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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OBEGON " WEDNESDAY MORNlNG,r J ANTJARY 9, 1924 ' Ini4 THIIt Except Monday py TBS STATESMAN rUBLXSHXVO COMPACT , 21S Sooth Commercial fit, Stltm, Oraffoa R. J IIEKDRICK9 ; President - Cable abbams , i Secretary ' f. U ' ! MXXBEB OF THB The Associated PVmi ia axelnalvalr JW' diepatehes credited to it or Ml otherwise credited lm this paper and also the ltT J. Headiick Joan U. Brady l"reak JaakoekJ I business Teema 1. dark Co., New Tork. 141-145 West 88th St; Chicago, Marquette Build . .-' - i.r W II n wtthw.nl Urr (Portland Office, 301 Worcester Bid., Baalaese Office ' i- ewe Iepartneat ! . . -. ' -: Job Department Entered at the Peatofflt a ia Balea, Oregoa. aa aecoad-eaaa aiatter. SALEM'S FIRST ' The first dwelling house built in Salem still stands.? ty was constructed by the Methodist'inissionaries in 1840. ItHvas built at Cheraekcta, for the Indian name was then used. The name of Salem came later. This house was occupied at different times as a hospital, as a residehee Judson, J. B: McClaneJohn D. ' And it is still standing at 960 liroadway ; the extension of North Liberty street. The house was remodeled by Judge Boise but the part that was used by the missionaries is still intact and in a (rood state of repair. - ' ' The missionaries had come first location a few miles north, get water power for their saw mill and their grist mill. Ihey erected a dam where the Oregon Electric railway bridge now crosses North Mill creek, and shot, wheel to run their mills-- ;; So Salem as started as a modest wari. ' S.w.; The above, are some of the facts brought out at the Salem Rotary Club" meeting of last Wednesday, devoted to the pion eers, in the address of R. P. Boiscr-which will appear in full ui an edition of The Statesman to be publishe'd in a little while; mc annual xumou.' , , ! - ; ' If this first dwelling house a California city, and surrounded . it 'would be made a shrine . , , ; It would be restored as largely, as possible to its original J1 " : ' - ' 1 " it ' 11 .1 appearance, ana iurnisnea as it was iurnisnea in me oia uays when it was new, and pilgrimages would be made daily to the shrine. Men and women' would come from far places to see it. Tourists passing through would not like to miss it. Why not do thist It is not too late i But it will be too late some day, and no one knows when The very lnmber that was first used is there in place now ; the identical rafters and sills. 'The furniture is scattered, but a good deal of it could be found, in the J California is expending great sums to house her "Mission Play," representing the early beginnings of that state. Nearly every Jasieni. city. aaiing DacKixq tne oegmnings oi inmgs m the (New eWorld has its shrine or shrines like the possible his torical one that may be st apart by Salem. Why not do it! And now?." . v . ' " , ' ' i':- ' v Another thing: .A pageant was presented by Willamette Lniversity a few years ago, on the 75th birthday of that insti tution, givingthe history of the institution. . I lit was a beautiful: thing; an impressive thing;- - ? ?. Perhaps some corrections might be made in historical refer- ences, ana some improvement great, and it should be presented. The pageant ought to have a name and a home, and it should be given every year, here iri Salem. This is the place for it. :-Whynoti ' . - ? It would bring great crowds here once a year. It would advertise the old school; though it does not need advertising now,' in order to secure all the students who can be aecommo :dAte4;rtn;V.:v;:;,:';" ' But the pageant would help in securing new buildings, and additions to the endowment funds. ; j . There is'.n6 rule that would keep Willamette a compar atively small university. vWhy should we not have 5000 stu dents? Or 10,000 f The setting is here, no wher4.iiny more ap propriate. . . , . -. f .:.;. - .' WITH VAKYISG EMOTIONS: f ' The Bok peace propoeltloa suits The Oresoa Statesman but frank ly, it does not suit a lot of other people.