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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1923
Capital JiJournal
Eolem, Oregon
.An Independent Newspaper I'ubhfhed Kvcrjr Evenin Except Bunds?
Telephone si; Kewi SI
CEOKOB PUTNAM, Editor and iulliher
BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TODAY
And ye shall bt my people, and I if ill be your God.
Jeremiah 30:12.
TODAY'S CROSS WORD PUZZLE
A State Bird
School children of Kansas recently by overwhelming vote,
designated the meadow-lark as official state bird of the sun
flower commonwealth. Despite the fact that the meadow
lark is not a lark at all, but a grackle, really a black-bird, and
its selection therefore a joke on the Kansas Klan, and its
range not confined to Kansas, but includes most of the United
States, the choice was a good one, for the meadow-lark
deserves official recognition as the sweetest and cheeriest
singer of all American birds. Kaw is Indian for Kansas,
probably named after the crow, and if left to the voters the
crow would probably have been selected, as its song is more
in keeping with the noise the state makes.
And that raises the issue, why hasn't Oregon a state bird ?
Perhaps that is one thing the matter with us. We have birds
enough of various kinds, and some pretty tough official ores
at that, but how to choose? We cannot leave it to the legis
lature or we would get a parrot or a buzzard. Nor can we
leave it to our tax-cutting and tax-eating governor, lest we
get a cuckoo. If we put it up to the army and navy, our
brilliant attaboy brigadier will give us a peacock. If we
refer it to civilian powers, as represented by Mayor Baker,
we'll get a chicken, which the old hen3 wouldn't stand for.
Our inferiority complexes will rise to the occasion and
present for consideration the candidacy of the California jay,
also a native of Oregon, as combining all those enviable
characteristics of the golden state Ihey are so enamoured of.
With bright color, brassy audacity, its song a raucous and
strident self-assertion, and its occupation a pilfering pro
pensity for appropriating everything in sight, a true grafter
of the bird world, the California jay is a fitting emblem for
those who would imitate our southern neighbor.
Those who want a bird identified with Oregon, not only
by name and habitat but in characteristics, will probably
rally for the Oregon thrush, often called "varied thrush,"
sometimes miscalled "Alaska robin," which spends the winter
mingling familiarly with us in our cities and valleys, and
summers in shy retirement in secluded forest dells of the
mountains. Orange breast, splotched with dark smiz, wilh
a dark throat-lace, wings banded and edged with brown, the
Oregon thrush is one of the most striking of birds, while its
melodious single-call song blends harmoniously with sur
roundings. There are other birds, peculiarly Oregonian, few however
widely or familiarly known or bearing the cognomen of the
state, some sweeter singers, but none more beautiful than
the Oregon thrush. However the choice of an official bird,
as in progressive Kansas, can best be left to the collective
wisdom of the children, for are we not rapidly reaching the
predicted age of which it was writ "and a little child shall
lead them?"
HORIZONTAL
1. Ktibullrni (ab.)
3. Courage '
tf. hut tlx UM-d to denote an ad-
twrnit
ft. Hulluiiy (Mb.)
tt. Objective of lie
11. Kditiir (ab.)
12. I'litHnclH-d pi we of a statue
u-4-4 lo htreugt lien
1 1. Fairy
ia. Consisting of the greater num
ber IS. One who eneoinposM
Depart
2. Wickedness
22. Ah
ill. Consumed
2. Auiltury verb denoting future
time
27. One of a religious eominiinlir
HOW TO SOLVE THE CROSS WORD PUZZLE
Tlie way to mtwc Iba Cross trord PrtxHo s to fm In the white
squares of the diagram with the words which autre with the arcom
liD)injE definitions. The ilcfutUtons are numbered to correspond with
the numbers on ilie diagram.
Any word definetl in in text nnAer MnORIZOTL will begin
at It iiainber, shown on the diagram, and wUI extend ail the way
cross to lite first bLick anaec to the rife hi or that number. That U,
the word mast begin In tr.e wninro that contains its ideniifhiB num
ber, and extend as far as the white nnnrc eoniinue uiibiierruptcdiy
Any word denned under "TTririCA!. wltl nUo begin, In the white
tpace that eontnins its number, bat will extend douuwaid as far aa
tuc white spucsa ren.aUi uninterruptedly.
Making Criminals
(From The Orvaltls UUueztto
Times.)
The records eiiow that over i
thousand public officials turn-
been convicted the past year or
are under indictment for violation
of the Votatead act. That is ai:
appalling situation. The reform
era some years ago guaranteed
to us that if we should adopt the
primary system of the nomina
tlons. crooks could no longer be
elected to office. The result hae
been just the contrary. Party re-
cnonaihfllty has disappeared and
officials feel that they owe ut
tie to anyone but thcmrlvee.
