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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALOf, OREGON
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Gflinit'GirJ STATE
Outlook' (s Bright Declares
William S. Levens in
? Kiwanis Club, Work
WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 2, 1025
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-"The prohibition law is steadily
gaining ground in this state."
William S. Lrvens, state prohibi
tion director told members of the
Salem KI wants club at their noon
luncheon yesterday. ' "It is gain-
ing.'.r he, explained,- ''because the
grade o( liquor is Betting poorer
and poorer because 'the boys' are
not as proud' as-they used to be
of drinking."
; "W hare ; reached ' the stage
where it .is, no longer Just a ques
tion of- prohibition but a question j
of; whether the American people
are able to-make their -own laws
and enforce j them, Lerens de
clared. f r ' ' '
Antiquated' criminal law and
procedure, which he declared. had
not : been materially amennded in
th past twentyflT years, came I
i in for severe condemnation; at; the
hands of the enforcement director.
; The overwhelming advantage gir-
en' by the law to the defendant
. was scored whereby, he delared,
tho state was allowed onlyhalt
a 'smany premptory challenges as
j he defense lit the selection of' a
Jury, the district attorney was not
allowed to express direct personal
opinion, the state was barred from
appeal,--and the defense ..attorney
was permitted ''to do .18 or 20
things that the district attorney
is not permitted to do," ., ,
j' Replying to criticism of prohi
bition f enforcement he declared
that ;the prohibition lawjs bing
enforced as well as- any other
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Club singing was a feature of
the , noon program that preceded
the address with an announcement
by President McCullough that
singing, would continue to be a
feature of the luncheon programs.
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singing from the congregation, led
by Jim Darby, the dinner was
spread out under the trees or on
long planks laid across the tops
of. benches, according to the
weather. I remember the snowy
table linen, set about' with golden
brown roast chickens prepared by
Mrs. Tom Pat ton. The priie-win-
niag. butter, marked with its
sheaf of wheat and the delicious
ralnce pies brought by Aunt Lit
tle Hunt. Grandma Short was fa
mous for her peach preserves.
Aunt Mary Hunt was sure to
bring a big crock of bulled beans.
While Mrs. John Downing took
from her basket pies of different
sorts and other toothsome dain
ties. There were many splendid
M DELHH1
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Conference. Held on Trans?
I portation; Tax Publica
tion Disliked
half of the president that he be
lieves Mr. llaney. arter thinking
the matter over, will conclude
thst he should, for the good of
the public service, retire from the
board. Wth reference to the an- 7
thrtcite situation It was reiterated
that the administration intend to
confine Its activities to providing
the publk? with an adequate fact
supply.
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By R. T. BARRETT
Nothing is much more; common
place than a telephone crossarm:
The seeker for romance would 4
scarcely hope to find it In a plain,
unadorned stick- of timber bolted
near the top of a not less prosaic
pole. . ' i J
And, yet, if a - crossarm could
talk. It could; tell a, talef not alto
gether devoid of . drama which ; is
precisely what a crossatm cannot
do. . To It has fallen the ironic
fate of being-doomed to silence, al
though ' playing an I all-important
part in the speech of others.- It is
one of the mute instrumentalities
by which the messages of millions
are hurried on their way. .
Sensational Developments helping to speed a natibn'B spok-
. BrOUffht tO I2ht in Wfil rn en words. In the transmission of
a drama that holds ; an absorbing
iTitowiit nn niiMirflnc nf rpssion
of acts -and scenes in Which the
grinning mask of comedy and the
pain-distorted face of .Tragedy al
ternately appear. And! for all of
these scenes the crossarm, as 'it
were, sets tne stage. i -
Today a pole carrying; from four
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Swamp Mystery
Oakland; cai sept, i. (By
the Associated: Press.) Investi
gation Into the murder of Bessie
Fergusen Lore a, Oakland nurse,
took a sensational torn today with
the statement by Under Sheriff W.
M. Veale of Contra Costa county.
that he had obtained from Mrs.
Anna Ferguson, Bessie'a mother,
an admission that for several years
and almost up to the time of her
daughter'-a disappearance on Aug.
19, Bes&ie had regularly, received
money; from -at , least three men
whose, names: previously had been
brought into the case.
j Under : Sheriff Veale said Mrs.
Ferguson mentioned the .names of
an Oakland physician, an Oakland
dentist,, and a San Francisco ae-
to six crossarms, or sometimes
more, each accommodating ten
wires, is a common sight in the
open country. Despite the increas
ing use of aerial and underground
cable, it is safe to say that. with
out the open-wire lines which the
cross-arm makes possible the de
velopment of the telephone to any
thing like its present scope and
extent would have been impossi
ble.
