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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. OREGON
MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1930
Capital JiJournal
Salem, Oregon '
- Established Marc L IKS
ITALIAN SWORDS
Moslems Break with
Gandhi in Struggle
For Indian Freedom
BECOME PLOWS
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Byron
Let Fire Alarms. Wait
Tonight the city council is to receive and open bids on a
EO-box fire alarm system that will cost the city a lot more
than there is any justification for spending on a tire iiriu
ing adjunct of such questionable practicability at this time.
There are a number of things in the fire protection line for
which the same or less money could be spent to decidedly
better advantage.
Nearly 30 months aso the people of Salem authorized an
annual tax levy of not to exceed two mills for the purpose of
establishing additional fire stations in the east, north and
south sections of the city, to purchase additional equipment
with which to place these stations in operation and, lastly,
to install an alarm system. When the people authorized
that tax, which has now been levied to the full limit of two
mills for the third time, it was well understood and never
denied that the sub-stations were to be built, equipped and
manned before the installation of the alarm system was un-
Sn far two of the three promised stations have been
built the East Salem station having been in oieration for
several months and the North Salem station just completed.
South Salem, in a geographical and physical sense more
isolated from the downtown equipment than either of the
others, is still waiting for the installation wnicn win give a
adequate and immediately available fire fighting facilities.
Unless the council should consent to pyramid the cost of an
alarm system by adding the interest which attends a de
ferred payment purchase, South Salem will continue to wait
another two, three or four years for its promised station.
The alternative is the installation of the alarm system
a few boxes at a time, which is impracticable in that the
initial installation is the most expensive.
Wi 7 Filar m i fit ill I awf affwlll 1 I I
Should Reward Merit
In the appointment of a state librarian, Governor Nor
blad and the library board have the opportunity of keeping
the state library out of politics by giving the appointment as
a reward of merit to Miss Mirpah G. Blair, whose long de
votion and service merit recognition.
The state library was the creation of Cornelia Marvin,
now Mrs. Walter M. Pierce. Since its inception with a few
volumes 25 years ago, it has expanded until it now numbres
nearly 300,000 volumes. In all these years Miss Blair has
been the chief assistant librarian and is therefore familiar
with every phase of its growth. Since Miss Marvin s resig
nation over a year ago, she has been actually in charge, for
the late Mrs. Bacon was too ill during her brief regime to be
anything but a nominal head.
There is not money enough to employ a norarian ot na
tional distinction, and Miss Bair has much better protcs
sional standing than any of the applicants. She has amply
demonstrated her ability and her grasp of the situation.
Moreover her appointment is desired by all library users as
well as the hundreds of circulating branch library patrons.
The fact that Miss Blair is unassuming and modest and
not in any way connected with politics should be a determin
ing factor for people do not want the state liorary maae
the spoils of politics.
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Coprrfclit ri rtiUUMji fawn utim Vera Woiai lua
. "SAY! THAT'S THE WAY YOU START FOREST FIRESJ "
Dr. J. N. Smith
Dr. J. N. Smith, for the past 15 years superintendent of
the state institution for the feeble minded, who passed away
suddenly at Newport Sunday, was one of the best loved and
most useful citizens of Salem. For 32 years he practiced his
profession in partnership with the late Dr. W. H. Byrd and
was the untiring family physician of half the countryside.
As legislator he served his constituents with marked ability
during five sessions.
Though a general practitioner of the old fashioned
school now becoming extinct with its predominating char
acteristics of kindliness and commonsense, in his latter years
Dr. Smith specialized on psychopathy and psychiatry and
his researches into the study of sterilization of the unfit
gave him national repute. His administration of the insti
tution placed it among the foremost of the country and
made it model studied by other states.
bincere, honest and upright, modest and unassuming,
Dr. Smith led a life well worth while and his loss will be
widely mourned.
A Tribute to Jefferson
By MILTON A. MILLER
In discussing Jefferson we some
times overlook his Importance as an
empire Builder.
