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December 6, IS! "No Favor Sways Us; No Fear ShaU Awe." j From First Statesman, March 28. 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Cha&ixs A. SraAGtm, Sheldon F. Sacxett, Publulere Charles A. Sfkacve - Editor-Uanager Sheldox F. Sackctt - - - llmngging-Edilor , Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the nse for publication of all news dispatches credited to it or sot other wise credited in this paper. Pacific Coast Advertising Representative: Arthur W. Stypes, lac. Portland, Security Bid. San Francisco, Sharon Bids;; Los Angeles, W. Pac. Bide Eastern Advertising Representatives: Ford-Parsons-Stecher, Jnc, New Tork, 271 Madison Are.; Chicago. 88 N. Michigan Are. Entertd et the Potto ff ice at Salem, Oregon, Seeond-CUu Hatter. Publirhed every morning except Monday. Buabusn of f ice 215 S. Commercial Street. SUBSCRIPTION RATE3 Man Sabscrlptlom Rates, in AdTanee. Within Oregon; Dally and Sunday. 1 Mo. SO cents; 3 Mo. 11.25; Mo. 2.25: 1 year It.Ct. Elsewhere 50 cents per Mo. or 85.00 for 1 year in advance. , " By City Carrier: 50 cents a month; 85.50 a year in ad Tance. Per Copy Z cents. On trains, and News Stands 5 cents. Will a Voluntary UNDER the whip and spur of the new federal farm board a big national grain corporation is being formed to put the grain business of the United States through cooperative channels, financed liberally by government money. Charles W. Lonsdale, a big grain man of Kansas City, was offered the job as general manager, which he declined because he believes the plan will result in failure. Said Mr. Lonsdale: "While I am wholly sympathetic toward all sound effort to improve the relative economic position of agriculture, I be lieve there are certain fundamentals which cannot safely be violated, and I am compelled to bility as directing head of the Farmers National Grain cor poration because of the sincere conviction that the plan, as at presentJdutBned, will fail." . $ J It js Hard to see how the organization could fail, if as the Rosalia officer of the North Pacific cooperative says, that the government will bear the losses. The Oregonian says the farm board will pay no losses and quotes from the law, and says that the worst that could happen would be that it would have to wait for its money until profits were earn ed. Of course that might be a long, long time,' and if the cooperative disbanded as many have done, the losses would fall on the farm board as creditor. There are some fields where cooperative marketing seems the logical solution of farm troubles. This applies par ticularly to perishable crops produced in a compact area. The individual grower has too small 'a production to have a voice in fixing a price; collective bargaining is necessary to get fair prices. But with grain like wheat or corn, we question seriously whether a cooperative on voluntary lines will succeed. Big grain cooperatives were launched tinder the Aaron Sapiro inspiration in 1920, and the memory .of their operations is still sharp among members in the three northwestern states. Some of the biggest men in the farm and grain trade were directing this northwestern organiza tion but the farmers commenced to wiggle out of their con tracts after an experience of one or two years. The Des Moines Register which has been a valiant fighter for farm relief, makes the following comment rela tive to volunteer pools: One of the problems before effective tarn organisation Is the weakness of voluntary pooling. The Canadian, wheat pool has recently made its report for the year. The total deliveries were: "47K,711fzS bushels of wheat, ot which 244,241,200 bushels were delivered to the pool, or S1.3 per ct of the total crop." It with all the pool has done to stabilise wheat In the Canadian provinces 4$ per cent of the wheat dodges the service, and incident ally the eosts of the pool, what assurance do we have that the 51 par , cent, will hold fast in a trying season? The pool has sold 35,000.000 last largely because of the over-plus from Argentina. The pool was pretty well cleaned up however from last year and holding over this year wiU not embarrass it if the coming season Is favorable. The pool has standardised the Canadian grain market and