4 Capita! Journal, Salem, Oregon, Monday, Nov. i, 1946
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-Miss Sally Bush
J All Salem today mourns the passing of Miss Sally Bush,
'ione of the sweetest, kindest, gentlest souls that ever existed
' here or anywhere else, one whose life was full of good deeds
nnd countless benefactions, one who through her 86 years
literally lived up to every precept of the golden rule and did
' unto others as she would be done by. She never spoke a harsh
Sword nor ever had an evil thought in her life and reaped her
"reward in a blessed tranquility, for "the path of the just is
J as a shining light that shineth more and more unto the
perfect day."
' Had Sally Bush lived in medieval times, she would have
J been enshrined and revered as a saint, so rare are such.
-She loved everything created, plants, flowers, insects, birds
"and animals, took loving care of and provided refuge for
Jthcm. Like the Jains of India her principles were non-injury
'of any living thing, as if they had souls as well as humans.
J Perhaps she really thought so. Perhaps they have.
Miss Bush was the daughter of Asahel Bush, and inher
ited much of the progressiveness of Salem's pioneer editor
J and banker. She cooperated in every community effort for
. cultured progress and was always a heavy contributor to
J any cause enlisting her sympathy. Her homestead, "Bush's
' Pasture," has been dedicated to the city as a park by herself
land brother to beautify and make attractive the community
for which she has done so much.
The late Cladius Thayer, son of Governor Thayer, and
'.Miss Bush's brother-in-law, in a volume of verse published
'some years ago, paid the following tribute to "Our Sally":
' Some souls can make red petals grow
From yawning crevice of eternal snow;
On torrid sands, by desert sun deep burned:
" On bare bald cliff, by hand of God upturned,
Can make lost Eden's faded bed to bloom
'; At very portals of engulfing tomb.
. No mind so twisted from its high estate,
No heart so wrought, oblivious of heaven,
j Its love does not confer all-cheering leaven.
, Heart chronicled upon this roll of fame,
How many hands will scroll our Sally's name!
The Importance of Voting
!. It is always important, if our democracy is to be preserved
;as a living, throbbing creature of government, that each
qualified elector should vote; that he should exercise his
right of free expression on every measure and every candi
date presented for his judgment. Particularly is this true as
regards candidates and even more vitally where candidates
,for legislative offices are concerned.
Through each of such officers elected the judgment of the
voters who elected him is rendered a thousand times over in
;the ballots he casts in the execution of his official duties.
' Important In any election, the practice of voting his own mind
..Is doubly true for each voter of Salem who tomorrow goes to his
polling place to elect seven councilmcn and a mayor to carry on
rthe tremendous job of setting up an entirely new system of
..municipal government within the framework erected by the people
last springi In instituting the rules by which this new system is
to function, these eight men will be speaking your thoughts and
lour thoughts in every vote they cast. It is your policy and that
of your neighbors which will be reflected in the selection of a
,city administrator, key official in the conduct of city affairs.
, Men charged with such responsibility cannot and should
not be selected at random. They cannot be all of the same
'.mould. If you and your ideas of government are to be truly
reflected in the machinery these officials devise and install,
you must have a sufficient interest in their selection to
.inform yourself upon the capabilities of etch candidate and
jvote accordingly.
In expressing yourself on measures gracing the ballot you
peak but once. In electing a candidate you exercise a dis
cretion which will echo your judgment throughout his entire
tenure in office. There is no room in such a situation for
"slates" or "tickets," measured against a single dimension
yardstick.
Have You Had Enough?
'; From over the nation there is rising an ever increasing
voice of disillusionment and despair crying out, "I've had
! ensugh." It has developed from a whisper of discontent to a
mighty crescendo emulating from democrats and republicans
auite, protesting that tney have had:
,! Enough New Deal bungling of the problems of war and
the more intricate problems of peace.
'I Enough regimentation of the individual to the whims and
eccentricities of domineering bureaucrats.
