PAGI3 FCUIl
Wo Favor Sways U: No Fear Shall Atoe" '
From. First Statesman. March 28, 1851 I
THE STATESMAN PUBUSHINGjcO.
Cha&tes A. Sfsagve, Shtldom F. Sackxtt, PnllUhar .
Chaeles A. Sfracuc - - -.,' Editor-Manager .
Sheldon F. Sackett - - ; - - - Managing Editor
; Member of the Associated Press i " " :
The Associated Tress 1a azdnslvtMy entitled to the arm for pabllea
Mn of all nws dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited
this paper, . . ," . j ;
Pacific Coast Advertising Reoresentatlves: '
Arthur W Stypea. Ins;.. Portland. fewrltr '
Ban Fnn-lro Sharon Bids.-; W. pao. Bid.
Eastern Advertising Representatives:
Ford Pamnm.-gtecher.Ine.. New Tnrk, 171 Madison Are.;
Chicago, as N. Michigan Arc , . - .
Entered at the Potto ff ice at Salem, Oregon, at Second-Clas
Matter. Published every morning except Monday, Bueineea
office, SIS S. Commercial Street.
4 SUBSCRIPTION BATES: I i : v
Mall Subscription Rates. In Advance. Within Oregon j Dally and
Sunday, 1 VI o. to cents; 1 Mo. $l.SI Mo. $2.25: 1 year $ 4.0ft. Else
where 80 cents per Mo. or $5.00 for 1 year In advance.
By City Carriers 50 cents a month: $5.50 a year In advance. Per
Copy S centa. On trains and News Stands f cents. . :
" Romance and
TACK SHOUP, son o Paul Snoop president of the Southern Pa-
citic railroad, is working as a cleric In a grocery store ? The
romance, he says, has all gone out of railroading; the pioneer
ing has all been done.
"Is the romance cone from
'all been done? One wonders."
Review. -
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XNOt oniy 13 me romance gone, uui. most. 01 me pruuus.
'-The slump in business has cut the earnings of the railroads
until they are experiencing1 the worst year since 1921 "when
they were trying to emerge from the blight of government
operation in the midst of a business depression. 1 Fewer
men are employed by the railroads of the country than in
1911. : . v t i, .
Raflroad executives are going around giving speeches
and making threats of the fight they are going to make to
protect their interests and preserve the roads as the coun
try's chief transportation system. But there isn't much
fight left In railroad men any more; they are sort of tooth
less old gentry whose bite doesn't amount to much. '
The roads have been regulated and regulated until the
starch is pretty well gone from their persoimel. The suc
cessful railroad nresident tnrlav is one vehn can win the traf
fic of the big industries on one hand and pare operating
costs to the bone on the other hand. In the days of our
youth railroading attracted thousands . of fine young fel
lows. It did have romance in it then. Where is the man of
-friT-fi tv?9V txrVin AiA nit: in Vila rwwVirwl fitmlro fix Vw an mirl.
V hvmmj v v w 1 a uve mm, tef ewr eaws wm sa w aw vmq
neer or a conductor on a railroad train? Now, the conduct
ors and engineers you meet are all grey-haired men. It has
become an bid man's game with the young men squeezed
out through bumping. .
The railroads will of course recover from the present
business slump along with the rest of the country. But
they face a difficult struggle to preserve their place in
transportation. The government fixes their rates and ever
since the 1920 increase the rates have been steadily whit
tled down. Law limits hours of labor for employes; polit
ical boards fix the rates of pay. Taxing bodies milk the
roads for constantly increasing sums for support of gov
ernment. Under such atrintrent regulation and under sharrj
competition from motor and water transport, the roads have
a difficult time to preserve a margin for interest on bonds
and dividends on stocks. Some, roads prosper; others lan
guish. Railroad management has been able to keep the
roads alive under such regulation only through increase in
efficiency -and through rnwianical improvements in rolling
stock. Bui there are limits to this. Trains a mile long- may
be practical, but not five miles long.
