oc-plain-dealer 1924-05-13

EDITORIAL AND FEATURES An Independent Newspaper Issued Every Afternoon Except Sunday Paul V. Hester Editor and Publisher DAILY GREETING TO OUR READERS Goof keep us through the common days! The level stretches, while with dust— When thought is tired, and hands upraise Their burdens feebly—since we must — In days of slowly fretting care, Then most we need the strength of prayer. —Margaret Sangster. PLAGUE ABATING; BAN IS MODIFIED Decidedly brighter and more encouraging is the situation pertaining to the hoof and mouth disease among livestock. Proof of the betterment is found in the action of the federal, state and county authorities in removing restrictions upon travel into the mountain and forest reserves back of Pasadena. Summer mountain resorts in this vicinity may be visited at will now without special permit. Other modifications of the quarantine rules over large portions of this country denote gradual but assured triumph over the malady by the authorities in their vigorous fight to stamp out the plague. The infection seems to be abating. There has been far too much alarmist talk and feeling about this malady. It has been necessary, of course, to maintain strict quarantine. But this was preventional, rather than indication of extreme seriousness of the situation prevailing. It is officially estimated that animals lost throughout this state since the malady first appeared totaled in valuation less than $3,000,000. With the appropriations made by the national government, the actual losses to the state, so far, are comparatively small. The livestock industry, there is every reason to believe, soon will recover from the temporary setback, and soon dairying, production of beef cattle and the livestock industry in general should be on normal footing. Let's get calm and reasonable about the thing. It is in order to drive out the hysterical fears; to view the situation as it is; to take heart; and to write relatives and acquaintances living elsewhere us to the real facts, to dispel misap- It is officially estimated that animals lost throughout the state since the malady first appeared totaled in valuation less than $3,000,000. With the appropriations made by the national government, the actual losses to the state, so far, are comparatively small. The livestock industry, there is every reason to believe, soon will recover from the temporary setback, and soon dairying, production of beef/cattle and the livestock industry in general should be on normal footing. Let's get calm and reasonable about the thing. It is in order to drive out the hysterical fears; to view the situation as it is; to take heart; and to write relatives and acquaintances living elsewhere us to the real facts, to dispel misapprehensions. It behooves the people to look with keen discernment in politics this year, to sift the false from the true, and to discriminate between the patriot, and statesman, and the demagogue. Radio will yet bind all countries more closely and more intimately. In its epochal development it should be a salient factor in promoting world peace. Live in the open air as much as possible. It is tonic for body, mind and soul. Birds, trees and flowers are inspiring assets of California. Protect them! Observe Memorial Day reverently. Polychrome Frames FITTED WITH OUR HIGH CLASS MIRRORS SEE OUR DISPLAY SANTA ANA ART GLASS WORKS 1294 EAST FOURTH ST. SANTA ANA WHEN horses were in fashion, men selected Arabians for speed, Percherons for strength—the two accepted equine standards. Speed and strength—motorists find both these qualities combined in Red WHEN horses were in fashion, men selected Arabians for speed, Percherons for strength—the two accepted equine standards. Speed and strength—motorists find both these qualities combined in Red Crown, motordom's accepted standard for gasoline. RED CROWN GASOLINE STANDARD OF QUALITY STANDARD OIL COMPANY (CALIFORNIA) RES Sunday Publisher PLANT DEaler WHAT MAKES THE WILD FLOWERS WILD! A MAY DAY TRAGEDY IN FOUR ACTS ONE OF UNSURPASSED BEAUTY - A FLOCK OF WILD MAY FLOWERS IN BLOOM! GRAB ALL VARIOUS CARRY-JEN-IF WE DON'T PICK EM SOME ONE ELSE WILL!! WELL FILL UP TH-FLIVER WITH TH-FULL! EM-UP! EM-UP! ROOTS ARE ALL WE'LL PLANT 'EM IN OUR BLACK WARD! AIN'T THEY BE RIIT-FULL! ENTER-THE "SPOILERS" ONE OF