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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1925.
Capital AJournal
Salem, Oregon
An Independent Newspaper Published Every Evening Except Sunday
Telephone 81 ; News 82
aiSOKGE) PUTNAM, Editor and Publisher-
BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TODAY
can do all things throvyh Christ which strviiytheneth
me. Philippians 4:13.
Cause and Effect
Salem is not securing as large a proportion of the auto
tourist traffic this year as previously, for several reasons.
1. Coinplotlun ot the West Side highway, giving a shorter route
between Eugene nnd Portland.
The delay and Inconvenience of crossing the Willamette river
by ferry ut Junction City.
3. Failure ot Salem, to go after the tourist traffic systematically
and to erect proper signs at Corv allls and Klcltroall for diversion
4. Propaganda against the Pacific highway by communities along
West Side highway, seeking to monopolize traffic
6. Hocriniinatlon for alleged unfair treatment given autolsts by
Salem police.
The West Side will always secure a fair share of the
traffic, particularly because of the systematic campaign
in its behalf. Then again it has the novelty of newness.
When the bridge at Junction City is completed, the natural
division of traffic will follow, particularly if organized effort
is forthcoming to secure it.
But crabbing about loss of traffic will not secure it. The
attractions of Salem and of the state's capital are many, but
they must be brought to the attention of tourists and signs
at cross-roads should point the way.
There is as little question of organized effort against
Salem by victims of some of our policemen, as there is of
abuse of authority by those police, who take themselves too
seriously. Salem's police force has a nominal chief, but he
has little to say. Mayor Giesy is the real chief assisted by
the council. The chief cannot hire or fire any policeman, and
those who stage the performances, like the treatment ac
corded E. F. Willett of Yakima Sunday, are the mayor's own
selections and report to him.
As it is now, any strange auto, parked along the streets
at night is pretty apt to be searched by the snoopers without
warrant on suspicion, and the tourist is in luck if he isn't
taken to jail and quizzed. It is this kind of stuff that is
responsible for the boycott on Salem and is it any wonder?
Treating 'em rough is no way to attract the tourist and
the longer' it is continued, the greater momentum for
the boycott.
Scraps of Paper
The State, of Oregon in March 1924, by the State Fish
Commission and with the approval of the governor, made
a four year contract with Hugh C. Mitchell as state super
intendent of hatcheries, inducing him to leave his position
with the United States Bureau of Hatcheries, and sacrifice
his 20 years seniority with the government. Mr. Mitchell
was given official assurance there was to be no politics in
the conduct of the office, the position was to be permanent.
The State of Oregon, by the State Fish Commission and
with the approval of the governor, June 20, 1925, ruthlessly
broke the contract ' made with Mr. Mitchell and summarily
dismissed him, though the efficiency of his administration
was unquestioned. .
The Slate of Oregon, by its governor and board of control
in 1922 made a contract with W. L. Kuser, then superin
tendent of the Iowa state training school for boys, where he
hnd won a national reputation, to accept a similar position in
Oregon. Mr. Kuser was given official assurance that there
was to be no politics in the conduct of the office, the position
was to be permanent and efficiency was the only requirement.
The Stale of Oregon, by ila governor and board of control,
early in 1923 ruthlessly broke the contract made with Mr.
Kuser and summarily dismissed him, though the efficiency
of his administration was unquestioned.
The Siate of Oregon breaks its contract with Mr. Mitchell
in pursuance of n political bargain made by the governor
with stnte senators in exchange for support on certain bills
during the recent legislative session.
The State of Oregon broke its contract with Mr. Kuser in
pursuance of a political bargain made by the governor during
the 1922 campaign with the Ku Klux Klan.
All of which proves that contracts made by the State of
Oregon, through official boards, approved by the governor,
are not worth the ink used in penning them. They are
mere scraps of paper to be repudiated at will.
