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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1925
CapitalJlJournal
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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
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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.)
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