Tfce OREGON STATESMAN, fixfca. Oregca, Friday UCTtfe, Ilxrch 21. ISS3
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"No Favor Su?ayt I; No Fear ShaU Awe."
From First Statesman, March 18, ltSl
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Old Man Orecon Wins
S a leader in the movement
whiskers and set him up
pants, and everything, The Statesman after solemnly looung
over the figure evolved by the Telegram's contest, is ready to
oav that ma Man Orecron wins- Wins? Yes, hands down, not
even a draw. The matronly dame the Telegram seeks to sub-
etitute may do for a placard on the meeting of the Oregon
pioneers, but she won't qualify for a representation of pro
gressive Oregon.
There is no humor in the lady; there is no action; she
stands more like a tired mother who has borne too many child
ren. Strength of character, yes ; but she is too statuesque, and
indeed the figure was inspired by the statue of the pioneer
mother '
No' trive us Old Man Oreron rather, than the Telegram's
stiff ladv with lonsr hair and skirts.' Reynolds can perhaps put
spats or the old gent, and mayhap leave off the antique muf
fler; biit no cartoonist can work with the Telegram's grim
dame, i
We; didn't exactly expect a "Miss Oregon" dressed in a
Jantzen bathing suit to be chosen to typify the new Oregon
spirit ; but neither did we look for Old Man Oregon's widow to
be selected to carry the role. Until such time as The States
man gets a cartoonist and makes its own character we are
ready to ask for a truce and grant the field to Old Man Oregon.
Rules of the Club
THE senate is one of the greatest of clubs, as it is one of
the most exclusive. One of the rules is to help a brother
club-member whenever he is in distress. Like a lodge when
a member gives the distress sign, the other members rally
to his support. Quite in form then is it for Senators Johnson,
Jones, Thomas and Borah to rally to Senator McNary's de
fense when he is under fire and his seat put in jeopardy be
cause' of his alleged lack of support! of the lumber tariff.
Not that what they say is not every .word true, but that the
instance illustrates the first rule of the senate club: help
your fellow member to be re-elected- Sometimes that expands
to passing special legislation in order to put a senator in good
at horiie- Poindexter for instance got a- Columbia basin bill
through some years ago pretty much under the plea of need
ing a atrip of bacon to show the voters back home.
Ebould not be at all surprising if the final adoption of
the lumber tariff by the senate is not due to the personal
appeal' of Senator McNary. Or perhaps the brothers saw
their fellow member of the lodge in some distress and ral
lied ta his rescue. That after all, may Eave been the strategy
of the lumbermen of the state. They started a hot forest
fire oft the McNary preserves and it called out the senate
majority to man the pumps and put out Jhe fire.
Tne lumbermen could not have defeated Senator Mc
Nary.j They doubtless knew that. But their game worked
and wprked well. The rules of senate club were simply in
voked rto gain the desired tariff.
Thumbs Down on Huston
NOT in a long time has the republican party had quite
such a washout for party head as Claudius H- Huston.
One wonders why he doesn't have the grace to resign. Pres
ident Hoover picked him out, and it can be only the presi
dent's wish that keeps him nominally in power although act
ually he has been oukof the picture for some weeks.
That is, he has been out of the picture of the party or
ganization but quite in the limelight in the senatorial inves
tigation. He is disclosed as lobbyist for the Tennessee River
Improvement association which was backing the leasing of
Muscle Shoals to the American Cynamid company. That
might pass under the name of public improvements, but Hus
ton admitted receiving checks, one for $22,000 and one for
114,100 from the Union Carbide company, a subsidiary of
American Cynamid. But the
New York brokers instead of
nessee River Improvement association. The check for $14,100
was used as margin for stock
ried oh under the name of a confidential friend and associate,
V. E. Moore.
Here is a pretty picture,
private stock speculation. Low
putting it. A fellow who is reputed as renigging on his poker
debts, using good-sized contributions from corporations seek
ing favors from congress, to carry on his private stock spec
ulations with.
