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The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-03-24
SOUND SENSE

THE ultra.sopnd. everyday. pla'r
i American horse sense OF Wilt N
Allen white. editor OF the Emporis
(Kansas) Gazette, first came {, ma
tionai attention some twenty year,
ago. with the wide publication by the
newspapers Of the county Of his IA
nous editorial, whats the Matter
with Kansas" in which he advanced
- the theory that the state would bene'
~ by raising less he'll and more
wheat"
white has since been, and still is, q
recognized leader OF American
thought. that brand OF thought that
comes from the ranks Of the plain
people. His opinion on any topic Is
worth while opinion. Here's his
opinion OF the Ku Kiux Khan: an or
ganization that is trying, with no
alarming degree Of success. 10 gain a
foothold in Oregon:
An organizer OF the Klu Klux Khan
was In Emporia the other day and
the men whom he invited 10 Join his
band at $40 per join turned him
down. Under the leadership OF DR..
J. u. Brickell. and following their
own judgment after hearing his
story. the Emporians told him that
they had no time for him. The prop
osition seems to be anti-forcigners.
anti-Catholic. Anti-negrc.
There are. OF course. bad foreign
ers and good ones: good Catholics
and bad ones, and all kinds OF ne
Trocs. To make case against n birth
place. a religion or race is wicked,
un-American and cowardly.
The whole trouble with the Ku
Klux Klan is that II Is based upon
such deep foolishness that It is bound
10 be a menace TO good government
In any community. Any man fool
enough 10 be. Imperial Wizard would
have power without responsibility and
both without any sense.
That is social dynamite. American
institutions. our courts. our legisla-
tors. our executive officers are strong
enough TO keep the peace and pro-
mote justice and good will In the
community. II they are not. then the
thing TO do Is 10 change these insti-
tutions and do II quickly. but always
laVntlv For N calf ron si,ntad hndy 80
moral idiots who would substitute
the findings OF the Ku klux Khan for
the processes OF Law TO try to better
conditions would be a most un-Amer-
lean outrage. which every good citi-
zen should resent.
II liz to the everlasting credit of
Emporia that the organizer found no
suckers with $40 each to squander
here.
Whatever Emporia may be other
wise. II believes in law and order and
absolute freedom under the Consti-
tuition for every man, no matter what
birth or creed or race he may claim.
TO speak and meet and talk and act
as a free. law-abiding citizen.
The picayunish cowardice OF a man
who would substitute clan rule and
mob law for what our American faith
ers have died to establish and main
tain should prove what a cheap
screw outfit the Klan Is.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-03-24
News From the Country

Falls whore he will spend u few days
Mrs. Margaret kcrwin Is hayine
her building on California street re.
modelled inside preparatory to as.
suming charge Of the postoffIcc, Mrs
kcrwin was recently appointed post
mistress FOR Doris and will relieve
u. NJ. Richardson, who was appoint.
ed to fiji out an incomplctcd term
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-03-24

whcelcr--Aftcr fourteen months
OF idlcncss. local mill starts up with
II; men OH payroll,
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-03-24
WOMAN BRAVES PAIN


pEND. March 2t.--Thc torture of
broken hip which would not stay
set. accumulated by three days travel
by sleigh and by auto over almost I'm.
passablc roads, was endured by Mrs,
LLOYD Borlcr OF silver Lake. who
was brought to this city by hw
husband, to 30 on to Portland Tor
treatment,
Tho trip from summit station was
made IN the silver Lake auto. stage,
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-03-24
FOR ONE AND ALI OF Us

FOR ONE AND ALL OF Us
II ain't the guns or armament.
Nor the tunes the band can play
hut the close cooperation
That makes us win the day.
II ain't the Individual, nor
The army as a whole.
But the everlasting team work
or every bloomin soul.
--kipling
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-03-24

Eugene-$32,00O prunes shipped
in one day.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-03-24

We sell all the well known brands of
Shaving Soaps and Creams Colgatcs,
Williams, Palm Olive Shaving Cream,
Mcnnen's Shaving Cream, Shavaid, Lysol
Cream, Johnsons and others.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-03-24

