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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1925
CapitaiJiJouriial
Sslem. Oreioo
An Independent Newspaper Published trery erenlog except Sunder
Telephone 81; newe 111
GKOrtGE PUTNAM, editor end Publisher
More Harm Than Good
While the Capital Journal did its share to help send the
state high-school basketball champions back to Chicago, as a
recognition of merit, it ia frank to admit that it considers the
idea of a national contest among high schools vicious in the
extreme and calculated to do much more harm than good by
the over-emphasis placed upon athletics, and its tendency
toward professional sport.
. It is another instance where the modern high school
strives foolishly to ape the college and the university.
Athletics in the high-schools are coming to mean the same as
in the college, the main end for a few, of no benefit to the
m;my, and of no lasting good to the few. Professional
triiners and coaches are employed by the larger schools and
e business made out of football and basketball. Without the
professional trainer, who reduces sport to science, the team,
no matter its native ability, gets nowhere.
In many communities, taxpayers will not stand for school
funds being diverted from educational purposes to develop
an at hi 'tic team that spends its time and energies in touring
the country staging contests with other teams, and in such
cases, the professional trainer is paid from funds raised by
special subscription or from the gate receipts of games.
Schools unable to employ such trainer are hopelessly
handicapped.
A state contest of high school teams is as far as the
competition between schools should be allowed to go a
national contests should be barred out of high-school class.
New Era of Mergers
Announcement of the sale of the Dodge Brothers automo
bile plants to a New York syndicate for $175,000,000, followed
by the purchase by British and Standard Oil interests of the
control in Doheny's oil companies for approximately $40,
000,000, indicate that another era of big business mergers to
create trusts and monopolies is impending, similar to that
Inaugurated under President McKinley a quarter of a century
go, when the steel, tin, copper, woolen, paper and other
. trusts were organized.
Purchase of Dodge Brothers is announced a move in the
formation of a rival to the General Motors Company, which
has absorbed so many plants. The result will probably be the
purchase and consolidation of independent motor concerns
with the eventual concentration of all automobile manufac
turers in two or three great groups. Fortunes will be made in
the financing if not in the operation.
Purchase of the Dohcny oil interests rests the control of
the United States naval oil reserves, bartered for a bribe by
Secretary Fall, in the hands of foreigners. Suit instituted
by the government to recover these oil fields will probably be
foiled, as the Teapot Dome suits have been, by witnesses,
including Standard Oil officials, depended upon by the govern
ment, taking refuge beyond the jurisdiction of the law, in
foreign lands.
The Coolidge regime, friendly to big business, with its
proposed cut in income and surtaxes, offers a premium for a
return to predatory ways. Fear of prosecution ha:, been
removed. Complacency rules the White House. A new golden
age is Teing inaugurated for the unscrupulous business
at!-.-pnturet', who is alreadv cashing in on the stock and grain
markets, and starting a clean-up on industrials.
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Los Angeles, Cul., April 2.
When tlio New York boxing com
mieson recently placed the name
Ot Jack Dempsey, holder of the
world's heavyweight boxing title,
on Its ineligible list, the champion
dubbed It top notch comtdy,
fhrugged his shoulders and said:
"I should worry; they make me
laugh."
Dompaey had another laugh
coming yesterday and when he
was appraised ot (he signing of
papers for a niaten between Tom
my Gibbons and Uene Tunniy for
the heavyweight chumploiiuhlp of
the world he took It:
"A laughing proposition," ho
in Id. He then sedffed at Gibbon'
claim to the title and termed It
advertising.
He also took occaston for a Ioiik
distance, verbal jab at the New
York commission, suyliu: that that
body can do whatever It wishes In
New York, but that thoro are oth
er status in which to fight.
The champion again dented any
Intention of retting and his ap
pearance lent color to his denial
fur he wan then preparing to enter
the ring for an exhibition per
formance at a naval day field pro
gram. In his exhibition he show
ed some fast footwork r.nd playc.1
with hi opponent for three
rounds. He indicated that his next
fiRht may be in California and
said Hint he hue", received sonic
tempting offers from California
promoters.
