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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1925
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J sketch your world exactly as it goes." -byron.
Who Wrote Genesis?
It is the contention of those that oppose evolution that the
bible throughout is an inspired book, and that all of its
assertions are to be accepted literally. The two conflicting
stories of the creation in Genesis are declared to have been
written by Moses as well as the first five books in which the
death of Moses is described.
This view, however, is no longer held by bible students,
most of whom are just as good Christians as Mr. Bryan
claims to be. In fact it is generally believed, on account
of basic differences in composition, construction and view
point, that the Pentateuch, or first five books of the bible
were the product of at least four different schools of author
ship, representing as many different eras, and that they were
revised and codified repeatedly at much later periods, subse
quent to the teachings of the prophets, as only thus can the
conflicting accounts be harmonized.
The four principal strata in bible study are represented
by the letters J, in which God is referred to as Yahweh
(Jehovah) ; E. in which God is called Elohim; D. the Deuter
onomist, and P., 'the priestly code. These represent schools
rather than individuals. J is the oldest, E second, D comes
third and t last, after the exile. They arc described in detail :
J (lie Ynwislic is an historical work, belonKinK to tlio koIiW ase
of Hebrew literature. The author loves, with his unconscious art. to
recount tlio ancient traditions of his rare, transfuse them with the
light of monotheism and is an adept at delineating life and character.
Genesis 2, 18, 111, 43 and 44 arc samples of his work.
K is also an historian and flourished previous to the overthrow
of tho northern kingdom in 722 I). C. lie elves more detail than hut
falls short in simplicity nnd grace of style, being also more didactic
ana ineniogiral lienesls 20-22 belongs to Iiim Hut J and K have
been skillfully woven together and the combined narrative Is known
as J. K. Kjc. 20:22 to 23:33 Is known as the "first legislation."
D tho Deuteronomlst composed the law book found in Josiah's
reign X21 B. C. and was evidently written shortly before. Its style is
distinguished by a large number of peculiar words and phrases. It
is the "second legislation'' characterized by spirituality and mildness.
V the priestly code, is a body of historical-legislative work written
according to a clearly marked plan.. Its history Is often merely a
bare outline, but it gives full details' regarding origin of institutions.
It. dates aTter tho return of the Jews from the Tlabylnnian captivity.
With In it Lev. 17-20 is the "third legislation" incorporated from an
older code.
Combinations and revisions of these four sources of
authorship of the Pentateuch dovc-tailed into each other,
continued until about the third century B. C. and their
authorships can be traced in other books of the old testament
at least so bible students sav.
:: The Flax Harvest
tour: of the flax fields of the valley reveals some of the
finest flax for fibre ever grown anywhere, and some of the
poorest. Wherever there was irrigation, there is 100 percent
flax. Where the flax was sown early and secured a good
start before the heal wave of last month there is a good crop.
But where there was a late sewing of seed the fibre is
short and the yield poor.
The flax harvest reveals the usual difference between the
efficient and tho inefficient fanner, for many of those whose
flax harvest failed, also failed in other crops. Generally
speaking, however, those who have had previous experience
in growing flax, have better crops than those who are
conducting their first experiment.
Tho flax yield will adjust itself with experience and time
through education and elimination of unfit soils. The most
important feature that this year's harvest demonstrates is
that the flax-pulling machine is an unqualified success and
works both in long, green stalks as efficiently as in short
over-ripe flax. In fact it is conclusively demonstrated that
the flax crop can be harvested mechanically which has
always been the stumbling block to the development of the
industry.
Flax must be pulled at a certain stage to command the
highest price and a few days of blistering weather during
the ripening state, will hasten the maturing process and
depreciate the value of the product. Hence the need of
more pulling machines and with additional machines in use,
the cost of harvesting to those who have insufficient acreage
to justify the purchase of a machine, will be materially
reduced.
One Wife on Approval
By Violet Dare
POLITE HIiACK l AIIj
Cy-n'hla was tlrtvwItiK tho next
morn inn when her mail wan
broiiKht to her. She looked thru
tho pile or letter at nnre to fee
if there was any word from her
htiahnnd: then, disappointed, hut
fled them over mint' slowly. An
envelope wllh the word "Town
Talk" In rne corner ntf rneti'd her
attention, nnd una Itt In ftrnt of
alt. She ha occasionally glanci-d
through a copy of this KoipiV
weekly paper, hut had never paid
imirh attention to It.
