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THE NEXT STEP
- The Eugene Eegister is sitting up and taking notice of the
flax industry ' -,1 J j
And further reference will be made to this when more
room is available, in the Slogan pages of Thursday. 7
, But the,Register editor is evidently under the impression
that all there is to do, in developing the flax industry, is to
raise the flax Jr.. ::..:-.-'-. ;l
"And the fact, is there is a great deal more to do. i There
is no question about raising the flax. The state flax plant at
the penitentiary at tbi present low prices, could get contracts
for many times the acreage necessary to supply all the flax
that all the available men there ;can possibly treat, up to the
fiber stagehand up to the stage, of spinning the- -fiber ; n v
And-there U n'ot a very great profit in the manufacturing
end, up to the fiber stage; though there is 'soma profit, working
prison labor.?-'? : - . tfi: :-. h' k! M :h ':'H'
The big profits wilFeomo in the spinning and in the making
of fine linens-- r - - " v". "l 5 ff j ' : U'
And there must be spinning and linen manufacturing, be
fore the acreage of last year can be increased much. For flax
will not be grown without a certain market. And there can
be no sbertaia market for much more flax until factories are
built, employing free labor. -j v - T 1 ;
Sueh! factories f Would be immensely profitable, r if well
managed. What is needed now is capital; organization; a vis
ion of ?tKe? things twssTble.' The Oregon penitentiary is going
to be made self supporting, in the treating and spinning of
flax, nt little, further growth in the growing end can come
till independent factories are established. They are coming.
Verhaps they will begin coming' sooner hari most of us dream
tf at this time! ' J -
HIS "GAG"
Fred Smith In Sunday School
Times) '
Recently; I " heard s Mr. R. A.
Waite, assistant International sup
erintendent of "thoYoung People's !
dirUlon or Sunday scnoql wore,
tell a story of k remarkable class
that la deserving; of a -wider pub
licity, la the coarse of h.Is woTk
of attending -Sunday1, school con
ventions he . one ". day noticed an
old man, sitting on the very front
seat of the church, who by his
many questions seemed to be) tre
mendously Interested In the work
of young people. After the meet
ing Mr. Walte made his acquaint
ance, and he asked the man, Ben
jamin DIx by name, what he con
sidered the most Joy-rewarding
experience he had had In - his
Sunday school work.' The old
man' at ones Teplied:A v,?It"irasi
jne- I - taught for five-Tea'
rr- af four boys- ra the little
towr of -Caledonia,1 In Ohio.
' art-wb-2rhaV''i particular
clasg ? " queried Mr. WalUC " ' ''
"Many years ago." ' said rMr.
Dix; "as a young man; 1 earn Into
the -town of Caledonia. Being in
terested "la: the -work'ot'the Sun--day;
school I offered my services
la a(ll?eall 'ichoolynlch, how
ever, was not attached, to the de
, nomination to whicb.,.I belonged.
The superintendent, happening to
know this, told ' me be preferred
not to give me a class for this
feason. The matter happened to
come to the attention ot the pas
. tor of. the church, . who at once
came to me. After pointing out
the unwisdom of seeking to go
contrary to the wishes of the sup
erintendent, he suggested: that i( I
could get together a class of boys
who were not then attending Sun
day school, he would see that
space was given the class. In the
Sunday school room. ' Immediate
ly. I went out. and : In walking
along the street I came across a
'gang' of four boys to whom I
went with my invitation to be
come members : of my ' Sunday
school class. The four consented,
and for five years I taught those
boys in the Sunday school. ' :
. ?And now," continued the old
ma reminiscently. "each year on
jn birthday, without fail." those
four, boys, now grown to be men.
write ma' a letter of cheer. I
He paused.: Beinr carious, Mr.
T7aite asked the old man who th
." boys were. i
! '"One of them,", said Mr. Dix.
Ms how In central Africa serving
a s . i missionary, his : name - Is
u&rien 4 wonway. Another Is
Dick' Crtsslnger. recently eoran-
troller of the United States cur
rency. The third Is George B.
Christian, secretary to the late
president of the United States.
And the fourth was. Warren O
Ilardlns . . . ; ,
This incident was told only a
few months before our- belored
president passed away. Sunday
IP' jJlJ Brady
Vice-President
.1 ! -
Manager
Editor
Manager Job Dept.
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683
Oregon, as second class matter.
school work does have its re
wards. - : : :; r r. .. .
