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v.: ;r - - : www mm . ;".Vo Farer Swaps Ug; No Fear Shan Aw" From First Statesman, March 28, 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. , Chjuujes A. S PRAGUE - - - - - Editor-Manager SnxooN F. Sackett Managing Editor Member of the Associated Press Tha Associated Prsa la exclusively nUtled to th om for publica tion of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited l t this peper. ADVERTISING Portland Representative Gorton B. Bell. Security Building, Portland. Or. -i Eastern Ad rer Using Representatives , Bryant, rimtb A Brunson, Inc., Chicago. Maw Tork. Detroit, . Boston. Atlanta. Entered at (he Potteffice at Salem, Ortgon, a Seeond-Clast Mailer, Published every morning except Monday. Butines tf . . CJ5 .S. Ct-trrial Street. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Mall Subscription Rate's. In Advance. Wttliln Oregon i Daily and Sunday. 1 Mo. 60 cents: 3 Mo. l..'5;cj Mo. $2.13; I year 1 00. S laewbera 10 cants per Mo., or. $5 00 for 1 year In advance. - By City Carrier: 45 cents a month: S5.0O a year In advance. Par Copy 2 cents. On trains and News Stands i cents. "The Challenge of. Love" 8TN0PSI3 I the voices Into Dr. ThreadgeVrs What?" I 1-Yf . a - aa a waat Bass reruns, nr. nnuni Mt i. .i.... ThreadgokTa bottle noy. assets ei wk-ftt la ha la? Donee inioyer s latest iwiuum r. Wolf a aa the tatter's antral at utue i . . est tha Ha found Wolfe standing at his elbow with a sharp-bladed knife. "Shall X slit the sleeve for yea?" "Please do so, sir." ... . - a nam h u iaur s anni - second door elaaed oa taa wojxo went to wore, ana paste, Navestock fat. a vet wiater dank. Jlriinr voe- cutting it off sharp- the red eoat from tha iajarad seaa Saai aoies mentally that the new . Sykes came whisk-Xf mto the by slitting it along tha seams. Ha doctor's lamft " fight as he akj-o, with a seared white was very dexterous and very rv- eond acts the straxerU the Thread- tie. Sir George watched Wolfe's gold house, where he meets Dr. -pjeggg, gir, ifs Sir George hands, keeping Us jaw set for the Thread gold ch abb j, sleek, aad the Gri met with a haceldent. moment when tha surgeon should his top-story room. Wolfe swiftly Threadgold poahed his chair off without catuiag him a pang. recaUa his seren years of work aad pilt fej upUa on the table, "By jore, that was smartl" study how he earned his way by .a via waistcoat a taa?. tha Mr. Snstoa of the hairy faea boxing exhibitions as aeoaatry 'i' I unconscious gesture that Utrayed chimed la with "Ged, it was, sir." "braiser,? sa a tavern singer, ad the professional dignity putting It-1 Wolfe throw tha eoat aside, slit as a railroad laborer. And now, after I Belf His prim little mouth I tha baronet's waistcoat across taa all. woue is aimosx peanueaa. a i straightened into a tighter and I shoulder, unounonea a, aanaea dianer, Wolfe Impreaaea vt. tareaa- mora cmphatie Una. gold's wife aa a hungry, "raw gawa I zcaM me, my dear." of a maa . . . silent aad sulky." She I erj eertainly, Montague.1 la UDHng oa medical training aaai she turned to Wolfe, who to Mr. Ruston. saying, "There's m watch there, I think." Then he dis sected away tha sleere of Sir Georee's shirt, and laid bare the mentions Sir Joshua B-ermoay,, point of rising, and treated him I bruised and swollen shoulder. What the Farmer Needs "We hay been convinced that the farmer needs Just one thing to solve most of his financial problems and that is a fair Trice for what he produces. An increase in commodity prices of only 5 per cent would be much more helpful to the average farmer in debt that cutting his farm mortgage interest rate in half". f Speaking is E. M. Ehrhardt, president of the federal Ixnd bank, at Spokane. He puts his finger on the spot What the fanners re quire is a better price for the products of their husbandry. True, they can reduce their costs: but it is hardly to be ex pected that they can lower costs to the point where farming will be permanently profitable on the scale of prices that prevails. That would mean peasantry for our farmers. How shall we get farm prices tilted to profitable levels? For