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D PAGE FOUR I The OREGON STATESMAN, 8alem-. Oregon, Friday Sloralng, September 16, 1932 Picture of a Man Writing a Piece for the OutTook By EDWINA L-MACDONALD No Favor Swaya Ui tfa Fear Shall Am" - From First SUtesmaapfarch ltSV ' THE STATESMAN vfcUBLISHjNdf CO. Charles A. Sprague, ShelDoii F. Sacb!ett, Publiskr$ Chables A. SnucuK . i SxflXDON F. SACKETT i . ' Member of the tloTi of all now dispatches credited to inia paper. 5 ,-Editor-Manager --Managing Editor Associated Press entitled to the use for nubllca- tt or not otherwla credited In Pacific Coast Advertising Representatives: Arthur W. Stypes, Inc., Portland, Security Bldg. San Krancisco. Sharon Bidg. ; Lp Angeles W. pac Bids. j Eastern Advertising Representatives: 1 Ford-Parsons-Stecher, Inc.. New York. 17 1 Madison Ave.: Chicago, 360 N. Michigan Ave. Entered at the Poatoffice at Saem, Oregon, a Second-Close Matter. Published every morning except Monday. Businea office. SIS S. Commercial Street, j SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Mall Subscription Rates. In Advance. Within Oregon: Daily and Sunday. 1 Mo. (0 centa: 3 Mo. $1.2$: Mo. S2.26; 1 year 4.00. Elaewbera 50 cants per Mo., or $5 00 for 1 year In advance. By City Carrier: 4S centa a month J5.09 a year In ad vane. Par Copy cents. On trains and News Stajnda 5 cents. "More Power to 'Em" jiVUR esteemed contemporary. The Dalles Chronicle, makes ?vJ a spirited rejoinder to our iexpressed doubt as 'to the t wisdom of immediate launching jof a $400,000,000 program for the development of the Columbia river. The Chronicle, deploring our poor logic, sets us jrtown as "for some strange ;-53ason" opposed to the "developirient of the Columbia river". The Chronicle is in error when it lists The Statesman as op posed to river development. We are friendly to it, when it Jean come as a practicable proposition; but we are skeptical ) of chamber of commerce estimates, booster club resolutions, and the flathering froth of demagogic politicians. Before we start to spend $400,000,000 eff the country's money, of our money, if you please, we miist first be convinced our- " selves that the venture is a sane business proposition, which : will be, as the The Chronicle glibly assures, us, "self-liquid- ' j: ating". j V The Chronicle is silent on the subject of "reclamation, and I thus by inference we may judge that it too thinks no large sums of money should be spent I on irrigation projects at y present. As to navigation our critic concedes the fact that the river is now little used, but says : , ,'-. "The condition of the river is such that it cannot be used successfully by the only transportation medium of par- ticular value, namely, barge lines. Even with its present i aeries of locks, and canals, navigation of the Columbia is difficult, in some spasnns It U Imnnsdhla " 3 . . - - -. f Yet twenty years ago and morei the "open river boosters" ; were going up and down the river pleading for appropriations for building the Cecilo canal, and painting glowing pictures of the commerce that would ride the mighty stream, bring 1 ing wonderful savings in transportation costs. Good old Pro , fessor Lyman of Walla Walla and J. N. Teal of Portland and .. others persisted until the money was obtained, the locks and : canal built, and now there is le3s shipping on the river above the gorge than there was thin. : Barge lines would operate mor economically, but there . is not in sight sufficient tonnage of ;f reight to carry the capi .tal charges on the 'necessary investment, out of the ,- savings in transportation costs: It is a disputed question - whether barge lines on the inland waterways like the Ohio v and Mississiuui are justifying the joutlay which the federal : government has made in providing these facilities; and on . those rivers there is much heavier traffic than the Columbia. This leads up to the possibility i'of securing great indus v tries which would create vast additional tonnage, through development of the power resources of the stream. We do ' not mean to be critical and short-sighted, but we seriously v question he practicability of these! proposals, for two rea :: sons, first our deficiency in minerals and metals; and sec- - ond the lack of great consuming markets in this area. A few years ago private interests spent a great deal of money on the Priest Rapids power site above Pasco. They - drew sketches of great dams and described the industries ; which would come, there; much the same as John H. Lewis now pictures for the lower Columbia. But the project was finally abandoned and the investment charged off, because ' no industries came forward to consume the cheap power. Likewise on the Deschutes river the Columbia Power com- pany has projects from which it