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The 03HG0M STATESMAN, Caigsy Oreca, Fnday Mcrnirr. Dgcerabcr 23, 1523
i . "No Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Awe.m
From First Statesman, March 28, 1851
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Tourists Balance the Scales
WE like to think that the reason more young people go
to college is because more of them want to get an edu-
J cation. That is a plausible reason to be sure. But one actual
reason why more go to college is because of the increased
weaim oi weir parents permitting them longer leisure time
in preparation for life. Youth no longer have to make a hand
orr the farm or at the trade as early as once they did in
order to keep the family fed and clothed; nor are their wages
seized by their parents until they reach maturitv.
i Likewise folk think. that the great increase of travel to
Europe is because of the great attraction of the historical
places, the scenery and the cities of Europe. Perhaps, though
uiry aiways existea, tnougn witn not quite so intimate an
arfoeal to .Americans as since the war. But another reason
wlich no tourist will admit because he knows nothing of it.
"."'' w5 i.uui la l eApeiiuiiure is wnai Keeps our ioreign
exchange balanced.
Of course no tourist will say, I'm going to Europe to
""u mj uivucy uecause inai win neip rrance pay us wnat
she owes us. What he does find, in some wav mvstorinnt n
him, is that he has a surplus
satisiy nis lust ror travel. And he gets that surplus in part
because of Europe's payment of heavy tribute to this coun-
T It is the tourist bill of a billion dollars spent in Europe
that keeps our books balanced. Economist hvA
themselves sick and politicians have been frightened for
years because no one could figure out how Europe would pay
us for the goods we shipped them, pay us for the war debts
and the post-war debts without going bankrupt. Europe is
doing it in spite of the theories of the bankers and the poli
ticians, and it is the American tourist that is making it pos-
etuic.
The difference is this: before the war America was a
borrower from Europe and annually sent heavy remittances
for interest and dividends owed Euopeans. Now Europe owes
us and to collect the bill Americans are privileged to romn
911 nvw Rnmna ... 11 1L. . i . .... . .
... , r"" occ "ic teucry, aerate au tne Hotels,
ridicule the customs of the people, guzzle in the cafes, buy up
picture postal cards. It illustrates wen the swift, though
seemingly blind working out of the economic law of balance
in trade.
Support for Home Industry
WITH all loyalty, to the cause of home industry, there is
such a thing as carrying a good cause too far. Zeal for
the home product sometimes goes to absurd extremes. The
Portland school board has just been made to look like a ninny
because of the clamor of the Portland home guard when
the school board accepted the bid of a Los Angeles concern
to supply enetian blinds for a new building. The board care
fully and conscientiously considered the bids and chose the
outside product because its quality was definitely superior.
So great was the complaint however that the board re-adver-tised,
and the California concern cut the gizzard out of prices
so now the Portland makers are sore about that
Local industry has the first claim for support, always:
and no one knows better than printers how hard it is to keen
money from going to outside manufacturers without the lo
cal fellow even getting a chance to bid. But it is an insecure
foundation on which to build a factory by forcing buyers,
notably public buyers, to overlook poor quality or excessive
price. The state makes a differential of about five per cent
in favor of home industries and no nno ohipcta . o
tainly the ambitious industries do not expect preferential
treatment to be abused.
i The Los Angeles concern, so it develops, opened 'a
branch office m Portland at the urging of Portland interests;
it maintains a considerable staff of employes,, all Portland
ers with interests and investments in Portland. They feel
they have fair claim topatronage.
There is another side to the picture. Most of our home
industries if they are of any size are eagerly pushing their
sales in other states and cities. Orecon ii t. a
apple and lumber, flour, potatoes, woolen goods, dairy prod
ucts, canned salmon, berries, etc California is in fact Ore
gon s premier market. It is not some foreign country. If
we want to compete in other cities and states we must ex
pect competition at home. It looks to us like shabby pro
vincialism to pan the Portland school board for trying to
serve the taxpayers as faithfully and conscientiously as they
could. ;.
I Tha Road Across Oregon
saw a m. to ...
iiKAiM jenxins in his column of comment in the Eugene
J. Register asks: "Since the Union Pacific in the past has
been so anxious, on,its own account and for its own profit, to
build the east and west line, why shouldn't it still be anxious
to build this line?"
