Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 30, 1930)
pact; six Its OREGON STATESMAN. gatea. OrtStilIar. lhTtb ZtK 1 "No Favor Sways Us; mm First statesman, March zs, lssi THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Chakles A. Sraacox, Sheldox F. SAcxktt, PaWeTs TChakucs A. Srnaccz Editor-Manager Sheldon F. Sackett - - Managing-Editor of tli The Associated Press to exclusively entitled te the am for pobll eatten C mil news dispatcbee credited ta It er Mt atberwise credited m this paper. Pacific Coast Advertising Representatives: Arthur W. Stypea, Ine, Portland. Owuilty Bid. 8u Francisco. Sharon Bide ; too Anarlca, W. Pac BMC. Eastern Advertising Representatives: Tord-Parsoos-Stechrr. Jne, Kew York, 271 Madison Ami . Chlcaso. SM K. Mirbhraa At. Entered at the Potteffice of Salem, Oregon, a Second-Close Hatter. Published everw morning except Monday. Bneineee office 215 S. Commercial Street. SUBSCRIPTION RATE3 1U1I Subscription Rates, la Advance. Within Oregon ; Dally aad Bandar. 1 Ma cents; IMa $XM; Mo. $riS; 1 year f4.au, Dw where cents per Mo. or S5.0S for 1 year tn advance. By City Carrier: it cents a month ; f MS a year la advance. Far Copy I cents. On trains, aad News Stands f cents. The Practiced Hand THE report now coining through from Washington credits the) final writing of the senate tariff bill to Joe Grundy, the new senator from Pennsylvania. It will be recalled that the coalition of western insurgent republicans and democrats usurped control in .the senate, took the bin out of the hands of Senator Smoot of the finance committee which reported it, and announced that the coalition would rewrite the bill to conform with its notions of what the tariff should be. This was a paring down of industrial schedules and writing up of agricultural schedules. AH went well. The coalition held to gether, through the defeat of the sugar schedule. As time went on the coalition began to get groggy when particular issues were op, where local issues broke down the bold front of the recalcitrant senators. In the last few weeks there came a marvelous volte face on the part of the senate majority. The senate reversed itself on sugar and lumber, and nearly so on oil. This came about through the practiced manipulation of Joe Grundy. When the sons of righteousness fought the fight of the tariff with all the pure virtue of Sir Gallahad, Joe Grundy alone realized that the only thing that could break up the coalition was bait on the hook. His -deal was to get an increase in the tariff on pig iron which the senate had sliced down from $1.25 to 75c per hundred. Sugar was the chief sweet, with lumber and oil in for trading pawns. Sugar slid through, likewise lumber; oil wasn't slick enough. When it came to pig iron the pro gressives couldn't swallow that so Grundy lost his own hand. But he did show the senate old guard,, supposed to be clever hands at law-making, what a practiced hand like his could do in reshuffling the deck. The senate passed the bill and recessed; but the Grundy overturn of the coalition, done without any fuss but by the simple expedient of trading lumber and sugar and oil votes like any other merchandise was the most noteworthy thing of the final stage of the tariff debate. As one member of the "sons of wild jackass" club said: 'The biggest mistake we made was when we kicked out Bin Vare." The Neglected Willamette OUR own Willamette river is almost a neglected asset. Once the main artery of travel and of commerce, it be came almost forgotten after the coming of the railroad and the paved highway and auto truck. It is used all too little now as a route for shipping. But the particular neglect we would at present call public attention to is our failure to use it as a means of recreation and to improve it as a thing of beauty. Only a few, a very few non-commercial motor boats and launches are on the river under Salem ownership, A few local people have motor boats, but all too few. Such a fine stream is very inviting for motor-boating. We hope the cur rent revival of interest in water sports, including motor boat ing and racing, will reach Salem and bring about a fresh and hvely interest in the utilization of the river as a means of recreation. In another respect the river is neglected and that is in beautifying the water front. Look at the river from the west side of the bridge. What a scraggly, unattractive shore there is on the east side. Not a single attempt to beautify