STATE TAXES
The state of .Oregon 13 paying
entirely too much 'for taxes. Year
after year Instead, of reducing ex
penses we add tojthem. Two of
fices are made, to flourish where
one flourisbed forswvery co
terle of employes display- Vne prei
vailing tendency tto enlarge. The
result is that ! wehave gone wild
on taxation, Every legislature Is
asked to find something new to
tax. ': --7 'V - jr --: ' K "
Is there a remedy? Governor
Hart ridiculed the Idea of lowering
taxes in any state and there are
men who insist tfeat taxation can
not be lowered There la Just one
way to do , It;" reduce expenses.
It is hard to reduce expenses no
matter bow useless a commission,
it has Its sympathizers and can
always make, a plea for life. How
ever, a ; resolute governor :j can
arouse the people and in, time se
cure a reduction of taxes by. giv
ing the governor, a legislature In
sympathy with tbedeslre. .
t; The taxes of Oregon are -, at
least 50 per; cent too high. It Is
true that 50 per cent will never be
knocked off, but a part of it will
be. In our, own' personal affairs
we liave added to our neceisitles
which is as mucb as tbe state as
done. ; We never, will go back to
the comfortless period of 50 years
ago, but" we are going back to a
firm basis where every man wttl
exercise economy anjd demand it
of the government. C,
In Oregon the . . taxes have
mounted unreasonably and are in
a large measure responsible for
the discontent everywhere shown.
Oregon is not alone in this, but
still i that j is no Justification.
Nothing is gained by calling
names or i fixing responsibility.
There is JusC one thing to do and
that Is: : Reduce the taxes in the
future. There is nothing demand
ing continued high taxes; Gover
nor Hart to the .'contrary not
withstanding. , i , v
GOVERXMEXT OWNERSHIP
The Oregon Statesman is in re
ceipt of a circular letter emenat-
ing from Portland, asking us to
declare against government 7 own
ership ot railroads" and to sign a
postal card as an evidence of good
faith. The Oregon Statesman
never has j favored government
ownership of railroads, it 'always
has and does now favor drastic
regulations. The railroads came
mighty near taking this country
in the last ten years, the war was
their opportunity, and they made
the most of It. r Since the war
they have continued to function
In a manner that is indefensible.
There Is no desire to beat the
railroads, but there is a desire to
have them furnish plenty of cars
and charge a freight rate that Is
fair." : ;"( j ; .
There is very little government
ownership sentiment in this coun
try. There is a lot of sentiment
in favor of reducing freight
rates. The people do ' not want
government ownership but they
do want government control.
HALF RKE1 PEOPLE
There are some finished proi
ductions in the human' race, but
there are a lot of half baked pro
positions, going about the coun
try. There are men who can
make money but who can do noth
ing else. There are men who can
trade but have no social side.
There are men who can talk their
calling but helpless on outside
matters. We sometimes wonder
if the country is ever to be real'
well done. Either men ought to
have more foundation! or they
ought v to drill themselves to read
and improve as they go along.
Half baked people are not our
best citizens. When you can re
duce anything to their calling,
they cover it, but the minute they
are given uncommon ground they
are lost. ' !
THE MOVIE 8HUT.DOWX.
The prices in movie circles in
Hollywood has been strained for
a long time. The expenses of
movies has reached the point so
staggering that it is hard to com
prehend. Stars have exacted sal
aries outrageously high. The pub
lic has had good bills but tbe pub
lic only will pay so much and that
limit was reached1. long; ago; The
producing bouses bave' rotten the
Idea that they could force their
high prices of production on the
public, they can .not. .yiany of
the very best -shows have, .- lost
money everywhere. - The ; movies
are great things but they have
been. top heavy for a long time
and must either reform or topple
over, - ". ' .
XO EXPEXSES
It is- prettyr generally under
stood that there is. no, expense In
the change of school plans which
are to be voted on next Tuesday.
It is just simply a re-distribution
of the bond already voted.
. The board of education sees a
chance to spend the same money
more advantageously, and ask
permission to do it. It people
could understand the proposition
there would be no objection, j
It begins to look: as : If tbe
world court proposition will solve
Itself Europe has reached the
point where it will ' take almost
anything and we have reached the
point where popular defence says.
we must do something. If there
is anything better than the world
court It should be brought for
ward, but America now realizes
that it can no more stay out of
world affairs now than it could
stay out of the last war. We
must get In and the ''sooner the
better..
