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PAGE FOUR - a w aawem AAA Tb OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sinday Mornnrg. Jnne as, nw . . i : . n j 1 I ns.aManBSaBaaaanBBB-aBsaBStemaaaaasasl BsaaaBBSai U ........ HMHM MM "Vo Foror Stcay 17; ATo Fear Shail Awe." From, First Statesman. March" 28. 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO, CfiASUS A. Spragit, Shcuok F. SacxxtT, Pubhskert CfLMtUS A. SfRACVE ... Editor-Manager ShH-DON P. Sackxtt - - - Mojiagixg-Editor Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press !a exclusively entitled to the te for publi cation tf all news dispatcher credited te it or not otherwise credited ta this eaar. Pacific Coast Advertising Representatives: Arthur W gtypes. Inc. Portland. Security Bldg. Ean Francisco. Sharon Bid.; Los Angeles. W. Pac. Bid. Eastern Advertising Representatives: rord-Parsoas-Stecher, Iw., New York. 171 Madison Are.; Chicago. WO N. Michigan Ave. Entered at the Poatoffic at Salem, Oregon, a Stcond-Clatt Matter. Published every morning except Monday. Businett office 215 S. Commercial Street. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Wall Subscription Rares. In Advance. Within Oregon : Dally and Ban day, l Ma 0 cents; 3 Mo. $1.23; S Mo. $2.2S; 1 year $4 00. Else where 59 cents per Mo or $5 00 for 1 year in advance. Bv City Carrier : 50 cents a month ; $5.50 a year In advance. Per Copy 2 cents. On trains, and News Stages 5 rents. Banks Off McNary LA. BANKS is a prominent grower and shipper of fruit, operating in citrus at Riverside, Cal., and in pears at Medford. Last year he bought the Medford News and pro ceeded to make it the house organ of his fruit business. Banks has certain complexes about fruit marketing, the biggest of which is a violent hatred of government-imposed cooperative Marketing associations. He seems te have had a run-in with C. C. Teajrue, big California co-op man now on the federal farm board, and now has a two million dollar law suit against Teague. Like most men with ajiig Idea, Banks works on a single track mind method. Everything that happens he views as some calamity for the independent fruit operator. Fruit in spection, fear of pests, every activity of officials he views as some sinister plot to force the growers into co-opeatiyes. Recently Banks took up the Capital Journal's anti-Merriam campaign and made out that Merriam's alleged description of a new pest was part of a deep plot to foist co-operative mar keting on the fruitgrower. The newest onslaught of Mr. Banks is against Senator MeNnrv. This is what his Medford News says: ' "HrXari i re-election will mean that the voters of the state- of Oregon openly and knowingly endorse communism to take place of time-honored institutions which provide tor equal ngms i an citizens. "Charles L. McNary must be defeated for re-election, and The Medford Dailv News dedicates every onnce of its vitality ana mui ence to defeat McNary at the next election, regards of who op poses him. - "We have had enough of 'lawyer rale' in Washington. "The agriculturalists of America must have a candidate who un derstands horticulture and agriculture, one qualified to understand the needs of the agriculturalist of America, someone willing to stand four-square for the constitutional rights of the people of our country. "McNary had the one opportunity left to him to oppose Mr. Legge and Mr. Teagne on the Farm Board. "We have no evidence that he took advantage of this opportun- itr. "5 "The time limit for McNary has more than expired. "He should be returned to Salem to the practice of law where he cannot dictate policies for the agriculturalists of -this country." We wonder if Mr. Banks knpws that Senator McNary lives on a big fruit and nut ranch, that he is about as near a horticulturalist and arjricultiiralist as a reformed lawyer who goes to the senate can be. Senator McNary may be all wet in pushing through congress this octupus farm relief bill which so far has cost farmers and country dearly, but none will doubt his sincere desire to do something for the benefit of the farmer. His constant challenge has been to critics 6f the original McNary-Haugen bill or the Jardine proposals that were finally enacted into law, that they should bring forth a better plan. No' one will take the Banks tirade seriously. Few