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PAGE FOUR y The OREGON STATESMAN. Salenv Oregon Wednesday Morning, October 8, 19S0 - 7 . "No Favor Stcays Us; Ko Fear Shall, Atce" From First Statesman, March 28, 1CI THE STATESMAN1 PUBLISHING CO. Charles A. Spkactje, Sheldon F. Sackett, Publisher $ Chakles A. Sjtucvb ..... Editor-Manager Sheldon F. Sackett ..... Managing Editor Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for publlca tloifof all newi dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper. Pacific Coast Advertising Representatives: ' Arthur W. Stypts, Inc.. Portland, Security Bldg. San Kranclsco. Sharon Bldg. : Los Angeles, W. Pac. Bldg. Eastern Advertising Representatives: Ford-Parsons-Stecher.Inc. New York. 271 Madison Ave.; Chicago, Slid N. Michigan Ave. Entered at the Postoffice at Salem, Oregon, at Second-Clas Hatter. Published every morning except Monday, Businest 215 S, Commercial Street. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: . Mail Subscription Rates. In Advance. Within Oregon : Dally ami Sunday. 1 Mo. 50 cents; 3 Mo. 81.23 6 Mo. 82.25 : 1 year .00. Else where 50 cents per Mo. or ?5.00 lor 1 jf-ar in advance. By City Carrier: 50 cents a month: J..S0 a year In advance, Per Copy 2 cents. On trains and News Stands 5 cents. We Hear from Up-River FRANK Jenkins in the Eugene Register takes us sharply to task for discounting the booster talk up-river about opening navigation on the WiHamette. We ought to be ashamed of ourselves he says; and thinks we are conspicuously- selfish in favoring improving the river below Salem and not above Salem. Jenkins goes on to show possible sav-j aings of eighty million dollars in Register small caps if not in ood coin of the realm if the river is improved up as far as Eugene. Just why the development should stop at Eugene, Jen kins doesn't say. Surely it should go on to Cottage Grove where it would get some real freight, or on u to' West Fir .to get some of the lumber milled there. Why stop at Eu gene? So long as the government spends the money, why rot make each trickle a canal, with locks at every riffle? To justify the canalization of the river, Jenkins refers to the sixty billion feet of standing timber in Lane coun ty. But what proportion of that amount would move by wat er if the river were open? The cutting will extend over a period of at least forty years ; only a small percentage could move by water economically because of the expense of get ting it to the stream. Take Jenkins' estimate of 2,400,000 cars of lumber "available," divide it by forty for the aver age movement per year, and you have 15,000 cars. If all this moved to Portland the freight bill would be only f 1, 000,000 per annum. Now take out from this the big amount of timber that will move down the Siuslaw to the ocean; and the lumber that will go by rail south to California, and over the Natron cut-off to the middle west; and by rail through Portland to the middle west. It is safe to say that not over ten per cent of the Lane county lumber would ever move by water to Portland because of the excessive cost of transshipping. The mills are not on the'Willamette but back in the hills. To put the lumber on barges at Eugene would require truck or rail haul and extra handling. The total freight on this proportion of the annual lumber haul by water to Portland at rail rates would be $100,000. If the water rate was one-half the rail rate the saving would be $50,000. Now multiply this by three to allow for other ton nage and service to other intermediate cities and the total saving is $150,000. It would cost a minimum of $3,000,000 to open a four foot channel from Salem to Eugene, and provide docks and terminals. The interest on this alone would be $120,000. The maintenance cost would be from $150000 to $250,000. The annual cost would be $300,000 or about twice the es timated freight savings. These figures, we admit, are mere guesses, the same as those of Jenkins. But realizing how hard a battle Salem has had to get approval for its project where the amount re quired is very small and the amount of tonnage actual and definite, it looks like a pipe-dream to talk of dredging a channel up to Eugene where the river gets so low in sum mer you can't float a fir log down stream. The agitation is a combination of political molasses, chamber of commerce! goose-grease and newspaper hot air. Jenkins says he thinks few people in Salem agree with The Statesman in our "narrow, ignorant and selfish views." And we credit the majority of the residents of Eugene with too much intelligence to put much faith in the after-dinner oratory of candidates for office and the booster buncome of blue sky developers who would have imaginary steamboats . soon tying up at imaginary cargoes. The