PAGE FOUR
"No Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Awef
From Fink Statesman, March 28, 1851
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The Thinking Stage
SIGNS are increasing that this political campaign is reach
ing the thinking stage. A. few weeks ago when the peo
ple seemed in the grip of an infectious'feyer, it appeared
difficult to get them ta stop and think. Meier hysteria was
in the air; and without stopping to analyze issues voters
were lapping up the glittering generalities warmed over
from the Joseph campaign. Now they are. discovering that
they do not want (or already have) what Meier is trying
to promise them.
1st. Freedom of speech. There is ample freedom of
speech, guaranteed by the constitution in broadest possible
language.
2nd. Abolition of public service commission. The peo
ple do not want that, even if they are dissatisfied with the
commission. The utility companies would then be able to
deal with separate communities which would be impotent in
negotiating with the well-organized companies. The com
mission is a powerful agency for the protection of the peo
ple, j
3rd. Power development "without cost to the taxpay
ers". For many, many years municipalities have possessed
and many of them have exercised the power of engagirfg in
the power business. They may either issue "utility certifi
cates" "without cost to the taxpeyers," or general obliga
tion bonds, which most of them have. Portland, where nine
tenths of the noise comes from, could launch municipal own
ership tomorrow if it wanted to. The Telegram and the
Journal, chief agitators for the freak independent platform,
have never committed themselves to the definite project
of Portland's going into the power business. If they are
sincere why do they not do so? Electing Meier will not es
tablish municipal ownership in Portland.
These are the three planks of the Meier-Joseph
lorm. Analyze tnem, and one sees quickly how shallow and
fallacious the proposals are. Two-thirds of the platform we
have already; one-third we do not want.
The Meier balloon was floating high a few weeks ago.
As the days pass indications jmultiply that the balloon,
which was filled merely with hot air, is now reaching the
deflation stage. Whether or not it will cool off fast enough
to crash on a hillside before November 4th remains to be
seen. Eut hysteria, evaporates fast when the time of disil
lusionment comes.
If the people will stop and think and reason out the
issues of the campaign they will find that the Meier canf
paign is founded on obtaining office under false pretenses.
..The Marines Tell Us
FT1HE Lion's club of Salem is
A to be called a "service club". The others might be de
scribed as "ex-service" clubs if they had ever done any
thing beyond club chores. We have noticed in other towns,
too, it is the Lion's club that does the work. The older clubs
are made up mostly of men who have reached the stage
where they want to "unlax" a little, while the Lions are
younger and willing to work. This comment is provoked
by the recent service rendered
ciuD in sponsoring the appearance of the United States Ma
rine band in Salem.
It takes a lot of work to handle local plans for present
ing an event of this character. But the members of the dub,
led by Newell Williams, president, Ralph Kletzing, secretary,
and A. C. Haag, general chairman, got back of the job and
put it over in wonderful shape. Not only did they make
it a financial success, but they put the prices so low that
most everyone who cared to could attend, and school child
ren were specially favored. .
The band itself is a wonderful organization, although
its program Monday night did not seem to us anything ex
traordinarily good. The band has been on a tour of five
weeks, playing every day, without rest, and it isn't surpris
ing if they show signs of weariness. Personally we like
more brass in a band. The marine band this time seemed to
be more like an orchestra, with ten or more clarinets, sev
eral flutes and oboes; only four trombones and six or seven
cornets. Perhaps the reason for this is that most perform
ances are indoors in halls or theatres where too much brass
splits the walls almost. The big horse show pavilion was
different, however, and could have absorbed all the brass
and tympani they might include.
What we like for a band is the stirring marches and the
great mass effects in music the kind thatf makes the blood
rush faster through your veins and almost lifts you off i
your seat. The marine band gave us only fragments of such!
music m their concert here, like the "Grand Scenes from
"Andrea Chenier."
But the program the band gave was a very good one,
and thoroughly enjoyed. They make a splendid appearance,
run their programs through with celerity, are gracious in
manner, and generous in their encores. We will remember
two things from- their visit here, their bright red jackets
and "The Bells of St. Mary's".