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men, mothers and maids
A Romantic Serial of Modern Life
By IDAH McGLONE GIBSON
FROM NEAR AND FAR
Lillemay looked at Harold Ken
nedy curiously.
What did be mean by telling her
that she was to meet handsome and
clever men In Hollywood? Did
he want to warn her against them.
"I can believe that they are
both handsome and clever If yon
Are a sample, Harold," she ban
tered. The man smiled with her. "Do
you know you can be very sweet
if you want Lille? I am glad that
you have decided not to h:.te me."
"Oh here you are, both of you.
I have been trying to find you to
tell you that breakfast is ready,"
said Mrs. Vail, looking curiously
;it the two. She wondered if they
had made up their differences.
Hnrold caressing smile however
brought an answering one to her
111. She decided that it was all
rlKht between the two persons she
cared for most on earth. She came
forward and kissed her daughter.
"Lillemay," she sail, "you must
have recovered In the night. You
are looking radiant this morning."
"I confess I am hungry Llssa,"
interrupted Harold. "See, we ore
Just come Into the rickety old
Cleveland station, a disgrace, to
the town.
"But anyway wo shall have time
to eat our breakfast while our
car Is still."
As the train slowed down Mr.
Marchniout called a nowsboy and
bought the morning papers. Lille
looked eagerly over the one that
Uncle Ovid held out to her. Soon
she found what she was looking
for under a headline "American
still ill from shock over death of
fiance." She read:
The mysterious hallucinations
of Robert McLean continue. He in
BRINGING UP FATHER
slats that he is still receiving com
mvnlcatlons from his wife to whom
he was married on her deathbed
after she had fallen from her
horse.
Although seemingly right In
every other part ic u 1 xr, Mr. M c -him
other things sine she told
Lean Insist that hi bride has told
him she had came back after her
death to marry him. What (he.se
communications are, however, he
declines to tell.
Tho w hole episode has brought
about a rather peculiar legal tan
gle. If by any possibility it could
be proved that Mitu Eames did
come back to enact a dramatic
marriage after she was already
dead, it would raise the question
immediately Is Mr. McLean her
legal heir?
The whole thing has stirred up
great interest among those who
Insist that the dead can return a
well as among those who are cer
tain that Mr. McLean's mind has
become unhinged by the tragedy in
which he has played one of the
principal roles.
One thing, however, Mr. Mc
Lean doe eay he has been asked
by Miss Eames to take her body
back to America as soon as pos
sible. This he will do as soon as
it can be legally accomplished.
Juet now Mr. McLean and liis
mother ore In the south of Trance
waiting for permission to carry
the dead bride back to America.
"That is a queer kind of affair
that has happened to that chap in
Paris," said Mrchmonf "Did you
know him Lille? I see you are
reading the account in another pa
per." "Yes, I knew Robert McLean
very well, indeed, and I met Miss
Eames just ns I was leaving for
home." In spine of everything the
girl could do she could not keep
her voice from sounding queer-
iy.
Will, have you any theories
about the matter." aske-1 March
mont. "Did you know this man
was a believer in the occult?"
"He never said anything to me
that led me to think he was," an
swered Lille. "He was one of the
sanest men I have ever known
and I hud such confidence In him
that if I should hear him say his
wife told him that she had come
back from the other side to marry
hiJ.t I would believe him rather
than think his mind was unsettled.
Rod never had a 'case of nerves
that I knew of." Lillemay stopped
and blushed ns she realised that
he had called McLean by his first
name. No one seemed to notice It
however.
At Cleveland Mrs. Vail receiv
ed a wire which told her that her
other well had been drowned out.
Lillemay noticed that her mother
looked quite worried. She again
tried to press upon her her part
of the oil field but her mother de
clined more peremptorily than be
fore. From Ovid the girl learned that
while the real estate deals in
which her mother had become in
volved would probably bring her
In a great deal of money, yet real
estate at that moment was suffer
ing one of its periodical slumps In
Los Angeles and her Investment
was costing instead of making her
money.
