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FRIDAY, AITAU 21,' 1S22.
THE CIUZGON DAILY
JOURNAL,
rcziiLAzii), or.
15
RCTA1II CUSTODY
OF HMD
Mrs. Mabel Osborn, JC. JOt Crawford
street, "win retain the custody of her J party.
j-year-old son and the father must r
turn to hi home n Fan Fraiylsco dis
appointed, Clrctilt Judge "ftoeerana de
rided this morning after bearing args-
Northern Pacific
Officials Coming
4 On Inspection Tour
Thorough Inspection, of all Northern
Pacific railway cornp-ny property in the
North weal will b made during the next
few days by officials of the operating;.
agtneertng and maintenance depart
rents of the Northern Pacific -who will
arrive tonight from the North. J. M.
Rapelje, vice president tn charge of op
eration on the system, la heading the
v.-
A special train will bring - the group
of officials to the city. The Inspection
lour will be the first one made under the
direction of Rapelje, who succeeded, W.
merits on the writ of habeas corpaa I T-TJyJ, t7 fhA" .Te5;
proceedlna-a brought by the father. Uus
j on neon, a machlneet.
This action waa taken in spite Of the
' faot that officials of the court of do-
Durlng the visit In this section the
arty will be accompanied over the 8.
P. t K, system lines by W. F. Turner,
president. These tours will Include the
meetlo relations testified that conditions l?.r'Jdh'?,'0,th0I?B?2 V
in the Owborn home were filthy and fall- ,. wrl m m,e"
ful. The, Oaborne now hare six children Wilson river. Oregon Trunk and
tA is. k.... .vih. Mrum nii. I In I ted Railway lines..
aether, and' thev all aleeo packed w ICllKlrt Mll ihl Party to addition tO
ether In
evidence.
The ease la' e iioer. ', Johnson was so-
no 'iry mil , mr-ii iwmw I : i .-. .
-k.rtfftm nnM i a iha!PJJ r C. 1 Nichols, general man
. ii. m. I.i(n7, fimni roecnjuiicju
paped to Mrs. Onoorn'a mother In Ban
Francisco four years ago. Mrs. Oaborn
wet to visit her. mother. . .After -the
mother and Johnson were married. Mrs..
Oshorn bad a child ' and Johnson con-i
leased to being the father. He and hid
wlfs took the child and kept It with them
until It waa s years old. aim. Osbor
reterned to her hoaband la Portland.
A short time ago the Johnsons Quarreled.
however, and the wife took her grand
child, her husband's child, and fled to
Portland with it, where he . turned It
over to her dang hter. Its mother.
Johnson followed the child, te Port'
land and early this week filed the habeas
corpna proceedings.'
Jixlge Roesman decided, that to let
J oh non have the child would be to "re
ward hto Iniquity." He dtd net make a
permanent order awarding the boy to
Mrs. Osbom, however. ' The court .of
'.domestic relations. In the meantime, ta
attempting to find some war of getting
neighbors, or perhaps some lodge, In-
superintendent I H. E. Stevens, chief en.
Rineer ; e. C Kyle, general storekeeper:
Newman Kline, general superintendent;
Dan C. Pettlbone, mail traffic manager;
Andrew Gibson, - superintendent of ' tie
treating plant ; J. T. Derring, district en
tinear; Bernard Blum, chief of main-
tenanoe of . Way ; Silas Oewight) me-
cnanical superintendent ; H. M. Robert
son. master car build eia; C. E. Allen, gen
era! master mechanic ; W. i. Bohan, as
s stent general master mechanic, and. g
number of other officials. o .-. ,
Detiailed Surveys . i
-Of Eiver Frbiecst i
: To Be Undertaken
Detailed engineering surveys of the
Klickitat. White - Salmon f and Lewis
rive re to determine which Is the moat
forested In the welfare of the Oaborn I feasible for future hydro-electric devei
family. ' . - I opment, will . be) undertaken by th
The only thing we can no, aald Mrs.
