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PACE TOUR'-''--- w . . . , - - - - a w 1 ' "No Favor Sicays Us; From First Statesman. March 23, 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Charles A. SrnAcuE, Sheldon F. Sacioctt, Publish? Charles A. Spracce - EditoiManaser Sheldon F. Sackett - Managing Editor Member of the Associated Press Thm Associated Preys Is exclusively entitled to the t for pnbllcs Hoa of all news dlspatchea credited to It or not otherwise credited in this paper. i - -: ; . " : rnfirinir" 11 ' ' " " m Pacific Coast Advertising EepreseaUtiTesr Arthur W. Stypes, Ine, Portland. Sacurity BWg. San Francisco. Sharon BUg. : Los f Anzciea, -VI , Pac. Blag. Eastern Advertising Representatives j ror4-Psrsoas-St:her.Ifc. New Tor. 171 Hadlaon Ave.; Chicago. S6 N. Michigan Awe "Entered at the Postoffice at Salem. Oregon. Second-Clan Hatter. Publinhed every morning except Monday. Business J I ice, sis o. Vommerctal street RTmsrTfTPTTnK RATES: Mad Subscription Rates. In Advance. Within Oregon : PaHy sad Sunday, I Mo. fcft cents; X Mo. Sl.Ss Mo. . : t rear IO0. Eta wbr 60 cents per Mo. or S.O tor 1 year in sdrsae. By Cy Carrier? SO cenls a month: Z5.SS t Jr to sdyanc. Per Copy a feats. On trains and News Stands cent.; 4 Lincoln and rriHE Corvallis Gazette-Times X Herald quote approvingly coln about the tanii: .. "I jo not know much abont tariff, but X know, that If we pay Great Britain $90 for steel rails. Great Britain gets the money and wo get the rails. But, If we pay American factories $90 for steel raUs, we get the money and the rails, too." Now both of these editors are well informed about the tariff, and we hesitate to question their approbation of this . sentiment which has seemed to us almost naive in its inno cence of the laws' of trade. In fact we would class it among those "asides of the great" we referred to last week in an editorial about Lincoln. But because this is an authentic Lincoln quotation there are many who accept it without analysis and set it down as a clinching argument for the high protective tariff system. As President Lincoln saw the situation, it was perfect ly simple. As we see it today it is not so simple. For while we spend our $90 at home- and have both steel rails and the money, the American farmer who has wheat and cotton for export has his $90 worth of wheat or cotton left on his hands because he can't find a market. This further is true, though not of steel rails, but of-other commodities: some times under mistaken policies of protection we may get a smaller amount of an inferior quality than if we had pur chased the goods abroad where special resources or skill make for improved quality or, lower price, j The nation no longer lives unto itself alone. We are as nearly self-contained as any nation,, yet we are constantly : striving: ior.ioreign marKets. nmn'mgU Kalona rVifK mo much as we export. We suffer now from a glut of gold caused by foreign countries not being able to ship to us goods in payment for what they have purchased, from us. In consequence foreign trade languishes and domestic trade is likewise depressed. i Our economic situation changed with the shifts of the world war. We became. a creditor nation and not a debtor nation. No one has been able to solve the riddle of how we can be an export surplus nation and a creditor nation for an indefinite period of time. We maintained therole for a few ' yearsjpathe basis of liberal -foreign loans. Now, the" loans are turning sour, some nations are cancelling their pay ments, and we are getting it in the neck. ! The protective tariff was instrumental in the rapid de velopment of American industry; now it is increasingly necessary to lower the tariff, in order to find outlets for the surplus of American farms and factories though the re- duction would need to reciprocal. 1 , ' - - . j On Again, Finnegah! . fWJO matter how the city water question; is finally Bettled jLI Mayor Gregory can pat himself on the back, for in the week the mayor has favored , nearly all proposed solutions of the vexing problem. A week ago Monday the mayor was all frr ri Immpdiata orrrwnl aTKnn? iv iiTiilmoTi fnf a n immediate okay. By next morning he had cooled for an appeal and favored going to the mountains for water. Three or four days later and the mayor was all for arbitration with the water company. : By Monday night he was "off" arbitration, against appeal, and hack again to go to the mountains via a two and a half million dollar bond issue. No one can say the mayor has a single track mind; rather it is many-sided, and at different stages faces different ways. - - "." j The mayor's ring-around-the-rosy, and drop-the-hand-kerchief performance may be amusing but ' it offers no practical solution for a problem which is1 immediate and pressing. We have before expressed our opinion of the folly of spending several million dollars to do something which the Lord does for us for nothing bringing water by natural water courses right to our doors, water which with filtration and chlorination Is ter which would require the same treatment: " We are unswerving in our conviction that Salem should own and operate its water plant. We favor an at tempt at acquiring the present plant by negotiation or ar bitration to save time, avoid costly and uncertain litigation, " and effectively settle the city's, problem. If the plant can not be secured through negotiation, then! condemnation is thonly course left; although it might be well to give some study to an alternate plant in case the water company be comes obstructive in its tactics. 