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From First Statesman, March '23, 1831
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, The Wickersham Report ; !
EVERYONE should be satisfied with the report of the
Wickersham commission. Each shade and color of
opinion save the irreconcilable and extreme wets can lina
comfort in the individual recommendations. The wets may
point to those favoring outright repeal or modification; the
dries may point! to the summary of the commission as ! a
whole that the amendment be given further trial. The net
result is that while "everyone should be satisfied , noone
will be. In other words each group will be displeased at
concessions to alternate opinion. - ' j j
We do not well see how the commission would give an
unqualified and conclusive finding. It is after all just j a
rmt"j-spriA rf AmonViin rminion. which is sharply, divided
on the question of prohibition.
eiue or uie ouier. : r x icuus ui jhuuiwmuu
mit the evils of bootlegging, corruption of officials, and disp
tribution of poison liquor. They may praise the question
whether the modified Swedish plan endorsed by Anderson
would eliminate these evils. There would still be the ternpj
tation for the bootlegger, to sell his stuff at lowerprices or
at other hours than the dispensary, and the profits of the
Illicit traffic would still be tempting. , j . !
Will the country respond to the- general recommenda
tions of the commission that the 18th amendment be rei
tained for- further trial and will the people recognize the
force of the amendment and the laws and observe them in
their own practice? The answer to the prohibition will not
be found in a commission report but in the conduct of the
people as a whole. Such legislation must depend on the
support of the people as well as the efforts of enforcing ofj.
ficers. The commission has performed this service: it has
clarified the air jfeomewhat, given advocates of modification
8ome definite suggestions for procedure, and given prohibit
-tionists the responsibility of proving by further trial the
virtues of prohibition. 1 j
Financing Road Building ; j
JT is to be expected that county dourts will raise a big
howl over possible curtailment of their road revenues!.
Building highways has been the pet of most county courtsL
Driven by pressure both of farmers and of - townspeople!,
with none to sneak a restraining word, the courts have
built roads with a lavish hand. Not Caesar Augustus chang
ing Rome from a city of brick to a city of marble can com
pare with the county courts in the transformation whici
they have wrought. Paved roads cross i and criss-cross the
counties, gravel roads lead up every) houow, marKet roaas,
tourist roads, all kinds of roads have been constructed
wherever local pressure was applied or county commission
ers wanted to pay political debts or curry political favors. J
The-road making holiday is about over. It is time to
call aTiaft and see if there may not be some lightening of
the terrific burden of road costs. The Man q county court
did a commendable thing in its budget; this year when it
stead of making additional levy to meet road bonds it apt
plied some of the money it gets back from the state for
; that purpose.
Gov. Meier made the! proposal that the market road
levy be absorbed by the state and the direct levy be abol
ished. He did not make himself clear whether this meant
the state should turn over from-its receipts an amount
equivalent to the market road levy or not. I
- Some facts stand out, which the state should? begin to
i '-realize.'' ; ." J ' ' V- " -. ;l' i I
First; we have compressed in fifteen or twenty years
i more road construction than in all the previous history of
; the state. ' r
Second, the major portion of the state and county prof
crams have been completed with surfaced highways. ;
Third, the existing needs aside from completion of the
; - present program, are straightening curves and widening
highways to accommodate heavier traffic on major roads,
and completion of serviceable gravel roads in farm areas.
' Needs are receding compared with ten years ago. 1 ;
I ' I Fourth, while needs recede revenues increase because
j motor licenses land gas taxes turn in increasing amounts
each biennium. V: 1 ' . i
Fifth, lowered construction costs effectively increase
i the mileage that may be built with the same revenues. - I
Sixth, with lessened needs, increased revenues, and
cheaper construction costs, the legislature is fully justified
in reviewing highway financing and if possible lifting the
burden from property of the market road tax.
The present utilization of road building for employ
ment will pass with the coming of summer, and the state
cannot -clan to provide Dick and shovel work indefinitely.
In other words the legislature
osaI careruiiy ana seeK to put it into effect.
