PAGS FOUS
The OREGON
STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, August 1, 1937
; . "No Favor Sway Us; No Fear Shall Awe
From First Statesman. March 21, 1S51
V Charles A. Sprague - - Editor and Publisher
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO.
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Punishing
. A few days ago there appeared in the Oregonian a letter
signed by.Col. Harckett, assistant administrator for PWA in
Washington, in which he denied tnat any anonneni ur
T mvnnroA tnr Orptrnn for a state library building. He re-
tToA fft tonor marl la at Rnrinc of an allowance of 115 per
cent of the cost of labor taken
project; and said that while no
the capitol commission to the
cause the time limit had expired. . m
v-; To those who have, been in touch with negotiations for
the federal grant the Hackett letter was most amazing. In
v. fimt rior it i. vprv unusual for a hisrh public official to
disseminate information by "letters to the press. In the
second place the capitol commission had advised him that
the relief labor proposition could not be accepted; and the
capitol commission has a letter signed Dy mr. nacseu uuu
self acknowledging receipt of such rejection. In the third
nf- UoVott and PWA nuitft definitely committed thm
selves to a $450,000 allotment to the state when the Hay den
amendment to the relief bill was written and adopted. They
can; of course show white belly on the deal because no final
contracts had been signed and sealed; but if they do there
I The Hayden amendment
PWA allotment to cover projects lor wmcn legislatures u
made appropriations, which very definitely covered the Ore
Senator MrNarv and Senator Steiwer worked
closely with Senator Hayden in framing the amendment and
having 4 it enacted. The president himself at an earlier date
assured Gov. Martin that Oregon could "recapture" the por
tion of the original grant that the state had not used in
1936, $450,000. Secretary Ickes is understood to have given
similar assurances in the matter. What has happened?
.4: TnfnrmAfi rirrfoa here wonder if Oreeon has not been
singled out for punishment because its senators defied the
president on his command to pass the court bilL Representa
tive Walter Pierce was decidedly lukewarm to the bill and
joined the large majority of other congressman who ap
plauded the speech of Congressman Sumners who attacked
the measure as destructive of the party. While ho word has
trickled from Washington folk at the statehouse are inclined
to that theory in explanation of the apparent cooling off of
CoL Hackett toward the Oregon grant.
; That the rule of an eve for an eye and a grant for a vote
in Washington has lonz been recognized. A Wash
ington columnist, Ira Bennett,
technique with Jimmie Roosevelt as political lammanyice m
place of Jim Farley. He tells how folk ogling relief out of
Harry Hopkins are turned over to son Jimmie for the final
decision. "There, with Jimmie presiding, tne congressman
and his local delegation from home are made to feel that the
funds amount to a reward for, loyalty to tne president. . . .
These episodes also build up Jimmie as an important figure.
The latest beneficiary from such a deal was Rep. Lyndon
Johnson who was sent to Washington as a 100 per cent
Rooseveltian in a special election only a few months ago. He !
got $5,000,000, although several veteran Texans have f ailed to
wangle grants for their districts. The answer is that .they
happened to be on the other side in court, labor, farm con
flicts between the White House and capitol hill."
It will be astonishing if, even to punish Oregon the
administration withholds the grant to Oregon, for which it
has made morally binding commitments. But if the money
is to come as a bribe for maintaining the Rooseveltian dyn
asty, then the state would do well to spurn it
Newspaper Subscription Rates
IS Newspaper publishers all over the country have suffered
in tthe last two years because their operating costs were
mounting-faster than their gross income. The consequence
has been a period of "profitless prosperity." This paper, along
wjtjh many others, has enjoyed gratifying gains in volume of
business, but the expenses, pare them as much as we could,
haye more than eaten up the increases in income. It has made
necessary an increase in subscription rates.
'4 This area has long been a "low" as far as costs of its
rspapers are concerned. Here are comparisons with other
"cities of the northwest, for the daily paper delivered by Car
rie : : Baker 65c per month ; Yakima 75c ; Medf ord 60c ; Klam
atl Falls 65c. So the new rates of the Salem dailies compare
vei y favorably with those in other cities publishing papers of
similar, quality.