Mel Daugherty Indicted
FEW tears will he shed over the fall of Mel S. Daugherty
of Washington Court House, Ohio. Daugherty, brother
f Harry, seems to have been the "fence" for Jesse Smith
and the Ohio garig during the Harding administration. Cer
tain bonds for "campaign funds" were traced to Daugher
,tys bank, but when brother Mel was called to testify re
garding them, he plead that records were not available
they had been burned in the furnace at the bank burned
of course to conceal information from the senate committee
and the public.
Now Mel Daugherty's bank is busted and he is indicted
on 68 counts charging violation of banking laws, abstrac
tion of funds, and falsifying
ing one of the failed banks $77,000. Brother Harry seems
a little better, off, for he was able to furnish bail for Mel
The brothers will have plenty of time for reflection in the
: months and years ahead.
; The most valuable and interesting chronicle of events
of the Harding administration would be the journal of Har
ry Daugherty. The probability is that he never kept one;
and whatever he writes now would be doubted as to truth
fulness Easy to moralize oyer the Daughertys and to com
ment on the retribution which has overtaken them. But the
pains they have suffered do
.jnardmg regime, .rK u
the only one in town entitled
the community by the Lion's
reports. He is a bankrupt ow
not cleanse the record of the
--?.-;.-.-?-.. . -
HEALTH
Today's Talk
By B.S. Copeland, M. D.
We are living in the age of
machinery, and In every home
mechanical devices are in com
mon use. Every
namiet e a n
supply extra
parts to re
place damaged
or broken ones
for your ma
chine. Unless you
are in an acd
den that takes
you to a police
station, or the
hospital, an au
tomobile colH
ilsion does ' not
amount to
much. The re
pair shop will restore everything
to working order.
Tour feet are the main parts
in the machinery for the locomo
tion of your precious body. They
are essential to your happiness
and welfare. There may be arti
ficial substitutes, but in the real
sense there are no spare parts
for this mechanism of locomo
tlon.
Except when they hurt and
ruin the pleasure- of living, how
often ' do you think about your
feet? Tou spend a hundred dol
lars a year to keep your finger
steady pain, no matter where it
looking well, but what do you do
for your feet?
Many a person has made a
wreck of himself by permitting!
sore feet to spoil his health and
happiness. Nerves are put on
edge and health undermined by
steady pain, no matter where it
is located. Take care of your
feet.
Parents should see to it that
their children are properly su
pervised when they begin to
walk. It is essential that proper
foot gear may be provided from
earliest life. It is a good thing
for grown children, as well as for
adults to have their feet examined
at least once each year.
These examinations should be
made by orthopedists, podiatrists
or trained chiropodists. They are
as important as examination to
safeguard the sight, the- hearing
and the organs of the body. This
is the teaching of all those who
believe that prevention Is better
than cure."
Don't Be a "Foot Cripple"
Surveys made by the staff of
the Foot Clinics of New York and
9
plat-!&iven publicity through the Unit-
ed States Public Health Service,
show that 60 per cent of adoles
cent girls are more or less foot
defective. It should be our aim
to prevent troubles of this kind,
and to correct them when they
do exist. Then there will be
fewer foot cripples. As a result
our citizens will carry themselves
better. They will have normal
posture, thus helping the race
practically as well as to better
Us appearance.
I marvel more ana more max
people buy whatever Is offered in
the way of shoes. They select
their furniture, table linen, and
evening garments with the
greatest of care. But when It
comes to shoes they are sadly In
different. If you prize your comfort and
efficiency you will not neglect
your feet. You will take care r
them and clothe them only in ttie
best fitting of shoes. Good
shoes, properly adjusted, are in
finitely more Important than the
kinds of shirts, skirts, vests or
coats. Unless your feet are pro
perly shod your usefulness is ma
terially lessened.
Answers to Health Queries
Miss M. R. Q. What can be
one for corns?
