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Tl Cr.ISOn STATTrniAN. Saba. Orefsa. Saturday llaniiag, Jandry 25, 1930
"No Favor Sways Ut; No Fear ShaUAwe"
, From First Statesman, March 28, 1851
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Shifting The Noble Experiment"
Bid 90; Ask 31
NEW YORK City papers have been carrying advertise
ments addressed to the bondholders of the Sun-Maid
Raisin Growers association. The published notices urge the
holders of the outstanding bonds of the association to de
posit them with certain specified banks. The bondholders
will then receive in cash 90 of the par value of the bonds.'
This is on condition that the deposited bonds "aggregate at
least ninety per cent in principal amount of the entire out
standing issue, or sueh lesser percentage thereof as may
. satisfy the Federal Farm Board." The advertisement is sign
ed by A. J. Mount, president of the Bank of Italy, Herbert
Fleishacker, president The Anglo & Londqn-Paris National
Bank ; Henry M. Robinson, chairman, Security-First Nation
al Bank of Los Angeles; Harry M. Creech and J. M. Leslie,
officers of the Sun-Maid Raisin Growers.
What the notice really means is that the farm board is
advancing enough money out of the federal appropriation
to enable the big raisin co-operative to take up its bonds at
90 cents oiv the dollar. But the Medford News, whose pub
lisher is a prominent fruit grower both in Medford and in
California, and who is, by the way, a vigorous opponent of
cooperative marketing, quotes a Californian as saying these
bonds had been selling around 81. If that is the case, the
action of the federal farm board in advancing funds to take
up at 90 securities whose open market value was only 31 is
open to senous attack.
These bonds were put out when the raisin cooperative
fell on evil days due to the vast expansion of raisin produc
tion in Central California. The bonds were a sort of Liberty
Loan affair to save the industry, but the industry didn't re
vive sufficiently to maintain the value of the bonds. Now
the hypodermic of federal funds is resorted to to save the
situation again, and by a refinancing program to enable the
. organization to continue.
The Statesman is not opposed to cooperative market
ing, bu we bave grave doubts of the virtue of this hot-house
-:fircingMf the cooperative program and this drum-beating
with government funds to put over a system of marketing
which has shown only meagre success under American con
ditions. It looks to us as though agriculture were being tak
en on a gigantic joy-ride, no one knows where, with the gov
ernment footing all the bills until the crash comes; and then
the farmers may be as so often in the past, left holding the
sack.
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Miss Oregon, 1930
THE Portland Telegram is stepping out and putting on a
campaign for the selection of some new character to rep
resent Oregon. Artists are invited to submit sketches of that
mythical being who shall embody the new spirit of Oregon.
Judges will then study the sketches and decide upon the
winning idea and sketch.
Of course a lot of fun will be poked at the effort to
create a new character. But The Statesman believes that
'Old Man Oregon" is rather bad psychology in a state which
is stepping out and taking forward strides with seven-league
boots. We need to jazz up our cartoons a bit and get away
from too much self-satisfaction with things as they are.
Here is the announcement of The Telegram:
"Old Man Oregon, that venerable caricature of chin-whiskered
decrepitude, is to be publicly buried beneath an avalanche of pro
gressive protest and a new figure created to typify the rigorous spirit
of a thriving state. This is the plan with which The TelegTam launches
state-wide campaign to create a new and long needed figurehead,
artistically representing the birth of a new and brilliant Oregon
spirit
: "Oregon has long over long been represented by a bUly-goated
, fogy swathed up in a dingy woolen scarf of ancient vintage ' gar
goyle at which neighbors and critics could scoff to their heart's con
. tent. The reign of this seedy ifconarch is over. Oregon has new spirit,
end needs a new emblem to typify its virile manhood.
- "Artists all over Oregon are invited to compete in a state-wide
competition to design Oregon's new 1930 figurehead. Many sprightly
upstate communities have writhed for years under the stigma of
"'Old Man OregonV This artistic competition to create bis successor
1 1 1 open to every artist fn Oregon. Up state editors and chambers of
commerce all over Oregon are heerwith invited by The Telegram, to
taker part in this progressive campaign' . ,.