Most of the area of the United
States was acquired through the
direct results of Jefferson.
Every acre of land that United
flutes owns west of the ML-ulsslppI
river. Including the Pacific Inlands.
was the direct result ot his Loulil
ana purchase, and his Lewis and
Clark expedition to Oregon.
If It had not been for Uiose two
great constructive acta, our boitn
danes never would have touched
Mexico.
We would not have acquired, o
had use of, Texas. California, Art
sona and other lands we got control
We would not have been a Pacific
' eoast nation, and therefore would
not ' have had any use for Alaska
and the Pacific Islands.
Almost as directly Is Jefferson re
sponsible for the acquisition durint
the Revolutionary war of what wax
ttieo the Northwest territory In
cluding Ohio. Indiana. Illinois, afl-
cnigan and Wisconsin.
Aa Governor of Virginia he flnan
eed and equipped Cleneral George
(sogers Clark, who was railed the
Oeorgo Washington of the West,
wno tea the forces to drive the Eng.
sh out of this section of the coun
try and held It until after 1TS3.
hen at was recognised as a part of
the United States of America by the
British Empire.
Thomas Jefferson believed thor
oughly In the rule of the people In
a government based upon the eter
nal principle of Justice. He took
this position In the days of kings
and queens. For thousands of years,
men and women were tnuKht the
"lnvlne Rights tit Kings"; fur thou
sands 6f years they were tnunlit the
superiority of classes. Jefferson
tsught the superiority of the niassea
He believed In the education of the
people. He taught the doctrine that
strength of a nation lay, not in a
rtrength of Its armies and navies
but In the Intellgmee and patriot
ism of it ritisenshlp. 'Hie" na
tion which expects to be both Ig
norant and free expects something
which never was and never will be."
It was his efforts mr countrymen
thst msde it possible for us to pay
tribute to this crest patriot on his
own soil, here tonight. The mem-
ry of the deeds of most men fade
with years but this Is not true of
Jefferv his name and fame grows
ongnur witn the ntatut of time. On
one occasion he said "I have sworn
upon the altar of Ood eternal hos
tility to every form of tyranny over
tne mind or man.
In this connection permit me to
quota from a letter written by Abra
ham Lincoln W be read St a Jef
ferson Day dinner on April IS, 1859
"All honor to Jefferson to the
man who In the concrete pressure
oi a struggle lor national lnde-
pendence by a single people, bad
the coolness, forecast and capacity
to introduce into a mere revolution.
ary document an abstract truth, ap
plicable to ail men In all times, and
so to embalm it there that today
ana ail days to come it shall be
rebuke and a stumbling block to
the very harbinger of reappearing
tyranny and oppression."
Agstn I quote from Abraham
Lincoln "Trie Declaration of Inde
pendence as penned by the mighty
Jefferson Is good for today, tomor
row and for all time to come. It
will be no child's play to preserve
the principles as laid down In the
Declaration of Independence."
That mighty document was not a
4th-of July oration; it was declara
tion of war; it was by no means a
matter of course document; It was
a call to nationality, a watchword, a
rallying point to unite the people;
It stated very emphatically the cause
for war.
In South Carolina, the declara
tlon was received with the greatest
Joy, a procession was formed headed
by the officials of the slate; they
inorclied amid much enthusiasm and
declared Uieir united support of the
great document.
In Oeorgia. the declaration was
hailed wlUi delight: the officials of
the state were called together; th
declaration was read and received
much enthusiasm. In the public
squares a great concourse of cm-
sens gathered. The Declaration of
Independence was given three cheers
and the loyal support of Georgia
was pledged to enforce its provi
sions.
In all southern states and
throughout New England, there
were great expressions of Joy over
the adoption of the Declaration of
Independence. People everywhere
pledged their lives and fortune to
its execution.
It certainly would be most fitting
and beneficial tltat this day be pre
served throughout the United States
by bolduig mass meetings in every
city and village and read this great
message of freedom, and, that its
teachings and principles might be
kept fresh In the minds of the
people. Certainly our public schools
should hold appropriate exercises to
the memory to the great message
that made America free.
