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page toxm T3rc ORECON -STATESMAN, Salem, Orefrssy Batarday MoTTrinjr, May X 1 933 "No Favor Straw (7: Na Fear ShaU Awe, From lint Statesman, March IS. 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Charles A. Spracce, Sfiruxra F. Sacxttt, PuoZuiers Cauizs A. SrACCE Sheldon F. Sacsxtt Editor-Manager Manaoino-EiHor Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press Is axclolvrty enUOed t the use forpobU- eettoe at all onri dispatches crlitd te tt er not etherwias credited ; Faeitle Coast Advertising Representatives: ArOrav W. Stnet, Ine, Portia, Sceurtgr d. lu rrwKro. ShfciT BldE ; to, Ansaies. W. Pac BUs. Eastern Advertising Represestatires: PorSPsrsons-StecheT, Inc.. New Tork. 171 Madison At.; CMcaso. 1U V. Michigan Ave. Entered ot tfte Postoffiee at Selevt, Oregon, a SecondJZatM Hatter. Published every morning except Monday. Business ffiee 215 & Commercial Street . SUBSCRIPTION RATES Mai) Sabscrlptlon Rates. In Advance. Within Oregon ; Daily and Sunday, 1 Mo. se eents; J Ma $LIS: Mo. $2.25; 1 year 14.09. Qse where cent per Ma or $. for 1 year In advance. By City Carrier: M cents a month ; $5.50 a year to advance. Per Copy i eeat. Ob tralax, and News Stands S cento. Soapboxing on Cheap Power SENTATOR Hall has joined George W. Joseph in urging the harnessinsr of he Columbia and the utilization of our power resources of our streams. Mr. Hall says the job should be done by the federal government or by the three states 01 " Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Distribution of power could bo made by either private or municipal enterprise. Mr. Hall's slogan is 'Industrialize Oregon" and his plea for additional hydro is because he believes more low cost power will attract industries here. Mr. Joseph in his appeal for votes holds out the same lure of more industries if we will only throw ropes around the Columbia on its race to the sea. WiU cheap power give us the industries? It isn't doing it now in any spectacular fashion. The northwestern cities, Portland, Spokane, Tacoma, Seattle have power rates among the very lowest in the country, yet there is practically no evidence of a migration of industries to thi3 country on the bait of cheap power. One or two chemical ' plants have gone to Tacoma because of the low cost power; those are all. Power cost is important but it is a minor factor in the total of industrial costs. The Statesman uses consider able power in the operation of its , presses, machines and metal-melting pots. Yet our power bill is less than two per cent of our gross volume of business. The average computa tion is five per cent. If the power would be given away that would not make any great difference in the location of in dustries any more than the offer of free sites no longer puts factories on wheels. Tbe big essentials of industries are raw m? trials, trans portation, market. Oregon has many raw materials, but is sadlytdef icient in some of those which are essential for large scale industry, notably minerals. We have none or little of coaL toil, iron) copper, zinc; lead. We have the transportation, both rail and market. Our market is limited. The three north western states have a total population of less than three mil lions of people. A similar area in the middle states or the north central states would have , many times that number, and it is people, not square miles, who buy fabricated goods. Greater population, greater buying power, have made the Los Ancreles area preferred over northwestern cities for many branch factories. These are facts; and you can't get around them with soapboxing on cheap power. Industries come with age. This region is yet new. Its first activities were naturally in the handling of crude pro ducts of field and forest. The first industries, were those to serve local needs, and they have been coming steadily in the last half -century. Now we are expanding and developing in dustries which serve national or world markets. These in dustries are those for which we have the native raw mater ials at hand : or those of invention or design which have been developed here. Our future industrial development will be along the same lines. We have more need of bigger and bet ter brains than of cheap power; more need of men of genius in industry than of politicians painting rainbows in their quest for office. Public ownership of power plants on the Columbia doesn't frighten us like it may some people. City competition might force such a thing. But it is a mistaken idea to think such a vast investment can judiciously be made unless the market