Enough temporizing for political reasons with the demands
of labor and concessions to its leaders.
Enough attempts nt regulation of economic problems by
legislation which ignores the higher law of supply and
demand.
s Enough man-made attempts to stabilize economic condi
tions. Enough controlled economy with its high prices, black
markets, and enough evidence of partial attempts to hold
wages nd prices in line by juggling first one and then
another.
Kor those citizens who have had enough of this worldwide
political farce and wish to do something about it, there is a
powerful weapon at hand in the ballots they will cast next
Tuesday. Voters in the first congressional district of Oregon
can best make themselves heard by marking their ballots for
Walter Norblad for congress. He has all of the qualifications
of the kind of representation we need in congress to clean
tip the mess which has accumulated in 14 years of the
New Deal.
Vote 12 X, Walter Norblad for congress from the first
Oregon district.
Recommendations on Ballot
Herewith, in condensed form, are the Capital Journal's
recommendations on ballot measures:
State-Wide Ballot
Governorship succession: Vote 1500 yes.
Armory building tax: Vote .103 mo.
County board school tax control: Vote 304 yes.
Chinese property rights: Vote 306 yes.
Anti-legislative filibuster: Vote 308 yes.
One additional state senator: Vote 311 no.
Coastal stream fishing: Vote 312 yes.
Gross income tax for pensions: Vote 315 no.
' State school support tax: Vote 317 no.
Marion County Ballot
New courthouse levy: Vote 300 X yes.
County Pl'D measure. Vote 310 Xno.
Salem City Ballot
Anti-parking meter act. Vote 601 X no.
Providing method for election of city judges: Vote 502
X yes.
Making city charter conform to state laws: Vote 504
Ayes.
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By Don Upjohn
Tomorrow is election but run
ning our eye down the ballot we
do not see where any of the
leading candidates have much
opposition to worry about. Ed
Rogers, candidate for county
commissioner who has no op
position, expects to go through
his first election without too
much worry, he being a farmer
figuring on getting to sleep
counting sheep instead of tenta
tive votes tonight.
The lady atop the courthouse
hasn't expressed herself as yet
as to how she feels about the
new courthouse measure but
she still hangs onto the scales of
justice with a firm hand. We
haven't heard what will become
of her if a new courthouse is
constructed.
Our friend Gardner Knapp
has sent word around to us to
remind the customers once more
that the show "Life with Fath
er," with an all flesh and blood
cast and not local talent, will
wind up election day affairs at
the Salem high school audi
torium Tuesday night and it Is
hoped to a full house, as it is
for the very worthy cause of
helping students who need the
boost to get through Willamette.
That quiet, retiring modest
little lady, Miss Sally Bush, who
Sunday closed her eyes in her
last sleep at the home which
had been her's through a life
well past four scores of years,
left behind numerous loving
hearts who had enjoyed her ben
efactions. They always were
accorded in privacy and almost
with a shyness, so loathe was
she to have them seem in any
way a public gesture. Those
who knew her best also knew
that it was her belief it were
Novelties
By thf Associated Prs
Big Medicine Fails
Madras, Ore., Nov. 4 (P)
The white's man's faith in his
traditional source of weather in
formation from Chief Tommy
Thompson of the Celilo tribes
has dimmed.
When a white neighbor asked
the venerable chief what could
be expected soon in weather, the
chief gravely pronounced:
"Don't know. My radio's
broke."
Attractive Jail
North Bend, Ore., Nov. 4 iPt
The city police officer isn't
quite sure what would be the
best thing to do if he arrests a
drunk and finds it necessary to
give the offender a place to
sleep it off.
When the state liquor store's
lease expired here recently the
city council voted to allow the
store to use the jail temporarily.
Matrimonial Interlude
Spokane. Nov. 4 (fl1) The
daily livestock sale at the Col
lett auction house was interrup
ted while the auctioneer took
care of some private business.
While 200 friends and buyers
looked on, Auctioneer Harry
Collett was married on the bar
ker's platform to Miss Ruth
McKinney.
