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COD'S LEADERSHIP "Ye shall walk after the Lord your Qod.
and fear Him, and keep His commandments, and obey H!s voice,
and ye shall serve Him, and cleave unto Him." Deut. 13:4. "
THE STRANGER WITHIN OUR GATES
"Items," the official publication of Oregon's efficient
secretary of state, issued fromime to time, in its issue of
July 14, records many very interesting facts
-'- For instance: Approximately 197,326 motor vehicles
were registered in this state for the first six months of tjiis
year, against 181,620 for the same period of last year, of a
gain for 1926 of 15,706 cars
' VI, And the registration fees for this year during that perod
were $5,469,761.38, against $4,844,310.08 for last year,
making a gain of $625,451.30. The report also shows that ihe
revenue from registration fees for the first half of the present
year outstripped the entire year of 1925 by a margin of
$99,559.60. Marion, of course shows, up next to Multnomah
amprtg Oregon counties in the totals, with Lane next, Jackson
next and UmatHla next.;.; ,, - ----- - - , - j
v In the six months period 34,190 automobiles frbm
other- states registered. inOregbna- over last
year, and ol the total 'number' for that .period of this ;ear
19,276 were from California -
And every one of the states and territories of the Unibni
several of its island possessions and a number of foreign
countries are represented on the registration list. In Jtjme
the only state missing was South Carolina.
The report shows also that should the sales of gasoline
in Oregon continue at the same ratXduring the balance of the
present year the tax on gasoline will approximate $3,675,000,
as compared with a total for last year of $3,217,000, or an
increase of nearly $550,000.
The report shows also that there i3 approximately" a
telephone call every two minutes on the automobile depart
ment of the state, showing the constant throb of what may
be termed the "motor pulse" of the state. j
The above excerpts give an indication of the activities
and growth of what is now, in sources of revenue, the larger
half of the business of the state of Oregon, compared w;ith
the revenues from property taxes for purely state purposes
And it shows the increasing value of our "tourist crop,"
lured this way by our magnificent state highways, Jlt Ad
maintained with our automobile and gas taxes: and, by pur
unsurpassed summer season climate and our magnificknt
sceneryand various other attractions. . .
' The stranger within our gates has become a considerable
factor in our prdgress and prosperity and general well beipg.
Counting five to the car, our tourists make up a considerable
proportion of our population during a large part of the yejar,
and ihey are on the average free spenders of money for jail
the things we have to sell, to say nothing of being propagan
dists; who send others and become investors here and induce
investments by others.
Our people appreciate all these things, and are more and
more realizing the good business of catering to our tourists
and giving them the best and most cordial treatment
The concluding paragraphs of "Items," mentioned above,
make up a very good and timely editorial, under the heading,
"A Study in Scarlet." This may be said to be an official
editorial, from the "motor pulse" of Oregon. The paragraphs
follow: " : , v. - n: ... !
An automobile, driven at a moderate, reasonable taXs( is a source
of comfoTt, convenience and pleasure. The same car, speeded up to
the danger point, becomes a MENACE to, its driver,' lts'occupants and
to the public. A motor car driven at terrific speed tipon a highway
too often becomes a veritable juggernaut. ' ' " r
Study of automobile accidents shows that dire disaster attends the
careless motorist and that DEATH'S pallid hand ferever is at jthe
steering wheel, watchful, eager, alert. Only when motorists learn to
give closer attention to the operation of their cars will the scarlet
record of the Grim Reaper be shortened.
' If there were a traffic officer to every mile of highway in the
nation automobile accidents would continue as long as drivers are
reckless, careless and thoughtless.
Our roads are ideal for motoring but they are not speedways.
There must be hills and curves and points of danger to the unwary,
the careless. Even on straight, clear stretches any one of a thousand
thingj ean happen to hurl the speeding automobilist.into eternity.!
The motorist ought to think of others. When he Is temptedj to
risk his own life he owes It to humanity toremembertthat he hasjno
right to. endanger the lives and safety of other people.4 The Sped
Demon;", Is as dangerous as the homocidial maniac and an even greater
mens for Ms potential for spreading death and disaster Is far higher.
