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PAGE FOUR Its OREGON STATESIAN. Oregon, Sunday Morning, Febrnary 16, 1930 Favor Sways U; NtrFear ShdU Awe." From First Statesman, March 28, 18S1 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Chaszxs A. Sprague, Sheldon F. S.vckett, Publisher , Chjules A. S PRAGUE ... Editor-Manager : SHELDOM F. Sackett - - . Managing-Editor ' Member of the Associated Press Th Afclated Press la exclusively entitled to the use for publi cation all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited ' la tMs paper. r PacitJe Coast AdrerUsiHg Representatives: ' Arthur W. Stypes, Inc., Portland, Security Bldg. ;r B&n Franajsco, Sharon Bldg. ; Los Angeles, W. Pac Bids. V- -Eastern AdTertlsIng-flepresentatiTes: A. ' Ford-rrsons-Stcber. Ine., New York, 271 Madison Ave.; ' ., . Chicago, SCO X. Michigan Ave. '' ' Entered at the Postoffice at Salem, Oregon, as Second-Clas Matter. Published every morning except Monday. Businen -office 215 S. Commercial Street. " '' SUBSCRIPTION RATES liail Subscription Rates, in Advance. Within Oregon ; Daily and . Sunday. 1 Mo. 5t cents; 3 Men. $1.21; S Mo. $8.25; 1 year fi.OO. Else where i cents per Mo. or 5. 00 for 1 year In advance. By City Carrier: SO cents a month ; 5. SO a year in advance. Per Cop 2 cer.t& On trains, and News Stands 5 cents. The. Age of Miracle THE"age of miracle is not over. Where only a few are re puted to have had the healing touch of the Great Physi cian thousands are saved today through the miracles of med ical science. A new cancer serum treatment is being develop ed in San Francisco by Drs. Walter B. Coffey and John D. Hamber. It is still in its experimental stage, but the early re$ult$,have been gratifying Mteuliscovery are men of high standing. " Now one of the assistants in the discovery of insulin, the treatment for diabetes, Dr.,James Bertram Collip, of Mc- Gfll University, Toronto, has isolated one of the substances o't "Jiofmones" which have a marked influence on health, particularly the health of women. Women are far healthier than they were a generation ago. For one thing they da not bear so many children; then woman's work is much lighter, what with mechanical aids of lall kinds. Formerly a woman "enjoyed" poor health regu larly; now randmothers set a pace that it is hard for the youngsters to keep up with. Better food, better sanitation, better, clothing, better hygiene all have helped in keeping women healthier and better looking. ' The doctors will continue their researches, "seeking to unlock the mysteries of life and of disease. There are thous ands who suffer,, for whose relief scientific men dedicate their lives. A woman was taken by airplane from Wenatchee, to San Francisco to be treated with the new cancer serum. Vast accomplishment has been made; but then are many mysteries yet unsolved by science. The age of miracles will never end. . Helping Portland Run Itself THE out-state newspapers take a continuous interest in Portland's affairs. Not content with letting the business be run by Portlanders, by their city commission, chamber of commerce and breakfast club, editors all over the state come forward with generous advice. If it is a solution of the street car problem, editors from Gresham to Lakeview can tell Portland just what not to do. If it is recall of the city com mission, then hair-trigger advice is promptly forthcoming from the state press. Why not let Portland work out its own problems, es pecially since that is what she will do anyhow? And why not let Chicago fail to work our her problems, since that is what she is doing in spite of the gratuitous counsel from all over the land. The reason is the irresistible desire to meddle in the other fellow's business. It is always so easy to tell the othe fellow what to do particularly when he has to pay for all the mistakes. - The Price , ; "The intriguing feature is that these non-taipayini ecclesias- itics attempt to dictate and censor the utterances of the mayor Jot the, city to whose support the churches contribute no mon ey." Capital-Journal. : ' HThis then is the price of silence. In order o keep their churches tax-free the preachers must put on the muzzle, shut iirt jvn mrvral niieatirtna lof "wAt." rvffiialc aorifnfo frt-r lininr and ieven abandon their own constitutional privilege of free speech. The mayor is surely entitled to his opinion and fully j privileged to express it, but when he does anyone with op- pose views even if he is