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THE CAPITAL JOUENAL, SALEM, OREGON
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17,
I92j!
Capitalik
lournal
8alera, Oregon
An Independent Kewspaper, Published every evenlns except Sundajf
Telephone 81; new $i
GE0RC3 PUTNAM, Editor and Publisher
Capitalizing Scandal
From the amount of hignly colored sensational news
matter sent out from Los Angeles regarding the sinfulness
and immorality of Hollywood and movie stars, the suspicion
is raised that a deliberate and well thought out plan is
being followed to enhance property values and bring in
tourists from all parts of the country to see the wickedest
city, the modern Sodom, which, we are told, surpasses even
gay Paree for wonton pleasure and lascivious luxury.
The tourist crop in "sunny southern California" has been
a failure. Incessant downpour, frost and freeze have
destroyed the "beautiful climate" myth, for fair weather has
gone the way of the orange crop. So the movie mystery and
the salacious scandals of Hollywood are featured, capitalized
to attract morbid curiosity seekers. As soon as one sensation
palls, another is conjured and there seems no end to the
evesdropping twaddle and servants-hall gossip that floods
the press all designed to lure the traveler, even as he is
attracted to the gay white way of New York or the slums
of Paris.
The truth of the matter Is probably, that Hollywood is
not any more wicked, sinful or lustful than any other place
where success has come too easily to light heads for the
good of the recipients, or any more decadent than any colony
of artists who have got rich quick, or any more degenerate
than many another place where "wealth accumulates and
men decay." Only a small percentage of the residents, how
ever, are rich, and a still smaller percentage wicked. Most
have to work hard for a living. Undoubtedly as in many
another place, there is a smart set that goes the pace, prob
ably also a vice-ring, for the film factory seems over supplied
with drug addicts.
The Taylor murder is no more of a mystery than the
Elwell murder in New York or than a score of other murders
that have stirred the denizens of night-life. Whatever the
motive, the victim has paid the penalty for some secret sin,
thus again emphasizing the truth of the adage that the
"wages of sin is death." If the world is not better off for
the loss of such men, at least it is no worse off. It can well
forget them and the life they led. Their passing at any
rate, has served "to point a moral and adora a tale."
So the famous California "go-get-em" spirit is commercial
izing the scandals of Hollywood as an asset to stimulate the
tourist industry and boom business in a dull year.
refuM to abdicate their powers."
Lester C. Manson, attorney (or
the association. In a statement de
clared that member of the Feder
al Farm Loan Board "not only
do not believe in the system, bat
are actually opposed to its suc
cessfully accomplishing 'the pur
poses for which it was created.
He characterized the amend
ment put through by the board
"a fraud upon those who bought
and paid for their stock."
Singer Brings Suit
for $500,000 Damages
Klamath Streams
Are Opened To
Winter Fishing
Portland. Or.. Feb. 17. Fish
Ing for trout over ten Inches Ion
Is authorized In Klamath county
during the months of December
and January each year, under
order Issued by the state game
mmission Wednesday. The com
niisaion at the same time made
rule that fishing by any mean:
whatsoever should be prohibite
In Klamath county between Jan
uary 31 and May 15 of each year.
State Came Warden A. E
Burghduff made the .suggestlo
that the state employ paid hunt
era to exterminate predatory an!
mals, and that the present sytf em
of bounties be done away vtlth
This would eliminate "animal
skin bootleggers" who send pelt
of :t li mals killed In Nevada an
other neighboring states to Ore
gon and collect unearned boun
ties, he said.
Star Ugh J"
By the Noted Author
IDAH M'QLONE O1B30N
A Sales Tax
President Harding has advocated a general sales tax to
raise the money to pay for a soldiers' bonus which means
that every man, woman and child in the United States must
pay an increase in the cost of. living in order that the able
bodied and healthy ex-service men may secure a little easy
money.
Last spring President Harding took a firm stand against
the bonus on account of the financial condition of the treas
ury and country. Since then conditions have not materially
improved. There is even less reason now for a bonus, for
over half a billion a year is being spent upon those who
sustained injuries in the war. However with an election
coming on, the president has capitulated to the demands of
bonus seekers, and congress has followed him.