DESOLATION-AFTER THE RAID-RIVALING "NO MAN'S LAND" WE'LL THROW THESE AWAY THEY'RE ALL WILTED NOW ANYWAY— OOH-LOOK IT THERE IS A LOTA FREE IN ONE-BE ALL-WILL!!! WHO'S WHAT IN THE MAIN STORY? DR. ELWOOD MEAD The recent appointment of Elwood Mead as commissioner of the U.S. bureau of reclamation is said to be the first step in restoring the reclamation lee and put it on a business. Dr. Mead, an irrigation neer of Berkeley, Calif., said D. W. David, former governor Idaho, who becomes head of division of finance in the department. Dr. Mead has engaged with the advisor mittee on reclamation since December. Dr. Mead has received absence from the University California, where he is president and vice president, to his new duties. Regarded of the foremost irrigation neers, he served as state of Wyoming, chief of the tion and drainage investment of the Department of Agriculture and chairman of the State Water Supply Commission Australia. He was until chairman of the California Land Settlement Board. DINNER STORY A real que church memorial Kentucky village made an effort to convert a parish vicious old mountaineeer Jim, who was locally notorious for his godlessness. But the was hard-headed and firmly rooted in his evil so that he resisted the forts in his behalf. "Jim," the exhorter quads badly at last, "ain't you the story of the Lord w WE'LL THROW THESE AWAY THEY'RE ALL WILTED NOW ANYWAY— OOH-LOOKIT THERE'S A LOTA FRESH ONESBE AWKWU! RAGRAPHS ROBERT QUILLEN mud would benefit some greatly if they would leave can't remember having read all of 20 marrying a man of no was poor. good sport is a man who his straw hat 50 yards start giving chase. the wisdom of all the ages down to benefit husbands in two words: Pet her. bachelor is a man who smoke cheaper cigars for arms in order to pay for an frock. making alone takes away the element of it, and then nobody to send for the other dismal failure is the attempt to continue her boredom when the refreshment appears. trouble seems to be that money talks it usually starts with only two disorders that you wish to die and yet kill you are love and pain. one men can't get along with rest pockets, and some have baskets that serve the purse who care least about rearing are most easily offended if people who care least about rearing are most easily offended if ABE MARTIN Lemmie Peters, who graduated several years ago, an whose essay, "We've Left th' Bay an' th' Ocean Lies Before Us," is still fresh in th' memories of our people, is being mentioned for th' janitorship o' K! o' P. hall. We've allus notleed that a felter with a good, heavy voice kin say purty much what he pleases. SUNSHINE PELLETS BY DR. W. E. THOMSON There's many a heart That's battered up, In an effort to win Some coveted cup. POEMS THAT LIVE CHILD'S SONG IN SPRING The silver birch is a dainty lady, She wears a satin gown; The elm tree makes the old churchyard shady, She will not live in town. The English oak is a sturdy fellow, He gets his green coat late; The willow is smart in a suit of yellow, While brown the beech trees wait. Such a gay green gown God gives the larches— As green as He is good! The hazel holds up their arms for arches When Spring rides through the wood. The chestnut's proud, and the lilac's pretty. The poplar's gentle and tall. But the plane tree's kind to the poor dull city— I love him best of all. —Edith Nesbit. THE POWER OF LOVE Hear, ye ladies that despise What the mighty love has done; Fear examples and be wise; Fair Callisto was a nun; Leda, sailing on the stream To deceive the hopes of man, Love accounting but a dream, Dotted on a silver swan; Danae, in a brazen tower; Where no love was, loved a shower Hear, ye ladies that are coy, What the mighty Love can do; SUNSHINE PELLETS BY DR. W. E. THOMSON There's many a heart That's battered up, In an effort to win Some coveted cup. Who works without rest will rest without work. A cup has ne'er drown cat nor trouble. Exercise in moderation Keeps us healthy and in trim; But the stunts we oft indulge in Make our chances mighty slim. Too often, retirement at 40 means interment at 60. If you would feel light hearted, eat light lunches and wear light linen. Falgy Story: One upon a time a lady employed a maid and investigated the condition of her health. It's useless, Son, to spend your dough. For bottled dope you do not know; To keep in trim and good condition. Get advice from your physician. When it requires 2000 calories of food value to maintain weight—without gain, 1600 is insufficient. REGULAR SPIRITUALIST SERVICES are being conducted Tuesdays 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.; Sundays 10 a.m., and 7:30 p.m. Lecture and messages. Ethel, E. Purdy Meyers PASTOR 512 E. Center St.