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THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 1V1928
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Enured at the Pot Otte ia 3im. Orca. a. . -claae matter.
THE IRRIGATION DISTRICT MUDDLE
Rhea Luper, state engineer,
ber of Commerce at the noon
gation district muddle that he, as secretary of the state
reclamation commission, created by the, last legislature, is
charged with clearing up
And be it said to the credit
more rapid progress has been
sible In fact, little faith was placed in the effectiveness
of the method adopted by the legislature, which provides a
way more in the nature of arbitration than any other
But in the ten months of work under the 'new law the
commission has undertaken to assist in the reorganization
of six irrigation districts, involving bonded indebtedness oi
$5,860,800; an additional debt to the state of $1,584,595,
and directly affecting the title to 94,233 acres of irrigable
land owned by 1727 people.
This is a big task. The bonds are not registered. The
holders must be found. They
value of their bonds the amount the district can pay
And each district presents an entirely separate problem;
different methods must be applied to each.
In Oregon 62 irrigation districts have been formed. These
districts have issued bonds in the amount of more than $12,-
000,000, and $11,275,000 of these bonds are still outstanding.
Fifteen districts have defaulted in payment of principal or
interest.
Some of the districts will pay their debts in full if given
extensions of time and a chance to get more settlers.
Some will pay 75 cents on the dollar ; some 50 cents, some
as low as 25 cents, and Mr. Luper thinks there are two that
are entirely hopeless and may be considered of no value.
Much patience will be needed; much time
But the reclamation commission is functioning, it is
getting the loose ends together. These problems concern
mostly eastern Oregon, but all the people of the state are
interested, because the credit of the state is involved. The
itate at large may be paying taxes for a long time in the
future on the losses of the commonwealth in aiding the
irrigation districts.
Mr. Luper called attention to the fact that in the east
there is a movement along the idea that reclamation should
not be further fostered by the United States government.
This would be unjust. The money for reclamation work
by the federal government comes from the sales of public
lands in the west, and from leases of public lands, and the
products cf these lands
And in reclamation work is the only way the west, in
which the public lands are located, can benefit.
The people of the west should jealously guard their rights
in this respect. It is their money: The east has no public
lands left. The people of the east ought not to be allowed to
block the development of the west, by depriving the people
of this section of what rightfully belongns to them.
IT IS A VICIOUS BILL
Initiative petitions are being circulated for placing on the
ballot a constitutional amendment prohibiting the legisla
ture from modifying or otherwise acting upon any initiative
legislation approved by the people, and preventing the use
of the emergency clause by the legislature
And this should certainly fail in getting enough names
to clutter the ballot at the primary election of May 18, or
any future election.
Oregon has gained an unenviable reputation as a state
of freak legislation
Though it is not deserved, because most freak proposals
have been voted down in this state, and many attempted to
be placed on the ballot have failed of getting sufficient
names.
It is inconceivable that any thoughtful person would, har
bor an idea of depriving the legislature of the power of de
claring an emergency
It might bring a state of anarchy.
And it is inconceivable that
proposition to deprive the legislature of the power of cor
recting by proper amendment any legislation that might in
times of undue excitement, or by accident, get onto the
statute books
That, too, would be bordering on anarchy.
Do not sign such a petition. In case the proposition gets
onto the ballot, smother it with a deluge of negative votes.
A leading Salem man came in last night to protest against
the idea of the abandonment of the municipal camp grounds.
He said 59 families were located in and around Salem last
year as the direct result of the city owned camp grounds.
He asserted that all first class tourists inquire for the mun
icipally owned camp grounds, because they have protection
there. The grounds are guarded. They have a night watch,
and a care taker. This matter is to be debated on Friday
evening at the Y. M. C. A. forum.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGU
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(From Columns of The Statesman
of March 12, 1903.)
"The Web-Foot is the new
name of the paper published at the
Oregon school for the deaf.
Plans for "the greatest state fair
nmeon has ever known" were
made by the fair board at a meet
ing here. The premium list was
much enlarged over previous years.
A marria.
yesterday K
license was Issued
II. Downing and
Statesman
lUlnh H. KUMiac A4TrUaiaff Xaaarar
Uoj4 E. Btifflar - Sapariataadaa
H. HUftrwt, umitiMi aixiw
t. Eaatra - iJvaattak idivor
W. C. Cwirr - - Pwltry MiW
Set Tpartaaat
Circa leUja Office
explained to the Salem Cham
meeting yesterday the irri
of that commission, greater and
mace than was thought pos
must agree to accept as the
any one would listen to the
Augusta
county.
