oc-plain-dealer 1923-07-28

EDITORIAL AND FEATURES An Independent Newspaper Issued Every Afternoon Except Sunday Paul V. Hester Editor and Publisher DAILY GREETINGS TO OUR READERS Let me not wonder why—Love reigns in all His ways— But let me look, with loving eye—Till wonder ends in Praise. Julius H. Seelye Farming in Mexico Is Aided by Radio Mexican farmers are to have the benefits of radio information broadcast to them under auspices of the National Ministry of Agriculture. This proposal is under consideration by President Obregon and members of his cabinet. Radio has been and is of great service to farmers in this country. It brings to them, on the wings of the lightning, the latest information as to weather, markets and other things which closely concern the agriculturist. Fox Mexico to have the benefit of this modern adjunct to successful farming should be of tremendous advantage in developing the farming industry in that country. Agriculture there is just getting under way, with the impetus given it by the peaceful, progressive administration of President Obregon. It is retributive justice that Pancho Villa should die with his boots on and at the hands of his own people. He was the plague of Northern Mexico for many years. While his course latterly has been peaceful, yet there was no knowing when he might break forth into plundering and slaying. Mexico can rest at ease with the noted bandit leader having his quietus. Philippine Broil Is Lamentable The Philippine Legislature is making a sorry spectacle of itself in voting unanimously to demand the recall of General Wood as Governor-General of the islands. This resolution is being sent to President Harding. It will be ignored or turned down. Course of members of the cabinet, in resigning recently, was endorsed. In this connection Emilio Aguinaldo former Philippine Broil Is Lamentable The Philippine Legislature is making a sorry spectacle of itself in voting unanimously to demand the recall of General Wood as Governor-General of the islands. This resolution is being sent to President Harding. It will be ignored or turned down. Course of members of the cabinet, in resigning recently, was endorsed. In this connection Emilio Aguinaldo, former revolutionary leader, is taking the proper and peace-promoting stand. He is urging the Filipino people to preserve their equanimity and to strive for peaceful settlement of the questions at issue. This is commendable on the part of this former trouble maker, who has become reconciled to American governmental methods in the islands. In truth, Senor Aguinaldo has shown very landable spirit in pacifying himself and his following and in leading his people to accept the American political regime in the islands and to make the best of conditions for their own good in future. General Wood undoubtedly is doing his very best for the Filipinos and his very best perhaps is better than any other living man could do in the same position. His ripe experience in dealing with tropical peoples and his sympathetic interest in them especially fit him for the great task to which he was assigned in Manila. Judge's Compliments to Slayer Slaying is held by law to be justified in cases of self-defense. There are many cases of this kind. It is not unusual for persons held for slayings to be acquitted on the ground of self-defense. But it remained for a municipal judge in Cincinnati not only to acquit a woman who slew her husband but to compliment her. News dispatches indicate that the compliment was passed out from the bench. The court justified the slaying, on the ground that the husband threatened to kill his wife and step-child. In that case the law holds the slaying to be justifiable. But it hardly is ground for a compliment from the court to the slayer. It would have been better, it would seem, that the trial judge expressed extreme regret that circumstances had made it necessary for the slayer to kill in self-defense. It hardly suits the position of judge to compliment anybody on taking a human life, even though such slaying may be justifiable under the law. DODGE BROTHERS TOURING CAR In the cool of a Summer morning, it is gratifying to take your seat at the wheel, conscious that the Touring Car will do your bidding faithfully the long day through. TOURING CAR In the cool of a Summer morning, it is gratifying to take your seat at the wheel, conscious that the Touring Car will do your bidding faithfully the long day through. It is that time-tried dependability—so vital to the pleasure and economy of motoring—which, more than any single factor, has endeared Dodge Brothers Touring Car to so many hundreds of thousands of owners. One-eighth of the total weight of the car consists of chrome vanadium steel. Many more pieces of alloy steel are used in vital parts than normal wear requires. CHAS. H. MANN DODGE DEALER 210 S. LOS ANGELES ST. PHONE 43 RES Sunday publisher Plain Dealer SATURDAY Subscription Entered at th ON THE ALASKAN TRAIL WITH HARDING—NO. 14 HOMEWARD BOUND! DATA ON ALASKA DATA ON ALASKA NEW YORK LETTER BY LUCY JEANNE PRICE The grand old Hippodrome has finally been sold. We