Section Two
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SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAB
SAL.EM, OREGON, SUNDAY, MORNING, DECEMBER 20, 1925
.: . .
IS TO BLAME? BILL Y? HIS PARENTS? OR JUST THIS "JAZZ
WHO
W1ERD INDIAN TOMTOMS; BEAT-
UNDER OCTOBER MOON'S MAGIC
Inthp Indistinctness, a Sleeping Woman Lay, Her Ankara and
j ; Toes Laden.. With Jewelry; Her "Sari" WaVlMght Kgd
( For cleatjEngllsh style .for.pic;
tures f deftly drawn - retaining
their atmosphere and detail
though weeks have passed since.
these lines were hurriedly writ
ten in a mob surrounded. Indian
huts. this article has few super
iors. Read It for the moving ro
nianco, and the xeal it portrays;)
Bharosa Ghar, Mission,
Bhagalpur, Gorakhpur Dist..
- V. P. India.
! .Nov. 111925.
"Dear Friends in the. Homeland,
"I wish I could adequately des
cribe to you the big 'mela' that
has recently taken place in front
of our compound on the Gogra
river. '. It was one of The most
wonderful "sights we. have ever
scen wonderful, sad, awe-inspir
ing and prayer-inspiring. A'mela.'.
is a, gathering for worship. It
Is said that at this" ba.tb.iag place
in ancient1 times, "a holy woman
camo to bathe. An angel hovered
ftvnf ilia unfit a w 1 at nno tima a
blind, pcrhon was healed by bath
ing in. its waters. Therefore it has
become a sacred place.
"At the time of full' moon In
October Occurs one of the two
larcest nielas of the. j'ear. Qn.
Friday the SOtU the, crowds iegan,
lo gather, forming groups here
and tfyere all over the open field
By dark, the ground . was literally
covered and the 'notching' had be
gun. - 'Anotcher is one who dances
in a weird way, nearly naked, to
the beat of 'tom-toms' and brass
clappers. Each 'notcher has a
big crowd around him and these
groups are here and there all over
the ground. At the very heels of
these crowds lie sleeping men and
women, tired with the journey
from perhaps some very distant
village.
"Undr a canvas canopy some
bitter-faced men are gathering a
crowd around them. They are
the Arya Samaj, engaged chiefly
in denouncing Christianity and
warnin people against it If
questioned! they would extol the
merits of their- gar tehwr)
whom they worship. But they do
not spend their time trying to
lift or help the poor ignorant
masses but only in disputing.
"Over a large well, scores of
men are washing off the dust; of
travel. Everywhere women are
mixing 'suttoo (parched flour and
k water) .for the evening meal. Some
are Binging . the praises of their
gods, others are having family re
unions with loud wailing , all
voices aro pitched high to be heard
making a great deafening commo
tion. ADOUl iour p. Ul. w v 1L-&U
precahing here and there among
the seething throngs, the men
gathering men around them and
we women gathering the, women.
It Is especially difficult, even
.at a mela, to which the'ienxna'
women are . allowed to come to
get the gospel of these women;
"As soon as We sit down near
EUGENE SCOUTS SET
Claim Eleven New Troops
Are Formed in Year, 126
Members Added
That a remarkable record had
been made in the Hoy Scout move
ment In Eugene and Lane county
V since the organization of a round!
nf the first class last soring, was
indicated by records on file at the
ofrico of the execuUve here yester
day. The entire unit is far ahead of
national -qualification require
ments, percentages reveal. s There
are more boys qualified in he
various stages of scouting than the
national headquarters fir for this
district.
This entirely, due -to' the fact
that more than 100 men of the
county arc giving their time in
one way or another toward the
promotion of the movement. Es
pecially is this .true, it was; said,
of the members of various depart
ments in the court of honor.
Recapitulation of the Boy
Scout activities of the year, com
pared with the standing of 1924,
cive the following data: .
Tear 1W
102T
11
150
10A
CO
33
35
24
10
8
355
Troops
1
24".
