Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1932)
PAGE.FOUH The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Satnrdajr Morning, June 18. 1932 n? -i-'r- v . . 1 " MM nun No Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Aw" From First Statesman, March 23, 185F THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. CHARLES A. S PRAGUE, Sheldon F. Sacxett, PublitKert Charles A. Spracux - Editor-Manager Sheldon F. Sackett Managing Editor Member of the Associated Press Ths Associated Press is xc1uItIt entitled to the ass for publica tion of all nsws dispatches credited to U or not stherwlss credited In this paper. . Pad fie Coast Advertising Representative: Arthur W, Stvpea, Ina, Portia Security Bids. Baa Francisco, Sharon Bid. ; Los Anselea, W. Pac Bids. Eastern Advertising Representatives : rord-Parsons-Stacbar, Inc. New York, HUMadlsoa Avj Chicaso. N. Michigan Ave. EnUred at f As Pottoffict at Salem, Oregon, at Second-Clot Matter. Published every morning except Monday. Butinet ' office. tl5 S. Commercial Street. ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Man Subscription Rates. tn Advance. Within Oregon I Dally and Sunday, 1 Mo. 10 cents: S Mo. Il.lt; Mo. SJ.28; 1 year 14.00. Elaewbsrs 6 cents per Mo., or f J.OO for I rear in advance. By City Carrier: 45 cents a mcnth: S.9 a year is advance. Per Copy t cents. On trains snd News Stands S cents. Republicans Take Their Stand THERE is something of the ruggedness of General Grant which appeared in the deliberations of the Republican Dartv at Chicasro. There was no glossing over grim realities and the desperateness of the economic situation for millions of people. But there was determination to fight through on conservative lines rather than to go off on the spree of wild imiauon. jvenoriiiiiauiijr nwver auu vunis, ine -cuuvcuuuu boldlv declared its intention to hold its ground, to beat no retreat, to carry on rather than grow panicky and desert the captain of the ship. As in the Wilderness campaign when the toll of dead provoked general protest and Grant declared his intention to "fight it out on this line if it takes all summer , the republi cans through their convention, madd similar pronouncement of policy. Convinced that the gold standard is the only safe basis for a monetary system, that doles are dangerous, that the government should use Its resources not for temporary relief but for enabling the economic organism to function normally the republicans adopted a platform in accordance with those principles There are many who would worship at new shrines, who would have the government enter into general business and general relief on a colossal scale. Vast grants from the treasury, bonuses and bounties appeal to them as the easy way of bringing succor to a distressed world. The republi can party in its platform and in its candidates takes the view that such cures would be fatal to the governmental sys tem ; that the maintenance of a free and orderly government depends on conservative and traditional policies. There is nothing flashy about the platform or the can didates. There is no tinsel, no bright fresh paint on th plat form. The names of the standard bearers are old and famil iar. They offer no miracles. But they do give faith that ad herence to conservative policies will be superior in the end to The New Rockefeller Dime i.- J V ft. BITS for BREAKFAST By R. J. HENDRICKS- Ona and Sandy: A prehistoric love story; "a s (Continuing from yesterday:) w "u " ouw - "Sandy -was fond of isolation, and radicalism and expediency; that the American resourceful- hla hom9 on the i8land te Beidom ness and resilience have not been exhausted ; and that by ad- left. He had few intimates the hering to sound policies of credit and finance the healing Clatsop chief being his nearest of our ills will be far more rapid than otherwise. 'rnf; "e 8J iunte onff n . ,na vao ntooa1 vb. n t 1 a lie issue iv i una campaign liicii, as 11 iiuw uyyvaia, 3 I Yersallr reDected whether the country will hold fast to sound and conserva tive principles or follow tangents that may lead to swamps rather than mountain tops. "All this was before the Colum bia river was discovered or the presence of white men known, so his life had no break from its iso- n i r II lation. Even at tnis eariy time tne UregOn lJelegatlOn tor riOOVer smallpox had been among the In- TriEW of the Oregon voters who put their cross marks in mw. one day word came that it JL- front of the namexrf Joseph France for presidence will w" Bmon5 x si ii rx. a I compiain oecause mosx 01 tne uregon aeiegar.es votea ior "soon he heard that his friend. Hoover. As The Statesman pointed out after the primaries the Clatsop chief, was down with tha declaratory nledce wan nuite emntv where the man re- I the fell disease. Then Ona and her : r - . 