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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
TUESDAY, MAY 19,
1925
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Salem, Oregon
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CHOKCIS PUTNAM, Ktlllur nnd 1'uhlUiher
BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TODAY
He that walkcth wilh wise men sliall be wine; but a com
panion of fools shall be destroyed. Proverbs 13:20.
Painted Atrocities
Perhaps there are people in the world that enjoy static
over the radio, that appreciate only discords in mu.sic, find
delight in the nerve racking shrieks of a siren there must
be or we would not have persons whose idea of an attractive
exterior for a store is a glaring, garrish glittering color that
offends the eyes as discords shock the ears. It is certainly
a strange way to create the city beautiful and keep Salem
famous.
A brilliant blue, a vivid red, a glittering orange, a dazzling
green are bad enough on the isolated gasoline service station,
designed to attract the passing attention of ' the fleeting
motorists, but when we see store fronts in the heart of the
business district glistening in hues of many colors, it jars the
senses as it mars the scenery.
There has recently been more or less of this variety of
ornamentation in Salem. It creates the same human reac
tion that the unsightly bill board when it cuts off the
glimpse of a charming vista, and is calculated to drive away
trade rather than attract it. It is quite effective however, in
spoiling the appearance of the street, and therefore a mark
of the hick town.
Having no city planning committee and no statutes on the
subject, the vivid color nuisance cannot be controlled except
by nppeal to reason. Therefore we urge the various organ
izations attempting to beautify the city to use their influence
against the perpetration of more painted atrocities.
TODAY'S CROSS WORD PUZZLE
HORIZONTAL HOW TO SOLVE THE CROSS WORD PUZZLE
A Builder Goes
By the death of i'ormer-Senalor I. N. Day, Oregon loses
one of her really big men, one whose vision and constructive
ability left a marked impress on development of the state.
He differed from most of those who loom large in public
affairs in that he was a thinker and a philosopher as well
a builder, and the programs that he offered were carefully
drawn and thoroughly thought out.
Oregon's highway system is largely Mr. Day's achieve
ment for he is was who originated the plan of amorti.ing
the automobile license revenue as a basis for highway bond
issues which was adopted in 1017. He was also father of
the market road program, designed to supplement state and
federal highways.
Among the achievements credited to Mr. Day while in the
legislature was the adoption of the state workmen's com
pensation law. Much other progressive legislation owed both
its origin and its enactment to him, including that author
izing the creation of port districts for the building of harbors,
including the Port of Portland. At the time of his death he
was engaged in uniting the northwestern states to force
Congressional assistance for port development in districts
where the timber lies in federal reserves.
Mr. Day compiled in 1917 a complete report on the water
power resources of Oregon. In 1020 as chairman of the
Olcott commission lie wrote an exhaustive report on taxation
and revision of laws and presented the legislature a complete
code to reorganize taxation, which if it had been enacted,
would have straightened out stale finances and averted the
present crisis.
Industrious, public spirited, original, resourceful, f
unusual capacity, Mr. Day was of the type that, before the
days of the direct primary, we honored with high public
office, but in these days we discard to honor the demagogues,
in spite of which the stale mourns the loss of one of its best
and most useful citizens.
"Hive alisotiiU'ly nut ono 'onl
of comity ftinrln tu insist nny per
son Htat owns itu nutmnnhflo. Let
tin? uiitomohile he nolii lo assist in
(tofniyuif; expanse nnd thru fctve
such county aid 11s the cise w.ir
nnith." 'I'll tit 1 County Conunlssfonoi
- Smith s point ion tor the problem
of the "ruitomohile tump,"' who
w i 1 tic fiiihjciit of n ri'Mf' i t ihv '
county rti.nt! nnd Viirloiia .Kfneie-
in I'ortLmd on June 1 f. It i"
nro'i.thln ttnU the rounly rommis-
sinner will nitentl the eiuifen-nee
and pupv liK' liuit County Juvenile
Olfifer .1'. Non.i White nho nni
attend.
The "automobile tramp" niii'le
heavy mid on the indent fund
of tho county lit year. The
' tramp" himself did md nppe.il
bo much to Ilin court. Imi' In mi
inerous t uftot lie apprise. with a
wife and all tho uy from five to
ten children, who traveled about
tiie country in a fliwer, p.n ki .1 in
with nnuino'.iK heloni:iiu :uul ikm
provided with etioue.il money t
liry (lanollne to carry them from
plnee to p!nre. It Was up lo the
court to buy ;-aiIinp or support
trie tnii- The court took the line
o. 1m; y.-. Islame nnd hour lit the
ir. m1:;-:- The court in the next
do tho same thin it. And
o o,t (!!! tho tamp landed in
Another mate where It was p re
turn im the operation wn repented .