- j However, it,. la along the rigM lines and must win." Amerl can' isolation is gone and Ameri can; participation in' foreicn af fairs has arrived. "We cannot stop it. The longer we hold, back, the worse it will be for the world. ' ( America Is the one nation nem under suspicion, 'v' Its only , desire Is to be Iielpful. It las so much prosperityso much. to be thankful for. that in, the very natoren of things it wants to tender serv ices to the world as an expression of its' thankfulness. : . f Th e, Oregon w Statesman never did :, fear t,he league of. nations, but it recognizes that that body is dead. However, the" plan pro posed br really the plan of Secre tary Hughes and the late Presi dent Harding. ; There is nothing in it that can compromise Ameri ca..;, it Just glTes it an opportunity to be ot servlceto do the things that t can do.' ' . . - i The proposal suggested,disposes of the on objection most of us inmbled ; orer and . some people found unsurmountable,' nd .that ig that troops cannot go . abroad , without the permission and direc tion: of congress. 4 That objection killed the ; league of nations, and that was in a measure orercome by President ; Harding's proposal, but it s ' eliminated ; entirely - lq this, peace proposal. ,Jt rirrually means that there cannot bo a for cisn, war without the consent or the people, and everybody will ad mit that any time the people want r they ought; to 'tun it, but Cod forbid them ever wanting it. . t ; .. '" ' j . ' . liLOOD TKILS' - - A& a- master of, fact iwc are. too tqueamlsb.v We, have to rcatlje that blood tells, and when we rea- 1 1 70 : to.0bt fo1 ,ovT V.!1 n J. L. BRACT Vice-President 1 ASSOCIATED KIM entitled tn tha aia for nfcliVtloa f alt Manarsr Editor Kturw Job Dept. orricxs: Phone 663 7 B&eadway, C. F. William, Mgr.) TELEPHONES: - S3 Circulation Office SS-106 Society Editor SSI 10 181 DWELLING HOUSE for Rer. Jason Lee, Rev. L. II. J5oone, and Judge R. P. Boise to the site of Salem from their on Mission bottom, in order to turned the water for their over ';vt.. manufacturing. place, in a very '"i ; : ? were in an Eastern city, or in with such hallowed memories. 1 i homes of our pioneers. i oi me ten. iui ine iaea was laws that defectives' cannot marry. : Five boys from one family hare been at the reform school near here. The oldest was killed in San Francisco, the second has dis Charged as beyond the age limit, and tha three little ones are there cow. The surprising record of this family caused an. investiga tion and it was found that the mother , was defective. (: That is why the children are there. Of course, It is easy to. say that the responsibility of this lies with 'the parents, but it reaches farther than' that. It reaches back to the state. When the state issues the marriage license, it enters into a partnership and becomes a party of the third part with the con tracting parties, and there is no way in the world for it to evade its responsibility. Human beings evade laws and dissemble, but the state cannot shirk its responsibil ity or lay it to misrepresentation on the part of the contracting parties. 1 The state --most-''know, and the only way U. can know is by physical and mental examina tions before marriage. Oar ob servation is that thoe who resent this most, are the ones who need It. worst, and those who' know themselves to be clean, rather pride themselves on getting such a certificate. Blood will tell arrays.' ' -:'',.! ; a T1IK MAYOITS MESS AC! B We trust that every tax payer in tSaleui read Mayor jtiiesy's 'mo sage to the city council. It shows evidence of careful "preparation; straight thinking and right con clusions. Mayor Cicsy stands for a bigger; better Sulcm. Salem has entered upon an ' era surpassing anything we have heretofore had. It Is going ahead by leaps and bounds and the city administra tion is .prepariog -to do; its part, la many places the city fails in leadership,', and special organiza tions,' k& the - chamber ' uf com merce, have to take tt up. .That Is not going to be true in Salem, The city administration Is going to take up! the leadership and be ably assisted by all the-city-build ing organizations.' This Is as It should be. It is mighty tlresom for a civic organization to have to pull a city along, but this happen In a majority of the towns. : Salem is very fortunate in