La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, May 05, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texti EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-EIGHT PAGES TODAY THE WEATHER C I T Y EDITION gon: Fair tonight. WcrtucH dny fair In the east, cloud and cooler In tho -west. VOLUME XXIII. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1925. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 178 rani? ES'f LA GRANDE Approximately 300 Peo pic on Hand to Greet Stars FLAPPERS "TAKE TO" BEN LYONS Miss Nilsson, Mr. Lyons , and Others Guests of Chamber of Commerce' at Luncheon Today. With crowd of approximutcty 3f La Grande people present at tin railroad Htation to greet them, members of Frank Lloyd's motion pleture'euHt arrlvrd In !a Grande thin morning nt 10:Sl) o'clock ou tran No. 24. They came In two special cars, which - were hooked onto the branch line train und taken to Joseph. From Joseph the cast will be taken to the head of the lake by automobiles. .Several stuns of Hie first water were present. Including Miss Anna . Nthson. Oorolhy Keblestiun. Ken l.vnns, Tully Marshall, Viotor Mac Lughlcn. llobarf Bos worth and olh its, Pocsihly the party numbered. Including? camera men. and others connected with the working (duff, forty or fifty persons. Mb-s Nilsson, Mr. Lyons and two or three other members of the parly left the train hero and were guests of the chamber of commerce nt Its regular Tuesday noon-day luncheon today. Karl Reynolds, secretary of the chamber, accom panied the group from Pendleton to Lu Grande. The renminbis' members of the cast left for Wallowa this morn- Flappers Present 5 Beii Lyons, he who ymis many lici'o purls that are especially con duel vi lo hero worship from the yomiK Indies, nmy have been a slight disappointment to mem bers of the fair sex. The trouble was (hat. Instead of tippcurlng lin maculate from bead to toe, he was minus a haircut, (if course, this whs necessary as his part calls for that particular type of hirsute adornment, but even so. some of the Indies were -omewhut non pulsri ut fir.it. Quite a number of the younger ladies, however, were giving Ben more attention than they gave other members of the cad . The intire parly, uftir un all night ride from Fort land, were tired and eager to reach their destination- I.Ikes Fnst Oregon. Ah a ' whole, the parly is very much pleased with Kastern Ore gon a.s much of it as they have seen, and they are looking forward to arrival at the lake with much anticipation. Mr. Lloyd, declared Continued on Page Five.) Albert Patterson. 8.'., a well known pioneer of the Grande Ronde valley, passed on here Hun day night, following a short Illness. Influenza was the direct cause of his death. l)e was a resident of La Grand'1 Tor 7;3 years. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock from Ht. Peters Kpiscopal church. The remains are at the Snodgrass ami Zimmerman funeral service parlors today. I PATTERSON, PIONEER, DEAD Eastern Oregon Track Meet Plans Heading Up S' ldoni does Ui Grande have till opportunity to see such an array vt track talent us will be in com-p-tltlon at the Kastern Oregon track meet at the high school Sat urday. Although t he registrations from wheels will not clone until tomor row nine teaind have alreudy signed up for the it-nt. Including 1m Grande. ( 'ove. Pendleton, H' lix, Inildcr. linker, Fnion, I'malllla and i'lant will all send teams to I -a (Jrande for th" meet. f tf these t'ove. Mellx. Fmufltla and Crane are dark hone a and 11 ta hard to (H just what may hap pen. It wet-ms certain that these m houls must have something or thy wouldnt be going to the ca-p'-nse of sending their mii. ' Kfforts are being made to run the meet with the most possible pleasure for the spectalora'as well ' as the centcttan.. A large stuff 3 Excellent Programs Set For Midweek Men to Entertain on Wednesday Evening; Tickets on Sale for the "Knight of Dreams." One of the moat important at tractions for music week is the pro gram for Wednesduy evening, to be conducted entirely by the men. which Is to be given ut the L. O. H. tabernacle. Besides selections by the l,u Grande Municipal band there will be n solo by one who is a recent addition to the musical talent of Ia Grande; a