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PAGE FOUR THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1023 CapitaiJtJournal Stltm, Oregon An Independent Newipaner 1'ubllsbed rery erenlng except Sunday Telephone 81; newt (1 GEORGES PUTNAM. Editor tod Publisher Defeating Its Purpose By a vote of 34 to 18 the house passed house bill No. 164, three clays after it was introduced by Ilurlburt. It is one of the measures sponsored by the Anti-Saloon League and provides fines of not less than $500 AND not less than six months imprisonment for violation of provisions of liquor making laws. This statute makes it compulsory upon a judge upon a plea of guilty or a conviction to inflict both heavy fine and long term imprisonment and is therefore likely to defeat itself. Recently the Capital Journal pointed out that an important fundamental in law making is that excessive and inhuman penalties for slight offenses tend to increase crime and there is no surer way of destroying a criminal statute than by providing such penalties. Juries find themselves con fronted by the alternative of finding an offender not guilty or sending him to jail for a long term and to pay an exorbitant fine and invariably acquit, because the penally outrages their sense of fair play and justice. President Coolidge recently refused to permit an amend ment to federal prohibition laws providing both fine and imprisonment for violations, because of its violation of the fundamental in law making, but that does not deter the Anti-Saloon League from seeking to impose severer penal ties for prohibition violations than are imposed for any other offenses, thereby helping make the law unpopular and there fore unenforcible. Led By a Child A boy of 14 held an audience of 15,000 red-bedecked men and women spellbound last night in Madison Square Garden, New York City, while he exhorted them to bring about a fulfillment of the plans of Nicolai Lenine, in whose memory, the meeting had been called. He received an ovation when he shouted "down with capitalism! Down with its system! Up with the soviet republic !" A boy of 14 is about the ripe age intellectually required to lead a Bolshevist movement, having all the knowledge of history and perspective of civilization necessary to advance convincing arguments for its destruction. The appeal of the Red is an appeal to ignorance, an appeal to emotion, and communism becomes a religion to its fanatical adherents, and it is better that a little child should lead it than those inspired by selfish motives of loot and power. That 15,000 people could be held spell-bound by a child and roused to frantic enthusiasm by his appeals, shows how manv morons we have in the country. Farms Can be Sold Hy Wulls '.allman.) Good farms priced at their true valuo wilt soon ho lu demand, but not for (Speculation, hh speculator; can hardly be expected to iuve.it in laud as long uh the.ru ia no mud agitation from every source, tidl inj; tliu public that the farinei are still living on, or depend in;; on KoverniiU'iit aid. However, tin farmer who did uot lay anile bit better judgment and speculate and i;et heavily in debt during the ex cieediiifJy properoiw yearH of I lie World war period, can now ban. lit their farms prosperously, and very few of this claw of fanners are ofterinR their farms for Hale. Those are the farmers who saved up their surplus money received from the hic,h war price farm products, to tide t hem over tin lean years, which any careful I v thoughtful person could not 'ail to anticipate, an a natural rotmli which would follow the extremely Inch price! caused by the. trc mcudous destruction of all kindv of farm products, due to the shill ing ot vast numb cm of ship loads by the submarine warfare. Well, some will say that thu farmer who was so thoughtless at to not lay by and save his Inomv while the opportunities wero 90 unusually favorable is not dowerv lug of much sympathy. Now this view of the matter. 