hav. ing such a progressive city admin lstratlon. Things are coming our way in great shape and Salem Is coming into its own. Ol'It LARGEST ASSET It is a faet that Oregon people do not know; the value of the tour ist traffic to the state. It is also true that Oregon has only been scratched by tourists. Only the last two or three years has the state been discovered. Last year the people came by:the thousands There were more foreign automo biles registered in Oregon than in California, which Indicates that a good many cars came the Oregon Trail and turned north at Port land. The tourist husiness is seasonal but while Jt lasts it is our best bet. We may have an oversupply of some crops and an undersupply of Others, but the tourists brine ready money. Nobody travels out in this country without money to pay his way. The f.uto camp is coming to be the most promising place in town and the most Impor tant. ""'cu' , nasi roapea rewara 'a Gfllam ' V. . hundred fold for what little effort has been put forth to take care of the tourists. Mayor Oiesv h sounded the advance note, and Sa lem will be prepared with an at tractive tourist camp for. the year 1924. SELLING ARMS une oi the provisions of the present peace proposal is that the manufacture of ammunition on an extensive scale shall stop, and of course, that would end war", but until it does stop, American busl ness enterprises have a right to sell arms to any government cor rectly constituted. President Coolid-rr as stODoed the sale of arms to the rebels of Mexico. He is right, of course Under our treaties, the Mexican f rt. n m . V - .... . bviciuuicov lias a rignt to Tjur- cnase arms, but no rebel force can do so. To nermit Riirh'a- : y a luiug would simply mean armine both sides to kill each other off. Presi dent Coolldje was right In savin l.Fe,coni4.isell, arm ao, the Mexican government. Ho was also right in saying we could not sell arms to rebels. There is a dia Unction here that it does not take much reasoning to realize. WHAT HE THINKS C. P. Bishop is not going to do a.t.. aV 1 ll I I ... ui ne minus ne is going to. He thinks ne l& going to rest, but he isn't. We are glad for hira to have more j leisure, however, as euch men are needed for commun- ty work. By years of hard work he ha3 made his fortune and now ean afford to ' give his time to community work. He is a citv builder, and has a err-at ready, but we predict that he will nave a better one. tWe were in hia store the other day and were toM he wa3 out making an address at one of the school3. He Ig a good hand at this, because he alwavs talks straight. We are heartily glad that he has made this change, because ho la iAna enough physical work and we know he will not be contented to rust away. A man with his tem perament and capacity for work win never permit himself to rust. SPREADING EVANGELISM The conference to be held at the Kimball college this eveninc and tomorrow ia worth more than passing notice. It is nart of th renewed and' more energetic spirit of ' christian evangelism. The christian churches are meetins the challenge of the hour and are evangelizing the world. This con ference, Where ministers and lay. men meet on equal footing tn lav plans, means that the material and spiritual side are linked closely together, and that the re- suit will be success. We recom mend all such church meetings. They typify the spirit of the year ivzt at its best. There Is a movement to chance he name of Rogue river. Foolish. Some people want to change the designation or Oregon as the Web Foot stat. It is more foolishness. These thing. come In- the natural way and we adjust to them and it is not fair to ask to change them. NEMAN PLEDGED SILVEKTOX. Or.. Jan. 7. (Special to The Statesman! Silverton friends have received word, that Robert Semen of Sil verton who recently returned to this term Oregon Agricultural col- cge after a year's abscnse.was pledged to the Lambda Chi Alpha social fraternity. YhiIcatiSil verton Mr. Scman was employed at ; the Silverton Blow Pi po, com- " Her Dangerous Path By Paul Forrest Adaptea from the Patheserial by Hal Roach . Copyright, 1923, by Tathc Exchange, Inc. ' , CHAPTER VI Should She. Marry a Rancher? With tne