one thing, get the government out of the farm business. Another thing work out better foreign relations through debt settlements and removal of obstructions to trade so farmers may get back foreign markets. Then we will have to wait on the corrective influence of time to readjust most all commodity prices. Steel, copper, rubber, sugar are all at unprofitable levels now. Recoveries will probably work to ele vate ail prices just as the depression has lowered them. ; The farm mortgage situation is serious. But Mr. Ehr hardt is authority for the further statement that only 2,500,- 000 farmers out of 6,000,000 have mortgage debts. We do not see how the government can safely shoulder all the mort gage loans on farms any more than it can on railroads and homes. The times call for consideration from creditors. Vio lence on the part of farmers will tend to discredit the farm mortgage as an investment. And how will farming be fi nanced in the future if the lender is driven away with shot guns and pitchforks? Creditors should endeavor to compro mise with mortgagors, giving them extensions of time or re missions of interest so they can keep going. Few creditors can get as much out of the farm as the man who has been farming it. There is no quick and easy solution to the troubles over farming. We have studied the matter for a dozen years and reviewed most of the ' plans for artificial correction of the difficulties. The chief ground for hope is that people still have to eat, that American farming is efficient ; and that in past times of crisis when agriculture has been in the dumps it has emerged and recovered its prosperity. senior physician it Gay's Hospital, j u though ho had asked her a quee- as aa ideal instructor. Ition. "Certainly. Mr. Wolfe. Br all CHAPTER -FOUR I means accompany Dr. Threadgold. I Threadgold, who had growa rather fidgety, stepped forward aad reaasumed his authority. "Thank you, Mr. Wolfe. Now, air. r.i i.ij vt. w.is .ui fv 1 1 know that a young maa la youri wo will see what is tha matter.1 aide by side and lo-' ed in his grave, position Wolfe drew aside and watched penetrating way at Mrs. Thread- Wolfe was up, and had given her Dr. ThieadgoM make his i essmina- rald. He knew old Kennody and his a alight, stiff bow. tic. His first impressions had SuonT. TmiS," ttm tastes -Go and watch Die. Threadgold, tojjteiUa to mlatnut the littj. and the manners of a.Brummen. sir. No doubt you urffl lean some- man-a abilJiy, nor had he watched spruce, bland, and untrustworthy. thfar ?' 'ff obsolete in his knowledge, a man ADI7iirr "" " who had always refused to accept room a huge, bullet-headed maa in for a fumbler aad no urgaon. A anything that was new. Kennedy I a red coat was striding to aad fee J craftsman Is very quick in judging one of the handsomest old I xrom corner v cornsr, h situvw ouuiuaj x ianwBi snobs in London. Ho had graadlNood over us lext tempie, aaa bis i was xussy, mesectuai, ana snco manners and the heart of a cad. - llaft cheek brown wtta mua. zusitsia wua au aaaaa. ue nsuerea "We have plenty of good mea at! riding breeches were nppea siongi nsiz to nunseu aaa nan m au pa- Guy's, madam." lone thigh and soaxed with mua ana I uenx, wua taa Dusy seg-conscions. "I dont doubt ft. sir. Sir Joshasisume. lne maa was uaa a greediness ox a maa ox poor capaaiy. . a h a . a. I tfi a w .ta. a has often said that Dr. Threadgold I beast m pain, no swore n guaia i xua aanas gave nan ue na- would have been one ox the leading aa no stampea o aaa uv, aouua praaairm w aw, oeuia; huissj bxw am physicians in London, if ha had his left arm folded across his chest, what they ought to do next. There cared to stay there. I have no doubt the right hand under the left elbow, was no decisive, diagnoetie inted that you will find Dr. Threadgold's A younger maa stood leaning genes about them. Moreover experience of infinite service to you. against tha bookcase, looking on Threadgold caused tha big maa a It is good for young men to sit at I rawer neipieaaiy, aaa paiuag we great oeat ox unnecessary pain. ue ieei ex experience. .... . . ... Wolfe's eye caught the doctor's. I Dr. TiireaagoM