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f ; ; re- "No Favor Sways Us; No Fcar S1aU Axes' From First Statesman, Match 28, 18S1 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Charles A. Spsagce - - ... Editor-Manager Sueldok P. Sackett Aanainnj Editor Member of the Associated Prew ' The Associated Press la exclusively ntltlxl to the oh (or publlca tfcei ot mil news dispatcbea credited to U r cot otherw!.- credited la this paper. ADVERTISING Portland Representative Gordon B. Bell. Security Bulldiag. Portland. Ore. Eastern Advertising Representatives Bryan. Griffith Branson. Inc.. Chicago, Nzw Tork, Detroit, Boston, Atlanta. Entered at the Poetoffiee at Salem, Oregon, a Second-Claee Hatter. Published every tncrning excipt Monday. Business effice, S15 S. Commercial Street. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Mall Subscription R&tea, In Advance. Within Oregon: Dally and Bandar. 1 Mo. SO cents; 1 Mo. I1.2S; Mo. f 2.25 ; 1 year 14.00. Elsewhere SO centa per Mo or f 5.00 for 1 year in advance. By City Carrier: IS centa a month; $5.00 a year la advance. Per Copy X centa. On trains and Neva Stands S cents. Balance the Picture THRESH pictures of the sordidness of finance have been un J? folded to the country through hearings of the Norbeck committee in Washington. They are informative, but so depressing that it is not surprising that the reaction in all quarters has been adverse. The disclosures all relate to water under the wheel. It were better for the country's business to have waited a while longer, when nerves were not quite so jumpy, to make the revelations. However, it is disheartening to read of the jugglery of some of the largest bankers in their deals with the public. Here ia Salem people were sold Anaconda mining stock and National City bank stock at fancy prices. Even if the deals were perfectly straight, the men at the head of the largest bank should have had better judgment than to consider the 1929 prices as true value. While the country has been shown the errors of judg ment and the indefensible low ethics of many individuals placed high in the field of business and finance, there are stories of individual sacrifice which they do not know, which they may never know, and which they should know in order to prevent distortion of the picture. There was Julius Ros enwald back in the panic of 1921 who turned back thousands of his own shares of Sears-Roebuck to be sold for the benefit of his company. We have known of small town bankers, farmer-directors and others who pledged their own assets to protect the interests of depositors. We might give the name of one man who advanced thousands of dollars to aid a neighboring institution, the difficulties of which reacted against his own institution until it closed. We might give the name of another man who has put up hundreds of thou sands of dollars to keep his bank strong and solvent. Oregon should recall the action of the Pittock estate in guaranteeing the deposits of the old Northwestern National, which enabled depositors to have their money without loss. Take the old Ladd & Tilton bank in Portland; the Pratts, Standard Oil, owned stock in it. They might have let it go down without much cost to themselves. Instead they guaranteed its assets for the benefit of depositors. We are getting in the current news, stories of trickiness ana wicKeaness in nign places, names once trusted are found no longer worthy of public confidence. But there have been men who quietly have sacrificed their fortunes to pro tect their own good names, who have manifested the very highest sense of devotion to trust. Unfortunately few peo ple will ever hear of them or their sacrifices. . If they go down they will be rated merely as failures. If they pull tnrougn lew will know at what cost they have survived. The Safety Valve - - Letters from Statesman Readers SOOTTB MILLS, ORB. Editor Statesman: Juit now v are trying: to con vince tho 15,000,00ft unemployed that the faro allotment plan will help the, farmers and that ho la return can help them. First he is to cut production and that doesn't sound like more work. But yoa Just wait. We are going to charge you more money for the "staff ot life" so we can give part of It ack to you. A perfect arrange ment. It may help some of the big whoat ranches where the work is all done with tractors! In the south there are cotton plantations with many tenants, some of them almost poorer than the man without a Job. I haTe seen times terribly hard there during the crisis ot '02 and 'OS, even as late as 1001 I saw a man with a wife and six children move on a farm for I IS per month. Well, we got over that, bat we forget that thousands came west and whittled out a new home on a new 160 acres. The free land is gone so that can't be done any more. We hare other