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HEALTH
By Royal S. Cope land, MJ).
State Liquor Control
THE legislature is about to close and the score on liquor
legislation is as follows :
1st. Bill passed to provide a state convention to adopt or
reject the federal amendment for repeal of the 18th amend
ment. 2nd. Bill defeated to resubmit repeal of prohibition pro
vision of state constitution.
3rd. Beckman beer bill defeated.
It is probable that by initiative the second proposition
will be submitted. If it is carried the state would then be
without any adequate regulatory legislation of its own. Sale
and possession of liquor would be tolerated, without restric
tion. While the wets appear to have a present majority in this
state, judging from the result of the last election, there is no
clear indication of what the people want as substitute for
prohibition. The legislature appears equally muddled, which
may account in part for the action of the senate in defeating
house bills.
The suggestion is therefore advanced that the legisla
ture authorize an interim committee of say 15 persons who
would make a study of the subject and be ready to recom
mend to the people some definite form of liquor control to
be adopted in case prohibition is finally rejected by popular
vote. The Washington legislature has taken such action,
creating a committee of nine, half "wet," half "dry" and one
neutral (a poor line-up it seems to us). Oregon ought to
work rather closely with Washington on the subject and if
possible adopt a similar system.
There is time for the Oregon legislature to authorize
such a committee by joint resolution. The dries certainly
should approve it, because if Constitutional prohibition is re
pealed conditions might soon become deplorable. Wets should
favor it (except those whose only interest is financial gain)
if their professions of interest in "temperance" have any sin
cerity at all.
Dr. Copeland
A Life of Emerson
VAN WYCK BROOKS has recently had published an ex
cellent biography of Ralph Waldo Emerson. The treat
ment is particularly to be commended. It partakes of the
mood of the sage of Concord; and as it were recreates the
history of his mind, its steady progress from youth to matur
ity and old age. It is sympathetic without being partisan;
interpretative rather than critical.
Interesting portraits are painted of Emerson's contem
poraries, especially those who came closest in contact with
him. There is Margaret Fuller, "an avalanche of tropical
femininity," a mystic whose dreams were shattered in the
realities of Brook Farm. There was Bronson Alcott and his
"school of philosophy;" Henry Thoreau, early disciple of
Emerson s who became the lover of nature and foe of con
vention; and Hawthorne, who had moved into the "old
manse," "a real Sphinx, with a subterranean self buried
fathoms deep m the desert sand ', and Longfellow whose fun
eral Emerson attended, grown so feeble himself that when
he gazed on the face of the dead he said :
"I cannot remember his name, bat he was a good man."
Then there was Thomas Carlyle, crotchety old Scot,
wnose friendship JKmerson prized through many years
despite differences of opinion.
Emerson is not so popular a3 he was. The first great
American philosopher, he left no system, a hook on which
to hang his reputation. His writings were more like a box
full of varied gems. As he himself said :
"I write anecdotes of the intellect, a sort of Farmer's Al
manac of mental moods."
The core of Emerson's life and teachings was this, as
Brooks notes : "spiritual is greater than any material force,
that thoughts rule the world." Emerson led the way for the
flowering of the intellect in the new world. Forgotten though
his essays and poetry may be, he was himself a burning in
tellectual force who helped transform America from sterility
to productivity m the field of thought.
By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D.
tfoited States senator trem New Tork
Former OammiaeUmer o Vsaftft.
V TarU at
DXMKNTIA PRAXOOOC 1 the
same C a asrvoua disorder encoun
tered ta certala families, Host au
thorities believe that the disease is
hereditary, bat
certain factors,
such as emotion
al excitement,
over - wre a it
serves and
worry, are fas
tors of impor
tance ta this ail
ment. A recent sur
rey of hospital
records indicates
there Is a steady
increase In the
aomber of eases
of dementia
praecox. At first
glance this ap
pears discouraging but the progress
being made In mental and nervous
disorders Is really encouraging. We
have s right to feel the time is not
far distant when these rather dis
tressing disorders will be overcome.
There Is no age group for this dis
ease. However, It usually appears
before the age of twenty-Are sad
more often between the ages of fif
teen aad twenty-five. It afflicts mete
and female alike.
Heed Early Symptoms
The early symptoms of dementis,
praecox are vague and confusing.
