The Capital Journal, Salem) Oregon
iahirday; December 21, 194G
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"With or without offense to friends or toes
I sketch your world exactly as it goes."
(The Farm Headache
The farm problem, the government' ever present billion
" Hollar a year headache, will be up for aspirin at the next ses
sion of congress. Our domestic farm situation has become
more complex by reaBon of the closing last year of many ex
port outlets, and the accumulation of large surpluses in nearly
very agricultural exporting country.
The department of agriculture, under the guiding hand
lof its new secretary, Claude R. Wickard, has been preparing
Ithe way before congress for the new so-called "income cer
tificate plan." But little is known as to the details of the plan
they are yet to be worked out. However, it appears that
Under the "income certificate plan" an estimate would be
imade each year as to the quantity of wheat and cotton that
iwould be consumed domesticly. Since the estimated do
mestic commercial consumption of wheat be, say, 500,000,000
bushels, and production 760,000,000, each farmer would re
ceive a certificate fcr 100 bushels for every 150 bushels
krown.
Millers desiring wheat for domestic purposes, would buy
from farmers, at going prices, sufficient certificates to cover
their needs. While such prices would vary from month to
month, it is believed that the price of the certificates would
rest around "the difference between a fixed percentage of
the parity price and the actual price paid for the wheat at the
fcasic milling centers.
The surplus, of course, would have to be disposed of in
the export markets at any price it might bring, but the pros
pects for foreign markets and fair export prices are rather
slim.
The plan Is far too complicated for farmers and news
Jiaper men to understand. Only Harvard graduates and New
.Dealers, who have never walked a plow, can figure it out.
A Treaty Kept for 146 Years -
A few days ago the United States government made its
146th annual payment of six yards of calico to each Indian of
the Iroquois confederacy in accordance with the peace treaty
of Canandaigua, signed Nov. 11, 1794. Bolts of bright printed
cloth and unprinted muslin were handed the chiefs of the Six
Rations in the Tonawanda community house near Batavia.
Ceremonies resembling those of some of our secret so
cieties, which probably borrowed them from the Indians, fea
tured the presentation, low chants and drum beating, and
characteristic speeches characterized to welcome the chiefs
pf the wapipum;" the 600 Onondaga, "keepers of the fire;"
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the 230 Cayuga, "watchmen of the inner house," tne 600 To
nawandas, the 1600 Cattaraagas and 900 Alleghenies, three
clans of the Senecas "keepers of the western door;" the 450
Tuscarora, "younger brothers who sit before the fires."
When the calico ceremony was ended, Dr. Arthur C. Par
lor, a Seneca, director of Rochester municipal museum, re
minded the Iroquois that the United States had kept the faith
and that it had lived up to the letter of the treaty as well as
Its spirit through the 146 years, "remarking "Such faith is
unique in a world of broken promises and of enslaved peoples."
It is, indeed, one of the few Indian treaties this country ever
lived up to.
Peter Doctor, another Iroquois, concluded the ceremonies
Vith speech ending: "Our people were civilized people, with a
.Veneer of savagery. Over there," waving vaguely to indicate
fcreat distance, "white men have turned to savagery, with a
yeneer or civilization.
Perhaps it would have been more civilized to have left
the country to the Indians. We still have much to learn
from them.
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The Fireside Pulpit
By REV. E. S. HAMMOND
"I am the light of the world." Jno. 8:12.
Nineteen and a half centuries ago
there was born of an unknown
mother In the obscure Roman pro
vince and In very humble circum
stances, a little baby boy. He nev
er sought for wealth nor earthly
position or fame. After three years
of public work he was put to death
Ignomlnlously as a malefactor. And
yet today that obscure boy and
man of that obscure province of a
despised race Is counted the world's
chief leader, and wields a greater
Influence than any other man who
ever lived. Even those who deny
the claims made for him by his fol
lowers admit his preemmlnce as a
leader.
