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History Speaks in Art THOSE who have had the pleasure of seeing George Ar liss in "Disraeli" now playing; at Bligh's Capitol the eatre, have been profoundly moved by the superb acting of Mr. Arliss. His impersonation of the treat English prime minister is beyond criticism. Disraeli was something of an actor himself, both in youth and maturity, not a profession al actor, but a poseur. His dress, his mannerisms, his. speech ' were planned for effect. The Arliss portrayal is disting uished for its fidelity to character. The long, grey coat, the stooped form, the monocle, the mobile features, yet in' scrutabler the dyed ringlet of hair in mid-forehead -they all are true to history. And Mary Anne, Lady Beaconsfield, the wife of Disraeli,' she too lives again in the role carried admirably by Florence Arliss.' Quaint and lovable, she was devoted to her husband and possessed sublime faith in his greatness. What matters it if the history is foreshortened? Dis raeli would not have cared. He was a romanticist, a novel ist who created on the scale., of world politics his f ictive dreams, a statesman who made his novels come true. Mary Anne died in 1872; the Suez canal purchase was not made until 1875.- Disraeli bought the shares of the Khedive of Egypt by telegraph, not by messenger. Russia was not then in the role of villain in the drama, not till two and a talf years later, at the time of the Russo-Turkish war when Disraeli saw in the Russian advance toward Constantinople the threat at England's route to India. The Sse& purchase was financed by a Jewish banking house, the Rothschilds, but it did not become involved. The climax of the ptay where Disraeli threatens to smash the Bank of England if it does . not support his scheme, that is imaginary. j Disraeli's real protagonist was not Probert, the head of the bank, but Gladstone, that pious hypocrite, that self deceived statesman-theologian. Gladstone thought this Jew who rose to the premiership was some son of Satan, .some magician with diabolical powers, some wizard in whose hands puritan England was unsafe. In a recent life of Dis- . raeli ibfidre Maurois brilliantly contrasts these opposing characters in British political life of the last century: "Disraeli could, persuade others, but was powerless over him self Gladstone liked to choose an abstract principle and from that to deduce his preferences. And his tendency was to believe that his desires were those of the Almighty . . . Disraeli was sure that Glad stone was no saint, but. Gladstone was far from certain that Dis raeli was not the Devil. And each misread the ether. Gladstone ac cepted as true all the cynical professions of faith which Disraeli made as a challenge: Disraeli put down as hypocritical the phrases by Which Gladstone duped himself in all good faith. Disraeli, the doctrinaire, prided himself on being- an opportunist; Gladstone, the, Opportunist, prided himself on being a doctrinaire. Disraeli af fected to despise reason, but reasoned well; Gladstone, who believed himself a reasoner, acted only through passion. Gladstone with a j grejat fortune still kept his daily account of expenses; Disraeli with hi heavy debts spent his money without counting it . . . Gladstone war interested in two things only! religion and finance; Disraeli wa$' interested in hundreds of things, religion and finance among them. Neither of the pair believed In the other's religious convic tions, and there again they were both wrong.'. t The play gives a glimpse, but only a glimpse, of the parliamentary duel between these forensic giants. But the lesson of the play is clear and accurate. It speaks the lan guage of power. It is a true revival, not of the biography of the great English prime minister, but of British imperial ism. It is in fact the echo of a day now done. British imper ialism reached h igh tide at the Boer war. Since then there has been the liquidation of empire. British premiers speak r no: more of the sway of British dominion. They speak in ' stead of a lose confederation called the "commonwealth of nations." Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland now self-governing equals. Egypt and India now restless under '" the-Saxon yoke. "Disraeli" comes indeed as a voice from the-past, from the England that is no more. I' Few in number have been the truly great prime minis ters of England. There was Robert Cecil, Lord Burleigh, sec retary for Queen Elizabeth in the days before England had a cabinet. With masterly patience Cecil labored, thwarting the scheming Essex and the ambitious Bacons, consolidat ing Elizabeth's power at home and establishing British prestige on all the seas. Robert Walpole, for twenty years a constructive minister under the early Georges. The elder Pitt with the first truly imperial vision, who waged suc cessful war on three continents and overthrew France in America and in India. Then there was Disraeli, whose skill - f ul moves on the treacherous chess board of European