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Blood Donors Perform
Outstanding Service
A most outstanding public service is be­
ing performed by the Knights of Colum­
bus with the organization of a “blood
donors" group, which has a membership
of 42 from Hillsboro and surrounding com­
munities. Such a service will doubtless re­
sult in the saving of many lives for the
members have had their blood typed and
stand ready to answer emergency calls
for blood donations.
It was a big time in Hillsboro last Sat­
urday with the holding of the annual
Easter egg hunt under the sponsorship of
local business firms. This event has become
one that everyone enjoys a great deal.
How could they help it when they see
youngsters having such a grand time. And
with the free show following it proved a
big day for the kids.
a lead in this movement right from the
very first and has given days and days of
time to the cause, has started this most re­
cent drive for funds with a personal dona­
tion of $50 and makes a fresh appeal for
assistance. He has had to make many, many
personal solicitations. This should not be
necessary. Donations can be left at either
of the two Hillsboro banks or at the Argus
office. Those who want to and feel that
they should give should act voluntarily
without making it necessary for someone
to make a personal solicitation.
As an example of the unfortunate cir­
cumstances prevailing the fate is uncer­
tain of thousands of Finnish children
evacuated to Scandinavian countries, most
of them from territories now transferred
to Russia.
The gallant Finns put up a great fight
and it is a pity that they had to accept
such severe peace terms from powerful
soviet Russia, whose big bully attitude in
attacking little Finland won the contempt
of a large part of the world.
Opinion
Parade.
Holding Company
act may be just
a warning shot ,
But whatever its
purposes, its only
effect on the in- I
dustry has been
(1> a
loss oí
$250.000.000 in
runty values,
less ability to
operate on na-
Roger W Babson tional de f e n s e.
and 13) curbing
new expansion that could provide
100.000 jobs. The industry, which
had been slowly regaining the coll­
fidence of investors, has been 1
plunged once more into a morass
of uncertainty and confusion.
hi any industry that faces un­
certainly and change, investors al­
ways become over-excited The pre­
sent situation among holding com­
panies is an excellent illustration
in my opinion, the utility business
is net on the way out—it is on the
way back! Despite unsettlement, I
urge investors not to unload good
utility securities now. They are al­
ready selling at distress values. Re­
member. the recent S. E. C.. move
was fully discounted five years ago
when the Holding Company Act was
passed!
Vnscrambling The Scramble
But investors are not the only
Many Washington county people doubt­
less noticed with regret the announcement
that Paul L. Patterson would not be a
candidate for the state senatorship from
this county. He is well qualified to serve
position and those
the people in such
who know him felt that if elected he one« who ere «cared. The utility
men themselves are worried sick
would have served with honor and dis­ over
the thought of trying to un­
tinction. Perhaps another year he will scramble the nation's most compli­
enter the field and if he does he will get a cated scrimble. According to a strict
interpretation of the so-called "death
lot of substantial support.
sentence." most of the larger hold­
Our Yesterdays
Argus. March 19. 1925 — Fire Monday destroys
home of W. O. Cooper, north of high school.
B. E. Mahng. manager of Ray-Maling. returns
from east optimistic as to business conditions.
Miss Jessie MacKay named president of Coffee
club succeeding Mrs. M B Signs, resigned.
Banks Herald and Tribune consolidate
Hillsboro baseball team starts workouts under
Manager Paddy Kreitz
Miss Mayme Grenbemer and A. C. Heston mar­
ried here Saturday.
Thirty Years Ago
The 28th anniversary of the Camp Fire
Girls’ organization was observed in this
community last week, calling to mind the
splendid training that is given participants
in this activity. Such a program makes for
better women and citizenship.
Great American Home
Argus. March 24. 1910—Census enumerators nam­
ed for county.
Grant Landess and Marion Jacobs open cement
block manufacturing on lot north of Oregon Elec­
tric depot.
