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. ' i ' 1 1 . - "No Favor Svmjf9Ua;N Fear ShdU&w - From First Statesman, "March 28, 1851 . ; -i THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Charles A. SntACUE - - - - - Editor -Manager S.IELOON F. Sackett ..... Managing Editor Member of the Associated lres The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for publica tion of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited Iff this paper. ADVERTISING Portland Representative Gordon B. Bell, Security Building, Portland. Ore. Eastern Advertising Representatives Bryant. Griffith . Brunson. Inc., Chicago, New York. Detroit, ' Boston, Atlanta. Entered at the I'ostoffice at Salem, Oregon, at Second-Clot Matter. Published every morning except Monday. Business l . ' r-'til Strpet. v SUBSCRIPTION RATES; Mall Subscription Rates, in Advance. Within Oregon: Dally and Sunday. 1 Ma 59 cents: I Mo. tl..'5: 6 Mo. $2.25; 1 year 100 Elsewhere SO cents per Mo., or $5 00 for 1 year In advance By City . Carrier : 45 cents a month; 5.f0 a year In advance. Per Copy 3 cents. On trains and News Stands a cents. Yesterdays BREAKFAST "1 he Challenge of Love "tSr ; u- '. . Of Old Salem The! Karfiev Days) BITS for : Br it j. ncNiaucBS- Jannary 20, 1908 CHICAGO Joan- R. Walsh, former president of the Chicago National bank, which closed 1U doors in December, 1905, was found guilty yesterday on 54 counts on indictments charging: him with misapplication of funds. The defense will file a motion for new trial. Action and Reaction ONE of the elemental laws of physics is that of reaction : to every action there is always an equal and contrary re action. Emerson developed 4he same idea in the field of social forces in his essay on "Compensation." All our life, physical and spiritual, seems to be made up of forces whose impacts are always felt and whose reactions are always certain. In the field of business this law is exemplified in respect i credit. Easy credit, with "plenty of money" available for purchases, for investment, leads inevitably to credit strin gency. The reaction is marked by "tight money," reduced purchases, business failures, lower prices. People are familiar with the workings of the old standby, the law of supply and demand ; but they are strangely ignorant of the equally im portant law of credit, which is based simply on the familiar rule of action and reaction. Credit swings in a pendulum, now up, now down. The "compensation" for the credit excesses of 1928-29 has largely been satisfied. Prime credit is very low, commer cial paper at 1, call loans at 1. Bank reserves are piling up. A little more confidence and the return of hoarded money, already started, will be accelerated. It has never failed be fore that huge credit reserves will not go indefinitely without being put to use. In fact we ought to see in 1933 a renewal of the use of credit, which will be swifter in raising prices than the issuance of paper money. Another factor which is obscured by the gloom of the deep canyon of the depression in which we are stumbling along is the mounting gold supply available for monetary purposes. This gold is coming from the ground, the 1932 production being near the all-time peak. It is coming out of India, a $4,000,000,000 gold "mine" of hoarded treasure. The significance of all this is set forth by David Friday, jan economist of standing, who writes in the January Atlantic 'monthly : "One of the unqualifiedly favorable elements in the situation at the beginning of 1933 it a marked change in the gold situation. For years now we bare beard constant complaint over the scarcity of gold. It bas been commonly said, by those who were .conversant with the gold situation, tbat the world produced about four bundred million dollars' worth of gold annually. Of this, roughly one-half was absorbed by the demand of the arts and by imports "into India for purposes of hoarding. This left two bundred million available for monetary uses. This amount was con sldered insufficient to sustain prices and the necessary volume of credit. "But the last two years present quite a different pic ture. Gold production has been steadily rising, until in 1932 it exceeded $460,000,000. This is almost equal to the highest production ever reached. The employment of.new -gold in the arts has fallen to practically nothing during the past year. Even In 1931 it was small as compared with any previous year. In consequence the last two years have made available for monetary uses about $850,000,000. In addition India has not been a buyer of gold during these years. By the autumn of 1932 she bas exported over $250,000,000 from private gold holdings, and the metal is still coming out of that