Newport -Waldport road to he
completed In time for tourist travel
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-19
AMERICAN PLAYS IN PARIS
o New York Herald

From the New I orK deTdld
Five plays of American authorship have been
selected by the Drama league for production
at the Odeon theatre in Paris in order that the
French nation may learn something of the pres
ent state of the playwrights' art in the United
States Firmn Gemier will present them on
this historic stage. Perhaps no better selec-
tions could have been made in view of the con-
ditions imposed by the Drama league, but one
wonders, for example, what the French play
goer will think of Eugene O'NeilPs Anna
Christie" which won the Pulitzer prize last sea-
son. Arthur Hopkins presented in New York
this study of a sailors love for woman who
had come from the streets In the end the sal
lor marries the woman and Mr.. O'Neill's adj
mirers have accused him of sacrificing too
much of probability for the sake of the happy
ending.
The play had long run here, but in Chicago
the public entirely refused to interest itself in
the study of the influence of the sea on the
lives of those who follow it. Will the French
audience take seriously the mental struggles
Of the seafarer to the justification of such
marriage as his? Will French psychology ap
preciate the Importance of the ceremony under
the conditions presented in the play?
In 1.-THE Hairy Ape" Paris will have no ques-
tons of sex to reconcile with it's own special
views of life, since the concern of this man of
Drawn and bulk are with social rather than do
nestle topics. The French will at least have the
opportunity to observe how easily foreign
nation can accept so novel an art form as the
impressionistic play which came to our stage
from Germany. France is not without its own
examples of this school,
William Vaughn Moodys "The Great Di-
vide," with its fine first act is certain to COM
mand literary respect even if its evolution takes
familiar turn. If any part of the light world
illness Of Langdon Mitchells play, "The New
York Idea," is reproduced in the translation
there will be sufficient evidence that the Amer
lean theatre is not altogether without the graces
of more less high comedy. But "The New
York Idea' is, like "Kindling," by Charles Ken
yon, no longer to be regarded as new example
of the art of theatre. "Kindling' is realis-
tic in spirit, although it does deal with wholly
human emotion.
These five plays are well chosen even if 1.-THE
Great Divide" and 'The New York Idea" have
put 16 years to their credit and ''Kindling' is
but a little more modern. 1t may be that they
supposed to possess historic interest for the
French.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-19

The schoolmarm who goes to Europe on the
same steamer with movie star has something
to talk about for the rest of her life
X
Arthur Brisbane, who writes exclusively for
The Age-Herald and lot of other newspapers,
will not buy the London Times.
X
Elinor Glyn says she forgets herself when
writing. For the sake of Elinor's reputation
in private life, we hope
X x
There is intolerance enough in Zion City to
do credit to religious cult that has been
established for centuries.
X X X
: The bush Lacquer who set the woods afire
dreams of an enlarged sphere of usefulness
next year.
There isn't much frivolous talk being IN
dulged in these days at Chequers court.
In one sense, Pancho Villa, Filipino pugilist,
is fighting the battles of his country.
X :
Some fuel merchants don't seem to care a
hang about their personal popularity.
X X
The hand of the Turk is seen in smouldering
Smyrna.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-19
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PRESS FAIR TO MARSHALL
From the Washington Post.


Men prominent in public life occasionally
complain of the manner in which their utter
ances and actions handled in the newspa-
pers. Sometimes one of them will resort to the
expedient of refusing to receive newspaper
men, but such attempts rarely of long dura-
ton, because sooner or later the official has
something he wishes to convey to the public
and the press is the most logical and effective
channel Of distribution. Among those. on the
other hand, who have no complaint to make re-
garding their treatment by writer's, former Vice
President Marshall is prominent figure While
receiving group of newspaper men at the Will
lard during his recent visit to Washington. he
declared that in all his political career he had
never had occasion to complain because of the
way in which the papers had treated him.
"Pm rather at loss to understand that" he
said. Nearly every one I know has had little
trouble along that line, now and then at least.
with papers that were opposing his policies. But
have always been treated very fairly, and. of
course, that has been source Of great pleas
ure."
Mr.. Marshall then took the writers into his
confidence by admitting that he sometimes
thought he had made mistake by not taking
up newspaper work as profession II can't
think of anything that would be more pleasant
than to be able to write about any subject in
which ! was interested and to have thousands
OF readers of my views" he declared
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-19

