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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1023
CapitalJournal
Salem, Oregon
As Independent Newpper Published erery trenlnf xeeptSundij
Telephone 81; newt II
CEOItGE FUTNAM, Editor end Publisher
End of the World
Faith will do many things, even it is said, move mountains
(providing dynamite and steam shovel are handy), but it
certainly will not bring the world to an end, as has just been
demonstrated again. If it would, while the saints were
winging their way in golden chariots this morning, the rest
of us would be having a hot time of it. Thus endeth another
effort of the faithful to take the Lord into partnership and
speak for the Infinite.
Periodically we have these modern prophets voicing
direful predictions of calamity for the multitude and salva
tion for the chosen, and they never lack desciples willing to
sell all they have and follow. Most of them find their inspir
ation in literal interpretation of obscure passages in the
bible to which overwhelming importance is attributed and
many a sect has been founded thereon.
Most of the prophecies of the end of the world are based
upon that cross-word puzzle of the bible, the Apocalypse or
Book of Revelation, over which many vigorous controversies
have raged regarding authorship, integrity and interpreta
tion. When a person becomes convinced he has solved the
puzzle, he sets up in business as a prophet, and bulwarks his
assumption by endless bibical quotations confirming his
solution.
The Apocalypse is supposed to have been written by
John the Apostle as a record of visions seen by him in
Patmos. Others, particularly the eastern church, attribute
it to John the Presbyter, and bible students who attribute
the first gospel to the Apostle John, deny his authorship of
Revelation. H is proven that whoever the author was, he
incorporated older apocalyptic materials.
Apocalyptical writings began about 250 B. C. and con
tinued into the opening centuries of the Christian era. They
aimed to comfort the faithful in their suffering condition and
reconcile it with God's righteousness by prefiguring the
future triumph of Israel or the Messianic Kingdom.
Of the various books of Apocalypse, only the Revelation
of John's was accepted by the leaders of the Reformation for
inclusion ih the bible, although Luther and others at first
rejected it. Those of Baruch, Enoch, Book of Jubilee, Assump
tion of the Moses, Testaments of Patriarchs, Psalms of
Solomon and Sibylline Oracles being rejected.
About the interpretation of the Book of Revelation, its
mysticism and ils symbolism, has grown a whole library of
literature and various schools of exponents, despite which
its meaning remains as great a mystery as ever. Meanwhile
the end of the world for the individual is merely a matter
of hours, while we have to depend upon the scientists and
the astronomer for data concerning the probable destruction
of the earth, long before which humanity will have passed
away from an orb too barren and sterile to sustain life.
Senate Approves
Eddy Bill Fixing
Courses of Study
Ily a vo'.o of 24 lo G, Senator
Eddy's to restrict the tirivi-
Ipri'h ot election of studies In tlie
liiKll schcol curriculum passed tile
senate, yesterday tiltcrnoon. Tin
senators who voted unaln.it the
measuro were Clark. Corbel., Hull,
Klciier, Slrayer and t'plon.
Senator Kcldy finished Ills ariru
ment In behalf of the bill Just he
foro the noou rcress end spoko
very briefly In rebuttal after other
senators bail spoken In the after
noon. However, Benator Clark,
chairman of the committee on edu
cation, was the' only member
speaking uKalnst the bill in the
debate, though some of those who
voted aKuin.it It explained their
voter
Senator Miller, favoring the bt!l.
declared tha. the present course
of study does uot K'va the student
mental discipline, but diRsipa'es
his energy. He said that "disci
pline" is not a popular word al
this period of liberty for the youfi
of .the country. Miller sharply
ropped campus activities and flu
tornal organizations In ni'i
schools.
Senator Garland spoke for the
hill. He said that complaints are
coming from the colleges and uni
versities that high school gradu
ates are pouring In upon theiu
half-baked and unprepared for col
lege work. He scored the educ
tions! svs'.em of Oregon tor Its
closely knit political orgsnlsatlon.
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BLIGH THEATRE
Al Sweet's Hussar Singing band,
one ni' liie liir.j;t(.l allraeluius ever
lMuiin over Hie Arkcrman .v
Hair:, .inuit, is the headline m l
s1. the lihKii theater this Sunday.
