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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-09-05
Senators
Win Game
In Seventh
"Biddy" Bishops Hit
Takes Game With
Crown Willamette by
Score Of 2 to l

"Biddy" Bishops single in the
seventh inning, with Barr on sec
ond, won the second elimination
game for the state semi-pro cham
pionship for the Salem Senators
against the Crown-Willamette
team played yesterday at Oxford
park, and ending by a score OF 2
to 1.
Both teams played 100 per cent
ball. "Biddy," pitching for .Sa-
lem held the visitors down to no
score until the sixth inning when
Cole managed to reach first
through an error. Judd sacrificed.
advancing Cole to second. Ste
phens grounded to Nelson, while
Moore made a clean double to
right center, Cole reaching home
and tieing the score.
Husky" McKenna and Del
Baker are responsible for the first
score made by the home team.
First on the batting list HUSKY
singled to center, stole second and
reached third on Reinhardt's
grounder to Moore. Del Baker,
singled to right field and bIcKen-
m scored.
The last and winning score of
the game was made In the seventh
inning when Barr beat out a
grounder to Judd and was adj
vanced to second on Miller's sac
rifce. Bishops single to right
field on the game by storing Barr.
"Del' Baker caught one OF the
best games seen on the field this
season, while the fielding Of Nc
Kenna and Miller showed up con-
siderably better than ct any time
previous.
Cole, pitching for Crown Will
lamette, had a mean underhanded
ball that kept the Senators puz-
zled. Moore at second for the Wis
itors played an excellent game,
and he, with Judd, we're RESPONSE
BILE for two hits each off "Biddy."
Salem
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-09-05
Cat Earns It's Board
by Catching Rabbits

San Bernardino. Cal. Sept. g.
Mrs. @. w. Smith, who resides
near Claremont. has a cat that
earns his own board. His name is
Tiger, and every day for some time
he has been going out into fields
near the Smith home and bringing
back rabbit.
When thoroughly scrubbed and
cleaned, said cottontail furnishes
meat for the Smith family. And a
choice well-cooked piece always
goes to Tiger. He is happy, and
he's cutting down the high cost Of
living for the Smith family.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-09-05

~Batteu TOT hfacke IN the hinth
Summary: base hit, Moore;
stolen bases, Moore, McKenna,
Miller. Bishop; sacrifice hits,
Stephens, Baker, Miller; struck
out, Bishop s, Cole o. hit by
pitched ball. Baker. Reinhardt;
pass ball, Kracke; left ON bases,
Crown Willamette Z, Salem Z;
earned runs, Salem 2. Umpire,
Davis. Time OF game 1:55.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-09-05

cranberries in the district
around the mouth of the Columbia
river arc ripening earlier than
usual, and picking will be in full
blast next week.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-09-05
Speaking of Women"

IRWIN COBB points out that feminine shopping does
no. necessarily imply buying. 1t hard work for
everyone concenedbut seldom results in transaction
involving money.
AS country minister once declared "King Solomon
said and partially agree with him NJ We only par
TALLY agree with Mr.. Cobb on this subject.
It's true there still some aimess shoppers left But
they are In the minority Today most women-a well as
most men-are wel-infomed buyers with sound basis
Tor comparing stores and values. By buying goods OF
recognized merit they themselves the throes Of old
time shopping trips and at the same time get better
and bigger moneys worth.
Most women read the advertisements that appear
every day IN their newspapers They make practice OF
keeping strictly upto-snuff on new developments in
noVauons and improvements They know just where to
go for "this" and who in town keeps "that"
When they shop they generally know just what they
want, where to find it, and how much to pay Their
knowledge saves them endless trottng wearsome ques
tloning and hagglng.
The advertisements have taken the hop" out of shop
ping.
Isn't that 7Co1th 7ohiIe?
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-09-05
A.B.C 0yX. W.

