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PAGE FOUlf i :Vi: : ; .; : ; TEe OREGON STATESS1AN, gaiety -Orckoii: ScnaiMote :OtfofeWl The Anchor A FootBall " " By FRANCIS WALLACE R o ma nee r HU DDLE "No Favor Sways Us; From First Statesman,! March 28, 1551 ; - v. -,J V t H i-A- t ' i. -" - ..... , : c the statesmak: ppbushing. co; Charles A. Spracte, Sheldon1 Sackett,' PuhUshirr?) i Charles A. S Prague " , -! -' Editor-Manager . . StnxooH F. Sackett - - --!- Managing' Editor j i " Member of the Associated Pres -Ths Associated Prei U exclusively fmUUed to the ube tor 'publica tion of all un dlspatdies credited to; It or not otherwise credited lr this paper. - - --j ; . ' - Pacific Coast Advertising Representatives: 1 . "Arthur W. 8typea, Ino. Piortland, Security Bid. 8ii FranclscA, Sharon Bids.; Loe Angeles W. Pc Bids. -r.. t . Eastern Advertising -Eepresentativcs: Ford-PaTOtui:Stectier. Iiv., New fork, 171 Madison Ave,; ' r, Chicago, JSO N. Mtchisaa Ave. Entered at the Pentoffke at Saem, Oregon, a Second-Claen Matter, Published every morning, except Monday. Business 9ffice. tl5 S. Commercial Street. j ;. - ; SUBSCRIPTION; RATES: Mall Subscription Rates, in Advance. Within Oregon : Daily and Sunday, 1 Mo. 69 cents: I Mo. $1.5; t Mo. $J.2S; 1 year $1.00. Elsewhere to cents per Mo or IS.99 foe 1 year In advance. By City Carrier: 45 cents a month; !$!. a year In advance. Per Copy 3 centa On trains and News Stands t cents. . Another H UNDREDS of bond coupons made of rubber, and bounce back to the owners when ' deposited for collection. Real "in default ; railroad bonds; utility debentures; notes of hand. News of "another default" is scarcely news any more .save to the now timorous security bolder. The prevailing situation reveals however another kind of default, that of the American character. Buoyant it was in "new era" days, boasting of mr national vigor, of the variety and richness of American! life. Now we may see for ourselves how flabby our character was, how poorly braced to withstand shock and strain, This default of character curacy by James Truslow Adams, keen and wholesome critic of the American scene, in an article in the current Scrib ner"s.: "America's Lost Opportunity". Post-war America was leader of the world, in business, filial ideals. Amenca, 1932, finds leadership has slipped from its grasp. As Adams says? "In Europe we are no longer envied. We are almost : beginning to be pitied." In economies the ignorance and greed and fumbling of ; New York bankers and Washington politicians has caused ; the citadel of world capital to London. Our Harding-Coolidge us to forfeit political leadership fault has been a blow to American well-being and has -im measurably handicapped world ? was England who dictated the settlement. Our moral leader ship is likewise palsied. The past decade made material pros perity the test of individual and national, attainment. Look- ing at our. political corruption, our racketeering and gang ; ster rule in cities, our lawlessness, our vulgar taste in lit erature, in films, in styles of dress and habits of living, who can boast of the moral standards of the U. S. A. in the decade that is past? I ; This, default of character finds its roots largely in con temporary greed. As President Coieman of Reed college was quoted recently : "Americans are looking for prosperity with out working for it". Adams says the same thing: "As a na tion we prefer easy money to hardwork, a quick turn to long planning,. . . . Reckless .when (our great banks) became cowardly when losses' had to be taken." When the reverses came lour courage oozed away : "Especially in the last year it a craven iear ana a pessimism A nation that can pass from , of 1931 in two years can scarcely ;claim for itself a place of steady and responsible leadership." : The late rise in quotations on the New York stock ex change make one wonder if our people have learned their lesson. Granted that prices upturn came the buying fever cool appraisal of ultimate values, but on a blind greed and hope to. unload purchases at a some sucker to hold for some es his criticism with his moral and personal application : j "I hay little use for 'Plans', but if we could put into forco a 'Fire-Tear Plan' by which individual Americans would order their lives on the basis of spiritual i rather than material satis Vactions, and would do their best j in their own localities to cleanse and make great the public 'life, the result might well ( be that America would regain her plac and become a nation of ' which we could all once more be prdperly and. not merely wish fully proud .... Here is a full-time job for every man and wom an who wishes to do it, to be paid in wages of increased ' de pendence, of temporary good or evil fortune, of increased self . respect, of greater contentment, and- of heightened pride of cit izenship. By.jdolng our bit in such a 'Plan', which calls for no organization or impractical institutional changes, we could bring back a sense of their being worth while to our private livee, and restore the nation to the position which she has sacrificed chiefly- because of the ignorance, dards, insistence upon individual and courage in Tom, Dick, Harry, This gospel is not one of surrender to poverty, is not a soporific for evils of a "system". ; It is one which calls men and women to fix higher and finer standards than those wnicn nave prevailed in our night-ciuD, home-brew, jazz-sax- ' ophone, quick profit age. j ' There should be no default in American character. Poor Partnership THE tolerance of gambling devices at the state fair was the most inexcusable features in connection with the fair It was apparent at first that! an unusually brazen out fit was on hand ready to suck money out of boobs. They were reported as closed up by then they reopened and reaped a jwicked harvest for days. Complaints seemed to effect no relief and serving of war rants did not end the trouble. quarters and some adults took into hundreds of dollars. t X We do not know where the agement or the county or city violation was open, notorious sibility probably rests on all three. The state fair licenses concessions and extracts a share of the proceeds; but no fair, let alone a state fair, can afford to become partners with gambling. Pari-mutuel, a mild form of betting on the races is barred, but roulette and other vicious games allowed. People who go to the fair expect to lose a few dimes on fluffy dolls and bright blankets, but they tesent being sucked under on framed boards for large The damage is done for sucn conditions snouia oe allowed to get under way. ! ' .The country has been much interested and concerned about the parrot fever Mrs. Borah has been suffering from.. Glad to know aha j Is Improving. There Is no chance prove, catching, to the senator, j The most comforting thing toon after ejection the speeches sally the candidates are first to The C-J listed the. sheet awards it the fair and reported one i'asslficatioA "Cosswalls" . (Cotwoldsi It's ,a nilcta&e like thai js Mcn makes the editor say ."cusswoida". No Far SJtotfl Awe" : Default now appear to have been estate mortgages are reported i is Sketched with painful ac in political prestige and in not s even disliked for we are . shift back from New York to policy of isolation has caused in world affairs. This de recovery. At Lausanne it profits seenfed possible they haar apparently; given" place to tnat Has been unfathomable. the emotions of 1929 to those there; were too low, when the spread. It was based not on profit later on, perhaps for later crash. Mr. Adams clinch which is worthy of practical gfeed, selfishness, low starn-H profits, and lack of character ' ' arid you -and me." , ' police early in the week; but Boys lost their hard-earned1 the lure for losses running t fault lay. with the fair man-! peace-officers. But the law and Continuous, so the respon sums. I r this year; but another year no of Irs being lockjaw that might i about fa political -campaign Is that of candidates are forgotten, and na forget. , iA" X aC k : i sJ f vO- O wst. KiM Fmvtii BITS for BREAKFAST By R. J. HENDRICKS- Ben Taylor married near summit of Cascades: S S Ben P. Taylor left Salem on Thursday, planning a romantic wedding in the lava flow on the McKenzie highway, near tho sum mit of the Cascade mountln range. If the event did not take place yesterday, it will be celebrated today. Nearly every resident of Salem. old and newlcnows Ben Taylor. He was born in Columbus, Miss.. and came to Salem in 1869, arriv ing in September, before the first railroad was built when all trav el .was by boat or stage, on horse back, or on foot. His father was James V. Taylor. His mother was a leading pioneer' florist. His brother, Oscar F. Taylor,: now In poor health at the Deaconess hos pital, was a bricklayer, and heln- ed in the erection of many of the fine buildings of the capital city. Ti W Ben Taylor was one of the two first city mall carriers of Salem, the other one being George Hatch. They began service the day tree mail delivery was established here, July 1. 