preacher in a tax-free church has jgeyfect right to challenge his statements. Freedom of speech :"Trteykils in this country, for preachers and for mayors, and yoii can't gag the preachers by threatening the tax-free stat us of the church, though for our own part we think it would be; f 4irer to have church and similar property on the tax rolls. AO. A Central Heating Plant HS Salem grown large enough to support a central heat jing plant? Downtown buildings have many of them been heated with waste fuel from the sawmills. The recent exper ience of shortage of supply with the leading producer here maldes buildine owners ston and think about the haards Sf fiituk-e spells of "unusual" winter weather. In many cities a buildings in the downtown area. The heat is always, on tap, no janitor service is required, no individual heating plant, no space for fuel or a shed. ; i f We. pass the idea on to the Portland Gas and Coke com pany which has the old gas plant at the end of Chemeketa street which is not in service. Perhaps it could figure out some central heating plant for the business area, using its ptejsent ground if not the old plant.. J if ' j, . . Our Good Turn Today THE boy scouts are celebrating Boy Scout -week with a benefit show, which is on for several days this week. Get your tickets from some boy . council. Then you will do your ! iGoTernor Norblad announces the appointment of a committee of. 20 men to pep up the state, particularly in the war of attracting tourists to Ore con. Why not annoint everr man a committee of one? mere uoesn i appear 10 oe neea os the tourist business. The state chamber of commerce, the Portland chamber and every commercial elub in the state are diligent in ad v tertfaing the lure of Oregon to the vacationist. The only thing lack ing Is MORE MONEY to support the advertising programs of the recent organizations. The "In-Poatland-We-Do organisation la all i rested up with no place to go. Support the civic bodies we have. gendrously and loyally, with real ate about all the promotion the 4 - j Chairman Legge of the federal farm board is coming back to the bid, old recommendation to the farmer: reduce production. He advises the Georgia farmers to grow cotton only as a side-line, leav ing that product to Texas and Oklahoma. But what shall the Georgia ranter grow? The goober market is limited; and if he goes into corn, ' vegetables, fruit,- dairying perhaps, lie will only add to over-production.' in those lines. The eventual solution must be the elimination of "marginal farms and farmers: and economic law, not by legislation Tr . 4 The house has approved construction of a bridge across the Co- Inmbia at Astoria, j The provision is embraced in an omnibus bill and! must be passed by. the senate and signed by the president. The . . f . m. . a s. m aw. a At a. - AStqna people want ine gram maae ana ine wnoie nonawesi vmh .bridge built there. 'Twice told tales: "We overlooked our duty and we did not do If Headline in Willamette CoUeglan. Spring Isn't quite. here yet. p we waia come ox evenings and the doctors announcing of Silence scout or some of the boy scout good turn for a day. more poaras ana cuniBussions on gold nuggets, and they can gener state ean stand. that wUl come by operation of oratory. . r'fti'if'l. We haveat smelled potatoes frying , . x"i " - - 2"I, -" jf-e-1" $ - s1- - 3:JrJ-.-st a.- 'i- A? - jr r j. 3 j; T . . " - F V1- - 1 T 1 " 1 imh i mm t - -ar .-.,1. - n t-f -IS-irii BITS for BREAKFAST -By R. J. HENDRICKS Historic markers: Some of the historic minded people of Oregon have been at tempting to find the exact loca tion of the house of Joseph Ger vais, which was about two mile from the old mission. The location is now definitely known. T. B. ("Bent") Jones of Salem knows It, for one. In a little while, it will be mmrked and made of public record. Some day, it shonld have a monument; will no doubt hare. This should haive had attention two or three gener ations ago. Jason Lee, with Daniel Lee and P. L. Edwards, on Monday eve ning, Octobr 6 1834, a little be fore dark landed on the east bank of the Willamette river at the old mission site about 10 miles below the present Marlon county end of the Wheatland ferry. Says H. K. Hines in his Missionary History of the Pacific Northwest: "The place chosen was just above the settlement of the srevants of the Hudson's Bay company, . , . and considering the ignorance of the party in relation to the peculiari ties of different sections of the