J The principal elements of cost in newspaper, operation
ar newsprint and wages. Prices of paper have already had
tvjj increases with a third jump of $7.50 per ton announced
for next year; Wages have been increased to keep pace with
edit of living and meet prevailing scales of other cities. On an
enterprise, where two-thirds of the disbursements are for
wages the new social security taxes make a heavy and un
avoidable burden. Of the present increase a substantial por
tion goes to the faithful carriers who serve the patrons with
morning delivery and make the monthly collections.- "
1 Another. factor in newspaper production is the constant
demand for new and costly features. If we could publish the
kiiid of paper that was acceptable years ago the old rates
wpjuld be sufficient But popular demand now calls for larger
papers, more pictures, more features, more special contribu
tor, all of which add to the cost to the publisher.
j? Back in 18511 when The , Statesman- was f oundedsub
scrjibers paid $3.00 a year for a four-page weekly. It contained
Bush's editorials, political gossip, "miscellany," and advertis
ing and legal notices. The Statesman now supplies subscribers
with six papers a week in size ranging from 10 to 24 pages,
delivered to the doorsteps in the cities and towns of the com
munity at less than the cost of the weekly of 1851. Mechanical
progress and the growth of the community permit this to
be -accomplished; but it is a sample of how improvements
ultimately go to the benefit of the consumer. '
j The constant effort of a responsible publisher is to give
his; subscribers just as fme a newspaper as is possible with
the; revenues available. That pledge holds with The States
man. It is the quality and character of the paper, we believe,
which has brought its circulation to the highest levels in its
history. By maintaining and improving that quality. The
Statesman hopes to fulfill its function in the great valley
which it serves. . . - -
;! New-Style Utopia
A new style Utopia is proposed by H. L. Mencken, writing
in the Amencan Mercury,
gests that the best way to reduce today's sorrows and oblit
erate those of tomorrow is to sterilize large numbers of
males, both white and black, so they can no longer-beget,
and thinks the readiest way to induce them to submit is to
pa them an indemnity of say $5Q head. He predicts, "As
the population gradually diminishes, the whole aspect of
life will improve, and a happier people will not need the
powerful stimulants for example, lynching,. Holy Rolling,
and the consumption of white mule which now serve to take
their minds off their troubles.
p That Utopia is quite as far distant as social credit the
TujRP, and all the others that are brain children of those
wd attempt heavy thinking in these days. Even the apostles
Oregon?
from relief rolls, used on the
response had been made by
offer, it was invalidated be
specifically set up funds for
reports refinement of the
Utopia by sterilization. He sug
Bits for
Breakfast
By R. J. HENDRICKS
Smith-Chamberlain 8-1-37
clan reunion In Helmlck "
park, aecond In all Oregon:
The 184$ covered-wagon train.
(Concluding from" yesterday:)
One may find, on page 43 volume.
Z, Bancroft's Oregon History,
words in paragraphs about the
receipt In Oregon of the news of
gold discovery in California! that
are of interest in this setting. (By
the way, the discovery was made
by two Polk county men, James
VV. Marshall and Stephen Staats,
and a Marion .county man, Capt.
Chas. Bennett. Staats went from
his claim on the Lucklamute,
near the site of Helmlck park.)
. The news seemed too good, or
too wUd, to be true. The doubting
Thomas attitude was noted; eren
Chief Factor James Douglas, Just
home on a Hudson's Bay company
ship from Hawaii, was disinclined
to believe the reports.
S
In the midst of this matter, one
finds these words:
"But in a few days more the
tidings had traveled overland by
letter, ex-Governor Boggs having
written to some of his former Mis
souri friends in Oregon by certain
men coming with horses to the
Willamette valley for provisions,
that much gold was found on the
American river.
S
"No one doubted longer; cov
etous desire quickly Increased to
a delirium of hope.
"The late Indian disturbances
were forgotten; and from the rip
ening harvests the reapers with
out comnuncuons turned awav
. . . Far more went to the goldj
mtnAa than Vi a 4 VAltitilnA.. tn I
fight the Cay uses . . . The farms
were abandoned to women and
boys."
Well, who was this "ex-Governor
Boggs" who wrote to "some
of his former Missouri friends?"
