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- linn County and The Fourth
"XJOT an arrest or a terioo automobile accident aarrcd
ll the Glorta Foorth in linn county reports tbt Al
bany Democrat-HeraH - ; 4 T "
- We seriously question if this happyMrit of news rotild
have been recorded If the dripping wetness which Prohibi
tion it aUeg-ed'to have bronfht, ,wer actually in Oregon; v
In Albany of only a few decade ago, there were saloons
In great abundance. And while we have no literary Digest
poll to determine the per capita consumption 'we daresay
there were some arrests on Glorious Fourths We make no
bold assertion that in 1930 on July 4 there was no drinking
in Linn county but it would seem that no attests and no u
tomobile accidents are proof positive that the great rank
and file of people-In Linn county were sober And able to tra
verse a street crossing without reeling or navigate a Ford to
a picnic ground without attempting totramp their neighbor
front the road or climb a telephone pole. , .
There U much in relativity. Business Is slightly poorer
than in 1929 and immediately we bewail thehard times for
getting that 1930 is about good as 1927 -which was con
sidered normal. Today's prohibition is by tod means perfect
and we pine for the "good old days" forgetting that in linn
county on July 4, 1930, and on July 4 if ever comes drinking,
there was no "an arrest or a serious automobile accident"
Restore fthe old days" and we venture the Albany-Democrat
- Herald can print livelier if less happy news on the day after
'the celebration. .
Grants Pass to Buy Water System ,
GRANTS PASS, convinced like Salem that municipal
ownership of water is to be desired, last week voted
through its council and its water commission, to acquire the
property of the Grants Pass Water company. The voters of
the city must validate the proposed purchase before it can be
completed.
Under th terms agreed upon Grants Pass will pay ap
proximately $65,000 for its water system. This apparent
bargain is qualified when it is realized that at least 230f
000 will be required to handle necessary new construction of
the system, giving Grants Pass a water company property
which will approximate $300,000 in cost.
Citizens here will be interested to know that Baar and
Cunningham, the same engineering firm employed by Sa
lem, is to be considered as consulting engineers for the city
in its proposed water system development
Grants Pass, like all its many predecessors, for 75 per
cent of American citiss own their water systems, has acted
wisely in preparing to acquire its own water system before
f ranchise and going-concern values could be pyramided. Sa
lem should have taken this step years ago but to bemoan
nast mistakes how for this citjr is futile! an Immediate ap
praisal of the plant here, its acquisition by the Salem coun
cil and water commission at a price consistent with the in
herent worth of the local plant of the Ctoegon-Washington
company, is the program now to be foQowed.
Utility Commission Investigation
A REPRESENTATIVE from Syracuse University, New
York, and from Governor Roosevelt of that state has
been in Salem this week to gather information about Oregon
public service commission. like his eminent collaborator,
, Mr. Hoover, the New York state governor it using the but
vey system to back up recent changes in the Empire state's
Administration of utilities and to prepare additional legisla
tion. - . -
An investigator will find at least two urgent necessities
in any public service commission. The first is good person-
.' nel chosen with regard for ability and not for politics. This
qualification, so easy to propose, is exceedingly difficult to
secure. Public service ' commissioners are human, often
times need the job to make
their previous training. Good on en, 11 and wnen tney are se
cured, constitute the first essential of any successful regu
lation of public utilities. M '
The second essential is a uniform standard f or valuA
- tion &nd costs. The entire matter of a fair profit it effect
ed by these standards' Given an "open door" b&eis for ac
counting without limited charges for such items AS taalnten-
ance, expense and depreciation almost way rate can be made
fair.
