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B lind M an ) E yej BY WILLIAM M ac HARG^EDWIN BALMEK L, Illustrations by R H.Llvir^stone. V SYNOPSIS C9IAPTBB I -Utbrifi WanUn. feattl« capitalist. t»ii« h's butler he is sap««-ling j a cailsr. to ba admitted without queetlun He In forma hie wife of danger Chat i threaten« him If h« purau.« « oour*« ha C nail era the enly honorable one. War- n lravaa th« house tn hta rar and meats wl“m ho tahoe Into the ma< hlno • h«n the car returns homo, Wanton Io found dead, murdered, and alone The RHer. a round man. has bean at War ne house, but lenvaa unobserved. C'HAFTKK 11 - Bob Connery, oondurtor rs- oives order« to hold train for a part/ Five mon and a girl board Ute train The father of the girl. Mr liorna, la the aerson for whom the train was bold Fhmp n Eaton, a young mun, also boarded th« tram Imraa lone hla aaugh- tor and hta aa< rotary, th.n Avery, to And Out what thov can «-nru'amlna win, CHAPTER HI —The two make Ketone aoqualntanco. The frwtn la etopi-d by snowdrifts. CHAFTKIl IV - Eaton receives a tele gram addraased to I a wren <e Hill werd, which ba rlaune It warns him ha Is being followed CHAFTEH V —Fessing through the car. Cannery nottooa Dnrneo hand hanging Outside th« berth He ascertaina Dorne*» boll has recently runs 1‘orturbod. ho mvoollgaloa and finds Dorne with hie ■hull crushed Ho < alia a aurgson Dr ■tn lair. on the train CHAPTER VI —■Inclair rorognlaoa the Injured man as Ba at I Itantolne. who. al though blind. Io a peculiar power In the Bnanctal world aa advloer Io "big Inter ests"* Hie recovery la a matter of doubt CHAITER VII. — ClreumiUnces point to Eaton an Santoine’s as- ■allant. ( WAITER VIII.— Eaton . practically Glared under arrest, lie refuses to make rgplanations as to his previous movements before boardinf the train, but admits he was the man who called on Warden th night the finan cier was murdered. ('WAITER IX.—Eaton pleads with Harriet Santolite to withhold judg ment, telling her he is in serious danger, though innocent of the crime agnir.st her father. We feel« the girl believes him. CHAFTEH X Ken tuina recovara suffl- elantly io qusatlon Eaton, who rafuass to rat sal hla identity The Onsmiar re quire« KU Ion to accompany him to iha ■antolna homo. where ha la In ths post Hon of a eami-prlaonar. CHAPTER XI Eaton meets a resident of the h usa. VValiara lllatchford. ami a young girl. Mildred t>«vte with whom appstontlv ho la acquainted, though tl.ey conrrwi the fact Eaton's mission Is to a* uro oerlaln documente which are vita) to hla Internets, and bls being admitted to ths house Is a remarkable stroke of luck. The girl agraes u> aid him Ha become« deeply Intercalad In Harriet Ban- tolna. and aha In him CHAFTEH XII - Harriot tells Eaton aha and Donald Avery ad as "eyes" to Han loins, reading to him the documenta <>n which ha haaoa hie Judgments Wblla walking with her, two man In an suio- mobile deliberately attempt to run Eaton down. Ho escapee with slight Injuries The girl recognises one of the men aa having been on the tmln on which they camo from Seattle. CHAFTEH X in.-Rsntotna questions Eaton closely, but the latter la reticent. The blind man tells him ha la convinced the attaek made on him on the train was the result of an error, ths attacker hav ing planned to kilt Eaton Rantolne telle Harriet ano la to take charge of certain pope,« connected with the 'Lstron ivop- ertlea," which had Mlherto been tn Avery’» ohargo. CH AFTER XV - At the counter club Eaton rovi-ala a remarkable prod i,.,icy at polo, seemingly to Avery's gratin.-a- tlon Eaton ln<luc-a Harriet to «¡low him to leave the grounds for a fsw mtnutas that night CHAPTER XVI.- That night Eaton In vade« Rantolnw'a library, eeehlng the pa- pets hr la determined to posses«. There ne finds two men one of whom ho recog nises with bewildered surprise, on the name errand. The three men engage In ■ nlatul duel. CH AFTER XVII - Aroused hv the «hoot ing. fUintolns descends to the library. Ths eombatanta are there, but «llent. wallaga Blatchford arrives and la on the point of Informing Hantolne of the identity of one of thn Intruders when ho la «hot and Instantly killed The fighters escape The safe has been rifled and Important papers taken CHAPTER XVIII.