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14
8
0
0
0,
0
20
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ISO
10
Registered . scout3
iTenderfeet
Second class ........
First class
Merit 'badge scouts..
Star scouts . .......
Life, scouts . . . . '
Eagle scouts v .IV . V.
Merit badges passed . .
Boy days in camp . .
Bojr days on hiko?
Hours, com'y service .
ft en oliited tt work
1065
700
100
J00
REGOiWII
H WORK
a, .group of women and begin to
sing, a great mob of men and
boys push their way in front' of
an and then the women move
away. For women in India cannot
assemble -with men. Only at nielas
can tney even show their faces
outside their homes and then one
can brely see their eyes, so close
ly do they draw their saris around
them.
"If we would announce that
we wanted to speak to the women
only, then their husbands who
are not far away. f becoming sus-
jjii-iuus wuiua immediately, come
and take them away. So we, do
our best to get the boys to sit
down and the men to stand back
so the seated- women can hear
our instruments and the songs.
"India is a land of poetry and
sentiment. But the beauty of
these sentiments has banished and
naught remains but the cruel
tpmb of supersition. enslaving
India's millions who lie bound in
the grave clothes of fear, ignor
ance and devotion to the pasL
, "After singing and speaking,
one of the Indian Christian wom
en, Yeumona, holds up the pretty
covered gospel which anyone may
have for- one pice, about a half a
cent. If we gave them away, most
of the people could not read them,
.
(Continued oa pge 5)
SCOUT SUNDAY
Written by the Boys Themselves; Copy Should Reach Scout Head-.
quarters Xot Later Than Friday
To the Scouts of Salem:
Headqtiaters wishes you" a
Very Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year. May the year
192f bring to you joy anil hap-pines-s.
May your Scouting ex
perienre lead you into a more
noble manhood.
HAIiOIJ) I. WAKE,
Scout Executive.
Court of Honor '
The monthly meting of the Sa
lem Court of Honor was held last
Thursday 4ght at the county
court house. Mayor Giesy presid
ing. The following. scouts were ad
vanced to the rank 'of second
class: Clyde French, Morris
French of Troop No. 1. Advanced
to first class: Fred Smith, Frank
Dolby of Troop No. 4. The scouts
whose names follow were awarded
merit badges in the subjects list
ed: Troop No. 1. Howard Adams,
civics, cooking and public health:
Leon Perry, personal health and
Star scout; William Trindle. tex
tiles, personal health, , public
health; Robert Wagers, bird study
Vicar Wagers. conservation:
Ralph Purvine, handicraft, person
al health. Star scout.
Tropp No. 2. Myron Butler.
pioneering, firemanshlp, first aid
tp animals; Philip Ferris, camp.
Ing, pioneering: Arthur Fisher,
electriicty, pioneering; Billy Mul
len, pioneering, first aid to ani
mals. Star scout; Milton iTaylor,
pioneering.
Troop No. 4. Joel Dolby, elec
tricity, safety first: Varley Enner.
public health. Star scout; SArdery
Rankin, public health; Horace
Stewart, cycling.
Most all scouts whoh ave ad
vanced to the rank of first class
are, busy, improving themselves by
taking at least one merit badge
each Court of Honor, however,
there are some that are; not as
regular as they should bJ. It Is
of vital importance to the progress
of Scouting and especially to your
own troop, that you. as a First
Class Scout set the proper example
of advancement, and, there is no
better way to do this than1 by fol
lowing the merit badge program.
Also there should be many more
scouts presenting themselves to
the court for advancement to
Second and First Class.! Let's
see the tropp officers get busy and
boost the Court of Honor enroll
ment. liet I'm CooperaHp j
The ninth law: "A Scout Is
thrifty. ,He does not wantonly de
stroy property. Ho works faith
fully, wastes nothing, and makes
the best use of his opportunities.