H. 1L Keller of the court of domestic
relations, "Is to try to raise the standard
of living of the family. Airs. Oaborn in
tends to do right, but ndT the condi
tions the woald seed a iture-nd -a cook
and a housemaid to do awar with the I
flits that a accumulated.! .
the
Northwestern Electric company as soon
as practicable, according to announce
ment 1n Portland today! bt Herbert
Plelachhacker of San Francisco, presi
dent of the company and prominent fi
nancier of California. '
Flelachhacker, who arrived this morn
tng on his annual Inspection tour, said
that the surveys would nft necessarily
mean,. an - immediate, development,- put
lllOOTLEGGEKS SEXTfcjrCVD
Thlrtyday Jail sentences were meted I woald be the beats of-such added fa
out this morning to four prohibition law I cJUtlea as the crowing Industrial Im
vtelatora. In federal court, Angus Bort J portance of the Northwest would re
"pleaded guilty to. owning a io-gaiion still i quire. . ' J "
In Columbia county which he was plan-I The visitor wlll.remath in this terr
nlng to use. Watter rogeU (Skewlse of j t'ory for several days and" probably will
v Columbia county, engaged In tha mano I inspect the big" hydro-electric plant on
faeture of moonshine. Ooorge McQahan I the .White Salmon.
and. N. J. SckUditen. bptB or Klamath
Falter pleaded guilty to bootlegging. -AVII.LlAlf
DIXOX ARB.RSTF.D .
William Durm,-(w. -le First street
; warn arrested by deputy sheriffs Tbura
' day nlaht 'With three gallon of nioon
shine and 44 .bottles of beer tn his poo.
: at salon. . ",',-.'' , '.
Suit Is Fileckfor. -
825,000 HeartBalm;
Says Man Stole Wife
Jamos F.' McLaren filed suit In circuit
court today against Worth Owen, garage
man f Fresno, CaL. for W5.000 .heart
"Well, Polly Tksian asked curiously i
after she bad greeted her host and set-
tied herself on .the davenport id com
fort. "I .'spose you've given .'era all the
one over jww that the time for filings
cloejedr c -r-.c- p i:r
!!No 1 ain't," T.'JPaer answered mood
ily, a "What's the use of goln , to all
that trouble TT T ' i -1 ,
."Th;'s just what alls most of the
taxpayers and voters," Polly stated with
conviction. TThey Holler , about nigh
Uses and, faults with tha government
and then are too blamed lasy even to
read over who's running for office once
everytwojyeaxa or bo." , - '"',
"Wnat's the tiae of wearin 'okt your
yes readin' a . long list of names when
you're only totendln to vote for a
doaen , or soT ' T. Paer asked. -Any
fellah thafs got bean on his neck
knows that most of 'em that ran ain't
got no real reason to except Ho get
their names in the paper.
"Bat roa got to look em over and
pick out the real ones from the 'others,''
Polly protested. "Some new candidate
that ought to be picked might slip In
once In a while and bo passed up If you
didn't," ' - - s -
WeU."T.; Paer. said -positively,, "if
they's any felUh gets on the ticket that
ought really to be -elected his neme'll
stiok. out like arBore thumb'nd . you
can put your . cross by It with your
eyes shut," - . -
"But you got to read their platforms
and slogans," Polly insisted. - Tou
dont know what -.they . stand for if
you donu" . .? , - ' ,
"Tou don't know what they aUnd or
if you T.. Paer retorted. "Plat
forms ,ndUgana's mostly hatched up
before election to . catch votes with nd
b forgot a- soon , as they're counted.'