Frederick William David, resident of county
since 1870. dies at Forest Grove March 19.
General Manager C. E. Lytle of P. R & N. fav-
ors establishing of car shops, engine houses and
car sheds here, this being terminal of Tillamook
line.
Forty-Five Years Ago
Argus. March 21. 1895—Cal Jack, deputy record­
er. made a trip to Portland, and as a result now
rides a new Imperial wheel.
A handsome organ was donated to the Vcrboort
church.
than the hunted anyway. I'd
rather be a hunter than a rab­
bit any day. wouldn't you? But
then there is the case of the
“little red fox.”
JACK H. MURTON,
boro roue 4—Leap
.sential institution,
calendar come out
Peop le
Wore Handle-bars
ing companies would have to make
radical changes in their operating
systems. A holding company, for in­
stance, which owns operating com-
panics in Arizona. Montana. Florida,
and Ohio would have to give up
most of them. The original idea was
that the Arizona properHes oí this
concern could be swapped for the
Ohio properties of some other huid-
ing company which wanted to keep
its Arizone company.
This oarly idea, however, is not
working well. The amount of swap­
ping that can be done among the
big Holding companies affected is
questionable. Instead, utility offici­
als believe that if the S. E. C.. insists
on the “death sentence" holding
companies may be forced to offer
some of the common stocks of their
operating companies for sale. The
funds secured from such a sale
would then be used to pay off the
bonds of the holding companies. If
any money were left, the holding
company preferreds would be call­
ed and paid off. Then, if any money
still remained, something could be
paid on the holding company com-
mon stocks.
All Securities Distressed
Utility officials, however, believe
that the market might become so
glutted with common stocks of op-
crating companies that the sec-
ond program would not work
either. In some states and some
localities, operating company stock
[ offerings might go over satisfactor­
ily. In others, the new issues go
fur a song. Moreover, these officials
believe that the prices of operating
company securities already in the
hands of the public would suffer
drastic declines. These officials be­
lieve that so many of the newly-
disgorged securities would be com­
ing on the market, at sacrifice prices,
that the whole market would be
depressed.
Cracking down with the "death
sentence" could cost the owners of
utility securities billions of dollars.
The mere mention of it has already
slashed'security values a quarter of
a billion dollars! And who owns
these securities—America's "sixty”
families? No! The majority of these
securities belong to owners of 12,-
000.000 savings accounts, holders of
60.000.000 life insurance policies, to
hospitals colleges, libraries, charit­
able organizations, and ordinary in­
dividuals. This is such a broad cross-
section of the American public that
if is fair to say that the average
citizen is the one whose security
values would suffer if the axe fell.
Undbrrk)
from Hie file «f the department
shows that although individuals in
the low incoine biacket under
$21100 net enjoyed an inereaxe of
8 47 percent in their income in 11139
they actually paid less taxes by 7 73
1939 incoine Ih,ui
they did <»ii thrir 193H Incoine In-
Among the outstanding
development« id the week wa ■ Hu
entry of Vici* President John Nami*
his tight for the Democratic n<»min
name
$2000 to
While
in
creaxed by 43 34 per cent And in
the $1000 $7000 incoine bracket with
Incomes 3 28 highei In ItMl> than in
were HO
PUH tax
convention. He wants to help nomili«
land filed his formal declaration as
a candidate tor the Republican
support of
more
gov<*i liment this year All told, since
position for that honor.
in 11130 revenues from th
have aggregateli $35,051,HW
may well envy residents of the little 02
town of Shunlka in Wasco county
At the National Capitol
(By John W. Kelly)
WASHINGTON. D. C . March 20—
People of the general type m the
Vale-Owyhee area wil be used to
colonize the 1.200.000 acres of the
Columbia basin. Mostly they are
poorly financed but are willing to
work and establish homes. Without
any advertising, the 600 families m
that area have been canvassed until
everything is known about them;
their background, former occup­
ation. number of children, finances,
where they came from.
