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PAGE FOUlt m OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, r Orgy n. tTednesday Horning. December 25, 1929 "No Faror Sways Us; No Fear Shall Awe" From First Statesman, March 2S.1S51 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Chakles A. Sprague, Sheldon F. Sackett, Publisher Chakles A. Sprague ... Editor-Manager. Sheldon F. Sackett - - Managing-Editor Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use fur ' publication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other wise credited In this paper. Pacific Coast Advertising Representatives: Arthur W. Stypes, Inc., Portland, Security Bldg. San Francisco, Sharon Bids.; Los Angeles, W. Pac. Bldg. Eastern Advertising Representatives: Ford-Parsons-Stecber, Inc., New York, 271 Madison Are.; Chicago, 360 N. Michigan Are. Entered at the Pontiff ice ef Salem, Oregon, a Second-Clart Matter. Published every morning except Monday. Businest office 215 S. Commercial Street. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Mail Subscription Rates, In AdVance. Within Oregon; Dai Ir and Sunday, 1 Mo. 50 cents; 3 Mo. 11.25; 6 Mo. 2.25: 1 year $4.00. Elsewhere 50 cents per Mp. or $5.00 for 1 year la advance. By City Carrier: 50 cents a month; $5.50 a year in ad vance. Per Copy 2 cents. On trains, and News Stands 5 cents. Merry Christmas ONCE more it is "Merry Christmas." That is an old, old greeting". But what more is to be 'said on Christmas morning? What words carry the message of . , friendly hail better than the simple "Merry Christmas?" What memories "Merry Christmas" provokes! Oh, it carries one back to childhood, to Christmas in the "old home" wherever that may be. And Christmas is never quite the same as it was celebrated in the old home of childhood. That seems as sacred as an order of worship in a church; and to iiunur me nay or 10 spena tne time in dinerent manner seems almost a desecration. Christmas in the old home. Who does not this Christ mas morning tnink of it; he trunks of it the more perhaps, the older he is ; for time has a way of hallowing our memor- ies oi cnnunooa aay. wno does not recall trying to lie awake Oil Christmas eve to SDV out nld Santa rnminc in mif f tha snow and cold with well-filled pack? Of course no child ever j ji i Bucceeaea, ior xne sanaman always came to do his chores just before Santa arrived. It was always that way, but each failure quickened the resolution to lie awake longer, even till midnight, next year to catch the merry old rascal. And on Christmas morning, what a race to see who might waken first and sing out "Merry Christmas!" The morning was dark and weird to childish eyes ; the house was cold till father could rustle and get stoves a-roaring. Then the leaping from warm beds, the happy acclaim and the joy ous bedlam. It is easy to find fault with the modern institution of Christmas. To some it has grown too commercial. The giving seems mob-giving, spurred by vendors of merchandise, lack ing the spirit of generosity which marks spontaneous giving of presents. Christmas has been made rather artificial with its Conventional poinsettas, red and green, candles, trees and hoDj-And some rebel at this formalizing of the day. Then to some Christmas has lost its religious moorings. ; Based on the story of Bethlehem, that story is worked over and worked over to provide atmosphere, a sort of pageantry for the day, with complete disregard of the Christian ethic. w iA. iuw nrisunas nas lost its nigh and noil mis sion, and become but the revel of the multitude. Yes, it is easy to find fault with Christmas, to think that the. old days were best, and that new ways wander too far from the Christmas tradition. After all, does not the world today catch more of the spirit of Christmas than ever before? When we think of the bounty that is lavished on every hand, the outpouring of Christmas charity, the gener ous offerings to childhood, the aroma of universal goodwill that marks the day, shall we say that Christmas- has grown ;too conventional, too commercial, too pagan? .Oh, it is "Merry Christinas" this morning, "Merry ; Christmas" to all. Let us not quarrel over whether we spend the day m better manner than other folk; but let us seize all the pleasure we can from the day, realizing that our lcwi pleasure can come in Dearmg the cheery greeting to friend, chance acquaintance, and to those whose fortune has been ill. "Merry Christmas!" First ranTc for the silliest proposal of the season is that to turn the Philippine islands adrift so this country could soak sugar im ported from the islands the full tariff. The object is to import more iJIexicans to do the sugar neet raising within this country; either that or else to help the beet sugar factories make mor profits. Un der court decisions this country can put a tariff on Philippine prod ucts if it is so conscienceless as to want to do so. That form of self ish patriotism which would abandon the Philippines Just