! Discord Up Salt River ;
mllE republican party Is not
J. internal discord over Its national chairman. John J. Ras
kob continues a thorn in the) side of I genuine democrats,
who regard him as a liability instead of an asset. Gov. Dan
Moody in his final message to the legislature of' Texas
threw aJiand-:grenade at Raskbb, holding him the incubus
of the party preventing its succession to power. I I
But the sharpest thrust
Kent, political writer for the Baltimore Sun. Kent is a real
ist, rather cynical as all newspaper correspondents are apt
to become if they have to follow the hypocrisies and shams
of men in public life, His first criticism of Raskob drew a
letter from this gentleman who sought to defend Mmsetf
; against the Kent attack. Nothing daunted, Kent returned
to the fray with even more caustic rejoinder. Branding
Raskob as the "first mortgage-holder! of the democratic
. party and as a ''breast-beating amateur in politics who has
had the covers pulled off." Kent reneated tha criticism
; which he first published in
"Yoa bronchi tha party oat
ta recelrarthlp, atood it oa it
flrat mortgage oa it. ,
The democratio partr oufht not to let any rich man io
completely finance tti actiTities and pay ita bills. It isn't aelf
reapectlnj and it laa't democratic, and-it Uat good.
I assert that so tar aa the democratio party haj liabilities
and debts yoa toaTe Uken them oTer. Tbere may be other In
dorsera on the note, but your name heads the list and you ere
the chief responsible person and so recognised. Tea bare done
-all the financing and it is you who hTe reduced tue f 1,000,000
deft to approximately 1100.009. further t assert that you se-
TfATFS!
Nor are; all the facts on one
should study the Meier pro-
the only' one suffering from
of all came from Frank R.
the Sun early in the present
of Uakmptcr, pot it throarh !
fioaaclal fet. and then dapped I
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I By C. C. DAUER, M. D. 1
County Department ot Healta;
Much mora attention hai been
focused oa the physically defee
tlT indirldnaU since the World
war. our at
tention was
forcibly drawn
to the great
numbers o t
young men
who were con
sidered; unfit
tor- mlUtary
duty. K great
number who
war drafted
were found to
hare 'defects
of some order
or other.
Among these
defects, postu
ral d e t e e t a
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Vt. C. C. Daner
were ' numerous.
An examination
of the school children of today
reveals a great many such ab
normaUtles. :
The spine at birth Is straight.
When the child is placed in a
prone lying position, be gradual
ly learns to raise bis head and
develops the back of the seek
and back muscles. By tha time
the child has learned to creep
and to sit up, the spins in the
region of the neck is no longer
straight but presents a concav
ity. The lower part of the spine
is still straight but as the chUd
pull4 himself upright the exten
sion of the legs tilts the pelvic
bones downward In front and
causes a hollow to develop i in
the (lower part of tha back or
lumbar region. ' The spine then
presents the normal curves ' aa
follows. looking at the beck:
concavity in the upper region of
the beck; convexity of the tho
racic region;- concavity in the
lumbar ' region. Any deviation
from these natural . curves or a
lateral curvature constitute an
sh normality and presents de
fects la posture.. The normal
curves are maintained by proper
muscle development, balanced
mnBCl development would de
scribe the normal posture.
There are a number of causes
for faulty posture or poor body
mechanics and the 'causes are
found to overlap to a certain ex
tent.) For the sake of clearness
the various causes will be dis
cussed separately.
I The average case shows poor
muscular development. The
back! muscles are weak and the
abdominal muscles relaxed al
lowing a general slumping of the
whole body. This type is seen
most commonly in those who
lead a sedentary life. It is also
seen la the undernourished, in
the overworked, and fatigued
and following a prolonged ill
ness! of chronic infection.
