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s PAGE FOUR" The OREGOJT OTATESMXiC Salem. Orrjron, Sdndiy MornlitK' Jiifio 12. 1952"" - -'"No Favor Sways V$; No Fear Shall Aws ' ' i From First Statesman, liarch 28, 1851 r the statesman publishing co. , Chasue A. Snuccx, Sheldon F. Sacxctt, PullUhr$ : Charles A. Sfracot - - ; - Editor-Manag$r Sheldoh F. Backbit - - -. Managing Editor . . Member of the Associated Press : The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use Cor publica tion of mil now dispatch credited to it or not otherwise ereditsd la this paper. Pacific Coast Advertising Representatives: Arthur W. Strpea, lnc, PorUsta, Sacartty Bids. r Ban Francisco. Sharon Bids. I Los Angeles, W. Pao. Bids. Eastern Advertising Representatives: rord-Parsons-Stecher, Inc. New Tork, 171 Madison Ave.j Chicago. 160 N. Michigan Ave. Entered at (As Postoffiee at Salem, Oregon, as Second-Class Matter. Published every morning except Monday. Business office, tlS S. Commercial Street. - ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Man Subscription Rate. In Advance. Wllhln Oregon : Dally and Sunday, 1 Ma 6 cents; S Mo. $UU; Mo. Il.lii t year $4.00. Elsewhere SO cents per Mix, or ft.00 for 1 year In advance. By City Carrier; '45 cents a month; $5.00 a rear In advance. Per Copy S cent On trains and News Stands cents. June Crop Reports JUNE is the month when the crop reports begin to take on special meaning. Earlier forecasts are always sub ject to modification as the season advances but by June the . indications are quite clear on many of the leading crops. 2ie June 1st reports now at hand do not alter much the previous forecasts. The winter wheat crop shows a farther shrinkage of ten million bushels, bringing the estimate to 410 million bushels, the lowest since 1925, and prior to that year the lowest since 1912. These figures may grow or de crease when the harvest is finally checked, but yields in the section now being harvested are reported disappointing. In contrast to this Oregon shows a better-than-average wheat crop. The yield this year is estimated at 16,400,000 bushels, over a million bushels in excess of last year. ;For the northwest as a whole the winter wheat yield Will be greater by some four million bushels, subject of course to the final decision of the weatherman. Spring wheat both in the United States and in the state is not reported on in the June report. But all comments are that the crop this year will greatly exceed that of a year ago. The entire northwest has benefitted by heavy rains and the crop outlook is prom ising. In fact there is something of a buoyant spirit in many m i i i i 1 i & 1 Al sections oi tne great nortnwest wnere past years oi aroum have brought great suffering. Turning to fruits the gist of the report is as follows : . Pears: indicated crop 2,988,000 bushels in Oregon; con dition average. Apples : shows up very premising at this date. Condition 77 compared with 68 a year ago. tion slightly higher than past two yeus. ; Dried prunes: complete failure ia many orchards and prospects generally are poor. Fresh prunes: show up very good. Apricots: promise very good crcp. Peaches: fair to good prospects, generally, but very spotted and uneven. Raspberries: better condition thai year ago; blackcaps below last year. For the United States the same as the 5-year average. year. There promises to be an year. On the whole conditions wheat belt appear normal. Plenty is produced; the problem is to get it into consumption at er and handler. Clowns in TllHE Portland Spectator puts X of democracy: the delight of the clown. Responsible offices are often filled with jacks In-the-box who bob up to tickle Bill Murray, while by no means unintelligent; won his of fice by his hitch-hiking methods of campaigning. Victor Meyers, Seattle orchestra leader, made -an amazing race for mayor of Seattle, and the one who was elected was little less a poseur. And Jimmy Walker, debonair, nimble-witted, is the toast of the sidewalks official derelictions. The Spectator sums the matter up well -jsahen it says : "Mayor TTames John Walker ot New Tork may be a rogue, a grafter, a conniving politician, or Just a song writer of Tin Pan Alley, as have been alleged or intimated at various times; , but the people of- Manhattan appear to be satisfied as long as 'he is 'a clown. Therein lies one of the great perils of our brave democratic ideal. Clowning gets more popular support and sym pathetic attention than does quiet" good sense and integrity. "It is not hard to find the cause of this unfortunate con