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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 28, 1943)
The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, November 23, 1943 esonoii tvo page; seyen AS 03 QDu9 (D)iflnen'y3 By Ethan Grant Some persons that write are row writing tilings about a move they are calling Basic English and ending their writings by saying in writing, "The above writing was written in basic English." And so do we now and here follow In the line of this. 1 To say things and write things In basic . English, one needs : to know how to use only 850 words, though the words "basic" and "English do not seem to be of that family. Wanting to know that there is a good need for the use of this strange way of saying and writing things, we put it up to some wise men to give us opinions about it. Stamping the things he wears his shoes on, Professor Semper Fidelis CBergen let go the statement that he would sell his goat herd for the knowledge of how to use basic English. "Without it," he stated, "I find the gift of verbal and written ex pressipn often absurd and of little commercial value. Yes, you may quote me, please using the full name, or course. Ail my lire have been thwarted by an inher ent linguistical labyrinth. A too- abundant vocabulary has left me In a philological stupor. Not even my wife" understands me. In fact. she eloped with a livery stable worker, in 1912. We then put it up to a man who talks and sells the idea that if you give him some money he will give you more money when and if you die. "Look, chum," he stated, "my racket's selling life insurance, and the kind of policy I got to offer don't need words, although X can talk on it all day and also all night. It "practically sells itself. Now just sign on this here dotted Not having a little money to pay for the"" chance of- getting more money when and if we died, we said, "No," and then put it up to the man that was taking the dirt from our hat. And he said, using the bases of basic English, "I got me hunnert-fifty good words English already. Why you t'ink I want seeven hunnert more? Here you hat Dollar six bits, please." We then put it up to our son, and he said. "Eight hundred and fifty words? Gee whiz, pop. but I'm only 12 years old!" And our first daughter, who is 15, said, "No. dad, I'm taking Latin and totidem verbis, I love ft!" Wanting a fair .idea from all the persons that "have come to be users of English, we then put it up to the man we know best that writes in the paper about persons that play games. We showed him the 850 words, and he looked at them a long time, and said, "No, thanks. Butch. Some other time, maybe, but not now. To report sports you gotta use lingo. What I mean, words with plenty of umph. The list's flatter than a cake that fainted before it hit the oven." Feeling then a bitter come down, we read a book on basic English so as to know why some did but all did not like it. The book said that the sun does not ris and "set," but gets up and goes down. And the book said it takes only 60 hours to know how to use basic English, but two years to know how to use the same English we have used since before our fathers and mothers fathers and mothers got here and got their destinies going. And the book said to know how to use basic English we must know that plurals end with "s." and how to use derivatives in-"er," "ing," and "ed" from 300 nouns, and how to ask questions by inversion and "dof and how to make operators and pronouns conjugate in full. And the book said that we must make use of measurement, numer als, currency, calendar and inter national terms in English form. Which to jis all seems harder, but probably only seems. The book says ; that basic English may be made the language of all the world, but we feel that if jt is as hard for most as it is hard for us, the trying to teach of it to a great many persons would only start World War IH. ? And as this seems to be so, let us keep our powder dry and keep to our own country's way of saying and writing in only the English we know best, as it can be mixed good with American to bacco smoke and homelike Swear ish when we have to get our point across.: " -.---.;.-; -The above writing was written in basic English, except where the persons we wrote about spoke, but we pray that the good Lord will forgive us and forget it. Churclies Lead ... . - -. Clothing Drive In This Area The Oregon! State Council of Churches has ; agreed to act as sponsor for Qregon's participation in the nationwide salvage drive for collection of discarded cloth ing and rags. It was announced by Claude I. Sersanous, chairman. Oregon state salvage committee. Under this agreement with the church council, churches in vir tually every community in the state will be designated as sal vage depots, according to "Sersa nous. Donors will be instructed to deliver their used clothing and rags to the nearest church par ticipating in the campaign which runs in Marion county from Mon day, November 29, through Sat urday, December 4. The announced cooperation of the church council was hailed as one of the most important steps in the drive by Sersanous, who pointed out that by having cen trail zed depots throughout the state many families would be able to donate salvage they would otherwise be unable to dispose of because of transportation diffi culties. It was previously an nounced that there would be no individual pick up of salvage from homes. The war production board has pointed out that the need of cloth ing to aid in the rehabilitation of people in the liberated countries abroad and for relief purposes at home is becoming more