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a PACE 'FOUR Th OREGON STATESMAN. Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, May 9, 1930 r - . i 3 4 if I" Ww FoW Saray- 17; No FearhdU Awe," , From first Statesman, alarch 28. 18 SI i'. THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. & Cxsbles A. Sprague, f&txxxjx F. Sacxkt, -PufrfeAr CfiAKLJ A. Sfkagte ... Ed&or-itmnagtr Sheldon F. Sackett - tSttmgwg-EHtvr Member of the Associated Press The aeeeeiated "Press Is exclusively entitled to the use (or -mbU- cation all am dispatches -credttaa no It r mot otherwise credited In thiaper. PaeiCe Coast Advertising Representatives: SrUHir W. Stypea, Inc. Portland. Security Bldg. ttui ftaacisco. Eharoa Bide; 13 Angeles, W. Fat Bids. Eastern Advertising Representatives: FenVFarems-Stecher..In&. New Tork, 171 M-diaoa Ave. 1 Chicago. SfO N. Mlchiean Ave. M t if- Entered at the Postoffic at Salem, Oregon, a Seeond-Clasa Halter. Published every morning except Monday. Businett - 215 S. Commercial Street. t SUBSCRIPTION RATE3 Man Subscription Rate. In Advance. Within Oregon ; Daily and Buiuiajr, llb.lt cents; Mo. $1.25 ; Mo. 12.25; 1 year $1.00. Elae Flic't il cent per Mo. or $5 00 for 1 year in advance. By City Carrier: 50 cents a month; $5.50 a year In advance. Per Copy S cent. On trains, and News Stands 5 cents. Corbett Commands Confidence THE primary campaign is drawing to a close. The repub lican voters of Oregon who have remained in very large numbers cpiite undecided whom to vote for for, governor most come to an early decision. They have had rather an nnnanal opportunity in recent months to see and to hear the various aspirants for the honor. The Statesman feels that several of the six candidates would fUl the offic with honor to themselves and credit to the state. Like the individual voter v, 3 have been observing the candidates -in action, scrutinizi ing their records and studying their proposals; and have come to our selection. The choice which The Statesman makes is Harry L. Corbett. That which has determined our selection and recom mendation to the republican voters of the state is a factor vhich we have not seen touched on in the political discussions thus far. It is the element of CONFIDENCE. We profess to find in Mr. Corbett a dependability which gives us assurance as to what he will and what he wjll not do, which inspires us with confidence: and that is a quality in a candidate that is of supreme value. Put it thus: Corbett Commands Confi dence. With Mr. Corbett as governor the voters may have con fidence that the business affairs of the state will be com petently and honestly handled; that appointments to office will not be chiefly a political matter. They may have confi dence that Mr. Corbett i3 sufficiently acquainted with the machinery of government and the workings of politics, and sufficiently- independent in his judgments and -inn in bis decisions to BE GOVERNOR HIMSELF. They may have confidence that he has stamina enough to withstand the pressure of selfish special interests and the clamor of the.po " iitical pack. They may have confidence that the development: of Oregon will be fostered in every sound way without mort gaging future prosperity by worshipping at strange gods. They may have confidence that Mr. Corbett lias a wide and intimate knowledge of the resources and problems of the state, and a broad acquaintance among the people in all sec tions. They may have confidence that MrCorbett will fill h s office with "dignity, with clean- deportment, and without snobbery. We are not here discounting the talents or qualifications of the other candidates. But we endorse Corbett for governor because he gives us in higher degree-than the others, confi dence in his personal and political integrity, in his character, ability, good jfidgment and courage. A New Appointment for the Supreme Court i PRESIDENT HOOVER for a third time has to .make a se lection of a justice of the supreme court. For no:good reason the senate has rejected the, name of Judge Patter of North, Carolina. The Oregon senators McNary and -Steiwer, ! both lawyers, yielded to the clamor and made peace in ad vance with radicals and voted or paired against Parker. , We were not specially impressed with the .selection of Parker, whose judicial career has not been extensive. It may be hoped that President Hoover's next choice may be a more fortunate one. There surely must be in this country some men of known qualifications; jurists or lawyers of ability and character, who would not be made subject to the gunfire of politically-minded senators. Too much agitation has been made "about the supreme court as a political body. It is only rarely