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PAGE FOUR The 02EG0X STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon. Thursday Morning. Amst 28. 1930 - No Favor Stay U: From Flrtt Statesmen. Marea IS. 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CQ. -Ch Anxas A. Srmxcx-z, Shclon f. Sinm, Niwii CbASLcs A. SrtA Editar-Xeftr Sheldom P. SAfiorr - MgiK9-iitr Member of the TIM Aa itated VMM to xrtnslveiy astttM lb csUon ei alt news dispatch creaul te or aet ot ! tins paper. Pacific Coast AdVeniai Representative: Arthur W. Styp Inc.-Portia nd. Security Bias. San fftaacteo. Sharon Bide. . Los Ancelea, w. Pan. Rig. Eastern Advertising Representatives: Fr-Parana -Etcbr. Inc.. Kw Tork. JW aUdtaeB Ark. - Chicago. N Mtrhfwm Ave Eafered at tht Postofftce at Salem, Oregon, Saamd-Ctatt Hatter. Published every mormg except Monday. Busiwttt ffiee 115 S. Commercial Street. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Mall Subscription Rar, In Advanct- Withla Oregon ; Daily and Sunday. 1 Ma S eents: Ma f 1.25 . S Mo It. 26; I yea $4 84. Ela ber SO kMi per Mo or $5 0 tor t ymr in advance. By City Carrier: St cants a month . 5.B0 a year la advance Per Copy i cents. On trains, and Nfw ftandt- 5 rema. Why the Fifty-Two? JAMES W. Gerard, former ambassador to Germany, has listed 64 men as the real rulers of the United States. There is not a politician among them, there are fifty-two big: business men in the group. What a penetrating; observa tion on the accent of modern life! Fifty-two industrialists, bankers, power magnates, manufacturers, out of the 64 who Ttile the country! Written of old, "Ye cannot serve God and Mammon" and so America proceeds to delete God. We are monothists truly, when 52 out of 64 rate because of their . economic power. Gerard omits all politicians with the observation that - statesmen are shorn of their power when they retire from office, and the further comment that these busy big business men through their influence dictate who shall hold public office, further emphasizing the power of industrialists. But why the 52 ? If money is king then the list may be shortened considerably. Many omissions could be made without jeopardizing the power of men in strategic economic position. Thus J. P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Sam . i' el Insull, Henry Ford, Andrew Mellon, Albert H. Wiggins Pierre S. DuPont and Owen D. Young are without dobut the eight who hold the greatest economic power in the United States at the present time. Others in the Gerard list are im portant, but they chiefly buttress the thrones of these in dustrial imperialists. v' The Gerard catalog of the rulers of America provokes swift controversy and counter-selection. Lik? President Eliot's five-foot book-shelf or Theodore Roosevelt's pig skin library, it prompts others to prepare competing lists and support their choices with argument. For ourselves we can think of men whose influence we believe would easily exceed that of many of the group chosen. We cannot omit among those with wide influence in America ft man like H. L. Mencken for instance, whose literary criticism has profoundly affected not only letters bat life. F. Scott Mc Bride as head of the anti-saloon league we would say has vaster influence than say William Locb, mining executive; and Al Capone, in his sinister way, has a firmer rule over more people than any of the Fisher brothers individually. William Green, president of the American federation of labor, ought to be listed among those who rule, justfts much as the president of the American Tobacco company. Nor do we agree with the brushing aside-of politicians because their power ends with their term of office, The same would be true of many of those named, executives of great corpora tions and powerful only so long as they hold their places. Senator Norris and Senator Borah are men who wield a tremendous influence in American politics, and Governor Roosevelt or Al Smith. Search though we may, how few editors wield national power. Gerard lists six newspaper men, but ill of them oublishers," which means men who hire editors to do the writing they want done. Arthur Brisbane has a national audience, but his writing is chiefly in proverb style. His fragments of wisdom do not synthesize into a great editorial policy moving the minds of his readers. Of writers there seems none since