What shall I do Uncle Ovid?"
Lille asked Marrhmont. "I don't
want to rob mother, neither do I
want to sacrifice niy half of the
field which happens to be at this
moment profitable to take care of
some financial foolishness that
Harold Kennedy has gotten her
into."
"Just sit tight, Lillemay," coun
selled Uncie Ovid, who did not
realise that half of his advice was
colored by a little jealousy of Har
old Kennedy and part of the other
half by his natural cautiousness.
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see.o twenty oolua.r to vure
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Chemawa. April 2 Tomorvow
afternoon the Chemawa Indians
baseball ntue will travel to Port
land where they nro scheduled to
meet the fast Franklin team. Not
much Is known ns to the abilpy of
the Portland team although they
have prospects for a winning team,
The Franklin team came lo Che
n-awa last Saturday but the game
was called off In the third Inning
on account of the severe rain
storm. The score stood 1 to 1
with hut one out and a man on
second It looked as though the
Indians might havo scored. Hall
first man up for Franklin, started
the game with a thrce-bi.gger over
the centerfield. Miller fanned but
Hnll erored after tho catch
Jackson's fly to center.
tne nulla ii had several men
on bates at all timet nnd the
! ranklin nido was kept worried.
1 bancs (icorKe, vcleutn ot the
team of last yuar. Muled for the
IniiJ.'.ns. He is going belter than
Lift year and will he depended on
rur a ro.hI p:trl of the hurling.
JACKSOrCOb'NTHIAN
TO HEAD DAIRY UNIT
Silverton News
SI! ,erton, April 2 Funeral er
Tk for Mrs. Clifford Rue will be
liel t this, afternoon from Trinity
rhi.'Th nt 2 o'clock with Rev
Oct rge Henrlksen ofrbiating. l'.i r-
1ft 1 will be made in the Silreiton
cemetery.
Dun Rlveneas and Olum Laraon
loft Wednesday for a tour of Call
fornia Both Mr. Rlvenes and Mr.
Larson ha vo been em ployces of
the Rfvenesa grocery for some
time. They expect to return to
Bihcrton at the end of a few weeks
trii;ing about In California.
Tilnity Mulral Organisation Is
.f-j aring a program to be given
a Trinity church Friday night of
this week. The program will con
sist of group and solo selections
both Instrumental and roc.il. Fol
lowing the program a pie soW.il
Will be held. Proceeds of the eve
ning's entertainment will be used
for purchasing new music and In
struments for the various musical
It. ti. Kowler, assistant .wieiil
tur.st of Jnrk'iun county, will sue
t-fed H. F. Neil of Turner, Mill ion
county, r-H kii per in lend rtt 1 of (h
dairy tattle UivUm.ii of the Orr-gor
iute fa'r, according to anrionmv
ment by (he slate f.iir hnird at a
meeting lure yesterday. Neil h
-vne in 'o Imsiiiesj at Rainier at
(owler v as lor some years head
Of tllC l.M'Htni-k ihvio..n In II.
Southwestern Washington fair at
ruyaiiup.
Other ku perl nt intents are: J
K. r inn num. Dayton, Or., beo
cattle: 1 hom:i it. nub u..i..m
swine; Professor Nelson. O. A. V .
neep; and Jay Reynolds, Corval
is, I10r.11 s.
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Newbury, Kng., April J. ( R
Awrviuted Press. ) Paddy. hv
Colli en Nun out of Khanoann.
?wned by Lady Bradford, won the
pnng cup of 1500 pounds sterlins
run nere today.
divisions of the church.
Mr. and Mm. Arthur .Mudfen of
Brooks spent Tuesday at Hilwrten
as guests of Mr. Madsen s parent
Mr. and Mrs M. J. Madden. Mr.
Mndsen reports that Uroeks In-
naoiiants are busy putting out
their onions.
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