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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 10, 1933)
ill . .. ., Itl MY BOY" ffl Fall Cleanup ii THATS "Ko Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Awn ' Front First Statesman, March 282851 , THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Charles A. Sfkacux Editor-Manager Sheldon F. Sackxtt Managing Editor Member of the Associated Press . n The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for publica tion oC aU new dispatches credited te it or not otherwise credited In this paper. . . . v ' - - ' :. . . ADVERTISING . Portland Representative . Gordon B. Bell, Portland, Ore. Eastern AdverOsina: Representatives Bryant, Grifflth Bronson. Jne., Chicago, New Tor. Detroit, Boston. Atlanta Entered at the Postoffice at Salem, Oregon, as Seeond-Clate Hatter. Published every morning except Monday. Butitue. office, tlS 8. Commerevil street. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Kill Snbsrrlnthm Rates, In Advsnce. Within Oregon: Dally and Sunday. 1 MoT 6 cants: S afo $1.15; Mo. $J.K: 1 year $4.00. KlMWbera SO cents per aCo. er fS.Ot for 1 year In advance. By City Carrier: 4S cents a month: 3.0 a year In advance. JPr Copy J cents. On trains and News Stands t cents. , Public Works and Sound Finance TEOPLE living may think that it is something: new for a jL government to provide employment for workers on great public works. Not so; it is an old indulgence, though in an cient times the purpose of public works was not so much the welfare of the worker, but to accommodate the whim of the monarch. Slave labor built the hanging gardens of Nineveh. government has long been a popular notion ot tne way to taice care of depressions. So it is interesting to read the observa tions of a noted French economist, Frederic Bastiaf, who lived and wrote a century ago. To quote: Nothing Is more natural than that a nation, after having assured itself that an enterprise will benefit the community, should have it executed by means of a general assessment. But "I lose patience, I confess, when. I hear the following economic blander advanced in support of such a project 'Besides, it will Ka m wMAeawta tfn m lahAiif fnP than wnr V TY1 eTl 9 WO f UlCBUO Vi VI CAtiUg swta wa t v "The state opens a road, erects a building, straightens a street, cuts a canal; and so gives work to certain workmen this is what Is seen; but It deprives certain other workmen of work, and this is what is not seen. "A road is begun. A thousand workmen come every morn--- ing, leave every evening, and take their wages this is certain. If the road had not been decreed, if the supplies had not been voted, these good people would have had neither work nor salary there; this is also certain. "But is this all? Does not the operation, as a whole contain I something else? At the moment when M. Dupln pronounces the emphatic words, The assembly has appropriated,' do the millions descend miraculously on a moon-beam into the coffers ot M. M. Fould and Bineau? In order that the evoluation may be complete, as it is said, must not the state organize the receipts as well as the expenditure?" Must it not set its tax-gatherers and tax-payers to work, the former to gather, the latter to pay? "Study the question, now, in its elements. While you state the destination given by the state to the millions voted, do not neglect to state also the destination which the taxpayer would have given, but cannot now give, to the same. Then you will un derstand that a public enterprise is a coin with two sides. Upon one is engraved a laborer at work, that which is seen; on the other is a labourer out of work, with the device, that which Is not seen. .. The sophism which this work is intended to refute, is the i.more dangerous when applied to public works, inasmuch as it serves to justify the most wanton enterprises and extravagance. When a railroad or a bridge are of real utility. It is sufficient to mention this utility. But if it does not exist, what do they do? Recourse is had to this mystification: 'We must find work for - the workmen. Somehow this has a modern though not a popular ring to it. Bastiat concedes that "as a temporary measure, during a hard winter," this interference with the taxpayers may have its use. He objects to it as a sound solution to problems of unemployment Thus the money either from bond issues or from cur rent taxes which goes into public works is in theory at least diverted from application to other work-producing activities by private individuals. For ourselves we are not positive that the public works money now should be spent in utilitarian works. We seem to have enough industrial and agricultural development now. Perhaps we should "waste" our public funds on great works of art (and we