Within were n piece of paper
nnd a letter. Tho former evident
ly wns a proof of n pane from the
next tone of the paper, with a line
drawn in blue pencil n round one
of the itemfi of new.
"Tho who nre In the know are
predicting that before Ion a charm
Injr, bride who came to (own not
lonff ago will become an equally
charming divorcee," Cynthia rend.
"Her htMbnnd ha oen fit to ab
sent himself from home, lvlnK
buBincjvi M an exrtine, and tnkinic
his' mother with him. The bild.
far' from being disconsolate, I en
joying life with a young man whose
wife recently divorced him In ravin
Bhe has closed her husband's home
and taken the apartment former
ly occupied by her now suitor nnd
his wife, nnd it is freely predicted
that by the end of the year she will
become Its permanent . occupant,
having changed her nam1 and her
husband In the Interim."
Cynthia sank weakly into
chair, and read the hateful null
through iiRalu. It meant her,
rourne there could he no doubt
of that. She turned to the lettc
An explanation was ready for h
there.
MohI uracioiitfly ho was mforn
ed that "Town Talk" was to Im.hi
a special anniversary- number In n
few week And the editor hoped
Hiiu-erely that she would feel in
dined to conlrllnue to it mieee:
hy l.tklni; ndvcrtMmr paee In thin
special number. If he so dev
ed. her name need not appear In
connection with the advertisement
she could merely take a pai;e and
send in her cheek, n iui apprecia
tion of the aorvlce which "Town
Talk" had rendered her by enter-
mining her nnd her friend.'.
And no doubt sho would be (n
t created In the enclosed paiio from
next week's biie of the maatlne.
which wnA enclosed.
I'ynthta paced up nnd down the
room, so nnry that she could
hnrdly think. It was blackmail!
And et what could she do? Her
name wn not mentioned, although
of roinxc everyone in town who
knew her would nt once realise
that nhe was meant.
"I'll' let them ro nhead and print
It I won t be bullied by these
thieves:" she exclaimed furiously.
And yet v,n that the best thing to
lo? Wouldn't It he better to buy
them off? of course, she had done
nothing wrung. Vet sho had given
these blackmailers all they needed
for Just such an attack as this one!
"If only Jim here hero," she
sighed. "He'd know how to sttndle
them." But if Jim had boen there
the whole thing wouldn't have hap
pened.
Of course, nlie might tell Noel
Gardner about It. Perhaps that wan
the beat thing to do. But no soon
or hud she decided on that course,
than she refused to consider It. For
he knew well enough what Gard
ner would do. He would go
straight the offices of "Town Talk'
and horsewhip tho editor there
could be no doubt of that. Then
there would be trouble!
Kdo sat down at last, too tired to
walk up and down the room any
longer, longing with all her heart
for Just one person to whom she
could go with this new trouble. Sho
felt hideously alone in the world.
It seemed to her that she had
made a hopeless muddle of her life
Sho had married Jim with every
expectation of being gloriously
happy, wanting only to make him
a good wife. And then things had
been taken cut of her hands. Some
how her mother-in-law hud come
between her and Jim, and now Jim
and .Madame Iceland were, off on
the other side of the world, and
rfhe was here, with everyone goa
wipping about her and Noel Gard
ner. "Oh, the only thing for me to do
is to straighten things up the best
I can nnd get out of town," she
cried nt last. She jumped up and,
ran to her desk. The editor of
"Town Talk" had given the adver-;
tiselng rates or his magazine; a1
page, which ho expected her to
take, would bo three hundred dol
lars. She hastily scribbled a check
enclosed It in his letter, and ad
dressed an envelope to him.
Then she began to dress for the
street. Calling Frances, she had
her personal belonging packed; the
maid looked at her in bewilder-1
ment when that order was given.!
but obediently got out Cynthia's
traveling bags and set to work.
"Madam Is going away?" she aak
ed, after a few moments.
"Yes, for a visit. You can have
a month's vacation, Frances, and
I'll write you before 2 return."
To herself Cynthia said that she
would never come back. And
Frances, busily packing filmy lin
gerie, told herself the same thing.
Monday Cccllo Stops In.
Open Forum
Contributions to This Column
must be plainly written on one
side of paper only, limited to
300 words In length and signed
with the name of the writer.
