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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1925
Capital jlJournal
Salem. Oroiron
An Independent Newspaper Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday
at 13(1 S. Commercial Street. Telephone 81; New( 3
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The Weston Pardon
Governor Pierce has pardoned A. J. Weston, thrice con
victed of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Two of
the convictions were reversed by the supreme court because
of the unfairness of the trials. The same evidence secured
conviction in the third trial, but having been pauperized by
previous trials, Weston was unable to pay the costs of a
third appeal.
The executive's action will occasion a loud outcry and we
will hear much of the abuse of the pardoning power whereby
a governor by a stroke of his pen defeats justice and undoes
the work of court and jury. Yet that is just what the pardon
ing power is given to the governor for, if he is convinced
there has been a miscarriage of justice.
Those who are familiar with the Weston case and who
have read the briefs filed in the two appeals and know that
the same hearsay evidence of suspicious and questionable
characters and the same bitter prejudice of the prosecution
that secured the first two convictions were responsible for
the third, are not surprised that a thorough investigation
by the executive has resulted in the exercise of clemency.
The Capital Journal, which is somewhat "hard-boiled" in
the matter of pardons, and which cannot be accused of
partisanship in behalf of the executive, and is more or less
familar with the case, does not believe that the governor
erred in pardoning Weston but that on the contrary he is
to be commended for courage in correcting what he believes
a miscarriage of justice.
Exit Toll Roads
In refusing to give a franchise for the proposed Wilson
valley toll road providing a short-cut to Tillamook, and in
ordering a survey of the same route for a public highway, the
state highway commission has done the wise thing. The day
of the private toll road has passed and to reinstate it is poor
public policy. It s to be hoped the precedent will govern all
future applications.
' It had been popularly supposed that with the abolition of
toll roads then existing and the purchase by the slate ot tneir
rights the policy of permitting private toll-roads had gone
forever into the discard, as far as Oregon was concerned. But
at the last session of the legislature, Senator A. F, Beals of
Tillamook log-rolled through a measure permitting their
re-establishment by franchise approved by county courts
and state highway commission.
After the measure had become a law, Senator Beals
appeared before the public as tho promoter of a toll road up
Wilson river and sought a franchise for himself and assocl
ates. Inasmuch as a railroad line had a survey for a proposed
extension up the Wilson river, and a survey for the toll road
imcl estimates of cost had never been made, and the latter was
not to be constructed for four years, the scheme had ear
marks of a promotion game for the profit of promoters
rather than public.
The fact that a state senator used his public office to
enact a statute to promote his private interests was enough
to discredit the proposition in the eyes of the public.
What's In a Name?
(From the Aalorla Budget.)
Change the name of Salem
Chcmckcta. That is what The
rjapitul Journal of thai city ie s.iv
Besting and urging on tho groin: It
that Sal cm Is a commonplace nani
and of no i(?h!liciiiu-o where:
Uhemclteta Is the nnelent Imliu'i
namo tor Iho unoriginal villa v;.:
which Btood on the present silo of
Oregon's capital for centuries mi
numbered.
Undoubtedly any attempt to re-
cbrislou Salem would be met wi'h
a great deal of opposition an I
plenty of reasonable objection.3.
yet tho fact rein tuna that the con
tention upon which The Capli:il
Journal bases it plea Is sound.
Thsro aro Uti Salenisi In us may
states of the union. The name of
Oivgou's capital is n borrowed own
ami has no hmturirnl or deacrtp
tivo significance whatever. Ore
Bon would havo tho only Cht-
meketu in the world and thu nam-;
would link Oregon's capital city
with its own primitivo beginning.
The HUKCOHtion of i ho Salem p.i
per calls attention ntfiilu lo tho
Bingular barrenness of Onw:i
nomenclature, a bnrvonncwa wh'?)i
Is quite in contract to the rK:h
li ens of tho nomenclature ot our
neighboring slnlu to the nur::t.