do. not mean postoffices) or on other non utilitarian structures, scattered over the country. At least these would have this virtue they would not destroy economic investment previously made by private capital. I Well, it is a "hard winter"; and we are in public spend ing up to our necks. If and when "spring comes we may find that M. Bastiat was right after all. The laws of econom ics seem to be quite as staple as old laws of physics. Talking Over Debts THERE is very little interest now in the British mission on war debts. A year ago the debt question was very much alive. Its settlement was regarded as essential to business re covery. The matter was not settled, France defaulted; in June most other nations defaulted and Britain gave only a token payment Meantime the U. S. went nationalistic and in effect let the war debts go hang. Now the session on war debts is about as thrilling as a meeting of creditors after the debtor has gone busted. There may be a few pieces to pick up, that isall. , The war debts are dead, most of them. There may be face-saving payments. Britain for example wants to close the books with a final 10 payment It is about all we will get ou t of them. As time passes the other countries may come in and get a coat of whitewash on their obligations bv fractional payments. Most of the money is gone and should be charged to war costs. Maybe the experience will teach us to keep out of Europe's wars in the future. An Import Surplus -wvr il - tt:i. m n. ... .. .. . . iii me umieu otates going on tne gold standard was ac . claimed as a boon to eiDorters. Then wpta msPAi fnro. ' A . j 1 -v e . casts maae ox now tne united kets, ana now we mignt get countries. '- !" -fThe results to date do not umuy ah export surplus nation, tnis country had an import surplus in June In July the export surplus was less than 1. st imports vere-$155,000,000 and exports $131,000, 000. The import surplus was $14,000,000 for the one month, which doesn't speak very well for the predictions of the in. f lationists. i Meantime rises in domestic prices have been making it rvw1B1,uulw countries to Bnip grams nere. Kye has been corning in from Argentine and even from the Danube. Al though there is a wheat tariff of 42c the present differential J?Sf? difS Pn 13 1x1 oiher words difference Pnces is widened 8c more Canada may ship wheat into this country. . . It all shows how topsy-turvy our price structure now isi v i?' ; rist In the querry "Why not both?" WelL why not? The Couleo dam wasn't needed now- but it talnVbnin Tbatmade less need for the Bonneville dim! b.f It I, , godhead for withmda which are now worth only 65c on the gold dollar The E. O. Is correct is thfa fh.t h r..m. " B unr. , - - - V?9J1 Itm tt" chVap reTectricitr" ' - pyramids of kgypt and tne The Idea of "making work" by m . . states could regain world mar advantage -over gold standard -,. : justify the predictions.- Nor- v".wi iwui woma ao more to Bonneville: and fi SSliS . V treight ratea thtt of BITS for BREAKFAST By R. J. HENDRICKS- Twenty dollars more this day: m V When the Jason Lee mission site was given to the people of Oregon by the heirs of former State Senator Alex LaFollett, subscriptions were taken to pro vide a monument and have a marker made, and to fence the site and the roadway. S It Is necessary to have and maintain a fence around. Bite and roadway in ordjr to comply with one of the terms of the deed. The roadway is a public road now. The subscribers for the fenc ing in 1930 were: Jos. H. Albert, $70. A. N. Bush, $50. C. P. Bishop, $25. R. P. Boise, $25. T. B. Kay, $10. F. S. Lamport, $10. D. W. Eyre, $10. B. L. Steeves, $10. Total $210. s Is These lines are being written at home by the Bits man, against the good doctor's orders to stay in bed. But. prior to the order of the doctor, a new subscription was solicited, and not finished, for $50 more for the fence fund. because a mistake was made three years ago in figuring the cost. It was supposed then that the $210 would be sufficient, else more would have been asked for, and no doubt secured. Henry K. Crawford attend a5 to the matter, and took the lengths. etc., from W. J. Culver, then county road master. S V Mr. Crawford can ernlaln. if any one wants more definite in formation. Any way. $50 more must be raised, in order to finish the New Kind of Road Hog CHAIRMAN SCOTT disclosed his well-balanced judgment in warning the road boosters that if they rush in with applications for federal public works money for road con struction they may simply suck up Oregon's allotment which might better be used for other purposes. There is no single public activity so gluttonous as roads. The school system long had a ravenous appetite; but it has gotten along on compar atively slim fare for several years because it had no