sta- bilised prices. Generally peaking the Canadian wheat grower has had better prices than the United States grower. I' But will voluntary cooperation they have all the advantages for It there what is bound to happen on this side of the line where our - agricultural production la so varied and hard to classify? In the end If there is to be effective stabillzaUoa must not every bushel bear Its fair-share of the burden, every pound of butter, every processed product of the farmt Where has voluntary cooperation ever been successful in the unprofitable years? Sour Fruit of Our Russian Policy THE rebuff to the advances of the United States in the interest of peace in Manchuria may be quite directly at tributed to our misguided and unwise policy in dealing with the soviet government. From the time of the October revo- lution the United States has acted on wrong advice from Russia. Ambassador Francis was continually predicting the fall of the Lenin party; and the Wilson policy was based ; on this faulty prophecy. The American intervention was a grievous error. Just now we note the ship has broughjb home the bodies of our soldiers who had perished on the ill-starred adventure about Archangel, martyrs to political blundering at Washington. ' Our policy has since been ill-advised. We have with held recognition, alone among the powers great and small of the" earth. We hare haughtily spurned Russia's approaches looking toward an understanding. Secretaries Hughes and Kellogg continued the holier-than-thou attitude which leaves the United States in ill favor in Russia and, now a laughing stock of the world because Russia' scorns our moves for peace arid terms the note of Secretary Stimson "an unfriendly act.' Those are harsh words in diplomacy. Often they are the prelude to armed conflict. No such result may here be anticipated; but to have our vigorous overtures in the inter est of world peace termed "an onfrienaTjr at" is serious. But what other reception might we expect from Russia whose efforts to negotiate we have spurned whose leaders we have scoffed at, whose political and economic overtures we have damned? Oddly enough the United States, washing its hands of diplomatic relations with Russia, with the face of a pious . Yankee deacon, does let the shipping board sell a lot of left-over ships to the soviet government for $50,000. Certainly the United States can hope for no welcome on the ' doormat when we endeavor by back-stairs negotiation through the French ambassador to deal with the soviet gov ernment; so long as we bolt the door in the face of the Rus sians and pull down the blinds. We have no respect for .Bolshevism and no sympathy with its bloody: recerd; neither do we approve of the dic tatorship of Mussolini But business is business and diplom acy is diplomacy; and the United States through its false, ; ill-conceived and costly attitude toward Russia loses all weight when it comes to treating with that country over issues such as the Manehurian affair The United States should be decent if it isn't friendly. 4 We note that the Oregonian Is advocating the erection of a mon ument to Joseph, "another good Indian We didn't get to-read the Oregonian but we presume the Oregonian has reference to George.- Corvallu Gazette-Times. :y- -.y: .. - y-;:: v 5 v -; -The Gazette-Times was evidently thinking of the defi- Pool Succeed? refuse the tender of responsi bushels loss abroad this year than work out even la Canada where it? It there is any question about 1 liiiiiSiif 'ipliiiilBi i x ' J i BITS for BREAKFAST -By R. J. IIENDRICKS "Who knew General Ward? S The Bits man wants informa tion from some old timer. He has been trying to check up on the man who was known in the early days of this part of Oregon as General Ward. . . The John P. Gaines donation land claim was this alio ot and to the east ot the Sky Line or chard, a few miles south ef Sa lem, la the lory neighborhood, la the Liberty district. This was the John P. Gaines who was the sec ond appointed governor of the ter ritory ot Oregon; appointed by President Taylor, and according to the Blue Book, serving from Ac IS, 1850, to Hay If, 1SS3, though the Inscription b ail tombstone says from Nqyember, wnen ne was appwnxeo. Governor Gaines was a stormy pe trel ot early day politics, because he was a whig, and Oregon was then democratic; very much dem ocratic; like It was said ot Brig ham Toung, "very much mar ried." m li The governor's mansion (of Governor Gaines) stiU stands, as it was then, with an additron on the west side. Next to the dona tion land claim ot ' Governor Gaines was that of Mr. Moore, and next that ot Thomson Ward, and next to Ward's was that of Dr. A. M. Belt. Nancy Ward .was mar ried to Dr. A. M. Belt John Belt, son, was a pioneer druggist of Sa lem.