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PAGBFOint "ATo Faror 5wayar rtr o Fear Shdtt Awe." j. Proa Pint Statesman. March IS, 1S51 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Cbakus A. Speacue, Sheldon F. Sacxxi r, Publitkere Chakixs A. Spsactjk Sheldon F. Sackett Member oC the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication et ail news diapatches credited to it or not other wise credited in this paper. Pacific Ceaa Advertising Representatives: " " - - Arthur W. Stypes, Inc., Portland, Security Bldg. Ban Francisco, Sharon Bids-: Los Angeles, W. Pae. Bids. Eastern Advertising Representatives: - Ford-Part-oss-Stecher, Inc., New York. 271 Madison Arc; - Chicago. 360 N. Michigan Ave. Entered at the Postoffice at Salem, Oregon, as Sacond43at$ Uatter. Puhtitktd every morning except Monday. Business of fiee 215 S. Commercial Street. . ,t . j SUBSCRIPTION RATES Mail Subscription Rates, in Adrance. Within Oregon; Dally and Sunday, 1 Mo. 50 cents; 3 Mo. 11.25; 6 Mo. 2.25; 4 year M.00. Elsewhere 50 cents per Mo. or $5.00 for, 1 year in advance. . ' 1 1 By City Carrier: SO cents a month; $5.50 a year in ad ance. Per Copy 2 cents. On trains, and News Stands 6 cents. China Capitulates TORN by civil war, her resources drained by years of in ternal strife, China has been forced 'to capitulate to the a demands of the Soviets. Russians will be restored to power over the China Eastern railway, the ousting of whom pre cipitated the struggle. The solemn engagements of the Kel logg treaty were ignored when national interest was as stake. Russia whose communistic doctrine is supposed to teach the sin of war, did not hesitate to interests were in jeopardy. Poor China seems hopeless. A great amorphous mass. without cohesion, without leadership, without competent government, its new day which dawned so brightly under Sun Yat Sen and under the triumph of nationalistic party ment has been darkened. Rival tuchuns, rival generals have mexicanized the country. Bandits, war lords, grafting offi cials make government there a travesty. , With the Nanking government lacking in power, the chance for China to develop as a nation is slim. There was a time when in the first flush of triumph Nanking could extend its sway over all China from Manchuria to Canton. But dis putes with( Nanking officials and the separatist inclinations of South China and the interior crippled the Nanking author ity. Now tkere is no prospect of the emergence of an au thority which will rule over all China for months or years to corns. In consequence foreign nations will make no further concessions to meet the demands for national independence which Chinese students and leaders are eager to assume. The powers are not likely to approve of extraterritoriality so long as there is no reliable government operating in China. Sympathies of the United tionalistic party in China, and there is keen disappointment over its failure to extended strong rule over that vast country. " Provide the Sinking Fund 9UND business and apparently the requirement of the -jr:f5- city charter combine to force the city council to revise t the budget for 1930 by levying an extra half mill. It is true i that the city's budget is high, that the tax levy will be higher and the extra half -mill will make it that much higher. But ""the situation is not the city council's fault. The levy is high because of the votes of the people who have added extra levies and voted bonds. It is the people who have authorized the levies and incurred the debt. The council can properly do no other than comply with the provisions of the charter amendments and make the levy for a sinking fund to meet the incinerator and airport bonds when they fall due. If the people don't know that.when they vote indebtedness ther will have to meet the debt, then they may as well learn the lesson now as any time. J Under the schedule worked out by Mr. Paulus if the sinking fund is invested, as it may be in government or mu nicipal bonds or treasury notes ings reinvested then on the half mill levy funds will be on hand to meet the bonds when they mature from 1936 to 1939. If the sinking fund is not levied then past history in T cQcates that with no money on hand to meet the bonds they I Z will have to he refunded, the same as nast bond issues. -I Salem is still paying for its city hall which was built forty f- years ago, and will be paying for it up to 1940. That sorry record should not oe duplicated on the bonds for the incin erator and airport. Why Unfortunate" mHE university athletic news service sends out a nicture X . of one of its players barred from the Florida trip. The accompanying caption relates that he "was prevented along witn two other Uregonians toy an unfortunate ruling of" mittee." Why is the ruling "unfortunate" 7 The players, whose aenaency.pccurred some time ago were permitted to play ; all through the conference schedule. The jaunt to Honda is ; principally a pleasure trip anyway, with no vital interest here i over the outcome of the game. . : - Or is any interference by the faculty scholarship com- mittee even after; the important games have been played, "unfortunate ' in the eyes of Report of the sale )ot downtown property, in Salem for a size able figure Is encouraging. City rest estate has teen Quiet tor some