plans. In a short time we will try to drink enough to put us all to work. Then there the tariff; it we can Just get those tariff walla removed to we could trade. Say cabbage to Ger many for sauer kraut and wool to England for "top coats." Of course we can make those things over here. But how are we going to trade If we do? While these are getting Into action our gov ernment contracts are going forward. Oar Hoover dam contract is about to be the target for an in vestigation. Down there it has been reported the profit taking a little crude. There we are preparing to grow millions of dol lars of produce, while around the corner we are cutting production. We are cutting wages and helping the unemployed look for work whenever possible by furnishing them more recruits from govern ment employees. Truly we have built the tower of Babylon. There is a tense feel ing in the land. Nerves are taut. Warehouses are bursting with plenty of everything. Men, wom en and children are hungry. What a bunch of jackasses we are. Abraham Lincoln said "So long as there's a man willing to work but unable to find employ meat, the hours ot labor are too long." HTJOH MAGEE. "Soaking the Rich" rpHE legislature of Oregon cannot be charged thus far with X "soaking the poor." It has in the works now bills to in crease income taxes sharply, to increase inheritance taxes and to levy gift taxes. These fresh imposts, with the nres ent 8 intangibles levy, will fall most heavily on those with possessions of some sire. At the same time the lower house has passed a law which will provide old-age pensions to im pecunious persons aged 65 and over, who have resided 10 years in Oregon. Ability to pay taxes increases with the size of one's wealth and income, so these higher taxes may readily be jus tified. However, if we speculate on the practical working of these laws the question may arise whether Oregon is not leg islating once more to drive out people with property or to repel those of means who might make this their residence and at the same time, through requiring only a ten-year resi dence, for aid-age pensions, to attract those who will become burdens to this state. Residence is no longer fixed as it once was. The auto mobile put families on wheels, the rich as well as the poor. Wealthy people with money in securities may shift residence from state to state, picking out the one making the least drain upon their wealth. They are also studying state laws to find out where they may die the cheapest: and able lawyers and trust officers are prompt to give advice on the subject. The poor too can usually find a used car to transport their bit of goods to some new haven of refuge, especially if there is the security ahead of an old-age pension. These observations are not offered by way of opposition to the proposed laws. In fact we strongly favor heavy in heritance taxes. But the question is, will Oregon drive out its most capable and productive and energetic classes, retain those of only mediocre business talents, and attract the shift less and impecunious destined to be public charges? The meat of the nut is this: Oregon has to keep in fairly close step with its sister states, especially California and Wash ington; otherwise It falls behind as a growing commonwealth. BITS for BREAKFAST "The Challenge By L J. HENDRICKS- of Lo ve Vr Historic house comes down: " (Continued from yesterday:) If any one questions the vaulting ambitions ot the founders ot the town of Cincinnati, which became y change of name Eola. and was for a generation the butt ot Jokes tor its Insignificance, emallness and the tact that It had among Its residents some families that bore repntattons far from savory, let this doubting Thomas look up the session laws of the 5S-4 territor ial legislature. "a S By the way, its sessions were held near where these lines are being typed, the council (senate) in the Rector building that stood next , north of the present States man building, and the house in the Nesmlth-WHson building. Trade and Front street, where the Fry warehouse Is now. The d. T. will find that the Cin cinnati Railroad company was chartered at that session ot the Oregon legislature. Cincinnati was proposed as the original terminus ot the proposed railroad. Eren there was a movement to estab lish a newspaper at Cincinnati, to boom the place as a candidate for the eeat et government: the cap ital of Oregon. Cincinnati and its successor, Kola, is now a ghost city, as every one knows. Eren its postoftice was relegated to the limbo of graveyard memories with the coming of the rural fre de livery of man. That aection la on Rout I, Salem. A tine suburban residence district but with bo town; nothing bat a service sta tion for auto travel. "a "a Oovernor I. I. Stevens had ar rived to proclaim the beginning of tho government of tho territory ot Washington, and his transcon tinental trek had been at the head of a U. 3. surveying party seeking tho route for a railroad to tho Paciflo; a route finally tak en by the Northern Pacific. 