When the traffic officer's screaming siren has brought yod to
halt and. he gravely asks: What's your hurry?" why not give t;he
question .more than passing thought? Is there occasion for breaking
the ep?d laws? Ii it worth while to risk your own lite and the lives
of tbjers, that a few paltry minutes may. be saved? Ia it. not better
to arrive safely at your destination than never to reach it, at all?
'It is, good to reflect that all the driving skill, all the experience to
.be tktiiered in years of motoring, will avail nothing at times. Careful
attention to the operation' of a car' and close, observance of rthe motor
law's sre the BEST INSURANCE against accident.
Failure to remember this -may mean that TOUR name will be the
next to be written upon Death's red roster. ; . r .... . . , . .. . . j ,
DRIVERS CRASH TOTAL
FALLING REPORT SHOWS
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week tare been shown to be due
to minor traffic violations which
are being eliminated by .Increased
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'.;' Analysis of. the 'crash T record
"shows -nndden bttfklne from the
curb Into the street as the great-j make stringent' police action fan
est single cause of difficulty, with necessary. ; t . . s J .
- laUureJio Islgnal at torns.and be- s On the e7e of a aew week-end,
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Simple practice of-traffic signals
prior to entering! or leaving ihe
main stream of cars has been re
sponsible for the marked decrease
in local .week-end. accidents whn
crash records of July 10 to 12 are
tompared with those of July 3! to
5,' and continued Ttligance on he
Dart . nf Individual Arircr Will
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drivers will find mutual caution
will keep them out of the crash
column.
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Flax harvest peak passed
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And there will be very little flax
left standing at the end of next
week.
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The state flax plant several days
ago sent, on request, a liberal
sample of flax waste or shives to
Chicago, where it is to be tested
a? to its value in making paper
string. There is a possibility that
this waste may be worth $300 to
$400 a day or more that is, the
quantity that is being burned
every day there, for which purpose
it ia worth only about $20 a day.
The shives of flax have been
wasted, excepting for fuel, far all
time. Their profitable use would
add materially to the value of the
llax industry here.
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Governor Pierce and John Qu in
land, superintendent of the peni
tentiary industries, are also pur
suing the investigation of the ma
chine for taking the fiber from
the flax without retting, such as
the one used by Henry Ford. Also
the French invented method of
artificial retting and drying. It
is possible that with these the
penitentiary plant may be able to
handle flax from a much larger
acreage.
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The first cucumbers came to the
C regon Packing company, at Us
Thirteenth street plant on Tues
day. They will be coming in large
volume in a short time;' also beans
for the special bean cannery jin
that plant. The Twelfth street
cannery of that cbinbany is being
rearranged for the handling of
pears.-
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, Billy, Sunday -will fill the ?Wg
Chautauqua tent Saturday night.
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"Grass" at the Oregon had good
houses Wednesday and yesterday
-especially yesterday afternoon
rnd evening. This is compliment
ary to Salem "Grass" is the big
gest thing of the kind ever screen
ed; not a play the real thing on
the reel.
NEW ANGLE IS TAKEN
IN MTHERS0N CASE
(Continued from page 1.)
reported to have told, the jury of
asserted discrepancies in Mrs.
McPherson's statement to the po
lice. R. A. McKinley, blind attorney
of Long Beach and his secretary,
Bernice Morris, appeared as wit
nesses for Mrs. McPherson, to tell
of a visit to his office by asserted
kidnapers of the evangelist, who
asked him to act as go-between
in calling $25,000 ransom. Mrs.
Silvia Ober man of Ocean . Park
told of seeing Mrs. McPherson on
the beach talking with a man on
the day she vanished.
Mrs. M. Broad well, Sfc Denver
tourist who had been living in
Oakland under the name of 'Mrs.