Dr. George A. Gordon In "The
Christ of Today" quotes John Stuart
Mill In his "Essays on Religion"
"But about the life and savings
or Jesus there Is a stamp of per
sonal originality combined with pro
fundity of Insight which . . . must
place the Prophet of Nazareth, even
In the estimation of those who have
no belief In his Inspiration, In the
very first rank of the men of sub
lime genius of whom our species
can boast. When this preeminent
genius Is combined with the duali
ties of probably the greatest moral
reformer, and martyr to that mis
sion, who ever existed upon earth
religion cannot be said to have
made a bad choice In pitching on
this man as the ideal representa
tive and guide of humanity.
'it would not be easv. even for
an unbeliever, to find a better trans
lation of the rule of virtue from
the abstract to the concrete than
to endeavor so to live that Christ
would approve our life."
Now John 8tuart WU1 was not a
Christian believer. He rejected the
Inspiration of the Bible, and the
supernatural character of Jesus.
e have recently read a life of
Thomas Jefferson. Next to Wash
ington and Lincoln, he Is probably
today the best loved American,
He was not enrolled amongst the
professed followers of Jesus, but he
compiled a volume of the moral
teachings of our Lord and rever
enced Him as the world's greatest
teacher. This list of non-Christian
tributes to Jesus might be Indefi
nitely extended. One saying of
John Stuart Mill's Just quoted is
significant. He speaks of "reli
gion pitching on Jesus as the Ideal
representative and guide of human
ity." That sounds to me as if
someone should say that we have
made no mistake In selecting the
sun as tne cniei luminary of our
wona. me sun Is there Is no
other possible choice. And so Is
Jesus, as He Himself said, "The
light of the world."
It is heartening In these Christ
mas days, when war and bloodshed
are sweeping the earth, to recall
that other dictators "have had their
day and ceased to be," that Jesus
has not ceased to be, and will rule
and reign when Hitler, Stalin and
Mussolini and their cohorts and
allies have ceased to be, and are
"burled In deep oblivious sea.
And It Is still more Joyous to re
member In this Christmas season
that there are millions who accept
irom ine neart tins Jesus, not only
as a great moral teacher, but
Savior and Lord, and who can sin
exuuingiy:
"I heard the voice of Jesus say,
I am this dark world's light:
Look unto me, thy mom shall rise,
And all thy day be bright.
I looked to Jesus, and I found
In Him my star, my sun;
And In that light of life I walk,
Till traveling days are done."
Christmas Tree Waste
The annual slaughter of Christmas trees is on, resulting
in offsetting to a degree conservation efforts for reforesting,
mid the necessity for measures curbing wasteful methods in
use. Concerning the latter, Lyle F. Watts, regional forester
ni rortianu, says:
or course, every home should have a tree. There Is no argument
mat. runner, me Christmas tree Industry In Washington and Ore
ion is a substantial one and gives employment to many people at a season
when work Is scarce. Still, Christmas trees are a forest oroD. as leaitlmete
as sawlogs or pulpwood. But as many letters received point out, three or
juur munon trees represent 10 or 16 years growth on several thousand
acres of land. As only aymmetrlcal trees are taken, they ordinarily come
from open stands, already poorly stocked, or are the tope cut from the
nest trees in me stand. Mucn waste Is reported. Like the rest of our for
est crops, mere is room ror Improvements In methods ot harvesting. This
mines back to the owners of the land. They have a valuable crop, and
riii'iiiu piuu-ci 11,
Oregon and Washington have laws imposing penalties
iipon anyone cutting trees on the lands of another. Oregon
prohibits cutting shrubs and brush from any right-of-way
wiihin 500 feet of any public road. Washington imposes a
severance lax of one cent for each Christmas tree, including
Douglas fir, hemlock, spruce and pine, which is shipped out
oi tne state, ana trees must oe tagged to show the tax paid.
'A similar law would help check the annual waste of conifers
In Oregon.
Too Late for Excuses
Toor visibility due to fog and rain, and a slippery road
urface undoubtedly contributed to last evening's fatal auto
mobile crash between Salom and Silverton, in which four per
sons lost their lives. But thnt does not bring the dead back to
lifo, enhance the chances of the injured for recovery, nor does
it excuse the carelessness of one or both of the two drivers.
And carelessness on the part of one or both of the oper
ators certainly did contribute to tho accident a type of care
lessness that is common to practically all drivers, although
most escnpo with less serious consequences.