1387. The postoffice was then In the corner room of the present Statesman building, where the W. C. T. TJ. has its headquarters. In a little while, Capt L. S. acott, a former postmaster, was added to the list, and soon Fred Lockley and Charles Cosper were taken on making five carriers R. H. "Dick". Dearborn was post master when the service Started, Daily Health Talks By-.qOYAL S. COPELAND, M. D. OST persons have heard a lot about "sinusitis." Either they have suffered from the disease or know of. others who chronic sufferers. Sinusitis, as the word imntiM U an inflammation Ft ox the nasal si nuses. The nasal si- auses are a group oz air cells or spaces lathe bones close to the nose. Each nostril has a set of sinuses which open into the nose. There are four srrouns or naira of sinuses. Each Dr. CopeJaad bears the name of the bone enclosing it. The! frontal sinus is located in the frontal bone, behind the eyebrow and above the nage oz the nose. The maxillary sinus or antrum fa located ia the maxillary bona, which lies below the eye, under the cheek and above the teeth. ". . -r , . The ethmoidal sinuses are mad up of several cells or cavities. They are arranged in a honeycomb fash ion. Each of these sinuses is lo cated between the nasal cavity and the eye socket. Behind and at the ton of the bom It a heavy bone which forms a part ef the base of the skuU. This ia the Saenoid bone and ia it is located e sphenoidal sinus. i The nasal ainusea are In realit continuations of . the nasal cavities. iney are lined with mucous mem- i 'j'.- i Answers to Health Qnerics"" . LMiss Elixabeta A. . Q-Wkat Should a rirl Of 13. S ft. lnelun tall, weight i .She should welcn about 111 pounds. - This is &earerage weight for one of this air uH height as determined by examina tion ex a large number oz persons. A few pounds above er beW the artrage is a matter of Httie er ne eiaiVaeea, . r- . - t and until the force consisted of the first five carriers named. Mr. Dearborn died, and Mrs. Dearborn was made postmistress, with Scott Bozorth chief deputy. Then came A. N. Gilbert as postmaster, wlth the office in the same place in the first part of his term, and the same first five carriers the force in the free delivery service. Ben Taylor was a carrier for IK years, and then was transfer red to the office force. He com pleted a service of 40 years and four months, when he retired. He went onto the pension list in 1931 His first wife died three years ago. and Ben has carried on alone, in his residence at 2098 State street. corner 21st, where he hat main tained in the summer months "Taylor's beach," popular bathing place in North Mill creek. Having decided to end the lonely life of "single blessedness," which he has not found altogether in harmony with the name, that presumably was bestowed by an ancient bach elor or an old maid and having found a lady of a like state of mind, Ben planned the event Indi cated In the first two paragraphs of this screed. S The lady of like mind is (or was) Mrs. Althea P. Scott, daugh ter of John M. Clark. 1902 North Church street. She Is a sister of Prof. W. W. Herman Clark, popu lar assistant professor of chemis try In Willamette university. The prospective bride was not to know of or the reason for Ben's absence on Thursday. She was to brane continuous with the lining oi the nose. . Air is carried to the sinuses as it U taken in through the nose. The hollow spaces er sinuses make the bones of the face lighter and stronger. They have a part in pro tecting the tissues of the nose from sudden changes of temperature. Unfortunately, the sinuses are a zreqruent source ef infection. It Is readily seen how a cold or infection involving the nose or its membranes quickly spreads to the sinuses. Com mon colds, influenza and grippe, ms well as the acute fevers of child hood, are frequently complicated by ainua infection. . When the infection is persistent and pus accumulates, the health and welfare ef the body are greatly im paired. Doe to the impaired drain age of the sinuses, the pus cannot escape, but becomes absorbed into the system. This frequent source of body pois oning is the underlying- cause of many serious and disturbing ail ments. Arthritis, rheumatism, hay fever, asthma, heart disturbances, headaches, high blood pressure and nervousness are often traced to cen ters of infection ia the sinuses. Sinusitis should' never be neg lected. Within recent years marked progress has been made ia its treat ment. Medical treatment is efficient in some cases, but in others opera tion is necessary. The operation is a simple one and need not eanse alarm. It is essentially a drainage operation in which the sinus is ex plored and eracuated of all infec tion ana pas. ? - How oen should a girl of IS, 5 ft 4 inches