men's chor us; community Hinging and hIso a number by u newly organized young men's orchestra. G. K. Itirnle hi chairman and will be assisted by. Andrew Loney, Karl Stoddard, the, chamber of commerce quartet and Klmer Stoddard. Tonight at 8: IS o'clock, under the direction of Mis. A. L. Itich- ardson, a program consisting of arias, art tongs and piano selec tions will be given In the Preshy- terian church. Musical Comedy Probably the feature irogram of the entire week will he the oper etta "A Knight of Dreams"' to be given in the high school auditor ium Thursday night. With inu.stc week off lo a. flying mart the Neighborhood club and the Mon- uy Mucical club are devoting their time to the success of this pro gram. The rough spots are being polished off at the nightly rehears als and the principals are going through their parts like veterans. No musical comedy Is complete without n chorus and "Knight of Dreams" will have a chorus of 1m Grande, girls that would make th famed girls In Ziegfeld Follies, so it Is uu id. hide behind the tall trees at Wallowa lalte if they saw these flappers go through their paces. Reserved- wuts for ".Knight of Breams" went on sale this morn ing at Glass Orug and while there waa a long line watting1 Tor the store to open, there are several good seats left. ; Following is the cast of char acters: Principals. U. 1 J., tmttom Miw .tames MoNuinec, Fan I KnaiiU. Mrs. Lester Stoddard. Krnest Witt- klns. Mrs. Karl Htoddatd. Or. Buy Murphy, Klwood Gwilliama. Mil dred Jiovctt and Mrs. A. W. Nel- Hon. Witches chorus: Vera Wat ten- berg, Mildred Lovett. Jessie log gers, Nell K. Fourth. Clem Green, Kvelyn ilearshuw. Special Pickaninny chorus: Bar bara Coolidge. Varginla Warnick. Jane Staiige, Gtldn. Ashby, Jacque line O'Brien, Ruth Murchir.on. Lu cile Friee, Maria Lyman. Peggy Hohnenkamp. Ruth Black. Bernice Wilson. Virginia Brain well. M,....lti.r4 of clinriiM- Milt. el Uer- zinger. Belly Garrick, Wlnoiiu Ly-J man. LaRue Hank-s, Fonda Hanks, Mary laron. Gladys Mc. Manna, liaisv Robbs, orothy Funk. Isa- belle. Miller. Faullne Ainsworth, ( Myrtle Black. Fete 1irson, Babe flriw.n llnnnlil lntllf I'm- Ml IT. phy. Lloyd Wulsh, Frank Johnson. I nl,l..n .,..rlu.n n.l I j.eIxk Mind- !. dard. The second 1 1 ee concert of Music Week will be given this evening, commencing at 8:15 at the Fresbyterlan church. Mis. A. 1j. Jtlchardson is chairman of the evening and promises a very un .isual and interesting program. (Continued on Page Five.) eKjIhthmFrees are planted at willow school The school board completed the planting ff eighty silver maple trees at the Willow school and the high school athletic field yesterday. At Hie athletic Held the tree were planted In the parking on K ave nue from Fourth to Second streets and on second Mreet from K to M avenue, 2.r feet apart. The trees art planted along tin west and south sides of the Willow school propert y. of comp' tt-ijl officials iia.i been se lected mid the events will be tun off In Kood tini" with the minimum of confusion and delay. The prellmlnury heals will be finished In I he forenoon and at the regular afternoon sevton only the final events will be run. thu. making the races ils interesting a possibh1. A large number of cups, medals and ribbons will be offered the winners of the events and the win ning tea m. The winner of each event will n-eeiv a nip. second place h silver medal, third place a broiu-i medal and fourth place a ribbon. A cup will be given the team win ning the meet, and a special cup ha.s been offered for the team which w Ins f he Last cm m-gun meet three 1 lines in succession. Thus the winning team Saturduy will have possession of the cup at !eat unil next year. Most Beautiful on Screen I it? ' ' ' Si? , . i'4,A ; u H Mr W- w-' t V 4 , s 'i ; ' . . .; . - - - ' -. ThLs is n faitu-llu pose of Arum Q, Mlsson, iiiomc star who ill piny n leaillng rolo iu "Winds of Chuiiri." Her iie In ilio p'h-t tires. Iins bei'ii meteoric and she. lias been rullcd tlic tinxst beautiful uotiuin on the scrtx'ii. Sedgwick and Wallowa Kdunrd Sedgwick, I'niversfll di rector who waB In charge .of the filming of "Let Kr Buck" and The Saddle Hawk" at Fend let on last fall, accompanied by Normal Kerry, famous motion picture star, passed