Since their return from government operation the roads
have made good as agents of transportation. But it is not
difficult to foresee with the handicaps under which it la
, bars that private ownership may ultimately give up in de
- spair and seek to turn the roads over to the government.
Who Gets Last Laugh? f
There Is no public deception' In this thrift campaign and ev-
ry printed promise is made good and no one is being deceived.
The only protestant is tha Statesman and its grievance lies In
the fact that it lost the advertising in- conjunction therewith. If It
really holds there has been a violation of the law, it should take
ft up with the grand Jury, not only
cities where the same campaign
Tor the Statesman, wits
this is the season of cheer .and good will, wo pass by, to pose as
. .the pure in spirit, the unstained, unsullied and untarnished eham-
' best Jokes of the Merry Christmas season. Whatever its deficien
cies, it cannot be said that the Statesman staging a spasm of sour
grape rirtue Is lacking In delightful humor. . ( ' " -
Adding to the merriment of the Christmas season is no
small function; and if we have really helped the editor of
our evenincr contemnorarv to lautrh out loud we f eel abun
dantly repaid for our efforts.'
No, it is not a matter of ."sour grapes" over the loss of
this business. . The conditions which The Statesman -made
when the advertising was first offered to itwas that the
publicity should read: "offered to the people of Salem and
vicinity by '. ". . (name of savings and loan association)
through The Oregon Statesman". We did not want the ad
vertising where we were to appear as giving away a bank
and 60 cents; and have no regrets at all over the loss of
the business. V: x s
The Capital Journal may insist that the statement
cash present of fifty cents to be given away free by the
Capital' Journal"; constitutes no public deception. But when
the facts are that as the promoter yesterday, admitted at
the Ad club, the bank costs in quantities but $1.20, and
when the Capital Journal is putting up not a. dime for the
bank or the fifty cents, then The Statesman submits that
it is deceptive so far as the public is concerned.
. , ' ' Einstein's
PROF. Einstein is the world's greatest physicist. His
writings are so profound that only a few people in all
the world can even understand them. Yet as he arrives for a
visit to America this is his message: ' j 4 - . .
- "Kill the monster of militarism. Your political and economic -position
today la auch that you can entirely destroy militarism
whenever you set your hand to It.
The German professor writes from a land which has
gone through hell because of the terrorism of xnilitarism,
a nation which is paying the penalties of devotion to war
fare aa an instrument nf natinrml vlisv sstVTrif Tf tl "-. Zrftt A
- " ' Bfrvmj f wm WU1M J ffUiVU
today writhes in desperation from the burdens imposed by
victor nations.- . j
So exhausting, so universally debilitating, so futile has
modern warfare become that the organized intelligence and
-Jieart of the world ought to unite definitely for peace. The
trouble is that each disarmament conference -save that in
Washington is surcharged with an atmosphere of suspicion,
of fear, and of desire for competitive advantage. Instead of
working for maximum reductions in armies and navies, the
delegates seem to scheme for minimum reductions for them
selves and maximum for other nations. r . ...
America does well to pay heed to the message brought
by Einstein. ,;v. ,.;
o:-v:;'.-.-:;.;,:.:i:j'. . a ;:v r,'
Tha IHki mlnxtrAt Tbnradav lilrht Armwr mUniiil o.t !
folk responded in a better-than-usual
. . . . . W ' .
rwi v wowu; pat iuimb was
-lodre in hiilUlnr in Ita fund
eheer. The cause is worthy;, and
uving.up in mis practical -manner
which the order la founded.
(Ma
Railroading
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railroading? Has the pioneering
Frank Jenkins In Roseburg News-
A. . ' A. ' 1L 1 '. L
here but In Portland and other
has been or Is being staged.
Its spotted record, which because
Message
-A.
y ' uvus, Micul
fashion. Home talent always
a . . .
iub aaaea incentive OI aiding this
fni TThriatmaa 4tisrttia mm -..
the Elks deserve a lot of credit for
vo me iaeai mt beneYOlenee on
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HEALTH
Tcdat Tc3c r
By It. 8. Ccpttaad, tL D.