Statesman would be velopment clear to Eugene if we believed the improvement practical from a business standpoint. It. would be a real ben efit to Salem and the valley. But you can't justify invest ment of millions by hopes and expectations not based on facts. - - s. High Prices PEOPLE are hoping for better times. And better times seems to mean for them, higher prices for their pro- ducts. The copper miner wants a higher price for copper. The rubber grower wants a higher price for rubber. The wheat grower wants a higher price for wheat. The cotton grower has similar hopes for cotton. The wool grower wants a higher price for wool. The turn of prosperity seems to hinge on the recovery of commodity prices. Without doubt there will be up-swings in prices, in the normal operation of supply and demand and their influence A V 1 1 -V a 1 upon ine price structure, isut we may as well reconcile our selves to a commodity price level substantially under that of 1926-1928. The war left us on a high price peak. 1920 1921 saw sharp deflation, and when a bottom, was found at last, we thought we were down as far as prices -would go. Not so, we were still on a high plateau. The intervening years have seen Gradual slinnatre to lower levels; but not till 1929-1930 was there another sudden avalanche carrying prices down to a still lower plateau. Without a doubt some prices like copper and wheat have dipped too far and will work back, because they have gone far below pfe-war aver- T - - A. A. A. J 1 J 1 V 1 1 ages. rui we muse conieni ourselves wiin tnis lower pia- tMll nf nrirPS nnrl VinnA thnf VL-a vaU nnf ha crmnrod val. leywtfrd any farther for a number of years. Prosperity does not depend on the height of the price leved, but on the balance which exists among commodities and services. Money wages move more slowly in either direc- tion, than do commodity prices; and rarely do money wages recede to former low levels. But .there must be a balance; wages cannot be so high as to stifle production, nor so low as to kUJ demand. The forces that make for depression have a reverse ef fect in starting the influences that make for revivaL Thus, lower prices eventually stimulate demand. As soon as peo. ' nip Are satisfied that "hnttam Ko hMn -rehaA " efnrt to buy, lest prices wing-the other way. Every person with a steady, job at fixed wages or salaries has increased buying power with every decline in the price level We hear much about unemployment, but little of that vast, army of men and women, the great majority, who arei-ealljr enjoying "wage increases' because their money wages have not been ; reduced while the buying power of that money has been ' increased." Soonor or later that becomes felt. With reviving demand, production which 'has been curtailed for months, revives,-more workmen are employed and in a year or two rre may set started cn the upswing of the business cycle .which always' ends in speculative debauches preceding an- docks in Eugene for imaginary ardently in favor of river de HEALTH Today's Talk By R. S. Copeland, M. D. No personal possession can mean more than a beautiful skin. Fortunate is the person who Is born with a skin of fine texture. He Is doubly blessed if he has the good health t hat usually accompanies a good complex ion. Of late years in this country great depend ence has been p 1 a e ed on WWPtLDib ty." There are any number of good facial creams and other aids which, thanks to publicity; are an open book to all who read. In spite of this, the number of per sons with unsightly skin Is le gion. Why is It so many young peo ple have to ge through long pe riods, sometimes years, of pain ful embarassment on account of some skin disorder? The face may be marred with rashes, pimples, acne, eczema, and yet no particular fault can. be found with the habits of the suffering individual. Skins differ much In texture and in the sice of the' pores. We differ in the circulation of the blood and the quality of the blood stream. The person who has a coarse, large-pored, greasy skin -must be careful to bathe regularly , and thoroughly. The skis' most be kept clean if it Is to-function well. It can only do ibis when the pores of the skin are open and kept free fronv dirt and greasy substances. The first thing of Importance is cleanliness. The unhealthy skin must have the most rigorous treatment. A little dab of soap and water is not enough. After the ordinary washing of the face, it is astonishing how much dirt is left. Did you ever try moistening a cloth with alco hol or cologne and rubbing it over the face? You will be shock ed at the smudge left on the cloth. Such a skin should have a thorough cleansing every night Never go to bed without follow Ing a set rule. A good one is to wash the face and neck vigorous ly with some