Newton, both of Marion
In older to relieve the housing
situation, the upper floors' of sev
eral downtown buildings are being
fitted up as living quarters for
families.
AVAR VET DIES
MEDFORD. Ore., Mar. 13.
(AP) George W. Frey, a veteran
of the Modoc Indian wars, who re
sided for 43 years in the Lake
creek district of Jackson county,
died yesterday aged 83 Tears.
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AMJOef'W 50tf5 SWEHtiEAgTStOriFESSlONS OFAW1
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READ THIS FIRST:
Lynda Fenton, daughter of John
Fenton, a periodical drunkard,
has just obtained her first job as
a typist in the oiiice or Armitage
& Son.
Her father continually harps
upon Lynda's mother, how she ran
away with a man who had more
money than he, and insists every
woman has her price.
Lynda's one friend and compan
ion is David Kenmore, who has
also known poverty.
Ralph Armitage has already
"spotted" Lynda, and the second
day in the office she becomes ac
quainted with Emily Andrews.
who cultivates her in order to
know David better, &i she cher
ishes a secret fondness for him.
In the girls' rest room Emily
gives what she terms the "low
down on the new stenog." Claire
Stanhope champions Lynda. After
work that evening Emily intro
duces Lynda to the "bunch." She
is made to feel uncomfortable.
Later she meets David on the way
home.
NOW GO ON W ITH THE STORY
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Chapter 7
Spaghetti at .Mother Monte's
S'
UDDENLY Lynda heard David
say: "You were foolish not
to come to luncheon. I'll bet
you are hungry right now. I'm
sure you haven't had a thing to
eat all day. Answer me. Have
you?"
Because she did" not know how
to lie to him. Lynda raised a scar
let face and whispered:
"Yes. I had some coffee and a
piece of toast this morning."
"Have you anything in the
house for your supper?"
"I don't know. I told father
last night that he would have to
bring Home some things, as we
were even out of bread. He knew
I didn't have any money, and he'll
surely bring something if, he
comes home.
David took hold of her arm and
drew her into a small Italian res
taurant.
"Here's Mother Monte's."
He seated her at a table and.
without giving her a chance to ob
ject, said to the jolly-faced woman
behind the counter:
"Two spaghetties."
In a .moment two great plates
of steaming, fragrant food was set
before them.
"You shouldn't have done this,"
3aid Lynda, but already a portion
was on its way to her mouth. She
was ravenous.
"I have not enough money to
pay for my share, David, and
you've already fed one girl today."
"I know it," he answered, hon
estly. "That's the reason I'm mak
ing you eat before you get home.
If your father forgets the grocer
ies, you'd have nothing to eat to
night, and you couldn't go back
to the office tomorrow hungry."
Lynda felt no shame that David
should know she was hungry.
They had gone hungry together
too many times when they were
children, and had shared each
other's food when they had it, but
she didn't want him to Epend his
money on her, as he had done on
Emily Andrews.
She hadn't realized that during
the last two years David had
steadily gone on making a higher
salary, until today, as salesman
for Armitage & Son, that he was
looked upon as a good catch for
all the girls who knew him by
sight, and a better catch by those
who knew him personally.
"Lyn, don't you know that I'm
getting fifty dollars a week and a
bonus. I got another raise last
payday."
She started in surprise, for she
hadn't known it. In the excite
ment of her graduation, and his
taking his first job on the road,
they hadn't had a chance to talk
things over as usual.
She was just going to say, how
ever, that he must not spend any
of it on her, and that as soon as!
she got her first check, she would j
repay nirn. in part, the money he
had loaned her from time to time.
when he said:
"Lyn, dear, I have quite a little
money in the bank, and I want
you to take one hundred dollars,
which ought to tide you over nice
ly until you get your first check,
then you can start giving me back
a little each week, n you wish.
With no idea that even in these
liberal days a girl doesn't accept
money from a young man, Lynda
took it as a matter of fact that
David should offer to help her out.
It had come to her with crushing
force, all this long, hungry after
noon, that unless she had a small
sum of money now, it would be
impossible for her to keep on for
KNUCKLES ACHED
WITH RHEUMATISM
lly knuckles were so sore and
swollen with rheumatism I couldn't
hold a pen in my
hand. After many
remedies had failed
I tried SL Jacob's
OH. Almost in
stantly the pain dis
appeared and soon
my hands were nor
mal again .
