The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, March 22, 1936, Page 6, Image 6

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The OIHIGON STATESMAN, Salexa, Ortjon, Sunday Hondar. Marc;! 152$;
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Robin Fails to Appreciate Good
Deed; Almost Human in That Way
Br D. H- TALMADGE, Sage of Salem
A GRAIN OF COMPORT
I feel snre that many trouble we
might eoxaelves have spared.
. .It we our false ideas and plans had
r r aot no' freely aired. f
la taking things tor created
have overdone tt tome,
- In short, we're been whet may be
, termed a bit mora dumb Uian
4 v dumb. -
- To keep In accord with Nature is
Just plala conuaoi sense.
To try to make her change Iter
i plans is somewhat more than
dense.
Nature fights back, and when see
does 11 not mach of a joke.
unless one s idea or a joke s a
solar plexus poke.
I reckon that come New Tear's
I'll a resolution make
To Keep in toech with Nature and
save myself some ache.
But yon folks know as well as I
that 'tis a campaign year.
When natural law, in our bold
way. Is stood-upon its ear.
In this glad year of promise we
believe what cant be true.
Yet fallacy a hole toay make by
which truth may come through
Tided for the moths gaatatorial
entertainment the coming summer
a waistcoat, which due to age- Is
uawearable. end goodness knows
hope the little dtrll win enjoy
the flavor of it.'
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Many residents of Salem have
received at one time or another
advertising natter from genealog
ical concerns,
offering for a
stipulated fee
to trace any
person 'a pedi
gree to any de
sired point I
know of a num
ber of people
.who bare re
sponded to the
allurement ot
this advertis
ing matter, and
I eaa readily
understand why
it attracts u. -
them. Oae Is naturally and justi
fiably interested In the sources of
his own blood. There may be,
here and there, folks who are mo
tinted by snobbishness, if It may
be called snobbishness to aspire to
kinship, with, say, Richard Coeur
de Lion or Charlemagne or Wil
liam the Conqueror, bat I think
that for the most part the mo
tire is a simple, sincere and quite
legitimate desire to account for
the impulses within our own be
ings. Personally. I hare never
felt much concern aa to what and
who my ancestors may baTe been
before the family line was estab
lished in America two or three
hundreds of years ago, nor has
the banker to know of my Amer
ican forebears been sufficiently
strong to Impel me to gather
enough material regarding them
to create in my mind more than
the sketchiest of histories.
My compliments to Ethel Mer
man, leading lady with the Can
tor show. Strike Me Pink, which
opened at the Elslnore theatre
Saturday of last week. Not that
Ethel win care a whoop whether
I extend compliments to her or
not. but it strikes me that, in
view ot the number of singing la
dies I hare beard in the pictures
since the talkies came into being
it Is worthy of mention that she
is oaly the second one whose ev
ery word comes over dearly and
utterly without strain on the
nerves of the listener. The other?
Never mind that.
Strike Me Pink, the advertise
ments tell us, is based on Bud
Clelaad'a Saturday Evening Post
story. Dreamland, but if the basic
similarity between the picture and
the story were put on paper there
would not be enough of it to wad
a shot-gun. The advertisements
do not ten this. Ton find it oat
for yourself. However, It is
typical Cantor show. Eddie Is ex
cellent company, the girls are up
to the usual standard of pulchri
tude which we have come to ex
pect la a Cantor extravaganza,
sad aa a whole only a grouch
could find much fault with it.
I like good clowning quite
heartily as I dislike poor down
ing, and Eddie Cantor Is near my
ideal of the perfect clown. Which
make everything ducky for me,
whatever the rest of yon may
think about him.
During the week a letter has
come to me, by way of The
Statesman, from Eugene Tai
madge, governor of Georgia, who,
I am strongly indiaed to believe,
Is one of Nature's true noblemen,
regardless ot what President
Roosevelt and Jim Farley may
think ot him. In this letter the
governor tells of .a great-greatgrandfather
of his, who ISO years
ago, walked from New Jersey to
Georgia and took op the farm
land near Atlanta which has been
the family home since. Tbe Geor
gia Talmadges hare always been
farmers, the sort ot farmers who
have never found it necessary to
mortgage their farm, and it is
fair to assume that they are pa
triots and have ever taken an ac
tive part la the affairs ot their
- home state. I am aware that my
folks west west from Connecti
cut to New Jersey and from New
Jersey to Pennsylvania and from
Pennsylvania to Illinois and from
Illinois to Iowa and from Iowa
to Nebraska, at which point the
old order underwent a change
and the line did a sort ot Jig
saw all over the map. The gov
ernor suggests the probability
that my ancestors came over
from England, a family party.
In the good ship, "Plow." Which,
being the case or not, has its
.interesting points.
The matter of ancestry has its
entertaining arithmetical quail
ties. We may easily calculate in
a few minutes a vast number of
- ancestors for ourselves. Ton. for
example, had two parents: each
of them had two. giving you four
grandparents; each of them had
two. giving you eight great-grand
parents; each of them had two.
giving you If great-great-grand-
before yon know it, yon have mil
lion of ancestors, with the
blood of millions of ancestors in
- your veins, yon may consider
yourself lucky to have turned out
as well as yon have.
