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4 -J PAGE FOUR The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon, Thursday Morning, January 30, 1930 f i i "ATo Faror Sways Us; From First Statesman, March 28, XSSI THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Charles A. S prague, Sheldon F. Sackett, Publisher Charles A. Spkague - - - Editor-Manager Sheldon F. Sackett - - - ilanaging-Editor Member of fho Associated Press Tbe AlwfatM Prant U xclulvJy eatttled to the use for publi cation of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwiae credited la this paper. - Pacific Coast Advertising Representatives: Artlror W. Ktrpes, Inc.. Portland. Security Bid. San Francisco, Sharon Bids.; Los Ansetea. W. Pae. Bid. Eastern i Advertising Representatives: Fwd-Pmrsont-eteoher, Inc., New York. J71 Uadlsoa Am; Chicago. S0 N. Michigan Ave. Enter td at the Poetoffieeat Salem. Oregon, as Saeond-CUua Matter. PukUeHtd every morning except Monday. Buometi office 215 S. Commercial Strett. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Mall Subscription Rates. In Advance. Within Oregon; Dally and gundav, i Mo. S cents; S Mo. Sl.t; Mo. S2.2S; 1 year $4.oe. Else where' 5 cents jx-r Mo. or 95.00 for 1 year in advance. By City Carrier: 66 cents a month: S5.5 a year in advance. Per Copy cents. On trains, and News Stands cents. Estimating Water Bills IF the water company bad been spending $25 a month for adver tising with The Statesman for 20 months and the snow got so deep the carrier couldn't carry the paper so the water company knew how much advertising it used, and the Statesman "estimated" the water company's advertising bill at $50 for the month, would the water company pay it? Not by a jugful of algae. Such a hojler as would he heard - Slips in Capital Journal. We suppose this is intended to pass as reasoning. A schoolboy can show how perfectly silly this "logic" is. In the first place in the supposed case created by friend Slips The Statesman would not have billed at $50 but at $25, be cause in sending out its estimated bills the water company averaged the bills of the past three months and then ren dered the estimated bill. In the second place anyone who knows anything about reading meters for water, gas, or elec tricity knows that an over or under-reading for one month is rectified and corrected the following reading. Consequently in the supposed case; if The Statesman had jendered a. bill for $50 then the next month its bill would have been zero; so the total would be the same. The Statesman repeats that there is no offense what ever in rendering estimated bills during the past month when meter boxes were snow-covered and some of them froz en over. Any excess or under charge on such estimate is automatically corrected when the next bill is rendered after reading of the meter. Of course if a person has never been outside of western Oregon where a freeze-up occurs only once in a life-time his knowledge is considerably restricted as to prevailing practices in cold climates. But he ought to have enough intelligence to know that the deviations be cause a bill was estimated .based on actual consumption for several months past would be exceedingly slight and would be fully rectified when the next meter reading was made. The last complaint of the managing editor of the Capi tal Journal against the estimated bills is that the cost of reading meters is covered in the" rate charged, so the public is being gyped because the meter readers didn't work last month. Figuring it out we presume everyone is entitled to about three drops of water extra because of this great sav ing to the water company. Maybe there was no saving at all; it is doubtful if the men were laid off just because of the few weeks of cold weather. According to the same line of argument the Pepco should be penalized in some way be cause it reads the domestic meters only once every twro months. As to specific bilis rendered by the water corripany, the public service, commission will pass judgment upon all com plaints after a public hearing. It is rather significant that after columns of venomous propaganda and after editorial appeal to the public and after running a Question blank to drum up more complaints, the Capital Journal reports only "20 or more cases" similar to two which it cites. From the frantic nature of its appeals we have wondered if its cam paign wasn't washing out -with the snows. I We are a littie reluctant to jump to conclusions about particular Jbills because of an experience we had with our own water bill last summer. We got a bill for over $11 and knew positively that we had used no such amount of water. ' We were on the