tall, weigh? - Av She should weigh about 120 pounds. This is about the average weight for one ef this as and height as determined by examina tion of a Urn number of persons. A few pounds above or below the average is a matter ef little er mo significance. - ma. as be asked to meet him at Eugene, whence they were to proceed in his auto to McKenxie bridge; the necessary papers having been se cured in the Lane county shire town. Now and for several years llv ng at McKenzie Bridge is John Maurer, and he is justice of the peace for that precinct, with the authority to perform marriage ceremonies. Mr. Maurer, for many years before moving to his pres ent home, conducted an auto and general repair shop next to the pioneer automobile business of Otto J. Wilson, the Buick agent. corner Commercial and Center streets. Mr. Maurer labored al most night and day for a genera tion until he had almost worked himself to death. Then he retired and took up his home by the rush ing waters of the McKenzie river. where he has completely recov ered his lost health. S In the old days, John Maurer and Ben Taylor were cronies and boon companions. They lived to gether. Ben figured that his old friend would be pleased to put the finishing touches upon his secret ly planned nuptials. The party, as thought out by Ben. was to pro ceed to a point in the lata flow of a million or more or less years ago, near the summit of what some pioneers wanted to call and did call the President range, but which was against their protests named the Cascade range, and there, in that primeval and wild setting, to hare the nuptial knot tied. The plan was to follow this cere mony with a visit to Foley springs. Belknap springs, and perhaps Breltenbush springs which really ought to be Breitenbuscher springs, after the name of the man of German descent who dis covered them or was the first white man to feast his eyes upon this warm wonder of nature. W That's the little story; the true tale of what the reader will per haps admit was a plan for a rath er romantic wedding. Some of the details of it were worked out, as Fred Lockley and Ben Taylor, sit ting Wednesday afternoon in the state fairgrounds grandstand watching the ro-day-o, talked of (Turn to Page 9) New Views "Do you, after visiting this year's fair, concur with the state budget director in his proposal to abolish hereafter the $37,500 an nual appropriation for premi ums?" This question was asked Saturday by Statesman reporters. The answers: O. R. Priestly, farmer: "Will there be any premiums, thent ItH spoil the fair it there aren't any. - X think there are. other places they should sooner cut." B. T. Monsoa, salesman: "Why ask me? . I haven't any stock te enter. But I do think the farm' ers should be given their premi ums." Isabel Childe, Willamette anMhecome a great showman. Great versity graduate t "Thirty-seven thousand five hundred is, after all, a small portion of the total amount raised by taxation ia Ore gon. Premiums at the state fair are, perhaps, a great incentive to greater and better production ia Oregon. Are we oa the verge of bankruptcy? It so, it msy be well to cut out this expense." Daily, Thought ''Rest Is not quitting The busy career; Rest Is the flttlag Of self to one's sphere." Goethe. r SYNOPSIS .-, Ted Wyaoe leaves bis position in the ste4 mQl at Bellport to work bis way through coSega. He sores Barb Roth, daughter of wealth, and realists be could never ask her to marry a mill hand. At Old Do minion. Ted shows promise as a football player. Tosa Stone, star player and one ol BeIlport8 elite, is antagonistic towards hire. When Ted is . forced to give up f ootbal because it confficts wtth his job. Barney Mack, the coach, gets turn a position that wQ not interfere. Ted passes his . examinations with honors and wins the respect of his classmates. . us goes home lor a visit. To Infuriate Ted, Barb courages Tom and attends the New Tear's Eve party with him. Ted goes with Janet, Barb's friend, and during a mock wedding. Janet kisses bin ardently. Barney instructs Ted to work hard during his vacation to get ia condition to play quarterback ia the fall. CHAPTER V Ted looked into the furnace; squinted his eyes so that he might ses the slab the burning white a ess; grasped the hook and pulled, helping Big Frits, the heater, get in up to the door where the run down might grasp it with his tongs and carry it along a pulley race to the rolls. The big guns were barking loud km! -continuous barrage. Sparksbits of clinging cinder- flew as each slab loudly hit the water-dripping rolls; the housing foundation creaked, la and out. from catcher