A very pretty short, shown dar
ing the week at one of the the
atres, has to do with the bird life
of the south seas. The lecture ae
corapanying the picture Is quite as
Interesting as the pictures, lack
ing utterly In the so-called humor
with which some lecturers and an
nouneers do thdr utmost to de
stroy a feature. However, this
lecturer pronounces "hover to
rhyme with clover. We csnnot ex
pect perfection in anything.
A Salem resident, who asserted
29 years ago that there Is "some
thing to the ground-hog theory.
has exploded with an "I told you
so- during the week. We had
eix weeks more of winter all
right this time. Anything may
happen, and occasionally it does.
"An optimist is a man who
considers himself a pessimist."
Figure that out.
One moment the man was walk
ing airily down State street, pur
ling small clonds ot smoke from
his pipe, and the next moment he
was leaning against a light post
woe standing out in drops on his
brow. It sometimes happens so
when a faithful old pipe backfires.
Those folks who are continu
ally urging those about them to
"hurry up," regardless of whether
or not any occasion exists for hur
ry, dont gain anything byt it, and
they make themselves unnecessar
ily disagreeable. The fussy little
tin dock with its hurry-up lick
requires fully aa much time to re
cord an hour as Is required by any
other block.
A COLD WAVE. MEBBY
The visitor who stays not long
Regrets to go and is regretted;
But he or she who stays o'erlong
Sometimes deserve what - they
hain't getted.
"Boast not the titles of your
ancestors, says Ben Jonson. Mr,
Jonsoa was probably annoyed.
living when he did and where he
did. by a certain species of human
beings, a sort ot jelly fish, who
made nothing of themselves nor
tried to do so, but justified them
selves for encumbering the earth
by the fact that they descended
from a great' ancestor. It is dif
ferent with us. - Not many of as
have an - ancestor of whom to
boast, bat bow and then It hap
pens that someone la the family
line has made a same for: him
self. And when this la the case,
why not boast If wo feel disposed
to do so? So far as I am con
cerned, I'd much prefer to hear
about an ancestor than. about a
surgical operation.
It baa been a long and chilly
winter, aa winters go in this re
gion. I have felt some doubt at
intervals as to whether or not my
woolen neck-scarf or muffler
would prove adequate to the
strain put upon It, but It has
come through nobly. This muf
fler b a partnership affair, the
rartners being myself and a col
ony ot moths that spent the sum
mer with me, devoting a portion
ot their time to feasting upon the
muffler, which they " liked the
"'w vi very muca i nave pro-
We Boy Scouts, sympathetic
tj embers and all, aim to do a good
deed every day, and it looks on
the fact of it as if we'd hare no
trouble in finding good deeds to
do. But you'd be surprised at
how scarce they are. Me, I went
pretty near a week and never
found one. Had my eye peeled all
the time, too. However, I reckon
you can give a feller credit for
wanting to do a good deed, even
if he is unable to find one to do.
Sooner or later, though, one pops
up. This morning I was walking
down .Court street, when biff!
right la front of me a robin at
tempted te fly through a plate
glass window. He was probably
traveling at the rate of CO or 70
miles an hour, and the result was
that he was completely knocked
out. When I picked him up from
the sidewalk he had every appear
ance of being dead, but I carried
him home and placed him on tbe
steam radiator, where he'd be nice
and warm, and poured cold water
on his beak. Pretty soon, all of
a sudden, be chirped (was asking
where he was and what had hap
pened, I s'pose.) I chirped back
at him as well as I knew how, and
picked him up, and what do you
s'pose he did?. Yeah, pecked and
scratched and got tough general
ly. And now,, while I ant writ
lag this, he Is sitting on the rung
of a chair, glaring at me male
volently front one eye (the other
still bdng out of commission) and
emitting an occasional ' chirp
which sounds suspiciously like a
eussword. ' I think he considers
mo to bo responsible tor his acci
dent. It probably hasn't occurred
to him that the accident was due
entirely to his own lack of Judg
ment.; Birds are almost human
in some ways.
TOASTS THK UOKD FOB
DR. TOXfS&EXD
To tho Editor:
I would appreciate space in. the
Safety Valve to answer D. R,
Ruble, who is trying so hard to I
advance arguments against . the
Towasend plan. Mr. Ruble says
that ho has been 'a tiller of tho
son for over Tt years. Evidently
he started farming at a very early j rind men like this whose mlUloas
age, or else Is very old at p reseat I rattle
much too old to stm bo work-1 Bat watched with care they
lag on a farm to earn a living. I neared no battle
Possibly ho would be content to I Or felt the patriot's thrill.
never have mora than $! perl Who does not know what soldiers
rear but whv should such a per-1 fsel
son object to others receiving I When looking on the foeman's
steei
Aad knows he's there to kill, r
Who coldly looks oa pain aad
- woo
Aad uixarlag hearts where'er
'' yon go
Throughout tho smiling coun
try aider ?
