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- v "No Favor Sway Us; No Fear Shall Awe"
j - . From First SUtesman, March Xl. 1IS1
Sheldon : FY Sackett . Editor and Manager
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- Magic Carpet for $50,000,000
Baghdad-in-theEaT" is
Treasure Island, where San
tion opened on Saturday. To
fair, it mast indeed seem a magical scenebut all of it, in
cluding the island itself , was
i Man's Jbest artistry was
ting and the buildings but
removed when the fair Is over, the island then becoming an
airport; therefore the buildings are not of truly substantial
construction. . .. . ' .
. Undoubtedly a good many
the fifty million dollar cost of
been protests against the rather modest appropriation of the
state of Oregon to establish an exhibit at the fair. But Oregon
will be reoaid many fold for this small investment and whe
ther the San Francisco fair pays its way in hard cash or not,
the cost will return vastly multiplied to San Franciscans and
Californians.
It Is the defeatist attitude of a growing fraction in our
population which objects to ' constructive expenditure, con
tending that such amounts should go for relief. As the per
centages of public revenue devoted to relief expand, a vi
cious circle develops, dragging more people to a relief status.
Similarly conceived objections, in the legislature and
out, to the raising of public officials' salaries are not well
taken. The legislature Is in danger of voting unwarranted in
creases; but if the office involved is a. responsible one which
warrants a higher salary, the relief need argument is un
sound. The public, like private enterprise, gets, what it pavs
for in the way of trovernment; there are jobs for which it
should pay more than it does, and then it should expect its
money's worth in public service.
Pulling our thoughts back to Treasure Island after hav
ing wandered .rather far afield, it does seem that some Cali
fornia city is always promoting a-world's fpir. This is San
Francisco's second since the earthau er fire of 1906. It
seems no time at all since San Diego's exoosition. There must
be some reasonfeven aside from the desire to lure tourists and
new settlers, for the plethora of giVantic spectacles in the
state that also has Hollywood as a fairly permanent though
ever-changing big soectacle.
The answer seems to be that Californians are forever
disposed to dramatize the things they do and the things they
have done. Things dramatic in themselves have happened in
California; the early struggle between Spanish and American
civilization, the gold rush and the boom days that followed,
the holocaust of -4906, the state's mushroom srrowth in the
present century, Hollywood itlf, the football teams of Cali
fornia's "big three" colleges. Tom Mooney, Upton Sinclair,
Harry Bridges, the Bay Bridges.
Bat dramatic things have occurred in other places and
they did not suggest to the populace the holding of a world's
fair. There must be something in the California mentalitv
that does it One writer refers to it avthes "self-conscious"
western civilization. The world's fair is designed to be a dra
matization of whafthe people are and what they hav done.
Only a people self-conscious of their achievements will thus
dramatize them. J. . No, we are not going to drag Oregon
into any invidious comparisons. When Bonneville is actually
in service and the Willamette Valley project is well under
way, we expect to help- dramatize these marks of progress in
a suitable way. Meanwhile, we will rejoice and profit if we
can in San Francisco's achievement.
Unfair to
Three separate measures now before the legislature
wolud bar aliens from professional status in Oregon. One re
lates to dentists, one to optometrists, one to lawyers. The up
shot of the legislation if it becomes law would be that a for
eigner who came to Oregon would be barred from practicing
; his chosen profession, no matter his aptitude, until the slow
process of naturalization was completed. v
Senator Strayer stated the case precisely : "If we proceed
on this theory we might as well pass legislation that persons
who are not citizens of the United States are banned from any
useful occupation in Oregon," he declared. Nevertheless the
! senate passed such a bill Saturday.
The state uses its sovereign power in providing profes
sional standards and boards to safeguard its citizens from in
competent or poorly trained men. Whether a manVis a citizen
or an alien does not bear; on his professional skill. If the oro
. posed statutes become law, a skilled European admitted to
this country and choosing Oregon for his home, would be com
pelled to seek manual employment until a five-year, waiting
period had expired. - I t j
, Clearly the amendments proposed have nothing to do
with qualifications for a profession; they are aimed to re
strict competition." The state could well reouire that a man
, file his declaration of Intention for citizenship; it should not
in equity forbid by law the employment by a skilled new
comer of his professional training. , t .