LETTS SEXD FLOWERS
Some day next week ' Sande ' is
supposed to ride Zev against My
Own. It would be a beautiful
thing If Salem could end him a
bouquet. It would not only heart
en the wonderful rider .but : It
would call attention to Salem all
over the world. . 7' '"J ;
STUBBORN FRANCE
It, would look as if Europe had
reached the point when there was
some chance of saving the situa
tion. But France with tits con
tinued fear of Germany -1 again
stands against the people of the
world. France has an army , of
over 70,000 men and leads the,
world in aeroplanes and yet it
cannot even pay the interest of its
public debt. France is riding to
fall. ri -;''" - Y i :i . .
California Officials
v Likes Oregon Hghways
p ' . "".;; : 1 . I ."
Harvey : M. Toy, chairman i of
the California state highway com
mission, who attended the Pacific
highway- celebration in Oregon
and Washington last week, was
highly pleased 'with road develop
ment as be observed it in Oregon,
according to Roy A. Klein, state
highway engineer. - Mr. Klein on
Saturday took Air. Ttoy by automo
bile to Medfofd on - his return to
California as the California offi
cial had opportunity to ; see the
entire; highway and travel over
every foot of it. He reiterated
his statement made 4n .Salem that
California' will immediately pro
ceed tq close up the gap in , the
paved highway in northern Cali
fornia and also build the Califor
nia part of. the GrantSs Paae-Cres-cent
City highway, known as the
Jtedwood-highway, i j y
T7H00PING COUGH
- Hard on child hard' on Barents.
Control dreadful whootnnjr and
coughing, help to quiai sleep witlx
CHAMBERLAIN'S
COUGH REMEDY
' Every user Is a (riend "
MY MARRIAGE
PROBLEMS
Adele Garrison's ' Xew Phase i of
REVELATIONS OF A WIFE
Copyright 1921, - by Newspaper
; Feature Service, Inc. r
CHAPTER 8
THE DECISION DICKY MADE
ABOUT IU3' MOTHER'S RE
QUEST. With suddenly Impatient fing
ers I crushed my. mother-in-law's
.letter into its envelope, thrust it
into my work basket on the little
veranda table, and with a weari
ness of spirit that her request to
come home and "straighten, but
Katie" had engendered, ran down
the precipitous little path to the
tumbling E80pust swishing over
huge stones at tbe' foot of the
Cosgrove place. j
From the time ii had glimpsed
the stream on my mountain holi
day with Dicky in the first year
of our marriage this had been a
beloved spot to nie, and through
this summer I have carried to it,
as to a friend, all my adverse
moods for soothing. An unusu
ally able village stone-mason had
constructed a comfortable wide
seat of rock1 just above the bank
of the stream behind it was the
steep ascent of ,the little bluff.
below it the restless river, before
and above it, towering from the
opposite bank, were the restful
eternal mountains.' - ' , j
There I threw! myself down,
and gradually- banished from my
heart the irritation' which Bess
Dean's arrival had 'caused me, the
foolish, nameless, .little premoni
tion of some shadowy menace im
pending which Mother Graham's
news concerning Katie's ; behavior
had brought me. It was there
that Dicky found me a good half
hour afterward, and, to my great
relief, Bess Dean was not with
him. I felt in no mood for listen
ing to her merry, malicious chat
ter, ; clever ; and I amusing as it
sometimes was. j j
i "Unravel me the mystery, old
dear," Dicky gibed, as he came
lightly down the path, and I saw
that he held his mother's crump
led letter to me in his' hand, j "1
don't need to , be named Poe or
Doyle to deduce that my beloved
mater Is at the bottom of your
sudden flight to the bosom of' na
ture and 11 the .rest of It," he
rattled on. "I just found a letter
from her, in which she raves
about Katie, blessed if I can ,tell
what she's getting at, and then I
see this crushed epistle in your
work basket, and it percolates
through my alleged brain that
you must be a bit peeved. So,
like a well-trained husband, I trot
in search of wifiei bringing the of
fending thing with me. What's It
all about, dear heart?
Dirky is Emphatic.
A quick, malicious! Impulse
prompted me to j answer demure-
iy: . :
; "I have to go home, that's all."
:Have to go home! The devil
you do! I guess you bave two
or, three thinks I coming about
that. Where da you get that
home-flitting stuff?" ; j
' ; "Better read your mother's; let
ter," I suggested listlessly, j
f ; "Well, since you're so enthusi
astic about It, I rguess I will, he
retorted, offended, and the next
minute he had smoothed out the
crushed letter, torn off the enve
lope, flung it down at his feet,
and begun to read the enclosure.