-Harriot Anda Eaton, badly wounded. Bhe helps him and as- companies him In an auto In pursuit of the Invaders of the house. Ha antlaflaa het of hla Innocence, which ahs has never doubted, Avery and a hastily summoned posse pursue Eaton. Ha (left cd he has Wounded the man ho recognized In ftan- tnlne'a study, Eaton leaves Harriot and fakes up Ip«- trail through ths woods (Continued from last week.) • Hugh—” Riis waited for the rent; but he told no more. •'Hugh!” she Whispered to herself aguln Ills name now. "Hugh!” Her eyes, which had watched the road for the guiding of the car. had followed hla gesture from time to time pointing out the trackg made by the machine they were pursuing. Those tracks still ran on nhentl; as she Eased down the road, a red glow be yond the bare trees wag lighting the ■ky. A glance at Hugh told that he ■Iso bad seen It “A fire?" she referred to him. "Looks like It." They said no more as they rushed on; hut th.e. rgd. glow was spreading, and yellow flames soon were In sight ■hooting higher and higher; these were clouded off for an Instant only to appear flaring higher again, and the breeze brought the smell of sea soned wood burning. “It's right across the mad I” Hugh announced as they neared tt. "It's the bridge over the next ra vine," Harriet said. Her foot already was bearing upon the brake, and the power was shut off; the car coasted on slowly. For both could see now that the wooden sjuui was blaring from end to end; It w as old wood. ■» Iff to bum mid going like tinder There was no poesllde chance for the rar to cross It. The girl brought the tiiacldue to a stop fifty feet from the edge of the rnvlno; the Are was so hot that the gasoline tank would not be sate nearer. Hhe gazed down at the tire marks on the road. •They cringed with their machine," ■lie said to Hugh “And tired the bridge behind. They must have poured gasoline over It ■ nd llglitcil It nt both endg.” Bhe sat with one baud still «train ing at the driving wheel, the other playing with the gear lever. “Tlieiv'a no other way across thai ravine. I suppose," Hugh questioned her. "Tbs other road's hack more than a mile, and two miles about." She threw In the reverse and started to turn Hugh shook hla head. "That’s Bo use." "No." she agreed, and stopped the ear again. Hugh «topped down on the ground. The double glare from the bead lights of a motor shone through th* tree-trunks ns the car topped and came swiftly down a rise three quar ters of a mile away and around the lust turn back on the road; another pair of blinding lights followed. There was no doubt that this must lie the pursuit from Bnntolne's house. Eaton stood beside Harriet, who had stayed In the driving-seat of the car. “I'm going Just beside the road herv," he suld to her. quietly. "I'm armed, of course. If those are your people, you'd belter co back with them. I'm sure they are; but I'll wait and see.” She caught his hand. "No; no!" she cried. "You must get as far away ns you can before they comet I'm going hack to meet and hold them." She threw the car Into the reverse, backed and turned It nnd brought It again onto the road. He came beside her again, putting out hla hand; she seised It. Iler hands for an Instant clung to It, Ills to hers. "You must go—quick I" she urged; "but how nm I to know what becomes of you—where you are? Shall 1 hear from you—shall I ever see you?” "No news will be good news,” he said, "until—" "Until wluitr “Vntll—" And sgaln that unknown something which a thousand times— It wi-nieil to her—had checked his word sud action toward her made him Avery, ralnt.ig no satisfaction from her, let go liar snn; his hand dropped to tha back of the seat and he drew tt up quickly, "Harriet, there'« blood here!" Hlie did not reply. He stared at her nnd seemed to comprehend. He Juni|«-<i from the cur and ran tc the assembled men They culled In answer to hl« shout, and she conbl see ■ msu pointing out to them th» way Baton had gone. The men, scat tering themselves st Intervals along the edge of the wood nnd. under Avery's direction, posting others In eneb direction to wutcii the road, be gsn to bent ttiriaigh the bushes after Eaton. She snt watching; she put her cold hand« to her face; then, recalling how Just now Eaton's bund had clung to hers, she pressed them to her lips Avery entne running back to her. "You drove him out here, Harriet I" he charged. “Him? Who?" she asked coolly. "Eaton, lie was hurt I" The tri umph In the ejaculation made her re coll. "He was hurt and could not drive, ami you drove him out." He left her, running after the men Into the woods. Rhe sat In the car, listening to the sounds of the hunt Hhe hud no Immediate fenr that they would find Eaton; her present anxiety wn« over his condition from Ills hurt« and what might hap|>en if he encoun tered thorn- ho had te-en pursuing. In that neighborhood, with Its woods and bushes and ravines to furnish cover the