The bonus will lose as many votes as it makes. It is
bold attempt to bribe the ex-service men to secure their votes
and thqge who have to pay the bills will naturally resent
being made the goat for pohticans. Had the president
stood-pat against the bonus, it would have been killed long
ago. For the present predicament, Mr. Harding has only his
own wiggling and wobbling to blame and his campaign
promises agreeing to do everything under the sun to wi
a ote.
It is the same old political game of taxing the people an
using the resources of the country to secure votes, promising
anything and making good out of the treasury.
Farm Unions Attack
High-handed Method
of Federal Loan Bank
By W. X. Nolaa
Washington, reb. 1 A bittei
(lent alleged "high handed auu
domineering" methods of the ted
ral farm loan board baa been
started in the Supreme Court ot
the District ot Columbia by the
National Union of Farm Loan
Associations.
That tha Farm Loan Board Is
trying to exercise political eon
trol over farm loan banks and 1
refusing its members the right to
vole is the charge made by Wash
ington representatives of the Na
tional Union ot Farm Loan Asao
stations.
Senator Fletcher (D. ), ot Flor
ida, is one ot the leaders In the
oourt battle in which the farm
loan associations seek to compel
tha Farm Board to call elections
In each federal land bank.
Under the original farm loan
act six of lb nin directors in
each Federal land bank were to
be elected by stockholders, and
tha remaining three were to be
aoDolnted by members ot the
FaTm Loan Board.
' Joker Found in Law.
Tha National union of Farm
Loan Associations, represented In
Washington by W. W. Flannagan,
national secretary of tha advisory
lommlttee, charged that because
it "Joker" alipped into a bill;
-tawed in January, ins. wnicn
rovided tor continuing tha "tern
Kirarv organisation" of all farm
oan banks, farm loaa baaaocia
Ions were deprived of tha right
t vote, as provided tor la the or
dinal act.
Tbe bill referred to authorised
tha secretary of tha T resell ry to
buy f loe.eO0.eOO worth of bonds
of Federal land banks and yrovid
ed that so long as tbe Treasury
holds such bonds the temporar;
organisations of tbe farm loan
banks should continue In power.
Despite tbe fact that the Farm
Loau associations own 20,000,
000 out ot 26,000,000 of capital
stock of the twelve Federal land
banks they have been deprived ol
the right to vote and to partici
pale in the selection ot director.-.
of the Federal land banks, da
dares a statement issued by tin
association's bead In Washington
The statement Is accompanied
by a resolution passed by the Na
llonal Orange at its annual con
ventton at Portland, Oregon, last
November condemning the action
of the Farm Loan Board and en
doming the purpose ot the Farm
Loan Associations to bring suit
The suit, which Is directed
against i:nanea E. Lobdell, as
Farm Loan Commissioner, is
brought by W. Klwood Dates, of
Brentwood, Callfrrnla. national
president ot the association.
dales has issued a statement
severely criticising the Farm Loan
Board.
Savs Authority Usurped
Not satisfied with having de
prived the Farm Loan Associa
tions of any rote lu tha manage
ment of tbe banks, the Federal
Farm I .oan Board la now proceed
ing to usurp the authority ot the
directors of tha associations to
manage their associations. " ha de
clared. II also charged that tha board
'baa threatened to Instruct the
banks not to make loan through
associations tha director of which
News From Home
Kitty It-it we alone early th
text morning, saying she would
le back late.
After she was gone I took th
ime to put the apartment In or
ler and to write a few letters. The
.etters flowed easily from my pen
it Is easy to write letters when
ou are happy. You can share
our Joy with others, but vanity
leldom allows you to throw your
.elf with your gneas upon the sym
pathy of others.
To Aunt Virginia I wrote a lit
tie note, saying I thought that
at last I bad a part and while 1
was too excitetd to write much
ibout It I would wire ber all the
mrtlculars Just the moment I had
pad the script and the contract
as signed.