point of blowing off about the highway rob bery -und so weiter, but thought a little investigation might be in order first. Checking the meter reading wef ound the bill rendered to be correct. Then, of course, we damned the meter and thought it was a racer. But before complaining to the water company or to the public service commission . we made a check of our own outlets. We found in The Statesman building two toilet fixtures that were leaky; one faucet that was dripping steadily; and that sometimes the fcoys had forgotten to shut off the cooling water running through the stereotype molds. Making a plumbing overhaul we found thatour bill corrected itself. And our own "esti mated" bill rendered this month was only $4.90. It would not be surprising that in the reorganization of staff and change in billing system there would be errors made. by the water company; but when the officers and em ployes are all virtually branded as a gang of crooks out to gyp the public by overcharging on water bills, then we must insist on better evidence than the Capital Journal has thus far introduced. The practice of big corporations long ago got away from that form of dishonesty.- We credit the ex ecutives of the water company with at least ordinary intel ligence and any man with ordinary intelligence would know he couldn't get away with dime-robbing; in figuring water bills. ... The mountain is laboring.- Will it bring forth a mouse? ; . Eugene's Whjte Elephant . THE city of Eugene has an extra farm on its hands. In order to get' the Southern Pacific to build its shops in Eu gene instead of over the bridge at Springfield the city issued $175,000 in bonds and bought a tract and turned it over to the railroad company. Then the tompany deeded to the city its 247 acres in Springfield. Eugene in order to make a good fellow of itself with Springfield which it had thus raped of its promised industry, made a long term lease with Spring field on the tract at $1 a year. The theory was that the land could be used for industrial purposes and Springfield could thus invite industries to locate there with free ground rent. The fly in the ointment for Eugene is that the county is trying to collect taxes on the ground. Back taxes amount to $2500 and they are mounting at the rate of $800 a year. During the term of the lease the taxes would amount to about $40000. The county won a decision in the circuit court when Judge Skip worth ruled the tax. Eugene is appealing While the. courts have generally exempted from taxa-i tion all forms of property held by municipal corporations, it is getting to a point where the public interest wants to call a halt. The more land taken off the tax rolls the greater the burden on remaining property,: Besides thisit makes an un fair situation for industries to be favored with tax exemp tion while other plants in the same city for instance are tax ed for themselves and for the tax-free industry as well. Eu gene may win its appeal- In-the supreme court; but the agi tation against the growing amount of non-taxed property in the form of municipal utility plants, parks, industrial sites, port projects, etc, may have to be reckoned with. ' '7 The cold weather gar the merchants plenty f time to figure -oi last year's Income) tax. Perhaps tbe floods will he welcomed to glreHhem a eteaee tervsk ut-tftt mw rtaiewbltakiv No Fear Shall Awe that the city would have to pay the case to the sunreme court. THE OUTBURST OF A CALLOUSED MIND k V --.. BITS for BREAKFAST -By R. J. HENDRICKS At Stanford uniyersity: The university has a 9000 acre campus. In fact. It owns 83,000 acres of land. Thie vast tract was given to the Institution when it was founded, by Leland Stanford in. honor of his dead son, and named Leland Stanford Junior university. Is Under the deed, not a single acre of the 3,000 can ever be sold. One of the first residences built on the campus was erected by Herbert Hoorer, now presi dent of the United States. It still stands. It was built as a sort of sample, or example to others. It is a small house. The present Hoover residence there 4s a large one. Now many houses- are on the campus, and they have all been built under leaseholds o f the land. Some of the leases are for 99 years. The university gets the rental, and it serves as a part of the endowment for the support of the institution. A number of the houses belong to the profes sors. Dr. Wilbur has his home on leased campus land, on the knoll that is next to the one on which the present Hoover home is locat ed. Dr. Wilbur is the president of Stanford university, now on a leaT of absence whUe he serves in the Hoover cabinet as secre tary of the Interior. The home of the