I stooped and retrieved 'the enve
lope, folding it; and tucking it
into my pocket ; for future burn
ing. I bave' a j dislike'which I
am afraid amounts to fussiness. of
any litter of paper In the, woods.
Dicky grinned maliciously as he
saw my action. He was skimming
hastily through j. the inconsequen
tial first pages of the letter,; and
his attention was but partly en
gaged.' j ., ... J ... !' ;
"You must be a throw-back to
some New England spinster an
cestress,? he (commented, and
then his lips pursed into a low
whistle, and 1 1 saw that he had
come to the portion of his 'mo
ther's letter to me which de
scribed Katie's strange actions
He read the letter through to the
end, turned back to that page.
T
TO CLEAR UP UGLY.
1(1
i Ariy breaking out or skin Irrl-1
tation on face, neck or body Is
overcome quickest by applying
Mentho-Sulphur, j says a noted
skin specialist. Because of its
germ destroying properties, (noth
ing has ever been found to take
the place of this sulphur prepara
tion that instantly brings ease
from the Itching, burning and ir
ritation. - ! - ; . i - :
Mentho-Sulphur heals 'eczema
right up, leaving the skin i clear
and smooth. It seldom ' fafle to
relieve the ; torment or disfigure
ment. A little jar of Rowles
Mentho-Sulphur may be obtained
at any drug store. It is used liko
told cream. Adv. . . :
IS
DES
:(j OUT SKIN
read ' to the end again, then
crumpled the letter as I had done
and tossed It into my lap. " - j
"I don't know which is the
nuttier!" he exclaimed "Katie
or mother. But I know . who
takes the first prize for lunacy,
and that's a lady by tbe name of
Margaret Spencer Graham. You
have to go home forsooth! Why?
Because Katie; fed up on all the
blood-and-thunder cinemas In the
country, has eaten something that
gave her the1 Uight-mare or the
jim-jams, and , mother,-with her
usual propensity for loading your
shoulders with jail the household
troubles, proceeds to send an
SOS for you? Not on your golden
wedding day! It will be a pro
fitable if not an amusing experi
ence for all three of them."
"I Need a Chanson-'
. "But, Dicky," I protested, 'I
need be gone only two days
three at the longest. And Jun
ior, with Lillian. and Marion and
Mrs. Cosgrove, to say nothing of
you" i i
"It isn't Junior who needs your
protecting , care." he retorted
wrathfully. "It's Senior. If you
think for one minute that you're
going to bring that damsel who
thinks she's understudying Deli
lah into this pleasant farmyard.
turn her loose, and then bolt your
self, you're distinctly mistaken.
I need a chaperone I do, with
that lady loose in the corral and.
by heck, I'm going to have one!
I told you the other day, didn't I.
that I was j through. Well. 1
meant it! No more philandering
for . mine. I'm perfectly willing
to be decent to your friend, and
I'll entertain her with all - the
regular mountain-life stnnts you
say, but you're going to be, right
on the job with me, and you're
Lnot going home until I do, so jU3t
file that information away Jn your
brain for future reference. Come
on. let's go back' to' the house.
It's dinner time." . ,
And as with bis suporting hand
beneath my elbow I climbed the
ascent, I did not know which emo
tion jewayed me more, the appre
hensive premonition which I
could ' not i down - concerning
Katie's actions or a purely femi
nine delight at his surprising dic
tum concerning Bess Dean. I If
she could but bave heard his little.
speech my cup of malicious plea
sure would have brimmed over.
(To be continued)
V
TURNER
: TURNER, Or., Oct. 30. The
high school has reorganized its
Hi-Y club, with Kenneth Gray j as
president. New members were in
itiated Monday evening.
11 Rev. Mr. Pogue was able to fill
his pulpit Sunday, after a ten days
Illness. J
Mrs. Gayette Barnett was . out
of school the first of the week suf
fering with poison oak.
v Miss Hazel Bear spent the week
end with Mrs. John Palmer at
Marion. ! '
' Mrs. Maud Hicks of Woodburn
spent a few days with her sister-in-law,
Mrs.! W. T. Riches.
' Mrs. Mattie Morris returned to
Salem .Sunday after spending a
week with old friends.
