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j j! 1 1 ! I The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon. Sunday Morning. September 21. 1930
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From First Statesman, March 28, 1851
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Again, The State Fair
OYEZ, oyez, oyez, the state fair is about to open, j Mon
day is the day for the beginning of this great annual
exhibition. Preparations are being completed. Men and
women are working line beavers to get everything dressed
up for company; and the job promises to be done tomorrow
iri rendiness for the thousands of visitors who are exjjected.
sr The state fair is a ereat agricultural and industrial ex-
nsiiinn with divertiner entertainment in addition.: It ;ap-;
peals to the masses of the people, giving them a picture of
development which thev never would get by reading.; There
it ui i 4- .,v, 4- Wocf Ktovtnn trip hicr Tiart-
Will Lrc iiic x l siuai iiuiii --,
letts from Medford, the fine potatoes from Klamath or Red
mond, the -tall corn from the Willamette valley. Then there
will be the big bulls with their marcelled backs; and the
massive swine; and the chickens with the funny Combs;
.and the white rabbits. Recite them all one cannot; and it
will blister one's feet to make the full rounds of the barns
and booths and stalls. But all of us love it. We walk to
plumb weariness looking at cows and cakes, at carrots and
bedspreads, at percherons and painted china..
. The weather, yes the weather, for the weather is a
most important factor in the equation of a successful fair.
Well, the weather gives promise of being favorable. : Skies
have been fair for the week past, and the days glowingly
warm, sweatingly so, and coatlessly so. It may welj be that
the weather gods will smile another week and give Salem
. and Oregonians a good break for the fair. ;
One must not forget the "horse festival. " There are
the afternoon races, harness and running, with the? elite of
the racing family doing their turn on the track. ; And; at
"night the real horse opera, with the horse show on at the
pavilion where the real aristocrats of the stables step their
minuets and pose their parts.
A great week looms. Oregon's own week land Salem's.
About Salem's Power Venture
THE Statesman feels that this way about Salem's going
into the municipal power business: v.e should learn to
walk before we start to run.
Salem has just voted $1,200,000 in bonds to uy the
water plant and initiate its municipal ownership venture.
That is a sizable sum and a sizable activity to engage in.
Voters and taxpayers have a perfect right to test th stew
ardship of this sum before going farther afield.
So far as selling five million dollars worth of utility
certificates on an unborn municipal enterprise, that sim
ply is not going to be done. Bond buyers are not quite so
gullible. If it were put out in the form of mining stock or
oil stock, it might be sold; but bonds secured only hy the
assets of the utility would be unsalable except at; heavy
discount. . ; :
Salem has no legitimate complaint to make against the
Marion lake development because Mr. Kelly, who made the .
filings there, repeatedly endeavored to interest Sjalem in
the project and to have the city proceed with the develop
ment. He was turned down here and finally sold Hi.; inter
ests to the Pepco. Havjng rejected the Kelly offer some
years ago, Salem is in poor position now to demand priority
at Marion Lake.
However that may be, should the Pepco proceed with
the work at Marion lake, Salem could any time thereafter
pntirlcmn iha nlonf anrJ falfp if ftVPr UTtrlpr trip TPrms'trvf trip
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xcucirn du Uiuiua.u.y
KIIU vU ctlkUcii tvsi less ucficvjcinuii aim omui iitonuii.
Conservative business "Judgment clearly dictates that
Salem first show its capacity to operate successfully its
soon-to-be-acquired water plant before launching isuch an
ambitious program as the utilities committee of the; coun
cil is proposing.
Another Independent Candidate
SURELY our gallant secretary of state Hal Hoss will not
bar Mrs. Myrtle Purviance Wilson from entering the
race for governor. Is there not some way in which the ex
acting details as to precise moment of filing nomination
papers may be overlooked? Surely Oregon's campaign; neetls
the feminine touch this year, and Mrs. Wilson may be just
tke person to lend appropriate color to what is now quite a
dour and dark campaign.
