oc-plain-dealer 1923-12-28

EDITORIAL AND FEATURES An Independent Newspaper Issued Every Afternoon Except Sunday Paul V. Hester Editor and Publisher DAILY GREETING TO OUR READERS Here is the great last certainty. Be sure of God. With simple, loving worship, by continual obedience, by purifying yourself even as He is pure, creep close to Him, keep close to Him. Be sure of God, and nothing can overthrow or drown you.—Phillips Brooks. CROP RETURNS TOTAL IS MORE THAN 1922 The American farmer's plight is not so good—in spots. But, on the whole, it is better than last year. Which is to say that the cash value of this year's crops is estimated as being worth more than $872,000,000 more than last year's yield. There was an increased average of about 600,000. This year's crops are of the estimated value of more than $8,300,000,000. Much is heard about wheat, and the sorry status of the farms because of the low price of wheat. But there are three farm crops more valuable than wheat. Corn is king of all crops, in value—running to more than $2,200,000,000. Cotton comes second, and hay third—each of them well in excess of a billion dollars in value. The need of diversification of crops becomes more and more apparent to those who study the farm situation carefully. It is the farmer's rational hope against untoward economic conditions. It would assure him a balanced yield and consequently a balanced income. Farmers are turning to this solution of their problems with studious attention. The next few years will witness great changes in this respect, without doubt. This country should array itself upon the side of world peace and should make its influence felt, effectually, in the promotion of unity, justice and fair dealing among nations. Manifestation of good will and the spirit of generous giving should not be confined to the Christmas season alone. This spirit is needed every day in the year. CONGRESS MEETS; HAS BIG OPPORTUNITY This country should array itself upon the side of world peace and should make its influence felt, effectually, in the promotion of unity, justice and fair dealing among nations. Manifestation of good will and the spirit of generous giving should not be confined to the Christmas season alone. This spirit is needed every day in the year. CONGRESS MEETS; HAS BIG OPPORTUNITY The 68th Congress has convened, in regular session. Since Congress last sat, grim tragedy removed Mr. Harding from the presidency and Mr. Coolidge became his constitutional successor. The country is on the threshold of a national political campaign. Questions of taxation, soldier bonus, relief for farmers, and other issues, in the domestic field, are pressing. Foreign relations affords another vexing source of complication, requiring statesmanly skill for wise formulas. No Congress, in time or peace, has been faced with greater problems or with more glowing opportunities for giving the country much useful service. It remains to be demonstrated how this Congress will use the great chances which lie before it. Politics unquestionably will figure prominently in the proceedings of this Congress. This is inevitable. It is to be hoped, however, that this indulgence in political maneuvering may be minimized, and that much helpful, broad, statesmanly action may come from this session. The American farmer is in sorry plight, in some respects. But his lot is not so hopeless as some persons make to appear. Judicious self help will solve many of his problems. There is a Santa Claus ujst as truly as there is a spirit to give good gifts and to make others happy. For Santa Claus is but the embodiment of this spirit. FRATERNAL BODIES ARE OF GREAT USE The standard, established fraternal organizations of the country are of great usefulness to the community. They inspire good citizenship. They are a strong incentive to patriotic endeavor. They incalcate the best principles in public and private life. Their influence is exerted potently for the best in government and for the cleanest and purest in community life. Membership in these worthy organizations is composed of representative citizens of the different localities. The country owes a great deal to its acceptable secret orders, whose proceedings are not marked or marred by masks. They are growing in membership and in influence. They are appreciated in the communities in which they flourish. They command the respect of citizens in general. Their generous philanthropies are brightening features of community life. “THE DAWN OF A NEW YEAR” “The DAWN OF A NEW WORLD” WILL BE THE SUBJECT UPON WHICH EVANGELIST GEO. F. FORSYTHE, LONG BEACH WILL LECTURE. MR. FORSYTHE WILL TELL OF THE ENCOURAGING PROMISES CONTAINED IN THE BIBLE WHICH DESCRIBE THE “THE DAWN OF A NEW YEAR” “The DAWN OF A NEW WORLD” WILL BE THE SUBJECT UPON WHICH EVANGELIST GEO. P. FORSYTHE, LONG BEACH WILL LECTURE. MR. FORSYTHE WILL TELL OF THE ENCOURAGING PROMISES CONTAINED IN THE BIBLE, WHICH DESCRIBE THE GRANDEUR OF THE NEW WORLD (OR