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,. , . Lambs in Wall Street -
FT1HERE is a widespread belief that the major losses in
A speculation in Wall street are borne by the small invest
or3 out in the sticks. Lambs, they are called. They stray
blissfully into the den of wolves, there to be shorn. The ac
tual facts scarcely bear out this theory. Studies that have
been made show that the small investor has much greater in-
tellisrence in his financial operations than he is usually cred
ited with. The noteworthy thing is that the dispersion of
stock ownersmp occurs most widely in times when stock
prices are low. When prices get to rising the small investor
being less experienced usually sells out and takes his gains
before the peak of the price movement is reached. Even the
good Bishop Cannon had a book profit when his brokerage
firm failed. And Claudius Huston, the immaculate chair
man of the republican national committee, cleaned up a few
hundred out of the self-made loan from the treasury of the
Tennessee River Improvement association.
. The best proof of the truth of this theory that the gen
eral public is not so stupid as the newspaper paragraphers
make out is shown by the most recent statistics as to stock
holders' lists in large corporations. We quote the following
from a circular of a New York stock exchange firm which
has come to this desk :
"During 1928 and 1929 stocks accumulated in Wall Street
margin accounts, brokers loans mounted, turnover of shares
was rapid, and the percentage of outright purchases seems
to have declined. Since about the middle of October stocks
have been passing out of Wall Street into the hands of in
vestors who are becoming shareholders of record. The real
distribution of stock? apparently has been brought about on
the way down. Since the break in the market the small in
vestor has been the biggest buyer of stocks; and there is
abundant evidence to indicate that last fall's collapse result
ed from the financial dilemma of larger traders.
"From a technical standpoint the biggest thing which
the price adjustment has accomplished is a wider diffusion of
corporate ownership. Many big blocks of margin-held com
mon stocks have been broken up and the number of stock
holders of record never' was so large as at present. Mont
gomery Ward had 11,773 common stockholders on August,
4th, just one month prior to the peak of the stock market
advance. On May 7, 1930, the company's shareholders' list
had increased to approximately 51,250 names. General Mo
tors Corporation on February 15, 1930, had 218,392 common
stockholders, or 100,625 more than on August 17, 1929. Unit
ed Gas Improvement in the summer of 1929 had '23,004
shareholders compared with 68,500 at the end of the year.
United States Steel's list gained from 110,166 at the end of
the third quarter of 1929 to 124,069 at the end of the first
quarter of 1930. Pennsylvania Railroad had 184,997 hold
ers of record at the beginning of October and 196,119 at the
end of December. The number of names on the books of
such companies as Radio Corporation, International Nickel.
Anaconda, Standard Oil of New Jersey and Packard Motor
Car showed a phenomenal gain during the final three months
of last year.
Here is testimony from Wall street itself that the people
who were trimmed last fall were chiefly the pool operators,
the board room boys, the ticker-thumbers, the tip-takers.
The innocent lambs of Kansas and North Carolina and: Idaho
were the ones who jumped in when stocks were on the bar
gain counter. They are in now all right, and all waiting for
bulls to start the escalator.
' Ia tho early days ef aummer we
an look forward to walking la the
fields and wood seeking wild
f 1 o w e r a;
A i f ta
friendly, Oovr
era and plasta,
tkero : Is . ena
that la a posi
tive enemy to
men. .This i
poison ivy."
.so-called. Iti
sclent 1,1 -je
name Jb
."Rhus Torfeo-deadron.
, Every lorer
of .b at a t a
should . kaov
toot tains
about boUnr.
To know- the
names of the wild flowers and
plants, and to' bo able to recog
nize tnem on sight, r Is a help.
To have this knowledge Is a real
pleasure..
The poison Ivy plant may bo
Jest a little shrub, two or three
feet alga, or It may stand as Wrt
as a man's head. When next to a
stone wall or tree it grows as a
vine.
Folson Itj "Week"
Ton should not be Ignorant of
the identity of the plant. It wlU
save you mnch suffering if yon
are sure to avoid contact with It.
It has a bright green, glossy leaf,
and is made ap of leaves In group
of three, or, as the botanist will
tell yon, it Is "trifoliate.- The
stem of tbe middle leal is always
longer ' and two or tbreo times
larger than the stems of the other
two leaves.
A' suggestion was recently made
tbat wo have a "KU1 the Poise
I rv week.- That isn't a bad idea.
It poison Ivy could be eliminated
haw mnch more pleasure everyone
would hare in roaming the coun
tryside.