He saves his money so that " he
may pay his own way. nd ia gen
erous to those in need, and help
ful to worthy objects. He may
work for his pay, but not; receive
tips for .courtesies or goodjtnrnsj
The National Thrift Week. Jan
uary 17 to 23, is sponsored by
the Oregon Bankers' association
and the Oreson State YMCA." They
have outlined a program as fol
lows: ; . , - . .- . ,
; Sunday! January 17 Share
with others day. f
Monday. January IS Dank and
National Thrift day.-. . . ; -.
- Tuesday, January 19 Budget
ant home Economy diyt -
JM'swSi
How the Good News of the
Com i rig of King
Reached Little' David
(Editorial Note: This is the
first of a series of short Sunday
stories for children which will ap
pear regularly on page oue of this
section every Sunday.)
Rev. E. H. Shanks
Little David's father was the
gate keeper of the little town of
Bethlehem. Their house formed
a part of the gateway. Though (
the home was small it was very
comfortable. A small orchard and
garden just outside the wall furn
ished work for David's father dur
ing the clay, and his mother spent
much of her time in combing and
spinning wool. Just Inside the
gate, half underground, there was
an old stable, used by caravans;
stopping over night on their way
to Egypt or to the north. David
loved to play about the stable, and
often listened to the strange stor
ies told by these traveling mer
chants. David had an older brother,
who, with two uncles, was a
shepherd and tended the flocks on
. 1, (Continued oil page 6.)
L. -U. V.
NEWS
4
Wednesday, January 20 Life
insurance day.
Thursday. January 21 Own
younr own home day.
Friday, January 22 .Safe- in
vestment day.
Saturday. aJnuary 23 Pay bills
promptly day.
. Christmas Camp
TheTe is 'still -a-chanee to en
roll for the Winter Camp at Nes-
'(Continued on pgjo 5)
The low, heart-broken sobs of I
an exhausted woman, and the!
steady tramp, tramp ' ,qf a dis-1
raught man broke the midnight
quiet of the police station. For a
day and .a half Alice and Jane
Paul, the two little daughters of
the couple, had been missing
lost somewhere in the great jungle
of the largest city in the world.
Half a mile away, at the same
hour. Patrolman McQuire was
turning into a dimly lighted street
where he saw stretching away
from him on his right, a long line
of newly constructed and ,yet va
cant houses. Could the little girls
wandering into one of these
houses, have locked themselves in
so that they could not get out?
The Idea flashed through the pa
trolman's mind and was acted up
on on the instant.
' What tlic Flashlight Showed
, Into one house after the other
went Patrolman McQuire and the
watchman on the premises. In the
fifth house McQuire paused before
a locked closet while the watch
man' fumbled with, his, keys and
finally swung open the door. The
electric current had not yet been
turned on. Room and closet were
as dark as the bottomless pit.
There was no sound from the
black recess before them.
But when the long finger of
light from the patrolman's flash
light probed its way through the
closet's cave-like darkness the two
searchers saw a still breathing
mass in the far corner. There,
clasped in each other's arms, just
as they had cried themselves to
slep. lay Alice and Jane -PauL
Half an hour later the two child
ren, still dazed with sleep, and the
terror of their long ordeal, were
carried into the .police station in
the arais of Patrolman McQuire
and restored to their parents.
A Busy Ciaardlan
According to Commisloner En
right of the Xew York police de
partment, the policemen In New
York and inthe other large' cities
of the 'country. h many func
tions to perform which are quite
aside from his duties is the main
tainor of law an!l order. One of
I he mostjmportant of these func
tions is the restoration of lost
children to their homes and par
ents. The policeman hi 'the official
even though largely unrecognized
guardian of all the children of the
city.
"At all nours of the day and
night," says the commissioner,
"children : are found: vanderln
through the streets. In the parks,
at Coney Island & - tfteT
SECTION
IS THERE A SANTA CLAUS? THE
QUESTION ANSWERED BY DANA
The Great Editor of the New York Sun in Its Tristine Glory Told
the Children of the World About Santa
A little girl, once wrote
Charles A. Dana, the then great
editor, of the New York Sun. in
quiring if there is a Santa Claus.