AGE) SOON TO BEGIN. Moose Hall—135 W. Center St. Sunday, Dec. 30, 7:30 P. M. ALL CORDIALLY INVITED AUSPICES OF INTERNATIONAL BIBLE STUDENTS ASSN. Lauley's EUREKA GASOLINE None Better Always Uniform FREE SATURDAY and SUNDAY December 29 and 30 One Quart of Eastern Oil with Each Purchase of Five Gallons of EUREKA GASOLINE A. Bayliss Service Station 611 E. Center St., Anaheim Auto Laundry in Connection TURES except Sunday and Publisher THE ORANGE COUNTY Plain Dealer FRID Subscri Enter FORDING THE STREAM THANKS HENRY, THIS IS QUITE A BOOST! COOLIDGE FORD PARAGRAPHS (By Robert Quillen) The only thing in America as solemn and placid as a cathedral is a hardware store. The man whose cigarettes smell like that never will become a slave to the tobacco habit. Mrs. Halaprop says that at this rate the veterans will all be veterinarians before they get the bonus. Every married man knows how a king feels as the nominal head of a state that has a dictator. The check boy may seem a pirate, but just think what it will cost those whose hats are in the ring. The significance of an early preference primary depends on the showing your pet candidate makes. The front porch may seem a little dull on Sunday, but it never turns turtle. It's nice to have the children at home for the holidays. One gets to spend three or four minutes with them. Education is a good thing, but one can get the naughty part of Freud without understanding the big words. If he kisses his wife passionately, it may indicate honeymoon, and then again it may indicate ABE MARTIN It's all right t' split up an' fight: one another durin' a political campaign, but after a Democrat or a Republican becomes th' President of our country we ought t' be big enough an' paterotic enough t' applaud his picture on the screen. Cancer up, wheat farmers, human life hain't worth nothin' either. DINNER STORIES With waves of advice on how to live to 100 passing over the country, one is reminded of WHO'S WHO IN THE DAYS NEWS SEN. IRVINE L. LENROOT Complete divorcement of the League of Nations "from any control whatever" over the world court is provided for in a set of reservations which Senator Irvine L. Lenroot of Wisconsin has introduced in the senate. By many political observers this is accepted as the administration plan of ratifying the world court. Lenroot insists that the plan is his own but it is believed the White House knew of his plans before the reservations were introduced and that there will be no opposition to the list. Lenroot has been an interesting and influential figure in national politics almost since the day in 1912 when he stepped to the platform in the national convention and delivered a thrilling speech in behalf of Theodore Roosevelt. He entered congress the first time for the Sixty-first session as a representative and served five terms. Then, on April 2, 1918, he was elected to the senate to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Husting. He was re-elected in 1920. During his career he has been a leading advocate of laws for the conservation of natural resources and has favored government supervision of railroads. He fought against the anti-strike clause in the Cummins railroad bill when that bill was before the congress. As his part in the war for legislation he put The front porch may seem a little dull on Sunday, but it never turns turtle. It's nice to have the children at home for the holidays. One gets to spend three or four minutes with them. Education is a good thing, but one can get the naughty part of Freud without understanding the big words. If he kisses his wife passionately, it may indicate honeymoon, and then again it may indicate moonshine. That rum runner who made a fortune in six months won't have a chance to spend much of it for two years. And so they have discovered a cure for rheumatism. Now how will people in the rural sections know what the weather is going to do? It works out the same way in the long run. If the nations won't reduce their armies for them, selves, they will do it for one another. The coach-and-four was a big thing in its day, but it never got the newspaper space of the modern coach and eleven. Sentiment is the quality that makes a woman prize the article she selects in exchange for the gift you send her. WINTER COUGHS AND COLDS With the changeable weather which we have at this season of the year coughs and colds are very prevalent. Be prepared for them. Have a bottle of FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR COMPOUND handy, and with the first sign of a cough or cold take a dose and prevent a serious ailment. FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR COMPOUND has been the standard family cough remedy for over 35 years, bringing prompt relief and when once used you will never be without it. Sold by Heying's Pharmacy. DINNER STORIES With waves of advice on how to live to 100 passing over the country, one is reminded of Bismarkville and the Linker twins. The native of Bismarkville