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PAGE FOUR "tfo Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Awe. From First Statesman, March 28, 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Charles A. S Prague, Sheldon F. Sackett, Publisher Charles A. Spbague - - - Editor-Manager . Sheldon F. Sackett - - - Managing-Editor Member of the Associated Press The Awcinted Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publi cation of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper. . Pacific Coast Advertising Representatives: Arthur W. Btypea, Int. Portland, Security Bid. Sar Francisco, Share Btdv; Jjam Austim, W. Pac Bids. Eastern Advertising Representatives: Ford-Parsons-afecber, Ine, Kew York, 871 Madison Am; I Chicago. HO K. Michigan Ave. Entered at the Poeteffiee at Salem, Oregon, as Second-ClasM Matter. Published every morning except Monday. Busineee of fice 215 S. Commercial Street. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Mail Subscription Rates. In Advanced Within Oregon; Daily and Sunday. 1 Mo. u cents; S Mo. $1.28 : C Mo. tJ.I5; 1 year $4.00. Else where SO cntr per Ma or $5.00 for 1 year in advance. By City Carrier: SO cents a month; il.19 a year in advance. Per Copy 2 cents. On trains, and News Stands I cents. . An Incomplete Tax THE shoe is beginning to pinch. Months ago when the legislature was in session The Statesman pointed out that the new excise tax and intangi bles tax we're really income tax. Yet they were passed and accepted at the time without a murmur. Folk thought the excise tax was going to hit the banks, so of course they were in favor of it. And they thought "intangibles" would never touch them. Even when the legislature closed and the law was. made plain, there was referendum invoked against the income tax but none succeeded against the excise and in tangibles tax though they were distinctly income taxes. What becomes apparent now is that these taxes ai e in complete without a comprehensive income tax. In fact they ought to be tied in with an income tax or worked over in some way. On the corporation excise tax the offset feature is permitted up to 90 of the personal property tax. On the intangibles tax which hits the individual no offset is allowed. Also the low exemption on the latter tax is criticized as making it fall too heavily on the aged and the widows who depend upon limited sums out at interest for support. It is gratifying however that the principal of these taxes U accepted without protest; the objection comes against specific features of their application. An income tax is to be voted on next November. Its provisions are fairly satisfactory. It is a question though whether to pass this bill and the hope for a reconstruction of the three income tax bills at the next legislature or to defeat-it and theji work for a remodeling of the incqme tax structure. The people do not seem to be objecting to the in come tax system, but to certain injustices in the way the in complete income taxes work out at present. In the Wide THE La Grande Observer uses its reputed powers of ob servation on the governorship contest in its Saturday , is sue and gives" the following summary of its impressions of the standing of the candidates in eastern Oregon territory. With no present candidate of its own eastern Oregon prom ises to be a real battle-ground for the contenders. This is how Editor Appleby has the present situation sized up: "Several experienced observers say that Henry Corbett stands the best chance of carrying- this section If Tom Kay, present state treasurer, stays out ef the campaign. Both of these men are favor ably regarded, here and would run a pretty close race, drawing sup port from much the same type of republican if they -were in compe tition. The only objection to Kay seems to be his doubtful health and voters are giving serious thought now to the possibility of a gov ernor dying In office and being succeeded by a senate president "whom they did not select at the polls. Kay, on the other band, con tends he has not felt better for years, and Is entirely able to go through a campaign and handle the office. No one question his knowledge of state business and keen ability. "Corbett is regarded as possessing all the qualities that go to make up a successful governor. Coming from an old Portland fam ily and active in civic affairs for years his name and ability are both familiar to many Eastern Oregon people. He has had valuable experience in the state senate and has an immediate-advantage In a targe following from the city of Portland. "How far Norblad and Hall, who will be active contenders, will get in the La Grande territory remains to