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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
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