She said her little friends denied
his existence. Dana's reply was
as follows:
'Virginia, your little friends
are wrong. They have been af
fected by the skepticism of a
skeptical aKe. They do not be
lieve except they see. They think
that nothing can be which is not
comprehensible to their little
minds. All minds. Virginia,
whether they be men's or chil
dren's are little. In this great
universe of ours man is a mere
insect, an ant, in his intellect, as
compared with the boundless
about him, as measured by the in
telligence capable of grasping the
whole of truth and knowledge.
"Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa
Claus. He exists as certainly as
love and generosity and devotion
exist, and you know that they
abound and give to your life its
highest beauty and joy. Alas!
How dreary would be the world
if there were no Santa Claus. It
would be as dreary as if there
were no Viginia. There would be
no child-like faith then, no poetry,
no romance, to make tolerable this
existence. We should have no en
joyment except, in sense and sight.
The eternal light with which child
hoods fill the world would be ex
tinguished. "Sot believe in Santa Claus?
Xou might as well not believe in
fairies! You might get your papa
to hire men to watch in all the
chimneys on Christmas eve to
catch Santa Claus, but that is no
sign that there is no Santa Claus.
The-most real things in the world
are those that neither children nor
men can see. Did you ever see
fairies dancing on the lawn? Of
course not; but that's no proof
that they are not there.
"Nobody can conceive or imag
ine all the wonders there are un
seen and unseeable' In the world
You may tear apart the baby's
(Continued on pa;e .")
STINTHE MAN-MADE
beaches. One Sunday last August,
205 small children were picked up
by the police at Coney Island. For
an ordinary Sunday at this plea
sure city the number is about 150,
and the cases are so numerous
that we try to get married police
men for the dUtrictJn order that
the children may be taken care
of In their homes until their par
ents ean be found."
Sonw Are Itun-Aways
li happens, not infrequently, ac
cording to the commissioner, that
children reported as lost have real
ly run away from home, and in
such , cases the pnlicemans's dif
ficulties are doubled. In the early
summer' of the present year the
parents of Phillip Black, an eleven
year old boy, came to the police
with a story that their son had
become separated from them dur
ing the rush, hour in the subway
and had not beeu seen or heard of
for twenty-four hours.
For two weeks, in spite of the
diligent search .Instituted by the
police ' the boy remained "lost."
Then complaints began to come in
from" the people living , In the
neigh-borhood of the boy's home
thai Jheif milk and bread, were
HUMAN TREASURE NO. 1
HERE IS A REAL SAINT IF
EVER OXK LIVED
A few blocks from the slate
capitol lives a woman whose
neighbors attest is a real saint
if ever one lived. It would seem
that her willingness to bear
burdeu's has all but invited
them to her shoulders.
At one time she had the bur
den of a sick baby, the care
of one new-born, and the moth
er of the child as well as re
sponsibility for an aged, mot her,
over ninety years old, of her
own; and a grown man, the
father of the babies, at the
time he was discharged from
the hospital still a convales
cent. Though the aged mother has
since died and the sick baby
from a fatal attack of conta
gious disease soon passed
away, the saint who cared for
them all has not faltered, nor
given up any of her marvelous
faith. Her own daughters are
a credit to her one holding
a responsible position with a
local corporation and another
filling a difficult position as
a teacher after working her
way through normal school.
Outwardly, the attire of this
great-hearted woman is humble
enough, but inwardly, as her
neighbors truthfully say. she
wears the raiment of a saint.
"And where did you say she
lives?" we asked of the kind
neighbor who was generous
enough to grant us the details.
"Yes, she lives here, but she
has been gone for some little
time I suppose away taking
care of someone else!"
Klamath Prospects good tor
beet sugar factory here, 75 car
loads profitably shipped this year.
Potatoes paid up to $300 an acre.
