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GEOKUK PUTNAM.
Hard
The Capital Journal remarked some time since that
patriotic citizens should enjoin Dr. Henry Waldo Coe, who
posts as a patron of art, and prevent his inflicting upon the
city of Portland as a gift, his statue of Abraham Lincoln,
which resembles nothing so much as a cross between Andy
Cump.and A. Mutt, and perpetrates a gross libel upon the
memory of the great emancipator.
Of course to art connoisseurs, like Mayor Baker, any
statue constitutes art, excepting only those of slighly draped
dancing maidens on the frescos
given, even for advertising purposes to gratify vanity, should
be thankfully received and installed at taxpayers expense,
where it will be a perpetual reminder of the largess and
generosity of the donor. Hence the offer of the crude
caricature of Lincoln was gratefully accepted as another
move in the beautification
gargoyled ornamentation.
The art commission, however, now unanimously recom
mends the rejection of the accepted statue because public
sentiment opposes it, after an extended inspection of the
design on display at the central library. A veritable flood of
protesting letters have poured in, from those who viewed it
and who seek a statue in some way resembling the original.
If the people had had a say, some of the other statues pre
sented from the same source would have gone the same way,
as they are neither artistic, historical nor correct.
However, Dr. Coe need not dispair. Eugene will be glad
to accept and pay the freight on anything in the statue line
Portland rejects, and it can be placed on the University
campus to point a moral and adorn a tale of the artistic
limitations of patrons of art.
Good
"The Oregon state prison is 50 years behind the limes, and
10 progress tail be made until a new plant is obtained.
Modern ideas are in use, but it is useless to work with worn
out equipment" states R. Ogden Chiisholm, of the inter
national prison commission who is in Salem inspecting
Oregon's penal and reform institutions.
Is that so? What is the matter with the prison? It it not
clean, sanitary and comfortable? Does it not lend itself
admirably, in its remodelled condition to the maintenance of
discipline? Are not the inmates better cared for and given
more comforts than the workers in lumber camps, the city
laborers or farm hands? Do the prisoners not enjoy more
luxuries than can be found In the average lodging house,
city or farm home?
Why should the taxpayers be mulcted to furnish additional
luxuries, conveniences and comforts for prisoners they can
not afford for themselves? What have the inmates done to
deserve more pampering? But that is the way of the up
lifters nothing is too good or too expensive, providing some
one else pays for it, to make the way of the transgressor
easy.
Professional welfare workers have one thing in common
they all believe in soaking the taxpayers. There is no satis
fying them. Buildings are no sooner completed than they
declare them obsolete, and their progressive program spells
bankruptcy, if given right of way. Some day, if the waves
of crime continue, the prison will have to be enlarged but
until then, Oregon's prison is good enough as long as well
managed.
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cations will be rejected.
To the Ktlltur; Now that the
election la over, and Oregon state
legiabtturo iff In session, the vote
can mil so while the fire burnt,
there are many explanations for
' ttio Colldge land slide yet there
' la but one prlmti cauve, I aked a
, nan not long ago why he was ft
, Republican he answered without
hesitation that the Republican
party hail the money, why not,
they have h:id the control lnce the
civil war, to i.iy the le-ist, money
In the prime r.uise wherever It ran
be implied the defeat of the lii
coino tax In Oregon confirms the
plnteirient, no doubt next four
years will be the most fin.inel.illy
prosperous wo lne h;id for a Ions
time, thero U no vImIiIo Uns of
friction in any part of the (1. O. 1'.
machinery. It is well oil"! nnd
has i ni:iKOillt cjH staff of enmn
cerH, nnd to fuither the t'oolidm
rauflp Hen'-y Kord offers his Divert
verbally and on wln-els, Mr.