poli tics made British power secure until the German threat of our own day. ! History is always full of interest, and when it speaks in the form of an art made perfect by the great Arliss, tfien it is not history but life " j f- George iCeuner proved himself a good politician. He was shrewd ! enough to discount in proper proportion the urgings of his "friends."' There was no overwhelming call for him to run tor the governorship, but sometimes a man mistakes noise in the brush for vox popuU. Neuner withdraws "without prejudice." He Is free to, enter contest ' for this office or any other at a future date, when if he had remain ed in the race his defeat might have been disastrous. Who wlU bene fit by his staying out? Corbett and Hall. Corbett will take over much of the Neuner following in Portland and Hall will get con siderable of the support that might otherwise have gone to Neuner In southern Oregon. The reduction in the number of candidates has the effect of bringing into sharper relief the contest between Cor bett and Norblad. J ; That Portland babv ease is due to the publicity it has received. The womau came home with a baby and claimed it was her own, producing certificates to prove it which those whose names are Impresses us Is that here is a and is ready to give tnis one a the baby why not let them alone? eager to welcome infanta into tneir nomes. v ' - ; ' . The. senate rejected the proposed increase In tariff on starch. That will not win many votes nqw-and as for starched petticoats t . ; q Jefferson JEFFERSON, Feb. ,12 Mrs. T. W. Oliver and MrsM. South worth spent the. week end. With Rev and Mrs. A. W. Oliver. - . Mr. an Mrs. T. O. Kesler and son Herman were called to Molal la . Sunday on account of the se rious illness of .Mr. Keslra bro ther Sylvan who has been ill for . lo"c tim. Associated Press Portland. Security Bid. Urn tffKt, W.-Pac BMa attracting Quite a little attention signed to the papers deny. What married couple that wants a baby borne, so long as no one eise claims There ought to be more people because most men wear soft collars y Mr. and Ura, J. J. Denson mo tored from Carle torn Saturday ev ening and were guests of IfcKoo Bros, and families at the Termin al. - :.vr,;. Miss Jean Ferguson of port land arrived from Portland Sat urday evenlnr and is the guest of Esteiia uuard. ; r -n - y :. GUbert Spragg has Just return ed from a visit to Los Angeles, California, where he spent ' thai past six week. He expects to re- tarn to Los Angeles in short time to attend art school. , r BITS for BREAKFAST -By R. J. HENDIHCKS" Flax cooperatives: m The movement for a farm relief loan to promote the flax industry of the Willamette valley, foster ed by Col. W. E. Bartram, super intendent of industries at the prison, is a timely one. m Dispatches indicate that, through the' help of Senator Me Nary, there is promise of success in the quest. It is given out that the loans can be granted only to cooperative associations, which nearly everybody already knew, Is S But there should be no diffi culty or hesitancy In this. The state flax plant can afford to pay antl does pay s 40 a. ton for flax 38 inches or over. When all the seed used shall be of the J. W. S. pedigreed variety, it will be pos sible for good farmers having suitable land to grow at least four tons to the acre. That means $160 for a field crop, not more difficult to grow than any grain crop. W From this tour tons of the farmer's acre of flax of this var iety, there will be produced at east 1000 pounds of long line fi ber, worth around 80 cents a poundand $2? to $50 worth of seed, besides some bolls, tow and. other products. Including in time shives that will be of considerable value in making paper string, pa per board and ferverol, etc. The farmer, in a well managed cooperative, having threshing, retting and scutching facilities. may thus be able to get more than double the original $1(0 per acre return from his crop, at a cost not taking all the extra $160, with a well managed primary plant for getting out the seed and fiber; etc., for the 'markets be sides furnishing employment for member of his family and neighbors. It is plain that nothing in which the farm loan board could use $200,000 or more in the Willam ette valley would, be safer; nor is mere anyining eise tnat would give promise of as large benefits, directly and indirectly. Flax and unen are as old as civilization. The fiber plant was grown in Egypt before the tombs of the pharohs were built, and the fiber woven Into cloth, some of which is found with their mummified bodies, and fine linen is. mention ed in the record of Job. in what is reputed as the oldest book in the world. O : . r Vice-President Charleo Curtb distributing; diplomas to tko rradaates of the Pierce 8chool ( jof Business Admimstrmtien foQowinr his addrjaa 'OnworU poaeo at t cextr eeriest exercLea ' in the Academy- of Husie - rhILsdelPfila, Pa. There is a world market for flax fiber and the manufactures of it, and for flax seed, making linseed