It is that form of recklessness which fails to take due
cognizance of the extent to which rain, fog, frost, darkness
and similar factors reduce the ordinary limits of speed for
safe driving; failure to recognize and anticipate the emer
gencies that may nrise and keep the vehicle under sufficient
control to avoid them. It is not enough for a driver to explain
that he could not or did not see the other fellow In time. It is
every driver's business to operate his rnr in a manner which,
Under existing conditions, will allow him time to see and act.
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By Don Upjohn
As we write the shortest day in
the year, being today, Is galloping
along at breakneck speed trying to
get Its short life over with. As
rule the shortest day In the year Is
supposed to last only between day
light and dark but up to this writ
ing has been getting along with a
very muggy sort of daylight hardly
worthy of being called by that
name. A lot of office workers who
have Saturday afternoons off are
complaining about the shortest day
in Uie year falling on Saturday and
that It cuts down their free after
noon to a minimum. There seems
to be Just no end of hardships for
folks to compete against Uiese
times.
Anybody can write a letter to
Santa Claus and most everyone does
at one time or another. But there's
darned few people get a letter from
Sant Claus and when you do you
can figure It Is a mark of distinc
tion. So we think we have a right
to bray a bit as having lust re
ceived a letter from old Santa, even
if Santa wrote it In one ot his off
moods and In a slight peeve. The
letter me old boy left on our desk
yesterday in person, a real mark of
distinction. In a way we were sorry
we weren't on hand to receive It in
person and in a way glad we didnt
have to look him in the eye.
Yeah, Santa was kicking about an
item we had the other evening in
this column about his going around
town shaking hands with all the
women and passing up Uie men. He
sayj this Is a gross slur on him and
his Christmas spirit and (list he
plays no favorites, that he shakes
hands with the men as well as the
women. We apologise if wctc done
old 8anta wrong and will do our
best to make an honest Santa out
of him. But, when he says he
shakes hands with the men as well
as he does with tho women, it de
pends on what he means by that
word "well." Hie few limes we've I
noted him shaking hands with tin
women he's
well."
been doing "pretty
However, Santa In the wind up
of his note made us feel a little
more at ease by saying he "appreci
ated tne little write-up and Is here
to shake hands with everyone, men,
women and children, and I'm sorry
I missed you."
So we feel better now. When we
first started to read his note dog
gone If we didn't feel as though we
mlgnt as well take our sock and
shove It away In a drawer
Christmas eve and not hang same
up at all. But with those last few
words he left in parting maybe
we 11 take a chance and hang It up
anyway, God bless you, Santa
here's to a happy Christmas all
around even for us.
Born Either Too Soon or Too lata
Sclo. Ore. (P) If you're born on
Christmas, you can't win. Six Sclo
residents so testify. Short-changed
every year on presents, they banded
together for a mass birthday party,
thinking to get their friends to
equalize the situation. rltie friends
Just ignored the party. "It's too
near Christmas," one of them said,
The boss has some camellias
blooming In his garden and brought
an especially beautiful one to the
sanctum today to prove it the ear
liest blooming on record, as far as
known. What a climate.
Church Circle Guest
Dallas Circlo three of the Meth
odist church met at the J. N. Mills
home 'Wednesday afternoon with
Mrs. W. H. Hill acting as co-hostess.
Mrs. Levi Benge read the Christmas
storv and Mrs. Prank Hull gave a
reading. Present were Mrs. Hull,
Mrs. Benge. Mrs. Ross Chapin. Mrs.
W. 11. Marsh. Mrs. H. J. Elliott.
Mrs Rov Plummer, Mrs. J. N. Hol
man. Mrs. A. J. Brown. Mrs. C. S.
Oravps, Mrs. Lillian Hubbs and
Mrs. A. M, Larscu.
Kelly Says:
Shake-Up Proposed
In CCC Organization
Corps May Be Placed
Under Another Bureau
Committee Posts
Waiting for McNary
By John W. Kelly
Washington, Dec. 31 Complete
shake-up of the CCC camps Is pro
posed by the American Youth com
mission. Now that preparedness is
the watchword, the AYC Insists that
the officers reserve be discontinued:
that the officers go into camp of
trainees; that war department be
relieved of the task of operating the
CCC camps and devote Its complete
tune to responsibiuty for Fort Lew-
Is and similar mobilization cen
ters.