All of which also proves that those who put their faith in
the honesty and sincerity of the contracts and agreements
of the State of Oregon and its governor, like those who put
their trust in kings, are doomed to disillusion and disappoint
ment and to suffer injury and injustice.
For the government of Oregon, whenever it is possible
under this administration, is made political spoils and public
office a reward for personal service.
One Wife on Approval
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By Violet Dare
IIUIDK VH. MOTIII.K-IN-I-AW
Cynthia hnd not hnd nny Id on
that her himbamTs people emild
be flo dreadful.
They hnd ben charming when
they cranio on for the wedding,
and Riven her beautiful prppentu,
and treuled her m nicely. Hut
now, nfter tho honeymoon, when
she confronted them In their own
homo mwn n a bride they were
Btmply ImpopulhlP. They evidently
hud accepted her on npprovnl, nnd
If idle didn't null, in en tit to mnke
her over or return her, marked
"unsatisfactory." 8he ant nt the
hrenkfuxt table and wept, After
Jim hnd Rone downtown, ft week
nfter their return from their honey
moon.
"I enn't do whrtt they expert me
to, I i in ply enn't!" she nobbed. "It
inn't my fault (hat t play a dread
ful game of bridge I'd rather
dance thnn play bridge nny day! I
hate going to ten and paying rail
and all thnt why should X hnve
to do It, Just to please .lint's moth
er? It' enough thnt I get along
mo beautifully with Jim, It aeoni
to me." m
The necond maid tapped dlacreet
f and entered to remove the
dlehea. Cynthia tried to hide her
tear-talncd face behind a. wlp of
a handkerchief, and hurried from
the breakfast room to the aun par
lor, only to find freah cause for
Brief Jim thought It ft wonderful
Jdt-A when aha decided to have the
mm parlor dune In reed furniture
and Chinese hangings nnd then
his mm her in a do a f us, nnd he
finally aux Rented that perlmpa It
would he better If they did na Mri.
Lclan I liked, and changed every
thing ni fhe suggested.
"Hhe gave ux the house, you
know," he had reminded Cynlhin,
"I wlah she'd kept II," Cynthia
had retorted wildly. "If ahe Rave
it to tin, why can't we do an we
like with It?"
Hut that wna juat what they
couldn't do. Eventually they had
to furnish It throughout to null
her. Hhe went about It tactfully,
but remoraelcasly. And Cynthia, to
pleaae Jim, gave In nhout every
thing but her own bedroom and
Hitting room,
"Hememher, everything In thin
town Is atrnngo to me, nnd Juit
about everything In the houan la.
too," ahe hnd anid. "ftven you are
almoit itranm. Well, If I can't
have Juat one corner that's home
like, L can't aland It."
Ho Jim hnd given In.
Cynthia, curled up In the win
dow seat of the aun parlor, emlled
wUtfully when ehe remembered
how aweet he had been about It.
lie waa always aweet to her except
when he mother interfered about
something. Then he suggested, aa
nicely tut he could, that they ought
to-Yollow Mrs. Iceland's advice.
You see, I'm her only eon, and
.she's always had me," he had re
minded Cynthia only the night be
fore, ho can't help taking an
Interest In my affairs." And aa
they had argued about It all tho
way home from the theater, ahe
had 'made no oommsnt later.
"I know that, but why cun't aho
begin to let you live your own llfo,
now that you're marrlod?" Cyn
thia had demanded. "Why doean't
nhe take an Interest In your sister's
affairs?"
"She's got them nil settled, nnd
doesn't need to," he answered. ''She
feels that they don't need her so
much now. Ifut you're ao young,
and ao unaccustomed to keeping
house, and so new to marriage "
"I see," she had answered, dis
heartened. Jim must be kept hap
py, of cour.se. And perhaps when
they'd been married a little long
er, and the newness had worn off,
she could persuade him to let hor
do things a little more us she want
cd-to.
The telephone Jangled. She an
swered It, to hear Mrs. Iceland's
voice.