JUNGLE
being stolen. A policeman was set
to watch the doorstep. In the dim
light of the early morning he saw
a small boy stealthily climb a
flight of nearby steps, scoop up
tUe bread and milk, and then run
up a narrow alley.
The policeman followed the boy
up the alley, up the fire escape of
the ten-story building and across
the roof to a large water tank
raised upon iron supports. Under
neath the water tank he found the
boy huddled in a shelter of blan
kets, clutching the bread and milk
under his arm, while the fore
finger of his right hand was held
ready to press the trigger of an
air-rifle.
Five Thousand a Year
The thrill of adventnre seduced
Phil Black from his home. The
treacherous lock of a closet door
was to blame for the plight in
which Patrolman McQuire found
Alice and Jane Paul. Hut the little
boy and the two little girls arc
only three of the 5,000 children
which on an average are restored
to their homes and parents each
year by the police of Xew York.
To these five thousand modern
"Babes in the Wood" the police
man is far more than, the bulwark
against crime and the thief catch
er. He Is the' never-tiring friend
who rescues them from many per
Us' that beset those mites who are
lot, or who purposely lose them
selves, in the man-made jungle of
great yit jr.
HOLM PROGRAM
OUtliffiD BY Y
Every Boy in City is Invited
to Enjoy Full Member
ship Rights
Salem YMCA is planning to
stage an elaborate program dur
ing Christmas vacation. Everyt
boy in the city is invited to at
tend. During the vacation per
iod, every boy will bo admitted to
the YMCA and will be given full
privileges without cost.
Following is the complete pro
gram scheduled:
Thursday, Dec. 24
Rducational trip to Spaulding's.
saw mill, 10-12 a. m.
Saturday, Dec. 26
. Regular schedule in the morn
ing. 2 p. m. Start high- school ping
pong tournament.
Open matches in basketball.
Monday, Dee. 28
10-12 a. m. Visit penitentiary
and state hospital.
2 p. m. High school boys open
basketball tournament.
Pioneer basketball tournament
begins. v
Continue high school ping pong
tournament.
Start junior ping pong tournament.
SALEM'S INDUSTRIES PICTURED
BY SIX FIRST PRIZE ESSAYISTS
Students Show Insight and Pride in Tapers Submitted for Kiwania
Club Contest, Choice of Winners Hard
DHli CULTURE AND MAXU
FACTUM IX THE SALEM
DISTRICT.
By Lila Louise Catior, High
School
"Oregon must eventually be
come the drug garden of the
world," was a statement made by
Professor Gilfillan, assistant pro
fessor of pharmacy at the Oregon
Agricultural college, over a year
ago: and every day we are Hear
ing that point which will mean
millions to our community. We
have, in Oregon, the wonderful
combination of soil and climatic
conditions which produce the best
Jesuits in drug cultivation. There
are some herbs ,of course, that
cannot be grown here; but a
great many drug plants are a na
tive of this region, while others
may be successfully introduced.
Some of the most important
arfd common drug plants that are
found around Salem are cascara,
or chittem, Oregon grape, pep
permint, foxglove or digitalis,
spanum moss, flax, and hops.
Even the despised poison oak is
used in a compound as an anti
toxin against poison oak. This
district is the native home of cas
cara, but, as a forest production,
it will eventually rtin out. There
is no suitable substitute, and the
world must have it. Here, where
it has grown wild, is the locality
where it will flourish under culti
vation. Oregon grape root, like
wise, is a native of Oregon. For
years cascara and Oregon grape
have been shipped out in car lots.
The mint grown in the Salem
district has the purest oil and
the highest content of menthol
of any production in the United
States. With the steady increase
of our peppermint acreage, it will
not be long before we shall, bar
vest a million dollar crop annual
ly.
