Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, May 13, 1925, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextTHE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1925 CapitaljLJournal Salem, Oregon An Independent Newspaper rtilillflhed Kvery Evening Except Sunday It Telephone II; News GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor and Publisher BIBLE THOUGHT FOlt TODAY . Judge not that ye be not judged. For with what judgment )e judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ycu note, it shall be measured to you again. Matthew 7:1 2. Peddling Pollution the sale of pornographic magazines in our chaste puri tanical city is reported to have reached surprisingly large proportions. They are generally conspicious on newsstands through bizarre covers, blatantly blazening the beauty of females posing in a state of nature, but the covers are mild in comparison with the tainted contents of the periodical. While such literature may do no harm to the degenerate it is evidently printed for, these magazines certainly have a most damaging effect upon immature youth, particularly high school boys and girls, among whom they are reported to have a wide circulation, constituting probably a greater menace to their morals than the three M's of modern educa tion, movies, motors and moonshine, which have relegated the old three R's to the scrap-pile. ' There not only "orter be a law" against the publication, importation, circulation and sale of such deleterious trash, but there is actually such a statute in existence, providing both fine and imprisonment. Of course the penalties for thus contributing to the delinquency of minors and degra dation of age are not anywhere near as severe as those for taking a drink, but still they are strenuous enough to compel compliance, if enforced. Section 2094 of Oregon laws, reads : If any person shall Import, design, copy, draw, photograph, pre pare, publish, tell, lend, give away, distribute, show or exhibit, or nave In his possession with intent to sell any obscene or Indecent book, paper, writing, printing matter, picture Dr any publication that purports to relate or narrate the criminal ixploits of any desperate or convicted felon or any publication mado up in part of accounts or stories ot crime or lust or deeds of bloodshed such person shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by Imprisonment not more than six 'months or by a fine ot not more than $500 or by both fine and Imprisonment. Clearly these flyby night periodicals heralding the decad ence of the times, of which we have so many in these virtuous days of Volsteadism, catering to the lewd, libidinous and lascivious, come within the bun provided by this statute and it should be enforced to end the peddling of polution for a profit. HORIZONTAL J. (iutlwrcd together , 7. North ab.) 8. Doubly (prefix I) 1. Imiierilnenily witty 1 3. Iare deer IS. An alrolio-llc liquor 14. Anit'rbun fab.) 15. IVnnMylvanla fab,) 4. A division of land IN. llMlllno at.) 10. (.ratify 23. New lirmiftwlrk (ab.) 21. That In If,, ab.k 25. Coninion flowering nlnnts SOLUTION- OB flSTE.ADAYS PUViZI.K rrAlXJt'lMElRl3l A Burning Issue At last we have what might properly be called a burning issue in the campaign for the election of a member of the school board fire insurance. The principal qualification for the office, is evidently not education, training and experience, nor even executive ability and business capacity, but a redis tribution of insurance carried on school-houses, so that agents not now favored, will get a crack at it. So we have the "Association of Fire Insurance Agents" entering the field with a candidate pledged, not to better schools and improved scholarship, nor to a program of economy, nor to eliminating or installing fads and frills, but to the all important issue of peddling the district's fire insur able to members of the association. Says the association officially under the signature and seal of its president : Tho Issues seem to be quite plain. Ono of the candidates, Mr. Necr, slated qulto emphatically to the committno which visited hltn that he favored having Insurance written as It Is at present. Tho other candidate, Mr. Tlbhlts Is In favor of a fair and equitable distribution. No issue is raised as to the financial responsibility and reliability of the insurance companies now carrying policies ncne can be raised, because they are among the best in the world, but there are not enough evidently to go around there being more agents than insurance. It is questionable taste fcr the secretary of the school board to carry some o' the insurance, but not unlawful and if the board prefers his