professor who is acting pres ident is also near by, on campus land. . S "Bert" and "Tad" Hoover were boys In Salem, "brothers, living with their uncle. Dr. H. J. Mint horn, on Highland avenue, near the Friends church. Herbert came to Salem at the age of 11, and remained tUl he was 18, when. In company with "Char ley McNary. now senior United State senator from Oregon, he went to Stanford university. A year or two later, Tad- Hoover, now the. professor at Stanford, in charge of the department of en gineering, also went to Stanford. While "Tad" was In Salem, as stated in yesterday's issue, he worked, for about three years, as Uaotypist oa The Statesman. Herbert worked for the Oregon Land company which developed the Highland addition and start ed and promoted the prune In dustry la the Roaedale and Lib- . -A 1 -r. icLs, among finer acT- Was. There - are many interest tug things on the, campus of Stanford university, bnt the on& that at tracts most attention from -visitors, is the famous chapel, sot church. It Is at a prominent plaee on the nad" (quadran gle) of the institution. The knowledge- and backxrouad of ma artist would ha necessary to give the reader ; an adequate Idea of its beauties. The mosaic work was done with materials from Italy, and Italian artists came to super intend the work. The mottoes around thai walls are worthy Of the philosophers sad savants who inspired them; all down the ages. The paintings and stained glass windows are wofld famous. Stanford university, "Harvard of the West?' is doing a great work in the world, and not the least of its influences is that which radiates from Its splendid chapel. H S The Bits man has been visit ing aU the old missions of Cal ifornia that have come within his path by rail and auto, from San Diego to San Francisco. As most readers know, there were II of them, beginning with the one at San Diego, la the present city, , la 1799, bat sooa removed a few miles east, where there was a better location for the cultiva tion of the son by the Indian converts. Hers was bullded the first irrigation diteh la westers America, and here were planted the first oUve and the first palm rmr isr saw tan time sr tross vc m l NtftfEU VUILL feaute imr AIR TRAVEL ISN'T VET A TRAMSTORTATi ON was erected on the shores of the Pacific on land now within the borders of the United States. S "a S The second mission was at Monterey, soon removed to its present site in the Carmel valley. The third was at a point about 20 miles from the site of the fifth present King City. The fourth was at San Gabriel, and the fifth at San. Luis Obispo. a W The sixth of the old missions was la the present city of San Francisco, founded June 29th, 1776 fire days before the Dec laration of Independence. The first marriage In thla old church was performed January 7, 1777, and the first baptism was in Aug ust, 1779; first burial, March 1777. This Is the oldest building In San .Francisco. Of course there was no San Francisco, nor even the name of such a town, then. The Spanish (and afterwards Mexican) town ' that started close to the old mission was called Yerba Bueaa. "e Is The old adobe church still stands, In a fair state of preser vation, and is occasionally used for services. It is 119 feet long by 29 feet wide, the walls being four feet thick. tThe walls of some others of the missions are much thicker.) No nails were used in the ancient building; wooden pegs served, with raw hide to lash together the roof tim bers. Father Junipero Serra visited this mission four times, and ad ministered confirmation on three occasions. S The inscriptions on the monu ments of the little graveyard ad Joining the mission conjure up early California days. Here, among other early notables, rests Doa Luis Antonio Arguello. first Mexican governor of California, a native of California, and broth er to Conception Arguella. whose sad romantic lore affair with Rezanoff, the Russian chancellor, has been a theme for Bret Harte, Gertrude Atherton and many oth er writers. Dona Conception Ar guella was baptised In this old mission, church February 26, .. 