From the data thus asembled.
government officials are attempting
to work out a plan which will be
-
to p^pe«.,^ scttk.rs at
G'r^nd Coul;e fhe plan Wlll e»-
Umate what lt
cost a settler to
start with and keep his fanny until
crops can be grown. Also the plan
will provide a recommendation on
how the necessary finances can be
raised, the money being loaned from
some government agency with am­
ple time granted for payment.
A survey indicates that there arc
enough migrant families in Wash­
ington. Oregon and Idaho to settle
50,000 farms in Columbia basin.
Pinch o£ the war in Europe is be­
ing felt increasingly in the Pacific
northwest, despite the neutrality
law First to feel the disruption and
loss of business were the growers of
apples and pears Then the lumber
industry received an additional jolt
as exports were curtailed. Now Eng­
land and France have placed a reg­
ulation against the importation of
canned goods, such as arc produced
in the packing plants of Oregon and
Washington and which had a market
in those belligerent countries.
•
•
•
President will probably have an
opportunity to veto a rivers and
harbors measure. The chief exec­
utive informed senate leaders that
he opposes such a bill this year as
the money can be used for other
purposes, such as army and navy.
There are so many rivers and har-
bora projects, however, a number
in Washington and Oregon, which
arc needed by various communities
that a bill will be prepared and very
likely will pass. Then if the preai«
dent doesn't like it he can affix his
veto. There are members of congress
who feel that this country needs
For
other things as well a
example, one of the proposed super
battleships costs almost as much as
all the money voted tor the depart­
meut of the
i reclamation,
fisheries, etc) which is $119.000.tHM».
Public Forum
tax levy of uny Oregon municipality.
A study of city tux levies just com­
meusure
pleted by Walter Pearson. slate
treasurer, shows that Shaniko's com­
bined levy -for »late, county. <li<"il
and city puri>o»e», is only 21 B mills. if an aged person hut an income
under this amount the difference is
Resident» of Oregon enjoyed a to be in.ide up through .1 pension to
greater measure of prosperity in be shared equally by the .state and
1939 than they did in 1938 if in- | federal government* No proposal
come tax return» enn be accepted
as a reliable barometer
finance such u program I» includi li
A study just completed by Tax in the measure, the sponsor* Insist­
Commissioner Earl Fisher shows ing this Is u function ut the legis­
that net incomes of individuals re-, lature.
porting to the commission in this
state are running approximately 16 - 1
47 higher than the incomes of the
ut th.
same individuals the previous y<ai members
lax payments are also higher, not Win Id's
only because the net incomes are
larger but because of the boost of
utiles
the tax rate by the last legislature
Commissioner Fisher's study made
from tax returns taken at random Oregon exhibit at the 1940 fan
In the office. She went J
Miss Me Cartney'* desk with her
heart beating fast. It must be Pc-
hy Kathleen A arri»
SYNOPSIS
Sheila Carscadden. blur-eyed. redduh-
by ofTrring useful but unwelcome mut-
nine, she
that
her * neu " purse which shr bought at
a second-hand store, to her cousin.
nes of a boy shr had met the previous
summer a boy whose first name, all shr
remembered, was Peter. At home that
evening, waiting for her. are her mother,
Joe. her brother, and Angela, her crip­
pled jlstrr. Joe. too, has lost his job.
During the not so-happy evening Angela
Sheila'
They are both happy at
the dKrovery. only to be disheartened
money must be returned to the |M*rson
whose initials «nd street number are
thr money dressed in an ancient outfit
Then, she feels the owner will reward
her liberally
She looks upon the esca­
pade as a lark. She feels different when
bhe enters the magnificent home, for the
occupants prove to lie the Me Cann fam­
ily. old friends, now wealthy, of Shida's
father. And there she sees Peter, her
acquaintance of the previous summer!