months. While raises hare not receded, sales hate been Tery few. The inrestment made shews faith In the stability of raluea and faith in the future of Salem real property While securities of one kind or another ham been alluring up j recent weeks, there remains no better form pf inrestment than pronely selected And priced real estate. With a reasonable income tax lifting, part of the tax load off real property It shemld become eren mere desirable for long-time inrestment. . - . Now that the merger ferer seems to be subsiding la this coun try, it is suggested that the promoters turn their attention to merg ing some ef the smaller countries of Europe r Centnal America. Some of them! could be bought gether they might turn out to be sell to Americans "Snares in Europe,- inc. .'Now the Portland Realty Board Is putting oa a slogan contest. Is that new one rusty already? And by the way what hat become of the new super-organization launched with a bane.net aad a slogan Just a tew weeks ago! V, I We may not hare a stock Breakfast club. Anyway this is prore of. ' The power shortage v must b praying. It they , keen it up ions be answered. ' ... - , - Now the males bare a Dorothy Poling tries to answer tbe silly radio sad through a newspaper ; With everybody expressing their thankfulness ss fcsarUly terday, doctors are sure of busy day today. Salem's own ticker room 'ban 'short oa suckers, or was the Job A5VW-J---. - - Editor-Manager - Managing-Editor resort to war when hr -"vital patriotism, without compelling over the old Peking govern States have been with the na or certificates and the earn from the southeastern invasion the faculty scholarship com the athletic department 7 r - up at half-price, and when put to worth, something. Them they might .. . exchange branch, but we do nave a one organization the wires will an- - ; pretty bad as Seattle lr starting emouga tneir prayers are sure to '. Dlx and Laura lean-Ubby. Dan Questions of the sfily simps orer the comma.. , closed down. Can it be we are done with unusual dlspatcht Tfca BITS for BREAKFAST By R. J. HENDRICKS Jason Lee te the rescue: It The ominous rumors coming te the terror stricken settlers about the threatened massacre of ail the whites by the Indians decided Ja son Lee to make a perilous trip la the dead of winter to talk with Penpeumoxmox, or Yellow Ser pent, powerful and rich chief of the Walla Wallas, and a man of Influence with the Caynse Indians and ether tribesmen. Many influences combined te make this one of the most critical and threatening times through which the missions and the scat tered settlements passed in the beginning days. Lee left his home now SCO Broadway. Salem) with his camping outfit and blankets, at uoou January Z3, 1843, in a Email wagon hoping before night fall te embark in small canoe on the Willamette rirer at La Butte (near the present Butte rille), with a crew of four In dians; bat It wee afternoon of the third day before bis Indian crew were ready. With the usual inci dents of a canoe voyage on a high, roaring rirer, with exposed camps at night on the wet ground, he found himself with his Indian crew prepared to. leart the Fort Vancourer of the Hudson's Bay company for Wascopan (The Dalles) at noon the 2 7th.; At toe Hudson's Bay company flouring mUl, they increased their load with four bushels of seed wheat for the Wascopan mission, and camped for the night 10 miles abore Vanconrer. The next day, Saturday, January 28, had to re main in camp; that day and sun day, on account of high winds and hearr rains, turning to snow, cor- ering the ground an inch deep. After a hard day in the storm, reached the Cascades oa Monday, the 29 th, at dusk, and with diffi culty landed, and by great effort got s small fir log out of a snow bank and JbuUt an "Indian fire." and prepared . supper. They, were short of blankets and suffered much from the cold. On Tuesday, early, started tor the tipper end of the portage, a mile away, and secured tlx or teTen Indian men and a few boys who came willing ly to help in carrying the canoe They dragged it all the way orer the .snow, and were paid double on account of the snow, ana traded flour tor salmon. Ur. Lee's Journal reads: "Snow fell rapidly towards evening, rearing a stormy night, my Indians asked permia sion to go to the (Indian) mouse to sleep, which I readily granted. and accordingly they left me to myself as soon as prayers were orer. . s s Wednesday, January 31, loaded the canoe in a snowstorm and pressed on through a. storm; riTer soon became) dreadfully . agitated and the brisk breeze increased to atfale, which rendered their sit uation perilous. Their blanket-sail served feebly, excepting when the canoe was retarded by floating ice. To land was Impossible. By exert Ingthemselres to the utmost with their naddles. they could Just keep before the waves so as te prevent their breaking over the Quarter, as lour as they bad clear sailing. But the wares began to break orer their boat, baring encounter ed a dense massi snow ana ice. However, they pressed on. cleared a point rocks by s marrow mar' gin, and succeeded In landing near dark, with the snow a foot deep, The Indians discussed the dangers they had passed through, and con cluded that had; the- cano been upset they themselres might hare gained the shore, but Ur." Lee would