Frliwnb has said ih.u it" organize, 1
hibor would di'-b;ind, if the rov
crnment would keep hi handn off,
snd If the icit indu.-drie.t wore
tinrestra-iied, there Mould ho the
prettiest demons! rat Ion ot prm.'pr
Itv ihis ctnidtiy ever n.nv. aside
from l.ibr Mr. S'liwnti's !!;:;:
tlnti! are well ni;h perfected, the
next d;iy :u"h-r the Imr elc-ih n I
heard a ni.ui ay thit the hum of
indnsnv vap mure .11 lltut th.in it
had h ".mi for some timo, iio.nlne
If yen ran ihf hi tu n-ups that i
Would be piodlieid and p:slhly
among litem a bn red w.iry tmu
lir1 under the compute control of
tlil bis liHinirle-i of America, 1
I'm lglne all the !ui;;e rules would I
not cue story to their wkywaid'
building. Mils Is a ve-y attra''tle
plctui e from the stan ! point of
wealth but the accumulation if
weil.h without morals l:i the mull
daiKerotm attainment any nation
can reach a, this time this na
tion hum alii, the w.irUl over is the
outstanding in -ate, worlds ptarp is
the pirAmouiit iiiiftlon which con
fronts tha Amerlmn peiple today
and It appears that we occupy the
most contra Jietory attitude of an
ration on earth.
On the theory of the urvlal of
the flghtest tribe and nattonn,
have niHlntalned and clalnud this
to be the proceea by which the fit
teH survivod, from time Immemor
ial nations have perpetuated thU
custom, In the lint worlds wan the
fittes; of the nations engaged were
left on the field of Manders While
tlio flfhteoet who survived annual
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Editor end Publisher
Luck
of skyscrapers, and anything
of the metropolis through
Enough
FORU
ly celebrate the slaughter under
tho aulHO of patriotism,
On the state hou.so ground In
Salem Is erected a stntue of pio
neer circuit rider, placol there as
a reminder of Q d'a design of
pence on earth and good wilt to
ward man, on tho court hounc lawn
is plicjd a statue of a warrior In
a gesture of advancement man
against man. the contrast of sig
nificance of the two statues i a
contradictory as t.heir appearance,
if the unknown soldier was hurled
beneath and n worlds fhig called
New Oloiy with tho star of every
nation et In the field of blue that
would load ie t.i banish war na
tion .v,Min.-t nation, and tin furled
from a etaff set in the monument
the mothers wiiOHc sons names ap
pear on the monument should get
a far better vi-slon of what 1 heir
sotiN nave their lives for than from
Ihe piesent stgulficenee.
I) ii ri-Aiiic,
1 9 0 so u t h Co mine tela I .
REAFFIRMS
WORLD COURT
ADHERENCE
Mllnnftl from PnR Onp
iiH'nt rotifet chop n ilinrly nnd
c.n huliis caoporntitin on the po
Ulic.Tl sl.le, ,o tho t.ivp plan K.m
n KliiiM.irly limoly nn.l effective ef
fort for relul'lhutton on the eco-
nle utile
'I hpileve tli.it tho next .ten
whlih we mny well tnke Ii by w.iy
of i.iill.-li.itlon In the permanent
.uni t of Intel national 1utli-e. I
lullovr ih.it with our nitherenoe to
lh.it tilliunat, for which I ranieM
ly hope. It will become our mciU
um In which ni.iy Ktailnally he pie
rlpliatr.l ami ci t.illlie.l of boily
of lnterimtlon.il law end proeed
lire which, by avoiding Ihe (limn
on th.it would intend the entali
It.hnient of ,uprr-Koverniuent. will
ultimately command tho reaped
and iippiTbatlon of the worldii
public opinion and the cooperation
of the nation.
I am convinced that If our civil
Ixalion la worthy of in name, then
phyal.Mt force la not Ihe only au
thority which may enforce an anil
war policy. 1 feel utronitly that
puhllo opinion, baaed on proper In
formation. wr roklnR through neen-clr-e,
tha ithe eontuion man may
we and understand, may b3 made
the ultimate authority among the
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IDAU McGLONE GIBSON
A MUTE WITNESS
'Sorry about your friend Ev
ans," aald Kirby. "Have Just been
reading the accounts of tho mur
dor. It la a sensation, alright. I
oxpcci they'll arrest Evans tonight
or In the morning, won't they
"What make you think i
Jim?"
"Well, I've been talking with
Ziegler of the fingerprint depart
ment and he aas thxt one of
those thumb-print on that gun
found In X'oss' pocket la Evans.1
"What have you got on for to
night Jim?" Dick Starmount ask
ed his friend Kirby of Tho World.
"Nothing. Haven't been assign
ed to anything since I came from
my vacation."
"Come on over to my apartment
and have dinner and let me tell
you the whole Foss-Evans story,
and I don't want to talk here In
the office. I've got to have help
on this case and have It right
away. Rodney Evans did not do
this killing In spite of thumb prints
and everything."