Shlela finds that Peter is Judge Me
Cann's son. Both Peter, and his brother
Frank, are soon to be married. Frank
offers to take her home, and Peter, se-
cretely, places a slip of paper in her
hand. The paper is a message, asking
her to meet Veter at the library the
next day.
“I knew the minute 1 saw the
child it'd be something like that,"
he said. “God be good to u» all!"
“Paul, was thinking - was won­
dering, since this girl has lost her
job. whether she’d come to us for
next week? We're going to be sim­
ply rushed out of our senses. She
could keep an eye nn Veronica -
she'd be the greatest help to Katie.
Then I could get some idea of what
she can do, and what they need —
what Is it, Gertrude?"
The last phrase was an abrupt In­
terruption. Gertrude, el.id in a
dressing gown, and with a tragic
face and loosened hair, had cnterid
the room Without announcement.
“Aunt Ellie, do you know where
Peter is?”
“Do I—Peter? Where would he
be?”
“Well, he's not home; he's not
here!”
"H6’» on his way home then, dar-
ling.”
“Aunt Ellie.
not! He was to
go to the tailor, and meet Frank
Afterward there had been silence;
peace about the dying fire, and
moonshine gaining over firelight,
and the soft rustic and rush of the
sea. Sheila had been carrying her
pocketbook, through this marvelous
week of beach holiday, and she had
opened it to find a pencil and a piece
of paper, and had scribbled her
name and address, there in the fire­
light. for Peter to carry away.
"1've got to get back,” he had
said. "I'm driving three fellers to
Good Ground.”
“I'm going up to town in thc
morning,’’ she had said.
“We're going Monday. Well, I'll
seo you in town,” he had said.
And that had been the end. No
word from him, no sign from him,
no knowledge at him until tonight.
And he was to marry Gertrude
Keane on Tuesday.
It was long after midnight when
Sheila fell asleep. And after all
it was neither Gertrude nor Peter
nor Frank, nor even the intractable
“Ma,’’ on whom her last thought lin­
gered. It was Judge Paul Me Cann,
blue-eyed, honest, generous, good—
the only conception Sheila had ever
had of kindly human fatherhood. He
would discover that he hnd been de­
ceived in her, that she was a liar.
Her checks burned with fear and
shame, and hur dreams, when final­
ly she slept, were only a hundred
troubled versions of exposure.
“Paul,” said Mrs. Me Cann to
her husband the following evening,
when they were in their own mag­
nificent room just before dinner,
"the goodness of the poor breaks
your heart.”
“Yc got to see the Carscaddcns to­
day?” he asked eagerly. “I was
afraid to ask ye, what wit’ all yc
have tn do these days.”
“I made it a matter of duty, Pa­
pa,” Mrs. Me Cann said.
“Well, yc found thim?”
“In a little place—Mrs. Me Cann
sighed, and repeated her former
phrase, “It would break your
heart.”
“It would, ch?”
asked uneasi-
ly. reluctantly, as he sat up on the
edge of the bed.
“Three rooms, Papa. And you
could put all three into this one.”
“Ah-h h!” he muttered, as if in
pain. Ho shut his lips, brought his
feet to the floor, and began to walk
up and down the room.
“If you could see the dignify of
the mother, Paul. No whining, nn
hard-luck story, Just nnc lung talc
of how good God has been to them,
and of what a wonderful son she
has, and that Sheila—the girl who
came here is Sheila—ought, to be an
actress, the way she carries on.
She made a joke of it—the child's
honesty, and her returning the mon­
It was not Peter. It was Frank
Me Cann who had called.
"Arc you doing anything this aft­
ernoon. Mis» Carscndden?"
Sheila was bewildered. Her will
deserted her completely.
"I mean my young lady ha> an
engagement this afternoon," Frank
said in his easy, self.confident way.
"The Cahill» are giving Gert and
try
to go. Hut I have several
hours free, and thought maybe you
and I eould go to a movie."
