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4 Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, September 13, 1919
Does the Fair Represent Oregon?
Oregon's 84th state fair was a record-breaker in many
respects. On the books, it probably looked very good.
More money was spent by those attending than ever be
fore on the races and the like. More people passed through
the gates than ever before, despite bad weather a couple
of days.
But there develops a feeling in one who goes the rounds SIPS FOR SUPPER
of the spacious and attractive grounds that something is
missing. More and more each year the fair becomes a
show to satisfy the entertainment appetite of the people
of the area and state.
As an array of sideshows, horse races and carnivals,
the fair ranks high. It does offer enjoyable entertain
ment. But as a sample of life in Oregon, it could hardly
be called representative.
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WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Bernard Baruch Listed
As Truman 'Pet Peeve'
By DREW PEARSON
Washington President Truman doesn't nurse grudges against
most ol his political enemies, but he has a few pet peeves that
apparently he will never forget.
One of them is gaunt, gray Bernard Baruch, the friend of
presidents, and one of the nation's few elder statesmen.
One year ago
BY GUILD
Wizard of Odds
Baruch declined
Truman's Invita
tion to serve on
a special com
mittee to sup
port his re-election,
and Tru
man, in turn,
wrote Baruch
one of the most
caustic letters oi it
h m ramnaiffn.
5
1.7 A 11 J
Drew PtBMOH
ator from Texas, acidly. "He
had as his legal antagonist a
very loud and enthusiastic law
yer, who shouted and foamed
at the mouth In addressing the
jury. When it came the turn
of the other lawyer to answer
him, he stood up and said: 'If
your honor please, bow-wow-wow.
Now that I have answered
my opponent, I shall discuss this
:ase." continued Connally.
"Bow-wow-wow-wow - wow -
A Good Citizen
Un im 1 n d e d
n nthor (nines, how he
2.' i..rf hi. brother Her- wow'" blurted Wherry,
man a, ambassador to Holland. "Mr. President, I do not like
Sequel came the other day Jo discuss this question in any
when the president tried to per- but the most serious fashion,"
wad" hit old friend, Adm. Wil- totalled the senator from Texas,
liam D Leahy, to become ambas- 7he "sweri are
nam u. just as clear as bow-wow-wow-
saaor 10 xioa..-. wow' just as clear!" snorted
"You know how I feel about U)e ,enalor from Nebraska
that old so-and-so, Baruch. "Well, I use that kind of
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BISHOIWSAluUS) 13 "Iii
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
The old idea of a fair was to offer an annual opportunity
to display the best in agriculture. A few years after Ore
gon became a state, some enterprising farmers got to
gether north of Oregon City to put on the first fair. They
were part of the Oregon Agricultural Society. The prod
ucts of the land were on display.
As the years went by, the competitive spirit of the farm
ers encouraged increased contests at the fairs. These
shows, in turn, brought with them shows of a pure enter
tainment nature. The result, as seen in last week's fair,
is obvious to any one who attends.
It seems too bad that the fair is not more representa
tive of the state itself.
Where, for instance, is any representative showing of
the timber resources of the state, which are first in the
nation? The state forestry has a fine exhibit, but this
seems hardly adequate in itself. Commercial timber in
terests might put on displays.
What about the wild-life of the state? Oregon is known
over the United States for its fishing. The state game
commission used to have fish displays. To the sportsmen,
the names of the rivers of Oregon have strong allure. But
where is their representation at the fair?
How about the canning and fruit industries of the state?
To the Willamette valley, they are key industries. But
they had no place on the fair grounds. The flax and wool
industries are pretty well represented, however.
And what about mining?
The Pacific Northwest is becoming recognized nationally
as a region which will have a bountiful supply of elec
trical power when projected dams are completed. But
where would one find anything at the state fair that would
indicate the importance of electrical power to the Pacific
Northwest, other than the Bonneville Power administra
tion's exhibit for the first time?
With only seme $35,000 appropriated by the legislature
for the fair, the commercial exhibits, general attendance,
and parimutuel contributions are expected to carry the
load. Not much is left over when the bill of expenses is
turned in.
