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"M Faror Strays 17; ATo For Shall Atce."
From first Statesman, March 88, 1351
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Propaganda From the Wrong Source
THERE has come to the editorial desk a leaflet from the
Scottish Rite Educational Bureau of Oregon. It is no. 6,
voL 1 of "Our Public Schools" and. is devoted to a special
pleading in favor of legislation by congress to create a fed
eral department of education with its head a member of the
president's cabinet. The leaflet contains signed articles in one
of which' it savs that "omosition. skilled, persistent, open and
veiled, exerted by a lobby ever present and resourceful has
thus far succeeded in blocking action."
The surprising thing is that the front page of the leaflet
carries the names of those apparently responsible for the
contents and includes public officials in their capacities as
public officials and as high degree Masons. Listed are:
-Charles A. Rice, 32nd degree, supt. Portland public schools;
Iiancs xiunaiUf uuiu ucg 1 ct, oiaic sujiiu. uuuv iio4u-
tion;" and, others of the 32nd and 33rd degree rank whose
official titles, arf.no) given. Wfj j we wi&t ,nqtur?, hGujdtrie
Portland superintendent and the state superintendent engage
in propaganda as high degree Masons? They are officers of
.all the people and not of the fraternal order or church they
may happen to be members of. Nor should their lodge affilia
tions color their views as officials of the public.
The truth is of course that the subject has become a bone
; pf contention between Catholic and non-Catholic groups.
The Catholics oppose a federal department of education
while the Scottish Rite organization in Oregon -t least, is la
borw for it. We note that because of Cath- c opposition
.many of thost who fear the Pope is going to gw-. America by
jthe throat and close up the public schools are lining up for
this legislation though they are quite helpless when it comes
to arguments supporting the legislation.
; I Quite apart from any religious question involved, Thi
Statesman believes that the proposed legislation is unneces
sary and unwise. It was agitated years ago by the school peo
ple but even they have cooled off in their enthusiasm in recent
years. So far as education is concerned the pending bills give
no more authority to the proposed secretary of education than
is now vested in the commissioner at the head of the bureau
of education. Education is and should remain a state function,
with the federal bureau an agency for research, for statistics,
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ior surveys ana ior puDucauon oi monograpns ana Duuenns,
just as it is at present. It deos not need to be elaborated into
a large and expensive department with powers threatening
the state control of its school
A Sounder
a a a ovuitu VtU VI tu v Vcft la w Ava ui VI gvivi uuiuv a u a vj a a vui
t5e study and report of the special legislative committee to be filed
with the secretary of state this week it should be an improvement
over the present government in Oregon. -
Under a sound cabinet plan there will be centralized author
ity. There should be no duplication. There should be fewer employes.
There ehonld be savings. There should be a government -directly re
sponsible to the governor and the governor to the people. Portland
Journal.
What does Oregon have at the present time but a cabinet
form of government with authority vested h the board of
control? We submit that this is a sounder plan of state ad
ministration for Oregon than to put all the offices under the
governor alone. So far as the detached boards and commis
sions are concerned the Portland Journal is aa responsible as
any one for their creation as it usually falls for every new
ism that comes along. If they can be abolished or their func
tions transferred to some other agency, that may as well be
done under the board of control cabinet form as under the
governor-dictator form of government.
; . The main argument in favor of the board of control cab
inet is that it is working remarkably well in Oregon, Our state
government is administered economically : very few blunders
are made; the "spoils" evil is
governor's "machine is not as obtrusive as under the plan
which concentrates appointive power in the governor. One of
the wisest things which Governor Patterson did was to in
duce the legislature to put the penitentiary tinder the control
of the state board instead of leaving it in the hands of the
governor alone. The result has more than justified the recom
mendation. The grass on the other side of the fence always looks
greener; that seems to be the logic supporting the Journal's
stand.
Religion in Russia
THE pope, the archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop Manning
of the Protestant Episcopal church of New York, Rabbi
Wise of New York, aU have delivered utterances condemn
ing the alleged persecution of religion by the government in
RuS8ia. The head of the Ruaxian nrfruvlnv rtnmi Smp wVir
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cot his job because he would
A. 9 I t m M
iueni, issues ft statement defending bis government and say
ing there Is no conflict with freedom of worship in Russia.
V The world pretty well knows however that the soviet
is Tiostile to religion, all religion. The arch-tenet of Marxian
ism is that religion is the opiate of the people. The soviet
tfd make a direct threat against the priestly class, especially
fcgainst the old orthodox church which was nothing but a
hdtbed of intrigue for the old regime of the czars. At pres
ent the governmental activity is more directed toward
spreading the propaganda of atheism than it is to tearing
down the structure of the church.