There have been those who saw no good in any bf the
three candidates now absorbing so much attention; and en
gaging in so much verbal fisticuffs. Mrs. Wilson' may be
just the person for them to vote for. Of bourse she will have
no quarter of a million to spend, like Ruth Hanna McCorm
ick. And her campaign may not progress beyond the stage
of complimentary publicity in the papers. Bt Mrs.lVilson
appears as a diverting light j so by all meaas let her; enter.
One independent deserves another. ( :
Salary of Judges
A candidate for justice of the supreme court, J. Et Hos
mer, wrote a letter which The Statesman published
Saturday. Mr. Hosmer offered to serve for the -cohstitu-
tionat salary" of two thousand dollars a year. One would
think a candidate for the supreme court should know his
- state constitution along with his Blackstone. Evidently Mr.
. Hosmer doesn't or he would know that in 1910 the eopIe
V adopted an amendment to the constitution part of which
reads as follows:
"The Judges of the supreme and other courts shall . h . receive
' ch compensation as may be provideed by law."
; We call this to Mr. Hosmer's attention, so that if, when
v and as lie is elected, he may in perfect good conscience draw
has seventy-five hundred a year. !
C ('if
i Chicago pollct are still looking for the murderer of Alfred Lin
1 cle. Taat la, we. suppose, they are looking. He was shot in the day
? the and his murderer was seen by several bystanders. Scotland Yard
' woald have had the killer hung by this time.
Over in India there Is complaint because people are stealing
elephants. In this country the bull seems in greatest demand,
Liberty School
Will ie Closed
' Next Wednesday
, LIBERTY, Sept. 29. At a
'Meeting of the 'school board
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Monday evening it was voted to
close the school Wednesday, Sep
tember 24, Salem day. at the
fair. ; : ? 5
The achool opened Monday
with an eareUinent of St.; It i
expected there will be a larger
attcAdaac whea Ue pmnav har
vest is orer, s; it k
rmillT Tr A if nil fit WILLING NURSEMAIDS I
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Today's Talk
Br R.S. Copeland. M. D.
Women dislike having feet
which are conspicuous j tor site.
To be blunt about it, no I woman la
I proud lot big
feet; she posi
tively! (hates
them.; Bat
there Jean be no
doubt she U In
creasingly sen
sible about her
shoes and
stockings.
The Styles in
women' dress
durlnf the past
few years have
riven jus rather
accurate Infor
mation S regard
lng I matters
formerly hidden In mystery. We
know a lot mote about things
than we did in the older days.
Not so long ago I SffV !a state
ment made by the manager of a
great hosiery company. ; He said,
"Despite the probable f protest
from the fair sex throughout the
country, the feet of women In
America are growing larger!"
Only a few years agd he said,
women wore hosiery well; divided
In sizes between eight 'and one
half and ten. Now -the? i smaller
sizes are rapidly decreasing and
the larger sizes are in increasing
demand. "Size nine and One-half
is the general average -worn by
women, but size ten Is: coming
more and more into deniand."
I follow the statistician to this
point. I must part company when
he says, "In another generation
there will be little difference In
the size of a woman's and a man's
foot." j 1
I don't believe It Tht is mere
ly another of thei manyjdtre pre
dictions we have heard about
what will happen to women. I
have lived to see everyj tone of
these prophecies fall by the way
side. They used to pay that corsets
would cramp the organs; and lead
to disaster. High-heeled shoes
would "throw the spind out of
alignment" and disturb the nerv
ous system. Veils would cause
irritation of the ! retina ;apd pro
duce blindness. : Sheer costumes
would lead to bronchitiSj pneu
monia and tuberculosis. Rouge
and powder would poison the
blood and damage the nerves.
But they didn't! These terri
ble things never 'happened.
In spite of an; her "bad," but
charming habits, lovely woman
has survived and continues, to rule
the world from her throne of un
disputed power. ;Her feet may be
a trifle larger than they bsed to
be, but even that I dout Any
how, fair women will never be
come as gross and massive as is
man. '. '
Modern women have 'a differ
ent outlook on life tha their
mid-Victorian ancestor ; had.