darkness made discovery of him by Avery and his men impossible 11 Eaton wished to hide himself. Avery appeared to have realized this; fot now the voice« In the woods ceased nnd the men l-egau to straggle back toward the cars. A party was sent on foot a, rosa the ravine, evidently t< guard the road Iteyond. The rest be gun to clamber Into the ears. Hhe backed tier car away from, the one In front of It and started home. Hhe had gone only ■ short distune« when the cars agu.r pawed her, trav eling at a high speed. She begun thee to puss Individual men left by (boat tn the cars to watch the road. At the first large house she MW one of the car« again, standing empty. She passed It without stopping. A mile further, a little group of men carry ing guns stopped her, recognized her ■nd let her pass. They had been called out. they told her, by Mr. Avery over the telephone to watch the roads for Eaton; they had Eaton'» de scription; members of the local police were to take charge of them and di rect them. She comprehended that Avery was surrounding the vacant acreage where Eaton had taken refuge to be certain that Eaton did not get away until daylight came and a search for him was possible. Lights gleamed at her across the brand lawns of the bouse« near her father's great house as she approached It; at the sound of her car, people came running to the windows and looked out. She understood that news of the murder at Basil Santoine's had ■ roused the neighbors and brought them from their beds. As she left her motor on the drive beside the house—for tonight no one ; ceme from the garages to take It— the little clock upon Its dash marked half past two. CHAPTER XIX Waiting. Harriet went into the house and . townrd her own rooms; n maid met | ■nd stopped her on the stairs. "Mr. Rantolne sent word that he wishes to Me you as soon as you came In, Miss Rantolne.” Harriet went on toward her father’s room, without «topping at her own— wet with the drive through the damp ' night and shivering now with Its chill. Her father's voice answered her knock with a summons to come In. "Where have you been. Daughter?" | he asked. “I have been driving with Mr. Ea ton In a motor," she said. "Helping him to escape?" A spasm crossed the blind man’s face. "He said not; he—he was following ; the men who shot Cousin Wsllace.” The blind man lay for an Instant still. 'Tell me,” he commanded Anally. 1 She told him, beginning with her dis covery of Eaton In the garage and j ending with his leaving her and with Donald Avery's finding her tn tbe mo- J tor; and now she held back one word only—his name which he had told her. Hugh. Her father listened Intently. "Until I Come to You A» ■■■As You "You and Mr. Eaton appenr to have Have Nevar Known Ma Yet!” become rather well acquainted. Har pause; hut nothing could completely riet,” he said. "Has he told you noth bar them from one another now. "Un ing about hlmaelf which you have not til they catch and destroy me, on— told me? You have seen nothing con- , until I come to you as—as you have , cernlng him, which you have not told?” never known me yet I" Her mind went quickly back to the j An Instant more she clung to him. The double hendllghts flared Into polo game; she felt a flush, which his ■ sight again upon the road, much blind eyes could not see. dyeing her nearer now nnd coining fnst. She re cheeks and forehead. The blind man waited for a mo leased him; he plunged Into the bushes beside the road, nnd the damp, ment; he put out hla hand and pressed bare twig» Inshed ngnlnst one nnother the bell which called the steward. at hla pnssnge; then she shot her car Neither spoke until the steward came. “Fairley,” Rantolne said then, qui forward. Hut she had made only ■ few hundred yards when the first of etly, “Miss Rantolne and I have just the two cars met her. It turned to agreed that for the present all reports Its right to pnss, she turned the same regarding the pursuit of the men who way; the nppronelilng enr twisted te entered the study last night are to the left, she swung hers to oppose It. be made direct to me, not through Miss Rantolne or Mr. Avery." The two cars did not strike; they "Very well, air." stopped, radiator to radiator, with She still sat silent after the steward rear wheels locked. The second enr had gone; she thought for an Instant drew up behind the first. The glare her father hnd forgotten her presence; 1 of her hendllghts showed her both then he moved allghtlv, were full of nrmed men. Their hend ■That Is all, dear, he said quietly. lights, revealing her to them, hushed Rhe got up and left