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Our New Governor
"What is that impelling force which drives men upon
whom great responsibilities and honors have been suddenly
thrust to hasten to an aged mother or father that they may
receive blessings and courage to carry out the gigantic tasks
imposed upon them?" asks the Medford News, commenting
upon Governor Noiblad's taking the oath of office in the
presence of his aged invalid mother at her home, which it
compares with the story of Calvin Coolidge ''hastening to
the humble New England home of his aged father to take
the oath upon the old family Bible which made him presi
dent" by the flickering light of a kerosene lamp or it may
have been a candle.
Well, we would say that the "impelling force" in thus
capitalizing sacred family relations is the quest for popular
ity. Skillfully playing on the heart strings with press pub
licity and cameras has an irristiblo appeal to the sentimental.
It is an invariable follow-up of the story of the poor but hon
est youth who has attained high office. Even Herbert
Hoover s first action after accepting nomination was to visit
the old home of his parents
parents of the orphan boy.
With all due respect to
expressed and th depth of devotion manifested, such an op
portunity for self-exploitation
to overlook. The judicious
shown, but the people like it fairly eat it up. And the new
governor has merely followed well established precedent and
is playing the game according to accepted rules.
Everything indicates that under the new regime the
State House after three years of secretive silence, is again to
become a source of news, for Governor Norblad, since provi
dence catapulted him into the scats of the mighty has dis
played a refreshing loquacity that augurs well for the re
porters. He has opinions, and is not averse to expressing
them. The jack-daw rather than the owl is likely to be the
emblem of the administration and the jack-daw is by far
the most interesting of the two at least from a newspaper
standpoint.
Governor Norblad seems as tickled as a kid over the
present Santa Glaus left in his sox. Not more than 60 sec
onds elapsed after notification of his elevation before he an
nounced his candidacy for re-election so as to be among the
first in the field. After three days in office he announces
that he has lost ei;:ht pounds in weight such are the heavy
responsibilities before him. It will be up to his friends to
provide him wilh a Coulidge hobby horse to keep him fit.
"It is a great thing to bo able to picture the scenes be
hind the curtain that covers much of the activities of the
governor's office" the new executive reminiscenses. And he
speaks of the pressure already exerted for prison pardons
and for jobs, and states that he will follow his predecessor's
policies. He will, of course, to an extent but is tempera
mentally incapable of following thorn far if he did we would
have little news out of the state house.
Governor Norblad, we venture the prediction, will be his
own boss and should make a good executive. He is active,
energetic and ii the prime of life. He has been a member
of the legislature for many years and is familiar with the
various departments of government as well as legislation. He
is conversant with the needs of the state and his record is
that of a progressive, rather than reactionary. He made an
excellent President of the Senate and there is every reason
to believe that he will make a good governor, especially as
his chance of re-election depends upon the record he makes
the next few months. Ho will not have many appointments
to make, for as Jefferson said about office holders few die
and none resign.
The Noble Experiment
Senator Harris of Georgia, ardent prohibitionist, is de
manding the removal of Federal Judge Paul J. M'Cormick
from Mr. Hoover's law enforcement commission because the
latter expressed a personal opinion that government lawless
ness in enforcement was unjustifiable and a cause of crime.
The jurist characterized the illegal invasion and search of
private dwellings as one of the "outstanding evils of present
day law enforcement" a "gross misuse and denial of the con
stitutional rights of citizens" and "a menace to life and
liberty."
Senator Harris emphasizes the fact that it is a useless
Undertaking to debate the wisdom of prohibition laws with
professional tlrys on the basis of the realities. Any one who
questions the Volstead act, Jones act or other supporting
statutes is at once denounced. Such shut their eyes to the
fact that large sections of the population habitually violate
their edicts. Such refuse to concede that legislation regulat
ing the habits of a people can never be effectively enforced
against a hostile popular demand. No impartial investiga
tion is wanted, only blind support of sumptuary legislation,
regardless of its cost and futility.
Senator Borah declares that enforcement is impossible
as long as the present personnel of law enforcement officials
are in power. Yet we have the best enforcement personnel
we have had since prohibition went into effect, with less
scandal and less corruption. It does not seem to duwn upon
Mr. Borah that no personnel can enforce an unenforcible law,
and that the only way it can be enforced is to jail half the
' natiorj and that cannot be done.
Attorney General Mitchell for the Department of Jus
tice and Dr. James M. Doran, commissioner of prohibition,
pass the blame on to Congress for not providing more laws,
more enforcement officers and more money. Yet drastic
laws like the Jones act have failed to accomplish their pur
pose. Hundreds of millions of dollars has been spent in the
building up of an ever increasing machinery of enforcement
that fails to enforce. And despite the fact that rrisons and
Jails have been filled to overflowing there is no community
that is not infested with boot-leggers and moonshiners and
rotten booze.