It is pretty hard to see how the old edifice of the ortho
dox church could stand in the light of modern knowledge
and of free thought which the Soviets have flooded over Rus
sians crude superstitions, its venerated ikons, its bewild
ered priesthood and more bewildered communicants it is
only natural to expect them to suffer when the new day
came to Russia. The Soviets will not be able to abolish the
church and least of all to drive out the religious instinct
from the hearts of the people; but it seems to be doing a
pretty good Job of overturning the old, monarchy-Infestefl
superstition-dominated orthodox church which held the Rus
sian people in religious and political serfdom for generations.
' Most of the ralley cities are pausing to catch their breath after
the building sport of rtceat years. Eugene reports that forty empty
store windows In that city will be used for display purposes. Salsa
has some vacant space, and so do other cities along the coast It will
take a year or two to catch op, but the tide of growth Is with this
rr ion anif tiafor' man mnntna itmitml .j jiii. ...
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stores and offices will force new
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Salem, Oregon, as Scond-Claso
systems.
Cabinet Plan
kept at a minimum; and the
mrm vB,irwvei kVaV VV AAV
line up with the new govern-
m m m
un Miuiuuiu apace) ior
bnUdlng.
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BITS for BREAKFAST
-By R. I. HENDRICKS
1934 centenary celebration:
The Willamette University Bul
letin for February has the fol
lowing Introductory words:
"The class entering Willam
ette in thefaU of 1930 will be
the class of 1934. In that year
will be celebrated with elabor
ate pageantry the one-hundredth
anniversary of the first mission
settlement on the Willamette.
This is an anniversary not alone
In the history of missions and of
Willamette university, but It is
an event of national importance
for the old mission led to the
movement that extended the re
publie to the shores of the Pa
cific northwest must certainly
now have been part of the British
domain in America.
"Early in the summer of 1934,
Jason Lee and his party pitched
camp in the Oregon country and
soon after opened a mission
school. Ten years later. Its suc
cessor, the Oregon Institute, was
opened on the present campus of
Willamette. The original build
ing Is gone, but its site is marked
by a boulder shown in the picture
on page fifteen.
"This little mission was a nu
cleus about which clustered the
early trade and cultural aspira
tions of the pioneers. By 1852,
the pioneer village was of suffi
cient Importance to attract to it
the state capital, the capital lit
erally dividing with the univer
sity its beautiful natural park.
Today, the university faces the
state capltol, before which stands
the statue of the circuit rider, em
blematic of the sturdy Christian
spirit of the founders.
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"Willamette is fortunate In its
location. Salem is now a thriving
business city of 25,00 popula
tion, fifty miles from Portland
In the heart of the WlUamette
valley. It is a beautiful city with
broad streets and comfortable
homes. The campus is at the civ
ic center, a ten minute walk from
tha business section and the dty
ehurehes. The Carnegie . eiry li
brary adjoins the campus on one
side; the state libraries on an
other. The legislative session.,
state offices, stat. court, and
state institutions offer opportun
ity for observation and study.
It was June IS, 1834, when
Jason Lee and his party stepped
over the crest of the Rocky
mountains gad camped where, the
waters trilled away towards the
Pacific, and It was October Cth
when they arrived at the old mis
sion site and began building the
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k general view of the $279,039 fire which swept and scores of others threatened by the blase which
tat business tactloa ef fsdfczslb society colony I was ancontrolltd for Cvo Lours.
t KevMft. L I Tw kaUJIan were destroTeeT I ' " ' '
CrUTSOn CTATTMAIT, Sa!?a.
POSSIBLE SOLUTION
first log housa that served si
dwelling school, church and
general headquarters. It wan It
by 22 feet, of one story, the doors
hung on wooden hinges, four
small windows admitting; the
light. That small log house was
the headquarters of the Christian
church in an empire in extent of
territory, and it turned out to be
the) raUylng point of the political
activities throughout the same
vast domains.
The) boulder that marks the
site of the Oregon Institute was
placed there by the members of
one of the Oregon history classes
of' Prof. R. M. tiatke, who was
then teaching that branch in the
Willamette university. He Is now
teaching political science. The
boulder Is about three and a half
feet high, and It stands on a con
crete base. On the west side of
the boulder the following inscrip
tion is lettered neatly and plain
ly; "Commemorating the first
building on this campus, erected
1841 by Jason Lee for an Indian
mission school. From 1844 to
1872 it served Willamette univer
sity. Class of 1926."
