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6 ; THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING. JANUARY 29, 1928 J I i: V - The Oregon Statesman ' -,- Iead Daily Except Monday by THE STATESMAN PUBLLSHING COMPANY SIS Soul Commercial Street. Salem. Orecea R. J. HeaSricks ' Irl 8. MeSharry -Ralpa O. Curtis rtr D Car 1m a Hotel Bunch Haaagar Maaafla Editor - CUy Editor - ftparta Editor Society Editor KEKBZB Or THE ASSOCIATED rXESS Tae A( (Oct a ted Pre la eelaaialy entitle t the a foi poolicatioa f all aes ti4tchea credited to it or not otherwise credited is. taij pver and also the local ewa pabliahed aureia. btjsivbss omcii: Umber Selected Orecoa Kewaaaaera Pae-fie Ceaet EcnrrteeUtir.a Dot S) ' Btypee, lor, Portland. Severity angeiaa, vaamaer et uamirci tiiAg. Tkoaaaa T. 01 ark (X. New Tork. 1281SS i?r TEXSPH0WX4 '..Boaiaeaa OfIiea2 or SSS N.w, 2, lea Job Department 6oc.ety Iditer 108 a9W CieoltCa Offiw $ ; Entered at the Post Otfiee ia Salem, Orifon, ae an-oif tata matter, - ' :'iv- . January For as the lightning comet h onto the west; bo shall also the OLDEST, LARGEST, The same act of congress that authorized the Carlisle " Indian training school provided for the Oregon school. The school at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, then known as Carlisle Bar- -racks, was opened in October, ; at Forest .Grove, was opened February 25, 1880. The Car ,. lisle school was first to be opened because it was near to -' Washington, while Oregon was far away. 1t Carlisle Barracks belonged to the United States war de apartment. The act that allowed this property to be taken fover for an Indian school provided that possession might be ' ? resumed by the war department in case of need - And the need came in the World war. The property was .then taken over and used for hospital purposes for the benefit of wounded soldiers, and it has since been used for 'similar purposes, aiid for the training of service men in var ious lines- ' And there will never again be an Indian school at Carlisle. There were 800 students there at the outbreak of the war. i When the plant was needed for hospital purposes, messages " were sent to the other Indian schools in the country, to find Cout how many Indian students from Carlisle each one could t-r accommodate. It was found that all of them together could y take care of 3000, because the Indian, students all over the "" country wanted to go to war. This was practically unani t.v raous with the young men at the Salem school. There were , - -in all about 10,000 American Indian soldiers in the World "''war; 'under theaters and Stripes; and they made splendid fighters. Many of them were especially suited for scout duty. ( .....i ' ; : tl . So the Salem Indian training school affchemawa Is the - oldest. institution of its kind. It is the largesiTin point of ' equipment and attendance. It has some seventy buildings .t:of various character. Two new cottages for two families each are being completed now; also a two story practice 'J, house fo he training of girls in practical home making. . The wor j now beginning on a new $40,000 dormitory for middle sized girls. The appropriation bill now pending in .congress provides $30,000 for another new dormitory for - small boys. There is projected an enlargement of the audi torium, which is already needed and will be needed more with the growth of the school ; also additions to the academic .- building. Two or three more modern cottages are on the . program, enlargement of the sewage system, etc., etc. The " "I total enrollment lasll year was over 1100, and the attendance - is close to 1000, aind will be above that figure all the time after the beginning of the next fall term. This is a growing J 1 school; and still there are always more Indian boys and girls knocking for admission than can be accommodated. be start was jjniade at Forest Grove with eighteen Indian .'' . --" l i T- n nr n m ! T ana guns, nearly an irom ruyauup, vvasn. ine name t then -the "Normal and Industrial Training School." j t.