The personal loyalty of
it is placed on a fellow of this
: Placing Responsibility for Losses
TN connection with the investigation of the failure of the
1 paper mill project at Astoria, criticism has been made of
the corporation commissioners office for approving the stock
flotation. Says the Eugene Register:
The obvious tndlcatloa Is that those who put their money In a
worthless, promotion had placed their reliance ta the corporation
commissioner's approval ot it. And tha brioizs coaelosioa. la that the
investigation ot the claim at major financing ought to have- been
made before the permit was granted instead of after the stock had
been sold locally." . , "
Speaking after the event the conclusion of the Register
is sound ; and no doubt the corporation commissioner'a office
feels, keenly the blot on its record wherever it discovers that
the permission to sell stock is shamefully abused as in this
instance. But it should be recalled that this particular enter-
orate men high in the confidence of the people of the state;
and one experienced paper mill man who has proven his: abil
- ity ft northwestern Bulk , ' ? . . . "
. The dissipation of the proceeds of the stock sale was
conscienceless. But .where the directors themselves prof ess
ignorance of the way the deal was palled it can scarcely be
expected that the corporation ccnmissioner would apprehend
' the fraud in time to call a halt. r '-
This Is indeed a major fiasco. However it has few if any
duplicates in the -state since the Dine sky law was passed.
Prior to that shady stock deals were very common. Undoubt
edly both the law and the administration need to be strength.
ened, and will be as experiencedisclcses their weaknesses. -
to trim Old Man Oregon's
in youiniui sun wren cnec
checks were deposited with
the to the credit of the Ten
speculation which Huston car
Huston using lobby money for
- grade ethics is a mud way of
the president should end when
stamp.
HEALTH
Today's Talk
By It 8. Copeland, M. D.
Much interest U being shown ta
the cart of children'! teeth, both
by the dental profession tod thi
medical profes
sion. Br public
education they
hop to ai com
push what
aeexni Ilka an
impossible task
by any other
means. Parents
are encouraged
to bring their
children to the
free dental cua
ics. The seed for
ear of a child's
first teeth Is a
matter which Is
overlooked all
too frequently.
Most parents believe that It Is a
natural thing for the tint teeth
to eome out and that oa this ac
count they require no care. This
Is not true. It the first teeth ara
not taken care of, the second
teeth com la with lessened Tlts
lty.
Glre your child a ehanca to
hare perfect teeth. Take him to
the dentist or cllnlo often enough
to keep decay under control. Once
every six months is not too often.
Nutrition has a place ot great
Importance in the matter of tne
teeth. The diet ot the growing
child should be carefully, watch
ed. His rapid growth calls tor aa
abundance of good protein foods,
and the minerals, which are
bone and teeth-forming factors.
They must hare the necessary vit
amins to promote growth and en
ergy. Milk is. an essential for every
child, at least a quart every day.
If a child gets tired of .drinking
milk. Change may be had by glv
lag him this amount of mUk In
the form of custards, creamed
soups, m puddings and outer
ways. '
Even the youngest child should
have an abundance of fruit juices.
especially orange Juice and toma
to juice, besides milk In the diet.
The growing child needs an abun
dance of the fresh fruits and veg
etables, especially the leafy vege
tables and tomatoes. He should be
given liberal amounts of them,
lettuce, spinach, cauliflower, cab
bage. Eggs are an excellent protein
food. They possess easily digested
fats, iron and the vitamins, espe
cially the "antirachitic" factors.
Soft boiled or poached or shirred
eggs are better than fried eggs.
Cereals served with milk form
another excellent protein food.
Oatmeal, rolled oats, wheatena
and shredded wheat are all good
cereals.
Children should be taught to
keep the teeth clean. They should
be brushed, night and morning,
with a stiff brush, with or without
dentifrice.
Yesterdays
... Of Old Oregon
Towa Talks from The States
man Oar Fathers Bead
March 21, 10O5
Articles of incorporation of the
Willamette endowment associa
tion were filed here. The head
quarters of the association will be
at Portland, and the value ot the
property on hand is 1500. The
purpose of the' association is to se
cure, establish, receive, solicit
and otherwise handle funds for
the university.
Before another scholastic year
rolls around there will be added
to Willamette university a Bplen-
did new medical building, Presi
dent Coleman, who will instigate
a vigorous campaign to that end.
has announced. Cost ot the struc
ture will be not less than 115,000
Coleman and Dean Byrd of the
medical department estimate.
Dr. Woods Hutchinson, secre
tary ot the state board of health
and health officer, was deposed
from that posiUon by the state
board of health, at a meeting held
In Portland. The position will be
filled by Dr. R. C. Yenney of Port
land. It Is alleged that Hutchinson
used his office as a means of ad
vertising himself and did not give
eredit to the board for his official
actions.
