oc-plain-dealer 1924-01-09

EDI TORIAL AND FEATURES An Independent Newspaper Issued Every Afternoon Except Sunday Paul V. Hester Editor and Publisher DAILY GREETING TO OUR READERS I hold His hand as on we walk, And He still holdeth mine; It is a human hand I hold, It is a hand divine. —Horatius Bonar FIGHT CRIME AND PERIL OF TRAFFIC Crime multiplies here in Orange-co. Traffic perils multiply. Here are two forms of peril which this county should take cognizance of this year and combat with concentrated vigor. The crime situation is deplorable beyond words. The most shocking offenses are being committed, culminating in murder and outrages against womanhood. These offenses are intolerable. But they will go on so long as the forces of law and order are not co-ordinated and directed, with singleness of purpose, against this menace. The first thing requisite is to stir up sentiment throughout the county for strict enforcement of law and for prompt arrest and vigorous prosecution of desperate criminals. The public should give peace officers the fullest co-operation in running down the criminals and in preventing crimes. With the people united in thought and purpose, in demanding suppression of shocking criminality here, ways and means would be found to suppress the outrageous criminality which has terrorized whole communities in this section. Traffic becomes more dangerous. Deaths multiply. If ever reformative action were needed, it is needed now. The most careful of drivers no longer are safe on streets and highways. For of what avail is carefulness in one driver, if the next driver is reckless and runs down the careful one? There is but one safe way—drive the careless drivers from the driving field. Prosecute them criminally for criminal carelessness. Deny driving licenses to any and all who are incompetent or flagrantly careless. LEAVE ANCIENT KING IN HIS TOMB The world has been thrilled by the opening of the luxurious tomb of the ancient Egyptian king of the Pharaohs, Tut Ankh-Amen. An American is figuring prominently in the excavating. LEAVE ANCIENT KING IN HIS TOMB The world has been thrilled by the opening of the luxurious tomb of the ancient Egyptian king of the Pharaohs, Tut Ankh-Amen. An American is figuring prominently in the excavating. It is to be hoped that the mummy of the Pharaoh, if found—and it probably will be—will be left to lie undisturbed in the tomb where his people laid him. It would be shocking to the sensibilities of the civilized world to take the mortal remnant of this ancient monarch and drag it about the world, away from the native land of the famous king. The British government, which will have final word, will hardly permit anything of this kind. The strain sometimes is great on this Nation's government. But the greatest strain is survived in safety. Politics will be another one of the national games vying with baseball for popularity this year. The driving license should go into the hands only of the person who is competent to drive and who has common sense and conscience enough to drive carefully. Science is achieving marvelous things. That these should be directed into channels of peace, for the betterment and uplift of the race, is the hope of every human person. Farmers are reducing the acreage planted to wheat. This, evidently, is preliminary to greater diversifying of crops. By this method the farmer should better his plight. Sleep is a wonderful restorer. It wooes away the weariness and leaves body and mind rested and refreshed. Small wonder that inability to sleep drives persons to desperation, sometimes to suicide. Mexico seemingly is rapidly retrogressing, to the old-time chaos of bloody civil strife. There is no rhyme nor reason in this slaughter. There is no excuse for an armed insurrection in Mexico. There is no functioning, under a free government, of greater importance than that of the teacher. The genius of the schoolroom has the child in plastic years. The opportunity is greatest then to make enduring impression upon the minds and hearts of the young. Reclamation of arid lands is very important. But vastly more important is the reclaiming of human beings. Delinquents and defectives and those who have strayed from the path of rectitude but who are not inherently vicious or criminal—to reclaim these is beyond the reclaiming of land, in importance. No man worthy of the term gentleman would sneer at that which is good, or humane, or for the uplift and betterment of the unfortunate. Permanent world peace, founded upon justice, is the great desideratum of the age. The United States well may take prominent part in this. No man worthy of the term gentleman would sneer at that which is good, or humane, or for the uplift and betterment of the unfortunate. Permanent world peace, founded upon justice, is the great desideratum of the age. The United States well may take prominent part in this. Vote in every election—municipal, county, state, national. This is the part of good citizenship. If the good citizen neglects this important duty, who is to perform it? Beautification of premises is an obligation each and every householder owes to the community. It should be one’s pride to make one’s premises as attractive as possible for one’s own satisfaction, even aside from public spirit. Under New Management The La Palina Cafeteria 224 E. Center St.—Anaheim THE SAME HIGH CLASS SERVICE WITH PRICES CONSIDERABLY REDUCED URES cept Sunday nd Publisher Plain Dealer WEDD Subscript Entered A STRENUOUS GUEST THAT NEVER FAILS TO REGISTER HERE EVERY FOUR YEARS GIVE ME MY OLD SUITE OF ROOMS WITH BATHTELEPHONE·TELEGRAPH TICKERS·RADIO·A DOZEN STENOGRAPHERS·AND FIFTY MESSENGER BOYS AT ONCE!