In algebra, "abc" represents the known "xyz" the
the known plus where it goes and how it was obtained
Anything else is the unknown. .
When buying space select mediums of known crcula-
tion Choose from A. B. c. reports and audts You have
then backed your judgment with undisputable facts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-05

After all the trouble newspaper corre- spondents have taken to pick a cabine. for MT. Harding, it would be rank in- gratitude for him to appoint somebody else.
 Ben Ami. who has won sudden fame as an actor, lives in tenement and rides in the subway. He'll outgrow those habits later on.
 A business-like meeting of the French Chamber of Deputies is reported. The Gallic temperament must have been kept under control
 The Cal Coolidges will live in Wash ington hotel. That is not our idea of the way to practice New England thrift.
 # # # While opinions differ as to the ex- act value of his services, DAnnunzio con tinues to recommend himself highly" The star who has insured herseli against obesity is under strong temp tation to let nature take it's course
 * # < Banker Dawes of Chicago says he was not in the regular army. but he swears with the fluency of a buck private.
 * * q The f, cf Cbesferfou IoakS like the late Theodore Roosevelt is no disparase- ment of his ability as literary man. Having easy office hours, the King of Spain probably does more visiting around than any other ruler on earth.
 x # x Police Commissioner Enright offended the reporters of New York, and he has led an unhappy life ever since. India is complex, says magazine writer. That's the impression we get from reading Brother Kipling.
 * * Y We'll be convinced that movie salaries are coming down when the stars begin to sell their palaces in California.
 x # * Secretary Colby has only words of praise for South Americans. Why not? They showed him good time.
 # F F The Germans have taken to boxing, which is infinitely more healthful than guzzling beer.
 # * q While prohibition may not prohibit pocket flasks are no longer displayed in the windows of jewelry stores.
 T * E campaign to popularize the bicycle seems to have been defeated by the ubiuuity of the flivver.
 z . Y Congressional committees wont let us forget that we have been through war
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-05
LUKE MeLUKE SAYS

He takes short little hops to keep in step with her when they are engaged. But after they are married she has to take three steps to his one.>
 t Don't laugh at red-headed, frec- kled-faced, snaggle-toothed boy. Some good mother thinks he is beautiful
 Don't yelp because you are disap- pointed. It Is a rare man who isn't dis appointed half dozen times e day. When the employe Is afraid that he might do too much. the boss sees to it that he iAn't paid too much. Maybe you have noticed that the chill dren in the home ruled by love alone are usually sassy brats.
 A woman wears a wrist watch so she can ask her husband the right time about 15 times day. "A soft answer won't turn away wrath when wrath comes in the form of an angry wife.
 An absent minded man is in the same fix as the rest of us. He can't forget the things he would like to forget.
 Somehow or other the girl who boasts that she can marry any man she pleases doesn't seem to please any of them. s
 Once in while you see youth on the street who looks as senscless- as a chorus man looks on the stage. Another Domli: Once upon time householder believed that he got full weight when he saw his ton of coal dumped in front of his home. You may marry in haste. but the bet ting is that you won't pay your bills that way after the ceremony. When a deadbeat runs up about $10 worth of debt with one merchant. the deadbeat begins trading with another merchant. paving him the cafin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-05
AVERAGE THEATRICAL MANAGER John E. Kellerd, the Eminent Actor. in

n EnhNN 1hEAAESACAA MANA6EkG John E. Kellerd. the Eminent Actor, in
 the February Forum.
 He protests that he gives the pub- lie what 1t wants. Does he? In the same breath he will tell you that try ing to find out what the public wants is not matter of judgment but one of unadulterated hazard. The truth is that the average manager produces something which he thinks resembles something else which has succeeded in drawing money from the public. and upon this mode of reasoning, if req soning it is. and upon no other method whatever. he puts forth his wares. Like the great body of mankind, he has not leArned to think for himself, and, what Is worse. cannot comprehend anything beyond his own comprehension. If one desires to purchase piano-if one wishes to select . painting for ones drawing room, 1t would be . wosful blunder to entryst the selection to one who knows nothing of music or of pie lures. yet the mental and artistic status of managers. as class. is far below that of the great body of tho public whose needs they pretend to supply"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-05