soap and plenty of warm waiter. Then cleanse the skin still further with diluted al cohol or other solvent of grease. After this apply a good cleansing cream and massage the skin gently. Be sure that the hands are scrupulously clean as well. In the morning wash the face again with soap and water and can be found with the habits of the rinse. Then massage the skin gently and press out the greasy substances of the pores and the blackheads. After this bathe the face in cold water. You will aoon see a distinct difference in your face. The person with a poor skin should follow a simple, nourish ing diet. Take plenty of outdoor exercise. Do away with constipa tion If present. Keep the bowels freely open, for you must get rid of the toxic poisons of the system. Drink much water so so that the kldeys will carry - . v ,v WWW on me Doaiiy poisons as well, for that is their function. For the boy or girl who has a oaa complexion the purest of milk should be included in the diet so as to get all the vitamins needed. They should learn to like green salads, and eat much of them. Cleanliness of the skin and the right diet can do ranch for you. Answers to' Health Queries Jay. Q. My back between the shoulder blades aches and at times has a "pricky" feeling. What is the cause? A You may be nervous or troubled with neuritis. For other information send a self-addressed stamped envelope and repeat your question. E.M. Q. What will destroy superfluous hair on the chin? A. For full particulars send a self-addressed stamped envel ope and repeat your question. Yesterdays . . . Of Old Oregon Town Talks from The States man Ov Fathers Bead , .October 8, 1005 'A. T. Kelllher has addressed an open letter to the press fol lowing accusation that he and H. H. Turner forged instruments In alleged procuration of thousands of- acres of state school lands. In his letter, Kelllher charges that the governor was "duped" and insincere In his "repudiation raids," and that ex-land Agent Morrow secured 4,500 acres of school lands now in irrigation re serve. Fire, presumed t$. be due to carelessness of tramps, broke out in the residence of Richard O. Keene, 13th and Lewis streets, lat last night. Tramps are thought to have entered the house and helped themselves to use of the stove, as the fire orig inated from the kitchen stove. The toss runs to about $2,009. Today is the. 20th anniversary of the Capital National bank of this city. Ai under the law bo na tional bank is chartered for more than 20 years, the local bank bad to apply for extension. The ex tension, was granted following examination. if other cycle of collapse and depression. Times are hard for the producer who has to take, a lower price than he wants for his produce. But the producer is a consumer as well. And he gets some -benefits from the pains of other producers. Good flour at $1.70 a sack; sugar at $4.69 a bag; these low prices and others mean more mon ey remains in the consumer's purse to be spent for other things. Economics, like the world of nature, has a natural tendency to be in balance. It is the throwing things out of balance like booms and depressions, which causes afl the troubkb -n U- o O : Silt' W fUY UK6 O ., "P)k ' '"Tie' "a s rr --: :- : -" r TD I T VJ111. Jl SYNOPSIS Ardetti works in a shop and la being wooed by Neil Burke. Her home life Is far from pleasant. She lives with an aunt and a snooping girl cousin. Nell is all right until she spies a "swell" riding a horse. Neil chides Ardeth Jealously. The next day Ar deth sees a picture of Ken Gleason. the man on the horse. In the rotogra vure section and her heart thumps. But Ardeth comes to earth with the usual bickering with Bet about stock ings. Jeanette Parker calls at the store where Ardeth works and offers the latter a job in the "swell" shop she is starting. Ardeth accepts. Nell ob jects to Ardeth's plans and they have a row. Ardeth meets Ken when he visits the shop. Shortly after, knowing that Jeanette has left for the day. Ken calls at the shop, feigning that he had planned to drive Jeanette home. He asks Ardeth to go instead. Next day. Ken plana a foursome of Ardeth, Jeanette, his friend, Tom Cor bet t, and himself. Jeanette and Tom are unable to go, so Ken Is alone with Ardeth. They picnic together, their hearts racing with each other's near ness. Unable to resist. Ken kisses Ar deth. When she mentions Cecile, his face darkens. Life to pretty Ardeth Carroll meant working in ahop, an unhappy home with her aunC and the courtship of Nell. When days go by with no word from Ken, Ardeth feels he was just another flirtation. Ce cils calls at the shop and when Ar deth overhears her talking of Ken, her neaxt arc pa. i nat night. She is over Joyed to rinc lnd Ken waiting fer her. Af- ter a verr happy evening together. Ken