Tins wind (m cunipnsrd of musi
cians niiicd nut uniy fur their pl.iy
inir hut llieir siiminir. It has been
lime years siiue this slllnctluti
played I'uitlund instrumental
sulus. a :els, ti ius, iiu.trte's and eu
seinbl.. numbers are ortere.l as
will ,w vocal. Tlie i- work Is'flll
Islieil tiinniKluiul Uliil they hue
been liiorhiK n phenr.inelial suces:.
all over the cinult.
Hull llul, mi iimi K.ithryne Hur
ter piesi nt a musical sk.lt thev call
'Ixive llli,:;.s.,Mis." I: Is said 1:1 be
one of tile da. lilies', ami most en
tertaining inii-ic-M comedy lnili-bi-ri
presented i . the vaudeville
snme in a lon time. Ilulen and
K illirue are s youlhftil dun uliu
bllleii as high-clas entertainer
The Little Hi tiirl," n ill pre
sent what is said to be a rlcr
monologue In which she prevail
to be a child who tells stories
about herself and family. Him
manages to Imitate the prattle of
s child without exaggeration. Tin
set is said to bo chnructer work ot
high caliber.
Toots and Pal appear In "The
Canine Wonder." Toos Is a dog
of remarkable atlulnements, high
ly educated and apparently can
do everything bit1 talk.
"Musical Moments' will be pre
sented by Joe Devlin. This is s sur
prise net which is somewhat out of
the ordinary to the usual vaude
ville presenta'lona. Mr. Devlin Is
assisted bit pretty girl who Is said
to he sn exceptionally clever cum-tdlenn.
247,000 ACRES
SUITABLE FOR
FLAX GROWING
(Continued from Pegs One)
slate, or s greater industry 'ban
Hie lumber business. We believe
that eventually some such business
ran be worked out In the state as
flax products will ever be III euor
moiM dunalld."
Mr. Jliles slales tha. specifica
tions are now being drawn for the
first unit of the new plant and It
is expected they will be complex!
within three or (our days and in
mediately svps mil lie taken fur
advertising for huh. It is the
plan lo rush work as soon as roi
lUhle tin as to be in full swing re;
the coming se.ison.
An inti'icstint experiment or
two is being watched in I lie fill
sowing of flax, one rather large
planting near Dallas having U.'o:i
put in las', (all ami at last reports
there mis a stand six Inches il'Kll
Willi no apparent d.imnga (torn
ireezin.-i. If this can be worked out
nuci-i'-sliilly. it will no doubt do
iwuy nun the only lumbear there
has hoi n to the flax industry the
po-wilnli'y of short crops in dry
.seasoin. llecatlse of a fear that
has been felt that the tender t;.i
woniii ne damaged If sowed early
sowing always has been late am!
as a result some seasons liie .-. n .
log Is so late that when there i.
iiearin ot rain I ta n perm I., .,
and the crop is short This ilKIl
cully was experienced last se isoa
in some planting. If the fall pi ii.i.
Ing can be worked out successful')
It will assure s crop every year
Tho mutter of dralnaes fl.P lit!
state fair grounds If pur throum
the legislature will allevlat. . h,l
situation on the tits of the new
"re water has been high
"ii "men uuiiriilty has been
TODAY'S CROSS WORD PUZZLE
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A Modern Marriage
f An Absorbing Novel
"l B 1DAH McGLONE GIBSQN f
THE LAST STRAW
Do you know what you ara aay
Ing?" Richard Starmount aaid to
Kathlyn Evan a, "I thought mvtry
woman kept her marrUg cartlfl
cata quit a as ac redly as aha did
her reputation."
"Well, it looks aa though I had
kept neither," tho woman an n war
ed w early. "You sca Dick. I waa
so anxloua tliat our mariiaga b
really secret that I tor up the
certificau. I tried to liva as
though there had been no mar
riage at all no ceremony, I
mean." I
"Does Rod know that?" I
"Of c cm rati not- It waa one of
the tlilnga I could not tell him. A
man woul j not understand."