2 What should a girl of 15, 5
ft. 3 In. tall, weigh?
a Vnr full narticulars send
a self-addressed, stamped envel
ope and repeat your question
about
Z sne snouia wnsu
115 pound. .
e e s
Mrs. Clara G. Q. What
causes Itching of the body?
a Tai niav be due to eon-
stipatlon, auto-intoxlcatlon. Intes
tinal disturbances, overeating or
food poisoning. Send
self-addressed, stamped envelope
for full particulars and repeal
your, question.
Yesterdays
... Of Old Oregon
Town Talks from The States
man Our Fathers Bead
Oct. 15, 1905
Marinn Mmntv carried
away
some of the best awards at the
Lewis and Clark exposition, re
ceiving a total of 51 gold medals,
35 silver medals, 11 bronze one
and 12 honorable mentions
Assessment rolls for the county
have been completed for 1995 and
show a decrease of $118,752 in
rmis valuation in taxable proper-
tr. Net valuation of taxable
property Is $9,824,774.
The Woman's club has secured
services of Clara Louise Thomp
son of Minneapolis to direct her
new play, "The Katzenjammer
Picnic." which will be given soon
for benefit of the public library.
Mrs. Thompson Is the daughter of
C. L. Johnson of this city.
Miss Lois Byrd returned heme
fromiktew weeks visit at Port
land and Astoria.
The men whom Z have seen suc
ceed best is life have always Deem
cheerful and hopeful men, who
went about their business with a
smile on their faces, and took the
changes and chances of this mor
tal life, like- men, lacing rough
and smooth -. alike at it came,
1 enarjes Kingsley. '.- -A
r loaav s
Thought, i
.WuWfaKtnc1 rw inflow. On Hffctt ntmd. ' JUrY
"GIRL UNAFRAID" feggRg
SYNOPSIS
Ardeth works In a shop and is being j
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. Nell chides
Ardeth Jealously. The next day Ar
deth sees a picture of Ken Gieason,
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. Neil ob
jects to Ardeth' 3 plans and they have
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
ha had planned to drive Jeanette
home. He asks Ardeth to go instead.
Next day. Ken plans a foursome or
Ardeth,-Jeanette. his friend, Tom Cor
bett, 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 Cecils, his
face darkens, lite to pretty Ardeth
Carroll meant working In a shop, an
unhappy home with her aunt, and the
courtship of Neil. When days so by
with no word from Ken, Ardeth feels
she was Just another flirtation. Ce
cil calls at the shop and when Ar
deth overhears her talking of Ken, her
heart drops. That night, she Is over
Joyed to find Ken waiting for her. Af
ter a very 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 la consumed with
Jealousy. Looking up from her work.
she Is surprised to nna Tom leaning
across the case, gas ins at her. One
morning, scanning through society's
scandal sheet, "The Spy," Ardeth sees
a reference to Ken's engagement to
Ceclle. Then she understood that
ominous something which had come
between them at the mention of Ce
cile. Returning home, she finds Ken
waiting with his car. He begs her to
let him explain.
CHAPTER 22
She flashed a merry glance up
at him. "Just you try to get out
ot taking me to dinner! Before
you, sir, you see that almost ob
solete species which once flour
ished on the stags and screen
the Innocent gur-rl who has been
flung out of a home in a snow
storm. Snow is a little difioult
to manage in August, but use
your imagination. And if you
could manage- to whistle 'Hearts
and Flowers' we might get a very
pretty effect.
But. when she told him of the
happenings of last night his face
grew grave. The blue eyes rest
ed on her with a contemplative
air. slightly troubled.
Just the same, Moth, It
makes me feel like a bum get
ting you thrown out of the place
like that. I feel sort of respon
sible as though . I'd cost you
your home."
She had laughed at him but a
warm gladness stole through her,
Oh, let Ken feel responsible
and protective. It bound , him the
more surely to her. Made him
more truly hers.
The summer passed as a time
of youthful dreams and laughter
A time which: took on the irre
sponsible tinge of a dream when
Ardeth came to look back upon
it in the days to come.
Ardeth had given herself over
completely to her love idyll
Just to, be living was adventure
enough.
Waking each day to the warm
Urines of Jer skytop room. See
ing the sun warm on the chtm
ney tops outside her window.