To Eddie I wrot a longer letter
or I found that notwithstanding
Vunt Virginia's devotion, and my
eeling of reverence and love for
ier, youth can only open its heart
to youth with the certainty of
finding understanding.
I told Eddie about my part
what I knew of it saying: Of
course I do not know Just what
It Is all about, but Mr. Stratton
ays It was written with my type
in mind, so I ought to make a
success of It If 1 can make a suc
cess of anything.
"I will not deny, dear Eddie,
'hat yesterday I perhaps should
have answered differently your
question as to whether I was not
about ready to throw it all up
and return to Fairfax. Yesterday
I was blue. Today I am walking
on air. And so may I answer
your question: 'Would you be will
Ing to go back to Fairfax now?
I am sure you would not ,for be
ing a man, you have probably
learned even sooner than I that
there is nothing In 'the whole
bag of tricks,' as Kitty would say.
as fnterestlng as the bag itself
from which we take the tricks one
by one. Nothing that .life can
five us is as wonderful as life
Itself.
"Eddie, dear, I believe that I
have Inherited more from my mo-
thqr than the usual ladve-nlur-ms
spirit of youth.
"When I said I was going to be
i great movie actress it was not
because I was in love with pic
tures, but because I was in love
with my Idea of adventure. And
the world of pictures seemed the
greatest land of adventure that I
ould possibly conceive.
"And, Eddie dear, I have found
it BO.
"As to say, life in Fairfax op
ens Into vistas that would always
-- ' "sass" . t
k '
Mme. Johanna Gadski. famous
Wagnerian soprano, is suing the
Chicago Opera Association for
2500,000. She charges breach of
contract and defamation of char
acter.
provide care and protection, bui
those same vistas also stretch
away into a future of such uni
versal and protective calm that
know now I should go mad if 1
tried it again.
'Not for me Is a hope-chest In
the garret.
"Although I have already found
that a career for a woman Is a
constant struggle not only with
herself yet I can see that there
Is such a thing as victory only as
the result of my good fight.
Oh, today I have lots of cour
age, and It Is because I see that 1
have a chance.
Yesterday the world was dark
and dreary and I could no more
have written this letter than 1
can today write you one filled
with anything except Joy and happiness."
Weeks later, when ' I received
an answer, 1 was surprised to have
Eddie tell me: "Virginia, you are
In love. With whom I do not
know, but I think it is with Theo-
dore Stratton. One thing I know
absolutely no girl could have
written the letter you wrote me
unless she was In lore. Oh, dear
heart, I wish that I could think
that I am a man."
It was in this letter that Eddie
told me that he was going to come
to Los Angeles with-his college
football team for a game with a
coast college. And he added many
Interesting bits of gossip and
ews of the old home town we
both loved. Among other things
he added, boyishly, "And Virgin
a. maybe I will bring my story
along, for, Vlrgle, dear, it nas.awaj m. """- - " , ' ..
sent myseir ni ineouuic -
studio I found myself doing things
of all sorts to fill in its intermin
able length
been accepted! I cannot believe
It is true, but it is Just the same.
Think of it. Virginia, your boy
hood playmate Is aa author!"
Many things had happened,
however, during the days that had
elapsed between the time 1 wrote
Eddie and received bis reply.
When I wrote blm I had not the
slightest idea that I would see him
that winter and, oh, I certainly
had not the slightest Idea of bow
glad I would be to see him! So
run the sands of life. The vistas
that opened smilingly before the
day I wrote Eddie were yawning
caverns the day I saw him.
Presently my thoughts reverted
to my affairs of the moment.
While I waited for time to tick
I manicured my nails and look
ed over all my clothes to see if
there was any mending to be
done. As I brushed my hair after
repeating over and over: "Hurry,
hurry" to the steady "tlck-tock"
of the clock on my dressing table.
Tomorrow A Touch of Temperament
Total apple shipments from the
tinA n iver vallev. according to
reports of the O-W. R. & N. com
pany, have reached 2634 cars.