- He was the father ot the present Associate Justice . Harry H. Belt of; the Oregon supreme court Myra'Belt, youngest daugh ter of Dr. A. M. Belt, was Mrs. George H. Burnett, long a member of the supreme court both de ceased. Dr. A. M. Belt was the first grand master of the Masonic lodge of Oregon, his home lodge being that at Kerby, Josephine county, which is named Belt lodge. Mrs. Dr. A. M. Belt was a re fined and cultured lady; but dur ing the Civil war her sympathies were with her people ot the south, and she was not favorable to the work ot the residents of Salem who constantly solicited funds 'for the Sanitary Commis sion, which was the Red Cross of that conflict When she was ap proached by a pioneer woman tor a subscription, she begged to be excused for refusing to help the people ot the north who were killing- her own people of the south, . -- The Wards had slaves, as did al so Governor ' Gaines, and both families brought their negro chat tels to Oregon and kept them on their farms. One old resident re members the aanme of some of the slaves, and that when some ot them died they were buried on the farms. The slave cabins on the Governor Gaines place were' Just east ot the governor's bouse, but they have - long sine . been torn .away. The Bits man Is prom ised story of these Oregon slaves, for some Issue et the fu ture. - m m m There Is a plot la the Odd Pel- lows eemeteryrnot far from the east entrance, north ot the big lanrel trees where there ax' two old tombstones, one ot them let tered: "Minerva P. Ward, wife of T. B. ward, died Juno 21. 1151 aged SS years, 1 mo S. days." The lettering oa the other one is: Maara B daughter ot T'B. and M. J. Warl, died Dec. St, 1871, aged S yrs J moa, 13 days.' There is no other tombstone on the lot. nor, apparently, a third gravo. - (Not tho apparent dis crepancy In middle initial and dates. A woman dying June 28, 1881, could not leave a daughter dylnx Dee. 11. I87f. at the age ot only f years and a little over 2 months.) The Comedy Finish Where was General Ward bur led? Some old timers think It was ia the Odd Pellows' cemetery, but the Bits man has not yet found tho grave. Who can tell hlmT Was Thompson Ward or T. B. Ward. General Ward? What was he general of? There are many great Wards la the biographical dictionaries, generals, ministers, bishops, etc. One old timer thinks the General Ward ef early Oregon fought In the Revolution, or that his father did. H b There Is another angle: Joseph Baker, eldest Salem resident in point ot continuous .residence! here, remembers that the Bennett nonw waa iuuwo, or aooui iwi ished, early la 1852. He rememAJ mi t . . Ders mat oe thought it was a magnificent hotel. That puts the right data for Capt Bennett's great activities in Oregon. Mr. Baker also remembers that there was another husband ot Capt Bennett's widow, before John Hendershott married her, and he thinks his name waa Ward, and that he married her in '56 or '57, and died not long afterwards. The dates do not Jibe for this Ward (if his name was Ward) to have been General Ward. Who knows about this? Mr. Baker remembers this second marriage, because he himself was one ot the chief mem bers of a party that attempted to give tho newly wedded couple a noisy charavari, that miscarried, because the 'objects of the chari vari were not at home In the Ben nett house while the youthful bunch carried on their noise mak ing demonstration, and there were threats ot arrest that scared young Joe Baker nearly out ot his wits. m S Mr. Baker also remembers that John Hendershott. the third hus band ot the widow of-Capt" Ben nett, was a grood and industrious man; that while the wife was sev eral years older than the husband. Mr. Hendershott made a full hand In work, In