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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 15, 1925)
PAGE FOUR THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON "SATURDAY, "AUGUST 15, 1925 Capital jpournal Rfllem. fli-aizon An Independent Newspaper Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday at 136 a. uommercmi Street. Telephone 81; Newt 82 GEOKGE PL'TNAM, Editor and J'ublielier Kntered as second ctaei mall matter at Salem, Oregon SUBSCRIPTION RATES By carrier 10 cents a week, 4G centa a month, f 5 a year In advance. 15 y mail, In Marlon and Polk counties, one month CO cent. 3 months 11.25, 6 months J2.26, 1 year 14.00. Elsewhere SO cents month, $5 a year In advance. FULL LEASED U'lltlS ASSOCIATED PRESS SEKV1CE The Associated Press la exclusively entitled to the use for nubllca tlon ot all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper and alno local news published herein. "Without or tviih offense to friends or foes I sketch your world exactly as it goes." byron. Orenco's Bond Bubble In bursting the Orenco bond bubble, the Better Business Bureau or Portland has again justified its existence as a protector of the public from fraudulent investment. This deal bears all the earmarks of a clever and unscrup ulous swindle. Last May a special election was held at Orenco, a village on the Oregon Electric near Portland and the city boundaries changed so as to exclude most of the 400 or 500 residents who lived on one side of railroad track, leaving the town of Orenco, consisting of the property of the Oregon Nursery company and other miscellaneous property and some dozen or so families. In June, at an election which bears all the earmarks of irregularity, bond issues totaling 1550,000 are alleged to have been authorized by the few remaining inhabitants of the village and duly signed by the city officials, who were also officials of the Oregon Nursery company, which has been in financial difficulties. Before the partition of the town, the assessed valuation of Orenco Was $116,000. Its present assessed valuation is probably considerably less. Against this valuation as security, bonds totaling $550,000 were sold to the president of the nursery company and by him through the fiscal agent of the company, Frank E. Keelcr and his connections, peddled to the investing public. Suit has been started to invalidate $500,000 of these bonds by purchasers of the first $50,000. shocked hy his matter of fact tone. "Of courae you did," be went on. "Ills being ill made you aympa tbetlc, and .vou forgot what he really Is like. But Just stop a mln ute and remember the pant, Cyn thla. Itemsuiber the way Jim turn ed you dotvn for his mother, and let her rule both you and him. Re member that he didn't take you to Honolulu with him he took her. Do you want to go back Into that old lire, ruled by Madame Leland always In everything? 'And how do you know that he really wants you? How do you know that he doesn't want your marriage dissolved? Certainly he's acted as If he did almost from the first." Cynthia turned away with a nltl- ful little gesture. Pei'hajis he was right. Perhaps Jim really (lid feel that way. "He was glad to see me today .she answered, presently. "Yes, for a moment. Sick peon aren t normal, tnoug.l and a man whn s just coming out of an anes thetic isn't himself at all. You did love me back home, Cynthia re member that too." Hut I'd Just been ill, too you might remember that," she told him. "1 wasn't myself, any more ban Jim was this morning." But In her heart she naked If ho wasn't right. Another "Vile Sheet" The Woodburn Independent comments as follows upon Portland s attitude towards the proposed linen mill : Portland cut down Its apporlionmcnt to the Snlcni linen mill and then failed lo ralao even that. This is not a linen mill for Salem alone, but for the entire state. Portland, Interested in its own growth, giving little encouragement to its outside resources. Is but pursuing a course that it has followed since it was a hamlet. That is why periodically tho metropolis, pausing in its onward career. turns to see what outside resources are doing and seeks trade irom that quarter. That city seldom if ever considers appeals from Industries other than within Its limits and learns, when rather late. that It should not have been so ir.'lrish, niggardly and blind during its prosperity. Portland in time will recognize the fact tha It is not all of Oregon and without the backing of other parts of t lie slate it will again enter Into a alllinp. We arc nevertheless proud of. l'ort lnnd, but have little ndniiralion for Its secluslvcnesH. Without t tic policy of living and helping tho rest ot Oregon to live It will never step ahead of Seattle never to be a city of one million inhabitants. It is now up to the Orcgonian to denounce the Independent as a "contemptible, insolent, slanderous sheet" for daring lo tell the truth about our sacrosanct metropolis, for abuse is its only defense. A Loss to Oregon The passing of Prince L. 