1 think, would be unjust due to the fact that practically all the pe. pie engaged in the varioua Indus trie and occupations during tl peak of world vnr prices, seem to have been terribly intoxicated with a mania for speculation, to why should we c rill tine the fann er alone. 1 am sure the farmer far more deserving of our sympa thy than tlnwe. of other occupa tion who mill bad an opportune) to quickly reimburse themselves, due to the hij.h scale, of wage, and the rttill higher prices mtin tuined for nil Kinds of maniila'" tured goods, w?me the farmer prod uc is suddenly dropped to a price fur below the cost of nio duction, while the price of what ho hail to buy, wilb Hie hirvi priced labor and excess profit add ed into its com; nil attended to impoverish the laruier to such an extent for several years during the period of low prices for farm prod ucts, that it was 110 wonder (In farmer began to stagger under the load and ask for some kind of re lief, and while the fanner stilt In to pay excessive prices for hid form machinery, and all other fac tory poods, he can new mnke good with the Rroatlr advanced pries paid for all farm products, nti. many who left the farm during the period of farm depression, are now turning back to the soil once more, as the surest and best way to obtain a permanent home mil steady employment. I am sure I cannot ffpenk 1jo highly of the wisdom of this etas--, of converts, when 1 see an mr.ny unemployed persons who left com fortabla farm homes to aeek the high priced jobs In the cities, where many fall to find employ ment and their eipenses while Idle, eooa consume all they earned through short periods of empl y ment at high wages. Thla condi tion, coupled with the high price of farm products and the murh brighter future outlook for the farmer ,1s now not only encourag ing to the present occupant of lbe farm, but ia uiso tending to caitKu tit hern who wero farmers until driven from the farms on uccmir.t of extremely unfavorable condi tions, to reinvest again in fa nun. Wliile, ua 1 have already staled, we ca 11 not at present expect I l:e speculator to neelt farm invest ment, while so much is being a.iid : gainst It. yet, 1 uin inclined to think that before the close of tii present year, that the farms no." occupied bv good, nctivo, com unit cal farmers, will show such g i , I results, with good crops and h'K 1 priced products, that speculate n will be;;in to turn to farm invent mollis as the safest and best in vest m -Mil for money, and will be willing to invest in good land at its true value. . I shall endeavor to discuss what mean by true values on land !u a later article. TODAY'S CROSS WORD PUZZLE HORIZONTAL 1. Touching 8. Small uuect cuke 10. Itevrbcrallou 12. I'ronouii 1.1. Kami fiallou, N. W. lYuuce IfS. l'lunder III. Setinium (all.) 17. I'artake of food lt. Wont of rcfuMil :iU. Tally 21. One wlio bales 't'Ai Type measurement i!5. Naked liO. M.llo COWH I'H. M)ll(ai) Iwailgear VERTICAL 3. Dull imiIii 3. Knstiare 4. Depart 5. l ii re out 6. New York (ah.) 7. A lexicographer 9. itedillled II. A liulit e1luw One who feharjHii rawu 14. I 'tap 1H. Article of furniture 12. I Jrml 21. Seven! li month ue. i;xi HOW TO SOLVE THE CROSS WORD PUZZLE The nay to solve the Cross Word Puzzle Is to fill In the while squares of the diagram wltti the words which agree with the aruom l.ining definitions. The definiilous uro numbered to correspond with Ik numbers on the dlajrxin. Any word defined la the text under "IIORIZON'TAL" will begin nt Its number, shotm on the diagram, and will extend all the nay mro to the firat black space lo ihr- right of Hint number. That h, tlio word must begin In the -o.ua re that contains its Identifying- nnm her, and extend ma far as the white squares continue uninterruptedly. Any word defined under "VERTICAL will also begin. In the white ftpnro tliat contains u nnmbrr, but will extend downward as far as 1 lie white space reuuuUi uuhitcrruptcUly. A Modem Marriage An Absorbing Novel . Y By IDAH McGLONE GIBSON j OF YESTERDAY'S IP" i Llow s 1 ARMOR 1 B Ail T O 5l Ai M E I'! A. L I C EljSJ jjp II Mlm To Hp 77 zi. Copy