The answer is simple. When Harriman proposed to build
.the crpss-state railroad he controlled both the Southern Pa
ci"5 a,nd the Unlon Padflc and naturally expected tho cross
state line to get abundant tonnage from tha Southern Pa
cific lines in western Oregon. That situation no longer exists
and the Southern Pacific delivers freight to the Union Pa
cific at Ogden.
, We hare read many of the newspaper comments on the
interstate commerce commission, but we have teen little dis
cussion on the point The Statesman raised: What good will
the road be after it is built, except to the local territory?
That in itself may be sufficient justification for the construc
tion. But what benefits of magnitude win flow to the state if
the line is not used as a through line? What "will prevent the
Southern Pacific from continuing to make its freitrht turn.
over at Ogden and the Union
ai roruanar ,
v In other words, if the road'ls built, what win insure its
being used for other than mere local traffic?
An Alabama professor sets fired for doubting the ark. For our
part we had begun to doubt the story too, but tf this storm continues
much longer we're solas to pot pontoons nnder our house. Noah
mar haTe been riant
Now that Russia has araated a concession to a safety rasor
manufacturjnc .flrm, lot of cartoonists will be oat or employment
long with hack drivers and theatre musicians. -
of cash in income' so he can
Pacific its freight ;turn-orei
BITS for BREAKFAST
By R. J.
Continuing the Hunt story:
The book of Sarah Hunt Efteeves
goes on to say: "After his arrival
in Oregon, John 9i Hunt was es-
taoushed in the mercantile bus
iness, also engaging in his trade
of gunsmith and wagoa making
ana estaunsned the first mall
route between Salem and his home
postofflce, 12 miles east, called
Lebanon, in after years this was
discontinued and another town in
Linn county took the name.
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"He burned the first brick fcfia
in the Waldo huls, om his farm.
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"Following many of his sires.
he was a Baptist deacon as before
mentioned, serving faithfully even
after he arrived in Oregon. It
was at his house, on his donation
land claim, at Lebanon. Marion
county (then known as Champoeg
county, Oregon), where the Leb
anon Baptist church was omit.
ised in it M, with five members
and Rev. Richmond Cheadia as
pastor.
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"The services were nsuallr fcald
in the school house, and at tint.
the writer believes. Mr. Hnnf a
heme was used as a sanetnarr. A
pioneer woman, ia telling ot this
church, said that when the weath
er or roads permitted, a several
days session was sometimes held
end at that time the women and
children all slept on the floor in
nr. Hunt's house, while the men
went to the haymow in the barn.
S
"Mr. Hunt established a school
at his place and at one time his
daughter Temperance was the
teacher, and, upon her marriage.
our. nou uimseu naished out her
term of school or taught until a
regular teacher could be found.
S
(That was the 'old Hunt sehool
house' In which the meeting was
held that led to the organization
of the republican party la Oregon
the first meeting, the Bits man
believed, ot that kind In the
whole of the old Oregon country.
That school house was of logs, as
was also the Hunt residence, and
all other houses in that section i
and, generally in all the old Ore
gon country up to that time.. The
floors were generally made with
"puncheons." (You wUl not rind
that word in this appUcatlon la
some of the dictionaries.) But
thU Is tUt a puncheoa was In
old Oregon generally a pm log,
the split side up, and made smooth
with an adze. Puncheon floors
were often; made very good substi
tutes for something more elegant
It depended largely on the work
manship. The best ones made good
dancing floors. The Bits man fin
ished his brief youthful career as
a dancer on a puncheon floor.)
H ,
- Continuing the Hnnt story:
"After his second marriage he left
his farm (later known as the Hen
fT. Warren farm In the Waldo
kins) and engaged la the hotel
business. At one time he kept the
Bennett house and later bought
the Cooke hotel In North Salem,
where he died, November,; iff o,
aged 17 years, of paralysis. He
lived for one year at Dallas, polk
county, Oregon, and one or two
fears at .Sublimity, Marlon county.
At both places he plied his trade
of gunsmith and wagon maker,
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He and his .first wife Temper
ance are buried la the Warren
cemetery la Marlon county, Ore
gon, about 12 miles east ot Salem,
on his old farm. This cemetery Is
now called UU Hope. His children
by his first wife Temperance Es
tep were as follows: Noah Wil
liam, who died in childhood, aged
t years. George Washington, who
Married Nancy Elisabeth Smith,
John Abram, who married Mary
Ellen Ammon. Jonathan Harrison,
who married . Luclnda Morley.