be seen. Neither of them I well known outside 'of a small political circle and the votes they can gather will depend on the effectiveness of their respective cam paigns. Governor Norblad will, of course, have the edge over Han because of his office. With enough candidates in the race and the party badly split, it is possible that he might get a majority in this county." t Ed Brodie was confirmed as minister to Finland without being subjected to the senatorial inquisition as to his politics, religion, tooth paste and tailoring. Where were the housewives' council and the people's league? - Salem golfers should hold an indignation meeting. Club mem bers are getting bills for January dues and the course was covered vita snow half the month. The bills aren't estimated either, they are "maximum." Something must be done about it. The Oregonian has just concluded a quilt contest Now who will put on a hooked rug contest? We would suggest the Eugene Register, but it has just had a cocking school, so the assignment may go to the Corvallls Gazette-Times. We just happened to think that the reason the Marlon hotel rater bill was so high last August was because the legion conven tion was on that month and the hotel was full from top to bottom. .We have two friends In this world. The second one sent us a copy of that darn chain letter. Now we hare to defy the jinx another nine days. . How can the price of milk goes up? " 2 " The Washington supreme court calls the back seat driver a -irritant.? : r Woodburn Girl . Is Player Upoij Hockey Team UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, Feb. 1 (Special) -Nao-, nil Moshberger, of Woodbnrn. played center forward the entire time in the hockey game against the United States Field Hockey team last week in the armory at Corvallls. Due to the weather - conditions and lack ot suitable - place to play In Engine, the game had to be postponed, and was then played In CorvaUis. Miss . Moshberger baa - been prominent in women's athletics during her four years here. She Is a senior In "physical education and Is president of Hermian, the physical education honorary. She : is. also a member of Amphibian ' and the Master Dance group. . i Salem Man Out 1 For Swim Team rV;.. - v ' UNIVERSITY . OF OREGON, Eugene, Feb." -3 (Special) Bob Needaam, -of Satan te amng the frosh turning out regularly for .the l freshman, swimming "squad. .Tro.aeeU. luT6 already Jkeen, Open Spaces come down if the price "ot water -j- scheduled with the Corvallls Rooks for the Webfoot yearlings. The meets wiU be February 15. and March S. f ' Keea.ham, is a freshman la business administration. Added Acreage ForChes, BerriestJTalked Need for an Increase la the acreage ot cherries and berries In the Salem district In order to sup ply the velum which JocaT can neries wm e nble to market, will be discussed by Walter T. Stola at the Salem chamber of commerce lnacheoa Monday. , i Products in which the demand trow exceeds the supply include Royal Anno cherries, loganber ries, red raspberries, Marshall, Oregon and Etterbnrg strawber ries, according to the adranee no tices f of Mr. Stols's address. State Senator Lloyd Reynolds trill hare something te say on the same smhjeet. . , ; '"-,. i a f - SPOKANE, -Feb. I 1 (AP) kmMtcv university - fesketbatt team defeated Whitman college 14 to 3 S, in a one-sided alow con test Iter Saturday. . i r UM. Kiss Ma ,lac,Gcjat BITS for BREAKFAST -By R. J. HEND3ICSB- Arthur Brisbane again: W Writing his syndicated article to American newspapers from Hodge, California, Jan. 27, Mr. Brisbane says: "Millions of dol lars, pouring down from the sky, along this coast today. At 10 o'clock last night on this desert, high up in clear air, the stars of amazing brilliancy, seemed so close to earth, yon felt that you could reach up and take the big dipper by the handle. Today the sky, is one gray cloud, stretching over the mountains, westward, far out on the Pacific. No one can es timate the value of such a rain fall, to this western coast. The soft ground, tree clad mountains, lakes, reservoirs store up the pre cious water, for next summer's needs. The full crops thus as sured, mean hundreds of mil lions more, in cash, to fruit and vegetable growers. It la a rain, persistent gentle, not interfering with itding working, tr other occupation. Nature seems to say to men. Ton go about your busi ness: m attend. to mine,, and rata.' W That is a pretty figure of speech.