1. ; v - So far as the present is concerned we hope the public service commission orders the company; to-complete its fil ter plant for the protection of the people and the industries . of the city. - If -such-order is issued then the -city would do weU to dicker with the company to -make sure the costs are . legitimate and necessary and not padded. '; . ; . Any divisidn 'in the ranks of those favorable to mu nicipal ownership of the waterworks merely plays into the hands of the company. The mayor should get back in line . . l J Li... . Ai MM.tJ Wimoui lnuuiging in pipe ureams wnusc cvav uuw xuu foto the millions. - . - - ' If- A Bill to Kill 1 I . " SLIPPING in at the last of the session is a bill which Is a threat to Salem. It would give the state board of con trol power to lease or purchase, or lease with option to pur chase one or more office buildings inthe city of Portland. Gus Moser has introduced the bill, which represents two attempts, one to enable a Portland property owner to sell the Oregon building to the state; and the other to help move the capital by degrees to Portland. At present the state leaves a number of offices in Port land for the use of certain departments which work in Port land, such as the dairy and food commissioner. These offi ces are located in the Oregon bull diner, and' the owner of the equity in the Oregon building ing on to the state. , Salem should rouse itself usant fio-ht i n3arw tt awallowinir tm the state cacitaL Whila thev micrht leave - the flag flying here, they would. 9- happy toget as many office headquarters as possible . The Marion county delegation should be on the alert to sea that 258 gets a rap on the of the close of the session the . - A number of the papers in commeatlac oa tho nactmoat of the Kogao river fishing, bill charge tfcat LbaarsrBOr and leglala nrs iiare thumbed their noses at the- "ma&date of Lb-people." While, opposing tU Boruo rivsT closlax, to do aot agrse that tho No Fear Shall AweT the Tariff and the Albany Democrat- the remark of President Lin foreign intaemusr. De in ap- on a rxra mnf i IrriTVirf. nhrnit. ns just as good; as mountain wa is trying to unload his build , - ! ! ' and defeat this bilL A con lresn PnrHarkl v. lnrrote fmrrt transferred to Portland. head. Otherwise In the crush big might slip through. a i . HEALTH Todat Ta!Jc By IL 8. Copeland, IL D. Immunization against typhoid fever has been demonstrated to bo of great value. Its. results have shown the advantages that prop erly directed public health aetlv. Ities nave ac complished. . : Typhoid fev er' used to bo very common. During tho Spanish Amer ican war It caused more nffeting 'than did' Spanish ballets. This disease Is rare ly If ever found in i the army today. AH soldiers In the- army r re ceive Injections of , typhoid 'fever vaccine. ; "y:. I In addition to 'this means of affecting protection, sanitary control has done wonders. : We may prevent the occurrence of typhoid fever by not permitting material contaminated with ' ty phoid germ to enter our sys tems. . . ' The germs are found in places where people are careless, about sewage disposal. It Is one penalty for falling to keep the water and milk supplies free from Infection. Typhoid is a filth disease. : Its occurrence represents Ignorance or indifference on the part of some careless Individual. Among the signs of this dis ease aro loss of appetite, coated tongue, and Intense headache. Occasionally there occurs nose bleed. - Nausea and diarrhoea are common signs. With these symptoms are severe aching of the back and legsThe fever rises one degree daily fqr about a week, continues for a time, and the , disease usually runs ': its course in four weeks. Victims of typhoid fever should be given hospital care wherever, possible. They will re ceive far 'better attention than is possible to give In most homes. At a hospital the patient Is Iso lated with ease and there is no danger of spreading the disease to others. The patient must be Isolated until ten days after tho temper ature reaches normal, and an ex amination must be made by ' the local department or nealtn If the patient has been kept at home. If you plan to visit the country or to travel abroad where sanita tion Is poor, you should 4ake the precaution - that is given our soldiers. You should be immun ized against this disease. The procedure is simple and -protects for a period . of three to four years.. In view of the number of "ty phoid caIe8, many of them ignorant of the dangers they spread, it is well to be immun ized.