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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOUR Capital JtJournal Salem, Oregon In Independent Newspaper Published Every Afternoon Ercept Sunday at 138 8. Coinmorclal Street. Telephone 81; News 82 UEOKUh) PUTNAM, Editor and Publisher second olaaa mall matter at Sulem, Oregon SUBSCRIPTION RATES By carrier 10 cents a week, 45 centa a month. S3 a year In advance. Bv mall. In Marlon and Polk countlea, one month 60 centa. 8 months 11.25, I months 12.26. 1 year 14.00 month. f6 a year In advance. Elsowhere 60 cents f'Ul.L MiASKU WIKK ASSOCIATED I'HIiss SUKVICK Ths Associated Press la eiclusjvoly entitled to the use Cor publica tion of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also local news puoimneu ummn. "Without or with offense to friends or foes sketch your world exactly as it goes. bjtron. Lady Governors Texans seem pretty well disgusted with the administra tion of "Ijila" Ferguson as governor and impeachment pro ceedings loom. Of course "Ma" is governor only in name, her husband, former governor "Jim" Ferguson, impeached for corruption in office ,is the real executive, so that scandal was nniw n mattpr of time. However "1'la" made no pretenses, openly ran to exonerate her husband, was elected as a rebuke to the Ku Klux Klan, and Texans should be obliged to suffer the penalty for their sentimental folly. The governor's husband has been accused of taking money for pardons of which his wife has granted over a thousand. He has sat with the highway commission, which is charged with letting fraudulent contracts, two members of which have resigned following tne state a recovery, through the attorney general of ?600,000 from one contrac tor. He has exhibited his old enmity toward the University of Texas by having "Ma" veto its appropriations. He is ac cused bv Colliers Weekly with collecting money for inter views with Mrs. Ferguson and other petty corruption and a legislative investigation has become imperative. But if "Ma" Ferguson has failed to maintain the honor and dignity of the governorship, the same charges cannot be made against Nellie Taylor Ross, governor of Wyoming, who was elected at the same time, for Governor Ross has made good, her administration is free from scandal and unusually efficient. She succeeded her husband who died in office and has devoted herself to carrying out his ideals. Mrs. Ross initiated her administration by calling on the legislature for a county budget system to compel economy in local government. She won a fight to have the state keep control of the banking system and appointed the most effi cient state examiner she could find a member of the oppos ing political party. She removed and prosecuted corrupt county commissioners, members ot her own party. She oust ed two sheriffs for corruption in connection with prohibition cniorcement, alter presiding at a public hearing. Governor Ross has forced a reassessment for tax pur poses of the big oil companies adding $6,000,000 to the tax able property of the state. She headed a delegation from the upper basin states who went to Washington to fight against a water power grab by Arizona interests and is now icauuiB a Aiyiit tu uiuLjt uie inujwseu increase in iruigric rates ior western roaus. After all, the kind of a governor the lady makes, depends principally upon the lady. Half a Million Shy According to the summary prepared by the state tax vw...,,,.., mi; OLUbc; lA iU, XOtUM Will UtJ tD J.AU.100 111 CAUeStt nf thi.f ryf lOQIX .,H.. ..i- C 1. J. the state levy from the bonus fund $542,268. The total state t?.v iifill kn T OHO QQA C ...L.'U er onn i , i if i uuiudu, uj. wtiiuit t?u,j.u,o:j represents special tax levies made mandatory by law and $2,038,431 comes within the six percent limitation and was levied by the com mission. The state deficit, between estimated receipts and auuiuri.eu expenditures win be $4HU,8U3. Thia ftofixif io tlm fi-nif nf n r; iuj i .v vill, wr iumui-iiii; iiiuiiiuus employ ed by Governor Pierce in fixing the levy for 1925 far under SlPlllIll rflnnivnmniifn in l . 1 .1 1. - . M1...v..,,t,,l,0 , ullu;l lu manS jjoou nis promises 01 reducing taxation on real property. To cover the threatened ileticiency, the legislature was forced to resort to special taxation, such as the tobacco, motor stage and truck, etc., which were held up by referendum after the governor had vetoed the measure calling for a special referendum election. Ine six percent limitation prevents increasing the levy to cover the resulting deficiency. The only reason the deficit is not larger is because of the increase in state revenues from fees etc., due to the growth .and exnansinn nf Mm ainin m ff,. l " ... - . -w..v. w "vn io uiJimieui, anywnere to curtail expenditures so the state can live within its reve ille line tumrciry, expenses are increasing all along If a private business was operated along lines that the state is being operated under the Grand Lecturer, with an nual expenses nearly half a million dollars above earnings how long would it last? "bi Loves Greatest Gift By VIOLET DARE THE WAYS OL' A MAY Mary wn8 not n tt(o tll!fltur,0t, by Celia's com men La on Stanley Utnlco. "But then, what's a wffo uonvcen nicnila? That man's goln, to havo a. lot of monov aomrt dnv Was Olla the kind of l who J bu uiouiiu with marrletl men, with out their wives? Nvitlentlv h WHH Mnry didn't like that Tho glrln she'd been brought U with nevor uiu u. .once n tnnn v,w married ho