—Phone 1187 THE POWER OF LOVE Hear, ye ladies that despise What the mighty love has done; Fear examples and be wise; Fair Callisto was a nun; Leda, sailing on the stream To deceive the hopes of man, Love accounting but a dream, Dotted on a silver swan; Danae, in a brazen tower, Where no love was, loved a shower Hear, ye ladies that are coy, What the mighty Love can do; Fear the fierceness of the boy:: The chaste moon he makes to woo; Vesta, kindling holy fires, Cifcled round about with spies, Never dreaming loose desires; Doting at the altar dies; Ilion, in a short hour, higher He can build, and once more fire. John Fletcher. PROMISE Apple orchards, the trees all covered with blossoms; Wheat fields carpeted far and near in vital emerald green; The eternal exhaustless freshness of each early morning; The yellow, golden, transparent haze of the warm afternoon sun. The aspiring lilac bushes with profuse purple and white flowers. Walt Whitman. CROSS EYES CORRECTIONS THIS MUSCULAR DEFECT CORREDED AND STRAIN RELEIVED BY PROPERLY ADJUSTER CLASSES. DR. W. BLAKELY OPTOMETRIST GUY S. Fact TUESDAY, MAY THIRTEENTH, 1924 Subscription Rate—In N. Oregon, per year, $3; 6 months, $1.75 Entered at the Postoffice at Anaheim, Calif., as second class matter. WHOS WHO THE DAYS NEWS DR. ELWOOD MEAD The recent appointment of Dr. Wood Mead as commissioner of U. S. bureau of reclamation said to be the first step of Secretary of the Interior Work to organize the reclamation service and put it on a business basis. Dr. Mead, an irrigation engineer of Berkeley, Calif., succeeds W. Davis, former governor of who, becomes head of a new vision of finance in the Interior Department. Dr. Mead has been engaged with the advisory committee on reclamation since last December. Dr. Mead has received leave of absence from the University of California, where he is professor of civil engineering, to take an new duties. Regarded as one of the foremost irrigation engineers, he served as state engineer Wyoming, chief of the irrigation and drainage investigations in the Department of Agriculture and chairman of the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission of Australia. He was until recently chairman of the California State and Settlement Board. DINNER STORIES A real quaint church member in a Kentucky village made an earnest effort to convert "a particularly beautiful old mountaineer named Jim," who was locally notorious for his godlessness. But the old man was hard-headed and stubborn, firmly rooted in his evil courses, so that he resisted the plous efforts in his behalf. "Jim," the exhorter questioned readily at last, "ain't you teched by the story of the Lord what died Comments of the Press What Editors Are Saying PRIVACY FOR PRESIDENT—Berkeley Cal.) Gasette The good old institution of public hand-shaking in the White House is abolished. The President finds it too great a strain on his energy and too wasteful of his time to shake hands with 1000 or more of his fellow citizens every noon. So now he lets them file through the executive offices just the same, but pays no attention to them. They look upon the President at his desk, engaged in important work or seeing important callers, as if they were gasping upon a movie, and go away fairly well satisfied. It is a good and sensible arrangement and not altogether an innovation. President Wilson, during the war, found it necessary to conserve his energy in the same way, and barred the general public from the White House altogether. President Harding threw the doors wide open, and suffered accordingly from a deluge of commuters' lodge members, salemen's conventions and miscellaneous delegations of home folks towed in by officious Congressmen. It was that perhaps, as much as anything else, that wore out Mr. Harding. The custom, despite its venerable origin and popular appeal, can well be dispensed with. What was proper