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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 192G
CapitalJournal
Salem, Oregon
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I sketch your world exactly aj it fjocs."
by no:.
More Bureaucracy
Tireless and sleepless are the bureaucrats and very in
genious in devising new ways and methods for sustenance
and propagation. Like nphids, which live by puncturing
plants and sucking the juices, the bureaucrats live by
puncturing the taxpayer and sucking his suotenaiice. Like
the aphids, also, they are characterized by the enormous
rapidity with which they reproduce and their means of
migrating from one host to another in their search for pap,
as the aphids do for sap, even returning to the same host
until it is exhausted.
We read in the dispatches that Lane county is to be the
starting point for Oregon in a new paternalistic movement,
whereby the farmers are to be organized to operate under
the direction of a bureaucrat of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture to determine the estimated yield for the
coming year in order to control production and regulate the
price ot the larmers product. '
The movement apparently has the support of the farmers
who through wide-spread organizations are demanding gov
ernment aid in the shape of government price fixing to be
obtained through political pressure.
In a recent speech, Senator Wadsworth of New York
said:
I dread the diiy when, from a Kivornment office In Washington or
A government office nnywhere elne, there shall conio a decreo Hint 1
mid my neighbor) ahnll sell a particular crop for a certiiln amount of
money, at a certain place and to cerliiln apecltled Individuals or con
cerns. Yet that dreaded day is apparently at hand. At any rate,
the bureaucrats are taking full advantage of the situation
and instead of there being one person in every eighteen on
the public payroll, there will shortly be one in every ten.
And yet the more we are regulated, supervised and ordered
about, the harder up we get, for we have to pay the supervis
ors for destroying our initiative.
Selfish Strategy
Portland is now seeking to have the state assume the
$61)0,000 indebtedness on the Columbia river bridge between
Portland and Vancouver and make it a free bridge by abolish
ing tolls for the benelit of the motoring public at least this
is the excuse listed. The real reason is to discourage the
building of a toll bridge on the lower Columbia and retain the
auto traffic for Portland. The obstructive strategy is thus
disclosed in the news columns of the Oiegonian:
Furlher pinna for fighting; authorization or construction of tho
proposed private toll liidK across the Columbia river between ltaliiler
nnd r.oiiuvlcw will be initdo by the port development committee at the
1'ortlaml Chamber of Commerce In a meeting called for 4 P. M. Tues
day. I'rotulnent among the committee's strntegem are plans for mak
ing tho Interstate bridge between Portland and Vancouver a frco span
which would inalie the ltalliler-I.ongvlew toll bridge Idea less attrac
tive to promoters nnd Investors, nnd plans for hnvlng Washington or
Oregon or Interested portions of these slates build through a bond Issue
between J.ongvlcw and Italnler a bridge which would he so high nnd
leave so wide a channel that nil possibility of Interference with Port
land's port development would be obviated.
If the building of a new, bridge cannot be halted in con
gress, Portland proposes to make it so costly as to make its
financing impracticable and by competition with a free
bridge make it unprofitable in operation. It is anything to
retain a traffic monopoly for the metropolis.
The' Revelations of
A Star's Wife
A Story of Slurried Lire nnd the Molia
By VtOMOT n.HR
Author nf "A Wire on Leave." "Wlmt a Widow Knows," clr.
Copyright, 1923. by Tha Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.
mohi; i:xir..NATioss.
flo we couUm't pay the mun
who'd sold us the nw tire of
rmi rue. this would nil happen
when wo hailn't a npr iilonir. and
not one of the old oiu-h xvm worlh
imtchlni;. The flnanciii. nitwit ton
didn't worry mo nny, lltoimh: J l1
m.u l'd wilh nil tho nonchnl;itu'0 In
the world. 'Sorry I h.twn't nny
nion.-y, but I'll Klvft you my rani,
nnd wlini I Kft homo, 1 11 mall ou
ft rhirU." Ami wllli that 1 Htfiih'il
to diivo off"
"And tho Kar:ic man itipp'l
us!" ('hni'lla, hurt In. intorniri 1m;
Junny, "llo wis horribly "f ly, thf
minute hn loolu-.l ut Piinny'n ianl,
nnil ho sal.l: "No, fllroo yomin man
you don't pull nny of that Httiff on
im! only yi'Hton.uy you liioU that
Kiinic ovr In WnihlncKm nnil Rot
away with it, hut you ran't fool
me!" A tut ho Kiabb.-.l lMnny by
tho (houl.br the inlmitn we etop
lrtl nnil h uilcl him out of the
car."
"Oh. It wnn lin pie enough tc.
e. e what hint happened of countc,"
lmnny wont on laurhliiK. "jmo
chnp'n hnn Koine atound hw
miylnc he wa Ian (innlnr. am!
rh-nnlti up; probably h-Vd roeop
nlznl me, thoimh why he didn't
pick eouicbody who wa hi-ttrr
known I ran't ere. And thfiVh
been n plii villi him who olalni"d
to he ClauiUa lorvern. who's ltMn
clennlntr tip verywhere huyln.:
tiihiRK nt the nntUU nh"p mound
hero, nnd elnylnur at Itni.-ls and noi
paylnif hr bllle rp" lally In
I,rnox and fltorkhrMnn and Pltis
flrM nnd the other bin towna.