A Problem
For You For Today
If apples can be bought for $1.-
S0 a bushel and 10 per cent are
wasted, at what must the rest be
sold to gain 40 per cent?
ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'S
PROBLEM
S-9. Explanation Square 1;
square 1: divide 1 by S-4: re
sult is the ratio ot the flow in the
two pipes. Subtract 4-9 from 9-9
to get the decrease.
Aumsville and
Hubbard Divide
Practice Games
AUMSVILLE, March 20. The
high and grade school baseball
teams went to Hnbbard Friday
afternoon for practice games. The
score for the high team was eight
to seven in favor of AumarHle
grade team eight to seven ta fa
vor ot Hnbbard.
Mr. and Mrs. Tersteeg of Sub
limity spent Sunday at the A,
Lucas home.
- Grover Nance and sons Mardia
and Glen of Albany spent Sunday
here calling on old friends. 4
' The farmers in this sectloa are
busy with their spring crops this
good weather with many adding
to the acreage, of strawberries.
Mrs. Blanche Albright spent the
weekend in Portland.
n,P. Eastburn of Salem waa in
town Saturday looking after busl
aesa Interest
-Ray Morley of SUverton was
looking after business Interests
Friday.
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H ED IKS Wl f EB
0 BY WINIFRED VAN DUZER
CHAPTER XXXV.
She would not see him again
till evening, nasally a great while
after dark.
Once she asked rather timidly
if he wished her to go long. "I'll
pack some sandwlchea dear, It
would be fun."
He was vague. Ehe saw he was
making an effort to be tactful but
that he did not want her.
Inevitably her thoughts turned
to Puss. Was she Ken's compan
ion on als expeditions?
Eve tried to be what she con
sidered sensible. Ken was having
a streak of temperament; he was
restless and wished to be alone.
Ia a few days he would be all
over it; this meant nothing cer
tainly it did not mean his infatu
ation waa turning Into anything
else.
Tet aa she strolled across the
fields and along the dusty coun
try road to the old house Eve
could not help turning ft ia her
mma. suspicions would crop up
and aU sorts of little things would
give them color aad stabUity. And
quite suddenly aha found herself
accepting It as hard tact that Ken
did not go unaccompanied oa his
wanderings; that Puss South wick
went along.
And she grew a little away from
Ken those days. She might have
wept and turned either fretful or
reproachful under ordinary cir
cumstances. But for a certain
number ot hours each day her
mind was tilled with writing, and
this saved her from any of the
foolish, futile gestures of the neg
lected wife.
Ivy moved away from The Lane.
Evo heard that Mr. Montieth
Clark'a money had paved the way
to Reno, where the shackles that
bound Ivy to Pierre Carr would
be stricken oft, thus leaving her
in S position to assume new a heck-
lea binding her to Mr. Montieth
Clark. Ivy left without a regret
apparently, merely flapping . a
nonchalant hand at her husband
oi seven years' standing with a
So long, old thing; see yon in
heaven maybe."
And one morning as Eve start
ed out tor her work ska saw Pi
erre boarding ap the windows ot
the cottage and stopped to speak
te him. "
"Oh, too bad yoa're leavtnB
SILVERTQn DOCTOR
en hid
SILVERTON, Mareh 29 A. XL
Wrightman. who has been critical
ly ill for the past few weeks, is re-,
gaining his strength rapidly aad
is now able to enjoy the occasion
al visit of friends.
Dr. Wrightman recently under
went a serious operation front
which he did not rally as rapidly
at first as hoped. Ho is new wall
oa the road to recovery however,
aad it all continue to go won It
la believed that ho caa bo removed
to Silverton from the Portland
hospital where 1m Is bow some
time the latter part ot next week.
Jefferson Has
Two Grass Fires
JEFFERSON, March Is Two
grass fires In towa 8naday caused
quit a little excitement,
. The one ia the east end of town
gained aneh , headway, that It
burned doe to a aoaao before It
waa discovered an aad it not
sea for the quick response of the
neighbors, the house would hart
burned to the rroua. -
The other fire was near Jas
Main's property, a&d?was also put
out before any damage was doao.
us too, Pierre? But I thought you
liked the Lane?"