Sinclair Lewis rather faded out and Upton Sinclair's fame receded. In journalism, David Lawrence and Mark Sullivan take more the part of reporters than mold ers of opinion. Walter. Lippman, however, and Oscar Gar rson Villard would qualify among a limited group of rulers of the country. Their editorial influence is nation-wide. Harry Emerron Fosdick, most distinguished preacher of the age, would seem to deserve a place ; and perhaps Clar ence Darrow, the brilliant lawyer and anti-religionist of Chicago. Sorting out the great is a game that anyone may indulge In. There are no entry qualifications and no one to grade the lists that are submitted. Sifting the men of power down to sixty in number is a diverting occupation, more engaging t'ian a crossword puzzle, and more profitable than the al phabet game folk play as they tour akmg the highways and pick letters from roadside signs. Campaign Reaches Feud Stage UPSTATE is getting some enjoyment out of Portland's Own Fight. The Orezonian his come down off the lad der of loftv aloofness, thrown ing a man's job in the gubernatorial campaign. The Tele- gram still uses tne great organ wiin us Deuows ior its chief advertiser. The Journal is playing slide trombone in the Meier orchestra, chiefly slide. The prettiest piece of crawling seen in a long time was the Journal's feeble at tempt to answer the direct editorial challenge of the Ore ponian. The latter loaded both barrels with buckshot and pulled both triggers. The Journal did nothing but grovel with a perfectly inept story about a Chinese laundry man. Silence would have been more convincing than its pitiful rejoinder. The News comes in with the pot and kettle drums tr. tom-tom for its big advertiser. 1 The issues of the campaign and the personalities of the candidates are auite obfuscated by the rodomontade of the Portland press. As if the dailies were proving inadequate for the task, the scintillating weeklies like the Oregon Vot er and the Spectator devote liberal space to the asperities of the campaign. It is distinctly Portland's Own Fight. The rejuvenated Telegram seeks its nlace in the sun and the jealous Jour nal throws its political traditions overboard in order to hold circulation bv appeals to the mob mind. The Oregonian stung to action swings up its heavy artillery as well as ma chine gun platoons to enfilade the ranks of its evening con temptibles. There is real entertainment is all this for the upstate audience, which shouts with enthusiasm: Lay on, HacDafi. . . And damn'd be be who first cries. Hold, enough!" ' The republican candidate, Phfl Metschan, seems quite forgotten in the journalistic joustings; and as for Bailey, he migm as WCU UC i.ux nnce in the hews. r The campaign, there seems little hope of a campaign. It is unmitigated guerilla warfare and unlimited privateer- iiig. It is not a political campaign we are having,' but a po- litico-newspaper xeuav c , , Ererybody ought to be happy after Governor Norblad's bene diction in the game row. Everybody's 'Integrftr is vouched for, and Clifford and Clark have governor's letter to present la ap '""plying for s new job The state will rejoice At ft brief rest until the ' aniXe-w netting suns over appointing new men sor ue vacancies. No Fear Shall A Associated IT pebB- eredlted off its coat and set about do vuuovawic xvi au uia pycA' '. ., : , HEALTH Z ' C TcdayVTsSe ; Py ft. 8. Orpelaad, n. D. There are toany dMarbaaeet which act Hk ladlgeatioa. and yet surra ao aoaaeettaa wttk t Stomach. Onft Of tfcl IS jaundice. Jaundice ta ye&ow dis coloration ef the skia due to the deposit ot bUe pigment ta taa tissue. It is really oalya symptom of torn obstruc tion to taa nor mal flow of bile. . When the oil cannot ee eape Into the Intestines In the us ual way. It is absorbed by the blood. Then It becomes deposit ed in the various tisanes. This condition, as I hare said, ta dne to some obstruction, stteh as swelling of mucous membrane lining the tabes which carry away the bn substance. The swelling may come on af ter a chill or from eating some Irritating or indigestible food. The obstruction may be due to Sail stones, or even to pressors from some abdominal growth. The yellow discoloration is the first symptom to attract notice. In severe cases this may become pronounced, causing a bronze or deep live color. With it la dis turbance of the digestion. The