The sufferer complains of headache,
dizziness, disturbed sleep, loss of
sleep and bad dreams. The appetite
Is poor, digestion is disturbed sad
general weakness results. As the dis
ease progresses, the patient becomes
melancholy, anxious and conscious
that he Is not wen.
Too often the early signs of de
mentia praecox are overlooked. The
is unfortunate because early reeog
nltion of the disease means prompt
medical attention. This greatly fce
fluences the future welfare ef the
sufferer. The disease should always
be suspected In a person whose dis
position changes. Formerly pleasant
and agreeable, the sufferer from de
mentia praecox becomes nervous, t
ritable, restless and is unable to eouw
centrate en any subject.
Young students suffering from this
ailment complain ef the inability to
make any physical effort to read aad
study. The student becomes forget
ful, absent-minded and often makes
foolish mistakes. He undertakes sew
tasks with great enthusiasm, aa en
thusiasm which soon disappears. Of
course, this Is not the only reason
why students do not study.
Careful Nursing Essential
If the disease is not recognised at
this stage and treatment is delayed,
the afflicted person becomes boastful.
He makes silly, exaggerated and im
possible statements, This stage Is
followed by delusions, which alternate
with periods ef melancholia.
Do not confuse dementia
with sertain incurable nervous
orders. At first the outlook is Brave,
but with proper treatment aad ears
these unfortunate sufferers may he
saved. Rest In bed Is Imperative.
Careful supervision of diet and nurs
ing are of the utmost Importance.
As the sufferer become stronger
and the symptoms disappear he
should be encouraged to remain out
doors and In the sunlight as muek
as possible. He should never be per
mitted to occupy himself la work
that is demanding and requires men
tal exertion.
In certain instances, where the
thyroid gland is diseased, the admin
istration of thyroid preparations Is
beneficial. The doctor will advise
about this.
(Copyright. 1933, K. T. M.. InaJ
BITS
BREAKFAST
for
By R. J. HENDRICKS
Yesterdays
... Of Old Salem
Town Talks from The States
man of Earlier Days
March 8, 1908
BERLIN Considerable sen
sation has arisen over the allega
tions of the London Times in ref
erence to a letter sent Lord
Tweedmouth by Emperor Wil
liam, The foreign office here de
nies the assertion of the London
Times that his majesty would en
dearer to Interfere in the naval
plana of Great Britain.
washinuton in response
to a letter of protest against the
Beveridge child labor bill, Presl-
aent Kooaevelt nas addressed a
letter to the Indiana manufac
turers association pledging him
self la favor of enactment by
congress of a bill regulating child
labor.
Dr. J. R. BZnodell, superinten
dent of the State Anti-Saloon
league, will be here tomorrow
and, assisted! by Rev. E. F. Zim
merman and Rot. Relnhard, wUl
deliver sereral addresses In local
Boardman's Swim Chart
OWIMMIN', like the old grey mare, "she ain't what she
O used to be." One realizes it when he watches the young
fish of the present generation disporting themselves in the
water. One who learned his tricks back in the catfish conn
try stays far in the background while the youngsters do
everything but walk on top of the water. Swimming, like
golf and billiards, has been reduced to a known science. It
remained for Bob Boardman, physical instructor at the Sa-1 churches.
lent i JM.UJv. to catalog the strokes and make correct swim
ming known to everyone.
Boardman has just gotten out a chart showing the cor
rect technique of the eight basic and standard strokes. It
makes such things as learning the trudgen crawl as easy as
learning to do the polka step by correspondence. It all comes
back to the same idea: "count 1-2-3, glide."
The chart is one of the unique things in print. The van
ous positions and movements of the limbs are illustrated and
appropriate directions given. It is intended for posting
a1inaifa tt aunmmlnrp rtsvil fw 4-Via Kama-fit laarnoMi
v, -o e T- 4. .1 l t x.ii v.ii I to be: Ellsworth Kelly, Oregon
wwictB. v meicutc iw una swan lucjr can ku wueiuer Ka& Dewey Jones. George Holts
a J il A 1 a . . a 1
icey are oomg me stroKe correctly or not. claw and George Jackson.