8o the pioneer air of Oregon was filled Yesterdays Of Old Salem Town Taika from Tho States maa of Earlier Days February 23, 1906 Plana for building a network ot electric railroads in the lower Willamette river valley and as far west as the Pacific coast were made public today by the United Railroads. Lines have been map ped out reaching to St. Helens on the north Tillamook on the west, and McHlnnvllle and Salem on the south. New Vi lews The state faces the alternative of restoring the three-mill proper ty tax or deciding another source of revenue, probably a general sales tax. Which do you favor and whyT Statesman reporters yesterday put the above question. There are 10 Initiative and ref erendum measures oomtng to vote of the people ot Oregon la the May election. Work of paving State street will bo started March 1, accord ing to Mayor Rodgers. Petitions already are oat for the Improve ment ot Commercial street. M. Murphy, traveler: "I'm not a native here so I couldn't answer that exactly. But If I were, tho sales tax. It ia a little more eren, hits everybody." Otto T. Fleeter, salesman: "The salsa tax is aa awful nuisance. Don't bother the merchant any more. He has enough worries." February 23, 193 The Northwest Canning com pany today announced that it will erect a new fruit cannery here coating $100,000 and having an output of lTf.000 cases. The structure wUt bo located at Lib erty and Trade streets. Marvin Wells, Producer's Milk company t "I would say a higher income tax; I don't know about a sales tax, but I do think tho prop erty tax is out of the question. There Is just not tho money for that. Right now too many peo ple are not paying their taxes they simply can't do it." Total registration for Marlon county is sow 12,164, or aa in crease ot OS 10 over two years ago, according to the county clerk. Tlie proposed state banking code passed by the legislature was vetoed by Governor Pierce yes terday for the reported reason that it grants additional powers to tho banking superintendent and prevents his removal tor cause. Daily Health Talks By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D. Winter wheat in the valley was nearly aU frozen out. Manr farmers are considering reseeding their acres with flax for linseed oil. This crop is grown much Ilk other grains, is harvested and threshed tor the flaxseed. The seed cost Is around $1.00 to $1.25 per acre. The yield Is not as heavy as wheat, but the price is three times as good, the average for the 1932 crop being $1.13. There is a constant cash market at the linseed oU mills in Portland. Farm ers need to make sure of the adaptability ot their land to flax grow ing, and can find ont about flax-growing from the state college, or from the linseed mills in Portland. The state gains the services ot a distinguished gentleman, able lawyer, and public-spirited citizen when Charles H. Carey becomes corporation commissioner. He has for years been one of the emi nent members of the Oregon bar. was twice president of the state bar association. His avocation is history. His history of Oregon is authoritative, and his history ot tho Oregon constitution is one ot tho best pieces of historical research and editing that has been done. Salem will welcome him when ho begins service next month. Dr. Copela4 Five dollar license fee, it Is to be, and a one-cent increase in the gas tax. ' Now wo hope that satisfies everybody; nd tho highway commission can organize its work without getting tho Jitters. If man cant dig up $5 for his car license, why, let him operate a dog wMch he can now license for $1. The editor of a paper at Rouses Point, New Tork, has sworn off on printing any reference to the depression in his newspaper. Ho says tho free advertising it has gotten has mad tho dlseaso all tho worse. Now it tho papers would daleU "taxes" at well as "depres sion" from news stories and editorials. .,, . . Well, anyway, what im the world has become of PotryannaT The legislature has no union rules: It gets no "time aad a hair 'Jpr overtime. By ROYAL 3. COPELAND, M, D. United States senator from New Tork Former OommUeioner of Health, New TorJl City. TUB AVERAGE parson seldom hears ot "Glanders disease". But X am confident that stablemen, furriers and others who have contact with horses are famil iar with the dis ease. It la alae knows as "equl nia" or "farcy". Glanders, er farcy, is aa In. factious disease transmitted to man from a dis eased horse. The infected anli , throws out ' the germs by neigh ing or whinnying and sneeslng. The disease ia highly contagi ous aad quickly spreads from one animal to another. Two