Goodnight, but Not Frank
THE University of Wisconsin has a dean of men named
Goodnignt and he put in a good night at his job recently
' when he raided an apartment room occupied by an engaged
couple of university students. Wisconsin is quite "advanced"
of course, so another professor wrote Goodnight a mean let
ter, telling him he was as low as a prohibition agent, or
words to that effect. The student newspaper jumped in and
charged the professor with condoning free love, slapped at
the dean of women, and tried to smoke out President Glenn
, Frank. President Frank, who is known the country over as
a writer and a lecturer, something on the prder of "all out
of step but me," refused to be smoked. It is all right to the-
rize about sex situations but when one arose in his own
university household, Mr. Frank refused to be frank.
The dean of women threatens to resign; but Dean Good
night refuses to say goodnight except to the offending pair.
It would seem if deans have any place to fill at all, they
ought to promote wholesome morals in the institution, de
spite the radical notions of some professor who is an icono
clast on morals. .
The death of Stephen T. Mather should not be allowed to pasj
unnoticed. He served for many years as director of the national park
service, and for him It was a labor of love. A wealthy man himself,
Le was profoundly interested In the development of these parks as
groat recreation centers for all the people. He encouraged develop
ment at Crater Lake and Rainier, and his visits to the Northwest
are well remembered by all who saw him at the parks he loved so
Intimately. Tbe greatly enlarged popularity of tbe parks in recent
years is very much due to the stimulus Mr. Mather gave to road
baUdlng and park Improvements o these national resources might
be enjoyed more easily and more1 fully by the masses of the Ameri
cas people.' -
A philologist comes forward now and aserts that AI Smith was
correct In his pronunciation of "rad-dlo In last fall's campaign.
That's the foist time we heard It defended. With that recruit to
Lis banner At ought to beat the woUd In It 32.
,1 Tlier cnt a hole1 through ten Inches ot ice and baptized- a Bend
' citizen In the Deschutes river Monday. We didn't knowiaora! condi
tions were that bad la Bend. Bnt a souse Uke that ought to cool oft
anyone's ecstasy. . - ;
BITS for BREAKFAST
By JL J. HENDRICKS
IN
The Mission Play: -
After a third visit to this hia
toris and colorful production in
its own million dollar builcJng
and plant, and a reading of the
history of its background and de
scriptions of the Institution It
self, and visits with its author,
John 8teven McGroarty. and with
Frank Miller at his world famous
Mission inn at Riverside (who
gave the inspiration for the writ
ing and construction of tbe play)
the Bits man feels still his In
competency to write a description
of the whole great masterpiece
that wouic. do It justice,
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The play is In its 19 th year. It
will soon have passed its 3000th
performance. No other drama of
either ancient or modern times
has anywhere equaled this rec
ord. The present playhouse, per-
manpni rinma nf ria Miecinn via
stands as the most distinguished
and the most splendid temple of
the drama in the whole worltf. A
roster of the internationally
Known people who have attended
performances of the Mission Play
would Include most of the great
names known to the present gen
eration. No other play has been
so constantly and so universally
praisea. ro other has to vast a
record of "repeaters." Thousands
of people have seen it more than
20 times each.
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Members of its staff who come
to the Institution as children
have grown up to manhood and
womanhood in Its service. It is
one of the largest ana most high
ly perfected theatrical organiza
tions in existence. It is like a
great family, with its more than
100 performers and workers.
High praise, the reader per
haps reflects. No. Only the truth,
plainly told.
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Then what is the Mission Play?
And wby the Mission Play? It Is
Just the history of early Califor
nia faithfully depicted and made
colorful, it is true to the record.
It is the history of old California
from 170 to 1847. It tells the
story of tne Franciscan mission
ary enterprise in California, be
ginning with the arrival from
Mexico of Fray Junlpero Serra
and Don Gaspar de Portola with
the first expedition ot 1769 at
Saa Diego.