They are their own party. More
over, the new nyatem has resulted
tn the nomination and election of
leas competent men, and that Is
all reform has accomplished. The
reason Is that it was a false re
form based on a fulae promise and
had hack of It dishonest politic
ians who appealed to ignorance
and. in-ejurtice and balled their
scheme reform.
These public officials are uu
der Indictment for violating an
other reform law. We were told
.that if we adopted prohibition
crime would ho cut in two. It
has. just, as Mr. IMcrca cut taxu
in two. Un the contrary, there
was never a time when there wits
so much crime in the United
States. Dispatch atate that tin1
federal penitentiaries at both
Leavenworth and Atlanta are o
full that they are obi.Ked to lock
men in outhouses, cellars, bath
rooms, and two in a cull.
In litl. the year before Volstead
lam wm effected, the police rec
ords show 920,172 arrest for
crime in this country, in 1123
the number had increased to 1,
4 14,04 ti, an incrcaae of over 60
per cent.
We were esperiully told that
drunkeuness would disappear. Tl.i
police records of 100 of our Iarg
- est citias showed arrests for
drunkenness numbering 144.560
In 1923 the number had Increased
to 827,70, an increase of over 120
per cent. These are the flguroH
of Her. Gawthrop. manager of
the Anti-Saloon league of San
Francisco, ao they are certainly
not padded.
More than 60 policemen and dry
agents hare been sent to Jail In
on town In Ohio for violation of
the Volstead act. Over 200 offic
ial! have been Indicted In II dif
ferent eltlea. Six county officer
hare been convicted In Los Ang
elea In Dei Moines, fire police
men have been convicted of boot
legging and two deputy sheriff
hare been sent to prison lor steal
ing captured liquor.
What does It all This
col am believes It mesne that we
have gone too far; that the Vols-,
tend act U too drastle. We her
fought for prrfcJbfUoa when U
was a aerlous and tome times dang,
erova business, hut we never imag
ined there would be paused so air
tlplit a law as the ohtead act
We believe that the dry anient-
mcnt to the constitution would
never have carried 'f the pceple
generally had known that con-
ureas would have gone to such ab-
surh lengths In defining, limit
ing, regulating it. It hae mud
us a nation of criminals and Its
flagrant violation everywhere i
causing a diuresnect for all law
Iaws to be respected must be
reasonable. We have more un
reason a hie laws tn (his country
than anywhere In the world.
"Ethan Quest"
t Reviewed by Warren Spencer.)
No man can read Harry Her
vey's new novel, "Ethan uueet
His Saga," without recognizing
something of hitn?elf In it. No
woman can read It without com
prehending, perhaps for the ftrat
time, the recurrent gnawing at a
man s soul to tear himself away
i torn bis settled life routine
whatever cost.
In this atury the paychukigy of
the man who refuses to stay liar
n eased by fate who even deserts
his wife Is treated so sympn
thctically that, although the worn
n is at fault only in pitiful lack
oi understand. ug, the reader love
rnd compassion are given to tin-
hero to the en l.
Hervey euci ees In thin bj
throwing ov-jr the reader tlx
same enchantment which holds hi:
Kthnn in thrall. ror "Ethan
l.uest Ilia fcAga," Is a book of
compelling strength and '
written with a command of word
that often f.ilrly start le with their
KorKt'oiM rittlitursit. '
The etory open, in the slespjr
suuuy river tort at Savannah
whut' on tb) waterfront tittle
Kthan iinit learn, th. 'rojmtary ot
ship and the. way. f thoso who
so down to tha tea. The stund-
iTda of aouthtru aristocracy arc
l is Inheritance from the Warren,,
!ils muthur's family, and he I
nearly crown before he le told the
secret of hie unknown father's
tanhthinciit. Kthan'a Saga le the
history of the paternal uerni of
roving at war In his blood with
the Warren tradition.
A, a child, Klhan poree over the
map oi me world and the fflam-
orous namea e tar lands then
reave their apeli. Hut when In
the Impulse of youth he (Ives hoe!.
Ke to fortune and see hla
dream-cllppe- take ground on a
lurking office dnk." he strive, tn
conform, to be "like other men"
and to meet the demands of duty
and affection. Then the day
cornea when the spirit of the
QuesU takee possession of him.
and lata) the cast, which all his
Ufa baa beet, (ailing him, voyages
thla deaperat, adveatarer. 1
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British India (ab.)
A bhKMl tcMel
IKhold
Iktr
PoHMiie of tliey
An iitiunt
Sifix u-cd to fonn feminine
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Prefix (L.)
Neither
IiuMvliliialltr
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bu-h
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10. IMalect ab.)
20. tf.aNolinr (ab.)