Thomas Benton, who died la
young manhood. James Tarkiag
ion, who married, first. Matilda
Ammon; 'second, Anna Spray.
Wn Acceptable Gift
RICES'
Hannah Humphreys, who married
Samuel Goodwin. Mary Shotwell.
who married George Ritchie. Tern
perance Estep, who married
George John Downing." (George
W. Hunt was the father of Mrs.
Steeves.)
V
Under the heading? "Mr. Pe
ter," Mrs. Steetes gives; the fol
lowing little true story ia her
book: "One spring day in the late
seventies an enterprising - farmer
was driving down Commercial
street, Salem, Oregon,' with his
good family carriage and sleek
horses, when he heard some one
can out to him. He slackened his
iu mii iooaea oacic to see a
young chap cUmbtng into the rear
seat of the carriage. The farmer
stopped his team and asked the
young fellow what he wanted, but
he only smiled broadly and settled
aimseir more comfortably, answer
ing in some foreign tongue the
farmer could not understand. He
was then politely asked to get out
but he Just kept en smiling and
sat firmly in the seat. Th farmer
saw he was Just a mere boy, only
about 20. and appeared harmless,
so he thought if It was a ride
about town the lad wanted he
would accommodate him and he
drove about the city on his er
rands and when It was time to
start on his II mUe drive home
be Insisted on the young man fret
ting eat, but the f enow would not
ove. as they could not under
stand one- word each other said.
the situation was most trying as
well as amusing. The farmer had
a kind heart and a keen sense of
humor and aa he drove along
home he wondered what he
would do with his puxrling com
panion. His acres were broad and
he thought possibly he could take
care of him as a farm hand It the
boy kept on 'staying.' The only
thing he could find out about the
boy on the way home was that
his name was Peter and for some
time after all the name he seem
ed to have ws Mr. Peter. It was
late ia the evening when the two
arrived at the farm house. Mr.
Peter was as happy as a boy could
be. He smiled at every one and
immediately set about making
himself useful.
"I was about I years of age at
the time and well do I remember
the night he arrived and how my
father laughed as he related the
events of the day. The next morn
ing, after the chores were done.
Mr. Peter made me a little wag-
en, using two- spools from our Mc
Cormlck wire self-binder for
wheels and a soap box tor a wag
on bed. From that day en I was
his loyal friend.
S V
"As the weeks rolled along, Pe
ter learned to speak English, not,
however, without a decided for
eign Accent, but in spite of that
he became quite a favorite with
the young folks and developed in
to a very useful man oa the farm
aad was able to tell his story. He
aad arrived la Salem from Den
mark, almost penniless, aad could
aot speak a word of English. He
was disappointed la locating aa
acquaintance and he naturaUy felt
very lonely, a stranger la a strange
land. When he saw he was with
out money, he made up his mind
to watch on the street corner for
some prosperous looking farmer
and Just go home with him at aU
hazards; a wise idea. .
"He stayed with its for many
years, and after he had saved
some money he bought a Cam
near Salem, married a Danish wi
dow and ia time he became one ot
the prosperous farmers of that
part of the country and a man
well respected. This Is the almsle
story of Peter Nelson Williamson.
wnom a great many folks will re
member kindly.'
On Tuesday. December 2. the
state flax plant turned out 2S0
pounds of fiber for. the market;
more than was turned out, up to
not very long ago, in four months.
The flax and linen industries are
coming along. But the beginning
ot the big advance will be when
the first large and successful In
dependent scutching mill is put
into operation, starting the move
ment that will place such plants
by scores and then hundreds all
ever the valley. The pioneering
has been done; and It has been
slow. With the right kind of lead
ership, the rest of it may be fast,
and ought to be.
Old Oregon's
Yesterdays
Town Talks from The States
man Our Fathers Read
Deo. 20, 1004
A bUl for an ordinance provid
ing for regulations of saloons in
this city was introduced at the
session of the city council. Pro
visions of the bill prohibit open
ing of saloons on Sunday, sale ot
liquors to minors, ex-eoaricta. In
toxicated persons and carries with
it the usual punishment In case
""'"sieMsMn-sa - - - v. wviVIVJIUVUtf SkUU 1
Pleurisy
By ROYAL S. COPELAND, IL a
United States Senator from New York.
