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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1925
CapitaUjjournal
Salem, Oncon
la Independent Newtpener Publbhed rtrj erenlpg except Sundty
Telephone (1; newe SI
GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor end PublUner
Impress of An Ideal
It is seldom that one finds such supreme and serene self
satisfaction with the ecstatic contemplation of one's self as
expressed by the Portland Oregonian on the occasion of its
64th anniversary as a daily newspaper, which it summarizes
as "more than three score years of constant fidelity to an
ideal."
Strange as it may seem, this is literally true, for since its
foundation, the Oregonian has consistently been true, at least
most of the time, to its ideal of "get the money," if such a
lofty sentiment can be construed as an ideal. If it hurts
business, causes a loss of subscribers or advertising, the
Oregonian is not for it, no matter its merit, any more today
than when it was founded.
Laudation of the founder, the late H. L. Pittock permeates
the eulogium, just as his thrifty and acquisitive policies still
dominate the newspaper. Mr. Pittock was a business genius
and now as then, the business office runs the institution.
No mention is made in the panegyric of the vital part
played in making the Oregonian by the late Harvey Scott,
who as editor gave it state and national repute and whose
fame obscured that of his business office associate and there
fore cannot be forgiven. During this period, the Oregonian
frequently was unfaithful to its get-the-moncy ideals, for
then it did not hesitate to champion any cause or follow any
course its editor believed in, no matter the cost. Hence, of
course, reference to Mr. Scott and his achievements is barred
from Oregonian columns.
Does any one suppose that the Oregonian under Harvey
Scott would have been silent on the menace of the Klan and
the consequent era of corruption and demoralization in
government, following in its wake? Not much. It would
have ruthlessly exposed it as a malign influence and driven
it from the state.
Or that the Oregonian under Mr. Scott's guidance would
have become the abject tool of the Anti-Saloon league and
supported its program of coersion and fanaticism? No
indeed, no program of intolerance threatening constitutional
liberties, ever received ought but hard blows while he
remained at the helm.
Wilh Mr. Scott's passing, the Oregonian, reverted to its
original ideal, like the scriptural dog returning to his vomit,
and a conspiracy of fearsome silence supplants fearlessness
nd veils vital issues, while it counts the dollars.
Still Muddling
Governor Pierce has again thrown down the ganutlet to the
legislature by vetoing the Port of Portland bill. In so doing,
he is at least consistent. Having started the fight, he is to
make it a finish one, even though he saws off the limb of
gubernatorial power he is sitting on.
The Port of Portland is a local matter and has, because
of the unanimous support of the Multnomah delegation,
secured a greater support than other measures taking
appointive power out of the hands of the governor, but if the
latter continues to play into the hands of his opponents, he
will insure their passage.
The governor is playing the same kind of politics with the
legislature that he has played wilh state offices since his
election, and making the same kind of a mess of it. No
governor ever went in under more auspicious circumstances
and few have muddled more.
BILL PASSED
OVER VETO IN
BOTH HOUSES
(Continued from Pace One)
that tltp selection of theae com
mi winners should bo Tented In
the voter of the port district.
lie points out that by the term
of a bill referred to the people of
the district In 1921 and approv
ed by them the power to name
the commiealonem waa veeted In
the governor, and that thta bill
"overrides and aets at naught the
will of the people a expressed in
that election."
Jle averts that his action In
announcing the appointment of
five commimionera to micceed a
like number whose term expire
June 1 was Intended "to convince
all of my sincerity and prevent
the bitter partisanship and in
trigue which have heretofore ex
isted." Generally among those who
bavo been watching the situation
closely it la agreed that the gov
ernor took the most ill advised
atep he could in connection with
thla bill, and Its Immediate cost
was ono much needed vote In the
senate. How far this one senator
will follow the opponents of the
governor In their outlined pro
gram of attack remains to be seen
but it Is known that the shift
was Influenced by the governor's
atack upon Frank M. Warren, al
though Wiirren was not person
ally mimed In the veto menage,
and that till vote will probably
go against him on the bill to
taktt t tie fish commission out of
his h.itnls when U conies up for
final pasrtago in the seiKite Mon
day afternoon.
The message was the one thine
most needed by the opposition to
give them a chance of enacting
their hamHtriniring program.