tells her he couldn't stay away any longer. He comes to the shop with Tom Corbett and joins. Ceclle in the tea-room. Ardeth Is consumed with jealousy. Looking up from her work, she Is surprised to find Tom leaning across the case, gasing- at her. CHAPTER 10 If Tom Corbett noticed Ardeth's agitation he gave no sign. His eyes had dropped to the trinket she was arranging on its satin cushion. "What la the name of com mon sense is that?" he asked in astonishment, "A bunch of glass grapes?" The girl drew a deep, breath. Her tone took! on protective light ness of manner. Golden eyes crinkling to smiles as she an swered. "You're an excellent guesser, since that's what it's supposed to look like! They're each a tiny bottle of perfume. See unscrew one from the rest of the cluster, and you have a little dash of per fume. It's an Imported novelty Jeanette picked up yesterday." "Gosh the trouble you women go to !" Tom's honest square face looked blank. She laughed and be could never guess her mind was strained to the babble in the back room. "A different perfume to match different moods;" she said gaily. "It goes according t o colors.' When one feels joyful take this amber grape. That perfume's Mountain Holiday. And if you're pensive this orchid one Faint Regrets, and If you feel the world is your oyster, here's this red one. Whoopee! And when you have a headache or a heartache or your rich uncle has Just died and left you. nothing, you'll find consolation in this tender green Never Mind." "And you women keep that sort of truck on your minds along with your other troubles? Good Lord!" "Oh, I don't think a woman with real troubles would remem ber she had this bunch of grapes! Ardetb couldn't keep the bitterness out of her voice. Something to. the tone which raised the maa's eyes fb study that lovely averted face. 'A sal of laughter came from the other room. "Cyril, your priceless!' sounded Cecile'i high clear voice. The Inevitable Du vant "Not ree-ally!" echoed. Tom's light brown eyee be came a little grim. They're reading - that Spy ITCHING HANDS IMA CD A TFY' By GLADYS lVVlLV thing . . . you know, that scan dalous weekly called The Spy?" "I saw Jeanette bring It in this morning," she answered. Tom's square fingers tapped a tattoo on the top of the case. "Weil named, isn't it? How can a thing like that flourish for years in a civilized community? Nobody likes it, and everybody reads it. Afraid they'll miss some dirty crack about them- aelre just Ires if they don't, I guess. Says enough to smlreh reputa tions and not quite enough so they can get the -rotten sheet for libel. Wonder who's the gar bage collector who reports the tit-bits, anyway?" "Like an assassin striking in the dark, isn't it?" Hot color had run to Ardeth's eheeks. It was suddenly Indicative of them, those perfumed, sophisticated women smoking and chatting scandal. And Ken with his breezy, out-of-door air, his frank smile sitting beside Cecile . . . She dropped her head, feeling that her face betrayed too much. Tom's admiring eyes feasted on her. "Pretty kid ..." ran his thoughts, "and sweet, too. . . . Nice, steady way she looked at a fellow." The dream stretched through the days, yet now beneath was a vagne fear like a beating of wings. Only when she was with Ken did it still. There was a measure of anxiety in her man ner now, something wistful in the hazel eyes when they silently searched the man's face. She had a breathless sense that the time was drawing short. The time for what? Each day she saw him was an other precious pearl added to the string. Noon hours when he would be loitering by the flower stand at the corner. His tall slim figure white smile flashing in the warm tan of his face. Hurry ing to her through the sunshine. Grasping .her elbow with a teas ing "Woman, I'm starved for you!" Why did they keep these meet ings secret? Later Ardeth recog nized this as the tribute she paid the fear the fear which beat under her happiness like wings. So long as nothing definite was slid to break the spell, the dream went on. Nothing definite between them . . . nothing to struggle for or against. Just the sweet se curity of knowing she would see him sometime during the day without pre-arranged appoint ment. She didn't want to think. If she did, she would be afraid. Sometimes Ardeth found Jean ette watching her with that cur ious narrow smile. But Jeanette's manner was very kind. The days, going by, bright and easy. One must skim the surface of them, lightly oh, so lightly, lest one break through and drop into the fear below. 