SATURDAY, MAY
LISLE FIRS! 10
The (act that a minister now
living in Salem, and a member oi'
tho local pos', of t ho G. A. It., Jinn
the distinction of having been the
first preacher in tta United Stains
to hold spoel.tl Sabbath services in
honor of Memorial day, became
known yesterday. Itcv. Jamos
.Lisle, now living at 1041 South
13th street, claims that distinc
tion. It. was in the early seventies
Old Veterans Recall .
Early Memorial Day
Observances in East
Reminiscences of a number oF
members of the Grand Army of
the Republic, inspired by today's
observance of Memorial day.
which occurs a fraction more
than t 0 years after the close of
America's greatest war, hat
brought out th0 history of Mem
orial day, which was originally
instigated by the (I. A. It. itself,
and since its firwt Inception has
been festered and developed by
the members of that organization
Sitting beside tho radio last
night, one agod veteran recalled
to mind the nights spent before
the campfire nearly two genera
tions ago, and the days that im
mediately followed that period.
"Before the war, and up until
tho time tho 0. A. R. was start
ed," he en id, "there was no such
thing as patriotism being taught
in schools. School children didn't
have observances of any kind
such as we have today. An Ameri
can flag at a school was some
thing unknown."
Another veteran of the forces
that withstood Pickett's charge.
marched to the sea, and generally
made h 1st ory during the f on r
years of tho war, sat in an easy
chair before his stove yesterday.
with tini slippered foot crossed
over a knee, thoughtfully otroked
a white benrd and recalled how
the (!. A. R. flrft came into ex
istence.
"It didn't spring up over
niirht ," he said. "It just gradual
ly grew. General Logan started
1t, and the idea soon spread all
over the country."
The formal organization of the
first post of the Grand Army of
the Republic wan nt Decatur,
Illinois, on April fi, ISrtfi. General
John A. Logan led in tho work,
which noon attracted attention
by a number of the ex-soldiers.
and a national encampment was
held at Indianapolis, Indiana, on
November 20. Stiff. Veterans now
living in Salem nre generally
n greed that at the start only a
fraction of the soldiers eligible
for membership took an active in
terest i-i the organization, al
though geographically speaking
the movement soon spread all
over the north.
"A lot of us didn't care any
thing about it at that time," nays
one present member of the f A.
R. "The war was over and we
Jn - went to work and forgot all
about it."
Instead of really forgetting it.
however, the great majority of
tho ct service men of that day
were enrolled within the ranks
of the organization before the or
gan:zatlon was 10 years old. To
day there Is hardly a member of
the nort hern forces still living
who does not, belong to the
A. R.
"It's design," ;nys a veteran, rv
calling the early days, "was to
keep in memory the association if
the members with each other dur
ing the war. and to show to thf'
genaral public the real meaning
of the work done by the volunteer
arnv of the United States."
Memorial day was originated by
tl.o G. A. R. and at that start was
participated in by almost nobodv
except members of that organiza
tion the veterans declare. Throne!)
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no states that he is not quite posi
live aa to the year that ho con
coived the idea of holding special
services on a Sunday near Mem
orial day. He invited all mem
beru of tho local post to which he
belonged to hear him preach on
Unit Sunday.
At that time he was pastor 'of
a church at Dallas Center, Iowa.
"Of course, It's possible that
somebody somewhere else thought
of it nt about the same time," says
Itev. Mr. Lisle, "but I hardlv
think so." Being a 0. A. R. mail
;ind a minister he would have
heard about it if any other pastor
had hold a service of the kiud, lie
ijolieves.
Other pastors took up the idea,
he states, and bocti it became cus
tomary in many parts of the conn,
try to hold Sabbath services for
the soldiers. The first conception
;,f the original idea, however, is
claimed by tne Rev. Mr. Lisle.
3 un to assume a greater and great
er significance. Within a few
years after the beginning of their
efforts the annual day had become
recognized to such an extent that
it was declared a legal holiday by
federal enactment. From that
date on tho public as a whole took
part in tho exercised. Public
schools were opened and members
of the G. A. It. asked to speak to
the pupils on patriotic subjects
each time Memorial day came
around.
Not only on the annual holiday,
but throughout tho year the ef
forts of tho G. A. R. bore fruit.
Tho general public attitudo be
came more and more patriotic.
