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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1920)
i PAGE SIX. THE CAPITAL JOURNAL A View From the Journal Window i My ISrnwnle.) There never was a tlm when citi zenship meant as much It Joeg to day. Not only in the fniud Slates but throughout the world, men are rinint to a complete nenfle of their manhood. The prerogatives of favored Individ uals and elawes are Kuffering uhrlilne jrtent. year by year. Public opinion, even in the old world monarchies, is rapidly becoming more potent than the will of princes, and, what is more sic nificant, every member of the body politic has a share in making this opin ion. In our own country the emanci pation is almost complete. I!y the principles upon which our Rovernment is founded ,and by the forms of the government Itself, the responsibility is wholly in the hands of the people. This is a tremendous responsibility, ne cause it involves not only the privi leges of the individual citizen, but his protection in life and liberty and the conditions of his Individual success. How then shall he be fitted for such a responsibility? There is but one , answer. Kducatlon Is the essential thlnu. Without it there can be no full and intelllK'M discharge of the duties f citizenship. The man or woman who admire ctiizenshlp, even though they may not have been classed with the responsibility of family carer, knows that to obtain this citizenship it is nec essary to maintain the durational In Htitutlons. Who would sacrifice this blessed privilege to avoid a little additional taxation? People are quite likely to Judge the quality of a government by the citizens it produces, and the same Is true with educational institutions. We raise immense crops and store it away In immense cribs. We produce wheat and othe r grains In fabulous quantities. We raise the sleekest cat tle and homes to be found anywhere. We market the fattest cattle and sheep and goats and hogs. We behold nil this and say It l very good. Hut the most important crop we raise is the boys and girls. Upon their right duration depends nut only their hap piness and ours, but the destiny of the nation itself. Is It right to say that any one of these 'young peoplo should b given a common school education and then be turned out to rustle nn education for themselves like the pio neer TVArry of Salem? No, It Is self, lahness, extreme selfishness to claim such a possibility for anv one of them tinder the present conillllom:. We are living In a different itga than the days of Mr. D'Arcy's youth. It may be re called that he used to drive one horse liltchcd to a shay In going n bout the capital city. Today he la riding In a pretty fair automobile. Would Mr. D'Aitv and others conipallnlng of ex travagant educational Institutions care to go bark to the colonial davs and live without the privileges of this en lightened world? Such would be the manner of living but for the educa tional Institutions of the country. Public Forum To the Kdltiir: I admire reading he Open Korum beciiuso various per sons glvo tlwlr different views which make It Inatructlve. I was not at the grange meeting yon refer to. I believe In education as have but a limited Hupply myself, I thlitk our schools rhould receive first consideration. I have no defense or apology for Mr. TVArcy's speech bill did he say any thing worse than our legislature actual ly did. Klr.'it - They luiide the minimum term nine months. Second They made the minimum salary $75 per month. Third They look all the automobile tax mid placed It In the road fund, thus reducing our school fund thousands of dollars and now we are told that some of the sr'nool districts are compelled to viitu as high us fj 0 mills and no doubt there are manv districts unable financially to have any school. oh, you snv we are short of teach ers even at that Kiilary. This Is true In all Unci at Ibis (line regardlcHs ir Balary and we think teachers should be amply paid, but I lived In Nebraska li, any veins anil at a time when pro ft s Hiotial teachers were scarce and there were many weak school districts, but In virtually all such (mmcm there was snine iu'ikiiii living cnmcnlcut who was capable anil willing to teach for the time being at a moderate sum In their own district and the superintend' ent where there was a shortage of pro f slonal teacher Issued permits to' per sons f, mini capable and In case they could not ufford 9-niontii school they had less accordingly. Oh, yuu gasp