The text of the veto im-enuRe
Is as follows:
KU KLUXERS RECALLED
IN ANAHEIM ELECTION
WORLD'S END
LOOKED FOR
BY MIDNIGHT
(Continued from i'age Ono
Luke, who toltowcd Christ oj
earth nineteen centuries ugo.
Mrs. Howcn wears no llowlim
robes; she prefers a ginghvu
bungulow apron. She doesnot ran
nor deal In sounding phrases. On
the contrary she calmly reiterate:
in even, conversational tones her
statement that the end of the
world will come today. How, she
does not attempt to explain, fur
ithe adds, she does not know her
self, but it will come and, be ins
practical In her religion as in her
housekeeping, she believes la be
ing prepared.
She says that she has no in .
tlon of climbing one of the iloilv
wood bills to await an opening of
the heavens or the passing of
chariot ot fire. Instead, she In
tends to remain In semi-secludiuo
awaiting whatever the day and
night of this, thi sixth of rVjru
ary, may bring torth.
Mrs. llltowen and Ler followers
who call themselves the f fennel
Adventirt church" have beeu
pud in ted by leaders of the Sovei
Day Advcntist church here and in
the cast.
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Copyright 1S2I George Matthew Adunu
A Modern Marriage
w-g-T- An Absorbing Norel - -
By IDAU McGLONE GIBSON f
THE OTI1KR UOM.VV
"1 must be roina; now. Rod. Keep
up as miK-a courage aa you can,
Surmount said. "If It's any conso
!iit ion to you. I shall tell you that
your comedy le packing them In
to the doors and tbe producers are
thinking of showing it at another
theater In New York something
that has never been done before.1
"Tell them I forbid that. I don't
want to make the fact rhat the
author has been arrested for mur
der the reason for anyone buying
a seat for a play of mine. Goodby,
old man. Kemember to tell Kath
lyn X am keeping her letter to you.
Tell her 1 am Just existing until X
6ee her again."
"Of course, I'll tell her that,
Rod. Clvo mo the manuscript. I
want Jim Klrby to look It over and
Rive his opinion of It. Ho is a
friend of all of us and straight as
dye."
"Ves, Dhk, I think he will give
tho very beet ot advice and
treat us all right In the papers."
Hod wad looking through the
letter that Kathlyn had written to
Dick. Suddenly he cajiro upon the
message she had written for him
and without more ado he thrust
it into his pocket. "You won't need
this letter. I'll just keep It myself."
Again he put his hand into his
pocket as though to be sure that
the pases were still there. Find
ing that he was not going to be
able to control himself, he abrupt
ly turned and went to the back
of his cell and Dick aaw him kiss
ing the last few words of Kath
lyn s lctt?r as he drew a long sob
bing breath.
Alt risht, you may keep It, Rod,
hut be very careful that no one
ratches you reading It. I don't
want anyone to suspect what we
are going to do untia they read the
story in the Sunday supplement:
St td man's not blng able to furnish
a complete alibi?
"lis probably is trying to shield
some other woman: just whom I
do not know."
"Well, Vernon Steduian Is catho
lic In his taste and he la aa likely
to visit a woman in the village as
od 6th Ave."
"Queer, Dick, his being near
Knthhn's studio th:tt night. If
those policemen didn't try to pin
the whole thing on me they could
work up a fine case of circumstan
tial evidence against Stedman."
"Destiny is a peculiar thing.
Rod. Here In Kathlyn's atory we
have Verno.i Stedman and his
marriages, the moving finger which
n adi Kathlyn in Lit on your
strange wedding, and now almost
at the end of the story he mixes
in It in the same way."
"It is not the end of the story.
Dick. Kathlyn and I arc going
to have an entirely different end
ing than this sordid Jail cell and
that hospital." v
'I hope so. Rod. I sincerely hope
so. That is way I am working.
you know, and I 11111? t get about
my business. I want to find tli:it
certificate thla morning.. Goodby,
old tt.an."
Riciiard Starmopnt telephoned
Jim Klrby as soon as he leit the
jail, and in a short time the re
porter met the lawyer in his apart
ment.
Aft.'r read in the manuscript.
Jim advised that not later than
the next day they have the hospital
physician say that Kathlyn was
able .o have her fingerprints tak
en. !