"So whm Clnudta cut In and
Mid ehe wm hereelf and would
Identity me, that aettled thlnu
Hut whnt nut the finlhlnr touch
on the whole party wna whrn the
man wild with contempt that I'd
give a lot to he nhle to Intlmnte,
I euppone thl kid' a reh-hrlly
too, and when Claudia auld that
he was Hush' ion."
"Tlwit i oally made him mad," .
-bid Claudia, "lie simply xav-l
cd; nnd that ia when he murrhed
ua off to jail. Danny thounht the
whrdo thing was BcrpnmlnBly fun
ny, of courae, and we planned to
phone you nt once to como nnd
Identify un, hut whn we Kt 1 the
vourthouse In this town, tliore wax
iho man who tml tloKola nt that
dance Danny and I went to the
itth.-r cv.iiImii. And. my dear, he
Id. nil'hd im as r.nnt'ta HbUs and
I 1 1 1 1 1 ; 1 1 1 1 rllitu;ton!''
"And that enrac.-d the constnble
fin that ho wan nil for Hilpplm;
to Sine Simr or eomcwhere ni'tl
lit'' I hit; a bid iv ward for c ip lur
ing tm ni lmpoNterw." Danny cm
llntlt'd. "It foems that tlH"e oilier
people have been rashlnff eheeKs
that were foiod with our names,
(n addition lo Ihelr arloun other
crime; cel . a inly It imi'l have
been some other one who had noeti
hi aiionnl nriir t'laudla'n and no
knew that Wo Were both up here.
Hut tint' nil the tale theie in,
fiilka- -except that tbcie's a wed
dint; buoUcd for tomon-nw iiou n
inc. If you can cet mt of J ilt
and home In time for the t-tre-motix
;"
"Yc uod-'V murmured llunh, n.
havltiK canted out varioue tiann
aetlonit with the ettiffy little m in
In ihatxo and convinced him that
ri. nulla and Danny Were thetn
nelvc". he led the way out to the
car. ''All I can think of to nay Is
what Stilly claim the public nl
way rem a i kt nbout folks like
u--'lnn't that exactly like motion
pb'Uire actors!"
llunh anil 1 officiated aa hrxt
man and matron of honor at the
weddlnu on the euulh terrace the
next day at noon: thrn we depart
ed fir New York and work. I was
n't ai.ny to ro, delightful though
the time had been that We'd epeut
at t'lnudla'a, and I Could eee that
Hugh wa wild to net hack uiul
jump Into thing.
Tmrrow A Itcmd' Turn
Inc.
CITY ZONING
LAW PASSED
BY COUNCIL
The .Salem coning ordinance,
long discussed and for a long time
In the proccati of formation, came
into being us part of the Salem
government ayHtvin Iuat night when
when It was passed by the city
council. It will be alined by May
or CJlesy as noon ns Home minor
technical mncndmenla are written
in,t and since the measure carries
the emergency clauae It will be
cffectlvo aa toon as si.ined.
1'ilor to the council meeting last
night a hearing was- held by the
council to give the public oppor
tunity to protect ugalnst the meas
ure, but only one citizen spoke In
protest anglrmt it. This was Walter
Downs, who spoke against It at the
irevlous hearing a week ago.
Downs declared that the people of
the city want no zoning ordinance
and that they so expressed them
selves last May when they refused
to vote funds to suport a planning
commission. He averred that the
council was taking too busty action
on the measure, and that It was
too Important for hasty action.
"It means expense nnd litigation
with the taxpayer paying for both
sides of the court fights that will
follow," he said.
When no other persons manifest
ed a d eel re to speak on the subject
the council adopted the report of
the planning commission recom
mending (hat the measure pass,
and when It was put on final pass
age near the end of the session the
vote for It was unanimous.
The mailer of the A. X,. lllrse
korn petition fur authority to build
a new laundry building where his
old one Is now located at 1.1th and
Stage Whispers
Daniel In the Hons' den bad
nothing on Douglas MncLean, judg
ing from the fumnaker'a laughable
predicament In his new comedy,
"Hold That Lion," which opens to
day at the Klslnore.
In a laudable endeavor to prove
himself a hero In the eyes of the
one and only girl, the redoutable
Maclean Joins what he mistaken
ly believes to Is a "cat" hunting
expedition. When he discovers
that the "cats" are not the famil
iar and harmless household pets
but wild, man eating lions, It Is too
late to withdraw.
As matters turn out. Instead of
MucLoan hunting lions, the lions
hunt MacLeun. The results are
just as funny and exciting as one
would imagine. In the end, the
comedian has the last laugh on the
animals, for ho succeeds in captur
ing a live lion, though In a decid
edly unorthodox manner.