British Atlantic fleet has Zen ordered to re-
inforce the Mediterran, squadron. This
great armada, with the French and Italian war
ships, will be quite enough to give the jubilant
Turks pause. The land forces might not be
able to check their advance, but Constantinoplc
and the Dardanelles will be safe under the
protection of the allied fleet.
The present situation in the near east is
due in large measure to the failure of Euro
pean diplomacy. Instead of presenting a
united front, the allies have been playing the
old game of political intrigue. England has
favored the Greeks and France the Turks.
The military success of Mustapha Kemal
Pasha is partly attributed to munitions and
other assistance received from France There
is, too, the shadow of bolshevsm on the near
eastern horizon. It matters not whether Rus
STA is red, or some other shade of political
opinion, Russia does not want to be bottled
up in the Black sea and she still has her eye on
Constantinople. For that reason the boil
shevist government is friendly to the Turkish
HationaAiseS, pioDapiy peieVihB ehae ~ SaH
make a better bargain with the Turks than it
could hope to make with Great Britain, the
jealous guardian of Constantinope and the
Dardanelles.
The present emergency seems to have had
one beneficial result. It has apparently
forced Great Britain, France and Italy to act
together. The Turks, flushed with victory,
may try to take Constantinople, unless their
terms complied with, but Mustapha Renal
Pasha is credited with too much intelligence
to commit the folly of attacking the allies.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-19

ALABAMA STATE FAIR is
A COMMUNITY EVENT

In advertising state fairs it is customary to
announce the biggest and best ever but
the management of the Alabama State Fair,
which opens in Birmingham October and ends
October z, are justified in claiming that the
attractions offered this year will please the
stream through the big gates at the fair
grounds.
The state fair has become well established
institution, drawing visitors every year from
all parts of Alabama, and one of the biggest
events of it's kind in the south. This expansion
makes it possible for the management to book
the largest fair attractions and provide outdoor
entertainment on generous scale. These fea-
lures help to swell the attendance, but they do
not by any means constitute the only claim
of the state fair to the attention of the people
of Birmingham and Alabama.
It is promised that the exhibits will be more
extensive and varied than ever before. The
world is moving so rapidly that in order to
keep up with it's progress the managers of fairs
and expositons must show something new
every year. For instance, this year radio will
be feature, although radio concerts at fairs
were undreamed of short time ago.
The citizens of Birmingham will attend the
educational value is great. As an amusement
enterprise it is equal to a glorious week of
circuses
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-19
NEED NEW METHOD

'9Those who have attended the recount of
the ballots cast in the recent primary cleo
ton, due to the contests filed by candidates
for the legislature, cannot fail to be inn
pressed with the necessity of some change in
the method of voting" said Steve Virgins.
"With ballot as long as the ones we are
recounting, it is really remarkable that the
managers of the election made so few mistakes,
but mistakes there were and we know that it
took long time to count them, especially in
the larger precincts.
81 have read of the success elsewhere of the
so-called voting machine, and while am not
familiar with its method of operation, feel
sure that the machine would be vast i'm
provement and convenience over the present
system.
s'It occurs to me that it would be time for
the election commissioners to look into this
matter and find out what it would cost to
adopt and install the voting machine for future
elections
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-19
STREET CARS AND FIRE ENGINES