Fray Serra established the first
mission there, the second one at
Monterey, the third 20 miles
from King City in Monterey coun
ty,' and the foarth one at San Ga
briel, which is now a part of Los
Angeles, though 13 miles from its
business center. Here, within a
few hundred feet ot the old mis
sion, is located the plant of the
Mission Play, covering seven and
a half acres. The first grape vine
in California is there; the mother
of all the vineyards of the golden
state; an object of Interest and
wonder.
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There were 21 missions in all.
They reached from San Diego In
the south to Sonoma in the north,
700 miles, along El Casaino Real,
"the king's highway," each one
a day's horseback ride from the
other. The mission establishments
were in many instances ot great
extent, including not only church
but also living quarters and
shops. The Indians ot early Cali
fornia were taught to work at 64
European trades, to raise cattle
and sheep and to do almost ev
erything else that vhite men
knew how to do In those times.
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In tbe days when the old Cali
fornia missions were In their
glory, the traveler on the king's
highway, between San Diego's
"harbor of the sun" and Sonoma
In thm Hrat1av tf tim
I moons. could make that entire
journey of 700 golden miles with
out a penny la his pocket, and
nerer lack far food to eat or tael
ter aivalgBt; far, in that nra-piar
neer age the missions were also
the hospices of the land, and their
great oaken doors swung ever in
ward with welcome to whomso
ever might come. There was no
price paia ror anything. In the
pjenty that was on every hand
ail were welcome to share. In the
nays ol their glory the missions
had 80,000 Indian converts and
workers, and vast herds of stock,
with broad acres used to grow
gram and rraits and vegetables.
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The profits from the Mission
Play are to go, forever, to the
restoration of historic buildings
and spots, and for keeping: them
In order. Most of the old mis
sions are in a state of ruin or
disrepair. They are all finally to
oe restored.
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To make the Mission Plav col
orful, the author had thA Snaniah
soldiers, and citizens, the brown
robed padres, and the Indians
Only the three. Mr. McGroarty did
u weu .
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The mission nlay or naeeant
that should be built to endnre for
all time, to represent the pre-pio-neer
and the pioneer days ot the
Oregon country, will have avail
able to make It eolorfnl the Hud
son's Bay company's factors and
their French and HawaUan em
ployees; the explorers like Lewis
and Clark and Gray and the rest;
the missionaries ot the Methodist
the Presbyterian. Congregational.
Dutch Reformed and Catholic and
other churches; and the Rocky
Mountain trappers and traders.
the pioneers with pack trains and
afterwards their covered wagons
and 10 to 40 tribes ot Indians.
Instead ot the one type fonnd In
California la the Spanish days.
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Colorful? The Oregon nareant
should be the most colorful ever
presented; and without drawing
the long bow at any point in de
parting from facts and settings ot
history.
There is a society in Califor
nia which is devoted to the mark
ing of El camino Real, "the
king's highway." or the old Span-
tan trail. Tne marker Is a mission
bell hong on a stout metal stand
ard. These may be teen along the
whole 700 miles from the north to
the south, passing the old mis
sions or their sites.
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Oregon should have sueh a so
ciety. The old Spanish trail ex
tended all the way to old Fort
Vancouver' of the Hudson's Bay:
company. It passed through what
Is now the site of 8alem. It went
over the Ankeny hill a short dis
ance south or the Skyline orchard
at a point from which is to be
had one of the most beautiful
views in all the world. That is the
view the famous Bishop Mat
thew Simpson saw and described
in 1854.
It surely deserves marker. So
does the whole of the obi Spanish
trail, continuation of the king
highway.
than the statesmen.
-Nothing datihted, the six
French typists, who are described
by the same American writer as
"certainly beautiful, browneyed
Diana-like and vivacious," have
sent a rash call to Paris for their
prettiest clothes those long
dresses 'the Parisians are trying
to foist on the feminine world. So
far they have not broken into the
newspapers, "while you cannot
pick up a British, newspaper with
out seeing the American girls.'
faces all over the front page."
Bat a French mademoiselle says
that when the new outfits from
the Rue De La Palz arrive, "vic
tory will be ours."
Meanwhile the English maidens
are standing on the sidelines, lay
ing little. One spokeswoman for
them does chime in with the kit
tenish remark that while the Brit
ish stenogs may not be so well
dressed as their American cousins
their complexions are their own.