'Campbell, president of the University of Oregon, who throughout his life has been identified with the cause of higher education in Oregon, is a distinct loss lo the state. He took a comparatively small college and he left a relatively great university as an enduring monument of Ins career. Forced to struggle for existence in earlier years with hostile legislatures and a public opinion inimical to higher education, his unfailing courtesy and tact, as well as his abilily and capacity, won over the university's worst enemies and proof of the popularity he obtained for his cause was evidenced in rapid expansion and increased attendance. Under President Campbell the university kept pace with the progress of the age and its activities covered a multitude of fields. As the popular demand for education extended to ever widening fields the university kept pace with nn ingenuity in financing that was perhaps the keynote of his success. Though gone, he will live as a pioneer who builded enduringly and well in enlarging the intellectual horizon of a state. One Wife on Approval 3 By Violet Dare CUT (H-1 Till-: PAST The ilnclitr'M prccln-tbn h;td boon rh;M. .Tint was utterly ret civ from the eftVrtH of hit operation and tho el her, nnd could d nunc than smile at Cynthia when nho filtered his room at the lio.pi Inl, Itut that Hiiiile wan eunuch fur her; It tM her that whatever In had heard from homo he had not turned from her. "Dear Jim," who whispered ,i ilio knelt be.tilt; his bed and too one of bin hnnda In hers, "I'm p lorry you're Illand no plad lo 1 is' I th you attain.' "Not half tto r:la, us I am," h Mimverod painfully. In tho corridor he found florin Hall walling for her. "Aw you've never been In Sa Francisco before, I wonder If yo won't ko driving with mo thin offer , noon nnd acq Homethhu; of th city," ho nuked. "I'd like nothing better than to ulinw It lo vot - "Hut flhnn t I be interlennc wllh your dntle?" "No I'll Include I hem In th trip, by calling on u couple of pi (fonts while we're out. How'ti yoi like to havo luncheon nt (he Cliff House, nnd then Blurt out?" "It sounds delightful." Cjnlhla replied. Who was gtnri to do anything th.it would take- nor mind off the nit un (Ion In which she found herself. Until Jim felt bettor nothing could be done about fllnilRhtenlnpr out af fairs between them. And nllhnuRh her husband ha;d been no- Rind to nee her, ehe coiild not help won dcrlnff what his attitude w oil Id be when he recovered. ' . . Entering her hotel, ahe pa mod at the deflk for her key. It vaajuat an i ho turned a why that she rcn IfKcd that a m on was standing close beside her. It Hiking thwn at her. "Noel!" nhe exclaimed in amazement. 1 you Mil prise J that "Kxaelly I followed "Ven, of eour.Hf I am. How did you know where g.tne?" He .iui;l.ed softly. "fee tie told mo, She 'phoned you an, I your mai,i said that j ou had left for fciitn l-'i aticlnco. So 1 touk the fiit train nfter yours. 111 .1 im say ?" h. Tell m "Jim?" "Ye. Yoi. e. ii. of course. I'lj;tire nut by y .Hinblrnlv, without ie to lei! him about At first I .'fluldn't departed so n telling me where yon a tie eoinc. Then I tea Hz.',l tb.it yoiiM derided to follow my advice and meet him hero when his sti-amcr reached port, tell him all about you mid me, nnd nrrmiKe lo divorce him." A)h. but 1 didn't." he exclaim ed. "We -bin we can't talk here. I'ome up to my nitting-room." He followed Iter to the elevator. And Doctor Hall. tuililiiK lo glance back at her Irom the door, smiled iiiizzically. He had not been averse to riinint; witii (he pretty, young woman who had come Into his lift- so unexpectedly, and finding her Already provided with food for Mr latlon mer.ly tiiKcd him on. Onco In her nil ting-room. Ovn-, Hun I timed desperately to face: Noel Uardner, Metnot leg of the I pnt rose up like m basts before her. "Noel, 