- One never knows when he will be exposed to this disease. Anyhow, talk with, your doctor about it. -j: s Answers To Health Queries H. D. Q. How can I get rid of pimples? . A. Correct the diet by . cut ting; down on sugars, starches and coffee. Eat only simple food. Avoid constipation or even slug gish bowel movements. For full particulars send a self-addressed stamped envelope and repeat your question. t Z. Q. What will remove tat tooing successfully A. See a skin specialist for his advice.- ' a R. M. D. O. Q. What can be done for pimples? I am a boy of 18 and- greatly embarrassed by having these blemishes. : ? A. Proper diet, lots of exer cise and regular elimination should be helpful in this case. ' Constant Reader. Q Why do I feel the heat so much and yet' do not perspire? Would this be a cause of anxiety? A. If you exercise sufficiently you should , perspire. Drink copi ously of water between meals, eat lightly, but' take nourishing roods and keep the system i in proper working order. . Miss M. I Q. What would cause a pain In the backv Just be low the shoulder blades and also around these parts? It Is not continuous or severe but just a little ache every once In a while. A. A. condition of this kind is usually caused by indigestion,: al- tnougn it is . possible - that yon- have a touch of neuritis or neu ralgia. Be sure that your 4llet Is suitable and that your system Is clear. . . . - ; what benefits- if an v. ana-arheoa from either a he or cold shower besides the cleansing - of the Body? : - -i- - 7. ; .V-v.;1.,,. A. A shower katb tlmiilaiu the- circulation. If cold, and. ; If warm. It Is apt to be soothing; to the nerves.' . Mrs. L. M. H O. Mr mti 14 years old. had rheumatic fever and It has left her with a heart leakage. I am very worried over this condition. Is there any cure? A. Anyone troubled with mitral heart murmur can. lire a normal life, provided proper pre. cautions are taken. Excessive ex ercise. . and becoming, fatigued should always be avoided. Take your daughter to see the doctor from time to time for an exam- auon. - . - About 200,000 horses aro used In this country for recmtlonal purposes and the number of sad dle horses ts the largest la his tory. - will of tho people was flouted. There were two strong reasons urged against the measure voted on in November, one was-that it wa constitutional amendment drawn la terms of a city ordinance with penalties; the other was -that this was a type of legislation better left to the legislature than to tho people.-The margin of defeat even IT? w."fLV8ry ,maU llome three thousand; .nd we wUl frankly say that If the onestlon were re-submitted .tomorrow the bill as passed ?y . .t I11 would be approved. We say this in asite of the tact that we have consistently opposed closlag the' Rogue to com mercial flatting. i.v" ot Methodist pastors Is anaounced from Garrett biblical lnsUtute. which wlU start "eurtaUInc eutpat." Liks wheat, perhaps it Is andsreonsumntloa of Methodist theology. art i "Murder at CHAPTER XXV. ! Bim told Walter then about t'e Interview with Mavy Frost, reporting somewhat reluctantly Mary's fears for Ted. "She's scared sick. And I don't believe It's of anything she knows. X think it's what she doesn't know that's upset her. Maybe she sus pects that after Ted left her at Eagle's Nest- and drove away in a drunken rage ho saw or heard something- he won't tell." ; Walter, however, did not agree with this. "You're too sure -of Mary .Frost; Bim. She knows what she's afr-id of and she's tho one that's not talking." But she did talk to me. "Oh. sure. Told you what she knew ' would - be : found out any way. You can't let - friendship cramp your style too much in this. ' "Why, that's Just what Carl said!" "Carl!" growled Walter. "That the sheik from New York?" "He's not a sheik. And any way - i "See here. Bim l What followed was almost a quarrel, and it was Bim instead of Walter who made overtures of reconciliation for she had a vague feeling somehow that she was at fault. The feeling had to d- with a conviction that un reasonable as was Walter's jeal ousy of the gorgeoai Mr. Carey, she was still mors nnreasonable to resent it. liove's Right . - She would not, however, prom ise not to see Carey. "There's no sense at all to that and you've no right to ask It" "Doesn't loving you give me a right? Listen, honey " "Walter, you promised only yesterday not to say m. . more about this till after tho murder is settled and out of the way. If you're not -going to keep your promise" "Oh, ni try. Only . . . well, what else did you turn up?" She told about William danc ing on the beach and about her suspicions regarding the quarrel which might have taken place between - the Baroness and the maid Jane. "I thought of that." Walter remarked, "After a lot