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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. OREGON
FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 193i
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Byron
Cheap Talk Again Fails
Oregon's taxpayers are commencing to learn that what
they expect and what they get in the matter of reduced gov
ernmental expense are not one and the same thing, even at
the hands of an "economy business administration." Cheap
words, they find, are just as cheap with one political dema
gogue as another.
When during the recent legislature it was proposed that
the state traffic force, then under the administration of Sec
retary of State Hal E. Hoss, be consolidated into a state po
lice department for more economical operation champions
of the unified police agency and Governor Meier himself
criticized the expense of the traffic division as administered
by Mr. Hoss. One of the outstanding targets for the critics
was the use of automobiles by the highway patrol officers
and the number of officers on the payroll.
By various utterances and inferences the people were
led to believe that things would be radically different in
state police department under the direct control of the gov
ernorthat there would be a wholesale reduction in the
number of officers employed to enforce the state traffic,
prohibition, game and fish laws, and that in the place of
touring around the country in comfortable motor cars traffic
officers would be straddling motorcycles and giving thrilling
chase to motor bandits. At a meeting of the board of control
a couple of months ago Hoss advised the board of the need of
the traffic department for an automobile or two to replace
worn out equipment. Governor Meier vetoed the purchase,
indicating that the need for automobile equipment would be
abolished after he took over the traffic squad on August 1.
Governor Meier has now been in control of the traffic
force and other police agencies of the state for three weeks,
and we are already advised that the board of control is ask
ing for bids on 25 automobiles for the department. We have
seen the personnel of the forces taken over from the prohibi
tion and traffic departments increased by 14 men, and are
advised by Charles P. Pray, superintendent of state police,
that the 35 men retained for enforcement of the game laws
embrace all of the old officers of the game commission. Rec
ords of the game commission, however, reveal that they had
been employing 42 wardens.
ur f oro-nino- that the Whwav natrol of the po
lice department, or the men who are assigned to mounted
general police work over the state should not be provided
with automobiles for necessary transportation. Persons
who have given any study to the matter whatever are easily
convinced that motorcycles are not proper equipment for
officers doing such work, particularly during the winter
months, and that automobile transportation is necessary to
efficiency. It augurs well for the success of the state police
department that Superintendent Pray has without prejudice
recognized the practicability of the established regular
equipment of the officers and has not permitted himself to
be stampeded into cheap economies for the sake of pohtical
propaganda.
To a remarkable extent Pray has so far succeeded in
keeping politics out of his job of organizing and launching
the state police department. He has turned a conspicuously
deaf ear to the mouthings of the spite-bearers who harbored
grudges against old officers in the consolidated organiza
tions, and we find the personnel of the new force made up
chiefly of veterans of the consolidated departments.
But Pray is finding out, as is demonstrated by his ac
tions, and the disgruntled chanters of waste and extrava
gance are due to find out that the ficticious economies they
were clamoring for are not to be accomplished without ser
iously crippling efficiency.
THE BOYS SEE THE
CIRCUS AGAIN
By W. A. DELZELL
Tuesday was circus day again tor
Ed and me. Forty-eight years ago
we attended our first circus togeui
er In Newton, Iowa. It was Sells
Brothers Three Ring circus then;
now thev call It the Sells Ploto
show. Fttrty-eight years Is quite a
spell for two brothers to be sepa
rated and then to have a reunion
nn rlMMM HftV.
Ed Is my step-brother who has
recently located in saiem. we wrrr
bovs together back In Iowa In 1883.
and our parent had Just removed
from a big farm on the Skunk
river Into Newton. We boys were
enduring the tribulations that fall
to the lot of all country lads In be
ing transformed Into town kids. Ed
was about 15 and I was 12. At
school when the roll was called he
answered "present" ahead of me
for his name Is Balllnger and mine
came In the D's. Neither of us had
ever seen a circus. When the big
flaring posters were pasted on the
aides of nearby barns announcing
the circus would soon arrive with a
monster "Blood Sweating Behe
moth" and a "Man Eating Tiger",
Ed and I were swelled all out of
shape with curiosity and filled with
consuming aesire to see me snow
yet not daring to hope for Ed's
fattier (my stepfather) waa a stern
Quaker of Uie old school which be
lieved that UM circus is an instru
ment of the BvU One. Imagine our
further excitement when the cir
cus pitched lt big tent just oppo
site our horn on the vacant "com
mons". If It wu possible to squeese
another drop Into Our cup of Joy It
was "sauoee In" when the circus
agent persuaded father to rent
them our acre cow-lot as a pasture
for the herd of Shetland ponies.
