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PAGE FOUR r s - lb OREGON STATESMAN Salem,- Oregon,- Sunday Morning' October 26. 1S30 hi "No Favor Stvays Us; No Fear Shall Awe" From First Statesman, March 28, 1851 v- . THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Charles A. Spracit. Seeldon F. Sacxxtt, Publiher$ Charles A Snuctx - - - - - Editor-Manager Sheldon F. Sackett - - - - !; Managing Editor .. j Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press li exclusively entitled to the use tor publica tion of all news dispatcher credited to It or not otherwise credited la .this paper. ;. Pacific Coast Advertising Representatives: Arthur W. Btypea, Inc., Portland, Security Bids. San Francisco. Sharon Bids.; Ix Angeles, w Pac Bids. Eastern Advertising Representatives: Ford-Paraona-.Stecher.Inc- New York, 271 Madiaon Ave.; Chicago. 60 N. Michigan Ave. Entered at the Paste ff ice at Salem, Oregon, a Second-Claa Hatter. PubUehed every merming except Monday. Bueineee office, tl5 S. Commercial Street. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: lia.ll Subscription Rata, in Advarw-e. WitMn Oreaont Dally Sunday. 1 Mo. 6 centa; S Mo. 11.25 Mo. SS.SS: 1 rear OQ. EOae wbere CO centa per Ma or 5.00 lor 1 Tear tar advance. - . - -By City Carrier: 69 cents a month: t.5 a year In advance. Per Copy 2 centa. On traina and News Standa centa. - - . . "Erected 1892M VERY recently the American .Fidelity building was ex changed for farm land. Few perhaps paid imich atten tion to the news, and there were doubUeaa. many ho read . the item without knowing what building was meant. Yet this building-, the former home of the First National bank, and before it of the Capital National bank, is rtally one of the architectural gems of Salem. Tucked in under the- shad ow of the big United States National Bank budding, thou sands pass it without observing it or studying it. But here is a building front with real character, which is lacking in most of the box block that abound in Salem's business district. With its imposing entrance, its - conical roof, its arched windows, its interesting stone conic Dosition. the builduur is a real study. Best get across the ..street and observe it . from that ; vantage point; and it rV stands tout with as much Deraonalitar as though it were some ' Structure in some old French " The story of its building is Of interest. In 1892 John H. Albert, father of Joe Albert, was head of the 'bank and ' engaged Fred Erixon" who had arrived in Salem but a few months before, .to erect the building. H. G. Luker, another mason, was associated with Mr. Erixon. There was no ar- ''" chitect. Joe Albert says they had a picture of the old Amer f kan Exchange bank in Philadelphia which they Cave to Er ixon and asked, him to follow that style. The two contract . ing masons set to work to design and build a front in the narrow 24-foot space, which would be distinctive and yet well-balanced. They succeeded admirably, S3 anyone who understands architecture will tell you. ... The grey sandstone is from Tenino, the red sandstone from Arizona. The two massive red granite pillars flanking the doorway were from Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Seldom does one see real stone nowadays. Concrete, so generally used, is a characterless material as usually applied lacking : depth and variety and tone, and growing less beautiful with age. The red stones used for, trimming in this building break ;the grey monotone of the, Tenino sandstone. If you look at the building closely you will see used for a keystone of the arch of a second-story window wnat iooks k like a gold seal. It is not a seal of some old Salem lodge as one might suppose, but a replica of the old beaver coin that circulated in territorial days. There is the beaver on his bit of log with the initials underneath 0.T. 1849,w meaning "Oregon Territory, 1849." Other letters appear above the . i j? a. tv:a tvus neaver wnose meaning we may rcier w uur xmu wau. .uua - coin was carved in stone by Robert L. Fox, quite a skillful stone-carver, and then it was gilded ver with gold leaf. The idea was from the senior Albert, who thought the gold coin would be appropriate for historical significance - - - ' The buiiamg is vacant now on the main floor but we hope not for long With such history nd with such archi tectural charm it deserves steady occupancy from high class ; tenants. The building will last for ages, as we hope it may, and trust it 'will-not be torn down to nuke room for some hideous