She felt, a few minutes Liter, that
she need not have been io brief in
declining. After all. he hnd meant
it well. After .-ill, he was the oldest
of the Me Canns, and the Me Cann*
had suddenly become to Sheila the
most Important family in tin* world.
Hut—well, it didn't matter. Frank
Me Cann didn't mutter. Whut did
matter, supremely, was the eternus
question:
»he going to meet
Peter in the library or not?
< II M’ l I R V
Still, she did nut Intend to go to
the library.
She couldn't go to the library any-
Saturdays called for Cecilia, and it
was natural that they should nil
CHAPTER IV—Continued
P. G. E . Hills-
J. H. Garrett, former mayor of
year is an es- Hillsboro and one of this commu­
It makes the nity's oldest business firm execu­
even.
THIS WEEK'S QUESTION:
tives in point of continuous opera­
tion here, dug into an old picture
What about leap year?
FRANKLIN McCOY. cannery box this week and was mildly sur­
For women: Do you believe un­
worker. Hillsboro—Being of diplo­ prised to come up with evidence re­
married women should avail them­
matic bent. I'll have it under­ minding him that he at one time
selves of the opportunity to “pop
SEES POSSIBILITIES
stood before beginning that the sported a handle-bar moustache.
the question” or is it your
To the Argus: The co-operative
following answer is objective and
The evidence dated back to 1909.
opinion that women do the pur­
spirit of the business men of Hills­
is not to be laid on my backdoor On St Patrick's Day of that year,
suing anyway? Explain your an­
boro and th(.’ farmers in the sur­
stoop,
There's no doubt that the CC store proprietor started his
swer.
rounding trade area has been
women do the pursuing, else why business here, opening in a building
For men: Should eligible young
do they wear tight-fitting dresses which was later occupied by the
shown again in the recent ban­
males encourage the old custom
in the “good old summertime." L. V. Hulit machinery shop. The
quet staged by the chamber of
of allowing the "weaker sex” to
Second street structure was torn
commerce. Contacts like this have
R.
E.
WILEY,
water
office
man
­
propose marriage in leap years
down last year after being razed by
made possible the Washington
ager, Hillsboro—Being very much fire.
ol should they insist that this
county fair, the Hillsboro union
a
married
man.
I
have
to
play
privilege be strictly reserved for
Intervening years—31 of them—
high school, and the annual 4-H
safe. My answer is yes and no. have seen both the Oregon Electric
masculine talents?
Generally
No
Major
Savings
corn show. The development of
and Southern Pacific railways ex­
speaking, do you believe that MORE opinions
I can foresee no important saving business enterprises such as t h e
man is the “pursuer" or the BOB COATS, student, Hillsboro— tend their passenger service to to the public in carrying out the
Mating and Haley canneries has
"pursued?'*
Women, in my opinion, are in Hillsboro, wane and die, while the "death sentence." Electric rates may
reality the pursuers. Some wom­ CC store has persisted in surviving be cut slightly, but I do not see any been encouraged by both groups.
BIRDLYN MATTESON, stenogra­
and is now well into its fourth possibility of substantial reductions
With the advent of cheaper pow­
en need leap year assistance be­ decade
of service to the community. which could not be made, program er rates in the northwest, these
pher, Hillsboro—This matter of
cause
they
would
not
have
a
Garrett was born in Marshalltown. 1
pursuing or being pursued de­
chance otherwise. Then there arc Iowa. June 25. 1873. He was “burned or no program. There may be some two groups have further opportu­
pends on the "bloomin' nature
a lot of tongue-tied males at out" of a former dry goods business further economies in operations nity to prove their ability to work
of the man” involved. In most
that are not possible under today's together. A recent report of the
large.
in Pendleton before opening his set-up—but no major savings. To go
cases I doubt that the woman is
TVA suggests one problem of the
store
here
in
partnership
with
W.
the pursuer. According to tradi­ NADINE BUNNELL. school girl.