"St. Jacob's Oil'
is the good old rem
edy for the pains and
aches of Rheuma
tism, Sciatica, Neu
ritis, Lumbago,
Sprains and Strains.
It roes directly to the seat of the
trouble and draws out all the "ouch".
It works every time and doesn't bora
the skin. Get a small trial bottle of
"St. Jacob's Oil" at your druggist to
day and see the magic.
Ft
two weeks. She was pretty sure
her father had again lost his Job,
and when she got home she would
find neither money nor food, and
he winced at the thought of what
she might suffer if David and
Mother Monte's spaghetti had not
come to the rescue.
"You know. David." she said. "I
really haven't had enough to eat
for the last weke. I spent about
all I had for this dress, thinking
Dad yould give me enough to run
the house, but last night I imag
ined he was jobless again, and
when he tore my dress I nearly
gave -p hope. If I could not have
mended it. I think I'd have thrown
myself in the river; and I knew
this noon that unless something
some miracle turned up, I would
have to call myself -beaten.
"I wouldn't be honest with my
self or you. David, if I didn't bor
row this money from you. I
would havt divided with you, the
same as you are doing with me.
I've kept strict account of what
you have loaned me, and with this
hundred dollars, I owe you one
hundred and eighty-seven dollars
and sixty-six cents. I'll begin to
pay you back on my very first pay
day, and thany you, Davie, dear,
for all you've done for me."
The speech was absolutely sex
less, as of one boy to another. Be
fore David had known Emily An
drews, he would have accepted it
in kind; but today, all the time he
listened to Lynda, he wondered
why he had never kissed the sweet
red lips, from which the words
came.
David Kenmore caught himself
watching the little dimples come
and go at the corners of Lynda's
mouth, as she talked. He found
that he had all he could do to
keep from touching them, they
were so elusive and fascinating.
When Lynda had eaten the last
string of spaghetti with a consum
ing appetite, she asked Mother
Monte for a sheet of paper and
pen and ink.
"What's the idea. Lyn?" asked
David, although he knew perfectly
well what she had in mind.
"I'm going to give you my note,
David" and she wrote carefully:
For value received, I prom
ise to pay David Kenmore, One
Hundred Eighty-seven Dollars
and Sixty-seven Cents, two
years from date.
"LYNDA FENTON."
(To be Continued.)
III TO OFFICERS
Texas State Ranger Makes
Drastic Charge Against
Law Officials
AUSTIN. Texas. Mar. 12.
(AP) State Ranger Captain
Frank Hamer offered here today
to prove that four m,en for whose
deaths the Texas Rangers asso
ciation has paid $20,000 were lur
ed into the Odessa and Rankin.
Texas, bank robbing jobs by a
man who directed them, "tipped"
officers and then shared privately
in the rewards.
Charging in a statement that a
"murder machine" has grown out
VourTriD
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Tts not only the interest-
ing days and nights in
strange nations of the Or
ient it's your voyage
across am) back that has
much ta do with the suo
cess and enjoyment of
your trip
That's why experienced
travellers -on tntuneu or
pleasurt - unfailingly go
the Canadian Pacific way.
Sail from Vancouver or
Victoria. B. C- 10 days to
Japan, then China and the
Philippines. Book now1
, Information
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MURDER HI
Two Salem Girls Elected
On Council at Centralia
Two Salem girls were se
lected on the council of the North
west Junior Business Girls' asso
ciation at the spring: conference
held in Centralia, Wn., Saturday
and Sunday. Miss Ethel Mllburn
was chosen vice president and Miss
Opal Bumphrey will serve as
member of the council for the en
suing year. , ,
.Members of the Salem delega
tion report an enthusiastic and
profitable gathering, with 17 5 j
members present from Utah. Van
couver, B. C, Washington ana
Oregon, comprising the northwest
district of the order.
The summer conference of the
northwest group will be held at
to the decision of the council at
the meeting.
of the association's offer of 35,000
reward for each dead bank bandit.
Captain Hamer declared that' the
man he mentioned is planning two
more jobs of the same nature to
get a "cut" of the reward money.
"The two men who were killed
in the Odessa job," Captain Ham
er .said, "had nothing with them
that would enable them to get in
to the vault of the bank once they
were inside the building.
"The reward for the Rankin job
was shared in by three men but I
have facts to prove that at least
one other man shared in it pri
vately." .
Referring caustically to the con
fessed "frame up" some weeks ago
in which two Mexicans were shot
down as bank burglars at Stan
ton. Captain Hamer declared that
only one professional bank rob
ber has been killed f under the
banks reward. That was the one
at Cisco, Texas, when three other
robbers were captured. Denying
that the reward has stopped pro
fessional bank robbing, the ranger
named seven other robberies be
sides the three named.