for the power was imminent Development ia-taking . . . . - mm MM Ttt . a A A place on the UMumma now. me stone ana weoster interests are nutting in a project at Rock Island, below Wenatchee. The Priest Eapids project in Central Washington has been agi - tated for years. Private interests have spent thousands of dollars in borings and plans. They let their permits lapse fin ally because they could find no buyers for the juice alter it was generated. Some day it will come. But power develop- ment and industrial development and population growth must be fairly synchronous. Hall's slogan, "Industrialize Oregon" has a catchy ring to it; but if it means costly and premature hydro-electric adventures it also has a catch to it. The trouble with Hall and Joseph is they are starting at the political instead of the business end of state development. Founders Day TODAY is Founders Day. Oregon pioneers, and all others who would do homage to the men of old will gather at Champoeg, that lovely spot along the Willamette for the an nual celebration of the organizing of a provisional govern ment for the Oregon country in 1843. Old stories will be told. old friendships renewed. It is out of the old that the new is born. One is no less active and interested in the present and aggressive for the future if he does iom in tribute to those men and women who came into the far and unknown country to establish here their homes and rear on this frontier a fine type of Amer ican civilization. Editorial Comment From Other Papers CHURCHES FOR BIRTH CONTROL, The world does more, and one ot the subjects upon which it mores Is that of birth control. The action of the New Tork East Conference ot the Method 1st Epis copal church, taken on Monday, declaring that birth control "In the interest of morality and sound scientific knowledge" and calling upon the legislatures of New York, and of Connecticut to re move the existing legal restric tions upon knowledge of birth control is a straw in the wind. This action of the Methodists ef New Tork follow. slgarficaatly enough.' upon similar mctfam tak en last year by the Commission on Social Justice of the Central Conference ef American Rabbis. . the) Conference) ot Congregational - Churches of Connecticut and the rnlTersallst General Conrentien. As little as flvs years ago tacit an action by any one ef these bodies would bars sesssed Impes- . slble; today It is certainly Us sr,; forerunner ot like actios ty many other religions bodies; Tar Pro- testant churches of America are awakening to the fact that birth control is here, that the only question which the community a a whole can judge and its legis lators determine Is whether it snail continue clandestine and sporadic, practiced most by those who need It least, and denied to those on the noveitr friars, to whom each new baby is a calam ity. What Is needed, as the Rev, Harry Emerson Fosdick, who is a whole ehurth in himself, says, "ia not suppression of the infor mation, but wise instruction to its meanlnr for the race . The more one knows the more obvious becomes the futility of suppressive measures. Suppres sion Is only befuddling; the situ ation, driving it underground, preventing healthy, and normal euueai ceacaiag about it, and the longer suppress! continue the worse the situation is going to be.- Dr. Fosdick and th Method ists are rieht Mara mm m. ligious-minded aeonls ara earn in r to agree with then la time, 'per naps, even those religious groups Which nave hitherto ner&ana m. ther on sentimental than m en. onical grounds, opposed legisla tive actios waicn weald bring the law Into harsaomy with cost: sense ana common practice, may YieLf to. the Irresistible entrant rf the - ag.- New Tork Herald-Tr- THE HIRING LINE . a, i.T:-.i::u -Tfc JI T:: ::::aa:J r I::z:u:-:::u: iirrs:::::::::: J i V a,:::;;:?::::;::::::..-, r.i: : r::::::::mLa. ; "MElPIE'SIEIMlOLYr VV by CAROLYN WELLS WHAT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. ON tbe ore of tier marriage to Rodney Sayre, EmUy Daane disap pears. She had left her HOldalo Park home, "KnoUwood," to visit the hospital, but never reached there. Foul play is feared when Jim Pennington reports his wife, Pssline, and Emily's best friend, also missing. Pennington says he left his wife at the ravine, a short distance from the Dnane home. When he returned she had vanished. The police find Polly's body in the ravins. Pennington is prostrated. Emily's scarf is picked np near the body. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY. CHAPTER XVHL 1 yon fhinUng NeflT Ton took yon'd seea a ghost.'' For Nell's expression was pssxled sad there was a look ef fear in her eyes. "One ef her psyebie snoods coming on." said Betty, with her erer-preseat good sutured desire to lighten the conversation when ever possible. She was horribly afraid of the reminiscent "Jot think, only this Essay was here, so gay fing fast to the bit of fur and on f T as if : Sd and rfadr tvoe af tonseesatisei. "No," Noll said, looking snore bewildered, "hvt Fouy wasn't Wear-. ing ser far this sfrtrnoon." -Must have beea." Pete dMnterestedly. "they found ft righfc where she lay. "But I tell yon she 4ttn anted Nen. "I race I know than a man about clothes." "She didst have any far on whoa I saw her," Betty agreed. "But she may have left Ha the dressinc room and taken it when she went out." "Wen, she didn't, for I saw bar eat with her husband, ana sae no far on. 1 Ternember psr ticularly noticing how modish the back neckline of hex Irock was." -Well, whafs the eUfference, anvwav " "This difference " NeB said, sad now her face was frankly fright ened and her voice shook, "this difference. That isat Pony's tea at all, if s Emily's.' Lamb merely smiled, thinking Nell was trviasr to create a diversion and draw attention to herself. Rodney didnt spring up Oils time. He wasn't U be caaghi twice in the' same trap. -Oh. dont act Bice stapidsr claimed Nell, breaking into angry tears. "Betty, where did Emily bnav her forr" I dont know. Wherever Polly lid. I scsDOse. They are Jas alike. -Yes, and it says. Hade by Maa- . . WU. .11.111, ..1. AW.m. 'Well, theye a fine firm." "Ohl rust roa waft a minute' Nell ran out of. the room, and In less than five miantes she was back, mere excited than ever. 1 went to Pearl i room and woke her np. Poor girl, she thousht finny had come back. WelL I asked her U Mrs. Pesaing- toa boorlit her zur at the place Emily did, and she said, No. iss'smMuP Paantoo. aha howt hers ia 'Luetic City, She anas bays 'em there.' Then. I hated te scare her, but I said, Ts this Miss Emily's fur? Bat she wasnt scared, she t looked at it closely sad said, Tas'm, It is. She didn't wesr It after all, thea. So, I told her to go back to sleep and rd . wske her if Kue Enuly casse home to-night J TBat, Nen, Betty looked paa sied, -those Atnti City pUces, they're auction rooms, yea know, gieat big fine eaes; they may eS New Tork made furs." "No, I asked Pearl bow she was so certain this is Emuy, and she showed ate a little place where she had sewed the battosrloop esu and the silk didnt quite matekNew, If this was found with PoUy body, what does ft aaeau!" . "Are yen sure EmSy did wear her for today T" asked GOby, and NeH remiaded him that Prall saw it on her as she went eat at the back entry door. Then," said Pete, -how did it get into Pofly possession, and Where's Enuly?" Rodney rose, walked over to Nen, and took possession of the tar aeckpioco. It srss soft sad pliable, a fins OTiaKty of Snssiaa sable, and he oaamhtosl minutely the plaoe wheie the brown cord loop had been sewn. "You're sure this is Emily's, ixeui ivaataopwatMak. Setty7" "It must be. Rod." Betty re turned, "as Pearl sewed it" "Thsa hew did it get down there, under Folly's body?' "That's our starting point," said Pete. -And we mast fellow it op Tee," Rodney said, "it's time some detective work was done. dont mesa to disnsrsre vow f t- forts, Gibby, but you're smatenc. The police detecbre is far from heine; really clever. Tomorrow, I shall get the best detective in the world, whoever he ia, and set him on we trail. Xoa all think I sit nere uke a bump a Jog 4 dft ks added, with a grim smile. T"rcrF, was no use moving .uaua coma see some way to torn. As to this searching "There isnt enough ef it!" en claimed NeB. "Why, when that woman in England disappeared, the whole county turned oat and searched night and day" Nen," Sayre said. "Sse sraTlozt m a dark and dreary moor, or to they supposed, and they had to work that way. Here, Emily is cither tn HtSdale, where she must suy oe iouno, or she has been earned awsy by force, abducted, and held for ransom. At leastL T can see no other theories. tti she been attacked because ef her necmace, xne tntel weld have se cured that and fled. If Ism right, we-wiU soon get letters demandiag money, and m the meantime they will not harm her. That's cold coimorx, out trs setter th&n s good many other thoughts. How ever, it'i au assumption or theory, there's no proof of any of it. But this fur business nuts another fiM en it. It makes it mysterious, and mystery calls for a jkiUed detec tive. Yon, Pete, have si real detee- STVu,et' as is ea&ad, but raa owl xec shall get the best takat. -Tore right, old mas. 1 fancy