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That is, the boulder, of native
basaltic rock, well shaped In the
form of an old fashioned beehive,
rounded at the top. was placed
there as a marker and the letter
ing provided for by. the Willam
ette university graduating class
of 1926.
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The location of the Oregon In
stitute building was known be
fore the present gymnasium was
built; known to a number of for
mer students who attended class
es there, taught by the pioneer
Instructors, but it was further
confirmed by the workmen em
ployed In the construction of the
gymnasium, when some of the
foundation parts were unearthed
In the excavations made then.
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The Oregon Institute building
was erected for what Jason La
named the "mission manual labor
school." Its oriftnal cost was
about sin.QQQ. The property J
went to tne ownersnip or tne Ore
gon institute through purchase,
for $4000, after the mission was
dissolved. Classes wers started In
what was the Oregon Institute,
and became WlUamette univer
sity. In the summer of 1844, by
Mrs. Chlot A. Willson, wits of
Dr. W. H. Willson, who platted
the Salem townslte. Mrs. W illson
cameras a teacher with the "great
reinforcement" on the Lausanne,
$200,000 FIRE SWEEPS COLONY
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arriving in 1840, and she taught
I ai first In the nld mfsBinn 1A
miles below Salem. Her maiden
name was Chloe A. Clark, born
in Connecticut April 16, 1818 and
educated at Wilbraham academy,
the same institution that gave Ja
son Lee his training. She died
June 29, 1874. So Willamette
university traces its beginnings
directly to the old mission and
the log building on the Willam
ette work on which was started
upon the arrival of the Lee party
October 6. 1834.
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The arrival of the Lee party la
the Oregon country June II,
1834, just 12 years to a day be
fore the boundary agreement was
signed, and the coming to the
old mission site October of that
year for definite settlement there
gives a long season for the forth
coming centenary celebration.
In the summer of 1844, a few
weeks after the transfer 6f the
"mission manual labor school1
property to the trustees of the
Oregon Institute. Rev. Gustavus
Hines wrote as follows, In part,
to the mission board in New
York:
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"This Institution (the Oregon
Institute) stands upon an ele
vated portion of a beautiful plain,
surrounded with the most delight
ful scenery, and at a point which,
at some future day Is destined to
be one of great importance. The
buUding is beautifully propor
tioned, being 75 feet long and 48
feet wide. Including the wings,
and three stories high ... It is
already so far advanced that a
school Is now in successful oper
ation, under the tuition of one
well qualified to sustain its Inter
ests. (Meaning Mrs. Willson.) Al
ready it numbers more students
than did Cazenorla seminary or
the Wilbraham academy at their
commencement, and who can tell
but that It may equal. If not sur
pass both these- institutions in
importance and usefulness? . . .
The sentiment forces Itself upon
the mind that the subject of the
Oregon Institute is vital to the
interests of the Methodist Episco
pal ehnrch on the Pacific coast.
If it lives It will be a luminary In
the moral heavens of Oregon,
shedding aboard the light of
knowledge long after its founders
have ceased to Uv. But if it dies,
our sun Is set, and It is lmpos ti
bia, to tall what will succeed . . .
Probably others more worthy of
the honor than ourselves will
come forth to mould the moral
mass to their own liking, and
give direction to the literature
and religion at Oregon."
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It has lived, - and the Institu
tion will become far greater than
was the one-pictured In the mind
of this dreamer of the time of
Its modest beginnings.
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The Safety
Valve
Letters from
Statesman Readers
Editor Statesman Before coat
ing to Arizona I was of those who
were looking npon Arizona as the
dog in the manger, holding up the
attempts at agreement upon the
allocating of the water of the Col
orado river to the several states.
Bat after sitting in and carefully
listening to, and noting- th va
rious, contentions, I was enabled
to. partially, understand the point
of view taken by a number of the
state. An outsider can easily dis
cover a disposition In a majority
of the contendents, especially the
most influential ones, to over es
timate their needs in comparison
with the smaller requirements of
the lesser. And in the feelings of
the small contenders tnere Is sup
pressed fear that the most influ
ential deleates will succeed In
gaining their contentions, to the
detriment of those of lesser in
fluence, but of greater needs.
Most of the delegates seem to
hare a lurking fear that Califor
nia, with her vast acreage of des
ert land in the south, in the vi
cinity of Pasadena, Los Angeles,
Long Beach and Imperial Valley,
will get a larger share of the wa
ter and power than she is entitled
to. Since no water of the Color
ado passes through the domain of
California, some contend .that
California should be contented
with what is left after others'
needs have been satisfied, or
should pay a commensurate rate
for her allocation. I see by this
morning's paper that California
has tentatively agreed to a stipu
lated amount of water as her
share as follows: 1,100,000 acre
feet for the Los Angeles area and
4,400.000 for Imperial Valley. If
t3H- stipulation: 1st accepted by the
conference, although doubtful;
tne matter of water allocation
will be greatly simplified.
