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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
MONDAY, MAY 25, 1923
C api tal jlJoiir nal
Salem. Oregon
An Independent Newspaper Published Kvery Evening Except Sunrla:
Telephone 81; News 82
G BOUGH PUTNAM, Kditor and I'ublinher
BIBLE THOUGHT FOll TODAY
A .. 1 . ..1 il . ). . e f t i ...
una tciivH ine enwf uncpnera appear, ye shall receive a
crown of lory that fadcth not aivay.I Peter 5:4.
. The Muss of Motor Laws
Perversion of government for special privilege and private
profit pervades some of the 20 odd new motor and road laws
gome into eftect tills week. That these could be lobbied
through the legislature and approved by the governor is proof
positive ol the stupidity of some of our lawmakers, if not of
tne corruption of others.
The result of this legislation is to expand our already
inflated bureaucracy and increase our top-heavy taxation,
saddle the state with cumbersome and unnecessary burdens
and weigh the statute books with unneeded and unwork
able laws, mulct owners of motor vehicles for substantial
sums as well as cause them no end of annoyance, to the end
that t. few may profit at the expense of the many.
. .
Chapter 250 of session laws puts the state into the
business of registering titles of motor vehicles for the benefit
of dealers in used cars. It creates a new department of
government at a cost of $50,000 a year to taxpayers, and it
forces every car or truck owner to fill out a blank duly
csrlifying to ownership, liens and indebtedness before secur
ing annual license.
The secretary of stale is required to mail to every person
who secures a license to operate, an application blank for a
certificate of title, and every sale or transfer of a motor must
be officially recorded, and the purchaser must pungle up a
dollar for a new certificate of title, and the old filed for
reference, so a card index system record the history of
the car.
As hundreds of motor vehicles change bands daily, no end
of needless work is created, the many inconvenienced for the
convenience of the few.
There is Chapter 323, which re-enacts in Oregon the
unworkable and discarded auto headlight law of California,
which requires all motor vehicles to use lenses of certain
specifications, said specifications being part of the patent
granted the General Motors Company, and giving it virtually
a monopoly, as no other lenses fill the bill.
Thus everyone is forced to re-equip his motor vehicle
with lenses that are no improvement over lenses already on
the car, and which are just as glaring and just as dangerous
as the old lights, and have been so proven in California,
where no prolense is now made to enforce the law.
However, if everyone is forced to install these lights before
the effort to enforce the law is abandoned, manufacturer and
dealers will clean up a fortune in nutoisU' expense.
Chapter 03 increases the state traffic officers force from
5 to 25 men under a chief at $250 and expenses a month,
the speed cops to draw $125 and expenses per month for the
first year service, $150 and expenses for the second year,
and $175 and expenses thereafter.
This gives us five limes as many state speed cops as we
haa now at five times the expense yet our highways are
sufficiently well patrolled as it is and no emergency exists
for public safely.
Chapter 102 makes the stale of Oregon guardian and bill
collector of Oregon motor clubs, by making display of insignia
and emblems a misdemeanor unless dues are paid-up and
rules lived-up to.
Chapter 215 puis the slate of Oregon inlo the business
of b Hming membership in motor clubs by making "unexpired
card of membership in a lawfully organized automobile asso
ciation ' acceptable as bail for violation of traffic laws
a special privilege extended only to members of motor clubs.
The general public must pungle up the cash or go to jail,
but clubmen simply give their cards. The moral is, join the
an' omobile association and enjoy insurance.
The moral is. join the automobile association and enjoy
insurance.
Two good laws appear in the bunch of new statutes, that
imposing a small fee upon auto busses and truck lines, upon
which petitions are in circulation for a referendum by those
who want to use paved public highways as rights of way
for rivate profit, and that forbidding joyriding in state
owned vehicles, which reads:
('h:ipi-r Oil Il sliall lie unlawful fur any iiorsoti or persona to
drive, op. rale or use. or to nutlmrlzp or permit any pernon or persons
to ilrio. operate or use nnv nulomolille. motor trurk. or other motor
or liorseili:in vehlele own. il l.y tlie state ot Oregon (or any private
purpose. Any person or pereoni vinlatins any of I lie proilona ot
thin net slioll lie puni-heil liy a (I no ot not less than f.: nor more
than flOU.
HE FESTIVAL
PnrtUml. Or.. M;iy 2.V- Thro-
IjiK 'Vlmtt.V mill a hull dn7rll I'th
cr a(t ruction are innmiinccd for
the 1 J 5 It use 1-m iv al. w hirli
opens Monday, June la. und rnn
t'nwa t!i run v,h tht week. I'iv
vious Ko'p Festivals have extend
ed only nvi.T three days.