Swimminsr has become a real nassion with th American
-niikliff Gumma namita ottt, i I The Woodward bill reducing
y m -w .7, r the legal working day for the
m and streams. More and more indoor pools are being built to lumbering industry from 10 to
AV1U O VT AAAAAAAAAi j AVl TT lUbCi vilUve AAfAi UlAAAlA S Vlatti V OliUUU
receive a real welcome from all who are interested in the
Bwimming art.
March 8, 1023
Fire desperate convicts la the
state prison sawed their way
through the prison roof Saturday
night while the Salem Lions'
club was giving a minstrel show
In the auditorium. It became
known yesterday. They were
frustrated In their efforts to
get away oTer the wall by other
prisoners who tipped off prison
officials. The fire are understood
eight hours will become effective
provided similar legislation Is
Joaquin's first dollar,
first poetry, other flrstst
: - -
(Coat viae from yesterday: )
"I had kept erode sort of Jour
nal, aad aa papa had stored la his
mind erery single camp aad an
incidents of account in all that
serea months of perslsteat march,
we went oyer it together aad fill
ed ap the broken aad disconnect
ed place.
H S
"He insisted that It would be
of interest soma day. But It was
burned with the house aad all Its
contents some years later. I sse
that my birthday la set dowa In
some books for 1141, and in oth
ers for 1841. This comes from the
lose of the Bible. For when I was
first in Europe aad eome began
to ask whan I was born, papa
gave the former year, according
to his recollection of the trivial
event, whUe mother insisted on
the latter, both giring the same
day of the month,"
..
The reader wilt recall that in
yesterday's installment of this
series, Joaquin called himself the
11 year old one of the three boys
who arrived In Oregon with their
parents in 1S5X. So ha mast hare
credited his father's yersioa of
the proper date of his birth as
perhaps, strangely, being- the most
interested participant in "the tri
Tial incident" of his birth. copy
of "Who's Who la America" of a
number of years ago gave the
date aa NoTember 10, 1841.
S
Joaquin Miller in the volume
being quoted said ha was "born
in covered wagon, pointed
west." Wagner, hi biographer,
suggested some allowance for po
etic license; that the statement
may not hare been literally true
though the family was on the
move at the time, in a. covered
wagon, pointed west on a ahort
leg of the journey that finally
ended la Oregon. For they had
been headed this way for soma 10
years. At one time, their intend
ed start waa delayed by news of
the Whitman massacre In 1847,
giving them a scare concerning
dangers of Indian troubles.
"Who's Who in America" persist
ently called him Joaquin Cincin
nati Heine Miller. That was
wrong. His mother bestowed his
second moniker in honor of the
good doctor who attended at his
birth. He was Dr. Hlner. Joa
quin's right name was Cincinnst-
us Hlner Miller, after the Romaa
dictator who was recalled to high
command from following his
plow, and the country physician
who performed the high birth ser
Tices. The makers of the book
listing outstanding Americans la
point of worthwhile activities and
attainments, could not imagine a
more appropriate given name
than that of the great Jewish
German poet, Helariea Heine; but
the mother could and did. What
mother would deny her right,
eren questioning her sense of pro
portions if she might be thus
highbrow and critical t
S S
Mrs. Sarah Hunt Steeves of Sa
lem, who has written and is writ
ing biographical and other mat
ter to be printed in books, visited
In the section where Joaquin Mil
ler was born, along with her hus
band. Dr. B. L. Steeves. This vis
it was a few years ago. They
found by the side of the highway
leading from the considerable
city of Richmond to the town of
Liberty, Indiana, near the last
named place, a tablet, placed
there by residents of that state.
S
The tablet, fixed to a large
boulder, informs the wayfarer:
'Joaquin Miller, poet of the Sier
ras, was born in Union county.
Indiana a half mile east of this
memorial, November 10, 1841.
Died October 17, 1918."
The inscription shows that the
tablet was placed there in 1911.
Mrs. Steeves was sufficiently In
terested to secure two photo
graphic views of the tablet, which
she brought home and treasures.
S S
The inference is either that the
Indiana people who hd the tab
let prepared took the word of
Joaquin's father for the correct
year of his birth, or perhaps
trusted to the memory of some
old timer in the neighborhood
wno remembered the event, or
had reliable information from
some one there who did.