His second wife was a Boone,
aunt of Chloe Donnelly Boone,
the first school teacher in Polk
county, who was married later to
George L. Curry, fifth, seventh,
eighth and last territorial gov
ernor of Oregon. And they all,
the four of them, were In the
184S covered wagon immigration.
Curry took the old Snake, Colum
bia liver route, Chloe and Boggs
and wife the Applegate cut-off,
and the Boggses further along
took another cut-off, going' to
California.
' Lilliburn. W. Boggs had a col
orful career. Born Dec. 14, 1792,
died March. 4, 1860. He married
Julia, a daughter of Judge Silas
Bent, thus identifying himself
with the famous fur trading
group. He had stores at Fort Os
age and the New Harmony mis
sion, then at the town of Inde
pendence, starting place of scores
of thousands of covered waron
immigrants. His first wife, a Bent
of the Bents' forts familv. rel.
tive of governors, having died, he
married Panthea Boone, grand
daughter of Daniel Boone of Ken
tucky. Boggs served in the Mis
souri state senate, 1826; reelect
ed. 1830; elected lieutenant gov
ernor in 1832, governor In 1836,
defeating the famous popular
w. H. Ashley. He took sides
against the Mormons, In the bitter
Mormon war; promoted the new
Missouri state capitol. the Initial
appropriation $75,000, and in
1840 $200,000 having been ex
pended, and the structure yet un
finished; there had been a de
pression, and cheap dollars. He
promoted the state bank, estab
lished the state university and
the public school system. Shortly
after his retirement as governor,
he was the victim of a murderous
assault, universally believed to
have been instigated by the Mor
mons. He had taken a fling
(1829) in the Santa Fe trade.
Was in the state senate, 1842-6,
and in that time broke with the
powerful U. S. Senator Thomas
H. Benton faction. By 1846 he
had two sons in the Rocky moun
tain fur trade, and with his wife
he joined the 1846 caravans for
the ultimate west, as already
said. The Boggs contingent land
ed in Napa county, California. The
Mexican war brought a breakdown
of the Mexican regime, and this
former governor of Missouri was
in the nick of time to become al
calde, practically governor, of all
California north of a line runnine
east and west through Sacramen
to. Ana this lasted until California
became a state through the most
tempestuous times, in the gold
rush days, in the history of the
section that Is now a part of Ore
gon s sister state to the south.
, He was Governor Bozrs thn.
(through being alcalde), in a per
iod and place where there was no
depression, but a wild boom, and
he entered into trade again and
for the first time gathered wealth.
pam hd neavy ana numerous
debts, and retired to his Napa val
ley rarro, where he spent his re
clining years.
Bancroft said letters were sent
by Boggs to former Missouri
friends "by certaia men coming
wun norses to the Willamette val
ley for provisions. telling that
the report of gold discovery in
California was true.
; v s u
What supplies were they after,
of new deal regimentation haven't had nerve enough to plow
under every third row of potential fathers, preventing them
from spawning and populating the cotton belt and the slums
wita more to be listed among the fill-fed, ill-clothed, and
ill-boused." . - I
v OT Mrt,n "rK th game commission to double the output of
fish hatcheries and bird farms to make Oregon a sportsman's para
dise for the tourists. The natives would be happy If more fish and
game were propagated and the tourists kept ont.
Things have come to a serious pass la the federal government
when even the Indians protest against thei -reds" la the federal ad-
m.1?1,fyon At le8t tBS can prove their claims of being
"100 American." j
Tb.-ome eUtors T this ts the proper season for meals "al
fresco. That means eating outdoors. It also means ants In the cheese
and yellow jackets in the pear preserve.
Seattle has sent one of Its nid
stItntion for storage M a relic. Most
- " nutre
not
T-SI
Cm- PC hM
and why did they come with horses
and not wagons? They came with
horses because in 1848 there was
no road for wagons between Fort
Sutter ion the site of Sacramento)
and the! Willamette valley.