As long as the thought and feeling of large masses of
people continue to be that prohibition is wrong the law will
continue to be flouted. But this is one point the fanatical
dry will not concede. So the "noble experiment" continues
its futile way.
edlloi and Publisher
entitled to the use tor publication
not oinerwbe credited In UUi papo
Byron
and pay homage to the foster
the sincerity of the sentiments
is too great for the politician
may grieve at the poor taste
fopiSON IN HIS
kW 'it ' ' i
AHOciated Pr9 fftof
Thomas A. Edlaon In hla laboratory watching hie assistant,
Georgs E. Hart, performing a rubber experiment. The picture waa
taken at Weit Orange before Mr. Edlaon'a departure for Florida.
Thoughts
By It. A.
Removal, quickly and painlessly
as possible, Is believed by many -to
be the most merciful and effective
remedy for the confirmed victim of
charity, the aame as for the hope'
less victim of anything else that
has made him a permanent burden
and taken all the Joy from hts life.
"Victim or cnarity la used In
tentionally and advisedly.
Until one Is willing to make the
application personal Jio would, of
cour.se, hesitate to voice such
principle.
The law, however, stands In the
way of such a remedy and the law
Is supposedly based on sentiments
of kindliness and fellow-feeling
coined lor convenience, "charity
"Charity" (quoted of course) Is
the veneer of llie outstanding crime
of civilization, the Indictment of in
telligence, the repudiation of cul
ture and of religion.
"Civilization" that docs not auto
matically extend Ita cooperation In
alleviating the primary strusgfe for
existence (law of the jungle) and
project its units from the emer
cencles that bring helnless dratltu-
Hon and starvation without the In
tervention of "charitv." Li not civ
ilization. Until the quotation marks
can be removed from "civilization'
tho logical remedy would seem to
be the one first suggested above. If
tho victim should happen to be pos
sessed of a ticket for glory the logic
Is douoly strengthened.
But, as usual, I digress.
Until we shall have made defin
ite provision that all who will work
may eat without anybody's char
ity, the leaven will doubtless work
in other wavs more or leas orderlv
ana eireciiverr.
while the periodical efforts to ex
tend Christmas chef r are altogeth
er praiseworthy, they press ever
more atrongly the query aa to when
It will be more generally under
stood that the needs of the days
and weeks before and after Christ
mas have a constant appeal of
more essential consequence than
any consideration of Sauta Claus.
If the Christmas spres could In
some way be united and co-ordinated
It would provldo for keeping
Santa on the job whenever and
wherever there are shoeless fret
and empty stomachs. There la or
course good grounds for the faith
that the spirit that prompts the
Christmas cheer effort will ult'-
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We alia buy all kinds of Iron,
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On Charity
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mately be extended to the larger
auu uiore cunbiant neea.
Since the Inception of work of
this character one of the first de
velopments la to provide against
waste. The employment of careful
and experienced management la the
first principle of conservation. Be
fore this was learned in Salem a
few yeara ago a case was reported
where a woman bought a $20 gold
ring with funds collected from va
rious overlapping charities. It wa
early deemed unwise to dispense
money at all except In very excep
tional cases.
While overhead, not well under
stood and no doubt often unjusti
fied, causes many a donor to do his
own dispensing, Mrs. Mae Young
holds the record in Salem for
length of service, unflagging Indus
try, efficiency and modest pay. Her
services could scarcely be duplicat
ed anywncre at tnelr cost.
PRESBYTERIANS PLAN
CHAPEL AT OAKViLLE
Shcdd, Ore. (!) World wide at
tention la being directed to this
little city by the campaign ju3t
started to erect a pioneer memorial
united Presbyterian church at Oak-
ville, a community four miles west
of here, where this dcaionlnatlon
was founded In 1832.
Largely through the activities of
Dr. J. B. Horner, director of histor
ical research, the Idea of building
a memorial chapel waa first ap
proved by then northwest synod and
last year was made a project of
Uie entire denomination which will
raise (15.000 to be added to $5,000
being raised here.
Mrs. M. R. Lindsay of Shedd Is
named treasurer of the fund being
collected from every community In
the world having United Presby
terian congregations.
WIRE IN EVE 10 YEARS
LflWlStOn. Trlnhn flPt An nn..a
tlon under the right eyeball of
rTanx norak disclosed a bit of wire
that had bem embedded there for
10 yeara. Horak losL th xlirhr nf hi.
right eye when struck by a wire
whip 10 years ago. He thought the
Injury had developed a tumor, and
rfVPntlv till Knnfc ttarlnj lulnln.
him. Ttie operation and discovery
nuinwra.
anaaaaw
One Hundred Years
from Now.. .