- Columnists and sport writers overwork that gag about
Ail-Americans named Wojdehowicz and such, as assumed to
be of recent immigrant families. The Baltimore Sun lists the
following lineup among the Colonial Dames, an organization
limited in membership to women whose ancestors were in
America in colonial times: De Raasloff. de Ropp, de Saumier,
Ehrenclou, Majewski, Malevsky-Malevitch, von Mohren
schildt, Mikchalapov, Heitzelmann, Zaugg and Zug.
w Once again Eleanor Holm, comes to grief because of
champagne. She broke a, bottle of It to dedicate the Aquacade
it the New York world's fair, and she and several other girls
sitting nearby were cut by flying glass.
February 21, 1829-
Mrs. Virginia Bacon of Port
land "was elected state librarian
at a. meeting of state library
board held . In executive depart
ment hers Tuesday. : :,
Quartet of Willamette univer
sity glee club, will give a con
cert, Thursday at Philomath eol-
le, .-; 7:i
Salem high school and Dallas
are tied tor "debate honors with
17 points each and winner will
be decided at Newport meet to
settle championship - of middle
tvuiasxette district and : state
tijh school .debate lsagne.
one phrase used to describe
Francisco's Golden Gate exposi
the millions who will visit the
made by. man.
employed in designing the set
they are only temporary, to be
eyebrows have been raised at
this spectacle; there have even
Aliens
20; Yen ro Ago
February 21, 1019
First among arrivals from
overseas of Salem hoys with the
112nd. infantry was Edgar M.
Rowland who hat landed In New
York.
. Tag sale conducted Saturday
for benefit of War Mothers' unit
under - direction of Mrs. John
If surer and Mrs.' F. W. Durbln
netted the sum of fill.
. ;
"The Midnight Cabaret- will
make Its only appearance in Sa
lem tonight when ''Indoor Play.,
ere" elub at Penitentiary ? will
sUge original 2-act skit at -rison
ehapeL , . (i
; CUtfo ffoi?
V-'B R. J. H2NDRICT3 ,
Where is the end. 1-2 1-1 1
of ' the Old Oregon
Trail t and ' When 1a -the
end of the rainbow?
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An Inquiry comes to this desk:
"Where Is the end of the . Old
Oregon Trail?" When, the answer
is given, that no one knows, the
inquirer is disappointed, for, in
the plan-that brought the ques
tion, the trail must hsve an end
-ne, definite end. ,
But it would be as hard to
fix as the end of the rainbow.
People, especially ' political mind
ed persons, hare been looking
for the end of the rainbow erer
since: old. Noah (Genesis: t.ll)
watched for., the "bow In the
cloud" that would be "for token
of a covenant" that there would
b no more flood of the sixe
that sent Noah to his arav And
no one has yet reached the rain
bow s end.
It the inquirer were- to go to
Seaside, -Oregon, looking for the
end of the old trail, he would
be told by . otherwise honest and
law abiding . people that he need
to no further --that Seaside Is
the very end of that ancient
tltoroagbfare, for did not. mem
ben of the Lewis . and . Clark
party go clear to the site of
Seaside and there render salt
from sea water at the western
most end of the trail of those
explorers right on the edge of
tne Partite ocean? The cairn for
the marker of that first salt
works is easily found at Seaside?
It was buUt under the auspices
of the Oregon Historical Society.
But, let the searcher retrace
his steps and reach, withlu 15
miles, more or less, the , site of
Fort Clatsop, and he would be
at another place which Las been
posed as the end of the Old
Oregon Trail. Also by good,
honest people.