Perhaps a state fair has to be more show and carnival
than exhibits of the stat itself in order to pay its way.
But thii lopsidedness doesn't give a proper picture of Ore
gon to a fair-goer. As a show, the fair is excellent. As a
display of Oregon's resources and products, it falls short.
By DON UPJOHN
Salem has lost one of its most substantial citizens In the pass
ing of Harry Olinger, "Casey" to his friends from his childhood
days. Especially does the Salem school system owe him a debt
of remembrance. For many years he held a guiding hand in
the affairs of the school board and many of them were extremely
trying years
where it took a
cool and exact
ing head and
Harry had it. In
many other
ways he played
important roles
in civic affairs,
one of the kind
of men a city
can always use
to its great ad
vantage but too
rarely gets.
ready. At least they can con
trol 'em here.
Don TJploha
The move to make a city out
of Detroit may sooner or later
develop into some real potenti
alities. This proposed city will
nestle on the shores of a great
man made lake which is bound
to be visited by countless thou
sans as the years go by. It lies
on a site bounteous in scenery,
a land of charm which will be
accentuated when the dam and
reservoir are completed. Who
, , knows, some day it may be quite
Unconfusing Confusion a place Maybe some day the
Detroit W From now on secretary of the Chamber of
there's going to be less confusion Commerce there will be writing
. ,. , . back to the secretary of the
over spelling the Fantaro fam- chambcr of Commerce in the
ily name. The five sons and other well known Detroit back
two daughters of an Italian-born east, asking it to change its
immigrant discovered their name.
father had given each one of Abou, Tme '
Boston (1 The Massachu-
them a differently spelled last
name in registering their births.
Juan's was Fantaro, Donald's
Hal's Assignment: Picking
Another Man's Wife
By HAL BOYLE
New York Thirty lovely women looked at mt over the
he finally suggest- week;,end with, Provocative eyes.
And they all wanted me to say ' Yes, you re the one.
Yep, one after the other they came up, all thirty of them all
with that same look in their eyes. And I had to say, "No, not
of , ..
ists in a contest to pick, from all
tne naustraus in me United
States, the one who was both
the most beautiful and the best
homemaker.
On the face of it this task was
worse than looking for a needle
in a haystack (who ever lost a
needle in a haystack, anyway?).
It was like searching for a wal
nut tree that also sprouted roses.
As the 30 lovelies paraded
past, first in evening gowns,
then in bathing suits, the task
I of the judges was to weed the
contestants down to 12, next to
i ,-i -. . i,,A in six and finally to three.
cient branch of congress, actu- grandfather was a famous gen- tne Mrs America contest at As- Back and forth they swished,
ally the senate, still sticking to eral, has given the president a bury Park, the Jersey shore re- A judge next to me was work
its knitting, is handicapped by collection of Confederate books mTt ing furiously at his chart
the house's absence. for the Truman library at In- ' . , . . . .,., ... ,,,,,, ,m,
Four important bills, passed by dependence Mo. Maverick . amhr.r , k d Hp ... . .
aid Truman. He still nas nis .,,,, fu,t i.inj -
brother over there in Holland as pian!ltion Bow - wow - wow -ambassador
and I want you to wowi" snapped the Texan,
take his place. You're just the xnen Connally went on with
man to do it." his speech. Wherry listened for
Admiral Leahy declined. Sel- a few minutes, then broke in
den ChaDin. who was kicked out again.
hv ihr Soviets as ambassador to That sounds Ilk 'bow-wow-
Hungary, will now take over the wow-wow,
embassy in Holland. M- ...
Ironically, President Truman MERRY.G0.ROUND
rubbed salt in Bern.e rruC... wa, Iuckv . .. you.. to 29
wounds by announcing tne lore- Morrow fh. r.. these beautiful
ed resignation of his orotner on formed Dixie.crat an(J Demj dam.