tflegratn proposing marriape, which she had just re ceived from Clinton Hodge, in mcr hand, Corinne went in to consult the ever faithful Wong. "Show me, Wong," she asked liim. '"what would happen if I mar ried Mr. Hodge." ; She watched the sands in his mysterious Chinewe box a3 he mov ed tUem with his precious bamboo rod. Then, as she gazed, she saw herself getting; off a train at a tiny station. She looked about and a short distance away she saw Hodge standing up in a buckboard holding the reins. He cahed to her to come over, and she picked up her suit case and joined him. "I'm sorry I couldn't help you, but I had to wait here and hold the horses, Corinne; they are both bad actors, you see," he explained to her. "This is Parson Cody," he rontinued, pointing to an old man astride 1 horse. "I brought him away from a funeral." Corinne was startled at the bar renness of her surroundings, and had not expected to be married un der circumstances such as these. But her thoughts were interrupted by the parson. He had already comrceirccd the , ceremony and Hodge took her hand in his He slipped a ring over her finger, and, without delay, the parson took his departurd. Corinne could not quite adjust herself to the rapidity with which events were moving. She climbed into the buckboard, but, as they were about to start off, a cow boy pulled up alongside of the wagon. It was one of Hodge's men. "Say, Chief, Norton is waiting somewheres along here for you." "Go back to the ranch house and round up the boys. Wait for me there," Hodge ordered. As theTsuckboard started, Hodge explained to Corinne that Norton was a dangerous renegade rustler, who despised him and had made several previous attempts to "get" him Corinne was alarmed, but he assured her that everything was perfectly safe. He reined up in a small canyon and had just begun to discourse on the beauty of the surrounding country, which Corinne thought ugly, when a shot rang out Hodge drew his artin. and answered the shot with several. Then, seizing the reins, he urged the horses on. Corinne, looking back;' 'saw three men in pursuit. She clutched Hodge's arm nervously. The buck board tore on, the three horsemen, Norton and ..two of his .gang,, stead ily gaining on them.-, The buck- board swayed and swerved so that Corinne was several times nearly hurled off. Just as she thought that Norton was going to get them, the ranch House loomed up in the dis tance, and, at the sight of Hodge's men starting togive chase .Norton and his companions turned and made their getaway. , Corfnne, - unstrung. -. was heloed down by Hodac. On the s tens of the dingy house stood an Indian squaw named Minnie. She was the cook, Hodge told her, and this lazy vaqaero on tne other side of the porch was Pedro. Corinne al most shuddered at them. Hodge led her inside. The house was old and dirty, filled with broken :urniturc, harness and mis cellaneous junk and things utterly repulsive to ncr rehned nature. Her own room was -neatly as Lad. Eut, astonished as she was at her surroundings, she was "even more so at Hodce's attitude toward her.! He had not kissed her since thevi naa occn married, .and even now, in the privacy of her room, he made no move to do so. Instead, he patted her on the shoulder and said: The boys are waiting for me, r-u.. iV T V . Si,?t7' Norton, ... . I'll be back in a day or :id with that, he left her, j wu, i.iu vnui wiu, uc icu ncr. " j - -rV r-rTx T. a u itTuKU 5 thor-jto oaghly miserable. . In tne course of the few dava oit uuukc va away, corinne IMPRESSIONS AND. OBSERVATIONS OF FRED LOCKLEY Fred Lockley in the Oregon Journal, continues his interesting sidelights on people or promi nence. ( He has a recent chapter devoted, to Judge Burnett which will be of -special interest to Oregon- Statesman' readers. It fol lows: George H.