couldn't believe the reports that our biggest playhouse was to be no more, but now it's all true. The purchase price was around three million dollars. A New York newspaper has engaged a girl reporter who speaks nine languages. This is what I call money well spent. She is the only person I know who will be able to get around intelligently in our city. Figures don't alarm us any more, however, even when we are trying to crush into the subway. Because Dr. William Park, of our city Health Department, has declared that steady conflict with germs such as we battle through in our crowded days, makes city dwellers immune to diseases. Subways are healthful rather than otherwise, he deduces, because there we breathe in so many germs that our systems become used to thin and they lose their virulence. We just carry them around with us casually all the time. I am not sure that it is a pleasant thought, however encouraging to long life. The lengthening youth of women has been recognized in one more way. It used to be thought that the father who left his mon. POEMS THAT LIVE TO A YOUNG LADY. Sweet stream, that winds thru yonder vale, Apt emblem of a virtuous maid— Silent and chaste she steals along, Far from the world's gay busy throng; With gentle yet precailing force, Intent upon her destined course Graceful and useful all she does, Blessing and blest where'er she goes; Pure bosom'd as that watery glass, And heaven reflected in her face. —William Cowper. PARAGRAPHS BY ROBERT QUILLEN The great need of France, now as always, is less politics and more twins. The bachelor has some advantages, but he has nobody to abuse when he has a summer cold. The two things that serve best to reconcile one to existence are sound religion and corn on the cob. A diplomat is much like a philanthropist. It is his business to benefit one crowd at the expense of another. There is one nice thing about being poor. The attending physician doesn't think about an operation as being essential. As an advertising stunt, why doesn't some publisher ask a few dignitaries to list the ten naughtiest books. ABE MARTIN Another good endurance test is to picnic in a tree and wait for somebody to come and drive the Jersey bull away. The lengthening youth of women has been recognized in one more way. It used to be thought that the father who left his money so that his children had to wait until they were thirty to get hold of the principle was ultra-conservative. That was middle age. But today thirty is giddy youth. So George P. Levitt, New York broker who died recently, left his fortune of $200,000 to his fiance, Miss Florence Crane, tied up in trust until she shall be fifty years of age. By that time, young women are supposed to have reached years of some discretion. Alfred Bossom, one of the leading architects, has lately offered a series of prizes to high school pupils for the essays on City Government. It is significant that in the awards, the children of allen stock took the honors. Many of them were Russians, Italians and Central European lineage. It is interesting to discover that children of foreign born parents assimilate and understand the ideals of America more than those who are supposed to have them in their blood for generations. The State Conservation Commission of New York is actually advertising for "campers" in the state forest preserves in the Catskills and the Adirondacks. Their affection goes out to the campers as against a class designated as "travelers." The automobile has brought up the distinction. Travelers are those touring through the districts who merely lay out for a night or two, and then are on to the next place. Such tourists are not considerate, according to the commission, and do the countryside irrevocable harm. ABE MARTIN "It's 'bout all a girl kin do anymore t' git her picture in th' paper with a dress on," complained Miss Fawn Lippincott, t'day. We guess most o' th' sleepin' done by folks that hain't even got cotton pajamas." -HERE AND THERE- Russia will permit hootch manufacture again, and those who can't afford it are warned not to appeal to American charity. Correct this sentence: "The preacher talked for an hour and ten minutes and the congregation sighed with regret when he finished. The divinity that shapes our ends didn't have straw hats in mind when he shaped them. Bible Societies have now placed Bibles in almost all public places where they are needed except in public service cars. Another good endurance test is to picnic in a tree and wait for somebody to come and drive the Jersey bull away. It may be that a vote of confidence merely expresses each other leader's fear that he might get Polnare's job. In the old days Americans did not know Europe well enough to appreciate her, and now they know her too well. Lots of people think they are fighting for their rights when they are fighting simply because they talked too much. As people we are hard to fool, and now the land is full of chaps who knew all the time that Gibbons was a wonder. In the New York town it is easy to distinguish the stranger from the native. The stranger is careful not to act like a hick. Another