—SHAKE A LEG-OL' TOP! FRONT! NATIONAL POLITICAL HOTEL POLITICAL STRIFE ISSUES CANDIDACIES CANDIDACIES CITICAL ISSUES PARAGRAPHS (By Robert Quillen) Favorite son: A commodity the bosses use when trading for concessions. Too many people are unable to distinguish between Americanism and provincialism. Life is a handicap race. Those who carry excess weight finish much more quickly. In the old days, the pages on which great folk depended were boys, not front pages. If he is a very small man, a very small success prompts him to brag about his humble origin. Eventually, labor-saving devices will threaten the jobs of almost everybody, except reformers. And so we spend more for chewing gum than for books. Well, well; it's so much easier to exercise the chin than the mind. Still, there are worse things than deadlocks that operate to keep Congress from doing anything. The outstanding characteristic of middle class people is the ambition to get out of debt this year. And yet the woman who won't shake hands for fear of germs will try on a hat that has been on 17 heads. If a man hasn't a regular job. Sunday is just like other days, except that he scatters more papers over the floor. An orator is a man who can say an undisputed thing with enough enthusiasm to make it ABE MARTIN SUNSHINE PELLETS BY DR. W. F. THOMSON Most after dinner speakers jest drink ther coffee, but it's different with all-day speakers. One campaign when Bryan wuz tourin' Indiany in an interurban car he sent a messenger for his lunch at Marion, orderin' one link o' hoigny, a half pound o' sharp cheese, half pound o' crackers, an'a bottle o' pop, strawberry preferred. Ther seems t' be no end o' kings o' bootleggers, but no princes. The teacher explained to her young pupils some facts concerning various organs of the body, including the eye as the organ of sight, the car as the organ of hearing, and the like. Then she asked the pupils to repeat to her what they had learned. There was a short silence, broken at last by a bright little boy, who piped up: "I see with my eye organ, I hear with me ear organ, I smell with my nose organ, I eat with my mouth." Who handles milk, And all his ilk, Should be for typhoid tested; For off' he lugs These deadly "bugs". Until we're all infested. The highth of folly is usually from five to six feet. Often it's polluted water that keeps 'em down on the farm. Tardy to bed and tardy to rise causes our headaches and redens our eyes. That pallor, there, on the lady's face— (You thought the lady fainted); The lady wears the tint with grace That pallor, friend, is painted. Yon walter hath a sickly look. He coughs too much. Such men are dangerous. We do as we please and the devil's to pay— For questions of health are settled that way; Then we follow the doctor forever and aye. But we never get well—to our utter dismay. Where-ever food is handled for human consumption we find an occasional human typhoid incubator disseminating his deadly bacilli. To graduate from a recognized medical college and to become a keep Congress from doing anything. The outstanding characteristic of middle class people is the ambition to get out of debt this year. And yet the woman who won't shake hands for fear of germs will try on a hat that has been on 17 heads. If a man hasn't a regular job, Sunday is just like other days, except that he scatters more papers over the floor. An orator is a man who can say an undisputed thing "with enough enthusiasm to make it seem novel and thrilling." All men may be free and equal, but you notice there is universal astonishment when a rich man is sent to jail. Our objection to the movies is that the seats don't have headrests to make a nap really comfortable. It is a little too early, however, to plan the expenditure of the money you will save when Congress lowers taxes. 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There was a short silence, broken at last by a bright little boy, who piped up: "I see with my eye organ, I hear with me car organ, I smell with my nose organ, I eat with my mouth organ, and I feel with my hand organ. In butter, too the best is the cheapest Suppose you do save a cent a pound by buying an inferior, less dependable brand of butter instead of Golden State! If you get one pound that you don't like—you lose the saving made on fifty. After all, don't you find that it pays to be quality sure? Golden State THE HIGH SCORE BUTTER A Beautiful Dainty White Skin for You in one minute RED OR BROWN PACE, NECK, HANDS ON ARMS WILL NEVER MORE BEcome A BEAUTIFUL WHITE FLESH, WHITE OR BRUNETIC AT HOME OR IN PUBLIC. ATTRACTIVE WHITENESS OF YOUR SKIN CAUSES COMMENTS OF ADMIRATION. USED IN PLACE OF POWDER BUT DOES NOT SHOW ORNUG OFF. HARMLESS. AVOID SUBSTITUTES, BIXTY CENTS. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY NINTH, 1924 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 What Editors Are Saying EXAGGERATING FARMERS' PLIGHT—New York Evening Post Two Iowaans who are familiar with farm problems—Secretary Wallace and former Secretary Meredith—have delivered their opinions on the agricultural position, and sensible opinions they are, Mr. Meredith took direct issue with the reckless talk of Senator Brookhart, whom he is suing for thirty cents damages. Thirty cents is too much. Brookhart's statement that when Meredith was head of the Agricultural Department he sat in the Wall Street game and helped cause the greatest panic in farm prices in history could hurt nobody but Brookhart. But it is well to have Meredith's sanity contrasted with Brookhart's talk about the utter ruin of agriculture by the Wicked Interests, and his wild prescriptions for a cure. Secretary Wallace at the same time took direct issue with the men who are calling for Federal price fixing or Federal