Capital journal., June 16, 1925, Image 4

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CapitaljUournal
Salem, Oregon
An Independent Newspaper Published Kvery Evening Except Sunday
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OKOHGK PUTNAM,
BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TODAY
i: For 1 am with thee, and no
thee. Acts 18:10.
Taking the Joy Out of Life
One by one the perquisites and pleasures of that 20th
Century privileged class of the modern institution of Volstead
ism, the dry agents, are being limited. Money to buy drinks
and entertain lavishly in bawdy houses and other places, to
travel about the country and live on the fat of the land at
taxpayers' expense is still forthcoming, but the steely
hearted government refuses to longer pay for agents losses at
roulette, poker and faro. Says the Washington Star:
Government agents muy lie reimbursed for living ut high-priced
hotels, making lavish expenditure on soeiiil events und buying liquor
to obtttin evidence for prohibition enforcement, but Comptrollor
Generui MeCnrl draws the line on gumbllng debts.
In a decision made public yesterday the comptroller-general
declined to approve a prohibition ngent's expense account that
included Iohhcs of about $50 at roulette, poker and furo. Thy opinion
was brief, but positive.
This is an outrage. How are the snooping sleuths to live
to the full the life where liquid joy rules the day and moon
shine love the night, if their gambling losses are not paid?
How can they pursue the "very merry dancing, drinking,
laughing, quaffing and unthinking time" at roulette, poker
and faro in the holy cause of the uplift, if the taxpayers
money does not flow faster than the booze? Moreover, if the
taxpayer is not going to pay these gambling losses, who is,
unless the Anti-Saloon League steps up to the wheel of
fortune and saves the day ?
;. But dry agents' woes are not confined to gambling losses.
There is the dastardly effort on the part of upstart official
dom to limit their hootch. Here is Percy Ogden, federal
director of prohibition for Illinois, setting out the following
rule:
Do not become intoxicated. Do not become anywhere near intox
icated. After taking two or three drinks of high-proof liquor an
agent should not take another drink until five or seven hours have
elapsed.
Then there is the prohibition director for Maryland
declaring that the number of drinks for agents
j All depends on the iiihu. One man might be able (o stand five or
even seven drinks without any intermission, while another ought not
to drink at all.
While Don Okie, former United States army captain and
prohibition agent of California, as an undercover agent
asserts
I found It nceewmry to consume on nn average 50 drinks of liquor
daily. . In two years the number o drinks I took- to obtain evidence
totalled $30,500.
Evil days for the knights snoopers have also fallen in
Oregon. Now there is a limit here on everything and
strange to say, more bootleggers, rum-runners and moon
shiners pinched then in the good old jocund days of Cleaver,
Herwig and Weinberg, when the sky was the only limit. It
is a shame the way the joy is being taken out of life for dry
agents.
Must Be Satisfactory
At tho annual meeting of taxpayers of the Salem school
district held Monday evening, a meeting duly advertised for
the discussion and approval or rejection of tho $G50,000
budget for the school year, not n taxpayer, except members
of the school board and its employes, appeared to approve or
protest a single expenditure. It, was necessary for members
of the board to act as taxpayers, elect the superintendent as
chairman and the clerk of the board as secretary in order to
go through tho legal form and put the customary motions
of approval.
Here we have a typical instance of public interest in
school and other public expenditure.. People will complain
and crab over costs and administration and when the time
comes to make their protests effective, pass it up in silence.
The bigger tho budget, the easier to slip it over, for the
average taxpayer seems incapable of comprehending any but
petty amounts or being interested in any but petty issues.
Only an appeal to prejudice brings out the voter at either
school budget meetings or elections.
There is of course another and more flattering view, and
that is that the taxpayers are so well satisfied and have such
implicit reliance in the administration of school affairs that
they cheerfully accept the board's judgment and decision as
filial and unquestioned a confidence earned by the present
hoard. Having waived his own rights to protest, however.
it ill becomes any taxpayer to
My Ma trimonial
Vacation byvMetDarc
A HOLT J HOM Till'. ItH'M
mo at tho (iiitiid Central
station at fmir-thii ty Thiirmlay."
I road that ralih-siam over and
over. "A. L." I studio. 1 ilie Initials
that were igti(d to It. Of cimum
it must ho one of my liiinluml's
brother oTf iioifl, who had returned
from tho I'liillpplnos on tho traiiH
port with him, I tiled to remem
ber the nnmefi of nil Jim's friend?
at Wwl J'nint, but I couldn't think
of nny whowo initial.1 worn "A.