0 r 1 .v. 11 . ..v. ceiving the preference vote hadn't the ghost of a chance to n ; ".t of th. win. We do not believe the law or the pledge was designed 0f the pestilence, for Sandy had to force the delegates to make monkeys of themselves. The determined to go to the sick bed phrasing says the delegates agree to use their "best efforts ; of BU Men arm tne Orptrnn . nAiPcairm nnnenm f n Viva nooti fa Keaf vf I .forts to get. released from any requirement to vote for t0 nlm. If e 8urTiTed he would t? ranee, r ranee refused but then proposed to stampede the come to her but she was to take convention for Dawes or Coolidsre. no risks. We can imagine the ten- There ought to be some change in the phrasing of the frn" ?f L!f.L"nfi .rJlT! U : l A J Y&. U S vuw luuiig muuT mi mauo uieuuo ui cue uie pieieieiice c&prcsisiuu auauuuucu. it wuuiu be much better to have the delegates express their choice in the slogans, and stand or fall on that expression. Otherwise the state vote should be advisory rather than mandatory. Few politicians would defy the genuine will of the people when such expression was positive. The preference primary is an attempt to graft the primary idea on the convention method. It will not always work, and this year was one time when it wouldn t work. him capable of such self sacri fice. Years before, in their young manhood, the chief had befriend ed him, and through all the inter vening years had remained his friend, to make his life safe, re spected and happy. It required a soul of more than ordinary appre ciation to be willing to face pes tilence even for so true a friend. S "Our story ends with the death of both these friends as victims of the plague, but has its lesson of human falfh and trust, and perfect love, that is not often equalled among the most enlight ened races. S "s "The tenderness with which, for a century, this man's descend ants treasured his memory, trans mitting from generation to gen eration so many minute details. to repeat them in the earliest days of Oregon history, assures us that he was well beloved. We have, among the last words of the Christ told in the gospel of St. John: " 'Greater love has no man than this: that a man lay down his life for his friend.' " S Thus ends the review of the story as told by 8. A. Clarke.in Daily Health Talks By ROYAL S. COPELANI). M. D. flUNBATHS have been popular In Cottage Grove A BOUT the first piece of business of the Eagles conven- xl tion at Cottage Grove was to pass .a resolution saying if any member should so far forget himself as to get drunk he would be kicked out of the convention and a letter would go back home telling what a bum he was. That resolution ought to be framed and used for a model for all others meet ing in Cottage Grove or elsewhere. It would be good for the bakers, the editors, the Legion, the chiropractors, the re publicans and the ready-to-wear men. We can recall however in the good old pre-V days, when-as the governor of Nevada said Wednesday night about I his state "men and men and the women are proud of it" the Eagles adopted no such resolutions. Many think conven tions are a bit too jovial nowadays, but they "ain't what they used to be not by many kegsfull. Watchman, What of the Night THE Federal Employes League made the mistake of writ ing the Medford Mail-Tribune and asking it to wire the state's congressional delegation to vote against the Hoover economy bill. That touched off the dynamite and Editor Ruhl responds in a half-column screed entitled "Colossal Eff ront- ery .winding up with "No time to monkey with the buzz saw, boys". The Federal Employes League no doubt has to make a show of activity to keen the dues But if we were on the public payroll we'd "hole in" till the storm passes; keep our head down under the counter for fear some taxwhanger would knock it clear off. If you want to see the biggest slaughter since the Modoc war, just watch "-- j i xi sniugs 111LU action. Recently the Eugene Register-Guard wanted assurance from tue state board of higher education that club workers who are on the college extension staff should not be come propagandists for movinr the anlvareUv v the tax leaguers comes back and protests university professors de nouncing the scheme and the use of state tax money by the alumni association of the university to fight hi Initiative' It would be a mistake to deprive Individuals eonneelaA with iha i..Hni , .. . , - -- MMWbAVH Ul I ii 8 speech; but certainly no tax money and no time "77 r oj tue iiaie snouia e nsea m propaganda work on either! vt ii9 scaoot question. '.J-i.'f .