Resuming the text: "We got
some sheep to keep on the shares,
and Jimmy (the younger broth
er), with his new dog, kept with
them all the time, but the sauaj
little coyotes would Just sit dowa
round about and watch and wait
for the lambs, and get them al
most as fast as they came. O sce
ne heard a lamb bleating plteoua-
ly away up overhead la the-
bright blue sky, and lifting his
eyes he saw a great black wingad
eagle making- its way to the
mountain ton with a little white
lamb in its clutches. The old pri
mal contention of nature waa
still with us, eren la happy,
peaceful and prolific Oregon
the survival of the fittest tight
est!
"We two bigger boys wrought
out in the fields, milked the cows
night and morning. Mother made
the butter. Papa walked to aad
from school, far away la the
Forks.
S .
"About this time our nearest
neighbor, a learned, good man,
candidate tor governor, and aft
erward famous for alaaslflcation
of Oregon trasses, nearly 200 in
number, wanted to break up a
field and turn under . the dense
growth of wild roses that was
overrunning his ranch. He want
ed, ma to drive the oxen while he
held the plow. (Probably John
Whiteaker first governor of Ore
gon elected under the stata form
of government.) Wild with joy, 1
was with him early and we
wrought lata aad long. I was
barefooted and my tattered trous
ers reached not far below the
knees and the oxen were wilful
and unruly; but wa atnek tp It,
breaking the ground matted with
rose roots. I was at the same time
breaking and subduing the obstin
ate oxea and I did not care tor
my feet and legs. We did not
stop for lunch and when we got
up. to the house and watered and
unyoked the oxen my legs began
to smart and my feet to hurt me
so much that I begged not to stay
for supper, as I wanted to go
home. But he looked up and told
me I had done finely with the
oxen, thanked me kindly, asked
me to come early In the morning
and then putting his hand In his
pocket handed me a big silver
dollar; my first, my very first
dollar. I clutched it, caught in my
breath with wonder and exulta
tion and ran home holding tight
and hard on my dollar till I had
laid it In my mother'a lap, where
she sat at her little wheel spin
ning. (Evidently spinning flax.)
Mother kissed me and cried and
we cried and cried together, with
delight.
"Mother washed my feet and
legs, washed them la warm water
and milk and maybe with silent
tears. She put ma to bed after
supper and next morning I was up
ana away at work with the oxea
"We had no newspapers as vet
la reach of us, and the mails were
oaly weekly and were very uneer-
taia in unsettled weather, but
mere were rumors la the air
about new gold mines to the
south, on the way to California.
rnese new placer mines were la
what is now called the Rogue riv
er country. The right name la
Red river, so named by the early
srenen explorers."
(Continued tomorrow.)
The
Va
Safety
Ive - -
Letters from
Statesman Readers
enacted
ho.
in Washington and Ida-
Lovers of basketball are looking forward to seeing the games
at CorvalliS Friday and Saturday nights when the Pacific coast cham
pionship will be settled. O. 3. C. team will play the Southern Call-
foraia team.
New Views
v Most communities era satisfied with one bier bank ware ta talk
j ' about, Medford carries on with two: regular banks and L. A. Banks.
Time for soma oaa to run for office
money without cost to the taxpayers
on a platform of free
"Do you think the American
dollar ahould be reduced in geld
content? Why or why not? This
-would mean Inflation." These
questions were asked yesterday
by Statesman reporters.
Wa do not know Just how to pronounce
Uka a word either sacred or profane.
'r Kvarybody kappyt Tea, Bo!
Jehol", but It looks
Dr. 8. B. Laaehlio, professor
I of economics, Willamette naivet
sity: "That Just, depends upon
what the other alternatives are.
It's a bad thing to change the
Salem, Ore.
March 1, 1988.
Dear Editor:
1st ......
x-iease auow me a utile space
la your paper in regard to Sea
ator Woodward's remarks oa the
Beckman beer bill. .
He says "Why should we weep
ior tne nop growers to the dis
crimination of the dairyman.
ne says mis measure is a step
oaexwaras. This is where he
wrong, it i time to go forward
ana neip to create employment
for thousands of people that
could get work in the hop yards
lois season.
Mm TTT J ,
jki. it wuwara may well weep
ui now many people can the
aauyman employ in comparison
w me nop growers?