''Oh, that doesn't maltnr," I
cried nt laid, throwing niyelf
down on tho chalso Ionian In my
room. I thmiKht the hour would
never paw. I didn't know what in
the world I'd do with mywtf until
half-paflt four tho next afternoon.
It Bcemed nn eternity,
I thought baek over all of my life
ftince I'd firm met Jim nt West
I'olnt and fallen In love with him.
It wan a nerlea of memories that I
loved, until I came to the moment
when I had come suddenly into
the house and found Co II a l',:iton
In hid arms.
And yet perhaps If ! had nuked
htm about that Incident, he could
have explained It natlsf actor lly.
Cella was a flirt, nnd who'd known
Jim a long (lino, longer than I had
and been in love with him a year
or no before.
Maybe If I hadn't been no dread
fully hurt maybe If id under
stood Jim better there were a
dosen "may be'" that en me crowd
81; News 82
Udltor nnil publisher
man xhall set on thee to hurt
hereafter object.
bur Into my mind.
lint now It was too late. Jim km
dead, lie never could explain now.
Ami even If he'd been alive. I'd
xent hi m word that 1 wanted a
divorce, because I cared mors for
another man than I did for him.
.Ilm wart fi iKht fully proud; he'd
never forgive that,
Virginia tins tied In and out, busy
with her preparations to marry
Mad nil over :in;iln. I wondered
If 1 wa. as fliithty as who wax, ns
incapable of nny real, deep affec
tion. Hill Kwlnff xent me some Korgo
out lose, but did not enclose a
note. Kvidently lie thought I
meant it when said that I didn't
want to see him again!
I couldn't sleep that night. I
Htood at the window, staring down
into the street, watching taxis go
ripdilng by, and fdunolng limousines
slip pat the hotel, nnd trying not
to wonder what was going to hap.
pen to me.
A big dnnce was being given In
one of the hotel bnllroomn; the
music came float lug up to me.
wonderful jam. I shuddered at the
thought of ever dancing again, I
felt that Hfp could hold no more
gaiety for me.
I went back to the chaise longuc
and studied the classified ads In an
evening newspaper. There didn't
seem to be any kind of work for
which I was fitted or educated, but
I clipped out the nutlcea thai twd
btien inserted by aeverul agencies,
and decided to visit them nnd reg
ister In tho morning. Somebody
might want a oomph nion, or a
governess, I told myself, not real
ising that a governess has. to bo
Bpecially trained In theae days.
Virginia sauntered In at half-
past two, to tell me about the
theater and supper purty eho and
Dad had just given.
'I wish you wouldn t sit moping
there," he exclaimed, "It isn't
good for you; you'll ruin your
looks. Why you act ho I can't sea.
You never cared for Jim, or you'd
have gone to the tropics with him."
"You JiiHUitcd that I mustn t go,
I reminded her.
"Oh well, if you'd rcnlly loved
him you'd have gone with him in
Hpite of anything that I could Hay,
Hhe answered. "Of course, now
that he'o dead you think you care
for him, but you don't really. You
don't know your own mind."
"Perhaps not, but I know my
own heart," I told her.
She went away then, and I un
dr eased and went to bed, to He
there tossing reatlesrtly until It was
morning and I could get up again.
Tomorrow -Out of Hie 1'n.st,
SOUTH AMERICANS
TO SEND ART NORTH
Las Ancelcs, Cal. Five hun
dred oil pniutlu&s and etching by
leading contemporary artists ol
North, Ceutral and South America
will he brought together here for
n three-month display when the
Pun-Amoricun exhibition opens
November 3, this year, at the hof,
Angeles Museum.
Tho exhibition, In which paint
ings by artista from Canada and
the United States of North. Ameri
ca, Mexico and Panama cf Central
America, and Brazil, Argentina,
I'eru and Chile of South America,
will be exhibited, will mark the
firat representation In this coun-:
ry since 1115 uf the southern con
tinent's art.
BRINGING UP FATHER
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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
City Planing and
ZoningBoard Idea
Of New Ordinance
A city planning coinniissiqn, to
he composed of 10 members, in
cluding the mayor, city attprney
and city engineer, who would he
cx-oUicio members, i proposed In
ordinance introduced at, the
city council meeting lust night.
Besides the three city officials the
commission would have seven
members, appointed by the mayor,
two of whom could be non-resi--
dents of the city. The latter pro
vision is to give the city the ad
van tuge of expert mem hers who
may not live lr. the city.