country. When this is added-to the new produc tion which was not absorbed in the arts, it gives a total for the two years of $1,100,000,000, or more than half-a-billion annually, available for monetary nses. Some of this for the moment being hoarded by private banks and indi viduals, so that It does not yet appear In the reserves of central banks. But it Is beginning to flow out of these boards, and will, during the course of 1933A be added to these central reserves. "There is every prospect now of a record-breaking production of new gold in 193$. What confronts us, then, is an .abundance of gold and not a scarcity. This is certain to make credit easy and Interest rates low in any country where confidence is maintained. Such a condition win stim alate business revival." The present is a time of despair but signs point clearly to stabilization and subsequent improvement. It was reported last night that Mayor Rodgers walked into a State street resort where a good, live poker game had been in prog ress, and quietly announced that the place mnst be closed. Andrew Carnegie will give $14, 000 and no more toward erection of a public library building here, Mayor Rodgers was Informed in a letter yesterday. Sponsors of the scheme had requested the Carne gie foundation to raise the offer to $25,000. January 20, 1923 DALLAS "Not guilty" was the verdict of the jury after deliber ating for more than 30 hours over the fate of Philip Warren, on trial for the murder of Glen Price, fed eral prohibition agent, September 3. Warren, an Indian from New Grande Ronde, was previously found not guilty of the murder of Grover Todd, another federal agent. Men and women who are high in public and social life and vio late the prohibition law were piti lessly excoriated by Roy A. Haynes, federal prohibition com missioner, in an address yester day before a Joint session of the eUte legislature. LOS ANGELES Hollywood's film population and thousands of friends here plan today to Day final tribute to Wallace Reld, the popular actor who lost his life in the fight to conquer drug and li quor habits. New Vie ws Kepeal of the high school bus transportation act is proposed in a measure before the legislature. What do you think: should the law be repealed? Here's what these people think: - J Mrs. Henry Oldenbenr. home maker: "1 think it is a good thing to have the high school busses." Fred L. Scott, fruit farmer: "If financial conditions were dif ferent, wouldn't say that I would favor it, but under present condi tions I think it should be repeal ed. People during poor times are having to do without many things. When my children were going to school we furnished oar own transportation. I think they appreciated their schooling more. Now it's too easy." Yamhill Checker Players Get Win From Portlanders Score: Nothing to Nothing IT1HE short term session of congress promises to prove a JL complete nullity, equal in value to the special session of the Oregon legislature. Due to political manipulation, interminable delays and the filibuster of Huey Long not a single major bill will be enacted, save the Philippine indepen dence bill, and that would have been better unpassed. No amendment repealing the 18th amendment will pass, because of conflict among democrats over the terms. No beer bill will become law. The budget will not be balanced. No farm relief bill will be enacted. Nothing will be done looking to readjustment of war debts. No banking law will pass. The country is better off that some of the pending measures die through the adjournment of congress, but the verv fact that the houses may sit from December to March with yirtually nothing accomplished is a sad reflection on the cumbersomeness and inefficiency of our national legis lature. They do things more swiftly in other countries. In Enerland for exanwle under its cabinet system, the ministry sponsors legislation and pushes it to an early vote, and . - .... H u A 1 ' A. T i - stands or laws oy tne resuir.. Ana ra countries use nussm and Italv there is simply no legislature functioning. Doing away with lame duck sessions will not speed up . . i mi i a i. j::t. j congress, instead mere rai De no pressure w get umsueu before a due date because the congress can sit in virtually continuous session. " A special session of the new congress will have to be called very soon after Roosevelt takes office. He will insist on it to carry out his pledges of balancing the budget, of prohibition repeal, and farm repeal. Already his party is in a bad tangle on all these issues; and a good bit of the varnish will be scraped off the new deal by the time the laws carrying out these pledges are written on the statute books. Apropos of recent developments at