-M. C. Wilkinson of the regular army was the first rintendent, and he was granted $5000 for making the lining, under an order wired from Washington Nov. 11, . As noted above, the school was opened Feb. 25 fol n'g. , was soon found that a larger tract than the few town I fr . at Forest Grove was needed for the school. The -public I Hrii; of Salem people was invoked, and this resulted in the purchase of 273 acres" of good land at what is now known i as Chemawa, five miles north of Salem, from Judge R. P. Boise, and on March 17, 1885, a party of Indian boys arrived from Forest Grove and started clearing the land for the first buildings, which were of logs. In the fall the Forest Grove site was abandoned and Chemawa became a reality. There is an interesting (heretofore! unpublished) side light on the removal of the school to near Salem. The gov ernment before taking over property for its uses requires the sovereignty of the state to be relinquished. The joint resolution ,makingls relinquishment was slipped through . cthf lesiaijduinsfjthe temporary absence of one of the H rkmsehUtireil Wahiiigton' county, and through the connivance of the newspaper reporters the soft pedal was applied on this news item, till an attempt at securing a ' reconsideration, by the Washington county representative, was hopeless. J ; In 1886, the graduation exercises at Chemawa were held I in the open, under the trees on an improvised stage. The v growth has been steady since ' teen superintendentsnot including the present one, O. H. Lipps recently installed; a man of ability and character, long in the Indian service. Dr. H. J. Minthorn, uncle . the now great world citizen ) 1 ana in Salem, was the superintendent while the arrange- ments for the removal of the matte:, M. V. Coffin was the ' stitutioh at its present site. To the original farm of 273 acres, a tract of 80 acres was added later, and another of 100 acres in the past few years. This gives the school a magnificent farm of 453 acres, with ; various types of rich soil, including the famous labish beav- ,"crdani, and now extending to 5 ''east.'r ' -flliat, briefly, is the history of the Salem United States Jndian training .school, with; a plant suitable or soon to , be - ..4.Ma -frt :rinTTiTnftrfji.tinr over 1000 students- ' . ' BUUaWlVy .V 0 t ... - m . rK"And now ihe- most efficiently . organized of any. institu ?tion of its kind for carrying on the work of training Indian r:,fcoys and girls to become! useful members of society; to be come, .Influential' ja lifting their, people, to higher planes of , living : to carry on tha various occupational avocations and tbfit themselves into oositlons 01 trust ana responsioiuiy Ralph H. Kletaing. JLdTertlaiag JCaaacat j LJojd . gtiffler - Snperiateadeaa I W. H. Heatferaoa, Cirealatioa Maaacer I E. A. Raotea - i.iratock Editor I W. C Conner - Pevltiy Cdita Bldg.; Saa rraaeieco, Sharon Bid-.; Lea W. tltt St.: CVetro. Maranette BMg. SM SM 28, 1928 oat of the east, and shtneth even coming of man be, Matthew 24:27. BEST INDIAN SCHOOL 1879. The school in Oregon, then. There have been seven of Herbert Hoover, with whom made his home at Forest Grove school to Salem were being first superintendent of the in the Pacific highway on the -.'.''- in the same manner as their country. They are taught to icans and not as. Indians. .There are Indian schools of sas, Chilocco, Oklahoma, Phoenix, Arizona, and Riverside, California. With Salem, these But the Salem school is service so long occupied by Carlisle. To live up to this splendid tradition is the effort of the seventy and more fine men and women in the service And they are bringing up every-department to higher standards. The. number of employees will grow steadily, and the grade of work done will constantly improve, and the boys and girls of the Salem school going out into the world will be accepted more and more readily, partly because they have had training here. Thus the good reputation of Salem will be fostered over a wide field, in much the same way that those who go out from Willamette university institution and the city of its The members of congress, uationr will certainly take the Alaskan Indian boys and girls has lasted two years. It is proper for the primary grades to be taught in Alaska, where schools are available, but the Alaskan boys and girls with tainly ought not to be deprived of the privileges accorded to their brothers and sisters country. It is an unjust and not worthy of this great government. The Hoover forces are organizing in Oregon. They should sweep the state. In Oregon Herbert Hoover spent most of the formative years of his youth and early manhood. He U annronriatelv classed as an the high qualities of the best kind of presidential timber. He would give this country a constructive administratkra. He has the vision and organizing ability of one of the world's greatest engineers, and he has the heart and sympathies of the highest type of man of his day or any day. ; . --? i - "At a meeting in Vancouver, Wash., last week,-' attended hv some 500 members of the Washington Growers' Packers corporation, it was declared not been successful, because ation in arood condition: but prunes and this means of disposing of part of the crop will be encouraged," says the current weekly bulletin of the Oretron state market agent. That is good. But there are not enough canneries to make a great dent in a bumper nrune croc thoueh they were when canning