dition. The public lack ot appreciation for scholarly attainments and serious thinking is at the root of it. Men who think grave ly are not apt to be dramatic, but they will form opinions upon certain subjects. These opinions may differ with those held by others. It is a welcome difference, swinging In the balance of fine judgment; but the Idle followers of clown and song writers will have none of them. Their public clowns never have opin ions and are consequently never wrong. This is a national evil, - not confined to New York, and it is the duty of our citizenry "So correct it for their own good." Willamette university, closes been a year of trials for students meagre fare that they might get these fires of adversity however; .seniors will have greater value sacrifice made to gain the coveted Lata reports from the Jackson county feud sector give libel suits as the sequence ojt primary, election venom. Kkk-ism left a heritage or Ditterness in the valley of the ne oattung with even their shirttalls off. The Medford Mail-Tribune vvjufticoo uu m. siock exenange wouia ootn snut. caging ue nulla m-9kA , V V , - t . uu u ucoi s, in oilier woras. The Eugene Register-Guard ir .? u 4""ag university. But it wasn t referring consolidation. T,wJ?sre8sma? saia CalTin A mrTJ was If MilM F -eta.lllWllllll. WUUIIUL. L Memorial services for the lafte " o. xiui were held Saturday morning in department two of circuit court at Albany, many lawyers front the Linn, Marion ;and Multnomah county ar associations attending as weir several. Judges ot the circuit vfnd supreme courts in the state. Jndge L. o. Lewelling pre ided at the memorial meeting, ndge l. h. McMahan of this oountr sitting with him on tha bench. R. M. Russell served as , ftlerk of the court, D. S. Smith aliff aad Mrs. Blanche rrsu- US2- as reporter. HONOR 5 JUDGE 1 pear crop is estimated as the Peach crop about half of last abundance of food grown this outside the southwest winter reasonable profit to the grow Politics its fi ger on one of the ills of tho public at the antics the ears of the groundlings. of New York in spite of his , another successful year. It has many of whom have subsisted on an education. Strength is forged in and the diplomas now awarded the because of the consciousness of the parchment. Rogue. Now the factions seem to thinks the country would be better says some ot the TJ. of O. profs are to Coolidge would come out "wet" In n: .Mn ' he is "still" dry. The ability of Judire Bill as a lawyer and as a iudre. his unquestioned integrity and the loss to the bench and bar through X "e.in "reed in the --'cooe oeuiered at the meet- r - myBon or rortland tll?L Multnomah ILf V . . ... Mc- vi Aioanv an i Shanksf Lebanon addressed the court as rnrMn.M... D. T ina " .'""r"",DB wi me !in.dV?rr? H- Belt repre- sHiie supreme court in nis memorial messaee. M-v v , - vi ui Aioany ?v r'.?rSfised hf PPciat!on of -Jndra f xltr.V . - ... '. Judge Leweiliag'g expression ot aBnriulti m pA. . . - . . . " wvri ana inonasmp of the late Jurist. y p pi i , y i i in i i i "butYdu Hate.Waterand I Can't Stand High Places?' l NM Piscatorial Odors Given Blame For Fish Story Telling Mania By D. H. Talmadge, Sage of Salem DO Z remember the weather or a certain time in a certain year? No, sir. Not unless something momentous occurred at that certain time in that cer tain year. I remember clearly the weather ot the day in June of 1876 when Jimmy fell into the soft soap barrel. For a week att ter that accident Jimmy blew a bubble every time he sneezed. Teller Weaver, over at the First National, incidentally de clares himself as being In a state of puzzlement as to the reason for something like a mania which affects fishermen when they re turn from a fishing trip a man la for the telling of fish stories. Outings of other natures do not affect people so. Mr. weaver thinks It may be due to some thing In the blood, transmitted possibly through hook-scratched fingers. More likely it results, I think, from the inhalation ot fish fumes. Each ot us must at times solve his own problems. Ezra Erts, back in the Turkey river country, was fishing one day from a boat. The boat, a homemade one and not particularly well homemade, eith er, tipped over and floated down stream out ot reach. Ezra called for help. His cries were heard and there was much running to and fro along the bank, but that was all. "So," said Ezra in telljing the story afterwards, "I had to save myself. And I swum ashore with all my pockets and my rubber boots full of water. 