One of the most : painful
perienees of childhood la the ali
ment formerly known as "mem
branous croup. We hear that
name . lnireouentiy tnese oays
; because now it
Is recognised
. as a mild form
of diphtheria.
I The synip-
toms of this
condition are
caused '. by en
Inflamation of
the. larynx, tha
windpipe, . with
the formation
of a false
membrane. It
usually at
tacks the ehlld
between the
ages : of two
AS
and fire years:
The attack may start as a
cold does. There may be some
fever, and general discomfort. It
may come very suddenly in other
cases. :
In .a sudden attack which Is
apt to come on at night the chUd
is awakened from sleep gasping
for breath. The mueuous mem
brane lining the , throat is so
swollen that scarcely any air. can
pass through. There Is a sharp
barking cough, with what Is us
ually described as a : "metallic
sound. The ferer increases and
the pulse is rapid.
V Keep . Cool . -The
child appears to be des
perately sick. It is natural that
the mother should feel terrified.
But heroic maesurest should be
taken at once, so she must be as
calm as possible. The first thing
to do is to send for a doctor.
While awaiting his coming there
are certain things to be done to
giro relief to the little sufferer.
Put the child in a hot bath at a
temperature of about 100 de
rees. Be careful not to have the
water too hot, so a to scald the
little patient. Try the heat of
the water on your elbow to sake
sure it is safe for trf child.
Keen the Htle patient in the
bath for fifteen- to twenty min
utes. . At the same time cold
compresses should he applied to
the head.
In an older child a hot foot
bath, to which a teaspoonful of
mustard has been added may be
adequate to draw the blood from
the upper part of the body. When
this takes place it gives reuef to
the sufferer.
Syrun of Ipecac, or syrup of
squills, is sometimes glren to in
duce vomiting to that the mucus
accumulation in the throat may
be cleared away. But every such
remedy, all drugs. Indeedshould
be glren only when the , family
doctor prescribes. ,
The child is usually mgntenea
at the - extreme . difficulty in
breathing. He wants to be taken
up and carried. Keep the child
well wrapped and guarded
against exposure If taken from
bed.
It may be necessary to apply
treatment known as "intuba
tion." In this a tube is inserted
in the throat, enabling the child
to breathe. Fortunately this pro
cedure is rare these days. Anti
toxin has saved the necessity of
operation In thousands of cases.
The Important thing to re
member Is to apply the Immedi
ate treatment I nave outlined.
This Is likely to give- relief to the
sufferer.
Membranous eroup Is always a
dangerous thing to handle. The
larynx is In the narrowest part of
the respiratory passage, so that a
slight obstruction may prore
serious. -
X never think ot this ailment
which used to he so common
when I was a younar doctor.
without a feeling of extreme
thankfulness that science has
round a means of prevention.
with the universal Inoculation
against diphtheria, membranous
croup win disappear.
Answers to Health Queries
M. H. O What oans.
in the legs?
A. Have a careful examina
tion to find the cause. '
Yesterdays
. Of Old Oregon.
Town, Talks from The States
man Oar Fathers -Bead
December 18, 1903 "
Conrad Krebs was a Portland
Tisitor. .. - s
A. H. Damon, the drayman,
has been missing two weeks and
no trace of him. has been found.
. Rot. I. P. Desmarals, Catholic
pastor at The Dalles for the past
two years, was In the city Tisit
Ing with Rer. A. A. Moore of 8L
Joseph's jchurch. Father Demar
ais will leave tomorrow on first
lap of a 10-months Journey to
Europe. i-"..': .; -V:,
- After a two-year search, or
iginal copies of Salem's ordin
ances are found and are now safe
in the custody of City Recorder,
w. A. Moores.
The PeoDle'a - Povar TMrna
which Is proposing several con-
a. max . a a .at . . .
sumuonai amenaments, will hold
a mass meetinr In ParUanit tn
elect officers and- take final ac
tion on the bills.
