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4 11 ' II:- 11 ' I IV PAGE FOUR Tfce OTICGON STATESMAN. Safeeu Oregon, Friday Morning, February 7,' 1930 "No Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Awe." From First Statesman, March 28, 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Cbables A. Sfragce, Sheldon F. Sackett, Publiaken CHARLES A. SfSAGCB - - . Editor-Manager Sheldon F. Sackett - Managing-Editor Member of the Associated Press The Araoclat Press Is axclaaivfly ntitlnl to the use for publi cation et aD news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In. this pajr. " Pacific Coast Advertising Representatives: Arthur W. Stypea, Ine, Portland. Security Bid. Eaa Francisco, Sharon Bids. ; Los Ansetea, W. Psc Bids. Eastern Advertising Representatives: Fsrd-Parsona-Stecher. Inc., New Tor. 171 Madison At: Chicago. MO- N. Michigan A vs. Entered at tkt Pot toff ice at Salem, Oregon', as Second-Class Matter. Published every morning except Monday. Butrneee office 215 S. Commercial Street. m I, i , m i a SUBSCRIPTION RATES ! Mail Subscription Rates, Is Advance. Within Oregon; Daily and Sunday, 1 Ho. SO cents; 3 Mo. $1.25; Mo. 12.25; 1 year $4.t0. Else where cents per Ma or $5.0t for year In advance. By City Carrier: St cents a month : 15.50 a year In advance. Per Copy 2 cents. On trains, and Kewa Stands a cents. Funerals, Old and New Style THEY are just ruining; funerals in these modern times. There really is little attraction in attending one any more. YVe can remember in the small towns there were women, and men, too, who never missed a funeral. We knew one able mer chant who made it a point never to miss an auction sale or a funeral. But then he was a merchant. The others went from, well, just from curiosity. Now the Portland pastors are recommending that undertakers dispense with opening the;casket so the crowd can file around and look on the fea tures of the departed. That is just about the last straw. First they set the family off in a room by themselves so those who came to gape and crane their necks and see how the widow was tak ing1 it, or the fiance or the daughter-in-law, get no satisfac tion1 out of that any more. Then they changed the eulogy to brief Thanatopsis stuff. In the old days a preachex might mae his reputation on his funeral sermons. The. mire lach rymal gallonage he could get started the more in demand he was. It was a poor funeral that didn't have the relatives in collapse, the friends sobbing and the mere acquaintances swallowing hard. Nowadays the preacher reads a psalm, quotes some poetry, talks about comfort rather abstractedly, and cuts it off in fifteen minutes. They have taken the crepe off the front door, changed the coffin black to neutral grey, speeded up the funeral pro cession, banished widow's weeds, and hurried up the opening of the will. The only thing left to link the funeral up with the gruesome, sobbing past was the march around the open coffin. Now the Portland preachers will take that away, so the only difference between one funeral and another would be the cost of the casket. The proposal of the preachers prob ably wouldn't reduce the bill for a first-class funeral any, so the undertakers shouldn't oppose it. It is true, the preachers are right. We thought twenty five years ago that it was a horrid survival of ancient cus tom to open the casket and let the curious wend their way past it. But the modern funerals seem too conventional, too impersonal, too much of form and too little of heart. The modern funeral affords no emotional climax to the relatives and no very satisfactory means of tribute for friends and associates. As death means less, so life seems to mean less. Oi-'perhaps as life means less, death means nothing. Priced to Tenth of a Cent THE Standard Oil company of New York is trying a new wrinkle in the retailing of gasoline. It figures the price at the seaboard, in bulk, adds a fixed charge to cover handl ing at retail and profit and then adds the actual rail cost to each community figured to a tenth of a cent. The price sched ules at every service station in the "Socony" territory show the actual retail price on the above basis. Thus the price in New York city is 15.3c per gallon; Mt. Vernon, 16.3; Ossining, 16.4; Ybnkers, 16.3; Derby, Conn., 15.7; Litchfield, Conn., 16.8; New Haven, 16.6. To these prices are added the 2c state gas tax. This may be the beginning of a change in computing prices at stations all over the country. "Socony" is an em pire in New York and New England and the Standard Oil company of New York is all-powerful in that empire, more so it would seem than the other oil companies in other sec tions of the country. The General Petroleum company operat