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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1925
CapitalJiJournal
Salem. Oregon
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at 136 H. Commercial Street. Telephone 81; Newi 82
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1 sketch your world exactly as it goes." byuon.
The First Step
There seems to be no reason why at this stage of the
proceedings, the city council should ask a vote next
November for a popular authorization of a ?10,000 expendi
ture, as proposed, to secure an appraisement upon the present
city water distributing system and estimates upon a proposed
gravity water supply from some mountain source.
The first step in securing municipal ownership is acquisi
tion of the present system by means of appraisal. This
appraisal will not cost much and not occupy much time. No
special election or bond is required. When a satisfactory
valuation has been arrived at, the project can then be sub
mitted to the people to authorize a bond issue.
After the acquisition of the system, there is plenty of time
lo consider a gravity water supply and whether the same is
desirable can then be threshed out. It will be time enough
to plan for the future after the distributing system has
been acquired.
Frequent bond issues on preliminaries will wear out the
people's patience and thwart the entire project. It is respect
fully suggested that, if the mayor and council mean business.
an advisory ' committee of leading citizens be named lo
cooperate in outlining plans and ways and means of securing
li municipally owned water system.
The Glassed Frog
; The cable conveys the news that eight Chinese were killed
at Taichow, Chekiang in a riot following the refusal of the
head military official to cooperate in a rain inducing cere
mony. The dispatch says:
Following an anciont custom a Ilvinff froK la u class iar was
brought lo I lie head military official at his resilience, liis part In t lie
ceremony being to kowtow before tlic frog lo offer prayers. Alleging
Hint the time and placo were not appropriate, the official ordered the
frog taken to a temple, promising to proceed there and do his bit.
The crowd however, refused lo move and when the officials' body
. guard attempted to clear them out a riot ensued. In I lie beginning
of the affair tbo jar was broken and the frog trampled lo death. The
infurated people rushed the soldiers and succeeded in disarming snnie
of them who were belabored with their own arms and any other
weapon nt band. Then Iho official gave orders to fire and eight
persons fell head. A priest was one of those killed.
If it seems strange to us that ignorant Chinese coolies
would view as a sacrilege a violation of an ancient religious
custom, we have only to look at our own Tennessee, where
150 years of scientific research and progress is similarly
regarded as a sacrilege, and to guard against which laws have
been passed lo punish till those who would enlarge the horizon
of the mind by learning and liberality as profination of
the divine.
Tennessee kow-tows before the glassed frog of intolerance
and bigotry with all the arrogance of ignorance, as finally
convinced that thereby they arc protecting Divinity, as the
Chinese are that their invocation to the living frog will
propitiate the rain-god, cause the heavens to open and the
floods to descend.
One Wife on Approval
Q By Violet Dare
aminh to(.i;tim:u
"Cynthiu!" Noel cried wildly.
bending over tho uneotiHcioiis girl.
"Cynthiu, de:u tpcitk to me! Are
you hurt?' ltosido himself with
fear, ho hardly knew what he whs
raying. In his heart ho felt sure
that sho was dead. Her lovely lit
tle face was as white as the snow
on which she lay. and she seemed
hardly to breathe.
le tried to bring her back to
consciousness by rubbltiK miow on
her face, hut after a few moments'
unsuccessful erfort Rave up the nt
t tempt. 1'lcklng her up carefully
after ho had unstrapped her skis,
he made his way slowly back to the
top of the hill. To ko on into the
wuodit would he the height of fnl
ly, whllo from the hilltop he might
be 'able to catch sight of sonic ln
of civilization.
When ho and Cynthia had stood
on th hill It had seemed that there
was hoiiHo or road nnywhero
licitr '.hem. Hut standing there
lli'iiHil Noel studied the landscape
'tf.-' n.( rB intently. At last he found
vh'ii 'ie noughta house, which
1 ul easily escaped his vycs before
I cause it was so loni; and low,
ft mi so com pletely covered with
et ow.
It was tonic distance a way. far
down In tho valley. Noel wan an
t Xpert on skis, and C nthla's lit
tle body whs a liuht burden for
Mm. He drew a hmg, deep hrealh.
find then went skimming down tl
hillside, holding her close to him
'lo might have pone.i for a hi.;h
X. modern study of the jiimel of
ileal h as he flew alone thmiith the
white night, with Cynthia's lovely
i hie face picked ae-iint hit:
f.. mu trier.