S
The whole Lewis and Clark
party, with Sacagawea and the
boy "Pomp" and all the rest,
spent a large part, of the winter
of 1805-1 at Fort Clatsop. A lot
of high, romantic hlstor was
enacted there in those months.
Including the celebration of
Christmas, 1805.
.But Lewis and Clark were not
on the Old Oregon Trail, as such,
at all. The South Pass was not
discovered till nearly a quarter
of a century later. Fort Clatsop
and the salt cairn are places of
high history to thrill the heart
of a history minded person. But
neither is the end of the Old
Oregon Trail.
S
Then take The Dalles, old
Wascopam, the ancient toll gate
of the Klickitata, thieves a-d pi
rates of the Columbia. All the
covered wagon Immigrants of the
first years, up to 1846, came
that way.
Good, honest people at The
Dalles say that was the end of
the Old Oregon Trail. It was, till
the Barlow road began to be
used (1845-6-7); but the end
of what? The end of wagon
travel. There covered wagons, if
they were to be taken clear
through, had to be pulled apart
and loaded onto rafts or boats
and taken down the Columbia.
S S
Then there is Oregon City.
Fine, upstanding, law respecting
persons have for many years said
that was the end of the Old
Oregon Trail. It was for many
for those who arrived late over
the Barlow route, half starved,
hungry and cold. Also for many
who came down the Columbia
on boats and rafts from The
Dalles, thence up the Willamette.
But, to many . thousands, Ore
gon City was a mere halting
place, to arrange for other des
tinations. Was the site of Salem the end
of the Old Oregon Trail? Yes.
for a proportion of the whole
number of tired trekkers off the
plains.
Bat so was Cynthlan, site ot
Dallas; and Marysvllle, site of
CorvaUls; and the Tualatin
Plains, sites ot a dozen cities;
and the Waldo HUls, and Cham
poeg, Butteville, Lafayette, Eu
gene, for Eugene Skinner, first
settler, and Slabtown, where
Cottage Grove is now, and so
on and on. In short, the Old
Oregon Trail had many ends.
Every little pioneer cabin of un
hewn logs was an end.
V
Some one asked the writer,
"T7as not Aurora the end of the
Old Oregon Trail?" No. The first
members of the Kell colony who
came over the Old Oregon Trail,
In 1853 and 1855, went to the
Willapa river, Washington, and
began moving from there In
1856, some not making the trans
fer till -10 y-ars later.
'Aurora was the end ot the Old
Oregon Trail colony covered
wagon trains of 1I62,,18S; and
1867. They all came the old way,
excepting for the Lander cutoff
But a few came by the Isthmus
of Panama.
S S
An important end of tie Old
Oregon Trail, up to 1847, was
the Whitman mission. Nearly all
the covered wagon Immigrants
stopped there, or near there, at
least temporarily, and rested and
made plana for the balance of
the Journey. i - .
But the big immigrations' of
1848 to 1S54 passed it a.t for
it was wiped out with the mas
sacre of Nov. 2t, 184.7.
v N i-.... : S - f
.The same thing as to the
starting points ot the Old Oregon
TraU. .They were as many as
the tens : ot thousand of 1 homes
from which the voyagers nt.
though there, were nnmerors onu
fitting places, like Independence
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LION'S CLUB"""
CHARITY
SHOW ! -JO
A Musical - ' A1V-
Toe-Wed
Feb. 21-22
Leslie High Aadhorfam?
Students 23c; Geal. A dm. SOe
Reserved Seats 75e at Cookes
1 - Stationery Store-' :-.
sw iaern sta.
Qke
Picketing Wins, Dog to Siay
Sa&y and Ilaaey
Because their mother dldnt want to let them keep Queenie, a fox
terrier, Sally, 8, and Haney Flshner, 12, picketed in front of their
Brooklyn home for hoars, as shown, lira. Flshner was firm in re
fusing to give in until the boy presented her with a formal petition,
bearing 43 signatures, which read: -My dear Mrs. flshner. Please
let this poor boy, your son, keep his dog." That did it, Mrs. nshner
finally consenting to let Queenie stay.