Bernies birthday and signifi- cratj(. Nationa, committeeman It should
'cantly, the resignation was an- from TexM lurned down have bem easy
nounced by the White House, not job ambassador , BpIgium to do this. After
the state department which usu- because ne djdn.t think ,t wgs all every one
ally announces diplomatic important enough. For the was married
changes." Belgian Congo is our main snd their hus-
source of uranium and our em- bands were
TORTOISE AND HARE bassy in Brussels is one of the looking on. But
The house of representatives most important in the world: that only made
and the senate are now in a tor- Robert Murphy, a trained dip- it harder.
toise-and-the-hare race, and it iomat and the man who pre- What a spot hi boji.
looks as if the ponderous, slow- pared the North African under- to be in!
moving senate might win after ground before U.S. troops land- .
all. ed, has now been made ambas- No, this isn't a nightmare.
Though the house gets credit ador. riirin't rirpam it.
for being the streamlined, etii- Maury Maverick, whose
tt legislature has been asked the senate, are now waiting un- wants to help Truman bequeath
to reverse the convictions of 21 til the house comes back from to Independence the greatest
a beauty contest. This could evening dress silhouetted
. reverse tne convictions oi zi m me nouse comes dhck irom umcimi uic kichcm . . . u,.... -v-rv against a sDotliffht
'r'.I'An- XL?. "S "c'"OB.t?J'7! r.Ld.!!fr vry COlleCtin " the CiVU Srtr,doT.TCSrn M''l'm voiTng't'th,
thony's Fanilator, Joseph's Fan- . ,,,, .u.,. , '
tora, Elizabeth's Fernetti. and men nd five men accused of
Nellie, Fernetto. All agreed on witchcraft in Salem in i692.
Juan s last name and Probate .., , j .,, i-
(Coprrliht W)
Judge William I. Cotter made it
official.
ences. They are: 1) Appropria- War.
tions for the Marshall Plan; 2)
75-Cent minimum wage; 3) Fed
eral aid to prevent forest fires; MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
and septemDer ot mat year. tiep. 4) The basing-point system ot
The 30 wives were the final-
Note that the county court
has granted a permit to a Lyons
Daniel Rudsten (D., Boston)
filed the resolve yesterday.
Note in the Scio-Tribune that
firm to move a "cyclone" along a family named Sweet has been
the Silverton road. So maybe buying into a business over
the folks out there should get there. Yea, it's a confectionery.
A Nice Job of Fishing
great interest to every small bus
iness man because the new law
may drive a hole in the anti
trust laws big enough for a car
tel to walk through.
The, senate has also edged
ahead of the house with four
important Truman measures,
and is now waiting for the house
Task of Bonn Government
One of Preventing War
ones that
didn't wear slips," he said.'
"And you?" I asked another
judge.
"Strictly legs," he said, "fve
been a leg man for years."
Another Judge seemed to be
concentrating on bosoms, and (
crossly suggested I find a spe- :
cialty of my own. I began
scoring on teeth, eyes, hair and
nostrils. There didn't seem to
be much else in sight.
Misleading Plaques
At the Oregon StaU Fair last week, the governor was
called upon to dedicate a plaque for the sheep barn. It car
ried a number of misspelled and incomplete names of so
called pioneer sheep men.
Had the plaque promoting sheepman been a little less
desirous to see his name inscribed thereon, and a little
more anxious to have the story of early day sheep breeding
correctly recorded, he would have turned to the Oregon
Historical Society for advice and assistance.
But he might have taken time to read the early day
atory as written by John Minto, or studied the finding's
recorded in Scott's History of the Oregon Country.
Of the 24 names individuals, partnerships and corporations---inscribed
on the sheep plaque, not more than 10
could, by any stretch of the imagination, properly be
chosen to adorn the same.
To avoid such abuses in the future it should be required
by law, or executive edict, that no plaque of a historical
nature could find a resting place in any state building or
on state property without first having been submitted to
the Oregon Historical Society for verification of the mat
ter inscribed thereon.
