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1. i . E&itorid, ; General Hezss cii Clzz!lz;l SEVENTY-TniRD YEAR 'IE SALEM; OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 28, 1923 pRicu 5'cr::rrj j ilOllllL'S J liUSBH i ' -rr . H AdeIe Garrison's New Phase ot REVELATIOrjS OF- A VH;E SHE COURSE MADGE TOOK f WHEN GRACE DRAPER ' - - ; PACED HER " tIf I had followed my first Jm. fculse JL should Hare fled shriek ing down the staira at the sud den appearance ot Grace Draper in ; the bouse ' I vu inspecting with a Tieir to its purchase. fAU fny old aversion to the girl, my r rjr real , terror of her, swept ter ,Be until I " found" myself - ' as ' near utter panic as I erer , ad been In my life, , iBut pride,' that most potent ftf stimulants, came to my res Cue. Of all people In- the world. f this woman , was the one before hom .1 could least aXford to show any sign of a white feath er. Unthinkable that she should see rae quail even for an instant. .! X summoned .eyeryllblt of will : power I possessed, and spoke to : -fier: coolyi? steadily, f. -( ,,".,..-7 f... "Ah t MJss? Draper. Is It not? I hardly-recognized you at: first. Out your; Toiqe' hasn't chanced. I had -spoken "only the simple truths but with any other ;wo- x aan than the one ' before m 1 would hare- tactfully retrained : from commenting upon the marked alteration in .her appear ance. But there was - ho '-room f n my heart for truth . toward Grace Draper,: and I am afraid ; there Was meanness enough in - sty soul at that instant to re joice at the change which, had f come 4o her. . Grace Draper Had Changed, . For she was no longer the vision of beauty which Dicky Jad o Stdmiced in the first year ' or our marriage . when she had been the model for - so many - f Us IHustrations., , At that" time her. beauty had. been faultless, and I had always felt -myself at marked 'disadvantage beside - her. : : But even the few year . rtince ' then.' ' thoneh : ther had touched m'e lightly enough, had VI flecldedlr a?ea hr;-probably be , .use f : the "comhlnatioir. with fJ them of a. code of life far re- rioved fromittlne,ndof-; pn Tutiea which she had suffered for: her riihe"Xrr'"'"'fT She; was still attractive, her figure was still srMssome, ..but It her features were .far too lain, while the brilliant coloring -jhleh of Id was one of - her cnlef attractions had bees re placed by, rouge. ' I guessed that beneath It Was an unbecoming pallor, materially detracting from her old charm. -; Jhere . Was-' h'ardness, V touch of cheap -,tuI-garlty about - her Also, i which made her only a caricature of the woman she once- had been. ' But her lustrous dark -eyes were etIU beautiful, f nil J of unquench .. able. fire and; spirit. ; But despite 'them, however, my old Jealousy Of the girl slipped from me ifor- --ver. I no doubt had cause, to ' iear her. but In this moment's r oncentrated: gaze at, her I knewj lhat never, could Dleky be , at- : tracted by her again, . t knew, t also, without vanity that . the iat lea had ! turned, and that now J , had the advantage of her ; -u j personal 1 appearance -1 " ; f t ; f That she realised the same j trcth as she looked! at me -nay More,' knew that I had seen- it "also was; evident in the, sudden 1 furling of her lips back over her teeth, ; while into -her eyes tor a fleeting second there came the ex pression of something catlike jre i paring to spring; ' III T1IE , AP0LLOCLU3' Announces Its v THIRD AHD FliflAL COrJCEHT Seaconl922-23 V!f With icoriSTAncE horn ; j 2 lezzo-Contral to Armory Y7 cd. -.. Evc.r7:2 Tickets $1.0O f" Students SO Cents on safe at Y.Ui's Music Store Jioore's Ulusle Kouse v :at reservations on . and after ZlohZzj, IZsj 1, 0 A Hi Armory Eos C.TIro . - - Linda "a Good j Scout.'" j How I ever hel,d my ground be fore that look I do not know, but stand motionless T did, . looking calmly into herj eyes. ;i But when the - savage! look; faded and was replaced by something ; inscruta able, I knew that nothing In my action had changed her intention She had forced herself into pfcs- n "It is hardly to be expected that I should be unaltered, is it?" she asked with !a little smile, which, in spite of my aversion; to her, I had to admit was full of genuine pathos.- "Prison life Is J. not" gen erally conducive to the preserve tion of one's attractiveness." fli turned! Involuntarily; toward the woman who- had admitted me into , the house, wondering-1 that Grace .. Draper i should ; speak- of this chaptor.in her life before her. But sho. was no .longer to be seen, and the woman opposite me laughed lightly at my gesture, i 'Oh, Linda In a good scout! she-said. "She won't ? listen to anything not v intended ; for her ears. Besides, she knows all about me. f I knew her years asx before she was married,, and we've kept up a sort of friendship ever since. enough so that I was able to use her. to get you here. I knew you wouldn't want the house, but it seemed a very I plausible way of seeing you. ? 