You Do and
F takes the legal fraternity and the monarchists com
bined to unravel the intricacies of a royal marriage and
; divorce. --si'. . -v ... - Vv;-
On Associated Press, authority we have it that the di-
1 vorce decree of years' standing between King Carol and
. Queen Helen is to be annulled. The thief pie is that Carol
. did not recognize the divorce, and presto, it thereby becomes
non-existent.",:,..'1 : ' , . . - : ' '
' - ? It seems in the case of monarchy, all things are possi
ble. If one wishes a divorce, to make it possible for Queen
Marie to ostracize her son and secure a more effective hold
- on Rumania, it can be granted. -Now wxk tire Conserva
' Uvea are less strong and when Queen' "Uarie Is away and
! Carol has returned, it appears very simple to annul the di
vbrce and restore Queen Helen for Carol, now a ruler, must
5 have the outer appearance of respectability .
J' ' How tangled and childish
pear. In this newer world where men are sought as rulers
. oh the basis of ability, the demands Of blood have little
V merit. But in the place monarchy. In the play-world of roy
alty, love means nothing, divorce is but a convenient gesture
- to assist the long in nis royai
' - A We nerer cold see why Portland wanted to preaenra that atone
w eiifke ones used as a postofflce. It possesses little or so beauty. The
government teems to use about the same design for a . postofflce as
.. prison. Tha atone la a srey sandstonav Tha linaa ot tha builaiag ara
; stolid and aabstantlal, bnt lacking la originality or aeraonaUtr. Jack
T, because it served as a postofflce ia Portland tor a.long time doesnt
jtstify Us retention aa an totwora feiic. No aeel to clutter tha towa
' wfth lynch-pin wagon stair.
' : What we can't understand is
1 ; his sent out a Questionnaire over the country trying to find oat how
bis friend Claudius atands : with 'tha country, - Surely Hoover has
enough intelligence of his own that ha doesnt hare to hare a roll call
to decide whether Huston's use of lobby money for bolstering up his
brokerage account was ethical or not. Every day Hooref lets this
-. bounder stay oa as chairman of
?us!mvb -zaaoianeaa. -J - - . . -w -
an i
No tear Stett Awe.
lor yer m avuc.
month; 9s.
8Uad
fSJO a rear la advaMa ni
i cnia .
a living and are influenced byi
-
You Don't
the rlfmands Of monarchy ap-
oimcamea.
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the report that President Hoovari
the - party aomnriueo aa discloses 4la
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Tcdat Talk
By ILS. Ccpelaad, U. D.
- Battftta to tbt aiiaj tn-
bias tuat Mm a W taa
dtton spaak ef "rancltonar and
caalf 4iaaaaa
affvat Ul
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easa afreet th
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r Aasoaa . tha
jfaacttenal ttla-
!eB is cpUea
y. Sctweaaat-
taaks tha tIom
5 tlm of tHa dls-
mul Ja ajrpaaranea, to aetlpas ttfl.
la steauaiaeuTity aa aay oz att
assoelatea. , x- ;
t XpUapsy ? has W iescrtbea as,
tlia -faHiar ci&M - Taa rlctha
falls as it Yin. Tba taoa is Vwr
pala . and the eyes torn upward
Tha bead la drawn to one side or
backward. Thafeasda are xdas ek
ed wita tb taunt doablad -
der tha f iastra. Tbs tnura bodr.
OcaonMS aUXf. , - :
' rohowlnf tnls conaitfaa, -than
ara eoanUatr aorements at tha
body face and limbs. Tbft musetes
twttob, tha tyat roll, aad ibera la
frothing of tha month. : tJnit
eaxemilr watthed tha .tongn
aaax be aatareljr bUUa. . . .
Oradnalhr tfc onvalstoa 'aaa-'
4 and tha patient falls tfito a
stupor. -.
On tha other hand, ths patlant:
trouble may a so -SUght at to
escape notice. Tfaera may b am
ply a suapensloa bt tha particular
act la which ha Is pgagad at tha
time. He may hardly, realite that
something nntoward baa, Oeear
ted. . .. . -
Tha frequency of tha attacTca
varies. They may . appear easy or
trea more than ones a day. Oh
the other hand, they may com
'oa once or twice a month, or only
once a yeat.
