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PAGE FOUR CapitalJtJournal Balsm, Oregon An Independent Kewiptper Published arsry TenlDg except 8undt7 Telephone 11; CEOItUB PUTNAM. Too Many Laws Now Something in the vicinity of a thousand new laws to save the people will be proposed by the solons who today begin their 40 days wandering in the legislative wilderness and at least three or four hundred new lawn will bo added to encumber the statute books nearly all of them superfluous. Massing new laws is the great national past-time and a legislator thinks he has not served his constituency unless he has fathered a dozen and logrolled a portion of them onto the statute books. Americans pass more laws than any nation on earth, and pay less attention to them after they are passed. The crop varies at from 8,000 to 15,000 per year, but for the length of time actually on the job again it is a ease of Oregon first. As the new laws either conflict with old laws or carry a clause repealing laws in conflict therewith, and since we are perpetually tinkering with the constitution by amendments, and thereby nullifying old laws, we have attained the envi able condition of government by courts since courts only can construe a path through the maze of legislation and create some semblance of order. If it was not for the courts, we wouldn't know where we are. Special interests, trusts, cliques, blocs, secret societies, reformers and upliftcrs are all on the job, each with a panacea for real or imaginery evils in the form of a statutory remedy. And the ordinary legislator, no matter how well meaning falls a victim to the scientific pressure put upon him, because of his ignorance There are those who think economic reverse, every social injustice, can be remedied by a law, even if in conflict with natural law, and so the free and Unlimited coinage of statutes proceeds merrily. And the net result is to overburden the courts, increase the bureaucracy, and multiply taxes without in The best service a legislator can render his constituency, is not in the passage of more laws, but in the defeat of unnecessary laws, for there are laws aplenty on every con ceivable subject. The Ross Removal Governor Pierce would have been in a better position had he rt fused to give any reason for the removal of Dr. Thon'as W. Ross as fish commissioner, and contented himself by asserting the ouster "for the good of the service." The reasons given are specious and illogical, and merely camouflage for the Governor's own particular brand of politics, which he has played ever since in office. The charge of purchasing liquor made upon an unsup ported affidavit, was dropped during the public hearing by the Governor and the commissioner gijen no chance to dis prove it, the Governor accepting his denial. As to extrav agence, if there was any, Commissioner Kendall was as much at fault as Dr. Ross and to be consistent, the Governor should oust him also. The new appointee is evidently amply qualified because he knows nothing alxmt the salmon industry and it will take him a long time to familiarize himself. Meanwhile one of the state's greatest industries, which furnishes the revenues for the fish commission to operate, will drift at the mercy of politicians, playing a political game for the patronage available. Fish and game are always bones of contention in legisla tive sessions and Governor Pierce has thrown down the gauntlet for another fight and will be in luck if the legislature does not take the commission out of his jurisdiction. Salem Man Former Training Partner of Vanquisher of Lewis Wayne "Big" Muiin, who list Thursday won Hie heavyweight wrestling championship of thr world by defeating "iUrangler " Lewis at Kansas City, hus ait old chum and training partner liv'ns In Saleiu, it became known tutl.;y. K. K. Mulioncj, who opcrutt'i a grocery Btore on South llgli street, lived In the name block In Sioux City with Muitti, and clerked In a Kfocory etore where I he pres ent champion trailed. "There were three of iw lo go out and run with him when he was training, " says Mahom-y. "Due of us would niu at u liuio. while the others rode in the ear." At that time the fall of Muun was training to ho a buu It v. ait not until u year ago thai Muun, moving from Sioux City to Omaha, hgau his training to In ft wresth-r. ("mmenlius on Mitnn's meteoric rise a a