Whoso greed for gold kills Na-
- : ture's plan '-
In turning out an honest man
aad viewing It with pride
$200 a month? There is nothing
in the Towasend plan that would
compel him to accept the extra
$1400 a year or compel him to
quit farming unless ho accepts
the $200 pension.
The plan does not advocate that
old people sit down and fold their I
But while the soldier aleepa
mud
With shattered hoses aad matted
blood
And calls through night for
aid
hands. It says they must retire rhim ..iruh ...
enwMn.it Im A - earns! I ' " w
as vans vi va uvutb aaa va st m envae-ai
grows
As mounts the soldier's pain and
woes.
Basks In the cooling shade.
gainful occupations. Evidently Mr.
Ruble is not aware ot the tact
that there are many, many things
one can do besides working for
gain or money. The enactment I Who coolly draws a f rosea chart
of tho Town send plan would give And lets his baleful arrows dart
the old people the time and op-1 At men whose only fault
portunlty to do the good things I was speed to heed the clarion
ther have always wanted to do I call
and could aot because all ot their To guard the colors, one and aHJ
time and energy has beea occn-l And make the toe man halt.
i .j a. ...vi.- tia I
picw m uiMias - I Vfnit .. . tv. V
It would give them the time! "V " r '
and money to beautify their 1 f, . J ,v
homes. Looking beyond the time TWl ?JP2. EMta
wtV701?r!?d.pUn.,!roJ?B Lot not tho stench from out his
hide
Be borne upon a friendly tide
a lsw, I see a country, America.
filled with beautiful homes where
now we see drab-looking houses,
huts and hovels, occupied by halt-
starred aad discouraged people.
When the old people have the
money to buy and beautify homes
To where good
births!
blood gives
Go brand him with the Iihmael
sign
we will have a happy, contented" That knows no love or law be-
pop n lace, not bowed down by wor-l a&n,
rr. There are thousands. Tea. mil-! Or mind Impulsive, brave.
lions, et old people who under I Then let him have his filthy gold
the Towasend clan will have the His sordid mind and heartless
time, and opportunity to indulge I
in their-love of reading, study,
music, the arts, church and ben-1
evolent work.
Mr. Ruble asks "Why do they
(Townsendites) want Industry
stimulated T He teUs ns It has
already been orerstlm slated. II
mold
To drag him to his grave.
HKLKN O. CRAIG,
424 N. SSrd St,
Salem, Ore.
WANTS FARMER-LABOR
PARTY
can hardly agree with him whenT the Editor
know that not only thousands It is a well known faet and ae-
but millions are either on tho knowledsred bv all thlnklnar weo-
verge or starvation or at oesx ao Di-. that economic d Litres with
not have all ot the necessities ot its loss of farms and homes by
life, and when I know that mil- foreclosure in tho country and un-
nons oi people are out ot empioy- employment in the- city develops
ment. When everyone has work a condition where the propaganda
and plenty for both necessities I ot communism Is accented bv
ana luxuries witn a surplus, tnen large numbers of those in distress.
we can say that industry is over-(The renditions that produce this
stimulated. distress are brought about br ex
Mr. Ruble glres himself as an listing laws. These laws have been
example to prove that the Town- enaeted by representatives of big
send pension is not needed. He I business enterprises and banking
nas a iarm, on whica ae admits i institutions. This statement eaa
he can make a good living. But be verified by looking at the back
what about the thousands who I copies of the Oregon Farmer Un-
have no such farm, who have no Ion paper where It has printed ar
place to live because they own I cles by President Everson, E. E.
nothing and have no money to pay I Kennedy, Congressman L e m k e
for tbe privilege of living in a and many others. These articles
house owned by someone else 7 It describe the way these, laws act
might be a very good idea if Mr. and the results they produce. They
Ruble should lose his farm and also tell how the longer laws op-
other possessions and have to go
out and "pound the pavements'
looking for work and being re
peatedly told that he is too old
to work. Let him have to post
pone some meals and have no
money to secure a bed to sleep
on at night. Then, I am thinking
that even D. R. Ruble would see
the necessity of having the Town
send plan enacted into law. Ac
cording to Mr. Ruble the Town
By LILLIK L. MADS EN
a MONMOUTH correspondent
l writes that he has planted two
eamellaa. encn about 1 ft Zeet high
from 2V4 foot
from tho corner
ot tho fireplace
en the house at
the south side
aad wants to
know If this Is
entirely too hot a
spot for them?
la my opinion it
would be. Came-
tias like cartial 7'
a w
0
UK.-
mm
orate tho more oppressive they have sincerely tried to admrnls
become. Tho Farmer Union has ter tho taw, aad to redsoa tho
had bOJa before coagraoa tor tho drink evil as mack as wax pot
last Ove years, that weald greatly sible mnder tho law.