"You've got a. awful trouch. Pollv
commented . caustically. 'How'rs yon
tell about a candidate if you can't bank
on his platform?" -
."The best platform .a' candidate can
have," T. Paer contended, "is what he's
did hd what he's said when he wasn't
Minn In' for office nd not what, he prom'
lses when he runninv , . v k : ,
"But lots of nv never have been in
Office,", Polly pointed out. "How're you
going to get a . lint on ' them it 'you
dont Judge 'em by- their platforms., and
slogans T" " -f : c-j :
Kvery fellah puts a plank in his
platform avery day,"-T. Paer answered
phllosopMcally, 'nd his real slogan's
what he does 'nd says Just as a dtlsen
gotn about his business day in nd
day out"
"1 don't beneve you can figure what
anybody'd do In ; office ' by what he
does as a citizen," Polly argued.- It'a
' HTCPF.5T F0C5D OTJH.TT
.Vernon Kloeter, dentar college student,
charred with contributing to the delln-l
. mZ1 .VT i!rr "Arrdlnr to the complatnL McLaren
. ,mm.nli . tNffl. . Iwas tl and Mr. Enid McLrendwas
ieiMv" Kloater ha m. remarkably good I Umej Of their majMiagCJyf-fs.
gsgementa. In
gassed.'" '..
r i k..
- Marslifield Host to
Piper and Japanese
M rah field, April It. As spedat guests
v of the Marrsb field Chamber of Commerce,
Kdi.r B. Piper, editor of the Oregonlan,
J penes Consul Taktda of. Portland
n. J. Nakagawa, general manager of
bu.4ktcompany, lumber importers, will
be the. speakers at the annual banquet
of the Marahfleld. Chamber of Com
-mere tlila sventngt Five hundred peo
ple.are expected to attend; The visitors
were taken this morning to the lower
hay ti awe the bar and the entrance of
' (the Harbor nd this afternon Vlatted the
lumber mills on the bay. , Tomorrow
morning the narty wilt b taken to
Poeere to see the logclng camae'.ln
operation. They will be brought bk 10
Marshf Kvjd on .a special train. , .
Forest Supervisor
To Attend Meeting
Olymnla. Wash.. April It State. For
est Supervieor f. K. Pspe will leave Bt-
urday.for Waahmgton. D.' C. to attend
a conference of state foresters called by
tot different when you're In than
when you're ut" ,
rTou Fot It right that time," t. Paer
said. "When a fellah gets in he forgets
very thing but how he's goln" to. stay
in or else he 'roe out next election."
"1 - don't think that at ail." poiiy
Insisted. "If e figures how to. stay
tn he generally does what the people
want, don t he?" -
'No " T. Paer answered. " th makes
the people think, he's tryln' to do what
they- want, but can't because the other
fellah that's tryln' ' to get In keeps
blocking him all the time." -t
"There's a lot of that done," Polly
admitted, "but them that do it get found
out' sooner or JateiL ana the voters u
em." : . ' '
' "Yeah " T. Paer agreed, "nd then
some other- goot KCtstn 4nd does It all
over again."" -
"WelL I dont nee how. you're going
to fix it any other way, Polly sighed.
"it's just oti thine after another, ain't
itr
mm cut
in m wis
DfflS' FORECAST
It'a first one thing nd then another,'
T. Paer corrected. "The trouble is peo
ple think they, want something 'rid then
when they begin to get' It they want
something els worse.'
"Tou -can't - help t
help that." Polly said.
"New thing keep coming up alt the
time,"- -- -
Polttlcs'a the aame old thing always,".
T. Paer told Her. "Tott read thft papers
20 years -: ago 'nd the candidates was
promlsin' the aame - old promises nd
the people was hollerin the same old
hollers nd nothin's been settled yet." ,
. But, Poliy contended, "w had cpn
ventlons and bosses then and politics
was rotten and corrupt." .-
know it," T. Paer admitted. " 'id
we hd high taxes 'nd leagues to reduce
'em, 'nd flat fights, 'nd boneheads that
waa goln' to put the state on a payin
basis that never'd saved enough to pay
up the butcher, 'nd everything just the
aame as now." .
"But the" people get a swat at 'em
now direct" Polly pointed out, Tou
don't have to swallow the boss and the
candidate both." .