through with the contemplated pro­ near future in this trade area that
Hillsboro route 2 Leap year is E. Carter of Vancouver, Wash. The gram seems to me would be unnec­ the businessmen can help the farm­
tion, if a man refuses when mar­
riage is proposed, he must buy
swell for a woman if she can partnership was severed in 1910 and essary, unfair, and uneconomic. Of ers solve intelligently: The choice
find the right man. I, personally shortly thereafter, in 1911. J. A. Im- course, what the S. E. C., is doing
the jilted girl a new dress. Be­
would not be so bold as to pro­ brie built the present C. C. store is nothing more than it is required of the best electrical equipment for
ing unmarried. I dare not com­
to do under the provisions of the the money to be expended.
pose. but most women do wheth­ building for Garrett s occupancy.
mit myself on the “leap year"
In August, 1938, Garrett formed a Aet.
The TVA reports “that in the
er it is leap year or not. Amen. partnership
question, but I could most cer­
in the CC store with
What effect would the strict ex­ year just past residential consum­
tainly use a dozen new frocks.
NEXT WEEK'S QUESTION — Kathryn Weik, who had been his ecution of this harsh law have on ers of its power purchased $7.000 -
What is your opinion of a man employe continuously for 23 years. the electric customers? Their ser­ 000 worth of electrical appliances."
FLORENCE BEHG. stenographer.
who habitually cats cream and She has been a Hillsboro resident vice would suffer Und financing That means more conveniences and
Hillsboro—Insofar as I myself am
sugar on tomatoes, sugar on virtually all her life. The late E. T. would certainly be more difficult. much labor saved in thousands of
concerned. I wouldn't consider—
Boatman bought space for a shoe
even remotely — proposing mar-I beans, chicken gravy on apple department in the store in Septem­ The industry right now should homes. It docs not of course rep­
spend billions on new plant and resent the total amount of appli­
fie. strawberry jam on mashed ber. 1938.
riagc to anyone for year of find­
equipment. These projects would
potatoes, horseradish or catsup
ing myself in possession of an
Garrett has seen a good many provide thousands of new jobs. But ances put to work in the TVA
on eggs, raw hamburger in a years in public service other than
unwanted article, and not being
region, since TVA’s great accession
sandwieh. bacon and peanut but­ that performed in his store. He was can. you blame any company for of consumers did not come until
an exponet of divorce. I'd rather
ter on waffles or some other mayor of Hillsboro from 1934 to 1938 stalling off new expansion projects late summer with the consumma-
be safe than sorry I have known
strange combination of food- and prior to that served for eight while its life or death status is be­
instances when women did the
which may come to your mind? years on the city council and for a ing debated? The day that the un- I tion of the TEPCO purchase.
pursuing and bagged their game
The 1940 appliance figures will
Do you have any pet food com­ number of years on the school board. scrambling process begins, cross
but personally I consider such
the utility industry off your list as be even more impressive, and it
tactics beneath my dignity as a | binations w hich your friends can­
First employe of the old CC store one
of the potential leaders of the I is
..............
.
soundly
estimated that more
not understand? Perhaps you was Mrs. Tom Rood, who was with
woman and I believe most wom­
next construction boom!
than $40 000,000 worth of electrical
en feel the same way.
would not mind naming them.
Garrett when the firm first opened Rates Down 40 Per Cent
appliances will be purchased in the
its doors to the public. She has been
Ten years ago many holding com­ next five years in the Nashville
E. STAFFORD, logger. Hillsboro— next week’s question will hr accepted for employed off and on by the store
It is a man's place certainly to publication if received in the Argus office ever since and is still a part-time panies were a hard lot- security- trade area alone.
take the "offensive.” Leap year not later than noon Monday.)
clerk. Mrs. Ruby Estepp has been minded, haughty, domineering. To­
TVA’s figures arc compiled from
day.they have rjuit the rough stuff.