6he lived only for his presence for the moment when he would come In the shop, calling a care less greeting to Jeanette, his leaping across at her in laughing caress. Often Tom Cdrbett came with him, friendly as a. great dog. His brown eyes watched Ardeth admiringly as he talked. But at night the fear pounced on her. Dull nights when she moved as though in a dream about the Harrison flat. Washing her underthings. Mending her clothes. Busy with tasks for real life in the shop the next day. Hot flames of Jealousy burned her then. . Where was Ken tonight? What was he doing In that other world where she could not follow? Was be with Cecile? Jealousy scorch ing her as she thought ef Ken's vivid face bent close, to Ceclie's provocating lips. , . Bitter moods washed away the next day when she saw him wait ing up near th fiowerstaad. Saw bis white smile In -the sun light. Heard, his murmured "hun gry for you, Mothf" Dancing with Ken out at the beach on Saturday nights. Seeing his eyes darken with; emotion a they looked at her face so tempt I . . JOHNSTON J - a k- w ing near . . . Ken holding her so tightly she could feel his "heart beating on her own. Then, in a moment, this dream world shattered. She had come to the store early this morning. Jeanette was coming down later and later now that the novelty of the place was wearing off. Ardeth slipped off her hat and coat and was standing at the mir ror pressing the waves in her hair when a flash of something green caught her eye. The postman, pushing the weekly issue of The Spy through the letter slot. Ardeth's lip curled at the sight of the insinuating magazine, but she was a true daughter of Eve. A moment later she was stand ing by the door, her eyes running down a column called "Through the Spyglass." Words leaping up, to part her lips and send the hot color puls ing through her face. Personalities framed in the af fected stinging style of the publi cation. "ThVSpy has watched with in terest .the engagement of a cer tain beauteous blonde and one of our former collegiate football stars. This engagement, like those of royalty, was made by family arrangement. But in our bumble opinion, long engagements are a mistake. There are other beaute ous blondes though not of royal ty and blue eyes will rove. To your knitting, Cecile!" (To be contiued) The Safety Valve - - Letters from Statesman Readers UNCONSTITUTIONAL SALARIES If those who know the facts do their duty, the controversy over the salaries of our-state officers has just begun. In the short editorial reply to my recent article published in the Statesman's "Safety. Valve," ye edi tor told the truth, but did not and could not. In his limited space, tell the whole truth. HU answer only covered one phase of the questions I tried to bring out and we are thus left' to believe that he accepts the fact that all state officers, other than the supreme court Judges, are receiving uncon stitutional salaries, and to my best knowledge and belief, they are. But what about the Judges of the supreme court? Wasthe law quoted by the editor constitution al? Or, if it is constitutional, was it really and truly mads consti tutional honestly, or was it put over by fraud? Is fraud consti tutional? Let us look into this matter. It la very important and can not be set aside by insinuating that Hosmer doesn't know bis stats constitution or by playfully offering him a full salary f $7, 500 to case of his election. The legislature may now, if nothing is done to prevent It, raise the sala ries to $10.09f, to 125,000 or 950,000 before a Hosmer can be elected. This law that gave the legisla ture power to gtve their pals any darned old "salary they happen to demand is rotten, to the core. It Wli nhtaln Af hw franA anil 4 . . - . L H .1 V 1 a . . . . tuiuuiuuuuu, nut ess ic is eonsu lutlonal to deceive the voters fate voting for something they would have turned down, and unless it is constutional to leave out of the title any mention of the true, na ture of the amendment, and unless It . Is constitutional te Word an amendment so aa to deceive the great majority of the voters. Do you suppose, Mr. Editor, that the amendment from whlcn you quoted as follows: "The Judges of the supreme court and other courts shall receive such compen BITS for BREAKFAST -By R. J. HEMP5ICKS' Getting history straight: Who was the tint wblto cbU4 born in Ore- K9U? s The first white child born In the Oregon coun try, or what was then called Oregon, was Alice Clarissa Whitman, at Wail la t p a, March 4. 