belonged to hU wife. Why, Co lla didn't even know Mie. Ulake! v-eiia wasn t turning out nt oil tho way Mary had exnecteri Hpp tn "Of comae, I dndn't roally know her nt nil when wo decided to live lORotner," Mary reminded herself "Wo woro absolutely MrnnKera, only I liked hor bo wolt. nnd It eicined ns if we'd bo so congen ial She still liked Celia for that mat ter. Colla warn usunlly bright nnd cheerful, she took ft frontline in terest in helping Mnry to dress more becomingly, nnd do her ball moro fashionably; they hnd a lot of fun over their housekeeping1. But Celia waa doceltftil In liitle things. Shed say sbo had ducted the living-room whll Mnry did dish bb, for Instance, nnd then Mary would Hit a newspaper and find the tnblo" beneath It covered with dust. She'd say sho had driod the dlshos, when It wm her turn to clean upnfter dinner, and Mary would find that sho had put them nwny wet. counting on their being dry by morning. Mnry had heard her declare to Mis. Lindsay, their landlady, that she had scrubbed ' the bathtub nfter her morning bath, when Mnry knew she hadn't. And sho had a nasty temper, that flared up over little t)!nga nnd m.ido hor say ugly things. She'd mnko up beautifully afterward, of course, nnd Mary told herself that Celia really didn't moan to be dis agreeable, but sometimes It was 11a id not to feel hurt. Sho saw little of Stanley Blake during tho next few days; one day ho merely 'phoned, and did not come ln(o tho office at nil Karlv that nftornoou his wife called the office and asked for him, "Uo Isn't In," Mary replied. oui aro you sure? I know that he expected to be at the of flco at two o'olock." "He Isn't here," Mary told her again, speaking as politely as she could. "Shall I ask him to call you If he does como in? He 'phonod that ho wouldn't bo horo today." Sho could not realize that a wo man who Is kept at home hatos to reel that some other woman knows more nbout her husband's affairs and whereabouts than sho does herself. Mrs. Illake's voice vvns like a sharp-edged knife when sho spoke again. 'Tin sure he Is coming in; ho (oia me mat he would," she Insist od. "Tell him that I callod and want him to call me." She hung up the receiver then, and Mnry went back to her desk wondering if sho had made a mis take in telling Mrs. ninko that her husbnnd hnd said he would not como in. It hardly scorned Hint he wouldn't want her to knew what ho was doing that day she tried to concentrate on her work, but her thoughts kept going back to the lilnke's. Mrs. Jtlake's voice had mounded vexed, almost angry. make came In tho next day, nnd brought up the subject at once. "My wife telephoned you yes terday, she said, and you told her I'd 'phoned that I wouldn't be In. Well" he heaituted a moment, walked across the small office and back again, "Well, don't ever tell her things like that. You see, she's a woman who knows nothing about bnsfnesif, she doesn t realize that sometimes a man has to change his plans during the day, and well, I can't go into the whole mat- tor, but after this just say that you'll give me her messuge when I come in. Understand!" Mary nodded, and went on with her work, resolved never to make a mistake of that kind again. Mrs. Blake called up fairly fre quently in the days that followed and Mary, whon she had to answer the 'phono, said as little as possi ble. Mrs. Uluke frequently asked if Mr. ttluko had como in yet, If ho is expected soon, what timo he had come in, and Mary found herself forced to fib about him. She hated doing It, but he had told Jicr that It was business to do so, nnd when she told him what she had done, he always thanked her and said that she was a great help to him. "You see, she juat doesn't under stand," ho told her; onco he added, In a burst of confidence, "she has some money Invested In my busi ness, quite a lot, in fact, and she feels that sho ought to know every thing that goes on. She doesn't realize that I can leave everything here in the offico to you, and spend my time nt tho laboratory, where I ra needed." Mary wished that she could talk things over with Cetla, but' knew that Celia wasn't the sort of person to talk freely "with. She did, on one occasion, tell about tho fibs she had to tell to Mrs. Blake and say that she hated doing It, and Celia had just laughed, a funny little laugh that made Mnry feel uncomfort able. 'What she doesn't know won't hurt her," she said. "She must bo a regular Paul Pry." Colla was going out quite a bit these days and Mary often had din ner at homo alone. Sho had her Cousin Lulu up one evening, but THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1925 Lulu, though she thought it mast be great to do as you likod and not have to live with older people' and have them always fussing at you, was rather scornful about the' way Ma'ry lived. - '" ! "Don't you ever have more than this for dinner?" she demanded, Mary, who had made a special ef fort, smiled ruefully. "Creamed chipped beef and salad and dessert we always have more than that at home." "I know it," replied MaryH She was tempted to add that at home dinner was always a heavy meal, where everyone ate too much that sho herself had found that eating smaller dinners made her feel better and improved her com plexion. But she realized that Lulu would think her silly. "X guess you're dieting," re marked Lulu, leaning back In the big chair anfl watching Mury clear awny tne atone. Celia came in Just then, was in troduced to Lulu, and went on into the bedroom. Tomorrow