that there were so many deaths, but that so many came through. n The migration of the human race has been ever westward. But in past history it was usually slow, and by short stages. Decade and centuries Intervened between new starts. The coming of the 150,000 was accomplished principally in the 10 years beginning with 1843, and the distance of the transfer of the multitude averaged over 2000 miles. So the record of It Is the most remarkable in the whole story of human progress towards the setting sun. It extended the arc of the republic to the Pacific, and territory ot the United States the land that la destined to be the richest and most populous part of its domain. 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