offers to deliver power to the outskirts of Portland for $15 j per horsepower, which ,; is just about as cheap as the completed series D dam at The Oalles would provide; but the company is unable to sell its power. I ; It is readily conceivable that some day, perhaps not many fr years hence, the lower Columbia power development may be - made; but there is no present market for this power, cheap as it is. The series D dam at The Dalles would generate - seven times as much power as the present combined peak kad output of all fuel and hydro plaints in the entire Colura 5 bi mTet area- The Chronicle hastens to assure us that no ?HwlU be aaked until contracts are; in hand for purchase of ':t the power. Obviously any such firm 'contracts would warrant ,;, proceeding with the work. But thu$ far we have not heard of a single industry or power company or power district that i ready to sign a contract for the jpower. . . lt Is impossible to predict what the next decade will bring to pass. Development comes Jn cycles. The northwest 4 may be in for a period of pause; pr it may pick up again t raP"1 rate of expansion which marked the first decade v of our century. In that event, our fears would prove unfound- ed ; and the commercial and agricultural and industrial de I veloprnent which seem the pf omis of the future for this Columbia river area, might be swiftly accelerated. We hope such prospects may be realized. But there has been so much f1"?1 and booster hooey labout he Columbia river that Tn Statesman feels we need to keep our feet on the ground m?nF mJt?le P00 until conservative figuring can show that spending $400,000,000 onjthe Columbia is feasible COtn as an pnennpprinor ii vr4.u: s m . wiumerciai venture. Nothing in prospect now justifies beginning the work, even . - i t I 1 t '- Y esterdays ... Of Old Salem Town Talks from The States man of Earlier Days September 16, 1907 Today will be one of the big days at the great Oregon state fair. It is known as Alaska-Yukon-Pacific fair day and will be partially devoted to the interests of the Seattle exposition in 1909. committee of Portland on the step-plan proposed by the - engineers. i : Meantime it is nf iSt CSt m the eVintual hamessing of the 1. I t,r,KreuSer 8 Balance of Power" P ? E55 ?.f the Wfair8 of the fc Iva Kreuger, Swedish 'i Waa1381' close.. the fact i that Kreuger used ap KJ? Amencan methods in deaUg with political parties nmtZ' Practic many big mer?nan?s rhffi JvCSts hal been t0 make contributions to both ; ffeJ ?S?lv h terhap3vt0, seIeral condidates in the same r. surance Tjremium' tf . a Jil they backi fi., r131"?3 eactea u uniucJaly T 1 . successful candidate, cartly it was a urz,en attempt to control ihk nffu I cumbent. v cKaruieSa oi me m- i Kreuirer nnlv ic vu .1 . check for K0 ooo IZZ y fXni tne Swedish premier a XJ thl Swedish "' comrjanips Th , ao,wu,wo kroner to Kreuger TdoSnn J?t-P em? explained the check to himself as fed no?1o h?JtlC byt 1116 heads!) " thTrrSw!?.? it; and Ekiian, Variou, Sfi11 tender his resignation. ' ? tiesThe S fPS shared Kreuger's generous boun- rfft 2?i?!m people's party got 50,000 kroner (besides the iClft to the prenuer); the Independent Communist party got It has been discovered that the new Georgia prohibition law goes to the point of exposing to Indict ment any clergyman or deacon who hands sacramental wine to church members. A. man In Rockland, Me., re ceived a letter postmarked "Hell" the other day, and was not aware that that kingdom was in the postal union. It is a village in Norway. ALBION, Mich. The Michigan conference of the Methodist church yesterday adopted a res olution asking the Michigan sen ators to Introduce In congress a constitutional amendment to pro hibit polygamy. September 16, 1&22 Although Secretary of State Ko zer must place Charles Hall's name on the governor ballot in November, Hall cannot receive the election even though he gets the required number of rotes, the attorney general ruled yesterday, oa the grounds that no candidate BITS for BREAKFAST -By R. J. HENDRICKS- Debunking some wild west matter: m H A correspondent who ought to know what he -is talking about sends the following for this col umn: "The story published in Sun day's Oregonian regarding the shooting of Frank Vaughn and Charley Long at Prlneville is not true. (The story was In the Ore gonian of August 28.) "Hank and Charley were not on good terms when they met in the saloon. Hank started the row, and started to draw, when CoL Wm. Thompson, now living In Al turas, California, stepped between them and shoved Hank back, ad vising both to not have trouble. defeated in the primary election may by statute become a candi date of anv other nartr nr an in dependent at an ensuing election. PORTLAND The Seals looked like anything but champions against