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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1924)
PAGE FOUR THE CAPITAB JOURNAL SALEM, OREGON! Capital jUournal 8alem, Oregon ka Independent Newspaper Published every evening except Sunday Telephone 81; news 82 OEOrtOE PUTNAM, Editor and Publisher BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TODAY He that trvsteth in his own heart is a fool. Prov. 28:26. . Silverton's Secession Local news being dull, the Silverton Appeal is out for the division of Marion county, "making Silverton the hub'' of a new county. It suggests that "the township line between ranges 1 and 2 west be taken as the dividing line, also "talcing in the southeast portion of Clackamas county." This secession proposal is by no means new. It is revived periodically, primarily to fan the embers of the fires of dying small town jealousy of the capital city formerly exist ing in Silverton and to stir up community discord where harmony prevails. Under the division proposed, Stayton, Sublimity, Aums- ville, Woodburn, Hubbard and Mt- Angel would be cut off Marion county and included in the new county. Would it be of any advantage or any more convenient to these communi ties to have to go to Silverton instead of Salem for county business? Would it reduce taxation to maintain two sets of county officials, where only one is necessary? Has the thriving city of Silverton been neglected in road building or other county improvement? She has two paved highway entrances connecting with state highways and her other roads graded and macadamized. What more does she want? If she desires anything more will she not have one of the county commissioners to look after her special needs? No, Silverton has no real grievances only ambitions. Secession is impossible, not because it would be .seri ously opposed in Salem, but because it would require not only a special. act of the legislature, but approval by referendum of the people of both Marion and Clackamas counties, and the vcters of both counties have the habit of voting no upon any measure that increases taxation. Meantime if Silverton can get any fun out of seceding, let her go to it. Let the tail try wagging the dog. The School Book Graft O.ie of the needless extravagences of government that the legislature can get rid of, is the school text book commission, which changes school text books every few years. The law provides that the commission at its regular session, can keep the old text books or substitute new onra, but it acts as though lhn substitution was mandatory, just as our tax makers act as if the six percent limitation to tax increase was mandatory for the increase. The text book commission met this week and adopted a brand new set of text books. As a result, all parents must purchase new books the coming year at an increase in price of at least 25 percent- The old books cannot be passed from the older students to the younger, but a brand new set is required all around. The only possible beneficiary of this law is the school book trust." The students, judged by results, do not learn any more from the present text books than from those used 30 years, in fact, are not as well grounded in fundamentals. Text books do not get out of date save those on a few sub jects. As the 'Corvallis Gazette-Times says : nnoka o( science Ret out of (Into very fust, ljut nothing else does. CcoKnipliirn nml histories cuu uave Additions nnd supplements. A child can lenrn to read Just ns well from a reader his Brnndmother luid. llo run Iciiru the multiplication tuhle just as nccurutcly from his dud's arithmetic. As It Is now, however, text hooks nhnnge bo fust thitt tho hook Unit sister used Is no good for little Willie two yours lntor. In order to keep tho book publishing compunics from starving wo liavo to have a different kind of text book. ' Schemes of this kind are what make our school system the most expensive in the world and increase its cost yearly. The larger part of taxation goes for schooling. Frill after frill is added, without any apparent educational value, and more and more the work of parents is left to the teachers and the government of the schools left to the pupils. To make the present system perfect, why not let the pupils also select their own text-books? Home Making Helps ARR YOU PLAMN'tl TO ni i i HMSH thi: M itsr.uv? Nursery furniiuro him become H nlapl? n dim Hiiro elrolea it ml i-neli .season vj find it more vhitrniliiit thin ovp.r before, Inter ior flecom'.oi-H pivparo a room for tho fitting In (he no iliiya llko nn iipproprliiio fr.imo for a picture Inking tttto cnnHlrtcriftl in tho ntyle nnd per I ml of (lie ho line. ltn nut tirnl llKh'.hiir, tho Hltn.ition of the l oom, nml the f uturo occupant, their nt;, tnMow nml looks. Thin means tho most porfojt hamuli)" nnd happlcHt muTouiull irs. Thi-ro aro threo Klaos In the mirnory suit's that for wee run nrnumlR, thrn fui tho five lo nine year yoinitfuterB, then the noxl iiso that Is not outgrown until the fifteenth your. Htrtntly npenkitiR, tho first In the nvil nmncry funtt- line, yet ninny rcfurnbth it fiiHt nn tho chihlri"! outgrow the thing: tnd p.ixt them on to young re hi :tvits and friends. Noedle.ii to say the furniture phono;! in of tho painted variety though It Is alto to he hud In the iirullit wuo.H one white enam- rl net In decorated with bluebird tho straight ch ilr nnd roeker hav lug ratio NriitJi and hnrlui painted Ma llko blr.l. In the r torn where Hie met was to bo uttl tho wood work was unite, tho p.iper ullvrr inrt White striped with a rut-out 'tiordiv, nnd the floor of polished onk nnd bluo nnd white woven rum scattered over tt. The dra TerieB of white fluted muslin had Wrd'a whim. Tho play ihwt wan tovpred with bM:tlnl cretonne. Nurn.M-y bronkfant net nr rather lew and oo iv lit of the small round r oblonp lahloa with nm many rhnlm to nmtch n are needed. They fent four very comfortably. Iheiio 9t arc in white -urny or Muo with colored decoration. Home hav two Inch border In tflnrnl dtlnn, Orvoiati key or nlter tuita colored olookn. Other have the alphabet 1 lit' border running around the edfte of the table. The mull chair (n many vela w bent woodF with can aeau " The nui-aerv acren have frame.' to mutch th furniture but the wind are covered to match the drupei-iea or with one of the nur-M-ry oi-etimnns thut tell n -story. tit one wnraery the screen wa cov orefl with whl'.o iiuialtn and the ohlldrn wcro allowed to pawte Picture cuc-outs on It an a special privilege and when they Rot tired or tno pictures they were easily reuiovea ana fresh ouoe parted In men- place. Tho wooden aoldler set Is ul ways a fuvorilj, especially with Miiiitll Imyi or no 1 titer form th lees of the ch.ilra nnd t allien, stand at either sid j of the looking glnm on i no clival n K table, nnd npjieiir agtiln us Itnfl posts. The military color. of the uniforms are quite Kny looking: on the white wood work ot tha set. Tho plea:i:it colorinK uned on noine of tho sets is very milking I'Ui uio (duos embroidered to nmtch temper nil Into a harmoni ous whole. Tn.M'a are a number of ch t nts well p.ipnra that go with this stylo of decoration, ch peol.illy thoKe having; floral me. '!' "II his on yellow or soft grvan I'acKffrouiuts which nro mom ef foctlve, ZANNi toImTinF TOKIO UNTIL SPRING Toli In. Nov 2t dli? ,uii.,.i lrH!i. ) Major l'edro ' Eiiunl, the .MKt.iniue nvuuor, wno was stitHeil hero while nttcmntiii mi ir rulae a romul the world, Unlay ri- 'eivOfl instriirlimi tmm . .......ii te In iiuenos Aires to rem.iin In Jupan until spriiiR au then ie Kiime hin fticht fn ii. i.. States by thu North raeiric route The Ardent in mlniMtitf ..r cable Major Jfianttl an of for to vnfl hi hi ui ry aitiicne to Toklo to rt- m.":tn With ftiA nurlu ll... r.. nl accented the uffeV. Miijor Zati in Minus io oeToie tne t. inter In preprtrntton fur n resumption of Hip fhirht early n Mav, 19:'4. Patrink Mnrnl. - . tmr Major Knnni and Enlna; Vlo instructed to remain with Major 2ii nu i, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, i924 Wtie nowerof family m a frhrlllinr IiOtq Story by ID AH McGIiONK SIBSON AKISE. SIR SENATOR, WHAT IS I.OVE? "I must aay, Gordon," remarked .Maria, "that you haven't much idea of a woman'B gratitude or a woman's interest in a man. "Gratitude! What have you to be trrateful for, Marta? I nearly eot vour name shot into a scandal "I cmeas Uncle Henry's right. I cuesa I'm a rotter. But, oh, Marta, Marta, I'll go straight if you'll tell me you love me." Marta looked startled. Things woro rushing along at a great rate. She had never thought of being in love witlt anyone, at least not for many years yet. She liked Gordon Fleshor because he had taken her to those places that she designated "thrlllingest. ' She acknowledg ed to herself the he also was thrillincest." and she felt im mensely flattered that