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...... T i - ' "No Favor Sways V$; No Fear ShoU Awf From First Statesman. March ZS, 18S1 .'- THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO: CHARLES A. SPRAGUC President Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press ti exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other . wise credited In this newspaper. He Started It a Century Ago IV "It (the Willamette) Is a beautiful river, of about 200 miles , la length, and passes through a delightful valley, with beauti ful groves of timber on either side. On both-sides of this Taller ' are mountains whose summits are of great height. From the , Willamette to the Pacific ocean is 75 miles. Between the river and the ocean there is a range of mountains, covered with a dense forest, and which terminates In high bluffs at the Pacific On the other range, some of the mountains nearly reach the clouds, snd are covered with perpetual snow. - "The-land of the Willamette Taller is good, and produces good English grain, but it is not suited to Indian corn.. The cli mate there is much milder than the same latitude here. AC 45 1 degrees north, the rivers do not freeze in winter, and the cattle do not need fodder. The prairies are green all winter, and the gar den vegetables are left in the ground, to be taken when wanted. We do not have much snow and cold weather, but It rains most of the time for three or four months." Thus did Jason Lee describe the region in which he had established a Methodist mission, in addressing an audience in Boston one Sunday night in 1839. It is logical to assume that some such description was included in each of his talks while on his first visit in the east; and he was busy with speaking engagements from mid-September, 1838, until shortly before the Lausanne sailed in October, 1839; more than a year spent largely in touring the well-settled portions of the east, primarily to promote interest in the mission and raise money for its support but always with the additional result of arousing interest in the Willamette valley of Oregon as a desirable place for colonization. How many audiences Lee addressed during thi3 period !s not definitely recorded. He spoke at least ten times before reaching New York City to report to his missionary board ; thereafter at the board's request he made three formal tours, one through New England, a second in the vicinity of Phila delphia and Washington, a third through New York state. It is recorded that he visited 88 cities and towns ; and there is also mention of a series of engagements in New York City where he "captured the attention of the lay public;" and of additional informal appearances, one on a river steamer and several at Methodist conferences where he arrived unannoun ced. This was in a time when diversions in American towns were few and "meetings" of any sort were well attended. Lee's audiences varied in size but some were large; at the Philadelphia meeting the collection amounted to $512, Addi tional interest was always attracted by the presence of Wil liam Brooks, the Chinook Indian boy who, though only three years from savagery, addressed some of the audiences in Eng lish, extemporaneously and with remarkable effect. To sum it all up, if Salem had then existed and its cham ber of commerce had sent an orator east to bid for tourists and settlers as Oregon has done in more modern times, he could scarcely have done as well as Jason Lee did on that trip. As to the practical results in promoting emigration to Oregon, Peoria, 111., affords an example. There Lee left one of his Indian boys, Thomas Adams, to recuperate. Between Lee's account of what lay beyond the Rockies and the stories told by the convalescent, such interest was aroused that the "Peo ria party" of 19 nfen set out early in 1839 for Oregon. Alto gether, Lee's message is credited with starting between 800 snd 1000 settlers to Oregon by 1843, and his influence extend ed far beyond that to the later great migrations. There is not space even to outline all of the constructive labors even aside from his missionary endeavor, which Jason Lee initiated in Oregon. He promoted agriculture, built the sawmill and grist mill at Salem as has been noted, Iiad a lead ing part in prompting the Ewing Young excursion to Cali fornia to bring in cattle ; he induced the Cushing