Ikyscraper, just to -feed, our craze for height and size. - . The story is hardly complete without mention that Mr. Erixon traces his success as a contractor here to his' suc cess with this first big job. Mr, Albert was so well satisfied that he backed Erixon in his contracting work, even going on his bond personally, and alone for putting up buildings like some of those at 0J5.C. So Mr. Erixon has a genuine ; affection, for his building -and for Mr. Albert who gave him such generous backing. ' - j The Intangibles Tax Decision TtwthILE the supreme court have held-the intangibles tax; W void, it has at the same time"Tointed the way for cur ing the present law; and has in effect (almost obiter dicta) : approved the excise tax on corporations. The intangibles tax may, be cured by making it include corporations The J court say : "Double taxation would not result if the corpor ation were given credit upon its excise tax for any pay ments made upon its intangibles." This further is true that 'outside of financial institutions few corporations carry stocks and bciidstas'mvestmentsl w Most such investments ra held by individuals. "y' 4" !"."" - ' i So far as a refund of the mtaiigibles tax goes, such re- fund would badly cripple the state -treasury which is al ii ready overburdened. The v1929 state property tax was. re i duced because of the expected receipts from the intangibles tax. So whatever is paid back puts the state that much far ! '.. ther in the hole. However, no state official lias authority to ! nav hack this tax and unless a taxnaver "brought and won a 1 suit, which he probably could funded nnlMA th leinslature t jand make appropriation therefor. The court decision "hasj I a parting shot in it which wUT make those- who paid the En-l I tangiDies xax sww arjoux onngmg buiu iw v"w w I rlaw (making stocks and bonds taxable as personal proper f ty) is-in effect, one which would subject the owners to reg ular property taxation. So if the taxpayers sxaix suk wb state may.say "Very well, pay the general property tax on these securities the income from which you reported. , : Apparently the decision does not affect the income tax bill now being voted on, should It be adopted. It deals with the intangibles tax. as a property tax and not as a tax on income.' v- - - ! ' . ' ; . .The legislature, should cure the intangibles law as the court points out. ; r Editorial ; Comment From Other Papers " LINCOLN KEPUBLICAN? -, - The character and caresr ot - Abraham Lincoln appeals to; aU - trua Americans and it la aot un- nsual to hear men calling them- -seives idncoia : republicans t or - Lincoln democrats. They wish, to jsay a tribnta to tha martyred .president and 7 Incidentally to themselves by aligning on what they think would be the side of ? the great Amsrican. What party air. uneoia would choose la half-circle tower topped with city r Rhenish town. f 1 ' j i the bank,, ami had interesting! do, the money will not be re- should authorize such refund : , . these , latter-days Is, perhaps, subject to some spe.cuIatIosi. XisN coin was bora of poor parentage, and While his companions slept toned' tat the night to - prepare himself - for a political career which' was to redound to tha glorr-of the nation. He was al 'ways democratic ever - close to the people. But for Julias Meier, Portland's merchant prince, .bora with a sUver spoon la his mouth. aristocratla la temperament ere ay to 4he. favored lew. to stylo himself' aa - Lincoln republican . Is so far-tetched as to .bo ridlcn loos. llr. Hair Is not ot the soil nor ot the conunoa people. His ideas oa farming, m country towns are- of tha vaguest sort. and attsr AavlBs -heard . hint oa two. oecaHanv we doubt that he is well latorsaod oa matters of HEALTH Today's Jalk - By R. S. Copeland, U D. In ancient times ' ft 1 Was be lieved headaches were das to erQ spirits within the head. The care for head aches in that day consisted la boring- holes through -: the skull, so that the spirits might escape-. We have testi money of this practice in the borings found In skaUs re covered In . re cet -excava- tlons. - Modern clvil- , izatlon has re moved these evil spirits and jet we still suffer from head aches! instead ot the drilling to relieve the pain we modern re sort to an sorts of patent medi cines. I wonder 'if this practice is not just as sUly. The drag habit Is an' exceed ingly dangerous practice. . Medi cines that relieve headaches merely remove the' sain; the cause of the headache is left un touched. Farther,' the habit ot taking