Hearing the sparrows little fea
thered gamins of the. city chirp
ing and fighting on the gravel
roof. -
Walking to work while the
early sunshine gilded the streets
her heart so brimming with love
and gladness that she wanted to
share ft with ail sue passed..
The days going by a Joyous
null . of exeltement under the
business.
The smokerM grew mors
crowded as its patrons returned
from their -vacations, tanned
from the sua of Del Monte or
Pebble Beach. Of Conaado. Ta-
hoev Yachting trips U the Is
lands, y-
They met with animated greet
ings. Brimming vita personal
gossip. Detached fngments of
their talk drifted out into the
'enter shop where Ardath worked
and dreamed,, a taint warm smile
U her f oldea eyes.
GOING AGANST OUR GRAIN
Ugly rumors delicately mur-
mured. The real reason the de
Courceys left town. The where
abouts of the youngest Harcourt
girl when she was supposed to
be visiting her grandmother in
Hilo. What Mrs. Hammond had
called Mrs. Ellis and what Mr.
Ellis was going to do about it.
If it were true young Sinclair
Cross really jilted Katherine Gar-
nie before he eloped wltn trie
Herron girl
Something leaped In Ardeth's
heart at that last, choking her
so that she hated Cyril under
wood as his sliky drawl floated
through to her.
"But then Katherine was al
ways one of those romantic
fools who had the quaint notion
that pretty face could win out
with a fat checking account.
Cross was in debt to half the
town and the Herron girl Is an
heiress. What else could she ex
pect?"
Ardeth could Imagine him
shrugging delicately as he skill
fully balanced his teacup.
I hate a door-mat woman,"
came Cecile's crisp voice. "If I
wanted a man I would get him
without any tears or broken
-hearts, either!"
"You can afford to think so.
dearest lady " Ardeth could
imagine the mocking bow which
accompanied this. "You who have
both the pretty face and the
pardon me for mentioning such a
thing fat checking account!"
A tinkle of appreciative laugh
ter came from the smokerie at
this but the eyes of the girl in
the outer shop flashed with anger.
For a moment her heart burned
with the fanatical rage of Neil.
Oh, these sleek silken ladies who
didn't know what it was to work
for their bread! Who saw all the
good things of life as the! na
tural due! But under the anger
lay the sharp edge of fear. After
all . . . After all!'
Ceclle, sleek and elegant, in
her new fall ensemble which cost
more than Ardeth's year's sal
ary. Beautiful, secure almost
insolent in her assuredness. Did
Ceclle always get what she want
ed? That night, as they sat ta the
cozy intimacy of the car eating
chicken sandwiches he had
fetched from a highway sand
wich stand, she had wanted to
ask Ken about it. Questions rush
ed Impulsively to her lips. Had
he hinted of his love to his
mother? Was he still seeing Ce
clle.' the nights he was not with
her? When did he plan that they
should marry?
' But shyness placed - a barrier
on the words. She could not get
them past her lips perhaps be
cause she feared the answers
or feared more the wary, baf
fled look which would slip Into
his eyes. Times now, when she
suspected a moodiness In him.
Looking up quickly in their long
drives, she would see his lips
tightly compressed, the- fighting
blue eyes narrowed as though
his private thoughts were not. all
pleasant
And that mysticism which
formed -the deeper part of her
n a tare warned her to stillness.
all unconsciously. Oh, handle It
softly, this delicaJft curtain of
dreams and kisses, whispered her
heart, for behind, it la that
which, would draw her tears.
Sometimes she would wake In
the night, stifled. Her heart
thumping against her ribs until
It shook, her tense body. Unbear
able depression dragging her
down, drowning her in depths of
aching dreariness. There was no
hope or Joy In the world; there
was not even Ken.
Was It dream which brought
this mood, she wondered ' wfldly.
Or was some watching power
aeri
But la the morning, when the
sua, gilded the chimney lope end
the sparrows wrangled happily
on the root. H was gone. Cur
tains blowing In the morning
orees. Another a olden dar lead-
ins; to Ken. Oh. life was sweet!