A Mj'btory. Bramwell Charges ToBeTriedUnder(3ath By Board Thursday A conference between tho state banking board and representatives of the Portland National bank at which grievances of the bank against State Bank Superintendent Frank C. Bramwell wore presented, was thrown into a white heat be fore adjournment yesterday after noon, that Bramwell be removed from office. This camo when WIU S. Haines, president of the Portland National bank, averred that "you can't have clean banking In Oregon with a corrupt stato banking department" and that the board was "prejudic ed" In Bramwell's favor. Stato Treasurer Kay interpreted Haines' remarks to mean "that the board is prejudiced and that Bramwell is a scoundrel." Remarks Fiery So direct and filery did Haines' remarks become in the course of a speech to the board that Governor Pierce Interrupted him, raised hlB hand and attempted to put Haines under oath. Haines raised his hand, hut in the midst of the governor's reading the oath, turned to J. N. Hart, his attorney, and asked whether he should go under oath. Ho then refused to bo sworn. "Why should I be sworn when no one else has been?" he wanted to know, j "Because you are making a lot of d radical statements, and we want to see if you can prove them" answered State Troaaurer Kay. The upshot of the session was that the board set Thursday, Dec. 17, for a further hearing, at which all statement ,wlll be under oath, both sides to summon any witnes ses they choose, and Mr. Bram well to be on trial with his official position at Atake. Charge Misconduct Yesterday afternoon, prior to Bramwell's making a defense state ment, the bank representatives con tlnucd their charges of the fore noon that he had been arbitrary, unjust and guilty of misconduct in rolation to their bank. The bank representatives endeavored to In troduce Guernsey Slocum, who noma time ago wua refused by Bramwell when he applied for a charter to start a new bank In Portlund, but Slocum refused to talk In the presence of newspaper men and was heard In a closed session after the open conference. Bramwell, at the beginning of his statement, brushed nslde as a closed incident . all relations be tween himself and the bank prior to the bank's change In July, 1924, from the Broadway bank to the Portland National Bank, and In this he had the tacit consent of the bank representatives. He explained that ho had recognized the former Broadway bank as a reserve de pository. Bra unveil 'g defense From that point ou the hearing did not so much concern Bram well's refusal to grant a reserve charter fo tho Portland National as it did an episode concerning an unlndentifled western Oregon bank around which the question of whether Bramwell shall remain In office now centers. Brumwell did say, however, that the Portland bank had failed to meet legal re quirements In the matter of supply ing the state department with state ments when asked to do so. He . gave certain dates. On one or two1 of these dates the bank people ! claimed to have .made the state-: ments. AH matter read and statements made about the unidentified bank; omitted the name, so that it did not get into the record. This bank,; according to Bramwell, was on the verge of collapse. Ho wrote a let ter to the directors in which he proposed, in lieu of a 100 per cent assessment on the stockholders, that the stock be deposited with himself In escrow and that an em-; ploy of the sj.ate department take chargo of tho bank for 12 months with an option of buying It during that period at a price fixed by Bramwell. This letter, tho bank representatives inferred, indicated possible corrupt Ion. "I am willing to stand up and fitrht ii i) v miiti in dofoiufe of that letter," shouted Bramwell at J. N. board of directors themselves ask ed us to put a man In the bank. That letter was written nfter a con ference with the president of the bank and at his request The letter never was anything but a proposal and they didn't have tn accept it If they didn't want to. They could have accepted the 100 per cent as sessment. However, we subsequent ly agreed on another plan, and I am glad we did for I needed mi man In my department. It was nec essary that something 'bo dono at that bank. If you call that letter arbitrary I wunt to say that we would even protect the dopostlors They ore our first consideration. The stockholders are not entitled to any consideration until the de positors are taken cafe of." . Bramwell asked Hart if he knew thu condition of the bank in ques tion. "I think it Is in good condition and that the examiner was in er ror," answered Hart. After Four Years Bramwell said the letter had been written after long considera tion and that his department had been watching tho bank for four years. To show that he had no 111 feel ing toward tho Portland National bank, Bramwell said that when It was about to become a national bank the comptroller of the cur rency wrote his advloe about It and he replied with a favorable lotter.' Ilo said that If the bank would comply with the law in all respects and furnish a statement from tho comptroller Indicating good con dition he would willingly grant au thority to bo a reserve depository for state banks. Society t Con tin ii'n from Ptro five.l Gunsley, Mm. Vniter Davis, Mrs. Aleck Munson, Mrs. W. F. Starr, Mro. Charles Thomas, Mrs. T. Ol son, Mra. A. E. Hedlne, Mrs. Wal ter Fisher, Mary Jean Davis and the hostttw, Mra. W. F. Starr. 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