ousuea m waa jonn w one ex nis neeis. "Come, come, bless my soull whsfs all this about?" The big man turned like an angry "That's what I've come for, sir." Dr. Threadgold blinked, teamed,! and moved uneasily In bis chair. "Ha one lives and learns, lives and learns. Our responaibilitiea, Mr. I bull. Wolfe, thicken as we grow older. Now. you young me Oh! "We have our unmade reputa tions on our shoulders." "Ah. that's true." "Quite a . sensible remark, Mr. Wolfe. Montague, perhaps Mr, Wolfe will take a third helping of that sponge custard.1 "Allow me, sir." "Thanks. I wilL" "Matter? Shut that door. I doatlyoo- Aeromloa ly. Clavicle a little bit haps. Swelling very very pronounced--" Sir George writhed. "Confound it, Threadgold." -una moment, sir. I assure want to have the whole house hear me swearing, I must." "My dear Sir George swesr." "How much longer do yoa wast Swear, confound it, I to mess rae about?" Threadgold patted the swollen joist, looked wise and sympathetis. "The devil take that new hunter I sad glanced at Wolfe. "Support Sir George's arm, Mr. Wolfe." He pursed up his lips, aad frowned Low Cost of Travel GREY, dripping days; chill winds and a film of snow; fires to feed, that explains why one scans the travel ads so carefully these winter evenings. The gnawing fret of business, the tension of holding down a job, these would drive one to far places for some change of scene, some men tal release from the daily drive and grind. Glowing are the travel opportunities. Cruises were nev er so cheap. By land, by sea or by air one may range to far quarters of the globe at modest charge. $70.70 gives one a trip to New York via rail and steamship. $15 for a coastal trip to southern California. $165 for a ticket to the Orient , on the new States line boat out of Portland. $200 or $300 will give one a wide range for cruises out of leading ports. The lure of Algiers, the warmth of southern beaches, '"""vaie soft winds of the semi-tropics, the glow of life in Rio which now basks in mid-summer, all, all for modest sums. And when one gets to many foreign lands the cheap curren cies of those countries make their goods and wares available at great discount. Oh. to be a vagabond for a month or a quarter-year! Well, why not? Alas, though the low rates do tempt they seem quite as remote to Mr. Average Man as the higher prices of five years ago. Rates are down, but so are incomes. So most folk do their travel vicariously, tnrough the aiiur- . ing illustrations and gripping text of the travel advertise ments. ! Some stir has been made in southeastern Europe be cause the new daughter of the king and queen of Bulgaria xcam hsntizArl in the Greek orthodox church. The tmeen is A princess of Italy and it is claimed the agreement was the offspring of her union with King uons wouia oe reared as Roman Catholics. The ignoring of the agreement and the use cl the Greek church baptism illustrates the old formula t4,,vvi vi iioatI tA Kettle the religious wars in Germany: wVinsp nr!ne. whose relieion." In the controversy between the Protestants and Catholics in "Germany it was finally agreed that the religion to be followed in any state was the religion of the ruling house. That did not give the subjects .v.t ohmVa v.nf fViev riirln't connt for much in those days. Now the king has to be a member of the church which is dominant in his state. - TV. Vnrri ampnrlmpnt rloino awav with lame duck ses sions of congress will soon be declared ratified, In view of the changes since the adoption of the constitution the alter ation of meeting dates of congress was practical. Will it give us any better legislation? We doubt it. The dying con gress is fresh from the people, all of the representatives and a third or the senators navmg oeen eieciea just iw vmm rtrAntrlmov Of rniirsA if we reduce legislating to a basis nf maVincr raff en and tnast. we miffht have elections every vpar so the legislators will be "fresh. Perhaps a better Amendment wmiW he to lengthen the terms of congressmen to four years so there would not be this biennial upheaval. The country which seems to be coming out of the "kinks pretty fast is