- Mrs. H. Ti Theissen and daugh
ter. Miss Usonia Theissen made a
short visit ini Turner.
John Chavls is taking a vacation
going as far as. Long View, Wash.
The Methodist women are hav
ing cooked food sales at Lyle's
store each Saturday.
t John Duncan was at his farm
Saturday, he and his wife having
just returned 1 from' a two weeks
trip to Idaho, j
. Turner school will give its first
entertainment Tuesday evening,
October 30.,. . . , -f, i
, George . Fitzpatrick is looking
after the blacksmith shop, while
Jim Bones Js away on vacation.
. : The Christian Endeavor . social
at the Christian church was well
attended. U ? - J
Donald Riches who motored to
eastern Oregon accompanied! by
his parents, returned Friday, j
T FUTURE DATES it
1 . ;
October 30, Tnesday Count y Commun
ity federation meeti at WoodbnrnJ
October 81; Wednesday President
Smzalo of Unirersitr of Waihinton to
mddreH Rotary elnb. I
Xotrnber 2 end S, Friday and Satai
day Independence rorn show.
Noember 8, Saturday football, Willa
mette . Collere of Paget Sound, at
- Taeoraa. I
Norenibtr 3 and 4. Saturday and ! Sun
day Annua) faome-eomina; at OAO.I Cor
valli and football same with UntTcraity
of Washing-ton. ' . i
Noember S to 10 Paeifiev Interna
tional LiTetVck exposition. Portland.
Norembar S. . Saturday Football, Sa
lem high school and Cot tan Grove bifh,
at Salera. " - ' i 1
Noyember 6, Tuesday Special election
on income tax referendum. r
Kovember 9 and 10, Friday and 8a t
nrday Firxt Annnal Willamette UaWer
sitye Home-Oominr.l I-
. November 10, Saturday State Meetinf
of Ku Klnx Klaa at State fair arounda. ,
Xorember 10, Saturday Football, Wil
lareette nnierity ts Whitman eollefe.
at Ralem. 1 .
Norember 12, Monday Armistice day
Mtlohratton in Salem.
November 12. Monday Football, 8a
lem high and Euirene high, at Salem.
November 13. Tuesday Special school
election on queatioa of buying- site and
building junior big school
November IT, Saturday Football. Sa
November 22, 23 and 24 Corn show
and ' industrial exhibit at armory tinder
an spices Chamber of Commerce.
November 23. Friday Football, Willa
. mette vs. Pacific probably at ; Part
land. "
November 23, Friday-6 Football, Salem
hirb and A'.bany high, at Albany.
November 23 and 24, Friday and Sat
urday Annnal home-eominc aad Oregon
OAO football (am at University of, Ore
gon. '' '
November 29, Thursday Football. Sa
m high an-1 Medford high at MM.for4.
lem high an I Oorvallia high, at Corvallis
Nevetaber 29 Thursday Football, WU
N Anw l T.ti. e HciM
January 12, Saturday Uaseovir eir
emonial at Albany. .
r.hraarv 8. Satnrday Dedication of
statu "The Circuit Rider." ia state
bouse (rounds.
EDITORIALS
OF THE
PEOPLE
IMnner Clubs
Editor Statesman: r note the
formation ot another dinner club
in our city, iand soon we may ex
pect some one will come along
with -still another scheme for or
ganizing a luncheon club, as the
principal object seems to be to
mept periodically to eat. Salem
as well as any other city which as
pires to become better, busier and
bigger, should have a . stronger
community organization, such' as
the Chamber of Commerce. Any
member of the weekly luncheon
clubs would Indignantly deny that
they were not interested in our
city's upbuild :ng along the very
best lines. The contention of the
writer is, that there should be one
big community organization, sup
ported by a large and representa
tive membership, and officered by
the very best citizens of our com
munity. Are these noonday
luncheon clubs real boosters for
our community. Is It not diffi
cult to learn how an organization
should function to be a very im
portant asset to our city." When
we ascertain how to operate such
a commercial and civic body, show
the citizens' that the best meth
ods will be introduced and ad
ministered, we are confident that
the necessary financial and active
support will be forthcoming. Don't
try to see how cheap! we can con
duct our commercial organization,
for as long as we' do, results will
be in keeping. The most of us
can remember the old Board of
Trade, carried on by Secretary Ho
fer and a few others; and many
evidences 1 df their . accomplish
ments can be seen today, which
started our city on the up grade.