of figur ing. Only It wasn't that that set Jane oft when she came on -the woman and-'- the " burl r down stairs ; Jane's too self-possessed to ' let such a little thing star her going? We're looking up Wil liam Dole. Nothing on him yet excepting;- tho' folks . that recom mended Txttr- aro in Europe. There's one thing " . -"Yes?" Bim. as always, when something new promised to de velop, felt a thrill of excitement. "The jewels bare been found. They weren't stolen at all!" . "Walter! What happened?" - ' Getting Closer . . "Nothing " he. said disgusted ly. "Or almost nothing: The Bar-l on, who- is still Tory ill they're f got. a trained nurse ror mm new -had a brain wave for-a wonder and. remembered that his fly-by-1 night wife for reasons of her own. had .turned over her vala-L ablea : to be locked , up la his trunk which is a large and husky; piece of furniture with two- or three sets of keys. He caUed. Mrs. Hardy to break them ort but she wise lady wouldn't do anyhiag tin she'd called me. Ev erything was there and account -i ed for according: to the old -low I've got hunch he'e had his eye on them joola some time and the maid! -. A m ft 1 IM A YmM A Eagl "What did Jant say about it?" . .. - - -y..u "ThaVa -sort of funny; she acted as It she'd had a waUop In the face. Went alii kind of white and kept saying she thought they were stolen. Not scared, you know; Just flaber gasted." j "If she'd, suspected someone ot murdering the Barones i in order to take tho jewelry and then the Jewelry turned up and f knocked her theory she might 'act that way. Almost anyone would, I think." . .- "Maybe so. Walter was quite thoughtful and not, as Bim could see, convinced. He sat, drum ming with a pencil upon the desk. and presently drew forth a sheet ot paper and began to write up on It the names ot those who had been guests at Em Hardy's dinner party in much the same way that Carl Carey had written out the list , at the Maple Leaf Tea room. r . "Bim," he began to speak slowly more to himself r than ' to the girl, "who wanted the Baron ess out ot the way and why? That's the point whyr r "Anyone," ho went on. "would say .that It was someone out of her ' past and because of some thing out of her, past, i Well, X don't know. We've got a pretty complete report on her and there in nothing In it nothing out standing that gives color to the theory. She had! plenty Of enem ies probably, but none that mat ters particularly; at' 1 :t the e'sNest YOUR ' 1 L. i d -Ym, ,',-,71 -. . LI- Omt,XsoanTMTmToseaeA cjuriTJ X v. , By WINIFRED VAN DUZER ones she might have feared seem to have been -contented enough to keep out of her way as 'long as she kept out of theirs. Besides It wouldn t be easy," he declared positively, "for strangers to come up here and sho t someone and get away again .without being seen. You know what Kin gc lit re is like," he finished, grinning a Uttlo. - i Bim grinned back; she was well aware of the complete lack of privacy In the small Hudson river town. ; - Intrigues and Treachery "It leaves," ho went on, "only the people, who were at Eagle's Nest the night of the killing and It seems absurd oa the face ot It to suspect- any of them ef nurs ing such a grudge as would wind up in a shooting. Not." he added hastily, "that we're counting them out. However "What's the answer, Wally?" "What would vou say, Bim?" "W-e-1-1 there's been ' a lot going- on here, that nobody knew about.' hasn't there? Intrigues and treachery and deep-down ha tredsMary Frost said that the Baroness and Laura Allan and herself all looked a little alike from a distance., Especially at night and in Mary's shawl per haps ' nobody "meant to kill the Baroness; : perhaps the shot was meant toV someone else. For for Mary. Or for Laura. Is that what yon mean, Walter?" I "I see you've thought of It, too:" "Did Mr. Reynolds think of BITS for BREAKFAST By IL J. HENDRICKS Salem's first store; -.- -- 1. (Continuing tho t record of tho remarkable and thrilling journey of the train bringing the roods for Salem's first store; starting with IX covered wagons and fin ishing with 0 pack: ponies:) "About the middle of October. 1S47. we arrived in Salem (what became Salem), thus finishing our long journey of over 2000 miles across the American con tinent. - - v "Salem at that time was a mls- ' sionary town, that isy had been laid out a short time previously by the. missionary board, and was the seat of Protestant education. and contained only three or four houses. (Salem was not named or platted until 1850. There were at least; four houses: the mission flour and saw mills;, under one roof: the Oregon Institute that by change of name became Wil lamette university; the Jason Lee house, still standing at 960 Broadway, and the residence- that was started by Rev.a James OIley, and stood near where the Cherry City bakery now stands. There may or may not have been other buudlngs in what Is now Salem by that time, A number of new ones erected soon thereafter.) 