country, was well chosen. They had reached it late in advanced autumn, were in an untried clim ate, and first of all must provide shelter that would stand to them instead of home; little like, though It would be, that old re membered spot. S Is They were their own axemen. carpenters, railmakers, ox drivers. housewives: everything that the ever changing exigencies of the day required. Their work was in terlnded by religious services on Sunday, October 19, when Mr. Lee preached at the residence of Mr. Gervais to a congregation of French half-castes and Indians." w Tana, In the house of Joseph Gervafs was preached the first Christian sermon ever delivered in the Willamette valley, and the fourth Protestant sermon west of the Rocky mountains, the first be ing preached at Fort Hall a few weeks before, by Mr. Lee, and the second gnd third at Fort Vancou ver on Sunday, Sept. 21 1834, the day before the final decision npon tne eld mission site, and the be ginning of preparations to pro ceed there by boat and start build ing. Lee preached frequently In the house. of Joseph Gervais. "Their r'L. i r services were established first at the house of Joseph GerVais, though afterwards removed to the mission station near by," writes one historian of the Methodist missionaries. Lee waa accustomed to walk the distance between the; mission and the Gervais house, by a path that led through the woods. Joseph Gervais had come first with the Astor party in 181 i. and afterwards he joined the forces of the Hudson's Bar' com pany. He waa friendly with Jason Lee and the other missionaries, and his fro use was the place - of many historic meetings. b V Sir George Simpson, governor, of the Hudson's Bay company camped all night at the Joseph: Gervais house, in 1841. On one of characteristically hurried trips, the celebrated governor of that great company decided, to make a journey through the Willamette valley. Leaving Fort Vancouver with three companions and a boat with 15 picked oarsmen early on ths morning of Nov. 19 oTtlat year they made their campwnoat four hours above "the falls' (Ore gon City) that night, on the river bank. Starting at 4 the next morning, they secured Latram boise.'the famous Hudson's Bay company guide, who swam horses over the Wilamette near where old Champoeg is now, for their use, and they set out about noon on horseback; reached Father Blanchet's at about 2, visited his church there (near the present St. Paul,) and at 4 "reached the mansion of. Rev. Jason -Lee, head of the Metlfodtet mission.-altaated in a very beautiful spot, where be had lately erected a saw mill this gentleman's house being the most remote in the settlement," as Sir George's chronicler record ed. w V That was the first dwelling In what became Salem, etill standing at 9 SO Broadway. The saw mill was the grist and saw mill under; one roof that stood where- Lari mer's big warehouse now lav across the street It waa tbe oaly1 other building then In what be came Salem. After a ihort stay at the Lee: residence, the Simpson party started on its return trip. It got dark and the guide (Laxraaa- boise) became eonfnsee! and loetd his- way and led his companions aronnd la a circle. Finally they reached the house of Joseph Ger vais at 10:80 at night. The chron icler says: "Gervais did not tail to contribute- Jfcia. ahnm f wed Here Are First Pictures of Searcli for i " ' soSv Nut' jv" -; .- y- , . .... . :v; : things to oar supper, which re paid ns for all our troubles." lat was the night of Saturday, Nov. 20, 1841. On that trip Sir George Simp son established the Hudson's Bay company's post at Terba Buena (San Francisco), inspected the Russian posts his company had taken over in Alaska, and saw the beginning of the settlement on Paget 'soaad by Canadian immi grants. His company and his gov ernment were looking to the-time when the British flag would, ac cording to their expectations, fly over all the coast west of the Rookies. W t Bancroft says: "Gervais had al ways been the active helper and friend of the Methodist mission, of which he was a sort of lay member; and It was customary to hold. meetings of a religious or secular nature at his bouse, which was 'a convenient center of busi ness for the settlers, about half way between Salem and Cham poeg." It was at the Gervais house that the famous, "wolf meeting" was held, leading up to the organization of the provision al government. That is the main event that makes the location of that house a historic spot of high significance. There had been six previous meetings of Americans in the in terest of civil government. The relation of the whole list of them and what led up to them and what results flowed from them is too long for this column. But the seventh, and the main or deciding "wolf meeting," was at the house of Joseph Gervais, March 6, 1843. The meeting was held ostensibly, and primarily, so take measures ror tne protection of their stock from the 'ravages ; of 'wolves and other predatory animals. But at the close of the day's business a resolution was offered and -passed "that a committee be appointed. 