KSXM -TUXSSAY 1370 Xa.
7:SO Nw.
7:45 Time O'Dar.
8:00 Morulas MedlUtkwa.
8:15 Htvea ot Rett.
8:45 Nawa.
9:00 Pastor' Call.
9:1S Pinky Hunter, Sonfa.
9:80 Hita and Encore.
9:45 Friandly Cirela.
10:15 News.
10:30 Morning ICagaxina.
10:80 Silhouette, la Bin.
11 :00 Org analitias.
11:15 My Problem Family. .
11:30 WaUamntte Unirersity Chapel
11:45 Hollywood Whispers.
12:00 Value Parade.
12:15 New..
12:30 Hillbilly Serenade.
12:45 Salem Kiwania Club.
1:15 Interesting Pacta.
1:30 Two Keyboards.
1 :45 Books-Week.
2:00 Brad Collins.
2:15 Spice of Life.
2:30 Bernmen Musicals.
2:45 Tour English.
3:00 Feminine Fancies.
8:30 Thrills of Highway Patrol
3:45 As Yon Like It.
4:00 Fulton Lewia, jr.
4: IS Let's Play Bridge.
4:80 :30 Clipper.
5:00 Salon Melodies.
5:15 Johnny Murray.
5:30 Johnny Lawrence Club.
5:45 Dinner Hoar Melodies.
6:00 Spike Hennessy's Legislature
News.
6:15 Shatter Parker.
6:30 Mnaieal Interlude.
6:45 Tonight' a Headlines.
7:00 Phantom Pilot.
7:15 Walts Time.
7:30 Green Hornet.
8:00 News.
8:15 Don't You BelieTa It
8:80 Maatera of the Baton.
8:45 Jim Walsh's Orchestra.
9 :00 Newspaper of the Air.
9:15 Wrestling.
10:15 Phil Harris' Orchestra.
10:30 Chock Foster's Orchestra,
11:00 Jack McLean's Orchestra.
SOW TUESDAY 620 Kc
7:00 Story of the Month.
7:15 Trail Blazers.
7:45 News.
8:15 Viennese Insembla.
8:80 Stars of Today.
9:00 Harding's Wife.
9:15 The O'Neills.
9:30 Tena A Tim.
9:45 Master 8incera.
10:00 John's Other Wife.
10:15 Just Plain Bill.
10:30 Dangeravs Roads.
10:45 Dr. Kate.
11:00 Betty and Bob.
11:15 Grimm's Daughter.
11:30 Valiant Lady.
11:49 Hymns of AU Churches.
13:00 Mary Martin.
13 :1 5 Ma Perkins.
12:80 Pepper Young's lasttly,
11:45 Guiding Light.
1:00 Backstage wu.
1:15 Stella Dallaa.
1:30 Vie and Sad.
1 :45 Girl Alone.
2 :00 Honseboat Hannah.
2:15 Radio Review.
2:20 Gallion Brothers.
8:30 The Vagabonds. j
2:45 Edward Daries. i
3:00 News.
3:15 I Love a Mystery.
3:30 Woman' a Magsaine,
4:00 Kasy Aeea.
4:15 Mr. Keea.
4:30 Sura of Today.
5.00 Musical 8try.
5:30 Information Pleas.
8:00 On Winga of Melody.
8:30 Fibber McGee.
7:00 Bob Hop. ,
7:80 Uncle Earn.
7:45 Night Editor.
8:00 Ames 'a' Andy. .
S: 15 Vocal Varieties.
8:30 Johnny Presents.
9:00 Good Morning Tonita.
9:30 Carnival,
10:00 Neva Plashes.
10:15 Orchestra.
v XXX TUESDAY 1188 K.
8:30 Musical Clock.
7:00 Family Altar Boat.
7:80 Finaaeial Sorvica.
7 :4fr Sweethearts.
7:55 Market Quotations.
