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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1920)
1 ' g TWiwrrwe f thr onrCO STATESMAN! EATrKDAV, MARCH 27. IPSO. ' ' ...... " , ob OB i Om ir i in i s Jin a in 3T TT II e-w aLLam3 t A ,1- How. Jack London felt tie "red wrath" toward moyies howCal Conrt felt it too, atrocities of bis Jack London fa ifornia's Supreme restraining screen novels howMrs. now producing her husband's books. 3 4l TP Jack London ' had lived five 1 year more he would hare JL given to the world a practical ' demonstration of contentment for workers. ' The - concrete form of hie ideal to treat workers right, allay discontent, and ' girt them of the ideals and truths of life you can see there," and Mrs. Jack London wared her hand vaguely to ward the vast acreage of meadowland and hills which is the Jack London estate in the Valley of the Moon, in Sonoma County, California. "It was Jack's intention," she went on, "to or ganize here a community of workers almost sufficient unto itself. He planned a great manor house with forty guest' chambers and. forty private baths, where men and women of literary promise could work unharassed by the evil of rushing out stories for a quick pay .check and 'a turning of the wolf from the door. He planned a colony to work his fields and tend his herds a colony of workers who loathed the city as did he; and it was Jack's plan to give each worker his own cottage right on the ranch. . He was going to have a school where the workers' chil dren could be educated without leaving the estate and the studies were tcrbe chosen by Jack himself. His ideal was to turn this estate into a little colony where all his ideas of farming, stock raising, fish hatchery and of the science of living could be worked out He wanted to make the place so attractive, so efficient, the people here so happy - that they would not have to go to the outside world for anything. Here they were to work and play. It was an am bitious project that called for an out lay of about $400,000 cash, but Jack would have made a go of it, I know, had he lived. He could make any thing go to which he turned his hand. THI JACX LOKDOK t KVEW "I often wondered it the public ap preciated to the full the Jack London I knew. He was not a mere wanderer over the face of the earth, boyishly seeking adventure in the blazing sun light of the South Seas and in the cold ' . tundras of the Northland that he loved so welL' The desire to seek adventure was truly a part of him, but there were other, desires. The man who wrote The CaH of the Wild,' and The Star Rover. wrote out of the full of his own experiences. harsh and bitter experi ences along life s road, which made him un derstand life as it is. and which inspired him to want to better lite for others. Jack Lon don did other things than write. He made this estate." Sit ting with Mrs. London on the porch of the lodge that her husband loved and where he did most of his writing. one saw on all sides evidences of the last cry in farming and ranching. There, a few hundred yards away, a great ranch house and close by another ample building that Mrs. London called the "guest house." And as far as the eye could see,-the well tilled .fields, and browsing herds of pedigreed cattle and sheep and horses. Of! to the right one saw a piggery where rooted blooded pigs, a piggery unlike any in the world. a concrete circle of pens which some how suggested a fine xoo; and centering it, a squat Norman tower an ingenious place that Mrs. London was soon to explain. Through the distant trees one glimpsed the charred ruins of great house. BuaxiKG VT $75,000. "The ruins?" said Mrs. London. "You have read Jack's novel. The Lit tle Lady of the Big House f Yon re call that enormous, gorgeous, exquisite appointed house he described? There it is rather what is left of it. That house was to be the heart of Jack's colony here. For years he had dreamed of it, imagining every square foot out He had put $75,000 into the building of it when it took fire and burned to the ground. From those ruins you can get some idea of it The Big House was really a marvel of architecture. Into its