- Burnett, after hav ing served three terms aa circuit udge, is now serving his third term on the supreme bench. He and Tom McBride have served for a longer period as circuit and su preme judges than any other two men in the history of the bench and bar in Oregon. Probably there never were two men in sim ilar positions who were more democratic and approachable than Tom McBride and George Burnett. have known . George H. Burnett rather intimately for the .past ,33 years, and the better I know him Ibe more I respect hint us . a judge and esteem him as a' f r1ud. Recently we spent several hours together In his offico la th'esu preme court building at Salem. ;- i i , . Like most men of strong char acter, ho has enemies as well as friends. I have beard certain old- time, standpat politician say thai Judge Burnett is Voostfaight-Tac'-cd in his convictions as "to right und wrong. -. Ihave heard lawyers 11 completely transformed the house. She hung up pretty, new curtains and the place took on the air of a home., And then Hodge returned, his quest of Norton, having been in vain. He greeted his wife impersonally, almost carelessly, and, furthermore, took no notice of the many changes the house had undergone in his ab sence. 1 It completely discouraged Corinne. That night after the men, by their actions at, the dinner table, had driven Corinne: to her room in disgust, she waited.; adorable in het floating pink negligee for Hodge tc come in. He had not shown, by any sign of affection at all, that he cared about her in the slightest She quietly peeped through .her door and saw the; men enjoying drinks and a poker game. Finally her husband came . but seemed to hardly notice her presence. "I'm almost asleep on my feet,' he yawned and stretched. Hi waa very tired. "We have to start out at dawn, so I'm going to turn in." l nen, to her utter amazement, he threw himself down on top of the bed, boots, dirty clothes and all, and soon was fast asleep. The next morning Hodge and the men all left at sunrise to get on Norton's trail again. That was the last straw. As he was ready to leave, Corinne approached hira sor rowfully. ' "Do you realize you haven't even kissed me since we've been mar ried?" she asked him. "Well, if you persist in going off today, you won't find me here when you get back." Hodge smiled. "Oh, 1 don't think it's as bad as all that," he laughed, jumped on his horse, and they rode offc?in a clotid of dust. While Corinne was sitting on the porch trying to decide what to do, $he saw a big touring car drive up, and, to her astonishment, Jack Reynolds, an old j friend, and a wealthy newspaper publisher, got out. He greeted her effusively, and as he told her about things back heme, Corinne realized her loneli ness but she insisted to him tJiat she, was very happy. After he left, j Corinne firmly decided to go home, ; She ordered Pedro, the lazv. va- quero, to hitch up the buckboard while she packed her trunk. When she aDOearcd Pedro and the buckboard were at the door. She wast unaware that Norton, the rustler, was hidden; nearby and that ne ;naa also observed Hodge s de parture.: : Gathering his two com panions, Norton started in hot ptit suit. Pedro, at the reins of the f buckboard, saw them, and urged the borsies on at their fastest.- An instant later, Corinne. in horror, safw .Fedro collapse; and fall off the wagon. Shot bv l Norton. - The horses were really running away VOrtnne, powerless; to stop them, closed her eyes -and waited for the end. But help 5 was ioming. Hodge and; his men; had heard the shots, and -they, too, were in pursuit. Co- rmne hung on and waited for dis aster. Her brain seemed numbed by the hopelessness of her plight. sue was conscious- Cjf going down an incline, and a splashing. ot water. The buckboard was j in a stream. and the horses were slowed up, Shots rang out, and she saw Nor ton plunge over his pony's . head. In a moment Hodge had pulled, up by the wagon, and she was in his arms, m a faint. , With a "start, Corinne looked about her. Wong had touched her on the arm,- and brought her back to the present, safe in her ow.n home. Sorrowfully she left him. In the reception room she found Jack Reynolds who had just called to offer her a position on his news PPcr s sociciy eauor. remaps this would be the solution of her paper as society editor. Perhaps Drobicm y cl, v cu. ,..u n- vui again Luiuun riuiiK, ' Asking tor a tew minutes in which decide, she excused herself, Wh. ,l... -r1 An? ,u -' wa v uv QUI MWa JilVUlU cVi t To he eontintiedl say that he is a czar anddemands obedience to court rules. Others