I also noticed the last two sea
sons when people come to Salem
aad when dowa and out they did
net send them to the dairymen.
They were sent to the hop yards.
Reap.,
J. A. BROWN.
"The
Ghall
f T Rv Warunrlr
enge or Love .-7
CHAPTER FOSTT-TWO f sat on Flemmingr'a right, his long I stirring up bad blood. The man ef
lees stretched out, a sprawiinf; fig-1 property in the town have publie
Wolf had been rone aa houzlura that sneered. Little WUks al I spirit." '
when. Jess came back from the ways had a fistful ef papers, which Robert Flemming turned his head
moor. She looked self-conscious and ha sniffed at attentively much like this way aad that, gravely, qus
shy, but waa able ta smile and a squirrel devouring a nut. Landry tioningly. TurreQ lay back ta his
shake, back her hair. Mary Mascall and Petersen, two country mem- chair.
waa still sitting under the cypress, bars, sat aide by side, exchanging 1 am quite content to leave my-
rve been waltinaT tea, child. I scandalous atones ia gloating un-lsell ta your hands, gentlemen.'
John Wolfe had to get back.1 Idertones. The other members were! 1 think wa can leave a gentle-
Jess sat down on the grass with I tradesmen heavy men who took I man of Mr. Turrell's position ta
her arms about her knees. I their duties with a serious eye on I control his own property."
"Waa ha " I personal economics. Old Crump, the I Wilks's eyes twinkled aa thourh
'"What, Jess?" clerk, leathery, pink-giUed, and he had cracked an unusually fine
Anrry?" I sardonic, had mischievous twinkles I nut.
"Angry! I never saw a man morel in his porcine eyes. He turned hlsl Turrell's half-closed eyes gleam-
pleased. I told him you were out Impertinent and abrupt nose this ed under their light lashes,
oa the moor somewhere. He told way and that' like aa old dog: cast- "Ton can leave the matter to me.
me to thank you and to say he is lag about for a scent. He was a IT1 look into it, and have a proper
aa proud of Turpin as Angry, cynic, and it delighted him to see opinion."
indeed!" I people lose their tempers. I They had carried the Question
e e e I He had a chance that morning thus far. and there they dronned
when it fell to him to read a cer- it. Crump was scribbling in a book.
a S . . a a . tt I .....
Jurum TnrMn in ViU mM. I tain zormai setter mat naa been The Guardians decided that he
house at Beech HilL nosing about I addressed to the Naves toek Guar- should aeknowledgv'lhe receipt of
in his keen, mistrustful way, hisdina Tb lttr complained of a J the letter, nothing more. They pass-
niusauica in vjeorgo xane, ana iaeiea-on to Cuscusa certain Items in
writer desired to have the "nui-1 the workhouse accounts.
long lips puckered about the stump
of a cigar. Turrell never fully en
joyed the good things that belonged
to him, simply because of a natural
sauce abated. The details were put I From the meeting of the Board
with strength and savour. Crump of Guardians. Jasoer Turrell went
meanness and thinness of disposl-1 niffed " be. read it. A familiar straight to Dr. Threadgold's house
tion. Nothing ever quite pleased and penetrating odour seemed to on Mulberry Green. Threadgold was
iure-j m wmj mui uia room. i out. ana Turreu was offered the
Crump took a delight in setting I urbanities of the new ajtatatent.
people by the ears, provided it Mr. Talbot Tweedv. This vonn
could be done delicately and with- man wore spectacles, and had some-
ous personal inconvenience, i nere thing of the look of a very wise
was an uneasy scraping of feet, a I fuinea-pig. He was badly spotted
tilting of chairs. Queer, slanting I -ith acne, and simnrd lik a
can't make these men of mine
prune and syringe properly." He
was forever discovering ugly in
sects under the stones of life, fo
cusing the one gap in a bid ef
gorgeous flowers.
"Are you there, Dad?"
The younger Turrell's figure
showed through the glass, distorted
slightly by crinkles In the panes.