conception Jack had embodied the ideas of style and design that he had gathered from all parts of the world. You can see from the ruins the enormous patio, the Span ish court with a fountain in the centre. In the wings, were the forty guest chambers, each with its own hath and each bath done in the old Porcpeian l-Tp P. i 5it -:7s- it . T IOOKS LTKE A MENAGETAIETUJ LONDON PtCS LIVE IN CLOVER. THE ONLY PEN OF ITS rUNQ IN THE WOULD WWCOC JACK LONDON VVMTE TW6 STAR HOVE W ANO MOW TVS MOTION PICTURE UWtRA AN INTERVIEW WITH MRS. JACK LONDON Wife cf America's Famons KoTt&l tells f:r tte firsl lime cf she knew his c vrblhe hoped to canjii out c 3J the JaA Lcrfn iieas,Ks dmraj do toif she n Bs ii neas. 3 1 I IVKOALTZEDTHrsci I y.."?. A I CTFO CYVIQDLtCOF . i THE WOMAN ON HORSEBACK" MRS. J ACJC LONDON IS IN THE SADDLE CARRYING ON THE WORK. HER FAMOUS HUSBAND LEFT UNFINISHED , FROM SUPERVISING THE GREAT JACK LONDON RANCH TO PRODUCING HIS BOOKS IN MOTION PICTURES style, flush with the floor. There was a big swimming pool, too. We had a music room which on a moment's no tice could be turned into a ball room large enough for a hundred couples. Jack had planned an immense den, filled with the curios he had gathered on his travels in every climate under the sun. That house was to be Jack's haven, his ideaL He dreamed of gaz ing from it, out over these farmlands, at the workers' cottage, at his own little schoolhouse and knowing that all was well with the humans here, that they were happy. What a pity that he could not have lived to carry it through." "And row," Mrs. London was asked, what will you do? What are your plans for the estate?" MRS. JACX LOXDOM CAB 113 ON "It is my home," she said, "I shall live here always. Now and then when I go down to San Francisco, I remem ber what Jack used to say: The city chokes me. It chokes me, also. Two days in a city are all I can stand. I begin to feel (hen as if I were stifling and that I must hurry out here to get a breath of real air. What a pity it is that people have to live in cities. Mrs. Sheprtard, Jack's sister, feels the same way I do. She is a very able woman, very business-like and sef-reliant. When Jack was going on ha trip to the South Seas, Kate Shephard had just passed her bar examinations in Oakland and was ready to hang out her shingle. Jack asked her to come . ..... down and run the ranch mhile we were away. She consented anJ handled things here in masterly fashion. When Jack came back he aked her to giTe up her law career and superintend the ranch for him, and she did it. She lives now over in the ranch house, keeping her hand right on things while I stay here where Jack used to 1it with his curios. I'm trying to 'carry on ; to keep up tne tarm as ne wcmia have wanted it kept up. He never had any but a pedigreed animal on the lace and there- are nothing but pedi greed animals on it now. Later, I'll show you around. Jack's income was about $30,000 a year and of course with his death, a larjre part of it terminated. While the royalties of his books go on. there ir. ef cwrs. bo new books txing pwV-;hed- That wakes it oat of the qa!oa foe tne to coctiase the t pesdottt venture that lack had planned for a model farm coloey. but I am try"5 fcU sister's be!?, to keep up the place to its old point of e&oeocy. At the same time. I am working oo Uography of Jack ao4 it is a btg job, for hit life was so ra . . ... . 1.1. in interest. rat wius ocaj-a-.es publishers and with motion picture peo ple, and the demands of the raach, ray boars sre fsUL "ths acTBoa tit tiaa "1 closed a coctract to have aC Jack's writings produced la owtioa picrarrs. A few ef Jack s boots had been doMlV screen, bet that was tn toe car a Af th camera. The proCvjctxs so displeased Jack that be r?t oat an in junction in the Supreme Court of Cal ifornia to stop taera. imi touonn was in my mind when only a few months ago a motion picture man came from New York to see me. Ite was C E. Shurtleff and, oddly enough, his younger life had been something like Jacks adventuring ana naxaramg m irooical climes, f.fhtinsr his way oo tn. DrosDectirur. then into htmbertng, unul sensing mo lion pictures as young