Pem CemjKtesieaer of Brett, JTest Ter Ctfy.
ATTJBJS planned tfce body se
protected against accident
cavity and remote from the
rarely involved in accident. Even
trouble which originate la parts ef the body
fahiy remote from the chest cavity.
The hmis are suspended within a space sur
rounded by chest-bone, ribs and back-bone. A
closely ittinf tissue, called the "pleura," covers
and protects them. This same material lines the
inside ef the bony cavity.
. But la spite of Nature's even effort the lusra
ie net escape accident and disease. There Is
always the liability ef trouble. The pleural mem
brane may be involved. When there is inflamma
tion ef this delicate tissue, it is called "pleurisy."
This disease may feUow exposure to cold or
wet, general weakness and a run-dewa condition.
When it comes on certain symptoms are met.
Chief ef these is pain. The pain of pleurisy is
really very terrible, a stabbing pain or a stitching
mace under the arm.
But before the pain is noticed,
the .condition generally begins with
There is a fever, which runs to
Other ytnpton ere difficult breath
tag ana a bard, dry eouxh. Ttae all
ment continue tor week or tea
Aa I view It. the tint essential la
earing for the patient la a wcU
ventUaled room with plenty ef fresh
air aad cunshlne. The bed should
be ao placed that the patient baa aU
their beneficial effects without a
draft
The doctor win place the patient
In bed on the aide which la affected.
Bo la made comfortable by placin
pillows at bia back and nnder the
painful aide, so as to take the "train
off his mnitlea. The position should
be chanrexfrequenUy, aa in all
ether conditions affecting the lunra.
Strapping- the cheat with adhesive
plaster relieves the pais to some ex
tent. In the rahef ef every Ulnes much
depends on the diet. Ia thla trouble
The Safety
Valve -
Letters from
Statesman Readers
Editor Statesman :
Regarding the Market Road
controversy with special reference
to the new one entering the Sa-
lem-Staytoi-Mehama paved mar
ket road, may I be permitted to
add a few words to the discussion.
Usually I find myself in agree
ment with the suggestions in
your paper and I feel confident
that had your reporter made as
many trips as I have over those
of violation. Also, is provides
that any saloon keeper convicted
a second time shall forfeit his li
cense. A good attendance marked the
commercial club meeting, when
establishment of a Farmers' Co
operative telephone company
among the farmers near Salem
waa discussed. Interests of the
Bell Telephone company were
looked after by W. H. Dancy, who
said If farmers Would build their
own line his company would
maintain the service at ft per
year. A committee of F. W.
Spencer, L. M. Gilbert and Gid
Sherwood was appointed to en
courage the establishment of rur
al lines.
You remember Goliath
TVONT overlook the smaller advertisements in this paper. Look them
over.. The message which an advertisement conveys Is vastly more
Important than-the mere size of the space it fills. Some of the biggest'
values are often described type no larger than ordinary news-print
The safest method is to read all the advertisements, large and smafl.
Experience proves that it is time well spent. The more time you spend in
preparation for shopping, the less actual time you will have to be on your
ieet in the stores.
Just what t wVeiiiSTu this Paper and you in advance
It YIS t0 bUy !t and how much 3 ve to pay for
fal. if .To em y0Ur 0WD energy and that of th salespeople whos
;rSt UPn y0U- in the advertising columns is
simply common sense.
dda ZiliT PP ertisements fn this paper, do
t WmVem E hearin after tWs- tt be as mucK '
fa7ZJt Z ' M l W? t0 the rfvMiUg. of the merchant or tnan
ufacturer whose name is signed to the advertisement.
Referring again to size, there's a little boy in the
movies whoso salary makes that of many
a man look Eke petty cash.
Its Causs and
that the heart and lungs might
By placing them deep in the chest
enter world, these vital organs are
In disease they are reached only by
'OR- CflPELAKD.
there ia likely to be a yni Indeed,
a chill.
101 or 103 degrees, or even more.