to medicines for the re lief of pain, is likely to be injur ious to the health. - Headache Is not a disease. It is a sign that some part of the body Is not working properiy. Headaehe may be caused by var ious disorders of the body. Ane mia, high blood pressure, kidney diseases, sinusitis And detective eyesight are some of the com mon causes. Constipation, di gestive disorders, slouching pos ture la walking and standing and la women, uterine diseases, frequently cause headaches. . In young children headache, ilk one of the first signs of. some-tnJ- fectious disease. It should never be ignored and the temperature should bo taken at once. It the headache persists, the pulse is rapid and tha child has temper ature, send for your doctor at once. Where severe vomiting is present In addition to the above picture, never Oay in consulting your physician. There is a distinct type of headache which seems to run in families. This type is spoken of as "migraine." Little is known of this condition outside of the fact that it does occur in families and is believed to be hereditary. The tendency is there all the time, but many things can bring on an attack of migraine. Such factors a powerful emotional disturbances- of any type, severe, mental or physical fatigue and digestive -disturbances are the most common causes. In migraine the attacks are more or less periodical. They may occur on the same day every iieek, or every two weeks, or about once a month. The indi vidual usually knows in advance about when he will have an at tack:. In view of the fact that most headaches 'of this sort are usual ly associated with some nausea and at times vomiting, people believe that it is due to some error in diet. This is not true. Gastro - intestinal disturbances are usually present as a sign of the trouble, bat they are not the cause of the headache. The underlying cause of the headache must be determined and removed if possible. v Until then we may not say we are "curing the headache. No per manent relief from headaches will be accomplished unless this is done. In general, avoidance of ex citement, regularity In meals, proper bowel elimination and moderation In diet are the moat important rules to follow. Some, persons are benefited by a strict ly vegetable diet and the taking of alkaline waters. The treat ment of aU cases depends entire ty on the removal of the cause upon which the attacks aepena. ' Answers to Health Queries A READER. Q. What cause a 'boy of 18 to be troubled with unbearable . pain around the heart? They sometimes last for an hour or more, and are so in-J tense is to cause him to shiver and moan? 2 What causes gray , hair and what can be done .to restbre the color? ft i i S-i-What can be done for wrinkles beneath the eyes? . A, Have the heart examined. The trouble may be due to sev eral different causes.: in me meantime avoid indigestion and keep the system, clear. Also be sure to have proper rest. sdGrav hair mav come from a ffivera shock, but it ts usually due to heredity. Nothing can be done once the hair has started to tnrn erar. i 3 Gentle massage may , be helpful, but It must be done very Ughtly. txslng a geoa coia cream and uslos; only the tips of the fingers. statecraft. He is simply a sue- Aaant Vn.llIM, W1a til daBSrt- meat store merchandising; at the head "of a great organuauon wmA ikir Mnfniuul. trnst- ed employees or executive acu ity. Prior to mis campaign, ue name of Mr. meter was - never heard ta connection with state rorernmentai anairs. uo nas iiAva tntareat t exnosltiona. ta tiniiaii in . tifrfiwsvs all mat ters lhat would onng peopie co cnwlinit anil InMdentsllr. to his store. -. " McMtamrUle News-Re porter. . ' , , A Problem For You for Today 1 - A man- agreed to work for IS a day on condition that every day ho was idle he should forfeit It eenls. - How many days -did ae work. If at the end of as days ho received 1SI? Answer tomorrow. Yesterday's answer: II. v : All peaches grown ta Clark county, Nov., ara , purchased - by a transcoucinaatai ran system for its eunersu , z t&GXGJm I. READY TO DIVIDE UP fl rtsww ZlO tVL "GIRL UNAFRAID" gg CHAPTER SZ. She could not believe it. This was soms dreadful 4 ream which would pass. Oh. it couldn't bai a. a She whimpered. Pawed at him. "Ken! Don't , let me go! Ken! I love you so!" He snatched her to him. Bur led his face In her hair so that his voice came muffled. "What can I do? God. what can I do? I love you more than anything In life, I love yon. We belong to each other! But she's dying! What can I do?" She