Here's an Easy-Dunking Doughnut
Rt. Louis 0JR) Scientists, tvsn as you and I, Ilk to eat
doughnuts and dunk them.
Research chemists at Monsanto have labored over hot test
tubes for more than two years to produce a non-callapslhla
cruller.
They announced a leavening agent especially developed to
five plump, even-textured and less greasy caka-type dough
nuts produced In automatle machines. The new agent, an im
proved sodium acid pyro-phosphatr. Is mixed with flour and
other Ingredients to make prepared doughnut mixes.
It Is said to produce a doughnut that you can dip with con- future use.
fidenca.
Newport, Ore. (fl Amid fishing excitement, Robert Mont
gomery. 10, Santa Barbara, Calif., lost his glasses overboard
from the fishing boat Cygnet.
Aa half-hour later his father, Wesley Montgomery, reeled
In his tackle. On the hook were Robert's glasses.
CLOC AND DAGGER STUFF
Spies in Germany Give
Peephole in Iron Curtain
By JACK MEEHAN
'United Prvu Stiff Correspondent!
Frankfurt U.B Spies and counter-spies swarm over Germany
today and a large part of what America knows about what hap
pens behind the Iron Curtain was learned right here.
The information Is gathered by the U. S. Army's Intelligence
division, headquartered in Heidelberg.
It is the organization that
came to Germany largely to right now is the heavily guarded
chase Nazis but now is saddled Czech frontier, where almost
with the additional task of run- every day communist fighter
ning down Russian agents in- and observation planes patrol
,l,,at) and sometimes gunfire crackles
in the night.
Information trickles into the Scores of shiftless men, many
U. S. zone of occupation from of them former Sudeten Ger
across the borders right up mans speaking fluent German
against the Iron Curtain the and Czech, make a living out of
Russian occupation zone of Ger- selling secrets there. Many of
many and the latest convert to these men play dangerously, sell
democracy Russian style, Czech- the secrets to both east and
oslnvakia. west, and often disappear, never
There . is also Berlin, main to be heard from again.
American peephole In what is The pipeline to Prague from
now Red-dominated Europe, western Germany is so good that
Secrets for sale along the rubble- developments in the communist
strewn boulevards of Berlin capital are often known here
range from a new minor Soviet ,Ven before they are published
tank commander to purported n pariy line papers in Czecho
infnrmation on Russian atom jlovnkia.
bomb experiments beyond the
forbidden Ural mountains. The army-, mltm Worrv, how-
All this information, the false tv ,ne numb, of RUS,ian
as well as the true, is gathered ,nking int0 Germany
by trained American agents and riiBiiiri noliiipal rpfneees.
evaluated, then fUed away for u (I bflieved tnat there .re
By DeWITT MocKENZIE
(A) Fore inn Afdlr AnHyat)
Germany's fresh attempt to establish a democracy is under
uav In lh 4inm n 1 H univritv inurn rt Pnnn nn ihm RViin whdra
to get back from holidaying and her new pariiament is holding its first sessions,
pass them. They are: (1) Fed- , ,-: .nrl
itirrnnnrlArl hv nrmnlliriff riiffirm lttt
eral aid to education: (2) Health Gcrmany is oniy the shadow of her former self, the victim of beauty You're a homemaking
services for school children; . judge."
AI expansion oi nuspuai cuii- jjjj The
An official rushed over and
said:
"Here, you're not judging
country is phy
struction; (4) National science
lounaauon io encourage acience. djvided
Of course a lot of bills passed ' ... ,u.
by the house still await senate
action but if the house doesn't
get back to work fairly soon,
the senatorial tortoise may beat
the hare yet.
AIR JUNKETS
Here are some of the congres
sional junkets planned or al
ready under way and which
for only the
western areas
occupied by
American, Brit
ish and French
military forces
are included in
the government
Russ'a Is hold
ing out in her
to the terms, but before tha
treaty had been signed, Cham-
My ow wife, Frances, gave a
fiendish chortle in her favoriTe
horla'in Fnraiirn Minict.- A-i.- ear mine.
tide Briand of France and For- "Tnat dates you- Rover by-"
eign Minister Gustav Strese- ,n ald- 1 felt th weight of
mann, held a little party of '
celebration among themselves.