open access to the federal larder. But the road promoters have never ceased their petitions for more road money, many still urging bonds or the equivalent commitment of the state for future payments. : There is no pressing necessity for nurrying along with road work, save as it may be desirable in order to furnish work. The state will have roads to build and to rebuild fifty years from now. We do not need hysterically to telescope" the road work of a quarter-century into a few years. Highway traffic, except for trucks, is not as heavy as it was in peak years. Facilities are for the most jart quite adequate. Therefore, give other public works a chance at Oregon's share of public funds. Buildings are needed at some of the state institutions. An adequate state library is a pressing need. Sewage disposal plants have been approved by many cities. Suppose the state gives attention to these other needs for awhile; and not try to put all its money into speed high The drum corps held that note five seconds too long; and It proved Just as fatal as having a cap blow off at Detroit. It is a great disap pointment to lose out on a technicality; but the popularity of the corps with the crowd ot 40,000 will mitigate the regret. The showing ot the drum corps in heading the great parade and in the contest, and of the auxiliary trio and Quartette which won first places, has done a great deal to put Salem on the map at the Chicago convention and world's fair. , H, H. Weatherspoon, former representative from Union county, win harvest about 80,000 boxes of apples on his orchard near Elgin, according to the La Grande Observer. 10,000 boxes will be Winter Bananas, and ihla variety is now being picked. This is won derful production from an Oregon orchard'; and if the emphasis now were not on cutting down prod action, , would .be widely pubUclaed. Lets tee, at the old couplet of "an apple a day keeps the doctor away Just how many calls will the doctors lose out of 80, 08 boxes? ' mi''ec m " gae - fencing, and there are already sub scribed $30, as follows: A. N. Bush, $10. C. P. Bishop, $10. R. J. Hendricks, $10. a "a Will every one who can give $1, or more, or less, please leave the money with Jos. H. Albert, at the Ladd & Bush bank, or leave it at or send it to The States man office, with his or her name and address. S Let's have the fence completed, now. Why now? Because the centenary celebra tion of the founding of the Ja son Lee mission will bring many people to Oregon next year, per haps several hundred thousand. They will all want to see the mission site, 10 miles below Sa lem. - Besides, the grounds there are now ready to be plowed and seeded to a crop that will be pre paratory to making them a lawn. S There are many more reasons. Do not delay. Do not fear to exceed the $20 needed, that is. If you will give with the under standing that any surplus may be used in starting a fund for Sa lem's part cf the centenary cele bration. She will have to raise several hundred dollars, perhaps several thousands, to do her part. But more of that later. The fence money now; today. (In order to give time for mail subscriptions, the announce ment Of names ot contributors will be delayed a few days.) Remember, this is as much your business as it is the busi ness of any of the men above named, if you have any Interest whatever in Salem, or in Oregon, or any part of the American ter ritory west of the Rockies. HEALTH My Royal S. Copeland, M.D. NO ONE wul deny that a child who suffers from crosa-eye Is decidedly handcapped. Neglect of the condition eada to poor vision. Some cases of blindness in one eye have been traced to neglect f early treat ment. The child with this affliction is usually shy, sen sitive and un happy. It is an unnecessary bur den and every effort should be made to correct It Contrary to a belief held by many parents, "cross eyes" can is probable that Dr. Copeland be overcome. It most sufferers from this disfiguring- tfiBCtion have crown up In toe be VIef that the condition to incurable. This is not true. ' Exercises Helpfal Although exercises were advised m the treatment of cross eyes as long ago as two nundred years. It Is only within the past few decades that any progress has been made in the real correction of this disorder. Within recent years clinics and Institutions for the correction of such cases have been opened in all large cities. These clinics are equipped with modern In struments necessary for the correc tion of cross eyes. To determine the cause. It Is nec essary first to discover whether there la any error of refraction In one r both eyes. If this is present, it Is absolutely essential that proper Classes be prescribed and the refrac tion corrected. By this I mean that the normal seeing power of the eyes should be restored. Bear