"Unsarla," ihu floral parade an.l
"Merryhiinn" nr the three hf nt
iraitlona nud two of them tire to
he the firt ntlraet Unis ol theh
kind ever semi nnywherc.
"Merryhanji" Is to lie a distinct
novelty a eniiRlonievate pnrnri
with tho carnivul niiit dominant
tn nil section except "The March
of Nntiona." Thtrly-spvon nntlon
nlttlcH represented In Portland's
population wli have, charnrtorlis
tic entries, many ol them wltli
hands. Other sections will he th
"Kunnvads," the '"Kazjtherry" ice-
tlnn, the industrial, fraternal and
horater chilis. r.very civic cluh
III the Pacific northwest Is eliRlhl
to enter with a comic float n
cititnt.
Th Dasennt "Hotuirla" la the
one" hi thlnff these day In the
lives of 5000 dancer, actors ami
ninp-ern who arc spending weeks
rehearsing for Ita performance
f-atu e ot -'lioavia has tint heen
mourned As a ispeetiil divertise
itietil Jii-d hefnre tlie finale. Ml
ilarrict laveh. ntanuitic soprano.
II sine; "A Hose for Kver
Heart," with n rose ballet and :
larr.e uroup of wulUer. in th"
background. t'harles V nkenold
l 'ii d ma n, composer of I he 'Uo-
ia" limbic, und everyone wh"
has heard tins waltz son nred'ct
t will attain tremendous popular
y after lt Introduction at the
Mi.eant.
i'.ix prineees and 4T ladien In
waitlni: have been chosen for
(J neon Kuzan tie l's court of Ho
ar ia. The prtncpeg tiro the
Mitres Dorothy llaiadon. I.eeTevls.
Snrah Jan Talbot. Leslie Kerns.
Flora, Jane Mcnefea and Janet
1 louse.
TODAY'S CROSS WORD PUZZLE
NEW INCORPORATIONS
The following articles of incor
poration h.iv been filed with the
utate corpora lion department.
Perurtty A Finance company. An
Uirla; incorporators, H. h. Hrown.
I. A. IIiMiMon, Henry u. V. Kne
brl; capital. $15,000. preferred
"toek nnd ?M) shnreH of common
tock without pnr value.
Portland Kurnnro company.
Portlnnd. Incorporators, C. V.
Twining. C. Himonsen, w. K. Royal
capital S000.
First Chrlstinn church. Turner,
Incorporator!, J, u eUh, William
Hiiuke, S. A. Ittches; assets, $t0.-000.
HORIZONTAL
1, Will not (t'oiiimctloa)
1. To Ims le(t'rta
H. First noma ii
0. Highest male ndult voice
10. Hoyal FiisJiieoiri (nh.J
1 1. ' Toward
1. N'oi'lii (lib.)
i:t. I'oiiiiei-iitli letter nlphaliet
I I. IiulelKed
17. I't'iiuile liojf
III, ltc('-ivc,i
J 2. Cozy
21. J'ersoiml proiuoiu
2(1. If of Wlhl (all.)
2H. Stciimliip (ah.)
211. Ivxecutive (lib.)
'Mi, A portion
;i:t. Tin-ice (Ii. prefix.)
H. One who eiiloriaiiH guests hi
private life
35. A hi
HOW TO SOLVE THE CROSS WORD PUZZLE
The way to solve the Cross word rnzzlc ts o mi lu llio white
qunres of the diagram with Che words which agree with the nccorn
paiiyliiK definitions. The tlc-ftnitloiia nro iiuinhcicd to correspond with
tlie numbers on the dlHgnim.
Any word denned in iho text under "HORIZONTAL will, bcictn
nt Its minitjcr, shown on tho diitemui, and will extend nil tho way
it cross to the first Illicit space to (he riUt ot that number. That Is,
tho word must bet; In in the square that contains Its identifying num
ber, find extend as far as tho while squares continue uninterruptedly
Any word denned under VERTICAL will nlso begin, In the while
spnee thnt contains its number, but will extend downward as Car as
the white spaces remain uninterruptedly. -
OP ffKST
nit U AY'S
f IlHLT s.lo
sap mr Wc A R
IIX-5.IhI
TO I R.Ell
VERTICAL
1. We are (contraction)
2. t'scd In bilking (pi.)
3. North K:iht (nb.)
4. Objective of I
5. I'refix denoting negation
0. Child
7. A steady jogging pace
11. To pull
1. Lar;:o collection of duelling
pin CON
.". RrcjiUI'iist food (pi.)
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Copyright 1921
18. First note imMcul scale
tK. Old School (ah.)