claim that because he is "a hard worker and is always on the job he expects the same of others. I have come to the conclusion that when you pass through an orchard and see lots of clubs and stones lying around the trunk of a tree, the presence of the clubs and stones is pretty gopd evidence that there are good apples on that par ticular tree, for yoU will find no clubs or stones about the trunk of a tree with :greenapples, sour ap ples or wormy apples. -. VVhen we bad j discussed red tape, tales and national politics. I said to Judge Burnett: "What I came for today was a story; about yourself; so let's 'get busy. I w:ant to know about you and your rolks. You have lived in Oregon for m?rc 'than 701 years. You havo boen trained to observe care OtUyand. record accurately what you see and hear. You should be able to give mcf a. worth-while sory. Where and when were you born? How many brothers and sisters have you?; ,Was yoti far ther a lawyer? Where did you go to school? ; With whom did yfla read law?" ; Judge Burnett iifd up hia hand and said, '.'Hold The Boys and Girls Statesman The Biggest Little Paper in the World - , -'f Things Id Do Copyright, 1023, Associated Editors. 1- HOW YOUR This is the interior of a railway mall car: Hundreds of these cars are traveling day and night all over the United States and Can ada so as to get your letters to you as quickly as possible. The men on these cars work hard and swiff ly, sorting thousands 'Of letters during a single trip. A few weeks ago, during the Christmas mail rush, these men on the. rail way mail cars would of ten work ,16 hours sorting mail and then, when their train pulled into tS destination, they would go tb sleep right in the car on a pile of mall sacks. At times they would sleep only a few hours and start right back working again. Cargoes Often Valuable A railway mail car is about as dirty and as dusty a place as can be found. Every effort is made to keep them clean, ibut After working In one only a few hours you need a scrubbing brush to get clean with. on, Fred, liet me answer tnose questions before you ask: any more. "My father, George William Burnett was born October 18, 1811, at Nashville, Tennessee, and was the son of George and Doto- thy Burnett. ' My grandfather. George Burnett, was born in Vir ginnia in 1770. My grandmother was a daughter of Thomas Harde man and was born In Tennessee My father was one of a family of eight children. There were five boys and three girls in the family. My aunt Constantia, the first child. died in 1846, In Missouri. My Uncle Peter Hardeman Burnett was born at Nashville, in 1807, came across the plains to the Wil lamette valley in 1843. founded with General M. M. McCarver the town of Linnton, now a part of Portland, was Elected a member of the legislative supreme, court of the provisional government in 1844, was judge of the supreme court of the provisional govern ment in 1845 and was reelected to the provisional legislature in 184$.! He resigned the office of district attorney in Missouri When he came to Oregon, and resigned from tha Oregon provisional gov ernment legislature when he went to the California gold fields in the fall of 1848. He became govern or of California in 1851. Later he became president of a bank in San Francisco. "Glen Owen was the next child. Then came my father George Wil liam, then Elizabeth Ann, then James White, then Mary, and, last of all, Thomas. My uncle Glen was an elder in the Christian church. My uncle James White Burnett was also a "member ot that church. My aunt Elizabeth was a Baptist, Uncle Tom belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church, South. Uncle Peter was a Catho lic. '. . a "My mother's maiden name was Sidney Ann Younger. She was born February 25, 1817 at Frank fort Ky. Father and mother were married in Clay county, Missouri, November 25, 1831. They had seven children, of whom I am the youngest. My sister Constantia Elizabeth died iu Missouri. My sister Anna May married Frank Martin of Yamhill county. My Sister Luculia married Andrew Jefferson. Nelson. My sister Sar ah Dorothy married George W Roberts. My s!ster Emily Jane married B. F. Snellihg. She is 83. and now lives at