He demanded freedom for not
only the white man but for the
negro.
He wrote a condemnation of Slav.
ery In the original draft of the Dec
laratlon of Independence, which.
however, was removed before tile
final adoption.
He prepared an amendment for
the emancipation of all slaves born
In the state of Virginia, which pro
vider lor tneir education In farm
ing. and the mechanical arts and
subsequent colonization In some
suitable place wrier they could be
supplied with tools and Implements
of agriculture.
He deplored the evil efferta of
slavery on the manners and morals
of his community.
He Introduced a bill In Congress
excluding slavery from the whole
territory of the United States be
tween the Alleghenlrs and the Mto-
stssippt. south as well as north of
the Ohio.
He made the first move to prevent
the extension ot slavery In the ter
ritory of the Louisiana Purchase.
It was the first plan to stop slav
ery west of tlie Mississippi. Hts
plan for the government of the
western territory provided among
other things, that slavery should
cease to exist In tlie year 1804.
BURGESS HURT
IN AUJO'CRASH
H. R. Burgess, a shoe salesman
employed by the Buster Brown Shoe
company, and who lives at 533 North
21st street. Is in the Salem general
hospital Monday, with two broken
libs, numerous bruises and lacera
tions and possibly internal Injuries,
while Jack Smith and Leon J. De
Spain, Klamath Falls Indians are
being held In she city Jail on an
open charge as the result of an
automobile accident which secured
8unday at Summer and D street.
Lester Burgess, a Western Union
employe, and a cousin stag. But;-1
grss, a passenger In the ear was!
bruised about the shoulder, hip and
chest.
Burgess was proceeding west on D
street at a moderate rate of speed,
while the Indians were traveling
north on Summer at a very fast
cup. ine Burgess car was struck and
nearly demolished. Smith, driving
the other car, leaped from the auto
mobile Immediately following tlie
accident and ran up E street, pour
ing some liquid from a bottle. The
bottle was later retrieved and smell-
ed strongly of booze. DeSpaln was
pinned beneath the ear but appar
ently was not badly hurt. He claims
to be tne owner of the machine, al
though it is registered to Josephine
Callender, Chitoquui, Ore.
Local officers are endeavoring to
get in touch with IKamath Palls au
thorities in connection with Smith
and DeSpaln.
We alwuld have every cltlten
read and understand his Immortal
work, the Declaration of Independence.
We would have the people know
that some of its simple lines contain
the wisdom of the age.
We would have them know that
when the spirit which dictated those
line and the spirit which Uiraw off
the tyrannical yoke of the old world,
Is dead, then, too, will die this Republic.
Thomas Jefferson was a man of
strong courirUoris. He had th?
courage to stand for them. Here
are his own words: "He never feared
la follow troth and reaaost to what
ever results they led and bearding i
every authority which stood In Uieir
way."
He chaurnteat the old order of I
things: he declared war on the land
owning classes; he fought oppres
sive laws: he said down the gag of ,
The Dry Defense
(By Frank E. Kent in the Baltimore Sun)
Tripoli W The example of the
United State after the Revolution
ary and CIvU Wars In making land
grants to discharged soldiers, is to
be followed by the Italians in their
newly conquered African territory of
i-ezzan, south of here.
Just as tlie Revolutionary veter-
ans built up the states west of the
Alleghenles and tlie Northern troops
developed the states west of the
Missouri, so the Italians hope that
tneir veterans wui create an agri
cultural domain out of a previously
unproductive region.
It Is all a part of the Italian nol-
Icy to parallel Uie French attempts
at creating a colonial empire tribu
tary to the southern coast of the
Mediterranean, a rivalry which had
many an echo in the discussions of
the Mediterranean question in con
nection with the five power naval
conference in London.
Marshal Peter Badogllo, Govern
or of Tripoli and leader, together
with the Duke of Apulia, of the
Italian troops which complete the
conquest of Fezzan, is responsible
for the project.