that its decisions take on a political complexion, as when they have to chart new paths of jurisprudence. The most of the time and the most of the work are on strictly legal questions calling for a v ide knowledge of the law, the decisions of courts, -and that rre judgment which enables a judge to come to sound con clusions. It has been suggested that the appointment may go to the Pacific coast, and the name of Judge Curtis Wilbur of the U. S. circuit court has been mentioned. Judge Wilbur is a hrnripr of Rprprnrv rf ihf Tntprior RaV Lrman Wilbur: He served with scant distinction as secretary of the navy himself. A lar abler man, in our opinion, is nis coueague, Judge Frank H. Rudkin. Judge Rudkin was formerly .chief rt. of Washington. He has served as U. S. circuit judge for many years; and is inown among - attorneys as one of the ablest members of the federal judi riarv Tip i Hictinrtlv iudra &nd not a politician : and his rmininna are surh a commend him to the hk?h fa VOT -of all who practice before him. He is greatly to te "preferred to W J 1 I A? jrsrotner urxis. Get Up and Go After Health Qon't Wait for Others to Join Yon, Get Your Sunshine Alone, If Necessary. By R. S. COPELAND, M. D. U. & Senator from New York. THIS article is being written is Atlantic City. It is a bright, sunshiny day, but pretty cool Yesterday wis even brighter, fail not hot by any means. The attrac tive Boardwalk is crowded with visitors. Nobody stays in the house. The novelty of the walk, the attractive shop windows, the wheel chairs, the restless throne all these offer in ducement to join the precession. I saw many Of). COPtXAJO pale faces and puny children. Anx ious parents are hoping that the unshine and pore air will promote health. Thousands go there foi health reasons. Tired business nea and worn-out housewives fintf rest and strength at this delightful spot. There is the "herd Instinct" n? many mt us. It is difficult to do any thinf alone. In company with other ire can accomplish everything-. bath in; beach, a bail a old. a excursion on the river, or this fa mous Boardwalk, will take us eager ly Into the air. We walk miles wit the crowd, when without the atim ulaa ot competition we wouldn't ev a block. It takes bravery or a disciplined mind to do .things alone. It ss tar easier to follow the bee tew path That is why many go to Ehirope and tew to Hudson's Eay. Testernay I saw a newspaper dla patch from Florida. It quoted one of America's great men: If ThomaJ A. Edison were .told he could bavt any oner thing in the material, men tal or spiritual worlds, he would those good health, be told aewspapei reportee. Witbtn certain Mmltmitoirt ess acquire and keep good health. It U ours for the talcing. But to have it we cant sit down and fold oui .hands. We must get up and go after it. That is why we need places ITke Atlantic-City and interests that take us -into -the open. Exercise in the sunshine is worUtevei y thing. Every day you spend In- the open Is Bo putting money in the "bank. Every swob day is actually a deposit in the bank of health. If yon store op health yon wfl Bare reserves ef strength and -energy to call upon when you face un pleasant experiences in life. If you san't find friends to do things with ma, must go by yourself. That is ibe way to get health Mr. Xdtoon prizes above all other things. British Made Films A LL the pressure of imperial solidarity seems to have Et- J tie avail, in excluding the invasion xt Ameriam-made j films inithe component Darts of the British empire. Britain has attempted legislation limiting the admission of HeuyH wood movies and talkies, but the home product thus encour aged finds little favor either at home or in the dominions. Australia, even thinks they make better British films in Hoi Ivwood than in London; and Americans sometimes think the HollvwoDd atmosphere Is quite foreign. The Manchester Guardian offers the following comments on the -problems of the British film industry: "It'sitone ot tte most depressing facts about the English klnemS industry that the Quota Act has done so little to raise the standard of British films. With one or two notable exceptions, the great bulk of them re main dsU, slow in their development, sod subserviaat to American technique. Bet at all events we had imagined they did possess one great easlttyt they might be banal, tat at least they had none of that saggSBtlvsisBSB. that kind of schoolboy sex Interest which the late BXr. D. H. Livmaersn denounced". -It is therefore both per plexing and dlstuBbing to find the Censorship Board ot Australia ac cusing English films ot Just the vie we had always thought they had escaped Sut the Board -goes ssnrtnar. It has apparently