After what seemed yivus be
reached tho house, someone's sum
mcr camp which had been closei
for tho winter. He laid Cynlhi:
fin one of the built-in seats on tin
vide vernnd. broke the front
door's padlock with a stone. foivet
the inner door, and can led her in
to the hoiinc.
Jt was fho work of hut a few
moments to mako a flro in the big
fireplace nnd lay Cynthia on Un
touch that he dragged into place
in front of It. Carefully he took
rrf hci heavy woolen cap: as gent
J ', he removed her sweater, and
Jfi i ni"rc set about trying to re
nt her.
a . wn mo kin It way
thfiuuh the shuttered windows
When it Inst rhe opened, her eyes
end looked up at him.
'Don't try to talk," he said quick
iy. "You were hurt, and I brought!
you here."
Hhe sighed and tried to lift hor
head, only to sink back on the pil
lows with a moan.
"My head,' he murmured. "It
hurls so."
"Don't try lo move; when morn
ing comes I'll get ft doctor and
we'll sec w hat's the matter." In his
relief he wanted to leap and shout
for joy. He had been sure that she
was dead when he knelt beside hec
in the woods.
"ltut what happened? I can't re
member."
"I don't know exactty; you seem
ed to catch one ski in something
ami swing around and crash into
stump. You took an awful fall
"It's one fthotilricr that hurts,
and my head," she said after
moment. "Help ine to j;et up, Noel,
please. Yes do I iniiHl see if I've
hurt my hack, so that I can't
stand."
Mo lifted her to her feet, and
let her stand alone for n moment.
She look one or two steps, find
ank back on the couch again.
"My whouMcr hurts like tho dick
ens, but 1 (.in stand," she told htm
with a faint smile ."Now I'M Hp
Mt ill."
"Then I'm going to forage In the
Ultihiii nnd make you dome coffee
hero on the file; you'll feel bet
en," ho annoiimed.
They breakfasted hy the flro In
gh si-hit. Now that he was si
l hat Oiithta w :s not serhuislv hurl
Noel th.mkci the kind inula for I lilt
eh:inee to he alone with her. She
insisted on knowing all about Ills
rcfinting her, nnd when ho had
fini.-dicri the story held out htM
hand to him, her eyes dim w 1th
"I ran t rc.illy thank you. Noel,"
he said. "I tut you've paved my
life, ii ml when I don't feel so
shaky perhais can try to tell you
how grateful I am."
"I didn't do anything worth be
ing thanked for,' he protested
"Of course, I did all I could for
you. but who wouldn't? I'd hardly
i off and leave voil there to freeze
mild 1?"
She smiled at that.
"No, of course not, only well,
it must have been rather hard to
carry me here and "
"Kven though l wns seared to
leath nbout you. I've never known
more wonderful moments than
those when I was bringing you
here," he answered. "I d gladly go
through life that way, Cynthia."
Hhe turned nwny, helplessly. And
presently, divinely comfortable in
the heat from the flie, she n mi
sled down among the cushions and
went to sleep. Noel covered her
with a steamer rug that lay across
one of the chairs, and went out to
the veranda to explore.
But daylight had brought a high
wind and more snow. By the time
Cynthia awoke a blixxard had net
in. And so It hupponed that for
two days and nights he and sho
camped out in a strangers house.
doing crossword puzzles, playing
solitaire and talking endlessly dur
ing tho day, and at night sleeping
before tho fire, the only one they
dared keep up for fear the supply
of wood would bo exhausted.
And Cynthia, curled up on the
couch and looked over at Noel,
who lay en a pile of rugs before
tho fire, thought things over more
than oneo during the long night
hours, and arrived at what seem-
od like l lie ono conclusion possi
ble.
Tomorrow Hack (o the World.
CAPITAL TAKES
LAST VIEW OF
COMMONER
(Continued from Page One.)
and American flug druped tho re
mainder.
Mrs. Brvan Leaves.