One Saturday night toward the
ead-ol Octobes she -waited tat
him In the empty shop. Jeanette
had left early in day for a week
end party. Ah Ling had gathered
the last round of teacups, empt
ied the last ash tray and had de
parted for her Chinatown home,
a jauntily Incongruous little fig
ure with green silk trousers flap
ping under her smart American
sport coat.
As she waited Ardeth slipped
into a mood of pensive happiness.
Always sensitive to beauty, she
noticed how the low rays of the
Autumn sun striking through the
window held a copper tone. It fell
richly on the lustrous silks of
Mandarin coats set a pigeon
blood cloiseonne to glowing like
a ruoy mane- a giory out or. an
amber-sticked fan. The room
breathed of incense and perfume.
And suddenly there was some
thing about this Inanimate beau
ty which stifled the' girl. Intol
erable sadness creeping over her
so that she put on her wraps
and went outside to stand in the
dying sunlight, sniffing the live
salt wind.
An hour later the outlines of
the high buildings were blurred
with twilight. The crowds of
workers had departed from Grant
avenue, but Ardeth still lingered
in the doorway of the shop, fear
and anger battling In her heart.
(To be continued)
The Safety
Valve - -
Letters from
Statesman Readers
To th Editor:
The school children of Salem,
including the parents (who are
the real culprits), owe an apology
to the U. S. Marine band, the pre
sident's own band, and to the
governor of Oregon or Lions club
for the' rowdy and indecent way
they greeted our visitors from our
national capital.
The destruction of programs
began Immediately they were in
the hands of the children (big and
little) and continued throughout
the concert. The aid of the police
was needed to subdue some of the
confusion in order that those who
came to hear, might hear. Are
there no houses in Salem where
are to be fouud . cultured and
high-minded parents, with ideals
of character requislt for the
bringing up of future citizens hat
are worthwhile in passing on- to
their children. If so now Is the
time to get busy. Why cast pearls
before swine.
Correspondent.
Editorial -Comment
From Other Papers
THE GREAT CITY MAN AND
THE COUNTRY LAWYER
Thursday night we heard Ju
lius Meier, the great Portland
multi-millionaire merchant, ad
dress himself to the local voters
In behalf of his candidacy for gov
ernor. The next night we went
out to hear Edward Bailey, the
democratic candidate, a village
lawyer and e rather young one
for he Is not yet 4 ft.
The contrast between the two
men was so glaring that we hav
n't recovered yet from the shock
ot It Meier is always sranted
even by his worst enemies to be a
very ablojman. His career shows
that he is. Yet Meier didn't ot
ter a single constructive Ides for
improving the publio service, if
he has any more then s very cas
us! knowledge of, the require-
menis-or ue oxnee or any real
vision of service he earned It
away with him. He complained
contaatly of unfair attacks upon
himself, yet he made attacks upon
his opponents that were eertainly
BITS for BREAKFAST
-By R. J. HENDRICKS
Wallace prairie:
whers was It? It was where
the first building tor the Oregon
Institute that.
by change ot
name, became
W 1 llamette
university, was
erected. It was
where the first
house built by
white people
In the Willam
e t t e valley
stood. It was
next to and a
halt mile
louta of the
:laim of the
first and old
MesaMsLiaaia;
B. J. Headricks
est actual set
tler In the Willamette valley.
Is
Those three facts make of Wal
lace prairie a historic spot. It
surely deserves a monument-
Where was it? It was on the
present Bush farm, northeast of
the land of the Oregon school for
the deaf east of Painters'
woods.
The Bits man has a great many
voluntary helpers. He hears from
one or more ot them almost ev
ery time a historic fact is men
tioned or inquiry sent forth in
this column.
- 1i
Walter T. Stols of Salem is the
friend who inspired this inquiry,
that will require the space of this
column for several days. The ave
rage Salem man thinks of Walter
T. Stolz as a successful manufac
turer, with his father, Gideon
Stolz, and their helpers, of vine
gar and soft drinks, and grower
of walnuts and filberts and
prunes, and interested largely in
Salem property and enterprises.
