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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1925
CapitaljtJournal
f Salem, Oregon
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Free School Books
The Wooriburn Independent, as a clinching argument for
free .school books, declares that bachelors are unpatriotic
and have no right, even as taxpayers, to express opinions on
matters concerning public schools. By the same inexorable
logic, young and old maids are also disloyal and have no
business teaching in the public schools. By similar reasoning
married men and women, without children, should also be
barred from consideration of school matters as slackers,
leaving only parents, whose patriotism is proven by off
spring, to teach, manage and control schools.
This might be a good scheme. Certainly there would be
no objection if the parents for whose benefit the schools are
conducted, would also finance them. But the great American
patriot will do nothing of the sort. lie wants the bachelors
and the maids and the childless to instruct and pay for
teaching his children. This they have always cheerfully and
without protest done. Most of them in addition, are already
paying bills for educating as well as rearing other peoples
children. Now, however, some of the parents want the tax
payer to buy the text-books as well as build, furnish and
maintain the schools, so as to leave them more money for
gasoline and movies.
Our ever-growing paternalism seeks to make the child the
ward of the slate, to make the teacher do the work of the
parent, to not only instruct children but care for them
physically, morally and even socially, as well as amuse them.
Frills and foibles to this end overload the curricula, and
overburden the teachers with the result of a constantly
increasing taxation and a growing parental irresponsibility
reflected in the child.
Of course free school books are popular anything free
always is. Even the Portland Orcgonian, after half a century
of vigorous opposition, has switched to favor it, as becomes
that ffreat pandercr to popularity. The school machine is
for it, for it increases its power. So is the state bureaucracy,
it extends the political patronage and all in the sacred name
of education. To criticise the public schools, even in friendly
fashion, is as the Woodburn paper hints, treason.
With free books provided, the next step will be free
lunches, indeed these are already provided in some schools,
along with free transportation and free clinics. Then there
should be free clothes, to lift another burden from the
indigent, and promote the cause of education.
Perhaps the skull of that two horned creature with cloven
hoofs found in Mongolian wilds by the Andrews expedition
was that of one of Billy Sunday's devils. It must have been
for Billy says the world is only 0,000 years old, so how could a
(i,0()0,00() year old animal have roamed U j
To the Editor: I applaud the
Capital Journal often, but when it
Kiowls at the free text-book Idea
(Issue of Sept. 30) It striked me on
a lender spot, and I must line up
momentarily with the hissers.
Your statements that "the state
could not publish the books aa
cheaply a a pilvuto publishers" and
that "slate printing has usually
been a smu-co of graft and political
patronage,-' are impossible of veri
fication. (Please thank mo for us
liiff this in II j nnd polite dcaigna
lion Instead of the shorter and!
more peppy one which first came
to mind.) In a few days a com
plelo and authentic report of the
state's priming establishment will
bo released to the pre.ss, and will
give you adequate. basis for retract
ing both of the above statements
and apologizing to all concerned;
and many of u will note with In
terest whether or not you can do
that as handily as you devastate
sundry projects nnd theories with
one satirical snort of your fierce
no.strils without boini? alway.1 sure
is to just what you are snorting
about.
The plan of making pupils In
public fichoobi purchase their own
text-books and other supplies la as
uld-f.-ifjlilnncd and ridieulous as the
back-In system of parking automo
biles. J ii the enterprl-slng states
east of us they arc getting rid of
it fapldiy.
Why call it a "free school ays
lem" when It isn't?
It Is no more logical to place the
heavy cost of text-books solely on
the shoulders of those who use
them, than it would bo to demand
that they alone should be assess
ed for the funds for teachers' sal
aries. ...
It free school facilities are to
be furnished at public expense, why
not really furnish them, Instead of
drawing the line on particular
items?
If it Is wrong to furnLih text
books at public expense, It Is Just
aa wrong to furnish desks and
seats. Why not require each pupil
to purchase his own?