have much confidence in the farm relief bill that it will do the farmer any good4 but anybody who thinks McNary will be made to walk the gangplank this year because of his respon sibility for this legislation, well his name is not Banks, but bunks. READY FOR REGULAR WORK 1 7 ass Hlfipw fcheS lAdR D f By BEN AMES WILLIAMS THE ROMANCE OF AN EVENTFUL WHALING CRUISE Changing the Railroad Map THE granting of a permit to the Great Northern and West ern Pacific railroads to build 200 miles of road forming a connection south of Klamath Falls is the biggest bit of news since the Milwaukee announced its Puget Sound extension west from Mobridge over twenty years ago. The importance !e in the creation of a new north and south line of railroad and. in the linking of the vast empire served by the Great Noi-thern with California. ( Thr is a large freight movement between these areas. Norjamust move the citrus fruits, the early produce of the Imperial valley, the San Joaquin valley, Arizona and Mexico. There Is., a movement too of manufactured articles like tires from Los Angeles, sugar from the bay, and miscellaneous freurht of all kinds. South there moves wheat and flour, pota toes, poles, lumber, hay, dairy products, apples. The opening up of this new traffic lane is undoubtedly the greatest threat to Southern Pacific tonnage volume since the opening of the Panama canal. It will be interesting to watch whether or not the Hill lines will seek to link their western Oregon lines with the new trunk line either at Bend or Klamath Falls. An exten sion of the Oregon Electric south into the Marshfield and Medford country may be expected! and if it comes it would seem that a bridge line across the Santiam to Bend or from Medford to Klamath Falls would follow.-So far as the north ern part of the Willamette vaBey is concerned, the freight movement would be cheaper up the Columbia and Deschutes than over the Cascades. -The invasion of California by the Great Northern in cludes the routing of the 'Empire Builder train south from Spokane to San Francisco. While somewhat spectacular the actual value of this will lie chiefly in the abolition of the sur charge or round-trip tickets where one way reads through California. Railroads are not built nowadays for passenger service but for freight. ; Coming at a time when construction work has been re tarded, news of the impending expenditure of $15,000,000 in Oregon and northern California is indeed heartening. West ern Oregon may suffer some through diversion of trains through central Oregon, but there may be other compensa tions through development of the interior country. An Honor to Prof. Horner rUR good friend, Prbf . J. B. Horner of Oregon State col- J lege, has been given another doctorate, this one by Whit man college. So now we must address him as Double Doctor because of this extra pumphandle to his name. It is an honor worthily bestowed and gracefully worn. Dr. Horner has a fund of historical lore that is most amazing. He knows all about Oregon from the time the Siskiyou s first peeped above the. ocean. He is a' friend of the troglodytes and the little Eohippuses; a friend of the trail breakers and the - empire builders; and most of all a friend of living people today. He knows them all and loves them. Dr. Horner attended Willamette with Mr. Hendricks on The Statesman while attending college. We rejoice in this honor which comes from a venerable and suDerior institution. Our only regret is that they didn't have an extra title on kiuu w give 10 mts. Horner. The Portland city counell Is to fee asked to pass an ordinance) to prohibit bees from congregating in. the downtown district r annoy tnr the neighbors. This Is a greit reform; but will it extend to the R3UMCU variety of bear CHAPTER XITI. When Mr. Ham, waiting by the boat with his men, saw FaltbT com ing and saw the stranger at her side, he went to meet them. His bearing was Inclined to truculence. Faith was ashore here in his charge; If this man had disturbed her Faith reassured him. "I've a hand for you, Mr. Ham" she called. "You need men." Mr. Ham stopped ten paces from them with leg3 spread wide. He looked from Faith to Brander. Brander smiled In a friendly way. "Can you use me?" be asked. I know the work." Mr. Ham frowned thoughtfully. "What's this, ma'am?" he ask ed Faith. "Who's