Like other weeds and plants.
poison ivy spreads easily. It is nec
essary to get rio ox u at me
secure, it is a want wnose room
extend underground so far that it
Is a laborious work to tight tt.
To get rid of it the tight will have
to b carried into rnnvate as wou
aa nnblie rround.
Ona effective method suggest
ed for exterminating this ivy is to
grupb tt out by the roots. But, as
has been suggested, this is dan
gerous for the grubber unless
srreat earn la taken.
The first thing nouced aner
exposure is a burning and intent
itching of the skin which has been
touched. There is redness aaa
nfiill blisters form. As they in
crease In size and number they
mav become Infected.' In some
. . - -
cases there is rever ana prostra
tion.
. afar Be Eliminated
The Doisoa is usually carried
by the hand to the face, bome-
tlmea the face becomes greauy
swollen and the eyes may become
nff Acted.
If von hava been out In WilCr!
nlaces. mi shine In and out of the
wild shrubs and Tines, it Is Just
ai well to wash the face and bands
upon your return, using plenty of
soap and water, sometimes me
poison does not show its effects
for a day or so, so do not wait for
annleasant symstoms.
Alkaline solutions are gooccror
local annlications in lr.- poisoning.
Among these are baking soaa. wk
rax and ammonia in water.
wea notation of earbolle acid la
inn mad. Hvrjosnlsbite of sods Is
also a rood remedy when made
into a solution with water. Apply
any of these remedies frequently
to the anecteu parts.
Answers to Health Queries
RTTstA KM. Q. How can one
tell if bo baa sinus trouble!
A. Have a careful examination
bv a nose and throat specialist.
rWMM'S EMILY?"
I W by CAROLYN WELLS.
By R. J. HENDRICKS-
The Printing of John Henry Nash
LOVERS of good printing ought to step into the lobby of
the First National Bank today and see the display of the
work of John Henry Nash of San Francisco. Bibliophiles
will revel in the treasures more than if they were turned
loose in the bank's strong box to finger the bonds and the
greenbacks. Nash is one of the greatest printers in the
world. In fact, he says himself that he is the greatest;
which ought to settle it. He has done some noteworthy work
and is now engaged on what is to be his magnum opus, the
Irmting of a new translation of Dantes Divine Comedy.
In this little group of products of his print shop are
books, brochures, broadsides, small circulars or announce
ments. What a contrast one will find in the typography of
two of the books: one volume of the Book of the Psalms;
the other the announcement of his edition of the Divine Com
edy. The Psalm book is. done in heavy text type with large
cursive initials. The marginal decoration is wide and highly
.ornamented after the fashion of old bibles. Only the Orange
of the running head and the blue of the initial letters at each
of the psalms lightens the heavy page.
f The announcement book is altogether different.? It is
printed on a fine, hand-made crash stock. A new cutting of
Cloister Old Style Lightface type is used, far more graceful
add lighter in color and tone than the "old English" text of
the psalm book. The margins are wide, but light blue rules
are the only borders, leaving the wide, white margin to add
to the effect of lightness.
There is an art in printing. It has its mechanics just as
do painting and sculpture. But with the craftsmen like
Nash, the mechanics are but the vehicles for the expression
of an art motif. Anyone with an 'appreciation of art wiD
find much to study and admire in this little collection whose
exhibition is made possible through the agency of the Salem
. Ad club. ...... -j :
- Sailing to investigate the practicability of navigation on the
CtAumbla and Snake rivers a little gasoline launch struck a rock la
the river below Lewiston. Not a very aod demonstration the
navigability of the Snake, but that won't deter the boosters who
want the government to sink millions more making the rivers suit
able for navigation. -
; -, "Mooj moo," said the cows. . j .
r . M-m-m-mooroo, rumbled the buns. i
' "aia-a. ma-a." echoed the calves.
, No, It Is sot from tne first primerf irt Marshall Dana reWtinr
VI 14D TV(UAlaU of UttlUsU
. osBnanaaaaawananmaataanaaannnaBnaaaannnaat
-uty thousand people can't be wrong." is the Portland Tele
grams answer to tne supreme court. KeT They caa ba Awfully
. Harry Crala refers to "Albta W. Korblad, governor or Oregon
by the band of Providence.' We never heard Gus Moser called that
4 Next thing we know the Oregon Wildcat will be elected United
javai senator or-aometniag. -
The Safety
Valve - -
; Letters from
Statesman Readers
1 Silverton. May 28.
Being the author of the charter
amendment which Mayor Eastman
calls "the most atrocious smead
ment Silverton ever placed on her
books.' I hone and believe I am
entitled to defend It. Ia y star-
day's Statesman under a lull page
heading, "Stlwtoa Mayor Flays
Charter Barrier to Cleansing
Creek" the mayor Bays his "hands
are tied." Now that is too baaV
bat It Is really true, and the peo
ple who passed the amendment
twice through, the tnttiattre, think
as I do, that his hands ought to
bo tied. We don't want a king
and -his- nobles to have unlimited
power In Sflrertoa. If,' however.