com panies, the public is in no way a loser. The fire insurance agents association has shown the way It will now be up to the plumbers association, the wood and fuel dealers association, and other organizations to place their candidates for school board in the running so as to insure to their various memberships a "fair and equitable distribution" of the contracts let or supplies purchased by the school board. OPEN FORUM Contributions to This Column must be plainly written on on side of paper only limited to 800 word In leuglh and signed with the name of the writer. Article no', meeting these specifi cations will be rejected. Xt the 1'Juilur; Inasmuch u. our position has been practically misrepresented by the front page article In Monday's Issue ot The Cspllsl Journal, we trust that you will grant us space to Rive the public the fncts. The organization of Insurance men Is squaroly back of J. C. Tib bies and expect to stand back of him. They are not playing pull tlca in any sent of the word, be fore Mr. Tlbblts announced hi " candidacy, a committee of the or ganisation was canvassing ths sit uation for a candidate, and In the discussion It was though that In asmuch as the women of the city usually take the greatest Interest In school affairs, and because they are not reprejt-utod on the school board at the present time, mat it would be no more than fair that thev should be represented. There tore, quite Informally on ot our members wss askea to can up sir. Anderson. No one asked her what her view were nor Intimated that anr nromlso of any kind would be Irked of her It she would run. Th commlttee and a number of others felt that she Is a woman eminent ly Qualified for the position and on who would b entirely fair to the whole district. Tha name of Mrs. Klllott was also suggested and the commit lee, on of whom was a woman, li ter viewed her. They also felt that ha Is a woman who would be ab aolutely fair and fearless and have r,nly the Interest of the wnoie pco nl. at heart. However, when Mr. Tlbblts made his announcement th In surance men voted to back him and ot for an Instant have they thought of any ether eaadidate nor ha anybody been asked by a run for eviioul UUvtlor. Tho Siisuua seem to bo quite plain. One of tho candidate. Mr. N'eer, stated quite emphatically to the commute; which vtaltcd him i bat he favored having liifturancc wrltten n it U nt present. The other candidate, Mr. Tlbhll, Is lu favor of a fair and equitable dis trlbutinn. not only of the insur ance busine:iri but of nil other con tracts which the school board bat- to make. Those who bcllcvo that an In dividual should hove one-fourth of the tusuranro luimcs ntul thaw the only salary nf any school orfl clnl will undoubtedly voto for Mr. Necr. Those who thoroughly be lieve that a stlarlcil olllccr ot the M-hool board should not also be the chief bencllclnry of its con tracts will, we believe, vole for Mr. Tlbblts. ASSOCIATION' OK" FlltE 1NSIK ANCK Aliii.NTS. U. 8. ltntiliison. president. Salem, Or., Msy 12, COOLIDGE SMOKES TEN CENT CHEROOTS, CLAIM . New York, May 13 President I'oolldge smokes ten-cent cheroots. preferring them to expensive cl runs, insrici v. miles, a close friend of the president, made the dislosure last night at a meeting ur the Ohio society. Mr. Hlllcs related that a friend nf the president, noting th rhe lools. had sent him a boi ot ex: pensive cigars. Two weeks later th friend called at the White House and, offered a cigar, ob served that ths bog was the same as h hid presented to the presi TODAY'S CROSS WORD PUZZLE HOW TO SOLVE THE CROSS WORD PUZZLE The way to solve the Cross Word Pnnfle tt fo rm lu the white squares of the diagram with the words which agree with the accom panying definitions. The definitions are numbered to correspond With the numbers on lite diagram. Any word defined la ine text under "HORIZONTAL" will -begin at Ite unratx-r, shown on the diagram, and will extend all the wnjr across to I bo first bLick apace lo the right of that number. That la. the word mast begia In tlio squire that contains lu identifying nam bcr. and extend as tor aa the while square continue uninterrupted If An word denned under "VERTICAL" win alto begin, In the white apace that contains Us number, but will extend downward aa far aa the white apucea remain uniuterruptedlf. VERTICAL 1. Fusing 9. South (ah.) 9. Tire 4. To prohibit 5. Miiii'h name fl. lU'jecU 9. To move over Ire on skates 0. So 1. lIll.