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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1921)
SECOND SECTION PAGES 1 TO 4 xr Society, General News anaClassifie'd s- - r . -cp'vFMTY.FIRST YEAR . . SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY C, 1921 A. . ' President Doney ot Willamette Qualifies as Story Teller at. Meeting of Salem Arts League Many special talent" tliat were previously unguessed have been , brought out by the Salrm Art league. The story-tellm nation hs been particularly notable in this respect. Recently a meeting was held in the library, when on ly impromptu stories were feat artd. The following fascinating little story was the contribution of Dr. SJri Gregg Doney. who Is knows a a man of letters, bat whoss fift for story-telling has pot been io generally recognized. Tie stoit Is entitled "ilUly x-ine Tree, a Story of the Crooked Pinei." i "H yon were to go into any of tie ireat foresu where there are many pine trees, you would find tnost of the trees looking much alike. . They grow tall and ttralght. they push out thir branches on all sides and they keep themselves clean and tidy. But here and there you will find itree which is different Trom th? others. Its trunk is twisted, its branches are tangled and it dTTes not seem able to grow tall and straight; really It looks like an unhappy tree. There are not many of theso twisted trees, but they are scat tered over all th forest, here on? .tiers one, enoutfi to make Jou notice them and to wonder what causes them to be unlike their brothers and- sisters. And they were .not always that way either : for. one time the pine trees were just alike, except that some were amatf sad some were big. Bat in Break Chest Colds With Red Peppers Fia tnnr fleht. achlnr chest. Stop the pain.. Break op the con gestion. - Feel a bad cold loosen Bp in Just a short time. Red Pepper Bub" is tha cold remedy that brings the quickest relief. It cannot hart yon and It certainly seems to end the tight lesi and drive the congestion and soreness right out. . Wheni heat penetrates right Jrn into colds, congestion, ach ing, muscles and sore, stiff joints, . relief comes at once. ... Nothing has such eowcewtrated. F. G. DEVANO those days thoy were not ointe as tall or straight or clean ar, they are now. I will tell you how it happened. In a great forest out in Oregon, I think it was in Oregon, a lonR time ago a papa and a mama tree dropped a tiny seed into the soil near where they were growing and then waited for their baby tree. After a few months they looked down one morning and. sure enough, they saw a little tree looking up at them and waving !tB head as if to say. "Hello, mama! Hello, papa! ' They were pleased with their baby tree and. putting their head together, they agTeed to name it Billy Pine-tree " IBlly liked his name very much and grew, as fast as be could, always watching his parents to see what they did whn it rained or snowed. wh"n the wind blew hard or gently, when it was hot or cold. After a few years Billy Pine-tre had stretch ed up and up until some of his branches could touch some of the branches of his papa and mama. The ends of the branches were very soft and tender and their touch was like that of a baby's band upon a mother's cheek. You may be sure papa and mama Pine-tree were very proud. Well, when Billy Pine-tree grew still larger and the winds blew, be would swing back and forth and wave his branches up and down and laugh and. shout as though ha were the floppiest tre In h forest. And I think. penetrating beat as red peppers. The moment you apply Red Pep per Rub for colds, backache, sore muscles, stiff neck, lumbago, or the pains of rheumatism or neur itis, yon feel the tingling beat. In three mlnntes the congested spot is warmed through and through.' When yOn are suffer ing bo you can hardly get about. Just get a, jar of Howies Red Pep per Rub, made from red peppers, at any drug store. You wHlhave 'the quickest relief known. Ad. ARE YOU LOOKING FOR Beginning Saturday, May 7th, we will clear our salesroom of new cars, with the possible exception of one or two and fill up the room with REBUILT USED CARS, for three days Saturday, Sunday and Monday. We propose to make these three days REAL BARGAIN days for REBUILT Used cars. The following makes will be placed in this sale: Dodge, Buick and Chevrolet Road sters and Tourings. 20 per cent discount on Republic 6000 mile tires The best tire price on the Ameri can market, backed up by our guarantee. maybe, he was the happiest; auv-l way, there was' none happit-r than I ho was. Now it came abcut that! when th- wind stopped blowing.' il'.lly would continue tr throw! his head about and ;.wisU his I oraticnt-n hack and iorth,. and shout as though he wer; in u great storm. Mama Pine-tree callfd to him. "Hilly, tho wind is not hlow:n..