For one brief day of my life (and
the only day so far) I knew whst
"aristocracy" meant, for I could
wander at wlll-mong those ponies
whUe aU the other town kids who
bad been our tormentors bad to be
content with sitting on the fence
None of them were allowed Inside
the sacred precincts of that cow
lot ! Fifty dollars In gold and
complimentary tickets as pasture
rental worked a wonder with a
Quaker's conscientious scruples too,
and father risked sending us all to
perdition by taking the whole
blamed family, seven kids of us,
to the ctrcue.
Waa It a good circus? You bet
It was and In all the long years of
circus going since then I've never
seen another aa good until last
Tuesday I saw the same one again.
Do bovs ol so get as mum kick out
of a cirrus as boys of 12? WeU try
keening two of them apart lor 40
odd years and then let them smell
circus smells again and you'll see.
I wondered as I looked at the
elephants, the camels, the 'blood
sweating Behemoth' and all the
other animals. If any of them could
be tlie same ones I had seen back
In 1883. Elephants live to be a hun
dred years old they say. Maybe this
big one whicn tossed tne woman
aloft on lis powerful trunk Is the
same one which tossed a woman
aloft In my first circus, only of
course It wasn't the same woman,
her granddaughter maybe! And
how long do circus horses live?
These Jumpers look exactly like the
ones I saw In '83, though of course
they couldn't be. for horses live
only 30 years and their Jumping
days are not over a fifth of tint.
I wonder what has become nf the
acrobat of that old circus? If any
of them are living they must be
old men and women now, long ago
retired from the ring. Acrobat
lead a strenuous Ufa and I doubt
It many of them lire to old age.
There were fine acrobat In those
old day too, and their stunts
equalled any of today thrillers.
How many changes have occurred
In the personnel of a big circus In
41 years, and yet every year since
THE SHADOW OVER NEW YORK
RACKETS MAIN
CRIMINAL AGENCY
(Continued from page 1)
1247,700,000.
Sixty-six per cent of the Federal
expenditure goes for prohibition en.
lorcement.
Some unnamed cities have waste
ful and inefficient criminal Justice
macninery.
An immediate Investigation should
be made Into racketeering which Is
called America's most costly modern
crime.
An Investigation should be made
to determine which cities are waste
ful.
With all its great expense, crim
lnal Justice machinery does not cost
too mucn.
A weeding out of laws eliminat
ing unnecessary social restrictions
might well be undertaken as a
measure of economy.
LIQUOR MENTION INDIRECT
Although the word prohibition la
not directly mentioned In that con
nection, the commission In cor nor
ated in It report the report of It
leading investigator, Sidney P.
Simpson of the New York Bar, who
said:
"A part of the money now required
to be expended In the administration
of criminal Justice is spent In the
enforcement of statutes aplylng to
conduct with which It I a matter of
debate whether the people and the
criminal court are Intrinsically
fitted to deal, and which must. In
some cases, at least, be regarded as
outside the limit of effective legis
lation by means of the criminal law,
"A thorough overhauling of our
criminal codes with a view to ap
praising the social advantage of auch
statutes and comparing that advan
tage. If any, with the cost of their
administration would appear highly
desirable from an economic stand
point."
"It Is clear, we think, that the cost
of enforcing the criminal law would
be lew ir It did not attempt to for
bid and punish act participated In
by large numbers of otherwise law
abiding clusena who do not regard
such prohibited acts a 'criminal'
except in a technical sense.
LABOR I'NIONS INVOLVED
"However, the desirability of thus
reducing the burden Imposed on the
taxpaylng public by expenditure for
criminal Justice will undoubtedly be
determined In the light of views as
to social considerations with which
we are not concerned In this report."
The commission was concerned
over racketeering the process of
extorting money by threat from
legitimate and UlegiUmate business.
If found that racketeering now Is
probably the most profitable form of
crime and "had come to pervade a
substantial part of the national
economic life."
Investigator Simpson reported the
commission that "the alliance be.
tween racketeering and the activities
of certain labor unions Is reputed to
be close."
"Comprehensive Investigation Is
very difficult," Simpson continued.
"and would, Indeed be highly dan-
serous to the Investigator. Neverthe
less such Investigation Is a task
which urgently needs to be carried
out.
RELATIONS SINISTER
"The relationship between racke
teering and ordinary business in cer
tain lines appears to have become
very close In some cases.