heard a small voice whis pering a small, tired voice, which ' she did not recognize c her own. "I think I'll die. too. don't want to live without you.'" She could feel his body shak ing. Shs put up a hand and ttached his face. It was wet. Touched suddenly with frantic pity, she became the comforter. "Oh, darling! darling, don't! No no Ken darling!" Pressing, him wildly la her arms, wet cheek against wet cheek. Tortured by her love. After a few moments Ken got control ot himself. His chest rose In a long sigh. Gently he put her aside and started the en gine, moving slowly, like a veryi old man. At the sound of the motor a little moan broke from Ardeth. Oh, no!" This couldn't be the end! It couldn't! His voice was very tired. Must, dear. I don't dare stay away, any longer. She's so low. . I shonldn't have left at all but X had to see you. I couldn't let you ... lust find out." The dark little park dropnlnr behind them. Deserted city street stretching ahead. A short dist ance now . . . Just a little while and Ken would bo lost to her forever. Oh, it was unbelievable! Sitting beside him like this. It was like waiting for death.' Help less . . . Watching the end draw closer. She was crying sottlr. slumned In a forlorn little heap in a cor ner seat. Ken looked at her and his heart went sick with misery. For a wild moment he consider ed slamming on the brakes and shouting that lie dldnt mean it; that he would never give her up. For a wild moment ho felt the Insane Impulse to swing the car down Van Ness down toward the dark bay. To drive off the wharf a toppling nluage cold death together. Better than life apart, perhaps. - Oh. that was erasy, of course weak. Here pull himself together. Make It harder tor her. He stopped the car before her hotel and turned his white face upon her. "You'd better get outfl Ardeth. I have to get back." v He unclasped her frantic fing ers, feeling that he tore his own heart as hs did so. Feeling the salt of her tears In his mouth aa Ira whispered, "Goodby, darling. X love you. Remember that wont you. I. love you. Like a released wild thing the ear darted away,, tha tall light swerving around the corner while she strained her tearful gas af ter it.- i a - Groping her way ' toward the lighted - entrance of the : hotel, careless of who might' seo . : , Back la Iter owa room, vague aa to kow she got there. 4 'Her : own room lamp AtOl alight; filling the small space with a quiet mellowness. Bod clothes tossed back aa aha had flung them when the phono rang. Such a-short tlma v , , yet ta this short- time her , heart had been, broken. -;i -c ... .--rr J , A madness ot grief descending upon' her so that aha sat oa the edge of thf couch, wringing her nsaos. making uttl soft animal noises of pain.- Oa It wasn't, pee- siDia that Kea was really lost to her! Such things didn'U happen in these days! It was like those slHy old days of long- ago-Jike those sentimental .novels aha had found la a closet, at Aunt SteTs. Deathbed promises oh, people didn't make them Any morel Oh, they couldn't. lfc Cheeks hot. Heart pumping. .will huuwij unbearable. She reached over, snapped it out. Sat for. a long time in the dark, bowed over, hands ground hard against her mouth to keep from bursting in to sobs. Later- she got up and pulled off her clothes, moving as slowly as Ken had done at the last. She got into bed. Grief suddenly tearing at her throat, so that she flattened her face in the wet pUlow lest her tenant In the next room hear her. Wild anger shook through her like a hot wind, murderous anger at Cecile. At the dying woman who was snatching away her happiness. Even at Ken, him self, that he should give her up. Its very intensity wore It out. Followed a period ot dreary calm when it seemed tha heart within her had died. She had died. Ken had died. Dead things moving through a dead world. There would never be anything again but this hopeless ache la her heart. Periods when she lost herself in dreams aa depressing as real ity. Swimming up through reel ing blackness to face memory. She lay flat, her face upturn ed to the back room, stupidly whispering "Ken . . . Kea . . ." Tears rolled out of the outer corners of her eyes, wet her The Statesman makes the following recommendations on the BaUot Propositions. CUp this out and use it U you are in doubt how to vote. Numbers i SOO mad 801 Repeal of State Payment of Irrigation and Drainage Dist rict Interest ' Vote SOO, YES; Numbers 802 and SOS . . ' State Cabinet Form ot Gov ernment. Vote 80S, NO. Numbers S04 and 805 Bonus