him, and went suddenly their angry ejaculations. She recognised Avery In the flrat car; to her own rooms; she did not pretend to herself that she could rest. She -fiedeaped out nnd ran up to her. bathed and dressed and went down "Harriet I In God's name, what are stairs. The library had windows fac yon doing here?" ing to the west; she went In there She sat unmoved In her seat, gazing at him. Men lenplng from the care and stood looking out. Her mind was upon only one thing— ran post her down the road toward the ravine and the burning bridge. even of that aha could not think con Ilia announcement, had been there. The blind man turned upon his bed; TAI MIXING AGENTS make <100 weekly selling Simpson made-to- The m«n who«« name w«« on Blatcb- he was finding that events fitted to-' order summer suits, <17.50 and ford'» tongue, or the companion of gather perfectly. Hs felt cartain now <19.50, also our famous all-wool that man, had «hot Blatchford rather that Eaton had goo« to Gabriel War suits, S29.M. Commissions daily. than let Rantolne hear tbe name. den expecting to get from Warden Beautiful asaortmsnt 6x9 swatches He waa beginning to find eventa fit some Information that he needed, and free. No experience needed. Can themselves together: but they fitted that to prevent Warden's giving him use spare time men if hustlers. J. Imperfectly as yet. this. Warden had been killed. Then B. Simpson, dept. 581, 831 Adams, Hantolrie knew that hs lacked the Warden'« death had cauaed Santolne Chicago, Ill. 15-ltx to go to Seattle and take charge of key. Many men could profit by poe ■easing the content« at Santolne’« «afe many of Warden'« affairs; Eatou had and might have shot Blatchford rather thought that the Information which PUBLIC WELFARE STORE RE OPENED FOR BUSINESS AT than let Santolne know their presence bad been In Warden's possaaaion NO. 1 UNION AVE. there; It wav lmpoeefble for ^«otoloe might now be in Santoine's; Eaton, to tell which among the«« many the therefore, had followed Hantolne onto The move to a lower rent dis man who had been In the study the train. trict cut our expenses. There might tie. Who Eaton’s enemies were The inference was plain that some fore we cut our prices again. Our was equally unknown to Mantolne. thing which would have given Han store is only one short block from But there could be but one man—or toine the Information Warden had bad the street carline and you can park your ear all day. (5ur mer at most one small group of meu—who and which Eaton now required had chandise is shown on one floor. could be at the same time Eaton's been brought Into Santoine’s house Plenty of daylight. AND enemy and Hnntolne's. To have and put In Santoine's safe. It wa« VALUES! Well, just soe, what a known who Eaton was would have to get possession of this "something” big armload of merchandise one pointed this man to Hantolne. before It had reached Santolne that of your dol'are will carry away! Guttriel Warden had had an ap the safe had been forced. pointment with a young man who had Rantolne put out his band and EVERY DOLLAR SAVED BY come from A«ln and who—Warden press«! a bell. A servant came to BUYING FROM US CAN BE had told hla wife—he had discovered the door. USED TO BUY OTHER USE lately had been greatly wronged. I “Will you find Miss Santolne.” the FUL ARTICLES FOR YOUR Eaton, under Conductor Connery’s blind man directed, "and ask her to HOME AND FAMILY. WILL YOU USTEN TO THE CALL questioning, had admitted himself to come here?” OF THIS EXCEPTIONAL OP The servant withdrew. be that young man; Hantolne had veri PORTUNITY? WILL YOU DO fied this and had learned that Eaton (Continued Next Week.) YOURSELF A FAVOR AND waa, at least, the young man who had BUY FROM US? WE HOPE gone to Warden’« house that night. YOU WILL—FOR OUR MU An Old Bible But Gabriel Warden had not been al TUAL BENEFIT! Until recently the Codex Vaticanus, lowed to help Eaton; so far from that, he had not even been alloweil to meet so-called because it is kept in the PUBLIC WELFARE STORE and talk with Eaton; he had been library of the Vatican in Rome, was (New location) the oldest Bible manuscript. Now, called out, plainly, to prevent hts however, is found in Egypt an older NO. 1 UNION AVE. meeting Eaton, nnd killed. Bible manuscript, containing the Eaton d!t-api>eared and concealed apostolic epistles, the prophecies of himself at once after Warden's mur Jonah, and the fifth book of Moses. Patronize our advertisers. der, apparently fearing that iic would The manuscript is written in the also be attacked. But Eaton was not Coptic tongue and