bare been surely drowned, being tod hearuy clothed for tree swimming., r r ,r-. ; -Arrived at Wascopan. before night the next day. February I and ' found the- members of tbe mission weu. Wrote (In bis Jour nal) If r. Lee: "Mrs. Dr. (Narcls- i iar Whitman was with them; CGO:i GTATCCZlAn, Batea. Ortssa. ftgar Katniag. TforeaWr 2, lttS That"Day Aitei" Feeling was glad to meet her again, as I had met seen her since I called upon them on my Journey to the states, in 1838, but was sorry to una aer m poor neaitn." ua had seat word to Penpeumoxmox te meet aim at the mission at Wascopam. The chief came with, a company et warriors. He pretend ed te be anxious te know whether the, whites wished peace or war. That wQl depend largely upon yourselTes answered Mr. Lee, ss be wrote taenia Journal. "If you imitate our Industry and adopt our habits, your poverty will soon disappear, and your people will bare things as weu as we. our hands are our wealth, and you and your people hare bands as well as we, and yea only need to use them properly tn order to gain prop erty." Further wrote Mr. Leer "I illustrated this by showing them that Amelcans who passed through their country that ot the Walla Wallas and Cayuses) en tirely destitute womld by tnotr In dustry upon the Willamette in a tew ytari have horses aad cattle and bouses and other property, the traits of their own labors. S They wanted -to know if Dr. White, the Indian agent who had but recently rlstted them at Wal la Walla, Intended to giro them anything. -Mr. Lee told them that "to be -always looking for gifts was a sure sign ot laziness, for the industrious would rather labor and earn a thing than to beg it." After a number of meetings, Peu- peumoxmox and his people depart ed for their own place, more than 10 e mues away. H Says H. K. Hines in his history: "Without doubt t&ls perilous win ter Journey ot Mr. Lee had rery much to do in calmlag the fears ot the Indians at this most crit ical time the Americana in the country ever saw. They (the Americans) were so few that an Indian outbreak, such as was threatened at this time, womld easily bare swept them all from the face ot the earth. No other American in the country had the influence Mr. Lee had among the Indians; and bis courage end sag acity were equal to any emergency that came t him." 7 - It , The , trip down, the Columbia was as -perilous ju that going np. The entire Oregom pepuistlom ot Americans at that time comprised only a tew dozen souls. Only the first considerable party ot tmm grants .bad then arrtred, those coming In 1842 with Dr. Elijah White. He gare the whole -number, men. women and emildrem, at 112, Bashford aires tbe names of air themen, finding ft. Dr. Mc Loaghlin gare the whole party as 137 ; probably counting - some mountain men who Joined. Meter urn Crawford gare the somber at 101; Lore Joy said there were about 70 armed men; Fremont said ,f 4, and Hatstlngs tt armed mem. , - .'-: . . w The ether . Americas lnhablr tants at the country were nearly an connected with the missions, with the exception ef a tew moun tain seen, who had drifted into the settlements. The whole vote oa the American side oa May X. 1141, ia f aror of th prorialonal gov ernment was only tt to if; cer tainly mot morm than CO; -including six Oat ot the mini who came in the Peoria party In 1840. and 10 of the White party, and two or more at the French settlers. That majority rote represented a large majority ot the Americans in the eountrythen, mxeepting womea and cauaren. V The wonder is. that there were not more Indian troubles, consid ering the foollngr and criminal acts such as the murder ot the son of Penpeumoxmox. But who can blame the hatred ot the Innocent whites who suffered at the hands J I AS V I SIWD AS J ; ot the Indians, shown In the des ecration ofLthe dead body of the old chief ot the militiamen T The amenities of civilized life cannot be expected when such forces meet one another. The precepts of the sermom on the Mount are for generations that bare not yet emerged in this faulty world, in races that are still young in fact in their Infancy in tbe progress et drillzatlon. BEMUD NEW YORK. Nor. IS. (AP) Charging riolation of the Clay ton anti-trust act, united states Attorney General William Mitch eU today in a federal court tiled two dm actions against tbe War ner Brothers Pictures, Inc., and the Fox Film corporation and their subsidiaries. The actions seek to strip, tbe two companies of recently ac quired holdings through which it la alleged they control approxi mately OS per cent of tbe nation's motion picture industry. . Ia the action against the War mer interests, tbe Stanley com pany ot America, which controls 25,041 shares of First National Pictures aad the First National Pictures, Inc. also are named as defendants. Through ite eontrol et the Stanley company, and the recent purchase on open market of 71, 893 shares of First National stock, the suit alleges that War ner Brothers pictures mow domi nates First National and has elim inated it as a competitor. The action asks that the courts set aside the purchase of the First National stock and order the Warner interests to relinquish the holdings which set up the alleged monopoly. It also seeks an order restraining Warner Brothers from exercising their stock voting rights In the First