relieve the distress) of the tana- Bat all this is aot saying that
lag population. Nothing has been the Knox law is a temperaaco
dona with them; white foroeloo- measure. Tho good things in it
area continue to Increase. Cost- are Us prohibition features, rather
gressmaa Walter M. Florco recent- than it permissive features, it
ly wrote to tho Marioa Farmers la better than a. wide opsa altu
Union local, that tho adainlstra- atioa. because It prohibits some
Uon at Washington was complete- things.
ty controlled by monopoly aad There are two or three things
banking Interests, that would not I "!h to speak of in connection
allow any bill to become a law (with the published statement of
tha would in nay way relieve the I the commission's report,
economic distress of tho tanning I they state that there Is
population. The aamo condition I1 increased consumption of wine
exists la regard to the wage earn- ad beer, and this "indicates that
era et tho dties who purchase tho I t& consumption of hard liquor
products of tho farm. Their relief lis on tao wane". There are two
bills are treated with the same I things to bo said about that. In
contempt as tha farmers have re-10 first place, the alcohol appe-
eervea. isotn political parties hare I"1 a growing one, and the la- '.hail rfnrinr tn
acted in this manner. All evidence (creased drinking of fermented U-1 tot afternoons of
pom u cms conclusion. If the I uor acer yei nas tended to pro-1 summer.
farmers union really wish toow uecreasea use or aicouoi, 1 17. s. Jack of
cnecK the spread of communism as 1 0Bl aiways nas bad the reverse of- stive rton who T m L hUdsea
if "f.luUoa. n" Iech.: .... has some of the finest camfcllas I
vam nowui wcai maieaua. u u rwsineuons duui i m. . - ..-.. ...
. . .11 .k- ir , . I usig v.wftw-
ewa iawa must ae changed. w arc una ui pur- nlg 0n the g0uth side of the house.
There must bo no occasion for chase ot hard liquor might tern- also Bear fireplace, but a
mass distress. The farmers must Porarfly turn many, especially building furnishes shade during
be made secure in the nosseasion those beginning to oae intoxicants- .1.
of farm aad home by enactment toward the milder beverage, but Camelias must have plenty of wa
SiTJV tlrlnf boer are habit-forming, ter during the summer when their
??.,.-e7 Uw" mn,t l,n,Tld PPr- aJ ,Uev lon r" demand budg for next season's bloom are
me waca earner in tne 1 unavue content. u.i.. . c. Mmnw.
eJS !mW "Jr" " Uirtt that increased 1 cui camelia gwers" sdrlm
.V" I.," .J!i ..." r.,,-Vt.tTAaTv" chlng with manure, well decaded.
"-"" im or lower 1 uwb aa 1 - -Br
than that s la mow mmuiii I increase of dHnVi Tv. I "ww
VWIUHVIItU W- I . I WIBIIIH 1 . . . .
eept. sioa may have tacU before Uem Tno atonmoutn corresponaew
In order tit r-hmrm i... U lustlfr that: itif.m.nt n. .11 1 also wishes to know If the bads
v. .. 1 . . I . . I which are now 'forming on his
"""Wl mutt w UI Ken mUBt DS',V mmmtm Hutu Uiurw M DO I "a . r
renreaestiMl In at .mm.i I insr snant now ! I.w .nf.Pun.. camelias Will prove to DO spring
I T "MWilM - - WVWH I 1 V V 4.
legisutures. new political party ina was over spent la prohibiUon V" ICI"V D
must be organised by the organ- d3r- Dranken driving is laereas- " ,a autumn. I am afraid He will
Ued farmers and workers to so- by lps and bounds, and llBPI0,Bted- 3?e . dsJ Fl
euro this represenUtion. Onlv hv this indicates more drinklnx than .tes. now iar proT?ne l J.
snch action eaa thv im tA I before. I Tfisoact tha int.rri. .buds on my camelias. ine ucto-
act uws taat win check those who 1 lM commission, and am sure of I "LBmn " 111
desire to overthrow tho present lUietr latention to make the p the camelia flower crop
form of government Fascism is ot a bad-situation, but tha Knox J U Prin5- . L"1 B.rtn.K' Mr'
mora menacing at tha present time lw la not a temperance measure i? one Z i OTer
than communism. Fascism openly J oxcept in iU prohibition features, I Moom"- "Pring it has but
advocates tho use of force audi" w"t more definite data "
noienee to accomplish its pur-1 uVa the situation before I, for
wbki u co coacroi govern-1 cam ccepi ue optimistic con
ment ana establlsn a military. 41a-1 elusions o; tne commission.
How is Your Garden?
' .-. - . -. -. s . - - .... l
CamrlHag Seriously Damaged by Winter Frosts;
Bos Queries axe Nnmeroos j
utorsaip that can only lead to
war.
This Is the dancer we are fac
ing and only a united fanner and
labor political party eaa prevent
this condition from developing.
HERBERT DENNETT.
West Staytoa. Oregon
Member Marioa Fanners'
Union Local,
C. S. HAMMOND.
What is White Rose?