to rougher, the steel went, growing longer and thinner, losing its fire, protesting less as it was fashioned ia the merciless grooves of the rolls. Ted thought of a wild spirit be ing forced to conform. Conform Conform I The world was a mill you were born to certain specifics nons, and yon conformed or els Freedom? Hell! The world was S prison with a great big roof, and you conformed or else if yon knew what was good for you. you conformed and had it over with, stayed in your little groove. Ted might be enjoying the day, running around ia shirt sleeves, bossing the Job had he con formed. That had been his sen tence: to the steel mill for life. He had rebelled and they had thrown him on the furnaces; this was what the world did to rebels Sick stomach, swimming head, dead eyes. All right. Frits, Well go in and get another of those spluttering cakes of fiery ice from its burning lake; and well toss It in the rolls and make it conform. Poetry in the mill and a bellyache. The ' sua dropped a constant curse; the air was heavy with heat laid in thick layers; tiny loco motives, like cocky steel bantams, bounced along the track, shrieking constantly, hauling buggies of red hot steel from the blooming mill; steel to be fed to the furnaces and heated up for the rolls. - From an ingot to a tincup; then the scrap heap; over and over; and a lot of damned fools slaving away, going the same route; everybody working like hell to get to the scrap heap. Whoever figured h out sure did a good job. Big men, usually, gaunt and lanky or fat and. pudgy; with Inch thick soles and heavy flannel shirts to fight off the heat; mopping their heads with gingham sweat caps; shouting from habit and the neces sity of outcursing the bedlam? working vigorously and scowling darkly as if k all meant anything; In Words of the w. k. Shakespeare, "O, What a Fall, My Countrymen By D. H. Talmadge, Sage of Sal em N eastern newspaper com ments on a statement made here several weeks ago,' which statement related to the matter of unprintable news. The commentator questions the accur acy of the statement. "H It be true," he says, "that every person whom one meets In the street knows a bit of news that the newspapers would not dare print, then that eommunlty Is different from this. Moral stan dards must be low in Oregon." Bosh! Moral standards average as high in Oregon as they average anywhere else. There are a few towns In the United States, where, were the feature considered ; de sirable, a column of dirty news or news suggestive of dirt might not be printed dally. - , I know certain things about certain people that could easily be made to tUl a column of spaee dally for a week, and I have made absolutely no effort to obtain this information. It comes to me sad it comes to yon. It. Is unavoidable!1 It is none of my business or yours. It Is not legitimate news. Only a newspaper quite lost to the sense of decency would publish It. I am wUllng to concede much to Agricultural Director - Max Oehlhar. hnt 1 fear he will never showmen are ..born. Of course. Max was born.' But It Is evident thst the instincts of the real showman, were not included with the other instincts that have gone Into the makeup of a tine man and a good, citizen. A feeling Is expressed ia many quarters that the state fair Just closed was not entirely what It should hare been,. - 'v , ewsasaaBi . - r - ; 4-., , What is showmanship? The question is ' one difficult to ans wer satisfactorily. Showmanship, In common with soma other qual ities, is a something a man or woman has or has not. 'J. P. Me Avoy, la a recent article ia; aa eastern journal, discusses the why and wherefore pertaining to the If !'9l it Ted knew tricks; instead of gulplna; it cool his blood by running as if they wouldn't get to the scrap heap just the same. No hurry, boys. Sweaty rivulets running down hairy ravines; crystallizing into salty gray crust upon heavy shirts. Sweat was as sweet here as repug nant to a grand dame; sweat made a man feel good; when he couldn't sweat it was time to get out, or else When the turn was finished they would bare to the waist, wash with yellow soap, go home with a rear ing appetite, a sense of usefulness, a hankering for a park bench, a smoke and some buddies to talk to about the problems of the world. Their problems were women and whisky and automobiles; and when the mill shut down they sold their cars at half price and ran un a bill on the storekeepers. They were watching him with out saying so. If he quit before the turn ended at three o'clock the word would spread that he wasn't a good man; that a foreman couldn't do the work