The British gals have shown no
inclination to take sides in the
Franco-American embroglio.
And who are these American
sisters who have thns broken in
to international print? They are
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Town Talks from The States
man Our. Fathers Bead
January 25. 1903
Senator MUlers biU for aboli
tion of state health officers at
Astoria, Gardiner, Taquina bay
and Brownsville, will receive con
aideration at today's legislative
session.
The Statesman has a daily sub
scriber in Germany. He is H. B.
.Thielsen, of this city, who will be
in that country a month.
A convention of the several an
ti-cigarette leagues of the city was
held yesterday at the T. M. C. A.,
when all local groups were organ
ised under one head to Je known
as the Salem City Central A'nti-
Cigarette league. Two presidents,
Horace Sykes of the high school
and Carmell Rollo of South school.
were elected.
First day's session of the reg
ular January term of department
No. 2 of the circuit court lor
Marlon county was held yesterday.
Judge William Galloway presid
lng.
SCANDAL
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DENTIST
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.
(AP) The dentist at the Dis
trict of Columbia jail was charged
today with accepting Valuable
gifts from Harry F. Sinclair and
Henry Mason Day in exchange for
favors shown the wealthy oil men
during their term at the institution.
Jail authorities have been in
vestigating reports that Albert E.
Kling, who cares for the teeth of
prisoners in exchange for his
room and board, had been pre
sented with an automobile by
Day and a watch valued at $160
by Sinclair. He was ordered to
appear Saturday before a special
board of Inquiry. He has denied
the receipt of any gifts from from
the oil men.
Captain M. M. Barnard, super
intendent of district penal insti
tutions, said he had Questioned 1.
R. Ellis, manager of a local ga
rage, who declared Kling had
bought an automobile from the
firm. Ellis informed Barnard
that the dentist had paid for the
automobile in $100 bills.
Kling said today that he had
performed no service for Sinclair
or Day during their jail terms,
other than to clean their teeth.
18 state department women, aver
aging about SO years, if their
ages were revealed, and receiving
an average income of 11,870 a
year. Top salary is 12,700 a year
and the lowest is 81.440. but
these sums are increased by 88 a
day for subsistence and inciden
tals during the conference an
honorarium which, plus the sal
aries they receive, impresses the
British scribes as great wealth
because It provides for fur eoata.
silk hose and cosmetics la addi
tion to food and shelter. Bel-
Ungham-Herald.
INCORRECT CARRIAGE
RESTRICTS THE BODY
Bad Posture Quickly Becomes a Habit, Interfering with
tbe Natural Functions of Vital Organs, Says
Authority, Urging Upright Position.
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By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D.
United States Senator from New York.
former Commissioner of Health, New York City.
N making up a list of what should be done to maintain perfect
health, it is easy to overlook many vital things. For instance,
posture is a most important matter for health. Correct posture
in walking, standing and sitting and correct breathing, are necessary
for sound bodies.
Did yon ever notice that healthy persons nat
urally assume an erect attitude? Those who
are not well are likely to move and . work in s
relaxed position.
There are, too, many people, sad to say, who
go about, "all unthinkingly, with a' alouchy,
faulty posture, rhey do not seem to realize that
an habitually bad posture may become a habit,
and a habit which may lead to poor health.
It wasn't so long ago that it was considered
bad manners to sit in any way bnt a "bolt up
right" position. In that position stomach and
bowels and all the organs are kept in the right
place. You are able to breathe properly. In
such a position the weight of the stomach assist
th3 automatic movements of the bowel, so that
free excretion results.
When you sit or stand in a correct, upright
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whole hHV YT HJr u circulate more quickly, stimulating the
Sated tLtS wori OT the digestice organs are stim-
Parhapa naver before in America.
nas so muca attention been paid to
rood posture In children as now.
Of course, many of our boys In mill
tary school have bad tbe advantage
ot train Ins In rood posture. It is
only recently that girls have received
as part of their education serious
physical training.