oil, without which, thus far, good paint or putty or linoleum cannot be made. There Ig no known sub stitute for this "drying sub stance" that win protect wood from rot and metal from rust by completely Shutting out the air and water. It Is needed on every single thing requiring plant, from a hairpin to a battle ship; from a pig sty to a paiaee. t The development of our flax and linen industries will provide substitute crops for some that are now subject to oter production; and nothing it more needed than 1 this in building up a wfeH balan ced prosperity in agriculture- ana industry. ; Counting flax seed, we are im porting into the United States flax products running to away above $100,000,000 a year. Wo can pro duce this aU in the Willamette valley alone; not counting the flax that is grown for Its seed only, mostly in Minnesota and the Dakotas. A mUlion peoplt can be supported in the Willamette val ley, directly and indlreetly, on the flax industry alone and 'ought to be. And we can find new markets, and double the number, and stUl not crowd out anything else here or anybody else. m S After long . preparation and many failures and near failures, a. fair start has been made in the flax and linen Industries hero in the Salem district, backed by the experiments at the state peniten tiary. V That Institution can be made self supporting. In treating flax from its primary stagejaout of the field of the farmer. It Is already well on the way towards that point; with the manufacturing of pulling and scutching machines and other machinery used in the industry. W W That institution contracted for 3000 acres ot flax In It 28, for 4 5 00. last year, and this year (, 760 acres will bo la that crop, contracted from valley farmers. The acreage win probably be 10. 000 for next year. That is about the limit of capacity for the state plant, or will bo for the pedigreed seed product, with the available help. V Without Independent plants, the industry would be limited to the . 10. 000 aeres, or thereabouts. And it should not be so limited. VICE-PRESIDENT IN NEW 1 (Left U risht) . more, tarr Uackey, Vte t5 It should go on growing. With improved machinery and meth ods, it la on a solid foundation.. It 11 the most np to date opera tion of its kind In the world. It is in effect an experiment station far and away the best and most thorough ever seen la nay coun try, past or present. S There is every reason to use It; to make the most of it. Our people would be derelict in their duty to their day and generation, and to their state and their coun try. It they neglected this oppor tunity. No one will bo taking any unusual risk In Joining a flax co operative organized on sound lines. While all the time having more money to spend than he would have through growing some other field crop, every member would be Justified in looking to the time when his. cooperative concern I might have its plant free of debt to the time when his profits wonld be still larger to the time when he might be part owner of a spinning, weaving or specialty mill; or all three of them, be sides the primary plant. The growing and treating ot a large acreage of flax will bring more spinning and weaving and specialty plants to Oregon. Noth ing else will bring them so soon. S The growing of canneries and packing products has ' brought canneries and packing concerns to Salem. ' They could not exist without the raw products. We will get more canneries and pack ing houses as we increase our crops suitable for their uses. It will be the same way with flax growing, and the treating ot the product in the primary plants. With J. W. 8. pedigreed seed, and the use of still more improv ed machinery, the Willamette val ley is going to compete in linen manufactures with those made from cotton compete with them on a price basis; and on a qual ity basis five to 10 times super ior in wearability and durability; to say nothing of the age old pref erence that exists in favor of lin ens. That day is coming. And in that day the Willamette valley will maintain In comfort several times as many people as now lire in all Oregon. Speed the day! HERE FROM CALIFORNIA McCOT, Feb. IS Mr. and Mrs. Henry Shlvely of Los An geles, California are visiting Mr. and Mrs. George Shively. Henry Shively is a son of Mr. and Mrs.' George Shively and has not been home to visit for throe years. Mr. and Mrs. Shively drove hero from California in their automobile and intend to stay about a week or ten days. O ROLE I -O Virginia Smi Uaxraxct Diao- emun, jnoroneo Kot Alay - PresMeat Curtla "and lonbj J or B. larmful ft Ea ?o to Persist t Tim Ajltrinteafta U ttttthSt&fft Afc&ectty. By It. S. CCPIXAJtt), tx a U. & Seater from ttfew Torn. Fersw CmmUeier of MtrnttXt JTns Per Ctfy. . tablta Ute yon thai saoy enifM'aiiea&ar. -, I (here otn bet good that always nakw,7Y(k!c-sm4 yet which yon resist? Cab ing aabits are among or worst jrae ticea, Do yon run into the open air, hot a a s perspiring per haps; b r eft kits e of what, sud den exposure may do to yo r health? Lots