- l 1 A V within the last few Tears, and this is one fad that is ap- ap proved and highly recommended by the medical profession, for sun light aids in promo ting health, hap- v I n e s s and strength. Snibtthi bar greatly aided in lower ing the number of victims of certain diseases ef childhood. In treatment of r I e k t s the value of sun- lizht cannot be rjr.oMiai4 overestimated. Rickets at one time was known as the "disease of tenement children, who suffered from it because they did not have sufficient sun, air or nourishment. It is known that even though the diet might be lacking; in Vitamin D. rickets can be pre vented if the child receives plenty of sunshine. For many years tubercular chil dren In Switzerland "have bene fited by the action of the sun. Unhampered by clothes, they play about in the sunlight in Winter as well as in Summer. In these days all institutions caring for tuber cular children and adults, take advantage of the benefits of sun light. Not only for the diseased, but for thr healthy Individual, the therapeutic value of the sun is now reeosmixed. Many of my readers will recall a time when the direct rays of the sun wen believed to be harmful to ciuiaren. such unfounded notions I Answere Due tolplaa as "heat-1 tha a rem to Health ing the blood" and "heat stroke,'' the child was kept m the shade and away from the beneficial rays of the sun. Today, I am glad to say, all authorities agree that infants should be reasonably exposed te the sun's beneficial action, and mothers are taught that sunlight is necessary for the proper growth of babies. It stimulates the growth of a child's bones and prevents in fections and constitutional diseases. The sunbath may be riven to the baby when it is but three or four weeks old. In summer ue sunbaths should be given outdoors doors and the exposures to the sun gradually increased until tha baby has a protective coat of tan. Care must always be taken. however, against toe much sun light When quickly exposed to the sun the slon receives a burn that is similar to a burn from fire or scalding liquids, which is dan gerous and may produce serious 1 1 rvy 1 , i cohduuuwu. xais is zmrey seen in children, but is too frecuentlv encountered in the enthusiastic adult vacationist who wishes to ob tain a coat of tan. Tanning the akin fa a protection against the harmful action of sun bum, but it can be accomplished safely only by gradual exposure to the sun. Once you have a good coat of tan, you need not be con cerned about how long you stay in the sun, but until then Ye careful. Many vacations have been ruined by neglect of this rule. The sun was worshipped by tb ancient Egyptians and Greeks at a god who rare them health. The paid homage te the sun. but the knew it could be harmful as weS as beneficial. It would be a roes for vacationists te remembet sun-wisdom ef the ancients. hla Oregon history. Sandy's true name may have been John Ram say. A note about Ramsay from Nellson Barry, the well known historian, to the Bits man, reads: -juiea soout 1792; a sailor, an Englishman (which might have meant Scotch, Irish or merely an English speaking, nian.) Popular nickname probably Jack. He de serted from some ship about 1780 and had a wife of the Tillamook Indians, probably residing there. He had several children, all dark skinned, and apparently the wife flattened their heads. S "One son was lighter skinned, (Continued on page 8) The Murder of the Night Club Lady By ANTHONY ABBOT New Vi lews Yesterday Statesman reporters asked this question: "Do you think existing business depres sion a terrible calamity or do you feel it is greatly overemphasised f H. a Larson, farmeri "I can't say. One hears and reads so much each way. But we farmers do know that we aren't getting any thing for our products, so I wouldn't eall that mere talk. Guy Hougea. laborer. "I think it's a genuine fact