TODAY'S
PROBLEM J
A schoolroom is;. SO ft. -wide
and i 0 ft. long.' If a- person must
hare 4S0 cubic feet of air, what
must he the height of the room
to accommodate 31 pupils, and
their teacher. Today's answer to
morrow. Yesterday's l answer
135.47. .
MOVES HERB FROM EAST
AURORA, Dec. II -The S. H.
Stoner family are ; rejoicing, be
cause ot the arrival of their son.
James O. Stoner who with his
wife and child, hare come from
Lahlta. North Dakota, to settle
here peremanently. and he near
weir seiatlTes.
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RIGHT WHT 'f
"FOREST LOVE'
: CHAPTKB XXX.
Once Roger went out to hunt
np - tome . government official
something to do with his work
and left her alone. .
X won't miss you a bit. . Ill
do a little illegal washing In the
wash basin. Maybe I'll eren darn
a stocking i she told him, laugh
ing. ,
But when he was gone and she
dragged the suitcases out from
under the bed and poked and
pushed through their rumpled
contents, her high - spirits oosed
away. She didn't know where to
start, there was so much to do.
Louise had always done- their'
mending and washing. She felt
discouraged and helpless, sur
rounded - by crumpled silks and
sad looking linens. Even the cor
al chiffon dressing gown looked
limp, i and the-French flowers on
one satin mule were loose.
And the room waa terrible.
Sticky varnish on the- dresser.
None too clean lace curtains at
the windows. 1 wish we'd taken
a. chance and gone to the good
hotel! she moaned, but that waa
Impossible, of course, with the
Porters' likely to turn up any
minute. For that matter, she
might run Into Anita Beamer,
staying at the. palatial Riverside,
where all the dlTercees and ev
eryone who was anyone stayed
In Reno.
Anita Beamer, hare la Reno
getting a divorce so that Jack
could marry her, Nancy . , .
Poor Jack! How disappointed he
would be when he knew that she
had Jilted him for a ranger a
poor ranger who didn't mind aw
ful hotels, and dldnt know the
difference between sew clothes
and old . . . "It's so tunny! she
thought, giggling helplessly. She
thought she was laughing, but
her eyes were wet, so she must
be- crying instead. Roger found
her, s wilted little heap s beside
the scattered clothes on the floor
when he " came backr
"Don't leave me! Don't leave
me again! she walled, and he
lifted her in his strong arms and
comforted her and 1 laughed at
her and they were both happy
again. .
"The first time yon leare me
all day I'll probably go home to
mama!' she laughed, looking up
at him adoringly with wet, Tel-
fety eyes. -. ?
"Oh. I guess not!" But It
frightened him a little. He loved
her more every day, 'but he real
ized that he didn't know her' as
well as he thought he did. She
was so Independent up there In
the High Sierras, and now she
waa so soft and dinging. : she
sure cares a lot i for me! he
thought, half humhle, halt ex
ulting. "My- Nancy f
It was only when she was
clinging that Nancy felt that she
knew him at all. Sometimes, see
ing him at a little distance -or
hearing him speak to some man
about something sh knew the
knew nothing about, he was a
stranger. "That's my .husband!
I'm married to - him, she mar
veled. - . r yj..'. -
- In the church where they were
married he had looked so strange
and unfamiliar, with . his unruly
hair slicked down -and his -tunny
little toothbrush mustache shar
ed too close, that it was all she
could do to -make proper re
sponses, and not cry out "Oh,
waitwait I'm not sure I'm
afraid I'm getting the wrong
man!
Waking sometimes . In tha
night with Roger, sleeping quiet
ly beside her, she cried In the
darkness because' her world had
turned upside down and she was
all v alone In a strange. ' queer
placet.
Now. with Roger's arms about
her, his cheek against hers, she
was happy. In spite of the shabby
room, her, disreputable trousseau
her unquiet thoughts about ma
ma. -r--.
"I do lore you, she murmur
ed again, contentedly. .