interests of Massachusetts to begin maritime trade on the Pacific coast extending to Oregon. The Oregon Institute which developed into the present Willamette university was his plan. And fi nally, though it is a controversial subject, Jason Lee himself 1 had some., influence, and the mission and settlements he founded had greater influence, upon the final solution of the -Oregon question;" in other words upon the very fact that this land upon which we reside is a part of the United States. ThoOsands of men and women have played important roles, in the last century, in building the Salem of today, just as millions are entitled to a share of credit for the building of Oregon. In Salem's Centennial, recognition must be ac corded to many of these persons. But it is not out of place to recall at this time the appraisement of Jason Lee by the late Harvey W. Scott, offered at the memorial service upon the occasion of Lee's re-burial in Salem in 1906 : " . . We get no proper sense of the majesty of our moun tain peaks when near them. We must draw back a little if we would take in their full grandeur. On this view the work of our missionaries in Oregon rises to proportions more and more ma jestic, as we study it from the viewpoint of history and of conse quences; and though others bore lofty spirits and did great work, no name stands or will stand shore that of Jason Lee." Argentina Declines In view of the scantiness of "inside" knowledge of the progress of the inter-American conference at Havana, there is no telling exactly what its. results will be. But from out ward indications, and especially from the announced atti tude of Argentina in disapproving Secretary Hull's plan for a general protectorate over French, Dutch and British pos sessions in this hemisphere, it is becoming increasingly doubtful that much of a tangible nature will result from the meeting. J ; ; The Argentina attitude is probably not, as her delegate says, a matter "of refusing to "sacrifice her fundamental jur- - idicial principles' in declining to accede to the proposal for a protectorate. It is much more likely that this unwillingness to go along with Brazil, the United States and other nations is merely a polite way of informing the conference that Ar gentina prefers to avoid any commitments with respect to inter-American solidarity, and wishes to maintain perfectly her freedom of action. And in this particular era, in that par ticular place, "freedom of action" almost inevitably means freedom to enter the commercial if not the political orbit of the new order makers in Europe. i , ' Argentina, it will be remembered, was this danger spot, so far as this country was concerned, at the Lima conference in the winter of 1938. By skillful jtnaneuvering on the part of Secretary Hull which showed that politics learned in Tennessee will also work in Peru i-the delegation from that country was mollified, ar.d persuaded to go along with the others on a program of hemispheric fraternity. . That her heart was not in the project, however, was very clear even at f that time. . -J '.- - ' J- 'I Since then the change in European political relation ships has been a prospect riot without its allure to the cattle raisers and wheat growers of "down under in Argentina. The great ranchers, who have been unable to sell their prod ucts in North America and have always regarded Europe as their natural market, now look with considerable enthusiasm to the possibility .-of establishing happy relations with. the reich and Mussolini as a means of , trading fat cattle and grain for new tractors, motor cars and typewriters. Nor is it easy to censure them, although one is almost certainly eOn Tinced that their policy will ultimately seenr short-signted . and even suicidal. So far as the United States is concerned, it is unfortun ate that Argentina must behave as she does, but, so long as conferences are to be held, their consequences must be abided by. Perhaps this is one way of telling us that we can't refuse t9 buy Argentina beef and still have Argentina. , Bits for J Breakfast By fSL 3. HENDRICKS 1 The Oregomian's 7-27-49 editorial page Is I - mora cockeyed than magazine; Salem history: k W The concluding words of this eolumn yesterday promised, atten tion to some blunders of an article on the editorial page of last Tuesday's Portland Oregon laa concerning - Salem 