in dustry that would grow great, be swift ly took hold of that- I saw at once that Shtirtleff had great energy and imagination a rift I suppose from his WeUh ancestors. In my talks with him. I sensed that he had Jack's view point oo many things and that he pos sessed a surprising intimacy witn Jactrs writine. He told me: 'I want to pro duce Jack London's books in pictures in a manner worthy of them, and as he wrote them, not garbled by any In fusions of conventional movie melo drama. I am not roinr to ose any stars ; my star will be the author Jack London. "I thousrht a lonsr time over that seemed sound and surely it was noveL to produce a book so that people would recevnixe it as the author's. I knew that this would hare appealed to Jack, so I signed a contract with Mr. Short ies' aa4 tS latest I hsr Wra4 Ir btn b that b b mirm bcry ia Kew ' York whii'lhe kVst Jxk Losda . Ijosw It is to be The Star that txeae4os s&ory ! Jacks, ttm rhceae of hich Is tW itaocta!?y the socL NochsBi Lit it Las ever bra dose ia pictsrrs Utort h tSrtae b so big; the CDCtftTBCtioai M siarvsg, am eagvr to see how The Sur SLvvtr a look." Mrs. Loodoa was asked Vow J art Lottdaa came to serJe n tSe V5rr af the Moon, aad bow. dejsse the lnteiw ative calls of writjeg. tt was atk $z boili t? a great ranch. IF am rmcaacr rui Jack and I" Mrs. Lodoa sal "Soared the e-rte state ef Calioraa in a covered wagoo, seckanf see fee. our borne, vt e saw saaar Ccic!il ' spots bat wbe we came to the VaZ of the Mooa. we knew that then wa do nerd to g9 farther. This was tke place for as. Jack got tctr rabg ' at the farm ia sock good sha?e beam b had osty to raplaia bis tdeas. tM he wanted and the Cxv were pot mta cxreotioo. Ilia sister. Mrs. S3wcar4. saw to that Thea Jack had a3 the so tivities here thorooghly systemated. He had a grain department, a Vpan- orat for trwck gardeninc. departmrttts for cattle, sheev, airs, horses, tsh, f om' maintenance and repair. At the keai of each department be f laced aa ex pert. The man in charge of his caSU was a Harvard gradmate aad aa expert a eanle. Jack's Idea was s 4 velop hb herds and to go tata tha dairy prod nets bosacss. SBarkrtisg fht best of everything, tor tnat reason he oaly woald have aeaugreed easet." Dd Jack ever caesclt yoa ahoct kls wesrk T" one asked. Ak "TcatSer." she smiled, 1 was (he original, too know, ef the heroine af his novel 'AdveBTsrc. Mock ef fiat stpry we livid la the f nrk Saa One glanced at a watch. Soon fie tram weald be leaving for Saa Fran cisco. How many ef the womea there or ef any other American dry have really braved the far places wit a Jack London at their sid lired I Ne woa der ia the city Mrs. Jack Lond-e fec!s "choked" and "cannot breathe." Mrs. Delilah Clover Dies ii at Home in Waldo Hills si Mrs. Delilah Giover, one of Ore ' gon'a oldest pioneers, died at the age of 82 years, yesterday morning at: her home In the Waldo H Ilia She was the. widow of the late Phil lip Glover.' who died a number o years ago. Mrs. Glover came to Ore gon In 1849 crossing the plains by oxi team and settling near Sublimity where she had since lived on the old homestead. She leaves two daugh- ters, Mrs. Amelia Cornick of Califor nia, and Mrs. Ellen Lambert of Stay- ton, and four sons, Henry of Silver Creek Falls, Arthur of Salem. Frank of Waldo Hills, and John of Mon tana. Funeral arrangements have not been made as yet. Both Democrats and Republicans in the lower bouse of congress cheered a statement on the floor of that body that President Wilson thould declare that he is not a can didate for a third term. From the Democratic side, that is easily ex plained. But why should the Re publicans worry? And there are a lot of agreements with reservations outside of the peace treaty. This Is Feminine "Babe ' ' Ruth, ! Product of Y. W. C. A. Training i I Will Offer for Sale to the Highest Bidder on WEDNESDAY March 31, 1920 Results of Organization's 1 'pl ! Physical Education Program Yn Show Men Have no Mono- r Z : "7"3 poly on Athletics. 