Who did?"
"As much as I hate to tell you,
Jim, I think it was Kathlyn Leon
ard." "Good Lord. Here Is a mix-up."
Kirby said aa ho followed his
friend down to the car.
Both men were soon at dinner
In StarmountVsitting room. Kirby
lighted a cigarette and stretched
his long legs out upon a chal.se
longue. Starmount continued to
walk up and down the room rest
lessly. "Fir away Dick, the reporter
flnaliy said. "I expect It will be a
long story and we might as well
got at It"
Starmount stopped In front of
his friend. "What I ftm going to
tell you tonight Jim must bo in
strict confidence. First you must
know that Kathlyn Leonard and
W
GKl:frhitt lights r nerved.
Tongue Tied
'ppark puue'e "N6Lv.ies
:amo "just a Kick im the
in dead heat
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Rodney Evana have been secretly
married r a ear and a half."
"Vej, I read that In this after
noon's paper. Rum kind of a mar
riage, wasn't it? Why did they
go up tho mountain? The yellow
sheets hinted at something queer
about the whole thing."
"Oh It was only tho whim of a
romantic girl w ho imagined ehe
was very modern. Uv.ins loved
her so much that he nui'ceJ to
anything to get hor. You and I
know, however, that It Is alv..y.s
tho man who runs to eateli the cur
and then sits d wn sntthfied.
"Well here's the whole thing in
a nut shell. Evans was putting on
his new play. Kathlyn was not
working very haid as she had just
finished that frieze which the suM
to the Pittsburgh oil man.
So she hud imicU time on hor
hands. Evan's began to get a little
interested in that little Sada Fill
more who Is playing the lead ii
his now comedy."
Propinquity, my boy. propin
quity, Kirby put in. "It is man a
Irrestlble tempter."
"Kathlyn went in search of her
own propinquity nnd found it In
Elton Fos." continued Dck with
sii'iie. "She had known him
casually for a long time.
,1a Fillmore true to her cat
tish nature and thinking to make
herself stronger with Evans took
him aside one d.iy and told him
about seeing Kathlyn and Foss to
gether almost evety day.
'Immediately fond hut band be
came all at once again fond of
wife and whilo Rod does not tell
me of more than one quarrel I
presume they hud many before
they readied the tragic one of last
evening.
"For some reascn unknown,
prohably because Sada had brought
to him another story. Rnd hint
evening c tiled upon Kathlyn
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forbid her ever seeing Vossa again.
"Kathlyn told him that she had
made no trouble over hU pecadll
loca and she expected him to keep
quiet when she stepped out. He
Irft her and went to the theater.
Hut during the evening he became
very muoh ashamed and returned
to ask her forgiveness."
"11-3 got there just In time to see
Kathlyn eject Fobs from her house
and to hear her threaten to kill
him If he attempted to return.
"The thunder was bo deafen ng
that Itod docs not seem to know
whether ho haard a gun shot. The
only thing he told me graphically
was his sight of Kathlyn'a face as
she tore away from Fose and he
crumnled in a heap, lie Isn't sure
whether he heard the tinkle of
metal on the wet sidewalk but
nnyway ho stooped over the dark
ened fiyuie after Kathlyn had
gone in and closed the door and
picked up an automatic which he
dropped into his own pocket."
"U'h:it"s that? I thought the re
volver was found in Foas' pocket?"
Kirby exclaimed.
"U'ak! Let me finish my story!
Kathlyn op on id the door and came
b:ick. Seeing Uvans she was much
fi Ih'liiened and told him to go
away. To reassure her he said I
liavo the gun.' She made the
lraui;o Inquiry 'lloth of them?' It
was then he bent down to pick up
another automatic which he drop
ped into the man's pocket. You
have read about finding that gun
and about the mysterious anony
mous letter and the testimony of
the ofiicTS and Rod."
"And the police blotter I was
curious eitouKh to go down there
thid afternoon. What about the
thick set man? Was that one of
yuur brilliant concoctions, Dick?"
"So. Doctor Johnson really saw
the man."
"Lei's forget that now. I want
to talk about these guns. Two
yuns do complicate matters.
"What be-cnnie of the gun Ev
ans dropped In his pocket?"
Surmount walked to a nearby
table. From a drawer he took
an automatic and placed It in Klr-
by's h inds. "This is it."
Bv Georee McMnnus
By Billy de Beck
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