"Another extrememly disturbing
phase of the matter is the apparent
ly growing tendency toward amic
able relationships, cemented by
bribery and graft between organized
crime and public agencies charged
with the duty of law enforcement.
"The cost of administering crim
inal justice is relatively smau In
comparison with other economic
losses to Individuals and to the com-
munlty resulting from crime.
It Is easier to Identify the 85.70
per year chargeable to each Inhabi
tant of Chicago on account of mu
nicipal police expenditures, than It
Is to ascertain each such person's
share of the amount annually ex
torted from the public of Chicago
by racketeers; but the latter cost Is
probably more than the former."
Simpson contended that the pub
lic paid for the rackets In Increased
price.
ESTIMATE ACCURAT. CLAIM
The commission's own statement
was contained In eight of the US
page In the report. It Included a
unanimous opinion of the commis
sion that recommendations hi the
report of investigator should be
carried out.
"Crime Impose a tremendous eco
nomic burden on the community,"
the commission said. "The economic
damage which results I most ser
ious, it should not require the dra
matic effect of some lump-sum total
future to emphasize the Importance
and necessity, from a purely eco-
nomlc standpoint of dealing ade
quately with the problem."
The investigators, Simpson and
hi partner, Goldthwaite U. Door of
the New York Bar, figured the Fed
eral cost of criminal Justice quite
accurately, they said.
PROHIBITION BIG REM
Their tables showed the predom
inance of prohibition in the Federal
crime prevention picture of costs for
the fiscal year 1929-30:
Police and marshals Total cost,
$33,923,915; prohibition, $25,044,069;
per cent, 74.1.
Prosecution agencies Total cost,
81.990.978; prohibition, $996,720; per
cent, 49.9.
Courts Total cost, $6,331,015; pro
hibition, $4308,004; per cent, 68.1.
Penal Institutions Total cost, $8.
480530; prohibition, $3,842,416; per
cent, 45.3.
Probation and pardon Total cost,
$53,764; prohibition, $37339; per
cent, 69.3.
Total Orand total cost, $52,786,
202; prohibition, $34,828,550; per
cent, 66.
This detailed material could not
be obtained from the states because
adequate statistics are not collected.
The commission recommended that
arrangements be made for the an
nual collection of such statistics In
the future.
$25,000 Hermit Hoard
Found in Tiny Shack
Falls City, Neb, (IP) Hidden In
the tiny shack where H. I, Bunt,
71-year-old hermit tared, was over
$39,000 In cash and valuable securities.
After the man's death two daugh
ters and a son appeared to split the
fortune.
The hermit rived alone In the nut
with a shepherd dog. Be had often
boasted that he could live for to
cent a day.
Medal In WeU
Phoenix. Ariz. (IP) A copper me
dal struck In 17M with the likeness
of Andre Hercules De Fleury, French
Cardinal Bishop and Chief Minister
during the carry part of the reign
of Louis XV, was found in a well
near here.
SHIRLEY GREY
HIT IN MOVIES
There's a great gap between the
life and manners of small town
minister's daughter and a four -curtain
-call star of a personally owned
stock company. It's a big chasm to
Jump In few years, yet Shirley
Grey did It
This clever young actress who
makes her Initial screen appearance
opposite Richard Dlx In RKO Radio
Pictures "The Public Defender,"
showing at the Warner Bros. Elsl
nore theater. Is a type strange and
new to Hollywood.
Five years ago she decided that
life In a parsonage was a dull way
to spend a lifetime. The theater was
more what she wanted, but she
wasn't quite sure of herself so she
promised herself this:
"I'll try It once; If I show prom
ise I'll stick to the stage, but If I
don't I'U forget there ever was a
theater."
James Thatcher, a stock company
producer saw her, believed she was
potential starring material and
signed her. Eighteen months later
she was In Chicago, playing oppo
site Crame Wilbur in "The Import
ed Wife," and with William Collier,
Sr., In "Going Crooked."
Samuel Ooldwyn scout saw her and
reported her.
The result was a telephoned con
tract from Ooldwyn. Miss Grey
boarded an airplane, flew to Bolly
wood, and became a motion picture
actress.
Doris Blake
Says:- j
Every Wage Earning
Wife Doesn't Spend
Salary on Luxuries
By DORIS BLAKE
"What would you do If you had a
husband who grabbed your salary
every week, doled out barely enough
for you to get along with, banked
the rest, Including what he earns,
under his own name? Discouraged."