'hi 'i- men are not to have a 'V JiM irner on the athletic market. f t ... i. , i pHE 1 . Christian Association, which has , made physical culture and athlct Commencing 10 o'Clock.a. m. at my farm one mile east of Silverton, Oregon, my . dairy herd consisting of 15 Milch Cpws 2 Bulls 5 Heifers i All tuberculin tested. Some of the cows are fresh, others to freshen soon; nearly all young grade Jerseys, several grand daughters of the great bull Qolden Glow Chief. 2 Marcs, weight 1200 to 1300, 7 years old IS Igv 4 months oM 2 firsule Dnrnc Brood Sows 1 llrgifttered Duroc Boar 1. 'Wagon 1 Hack 1 Baggy 1 Corn Planter 1 Manure Spreader, nearly new 1 Grain Drill 1 Corrugated Roller 1 Slower 1 Hay Hack S One-llono Cultivator TERMS All stuns of $10 and under cash; over this amount time will be given for one year at 8 per cent on bankable paper Lunch on the Ground SOOTT HOBART, Owner L. STEVENSON, Auctioneer F. E. CALLISTEE, Clerk (K j irs one of the roost important features of its work. If it does not at once produce feminine Bih Ruth's" and Ty Cobb's." it will at least do its best to make the girls of America as strong and healthy as their brothers. When the girls gather at the summer conferences at SiWer Bay and other places, athletics, formal and informal, are the order of the day. Tennis tournaments, swim ming matches, baseball frames and canoeing are fully as much a part of the schedule as the meetings and lectures. It its town and city associa tions, too, the Y. W. C. A. has organized gyrnnasiaras and ."hik ing" debs and outdoor sports. Any Saturday in ike summer may see a party of girls, armed with frying pans and blanlets. starting out (or a week-end "hiVe." To do the work that is being demanded of women today, sound bodies are a firt esential. Physical edireation will be one of the most intrresting topics dicnscd at the Sixth Convention of the Young Womens Christian Associations of the Unitrd States of America, which will meet in Cleveland from April 13 to 2tt WHAT WAS RKA1XY SAI1 IH'IU IXC T1IK MOVIK IX) VK MTIXK Hero: How's your husband. Mag gie? Heroine: Oh. pretty fair, thanis. Come on! Show a little anxiety over this klaa, or you'll spoil tne picture. Hero: I'm showing aa little as ooe eible! Heroine: Don't make me aiggle. This is supposed to be serious the last kiss before death do us pari! Hero: That so? I haven't read this scenario yet. Heroine:'That nutty guy with th long bair who's hen runninc aroji! here lately wrote the story. Thej ay it's a knockout. Hero: That's what lh-y all say but they've got to show rot. l-SIleno for a f-w moments whl! the hrro't lips clln lingering! t those of the heroine. Hro: I wonder If the director is oins to call this a day's work. East Is West in Language of Smiles, Says Y. 1 W. Secretary yoirT "- ' " --"" 0-' 43 f ... J'm x T TT:r.5rAvtl?eroAy mu r,u it hs receijtattrr-Eac-r, Ortre ej to s3 sure sons sd dnghteva . -Ti sI . ti f M Jr. The rfternt aM tmh IJ??' T o writAed aM tested st te aiwm4w Bca4qortrr jroasaea ssadt for the farwrc of China aKdscaiy r-JLTf if. 7 9" Ufoee tW Sita Cetrtioo of fha YMaf-Vyeaesi Christian Asmatioai ef the Uate4 Ltaiea,aa beheld iaPcveiaod the week of Aprd U. Murphy, says the Saa Fraaeiare ArconaoL. was making his first tr serosa the Atlaatic aad he feU ta speakably awfaL He (ailed ta ea- eect the fact or his belag aa lis briny oceaa for the first tine wna his agoay. The doctor ram ta a -a aa he toaaed aboat la tis bena. Cheer a p. maa. ha said heanr.y. "I know yoa're feeling rottea. 1st yoa'ra not going to die. Murphy opened horrified erva. "Not going-ta die?- he waiX. ralth. doctor. I thoeckt I was! That waa the oaly thing that l7 me alive. Read ite OnsIHed Ai. Henlne: I hnp so. I wast to gtt hotae to the baby. Hero: I've got a dat I want to keep. I'm going to lake Theda Vam pire to the Cinema to s her latct picture. Heroin": Thank heaven. that's all for today! Hero; Hurrah! Well, rood t-y, Masrcte. until the neit kls! (Krar H. Williams in April Him Fan. A jounr rourl wire ocipjlnc ih prch amine: latrr than vjaion mo,tnicht nlKht. Trom a Boar-by window h-r mother Innulid: "MAry, what aru you deling up o late - IxHklnn at the 1-eaullfTil fr.or.n. mother. "Well. It's l: o'clock. You had better wnl th mon home.' 3u Louis GloU-lHuiocrat. 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