without doubt; but whether people hare brought the condition upon themselves by their own fear is another question." Charles Kaufman, professor 1 "I think it has been a great help to the people. It haa made them realize real values rather than hypothetical values." Binunua At 11 iff m New Tear's Eve, Police Cearissieaer Thatcher Celt arrives at the exclusive Mayfalr CmT Ja response to a ssyaterJoaa saaaaaoaa froaa District Attemey Merle Dougkerty.The latter informs Colt he believes Lola Care we, known aa The Nlskt-Club Lady", widow of Gaylord Gifford. the cotton sail- sible for aamerees fewel robberies perpetrated recently which baffle the police. Though her haKband died practically penalleos. Lola Uvea in luxury. She arrives at the Mayfair aeeempasied by Tincent Bewland, an attomer. At Lelas urgent re quest. Colt Jains her party. She voices the fear that she will net leave Mayfalr alive, adding that her d an oarrot were mystortensiy killed. And. tonight, aho received a tote threatening death before three a. aa. Accompanied by detectives and one woman operative. Colt goes with Lola te her penthouse apartment. Mrs. Carewe, Lota's mother. Chang the oriental butler, and Eanles the staid, are present. Colt warns Lola she shoe-Id net be la any room. alone, at any time. The Commis sioner picks up a white object from the living-room mantelpiece. CHAPTER SIX , -f TISS CAREWE," he asked,"ls I VI this the bag you carried at Mayfair tonight? It was an envelope pouch of seed pearls. "Why, no," answered Lola. "It doea not belong to me it la Chris tine's my house guest. She must have forgotten to take it with her." "Odd!" remarked Colt. "It's wet aa if it had been out in the storm 1" Lola looked at him curiously, aa if searching for some deeper mean ing to his words. Colt struck an other match, and lit his cigarette. "Does your mother know of this threat against your life?" be now asked, apparently dismissing the purse. "No please and you must not worry her." Then why did you let her know the police were here?" demanded Colt. "Well she will have to be told, wont she?" demanded Lola, with unabashed inconsistency. Waiting for no reply, she led the way down a narrow corridor. Colt made no further comment, aa our party fol lowed her. We examined a breakfast-room, a little library filled mostly with foreign volumes, many of them in paper bindings, a kitchen where Chung was laboring over an electrie stove, and thence on Into a guest room. Lola explained this was be ing used by Christinu Quires, her closest friend. It was a prettily fur nished room, with four windows opening on a sheer drop of twenty three floors te the street. There were temporary articles lying on the bureau, in which Colt displayed more than an Idle interest. In this room, aa in all the others, Colt examined the closets and made a deliberate survey of all available hiding-places. "How long baa Christine Quires been living with you?" he asked, lingering at tha door. "About three months now. "How long have you known her?" "About three years." "And where is she tonight?" "Out at the new lion's Paw Club, I had expected to Join her there on til I read that note." Did she leave before you?" seemed about to continue this inquiry; then, glancing at his watch, thought better of It, and passed on, down a corridor that led a small room. mother. nauau oexore a rramed p&otograpn reserved for Lola's j on the dresser. It was the picture I (ill HHHUmHMUn BWI Mrs. J. H. Smith, borne maker t "I think it la an immediate cal amity. It may be one of those "blessings In the long run" for It will have taught a lot of things moat people did not realise before." M. Samuel, arjiiy engineer: It seems to me very generally la traveling over the country the past few weeks that it'a been overemphasized. They say thlnga are worse than they really are. I haven't seen any persons actu ally starving to death, as the newspapers say. There is no reas on for anybody starving in this country." M. V. Ash, engineer: "It's hu man nature for a man to start squawking as soon as he's out of a lob and money. When he has money, he lies around and keeps qniet." tVat TV L. 1L. Q. What sleepy rpeUsrht the afternoon? (2) What causes a burning f ee&ng ta tha bottom ef the feet? " A This may be due to aute- Oregon's committee la off to hire a brand new ehaneeller. So due te poor circulation, Build up tar ae one has suggested Doe Snears. i J I the moral neahh