I uquioi or semi-eoiid rood win e
eeptable. but should be riven as the
doctor directs. The usual diet pre-
scSlbed Include fruit Juices, milk,
beef Juice, and plenty of water.
As the patient crows better and
begins to ait up. every effort abould
be made to guard him aaainat ex
posure and overfatigue. It Is weU
to sit up tor only fifteen minutes
the first day. The next day this
may be Increased to half an hour.
Gradually the atrength la restored
and the patient goes about bia af
fairs. -
It must be remembered that an at
tack of pleurisy means the victtra
was below par, or that he is suscep-tibl-to
some unfriendly germ. To
guard himself he must avoid every
thing that lessens his vitality. He
must be careful to dress warmly.
and to take every sare m keeping
bis feet dry. Hi diet hu!d w slm -
beautiful and fertile hills. he
would not have written as he did.
I 'suggest to him that some even
ing just 'before stndown that he
start up the big hill just back of
Mehama, or better still, just be
fore sunrise start on the same
journey, then travel the old route
over and down those hills Into
Stayton or Sublimity. He will
see one of the most delightful
countryside panoramas that there
Is to be found in Marion county.
Even though the beginning of the
road is rough and steep I have
taken many a friend and pros
pective new resident over that
route just so that they can get
the Inspiration and the sense of
the bigness and possibilities of
Marlon county by going over It
True it is that there are not as
many residents as in some por
tions of Marion county, or nearly
as many residents as the hun
dreds of acres of fertile rolling
land will support, bnt there are
sufficient to warrant the expendi
ture of the comparitively small
sum that has been alloted to that
section.
And really has not our county
road program progressed suffi
ciently to. warrant giving our pio
neering communities a little at
tention and a chance for the de
velopment which good roads will
surely bring? An announcement
by our county court that the
year 1930 will see more attention
given to those few communities
wnere there is still real pioneer
ing, hundreds of fertile acres
awaiting the touch of a good road
for further development, and
Treatment
fple and aourlahlaa. Be aaat nf.
guard bia health la an ware so that
ha may aot have another set-to with
this uncomfortable disease. a
friendly talk with the doctor may
prevent farther trouble.
j Answers to Health Queries I
MART 8. a What should a girl
weigh who is eighteen years old and
Cve feet three aad one-half inches
tan?
A For her age aad height she
boo id weigh about 1X9 pounds.
"A DAILY READER". CLI
goitre contagious?
s wnat treatment ao yea aavisei
A No.
1 Consult your doctor for the
necessary medication.
e -
R. X..T. Q. What do yon advise
for low Mood weawurer
A. Treatment should be outlines
by your own doctor.
la. BL Q. Is peroxide a harmless
bleach for the teeth T
A Tea. '
MRS. A. M. H. Q. What do you
advise for tailing hair?
A. Brush the hair daily aad us
a good tonic
O. Z. Q. Can anything be done
for veins that show ia th armsr
A. No.
e e
H. Q How much should a girl
of seventeen, fire feet five aad one
half inches taU weigh?
A. She
pounds.
should weigh about 124
SUFFERER,
red noaeT
Q. What causes a
A. May be due to poor circulation
indigestion and constipation, some
time nasal catarrh is responsible.
Cvfrtsaw uV Wisww Mm im.
some of natures real beauty spots
for the tourist and nature lover,
would be in.mpr opinion one, of
the. most just and beneficent
Christmas presents that the court
could announce for those com
munities, the inhabitants of which
have borne patiently their share
of road building in other parts
of the county. Take for illustra
tion the road. between the Liberty
district and 'the East Indepen-dence-OrvIlle
stations district, via
the Vitae Springs district, and al
so from there down the partly
completed rosd to Halls Ferry.
There is one of the most beauti
ful of Marion county's county dis
tricts, besides one ot the most
fertile and undeveloped. Its de
velopment would be a real asset
to Salem as well as the district to
bo .served. There are Just a few
such spots that the county court
has not been able to reach, the
aeveiopment oi wmcn will mean
added business aad prosperity to
our county, besides doing a sim
ple justice to those among ns who
are still doing real pioneering
work In the development of our
county, therefore may we not pre
sent a aelld front In backing our
County Court In whatever it may
see tit to do towards giving to
those communities who have not
yet had their share ot road
money, their just help during
1930.
Sincerely yours,
A. C. Bobrnstedt.
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