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PAGE FOUR Capit fHE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON ournal Salem, Oregon Aa Independent Newspaper, Published every evening exoept Sunday, Telephone 81; news 81 GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor and Publisher The Free-Seed Graft A Washington dispatch conveys the information that congress has voted to reinstate free seed distribution and appropriated several hundred thousands dollars of the peo ples money for the purpose and that Congressman Hawlev voted for the graft and that Congressmen McArthur and Sinnott voted against it . All of which is quite interest'ng as it reminds us that we really have a congressman . If it wasn't for these an nual press dispatches, the semi-occasional receipt of a pack age of seeds and the biennial elections, no one would ever know it, for alto he has been representative for eight terms, no legislation bears Congressman Hawley's name and he is so seldom heard from or of that he has almost become a myth. On the free seed bill, it will please his constituency to know that Congressman Hawley voted true to form and helped reinstate and perpetuate the congressional custom of securing votes through furnishing seeds at taxpayer's expense. The measure provides a convenient way for con gressmen to build up their political fences at public cost and is doubtless what Mr. Hawley refers to in his platform when he says he has "no interest to serve but public interest." Abolition of the free seed distribution was recommend ed by "Hell and Maria" Dodge and other experts on re trenchment who sought to reduce taxation and eliminate waste, but entrenched privilege dies hard and the majority of the House, like the barons of Runnymede, stood pat against curtailment of their ancient perogatives and per quisites. Each year however, the ranks of the attackers grow stronger and it is only a question of time until public opinion forces even the staunchest reactionaries to bow to the inevitable and make a virtue out of necessity. The war upon free seeds was begun in 1893 by J. Sterl ing Morton, secretary of Agriculture under President Cleve land. Every secretary since has "urged elimination of the waste. Contrary to prevailing ideas, the seeds are not government grown and guaranteed, except those furnished for experimental purposes, but purchased from the lowest bidder. Most of the seeds are worthless, having lost their vitality. That is the reason the government buys them cheap. People , receiving these seeds are under the impression that they' are getting something for nothing. But they are not. They are paying many times the worth of the seeds in increased taxation. They are wasting time witn seeds that seldom germinate. So that, in reality, the free seed idea is a huge bunko game. The only way to utilize the seeds to advantage is to ask for peas and beans and use them for soup. OPEN FORUM Contributions to This Column must be plainly written on one aide of paper, limited to 300 words In length and signed with the name of the writer. Articles not meeting these specifi cations will be rejected. To the Editor: I stepped Into the tax reduction meeting at the armory on Saturday, the Utb, to see who was there and what was said, and whom do you think I saw, and what do you suppose they were talking about? I saw men, who heretofore had worked shoulder to shoulder with the re publican machine In Oregon. I noticed some who were per sonally responsible for our taxes being too high. These men were advocating methods for reduction of taxes, which apparently would tend to destroy the work of thair own hands, when pretending to serve the people. I left the meet ing, after I heard Seymour Jones' speech, for the thought came to my mind that the chairman, If natural, had never been natural In all of his political career be fore. I considered It my personal privilege to Judge him as no doubt many others did. That staunch repuoucan, uoionei Holer, no doubt would act on the "steering committee" of the club, thereby landing everything the tax reduc tion club might control, to the benefit of a certain gubernatorial nominee et cetera. These inter eating, thoughtful politicians nev er think of taxes unless some can didate for office is hungry for sympathy and votes. Dufore leaving the meeting, I saw S. M. Endlcott. who Is lnclud ed as one of the state delegates advocating and supporting a reso lution to amend our state consti tution, so that no officer of the state shall receive more than $5000 per year as a salary. End! eott knew that I knew he was' a second class lawyer, and he knew that I knew he was pulling some thing on the public that spelled nothing, for he charges a darn r eaa-sxs Ssff-n-liii. , Aikland.Ongon, Curiosity leads inevitably to the key hole Heroes don't run much to wrist watches or spats. Virtue displayed as jewelry is one of the arti fices of vice. Tell old truths in a new way, and people will call you "original." Men who neglect their business will soon have no business to neglect. -s A woman doesn't know whether to be pleased or offended when another woman copies her dresses. Hez Heck Says: "Folks who kin afford large families seldom hev 'em." sight more than 1J per day