to ahut out Its comparatively small production of sugar is as low grade as the effort of a half-traitor American with Cuban Interests who tried to stir up the Latin countries against us because of the tariff on Cuban sugar. A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS New York women have formed a fashion league to break their slavery to mere men in the matter of styles. Vain hope. Women are slaves of fashion whether set by men for them or set by Parisian arbiters of fashion on the boulevards and about the cafes. And no matter what fashion the women adopt, the mere men will kick about It. A few years ago the men were terribly shocked about short skirts- now thev are oh'pctfnr tr tha rot 11 m . i ur . ' o .... me iuj uu nDment styles are as uncertain as the price of wheat. Running a ready-to- iiuic is as iioj as uuj blocks on margin. What a parade of morons was displayed in the trial of a grouD i "" "" i" ie8eu maruer oi uoanie ranaun. Franklin, a vagrant youth of feeble intellect, met np with a girl and the pair planned to "rit hooked with a .nK .m . i would show over eating a piece of corn pone. She couldn't even rec- vguuo xiamum ituea oe was miroancea into the trial. Yet people of this type go on breeding and furnishing fresh material for Insane m c y-4 . m m 1.(1. VW ..... ' Senator Heflin Isn't discouraged because the democrat nf hu home state of Alabama' read him out of the party and ineligible to oecome a canaiaate oecause he fought Al Smith for president Heflin ays he will run as an independent and hopes for republican support We didn't know there were more than enough republicans in Ala bama to man the postoffices, but if there are we trust they have esougn intelligence not to support this bigoted fire-eater. The 26 Hucklns pair, father and son. hare come to the end ui us iimu. mis yau lauuifu me iz crop 01 miu-west sucaers to hand over their money to the duo fos "investment" nnifer nrnniiu of returns of 26 Interest Now the men are under indictment ana meir cigar store in cedar Kapids is In the hands of a receiver. Ponil didn't get them all., Neither did the Huckinses; ia six months IT. . 1 - . . a t iiiu syiuig ci up ww oe reaay ior piucaing. Here Is one merger that went by the boards: J. C. Penney ft Co. and Sears Roebuck & Co. Apparently it was riven a stud from the business side first rather than the stock-Jobbing .side. When examin ed critically from the economic tide the executives found it infeas ib'.e. Too many mergers are proposed and consummated by mere pro moters who "get theirs" and then the business has to groan under tne burden of excessive capitalization. : '1 MM iii t r f 11 1 i Mir in 1 BITS for BREAKFAST By R. J. HENDRICKS ' It must be closed season on impeaching governors and supreme court justices in Oklahoma; now they are starting la on the speaker of the house, charging him with irregularities oa veterans' compen sation claims. Most states have plenty of poor citizens, but Okla homa la the only one to elect so many to office. This Is the season of storms. TkeraTe bees a-plenty this fall, too. The Atlantic has been lashed by heavy gales. The mid-west has been visited with early blizzards. The Pacific has beea spared amre stoma thus far, though tier kavt been hard "blowa" along . law coast. 0 . - .- 7- Hslen "Wllla, bride of Frederick7 lioofly, U as itrloua-mlcded boa; her wedding as ehe la about her tennls-playiag. Despite her wide fame, she has remained: sensible (difficult even for the mere ,g9ale; and her popularity Is the greater tor It. Ia there a Santa Claus? b Frank P. Chnrch. one ef the able editorial writers of the New York Sun, In the time of Charles A. Dana, its great editor, tired from the day's grind of wosk, was on the point of folding up his cluttered desk and turning home ward, when a letter was handed to him. It was the second day be fore Christmas. Looking over the childish scrawl, he resumed his place at the desk and wrote: w s s "We take pleasure in answer ing at once and thus prominently the communication below, express ing at the same time our great gratification that Its faithful au thor is numbered among the friends pf The Sun: " 'Dear Editor; I am S years old. 'Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says 'If you see it in The Sun it is so.' 