tongue is coated, the appetite falls and there is a feeling of nausea, aggravated especially by eating fats. Of course, the first thing to do to find the cause of the ob struction. X-ray examinations win .determine whether gall stones are present In treating jaundice first con sideration is given the diet. Fats. pastries, highly seasoned foods and sweets should be avoided. Buttermilk, vichy and lemonade may be given, as well as plenty of water. The patient should be as quiet as possible. If the attack Is at all severe he should be kept tn bed. See that the Intestinal tract is clear. Tour doctor will pre scribe the necessary medication when the source ox the trouble has been determined. For the itching which usually ccompanles Jaundice, hyposul phite of soda, three tablespoon- fuls to quart of water, will be soothing when applied to the skin. It Is worth while to re member this because the Itching is likely to be intense. Answers to Health Queries Mrs. R, if. I. Q. How much should a girl IS years eld, f ft. inches tall weigh? 2. How muck should a girl 10 years eld, I ft 14 Inches tall weigh? 3. How much ahould a girl 6 years old, 5 ft 4 inches tall weigh? A. 130 pounds. 2. 124 pounds. I. ll pounds. Editorial G)mmerit From Other Papers VERBAL MARLIXSPIKFS What strange associates poli tics has brought together tn the belter - Independent campaign whose parposo Is to make the Is sue of power bring out-of-power politicians into power I Dan Kel laher, fire-eating radical of many a city and legislative battle, cheek bv lowl with Brace Dennis, whose whole journalistic and legislative record is Identified with special interests and machine pontics! WrAd nradr. hlaektOD oarement atent. in the bandwagon of the dear peepul. nhpah-lng in close harmony with Klansman Giiforai Rufus Holman. once branded by the Telegram as the halitosis of local politics in loving embrace with his aforetime newspaper cri tic ! And Jar Bowerman, shooting for popular role and the downfall ef party politics! Jay Bowerman. whose bootless experience as Ore gon's only assembly candidate for governor qualified him to show the malcontents how to pre-arange th more recent bolter assembly down to the nomination and the minutest word in, every apeecbf Jay Bowerman, past master throughout his career in the ways of machine politics and represen tative of special interests in his professional practice! The Tele gram, owned by a multl-aUUon-alre who amassed his wealth thrush power exploitation 1 Klans man Gilford, for years employe of a' power company in Portland! Bruce Dennis, who answered an Inquiry as to whether his newspa per purchases bad been financed by power 'magnates by predicting that The Oregonian would lose its present campaign! Blacktop Bra dy, so up to bis neck in machine politics that Governor Norblad's recent primary campaign bogged down under weight At Brady's de clared support! Add to this list the names of such politicians as Clarence Hotchkiss, sore at being pried loose from ft fat ofnee which be had held tor eight years. and those of sundry other poUU- dans such as Mr. Clyde, who have never had great success in con vincing the electorate pt their claims, and yea get the roster of Meier campaign leaders. ' Power? Yes, it is ft campaign for power aU right la this way: Ont-ot- power politicians ar trying to get into power. Portland Or& Profits to Cantaloupes HKPHZIBAPH. Ga. (AP). As part of his diversified farming program Robert Lansdell raises cantaloupes. Three acres brought 1700 this year. The annual anarket value o 1-H-club, members products 1 more than fl5.OQ9.QQ0. if sr yvwra t.v The OTHER BULLET CHAPTER 21 The district attorney's small. wiry figure jerked forward as If i he .were ft mechanical toy whose spring had been violently releas ed. t object to any such state ment being made as if it were a fact,' be rasped. "With all due respect to the learned professor." tone, of the worda conveyed scarcely concealed sneer "there Is such a thing as common sense. Unless the eminent Dr. Kortner Was even more prompt than Mr. Piper and arrived at the scene of the murder before it was eommuted. he eeatdnt possibly know that man slUiagr dead at his desk had ' been ehaalnir him self around the bouse, and then sat down to get himself shot. He's rots ting his hare-oral Bed opin ions on this jury, attempting to befuddle them with high sound ing