is practicable. ing must always be the principal outlet. GREAT H0N0RS HEAPED ON AIR HERO ON VISIT (Oontinued from page X) tude of Bogota, was up late fart night acknowledging the plaudits of crowds which remained in front of the American legation until midnight as bands played con tinuously. The filer wae called repeatedly to the balcony to acknowledge with the "Lindbergh smile" rery much in evidence, the prolonged cheers of the Colombians. The colonel will be up early tn the morning to set out for Vene zuela. TWO FACTIONS IN N.W. BEING CLOSELY VIEWED (Continued from page 1) farorlng Secretary Hoorer will be in the field with the backing of Senator Moses. Lowden Has Iad With the South Dakota repub lican state convention only five weeks away Lowden la the only candidate whose friends hare sig nified any intention of entering the field. -Senator Norbeck. who has never failed to win for his man In all the years that he has been active in politics In South Dakota, not only favors the former Illinois governor but Is prepared to see through any contest against him. There is the possibility under the state law that In the event of Lowden's selection by the state convention, a minority of protest ing candidates may be filed against him and In that case two candi dates would fight it out at a pri mary election In May. fiecret&rv Hoover does not in tend to enter the campaign In South Dakota nor the friends of) Vice President Dawes expect to fight Lowden. Willis of Ohio and Curtis of Kansas have declar ed no plan thus far to contest again Norbeck's man. Some of the supporters of Senator Norris, however, are urging him strongly to go Into the state. HICKMAN CASE OPENS IN COURT TOMORROW (Continued from paga 1) plied affirmatively. The defense attorneys after holding a conference this mora ing disclosed their Intention of opening their case Monday morn lag with the Introduction of 41 depositions taken In Kansas City and Arkansas, the scenes of Hick man's early life and school days. The array of defense alienists will be the first witnesses. ' Argument of opposing- counsel of ruling of the court or both, was expected to enllren . the opening minutes Monday. The question to be settled Is the swearing of the present Jury of three women and nine men or the allowing of fur ther prosecution challenges. Keyes asked to , retain this privilege In the dramatic closing minutes late Friday after th Jury had beeh ac cepted first by himself and imme diately by the defense. .. Late today word from the dis trict attorneys - office Indicated that Keyes on Monday. might de clare to. the court hit acceptance of the nfne men and three women brothers of other races in this think of themselves as Amer similar type at Haskell, Kan are the big five taking the high place in the of the Salem school spread the good name of the location. m when they understand the sit ban from the admission of in the Salem school, which ambition to go higher cer of other tribes throughout the entirely unfair discrimination, Oregon boy. And he has all that shipping green prunes'had the fruit did not reach destin there is a demand for canned all run to capacity in the time The season is too short. Dry jurors . which more would auto matically clear the trial of the le gal tangle he had propelled into It. In that event the next action would be the selection of the alter nate Juror, and the swearing of the completed group. FRED E. KIDDLE OREGON HOOVER CAMPAIGN HEAD (Continued from page 1) ment of the 13 Oregon delegates Kiddle War Veterans Kiddle was elected to the state senate for the district of Union, Morrow and Umatilla counties, and served the first of his two sessions In 1927. His home is at Island City, Union county, a few miles from La Grande, where he has flour milling interests. He was born in Union county in 1895, was educated In the public schools of La Grande and was graduated from the University of Oregon in 1917. He served 14 months over seas and is a paet state comman der of the nerican Legion, and Is chairman of the National Leg ion committee. GIVE ULTIMATUM FOR AID TO U. S. FARMER (Continued from pare 1) and again before congress in some what revised form. During his address. Senator Nye assailed American Interven tion in Nicaragua, "excessive' campaign contributions and the administration's claims of pros perity. "It Is not unreasonable to pro phesy," he said, "that unless the agricultural condition is properly met and remedied there will be born In these United States a new political alignment which you peo-j pie of the east seem to believe to be impossible. "With the couth and the great west battling a like problem, there might easily be born a new understanding. Indeed, there is being born a new understanding that