'history. The editorial writer was discussing the Salem Centennial, and he said, among other things: i "The anniversary about to be celebrated marks the establish ment by Jason Lee ot a saw and grist mill on the banks of the Wil lamette riTer. The later laying oat of the townsite, however, was In spired by devotion of the pio neers to religion and education, and not primarily to commercial enterprise. In consequence ot growing Immigration, towns were springing np in the Oregon coun try, and the trustees of Oregon Institute determined to raise a fond for providing better educa tional facilities among the newly arrived children, by laying out a townsite and selling lots." ". No; the saw and grist mill were not "on the banks of the Willam ette river." They were on the mUl race taken from the North Mill creek, north side, just above the point where North High street In Salem becomes Broadway, the last named In the first platting, that of North Salem, and the two mills were under one roof. That roof was the first put on by whites on the site of Salem, and that was in the late summer of 184 0. "The later laying out of the townsite, however, was inspired by devotion of the pioneers to re ligion and education, and not pri marily to commercial enterprise, added the editorial writer, end the quoted words show that his mind was badly befuddled on his toric events, for he follows It up with these words, as told above: mm. "a "In consequence of growing im migration, towns were springing up in the Oregon country, and the trustees of Oregon Institute de termined to raise a fund for pro viding better educational facilities among the newly arrived children, by laying out a townsite and sell ing lots." No, not at the site of Salem. No: there had been practically no im migration yet, and no "towns were springing np," for that was In 1842, on Tuesday, February I of that year, when the Oregon Insti tute was organized; its board of trustees chosen, its name adopted. and its building committee and other committees appointed. S The town that was to become Salem had been started In 1840, and then had at least two build ings and another (the Indian manual labor school) in course of construction; completed that year. Tnat BECAME the Oregon In stitute, in 1844, but such a thing was not dreamed of in 184 S. Now, win the editorial writer in The Oregonian, and the reader, it not already' familiar with the facts, get this: a The Astors found deer and elk scarce in the Astoria, section, and sent William Wallace and J. C. Halsey, clerks, and 14 men up the Columbia and the Willamette, and they, In 1812-13, erected the up per Willamette fort, first house of whites in the Oregon country outside of the vicinity of Astoria. Wallace and Halsey and their men traded with the Indians. May 25, 1813, boats were back In As toria from that post with 17 packs of beaver and 32 bales of dried venison; the packs making 13 60 beaver skins, 80 to the pack. The fort was called Wallace fort, for Clerk Wallace, and the piace nas since oeen known as Wallace prairie. V The trustees of the Oregon In stitute decided to locate their pro posed school on Wallace prairie, and W. H. Gray being footloose from his employment with the Whitman mission, was engaged to have charge of the construction of the Oregon Institute building, to be erected on the exact spot where the fort had stood. The spot was about three miles from the mission mills, which had started the town that became Sa lem; east of north. It was to have' a land claim of 640 acres. The trustees planned to divide the' land claim into acreage tracts, and thus bnUd up a supporting population around the Institute. V The first book written la Ore gon was composed there, "The Prairie Flower." by 8. W. Hoes, of the 1842 immigration. Oregon's first militia company was drlUed there. Nareissa Whitman visited the Grays there, in .18 4 2-3. The first so-called "wolf meeting was held there. - a an. - I joui uiera was never any ure- Willkie Talks, Wendell L. Winkle is plrtwred wi'Ja Calif. Tine pair aset at Wlllkles ta M m a i www AaA mn i fXi 1 11 WWKWr 1 1 AAV! I The Fellow Who Kicked About Versailles Treaty '' 'V . jf Chapter 2 (Continued) As Judith fought her way up the stairs to the press stand, she pondered his mood. Lee wasn't himself today. That was certain. This racing business ! She'd be glad when Tex