technicalities! I object to this line of testimony n sheer opinion and tar-fetched opinion at baf "Now, Mr. Unforth." the judge amid soothingly, "yon know as weU as X do that a witness qual ified as an expert Is not restricted to questions of tact but is allow ed to express his opinion.". He surveyed the irate district attor ney with kindly severity, as if he were trying te quiet a child in a tantrum. Kurtner looked down upon the tumult with frigid detachment. He cast a single bleak glance at Llafortb from behind bis glitter ing eye glasses. They ware pol ished until they shone like clear ice, and his Tolce. when he turned to the judge, was sharp and point ed as an icicle. I am not concerned with opinions, if your honor please," he said. "I am stating a demon strable, and in this case an ascer tained faet." "Do you moan to say. that un like the rest of humanity. It is Impossible for you to make a mis take?" Lintorth clutched at scorn a covering for his uneasiness. "Human fallibility has nothing to do with It." Kurtner said cold ly. "I am willing to say that a mistake, is lmpossisla because chemistry makes no mistakes." Travis bad listened with the restrained triumph ef a bridge- player .who la about to make a nine-spot re-entry good in the dummy. But the jury would not relish being told that chemistry makes no mistakes especially as they knew nothing about chemis try. His keen face tightened im perceptibly as he turned to Lin torth. I don't believe I have vet told the district attorney that the di rect examination of this witness is closed." be said with stinging politeness. "Ton will hare the opportunity of cross-examining bint later If yoa care to." He hoped the Jary had caught the Implication that eross-examlaa-tlon of Kortner would be a dang erous and fntlle proceeding. "Will you just tell the jury the method used to arrive at the conclusion which you bare stated. Dr. Kurt ner?" "I first extracted sufficient blood from the handkerchief to enable me to make a test of Its chemical constituents. It Is a well known fact familiar to all stu dents of modern biochemistry. that prolonged and violent phys ical activity releases lactle acid into the blood stream. The pres ence ot this lactle acid results in a marked acceleration of rigor mortis. In other words, the body of person who dies immediately after a chase stiffens almost lm mediately, whereas the body ot a person who was Inactive in the period immediately preceding death does not begin to stiffen until four or five hours have elapsed. ..' . . "Mr. Piper's observation of the FINDING HIS BEARINGS 0 T1 By Nancy Barr Mavity peculiar stiffness of the body of Mertison led me to apply the lac tle acid test The reaction wee positive. The physical character istic of immediate stiffening ef the body, supported by chemical analysis, thus led to the conclu sion that the deceased was not shot while sitting quietly at his desk, but had been engaged th vi olent exercise, such as running. We are here concerned with two shot from two different weapons. In this connection two questions arise: which shot was fired first, and which shot was responsible tor the death of the deceased? Comparison of the bul lets shows that of the two shot. on through the jugular vein and one through the lung, only the ling-shot was fired ffom the pis tol in evidence as that fired by Mrs. Everett. "Either shot mlsht have b rov ed fatal but the shot through the Inralar vein would briar death almost Immediately.' The shot through the lung, oft the other band, while it might have been a mortal wonnd. would not cans Immediate death, although it would certainly suspend any violent activity on the part of the victim. After such a shot Mortf son would certainly hare been In capable ot vigorous exercise. Tet tne mood analysis snows that death occurred immediately after extreme physical activity. "That Is the situation with which we are confronted. Those are the elements of the problem. It remains, not only to solve the problem, but to solve it In such a way that any possible alterna tive solutions are eliminated. It is not enough to say what might hare happened, but we must de termine what actually did hap pen. "Let us consider first the hy pothesis that Mra. Everett first shot Mortison through the lung and that be was later shot through the jugular vein by some person unknown. We must then imagine