4 I j must admit ; that the . various ' guardians ;of your welfare axel ? very devoted and strictlr on the, Job." There was a: distinct sneer la her voice, --but il gained the Im pression that it was almost sub conscious, that i she was striving to appear friendly, whether or hot with some sinister purpose I could not ascertain. .But I' resolved to be wary. f . Hes. next words were "an abrupt question. j - . ? . , 'What have you finally decid ed about the letter I aent you?" ' I had expected : the Question,' hut I knew f. that I was not yet ready to answer it. I glanced quickly, furtively around the hall in which we rwere standing. She was between ma and the stairway, but I sjoke as nonchalantly as though . the ; knowledge of that fact . had not aent a little appre hensive thrill through, me. .... "I am rather tired," I ; said, "and you do not look- strong. Suppose we jaSt vdowni in some place where i we; -can talk more eomf ortably.' ; . . ...:.. . ,-CTo he continued. -- .' ...... "''l' t. , 1 ; . 0 m . ' irrigation District - - - Files Complaint Here The Fayette-Oregon Slope irri gation district, located in Malheur county. Has filed with the -public service commission a complaint 1 against the t Idaho : Power , com pany, demanding that the com pany not be allowed to carry out its. threat to cut off power: from the district - ot April 30. The company has notified the district officials that the power is to bs cut off because of failure of the district' to pay for it., ; In its com plaint the - district asks that an immediate payment ; not be re quired for- a continuation of the service. The . project contains 6,000 acres. ! T COMING h 4 - 1 A I- f 'S l . : . - -j. Uucker: and Perron Two of the principal Comedians-with 'Struttiitj Along." 1 ' uppfiiciis Fra 1; V-i DAY S OBSEnVED Senior and uniors of Wil lamette Spend Entire Day 1 - in High Hills. ' r' "Senior Flutifc was observed In fprce "Wednesday; In Willamette university It - was also "Junior Flunk," when everybody of these two classes- hit "out" for the tall hills. They 'weren't iall quite courageous or wasteful enough ta do it, but about 50 made up a party that drove out ' to the hills near Mehama for a whole day of the outdoors. . They started at; 5 in the morning and' got back: at a little after 10 o'clock at nighL- They prepared their own break fast out on the camp grounds at about 8 o'clock with boiled egs. coffee,? salad, oranges and sand" wiches. , The dinner. menu i was broiled ' beefsteak 7 with ashes; baked beans and pie. , I For sup per -they ate tbe last - of ; every thing, supplemented ihy weiners. Prof, and Mrs. Erlckson, Prtff Robert Gatke and'' Dean Frances Richards were chaperones to SCO that .the - class . flunk was a suc cess. ; The.dayj.was spent, in;, long hikes, in baseball, stunt athletics, singing, and a general good time. l iNEW CORPORATIONS ; i A" permt to operate in . Oregon wa issued ; by rthe . state corpora tion : departments yesterday to the Eastern - Outfitting Jtasompanv 01 Aat43griia. 6r a California cor poration capitalized at 0 0,00 o Al Shapiro of f Astorlar is - named as attorney-in-iact : for Oregon. . The following articles .of . in corporation were tiled yesterday: , Freeland Table company,; Port land: incroporators-. John G. Morrison,, Iaprent H. , Freeland, Bernard W. . Parker; . capitaliza tion .120.000. , ; . . Stewart-Schneider ... company. Portland; . incorporators C. W. Stewart, JC. W...Schnelder,: Geo. E. Walker; capitalization : S6000; merchandise. - 1 - - V i Notice of intnreaEe- In . capital ization from 2 5,000 to fISO.OOW was filed by the Umpqua Valley Canning company. - f l Supplementary ? articles of In corporation were -filed, ? by the RosrerB Contract " company ' of Portland, "changing ; the name to Pacific Contract company. - fit c ' ,; !!(;!) i - , IK) ' Mr li I .' II V w ; lETv US; 1ELP. you GET YHAT YOU NElED lETJIER IT IS EriPLOYIlOTEOTYlR :' ; tie sale cr purchase of goods -our Classified col-s csms ivill brinj yea Use desired rescltsV - - ' JeUphong tU yosr tscnU today I Phoner23. j ; The Oregon Statesiiiaii - 1 J oil, , T-' (- I t-l l-l lit." -4 OLD RESIDENTS ! : GUESTS MONDAY Most Venerable People in Sar , lem WillDine With Cham ber of Commerce , At the Monday: noon "luncheon the Chamber of ? Commerce Is to observe j Champoee day, the anni versary of f the ; founding V of X American government of Oregon, at Charapoeg.'