"No," T. Paer conceded.- "you Just
have to keep" awallerin promises 'nd
gettin' nothing but ras on your ttum
mlck 'nd radtgestlon." - -
"Then what're we-going to do?" Polly
demanded.' "We'v got to get some
remedy or keep wetting worse and
worse' ". HS - :J i f::-, f
; What do you usually - do when you
get gas on your stummlckr T. Paer
asked. '
"I don't know," Polly confessed help
lessly. " - -
Belch," T. Paer advised. "It helps
you for a mlnlt or two anyway."
one of which he was (able won an. and pplamtlff , thought th
worit2of her.: v -. 'j; ; '
Mrs. McLaren wel to TFresho lOVIkit
relatives "In February,- jind Inwe-
dlately upon hertlUTivat , Owen began
showering hptvwUh,attenUona. th .corn
clothes. R t auegea, mna nnany. wneu
ah returned to Portland: paid her rail-
read fare.Then he bombarded herewith
telearama and, letters, the. -complaint
adds, at last sending her money, to go to
Med ford.' where) ah met him .and iirpve
back to Portland .with htm In an auto
mobile. - ;;4,':;- .':ii:'-. - f ,
Sinnott Bill Seeks?
: To Boost Old Trail
Washington, April H. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
ReDresentative Sinnott today introduced
a bill to authorise the postof floe depart
ment to use a sepcial cancellation stamp
advertising the old Oregon trail in poet-
offices between Portland ana poc&teiio,
Idaho. " - -
l Xmsrtl IKTIHO tATIMK
r Funeral services for W. Irving -Latimer
w'er held Thursday under auspices
of Oregon commandery No. -1; Knights
Temnlar. Burial win -e m Big Itapwei
Mich. Mr. Latimer died Tuesday at the
ham fit M dauchteir, MrC Eawwdr 0.
' .."The tendency of railroad income and
business Indicates very strongly " that
substantial reduction' In "rates should be
looked for," says A. H. Devtrs. presi
dent of the Portland Traffic and Trans
portation association, in his annua re
port to that organisation.
"There is-no oiilbstion but that car
loadings . are ' Increasing and the very
nigh rates now -. prevailing slight in
creases in movement add very largely
to the. net. ,
"Then tendency of net railway income
for the year 1922 gives striking evidence
of the fact - that, costs are sow under
very much better control than they were
and are constantly decreasing; and. that
as a whole, traffic . is increasing. Ac
cording to the expression of th officials
of one of the transcontinental roads
"business in the Northwest Is no longer
juai. lanunf roe corner.:. . . .
COAXER ALREADY TtBXEB .
"The corner was turned sharply m
January, and ; progress awar from de
pression has i- been steady : ver since.'
.This particular road showed a gain for
January , of ,11,63$ cars, tor February
3 cars, for March; 15.W cars, over
corresponding months Of 192L " rc- .--
- "The net railway operating Income' for
1J2S is probably, the most satisfactory
measure to apply, however. The only
comparisons that we have now are for
the months of January nd February.
in January, the net railway ooer
ting income for aU olaaw 1 rallrooda In
the- United SUte !waa 11,625,500 ; for
January. 1922. th net waa JSS.t7a.4SS.
rWhlle this net Income is but 2.S0 ner
i . . -
ceiK on aa annual oasis or thVftiw of
the property of the railroads, accord
ing to tne compilations made by the
bureau of railway economics, yet it -is
a A-ery great increase-over January of
: month or February shows a
soil greater increase. In February, 192L
the deficit for all the roada of the
United States waa 2M4J,MO ; for Feb
ruary. 1922. the net was l44.t4S.4M. ttr
retufti, as figured by the ; bureau of
rauway economics, of 4H per cent.
OPERATIS6 COSTS DECLKSjE -
"Of tot put It another way. class 1
roads of the United States in February
came' within ; approximately 114.000,000
or earnings net railway operating In
come of per- cent. As I have heretofore
stated, the operating- costs have de
creased very greatly. The , followinr
figures win aerves to iv some Idea of
Wis aecreaee. . .-. ; , : . . .