17,1 Some of the victims of lynch ing; by the famous vigilantes of 1956 were burled In this old cem etery. V Many visitor are attracted daily to this old mission, as to all tbe others that are yet stand ing. Yesterdays ... Of Old Oregon Towa Talks from The States mm Oar Fathers Read Jasraaty 80, 1009 Invitations are out for the third dancing party of the series being given by the Century dab at the armory. Chaa. K. Denison and Chas. I Chase have opened up a shop for general repair work In the back part of the room at 208 Liberty street. They will make typewrit er and cash register repairing a specialty. Both these young, men were formerly in employ of Ber nard! and Daastord plumbers. - It Is probably not generally known that cora is being con stantly shipped lata Salem -from the east, oat TUlson and company receive shipments regularly for many of their patrons who prefer it for feeding hogs and horses. ? Fred Erlxon, superintendent of construction for the state com-, mission tf the Lewis and Clark PEOPLE J r-rsr Form Righ t Habits in Youth Habit Is the Basts of Character, Agrees Authority, So Be Sure Children Have Good Ones. By R. S. COPELAND, M. D. 17. S. Senator from New York. Former Commissioner of Health, New York Cify. CHARACTER is simply habit long continued," said Plutarch, that wise philos tpher of the ancient Greeks. There is no doubt but he was right. Our daily habits have much to de in mould ing character. You cannot ge far in this world without good char icter. To this tad it is es tential that we form good habits in our earliest youth. Every parent is responsible tr thn habits acquired by & OGPCLrWD. the child. It . . may take vigilance, but It la far better to see that four child forms Sod habits than to permit bad bits which will corse his future. There are plenty of habits formed in youth that are a menace to future good health. Chief of these are the habits of eating. 3enfe persons have digestive organs which seem capable of handling thnost anything that falls short of rocks and hardware. They appear U be able to eat anything and tuf fer no ill effects. I consider it unwise to treat any stomach, no matter how willing ft- may be, to such hardships. Chil dren are apt to bolt their food, to be notional about what they eat. and to refuse to eat what is good far them. If you are guardian to such a child, you mast be firm in helping him to form right habits of eating. It is important to prevent a child from forming a habit of eating too much sugar, or too much salt, ox too much meat, or too much of anything. He must have a bal anced diet, and the aaora variety of, food he takes the better. Eter nal vigilance most bo rears in this uabformlng stag fiait career. ;We all discover, sorJe time, that Mtne one thing la bad tv as. Par: rahy find that sewtethrng7 does Mt agree with a something perhaps that has stood as In goad stead for years past. Mew Is the tine that we can give evidanet of real char acter by changing sax satin; hab its. We find that wa fee! better, tad are better, by reducing the eeauomption ol whatever has been letermined upon as destnetivs of ar welfare. , There can be as doubt that ear tain foodstuffs are goisaawas is tome people. There Is was try ing to overcome the effects. Yen lot have to elinrdanta aU er part f such a food. Tobacco and aW dd are in the same category. If ne of them does yea harm and produces ill effects ta ram? body and brain, yon just cannot afford to indulge in it. Form good sleeping habits. Most people need eight hears of wood sleep every night in the wsek,sday m, and day out, Soma get along od fire, but the chances are that the person who doss not get enough sleep will lessen Us body resistance to disease. It is some thing to think about. Is it your good habit to take a vigorous walk each day. if you are net exercising your body some other way? That is also most ea sential to your health. fair, is la the dty J ! Dr. D. A. Paine, former su perintendent of the state asylum bat now of Eugene, is visiting in a " ? 1 urns we nave zormad a great using for pork, jnatiT, candy, or eat of a 'hundred different thinn. Vim toe City, ,- ACCUSER LIAR Hot Words Flung by Arkan sas Solon at Hearing In Washington WASHINGTON. Jan. 29. (AP) Senator Caraway of Ar kansas, tumped np at the senate lobby committee hearing today to denounce as "an absolutely out rageous falsehood" a statement that he had received S500 for ad dressing an importers' organiza tion. Testimony by Arthur L. Faubel, secretary of the American Tariff league, aroused the committee chairman to his vehemence. Ap parently angered, the witness re torted to the Arkansana' demand that hs took exception to his re mark. "I don't care whether you -take exception or not," Caraway shot back. Senator Walsh, democrat, Mon tana, entered the dispute with a statement that Faubel had "no occasion to take exception." "The rebuke givea you by the chairman was richly deserved," he continued. "You have no business to come before this com mittee and retail a story of that kind unless yoa are prepared to support it upon your oath." Faubel attempted to reply but Walsh shat him off with an as sertion that "we won't discuss the matter aay further." But Caraway, who had been pacing the floor, started hostili ties again by