The Arizona question is like
this: Arizona has, fortunately,
several small rivers within her
borders and several partially so.
The fourth large dam for the util
ization of the waters of these
streams has Just been completed
within this month. AU of these
dams, as I understand, hare been
built without government aid. (I
got this information from the
chamber of commerce in Phoe
nix). Many thousands of acres
of arid land have been brought in
to fine state of fertility by Arizo
na's residents. And again, the
Colorado river runs in a circuti
oua course through and across the
state of Arizona to a greater
length than through the lands of
any other state, therefore Arizona
contends that she should be, and
is entitled, to a larger allotment
of Colorado's waters than she oth
erwise would be. But the princi
pal bona of contention is that the
contention should be given to Ar
izona on account of her expense In
the reclamation of her lands al
ready accomplished. But rather
since Arizona has now many
thousands of acre feet of water
under control therefore this
amount should be subtracted
from her otherwise allotment.
This is the contention of the con
ference. .
Arizona will not concede to this
version of the case and will con
tend to the last that she must
have the allotment as though she
had not developed any water in
her domain. And farther, that
since the course of the river Is
through her lands Arizona Is en
titled to all ah, can us for the
present and for aU future time to
come, and that if Bhe should now
yield this, her right, she would
have no recourse in the future to
regain it.
All must agree that the dele
gates have many knotty ques
tions to consider and will do well.
If. they get these matters settled
this summer.
New Mexico is making no claim
for water, but supply for power
which is to be generated by the
waters of the Colorado river.
I heard the New Mexico dele
gate talk for one hour on New
Mexico's need for power to bo
generated from the waters of the
Colorado sufficient to develop her
mineral and other dormant re
sources. He made a wonderful plea for
the Just and righteous considera
tion of a sister state lacking only
the requisite power to make it
one of the brightest stars in our
great galaxy of states. He show
ed by volumes of documentary
evidence that New Mexico has,
locked up within her borders In
great abundance, almost every
valuable mineral nsed la com
merce, and with the power to ex
tract them from their natural
lodes he contended that their pro
ducts could be pot into the chan
nels of trade at a less price than
can be obtained elsewhere at the
present high price of labor. I
opine that no well informed mia
would dare to dispute his conclu
sions. His speech was certainly
an eyeopener to me when I con
sider that oar own Orecoa has
about all the natural resources
mentioned by the fluent speaker,
with several not mentioned, such
as timber, water transportation,
down-hill haul to the seaboard,
and game in profusion, as well as
this salubrious climate and the
coveted water In great abundance
right at our door, and the music
of the waterfalls calling la win
some tones to be harnessed that
they may alleviate mankind from
nine tenths of his burdens.
' The more I contemplate the
tremendous labors expended here
to coax the earth to assist in
man's sustenance, the more I
wonder why the people of the
southwest stick so tenaciously to
the sun-baked plains, when the
Northwest offers so many allur
lag prospects for enjoyment and
prosperity.
More anon.
C5 W. T. RIO DON.
; DINAN, France.-K(AP)The
single prisoner recently la Jail
her 'caused the warden lots ef
trouble because of rules about
buying supplies. The official had
hard work getting ten butchers
to submit written bids for eleven
ounces of meat daily and as many
bakers to make proffers for two
pounds of bread.
I DRY LEADER I
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Or. Norris G. Wood, national
ganizer of the Congressional Dis
tricts Modification League and
former educational director foi
the Rhode Island Anti-Saloon
League, as he testified before the
House Judiciary Committee. Sev
eral ardent wets, as well aa drys,
were heard by the committee,
which Is using the Information in
connection with the new bills pro
viding for the modification, and in
one case the abolition, of the dry
laws.
BRANCH Oil IS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (AP)
Support of Secretary Mellon
for branch banking In preference
to chain or group banking was
added today to that of J. W. Pole,
.comptroller of the currency, as
the house banking committee con
tinued 'Its' iAtestigatlod 'of ;thes
phases oV the! nation's tinanclal'
system.
In a letter to the committee,
the treasury head based his pre
ference for branch banking on the
greater concentration of responsi
bility under that system; but
warned "even branch banking
should be limited to definite econ
omic areas."