Sohool chlldreu were taught pa
triotism. -A United States flag in
every school yard and at every
public place became the custom.
Tho Salem nosi. of the Grand
Army had a membership of 71 at
the beginning of the year 1925
Six have parsed away since that
time, leaving a total of G5 belong
ing to the post.
"Yes, quite a few more are on
the verge of passing over,
member of the post has said.
'There are only about a dozen ol
io active ones left, but we'd really
rather not have people talk about
it. Every generation has to pas:
in time, and its place will be tak
en by the younger ones.
"This year the American Legion
and tho other younger organiza
tions, have attended to almost oil
the Memorial day aetafls. It's bet
ter to have it that way. We want
them to take it over ,and carry it
on each year."
The local G. A. R. post meets on
the first and third Saturday of
each month at the Salem armory.
There is an average attendance of
:ome 22 veterans.
"The Sons oi veterans and
(laughters of Veterans are doing
a great work," a member of the
post declared. "Only last Satur
day they furnished nutos for all
the widow i of G. A. R. men who
h ad died an d took t hem ou t to
dinner. Some of the Sons of Vet
erans always act ns pall bearers
whenever there is a funeral of a
Grand Army man. You don' have
to ask them, or nnything they al
ways come. I'm afraid maybe they
over-feed us, too, ond over-net
FEDOLE FAKE PONIES
TO SCHOOL CHILDREN
Manila Thousands of pupils In
tho public schools learned today
that they had been deceived by an
enterprising former employee of
the bureau of education, He had
prepared a net of questions which
bo claimed to bo those to be used
In the regular examinations at the
close nf the school year, and sold
them in large numbers to pupils
for 15 cents each.
When tho pupils went into the
examination they discovered that
the questions were entirely differ
ent from those which they had pur
chased.
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Jane Cowl To Bring
Company of 50 Here
In 'Romeo and Juliet'
The Grand theater announces
for an engagement of one night
only, Tuesday, June 9, Jane Cowl's
exquisite "Romeo and Juliet."
Miss Cowl in "Romeo and
Juliet" enjoys the unique distinc
tion of the longest consecutive run
. Shakespearean role that has ever
been echievei in the history of the
world. This fact, significant in
itself, becomes more Impressive in
the light of tho universal praise
which has come, not only from
representative American opinion,
but from notable foreign critics as
well. During the past season, dis
tiaguished art'sts and stage direc
tors from Russia, Germany, Eng
land, France and Spain have visit
ed Now York and have paused
long enough to voice appropriate
sentiments in regard to the im
pressive noting of the American
jtar in "Romeo and Juliet." Pro
fessional eulogy was only a fore
runner of the moro personal tri
butes received in letters to Miss
Cowl. Gilbert Caanan, the dis
tinguished English novelist, wrote
as follows:
"I think you can imagine what
it is for an Englishman to come
three thousand miles and find
Shapcspearenn poetry suddenly
shining clear of all the dusty
pedantry that has coated it these
many generations; a Juliet lovely
with the deep, subtle, miracle of
complete attraction ; an actress
with a technique marvelously
sure, so that none of the beauty
need escape the audience; a Romeo
gentle enough und true boy
enough to surrender to beauty.
The poor old abused theater is
suddenly flooded with the drama,
and there is at last an authentic
Contributions to This Column must De plainly written ou oat
3tde of paper only limited to 300 words tn length and signed
with the name of the writer. Articles no1, meeting these speeffi
vitions will be rejected.
To the Editor: Since taxof
have become burdensome we thini
it but just that the taxpayers
should know how their money is
spent and your writeup of the
highest educational institutions of
our state is something of which
the public is interested and I will
propound a few questions. If they
are untrue it is an injustice to
our state educational institutions
had people should be so informed
and if Uiue the public should know
it. The general impression went
forth that if we voted the mlllage
tax for the University of Oregon
and the Oregon Agricultural col
lege that no appropriation would
be asked from the legislature and.
of course, it carried. Now was thaf.