acute daily. In addition rags are des perately needed by our armed forces and industry for wiping and other essential uses. . M . aersanous stressed mat any clothing which the owner knows can be used now or in the im mediate future is not wanted. Only discarded clothing is wanted. All types are needed for men, women, boys, girls and infants, and any unwearaoie ciotrung which can De reaucea to rags is also re quested. Aitnougn mending is not re quired, donors are asked to see xnai an wool en garments are brushed and cotton garments and rags are clean. Shoes are not wanted, nor rubbers, rubber boots, overshoes, galoshes, slippers leather leggings, hats, caps, neck ties, collars, garters, garter belts, suspenders, belts, girdles, corsets veils, spats, rubber coats and diapers. According to Sersanous, 90 per cent of the salvage collected in the drive will be shipped by the government to the most essential foreign and domestic allocation centers. The remaining ten per cent will be distributed to local charitable organizations normally collecting clothing in the area in which the drive is staged. The war production board has asked all county and local salvage committees directing the drive to assure families in their localities that the campaign does not mean a shortage of necessary wearing apparel here at home. The WPB points out that many of the na tion's textile factories normally producing new clothing materials are now engaged in weaving cloth for war. The facilities are not great enough to make all the new clothing needed this winter in the occupied and liberated countries. CAP to Aid Army In Flying Missions , PORTLAND, Nov. SI - (JP -Civilian pilots of the civil air patrol will aid the army air forces in fly ing missions on the Pacific coast, the fourth' fighter command has announced. i V"' Volunteers from the patrol, pos sibly supplemented by- east coast pilots, will tow targets and assist in reconnaissance and : training mission. The program is modeled after a submarine patrol already established along the Atlantic. The change does not lift the ban on private flying on this seaboard, army officials said.- (tondlimiiimg HaDaflaiy By LILLIE UADSEN While flowering trees and shrubs are among our greatest garden assets, there are a number ox trees a n a - - ' shrubs whose greatest value! ";" lies not in their blooming . quali-j ties. For in-j l7 J stance in one! group It is the! vT berries and I " am not speaking, in a sense of; mg - which' give the- shrubs! their most value.- Hayes ville Club Is Entertained HA YES VILLE Mrs. E. L. Moor, assisted by Miss Ida Denny, entertained the Hayesville Wom an's club Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Fred Dougherty had charge of the program which had Thanks giving as the theme. Special guests were Mrs. George Strozute, Mrs. T. A. Lewis and Mrs. Ingval Tor resdal. ,The next meeting will be the Christmas covered dish dinner at the home of Mrs. Bruce Willis. SX-' " , - ' 0 Foliage, like- LUli . Wise, is the chief attraction in some trees. :,, For the past month the coton- easters and the viburnums have held our attention in the berries shrubs. In a couple of weeks we will be thinking of holly as the most important of .all shrubs. While viburnums, coteneas ters and holly all seem to do very well without special atten tion, they all do much better if Siven proper care. The best known cotoneaster, at least to us here in the Wil lamette valley, is C. francheti. This grows readily from seed and will fruit in about three yean. T me this is still the finest af the cpUneasters, al though there are many wha prefer ather varieties. The C. horizontalis is the low growing evergreen shrub which is so attractive in rockeries, and other situations where low-grow ing shrubs of spreading habit are suitable. C. rotundifolia is preferred by many to C. francheti. The former is more of an upright shrub, al most evergreen, with very dark green foliage. And another favor ite is C. salicifolia. whose fruit is in clusters. Cotoneasters prefer sunny loca tions. Soils should be wel-drained and alkaline rather than acid in reaction. Most of the cotoneasters rather dislike being moved and should be planted in the first place where needed. Their prefer ence is for early spring planting January, February or March, ac cording to weather and soil con ditions. While the viburnums contain many shrubs which are used for flower effect only, there are a few of the viburnums which are valued chiefly for their fruit. Best known of these is the V. americanum, or high bush cran berry. The leaves of this are ma Die-like, five-lobed and about 314 inches wide. The flower clus ters are about four inches across and rather attractive in them selves. But it is the fruit, a bright red berry, that is its chief attrac tion. Another colorful viburnum Is the dilatatum, crowing from six to ten feet tall, with scarlet fruit which is long-persistent in autumn. The V. opulns. a close relative of the americanum, bat more frequently referred ta as the European cranberry. Is also popular but not as good as Y. americanum. Many of the vi burnums have not unattractive bluish-black fruits but these are not showy. Best known of these, perhaps is the laurestinus, an everj-reen, whose faintly pink ish flower clusters are very at tractive in early spring. Viburnums are easy of col tare. They are not fussy about their soil requirements, and while they prefer sonny loca tions, they will also grow and produce in semi-shade, if it Is not too dense. Air circulation Is a requirement. This Is particu larly true of the laurestinus which is given to mildewing if it is in too close