was back on his regular ran. That was bad enough but this she could not stand. Elsie seemed a little more cheer ful when Judith joined her. She managed to drink some of the coffee and eat part of a sandwich. They settled down to wait for Lee's race, which he won. That last hoar which Judith so dread ed went Quickly. When they brought Lee to the microphone before the grandstand for a bow, he waved to Judith. Just a little whUe more. The crowds which had been mining around outside the grand stand were streaming Into the bleachers and the boxes. The big raee was coming np. Out on the green airport, seven tiny ships were Jockeying slowly Into position. Victory III, all silver paint, glittered In the sun. So small. It looked as though it had no wings. Three girls came down the aisle and sqneexed themselves In to a small space next to Judith. They chattered incessantly . . . "He's simply darling I Sonny had a date with him last night and he's coming to her party tonight" . . . "Which la his ship? asked one of them . . . "Don't ask me, they all look alike. Sonny was out to the hangar today and he showed her everything about his ship" . . . "There she is now, by the fence. See her red hat?" They craned and stood np to see better. Judith was annoyed. Why should- they 1st such people into the press box? Elsie was gon Institute class In the Oregon Institute building on Wallace prairie. Jason Lee returned east, 1242-3; the Methodist mission was dissolved, and its Indian manual labor school on the site of Salem, that had cost the mission $10,000, was sold to the trustees of the Oregon Institute for 24000. paid with a $1000 note and $3000 It had received from John Law Force, an Immigrant of 1842, for its Wallace prairie land claim, ot course Including the building there which, had been intended for the Oregon Institute. W V Force proved np his land claim; got his title from the government. He transferred the land to A. Bush. It is still la the Bush fam ily; the headquarters place for the Bush farms; the house on the very same spot where stood the fort and the banding Intended for the Oregon Institute. . (Continued tomorrow.) v, io? A . ymk4 . , yyUrr Farm Problems With George Peek Gecrip Peek, noted California reqaoat to discuss farm problems, a - aiVl ' ' . . . weeping quietly, clinging to Judith's arm. "He's crazy about her, but then everybody is," giggled the blondest blond. Judith wanted to slap her! "Sonny has a thousand on him. Tex told her he was bound to win." Judith sat in stiffened silence. Her hands were "Clasped together in her lap. She hadn't really looked at her wedding ring for a long time. Now it startled her, there on, her left hand. Elsie gasped. The first ship was off. Judith did not even see It- For-Hire Carriers in Oregon Travel ' Qyer 61 Million Miles in 1939 and Pay Half Million in Gasoline Tax Motor transportation for-hlra carriers operating; over tha highways of Oregon last year covered 61,711,278 miles and carried 7,662,519 passengers, according to information given out Friday by Ormond R. Bean, state utilities commis sioner. These for-hire vehicles, numbering 4303, paid last year in PUC fees the sum of $604.71 plus a gasoline tax to the state of $469,800. The vehicles. In the re port, included termini passenger 441; for-hire passenger 72; ter mini freight 1414; tor-hire freight 1683; combination freight and passenger 71; contract freight 431; bulk petroleum 278 and convoy 7. The cost of this en tire equipment, said Bean, totaled $17,372,844 and had an operat ing revenue of $47,882,342. The Oregon portion of this operating revenue totaled $13,252,818. Salaries, wages and other ex penses are given as $41,488,144 and reveal a profit to this rapid ly-growing Industry ot $3,747, Ml. According- to Bean these eight classes of motor carrier paid total of $4,439,541 In taxes In their operation, Oregon's portion of which amounted to $1,465,384. The fleet's total gasoline taxes amounted to $1,(42,820 In its coast operations. JBean stated that- the total ton nage transported.