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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM,' OREGON
FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1925.
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Salem, Oregon
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I sketch your world exactly as it goes." -bvros.
The Vets' Protest
At the meeting of the Marion County Veterans association
at Silverlon yesterday, resolutions were passed condemning
congress for providing for coinage of souvenir half dollars
for the benefit of Stone Mountain memorial to the Con
federacy and protesting the opening of the Arlington
mansion as a museum, declaring that it is "for the display
of relics of General Lee and the confederacy" and therefore
an "infamous insult to our hero dead."
It is too bad that CO years after Appomattox such intoler
ance should govern patriotic organizations and that the
magnanimity which the victor owes the vanquished should
still be withheld and the bloody shirt continued to be waved.
It is doubtful whether the hero dead would regard such
memorials as insults, especially as they help bind together
a reunited people.
General Robert E. Lee was one of the very greatest
Americans. In greatness of character as well as ability he
is in -many respects comparable only to George Washington.
In the judgment of military critics of the world, he ranks as
the greatest soldier America has produced.
The son of "Lighthorsc Harry" Lee of revolutionary war
fame, .Robert K. Lee married in 18IU, Mary Randolph Custis,
grand-daughter of Martha Washington. Her father's home
was Arlington, where they thereafter resided. Surely no
more fitting place than his old home, a fine bit of colonial
architecture, could be devoted to the memory of this famous
American.
General Lei? after his surrender, devoted himself to heal
ing the wounds of the civil war and as a college president,
guided southern youth to loyal citizenship. When the South
had sececded, it was with pain and reluctance that this
opponent of slavery wrote:
With all my devotion to the Union, and the feeling of loyalty and
duty of an AnuTiciin citizen, 1 have not. Imkii nhle to make up my mind
to raise my hand nK.iin.st my relatives, my children, my home.
After the collapse of the Confederacy, General Lec wrote
as follows:
The auctions which for years wore in dispute hctvvecn (he slate
and general government having been decided against us,
ft la the part of wisdom to acquiesce in the result, mid full of candor.
to recognize the Tact. The interests of Hie State are therefore tho
Bamc us tlioao of the United Stales. The duly of its citizens, then
appears to me too plain to admit of doubt. All should unite In honest
effort to obliterate tho effects ol war and to restore tho blessings
Of peace.
To these ends Robert E. Lee devoled the remaining years
of his life and well earned the tribute due chivalrous heroes
of lost causes.
"i can't stand it juttt to wait till
Jim corny back to know what'i
goingr to happen," she exclaimed.
"I want to go home and write, to
him this minute. I'll aend the let
ter to the atianxehlp office in San
Francisco, eo that it will be deliv
ered to him as soon an the ahip
get in. Then If he doesn't want to
sco me at all he can wire me. I've
got to do something, Noel. I can't
Junt wait."
"All right I'll take you home at
once," ho answered. "There'a a
taxi let's take It."
Looking down at her as they sat
in tho cab, Noel felt sorrier for
C'yntlifa than he ever had for any
one ele. She wa.i such a child, so
helpless in the grasp of circum
stances, Jim Leland should have
known when ho first looked at her
that she was not the stuff of which
society niatroiiH are made, Noel
told himself vehemently. She was
the wort of girl who wanted to bo
a companion to her husband, not
a figurehead for his home. Well,
ovcryLhlnfj would bo changed now!
She would ncl a divorce and be
come Mrs. Noel Gardner, and he'd
take her abroad to live. She was
fjolng to have everything now.
Cynthia, Glaring out of tho win
dow, was thin king very different
thoughts. She was wondering If It
wouldn't be possible for her to
withdraw from the tangle into
which she had been thrown by
events which .she had not willingly
controlled.
She could disappear, she told
heinelf. When she .wrote to Jim
telling his her side of the story she
ould also tell him good-bye. Sure
ly that would be the simplest thing
to do, to slip away uuietly, and let
matters take their own course.
She could not feel that she want
ed to be freed from Jim and turn
at once to Noel Gardner. In fact,
she could not bo at all sure now
of her lovo for Noel that had seem
ed so overwhelming the day be
fore.
Tomorrow Cynthia Talks
Wins Honors in Society
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the host 'dressed woman at Newport. R. I., in an exciting society popu
larity content
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3ide of paper only limited to 300 words In length and signed
with the name of the writer. Articles no4, meeting these specif)
cations will be rejected.