mr sue 1 anew nothing about realty. Who's your caojeer' , "I dost maow. Ti morning I shall tekiihsiis a cha I famrh Hew raTwhs lawwi an thsfoas, and hsTI advise sae wno t top ax the Bean." -As to that far- sad Pete enseal ssaxsatrrey at 5Icaatses-- - 1 0f essjzss too cant. find tall aim, i Not cose of em can hsvo a gUnasnar of sum idea how Emfly'i aecknieee eaaae te ho ctowm Oun under PeSya body. So Chegra net the least a seeulatmaevl SLm -Ns bans talkinr it arap " said Lamb, as he watched Sayre hoU- it if it consciously caressing were EmSy herself. Uke Bodney, Barton Lamb said little when he had no real opinions to advance, lie was always ready with light chatter or jests, rat serw ous matters affected him weightily sad left him silent. He had been thinking deeply for the last few moments about this for niece, and he desired to talk shoot it "It may bo easily explained," ha began. "Say. Emilv left the ho use with it on, which we know she end. Say, she met Polly, sad asked Polly to go to the hospital wna ser. Bay, fouy woohlnt t and we all know Polly was as likely te tarn 000 war a the ether in that snatter, shout going te see a baby, I mean." re,- Betty greed, W times she loves to see any passing child in a pram, and stops to talk te it, and then again the night ef one seems te renel her and aha goes off in a nervous fit." "Exactly. That's what I mean. Well, say she refused te go with KasUy sad Emily went en alone. Then, for some reason, Emily left her fur with PoHy. Polly was chiBy, or Emily we too warm, or why, yos mast agree that's all possible." -Good for yea. Barton," Gibby said. "Tou've hsflt no a wmm rise blo ease. And, te continue. there Idost say that the whole matter ef the baby threw Polly into one of her fits of BMlaachely, and ss she stood.' looking over the bridge rail, she yielded to a suddea impulse te end her life." -That's just what I told yon," and Sayre smiled a little ,rYoo two have made thajt all an, without the least scrap of evidence to build on. That isnt deduction, it isn't even theorizing, it's just fairy tales. And, too, it doesn't throw any light on Emily's proceeding. Even if it were true, it would only predicate thaY whatever happened to Emily, happened after she left PoHy on the bridge of the little ravine. And before she reached the hospital since she sjevet reached there. There are no mora ravines ia that distance, if s mostly woods, and estates. But sQ that section has been searched and scoured for trace of her. No, we can understand Polly's death, at least we can see how it might have happened, but Emily's absence h as utterly inexplicable now as if was when we first began to feel alarmed. So, I can think of nothing better te do than to get s big detective and let him take can of the whole matter, we doinrwhal we csa to help, or, eaore Kkely, hinder him." "I don't look at it as yon do, si all. Rod," Nell began. "I donl think Polly killed herself " "Oh, heavens, Nell, I dont care what yoa thiokr ' It was anlike Sayre's eruanin to speak lko this, be NeB had sre at the breakiar noisfc Ee eocld be cmkt and eaha if let alone, bat these fstile discussion horod bias, Fergiw me" ha said, esJckri repentant, "but Fat shoot aft fee. J wish yea folks would go off te bed, or if yea dost wont to de that, are ha aecne ther room ta -mts so tost,- saw uoas, ami a ejskk gianco si Rod's cjurrerisg Cnsers, stii clutched ia the sable "Talk te aa salt 1W r - mm : ti Food, Air, Sunshine! Nature's Guards Against Auaeinia Says Dr. Copeland- food Which ia Rich in Iron Is Essential to the Anaemic Person However, Hygienic Living Must Supplement the Proper Diet, By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D. United States Senator from New York. Femer Oomoiiseioser 0 JreoKs. Veto Jerk Citf. ALACK of proper diet, ef freeh sir and sunshine play havoc with the physical health. There are thousands of persons, each of whom can trace a deplorable physical condition to the lack of b nutritious diet and a shut-in existence. While it may not be traced directly to the neglect ef hygiene, anaemia is a disease which is all too prevalent among persons who are guilty 'of such neglect. It Is a disease of so much im portance that attention must be directed te it Anaemia and tuberculosis are, in a sense, closely allied. Ia both there is a breaking down of the red corpuscles of the blood. This coloring matter in the blood, called "hemoglobin," con tains iron and oxygen, elements which are abso lutely essential to strength and good health. There is no doubt that the reducing fad of the past few years has been conducive to thou sands of