Kew of -the cith.q of Oregon hoar
names of any individuality or of
nny particular significance.
Portland and Albany arefurtho
examples ot names borrowed from
ot ler cities. Astoria is ono of th?
few exceptions to the general rulo.
Though tliero Is an Astoria .in
Long inland, it lj Astoria, Oregon,
that Is known and the very men
tion of the name recalls the Ittnli
of westcru civilization in whie:i
this city played such a historic
part.
Lingerie Is not a comon name f-r
a city and it has the further vir
tune of being named for Kujniu
Skinner, one ot the earliest ri
whito settlers on the upper Wil
lamette. The Dalles Ie both dis
tinctive ami descriptive. CorvallU,
meaning the heart of tho valley,
hat merit as a no me but lot it be
remembered that this not the orig
inal name ot the college town ami
Mi ports the contention of the Sa
lem paper that there are plenty rf
precedents for the move it urge?.
I'endeltou was named to boner
;in Ohio congressman who iiuv.ir
suw Oregon and where is there ciri
individuality to such names ce
linker. Ahland, Marshficld, Koao
hurg, Hend?
Klamath Falls alono of tin1
sbterhood of principal cities ci
Oregon, hoars an liuilaji name
whkh is linked with the early his
tory of tho community. To the
contrary note tin character an I
flavor given to Washington by ltn
recognition of early Indian nnms
.Seattle, taconia, bpokane, MV.C
ma. Walla Walla. Chehalln, We
nalctiee, Toppeniah all namw
reminiscent of tho early nntece.I
euts ot these places and namc
which belong su.ely to Washing
ton. it may lie too lute for Oregon to
correct early mistakes in chri-jten-lujr
her principal trading nur;s
with unimaginativo and prosaic
names, but, as the Salem papor
points out much older cities have
hnd their names changed. Wit
ness St. Petersburg- and Christina.
SECOND WIVEC
By VIOLET DARE
Marie Become n Wage I'arner
After waiting for nearly half nn
hour, Marie wag utimmoncd by the
butler and ushered Into a library
adjoining tho small room whore
she and the other applicants for
the poult ion of nursemaid were
waiting.
It was a Mrs. Herbert Mmb;iy
whoso n d vert fecit ipiU Marie" had
nnawered. She had frequently seen
Mrs. IJnday's namo In the news
papers In the old days before she
herself went to Paris to got her
divorce, and knew her for a social
climber, ono who hoped that her
hu.sti.imrs money would get her
into the Konr Mutinied. It amus
ed Marie to think that she her
self, who now was npplying for a
position among Mrs. Lindsay's ser
vants, wns of higher social stand
ing than Mrs. Lindsay was.
Marie followed '.ho butler Into
the library, nnd round herself fac
ing a thin, blonde woman who sat
In an arm chair smoking. Bho
nodded to Marie curtly and went on
talking with the man who sat be
hind a huge desk that stood near
the open fireplace.
At last she turned to Marie.
"You're applying for the position
of nursemaid to my little girl?"
she asked abruptly, every Intona
tion of her voice putting Marie In
her place. "Do you speak French?
What education have you? Are you
married or single? Have you ever
lived abroad? Can you play the
piano?1
Marie flushed, embarrassed by
the questions and the manner In
which they were asked. She could
not help appraising Mrs. Lindsay,
who, with her dark cloth street
frock, was wearing half a dozen
flexible bracelets of diamonds, a
diamond pendant on a platinum
chain, a wrist watch and earrings.
jcwols appropriated for a ball gown
rather than a street costume. The
display of bad taste suddenly put
Marie at ease.
She replied briefly to tbe first
two questions, and would have gone
on, but a lfttte girl suddenly bob'
bed up from behind the man's chair
"Daddy, I wont that one!" she
exclaimed, pointing to Marie, Ignor
ing the other applicants, who were
standing in the background. "I like
her!"