'Please tell me -the truth: Is there a Santa ClausT Virginia OUanlon "Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affect ed by the sceptcism of a sceptical age. They do not believe except they -see. They think that nothing can be which Is not comprehen sible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours man Is a mere insect, an ant, la bis in tellect, as compared with the boundless world about hint, as measured by the intelligence cap able of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge. "Yes, Virginia, there Is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life Its highest beauty and Joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world rf there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Vir ginias. There would be no. child like faith then, no poetry, no ro mance to make tolerable this ex istence. We should have no en joyment, except in sense and sight The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished. "Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming dosm, what would that prove? No body sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there Is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither chtl dren nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on : the lawn? Of course not. but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world. "You may tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a -veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength ,of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Ia it all real? Ah, Virginia, In all this world there Is nothing else real and abiding. "No Santa Claus! Thank God! he Uvea, and lives forever. A thousand years from now. Virgin la, nay, tea times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of child hood." -That hurriedly written and fu gitive editorial has come to be the classic on the subject of Santa Claua, It Is tike Lincoln's Gettra- burr vpeeelt, scribbled on a stray piece of brown paper on the train carrying the great emandoator to the place ef Its delivery its auth or after he had uttered it feel ing, from the silence that fell over the multitude, that it had fallen on dull and unresponsive ears feeling that, compared with the great address of the orator who preceded him, his poor words had' marked a dismal failure on his part. But the finished address with its rounded periods is forgot ten, and even the name of the man who sounded It forth to the applauding multitude Is not easily recalled from memory's dusty storehouse. But Lincoln's simple words endure and will live on for ever, giving courage to all the on coming generations who are hop ing and striving for the perfect government "of the people by the people and for the people." Two Prayers Except ye turn, and become as little children, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven. (Matt. 18:3.) Last night my little boy Confessed to me Some childish wrong: And kneeling at my knee He prayed with tears: "Dear God, make me a man. Like Daddy wise and strong; W . mm jl smow you can." Then while he slept I knelt beside his bed. Confessed my sins. And prayed with low-bowed head. "O God, make me a child Like my child here Pure, guileless. Trusting Thee with faith sin cere. (The above was sent by Emma S. Keller and printed in the cur rent number of the Sunday-school Times.) "Unto Yon Is Born a Savior" "Unto you is born this day a Sa viour" Which is Jesus Christ the won drous Lord; Not a "teacher," not a "good ex ample," But the Son of God, the Living Word. Ne his fancies "philosopher,1 weaving, Warp of dreams and woof of vi sions vast. Not a "prophet" peering down the future. Not a "scholar," delving in the past. "Unto you Is born this day a Sa viour;" Shine, O Star! and shout, O an gel voice! Unto you this precious gift is given; Sing, O earth! and all ye heav ens, rejoice! Long the world has waited such a Saviour, Sunk in, sin and torn by fear and doubt; Long in darkness groped for truth and wisdom; Glory, glory, now the light shines out! "Unto you is born this day a Sa viour," Earth's one hope, the Life, the Truth, the Way; Mighty God and glorious Redeem er, Jesus Christ the Lord is born today. (The above was written by An nie Johnson Flint, and printed In the same number of the Sunday School Times.) TO HAVE TREB SILVERTON, Dec. J 4. Silver ton will again have Its commun ity Christmas tree with the candy for the youngsters. The program will be held Wednesday afternoon at four o'clock at the local arm ory. The community tree ar rangements are being made by the local 4-L organization. Wen Cfcrist Utoeb This description of Christ was written by Publius Lentulus, president of Judea, in the reign of Ti berius Caesar, to that monarch in Rome and first appeared in the writings of Saint Anselm of Can terbury in the Eleventh Century. e 'HERE lives at this time in Judea a man of singular virtue, whose name is Jesus Christ, whom the barbarians esteem as a prophet, but his followers love and adore him as the offspring of the immortal God. He calls back the dead from the graves and heals all sorts of diseases with a word or touch. He is a tall man, well shaped, and of an amiable and reverend aspect; his hair oJ a color that can hardly be matched, falling into graceful curls, waving about and very agreeably couching upon his shoulders, part ed on the crown of his head, running as a stream to the front after the fashion of the Nazarites; his forehead high, large, and im posing; his cheeks without spot or wrinkle, beautiful with a lovely red; his nose and mouth formed with exquisite symmetry; his beard, and of a suitable color -to his hair, reaching below bis chin and parted in