Those who have conquered
life's pathway will find pence
and rest on Bclcrost'a quiet
slopes.
Bclcrest Is open for inspection
every day.
Belcvzst
MEMORIAL PARK
54 Mil. South oa Browning Arcana
CHRISTMAS DAY
WARMEST ON
RECORD IN CITY
Santa Claua may have complain
ed ot the warmth (temperature and
not personal demonstration) ot hla
visit to Saiem, but records of the
weather bureau show that while the
temperature of M degree! recorded
Wednesday to be the hlghesU in the
the last ten years and one of the
; lilgheet on record, temperatures of
one or two degrees lower are not un
usual for Chrutmas day In the Wil
lamette valley and the Salem dis
trict. I December, 1919, marked by low
temperatures and a record fall of
enow, brought a warm Christmas
day, with the mercury touching S3
degreea, though It waa freezing De
cember 18 and was degrees below
zero on December 14. The day had
a minimum temperature of 40 de
grees, the minimum for Wednesday
was 33 degreea Christmas day of
1023 also brought a temperature of
S3 degreea while 1928 found the
mercury at 52 degreea and a mini
mum of 33 degrees, the first time In
more than a week that the mercury
failed to climb above the freezing
point zor we minimum reading.
Christmas day, 1926 was 48 degrees
with 43 degreea on the aarne day in
1927.
The coldest .Christmas In recent
yeara was in 1924 with the thermo
meter standing 5 degrees above zero
on both Christmas day and the day
following. The next coldest Chrlat
mas was in 1921 with a minimum
temperature of 21 degrees.
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THE OXEN TEAM
By Mary Graham Bonner
We're still turning the time
back," the Little Black Clock said.
"The nlght-beforc-last you had a
trip In an airplane where you could
see how heavy the traffic was. and
last night I turned the time way
back to the days when the first
trains traveled at night, and to
nightwell, you shall seel"
The Little Black Clock had cer
tainly turned the time way back.
It was morning, years and years
and years before, and there were
very, very few people about. In
fact, the world looked very new,
and there were only huts instead of
houses.
There were woods nearby, and
scattered about everywhere were
animals horses, dogs, sheep, goats
and oxen.
"Were going to watch some oth
ers having a ride today," the Little
Black Clock said.
There was the greatest excite
ment going on. Men and women
and children, dressed very strange
ly in me skins of animals, were
laughing and shouting wltn delight.
in uie center of an onen snace
waa one of the queerest looking
carta emier oi the children had
ever seen, and a team of oxen was
drawing the cart.
It moves I It goes!" they shout
ed. 'The wheel moves."
"You see," explained the Little
Black Clock, "a wheel has Just been
made that will turn around, and
this Is the very first kind of a wag
gon ever to go. You're seeing the
very oeginning or travel.
And John and Peggy watched tho
excited people, the crude cart, the
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LUCKY TIGER
GRUNDY TAKES
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After three hour of harsh discutslon over bla right to a seat In
the United States senate, JoephR. Grundy (right) of Pennsylvania
advanced to the rostrum and took the oath of office. He is shown
with Senator David A. Reed of Pennsylvania before entering the
aenate chamber.
funny old oxen, and said to the Lit
tle Black Clock:
"This Is certainly great."
PONIES
"Shall we stay around here for
awhile?" the Little Black Clock
suggested, and both Peggy and
uui m ngiceu iimb it wuuia oe IUD.
' Certainly It was a strange look
ing world in these da3, lonj ago.
The people looked so differently.
the land was so wild and there was
such lota and lots of space.
"You've Just seen the lirst team
of oxen draw the first cart," the
Little Black Clock began. "Yes, I
certainly turned the time back a
great distance I
"This ia the very beginning of
travel, but even before this cart
was made the people could ride,
and I've engaged a couple of ponies
so you can have a ride while I wait
for you. . 1
"My legs are so short that I
wouldn't be so very good at riding."
Right away two pontes were
brought by a person who looked
like a picture the children had seen
of a very early earth dweller and
that waa Just what he was.
They got on the ponies, and oh.
how the ponies went I The wind
blew about their faces. The ponies
took them over rough, rough fields,
through hall-made paths through
the woods, and finally came back to
where the Little Black Clock sat
and waited for them.
"I don't know what I think."
John told the Little Black Clock.