the river front. Some day this will come. In hundreds of cities both in Europe and America the water fronts have been improved with seawalls and parks along the bank. Now the river is but the back door of our industry. Some day the river front may be in parking all the way along from Ferry street to Union, That will come when the ground is too valuable for indus tries to partakes on. or when the city grows wealthy enough to buy up the frontage and beautify it - "Beautiful Willamette," the title of Sam Simpson's poem, hardly applies now as the river passes by Salem. Eventually it may be true here also as it is elsewhere on its course out side of cities. An Expected Move THE indications are strong that banking interests will seek to amend the law in Oregon which prohibits branch bank ing. There -has been a marked'ehange in sentiment within the banking profession in recent yeaisvjn favor. of such a change, and the growth of chain bank: ownership through holding companies is Tegarded as a step towards ultimate branch banking with legal approval The move of the United States National Bank interests in Portland in acquiring the West Coast group of banks mdicates that this powerful or gBAizatioa believes the time is ripe to sponsor a group of banks extending over the state and into Washington. . , . - The present state Jaw prohibits branch banking. The . national, law permits branch banks to the extent that the state law does. So the drive will be to amend the Oregon law, whichwill then open the way to national branch banking. V i The consensus of opinion among bankers is that branch banking fa to be preferred to chain banking through control . of stock by a holding company. The whole banking situation v?r the nation is in ferment, and legislative changes may quickly follow the present trend in banking practice. We Will "Perhaps there may be another way ent by mandamus or other proceedings to force the Secretary or Bute to instruct election boards to Ignore, the Eddy bills; which would bring an Immediate decision on the Question and establish, the Uwt TaUdity or invalidity, will the Statesman Join the Capital Journal In initiating or causing to be lnltiated such lesal procedure to the end that all citizens can vote . ltJ"" and.",eb'; " popular referendum at well a a valid bond Issue ? Capital Journal. -Yes, -The Statesman will do so. . ' . We opposed the Eddy bin while it was pending in the legislature; we, do not believe in the principle: and approve an immediate test as tojtaconst all iT ?JL? f wi doinV a blt of basineWwlta Rua ?i!!Ti .. . government wfU not accept the soviet Invitation to a dip- .$ZJ?ttoT?-1Ktt clmrcl1 J01' brWlTbecair of litiHBWJy Sf tUleirti to to former rli .V1"- K1 Putting: in many bsw canneries and the St UtiSVSZ eo7orU.OB.ofvs rrco has reontrSt to . an? ply a lot of this equipment. Arthur O. UcKee A Co. of Cleveland, an t ?? K" or koilllax a steer plant In toe TJral fffffe tt,WCO,d steel worna t. h world. aw-1 a a l i No Tear ShaU Aire. AssorlafM HEALTH ; TodasTalK By IL S. Copeland, M. P. na Douloureux is a French term meaning "palatal spasm. It (a applied te a form of neural gia la the face. it is quite distinet frea tne ordinary neuralgia. ' It Involves' . the parts of the head supplied by the -trt-garni a a 1" nerve. This nerve, v .mm ttM mmimn im ) dieatea, dMdea ' llatotbroa I branches. . One inrancn' goes to tha nit tcoMXta nose, the eye T Uds and t h e forehead. An other goes to the upper. Up, (ho eheek and temnla. A tMM om to the skin of the- lower Jaw and area n rxont or the ear. Ton vO see that this nerre, throagn its branches, annnliaa Vhm vbole face. Not only does It give moure power to the muscles lo cated In tbta mo4ab. nn I mlm. supplies the sense of feeling. wnerever tnese aranehes extend, there are the laeaiiona a cruelating pains which accom pany uu aliment. When the nerra Womm will estimated, there is a twitching or nmincuuB oi ut jaw and lace. Acute naln is fait In tfcal nsr piled by the affected branch Df the nvrre. tm pant nsnauy attacks the eyeball and is felt over the eye.