is an opportunity. I believe, for
an employe for six years.
the sales report« of some 800 deal­
men whose knees arc a bit too j
With the possible exception of Their managements have been ers. who give employment to about
weak to hold them up through I
Bill Wiley, who has been continu- steadily strengthened. Their depreci­ 3000 persons engaged in selling
ation charges have bien increased.
the strain of a proposal
Mar­
Boys smoking in a barn—barn ou ly in business here since 1889. They have consistently cut. rates and servicing appliances. “This,"
riage is more important to wom­ burns down—cause, spontaneous and Mrs Emma McKinney, who
en than it is to men and the con­ deviltry.
has been associated with the Argil , ; | until the average kwk.. of electricity observes the agency, "does not. take
sequent pressure is terriffic.
since 1904. Garrett is believed to costs less than four cents against, into account the employment re­
have the longest continuous service six and a half cents in 1929. On top sulting from the manufacture and
of all this, they have become the transportation of the appliances,
ANN MUNKRES
Pasific univer­
record of any Hillsboro business 1 country's
church
services
were
attended
al
­
biggest and best tax pay­
sity student. Hillsboro route 1 —
executive.
most
wholly
by
women
and
chil
­
ers.
Out. of every dollar they collect most of which arc made in north-
Of course women do the pursu­
j from their customers, they turn ern communities.
ing—how else would they ever dren.
“In our own region, in the center
No matter how handsome > >r how 16 cents over to the public tax cof-
get a man? If they arc subtle
There are no aristocrats among homely you arc. you always look fers. The clean-up job is done of this raPid|y mounting market
enough they won't need to ac­
¡Carrying through with the "death b>r electric power, the manufacture
tually do the popping. It is my the birds. All have to work for ■■ better when you smile.
sentence" will
hurt customers, of appliances has begun at Shcl-
theory that if you can't get them living and launder their o w ¡1
Some men tire I'ke beef when workers, managers, investors—and byvillc. Nashville and Chailanooga.
that way they are not worth hav­ clothes.
they are old, in that they get hard- will help no one
It is a most logical development,
ing anyhow!
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The weather man says witch for boiled.
¡and we may hope to sec Hie in­
DOROTHY SAMSEL. secretary, showers. That's hardly necessary.
„„
,
.
Crocodiles and geese, it is re- dustry grow here in pace with the
Hillsboro route 4- Why. sure.
Whin .• couple is tnai ried <>5 \caled lay similar : izcd eggs And growth of power use made possible
Turn about is fair play, isn't it?
A spring Byrd song: "Carry Me years they arc the best reason for । so do
Io the tooth-paste comedian and । by TV A rates MUS. E. F. LEM-
It u mure fun to be a hunter Back to Ole Virginny."
slaying married.
[the j gasulme jokester un the radio. I ING, Coruchus route 1.
ey!”
Jots in Jest
At the State Capitol
(By A. L.
SALEM With only tm d«.'“ " '
miiuuiig until the doors will close on
the entries for the primary race,
filings of candidate» have hit a de­
cidedly faster tempo this past week
a tempo that can be expected to
increase iluy by day us the dead-
The people of Finland are in greater
¿stance than ever following
need of
and valiant defense of their
tiny country against their big neighbor,
soviet Russia, and an appeal has been
made to the American people to again as­
tBv Roger W. Babson)
WINTER PARK. Fla.
The S.
sist if possible. With many thousands kill­
ed and many more wounded, besides the E. U s recent move in asking sev­
holding com­
hundreds of thousands made homeless by eral public utility
panies to file
the unwarranted Russian attack, the need
their
plans t o
comply with the
is all too apparent.
Fifteen Years Ago
The annual American Legion amateur
show is a feature event of next Tuesday
night at the Venetian theatre. An active
legion committee has selected the best
acts from a large number of entries and
those attending should get their money's
worth, Attendance will help the legion­
naires in their program of encouraging
youth with talent.