1 was pretty sure I couldn't do it, but I did. I ain't layin' anything up against the fellers. None of them was in danger of- drownin and I was, and they showed a real helpful spirit, even If they didn't do any thing. The editorial under the cap tion "The Depression Ended Fri day", in last Sunday's Statesman, suited me first rate. If one is to prophesy and the people- are hungering for prophecy, thirsting for -an answer to the question which has remained unanswered for so long that it has become a burden why not let It be of such a nature that it will cause the birds of 111 omen to flutter, even though they do not Immediately fly away 7 Certain it is that more discouragement added to the dis couragement we are already en tertaining will not add to the pleasure of the party. There are tongues that are per suasive and there are tongues that are not. Ed Cutty Is a broker over In the Idaho country, I am informed by letter that a bum dropped ia at Ed's office the oth er day and asked tor two-bits to stave off an attack of starvation he felt coming on. Ed argued the matter with him, and before the bum was able to escape be had loaned Ed 35 cents. A cluster of colloquial gems gathered here and there in the course pt a short' stroll about town: "Well, the office clock U still- running, anyway. "Something has gone wrong with my laughter." "Who Is this Mussolini person I hear folks talking about. Why do they call him the ace?" (They don't call him the ace, damn; they call him the duee.) . "Dumb drlvin', 1- call it." Re tort: "O yeah? The pedestrian atin wasn't so hot either if you ass: ma." . .. "Aw, go and jump onto a cross word pussle'll you want to ar- artist. . !- . sM9. - . j "Pleas hand ma your gnn. it D. H. TALMADQB dear. I crave to shoot a truck- driver." Bv chance I nicked nn a mtrt. sine at a new depot a day or two ago, and also by chance I opened It at a story by Clyde A. Warden, who lives in Salem, somewhere out on the south aids. where he writes a heap of west ern nction, for which he finds, a ready market. This particular story. I noted, was mi. zine pages long a sort of young novel, smiling at myself In what I suppose was a superior way, I read a few nares. "With imnntii flowing motion, he brought a gun into nis nana. He tipped It up and even before it seemed to clear the holster flame leaped out from Its rauzxle Too swift for any eye to roiiow .... A blur of blue steel and the flash of flame." Such was the hero in action. O boy!, I took the maeazine with me. I read the story. I'll be read ing more of Warden's stories, I reckon. Our leading optimists are still Optimistic, but the seem a hit more thoughtful than they seem- ea a wnne Dae. Miss Garbo, so the newspapers report, had a million dollars on deposit in the bank at Beverly Hills, Calif., that closed Its doors a few days ago. Floyd Gibbons, also according to the newspapers, receives $1750 everr time he fa vors the country with a radio oroaacast. Ana at this writing strawberries are being offered' In the markets at nine boxea fn quarter, and the president has signea tne bill creating a new rev enue law due to raise one billion O m D t yQ01D-tumD-tnmntt.nfiiii dollars, m however many dollars that may be. and life continue te be Just one sweet song as here tofore. The news la the papers these days Is somewhat bewilder ing to the individual who finds difficulty la rising to an under standing sense of any sum great er than nine or nine and a half aonars. Take a think. Matters that to day seem all wrong may in 'the future be proven to have been all right, or if not all Tight, not so serious as they were thought to have been. We -now pour cream on gooseberry padding and eat it with impunity (and a spoon, of course) and we find the combin ation delectable and harmless In its results. The very suggestion of cream ' on gooseberries would have thrown my grandmother Yesterdays Of Old Salem Town TaOss from Tb States man ot Earlier Days June 12, 1007 "There is going to be much do ing in our section." Postmaster Pope ot Elkhorn said yesterday. "A French company of Michigan has taken a trial contract for 10,- 000 ties. If these can be floated successfully to West Stayton, a big contract ot 1600.000 ties will be forthcoming." The members of the state rail way commission were in Portland yesterday holding a conference with railway officials and stock men and conducting an Investigation-relative to the condition of stock shipping. Diplomas from the WlllamAtta. college of music will be presented to Marguerite Bowers, piano, Mer nie A. Hug, voice, and Freda Ethel McPeck, piano, at the 3Sth annual commencement exercise at the First