and wear tbes. hi tion wQ luuiieve. Now we understand whsra tha nrnmntr nf thrift m ki. I ; H 7 . e e - e . statistics about how few are self-supporting at II. w I B. X V. Qv The skin ta W face, la dry and it Mela, what The vice presidency has gone Qana again, I .would you advise? OaerUl - A- This may be due to eczema. For full particulars restate yom ejection and send a stamped self, addressed envelope C M. Q--I am seventeen yeaiv ef ago and am five feet thr inches tan. How. much should weigh? . A. For your age and height 70a should weigh about lit pounds as determined by examination of a number 01 people. -tat ft The Safety Valve - - Letters froaa Statesman Readers OJfrrtSM. UU. Eiai SjMlrsta. ta Portland, Ore. Editor Statesman: With state possessing within its bor ders upward' of two million acres of high-class gold bearing miner al lands of unlimited potential ities, and a capitalists form of government, wo have the anom aioua condition of this same state government suppressing the production 'of capital . by legisla tive enactment and insanely rat tling the padlock on the peniten tiary every time the production of honest capital Is mentioned. And while the markets literally overflow with choicest foods thousands and thousands -of in dustrloua and worthy people are deprived of all but the bare neces sities of existence by act ef leg islature, evidently approved by the state executive. And in the death grip of. the greatest money famine the world has ever known, we have the us ual contingent of state and na hardly mors than a boy with , straight featurea and a bright smile. Perhaps he seemed a bit weak around the mouth, but if so, it must have been the weakness of generosity and gallantry. Hla deep set eyes under curved brows shoos with mischief, his pointed ears gave him an alert air, ana the curly masses of his hair seemed blown in the winds of impulse. Intently Colt stared at the pie ture. For so Ions; a time did he consider it that Lola, who had been showing the rest of us a Gobelin tapestry, walked ever to the dresser. "Is there anything else you would like te see, Mr. Colt?" she asked, The Commissioner looked at her with a puzxled expression. "I am interested in this photo graph," he told her. Through narrowed lids, Lola re garded the photograph. "You have never seen that face before, Mr. Colt." "You seem very positive." "He haa never been in America." "But I have been in other coun tries." Lola was unmistakably agitated. Two patches of color reddened over her cheek-bones, spilling under the even line of her rouge. "Stin you have never seen him," she insisted. "Would you mind telling me if he meant much to you?" "Leas than nothing. I do not wis to discuss him any further." "Forgive me. I have no wish te pry into your personal affairs but the present dangerous situation makes that necessary." "He means nothing- to me now I have told you that twice." "Yet someone haa been kissing' his picture." Lifting the frame, Colt pointed te two faint red spots the mark of rouged lips pressed, against the glass. Lola laughed with an affec tation of disdain. fancies," she exclaimed. "What can this picture have to do with your investigation 7 "Tou have many admirers, but one man's picture only, in this en tire' apartment. Is he living?" "Whatever may be behind this threat against my life, that man had nothing to do with it!" declared Lola passionately. At least I should like to know bis name," persisted Colt. "Well, then his name was Basil." "Basil! And the last name!" "Oh I have forgotten." "Very disappointing. Do you re call where you knew this rood- looking young Basil?" "In Paris." "Now, Miss Carewe be reason able and tell me would Basil have any reason to desire your death?" Lola'a face grew white. Uncer tainly she stood for a moment, her fingers twisting a small lace hand kerchief. Then, without a word, she turned and left the boudoir. Quickly Colt followed into the living-room, te find Lola before the fireplace, quivering, indignant and resentful. "Mr. Colt," she exclaimed shrilly, aD this is too distressing. I feel so cold I am shuddering. 