tor his services. I am aware that men and- poll Means can be converted. If they are In earnest, they have a right to start over again. But a public confession Is good for the soul. It Is always In order, for It strength ens the public faith, while chanc lng another "go." The support ers of the subject of tax reduction must show their affiliation with either the democratic or republl can parties, in order to accom plish anything at this time for the taxpayers, as one of these parties will control our taxes for some time to come. The denial of affiliation with Townley and the non-partisan and the "single taxers" amount to nothing, no more than It would to answer those who are asking who wrote the four cornered alliance by saying that Germany didn't To solve the reduction of taxes let the taxpayers gel together and say to the republicans. "Gentle men, you have run our state for these many years and we are not satisfied, so we will try the denic crats, and give them a chance to make good, and let God have mercy on us all If they don't." .will'e. PURDY. Salem, Or., March 13. To the Editor: I wish to sug gest the name "Rego," for West Salem. This word Is derived from the word Oregon,and by dropping the first and last letter you have the word "Rego." "Rego" would be different, eas ily remembered and easily spelled. This name was suggested to me by the sign on Murray Wade's door to bis studio, namely OregoN MagazlnE. 8. N. NEEDHAM. Salem, Or., March 15, 1923. Star Ugh T By the Noted Author IDAH M'QLONE GIBSON Kitty's Day. That was the first real love let ter I had ever received. I cried and I laughed over it and read it and re-read it many times. One moment I bad a picture of Theodore Stratum sitting on the floor in the hall, his head leaned against the Jamb of my door cry ins like an overgrown boy and the next moment it was Theodore Stratum on that stone seat in the garden "set" looking like a Greek god, as he poured Into my ears hib own love iu the language of the dcenarist. Of course I forgave bim. I was almost glad it happened so that 1 could forgive him! What woman in all the world would not forgive a man who showed her that he depended upon her absolutely. "Oh, I'm glad I'm young! I'm glad I'm young! I want to give him back all the youth that per haps he has frittered away. When he looks Into my eyes I want him to forget all the years between, forget- that I am not his first love." It was thus I dramatized myself lu my love and I had a perfectly glorious time running up and down the gamut of emotions When the poets have said that the sorrows occasioned by love are ex quisite they spoke literal truth but no one realizes this until time has softened the sorrow and given the right perspective. I was very undecided whether I should answer Theo's letter and send it to his hotel or whether I should wait until we went back to the studio. While I was trying to make up my mind what to do Kitty c.ame rushing In. "We have an Invitation to party this evening and I think we had better go. Everybody in the moving-picture colony Is go lng." "Where It Is, Kitty? Who Is giving It?" "Oh, yo have never been at the place and you oon't know the chap who is giving It but Bruce waiters has a beautiful studio down on a side hill overlooking Echo park. His parties are always worth while." "Is he In the movie profession.' "No. He is an artist who makes batik gowns and draperies for ac tresses and pictures. It is quite the thing to be seen at Bruceb and while he never has exceeding ly wild parties yet It will be t miiu ui eye-opener, it win be a good thing to break you in grad ually." And then she stopped for she uoticed that I had been crying "Haven't you been at the studio today? What i3 the matter with you, Virgle?" "I went over to the studio this morning and we were dismissed because Mr. Stratton is too 111 to work, They said that he had caught a very bad cold and was threatened with pneumonia." "Pneumonia your grandmother Ted Stratton Is Just getting over his toot. That's all!" "Oh, he has been over it some time for he has written me a beau tiful letter." "Of course he has, my dear. They all do. And did you answer it?" queried sophisticated Kitty. "No, I thought I would wait un til I saw him on the set." "Good Lord, Virgle! No one would think you were so clever to look at you. Where did you learn never to put anything on paper?" That was a new Idea to me but I thought It best to change the conversation so I asked: "What happened to you, Kitty? You seem happier tonight than isual after a day at the studio." Census Comparisons For Salein Set Forth Comparison of the characteristics of the population of Salem, 1920-1810, from the final and complete reports of the 1920 cen sus. Just Issued, and from the flies of the 1910 census, show: PopulaUon -. Males' .... Females .... Nativity White, nat. par. White, for. or mixed par. White, for. born ...... .. Negro Other races Citizenship Males .. .. Females .. Illiteracy Illiterates over 10 . Percent Dwellings mo 1T.S79 ...... 8.85T ...... 8.72 ...!..12.zz ..... 3,281 i.8J ei 124 8,281) M3i 110 14.094 7.624 ,4US (.674 1.601 1,811 47 161 5,41 207 2 ..... 2,783 Families .'. 4.157 277 18 2,780 2,867 Nativity of the foreign born whites Inc. 858S 1331 2254 2654 780 173 16 769 10 1003 110 Austria Belgium 6 t 3 Canada 853 Czecho-Blovakla . 