cases of anaemia and tuberculosis. For fashion's sake, girls go without the proper food. They remain tain, or get thin, and fail in health to an alarming extent It makes no difference what type of anaemia the patient has. there will be loss of strength and vtjtot. The skin and the lips are pale. The pulse and breathing are rapid, the digestion is poor, and there is broken sleep. Headaches and dizziness, sometimes fainting, and neuralgic pains occur. You cannot have red blood and good color unless you eat properly. ion must nave tba roods that eon tain tha ailnerala, especially Iron; 5"ou must have your fulJ share or the mysterious vitamins. This means you must choose pour food with care. Another cause tor anaemia Is the absorption of poison from the wastes of the body. Constipation and fer mentation in the bowels cannot be disregarded as to their fruitful aut Sut of bodily poisons. Tou cannot be weU If la tba body Oft COPELAND is a earonlo Infection of anjr sort The absorption of pus from diseased rums, teeth, tonsils or other parts of the body may be followed by an anaemic condition. Overwork, worry and unhealthy conditions all take their toll of the nervous system. This brings me to ana of th rh i.f nniM Tin m 1. pkna that Is bad hygiene. If you Ure In unhealthful surroundinxs. without fresh air. an abundance of light and smuhBM. plenty ot wholesome oxer elm, yoa are sure to Impair yost blood. ' ' . Experiments have shown that there are certain foods which build up the red corpuscles of the blood more euiokJy than others. Uver ranks first ss a blood building food. Ten may use calves liver, beet pig or chicken Hvatwtney peaces similar properties. A person who Is snsemto aasnt much appetite. On this account it is essential to find new ways of servinr food to make it attractive and appealing-. Liver -may be nerved in many different ways The anaemic person should nave a diet which Is simple and nutritious. This should Include foods rich ia Iron, such as red. tender beef, liver, eggs and plenty ef good mux, welV made bread and butter. Abo spin ach, beets, cabbage and most of the green vegetables should be iacrudad. The fresh fruits. especiaJOy the citrus fruits and strawberries ara rich In iron. Dried prunes, almonds and walnuts are all rood. Tou cannot necttct tke diet and remain tn good health. It needs some UUeUigenoe to select and main tain a proper diet but it certainly pays in the end. Now is the time of year te take advantage of the out-of-doors. Sunshine Is yeura for the asking. Be outdoors all you can, Build for good health. Answers to Health Queries ) M. U. Q. WiU sulphur thin or barm the blood In any way? 1. What is good for perspiring feet? A. N. 2. For full particular send self, addressed stamped envelope and re peat your question. A. A. M. Q. What would cause the abdomen to swell? A. This may be due te gases oe improper diet. CaaTTlsht. 113 itnnK Tmimm Sanies la BITS for BREAKFAST -By R. J. HENDRICKS - ATTKXD SALEM IjODGES number of JUsoabs brothers at tended the Martaa aad Polk coun ty district convention of their or der which was hold ta Salem Wed aesday evening. The Grsad Mas ter, lflltoa klyers, was ta attend ance. At the closa ot the evening h lunch wa served.-- PASI3. May tf AP)' tr two thossanA blua vnlfsrsned gendarmes, troops sad repahncaa gnsxds kept May Uay i Fraaea the ssieteet siace the Amlsttoa, When wives were scarce: a In her "Book of Remem brance ot Marlon County, Ore gon Pioneers," Sarah Hunt Steeves, with Dora B. Schelberg and Saran C, Downing, Salem, as sources ot information, wrote (substantially) the following: W "Absalom Greenstreet cam to Oregon by ox team from Missouri, arriving In the fall of the year 1851, and settled In the Waldo Hills. He wag born on September 28, 1797. His wife, Sarah, was born on September 14, 1800. The names of their children were as follows: Minerva, who was born November 2, 1820. She married Miner Meade. Mariah, born Aug ust 22, 1822, married Mr. Cald well. Melzor M., born August 30, 1824; died as an infant. John M., born March 16, 1826. Marilda. born June 8, 1829; eh was mar ried to Charles Benson, October 10, 1852; died at SubUniity, March 2, 1900. Parmella, born March 1, 1821; married Fails Howard. Marinda J., born May 2, 1833; married Edwin Northcut. Morgan B., born June 21, 1835; died 1844. Elisabeth A, born March 15, 1837; married a man by the name of Rufus Caspell. Sarah Ellen, born December 28, 184; married James Downing. A small Infant that died in the east. V V "The Greenstreet family bad more than the ordinary experien ces tn crossing the plains ; in 1851. Indians by that