There is no 'sBbctatioa tit ep-1
uepsy and uex ox mentality.
When 2 was m boy in schoot tha
smtrtest popu ta myiiasi was
aa epfleptlc Miay victims ars
mora than- ordinarily bright.
Epilepsy Is ana of tha itfost
discouraging bf. tha herrous dis
eases to treat. Bat at tha present
time, when special attention Is
being given to -diet, Oeeupaln
and the improremeat of nutri
tion aad tha elimination Of the
-wastes of the body, the wulook tsl
more nopeiui.
There art natty Tacttrrs t& ba
studied. Uncorrected eye-strain,
nasal trouble and other forms of
irritation seem to hare a bearlng
on the attacks. Undoubtedly
disturbances of the Intestinal
tract are producUra of much trou
ble.
Every person who has tha
symptoms of epilepsy should be
placed under the care of an ex
pert. " ,
Answers to Health Querfe
B. ADAMS. Q. What eaubes
an itching rash which bothers
me more at night? Tha flesh rises
in red ridges aad lamps oa ay
body.
A. Tou may be troubled with
urticaria. A nervous condition.
constipation, in some Instances-a
kidney toadftlon may to respon
sible tor urticaria.
W I. A. O Ar end
bis-
CttiU fatteningT
2 Is it harmful to take laza-
tfre9Uls every night ?
A. No, not unless
taken la
excessive amount.
2 Yes. Yoa should correct
your diet and overcome constipa
tion in a natural way. Tor par
Ueulars aend a self-addressed,
stamped envelope and repeat
your eiuestien. .
O. TL J. i- What ean I do In
order to evereome constlpatlonT I
have suffered with: this trouble
for years.-
Aj Ytt ahould Correct your
diet. Avoid foods unduly rich m
atarenes ana rats. Eat only sim
ple toed.
.
V. B."Q. What do you advise
tor tasoautUT J .
K' ' " eBaaaBtosssMk
i A llaay eases of Insomnia
are daa to latestiaml disturbances
eoBstipatloa, .worry and over
work. If the eaderiying cause is
known, yea must et about cor
recting It t oneev for other In
formatloa send a self-addressed,
saapea envelope and- repeat
your auestion. -
.-,;-. .e e - ' -
li. E. C J. What ihouid a
tin ttU. ft, 4 ta. tall weigh?
tWhat ahoaM a girl of it,
I ft. 4 la, taU, weight. -
'-'-f eaeaaafcessBakea -; A ". --'
VThey taoaU weiga tespectlts
ly lit aad lit pounds.
y. 'E. 1. Q-Wm yea advise
treatment for Intestinal Worms?
A. Yes. For Information send
a self -addressed, stamped enrel
opo and repeat your question, -y
I M. k, tj. What is the
cause of enlarged finger Jolntat
' Av-Some sort f tntectloa
present fat the system is respon
sible for this conditio. Have the
teeth, tonsils , sinuses, kidneys, ts
testlaat aad gall bladder laxtstt
lated.. ,
A Problem
For Yen Fcr Today
JL T. and Z Mid S144S for
aome books at ft.TS a volume. TJ
P!4 !!. mac ai X, and 21
paid .625 as much as T. ' How
manybooks belonged to each?
Answer ta- Yesterday's Problem
519 yards. Explanation
square 494 and add to square of
194.
salt.
Take- square root of taWAad-'Uey : were . large, aad -Braa
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By BEN AMES WILLIAMS I "cruise0 1
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This agraeitieat was brokea.
and broken by Faith, on an af-
teraoen some tea days after the
finding ef the ambergria - The
day waa fair; the wind was more
than normal. No whales had yet'
been sighted by the Bally, and
her docks were clear of oil. Mr!
Tichel's watch had the ship; .but
Tichel himself, old man that he
was, had stayed below and, was
asleep in his cabin. Dan'l was
asleep there, also; and Noll
Wteg dozed in the after cabin!