the eapitol, the words quoted by John W. Dafls, territorial governor of Oregon fn 1854 as a sort of farewell message when he left the state, are quite pertinent: "It is manly to differ but childish to quarrel because we differ." Got. Davis brought $40,000 to finish the territorial eapitol. but the domin- 1 ant political faction of the state harrassed him, so he resigned and returned to Indiana. The sentence is worth reading over again: "It Is manly to differ bat childish to quarrel because we differ." The governor and the secretary of the treasury are now engaged in a rumpus. The secretary aUgss that he is la threes of a "reign of terror." This sounds tierce eaougt to be what tilt Jackson county. it looks like a blot to tak the frori pages away froct this section. u-'.-:- v'':v. Medford Mall-Triimne DAYTON. Jan. 19 In the first league game of the sea son, Yamhill county checker players defeated Portland In a 52 to 48 score at the F. Doree home near Rex, Tuesday night. Ten games were played. Five players were in each team. From Portland were R. Damson, S. De- Leon, Mr. Covington, C. W. Ev- eratt, C. E. Erickson. Yamhill county players were S. Carnes. F. Doree, W. W. Dunton, W. W Nelson, J. L. Sherman. J. it. snerman was high man, winning seven games, losing one and two draws. S. Carnes was second high man winning six. losing two and two draws. "When anarryiac eras Cripple WUlassotf V.X W WiUamette university has al ways been a good puce to gee good wives and good husbands. S W This Is true of all institutions of higher education In its class. But there was a time In the his tory of Willamette, Just before and Just after its name was changed from the Oregon Insti tute, when the marrying craze crippled and all but took away its total attendance, excepting for young children. S H. K. Hlnes told about that period, in his book. "Missionary History of the Pacific Northwest," published 1st 1899., Its author sketched the history of the old school; told how in 1844 the In dian Manual Labor School build ing and land claim passed to the ownership of the Oregon Insti tute; how Mrs. W. H. Willson, who had been Chloe A. Clark, missionary teacher who came on the Lausanne to become the in structor of the white children. opened the Institution. Aug. IS. 1844, and thus became the first president, principal and teacher How this was the status until 1847, when J.H. Wilbur came and took charge, under the appoint ment of Rer. Win. Roberts, with whom he arrived; the last named to fill the puce of Rer. Geo. Gary, who followed Jasoa Lee la charge of the old mission's af fairs And how Mr. Wilbur, the sec ond president, was on duty until the coming of the third executive. Quoting the book: S "Mr. Doane (Rer. Nehemuh Doane) left New York for Ore gon ... on the 18th day of Octo ber, 1849, via Panama. On the 4 th day of November he preached the first Methodist sermon ever delivered In that city. In the be ginning of 1850 he reached the Columbia river, and, finding his way to Salem through far more perils and- difficulties than one would now meet in traveling round the world, ... in the spring of 1860 he took the place (of teacher) for which he had been chosen. . . . About the same time Mr. Doane took charge of the In stitute, .... the , board entered into a correspondence with Rev. Francis S. Hoyt, . . . asking him to consider the question of ac cepting tne princlpalship of the Oregon Institute, to which Mr. Doane had been appointed as a teacher, . . . and soon after sailed . . . for his alloted field of labor . . . Late In October, 1850, . . . inuuiug in x-oruana, men a rus tling namlet of 20 or 30 habita tions and a few places of bus iness, . . . Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt made their way to Salem, and he entered at once on his work as principal of the Institute. "He found the school under the vrt Sk as a 'uua6Dmoai or jnr. uoane in a very satisfactory state, notwith standing . . . limited facilities , air. uoane removed to Portland and opened the first school ever !?ht, Ia that puc .... The difficulties that surrounded the euucauonai wort ... In Oregon were, irom tne beginning, most lormiusDie. They arose from a variety of causes which need to be stated before the reader can unaersiana tne heroic struggle which those who had that work In special charge had to make to sustain it at all, much more to carry it to any successful results. " When the Oregon Institute was established .... Oreeon Cltr and Salem were hardly more than names .... (Mr. Hinea shaniA have said they were without their present names and were then call ed "The Falls" and "The Insti vuie. ) witnm a radius of 25 miies irom the Institute there could not have resided at that time more than 