Western wotnen have been eman
cipated just as have Chinese wo
men. No longer; will thiey bunch
their toes and crqwd their feet in
to tiny shoes. They are wearing
shoes the size feature requires
for their pedal extremities in hos
iery, not because they have big
ger feet, but because they have
bigger brains. '
They eat bonest-to-goodness
food. They take real exercise.
They walk and ; dance.? I Stately
minuets through which; a foot-
tortured maiden could move with
mincing steps, have given way to
dances which set; the puises beat
ing, j !
The feet aren't bigger they
simply spread out over ne terri
tory Nature intended. They
won't be any bigger in the future,
because with woman's I present
sensible foot dressing they have
reacned, not ' larger sizes, but
'merely the sizes they should have
'worn all the time. Just as you see
more of-wo.man these days, you
see more of herTeetr-JLt is the
mode, nothing else! i '
She insists on having good
shoes, well-fitting shoes sensible
shoes. She can't be fooled by the
plausible salesman. I am proud
of her emancipation.
Editorial
lent
From Other Papers
THE NEW EDUCATJOXAIi
BOARD GOES IN IR
BUKEAUCRACT
The new state: board f hlcber
education has done and is doing
exactly what it should not First
it appointed a $7,500 a year "sec
retary" to serve; aa an, In term w
atary between itself and the nrea
menu or the five Institutions of
high learning under Its . control
The error In this act -was that
17,500 la too big a salary for a
mere secretary. It is more than
the secretary of state gets and and
as much as the governor receives.
It makes both the secretary and
the presidents feels that the form
er is a sort of chancellor over
them, yet he isn't called that and
isn't given that authority. What in
ner a clerical assistant: or a super-executive?
His position with
respeet to the schools U confused
irom tne .start, always a danger
ous condition in public admini
stration. :
The natural coarse for a secre
tary trying to assure his bosition
and prestige is to build up an or
ganization around himself. This
has already happened, theugh he
nas neen in orriee only 'a few
weeks. He has just requested and
secured larger quarters: In the
caprtol building find the : amazed
state board, of control la calmly
told that staff of perhaps 20
persons will be employed there, an
addition of Just that much to the
cost of raining ; the school, for
nobody will be discharged In Eu
gene, CorvaUis, Jfonmcjtith, Ash
land er La Grande. 4- I
A more complicated -system, a
new opportunity -for confusion, al
most certainly leading tor dissen
aloa between the icheol jp residents
and the board which onjthi to deal
with them directly, and not sec-ad-handedly.
More expanse. No
bettST education. And the thins;
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The OTHER BULLET
CHAPTER 42
"Look here, you can't do that
it's againt the law! There's
got to be an inventory taken of
everything in that box. You can't
destroy any of it's contents."
The county treasurer had
whirled at the sound of tearing
paper. Aline Everett, standing in
the corner with her back turned,
was methodically dropping torn
shreds of letters into the wire
basket.
But the county treasurer's way
was unaccountably blocked by a
tall, thin figure which stood be
tween him and the woman in the
corner. The wrinkled lids of the
sheriff's eyes were lifted. His
eyes blared with a cold and steady
fire.
"There ain't goin' to be no let
ters In this inventory," he said
quietly.
But"
'I said there ain't going to
be no letters in this inventory!"
The words dropped with the
tinkle of icicles. Bad men, wild
and drunken men, had felt the
chill of that high-pitched, nasal
drawl in the old days, and had
stopped in their .tracks before
Simpson's hand had so much as
strayed toward his gun.
The treasurer felt it now, and
paused, bewildered.
Aline's hand darted to her
handbag. In another Instant
there was a sharp click and her
open cigarette lighter with its
tiny point of flame described a
shining arc as she dropped it
among the shredded papers in
the basket.
Smoke rose and curled in the
windowless, steel lined vault. Not
until it stung his eyelids did Pe
ter turn from the table where he
stood bending over the thin.
closely written sheets which had
been the only other contents of
the box.
"Well, for the love of Mike!"
he exclaimed impatiently. Then,
discovering the cause of the dis
turbance which had set the other
two men to stamping with heavy
boots in the charred remains of
the bottom of the basket, he turn
ed to Aline. She was standing,
unmoved by the commotion about
her, in the center of the small,
open space.