A Salem rose grower desires to
know the name of a white rose
she had several years ago but has
since been unable to find. She de
scribes it as "an ivory white, sort
ot going Into cream. Putting a few
drops of lemon Juice on white
would somewhat describe the col
or. Long buds, exquisite form and
SEE BUZZARDS FLTDfQ
Salem, Oregoa,
March If, ltii.
Statesman Pub. Co.,
Dear Editor:
.,Jt.xro5.w31 ermit me I would semi-double when in full bloom."
w ap a nttle more room I The rose winch to my mind
'...?. w 10 " the wa- most closely fits this Is the Kals-
Vv I ,a iem, erin Augusta Victoria, a hybrid
.T . w " tea produced over 4 years ago.
days ago that remark, mid . 1 t. . . v.. .
Z. -Ith peUl, of great substance. It
lightfully fragran flowers in clus-
Balt for Slurs
A Woodburn correspondent
A Book Review
One of the most human stories
published for a long time Is that
newly oft the press (Macmillan)
"Take all to Nebraska." written
by Sophus Keith Winthers. Sel
A rm A nam am. rmaA a nni.1 In
sendltes are like unto the Phari- wbjcfl the author hM M complete.
sees. However, I am quite sure tnrn.-i hl, eharartera In.M out
The person who does a good
deed for no better reason than
that ho wants somebody to ten
him what a good deader he Is-
well, he is an wrong. A good
deed is, or should be. la Itself
sufficient recompense for tho do
ing of It.
Snyder Rhea Sunday
MONMOUTH. March Fu
neral services will be held Sun
day at z p. m. at the Monmouth
Evangelical church tor Mrs. Eu
genia Snyder. 72. who died March
1 S at her home here. Rev. A. N.
Glxnvnia'wia officiate;-
that the shoe is on the other foot.
One of the arguments against
the plan is that the old people
will not spend the 1200 wisely.
Granting that part of it will not
be spent wisely. May I ask this
question? Do those who put forth
this argument spend wisely the
money which they now receive?
No doubt the answer would have
to be that they spend lots ot mon
ey unwisely. If all the money to
day were spent wisely there would
bo far less misery and unhappl-
ness in the world.
Mr. Ruble closed with a pray
er so I am closing with the pray
er of a true Townsendite:
'O, Lord, I thank you that I
have been enabled to try and help
those poor devils who have no hog
to eat or tithes to give and who
go out on the street clothed in
rags looking for work which is
not to be had. I thank you that
there has come forth a Dr. Town-
send who has both a keen mind
and a heart tuned to the misery
aad unhappiness of his fellow
men. Amen."
F. L. JOHNSON,
Monmouth, Ore.
BAD MAXXERED YOUTH
Editor of The Statesman:
The action of certain young men
and women of fsshionable and
expensive eastern colleges, rath- against the droughts and floods of
er Jars oa the sensibilities of av- natnre. the law. of sunlvand da.
for the reader's Inspection. Mr.
Wlnther has an unusual ability at
character delineation.
For "Take all to Nebraska" Is
purely a character novel. There is
no plot. It is simply the recording
of the trkgedy, the. drama, the
comedy of everyday life on a farm.
But the author's ability to put the
Joy and the heartache into words
is completely fascinating and one
lives the story almost more than
one reads it. From beginning to
end spontaneity rules it.
Now and then, one may pause
a moment to wish the author had
omitted a sentence or a paragraph
which seemed unnecessarily crude
or stark. Tha story need not have
lacked in strength for these omis
sions. Bat such sentences and
paragraphs were unimportant and
were quickly forgotten in the real
character of the book.
It is evident, even with the In
formation given by the publisher,
that Sophus Winther had lived on
a farm in Eastern Nebraska. It
even seems quite possible that he
lived on Peter Grimsen s farm;
Only memories could furnish ma
terial for so vivid a picture of a
fsther, a mother, five sons and
their neighbors.
Through Peter Grimsen, the
Danish immigrant farmer, who
comes to Nebraska to struggle
erage people whether World War
veterans. Gold Star Mothers or
fortunately, neither.
Could these clever (?) collegl-
mand. and the business and cnl
ture of a new country Mr. Wln
ther manages most skillfully to
give us a sympathetic picture of
f!!,.,b7'hncti bt.a.n7 ."-ftion to the maa who Is so often misun-
;roir.,L, v anew,7 derstood. He is a rather lonely
?irWJ!??J m "JH Ut. the man who is forced to
devote his life to a struggle for
denly the "sole support" of Indi
gent parents? Or of those "reet-in-peace"
dollar a year men who
managed to amass substantial for
tunes la spite of sueh meager salaries.