Mr. Eastman wants to clean Bu
yer Creek he can easily untie his
hands for that purpose for the ma
orlty df the people want to build
up Silverton and clean up the rot-
tear condition here, both U the
sewer department, and in the po
litical conditions as well. ' '
This is not the only "neck ex
tha woods' ia which tha people
are- beginning to desire protec
tion. Silverton's unamended ehar-
er cava the mayor sad council
too much power and. sad to tay.
they started to use it to the great
detriment of the then defenseless
citizens by the "square toot meth
od" of building an addition to our
present sewer's system hieh was
to cost about SSS.009. Tbe plan
would hava taxed those least bene
fitted enormously and these most
benefitted very lightly, some pay
ing over , four thousand dollars
while business property- only 111
to 20i This plan had been Toted
down by the people of Salem; aal
ia facta the Silverton amendment
is la all essentials taken from
the Salem amendment after betas
submitted to several legal and of-
tidal Experts who approved the
plan. J ;
It the high authority ot , SUV
vertoa wants te dean u Silver
Creek he can easily do so and still
nphoU aad axeeuU the tun
oamental laws ot SUverton and
of the United States of America.
l J' J.E.HOSMEB.
CHAPTER XLH.
At last Stone rose, but Miss
Wolcott said, hesitatingly!
"I haven't yet told you what I
want to tell yon."
Get on with it then," he re
turned, looking at his watch. He
had already, learned how to talk to
this vacillating young woman.
"It'a it's about a sort of so
cietynot society, but a band or
clique or something for for
forming a new raoe
Let me help you, said Stone
gently. "You're in mind a move
ment for an institution or com
munity that shall hare as its pro
genitors only the best and finest
specimens of our young people,
and they shall be held captive and
made, to become the fathers and
mothers ot a superior race of hu
man beings that shall lire In
sort of Utopia"
"Yes, yes, how did you know?"
"I know all about that thing. It
may be sincere In its Intents, but
it is not above suspicion in its
ways and means. Now, you think
that maybe Miss Duane was ab
ducted for that purpose, and spir
ited away to the lair of these peo
ple and will never be seen or
heard of again."
"Yes, Mr. Stone, yes. That's
what I think, and you see, when
they took her, Polly Pennington
was with her, and they had to get
rid of Pony, or she would tell on
them."
"I see. Now, Miss Wolcott, dis
miss all this from your mind;
there's nothing in it. For, In the
first place, they don't want young
people of Miss Duane s type; they
want large, handsome blondes,
Nordics, the type that they hare
decided Is best for this scheme of
theirs. This is no disparagement
to Miss Duane's beauty or charm,
but I happen to know that she is
one ot the persons they would not
select. And, another thing, no use
painting them blacker than they
are. I m very sure they would not
resort to murder, or to crime ot
any sort, other than their abduc
tions, which they do not consider
crime. If you'U take my advice.
youll not mention this theory to
anybody else, for I assure you it
is not the true ene, and why stir
up a hornet s nest over nothinr at
alir We're going to find Miss Du
ane, and yon have already been
ot the greatest assistance to me.
Now will you let me linger here
a moment to look at some of your
interesting books, and then I will
collect Miss Bailey and run along
borne.
Aa good as his word. Stone re
mained la the tiny library a few
moments, and then reappeared.
and he and Betty said good-try to
their hostess and made their way
back to KnoUwood.
You're learned something!
Betty exclaimed. "You don't hare
to tell me! You learned something
important."
"I did, you little witch. How
do you read me so. well?
Ob. when a man Is beaming all
over with satisfaction, and laps'
ueut to get borne and tunk it an
over, it doesnt require : aeeond
sight to gather that he achieved
something worto. while.1-..