1 I can t ko on," she told him abruptly, "I don't Ujve you. after all. Oh. I Know Hint 1 thought J ditt, but I was mistaken. It's Jim I love. I reullxcd that when I hoard tlinl he wns ill. And all, the way out here " "Of courae you felt that way." he Interrupted. Cnthia drew buck. PRESIDENT SUFFERS FROM TOOTHACHE Plymouth, Ct., Aug. 15. (A. P.) Even a president gets the toothache. After suffering through the night from a crowned tooth, home for n visit with his father, niolurod to Woodstock today and appealed to Dr. P. R. Jewutt, u dentist and an old friend, for re lief.. i)r. Jewctt removed the erown, put in a temporary filling and ask ed I lie president to return later iu the day. Mr. Coolidge, much re- birds draw- near. POPULARITY (From the Baltimore Evening Sun) The average man wishes to do huj duty. It is, the re tore, quite In evj table that the vice of a repub lic snouid be the making of laws. As a rule, the men elected representative of the people are average men, neither better nor worse than their fellow-cltitens. Being average men, they "wish to uo their duty. ineir uuty, ooviously, is to run tho business, of the country. But the newly elected representative, filled with the zeal of a new broom seea hia duty as an obligation to correct existing evils and lay the foundation of Utopia. hat shall he do? The question answers itself. He has zeal nnd autnoniy; there are faults to be corrected. He will make gome laws to correct the faults. Alas! Jle is neither a Solon nor Solomon. His laws serve only to annoy nnd irritate. He makes bad matters worse. The ilet good he accomplishes Is exactly none. And the result is that the peo ple are afraid of their representa tives. They may enthuse about a man while he la a candidate, but when he takes office nnd is for the time being Independent of them they begin to be uneasy and to watch him with dread. Whatever this newly chosen rep resentative may do In his efforts to Have the country, he may count upon a following. 13ut people' find fuult more readily than they praise, d an act that wins friends is al most certain to lose others. The more a representative does, the greater the probability that he will become unpopular. How, then, shall he win popu larity? Here, again, the answer obvious. By doing nothing. Sit quietly in a wood and the Yon win their lieved. promised to do so. confidence. . The birds say to them selves: "We can trust him. He isn't going to do anything." So the people, observing that their servant has no new pan acea to force upon them, outgrow their doubts and fears and say: "He isn't going to do anything to us. Hurrah for him!" The frogs were rather well fix ed when their king was a log. IVITTS NOT IMPLICATED IN ESCAPE fContlnued from iago jne) other vegetables available for food nearby. The theory was advanced first by the members of the Port land police detachment aiding in the man hunt, and may or may not be well founded. But those familiar w'ith former occurrences of this kind In which the Portland officers have participated are not above suspecting that many "leads" reported have existed chief ly in their own minds, nnd have been closely related to their desire to prolong the lark they were en joying. Humors Vnfoundcd Investigation has revealed no foundation to the various reports of persons who thought they had. or might have seen the convicts, and those In charge of the hunt are loathe to believe that it was one of the fugitives who entered the Mcllheny homo near Walker school house night before last. Officers who investigated the re ported house breaking yesterday said that they were convinced that if someone did enter the house it was not one of the men sought. Food, they say, would have been the first cbject of any of the cons in searching the place, and while there was a whole pork roast, a put of beans and other eatables In plain sight none of this was taken. Questioning revealed that Mrs. Mc- Tllionn n.nn nnl BlirA ttmt thf nfeCBS of cake first reported taken were not eaten by a member oi the tiouee hold. '. -' No Trace of Fugitives . The principal support for the that thm mn nr Still In the vicinity is that no trace of them has been reported rrom any oiner waiiiv nnH tho hpiief that the ex- perience f Murray and Kelly has taught them that ineir oesi cuanut. to escape Is to lie under cover un til the enthusiasm of the chase has subsided. Th most flncrant and unjust of the errors that