20. Adverb of place
21. Desiro
Hit. To put Into prncllse
George Matthew Adams
25. Passaic out
27. Pronoun
31. So
32. Right (ab.)
. Tiberius (ub.)
My Ma trimonial
Vacation byvioietDare
A lAN(ii:UOl'S OAMI2
I couldn't really blame Nathalie
Jordan for liking Phil Leland.
lie knew so well how to nuiko
hiniHcie attractive. Then too, he
was lonely and unhappy, and Phil
was the sort ot man who can
make lifo eeem glamorous. I
know thrj.t lota of rich girls marry
men of his type, because they can
afford luxury when it comes to
marriage as they can in other
things. And they'd rather over
look lack of character in a mnn,
and lot his ability to entertain
them and make love gracefully
make up for It.
Leland played little games with
Nathalie. He sent her absurd notes
she found one In the pocket of
her evening coat that very night
I saw it when she took off her
wrap in the dressing-room. She
read It, laughed and showed it to
me. v
"Lovely lady,' he had written,
"You're particularly beautiful this
evening. If you'll look under tho
perfume bottle of amber glass on
your dressing-table, when you get
home, you'll find something to re
mind you of me."
"It's absurd, of course," she
laughed, "but I like it. He's al
ways sending me little gifts, that
I come upon unexpectedly. Yes
terday I received a huge box of
pansies, with a note urging mo to
come at once to the old wistaria
a.rbor In Central' Park, alone and
on foot. I did and there was
Phil, with a huge bag of peanuts
which we fed to tlie squirrels. I
felt like a child of six and I've
been feeling old for so long!"
Of he was clover I grew a lit
tle fearful as I wondered whether
I could come between them, and
straighten out matters between
her and her husband, and make
them realize that they still loved
each other.
If I had thought that Phil Le
land really would make her happy,
I would have given up nil thought
of interfering. But I was as sure
that he wouldn'J as I was of my
own name.
I was dancing with him when
a very pretty girl lu a brilliant
scarlet frock laid one hand on his
arm us she passed us.
"Get my note?" she asked. She
spoke in a very low voice, but I
overheard,
"Yes," he said. "Tho crystal
room." There was a crystal-room on
tho floor above the dance cluub
occupied the whole building, but
all the floors but that one were
reserved for private parties.
I wouldn't have thought much
about it. but when I got back to
our table I picked up my vanity
case, which had been lying there
all evening. As I opened It a note
foil out.
Phil was dancing with Nathalie,
and Nick was talking to some one
at a nearby table, so I was quite
alone. I opened tlie note and read
it.
"Wont you come up to tlie crystal-room
with me we can shake
the others I must see you alone."
it read. And it was signed "Phil."
Now, Nathalie's vanity case and
mine were very much alike. Each
one had nn "N" engraved on the
front. They had been lying side
by side on the table all evening.
Obviously, that note was meant
for her. And that girl in the. red
frock evidently she knew about
this rendezvous in tho crystal
room too!
I couldn't figure It out very well
I'm not clever ubout such things.
Hut It was easy enough to see that
Phil wanted to go to the floor
above with Nathalie, and that the
girl In red had arranged the meet
ing.
Well, I'd go too! I didn't quito
liko the looks of tho affair, and I
certainly wasn't going toilet Na
thalie walk Into something that
wasn't to my liking.
I told Nick, whon he came back,
that I wanted to tolephono my
mother, and hurried out of the
room. I got my clonk, and ran
upstairs, just to look over tho
ground.
At first glance -I decided that
there was nobody in the crystal
room. Then I aw tho girl in red.
She was crossing tho room to tho
rfido where the windows were.
Heavy curtains hung In front of
them. She drew one aside, and
there was a man with a camera!
She spoke to him, then drew
the curtain In front of him, and
stepped hohlnd tlie one that hung
in front of the next window.
So they were going to take a
picture of Nathalie Jordan and
Phil Leland.
That looked like blackmait ta
mo. I'd read of just such cases.
Somehow Phil would manage to
involve Nathalie In a qustionabla
looking situation, and then they'd
tell her that they had a photo
graph of her in his arms, prob
ably and that they'd blackmail
her If she didn't pay them to de
stroy it. She'd be , frightened, of
course, and pay them, rather than
have them make the facts pub
lic. Not thit they could really do
anything with the picture, but
they'd threaten to.
I heard voices on tho stairs just
then, Phil's and Nathalie's. Well,
since heavy curtains made euch
good hiding places, I decided to
use one myself. I stepped bchfnd
one of those that hung in front of
the doorway. A moment later
Nathalie and Leland passed me. so
close that I could have touched
them.
Tomorrow Thieves of Society.
BRINGING UP FATHER
By George MrManus
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