Facing- tho pomlhilitte of n
fdmilnr nlttmtion this year the eon.
ferenre hns heen called for Port
land to ntpet the problem n
Btnto matter, with some sort of
uniform mode of procedure to lie
adopted and followed throughout
the slate.
County Commiivsioner Smith de
clares he be I to von It t mistake
to expend the county poor fund
for the AMletAnce of Any person
who own nn automobile. A large
numbor of those seeking county
kid Jrlr to the court limine In
their car to Ret It.
If Incidentally believes If 7io
poller ha has outlined was adopt-
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PARLEY AVERTED
(Jenev.i. Mar Is. (A. V.)
The erlflif in the International
conference for the control of traf
fic In nrms and munition. wM
line been created by America 'it re
f ii sn 1 lo have the lea itu e of n.v
tionfl council appoint the central
office for anno con I rot was avert
ed (oday by a decision to abandon
the plan to cstahliMi the proposed
central bureau.
Iteprencn t :i t i ve Theodore K
Mutton of Ohio, head of the Am
erica n del ec.it ion addre.ini? a
special committee in ih.irgc of the
question insisted IhSt die central
bureau should not he con nee ted
with the league.
Virtually all of the other lo
countries represented on the com
mittee ndhered to (he Idea that
no central International bureau
rdiould be ctdahli.shrri if i iM pj.ic
'd under 1 1 1 league's Juridict ion
Confront i ni; this Impenetrable
will the committee decided the
conciliatory thins lo do wart to
m.iko pros re by marehinp
around it. Therefore, on motion
of M, l.ance of Norway, the com
mittee unanimously resolved that
in 1 1. judgment the central office
or bureau In the form previously
proponed. I not epventuil and that
the same end enn be attained by
allowing each government to pub,
lifh arms tntiRtlee. The practic
al effect of today' action t tn.it
the lonfTtie of nations nevertl'cte
will collect all data regarding
anna and tho result will be the
same n If a central office had
neen crented under the league
ed generally throughout the st-ii?
that it would go a long way to-
wnrit solving the "nutomoh'lo
tramp" problem
Capital Journal
WANT ADS
Do the Work
An nromulic Mleo
To desire willi expectation of
reeeiviii(f
Muster (Mb.)
Weapon
At a It cm known
(ioun
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Indefinite a i licle
Mama (all.)
i:ehtNiation
A hove
To strive to "iirpiKs
I'laMieot of clotli
holy (ah.)
To boll slowly mid gently
Killed
Tlic way to prdvo tho Cross Word I'uzte is fo mi lit (lie white
fluuaroH of tho diagram with tho words wiiicli nuree with tho nccom
panyinir definitions. 'J'lio ilefiuiilons nro numbered to correspond with
me niimoers on ioo ouiffrnni.
Any word defined hi tno text nnrter '"HORIZONTAL" will ocelli
nt its number, shown on tho diagram, nnd will extend nil tho way
across io ine nrbi m.iCK space to Hie rigiit or Hint lunuher. That is,
l ho word must begin In tho smiuru that contnina Ha idcnttrjlng imni
ber, mid extend ns far na tho white u,uarci coiitlmic itnlnterniniedly
Any word dorhicd miner "VEIITICAL" will nlao begin, in the white
Hpnco that cooiaiiis its iiihiiIhi-, hut will extend Uoivuwurd aa far us
mo wiiue spaces len.ain uninterruptedly.
VERTICAL
America (ah.) -Mauser
for cuttle
Wtekcil fuiry
To place
To lnehIc
I'l-eposit ion
Those vtho trade with others
.Meinlhii-Ky (ah.)
Superior of a monastery
I'pon
Pronoun
Iiiinieiix1
To disguise
To tangle
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Typographical Kntrlneer (nb.)
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SOIit'TION
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CopyrlKlit mil Ocoree Multtit-w Adama
My Matrimonial
Vacation byvioktDare
TIIK MKS1I HAG AGAIN
I went for a long walk all alone
the next morning.' I wanted to
.straighten out in my own mind,
at leitat the various entangle-.
meiU Into which I had walked in
my efforts to help other people.
l''irt, there were my mother,
Virginia, and Frank Harrison.