Articles not meeting these spe
culations will be rejected.
To the Editor: Why all this ado
about evolution? Why not let those
that think that way back yonder in
tho past when they were a tadpole
and some one cle a fish, have
their opinions for as a man thlnk
oth so he is. If they want to think
they are simply dependents of the
hairy tribe of apes or the sneaking
creepy serpents lot them think so.
I think some apes nnd serpents too
could put some so called mart
people to shame when it cotntw
down to smartness when all is tak
en lnt oconslderation because some
of their monkey shines proclaim
their ancestry as for me I would
rather claim I've and Adam as my
maternal and paternal ancestors
for man was made in God's own
image made He them. I can not
picture in my mind as God ever
having the least appearance of an
ape much loss a creepy crawling
serpent that glides through the
grasses and weeds as if afraid to
ho seen.
Some day maybe they will awak
en to the fact that they have come
to this earth through no other
power than God's infinite love nnd
wisdom and until then why be
causing all those modernists so
much trouble and worry. Who
can look a snake in tho eye and
say to him you are my great great
grandfather's grandfather and
some day I am going to be Just like
you. Won't that be groat when I
am you and you are me. I can trail
along after you In the grass and If
I happen to be a rattler or copper
head I can give you a gentle nip
on the heel and presto change you
are on your way to being some
thing else from what you are now.
Perhaps a horse or mule with a
sweet temper or better still a mos
quito so all you will have to do is
light on somo unsuspecting person
and grab a nice juicy dinner or
maybe I'll be a roaring lion going
about seeking whom I may devour
Nice thoughts for supposed civil
ized human beings. May they get
their eyes open before the decree
goes forth from the Divine Creator
of all things saying He that Is just
let him be just still and He that is
filthy let him be filthy still.
MRS. M. ALLKNBY. .
R. 1, Box -1C, Turner, Ore.
SCRAP HUGE GERWN LINER
Hamburg. Tho Deutschland, a
former trana-Atiantic pride of ibe
Hamburg-American line, has been
sold to- u Berlin firm to be scrap
ped. The vessel served as un ex
cursion boat under the name Vic
toria Luise, and after the World
war was again put into service be
tween Hamburg end New York as
the Hansa.
8300 CLAIM M, E. PENSIONS
Chicago, Hi. There were 8300
claimants on the penson fund of
the McthodUt Episcopal church in
1024, to -which $3,252,019 was
contributed. Dr. J. B. Hlgencley,
correspond: tig secretary of the
board of pensions hag announced.
Since 1908, whoa the board was
organized, the annual distribution
has increased $2,G4G,239.
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Lord Beaverbrook declared Franco Is fully able to pay her debtfl
tnd she must pay Britain before paying tho United States. Congress
man Theodore Burton ot Ohio, chairman of the American delegation,
ffered a resolution against poison gas which wag adopted unanimously
by tho Geneva Arms Control Conference. Wilhelm von Hohenzollern,
Dnce the Kaiser of Germany, baa assembled at his Doom home a
number of scientistg to study ancient Greek and Oriental cultures.
President von Hindenburg believes It will not be hard Cor Germany
n west the disarmament demands of Uio Allied noto.
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INTO MI ANGEL
Mt. Angel, July 25 (Special)
Mt. Angel was in a state of excite
ment today when It become known
here that the Willamette Valley
Southern had definitely suspended
Ita rail operations between here
and UilsIi station, running its last
train over that part of the line yes
terday. Announcement was made that
tho public service commission will
hold a hearing in Mt. Angel next
Thursday at 10 o'clock to tako up
tho matter of tho suspension of
service.
The company made application
several days ago to abandon op
erations on that portion of tho line
but no one here supposed that
there could or would be any aban
donmout until the public service
commission had had an opportun
ity to pass on the question and
Issue an order.
The railroad company advances
the contention that a trestle be
tween here and Bush station is in
a highly dangerous condition, that
engineers have examined it and
declare that it i virtually suicidal
to operate trains over it. Bush sta
tion is about 10 miles north of Mt.
Angel. Mt. Angel peoplo declare
that there is a trcuflo near Oregon
City in fully as dangerous condi
tion as the one near here but tho
road continues to operate between
that point and Oregon City.
Tiie road has been operating two
trains a day between here and
Oregon City.
DUMB DORA
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