After the ceremony, Collett
served refreshments, then con
tinued the auction.
Salem Vet Attacks
Taxicab Driver
Portland. Nov. 4 W) John
Richard Baxendcll, 26. Salem,
was arrested on a charge of as
sault with a dangerous weapon
here late Saturday night, accus
ed of beating a taxi driver on
the head with a hammer.
Police reported William C.
Larsen, 34, said Baxendell
struck him numerous times
without warning as he drove
him to the veterans' hospital.
The Salem resident was held in
lieu of $3,000 bail.
better to give aid to nine un
worthy individuals or causes,
than to slight one that was
worth the attention and the ef
fort. Her life was devoted to
her father as long as he lived
and thereafter she maintained
the tradition of an old and hon
ored family. The city well may
mourn tiie passing of this quiet
woman of illustrious lineage
who bore her name so faith
fully and well.
Many days we've glimpsed
her, moving slowly through her
gardens admiring a plant here,
touching a tree or shrub there.
directing that something be done
on one garden spot or another,
for the acres which she preserv
ed so faithfully in their beauty
were among the foremost glories
of her life. Not a tree or shrub
in them but she knew its his
tory, at what time it was plant
ed, from whence it came, at
what date the tree surgeon may
have performed some operation
thereon. And the beauties of
the garden wore distributed
with a lavish hand in places
where the blossoms would bring
cheer and a brighter day.
Not all of the nobleness of life
is lived among the resoundings
of drums.
SMLJ l.ffUiillUii.J
By DeWitt Mackenzie
fAP Forelzn Affairs Analyst)
John Bull's municipal council
elections give us further good
indication of the general politi
cal trend in his tight little isl
and good enough, in fact, so
that we are safe in labeling it
as being fairly close to middle-of-the-road,
with a moderate
tendency to the left.
Final results in 360 cities and
towns show this apportionment
of the 2,319 seats; labor (social
ist) 1,041, conservative 647, in
dependents 534, liberals 96 and
communists one. The laborites
scored a net gain of 159. How
ever, we shouldn't overlook that
at the same time the conserva
tives not only held their own
but made a gain of four. Equal
ly significant is the fact that the
communists hold only one seat,
as against the six they had be
fore. This tends to confirm the con
sensus of observers that when
John Bull installed his brand
new socialist government last
year he had no intention of be
coming a long-haired radical.
It certainly demonstrated anew
that there is no trend toward
the extreme left.
However, this middle-of-the-road
England is a far different
country from what it was when
your columnist first went there
30 odd years ago. You wouldn t
think it possible that there
could be such a vast social, po
litical and economic change in
that comparatively brief span.
During the past generation
there has been a leveling off.
Great fortunes and estates have
been broken up by heavy tax
ation. The landed gentry is fast
disappearing, and with it many
cherished traditions. Meantime
Ihere has been an upward surge
of the lower strata of society.
Not long ago Minister of Ed
ucation Ellen Wilkinson an
nounced the government's in
tention to reform Britain's edu
cational system and "remove
those class distinctions which
are a handicap in democracy."
Miss Wilkinson proposes to make
the ordinary schools "so good
that it will seem absurd not to
send all children to them.
Conservative Vole Helped
Well, she will find that easier
of achievement these days.
An interesting aspect of the
new Britain is that a lot of
conservatives have helped to
bring it about by voting social
ist because they believed in the
need of reform.
That's what put the present
Ants are the dominant insects
of Australia.
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THE TRUTH ABOUT LeGARIE
There are very good reasons why we want
Mr. I,. F. LeGarie elected (o the City Council from
from Ward 2. A number of outstanding citizens
who have Salem's interests at heart urged him
to become a candidate. There is definite need on
the Council for men of sound business judgment,
particularly in matters having to do with the
city's industrial growth. Mr. LeGarie takes the
stand that we should encourage industries to
locate in Salem, for their existence here not only
means more jobs but also more revenue in the
form of taxes such as additional industries would
pay.