8:00 Breakfast Club.
9:00 Dr. Brock.
9:30 Farm aad Home.
10:15 Agriculture Today.
10:30 News.
10:48 Homo Institute.
and Weston, Mo., etc., etc.
Any way, that was the great
est Immigration In many respects
in all history transferrins some
S5M00 people ZQOt to lOOt
miles across what was mostly
wilderness and much of which
was desert and held by hostile
tribes, and leaving in unmarked
graves along the way 20,000 to
.Z,oo9 f who died from . ramus
causes, mostly what was known
as t "cholera," probably largely
caused by contaminated frod and
Impure water.
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1 1 :00 TraTeloguo.
11:15 Ranch Boy a.
11:80 Voice of Americas Woman.
11:45 Radio Review.
11:50 Little Variety Show.
13:00 Dept. Agriculture.
12:15 Army Band.
12:25 Hints to Housewives.
12 :30 News.
12:45 Matket Reports.
12:50 Quiet Hour.
1:30 Club Matinee.
2 :00 Orchestra.
2:15 Financial and Grain.
2:20 Fran Allison.
2:30 Landt Trio.
2:45 Curbstone Quia.
8:00 George Cook.
8 :25 News.
3:30 Angler and Hunter.
8:45 Ralph Blane.
4:00 Between the Bookeud.
4: IS Musical Ccntrtts.
4:30 Oscar Shumsky.
4:45 Vivian .Delia Chiesa.
5:00 Gilbert Sullivan Musi.
5:28 Hints to Housewives.
5:30 Piano Surprises.
5:45 Swartout'a Music.
6:00 What's the Big Ides.
8:15 Sport Column.
6:30 Legialativ Review.
6:45 Community Chest.
7:00 If I Had the Chance.
7 -.30 Orchestra.
8 :00 News.
8:15 Wrestling Interview.
8:30 Covered Wagon Days.
8:00 Your Health,
9:30 Orchestra.
11:00 New.
11:15 Paul Carson.
KOIH TUESDAY 340 X.
6:35 KOIN Klock.
8 :00 News.
8:15 Old Cowhand.
8:30 This and That
9:15 Nancy Janmra.
9:30 Helen Trent.
9:4S Our Gal Sunday.
10:00 Goldbergs.
10:15 Life Can Be Beautiful.
11:00 Big Sister.
11:15 Real Life Stories.
U: 30 School of the Air.
12:00 News.
12:15 Singin 8m.
12:80 Harvey Harding.
12:45 Fletcher Wiley.
1:00 Kitty Kelly.
1:15 Myrt and Marge.
1:30 Hilltop Hons.
1 :45 Stepmother.
2 :00 Scattergood Bainet.
2:15 Dr. Susan.
2 :30 Deep River Boys.
2:45 Hello Agaia.
2 :55 Surprise Your Husband.
8:95 Barry Wood.
3:30 Newspaper of tha Air.
4:30 Second Husband.
8:00 Five ai'Clock Plash,
5:15 Howie Wing.
6 :S0 Leoa T. Draws.
6 :45 News.
6:00 We, the People.
6:80 Orchestra.
7.00 Or. Christian.
7:80 Jimmy Fidler.
7:45 Little Show.
8:00 Hot 8tov League.
8:15 Orchestra,
8:15 Orchestra.
8:30 Big Town.
9:00 Al Jolson.
9:80 Grouch Club,
KO AC! TUESDAY 55 0 Sc.
9:03 Homemakers' Hour.
:08 Neighbor Reynold.
10:15 8tory Hoar lor Adalta.
10:55 Today' a Mews.
11:00 Animals at Africa.
11:15 Heroes at History.
11:80 Muaie of the Haatot.
13:00 News.
12:15 F. C. Mullen.
12:30 Market. Crop Reports.
1:18 Variety.
2:00 Yoa May Not Believ.
8:45 Lessons la French.
8:15 DAR.
8:45 Monitor Views the Vows.
4:00 Symphonic Halt Hour.