"As to what these economic
areas should be, I am not pre
pared to state at this time with
out further study or thought,"
Mellon wrote. He requested hat
bo be allowed to defer his ap
pearance before the committee,
"until I have had an opportunity
to study the facts which I hope
your committer will develop."
Yesterdays
... Of Old Oregon
Town Talks from The States
m Oar Father Head
Fbruarjr 28, 1005'
Sheriff W. J. Culver made his
third turnover of money collect
ed upon the 1904 tax. rolll trans
ferring $17,487,049.77 to the
county treasurer.
The busy season Is on for the
Oregon Nursery company, and
some It 9 men are employed In
the company's business in and
about Salem.
Charles H. Schomaker, who
has been traveling In California
and Mexico for several months,
has returned to his home in this
city.
Willamette's baseball squad
was out yesterday for its prelim
inary work-out for the new sea
son. Manager Averlll Is at work
on his schedule for the season.
English brewers are flndine fault
with Oregon hops and are threat-
en ins: a bovcott becansa fhar nav
the percentage of refuse matter
m paexing is very great.
A Problem
For You For Today
D and E pay $60 for 6 months'
pasure, D having 6 horses in the
pasture for I months, B 4 hones
for 3 months, and 7 horses for
months. What should B. pay?
kawa7mPmhro8se
Answer to Yesterday's Problem
102.S6 degrees C. Explanation
Subtract 76 from 84; multiply
dj .it; add to 190.
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Danger is Neglecting the)
Health of Young Folks.
B7R. S. COPKLAND, BLD.
BEFORE the baby Is born, aU
its nonrishrnant come from
. the mother. The Hood from
her heart, purified tm her lungs,
smraliaa tha -moi af tit ti,if
Not unta the
babj is born
and on its
own," does
the infant
make use of
its own lungs.
An anxious
time is that
half minute
after a baby's
birth! The at
tendants are
a tiptoes
wafting for
that expected
cry from the
infant. It is a
moment like
David of old experienced when he
demanded news of his son, "Isth
young man Absalom safe! When
the welcome cry is heard, every
body feels that the baby is safe,
Independent life for the Infant b.
sins when tha air cell opea the
first tim. Sometimes the newly
born suffer from their failure to di
late. This 1 true of weak, puny,
tmdemonriahed' infanta. They hav
not enough vitality to draw in the
air necessary to opaa the lungs.
Older children may suffer from a
serious ailment known as couapae of
the lungs." Anything that interferes
With the fres passage of air into the
Cinar tabes and air ceUs of tha-hinga,
majt result, la osUapse xg that por
tion, et the lungi . ,
Many times I have told you of tht
dangers faced by a child wha has s
cold, with bronchial involvement,
mis Is particularly true of the feeble,
weak youngster. But any chill
mlghUiave one of the small branches
af tha bronchial tubes plugged by a
peUet of mocua. atuoh a plug might
set as a valve, permitting air t
pass and none to enter that part ef
tha long.
Or a plug of mucus could ef
fectively close the tube. Then It is
only a question of time when the
sir behind it is absorbed. Very soon
the lung wOI ooUasse.
There are eases la alder persons
where paralysis of the muscular
equipment of tha hug occurs. Coi
tape of part or aU of the lung fol
lows. In measles, whooping cough, ia
Paeara. la any oaaditian producing
broncho-pneumoaia, this unpleasant
compUeation may appear. Wounds
at tha chest watt, with perforation,
may cause the same trouble.
Us purpose la speaking ec lung
eoUapaa ht mora ta warn against it
than anything else. There la little
to do for ft If ft actually takes; place.
But plenty earn be dona to prevent
tt.
Aa infant and young chad should
e guarded against colda Their
ear should b such that reaistaace
ta inlecaoa is high as possible.
Fresh air, sunlight, cleanliaeas, nour
ishing toed, regular nsMhS'la these
re found tha surest means of guard
ing against colds sad, for thai mat
ter, against aU other diseases.
It was all right for Topsy to "Just
grow. But w Wast our babies
brought up m the best possible
manner. Today Is tha time to begin.
Answers to Health Qaeriesf
Mrs. U. O What feeds wQ la
the amount ar calchmi ta tha
system?
A. Milk, butter, eggs, Cab. fruits
and vegetables.
S. X. Q. What causes terrible
Itching and burning sensation aa
the body and legs?.
Av Too are probably troubled with
pruiiUs dne ta assay causes,
see
W. Pi 0 What eausas the face
ta be Cashed aad aomlaa; upaa ana.
tug fa the aaernlngT
f-TUs. may be do te peer cir
culation. ChildrenGy
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