Loan Constitutional Amendment. Voter 80S, NO. N ambers SOS and SOT aad ,808 and 809 Twin measures, Motor Vehicle License Tax Constitutional Amendments. . Vote 807, NO. and SOO, NO. Numbers 810 and 811 Constitutional Amendment for filUng Vacancies In the Legis lature. Vote 811, NO. Numbers 812 and tit Amendment fixing. Legislators Pay at 50t per Two-Tear Term. Vote 812, YES. Numbers 814 and 818 Referendum on two Addition al Circuit Judges for Multno mah County. Vote 818, NO. Numbers 818 aad SIT State Income Tax. -oCe 81ft, YES. Numbers 818 aad 818 AnU-Cigarette Constitutional Amendment. Veto 819, NO, Numbers 830 aad 881 " Constitutional Amendment for Closing Rogue River ta Com. mercial Fishing. -. . .. . Veta 821, NO. Numbers 222 andN82S " Creation of of flea ot.Lienlea ant-Governor. - Vot 823, YES, . . ' ": Nmnbers 824 and 825-'"-Graage Water and Power Util ity Districts. - - . Vote 825, NO. Sales "aty" Battat . ... -Acquiring Rights on North Santiam. ? Tote, YES. V M hair, so that she rolled her head restlessly. Then the room was flooded with rainy daylight and the chimneys on the roofs outside came to view. The hateful morn ing was here at last. She whispered, "Today . . . Ken will be married . . ." More dreadful to face it in this rainy light than it had been last night. Rain, drip-dripping on the roofs outside with the sound of hesvy tears. Would .it always be like this? Ardeth asked herself plteously. Would this raw pafh in her heart ever slow to a dull ache? When she was old as old as Aunt Stel, say, would all of this hare re ceded so it didn't matter? When she was old but how could she live to grow old with this grief pressing on her heart? If Ken's mother-should die suppose she were dead now what need tha useless sacrifice! If she were no longer here to be hurt at his refusal, Ken would n't have to Madly she tried to stifle the shameful hope in her heart. Not that of course, she didn't wist that but, oh, surely something would happen something always happened at. the last moment to make things right, didn't it? Maybe if she prayed . . . She kneeled down, rested her forehead on the edge of the bed and closed her 'eyes. No words came. No thoughts. Only the pic ture of Ken's face, so bleak and white last night. Tears began to steal from her closed 1 eyes. The telephone rairi. Her heart leaped, swelled In hr throat. The answer! God was answering the prayer in her heart! Ah Ling's voice coming over the wire. "Are you coming down Miss CarroU?" She had forgotten tfie time. She had forgotten the shop. "Not today, Rosie. I I don't feel well." i The 'little Chinese girl's voice held a worried note. "Whaf shall I do? Miss Parker's out of town. She phoned." A long moment. Then Ardeth's tired voice. WLU right, I'll be right down," What did it matter where aha was? What did anything matter? (To be continued) Yesterdays . . Of Old Oregon Town Talk frosa The Statea , saaa Qw Fathers Bead October 26, 1805 "ork upon tht iMtrie line between Salem and Port- la If days, tha fairgrounds to be point ot tho Initial work. V u Of the ll cases on tho docket for the. regular term of circuit court for this county; II are for divorce. . ' " .J6 Greater Salem Commer 2fl,b ! Ptponed selection of officers for. tha aow year until Jancary. - .. Article- of incorporation were ffld for tha Grover Dreg com pany with, headquarters at Wood burn. Incorboratnra ,' m mrover O. W Grover aad B. D. "'"'", , capital stock la fl Thought. . . Reason elevates our thonrhtaltsrta Mi a i m mTI la alga as tha stars, and lsnnS ..!ln . VhrT-. "1.1 tfc;jtho vast space - of ttl. tlan In7d7 plrunlTo tie mighty, fabric ; yet ft conies tax I holy land to wStbiuJ shvat of the real extent of urlGethxeaas- the, corporeal being. Samuel John-Taad son. ilTSior BREFAST L-r- By R. HENDRICKS A Christian Indian: . . Something waa said la this eol nmn yesterday about the Chris tian Indians of tho fax aorta in Canada, . in the latter part ot 18 4 ru mors came to the feeble 'Willam ette settlements that Cayuse In dians were plotting a movement to raid the valley and wipe out all the whites. Jason Lee was urged to go and reason with the hostile chiefs. . He--started Janu ary 23. 1141. from the old mis sion below where Salem is now. His perilous Quest resulted in heading off the movement a long story. In the late fifties and early six ties. Rev. E. R. Geary, pioneer Presbyterian minister and organ izer of his church In early Ore gon, was superintendent of Indian-affairs for tho old Oregon country.