'to. take into consider ation the propriety of taking measures for the civil and mili tary protection ot the colony," and 'another that It should consist of -12 persons, and tbe following eleven nt least were chosen: I. L. A Problsm For You For Today A merchant sold two suits for l-eqaal snms ot money. He gained 33 1-3 on one, and lost 10 2-3 on tie other. What was the difference in eost.Mf he gained 21 ntheeaJe m A s aWenft 1 4U iSv IS A1 I- Dr. Copeland's Health Suggestion i'dinOm aid little UteOenng U Not the Kuid tkertg'g,a?i -Jfi.il .a -frs-is geticaUy and Keep Yourself Fit! By ROYAL S. COPELAND, Bf. D. United States Senator from New York. Former Commissioner of BemUh, Ken Tort City. TT has been estimated that the total time spent by pedestrians' wait ing to cross Fifth Avenue and Forty-second Street in New York City, totals a hundred thousand days in a year. Well, that is a very busy corner. Those pedestrians were all going somewhere, just where I A ;w 1 DR. COPELAND the park, or it may be over some uiui paricway, ratner man over your ordinary route. If you have learned to enjoy walking, the thought that the week end may take you away to a walk in the country is enough to keep you gums ui uie wcw iuruu(u, even li. rou are a busy person. And tx you are busy, you are la need ot a change, at least once a week. Not all Of us can belong to a country club, to be sure, but we can walk! Persons of sedentary occupations are in particular need of daily exer cise. The walk wUl supply It. Now. a walk may be of two kinds, ft may be energeUc and purposeful, or it may be an aimless and MfftVwa sort of thing. U saay be tnterestin- Babcock, Elijah White, James O'Neil, Robert Shortess, Robert Newell, Etienne Lucier, Joseph Gervais, Thomas J. Hubbard, W. H. Gray, Sidney Smith and George Gay. This led directly to the meet ing at old Champoeg, May 2, 1843, where the provisional gov ernment was organized. The latter was the eighth and decisive meet ing. But it was founded on the seventh, in the house of Joseph Gervais. Behind Champoeg was the old Gervais house. Behind them both was the old mission. S Will not the reader agree that the site of the Gervais house de serves a marker, and later a monument? Editorial Comment From Other Papers NEW FARM AGE In- its present transition per iod, agriculture has kept the pro phets unusually busy. Since they have predicted every Imaginable fate for farming, some of them must be right. The obvious factor of mechanization plays a large part in most of the prospects out lined by these forecasters, al though scarcely two men will see the same application ot the the ory that eventually the farmer will press a button to do his work. One of the most interesting and complete plans placed before the farmers of the valley was that of C. C. McCormick of Seat tle,, who forsees not only a me chanical age for agriculture but also an Industrial age of rather definite purposes. His concep tion .that farming will become a corporation enterprise, with the present grower working for wages ot dividends, is not pleas ant to contemplate. Large com modity gronps based on the cor porate Idea will own and operate vast acreages efficiently with ma chinery, and the farmer will be forced into the economic position of a factory employe. While the mood was upon him, Mr. McCormick divided the coun try into producing areas. Pota toes, hay, grain, fruit, corn and other crops were assigned for production to certain parts of the country. Tht assumption is, of course, that these foodstuffs would be shipped back and forth and that each geographical divi sion would be made to handle only that crop for which It was i best adapted. We do not aeed corporations to show us the light in this respect, for the farmers already have generally utilized flelr land to the best advantage. Certain areas have become known as the cotton belt, the