will bring about the birth of a political force which you eastern folk are going to have to reckon with. "You may call us radicals or bolsheviks or whatever you wilL Vou may call us mistaken in our partisan Irregularities. The fact of the matter fa that we are but trying to win a fair economic bal ance for ourselves and a fair dis tribution of the favors of govern ment." OPENING SHOTS HEARD FOR CAMPAIGN IN CITY (Continued from pare 1) cil election will develop on fy in North Salem where members of the ' Hollywood Improvement club are a bit dissatisfied at the coun cil's action In ignoring their peti tions when the appointment was made Of George Thompson. It is expected they will get a candi date la the field and groom him ror a race with Thompson, . Otherwise, the general opinion Is that all officers will be re turned for another term. Sentiment Is strong 'for the re turn of Mayor T. A. LiveW o that he can bring to compleMor the Salem Improvement program he had the vision to Inaugurate. Mark Ponlsen, city recorded, and C O. Bice, city treasurer, also are slated for re-election without op position. Bits For Breakfast V S Look at classified pages Almost two pages. Salem is growing metropolitan. Some strawberry growers are nervous about not being able to contract their crops for this year; especially their barellng berried. We need more canneries; and preserving factories, especially the latter. S W A certain publication has made it appear that the Oregon-Wash ington Water Service company, owning the Salem water works, was being forced to discontinue connections with private services, on account of the danger of con taminating the water in the serv ice pipes of the city. These con nections were made principally with the idea of a guarantee of better fire protection in case of a large conflagration. The fact is, A. L. Gram, chief engineer of the water -works company, in Au gust last, took up .this matter commenced the; work .of forcing a disconnection with all private service1 pipes.! He appealed to the state hoard of health for official sanction and; help In bringing about the disconnection. This is to be done. It Is to be made complete: And the forcing Is on the part of the water service com pany. J. D. Beebee, district man ager, in charge of the Salem water system, contends that the Salem system" does not need help in fur- nishing" ample water for fire pro tection. The Salem system has water power; It has electric power available, and It has steam power In case of need. This gives perfect protection. The reason Chief Engineer Gram started the movement for the disconnection with private systems is that in case contaminated water should get Into the Salem service pipes, It would be hard to get it out; or to rid the pipes readily of the con- tamhrr"S water. The first con sideration Is to give the custo mers pure WiiTer". a "a S The Salem Y free employment office found Jobs last week for 51 men, and six women, out of the ill men and 45 women who ap plied for work. Of the men, 43 were transients. Of the women sent to the Jobs, one was a sten ographer, three cooks, and two housekeepers Van Winkle Defendant- Attorney General Van Winkle Saturday employed the law firm of Joseph, Haney & Llttlefield, Portland, to represent him in a suit started by August Wemme against the E. Henry Wemme en dowment fund. The attorney gen eral has been made a party to the defense. In the original litigation In which the heirs of E. Henry Wemme sued the bIx Christian Science churches of Portland it was held by the court that the at torney general properly appeared as a representative of the public. He has since been represented by the Portland firm. August Wemme alleges that he has filed the new suit for the i purpose of securing proper administration of the fund and the salvaging of the fund from dissipation. Wroter Dies In South Word has been received here of the death of J. A. Wroter In Lofj Angeles. Cal. ! He was buried Fri day, January 27, in the Elks cem etery at Glendale, the Elks lodge having charge of the funeral. Mr. Wroter was born in Tacoma, Wash.. January 1, 1880, where he lived until 1915, when he moved to Salem. He was married to Miss Flossie Day, a Salem girl, in 1917 and they made their home here until four months ago when they left for California. He had heen in poor health for a year. Mr. Wroter will be remembered as a violinist in the Salem Symphony orchestra and in the Salem Elks orchestra, as4 also played at the Elslnora theater. Besides his ajfe he leaves two children. Dar rell andTJon Wroter; two brothers. Bert and Arch Wroter, and a sis ter, Mrs. Cora McLeod, all of Los Angeles. Patients Leave Hospital Mrs. Yarnell and Miss Eleanor McCrone have returned to their homes from k local