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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1920)
PAGE FOUK. THE CAPITAL JOURNAL THECAPITALJOLIRHAL j AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER j 'THINKERS ARE ESSENTIAL. "For experience tells, in every soil TViaf rrinao that thinlr must anvprn those that toil." Published every evening except i , , r t x. x. uadar by The capita: journal Print-1 Brains rule brawn the world over. Only by becoming a tat Co, i3 south commercial street.! thinker, does the toiler earn a right to participate in government. leiepnonea ircmauon ana jua,- . . , . ., .1 i sen office, si: Editorial room, is. Those who neither think nor toil are parasites on those who do o. putnam. Editor and Publisher, and when government is entrusted to their hands, it soon per- Entered aa aecond claa mail mat-, ishes. ter at saim. Oregon. i An autocracy is based upon the conception that only a few SUBSCRIPTION KATfcS oro thinl-ora nnrl nualifiwi tn rule anrl whpn paste is utilized BT carrier BO centa a month. By!" - Y. " "T , . . . . - -, j Ai. a. ail soc a month, ii.js tor three ; as a substitute for brains to perpetuate privilege and the autoc racy ceases to think it invites the inevitable destruction that sooner or later overwhelms it. Communism and other "ism" based upon the rule of brawn and the submergence of brains are pre-doomed to failure, because the class they aim to exalt have never learned to think, Russia has simply repeaated the lessons of history thrown off a brain less, incapable autocracy and enthroned Lenine, the thinker, but the revolting proletariat that never learned to think, is en montha, (2 25 (or six months, I per rear in Marion and Polk count lee. Kiaewhere IS I year. t otder of U. 8. government all fball subscriptions are payable in ad vance, , Advertising repreeentatiYea- W. D. Ward. Tribune Bldg.. New York; W. H. Stockwell, People Oaa bldg, Chicago. TTJOSb TOkE IF l4 sw l 7m RNI Y ARTHUR SCOTT BAILET MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PJRESS tT'irtr-rtaved in a conscript industrial army entitled to the use for publication of ail newa diapatchea credited to it or not otherwlae credited In this paper od also local new published herein. A democracy is founded upon the theory that all people are equal before the law and entitled to participate in government. flllrM lO DlOSSOHl thinkers among the people, and the percentage of thinkers de- Dends uoon education. The safety and indeed the perpetuation of the republic rests upon the culture of the people as the founders of the nation realized. The individual who is thrown into the hurly-burly of life, with the handicap of illiteracy and ignorance has a fearful handi i t i j? j? i a- m T!in.r.m Tiav. when thousand otcan wnicn oniy a lew are iorceiui enougn 10 overcome, jven perwns from other cities and towns, those who only learn the primary rudiments are at a serious dis rZoZUZ Advantage in an age when the trained mind is an essential. And whole heartediy in aiding the com-jit is not only the individual, but the nation that loses because meroini club and cherriatis in nuik- hecause of lack of cultured intelligence in jooperative government ?! ,1ZCT1Z id tZ hoard of It will therefor be easily comprehended that the most vital airw tois of the commercial club, j feature for the nation's future welfare, the best and in fact the who met lust nisht at the spa, 0nly bulwark against anarchism and half-baked radicalism, the Biiniuy whon the nRed peoiiie of the! essential inculcator of patriotism, is the school and that we. can oeuer dispense with any ol our numerous departments ol gov fernment, than in any way to handicap our school system. city who have not yet seen the bios Boms will be gueHts of the club. Au tomobile will be furninhed and for an hour or more on Sunday afteioon thceii persons will be taken over the "blossom route" followed ln.it Sunday. That the motorists who volunteer lo take paHsengers on the trip miitht call for them, oped persons wishing to make the trip are asked to tele phone or communicate In some oth er means with the offices of the Com mercial club, giving their name and addi'WM-s, These will then be fur nished drivers, who will be Instruct ed to call and get the passenger. Nit one will be taken on th "tlos M'm route" Sunday tnornlne. The board of directors of the club won: hosts to representative jf The Cnpltal Journal, rttntesman, Portland Telegram, Oregon Journal and Ore Ronlan at a dinner Inst evening. A nptclal -vote of thanks was given the newspapermen for thM co-operation In giving publlclly to JUIouom day and other club activities. The board of director ftuvo hearty endorsement to the Wlllumette uni versity fund campi'lipi after Joseph II. Albert appeared before the di rector nd told them of the necessity for financial uld. Through the uni versity, Mr. Albert said, $8,000,000 have been brought In Sulem. One and a half million dollars were brought Into Salem last year by student at tending the