Willis Cox was reading, under
the boat-house; and two of the
harpooners played lldly at some
game of cards In the lee of the
rail beside him. Brander and the
Ulan at the wheel had the after
deck to themselves when Faith
came Up from the cabin
Boy was with her: Out the boy
weftt ferwafd at nce end climbed
the rigging ta the masthead, to
stand watch with the men there.
Ha loved to perch high above the
deem, with the eea spread out
nza a bide saucer ofiow mm. He
teased Faith to go with him; but
Faith shook- -her head. There
was a certain physical Indolence
about her that contrasted with
the vigor of her habits of thought
and speech; she liked to to sit
quietly and read, or sew, or
think; and she cared nothing for
such riotous exertion as Roy lik
ed. ' ,4,
"No, Roy, she told her broth
er, sou go 11 you like. 111 stay
dowa here."
"Come on. sfa." he teased. 1
guess you're afraid. Ton never
could even elimb a tree .without
squealing-. Come oa!"
She laughed Voftfy.
"No. I don't like to do hard
things like- that'
"I won't let you fall," he
promised. . !
"Some day, maybe. Run
along, Roy!"
CHAPTER ATXVI
The boy went away resentful
ly a little more resentfully be
cause Brander had heard her re
fusal. He looked back from -the re
rigging, and saw Faith standing
near Brander. For a moment he
was minded to so back and join
them; but the dwindling line of
the ropes above him lured him on.
He climbed, lost himself among
the great bosoms of the sails,
stopped, to ride a yard like a
horse aad exult when it pitched
and rolled. He climbed, at last,
to the masthead perch where the
lookout stood in thetr hoops with,
their eyes sweeping. the wide cir
cle of the seas.
.- Faith and Brander were to
gether. Save tor the man at tha
wheel, whom neither Of them
heeded; they were etoee. Bran
der was at the after rait when
she appeared; he nodded to tier.
She stood near him, hands oa the
tail, looking out across kthe sew
astern. The wind tugged at her,
played with the soft hair about
her, brow, whipped her cheejtkf
to fire. . ; - - : . -
She did not look at Brander,
but. Brander looked 'at her. - The
man liked what he saw; he liked
not to much the beauty tit her as
the strength and pOU4 taatliy .ta
her face.- Her broad. lew brew,
her straight, fine nose, her sweet
ly molded - lips, eat -reaadiag
chin strength there ant- caln,
and power! '- Beauty?-too; -more
than one v woman's - meat are ef
beauty, perhaps; hut above all,
strength. That was what Bran
der saw.
. it was nonew-thlngrxjirrthe
man to study Faith's countenance.
It .was firm-fastened-' la his
thoughts; he could conjure it up
at will, and it - appeared s before
him, many ' times, r- without - his
volition' Faith's evea were bins.
der couduiaTer forget them. Tha
eye of a ntaa trots woman is a
thing almost aUve; it seems to
have a soul of its own. Stand at
one side; unobserved, and watch
the eyes of your friend; yon will
reel that yon are watching some
living personality apart from the
friend you knoWr- It is like spy
ing on a wild thing which is hid
ing in the forest. The eye Is
so alert, ao quick to swing to
right or left at any sound.
Woman's eyes differ as much
as women themselves. Faith's
eyes were like Faith herself,
there was no fear or uncertainty
in them; and there was nb co
quettishness, no seduction. They
were level and calm and perfectly
assured; and Brander thought
that to look into them waa like
taking a strong man's hand. He
thought Faith as fine a thing as
woman can be.
Brander made sure that Faith
did not see him studying her
thus; nevertheless, she must have
felt his scrutiny. She was con-
scions of an unaccountable diffi
dence; and when she spoke to
him at last, without looking to
ward him, her voice waa so low
he scarcely heard at all. She
said some idle thing about the
beauty of the sea.