22. Exclamation
2. 14th letter alphalet
My Ma trimonial
Vacation byvwetDare
THE VA11ITS OWNER API'EAIIS
Funny thing, but I don't know.
It's been acid. Just recently only
a day or two ago, in fact. It waa
sold through an agent, ana me
name haan't been made public yet.".
'Well, hea a lucky man," I an-1
swered lightly. "Wish I knew him."
Little did I auapect that I did
know him or how soon I was to
find out that I did!
Nick and I wandered about the1
yacht as if we bad owned it. In-1
Htead of being mere visitors. It was
the last word. in luxury; even the
smallest appointments were per
fect. I wondered how it would
feel to own such a beautiful boat
and go cruising in it wherever one
wished, away from New York a bit
ter weather.
And then, aa we returned to the
main cabin, a door opened' sud
denly, one hat led to the deck.
In it stood my host of the pre
vious evening, air. Jordan, with a
pretty, overdressed girl at his side.
For a moment I waa thunder
struck, aa waa he. Then I regained
my self control and stepped for
ward, just as he did the same.
"Mrs. Larabee," he exclaimed,
"how delightful to have you for my
guest again so soon.
"Your guest?"
"Yes. Or perhaps you didn't
know that this is my yacht?"
I could aee that the situation
amuased him, and determined that
he would not see how ill at ease
I waa.
"No, I didn't," I replied, and in
troduced Nick, who waa far more
embarrassed than I. I added that
Nick had helped to deaign the
yacht, and had wanted me to see
it.
"Ah yes." Jordan looked at him
with narrowed eyes; I realised that
he waa trying to find out just what
Nick and I meant to each other.
He turned at lait to the girl who
waa still atanding In the doorway
and casually Introduced her. She
tried to conceal her embarrass
ment by being awfully patronizing
to me, but I didn't mind.
'It's a pretty boat, isn't It," she
remarked, glancing about her. "I
am awfully glad to see it I've.
been promised a- cruise on It
with a coy glance at Jordan, who
glared at her by way of reply.
How delightful that will be," 1
murmured. "Where are you going?"
'Oh. the Mediterranean. I guess
Egypt and India and all that."
she replied .airily Indifferent to a
little matter like geography.
"Yes, I've been talking of tak
ing a crowd on this jaunt; how'd
you like to come along?" Jordan
asked me. Nick frowned. I could
see that he didn't like Jordan and
wondered how I happened to know
the man.
"That would be wonderful," I
answered promptly, "Is this the
trip Nathalie waa talking about
vesterday ?"
Nathalie?" At my mention of
his wife's name he flushed scar
let. "Do you mean"
"Yea, of course; I met her at tea
yesterday, with the handsomest
man In town in tow," I replied
after all, if I was going to help his
wife win him back, a fib or two
wouldn't matter. And I knew that
he was the sort of man who takes
more Interest In a woman if he
thinks other men are attracted to
her.
"Well. I er yes, this is the
same trip," he answered slowly. -
"Of course I'd love to come If
fihe's goinir,' I went on. "She'd be
a marvelous traveling companion.
I like to sit and look at her don,
you think she's beautiful?" I ask
ed the girl. "Mrs. Jordan, I mean.'-
The girl faced me angrily.
"I don't know her," she answer
ed. her voit-a turned sulky. "We'v
never met."
"Oh, you've missed a great deal,"
I Insisted. "Thiit reminds me
you and I really needn't have been
introduced dldn t we meet at Mr.
Jordan's party last night?"
I knew that we hadn't of course.
This girl was even more frankly
second rate than Jordan's guesta
had been.
She was-furious, not only with
me, but with him also.
"I didn't even know he had a
party," she cried, and turned to
him. "Why didn't you ak me?
You have such wonderful parties
you snid I could come to the next
one"
She went storming on. though
he tried frantically to stop her.
Finally he took her by the arm
and turned sharply toward a door
leading to the deck.
"I think we'll say goodnight,
Mr. Jordan," I called after him
sweetly. "Your yacht is beautiful
I'm deiightfcd with this glimpse
of it."
He looked back at me disgust
edly. I knew that ha was furious
wilh me for having spoiled bis
evening and for having shown up
his companion so planly. I didn't
care.
But as Nick and I left the ship,
after having given Jordan and tha
girl plenty of time to get away, I
wondered why I was taking so
much trouble with other people's
affairs. Nick and his wife, Jor
dan and his really, I told myself,
it might be just as well If I be
gan to look after my own affairs
a bit.
Monday Another Tangle.
Haw ley Visits Dallas
Dallas, May IS Congressman
W. C. Hawley visited In Dallas
Friday with old friends in this aeo
tion of his district. It was his first
visit to Dallas for a number of
months.
BRINGING UP FATHER
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