time had become alarmed at the great hordes of white folk coming to take over their hunting grounds and kill oft their gam sad did everything they could to terrorize the pioneers and many along about that time were massacred or badly treated by the ssvages. The Greenstreet train was not a large one and they were more or less a prey to the Indians. S At' one time Miss Marilda, a young girl of about 2d years, was lagging behind the train about two miles, to let the stock grase, as it was her work to ride on horseback and look after the loose animals. All at once she heard the bloodcusdling cry of the Indian war whoop and Im mediately was surrounded' by 47 savages, headed by their chief. She hurriedly dismounted while the cattle were stampeding tn nil directions and faced her tor mentors. She was made of brave mettle and faced those wild In dians without flinching. She look ed at them singly and la groups, defying them to kill her. All this time they were riding around her,: slashing at her . with their toma hawks. $he said their hatchets! came so near her head that she could feel the swish ot the air in her ears, yet they did aot actual, ly strike her. When they tired of that game, the old chief rode ap and slapping her on her should ers he said, 'Brave squaw, brave squaw! end literally lifted her In his arm sad tossed her first to one brare and then te another, all the while saytng, Brave aw. They eventually left her ana rode oa ahead toward the train. "Marilda rounded ap ' the frightened cattle and wear on ahead, expecting to Qni the whole trala annihilated, but when she cam ap to it, she found that every maa I the trala had taken to cover under the feather beds, except her father. Absalom Green street H had gone out to meet the Indians. . They demaaded a steer to eat, so as to tar their lire. Mr. Greenstreet shook bands with an the Indians and killed the lead steer, aad before K had sstt quivering, the savages were backing slice a ih raw hams and deroarta; it like glut tons, wnea caer saw izariMa they demaaded bread ef her. She remembered a sack ot floar they has! ta camp that bal had kero sene epuiea on n. s she set to work: making breed trees tUi Coor aad their appetltlea were so veracious ; that ft kept bar aaaiag nam the fleer was wans This bread she baked tn a Datrh oven over coals on an open fire, the oTily method the pioneers had on that long, arduous trip. This Dutch oven is treasured In the home of her daughter, Mrs. Schel berg, at this time. After gorging on raw- meat and the bread from the kerosene flour, the Indians were all taken ill and nauseated, and Marilda said ehe hoped it would kill all of hem; but after unloading their over-burdened stomachs in nature's own way, the Indians rode on ahead of the train. Marilda said, when the sav ages surrounded her on the plain and began brandishing their tomahawks, she was so tired and soul-weary from so many hard ships she did not care much If they did kill her. . S "Next day they overtook a camp of Immigrants where every soul had been killed and terribly muti lated. The trees were decorated with the scalps of the women, while all the feather beds In the train were ripped open and feathers were flying everywhere. "Mrs. Greenstreet, familiarly known In later years as Grandma to every on In the country, was a sweet spirited old lady and much beloved. She spent the last IS years of her life in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Benson (Marilda), and one of her grand daughters told me that the grandchildren all loved grandma very dearly and enjoyed haTlng her In their home. Grandma used to visit for weeks at a time in the home of the writer and here she was n welcome visitor, though of no blood kin to the family. "While crossing the plains Mrs. Greenstreet walked nearly all the way. It was her habit to walk on ahead of the slow moving oxen and as she walked she would gather buffalo chips In her ample dark cotton apron and when by the sun she saw it was about noon, she built a fire of these chips, and by the time the train came np. she was ready to make the coffee for the noon meal. Buffalo chips were about the only fuel to be had along part of the route, for earlier caravans had cut away all the brush along the way. After the noon meal she trudged on ahead to look out for s good camp for the night and bring tn her load of chips. 