4:80 Stories for Boys aad Girla.
5:CO On the Campwaea.
5:43 Vesper.
6:15 -United Press New. .
S :33 Agriculture , Viewed by Editors.
6:45 Market Reviews.
7s00 D. D. Hill, naa."
7:15 Dairy Department.
7:45 Citiien and Hia School.
8:45 Charm of Old Things.
9:00 OSC Round Table.
9:80 OSO Cadet Band.
9 :45 Heredity and Welfare
Will Start Curve
Prefect Snortly
WATJDO HILLS ResJI-nmnt
of Ave curves within a mile dis
tance ' on- the highway through
this district will begin If the
near future. It is reported. Own
ers of property where the chantee
will be made bars designated
their willingness to cooperate.
The realignment, win begin at
the corner where the highway
crosses Brash Creek and carry
on thronsrh , to . near. verwrn
school
771
: cfS jir pozmm thoiipson
. Standard f Opimloai
' "Mr. X. e n d e d up by giving
p his exceptional sifts to the
service of reaction smlrklngly
posing as liberal-
By some
strange coinci
dence he at the
same time at
tained an emi
nent position In
New York and
Long Island society.-
'
"Mr. B. Is a
mouthpiece of
an 1 1 - Amerlcsv-
"Mr. T. is an avowed commu
nist." "Miss A. is a communist sym
pathiser who loses no opportunity
to speak and write for the red
caase."
Messrs. JL, C. and D. are paid
warmonrerlnr writers."
"Is 8o-end-So getting some of
the SCS,000.000 being- spent in
this country for propaganda by
the Spanish government? Stop
this . . , grart."
Tnat known fascist, Mr. P
The above quotations, except
for the names, are taken out of
current American nnhlirstfnna
They refer-to American citizens.
me ursi suggests mat a gifted
writer has prostituted his talents
for social prestige. The second
suggests that an ardent patriot is
spreading sedition. The third re
fers to a famous novelist who has
repeatedly -denounced communism
ana nas written a nook censured
lor Its anti-socialism by even mild
uoerais. Tne ronrtn is about a
woman who has written repeated
ly against communism as a phi
losonhr and an economic avstm
The fifth refers to several neonta
who believe in some system of col
lective defense for democracies.
The sixth charges an incorruptible
American citiien with accepting
bribes. The seventh pins a phi
losophy incompatible with Ameri
can constitutionalism upon a con
servatlve industrialist.
The sixth statement and the
rest of an unquoted context are
libelous under the law. Rnt tn
try to restore one's honor through
a n Dei suit in the United States is
a thankless task.
Under the Drevailina? rnlea nf
evidence, one's most Intimate per
sonal aiiairs evidence which
may prove to be completely irrele
vantcan be Introduced. TTnder
prevailing Journalistic practice
the final decision, if It ha favor.
able to the prosecution, la usually
tucked away if it appears at all
in an obscure place in the pa
per. Because newspapers don't
like to encourage libel suits.
The rest of the statements are
not even libelous under the law.
To accuse a person of having
ideaa and views that he does not
have, even when those ideas and
views are such as to bring him
into disrepute with most of his
fellow citixens. is not a felonv
One must be able, 1 am told, to
establish damages of a material
kind. That is very difficult to
prove.
To take a. sentence out at Ita
context, to quote the sentence and
wilfully to distort it against the
sense of the whole article is not
libelous. To imply, or even to
state, that a person's opinions are
governed by bis Income and are
corrupted is not libelous.
a
Under the claim of the right
ot free speech. American writers
are indnlslnr in a. wholesale an.
sasslnation of the characters of
their fellow cltliens. Instead of
deallnar with arrnments. mnrh of
our aiscussion is merely a nnriina-
of eolthets.
In the extreme left-wing press.
anybody who believes in any
form of caoitalism la a fmaeiat. In
the extreme right-wing press, any
one who champions labor against
the employers in any apectfle
struggle Is dubbed a "red." And
the word "red" In the popular
mind means some one who wishes
to overthrow the government of
the United States.