The activities of. those citizens
can be duplicated. Let's do it.
COMMUNITY SPIRIT. . .
Editor Statesman: 'Your local
news story about Hon. T.'B. Kay
buying the Baker property on the
Garden road, and his determin
ation to preserve the noble1 group
of oak trees, some of them prob
obly over hundreds of pears old,
has aroused some interest among
tree lovers, j and still more among
persons Interested in preserving
the great natural beauty of Ore
gon along the state highways In
the form of groves and groups of
wonderful trees. :
Who cannot Immediately recall
single trees or pairs standing in
TbeBoys
THINGS
TO DO
Tbe
Copyright, 1023, Associated Editors.
.1
THE AWSSHC3 E6Y mYWTtUff"" AV' 1
Here; are the Jigedies I ballooning, ; parachutinsr, ' and
cavorting around generally up where the air is thin and
light. If you draw lines with a pencil or crayon between the
following towns where they threw down their, sandbags you
will have the name of their favorite color. : y . A
First letter: San Diego,1 Calif., to Carson City, Nev., to
Olympia, Wash., to Butte, Mont., to Carson City, Ney,, again,
to Phoenix, Ariz. 'f "
Second letter: "Lincoln,: Neb., to Leadville, Colo., to
Santa Fe, N. M., to El Paso, Tex., to Austin; Tex. Then from
Santa Fe, N4 M. to Oklahoma City, Okla.
Third letter: Madison, Wis., to Jackson, Miss , to
Charleston, W. Va., to Madison, Wis.
j THE SHORT STORY, JR. 1
CHOPSTICKS, FORKS AND A
POLICEMAN Vv ,
The terrible time Jimmy had
With chopsticks had made him so
'-mad.-j -: ".,!
Tliat he took his own "tool" i;
i As he rushed off to school.
But his fork got poor Jimmy in
. bad. - 1 -.
Sung; Lee and Jimmy Reillv
came out of the playground arm
in arm. talking excitedly. Of all
the queer combinations on the
playground . this friendship of th
Chinese and the Irish boy seemed
sonTiT conspicuous place, where
they are not only a landmark but
a monument to the consideration
some owners of land have for es
thetic values? All over our state
are such splendid trees that bave
endured tbe storms ; of centuries
to gJadden the eyes of tourists and
gratify the hearts of our people
that they live In a state where
" woodman spare that tree,' has
not become altogether a byword.
j In motoring over California In
1915 the writer saw great beau
tiful live oak trees on the right
of way of state and county roads
being cut down for stove wood.
In some counties the oounty. com
missioners had sold these trees
to dealeis in fuel wood and that
has been done In this state. State
wide publicity was given the mat
ter and appeals were- made to the
state highway commission, and a
campaign started that resulted In
an executive order to save all such
trees.-:.. ' - , '
1 Governor Olcott started such a
movement In Oregonbut since he
went out of. office nothing more
has been done. Let us start a
4mani tn nreaerva all the natur
al beauty In great trees scattered
over Oregon. : Let us save tnese
stately sentinels of beauty for fu
ture generations to enjoy. Hard
ly a week In the year but the axe
Is laid to some of these surviving
monarchs of the forest, and It will
not be many years before a great
towering fir or wide spreading
oak or maple will be a rarity.
I wish your readers would, no
tice the grandeur of single trees,
groups, and small groves on the
highway north and south of m Sa
lem, i There are towering lom
bardys, great , swaying cotton
woods, billowy willows and silver
maples along the Pacific highway,
each one a scene of enjoyable
beauty. Many of these trees are
in 'dooryards, ' and some stand In
fence lines and fields. But when
a place is sold the new.ownef or
renter often slays them for fuel.
There are half, a dozen gra
cious groves "God's first ; tem
ples," an the highway between Sa
lem and Portland, from one to
five' acres of second growth, that
should be preserved.: The Tour
ist Park movement near cities Is
preserving some of these, but far
ther from the-cities they should
be preserved for picnic grounds
for the city people who want to
run out 10 or 20 miles for a pic
nic dinner in the open. There
should be a state wide movement
to preserve such groves. , ' i.
A private land owner who will
think enough of a single great oak
of fir, or of a group, or a small
grove, to leave it stand as an ob
ject of beauty for all passersby;
and Girls Newspaper
Biggest Little raper In the Werld
the strangest. . They were insep
arable. "You come along my house for
dinner, then we. go back," Sung
Lee was saying.