that man?" "Ask him," said Faith quietly. I believe he wants to shin. I told him we were short." The mate looked at Brander. His atutude toward Faith bad been differential; toward Brander he assumed unconsciously the ter rorising frown which he was ac customed to turn upon the men. "What do you want?" He chal lenged. To ship with you." Brander replied pleasantly. "What are you doing here?" "I was third mate on the Thom as Morgan," said Brander. "Cap'n Marks?" Mr. Ham ask ed. "Yes." "We're no use for any o' Marks mates aboard the Sally." Brander smiled. "I wasn't -thinking of shipping as mate. Can you use a hand?" "Where's the Thomas Morgan?" "On the Solander Grounds like ly." - "How come you're not with hert" "I left them hereabouts." "Left them?" "Yes." "They're got the name on the Morgan of letting men go." "They had m choice. They were otherwise engaged when I took my leave." "That's a slovenly ship," said Mr. Ham. : "One reason why I'm not on her now." I The mate frowned. "I'm not saying It's not in your favor that you got away from them, and we do need men. Men. not officers," he added hastily. "That suits me." - Mr. Ham looked around. Faith stood a little at one side, listening quietly. "Well, eome aboard," said the mate. "See what the old man says." . "-. Brander nodded. "Thank?, sir," he said. He adopted easily, and without abasement, the attitude of a fo' mast hand toward the officer, and went ahead of the msXe and Faith to stow his bundle in the boat The other men waiting there question ed him; but they all fell silent as Mr. Ham and Faith came to where the boat lay on the sand. Tichel had already taken the watercasks out to tho whaler. The men took the whale-boat and dragged It down to the water. When it was half afloat, Faith and the mate got in. The men shored off, wading till the water was deep enough for them to clamber aboard, snateb their oars and push out through the rollers. They la bored desperately for a little till they were clear of the turbulent waters of the beach, then settled to their work. a Brander sat amidships, his bun dle at Mi feet, lending a hand now and then on the oar of the man who faced him. Once he rooked toward Faith; she met his eyes. Neither spoke, neither smiled. The Island was receding behind them; Brander turned to watch it. They drew alongside he Sally. Dan'l Tobey was at the rail to recalve them. The mate stood in the tossing boat and lifted Faith easily to Dan'l at the rail; Dan'l swung her aboard. Mr. Ham fol lowed, then Brander, them the LAY SERMON "PRIVATE DISCIPLINE" "Tie city wss not Bore earetul to see their ehildrca well taught the to see their your asea well governed which ber breeght te yen, not o. meh. by Mm law as r nrivste diaeiauae." i Itocrste. i Ah, why may we not copy the practice of the Athenians? What was their formula for "private discipline" by which their youth were reared ia self-restraint? Was it some secret which has beea lost thrdngh the centuries? Has It dis appeared with that skill which marked the work of the Athenian artists and sculptors? Roger As ehata chides nr la . bis The Schoolmaster" when be says: Aa It MT he e cteet wsvSee, lt gvester shaae te oa ChrUtisa aaen. te nndersuad wbat s heatbea writer, isee ratet. doth leave, ia memoir of writing roocerning the rare that the noble city of Athens had te hrlng sp their youth fa hoooat company and Tirtnoas discipline." Is Christianity less successful la the training of yonth than the 'aeataenism of ancient Athens? Morals are not of Hebrew origin. Rules of conduct are older than Abraham and ethical principles than the tables of Sinai. Pre-Christian peoples had their codes, their laws or rules lor protection or aroperty rights, for respect for person, for chastity, for truth telling. Well may we wonder whe ther Christianity is succeeding any better than the crude faiths of ancient times In inculcating; the self-control which is the toot of moral conduct and good citizen ship. We may note that Isocrates at tributes, their success to "private dbMiDline. rather than "common taw." Which, means, as we inter pret it, that Athens depended more , on training in the home through narental authority through social custoai and through personal responsibility rather than on police courts and reform schools. Read further from this Athenian commentator: For they had more nnid that thsir youth by good 'order 'ihoald net offend, than how by law they miefct be nnnished: and if offense were eoiamittae, there was eitbar way to hide it. neither hope el perdea for ft ... Ia eefcoeU ef aingtaf asl dancing and ether honest eyereisee, governors were appointed more diligent te oraraae their good mannare, than their men. The mate saw to the unload ing of the boat and saw It safely stowed. Then he turned to Brand er. "Come and see the old man," he said. Dan'l Tobey heard. "He's asleep." he told Mr. Ham. "Who is this?" "He wants to ship," the mate said. "Says he was on the Thomas Morgan." "The captain's wife found him in the bush." Mr. Ham added. "Beachcomber eh?" drawled Dan'l. "NTo, sir," Brander said respect fully. "I lived on the hill there the highest one. You can make out my place with the glass." "He was third mate on the Mor gan," said Mr. Ham. "We don't need an officer," Dan'l suggested. Brander sensed the fact that Dan'l disliked him; he wondered at it. "I'm asking to ship as a sea man, sir," he said. Mr. Ham looked at Dan'l. "Best speak to the captain?" he asked. "Oh, set him ashdre!" Dan'l exclaimed. "He's a trouble-maker. Too wise for the fo'c'sle!" He looked at Brander insolently. "Can't you see he's a man of edu caUon, Mr. Ham? What would he want to ship before the mast for?" Mr. Ham looked puzzled. "How about it?" he asked Bran der sharply. Brander smiled. "I did It, In the beginning for sport." he said. "Now I'm doing it to get home if you need a man. If not, I'll go ashore." Faith, standing by, spoke quiet ly: "Ship him, Mr. Ham," she said. Her words were not a request; they were a command. Dan'l looked at her swiftly, shrewdly. Mr. Ham obeyed with the Instant Instinct of obedience to that tone. (To be continued) Yesterdays . . Of Old Oregon Town Talks from The gtates man Our Fathers Read BITS for BREAKFAST By R. J, HENDRICKS A pioneer xood Samaritan: V Under the heading, "A- Good Samaritan f '4' Sarah Hunt Steeres wrote the following in her "Book of Remembrance of Marlon County, Oregon, Pion eers." making a pretty and thrill ing account of an Incident in an eventful life: 1. "A company of rough miners sat around their campfire at Shasta 8oda springs, one day in 1149, discussing what to do with a certain lad of IS years, a mem ber of their party, who had been 111 of fever for days and had given out at this place and was unable te proceed further. The boy's Illness had retarded their progress very mnch already and caused them much apprehension. The miners were greatly alarmed by various reports concerning the warlike attitude of the Indians throughout the Siskiyou and Cal apooia mountains to remain long er at this place, but were anxious to hurry on and join a larger party of miners camped on Shas ta plains, bound for the Willam ette valley, in order to put up a better defence against the In dians. "In their discussion about what to do with the patient, who had been such a handicap to their progress, they said the fever was sure to prove fatal, like most all of the other cases they had seen, and as they expressed it, 'He was a goner sure,' many of them were in favor of leaving him to his fate, as they feared all might be mass acred, if they, waited for him to recover sufficiently to travel. . "The poor chap could hear these discussing his case during intervals of . consciousness, bat was too weak and miserable to care. Finally one stalwart young man rose to als feet and settled the question by refusing to leave the boy, saying 'No matter what the rest of yon mea do, I will stay by the boy, live or die.' Several others cast their lot with the in valid, while the others hurried on to join their party. "This brave, good man, with the assistance of one Owen Bush, who had waited with him, made a litter from two poles and a blan ket and fastened this between two horses, tandem fashion, and thus they carried the fever-stricken boy over the Siskiyou. Klamath and Calapooia mountains and de livered him, with the $4000 In gold dust the boy had mined, to his parents, who met him near the present city of Eugene, Ore gon. This lad was George W. Hunt, the writer's father. "The Journey was slow and tedious, the danger from the In dians was great, and we wonder If the descendants of- John Sap pingfied, the pioneers of east 