the middle like a fork; his eyes bright blue, clear and serene, look innocent, dignified, manly, and mature. In proportion of body most perfect and captivating; his. arms and hands delectable to behold. .He rebukes with majesty; coun sels with mildness, his whole address, wheth er in word or deed, being; eloquent and grava. No man has seen him laugh, yet his man ners are exceedingly . pleasant, but . he has wept frequently in the presence of. men. He is temperateV1 modest and wise." A man for his extraordinary beauty and divine perfect, surpassing the- children of men in every sense. Health Value of By ROYAL S. COPELAND, BL D. United States Senator from New York. Tomer Commissioner of Health, New Tor CUf. DURING my administration as Health Commissioner, a good many measures were introduced that helped to give the City of New York, the world's finest milk supply. It is flattering, indeed, to the many faithful officials of the department that its standards have been adopted by practically every one of the States and by many foreign governments. In 1919, Governor Alfred E. Smith appointed a committee, of which I happened to be made chairman, to examine into the entire milk situa tion, particularly the distribution and price ef milk to the public. The committee was com posed of milk experts and representative citizens, including the late Dr. Herman Biggs, then New York State Health Commissioner; Sophie Irene Loeb, whose untimely death ended her wonderful welfare work ; the late Preston Lynn, then presi dent of John W ana maker's, and Mr. Justice Fran cis Martin, now of the Supreme Court. After a thorough and careful survey cover ing many months' intensive study, our commit tee, among other suggestions, recommended to OR COPELAND. ' Governor Smith that: - "The whole problem of milk distribution would be simplified by the abolition of the glass bottle and by the substitution in its place of a paper, paraffin-covered container, a pulp container, or other similar substitute, so that the T"lr-t for Old arid doling f " v''l j L 4E. I age of milk delivered to the con sumer la sealed, inaurln th purity of Its contents and doing away with the tremendous expense of the bulk ad weight and breakage and wuU Of the rlaaa bettl." There can be no doubt that the Man est ideal la a suitable and prac tical single service container, freshly made In the milk plant, absolutely sterilised and then closet with a eeal wnlen cannot be broken without de tection. It Is the nnlana rnlftiTmA tof these requirement which provides nerue, eeaiea pacsnge mat merits my hearty approval. The value of milk to the human race, from infancy to old age, la too well known to make it necessary to do more at this time than to empha size that fact. The problem of a af milk supply to oar large cities, how ever, has been difficult to deal with because of the unsatisfactory botUe. . But With the new naner eontaW just made available, the problem Is solved. The contents cannot be tam pered with and an the purity and goodness of the milk la sealed richt Into the container at the plan . The health authorities hv firm by tew the emotrnt of cream or but ter-rax each, quart of milk must con tain. A heavy penalty is imposed on those unfair dealers who by to de ceive the public la this respect. I am rUd to any the responsible milk distributor pri themselves on the high quality of their milk and use every effort to safeguard It from the time It Is -taken from the cam right ep to the time It reaches your borne. Now that Inventive genius has finally made it possible to deliver the pure pasteurised milk fat sealed, sterile and nsed-but-once container. I feel that the recommendation of Governor Smith's committee has been accomplished. This means everything to the babies end children of the community, as well as to the older generation, who, for the sake of health and food economy, should drink more milk. CwttHM. Mi, Btmmm fMttm Same, um The Safety Valve - - Letters from Statesman Readers 1577 Chemeketa St. Dec. 23, 1929. Editor Statesman: "Death lays his icy hands on Kings." I write from a sick bed but I want to add my humble trl- KtltA tra t Vi a Tin anw f hat ova Ka ing paid the late Governor Pat terson. His pasting, to me so sudden and unexpected, was a distinct shock. Then came a it stunned me. Then came m sense of the great loss the state had sustained, and, in a personal way, the feeling that death had stricken from the roll of living men one whom I held In the high est esteem not only as a worthy executive of a great common wealth, but as a citizen, a gen tleman and a friend. I recalled his impressive and splendid pres ence tall, shapely, dignified, al ways well-groomed, and carrying his years lightly, ever busy with the cares of state, yet. withal, friendly, genial, courteous, kindly and considerate in his attitude towards all with whom he came in contact.. Despite his onerous and exacting official duties, he was approachable and readily ac cessible to those seeking