Methodist church tonight Jane 12, 102a B. A Rhntan fnrd. T and IT. T. niarv to tv. - for th school board position to be imou at m june it election. Many citizens, believing that the wwuii unit iwr uung 01 nomina tions was a week later, failed to get their candidates names to be printed on the ballot. Durinsr the nat ftv& .uv. Japanese coolies, smuggled into iux country tnrough various ave nues, have been captured by R. P. Bonham, chief of the Oregon Im migration human M,l.. Polk counties have been the scene 01 two raias m which 13 of the orients is were taken. New Views - - juans: ao you predict the Republican party will vll yiuuiumon I TfilS WSS tha ntiaiHnn mV. ,... . . --- - caiciaay oy otatesman reporters. A. C Bohrnetedt. vml .tt- agents "I hardly know. I don't look for them ta m to the wet side." R- P. Boise. loans and lnsn. ance: "I know what thM sn sr V to put ,In repeal. The present scneme Isn't working, that's sure." Daily Thought "Th'e onlv war In wMii human being can properly at- iujv. vo inimence anotner is the encouraging him, to think for himself. Instead of endeavoring to instill ready-made opinions In to his head." Sir Leslie Ste- paen. Mrs. StanbrougK it Hosteis For Baptists MONMOUTH. June 11 f A. C Stanbrough. assisted by her aaugnters. Jars. Lee Peyton and Miss Helen Stanbrough, enter tained Thursday for the Mission. ary society of the Baptist chnrch. airs. r. k. iwwersox led the de votional. - Mrs. William Horton had eharge of the program which leaiurea tne topic: Ksrai Bul lions of the Orient." Mrs. Bow. ersot and Mrs. F. C ' Stannard gave reports of the state Bap tist convention at Bend. yes.' and her family doctor Into a spasm or norror. . The 'Murder of the Nig j- ;B y A The Crista Wlthest m Parallel If crime may be said to have a technic, one of Its masterpieces was that singular series of mysteries bounds op with the name of Lola Carewe, sometimes called the Night dun Lady," - In cold patience and during long years, this fantastic plot was hatched. Conceived in audacity, and executed with rare boldness and dispatch, It was almost the perfect crime. At the time of this bizarre excitement, as soma will remember, I . was confidential secretary to Thatcher Colt then Police Commis sioner of Greater New York. In the Carewe case we encountered a prob lem unique and terrifying, a deadly enigma which Colt solved when to the rest of us all avenues of inves tigation appeared empty. Tet In the Carewe mysteries, as in his other Investigations, Thatch er Colt employed no miraculous gifts. He resorted to no magie ex cept applied Intelligence, relying in variably on Strict police practice industry, patience, perseverance, and the organised use of all avail able assistance, including the co operation of scientists and their laboratories. As everyone knows, actual police work is seldom a gar ish exhibition of spectacular deduc tion. Crimes are solved and male factors arrested by the use of com mon sense, persisted in until adven turous logic looks like inspiration. Anthony Abbt. CHAPTER ONE PRECISELY at eleven -thirty o'clock on that snow-blown New Year's Eve, Thatcher Colt reached the Rits Carlton Hotel. Through the revolving doors in East Forty -sixth Street hastened the Police Commissioner, immaculate in evening array and (op hat. His large black eyes brightened when he found me waiting for him in the tiny red foyer. "Sorry to pull yon away from your family celebration, Tony," he apologized. "Hope your wife isnt cross with me for ringing you up? "We both realized it must be something exciting." As the chief loosened his silken muffler, his black eyes flashed at me a gleam of rueful mistrust.' "May be only a false alarm," he warned. "I was alone at home when Dougherty telephoned. The District Attorney whs mora than usually excited. Implored me to come at once to the dancing club down stairs." "Wouldn't the D. A. tell you what it was about?" "Swore he didn't dare over the wire. . . . Yon don't suppose this could be another of Dougherty's ef forts to rope me in on one of his everlasting parties?" As I looked at Thatcher Colt, tall, slender, black-haired, Miami-tanned, I felt a twinge of sympathy. True, the Police Commissioner of New York was not a party man. But Manhattan a favorite bachelor had not always been bored by social frivolities. His monastic life began only after the fickle lady of his fancy ran off with a contract cham pion. Since then Thatcher Colt had lost Interest in his old world of gaiety and fashion. Born to money and social position, he put aside all distractions when ha accepted the