-titlOHS 17, t.corttli (nb.t 20. (.riiMhy philrt I. Three (iircrix Ti.l 23. i:lnt 24. Commotion of I am . fi r f I P I p p 7r lll7- TS " lslpRyiGfThlvl Copyright 1911 George Matthew Adams My Matrimonial Vacation by Violet Dare A STRANGE F.NCOl'NTKR Sometimes I wonder If any vil lage in the world is aa email as New York City. If you want to avoid anyone, you are sure to run into them, if you live there. You're quite likely to live in the apartment next door to somebody who la the beat friend of your long loet first cousin you haven't seen for years. Fate seems to take delight in picking two or three people out ot the thousands who throng the streets and throw ing them together. The day after Jordan's party I went to a luncheon given by some ot the girls who had been in my class at school, who lived in New York. I didn't really want to go; they had all known ot my headlong romance with Jim, and I hated to let them swtpect that he and I weren't happily married. "You let him go off to the Phil Ippinea without you?" one st them exclaimed In amazement. "My dear, how could you ? Why, I'd no more let my husband go any where without me " "Indeed you wouldn't; you wouldn't dare," one of the other retorted. "Nancy can be sure that no man who's ever fallen in love with her'could possibly forget her." It wns catty, of course, but I couIiUVt help being thankful to that other glii. All these old friends of mine had so much more money than I, and took life ao easily it made me rather unhappy to see them. I felt disgusted when I thought of how Virginia and I schemed and worked to keep up appearances. When we left Pe dro's, where we had had luncheon Frank's car was waiting for me. "Oh your car?" asked tho girl who had been so unpleasant to me. "Doing rather well to keep a car like that on a second lieutenant's salary, aren't you. Nancy? Or does it belong to a kind friend?" "It's not mine, of course," I said, assuming my most childlike air. I wouldn't let her know that she had hurt me. "But since I'm living with my mother of course I use her things." "Oh yea, of course " She wasn't even bright enough to see through my subterfuge. But as I drove away I could understand why some women throw aside all restraint and go out to get money, no mat ter what la costs them. Take me. for instance how simple It would be for me to get a divorce from Jim and marry Frank Atwood, or perhaps Mr. Jordan. I'd have plen ty of money then. And It was just such girls and women as that old school friend of mine who were likely to make on do it. It was a raw, rainy day, and Frank's car was delightfully com fortable. I leaned back In the soft cushions, put my feet on the heat er, and held my huge orsage bou quet of violets and lavendar sweet peas up clone to my face. Luxury what a nice thing to have. If it hadn't been for Frank, I'd have been riding In a cold, not too clean taxi, and I wouldn't have had any flowers. "It's cruel that money can buy ho much," I told myself bitterly. "I wish I'd gone to the islands with Jim." And then I recalled that mo ment when I'd seen Jim and Claire Eaton alone, and took it back. I had promised to join Virginia at tea at the newest and biggest hotel in town. She'd eaid she wanted mc to meet a woman whom she had met several times recently, and liked very much. "Be nice to her, Nancy." ahe had urged. "She's not very happy her husband is treating her shamefully and she wants someone sweet and sympathetic to go south with ber for a few weeks, until It's warm enough for her to open her coun try place up here." I could see through Virginia's little plan, of course. She thought that I might me the "sweet and sympathetic'' person and get a free trip to Virginia Hot Springs or White Sulphur, where rich men congregate, and perhaps do better for myself matrimonially than If I stayed at home. I felt rather sorry for this wom an whom I hadn't met. I began to wonder if there wasn't Just one happily married couple somewhere in the world. Certainly my own experience hadn't led me to think it possible. Iwanted to go out like Diogenes looking for an honest man. and see if I couldn't find two people who'd gone through years of marriage together and made a success of it. . t' The hotel was crowded with young people who had dropped In for tea and a dance or two. They were everywherein the smalt embrasure opposite the entrance, all down the wide hall, clustered about on couches and In deep chairs, and the tea-rooms were full of them. It seemed as if there weren't any people over twenty five In the world! Meet "The Lady' ,fl BRINGING UP FATHER By George McManua You vtac on tmkt milk DIET A-aTHe OOCTOBl TOLO VOU On. I'LL PONT TA.KA&Oor IT- A.UU I . HEAtt lt MILK TER A, )( 1 I ' ' Ir'-. . 1 V V I I 1 IJ1 ,,:.t SJ i.I J T I 1 : I I I '.II T 'V 1' a I . it tl - - - I aOTT" I 1 '.VTlU ''ll H y Wi IfMM'T '"Ur.. 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