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GEORGE PUTNAM.
Moving the Capital
"Because of the crowded condition of the state house," the
office of the state superintendent of banks is to be moved to
Portland although Tortland is not the state capital and
there is no warrant for the move, except the superintendent
personally prefers it, as his family resides there. He is not
ths first state officer who found the crowded condition of
the state house a convenient excuse to operate from the
ir-tropolis, despite the fact that he has priority of occupation
over the new departments that will presumably occupy his
old quarters.
The same excuse given by
by every state official who prefers to live in a big city to a
small one, and as each official
wonder that any remain in Salem. What is the use of having
a state-house and capital with half the slate offices located
elsewhere, and the taxpayers footing bills for extra rentals?
Of course the state house is over-crowded and a new office
building badly needed, but as long as Marion county elects
legislators whose main effort is to swat everything that
anybody else wants, and oppose all expenditures of every
kind, it cannot be expected that Marion county will secure
anything more than necessary from the legislature.
The money being wasted in building a duplicate state
training school for boys, of which there is absolutely no
need, would erect a fine office building and save the state
many thousands of dollars a year in rentals but none of
our legislators attempted to divert this money to this useful
and needed purpose.
So the game of moving the capital to suit the fancy and
whim of the office-holders continues merrily a few more
leaving every year, to open offices in various city business
blocks where they will be free from supervision and inspection
and can loaf to the heart's desire, unobserved by public or
officialdom.
The Clay Eaters' Edict
Governor Peay, of Tennessee, has signed a bill passed by
the general assembly barring the teaching of evolution in
the public schools, normals and colleges of the slate. The
executive declares, in a message to the legislature, that the
theory of evolution is "at variance with the teachings of
man's creation as related in the bible," and defends the
measure as a "distinct protest against an irreligious tendency
to exalt socalled science and deny the bible in some schools
md quarters a tendency fundamentally wrong and fatally
mischievous."
For much the same reason the church three centuries ago
forced Gallileo to recant, burned Bruno at the stake and
placed the ban upon Copernicus,
lolar system were at variance with the teachings of the bible
but persecution never yet permanently blocked the pursuit
af knowledge. The new law will merely handicap with
Ignorance, scholarship in Tennessee and the truth in evolu
tion will live despite the clay eaters' edict.
The anti-evolution bill speaks for itself of the intellectual
"ecadence and sterility of Tennessee and the domination of the
st.ie's politics by intolerant ecclesiastics, in a spirit contrary
to the Constitution and Bill of Rights, which in its first line
forbids laws respecting establishment of religion or prohibit
ing free exercise thereof. It is the old interference by state
In religion to escajie with the colonists fled to the new world.
Thomas Jefferson, who swore "eternal hostility to every
form of tyranny over the mind of man," held that error of
opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat
It, but Tennessee seeks to bind reason by statute to per
petuate a theory as scientifically obsolete as the bibical one
that the sun do move, and thus reestablish ecclesiastical
l; ranny over the mind of youth.
The Tornado
(From the ('urvallis Gazette
Times.) Unless you liuve been through a
tornado stricken tliatrict or wit
lessed one ot these destructive
!orres of nature in operation, you
kill find it impossible tu couceive
9f tile uorror o( the miafortunc
that recently stalked through Illi
nois, Missouri ami Indiana. There
is nothing etso unless it ho an
rai'thijuake, that is calculated to
muke mere man stand more in awe
D( his own puulniwa.
We have seen hlg buildings cut
Iciuare in two, the one halt car
ried to parts unknown anil the
tlher lett standing mule hut
nocking testimony o( man's infi
lite lmiuiBam-c.
We have seen slale roofs car
tied thr.mgll the air a mile, slil
li'd into pencils and driven into
Ihe side ot a ham stirkiug out in
til directions "like quills upon the
Irelful porcupine."
We have sen whole flocks of
chickens wandering around in
Itrnnxe barnyards apparently look
lug for their fe.itheis and aonder
Ing wbut it was mat hail Miildeiilv
lilted Hum Into npace uinlrevil
them and transported them they
knew not where.
We have M-rn an orihanl
through which n path of upturned
trees was made lined on either Bide
by sweetly blossoming companion
liees uulouilnd and undisturbed
We bavo seen n field hordenna; a
river hank strewn with (Mi mono
dead and some flopping, all tuck
ed rrom ihe sethlng waters.
We have eeen buildings turned
completely "round upon their
tone foundations as though some
fcwlft'e Cargantua9 had hecu pull
Ing their playfu'. tricks on a llroV
dingnagian Hallowe'en.
We have seen the wreck and
ruin made by the devastating
wind whirlpool of destruction as It
cut Its relentless path through a
section of a eity of ISO, 000 while
within u few feet of the path on
ther side would be left standing
houses, fences, flowers, everything
s they were, in calm indifference
of the fact thnt the same Wlerd
Sisters cl Nature who had cast
their tallman of protection over
(hem had also eierrlatd the
rcery that wrrughl brderllmeni
II alKjii them.
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Editor end Publisher
Mr. Bramwell could be advanced
does as he please, it makes us
because their theories of the
We have stood in streets, close
lo a cyclone cellar, and watched
:he whirling, threatening black
cloud approach from the south
west, spread out like some gigan
tic witch estired a pestilent
broom. We hare listened to Ita
sullen, roul-deadenlng rumble
like some barrage between
Coliutiis ot Nature, growing loud
er nnd louder as it approached,
and thin have eeen the whirling
iiervlshed ot destruction suddenly
lift Itself lightly Into Ihe air above
and go completely over the town
as thniinh Its gales had been
sprinkled with the blood sign or
the Passover.