"You're perfectly rlgat, No
if you don't ask me what X learn-'
ed you'U bo a real angel." -;
You. wouldn't tell met I r ail
ask you, said petty philosophi
cally, "so what's tho usef
"No use, my child. Your friend-
too, put forth ;a - most natf r
theory of Emily's disappearance."
"Yes, I know. The New Race."
"I thought you'd know about it.
IQss troteott told yon?" 5 -
"Tea. and rva fcaard of in rt.
dieulous business elsewhere. I live
in-fear f betag lobbied up by
them." I'i : :. .-' :?j
"You're blonde enough, , said
big enough. They want young
Amazons "
"Don't talk about It. I think it's
horrid. That isn't the help Jane
gave you. Is it?"
No, that isn't the help Jane
gave mo. Tne help she gave me
he didn't know she was giving."
"Well, I won't tease. I know
you'U tell us when you get ready.
And now can you get Emily
back?"
"I hope so: I sincerely lyope and
believe so."
At KnoUwood they found Abel
Collins also the Reverend Mr. Garner.
And these two. guests were en
gaged in a spirited discussion
about the general character and
spirit of Emily Duane.
Sayre had become so Incensed
ai their remarks and insinuations
that he had left the group and
gone to the library, where Stone
found him. Idly looking over some
illustrated papers.
"Cheer up, boy," ho said,
brighter days are coming."
"I couldn't stand that old par
son' Rodney exploded. "He insin
uated the worst things about Em
ily.:
"Such as?"
"Oh, you know her little fool
ishnesses about the wedding cere
mony. She Intended to omit the
word 'obey and she said she
meant to keep her maiden name
after we were married, and such
matters. As if I cared. Probably
she'd change her mind about it
anyway. But that dreadful man
Implied that any girl who held
such ideas was quite capable ot
throwing ber friend down the ra
vine or anything else. I wanted
to throttle him."
"1 don't blame you." said Stone.
"But let him go. add forget it. Ho
isn't worth worrying over. Now.
Sayre, I have to go to New York
tomorrow. And I want you to hold
tne rort bere."
Ot jou-se; but what can I do?"
"Nothing hot wait And watch.
I don't expect anything to break,
but something might. As I told
Betty Bailey, I have a glimmer ot
a gleam of light, but It's so faint
hardly dare call it a clue, still.
11 iffl right, tne and is in sieht.
And if I'm wrong, we have to be
gin an over again. I'd gladly ten
you wnat it? ail about, bat it's
wiser not to. You'd say so your
self, u you knew alL Now. I nee
your -friend the parson la denart
ing, so you wait a minute till he'a
really gone, then, you go out and
piay witn Betty and Pete and send
Aunt Judy in bere to me. I would
converse with her." ,
Sayre did as he was told, and in
a few minutes Aunt Judy came
fluttering in. all excitement that
she should hare been summoned.
"Just a few minutes that. Mrs.
Ben," stone said. satOing At her.
"I want you to tell me exactly an
about, tha so-ealled Atlantic City
ptctarea."
. Xh. those.- and Aunt Judy
looked a little disturbed.
"Yes, I ean't think they were
Very terrible, were they?"
"Not really, but it seemed'
weu. I'U tell you all about it, Yeu
see, Emily and Pauline Penning
ton went down to Atlantic City
for week by themselves. Pauline
nad one ot nor tantrums 4
mean, one of her nervous break
dowasand Jim thought it would
dv her good to get a little ehango.
He would have gene with her. but
aha wanted Emily, and Emfir
thought it rather a lark and said
she'd go., go the two went, and
they had a nigh old time. I doat
know what possessed them, bat
they thought.lt would be tun to
pretend Emily was married and
Pauline was not So they Just
changed, names, and let It ro at
that Nethlngdreadful happened.
"For the first time?"
"Yes, they had never seen him
before, and he was holding meet
ings and they went, and somehow
ho spotted them as easy marks.
and he attached himself, rather.
and he gqt money from them for
his cause. Well, then one day, he
proposed they all have their pic
tures taken, and they did, Pauline
and the Swami, and Emily and
the Swami. and all three togeth
er. Then, and I never was sure It
was the Swami's doing, but I
strongly suspect it, the photo
grapher took some trick pictures,
as they call them. You see and
probably you know morn about it
than I do they nave a prepared
plate or something, and a girl sits
on a bench and has her nicture
taken but when It is finished up
there's a man on the bench also,
with his arm around her."
Yes, I know, a common game.
And all right if done by the right
peopie in tne ngni spirit, but a
dangerous weapon In the hands of
sharpers or blackmailers."