' The first telephone crossarms
were of Michigan white, pine, and
were made at South Bend, Ind.
Later Norway pine,' cut from the
Michigan woods, was adopted and
generally used until about 189 ,
when Douglas fir, long leaf yel
low pine, crecsoted southern yel
low pine and heart red and black
cypress were - first utilized. At
present, Douglas fir from the west
and yellow pine from the south
are the two woods mainly used for
crossarms throughout the Bell
system. ' . - .
i Yellow pine comes in small
trees while many of the firs are
so large that the logs must be
shattered with an explosive before
beine fed into the sawmill. In
the south, accordingly, the cutting
is often done with small portable
mills which are hauled into a far
mer's timber patch, while in the
western fir tracts operations are
conducted by a large organization.
Each of these large sawmill camps
has its own railroad facilities, cook
and bunk houses,- club house,
church and commissary in addition
to its milling equipment and pow
er plant.
. Both Douglas fir and southern
yellow, pine have the required
strength for crossarm purposes,
but some grades of the latter are
much more subject than the for
mer to the attacks of rot, which
quickly causes the wood to deter
iorate. Bell system scientists have
made a painstaking study, not only
of materials which may be used
as preservatives, but of the most
effective methods of applying
them. A method of creosoting
has -been developed which mater
tally prolongs the life of both poles
and crossarms. i t
Extreme care must be taken in
inspecting the crossarms from the
moment they leave the timber
tract until they take their place
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SWAMPSCOTT. Mass., Sept. 1.
-(Iiy Associated Press). Presi
dent Cool Id ge brought the tenth
week of his vacation to a close'to-
rooks In those days, but space for-1 day by greeting at White Court
bids me mentioning all. I remem-hh. Amrrln. dlnttnti m th
on ihe poles as part of the Bell
system's . ! enormous telephone
equipment. That the crorsarma
must be without serious flaw or
defect goes without saying when
it is realized that all crossarms
must be strong enough to bear
the i weight of the linemen who
work upon them, and that on a
heavy construction toll line, the
dead weight per pin, which is nor
mally ten! pounds, is 'sometimes
increased by the. snow, sleet and
wind to ICO pounds or more per
pinj This means that, under
these severe conditions, each cross-
arm must sometimes withstand a
dead weight pull of 1,600 or 1,700
pounds. . '
Supplying the Bell sytem's
crossarm demands is one of the
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many functions which the Western
Electric Company performs as the
purchasing; department of the sys
tem. ; The company's records
show that , during 1924 the Bell
system ' companies nsed about
560,000 yellow pine and 112,000
Douglas fir crossarms and that
estimates for the present year call
for about 570,000 of the former
and about 200,000 of the latter.
ber Mrs. Frank Briggs. Mrs. John
and Mrs. Doe Humphreys, sisters
who married brothers and Mrs.
Phillip Glover who always had to
take a 'few cold biscuits for Phil
lip to eat as he did not like bread.
Mrs." Henry Carter was the cham
pion bread maker. eu do I- re
member her snowy loaves, and su
gar cured hams. Mr a. Carter was
considered the bet housekeeper
in all the country.
' While all this setting out of
pickles, cake. honey-ln-tie-comb
and other delicacies was in pro
gress, the husbands of these ood
housewives stood about In the off
ing talking politics and much re
ligion, with an eye on the table,
secretly hoping fate would place
in their bands some of their wife's
own rookery," while the younger
folks acted and talked about as
the young folks of today, as hu
man nature does, not change very
much as the years go by.
; These pioneer folks did not
have many - diversions. There
were no movies, clubs, or the like
and transportation was slow and
tedious, but they were happy in
what they had. Crime or out
breaking sin was almost unknown
and they had what few of us have
today, peace of mind and contentment.
A BASKETj DINNER OF
THE EARLY EIGHTIES
As Remembered by Sarah Hunt Steeves, at th Old McAlpin School
House, When the Pioneer Folks Did Not Have Many Diver
sions, but Were Happy Witli What They Had
(In the current number of the
Oregon- Magazine, the; following
article, that will interest many old
timers, appears: written by Sarah
c6untant and former employer of I Hunt Steeves of Salem i)
Bessie; Ferguson. - Requestionlng I m th rood old 1 Pioneer davs
of all three will be undertaken aslwnrA th iH.t nt th .ntAn.A.
a result of Mrs. Ferguson's latest
disclosure. Under Sheriff Veale
said today. .'