And all round good and loyal cit
izen, neighbor and friend.
".
But Walter Stolz is niore than
that, as one may find of almost
any busy and successful man.
Nearly all such have hobbies
ought to have. The hobby of Mr.
Stolz is history. AH history. He
knows more about the batttes and
battle fields of the war of the
states than 999 men in 1000 who
fought over them did. or who
have visited them. Noting some
thing in this column of yester
day's issue about Wallace prair
ie, he called the attenfton of the
Bits man to the first volume of
the "History of the Willamette
Valley, Oregon," of Robert Carl
ton Clark which contains a lot
of reliable historical information;
though the biographical second
and third volumes drew much
hot criticism, after their publi
cation a short while ag'o. Mr.
Clark wrote:
"During this period of uncer
tain beginnings (when Astoria
was being founded, in 1811 to
1813), much was learned about
the Willamette valley. Robert
Stuart, a partner in the Pacific
Fur company (Astor's company),
led a party up the Willamette
river -in December, 1811; the en
ergetic leader, Donald McKenzie,
made an extensive trip into the
valley in April of the next year
and is thought to have penetra
ted as far as the river that bears
his name. In November William
Wallace and J. C. Halsey, clerks,
in another tour, were said to
have penetrated nearly 500 miles
to the sources of the Willamette
river, and in 1813 Reed and Se
ton, clerks, in another tour, led
a party to the valley. The extent
of the territory within the valley
that was explored by Americans
is uncertain, having been ob
viously over estimated by con
temporaries who thought the
Willamette valley much larger
than it is, having been, perhaps,
under estimated by a modern
! student who doubts a Hear
statement by Franchere, Pacific
Fur company eierk, that Wallace
and Halsey established a house
isu miles ud the Willamette Val
ley."
S
(It is now known that Fran
chere meant Columbia where he
wrote Willamette, and that the
house Wallace and Halsey estab
lished was on Wallace prairie,
the historic spot mentioned
above.) As to the first actual
settler, a halt mile north of Wal
lace prairie, he was clearly Bap
tists DeLoar, who arrived with
tne Lewis and Clark party in
1805, and was living there mire.
ly having an Indian wife) when
the first building of the Oregon
tnsiuuio was erected, in 1842
In his famous address of 1S7K
at the third annual reunion of
the Oregon Pioneer association
and the first one at the state fair
KTounas, former Unlfed Rtat.
Senator James W. Nesmith said
of DeLoar that he "was one of
Lewis and Clark's party that
came to Oregon in 1804 (start
ed -that year); and subsequently
cm uea nere in the Hudson's
Bay company's service, and for
as unfair ag anything said about
him. He appealed to passion ev
ery few minutes.
Bailey .on the other hand deliv
ered a constructive address, de
scribing the duties of the gover
norship with, real understanding,
making clear his position upon
the principal Issues, never appeal
ing to mob passion and making no
statement-that to our knowledge,
and we listened critically, could
be definitely disproved, though
many opinions expressed could be
honestly questioned by supporters
of other candidates.
If we had been hearing the two
men without previous knowledge
of who or what they were we
should have said with ; positive
conviction that Bailey waa the
most sensible, the most buslness
K?.nd JM ot n opportunist po
Uticlan we do not say this, mind
it we do insist that a per
fectly unbiased listener
sny previous knowledge of the
iw men wouia m ail probability
hare reached thiaCMnrinBiM
.uo.uuai or - unquestioned
Jkusinesa aneeeae wnti k. i
is or was nntll recently rather
obscure young country lawyer.
many years enjoyed the appella
tion, 'oldest Inhabitant.' "
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Willard H. Rees. In his annual
address at the meeting of the
Oregon Pioneer association in
1871. at the same place, called
Baptists DeLoar Philip DeGIe
(probably a typographical error)
and said he was born at Sorel,
Canada, In 171. and died In the
Willamette valley February 27,
1847, aged 108 years, and that
"this 'oldest inhabitant first
crossed the continent with Lew
is and Clark party settled in the
Willamette valley. Francis Rivet,
who lived to be 95, and William
Cannon (the man of tho famous
bear story of Washington Ir
vlng's "Astoria" who. according
to Rees. lived to be 99. passing
away in 1854. Nesmith also men
tioned Cannon.