the cellar Beavera day and Portland won Its third game in the series, to 1. ATHENS Eurona fa t!rrvl h the massacre of soldiers and the populace of Smyrna at the hands of troops of Mustapha Kemal Pa- ana, -me victims at Smyrna num bered at least 120,000. Daily Health Talks By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D. FOB many years little was known concerning a disease called "botulism." Under cer tain conditions a food may become contaminated with the germ of t"f aument. wnen this food is eat-; en, botulism re sults. Within recent years this dis ease has stead ily declined. It is hoped that within short time it will bo longer exist. It used to be caused by eat ing commercial ly canned food products, una to , . the rigid meas- P ores of health law enforcement and the cooperation of the canning in dustry, the disease rarely, if erer, comes from this source. Instead, the few outbreaks that have bees reported of late have been traced to the consumption of home-canned foods. Botulism may be caused by eat ing contaminated meat and Vegeta bles. It is particularly common when Yegetables, such aa ripe olives, canned string beans, as paragus, corn or apricots, are put up in home preserving. Lack of proper facilities in home Scanning may permit the live gem to enter , j Anawtra to Health Queries) the finished product. On the con trary, the commercial plants havt scientifically constructed machines and processes that eliminate the possibility of any germs being left in the cans. The decrease in the number of cases of botulism may be attributed to our increased knowledge. Or it may be due to the decline in home canning. Canned foods can now be pur chased all year round and are pre- Eared in such a way as to tempt the oosewife. The purchasing of high grade canned foods guarantees the housewife a scientifically pure food and saves her many hours of un necessary labor. When foods are canned at home, only fresh and clean foodstuffs should be used. Heating at a high temperature in important.. The cans or jars used for preserving should be cleansed and boiled be fore use. They should be air-tight and boiled at a high temperature so aa to destroy ail germs. Contrary to a common belief, cooking alone is not sufficient to destroy the germs of poisonous food. Food that is contaminated should never be used. Meats should be thoroughly cooked and served as soon as possible. Remem ber that when food is allowed U stand it deteriorates and allows bacterial growth. Foods that are capable of spoiling should be kept in a refrigerator and should be cleansed carefully before using. - Lon. CLT am 19t im M 5 ft. 7 inches talL what should I weigh. -How can I fatten my facet A, Tot should weigh about 1S4 pounds. This is about the avtrag weight for one of this age and height as determined by examina tion of a large number ef persons. A few pounds above or below the average is a matter of little er no significance. Try to rain weight In general. Eat plenty of good nourishing food, including milk and eggs. Exercise daily in the fresh air and sunshine. Sleep as many hoars as possible. Take cod liver oil as a general tonic and builder. OtWiUM,lM. CI rwtawt I important support from the arch-deceiver of two continents; Conservative party received an advance of 25,000 kroner from him in the summer of 1931. Like most big business tycoons, Kreuger's hand was im partial because his conscience was calloused. Hank shoved Thompson to one siue ana urea tne first shot. "The story about each taking uuia oi nanaaercmer Is simply another of the many silly stories auom me oia west, it Illustrates how 'historv f mid fTh. kerchief storv was tn th atr that each of the men took bold of me corner of a silk handkerchief with his left hand, with his pis tol in his right hand, and, sep arated t hn dlatlno. nr th.l. . . and the length of the handker chief thus held, 'shot, it out.' as the old saying went or rather m new saying of tne romancers who In that way color their wild oiones coior tnem with un substantial dreams of fancy to i"w uiuuera reaaers.) "Recently the Oregonian pub- IIoiSajV K(a.. . " "ouct pictures or typical old it. . . fJren' Ba' nong others, that of 'Cant. nnnn,. - . v.t. skin suit. Drannan wrote a book wm nis wonderful experiences on the frontier. I knew Drannan. and he was of all the old timers the most interesting liar. That book is a peach! The fact is Dran nan had nnfhln in jtm. i.- . t uv wua res- cuing Olive Oatman from the ivuob, ana at the time of the Modoc war he was In Jackaon vlUe working on MUler's horse general joan F. Miller, grandfather of Miller Hayden. i ?f tb peace of tn Salem district.) .. "la today's Oregonian (an' Is sue of last weelri 1 ).. .7: ture of the Indian princess of the Round-up with a feather in he? ah. t 7. qnaw eTer wor fath ers, is it even come to this, that .hnVag,,ian to entI"lr misled K$?in3 th!.old west? H no thinks bull-dogging steers was part of a 3S,.r? Wrki that we had 0 gins. that cowboys wore 10-gallon hats, never went without one or more six-shooters, and danced with spurs on their boots' No wonder the allly stories of Zane Gray sell so well! S wnr??'