"Good-morning, dear. Everything
all right?" Bofore Cynthia could
reply ahe hurried on. "Did you
have Frances clean the upstairs
sitting room this morning? It's
moflt important that sho do It on
the ha mo dny every week."
Cynthia glanced guiltily at Fran
ces, who was just removing tho last
of the breakfast dishes. Of course,
she shouldn't have had breakfast
so late; she should have got up
early, when Jim did, but ehe had
been so tired, and had overslept
and she had forgotten to tell
Frances about cleaning upstairs
anyway
"I'll stop for you In half an
hour, to go marketing," Mrs. Le
land went on briskly. "And I can
flee then if she's doing it aa ahe
should. Don't forget to have your
budget slip for today ready, dear,"
Cynthia glared at the receiver.
Hhe hated that aweet, helpful
voice, that manner, that iniplied
that Mrs. Leland waa Juat doing
everything In the world fortjher
loveiy young aaugnier-m-iawj j i
"Why can't I go to met
alone?" she exclaimed disgustedly.
"I want to walk, this gortous
morning, instead of going sneak
ing along in a closed car that's? nfcv
cv driven over ten miles an hour!
I hate a budget. I want to spend
money as I like! Frances!" tjj tho
ma.-J. "Run ui.stalrs and boirin
cleaning tho sitting room thrc
Mrs. Iceland a coming!"
Frances looked at her guiltily,
.smothered a giggle, and ran. Cyn
thia ran, too, gathering up her
trailing negligee aa she pattered
up the stairs. It was wrong, of
course, to enter Into a conspiracy
with her malda this way, against
Mrs Leland, but how else could
she get along?
"I'll pull the furniture around a
bit and then go down and1 got the
breakfast dishes out of sight," sug
gested Frances, aa she reached the
second floor. "Then I cah come
back when she gets here."
Cynthia nodded, and ran to her
own room. Hastily she slipped Into
a straight serge frock, street shoes
and hat, caught up a fur scarf and
some gloves, una began to rum
mage through hor desk for the de
tested budget slip for the day. If
only Mrs. Leland would lot her
alone! Being married was enough
to get used to being made over
was too much!
Tomorrow Murrlugc, With Trimmings.
MEXICAN GENERALS
LOSE CITIZENSHIP
Mexico City. Because thoy did
not flrBt secure premission from
congress to fight under the flag
of another nation, Generals Calix
to Ramirez Garrldo and Juan
Merlgo will lose their Mexican
citizenship if they succeed In their
purpose of joining tho Spanish
forces In Morocco
Religious Study In
Public School Hours
Enjoined By Court
New York, Jubs aS. (A. P.)
Tho use of a portion of public
.school hours for religious instruc
tions in churches of Mount Ver
non, a West Chester county sub
urb of New York city, has been
foriiidden by Injunction.
Supremo Court Justice Seeger
yestciday granted a writ at White
Plains, permanently restraining
the Mount Vernon school board
from permitting children in-the
fifth and sixth grades to tako 45
minutes of each school week to
devote to religious training.
The proceedings were instituted
-by Lawrence B. Stein of Mount
Vernon, u member of the Froe
Thinkers society of New York.
Clarence Dai-row, Chicago lawyer,
who is to H3siat the defense in the
Scopes evolution trial, has offered
to assist th3 society if It lost In
the first court proceedings, Baying
that he regarded the matter as im
portant as tho evolution caso.
It was the society's contention
that the action of the Mount Ver
non school board was a violation of
the state- constitution in that it
joined state nnd church by recog
nizing religion as part of the curriculum.
OPEN FORUfV!
Contributions to This Column must be plainly written on one
side of paper only limited to 300 words Id length and signed
with the name of the writer. Articles not meeting these specifi
cations will be rejected.