of good women do that, and too A t o yon. tnat as carefol m jv should be about cleanliness of the tkin, par tiettlarly et every Prt Of tike body where two akin surfaces come to gether? , If not ve Itching-. barn Ins; n4 discomfort in these re rioaa ar accounted for easily. Want es4o pew. gtvo the noset Tho-VM of nodec handkerchiefs nd faifcxre to ftactie cleanliness f nostrils may acconnt for fro ftSjent colds. . ' What about the eyes? Does tt tart to read or rwT, pB jm hare armaches and heariarKfi and otacx pains not might be traced to eye strain? If your glasses have not been changed for a long time, or if yea never nad your eyes examined, it is time te see about theaL Do yea hear as weB as yOa did? U not, why not? Pachnps there to too nsoch wax tn the caaaL or that some ot&er ear trouble Beeds attaa tian. Wnat about tt IntaetW tract? Po rosthave regular bowel actSom? Uvin m eonstlpatioA or if the inwveinonts are too free, something t wrotur Wttk tkm eatfaifc, or etnor peraonai habita. These are a few of tko many rymptom and a hint as to sevetnl organs tnat may bo troaaunx yew. After yon have considered these, give a uttla study to fxnac own phy sique, if ypnaro not feelfarf ex actly ct seriens taectgnt wia lead u to some conclusions which will In vour doctor a lot New, aa Pro reached the point: Dont wait t&l yea are really akk before seeing1 the doctor. The greatest pleasure tko doctor has, ie not to strnnte with desperate disease. Kataor Jt fa to prevent aiekneas. The doctor cant bo Torf roo4 when bo fa resninded of a akk de bilitated, broken down patient. When bo smQeo it Is wbea yon remind the doctor ef aomo red cheeked, cnerry-lipped, roboat tndi vidual and ask him how bo over did ttl I bar of yen to bo healthy W koepina well, not by getting weU. Take care of your ailments Just aa soon as they arrive. Form sack habits of living that yon wont have ailments. That's that! Editorial. Comment From Other Papers WHO IS REPUBLICAN? Senator George W. Norrla of Nebraska saya Chat he and mil lions of other people are interest ed In knowing whether he can be expelled from the Republkaa par ty because ho is not "regular" as defined by those who claim to speak for that party. The question will bo solved by the action of the secretary of state of Nebraska to whom a for mal protest has been made ques tioning the right of the senator to run for renomination in the Republican primaries. Political parties as they now exist were unknown to the fram- ert of the United States consti tution; no mention is made in that famous document of any such governmental agencies. They came late being as. hard and fast organ izations yean after, assumed a piaco of major importance In American life, were recognised and regulated by law but ar the present time give erery Indica tion ot returning to tho limbo from whenee they came. To Senator Norris- and most politician of the day a political party it merely a steed to be used to carry them to the camp of their destination; the steed chosen by the Nebraskan is the Republican elephant because the political trails of that state are not suited to the gait of the Democratic don-, key. No politician is any longer ex pected to adhere to the principles of his party tor there are no such principles. The direct primary has made it impossible to maintain party discipline or to carry out party platforms; there is there fore no room in the scheme of things for principles. When the scrap is over Senator Norris will be found safely en sconed on the back of the ele phant which he will ride to the door of th capitol and npoa bis arrival he will tie bis steed out side and go la to assume bis do ties unhampered by the thoughts ot the faithful animal which car ried him to his destination Yakima Republic. -. . OREGON'S AX CXEXZ JUSGLBB Discovery, in the Clamo cliffs et fossilized tropical fruits has at tracted , te .the Central Oregon country tho attention of editorial writers and paragrapkers who ad vance tho opinion that tho luxur iant estate ot Adam ad Ero was located la the John Day basin. Where atony remnants of tho fig tree, known to botanist as Fleas tlaskana, hare been found. The garden of tho ancestral couple Babtto kaWesnsa4As YV C I waa not in . central Oregon, . the 4 Brigadier Hugh A. Drum has been retoflamended by tho 8eers tary of War and nominated by President Hoover aa Inspector General of tho Amy with tho rank of major-general for a term of fear years. Upon formal ap pointment by tho Senate, the new Inspector - general will succeed Major-General WflHam CJRiera, learned paragraphere may rest assured, but there Is more his tory recoded In the ocks of tho John Day than In the limestone cliffs ot Egypt's Valley of the King. The stories read from the stones in the vicinity of CUrno go back to that period of geologic history when seas swept, over ancient Ore gon and left their marks In shells and sediments. There. was no gar den of Eden in the John Day bas in In that age, because there was no land for a garden. And as the last at