Suppose
To the Editor: Suppose someone
should discover that traffic on
North Capitol street was equal to
that ol state street, anu
Cfinnaa h ft I DnmpnnA fthnilld re
flect that nil that it takes to cause
traffic to pause and purcnaae is
convenient opportunities such as
are afforded by attractive placew
of business, and
Suppose tha. someone would add
a few such supposes together, de
duct the logical deductions and put
up a fine business block about
Capitol and Marion streets, and
"Suppose others would see tho
light and scurry' away from the ro
glon of high rents and self-satisfied
landlords to follow the lead of
tho man who believes in letting
business and the city develop as
nature Intended
Question: Who would mourn for
tho poor landlords who wouldn't
build above two stories nor let
loose of a single one of their little
oid buildings because they were
quite satisfied with things as they
are?
Hunch: A very few years like the
ones just aV-cad of Salem could
easily isolate the old Salem of to
day and start a new Salem with
its main street up the state high
way and some of the tactics we
are right now witnessing misht
well cause jus: exactly such a move
ment. All it would take is a leader
with money to build the first real
business block in the new district,
nihora u-rtuM follow in ranid suc
cession beyonu the shadow of a
doubt. Hurrusti.
To the Editor: Will you allow
le space In your noble paper for a
few lines I have In my possession
a letter that reads like this.
July 25, 1925
Dear Sir
In order to build up a superior
quality of fiber flax seed over a
scries of years your fields has been
Inspected and 11 acres, all of the
best of your field, we aro askiiiR
tho state flax industry to set aside
as certified fiber flax seed to be
used for seeding purposed another
year. In case you deliver your lmx
to the itate plant adviso them of
this inspection in order that the
lonKcst and best filled flax may
be kept separate. You will readily
catch tho importance of this work
as good seed is Just as essential to
good flax production as It is wun
any crop.
Yours very truly,
WM. L. TKUTSCH,
District Agricultural Anent.
Two years ago I got 40 bu. of
flax seed fror the state and I sow
ed it on 20 acres of land and I
pulled and hauled It to Salem and
had 52 tons all No. one.
LaM year I got the same seed
including seme imported pedigreed
seed at $5.00 per bu. and I sow
ed the same 20 acres and CO acres
more nnd pulled 39 tons and very
little No. 1 and had not our noble
ffovernor and our noble superinten
dent coino to our relief, many of
us growers when we pulled or mow
ed our flax grown from the high
priced pedigreed seed would not
have had flax enough to pay for
our seed.
I have heard eo much about pap
or farming from those highly edu
cated agricultural experts at the
taxpayers expense, that it makes
me nick when wo poor farmers
call me a baptist if you want to,
but I do believe that water would
have been more essential last year
and this year to 30 inch flax grow
ing, than the selection of seed
could have been.
Now, brother flax growers, I am
very busy hauling my short stufl
grown from the above mentioned
seed, but I promise you as soon aa
I get my short stuff in, I will tako
upon myself the solemn obligation
of going down to the stale houso
and I will appeal to our noblo
governor and our noblo warden
and our noble superintendent In
soft mild words, and I will pray
them to be careful, to be sure and
send us out selected seed that wo
can raise 30 in. flax, whether it
rains or not for it Is impossible for
us to rai.se 29 In. flax for $28 per
ton up hero in the sneeze root val
ley in which wo live, from tho
seed you aro furnishing us, wheth
er It rains or not.
Noble governor, noblo warden,
noble superintendent, please '-o
careful for wo poor flax gruwora
are .sure to bintp tho ceiling If
present conditions aro not changed
lie careful: lie careful.
S. B. MILLS.
Auuisville, Ore.
NEW INCORPORATIONS
Articles of Incorporation wore
filed Saturday by tho Itcsewny
l'.attcry Station, Inc., of Portland,
with a capital of J5000. The In
corporators are W. A. Alvei des,
lraiik Alvcrdes and F- H. Alver
de.. Notice of an increase in capital
from $100,000 to $200,000 was fil
ed b ythe Ccast Finance corpora
tion of Port and.
I'nder the blue sky net the fol
luwing permits weer issued:
Independent Warehouse &. Hill
ing company. Wasco, to sell stock
in the .sum of $22,52.).
Warrcnton Clam company, Port
land, to sell stock in the sum of
$50,000.
One Wife on Approval
By Violet Dure
orn, vi:i
That even i ni; ( nthbi en bled
Jim.