- la Oregon by these for-hire classes of motor Te hlcles was 2.278.84 for 1039, ac cording to- the records sent to the PUC in the carriers annual re ports. These common -and contract carriers, said Bean, paid into the state approximately , half , of the total; annual' PUC fees collected by the state from the motor trans portation industry operating over the highways of the state. Of this total of more than $1,200,000 the high way commission' received axricnlttu - allst. ef Itancho Santa Fa, reek was rre&Ueng Roosevelt's f .. - VERA BROWN All the forebodings ot the last few weeks swept back upon her. So that had been what was wrong with Lee. He knew . . . It was queer the way things happened. Suddenly Texs hlp was In the air like a shot and away. Judith staring straight ahead could suddenly see clear ly, as though a curtain were part ed Into the days ahead. Tex wonld win his race ... But after the race, what? 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KalteaVarm. . - 4:89 Liateaara Flayaaaaa. 5:80 Sir Traaals Iraka Oreaaatra. S:O0 liaela Esra. ' S:a -Edrrwatar Batal Orchestra. T :00 Nanaaal Barm Xaaea, 8rt0 Newa -' 8 :10 t!r rraada Tfata Orcbaatra. v 0:00 Jaatsaa Oreaaatra. 9:t0 Hotel St. rraacia Orcoaatr. It :00 Raiabaw Readattawa Oraraatrs. 10 ;10 t'towa BallrooM Orcaastzaa 11 rOO Nawa. 11:15 Bsl TaVarta Oreaaatra. -ll.-SO-r-Oij-aipU lictel Oreaaatra. i -... a a -'&!'' JCTX SATXTIDAT 1HS aCs-':-';f S:tO Waatcal Clack. ' , free Dae Bim Bara. -T:0 Ir. Brack. 8:15 Braaklaat XSttS . S :8S MaU-Mal Wm aaa Baaaa. :80 Laaeaaoa at taa Waidori. DIevs Behind Et PAUL WASHINGTON, July 28-Some of my columnar eoneagaes nave fallen Into weeping over a ten dency In Jour- nalisxn to" pre dict the future. One of them has constantly - de scribed his own Inclination 'to see what's com ing as "weak ness. Another has. aUiterative ly alleged that "prediction, pro phesy, and prog nostication are are only two of r. the most recent examples of. a rising' tendency to deride any Journalistic efforts - to calculate beyond the past ' and V present times. ' ' . " ' , ' I think they are nil wrong. Not a thinking person exists in the world today who Is not mak ing some preparation or precau tion concerning tomorrow, mere Is not a business man, worthy to be calledsnch. who is not trying to muster daily, every bit of in formation end advice he can get concerning what la to be expected politically and economically. There Is no statesman or politi cian, la Washington who can af ford to deal solely with the past and the present. Ilia real meas ure of efficiency in pa bile service may be based on his calculations of the future and what will he required then. , The fact that Mr. Roosevelt wisely anticipated the war did muck to make this government and the country ready for the policies that had to be adopted swiftly when it broke. If he had also been given the wisdom to have suspected the French col lapse, yon can readily see how much better a national defense position this country wonld now have. If prognosticating is a weak ness so is thinking. If looking Into the future is a sin, man's craniam has been misplaced and his face should have been faced sideways or looking backwards. I think the criers have fallen unwittingly into a mentalpit dug for them by the politicians. Na turally a man In public life does not want a lot of public predic tions made about what he may do, or about how what he is do ing may turn out. Such predic tions may arouse public pressure against his purpose, may cause him to change his decision, or at least annoy him. Mr. Roosevelt haa frequently complaloed In press conferences against Jour nalistic predictions. He calls It "going out on a limb. Bnt he never has been heard to com plain about a prediction which was satisfactory -to his political purposes. Naturally, the statesmen would Ilka .to hare the newspapers deal only with their past acts although they themselves ' do not handle their own Jobs that way. Bat I do not see why the reading pub lic, which must plan for Its own future, should be denied that one-third ot reporting merely to keep politicians from being an noyed. I do not see what right politicians have anyway even to suggest new Ideals and ethics for Journalism. They are admittedly prejudiced witnesses under cross examination. Most of the bad po litical speculation that gets into print is due to bad prompting of reporters by the same politicians working for their own purposes. - My weeping colleagues would not think of requiring bvsiness expert eolamniste to restrain, themselves " from calcalating tbo fat are. Nosaggeetion haa yet been made or ever will bo Radio Programs Taaaa acaaJalaa ars saypnaa sy tka xa spactlva ataUona. Aay varlaUaaa aotaS ay ttataaara axa aaa to cmaasaa aaa 8 a ay taa atattcaa wltaaaaaattea to ttta aawa- 10:00 Kawa. 10:15 Ita a Waaiaa'a WarU. 10:80 Haaaa laatitata. 