come to the conclusion that th bagt Jnlxias of Xnglish life are mads tm Amer ica.' Now it is quits tea that SoQrwood has rarely tried to stress those undesirable olemeats is osr national life which It of tea under lines when detllng with Its own. "England Is mot held up as a nation ef snobo er oven .Empire Crnaaders. -But the, important faet is that Hollywood has newer really penetrated elow the surface of our life or attempted to aingls oat she airaitlrarit johUg in our character. Hollywood's England Is wsselly aa nnreal aaJtr. THpltng's version ot the Empire. On tha -ther head, -whuuuasr jEngTtah- yradmeers have turned ta English. lifs they have managed to capture some of its freshness amd vigour witness 'Under the Greenwood Tree, with the excellent Pooling in the country inosnaa. 'Tha- -seal critlciam at the,' British tUm industry is that it drnssa -wpom t&omatSonal Ufa tar too rarely, 'preferring almost any subject to the oxo mt its 'back door. Aud that it n real fault which the Australian Board might wen have pointed Joatr , We learned of one candidate for justice of the peace who doesn't even subscribe to a Salem daUy paper. Gets his news out ot Portland. He ought to be a candidate in Multnomah county. The Safety Valve - - Letters from Statesman Readers ToUhe Editor: Your (editorial "Sonn Bailor an Cheap Power" lias coma to nrr sttentlm. Thnra la lncl tm arhat you say about requirements ether men eaeap power io aitracs in dustries, hut von are wronr :ia giving the Impression that Senaw tor Han is basing his entire cam- rj&frn fnr ihm lnrfnxtriallzntlnn of Dragon on the cheap pnirer'hisneu senator nan nas a weu aeiined program for developing this state industrially, of which cheap oow- er isjMit one unit. After nernsins- your editorial carefnllv. I find th mpat nt your argument ia this sentence. "Fower development and Industri al flfvlftnmnr a n rl nnntilatlAa growth must be fairly synchron ous." Tour analysis ts milte correct and it is tktnetW eshet Snnetar Hall has outlined in his platform and through his public talks." ijrieny ne advocates: . Population increase tbronrh the nse .of a portion of thn sraa tax paia into ine state treasury try tourists to advertise tne state's reereational. scenic, and - arf cultural advantages in view of attracting more tonruts -said homesafikers: Industrial deTelonment Tv cre ating greater home consumption turougn a "Buy oregon-Made Goods' edncational AmMln- 'Thnftn aUnetrlo nawar m-nA mAAt- tioual sransnartAtirm TartltHMi -tw reduce minnracntrin? eostn. tn open mp nadeveloped mineral e'e- ioo ax tne aiaie. and ia mn th tfuickar. and easier access to dJe- xant ntaTkets. atr.-Call advocates federal can allsatsos of the Columbia rivwc If tholedgovernmeat will not unaenasi Job. then the states ehoalddo this, to develop the northwest. Prirata Mnltal cannot, 'had apparently will not, unuerisie suca work because of excessire costs. Under federal rnnstmrMnn Tv Hall adrocates liinv nJ. sai. uausines such ssteniuzeri or aiummum plants which require even a cheaper rate than is avaU- bdib r iacoma. These industries WOUld coma to Orpp-nn If I power were developed and sola) cost m wnoiesaie blocks. Mr, nan advocates the distribution ot jnis power by private companies. It they can comsete. Tour editorial was based entire ly upon retail power prices, to which Mr. Hall made no refer ence extent that mifi n. should be reduced in proportion as tne wholesale price of the fed eral power is less than present private nower costs. I believe there is very little dif ference oetween your ideas what an industrial program should comnrisa and Mr. Hair nrnmn end that if yon were more famil iar with Mr. Hall's plans; his re- con as a successful business exe cutive .and MM-m. las-falatar m would agree that he davthe iogleal man io nut at tne Head of our state government to assume the leadership ot aa industrial era. BEN F. DO&RI3. THE nrCUTHURDLE I -O JL - - - ' r- ' ; - 10 4 W1E DO EM by CAROLYN WELLS or? o PAR. gton, disappear WHAT HAS HAPPENED SO 17111X7 JUANB.and.ltcr friend, Pauline P --oa Bsnily's weddirar rehearsal day. Emily had gone to visit the hospital, but never arrived there. After leaving the Dnane home, Pauline also vanishes, later, Pauline's body is found in the ravine, and, close by, Emily's scarf, asd six rtiamrrndsifrom the necklace herflance, Rodney Sayre, bad given her. At the intjueet, Jim- Pen nington testifies that his wife had threatened suicide, bat suspicion points to Emily because of the findings. NOW GO ON WITH THE STOUT. CHAPTER XXHL OF course the coroner's, panae eat not ao Ions; .aa the celestial one, and Winston returned to the tray, if fray it could be called, by saying: "At this point