- - - It Is an ailment mora mmnnnl. met in people-over 40 than among the younr. Diseases nf tTia affi and Jawbone may be responsible wr tnis crouDie. ir the antrum, that hoUow snaea fn tba tmn. under the cheek, la lnrolTed, here is ine source ox tae trouble. Overwork and loss nf alnn . run-down dondltion, or exposure w wee ana coia may bring on this condition. It may last onlr a A or two at a time, or It may con tinue for sereral weeks. It may not, occur often, long intervals of cuuuun Being experienced. The attacks come on suddenly. The symptoms are rery ' pro nounced. There are aerere, cut ting, shooting and dagger-like pains. The first symptom may be located In the slda at tha . and the upper Up. The pain ex tends to tne caeek, eye and tem ple, Into the tssth and all ornr the one side of the head. eometimes the muscles of the face twitch and contract tk. tient runs down under the terri- oie pain. h loses sleep and there Is always the dread of other at tacks. None of the usual hot applica tions or other treatments in eases of ordinary neuralgia seem to haye any effect on this condition. Drugs shonld ba tsan um.1 der a competent physician's or- osrs. mere is always the dan ger of eontraciin- v.v( self medieaUon is used various operative maasnres hare been used Tfea mi. i. acute that patiente would resort .Arr 81 "rining to end the Buffering. Remoral f the nerre has been done. Another U..UUBBI is to inject alcohol In to the nerre Itself ttii ...- has glren relief, at least, tempor- Zluii . anyining that affords relief from each suffering Is worth while. Aiiswers to Jlealth Queries blatk5ad?Tmat 1 do fW A. Correct your diet by eutting down on sugar, starches, and eof xee. Aroid eonstlpatton. Mrs. M. F. K. Hrer spots? -What causes A. This condition Is due to more or less poor intestinal elim The nr.t thing to do tion. ' t0 eorrect on't'P- e P. V. Q. WI1 smoking cigar ettes cause high blood preraureT i . A. No. - 8-9' What Tn adTlse for reducing hips? . --Weight reduction is chiefly of self-control as regards diet. Sat very sparingly of starch 's. ugars and fats. - . e a F. W. K. Q.-iwould- a eatar rnal condition eause me to raise moSrng 9' elear and uae a good cleansing pray in both, nose and throat Yesterdays ' ... Of Old Oregon Town Talks from TUm States snaat Our Fatfcere Read -, Karch SO. 1005 The tnntta ammat i -uu imiga OI ut Oregon conference of United Eran- alS i.a- u-Snnco wm conrene here next Thursday morning and con- Ui?. t.hv.h Sunday. Rer. W. F. HeU of Chicago will reside. - Albany The Albany Woolen mills were eomletely destroyed by tire this morning. Loss is expected to reach 150.000. Arrangements bare been eom ?ietS5..for .the -graduating class of the Willamette university medical school, which are scheduled for Friday, evening. The class mem. 0 B. Miles. William M. Allen. Harry A. Beauchamp. Rudolph E. Schmidt, J. Qlia Van Winkle. Kiyohide Nakaki and Al fred Williams; and two annea. Gertrude Galbraltn and EUaabeth DeSart. . . . , . ''aaaTsTI . , v. ( " lieRoy I. Geener Is now fa Pragma, Bohemia, aad Is a vrirata pupU of sevelk, the world's great est teacher of the violin, his Etv lent friends wilj - be pleased to i V. ia-Vs - it -V - i"T if l-s. tt1lll"'r'"1' " 'n" " '- t" ' s225dWr7 fl UKS WD FED 0 BY WINIFRED VAN DUZER CHAPTER XLm. Everybody came orer to wilt for word from Marks. He would telepbone as soon, as they saw how the audience felt. That was the slick thine to eo bv audi. ences, not critics. Damn critics. And so the bungalow was full of cigarette smoke and the clink of ice and Elma's drawl and a vague hostility En triad tn Aunt Odd how the tribe took things. urging you to do this, do that, comlnc around to nhaka hand, to kiss you, yet watching yon. with that coldness back of their eyes in your hour of tri umph, saying little things about money grabbing. Only Nory seemed to feel Eve's excitement Tak ft n AnA And don't bank too much on this. A first venture you know they say easy success isn't stable. First big success Is likely to be the last. One norel authors, one play playwrights. Don't know but I'd rather see this fall down. Then you'd strike out.' "But I dont think I care much Shout strlkine ont. Norr dear. I never intended to write do any of the things you brilliant ones do." "What Is brilliance, Eve? Illu sion, hard work bsck of the shin ing hate. Only people don't know It. Or if they do they don't ad mit it. Almost anyone can seem brilliant if he wants to get down Lay Seomoiros THE DESPISED SECT- As eoneeraiBf this eset, w know that everywhere It a) spoken fa in it." Acts zxvmx. Here is a sidelight oa the standing of the new Christen sect among the Jews of the dis persion when Paul entered Rome. Those speaking were the "chief of the Jews" whom Paul had sum moned to meet him after arrrriag, a, prisoner, in the capital city of the great