Apother cause is to be found
in those who develop poor or in
correct postural habits. Most
people assume a poor sitting po
sition and that in time leads to
a faulty posture. Standing,
walking and lying down in an
Improper manner continuously
will cause a poor posture. Cer
tain; occupations are, conducive
to Ul3 type of postural defect s
Errors in general hygiene are
productive of poor body mechan
ics; such as neglect ot diet,
sleeping, fresh air, proper elim
ination, care ot the teeth and
bathing. Relaxation of the nro-
per Jklnd from, t&o hectic things
01 lire snouid not be neglected.
improperly fitted clothing might
also
be included under this head-
ing.
Injuries and deformities causes
uiy poaiures. .uroKen ? oones
wKhj shortening are not uncom
mon Infantile paralysis, rickets,
and j tuberculosis of the : spine
cause marked deformities.
Among miscellaneous causes
one should mention rapid growth
during the adolescent period,
emotional states, and indulging in
one sport to excess; such as, box
ing, j canoeing, fencing and even
football. All these sports should
be supplemented by others to
bring about a balanced muscle
development.
The effects and symptons of
faulty posture cannot Je discussed
herej Nor can the treatment for
the various types except briefly as
follows: educational , principles,
removal of cause, proper health
habits, restoration of strength
and proper exercises. Defects are
beet corrected by the combined
help j of a competent medical ad
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visor ana a person skilled In
physical education, . -
Yesterdays
. . Of OM Oregon
Toira Talks from The States
Iiiumi Our Fathers Reed
I ' Janaary 21, 1900 1 !
Otto Headrick, local exDres:
man; baa gone to Newport to
spend several days.
Tli II. Hard Ot Miaalon
was fn the city yesterday. He la a
prominent farmer.
The following young -people
!hlteAJ? ,i,utt Shouse as executive chairman, arranged for
1?; V dQnarter ln Washington, for the high-priced
Hill tL JXKSSf11 i?d nde""ote for a periooV of three
ii , ttnDrecdented expenses of the work there.
'owes Vn tLtn tbat thS record shotr8 th6 Democratic party .
rartL? -i-n!y.ioa,ied owter ct a million dollars. I
an nL ,lad5 f,mptlw tb records show nine-tenths of
au money contributed came from you."
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?&?LVf ST,inth B, "tirely or notf AnVIy
' fe fought Meier, tooth and toenail last falL"
e8t"ard may be quarreling with the Ore-
SmSJS! eif?Tf?la' CStITOne over .wbat news it
didti t print, but here Is a claim to glory, that somehow w
Sn Jet,8? unnoticed. Sofar from fighting Meier nooth
TLTirr1 T..ine recent eiecuon we do riot recafl that it
xuunt uunyntn mucn more than a powder puff. Toward
the end of the campaign it came out ardently for Ed Bailey:
but; it. spoke soft words against Meier and endorsed the
grange power bill. ,
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TnyniG.aAI1if,l 5tnf Uy onlel dominion government to
r L",tln.ln,contrfl over Oaances, foreign affairs and defenses.
Jostj another episode la , the break-up of the British, empire.
iThe power committe' wT!rfi
iJ.0.IeI5?P ctok? "nrthing will, n will call for new strategy
to meet this assault ot kind words. ,
THE
"Murder at
CHAPTER I. !
Everyone la Kingcliffe called
her "Bim't in a lingering, half
laughing way, implying that
"dear" was thought it not Quito
added to the little name.
For everybody i loved her;
nearly .everybody bad watched
her grow from a roly-poly, tow-t
headed babbler Into a tall, slen
der girl of nineteen; a girl who
looked fragile because she was
so very blonde, but who, as a
matter of fact, could beat any
young man In town at tennis or
swimming on Pine Hill beach.
Her name was "Bhima," but
this was not the reason for "Dim"
which had been "Bimmy" before
she went away to Bliss Spinner's
school a school far more fash
ionable and expensive than Tom
Martin, by rights, could afford
tor his only child, i
"Dim" had been' earned when,
upon returning to Kingcliffe, she
bad appointed herself society ed
itor, dramatie critic,: star report
er and sob sister on the King
cliffe Banner, which old Tom an
other title of affection, tor Mar
tin was only a little; past fifty
owned ' and edited and adored
second to Bim herself, and sent
out at four o'clock each after
noon Into the sleepy little Hud
son River town, with sleepy lit
tle items of news.