hospital. Road Fond Transferred FundB to the sum of. $912.92 be- n rnrt Aimtrirl nnmbeiJL 61 have been placed to the credit v : "r.. M . ,An two of road district number 4, with which It was recently consolidat ed, by order of the county court. OREGON DADS ORGANIZE EUGENE, 1 Jan. 28. (AP) j Bruce Dennis of Klamath Falls was elected president of an organ isation of fathers of University of Oregon students today when the first annual "Dad's day" was ob served on the campus. More than 300 fathers were In attendance and the day closed with a big ban quet. Frank Andrews of Portland was elected vice president, C. D. Rorer of Eugene, secretary, and Karl Onthank of . Eugene, ex ecutive secretary. An executive committee, consisting of the elect ed officers and the following men was; selected : . Senator A. W, Nor- blad. Astoria: H. E. Coolrldge. La Grande; W. W. Banks, C- C. Cbap- nmn and J. C. Stevens, -Portland. Three,, more men ".from different parts of the state will be selected by the president The OUTER GATE By OCTAVUS ROY COHEN oimii rxsas assy., ih. . t READ THIS FIRST Bob Terry Js released after serving three years In prison for a crime he did not commit. Peter Borden, his employer, was chiefly responsible for sending him there, believing it was hie "duty," as he put it With Bob's release, Bordon takes him in his home and offers to share his fortune because he is sorry for him. Bob Terry accepts Borden's hospitality but deter mines to make him suffer as he has suffered. In Borden's home. Bob meets his daughter, Lois, who he has always admired from afar, Bob also meets Kathleen Shan non, niece of his prison pal, Todd Shannon. Kathleen Is John Car- mody's private secretary. Carmody is the state's political boss and is a criminal lawyer. Carmody also hates Borden and determines to get him through Bob Terry. He offers Terry a position in the law office. Borden's business associates are taking him to task for permit ting Bob Terry to stay at his home. John Merri weather, Bor den's business rival, is particular ly angry about It. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER Xm Horace Lambert's voice broke in, cheerful and good-natured. "You two quit fighting. It strikes me that this is a great deal of ; about nothing, when we really have some important ques tions to consider. My opinion and I think I can speak for the others Is that Peter has always been too confoundedly conscien tious. But I fail to see that this failing is less broad than it Is long. Certainly he has built this company from a bankrupt state to the point where it is about to be a fairly large factor in the in dustrial scheme of the section. And I, for one, vote that he be given the usual free hand in what ever he wishes to do." A short, stout. Jolly man at the corner of the table made a laugh ing remark: "Peter will do It any way, Jonas." Merriweather knew that he was beaten. The cold light remained in his eyes, but he was forced to smile. "I was giving advice not or ders, Peter." "Thank you, Jonas." "And of course, you must not talk of resignation. I think the experiment is Quixotic, but if you insist " "I do." "Let's quit this and get down to business." It was Lambert speaking. "We've got a financial question to consider, and a damn ed important one. Have you brought your statement, Borden?" "Certainly." The vice president opened a brief case and took from it a sheaf of neatly type-written pages. "I have prepared this data carefully and If you wish "Don't read 1L Give us a sum mary." Borden's eye swept the table Interrogatively. "Will that be satisfactory?" bnootl" ordered the faced man. round- "Briefly, then, gentlemen this company has been built up from nothing in the face of some rather bitter competition. We are ready to move into our new plant a plant that was necessary if we are to continue our expansion. The building of that plant has been delayed because of a strike which has placed ourselves and the con tractor In a very delicate position. Callahan has laid his cards face up on the table. He tells me that If we force him to pay the forfeit under the contract for non-delivery of the plant on the specified date, he will be forced into bank ruptcy. That might give us sat isfaction, but certainly no profit. Now, my Idea is that we pool our Interests with Callahan's, finance the settling of his labor troubles on the basis which the strikers ask. ourselves pay the difference and rush the plant through." "And that will cost us how much?" xvotmng m the end. It will require, however, about a quarter million dollars within the next three months. And there may be the necessity for another call lat er." "And where are we to get this money f" "That Is a matter for you gentlemen to consider. 