empire. To them, it was a universally discredited sect. . Oddly enough, they had heird nothing about Paul. That seems strange, for Paul stood out as the great missioner of -ihe new cult. His farflung missionary Journeys, his prominence in the new church, bis activity la Greece and Asia Minor would have brought him such fame, one thinks, that it would hare preceded him to Rome. Erldently not, unless it was Just among the followers 'of the new faith. For these Jews tell Paul: "We neither reerfrei letter cat af Jades eoaeeraiac three, neither say at the brethren that eatne showed or noata any bant of tkee." Rome had developed a fine ci vilization; letters and men trav eled safely through .the confines of the - empire. The " believing Jews at Rome must .have heard of Paul however, for the same chap ter tells how when, "the brethren" of Rome heard of his coming they came out of Hhe city "as far as the A nil forum end "The Three Taverns" to greet fcinC But Christianity, among the liberal Jews of the empire, as late as the dose of the Pauline ministry remained a "despised sect," aa they said "ereTy where it is spoken against." Yet In the face of the contempt of the Jews and 'the increasing opposi tion of the Roman governors the new sect gained converts. R spread. It reached into the fam ilies of nobles:, and royalty. Finally- It conquered Rom and spread to the farthest outposts of ths wtstera empire, r it thrived from ths. persecution It received. Perhaps too it "possessed priml tlve virtues which made it speci ally appealing la this decadent age of Rome. Now Christianity la not despls- THE 1930 SPRING DRIVE to business, keep at it." "You're a great comfort to me, Nory.' They were standing In the kitchen, and now Nory put his hands on her shoulders, gave her a long look. "Dear Eve,' he said "Dear little girl." Her eyes misted. She reached up suddenly; pressed ; a kiss against his cheek. The party grew noisy, rather confused. Clayt was flirting with Fifl in the dim corner by the fireplace and Jan, Ignoring the custom of The Lane, walked over and planted herself on the settle between them. Klma's eyebrows went up; she shrugged. It occurred to Eve that In everything save years and appear ance these people were children. They played with emotions instead of toys, broke lives instead of dolls. Poor Pierre Carr, boarding up his cottage, stealing away from his failures! Once she had thought all this a land of golden dreams come true, but now there seemed little truth here and one could grow weary of dreaming. Lite was too rest Nearly midnight it was when the phone rang. Mark's Toice. still husky as if he merely had made his whisper louder, inform ed Eve that "Model Madness" was a wow. "Ab-eo-Intely a wow, sister. Take it from me and pay no at- it is in style. Compsrstively few are not baptised, married or burled under the auspices of the Christian church in the westers world. But in this unlTersal acqules enee in the existence of the Chris tian church there seem seeds of decay. People take Christianity for granted; they become indif ferent to It. Nominally Christian, they do not feel that flow of al most fanatic seal which swejpt through the Ufa of the Apostle PauL Few. Christians display any enthusiasm about their belief. This indifference may mark the senescence of the organised f alttt, may indicate the cooling of the old fires; 8o long as it was a de spised sect. persecuted sect, it was a vigorous, righting sect, watchful of its demeanor, careful of its conduct, strict la its disci pline. Perhaps it were better for the Christian church if ones sgaln the elders of the tribe might say "ev erywhere it is spoken against" , , The First Baptist ----- Church - Invites you to "well services held by the pas tor. Robert L. Payne, Sunday Morning ; and Evening. r-r : Mornlxix sermosi topic ' : 'Wat Profit Hath Undtr tfe Sa?" ' ' . Evealiiz'sexira ttrple f ' 4 r 4Wtcii God Cczs to Ilc!tiVc,, X tentlon to anything else you hear. Maybe an edge or two needs trim ming but what's that? BiU's go ing over it tonight with the com pany. Yes, sir, a wow. We open on Broadway a week from to night." Congratulations, effusive, oft repeated. And the hostility not quite so veiled. Nory alone seem ed a little glum tinkllnr the ice in a hiKhball ha did not drink "Don't you care, Nory? Aren't you glad for me?" Eve asked him In a hurt way. You know how I feel, dryad. Only what I said stands don't build too high. Broadwalk isn't