in horror at the awful blow to our high standard of educa tion out l mil Fay mat .x'orw tor m;iny years (and probably does yet for all I know) claim less Illiteracy than any state in the union. Many who jof an over-head crossing of the .Southern Pacific railroad at Ashland, and fo rthe construction of a bridge across firave creek in Josephine county, replacing the present timber structure pn the Pacific Highway. started their education in this humble iway became highly educated men and women. I pay my I23 auto license and 1 1 like good roads but hy demand an extra miliage tax for schools when the I road fund is so large that you ask the j people to allow a raise of tho spending I privilege to 4 icr cent In order to ex ! peud the surplus. Money is our chen jest product today but it cannot always remain so and then iiervhance there will be less autos bought and old ones go to the junk pile but the 4 per cent limit will be retained and exceeded if posisble as our 6 per cent limit was. You say that the rtate taxes for 1920 will be over (32,000.000. I would give warning to go slow because in the near future not only the grange but the peo ple generally may sit down o anything that means Increased taxation no mat ter how worthy. The legislature should give tin. schools at least as much of the auto li cense as they formerly received In tax es and build what roads they can with the remainder. The roads can better wait than the schools. I.. 11. HLTKR. Road Graveling Proposals Invited Proposals for graveling tlio Harlow-Aurora section of the Pacific Highway In Clackamas county and for the grading of the Toledo New port section of tho Corvallis-New port Highway in Licnoln county will be received by Hie stute highway com mission at Its next meeting In Port land, Tuesday, April 27. Proposals will also be received at tills time for the construction of two bridges over Birdscyc creek and Mil lers Culch on the Pacific Highway In Jackson coutny, also the construction Sure Relief 6 Bell-ans Hot water Sure Relief ELL-AIMS FOR INDIGESTION THIS NURSE ADVISES Women Who Are III To Take Lydia EL Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Knst T?oclioiitcr, X. Y. "I liave used Lvdia E. rinkliam'i Vegetable Com. pott ml lor several years and tliink it line. 1 am a prao ties! nursu and when I get run down and nervous 1 lake the Vegetable torn- found. I also nave rouble with my fA I bladder when l am it" : on my feet and I.yilia K. rmklianii Hnnntive Wali re lieves tliut. 1 liave ri'oomniended your medicine to several voung ladies who liave all lienelltted y Mrs. Aqnks I.. llKt.towH, 306 Lunula ltd., hunt Uoclirstcr, N. Y. Young women wlio arn trouliletl with painful or irregular periods, backache, iieailai'lie, drawing-down sensations, fainting spells or indigestion should take I.ydiu E. 1'inkliam'i Vegetable Compound. Thousands have .been re stored to health !y this root and herb remedy. Write for free ami helpful advice to 1 vdia I'.. I'inkham Medicine t'o. (eon lidential I , I. van, Muss. Women only open, read mid answer such letters. 1 A Regular Cheer-up Breakfast whenyou have, a dish.of POST iiOASS'IIE! Playlets Staged At Girls' School Through the efforts of Itev. II. N. Aldrlrh, )aslor of the Leslie Method ist church, the lyceum number that was recently given at Willamette uni versity was presented at the state training school for girls last Friday. Ralph Thomas and Miss Mary Ltotson were the principal performers. The following program was presented: "Cotton for Cotton." by Miss Dot- son; a fantasy of James Whitcomb Riley, a selection by Henry an Dyke, a group of love sonnets by Robert and Elizabeth Browning, a modern monologue, and the arena scene from "Quo Vadis," rendered by Mr. Thom as. The second half of the program was composed of the two quarrel scenes between Lord and Lady Teazle from Sheridan's "School for Scandal" Ships Urged As Aid In Shipping Now I'se of sea facilities In shipping from the east to the Pacific coast, during the uncertainty of railroad conditions. Is urged In a letter received today by the Commercial club from the Koons, Wilson & company, shippers, of Phila- CHILDREN should not be "dosed" lur luius apply ins I'-.JtA "outside treatment VICR'S VAP0RU "YOUR BODYGUARD" - 30. 