'Actually r. V i on mis Wltn- years. -Otherwise, our pro duction will come to a standstill and we will face lawsuits over non-delivery of orders' accepted on the basis of our increased capac ity. If we raise this money " "We have exhausted our credit with the banks. They have loaned us every possible cent to finance this, construction. I know that. And since this is very much of a closed enrnnm- tion and can therefore proceed T?J a rather unorthodox manner, it Is my Idea, for us, as Individuals, to lend money to Ihe company for--say two years.'1 f ."How?" r , ''Negotiable securities. Among us, we hold Liberty bonds, for ln stancsf, to considerably more than a w quaner-muiion aouar total. jSupposethen; that If the crtsls cannot he averted -any-other way, we lend those bonds to the com pany,, without Interest. We can borrow face value on them f rom the hank and have the. mony which is essential to use If -we wish to avoid a more serious con dition.. Mr idea la to Jinlsh,he plant and rush Into big" production j as soon as possible Of course.! there is a chance that this will not be necessary. Callahan is not entirely pessimistic. But we must prepare " Lambert interrupted. "I'm for it. There isn't an outside share of stock in the corporation and we fellows have known each other all our lives. What goes on Inside the company is our own business and' not to be governed by gen eral rules of Industry. We're re ally risking nothing, and buying safety at medium coet. My vote Is aye." "And mine!" chorused two oth-J ers. Borden held out a .restraining hand. "No necessity to rush. I merely wanted to explain the sit-f uation and sound you out. If you agree with my plan, then I shaH know how to proceed. . We may not have to do it at all; or again. we may need the money in an in stant to re-establish credit. Is It agreed?" They nodded. "Sounds like the only way," remarke dMeTrlweath er. "I can spare a hundred thou sand dollars' worth now." "Good. And you, Horace?" "Forty." "I can put In forty thousand." said Borden. "And you. Jim?" Ten minutes later the chairs were scraped back from the table. But when the others left, Jones Merriweather held back. He dropped his hand on Borden's arm "I trust your business Judg ment implicitly, Peter," he said, "but I'm doubtful about this Bob Terry thing." "There's no need, Jonas. The boy is pathetic." "I agree. But he has been ex cluslvely in contact with criminals for three years and he is hum an. Don't forget that, Peter. He Is human." "Good God! Jonas that is the very thing I am trying not to for get; can't, you understand?" "Yes," answered the president. "I can. Better, perhaps, than you." Twice Loia walked past Bob's door. Twice she paused and raised her hand to knock. And twice the thumping of her own heart fright ened her and she moved away in a panic. From beyond the door she had heard the even thump-thumping of Bob's feet; that rhythmic tread back and forth, back and forth. The sound begot visions which she did not like visions of this young man in a prison uniform, pacing the narrow, barred con fines of a cell across and back. She visualised him surrounded by hundreds of convicts, sharing a cell with four of them; and each sight of his haggard face, his sunken eyes, his pallid cheeks. brought home to her something of what he had experienced. Lois was more worried than she knew. She herself did not realize what Bruce Richardson already knew that her pity for this man had over-stepped the bounds of impersonality. Lois herself would have been amazed at the knowl edge that she was In love with Bob; she did not realize that he had excited her sympathy and aroused to the full her latent ma ternal instinct, and that these sen timents had crystallized Into some thing deeper and more poignant. There was much that Lois did not know about Bob Terry, and by the same token, there was much that she did know. She knew, for Instance, that he was not unconscious of the fact that those who tried to cultivate him did so because they were curious; she knew that there was no busi nesa man In the city who would trust Bob. The bitter light of the criminal flamed occasionally from his eyes, and at times he was fur tive and secretive. But society had been outwardly nice to him. because he was the seven days' wonder of the city: the man who .had served three years in a penal institution for a crime he had not committed. There were some who came to the Borden home with the idea of asking questions. There was one woman a social worker Interest ed In prison reform who called one afternoon with the Idea of dis cussing with Bob her theories of prison life. He had sat In the corner staring at her out of his dark-rimmed eyes, and finally he had risen and walked from the room without , a word. The