National. The suit ajratnst the Fox stoud and WQlism Fox asks an' order setting aside the recent acquisi tion by those interests of Loew's, Inc. which In turn, control Me- tro-Goldwyn -Mayer Inc., proprie tors of both the Metro-Ooldwya-Mayer, Inc., proprietors of both the Metre-Goldwyn-Mayer Pic tures corporation, a . movie pro ducing, concern, and the Metro- Goldwyu-Mayer distributing cor poration. HE! SOCIETY'S ED Portland, ore., not. 28. (AP) Charges that an agent of the Oregon ' Humane ' society took a license tag- and collar aft a dog which had died of distemper tad put them on another animal sad them euneeted $5 from the wom an, owner et the second doc tor liquor were made to tbe city coun cil today by J. CI Potter la the coarse ot a hearing n the pro posaT ot the city to renew the contract with the society tor an other two years. The couacU renewed the con tract by which the society win get IA per cent ot the dog license tees tor its work. P- M. Baldwin, president of the society, said that Potter's charges would be inrestl gated and it found true, that the agent win be discharged. Potter declared tae ag oemmted the money..' . .J?: k, KJ.i ; I Potter proposed to handle the work mew done by the society ter St pet cent of the fees but City -Attorney Frank 8. Grant pointed out that the charter would not permit such a contract, authority being granted only tor any asso ciation or corporation which mas been in the business forten years. Read the Classified Ads. 2FLMMP1ES tfi IT jS CR T Affricultural Expert Tells of Various Types of Red Cloyer Now Grown By J. B, BECK County Agent ot Polk County The following extract from the recently issued yearbook of the United States department of agri culture is a discussion of the va riation in red clover between the European and American type that will be of particular interest to Polk" county farmers at this time when there is so mack discussion of our local seed crop. A. J. Pleters, ehief ef the department's forage crop investigational work is the author of this material. "The red clorer grown in tbe United States and Canada is rough hairy and differs in this respect from the European, which is -either quite smooth, like the Italian and some Russian varie ties or in which the hairs are closely appressed to the stem so that the stem seems to be smooth. There is considerable Variation in the degree of hairiness of Ameri can red clorer, bnt whether the hairs are many or few .they al ways stand out at right angles to the stem. Some American red clover plants are rery hairy, some less so, and plants with aU de grees of hairiness can be found in the same field. Whatever the varieties may be, however, there Is seldom any uncertainty as whether a given plant is of the American or of a. European type. The characteristic hairiness is best seen on the stem just below the flower head." "This hairy characteristic ot American red clorer has been known for a long time, and there has been some speculation as to its cause, for it must be borne in mind that there was no red clo ver in America when the white man came and that our original stock came from. England in the latter part of thp seventeenth century. The English clorer in turn came from Flanders, and both of these bare closely ap pressed hairs. The difference is, after all, one of degree and of arrangement ot the hairs, but it is so striking that some explanation as to how this difference came about is in order. The change from the European to the American type has come about so gradually that no one observed It while It was going on, and today when a solution Is at tempted It is possible only to bring together the pertinent facts and offer a guess as to the cause of the change. It is necessary first to torn to .the wild red clorer, the original species which occurs wild In Brit ain and in Europe but which is a low growing Vant of no great use except in pastures. The stems of this wild form may hare spreading hairs, hairs appressed to the stem, or the stem may be smooth. In other words, the sa turai variations ia the species corer the entire range round to day in the various European and American clorers. The possibil ity of producing rough hairy plants is therefore "in. the blood," but the English clorer brought to America mora than two cen turies ago was relatively smooth, as its Flemish ancestry shows. When this English clover was brought to America it encountered new conditions, among them a little Insect net known In Europe and called the potato leaf hop per. This laseot,' damages red clover and is especially hard on the smooth forms. It also does most of Its harm on the second, Your what o r or seed crop. When rery aoun dant it may kill sU the second growth ot the European elorers grown in the United States and it always keeps down the second growth so that such plants do not aeed well. The hairy American type is little affected, especially whea there art smooth plants oa which the leaf hopper cam feed. Tarn leaf hopper is native to the United States and without doubt turned promptly-to the new food plant provided by the first red clorer grown -in America. With an abundance of food the num bers ot the leaf hoppers would naturally increase, and in time they would be numerous enough to affect the seed crop seriously. Meanwhile there were probably a few