Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, December 11, 1925, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOUR THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1925 CapitalJlJournal Salem, Oregon Ad Independent Newspaper Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday at 136 8. Commercial Street. Telephone 81; News 81 UKOHCIU PUTNAM, Editor and Publisher Entered as second class mall matter at Salem, Oregon SUBSCRIPTION RATES By carrier 10 cents a week. 45 cents a month, 15 a year In advance. By mall, In Marlon and Polk counties, one month 60 cenu. 8 months Jl 26, 0 months 12.25, 1 year 14.00. Elsewhere 50 cents a month, 85 a vear In advance. FIJI1- I.EASIOD tt'lUK ASSOCIATED I'UI.SS KliUVICU The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use (or publica tion of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise oredlted in this paper and also local news published heroin. "Without or with offense to fr lends or foes I sketch your world exactly as it goes." nynoN. A Real Loss , The death of C. A. McLaughlin of Independence at Penang Straits, Dutch East Indies, while on a tour of the world, is not only a shock to his many friends, but a distinct loss to Oregon as well as both Polk and Marion counties, with whose interests he had been identified for upwards of 30 years as farmer, hop grower, investor and banker. Although educated as a druggist and following that oc cupation for some time, Mr. McLaughlin deserted it because of the indoor confinement for the farm and was known for many years not only as a successful farmer, be as the best farmer in Oregon. Mr. McLaughlin's career should be an inspiration to youth, for it shows what the plain and homely virtues of in dustry, honesty, and thrift can still accomplish on the farm when linked with vision and ability. In a quarter of a cen tury, Mr. McLaughlin accumulated upwards of a quarter of a million dollars farming. He had the best cultivated, the best equipped and the most efficiently managed farm in the Willamette valley and made it pay the largest profits. If as Swift declares "that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of man kind and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together," the country's debt to Mr. McLaughlin is a great one, for he not only made two blades grow in place of one, but ho made them grow where none had grown before and where others had failed to make them grow ttnd he kept them growing. This plain, rugged, shrewd farmer belonged to a genera tion that seems to be passing a generation whose industry was not limited by union hours, whose frugality not sapped by luxury, whose energies not dissipated minding other peo ple's business, arid whose initiative was not blunted by pater nalism. He made his money farming the farm instead of the farmers in an easy chair at taxpayers expense. A .genial acquaintance, a kindly neighbor, a loyal friend, an indulgent husband, a public spirited citizen, C. A. Mc Laughlin was one of those who could least be spared, for such as ho are needed most. A Pagan Custom The annual senseless slaughter of ,the conifers is on with hill and dale denuded to coftiniercialize a Christmas holiday. If the 3'oung firs were utilized simply to make little child ren happy with their glittering decorations and gifts, there might be some justification for the vandalism, but by far the greater number are used to give the streets the appearance of an evergreen forest, are in the way and a public nuisance. The Christmas decoration of streets, of homes and even of churches, is of pagan origin and can be traced back to tho Saturnalia of the Romans and the winter festivals of heathen Britishers commemorating the winter solstice. The Christ mas tree is of pagan German origin. There is nothing about the sacrificed conifer to connect it, even by suggestion, -with Christ or Christianity, any more than there is about Hint emblem of the heathen Druids, the holly, to secure which many a tree is destroyed by poachers. Many of these firs and spruce, perhaps the bulk, are cut by trespassers on other people's property and the first the owner learns about it, is when he views the wreckage of his promising young grove. Why then, when they are a pagan decoration and often stolen goods, do people encourage and foster the vandalism that despoils the