"Hallo, Tor
him. He was forever grumbling at
his gardeners, and suspecting them
of selling fruit and vegetables be
hind his back. Ha made a habit of
counting the peaches and nectar
ines oa his trees, and any discrep-
Mn hail r h. .nT.ifiul If
trimrxA .4tiV Ma 7nnM I glences were thrown at Jasper Tur-1 narvnn eHrl TSin-ll hA nn nu
sneer bitterly and say,' "Nothing f1- ,His f9 wfe r W. Ha sat down and said that
like what they should have been! 7,. 7 !mrl I he would wait for Dr. Threadgold.
I 'ran kul t wait an hnn. fnll
"George Lane, is it, Mr. Crump? I h tiv k;...i i i
And from Burgess the cobbler?" temper. When ThreadW mm i
"That's the signature, Mr. Flera- hnovant and ffui Wr,.
min'" la cork on the froth of his on
The sflence was fuO ct hesiUncy. checrinesa. tfca n hin tv,
en a I - w e-aitts1
iTirreu crew in ms long legs, and man's face made Turrell savage.
A aa 4V ttttn S Sa ah a J & SX a a I . j i
' ucuauco. -look here. Threadgold. I want
"I am not shy, gentlemen. It Uou to so ronnd to nnrra t
seems ai someone naa a quarrel "I will ro round this vininr '
wun my property, iet us nave it -TouTl find nothing t.
I out. If anyone wishes to discuss my with. But I lust want
was one of lounging self-satisfae- nagement mJ property -" for form's sake. You understand?"
tion. He was, what many a poor Ha looked round insolently, ready Turrell went straight from Mul-
ead desired to be, the ideal of im- to, th5ns challenge under his berry Green to George Lane. Dis-
fwuiKla feaam ah tnfrtv iH1Ht,m neighbours noses. But though Tur- cretion was not in him when ha
a week. Young Turrell had his fists I11 was an unpopular man, he was waa angry. He never restrained
stuffed into the pockets of his rid-Ith d"" an, and his fellow- himself, and his passions were
las: breeches, his black-and-white-1 einsma anew it. it waa a subtle emetic
check waistcoat hunched up over rIBeaon self-preservation, and Old Burgess was at work in his
I it ... - M 1 A. 4.1 I a aa aaaia . ....
them. He stood with his feet widel"""" 04 propeny insianuy i snop, bis bald bead visible through
apart, and his lower Jaw thrust drerw together when the interests the diamond panes of the window.
ont. I oi property were tnreatenea. A The tap-tap of hie hammer went
"I have Just picked up a be ofleoma,on mstmet made for unani- on steadily. Turrell gave one stare
nuiy. ijiae memoers ox a Dig iamuy i and stood ta the doorway.
they might quarrel among them-1 "Hallo, you dont like this nei?h-
selves, but they rallied and drew boufhood. Burgess! How's that?"
bv;uKr wucu vui vi uio uu waa I IDS COODier gianCM Up WUH a
threatened by aa outsider. I sulky, browbeaten smile. His squab.
Johnson the butcher, the colour I tinr. rounded flsrure with its white
of his own raw meat, spoke up apron and blue shirt sleeves seem-
gruffly from a corner. led symbolical of Labor crouch inr
-air. Latirmaa, seems to me. sir. half rebelliouslv at the fet of Can.
dose together. He twisted the cigar I i?rreu s a genuemaa wno can ItaL
round in his mouth. en w ioo aicer am own prop-i -You ought to know, Mr. Tur-
"What the devil does he mean by I ercy. we saaxa aiong very wen ta reU."
I tt. a . w tt a a. a.al
"News, eh!"
"That chap Wolfe had put up his
plate la Navestoek."
"Bosh!"
"It's true. Young Kinais told me I
this morning. He's up on Peachy I
HilL
Jasper TurrelTs red eyelids camel
that? Surely Threadgold had aa
agreement "
"What about old CrabbeT"
"Crabber
"He may have taken the chap up."
TurreU snarled.
Navestoek, sir. I dont bold with
mischief-making."
TurreU smiled. Us long mouth
crinkling curiously between his
sandy whiskers. He aad Johnson'
had a proper understanding.
Robert Flemmlng's eyes wander
ed from face to face.