'I wish you'd fish out my
lighter before they tramp on it,"
she said. There was a catch in
her voice, but her uplifted face
was triumphant.
"Well, I'll say you're thor
ough," Peter commented.- "And
I'll say this much. Don or David
couldn't resist any woman that
crossed his path, but yours were
the only letters he saved."
Oh, that!" Alfne's shoulders
lifted. "That deesn't matter any
more. The only thing that mat
ters is that it's over."
"I don't know what this is all
about, but it's most Irregular.
It's likely to get the whole bunch
of you into trouble," the treasur
er protested as be extrieated bis
feet fronr the waste basket.
"There's three of us in rh
room to swear that there never
was anything in that box except
the one paper that's on the table
right now. I guess that simplifies
your inventory some."
The sheriff a Hps barely moved
as he spoke, but Peter caught
again the deepening of the wrin
kles about his eyes. "Ma'am, I did
you an injustice a white back and
I don't like to be under an obli
gation to nobody.
"I don't blame you for not lik
ing nte," Aline said with a shak
en laugh, but her -eyes were
steady as the sheriff's own. "I
think we just didn't understand"
is mora likely to get worse than
better as times goes on now that
long step has been taken in the
wrong direction. Barker Demo
crat-Herald. -
By Nancy Barr Mavity
each other very well. But I do
thank you."
Simpson took the hand which
she extended and held it iu his
huge bony fingers.
"You've been a very foolish
woman." he said severely, looking
down at her. "But you've got
nerve. I always did admire your
nerve."
Peter, once again oblivious,
had returned to the table. His
soft black pencil flew across the
pad of paper which he had ex
tracted from his pocket.
"Just don't start anything else
till I get this thing copied, will
you?" he growled. His near-sighted
eyes bent again over the close
ly written sheets before him.
' To Whom It May Concern,"
he read. "If this is ever found I
shall have lost my stakes or
won them, I don't know which.
I've left It up to fate, or luck, or
Qod.
"I've tried lo make myself go
back and face the music, but I
couldn't do it. I know that I nev
er will. But if I'm found out
well I won't be altogether sorry.
There are times, like tonight,
when I know myself for what I
am. That is why I am writing
this to show that I know.
"I did not mean to kill my
brother. That was an accident. I
came back home, and learned
that he hadtold mother I was
dead. He said I'd already disgrac
ed us all and broken her heart,
and that he wouldn't let me see
her. He called me a libertine and
a bum and he was right. He was
always right except once and
for that once I killed him."
Peter saw where the pen had
rested heavily on the paper, leav
ing the blot of a long pause be
fore the words raced on.
"He accused me of coming
back because I wanted money
money from mother. I knew I'd
given her nothing to be proud of,
but I loved her. Perhaps that is
why I tried to break her heart,
because here was the only love I
couldn't win.
"He told me I bad no right to
keep the only thing that I'd tak
en with me from home the ring
that she'd had made years ago,
one for each of ua. He wanted me
to be dead. He wanted to take
her .gift away from m because
it was one remaining link with
the life I had forfeited. But I had
a right to keep it.
"I was mother's son as much as
he though they both wished I
hadn't baen. When I told him Fd
see him in hell before I gave up
that ring, he accused me of keep
ing it because I could sell or
pawn it. That was when f snatch
ed a golf club out of the corner
and hit him
"I can't say I was sorry when
I found that he was dead. There
was a sort of relief In it as It
something that had tightened and
tightened for years had broken at
last. I'd always wanted to hit him
-and now I had. He wasn't right
any more he was dead."
The pen had stabbed almost
through the paper at the end of
each of tha short, terse sentences
as if the man who. wrote had held
himself to speak briefly of things
which be could not reveal fully
in words.
The pressure of emotion found
rent only in those stabbing per
iods, tearing at the paper which
epesad so little of aU that lay
behind.
"Then I remembered that they
would net kill me at once that
people were locked up before they
were tried; The handwriting was
large and shaky now, with jerks
that made It at time almost 11--,
legible.
"So I wiped off the golf club
with my handkerchief and left as
I nad come hy the French win
dow. My mind was very clear. I
even thought how fanny it was
that Jerome was saving me
against his will Jerome, who
had always tried to make a prison
of my life.