through Im Grande this morning en route to Wallowa Iake where they will look over condi tions there with the object of film ing scene! for the Universal pic ture, "The Fony Kxpresa." Providing the scenery offered at the Wonderland Is satisfactory. Sedgwick w ill later lake his cast EX-BANKER QUESTIONED VA N( () " " Kit, Wash. (AIM O. Jorgen ( Hhoii, former presblent of the American Security Bank here, arrested on embezzlement charges, was quest toned today concerning Ihe disappearance of $2,H'U worth of Liberty bonds from the Vucolt, Washington, bank on the night of March li. IH23. Olson was pnsid'-ni of that bank until he resigned recently as presi dent of t he American Security Bank. Olson refused to make a statement, today. The questioning followed the finding of ft.'i'Mi worth of Yacolt bonds in the county treasurer's of fice here The county treasurer had deposited Oltii of the county road fundH In the American Secur ity Bank. The bonds Identified lo dy were said to be part ol the se eurily given the county by t he bank. scnooii ii i :ai A'iirrKi ItAN'OUN'. Ore. - R. II. Watmm, HU pert n I ede nt of Batidoti public schools, on trial here on charges ol incompetency arid of having nn-'d profane IniiKUage in Hp' lilting to a Ipupil. was found not polity by tin jschnol board last night. WIiK'h.1'-k ibttftri-d I hat ':.l,e.n Slid to It- year-old Voyle P rry, " ijh'i n h - of a c.iptain." l "ounsel for I he i, feime argued that, though the phrase Wi:s used, it was iio rely U definite udjeellvt and in euininon use. It was under stood the case would be appealed by Frank Ferry, father of the bay KAtwmnB hi ui. i mm WU"!1I Kerry At Lake Today ;to the hend of the lake, j Sedgwick ami Kerry have been at. Pendleton muklng arrangements J for the preliminary work. ! With the two were Severn! Pen Id let on men, including George G. f Itmr l.tiuina.ira tutiniiefr l( Ihn Round-lp, It. K, Fhloupek, of the Rnund-Fp board und Phllo Rounds, member of the Happy r'anyon board and also Charles Kenyon, special writer for the Universal company. Henry ColliuH Is to join the group at the Lake later today. He will drive from Pendleton. TACtiMA (By the Awtoeli Press) Temporary insanity be the defense oT George A. ger when he faei-H t rial for rnurd' r lr..t Sunday of Ruber ;itrd will "on- the t . the and llejih. Mrs. Conger, t he cau.se of shooting, announced that ;die her husband have been recouc and that she will testily In hi;( f ense. ibd de- LO! SI V CHI RCH III ItNF.B SHRKVKPKK T. La. (AP) The Atkins Biptist church of Ceibir Gro e. which figured in the I rial of W. Conrad Oliver hi connection with Mi- flncKinK "f John Barker. here last Week. Willi bUllied down early Sunda v morning a nd inve;i tigatoia sav the bla.e w:w of lll cendtiuy rli;in. The rlriieb. Ill" cOJlgl t i(MI tif whieh lias divided into factious ov er t he fsue.i in ol ved in t he conviction or Oliver on a charge of conspiracy to commit assault, said to have been ttlflb led because Barker c.llowe.t his daughter. Jew el, to rldi a bicycle aid wear knick ers, w us me ut I our d In testimony us having been the neat of much I rough- leu dim; up to the Barker flogging. COLORADO BANK ( MlM O FORT CiiLI.INS. Colo. (AIM The -'iirinTfi bang and Trust coin puny of Fort Collins, tailed lo open Its doors Monday. A notice'oii t ht! door signed bj P. K. Combs. ca.lrler s.iys: Th:s bank Is closed by older of the board of directors." The bunk deposits larf. O. eembcr 31 were f31 J,fc4ti 1'". SLAYER III PLEA INSANITY BIG CROWD II NOON More Than 300 La Grande People and Guests A''e Present ARMY MEN, MOVIE STARS PRESENT Following Luncheon Ex- cellent Program - Given in the -Presbyterian Church. I'rohably nowhere In the his tory of the loenl chnmber of commerce have more world f ani ons guests been entertained nt one luncheon than today. ( A partial list follows: Lieut. Oakley Kelly, of world wide fame as an aviator, w ho 1 here on C. M. T. C. work. Lieut. Col. Webb. I". S. A., who accompanied Mr. Kelly, who ur rived her shortly before noon in his airplane. Anna Q. Nilsson, Mr. Murray. Ben Kyons. Clumh- Gllllngw uter. Victor Miicliughlan und other members of Frank Lloyd's motion picture cast. Large Crowd. A. h'jrried estimate of the num ber present showed