My job wasn't to pick tha
DtWIU MacktMlo
Incidentally that was, I bt- ft. Tr.'.H.. ,Z ' ZIa
ui .Lj Pretties the pretties had
lieve, Chamberlains birthday. made with lheir wn pretty
As the three sat about a tea hands crocheted doilies, home
table in a private room con- sewn baby dresses, and preserv
gralulating one another, there ed fruit and veffetahle. Four
was a knock at the door and a jars of pickles, carrots and
......j rwnu one and is said to plan tne German secretarv entered wilh n.nh.. i.i.. ,.. ji.
Johnson's aides to "get worried - a leiegram ior oiresemann. Ihe in.
My choice, Mrs. Cincinnati,
about the use of air force planes: T". ianer reaa me message and toss-
1. The "Sacred Cow" has left -. eu u over io nis colleagues, u winsome brownette. was the au
for the Interparliamentary Un- That is the material with was from the German foreign dience favorite. The other en
ion in Norway with Congress- which the young parliament has office and ordered Stresemann trants also voted her the most
men Cooley (NO, P o a g s to start work. And in large de- to delay signing the treaty. congenial girl in the contest. But'
(Tex.). Gore (Tenn.), Hope Rree it is an adventure into Chamberlain and Briand, ter- she didn't win.
(Kans.), Bogg (La.), and Talle strange surroundings, for Ger- ribly shocked, passed the mes- The crown went to Mrs Cali-
(Ia.). many's experience with democ- sage back without comment, fornia, who got about $8,000 in
2. Three congressmen from racy, in the accepted sense of Stresemann sat and stared at it prizes if you include a year's
the house agriculture commit- the term, has been meager. for long minutes. Finally his supply of pretzels and diapers
tee will also fly. courtesy of the Her last attempt in that direc- close-cropped, bullet head came and a $500 scholarship to the
air force, to study hoof-and- tion rested in the ill-fated Wei- UP ,nd ne snapped out of the Empire State School of Optics
mouth disease in Mexico. They mar republic which bridged the corner of his mouth to the sec- in Brooklyn.
are: Lind (Pa ), Davies (N.Y.), few brief years between the au- re,,aIy:
and Bramblett (Calif.). Con- tocracy over which the Kaiser . th"m to kiss my foot. I Later the husband of one of-
gressman Eugene Worley of presided and the Hitlerian die- '8"' the losing candidates was asked
Texas and John McMillan of tatorship of evil memories. So signed for peace. And why he had encouraged his wife
South Carolina went on ahead ... we have a right to hope that to try to become Mrs. America,
of them hy boat. The world will watch this re- n" ' sPlr" ' the New Ger- "If she won," he said sadly,
3. Cook's tour Several mem- birth of a nation hopefully but many. "I figured I could quit work."
bers of the house expenditures not without misgivings. Twice
committee have left by air force within a generation Germany flC TFCT DCPACC AT rf ID ADI C CT Arc
plane for Alaska, the Far East has made aggressive war which C 1 CU 1 '3CI3t A ' UKABLt SIAbt
Chest X-Rays Can Save
Lives From Lung Cancer
and the Pacific Islands to in- has plunged the whole globe in'
vestigate military installations, to conflict.
though this is supposed to be Inevitably the question arises
the Job of the armed services whether there is danger of hpr
committee. The group Includes: making another gamble with
Burnside (W.Va ), Rlehlman war.
(N.Y.), Lovre (S.Dak.) and Of course, that contingency
Deane (N.C.). will be taken care of so long as
the allies keep a military check
By ALTON L. BLAKESLEE
(Auoclated Prou Selene. Editor)
Portsmouth. N. H., Sept. 13 ) Chest X-rays to find tuberculo-
Buy Shoes for Peanuts
many such Russian "plants" liv
ing here today.