Among Miss Bhima Iris Mar
tin's self-imposed tasks was a
daily eolumn of what Old Tom
called "human Interest stuff";
accounts ot small happenings
about town in the i writing of
which Dim allowed her imagina
tion to soar. And this ehe signed
with ber Initials, "B. I. M.,Hthus
acquiring her sobriquet and the
admiration of one and all, who
looked upon ber as a budding au-
met at the Fred Rice home to
surprise . Glenn Rice on occasion
of his birthday: Maude Durbln,
Eugenia Belle, Lola Humphrey!,
Alma Ash by, Charlotte . Giger,
Helen ! DesKabach, Mabel Pat
rick, Ruth Boggs, Gallatin Hum
phreys, Hazel Downing, Ruth
Pentos, Helen Hall, Helen Per
kins, Myron Clinton, : Ray Loula
ignout, Phillip Perkins, Roacoe
Giger, Burr- Black, Emerson
Black, . Harold Entrlken, Glenn
Rice, Fay Rice,! Paul Rice, John
Hall and C and D. Byrd, -
An i initiative petition, aa
amendment to the local option
law giving anti-prohlbttloniats
equal privileges with the prohibi
tionists, was tiled with the secretary-
ot state yesterday. The pe
tition contained: 8,S SI names.
The leventh annual angora
goat show at Dallas closed Fri
day night after a two-day exhibi
tion. ; ;
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&' s Sj4A I - 'U J&tr till
SAME OLD OBSTRUCTION
Eagle's Nest" ffiS
Welter adtites Rim to keep
1st., . i .
Bim herself had no such illu
sions. Ornantental as was her
pale little head, there was pack
ed away in it plenty of hard com
mon sense and she knew very
well just how unimportant in the
publishing world was the King
cliffe Banner, much as her father
loved it, j i
; Nevertheless n she bad ambitions;-
she felt constantly the
urge to achievement always-driving
at her spirit, giving her lit
tle rest. Fame fortune power
what could one not gain with
a ; ladder of newspapers to climb
upon and the will to work?
VWe'U make the Banner the
greatest small town newspaper
in! America." she would tell Old
Tom. "We'll be quoted every
where and people will make pil
grimages just to see our plant.
Kingcliffe win be better known
than Emporia, Kan.,; and they'll
talk of you and William Allan
White all in the same breath."
Old Tom would smile sleepily
and fill his pipe. "Walter Vance
dropped in today," he would be
gin half timidly. "He was sort of
fishing for a bid to dinner. I
didn't know but what you'd tlx
us up with a chicken pie, Blmmy.
Last one .didn't hang on very
long not very long- f ;
'Bim'a silver-gilt bead would
toss and the thin, straight brows
above her gray eyes would draw
Into something very sear a
scowl! "Walter Vance!" she
would grumble. "Do try aa ed
itorial, Dad. Tour editorials are
all too well I r
"Yea. I know.' Old TonVa edl
toriala never in tha world had
made anyone sit up, much leas!
think. And they never would. j
Dim would have died before
admitting It but there were times
when she despaired of Dad's edi
torial page. Dad was too content
ed, too sunk in the cbangeless
neBs ot Kingcliffe life and ways.
And this changelessness stood
Inj the way of her own ambition
in the way of her making a
spectacular journal of the . Ban
ner. : ; It only something would
happen in Kingcliffe! : Something
which would warrant scareheads
two inches, high la black block
type across the front page and
columns and columns of 'news
carried over, to! the second and
third and even (he fourth pages!
She i would aigh and listen to
Old Tom's gentle, good-natured
reproof: .., - i? ; ;;, . . .-. ,i - : .
''Walter's a tine lad. Less'n
twenty-four and . assistant ; chief
of police. Jer Fury's gettin old;
bound to ' quit some fine ' day.