that approxi mately SUM, Including members and guests, were 'seated at lunch eon in the Odd Fellows hull. Or. Ray Murphy presided as chair man. Lieut. Kelly, called upon for a brief talk. In a few words apolo gised for being unable to fly to La Grundu last November lo at tend I lie Armistice day culebru llon. Mr. Johnson, representing Mr. Lloyd, thanked i-n Grande people for the, welcome they extended the "Winds of Chanee" east und also extended in invitation to ull to (Continued on Pag Five.) NKW YORK (By the Associated Press) The conviction of Gaston B. Means, former deportment of justice ugent, by a Jury last July on a charge of having conspired to rr move liquor Illegally from a bonded warehouse, latv Monday was confirmed by the Fnlted States circuit court of appeals. Means, who has been on ball, was ordered. laken into custody thut he might begin the two-yeur term in the federal penitentiary at At lanta to which he was sentenced at the time or his conviction. A $10, OOit fine also was imposed. FLEET HEADS NKW YORK (By the Associated press) - Twenty-one boats of the I Fnlted States const guard left Cllf- jton Bay. the Staten Island base to day, bound for th rum row to open an offensive which will seek !to sweep the Hu'ior armada off the Atlantic, seaboard by June first. Th- craft, liberally sprinkled with guns, are, most of them cap able of high speerl. The Outsider's Viewpoint Your opinion of a place of bus. Iness and your hh'ii of w bat giMxK it should orfer on. what mt Ice It should ri'iider, and wbHl place It bits In the cont mimlty Is more lio(Hiiiaut ( nu adverHn r tlian any Idea or o)lntoii fif his own. You are oul-ldo lie Is lnhle. Ihe iMlelbgenl niheitlM-r tbere fon ana h .cm bN advertising m-! nud nief-ngi'M from jour lilut of lew. Ami lie tallies your oplulini and Miggi-Mion-f. I be huhig -lnndHini. noi the M-llhig, if Minis innt In tlnoi luting hiore and tielter I rude. 'Obserw Ad vprt llng A McrcliaiulNlnff hervlce MEANS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY FOR RUM M n AT LOSTINE 1 Wallowa County Pomona Organization Holds Its Quarterly Session MANY SPEAKERS ON THE PROGRAM Wallowa County Fair Progress Pointed Out; Resolution Favoring a County' Agent Passed. WALLOWA, Ore. (Special). The Wallow a County Pomona grange held ltn n gulur quartet y icsslon ut Lostine recently with u large crowd of representative members ' from . the subordinate granges of the county in at ten- lance. Delegates from Baker and tnd Fnion county granges were also in attendance. The grange was opened In the fourth degree by Master C. F. Duvies, and a short business ses sion held In the forenoon, ut which time a number of Impor tant issues were Introduced und discussed. A resolution condemn ing the slow system In the co jrts. in the examination of jurors was read, and It was recommended hnt the granges of the (date use their Influence in bringing he foi-e the next session of the start, leg islature a bill w hleh would give the Judges of the circuit und su preme courts the sole right lo question and examine prospective jurors. Marl Speak. The principal speaker on the program was Paul Maris, director of the extension service of the O. A. C. Mr. Marls gave a short talk on the w ork being accomp lished by the orgautxnllon, .during the niorffing session. .Dinner was served to I lie large crowd nt noon hour by I (jo ladies of the South Fork grange, at the ch'jreh. The afternoon meeting Included the progrum and was open to the' public. The assembly room of the i school building was well filled ut this time. Rev. G. II. Feese, lee-j turer of thu Pomona grunge, had. charge of the afternoon meeting. pleuslng the audience greully with his well prepared program. Tells of Fair Progress. A. V. Miller, itecretary of the Wallowa County Fair association was the first speaker Introduced at the opening ef the afternoon meet. Mr. Miller gave n very In teresting talk, telling of the great progress which has been made In conducting the annual county fair during the past 2 years. In which time 19 very successful fairs have been hidd, the one year In which the fair was not held being dur ing the late war when labor was scarce and producers had no time to spare In preparing exhibits. The fair association plans for a (Continued on Pago Five.) GRANDMOTHER IS SENTENCED TO STATE PEN PORTLAND. Ore. (My (he As sociated preKH)r-Mrs. M C. Paton pb-uded gullly to a charge of man slaughter In connection wit h t he death of her grandchild, Sylvia Itoijisc I lest ham ps. aged 4. who dbd from the effects of u beating. Hho was Immediately sentenced to an Indeterminate term in the slate penitentiary not to exceed 1 r years. Hlie was arraigned on a charge of second degree murder and ph aded not guilty to that, charge. 