1 shall have te bid you aS good-night." "Tou promised me. Miss Carewe "I cant help that!" Close to tears, Lola brushed by us, returning to her own room and shutting herself in. Colt's manner remained unperturbed. With no sign of displeasure, he turned to the girl operative. At Lola's knock, tha door was im mediately opened, and a tall old woman, straight and atrong, stood looking' at us. Her face was dark; shrewd and thoughtful, yet a cheerful face, with arched brews, deep-set eyes, and small, pointed ears. Of Mrs. Carewe, Colt once said aha had the strong body and the wen-chiseled head of a lioness. "You're home early, Lola," aha murmured. "Why all these police men" "So many Jewel robberies, moth er ni explain later. I was sorry to awaken yon " "I was reading The New Atlan tis again. Lot of good sense in that bcafk." She smiled at Colt aa If she were imparting a secret. There was s faint foreign accent in her carefully pronounced words. Lola quickly presented her naming her mother as Mrs. Carewe. "You must sit down and rest yourself, Lola," insisted Mrs. Ca rewe. . "You have been worrying too much. Chung Is right. Chung baa been talking to me tonight He says we all think too much of death around here. He aaya death Is not Important. But he'a a heathen. Even when he'a right, I dont like him. He gives me chills when he grins and talks the way he does. I don't like grinning people." Aa the mother said this, the sharp old eyes were turned directly upon Vincent Rowland. "Mother darling, I want to show these gentlemen your room. You dont object?" The old woman shook her head. "I have not objected all my life. There is nothing left for me to object to now." And Mrs. Carewe sat down and returned calmly to her book. The old lady's room was in re proachful contrast to all the wealth and elegance surrounding it. For herself Mrs. Carewe elected a ehamber with bare walls not even one picture adorned it. The bed was ike a servant's cot, of white painted iron rods, and with plain coverings of a cheap sort. There was one straight-backed chair, in which she now sat. "We used to be poor," confided Lola, "and mother never changes." Colt pried into closets, looked under the bed, and glanced out of the window far down the dizzy drop to the street. "Would you like to see my room now?" prompted Lola. If the mothers room had been a surprise, tne daughters was even mors of an astonishment. This cubicle, .the most Intimate and personal part of the establish ment, was a gaudy contradiction of all that we had Just admired in the drawing room. Behind Lola Carewe'a bedroom door was stuffy, out-mod ed elegance. There was , a rococo bed of gilded whorls and scrolls, with a rich brocade hang ing high In canopy fashion, and huddled near It a. knot of Louis Quinxe chairs and bulbous dressers. chests, and stools. Here, too, were florid hangings, and at the windows painted tin boxes of flowers, flag poles and rubber plants. There were Dread en shepherdesses, painted clocks, and oil paintings of valiant dogs rescuing unconscious little girls from high green waves. It was an inconceivable mixture of costly bad taste, beyond reeondll tion with the rest of the apartment; a real mystery. I have often re called our entrance into this strange room, knowing: how near ws were then to the fearful truth and how With a grave air, Thatcher Colt! a c ti d Towrw) moved about the room, lingering rxSS's sUc tional legislative aspirants, doubt less planning to steal into office without declaring themselves on this most vital Question, and still further restrict and restrain the production of honest money to do business on and still further starve, enslave and humiliate the masses. A very limited amount of pa per currency may temporarily serve the purpose of gold In aa emergency, but why all this fa talistic nonsense and utterly silly propaganda about the Issue of purely fictitious money when the state of Oregon alone, If "permit ted", is amply able to supply all the world with real money. For gold is the only real money. Of the very limited number of substantial metalie elements pro vided by nature, the non-corrosive element "gold" is the ordain ed representative of wealth, and as such it constitutes the sole and only means by which the relative value of goods, chattels and real estate may be measured and ex changed between people as well as between nations. There Is ab solutely no other rule and means of measuring relative values than by comparison with gold except silver, which is much too com mon and bulky to serve the pur pose of a popular basic money. The United States mint reports show that the great mineral state of Oregon last year' produced but 280 thousands dollars in gold, and more than half of this amount waa