forms of ths disease are known. The acute form is serious and difficult to cure. The chronic form is curable. Fortunately, glanders is a rare and unusual disease. Within recent years the germ responsible for this dis ease has been isolated, It Is known as the "bacillus mallei". At the onset et the disease small plmploa appear on the skin. They become inflamed or Infected. When pus is present a small ulcer forms. Small nodules or lumps develop under the skin.. They . are called "farcy buds". These buds break rdown and discharge a watery sub stance. The Symptom The sufferer complains ot fever, prostration and pains la the Joints. At this stage the disease is oftaa coafaeed with typhoid fever. Xa neglected eases, pneumonia may da veto. Abscesses may develop tn the dees muscles. Inflicting pain aad tenderness ia the Involved area. The nodule er Infected swelling should Immediately oe removed. Xa some Instances aa electrio current or strong caurtio may be beneficial ia the destruction ot the nodule. A special vaccine is now available tor auff erers from this disease. Suc cessful results are reported In the ase of this scran, but aa equal nam. ber of cases have not been bene fitted. When glanders ' la discovered among horses, the animals should be subjected to certain testa. It these tests are positive aad the horse really is Infected with the disease. It should be destroyed. Tho stable should be thoroughly cleansed aad disinfected. AU animals that have been exposed to the diseased horse should be watched and again tested after three weeks have elapsed. It is imperative that the men who handle the In fected horses wear rubber gloves, use disinfectants and other methods of protection against the disease. It Is true that glanders Is a rare affliction of mankind, but it must not be forgotten that it la a serious dls- s tor which we have no definite cure. Scientists ia their efforts to combat disease and suffering often succumb to this affliction. Only a abort time age three eminent Euro pean scientists died of this disease. They were Investigating the cause of mild outbreak of glanders. In their examination ot the suspected horses they became infected with the germs of the disease. This story tells of only one of the many sacrifices made by scientists la their strenuous endeavors to help lessen the sufferings ot mankind, it brings home te as ear Indebtedness to these- men for their ten tiring ef. torts. Amswers lo Health Queries Mrs. D. D. Q. What causes dizzi ness when I lie down 7 A, This may be due to a circula tory disturbance, to an eye or ear condition, or to some Intestinal dls tttrbaare. An examination will de termine the exact cause and then definite treatment can be prescribed. (CofVrtght, 1933. a. T. Inc.) with railroad ambitions: none of them to be oven partially realised until nearly 20 years later. Four railroad companies were charter ed by that Oregon territorial leg- islature. One was the Clackamas Railroad company, proposing to buUd around the falls at Oregon City; one the Willamette Valley Railroad company, which was to cover this valley with Its lines. The other was tho Oregon and California Railroad company, tho name of which was afterward used by Ben Holladay, as most readers know final outcome, tho Southern Paciflo lines In Oregon. V S James C. Oiaxk bought tho property along North Mill creek near where Center street now crosses it, from Joseph Holman. He was the grandfather of Joe Al bert of the Ladd Bash Trust company. He had beea a member of the famous Peoria party ot 1830, and married Aimira Phelps, a teacher who came with tho Lau sanne party in 1040. The Bits man believes the or Iginal log cabin, that stood near where Center street crosses North Mill creek, was built by Holman, for he and his wlfo were teachers and workers in tho Indian Man ual Labor School of tho Loo mis sion, that became tho Oregon In stitute and was tho beginning of Willamette university. They had to have a place to live, and tho writer believes they resided in that cabia, in which Hearletta Clark was born. S S There was no Center street then. Salem was not oven named. let alone the down town part plat ted. tor nearly 10 years after tho Holman cabin was built. The Hoi mans evidently planted orchards, and no doubt had la their garden tho Mission rose, too. For Miss Oabiielle Clark remembers, as a child that her mother had a good orchard there, and fine gardens Long before Center street was opened, the road that passed through tho Clark property cross ed North Mill creek soma rods south ot the present Center street bridge. That is the way all tho pioneers got through tho section going east to their homes oa Sa lem and HoweU prairies, the Wal" do hills, ete. Tho tannery was near tho old road. And there was a water wheel; a mUl pond and a race, too, for the power