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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1926)
,vUHDAX.MORNiNG, FEBRUARY 21, ll-J Amrag 7f T .. ?1 v4 -t? A FINE HOME ! Plan No. 609 JU. - J J fl y ' I ffl piiiafc fgaaaa saraa r. H fftl nr- . iilfiiin' , iimi hi rr-rrTTr.lts - - T, W I ll'H II 1- , . toWi 1 Hihi;;C I IUMI ill FhQ, J r.-it-r,1Sfi-" i fif LiKfiii tfr I m ' . 4-- ..;.;.1tkilfri4PTqBq, ' ' 1 J ii 1 1 J 1 .;' y . " T" .... -. Ill iojo: rtO I ;CLO. ; l . ' ,-. . j i i , i--' J, :-;4 ; -UcoiD Hoot nil ! , ' - . ; - , T l; I ' Two sets of Mno print land ipeelflcatloiui for tna doto bouse or other houses will be sup plied at nominal cost upon application to j I - SPAULDING LOGGING CO. BA1XM, OBGOS Booths So Arranged That Customer-May Have j Private Attention ! A room to house the Mills bar ber shop has been partitioned off on the second Door ot .tho new WIl building; on Liberty street between State and' Terry. ' There are ser eral booths In the room, so that each customer may J hare irlvato attention.. The room,, "has beec trimmed in treen and white. , ' Other, rooms ore -'rbelng parti- bt'Sitw.A f f nn the second - tioor. i; vhooms are also being partitioned j.; off in the basemenU The rall Y lt.KS leading to the . second floor ' ond- to the basemeht hare been ; vAintcd white. rKik-'t PEHS INCREASE .1 National Survey Shows In creased Construction .Throughout Nation .. .,V .,y,- -j . ,:: :.. ; ; MEXICOv CITY 4- Jurenlle courts for Mexico are urged by the Socieyt for the protection of Child ren of this country. , j f. The society has petitioned Pres ident Calle8 to Issue a decree un der the "extraordlnaryf authority giren him by congress, if or immed iate creation of these courts. If the president thinks he . has not this authority the society will sub mit a bill to the next session 'of congress. ' . " f - LaGrande- Home Independent Telephone company ; shows r net profit of $251201 for J1925. - . r - - 1 ROOM REMODELED Show Cases Placed for play, Sundin to Move Next Week i Dis- By Corner room of the Eckerlin building on Ferry ; and liberty street is : being fitted for Sundin the Tailor, Show windows' have been rearranged, ana cases haTe been placed within for display pur poses. ;. ; JL ' I ' )'r Mr. Sundin will move In before the end of this .week. He was forced to move from his present location on High street nea State because of Frank Bligh's decision to erect a $254,000 theatre.) of flee hnd store building on the quarter Mock including Sondln'a present location. - -" j 5 HELD AS REBELS mmwrn lists BE1L ESTATE SALES Many Transactions Mark - Business During Past : . Week, Buyers Active; Otto E. iRogen buys a fine acre tract on Market street,' in Kay's second addition to Salem. Con sideration, $1200. L. A. Hamilton buys five-room house in South Salem from W. C. Reynolds, j Consideration, $1800. Adam Engle buys 25 lots in the Kay addition to Salem and will build houses on the same. Con sideration, $6,000. f F. C. Nell buys 20 acres located near the Skyline Orchards, south of 'Salem. Consideration, . $2500. ' Samuel Din gee buys a fine one half acre tract located In Oak hurst from R. P. Bonham. Con sideration, $600. V John McClane sells five acres located south of Salem In ' the Grabenhorst Fruit Farms to local parties. Consideration, $2500. William Tarn ell buys 10 acres of the William Garnjobst farm lo cated south of Salem. Consider ation, $3500. F. L. Joseph buys a fine lot in South Salem from A. E. Mack. Consideration, $500. ' Jess J. Daly buys a fine home on Mission street from Clara L. Schaefer. Consideration, $5000. Charles Busey buys lot from J. G. Heltzel, located in - South Sa lem. Consideration, $500. Local parties buys the William Yarnell home located on South Liberty street. Consideration, $3, 500. W. G. McElroy buys two fine lots on Rural avenue from B. C. Miles. Consideration, $1,000. Percy Cupper buys a fine 152 acre farm from Otto Klett, locat ed in Polk county. Consideration $6,000. Chambers & Chambers buys a close in business location on N. High street. Consideration $16, 000. Harold Mero buys a building lot on North Nineteenth street. Con sideration, $300. i SAN ANTONIO. Texas, Feb. 19 (By Associated Press). tSlxf eight prominent Mexican refugees living: in the. United States were In Tarlous Jails tonight following their indictment - yesterday eys a federal grand fury on charges jof conspiracy to overthrow the Callei Cherry Tree Account Hit in Legion Story (OontUb4 frms pmg 1.) the moral sublimity of George's act. How well known ii it that he had virtually received a prom ise of immunity before-hand?- Weems retired from the min istry in 1795 to devote himself to to the selling, and occasional writing of books. Though the first edition of the "Life" ap peared In 1800, soon after Wash ington's death, and others follow ed rapidly, the cherry-tree hatchet story did not form part of it until 1806. In that year the work was enlarged and much anecdotal ma terial added, which was retained in later editions. Up to his death in 1825, Weems kept on revising and embellishing, but this "can not tell a He" yarn preserved a uniform wording; its popularity proved It too good to change. - Set down In simple English with a certain infectious enthusi asm and sincerity of style, despite exaggerations and platitudes, the book appealed to the great bulk of the people, was found In home schools and workshops through out seaboard states and out in the frontier. It was one of the six or seven books that Abraham Lin coln read fas a boy. It is said to have been . the book by an Ameri can author most read in the first quarter of the 19 th century. Without doubt. . Weems . was a romancer, without training for history writing, but he was a pro found admirer pf Washington and quite possibly believed him to have been, as represented