The commission, if appointed,
will supplant tho city zoning com
mittee of the council which wan
appointed several weeks ago by
the mayor. The new ordinance Is
in exact conformity with a state
law covering city planning. A
study of the law revealed the fact
that the special committee was
powerless to do anything because
of the provisions of the law.
While the Fur t land zoning ordi
nance, which also followed the
state law, was held a few days ago
in the circuit court to' be unconsti
tutional, there ore other states in
which an identical law has been
held constitutional. It is under
stood that the city of Portland in
tends to continue to operate under
the act, and this will also be the
policy In Salem If the zoning com
mission Is appointed and gets into
operation. ...
Some business of routine .nature
was accomplished by the city
council last night. The street I
committee reported favorably onj
the following improvement pro-1
THAcy CACT OP '
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cmdmmx tftees - Ato sir
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SYSTM TO A&ftAMIW&'. J
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FROM fow ON Trt I )(
BookiC-I ujH-t J yi
PAY m; Pr&
jocts: Petitiou for the paving of
North lGth street between A and
) streets; petition for paving
Broadway from Columbia to High
land;, pettiion for paring North
14t;i from Marion to D; petition
for paving A street from 16th to
17; petition for paving the alley
in block 60.
Aa unfavorable report was turn
ed in on a petition for the paving
of Wilson street between Commer
cial and John streets for the rea
son that the city has made no ar
rangements In Y the laying of
blaik pavement aB-petitioned for.
The sewer committee reported
favorably on a petition for the lay
ing of a sewer in Progress addi
tion. A petition was received for a
sewer in Lee street from 22nd to
24th and another petition for the
paving of the street. Each petition
was signed by 16 property owners.
A lengthy remonstrance signed
by 23 properly owners was re
ceived against the proposed im
provement of North Summer
street from Mill to Market.
Resolutions were received for
the laying of sidewalks on the
we3t side of 17 street, for the Im
provement of the alley in block
50, for the Improvement of McCoy
avenue from Norway to Jefferson,
for the improvement of North
Fourth from Norway to Columbia,
the improvement of Saginaw from
Superior to Rural, Improvement of
Richmond avenue from Oak to lot
4, block 4, improvement of Oak
from Commercial to a point 237
feet west, nnd the improvement of
Liberty from Lincoln to Superior.
THJVT-S POCfrJsS 1 ill cs WlM" l!
Pop ciis Qf p13 : i--J 1 j
1 AST iSi fiUffll. m ,V,
Glad Rags Are
A Deceitful Cherry Tree
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DEPOSITION OF
OF WITNESS
NOT NEEDED
(Continued from Pace One,
Cochran, appellant; appeal from
Malheur county; replevin action.
Opinion by Justice Belt; Judge
Daltou Biggs affirmed.
In the matter of the petition of
Pearl M. Davenport for writ of
habeas corpus; appeal of Ollie H.
Olson, sheriff of Crook county; ap
peal from Crook county. Opinion
by Justice Belt; Judge George
v. Stapletou effirmed.
James C. Pcrd vs. J. P. Schall,
appellant; appeal from Malheur
county; action to recover money.
Opinion by Justice Belt; Judge
Daltou Biggs affirmed.
Orby C. Craven, appellant, vs.
ohn Charles Wright, appeal from
Multnomah county; action to re-
cove; money. Opinion by Justice
Ruud; Judge Robert Tucker af
firmed.
Crowell Elevator company, ap
pellant, vs. Kerr Gifford & Co.,
Inc., appeal from Multnomah
county; action to enforce payment
of alleged arbitration award.
Opinion by Judice Hand; Judge
George W. Stupleton affirmed.
City of Athena, appellant, vs.
Marion Jack, administrator of es
tate of T. J. Kirk, deceased, et al;
apepal from Umatilla county; suit
to enforce lien. Opiinon by Jus
tice Hand; Judge Gilbert W.
Phelps affirmed.
State of Oregon vs. Julius Bail
ey, appellant; appeal from Mult
nomah county; appeal from con
viction or crime of non-support
and six months Imprisonment.
Opinion by Justice Brown; Judge
George Tazwcll aitlrmed.
W. P. Phy, appellant, vs. Wini
fred W. Phy, appeal from Union
county; appeal from order deny
ing motion to modify divorce de
cree. Opinion by Justice Brown;
Judge J. W. Knowles reversed.