ing on this coast, is a subsidiary of the Standard of New York. The new plan has not been put into effect here, but if it goes over satisfactorily in the east, the General might in itiate it here. There is often too much of a spread in prices between one territory and another. The service station price at Port land was 1914c Sunday, here it is 23c. We do not know just v hat the freight differential is, but the price difference is 8i4c per gallon. It will be interesting to see how Standard of New York's new way of, pricing gas works. A "Dynamic' Governor "REGON has a dynamic governor at last. While the rest VJ of Salem sleeps of a morning until 7, 7:30 or 8, Got. Norblad is up betimes and out, not to get to his work before the janitors get the room dusted and the halls mopped, but to career on foot over the hills and along the streets and roads of the town and country. A six, seven or eight mile jaunt for the governor is just an appetizer .for his nam and eggs.: After that, instead of Being weary with having per formed a day's labor, he is just fit to tackle his joB at the state house. He is a going governor, whether the travel is on foot," by motor car, rail or stage. In a week's time he manages to cover a considerable urea of the state, meet several hundred Ore- gomans, address a dozen or more elubs, societies and gather ings, and get back to his desk to get it all slicked up for the r eek-end. One day recently he dictated 113 letters. He keeps a dicfaphone by his chair, and if there is no one in his office to talk to he can dictate letters. Regardless of what the newspapers and cartoonists do to Old Man Oregon, Norblad, so long as he stays on as gov ernor, will set a pace that would give the Old Man heaves, and warm him up so he would shed his old muffler. Of coarse Norblad may not get the nomination; he rather makes the natives a little dizzy.. ' NAVY DIRIGIBLE IN GLIDER TEST I S. , si ' ' . t v. ' , - ' i 1- k, - t " i'i Z , . -4 , s f, , 'X? - V fiv - ' i - 4! it - f ' " - - - V', ' TEe lone heralded fUgfct of rlider from tha Navy diriffiblo Los Ancelea if held t ba tha first launching of motorics friot machina fat (his manner, although planes hsT been carried aloft and dropped and hare been both picked i p and launched by the Los Angeles while aha wasta flight. The test will be at Lakehursa, N. J. NaraT Air Station. (Abort) Meters shows the "monster ef the sir" with the glider attached, BITS for BREAKFAST -By R. J. HENDRICKS' ? Harry D. Hobson, mated fashioner at bows and flshrods at his home along the Bantlam, sends The Statesman a copy o the Clare land District Golfer which shews haw golfers there tarn their coarse Into fields for the practice at archery daring the winter months. J fere golfers complain becaase of a few weeks at winter whea the courses are snow-covered or soft from hear rains. la the eesT courses may be out of use for golfing for months at time. Mr. Hob ' son adds a note that he has developed considerable business la Otre- Isnd selling archery equipment to Clereland business a4 profes--slonal jnea who substitute archery far golf in. winter,' s ; Ve see the spiritualists of Australia, England and the TJnlted States are praying for the recovery of Sir Arthur Coaaa Doyle. Why should that be? They can go on talking ta him if ha does die, can't i .The new dictator of Spain predicts a' "bright future for his na tion." Must be another go-getter culled itff the membership commit tee of the chamber of commerce. Hitherto Spain haa beea lirlng la I vDfc v w k hiui ui, m iumi vxnu. . The 15th census: "s You will hear a good deal about this, from now on, till around and soon after the . first days of May, when the totals of population for the cities and towns and other civil divisions of the United States will begin to be announced. All the census supervisors of the three Pacific northwest states were gathered at Seattle on Monday and Tuesday of this week the seven from Oregon, seven from Idaho, and nine from Washington. Besides about sev en superintendents of Indian re servations. That made a gather ins of about 30, besides the di rector of the census, W. M. Steu- art, and his chief clerk. a W ". They met at the directors' room of the Seattle chamber of com merce at 9 on Monday morning and worked together all that day, and all forenoon on Tuesday, and then went to the banquet room of the Seattle chamber of com-' merce, on the floor above, for lunch, that meeting being attend ed by many prominent 'people of Seattle Interested in having a thorough census for that city. m That meeting was addressed by Census Director Steuart and oth ers. Dr. Steuart (as he is known in Washington, though he Is not a doctor but a lawyer), told some thing of