'I was passing by the Sixth avenue entrance
of the new central fire station the other day,
when the fire alarm rang" said Hardie
Browne. Gust as the fire engines had reached
the sidewalk, a street car well filled with pas
sengers, came along.
''The motorman started to stop the car when
he was waved on by the driver of the fire en-
CINE as the apparatus could not pass until the
street car moved out Of the way. This caused
a delay of a minute or 50, which count ire
mendously in reaching a fire.
"But that is not the only bad feature. The
street at this point is somewhat narrow, and
there is grave possibility of an accident
some time between the fire apparatus and the
street cars, especially if both have speeded up.
Then again to add to the danger the proximity
of the First Methodist church and Masonic tenn
pie cause great many cars to be parked along
this thoroughfare.
at is my opinion that in the interest of
safety first, the street cars should be debarred
from passing in front of the fire station, and
that the parking of cars along this section of
the street should be prohibited"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-19
QUESTION is SERIOUS

"The present deporable financial situation
of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power
company is more grave than the people of Bir-
mingham seem to realize and more considera-
ton and though should be given to it," said
William L. White, local real estate dealer.
"Being real estate myself / can speak
of this question from this particular angle.
Several months ago when | had occasion to
build a couple of homes in the suburbs, the
stumbling block that almost prevented me from
finishing the houses was the lack Of gas and
electric mains of the Birmingham Railway,
Light and Power company in that section. An
additional outlay my part enabled me to fin
ish them. However, if the gas and electric
mains had been there, these houses could have
been finished sooner and without any addi-
tional expense on my part. The present fl
nancial condition of the company prevents
further extensions of their gas and electric
mains. and this is one of the 'snags' that IS
going to stare Birmingham in the face in the
future"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-19
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE
NOT A LEAGUE MEMBER

"a man called the office of Sheriff ]. c.
Hartsfield yesterday" said Woodie Sandefur,
deputy sheriff, land informed me that there
were eyewitnesses to the duel fought with
knives between Floyd Shiflatt and Emmett
Sea, both negroes, yesterday afternoon about
$50 o'clock at the intersection Of Avenue
and Eighteenth street, which resulted in the
death of Floyd Shiflatt. The voice from the
other end of the wire informed me that the
speaker and his wife, with few additional
friends, were riding by this point and wit
messed the fight. He gave a description
of the two negroes and told of the direction
the Sea negro had taken when he made his
getaway. l asked the party his name and if
might not have personal interview with him.
He refused decidedly, saying that he did not
wish to be connected in court. | told the UNI
known party that Birmingham was as much his
city as it was mine, and that felt he should
be willing to lend his assistance to the sher-
ifs forces, if he wished to have law enforce
ment. Our conversation has puzzled me for
some time, but | am certainly sure of one
thing, that the man who was on the other
end of the line is not member of the Biz
mingham Law Enforcement league"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-19
(, MEMBER BANKS STICK TO
FEDERAL RESERVE

An Illuminating answer to the charges that
have been made against the federal reserve sys-
tenn is the number of member banks retaining
their connection and the very few that have
withdrawn since its establishment in 1914.
There have been 1848 banks admitted to men,
bership and only 43 have retired. The men,
Der banks, large and small, have evidently not
been afraid of being eaten up by the federal
reserve banks
AS the Wall Street journal observes, "These
ton of the federal reserve system by the
president of the Bank of Tennessee, which
withdrew recently from membership in the
federal reserve bank of Atlanta"
: Bankers should know more about the right
way of operating banks than politicians and
1T is noteworthy that criticism of the federal
reserve system has come almost exclusively
from politicians.
The federal reserve system gave an excel
lent account of itself during the war and this
country passed through period of depression
with a minimum of failures. There has been
nothing akin to a panic since the establish
.ment of the system, although there have been
conditions that would have caused one had
not the finances of the country been handled
expertly.
Some of the TRADES against the federal re-
serve system smack of the equally unsound
attacks on the price Of cotton several years
ago. Some politicians must have subject
matter for TRADES and they generally select
something about which they know least, prob
ably because they feel that the masses are as
ignorant as they are and, therefore, can the
more easily be led into believing nonsense.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-19
WHAT CONCENTRATION MEANS