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But there are many more par
ticulars concerning the first (and
the second) house in. the Willam
ette valley, in an article In "Tne
Quarterly of the Oregon Histori
cal Society" for December, 1824,
written by Fred S. Perrine of
Oregon -City, manager of the
chamber of commerce there, and
supervisor of the census for t!?e
first Oregon district this year.
Commencing at the top of page
300 of that number of the quar
terly, after describing the dis
covery of the Multnomah river by
the Lewis and Clark party, Mr.
Perrine wrote:
"It has been a popular tale
that Lewis and Clark discovered
the falls of the Multnomah, but
their records, as above, disprove
this fallacy. With the passing of
Lewis and Clark, the name of the
river changed from Multnomih
to Willamette, for the next auth
orities, Gabriel Franchere, Alex
ander Ross and Ross Cox (of the
Astor party), call it tho Willam
ette. (Franchere was a Canadian,
born in Montreal; Ross was
Scotch, and Cox was Irish; "the
little Irishman" of the Astor
party.)
m
"In his 'Narrative,' published
in Montreal in 1820, Franchere
gives us 'the best and earliest
record of the activities of the Pa
cific Fur company (of Astor) on
the Willamette. Ross Cox fol
lows with his "Adventures on the
Columbia" in 1831, while Alex
ander Ross 'Adventures of tho
First Settlers on tho Oregon or
Columbia River' was not pub
lished until 1849."
S
(This story of Wallace prairie
will be continued tomorrow.)
Conspiracy of
Mayor With rum
Ring is Proved
SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Oct. 14
(AP) Conviction in federal
court here Monday on charge of
conspiracy to violate the national
prohibition law climaxed thirty
stormy months during which
Thomas H. Gideon has been may
or of Springfield.
After deliberating more than
nine hours, a jury found Mayor
Gideon had conspired with the
underworld of Springfield to
break the law he had sworn to up
hold. Four others. Jointly ac
cused,, one of them a former depu
ty sheriff, two of them bootleg
gers and the other a former sa
loon keeper, also were convicted.
Peru's Oldest
Bank Suspends
Its Payments
LIMA. Peru, Oct. 14 (AP)
The Bank of Peru and London,
old in the courtry, Monday was
permitted by governmental de
cree to suspend payments until
October 19, because of heavy runs
on its" accounts.
The decree stated that because
of the abnormal amounts drawn
out by, depositors in the last few
days the bank soon would . have
been unable to pay further drafts.
Since the bank was linked to the
country's economic welfare by its
long life, the government wished
to avoid any crisis which would
cause uneasiness in the republic
CouzensFord
Both Pungle up
To Help Chest
DETROIT, Oct. 14 (AP)
Senator James Couzens and Mr
and Mrs. Edsel Ford Monday in
creased substantially their con
tributions of last year to the De
troit community che3t.
Senator Couzens' contribution
was $120,000 representing his
last year's donation of $100,000
plus a $20,000 "emergency gift."
Mr. and Mrs. Ferd gave $130,
444 an increase of $15,000 over
their last year donations of
$115,000.
New Seminary
At Seattle is
Formally Begun
SEATTLE. Oct.5 14 (AP)
The most Rev. Fumasoni-BlondL
Apostolic delegate to. the United
States, blessed and laid the cor
nerstone of the new St, Edwards
seminary here Monday in pres
ence of high church dignitaries
and some 200 members of the Ca
tholic laity. v ,
- The 'tery Rev. John Tenion, S.
J.. provincial of all the sulpicians
In the United States announced
the seminary, being built at cost
of $3,000,t0ft would be complet
ed in. time for the opening of
classes' next September.
COW RETURNS
HUBBARD. Oct 1 4. George
Leffler was surprised a few eve
nings ago by the return of his
cow which he had reported as
being , stolen. The cow brought
her young calf back to the barn
fter am absence of several Aaysv