!n .there J Wood worth s story sbout One Arm Brown. (Published In this column In the Issue of last Saturday.) Brown never wore his arm in a New Views Yesterday Statesman reporters asked: "What do you think of the bull-fight situation at the state fair?" The replies: A. X. Ifoorea, realtor: "I don't anite im vw thvr mi much fnna- ia th aitn.MA. . worse than the Pendleton Round- Oscar Bower. mh4tt. QAmA - - w - " people think there should be no bull fight; I don't know. I don't kaOW that it WOnld ha anv mnrm. cruel than some football games. But some peoole think- buiufirhf. ing is wrong." John Lambert. trl.mnK .w.-. V "-B" "a vvvter" tort "Well, darn it. I'd like to see m ouu ugai u mey suck the bvL aire ns a Htn rMm t-. so the bull dont throw the fight er. I've never seen one, hare yon? Era A. ReLf. cnriiMt Tf ir I. going to be any thing like the bull fights they hare down in Tin Jnana. X wouldn't want to see it. I have witnessed two or three In ii a jnana. They are not vary ex citing, hardly worth seeing." Mrs. F. L. Waters, mnsidan: "It would seem that we would ha a. log backward rather than for ward. Perhaps we have to bo edu cated to the sport." chapter TBiarx-rxrsi . After n spaee In which he seem ed to meditate, he said: "I think we'd better bo leaving- far Now York tomorrow sight. Fve been looking- no sailing and have wired for reservations on the Majestic on the fourteenth. ' It had coma ... the dread bat tle. Oh, tfs so hard . . . But Pre fo to . . . Wm bo make n row? ... He a ever has . . . Oh, I couldn't bear 1L . . . Dadums, rm afraid youU be disappointed; but IVe chanred my mind. I dont care to go to Paris." Now for it ... Oh. now f or it . . . Wa he be like all the other parents after all? It's the first time I've over opposed him . . . The first test. . . . "Yea, m rather disappointed." he replied mildly. "It's been years sinee I waa in Paris, and I fear I had my heart aet on browsing; around the famous old places." This hurt her. But. she reflected, bo doesnt suspect. IH have to tell him ... I wont deceive him . . .J "Couldnt yon take a little trip overt anyway i- ane asked. 1 could visit one or two of the girls while you're gone." "No. Your capital Is too small to permit it." "My capital?" "Of course. The money Is yours. Ct waa acquired for. you. Then I order yon to go." she cried gaily. His eyes smiled. "Sorry, Captain; but the weather wont permit." Adding seriously,' "It will take three to four times aa much for yon to live in New York as in Paria. Art lessons, rents and living ex penses are very expensive In New York. YonH need every eent ef it, and it wont take yoo very far." She didnt like his choice of pro nouns. Always it had been we; now, all at once, you She felt miserable, too, over the money question. How wonderful he was! Knowing; it would cost so much more to live in New York; dreaming of Ptfris himself, he had consented without a protest. If he had only objected ... A savage de termination to make him fight swept her. Do you know why Tve changed my mind?" she demanded; "why Tm going to New York instead of Paris?" Do you care to ten me?" he asked gently. I'm going because I'm ia love with Jimmie Warren and he loves me. As soon as Aunt Para divorces him we're going to be married." There I It waa out. His reply took her aback. "Is she going to divoree him? Strange. I had quite a talk with her this afternoon and aha didnt mention it. In fad. aha aaid that she and Warren had decided to put oar their cruise until late summer, perhaps." Patricia fait nwA Prnd nn Jimmie had told her they had part ed, lie bad gone away . . . But above aD thinrs. that her father should take her announcement so calmly; even indifferently. It shock ed her to find him txnshaekiL Kit waited ... He had fallen into ser ene meditation. "Weill" she demanded tn a tone never before need with him. "Wen what, my child?" Out with It. Pre been dreading it Ions enough." "Dreadlns; what?" "The lecture you're going to give Wife "Am I in the habit ef leeturinr TOUT "No, But IVe never defied you before. I never dlA anvthlnv it yon disapproved of. I know what yevre uunxirg about me. You're thinking; IVe failed you. That rm a rotter. Unbeautif uL A disgrace to you. That IVe made a failure of yon and" "Patricia, my child, are you sure Ihese are my thoughts you are ex- Tsa going because I'm in leve with Jiamie Warren and be loves ate" aid rat. pressing, or your own? Certainly not one of them waa In my mind. Ia