"Well, you ought to tell your
mother
i "Old maid!" she teased. Sud
FISHERT.IEN
denly she flung her arms tight
around his neck, almost choking
hint, kissing him 'wildly, again
and again. "Roger, I do lore yon
I do! I do!"
He crushed her to him, bruis
ing her soft flesh, smothering her
with passionate kisses. His arms
were bands of 'steel, the rough
khaki ot his coat scratched her
face, but she made- no sound.
She lay limp in his arms, drunk
with happiness.
Minutes passed. Or was It
hours T Nancy's eyes were closed.
Her thick lashes lay dark on her
flushed cheek. Roger roused him
self, kissed j her closed eyelids.
"But Just the same, you ought
to write to your mother,, old
lady!" j
. "All right," ahe said after a
long pause.
He went back to his papers.
From where she sat at the ink
stained hotel desk she could see
him out. of the corner ot her
eye. A big, blond man la the ol
lre drab ot a ranger. Reading the
newspaper In a cheap hotel In
Reno. Absorbed in it already.
"That's my husband. Ta mar
ried to him," she whispered to
herself. A big tear dropped, blot
ting the Ink, spoiling her letter.
Nancy thought she hated Re
no. "Wo- can't leare- too soon to
please me!" she told Roger, oyer
and over. "I'll he Just as glad to
get out of here as you'll be, hon
ey," he said, and she . knew he
waa hurrying, trying to finish
the work that had brought him
here.
Oa the fourth ' afternoon he
went orer to the Riverside hotel
to meet two government officials
motoring south. It seemed funny
to think of Roger at the River
side while she waited In their
hot little home on the other
side of town.
"I wish we'd gone there and
taken a chance," ahe told herself
for the hundredth time. "It
would . hare been exciting to be
over' there where all the, really
smart people stay." ... But that
might have meant a meeting
with the Porters . or Jack Beam
ers wife, and Nancy wasnt real
ly ready for that. She wore Roger
Decatur's ring on her finger, an
unimpressive platinum band . . .
Jack Beamer would have; given
her a circlet of diamonds or em
eralds, not that she cared, she
insisted loyally. She'd 1 rather
wear Roger's utilitarian wedding
ring than a pear-shaped diamond
from Jack still plenty ot time
to tell about It In spite ot "Mrs.
Decatur" on the- hotel register
and moments when she could
hardly remember that she had
ever been single, she still thought
H . .. W....,H.1l.Uit.
Sometimes she : found , herself
planning, - "When I go home.
But. ot course she .wasn't going
home she was going oa with
Roger, forever and ever. -'"And
whenever she thought of
life without him her knees felt
weak and she wanted to cry. She
did cry a little this afternoon,
thinking of him at the Riverside
hobnobbing with notables, beau
tiful Jewelled divorcees passing
in and out. and she stuck la this
dingy, vgiy little room!
But she knew It was silly, so
she bathed her 'reddened - eyes
and put on her heat dress, the
beige crepe de chine', and went
for a walk. - .
: The loungers in the lobby
turned and stared after her. "I
suppose they think I'm a divor
cee,: too!", ahe thought, and the
rery idea ot It amused her so
that she looked right at a fat
man In a loud checked suit -and
laughed.' . 2
Where can you walk' In a
strange town? Nancy fallowed
the main street, ; past rows of
pleasant looking houses and over
a bridge. She didn't know which
way to go then, so she .walked
back on the other side ot the
street, and reached the hotel half
an hour later, hot, tired and
cross.. '
It was sueh a relief to . find
Roger back and waiting for her
that she fairly flung herself into
X
lTvingston
his arms, rubbing her hot, pink
cheeks against his cool, brown
one, showering him with absurd,
mumbling kisses. "Roger, I DO
lore you. but I hate this horrid
place. Can't we go soon?"
(To be continued)
The Safety
Valve - -
Letters from
Statesman Readers
Salem, Oregon.
Dee. s, '30.
To the Editor:
X read" your editorial on - mar-
ried teachers. Poor married wom
en. Why can't the man with an
income adequate to support him
be called upon to give up his Job
to aid the unfortunate? Why not
call upon the single girl with a
father who can support her, to
give up her Job td the down and
outs?