in mind that If the muscles of one eye are weak and the eye is unable clearly to see an object, the trouble will grow worse unless the muscles are ' strengthened by exer cise and the wearing of proper glasses. The eyes must work togeth er, do "team work". The use of certain exercises helps to restore the normal action of the eyes. Within recent years, this has been accomplished by the Introduc tion of certain new Instruments which stimulate normal vision and what the doctors call "fusion". Early Treatment Essential Since the condition must be cor rected in childhood, it is essential that the treatment be conducted in a manner that wul appeal to the young child. For this reason. Interesting stereoscopic pictures are used In the tests and exercises necessary for the correction of the deformity. For older children, drawing exer cises and the. tracing of pictures have been used to re-educate the weakened eye. Special exercises can be used, for the older child who un derstands and helps in tht Instruc tion. 1 At times, exercises and glasses are not sufficient for the correction of this deformity. Operation la then ad vised. Let me assure the worried mother that the procedure la a aim pie one and not to be feared. . X cannot overstate the Importance of early and proper care of the cross eyed child. No chHd need continue to be so afflicted. Bear la mind that the sooner the child Is treated, the easier the cure and the better the results. ' ; Answers to Health Queries 8. C Q. Is bran harmful? A. Not .it eaten in moderation, aids in relief ot constipation. It Doris B. Q. What do you advise for reducing? , . A Send self -addressed, stamped envelope for further particulars and repeat your question. e afrs, C K. ' Q. What would you advise for pain aH through the body, tat. especially in the. limber The pains feel like .badly braised spots. ' A. This condition may be due to an underlying- Infection. : Keep the y stem clear. For full particulars end a self-addressed, stamped' en velope and repeat your question. . (Cepvright, 1555, JL jr. IncJ . : " t ji ' f . SYNOPSIS I The eld fcosM tevsrUiay Athens ta the midwestis awaiting the re turn of lta most celebrated son, ?Big Jeff Randolph, for twe sea sons a national football sensation at famous Thorndyke, one of the meat historic ef eastern universi ties. Thorndvka fefinenees had lured Bandolph east because he had bees a blah school arid marvel, ua vaca tions, some of which he spent at home. Tommy (as he was known to his Mem and Pop and other ad' miring Athenians) was "the glass of fashion and the mould of form" and ... an airy arbiter of house hold mamaera. Dorothy Whitney, daughter of the town's richest dti sen, had been Tommy's high school girl friend bat a rift had slowly tome between them until the das- ilinf Thorndyke here had become enamoured of Elaine Wiathrop, ar tiat ami daughter ef a WaU Street magnate. . . . A couple ef days before Christmas, Tommy notifea Mom that he will be nn aMe te come home as be is te be the guest of Park Avenue friends: Athens abandons its banquet plans, and It was a somewhat and holiday im the Randolph home with no other word frost "my boy. ... Next day Mom hears neighbors at the butch er's boasting of their generous 'children; she shows them a hand some beaded big stying Tommy had sent it to her. Later she re ceives a fancy silk shawl from him . . . she means to keep it and wear it te bis graduation. ... Sadness which came te the Bandolph family ! when their bey stayed in New York jover the holidays is lifted consid erably when Mom receives a won derfully scented, sweetly phrased letter from Elaine, her Tommy's big city girL Pop calls that mes sage "a lot ef baloney" (Al Smith was his big Idol). However. Mom gets a fine letter from Tommy . . . she reads much of it to neighbors at the butcher's, but net its "touch ing" end ($25 to help pay for The Gorgeous One's latest present).... t I CHAPTER THIRTY Mrs. Flannigan and Mrs. John son were very flattering to her face; but Mom had no sooner closed the door behind her than they fought for the floor. Mrs. Johnson was Quickest: "So she has a soulnow ain't that interesting here I always thought females didn't have any. H "Well," Mrs. FarreU said, "if she wants to keep on with all them Paris clothes, she'd better not get him. Playin' golf all the time won't pay for them." , "And she's an artist," Mrs. John-I son added, "well, if what I read about them wild parties in Green Witch Village is true I wouldn't want one of them in my family. 