nice thing about sleeping with an open widow is that you can flick your cigarette stubs outdoors. Since custom requires men to wear coats, it isn't surprising that the word is pronounced with the accent on the "cus.". During the slack summer months, when the McCormicks are not doing much, it is easy to have the wolves eat a Canadian trapper. SATURDAY, JULY TWENTY-EIGHTH, 1923 Subscription Rate—In No. Orange-co. Per Yr. $3; 6 Months, $1.75 Entered at the Postoffice at Anaheim, Calif., as 2nd class matter. COMMENTS OF THE PRESS EDITORS ARE SAYING TOO MANY LAWS A PERIL—Berkeley (Cal.) Gazette Bruce A. Campbell, president of the Illinois Bar Association, says that unless sensible men come to the rescue, we shall soon be a government of laws with a statue determining every action instead of individual responsibility determining our conduct. The laws passed by the Illinois Legislature in 1921, he says amountted to 2,800,000 words. No lawyer could possibly become familar with all that mass of legislature, and still less could any citizen obey it, if all if he knew it. If all our laws and municipal ordinances were strictly enforced, he believes our people would rise up in righteous rebellion and demand the repeal of many of them. Too much paternallism is his complaint. He wants less law and better law. He defines good law as simply "good sense." It used to be said by jurists that "law is the perfection of human reason," but few people even in the profession would pay it that compliment nowadays. Campbell's remedy is a commission of intelligent men representing all classes of citizens to determine what laws are wise and necessary, and have the rest wiped off the statute books. That sounds very fine, in theory. Practically, what lawmaking body would stand for it? Will not legislatures have to be reformed before their work is reformed? ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT Professional fighters must hereafter pay a fine of $2.50 for the privilege of performing in New Jersey, but how can they be expected to do this when the purses range only from $100,000 to $350,000? American girl arrested at Deauville because her bathing suit shocked them. We wonder what the Deauville gendarmes would do if they caught a glimpse of some American beaches. "My brother bought a motor here last week", said an angry man to the salesman that stepped up to greet him, "and he said if anything broke you would supply him with new parts." "Certainly," said the salesman. "What does he want?" He wants two deltold muscles, a couple of kneecaps, one elbow, and about half a yard of cuticle," said the man, "and he wants them at once." Professional fighters must hereafter pay a fine of $2.50 for the privilege of performing in New Jersey, but how can they be expected to do this when the purses range only from $100,000 to $350,000? American girl arrested at Deauville because her bathing suit shocked them. We wonder what the Deauville gendarmes would do if they caught a glimpse of some American beaches. "My brother bought a motor here last week", said an angry man to the salesman that stepped up to greet him, "and he said if anything broke you would supply him with new parts." "Certainly," said the saliceman. "What does he want?" He wants two deltold muscles, a couple of kneecaps, one elbow, and about half a yard of cuticle," said the man, "and he wants them at once." It is always a pleasure to know from the weather bureau how cool it was during the day on top of the building where they take the "soundings" or whatever they call the indications on which they base their forecasts. If the straw hat is beginning to take on the tinge of old parchment, you can rest assured that the Fourth of July is a long way off. The French say we have more gold than is good for us, but that is one sort of yellow peril that does not harm us o'ermuch. Change of Time on the Union Pacific EFFECTIVE SUNDAY, JULY 29th daily trains between Anaheim & Los Angeles will run as follows: Leave Anaheim 10:10 a.m. 4:20 p.m. Fullerton 10:19 a.m. 4:30 p.m. La Habra 10:40 a.m. 4:55 p.m. Whittier 10:53 a.m. 5:10 p.m. West Whittier 11:05 a.m. 5:31 p.m. Montebello 11:10 a.m. 5:36 p.m. Arrive Los Angeles 11:30 a.m. 5:55 p.m. returning Leave Los Angeles 8:35 a.m. 1:45 p.m. Montebello 8:50 a.m. 2:00 p.m. West Whittier 9:08 a.m. 2:18 p.m. Whittier 9:17 a.m. 2:30 p.m. La Habra 9:31 a.m. 2:44 p.m. Fullerton 9:52 a.m. 3:07 p.m. Arrive Anaheim 10:00 a.m. 3:15 p.m. Direct connections at West Whittler with all Overland trains from and to Salt Lake City, Chicago and the East. Consult Union Pacific Ticket Agents for full information of service, etc. Visit Yellowstone National Park As a vacation region its supremacy is unchallenged. Hotels and camps provide every comfort and convenience. You may ride horseback, motor, fish, climb mountains—or spend every daylight hour in the never ending joy of sightseeing. Greatly Reduced Fares this summer. Take advantage of them and, going or returning, see beautiful Salt Lake City. For detailed information regarding fares and free illustrated booklet, call on or address C. J. ROWE, Agent Union Pacific