Broadway." Eve was almost offended, fifca went back to Chuck and Elma, iiaieneo. to tneur applause, felt warmed and heady as if aha had drunk a crest deal of wine. Haras reserved the two lower right boxes and everybody from The Lane motored into town for the premier of "Model Madness." Lights, laughter: people staring at the red-haired girl in pale green, whispering, nodding to ward her; Barton Wade coming orer to shake hands and twinkle; Wade bringing the critics from the Planet, The Star, to be Intro duced first to Eve and then to Ken; an usher tearing along the aisle with a sheaf of yeUow roses, handing them to Eve with a flour ish Ken's roses; another bring ing white flowers these from Nory. More ushers with telegrams; Mary and Jimmy couldn't come since Junior would have a little sister soon, but they telegraphed. Uncle Mat telegraphed "Love and success to my dear girt" A wonderful night for Eve, mousy little girl from CosectS cut pushed out into the searching white light, sitting there with her eyes like stars, blushes coming and going, bathed in luminous Joy. The audience was restless tor the curtain was late twenty minutes already and Nory look ed doubtful. But now the lights went, down; silence swept over the house. Now th curtain rose slowly, revealed a scene much like the lirlng room at home. Ere let ber breath go in a long sigh. She had watched the action before but it seemed different now; more artificial, something, tense about It. Why, they were nervous, the girl aad man out there on the stage playing the part Ken and she lived in real life. So eager to please that they were nervous. Well, who wouldn't bet Her own pslms were wet, her lips ice cold. (To be continued) - wae attend the fare- BITS for BREAKFAST -By s. j. ni2a:icixs Our linen Industry: Under the heading. "American Linen of Home Grown Flax and the aub-head-ing, "Oregon Successfully Revives Our Old Industry," the April issue of The Country OentI em an, Philadelphia, hasv a carefully prepared and well written il lustrated arti cle, by Malcolm C Catting, Vj. mm mumm Statesman read- nesd4ck era will remember, spent some time In Salem last tail. Investigat ing our flax and linen Industries. (Part of his time was spent with the Bits man.) Mr. Cnttlnr opens bis article by giving -something of the his tory of the ages old oax ana un en Industries, 'running back to timet before written history. This is one of his high lights: Xlnen making, that ancient craft which was important in early America, but dwindled away because of the laborious hand tasks it in volved, seems at last to be yield ing entirely to machine control. If other regions can duplicate the success et a group of enterprises in Oregon, the agriculture of our humid northern states may find a worth-while new cash crop fi ber flax." - - "a After his visit here. Mr. Cutting should not have been guilty of the second sentence of the above quotation. None of the "humid northern states" can produce fi ber fiax to compare with that grown here; in fineness. They can neither produce nor ret it. nor can the fiber be spun excepting In low altitudes. These basis facts went over Mr. Cutting's head,, in his investigations here. Otherwise,! he "got his hat on straight. and has broadcasted to the nation and the wrld aa article that should do Oregon a world of good. He sayg that "for 5000 years the slow aud exacting process of preparing the fiber by hand had never been changed;" that many attempts and aa many failures had been recorded. He goes on to ssy: a a "a But out in the Willamette val ley of Oregon a flax fiber indus try was being developed to nn- heard of success, by new and-revolutionary methods. There the problem of mechanical handling snd preparation of fiber flax has bee nmost effectually solved. This is the only place, in. America where linen is manufactured from home grown flax. It is the only place in the world where hand labor has been almost entirely su perseded by mechanical power without sacrificing the quality of the fiber. S S They are handling fla-r v me chanics! means lu Oregon at one- itura oi tne cost by hand labor six years ago, and they ars pro ducing a fiber that is eqnaf to anything la the world, with, the possible exception of the Cour- trai region in Belgium, where the world's best fiber is prepared. (He might have added that thai 8alem district wQl soon equal If not excel the Conrtral flax section in fine fiber production.) Last fall I visited the Willam