-; you should now bo ouiH. Yon can not grow as you sshouid if jo.i toss about en much." Hut l!iU laugh"d up to her and snM, What of it? I like to swine hack and forth and look annum, ii great fun; and there's plentv ot time to grow." Mama and papa Pine-tree knew well enough why hp should be quiet: they told h:m that in throwing himself about and pn twisting and turning, lie would loosen the bark from his body and his wood might become crooked and weakened. Billy would not believe them, or ; at least he did not obey them, and taid. "I want to ree what Is goin ; on. I want to know what all" these ; trees are doing. It's lots oi fun ; Just watch me." And he gave a big turn and swished hie branches ; in every direction. "Please don't . do that." said all of the pine trees ; near him. "Your branches strike us anad hurt u:." "Poh." ;ail Billy, "who cares? I'm potng to look around all I want to; atr! to can you." Billy was talkine finite lonbl and pome little bodies on the ground heard everything he said; Indeed they would have heard him had be but whispered. They had i been watching him for a long time ! and weft beginning to wonder if i they would not have to do some- j thing in order to protect the other ' trees an dto teach Billy a lesson. j These little bodies were the tree fairies, people who watch over the forests and try to Veep thera or derly and clean and beautiful. ! The very-nlght after Eilly had ! been so rude and disobedient, the : king of thejree fairies climbed up to Billy's ear and whispered to him. "Billy i Pine-tree, I am the king of the fairies who love and guard the trees and I have come to tell you that you must obey your papa and mama because they know what is best for a young pine tree. And you must be kind to your neighbors because you have no more right to hurt them with your swinging branches than they have to hurt you." "Hah," said Billy, "I don't think you know any more about it than I do. Let the trees look out for themselves; that's what I do. I like to twist and turn to see what's goinn on around me; and I'm going to enjoy myself as I please. Good-night. Mr. Fairy." "No. not yet. Billy," said the king of the tre fairies. "I must alemni Automobile Co tell you something more. The tree fairies have held a meeting of the counc'l and it m decided that if you refuse to be kind and wil Inot trow up 1 ko other trees, a punishment will come to yo'l. Some time wlif-n you hae turned end twisted yourself, and thrown your branches into a belter skel. , ter. you will (ind you can't turn back, that you can't untwist your self. ;.if yen can't straiRhten out our lir. !i bes I give you full and plain warning. Billy I'ine-lree, and I 1 hope voj will obey It. Now I w.:i say a Cood-nithf" to you." ' "Cood nij:ht. Mr. Fairy," called i l;iily. as the kins of tlr fairies ; went away. "You bother me; I and I did not ask you to call." ! f course, this was also very rude of Billy; and in the morning liis mother asked him to whom he S bad been talking during the night ! for she bad beard him though j (he had not heard the fairy. But; she had iong known about ths f-iiries and had been afraid that :by would ha. e to punish Billr. Billy told h r thct rome old. fool r'i fairy had come to try to fripht.'ii him and that there wasn't a fairy living that could -c.ire hii.i Hiv mother and fath er were both pratlv troubled and i.i;i:rd him to 1, ed Ih warning. A fhower of r;in coming up, thoy mii -hod tear? oe;- their son. v ho w emed determined to have li. own foolish way. As f-oon as the ra'n stopped, the sun shone brightlv and Billy began to swinjj and toss his branches. He laughed and shout erf and twisted himself until ho had turned almost entirely around. Suddenly there was a sound in the pine needles at his feet like the scurrying of many little bodies; and then came thu voice of the king of the free fair ies, not loud, but quit? clear, say ing: "Billy pine-tree, you are held. You cannot turn back. Stay forever as you are, Billy Pine-tree." He could turn around; .try as he might, he could not go back. He called to his mother and fath er, hut they could not help him. Ad thre he stood, with his trunk twisted, his branches tangled and his head bowed in shame. This was long, long ago. Billy Pine-tree bad children; not many, and they were like him; they had twisted trunks and tangled branches. Their children were the same, on down to this very day. You will find them here and there In the forests looking like Billy did and so different from the other tall and beautiful trees around them. I think this should be said for the fairies; when they punished Billy, they had intended to tet These cars have been thoroughly over hauled in our own shop and every one is in the PINK of condition and repainted. The Chevrolets in this sale will carry the same guarantee and service as our new cars which is an absolute protection to the purchaser. These cars were taken in as part payment on new cars and there is no war tax or freight to pay and with every car goes the 1921 license. SALEM Hungry Linn County Man Misses Dinner to Seek Beautiful Iris in Salem, But Is Disappointed Kditor Statesman: Being an in-: terested reader of your paper and) appreciating your efforts for tlio! o int '. i iu and iH". elopiu n t of til" Sale.u district and apiopo; Ho p'lleinii. oi .;- -uiips in tin-ard;- of S:tleei citizens, this hu man Interest story might be of in spiration to the 1 lowers lovers. Last Saturday. April 3n, a young man who teaches school in Liun county wa called to Salem vpon business w.th the state su perintendent of schools. Living in the county a dozen miles or more from the railroad station, it re quired early rising and a two mile walk in the fresh morning air to make connections with the jitney that left at i : 1 a. m. to meet the morn ng train. Unaccus tomed to such early rising, he omitted breakfasting and reached Salem with just time enough to remove the difst and dirt of travel and meet has appointment at the state house. On his way his atten tion was