country of its natural beauty and the farmers of their property ? If you must have a young evergreen, buy a live one in a pot or tub and plant it after the holidays for the conifers are a vanishing species and by purchasing cut trees you are speeding their extinction. Loves Greatest Gift By VIOLET DAUE INTKUKSTINU JJI.VKI.orAIKNTS As tho days flew past Mnry sottl d swiftly Into the routine of Stnn ley lilnkca office, a routine which alio herself worked out, because he nna no time for it. He had a mail-order tmsincw In cosmetics., a flomili!ng one, which iio was handllns nbly, and which Ki-ew rapidly because the goods In which ho dealt were really excel lent and wore sold at a moderate , price. .iluko hini.self wroto the ad vertising," superintended tho mak ing of tho preparations and fro nucntly made them himself, Kept an eye on tho shipments, and tried to mnnaBO tho office. Mary soon took that last detail off his mind. .She could toko caro well as ho could, and loved doing It. She also kept a record of shipments hanked the money that came In in nearly every mall, and before Jong was writing boiho of the smal ler ads. "How I ever got otong without you I don't see." he told her one day, several month nfter she first came to work for him. "You'ro as necessary to the business as I am. I'd like to give you a raise. If I didn't havo to put every cent Into making the business bluger." "I'd rather have stock In the company," Mary answered, am axed at her own boldnean. "That would mean ever bo much more to me." "Say, that's a good Idea," he ex claimed. "A great one. I'll have to Incorporate to give It to you, but I've always meant to do that. I'll get at It first chance I have." Mary worked harder than ever after that. At last she had some thing real, wm making a place for herself In the world. Her stock when she got It would be like in Investment, bringing In returns. She told Celia about It that even ing and they celebrated by going to the theatre In balcony seats, for vhlch Mary paid. "I do love the theatre." Celia slghej. "How wonderful It must be to go whenever you want to, and alt down In front, and wear even ing clothes and come in an automo bile! Some day I'm going to do that fin going to have every thing I want, everything!" In the face of that. Mary's own claims to happiness dwindled. Hut when he was alone that night In bed they grew big again. Why. she had everything now her wonder ful Job, and her share in tho busi ness when she got it, that was and her nice little home; she had everylhing! Wake was working on n new ON THE AIR SATUIUMY NkiUT (Paririi! Time) IUUV, Portland, Ore. IIH.R fl to 7 p. ni dinner concert, courtesy olds, Wormian King rouipimy; o to i midnight, .Iiiiul music by llcrmntt Renin's MiilliMUiuili hotel orchestra, by wire telephony from I ho Indian grill of tho Multnomah hotel. K;0, OiiKlaml, (al., He I. li ft p. m.t sport review, Al Sun ton.; 8 Iti 10, Oakland Y, M. V. A. concert orchestra, Kdwunl Leslie, director; Marie Wallmnu, prano, i:ilen Clink, pianist, "Tho Signs of tlic Times," lr. Kdgar Iothcr; Kihvln Heltisohn, bari tone; in tu 12, Hotel St. Fran cis dance program. lU'O, San Francisco, On!., 4a.3 0:1.11, "Yo Touiw Crier;" O.&l to 7:St), Wnldcinar Mud nr rheslrn; to 12, I'nbrln orches tra, .lack roaklcy, director; stu dio entertainment. KFI, IjOs Antfelcs, Onl., .67 7 p. ni AII.Amci-icnit quartet; 8, Ivtninlncr iti-ugi-uin; tt, Kim mer program; 111 I'ncknnl Itiid lo cliilij it tu 3 a. in., Mliluluht frolic. SI V DAY (Pacific Time) KflW, Portland, Ore., 401. 3 10:a."i to 12, noon, morning wor ship from the First Presbyter Ian church. Dr. Ilnmhl laniard Itovtnian, tatnri 7:.Vi to 9 p. m, evening sert ices fnnu First Church of Chrltt, Scientist; 9 to 10 p. in., concert by the ClieTro. let little symphony orchestra, prcHciiUil by the (Jicvrolct Mo tor far company. preparation, a cold cream that; made tt unnecessary to use face : powder also. Mary had several Ideas for the way in which it should be put up and advertised, and sug gested them when he came in late one afternoon his face pale and fa tigue, to begin work on It. "Say, that's great!" ho exclaimed, whon she had talked for a few moments. "I'll toll you what we'll do I'll phone my wife, and we'll have dinner somewhere now It's nearly six and then we'll go over alt this afterward, and get It