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CL'EAN A N:D VIGOROUS
SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1926
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Child Born ' imMptJkei-, in Oregon St wte ' Hospital
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Bobbie, a Great Collie
Story of Dog Who Found Way Back Home Unaided From
Middlewest Declared to Have Been Told : With
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periewea oy CoU-B. Hofer,, President Oregon State Humane Society
Oregon is not only the home of the greatest collie dog in the
world, but has produced a writer of dog. stories who will be
come famous in the canine literature of the world Charles
Alexander of Albany.
His book, "Bobbie, a Great Collie," published by Dodd.
JVlead & tk.. New York, was released to the book trade on
April 24, and, in the opinion of the Boston Transcript, de
serves to be placed side by side with Kipling, the creator of
Mowgli and the Jungle Books. Mr. Alexander is already
widely known for his book, "The Fang of the Forest."
In the story of Bobbie, the Silverton dog, who, at th6 age
of two and one-half years, was taken on a motor car trip to
Indiana by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brazier of Silverton, Oregon,
to visit their relatives, was lost, and made his way back to
Silverton, 3000 miles, unaided, in mid-winter, the author has
presented the most remarkable animal performance in the
history of the world. -, ,
Bobbie overcame tremendous obstacles in mid-winter,
crossing plains, deserts, rivers, the Rockies, and several other
mountain chains, unguided but by, his instinct and his sub-i
conscious devotion to his master,-returning to the little res
taurent in the little city of Silverton within six months, to a
day, from the time he left on the trip east.
Mr. Brazier, assisted by J. G. Crossley of Portland, a di
rector of the Oregon State Humane society, established be
yond question the identity of the hero shepherd dog soon after
his return home. .
In Mr. Alexander's book the, story is told with all his dra-
-V matic'and entertaining. literary ability., like. all lovers of
f J ' animal nature, Mr. Alexander is a student of animal psychol-
ogy, and indicates the deeper qualities, the poise, dignity and
f personality of this wonderful dog.
He traces the final appearance in the dog's inner nature
v . of that marvelous instinct which led him to follow a direction
i west, to the home of his master, as faithfully as the mariner's
(compass does the polar stan :
. i Its dawninir thus described, after months of groping in
- his subconscious toind: ;- V, f-r-; '.'V
Something had stirred in the dog. , Faint it was, and m
' deflnle, like jvagovblur lonav-desert horizon. .Bobbie
clungYo it. In hU mind he gazed and gazed at this blur,
Istfaming to round it inta something he could see and under
stand, Idoggedly clinging to it, paying only half-attention to
the ouiside world he drifted through." ; ' -
'Thus he went westward across the entire state of Illinois,
nrt Ti1nTiw1 dwn into Iowa before he stoDDed. He loDed on,
J deserted pavements at night, he skirted villages with an eye
sidewise for trouble in the shape of men or dogs, he avoided
bridges, and pulled himself, panting, from the swirling clutch
of streams he swam.
f "And he drifted on, in all these days, his head low, and
' with no eye for whither he drifted. Always he- groped deep
t in ancient unused reaches of his instinct for the blurred
vision there that tantalized him." (It should be remembered
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Rev. E. H. Shanks Writes
Another Juvenile Story
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Five Hero Medals Mark
Brave Acts of Dead Man
Fifteen Other, Acts of Heroism Recognized at Spring Meeting
of Carnegie Fond Commission, Following Careful
rf , Check on Deeds Recorded
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PITTSBURGH, April 30. (By Associated Press.) Five
tof the heroes recognized by the Carnegie Hero Fund commis
l"pn at the spring meeting here today, lost their lives in the
; commission of heroic deeds. Fifteen other acts of heroism
were cited, a bronze medal being awarded in each case.
The dependants of those who made the supreme sacrifice
were awarded pensions aggregating4 $3,840 a year, while one
was given $500 to be applied as the commission sanctions.