The sky was so clear, ant the
heavens were so blue, that sky'
and heaven seemed to be cousins
or sisters, their hands clasped at
the far horizon.
"I always think," Brander said
amiably, "that looking off Into
the blue on a day like this Is
like looking deep into blue eyes.
There seems to be a soul off
there, something hidden, out of
sight; but you can feel It looking
back aj you."
Faith Was so surprised that she
looked up at him quickly, aide
wise; and She smiled, her cheeks
a little flushed.
"I never felt Just that," she
said. "But did you ever look at
a hill, so far away it is Jest a
deep blue shape against the sky?
Blue's a beautiful color to look
at, I think."
He nodded. -
"From my hUl." he salt, "1
.used to be able to see an itland
northwest of the one where 1
was. Just a line laid down along
the sea a line of blue.
. She said nothing" in reply td
this; and he said no more. iThej!
were thus silent tor e little be-i
fore Faith asked v ' i
"Tell me, how Bid you live1
there? Whs at It lonely? Of
were there others?" -
Ho laughed.
i wasn't lonely In the least,",
he explained. "The old devfl-de
Vtto elector .ei the village struck
up aa acquaintance with mC HO
knew Whites; and I waa. the only
one there at me time. He used
ta come ant talk to me, ant say
charms over my garden. 1 had a
little eelapass ess my watch-chain,
sat I gave it to him, and the old
heathen was my slave for life. So
t arranged with him to hare nry
path tabw ye remember I told
you; tnd he wis the only com-
paay iirwr-had- . v j
"foa had A garden?" I
Tea, a good, one.' : I put up a
toute Just tig enough for: me
aad at more and I I trimmer
dewa some trees. - There was a
little broohr and a shallow basin
th the tide et Us hill where rich
eotl bad beta collecting for a
food many centuries, I suppose,
think If I had planted pebbles
there. It wbuld have grown bould-t
ers for me. ..It, did grow ell 1
wanted.- - -ti
' She Was- lh'oaghtf al for t Ut4
tie. - f
"Why did you ever ship as a
whaler?, she asked. "You don't
look like the men that ship 1a thd
fo'c's'le. - - 1
"I know it, ho nodded. "Mayi
be. because l,llke the aea.? My
homaas la f IghJLot lt-htekb
old farm up In Maine, five miles
inland. I used to sit out oa the
hill there and watch the night
come up from tbt east and blan
ket the water. When there was a
Serf 1 eould hear H: and when I
could, I went down and got ac
quainted with the water swim
ming, or poking around in aa old
dory. It was bound to get me
!& the end. My father sent me
to school. He wanted me to be a
doctor; but after, two years of
-ft, I begged off, aad he let ate go.
She nodded.
I know little how you
feel. I've always loved, the smeil
of the sea at home, and the sight
of it. Buf'-Hshe grimaced
harshly "I'm getting a bit tfred
of salt water. 1 want te get
ashore!'
Bur, Brander agreed. "And
when you've beea a month ashore,
yba'H be hungry for the tea
again. It's like a drug you get
used to it, and you can't do With
out it."
"Do you think sot"
"I know it. Wait and nee.
After little ehe spoke ot the
ill luck that had pursued the Sal-
ir.
"Isn't It unusual to go almost
six weeks without getting a
whale?"
"No, not necessarily, he told
her. "You may kill every other
day for a year, and not see a fist
for three months after. The
whales seem to come and go, in
some waters."
"These?" she asked. -
He nodded.
"It's uncertain here. We're
working over now Into better
hunting-grounds. The 3 S i 1 y S
done well thus far anyway .al
most a thousand barrels and not
out a year. I've heard of Ships
that came home- with- empty
ceaksY" - .
Bhe looked at him curiously,
"I think you know more about
the work than most men aboard,'
she said. Yet you've not had
the experience.'
"I've picked it up at gams,
read It. guessed It, be aid
pleasantly. "They know more
about the practical end than h
I haven't beea 'tried out yet, you
knew."
- she smiled. '
"Mr. Tichel uyi you're a io-
naa, the told aim. -I thlak he
would be In favor .of throwing
yon verboard.?
He laughed eheerfullyr
"I hope you're juot one,' she
went on. Ta anxious that Cao'n
wing should make a big record!
on inis cruise. Itt ay first with
him, yoa Tcnow.
His eyes were sober, but he
said: .
"Well tin the tasks, all right,
I wouldn't Trent.
She looked toward him aad
said: - .
"Yes, weT will fill them.
There rat aa immense amount
anl- Itr aad determin
ation ta ' her - voice. Brander
looked at her for an Instant then
turned . to gtre tome direction to
the maa at Cae wheels The Salty
heeled awkwardly loa the thrUst
of the wind and battered at the
f .wlili her blast bews.v The
fitf treaket aaa lagged. wi,
Hhn.!t" "oM-honsaad
drenped bis book to hU up aad
was .dosing fa his chair; the two
harpooaers htt gbat beldw. Tor
ward. Faith could see two or
three men sprawled .oa the deck,
asleep. t "
- The warm afternooil wind
seemed, slumber laden; the Sally
Sims herself was like a ship that
walked la her , aleep. A hush
auBg over them all, ao that Faith
and Brander unconsciously low
bred their voices. ;
y "Kr it it that yoa tad Jir.
Tebey do net like each ethet?"
iiXT'cy Bo ConUnuedi ;
ihb stsxea eaeuuty.
BITS for
-EyC J.DENDIUCKS
Bvporttng progress:
- w
in oar flax' industry. And to out
approach to the tuna When i there
will coat e lesaenlag of the
crime wave.
; v -v ,
'i Tf boart t control author
laed tt$ acres of flax te be con
traete . wKh the - growers . tot
lAt.-aatost 45fiev.Hf
year. It Is aow teea that , ha5
full tl 50 acres teen contracted
tor, arith the bumper crop cota
tag on tha revolving fund wodld
have keen overstrained to
the fanners, or paying all of thtm
promptly, which they have a
right to expect.
. S .J; J,
fie somsthing over ,45000 acre
wire pleated under ctmtrtct aad
wto be harvested, aad paid for
promptly as deUrered. and this
will give to the growers aa ag
gregtte of around $l50,00O..The
managers of fhe flax ladastry
taW, with the favorable seeding
season last March, that a bumper
crop was likely, so did not eon
tract for the fall acreage author
ised. - .
V V
It takes a lot tf money to buy
and process up to the fiber stage
and' market and get the return
tor, a flax crop. The money must
be forthcoming on delivery, and
some "of the returns come a year
or more after the delivery ef
their flax to the state plant, ThW
wnf cWipbs to lie the case, ow
ing to the fact that sdme of the
retting will "be put off until the
opening of the following season,
tn ret the "necessary sunshine for
drying after retting. Nothing but
sunshine will serve tor arymg
retted flax, up to the present.
There have been many expert-)
meats at mechanical drying, and
great Claims are made for some
ot them. But this process it sttn
fa the experimental stage. Drying
by sunshine is the only method
that' will retain the resiliency ef
the fibers retain its splnabiiity;
make it a high class product for
the markets.
w. .
This will perhaps not always be
to. The drying is the last (save
fttt) process of the ancients, In
the dtyt ef old Babylon aad
Egypt, that has net beea improv
ed poa by modern methods and
machinery. This hurdle will be
vaulted by science . In - time, no
doubt. Perhaps soon. But It has
not beea dene up to date. The
last, except a weave the Egyp
tians knew, as shown. In mummy
grave cloths, that our modern
weavers, with all their skill, can
hot counterfeit. -
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A constant stream of money is
mopped tip, too, at the state flax
5 lst by capital investments for
m proved, and enlarged capacity,
la the way of buildings and ma
chinery and appliances. These re
quirements bare taken close to
$290,009 in the past two years.
Added to the $950,900 that the
growers will Absorb, and added
besides te all the capital Invest
ments that had gone before, since
It 15, whoa the state flax plant
was established, this runs into a
large ana tot (he total present
assets of the state flax plant
perhaps over $1,009,906. repre
senting earnings that hare been
mads, and saving, excepting for
around $250,000 of original ap
propriations. It would be a great thing for
this industry, for the institution
and the) state, if the legislature at'
Its coming session could find a
way to furnish the revolving fund
f the Orego penitentiary with
$200,000 to $400,000 more cre
dit, or a way to have for use
something like $750,000 to pay
the growers for their flax to be
contracted, for and grown oh lo
000 acres ot land next year.
About 2000 aeres of this will be
J. W. S. pedigreed seed flax, and
all of it planted to that variety.
If found desirable, in 1982, which
will Increase the average tonnage
at least to per cent. ' -
The use ot $400,000 more', next
year, would enable the state flax
industry to take oa the limit r
what it can be expected to handle
ior some time perhaps for a
long period, considering the fact
that there will be a progressive
increase) ot the operations' of Its
machine shop, la making And re
conditioning and snnnlvin
for flax pullers, aad la turning
out machinery and appliances for
processing the tlax after It is har
vested. V ' V V 's"'''
' This WOnld Tint the '
tott. tb be -tally attained assooa
SirJl? TO-Awe- eould, bo
rafted and processed, so as to en-
paying the - growers
W ;an alt Q
larger. number nf inmtu
XT - OI 2P - a early
date: tor e waae ror . -
er, whether employed la the flax
Yesteraxs-
(OfpUDreica
rowa Talks rrotC Xbm States
anwa Owjp Fatnere Beea
. jruljrt, 1003 -
-v-Joshua Crettleld, tJBnotis lead-
2L J" W Ronsr baad.fdS
ttrered aa t MUMi
? eo air meeting ot the
iQ tit alne-yeardsoa
flHT Hurst til
Seata ' Commercial street, was
crowned ta the eloagh sonth ef
the citn opposite the Schiadler
ptafterrernbea,
?Li0fi ln hew state library
totamksioa, irat ia tli elty es
terday arranging tor the perform
ances of her duties. V. . ,
P. ftorge, of the firm ot
George-, tioihers, ? resUuraaters
'Sito. itr6t driwa
ja the Jury that, it how trying
tee. Congressaia nuAmtea
ease before ; judge c:xaTeB &
depaxtment,or the 1k.errjSr
the farms, or Wheresoever as-
This would " hasten the time ,
Whsa th ' Oregon . penitettiary
would' bt ,A first class Worma
tory, comparable I with the Mln
aesotA penitentiary at Stillwater,
which more nearly approximates
that distinction ttmn any so-called
ref ofmatorr t orttoa ia this
country or tay .other. n; And; this .
wkh aa advantase that the pris
on at Stillwater dees not have
a supply of -taw materials produ
ced or found -at home, whereas
the stfUwetiT tasUtutiaa must
bring all Its raw materials from
long distances, f most of them
from Yaeaxaaw Mexico, ? aad- the
Fhlllpplaes. I- "ft- :j .
It costs around $109,909 a
year tor the maintenance charges
of the Oregoa iwhitentiary oa iu
present aUtua. Cbaating It at
9171,1ft, which is: was for the
two years ending October X, Ittt.
the iastttuttOttonade a showing ef
earning $2tlttt,tl tor the per
iod, leaving a net tost ot ealy
$T944t.$t for tbat biennial per
iod, according te the 'Handbook
ot Amerlcaa Jriseas.'-Whero did .
these earnings go? They weat ia-
to the capital f the industries j
for new butidiags and machinery
and appliances, aad for surplus
stock oa hand -and an accumu
lation bf moaev to pay the grow
erske Ihe $$ IMP t that will .
h naed la the next thret to
four months he pT for the l$St
crop as denvered rrom ue farma,
. ' .