impresson correct and if so then
is it not a fact that these insti
tntlons, one or both, proceeded to
construct great buildings and in
crease the number of professors,
deans, fellows and other officers
and employes to ttie number of
57 ;t for both Institutions and boost
salaries until the exceeded $1,
000,000? Is it not true that the
head of the one institution re
ceives $10,000 salary and the oth
er $8000 nnd the one paid no
taxes and the other $11.93 on an
average of 11 years? Is it not
true that they have come beofrc
the legislature at every serai on
since that time for appropriation
and received immense sums? Wc
have a school superintendent in Sa
lem nnd we are told that he re
ceives $.1500 salary and that th'
Oregon Agricultural college of
fered him $4000 to quit his job
here and go to coach their ball
games. e have tnis by hearsay
nd we want to know (f they arc
facta. The above are just a few
of the impressions prevalent
among the taxpayers, nnd not
wishing to do the Institutions an
Injustice these questions nre ask
ed eo that they may be publicly
answered and thus dispel any
wrong Impressions. The peopl
are not objecting to any common
sense education but are opposed to
being burdened with taxes to pay
for frills, nonsense or extrnva
pance. A RKADKIt.
HE CAPITAL fOURNAU. SALEM, OKKOON
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undeniable event. I am only too
happy to be going back to Lou
don to spread the good news, and
to tell the public oi what is com
ing over."
Edna Ferber, whose name is a
household word with innumerable
American women, said in her let
ter: "If I had never read the play,
or had never seen it played, 1
couldn't have had a keener sensa
tion of reality, of novelty, of
frtshness of youth, than I exper
ienced by watching you as Juliet.'
William Lyon Phelps, professoi
of English literature at Yale,
wrote as follows: "1 have one
great advantage over you ; you
cannot see yourself acting Juliet,
and I can. I could not help tell
ing you how vouderful your per
formance is I wish everybody
could see It." "She brought more
beauty wtlhin four walls than the
stage has known this season," said
Heywood Uroui.. And the usually
caustic Alan Dale went on record
with tho statement: "It would Ik'
a crime not to see this Juliet."
The critics of the weeklies, includ
ing Stark Young in the New Re
public, Ludwirf Lewisohn in the
Nation and George Jean Nathan
in Judge, subsequently joined in
general rejoicing that the char
acter of Juliet had nt last found
complete interpretation. Not since
the days of the incomparable Ade
laide Neilson, whose name ha
boon indissolubly linked with the
role, has there been such a com
plete and electrifying success in
the role of Juliet as is represented
in the exquisite achievement of
.lane Cowl.
FO R U
To the Editoir Notice letter
in Open Forum May 25, 1925, in
reply to my letter of May 15. 1
did not sny a word in favor of the
saloon. I merely stated that if we
killed all our industries we could
expect our city to be dead. The
hop industry was formerly one of
Oregon's greatest industries. 1
am not in favor of the saloon. I
don't drink ( chew or smoke. Rut
though it would be much better
for our government to get a good
heavy tax on beer than to have
conditons as they are now, any
well informed person knows what
these conditions are without me
going into a details. There is no
boom in Salem electricians, car
penters, plumbers, etc., hove had
to go elsewhere to obtain work.
Most of these men ore home own
ers in Salem and help pay the
taxes. A week ago 150 men ap
plied for work, 4 0 were placed.
As far as the tourist Is concerned.
they always say the flame for ev
ery town or city they stay in
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Aekorman and Harris nro send
ing two acta as feature attractions
on the new bill at tho fcllgh thea
ter Tuesday. They aro the Lyric
Four nnd the Reno Sisters nnd Al
lan. Possessors of splendid voices
"Tho Lyric Four" touch tho high
spots of harmony. Their program
includes present-day hits and
character and comedy songs all
rendered faultlessly. They intro
duce mandolas, a stringed instru
ment, which they use advantage
ously. Tho Reno Sisters and Allan pre
sent "Dance Fantasies of 1925," a
colorful revue of song and dances.
Tho dainty Reno sisters nro res
ponsible for the dance portion of
the offering and Allan handles the
v -al portion in a most satisfac
torily manner.
Tampering with tho mall is a
serious offense In the eyes of our
government, but Gilbert and Van
Alst get away with it in such a
man nut- as to remove all the stigma
of crime and arc rewarded with
laughs Instead of behiR convicted.
A queer name for a queer guy
Is the name "Win, C. Turtle," who
is one of the best comedy magicians
in vaudeville. His act is a variety
of magic presented in a neat and
clever manner.