In addition, ?100 was appropriated for educational purpos
es and; $11,000 for others worthy purposes. Mn all twenty
cases bronze medals were awarded. "-'
. Those who lost their lives Were : - - s 1 ' :
Stanley C. -Delanoy, 16, student, died attempting to save a
girl fr,om drowning at Grassy Point, N. Y., J July 22, 1924.
J The medal jvent to his father, Delbert A. Delanoy, 121 Ship
H pen St, Weehawked, N. J.
: J. Stuart Kieffer, 1212 Miller street, Utica,,N.;Y., died in
an attempt to rescue a man from drowning at Eaton,, N. Y.,
Ausrust 22. 1925 : the medal and $75 a month with S5 addi-
. tional monthly for a daughter, was awarded the widow.
William John Crawfordr Box 65, East Jordan,Mich., died
,; attempting to save a man from drowning at East Jordan,
,f Mich., June 27, 1924 ; medal and $65, a month, with $5 month
? ly additional for each of three children to the widow.
E. Hale Elston, Rural Route 8, Newton, 111., died attempt
ing to save a boy from drowning at Mason, 111.; Aug. 28, 1924 ;
medal With $65 a month and $5 monthly additional for each
. of three children to the widow; f ?: s
Robert W. Gibson, Mason, III, postmaster, died attempting
. to rescue a man from drowning at Mason, 111.,5 Aug. 28, 1924;
' medal with $55 a month and $5 a month additional, for each
Vof five children to the widow. - - -
.One woman received recognition. She is Mrs. Helen Gert-
ruuo Dickey, 35, 1515 North Delmont avenue,-Springfield,
' Ohio, dairy farmer. She was awarded a bronze medal for
-rescuing a farm hand from an enraged bull; at Springfield,
!Jaiiis19,1922, t, t -.V. , Vtv-''h'i" .
Kie other heroes are:. ,-..;....-!'
Eddie G-LIathews, 124 West Elm street, Hillsboro, Tex.;
saved a woman and child from being killed by a train at Hills
boro, October 28, 1922. " 5
S. Ellsworth Lewis, Upper Economy, Nova Scotia, Canada,
farmer, saved a fellow1 farmer from drowning at Upper Econ
omy July 19, 1924.
: William G'. WattcnMilford Station, Nova Scotia, Canada;
BY REV. SHANKS
Solomon Engleman lived on
the farm adjoining ours on
the south. He was not the
oldest man in the, neighbor
hood, by any means, but we
all called him "Old Sol." As
far back as I can remember
that was his name.
"Old Sol" was one of those
happy, jolly, good natured
men whb always saw the
bright side of things, always
had a good story to ten, and
always had his little joke to
play on any. one who came
along. Some times the joke
turned on him. Then he was
good natured enough to take
it, and laugh about it, too. We
aU liked "Old SoL"
It so happened one time that
a report got out about that a
lynx was in the neighborhood.
Several people had been re
ported to have seen the wild
bob-cat or whatever it was,
and because a lynx had never
been seen by any. of the people
in our part of the country it
was" supposed to be about the
wildest and most -terrifying
and dangerous of all the wild
beasts ever heard of., ...I, t:i I
i3o &f coursereTerytwdy iwa
a bit afraid, and especially at
night when such animals are
supposed to 'prow! about.'
It was late" autumn: Dur
ing the afternoon and evening
a considerable fall of snow
had come. The night was pale
moonlight, which with the
snow, gave a sort of ghostly
look to things generally.
"Old Sol" had been at one
of the neighbors some dis
tance from home and coming
home he saw the lynx. He
was sure it was the lynx. It
was over by the rail fence that
ran along the side of the road.