- But nature does not al ways speak to men in that lan guage. She is particularly hesi tant in making sneh promises la California, and especially in the southern part of that state. w . An official document of the de partment of water and power of the city of Lot Angeles, entitled "The Romance of Water and Power, witb the sub-title, "A brief narrative, revealing bow the magic touch of water and hydro electric power transformed a sleepy, semi-arid western village into the metropolis of the Paci fic," says in one of its concluding paragraphs: . "When Los Angeles, in 11. completed its Owens river aque duct, the people of this city confi dently believed they bad solved their domestic water problem for generations to come. This great artificial waterway is capable of supplying the needs of 2,900.000 people." The booklet goes on to say: "Fifteen years after the comple tion of,, the aqueduct we find Los Angeles supporting -a population of 1,300,000," and climbing "to ward the second million mark at the, ratoef . 10 0,000 , fyest dents a year. (This is "from "the eighth printing of the booklet revised in November, 1920.) Los Angeles astounding development has confronted its municipal wa ter bureau with the same prob lem it faced prior, to the con struction of the Owens river aqueduct It is a problem ot find ing and developing , a new and largo source ot domestic water. Then the booklet goes on to say that In 1922 the engineers of Lot Angeles . began, to survey a rente- for an aqueduet to bring water from tho Colorado titer; that the survey covered an area of mora thaa ' 19,000 square miles; that for four years II sur-' eying' parties were at work; that 1 eras found it was "fusible and practical to build a gigantic aque duet to supply, not only the needs of Los Angeles, bnt also the re quirements of a score or more ot other municipalities in southern California." .HIs .studies further disclosed that the- Colorado river Is the only source capable of meeting Los Angeles . water require ments,, the-, bookletgoes oa to sar. referring, to the surreys and investigations- of wnHaaa MuV Holland, chief engineer, ---- V V : : By making a lift by pumping. tho- ah Sri at watar proposod to be allotted to Los Angejes and the otner soutnem California cities, 1500 second feet,. may be. -taken The OIXEGON STATESMAN. WAITING at a point 260 to 270 miles away sand eonveyed in a huge pipe only about 10 miles longer than the. one that brings Los Angeles its present supply; 400 second feet Without the lift, a pipe line 709 miles long, more or less, would have to be built, to get a gravity flow; and, for the pres ent, this Is deemed too expensive. U Bnt seven states are concern ed In the Colorado river water supply, and Arizona Is objecting to her proposed allotment, and tnere are settlements to be made with Mexico, through which the Colorado river runs In Its lower reaches, emptying into the gulf of California within the borders of that country. m "W So, with eight years required to build the dam and the pipe line, and all kinds of delays in between, it will be a long time be fore Colorado river water is de livered to Los Angeles and the otner cities of that area. In the meantime, the Mona lake orate is being pursued, which will give an aauHBoaai 109 gecond feet of water to Los Angeles, to be con veyed in the present pipe line. This will coat perhaps 149,000,- 000 to 150,000,000; including the buying of a number of whole towns, to get rid of their water rights. m That is the last stand, un to Colorado river water for Los An geles. There Is no place else to go tor water; and there will never bo enough water la California to maintain for long her growth of population and sustain agricul ture at even its present -status. In 1923, Los Angeles was with in nine days of a water famine. That would have meant no water T7D..' Has Xt-Tss!ss Ccrrecfa O YOU Cta t lama dean, sweet hrer ilyueysoeuachboutc4crxter,Tbe tongas) and. sseeth is awthing soon or teas than thetrpereado4 irearsfjofssch ettntlf.' Vmtm tkecnkX:qoW Is ipecsaad lar sawi food- U aowtaf la tcMrfaua rom bnm. thtmtorrtmtMti M Shtdiac eHcav Ikes armmrnToi BMraias trjfMatver swta.a coated it aiiin mqm yowr stnwcl pMfinttUac cadoiitaCftte !rts traits sad iknrscistast aaoet Uwtaat back. Accept fasiantatto. U dewisjnS ad iurmt nruelThtirti. noliiiura ftbmm atm. BWiarsaM. Tin I lj mam tflM rmtkn Slstllihialjns mnmtSSum4 mmd sWeXefv dnst. stw fcs Tinsir Cetabauj laaMVb It fsspst helo roa mr mtf -Safegu Oregon, Tuesday Morain?, -o I 5. and no power. That city has 293,150 separate water service connections; more than 85 per cent ot her industries using elec tric power are served by the city system. Think what a water and power famine would mean there! And it was only nine days off. It was not far off the 4 th of January of this year, when rain fell after over six months ot drouth. Farmers who have had city wa ter for their irrigation