Lakeview Kebecca was the next child. I was the last, and the only boy in the family, f My parents" crossed the plains to Oregon in 1846 in company with James McBride, wftose son Tom is a , fellow-member of tha supreme court. - I was bom on father's donation land claim 'on May 9, 1853. Ten years later we moved to MrMInnville. I was a student at ,McMinnVllIe collecc. Father lived at McMinnville from 18C3 till his death on Christmas day, 1877. Mother lived to be nearly 91. Sh;' died at Albany. Oregon, OclolKrr 26, 1307. a ' "I was a student at McMiniivillo ollege till thispring pf 1S76, when I went to. Portland and en tered the Scott grammar school. In the fall of 1871 I went to Mon mouth to enter Christian college. W. I). FentoH anil Brute Wolver ton wer Hcuoolmales of mine. At that time they were embryo preachers. Wo studied Greek to gqther. .During my last year at Christian college at Monmouth I was assistant instructor- In clas sics. I taught Latin and also mathematics. Billy, Fcntou and ( MAIL TRAVELS Some of these railway mail cars carry packages of bonds and mon ey worth thousands of dollars. When they have such a load aboard, armed guards .are Bent along to keep bandits from rob bing the train Some of the most desperate bandit battles ever stag ed have taken place in cars just like this one. Clerks a Jolly Lot The men who work on these cars are a jolly, likeable bunch of fellows and they often race to see who can sort the most mail dur ing their trip. : The next time you go for a trip on a train, walk up to the forward part of the train and take a look at the railway mail car. You may be allowed to get in one and look around if you ask the clerk in charge of it that is, unless the clerk has a valuable lot of mall. S PICtI half of cnVr. one-half of name and one- third of dancer apelU Canada. Food for Thought The, orator eats tongue, we hear. The Sultan, turltey lunch. The undertaker drinks his bier. The pugilist, his punch. The acrobats spring water drink. The banquet man eats toast. Surveyors eat their stakes, we think. And editors, a roast. Shoemakers have filet of sole, The printer, pies and sweets, The hungry actor eats hia, role, . ' Policemen munch their beats. Btucc Wolverton also served . as instructors. I graduated in the spring of 1873. Robert S. Bean, now a federal judge,, was a mem ber of the class in which I grad uated. So was William R. Brad sfaaw, who later served as the ar chltect of the first brick building of the college at Monmouth. Henry C Churchill, now 'of Santa Rosa, Cal., was another member of our graduating class,' as was Albert Pi Campbell, president of Christian college at that time. Albert be came a physician, but has retired from practice. Glen O. Holman, an attorney at. Dallas, was anoth er member of our graduating class. So were Robert C. Hutchison. Horace Knox and Matthew S, Wallis. . Wallis served as a depu ty under Governor JohnWhite aker when he was collector of cus toms at Portland. Wallis now lives at Eugene. James M. Powell, a retired -physician, now. living at Monmouth, was also a fellow grad uate of mine. Judge H. II. Hewitt, now living at Albany, was my in srtuctor in Greek. The other day I ran across an essay of mine, written in Greek." I found that it Is all Greek to me now. - The hon or man in the class was to deliver at graduation an oration in Greek, and the man taking second honors an oration in Latin. I happened to be the honor man, so I prepar ed and delivered an oration in Greek on the subject of capital and labor. Albert Campbell, who took second place, was the, Latin orator. That was 50 years ago. I have seen some revolutionary changes along educational as well as other lines since that far-gone day." 1 BITS FOR BREAKFAST 1 . i The snow is going . ' a V And we Webfeet bid it a glad goodbye. - The broccoli industry In the Sa lem district is alive and kicking, We are going to have some of the best 'broccoli ever grown, next month. y . The prohibition party will hold a national convention this year. Just following the habit. Oregon politics will warm up with the weather from now ou. If you are posted on gooseberry growing, please hold up your hand. The Slogan man wants your help, today. V