He could see it standing
there on its hind legs with its
head up over the fence; eyes
shining, and ready to spring
at him if he should attempt
to pass. ; a
He could see its ears stick
ing up and the little tassel-like
tufts of hair hanging from the
tips of its ears. No mistake,
it was the lynx alright. i i
Now to tell the truth, I sup-
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Tragedy of Human
Seen In Eastern Criminals
THE STORY UP TO DATE
Eve Maclurie, young, beautiful, thrifty, passionately satis
fied with life, loved both her employer, JOHN INGATE, thir
ty, president of John Ingate's Sons, Inc., one of the largest
firms in Central City, and CLAY Vv ALES, an employe of the
Ingate concern. She rejected John to marry Clay because
she believed that the latter, weak, irresponsible, fiercely jeal
ous, needed her more. . Once they were wed, however, she had
her doubts about the wisdom of her choice.
On their honeymoon in Chicago, they enjoyed guest privil
eges at the Mohawk country club through the courtesy of
John Ingate. There, "while playing tennis, they met a MISS
JOHNSTONE, violet-eyed, mysterious, and her escort, REG
RIE WHITE, who were immediately very friendly. Eve and
Clay had no reason to suspect that the pair were blackmail
ers, Utilizing Miss Johnstone's powers of fascination to en
trap wealthy men.
The following day, at their hotel, they ran into John In
gate, who, he explained, had been called to the city on busi
ness unexpectedly. Although Eve, with Miss Johnstone in
mind, perhaps, ,had decided she didn't want to go back to the
country club, when John Ingate proposed a trip out there to
the two of them, they went along.
Now go on with the story :
TWENTY-FIVE
When John Ingate was away from Central City he enjoy
ed himself much more than his mother and sister, or his bus
iness associates would have suspected. In Central City he
was something of a .figure of importance, with a position to
keep and a dignity to preserve. But in New York or Chicago,
or in other cities to which, the demands of business took him
he was a person of no importance, and he enjoyed himself
as, a man does when he rids himself of tight shoes and rasp
ing collar. He spent money for pleasure with careless aban
don; ate in the lively restaurants; saw the peppery shows;
gambled and drank, with moderation, it can be said, at the
club. Such things are unseemly in Central City iti a business
leader and church goer and at home John Ingate observed
the code. In the big city, he was a different man. '
The can in which he drove Clay and Eve Wales to the
(Continued on page 5,)
Sabbath -School Lesson
Arranged From the Improved Uniform
International by
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Lesson for' May 2 "God's Covenant With Noah." Les
son Text: Genesis 8:20; 9:27. Golden Text: I do set my bow
in the cloud, and it shall be a token of a covenant between me
and the earth. Gen. 9:13.
of God's covenant
should be clearly
in
with
the
In order to grasp the meaning
Noah, the whole story of the flood
mind of the teacher and the Dunil.
1. "The Cause of the Flood" 6 :l-8. It was an apostasy
from God. The .two types of men we saw in Cain and Abel
(thesone of proud self-will, the other of humble faith), de
veloped on diverging lines, but as they multiplied they came
into contact and intermarried.
2 "The Ark the Way of Salvation" 6:14-7:24. Al
though all flesh has corrupted its way before God,, in His
mercy provision was made for such as would avail themselves
of it. Christ is the ark into which all who enter are eternauy
saved. As aU outside of the ark perished, so all outside the
redemption of Christ shall perish Mark 16:16; II Thess.
1-8, 9 ; John 3 :18, 19, .36 ; I Pet. 3 :18-22. Observe in connec
tion with this judgment and provision of salvation: 1 The
long-suffering GodHe Waited 120 years. 2 Noah a preach
er Of righteousness HPet. 2:5. God not only waited long,
but through Noah sounded forth intelligent warnings. 3.
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Workings of Mendel's Law Seen in Hereditary Tendency In
Confined Oregon Family and in Eas
Where Four Brothers Are Jai
Four Brothers
Iti Peri Set New
Prison Record
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The lour Under hill brothers
(1) George, (2) Wilbur, (3)'
Charles, 4) Earl Underbill.