college, A total fund Bought by the university Mr, Albert fluid, Is $1(10,000, 180,000 of which is to be raised in the state at lat'RO and $30,000 In Salem. City Attorney Wert Mary road a let ter from the mayor naklng tin Com merclal olub to appoint ID members to uponsvr the proposed charter amendment culling for a change In street nsHeHsmentH, Inclusion of the Mate fair grounds In the city. limits ii tnl the measure raising the chief of police's salary. Smelt Ran In Sandy River Is Largest In Y'ears Portland, Or., April 80. Tho crest of the smelt run In tho S.indy river Is litlkivod to have, been reached, nc fording to Pnrtlnnder who visited Troutdale and the banks of the Sandy liver. According to veteran fishermen nlong the river this year' run has leen a record breaker and some smelt will continue to run upstream for nevernl days, judging from the num ber now In the Columbia river below tho moulh of the Sandy. f ii PI 1 1 t " " ml in ft As an. indirect result of the war, the schools of the nation face a crisis. Living costs have increased, and the teachers sal aries have not increased sufficiently to induce them to continue in school work. Some 100,000 public schools in the United States ,vere closed last year as a result of inability to secure competent teachers and over 100 schools in Oregon were closed. Unless some relief is secured, there will be 1000 schools closed next year in this state and many thousands of children deprived of their rights and the privilege of securing education. I This comes at a time when the value of education is more ap preciated than ever before and when there are more pupils to be instructed. It affects not only the primary schools, but the high er institutions of learning, which have to care for doubled attend ance and doubled expenses on the old incomes. The state is rewarding the youths who left school for the de fense of their country with a monthly bonus, thus enabling them to secure an education, although both university and college are overcrowded. These higher educational institutions must .be (adequately financed, so that they may care for the increased at tendance. To solve the school problem, two millage bills have been placed on the ballot at the May primary election, one to equalize primary school taxation and provide increased and needed rev enue, and one to take care of necessary expenses at the state uni versity, agricultural college and normal school. , It is the part of patriotism to place the child and the student above the dollar and vote for both of these necessary measui'es, for our welfare as a republic depends upon our thinkers and our thinkers are principally the trained products of our schools. -. Rippling Rhymes FREE AIR. , , The air we breathe is cheaper than anything there is; cus todian or keeper, can't say, "The price has riz!" We hear no far fetched wheezes from profiteering gents, explaining that the breezes have gone up fifty cents. "The stock of wind's exhaust ed," no doubt they'd promptly say, if they should be accosted, to fix the price today. Grown tired of endless railing: at things that cost me dear, I stand outdoors inhaling a lot of atmosphere. I work my ancient bellows in ecstacy and glee; no greedy, swinish tallows can charge it up to me. Oh, lor the love of Peter, lot's breathe it and enthuse! No corporation's meter will measure what we use. Some day they'll learn to cinch us, and tax us for the air, and cops will come and pinch us if we exceed our share ; but in the balmy present they hardly dare to try; the breezes, sweet and pleasant, are free to every guy. Some day you'll get your zephyr through rustr pipes, like gas, not as the care free heifer that gambols in the grass. Some day a grim collector will climb your creaking stair, will come, a grisly spectre, to tax you for the air. THE NOISE ON THE ROOF As aoon as she heard that Jasper Jay intended to visit her cherry tree to enjoy the ripe fruit. Rusty Wren's wife began to worry. And she made herself so unhappy that Rusty could liarsh . "Jny! Jay!" Jukimt vik was unntteutkablc. Jay s- not help wishing . that Jolly Robin had kept his news to himself. "Don't be alarmed!" he said to her, after Jolly Jiad gone. "Jasper Jay can't harm the children, for they 11 be safe in the nest. And luckily our doorway Is too small for him." But Mrs. Rusty wouldn't be calmed. "He' a great cruel bully," she re plied. "And if he spends much time here I'm afraid the children will starve, for neither you nor I will be able also knew that Charles was a man of some means and counted a capable business man among his associates. He had some little idiosyncrasies that were slightly old-fashioned and which did not appeal to John. Besides now for the first time I thought John might have been a little jealous of Charles. I had always taken Charles love in such a matter of fact fashion that I had not realised that it might mean something very different to John than It did to either Chahrlm or me. ' Forthe first time, too, I thought that perhaps