3000 people, and within daily reach of the school Daily Health Talks By ROYAL S. COl'EI.AND, M. 1). By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. O. United States Senator from New York. Former Commissioner of S salt A, 2few York City. AT A RECENT meeting of the American Society for the Control of Cancer, announcement was made of another country-wide campaign against this ter rible disease. Three hundred cases of cured cancer were re ported and mads the basis of a new appeal to the public. These cases were a c o m p 1 1 shed by early diagnosis, proper applica tion of surgery, radium and X- ray treatment. What was done for these fortu nets persona can This society I cures of cancer the disease were In Its early Dr. Copeland '. Instead of spcr.dlag $4 to telegntpt fresh-memorial to con- : ' rr. nn investicailas: tiwor. is tea vrty not send a "tracer ' to find out what happened to the 1919 resolution on the same inbieett - be done tor others. tieves tbat more would be made If recognized and treated stages. Unfortunately, many persons do not realize the danger of neglecting health. They seek relief after the damage has been done Then, usual ly. It U too late tor cure. I am sorry to say the, often the victim of this disease refuses the aid of modern knowledge. He neglects treatment and refuses to be operated upon, even though surgery has made such tremendous strides la the cure of cancer. The poor results are ob tained when surgery ts resorted to merely as a last hope. -May I warn my readers against unauthorized and unethical mstltu tions offering so-caDed "cures" for cancer. It. yen have been told yon have cancer or suspect cancer keep away from charlatans. Consult with your physician. He win advise yon wisely and truthfully. . If operation la recommended do not become alarmed. Fear of the "knife" was common tn former years, but to day. with the marvelous advances hi surgery, there Is nothing to fear. The danger Ues almost wholly la delay. Radiass and the X-Ray , Some cases ef cancer are success fully 'treated by means et radium er the X-ray. The X-ray U particularly beneficial tn certain forms of cancer of the skin. Radium Is only need at special cases. Sometimes a combina tion of X-ray and radium ts osei after operation. Of course the type of treatment tbat Is most beneficial must be determined by the physician. Follow his advice and do not be mis led by unscientific and unconfirmed methods of treatment. But never forget that cancer Is a dangerous and fatal disease when neglected. We never know when It win etrlke k- We can only guard against It by recognizing It at an early stage. This be accomplished only by giving attention to health and heeding ah the warnings of nature. Too many persons succumb to can cer of the stomach and intestines be cause tbey overlook simple signs ef warning, such ae frequent nausea, chronic dyspepsia, and dally gastric distress. Impaired health, loss ef weight and appetite, and vague pains, demand Instant attention. The pres ence of blood tn the excretions must never be disregarded. I have often referred to the Impor tance and value ef periodic health ezamlnationa I can think ef no bet ter method of combatting cancer. If you report to your physician for a complete examlnaUoa every sis months, yea win be assured ef prompt attention K It Is needed. B cancer Is discovered rou eaa have the consoUtloa of knowing It Is at Its early stages and that curb la possible. Answers te Health Queries EL M, Q, How much should a girl of 18, 1 feet 4 laches tan weigh r Aw She should weigh about 114 pounds. This is about the average weight for one of this age and height as determined by examination et a large number ef persona, A few pounds above er be lens tee-average is a matter ef little or ae significance (CopyrieM. IMS. K. F. 8., fsej net more than 1114. CDaily reach" must "hare anesust pony back as well as on toot, for the city of Salem had attained only 1139 population 28 years later, In the census of 1870.) "Small, and scattered as was this population, there were social and economic conditions that in creased the difficulties. "One was this: the donation land law. enacted by congress In 1848. had provided for the dona tion of 820 acres of land to a sin gle man, or 640 acres to a man and wife 320 acres to each on a continuous residence of fonr years upon it. "This provision led to innumer able cases of 'love at first sight.' Many of them were extreme. Girls of from 10 to 15 years of age ware often married to 'get the land.' "The effect of this condition was to take out of the schools nearly all girls of from II to 20 years of age, and also all the young men from 18 to 25, LEAV ING FOR STUDENTS ONLY CHILDREN. "As the schools