"Surely you remember the name
of tha minister?"
"My dear tJlck, I do not remem
ber even the place where we were
married. It waa at eouie Itttle
hamlet way up in the mountains,
that we caine acroaa one of thiwe
wholrsule marriage eeremoniea
they have up there when the1
'prtachcr-man', aa they cull him ,
cornea around.
"Rod and I had Intended going
back to a little place farther down
the mountain and be married that
evening but when I aaw thobe peo
ple and their unique ceremony I
immediately atked Rod to let us
stand up and be married with them
Rod had gotten hie marriage cer
tificate in Knoxville ome time be
fore. You can telegraph to tlie
license bureau there." !
"Mv dear girl a licenae doee not
nece&sarlly mean that two people
are married. It means only that
(hey have signified their Intention
to marry. Of course that will have!
some bearing on the case but not
much." J
"Perhaps Rod will show who thej
minister was who married ua." I
Kathlyn said. "X hardly spoke to
him."
BRINGING UP FATHER
I will see tod as soon aa poa
sible end get from him If I can the
name of a wltneae that we can use
to prove your marriage. You ace,
little girl, you were right when
you aaid in your manuscript that
you were very foolish to think that
you could change the entire scheme
of modern society.
"Jim Kerby likea your atuff very
much. Ha told me that he thou?n:
it would be a very goad thing for
both you and Rod to have it In
the paper. It mukee you appar
very much In love with each
other."
"It mikes me a fool and Rod a
chivalrous gentleman," aaid K-ith-lyn
bitterly. "I have aome more
of It. Dick. Here it la.
"Yoj see, Dick, I do not think I
would have come lo the conclu
sion I did about marryjng Rodney
Kvans had I not found "my mother
sitting on the doorstep of my stu
dio that afternoon as I came from
Verrou tttedman'a studio.
"You met mother, Dick, the few
daya she was with me. She U a
dear, sweet woman, really much1
older than her nso. Her Heas are
of the vintage of the seventies, al
though she is only a Utile more
than 60.
"Site has the crabbed and confin
ed rule for living of the mid
Victorian period. I do not know
whether you know It, Iick. but
that i one of the reasons I came
to New York and eeltled down In
its crado of liberty, ireenwlch
Village. I wanted to get as far away
as possible from everything that I
had as a girl under my mother's
regime.
"Mother ruled her two daughters
absolutely. With her there was
only one destiny fur n woman: tho
headstor.e that would spell finis
on her life must record her as the
beloved wife of pome m:in.
"If it could also tntnrni t lie Ctrl- i
ous that 'Thi Stone Is K reeled by
Her Loving Children' nothing
mora need be told of the woman
lying beneath. She had fulfilled
her destiny.
"My mother had succeeded la
marrying my ol cleat aiater to a very
disagreeable man with Iota of
monev and I could eee that aha
was beginning to look about for
an eligible husband for me.
"In a panic I etarted for the
"city to work out my own salva
tion. "I waa fortunate enough, aa you
know, to meet Jim Kerby Immed
iately and he put In the way of
doing some illustrations for his
paper.
"v?rylhine; was going on swim
mingly until that fatal day of the
S ted man wedding w hen I came
home to find my mother on my
doors'ep.
"She looked very forclorn, poor
dear. She had been crying and
when she aaw me she burst Into
Fuba and told me that the son-in-law
she had annexed with such
pride had been neglecting his wife
and family for the last year.
Mouday Looking ltut'kuard.
!G Rl FLEET
AST
New York. r'eb. 7 Many gov
ernment craft. Including picket
boats, co.mt guard cutters and
tniall speed boata are on watch
off the New Jersey coast to pre
vent tiie smuggling of liquor from
the largest ruin fleet oaesmbled oft
khore in a year.
Tho liquor fleet was reported 42
miles off the Jersey coast, alowly
moving northward. A steamer of
about a 00) tons led the procession.
Trailing her were small or steamers
Kchoo:icrs and a converted yacht,
about a dozen in nil. Cases of 11.
nuor were piled high on the decks
of some of the craft.
Their decks cleared for action,
the government vessels kept at a
distance of a few miles.
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