Into shape. I never can do It alone to night and the advertising copy's got to go out tomorrow If It's to reach those Western papers in time." Mary agreed. They had dinner at the restaurant on the corner, tho one she couldn't afford, but Blake paid for her dinner, Baying he'd charge It up to ox pen sea. Heavens knows, you're worth enough mere than I pay you," he told her. "I can afford to buy you a meal once In a while. I haven't forgotten that, incorporation mat ter, incidentally; I'll seo my lawyer about It tomorrow." They went back to the office building afterward, but It was lock ed. Blake had no key to the street door. There was a watchman, but they couldn't find him anywhere. If that isn't luck!" Blake said disgustedly. "Of course he'd be off somewhere tonight, Just because we want him." Mary did not re mind him that they should have remembered to look up the watch man before they wont out and say that they would be back later. "If I lived in town we could go to my house, but It's clear out in Mont rose. Well, there goes our evonlng's work, I guess." We could work in my rooms,' Mary suggested. "I have sort of a little apartment, with another girl; we could work there." She telephoned the rooming house and told Celia that they were coming. Blake took a taxi, and then had to borrow some of the money froi.i Mary to pay for It. He puffed a little us they climbed the stairs, but whon Mary threw open the liv ing room door the room looked so charming that ho declared it was worth the climb. Celia had bought flowers for the bowl on the chest of drawers and for a voso that stood on her desk. She was sitting at tho desk, writ ing, when they came in, under a softly . shaded lamp, and looked up shiy when Mary brought Stan ley Blake over to her side. She had put on a pink dress, one that she wore sometimes when she wanted to dress up. It was very becoming. Her hair fell in soft little curia about her face. Mary felt suddenly very awkward, and messy. She wished that she could slip away and put on a clean blouao and wash her face and hands, but that would never do, she told her self. Blake would want to get to work at once. If he did, he made no effort to do so. Celia urged him to take the big chair, brought out some cigar ettes she must have hurried out to buy them, Mary realized mov ed one of the drop lights so that it did not shine In his eyca. She laugh ed with him over the day she had applied to him for a job Mary's job, now and had told him that she couldn't live on what he could pay. "I really couldn't," she assured him now, her brown eyea opon very wide. "I'm not used to living as girls do who've always worked; I'm a homo girl, Mr. Blake, and I Just have to have a home." "Well, you'vo certainly got one horo," he told her appreciatively, looking about him. "That Is charm ing." Ho and Mory got down to work at last, about eleven o'clock. It was nearly one when ho left, with Ce lia leaning over the bannisters of the hall stairs to call a last soft "Goodnight!" to him. "He's awfully nice, isn't he," she murmured as she came back into the living room. "Yes, he Is," Mary answered 'from the bedroom door, "I wonder whnr lit- tulfc'a HUn" "His wife?" CeMa's voice sound od surprised, as if somebody had slupped her in the face. "I didn't know he had a wife." Then, after a moment: "But, then, what's a wife between friends? That man's going to have a lot of money some duy." Mary didn't wunt to link thoae two statements. She went to bed! hurriedly, anxious to keep Celia from talking any more. But Celia showed no desire to talk; she Bat before he mirror, brushing her hair a hundred time a practice she had given up lately, till to night. Tomorrow Tho Ways of a Man. OPE F O R U M Contributions to This Column must be plainly written on one side of paper only limited to 3G0 words In length and signed with the name of the writer. Articles not meeting these specifi cations will be rejected. To the Editor: I've been di vorced Irom South Dakota for over two years and ought not to care' what anybody saye about her, so I'll jucvt claim that I am merely in terested In keeping history straight. j I have noticed that when I meet now people and they learn that 1 am from South Dakota, they gen erally make some wise crack about the Non-Part isun league. And now cornea The Capital Journal and preaches an editorial