"Aw ' nix objected Jimmy.
Sung Lee's -eyes had an odd look
in them, "which . Jimmy 1 quickly
understood to mean - tfiat Sung
Lee I was offended. "Sure I'll
come. agreed Jimmy. You're a
good scout to ask me. because you
live nearer." J .
Jimmy went along, with some
misgivings, to the little shop
where Sung Lee's father and bro
ther ran their laundry.1 The fam
ily lived tn neat, quaint' little
rooms in the back. Jimmy soon
found he didn't feel queer at all.
Ha liked Sung Lee's round-faced
mother, and he- liked the -hop
suey they had to .eat.- But 5 the
thing that stumped him was the
chopsticks Try as he would, he
wasn't able : to . manage them
right, and though , the family
smiled good naturedly at his
troubles, they couldn't help him.
He couldn't get nearly as much to
eat as he wanted. " ' .
deserves a medal of honor, l was
moved to express ium iusm i
seeing a photograph of the great
balm tree that has stood for 60
years at the-Iavenport farm in
the Waldo bills. . It Is a landmark
far and wide. There are such
trees memorable In the annals of
the pioneers scattered all over this
state. ' '."f
We 'should secure the coopera
tion of Womans clubs and of the
state and county authorities to
preserve these tree' growths that
add so much to the, pleasure of
travellers and really add greatly
to the value of property in the
state and to Its fame and reputa
tion for being a land of great nat
ural beauty.
uuu ti. hub tun.
KRUPP WORKS TAKEN
It LONDON, Oct. 26. A mob of '
several thousand unemployed men
seized the Krupp works at Essen
today and barricaded themselvea
in the main buildings, says a dis
patch! to, tbe Daily Express from
Essen. At least seven persona
were killed and 200 wounded In
a desperate fight with the "blue
police," who are described as In
adequate to deal with the situa
tion.':" THOUSANDS HAVE KIDNEY
TROUBLE AND NEVER
SUSPECT IT
Applicants, for Insurance Often
: Rejected
Judging, from reports from
druggists who are constantly in
direct touch with the public, there
is one preparation that has . been
very successful in overcoming
these conditions. The mild and
healing influence of Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root is soon realized. It
stands the highest for its re
markable record of success.
An examining physician for one.
of the prominent Life Insurance
Companies, In an interview of the
subject, made the astonishing ,
statement that one reason why so
many applicants for insurance are
rejected Is because kidney trouble
is so common to the . American
people, and? tbe large majority ol .
those whose applications are de
clined do not ' even suspect thai
they have the disease. Dr. Kil
mer's Swamp-Root Is on sale at
all drug stores In bottles of tw
sizes, medium and large.
However, if you wish first to
test this great -preparation send
ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghampton, N. Y., for a sam
ple, bottle. When writing be sure
and mention this paper. -Adv.
i
Edited by John M. Miller.
Randy .Riddle Say- '
Why should a Turk be able to
run a nauto?
Dangerous
Physics teacher; "If you comb
your hair with a hard rubber
comb it will lift light objects."
Student (alarmed): "Gosh,
hold your head."
Answer to today's picture puz
zle: The birds are kingfisher, rob
in, bobolink, and '.whip-poor-will.
,' i -
. .v PoIIj-anna Hays
"Cheer : up! , When all our
neighbors buy autos, we'll be able
to get a seat in the street cars."
Answer to , today's riddle: Be-
cause he is an Ottoman.'
The next time the bovs i tn
gether it was at Jimmy's house,
and Sung .Lee did much better
with afork than Jimmy had done
with chopsticks. . . ..,
( Saturday the ; boys -: were gol ng
to practice football on the play
ground all day, so Jimmy bad' ar
ranged to run over to Sung Lew's
at noon. As he left his hoTne1n
the morning he had a bright
thought. He stuck al forte In bis
pocket. 'Now 'I bet I get enough
to eat he grinned to himself.
j He went running down the al
ley, already late. Suddenly he
felt a heavy hand on bis shoul
der. "Aw, so here you are, my
lad," grunted a burly policeman.
"I Just got word about boy ban
dits beraking In a Joolry store,
and here I run Into one of them
right off. Dldnt think some of
that silverware would be Jolted in
your pocket, et, so I'd see it
gllntln'l Now not a word.
You'll find that hard to explain,
all right. Come along."
That Is why Jimmy was so late
to football practice and why he
never told Sung Lee tbe reason.
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