"Has anyone "
Wilks's thin and acrid voice cut
in.
it appears to me ta be a vexa-
Tbia particular meeting of the
Navestoek Guardians was destined
ta be memorable by reason of its
implications. Robert Flemming heldltioua complain)
his usual place aa chairman in thai "Tss, that's the very word I wss
big, padded-leather chair, his fine I trying to think of, Mr. Wilta."
nonatty ana wnitenmg beau de- "it nana tne tiling to tne coun-
serving the brush of the portrait Iter, Mr. Hubbard."
painter. The room was a dull room I "Like a bad coin, air. I always
with long, melancholy windows I say that things ought to be done
looking out upon a yard. Terrell with good feeling. I am against
An insolent slyness glimmered in
Burgess'a eyes, and TurrelL whose
soul waa sinewed with insolence.
understood the look, and reacted
to it.
"You have been put up to it.
I know that. You have made your
bargain. Clear out in a month."
"I was just going to say, ajr "
"I don't want to hear what you
were going to say. You have notice
to quit, and that settles it I am
not going to have mischief msde
behind my back. Pm not the maa
to stand it."
He walked on with fuming self
satisfaction. (Te B CoatiaoH)
ICoerricfat. lfll by Xobert VC. McBride Ca,
Distributed by SUaf Features Syad:caU, las.
Editor Statesmaa:
Program for legislature:
Aa act of law exempting homes
and farms from taxation. Make no
appropriations for education, ex
cept for the common schools.
Permit no more bonds for
roads, or anything else.
Abolish all offices and commis
sions not absolutely necessary.
Enact a sales tax with other
proper sources of revenue for aa
economical administration.
Appropriate one million dollars
for settlement of the unemployed
on the soil.
The Willamette valley fully de
veloped would support 1,000,009
people or mora. Let them have an
opportunity to be self-eappertiag
and self respecting citizens.
W. L. JONES.
content of the gold dollar, chang
ing the standard of value we've
had. That la inflation. It may ba
though, that it would ba the
lesser of two or three evils."
Otto A. Hartman, jeweler: ""I
don't think . so. I don't think
that would be the proper thing at
thla particular time. I don't fa
vor any change along that line
just now. Of course, there's a
question there, you know."
J. O. Becker, farm worker t "I
know there's a lot of talk about
Inflation, but I honestly doat
think It will help the situation
a bit," .
Editor Statesman:
Wa still hear rumors from the
legislative halls at Salem that a
general sales tax is being dished
up for general consumption. We
trust that this is only rumor, be
cause It would bo a crime against
society to Impose a sales tax upon
ma necessities or lire at tnis par
ticular time. To do so would be
aa unpardonable sin against hu
mantty.
Ten years ago In Wisconsin we
saw two blind men walking down
the street arm in arm. One blind
maa was patting the side walk
with his cane, and guiding the
other blind man. In other words
It waa the blind leading the blind.
Members of the 19 33 Oregon leg
islature, do you Insist upon cram
ming a sales tax on necessities
down the throats of the blind, the
poor and the unemployed of our
state?
Our good friend, Charles V
Galloway of the state tax com
mission has said that we do not
go to the county poor farms to
collect taxes. To do so would be
the helghth of foolishness. Rather
do wa go to those who have for
taxes, the men and women who
have incqmea over aad above
what la needed for subsistence
and existence. Let's not ask the
poor to teed the poor, the blind
to lead the blind.
The argument that the lacoma
and Inheritance taxes will not pro
duce sufficient Income to balance
the stata budget is unadulterated
piffle. If Income rates ot S to
per cent will not bring in enough
revenue, why be so coy about
Picture of a Little Man Strutting His Stuff
raising the percentages? For net
Incomes of 18000 par year sug
gest a tax of 104; for f 10.000
incomes 80; for 181,000 in
comes 40; for 150,000 Incomes
50; for 1100,001 incomes and
above 10. These rates may
sound drastic but we submit It is
preferable to Impose heavy In
come taxes upon people who hare
sizable Incomes, than to attempt
to pick pennies from . tho poor
man's pittance.
C BEX CHER SCOTT.
McMlnaville, Ore.
Feb. 27, 1988.
SPENDS WEEK IX PORTLAND
LARWOOD. March 7 Mrs.
Lillle Tichnor apent the past week
la Portland with friends and rel
atives. Lee Oalnea also made a
trip to Portlaad to procure parts
for repairing his water wheeL
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