"I love riding a pony, I adore a
train, I think a lane is so exciting,
and I did love seeing that oxen
cart." "It's a good thing I asked you to
come on adventures with me," the
Little Black Clock grinned. "You
want all the different kinds of trav
elthe old and the new. We'll
have some more travrlin? adven
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THE CLOCK'S FAMILY
"I couldn'C rasist having you
maet eome of my family who are
aboutto take a ourney," the Little
Black Clock said.
John and Pe?iy couldn't imagine
what the Little Black Clock was
going to do.
He led them to 'a railway station,
and there they saw a Hat car ready
to be attached to the regular train.
"Some of my family are traveling
in that flat car," the Littie Ii:a;k
Clock said, "and then th?y re t:oinz
to be fixed up into a gjrR?3i:s bu '
clock in another city.
"They wouldn't be comf jrlabls in
l ordinary box car, and thev f
woudn't fit into it very well, so'
they've had this car made specially j i
lor them. Isn t that a great hoiur?
'Oh, really you"ll forgive me if I
Chatter a little! I'm so proud oi
my family. There are o many of
us. We are an enormous family,
and we are made in all sorts el
difierent ways.
"Some of the family go outside
of huge biuldinss, some go in big !
nans, some nave wonderful fac?j i
made lor them, and others have
gorgeous chimes and bells, I
'Oh, there are so many clock :
styles and so many clock ways, and j
vou must admit that v.vYp nrA nf "
the largest families in the world.
'My dears, you can't go any
where, hardly, where there lsn"t
some member of the family to be
iound.
"And we really keep In very (fond
WJRMS'andSCALDS
fc Stop the throbbing and smart in ft
at once with a soot hint toucli of
Resinol
SHE
"knows her groceries"
SHE orders by telephone it's so con
venient and saves so much time. Instead of
spending an hour in a trip to the market
she makes better use of the time by getting
her housework done early. She orders with
perfect confidence because she literally
"knows her groceries." They are advertised
foods, nationally known and nationally used.
She purchases other necessities for her
home, for herself, for her husband and for
her children with the same confidence. She
buys advertised goods because she knows
that the manufactures of advertised articles
must keep the quality up to standard if pub
lic confidence is to be retained. She watches
the advertisements in the daily papers and
bo knows what, when and where to buy to
best advantage. She is representative of mil
lions of American women who make their
homes better, their families healthier, their
lives caiser and happier by using the ad
vertisements. '
READ THE ADVERTISEMENTS KEEP
POSTED ON WHAT'S NEW AND BEST
KEEP UP TO DATE.
health. Of course sometimes wt
have to have doctor nd the
clocks that live an outdoor life have
to be looked after.
-How do they have to be looked
after?" asked John.
'That a all I want? A question!
I ll answer It with pleasure." the
Little Black Vllix'k said delishUrd
ly. So they sat down by Uie lhtt car
tthtch wad to take a clock on a jour
ney and waited fur the Little Black
Clock to continue.
THE SNOW LADY
By Mary Graham Bonner
John, Pevgy and the Little Black
Clock v.allied inside the Snow
Lady's hoiwe. It was warm and
snug uuide. just at a snow tort
would be fcheltered from tiie wind.
Th person who had been draw-
wig the s.ed was evidently the
Snow Lady's con.
She was dressed in white save
for a few touches of green pine
needles which decorated her cos
tume. She seemed a mpst magnificent
princess, a very, very great lady, a
person very different from others
one could see.
"John and Peggy, the children I
brought with me, are so glad that
there was Know for Christinas.
Now I have turned the time back
a few days so they could talk to
you.
T see." said the Snow Lady.
"Well, you know this is a busy
time of the year for me. Hie re
quests keep me so bus I
"My dears! You've no idea how
many I have. It seems as though
everyone wanted a sno-vy ChrLo
mxs. or a wi:ite Christmas as thev
call it.
"My Breeze mrssengers and my
Wind telegrams bring me all the
message.", that come from the peo
ple who wish for snow for Christ
mas. "I give alt I can but you know
sometimes I simply cannot take
cre of all the requests. There are
too many!
"I sit here In my palace, and I
direct all Uie Suow-Flake families
and as main of the cousins as I
can and send them out for Christ
mas. ' It's lovely to be a Snow Lady
and have such requests. And I do
have fun seeiii that just as many
as possible get the snow they
want!"
(Tomorry "Snow Lady's Party")
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For Hhtvjir.atnm tni Neurit U. A min
isters Wilf. Mrs. W. M. H.'. of 73 E.
Citii St.. Portland, states ilte suffered
2 years from Neuritis, was completely
relieved with Caiey's Cnmpound. $1.50
P'r bo" lie at l"atin drutit(r,ts. Prf-
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