To many observers the activl-
necessitles and who, because of
difficulties beyond his control.
often seems harsh and even crueL
'He brooded. says Mr. Win
thers, "over his boys' well being
it TTc. V:i :ZJ?ZAi-r 4 ihed only to make good
- mt-i K .k. v. 1 a m v
verent young people are quite as " , ' "T B mmlam
fnnn. Jwm. I ed to succeed only in arousing
Lest we ret to lauahlnr so hard V"" " ww open na-
inat we lorget, will you please . . ' "D "v , "
publish this anonymous poem to win either the love or the loy
whlch is a clipping from an east-1 of hI OM Ee time
ern newspaper. reier unmsen got ready to go
The author expresses thanks 10 lown n inarreuea wua nis
snd appreciation to Sir Walter wu OT' the length of the gro-
Scott for the Inspiration from his I cer "8t- He knew better than
poem. "Patriotism": anyone else how well Meta
THE GOLD PATRIOTEERS planned and how carefully ahe
Breathes there a man. with soul refrained from ordering anything
so dead I that suggested extravagance. It
Who never to 'himself has said: s not with her he Quarrelled;
"This Is my own. mr native I it was with the power outside hlm-
land!'' I self which ho could aot get at
Whose heart haa ne'er with la htm I could not understand, so in des-
ourned I pe ration . be laid the ' blame on
As homo his footsteps he has I Meta ... So this Is : what they
tuned hsd worked for. to have their
From wandering on a foreign I children leave - them Just when
1 iuey couiu oe 01 neip on tne iarm.
2S0 S. 15th. Salem.
March 19. 191 J.
uuiuxiiHui. I , . . . . 1 wua dcuu 01 Krni mnuiiics. 11
I noUce in your issue of today water .mVJX " B Satom u rtt cut-flower and it. per-
a sUtement that the Knox law 1. t ';!. .t... a Teal rose perfume.
a success la the opinion of the a pern wo.M y nc aLTdo Aa0ther ""respondent wishes
liquor control commission. an v r. d . m fl 5, to ow ' tell him what the
Like many other temperance raadv k .. . .VZ I "Wishing Rose of Washington- Is.
people the writer advocated the has been aSrerUsed the enrth and VV" Ne"T Cn,ti' ,mlU
Passage of that law la the belief breadth TiTa ili!"! wit "le white, de-
that it was an honest effort to The oni, tt,i.. ...
w,,ta the liquor question, and bo said for tho Salem ws'ter is that r'
r . " fToioiuon waa re- I roa can see what you are drink
pealed, tt was probably the beat tag.
tnmg la sight. I have not chang- The most anexplainable thing lrTitea for Information of sing
ed my opinion upoa that question, anout thlg whdlo mess is why peo- b4lt- "not the kind you buy al
I further believe that th rn. P' ho should hsve the welfare ready prepared." This gardener
tlemen of the llqnor com minx inn I f the city at heart and as tax-ilso desires to know if slugs
papers snouid desire to see the! irceze. Accoramg to experiment
city grow so they could realixe stations, slugs survive very hard
something on their Investment frosts. A bait may be made of
are the ones that are fighting a chopped lettuce leaves or diced
mountain water supply the hard-1 carrots sprinkled with calcium ar
est. I senate. Remember, however, that
1 N J (V. vi.am v.. u I tl.1. I - I i .m.t
an.n , , I y.yci a iiiat MODia uiu is iivuuuuyi ui Bluer Mungs
-.wnua. am iuur u Knar VI n f t. ... v . . l . . it
uca "-foxnta, he their list of subscribers . would "What roses resist mildew and
fr.W . v v . " lm- V tlghting it too. what can I do to prevent It get-
hV. tV.7 , ' vl " ""a " some are still yelling to spend ! ting a start in my rose bed? is
m-. " "V .or moaey on wells but ao far I an Inquiry coming from Salem
ai.h- ."J tne money that has beea spent Among the roses with a mildew
Thmf nesrtslckness for punching holes around Salem resistant reputation are Caroline
I. 'Vr v. ' WhoroTor has been, thrown away aad there Testout. Ulrich Brunner. General
hv .nr:;..r.T.. . VrJ n? lDllcil0n t there is a MeArthur. Ophelia, Columbia. Im-
;,; "T v lit. . " A.r I"1 1 ?f .w.ier "equate rora perul PotenUte, Duchess of Wei
n sewing is in a past that vmTl' " unung to nave i many others also. These Just come
c"" i.Mier away in time than I -pfwu. va aw pipe i to my mind at this time.
is m reamy. no modern depres-l "ue "a use tne wnumette wa-j Air Combats Mildew
awn ur eiaooraie reiier immm " ivci. l aceuie 10 ma uiaxi rinjx .... i. j -,
had entered the picture, a portion tbat would bo about like buying a ta fjBUng mildew Do n7t plant
. nwaiu I or wort WaS m tne I oireumi, ir m jmr
satisfaction of the wnrv ut I of pants with the seat all out of
Peter Grimsen and his wife I V- M wosMat make any dif
vr.ta .nd ,.7..ii . J..' I ference whether they were held
ed from the rrav of dawn Vatiil r Bot nd 1 dont think we
sunuowl 7l? thTnrh "m T to carry thi. water
and growing and the harvest sea- rt ISmThat- w. bM
v iw xruia Laa I nn I- ... n...
roses in a pocket among the
shrubbery, bat give them a place
when air eaa circulate around
them, tor without tree circulation
ot air mildew win bo sure to ap
pear. Sanitation la also essential.
