oc-plain-dealer 1924-02-04

EDITORIAL AND FEATURES An Independent Newspaper Issued Every Afternoon Except Sunday Paul V. Hester Editor and Publisher DAILY GREETING TO OUR READERS Heaven is the heart, to other love hearts beating; 'Tis open arms to arms of fondness rushing; 'Tis songs, with other songs in concert meeting. 'Tis fountains into other fountains gushing. — T. C. Upham NEWSPAPERS TO GO BY FAST MAIL The Postoffice Department at Washington has put newspaper mail where it belongs—with letters and other firstclass postal matter. Postmaster-General New is quite right in saying that this new order "means much to the American public; it is one of the more important and far-reaching steps in postoffice history." It means expedited delivery of newspapers sent by mail. "This should keep both the city and the rural population in closer and quicker touch with their several fields of activities." This momentous postal order applies both to daily and to weekly newspapers. This is the first time in the history of American postal service that newspapers have been given a favored rating as to speed of delivery. It is fitting recognition of the essentially important part the newspaper plays in modern life. This country is dependent upon newspapers in a measure hardly imagined by the person who gives no special thought or observation to the subject. Political, social, business, industrial, commercial, educational activities—in truth, almost every activity in present-day life, leans upon the newspaper and looks to it for some kind of aid or enlightenment. To be without a newspaper is to be out of the world, in effect. The Postoffice Department, with progressive wisdom, takes cognizance of the important role the newspaper plays in daily life and is right along with firstclass letters. The newspaper thus is put on par with the fastest mail that moves. California is renowned for its ideals. It has caught the admiration of the world for its high standards in public and private life. This is an asset more precious to the state than even its marvelous gives no special thought or observation to the subject. Political, social, business, industrial, commercial, educational activities—in truth, almost every activity in present-day life, leans upon the newspaper and looks to it for some kind of aid or enlightenment. To be without a newspaper is to be out of the world, in effect. The Postoffice Department, with progressive wisdom, takes cognizance of the important role the newspaper plays in daily life and is right along with first-class letters. The newspaper thus is put on par with the fastest mail that moves. California is renowned for its ideals. It has caught the admiration of the world for its high standards in public and private life. This is an asset more precious to the state than even its marvelous material. GO TO BOTTOM OF NAVY OIL SCANDAL The American people are thoroughly aroused over the revelations regarding the Teapot Dome oil lease scandal. They want the whole truth exposed without reservation. They should have this. The resources involved belong to the people. The national government and its responsible officials and attaches are stewards for the people. They hold this public domain in trust for the people. It is a solemn obligation. Any breach of responsibility on this score should be disclosed and those guilty should be held up to reprobation. Where there is criminal guilt, there should be criminal prosecution. In a democratic land like this, it is vital that the people have confidence in the honesty, integrity and efficiency of the government. Where there is improper conduct on the part of any government official, the people expect—and have right to expect—that exposure should be made and that those guilty should be put out of office, if still in official position, and should be proceeded against, civilly or criminally, if facts and conditions warrant such proceedings. There should be a thorough housecleaning in connection with the Teapot Dome scandal, and this is in prospect, what with President Coolidge's prompt and stern proceeding and what with the demands in Congress for righting of any irregularities in connection with that lease. This should be a year of thoughtfulness, not hysteria, in national politics. Let no guilty one be shielded in the Teapot Dome exposures. And yet no innocent person should be made to suffer. Let the odium go where it belongs. Extravagance in government is wholly without warrant. They who would waste the money of taxpayers are unfaithful to the most solemn trust. Our 1924 Christmas Club is Still Open for Our 1924 Christmas Club is Still Open for Membership OUR 1924 CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CLUB IS STILL OPEN FOR MEMBERSHIP. BY JOINING ONE OR MORE CLASSES AND MAKING REGULAR WEEKLY PAYMENTS FOR FIFTY WEEKS, YOU CAN EASILY SAVE A SUBSTANTIAL SUM FOR YOUR SHOPPING NEXT CHRISTMAS. YOUR FIRST DEPOSIT MAKES YOU A "FULL FLEDGED" MEMBER. ALL YOUR MONEY WILL BE PAID BACK IN ONE Lump Sum. PLUS FOUR PER CENT INTEREST, IN TIME FOR YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING. OUR SAVINGS DEPARTMENT WILL BE GLAD TO GIVE YOU ALL THE DETAILS ABOUT THE CLUB. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME IN AND TALK WITH US. FIRST NATIONAL BANK AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK of Anaheim SAVINGS COMMERCIAL SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS COMBINED RESOURCES OVER $4,272,000 THE "INNOCNT" BYSTANDER ESCAPES WITH A SLIGHT "SHELLSHOCK" THIS TIME PENALTIES GUILT CONFESSIONS GRAFT SENSATIONAL EXPOSURES $100,000 6 OR 8 COWS $25,000 OTHER THOUSANDS TEAPOT DOME OIL LEASW INVESTIGATION FRAUD STARTLING TESTIMONY 1924 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN PARAGRAPHS ABE MARTIN Still, crossing the street about as safe as crossing the wifi Career: The thing a chorus girl chooses as a substitute for a millionaire. "We are lost," the captain shouted, as his hooch still took the air. A free country is a brand new republic that hasn't had time to pass many laws. The social leader in a village is the woman who knows how to pronounce Wagner. In France the girl a young hustler marries is a fortune; over here she is fortunate. Another good way to develop the biceps is to lose your hair and try getting it back by means of scalp massage. Now is the time to pick out a way to waste the money you will save when taxes are lowered. It isn't a crisis of the first magnitude unless it can push a snappy murder case off the first page. No woman is too intellectual to fall for the assurance that she has a bewitching beauty. Man is the only animal that hangs his fellows, and doubtless the only animal that should. About all there is to "superior" people is that they have more skill at the art of sneering. Politics must await its time. The anxious citizen can't watch it and the coal This is the summer's burial time: She died when dropped the earliest leaves; And, cold upon her rosy prim Fell direful autumn's frosty rime; Yet I am not as one who grieves— For well I know o'er sunny seas The bluebird waits for April skies; And at the roots of forest trees The mayflowers sleep in fragrant case, And violets hide their azure eyes. O thou by winds of grief o'r-blown Beside some summer's golden beer— Take heart, thy birds are ally flown, Thy blossoms sleeping, tar-ful sown, To greet thee in the immortal year! —Edna Dean Protor Centralized authority for the merchant marine will be afine thing. Now all it needs is pasengers and freight. Correct this sentence: "She has won three beauty prizes," rated the gossip, "and she is a wederful help to her mother." No woman is too intellectual to fall for the assurance that she has a bewitching beauty. Man is the only animal that hangs his fellows, and doubtless the only animal that should. About all there is to "superior" people is that they have more skill at the art of sneering. Politics must await its time. The anxious citizen can't watch it and the coal pile at the same time. If she wouldn't wash dishes at $50 a week, that's pride; if she does it for nothing, that's matrimony. The only successful peace plan is the one that will show everybody an easy way to get $50,000. When the first man grabbed a melon and feared for its safety, he invented ethics to protect it. The people who think Musso-lini an opera are the ones who make or break the reputations of movie stars. One reason why our fathers ploughed one day in seven was because they didn't get much rest on the other six. Spinal Irritation Pain in back of head; pulling of cords in neck; trouble with eyes; pain between shoulders or in other parts of the spine, or burning, aching, tenderness or soreness; numbness of fingers or feet, or tingling like prickling of pains; peculiar, almost indescribable pain or distress in heart, stomach, kidneys or other parts of chest or abdomen; backache; sciatica. This disease is easily cured by right methods. Elegant illustrated booklet. Price 10 cents. O. S. PUB. CO. Route 2, Box $45, San Diego, Cal. MONDAY, FEBRUARY FOURTH, 1924 Subscription Rate—In N. Orange co., per year, $3; 6 months, $1.75 Entered at the Postoffice at Anaheim, Calif., as second class matter. IN THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT BALLADE OF THE QUICK LUNCH 'Tis noontime, and we sally forth, To snatch a brief respite; A moment from our weary toll, In which to eat a bite. An old familiar path we take— Amid the hurrying bunch; A-heeding nothing, 'till we halt Within the one-arm lunch. Then hungrily we snatch a check From out the doorman's hand, And to the counter madly dash, And take our patient stand. The motley throng that's gathered there Is but five deep or more, And cheerfully we wait our chance To move up to the fore. At last we near the foremost row But with a mighty heave. The gent in front of us steps back His pie adorns our sleeve. Then to our left he deftly steps, More trouble to avert; Alas! the customers close in— His coffee's on our shirt. And now we ask respectfully For a plain and simple dish— An omelet—and we receive A portion of fried fish. We murmur "milk," and we get tea But with courageous heart, We turn and face the multitude, And for a chair we start. After but colliding twice, A vacant seat we win; We spread our stuff upon the arm, Then carefully back in. A slight miscalculation here, For as we fill the gap, Our coat the next man's soup surrounds, And drags it to our lap. At last we settle snugly down, Our food no longer hot; But napkin, salt and knife and fork Are some things we've forgot. So we must needs arise again, And with each move we make, We haplessly contrive to leave, Disaster in our wake. At last we slowly stagger out In a sad and hopeless mood; A lunch we've eaten, it is true— But our stomach craves for food! YOUR FAMILY Do you know your family? Are you familiar with the facts concerning each member, even to your second cousins? In this "fill-out-a-blank" era one is compelled to give a complete history of his family every so often, and it is therefore a potent necessity that every fact is at your finger's end. During the past year we have floundered in blushes many times merely because we did not know whether Elsie was born in 1906 or 1909, whether John is in B or 8A at school, whether our wife was born in Milwaukee or Minneapolis, or whether Fred's wife's maiden name was Brown or Green. YOUR FAMILY Do you know your family? Are you familiar with the facts concerning each member, even to your second cousins? In this "fill-out-a-blank" era one is compelled to give a complete history of his family every so often, and it is therefore a potent necessity that every fact is at your finger's end. During the past year we have floundered in blushes many times merely because we did not know whether Elsie was born in 1906 or 1909, whether John is in B or 8A at school, whether our wife was born in Milwaukee or Minneapolis, or whether Fred's wife's maiden name was Brown or Green. For some reason or other the boss questioned us on a few of these family matters the other day, and when we saw his doubting expression after our direful failure to produce definite answers we decided at once that the issue could no longer be avoided. That night we held a family meeting and questioned each member in turn, taking down the facts. Adding our own, we brought the apparently desired information to a publisher and by next week I hope to be able to present each member of our family with a copy of the little book. SONG OF A COUNTRY CREDITOR "Dear Sir—I rec'd your letter about what I owes you. Now be pashent. I ain't forgot you, and as folks pays me I'll you you, but if this was judgment day and you was no more prepared to meet your maker than I am to meet your account, then you would go to hades. Bood buy." "Bill Jones." Sol's Place -- Now Open Lunch Counter and Fountain in the Sam Seelig Public Market 139 W. Center St., Anaheim, Calif where I will be pleased to see my old friends, as well as to make the acquaintance of new ones; specializing in home cooked foods and home made pies and cakes. Open from 7:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M., Sundays excepted. OUR MOTTO WILL BE "Clean and wholesome food at moderate prices" Sol Engel Don't Forget That The Ever-Ready Truck & Transfer Co. Is still able to do your hauling of any description CONTRACT HAULING A SPECIALTY Get Our Price O. J. LINNARTZ, Prop. Residence 211 E. Sycamore St. Do You Know —that your local Southern Pacific agent can arrange every detail of a local or transcontinental journey, secure your Pullman accommodations, check your baggage from here to destination, and otherwise help you in your transportation problems, both passenger and freight? —who not do your business here in Anaheim. D. G. MALTBY, Agent Tel. 123 Southern Pacific Lines