it seems necessary to imrMre al her family am4 f rrenda at -what lie'Mlm-IHuuM left her heme yesterday after Agaht lonb wsoensfctsaiiea As Kottney 'Seyre's best tsasm, tt wssj his part Boilo anything every- thinr hi hhrpower U save old Sod snvHtroBble evibother. And It was toa.mach to-wxpect Aunt Judy or the sdzts to anssser. Thengh, he felt awes, Nell v-sn dying to get into the ooiiver satten. .But NeU. like the rest. -pretty ssoarobdaed.by th -terror inr of Emily's dianMmdseaid ' 3tu! with the dead body ex rauune Pennington. It could all be duly explained, lot eouiM, trat fit hadtft bees is jet. "We'vs gone ever that question pretty thoroughly, Mr. Winston, Xamb told him, and none of us can place the hour nearer than about five. You know yourself at pleasant party one doesn't watch the clock in case of beings called aa witness, sir. sayre was the lest one to speak to her in the bouse, so -lar as we know. But the sai ler saw her leavwby a side trance end ho said it was about live. He's more likely to know than the guests." "Yes, of course.' Winston, nooaea. wnere uaa W zoi '"She started fnr thai hosnftaL bat- we are told aha never arrived there. We leer Ipul Thty, per-i e i i . m ww w naps aoancuon zor ransom, or robbery of her jewels. That piece . ypn have m-drnt a aul pottiom, oX long rep of dameads gtven her hy hex aape as st weddinsH iseseu. "And aha mm wearing B he left the houBeT" r think, so." Thmt jtaaJaurmmV . "How can we? She might nave' chosen to ieava it behind at the last rmnote. It might have ihoan stolen (by s sneak rhiaT oh. Tm ant tn tho witness 'bos; Vt IT" m a . m 9 umai OTtnnstssm had swar worn htm, and 1m peaking, a little abronOy. "No, Mr. lraV mad tim. -sbsss must o sk less they impiare . There wemsm the dectoB. anst fite 3nsmital mmi ftorities, and then IS3sssaMasjthtt ease in the hands wT the Jury. MVICUUU SlSgy BBAt9ent SSsSsss '! room, ane bixarre tnqttest though it might be hearts were beating with very real and deep anxiety as to the verdict. " ' The Kno&weed groan sat prop erly quiet and eonveatienaUy cahn, but Betty felt linn and week, and Nell wanted teseresm. Aunt Judy had on her best drum-major air, and that was a very fine ess indeed. The men tame back, as fine la all respects at they had gene forth, though Pete looked at them for battle scars. Their verdict was: Death by . misadventure. Whether alone at the time, or in tho cotnpaar of another penes, there is not sufficient evidence or data to determine,' . And the citizens of HUldale filed out ia aa orderly manner and went sedately heme ts talk over their " first InqUest. 1 ; "Who's going to tell Bod about the piece of the diamond chain?" fete Gibby, as the Knoll- wood group, walked alowiy heme ward. f annb cfanDed iiiwaidryy but was shout to say he would of course do that, when Aunt Judy spoke up, thore isashaelnw er the danger-of a shadow on our Emily, and her natural protectors are mvself . and Rodney. 1 ; not . myself fiat, for saw is xnune snttutlrgivo her . on to hun. But of coarse, be and snare tne respossiouiaos ex -any dedsbyns, iTossviDjan stand by7l I feei'heipJsB, I oan take -no ho- tiatrver frr-IhienrAof lMnotntaxs. Twood and Axrnt Judy summoned Rod to her in her own little sitting room, she told him the truth. "Rodney, she said, "we are up against it, you and L I don't want to talk this way before the ethers, but Emily is ours, and we must be the responsible ones. First ox au, iiod, what do you really think has happened? Tve two theories," he said. promptly. "One, that she was ab ducted and is -being held for ran som. Thafs the 'most plausible. You knowfhey do abduct rich girls as well as children.'' "Not often. Well, what else?" That she is teasing me. I know it seems incredible, out Emily ia a wilful pieee, and it mar be that she -wants' tegrve me a final test as to my patieneo tn : potting up with her teasing. I ahould not be surprised to see her walk in this minute smd.throwiier.arms around BITS for BREAKFAST By K. J. HENDRICKS And then, very srentrv and (itnusitleTwaDy, Aunt Judy told m , o ; A I i r4k roi,, soiel Am Judy. osJy be ready tofaee any slUstlgn thatinxar axisa.' Aunt lliidy stepped talking and they were all silent. aessgsi flu j smai lliis ataoof sr ssoss, Alwsmtnaciosr tent, jssut esftshnsly gay, she had W&nihnaa&mU ssstten in tor Yet, us she had said, there initiative to bo taken, oshv to await developments. Lamb was escorting her. Nell sad Betty were walking behind with Pete. Good for von. Aunt Jur. Lamb said. T knew you'll be a tower ef strssrth for old Rodner. and, too, he1 be your right-hand man. uau est bm xor anyttunr in the world X can do, and, indeed, on all of. us. ShaQ we stay ever the durery. You