Knocking out the special privilege which
Atlanta and Augusta enjoyed in concen-
trating Alabama cotton in those cities and
placing Birmingham on the same relative base
counts for lot more than appears superb
cially" said Charles E. Jones, secretary of the
traffic bureau. ut means that the cotton
naturally coming to Birmingham to be COM
pressed here and then take the through rate
to consuming points will do that very thing
instead of passing through Birmingham to Au-
gusta and Atlanta for concentration before
going to the Carolina mills.
'tThe further meaning of it is the building
up of the cotton handling business in Bir-
mingham That business is already little lar
ger than many of us realize There are 10
to dozen live cotton firms here and two
congresses
sTt was just another of those freight rate
victories which, while not spectacular, count in
the long run as sure foundations under sky
scraper"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-19
BUSINESS is BUSINESS
lie Los Angeles Times.

from the Los Angeles Times.
John King, once president of the Erie rail-
road, was capital story teller. At one time
he was general manager of the Baltimore and
Ohio under John w. Garrett. In order to
raise money for his projected extensions Gar
rett had gone to Europe. The times, finan.
cialy, were very difficult.
While Garrett was away, Johns Hopkins.
the famous philanthropist, died. Everybody
in Baltimore attended the furenal Among
the leading persons was another John King a
banker, who was Hopkins executor.
messenger boy rushed in with CABLE
gram for John King and handed it to John
King, the executor, who sat at the head Of
the mourners. He read it, and then passed it
along SO that each one could read it, until it
reached John King>of the Baltimore and Ohio,
who sat at the foot of the line
The cablegram read: Present my sympathy
to the family and my highest appreciation of
Mr.. Johns Hopkins, and borrow from the
executor all you at per cent.-Garrett."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-19

With equal aptitude and ease"
In these words R. L. S. proclaimed to the
world the little known fact that he was an ell
illustrator
Strange as it may seem, his talent in this
direction was first uncovered by his stepson,
Lloyd Osbourne, then youngster of IL; the
hows and why's are all told in delightful little
volume recently published and called, "Moral
Emblems," by Robert Louis Stevenson, with 10
woodcuts by the author.
Lloyd Osbourne in his introduction, gives
poignantly pathetic picture of R. L. S. fight
ing death at Davos, weak, discouraged, unap-
preciated and painfully poor; but with grit
enough to play a game with child and play
it with an absolute seriousness to make 1t
the most absorbing thing in that boys life. For
with less perfect sweetness of heart or
unquenchable courage would it have been pos
sible.
Little Lloyd, the energetic possessor of a
hand printing press, had written, printed and
sold to the hotel guests the entire edition of an
SPACE book thrillingly entitled "Blaek Canyon,
or Wild Life in the Far West" This achieve
ment so aroused the interest of R. L. S. that
one day with the utmost gravity he presented
a Ms for the consideration of "Osbourne &
Co." The astute young publisher snapped IL
up, thus showing himself possessed of judg
ment superior to that of his contemporary
business rivals.
This venture being a success, illustrations
were wanted with which to embellish the next
proposed publication of the "Davos Press" SO
R. L. S. suggested that he carve pictures
jig-saw wood, which could be used to print
FROM in the manner of the old wood blocks.
Though his only tool was a penknife, such
success crowned his efforts that great enthus-
iasm on the part of the. printer publisher and
the author-illustrator resulted. From this was
born the series of cuts and verses by R. L. S.,
which for the first time have been collected
and published all together.
Strange turn of fate, the delightful first edi-
tions of the Davos Press, which sold to hotel
visitors at six pence apiece, have been trans
formed by time into collectors items" and
figure in auction catalogues under the impos-
ing title of "Davos Booklets; Stevensonia; Ex-
cessively Rare," and when they do appear they
bring $500 and upwards.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-19
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
Hope is often carried so far as to be ridicu-
lous.
If all flesh is grass men ought to be less shy
Of lawn mowers.
The board of strategy is the kind you get
at some boarding houses.
Anything that is not to be sneezed at ap-
peals to the victim of hay fever.
While it is true that this is hurry-up world,
nobody likes to see his finish,
You might call man a rolling stone, but
don't insinuate that he isn't the level