Keep tho garden deaa ot old
leave and materials which are
rotting and above aTLi when wa
tering season begins, do not wa
ter roses at night If water Is al
lowed to remain on the leaves it
win cause mildew.
As soon as 70a hare finished
pruning, spray the bushes and
ground well with a Bordeaux mix
ture or a Ume and sulphur com
bination such as can bo secured at
seed stares. When the new shoots
oegm to unfold give another
spraying, hut make this weaker to
protect the foliage.
A dast spray to be insad Iatr
for rose slugs, aphis and mildew
on roses is made of dusting snl
pher. eight aad one-third oanm-
hydrated lime, seven! aad one
third ounces, nicotine anlnhat
per cent! one ounca. xut
thoroughly until an lumps are
orocen np. and dust when temser-
aturo is Tt degrees or more.
Blae Flowers for Border
Another Salem gardener desires
a list of blue flowers to bo plant-
ea wwn pinr in a border. She pre
fers annuals, she writes. But she
tails to state bow tall these must
be or If they are to bo Just short
ones.
Vlsearia. Blue Bona at t ass fan A
ot the attractive blue flowerlnr
annuals. It grows about l foot
high, has single blooms throaeh.
out the summer, succeeds well la
weii-aramed, loose soil and a sun
ny exposure.
There Is the Royal Bine verb.
na. eight inches high: tbe 12-inch
cine statice: the annnal larksnnr-
dark blue stocks which will grow
two feet high; blue salvia at about
two feet high; the three-foot tail
arure blue scabiosas; the tiny lo-
oeua; tao lupins: 18-lneh laven.
der bine Gil la or thimble nw.r-
the blue double cents nreas (corn
flowers), growing about 2 feet
high; the blue canterbury bells
and other forms of campanulas;
ageratum, ancusa or summer forget-me-not;
blue asters; the ag
athea or bhie daisy, growing
about one foot high.
Rose Becomes Edging
From Dallas comes a letter ask
ing for a description of the York
and Lancaster rose which is so
often mentioned by those seeking
early roses. This is a Damask,
stripped red and white, but oc
casionally all red. It was first
known in 15 Si and named for the
War of the Rosesvthe Yorkists
wore white roses, the Lancastri
ans red, and this rose symbolized
the union of the two factions.
"Dallas" also wants to know if
tbe little miniature rose is hardy.
I can vouch for that, I believe.
Mine has lived through the past
winter and other winters yet cold
er. It grows about six Inches tall
in bushy form and blooms from
early summer nntil frost. The lit
tle blooms are very double and
less than aa inch in diameter. 1
have seen this rose used effec
tively as aa edging In front of rose
buds and also in rock gardens.
It Is often known as Rosa Roul
tttl. Some of the Oregon nurs
erymen call it Baby Pink Rose.
A Stayton woman wishes to
know if native dogwood is easily
replanted. From my own experi
ence I should say that it decidedly
is not. Cnless one finds a very
small tree, grown rather by itself.
I think It best to purchase a dog
wood from a grower. These have
been grown to transplant and
seem to do so much better than
those one takes from the woods,
and it is too bad to take out na
tive trees and have them die.
story. Perhaps It is.a little of the
HtLTJ9 b0i" "! trom "sir uturVtoTtlrt wlSVut we
flTti;, 'Vn 1 .v"" hare that
lection they bave tor one another, I charge forever.
"au, unspoaen understand-1 But von Tmo .t... ...
Editorial
Comment
From Other Papers
SLSL"f Z bard. .irSSi .round'!? y
In spite of the ever win iw .u.. JL m
A.vin v 1 I V wu una lUUlO I
" "miw ana I carrion, WELL?
certain peace so me now 1
is made to prerade the story as
EARL SHARP.
260 Chemeketa St.,
Salem. Oregon.
DESCHUTES MAN
Depression years, hard times
and high taxes; were not among
the. worries of the "Deschutes
man" of am. 4C AAa
but the aborigine 'of old and his
companions probably spent many
sleepless nights on a quake-rocked
earth. Dr. L. S. Cressman, cura
tor of anthropology at the Ual-
versity of Oregon, has been mak
ing a close study of "Deschutes
man since the discovery of aged
artifacts on the Wlkiap reservoir
he has been teaching English lit- day, editorial in rerard To tte r:,.T"9.r ,Sl7ea
T. "V. cannery, must tne ground of the Deschutes tribes
w iiw ugowm., i am i wua oi unit ana vegetaoies mat
iteausuc war Novel" and ot Eu-1 needy people who are oa relief
gene O'Neill: A Critical Study." I can get for nothing, rot?
o ' What la wronr with the taxnav-
a whole.
The author attended the Uni
versity ot Oregon doing his under-1 URGES RELIEF REDUCTION
graquaie work taere. Later he I Salem. Oregon. March 17.
took his Ph. D. at the University Editor Statesman?
of Washington in 1127. Since then! I noticed what you said in Sun
man of prehistoric days was bur
led by a volcanic explosion tor
more extensive than that which
destroyed Pompeii.