Another objection raised against
CCC is mat approximately 60 per
cent of the 25,000 supervisors are
political appointees. Congressmen
and former members of congress
have chiseled In. All of the super
visors, or employes, draw pay from
one source head of CCC although
appointed by agriculture. Interior
and the office of education. Agri
culture, as an example, uses CCC
on forest projects; reclamation bu
reau uses CCC on the Deschutes
project; fish and wildlife (old bio
logical survey) on projects with
which It is concerned. These pro
jects ara scattered throughout Ore
gon, Washington, Idaho and the
rest of the states, and criticism
which applies to one takes In all
the rest.
Pull Brings Favors
As AYC (headman Is Owen D.
Young of General Electric company)
figures out, approximately 31,000 in
CCO camps are on the payroll be
cause of a political pull of sorts.
With war department, Interior de
partment, agriculture department
and office of education splitting
charge of the camps, the wonder
is that CCC has managed to get
along as well as it has. Now, how
ever, AYC believes a change Is es
sential and would first lop off the
war department and the reserve
officers.
Proposal is made that CCC be
placed under federal security agency,
which is now .under command of
Paul V. McNutt, but with Director
McEntee in charge of . all units.
Aside from the officers reserve, the
suggestions will be vigorously op
posed.
In an illustrated booklet, issued
by the secretary ot the Interior, the
question Is asked: "Do you know
that the energy of the mighty Co
lumbia river is being harnessed at
Grand Coulee dam In Oregon and
the Bonneville dam in Washington,
and Is being put to work at con
verting the Pacific northwest Into
productive empire?"
As this is an official statement, it
should have Its fact straight.
Foreign Loans Lift Taxes
One reason taxes of the American
citizen will be upped next year is to
take care of the foreign loans being
placed. These loans, to date, Include
China, $145,000,000; Argentina,
$140,000,00; Uruguay. $7,500,000:
with applications coming from Cuba
for (50,000,000 and Spain for $100,-
000,00. Spain agrees not to Join Hit
ler and Mussolini If the loan Is ad
vanced for food. Mexico is now ne
gotlatlng for a loan, said to be about
$100,000,00 that appears to be the
minimum.
For these amount Mexico agrees
to grant naval bases; Cuba wishes
to arrange Its sugar; Franco prom
ises to purchase wheat; China will
buy war munitions. There are a doz
en other Latin American countries
standing In line waiting their turn
not to mention the British.
When the price of bread goes up
later these loans will have some
thing to do with It also the defense
program.
New Senators Nervous
Reclamation Commissioner Page,
in his annual report to secretary of
the interior, calls attention that ev
eryone should be familiar with the
anti-speculation act as applied to
Grand Coulee, which limits land
ownership to specified acres. Page
reports that there are sections of
Grand Coulee which may, and prob
ably will, remain without water for
more than 30 years. Commissioner
Page Is Issuing the warning because
ot reports that Intending settlers
are now being offered land which
has no prospect of water for some
time. Land owners, he aays, have
a right to dispose of their holdings,
but unless they make an agreement
with the goverment water will not
be furnished.
Senator Charles L. McNary. In
hospital at Salem, Is making several
new republican senators fidget, as
they are anxious to receive their
committee assignments. There Is
nothing to be done about It, how
ever, until the minority leader re
covers sufficiently to return to his
office. Incidentally, one ot the first
tilings the President did when he
returned from his cruise In the Car
ibbean was to inquire about Mc
Nary.
Satem Sketches By Will Dandi
"I think I'll let Roy Morrlss, the radio expert, look this set over. "
-AU I can get on It are quiz programs!"
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SUDDENLY A GPEAT CIPO.E OF HP C&iPT AKJUND THE illV.
The Story So Far: Eric, a fisher-.
man's son. to Drove that he Is brave
enough to be king, has defeated
three giants. Now he sets out to help
three brothers who had been under
the spell or the slants.