corn belt, the wheat territory, the pork Eielson in Far These first photos to reach Sea Francisco ot the draseerlc search fat that Artie clrels for Pilot Bea ndsoa and his xoechssJe, Earl Borlsad. depict eveatral aaomesits ot the hut. rilets Noel Wiea (left) sad MsU Ktesniaea are ahowa by the icebowB whalebost three aaOes off the shore of Point Barrow, where they landed 10 cow duct systematic search and on picrvre (right) ahowa Pilot Matt Xkemtsew fleftl and his xncchanic, Alonzo Cope abont to take off iswincrmosc BMmaweeierai pow xrsm wmca JseMasa smrctt fs Swiss; soa's plasMs was located, fast there was so trace of the filers. -. Waltc a Day- . - .J f? rzvrL Cm. does not matter. The point to the story is that they were all walking. Perhaps few of them stopped to con sider that'this was good for them. But that is the fact. Even if they had to wait at the cross ing, the fresh air, too, was helpful. Walking is the first and best exercise a per son can possibly take. Perhaps it does depend somewhat on temperment. Some persons prefer to bave play, and exercise at the same time, as in golf, or tennis, or other form of exercise. Bat tor the person who really wants exercise to keep him fit, walking fills every need, and it doesnt cost a cent! Walking can be made a very pleasant pastime, added to its health benefits. A good companion, or an unfamiliar route once in a while, adds much to the pleasure of it. An everyday walk mie-ht be taken throne other path, through an equally beau- or uninterestlnK. It mar be short or loner. Ton oaa make it what yon wish. If yon are eat for a walk on a crisp, cold day, you start off with a briskness and decisiveness of pur pose that soon sets your blood to tingling:. Wjth your shoulders back and your head up. not tense, but slightly relaxed, as you swing, along In an even salt, your troubles are soon behind you. Tour nerves ars CAVES OF ABXXLAM Every land has had its cave of Adullam, has had its complaining debtors, has had its final revolt of the discontent, has had its res cuing leadership. Athens had its revolt of the poverty-stricken in 594 B. C. when Solon, noble-born but friend of the poor, supported by the distressed commoners forc ed a new constitution which freed the slaves, forbade selling others into slavery and limited the own ership of land. Rome had it a century later when the overborne tenant class and the sympathetic soldiery withdrew to the Sacred Mount and threatened to baild a city there unless their cries were heard. Ameliorating laws were forced through by the oppressed plebians. Burdensome taxation and lack of bread forced the people of France to overthrow the luxurious court of tbe Bourbons. "Ship mon ey" taxes, with other oppressions cost Charles I his head. The Unit ed States has had its Shays re bellion, its Hay market riots. Its Coxey's army. What are they all but the revolt of the people from intolerable conditions of living! Why submit when life Itself is bitter and sterile? Patricians and noblemen and property-owners do not under stand the language of those who fly to the caves of Adullam. They think In terms of what they en Joy, not of what they need. Sup press the rioters, is always the order of the possessing classes against those who are dispossess area and so on. The day of the small farmer. however, who does not fit Into the corporate scheme has not closed. He would be left by Mr. McCormick to grow specialties on his own land. Well, he is with us today, this specialist, and he markets fresh vegetables every morning in season. He usually spends his winters in California and. rides about in a limousine. Mr. McCormick also believes that the Jarge individual owner who can farm efficiently will not be dispossessed by the corporations. That's fine! We are glad to know that some of the finest men in the valley will not soon become wage slaves. Between the large and the small land owners, Jn Mr. McCor mick s opinion, will come the great mass ot farmers, who will work for the corporations. The status of these workers will be that of ordinary wage earners. They will probably Join unions. establish wage scales and time schedules. This new day Is set to dawn within 10 years. A decade seems a short time in which to revamp North - V. - s 1 from Point Barrow, Alaska,' Lay Sermnions Our emotions react to worry, fes and anger. The emotions have their positive effects ea ths blood vessels. Walking; atimnlateo ths blood vessels and the whole orgaaiaai. Unused tnunciee and soft flesh harden onder continued exercise in walking. The heart muscles strength en as yoa gradually Increase th walkia r -distance. The frailiUes of the body disappears under this treat meat. Of coarse. It is well to use discre tion in walking. Tbe frail person will not do well to waiX the same distance that tie vlcerotas, strong; friend may. But- moderation fca walking; will da wonders in bulldittg up the bumaa frame, and we all would do well te do mors of It. Answers to health Queries Mrs. S. B. Q. What ean ee don for Indigestion and constipation? 