The man looked at Marie with
what struck her an being an ex
pression of relief. She wondered
at It, and at his general appear
ance. Ho apparently was Mr. Llnd
say yet how could he have mar
ried that shrill voiced woman?
"I" want that ono!" the child
shouted again, and ran forward to
take Marie's hand and look up at
her. "Let the rest go away. Come
on upstairs with mo," she added
to Marie, and began pulling her
toward tbe door.
"Just a moment, Madeline," ex
claimed Mrs. Lindsay, but the
child paid no attention to her. In
stead she turned to her father.
Say it's all right, Herbert," she
same age, "Please I1'
He looked at Marie squarely.
She found herself looking back at
him, meeting his eyes squarely.
There was something sad about his
face, as if life had not troated him
kindly. The child had his deep
blue eyes, his fine, sensitive mouth.
He smiled, suddenly, and Mnrle
knew that they were going to bo
good friends.
"It's all right, Babe," ho answer
ed, then. And to Marie, "Shall wo
consider It settled, then ? You
know tho salary, I believe It was
mentioned in the advertisement.
Thirty dollars a week, and tho
hours are from nine-thirty to half
past five."
Before Mario could reply Mrs.
Lindsay cut in again. Obviously,
she could not bear being thrust
aside.
"Wo haven't spoken of references
yet," she said. "I suppose you have
good ones."
"I can refer you to Mrs. Samuel
Phillips nnd Mrs. Nealo Jamison,"
Marie told her. "If you wish
more"
"Oh no, not If they know you,"
Mrs. Lindsay replied hastily, far
more politely than she had spok
en before. "1'ou might go upstairs
with Madeline now and see the
nursery," she added, and then, to
the butler, "Just show these other
women out, Sanders."
Marie felt sorry for those others.
The lovely French woman where
would she go? She felt like giving
up the position and asking that It
be given to that other woman, who
showed so plainly that she was not
fitted to face tho world alono.
"But that's the way it Is I sup
pose," she told herself. "If you
have to support yourself you have
to take what comes."
Tomorrow The Lindsay Home, j
Spring Valley, N. Y. A bride
groom of 87 paid $1600 to motor
ists who visited him to sell him
diamonds for his 80 year old bride
urged, as if they had been tho He has found they wore glass.
TO BE READY BY
FIRST OF YEAR
Every effort will be made to havo
the new Salem .Y. M. C. A. build
ing completed by the first of tho
year, It was promised last night by
S. A. Hughes, contractor, speaking
at tho annual session of tho local
Y. M, C. A. Last night's annual
meeting was the final one to be
held in the present Y. M. C. A.
building. The recent fair weather
has facilitated construction of the
new building, the roof of which Is
now nearly completed.
There were approximately CO
members of the Salem Y. M. C. A.
on hand at last night's meeting,
which was held In tho banquet
room of the present building.
L. E. Goodwin of Portland, act
ing Interstate secretary of the Y.
M. C. A. for Oregon and Idaho,
and Rev. Charles Ward, pastor of
the First Congregational church of
Salem, were the chief speakers of
the evening. Both spoke enthus
iastically of the present work of
the Salem branch of the Y. M. C.
A.
There were numerous committee
reports given. During the past
year 6489 men and women wore
given employment through the bu
reau operated by tho local Y. M.
C. A., according to report present
ed by R. J. Hendricks, chairman of
the committee.
.Twenty-four baseball teams wore
organized during tho past year, It
was reported by George Hug, who
reported for the physical education
department. j
That 144 boys were onrolled In I
ID Bible classes during the year,
waa roportod by W. T. Jenks, of
the commute on religious work.
Jos. II. Albert, reporting tor the
committee on the building fund,
stated that receipts from February
16, 1923, to September 30, 1935,
wore $87,181.60. Disbursements,
including the amount spent on the
new building, have amounted to
$60,467.
Six men weer elected to tho
board of directors, one of them,
Allen Kafoury, being a new man
on the board. Tho other 6 were
T. M. Hicks, Paul Wallace, W. T.
Jenks, B. C. Miles and James II.