183T. and drowned in the Walla Walla river a. J. Hsndrickt June 22, 1838. That was the name of the Whitman mission, in Washington, near what is now Walla Walla. U Bancroft's history says: "In August (1838) White's infant son was drowned, the first boy born in the Willamette valley of white parentage. This accident occurred at the cascades of the Oolumbia, a canoe containing Mr. and Mrs. Leslie and Mrs. White and her infant being up set. Mrs. White and Mrs. Leslie escaped with great difficulty." S That was the first Mrs. David sation as may be provided by law" do you suppose that the people would have voted for this if it had been put up to them "on the square?" Did the voters of Ore gon know that this amendment re pealed the constitutional law which guarded their interests and put the power to raise the salaries of the supreme jutges into the hands of the legislature? It was a cunning niece of stratagem. The heading of the bill said nothing about salaries. Here it is: "PerMitting three-fourths verdict In civil cases." Now that heading "caught" thousands of voters. Was the trick really constitutional? Then the reading of the amend ment, "as may be provided by law" of course the average In telligent voter would say, "sure we want the salaries of our offi cers regulated by law." Now- that was legally correct language but it was trick langu age to deceive the vofr.- and it did deceive them. But the salaries of the judges of the supreme court were raised before 1910. In 1907, according to our esteemed secretary of. state's blue book, the legislative assembly increased the salaries of the Justices of the supreme court to $4,500, in 1919 ' 35,200, and in 1925 to 17,500. Now I hold that raising of sala ries in this manner is unconstitu tional, and, in the case of the su preme court judges in 1910, the amendment was at least aeainst the spirit of the constitutional law. I have no enmity against any of the Judges. Probably most of them never theught of the method of the salary fixing, but just took their pay as a matter of course and their election as polit ical good luck. Many people, however, under present conditions, want all they can get and when it is plicd in their reach they go after it. Vast sums of" money that rep resent thb wealth produced by the workers are thus paid out for useless, unfair cost of govern ment. This produces ppverty for the many and excessive wealth for the few, and finally, crime, rebel lion, civil war and decay. Eternal vigilance is truly the price of lib erty and the only way to preserve this great republic is for the peo ple to keep the government in their own hands. Our constitution, our Initiative, and our referendum are great forts for protection of the people, but when their servants organise and use these same forts for their own defense, then we are all on the road to slavery. Let the state officers ask for a reasonable increase above the con stitutional salaries In a constitu tional rinanner. Let honest states men, explain the reasons for such increase and the people will be fair. It Is the people's right to vote It down, but money-politicians can refuse to serve. It is service that real states men think of rather than big sala ries. Politicians seek high office and Increase their salaries as fast as possible. Our primary law has been corrupted by and for these politicians. They control every branch of our state government. It is my understanding that some of the more conscientious state officers, including at least one of the supreme judges, at first refused to take the unconstitu tional salary. Does this show that ho did not "know his state con stitution along with his Black stone" or that he realized as some of us now realize that either this state is to become a real democ racy or remain a plutocracy a government for our legislators, for our executives and for our fudges. Seven thousifnd five hundred dollars per year means luxury for a few, but it a!:? means poverty for the many. Does the majority of the vot ers know that their constitutional safeguard, regarding salaries of the state officers, has been over ridden by the legislative assembly, and In case of the supreme judges, that It has been, cunning ly destroyed by the voters' own votes? Let's keep at it dear "Statesman, until every voter in the state Is a student, and force upon all branches bt our govern ment a simplification of our laws, the just judging thereof, their tearless executltion, and all this at a reasonable expense. In teaching civil govi.nment for several years I became quite fa miliar with our federal and state constitution and I am now very much In lore with these most won derful preservators of our liberties. Their violation hurts everybody, and if elected, my offer still stands. I will turn back to the people .all of my salary excepting $2,000. giving back to the pro ducers of wealth, $5,000 every year of my term of office. J. E. HOSMER, Nominee for Justice of the Supreme Court. Leslie. The Whites were Mr. VI Hah White. Dr. But Bancroft says in another place. "Jason Lee White was born in July 188 1: be was 1 months old I at the time of his death.' If Jason Lee WWtf n July, 1834V he was not bora in the Willamette valley, for his parenj.8 were in their home in Tompkins county. New York, at that time, having left Boston on the steamship Hamilton July 28. 