wrtw'lrr. Mahoiu'v say. "Mo doesn't know how st vov he is. Ho would have made a pretty good boxer clever nn1 everything hut he couldn't lan.l riinishmcnt. lie was In two fights there in Sioux City, bin each time the other fellow lanoVI him one in the nead and tint made tils groggy. BEND WOMAN WILD IN DOWNING MURDER ninil. Or.. Jan. 13. Mm. IW la Norton irrmted Katunlajr on chnrBe of perjury. It mill hui In Ills county Jail. Her ball wan filed at 12000 but had not been provided tbi mornlnir. Time tor her hearing hu not been mi but It will be act aoma tlma th af ternoon for another day. The perjury charire wna tha re sult of contradictory tcatimony Riven at the Inquest following the ulclde of W. P. Downing, local reataurant man. Mm. Norton la not connected so war as is known with tha shooting hut shs teatl 'led that Mr. Downing had not flslted her rooms before the time when he cams thera and shot news li Editor end Publisher of fundamental law. that every existing evil, every any way alleviating conditions, Minin g weiylu ranges betweeu 276 and 290 nntinrf. M:.hi-iiv nays. He la 8 feet 7 lochoa tali, auu a man 6 feet lu height look.. like a dwarf wueu staudttig bu- mdo him. lie t 4 or G iiu'u taller than Firpo, who is u Having closely followed Munn'rf eartter, wuicu uaa urougm mill lo the top of the wrentliiiK world in year's time, Mahoney stuteit that Muun hus had lus than a do en matches and never lost ow. Most of his contents wero sch-jd-uled as preliminaries to Lewis inatehoH. Mahoney bttievea that A'miti had an object hi this. "He was studying Lewi., aiyn Mahoney. "He figured Lewis didn't have tin vl bin if hut tlial headloek and he could beat that Mahoney Mates that 1 must ha o tried lo "pull hotuo thing dirty" at the match. "The p:ipcr ;iya Munn picked Ia-wIs up and thnw him over the rope 4," :y ' Maimiu y. "M,i wouldn't hi- done that unless Lewis had done somethin ; to him Munn's the "leanest sp irt you ever saw." Mahoney moved to Salem laat Inly. He likes It here, he mv. all but the rain," and he Intends to stay. tified ih.it he had been there. The inquest following the ilwilli of Mr. Downing w;i ihtttnoned Sat urday mid will he resumed si 1:30 today. MM, I HON OK VICSTI'.HU.VI S IT..I.K QL TTt I CAlLtg M O IN XlMjlj. O iCATlSAC u&tt1s mi TODAY'S CROSS WORD PUZZLE HORIZONTAL Diametrically opposed Const ulbuion 1'enaitiBjiic to knot CoUtt-tiou of dwell! t ix i (joir-ball on lu couc l'liftVil Vslli-jr fr'kWuniailon African giraffe Or.t. r or M.tU (abbr.) 1'rrfU indk-ailiif long lapse of time fViiuur killed by Hercules JmiK JMaml (abbr.) 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V ftp J tj B an ckmrt - : ij Itiu t look f"; , fc-Z I smto .THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON UOW TO SOLVE THE CROSS WORD PUZZLE Tho war to koIto the Cross Word Puzzle U to fill In lb wbile tujuarea of tho diagram wlttt tho words wliicli aicrce with ttto acooiu panint definitions. The deliiitliotu am numbered to correspond with (be niuiibcrs on lb diasram. Any nord defined In tlte text under "HORIZONTAL will twin at Its numlM'r, slioun on tlio diagram, and wilt extend all tho way across to I lie first bl.iclt space lo the right of that number. That lb, it to word must bcsln In tlvc txiuare Out cumulus Ma klciuirlii(c mini her, und extend as far as tho wluMo square cuutlnue uninterrupted! jr. Anv word defined under "VFTITICAT." will ft I so begin, In the white aparo l.uii contain Its number, but will extend downward as far ma the whlto sjKtcca rcnalu uninterruptedly. HI Wk Coirli:lit 1021 George Maltliew -bMVTt-Vb BUTLER phoned no rriwe - whm HE. 11 I WAKlYo. rt o : (CHMV NO, LiCrar Hut' ( 'MUCH A'S I'D dlKEloee 1 I CANT - AOBODV CAN WWAIfllA'S pLACB- Adams T2 ILL BE ORe-sen AND OUT OF HERE. iri SOOOT TEN. MINUTED H25 ay Int-u Fsatuks Sssvtee. Inc. C.ritt Britain .i.lit, MMtveJ. Barney Arrives .J ' i Framing Up Father Jeff Confuses A Modern An Absorbing Novel IDAH McGLONE GIBSON y A St ltl'ItlStXG UEV ELATION "Rod, you're mad: Richard Starmount aald wildly. "No, I'm perfectly sane.' 