are being cat off; absolutely- destroying their farm values. They are just out of luck; the city's needs come first. Some of the farmers who had been deprived of irrigation water a few years ago threatened to blast the pipe line; and they were all bought out, by the city, and left the country. A number of them came to Oregon. The water level In irrigation wells is going down annually all over California. There is not enough water from mountain snows and general rainfall for ev er present needs. There will nev er be enough for future growth, unless the supply of the Pacific ocean can be cleaned of Its salt February 4, 1930 and taken' to points front : which it will flow over the thirsty land by gravity. ; California has 29 persons per square) mile; Oregon has eight. Oregon can maintain a denser population in safety than Califor nia can. Tell that to any one who doubts great growth in Ore gon. Don't be afraid to shout It from the housetops, because it Is as. true as truth; as certain and fixed as the law that makes water seek its level. Yesterdays ...Of 0U Oregon Town Talkn fraaa Tba Ow Fathers Bead Febraary . 1003 Probably the boldest attempt to defraud the state of school land la Oregon was perpetrated by S. A. D. Puter, the moat prominent factor implicated in the cases now pending la tho 'United States court la Portland and his agent, Basil Wagner, a resident of Sa lem. By means ot false applica tions signed by nine local parties, Wagner attempted to obtain certi ficatea ot sale to 2.880 acres of school land in Klamath county right nnder the dome of the cap-iX-ol and the noses of the members dfithe state land board. The famous Killingsworth bill for the regulation of railroads was killed in the house ot repre sentatives. Killingsworth would enact a. law to compel all rail road corporations operating . in Oregon to handle the business of all connecting branch lines. The Marlon county commis sioners' court granted the petition of J. T. Tanner for a gateway from his residence on the Cyrus Pitney donation land claim to the county road leading from Salem to Silverton. A right-of-way was also granted to the Marion tele phone company to erect telephone lines on the different county roads leading out of the town ot Marlon. Henry Cauthorn was ap pointed supervisor of road dis trict No. 37. Homecoming on Date oi O. C. Tilt Considered Eugene, Feb. x (Special) Hold ing the homecoming festivities on the week-end of the Oregon State game next year despite its being Played at Corvallls is now serious ly being considered by student of ficials, according to Jack Bene fiel, graduate manager, and Thos. Stoddard, president of the student body. This system is being used at Stanford and California, and Is very successful there, acocrdlng to reports. Although alumni would have to travel 40 miles to see the game at Corvallls, they would be more than repaid by seeing the 'big state game' the one they are the most interested in. VISIT IN SBLVERTO.V ZENA, Feb. 3 Mr. and Mrs. P. Charpaloz and daughter Eve lyn and SybU were visitors In Silverton Sunday. The Charpaloz family moved to the Daril Fry farm at Zona last fall. nafipijpQi? YOU could go down to the unloading of ships as they come white-sailing in . . . and find nothing to compare with the variety of merchandise un loaded for you at the port of the advertising page. You could lift ibis article and that ... but not even sueh close scrutiny, could tell yon so much about a product as is told you through the advertise ments you read. You could take the fine merchandise home, distribute It and use it In Its proper places in your pantry, draped at jroux windows, tdl dowa on your floors and trample4 oa for years . v not your testa would not bt balf so rigio as the testa already made for yon of the wares that are adver Used. ' ' J ' World variety world scrutiny of merits . Inside an out world tests that take the wares and determine them in the form you see them today . . these make advertised products the best yea can bay. The most eco nomlcal because dependable la service. The lowest priced for quality because distributed te the world! The white-eailed gehooaers, the sloops, the lighters these from the up per bays of quality and perfection have all unloaded here. Turn, tha pages i or their offerinsa. Read the advertisements . v- that twxaes in; with nrm IIIIFIIrT ninTri bwnui Fill TO Of VE10P BERLIN. Feb, 2. (AP) Communist demonstrations that yesterday appeared threatening passed off today la Isolated un employment protest processions and street rows, and the potential "uprising" ended In something like a fiasco. Ten policemen were Injured in street fights and about 100 ar rests wero