'My grandfather opened his store, tho first ever there, and soon had a thriving business, tak ing for pay of goods the curren cy of the inhabitants wheat at the value of one dollar per bush el. For groceries he went to Ore gon City, the then emporium of Oregon, making most of his pur chases of Dr. John MeLoughlln. and when that good old man was told that he bad brought his store across the plains, his as tonishment knew no ; bounds. It seemed so Incredible that for a time . he was Inclined to doubt the statement. "Condition of tho Country;, Oregon was at that time occupied by both Americans and the sub jects of England, represented by the Hudson's Bay company, who govern ea tneir employees and discharged servants according to their own rules and regulations. But previous to our coming a pro visional government had been In augurated by, the American set tlement that resided In tho Wil lamette valley and the settlers of the Columbia river bottom on the east side of the river, and had been gradually improved, or rather systematized; from year to year, with a legislature and George- Abernethy as governor, and this government was main tained until the United States government legalized Its acts and created a. territorial government In 1849. "The Americans came here to make permanent homes; they ex pected to build a state, by the slow action of numbers, year by year as 'they should cross the plains. There was no expectation of gold mines yielding fabulous wealth and . Its accompanying anxiety of increasing the same. But their purpose was to ' work. make money by the labor of their hands, live in peace, rear their families in the pursuits of indus try and care of stock erect school houses, foster education, live under a government not con taminated with slavery and bur dened with heavy taxes: a happy and pastoral people, to realise tho life long dream of living it?" - ' J . ' Oh, we've had some talk There'll be an inquest this after noon and maybe we'll know more afterward. Meanwhile let's go over the list see if wo can fig ure out something about why." (To be continued) without the vexstious ears that surrounded them In their old homes. ' ,V- V They were the Pilgrim Fath ers of the Pacific coast, but un like those of Plymouth Rock In one respect, as they had not been persecuted by monarchical or ar bitrary government, nor oppress ed by. religious fanaticism. They seemed then, and it still does seem, that they were chosen to fill one of the destinies of na tions, . to accomplish the grand est achievements of -modern emi gration of any nation the adf vance guard of civilization to the western shore, to wrest a beau tiful country ' from barbarism. The country was ripe, the time had come in tho fullness of time that it should bo occupied' by a better people, one which would cultivate the soil and establish Intercourse with the Asiatic world; the time when the Occi dent and Orient should clasp hands across the' ever heaving deep was at hand. Even the heavy population of natives that settled the Willamette valley and adja cent districts had mostly disap peared through the instrumen tality of 'great sick or some kind of plague. W V ; "The men of the forties' (from 1840 to 1850) were no common men; they would have been men In any country; they had been winnowed out of a great nation a chosen band. They came as a community with all the necessary characteristics to establish a well organized government; this they put into operation as. soon as they arrived; . rocked the cradle of the Infant provisional govern ment; nurtured and trained the rapidly developing youth of tho territorial government; and . wel comed him as a well developed offspring la the brotherhood of states of the American union. So well grounded In the eouitv of Justice and loyalty were they that 1 Oregon responded to our coun try's call In the severe trial of in ternal war. , were capable of self -government. tney believed In and practiced Justice; bold without rashness, unsuspicious without verdancy, generous and hospitable to all: the latchstring of the door ever hang-ins; out. the atrane-er wel comed as a friend; the frugal meal of boiled wheat and pea cof- zee partaken of by au without fashionable formality. They were pioneers in fact, their wants but few and the supply at hand. health abounded and content ment ruled unchecked. Wheat the currency of the (Continued on page S) Yesterdays . Of 014 Orego Town Talks from The States mae. Our Fathers Read February 18, 11KXJ -Dr. D. F. Lane has announced his candidacy for officer of cor oner ot Marion county at tho April primaries. Work is nearlng completion of the new home of the E. L. irvln and company shoo store. , Willamette university m 1 r I a basketball team defeated the O. 8. C. team here by score ot IT to 11. .. . The German Lutheran congre gation has had plans made for a new two-story residence for thelc pastor. Rev. A. Epperle. The pas sonage will be on State street, be cweea 17th and 18th.