Giving his theory as to haw the
'murder machine" originated. Cap
tain Hamer said the bankers re
ward has ''aroused the greed and
desire of a small group of men
who love money better than hum
an life."
II BOLL ENDED
EXCEPT NAMES OF A FEW
WHO SIGNED UP LATE
Today's list concludes the pub
lication of the Capital Post No. 9
American Legian honor roll, ex
cept that there will be some more
names of later entries.
Strictly speaking, Walter Zosel
winds up the list, as his name
conies pretty close to last in the
alphabet. It's said that Walt
came near changing his name
while he was in service, because
it .took so long to get around to
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GOWNS
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The local group making the
trip was accompanied by the ad
viser, Miss Elizabeth Baker. Y. W.
C. A. secretary, and Miss Evelyn
Scsuck, teacher at the Englewood
school who directed the pageant
which the Salem and Portland
girls presented at the Centralia
meeting. The trip from Portland
to Centralia -was made in company
with the rose city delegation.
In addition to Miss Baker and
Miss Scsuck, Salem junior business
airls who made the trip were: Vir
ginia Best, Rozanna Zieiie, Ethel
MUburn, Bessie Tucker, Eileen Gil
son. Wilma Flnster, Florence
Watts. Lfelia Park, Opal and Eve
Bumphrey. Elizabeth and Anona
Welch and Mildred Judson.
him when passes were being is
sued. Today's list follows:
J. L. Woodworth -Ralph
Worden
Bryon C. Wright
S. E. Wright
Chas A. Wurm
Robert W. Wyatt
R. D. Wylie
A. N. Wysong
Richard J. Yales
D. A. Young
Francis Young
J. B. Young
John W. Young
Guy Young
O. H. Zellar
Frank N. Zinn
F. Howard Zinser
Walter H. Zosel
C. A. Stokoe
Gail H. Jones
W. E. Flick
W. J. Beard
Peter .W. Johnson
Rev. C. W. Rutsch
C. O. Daue
D. C. Steiwer
Felix Albert English
Carl V. Booth
James I. Stewart
Fred F. Burya
Cris M. Johnson
John M. Thomas
P. J. Heppner
Herman Viesko
Fred J. Tooze, Jr.
J. W. Wood
A. E. St. Clair
Neil Morton
Herbert O. Ray
Raymond F. Schults
E. D. Hewitt
H. A. Nelson
David Smith
J. E. Gentry
Everett Brown
Raymond F. Schults
E. D. Hewitt
II. A. Nelson
David Smith
J. E. Gentry.
Brooks Community Club
Holds All Day Session
BROOKS. March 12 (Special)
-The Brooks Community club
SPRING OPENING
Tonight 7:30 Come!
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- FROCKS - LINGERIE
MEIER
THE MORNING ARGUMENT
AUNT HET
By Robert Quillen
f
"You find about what you're
Iookin for, an when a man comes
back from the city talkln about
how wicked it it. I know what he's
been up to."
(Copyright, 1923, PublUhert Syndicate-)
met with Mrs. B. F. Ramp on
Thursday. March 8 for an all day
meeting with a pot-luck lunch.
The day was spent most enjoy
ably quilting for the hostess.
A large number of members
were present and the following
special guests:
Mrs. G. A. Miller and Mrs. Jay
Vibbert of Salem; Mrs. Jerry
Wyant and Mrs. Erwiu of Inde
pendence. A short business session was
held with the president, Mrs. Wal
ter Fuller, presiding. At the so
cial hour several responded with
humorous readings.
The club will meet with Mrs.
F. X. Mozian on Thursday after
noon, March 22, for a silver tea.
This being guests' day, each mem
ber is requested to bring a gueet.
Mrs. John Dunlary and Mrs.
Willard Ramp assisted the hos-
I tess, Mrs. B. F. Ramp.
NEW GARB HAZARDOUS
I NANTUCKET. Mass. Just be
cause Albert S. Chadwick changed
his coat his bull charged and in
jured him. The bull, ordinarily
tame, failed to recognize him in
the different coat.
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POOR PA
By Claude Callaa
"I helped at the church Lai::
an Ma says the women got n,.
because they wanted their ov :
husbands to tend to business.'
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FINDS RELIEF
By Taking Lydia E. Pink
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Roe, Kansas. "I was so weak nr.
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