light I2I Ceorgo Matthew Adams FROM TIIK 1IKART After Itlchard JsUrmount left her, Kathlyn Kvans wept until her heart recmed to break. At last she pulled heruelf together and took the advice of her nurse who told" her that probably if uhe got to work en her story she would forget some of her tfrcat trouble and Brief. The nurse placed before her writing board with sharpened pen cils and plenty of paper without being asked. In doing It Kathiyn understood that the woman had been interested In the conversation she had juat heard. Kathlyn be pan by writing down the sentence aha had told Dick. It was at Lu die Thome's and Vern-jn Stedman'a wedding -that my plan of marriage began to take form. I remember It as If it were yes terday. As I emerged fifom the church Into the blizo of sunlight I drow a long breath of relief. I had felt atlfled in the dim light and close atmosphero where I had sat through the tiresome wedding ceremony. I had caught the eye of the bride as she trailed back from the flower bede-jked altar on the arm of the snug groom in his con ventional morning-coat, a conven tional smile on his somewhat va cuous face. My friend Lucile looked very tired and worn and although her lips registered a faint smile for me ft was most fleeting. It did not reach to her eyes which were un utterably weary. Vernon Stcdman, the bridge- gioom, had a kind of expression which reminded me of the old car toons of the "cat which had eaten j the canary." I grew rather risk asi I realized that I had eeen that ex pression of Sted man's face when years before and when he had walked back from hw wedding cere mony with Corinne Ackers, a lit Ite more than a year after. I remembered looking about and seeing the sly smiles on a number of fa:es as Vernon and Lucile re pcated the words 'Until death do us part.' I knew that Lucile mvani all tint she aid from her inmost soul, but as for Vernon Stedman it wai really a joke. lie w;ls letter lrfeot In the words of the cere mony. Kver s'nre the invitations had been cut for the weeding there had been speculation rs to how long his Ut eat love affair would last. Oni of his friends had said the night before "You must give Ver non credit fcr one thing; he al ways conventionalizes and legal ises his affairs Si the heart; he always marries the girl." I could not help thmMng as I descended the church steps and started down the avenue what it farce It ail wad, and it saddened me. I was brought to myaelf by the grasp of a hand on niy arm and 1 coming tj an abrupt stop I looked! In surprise and annoyance at a face which was directly in front of mine. In a moment I recognized who It was. Sorry to be rude, Kathlyn," Rodney Kvans said, "but I've pa,s cd you and repassed you twice in the last block and tried my best to speak to you. 1 feel that explan ations are In order. What is the matter with you, fair maid, on this nunshiny af'.ernoon? Why the look of contemptuous weariness on your face V I Rhcul.J think you would have the name look on yours," I an swered. "For you and I have J 1 1 t come, from the marriage of Lu'ile Tlio.no and Vernon Stedmnn." I remcmiier that Kod did look he had married Kdith Melville fourlltllo serious as he answered. "Yon BRINGING UP FATHER 1 saw you and It was there that the look of utter disgust with the world in general was hatched, I think. Surely you want your friend Lucille to marry. No woman wanta to go through life unmarried." I tried to smile at Rodney's ban ter but I could not answer. "Why are you so prejudiced against marriage, dear. I have' been hoolnjj to make you promise to marry mo soon." I f,--iled. The caaualncss and un exr.ertedriesa of Rod's remark sur prised me. "Am I to think that what you Jiuit said is a real proposal, Rod ney. rr merely one of your Jokes. If it be real you should know that after th marriage we have just tien thW is certainly not an aus picious moment to propose to me. "Why di In't you want Lucille to marry. S:edman, Kathlyn? He has plenty of money and certain ly he Li as wild about her as I am about you, dear." 