were entirely dependent upon tuition for their support, they found It exceeding ly difficult to maintain even a re spectable teaching corps, much less an adequate one. Indeed but for the fact that the schools of the church were under the care of ministers belonging to the Con ference, and that most of them had wives competent for teaching, and who were always ready to Uke up the burdens that no one else could be found to bear, they could not have been carried on at all. U "This was the case at the Ore gon Institute, where, first, Mrs. Doane and afterwards Mrs. Hoyt, were the ever ready and abun dantly competent helpers of their husbands in all departments of school work whenever the exig encies required that sacrifice." S S The cases of marriage of young girls and young boys in our pio neer times, to "get the lend," did not seem as strange then as they sound to present day ears for they were not as far removed as we are from the long period in which all women were expected to become wives In their 'teens, snd In Latin countries before. The Juliet of Shakespeare's Romeo was 10. Henry T. Finck, prolific Oregon author, in his book, "Ro mantic Love and Personal Beau ty," showed that, up to a few gen erations ago, there could have been no junior or senior high school girl students, anywhere, for all were taken In marriage and were engaged in the duties of conducting homes. S S The writer finds part of the an swer to his question of yesterday. After the death of hU second wife, Lucy Thompson Lee, March 20, 1842, in the home still stand ing at 980 Broadway, first resi dence erected In Salem, Jason Lee wrote Daniel Lee, his nephew, un der date of April 13, 1842, and In tbat letter, only recently come to light, he said: "ANOTHER sod in Oregon covers the remains of ANOTHER companion, who was dearer to me than life itself." The other sod was In what is now Lee Mission cemetery, and likely that was the first grave there, and the ground then was on the mission claim, the spot no doubt selected because It was a sightly place. Other reasons for believing these words give a state of facts will be told later, in this column. But this does not answer the question of the date of the re moral of the bodies from the old mission cemetery for the whites. The writer Is still anxious to have a hint as to how to find that date. That is, the date of the principal removals for some of the bodies vet, wiate duk ta&sjM Uaett among the oak woods west of Nave stock town, making the blacks and greys of the landscape seem colder and more sad. The grinding of wheels and the "plud-plnddinc" of drenched horses drifted along the high road with the galloping of the wind. Old Tom Tyser, muffled np on the box of the "White Hart" coach, shook the rain from his hat brim, and grumbled. "Never knowed such weather! rre come home these seven days a'sittin' In a puddle." Wet It was. and Narestock Val ley might have been some primeval sea-bottom suddenly upheaved, stUl drenched and running with the backwash of the sea. The land lay sodden and tired; the trees shook the rain from their boughs with netnlant imprecations. As for the grey coach-horses, their ears flop ped dejectedly, and did not prick np at the sound of the postman's horn. Mr. Winkworth's red-wheeled coach laboured and squeaked, and strain ed. A decrepit veteran, it crawled daily between the railway at Wan nington and Narestock town, its black panels needing paint, its musty interior smelling of stable dung and straw. ' The passenger on the bos beside old Tom Tyser saw Narestock town draw out of the dusk like great rock in a grey sea. At first it was a mere black mass in the valley, but lights began to blink as the coach passed the lodge rates of "Pardons" and swung along beside the swollen river. Darkness blotted out the cloud scud above the sway, inr tons of the elms, and in Nave. stock lights blinked more and more. isolated yellow specks upon the out skirts, but clustered uke star elus ters towards the centre of the town. By old Josiah Crabbe's stone house, where the row of Lombardy poplars whistled with the wind, the cobbles of West Street clashed welcome to the horses' hoofs. The sounds reverberated in the winding street, where empty footpath gleamed wet in the light from cot tage windows. A church tower, more elm trees, and the black mouths of side streets snd alleys drifted by before the coach crunched across the market place and drew up outside the White Hart HoteL The darkness of a wet February evening hid the utter unimportance of this old world event. The coach arrived, that was alL It carried just three passengers, and they abandoned it, and went their several ways. There was no stir of ostlers, no fluttering of curtains at the windows, no fat Mr. Winkworth standing under the "White Hart" portico. A single oil lamp flickered on its iron bracket over the hotel door. The pavement and square were crowded with nothing' but puddles. All the upper windows in the- big, white-fronted, square-built inn were black and lifeless patches. The bar and the billiard-room alone were steamily and huskily alive. The tall man in the ulster had climbed down from the box - seat and deposited a shabby leather portmanteau under the portico ef the "White Hart." He glanced - - u ; .... 