1 list i ict Attorney Chun Ba crick told the rourt that a pteit of gullly to a ehurgc of muns)HUi;hter would be cccepijthle, provided the maxi mum p' lialty would lie pronounced. The child died April 21 Inat. Hh" was the daughter of Mrs. Cora M. Deschamps o Portland who, fol low In if a divorce, sent her four children to reside with their grandmother. Pola Negri's Hearing To He Later This Week NKW YORK (By Ihe A.socla(d prcs,s) pola Negri's hearing be fore f-iirttmiiH authorities On all'ga tlon.M that Mite failed lo deelun .jewelry valued ut llfi.Otm whi p sh arrived Friday night on I he Iter egiirhi has le-'n postponed until j later Ibis we.-k. Hlie did not up pear ut the customs housi1. The outcome of t h" cas cus toms officials Hiitd, probably would depend upon whether th actress in proved to be jj, foreign subject MUn Negri said she Imd tuk-n out ft i si cltlr.enship pa tiers in this country. When the Bereguria arrived Ihe 'iihIoiuh nKntHconriHCHted 1 hot ths of alleged liquor found In MIkb .Negri's trunks. III 016 IE Riffians To Attack At Three Points Tribesmen Preparing to Launch Offensive on French Front Near Fez FK Morocco (By th Associ ated Press) The Riffians uro pre paring to attack French forces at three principal points. It was re ported by French u viators. According to the French intel ligence division one force of tribes men Is assembling in the center of the front to attempt a march in the general direction of Fez. Another native . force Is appar ently assembling to attack the French to the left while a third Is being formed against the French right wing. French authorities expressed tho belief thut the Riffhuis number about 20,000. XTRA V. S. WIMi 1IAVF. SAY GFNF.VA AI ) 1 lilted States will have certain constructive Mig K est ions to offer thu International Arms Truffle t'onfcrcin'o, Hepre scntnllve Button or Ohio told the coiirerviuv today. One of (lie most imiiortuiil, he said, concerned addi tional measures to dent with traffic In iMisonou.s gacs with Ihe luie of reducing the barbarity of mod ern warfare. spi:i: ii may it ixi WASHINGTON (AF) While Amluisjsador llaiigblon sjMike on his own responsibility last night. Presi dent Coolidge Is very lioiieful that tho ambassador' Intcrpretm Inn of the American attitude toward Fu iop will be helpful to Furoieaii stafirMiicii and coplc. The presi dent feels that the economic, situ- al,t, ""1 N InipmvliiK. Fug land's return (o the gold stauduiil and the probable similar action of Holland at au early date are con strued dm favorable signs pointing tmvnrd stabilization. , HYLAN TO HI'S MAY YOltK (AP) Mayor Ily lan announced tolay that ho would he a candidal o to miccni1 bhn.sdf net fall reganllesM of whether 1'amuiany Hall supiMHtetl him or not. STAfiF IIFI.B FP NFYABA TTY (AP) Two men su.sKt'tel of being Floyd Hall and loo Tauko, M'aiM'4l itmnlerers from San Qiieiitlu penitentiary, to day held tip the htagii near .ran- Itevllh, SO mill's from hero. They commandeered (he .stage and start ed In this illrcvtlon uitli tho posse pursuing them. PNKt DO-HI ALFR AItltF.STKI KFATTM; (Al) Nhois wer cx- Imugcd when officers arn'sted 'Colonel" Dlnshati P. ;hndhill, healer, who rep resented himself as former commander of the New York police air scrv hi. ihntlinli was nrresteil in a liolcl room loday. Officers said he had been sought for four years. Charges against him were not given, French Transportation Employes Strike Today P It A I H (By tho Associated Press) Street car and automobile bus services wee suspended today In Home sections of Ihe city where the radical elements are strong ind service elsewhere, is great ly crippled. About one-third of all transportation employes ceased work In a strike culled as the re sult of the suspension of some transportation emploea for not working on May I ay. Car barns and powr houses ure gnnrd d by troops, One policeman is Ktationed on each car that Is op iated. Mencken and Stewart Discuss U.S. Conditions (ty Charles P. Stewart) . WASHLNOTON (NKA Hpecht!) 