Seareh. today of a number of
bile, folks : went , to ; "meetln "
either on horseback j by, buggy, the
hack or lumber wagon; and were
happy in doing so.)' Very few of
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church service at about eleven lually "held' in the summer, he
o'clock.. t J dressed accordingly and I can see
was naraiy consiaerea morai
Oakland and Berkeley apartment" h,, young men' possessed a bnggy,
houses and4 of shooting lodges
plong; the bay shores yielded no
flues of value; Investigators said.
Th? Kr Cerrito swamp has1 given
rp no furthef murder evidence.
The- Information obtained from
Mrs. Ferguson, regarding the pnr
ported activities and Intrigues of
her daughter and her connection
with men of wealth and promi
nence throughout the bay section
was looked upon by officials as
one of the most important "leads"
uncovered since the identification
of . portions of the . woman's head
found In the swamp as those of
Bessie" Ferguson'.. .
- Under , Sheriff Veale said Mrs.
Ferguson told him she was posi
tive that Bessie' never had been
a mother, as . indicated in letters
and telegrams found among the
dead woman's effects. " -
- Veale learned from Mrs. Fergu
son, however, that her daughter
collected' "" regular monthly pay
ments' from f several men for the
support of three mythical children.
"The mother told me." said
Veahvthat her daughter had de-
, rived & regular income for years
In this fashion from men who be
lieved themselves to be fathers of
children that never existed.
, Gordon Rowe, San Francisco ac
countant;. Dr. ,:J. :: Lores Pease,
Oakland dentist, and '..Dr T. 0.'
Moyer, Oakland physician, were
the persons named by Mrs. Fergu
son from whom "the payments
were received, Veale declared.
AUDIENCE TO BE HELD
LONDON, Sept. 1
correspondent' at Dublin of the
London: Star, telegraphs today
that three members of the Irish
bodndry commission probably will
be presented! to Treiaicr Baldwin
within the Bert two" weeks." " "
Grants Ta
district est!:
ss rear crop of this
but usually took their sweethearts
to church on horseback." The
young men were Just as handsome
and the girls just as pretty as
those of today. , I can see the girls
yet. In their tight; basques,- long
tight sleeves," high necked dresses,
with, their longJ black- riding
skirts sweeping - in' the wind . as
they perched upon the side-saddles
of those daysi To ha.ve rid
den to church, or jany pther pub
lic place astride would have shock
ed the whole community beyond
recovery. Buggies; were consider
ed quite, a luxury nJ usually the
farmers took their families abroad
in a hack: These were two--or
three seated conveyances accord
ing to the size of a man's family
or pocketbook. built very high,
with not less thaq two iron steps
to climb upon, y A good shiny
black oilclofh- top kept out the
rain or the hot aunshine, as was
the case. j ' '
There was the- lumber wagon
for the man of lesser means: It
was no mean thing" to-own a lum
ber wagon with its bright green
paint and .three spring seats, for
usually the father and mother sat
on the one spring, seat,' while the
rest of a the. family sat about on
chairs. at the back or' on boards
laid across the side-boards.
Men took great pride in their
horses on those days and seldom
did we see a poor team
Those- were democratic times
and a man's worth was not meas
ured by the; family : conveyance.
Many of Oregon's! best blood of to
day had no better way to travel
A special 1 as children than; the big lumber
wagon drawn by the big heavy
work horses. ;
In these days of which I write,
the aUdays Sunday church service
was! Quite the vogue.' ! Sometimes
one pioneer preacher .wcv!i C'
course for two hours la tl.e fore
noon and another equally gifted
preac&er" wouli Holi forth f:r two
hours after dinner. -
The "meetin" " I have in mind
at this time, was one of many, held
at McAlpin school house. The
most popular preacher In that part
of 'the country, was "Father"
Small, a good Presbyterian, farmer-preacher,
who lived on his fine
farm near Silverton, Marion conn
ty, Oregon. ; We children liked
!Rev. Small because of his short
sermons. He was often heard to
remark .that a preacher could say
all that was necessary in half an
hour and he held himself to that
limit. It was no hardship to listen
to him, twice on Sundays.
u A basket dinner in those days
took a lot of preparation. There
was no handy grocery store to run
to for bakery, goods. Everything
had to be cooked at home. For
days before, the preparation . be
gan. All of our best dresses and
father's "biled" shirt had to be
done up- . It required quite an art,
to do up a stiff shirt' bosom, and
to do this and be able to make
good butter were two very im
portant requisites of a good wife.