Because of the attitude of some members of
the present Council, who are candidates for re
election, Salem lost a million dollar plywood in
dustry and its tremendous payroll. Had he been
a member of the Council. Mr. LeGarie would
have exerted every effort toward bringing the
plywood industry into Salem because he sin
cerely believes in the rights of all men to have
jobs and in the city's right to the advantages of
increased revenue from interests which can af
ford to share our tax burdens. It was through
bungling tactics and poor business judgment that
Salem lost those advantages to Lebanon and
Albany. Let's not permit that to happen again.
Failure to understand the people's wishes and
an inability to exercise good business judgment
also put the city of Salem to the expense of two
recent court suits, both of which should have and
rould have been avoided simply by more com
petent handling. Such bungling only adds un
necessarily to the cost of city government and
the burden of taxation.
If you want good city representation, you must
elect Councilmcn with sound business judgment
and the courage to stand for what they believe is
the best interests of the greatest number of
citizens.
LeGARIE FOR COUNCILMAN COMMITTEE
Ken Rich, Secretary, Salem, Oregon
FORUM S.H.
To the Editor: Can it be that
the great state of Oregon is pop
ulated with strong men and
women that can pass up the toil
worn aged for the worshipped
dollar, that can in the end cause
more grief than joy.
If so we should make J. L.
Lewis our president and try
going forward on those lines.
I myself can see little for
Lewis or his followers to be
proud of.
They watch and wait for the
time when their homeland is
at their mercy then strike. Now
they think they have caught
grandma in a like condition.
C. L. Lisning,
Salem, Oregon.
To the Editor: in connection
with the campaign now being
conducted to foist a public utili
ties district upon the people of
Marion county I would like to
tell of a personal experience
which to me tells the story.
A short time ago with my
family I took a quick trip to
our beach cottage at Newport.
Three small children to be fed
and put to bed. No lights, no
power. No nothing. PUD serv
ice. The neighbors told us that a
sound truck had been telling
them every day what hours the
power would be off. That day
it was between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Actually the lights came on
weekly about 9:45. Candles for
lights, no power for cooking and
no power for heaters. Shades of
our grandfathers! Let's be pio
neers again and sleep in a tent.
Thinking of the loss of food
in refrigerators and lockers, in
conveniences in cooking and
cost of candles and oil for lamps,
including the uncertainty of
service, I could not help but
compare it with the efforts of
the Portland General Electric
company and the great extent to
which they go to give continu
ous, regular service to the pub
lic. I know from personal knowl
edge how hard the company and
their men during flood, snow,
wind or rain, try to and do keep
their service In operation, for
which all of them deserve a
great vote of thanks from us
all.
Who was paying for the New
port sound truck? The cus
tomer! Who was suffering the
consequences? The customer!
To me it is strictly a P. U. Deal!
John D. Minto.
Salem, November 2.
Louis R. Jenkins
At Furstenfeldbruck
Now at Furstenfeldbruck,
Germany, Pfc. Louis R. JenkinB.
son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Jen
iwits ui jiicjmccui, i io De
assigned to one of the units
servicing the army air corps
planes in the European theater.
The soldier, in the army since
January, 1946, attended the
Rickreall high school and prior
to entering the service was em
ployed by the S.P. Motors here.
socialist government into power
and what will oust it if it
stubs its toe.
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City Government
In January Salem makes the change to a City
Manager form of government. For Mayor R. L.
Elfstrom, a civic leader, has no opposition.
Give him a strong city council whose members
understand and are friendly to the new, pro
gressive form of government.
We recommend the election of the following:
Ward One: James H. Nicholson
Mr. Nicholson is a young business man, veteran
of World War II.
Ward Two: Albert H. Gille
Incumbent.
Ward Three: W. W. Rosebraugh
A former councilman, a man of broad business
experience, interested in all civic betterment.
