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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1925
CapitaljtJournal
S:ilem. Oregon
.i Independent Newspaper .Published Kvery Evening Kxcept Sunday
Telephone 81; News 82
CiKOHCIB PUTNAM, Editor and Publisher
BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth 1 per
ceive that God is no respector of persons. Acts 10:34.
100 Percent Patriotic
Richmond, Virginia, ancient capital -of sedition, is now
100 percent patriotic." Its city by a vote of six to one,
has voted down an ordinance that would have provided a site
for a statute of Christopher Columbus, which was to have
been erected vout of a fund of $20,000 collected by the Italian
residents of the city. Rejection was made because Columbus
was not a nativc-oorn American ana because he was a
Roman Catholic.
Columbus was to be honored by his countrymen with a
statute because he discovered America and how could he
be born in a country 46 -years before its discovery ? And if
America had been discovered and he had been born in it,
how could he be honored for its discovery?
When Columbus discovered America in 1492, all the
Christian world was Catholic. Martin Luther,, who was
father of the Protestant reformation was a nine-year-old
boy at the time. Columbus had been dead eleven years when
Luther, then a Roman Catholic priest and superintendent of
eleven Augustirian convents, nailed to his church door at
Wittenberg his ninety-five theses in Latin as a public protest
against the granting of indulgences by the Pope's emissary
and thus launched the reformation. How could Columbus
be a Protestant years before there were any Protestants?
But why should anyone who claims to be American object
to the religion of any one? Does not the federal constitution
specifically provide that "congress shall make no laws
respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof?" And was not America settled by
people of all religions, and sects, all practicing a toleration
nowadays unknown? And what difference docs it make
what the religion of any man was 420 years after his death ?
What kind of Americans are we breeding in America
today with our 100 percent mixtures of ignorance, intolerance
mid bunk?
Cracking the Quibblers
When L. II. McMahan was elevated to the circuit court
bench, we predicted he would make a good judge and his
commonsense decisions are verifying the prediction. lie is
proving a ruthless trimmer of red-tape and exhibiting a
scorn of the hair-splitting technicalities of petly-foggers
that endears him to laymen, despite opinions that may be
cherrished by the profession.
In his decision overruling the demurrer in the Shields
suit to prevent the construction of an overhead crossing that
would eliminate five dangerous railroad crossings, when
trivial and unimportant technicalities were raised, Judge
McMahan held:
Conlontlmm 'of lilts lilml where lliere l no claim Hint Injury lias
licon clone nny person ami niii 1II I hk wlietiii-r an "i is wuibu or i
"t" in croHscd, may Bain some consiilcialioii In otlii'r courls. but no
In 'j'0- ,.lnf( ,,,, )ePn misio.i to his Injury by any or all o!
Iho .ill.'scd failures to comply with tho strict letter of tho law It
... .... .. .n h.r. .1.1 hn nptitnl merit to Ills claims and
they would bo given careful consideration, but no such claim 16 or
could be made. t , , ..
The ncoplo nro taxed heavily to maintain the courts for tin
nurnoso of ncnlnK Hint equal and Impartial Jusllre is done to al
who mnv Invoke their powers, hut It was never contemplated by tin
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tV time of nil of the courts In thin flUte Is taken tip hy ennlentinii
nf linn kind which nro Interposed for tho sole pnrnoao of ilmnK an
InjiiMirn hy applying certain p-dnhlNhod rules of prorrrii.ro to
conditions that arc actually not within the purview or uio rmcs.
Hnnrtq w(ri nroin;ilh' proa led to administer equal and
impartial justice, but even in Shakespeare's day, the law's
delay had become proverbial. The mam object oi courts
seems to be to provide jobs for lawyers throuirh abuse of
proceedure with justice lost in the maze ot precedent aim
quibbles.
know,
She was home when I cot there,
waiting for a long-distance call
ahe aid.
"It's from your father," she
added. "Or rather, from a man
who La staying with him down
South. He hasn't been well, and
I woa to be informed at once If he
got worse. They're afraid of pneu
monia."
"But " I stopped, Just on the
verge of Haying that I hadn't sup
posed who'd care if Dad did have
pneumonia. I remembered her
Haying when he left her that she
hoped flhe'd never see him again.
"Oh, I know what you're going
to ay, 'she broke In. "And I can
.see why, of course. Your futher
and I always quarreled; we were
never happy. But somehow now,
when he's ill and I haven't seen
him for so long, I can seo now we
both made mistakes. I'd go down
there now. but he doesn't want me
to. Ho doesn't even know that 1
know he's ill."
That was exactly like Virginia,
I tola myself. Now that It begun
to look as if she never could go
back to Dad she wanted him. Or
perhaps It was something deeper
than mere perversity that urged
nor on. I thought of Nick and his
wife, and of the feeling for Jim
that I couldn't quite get rid of.
And I wondered If there wasn't
something about marriage that
can't quite be tossed Into the dis
card, even when people feel that
they have ceased to care for each
oth sr. Perhaps man can't put
asunder those whom God has Join
ed together, even though divorce
Is so common.
"Why don't you go down South
anyway?" I asked. He'd be glad
to see you, surely."