Sometimes we had new ribbons to
wear to the basket dinner, if any
of our folks went to Stayton or
Sublimity , in the ' meanwhile
These ribbons were not the broad.
wonaerruiiy v striped. . plaid or
flowered kind we have today, but
were either blue cr pink satin and
not often over an inch wide, but
we thought them beautiful just
the same. - .
Our shoes all had to be black
ened with "Carter's jet blacking.'
while the back, porch would be
turned into a barber's shop by the
men folks, with mother's gener
ous kitchen apron doing the. part
of a barber's towel. - '-
Cooking for, the basket dinner
was the biggest Item of all. Each
housewife wanted her viands- to
look, their best, when laid along
side. of her neighbor's cookery,
The only extra work I can re
member the men folks having" to
do, aside from their weekly shave,
was -to- grease the harness with
melted tallow to give it a new appearance-,-
oil up the carriage
wheels, and give the horses an
extra currying. . - - .
When Sunday mornins came we
tad to ret up bright and early to
fA all cf the chores done up and
to get into our Sunday clothes and
riva fire cr tlx rzil:i telore t-3
to use face powder and to have
done so publicly would have been
scandalous. The women and girls
did not carry their mirrors and
powder puffs, but after the horses
were tied to the oak grubs about
the school, we women folks got
behind the hack and dusted each
others' faces with our clean hand
kerchiefs, set our hats on straight,
shook out cur skirts and trusted
to luck for the rest. ,
Much friendly visiting took
place after we found our seats, in
the school house, while waiting for
"Father" Small to arrive. He was
a tall, lean man with snow white
hair and long white beard. He
had a genial countenance and was
considered quite a scholar for
those days. A man generally re
spected and much beloved.
As the basket dinners were us
him yet coming down the aisle
with his long linen duster, swish
lng around his spare legs. This
duster was worn for his vestment
as well.
World Peace Depends
On US, Says 0 Connor
LONDON. That there would be
no real security for tbe peace of
Europe or the world untH the
full strength of the mighty Amer
ican arm" was thrown Into the
balance in favor of peace, was
contended by T. P. O'Connor,
father of the House of Com
mons," in an address on "Future
relations of England and Amer
ica.'
The first thing, he said. If two
nations were to work together,
was to understand each other. To
the question whether Great Brit
ain understood America or wheth
er America understood Great
Britain, he answered with an em
phatic negative.
So far as Europe was con
cerned, he said, he looked with
mppreheasion on the future of
peace, but he looked across the
Atlantic for & "great big brother
who will help ns in the work for
peace."
: Britons must get out of their
minds, however, he said, the idea
that Americans are all children of
England, Scotland, Wales or Ire
land; and added that an appeal
o the spirit of -the Pilgrim Fath
era was not an appeal to the ma
Pas' American congress of high
ways, holding one of his semi
weekly conferences with news
papermen and arranged to discuss
the transportation situation to
morrow .with Senator Watson of
Indiana, ranking republican of the
Interstate commerce commission.
' The position of , the president
on various public questions out
lined showed' he favors repeal of
the publicity provisions of the tax
law, believes the shipping board
must' put an end to friction among
its members and s still dete
mined to take no hand la the
anthracite shutdown.
It also was disclosed that Mr.
Coolldge will hold himself la
readiness to return to Washing
ton any time after Labor Day, has
no speeches in contemplation aside
from the one be will deliver prob
ably October 6 at the American
Legion convention In Omaha-and
has no present intentions of mak
ing a trip to the Pacific coast
prior to the congressional elec
tions of 192S. ,
; The publication of Income tax
returns, as was done today by
internal revenue collectors in com
pliance with law. has the effect.
President Cool id re believes, in
Interfering with the collection, of
revenue. It was indicated that In
December he- wonld renew his
recommendations to congress for
repeal of the publicity require
ment.
Dissentlons in j the shipping
board and between some of Its
members and President Palmer of
the emergency fleet corporation
is in the president opinion due to
the failure of soma commissioners
to follow the spirit of the mer
chant marine act.
Indications were given that he
will make a determined effort to
restore harmony, but no inkling
waa given as to what action, if
any, ha will take with reference to
Commissioner Haney who refused
to resign.
- The statement was made on be-
NOGALES, Arix., Sept. 1 (By
The Associated Presa)-rFirst Ser
geant Charlie . Coleman of Com
pany E. ZSlh inianiry, was snoi
and killed tonight at Camp. Ste
phen D. E. Little by sentry when
Coleman Is said to navw eonuauea
to run after being ordered three
times to halt. Two sentries at the
same time urea so mat u was
not known who fired the fatal
shot. ,
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There are over 2.000.000 miles f
of. telephone wire In ihe city of
Philadelphia. Ti
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