Low and George Pearl aro two
rotund exponents of melody and
mirth who justify tho many anec
dotes of the good nat tiredness of
the corpulent. They bring to vau
deville approximately 500 pounds
of unalloyed comedy.
Portland is growing rapidly, but
Salem has just a steady growth.
No boom here. I think less at
tention to the beer question and
more given to these would-be hard
boiled cigarette smokers, who
suck on tho coffin nails liwe their
life depended on it, and a good
many of the girls nro hard drink
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ers and smokers, and last but not
least we should remember 85 par
cent of the married women in Sa
lem are compelled to work. This
no doubt is the answer to the
question "Why Girls Go Astray.'
1 trust I have made my position
on the saloon question clear to
everyone. I am not in favor of
the saloon or cigarette suckers.
R. THAYER GOODE.
To the Editor: Will the peo
ple of Salem who belong to pa
triotic orders please read the ad
vertisement on page C of Sunday'
Statesman, headed "Military
tournament."
I for one feel this event on Sat
urday. May 30, Memorial day, at a
stato school where the youth of
our laud is supposed to bo taught
to reverence this day and where
they are planning to erect a beau
tif ill memorial building to the
memory of our boys who served in
the World's war, is a desecration
of the day and will be looked up
on by- the people in general as a
;port3 event.
The G. A. R. and American Le
gion are included in this adver
tisement and at the same time the
ovents of the afternoon are com
uereialized.
This school is partly under the
control of the government and
military tactics are taught there
by the government.
Does Uncle Sam approve of lak
ing this day for n show day, or is
it to be sacred to those who laid
down their lives for our country?
Why do the G. A. R.' and the
American Legion allow their
names to lie used
Why do not the patriotic peo
ple of tho state protest against
this?
A DAUGHTER OF A VETERAN.
A total of 590 accidents were
reported to the state industral ac
cident commission for the weeli
ending May 14. None was fatal
Of the total number of cases 52i
were subject to ttie workmen's
compensation act, 64 were from
firms and corporations that hav
not elected to come under the act
and for from public utility corpor
ations to which the act does not
apply.
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Auction Sale
At my ranch Vi mile South ot West Stayton and 4 miles West
nt Stayton, on the Stayton Marlon road on
THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1925
Commencine at 10 A. M.
All tho following consisting of 2 Horses, 10 Milch Cows, Farm
Machinery, high grade Waltham Piano, many other articles.
TEItMS: All sums ot $10.00 and under, cash. Over that
amount 12 months credit will be given on bankable security.
COL. W. P. WRIGHT, Auctioneer. AUGUST SCHIEMAN, Owner
TODAY 2 TO 11 P. M.
From the Story
"The River Boat"
by
Charles E. Whittaker
Starring
WALLACE BEERY
B TODAY H
I GRAND SEE '
An Important Event
In the Theater !!
VVo aro sura that you will l,c Kh.d to know that J WE COWT,
whoso pci-lormanco in "UOMKO AM .M'lJiri" " been the
1 HI, AMU-,, TUKSDAV Mt;ilT, ,HJNK oth. Thla la a prlvileffo
which wo aro to enjoy with only a few other cities, as Altai CoK
rem im to New ovk, to make a new production, after which
she la booked to appear in London early in Aauguat.
Her "Juliet." na you mny know, hns hnd the longest run of any
Shalt rspoiirejin roduction anywhere in the world, and not slnco
tho incomparable Adelaide Nclfeon hna any ono evoked such
unanimous and enthusiastic pralHO, not only from newspaper
critics, but from celebrated authorn, mnRuxfnc writers and tho
Rononil public as well. Ml.s Cowl britiRs with her tho oriRinnl
New York cnL and tho production in its entirety as it wns seen
tlurlnR its Ions run nt Henry Miller's theatre in New York. The
cast number fifty people, and three special cars will bo required
to bring the organization to SAI.i:.M.
As tho demand for seats is miro to exceed tho capacity of tho
GKAND theatre, tve havo decided to tako advaiv:o mail orders
now and reservations will ho made in tho order in which they
nro received. Flease add 10 per cent war tax; send stamped
self-addressed envelope, and make checks and money orders
payable to tho Treasurer, Grand Theatre, Salem.
Orchestra $2.00 and $3.00
Dress Circle $2.50
Balcony $3.00 and $2.50
Gallery $1.00
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PAGE THREE
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Monday
Another Great
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