- 'It- wanted to get tbe two! oldest' settlers in Salem; the two ! oldest people born In Sa. lem, f anil at j least"; two sons T or daughters of the pioneers who signed up I for - "the divide" j at Champoeg 80' years ago. : ' Oliver - Beers, son of t Alanson Beers, a signer and the first sec retary of the empire of -the north west, is. one of the - guests. He is years of -age. . Abner Lewis is ?7 years old. ; His father, Reu ben j Lewis,1 was one of the sign ers.j :i . - -i-k; ' Mrs. Melmda Wade was born in 1846. and came toSalem, In 1850, or 73 years ' agov Mrsi1 Riley Small was born in 1841. and came to . Salem . fn 1852., v She. Is the mother of Mrs.. George JP" Pierce ef Saiem.t Mrs. Catherine -Pugh, living at 5a3 North iWinter, moth er of Dave Pugh .of the West Side Gravel comjpany,4- was born in 1840, and came td Salem in 1853, Just 70 years ago. But here's ' the oldest-timer of living at 393 North Liberty. He was born in 1839. and. came to Salem In 1849. He started In that year at the old Oregon Institute, which Is now Willamette univer sity. He Is believed to be the oldest living . student of Willam ette. ; He. has ; been sheriff and ion county- and his interesting early-day- experiences ' would : fill a book. iv Judce P. II. D'Arcy who has lived for 64 years in the same house and on. tbe same lot and block , in North , Salem where the family first settled 64 years ago. is to be one of .the guests. The City council some time ago had a plan for revising the .voting pre cincts and wards of the city but because of the D'Arcy record of still being a part of the original precinct and ward bearing the label No. 1,5 they didn't make the Chans?. ' ' They ' might, if he were to sell or pass on; but he is.. so well anchored and so hearty that another, generation at least. Is likely to; pass.. before he tells the boys -'to; go ahead he doesn't care any longer. 1 ;; i ; f ; i If there, are any other older Oregonians than these named; the club .is looking ' for them as its guests Monday; noon. . ' Freight Rate Cuts Are ; Announced By Railroad Freight rate cuts of from 25 to 4(J per cent, effective May "10, have been announced by the Ml. IIood Railroad : company in a schedule: filed with the public service commission. The road operates between Hood River and Parkdale, and while one of the smallest lines'. In the state its rate cut 'Is important because of the large amount 'of ; local rjrpducc carried over the line.. i The rate on -Cordwood -. is re duced from $1.75 to 11.50 a cord. Flour and mill stuff is reduced about 40 per: cent. ' The' rate on livestock shipments is reduced them all-pUncle .Joseph Baker, Lfrtm 3S to J20 a car, and hay from 14 cents to 10 cents a hun dred. Potatoes are 'reduced from 1 2 Vi to 1 0 - tents a hundred on a carload of 30,000 ! pounds,' making a difference! of about 375 on a carload. ! ; , , ; .The reductions are voluntary, as 'far as the public service com-1 LIVESLEYTO HAVE UWSIDiE Salem Man Announces Plans r For Dwelling to Cost Over $65,000 : The kitchen will be in a wins at the rear. Second floor plans call for nine bedrooms and six baths, each bedroom- to have separata dressing rooms. ' Maids' quarter will be above the kitchen with two bedrooms. - On the premises tennis courti and a swimming pool are planned.--;, j'-y : s ',v:- T. A. V Llvesley -: Salem hop grower and "dealer, announces plans . for the construction of a home on Fairmeunt hill, Salem, that will cost ' over .$65,000. ' It will be arter the English 1 manor type and will be over -.100 feet I length, j The location; win be on Lincoln street. '- ': , ): . Among the features of the home will be a pipe organ and billiard rooms. There will be a sun room 13 by 19 feet On; the ground floor, a drawing room 60 by 19, dining-room- 18 by 26,- living room 20 by 20, spacious breakfast room, and large receiving hall. V NEW YORK. April 27. Evaporated apples dull; prunes quiet; unsettled r peaches easy. We Are Payh T 1 ''X Per Doz. . For White llenery Erp ANDRESEN & SON ' ; 160 South' Hi-h By Judge Goats MM A Nationally Recognized POultiy Expert . FISHER'S. GROWING V FOOD with its wheat, cracked corn and oat groats has just the correct balance and 'jiisl; the riht sha bits of frrain for the chicks after they are four weeks old. You can see them gain in weight and size as the days go along. This food makes bone and tissue. - FOR SALE BY held other5 public offices In Mar-mission is concerned. D. A- White & Sons PHONE 160, j261 STATE ST. t jn rzr ni s7 n i jn;nrr''T' i 1' ;'....vV; t4;r;lv On V. elly Spr irigfield and Howe, Highec c Quality Gord and Fabric Tires position by buying before the raise tliat V;:;HaiHbag' placed myself in a $75,000,00 worth of these tires lias been noticeable on all lines of tires, I am offering the public the .advantage of this remarkable saving of 25 to 40 per cent ? off on all sizes, cottbn and rubber is still advancing. Remember r that J' n noRr'i Plione 66 AUTO 294 N. Conimercial St. Salem, Orescn Cords. lS.OOOhMfles Guarantee Fabrics 7500 Miles Guarantee: Z-J