the history of the census. The original purpose of the cen sus, which is required by the con stitution of thej United States, was simply to ascertain the popu lation of the several states as a basis for the opportlonment of re presentatives In congress. The first one was taken in 1790. (That makes the coming one the 15th decennial census.) Director Steuart related that Thomas Jefferson and John Han cock were, in Philadelphia while this census was being taken, and, thinking they were not being enumerated, signed their names in good black ink to one of the schedules. This schedule is pre served to-thls day. It During the conference. Direc tor Steuart related an incident that la interesting. While Presi dent Hoover was secretary of commerce- ha was tendered a banq.net. ' Mr. Steuart was called upon for some remarks. He pre faced what be had to say by wordi something like these: "Mr.l Hoover, your status a an Ameri can citizen has been questioned. Ttuf parents and all others who ewnld definitely establish this have leng passed from earthlj sehe. You hare ho way ef def initely proving your place and time of birth. But X hold in my hand, the proof. I hara a certi fied copy of the Iowa census enumerator's scredule made In 1$80 in hand which your own mother gave your age and the other data establishing beyond question the facts." Mrs. Hoover was present Mr. Hoover was interested.. It was a memorable scene. The then se cretary of commerce was present ed with the paper at his request. Mrr Steuart waa an employe of the census department in 1880, and has been ever since, finally climbing to the bead of it. He mentioned another historic inci dent, in his talk at Seattle. The governor of Virginia accosted him in Washington and charged that the census of the city of Rich mond had not been properly tak en. He knew this, he said, be cause his own family had - not been enumerated. And be, de manded a recount. Mr. Steuart ventured to make a wager with the governor. If ha was right, a new. enumeration would : be or derexL If be was wrong, he would make proper amends 'far his false charge, it was agreed, and Mr. Steuart found the schedule for the district of Richmond In which the home of the governor was lo cated. (This was at a former de cennial census period.) , Mr. Steuart banded the governor the returns, in their original filing case utfopened, and told him to open and examine it. Within a few minutes, he smilingly gave up the wager, stating he found the returns as given in by his (the governor's) wife to the enumerator and they were abso lutely correct, excepting for one line. The governor's wife had not given her correct age! S But Mr. Steuart was not dis posed to be unduly critical of the lady's (or any other lady's) weakness In this respect for he himself is arriving at the time when he would rather give his own age to a census enumerator, wh ois under a solemn oath of secrecy, than to sound it from the housetops. V s Censuses of manufactures were taken in this country in 1810 and 1820; and statistics of agricul ture, manufacture and mining have been collected in every de cennial census since and including that of 1840: A census of manu factures is now taken every two years, and of agriculture every five years. "a And now, in 1930, for the first time, we are to have a "census of distribution," which will be, in brief, a gathering of statistics in regard to wholesale and retail trade. It will show all wholesale and retail stores of various types and other distributing agencies from the great chain systems and gigantic wholesale establish ments down to the roadside fill ing station and eating place. Sales, number employed, wage rolls everything. And in groups, as much as possible. Thus we will know, for the first time, the whole story of distribution. It is calculated to help every man in every line of merchandising, and to help all consumers, by cheapening the agencies of distri bution. "a The census of distribution and manufactures will start at once Is starting now. It will be taken by a special set of enumerators; not nearly so many as the popula tion and farm enumerators, who will get to work April 1. This is in the present law. The census of distribution and manu factures must be taken this year. The questions will' have to be an swered all under oath, and the oath of secrecy for the general good of business, and for no Other- purpose. - rV w It was at first intended to hare the distribution and maaufacttiret census supervised by special men from Washington in all but the rural districts and small towns. It has been decided to tend these men only to sack big cities as Loa Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle. The regular super visors win have