Those remaining win not. ream
200 cars.
m
Any man is spoiled who gets money
, without earning it.
Big things usually come when you're not
expecting them.
Vacuum-cleaners are said to succeed when fine-.
tooth combs fail.
Making love to a grass widow may be said to
be getting close to Nature.
Common sense will improve the human race a
whole lot more than eugenics.
When business is slow and an undertaker has
toothache, don't ask him to indorse your note.
Hez Heck Says:
"They ain't much edge to a
kiss if the gal's front teeth is
missin'."
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Hamman Auto Stage
Three Stages Dally
Leave Salem 10:20 a. m. connects
east bound train Mill City; 4:20 pm
Leave Mill City 7 pm; 4 pm
Leave Stage terminal Salem
Leave at 11:30 and leave Stayton
at 1 p. m.
Wayside stops at Gooch, Lyons.
Menama. Stayton, Sublimity,
Aumevllle, Turner, State hos
pital. Cottaee farm.
Jos. H.- Hamman Salem
Phone S04
BALEM-S1LVEKTON STAGE
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Salem Silverton
Htagre terminal News stand
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6:00 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
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:00 a. m., 11:00 a. m., 6:00 p. m.
Leave Monmouth hotel 8:15 a
m., 1:00 p. m., 0:1S p, m.
Leave Independence hotel t.oi
m. and i p. m. only
Special trips by appointment.
Seven pasaengrer car for hire.
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United Army Stores
230 South Commercial St.
Salem, Oregon ....
Another Big Reduction In
our best O. 1). Wool Army
Shirts from J5.00 to $3.75
Just received a ''Dandy"
lot ot Men's and Boys' O. D.
Wool, laced. Breeches; re
claimed for $3.50 pair.
Get In early and set the first
choice of the lot.
Our Men's $1S.50 Leather
Coats reduced to $9.75. Only
a few left.
If you want working
clothes that will keep you
dry when It rains, buy our
Water Repellent Coats and
Pants, formerly $4 50; now
reduced to 13.25 each.
See our Men's Tan Work
Show for 2.90 Pair.
Boys' School Shoes $2.70
per pair.
Our American Officers' $7
Dress Shoes this week are
selling tor $5 50 per pair.
Cet our prices on Tenia
and Paulina, Folding Cots.
Camp Chairs and Wool
Blankets.
O. D. Wool Army Blanket
t H43.
Trade at the
United Army Stores
Salem-Dallas
Stage
Leave Salem Stage terminal
t:10 A. M.
:10 P. M.
Leave Dallas
1?:30 P. M.
0:30 P. M.
FARE SO CENTS
Dally and Sunday
Leave Dallas Gall Hotel
Round Trip 10 eenta
L. IY1. HUM
Car ot
YICKSOTONG
Chinese Medicine and Tea Co.
Has Medicine which ; will
ear any known disease
Open Sundays from l ;e. m.
until i p. m. , ;
111 Sooth High Street .
Salem, Oregon. Phoae Its
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Stop Chasing Rainbows
When we were "kids" we chased rainbows because somebody said they
ended in pots of shining gold.
Now, many of us who are grown up up and supposed to have some com
mon sense, are still chasing rainbows for the same reason but, with this
difference
The rainbows we now pursue are glittering oil stock, fly-by-night min
ing ventures, and a whole hodge-podge of fantastic wild-cat promotion
schemes that promise extravagant dividends and fortunes over night.
Records show that the American people have been stung to the tone of
$500,000,000 in a single year in this form of rainbow chasing, while sound,
attractive investments at home go begging Many unhappy victims have
lost the savings of a life-time because they chased these rainbows.
Invest Your Money Where Yon Can
See What Is Bone With It
Every dollar that is wasted in wild-cat speculation is just that much drained from the chan
nels of ligitimate enterprise at home.
Portland and Oregon need millions of dollars every year for the development of Home Indus
try, and many safe and solid opportunities of this kind are presented to the careful and thrifty
investor.
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96 will net you 7.8 return on your money.
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