Oregon's crude drugs helped
win the World war for democra
cy. School children gathered
vast quantities of foxglove, from
which digitalis was made. There
was also the spagnum moss which
is found in our salt bogs. This,
our people shipped to France
during the war for surgical dress
ings. Professor A. Ziefle, dean of the
School of Pharmacy of the Ore
gon Agricultural college, says,
"drugs can be grown here at one
tenth the expense and wtice the
yield that they can be in Michi
gan and Minnesota." The great
drug gardens of the United States
are located in these states. Large
sums of money are expended an
nually for crude. drugs imported
from foreign countries where
they arc produced under soil and
climatic conditions similar, in
many cases, to ours. Therefore,
on a business basis, the crude
drug industry in Oregon would
bring great wealth that is now
going to waste in our woods and
wilderness places.
The fact that Daniel J. Fry,
the largest crude drug buyej in
the state, is located in this city,
grants Salem an advantage of
claiming to be the crude drug
center of Oregon. Besides con
ducting a market for' drug plants
in this vicinity, Mr. Fry's terri
tory .already extends along the
whole of our coast, from Clatsop
county down into northern Call-
BILLY BORROWS AUTO; STARTS
SOUTH; WHO'S TO BE BLAMED?
I, i ' i 1 1 1 1 1 i i
Something Deeper Than '.'This Jazz Agfi" Responsible for Bojr'i
Break South, Without Money or Sood .
Swimming for all classes.
Movies.
Tuesday, Dee. 29
10-12 a. m. Visit Valley Pack
ing plant.
2 p. m. Continue basketball
tournaments.
Finish high school ping pong
tournament.
Continue junior ping pong
tournament.
Swimming for all classes.
Wednesday, Iec. 30
10-11:30 a. m. Visit Linen
mill. '
2 p. m. Continue basketball
tournament.
Finish Junior basketball tourn
ament. Swimming for all classes.
Movies.
Thursday, Dec.. 31
10-11:30 a. m. Visit Woolen
mill.
2 p. ro. Open ping pong tour
nament for all comers.
Open basketball tournaments
for challenges.
Friday, Jan. 1
New Year's day. Schedule to
be announced.
Saturday, Jan. 2
Regular schedule. in the morn
ing. 2 p. m. Schedule to be ar
ranged. Watch announcements.
the benefits of the drug industry
we should have a peppermint oil
refinery in Salem.
Drug gardens in the vicinity of
Salem will not only bring wealth
and prosperity, to their owners
but also to the many whose help
will be necessary in their cultiva
tion and care. Furthermore
after refineries have been erected
for the drying and distilling
there will be labor for hundreds
more. It is not at all improbable
that some day factories may be
established for the manufacture
of medicinal products.
"Great oaks from little acorns
grow."
WHY I LIKE TO LIVE IX
SALEM
By Jane Grime, Garfield School
I like to live in Salem because
it has, the advantages of a larger
city without its disadvantages. It
is small enough so that I may go
down town safely alone to shop
for mother or myself and always
meet a friend or two on the
street.
I like it because of the mild
climate with its moderate winters
and warm summers.
I like the pretty homes and
well kept yards, the pleasant,
wide streets, the state capitol
grounds with its many kinds of
trees and flowering shrubs.
I enjoy the band concerts in
the park on summer evenings,
with the electric fountain playing
its. pretty sprays and colors. It
is one of three in the United
states and proves a great attrac
tion to .both grown ups and chil
dren.
The Willamette university and
Kimball College of Theology pro
vide educational advantages not
found everywhere and add to the
city's population.
Salem lies in the center of a
productive valley and we enjoy
an abundance of fresh fruits and
vegetables, and good milk and
cream.
The city is on the beautifu
Willamette river and on. the main.
highway. Paved roads lead in
all directions to nearby mountain
and ocean resorts where we may
enjoy camping and fishing.
I like Salem because it is a
city of homes, schools and
churches,' growing and progres
sive.
I like Salem because of its at
tractive .civic center with its vine
covered post office.
u like it because it is a friendly
city and is home.