"The average number of employes In
1920 on class 1 railroads of th United
States was 2,054,140, the; compensation
4,o.i.sa,su. ; n mi me average num
ber Of employes was 1,661,101. and the
compensation 12,800. 198,4 14. Tha price
Of coal, lumber,, steel and. substantially
ail of the articles largely used by rail
roads Itad fallen -very far from the peak
price of 1919 and 1920. - We can therefore
look forward with confidence both to an
increase in business . and decrease
rates." - , .
tn
0-WsE&NiSues:ih
To CoUectCMrge
' - Alleged Overdue
Suits to collect freight charges, alleged
duo since 1)1? and1 1918. have been filed
In the federal court' against the Multno
mah Truak as Bag company by the
O-w. R. 4t N company i --and James' C.
Davis, as .director genera) of railroads.
The O-W. allege. Utat.th freight bill
tor hauling 44.100 pounds of sheet metal
about March 23. ISlTi 'from St. Loala te
Portland was $8 -and that the defend
ant has paid only $.91.20' on the bilL
Davis' . complaint alleges - that . 54J0
pounds -of sheet .metal were -t faaulnd,
about April 12, 1919. from "Luther. Mo
to Portland and that 1122.70 of the
Whitney, No. 715 Wayne streeti He
was IS years old.: He formerly was pri
vate secretary - for Julius C. Burrows,
representative in congress from Michi
gan. Mr. Latimer cams to Oregon about
li years ago. -;, - . , ,; - - ..
To Eliminate Danger ;
Of Grade Crossings
Olympia.-Wftsh., April S1.H7; P.)
Five men, 4o be named later, will form a
committee to draw up recommendations
to be submitted to. the legislatures of
Washington,- Oregony Idaho and. Call
fornia for the elimination of the dangers
of a-rada crossings it; was. deciaea yea- l"nanv of IVortb Tonawanda. X. Y. He la
terday at a. meeting of th auta de. survived by his widow and three dauzh- be has made rhastfy murUkes.
1-partmeSt of publki work. ! 'ters. " ' . ' ."1 never ' meant "td" wrong anyone
. D. CTHOMPSOX
JVC Thompson, 62 years old. died of
apoplexy Thursday- at his. home. No.
625 East 17th street north. He had been
a resident of Portland for two years.'
He formerly was Pacific coast -represen
tative of the R. T..Joaea Lumber torn-
HER
OWN. -WAY;
Ctj Vir.GIMA TERUUUE
VAU ! WATER
CHAPTER S3. "
j- (Copjntht, 192l.-Vy Star Cemfwnx)
-4ATO. DO not try to civ an answer
J." now, Ttaniel Sloane protested when
his ruece started to speak. "I am mak
ing a plain proposition to you. and you
may take your own time about answer
ing It. - Ony let m explain first. -
"When I last saw yoa I was an un
happy man. rigrhung a dieaee that t aus
ptcted was going to claim he. . I would
not let myself acknowledge that It was
conquering me. 1 persuaded myself or
pretended tothat , change of. air and
climate would make me aver.
"So I -went out t California. I soon
learned to bate the wh4 place.'
"Tou wer very 111?" v
Tres.:nldeously 11L with such auffer-
tne socneumes as. made life almost un
endurable.' i, -J': V. .-r . i--
"I was in a hotel, but I had excellent
physicians- and noma. I hired ' a man
to star-with me all the time, an excel
lent chap. I brought him east with me.
I sent him on to Slateaville this morn
tng. He and -my housekeeper will. gt
the houaw ready for tor coming, i
"Poor Undo t I am o sorry you bav
such Suffering and pain!" the girl mur
mured.
"Thanka!" was th brief acknowledg
ment. "It ta rather good to bava a, bit
ot sympathy from someona to whom you
da not pey hard cash for it.
"sympathy is what I have bad to do
without aver - since your mother' died.
Until she died and I . went .away, from
my own home, and was 411. 1 never knw
what the ties of blood and friendship
stood for. 1 nattered myself that I could
get along without them.
"Ait you :a, to j, Helen, when you
cam on here to this big city to shake
eff all your former associations.
-Te,"; sh admitted, softly.
thought: I could get along ; . without
them." , -' - : '- j r
-Weil have- your' . he demanded
bluntty.- v '"r", . -:H .