They came, or at least part of
them came, with pack horses for
flour, to Polk county. Jesse Ap
plegatej surveyor, had surveyed a
water power on the Rlckreall at
present jEUendale. James H. O'Neal
and J. w. Nesmith had secured
stone "f jo r burrs (millstones) in
Holmes", Gap. So they , had erected
a grist mill. That gap was named
for Leafider Holmes, whose proxy
went to Horace Greeley by way
of Jesse Applegate, and nominated
Abraham Lincoln for president,
and thu preserved the Union.
i
fesmith-O'Neal mill sup
ch flour to the California
miners n the first gold rush, go
ing by pack train. Even, it is said,
some wheat grown in the Sacra
mento Valley in those days came
to the Polk county mill to be
ground,! -nd taken back in the
shape of flours.
The place where Chide- "Don
nelly Boone taught the first pub
lie school in Polk county should
be marked. Mrs. Dye in her latest
book says she afterward assisted
in 4 John Lyle's school, popular
pioneer institute in Polk county.
Many historic spots in Oregon are
yet to be marked, and Polk coun
ty should join in the movement
that is to be started in that di
rection! and all members of the
Smith-Chamberlain clan, too, will
surely 1 join, in whatever places
they may Uve.
f"
Hubbard to Elect
Clerk for Scbool
HUBBARD A special school
election will be held at the high
school ij auditorium the night of
Tuesday, August 3, for the pur
pose oil electing a school clerk to
replace;) Mrs. Glen Larkins who
moved jaway.
Arrangements are being made
to reorganize the Townsend Old
Age Revolving Pension club, un
der the name of the Townsend Re
covery Plan. P. O. Colvln Is presi
dent and George Knight, acting
secretary. J. R. Jackson, Levi Wel
ty, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Foster, W.
D. Campbell and Mrs. Colman are
among j the more prominent pro
moters Thomas Needham, Former
Ellendale Resident Passes
ELLENDALE Mrs. Loren
Wilson I left for Yakima, Wash.,
Friday morning to be with her
sister, jMrs. Tom Needham. Mr.
Needham died from heart trouble
Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Needham lived in
this community in the George Van
Satin property a year or so ago.
They moved to California from
here, then went to Yakima.
people! who have tried riding the
mey m came irom. ---
"Home, Sweet Home"
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Interpreting
By MARK
By MARK SULLIVAN 1
WASHINGTON, July 31 Just
as the court fight collapsed fol
lowing the president's surrender,
there was beginning to roll' up
throughout the country a wave of
opposition to it, organized and
spontaneous. What will now hap
pen to that surge of emotion? Al
though the fight is won, yet it
seems likely the issue will still be
a living thing In the next year's
primaries and elections the
beginning of the primaries is
scarcely eight months away. It is
hard to conceive that any new fu
ture issue will be so vital as the
memory of the court one.
If it turns out that the record
of the court fight is an issue in
next year's elections, it is desir
able the country should know
Just what the record is. Just who
was for the court measure, who
against it.
Up to a certain point this can
be known. It can not be known
exactly because there was never
a roll call directly on the meas
urer. But a list can be made of
about 42 senators who in one way
or another went on record against
the measure. Ten members of the
senate Judiciary committee did it
by signing an adverse report
against the measure. Others made
speeches aga'- st it, others brief
public statements.
Another list can be made of
about 40 senators who one way
or another went on record in fa
vor of the measure.
There remain about 14 sena
tors who never took a position
publicly. How obscure the posi
tion of some is illustrated by Sen
ator Wagner of New York. The
day before the fight ended. Sena
tor Wagner received a letter from
Governor Lehman of New York
asking him to vote against the
measure. Senator Wagner an
swered the day after the fight
ended, but did not state how he
would have voted had there been
a roll call.
Among the 42 who were on rec
ord against the court measure, it
would be difficult to make distinc
tions. To try to assign relative credit
for defeat of the measure would
be futile and could not be accur
ate. Different men had different
opportunities.
Much credit would go to Sen
ator Burke of Nebraska for hav
ing conducted the struggle in and
before the senate Judiciary com
mittee. Very much would go to
Senator Wheeler of Montana be
cause his opposition led many lib
erals and even radicals first to
doubt and then to oppose. Much
credit would go to Senator O'Ma
honey of Wyoming because of the
fidelity to conscience which led
him to forego personal loyalty to
President Roosevelt and National
Chairman Farley. Much would go
to Senator Glass of Virginia for
the hour long radio speech that
he rose from a sick bed to make.