that the victim, having been shot through the lung, later ran for a considerable distance. returned to his desk, and there received the second and instantly fatal wound. Such activity on his part, however, would be physi cally Impossible. "We are therefore driven back on the only rational reconstruc tion of the actual event Every member of the Jury was leaning forward with eyes fixed on Kurtner's face. Through his arid, unadorned sentences he had somehow contrived to place the scene vividly before them. Those in the back row tilted forward, peering across their fellows' shoulders. A woman caught her breath sharply in an audible hiss. The tension of approaching cli max held them rigid. In the silent courtroom the buzzing of a large blue bottle fly against the win dow screen was loud as the en gine of an airplane. Linforth ran finger around his moist collar and yanked it open with a sound ot rending cloth. Max reached across the ta ble top, oblivious ot spectators, covering AHne's hand with a firm grip. She turned to him with a smile of singular sweetness, as if it were he and not she who need ed reassurance. Peter alone noted that the metal clasp ot her bag was siowiy. nenaing nnaer ner clenched fingers. : "There are bo alternatives to fact" Kurtner said. He wss un aware of the strained attention focused npon him. He spoke with his customary air ot academic au thority, as if he were discussing a theorem in Euclid, unconcerned with human lives. "When we speak of choosing among proba bilities, we are merely admitting our ignorance ot certain factors in the problem. "In reality, there aro no prob it a abilities only certainties. It it can be shewn that only one thing could have happened, then that thing hannened. as anrelr as or rather far more surely than If we saw ft with oar eyes. When a given set of facts can he account ed tor in one way and no other, there Is no more choice open to us than if, given two sides ot a triangle, we are asked to draw th third. The path Is clearly marked out for us, and there is ealy one line to follow. "In the ease hefnra na MsrH. soft ran to the cottage with an-energy which Implies flight from pursuit and had ranches hia mY When he was overtaken and kill ed. Let us suppose for moment taat ae had caught sight of Mrs. Everett and was fleeing from her. But even assuming that, though physically much stronger than the woman, he would not have tamed and wrenched the pistol from her Instead of running, and further assuming that both ho and Mrs. Everett were at the ranch house and hot at the lodge when the ehase began, there is stlU not snfflelent diatnaea. K. tweea the two buildings to ac count for the degree of physical exhaustion indicated by the blood analysis. "Now let ns assume that Mrs. Everett fired two shots, the sec ond lodging In Mortiaon'a Inn v. the course of the bullet being al most directly rrom front to back, and that some unknown nnmn later fired another bullet into his jugular vein. In that case the body would not have been found bent forward over the table. While sitting in the chair, the arms and back prevented it from falling sidewlse when struck by me outlet in the neck. But if it was no longer supported by the chair structure, but was lying across the table when f fAu tr the ahot through the lung, the iorce oi tne bullet from the side would have tonnled the hnA-w at an angle to the table towards the ien. "Mrs. Everett also noted, with out catching the significance of the circumstance, that Mortison did not move or look ap between her first and second shots. Mrs. Everett's statement on this point may be accepted, first because she did not emphasiso ft as notewor thy, but only noticed ii as curious and puzzling, and second because she herself admitted that she knied Mortison. . At that time she was not la possession of all the tacts, and was guilty of the fallacy ot post hoe ergo propter hoc. She reasoned that aha had shot Mortison: Mortison was dead; therefore-she killed hint. Kurtner restored the imw lenswlthta its tortoise-shell cover and deftly fastened the straps ef the brief case on his lap. He lean ed back in the witness chair and his voice dropped with a last hammer stroke ot finality. "uniy one conclusion is pos sible." he said. "The defendant did not kill Mortison because at the time she fired upon him he was already dead I" (To be continued) A Problem For You For Today reservoir can bo filled by t nines in 3.5 hours. If twn of thm pipes were closed, how long would it take tor the others to fUl it? Answer to Yesterday PmUtm 75 cents. Explanation: Divide 7S5B By lf,X0. wortn Carolina's 1530 corn crop Is estimated at S4,2GM00 bushels, the largest in many years. BITS for BREAKFAST -By C J. HENDRICKS' 8alents oldest resident S V Jnry 'JLSSj d m. abort biograpnicaj sketch of Joseph A. Baker. 