Not until after Airs. Bryan had
left the train was the casket re
moved lo afford ready exit for tho
casket, which then was borne to
the eat entrance at the level wit'i
the lower train platform.
fiiero the guard of honor, vet
erans of the World war, placed it
in a motor hearse whilo tho
crowds which lined tho gently
sloping street stood in silence.
None of tlte Bryan party accom
panied the bod to the undertalt-
: parlor. Tho honorary pull-
hearers at the funeral will 7re Sen-
tor Xorris of Nebraska, Senator
Ash tirst of Arizona, Senator Ken
neth AIcKellur ot Tennessee, .Sena
tor Morris Shepherd o f Texas,
Representative William A. Old
field of Arkansas, Joseph ub Dan
iels ot North Carolina, former sec
retary of the navy; Charles A.
Douglas of Washington, Clem
Shaver ot West Virginia and Col
onel P. H. Calahan ot Louisville,
Ky. , ;
Immediately on reaching the
establishment the casket was
opened. A tiny spray of lily of
valley, Mr. Bryan's favorite flow
er, placed in the lapel of his coat
at Dayton, appeared as fresh a
when tho journey began, r
Family Arriving.
Hundreds of let ten and tele
grams from many places were
waiting for Mrs, Bryan at the
hotel.
A small group of government
officials greeted Mrs. Bryun at
the station.
Immediately upon arrival the
widow and her party were taken
to the Ivufuyettu hotel near the
White llouso where they will re
main until the funeral services to
morrow. They wrll be jointed to
morrow morning by William Jen
nings Bryan Jr., and by a daugh
ter of the LOinmoner, Mrs. Grace
Hargreaves, who are coming here
from California.
During the morning Charles W.
Bryan, brother and lifelong com
panion of the dead lender, reached
the hotel from the wast. After a
call on the widow, he conferred
with Ben David, formerly an inti
mate associate of the commoner,
regarding final details of the fu
neral. Secretary Kellogg eent word to
tho family today that Jie and the
three assistant secretaries ot the
state department, at the head of
which tho commoner served for
two years would attend the fu
neral. Brother Sees Cornse. ,
Charles W. Bryan, the dead
man's brother and perhaps his
closest confidant during his long
years of political battle, came to
the church at noon to look upon
ON THE AIR
FRIDAY NIGHT
(Pacific Time)
KGW, Portland, Ore., 491.5
9-10:30 P. M., concert from
Sherman, Clay & Co. Duo-Art
studio; 10:30-12, Hoot Owls,
with CJlen Rush and Kord Ro
wel!, the "Lullaby Boys," from
WLS, Chicago.
KGO, Oakland, Cal., 361.2
3-4 P. M., Norman "Woodalde's
Metropolitan orchestra; 4-5:30,
concert orchestra. Hotel St.
Francis; 6-7, Ben Black's orchestra.
Francisco, Cal.,
M., Loew's War-7-7:30,
Palace
orchestra; 8-11,
KPO, Bnn
4286:15-7 P,
field theater;
hotel concert
Palace hotel concert.
K FI, Los Angeles, Cal., 467
5:30-6 P. M., Examiner's mat
inee musicale; G, MclJanicl'a
nightly doings; 0:45, radiotor
lal talk; 7-8, Examiner, Sonny
Clay's Rhythm Demons, Bill
Seeman, Uanjuist; 8-0, Aeolin
residence pipe organ recital,
Dan Alcl'arland, organist; 9-10,
Irish and Scotch poems and
suiigs, arranged by George' l-'ren
ger; 10-11, pupils of Juhn Small
man in vocal recital.
Iiis features for the first time
lunco death. With welling eyes,
the brother stood for a moment
beside the silent form and then
passed on.
With his wife, the former Ne
braska governor and vice-presidential
nominee had just reached
Washington from home. They
wore accompanied to the church
by Mrs. Ituth Bryan Owen, the
commoner's daughter.
The line of mcix and women that
had formed to tho north ot the
church bean to pass through the
east entrance aJ soon as the doors
wer0 thrown open. It moved down
the long aisle to the chancel, baek
again to the main entrance and
down a winding stairway to make
Its exit from a door on New
Yora Avaue.