Why furnish chalk, but not
pencils?
I mention these Items merely to
call your .attention to the incon-l
sistency of objecting to the item;
of toxt-boolts. You are filing your;
objection too late. Ton should
have done It many generations ago,
when- the first earnest community
started the whole business of get
ting together and building the first
little school house for general use,
being-imbued with the idea, that It
would bo a good thing for every
body to get In on the education
game, instead of longer leaving It
solely to the few who had money
enough to hire private tutors or
send their children to expensive
institution. Probably they didn't
realize that they wore approaching
the dark den of the bogy-man,
"Paternalistic Bureaucracy
they would have been scared half
to death.
The whole public is as much
concerned In tho proper education
and training of the children of to
day as are tho parents of those
children. The future welfare of
the country depends upon them.
Their fitness Is a public concern
and a public responsibility? There
fore the public should pay tho ex
pense, Instead of placing it on the
class the best class In the country
tne middle class, Lord bless em
the class that raises children In'
stead of lap-dogs.
I am witling to raise a future
president, but .Inasmuch as ho is
going to be a first class president
for everybody, everybody ought to
"chip In and keep him from
claiming all of the credit.
A. M. CUVRClt.
Salem, Oct. 8.
To the Editor: About and con
cerning the public contributions
of a few ladles who would, It
seems, like to restore freedom and
citizenship to tlie Convict Heroes,
Kelley, Wlllos and Murray.
Have just consulted Stewart's
"liules of Etiquette' as to how long
silence must enduro under such
maudlin outbursts as those of El
la M. Kinney, "Mother of five," !
Mrs. Winger and others who have
pleaded for these tliree who took
part In the slaying of Guards Hol
man and Sweeney In the peniten
tiary break of August 12.
While there seems to be no rule,
there Is little doubt that Stewart
would recommend almost any vio
lent action but I will merely try to
correct E.'la M. Finney on a few
points In her last sob anent Kelley.
In the first ilace, Ellsworth
Kelley was sentenced to the Ore
gon state prison for his part in
shielding Tom Murray and his
partners after the Florence bank
robbery where a loyal employee
of the bank was Injured quite eerl
ously. His sentence of "not moro
than 20 years" was not a result of
an attempt to "let tho Jones boys
free," (quoting Mrs. Finney).
However, two time there Is rec
ord of Kelley's willingness to free
at least one of the Jones brothers
as Is proven by his joining in the
two breaks from the prison led by
"Oregon" Jones In 1924 and again
in the one of 1925.
Ella Finney's loudest yelp Is in.
over-burdened shoulders on one her repetition of tho words of
"Kelley ' (his own verjiun given
to the press) where he is suppos
ed to have walled "we have done
an awful thing." Witnesses of the
murdering of the guards scoff at
Kelley' "How kind I was" ver
sion of his participation.
Hut we will atak that Ella Finney
and others who plea for crimin
als, pause a moment and recall
the fusllade of shots by the three
convicts, the slaughtering of the
guards and finally we have the
picture of Kelley taking a loaded
shotgun and escaping to commit
other "awful things."
When criminals stage their harm
less little carnivals we can always
depend upon two certain things:
First Well meaning persons who
cannot vision difficulties encoun-
d by officers and institution of
ficials are free and eager to
criticise.
Second: Sobbing parties loudly
assert that the killers are "poor,
innocent boys persecuted by heart
less peaco officers and plead that
they (Hie criminals) be loosed
again upon society.
Now these three men arc facing
trial. I believe they will be giv
en a square deal. I also believe
that the public, the bereaved rela
tives of Guards Holmiui and
Sweeney and that Guard Iute
Savage, who is on a bed of pain,
will all be given a square deal.
Hero Is. a suggestion. Will any
of these sob sisiers open their
homos to tho.e killers and con
stantly associate with them for a
given time- (say a year)?
The facts I have given concern
ing Kelley are but a few of many.