Ward Four: R. 0. Lewis
Incumbent. Successful manufacturer, chairman
of council committee on fire department.
Ward Six: Dan J. Fry
Mr. Fry is a former councilman, of wide experi
ence in business and government (served for six
years as secretary of the stale board of control);
was a member of the 1944 and 1946 committees
which drafted plan for city manager form.
IN WARDS FIVE AND SEVEN THERE IS NO
CONTEST, THE INCUMBENTS, DAVID O'HARA
AND HOWARD MAPLE, BEING THE ONLY
CANDIDATES
LET'S GET OUR NEW FORM OF GOVERNMENT
OFF TO A GOOD START BY ELECTING A WELL
BALANCED TEAM TO ORGANIZE IT. OUR ONLY
INTEREST IS THE CITY'S WELFARE. WE
RECOMMEND VOTING FOR ABOVE
CANDIDATES.
CITY GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE-
By A. A. Lee, Sec'y.,
Salem, Oregon
B3IB01IIED
yes
Oregon Sdteolf
Are Facing a Crlils
yes
Oregon schools are facing t crisis! Skyrocketing
costs and increased population have made the
E resent school financing system entirely inadequate,
ast year 86.6 of all school districts were forced
to levy special local taxes to meet minimum budget
needs for the 1946-1947 school year. This uncertain
and inadequate financing has forced schools to
xnit important subjects and activities.
II Will Permit
Long-Range Planning
School districts will be able to plan a good practical
course of education. At present, uncertain and
inadequate financing has made long-range planning
an impossibility. You can do a lot more with a
dollar you 'know" you will have.
yes
The Bill li Sound
yes
Oregon Logs
hi fchool Support
The Oregon Tax Study Commission report for
June, 1946, says that of the II western states,
"Only Arizona spends less per capita for education
than Oregon."
yes
It will Equalize
Educational Opportunities
... by providing t state fund from which school
support can be apportioned according to need.
The assessed valuation behind each Oregon child
varies from $2,122,900 a child in one school district
to S455 a child io another. It is impossible, then,
under the present system to equalize educational
opportunities when school funds are raised almost
entirely by the district.
The Basic School Support Fund bill provides a
state fund sufficient to produce SSO per capita for
every census school child. Aside from the small
amount of irreducible school fund this would
constitute the entire school support from state
sources. As outlined in our state constitution, it is
left to the legislature to provide the method of
apportionment and distribution. However, the
Bill provides that it must equalize educational
opportunities, conserve and improve the standards
of the schools. The 6 limitation shall have no
bearing on this fund and income tax revenue may
be used to offset this state tax.
yes
Active Oregon Grovpt
Approve
yes
It Will Help Keep
Qualified Teacheri
No matter how good are the books being used . . .
its the teacher who counts. Last year more than
2,500 of Oregon's 8,254 teachers were teaching on
emergency certificates. Teacher graduates from the
State System of Higher Education have dropped
from 1,177 in 1931 to an estimated 102 in 1946.
Qualified teachers are leaving for more secure
teaching jobs in othet states or for higher paying
positions in other lines of work.
Realizing that Oregon schools must have a revision
of the, school financing system, 16 Oregon groups
enthusiastically endorsed the Basic School Support
Fund bill. Among those going on record as
approving the bill are:
American Legion, Department of Oregon. Ore
gon Business and Professional Women's Clubs,
Oregon Congress of Industrial Organizations,
Oregon Congress of Parents and Teachers, Oregon
Council of Social Workers, Oregon Education
Association, Oregon Farmers Union, Oregon
Federation of Labor, Oregon Federation of
Women's Clubs, Oregon Junior Chamber of
Commerce, Oregon League of Women Voters,
Oregon State Association of School Boards,
Oregon State Division of the American Associa
tion of University Womet). Oregon State Grange,
Portland City Club, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
Department of Oregon.
Paid Adv.. Buk School Support Fund Committee. M. B. Window. Sec., S10 Dcknm Bids ., Portland.