No, the married woman catches-It.
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Ousting the married woman
will not solve the trouble. If a
eensus could be made there are
Just as many single girls work
ing who hare fathers with far
more money than have many of
the husbands of married wom
en. Why not call upon these girls
to step aside for the sake ot re
lieving hard times?
X know a girl, who three years
ago Inherited $200,000 and the
papers lauded her for continuing
to work Instead ot letting the
money go to her head. She la a
teacher in a Washington city. Yet
those same papers drag a woman
teacher over the coals for work
ing when she and her husband
have been trying to support four
on a working man's salary ot
around 92,000 a-year.
I know of two teachers In the
Portland system,, unmarried and
with private Incomes that are
larger each year than the salary
they receive.
It is true that there are many
married women working who do
not need the work but there are
Also many single women working
wno also do not need the work.
One Washington city has solv
ed this in a rather novel way.
The woman whether single or
married must sign a paper and
till In blanks as to theamount
of salary or income her father or
husband receives (the Income tax
helps check up) how many , are
in the family to be supported and
this is taken . into consideration
when hiring women. -.Few women,
unless it is necessary, will sign
sueh - an application It the clause
Is-added that they have to work
to help dependents and would not
otherwise be asking for work.
X hare taught school since be
ing married. My children areln
high school and I know do not
Interfere- with - my work - as a
teacher. They help In getting the
house and themselves ready for
school. In. the evening we all help
with the meals. I hate housekeep
ing and believe me it doesn't en
ter my head while I'm In, the
school room.- But X do carry the
school home- to be thought over
and new plans laid.
I belong to no clubs nor organ
isations that can obligate me. In
any way. X enjoy teaching, X like
to have the young people around
me. My mother-in-law had a
"fit when my husband and -1
were married. She was a 'housekeeper.-
:' '
"Poor, ' poor lad, I'm so sorry
he Is marrying a- teacher. X never
saw a teacher who could keep a
decent house." -
Of course now-a-days with the
electrical devisee we hare It Is an
easy matter to fly through the
housekeeping and there Is no one
home to mess It up all day.
No, you cant use that against
us. Too, I know of several single
teachers who 'batch' and also .go
home to cook their own- meals
and hare to keep their apart-
BITS for BREAKFAST
-By K. J. JIENDIUCIIS
Th Gilliam sagai
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In the Oregon Historical So
ciety Quarterly for March to De
eemher. lfl, there geared,
from the pen of Fred hocwj,
one. of the best written sketches
he ever published. The Bits man
proposes to steal it bodily, be
ginning as follows:
.
"My maiden name was Martha
Elizabeth Gilliam," aaid Mrs.
Frank Collins, when I visited her
recently at her home In Dallas.
"Mf father waa General Corneli
us Gilliam, though they generally
called him Uncle NeaL' Father
was born at Mt. Pisgah, In Flor
ida. My mother' maiden name
was Mary Crawford. She waa
born In Tennessee. X waa bom In
Andrew county, HIssourl. the day
before -the Fourth ot July la the
yearj 1851. Father and mother
were married In Missouri. I don't
know the day nor the year.
"Missouri was the Jumping off
place back la those days and they
didn't have courts and court
records and licenses like they do
nowadays. Any circuit rider or
Justice ot the peace could marry
a couple . and no records were
kept except in the memory ot
the bride. Father met -mother In
Tennessee when she was a girl:
fact is she would be considered
only a girl when father married
her, by people of today, but In
those days she was considered a
woman grown.'
; ;f
"The women worked hard
when mother was a girl back in
Tennessee and they had a lot of
danger and excitement thrown in
with their hard work. My mother
lived with her aunt. When X was
a little thing I used to get moth
er to tell me about when she was
a girt. When she was betwixt and
between a girl and a woman she
and her aunt were busy with the
housework : one forenoon when
some Indians came to the house.