telling Faubel that he had never heard of any such $500 payment to him but had "manufactured It." He demanded- that the witness tell who gave him the information. "I shall endeavor to find out," Faubel replied. Previously Faubel and Senator Walsh had a brief clash over whether Joseph R. Grundy, now senator from Pennsylvania, and former vies president of the tariff league was engaged in the wool en business.. The witness testified that he understood Grnndy was no long er in that business and Walsh returned: "You're a wonderful man to A Problem For You For Today A clap of thunder was heard 12 seconds after the corresponding lightning flash. If the tempera ture was 22 degrees Centigrade, how many miles away was the lightning? (Note: Velocity of sound is 1090 ft. per second and increases 2 ft per degree rise Centigrade.) Answer to Yesterday's Problem 743 1-3 sq. yds. Explanation Add 60r60, 30 and 30; multiply by 24; divide by 9; result is 480 (Bides.) Multiply 9 by 30; divide by 9 sq. ft.; result is 30 (gables). Square 9; square 15; add take square root; multiply by 60 by 2; divide by 9; result is 233 1-3. Add 480, 30 and 233 1-3. $my Water Coop is run a tariff league." , "Thank you,' Faubel replied. - Walsh said Grundy had testi fied before the committee and had stated on the floor of the senate that hs was la the woolen business. Fl YET IH BAD SHAPE CHICAGO, Jsn. 29 (AP) Tonight was a sort of Christmas eve to 4,000 Cook county public servants, who together with city employes have been unpaid for weeks because of empty county and city treasuries. Tomorrow the county treasur er, who has not signed a pay check for ever so long, will don his Santa Clause uniform and pass out tar anticipation warrants in lieu of the salary ehecks ig nored by the paymaster since the first of the year. The employes glad enough to receive-some acknowledgement of of their services to the impecun ious county remained somewhat at sea as to the value of the war rants. Neither county, city nor school board can pay in cash be cause of a twenty-month hiatus without tai collections and the county board has determined to try the warrant method. "I have made inquiries in my neighborhood." said one worker in tbe sheriff's office, "and find that the chain stores wUl not ac cept the warrants, while the local banks demand a 7 per cent dis count." Negro Convicted Of Assault Upon Tennessee Girl BOLIVAR. Tenn., Jas. 29 (AP) Carry Gunn. 2.1-year-old negro, was convicted of assault ing a 15-year-old white girl by a jury ia circuit eourt here late today, and was sentenced to the electric chair. The case went to trial today with national guards men guarding the prisoner. The jury rendered a verdict after 10 minute's deliberation. The Judge passed sentence immediately, set ing March IS as the date of exe cution. i Firestone Given Dime For Great Putt on Course ORMOaP BEACH, Fla., Jan. 29. (AP) tf.irvey S. Firestone and John D. Rockefeller, Sr., played golf together' today. It was the first time Mr. Fire stone had met the oil magnate. He was introduced by John P White, of Cleveland, Ohio, a friend of Mr. Rockefeller, and was In vited to Join the game. - On the second green Mr. Fire stone made a remarkable long putt and received one of the Rock efeller dimes. VISITS AT JEFFERSON JEFFERSON, Jan. 29 Max lne Chiles of Salem is spending a few days visiting her grandpar ents, Mr. and Mrs. Swab. cuo IMS Stock mi DMods ' a Your' Water BWli ii CeT Call and Let Explain VAtf EQ GESTOSIS Whether there will be a short term to fill In the office of gov ernor at the November, election, is the .Questtott that has been re- forroi tn attorn- General Yaa Winkle by Miss Beatrice Walton, secretary to Governor woroiaa. The attorney general indicated that ha woald eomnleta the onia ton early next week. The question was raised in Portland yesterday whether it will be necessary to elect a gover nor to serve from November 4, the data oCthe general election, to January 12. the date on which the raTAroor elected for a four year term would assume his of fice. The opinion was asked. Miss Walton said, because ot ths word ing of the constitutional provision relating to thm tenure of office of Governor NorbUd, as successor to the late Governor Patterson. Swimming is now obligatory in the professional schools main tained by the French Northern railroad, which provides teachers and facllltj.es. r-nni nan! Feb.1sttoMar.31st NEW YORK .$77.50 CHICAGO $59.50 KANSAS CITY....S50.50 ST. LOUIS $53.50 DETROIT $61.50 OMAHA $50.50 DENVER $11.00 DALLAS $51.00 Via Los Angeles the ideal Winter route East TRAVH. BETTER FOR LESS OREGON STAGES PICKWICK STAGES YEUOWAY STAGES Hotel Senator Phone 606 P; Us w let ay S.