sermfln about the final failure of socialis tic and paternalistic schemes In "North and South Dakota." How would Oregonlans llko it if eastern papers classed them as irrespon sible wind-jammers just because their state is continguous to Cali fornia? Here's freo information for all who need it: j Tho Non-Partisan-league never, sot oven a good start in South Dakota. ! There nover have been any; state-owned or controlled Indus-j tries in South Dakota, nor any ae- Hire in that direction. Politically! South Dakota Is very much like Oregon eo strongly republican that members of other parties are' considered "queer." I The Huron packing plant, re cently purchased by Armour & company and now re-ferrcd to by Tho Capital Journal as a horrible example of paternalistic failure, was a privately owned coucoru simply a co-operative Block com pany venture, the same as the co operative fruit markets in Salem. The state had nothing to do with it. The same thing happened to u much lirgor plant of the same kind in Sioux City. Iowa, a couple of years ago. Did The Capital Journal at that time call alien tion to the failure of socialism in Iowa? The same thing is still hap peniug and will continue to hap pen in the central states, where the dependence is entirely upon agriculture and there arc no great forests, fisheries or manufacturies to carry the principal burden so that farming can be relegated aa an inconsequental industry of dubious prospects. The Capital Journal says that the Huron plant will now. "aid In tho transformation of a purely wheat belt to a corn and cattle country." South Dakota has never boon much of a wheat state. It Is pre-eminently a com, alfalfa, cat tle and swino state and has been going busted nt it ever since the war, although crops have been abundant. Prices for farm produce have been so low that the farmers have been unable to pay for the clock they subscribed in their own co-operai ive enterprises; conso- ........il.. id., an l u-iirluria nil If t lit) sold to big Interests which havo plenty or money matte oy unnuuug tho product which tho furmer i.iiatn nrniliiftln-r. Hanktt nnd other business enterprises back there are going oroKo ioo. mwu ik. l.i.uio tliAV nil follow suit, for there is nothing else to depend on. Salem banns wuum bust, too. it they bud to depend on tho farmers. Wouldn't they? You know it! Nobody deplores the foolish but I see no necessity for misrepre senting a line state iuii ui u.t besi- kind of people merely to sup port an argument- However, The Capital Journal isn't as bad as the Oregonlan. La-t Sunday's insuo oE-that paper pub lished a picture of ex-Uovernor V. II. McMuster, new United QtniKt cotminr from Soutlt Dakota. describing him ns "ox-leader of the Non-Partisan leaguo in south ua kola." Holy smoke! If Mac should see that he would blow up! No state ever produced a more uncom promising, rock-ribbed, staudpat tlng, reactionary, partisan disciple of the G. O. P. than McMaster. But Oregon folks cannot reason ably h? expected to know much about South Dukotu. It's about an even break, Folks in South Da kola think that Oregon Is merely a quiet and uninteresting neigh borhood lliat unfortunately must he crossed In going from Washing ton to California. Perhaps they get their Information from tho sumo source as The Capital Jour nal and Oregon! an. A. M. CHURCH. (Kdltcr's Note: The Capital Journal's editorial was based upon statements made by Armour ft company by the Chicago Tribune and Ha si oft correspondent who at tended tho celebrations, by the Chicago Journal of Commerce and from editorial utloroncos of Fargo nnd other Dakota newspapers.) 5000 of Your Fellow Citizens Are Keeping Warm this Winter WITH Hillman Fuel Company's ' Guaranteed Coal The public knowing who handles THAT GOOD COAL Keeps us busy delivering it CALL 1856 TODAY You too, will be more than pleased HILLMAN FUEL CO. DUMB DORA By Chick Young T0A.T RU-iG V NEW.AM' ) S VWe- l"N fN LAVWE13 . JMlX SMS TS T THOSE 1 SAHSSOy, MNE-NOU)lr UNLESS ' WnU TAAT rr VJUiJ'f V AUMNLEM I SETTLE VOOSAt T, NEED S A To SETTLE T! UoM ABOOT OLDTCOFESSora UGK0M UP ThE. stbeet O y "Wat's- favorable TOME-HESA RELIABLE-OLD KttoW WE'LL GjWJE- A FAR DECISION r1 era.EA.T- l'LSi0ra6vW OVER ANO GET WM-l NOUvJAJTj UEREJp MN60SWVTS SUE WASN'T SWOVJM UP WVTUTvAE. 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