If the flax fiber prices will just keep on going up. it will mean a linen mill for Salem In the offing. And then another, and so on to wards the point of making Salem the Belfast of the New World. f Some one suggests that all amendments to the constitution be prohibited till we" learn to obey the ones wc already have. - S Tito sKed father of President Coolidge has not visited Washing-1 ton nee his son was inducted into the presidency. He says ho hasn't time; The glamor of bfUclal life sits lichlly upou.tiio shoulders of the old man.. . . The telephone people are tryiufc to take the hello out of the serv ice. They are getting too much of the fir&t four letters of tho word. Itfstead of warbling "Hello" Into tho . receiver when the bell is heard one is supposed to bluntly announce: "Smith sneak in that is. if your namo happens to ie mith . Loads - of Pun Edited by John 1L Miller. Peter Puzzle Says ,. : . , The words, ''bird's cap" aug- i gests the story character. Robin Hood. See if you can find tha ; names of other characters Bug- gested in the following, groups ot words: Bashful curl. I have a garden implement. . Major Goat. Davy Gold Mine. Dark green or -turn. - ' . . ' ' . .,V : w';: , ' A Good Tip : .Poor Man: "I say, porter, did you find $50. on the floor this morning?". ;-i.. i -t '. Porter: "Yes, sun; thank you,', sub." '. ' 'J- , : , ; ' djQHI OF Wlf -j and; J'M! lX0F - MAKES A THE UNITED (f ee- . ;; Annwer to today's pnule; Tha eharae , lm from literatoro aorirMtea by tho ' froova of wHi aro Sbyloek. Ianboe.-. Captain Kidd. David Coppartield, ,OUTr . Tviit. ' -!-y Cap'n Zyb; . WRITE TO IE . (Look at the illustration care- -i fullythe whole trick Is explained r -i there.-) . ;. . .. ; -.; Every now nd then I give yoa fellows tricks With chemicals. FOR A POWERFUL WW fVX AMMOfM CHLORIDE. AW ACM 19 OPORLES BUT WHSfi WOW! How do you like them?. Not only r now do you like these chemical -Vs ) tricks, but what' do you wish to- N see in this column? J-1 Write me a letter and let m know all about It." and-you. can bo sure that I'll write back to yon. - H because I want to her from you t '""ii auu A.uu w waai stort oi things you're doing and whether or not the tricks and stunts I am telling you about are the things you want Sit down now and write me a note. The writer of the first letter I receive will get a nice prize. JCAP'NYB. Woodburn Bank Case Is i Postponed for Plaintiff The case of Killen arainst the First National ibank ot Woodbnrit which was set for hearing yester day was postponed nntil tho plain- ,.J tiff can amend the pleadings. . The, . -I ' jury was dismissed until Thurs- day morning when the case of the ,1 ; State against South mill be heard. It Is appealed from Justice court M A direct verdict was brought in for B. Jelderks In the suit hronght ' f against the Willamette Valley Oil company. Damages to the amount h S of $575 were allowed. - K Damages to the amount of ! $101.27 were granted James L. ' U Records and Theodore O. Love- - land against Joseph Foley. B. C. Miles waa foreman of the Jurr for - mo last two cases. . TC m KOTHEB ITAniE PATIWAV I love your courage, ioinr Mine; I love vou r iantifnl I love the honeybee brown of your tics. - tiitiv lurrow mi vara t That 1 liclp4 to plc In that WM anmt f-A Since Cod caT ne lata jour car. I lore your patieare, S ? Gift of the drear eara of pain, 1 lov the team rou have shed forme toe: And tbejr hare aot fallen la vain. ; i Each tear like a ttrand la memory's band ----- ' ' Draws uie back to your teachiaj again. I loe your cleanlinexa, Mother a'Uine. t u Chaate one 0f mind and of hart, iBrtty, patience and courafi-, persouif ted ; n omu apart. - nm I am miles away t i Thank 1 my God each dir. I That my own mother thou art. i ' I send a prayer np above, i . AWin that Ood will return ooa to 10 If A bit tf that aunnhine of lrv Jou ao freoly are firing , , . Ta ill rrnlnr.. IM.. Ta send you, f peace and ot lots. ' i Tg I love your lender". : ' Mother 'M in. . ' ' Motherhood gsraent dirina Clothes yonr wee form ia mantle at wklta. Humbly I kneel at my shrine; . . worship the whole f jom, ' Lorelr white aoul t ron, f v , Mother, OU Mother o'Miue,, ;J 'I ,t . .:Y id Ml I "1! 1.