5 . 's ; it ----- 1 1 if A fat boy came splashing through the puddles and asked the tall yoong physidsa: "Be yon for Dr. Thread gold's?" about him, took off a rain-splashed top-hat, and smoothed the nap with the sleeve of his ulster. The light from the oil lamp dribbled down on him with a draughty wayward, ness. He was tall, with a gaunt breadth of shoulder that wedged out his ulster into sharp, square corners. The lamplight fell on his face and ran off it like water off. a crag, an ugly face with a big nose and a square chin. He was clean shaven about a straight, terse month, and his eyes looked very steadily and very intently at life, i though determined to see noth ing but the truth. A boy came splashing through the puddles in the market-place, and stared doubtfully at the young man under the " White . Hart" por tico. "Be you for Dr. Threadgold's, mister?" He was a fat boy, with blown- out cheeks, a white muffler that bulged under his chin, and trousers that fitted very tightly over a cer tain portion of his figure. The man studied him with that indescribable gleam of the eyes that goes with a lively sense of humour. "That's right-Mr. Pkkwick. I've just come by the coach. "My name's not Pickwick." "I beg your pardon, I'm sure." The boy eyed him suspiciously, "My name's Sam, Sam Perkins, and I carry out the bottles." "That's something to begin with. Can you manage this bit of lug gsge?" The boy heaved at the portman teau, and round that It came up quite easily. The tall man's voice had had a peculiar effect upon him It was a deep, yet quiet voice, voice that suggested a reserve of breath stored away in a capacious1 khest, a voice that would grow quieter and quieter under stress, like the smile of a man who U dog- gedly rood - tempered and knows how to use his fists. "Anything else, sir?" The "sir" was a distinct uplift "No; that's the lot." The portmanteau w a a exceed ingly light, and its lightness filled the fat boy with speculative sur prise. He remembered that when young Surgeon Stott came as as sistant to Dr. Threadgold at Nave- stock, that gentleman's luggage had filled the "White Hart" hand-cart, and that Fyson, the coachman, had broken his braces in getting it up stairs. Sam balanced the portman teau on his shoulder, and made an imaginary inventory of its contents He allowed the big man one night, shirt, a razor and washing big, a pair of slippers, two shirts, a pot of jam, and a second-best psir of trousers. Nor were Sam's calcula tions far from the actual facts. Dr. John Wolfe had all his worldly pos sessions in that leather portmanteau. Dr. Montague Threadgold's house stood on the north side of Mulberry Green, the long windows in its flat red front overlooking the old mul berry trees, and the white posts and chains that bounded the stretch of grass. A solid and portly house, it had for its neighbours a dozen other solid and portly houses, all built of red brick with white stone cornices and ashlar work at the angles, all with massive front doors and lion-headed brass knockers, and door-steps white as newly starched aprons. (Ta Be Cnatiefifl Copyricfct. lMfc t7 Sober! M. McBridc k Cm. Distributed by Xing Featarr Symdicate. Im were not taken away until long after the first ones were brought to Leo Mission cemetery. Strawberry Growers Will Plan For Pool SILVER TON HILLS, Jan. 19 The newly organised straw berry growers association will hold a big meeting Saturday af ternoon at which time farther plans for pooling their berries will be discussed. DR. REED TO SPEAK SILVERTON, Jan. 19 Dr. Dorothy Reed of the National Council for prevention of War, will be the speaker at the senior high assembly during activity period Friday afternoon. Dr. Reed has been secured through the efforts of the Senior Girl Re serves of which Miss Elaine Clower Is advisor. Black bear In sufficient number to eliminate the necessity of re stocking have been found in the Great Smoky mountains national park. nm ltiia .ei s Cuts your gargle and mouth-wash costs in half T CXUSUAL TXIAL OFFTJt At Tesr Dregtwt's 8ee Page 9 Vr J Buster Brown's Greatest c a2 JXACLCE A OFFERING OUTSTANDING VALUES IN WOMEN'S QUALITY FOOTWEAR 4 SEaffi3 SfiMM?