The Busy Reader's Newspaper
VOLUME L
Published in the Interest Of those seeking foil and accurate surrey
week's local developments '.
of the
.NUMBER 16
Greeting yoii on May 2, how many days of last week were
you able to read a daily newspaper thoroughly ? By spending
five- minutes here, you can be well informed on all important
local happenings. -f ' h
1 - Monda, April 26
" Salem Heights, realizing; that it could easily block any at
tempt to place a city dump there, protested strenuously; City
.officials had previously declared no dump would be placed
there.; The protest, however, ended all controversy, i
; Opposition which met the advent of buses into Salem $treet
transportation system apparently dwindled away for, only
Wednesday, April 28 -X)
All existing heat records for April, in the history of Salem
weather bureau, were broken here when the mercury in the
official thermometer reached 93 degres. - .
Anothr chapter will be written in the case of Tom Mur
ray, Ellsworth Kelley and James Willos, convicts under sen
tence of death for the part they played in the prison break of
August 12, 1925, When arguments on their appeal to the su
premecourt of Oregon will be heard on May 25. - The date
was revealed on Wednesday. ..
,' t Eleven hundred students gathered at the Oregon Electric
eight citizens were present when the public hearing was held! station at 4 o'clock to bid a last farewell to the group of four
on Mohday night to consider plans calling for. complete cessa-
been
tion of street car' service. ! Adequate' bus service has
nromised. -.;' . -K' V i s;::::.-""
a True summer weather hit the valley, opening a hot spell
which 4 inally took the official thermometer 'well abpve 90
degrees, before cooler weather set in. y
. Tuesday, April 27 " ' -
" Taxpayers of Salem on Slay 19 will once more have the
opportunity to say whether or, not they are willing-to have
$120,000 of, bonds transferred; from the: Lincoln school dis
trict for the purpose, of a new school site and the erection of
a school unit on the so-called Tuxedo Park tract. A special
election to be held just two Idays before the May primaries
was called by the Salem school board after Dr. J. O. MathiS,
president J of. the South Salem parent-teachers ; association,
had presented a petition beating over 150 signatures of tax
payers asking for the election. Only ten signatures are re
quired to bring about such an election.- School directors 'ex
pressed, the. hope ..that, taxpayers .will realize t this .. time; .that
bv voting ves they do not .vote for more bonds: but merely
students who departed for Salqm, Mass.to meet the high
owiwi kuu ui ,uai ciujr m luo xurab ugxi eciiuut cruss-contin-ent
interscholastic debate on May 7. . -
Despite political promises of tax reduction and. a state
wide clamor for termination of government fads, a summary
of the laxes levied in the state of Oregon ;f or-the year 1926
based, on the tax rolls for 1925 showed a total of $44,795,048
or approximately $2,314,700 in excess of the amount levied in
the year 1925 based on the tax rolls for. 1924. ' The levy for
1925 was $42,66038. The. state tax for the year 1926 is
approximately. $291,000 less than in the year , 1925, while the
county levy was reduced from $336,298 in 1925 to $3,540,
596 in 1926. The state tax levied in 1925 was $7,492i76ras
against $7,200,830 for the year 1926. Total tax' levy for Mar
ion county for the year 1926 is $1,869,966 and for Polk county
$565,114. 5 .
' Thursday, April 22 '
The Oregon; Statesman issued its anhual'crude drug slogan
number.
" - Pollution of 'the -source of Salem's drinking water the
era Case
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chance from!
opened their
The 15th' child was born to
a mother who if or -three
months has tjeen an inmate of
tbe asylum, (jommonly known
as the statd hospital, : here
Wednesday, j . , ; .u-Jii-The
late "jTheodore Roose
velt, great advocate of large
families, did! not have '.this
kind in mind! when he spoke
of the responsibilities of the
strong husband and the
strong wife. By the birth in
the asylum .Wednesday, the
state's list oij potential wards
was increased by one. Six
teen members of the same
family had Already been de
clared incapable of living nor
mal lives and had been con
fined, to be supported by tax
payers of the northwest for
the remainder of their exist-
ance.