a man of his age he was at least m- would find time to pay any at tention to her. She acknowledged to herself with a little blush that she did like his kisses. Her chum at school had never described kisses like his to nor. Instead of tell Gordon Flesher that she loved him, she asked: "Gordon, do you think a girl can let a man klas her without loving him?" With a little sly Bmile. Gordon Flcsher kissed the childish lips again and again before he answer ed by asking: "What do you think?" "I don't know " she aswered a little breathlessly. "I like your kisses. They make me understand' what my chum at school said about being kissed. Sho always said it made her 'feel as though she had eaten tjo many waffles and honey." "Dearest, what a materialistic comparison!" the kind of full feeling that comes to vou after you ve eaten tnomr You do like waffles and honey, don't you?" "Not In the same way I love Ulssing you, dearest. I love you, childie." "You've said it. You like kissing me and I like kissing you. but not sure whether that is love. Why, Gord, I'm only a little more than 15 years old, and I want a lot of time to be -Just myself. I don't want to bo in love really, truly in love with anyone. I don't think It pays." "Pavs! Marta. what are you talking about?" asked Gordon, who in all his flirtations and love maK ing had never heard love discuss ed in such practical terms. The surprise of It all was that Maria's frankness, and uttor disregara lor the rules of the . game gave him aa he acknowledged to himself the greatest kick ho had ever had In his life. "What do you mean, 'pays?'" he again demanded. "Well, you see, Gordon," began Marta somewhat reluctantly, for although she knew she would have to tell a little about Kafe and Nor rie to got Gordon to do somothlng for them, she did not want to tell all of. Norrie's affairs with -Rafo. She wasn't nearly as sure about the matter aa she had "made poor Norrie believe when she left her. 'I've never known nnyone yet," she said, "who seemed to be very happy when In love. Rafe Satterly and Norrie, I guess, are good ex amples of It, and I know Norrie is nearly heartbroken ut this moment She is deeply In love with ltnfe. and I left her upstairs crying all over the place." "What's the matter? Has Rafe Satterly welched?" "I don't know what that word "Uut surely Gordon, you like means, Gordon, but If it means waffles and honey, and you know'thnt Norrie "Is afraid Rafe Is grow ing a little tired of herT- i3 the word to V wh? "3 agtno anyone growing tlredJ01 rie; she la so sweet. tt h .NN terribly to aee her unhaDnJ? " Maria suddenly Put h. ' . n Gordon Piesher's him straight J nnd looked face. . TJ uu love m." she Is real and how mr.K rr.0 the kick you get out of mv U ouo- at wnat y0u e.iii i" . ,u- .meniafc. ana i am wonderin-T" how much. How murh nr .s ?" Gordon gathered her Un i v, arms. She aeemed so aLS U entirely sincere, and yet th was something about her thif? had. never found In any other J? "Try me dearest. You'll Ihl(l f' I am true." in "All right; I will. Gordon, I WBn, you to do me a great favor I you to do a very big thing f0r"" "Flro away. I'm game." wei were thu at. -uoruon, Kafe and Norrie ut uiu aume piace we ternoon." "W-h-a-t!" the claimed. young man . "They Sot away, but tho office, have Rafe's car, nnd of course bv this time they know the owh..! "That's too bad. I'm sorrv . Norrie, because everyone will kttow that if Rafe Satterly was at Jin i-.vn.c "wiuu was wik him. I'm afraid Rafe. hnot will have to take his medicine, ai "Somerimes, Marta, T thlnlr ih whnt has been the matter with mt That's why I've gotten the name I have because I have always stooi the gaff as well as I could. It danced, a was willing to pay Ujs piper. I'm afraid I did not know how to get out of it without lvin and porhaps the only ethical code j. nave is mac i win not lie to any. one, oven myself." Tomorrow That Sore Spot, Cost of Gas l4iil to Mayor Munich Because gas comes hi;li to the householders of Munich they have united to brine suit against the mayor of the city. He is ctiarged with usury. BRINGING UP FATHER By George McManus JAME'b-e.O IN AM' A-bK NRSj. JlCCb HOW LONCi OOEt) bHE. THINK I'M 60NNA, VTANO FOR THl'b WUCMCE? COLLY- moothfol:- n . '. . . .. 'i I j ii ii i i 1 1 1 1 i i i rrpa 1 1 1 t A I -! PAY THESE 1 thJo0 ikW "AKm; L -J U MUSI J I ' .j""" Crel BHHln titlils tMerveJ. . 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