Today our public and private
schools have their rymnaalums,
where the youth of America learns to
stand correctly, where poise and
good Judgment are taught in athletic
games. Health la the first consider
ation in ail these supervised pursuits.
we nave tne Boy and Cirl Scout
movement, where boys and girls are
taught to stand correcUy. and the
out-of-doors is part and parcel of
thsir lives. Business men take time
to go to the gymnasium to keep fit.
it is our iauii ur we do not acquire
the right posture.
Are you giving proper attenUon to
everyday exercise and good posture?
we au want good health. We should
go systematically about getting it.
An erect, aracerui oarnaae is an
asset anywhere.
matter el self-control aa regards tht
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Q. What causes the leg to swell!
May be due to varicose veins
or a weak heart. It would be wis
to have a careful examination.
ALJGE 14. Q. How can Oat feel
be overcome?
2. What is the cause of and
remedy for canker sores?
X. How can I gala weight?
Answers to Health Queries
I THANK YOU. a What Is the
cause of my left foot be Ins cold at
au umeer
8. What should a rui weia-h who
is twenty-one years old and nve feet
five inches tan?
A. Ton are probably troubled
with poor circulation caused by
run-down state ef health. Try to
build up your enure system and yon
will oeneoi generally.
z. ror your are and nerat rou
should weigh about 1ZS pounds.
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A. A. O, -What should a boy
weigh who is twenty years eld and
six feet three and a half inches tan?
2. Are fruits and vegetables body
builders?
A-For his age and height he
should weigh about 171 pounds.
1. Tea.
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THANK TOO. a How can I
lose weight?
A. Weight reduction Is merely a
A. Thla condition ph t M-ntt...
by wearing the correct kind of sup
ports. .Canker eorss are usually' due
to an acid condition of the system.
Careful attention to the diet and rer
ular intestinal elimination should
help to clear up tbe trouble.
8 Proper dieting anfrdeep breath
ing la the secret. Vou should eat
nourishing foods and have plenty of
sleep and rest.
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frERVOUS. Q.-What benefit is
aaafetlda to the system?
A. It
tonic
Is beneficial as a nerve
MRS. E. DE Q. Q. What causes
my son to grit and grind his teeth
during the night?
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A He may be troubled with In
testinal worms or els he is very
nervous.
THANK YOU. Q Would purs
lime Juice diluted with water have
any affect on the stomach and
bowels?
A. 1 "doubt It
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H. Q. B. Q. What causoa nn.
pleasant breath?
Z What should aalrlof savsntMn
five feet one-quarter inch tall
weigh?
A. This may be due to 6rvA
teeth, diseased tonslle. nasal
indigestion or constipation.
a one snows weieh about lis
pounds.
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Editorial
Comment
- From Other Papers
' MORE TROUBLE FOR
PEACEMAKERS
The London vpeace conference
earrles a threat of war la a
place least expected. It Is a war
between American and French
typists, which may determine
whether Paris or Washington is
the capital ef charm and fashion.
The American girls, ia their brief
skirts, their fat coats mad their
silk hose,' are- Ah toasts ef Losw
nan. A news service says they:
"are apt only the biggest hit of
the conference Jat they're getting
a. blgaex.lay. la, Ja jwanapexj
IT IS recorded of this wefl-known British author that he once remonstraf
d with a friend for having; sent him a publication from which the adver
tisinx pages had been cut. "Why, you have thrown away the most interest
ins; section V Mr. Kiplinjr said.
Advertisements are more interesting today than at any time since the
Invention of movable type. Merchants and manufacturers realize that their
annouitcements must compete for interest with the work of the high-priced
authors and illustrators.
If you are not a regular reader of the advertisements in this paper, this
is a good time to cultivate their acquaintance. You win find them interest
ing. You will find them friendly. TTiey show you where to stop and take
considerable strain off both shoe-leather and pocketbooks.
Read the advertisements because they are interesting. Believe them be
cause they are true. Art upon their suggestions because it wiO pay you in
many ways. Before you pick up the telephone, you usually consult tho
phone book. Before you start out to shop, consult the advertising columns
of this paper. They will give you a direct connection with the merchandis
you want.
Don't atop with reading the news
and editoriAb. The advertising columns
are equally Important.