appointment as Police Commission er. With an eagerness that waa 'ike an obsession, he plunged Into the Department work and of the 19,000 policemen ha commanded, Thatcher Colt was the best all-around ath lete, the hardest worker, the most in vincible crook-hunter. "Let's find the District Attorney now and remember, Tony, I dent want to Stay long. Neither of us dreamed how brief our stay waa to be, as we briskly descended the staircase at our right. A flight of red-carpeted steps led down under the pavement level of the fashionable East Side. From be- BITS for BREAKFAST By R. J. Navlgatlng the Umpqua: S S (Continuing from yesterday:) "The .community had not by this time recovered from the -pleasant sight of seeing a steamer floating in the South Umpqua at Rose- burg, and on that event quite a boom' had been built up. S "Aided by the reports of the government engineers and the ac tion of the atate legislature, an appropriation waa secured, con gress giving the sum ot 123,600 for the purpose of removing ob structions to navigation. This took place ia March, 1871. "In the aame month the Plain dealer said: 'We are confident that ere two years have elapsed Roseburg will have DAILY STEAM COMMUNICATION with the coast for seven months of the year. FARMERS, PLANT GRAIN!' "It la noticeable that for two or three years the newspapers argued manfully In the rainy sea son in favor of steamboats on the Umpqua. In summer, with the diminished floods, their thoughts took snother turn and railroads were their topic, until the advent of the Oregon at California rail road. H U "The - appropriation becoming available, the question of how te expend it became an important one tor the whole county. - Con tracts were let for removing the rocks at the most dangerous rap ids, and W. B. Clark-undertook the. work.- Mr. Clark, received some $14,160 of the sum, tht re mainder. It Is understood, not having been yet drawn. "The results as to navigation ot the- atream do not appear to have equaled expectations. No vessels have been able to ascend N T H O.N Y ABBOT "Thatcher, I knew hew yen difdike all this," apologized Desgherty, "W4 tonight, eld man, you've got to trust mei low rose the whine and croon of an orchestra, beating regularly through vast discord of party voices. It was New Year's Eve at Mayf air. Like nothing else in all New York Is the dancing club Mayf air. At midnight every Saturday during the season, the stars of the theater and cinema gather with prize-fighters, song writers, theatrical agents, stock-brokers and such in the Crys tal Room of the Ritz. Here the ladies and gentlemen of the amuse ment world triumphantly display their gentility, until the atmosphere of refinement is almost painful. The broad room was overcrowded with table parties, except for a cen ter oval of waxed oak, cleared for dancers. On a low platform at the rear wall, a troupe of boys with pale, elderly faces blew and scraped the mumbo- jumbo of Jazz upon their strings and brass. In the warm air drifted the smells of wo men powder and perfume and per spiration blending with tobacco smoke. r As we hesitated, the lumpy figure of Merle K. Dougherty appeared, lumbering rapidly toward us. The; District Attorney was one of Colt's oldest and most unreasonable friends a stout and noisy but com petent man, with dangling jowls, a mop of red curls, and protruding blue eyea that always seemed In dignant and alarmed. "Thatcher, X know how yon dis like all this," apologized Dougherty, panting as he shook hands, "but to night, old man, youVe got to trust me. This wayl" Through narrow twisting lanes of skylarking show-folk the Dis trict Attorney led us with confident tread. As he had boa-ted, his table was on the edge of the dance floor. Wa sat down, Colt's grays eyes tak ing in the scene with one swift snd lustrous glance. It was a jovial as semblage, and the excitement was palpably rising with the approach of the midnight hour. "Well, Dougherty?" In the Commissioner's question there waa an over-tone of skeptical challenge. TH come right te the point HENDRICKS - the river, or. rather, it does not appear that they have tried. Prob- aoiy tne Idea of navlxatlns- a atream that falls on an average ot three feet in each mile is suffi cient te deter every experienced navigator. m "Since the comlnsr'of th nil. road, the trade ot Seottsburg with me interior aas almost ceased, and the demand for river traffic has ceased with it. S . "The steamers of the Merchants and Farmers'- Navigation com pany (they had purchased the Swan of Captain Hahn) were en gaged on the lower river, between