8 Denmark 48 England 204 Finland France Oermany Greece , Holland Hungary ... Ireland Italy Jugo-Slavla Noway Poland jt Russia ...... - .... Scotland Sweden , Switzerland -. Wales Other countries not specified. 71 33 884 It 23 14 1 38 7 9 23 105 66 138 106' 296 "44 213 43 61 463 7 16 7 134 80 ""i'i ........ 47 138 93 21 Harding's Revision of the 23rd Psalm Harding Is my Shepherd. I am In want. He maketh me to He down on Park Benches; He leadeth me beside the free soup houses; He restoreth My Doubt in the Republican Party; He leadeth me In Paths of Destruction for his Party's sake.- Yea, though I walk through the shadow of the valley of starvation, I do fear evil for thou art against me. Thy Policies and the Profiteers they frighten me. Thou preparest a reduction In wages before me In the presence of mine enemies. Thou Annolntest my Income with Taxes; My expenses runneth over my income. Surely poverty and unemployment will follow me all the days of this Normalcy administration, And I will dwell in a rented house forever. POET OF THE OZARKS. "Well, we had considerable fun on the set today. We have two musicians whose music is suposed to give the proper emotional at mosphere and I have a scene where I am sitting at the piano. Tony Melville, who was perhaps more temDermental than usual thin morning, asVed me to play some thing with lots of emotion InMt. So I strummed lightly 'The Sun shine of Your Smile." It is the only thing I know, Virgle. "That didn't please Tony at all and he said: 'Don't do that, Kitty Play 'Hearts and Flowers.' "Virgle, all morning long he had those musicians droning out Hearts and Flowers' until thought I should die. "And I said, 'Tony I don't don't know It.' "And, Virgle, what do you think he said? He told me: 'You go on with your 'Sunshine of Your Smile' and I'll have the musicians play 'Hearts and Flowers.' "Can you imagine my trying to keep a saddened, Introspective ex pression while I was drumming "Sunshine of Your Smile' on the piano and the musiicans were do ing their best to drown me out with 'Hearts and Flowers?' It was a scream, Virgle, and to cap the climax Tony Melville, If you pleace, turned his back upon me and the camera and, using both arms In sweeping gestures, he faced the musicians and led them as though he had bet on them to win out in the musical battle. "I simply howled with laugh ter. Had my life depended on It I couldn't have stopped. The scene, instead of being a little tragic Interlude, was the laughing ollmax of a Ben Turpln comedy Even Julian smiled for the first time since I have seen him." "Oh, Kitty, was Julian there to day?" "Yes, and he avoided me. caught him two or three ttmes during the day In a secluded cor ner giving himself a shot In the arm." "Oh. how horrible, Kitty!" "And, somehow, I feel that the worst is yet to come." Kitty's In tuitive fear was flippantly ex pressed as usual. (Tomorrow Virginia Meets Julian Thorndyke.) VI SJ r.-tV,w $1-00 Pack H " ng. of Genu rreeri?? YnaatVita. Tablets year draggiet today. If you are thin and em.ci.ted and wish something to help you pat on Beth and increase your weight Yeaet Vltaailne Tablets anon Id be aaed in eouwtta with mik N mated Iron. Wtth- oat anranic Irak both food and Vitamin are sbeolutshr useless, as rour body cannot etamns inert. 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General Ireneo VUlareal and two followers today were detained at Marfa and Alberto Rojas and two others at El Paso by the depart ment of justice In connection with investigation of what ap peared to be a revolutionary move ment against the Obregon govern ment started in United States territory. The Rojas party was appre hended at Fabens late-last night by Immigration officers, acting on information furnished by the de partment of Justice. The men were in a truck in which con siderable equipment was packed, including three rifles and approxi mately 3,000 rounds of ammunition. Cat Mothers Two Rats With Kittens Bloomington, 111,, March 16. By mothering two Infant rats with her new born kittens, Susie, a cat in the blacksmith shop of Jack Crawford's, breaks down all ,'ious suppositions as to cats. ' .ast Sunday morning she added four Infant cats to the feline popu lation of the world. Soon after ward, Lou White, a neighbor, thinking to give Susie a treat took her to a nest where they were five new born rats. Instead of making a meal, Susie started to purr and law down and played with the strangers.' How ever, she remembered her own waiting children and carried two of the rats back to her family home. Wireless burglar alarms are in use In London. Sni" tawm. MJ ITMltebsl llilitlannti J H 18 I! V kWWWHIIIIIIHHI it BBS buuuu roe) THC Mucr OS Cougtis.Colds CROUP. whoommo couch. 'MOAMfNtM, BRONCHITIS. CONTAINS NO NARCOTIC Mrf4rufa fc tUneiasterkaf Itarwulian, Dm Mora. lowavV.aV A. eaob.an.1 Diamond Lake to Be Opened to Auto Tourists - The Diamond Lake recreation area will be improved and opened to campers and tourists this year, Is the announcement Just made by O. J. Buck, In charge of re creational development work in the Forest Service offices in Port land. 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