1 have been forced to," Vie said
know now .that I did -wrong your
mother. - My pride, what I tailed my
Btnse of Justice, persuaded re ' that my
course waa fair and right, I sow that
she wanted for nothtng. sne married
a man I did not like. That embittered
ma. H speat iter money lavishly, aU
the "had. but be meant no harm. Then
lie died, leaving Iter ftenajlesa. . I ought
to nave shared our rather fortune with
her. Instead. 1. lived comfortably, sup
ported her In her little home, and invest
ed th rest of the money. Now I ana a
cealthy man and a looetg and unhapry
One.
"That Is what illness has taught me.
The lessoa waa driven home that 1 had
aronged ray swa wephew."
lleien started . violently. "Tou know
that r aha exclaimed.. -
"Tea," he replied. "I know all lhat
new that it la too late to make amends.
All the while that I believed him a
11 tel. rascal ond wa scorning him
the poor lad wag dead."
1 'tTo B Contiaoed Tomorrow
1
J2 Q3Z:tzL-J
. A Ulad "Sorpriae or Crcsty
By" Tkoratea W. Brr ,
What ym 4itrrd anether a: ' , '
Jtaa.jase what ,he w-r ffw::- - .
:aod
v
gently. "And I have not given up the
fight if that is what you mean.' I ara
sun fighting." .
"Do you like U?"
What?" N ' - , , ' ' s " 2
"FirhUng all alone, for someahJng
that you know nothing about.' Walt let
mr tell you what you are fighting for. 1
know all about It. ......
"7ou are fighting for an ". elusive
scomething that you call your' own way
and it ,ls a way that leads somewhere
and to something.,; All ways do that If
they are really ways. , . .
r "Tour . leads ' on since yon say you
will never marry to sptnsternood with
out anyone belonging to you without
anyone who really care deeply for you.
When you are 111, you will pay for pro
fessional careand when, you are dead
hirelings will cloee your -eyes and say.
-Poor thing! She's gone at last! ..Who
Is to arrange for the funeral and where
I the body to be shipped r j , j-
Tea, I mean that t - 1 thought It all
out while I was ui out inere.m v
fornia. - . ; ; ' '". . : '
"That is one reason X am going borne
n that I mav die la my own house.
and Helen, child that la why I have
n for vau to ask you to oomo to ma
I cannot live long and I am a broken
nH man". . ..-:-' -' -v.f - 4 -
The rirl rose, and went to him wlftjy,
For the first time since she was a tiny
child aha . dropped- a klaa on his fore
head. - But who did not sp.-:-..-,--'.'-
"They tell mo t cannot fat; welVVh
went en. "When on looks into the next
world. the 'back -over his -life-- hi this
rne.; M aoes where he baa failed, where
aOSESTT; THE FLY CATCHK P
V Mra Cresty .war beoomtng. discouraged.-
They bad taken- iioaeeeslon of
one of-the -new houses Farmer Brown's
Boy bad put up In the Did Orchard. -. It
was the finest-house -they had ever bad
and they were so deUgTitedwtth It that
tor . a ' day , or . two they ' could do little
but talk about It. - Then ' they began
building av neat in It and worked with
might and main, especially Mrs. Crest-.
At last .th so was -finished, all but
one' thing,' and that'ono thtrg -ve.ooid
nof find, ' thougb ; they- searched . far and
'
i"I' certainly cannot ' begin nousekeeo
inr bnta l.ftnd V.'' oClrJ Vnv Crty.
"U"No. Crested : Fly.catchr nest I com-
flCi WJUlVUlli, , vvwiuu 1fCJ
sitting tn a weet. that didn't ,hav U.'.
l .know. I know,- repuea creety"i
feel Juet.Ua- -.you.' do. I . have looked
everywhr I can think ot but I km go-
lnar to start this very minute and. look
again. . Thtre "must "b otd "Ooanewher
around.". .t .- - ."
So Cresty : went one . way- and Mrs.
Croety went another war. and both used
their shttrp oyfts as only they could.