"I do not intend," he explained.
"that my soldiers shall only carry
war into this country. When every
soldier who wishes to settle down
has become a householder on the
lands which he helped to conauer.
then the most beautiful operation of
tne campaign will have been com
pleted."
Marshal Badogllo has already be-
gun the work of habituating his
soldiery to the soil. The troops In
uieir rest periods nave planted 150.
000 trees.
The men who will benefit by the
Marshal's project are in a large part
natives, out witn a heavy percent
age of Italians both from the home
peninsula and from Tripoli and
Cyrenalca.
Fezzan will open opportunities to
tnem tor growing dates, olives, lem
ons, almonds and figs, together with
vineyards and a small assortment of
cereals, chiefly barley.
There will be chances for wealth
also in trading, because Fezzan is
a channel for caravan routes from
the south and north. At any rate,
there are 220.000 square miles of
territory in which the Italians will
be able to show what they can do.
Bombay, India (UP) Self rule or independence within
eight days was promised by Mahatma Candhi Monday if the
Indian people would follow his counsels strictly.
Gandhi made his promise at a meeting at Bardoli. center
ot tne civil disobedience campaign
FIRST STREET IN
BROOKS VACATED
for the Gujaral district. He told
his hearers that if all village offl
cials would resign in a body; that
if a boycott of liquor and foreign
cloth were established; and that if
the manufacture of homespun were
begun, they would have self gov
ernment within a week, if not com
plete independence.
The Mahatma s campaign mean
while was attacked by Maulvi Ma
homed Vakub. deputy president of
the ' legislative assembly. who
charged In a speech before the all
India Moslem conference for Pal
estine affairs that Gandhi had
changed his attitude towards In
dian Moslems during recent weeks.
xakub declared that Gandhi now
was working for Hindu domination
In India rather than towards co
operation between the two. reli
gions in striving for independence.
The Hindus outnumber the Mos
lems 3 to 1 In India.
"Gandhi once considered a
Hindu-Moslem settlement the cor
nerstone of responsible govern
ment In India," Yakub said, "but
now he seems to think self-government
can be obtained without the
cooperation and support of the
Moselems."
"Under the circumstances ifm.
lenis cannot sympathize with Gand-
ni s lawless movement. Indian Mm.
lems are not behind any other com
munity In their desire for freedom
for their motherland, but the pres
ent movement is bound to create
a state of nervous excitement among
the Moslems, who rightly fear a
great wrong Is about to be inflicted
on them.
"The movement, although a sham
and bogus one, is fraught with
grave consequences, and is bound
You have considerably relieved
Lme. May Ood give you strength."
Nehru also Issued a statement to
the nation declaring It was his priv
ilege to start his work by otter
ing congratulations on the phenom
enal success of the campaign of
passive resistance and violation of
the salt laws.
EGG HUNT DRAWS
AT
Beating the rain by a margin of
minutes, with drops fslling upon
the close of the event, the third an
nual Easter egg hunt sponsored by
the Salem Lions ciub drew a record
crowd to the state fairgrounds Sun
day afternoon.
The eggs, wrapped by the Girl
Reserves, were placed la two section
of the grounds, one reserved for
the youngsters from one to five
years of age and the other for those
from five to 10 year. Prizes for
picking up wrappers were won by
Joan Fregard and Dwlght Mote, In
the first division and by Maxine
Shoemaker and Linn Houghton, in
the second division. More than 54
prizes were offered by local mer
chants for the return of wrappers
bearing their names and Harry
Scott, general chairman, urges that
these be presented as soon as rjos-
sioie. stores offering
prizes carry
snecial window punta li- Ri.tM
to retard the peaceful progress of The club distributed 5600 eggs, re
the country. I have appjalled to!servmS ufficient to give each of
The drys have begun their de
fense of prohibition. They will make
as much noise but nothing like so
good a showing as the wets, who
nave Just concluded. In the first
place, they are on the defensive. It
Is their law which is assailed. They
are uie "ins-; the wets are the
"outs." As that majestic man. Sen
ator James W. Watson, of Indiana,
said recently after a futile confer
ence on the subject of how best to
offset the effect of tlie anti-Hoover
publicity of the Shouse-Raskob bu
reau, "it is harder to defend than
attack; It Is easier to Indict than
to alibi."