fact I was thinking of some thing quite foreign to that. You've settled your problem. I was think ing of my -own." "Your own?" "Yes. I saw Judge naddon when I was In New Orleans. He's been appointed Attorney General for the State and haa practically no time to give to the plantation. Knowing I had lost mine he made me an offer to take charge of his. The salary will be small, but " She sprang up. "Salary! You take a salary! Go to work in your old days as an overseer on some body else's plantation!" "There's no disgrace In honest work. I'm fitted for the position. I can, and will give him more for his money than the usual overseer who never owned a plantation " "You're threatening met" she cried. "I see you know your father very vaguely, Patricia," he said haught ily. "I think you'd better go to your room. Yon are hysterical. And I am not sympathetic to hysteria that takes the form of unjustifiable ae casfction." - "Oh, Dadums, forgive me," she fen on her knees beside him, tears ia her eyes. "I am hysterial. Fve been on such a strain. So afraid you'd aay awful things to me " He put out his hand and stroked her hair. "Have I ever said awful things to you my dear?" "Now. No. Never! I know I'm con victing myself in thinking you'd say things that I I thought you ought to say to me. Oh. Dadums, I cant understand it. Are you going: to let me go without a word of re proach? Without arguing' with me? Arent you Interested In me?" x"If s not necessary for me to re proach or argue, my child. You're doing an that's necessary la that line. If you lose in the argument, I would. As to my Interest la yon, look back over-our life together and answer the question for yourself." "But yon dont mean it that If I dont want to go to Paris you are going to work I" She flared again. "I won't go down there with you. "I said nothing about your go ing. I said I'd go. YouVe already settled your future. Surely you ac cord me the right to settle mine." "Do you mean you're going t leave me?" "I'm not leaving: you, my child," he said sadly. "You are leaving me. Tm not. I want you to go with me, and you won't." She waited "You won't go. You're deserting me ; because I won't go where you want me to go. You dont approve of what Fm doing. You don't reproach me or lecture me. but you're de serting me." "Patricia, I have brought you up in the understanding that you are free. I have taught you the beauty of truth and the truth of beauty. I have in so far an I could, walked in the way of beauty myself, hold ing you by the hand. But you were always free to walk with me or away from me. If now you choose to walk away from me, ft ia you who are deserting: me. If you were to decide to burglarise a h o s e ' would you expect me to follow yon in? If yon ehooee to burglarize your cousin's heart and home, I could not prevent yon by going with you. should merely become a party to your crime." She sat back on her heels, con vulsively cove ring her mouth with both hands to hold back the scream that rose, face flaming:, horror ia her eyes. "Oh! How can you aay such a thine to me! How dare you say such a thing to met" "I dare to speak the truth to yon or any other. Yon announced to me a moment ago that yon had decid ed to give up your studies In order that yon might go to New York for the express purpoae of stealing: yonr eousinfc husband. Yon ad mitted It aa your only reason for going to New York. Yon are free. Yon have chosen your way. It'a not mine. I grieve to lose you, my little girl; but yon cant really ex pect me to go with you, can you?" Her voice waa low. "No." - fT Be Cootiaael) O 13. ay kic Fctnra Sra!Scate. lac did keep the stump a black handkerchief. sling. He bound in The fact Is, men who knew Brown wen naa serious objections to meir wives going riding with him. "Durlnr the Modoc war. rtrnwn was sent to warn aome settlers tn come out. Ho arrived at a cabin wnere capt. Applegato (O. C. Ap plegate, now a prominent citizen of Klamath Falls) and some oth er men had stopped shortly after dark. He was then within two hours' ride of the ranchers he wss sent to warn. He never mentioned the object of his errand until late the next morning and 17 settlers were killed by the Indians before messengers or help could get to them! It you want to hear a man (Continued on Page 11) Daily Thought "The lay mind has little pa tience with the caution, hedging and heal-hearted admissions of tho conscientious scientist as he ex plores the unknown." George E. Vincent MEMBER Uitited Slates j National group Strength the First Essential Not only strong in itself this bank gains added strength and added liquidity through , its affiliation with the big United States National Bank of Portland and others in this Group. United States National Bank S Ami, OREGON ' .Trie Hemic iKot Service Built"