They searched all along th old stone
wall. They - examined, carefully every
pile of stones. They, pecked under logs
and peered under every , old board they
could find.. They even went op to Farm
er Brown's and searched carefully about
his Woodpile. They were looking for a
cast-off suit of one ef the Snake family.
Yea. air. that la lust what they were
looking- for. , It seems queer thatany
one should want one of Jdr. Snake s cast
off suits, - but for a reason, which wo
one understands ' Creaty ano hia wtra
cannot F be happy- unless they have at
least a pieoe of en of those old ulu
In their Beat. Tha very thought Of such
a thing makes most of their feathered
neighbors shiver. ' .
" Now s Farmer Brown's Boy bad been
watching the Flycatchers. H had been
greatly delighted when - be discovered
that they had taken possession of one
of his houses. Ha watched them while
they were building their nest, and so it
cam about that be discovered that they
were bunting for something they couldn't
And. Farmer Brown's Boy Understood.
He knew all, about their irking for an
old aktn of a snake. Up- tn hi room
he had ono which be had found under
some old boards one time. - Too know,
all Snaftea abed , their skins and the old
eklnsare white ana sort.
" The " on , that' Farmer - Brown's Boy
yaA was one lhat Mr, Blackatiake had
cast off. 'It was perfect. There wasn't
a hoi in it- anywhr. Farmer Brown'i
Boy looked at it thoughtfully,
"1 cfrtalnly conrtot twgt IkjuV-CCiv.
ing until I find It." declared Mrs.
4esty., '-;-;-"
. . ; '-' . - - - .' . ..
a good on tfcarT nate'te part with it,
aald be, talking -to himself. T do ao.
But X don't really need It, and I guess
Creaty doe..- I - would, rather .hhv a
happy . family of Flycatcbers In that
house than ao old snake akin ta my
room." f . . ... . - - ,
Farmer Brown' Boy took the akin and
carried It oof tnto the Old - Orchard.
Neither Creaty nor Mrs. Creaty waa any
where to- bo oeoa. He dropped the old
kin -tn the grass near the tree where
their bouse waa Then he went c ft a
snort distance sod eat down to watch.
Mr. Croety waa the first to return.
She looked tired and unhappy. Khe new
to me perch Close to the doorway of
her new home and sat there to rest.
Suddenly she gave a--little hriek. it
was a shriek of joy. She darted down
tnto the grass and in a. moment was
up again with that make akin dangling
rrom ner oiu. just then Cresty ap
peared. .Ha saw at once what she had.
Tou can guess .bow surprised h was
when Mrs. Cresty -told him where she
had found It. It was a glad surprte
for both of them, but they couldn't un
derstand It at all. Fanner Lrown's Bor
chuckled. Then , h started for . home
whistling.'.' . v; ,.
r (CaprritM. 192-C V T. W. Sursex) --.
The next
BUftled." '
story: . "Peter Kahblt u
G.A7ri SrCBESS ILL -Amsterdam."
April tl.i-L N.V 8.)
Th-Qtand Puchea of-Heckler. burg Is
It's such wrloUKty U2, according to. news today.
BRINGING" UE FATHER
tlUgistsred XT. . psmt OTTj
By Georire iMclManus
rnie v iiiw caiiwu wj I . , . . .... - ....... ,,
W. ,H. Oreey. chief forester of .the I . e .- "
1'nitetl Mate. (or April 27 to 21. at
Waahlngtan, the ronferencd to consider
fire protection allotments onder the
Weeika law. . Pape will visit I'enneylvn-'
nlai New York, Minnesota and. Wiscon
sin to Inveatigat natural, and artificial
rereree(l.n. ' - ' i 1 "-. .
.. . Bt kOLAll.B TAKK" EATABLES
AeMand. April -21. Burglara entered
'he Buckeye . bakery and carried ft a
market of eggs, doughnuts, butterj rolls,
-tonne! goods and a few pennies from a
chance boa. s :- '
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Freezone removei hard or soft cornt,
also corns between the toes and hard
ened calluses. You feel no pain when
applying it or afterward.
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