VcDonald. and had been heralded
as a "double" of the evangelist,
appeared at the witness room of
the grand jury but was not called
ry that body. - Witnesses said she
did not even resemble the evange
list. Ryan said that identification of
Mrs. McPherson had been made by
Dennis Collins, night attendant at
the Salinas garage from photo
graphs shown him by Ryan. The
deputy prosecutor volunteered to
bring Collins to Los Angeles to
give his testimony and to face the
evangelist before the jury in an
attempt to identify her further.
Ormiston had left his automo
bile at Salinas on his way to Los
Angeles ' w,here he appeared the
next day and 'denied1 knowledge of
any facts in connection with Mrai.
McPherson's disappearance, . leav
ing before he could be questioned
in detail. K letter ifM police of
ficer here, the radio -man later de
nied that he returned to Salinas
for his automobile.
Ormiston was involved in the
investigation ' of the McPherson
case immediately following the
vanishing of the evangelist when
it became known that Mrs. Ormis
ton, prior to sailing for her home
in Australia, had threatened to
sue for a divorce, citing Or mis
ton's friendship for the Angelus
Temple leader.
After Ormiston's car had left
Salinas it was reported to have
been traced to Sim Luis Obispo
where "its driver and a woman
registered at a hotel as Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Gibson, later driving
south, to be accosted by a news
paperman at Santa Barbara where
the driver denied he was Ormis
ton. The statement of the district at
torney was but one of several sen
sational -developments just prior
to adjournment of the grand jury
until Tuesday morning, when it
will resume its investigation of
Mrs. McPherson's story of being
kidnaped from Santa Monica May
18, to escape 35 days later when
she reappeared at Agua Prieta,
Sonora, Mexico.
LIGHTNIN' WILL BE GIVEN
AT CHAUTAUQUA TONIGHT
(Con tinned from pa-o 1.)
watermelons, and chided him for
dishonesty. He ended up, how
ever. In telling him now to tell a
ripe watermelon, as the stolen one
proved to be green.
An aria from Meyerbeer's opera
"L'Africaine, given as a solo by
the pianist, also touched the audi
ence in a tender spot, as it lis-
tened in a hushed silence and ap
plauded vociferously, j! l
J. Smith Damron, a combination
potter and philosopher, gave a
demonstration of the potter's Art
on an old fashioned potter's wheel,'
likening the clay with which he
worked to a person's character be
ing molded by circumstance. A
nation's wealth does not lie in its
industries and natural resources,
according to Mr. Damron, but in
the character of the people.
Samples of many commercial
brands of pottery were Shown by
Mr. Damron. He explained simple
tests for distinguishing hand
painted pottery from that which
has the alleged hand painting
merely stamped on, and for tell
ing whether a vessel is j genuine
chinaware or merely semi-porcelain.
Several samples of plates
used i nthe White House from the
time of. George Washington down
to that of Woodrow WilBon were
exhibited. Mr. Damron claims
that he is the only man; display
ing such samples on a! lecture
platform in America.
The program to be given today
will be one of the big events of
Chautauqua week, according to
the management. The ; Herbert
Sprague players, who have gained
considerable fame all over the
country because of the high qual
ity of their productions, will pre
sent "Rip van Winkle" in the aft
ernoon, with Herbert Sprague and
Floyd Mahan Sprague ! in the
leads. The famous character in
Washington Irving's story is
brought to life in this well-known
play.
"Lightnin' " which is a recent
production from Broadway, will
be given in the evening, lit made
a long run (n New York and is
well known throughout the coun
try both as a legitimate play and
as a moving picture.
There will be a "Junior Chau
tauqua" this morning at 9 o'clock
for the entertainment of the chil
dren, it was announced by the
management last night. Slips Were
passed out for anyoine ! to sign
who wishes to be enrolled in the
committee of 100 to sponsor fu
ture Chautauquas in Salem.
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TO OPEN JULY 34
OREGON AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE, CorvallisV Jujy 15,
The Woodmen of the World state
convention at Corvallis July 24 is
expected to draw 2,000 1 persons
from 25 camps. Representatives
will also be here from other states
iu the northwest. E. P. Martin,
district head consul for Oregon.
Washington and Idaho, will head
the convention, assisted by E. O.
RoyaL district manager. The
gathering will be in .the two gym
nasiums and on the campus.'