know. EmOy may appear at any minute, and then the wedding will pick up and go on. Yes, irrespective of poor Pony's death. She wue a deer friend, but not a relative, so we win fe night on. rf Aunt Jndv so oka aa than4i Emily might eeme heme laughing. mm hws mww. mm wncwiex vais attitude was real or assumed none could say. ux when they reached KnoD- him ef what had been brought out at the inquest. Sayre listened, his face growing white and set, and his eyes filled with am eunasement bevond all words. When a faithful recital ef the morning's session had been con cluded, he sat silent a moment. ibipwnM usonfwadthen said: sosts ngnt, Aunt Judy, we are ws against H." "You see where the police are trending? "Of course I do. They'll say EmOy pwhed Polly over the rail, that Polly caught at Emily's fur and necklace as she went over, and that after the deed, Emily ran sway. "Thsfs exactly what -they win say." "But EmOy didn't do that!" f Of course not" Aunt Judy's voice was firm and even, but her eyelids fluttered a mite, sure sign with her of uncertainty. Sayre caught it, and said quietly, "Tell me what you think." "IwflL This is no time for eeav. eealment of any sort, I know EmOy had no really evil thought in her heart, but I know, toe, hew she can fly off the handle and do the most eutragess things ht ntffnsfiE esT sUfw'F tf 'Wsherartaa'SBi Push Pauline over?" Te hm tntiaoed Tei Bert Hanoy'B do yon knows: a s In his Salem chamber of com merce speech of April 29, Hon. Rprt k Hsnev'nut out a number of these. "Do you know that claim number one under the aonaiion land act is In Marion counay, and can you oame its first owner? was one of them. It was answer swefed In this column in Tues day's issue. a "s "Do you know the location of tho home of the first white set tler in Salem?" was another. Yes. It was the home of Jason Lee, in the first dwelling built in what Is now Salem, and still standing, at what is now 960 Broadway, and the north and east parts of it Just as it wsb when first erected. "e "a "Do you know that the first Protestant school on the Pacific coast was established in Marion county?" is another question. No doubt Mr. Haney meant the Wil lamette university, the first school of higher learning west of the Missouri river. Back of it was the Oregon Institute, and back of the Oregon Institute was the Indian manual training school, built in 1841, 1S42 and 1843, and back of that was the school at the old mission 10 miles below Salem, started in the early part of 1835. h S "s "Do you know of the battle of the Ablqua?" was another question. Yes. It was not much of a battle. But it makes quite a story, which wiU be related in a later issue in this column. The two other questions will be taken up in a later issue, when there ib more room. V There is no doubt concerning the first dwelling erected in what is now Salem still stand ing. There is a quest as to what was the second dwelling, and where. And the third, sir George Simpson made a trip up the Wil lamette valley "In . UJ41, coming from Fort Vancouver to about where Champoeg park is now by boat. On Saturday, November 20th, 1841. ho 'was at where Sa lem now stands, having ridden from near the site of old Cham poeg on horseback, leaving there at noon. The chronicler who was with his party wrote: "At 2 o'clock (on that day) we entered upon a beautiful and extensive plain, in which the Catholic church is tho most conspicuous object (the old church ia the cem etery at St. Paul.) Here we paid a short visit to the Rev. Mr. Blan chet (whose grave is the most conspicuous one in that ceme tery), and then continued our route through woods and plains, studded, with stately oaks. At o'clock p.m. we reached the man sion of the. Rev. Jason Lee, head of the Methodist mission, situated in a very beautiful spot, where he has lately erected a saw miU this, gentleman's house being the most remote in the. settlement." -m - "s Sir George Simpson was the governor -of tho great Hudson's Bay company, with offices in London. He was on a trip around the world. That is sufficient evi dence that there was on Nov. 20, 1841, only one dwelling house on the site of Salem. Sir George. as -fee retraced nis Journey from the Jason Lee (house and the: mill, got :!ost!ln tho woods, the guide ot the -party becoming bewildered as night cam on. They rode around in the dark four hears, getting nowhere, till they saw the lights in tho Joseph (Gervals house, two miles below the old mission, 'They had'a late supper, provided by Joseph Gervais, and pitched their tents on that his toric spot, and breakfasted there the next (Sunday) morning, going on to the Catholic church (St. Paul), arriving at 10. havlnr a great reception, and