"Because I had seen the light
in his study, I had gone around
that way when I came In, instead
of ringinp the doorbell. Because
he had tried to Mot out my very
existence by telling my mother
that I wa3 dead, no one could
ever suspect that I had come
back.
"I knew I would never see my
mother again he bad won a
point there. But I took her pic
ture from the mantel the pic
ture where she sat between us,
but with her eyea turned to Je
rome. "It was a long time ago, but I
remember the day that picture
was taken, and how I hoped that
just once her eyes would be turn
ed to me. But they weren't. I've
grasped at love wherever I found
it natched at it for the mom
ent, but somewhere in the back
ground was always the love I
didn't have, and waited for, hop
ing and then giving up hope and
rushing off to pretend that I did
n't care.
"The picture was never missed.
But when I read the description
of Jerome's body in the papers,
mentioning specifically that his
watch and pin had not been tak
en, I .knew that his ring must be
gone, and his money. Not even
the police would fail to notice the
ring if it were there, and he took
out his wallet and offered me the
bills in It in exchange for my own
ring just before I hit him.
"I knew that Lynn could not
be guilty of murder, of course,
but he had been guilty of rob
bery. It must have been his foot
steps that I heard on the stairs
as I turned to leave the room.
"I wrote a note to the police.
It was dangerous, of course. If
they traced the note to me, they
would know that I must have
been there. But they didn't and
anyhow, it was the only way I
had of finding out whether Lynn
had robbed Jerome's body.
"I called it a bet with myself
if he were not a thief, I would
have to come forward and not let
him be convicted of the murder.
But they found the money in his
trunk then I knew that I could
not have gone back anyhow. I
couldn't face prison. The first
time I ran away from home was
because I was locked in my room.
"Mother sent me there, but It
was Jerome who turned the key.
I thought I would go eraxy before
I could get the window open and
jump out. When Lynn was given
life imprisonment, I knew that I
could never bring myself to take
his place.
"I didn't know it all at once.
For several years I told myself
that It would kOl my mother to
k-now that her son was a murder
er, and that I must spare her that
final disgrace. Then she died. But
by 'that time Lynn had already
served several years of his sent
ence. It couldn't mean so much to
him not what it would mean" to
me. Perhaps he was even used to
it by that time. And it he was not
a murderer, at least he was a
thleL
'I said all these things, and
.most of the time I believed them.
Sometimes I did not even think
about It at all. But there are oth
er times, like tonight, when X
"know exactly what I have done.
The murder was an accident
but the cowardice that let an
other man take the consequences
for my act was net an accident
I know now that I shall never
tell anyone, except fa these words
mat I should be in, Lynn's place
prison.
"It Is not that I fear danger
it la certainty that I fear. I could
make myself entirely safe by de
stroying my mother's picture and
(Continued on page 14)
BITS for BREAKFAST
By R. J. HENDRICKS
The Cayuse war:
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Continuing the account of
Judge T. C. Shaw: "About 175
men. all told, were the most that
could be fully equipped and put
into action, as many were ill and
others were needed to guard the
supplies. This was not a rery
strong force to go out against
such a horde of savages, but they
went "out courageously.
S
"Word came through two In
dians who had to be recognized
by the officers, because of the
white flag they carried, that the
hostile redskins were headed for
the (Snake) river, intending to
cross. The militia traveled almost
all night, until it was too dark
to see anything, when they lay
d-own to rest after putting out a
picket guard. In the morning it
appeared that nearly all the .In
dians had already crossed the riv
er, and as there were no boats
available, nor tools with which to
construct them, in the wholo
command, our men could not
follow the Indians at that time,
but captured all the stock they
could and started back to Walla
Walla. They sent back to The
Dalles the heavy cannon they had
tried to carry along with them
and as much unnecessary equip
ment as possible.
S S
"They had not cone far in the
direction of Walla Walla when
they could see Indians corning in
all directions. A line was hastily
thrown out and they waited for
the attack. When this seemed
slow in coming, an order was giv
en to fire. The Indians returned
the compliment and the battle
raged all afternoon. The militia
found they had to contend with
many times their number of the
enemy, as well as to protect their
stock. It was decided to turn the
latter loose.