Germany; and one reason attributed for Its -recovery is the fact that Germany remained on the goia standard. We may think we are punishing ourselves by re- , maining on the gold standard. The fact is that those off that base suffer more severely and they are all scheming how they can once more get on a gold basis to permit resumption of foreign trade. - -r- " A Berlin airplane builder says he hopes to perfect this - rnTMiforl9 nlanft which will fas Tocimroof and crash- . proof. We do not expect it this year; but It is quite conceiv- rle!m mav eventually become almost as good for safety as the motor car. When that happens what wmonWw, investment in. highways? ... of mine. IH have the beast shot to morrow. Played me a dirty trick. What!" The young man by the bookcase I over the cold rims of his arlaaaea. emitted sympathetic language! Wolfe had a shrewd suspicion that through a cloud ox hair, tits nose I Dr. Threadgold was none the wiser and eyes looked like the beak and I than when he befsn. It had berun to rain again, and I eyes of a bird all puffed up with! "There la a rreat deal of swelline? what with the wind blowing the I feathers. there. Sir George, a very great deal rain full upon the windows and! God, sir, never saw a beast re-1 of swelllne?. I should nrefer ta have howling through the mulberry trees fuse more scurvily. I nearly rode the injured part rested, lee applied, upon the Green, none of the three over you. Why " end a second examination made te at Dr. Threadgold's sapper table "Look here, Threadgold man, morrow." heard the rattle of a horse's hoofs something'; pretty well messed up. The big maa stared. over the cobbles. The stones gave I The beast refused at a big ditch,! "WhatI Ton dont mean to place to gravel in front of the sen-land banged me over bis head into 1 gay tentious, red-coated house on the I an oak stub. We were down Bordon I "My dear sir, la a case such as north side of Mulberry Green, and I way, ten devilish miles. Thought it I this, when some hours have a gig that came swinging round I would be quicker to drive straight I elapsed " the white posts and chains drew up I here in Huston's gig. Confound it I "Oh, bosh. man. I want the tMna. DnsKiy outsiae ur, i arcmaoia b i iuim snouiaer kickm ikh mn oia aires-1 setuea. Do yoa mean to ui rn a a a a . a m . W I . eae I. a gun! driven door. A loafer who had been follow ing the gig at a run, gave a pull at I Threadgold took off his specta-1 You've the doctor's door-bell, and set up aides, wiped them with a silk hand- ten miles for nothing-? pulled me about enough tremendous hammering lion-headed knocker. Dr. Threadgold still had tha spoon in the dish of sponge custard. with the I kerchief, and replaced them with aa I air of "now for business." Dr. Threadgold went very prnV. "My dear Sir George, 1st me as- "Please sit down, Sir George, sure yon that a diarnoaia ca m1 You say you fell on your shoulder, be hypothetical under such eondi- "Hallo, hallo, do they want to That's right, Mr. Wolfe, you might tiona." knock the house down!" I light that other gas Jet. Now, sir. I The baronet looked urlv. tti wu "Montague, if that is old Crabbe's I I'm afraid we shall have to have lone of those nlethorie. ahort.tm. boy, I wish you would box the little I your cost off." I pered men who lose all aalf . re- wretch's ears. He always makes I Threadgold made little, soothing I straint under the influent at naJn 5 V M T 1 PI..I i. - I !. . 1 J 1 . . .. T noisa enouea i.r uuiu ouuwawi a i gesturca wiwo ua nanus. footman.' They heard Sykes, the maid, cross the hall and open the front door. A gust of wind whirled in with the sound of men's voices. "Confound It, Ruston, dont touch that side of me! or of much provocation. Ha mtrA "Coat off? Of course. But how hard at Threads-old. end tfc the" I tamed hla briatlln r "I am afraid, Sir George, we I toward Wolfe, who waa mnsAHlii. -v ti v- a. :m il . I ' iuu uti cixucei tarn coax. UN ana. "Confound the coat, cut it lute ribbons." "Mr. Wolfe, afr. Ten wffl find a (Ta le Coataeg) The door closed again, shutting pair of scissors ia that drawer. "3: yrst New Jigsaw Puzzle for Those Long