From the New York Tribune.
 5NOR some two years and three lI months Thoreau lived beside Wal 0 den, pond; and Walden" is prob ably the best known and characteristic of his works. At what time did the era of snobbery in nomenclature begin in Massachusetts and turn so many good old ponds into lakes? Walden pond was duly made Lake Walden. It is about a mile south of Concord, and must look as Thoreau used to see it:
 ..rhe scenery of Walden is on an humble scale. and though very beautiful, does not approach to grandeur, nor can it much concern one who has not long freouented it or lived by it's shore; yet this pond is SO remarkable for it's depth and purity as to merit a particular de- scriptiora It is clear and deep green we'll, half mile long and mile and three-quarters in circumference, and cor 'tains about 611z acres; a perennial spring in the midst of pine and oak woods, with out any visible inlet or outlet except by the clouds and evaporation. The sur rounding hills rise abruptly from the water Ato the height of 70 to 30 feet, though on the southeast and east they attain to about 15o feet. respectively, within a quarter and third of a mile They are exclusively woodland"
 A cairn of stones piled up by visitors marks the site of Thoreaus house. It is or, private land. The house was built on MT. Emerson's land. Henry had 2 de- lightfui theory that the sauatter con tributes value to the place where ns squats, e theory that would be little inconvenient on Fifth avenue. He found cit wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time" If his ghost can't keep away from Concord it must be very un-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-05

happy at Walden, place of public haunt and even infested with that en- gazing product of civilization, the rowdy and the rough. A petition and a bill have been introduced into the general court to make Lake" Walden a public reserya- tion or state park. We don't know how many members in the Massachusetts leg islature ever heard of Henry Thoreau. but his pond and it's shores ought to be dedicated to public use. It is sur prising that they are not now protected from hooligans.
 As literary figure, too long over shadowed by Saint Ralph the Optimist, he has steadily grown greater; but, all variations of vogue apart, he must al- ways be great as one of the most orig inal, independent thrifty and self-sup- porting men in the world. He won for himself economic freedom and plenty of time to think and to enjoy. He discov- cred that six weeks work with his own hands every year was enough to keep him. His free. hardy life, intimate with all wild things and every mood of out doors sociable with all down-at-the-heels, simple and interesting characters. with all that he wanted of Concord literates and select company of books, was his nobiest work. Everybody-and especially endthrifts-venerates and celebrates Ben Franklin. Why not say good word for Thoreau the thrifty? Good, old, dreary. priggish Sam Smiles maunders about .self-help. '4 Who helped himself more than Henry? Who since Robinson Crusoe was so self-dependent? Doubtless he would have helped himself to certain parts of MT. Emerson's Walden. land. Massachusetts ought to show some re- spect for the saving and self-reliant eco- nonlist who built a house for $2S. .121x
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-05
ME APOLOGIxE

From tho Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 Of course we apologize to Germany for the Grover Bergdoll affair! Why not? And while we are at it, why not with full indemnities and reparation for all the expenses caused him and his aiders and abettors and with moral damages at so many dollars per moral for the long suffering family of the notorious stacker? Congress might grant him distinguished service medal for his bravery in embodying and exemphfying the extreme civilian idea of conscientious objection during wartime. Why not?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-05