keeping np the hotel and other buildings left by Capt Bennett to his. widow. That cor responds with the lines on the Kombstone of John Hendershott k b Mr. Baker remembers another charivari that waa historic. It was when John G. Wright well known pioneer grocer, married Caroline Cross, daughter of Thorn-1 as Cross, father of E. C. Cross, who was the father ot our present Cur tis Cross, the third generation of prominent packers here. The noise makers even got out the historic cannon that came across the plains with the '47 immigra tion, and the tiring of which Cat Geer said protected that biggest immigration train up to that time from Indian attacks. Tho tiring of the cannon shattered the lights fat the Thomas Cross home,, locat ed near where the First Congre gational church is now. That was ia 1858, about After the chara vari some ne stole the cannon and dumped it into tho Willamette at tho east end ot the present bridge at the toot ot Center street, and the ancient big gun was not dragged out ot its watery' grave tni the early days ot the Civil war.1 when It again came into play in many patriotic demonstrations. Who knows where that eld can non Is siowT : ..- eu- su Now,' here Is another tact con cerning the claim that Capt Chas. Bennett ought to have his name on the California monument as one ot the discoverers et sold: In 1877, Jaae IS, Judge B, P. Bolae made the "annual address" before the ' Oregon Historical ; society meeting at the state, fair grounds, and John MInto made the "occa sional . address," reviewing the Immigration of 1844. whrV?ras a custom at the annual mtrdgs In those years. . John Mlnto was one of the big men of that Immigra tion. : He xv the names .of all the members (about 800) of the 1844 immigration; or rather tho heads ef the families. He naa er fleifmt nolo from other leading 'members of that year's covered wagon traras. He gave among Se deceased members james arshall and Capt Bennett This is a, fact of history that has been overlooked by aU the historians, ao far as the Bits man can trad. This1 is addition evidence that the leading historians were right in giving as tho discoverers of gold In California James W. Marshall and Captain Charles Bennett They were Intimate. James W. Marshall went to California from Oregon in 1848, and Capt Charles Bennett In 1847. and they, boon companions ot immigration days etTtrlals and hardships, were working together when they dis covered gold on Jan. 24, 1848. r But who can answer the above Questions about General Ward? ' w Old Oregon's Yesterdays , . wn Talks from The States man Our fathers Read v New officers ef the Capital Ty pographic Union No. 210 are: L. S. Rowland, president; Harry W. Hill, vice-president; P. Jas koskl, secretary-treasurer; W. H. Gault sergeant-at-arms; J. S. Wyant, J. V. Inning and J. W. Baker, executive committee; Budd Hill, George Snyder and W. F. Dunlap, auditing committee. The United Artisans elected of ficers to servo for the next six months as follows: James E. God frey. P. M. A.; W. W. Hill. M. A.; Mary Hill, sup.; Victoria Wor sham, lnsp.; H. S. Belle, sec'y.; George Melson, treaa.; E. Cooke Patton, Sr. C; OUle Kelly, M. C; Edna Goodhue, Jr. C; Delia Goodhue, musician; Ida Godfrey and Iran Martin, field committee. A boys' club known as the Knights of King Arthur was or ganized at the Congregational church last evening. Officers are: Rev., W. C. Kantner, Merlin; P. S. Kantner, King; Elmer Bashor, Kay; Ralph Dlndfnger, sentinel; Fred Lamport, constable; Harry Wilson. Leland Hendricks, Her schel Van Fleet, Mevoll Lamport Paul Hendricks, Gene Slater, Otto Flnley, chamberlains; WiU Krebs, Daniel Fry, Jr., and Fred Fisher, chancellors. hV 1pnrrnr Pae 773 nf pi O I 11161 IZeSlUeilZ ; Visits at Zena ZENA, December 5. P. Ueck en, formerly of Zena and Lincoln, was a Friday visitor hero at the homes ot Gus. Lake and Alvin Madsen. Mr. Meckers recently bought a farm near McMinnville. where he and his family now reside. Their former neighbors and schoolmates will be Interested to know that the two older boys, John and Wallace Meckers, will finish grade school this .term end will attend. McMlaavlllo high school next year. Mrs. D. N. Hendricks has Just returned from Seattle where she was a visitor during the holidays St the