purchase and storage of wheat. We all know the farmer is hard hit; we all sympathize with him and are aware that no problem is more urgent than that of his recovery. But a solution is not advanced by exaggerating the disaster. Brookhart talks of wholesale ruin and declares that the farmer in 1923 is worse off than in 1922. Secretary Wallace defines the situation more accurately. He says that thousands of specialized wheat farmers will be ruined and hundreds of thousands will be forced to practice a grinding economy. But he points out that in the diversified farming country, which means most of the Middle West, the hardship is not so serious. Mr. Meredith shows that, according to the Government index figure for prices of all agriculture products, the farmer is 15.5 per cent better off than a year ago and 25.2 per cent better off than two years ago. This is confirmed by Secretary Wallace: "In general, farm conditions are better than they were a year or two ago." In Iowa, Nebraska and Illinois from two-thirds to eleven-twelfths of the money borrowed by farmers from the War Finance Corporation has been repaid. Panicky talk injures the farmer by producing a bad psychological effect and by obscuring the real maladies. Excitement and exaggeration lead to a quick radicalism that will be barren of any result except trouble. What we need is Secretary Wallace's calm facing of realities. An increase in diversified farming is one cure clearly implied in his statement. He emphasizes the hopefulness of the recent farm legislation. Rather vaguely, he talks of lowering the freight fates; he knows that no general reduction is possible while wages remain what they are. But, above all, he brushes roughly aside the impracticable scheme for throwing the Government into the wheat market to raise prices. ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT FAILURES OF AN OPTIMIST I have never seen a dead donkey. Nobody has been able to explain to me why a dog barks at a passing vehicle, and the dog won't tell me. I have spent years building the best mouse-trap in the world, but nobody has made a beaten path to my door. Every time I buy the latest atlas somebody starts a new kingdom or grabs a new boundary line, and I can never catch up. I never see a show when I can buy a good seat at the box office, for I have a suspicion then that the show doesn't amount to much. There are glad tidings in store, so be not down-hearted nor ill at ease. It will all be over in a short time. Taps will be sounded in 1933. Of course, it is a long time to wait, but we have the promise that the old world is going to do a flop in 1933 like a hooched gentleman falling off a scenic railroad. The British Society of Astrologers has fixed it all up very nicely for us. They have wrapped up our fate and tied it with blue baby-ribbon and all we have to do is to accept it. The society has cast a horoscope which, this time, turns out to be a horrorscope. They don't say much about what is going to happen between now and 1926, and so we are left at liberty to expect anything, which lends an element of surprise to the situation. From 1926 on, however, the world is going to shimmy itself into a state of nervous prostration such as it has never known before. The horoscope says: "It will be a succession of plagues, famines, wars, riots, revolutions, floods, shipwrecks, earthquakes and failures. The planets Mars and Mercury will be in conjunction." Tough stuff, eh? The regular old stuff with "kick" and everything. The Power of the Printed Page EVERY day the press pours forth the printed pages. Motor trucks wait to receive them. Newsboys cry them on bustling street corners. News stands sell them to a multi-tude. By train and mail-man and carrier they reach the fire-sides of city and country. These pages are vital to the thought and action of the nation. The city without newspapers is a city paralyzed EVERY day the press pours forth the printed pages. Motor trucks wait to receive them. Newsboys cry them on bustling street corners. Newsstands sell them to a multitude. By train and mail-man and carrier they reach the fire-sides of city and country. These pages are vital to the thought and action of the nation. The city without newspapers is a city paralyzed, hesitating in its trade, given over to rumor and uncertain in its social life. The nation without newspapers or magazines would be a nation in the dark. It would be easily stampeded. It would suspect its neighbors because it would be ignorant of them. To have confidence in the very mechanism of life, men must know what other men are doing. The printed page tells them. On the printed page is felt the pulse of life in many lands. One day an earthquake sweeps a distant nation. On the next relief is promised through these pages. At home two men desire political office. The election of one of them seems certain, yet the printed page has power to detect the people's favor. Here also men expect to find detailed and accurate descriptions of the merchandise they would purchase. By the printed page they are enabled to gauge the desirability of articles and to form their buying preferences. Here are determined the equipments of workshops and the decorative schemes for living rooms, the make of the family's car and the contents of its market basket. Here are heralded the fashions of dress that are to hold sway this winter and next spring. Twenty-five million American families buy twenty-nine million newspapers every day, not to mention the periodicals they receive by the week and the month. Out of magazines and newspapers they glean the ideas that are to rule their daily lives. They read the printed page with confidence. Its advertising carries conviction! Plain Dealer