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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
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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
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