"Yea, so It proved. The nhoto-
grapner's agent but X think it
was the Swami's agent- came- to
them several times and demanded
money or be would put the pic
tures in the paper. He only asked
small sums, so Emily and Pauline
paid him, but they were glad to
get borne and get out of his
clutches."
"He never bothered them after
they came home, then?"
'No. X suppose they learned
that the girls had plenty of pro
tection here. But Bince Emily's
gone, that Lai Singh Is eternally
throwing out hints about those
pictures."
M. . 1 ' ...
ueare mm to me. ir he ears
another word about them, I'll set
tle witn mm. wasnt Mr. Pen
nington annoyed at his wife's
foolishness?"
'At first, yea. but JIm'a rather
happy-go-lucky and ho knew Pol
ly meant no harm. Their crowd is
always cutting up didoes of some
sort. You know what tho rouns
people of today ate.'
ies, 1 nnow what they are.
But you don't count the Penning-
ton's among the flapper crowd?
ao, nor Emily, either, for that
matter. But the younger married
set and Emily's set have pretty
much mingled, until they're like
one crowd; The lines are not
drawn hard and fast in Hnidale."
"Weu. airs. Bell. X bare to go
to New York tomorrow, and I do
nope that I ean unearth some
tacts there that will help us. I am
almost certain I am en the right
track, and if so, it's only a ques
tion or time beiore we nave Em
ily back home. I admit t hare nev
er been so battled by a case be
fore, but I am making no apolo
gies, x am aoing my nest. 1 am
in So way Interfering with the
work of the police, Ahd if all goes
well X nope aad expect to succeed
ia my entoat before verv ' ion.
While t am in New York I'U bo
back by tea time please keep
your .eyes aad ears epeav I dont
think anything tffl naftoen. but
it it should be ready tor any emer
gency.
"You quite thrill me" Mr.
Stone. Indeed, I will do jut as
you tea me. aad whatever hap
pens they weal catch s napping."
- Ttl . - n - Mill
yen always : are, aad : Fleming
Stones sincere tones robbed the
speech of all banality er flattery.
(To be continaed) , ,
The provisional government:
S
As related in this column yes- ,
terday. Bancroft called the gov
ernment set up the day alter the
funeral of Swing Young, at the
Methodist mission house at Cham
poeg, February 18, 1841, the pro
visional government. But what
we know as the provisional gov
ernment was due to the over
tures that started in the autumn
or 1812, overtures from the Amer
icans to the French Canadian set
tlers to assist in the movement,
which the latter declined, "pre
sumably." as Bancroft wrote "by
the advice of McLoughlln and
their spiritual adviser, Blanchet"
The position of Dr. McLoughlln
at this Juncture was embarrassing.
It was evident that some form of
political legislation must before
long grow out of the persistent
consideration of the subject. To
aid or even countenance the es
tablishment of a government ow
ing exclusive allegiance to the
United States would be disloyal to
his country and to the interests of
the company. An independent gov
ernment would be preferable to
this, though there was danger that
such an organization, being Amer
ican, might enact laws depriving
him of his property rights south
of the Columbia, at "The Falls,"
(Oregon City). Plainly the most
prudent course he could follow
was to avoid the issue if possible
until the two governments claim
ing jurisdiction had settled the
matter. It was with this end in
view that be, directly or indirect
ly Influenced the Canadians to
reject the overtures of the Amer
ican settlers. They professed cor
dial sentlmeniB toward the Amer
icans and the gentlemen who had
invited them to participate in
forming a government, and de
clared that they were in favor of
certain regulations for the, pro
tection ot persons and property,
and were willing to yield obedi
ence to the officers chosen at the
meeting of February 18, 1841, al
though they did not approve of all
their measures. They declined to
address a petition to the United
States, as solicited, until tho boun
dary should be established. They
were opposed to the land law in
contemplation by the supporters
of the government scheme, be
cause they had no guaranty that
all would not be changed by the
succeeding government. They ob-
ected to a provisional form of
government as being cumbersome
instead of helpful to the colony.
Men of laws and science, they said.
were still few in the country, and
had enough to do without legislating.