The .Spanish civil war has pre
cipitated a veritable civil war of
words 1b this conntrv. Those who
believe in the maintenance of the
embargo on Spain, for whatever
reason, are caned "Fascists."
end those who oppose it, for
whatever reason, are called "Com
munists This despite the fact
that many ardent pacifists to
Whom the Idea of fnjtrlsm hn.
rible have supported the embar
go, and many people to whom the
idea ot communism is equally hor
rible, nave wanted it lifted
among them a former minister of
war ana secretary or state.
Catholics who are not fascist
sympathizers hare been for Fran-
TWO BIG FEATURES
Gene Aatry
"A Desperate
, Adventure
with
: -' Ramon - -Kovarro
in
"Ma froaa
Music
Meenrtaia
Marlaa Marsh
- Asa Secoad Fee tare
Tors "i
asdvA V
Cartoa
eo, and people who- are far- less
socialist than tha fascists them.
selves. nave. been sympathetic to
the Spanish republic.
e e e
When free speech and a free
press allow themselves the license
to aianaer, uoei, malign, distort
na Tiiiry, tney are on the way
ontv
sree aneecn and a frA
exist as organs and instruments of
democratic government, which is
essentially government by the
consensus ot opinion reached by
discussion. It is no contribution
tO discussion, however, to aaw that
Mr. T. thinks as he does about the
president because he is a Jew or
because he has a frustrated love
life. Tet I have read such printed
statements. There is a place for
polemic in all discussion, whether
written or spoken. But even po
lemic needs to be able to support
its case in reason and in fact.
There also is no noasibiHtw in
Journalism of avoidinsr mininir.
ments and even misstatements of
purported fact, for the most con
scientious are fallible. But it
ought to be possible to frame a
code whereby slander is earnestly
aiacouragea.
-.
There Is no freedom which does
not carry with it a reciprocal re
sponsibility, and the object of all
civilization 4s to establish stand
arts by which order can be
brought out of anarchy.
Which brings me to the pur
pose of this column.
This problem has been met in
sweaen, i understand, by the es
tablishment ot a sort of court of
honor. It is called "the board of
opinion of the Swedish press,"
and has existed now for twenty
five years.
It is composed of representa
tives selected by the Publishers'
association, representing newspa
per ownership, and the Journal
ists' association, which is the
Call Board
STATE
Today Mickey Rooney, Wal
lace Beery in "Stablemates"
and Robert Toung, Ruth
Hussey and Lew Ayres in
"Rich Man, Poor Girl."
Thursday Pat O'Brien, Jose
phine Hutchinson, Lyle Tal
bot and Jean Muir in "Oil
For the Lamps of China,"
and James Newill in "Ren
frew on the Great White
Trail."
HOLLYWOOD
Today Double bill, Gene Au
try in "Man From Music
Mountain" and Ramon No
vsrro in "A Desperate Ad
venture" with Marion
Marsh.
Wednesday, family night, dou
ble cm. Tex Rltter in "The
Song of the Buckaroo" and
"Personal Secretary" with
Joy Hodges, William Gar
gan and Andy Devine.
Friday D o u b 1 e bill, the
Three Mesqulteers in "Pals
of the Saddle," with John
Wayne and "Touchdown
Army" with John Howard
and Mary Carlisle.
GRAND
Today Alice Faye, Constance
Bennett, Nancy Kelly and
Charles Farrell in "Tail-
spin."
Wednesday Lyn Bari, Mich-
ael Whalen in "Pardon Our
Nerve."
Saturday Don Am echo and
the Rtts Brothers - "The
Three Musketeers. a
.
KLsrxonK e
Today Double bill. Clark Ga-
Die and Norma Shearer In
"Idiot's Delight." and
"Woman Doctor" with Frie-
da Inescort and Henry Wll-
coxon.