My mother's aunt shut and bar
red the door. The Indians began
hacking at the door with their
tomahawks. They cut through
one board and had splintered an
other when my mother's aunt
tired through the broken panel
ments clean. So again It is tit for
tat.
I am not teaching at present
but have to help out so am work
ing like a square peg In a round
hole. I don't like my work and
would take a more congenial Job
as quick as scat if it were offered
to me.
I also know of an incident here
In Salem that is another angle.
The family were in desperate
need ot extra money and the
woman couldn't get work. So she
divorced her husband and got her
Job. They are able to support
their children and furnish decent
clothes and food for them.
The single girl goes out Into
the business world to make mon
ey dad can't give her and when
sh la married aha again goes out
or ataya out to make money 'hub
by can't give her.
Woman ta In business to stay
and some other solution Is neces
sary. Since January of this year
to date my husband has brought
in about $900; it will probably
reach $1000 by the end of the
year. We have had two expensive
Illnesses in the family In that
year, clothes, food, dental bUls for
tour and It Just hasn't covered
all the expenses. So ean you
blame me for wanting to help the
man I promised to lore, .honor
Romantic figures
of America's past
are a part of the
poetry of life
ideals to spur a
man toward indef
inite possibilities.
Courtesy is' the
dominating- spirit
of this organiza
tion. 1
P. J.'
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PERSONALITY
Personality lends a,
touch of friendli
ness and the confi
dence that every
wish will be faith
fully observed.
ssawr av Jll v aa
of the door and shot one of the
Indians through the chest. While
mother's aunt was busy loading
the gun my mother boosted one
of the children through the back
window and told him to run to
the .woods where the men were
getting out timbers for a cabin
and give the alarm. After quite
a spell ot hacking the Indians
finally cut through the door and
crowded into the cabin. My
mother and her aunt had crawled
under the four-poster bed and
before - the . Indiana could, pull
them out the men came on the
run. The Indians heard them
coming and ran away, all tut
the one -mother's aunt had
wounded. Just aa he was going
out of the door the men shot
him and he laid down and died
on the doorstep.
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fiuwauii s uiau uusb bjuo-
ally has only one Job, like being
a lawyer, or a preacher, or a pol
itician, or a farmer, but when
my father was a young man thf
men folks had to do whatever
came to hand. When my father
was in the 'teens he was a man
grown and a good shot and was
good at tracking runaway staves.
They used to send, him all 'round
the country, for a heap of slaves
used to take to the swamps. He
made good money at the -business.
He waa so good at track
ing them and bringing them back
to tneir owners inai wnen ne ran
for sheriff the people said, 'He is
so successful catching runaway
niggers, he will be good at catch
ing criminals,' so he was voted in
fas sheriff.
"When the Black Hawk war
came on father enlisted and serv
ed through it, and when the Sem
inole war broke out ht Florida
where he was born, they made
him a captain and he fought
through that war. When he had
finished fighting he went back
to the frontier ot Missouri, for
everything west ot Missouri in
those days was Indian country.
He was a great man to make
friends and so they elected him
to the legislature in Missouri. He
got interested In religion and was
ordained a preacher. He was one
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and cherish,' in any . way that I
can? Can you blame mentor re
senting the. slams married women
get?
Please look into the things and
face it from everv anala. I knviv
that as a mother I hare gained
in my attitude toward school
work.-7 have a greater love and
compassion, greater patience and
understanding for the ehlld and
its parent than I ever, did before
marriage. Some have this when
single. In some It awakens when
they hold their own in their arms
and some never have it whether
married or single; mothers or
old maids.' M
Then there Is another feature
not yet touehed. A woman In
Seaside explained It to me. "Keep
the money at home for local ex
pansion and growth." Hire local
teachers, single or married. They
spend their money here and the
salarte go back into the city's
circulating fund. Married women
will improve their homes and if
not property owners will often
become property owners and so
boost the growth of the.etty. In
sist that all teachers Improve
themselves by further study and
so reap the gain ot the teacher
improvement for local schools.
Nough said.
I Tours truly,
ELIZABETH CROPPER.
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