The Apollo Belvedere's head
turned and Eve was startled at
the expression that went across
his eyes. A sort of dumb agony
the look ot a dog unjustly and
cruelly punished. It was gone in
aa instant and he squared his
shoulders, setting his jaw in a
firm, hard line.
"Ill not ilk any place without
her. Oh, I've got thir coming all
right and I'm not bidding for
sympathy. I've been a ' hell of a
husband. Still 1; meant' right That
ought to count , for something,
hadn't it? If a chap means
right"
Eve found herself liking him
suddenly, this man who never
before had seemed more than a
Ska
Kerre bomrdimg mp
topped U
grotesque copy of a celebrated
statue. Of course, he had feelings
Just like other people why, he
loved Ivy! Ho loved the wife who
had left him grieved because she
was gone.
"Ivy blames mo tor our f all
ure." ne was going oa. "And
that's all right I doa't want any
regrets hanging over her to spoil
the rest of her lite. Bnt between
yoa and me. Eve, things would
have been all right if we'd never
came to this damn hole. We were
getting oa tine, the two of us
why. say, you never saw anybody
happier than w were when the
boy came.
Hit fact blazed suddenly
dulled again. "Then Ivy got in
with Elm a and her gang of 'kin
dred souls' and would more up
here. Everything changed then.
She said J was lasy you've heard
nor any that often enough and
probably I was. Bnt I can't work
in. this play-around atmosphere.
For one thing nobody has time
to do anything real; you've always
got to bo seoving, acting Uko a
donkey or they think you're a
grouch. I don't know how Ken
keeps going."
"He doesn't" Eve remarked.
Pierre gare her a quick glance,
shrugged. "Well. I'm eettinc ont
Going to snake a new start, heav
en help tne. Save the shreds ot
what pride I've got left And
youll understand this I've no
hard teellags toward Ivy. Clark
can give her what she deserves
what she wants and I'm rlad.
Last thing I'd do Is stand in her
way. Only it's hard about the
boy " He choked ap and stopp
ed.
Eve put out her hand, told him
f " " " f " Tit J
IP
good-bye with tears In her eyes.
"I know the new start Is going to
be a success. Don't lose heart.
And come and see us sometimes -whenever
you can. Good luck,
Pierre."
He was his old self, the blank
eyed Apollo Belvedere when she'
turned away. But she could not
forget the look that had flamed'
across his face when he told of
what he had lost hope, ambition,
love.
He had lost these in The Lane
where you had to act like a don
key, waUow in deep, senseless
mOods. . . As Ken was doing.
Supposing Ken turned out like
Pierre? In his heart Pierre
blamed Ivy though he denied this.
Ivy might have saved him just as
she might save Ken . . . But
the sstastosra mtha cottar mnd
apemk tm him.
how? Oh, there must be ways
a way! To save Kea from the
Lane, from entanglements that
held him back, cheapened him
uh fust.
Ere went on to the f&rmhon
in a sort of dream, driven h-r
questions to which she could find
no answers, anxious and confus
ed. And there trouble awa!txi hr
Trouble In the form of a noas.
oua gentleman who smoked very
ory Birong ClgSTS. He WSS
roaming over the honaa fh fanc
ied, blooming grounds, the old
Judge at his heels. The nomnooa
gentleman was looking at. the
pice; ne meant to buy it
(To be continued)
Dads and Sons
Banquet Enjoyed
PERRYDALE, March 24 Per
waa wan Mnnimi.ii .
tho Fathers and Son banquet hold
In .Amity Tuesday evening.
Those attending' were George
A. Woods and sons Lewis dad
Robert H. G. Keyt and soft Ken
aeth. EV C. Stulti and tons Law-
eaa. KObert Kitchen and
aba WOlaraL A v r,.
jwAndy, joha, Uolendar and son
ana dick Nedrow and
L. s Jonn. Harry and Per
ry. Everyone reported a delightful
program and a general food time.
, The heart of a.whalo caught off
tha west coast weighed x,2ee
fflnds, its tongue ; SOS pounds
the whole mammal 1X0.000
pounds.
BITS for
. By R. J. HENDRICKS
Pioneer Oregon, taxpayers:
.
Continuing the story of LeslI
M. Scott la Oregon Historical
Quarterly tor
March:
"The treasur
ar, reporting
next year, ta
1844. 'oa tha
treasury wrote
that he had re
ceived from tho
subscribers the
sum ot
and had paid
out II1.B0 and
tha t unpaid Li-
meV RJ.Hasdrfck.