Then Walter'll get the job. Clean
boy he Is and smart Girl aren't
made for newspaperia. Bimmy;
girls are meant to marry, and
settle down. You could do lots
worse'n marry Walter."
f'Tou Just hush up, ,Dad Mar
tin!" "Bim would flare. "I'm not
going to marry, Walter or any
one else!":" - -i ' --!
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away from Eagle's NesU
aller
I "Walter says different,'
old
Tom would observe mildly.
There being no, point in furth
er argument, Bim- would grab
her hat! and flounce out of the
ramshackle old t Banner office
and down the street, winding up,
probably in the j dingy building
on Main street which townspeo
ple called "station house" where
she-begged, borrowed or wheed
led most of the items for her B.
I. M. column. j
By the time she had reached
the dark and somewhat smelly
back room and bad leaned' ber
elbows Upon the j long, high desk
which sprawled across one dusty
corner with a fly-specked electric
lam at 'either end and a smudg
ed, thumb-marked book the' po
lice blotter between, her irrita
tion with her father would, have
melted away. I
She would smile then. And
when Bbn smiled any young man
who happened to be anywhere
about was rather mora than like
ly to ; blush and grow dreamy-
eyed and murmur things about
wedding bells and Niagara Falls
and a cottage with rose vines
or perhaps about the Itauan Ri
viera and a duplex oa Riverside.
Drive, as the case happened toi
be. 1 1 ; I ij
b Walter Vance was no excep
tion to ithe rule.! He was one ot
the ,Niagara-Falls-and- o 1 1 a g e
sort for he only had begun to
make bis way. Still ha had gono
HONOR MEMORY OF HAMILTON
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Andrew Mellon, Secretary of the j
u. s. Treasury, with the wreath
be placed at the foot of the
statue of Alexander HamUlon
in front of the U. S. Treasury
Department. Alexander IXamll-
BITSfo BREAKFAST
- By R, J. HENDRICKS
History or ullbrarjrr
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rrontinuina from yesterday:)
Ot the 44 charter members ot the
Salem I Woman's club there are
still living and residing m saiem
nine. iThey ari, Mrs. C. S. Ham
ilton, Mrs. w, C. Dibble, Mrs. W.
8. Mott, Mrs. Mv M. Cuslck, Mri.
A. N. Bush, Mrs. Russeli Catlln,
Mri. H, J. Hendricks, Miss Mat
tie F. Beatty and Mrs C. f .
Bishop. , v; -i'
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There mar be more. If so, will
each Interested reader please com
municate the tact to'4ae' writer.
Of the 44, a number are living ln
Portland and elsewhere. An at
tempt will be made to secure all
the 44 names and publish them
along! with thia series, or later.
Tils matter will all then be filed,
in order that it may become of
permanent record. The 44 names
will be kept at the Ubrary, and
should be preserved ln ; the re
cords of the Salem woman's club.
. Among the early presidents
were Mrs. Russell Catlln,' probab
ly the first after Mrs. Geer, and
preceding Mrs. P. Ii; Raymond.
Miss Mattie F. Beatty was one ot
the early secretaries, and Mrs. R.
J. Hendricks treasurer and vice
president, and director, r
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The following is a tentative list
ot all tha - presidents, subject to
correction: Isabel Geer4; Sibyl
Catlln, Edna D. Raymond, Iva. H.
Kirk, Mattie F. Beatty, Marguer
ite P, Elliott, Alice IL Dodd,
Louise Riggs, Marcla Cusick, Lu
lu H. Bush, Helen P. Catch. Flor
ence Cartwright, Emma Gallon
way, Elizabeth M. Albert Mrs. W.
M. Hamilton, Ida Fleming, Louise
Rlggs, Nora Anderson, Mrs. Sey
mour : Jones, Ida Ruth Fargo, Le
Molne Clark, Lorah Spauldlng,
Harriet 8. Erickson, Mrs. A. L.
Wallace, Mrs. Harry J. Weldmer,
and (at present) Mrs., David
Wright. ''I ! . .:;.
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The Salem woman's tclub li
brary board was Incorporated Ju
ly 17,; 1905. as the Salem Public
Library association, by) Emma
Moore, Edna Raymond, Alice B.