'That's Juht It, Rod, you men ;h into matrimony because you i 'crazy about uome girl. You are 'crazy about me this afternoon n my new frok but you see I can't near it all the time and If some time you would happen to see me in an ugly gown, perhaps you would not bo 'crazy' over me any more. "l)o you realize. Rod, that Ver non Stedman was 'crazy about K ill t h Melville when they were mar rled five years ago. They lived to gether only a year. Vernon be came 'crazy' over Corinne Ackers and married hor before the year had elaivsed, between the interlocu tory and final decree. That gave Corir.no a chance to have her marriage annulled for at that time Vernon was 'crazy about another ' girl. This craze, however, did not reach the marriage ceremony for ho promptly got over It when he met Lucille, whom wo saw mar ried to him this morning with all the pomp and convention that church and society can give. The whole thing la an Insult to real love. I h ite marriage Rod. I shall never marry." I declared. (Continued Tomorrow) Bv George McManus cy collv: rr&rnice 0 AH' QOIET AT HOMC E$ TODA0Y bTRA.UCE: TOO f ecsote THE WHOLE. pi Z p I hre: Hi NOW-WHWb THM NOl-bEl I KNEW Tlllj COMrocT WOULDN'T f BOO-O HO-O-O w. .a?- co , , , .1 i, .tea C'S av Int-l Fcaturk Scrvicc. Inc Crrt Britain right, rrttrvrd WHW'b WRONG QMJSHTER MOTHER. MSQ I QUARRELED NOW SHE. WON'T PEK. TO HE ,. he; s- ffsii ml ill. cive -roo nrrv dollars ir TOO TELL ME. WHAT- -w. r-i Sajo- i'o like: to uje: it: BARNEY GOOGLE AND SPARK PLUG LEGISLATURE ENTERS UPON FOURTH WEEK (Continued from Page One) I.aitrihlln. head of the Yamhill state bank at Ynmhlll, In a let- to Senator Zimmerman, sets forth a suggestion that Zimmer man and others are likely to at tempt to get into the measure as an amendment. It would change the bill radically. Calling attention lo the larg overhead expense that would lie neeesinry for the state lo l.'il directly with the Individual farmers. In the way of clerical work, eic, Mr. LaughUn suritcMs lh.it an f.ir ad his iltt-trict is e ceriird the aid money could bet ter lie Rent directly lo the bank, ukI liy the bank loaned to the farm cis at the Mine rate that the banks (ay the stat? for deposits of state inoii"y, which is 2 per cent. The Mil proMdes that the farmers pay the stale (i per cent, so the Ini:-;h-liu fiWicme would lop off 4 per cent Interest. The money ho put up wi h the banks would be secur ed by gilt edse collateral. A survey In the last few day diow frost dam ago to Yamhill and U ;isluiu;t'n county grain farm its lo tii!1 extent of $60.000, and It In MiURiMni by Senator Him mer man and others that If the Lnugh lin scheo.e U good for that part of the ut it should be good for all p.irts of the s'ate. lifM.ds the farmer relief bill there will be before the legislature tlm week fcev-Mal Important Irri gation bills, the proposed hydro electric legislation, the pre-ptlm-ary sad the pout. primary conven tion bills, known respectively ns the JarkAon county and the Mills plans, the fish and game measures which proposo to take appoint ment of the fish and gams com missions out of the hAnds of the governor and place them into the hands of the ante board of con trol, and some others. The Cleav er investigation should be con cluded esrly In the week and ros fibly a bill rmbiding the commit tee's recommendations Introduced. MWdt you boovvt vooe Pavihoim For z bucks we receipts lo the unfortunate. Tv1 B6WEFT IS 5ocks( si.ua, LOftN MS FOUR. BTS TlLt NEKl SMMRDAV .lu. VOU BACK SUVT AS SQOM Ai 1 CGUECT Tt6 FROM -NOT ON XiUR w type aO OOVDN To The JOQKef cwb mo T Vou IM ftOWlCH CAT! J V Barney's Appetite Is a Little Impatient I By Billy de Beck I HffiKUREM I I Ifllllllllllll JffiH sStcMCY k, ..HOMTOEO -SEATS- ft M I r KRAZY KAT Confidential Moments By Herriman So You ftfe HiRtlNG fi0Ui& I MOPS. AI01- - I I OU0U0 SO r'vfi" - I ' , i ii mi iii i thaV rich hr. m&owl: eh ymw see i Dt-vf There's fl YL Wi12 MlLt fUL svitry1 MUTT AND JEFF It's Always Fair Weather When Millionaires Get ToKether By Bud Fisher i" '