"The Bubseriptioa plan Toavinf
proved Inadequate, the next step
was a yoluatary tax. The,execu
tlve committee ot tho provisional
government recommended to the
legislature in 1844 tho propriety
of bringing a Ught tax for tho
support ot tho government .
"The legislature complied by
passing the voluntary tax act of
June 25, 1844, under which Sher
iff Meek made the first tax col
lections In 1844-45.
"On the needs of revenue in
1844, Peter H. Burnett, a member
ot the legislative committee in
that year, wrote in a letter, pub
lished in The Platte Argus, in
Missouri, dated 'Falatine (Tuala
tin) Plains, Oregon, November 4,
1844:'
"We have no money, no means.
I was a member ot the legisla
ture. I had most of the business
to. do. We passed a tax bill, ap
pointed u assessor and permitted
every man not to pay a tax if he
ch&3e so to do; but if he did not
pay; being able, we 4i6ba.rred.him
trem suing in the courts as plain
tiff.' . . .
'"Burnett, in his 'Recollections
of an Old Pioneer,' says:
" 'This provision very soon had
Its legitimate effect. . . Those who
had been opposed began to doubt,
and finally yielded. . . Some
friend would kindly remind him
that his claim was liable to be
jumped,' and that he could not
alone defend his rights. . . There
was no serious opposition any
where. It ia my solemn opinion
that the organization could not
have been kept up under the laws
of 1843.'
"The growing strength of the
provisional government policy of
taxation is thus described by
Frances Fuller Victor:
" "Thus by outlawing those who
refused to support the govern
ment, the people began to consid
er its value to them, and few
were willing to forego- its assist
ance ia preventing trespass or
collecting debts.1 Nor did many
desire to .ia deprived of the
bsnot,
Again, in 1845. the executive
committee urged upon the legis
lature 'that increased means
should be provided to pay all de-
manus upon the treasury.
By this time the minority on-
posed to taxation) was so out
numbered that tho legislature re
pealed the voluntary clause of
the law, which provided: 'That
amy person refusing 'to pay a tax
as In this act required shall have
no benefit ot the laws, of Oregon
and shall be -disqualified from
voting at any election in this
country,' thus making the tax
law mandatory. Also, the legis
lature five days later enacted a
more complete tax law, modeled
after one thea in forea in inn
doubling the 1-8 of 1 percent, ad-
vaiorem tax of 1844. Imoosinr It
cense taxes upon merchants, ships
ami lawuxs, ana xixing judicial
fees.
These acts naased ovar tha mi
nority wmch was led fcv f xr
Garrison, of Chamooear. who nrtl
sented the following resolution ot
protest :
Resolved. That whereaa. tha
people of Oregon assembled en
masse, did on the 2nd day of May,
A. D., 1843. resolve, that nn ta-r
saouia do levied upon this peo-
iic, cuuiirmmr us same bv tha
auupuoa or. ine report of the com
mlttee of ways and means, adnnt.
ed by the legislative committon
and referred to the people en-
masse, ana ay them enacted, on
y I July A. D., 1848
Therefore.
nesoivea. That thl
has no right to levy a tax of any
kind without the consent of the
free voters of this territory pre-
iiusiy oDiainea.
Resolved. That all rtm nA
parts of acts on that subject,
passed by the lesrislatira
te were contrary to tho express
resaiouon and action ot the
people.
"The foreeotn rsnlnfui
referred to the committee ot the
wnvie, ana never was acted upon.
'Governor George Abernathy
had urged upon the legislature at
this session the need of more rev
enue than was provided by the
voluntary tax of 1844. saving.
'rh. - . ... . .
iceuuo is msumcient to
meet the expense of tho govern
ment. Abernethv in hla
of August 5; 1845. advised taxa-
uoa oi improved farms, but the
legislature determined otherwise.
In this year the leaislatnr aa.
sumed full powers of legislation
and brought the Hudson's Bay
company under away.
"The persons named as liable
tO thO noll tax ta ltl a an
te number, and to tha property
tax, 345. Tha rioaat !2l
Dr. John McLourhlin. ,Ma
tor of the Hudson's Bay com
pany, whose valuation was set by
ffhati ehaasaaaaatjfcaak a. A a. a
t;. w f ".six. end who
Sir 15r?T property and poll tax.
taxpayer
vrapoeiL ot Oregon
ri.w1 "uuauoa of. 85169
E Z' T-I Oregon
7 a.V.Tn V, WCtt Pted
kJ"" Governor Island.