From the New York Herald.
 C7f7o A. M. Jacob, whose death m
 Bombay was recently reported,
 0 fell the unusual distinction of be- ing hero in two eminent noveiists ana of lixing in what many consider the most successful work of each as 2 fascinating character of fiction. Jacob of Simla. as he was best known in the Orient, was the hero of Marion Crawfords MT. Isaacs, :, which appeared in 1892, ana the Lurgan sahib of Rudyard kipnns Kim eight years later.
 man endowed by nature with won- derfully handsome face and figure. pos sessed of an almost uncanny knowledge of precious stones and learned in the esoteric philosophies and strange, obscure cults of the east, he seemed naturai hero for story of Oriental life and mys- ticism. Whatever the air of mystery and romance with which tho two dis tinsuished writers surrounded the charac- ters of their novels, 1t was not deeper than that of Jacobs origin, his rise from obscurity to great wealth, his sinking again into the miseries of poverty or the secret of the strange influence which he seemed to exercise over those with whom he came in contact when in the height of his career.
 His claim to Turkish birth was always doubted, and, although born at Constan- tinople, he was generally believed to have been of either Armenian or Polish origin. A slave boy at 10. his ability as student attracted his masters at tention, and he began those studies of eastern life, literature and occultism for which in after life he became so distin- guished Kipling. it will be remembered, sent the youthful Kim to Lurgan Sahib Ito receive instruction in the customs manners and rites of the people with whom he was. to associate, and the wise Sahib, drawing upon his own encycio- paedic information, fairly saturated the boys mind with the most curious and fascinating lore.
 Jacobs remarkable knowledge of pre- cious stones was manifested first as Bombay, sand his success in business there led him first to Delhi and later to Simla. the administrative and social cap ital of India. for much of tho year. It was here. perhaps. that Crawford and Kipiing first saw and studied him. In the height of his career he lived in palace of Oriental splendor and entertained not able visitors from all over the world. It was one of the peculiar complexities of his nature that. while he had the wealth to gratify luxurious tastes, he lived the simplest of lives. a teetotaller. vegetarian and non-smoker. His only real interest wAs in his studies of astrology and the occult .He lived like skeleton in . jewel room" was said to have been . vieeroy's statement of the severity of his life.
 The true story of the dispute with the Nizam of Hydorahad over the sale of the Imperial diamond win perhaps never bs known. Jacob always declared that hc was the victim of intrigues and that thA crtminal indictment seainst hin fol
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-05
and customer alike are avoiding the

and customer alike are avoiding the accumulation of bills.
 Evidently more buying in many lines is going on now than in some time. This is evidence of the need for renewing stocks and it is also evidence of more confidence. All feel that the turn has been made, and are looking forward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-05
STATISTICS ON GENIUS

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 The idea that we are menaced as a nation by illiterates and feeble-minded Is all wrong. We have illiterates and feeble minded now in our midst, but they are a relatively negligible force numerically. The reverse idea. or idea in the reverse, that we are short on genius, also is wrong, according to Dr.. George G. Chambers, director of ad- mi ssions at the University of Pennsyl- vania, and the educators who co-oper- ate with him. pr. Chambers says genius as a national crop is statistical ly as strong as the more discussed fec ble-minded, and that each represents 3 mere 2 per cent of the population. IT this is not formidable in it's encourage ment to our vanity, it is not the men ace" which uplift propagandists have claimed. So long as we can match each feeble hinder with genius, there should be no incurable despair.
 But genius, says pr. Chambers, is not the mere possession of talent swollen to phenomenal degree. perhaps so hy- pertrophied that it's useless. He de- nies genius to the man, however great his talents, who cannot and does not exercise them. Genius in his definition is high intelligence followed by actual use of that intelligence in life. And intelligence is the ability to adapt ones self to new circumstances. to on's sur |roundings-in a word, to be able to know something and make use of ones Knowledge. Under this definition, it is surprising that the adaptable Yankee should not hold higher record for genius than 2 per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-05
THE ,l0URNEY

l.. Le Mesurier In the westministez
 Gazette.
 It's wild night for soul to 70. Stars shine but winds blow And the flood vdss flow. s Dts long road to the neafest star. Where the band of well-beloved are But shall reach t. near. or far. A wild night for naked soul To cast aside the broken bowl And start for the distant goal A wild night and lonely way. And death is terrible. they say, Yet methinks like hia looks today. And rlad I'll lay my garment by And fling me forth to the windy sky when death rides by.
 A long road to the nearest stas. Where, tho hand Of Wol1- beloved ara But shall reach it near e lnR.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-05
Fate of Good Roads
 Hangs in the Balance