Ihese 15 children had no
the day they
leyes. The fath
er was given a cell in the state
penitentiary. He was trans
ferred later to the asylum
where he die. The mother's
confinement proves how little
she had to contribute to the
mental vigor jof her offspring.
Each . parent contributing
weakness, of the 14 children
preceding, the one born Wed
nesday, one is in the Oregon
state penitentiary, one is . in
the Oregon state training
school, one is in the Oregon
Girls' Industrial school, one is
in Jthe Oregon state institu
tion for the! feeble minded.
The remaining unfortunates,
having entered the world
without a chance, are in state
institutions of Washington
and Idaho. J
Science has ended the pos
sibility of continuation of
this living tragedy, yet else
where, unhindered, the same
black story is being written
by the intermarriage of hu-
Witness this
from Jefferson,
man derelicts
striking story!
Missouri
(By Cen
ral Press.)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo
April 25. (Four brothers,
serving terms in the peniten
tiary here, furnish criminolo
gists' with j an interesting
study. The Ibrothers, mem
bers of the tJnderhill family
of Neosho, ftewton county,
Missouri, are serving .terms
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Miss Catherine Comstock.
28, Long Beach, Califs Sunday
school i teacher, wins first
prize for having suggested
Biblical story of the deluge
for the themeibf a motion pic
ture spectacle ' She made the
suggestion in an international
contest in -which 33,000 com-
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WITHOUT SOME : REFER
ENCE to the advisability, of r
changin' froni winter to sum- '
mer lingerie. .-j'aarH i
BM-ABJtoI think ;
of any. wise-cracks on the sub-,
ject and not . carin'. whether
you change yours now or later
I'm goin' to leave the matter
entirely to your individual
judgment. Let your consci
ence be your guide, " -
NO PARIONG" signs have
proven effective , on our city
streets. Why not "NO
SPARKING? signs for the
country by-roads ?
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WHICH LEADS me to- re
mark that there's more atten
tion paid the girth of a nation
than th6 birth of a nation. .
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REPLYIN' TO IRENE; no
my dear, a diva is a grand
opera singer and not a sv.'im
mingexpert. U-
I IIAVE OFTEN wor.d-rcj
if the man who calls the ti J.t.3
in a union station also nair.c3
the Pullman sleepers.
'STOP HOT to - wrfc i
THIS WEEK'S prize winning ' I
dumb-bell is the geek whos told
the j census taker that his vo
cation .was the last twd weeks
in-August. ! .
I "ONCE NOCED this sign
near a cuspidor in a cigar .
store: ."Don't Spitattit, SPIT. ,
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THEY USED TO SAY certain
things would "spring up . lik :
mushrooms." Now: they say i
"Spring up like barbecue
lunch stands on the highway." i
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fALSO . . . People used to "en- -
joy" certain things. Now they
"Getta Kick outa it." :
Helpful Hints for Housewives i
At this season of the year ' ;
the busy housewife faces the
problem of. providing ! dainty :
dishes to tempt "the jaded ap
petites of her family. The
following recipe is recom- ;
mended aa being particularly ' "
suited to' spring, diet as it is
rich in nutritive elements yet.
tasty and appetizing, t It .also :
contains a high percentage of
Adenoid "A," ' -
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Take a loaf of soggy bread'
and isoakt in- hot water over ,
night (see that the water is
kept j hot' all night) , in the i -morning
baste with vinegar
and sweet spirits of ammonia,"
make a cream dressing of cod
liver oil and powdered alum, x
add a touch ' of garlic then
throw it out the window and
open a can of salmon.
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'S i FUNNY- thing, .but some
of these? politicians never take
the trouble to speak to -you
until' they are' runnin for of
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THE REASON SOJIE men
are hard boiled is because their ::
wives keep them in hot water -
most of the time, - - "
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A LOT of these candidates
who are makin a big chatter
about tax reduction would
swing a big percentage of the
wimmen's votes if thev wnnM
Lcome out with a plan for waist
reauciipn. . r V " . .
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