1 ' Mrs. Flannigan and Mrs. Farrell exchanged quick glances which agreed that, as far as that went, Mrs. Johnson had plenty to bother about in her own family right now; even old Butcher Brown smiled a little down over his nose, which was as red and big as a piece of the meat he was cutting. They said he drank blood and that's what gave him that complexion. "Weil, anyhow," Mrs. Farrell aaid, "I always say that never a bird flew so high it didn't have to come down to eat" The three of them walked out together. Butcher Brown looked af ter them and said to his cat it was so big they aaid it was part rab bit "And how they're living for that day, Albert:" Everybody said that was a funny rame to give a caW Albert. But hen he was feeling good he would stand up on the chair and box. They said Butcher Brown thought the world of him. Mom went around in a sort of a daxe and was even a little short- Yesterdays ... Of Old Salem Town Talks from the States nan of Earlier Days October 10, 1903 Announcement of Mayor George F. Rodger's Intention ot not being candidate for reelection elicits demand from businessmen ot city that he remain in office. County commissioners refuse Welcome for Legion Heads - - ' 1 v :. :::V w' - "V . . & cpreselo? ftb?kent , Edward J. KeuTto 4 ! f i"WrL, Boissy, Legion cStoaL ' tempered for her. -- - - Tho letter had to: bo answered and? it had to bo done up brown; but how to do ft was tho thing which worried ,her, Peto always wrote most of her, letters as bo had a pretty good hand and had a cute way of putting things together to fact one of his, teachers had said he even showed writing talent when Pete was leaving? school and the teachers wanted him to stay. But what, did Pets know about a re fined girl like Elaine and Mom couldnt tell him to write some of th thine aha wanted to say be cause Pete always reneged when It came to boosting Tommy too mucn because he , said that only made people sore and they got so tired of hearing c nice things abont Tommy they would get to hoping somebody knocked bis biocx on. Dorothy Whitney was Hhe one who could do. it. But Mom could hanSv aak Dorothy to write a note to the girl who was beating her time. Dorothy was only nnman and she wouldn't like it. Mom was a little sorrv for Dorothy; but after aU, she was only a girl from a little town and hardly to be com pared to a real artist who lived on Park Avenue and was in the Social Register. Tommy said. - There was Steve - but Mom had an idea Steve knew more about the inside of a cat than composing the right kind of a letter to a delicate! and sweet person like aoaine Mom had an idea Elaine must look something like Dorothy Whit ney's mother when that sweet little person first came to town. For a minute Mom wondered u " sue weren't being unfair to Dorothy to feel this way' about Elaine; but then, ahe knew that Tommy would do what he wanted anyhow and marry whom he wanted, and what was good enough for him was good enough for his mother. Mom couldn't help thinking, then, of what a fine wedding it would be in New York, with the girls aU in white and the men in their swallow-tail coats and plug hats, with Tommy coming out of church s onl ine down at Elaine like the hand some young men always did in the Sunday papers. Mom had always taken an interest in the doings of the society people and here wasnt her own. Tommy mixed Dp with them. He was surely a wonderful son. And there was another reason why Mom didn't want to ball things up right at the beginning with a poor letter that would make a bad impression. This sweet girl must go on believing that Tommy's par ents were really what she thought; and Tommy must not be ashamed of his mothers letter. Finally Mom figured it out. She couldn't ask anybody else to write for her; and the she knew what she wanted to say, still, she couldn't compose it just the way she wanted to; and she wrote aJ poor hand anyhow, and her writing paper all came from the five-and ten. So she bought a nice picture card with a pretty verse abont it being so- nice to have thought of her; and she put it in an envelope with a fancy lining and had Mabel Durst, who wrote the prettiest hand in town and still had a cer tificate from the Palmer Method, write the address. Then Mom bought a little bottle of the best perfume at the five-and-ten and carefully let one drop inside the envelope ao it would smell pretty when Elaine opened it. Then Mom walked home with a feeling of great contentment, a sat isfaction of having crossed another difficult bridge. Tommy was going to be proud of his Mom. It was Friday night when Pop always liked beans and Mfcm bad left them cooking on the stove while she went downtown. She issuance of second liquor license for town ot Gates, contending one saloon there at present is suffic ient. Willamette river so low that paddle wheel ot steamer Pomona throws up shower ot gravel from river bottom, reported; flying pebbles kill mud ducks, cascade; on steamer's hurricane deck; Cap-r tain Graham says person can roll trousers to his kneea and walk around in river at any point be tween Salem and Newberg; boat stopped on one shoal while mem- M smelt them burning long before she got to her own gate and hurried in to turn the fire out and stir them up to get the. burnt ones off tho bottom. - "' Pop and Uncle Louie were argu ing. Mora lost her temper. "The house could burn down over you two and you'd sit there arguing," she said. "Couldn't yon smell these beans burning?" ' "He," Pop replied, still oblivious of beans, "thinks he knows all Wiboot artists." . Uncle Louie waggea nis Acaa. Tra teHin' you none of then are any goodV:: . e !