To the Editor: When I waa a
boy of 12 years of age I lived with
my widow mother and three broth
ers, In Earlville, Madison County,
N. Y. I was next to the youngest
of the family. My father enllatod
in Company K, 146th N. Y. Vol. In
fantry and soon thereafter died,
leading my mother to care for us,
and she waa compelled to work
out by the day for the famllys of
the town. I remember and always
wilt white on this earth a sermon
that waa preached to me during
that time, a man came to our
home and asked mother if she had
a boy that he could hire to help
him do his chores! he said that he
lived about 21 mllos from Earl
ville, and he gave mother the
names of several people that ahe
was aquainted with as reference,
so mother thought It would be all
right for me to go and work for
the man, so it was arranged be
tween them that I should go the
following week.
When the dny arrived for me to
go, mother gave me a lunch and
started out and walked every step
of the way, there was no auto
mobiles those days to pick me up,
and the farmers were busy with
their crops, and when I arrived at
my destination I learned that the
man that had hired me had moved
away, and no one seemed to know
where.
Well, lired and hungry I utarted
back home, I had gone only a lit
tle way before It began to get dark
and I was ao tired and hungry it
Just seemed that I could not walk
any farther, I caw three houses
Just a little way off and one of
them had a light, I decided to Btop
and aee If I couldn't stay there all
night, I knocked at the door and
a good motherly looking woman
came to the door. I asked her If I
could stay all night, alio hesitated
and looked at me for a few sec
onds then she opened the door for
me to come in and be seated, that
her husband was at a neighbor
house and when he returned I
might ask him.
In just a few minutes a noise
was herd at the back of the house
and the lady remarked that her
husband was comming, so she
went out and met him, he came in
and sat down by my side, and he
asked me what he could do for
me, I told him that I wanted to
stay with him all nli?ht, he said
wo have just a small home here,
and only two sleeping rooms one
of them he and ma occupied, and
his daughter who was sloping with
a girl friend for the night occu
pied the other one, ho said what I
am thinking about Is this, my
daughter haa her personal effects
and her clothes scattered around
her room we never pay any atten
tion to them, they are hers and
she valUM them very highly, now
then If we should let you have her
room for the night and you should
see something that you would like
offely well to have, and you felt
sure that we would never miss it,
would you take It. In other words
he said If you could, would you,
I told the man that I would not
touch one thing of lies, if he would
let me stay.
Well the good lady set me a nice
lunch, the man sat down by my
side and returned thanks for me,
and after I had finished my lunch
I asked the man If I could go right
to bed as I wanted to get started
back home early so that mother
would not worry about me If the
...nri had notified her, for me not
to come. The man showed me Into
the room and aa he lit the light I
could see things laying around the
room, and after he closed the door
I started to take my clothes off
and wben I was ready to go to bed
I started to take the pillow allpa
off, and they were so pretty and
hers so I could not put my hand
on thorn because I told him I would
not touch one of her things in the
room, I stood looking nt them and
also tho beautiful spred for a mo
ment then I put my clothes back
on me, and I sat down on the floor
In a corner of the room, I hord
nothing until the next morning
when the man came and shook me
to wake me up, and when I was
awake the man asked mo why I
dlilutit go to bed, and Itold him
that I bad promised him that I
would not touch nny of his daugh
ters things, the man began to cry
and his wife came In and ho told
her what I had done between sobs,
and she cry-ed, and they had mo
crying for I was afraid they
thought I had done eomothing
rong, finally the man said to mo
my dear boy I preached you a ser
mon last night, and this morning
you have preached mo one that I
shall never forget, come with mo
and have your breakfast, then I
will hlch up and take you home, I
must meet your dear mother and
confess to her for the sermon I
preached you, last night.
WILL E. PURDY.
WOMEN'S SIDE SADDLE
RETURNS TO FASHION
Now York. The American,
horsewoman of fashion Ia definite
ly returning to the side-saddlu.
Hiding masters and horsemen call
the growth of her preference for
the flowing riding habit of her
grandmother's day over modern
boot 3 and breeches the conspircu
ou6 feature of tne indoor ridin.j
season just closing
BRINGING UP FATHER
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