In the biography, a "godlike" being, un der the special direction and pro tection ot Providence. " When he tried to impress this belief on a whole people, he succeeded - jln part, creating a national "myth" by which the great general, states man and president appears as art ificial, priggish, unhuman. ! In his ; method, Weems ; used that easy resort of the loose writer of attributing to anonymous sour ces many; of his citations.' Thus one ' finds him. beginning a state ment as to a trait ot Washington when a boy with this, "A very aged gentleman formerly a school mate of his. has often assured me; and he uses In like way, "an excellent lady of Fredericksburg." This Is probably designed to clear him from responsibility for inac curacy. While at the same time protecting his alleged Informants from criticism and backfire. But to! that story- According to the book Itself, at some time before the cherry tree suffered, George's, father had ex patiated j to him upon the virtue of truth and the evil of lying. Then this, direct from Weems, following the father's discourse, spelling and punctuation as In the book: "Pa," said George very serious ly, "do I ever tell lies?" 'No, George, I thank God you do not, my son; and I rejoice In the hope you never will. At least you shall never, from me, have cause to be guilty of so shameful a thing. Many parents, indeed, even compel their .children to this vile practice, by barbarously beat ing: them for every little fault: hence, on the next offense, the little terrified creature slips out a lie! Just to escape the rod. But ts to yourself, George, you know I have always told you, and now tell you 'again, that, whenever by accident, you do anything wrong, which must often be the case, as you are but a poor little boy yet, without experience or knowledge, you must never tell a falsehood to conceal it: but come bravely up, 'my son, like a man, and tell me of It: and, Instead of beating you, George, I will but the more honour and love you, my dear." A few paragraphs further, after a story on the authority pf an un named "excellent lady," comes that narration that has been held up as a model for, and been the despair of. youthful America these . hundred odd years.' How the story has grown through suc cessive generations! All sorts of fantastic frills have been added to it. No such desecration Is ven tured here as inserting quotation marks or otherwise changing Weems original version. The following anecdote is a case in point. It is too valuable to be lost, and too true to be doubted; for it was communicated to me by the same excellent lady to whom I am Indebted for the last. "When George," said she. "was PMRIHSHS ' ' v ; it - -1 ..... . : Red Cross. Pharmacy's New . Quarters in Masonic Building Attractive ' .Dark oak , wall cases are to be featured In the new quarters ' of the Red Cross Pharmacy. The company Is moving Into the corner room of the Masonic building on High and street streets. . The wall cases have marble base.' V There Is a horse-shoe shaped lehow case In the center of the room, accessible down tne center. Staples Optical shop is to remain In the rear of the room. Large red - signs have been placed on either side of the drug f tore's t-ew' quarters, and an ul-c-trtc sign, visible from both streets, has been totalled. about six years old, he was made the wealthy master of a hatchet! of which, like most little boys, he was Immoderately fond; and was constantly going about chopping everything that came' in his way. One day. In the garden, where he often amused himself hacking his mother's pea-sticks, he unluckily tried the edge of his hatchet on the body of a beautiful young English cherry-tree, which he barked so terribly, that I don't be lieve the tree ever got the better of it. The next morning the old gentleman, finding out what had befallen his tree, which, by the way, was a great favourite, came into the house; and with much warmth asked for the mischievous author, declaring at the' same time, that be would not have tak en five guineas for his tree. No body could - tell him anything about it. Presently George and his hatchet made their appear ance. "George," said his father, "do you know who killed that beautiful little cherry tree yonder in the garden?"' This was a tough question; and George staggered under it for a moment; but quick ly recovered himself: and looking at his father, with the sweet face of youth brightened with the Inex pressible charm of all-conquering truth, he bravely cried out, "I can't tell a He, Pa; you know I can't tell a lie. I did cut it with my hatchet." Run to my arms, you dearest boy, cried his father in transports, run to my arms; glad am I, George; that you killed my tree;' for you have paid, me for it a thousand fold. Such an act of heroism in my son Is more worth than a thousand trees, though blossomed with silver, and their fruits of purest gold. May not Weems have intended Augustine Washington, rather than George, to , be the paragon of this story for did he not keep his word despite provocation, while George, knowing his "Pa" of old, felt perfectly safe? , i . . i i . 'f - V Cool in Summer vWarm in Winter j IKot ; only i that:"-but .your j house u positively protected against" fire when roofed j with i . j - ; ' Johns-Manville - Asbestos Shingles Time-proof, too, as well at water-proof. They look like tlate cost but little mote than best wood shingles, and last as long as the bouse but never need paint ing or any other attention. - Let us tell you more about them. i Johns-Manrille Asbestos Shia-. Ees are examined, approvea ana beled.by the Underwriters'; Laboratories, under the direction of the ! National Board of Fire Underwriter. Given Class A rat , ing when laid American method. ., .1 . Oregon Gravel Company ! 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