I might be quite as sel fish with Charles as John was with me, and I said ta him "Charles, dear, do not lake over this business unless you want to, If you have something that will interest you more, something that you wish to do more, remember that I can always turn the, matter over to my husband." . v.: "Do you want me to do it?" he asked. "Why, of course I do." "Then It Is the thing that I want to do- most in the world." Tomorrow A Letter from John. Plvr iktrt don't 'Bout th' only thing that alius en th' Job any mora is a revoivta' ooor Anybody who isn't getting t m m ji la j 1 XJ is missing wm.JtliiHtV good. 6 LOVE and MARRIED LIFE By the Noted Author IDAII McGLONE GIBSON Searchlights To Signals Will Be Tested Tonight State Forester F. A. Elliott accom panied by several local newspaper men will attempt to detect the signal flashes to be sent up from Portland tonight from the dome of the state capitol building. The est is being made to determine the feasibility of the use of searchlights for signalling In the forest patrol service. A huge searchlight mounted on a seven ton truck will flash It ray from the top of Council Crest at Portland and forestry officials and patrols In Sa lem, Sllverton, McMlnnclIle and In the hills surrounding the Willamette val ley will attempt to pick up the mes to go out and find food for them, be cause Jasper would be sure to pounce on us; and what chance would we have against him?" "We'll go together," said Rusty Wren , looking very grave. But Mrs. Wren said she wouldn't think of leaving six small children all alone in the house. "Everything will be all right," Rus ty assured her. "You know Jasper is not coming unless he can find the time. Jolly Robin said so. And maybe he won't ge able to get here at alt." They had gone inside their house to jtalk over the matter In private And Rusty had hardly finished speak ing when a loud bang, followed by a clatter, sounded on the tin roof above their heads. It waa no wonder that they both jumped. "Goodness!" exclaimed Rusty's wife "What's that?" But Rusty couldn't tell her. During all the weeks they had lived there he had heard nothing like that W hile they listened the noise, was repeated. And Mrs. Rusty declared that the sky must be falling for she had never heard such a dreadful sound in all her life. "I'll go right out and see what It Is," said Rusty Wren. But his wife caught hold of his coat tails and begged him to stay with her. "No! no!" she cried. "You must not stir out of the house. I'd be terribly worried if you left me alone here with these six small children. And you might get hurt, besides." Meanwihle the racket on the roof continued, with only a short pause be tween each outburst. The Six Wren children began to cry for they were hungry as well as frightened. And all the time Mr'. Rusty clung to her hus band's coat-tails and besought him not to leave her. To tell the truth, he had no such Intention. Though he was brave for his size he was thoroughly alarmed. And for the time being he was quite content to stay beside his snug home and hope that the trouble would soon come to an end. .. Oh .the whole, the Wren family spent a very unpleasant quarter of an haul. The bang, clatter, bang on their roof still continued until the din was almost unbearable. And Rusty Wren grew so desperate that he had almost - ' FRIDAY, APRgSQ, made up his mind tn break way from-the sky was not falling, anyh his wife, even if Be had to leave his "Jay! jay!" Jasper Jay's harak coat-tails behind hint, and dash out of j waa unmistakable He hai TT TOk doors to see what was the matter. . . . , a PUy. Then .11 at one a different sound one of his ck3 on the w, fell upon their ears. And a sooa Mjrrall'; they never guessed that they heard it they knew at once that1 it waa he!! s4 A TAIiK WITH CH.IHUOS; -"I know, dear, I know," said Chai. lea when I turned abruptly nway af ter finding thta I could not lie to him and say that I wa happy. "I also know," he continued, "that I am wroiiMf, it l you life, Katheiine, ana your Job. No one can tell you how to do It, and you are certanlly tho only one that hn to live- it. But, oh, you know deur, you know how much t want you to be happy, because I love you." I put up my hand in expostulation and Charles continued: "Why should n't I love you? You are the only rela tlve I have in the world." He took my bunds and looked down into my face for a moment silently. Then he said "Now, what' the use of my trying not only to lie to. you. but to. myself. don t love you Just because, way back in Hit past, a distant nncestor was your ns well a mine. X lov you be cause you are the woman on earth to me. Ther will never b any other. I don't mean that I want to enter your lite in any way. I would not, even if I could, influence you to do anything unit you do not wlah to do. But I am slating facts, my nttl. y0u were the stuff of which all my drt-nis were made, I never remember the time when I did not think th ionic time you would be mine and the day I cot your telegram