rough hairy plants In a field, as is the case today when seed from certain parts of Eng land, such as Kent, is sown. These plants would be less af fected by the leaf hopper, which also is true today and would make relatively more seed than the other plants in the field. It is not possible to estimate how many years would be required for such a process to . go on before the number of rough hairy plants in a field would be a considerable proportion of the whole, bat it is certain that as the numbers of leaf hoppers increased with the new food supply the effect of the leaf hopper damage would become greater with the years. As this effect .became greater end the rough hairy plants each year pro duced relatively more seed than the relatively smooth ones, the proportion of rough hairy plants would increase, and so, gradual ly, under the attacks of a little green insect so small that it is seldom seen except by specialists, the type would be made over into the rough hairy form we have to day. Although it is not possible to look back 200 years and see what happened n reasonable inference may be drawn from what is known to happen ' today, and from the known facts the most reasonable answer to the question of why American red clover is rough hairy Is that the constant attacks of the leaf hopper carried on for more than 100 years gradually eliminated the smooth form of keeping down the production of seed, while the rough hairy form produced more seed than the other, and so constantly increased in numbers. FIERCE BALE HITS SEATTLE, Not. 28.-(AP) Belated word of a terrific storm which swept the Bristol bay re gion in Alaska Nor. 24; wrecking salmon canneries and destroying large quantities of supplies, was received here today. The destruction of supplies may cause suffering unless more ma terials are dispatched at once, George R. Gardner, government school superintendent at Unalaska reported. Horace aldweH, govern ment school teacher at Kanakan ak, reported that two warehouses and a coat storage shed owned by the bureau of education at that point had been destroyed, learinar them virtually without supplies. FEET can now enjoy your EYES approve "THErRE here ... the new Sd A by Preserver Shoe models . direct from the Sclbj Fashion Studios, la Paris and Kew York. See them . . . get a real beauty thrill. Then try them oa . . . and get smother thrill ... a comfort thrill. , This It the shoe that fives com fort and foot health along with txic most dashing chic Skilfulljr concealed features assure fcccJoflt from strain and fatigue, peevefit I pinching aad swelling and impart a truly Joyous rltalitjr ta Jpcf tttpmy nlaute of thadif, C 4 , Kemember,e rrmteidttiiveraeth fiotaheeXcolail, addlaj an extra note of custom-tailored rautttesa. TteNEW Aral BDDYGUARD TELLS HILLIIF SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Nov. 28. (AP) Kenneth McKillip, si year old brawny Scot, who de scribed himself as the IS 8 pound dean of Stanley Mccormick's five male nurses, testified today at the superior court hearing into medical treatment being accorded the Incompetent multimillionaire that ho had kept a watchful eye and a strong hand upon Stanley for 23 years. Stanley McCormick was ad Judged incompetent in 1908. Mrs. Katherine McCormick is seeking by court action to have herself appointed sole guardian and ad ministrator Of hie 150,000.009 estate, ousting; Harold F. McCor mick and Mrs. Anita McCormick Blaine, Stanley's brother and sis ter from the guardianship. Under direct and cross examin ation McKillip testified he has lived continuously with Stanley since the latter became violent in 1908, and recounted intimate de tails of the wealthy incompetent's life from that time to the present. OlEBSHIP TALKED PORTLAND. Ore.. Nov. 28 (AP) The question ' ot Multno mah county turning over that part ot the Columbia highway within the county to the state was brought up again today at a meet ing of the county commissioners here when Fred Brady, represen tative of the Warren Construc tion company, appeared and pro tested against relinquishing the highway or any other road. The matter was discussed at some length, but no action was taken. Brady suggested that Instead of such action the county should make an effort through the leg islature to ge ta reapportionment ot the state auto license fund or a share of the state gasoline tax. Commissioner German said he thought such an attempt would be unsuccessful. RAILROADS APPEAL I. C. G. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2S. (AP) Setting up the constitu tional grounds that they are be ing deprived of property without due process of law, 23 railroads. Including the Southern Pacific, Santa Fe, Western Pacific and Union Pacific, today tiled suit in the federal court to set aside an order of the interstate commerce commission reducing rates on re frigerator car shipments. The order, according te the complaint, "limits the railroads to the collection of actual icing charges while there are many oth er expenses incident to the hand ling of refrigerator cars. The railroads estimate that un der the rates established they will reeetvo mot more than gtOO.eoe a year om shipments ot batter, eggs, cheese, and dressed poultry from California. Oregon. Washing ton, Idaho, Nevada, and Arizona to other states. QUESTION OF BRIDGE 1