lady was duly insulted and properly scandalized and went around the city telling her friends that Bob Terry was a beast who belonged in prison. - - 1 . Lois knew that the public be lieved that Terry belonged to It. Individually and en masse It of fered community sympathy when really all it held was curiosity. Newspapers tried to interview him and at one such attempted Inter view Bob remembered that he was FREE VOTING BALLOT This ballot is good for 200 votes for the candidate In The Oregon Statesman Subscription Campaign, whose name is written on it. Do not fold. Trim. Name Address . VOID AFTER MARCH 10TH, 1928 ANYONE. CAN VOTE FOR FRIENDS no longer a convict and told a particularly Impertinent reporter to go to helL This reporter rushed back, to his office and wrote an Interview which his city editor wisely refused to print. Libelous," said this man, "and damned unkind." (To be continued) ; TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO o- o (From columns of the States man, January 29, 1903.) Tucson, Arts. Twenty-five to fifty people were . believed killed In railroad train collision here. The only event that took place yesterday to mar the peace and serenity of the city was a team runaway on Court street. The kiss, the hug, and other demonstrations of affection have been omitted from the Junior class play at Northwestern university. th request of women in the cast. Only two women are confined in the state penitentiary, but Rep resentative T. B. Kay, yesterday, at the request of Salem women, introduced a bill to provide for a matron. The action is the result of a recent scandal at the peni tentiary.! CRITICS PREPARING TO WRITE BIG STORY (Continued from page 1) day this newspaper will print one or imore of the amateur reviews submitted each day, paying S1.00 each for them. At the end of the week, on Saturday, it will an nounce the grand winner of the week, selected by its Judges, whose decisions are final; and award he or she with an addi tional $10.00. The picture opens Tuesday at the Elsinoro theater; The first reviews will be printed Wednes day and others will rbe printed daily through Friday. Saturday will come the announcement of the grand winner. The prizes will be awarded at the Statesman of fice each day following publication and during the run of "The Pri vate Life of Helen of Troy." The rules are printed at the head of this article. So, If you think you know any thing about criticizing a motion picture anad who doesn't think so? perhaps to do your best. COLORED CAREER ENDS WITH DEATH IN FRANCE (Continued from pace 1) in revolutionary circles, he wai not exiled until arter the world war. His father, editor of the repub lican paper "Pueblo," gave ba a suu man uu uis Biurmj career. The young Ibanez early nttractctl' the attention of Madrid leaders through articles and hot headed speeches at meetings wherfr tha fiery youth gathered a slzeablo ?roup of partisans. Even in Argentina where the novelist spent considerable time, Ibanez could not remain quiet. He had a publishing bouse there where he printed his own work, but eventually his taste for re form involved him in trouble in connection with the Cuban insur rection and he went to Italy. Later he went to Spain where he was courtmartialled and sentenced to four years imprisonment, which ieryed only to give hm time to think of new hard things to say about the tyranny of kings and generals. The novelist's most sensational mental explosion occurred when Primo de Rivera took over the reins of government in his native Spain. The writer's blasts against the dictator often made the French government uncomfort able. After surviving unharmed duels and the dangers of political op position In Latin countries, Ibanex succumbed to a cold which ho taught while digging In the gard en of his estate Fontana Rosa, a few Aan vn TVu. ;.i i. .. . O w.wB M1U lio :ould have resisted the pneumonia which developed had he not boon worn down by worry over Incor rect reports that he wae actively rnnnMtt With an aa1lnfan uprisings in Spain. The estate which he is leaving to the writers of the world has gardens designed by specialists brought from alt parts, of Franco for the purpose. Of the house itself, It was said that Ibanez did not; consider any room in it com plete unless its walls were adorned with at least 1,000 books. ! NOTICE DOG OWNERS Under the present law all do;t eight months old or over must licensed, and this law reads: On March 1st a penalty -of $1 will bo added on all Male and Spayed Fe male dog licenses unpaid making them $2 on March 1st, and a pen alty of 2 will be added on all fe male dog licenses unpaid making them 84 on March 1st. The law applies to the keeper of dogs as well as owner. U. O. BOYER. J29 County Clerk.