took dinner mere an "excellent dinner.'vl says the chronicler. "When James W. Nesmith (af terwards United States senator) arrived in Oregon with the Apple- gate covered wagon train of 143, hs -found the site of Portland a solitude; a dense forest. There were only, half a dosea houses in "Tho Fans" (Oregon City), and that was the biggest town west of the Rocky mountains (not counting Fort -Vancouver as a town, of course). Tho last house on the west side of the Willam ette was the one of George Gay, the first brick house west of the Rockies, on what ts now the TamhUl and Polk county line, and the next white settlement to the south was Tort Sutter, where Sa cramento now stands; aad. as Senator Nesmith said. "Salem contained three houses, and no other towns were known." (There was no Salem then. It was not named tin about seven years la ter. The site was then known as Chemeketa, the Indian name, meaning, according to Bancroft, "here we rest," and acsording to others place of peace, or place of refuge. It may have had the qualities of the ancient cities of refuge of the Hebrews. Lewis and Clark found a number of such Indian places on their great ex ploration trip, in 1805 and 1808, to which individuals and tribes might flee, or go. and be free while there from all harm.) . Senator Nesmith probably call ed the mills two houses,.or per haps the possible lumber shed or granary a house. The saw and grist mills were in one building; under one roof. That building stood where the Larmer ware house now Is, on Broadway across the street diagonally from the Lee mansion or house, which, of course, was one of the three hous es Nesmith saw. "a . . After the Lausanne arrived at Fort Vancouver June 1, 1840, with the "great reinforcement," and with the machinery for the mills and various other freight, a long time was required in getting the cargo to the old mission site, so.that it was late in the year be fore there was any sawing of lum ber or grinding oi flour. a It Is evident that among the first lumber supplies from the saw mill some went to the old missionsite, to be used in com pleting the hospital building, started in the fall of 1837, and not finished till after the arrival of the Lausanne. Jason Lee had bought a farm from a Canadian settler, near the old mission, late in 1837; and there was a 6ma!l house on the farm into which Rev. David Leslie and wife and children and Rev. Perkins and bride (nee Elvira Johnson) mov ed. This house was A Problem For You For Today If two grades of coffee worth 45 and 15 .a nonnd are mixed in the ratio of 4 to 6. what t th value per pound of the mixture? Answer to xesterday's Problem 60 ft. ExrjlanaUoi TTu nmnor. tion. Height of build inr la to its shadow as height of smoke stack is to its snadow. Multiply 40 by 00; divide by 60. cember, 1S38, with all the effects or tne Leslies, and Dr. White urg ed Leslie, who had charge of the mission in the absence in the east of Lee, to hasten work on the hos pital, so much stress was laid on this work, without the advice or knowledge of Lee, that this was part of the cauBe of the rift between Lee and White, causing the resignation of the latter. The hospital was a large two story building with, upper and lower porches. Among the first lumber sup plies were without doubt those that went to the construction of the house still standing at 160 Broadway, for Sir George Simp son found it completed, and called it a mansion, in November of the following year. h (This column will soon contain a series of articles, attempting to reconstruct the scenes at the old mission nearly a hundred years ago). Yesterdays ...Of Old Oregon Tows Talks from The States- man Onr Fathers Bead May 0, IPOS No more applications for pur chase of state school land will be acted upon until it is definite ly known that they are bona fide and segular in every respect, the state land board decided at a meeting at which the Marion county grand Jury report was read. Conservative estimates of the hop crop for the year vary from 90.000 to 100,000 bales, all de pending upon weather conditions. Harry Lawrence Southwlck, the great reader, will appear here June 9 in "Richard the Third." Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Thletoea arrived home last night from their long trip to Germany. On the day they arrived in New York. 11.000 immigrants landed at that port from across the seas. FREE HOSE FRIDAY, SATURDAY and MONDAY Upstairs Economy Department Buster Brown Shoe Store 200 Pro. White and Tan Woven Sandals Special Sale $3.95 900 Pairs Straps, Pomps. Support ers anil Sport Oxfords Special '( Sale $3.95 FREE -WITH EACH 2SmSIXQZS Vi'XS Tf lLL CTVT3 fXr3 VZU UOZZ $1.93 GRADE (IRREGULARS) Hi It