Holding
Companies on
Thuraduy, March 21, 1910
OREGON
It was long after midnight when
Sheila fell asleep.
and pick out the ushers' pins and
everything, and then he was going
to meet me at the Paulists’—and he
hasn't done »ny of it! He said he
had to go to the library at half past
four and he would meet us at five.
We telephoned the tailor, even, nnd
Frank is just about fit to be tied;
he says he's afraid Peter's been
hurt!”
“Oh, for heaven's sake—” Judge
Me Cann said, annoyed and impa­
tient. “Don’t lose your wits!"
Well, Uncle Paul, all I know is
that tonight is the night of the din-
ner dance at the Cahills’—our last
before we aro married, nnd it’s to
start sharp at seven, because we're
all going up tn the Country Club,
and look—it's twenty after six now!
Ah. don’t laugh at me—do some-
thing, won't you? Won't you do
something?"
“If ever I’m given another life on
this earth." Judge Me Cann said
piously, reaching for his coat, “I
hope I'll have fewer throubles!”
Sheila wig nervous in the office
the next morning; always pale, to-
day she was unwontedly pale. The
other girls locked at her respect­
fully; they knew that she had been
fired, and although to their care-free
ranks this meant little, yet It was
impressive to have the invincible
Sheila Carseaddcn subdued and
complaining of headache and of a
bad night.
Toward
mid-morning
she
was
wanted at the telephone. This was
a quite unprecedented nccurrcnce.
Nobody had ever called Sheila be­
fore; it was • custom not encour-
gether. Joe took them to the drug­
store counter, and they had toasted
three decker sandwiches and coffee.
It was then almost half past three
o'clock, and Sheila was a long way
from the Law Library on Broadway.
Then it seemed that Joe wanted
to see a man in Brooklyn about a
job. Cecilia said she would go, too,
and they could stop nnd sec Aunt
Teresa.
as always when he
was with his girl, looked darkly ra­
diant; Cecilia
ns usual com-
posed and quiet under his atten­
tions.
At twenty-five minutes of four,
Sheila found herself alone in the
cold, dirty, dark street. Snow w»n
threatened; the nky was ominous
and low, the air had a cool, fre h
rush.
She hesitated; walked a block
cast. No, she wouldn't keep this
date with Peter! She turned nnd
went resolutely westward, and Into
the subway hood, She was going
home.
Resolutely, Sheila changed tn nn
express train, was whirled north,
under the thundering street». She
got out at One Hundred and Forty-
ninth Street, as she always had
done, mounted to the sidewalk levcl^
loitered at the bakery window. Cof­
fee cakes; Ma loved them. Little
chocolate layer cakes with holes in
the middle. The girl was sticking
tiny clean signs into them: “To­
day’s special, 25 cents.”
The drug store clock said three
forty-eight. Suddenly, breathlessly,
Sheila had turned, had crossed the
street to the downtown subway, had
4
plunged In her nickel, nnd pushed
through the turnxtile. She took a
Broadway and Seventh Avenue
train. Instantly she was rushing
southward.
She was on her way. She would be
late. No matter, he would wait. A
great relief inundated her heart.
Sheila had given In. No use fighting
it any longer; she had to see him.
The Law Library was on the fifth,
and top, floor of a dark old rubber-
scented building, whose mahogany-
boxed elevators tottered on their
way up. Everything looked grim
and smelled of dust. The closed
doors of all the offices they passed
were of dull old opaque glass, dimly
lettered in chipped black.
Peter was not in sight. Sheila
stood hesitant, with shame nnd self-
contempt in her heart. But after a
long minute he touched her on the
arm; he had come quietly up be­
hind her and was smiling at her.
“Good girl!” he said in approval.
And Sheila was instantly sorry
that, she had come. It was giving tn
to him; he had known that she
would; he was taking her tor grant­
ed.
(TO BE CONTINUED),