dredged from lands acquired as agricultural lands All the lode mines of the state. permitted to operate, .last year produced but 84 thousand dollars in new gold. Does the man on the street know that when our super-moral wildcat blue-sky law wag passed by the Oregon legis lature of II years ago ths min eral domains of this state were turning over to tho banks of ths state for the benefit of the people In general the quits hssdsoms sum of on and a halt million dollars in new gold each yeafT Does the man en the atreet know that since tho enactment of this nefarious, wholly dishonorable, dishonest and ' disloyal ao-called blue sky act,' purporting to be 'for hla protection, that tho confiding and worthy people of this stats have been . literally buncoed out of approximately ?C million dol lars in new gold oaring a con stant exchange value la business of 2(0 million, or more than a quarter billion dollars? Does the man on the atreet, the average man. know that sine the enactment of the restrictive min ing, law in this state, 10 years ago and Its subsequent adoption by other gold producing states, the people of this land of liberty hare, up to date, been literally buncoed out of more than 800 million dollars in new gold hav ing a constant exchange value in business of a billion dollars which a number of out putative states men are planning to make up tor ith "play" money having no in trinsic value whatever? With this stupendous loss of capital due wholly to unwise if not altogether disloyal anti-mining laws Is It any wonder that the man on the street Is deprived of a comfortable ex istence and -the means of carry ing on hla business. Don't lose sight of the fact that the average man can't do business on a shoe string. In conclusion permit me to say that the remedy for the present intolerable condition rests main ly with the average man. Our al leged statesmen are again on par ade before the public and bidding for the votes of the average man with plausible generalities. Just keep an eye on them and see If they are genuine statesmen, or the same old brand of side-stepping, fence-straddling politicians that have brought this formerly thriving land to the verge of ruin through unwise if not utterly dis loyal legislation. There is no room for contrary argument in this matter. Tho mint reports tell the story, and the general buslnesa stagnation prorea it. Ths question Is will the stats government loosen up snd permit its most Important resource to resume oa its wonted scale, or la the present suicidal policy to continue Indef initely? L. KEIZUR. Yesterdays ... Of Old Salem Town Talks from The States ma a of Earlier Days June 18, 1907 Court street will be paved from Commercial to Church streets, the city council decided last night. The Portland General Electric com pany has refused to pave between its car" tracks on State street, which the city plans to pave soon, it was reported. W. P. Babcock and A. N. Moores were elected at yesterday's school election to fill two positions on the board of directors. Only- 320 ballots were cast. The river front presents a busy appearance these days, with lum ber stacking up and quantities of it being hauled away to fill the home builders demand. Six cot tages are being removed or de molished along the water front to make room for lumber, wood and sawdust from the Spaulding mill. Juno IS, 1022 Ten thousand dollars will be raised by subscription among members of the Illahee Country club to be used for improve ments on the club house and grounds, according to a decision reached at last night's meeting. Additions will be made to the building and playground equip ment will be added for the chil dren. A professional instructor will be hired. Daily Thought When Miss Ruth Chenoworth, II, captured a 15-pound salmon last year by impaling it on a -pitchfork, she thought that she had established a record. She was mistaken, however, for yesterday ; ahs caught a 11-pound salmon by driving it Into shallow water and dubbing It. Cornea now the R. R. R. R. "My short and happy day Is done; I The initials mean Royal Rldera of The long and lonely night comes ths Red Robs, a secret organlxa- on, . . . I tion that Is negotiating for a legal And at my door the pale horse i existence in Oregon with head- stands I quarters In Portland. Its articles To carry me to distant lands. I have been presented to ths stats -Hay. '.corporation department. spaa wtm-jm