1 Howell prairie, in Marion county, 1 S L f 1 A. I . I urejuu, miuw wuaL a sucriiice this good man made for a mere boy who had no claim upon him other than that wayfarer on the Jericho road had upon the man of Samaria we read of in sacred writ." George W. (Washington) Hunt became one of the leading men of Oregon pioneer days. He came at 16 with the 1847 immigration; drove an ox team and looked after his father's stock; saw the first buffalo just before making the crossing of the South Platte; the crossing of the North, Piatt was made on the Mormon ferry; with a companion, while out hunting, was captured and held all day by Crow Indians; broke away by keeping their guns and finding a weak place in the ring. While making the Ham's Fork cut-off, General Kearney with his dra goons' passed them on his way back from the conquest of Cali fornia. In the Grande Ronde val ley young Hunt traded bis big buffalo rifle to an Indian for a good horse; the Indians followed the train for a few days and finally stole the horse. At Tygh valley they were nearly out of provisions were able to buy a half bushel of peas and a few po tatoes from the Indians there. Lost half their cattle on. the Bar low road, and nearly starved, suf fering much from cold. After his return from the California Inines, and at the age of 20, he married, hifr bride being 17. The young couple by donation and purchase secured 640 acres of land, a mile square. During the Civil war Mr. Hunt started a small store in the family residence and later built a suitable store building and dealt in general merchandise for 25 years; erected a warehouse, secured the building of a black smith shop; gave ground for an armory; supported a minister who preached 4t the armory; got a post office established thus founded the town and fine com munity center of Whiteaker. In 1880 fire destroyed the town and it waa not rebuilt, Mr. and Mrs. Hunt removing to Sarem, where he died in 1902, his wife having passed on in 1891. Mr. Hunt was an Importer of fine stock and a leader in many useful ways in his neighborhood, county and state. He was master of the state grange and a charter mem ber of the Oregon Agricultural society, founder of the state fair. S "a That 40 acre farm, at what wss Whiteaker, ia the Waldo hUls has never passed from the fam ily. It is perhaps the only tract of that else in Marion county of which this may be truthfully said. It belongs to J. T. ("Jep") Hunt, son of George W., and is one of the best farms in Oregon. Jep Hunt now lives in Salem. He has served as county Judge of Mar ion county and is a worthy son of a worthy sire. "Salem should give up some of her childish ways and encourage Industry, not discourage it. A right about face will give her 75,000 people on the census roll 10 years from now." V Who sayB that? Why, George Putnam, in an editorial in the Capital Journal. The Bits man extends congratulations. He has been claiming that, it Salem just keeps on keeping on, along the lines of the past 10 years, and will vote in the suburbs that ought to be in the city now, in cluding West Salem, the capital city will show 50,000 population in 1940. Some conservatives have thought that a reckless statement. S "e But it Is not; neither Is the one of Mr. Putnam; with the condi tion precedent of the if. If Salem "will give UP some of her ehilu isn ways ana encourage industry not discourage it." The referenre waa to the granting of the re quest to vacate the stub end of Trade street, so the addition to the paper mill may be built, salting in new proposed pan that will add at-least 600 to : population of the city. a W There Is room for this expan. slon; indeed room for three moi large paper mills in and abou Salem. There ara various and vast opportunities for industrial ex pansion. The Putnam, statement is entirely conservative. S It is possible that, within 10 years, our flax and linen indus tries alone may hare been so ex panded as to give support to more than 75,000 people. And there are scores of other major opportunities. A complete right about face would give Salem a population of a great many more than 75.000 people within 10 years, and more than double that number by 1950. S The annual old timers picnio at the state fair grounds today wil draw a large crowd. Any loyal' Oregon booster may count him self with the old