those ancient seat, the Chi. oo ox geologists, recoded there ap peared a sub-tropical vegetation Which must have differed vastly from that which flourished in the quiet, nntrobuled realm of tho first eonple. Tho Clarno Jungles grew in the "Dawn Age" of tho world, so geologists say. And, If the students of rocks and stony records are correct, that was some 10,000,000 years ago. However, the primeval history read from the Clarno rocks, where the fossil fruits were recently found. Is but a chapter in a stony volume a volume which opens with an account of restless seas and closes with a record of flows ot molten lava that covered much ot the northwest. Between the rec ords of the seas and the lava Is a graphic history of Jungles which grow, one on top ot the other; a story of the appearance and dis appearance ot strange, sub-tropt- PtLOtMtBD? A family doctor's laxauye is the sensible choice! VOUB health la too importantl Toa cant afford ezperimenta with your delicate bowel when a coated r-mgue, bad breath, gut, headc&ea, tenses, feverishness, biliouxiess, lack of appetite, and zio nc jy, warn of constipation. This applies not only to grown p -pie: ii L; particularly tho case iBrfcrw yltms; ' children are con cerned. Th.-.V why a family doctor! laxative is always the safe choice! OnV a doctor knows Just what win cleanse tho system of men, women or children without harm. Dr. Caldvrejra Syrup Pepsin is prepared today under strict snperriaion from freshest herbs and other pure ingredients, and exactly according to Dr. CsJdwtlWe original prcscriptioo. Fur Industry Is Worth Six HundrGd Million Dollars 70 IS MUSICRAT PELTS One pair of Muakrats bought and fanned on our 3829 acres of Marsh near Klamath Falls, on our Co-operative plan for a period of 8 years brings you a nice income on your small investment of $60.00. 1 Small deposit and easy monthly payments ,can be had; Get in now- Get all the facts about the most profitable way of making; big money on a small amount of money. ' " Safe, sane Investment, backed and sponsored by prominent business men of Oregon. Send in this coupon to-day. ; NORlllVVITKUN FUR TRADERS COUP, - It) Parte Street, ' ...... , . - .lrtlao Oregosu --- : X will bo rery pleased to receive additlpaal .infor- snatioa concerning your plan. (Name) , . ....... . .. (Address) estferdays " . Of Oli Ortjcat Town Tattn front Tho CUI man Oar Fathers Read February 18, 105 Still another company of cap italists aro coming Into Salem to operate the street railways ot tho city, the stock of L Lowengart and F. Langerman and allied In terests being purchased by Rhodes, Sinkler and Butcher, brokers and bankers of Philadel phia. Mr. Welch will continue to manage the company hero and there will be no change In the policy, except toward improve ments.' Tho Bailey bill to appropriate $14,t00 for purchase ot the Cooke residence near the state house for use M a gubernatorial home was defeated, tt to II, in tho house. The Multnomah dele gation turfcd 4ho proposition down. Dissension In the ranks of the Marion county delegation did not prevent tho Newell bill, to abolish the atato fair In 8alem in 1105, from passing the house by a largo majority. Lou Kibley of Salem was sand bagged in Portland Sunday morn ing within halt a block of tho union depot. Ho was knocked down but gained his feet before the robber had a chance to filch his pockets. cal animals, an account of the ero sion of mighty hills and the birth of new mountains. After the an dent teas lapped the lands ot in terior Oregon tor the last time, and long after the Clamo Jangles were covered by volcanic ash. there ranged over tho ancestral Joan Day basin huge eats, ugly dogs known as ereodonta and many other extinct types et flesh eaters. 1 " The beautifully preserved leavei and fruits found in the Clarno sediments and the agatized teeth and mineralized skulls of the John Day clays throw consider able light on Oregon's ancient past but a land of carnivores where claws and fangs ruled, and a jungle region where volcanic ash fell on tropical leaves could not hive been the peaceful home of Adam and Eve. However, editorial writers of the metropolitan papers are as sured that the search in Central Oregon for the garden of Eden Is to be continued. Should a hairpin be found near fossil fig, that hair pin shall be carefully collected, provided fig and hairpin are not in an automobile track. Bend Bulletin. jt family more than forty-seven years. specialized in tho disorders of tho digestive tract. Bo tested thin prescription in thousands of cases. Men liked Its quick and thorough action; - the children liked its pleasant -taste; old people praised tt became 'tt norer gripes. Today, millions of families rely, on Dr. Caldwell's Judgment in the selection of their laxative. Dr.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is now sold la airdrcg stores. It is the .world's larrest Belling laxative. Da. W. B. Caldwell's SVtltP PEPSIN A Doctor Family Laxative ' .......... . . . . . f;. .......;..V.;.... doctor for He