In the second place, with nrac-
tically all the metropolitan newspa
pers wet, they win not have as sym
pathetic presentation of their cause
and, so far as the reading public is
concerned, it win be offset by edi
torial comment and analysis. In
the third place. Prohibition enforce
ment is such a Joke the counrty
over and the evils that have fol
lowed its enactment are so obvious
and, grisly that no convincing de
fense acem possible. Aa the great
mistake of putting It in the Con.
sututioo becomes plainer, sentl
ment against it grows stronger. The
dry contentions, which could not
be controverted ten years ago be
cause they were In Uie nature of
prophecies, are hollow and mean
ingless In tlie face of the decade
which has faded to see their ful-
nlment and brought us to a couai
tion generally deplored.
Nevertheless the dry still have
an advantage and a big one they
vote as they talk. There will be
among tnem no Atterburys and
Wadsworths and Pauline SaMns.
who are wringing wet on all the
days except election day, when they
waix up to ine pons and vote for
battles against vested interest; he
wcngea war against creeds.
What America needs todav Is a
baptism of Jeffersonlan principles to
carry the government back to the
people from whom all Just powers
are derived.
Every time this great natrlnt
penned, touched paper. It wa to
declare for a better order of things
mm ior uie rignt of his frllowmeo.
Jefferson wished to be remember
ed as the author "of the Declara
tion of American Independence of
the Statute of Virginia for Roll.
gloua Freedom, and the Father of
he University of Virginia "
their dry-party candidates. The
drys do not operate that way. They
put their principles above their
partlsanihslp. When their party
nominates a wet and the other par
ty a dry, they promptly bolt their
own party and vote with the other
every time. That Is tlie way they
have been trained. That is what
they have been doing from the
start. That Is what they still are
doing. In the last campaign, for
example, a vast number oi Repub
lican wets all over the country, in
cluding Atterbury, Wadsworth and
the fair Mrs. Sabin, voted for the
dry Hoover; but did the dry demo
crats vote for the wet Smith? Not
so it could be noticed In the re
turns.
This dry custom of voting the
way they talk is the real reason we
have Prohibition. That Is the way
It was put over. That I why so
many members of. Congress, who
are w?t at heart and wet when of
fered a drink, are dry In politics
and dry when their names are called
in House or Senate with a liquor
bill up. There may be more wets
than drys in the country or there
may be more drys than wets. There
is no way to tell. There has never
been a country-wide test. One guess
la as good aa another. But that
there are enormously more dry
who, regardless of tlie party label
and regardless of all other issues.
win vote against a wet, than there
are wet who will react that way,
toward a dry, 1 something not open
to dispute.
It is easy to understand that this
Is what give the dry cause so much
greater political strength than the
wet. They may not have Uie pop
ular strength but, so long as they
voa regardless of party and the
wets do not, they wlU have Uie po
litical strength. This Is what snakes
the politicians more afraid of the
drys than they are of the wets, and
keeps Congress ful of dry voting.
If wet drinking, members. This a
all there Is to the situation. It ex
plains why Democratic senators
who are anything but Prohibition
ists In principle or practice tell you
the democrats wUl not nominate hi
1932 another out-and-out wet. When
that Issue I drawn they argue, as
things now stand there Is no way to
win because the Republican candi
date gets the bulk of the democra
tic and aU the republican drys.
wnue democrat gets only the dem
ocratic yets and a sprinkling
of republican.
Formal order vacating First
street in railroad dadition to
Brooks was signed by the county
court Monday after several hear.
lngs had been held some of which
developed Indications of red hot
feelings In the matter.