home et Mr. and Mrs. Aaron ample. Mr. and Mrs. Sample were formerly engaged la business at Salem before moving to Seattle. . Monmouth Hears P. T. A. Officers ' - MONMOUTH, Dee. S DIs tlnguiahed visitors at the Normal school Tuesday were Mrs. Charles E. Re, National secretary of the Congress of parents and teachers; and Mrs. W. T. Brtee, -president of the Oregon Congress of parents and teachers. Mrs. Roe addressed the students and faculty at convocation on the advancement in the Interest of educational methods shown by the P. T.A. organization, . mm in to mm HEW GXRVAIS, Dee, S The high school play will be presented at the city hall two nights, Decem ber IS aad 12. "The Arrival ot Kitty a three-act farce, wiU bo given aad special numbers be tween acts will include songs by the girls' glee club, solo, by Mon ica Schwab and skit by Evanell Eason. The part of Mr. Winkler, whose weaknesses are wine and women will be played by Donald McKay. Xmma Jensen as Aunt Jane, the spinster, plays her part remark ably well. Louise Lemert as Jane gets around her uncle Willie In more than one way. Lester De- Jerdta In the role of .Bobbie Bax ter makes use ot his talent as a professional leading" lady during the course of tho play. Arthur Gratlous as Benjamin Moore, the eccentric gentleman, lets his ac tions speak. louder than words. Alfred Bowley does the character of Ting, the bell boy, justice by means of his T! education. And there la a colored porter, Sam, who In everyday life Is none other thaa Kenneth Manning. Elisabeth Messer, as Susette, Aunt Jane's maid. Is called on for the smelling salts more than once. JEFFlllLUB JEFFERSON, December S. The Thimble club composed ot the five lady teachers of the Jefferson school, gathered at the home of Miss Addle Libby Tuesday eve ning. The time was spent In mak ing; Christmas gifts. Later In the evening waffles and chocolate were served. Mrs. D. W. Cummins was called to Portland Tuesday owing to the serious illness ot her son-in-law, T. O. Davis, who was taken to the hospital In Portland from his home at Dundee. Mr. Davis has many friends In Jefferson who hope tor his speedy recovery. Mr. and Mrs. Norval Jones of Klamath Falls, were dinner guests ot their cousin Addle libby Sat urday. Airlie Schools Very Active AIRLIHJ, December 5. The high school boys will go to Rick reall Wednesday night tor their first out side game of basketbalL Mrs. C. S. Whitlker accompan ied Miss Emma Welsh, the high school teacher to her home at Beavertoa to spend Thanksgiv ing. A family by the name ot How ard have moved from Almsrllle on to the Dr. Williams farm. The school gave a very Inter esting Thanksgiving- program Wednesday which was attended I by a large and appreciative crowd. r. ana Mrs. c. A. RObinson and daughter -Barbia Jean drove from Treat te spend the week-end at the A. J. Turner and Rex Wom- MIKES I ff E FTS A Beautiful Christmas Supplement1 WILL BE PUBLISHED NEXT SUNDAY IN THIS PAPER WATCH FOR IT! It's Santa'a Pass Key U Giftland, telling you what to fctry, where to buy, and how to effect economies Jn dolnf your Christmas shopping early. Blany helpful hints ire inchided that wffl serve to aid yom fotnaJdnx Christ shopping tintt a season of pleasure rather' than a season of bustle and confusion. -' . -- - , ' . . . Thfa supplement is profusely Gostrated aiid tohtainj many articles of rltal interest to gift seekers, HU : - OUN0 L&3S . Sizdl By Got To Stt the WotU Alone eoi Afoot - JEFFERSON, Dec & Saturday afternoon aa the two children of Mr. and Mrs. WlUard McClai were at play ia their back yard, lit tle Jlmmie, thawthree year old boy wandered away, go ing down Main street and crossing the Santiam river bridge, going to Camp San tUn, where Mr. and Mrs. fame BUckwell took charge of him. Mrs. McClain went oat doors so see if the children trere still there; found the little boy missing, aad at once started to search for' htm. Mrs. Fanl McKee, Uk. tag her car, accompanied by Mrs. McCUla, coatiaood the search located the boy aad broaght him hone. er homes. Mrs.. Robinson will be remembered as Miss Vera Turner. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Turner gave a dinner party Thanksgivipg In their new home. The Invited guests were Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Turner, Mr. and Mrs. Rex Wern er, Mr. and Mrs. V. H. Bevens and daughter Beverly. Mr. and Mrs. L. D. McAlpine and soa Lester drove to Kelser Island to spend Thanksgiving. William Staats and family of Sa lem spent Thanksgiving at the F. M. Waters home. Mr. and Mrs. John Welnert and children Jack, Betty and Peggy, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Brown and sons Norman and Wendal spent Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. William Welnert and family at the Summitt. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Jones of Monmouth and Mr. and Mrs. Wal ter Johnson of Elkens spent Thanksgiving at the O. H. Hadley home. Word was received here that Vern Williams who Is a prohibi tion officer in Portland was mar ried there on Thanksgiving day. His many friends extend their best wishesT Miss Vivian Cox of Parker, sis ter to John Cox of this place, and who has been in failing health tor several months became suddenly worse and was rushed to the Gen eral hospital at Salem Monday and operated on for ulcer of the stomach and gaulstones. The William Boyer family have been attending the evangelistic meetings in Monmouth. - Mr. and Mrs. Frank Byrley of Newport spent Friday night with Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Turner. Word has been received here that John L. Williams formerly ot this place but now of Toledo. Ore., had the misfortune while running aa electric sausage grinder to catch his hand severing all the fingers from his right hand. He Is in the Toledo hospital. Jee Staats has rented all of the E. D. Brown's family land for three years and Mr. Brown Is leaving tor the Summitt where he has employment at his brother-in-laws milL The family will remain here. . STUDENT VISITS HOME LAKH LABISH. Dee. S. MisS Velma Matthee ot the University of Oregon visited relatives here over Thanksgiving. ROBERTS 1 - IS ENTEUED ROBERTS, Dee. 5 Mrs. Mabel Higglns was given a delightful surprise Saturday evening when about thirty-five ot her friends met at her home to help celebrate her birthday. Airs. Higglns was kept la Salem visiting her mother, Mrs. J. B. Packer until the prop er hour tor her arrival after the cvrowd was already there. A Jolly evening ef game and music was enjoyed. Refreshments were served at a late kour. Mrs. Gust Heydsn of Salem came Wednesday to make a few days visit with her children. Miss Gertrude Heyden, Mrs. Hilda Cas per and Carl Heyden at the old home place. Mr, and Mrs. James Fry visited Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Beard In Sa lem Thanksgiving. While there they called on Mrs. John FV tery, Mr. Beard's mother, who has been sick la tho Salem hospital for eight weeks. Miss Llnnie Carney, of Wasco, Oregon visited Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Carpenter Friday and Saturday. Miss Carney Is a Willamette grad uate apd is now teaching In the Wasco high school. Mrs, Hilda Caspar and Carl Heyden went to Lincoln Tuesday to visit their sister, Mrs. Henry Niger. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Blankenshlp and family spent Thanksgivings with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Blan kenshlp. Harry -Bancroft Is getting poles set, to bring the electricity to his house. He is also getting ready to install a telephone. Charles Leeper has had electrlo lights put In his house. Mrs. Alice Coolldge returned home Monday morning after spending Thanksgiving vacation with her cousin, Mrs. John Blak at Seaside. Former Texans Gather at Eugene EUGENE. December S The Texas longhorns will have their semi-annual stampede at the Eu gene chamber of commerce Sun day, December 8th. Beginning with a basket dinner at 1 o'clock. Mrs. McKlln Is chairman of din ing room assisted by Mrs. Harry Evons. Mrs. Ernest Bertsch is chairman ot the entertainment committee assisted by Mrs. J. . Slaner and Mrs. Jesse Sonerns. Mrs. Whistler will be in charge of music. A special Invitation is extended to all former Texans. Aurora Resident Passes Away AURORA, Dee. I Mis LIxti M. Will, for many year a resident of nervals passed away at the Oregon City hospital oa Thursday flomnnn. Miss Will wb.0 Was.the daughter at the late Leonard; Will. had been lu MS inaa a wees. Funeral arrangements will be made later. MM It: