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PAGE FOTJIt The OREGON STATESMAN, Saleny Oregon, Friday Morafny. Jznvirj 23, 1931 "No Favor Sways U; No-Fcar Shall Awe" From 'First Statesman, March. 28, 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Charles A. S nacre, Sheldon F, Sackett, PullUher Charles A. Spragus Sheldon F. Sackett - Member of the Associated Presa The Aanoelated Pms Is exrlitarrely entitled to the mm for publica tion of all new a dlapatcbes credited to It or not otherwise credited la this pa Par. : - t - - Pacific Coast Advertising Representatives Arthur W, fltypes. Inc., Portland, Fecurltr Bids. Ran FrancUco, Sharon Bid. ; Loa Angeloa, v. t'ao. Bldg. Eastern Advertising' Representatives: "ord-Parsons-fUecher.Ine, New York, 71 ktadlaoa Are. J Chicago, SCO N. Michigan Ava.. Entered at the Pottoffiee at Salem, Oregon, at Second-Class Matter. Published every morning except Monday. ; Business office, tl5 S. Commercial Street. i I h SUBSCRIPTION RATES: - ' Ma Q Subscription Rates. In Advance. Wlthfn Oregon : Dally and Sunday, 1 Mo. (0 centa; S Mo. Sl.15 S Mo. $2.23: 1 year $4.00. Else whero 6 cents per Mo. or f tor 1 year in advance. By City Carrier: 5 centa a month; SS.5 a year In advance. Per Copy S cents. On trains and News Stands 6 cents. i Keep tlie Surtax on Bond Incomes THE secretary of the treasury is trying to-get congress to amend the second liberty loan act to permit the issu ance of eight billions more of bonds fori the. refunding of the first and fourth liberty! loans which will be callable in . - . ' . e m . A A 11.... 1U32 and 1933. It is tne plan or me treasury to reure incse bonds whose interest Tates reach to 4V replacing them with much cheaper bonds, taking advantage of current low Interest rates on government securities. There will be scant nhiwtfnn in thin fommendatlon of Mr. Mellon's but his proposal that new issues may be put out exempt from all surtaxes is sure to provoke discussion and oposition. i Secretary Mellon points .out that municipalities issue annually a billion dollars in bonds totally tax exempt, put ting government bonds at-sonie disadvantage. In his annual report he says: 1 i Limiting the federal government to tie Issuance of securi ties exempt only from the normal income tax does . not result in increased Income tax collections, bat simply in a higher in- terest cost to the government. Yet it was but a few years ago that Mr. Mellon was uroTKr that this treneral exeirmtion from taxation be lifted. States and municipalities of course objected to having their bonds taxed; and now Sec Mellon wants government bonds to be likewise free from all taxes. This eight billion would merely provide a refuge cave for swollen fortunes. The very rich would shift into these bonds knowing that they would be protected for the life of the bond from all forms of taxation. The remainder of the country would be in bondage to them, not only to the ex tent of the interest and principal of the bonds, but also for me raxes ior me necessary support 01 guvertuueuu It is a wrong condition of affairs. It is 'practical to grant exemption from normal taxes, but so long as the sur taxes continue government bond issues should be subject to them. The experience of jwar times showed the error of making bond issues wholly exempt. The first issue was of that kind. Subsequent issues; were only partially tax exempt save one part of the victory loand and this part was re deemed as soon as possible, in 1922. While it might possibly ,be true that the full exemption clause would make the issue salable with a lower coupon rate, the interest saving perhaps equalling the taxation loss, the moral effect is wrong; because it gives the class of the wealthiest who are best able to pay taxes, those with Inherited fortunes or those retired from active pursuits, complete immunity from sharing in the burden of the sup support of government, j :" i . , We hope the congress! will let the surtaxes apply to the eight billions of government bonds. "Another thing, it might serve to drive gome of this money out into corpora tion bonds where it would really be working for the up buildiAg of the nation.- J Defective Alibi IT. has become quite a popular practice for legislators to point but how very small is the amount of tax money required for support of the state government itself and its penal and charitable institutions. "Look to your local taxes" is the admonition of senator and representative. "The legis lature if it blotted out all stated taxation would give you ccant relief from your burden." j ' The distressed taxpayer may look to the official statis tics and Smd this to be verified. It looks as though the legislature has a perfect alibi. The place to begin is Tight at home with city and school district. I But halt ! for a moment. We may find that some . of these local taxes are Imposed by legislative fiat. Two years Ago the legislature placed on school districts the burden of transporting children to high school. As a result districts which never before had a bus, now sustain whole fleets of buses, operated and maintained at heavy expense, not be cause of local demand or local voice, but because of legisla tive decree. - :- . ; " y? ; The jsame thing impends with free textbooks. The com munity is to have no voice on or not. The legislature writes a MUST and the district has no alternative. - : . Likewise with old age pensions. The state isn't propos ing to pay old age pensions. The state is forcing the coun ties to do this, if the proposed bill passes. A If the legislature continues to pile up the burdens on counties and school districts, all its pretensions to ihno cence of responsibility for high taxes is hollow mockery. Senators and representatives may talk about Jnow little they can do to lower taxes, but the talk is vacuous hypoc risy. ;-: ; ' j ( j - - The legislative alibi shows up to be rather defective." .nlr !?w Vopo. comparatively, would 'pa much attention to ms Bwwm uem or me ueata oi cnarlea Rlddeford. postofflce In spector la Seattle. Rlddeford was the head of the northwest lnspic- J.0.? v,mlon.VTe"laJ?- untU rear in Spokane. His work came little before, the pablle gase; but h. was eaceaslagly rigllant in the protection of the malls, it was under his administration that, the relentless search for the D'Autremont boys was kept up unUl the hunted were caught. Men in the postal service kniw and appreclat d bis work; few outsiders did because the nature of his work raised a barrier to any personal publicity. r- ' . . -j ' : " . . ,0o.th,n: tU V'P?. trUl b" don ta t0 eo the kind of Ufa these pampered dealings of tilmdom lead. Salaries of three. . weaa: uow quandering? The absurd salaries "J.VA6, ia2ry. Wv -w .v.... ... . . "'.Y vaiuea; among which the sal aries of movie favorites are chief. ; ; , . . - ' ; f ; : a .df .l0 tn Wv,ter croPfJok legislaUon the ordinanco adopt ed at Astoria making painters, paper hanger., sign card writers pay a 115 annual license fee and post a 100 aurety bond. j!st why a show card writer needs a license is difficult to see- and under what Daina and nenaltlaa dni h. hhaa vi.j v. . they add a board of censorship to Aiiuuii nuaier Dick Wetlen tIam tn remark m w - painUng of a governor for e0. first pUco in ll. Or perhaps Al Norblad might be th?oug"with the ono labeled "To my Dear Friend." signed. L. U Patterson. Alex Lefte can take a well He la Quito willing to atand taide "Both "Ides rest in Devoo beaxlnf aay headline. Ifa the pub- CT31ucXfc ea aa. : .VC-T" lS i ';-'!. : J' I " Editor-Manager Managing Editor whether it is to have free texts! can iney do spent save In rarktMi rettect tho eSormous profS tha! accruing chiefly to th? exploiter. pass on the color scheme of the la mopim win be about complete. i tT. . i v.u ii at iDsn oil Then use that prlse-winninr nho- taerA mi rm v. i..m... for a time and let prohibition M - HEALTH By XL 8. Copeltn d, M. P, A century ago Reginald Ueber wrote these line: "Death rides on ovary passing i : breesew He iurka la every tlowert Each sMoa bas lt now disease. Its peril ov ary boar." Hakes yon hirer! Death eeema to be Just around the cornerl Bnt, really life isn't ao precarious as all this. It was pretty uncer tain when the Bishop of Calcutta wrote that quatrain, but times hare (hanged In a century. - Perhaps too, the good bishop had In mind, mora the Impor tance of righteousness than ho had the experience of scientific facts. Doubtless his warning was theological rather than medical. Calling to mind the uncertain ties of life he sought to drive men to repentance. Of course there is no dodging the perils that beset us every sea son ana every nour, ueatn lurai in unexpected places and respects noDoay. nut science is nuking progress. Popular education la spreading knowledge of how to escape disease. The expectation of life Is far greater than it was 100 years ago. or 50 years ago. A half cen tury since. At year, was tha nor mal expectation: now It la KB. At least 16 years has been added to the hope of living. Unfortunately, however, in the middle-age groups, disease la just as fatal as It was when He- ber sung. Between the ages of SO and 60. the exnectatlon fa much the same as it was then. - WhUe science has accomplish ed wonders, the stress and strain what we are pleased to call "clvUixatlon" have brought new perils.! Upon heart and ktdnera. demands are made these dava that were not common in aimpler times, f Diseases of these organs are more prevalent than In older times. How are we to accomnllaHlra. forms in the nhraical life aWn reforms as the good blshon cried for when fighting the moral evila oi nisi aayr . The answer to this lies in the education of the publio in health matters. There la no need to be come I morbid and self-conscious as regards such things. But cer tainly we should not dodge health knowledge any. more than, we should turn aside from- knowl edge of the automobile or the ra dio. ! ' If there are lurking dangers, let us find what they, are and how to arrold them. Just aa' we learned to destroy the mosquito because it carries, malaria, we should learn how to get rid of every menace to health. Answers to Health Queries J. 8. II. Q. Do you advise a special diet for an acid condition of the stomach? A.-r-Yes. For particulars send a self-addressed, stamped en velope! and repeat your question. e e . e MISS D. II. M. Q. What can be done when the hair splits on the ends? A.---SIngeIng la often helpful in such cases. A hairdresser will advtsej you. Avoid breaking the hair by too harsh combing or by using hot curling irons. Yesterdays ... Of Old Oregon Town Talks from The States man Oof Fathers Read January aa, 1IH0 The grading on the new elec tric line from Salem to Portland is completed to Chemawa and tlea are piled up ready for dis tribution to a Point bevond that distance. i Governor Chamberlain Issued an order by which some 6500 corporations which have appear ed on the books of the state are dissolved and their license re voked because they have failed to furnish proper statements to me secretary ot state for the past two years, or to pay the li cense required by law. The sheriff conducted riaitn. quent tax sale yesterday to clear the 1904 tax rolls, and every piece' of prooertr. 18S in ill ... sold In an hour and a half's time. Charles Yannke. the ii.r man On Hizh street, baa nt.AAA a new electric sign on the front oi nis neat stables. , - j" Talkies Making British Women American, Word ! i : f SOUTHBEN'D. England ZAP - Farther effect at Am.ri nan talking picture dialogue on the English of their BrittanUr majes ties waa testified -to in : Anile court. , "The talkies bare Americanized my wife." a defendant asserted in connection with an alleged at. ing he gave bis wife. "She calls me -Big Boy and when I tell her to do anything she says 'O. K., Chief ! suppose If they bad hula pic tures ane'a want me to wear string of beads and carry a spear C3IVEX TWO YKAKS ' MEDFORTV On .Ian '- (AP) Leslie Wilson and Luther vrvaoy, ooa oi Asftiand, were aentenced today to two years la the i state penitentiary. They pleaded guilty to robblne an Ash. land grocery. Baying hunger j . "THE BOGEY MAN'LL GET YOU" i " ',MV i fc Vv a, "Murder at Bhlma Martin, called "Dim," young reporter, Is anxious to aid her father's amall-town newspa per. She rejects the marriage pro posals of Walter Vance, assistant chief ot police. Walter asks Dim aot to attend a party given by wealthy Emily Hardy, In honor ot the decrepit Baron Ton Wlese and bis young wife. Ted Frost, town play-boy and husband of patient Mary Frost, is enamoured of the Baroness. As the butler serves wine, the Baroness stares at him. Their eyes meet and, stunned, he drops a glass. j CHAPTER. HI The deep silence which follow ed the tinkle at shattering glass was wiped oat 'when everyone be gan to! talk at once. Blm saw embarrassed red slide over the butler's face under Em ily Hard's glare Just before the man bent down with a swinging, graceful ease to gather the splin ters. And she saw, or thought she saw. something else as well something far more Intriguing. It was only for an Instant that the man stooped so his red mop was below the level ot the table and he arose slowly, keeping his eyes down as it they still searched for bita of glass. Then, as his head came uo beside the Baroness, who still stared into the mirror on the opposite wall, Bim would have sworn that he said something that he spoke a word or two be neath the rattle of conversation. It was over in a flash and he waa gone, out mm zanciea mat the long, dark eyes of the guest ot honor narrowed ever so slight ly, though her head did not move. j A Night for Love Em I elected to have coffee on the terrace outside the dining room at the southeast corner of the house and the dinner guests strolled out on the flagstones. there to loll upon the cushions of huge wicker chairs. It was a warm, still night hung with a thin silver ot moon and rimmed about by the lights across the river far below Eagle's Nest. White; ghost flowers on a vine nearby, filled the air with frag rance and from aomewhere up the mountain music came stealing to their ears faintly and sweetly. A night for romance, a night for love. And Blm thought of Wal ter with a pang ot regret. She was very fond of Walter; he was all that Dad had said and more. Only . . well, she always had known Walter. . Besides she wanted from life something more than just mar riage.! She felt within herself the ability to do wonderful things and she wanted her chance. If only Dad were not ao conservative so set in his ways about the Banner. . . . He made her tone down ev erything she wrote to a point where all the thrill la writing waa lost; theTlg bugbear of his lire was what he called i "yellow jour nalism." ' But ot course nothing ever happened In Klngcllfte t6 be ye) low about. It waa discourag ing: It was really. She tell to studying the dinner guests, wondering what each was thinking. Peter Hardy bad been obliged to asist the old Baron to his feet and Em and Peter be tween them- bad practically car ried the old fellow to the terrace, since I his feet seemed almost use less. What: a man for one so vivid, so alive- as the Baroness to marry! Em bad confided that the Baron ess was an American and ahe had been upon the point of further revelations when something bad interrupted. Periupa the Baron ess bad exchanged wealth for a title? Strange, Blm reflected, what! women considered worth while. , . " Laura Allan and Bunny Balrd were fitting together and Laura was listening to him for oace. Bob Trent still sulked; MliUcent flut tered at bis side, trying to coax him Into good nature. Mary was one of the little group about the Baron and Ted lounged against a table ot magailnes beside which the Baroness had seated herself. Ted ; was being his most charm- Eagle's Nest" ftCTlR The maid screams at sight of the Baroness. ing self but the Baroness seemed to have lost Interest in him, for she answered his sallies In mono sylables or not at all, sitting there with her eyes down, fingering the magazines. Suddenly she arose and mur-J muring something about having left her cigarette case In the li brary, went swiftly across the ter race and through the French door into the dining room. She did not proceed to the li brary, however. Bim, seated di rectly in range with the door, waa so placed as to command a view of the entire dining room and she watched in some surprise while the tall dark woman paused be side the serving table. She' look ed tense and eager with her chin rateed proudly and her gorgeous shontders forward, standing with the light striking down on her blue-black " bair she seemed to flame like a dark and perhaps sin ister Jewel, j &lm saw the door to the serving pantry awing hack and the butler step through. His head came up sharply at sight of the Baroness, he half wheeled about as If to re treat; But the woman crossed to him and began to speak In a hur ried, i earnest way. He j ahook his head and she put her hand on his arm, then he glanced down at the hand and It seemed to Blm that he wilted somewhat that his tall, lithe figure sagged. 1 1 ' Bfysterloos Actions They were standing thug when the door behind them again swung open. The Baroness started to snatch her hand away but held it suspended above the man's arm, fingers outspread as if they were fresen, as the two jerked about to confront the Intruder a young ish woman In the black: dress and white cap and apron of a maid. As long as she lived Bim was to remember the play of expres sion upon the face of the woman In the doorway. Amasement first, then horor, then panic Snatching a white-cuffed hand against her month, she backed away and the door flung to with a clatter upon her scream. : . ..Screams, one upon! another, pierced through the night, growing- fainter when, as JJlm imag ined, 'the woman retreated Into the depths ot the bouse. She aaw the i butler follow through the swinging door; ahe saw the Bar oness glide Into the atadows of the ; library and come sauntering out upon the terrace looking as remote, as unperturbed - as It nothing bad happened. I Em . was . on her feet booming questions as the butler emerged from the garden path, "which skirted the terrace and continu ed to the kitchen. 'Well, .Williams," bellowed Em. : i v ' . - . ! "It's nothing, ma'am." he man replied calmly. "One of the maids baa bad a-scare. A a bur glar that is, she fancied there was one ' . Blm marveled; at the poise with which he lied. He was Im passive aave tor the light hesi tation In bis speech and even this seemed to make bis story more probable.; - "Burglars!" shrieked Em. "There was none, ma'am. Just the maid'a imagination." "Where ; la she?" Em started for the door and Bim, eager to stand on ceremony, followed. "If madam will -allow me" The butler ' stepped In front of Em and headed the little proces sion through the house and up the stairway to an apartment in the far west wing. ' "It's the Baroness' maid," Em ily exclaimed. "Yes, madam." Williams was the I first to enter the ornate, green-tinted chamber and to pass through to a smaller but hardly Jess ! sumptuous room, where the woman Blm had seen In the doorway; ot the serving pantry had collapsed upon a couch. "Well. Jane?" demanded. Em ily exactly as ahe had spoken to Williams on the terrace. ' The woman raised a stricken face,; from which, however, pan ic was gone. It waa not Emily, but Wlllams she looked at as ahe tried to stand up and. giving that up, dropped back upon the couch, twisting her bands to gether. , ' - j "It I might suggest. Madam.1 Williams' voice was suave. "She seems in a state. You aee-4-1 He appeared to be speaking to Jane aa much aa to Mrs. Peter Hardy, and the girl fastened wide, agonized eyea upon his face "you see she was here, dos lag like when she beard a noise. There In the bedroom It was. Being in a drowse, so to apeak, , she waa frightened and screamed. That's all ot it; least wise, if. what ahe told me when I came bustling up. Tbat'a right. Isn't ft, j Miss?" "Y-yes " The maid seemed In a date as she whispered the word. . f i Emily told Williams to bring the girl! some brandy and went back to! her guests, trailed by Bim. ;r It was when Williams passed Uquor., winding la and out among the chairs on the- terrace that Bim, rather keyed - up- by the mystery, saw something else happen. I r .. , The Baroness, sitting with a magazine which she had taken from the table upon, her lap,, be gan very deliberately to tear out a page as the butler approached with bis tray. . And when he paused beside ber Blm aaw that she slid the folded paper Into his band. - - (To be continued) Small white crosses, one for each highway accident , victim, will be erected along roada in the "panhandle" ot Texas. BITS for BREAKFAST . .... :..( , - 1 I 1 By R J. HENDRICKS L History ot our llbraryi jji r- N (Continuing front, yesterday;) The option I on the library site was taken in the name of Ada Breyman Eldridge. "trustee ot the woman's club", on May 8, 10I. for 1(600 cash, to be paid in SO days. It was given by Chaa. L. McNary, executor of the estate of Louise Walte. deceased, ad It was witnessed by John II. McNary. who also took the ac knowledgment aa notary, and Nettle J. Miller. jr ".-'.! The description, ot the proper ty; I was given as parts of lots 1 and S, block 17, "known as the W4ite property". The consider ation In the option was one dol lar. There waa no i disposition on the part of Mr. McNary to hold the ladles of the woman's club strictly within the SO day limit; i nor did they lose much time, for, as stated heretofore In this series, the money, was ready and paid and the deed given to the 5ty July 24, 19 09; -.. tir - V Y -- This original option Is in the hands of the writer, to be turned ovei to the library, and so Is one ot tha i original subscription papi rs, containing 60 names of signers, who pledged a total ot 125 .3: which will alsd be, filed wlttj the option. It is the paper circulated by Mrs. Eldridge, and was fortunately kept by her sis ter, Mrs. Wm. Brown. . -;: . - V. M" : The subscribers on' that paper pledging $100 or over were: Werner Breyman 1500, Wo. Brown $250, A. Bush $260. Mrs. K. Breyman $200, and the fol lowing $100 each: A. N. Moores, C.i i B. Moores, W. H. and Ada Eldridge, J. L. Stockton, Thos. Kay Woolen Mill Co., John J, Roberts, B. P. McCornack.: Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Boise, and "a friend". The other amounts, on that paper, run from $10 down to;$l. j. - !.-; ; , " : " I . An attempt la being made to find the other subscription pa pers, I and the names of the charter members of the woman's club, iso that the former may be framed and preserved in an ap propriate place " in the library, and the latter turned over to the woman's club. Will any 1 one Who i can give help In these guests please Inform the writer. Mrs. Brown did so, promptly, by phone. s . ,'..) i' , . ?i i V How fast will the library grow? It should expand Its workl rwlth ' the city's . growth. There was, a few ' years ago, a demand for branch library serv ice in the northern part of Sa lem, and some books were kept in that section. There Is a new movement now In that direction. Also, r the question ot supplying West! Salem's needs has been brought up, and the east and south sections will no doubt press: for library service. j 4 li ! ' -s !' Extension! will have to de pend upon! available funds. There will not likely in our day be enough money to render the full ' service the expansion of which will be constantly press ing. And one branch would call tor another,1 to arold charges of partiality. But, of course, there will be branches, because Salem is a growing city and will re main In that class Indefinitely. ;; A double , faced section ot shelr ng was added at the main library last j year, and an addi tional unit with filing cupboard was put Into the magazine dis play rack. And various Jobs ot painting and i renovating were I- To and Week lowing And the cordially i vaiucing v;. .t done. The plant la kept :la good physical condition, as it! should be. . ' i f : - - V But, before long there will have to be casting about for still more rooms-; additions wilt be called for-and perhaps an In crease of ground apace. It , the architectural scheme ' Is not changed. With the state gen eral and' law libraries here, and with expected great extensions la the library of Willamette uni versity. Involving, soon pr late, and nrobablr soon. new build ing. Salea is becoming a book ish citr: a fitting thing for a state cap;;!. y-li SL One sees the library at the penitentiary growing, also those at the schools for tne onna ana deaf, the TJ, S. Indian training school, and the mother institu tions. The Willamette (univer sity law library Is being brought up to standard. If it has j not al ready reached that stage, in point of number and kind ot volumes required." S Some -private citizens berp , One have extensive libraries. such contains the most complete collection ot works on northwest history to be found -anywhere. Both newspapers have book col lections that will no doubt grow into sizeable libraries. Our In dustrial concerns, like the papor mill and packing houses, have many books embracing adapted to their especial : works needs. In time, and: perhaps soon, Willamette university will' have a great museum, - That Will be most appropriate, for the city and the state were born in that Institution, and -the forces that started It made the beginnings that placed the stars andi stripes over all the territory westjef the Rocky mountains. When the; great building that will finally be needed to bouse the liistorld collections Is being planned, per haps room will be provided for the library. In the meantime, no doubt, adequate provisions will have been made for the needs of both library and mu seum for the next few years; in the nature of temporary ar rangements. . I le , The present members I of the Salem public library board (are: Dr. H. II. dinger, A. A. Lee, E. T.- Barnes, D. W. Eyre, W. II. Burghardt, R. J. Hendricks, Mrs, Curtis B. Cross, Mrs. J. W. Har bison and Mrs. Frank Spears. Dr. dinger Is president. Mrs. Cross vice president, and Mr. Burghardt secretary. Dr. din ger and Mr. Lee bare been mem bers ot the board since ltsi organ ization. '-. - .. . . j: -'Us. "'V It (This Is the end of tlie 1 pres ent library aeries; to be resumed later, however,-when further In formation. -feeing solicited la in' band.) s.-s- .... , .1, CARTER COMES BACK SEATTLE, Jan. 22. (AP) Showing some of his whirlwind tactics ot two years ago, Leslie "Wildcat" Carter, Everett negro, scored a decision over Mickey Do lan, Portland. In a six round main event boxing bout here to night. 'SU t PaiMGUtS gtSAIwUEg Win Success Happiness;.'. - cj"cilEWlLAS A7jr Iu4 I'liW la Urn 4V O) Sf" IMUIM WM Hlrf T It -. f I .'irt .Br. I ml DlAMMtma I" . .t The sponsori of National Thrift Buccest adoption of the fol ten rules of conduct: 1. Work and Earn 2. Make a Budget S. Record Expenditures 4. Have a Bank Account - 5. Own Life Insurance 0. Own Your Home f k7. Make Will 8. Invest In Safe Securltk . 9. Pay Bills Promptly 10. Share With Others. United States National Invites you to make your lr , , m r connection nere. United States National BanI: alcn.Orcgoa ;.