11. L. Mencken likes -living in America. At least, so he says. He's so extremely unorthodox and the Fnlted HtateH. these Mines, Ih ho inu'h t he ot h'-i- way t hat It seems as if hi- wouldn't enjoy biin seir here. But, talking with me at IiIh home down In Bitllliiiore recently. "I'd be very unhappy," he remarked, "in a company of people ail juHi like myself." or course this observation lays him open to the eninelwiek, "Ho would anybody else." The editor of the "American Mercury" didn't mean It In thai way, however. "1 get my real Kick out of life, he continued. "In this land ot con ventions, by defying them alt.' This Is the right way to look ai it, no doubt. Forced to dwell here, us ho is, for business rea mm IS AVERTED Members of Spokano Lodge Narrowly Miss Death; Plot Fails EXPLOSIVES WOULD HAVE KILLED 50 Police Investigating Send ing or Mysterious suit case Filled with Gun powder, Shotgun Shells and Small Shot KPOKANK (AP) An Jnrcrnal muchine, expressed to the Fleet a Chapter of the Fuslern Htar lodg.i nere, from Los Angeles wan turned over to the police who announced that hud It exploded when opened the charge would have been ablo to kill 5u persons. The express tag showed the sender as H. K. Col bert, with a Los AJigelcs address. Investigation In Los Angeles today failed to reveal to reveal any per son by that name and living ad dress. The machine, enclosed in u cigar box which was contained In a suit case, was filled with gunpowder, shotgun shells and small shot which was connected with an elec tric buttery In such a manner that thu spark would ignite, tho powder when the Aultcase was opened. The failure of the circuit to bo completed when the suitcase w:ui opened last night prevented the, ex plosion, the police said. The Knst- ern Hlur officials said thut beforo the sultciiHe wua opened a copper wire which protruded from the end wua pulled. They believe this ac tion broku the electrical connec tion. It O N O O N (By the Associated Press) The leading journals to day emphasize the Importuned of Ambassador JJoughton'a uddresd lust night. The Times says: "ThLs author! tutlve reminder that good faith and real desire for peace arn absolute ly necessary If active American in terest in Kurope is to be developed is of great weight at tho present moment. "Mr. 3 fought on's significant speech Iiuh a far greater direct po litical value Ihun the torrent of rhetoric on the old them of Anglo American relations. It is evident that the new nmhiufHudor means, business." c,n phi Married 50 Years. NFWBKRO. Ore.- Mr. und Mrs. ( 'hester Lovclnnd entertained at their home, Chehulem, Center, nuur Newberg, more than 40 friends and neighbors to hilp them celebrate, the filtth anniversary or their wed ding. ,Mr. anil Mrs. Lovclnnd were married In Michigan, May 1, l&7t. They come to their present home In I1KHI, and are both actively engaged in earing for the berries and other fruits rnlHed on their farm. An in teresting feature or tho festivities was u golden wedding ceremony performed by the minhder of tho local Church of Christ, Rev. C II. Phillips. Mr. and Mrs. Child'-rs of t Vancouver. Wash., old friends of t he couple, who themselves cele brated their gnldett wedding five years ago, ncb d us bridesmaid and I groomsman. sons, the IrrepresBible Mr. Men cken whows sound sense hi tnsint Ing on seeing the bright side of conditions he ban to put up with anyway. Nevertheless; ti has to he admitted that existence in this country is pntiy drab today, com pared with whut it was up to iv dozen or L" yearn ago. Befor) then, 1 myself liked It. here as well aa I liked uny other place and even heller ihun I liked Home. But not now. At pi'Hent I can't think of a single spot I ever vthitcd on the whole globe where t wouldn't, rather live (hail here In the United States. The r-. reason t live here is the Hime real reason that 11. L. Mencken Iiuh for doing so, too. f 'don't believe that, sloty about his ' unhuppimwf, among peoplu moro (.ConUuuud on Four.)