W
They proposed, however, that
council or senate be chosen for
the judgment of offenses, except
capital ones, and to make suitable
regulations tor the people; that
the council be elected and compos
ed of members from all parts of
the country to constitute a parlia
ment, the president of the council
and another member being em
powered to act as justices ot the
peace in each county, with the
privilege on the part ot the peo
ple to appeal causes to the whole
council. The members, they said.
sseuid be influenced by a desire
tor the public- good, and not for
their own gain. Taxation they pro
nounced Inexpedient, and especial
ly onerous to new arrivals in the
colony; and they would not eon-
seat to be taxed. As to milita.
they declared it needless, and the
occasion of eusplclon to the na
tives, as well as a hindrance to
necessary labor and an expense
to the peopl& The country, they
contended, was open to all nations
until Its sovereignty should be de
termined, and people might settle
in it without being called upon to
declare to what government they
would give allegiance in the fu
ture. They desired to be in unsion
with all respectable citizens, or
else to be left free to make such
regulations a appeared most nec
essary to themselves, until the
coming of some lawful authority,
to which they would cheerfully
submit. While they did not forget
that eome laws might be profit
ably adopted even then, they held
that the more laws there were the
greater the opportunity for rogue
ry and for subsequent changes
which might not 1e profitable. Be
sides, ia a new country tho more
men employed and paid by the
Stone. eritJcally, ?but you're not except that they met the Swami."
publio the fewer remained for In
dustry. The address concluded
with the assurance that none could
be more desirous, of the peace.
prosperity.'and liberties of the col-j
ony than themselves, and with
good wishes for "all those who are
or may become our feuow coun
trymen.
S S
Although Dr. McLoughlln bad
taken no open part in these pro
ceedings, be was naturally and
rightly supposed by the rebuked
and offended originators of the
provisional government idea to bo
responsible for the attitude taken
by the French settlers, and a feel
ing of hatred toward him grew.
Meetings were likewise held ia
other parts of the colony; one at
the Oregon Institute (on Wallace
prairie, now the Bush place
northeast of the present Oregon
school for the deaf) , where W. H.
Gray then resided, and was em
ployed as a carpenter and teach
er, for February 2, 184S. Gray
wrote and circulated the petition
for the meeting, ostensibly caUed
for the purpose ot devising means
of protecting the herds of the
country from wild animals, but
really as a device by which the
settlers, French and American,
might be brought together, and
the plan of a provisional govern
ment broached. The minutes of
the meeting occupy less than half
a page, the only business accom
plished being the appointing by
Dr. Babcock, the chairman, of a
committee of six, to give notice of
a general meeting to be held at
tho house ot Joseph Corrals oa
Monday, the 6th ot March.
Bancroft says: "Gervais had al
ways been the active helper and
friend ot the Methodist mission,
of which he was a sort of lay
member; and it was customary to
hold meetings of a religious or
secular nature at his house, which
was a convenient center of bus
iness for the settlers, about half
way between Salem and Cham-
poeg. As almost every settler had
Buffered from the ravages of wild
beasts, the meeting was fully at
tended. James O'Neil was chosen
chairman, and George W. LeBret
on secretary. The business for
which the people had come to
gether was conducted to a satis
factory conclusion; a bounty be
ing fixed for every species of an
imal killed. A committee was ap
pointed to receive the proofs, a
treasurer chosen, and regulations
were established. Tho association
thus formed was known aa tho
'Wolf Organization,' and was
what it purported to be, a meas
ure for the protection of domestie
animals."
James H. O'Neil, chairman of
the "wolf meeting." came with the
Wyeth party In 1884, along with
Jason Lee and his missionaries,
and he was converted and joined
the Methodist church. Le Breton
was a Catholic, having been con
verted at the St. Paul church. Ho
gradually withdrew from activ
ity In that church (one historian
saya on account of a lore affair),
and was active In forming the pro
visional government and became
its recorder thus being Oregon's
first secretary of state. He came
from Massachusetts. He was
wounded in the Cockstock fight at
Oregon City ia 1844, and died
from the wound.
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(This series on the formation of
the provisional government will
be continued in tomorrow's issue.)
A Problem
For You For Today
A merchant -bought handker
chiefs to seU at 21.20 a dosen. Ow
ing to increased operating ex
penses ho was obliged to. raise the
price 25 per cent. How many then
could be bought tor $1.00?
Answer to Yesterdays Problem
SO days. Explanation: He se
cures 4-6 of the estimated help.
Multiply 24 by S-t.
LIQUOR SEIZED
NEW YORK. May 20 (AP)
Coast guardsmen today seised 18
cases of iwe, Scotch, champagne
and cordials, valued at f 16,000.
:. SOLOES DISAGREE A
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Shoals property were sent to con
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little hope was entertained of as
agreement at this session. -. .
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