Wednesday Double .bill,
"The Son of Franken-
stein with Basil Rath-
bone and Boris Karloff
and "Beauty for the Ask-
inf with Lucille Ball.
Sunday "Gunga Din with
Cary Grant. Douglas Fair-
banks, jr. and Victor Mc-
Laglen.
CAPITOL
Today D o u b 1 e bllL "Tom
Sawyer" with Donald O'Con
nor and Billy Cook aad
"Forged Passport" with
Paul Kelly. Lyle Talbot and
June Lang.
Wednesday Double bill,
"The Great Man Votes"
with John Barrymore and
"I Am a Criminal- with
John Carrol.
STARTS WEDNESDAY
M New , . . First Time Shown . .
Four Times as Thrilling as "Franken
stein" . , . The Heart of a Human
Ectdcs the Mind ot a Monster
-LLa 2AAKiicRE luT
BEAUTY FOR
With LodUe Ball
Last , ' : Noma Shearer
Times ; O Clark Gable in
Today ; "Idiots Delight
trade anion of newspaper writers,
with an Impartial chairman and
vice chairman, and a. secretary ap
pointed by the board. I believe
there also Is a representative from
the Swedish academy.
Any person or group who feels
that he or they have been sland
ered or misrepresented in a pub
lished article can take the cast
before this board and get an
opinion from it. It does not deal
with matters that can he adjusted
in the ordinary courts of law.
One still can, if one has a case
aue for libel elsewhere, and if on
wins the case, collect damages.
The board cannot tine any one
or send anybody to prison, but It
baa- a powerful influence over
public opinion, and its rulings
must be conspicuously published.
And I am told that it exerts a
strong Influence in keeping dis
cussion inside the framework of
considered argument, and pole
mic free from nersonal alanrfernna
attacks.
It would seem to me worthy of
consideration whether the Ameri
can Dress ahonlri nnt uf n.. ...
a board of self-control In its own
interest and in the interest of the
public.
For If democracy descends to
being merely a means of count
ing heads and the discussion upon
which opinion is finally baaed h.
comes largely name calling, then
aemocracy a cnances of survival
become smaller.
Copyright, IMS, New York Tri
bune, Inc.
Holonbeks Buy
Hood River Inn
TALBOT Mr. and Mrs. J w
Gilmour entertained with a fare
well party Sunday night honor
ing Mr. 'and Mrs. Frank Holon
bek and two sons, who will
Wednesday to their new home
near Hood River, where they
bought the Lindsay Inn. Chinese
checkers and pinochle were en
joyed.
Mrs. Elmo Brown underwent
a maior orjeration at rh Raiom
Deaconess hospital Saturday
morning. She has been teaching
the Prospect school, and Mrs.
B. J. Freeman will substitute for
her.
HANDLE CLUB BOOTH
WOODBURN Miss Zoe Low.
thlan. president of the Junior
Women's club, has anoointed
Gelta Mae Hunt and Mrs. Harold
Gilbert to conduct the club booth
during the Martha Washington
tea February 22 at the city lib
rary. CSP"S""i !
STARTS WEDNESDAY
2 GREAT FEATURES
Barrymore at his best
as a lovable "self-made
failure". .
laughed 8
j raits BiwtBaBj
mMIAWIIW
New SI KatnaiilM
Bolkt blazing dram
of a f ront page killed . .
"I AM A
CRININAL"
with
JOHN CARROLL
LAST TIMES TOXIGHT
Mark Twala
"TOM SAWYER,
DETECTIVE'
and
"Forged Passport
PAUL KELLY
SALEM'S
LEADING
THEATRE
craiiAiiz::.!
Ccris OAI1L0FF
Beta 1TJG0SI.
d m-rni
laaaatattata? :
nuTcmnson
THE ASKING"
w Donald Woods
WOMAN .
DOCTOR"
" Frieda laeseoti
il 1
b y t h e
town, ad or-1 -ed
by nisi 1
two loyal
kids! v
JOHN l
LrV BARRYUORF
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