charge in all oth er cities, large and small. But with a special set of enumerator. The law gives preference to e servlce men and widows of dis abled war veterans. But these must qualify as to competence, under the direction of the super visors. - A sample of the trn 'Seattle spirit" was shown'oa Tuesday af ternoon, when the visiting Wash ington officials and supervisors were taken over the city by lead lag men with antes. In many oth er ways, this spirit was exhibited by the people or the Puget souad metropolis. - S We hear a good deal about the California spirit; Of that of Los Angeles, 8am Francisco, San Die go, etc.,- but not one of these has anything on the Seattle spirit. . - v -v It la expected .that the coming census - la continental United States will know about 1x2.00. 600 k population; that it will re veal that we have about gig and a tialf mllMons of farms. And It will show a namaxing number of manufacturers and distributors; manmore of the latter than has been generaUy estimated. 1 I 1 i'&f i S 1 mmmmmmmAmmmmmmmmmwd JDR COPELAND. really some Monotony Lowers the Morale Change of Scene, Exercise and Sunshine Effective In Chasing Away the "Blues" By R. S. COPELAND, M. D. TJ. S. Senator from New York. Former Committioner of HealtK New York City. WHAT is this thing we call debility? Many a person has gone to his doctor ex pecting to be told that something serious is gnawing at his vitals. To bis great joy the doctor has given the news that nothing serious is. the matter, but that he is merely a suf ferer from "debility." Well, that Is comforting; and yet, after all, everything is not as it should be. De-1 bility is a con dition which, If left to prow, may end in wrious disturbance. Young and old may be afflicted ith this debilitated state of ttealth. It may follow some illness r injury. One may bare debility from long continued worry, or grief, or fear, or from any dis turbance, physical or mental It is strange how one may lack strength at such a time. You haven't much interest in what if going on, you are quite indifferent whether you eat, sleep or move) Perhaps you do not sleep well, you feel irritable, and you just fee) as though yea area t of any us ta anybody! Have you been too muck es K eased in your business? Or per ps you have allowed your house hold cares or other duties to keep Ktadaors tee saaeb. Staying wp nights, "burning the candle at both ends," aa the saying goes, -will eventually wear down your nerves so that you just cannot feel nor oaaL Ws aB know there is always cause fee everytiung. If the cause is a sneral one, them religion, ot seme yhneeephy In life. Is a good thing- Perhaps we aerer needed religion fat the world mere than we de today "Do net .talk defeat to your self.' It was Dr. Harry Emerson Foadk who said that such word "debCltate fwMoality." I fkiak be is i-fct Tfco warU If T2U wish aB sorts e curlews and beautiful dags, s walk abroad, waarararwa are, will show us this, Aa interest in the things and people , axeond ne is feel fee nsPJwa aught U en joy fae aafdeen mere, take every oppoiUialtr to get eet into the treshair. if we Hre ta the city, at least part ef the week-end, ceald be spent out la the country. The country la toaatiful in the Winter thae as wall aa in the Sum mer. Likewise, a few days in the city will wipe out many aa attack or the "blues.' We . all need relaxation and Cfcasst ef scene, oecaiioaally. It means heaEk ta us. For persons who are nm-dowm for any reason, being out ta toe sunahjaa is an es sential facte? ta getting wen. ' x Probably ene ef the greatest factors ta gettms away from the everyday grind haa been the auto mobile, ft is a geed thins for us to be able t see new sights and sounds. But do not, overlook the fact that yew need daily exercise and a gasteral building up ef your bodily health, so thai the) cendi ties et debilTty wl not grew to pme more scneo trouble. SENATOR IHY EXMl HIES WASHINGTON", Feb. 5 (AP) Senator Kiag, democrat, Utah, may appear before the senate lob by committee to explain two con tributions or $1,000 each which Herman A. Mets, New York dye importer, said he made to the senator's campaign fund in lift and 1928. - Reporting today to the senate on the lobby committee's investi gation of New York importers. Senator Robinson, republican, In diana, said he had been Informed that King might wish to appearf to testify concerning the contribu tions.' The Utah senator is a member of the senate finance committee which handles tariff legislation. Ho has told newspapermen Metz seat him a check for 81,000 In 1S28 bat that It was not need and was destroyed, and said he had never. heard of a contribution by Mets la 1922. Appearing before the commit tee, Mets said the 1922 contribu