S S
"I hated to see this done, as I
recognized oxen in the bunch
that had hauled my friends, the
I Sasrer family, across the plains.
This family started to Oregon in
j 1844. The father died at Green
; river of carun fever and the nioth
I er died at Fort Hall of the same
disease. The children had been
' brought as far as the Whitman
I mission and left in Dr. Whitman's
j charge. The two sons were killed
during the massacre and the
daughter taken prisoner. It was
said that. the lad Francis was the
only one who showed fight when
they were attacked. Dr. Whitman
i could not believe the Indians.
with whom he had labored, would
go so far as to take their lives,
and waited until too late to de
fend himself.
"-
"Returning ro the Indian
skirmish at hand, an Indian in
terpreter, called Mungo, had his
horse shot from under him. and
wDuld have fared badly had not
a fresh horse been given him at
once. Jacob BenLz. one of the
militiamen, got a little too far
from the lines, in order to get a
better chance at the enemy, and
was pounced upon by three In
dians and received a wound from
each of them. He was rescued
just in the nick of time. Several
hairbreadth escapes were record
ed in that day's fight, but no real
casualties.
" mm
"They fought furiously until
the close of the day, when, near
a place that is now called Waits
burg and near a clear creek, the
militia made camp for the night.
It was here they turned the stock
loose, as mentioned before. They
had no rest, however, for all
night ssipers kept up an occa
sional firing, to be returned by
our men. The ammunition was
running low and care had to be
taken in its use. They had to be
as saving of this as possible.
They were up and had breakfast
before daylight, saddled their
horses and took for the tops of
the hills right near, avoiding the
ambush they felt sure was pre
pared (or them by the redskins,
had they gone straight ahead. "
U
"When the militiamen reached
the hilltops they gave the regular
warwhoop and almost mediate
LAY SERMON
BEYOXD THE BLANKNESS
"For lo, k Uiat forpcth th moun
Uinj, and crotteth the wind, nd de
elareth nnto mam what li kia thonjht,
that maketh th morning darkneaa. ana
treadeth nsa the hifB piaeaa of tha
earth, Tha Lord, The Gd of hostl. 1
hia name." Amos IV:1. .
Hero the prophet Is poet as
well. His imagination leaps.
mountains, the wind, morning
darkness what are they but the
creations of some great being who
dwells behind and above this
world of Physical nhenomena?
And the imagination . takes an
other leap when it Identifies that
mysterious force whence flow
these wonders of nature, aives
that force a name: "The Lord,
The God of hosts." For God is
the assumption of the human
mind Tkourh tha n&aimist mov
siag that the heavens declare the
glory of God and the firmament
show His handiwork, that too Is
assnmntton. Tha scientist who
deals with known facts would not
accept assumption as proof. The
materialist admits the existence
of the spheres, of the wind and
tie mountains: behind that he
does not penetrate. He does not
know, and nrldea himself ah his
Ignorance.
May it not be however that the
prophet-poet's vaulting imagin
ation may be as dependable as the
scientist's tnicrniimra aril Kal-
ancas? Confronted with the rreat
enigma ot the universe, what solu
tion other than that preferred by
religion offers satisfaction? Is
tne world merely a spent cinder?
is tne out the chance accident of
spark struck In primeval muck?
is man. but an ant crawling to
the edge of a cliff only to drop
Off into Unaknessf
Such Ian Snare of dMna.tr la h
expression ot many modern phil
osophers. Repelled by the dogma
of ancient theology which cabins
and confines their freedom they
ly the battle - began. Canton
Hall's company from Yanih li
county were in the thickest ..;
that day's fight. They called f -assistance,
which was rendert-u.
and finally the Indians were ronr
ed, with ui"ch Toss of lite.