141 South Commercial "treet he had celebrated his 6th birth day three days, before. "W H He bad another birthday last month. He was born near Hen ry. Putnam county, Illinois, July 2S, 1839. He Is 91. "going on" 92. That does not necessarily quality him as the oldest per son living In Salem, bat he has certainly lived in this city long er than any other man or woman. V And he does not look or feel a day older than he did a year ago. The Bits man missed men tion of his birthday this year, by an oversight On Tuesday ot this week, when the writer called on him, Mr. Baker was asked what he had been doing all the time in the past year. His answer was rnat he had been mostly eating and sleeping, and calling up in retrospect old daya He has the appetite of a young ster, and he sleeps like a top. S But the Bits man knew better. Several weeks ago, when the writer called on him, he was found repairing .his garage. He wears no spectacles. His eye sight is good, and his hearing very fair. Mr. Baker was cau tioned that, while he was yet a youngster In most ways, he should be very careful to not work over hard, for It might tell on him if he grew to be an old man say around 159, like the ancient Turk now" in this coun try, who claims to be over 150, and has bad 11 wives. "W "Leave that to me." answered Mr. Baker. Hie Intimation was that he had always been careful about over working. Mr. Baker has a good many things to make him thankful. He is proud of his two sons. Ed. Baker, book keeper for the Miller store, and Clair, who is employed at the penitentiary annex, which was the old state reform school. His sons are a satisfaction to him. And "he haa a good wife, the companion of his youth. They were married In Salem March 2. 1866. That was over 66 years ago. over nve years ago, mey celebrated their otn wedding anniversary. The immigration train that brought the Baker family was one of the 1847 covered wagon cavalcades, the total passengers ot which ran for that year to about SO 50, doubling the popu lation of Oregon. The Bakers just missed stopping at the Whitman mission that fall, for the winter thus escaping the massacre. Taer went first to Clackamas county, sear the present Molalla, but in 1841 the father joined the California gold rush, but came back to where Salem now stands in 1849, and bought a squatter's Tight to 400 acres ot land Just east of the present city, oa taa Garden road. Salem was not yet named; was not called Salem 'till I860. It was first Chemeketa, the Indian name; then The Mills, tor the Methodist mission mills, and when the Bakers came it was The Institute, for the Oregon In stitute, which became Willam ette university. Tho Bakers set tled at The Institute, to get the benefit of educational facilities. The boy, Joe, commenced at tending tho Oregon Institute in 1B49, when he was 12. and his schooling lasted 'till 1861. Mrs. Baker was Emma Lamb. She was one ot the first pas sengers over the Panama rail road across the isthmus. In 1853. She came to Oregon from Cali fornia tor her health, with the family ot Mr. Strong, who was building the first telegraph line into Oregon, being the contrac tor. She evidently has enjoyed good health in Oregon, for she still does her housework, with what Httlo help she is given by Joe. He will admit that it 1s not much. S Mr. Baker was one of the early day Salem policemen. He remembers tho haunted noose that was on Church and State streets where the We. Brown residence now stands. This first house was the one that pre ceded the Keller home, that was rebuilt A large tree stood there, the limbs of which made a spooky sound when tho wind blew hard, rubbing against the limb of another tree. A man had been killed, in s fight over a boy's troubles, on that corner, and so no one wanted to live in tho "haanted" house. Joe car tar, one ot tho earliest pioneers, and bis wife, who bad been one of the missionaries, coming on tho Lausanne, lived