tion waa given to Samuel Russell, former secretary of Senator King, and the the 1928 check had beea sent to King and had not been us ed. Russell testified he had sent the 1922 contribution to Samuel A. King, brother of the senator and his campaign manager in Salt Lake City. Senator King is now tn a Balti more hospital receiving treatment for a stomach disorder and could not be reached for a statement. Chairman .Caraway of the lobby committee said King had request ed to see the testimony when he returns to Washington and that he might possibly wish to appear if there were any testimony he thought should be explained. Robinson said the committee's Yesterdays ... Of Old Oregon Town Talks from The States man Our Fathers Read report on Its investigation into dye importers had been complet ed but that it would be held up pendlnrthe recovery of Senator king. -The report consisted prin cipally of a summary of testimony given by the witnesses to the com mittee. la a brief statement to the sen ate, Robinson said the National Council of American Importers aad Traders. Inc. had "practiced every method of lobbying known" tn advocating foreign valuation MIL "I have no doubt." be addedjft "that this organisation- wa-T0Tffi-1 fe ed originally la order to bring to bear influence id tariff matters. Cavalry Chief Selected For Officer of Law WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. (AP) President Hoover today select ed from the nation's military service its chief of cavalry to un dertake enforcement of law In the District of Columbia. In choosing Major General Herbert B. Crosby for appoint ment as district commissioner in charge of the police and fire de partments, the chief executive said itwould be a guarantee "to the nation at large that the cap ital of the nation shall be free of organized crime." . The new commissioner " will take office next month after his retirement from the army. DUG BELL USED 10 RESCUE SAILORS aMMMBB) ABOARD TJ. S. S. FALCON; off Key West, Fla.. Feb. 6. (AP) An enclosing diving bell today provided the means for the third successful escape from undersea craft. Two men were brought to the surface of the Gn of Mexico om taeanhmarine S-4. lyinr :o feet under water. ' Lieutenant Norman 8. lives, commanding the S-4 and P. e Grieshaber, supervising construct or' of the company, designers of the bell, came up from the sub marine and were taken aboard the Falcon tn the second test to-day. whieh were characterised as "sn . eessful and gratifying" by naval officers attached to the expedi tion. The submarine S-4 submerged to the floor of the gulf and re leased a buoy which came to the surface on the first test. The bum was taken aboard the Falcon and attachet to the bell which w hauled down to the motor hat h of the submerged craft The sub marine personnel opened th- hatch, entered the bell and then returned to the submarine. Tl . bell was allowed to rise to tl;e surface under Its own buoyanry without occupants to complete V-c first maneuver. Procedure was the same in the second test, except that Lieut. Ires and Mr. Grieshaber remained in the bell and returned to the surface with it and were takrn on board the Falcon. Feb. 7, 1905 January fees collected by the Marion county recorder reached J 451, a good sum which indi cates that the real estate market is still active apd keeping Record er Siegmund and his deputies busy. A score or more of sturdy Ger man homeseekers are shortly ex pected to reach this valley from Lesueur Centre, Minn. They have been attracted here by stories of Oregon's great agricultural pos sibilities and prospects. CAR MAGXATE DIES KENOSHA, Wis.. Feb. I, (APjWalter H, Afford, ft. vice president and comptroller of the Nasb Motors Company died of ftTheart attack at bis' home bare today; He came here IS years ago from Michigan when the . Jettery Motor company was taken over by C W. Nash, . - ; - The February number of the Clarion, Salem high school maga zine, is a splendid effort. The cover design, done by Payne. 05. is tasty and appropriate. List of contents is Interesting and the articles are well written. The 1904 tax roll was opened by Sheriff Culver Thursday after noon and when the office was closed last evening, nearly 200 tax receipts had been Issued, re presenting payment of about 29, 000, an average of 22,500 a day. FINAL! 50 WOMEN'S FUR TRIMMED COATS Original Prices $39.50 to $149.50 Sale Prices Are $19.75 fo $74.75 Buy your next winter's coat now and save one-half Colors Black, Brown, Navy, Tan, Red and Green Mostly 16s and 18 s a few each 18 to 50 FA SHIONETTE 429 Court St. Tel. 940 LADIES SILK HOSE.... LEATHER HAND BAGS.... All $2.00 Value Hose 3Pjur54.50. All $5.95 Bags go at S3.S5 All $10.00 Bags goat $5.95 7- v