consists of 109 a man whom this personal fear would papyrus rolls. It is the oldest Bible have restrained from coming forward manuscript in existence, dating from later to tell why Warden had been 360 B. C. It is in the library of the killed. He bad been urged to come British Museum, for which it was bought at a high price. forward and promised that others would give him help In Warden's “I say, who was here to see you place; «till, he had concealed himself. This mint mean that others than Wnr- last night?” “Only Myrtle, father.” GET MY PRICE BEFORE den could not help Eaton; Eaton evi “Well, tell Myrtle that she left she would only have been In the way. dently did not know, or else could not her pipe in on the piano.” LETTING THE JOB But now—she started to rash out. but hope to prove, what Warden had dis controlled herself; she had to «lay covered. FOR SALE—$2250, six-room house,' In the bouse; that waa where the first Santolne held this thought In abey modern, at 4136 63rd street, £. E.; word would come If they caught him; ance; he would see later bow it SUns«t 1075 60071] 824 St. $350 cash, $25 per month. See Mrs. and then he would need her, how checked with the facts. Hattie Wilson, 4732 61st. S. E. much more! The reporters on the Eaton had remained in Seattle—or lawn below her. seeing her at the win near Seattle—eleven days; api>arently dow, called up to her to know fur he had been able to conceal himself ther particulars of what had hap and to escape attack during that time. pened anil what the murder meant; i He had been obliged, however, to re alie could see them plainly in the In veal himself when be took the train; creasing light. She could see the and as soon as possible a desperate lawn and the road before the house. attempt had been made aitalnst him, Day had come. which, through mistake, had struck And with the coming of day. the un down Santolne Instead of Eaton. certainty and disorder within and Eaton had taken the train at Se ■bout the house seemed to increase. attle because Santolne was on it; he . . . But In the south wing, with had done this at great risk to him Its sound-proof doors and Its windows The National City company, one of self. The possibilities were that Ea closed against the noises from the the largest and most conservative ton had taken the train to Inform San lawn, there was silence; and In this bond and investment houses in Amer tolne of something or to learn some ica, has just purchased <1,000,000 silence, an exact, compelling, methodic thing from him. But Eaton had had worth of our 7% Prior Preference machine was working; the mind of ample opportunity since to Inform Stock. Basil Rantolne was striving, vainly as Santolne of anything he wished; and yet, but with growing chance« of suc This is the most important deal in he had not only not Informed him of cess. to fit together Into the order in anything, but had refused consistently ! Public Utility stock in Portland in which they belonged and make clear years. and determinedly to answer any of the events of the night and all that Santoine's questions. It ws« to l»arn Wouldn’t you like to have a few had gone before—arranging, ordering, something from Santolne, then, that ' shares of this attractive security, testing, discarding, picking up again too? Eaton had taken the train. and reordering all that had happened since that other murder, of Gabriel S98 a share par value <100 Warden. Over_2%__on_j^our_Mone^ Wants patients. Will do house CHAPTER XX work. For cash or on easy terms, nectedly. Rome years ago. «aua-tlilng —she did not know what—had hap p«»>ed to Hugh; tonight, In «orm- ■trangn way unknown to her, It had mlminatrd In her father’s study. He had fought someoue; he had rushed away to follow someone. Whom? Ilsd be beard that someone In the study and gone down? Had be tteen fighting their battle- her father's and hers? Hhe knew that was not so Hugh had tteen fully dn-«sed. What did U mean that he hnd said to her that these events would either de ■troy him or would send him back to her «»- a« something different? Her thought supplied n<> answer. But whntever he hnd done, whatever lie might be, «he knew hla fate waa her« now; for «he had given heroel! to Idrn utterly. Hhe bad told that to herself an she fli-d and pursued with' him (lint nlcbt ; HM hnd to I It to him . site later had told tt—though «be had I not men nt to yet—to her father. Rhv . could only pray now that out of the [ events of this night might not come n grtef to her too grant for her to bear. Hhe went to the room« that had been Eaton’s. The police. In stripping ’ them of his posscMlonn. bad over looked bls cap; she foum! tbe bit of gray doth and hugged It to her. Rhe whlsfiered hla name to hernelf— i Hugh—that secret of his nnme which ■he had kept; «he gloried that she had , that secret with him which she could. keep from them nil. What wouMn’t they give Ju«t t<> share thut with her— his name. Hugh I She «tarted suddenly, looklm:! through the window. The east, above 1 the lake, was beginning to grow gray.! The dawn wss coming 1 It was be glnnlng to be day! She hurried to the other side of the house, looking toward the west I How could she have left him. hurt and bleeding and alone In the night I Sh. could not have done that but that hl> > asking her to go hnd told that It wa- i for his safety as well as hers; sht could not help him any more then GRAYS CROSSING Sheet Metal Works Good For You Too Practical Nurse MRS. R. R OLSON What One Can Do Without Eyes. 6310 94th St. S. E. SUnset 5964 Three men—at least three men— had fought In the study In Rantolne*« presence. Eaton, it was certain, had been the only one from the house pres ent when the flrat shot« were fired Had Eaton been alone against the other two? Had Eaton been with one ’ of the other two agulnst the third? It api>eared probable to Santolne that Eaton had been alone, or hnd come alone, to the study and had met his LAUER REALTY enemies there. Rantolne felt that the probabilities III AL ESTATE were that Eaton's enemies bad opened CITY PROPERTY aad FARMS the safe anil had been surprise-1 by SUnset 3883 Eaton. But if they had opened the FIRLAND STATION safe, they were not only Eaton’s ene »16 72nd Street mies; they were also Rantolne'«; they were the men who threatened San tolne'« trust. Those whom Eaton had fought In the room had had perfect opportunity for killing Rantolne, If they wished. Rut Rantolne felt certain no one had made any attack upon him at any moment In the room; he had had n<> feeling, at any Instant, that any of the shots fired had been directed at him. Blatchford, too, had been unat tacked until he had made it plain that he had recognized one of the intru der»; then, before Blatchford could call the name, he had b«en «hot down It was clear, then, that what bad protected Rantolne was hla blindness: he had no doubt that. If he had been able to see and recognize the men in the room after the lights were turned on, he would have been ahot down also. Rut Santolne recognized that thia did not fully account for his Im- - munlty. Two weeks before, an at tack which had been meant for Eaton had «track down Rantolne Instead; and no further attempt against Eaton had been made until It had become publicly known that Santolne was not going to die. If Rantolne'« death would have «erred for Eaton's death two week« before, why was Santolne Immune now? Did possession of the contents of Bnntolne's safe accomplish the same thing as Santoine's death? Or more than his death for these men? For what men? Tt was not, Santolne wa« certain. Eaton’s presence In the study which had so astounded Rlatchford, Wallace and Eaton hnd passed days together, and Rlatchford was accustomed to Ea ton's presence In the house. Someone whom Blatchford knew and whose name Rantolne also would know and whose presence In the room was »o strange and astonishing that Rlatch- fprd had tried to prepare Rantolne for INQUIRE TODAY Investment Department Portland Railway, Light and Power Company '• PORTLAND CO. SI '< ROOM «05 ELECTRIC BLDG., Portland, Oregon HILE football coach at the University of Oregon Hugo Bezdek used to begin his every speech with this statement: “Oregon is a great state.” "Bez” was, and is, right. In the next five years the Northwest will market a greater amount of lumber than ever before in a like period. Already some Oregon mills are running three eight-hour shifts. Agreat many are running two shifts. Deserted mills are reopening all over the state. New mills are being erected. One great Portland mill, now running 24 hours a day, has orders booked for 18 months. Such is the story of one great Oregon industry. In line with this report of prosperity The Columban Press, Inc., can report business in the printing field as good. The March, 1923, business of The Columban Press, Inc., was 215 per cent greater than the February business and 188.40 per cent greater than the Jan uary, 1923, business. We state these facts because they indicate to us that “Oregon is a great state,” and Portland’s alright The Columban Press, inc. Railway Exchange Building BRoadway 2242 (Stark Street, between 3rd and 4th) PRINTERS PUBUSHERS LINOTYPERS