1836, going to the Sandwich Isl ands, and leaving there on the Diana the latter part of April, 1837. and arriving at Tort Van couver about May 18 of that year, whence they came to the old mission. All the historians say Dr. and Mrs. White had an infant son when they arrived here. So it may be Bancroft made a mistake of. a year, and there was a second son, Jason Lee White, born in July 1887. at the old mission. But in that case he would have been IS months old when he was drowned, in stead of 11 months. There was no doubt a boy in the Dr. White family, and he was named Jason Lee. And that boy was likely born in the Willamette valley; and in it probable that he was born in May or June, 1837, and therefore was, .If or 15 months old when he wasj drowned. The Bits man thinks the Bancroft writer, or his proof reader, made several errors, or allowed them to get By. Is there any one now living hereabouts who can defi nitely straighten this out? S Bancroft says: "On the 15th of September. 1837, Joseph Beers was born, arfd in 1882 re sided in Marion county, the old est American native in Oregon. On the 15th of November, 1S37, a daughter named Eliza was born to Mr. and Mrs. (H. H.) Spalding at Lapwai. and she married a Mr. Warren of Brownsville. Linn county. The next birth was that of Jason Lee's son, June 6, 1S38. who died soon after (his mother died June 26), and who was the fifth child and third boy though J. L. Parrish claims hki for the first." (Mother and child were buried in the same grave, at the old mission, and their bodies were afterward removed to the Jason Lee cemetery.) Bancroft further says: "On the 7th of December, 1S38, a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Walk er (Elkanah), at Waiilatpu. the -first boy of white parentage in eastern Oregon, or what is now Washington. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gray about the same time. In the autumn of 1838 a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. (Cyrus) Shepard, named Anna Maria Lee, and a son to Mr. and Mrs. Perkins." (Rev. H. K. W. Perkins.) (The Shepard daughter was of course named for Anna Maria, wife of Jason Lee, who had died.) S Two daughters were born to Rev. and Mrs. David Leslie at the old mission the first Mrs. Leslie, and other children came to the families of the missionar ies there in the late thirties; aft er the middle of 1837. V Who was the first white child born in what is now Salem? The Bits man knows thre is a dis pute about this. If there are any old timers who can enlight en him on this point, he would be glad to hear from them. There was a child born to Rev. and Mrs. J. L. Parrish at the old mission, and died there and was buried in the cemetery for the whites a different one from that for the Indians. Was the body of that child removed? There Is doubt on this point, too. The Bits man hopes that now, after the long fight, the matter of the vacation of The stub end of Trade street .may be allowed to rest, or be speedily cleared up, in order that the paper, mill people may be allowed to go ahead with their improvement, which will lead to the employ ment of about 100 new people, and add at least 500 to the- pop ulation of Salem eventually a great many more to this city, and its metropolitan or trade area. A great many more, because this projected improvement in the arrangement and operation of the paper mill will result In better operating conditions, lead ing to a more certain ssiow of net returns, and therefore giving encouragement to the owning company to make further addi tions increasing the output and requiring still larger forces in the city and in the country that supplies the raw materials. W And a favorable attitude to wards such concerns, like that shown by 'the large petition for the vacation of the stub end of the street by the people of Sa lem, will help in encouraging other paper mill concerns to come here. There are two or three such projects now not far around the corner. The available permanent supply of raw mater ials will surely in time bring more mills to Salem or to this section. The pulp wood supplies, in the forest reserves, for in stance, which will have to be harvested, and not destroyed; for which there Is a down hill haul -to Salem. This city la bound In time to become an Im portant paper making center. The sooner the better, for all who have a stake here. There seems a prospect of re organizing the Oregon Linen. Mills, Inc., and putting its busi ness on a stable basis. S That this cam be done, there (Continued "on page 10) So Ions as we love, we serve. So long as we are loved by others I would almost say we are in dispensable; and no man la use less while he has a friend. R, U "Stevenson.. Today's Thought . . .