65. tl.20 t m delphla. The letter advises that ship ping by boat via the Panama canal to this roast is more economical and sK-edy than by rail during the strike conditions. The Koons. Wilson A conipanv oper ate the swami-rs Kearport and lite. Shi are dispatched from Philadel phia to the I-acific coast every three weeks by this firm. TASKS HKI.1 SKTAIJATK The amount of federal tax imposed! against an estate is not to be deducted from the appraised ra!ue of the (State for the purpose of ascertaining the .-.mount of inheritance tax to tie col- lectetd thereon by the state, according to an opinion prepared by Attorney 'f.eneral l'.rown for the guidance fi Stale Treasurer O. P. Hoff. j JIOXDAY..ArR:L JOURNAL WANT ADS PAY. JOURNAL WANT ADS PAY. Jiaue a complexion thai will - stand the closest scrutiny Is your complexion such that you don't have to worry about it? Will it stand the test of bright lights, and close scrutiny without embarrassing you? If so, the rt jular use of Resi nol Soap will tend to keep it that way. If not begin at once to use Resinol Ointment with Resinol Soap and see what a wonderful alleviator of skin ills this treatment i Resi nol Ointment is perfectly harmless containing only mild, cleansing and healing balsams, which could not injure the tenderest skin. RESINOL SHAVING STICK alio coo iMns the Resi.!ol balsams and is a Uvomewah diacriminatio; men. A i ail ctrufgUts. Resinol Dependable Down to the last J It is made tomcetfc ments of your engbt. 1 "Red Crown" gasoline with the fun Jr. tinuous chain of boiling necessary for ready ffi quick and smooth accewi steady, dependable pow2l long mileage. Look for J R. II. CAMPBELL, Special Agent, Salem, 0J How much should I give to make this a hette'r world? A BUSINESS man filled out his income tax report. It showed an income so large that his tax was 53 J. And hia total ifta to church and charity for the year were $148. Think of it thousands spent for luxuries and pleasure for himself; and $148 to leave the world a little better than he found it I Most of us do better than that; but not so very much better. Our average daily gift for all church causes is less than we spend for daily papers less than local telephone call less than a third of the day's car fare less than 3 cents a day No wonder that SQ of the ministers of America are paid less than $20 a week. No wonder that the church hospitals turn away thousands of sick people a year. No wonder that China has only one doctor for every 400,000 people. No wonder that every church board and charity society ,is forever meeting def icits, forever passing the hat. It isn't because we are selfish ; it isn't because we don't want to help. It's just because no one has ever put up a great big program to us, and asked us to think of the work of the church in a system atic businesslike way. The Interchurch World Movement represents the united program of thirty great denominations. They have surveyed their whole task ; no business could have done it better. They have budgeted their needs; no business could have a more scientific budget. They have united to prevent the possibility of waste and dupli cation. At least a million dollars will be saved by the fact that thirty individual campaigns are joined in one united effort. And they come to the men and women who love America to you this week, asking you to use them as the channel through which a certain defi- nite part of your income can be applied to make this a better world. 4 Only you can determine what part cf your in come that should be. The chart printed here is in tended merely as a suggestion ; it represents a scale of giving of 65 or less. Six per cent of your earning power; 15 16ths of your life for your own family needs, and 1 16th for your fellow men is that more than you ought to give? It's a good time right now to answer that ques tion. We're passing through the world just once; how much better is the world going to be because you passed through ? Number in Funiljr 1. Income ' $ 700 TTo 100 .20 0O .30 1000 .40 1200 .60 U00 .90 1800 J.15 2100 1.60 2500 2.10 TSv 3000 2- FMm$K 3500 3-20 xlHy 6ooo 6io , 7000 7.25 000 .40 5000 .55 ioooo I io.ro A CHART FOR GIVERS Graduated according to .meant of Incom. .nd numb.r in tmtamily. How dots your giving ch.ck up wilh th. chart f 3. Weekly Pledge to Youl Church .10 .IS 35 .10 "0 .30 .10 1 05 .65 .30 ' 1.00 .60 5 140 1.05 20 2.00 1.60 J.OO 2.55 715 J-55 3.10 2.70 4-10 3.65 3.25 420 3.80 50 5 30 4 15 0 6.40 95 05 7.50 7.05 IS (60 15 11.30 9.70 9.20 5. 6. a .10 .30 .10 60 .30 105 .70 210 'j' 3.70 3.30 XAiJK 475 4.33 Xfc 5E0 3.33 6 85 6.40 7.3 7.4S 00 1.45 . United Financial Camralgo April J5in to May 2nd INTERCHURCH World Movement of North dmcr'tca iw,l i t SQ ft;?.!-