".Muni import mt to know when
Ou rrtiirn," she raid In her me.t
wage. She signed her name nnd
left the I'flleo with a Utile sigh of
bewilderment. What would hap
pen when Jin. did runic back? It
was a qiieMtnn (bit nho could not
drive fnnn her tlnnnthts, and could
not an-nver.
She b.nl i.-fu.-d to see Noel that
evening. Ailbom;! no Jul not
really.e how people were talking
nbout thotn, she kiuw that mmh
giwlp tmi.it bo Koin-r the round,
and she h.nl no intention nt niak
lntt It uvow in volume.
lUit the in xt afti-i noon, as she
on her way to order some
books, .she met (Sardner, and he
promptly turned nliont and ac
companied her,
M'vo got good new fur you," he
announced, t'otililu't tell It over
the phone, so I wm just going to
drop In nnd tell y.m, it's about
that xii b -division of in inc. The
ale of It it going through which
means that you're going to make n
very nice profit on tho money you
Invented in rtock. Now, doesn't that
make you happier?"
"Yes, of course. It doe," ex
claimed Cynthia. Noel had been so
good to her ehe couldn't help re
joicing that he watt to profit in
ctead of losing everything he had.
For her own sake she could not
feci particularly enthusiastic; until
her other affair were in tietter
hape n mere mntter of money
would mean little.
They walked on, Noel talking
enthusiastically, Cynthia listening,
making no comment jntens It was
absolutely necrwunry.
He hnrdly saw fjouetla when
they met her a aha waa leaving
her bank. Cynthia flushed ns she
met her nlsiei -ln.aw' eyes. I,oii
ella holdinu her load a Irlfle high,
er. hastily entered her ear which
was wait in,, at the curb.
For n moment It was all that
Cynthia could do to keep back the
lea is. She hi 1 neer eared rnouffh
for her pistei -in-law io care what
Luuell a thought of her. Kill she
relented beinn ud;ed by anyone
.w 1'ilClla had Judged her.
"I've iriven her no i canon she's
t'ondemuing me for not IiIhk at
.ill!" Cynthia told herself bitterly.
W':i9 she lo he blamed for the
fhttiKsi tb.it bad happened to her?
Mow had It been her fault ? From
uie mi-mi .rim s laniily bad dtM.ip-
pro iMi of her because she could
not find H In her heart to adopt
their standards and pleasure.
Vet I'i'uld wile I it i ri her back on
tho world that they repienontcd
and jjo on. knowing that they
would ahtay look down oil her?
F,veri tbiMir.b sho lived on the op
polite side of tho woild. wouldn't
Mho be uncomfortable because she
knew th-it they condemned her.
that If even her name was men
tioned someone would way: "Oh.
ye.; be wa that kIi) Jim Lelaiul
married the wrong kind, wasn't
tdteV
"I don't care I Just won't
carer she told heiaelf bitterly. Vet
he knew that she would idwaye
eare, no matter how hard he tried
not to.
Noel was talking on, plannliiR
for the future that they would
share. She imiiinurrd the proper
words nt the proper Intervals,
when ho seemed io expect her to;
but hardly knew what she was say
ing. At tost she turned to him abrupt
ly. IntcrriipHna hlni In the middle
of a sentence.
DUMB DORA
By Chick Young
Cheating the Gallows
Once iu,'aiii the insanity dodge had cheated the gallows,
and Kussell Scolt will spend a few years as guest of the slate
in an asylum for the cold-blooded murder of a drug clerk in
a hold-up in April, 102-1, instead of dangling at the end of
a noose.
It is becoming increasingly more difficult to exact the
death penalty for murder, no mailer how atrocious Ihe crime,
especially in Chicago. A Loeb and a Leopold escape so does
a Scolt. So do the majority of criminals, which is (he
principal reason why America leads the world in crime.
Such a law as that in Illinois, which permits a jury of
ignorant laymen to pass upon sanity is a farce. It is a sub
ject lor experts and scientists. As long as such procccdurc
governs and makes a farce of justice, what good does it do
for Chicago hankers to post 52,500 rewards for dead bandits?
Statistics prove that the city of Chicago has annually
more hold-ups and murders than England and Wales put
together. The reason can be traced to such insanity trials as
that just ended, as well ns to our surplus of fool laws, that
produce contempt for law, to our lawyers and our courts, who
by procccdurc, delays and technicality are making crime safe
lor the criminal.
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