"I'm afraid he wouldn't," she
answered. "I used to be sure that
he haled me. But then, perhaps
f he saw me now, and realized
that I do care for him, tha I can
help it"
'I'd go, if I were you," I said.
She had changed so, I could hardly
believe that she was the sanio woman.
OPE
FORUM
Contributions to This Column, must ba plainly written on ont
side of paper only limited to 300 words la length and signed
with the name of the writer. Articles not meeting these specifi
cations will be rejected.
To the Editor: In a recent fcsue
of your paper there appeared an
article dealing with the matter of
the ensuing election of school di
rector to succeed Mr. Curtis Cross,
whose term of office Is about to
expire. By this time it has be
coma generally known that the
writer is a candidate for the office.
There are certain facts concern
ing which the people of the district
ought to be familiar In order to
bo able to vote intelligently when
they go to the polls.
However altenistic and public
spirited the gentlemen who com
pose the majority of the board of
school directors may have been
when they firt assumed their dut
ies, In recent yearn there has grad
ually developed a clique which as
sumes an autocratic and arrogant
attitude toward everybody who
dares to raise his voice in criticism
of their actions.
This year the issue has been
Joined upon the question of the
distribution of the fire Insurance
on the property ot the district, but
that Is not the only matter that
needs correcting and re-adjusting.
There Is an act upon the statute
books of this state which purports
to prohibit school directors, school
clerks and other school officials
from having any pecuniary Inter
est in the erection, warming, ven
tilating or furnishing school houses
but, because the act does not speel
fically prohibit such officials from
writing fire insurance upon the
property the clerk of this school
district as well as clerks, and pos
sibly directors, of other school
districts have done so with im
punity. During the last session of
the state legislature, an attempt
was mado to amend the section to
include the writing of insurance,
but the men who sought to have
the amendment written Into the
section were informed by tho at tor
noy general's office that the act
itself was defective and invalid
and, If ever passed upon by the
courts, it would undoubtedly be
declared unconstitutional. Then
bill for an entirely new act was
prepared by the attorney general's
office, embodying all of the fea
tures of the defective law and, in
cluding the matter of insurance.
The bill passed the houso of rep
resentatives by a good safe ma
jority. Thereupon, the opponents
of the measure, among whom were
the clerk of the local school board
as well as the chairman of the
committco on insurance, got busy.
Men all over the state violating the
evident Intention and meaning of
the law deluged the senators frori
their districts with letters and tele
grams urging them to kill tho bill.
At the hearing when the matter
was before the senate committee
on education, the writer presented
the arguments for the measure and
told the committee that unless
some valid measure were passed,
there was no effective law regu
lating the conduct of school offi
cials along these lines, yet, In
spite of It all, the committco re
ported to the senate that the bill
do not pass; and It was killed. As
the situation now obtains there is
absolutely no effective law to pro
hibit school officials from having
pecuniary interest in the erection,
warming, ventilating, furnishing
and insuring school houses. Sena
tor 1 J, Tooze then of Oregon
City, but now the managing editor
of the Oregon Statesman, was a
member of the committee. His con
tention was that it was a matter!
to be settled locally. The writer!
does not agree with Senator Tooze
in that particular, because the ap
plication of the principal involved
is not merely local but state-wide;
but by the token he advanced we
propose, to settle it locally If tho
people of the district will support
us at the polls next Monday after
noon and evening, June 15th and
to so shape our course during the
noxt 18 mouths ns to make favor
able action possible at the next
session of the legislature.
Yours truly,
J. C. TIBBITS.
To the Editor: Luther Burbank
who for more than 40 years of
won dor fin) plant breeding has de
clared himself a believer in evolu
tion. He states that his plant work
at Santa Rosa "is a daily demon
stratlon of evolution." Yes, but In
limited degree. His great work
Is much of the nature of what is
now known as Mendelism. His
evolution within limited bounds,
evolution within a, circle so to
speak. Take for example his
spineless cactus. He might apply
his wonderful genius for a thous
and years if possible trying to de
velop It into something different
and It woutd be a cactus still. He
could not develop from it a pie
plant nor a cauliflower nor aspara
gus. He can and does develop va
riations and some surprising mod
ifications and that Is far as he can
go in the way of evolution. The
same principle applies to his beau
tiful Shasta daisy, his pltless plum
and plum cot. His work is in the
manner of a "short circuit" but he
does wonders in that limit. He
nor no one can get an oak tree
from anything but from an acorn.
If he can apply his genius in
such a manner as to develop some
thing that can take the place of
the acorn and from that grow an
oak he will further extend his prin
clplo of evolution. But he will
not likely try to work a miracle.
wonder than to grow a man from a
wonder than t ogrow a man from a
protozoan as the long aim of evolu
tion points us back to.
Yes there is evolution going on
today all over the world. Take the
coullng moth which we Oregon-;
iuna know something about.
There are four wiages to this
apple pest. First tho egg. Then
the larva or worm. Then the pu
pa, then last of all the miller or
moth and this lays the egg for
another brood.
Here evolution has run Its course
In a few weeks two or three
broods a season. This is the apple
worm evolution. The plum cur
culco Is not in this circle. It ha
its own life history or evolution.