made, including 79 communists caught in raids last night, but the head ot the demon stration was cut oft by .the cap ture of members ot the commun ist "general staffs daring the raids. Three processions were broken tp by the police in the Moabit district with the arrests of a dozen communists, and In the Wedding district, the police repeated charg ed the procession of about 300 de monstrators, swinging their sticks heavily. In one ot the east end districts of Berlin three policemen were beaten senseless by a crowd of a hundred persons. All the districts where disturb ances occurred "were working class quartets. A small group of demon strators was dispersed without casualties in the industrial snburb of Nenkoelln. Hamburg, where riots occurred yesterday and Thursday, reported that the day had passed off quiet- iy- F IS PROF'S THEORY CHICAGO, Feb. 3. (A P) Peace and hunger can't exist to gether, believes Dr. Richard Ely of Northwestern university, and there is a diplomacy of the stomach as well as a diplomacy ot battleships. So, while politics tries its an cient hand at peace in London, Dr. Ely is preparing to level a novel attack at Mars from the agricul tural quarter, by carrying the pacifying benefits of American farming science to China to help feed the stomachs ot millions in that hungry and war torn land. A permanent affiliation will be established next month between Northwestern university here and Nanking university in China for the purpose of promoting more efficient farming In the Orient At the request of the University of Nanking, Dr. Ely," as director of the institute for research in land economics of Northwestern, will send an expert from his de partment to reside permanently at the foreign university and as sist in mapping out a program of land utilization and population for China. AMITY HOTEL OPEN AMITY, Feb. 3. The Amity hotel is operating nnder the man agement of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Climer after being closed for sev eral months. They plan on closing the dining-room. Mr. and Mrs. Climer and family are former res idents in Amity and hare been residing in Salem. . . they tell yon of the best carcoes for every ess ilul tllUID D BRINGS Clean Hands Safeguard BeaWi Gerxos Are JSastry Spread by die Hands, Warraa Antkotity. By R. S. COPE LAND, M. a ' U. 8. Senator tnm New York, former CommUtUmer of Beau, Ncvtarb Cirjr. F OK a long fdsee influenza bat beta thought te be caused by aa Infectious area os germ. The news) is bow. JbtemsM to 9 from the University f CaV cage , that DxV FaDr, of that Institution, after yean of research in this subject. has at last found the in fluenza germ. I hops this is true; if so, a j re at discov ery has indeed been made. Science has riven to many wond fill liUMnnu which have OR CCTPELAND. made for good health. Influenza has taken a large toll ef human uvea in various terrible epidemics, and every year many cases la very-country of the world attest te its devastating power. la good health, our bodies havg resistance to the germs ef disease as they come singly. Bnt when they attack ns in great mass, the body is powerless to withstand their assault It is when we are fatigued by overwork, or loss -of sleep, when our physical vitality is low from poor or inadetpiat food, that the germs get their deadly hold upon us. Cleanliness of every bodily sur face prevents the entry of these germs. Te be surgically dean all the time is out of the question, but when you are as near to It as pos sible then you are the safer. The germ ef influenza is con veyed by the hand easily. It is comm only carried from hand to hand, from a doorknob or a hun dred ether placej. The moisture from a cough or sneeze from an other carries this germ, and so in . lection comes from one near you. There are certain rules ef clean dness everyone should make use of, always, every day. Washing tho sands frequently, and always be fore eating, is essential Wash the faee with soap and plenty of water every day, not neglecting to wash out the nostrils. This is a place where germs are likely to lodge, The teeth should be cleaned thoroughly two or three times a Bay. In sneezing and coughing, cover the face with a handkerchief and beware of the person who does not do this. Eat "only In places which are immaculately clean. Al which are clean. Always sleep in well-ventilated rooms. . If yon find yourself sneezing, with a feeling of feverishnest and eyes running, take a hot bath and go to bed. If not better the next morning call your doctor. You protect yourself in going to bed, and you protect society. If you hare Influenzs, the germs are dangerous to the next person you meet ) 1 2 I ) er-i i,