ette valley, studied the flar in. dnstry there and was astounded m me tnmga I saw and the state, ments that were made to me. To verify my own impressions. I wrote to the office of fiber plants in the department of agriculture at Washington, and from Lyster H. Dewey, botanist la charge, eame this affirmative if eantloan "piy; "w v : ""Some Of the flax -nmAmmA there seems to be fully equal to the medium grades of Conrtral flax retted in the river Lye in Bel. glum. The flax plants apparent lr grow as well ia the Pacific northwest at they do In Flanders. The men arowlnr th via i. region are handling it better each f WTe Proportion f ghf m of good quality, aad probably the greater propoS M-Kjrt wrage full as good or better thaa tha of the flax Imported, frosa Russia -1. t BlceteW si Belerest The Importai - 4 rTermanent Peddle who visit Belcrest '-' cinot,help. beiriif, ixn-,"-;'.'. pressed with the atmosv: Phere ot Its permanence. .- a " J ' cm: iroa:in 7Fh 77 MEMORIAL PARK U IXilaj. WV and th Baltic states, where the greater proportion, of the world's HberMs produced. (Mr. Dewey stin has a Jittle of tha Inferiority complex., and does not know how bis; the Pacific northwest. Is. But he'wtrl ket over this.) "It la .not a flash in the pan, this unique position of Oregon, bnt an Industry that has been stesjlily developing for more than lOyears..!. i ; Then , of r Cutting goes on to teat of the starting of the state flax industry in ltlK; the begin, nlng of the modern development in Ills, with tha revolving fund law and a fund of fieo.OOv; the adding of ISee.ee to the fand by the legislature of IS 27. and tha progress of the Industry to the planting of C2S0 acres for the present year, and perhaps lO.eoo acres next year. Of the coming of CoL W. B. Bartram with the first flax, pulling machine ia 1124; of tha 4S machines working last year, and all tha rest. V V He tells of tha building of our two linen mills; at the new scut ching machines at the state flax plant that reduced the cost of scutchlng'from six cents to less than en cent a pound. . He ssrs of thelinen mills:. V - V " a "At Salem there are two mills that are- unique in the United States, In that tfiey are spinning pure linen products from flax grown and prepared at their very doors. , . . Together these two mills have been taking about three-quarters of the fiber out- put at the state flax plant, amounting to $12,090 a month. If Mr. Cutting wll come back next fall, be will probably find both of the linen mills expanding their operations, and a paper board mill in operation in Salem, taking some of the shlves that nave so far been used only for fuel. "a He will probably find at least one new primary plant in the ahape of an independent scutch ing mill In operation, and pro jects on foot for the establishing of several more, at different points in the Willamette valley, with perhaps plans for the expan sion of the fiber board Industry, which will be small to start with, compared to what It may be made. S w And by another fall (1931), If he will visit ns a third time, he will likely see some ambitious beginnings In the way of special ty mills, taking our spun yarns and making them into some of the 100 or more different articles of commerce that will finally be made here la the Willamette val ley, looking to tha 1100,000,000 annual industry that is coming. V V And if he will come back a fourth and fifth time, and follow op his annual visits, he will find some of the primary plants at different valley points - spinning yarn, and perhaps making cloth, and maybe manufacturing speci alties: '- V"' vrv; And la ons of bis visits, par. naps tha next one, if he comes, he will find that there ia no oth er section of the United States where such a development could take place, because flax like wo grow here can be ' grown only under conditions of soil and sunshine and showers that we have; can only bo retted with the soft water found here and can bo spun only la such a low alti tude, free from the static or "elec tricity" that makes impossible the spinning of the tnfinitesimally small fiber of ear flax in places much above sea level. A Problem For YoirFcr Today v At a party 'where ft persons were present. 1-3 of tho men equal S-g of tha ladies. How many, mast leave ta form proper eou plesf . .r. . ANSWER TO SATURDAY'S "V- PROBLEM ' M.4 Bv W Explanation Multl plr hr . Take 4-l wi rosiui.. i tKe Woixj v-'- a. crest am lwamfatat Ai yeaw moa mr nSftJf J2--- II I