THE 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
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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
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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
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