Initiation and degree work, in
spection of the college campus ad
buildings, .swimming, athletic 'ac
tivities and a basket lunch are in
cluded lon the program.' i Salem is
sending a team which "will put; 6n
the initiatory work. A team from
Silverton will have charge of the
degree exercises. Fancy drilling
will be featured by the! Dallas
team.
FIGHT FISH WHEEL BILL
rLAIXTIFFS MAINTAIN NAMES
ARE INSUFFICIENT
Proceedings were filed in -the
circuit- court here yesterday
against Sam A. Kozer, secretary
of state, to enjoin him from plac
ing on the ballot at the I Novem
ber election an initiative measure
prohibiting the use of fish wheels
and 'seines in the Columbia river
east of the Cascade mountains.
Plaintiffs in the suit alleged
that the petitions filed by sponsors'
of the initiative measure contained
approximately 6,000 verified sig
natures of voters, while it' Re
quires more than 29,000 signa
tures to place the measure on the
ballot.
The court was asked to enjoin
the secretary of state from cer
tifying the ballot title to the coun
ty clerks and from printing the
measure in the voters' pamphlet.
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TWENTY
"Steve," she said, turning
quickly to him, "are you sure they
brought my hat box in? I didn't
see it."
He left her at once to confer
with the porters who had taken
charge of the luggage, and Sylvia
hastily wrote "Mary McKenna,
New York," on the register and
requested the clerk to ' have her
traggage sent upstairs. '
tl'm not going to my room
now; she told him sweetly, and
fmried as Steve rejoined her.
"Everything's here," he said.
"All right. You can take my
things right up," she told the por
ter. "Come along, Steve. Take
me to that little restaurant of
yours. I'm hungry." She was, j
but not for food not even for the J
rare Italian dishes Steve had so
eloquently described. What she
wanted most in this hour of dis
tress was to have Steve's arms
about her feel the mad sweetness-
of his kisses. She hoped he
would kiss her, in the cab, but he
did not attempt it. Well there
were a great many people In the
streets.
It was not until their meal to
gether was nearly over that Steve
referred, even indirectly, to the
subject which lay uppermost in
both their hearts.
"After lunch," he said gaily,
"I'm going to take you hack to
your hotel and leave you. Just
for a few hours. I've got to re
port to mother or she'd have a fit.
But I'll be back by six. o'clock, or
six-thirty at the least, and we'll
have dinner- see a show. You
don't mind, do you, if I go ahead
and arrange things for you, just
as if we were already married?
We're going to be, you know. Un
less, of course, you won't have me.
But if you have any such silly no
tion in your head, young woman,
you'd better speak up right now,
or forever after hold your peace.
I'm in no mood to be trifled with."
He spoke with an air of gay rail
lery but it seemed to Sylvia, in
her supersensitive state of mind,
that beneath his lightness lay a
more serious note, as though he
felt she had not been quite franl
with him, and wanted her to be.
"I haven't promised to marry
you, Steve," she said gravely.
"You know that, don't you?"
"Yes, more's the pity. When
are you going to?"
"Promise?"
"No marry me? Look here,
sweet child I'm a man of action.
I don't believe in putting things
off. Tell you what we'll do. To
night I'll stay in town, at my club
'see. Tomorrow morning we'll
'dash madly down to the marriage
license bureau and sign the pa
pers. . By noon we'll b a happy
wedded pair. Then we'll drive
home and walk in on the family
for their blessing. That's a whole
lot better than fooling -around
with an engagement, a trousseau,
a big wedding. You can buy all
the clothes you need, afterwards.
And besides, I was planning a trip
to Egypt next month, and I can't
go unless you go with me. Think
of the fun we'd have seeing the
pyramids and everything'together.
You said you likexl traveling with
me. Why wait, sweetheart? I've
a hunch it would bring us bad
luck."
Sylvia gazed at his eager,
flushed face and felt herself a
traitor to love. Why wait, Indeed,
when every impulse, every heart
beat, told her but one thing that
she wanted to be in his arms? If
only she could marry him tomor
row! It was just the sort of wed
ding she would most have liked.