I'd protest at that kind of part
nership arrangement, Just as you da
Yours is an experience rather
unique. Usually the pay grabbing Is
done by the other half to support
htm In the style she likes. Rarely Is
It ever reported that the money Is
taken to be put away In a bank. If
it weren't for the one-sided with
drawal arrangement, I don't know
but what that salary grabbing plan
would meet with approval. Anyway
It would be a good thing for any
number of wage earning wives if
they had some one to guide their
earnings Into safe quarters. The
money flits here and there and fin
ally away, with the end of the year
finding the finances no further ad
vanced than before.
Of course, the only amicable way
that financial arrangements can be
managed Is to sit down in a friendly
manner and make fair disposition of
the man's earnings and the woman's
he to shoulder certain obligations,
the woman to take care of others,
and an agreement that a certain
sum shall be banked each week. This
must be done before any quarreling
has set In on money disposition.
Once there Is bitter wrangling begun
It Is almost Impossible to come to
an amicable adjustment.
I hope this year's crop of newly
wed have taken this repeated ad
vice seriously and are on the way to
keeping forever out of their lives the
bitterness that comes over finances
unevenly dispersed. The only right
way, the only trouble-proof way, to
handle the money problem Is to
start out with a definite understand-
lng of the financial responsibility of
each of the wage earners Involved.
But a man banking his wife's sal
ary In his own name Is not the way
to handle the money problem. A
Joint bank account Is the right way,
or separate accounts If It Is so ar
ranged In the beginning.
Brother's Keeper
Role Results fn Fine
Albuquerque, N. M. (IP) Being hi
brother's keeper landed John Ar
nold before the police court.
Arnold wanted to keep his friend
Harry McDonald of Tucson In eon.
dltlon tor a prise fight, so he drank
most of the liquor they had, he told
judge Oober.
Arnold was fined $15 on a charge
of being drunk.
VALLEY HUNTS PANTHER
Big Stone Oap, Va. (IP) The Wild
Cat valley section near here Is, con
trary to its name, a very peaceful
spot ordinarily, but residents are
now beginning to think of changing
..... nanthw VallPV IMrtlCU-
1VO W 1 . - ' ----
larly since several residents say they
have seen one ol me out cais lam
ing around their homes lately. A
panther hunt la being organised.
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IF IE
is n
then the big show has been giving
its performances all over our na
tion. No wonder showmen have a
saying that "the show must go on,
no matter what happens."
The circus Is a mighty old Insti
tution and there were acrobats,
bareback riders, leaping horses,
lions and tigers In the old, old days
at Antloch and Rome, ror over
2000 years "the show has been go
ing on", annually delighting em
perors, kings, presidents and gov
ernors, as well as heaps of us com
mon folks.
Of course science has made some
Improvement. Auto trucks help
move It now, electric light beat
the old kerosene lamp and loud
speakers are. better than the old
lung announcersr but after all the
circus Is the same. The growl of
lions hasn't changed any since the
days of Nero and camels smell Just
the same as they did In old Canaan
when Isaac went out to meet the
caravan bringing hi bride and saw
"that Rebecca was fair to look
upon."
Sure, the circus Is as much fun
for to year old boys as tor 12 year
olds. We're Just as young as we
feel. William Allen White of Kans
as, was right when he said. "The
circus had a homestead on the hu
man heart long before John Wesley
staked his claim."
Bought at Sheriff Sale
THE HILLPOT Stock of Merchandise
137 South Commercial
Consisting of Men' and Boys' Furnishings
and Army Goods
Will be sold at a big Sacrifice to the people of Salem
and Vicinity. The Low Pries) will speak for them
selves. Come and be convinced.
A Few Items quoted to show our Values
Copeland Ryder Co. logger Shoes at great reduction
18" was $18.50 Sale Prlc
16" was $15.00 .
Sale Prlc
Work Gloves, Values up to 75 Sale Prie
Canvas Hop Picking Gloves Sale Prlc
Fancy Four-ln-Hand Ties,
75c Valu Sale Prlc.
Seal Pax Rayon Uunderwear,
75e Value Sale Price
Men's Work Shirts Salt Pries
Original Rockford Host Sal Pries
Men's) ( am Sale PrVsj
Slicker Hats .St Price
$12.50
$10.00
15c pr.
5c pr.
Boys' Straw HaU Sal Prlc
Men's Dress Shoes, Sewed soles.
Regular $2.95 Sal Prlc
Men's Keds, Regular $1.55 Sale Price
S for $1
49c
49e 10c pair
10c each
10c each
5e each
$1.95
98c pair
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9 A. M. SHARP
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