'e "Because of the many delays along the read and perhaps be cause they had not started with ample supplies, this train ran out ot provisions and were faced with starvation. Game had be-, come scarce and for three days the caravan was reduced to Just a weak solution of coffee. This was all they had to drink and not a thing to eat. At the end of the third day the hearts of these tired, weary folk were gladdened by meeting a man by the name of Churchill, a Waldo hills set tler, who was on his way back to the states and from him they got supplies to last until they could sock up at the next trading post. They had no money with which to pay and It was three years later, after Mr. Churchill return ad to Oregon, he got hi) money tor the supplies old them oa the alaias that saved their live. "The girl Marilda, upon relat Ing these experiences ia crossing the plams to her daughter, la after years, said many sights she stt on the wagon tongue oat In the drenching rata watching the stock and wagons to give the alarm' in ease of Indians and when eh arrived fa the Willamette val ley aha did not hare a shoe left aad her dress iras worn off to the knees. Such a experience tor a girl Of ti! After their arrival tn the Waldo hills, the fir rMitr did was to gsnp to the foot hills aad make over f fence rathi aad haul them eat by oiteam to help teaea ;hy father' donatio Uni claim. It wa whn making aad haullnr, these rails that Mr. Bentorn, her rotora husband, first aw ser.. ... . ' as seem told : of the Gretnstrset fmilv that iwr ramchiat th 17ali MB, Oregon, ad aot yet wen known, a funny aw- wa4mi sa m, v ait fare r f trtea daughters. It was Just at the time that the land grant ot 320 acres of land to a married woman was to be cut down, and many bach elors of. that, time made a wild scramble f of wives at the last day. The' wife was not so essen tial to' them, as it was necessary to hare a wife In order to get the coveted 320 acres of land. "Fails Howard was a young bachelor of this class, putting off, the matter until the very last day upon which a married woman could file on a claim of this sort. Tn sheer desperation he began to look about for a wife. Women of marriageable age were scarce, so he asked the adrice of some of his men friends. Finally some one told him of the Greenstreet family fust newly arrived and directed him there, as he had heard a big family of girls were in that home. When he got to their cabin the first one of the Greenstreet girls he saw was Miss Marilda. He at once told of his errand and found that young lady had oher plans. She want ed to go to school and, anyway, she told him In no uncertain terms that she did not care to marry man she did not know. Mr. Howard crossed the yard to where Parmella was st work and told her his errand and proposed they get married so she could get 320 acres of fine land as well as a husband. She was of a differ ent mind from her sister and answered, 'Sure I'll marry yon; farm like that looks good to ma and so do you.' They were mar ried that afternoon, and. like many other stories we read .lived happy erer after. Mr. Howard wag of a fine family and they were very happy together." A Problem For Tou Per Today What Is the cost ot painting a round tank, 7 feet in diameter and 10 feet Ions, at 2c a square foot? Answer to Testerday's Problem 6500 lbs. Explanation multi ply 180 by l- by l-S by 18 by .5 by 2.5. 16 1 EH) FKO TO BE GUT COLUMBUS. Ohio. Mav 2 fAP) The first thoronrn inaiute. Uon ot the idle house at Ohio pen itentiary sines ISO mutinous convicts were moved oat ot it un der military guard last night, re vealed todav the daman canned by the rebel prisoners was greater man expected and intervention of ine unio national guard warded off several escape plots. ' Colonel Robert 8. Haubrich made the inspection. On the fifth tier of cells, a hole big enough for s man to crawl through had been cut into the steel wall ot the cell block. It gave aeeess to a water pipe con duit which opened to the root. This means of eseana never wa used because national guardssaen wera installed oa the roar with machine guns and the convicts Knew it. Through the basement two tun nels had been drilled as far as the oater wall. The dam ara in the tell hlotka comprising; the "idle house testi fied to the. complete lack ot disci- piuio seuewing me uuur uonaay fire ia another part of the prison tn which 320 men were burned to death or suffocated. Not one of the BOB cell locks In the idle honsa remained intact to day. Some had beea pounded oft sua tnners nna seen bettered out of shape. ; Today's inspection revealed an enormous ioantlty ot Improvised weapons consisting chiefly ot crudely made black Jacks. PORTLAND m TACOMA, May S-(AP) B6b Uariels, Portland heavyweight, won a decision over Harry Lee ot Tacoma' ia. ths ig. round, mala event of the boxing program here luuigau X.