Nicholson.
ER
LAND IS LEASED
Akron, Ohio, Oct. 29 (AP)
Further expansion of American
HUbbcr manufacturers Into the pro
duction field became known yes
terday when Harvey S. Firestone,
president of the Firestone Tire nnd
Rubber company, announced tho
leasing of 35,000 acres of rubber
plantation land in the state of Ta
basco in Mexico. At the same time
Mr. Firestone said, he was consid
ering the ndvlsabillty of entering
the rubber area in the Amazon val
ley.
The announcements yesterday
follow closely tho recent lease of
a million acres in Liberia for rub
ber plantations. Tho Tabasco lease
is only for two years owing to un
settled political conditions of tho
state.
Mr. Firestone also told of re
search work in the sap of the
Castliloa tree which Is at present
considered a source of low grade
rubber. Several thousand acres of
the new loaso hold are planted with I
this variety of tree.
HEILIG FRIDAY
MAIS CIKEN THIEF
ABANDONS LOOT
Flvo brilliant, excellent, varied
acts on tho Association vaudev'lle
tour aro billed for the Hellig
theater program tomorrow after
noon and evening. The five ajfs
come to Salem with the reputation
of being ono of tho best arranged
units on the circuit.
The opening nkft on the pro
gram Is "Room 615." This ti'.lo
may not mean much, but to tho
colebrated divorcci lawyer who ap
pears with Wanda Ludlow in hev
act, it means considerable. It is
a clever one-act play with silk
pajamas nnd a surprising finish.
"A Whirl of a Dance," with the
artistic Fell nova troupe, portrays
dances from far off lands and the
offering; is declared to be a treat to
vaudeville loverj.
Galllck and C!nrreU, the "Roll
er Skaters Supremo," offer a va
rioty of new feats, introducing a
number of phenomenal stunts per
formed on rollers. Spins, twirls,
ba'ancing feats and various exhi
bitions of agility are performed
while tho skater aro traveling ut
a rapid paco.
Harry Cotlv and Jack Trigg, two
"Special Delivery Males," furnls'i
an net abounding in ukelele duots
and a number of special songs.
"On tho Boulevard," wi'h a
beautiful setting that has few
equals for scenic artistry, Is pre
sented by Tony and George. Tlwy
offer n snappy routing of comedy
that createst roars of mirth. Th-yj
are two of the very best comedians
and acrobats on the stage today,
X charmingly pretty young girl
assists tli e in In putting the act'
ivor.
Threo shows will bo given a
inatlnoa and twj performances in
ho eveniug. Short subjects nnd
the regular concert number by thu
Heillg theater cencort ore heat ii
will complete the progrnm.
Dallns, Or., Oct. 29. Throe
sacks of llvo chickens, ono dozen
birds in all, w-.tr) discovered Sun
day morning a short distance
southwest of Iudepcndouco by
pheasant hunters, but a clos'.1
watch kept on the cache durias
tho remainder of tbe day and
night failed to uncover the Ihlef
who hud left '.hem, according to
Sheriff Hooker.
The chickens were Auronns and
npareutly fine stock. They wera
in a ditch near a cross road Ion-ling
to tho highway. No report vt
stolen chickens has been received
and it is not known where they
came from. It is apparent t.hoy
were abamlonyd by eomeono who
cither feared detection or planned
to pick them up later and becauio
ssupicinus. W. I. Morrison of In
dependence made tho find.
Prenavinf Exhibit.
Dallas, Or., OJt 21). Mrs. Win
nie Draden, eecrotttry of the Dallas
chamber of commerce, Is in Port
hum this week preparing a Polk
county exhibit for display at tho
land products show of the Pacific
International la'-estonk exposition
In Po'-tlaud. The exhibit will bo
made up of products featured tn
tho county exhibit nt the slato
fair, which received much prais.
drains, grasses and flax are featured.
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