he bossed. You had to prove yourself before they let you in; a weakling couldn't stav unless he had a thick skin. His father watched him too. By God let 'em watch. If he went out they'd carry him out. Ted knew tricks; instead of gulp ing cold water like a green hand and suffering cramps, he let it cool his blood by running it on the veins of his wrist; mixed ft with oatmeal and drank it tepid; kept his sweat cap wet and his head cooL Three o'clock; the last heat out Whoo! Ted washed up, took his dinner basket with the food almost un touched and walked to the ferry boat On the way over he emptied the food in the river. "How was it, boy?" his mother asked anxiously. "It was a shame to let you go over there oa a ter rible day like this; I could hardly get a breath of air. au rig at. Mother. I'm going swimming to cool off." "Watch out for cramps. The river beach was crowded. Ted paddled his canoe up the river to Boggs Island where only crowd of naked boys disported. Even the water was warm; after D. H. TALMADOB career or tho late Flo Zlegfeld of tho wen-kaowa "Follies".- Mr. MeAvoy. who was probably as in timately associated with Mr. Zleg feld as any ot his professional as sociates, states' that the show manship the man's ability to pick here and there for talent and i V V - I j 3 . Ladd & Bush Bankers Salem,' Established 1868 -'Coxiimerclal & Savini Dept. 31 ' -.- m 'Vr' cold water Eke a green bead, he let it oa the veins of his wrist. a dive he lay oa the sand la the shade of an elderberry bush and was asleep almost at once. When he awoke it was nearly dark. He hurried back; his mother would be worried about the river she al ways was. ,s-u "How'd it gor j - i "All right. Dad." "Watch that cold water.- The next day at aeon. Ted wal telling himself that it was foolish' to go oe; he was out of the mill; there were easier ways to make money. His stomach burned con tinually, increasing the pain with intermittent spasms. Three more hours; stick it ou think of something else. Big Fritz was aa artist. Yesstrl he didat know art from a shear table but he was an artist. He did that job with precision, certitude, economy of motion; that was mathematics and a lot of the other heaters had it. But Big Frits added a dash of abandon, a touch of imagination, a verve, an eclat; he created some thing subjective. Big Fritz was a raucous Mars as he stomped and thudded about with gigantic feet, flecking his wrist delicately, arch ing his long, powerful spine, rising to his toes scowling, grunting. roaring, symmetrical Man of Steel certainly far more imposing thaa the nance who hopped around the stage in a leopard skin and chased a slim thing in shimmering drapes. Big Fritz made yoa feel some thingnot that he thought it im portantand nobody hung a sign on him:' YOJJ MAY NOT THINK SO BUT THIS IS ART. PLEASE BE POLITE. Art ia a mill and a bellyache. Hot soup was supposed to be good for a bad stomach; the thought of more heat was repellent but it was loll or care. When the heat was out of the furnace Ted climbed the steps to the bridge, west over the tracks and got a bowl of soup. Fighting fire with fire. It helped. The pain ia his stomach gradually left; and Ted was so relieved that he paid little attention to the buzz ing ia his head. He was fooling them, let em watch. CT B ComHmutf) put it over profitably was mys terious, almost uncanny. No one, not even himself, understood 1L It was simply "It". I have know but one man In Salem who pos sessed this "It" In a marked de gree the late T. Q. Bllgh. Out standing managers ot big fairs are far from numerous. The pres ent season has been a season of many difficulties for fair man. agers In all parts ot the United states, in a comparative sense, the state fair ofrtr through with much to the credit or an concerned in Its promotion. Every neighborhood, I reckon, has at least one dam nuisance. Appropriate and imiaii,m. a a quoUtion from Shakespeare: "O, wuai a rau was there, my coun trymen!" The ordinary house fly will produce ia a single season several thousands or hundreds ot thous ands or millions of awfly cute children. (I have forgotten the exact number, sad the data has been mislaid, as usual.) Quite a family, group. " Opinion gathered .somewhat at random oh tho streets of Salem is far more favorable to Mr. Hoover than was tho ease a few weeks ago. One is reminded ot the old poem Go see what X have seen. Go feel what Roosevelt. . AT GERTA13 HIGH FAIRFIELD, Oct, l Gerrala high school students from this district lacluda Gilbert Smith and Marguerite DuRette, juniors and Donald Smith. Vera and John Short and Lorane Balwebber. Oregon