- His brother. General Geary, won high honors at the storming ot Lookout Mountain. Many years after tho vent, Rev. Geary wrote a letter to F. H. Grubbs, son-in-law of Jason Lee, father of Miss Ethel Grubbs, granddaughter of' Jason Lee, whose picture appeared in the Oregonian of Tuesday, with that of her ten and- a half toot tall dahlia at her home in Portland. In part, that letter read: "In the summer of 1880. I and my party were mercifully preserv ed from the wreck of a saU boat on the Columbia river, about 20 miles east of The Dalles. After hours of toll and danger we reached the north bank, wet and worn, and entered the lodge of Windfe".;' '; rn !?tt i 1 m . , "-'"He 'was In feeble health, but impressively venerable in ap pearance. Our misfortune seemed to arouse all his energies. It be ing important that I should reach The Dalles that night, he imme diately sent out several young Indians to bring in and prepare us horses. Being told that I was superintendent of Indian affairs, he said he had heard of me, and that I was God's man; he was glad to see me. He then (we spoke in the jargon) said that we both had one God; that he talk ed with that God every day. V V w "I was at once impressed with his fervor and earnestness. Who told you, said I. ot the great God you worship every day. The priest, was his reply; and em me diately hurrying to the corner of the lodge he drew out a carefully folded buffalo robe from beneath a number of other 'packages. Within' this was a dressed deer skin, then that ot a badger, then a piece ot bright blue cloth en wrapping a small book. Holding it up, ne exciaimea, -i n is is uoa s books; the priest gave It to me.' "I of cource concluded him to be a Catholic, and that the book was a volume of devotion. -On opening tho book, however, I was surprise to find it one of tho early pubucatioas of tha American Sunday School Union. He evi dently thought it tho Bible, and I did nothing to destroy tha inno cent illusion. I now asked the name of the priest. His prompt reply was, 'Jason Lee.' Light at once broke on the mystery. 'Many years before, he told me, 'be had heard Jason Lee talk first to the Indians and then to God' that is, I suppose, preach and pray, and'he had talked to that God ever since. LAY SERMON PILGRIM AND TOURIST Thenne longen folk to go on pil- srimasea, And paltnera for te aeekea atrangw strandea, Te distant saintea, known In on dry landea; And apeclajly, from every shires end Ot Engelond, to Cantnrbury they - wende. The holy bliafut marth for te seeks. That them bath holpea when that they were weeke." Chancer: Prologue te Canterbury Tales. In England tho "Pilgrim's Way" still may be traced from Winchester in Hampshire to Can terbury la Kent, seat ot tho great cathedral and shrine of tha mar tyr Thomas Becket, As an old In dian trail may still bo followed la this western country where the feet of horses and of Indians and the dragging tent poles . wore down a path, aa this old "Pil grims' Way" may la places ba dis tinguished as bridle path or lane, or along, some border- of hollies or oaks or yews. . Along that path trod tfia Canterbury pilgrims, a mixed company, "of sundry folk" as Chaucer describes the "nyne and twenty" who tarried for tho night at Tabbard inn. One may picture in his mind the strange company of pilgrims; a knight, a yeoman, a young squyer, a prior esso, a monk, . a frere, a mar chaunt, a clerk, sergeant of laws, carpenter, webber, dyer, , haber dasshar, doctour of physik, ship man, cook, ' parson, ploughman. Now compart this company of pilgrims with -our twentieth cen tury rtourlsta'. who j swarm tho algawaya and atop at tourist camps. The same strange medley of men and women, ot various occupations and stages of pros perity. The tourists are pilgrims la tho sens that they ara oa their way, but not at , aU wjtb tamo purpose of worship at torn holy shrine. One Is bound for tha hop yards to teek employment; an other root south to winter la Cat-, iforniai-another Is oa vacation; another Is going- hunting; anoth er seeking a new location. Trav elers Chey ara, bat aot pUgrima Old is the story of tho pilgrim. tha holr T'ml "Tho 1 book raa restored to in wrappinga-andLplace. To the in dian it seemeira 'hoty of holies That night. benerffh a brig!, moon, we started on our cayusei convoyed by Elippama, the ir, dian's name, over the rugged ant dangerous trail, on the norti bank of the Columbia, and arriv ed at The Dalles safely about j o'clock in the morning. Elippama a trait seldom aparalleled in at Indian, was very reluctant to av cept