18:45 WarU'e Fair Baa. 11:00 Clofc KaUaaa. 11:30 Nawa. It :45 Markat JUpavts. 1 :Se nartaaur hj aUearaa. 3 : OO Carbataao Quia. 1:15 Aaaaiata4 Proas Vows. 1 :30 KaaUraw at taa Xaaatas. S:00 Uaatasa at laraaL 8 :0 Maadawarook Oah Orakaatra. 4:0 Radia Oaild 4:3t St Trjei Hatal Oreaaatra. 8:0 Oardaai Jcakiaa Maaia. 5:30 Oraat rack Caacaat. S sSO Karwpaaa Mm., t :to Maiadr ia Ua Hlgai. 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' UrOO- Jaataea Orchestra. 11:30 Maany Siraad Orchestra, : ' 11:55 'ewa. T h -; . . - - - i - -. ' - f - SO AO SATtmJAT 5 Ea, - : Today 'a PWrrease. . v 8 :0t Hiotkwi Hoar.'' 10:OO Woatkar Voracaat. la-: IS MeaHae- Viewa tlx Km. l:45 Oa taa Headliaers. -, 11 .OO Maaia at tha Masters. 13:09 News. ... 11:15 ram Beat. 8:15 Xe we. Z " " " T 8:30 fana Baera. T:45 cViaar Kawa. ' ''-,.: S : Masia el the Master. :C0 Oacaea aa Parade. ! rTX aTTHTDAT 119 Xa. VilS feaadoy Seas Cat-vica. T:it r. Brock, - ' 8.60 iiaile &t Ca3. Today's News MALLOW snado that m racing: expert, sent to cover the Kentucky derby, bo required not to ex press an opinion as to whom be thinks will win. Why should politic be immune? If my friends contend. that the business, racing and political writers too seldom 'predict the winner, I will agree without res ervation.. But that is not Impor tant to my way of thinking. If it; meana - anything at all, It only means there should be better ex perts, but I doubt that it even means that. When a racing re porter goes to Louisville in ad vance of the derby and tells his readers he thinks "Hashed Think ing will win in a walk," he is giving his estimation of the cali bre of the entries in the race to the best of his knowledge and ability. He is presenting his esti mation in the simplest possible and most easily understandable manner. That is his duty and the public's right. It a long shot happens to win the race, I cannot see that it proven this type of Journalism is a weakness. All that the critics of pro , phecy are really saying. r it seems to me, is that prophets are himn. , (DUtribatd fcr Kiac Fulim Syndi cate, Ic Beprodaetioa ia irbeia r la part strictly prohibited.) t 1 .Today's Garden By ULLIE L. UADSEN ILW. If yon will send me a self-addressed ' envelope I will give yon. the name ot a commer cial product which is said to cure the fairy ring on lawns. I have nsed It a couple of times with rather good success. Its principle ingredient is. I believe, : a mer curic chloride. Calomel or corro sive sublimate will check the brown spot. ' ; - Cut the , dried flower, heads of the astilbe. Sometimes it-will bloom a sain- if given ' plenty of water. The same holds true of the blue salvia. That needs con siderable water to make it come into bloom again. W.W. No, it does not Injure the Buddies to prune it now. It wUl continue to bloom through out the summer ; if the flowers are removed as soon as they be gin to fade. Also water the shrub well. Yes, prune back your-Spira Anthony Waterer. It. too, will bloom again before the summer Is over. No, I do not think It unnatural -to water roses and have them bloom throughout the summer. Only those which bloom natural ly will do so anyway. After all. rcses are not -peculiar to Oregon and in the eastern states con tinuous .summer rains keep the roses Irrigated and they bloom all summer there. As a rule a , rose -bush taken care of and properly fed throughout the sum mer will give yon a better bloom in antamn than one which has been neglected to give it a rest. Of course yon must spray It and also keep the faded blooms cut off.,- i W.A. I believe the flower which yon saw on the way to the Silverton city park Sunday wan a nlcotiaha (ornamental Tobac co). Your description ot the home tiU that of Mr. and . Mrs. H. w. Preston and there are some very' dark wine nlcotianas growing on their grounds. Nicotian as are not difficult to grow and are a real addition to the flower garden not only for their color but for their evening fragrance. They should be tinted as an annual. CJ. Sometimes summer car nations will mildew if ti-e soil is too damp and there Is not proper air circulation. Try raking In a little lime. 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