1 am troubled with gases and a.o bave a rash on the arms, ha-uls and neck. My hair is dull and iny skin is yellow. A- Clear up the constipation first of all. Kat more fruit and jrrf. n vegetables and keep the system dear. With improved health you should notice general Improvement, o. l. a. starch f Q. What foods contain A. Potatoes, bread, macaroni, cake and some vegetables. E- B. Q. Would It be advisable for a man of 7f to take aspirin for headache or a weak feelmgT I have been advised te take It but set by a doctor. A. Do not attempt treatment of any kind unless it has been specifi cally prescribed for you by a dec tor. Tbe practice of taking drugs or medicines Indiscriminately Is most unwise. ed. Their poverty is their own." fault, is the reasoning that salves their consciences. Often enough there are those to rise and agitate for revolt without cause. They are shiftless themselves, or ereedv. Tdpt bp. to share without laboring, to eat without cultivating. Such agitat. ors usually flare up for a day and then are extinguished and forgot- :en. But there are other Davids and Solons who captain real causes, who fight for needed re lief. With such an -inspiration and with such leadership the common-, ers are invincible. It is a high day now, with com. monistic mutterings and discon tent largely suppressed. We have been darzled with "prosperity", with tales of easy riches, with ex hibitions of fabulous wealth. We cannot think in terms of want and destitution, of distress and lack of the necessities of life. Yet ev ery age and every land has its caves of Adullum whether the op pressed will resort If their afflic tions, become too heavy. Can an' Industrial age Insure food for all and jobs for all, and fair play foe all? If so perhaps these caves will be useless hollow caverns. But if the masters of industry cannot manage in terms of wages as well as dividends, if they cannot think in terms of employe's cottages as well as their own yachts and apartments. If they cannot think in terms of fair prices to consum ers as well as officers' bonuses, then new Davids will arise to cap tain new mobs at old. old caves of Adullam. the great agricultural industry, but the forecasters usually are prollfigates ot time. Those proph ets who expect tht world to come to an end always specify a day and an hour for the eatastrophew Yakima RepnbHr. Yesterdays ... Of Old Oregon Town Talks from The States maa Onr Fathers Bead February 16, 1003 Both houses of the Oregoa legislature have passed a bin pro Tiding fbr punishment et wife beaters by whipping. Representa tives gave the measure strong support In spite of oPposinc speeches. Capital Business college won a basketbal game from' Wood burn high at Wood burn. th xlnaf score being 24 to 6. Line-up for the lo cals were Phelps and Humphreys, forwards; Mansion, can tar; Hew itt, Meyers and DeArmond, guards. W. Earls Sears. sradnata nf h. McMinnvlUe high school, has re ceived the first hotfors at hands of the governor in the appointment to represent high schools of Ore gon upon occasion ot the ceremonies-of inauguration tor Pres ident Roosevelt.. Chase and Ska if s. manufactur ers of SSd riultfs In Hnmna windmill aQli tanks, have finish ed excavating for a new buildfhg which they will, erect on a corner S n S, M vk roni:ut ate streets, oppos ite the Balent Icoa. Works. The building will Jbe 69 hy 00 feet, two stories high.. ,v,-,. . Salem Heights to Therein City SALEM HEIGHTS, Feb. 15. The third presentation of Salem: Heights Dramatic dab's plsy, en titled. "A Family Affair" waa viewed by Ray Stamla of the HoW , lywoed theatre and fcv aneclal re quest of Mr iStumbo. will be pre-1 semea at hla theatre Tuesday sdght, Febrnary it. ff J The cast is as follows:" Dan Gil- leasts. Clears .rtartl.tf Johson-' Dr. D. D. Craig; Sally, Mrs. uisaj wTuuipurnr Mist.camson, f Mrs. Tk D. Craig; Deacon Smithy Earl E Prai-t( -Tnlslsnf Jnhn. igr;Mrs; Fre4r Bsje