-':"' ' "We'd bare a better supper If yon knew more about beans,". Mom said Is some disgust.' Pop laughed: "He does know? more about beans." . Uncle. Louie snorted. "I know plenty about them artists and mod- els, too. I've seen plenty of them in borley-Q shows." i "; ' "You should be ashamed to admit it," Mom said; pouring est the beans Into a big pan and skimming? off the black ones. She put; la a little sugar and vinegar to take off the burnt taste. "And what's more," said Unde t Louie, "when we was at the Wash- j ington convention a bunch of us went with some of them after tho snow. Mom said, still a little short: "If yon hadn't thrown so much of your, money away on women like that, when, you were young, you'd be better off now." Uncle Louie took it as a compli ment: "Maybe," he admitted, thua confessing a shameful past, "but there; ain't nothin' about them fast women I didn't find out." " "Yeh," Pop said, filling his bowl with beans and reaching for the heel Of the bread Pop always liked the heel and lots of butter with bis beans "I bet you just raised ned on a bass drum." o It was a bad kind of a winter. Pete would never bother to wear rubbers and he got to slopping around in the water at the garage and picked up a cold. Mom warned him about it getting worse all the time but he wouldn't pay any at tention until finally he came home one night with his eyes watering and all filled up with it and this time when Mom told him to go right to bed he didn't have any thing to say so Mom knew then he was sick. So she fixed a real hot bath and then wrapped him up in blankits and Pop made a h.t toddy although he was com plaining nil the time about how the drys had made . it so that a man couldnt even have a good drink of hot toddy if he was sick without paying four prices to the doctors for a prescription and that the doctors were as bad as the bootleggers and politicians and drys and all Of them were get ting rich en it while the poor man suffered. Uncle Louie aaid Pop better be careful talking that way about the doctors as they were great ones to stick together like the, masons and one of these times Pop might want one in a hurry and he'd be out in tho cold; and Pop! said if yon shook a two-dollar bill in front of them the whole pack would come running. Mom made them both bo fin a,ut tv what Pete -needed was a rood sweat and a sleep. Mom thought there was nothing like a good sweat to break a cold. So she bun dled him np and turned out the light I and told him to try and sleep J he told her not , to worry about him because he'd be aU right ' In; the morning. Mom had a kind of a funny feeling. It was strange to see Pete in bed because, he waa always one of the up-and-doing kind. (Te Be Coatiaoed) Distributed bjr Kinc teat urea Sadicate, ta. ber of crew waded around hunting dime dropped overboard. October 10, 1923 Arthur Rosebraorh of Salem, chosen as one of two University ot Oregon candidates for Rhodes university, England. . Special school election called tor-vote on proposal to building junior high school on lCapitoi street; school board sells f 100, 000 in 5 per cent bonds at tit permlum. : ' DALLAS Voters of this school district aprovo f 70,000 bond Issue tor purchase of site and erection of high school building. Chemawa Grangers to Stage Fair October 14 CHEMAWA, Oct, . Grangers re enthusiastically preparing a booster program and fair to be held the aftrnrwn mA i . w .uu cuius or October i at the grange hall " a commute meeting Is to be held at th v "7 JUOfl day night, Oetober . to complete plana. All former grange members and those now interested are urg ed to keep the fair date in mind and to be present at that event. FIRST DAXCE HELD STLVEKTON. Oct" f.The firs, student body dance ot the seasot was held Tharsdsy night with "r general hali man- ""t!' Larson' was chair man of the decorating committee tauoas, and Emogene Wood act mn mm eaiai , . . "us icss. rairons and patronesses w-ere Mr. and Mrs. r. ------ uu Airs, mixrora mV'&&'&.Ttorml ,u l siewart and Superintendent and Mrs. Robert UOCtt. ,'. MARGARET COULSOX HURT VW5, uct, Mis Inusflajif .Iran . 1 . - ' r ... wtu- uumin.i', s . Bible school, early Thursday morning slipped and fen at her bom causing dislocated shoal