Winter Evenings Yesterdays . ". Of Old Salem Towa Talks from The States maa of Eartler Days laanary S4, 1028 A chamber of commerce com mittee met last night with the Salem school hoard and agreed to go before tha people of tha dis trict and ask for a $800.10 1 bond issue ta erect school buildings and meet tha increase ia school population. Of 71 eighth grade students who took tha Marlon county final ex aminations for admittance Into high school, SI failed or were conditioned. Woodburn, with II students getting a passing grade, led the list SILVERTON Housewives were foreed to bring out their market baskets and do their shopping in person yesterday. Tha Silvertoa telephone company was moving Into its new home on West Main street and meanwhile was unable to give regular service. January 24, 100S LEXINGTON, Ore. Since the recent shooting or a man la a lo cal saloon by Dan Dougherty, sa- loonman, talk of attempting to put Morrow county la the dry list has been heard- ia every portion of tha county. Sheriff Shutt has announced ha will use every hon orable means ta bring about the permanent closing of the saloons. R. XL Page, Salem division man ager for tha Portland Railway, Light ft Power company, told city aldermen last night his company would remove Its streetcar tracks from the new North Commercial street bridge, IX asked to do so. He said his company probably would construct a bridge of Its own If tha co audi wished to breaks the contract tor use of the present structure. TROT, N. T. The republican general committee of Rennsalaer county yesterday adopted a res- olutioa endorsing Hughes for the presidency. BITS f or pj R. J. HENDRICKS- BREAKFAST Old Bug Johnson: Joka oa Rev. Doanei e C B. Woodworth. Guardian building; Portland, Oregon, who grew up in Salem, sends another Interesting sketeh on old days and familiar characters la the capital city as ho saw It from tha eyes ofj early youth and young mannooa: S "Old Bug Johnson. It must not bo Inferred that this title was used In derision. Quito the con trary. It was an endearing name tacked onto O. B. Johnson, pro fessor of natural history at Wil lamette university. The name first started -Bug Johnson, and the O. fitted In so nicely for the Old that that is the name he went by. Is "He was such a lovable, fine character, and so entertaining. He loved his work, and was able to pass his knowledge on to others in such a fascinating way that It was easy to learn from him. He waa the first person to use the The Safety Valve - - Letters from Statesman Readers The legislature seems to be quite prolific in bills. We were blissfully unconscious of needing so muck regulation. House bills No, eg and CO are twla lmpa of delusion, a reversal toward feu dalism. It is true the voters pass ed No. ft last election by which act they proved themselves de serving of the contempt ia which they are held by legislators and officiala whom they put ia of fice but some have since seen the mistake they made by disfranchis ing themselves and their fellow men. The legislators having fail ed to warn them during the cam paign ahould now protect them from the results of their mistake else why have solons If they are of no help to us by their super ior wisdom. Wo elect them to look after oar best interests not to exploit us and deliver us over to the grafters. Property owners are too dull to see that the rent ers pay their taxes for them and although renters move out they also move in aad they pay their share of government expense. They can not get off the earth. If taxes are raised rents are rais ed also. Perhaps abuses have ex isted in some cases but a worse abuse and one fraught with more danger Is disfranchisement. How does a sales tax, an Income tax or a water bond bear any harder apon a property owner than upon a renter r Tha water users pay the water bonds and everybody pays a sales tax but by this law none but property owners can vote for them. The voice of the people is then replaced by the voice of the propertied class. The next logical atep In line is num ber of votes In proportion to prop erty owned and history relates that that was once the condition