Chapter Eighteen
Two More Princes Given Freedom
The young men flew to the Iron
Mountain quicker than It takes to
tell. And there In the entrance,
half way up the side, they could
see another handsome young man
waving his red cap from side to
side to attract their attention.
Eric reined In his flying horse so
that they settled down easily to
the narrow ledge where the young
man stood.
Eric's friend leaped out of the
saddle with one move and threw
his arms about the second young
man. They both shouted, "Brother,
Eric grinned happily at their
pleasure. Then the two turned
around and said, "A thousand
thanks to you."
But now how shall I tell you
apart?" said Eric.
The two youths laughed. The
one Eric had found inside the cir
cle of fire bowed and said, "I am
Harald of Thurlngla, heir to the
throne."
The second lad bowed and said,
'And I am Peter, his brother, sec
ond In line."
"Now the troll in the castle be
hind the East Wind must be your
other brother," said Eric. "Let us
hurry there."
Waves Blue Cap
They all three Jumped onto the
back , of the winged horse and hur
ried to the castle behind the East
Wind. As they circled down over
It they saw a young man excitedly
waving at them with a blue cap.
Eric brought his horse down be
side the young man and, sure en
ough. It was Conrad, the third
brother. There was Just enough
room to seat him on the horse.
So now the four young men de
cided to find out what had hap
pened to the kingdom of the three
brothers during the hundred years
they had been bewitched by the
giant who had no heart.
They flew straight to the capital
of their kingdom. They could recog
nlze that easily, because their fath
er had built three castles on three
hills so that each of his sons would
have a fine home when he took a
bride.
They soon saw the city where
three castles stood on three hills.
But when they looked down onto
the streets they saw grass choking
up the thoroughfares. Windows
were broken in homes. There was
no smoke from any of the chimneys
and they saw not one single person.
Great Green Snakes
instead, tney saw great, green
snakes slipping In and out of door
ways, lying coiled tip In the sun, or
slithering up tree trunks to steal
eggs from birds' nests.
The three brothers lamented loud
ly, but Eric was silent and thought
ful. He didn't dare ask his horse
to settle down into one of the streets
for they might all have been bitten
by snakes. But he pulled the black
coal from his pocket the one he
had picked up on the mountain top
and threw It down on the out
skirts of the city.
Suddenly a great circle of fire
crept around the city and grew as
high as the houses. Snakes tumbled
out of all manner of holes.
There were so many that the
sidewalks were black with them.
They all tried to get out of the
city and back into the hills. But
as each came to the end of a street
there was a wall of flame. One by
one the snakes were bumed. And
then Eric whispered to his winged
horse to set them down in the
square.
The three brothers dashed in and
out of houses. But everywhere they
went there was the same desola
tion. They didn't find a soul in
Uie city.
Tomorrow: The people return.
Novelties
In the News
(By tha Associated Prcii)
Cold Tip
New York The bomb squad, al
ways alert these days, rushed to
the natural history museum, where
a "suspicious" suitcase was found
In some bushes.
It contained a prescription for
nose drops.
Two Birds, Etc.
Snow Hill, Md. B. Clay Chap
man says this happened to him:
Driving along a highway, he saw
two pheasants flying over a field.
He got out of his car, unllmbered
his .22 and fired one shot. Both
birds fell dead, the slug passing
through the head of one and Into
the head of the other.
Ask and Receive
Amarillo, Tex. An Amarlllo boy
handed his teacher a note from
his mother, "Please send the fire
department to our house" It read.
Shortly, a roaring fire truck
stopped at the woman's front door.
Startled, she held out a sack to
the firemen and told them "This Is
what I wanted. Here are some toys
you can fix for poor youngsters."
Smiths Entertain
Grand Island Mr. and Mrs. E. E,
Mason of The Dalles and their son.
Garold Mason of San Diego, Cal.,
were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Adelbert Smith. Mrs. Smith was a
neighbor of the Masons In her girl
hood days. Garold is In the navy
and has been stationed at Ban
Diego but was on a fullough spent
with his parents and with them
was enroute to Portland to entrain
to his base where he will go on
destroyer service for a six year en
listment. Mr. and Mrs. Smith ac
companied Mr. and Mrs. Mason to
Portland Thursday evening to see
their son leave.
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