of the stream was developed and used. S And that section was a forest at first. Whatever ground tho first comers used for their gardens and fruit trees, they first cleared. Jo seph Watt, a noted pioneer, had a sash and door and furniture fac tory there, and had something to do with the development of tho water power. This is attested by the circumstance that abstractors for years pustled over the fact that all old deeds described trans fers as beginning at a tree at the "Joseph Watt mill dam;" and not until lately were the original notes of the pioneer surveyor found, straightening out the descriptions. S "a 11 Us Clark recalls that the tan nery and factory buildings burn ed down; also that Smith A Mor ris had aa Angora rug factory there, and Morris afterward, for years, was doorkeeper for the Cordray theater la Portland. X. J. Colbath was the contractor for and builder of the old house that has Just been torn down. Ho lived oa Chemeketa street be tween Winter aad Summer. Mrs. Colbath was a sister ot Mrs. Clark, mother of Gabrlelle Clark. There are numbers of Colbath descend ants living ia and around Salem now. The old Clark house was erected about 1100. a 1 -Enough has gone before, in this series, to Indicate that Nancy Hey d en-Tucker -Clark was a sailing light as a typical pioneer woman. She was self reliant, independent, worked hard and made maeh of little. And she was above all helpful aad neighborly. Though she had a numerous household of her own to clothe, teed train and educate, she nev er neglected a neighbor in need; especially in sickness. No matter how pressing tho duties ot her own home, she responded to every call for help among her pioneer neighbors indeed, she did not wait for calls. She went whenever any known need camo to her no tice, and remained, night and day, as long as her services could bo ot avail in any way. That pioneer spirit is present yet, ot course, la most families. But no period of American history aaw it as gener ally exemplified, in tho true old Good Samaritan way of the beau. tlful parable, as ia tho early days or uregon s settlement S On the plains among tho cover ed wagon caravans, and in tho work ot getting established in the log cabin homes after the tire some treks were over. .mas oa&rieue Clark was for many years tho stenographer and ngnt nand helper ot Geo. O. Bin. ham, leading attorney of Salem una circan judge m his Inter years, sue had her training in wuiamette university. Oae gets a glimpse of the sen timent ot her pioneer forbears from the fact that she could not bear to see the old house become a snen, neglected and going to rum, The fine homo and grounds of ut. a. j. Clements occupy most of me property that was first the Holman place and afterward was occupiea oy the tannery, ntiil pona, ana mill race the linea of the Clements property following I those ot the old deeds taking-, in ! some space on me east aide ot the creek. The old Clark house was orig inally built seme reds west of its final location; was moved back to lite way for streets., . . CaATTKat T1UJCT -TUSUE; I am not afraia of roughing: It." "No man ought to be. Now, Jess well, we've no cause to brms In Jess." Wolfe looked straight at Mrs. tfasean. To bo honest, that's what I came up hero for." "Did yon now!" "It la about Jess. It mast be! about Jess. Ton will let me say what I want to sayt" "I expect I should have to bear It, if I wanted to or not." Wolfe's Mrvoosness showed it self In a kind ef tenseness, a bright sing' of tho eyas, a lowering of the roiee. It was not easy for him to say what ho had to say, and his own sincerity kept nudging1 aad prompting: bias at every turn A' carious and halt-ooyisa difnrlf nee made him seem ten years younger. Ho began sentences, altered them, dropped them, and started afresh. There was a certain neros naivete shoot him that made Mrs. MaseaQ glance at hint with a flash of affee ttoa from andsr half-closed lids.' Mary MascalPs face had warmed towards him. "Han't easy to say some things." "Net when one's ia grim earn est." "Come round hero, lad, and kiss ne." Wolfe went and kissed hear. Els ipirits seemed to rise up fresh nod buoyant. Hks a swimmer who Hmha up out of the sea after a plunge on a summer morning. "Ton are Just tho man, John, Z Aould want for tho girL" "Bat she mustn't know, not a arord. It wouldn't ho fair. Tea see what I mean. I dont know what is roing to happen here. I may bo ut on the world in ten days. Bat (H work through. FI1 smash things f they get In my way. I only want ran to trust me." TO do that." "And I might write once a month, lust like a brother. If I'm not too far off I could run down hero now nd again when I can get a day or two. I want bar to bo free, free aU eund. X dont want her to think inything, to have anything pushed mder her eyes. When I am the nan I mean