of affairs but we hoped we had progresses since then or are we going around In a circle? Why does the water company lobby two bills? Does No. 88 not apply to municipalities? If the water company can get this legislation through and then get the water bonds declared illegal they will laugh in unholy glee and make us drink slop the rest of our days. And the business men of Salem aid them! The solons and the water company may be smart but the business men are dumb. They seem not to be able to see that their prosperity depends upon the prosperity and growth of the city, Our vUe water turns many people away from Salem. When the wa ter company holds a dollar before their eyes they can not see ten farther on. If we are cheated out of our mountain water which would solve Salem's unemploy ment problem that problem will He at the doorstep of the water company and the business men. It would be only fair that they pro vide for all the unemployed. How true "Man's Inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn." 8. E. JONES. phonograph ia Salem. Oregon, and perhaps In tha entire north west. Edison Invented the phono graph, as ail know, but he did not fully complete It at first. Tha electric light took his attention for the time being, and ho after ward completed the phonograph; hut the first ones ha turned .oat worked In a crude way. The rec ords were made oa tinfoil, the Idea being that any record could be made and sent through the man, and the receiver could use them on his machine and hear the voice, and It would not be neces sary to write letters. It is strange that this purpose has sot been carried out to a larger extent. "Professor Johnson demonstrat ed this machine at what waa called chapel exercises - la the morning, and very appropriately ha said the Lord's Prayer into the receiver, cranked It up, and the Lord's Prayer came back to the pupils and they probably need ed a double dose of IL a "The university was also the possessor of some very magnifi cent electrical machinery on which. he experimented; and it was a delight to have the profes sor demonstrate. No doubt thia apparatus Is still In the univer sity. There was also an electric generator, which was forerunner of our present dynamo, and many other machines that, while they were simple, yet they demonstrat ed the principles which afier ( Continued oa page 7) New Views "What subject of news are yoa most interested In following these days?" was the question asked by Statesman reporters yesterday. Bev. D. R, Schierman, Seventh Day Adrentist pastor: "Of course with my line of work, I watch world conditions most, both relig ious and political. I believe in the neaa future a great religious de velopment is going to bring to a climax world depression". Rev. J. R. Steward, Free Meth odist minister: "The foreign sit uation; particularly the debt problem and the Cbina and Japan troubles." s O. P. Correv, bookkeeper: "I have always been interested ia the doings of congress and polit ical maneuverings and battle?, but that gets tiresome if the papers don't also have more about the leading world affairs, such' as the war in China, and news from Rus sia. I don't care a lot about long stories on murders and such like." T. V. Saelstrom, laborer: "Ma? Oh, I like to read about fire? and funny things." ' Susaa Tarty, designer: "My newspaper reading is quite gen eral. No particular subject is followed." Sirs. H. T. Love, home mak ri "I am most interested in reading the political news and local news." o o o o We wish to announce to the public that our books, records and office equipment were not damaged by the fire and that we have opened temporary offices in the Corner' State and Liberty Ground Floor Our business will go on without interruption and we will be able to serve you well in this convenient location. See Us For Loans - Investment - Securities First Mortgages - Insurance Iteal Estate If yoa should be interested in s farm it will be to year advantage to consult our real estate depart ment. Our listings include farms for every need at prices hard to pass up. IT 17 ifa (luarfMLn Bl Corner Strtte and liberty Phcnfy 4109 V i el. 9 r-