remuneration, saying that In wanted no pay; that his heart was to help .us in our trouble. "The horses were, howevfr, loaded back with flour, and a sack of that Indian luxury, su gar, for which, on a fair repre sentation of the case, the (Unit, ed States) government paid with out a question. The next spring I had prepared a small present for my benefactor, but learned that he had died of consumption during the winter. S U "Elippama lives in my memory as a beautiful example of simple faith and Christian kindness, that would have adorned the highest civilisation. Is he not now one, not the least brilliant, of the stars in the crown of Ja son Lee?" Among the Indians Jason Lee met, by invitation, at The Dalles Methodist mission on his historle winter Journey to avert tho threatened massacre, was Peu peumoxmox, or Yellow Serpent, chief of the Walla Wallas, who was allied and had much influ ence with the Cayuse tribesmen. But for his intervention, the lit tle settlement in the Willamette valley might have been wiped out. Some historians are posi tive on that point;, say that Jasfoa Lee prevented a raid that might have meant the killing of most. If not all, the whites in Oregon at that time. It was at the time when Dr. Whitman was absent- from his mission, on his famous winter trip through the Rockies and on to Washington and Boston. Mrs. Whitman was, then at the Metho dist mission at Wascopam (Tho Dalles), having been Induced to spend a number of months there, pending the return of Dr. Whit man, owing to the fears of her friends for her safety. Mr. Lee was acquainted with Mrs. Whit man. He had been a welcome visitor at ihe Whitman mission at Walllatpu on his memorable trip In 1838, on his way-east to se cure more missionary aid, result ing in the bringing of the "great reinforcement" on the Lausanne. While at Wascopam. Jason Lee preached to the Indians at that section, as he did always wherever there was an opportun ity. He gave them small books or papers, aa tokens of his inter est in them, sad sometimes copies of the New Testament, U V That is how he had come into contact with Elippama. either ia 1839 or 1842, on hie way east or when he was on his peace mis sion, 22 or 18 years before. And that is how the faithful convert came to have his book to show to Rev. Geary. There were enouga stories of the kind in the old days to fill several books. There were (and are) many sincere Chris tian Indians. More than 11,000 4-H club girls will compete for the title of Alabama's healthiest In a contest closing May 1, 1931. parted saints became the shrines which pilgrims unable to visit the Holy Land, sought out. Benares is still the goal ot the Brahmin pilgrim; and the command of Is lam Is to visit Mecca once In the life of the faithful. "See Naples and die" was the injunction, not religious, "to Italians; and Car cassone in southern France was another city attracting pilgrims to beauty. One trip In a lifetime, was the pilgrim's lot. Perhaps It was a visit to the city cathedral; or farther, to Rome and St, Peter's and the Holy Father; still farther to the Holy Land. For t&at one trip he tolled and saved. Then he started out, enduring all tho hardships of travel; poor roads, robbers, storms, foreigners, ene mies, tho. Turks, all for tho great surge of feeling when he might stand in tho holy place. Our tourists of today travel mora easily aad they travel mora. They see more; but do they get that over i helming thrill of the humble Inlander who looked oat for the first time over the bay ot Naples, or tho Germ ate monk who stood once on Olivet? Does not our excess of travel today broad en us and at the same time make Us shallow? Life today Is much of a motor tour from birth to death. There is no single objective such as ani mated and inspired the-old pil grim. Our purposes are scattered, we hurry this place aad yonder. Wo. formulate ao philosophy of living. We set ao great spiritual goal like tho "palmers" of tho middle centuries; aad wo experi ence no rest triumph of spiritual attainment, "What's on tonight?" that, tt tha daily question there must ba something new to sea or hear. ' It It possible ta this complexity ot modern llviag. and In this breaking down of old markers of tho trail to organize ourselves so that after tha manner of tha pil grims of 44V wa may set some worthwhila? goal for our efforts, aad Ua ahd ' endure and suffer aata -really attala it? RADIO-SERVICE -:- ' PARTS Ra&9 Headquarters - "Just Madia'? - Phone lll 1X5 g. Eifc Si. of tho martyrs, tha abodes ot do- V .'r-s