IXnrSTItLlL, SALEM
By Philip Mayer, Parrish,
9th Grade
Salem has grown considerably
in manufacturing, which brings
10 baicm a population of educat
ed and intelligcfat people". The
cky ls growing faster than ever
at the present time. ' We have
seven canneries in the city. These
Concerns are progressive rapidly
ana are. going to do better. Sa
lem has. a woolen .mllL. It has
two linen mills. We have in Sa
lem the largest flax scutching
piam in tne United States.
The mentioned concerns, with
others such as tho brick and tile
company, the Western Paper Con-
age 13, driving a
Chevrolet touring he had stolen
from Portland, was arrested Sun
day by Officer Olson, on State and
Liberty. Police found he had es
caped from the-state training
school at Chehalis, Washington.
He was bound for California,
where he was going to "start out
new.".
"HQw long did you plan i ! on
making the trip?" he was asked.
" 'Bout a week." His talk came,
slow, nearly punctuated with
tears. - :
"But how did you expect, tQ-
eat?" A long silence; finally;
"I never thought of that."
"Did you plan to rifle a store
now and then?" . "
"Xo. I wouldn't do that."
"You wouldn't do that!" asked
the officer. "Why not?" .
"Because I might get caught."
"Might get caughtT You' stole
a car. You were caught?"
"Yes," ;
"Well. I knew some some' oth
er boys who didn't get. caught."
Are you the only boy that ran
away from the school?" the officer
wanted to know.
"Naw. 'Bout seven or eight of
them ever once in awhile."
"Didn't you know you would be
caught? Weren't the boys caught?"
"X not all of them."
The officer then' asked Billy
what nationality he was.
"French," Billy replied,
"French! And your name is
Borden?"
"Yes sir. My grandfather was
born in France. His name was
Bordeaux." s
"Where did you come from be
fore you lived in Spo"kane?"
"Montana."
"Ah!" exclaimed the' officer.
That explains It. You were a
sheep herder!"
"Xo sir!" said Billy in not un
certain voice. "We had a ranch
but we raiaed cows."
"Mm!" the officer saidi "First
ranch I ever heard of In Montana
where they, didn't '.grow sheep.
Where were you (born? "
"Minnesota."
"Come, come, Billy! Now 1'
know you are trying to slip it ovei
on me! Who ever heard of a
Frenchman ever being born in
Minnesota? You are Swedish,
aren't you?"
"No sir!" Billy objected. "I am
French!"
"How fast could the Chevrofet
you stole travel?" the officer
asked.
"Forty-five miles an hour." Bil
ly answered promptly.
"Go on, now, are you sure
that's all the faster it could go?"
"Yessir!" Billy's answer was
positve. The officer asked him
If he wanted to go back to the re
form school.
'.'No sir. I want to get a Job on
a farm. I can milk cows, or things
like that."
X Portland officer arrived in
the afternoon and escorted Billy
back to Portland where he will be
questioned concerning the theft of
the Portland car. '
"The boy's all right," remarked
another officer. "Trouble is, he
is fifteen years ahead of himself."
Stories of Three Selections
Are Printed Every
Sunday Here
MLXCET IX ci
Beethoven, Ludwtg Van (1770
1827) b Bonn, Germany,
Probably no other composition
i better known or better loved
than is Beethoven's "Minuet in'
C." It is one of a set of six min
uets published by the composer in
1796, but while it has the name,
it is an idealized minuet rather
than a true dance form, it has
the characteristic meter, accent,
and form of the dance, but its
movement is slow and its rythmn
not marked enough for the actual
dance, it is a delightful classic1
whose greatest charm oines;
through its melody.
. There are really two minuets in'
this composition, the first, then a
contrasting minuet, the trio, and
a return to the first again. The
trio so called because it was or
iginally played by three instru
ments seemingly chasing- one an
other through the wearing scale
passages. The first minuet re
turns as t the beginning and the
composition ends; '
BERCEUSE FROM "JOOKLVV
Godard, Benjamin :f 1848-1835) V
Paris, France
Godard's opera of.."jocelvn"
t
Billy
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