It Is usually made more terrify
'""K by an accompaniment of
harp fl ishes ot lightning, crlep
tracks of thunder and drenching,
wiuii-hlowu rain rr nail.
We who live In the peaceful
Willamette valley are moat for
tunate. We have no tornadoes,
no lightning, no thunder storm, no
iartluii:tUu, no cinch-tuu;s, no
i:rass-lioppers, no hlizzanis, no
I'.roue.lila, no floods, no lorrlil
went he- and little eolil. Verily,
if the ordinal Garden ot Kden
was half n fine as this, live never
wouhl Hive eaten Ihe apple. She
would have needed no knowledge
to (e:o h her tn M.iy here. She
would have known ii bv Intuition
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A Romantic Serial of Modern Life
By IDA II McGLONE GIBSON
A WIKKD 6CENK
It seemed hours to Antoinette
Norton until the heavy lids cover
ins; the girl's eyes opened. A slight
movement of the lips irntle her
bend down to catch Ltllemay'a
n-hutper; 'U it true, Nonnie? Is It
true?"
"Yes, denr. Don't talk until you
are stronger. '
"Which one Is dead? Is It Rob
ert?" All the nnquish of a broken
heart was In Lillemay's voice as
he asked the questions of her
faithful friend and companion
'Who la dead?" she repeated,
'Robert or Miss Eames?"
"Misa Eames," Mlsi Norton an
swered Bravely. "Are you well
enough for me to read the details?
A long account, cabled from Par:;
it Is not only very tragic but pe
culiarly Interesting."
"Head It, Nonnie," commanded
LJ.lerr.ay in a stifled voice.
Alias Norton began: On Wednes
day Miss Oevaldlne Eames was
thrown from her horse while rid-
In? in the Bo is with her fiance,
Robert McLean.
She was picked up unconscious
and rushed to the American hos
pital at Neullly. She regained con
scioiuneas and insisted that her
marriage with Mr. McLean should
take place at once.
All the legal formalities had
been perfected. Miss E.imes :nd
Mr. McLean had irten'led having
the civil service that afternoon.
The perfect waa brought to the
hospital as well as the Rt. Rev.
Horaco White of the American
Episcopal church.
The two ceremonies followed
each other as soon as possible,
with only the father and mother
of the bridegroom present. It was
XY0PrWE
twins are driving him cuckoo.
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noticed by those present that the
bride seemed to grow weaker
every moment. Hhe was hardly
able to answer the qietiona put
to her during the religious lites
which followed the civit ceremony.
Toward the last her voice died
away in a faint whifper. Phe re
vived later and aked to be UU
alone with her Irultand.
Mr. and Mia. M Le ui It ft the
room, but lingere.l ouisi-le ihe door
wating to be called a- soon as the
few minutes which Mlw Kamea
had requested were over.
There wai no twuml from the
room for about five minute. Thn
an unearthly srre.im, follovcd by
a heavy fall, calhd them to her
bedeide.
There they found thfir son prone
on the floor besi.Je the bed, bub
bling in delirium and their n w
dauhler cold and still in death.
Tenderly thy lifted the y;ulh to
a ne.irbj- chaise lungue.
"Jerry, Jerry, speak to me," ihe
brid groom cried. "I do not de
serve to be loved as you love me.
But. dear, I'll be the beat of hus
band to you. Slay with inc. Jerry
stay with me"
Then the young man opened hLs
eyes and saw his mother bending
over him. ".Mother, Jcry in dead.
She waa dead almost Immediately
af'tr she was thrown from her
hore." he sud.
"Hush, Robert,' his mother ex
claimed, thinking her son was still
delirious. "Don't you rember that
you have just bet-n married to
Jerry ?"
"Vet", I was -named to her after
she died," he said solemnly.
"Oh, Robert, Robert, have you
lost your mind?' wailed hLs
mot her.
'So, dear, I am sane. After you
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TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1925
nnd dad left the room Jerry told
me that aha had come back from
the shore of eternity to be married
to me.
'I had to be your wife. Bob,
ihe uhlnpereJ. &nd I Just made a
promise that if they would let ina
cc Tie ba k to earth Just Ions;
enough to marry you I would re
turn to them forever."
"And then, mother, she seemed
imbued with a kind of fictitious
strength. She sat up In bed quick
ly, put her arms around my neck,
drew my face down to hers and
pressed Iter cold lipa to mine.
" 'oh, Ifb. I Jo n't wont to go
batk," who said. 'I want to stay
here with you. I want to be yout
wife, Rob. Rob, can't you make
iheii. give mc my promise back?
Let me stay with you.
lu fore I could do more than
take her in my arms I heard hei
murmur narain, I've got to keei
my promise, I've got to go. Rob,
dear, I nm your wife. Kiss me.
Hold me tijiht. Keepfme with you
I don't want to go. I don't want
to go." "
Ail day Mr. McLcanu Meemed to
he delirious, over and over he
told of his parting with his wifo.
He kept reiterating: "I did try te
keep he but she finally was tors
from my arms."
Even after houra of rest had
brought a calinnew to his wordi
he tttill insisted that Mint Earn en
h;d come back from denth'a em
brace to be marrk'd to him.
He was more than ever Insist
ent as to his story when a will was
found leaving; "everything; I hav
to my husband if he should sur
vive me " The will was a holo
graph, dated the day before and
wit it owed by her maid and chauf
feur. Mjss Karnes seemed to have
had a premonition of death."
"THE GOLDEN BED" t
A fAnAMUUNT P C U Z
Bv George McMnnus
By Herrimai
som& Baov s evstt-o ny
letL. M-FICER e(JPP
Bv Bud Fisher
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