pointed with pride to two doddering ancients hobbling down the village street and informed an out-of-town visitor: "They fellers is the Linker twins—ninety-nine years old!" The visitor was duly impressed, and to appear interested asked to what the twins attributed their long life. "Wall," was the response, "Jake declares it's because of his chewin' and smokin' day in an' day out, fer nigh onto a hundred year; an' Obadiah avows he has his health because he never touched the filthy weed." He had just arrived at one of those resorts where boiled men go to be boiled out and renovated generally. Presuming his neighbor on the sanitarium veranda to be a fellow patient, he opened a conversation. "And is the air here," he began, "as good for the health as they say?" "Is it!" exclaimed the other. LUCKY STRIKE IT'S TOASTED Cigarette Toasting the tobacco for LUCKY STRIKE costs a fortune but it saves the flavor. FRIDAY, DECEMBER TWENTY-EIGHT, 1923 Subscription Rate—In No. Orange-co., per Yr., $3; 6 Months, $1.50. Entered at the Postoffice at Anaheim, Calif., as 2nd class matter. COMMENTS OF THE PRESS What Editors Are Saying BOY NEEDS HOME CARE—Kansas City Star The daily accounts of young men and boys arrested on charges of robbery, hold-ups or other crimes are in large part a reminder of parental negligence and the virtual breakdown of the home. Apparently, the first duty of fathers and mothers would be constant attention to the welfare of their children; but that this important matters is given secondary place in hundreds of cases is the testimony of juvenile court judges, reformatory officials and students of social problems. The simple requirement of the case was pointed out by Judge Ben B. Lindsey of Denver in a recent statement. Judge Lindsey said: "What a boy needs is a fathers' firm and guiding hand, as well as a mother's love; and this need in the boy's life is mostly around the ages of 12 to 18, beginning at about 12, for psychological as well as moral and physical reasons. We could reduce delinquency and the work of the juvenile courts by at least one-half if we could get fathers to remember that." ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT MARCELETTE She had written a letter. It was a love letter. Perhaps the best she had ever written. To whom would she send it? She was a flirt!—Marcel Steinbrurge. A SAD TALE She came to me from sunny France, The blood within her veins was blue. For she had sprung from ancestry Elite among the "Parisians." When first I saw her graceful form My heart forgot all other guests, I strove to win her with sweet words, She seemed to heed my mild beasts, Her raven hair was black (of She was at first a trifle wild (The French are SUCH coquettes, you know) But I tamed her, and when we went out She was the talk of every show. We used to play upon the porch And frolic, childlike, on the lawn; One time she coyly kissed my cheek Then vanished like a star at dawn. She came to me from sunny France, The blood within her veins was blue. For she had sprung from ancestry Elite among the "Paris-vous." When first I saw her graceful form My heart forgot all other guests; I strove to win her with sweet words. She seemed to heed my mild beasts. Her raven hair was black (of course) And her bronze eyes were (strangely) brown; I really blushed when she would get. Upon my lap when I sat down! She was at first a trifle wild (The French are SUCH coquettes, you know) But I tamed her, and when we went out She was the talk of every show. We used to play upon the porch And frolic, childlike, on the lawn; One time she coyly kissed my check Then vanished like a star at dawn. Ah, it is sad! I even fear My eyes with tears are filling up. One day she took quite ill and then They came and shot my French bull pup!—Frank Walsh. When they really do get to knocking out child labor, we trust they will banish some of it from the halls of Congress. HOLIDAYS Excursions to many places on Southern Pacific Lines. Tickets on sale Dec. 21-22-23-24-25-2930-31-Jan. 1 Return limit Jan. 7 Special rate of one and one-half fare for the round trip where the one-way fare is not more than $45.00. OUR AGENT WILL QUOTE FARES, MAKE RESERVATIONS, ETC. Southern Pacific Lines D. G. Maltby, Agent Phone 123 OUR AGENT WILL QUOTE FARES, MAKE RESERVATIONS, ETC. Southern Pacific Lines D. G. Maltby, Agent Phone 123 Sell Your Winter Vegetables F.O.B. for All Cash Competition of buyers in all parts of the country. Telegraph Auctions in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, Orlando, (Fla.), Yakima (Wash.), San Francisco, Los Angeles and El Centro. All buyers in all cities bid on the same cars at the same moment over our own private leased wires from Coast to Coast. Market established everywhere at once. Growers and Shippers not responsible for delay, decay, or loss of market. All sales strictly F. O. B. cash. Owner of cars gets cash money 24 to 48 hours after car is shipped. 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