in that house for a time. So did Joe SOURCE 0F"l MANY ILL SI ta oooaltlofts great ttis) wo rial's seffsrtBg. CosntipsJbon,Col atta. Hcawerhoua and other evidences of Rectal and Colon disorders may be looked to as the cause of most stereous die cases, rheumatism, stomach troubles, idxtutttrifetteOaly such direct sperislbyd treat sunt as the Deaa CBme affords can beta pennaacntrefict. Our FRES book tet expiates our famem sen surgical method of treatment sad remark sMeCVAJtANTT. f RECTALWCOLOli CLINIC EXAM Blc Ort-uCCtXTI?0Ca tm ft UaXPUnUCSSOM TELEPHONE ATWATER ZBd . ayrajATeo omega Sumc,SAN FfiAMciaea .Los ANoti.es Si - M Holman, grandfather ot Joseph H. Albert, whose wife was also one of the Lausanne passengers. a V - The property then belonged to Wylle Chapman, who had been captain of one ot the eoTtred wagon trains across the plains. He was one of the early day con tractors of Balenu He had charge of the construction ot tho first Marlon county court house, that stood near where the pres ent one stands, and: was after wards moved diagonally across Court street corner of High street, and was an office build ing for a time, then a Uvery stable. Mr. Chapman was the grandfather ot Mrs. Henry W. Meyers. - While Mr. Baker was a po liceman, he saw the "ghost" He was passing near the "haunted" house, and he noted ahead of him, on a moonlight night, the shape of a man. He could see through the shape in tho moon light and that proved to him that the apparition was not a man, but a ghost Se he made for it and found it was a small cloud of dust whirled up from the roadway by a baby cyclone! That was the first and last ghost Mr. Baker has ever seen, in a long and eventful life. He was afterwards sheriff. He remembers that he and John Giesy ot the Aurora colony were good friends. He was running foa sheriff, in 1878, and Mr. Gieoy was running tor county commissioner the present court house was bunt inder his ad ministration. The quality ot their close friendship was tested by the fact that Jee carried all the votes in the Aurora precinct and John got all the ballots in Joe's Salem precinct. Friend ships la the pioneer days were apt to be close and cordial. a S S Mr Baker helped in the log ging operations for the mission saw mill, soon after he arrived at The Institute. The logs came from the fir forest down near the Willamette river where tho Marlon county poor farm Is lo cated. They were hauled to the mill by oxen. V S Mr. Baker has seen Salem grow from a few straggling houses, located helter-skelter la the timber and the clearings, be- More any streets were platted, te the present magnificent and growing city. And he has been a part ot all this growth, for ho has always been and is still alert and active, taking an interest and a pride tn his city. NOW BEING USED PORTLAND. Aug. 27. (AP). Wholesale egg" prices held stea dy today with a fair demand, es pecially on top grade. Though butter trading opened slow prices were held np te ranges of the day before oa strength of light receipts. Much storage butter was being used. due to difference in price. Of the fruit and vegetable trade the TJ. 8. A. A. market news serv ice reported: Market for Yakima cantaloupes is practically demoralized by heavy receipts, brokers' track sales bringing barely freight charges in some instances. Watermelons aro weaker, de mand light, even at lower prices of l. 60-1.75 per cwt to retail ers. Peaches, green corn and toma toes enjoy firm demand at steady prices. Green peas are starting to mora from the new Marshfleld district where 200 acres are In bearing with quality and yields reported only fair. New Yakima potatoes are fair ly active at team truck prices of a 1.50-1.6 per cwt Sixty-three per cent ot the lnv- ports of the Phllllptne Islands In 1129 came from the United States. About half a million yards ot athletic field tarpaulin are la use in the United States. MOTHERS now learn value of MAGNESIA. Because it is so helpful la keep, lng babies and children healthy and nappy, every mother s hen Id know about Phil lips Milk ot Mag nesia, This harmless, al moit tasteless it: NSb preparation Is most effective in re lieving those symptoms ot babies and children generally caused by souring food in the little digestive tract, such as sour-belching, fre quent vo-tlUng, feverishness, coW le. 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