"After this the command
able to move on to the Tom i..
river. They believed the India?
to be so badly whipped that th..
would not put up another fit:1
but the white men, to tant.Ui .
them, sent the half breed Muss .
to an adjacent hilltop to ham -gue
them in this wise: He ca!.. .i
out to them that surely they v ..
not going to give up the fj. :
without another fight; tha;
this was their plan, the
Bostons would think them c u
ards. 'Come on and fight; dnp
be a lot of women.' etc.
"This so enraged the w;irri
that another skirmish took ni t.
As they were Hearing the river i
small company of militia a
sent to head off the Indians.
keep them from crossing the in
er, and at the ford another bai
tle took place. The Indians by
this time were reinforced by oi ti
ers from across the Touchet. The
militia maneuvered so as to k' i
the Indians from entering the
timber or crossing the river, and,
after losing some of thfir best
warriors, they retreated in disor
der. I was wounded in the arm
during this last engagement, and
the sensation was like S'-nie one
had tmit a redlit iron thicnuii
it.
"Part of the command durii; .
this time were in a nearby local
ity and met with more rcM-irn"
from the Indians. To their s i,
prise, they found the native.-
built a s'jrt of fort and had i
well manned bv' t!:t rest b:.. -.
i The militia, not krowinir of tt-
barricade, inarch' d riejit at r. -an
open space in full vicv of '
fort and were really i'i l-i, e dag
ger from tli volley of bu.i un
til they took cover. Sjral ni'vi
were severely wounded at M.'
time, and comrade William T r. -lor
was wounded 1n the luiif bv
a dying Indian, so that h? di"d i
few davs later.
c
"As soon as thce Indian?- w-;o
routed, but not until mo t of
them were killed, they showed
unusual bravery and determina
tion, the whites were left master
of the situation. They crossed
the Touchet river, where a camp
was made and- all the wounded
men taken for treatment. Ab.mt
this time the Indian squaw set
up a continuous death wail as
they carried off their dc-ad. per
suading the warriors yet alhe to
leave off fighting, or they would
all be killed by the Bostons.
"The militia kit daring th
savages to come back and" fight.
The interpreter, Mungo, being
the spokesman, called the In
dians cowards, women, dogs, and
so on, daring them again and
again to renew the fight; but
they had had enough, and beat
as hasty a retreat as pos-ible.
After this, seeing the battle was
over, the command moved back
to the fort they had constructed
at the Whitman mission.
S
"During the march all the fo;d
they had was some Indian poni s
they killed. They were also sur
prised one morning when they
awoke to find several inches of
snow had fallen on their blank
ets during the night; yet this was
the middle of April. Arriving at
the fort, they found everything
just as they had left it, except
provisions were running low. It
was decided to send a detach
ment of militia to The Dalles for
necessary supplies a slow pro
cess, with nothing but ox teams
as a means of transportation."
".
(This story will be about fin
ished Tuesday, with a few com
ments on Wednesday.)
Cigarette license collections in
Kansas have dropped from
2695,500 to 2681.000 in the last
fiscal year.
declare their emancipation by re
pudiation of the roots of faith.
They become intellectual nihilists.
For them the world wlH event
ually collide la snace and hum
up like a flaming bit of charcoal.
Amos, tne herdsman of Tekoa,
was a primitive. Hia mental
processes were untrained, hia
theories were not arrived at
by profound reasoning. He did
not pretend to supprt by argu
ment the challenging name which
he applies to the supposed author
ot the universe. Amos was af
firmatively minded. Ha did not
stOB at the border lino of scien
tific fact; his mind leaped beyond.
ana was carried by wings of faith
to what he felt was the firm
ground of a religious belief.
was Amos rirht? That Is the
question the individual must
answer for himself Erasing the
accretions of the years the core
or religion wni be found to be
one's reaction to the problem of
the universe and of himself. The
skeptic, the on who insists on
prooi prior to credence win witn-
noia oeuer, and bis doubt seems
destined to a philosophy of des
pair. The affirmative-minded
however wfll tied nn satisfaction
In a negative theorr and a con
clusion that is a- blank. He will
adoptr an Interpretation which
seems to him most rational,
the explanation of the problem
mac perplexes him. Like Amos
of ancient time he will define
without fear the identity of that
Initial Causa. "The Lord. The
God of hosts, is hie name.
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