They are sent both to gather
A recent Russian deserter, for
!...,- . ...a. KI fall In.--
lean authorities .11 about what wd to kp n .y.
Raritow, Calif., Mu You could have bought a pair of
hoes for peanuts here yesterday. Rut not today.
Radio Announcer 81 Willing put In a commercial plug
for a local shoe store during his morning broadcast. Foot
wear, he told his listeners, was selling "for peanuts J.M."
So Mrs. Nara Prhro arrived at tha atora a short Unit later
' with 381 peanuts. She got a pair of shoes.
The wording of the ad was promptly changed.
the Russians are turning out In a
on legitimate refugees here.
former I. G. Farben chemical ou. "Iriw "
. , . ... c..i. m spies have been abl to prevent
plant in the Soviet lont city or . , , , .
Halle
The plant has been taken over
by the Russians, who operate
their doing any real harm to the
legitimate refugees.
Recently, the army clamped
Mere Male Best Knitter
Norwich, Conn. (UK) A mar mala, Marvin Johnson, had a
first prist from tha Norwich Grange fair today for knitting.
Ills women competitors were even more abashed w hen they
learned that Johnson's winning sweater was the first he hail
var omplatad.
It as a Soviet corporation and down on officers and agents
the deserter worked there. working with intelligence, dt-
An extremely valuable source reeling that they be more care-
of information on what the Rus- ''' what they say to newspaper-
sians are doing with their armies men.
in Germany are tha thousands "We feel that we hav gath-
of trained German officers and ertd the information," tha army
soldiers, many of whom travel explains, "and that because wa
back and forth, In and out of hava gathered It, we are going
the Russian zone. to keep It.
"It is none of the business of
But the hottest spot lor spies the American press."
DOG DAYS AT CAPITOL on the country. But lasting can save many lives from lung cancer, a Boston surgeon said
There is no longer any doubt peace can come only with the today,
that these have been the "dog establishment of real democracy The chest pictures for TB can turn up Ing cancers at an early
days" on Capitol Hill. For two and international brotherhood, curable stage, he explained.
senators literally barked at each That is the task which con- Lung cancer is tha second associations, unions, industries,
other recently in the middle of fronts the new government at most deadly form of cancer. It and public health agencies,
senate debate. Bonn. Is outranked as a killer only by The pictures show healthy
August, silver - crested Sena- cancer of the stomach and in- chests and chests that might be
tor Tom Connally, Texas Demo- I think their attitude may be testines. Surgery is the only affected by tuberculosis. But
crat. held the floor. But he summed up in a little story told treatment for lung cancer. some show silent shadows that
couldn't complete a sentence to me years ago by the late Sir Lung cancer is so lethal main- might be lung cancer,
without Senator Ken Wherry, Austen Chamberlain, famous ly because it's caught too late, ...
Nebraska Republican, butting in. British foreign minister, con- Dr. Richard H. Overhold of ' One study found that 40 per
After one booming interrup- cerning the making of the his- Tufts College Medical school had cent of these silent shadows not
tion, Wherry ended up by wham- toric Peace of Locarno, In which told the American cancer so- due to TB or other troubles were
ming his fist on the desk. Chamberlain participated, ciety's conference on cancer cancers of the lung. Dr. Over-
"I did not yield for that slam This pact, signed at Locarno, detection. It is often far along hold reported
on the desk," grunted Connally. Switzerland, on October IS, before there are any signs that It He urged that the cancer so- '
"That is one way to drive a 1925. during the time of tha Wei- is there. ciety consider methods of co
point home," roared back Wher- mar Republic, pledged Germany, But now hundreds of thous- operating with tuberculosis as- !
ry. Belgium. France, Britain and ands of people each year are get- soclations and other agencies so'
I feci very much like an old Italy mutually to guarantee the ting chest X-rays In mass sur- that all such cases could be
lawyer in my section of the coun- peace in Western Europe. veya to find TB early. This work checked up soon and followed
try once did," observed the sen- After the powers had agreed is being don by tuberculosis closely.
I