The mosquito is another example
The "Wiggler" of tho rain berries
and ponds metamorphosis into
the "skeeter" carrying the germs
of malaria and yellow fever. This
form of evolution goes no further
but truly far enough.
Another example: The tadpole
and frog. It goes no further. These
forms of evolution can be observed
and can be and are taught in the
schools. They nro practical and
none can object. But to teach as
demonstrated fact that humanity
with its moral and spiritual as
pirations, Us cupucities for self
Improvement began in that far
away gas cloud, that "fire mist"
of La Pluce which '"In its revolv
Ings threw off one earth and the
other p.nets like drops of water
from a thinlng grind stone, then
from that protoplusmlcm substance
lining the ocean floor of our
planet from this slimy ooze came
our humanity with all that goes
with it, is too severe a tax on cre
dulity. Yet this is evolution in its
first and last analysis.
rt.
West Salem, Juno 8.
SHANGHAI SITUATION
REPORTED IMPROVING
Shanghai, China, June 8. (A.
P.) While several thousand Chi
nese strikers resumed their work
today, more than 5000 more, prin
cipally cotton mill employes, re
siding In Chinese territory, quit
their tasks under direct threats of
agitators menncing their homes.
The general indication through
out tho city was that the strike
stiuation was Improving.
PLANE CRASHES; 2 KILLEt
Siin Antonio, Toms, Juno 8.
Plunging 500 foot to earth in a
toil spin Brooks tlolil ol'fler was
crushed to death and a cadet was
probably fatally injured U miles
from here.
Lieutenant E. L. Ecarl, Jr.,
Brook 3 field Instructor, who was
recently assigned here from
Manila, P. I., was killed, and
Flying Cadet Hoy A. Strickland ,
suffered a broken arm, cuts about
tho faeo and body injuries.
Outs Gasoline Cost
T0 10 Cents a Gallon
James A. Hay of 4035 II St.,
Sioux Falls. S. IX. has perfected an
amazing new device that is enab
ling car owners to cut their gaso
line bills in half by doubling their
mileage from gasoline used. Many
owners have made over 40 miles
on a gallon. It also removes car
bon, increases motor power nnd
pep, prevents spark plug trouble
nvni-hnitliiir Anvrtnn nnn in
stall It in five minutes. Mr. May
wants agents, ana is onering iu
send one free to one auto owner
in each locality. Write him today.
Adv.
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Vacation byvwctDare
I dined that evening with Frank Virginia would m-ver be m cn-
lliiriimin. II" had changed Kin
tho hist time I saw him, he eem
vA In have something on hi mind
HomHhlnir so important that h
hardly bothered to talk with me
At one time I woulun t ti:i
minded that. Indeed. I'd have bee
ulnd not to bavo bothered wit
talking to hhn. Itut of course, u
soon Am I saw that the Indifferen
was tn bin side, not on mine,
annoyed nic,
"Tell mo," be wild at lant, abi tr
Iv. as 1 was beginning to emiddi
throwing sometbhiq on the flonn
doing somei bin that was df
nerato In oreoVr to ntlia.-t hi nt
lent Ion, - dnn't you think you
mother b.ij changed lately
'I've hardly vren Virginia fdnce
I came home," I nnveied. "I'er
haps she ha. She a very chaim
able peiHon."
"Hut I mean- well, ft he's im dif
ferent. She used to bn in tulk.t
tive. and entertaining, and now
nhe' very quiet, nnd "
"Then It's calebing," I cut In
"You've hardly spoken to me al
through dinner, nnd certainly you
hnvo something on your mind
"I have, ho answered. Come
out to this balcony where we can
talk
I went. Hut he didn't norm In
feel very talkative even then. Ilnvv
ever, nt Inst ho told me what wan
the mntter.
"I've never been so fond of
Anyone el mo ns T am of your moth
er," he nld. "Do you think she
cnrwi for me?
"Of course I do," I answered
"She enros a great deal for you
'l wo Judging, of course, by I he
way iihe'd felt when I went Kouth
"Well, I u.ted to think she did.
he said, after a moment. "Hut
lately he no different. She
docfin't neern to be IntoreMfd In
anything but the mall and the long
distance telephone."
When ho apoke of the mall my
fimt Thought wan nf my himbnnd.
Itut second thought told mo that
crrned over mews from Jim
that she'd Unorn Frank HairKnn
"I'm very inneh In love with
our mother," he went on. "1 want
to n.k her to bo my wife. Hut 1
don't want to ask her unions I feel
fairly mire that she'll .nvept me. 1
lid feel mho until lately. Now
well. I don't know."
I was more perplexed than over
I know that before I wont South
Virginia would have liked nothing
belter than to many him. What
iu the Win Id could have v hanged
her?
"She'll bo home when I get
there this evening." I told him.
"And I'll nee then if I can find out
w bat's on her mind."
Virginia had coino Just for a
few moment that afternoon nnd
thin g'tio out aiit. telling me
thai fdio hid an engagement to
dine and go to the theatre with
friend whom 1 didn't
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Now nelrm-o has found a tested
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