The vacation was made on pe
tition of the Southern Pacific and
the Ramps of Brooks who between
them own all of the abutting pro
perty. It was asked so that the
Ramps may build an additional
concrete storage warehouse princi
pally for the handling of Lablsh
onion crop and with vacaUon of
the street they stated there would
not be sufficient room to develop
Uieir plans. A largely Increased
onion tonnage is expected on the
lake this year and materially in
creased warehouse 1 acuities arc
required accordingly, stated the
petitioners.
Clyde Harris, who has other
warehouse space leases from the
Southern Pacific objected on the
grounds that the vacation would
not give proper Ingres and egress
to nls warehouses but the court
was satisfied on showing of the
other side that there would be
plenty of roadway for all concern
ed. 1
Moslem to show a united front.1
Yakub also condemned Great
Britain's policy in Palestine and
1 a democratic government In
which all inhabitants were repre
sented proportionately should be es-
taousnea mere.
A member of the Bombay muni
cipal corporation and four other
persons also were arrested Mondav
and charged with violating Uie salt
act. The volunteers had surrounded
the spot where Uiey were making
sait and had resisted police efforts
to reach the pots. One of the ar
rested men was burned slightly
when police forced their way
through..
Uie younger children one ear if ther
failed to discover one for Uiemselves.
A feature of Uie afternoon was Uie
appearance of Uie Salem Kiltie
band.
Calcutta, India apt The arrest of
Mahatma M. K. Gandhi "in the
near future" will be the "crowning
act or Britain's policy In India.'
Pandit Motllal Nehru, who has ac
cepted Uie presidency of the nation
al congress committee, predicted
oionaay.
Nehru said the many arrests of
independence leaders In Bengal and
other district were merely so many
points In favor of Uie people against
me British government In the
struggle for freedom."
The arrest of Gandhi Is the "con
summation devoutly wished." Nehru
declared, but he said Uie fight for
inuepenuence would continue "with
ever growing Intensity until free
dom is achieved," whether the Ma
hatma Is arrested or permitted to
continue his campaign of civil dis
obedience unmolested.
Nehru made public a telegram
from Gandhi In which the aged in
dependence leader praised Nehru fori
accepting the presidency. I
"Thank yon." the teleeram said.
RAIN SPOILS BALL
GAME, GOLFERS PLAY
Silverton Again the Sllverton
baseball game was called off Friday
because of the weather. This time
Sllverton was to play West Linn at
West Linn. It is scheduled that Sll
verton win play Molaila here Tues
day afternoon, the weather permitting.
Track work of any kind has been
indefinitely cancelled for this year,
but Uiere will be tennis and golf
teams. Monday afternoon tennis will
be played here between Silverton
and Salem senior high.
Among those scheduled to play on
the local golf team are Joe Camp
bll, Sheldon Cunningham, Mag
Lindholm, Tom BallaiUyne and C,
Dahl.
EQUIPMENT PURCHASED
Sclo Playground equipment con
sisting of a giant stride has been
installed in the Sclo school grounds.
The local parent-teacher associa
tion purchased Uie equipment.
BIRTHDAY OBSERVED
Broadacres-r-Mr. and Mrs. W". F.
Wehgeroth entertained a family
party, tlie occasion being their
daughter. Donna's birthday. The
little girl is four years old.
Hopewell E. Fell of this n'.ace was
called to California the last ot Uie
week to the home of a sister, whs
was very 111.
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"Today decides tomorrow"
A statement attributed to the philosophy of
Caesar and repeated by Abraham Lincoln,
when, as a young man, he began to equip
himself for his venture in life.
Too few of us, perhaps, look upon TODAY as
the deciding element in what tomorrow will
be. In a way we are inclined somewhat, to
let tomorrow assume charge of its own responsibilities.
"Tomorrow," when iU application is lent to
BELCREST is a day at the end of the road.
Hasty decisions as to resting places may be
made then but wise decisions, the decisions
which involve the careful selection of lots
and their locations are made TODAY.
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