taylng that you bad married John Gordon I felt something vital, something Indispensable had gone out of my life. Some way, how ever, I had a urecienc that sou would need mo na i thought at that moment by greatest happiness would be In nerving you any time, any where." Must Not Di It. "Oh, Charles, you must not put me on a pedestal and worship me in thl way. I am not worthy. Are you not afraid that you would find that my feet were clay?" "if Ver could take my eye sway from your beautiful face, K.ttheritiw, find i them rest upon jviir tiny fett I am Vtt stile that as Ion? as they V't-rv ,!;.. it in -quakcr f.ra.v Ins! liver buckles, as they are today, they would seem only a pnrt of that ador able femininity that ha always been your." Charle spoke with a low bow and an exaggerated manner, W both laughed and I know that Charles with his usual diplomacy had saved a rather tens situation. . Quickly he turned the subject and taking a great sheaf of papers from his pocket began to explain to me all about the oil well of which I was the owner. I tried very hard to under stand and I aaked him again and again, at different points, certain business method. II was very pat lent with me and I wondered wheth er my husband, if he had been In Charle' place, would have been as gentle and careful. Charle took almost Infinite pains so that I should know the exact statu of the matter and th manner In which he was going to work out plan which he thought would make for greater auccesn. v nen be told me that I had a number of thousands of dollar de posited to my account in the bank, I exclaimed, "Isn't it too bad that poor mother did not live to have some of th pleasure that all thi money can bring?" Don't worry about that, Cather ine," he mid. "Your mother had all th money she wished to buy her ev erything that her simple-taste could desire." Capable Business Man. AlthouKh I did not answer, I ex tended my hand to grasp Charle' for I knew that he had made It possible for mother to spend whatever money she wished slue my father died. I Khaki Added To . Approved Dress At State House The nntl high cost of clothing move ment at the state capital took on add ed Impetus Thursday when some two score officials and employe appear ed arrayed In new khaki suits. A number of the member of tho state house force had already been carry ing out the spirit of the pledge sign ed last week by appearing in old clothe and overalls. Tractlcally one hundred men In the state house are now actively enlisted in the move to reduce the cost of clothing. HAIR THAT IS QUITE GRAY M I 8 Hair Restorer K4R.tof 'i-'.JT.t. A Chlcarjo MANNING RESIGNS Washington, Apr. 30. Van H.' Man ning of the bureau of mines, ha re signed, effective June 30, to' become director of research of the newly or ganized American Petroleum institute, composed of the leading petroleum producer of the country. Ke Dr.CR O'Neill 'Me irt Economy Is bars Kaptha Soap ..',... 1.00 No. 10 Karo $1.10 and lt.15 Pork and Bean 10c. 16c and 20c Del Monte Catsup . 27c Nut Butter, per lb. , , 3 6c Sweet Potatoes, per can 25c Grated Pineapple, per can 2 Royal Club Coffee, per lb. ... S5c Corn Starch, per lb. pkg 13c Fresh Milk, per q.t 11c Bread, per toat, 10c and 15c Tanlac, per bottle .'. 11.80 Can be restored to its natural beauty for Co-Lo will cause the color, life and luster to return in a man ner nature approves! Co-Lo a scientific process per fected by Prof, John H. Austin, over 40 years a hair and scalp specialist. THE TEX CO-LO SECRETS Co-I,o is a wonderful liquid. Clear, odorless, greaseless. Without lead or sulphur. Hasn't a particle of sediment. Will not wash or rub off. WiU not Injure hair or scaln. Pleasing and simple to apply Cannot be detected like the or dinary hair tints and dyes. Will not cause the hair to split, or break off. Co-Lo can be had for every natural shade of hair. A6 for Black and Dark Shades of Brown. 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CHANNELS, from 8 to 15 inches, op to 80 foot lengths, ANGLES, 2x2 Inches to 8x8 inches, up to 80 foot lengths. ANGLES, 2x24 Inches to 7x8 inches, up to 60 foot lengths. V. M. PLATES, 8 to 24 inches! wide, to 5-8 inches thick, aa weU as TANK, FLANGE STEEL and MARINE STEEL PLATES, etc. Manufacturers of Tanks, Boilers, Stacks, Pipe, Fabricated Mater- lal for JJulldlnga and Bridges . East Water Street and Hawthorne Avenue, PORLTAND OREGON Phone East 8721 All Together H4 VERYBDI Ice Cream, per quart 60c LANE MORLEY CO. 10t- CKXTF.H STRI CT Fhone. 1 193 u) ' J ID) - : Office 445 CourlSl SJt PKo Pav 998 H,hr 679 J- ; OUR Bread's winningr out f all along the line. If you .1 want to pick a real food " Winner nno -f V, t ..-n " ' mat will J- piease every member of ; :J your family by its delicious " flavor you should order our : 'i bread by name and make "j sure that you petit. Tf i you try one loaf of bread i we ve won your trade. t EMPEY TRANSFER LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE HAULING. TON. 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