quarters. While English holly the kind we use most frequently here for Christmas decorations, seems to grow with almost no care, there is a noticeable difference if pro per care is given. One of the fin est holly shrubs I have ever seen not even excepting commercial gardens was that grown by the late W. S. Jack at Silverton. His holly tree was one of his garden pets and it received the best of care, to which it responded by producing an abundance of un usually glossy, large fruit. It is well to buy holly from a grower who will guarantee that it will fruit The roots should be balled when received. And the ball should be kept moist until it is planted. Watering must be done the first season. Mr. Jack used to lay his abundance of ber ries to the amount of water : he gave the shrub during the sum mer season. During the dry months he opened the nozzle on the hose and let the water run beneath the bush for a half-Hour almost every day. Holly will also improve with some, fertilization. Commercial growers manage to care for their holly orchards somewhat after the fashion of an apple orchard. They are cultivated, fertilized and in some instances, even sprayed. ;iWe also have the American holly (opaca), but this is not as attractive as its English cousin, j During the past week I was asked about California holly and if . this would grow here. This is not a true holly of the ilex group. It is more often listed as toyon, and it is not hardy here in the Willamette valley. While it is very lovely on the hills of Santa Bar bara, Calif., I do not think that it comes up to our English holly which will not do well in south ern California. REMINDER June Ally soa. blonde film player, gives the postoffice a. lift in She campaign ta speed p Christmas mail by. using sane Bombers In all ad - '", presses oa packages. Obtains Consent to Wed From Future In-Law LOS ANG ELES Li. Tho mas -B. Heisel had to obtain the consent of his prospective mother-in-law before he could get a mar riage license, although her daugh ter did not ; , ; ' Both ; Heisel, ; a marine corps flier, and his future bride, Jean Bonhan, are. 19. . California law says a girl need only be 18 "to marry without consent, but a man must be 2L . - Heisel asked the superior court to name Mrs. Leroy Bonham his legal guardian to permit him: to marry hec daughter. J - Yanks Favor Reds Joining In Final Peace DENVER, Nov. 27-iP)-An ave rage of three out of four Ameri cans approve of Russia's equal participation in the final peace settlement with, Germany, the na tional opinion research center at the University of Denver an nounced today. Persons in the lower-income brackets, however, are more in clined to distrust the Russian gov ernment, . the NORC reported, while both republicans and demo crats in the wfirtHllar, higher economic groups favor the part nership established by the Mos cow conference. Only 17 per cent of persons In terviewed in a cross-section sur vey made through the nation by the research center failed to en dorse equal status between Rus sia and the United' States at 'the peace table. Eight per cent were undecided. Roast Turkey Brings ' On Early Reveille WASHINGT6lHff)-Roast tur key brought on an early reveille and even sprang prisoners from; the brig at the marine barracks today. A stove, being readied for Thanksgiving day dinner, over heated a pipe, burst Into flame and routed out 500 leathernecks who quelled It with their own fire-fighting equipment Soldiers Play Santa KNOXVTLLE, Tenn.-(P)- CpL Leonard B. Hughes wrote from overseas for toys and hard candy so the boys in his outfit could play Santa Claus to English children at Christmas. A Christmas fund for Hughes outfit is under way. In the Race Gov. John W. Bricker (above) of Ohla tells reporters In Chicasa that ha will be a republican candidate, for . president In the Ohio primaries In May. He de clined to discuss . " campaign plans. (AP phota.) Barber Shop! ; Harmony Found - ! - - ;lhl : V ii In South beas s -H5I BOZEMAN; Mont0THth tha weird, aboriginal singing and dancing of the South! jSea island- found i shop 1 ;i ers Pfc Ben Miles S?$s he typical rAmerican barber harmony- and burlesque. Writing to relatives in ; Bore- man, Miles said: ii i "I wasn't surprised; at the"! weird sound of it (the native singing) but I was surprise j to hear it being done in four part harmony. There were ; places j wheri they would strike a distinct Xour-bot-tom chdrd. When they stopped they 'would give it a! good barber shnn Midline i "One young fellow Jumped for ward and, as the others chanted and clapped he did a shortjj chop py dance that was nothing mora than a little native : burlesque.1 1- D1 mm,o 1 1 i PROGRESSIVE H it li P I R0YAL tkrhf' Ink ' X 1 Maybe you re both too busy to have spent much time together lately . . . but Christmas is the time to revive every sentiment you've ever shared. How better cart you please a man than with a git of clothing . . . whether it's a suit, a robe, or even a tie. See the large selection of gifts for men and young men now awaiting your se lection for "him" at'the S&N. Fully Lined Garments $7-95 , $16.59 MONROE SiiiSs All Wool $29150 , 5-00 A I'opcoaSs m $19.50 to$4BL00 The Finest Gift of All! WAR BONDS AND STAMPS! Hats Mallory $5.00 . $8.50 Shirts Shirtcraft " $225 to $295 Ties S5g $1.00 1. $210 Bells ,Sgg , $1.00 ,. $3.95 Sweaters $4.95 1. $6.95 Jackets Leisure Wear $5.95. to $0.95 Sporl Shirls shiSr.rt' $1.95 to $5.09 Soclis Westminster 39c t. $1.00 Braces Paris $1X3 to $1.59 BillfoldS TexUa $1.C3 $10X3 Slacks ,SSS ' 1 $3.95 $11.95 if, Complete . Line of Leather Jackets f ifei 456 SUte St. ... Salem, Ore. 1 I ti ' ; I1! f X 1