to be, things will be lifferent." Mary UaseaQ looked op at him ith wet, bright eyes, "Ten make me cry, lad, yon do, rare!" "Bat ydo don't mean that I must Ton great goose, yoa, as if I ronldnt tie my conscience to every word you've said I " Under one of the great cedar at "Pardons," a man dressed Is n light summer suit lay very much at his ease upon a cane "re timing" chair. He had a little green garden-table at his right elbow, ready wjth books and papers, n wbiiky-decanUr, soda-water, and glasses. Tho boughs of tho cedar let golden blurs of sunshine through upon tho grass, though tho mottled shade seemed carefully salted to tho cool serenity of the man who reearded oomf art as n thins; neces sary to existence. The perfeet lawns at "Pardona" unfolded themselves l.Yt II M a A T ill rti -rI 11 II Jut I - Ml I ' H I. I I I 1 I ill K w 4- to right and left, while tho foot pointed towards tho terraced borders and tho red-brick walls and rrey-stono window frames and mul- Uons of the Tudor house. For twenty miaates a hat had beea shooting arrows an ta a waits dross and a atg yeuew strai a minis tore glade. The air was absolutely still, and tho smoke from tho man's dgax floated upwards In blue, wavering lines. Sometimes ho closed his eyes Uks a contemplative Buddha, whose no earthly happenings conld dis turb. The occasional burr of a bow string aad tho faint thud of an arrow striking a target did not so ninca as persuade him to turn his head. A cynic had said of Perdval Harkness that had tho Last Trump sounded ho would have turned his head half an inch to one side, and requested a waiter "to tell that fel low Gabriel not to make such a deuced noise." A remarkably self satisfied man, sleek, particular, and infallible, ho had a way of bidding the world withdraw itself to a dis tanco, and await his pleasure. Put him upon his feet, and ho waa taO and arrestive, with a peculiarly cocky tilt to his nose and head, and a kind of superior amusement in his hard, blue eyes. For twenty minutes a woman tn a white dress and a big yeuow straw hat had been shooting arrows down n miniature glade between broad grass slopes and tho tower, tng statellness of the cedars. Whoa she had exhausted her arrows she would stroll with an absolutely un interested expression towards tho target, count her score, gather has arrows, and stroll back again to her place. Sometimes she glanced at the man tn tho chair. She had a fine figure, and showed it to advan tage when bending a bow. Mora- over, aha shot well, very few of ber arrows strealdnf their way through tho sunlight to stand slantingly la tho grass. Tho leather brace on bar left wrist was laced with a length of scarlet auk. "Axe yon coming' to shoot I" Tho man opened his eyes. "What energy yon have! Besides, I ehmdd nalce no show .a-atatst you." "Bat yoa weald bo Impressed be my shooting; Other people like hi make n little dlsplsyl" "I am quite ready to Bo here and clap. Besides, to watch you I should hare to get up and turn this ehaii. round. What is ths score, five boos, six in tho gold, and so on?" She turned slowly and shot as arrow, it struck ths edge of the target, and glanced upwards into tho boughs of n eedar. r . v That was n miss." , , "Oh, shame!" " "You never do anything, do yon, unless It strikes you that the act is exquisite." A man should never permit him self to do anything badly. Be should live above criticism. Only barbarians run races, and that kind of thing." Mrs. Ursula Brandon fitted an other arrow to her string. T have aa Idea, PercivaL that I should like to put you down there in place of tho target." "My dear Diana!" "Would yon play William Teflr No, yoa would run away, you knew. I wonder how a man manages to run away gracefully." "Only fools get themselves Into such a predicament." Then either yon would not bo there, or you would be shot?" "Most probably I should not ho there. If there I should manage tt bo shot impressively." "I believe yoa would." "Like the gentlemen at Fonte noy." Ho shifted his position slightly, and stared over tho tops of his boots at tho sunflowers, hollyhocks, and tall daisies in tho terrseod) borders. (Te Be CaaHcQ CoerHcht. 11l2.tr Kaeert SL afcBrkU 1 Ce "All the World is Waiting iof the Sunrise" 7W te yy-: '. P V.. ..?! 'Hz- is; ; - f i. i ' " -!. ' i V II 11 - CS - ' etan.Sfa.i'.hiseTiO sa. o east afc mat? t -V"-ik Uebssaaa? : rST - II it Ji t -CS- r There ia aa old story: Joe Watt, pioneer, was a friend of A. Bneh founder ant editor of Tho Statesman. They quarreled, over some difference. The Statesman contained - aa Item like this: "There are two Joe Watts Ik town. One is called Honest Joe tho other Just Joe." More than half of the scheduled German air traffic last year was across linos. international boundary Donmark and Sweden hare been connected by restaurant plaa service.