The republican senators should
not be forgotten. Particularly
should they not be forgotten be
cause, with conscious, self-sacrifice,
they invited forgetting and
invited it for the purpose of help
ing the cause.
The day after Mr. Roosevelt
gave out his measure February
5 the republican senators saw
where their greatest opportunity
for service lay. They realised there
were only 1 of them in a senate
of 98, and therefore they could
not be the backbone of the op
posite they realized that in pro
portion as republicans refrained
from taking the lead against the
measure, so would it be easier
for democrats to take the legd.
Just who were the republican
senators who first saw this con
dition and brought about a pro
gram of self-sacrifice silence, no
one can say from some things that
occurred it seems likely that Sen
ators Borah, McNary and Vanden
berg had something to do with it.
Because of the way the fight
ended, in fiasco and surrender hv
the president and his friends, sev
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SULLIVAN
eral senators opposed to the court
measure have lost opportunities
which probably they would have
prized, and which would have
given them, in the eyes of the pub
lic, an additional esteem that they
cannot now have. For example,
who can doubt - that Senator
Burke of Nebraska had the fight
gone on, would have made a not
able speech against the measure.
He has the ability. Normally it
would have been appropriate for
Senator Burke to make the open
ing speech against the measure.
Probably the fact that he did not
means that he placed generalship
above personal advantage, and
gave, the opportunities for the
early speeches to other senators.
And who can doubt that Sen
ator Borah would have made one
of the great speeches of a career
already great? Or that Senator
Vandenberg would have made a
notable speech? Quite possibly
some of the younger senators
might have been able to make
speeches which would establish
them in senate and national
esteem.
And who can have any doubt
that the veteran Senator Hiram
Johnson of California might have
crowned bis career with an im
passioned plea of the kind he
used to make against the league
of nations? He was deeply moved
by the court measure. One of the
most touching scenes I have ever
observed on the senate floor oc
curred two days before the tight
collapsed. Senator O'Mahoney of
Wyoming had concluded a speech
against the court measure, and a
most excellent one it was prob
ably the best analysis of the meas
ure as a whole made by anyone.
Senator O'Mahoney, slender and
boyish looking, was gathering up
his papers. Across the aisle and
up to his desk came Senator
Johnson, walking slowly. One not
iced, a little poignantly, that Sen
ator Johnson is no longer young.
Gravely, affectionately, with emo
tion restrained and yet apparent,
the older man shook the Voung
ster's hand, turned slowly, and
went back to his seat. A few daya
later, when the fight was over and
won. Senator Johnson arose. He
said: "Glory be to God." Those
were the last words spoken in a
debate on a great Issue. A debate
that would have been even greater
had the fight gone on.
Radiowriter Asks
Data on Festival
Held at Lebanon
Lebanon Chamber of Com
merce has received a communica
tion asking for full details of
the annual strawberry fair by a
radio story writer of Chicago
who would include it in a visit in
fancy to gardens, fetes and fes
tival throughout the United
States.
The writer also asks a brief
history of Lebanon.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Plagman
entertained Wednesday with a
family dinner as a compliment to
their son, Walter, on his birth
day. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Soule
of Lebanon were among the
guests.
The Adult Bible class of the
Church of Christ, under the di
rection of Eloise Skinner, enter
tained Wednesday for Mrs. Beu
na Horner Davis, bride of last
week. Clever games and contests
were followed by a shower of
miscellaneous gifts.
California Visitor Ts
Entertained at Pioneer
PIONEER Mrs. Bertha Ten
nis of Sacramento. Calif., visited
her cousin, Mrs. Roy Bird, Wed
nesday. On Thursday a covered
dish dinner was given in her
honor with the following rela
tives and friends present at the
Dallas city park:
Mr. and Mrs. John Bobbins.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bird, Mrs.
Charley Bird, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Cochrand and daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtiss Tennis and
son, of Dallas, Mr. and Mrs.
Reece Robbins and son Faul,
and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bicker
and son of Ellendale, Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Bird Virginia McCar
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Barel Bird and
son and Mrs. Joy Robbins and
Truman and Alice of here, and
Mrs. Tennis, and son Ormiston.
of Sacramento.
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By THORNTON