timers and in invited. The speaking will be ia the automobile building, aft.T the lunch, which will be in thx grove at noon, with free coffef, sugar and cream for all comer?. Editorial Comment From Other Papers SHAMEFUL We are very aorry to see th. Portland Journal trying to capi talize the death of George Joseph, in its effort to discredit the stat supreme court. What useful service can poss ibly be attained, by reviving th. Controversy between Mr. Joseph and the court, now that the form er in death cannot speak for him self, nor the latter, properlv speak, against htm? There are two sides to most questions, and the Joseph-Supreme Court controversy undoubt edly was no exception. We believe all fair-minded people will agree there was some right on both sides; and on both sides ?nme error. Instead of condemning the su preme court for expunging the disbarment front the records, we believe such action was not only in accord with the law, but with every proper human feeling, e e e Xow for the Journal to main tain that such action is a confes sion of guilt, is. to expresl it mildly, taking an improper and unfair advantage. For the court CAN'T defend Itself, without at tacking the "sacred sanctuarv of death"; and If It DOESN'T " de fend Itself, its enemies can pro claim It "has and had no de fense to make. Too bad! Far better, as both sides .of the controversy mourn the tragic death of one of its principals, to bury all old differ ences, and regard the incident as closed. closed by a Power that should be held far above any petty temptation to revive them Medford Mail-Tribune. yeaag austere were toeeh -theat eay learning. It wss aome chaste te a yooar as te he see la the epea market; a If for VastBeta he aasaest th reach it ha did it with a marreteol modesty and beilfa! tathloa. Te eat ?er drink ta tavern waa not only a thame. bat ilu paniahable ia a yonng man. Te contrary or to stand ja terms with sa eld man was more heiaons than In soma nlaee te rebate and eeeM with hie ewa father." uur civilization is vastly differ ent from the simple life in Athens la the fourth and fifth centuries before Christ. The!? problem of rearing children is harder now than, then, we think; though we augment the home with school and religious school emphasizing mor al training. But "private discip line" we must have lost much of It. And there is no substitute for it. That home control which develops self-control,! how may we regain it? Theology is something wholly foreign to It. and ralirlous philosophy as well, ft is a prob lem or einics. Keugton may help restore this "private discipline' but ultimately social self-preser vation which is the root of ear ec onomic and social system after alL may be the lever which will bring back that stable virtue which Isoc rates praised. - - Jane 22. 1905 Unitarian church was crowded again last evening with friends and relatives of the pupils of Miss Elma Weller. who gave the clos ing recital of their school rear. The solo, The Horn," sung by George Curtis Lee Snyder, was the hit of the evening and elicited continued applause. Construction has started for laying of cement sidewalks on the east side of the state bouse. M. H. Vieike has the contract. Yesterday wae Cupid's day tn the capitol ctly. Seven nuptial events occurred. The Apostolic Holiness wfll build a new church and school house on Its IT acre tract on Smith's fruit farms. Cost of the structures will approximate $8,000. A Problem For You For Today A travels 41 2-3 miles to B's St 1-4 miles. How far will B have gone when A has traveled 400 miles? Answer to Saturday's Problem 522.24 gallons. Explanation X feet 4 inches ta equal to 4 in ches: take V of 49. square it and maltlply by pi (Mile): aaltl- ply by 98 (number of incnes in 9 feet) and divide by 221. 5ft IP IS Iff IT KI is Stranger than FICTION Come in aiuf ask for PROOF of every statement made in this advertisement. 0 0,000000 SO c JAM LOSS BACHfteAx L AmOTCyrady traffic jsualots would pay & wtbj taact. m mux vcirs .3 Sorrir? Darts of fcHo nuncui a run conxajin i aoopcrsp V Jk. aa -en Mm Cf-edscusk live oiv55 a, day tbx 6 Weeks in getdsgres We have na quarrel with the merchant who seals his goods cheaper. He knows what is goods are worth. gtnuiiHtiHtnn si uniintniiiina IlMTlISFliSlI s m 467 Court St. Tel. 1142 WHERE QUALITY IS HIGHEB THAN PRICE