'But you Just told m that yoa did not know whether you killed him or not. "I know It This la what X want you to get into your mind very clearly. Kathryn w liable to be accused of 1'uss' murder and I snail confess that I shot him." "Hut you dlun't Rod; you didn't do It." "No, I didn't do lt.M "Someone did. The man la dead. Hut make no mistake he deserv ed to die, I tthould have kilted him if someone else had not. What you have to do. Dick, is to get her free at any coat.1 "Tell me the rest of it. "In a moment Kathlyn opened the door again," continued Rodney "1 know now she was looking for her revolver, which I bad picked up and dropjHd Into roy pocket a tew seconds before when I waa exam ining jVoaa to see if he waa dead. "t told her to go bock and go to bed. ItMitead, she came down tho ate pa, imploring me to get away aa soon as possible. "To reassure her, I said: 'I have the gun,' and then she asked if I had both of them." "What did he mean by that?" "She must have known that Foss was armed." "Was he?" "ves. I bent over him again and picked up a Run and put it in his pock it, from which it might have fallen. Just as I was doing this policeman came up." "What did you tell him?" That I was coming to call up on MIh.1 Leonard and found the body when Miss Leonard opened tho door and a shaft of light from her studio fell upon It "Kathlvn acknowledged that she OlDN'T v-cu 1 PHOHE MF A.tMf-1 TELL WE THKT NR"b.VMITW WAHTE.O TO ME7 1 A 11 Mutt With a Bit of Reverse English MONDAY, Marriage ; knew Foss. That he had been calling upon her earlier in the evening. Wa told them nothing else. At the itatlon houfce where I went with them I reiterated the story to Skelton, the detective." "JJid they search you." "No, but I waa afraid they would and left the revolver that I had placed in my pocket with Kathlyn. The policeman found tho other gun In Foss pocket, and, remark ing that It was wet, cuivfully put It In bis handkerchief. Later at the etation it was dropped and picked up by another man. I went from the s'ation directly to Kath lyn' house. X knew she would he terribly frightened. I didn't want to leave the sun in her bouse Here it Is." "IJut this gun Is fully loaded," Starmount said a moment after he had taken it front Rodney's out stretched hand. "My God, then I put Kathlyn's gun In Fuss' pocket. What If the rain has not obliterated all the finger prints '" "That is something we will worry about wheu we get to U. What time is It new. Rod?" "About seven, I think." "Well, we'll have breakfast and I'll phone and inquire about the inquest." . As the two. men went Into the dining room a paper was thrust into Starmount'i hand. Across the front pane waa em blazoned in red: "ELTON FOrW MUHUKRKD." Below, the lawyer road: "Well-known Ilioker Killed tn Greenwich Village." "Ihe battlo Is on." he said, turn ing to Evans. "I'll leave you and telephone to Central Station. You read tho story, and whatever you do, do not look concerned, lief ore we have finished our breakfast we will probably have every police v rou NEVE15. "?r i . DIO BETTER J TCOLLX-1 H Joa in your rl F,T 1 1 UFE OWT THOUGHT VOUrvU V p.- J IFE: KNEW f-riS Y NE'0'CE: NO -MUM' BESIDE t, . MR'b.'bMITH I'D OUT OF IT V. I I ji 1 1-1 a. . c- 'vt . s JANUARY, 12, 1925 reporter In the city here. I'll be back before that and help you out." Rodney Evans did not Immedi ately read the paper. Instead, ht laid U beside his plate while hi deliberately ordered breakfast foi two. By the time the fruit had ar rived Dick Starmount returned and seated himwlf. "The Inquest Is called at ten o'clock thiv morning. I had the good luck to find tikelton, and by a little Judicious questioning found that you will probibly be Indict ed." "Thank fiod!' fervently dropped from Rud's lips. "I'm not so sure, Rod,' said Dick earnestly. "In any case Kath lyn will bo called upon to testify." "She can I'ct'ude to testify, Dick." "On what grounds? Ycu would not want her to say that she might incriminate herself, would you?" "Certainly not. Sho has a per fectly good excuse for not testify ing." Rodney paused a moment as though choosing his words. Then he added: "IHok, the girl known as Kath lyn Leonard has been my wife for over a year." (Continued Tomorrow) We seldom find people ungrate fut as long as we are in a con dition to render them service. Rids You of Pile Torture Pyramid Pile Suppositories work so quickly, stop pain so suddenly, relieve soreness so completely as to add you to the ttiou.&nd who be lieve It the best. sjatt, quickest re lief known for ItcbtnK, burning, deeding, protruding piles. iet a ,0-cvnt box at any drugr store. Bv George Mc.Manua By Billy tie Beck By Herriman Bv Bud Fisher himself. Two messenger boys tes