Paul Frank, appellant, vs. John
Matthiesen, appeal from Multno
mah county; appeal from order
SA.irS
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1923 av Irrrx FeATVM Scnvicc
Sad Rags to the Major
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0. K. for the Bookies.
IT'S A FAcTl
ACCORDING TB
, . ewev nag in "rve scamPsr. ) fel ths ctmgr HoRsesi I
A
J VYovjKic H.; Pol$iaLV L6S i , X GOT rA II
jsri- v y i y mi I I cer amothsr n
- TT W X IVU 1 V " I
vacating judgment based on jury
verdict and granting new trial.
Oplnon by Justice Cos how; Judge
George Ross man reversed.
John Hayos vs. John H. Cum
in Inge, appellant; appeal from
Deschutes county; suit to recover
money. Opinion by Justice Bur
nett; Judge T. E. J. Duffy affirm
ed. George W.' Holcomb, appellant,
vs. Midway Oil company, et al;
appeal from Multnomuh county;
suit to require recording of certifi
cates of stock. Opinion by the
court; Judge Gilbert W. Phelps af
firmed. Ox man & Harrington vs. Baker
county, appellant; appeal from
Union county: motion to dismiss
appeal granteu In opinion by Jus
tice Burnett.
In the matter of the determina
tion of water rights of Willow
creek and tributaries, a tributary
of Malheur river. Willow Rivet
Water Users association, appellant,
Emery Sole, ct al, cross appellants,
vs. Orchard Water company, et al.
uppeal from Malheur county. Or
der Issued by tho court modifying
previous order by reducing exten
sion of time for presenting peti
tions from 30 days to Juno 25.
Petition for a rehearing denied
in Kcane vs. Portland, r
CHINESE SITUATION
PRESENTS THREE
FOLD PROBLEM
(Continued from rase One)
emphasized t!lo probability that It
may result ia seriously curtailing
the extra territorial rights and
immunities now enjoyed by for
eign residents In China by virtue
of decades old treaties.
Troubles in Japanese cotton
mills employing Chinese labor fur
nished tile match to fire the train
set long ago. It. has run along the
Yangtze valley with rapidity
startling to the best informed
Washington observers. Outbreaks
are reported from Chinliiang, Nan
king, Kuikiang, Hanlcow, Shang-
elia and a Bcore of other places in
Ml - , PvQCi
FKSHTF&
Inc.
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BuT t JuST iil T 1 l BuT TOO LOST 1U;0 I
t-EHAv: amT cue of Trtcmv. ujowl fS oyo ggt; Tne i
Be , yoosfie r coui.m-t. ILiIT
TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1925.
cluding Kuifeug, north of the riv
er, in Honan province. Hankow,
and Kiukiung have produced seri
ous anti-foreign disorders and
foava have been expressed for the
safety of the missionary summer
colony at Killing, near Kiukiang.
Tile government's observers huvo
foreseen this manifestation of a
new nationalist spirit in China tor
several years
Thus far, not dlrsctcd cither with
Canton or with the antl-forelgu
wave in the Yangtze valley, loom
hostility in northern China be
tween Chang Tso-lin, war lord of
Manchuria olid now in control ot
Chihli, Shantung, Kiansil and Che
kiang provinces, and Feng Yu
hsiang, tho eo-eailed Christian'
general, who at Kalgan, 150 miles
northwest of Peking, bide his tima
for throwing off theo vor-lordehip
of Chang which he had to ac
knowledge last winter after tha
two combined treachery and mili
tary force to dislodge Wu Pei-fu,
then chief ot tl.e Chihli party and
master of tho Peking government.
In this impending conflict tha
prize is Peking and military dom
ination of ucnrl yall of China.
Chang nearly won it last year
but even though he defeated Wu,
Feng remained a thorn In hla side,
safe out ot harm's way at Kalgan,
where he had been able to control
the Chahar and Suiyuan districts
and make alliances with, the mili
tary rulci-B of Honan and Hupch
provinces and elsewhere and build
up his military resources.
Neither Chang nor Feng is
avowedly anti-foreign. Chang haa
aligned himself against the bol
shevik Influence by opposing tho
soviet in the disposition of tha;
Chinese Eastern railroad and en
rolling in his forces many ot tha
"white guards," remnants of tha
former tsariat armies. If Chang
and Feng figkt.two foreign powers
will be primarily interested. Tha
soviet, in popular opiinon. would
welcome n victory for the "Chris
tian" general, while the Manchur
ian war lord is considered to hava
the moral support of Japan.
By George McManua
By BUly de Beck
By Herrimau
By Bud Fisher
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