attracted to some re markable iris in a vase in a shop window. Being a flower-lover. I. v.a;: oercoine by their beauty. ;- I'ltmer Hunting. Ho? business finished, he found he had a couple of hours left be fore taking the train for home. Nature began to assert itself, and the appetite that had been dor mant in the early morning hours began to clamor for something to eat, but there were those beauti ful iris he was bewitched by them. Silencing the voice of hun- hip children be like other pine, trees. But this is what happened, alas: All of tha trees near Billy knew why he was so Ill-shapeii. they knew it was because he had been rude and disobedient, and they said to themselves that they did not want to be that way; that they would try as hard as they could to grow up tall and straight, that they would keep their branches untangled and allow no moss or dirt to cling to tbelr trunks. When the fairies saw this they thought it would be a good thing to have a few twisted trees in the forests to be an ex ample of what a pine tree ought to be. And it is because of this constant warning which the pine tree sees every (Jay that It is so beautiful, always green and cheer ful, always tidy in its ways and always speaking in a low sweet voice like the gentle music of the singing birds. A REAL i i Keep the dates of this sale in mind Satur day, May Seventh Sunday, May Eighth, and Monday, May Ninth. DALLAS ter. he hied away to the shop when- he'd seen the flowers to lind out where they grew. Being intormed that they grew on I) street somewhere near the t.i'lroad be hastened away and traversed I) street, peering into people's yards and interviewing every householder in sight, but all in vain: no one had, or knew of such a plant. The Woman Krred. Failing in his quest, ho re turned with but five minutes left before train time. He stopped in l he shop and told the man (now in attendance) of his disappoint ment, whereupon he found that he had been misdirected. The woman bad erred. The flowers grew on .leffersort street. Requesting the man to bestow SAGE TEA TIK mi HI DARK It's acandimithei-'H Itecipe To Krine Rack Color and Lustre U Hair That beautiful, even shade of dark, glossy hair can only be had by brewing a mixture of Sage Tea and Sulphur. Your hair is your charm. It makes or mars tho face. When it fades, turns gray or streaked, just an application or two of Sage and Sulphur en hances its appearance a hundred fold. Don't bother to prepare the mixture; you can get this famous out recipe improved by the addi tion of other ingredients at a small cost, all ready for use. It is called Wycth's Sage and Sul phur Compound. This can always be depended upon to bring back the natural color and lustre cf your hair. Everybody uses "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound" now be cause it darkens so naturally and evenly that nobody can tall it has been applied. You bimply dampen a sponge or soft brush with it and draw this through the hair, taking one small trand at a time; by morning the gray hair has disappeared, and after anoth er application it becomes beauti fully dark and appears glossy and lustrous. Adv. INVESTMENT? We have never put on a sale ot this nature before and we propose to pull thi$ sale in a way that will show buyers we mban just what we say. We can state truthfully that this is the greatest opportunity ever offered in Sa lem in the USED CAR market. ' Prices will range from $475.00 and up and attractive terms will be given. Our sales room will be open Saturday night and Monday night till 9 o'clock and all day Sunday. his parting blessing upon ishe wo man whose mistake had Cheated him out of hi dinner as keU as the flower, he went on hisjway a hungrier and disappointed ;Bian. It struck me as being rather re markable for a young man rather to miss his dinner after: he'd missed his breakfa$t than miss getting a choice flower.- This story is true in evSry de tail. 5 Voting an lU-tic ent i could g. the younflman's name if necessary, thougil; I am sure he'd never consent to jhave it made public. And I am is ore he ROSTEIGRE MILLINERY DEPARTMENT Bbt in this city High Class Millinery, Best Quality, Lowest Prices Beautiful Flowii- Wreaths, Lowest Prices Children's Hats, good assortment, lowest prices um GOODS New Dress Voiles, pretty patterns, good quality 60c yd. Curtain Scrims, 15c and 25c a yarrl Voiles 35c and 39c yard Bed Spreads, plain o cut corners, extra large sizes Good Quality Spreads, new low prices j 9-4 Bleached Sheeting, good quality, 55c a 'yard Black Sateen Petticoats $1.00 and SL50 " Ladies' Gowns, half former prices $1.00, $1.50 ! V?5 J . i Black Sateen Bloomers 50c, 75c, JIJO0 ' Children's Play Suitl good durable material 75c Table Cloth, good assortment, low prices Table Linen, all liner Some half linen, or the. best of mercerized cotton R. & G. Corsets, Popular numbers, new low prices Athena Underwear, Hih Grade Underwear ;for LafJfes 240 and 246 Horth A. PRICE: FIVE CENTS was utterly unconscious of any thing remarkable in the incident when he related it to us, except that he was so mad when he found he'd been misdirected and thereby missed the flower as well as his dinner. With best wishes' for the con tinued success of your paper, I am, sincerely yours, BERTHA M. PEOPLES. Lacomb. Ore., May , 1521. Don't forget that the good Lord not only made the sunshine but the moonshine also. Ex. change. U ENBAIM Commercial St i . EOFF,