Frank thought ho cared a lot for
me, and wuh much better suited
to Virginia, who was very fond of
hhn. f'd partly succeeded in trans
ferrimy hia affections to her, but
must hurry matters along.
Second, there were Nick and his
wife, who I was suire had divorced
him because her people insisted on
her doing so, not because she
wanted to. After seeing her that
evening at the Russian restaurant
when I was with Nick, and realiz
ing that she was jealous of mo. I
felt more confident than ever that
who still loved him. Weil, I must
work out a way of making her see
it too, so that she'd come back to
him.
Third, there were my broker
friend, .Jordan, and his lovely wife,
Nathalie. That was a bit more dif
ficult. He seemed so intent on rush
ing around with chorus girls, giv
ing gay parties and all that sort
of thing would I ever be able to
make him realize that his own wife
was far prettier nnd more at
tractive than -a n.v of them?
The harder I thought, the fast
er I walked. I didn't want to stop
and consider my own problem, my
husband who liked somebody else
better than'be did me. I'd begun
to lose confidence in myself so far
:us that problem was concerned. 1
had thought that I could make my
self he happy without him, and I'd
found that I couldn't. Since .11.1 m
had written me that he and the
I0.it on s were to share a hnuse at
that distant urnly post, I'd been
perfectly wretched.
In vain I told myself that I nev
er could stand life In the tropics,
and tried to full back on my pride,
reminding myself that Jhn prefer
red Cecilia Kutori to me. It didn't
do a bit of good. If I'd had money
enough I'd have paid my fare to
the- Philippines and fullowed Jim
that moaning.
IJut r didn't have, o there was
no chance of doing that, and I just
kept on walking nrmind the reser
voir and thinking about some of
the people with whom my life bad
become entangled.
Nick phoned me that afternoon
to ask if I'd go to the theater and
a dance club with him that even
ing. "Yes, if you'll find another nice
man and let me take a beautiful
woman along," I answered. I told
myself that I might just as well
begin my campaign with Nathalie
Jordan at once.
At the theater I had but little
opportunity to study the man Nick
had brought. He seemed quite
nice, but an I sat at one end of
our group of four seats and he at
the other I could judge only by bis
voice.
We had supper at a charmiim
place, the grille in one of the new
hotels; The lights were cleverly
placed and dimmed, ho that there
was a soft amber glow everywhere
and the music was entrancing. 1
looked at Nathalie as she sat chat
ting with 1'hil Leland, Nick's
friend. She .seemed tn be 1iavln
a beautiful time. For the first time
I considered a new possibility.
What if in the end she should not
want to go bael; to Jordan, but
should prefer somebody else?
Stranger things hud happened!
Bhe looked very lovely, with
gardenias in her dark huir; I could
neo that Leland was much attract
ed by her.
"This man Leland,' I said to
Nick, as we were dancing. Is ho
married?" I wanted to be .sure of
my ground beforo I got Nathalie
involved in anything new.
"No he's one of the rapidly
diminishing race of bachelors,"
Nick replied, laughing. "I warn you
competition's keen in his case. His
only asset is the fact that he isn't
married, but it Hoenui to be enough
He hasn't any money, has a good
eiiuugh job, but ft doesn't pay
enough to keep him going as he'd
like to go. How ho manages I don't
.see. Mrs. Jordan seems to like him,
doesn't she?"
'I imagine that women always
do," I answered. So this man Le
land was like me, just dangling on
the edge of things, playing around
with wealthy people without hav
ing any money of his own.
I stayed that night . with Na
thalie: she was living in the very
beautiful apartment which her
mother had bought in one of tho
huge buildings on j'arlc Avenue.
"Nathalie, did you see my gold
mesh bag?" I asked as I slipped
into a negligee. "I must havo laid
it down with your things as wo
camo in."
She said she hadn't. We looked
everywhere, and finally phoned tho
garage to have the chauffeur look
through the car. It wasn't there.
"l'robably I left It at the restau
rant," I said at last. "I'll phono
there In the morning."
It wasn't there cither. Evident
ly it was gone, emerald clasp nnd
all.
"Oh, well, I never really liked
it," I told Virginia, who was tear
ing her hair and raving over tho
loss. "Hut let's nqt tell Frank tho
bag is gone; I'm afraid he'd glvo
me a'nother one."
Nathalie phoned mo later In tho
day. She had just missed a flexlblo
bracelet, n very handsome one, set
wilh diamonds, Did I remember
seeing her wear it after we got
h'.me that night?
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