The lion hunt is merely the cli
max of a long series of mirth pro
voking adventures, which begin in
New York when MacLean falls in
love with a charming blonde. Un
fortunately, the girl starts on a
round tho world trip before he can
propose, but he manages to catch
up with her In Africa. Thereafter
the complications pile up with
amazing rapidity, attaining hilar
ious and cyclonic proportions dur
ing the Hon hunting episodes.
Fox Films, living up to their
promise of showing the beauty
spots of America In all their pro
ductions where It may be consist
ently done, filmed many sequences
f "The Canyon of Light," which
comes Thursday at the Oregon.
The result Is a picture not only
with an absorbing story, but a
scenic of rare beauty.
Tom Mix Is cast in the stellar
role of Tom Mills, the ranchman
who at the opening of the world
war goes to France, where he
serves as a dispatch bearer. But
before and after this event he is
the hero in a series of episodes all
of which are a part of a finely de--eloped
and motivated Btory, that
is replete with thrills, excitement
and suspense.
Tony, his wonder horse, has a
prominent part and the beautiful
Dorothy Dawn Is cast in the lead
ing feminine role.
B streets was finally disposed of by
the council last night when on rec
ommendation of the planning com
mission It refused to grunt the au
thority on grounds of general
health and welfare of the commun
ity, lllrsekorn himself spoke on
the subject, declaring that not over
25 per cent of the people were pro
testing against It, while the zon
ing ordinance requires a protest of
50 per cent. Alderman (Jalloway
npoke In llfrsekorn's behalf, de
claring that he had talked probably
to GO persons about It and all of
them had branded as unreasonable
the action nf the city officials. ITe
said he could not understand why
Hlrsekorn would he allowed to go
ahead witH his business In his pres
ent unsightly building and be In
hibited by the city from erecting a
better building. Hlrsekorn has this
right under the zoning ordinance.
.lames (J. Calllson spoke In be
half of those who opposed the
Hlrsekorn application. He said
that the people living In the dis
trict wish to live according to their
station In life and that they were
neither denizens of a New York
east side nor of Little Italy in Tort
land. IMor to passage of the znnlnc
COUNCIL VOTES
INCREASED PAY
Ordinances were passed by the
city council last night making pos
sible an increase of $000 each in
the salaries of Chief of l'ollce Min
to and Fire Chief Hulton, making
them $2400 instead of $1800 a
year. Tho increases are made pos
sible by the elimination of one po
lice officer from the city pay roll
For the fire chief it was not neces
sary to vote an additional duty
upon him, but since the police
chiefs salary is fixed by ordinance
it was necessary to give him anoth
er job, and this was done by cre
ating a board of censors of which
the police chief Is the head at a
salary ot $000 a year.
Other ordinances passed last
night were:
Assessing the cost of improving
South street from Fairgrounds road
to Cottage street, $5018.
Assessing the cost of Improving
Madison street from Capitol to the
Southern Pacific tracks, $4,779.-
Amending the franchise of the
Southern Pacific company by al
lowing the company to abandon Us
street car tracks on South Winter.
Oak and South U'th streets.
Segregating the assessment lev-
led on the property of A. C. Haag
and others for the Improvement of
17th street.
Vacating the alley in block 17
of Nob Hill annex.
Ordinance bills Introduced last
night were:
Providing for and assessing the
cost of Improving Lee street from
14th to a point 370 feet beyond.
Providing for and assessing the
cost of Improving 14th street from
Mission to Lee.
Providing for and assessing the
cost of Improving Mission at reel
from the Southern Pacific to 16th
street.
Accepting a parcel of land
from Sarah and W. W. Walker.
Kstabl'shing sidewalk lines on
the west side of Hazel avenue.
1 UOM MoMINNX 11,1,1;
Silverton, Dec. 21. Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Holmes and children of
McMinnvllle visited the week end
with Mrs. Holmes' mother, Mrs.
Sarah Adamson. Their eon Phil
lip, who fa a Btudent at the Uni
versity of Oregon, remained to vis
it the week with his cousin Dale
Moores.
pavii; IS ILL
Stayton, Or., Dee. 21. Ceorge
Davie Is confined to his home with
a bad cold. Floyd Crabtree acted
as tonsorlal artist In Mr. Davie's"
absence.
(iOF.S TO POHTLAND
Fa 1 1s City. Dec. 2 1 . K. p.
Hrown, local garage man, made a
business trip to Portland Mondny.
ordinance Alderman Rosebraugh
spoke on the measure, highly com
plimenting Chairman L. P. Camp
bell and the other members of the
planning commission, who, he said,
had worked hard night and day In
preparing the ordinance.
After the vote Mayor Ciesy said
he wished to congratulate himself,
the city council and the city of Sa
lem on the new ordinance and on
the character of the commission
that bad formulated it.
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When you make sure the coal you buy contains a
minimum of ash and moisture, and a maximum of
carfcon, the basic heat producing element. For, as
you well know, high ash and moisture content is,
and must be, at the EXPENSE of the heat content.
All these things are taken into consideration when
we buy coal. If vou take them into consideration
when you buy coal you'll call 1855 or 27 TODAY.
HILLfMN FUEL CO.
As Your Further Protection Against Excessive
Moisture All Our Coal Is Stored Under Cover
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