Oregon City, and was bm w
221!? JJho Methodist mfxl
SNJa?. wlt v valuation
Sol,l' propextr tax.
tiiia" ..J- OB Force,
w r ax; rather P.
Jea a " .
is-.!s: im4 iss
-www AliUifKlLH. ITffTR r, A
15.0S.
Ioas wtre UiTSSZ
Sate, 12880? A!aM.aTY-...?Pxr
1 3222S. -zr-z?"-
BREAKFAST
Francis Fletcher, f 2014: Philip
Foster, ItlCf; George Gay,
$2547; Felix Hathaway, 82274;
Thomas McKay, Z7Cz; James
0"NeU, $1871; F. W. Psurv-oTo.
$2387; Walter Pomeroy, $1470;
Sydney Smith, $2820.
''Joseph U Meek, sheriff e&d
tax collector, In reporting prog
ress to the legislature, writs:
Thouth I hive spared myself
neither time nor trouble, there la
yet so large proportion or tno
tax ot 1844 remaining unpaid . .
owing to ear population being sa
much scattered and te the unset
tled state ot the publkk mind rel
ative to tho subject of taxation
Caused 'me ta aall upon theat
several times. . . The number of -those
who have refused to pay
any tax is smalL
"Among those who refused was
tho American Joseph Gale, who'
was recorded, by Meek as saying:
Darn my sole tx I pay. uaie a
aame Is borne by Gales peak aad
Galea creek. He was a member
of the American party at Cham
poeg May 2, 184$, when the Brit
ish party was outvoted. He spent
his later life at Eagle valley.
Union county, Oregon. Another
conscientious objector was Michel
LafrarjibOise. Louis Lunburgh
was deslrrfated by Meek as 'poor,
very; Tusah Perla. 'blind, inva
lid;' Owen Sumner, very old;'
Joel Turman, 'dead.'
"In Clatsop county, those who
refused to pay were William T.
Perry. Elbridge Trask, Robert
Shortess, Lewis Taylor, . Thomas.
Owens, George Summers,' Daniel
McKesick and William Hobson.
James Birnie and men named
Wood and Hunt were in the class
of 'don't know, .
The wealth of the young col
ony was greatest in farm lands,
which were not taxed. In taxable
ealth, cattle were the largest
group, next horses, third, town
lots, fourth, mills. How large a
valuation the 400-odd farms
would have made, if assessed in
1844. is a natural subject of sur
mise.. AtnSlOOtt each, the farms
would -hare been valued at, say,
$ 41 QAOfi. t. , .The , . .United States
census;, of,'1850,ltes the value ot
1164,Oregoa farms, south of tha
Columbia rivr, at $2,366,070, or
$2000,., each, and the population
at 11,916,. which was three or
four times the Donulation of
1844. -
'The preponderance of farm
land values presents the obvious
reason for exemption Xrom taxes,
especially in the formative period
oi tne provisional government
when taxation was tho most ten
der subject of policy.
"The total of valuations, by.
classifications, in the tax roll of
J.st4..wae aa follows:
"Town lots, $26,370.
"Pleasure carriages, $485.
"MUlSi $18,170,
"Clocks, $520.
"Watches, $3671.
"Horses, $47.52.
"Mules, $1975.
"Cattle. $101,280.
Hogs, $927t.- '
"Merchandise, ant t,,.
$5200. '
"Total in Clataoa district
classified. $3492.
"Total; $218,004.
(This article will be
tomorrow.)
Liberty Store
Purchased by
Chas. Kraiiger
Mr. and Mrs fharL.
Ot Salem harm n,i..nj .1 . ,
berty store from Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Coffey who hare operated tt
for some time.
Krauger hae been engaged
In
but ha aedMrs Krauger
-.wa ousmess in galem
will
-1?? Ubey- sud run the store
back to their farm south of Li
lrty. They report that pros
pects are that tha-. win v- .v.
. . . wo IU.
w ey erD tn- they have
-are" years.
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h!.111 nd Mr CoUr reports
that thev never h. v
ties to supply the demand. The
thl t contracted la
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