SCOttsbsrs and nirrilnar nf after a time the Enterprise' was taxen around to Coos bay for service on that body of water. Captain Hahn. the veteran navi gator, the Columbns ot the Ump qua, removed from the scene ot his triumphs and perils, and withdrew to California. Tho ran. road projected from Roseburg to woos oay win finally remove all necessity for navigation of the Umpqua." - V That is how tho matter appear ed to tho writer la Walling'a His tory In 1SS4. The. prospective railroad' from Roseburg to Coos bay did not materialize, but what amounted to practically tho same thing happened July It, lllly wnen tne, soutnern Pacific open ed its lino to Maxshfield from Eu genethe same thing for tho purpose of this discussion, or .ra- mer tne conclusions to follow. - And rosea has happened since. In tho way of highway construc tion followed by freight and pas senger transportation by tracks sad cars using gasoline power. And mueh more will surely follow in tho Improvement ot t)!s means of traction, and in air nav igation, and la better nse of rail htGlubLadv Thatcher," promised Dougherty. 'Dunns the last two months. I have personally been conducting a highly secret criminal investis-a. tion." "Jewel robberies!" stated Colt quietly. Dougherty's eyes suddenly rolled upward. "Who told von anvthlnr shoot that?" he demanded. "Not the District Attorney," re plied Thatcher Colt, mild reproof in his voice. The Commissioner haf long felt that the functions of thff police were too often usurped by .the District Attorneys, not only ia New York but in manv othar Amur. ican cities. Recently Coifs objection waa given eminent support by the Wickersham Law Enforcement Commission which condemned sucks interference. "How much do you know about my investigation?" pouted Dough erty. "Well compare notes later." Oe ahead P y "Anyway, I don't have to tell yon how many big jewel robberies have been Dulled off in the last fw months. The total runs Into stag gering ngures. me insurance com panies are on my neck and yours. The thieves force their way Into houses and apartments disguised as delivery men, mechanics all sorts of ruses. Norr. Thatcher, thna 'jewel thieves are certainly in ca- noota witn somebody higher up somebody who hob-nobs with the swells and plans the jobsl" -nave yon found a-doe to this mysterious personality?" Thatcher Colt's expression was amiable and interested: not by a nicxer ox an eyend did be betray that the Headcruartera fcml mnnmA had been searching for the brains . M it . ' . ox ui gem uueves for many ex. citing weeks, and were now ready te ask for the fivtfetmM downtown Insurance broker snd seven fellow-conspirators. "Well, Thatcher," grinned Dough erty, "I think I have found the higher-up."' 0 Be Caarimea Tomtot) Distributes fey Kim Feature Sraicatc laa. road rights of way and track fa cilities, with fast and frequent train service. In. the new field be ing opened by the German rail road systems. Many new things will be seen. It will transpire that American railroad rights of way aad franchises alone will be worth more than the value of all their vast holdings oaiaiae or tneee. And, likely, air navigation In manv nirtioniin will be made cheaper and more advantageous man sny other. T But, even so, and admitting all these things, and many more, cer tain to com ta naan tm tfc. writer for Walling in 1884 was not a gooo propnet. Within the present imagination of man, no means of transportation, for low cost, will ever transcend water borne transportation. N S Thus, the dreams of Roseburgs dreamers In the seventies will COmO true. The Umnnn win V. cleared of Its obstructions to nav igation, canalizing of tho atream will at the aame tlm mav ft navigable and render It aate from aestrucuve floods, while render-' lng It and Its tributaries the soar cos ot major aad minor irrigation projects that ; will bring Into fruitful use all the Idle and slack er acres IV Its vast water ahed. Then there will be a possible wharf and warehouse on - both sides of tho: Umpqua every tew hundred feet, from where it min gles Its waters with the salt waves of tho Pacific np to Rose burg, and to Canyonvllle for, tho accommodation "of water borne freight, and passenger's to every deep sea port of tho world, with a small charge for tonnage master in tne lower river to and from ocean going vessels. -- V W v That Is tho true picture, tho aura prophecy. And tho same pic ture and prophecy will come true tor tho Willamette valley and rlv r likely to begin developing aad unfolding within months yon ean almost const on tho fingers (Continued on page I) :