Procession Passes
The first to pass by the body
was Senator As buret of Arizona,
one of those selected aa an honor
ary pallbearer.
While the long procession was
passing, Dr. Sizoo, pastor of the
church, visited Mrs. Bryan at her
hotel and announced that the
church service tomorrow would be
one ot utmost simplicity. He said
he would preach no sermon, hut
would deliver a few brief remarks.
The services vill begin at 3 p.
m. Eastern staudurd time and will
bo broadcast by radio. Fifteen
minutes earlier th0 church quar
tet will sing as a preludo Mr.
Bryan's favorite hymns, "Lead,
Kindly Light," and" "One Sweetly
Solemn Thought." The former
was the favorite also of President
McKlnley and was sung at his re
quest at his funeral.
PIERCE VETO
BRINGS TEXT
BOOK CRISIS
(Continued from page ine)
at the 1925 session which would
have authorized the state board of
education to enter Into contracts
with the publishers at the best pos
sible prices, which, under the pre
vailing form of contract, would
have been no higher than charged
in any other state. This bill passed
the legislature, but was vetoed by
the governor on grounds that It
would be a "surrender to the book
trust." The governor took- the
.stand that the board of education
could not hold the publishers to
their old contracts.
Without Contracts
Although without a contract coh
ering the future the state school
superintendent has been up
against the necessity of arranging
the course of study as usual and
this Is now being published. Be
cause of the absence ot legislative
authority he wrote each of the pub
Ushers doing business In Oregon
for the lowest figures at which
they would have contracted in
Oregon and on that basis arranged
the course of study.
The governor, in a letter to the
members of the text-book commis
sion, calling them to Salem next
Monday, now asks for competitive
bidding. If books are adopted
different from the course of study
as arranged a serious tangle will
result, for State. Superintendent
Churchill says It will be impossible
to get newly adopted books by the
time schools open in September.
Gentlemen's Agreement
In his letter to the commission
ers Governor Pierce refers to the
publishers' letters to Superintcn
dent Churchill as a "gentlemen's
agreement." He says,
"In whatever light we might
view such a 'gentlemen's agree
ment' it Is surely the part of good
business for Oregon to make Its
own contracts for textbooks rather
than to accept arbitrary higher
terms bargained for In some oilier
state. With these contracts expir
ed, it leaves our state open for any
publisher to sell his textbooks and
thus interfere with state unifor
mity In our schools.
"Tho publishers whose bouks
have been, used have enjoyed a
lucrative contract for six years.
They now ask that we continue
their books at an arbitrary increase
in price under some sort of a
gentlemen's agreement, If our
school patrons must pay mure for
their books, it Is only fair and right
that tho prices they must pay
.should be fixed in open and com
petitive bidding before tho legally
authorized commission of the state
of Oregon. We should not submit
to an arbitrary Increase in price
nor substitute for a contract a
gentlemen's agreement which has
no legal nor binding effect."
JAPAN FACES
CABINET CRISIS
Toklo, July 30 (AP) Two
members of the Japanese cabinet
walked out of a meeting today
when Premier Kato demanded the
resignation of three members. The
third member was absent from the
meeting an extraordinary session
to consider tax reforms because
of Illness.
Tho prince regent, appraised of
the crisis, postponed a planned
trip lo Nikko.
The Sel Y unit I party, from whose
members in the cabinet tho prem
ier demanded resignation, nt a
meeting tonight voted against its
members resigning. This move is
understood to indicate the resigna
tion of the entire Kato cabinet
soon, owing to necessity for un
animity of action in the Japanese
cabinet.
Demand for tho resignation of
the three cabinet members came
from Premier Kato after differ
ences resulting from a tax adjust
ment program opposed by the Sei
Yuaki party members and propos
ed by tho Kenseikl party to whoso
view the premier is inclined.
NEW PENDULUM IS INVENTED
Tokyo Dr. II. Xagako, profes
sor of physics in the Tokyo imper
ial university, is credited with In
venting a new pendulum for uso
in determining gravity. The pen
dulum is said to be constructed
solely of tungsten, mounted in a
special way, and to be practically
free from outside Influences. Its
inventor claims the pendulum can
,vitlisland heat and magnetic Im
pulses combined.
DUMB DORA
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