Mrs. Finney admits that she
knows nothing of Kelley except for
his quoted version of this one In-1
cklent. She may better inform
herself by conversing with offi
cials and newspapermen .only too
well Informed as to his "career."
The writer is not prejudiced to
ward convicts. He knows several
who have, returned to civilian life
and who have made good on their
10 PLAY HERE
ILL
semblance to his father and It wus
not until Mr. Golden succeeded In
placing hlin under contract that
the producer consented to organize
the touring company.
Bessie bacon, daughter of Frank
Macon, will be seen in the role of
tho vaudeville actress, nnd Miles
.McCarthy will play the Reno Judge.
Newspaper revlowers havo
agreed that "Lightnln's" strongest
interest lies in the quaint original
ity of Its central character. Bill
Jones Is a gentle-mannered old
mountain truant, and prevaricator
not unlike Hip Van Winkle, nnd It
Is a happy coincidence that the
character will bo introduced here
by a son of Rip's beloved creator.
Mail orders for "Llghlnln' " will
bo filled at once In the order received.
Opportunity to witness "Ught
nin'," tho famous comedy classic
that shattered Broadway's record
with its three years' run at the
Gaiety theater, will come to the
Heilig, next Wednesday, October
14.
John Golden has nssemoled a
special "Liglitnhi' '' cast, headed
uy inumaa ji-iieisun, xur a iuiu
f I.,,, IH vr.fr.ltl
otherwise bo compelled to wait
two years longer to meet liill
Jones, the flirtatious vaudeville
actress, the Reno judge and the
other characters who contribute
to the mingled laughs and thrills of
the most eagerly awaited play to
this city under the positive assur-,
ance of Mr. Golden that it will,
lack nono of the smartness or
charm that characterized the(
Broadway presentations. Winchell
Smith, who wrote "Light nin' " in
collaboration with Frank Bacon, t
has personally staged the produc-j
Hon.
mi: jencrson. wuom iocai . it-0ulit gloom to sportdum yeslcr
goers will see as LIghtnin' Bill .... ..... utwtimcmeni of
Jones, is a son of (he late Joseph thp wuWd SQvicti 'Chicago city
Jeffeivon. He bears a striking re-nil.i a,ttrv don f.w iminv't
football
own Initiative. He also knows! Risin:
3tflW m a FFT
BLANKET EAST
Chicago. Oct. 10 Snow has made
Its debut In the east and mid-wt
showing of t lie current farce entit
led "Weather-l'nsettlcd."
I 11 lOf-K me ii'.tuniy iuic in mu
north central state, renns; ivam.i
and northern New York, accom
panied by a fanfare of killing fros'.s
sleet and cld. But Us premiere
others who are making good while
inmates at the prison and who will
vindicate this belief upon release.
They are doing this without aid of
sob-sisters and have taken part in
no guard killing prison scrapes.
WILL CAIIVEII. !
Salem, Oregon. October 6.
games. ,(
temperatures wore prom
ised the midwest today or tomor
row as tho troupe of InelemeiUs ex
tended Us run In tho east.
Meliila. A Riff is worth $14 to
a pniiisli soldier. For each c.ip
livo the pavmcnt of 100 pesj'as in
paid.
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BRINGING UP FATHER
By George McManua
The Husband Tamer
Bv Violet Dure
who won, i in-: nti'.r.?
I'ii trivia ducked her head and
tiled to hrmdi past her huMiaml
ns though Pho had not seen him
tuit ho excliamod "Patricia, wero
you coming to seo me?"
"How like a man," she thought,
"liven so nice n man as Andrew
Always to think that a woman
was looking for him If she came
anywhere near his neighborhood."
"Would you havo seen mo If I
had?" Patricia nslted a note of
wilfulness creeping Into her voice.
"Oh. 1 dnn't know," Andrew nn
e.vered brusquely. "I suppose like
a fonl I wouldn't have. Hut come
- let's go whore we can talk. How
c you. pal? You're looking won
J rf nl I must say. Hut how are
you getting along?"