When ifee time conies that the
money can all be taken from the
revolriac fond ia oar . the entire
expenses of the Institution, of ev
ery kind, the state will be get
ting back $209,000 and mere a
year ia profit, above, the old sys
tem when . all the posts - had vo
come from the taxpayers of the
aUte.
-
The $400,000 needed to cause
this censummation come about la
a year, or two or three' years,
could be safely borrowed for the
purpose, without making any
drag upon our -over burdened tax
payers. The prison industries caa
provide cot only , tor self support,
but they caa also b4y the neces
sary land aad build a aew prlsoa,
if given temporary credit '
The Stillwater prison had the
unlimited credit of the state,
from the beginning, and has It
aow, though after the first few
years It" accumulated a surplus,
and ,tbis Is around .$4,000,000
aow; while It has been self sup
porting besides, since 1905, and
at present pays. a. dally wage to
every worker, and Is now contrib
uting a' fund of over $20,000 a
year to the'berprng ot needy fam
ilies 6f inmates on. thb outside.
Is there ai'sTttgle person in Ore
gon Who cannot tea the desira
bility rjt " tuch a tonttimmatloa
here?. Desirable in many, many
Ways.' not the least -one the chang
ing of the Trtson tato a high class
reformatory, leading the world ia
that field.
s
cissore
Squibs
Editorial. Bits from ilie
, Preas the SUte i
The maa who sings his
praise ta oitte -rHtely to be a
soloist. Sfedford Mall-Tribune,
One reason Colonel Lindbergh
has - kept bis eame on the Croat
page for three years is . because
be hires no pubUcity.---Xje42rafide)
Obeerver. ' .. .
Already It Is possible that a
majority ot Oregon's procrastin-
fH?8ra,tt( owners realise that
Hal Hose meant what he mm
when he tuggested the purchase
of new licenses. Bend BuTJetln.
Chorflv ef nm t Vvv- .a
V , m, ------ -- ; i uiuu
July we predicted that the reck
less driver i would take the lead
as -A-death cause in mitin .
toll. Later evenushow
were, sauea ay flreworksi
II. by drowning aad tT by asto-
mouuea. aiorning , Astoriaa.
Editorial
Frofa:Ot!;tr Pcrra
'.;Ililamtrter 1st W ties claiming
certain precincts aa the! i -tr
area Is yeryeter and jileas.
antj pastime; for they can claim
just a mbctk c fast a. HtUe as
they wisvte.iBut aometimes It
fatitee lfttcolt!es.u - : ; -
ortlana it aow;boaUni ot a
metropomaa area, which is the
same- thing, et po.te 9 persons;
bat It is Including in it Salem and
lltrtoa eoaatn .3q tide the Sa
lem CapiUl Journal objects stren
uously aad ft Attempts to even
the score br dalmlna Partiamt
a part tit. Salem metropolitans
Both claims are foolish, ei
ceurse. But bf -thetwo the 8a
ttm tUim'ta nrfla.T- ihm.
o tor Salerl ,as frrabbed just
wwut e.rjLUing in uregoa there
that is worth taking, r
. It tat tree? ttrctiute coital
buiidlngi, practically all ot the
state institution una nearly all
the political officers. It has a
ctaed Cites scrat:?, a coolest.
maa, a state treasurer, a collector
et MUairi United SUte -district
jufigde, the superintendent
at the penitentiary, the tuperia-'
tendent ot the state hospital and
many, many, other functionaries.
vfc ma two claimants for the
In
getllr-. . FortUnd ij a tiker when
It cedes td rolix crt aftsr thr. i
rr -
I VltYirrl
tvw,v we metropolitan aret ga
lea's ii t?j&tly tte best; for Sa
lem tas behind it los and weU
tstaM.;Lel bat:t cf ttla. end
Alti&y Isiocrtt neralJ. '