have been broad cast In reports of the atiair were in a Rtnrv carried in Port land papers yesterday, in which It was sought to connect tne taxi .iHvor nnA his uassenger in com- niiniitf with the convicts in the plot. It was stated that Ivitts had disappeared the day following the escape and could not be found by officers seeking to question him, and that the taxi driver was an ex convict. The name oi Wley Zinn another Salem taxi driver "was used instead of that of Zlnna Zinn. : Both of them are well known In Salem, where they have resided for years, and local authorities say that neither has ever been a prison inmate. Facts About Ivitts This angle of the escape was In vestigated thoroughly by local of ficers immediately after the break, and both of these men were ab solved of any and all connection with the affair. The facts of this investigation were available to all newspapermen who asked for them. Ivitts, It was found, had been ne gotiating with various institutions' tv.n nnvt fne emulovment. as substantiated by telegrams on file! at the office of the state hospital, i Un Anv im fnrck ilia Uvenlc bnd 1 received a wire from a California STRAW STACK Des Moines. Iowa, Aug. 15 Oliver Dawson, 29, was being ques tloned by police today in connec tlon with the finding of the chnr red body of a woman, believed to have been murdered In a straw stnek near Carlisle. Dawson, it was reported made inquiries at the Victoria hotel for Jeanctte Wilier of Luvcrne, Minn., who registered there July 23 nnd disappeared a day later, leaving no clue as to her destination. Dawson was questioned last night but failed to yeveal anything con necting him with the girl's disap pearance or with the murder mys tery at Carlisle, officers stated. The man was arrested by Deputy Sheriffs Anderson nnd Shuey, who declare they are seeking three oth ers in connection with the murder. Institution calling him to a job there. He- drew his warrant lor accumulated wages that day and cashed it at tho state treasurer's office. This, with the money he had on hand, accounted for the $100 the convicts took from him, o which he said they returned $40. After securing the money for his warrant Ivitts went down town and got-Zinna Zinn to drive back to the hospital with him to get his belongings. 'Our investigation satisfied us that Ivitts and Zinn had no crim inal connection with the escape, and their presence on tho scene at the time of the break wns pure ly a coincidence, said District At torney John Carson. Carson said Ivitts remained nere and was available to either him or Coroner Rigdon whenever wanted. I FIGHT FOR LOST Tampa, Fla., Aug. 15. (A. P.) Reports that a deputy sheriff had disappeared mysteriously from the west coast section of tho Ever glades, followed rumors today of threatened venfieance unless state or federal of fie tils Intervene. Governor MV.rtin will be asked hy Marco island homesteaders to intervene in the fight for 3000 acers of "loflt lund." Armed with petitions signed by 153 persons said to bo almost all the voters of Collier county not in the employ of Karron G. Collier, a delegation of homestead claimants will so to Tallahassee as soon as an apophitment can he mad to see the governor. SHASTA WILL CARRY CLUB CAR HEREAFTER Portland passengers - enrouto to or from San Frannlsco on tho Shasta limited can now secure bath hair cut and manicure while trav eling at the rate of forty miles an hour. Beginning Saturday the South ern Pacific will place a modern club car in daily service on tho Shasta according to announcement made today by John M. Scott, as sistant passenger traffic manager.' The car will provide barber and valet service for both men and women and make the limited one of the most modernly equipped trains in the country. DUMB DORA By Chick Young I TiAE. PEACE OOvET i I OP- "ME COUMTGL-Y IS V TXM6 ME. A uaT V OP GOOD, f fwHAT'L07. ". " . ( cpve om , Ao.e. s ACTION!- J WORE. f tfKg BRINGING UP FATHER By George McManus 77 I'LL OET I'LL DRIVE TrtM" 50X OUT OF: VYASfT FtAVIM' I I I KVJ II II I I IM II II 1 . ..,. i m'w 1 1 n i .uuni ,.5WEEt'i RVEHOe.' up IjlBjv I H PLENTY I.J p hIS!; p: 1925 av Int-l Featufw Service Inc.j mt Britain ngnta rttervedJ BARNEY GOOGLE Appearances Do Count By BiUy de Beck SIXTH 0AV too.ooo Tickers MOME Uecn PRlNTtO IM SEMEN DIEEOsNT ft. tflNl)16tS C'NCluDtNC CtltNEc) T6 dots a -5"! OOl ... AK6. SOlO ilfPEI! 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