in a country of 2,000,000 people who travelled little is quite another matter in a country of 115,000,000, of whom many thousands visit the national capital every day. ANCIENT TEMPLE NEAR TOWER OF BABEL—Berkeley. (Cal.) Gazette The archeologists are getting pretty close to the Tower of Babel, and may yet find that pioneer skyscraper. At Tel El Obeld, in Babylonia, just outside of the ancient town called "Ur of the Chaldees," from which Abraham emigrated there has been found the oldest known building in the world. It was evidently a temple. And from the accounts of Dr. George B. Gordon, of Philadelphia, who has been directing the excavation, there is nothing crude about it, in spite of its enormous antiquity. He tells of remarkable carvings found in the building, including sculptured bulls, which animals were held sacred long ago in many lands. The bulls were of carved wood covered with copper plates as the body of Tut-ankh-ahem was covered with gold. A realous church member in a Kentucky village made an earnest effort to convert it particularlyicious old mountaineer named Jim, who was locally notorious for his godlessness. But the old man was hard-headed and stubborn, firmly rooted in his evil courses, so that he resisted the pious efforts in his behalf. "Jim," the exhorter questioned readily at last, "ain't you feched by the story of the Lord what died to save yer soul?" "Humph!" Jim retorted emphatically, "Air ye aimin' to tell me the Lord died to save me, when He ain't never seed me, nor knew me!" "Jim," the missionary explained with fervor, "it was a darn sight easier for the Lord to die fer ye dest because He never seed ye than if He knew ye as well as we calls do!" That nothing is funnier than the truth blunderingly stated is demonstrated by this incident. A lawyer was cross-examining an Irish woman, the point under inquiry being the relative position of the doors, windows, and so forth in a house in which a certain transaction was said to have occurred. "And now, my good woman," the attorney said, "will you be good enough to tell the court how the stairs run in your house?" "How do the stairs run?" the witness repeated. "Shure, whin I'm upstairs, they run down, and whin I'm downstairs, they run up." News from Egypt is bad. Women want American clothes. They will get sunburned in many new places.—West Palm Beach Times. Considering the divorce rate, the celebration of a first anniversary is getting to be of as much importance as a golden wedding celebration used to be.—Urbana (O.) Democrat. The archeologists are getting pretty close to the Tower of Babel, and may yet find that pioneer skyscraper. At Tel El Oobid, in Babylonia, just outside of the ancient town called "Ur of the Chaldees," from which Abraham emigrated there has been found the oldest known building in the world. It was evidently a temple. And from the accounts of Dr. George B. Gordon, of Philadelphia, who has been directing the excavation, there is nothing crude about it, in spite of its enormous antiquity. He tells of remarkable carvings found in the building, including sculptured bulls, which animals were held sacred long ago in many lands. The bulls were of carved wood covered with copper plates as the body of Tut-ankh-samen was covered with gold, and they had golden horns. There was found also a golden head in the form of a scarab, or sacred beetle of Egypt, inscribed with the name of the builder of the temple, King A-An-Ni-Pad-Da, who reigned 4500 years before Christ. The fact that the structure has endured for this rast period, despite all the erosion of the elements and the wars that have raged through the Euphrates valley, speaks for the skill and the knowledge of the men who built it. The old temple is said to move the ancient history of Babylonia back another 1000 years. It also moved back human civilization, whose beginnings are recoding farther and farther into antiquity. SUDDEN SERVICE Mr. Intending Home-builder— If you will confer with us, we will be glad to tell you of what we know and of what you should know about that important part of your home—LUMBER—and how it should be used in successful homes. Ganahl-Grim, Lumber Co. BOT E. CENTER BY PHONE 88 FREE PLANS AND BUILDING INFORMATION CAMP THE COLLAPSO WAY! 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