It will look better for you tO
do this, Dick, than to have some
one of the gang of roughs about
the station break in and take
them. We'll spring the story the I
moment the prints are t:iken. ieli.
Kathlyn to make her stuff as much
will get the womtn Interested. It
leads up to the way that she and
Rod lived after the marriage la
great shape. Tell her what mj
paper will want will be a lot of
her reactions to that kind of mar
riage and soma of her philosophj
written through the love and mui
der part of It.'
"I'll tell her, Jim. I'm goln
there now to ask her where I'll find
the certificate of her marriage.
You saw, didn't you, In yesterday's
Splash that little Wh eaten Inti
mate they are not married?"
"That's a good stunt, Dick. Get
the certificate Immediately, and
when you get It give it out to all
the boys and let Wheaton fry a
Httle."
With this the men separated, the
reporter going back to his paper
and Dick to the hospital.
He found that the doctor had
had great trouble keeping the of
ficers out of Kathlyn's room and
had finally told them that If she
Improved as much In the next 24
hours as she had In the last ha
would give his consent.
"What did Rod say?" asked
Kathlyn eagerly when Dick was
admitted to her room.
'lie said all the tm.iixs to you,
rny dear, that you suiil to him. But
I have something more important
than Just to be a messenger of
your love between you and Rod. I
want you to give me permission to
go to your house for your certifi
cate of marriage."
"I haven't got It."
Tomorrow The I,nst Straw
IN EVERY LOCALITY
there is one newspaper that
parries the
WANT ADS
in S:ilcm its
The Capital Journal
"V"h;it ito you m.ike of Vernon of a love ttot-y 113 possible. That
BRINGING UP FATHER
By George McMunus
lTHA.Tt0?WELll
ANf MORE PflYTr ku
TOMA,TOEb-ri 1 rnMF
DOWN TO VOUR taTORE
A.N THROW EM
N'fen AT vou-
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THE botvr-
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HOW OO TOO DO Mr HONE Of
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Ctwl Bnijin lijhn rctfrrd. 2
BARNEY GOOGLE AND SPARK PLUG
And IJarnev Asked the Waiter to Wait.
By Billy de Beck
-1 I IS. AM ALI.MirMt
The
Tomorrow
m l a 1
Anaheim. Cel., Keh . M nnr
E. H. Metealf and three other rit
truxtren who are avowed member."
of tho Ku Klua Klan were recnll
ed from office in the "klan v:ru
antl-ktan' election held here Tuej
day, according to complete unoffi
cial return from the etty'a twelve
prectneta. Return rhnwed Mnvor
5tetcilf win ouKterf by a margin of
47i TJten. Tho only unti Klnn mem
her of the board, against whom
klan aupportera had launched a re
call petition ae a retaliatory more
remained In offlee by virtue of a
Vote of ISO to retain hhn aa
agalnat 1711 to recall him. ,
Location Undetermined-
San iJitgo, lal., rVti. u. I'll
oxjit lorattnn of the hill follow-1
era of .Mia. .Margaret ito wen expel I
to be transported via a Ihmt.mi
ttent vehicle and which i dc-
M'ribed in newspaper intervit-vi
with leailers of the cult as biMii I
ittar tni rity, is aa yet umh'U
tn 1 11 id. When local members 1
the cult which is preparing for di -
Htructitm of the world at initlnil i
tnnli;lit an forecast by their lead-
, were quest uuird, they refill
hi more sperific than to h.i
that tho gat lu'i ing place was
near I'lui.a Vita. a miliuih, some
1'J ne out. No hill near ( hola
Vita, however, Is of suf f I'.-ient
ixe to accommodate such a gath
ering.
A d 1 izili 11 k ra in prom i.sed (o
make any prolonged yit noir
t'hula Vtnta an tiuconiforlable on
today.
End Only Ben inn lm?.
New Wrk. Keb. Tne end ot
the world ia only beginning to
night, miya Robert Keidt. "apot:e
ol doom." who with IS followers
ia waiting In a shack In Ktixt
ratrhogue. Long Island, to b
transported by supernatural pvwer
to San IHcro, preparatory to ;b -
aerent Into heaven.
The end la going to take a we.-k.
he aaya, starting tonight at the nu
pea ra net of a cloud, which will be
nnsiDie to nbelleTera,
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