Dr. Creesman's tint study was
Banned Books fR. R RrtwVat I rs of the county demanding the
Co.) by Anne Lyoa Height gives r0"1!1? ? Mrioa coaaty re-l that of tho stone knives unearthed
"informal notes on some books I "J or.f' . 11 Wer win. then I by a reclamation service crew ex-
hanned for nriAm rMmm B n. mere will DO no need OI SelllnKl nnFIn, Imi nlta a. thm. VtrlVlsn
nous times and In various places. I ""L. u"nV caiier'- - - I site. The knives, made ot obsid
On perusing this blblioaraDhy. I . "sTiro it oat; aero It Is. What I Isa ao old that It la highly devit
one becomes quite surprised at I U noTa M : I titled, show a primitive quality
the number aad variety of books I "'rau secretary, per wees; gxs l of workmanship. The knives. Dr.
which hsve been banned hero aad I ? . w lD secretary ...-111 Cressman believes, represent
there during recent years. For In- lo. " ,KreUn'
stance, the Governor of Hunan S" Prtoor. per week. ..
Provinca af, China Kannad ail I Tare - eSSO workers, 121
irer weea eaca .......... IS
Two case workers $18 each.. 21
Stenographer, per week ..... 11
Stenographer, per week ..... II
Interviewer, per week ...... 21
.11
in Wonderland in 1121 because
Animals ahould not use human
language, and it is disastrous to
put animals and human beings
oa tho same lereL
Among tho list of books which
have beea in the corner at oae
time or another are Andersen's
Fsiry Tales,- "Uncle Tom's Ca
bin," "Tho Scarlet Letter." "Tom
Sawyer." "Huckleberry Flan."
Teas of the D'UrbevUles." "Sis
ter Carrie." "All Quiet oa tho
Western Front" and "Green Pastures.'?
It would reaSy seem that If
late division of tho so-caned Ice
ago or tho early recent. . "An es
timate of lS.oot or more years
might not' bo far wrong, he said
in referring to tho probable ago of
too artifacts. .
Tha maker of the stone knives
are believed to hava lived la Cea-
FUing derk. per week ..... . If I tral Oregon during an epoch when
u tao taxpayers will demand a I a lake covered much ot the pre
reorganising of Marion county re-j ent Wikiup site. Portions ot this
lief they can geUfar better serr-l lake of old were well filled with
Ice snd save at least III 00 which sediments with a fine cover' of
would buy cans aad sugar.
ROBERT LOKB,
Salem, Oregon.
Tnree Arrested - .
Three men were arrested by
one read only books which had I Salem police last night charged
come la lor ousting at one time 1 with- drunkenness. - They were I mountain whose shattered
or another, one's education would I Thomas Lockhtrt- ot Portland, I holds Crater laTtsv
sun be fairly complete. I Lloyd Sundia and Joe-J. Harris, I ': So riolect was the blast that
The End.'I!raw,l both" tt Salem. -r -l trees were unrooted -and Varied
vegetation present
Into this peaceful scene, accord
ing to the geological report made
by Dr. Cressman's field party, was
injected the terrific effect ot a
violent volcanic eruption, from the
west; or southwest- possibly hav
ing as Its aource the - ancient
base
by pumice, and charred fragments
still remain aa charcoal that was
not consumed. Subsequent vol
canic eruptions occurred in closer
craters, as evidenced by the
coarser nature of the Wikiup pum
ice. The most-recent lava flow
in this neighborhood are estim
ated as from 500 to 1000 years
eld. .
Was Deschutes maa destroyed
by that terrific eruption that deep
ly blanketed tho upper Deschute?
country with pumice and ash?
That question may eventually be
answered in the affirmative if pro-,
posed reservoir construction work
at the Wikiup site reveals human
remains under, the pumice thai
feU from tho heavens as a suffo
cating shower. Bend Bulletin.
Russia Topic of
Ferdinanda Reed
Ferdinanda W. Reed, ot Cam
bridge, Mass will speak Mon
day night at 8 o'clock at the
Leslie Memorial Methodist
church, Myers aad South Com
mercial streets, on "Education in
the Soviet Union.
Mrs. Reed is a nationally
known author, lecturer and club
woman, and is a writer for the
Nation. Boston Globe and Tran
script. She has made six trips to
the Soviet Union In research
work relative to the collective
farms, the Industrial organiza
tions aad the educational system.
Her last trip was spent mainly
in Soviet Armenia. Mrs. Reed is
one of the most outstanding wom
an In America and Salem people
are indeed fortunate in f having
the Opportunity to hear her lec
ture, say her sponsors here.
The publie is Invited to attend.
A question and discussion period
will follqw the lecture. Admis
sion Is free. ;
Job Near Completion
TJNI6NVALe' March 21 The
large dairy barn and double gar
age on the Herman Fries farm
art - Bearing completion. Charles
Sargent, contractor of Hopewell
is-In charge ot tha-work. ... . - j