 IT. is to be hoped that some way will u be found out of the difficulty created by the majority opinion of the supreme court of Alabama that the 25,0OO,0 ,0O0 bond issue is invalid. It would be disastrous indeed if a technicality were permitted to defeat the wishes of Alabama's citizens .ex- pressed overwhelmingly at the polls.
 According to the courts opinion, which was concurred in by four judges the state legislature should have called the special election to vote on the bond issue amendment in stead of Governor Kilby.
 This appears to be a trival obsta- cle to one of the most progressive acts ever indorsed by the people of Alabama. The campaign to ''get Ala bama out of the mud" was conducted with an enthusiasm and resulted in victory that left no doubt of the way the citizens of this state feel about the improvement of Alabama roads. The supreme court adhered to strict interpretation of the consti- tuition, although majority of Ala bamians will agree with the dissent ing opinion written by Justice Thomas.
 Clearly the rights of the people are superior to the constitution and in case of this kind, where the tech nicality interposed is so slight, and in itself so unimportant, it is to be hoped that the court will recon slider.
 The progress of Alabama would be seriously retarded if this bond issue is not permitted to stand. It means more to Alabama than any other measure ever voted on in this state. We simply cannot afford to abandon . good roads programme universally approved, which is designed to put Alabama in the front rank of states.
 
 Retail Shelves Empty;
 Merchants Buying Again ZINE outstanding feature of the < NJ mercantile business is an op- timism that is all together justifia- ble. The shelves of the retail mer- chants of the country are denuded of stocks in many staple lines, with the result that they are making large purchases of the wholesalers and manufacturers. This has already taken place in the cotton goods trade. lines. Brisk buying is the result with other lines.
 Advices from New York say: Shelves of retailers throughout the country are bare of many staple lines. Brish buying is the result with tendency toward increased prices"
 Chicago says: Retail merchants have cleaned their shelves of sur plus stock and have again begun to buy heavily in preparation for an active buying season."
 Pittsburg is of the opinion that 'buying of merchandise will be con ducted on practically continuous basis, instead of seasonal phases. Pur- : chases will De made in smalle rquan- tities and buyers will go into the market every 30 days, instead of four times |, year"
 The tendency to avoid overlooking as become more and more pro- nounced. Merchants are purchasing with view to quick tlrnovers. They are not running the same risks of price fluctuations as they were won't te do. Merchandising is approaching v ---A ~s near-cash basis. Merchant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-05
DON'T NEED HELP
} Washineton Post.

From the WashtnGton Post.
 Announcement that Secretary Colby win sound senators on the Japanese question" has the ring of the super fluous. So far senators have been sounding themselves very we'll with- out outside aid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-05
- A HERO TO TWO NOVELISTS

cheating was unjust. The famous trial in the high court at Calcutta lasted for 57 days, and he was acquitted, but. wrote
 correspondent of the London Times, he had incurred enormous legal expenses, and the complete collapse of his fortune followed.
 He wandered back to Bombay, where life of grandeur had first opened to him, broken in fortune but sustained by
 philosophy of life which gave him un- broken faith in immortality" He died in
 an old pottery shop where he had made for years cheerful but unsuccessful struggle against abject poverty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-05

A FRIENDLY OFFICE You admit then, that you voted man who had been dead for 10 years?" "Yes." said the practical politician but he was an old friend of mine, and I knew that we were carrying out his wishes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-05

LIGHT LABOR Mrs. Bilfur promised a tramp a good breakfast if he would cut little wood." And after he had breakfasted. did he cut little wood?'
 'Yes, he whittled himself toothpick." :"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-05
Campaign Started
 to Fight the Fly

~ ITY officials have made an early N start at "swatting the fly.n Six special officers of the depart ment of health have been assigned to notify owners of stables and other places where flies breed. Instruc- tions for prevention of fly propa- gation and warnings with regard to the law of enforcement are being given.
 Too early a start could not be made. Nothing on earth breeds more rapidly, perhaps, than the fly, and no other insect is so harmful. He carries about with him more deadly germs than all the other disease bearers.
 One of the delights of living in Birmingham the past few years has been the absence of the fly. Danger from this source has been reduced to minimum. Tyhoid fever cpl denies no longer occur.
 The fly evil became inexcusabEe the day the effects of his vicious work were ascertained, and discovery made of his breeding places. Destruction of breeding haunts entails little ex- pense and the money spent adds to the comfort of man and beast.
 other of the blessings mankind owes
 Radiance of the fly evil is just an. to the scientist and the microscope The big work of. the world is done in the laboratories.