personal interviews. Endowed by nature with a mind of unusual ability, he had acquired, though yeas of experience a knowledge of affairs that made him invaluable as a public servant. A man of sonnd judgment, honesty of purpose aad high integrity, yet sympathetic intensely human and gifted with a quiet sense of humor. His mental training and equipment enabled him promptly to grasp the salient and paramount points of -a controversy or subject under discussion before him. In his ex ecutive capacity as assistant attorney-general it was my privilege for several years, to enjoy his ac quaintance and I believe his friendship. In memory, I can see him now, seated at the head of the long table in the executive chamber, presiding with urbane dignity at an extradition hearing or a new public Investigation, list ening patiently to the views fur nished by those around that ta ble, but with mind alert to learn both sides of the subject under discussion and! alteram part em, being bis guiding principle on such occasions and at the close, pronouncing impartial judgment or giving those the benefit of the wealth of his ripe experience and wise counsel. The undersigned, among hun dreds ot thousands of others, will miss his pleasant smile, his kindly greeting, his cordial handclasp, and the friendly atmosphere) which his genial presence lent to the executive department of the state capitol. J. B. Hosford. Editorial Comment From Other Papers GOVERNOR NORBLAD The unexpected death of Gov ernor Patterson results in the ele vation to the chief execuflveship of the state of an Astoria citizen, and this community may well be excused for taking satisfaction and pride In this fact even though It mourns with the rest of the state that which brought It about Mr. Norblad, who Is now gov ernor, is well qualified for the of fice he assumes. He has an inti mate knowledge of state affairs by reason of his long service in the legislature and he has a re markable aptitude for and a fine effectiveness in public work. He has an unusually alert mind, a political sense which steers him away from the path of serious mistakes, an engaging personality that wins friends. Is a good pub lie speaker and la endowed with a great capacity for work. With sach an equipment he should not encounter heavy difficulties in piloting the state en a safe course. It Is a bif opportunity .that has come to Mr. Norblad In the unfor tunate death of a friend. It has Its heavy responsibilities, too, and the community which Is hi heme will wish tor hint every success la meeting those responsibilities and rlalnf to the Opportunity. It Is no small thing for Astoria and Clatsop county to hare in the office of governor one who ha been so closely identified with their affairs as Mr. Norblad has been in the past twenty rears oughly .all of the problems, the needs, the hopes and aspirations Of this district. The city and county will have hi him a friend in court and they may expect from him all of the . help that a friend can give without sacrifice of his duty to the rest of the state. More than that they have no right to ask or expect. The Budget joins with others in wishing for Governor Norblad every success in the new and larg er field to which he has been call ed. Astoria Budget. JEFFERSON IS HOLIDAY GUESTS JEFFERSON, Dec 24. Miss Helen Klhs came home Thursday from Eugene, accompanied by Rosa Constantino of Clayton, Washington who will spend the Christmas vacation at the Karl Kihs borne. Helen and Rosa are both students of University of Ore gon. Mrs. D. Hilderbrand of Albany was a week-end guest at Rev. A. W. Olivers. Mrs. Hildebrand be ing Mrs. Oliver's mother. W. R. Ballard, of the Associated store made a business trip to Mill City Friday afternoon. Gilbert Spragg left for .Newark, California Friday night where he expects to secure employment. Gilbert will be greatly missed by his many friends in Jefferson. Kenneth Ford of the Ford Lum ber company was in town Thurs day on business. During the recent high water, he estimated a loss of 50 or 60 thousand white fir logs, that broke loose from their linos in the Willamette river, near Sidney. kiddies see saxta WOODBURN, December 24. Fred Evenden and Carl Hanson were hosts to a crowd of delighted youngsters Saturday afternoon at the Bungalow theater when they showed the Capital Journal's mo tion picture which depicts Santa Claus in the North home, making toys. The theater was filled to the brim twice and as the children filed out they were given candy by Dr. Gerald Smith and Tony Becker. Santa Claus, himself, was there, having arrived in town just before the show started. I WILL honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. Charles Dickens. SENATOR HOTEL Salem, Ore. Every Good Wish for a Merry Christmas Radio Headquarters jf Merry Christmat M May it be a day filled with happiness I1 f and cheer for yon. I Fleener Electric Go. Greetings OiThisYuleiide Season .: f-.;-. Win-au' Self Scrvfci Slero ana who understands- go ' thor