She smiled nt him quizxUally.
can't talk to you now. An
di ev," (die paid, drea fling nlmos!
to ppea k for fc ir he would bo
whisked away from hT again. "I'm
Into now for an important meet
ing. I must go In. Hut won't you
come to foe tne tonight, t my
hotel?"
"I don't understand nil Ihl
Pat, ' ho said, n note oi tendornes
creeping into his voice. Then.
nfter n moments hesllnnio, when
she didn't speak he added. "I'll
come."
iMlib-la couldn't have told :iny
one nfior tho meeting what It wa.
about; slio was only vayindy con
scious of a pounding at her heart
nnd of a circle of faoes around a
ta bin not one of which was the
Ira st Ml Interesting because not
nnft of them looked like Andrew.
But though she was not unolvtorv
lng. sho was not unobserved. The
queenly homing of her head, her
aristocrat in carriage, mndo urh
an Impression on several of tho'
men present that they roHolvod nl
once to ask her to Intrrest Clayton
OlllospJe In other projects of tholrw!
If she wan always to repronent hlmj
these committee meetings might
not he so bad.
Hut Patricia hurried away In i
daao before any of thorn rould ap
proach her. She wanted tn got to
fifty-seventh street to a cortnln
little shop whoro she had seen
wine-colored evening dress, before
it closed. Andrew had always lik
ed her fn that color. Then shi
must nick up her crystal liemls
nnd earrings that were helnic clean
ed and rest rung nt the Jeweler's.
"I'm fluttering like a dtutnnte,"
she confided to her reflection in
the mirror. Just ns the telcj hone
rang announcing Andrew.
There was a quaver in her voice
a she started talking to hfm; she
wondered If Uo would give her a
chance to tell her story or If he
would Juiit cut her off brusquely.
Jn cold alienee he heard her loll
of her trip to her etoter's, of how J
Keith had Immediately used her
friendship with Hewitt to further
his business nnd of how she hnd
coino back to Chicago injured only
to find his telegram ordering her
back.
"And whoro Is Hewitt now?"
Andrew asked, his voice smolder
ing with angor.
"Oh. you don't understand," Pa.
trlcla's voice broke with a sob. "I
don't know whoro he Is. and prob
ably never will. I didn't leave you
for Gregory Hewitt." she wont
on. "I loft you been use you were
making me a part of your bu.l
n ess and such an unwortny pari.
I wns nothing but n drcssed-up doll
who entertained your business tin
sociates. We had no real friends.
We rarely had time even to see
each other."
"And are you happier now?" ho
.ittkc'1 with a sardonic smilo.
"In a way. yo." Patricia stub
boinly (hough fhe knew that this
was her chance to fling caution to
tho winds nnd tell him that ?hc
would romp back to him on any
terms. "Of course, I miss you ter
ribly. Hut I realize that what I
want now was what I wanted be
fore when I was with you a real
home, ronl friend.-, time to know
each other aim children."
"We couldn't have nil that Put,"
ho a. '-mi red her earnest ly. "I only
asked you to help me because I
needed you. N'ext year, perhaps we
can break nu.iy from the aw fill
pace that you hate so. Come back
and I will forgiw ou fur running
away "
"''oittlvo meV Paf- eyes Maz
ed with aimer as she hacked out of
hi nrios. "You forgive mo for
hat?"
Ilcr voice was aiiRrv now and
burning tears wore coursing down
her cheek. "You have nothing to
forgive, and I can't, T won't come
hack."
As he wont out tho door, who
flung bct-Holf on a couch and cried
convulsively . She hnd "truck for
her freedom nnd oh how she hat
od It! If he could call Andy hack
now, she would do It gladly, even
though she knew that going hark
under the old terms meant unhap
pfness for both of them.
Monday A Strango Meeting.
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