And a honeymoon in Egypt! The
mystery, the romance, of ibe des
ert! Who would care, then, what
some evil-minded old women three
thousand miles away might, say?
All she had to do was to say es-
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Sofa Cushions 4,95
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to reach out her hand and take
the happiness fate had offered her.
There was no consciousness of
guilt-in her mind to hold her back
her past, in spite of anything
the world might say, was crystal
clear. It was a magnificent temp
tation and had Steve Hollins
pressed his advantage, followed it
up, she might possibly have suc
cumbed Instead, he glanced at his
watch, told the waiter to bring
him a check.
"I've got to rush, dear," he
said. "If I want to make my
train. Not that I'm in any hurry
to leave you I don't need to tell
you that but I want to see the
family, park my luggage, and be
back in town with you by six
o'clock. Think over what I've
said, about tomorrow. I'm sure
it's the best way. , Sort pt aBhort
cut to happiness, as it 'were." He
smiled at her joyously, in a way
that made Sylvia's blood dance to
a madly sweet pagan tune. "And
you might take a nap, while I'm
gone. Pretty likely to be up late,
you know. Supper after the
theater, and a dance or two. You'll
need the rest. Come along, now,
Let's shove off."
They parted at the hotel en
trance and Sylvia got her key,
started for her room. The cover
of a magazine on the newstand at
tracted her attention; a brilliant
red and blue coyer,' in the center
of which was the picture of a
, woman. For a moment Sylvia
Stood perfectly . still, glancing
about the. lobby with a queer,
hunted look. Then she picked up
the magazine. The picture on the
coyer was a portrait of herself.
. Reaching her - room she sank
into a chair and sat for some
moments staring at the big illus
tration. The magazine was a
rather cheap weekly, devoted to
affairs of the screen. The cap
tion under the picture gave only
her name, but inside she found
a long article, telling of her swift
fall from stardom.
Sylvia read the article through
with burning cheeks. Written, so
its author claimed, in the interests,
the defense, of the good women
of the screen, it flayed Sylvia un
mercifully for her lack of morals,
of intelligence, in not keeping her
skirts out of the mire. "For a
girl of nineteen, on the verge of
a magnificent screen success, to
carry on a cheap and vulgar af
fair with another woman's hus
band, is worse than immoral," the
article read. "It is downright
stupid. Decent people, both in the
screen world and out of it, will
breathe a sigh of relief at the
knowledge that Miss Sylvia
Thome's career on the silver sheet
is permanently ended. We trust
she will return to the obscurity
from which she came, there to
meditate on the sad truth that
Jnfiantly
you know- such
flavor comes only
fromr
Saturday
Friendly Spirit
oya
those who dance must pay, the
piper."
(To be contniued.) .
CopjT'jcfet, 1 926. Frederic Arnold Kounipr
Released by Central Prena Asaoriatioa.
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Chimney Sparks Start Roof
Fire, Equipment Soon
Conquers Blaze
SILVERTON. Or., July 15.
(Special.) The Silverton fire de
partment was called out this
morning to the Emma Erickson
home on East Hill. A roof , fire
had started from chimney sparks
on the shingles. No great dam
age was done by the fire before
the department had it out.
Dur'kee Gold Hill group of
mine claims-leased, and will begin
shipping ore.
Gkildren
cially prepared for Infants
To avoid imitations, always look for
Proven directions on each package.
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VISITS HER SON
Pioneer Woman, Hale and
Hearty, Will Be 93 Next
November J
SILVERTON, Or.. July- 15-
(Special.) 7 Mrs. Anna Lamb,
mother. of George Lamb, has been
spending a few days with ;her son
at Silverton. Mrs. Lamb, who
will be 9S years of age in Novem
ber, is a member of a pioneer fam
ily, crossing 'the plains in 1860.
For years she made her home at
Hillsboro but she'is now living at
Portland where, in spite of her
advanced years, she "does her own
housework and gardening.
Herniiston Growers "expect to
ship 5,000 holiday turkeys this
year.
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