Traver and Mary M.' Staples. O.
G. Brown took the acknowledg
ment and Mr. Brown and Julie
K. Webster were the witnesses.
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1 On March 27. 1911, the Salem
City council passed the ordinance
taking; over the library, making
an appropriation ot 3000 for Its
maintenance, and guaranteeing
that annual sum as a" perpetual
minimum for such purpose, ln or
der that the terms ot the Carnegie
foundation might be met . Louis
Lachmund, mayor, signed' the or
dinace April S, 1911. The 13000
sum was appropriated and named
In order to meet a hoped for of
fer of a 130.000 building fund
from the Carnegie foundation.
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But the amount actually given
by the! Carnegie' foundation was
$27,500. The building, however,
with Improvements that have
been added, represents now more
than $30,000 expended on It, and
a present day value of perhaps
not far from $50,000; while the
lot Is now worth three to tour
times the estimated $7000 when
it was turned over to the city,
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; ! Mrs. A. N. Bush was instrumen
tal in securing the Carnegie
so far within . the few years of
his career that Kingcliffe: point
ed him Out with pride and pre'
dieted Novel City, the county
seat, as his next Step and after
that Albany with perhaps , Wash
ington to follow provided of
course old Jer Fury ever took it
into his head to step out of his
perennial .post and so give his
assistant a chance. "
Bim maintained that there was
no romance about Walter; yet
she smiled rather often at him
because she liked to see him
blush. She liked to watch the
furious red race up his lean, boy
ish face and lose Itlelf beneath
the edge ot his rough sandy hair,
and she liked to sen the keen
look, go out ot
aott and warm
take Its place.
his yes and the
and eager look
On this , particular
afternoon
when late summer was rioting ln
brilliant color . and hot, dry
breeaes through Kiiigciiffe, she
especially was glad ko hear his
"lit. Bim!" and to f bim gath
er his long, thin self from the
swivel chair where he was spraw
led, and come around in front of
the desk, to meet her. i
H "Hi yourself, sweet thing.
What's aewT" -:, : -l
I "Car crashed, down South HU1
this morning.
I "Women and child rent Dead
and dying? Hospital? Arrests?"
i "Naw. It skidded. Towed It
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ton
was the first Treasursr o tv
United States, and a fitting pro-
f?KWMi.arriu,d;t0 ee-ehrata
the 17 ita anjuversary at his
birth . - .
money. Being la New York with,
her husband, she called on tha se
cretary of the Carnegie organiza
tion and represented to him that
the Salem city government had
made or was about to make a
guarantee of $3000 a year In per
petuity for malntejqaco. "entitling
ber city to a $S 0,009 building, ac
cording to their ruleB. h
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The secretary argued that a
$14,000 building was sufficient
for a city of Salem's size. But she
showed him that Salem was a
state capital, an educational cen
ter, and that It was a growing
place surrounded byj a country
with such resources as would de
mand constant growth. He took
time to Inquire and investigate
further, and on a subsequent visit
increased the offer to $27,500.
which was as far as be would go.
The building has served well up
to the present; but Salem is still
and will continue Indefinitely to
be a growing city and ; . before
long it will be Inadequate; is al
ready crowded tor room in some
of its activities. )
Mrs. Bush, besides! carrying on
the campaign almost single hand
ed for votes enough to secure the
guarantee, attended the meeting
of the city council at which the
ordinance was passed. She had
the loyal assistance jot Geo. F,
Rodgers, who had been mayor
when the campaign was opened.
Her great argument was that Sa
lem owed the growing generation
and the stranger wlthjn her gates
library facilities, to say nothing ot
the average adult resident.
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The deed of the property to the
city, at the Instance of the Salem
woman's club library; board. In
corporated as above stated, was
dated July 24, 1900, and covered
the east half of lots 1 and 2,
block 17, excepting tlie south 40
feet belonging to Gideon Stolz.
The city thus got 82 land a half
feet on State street by 125 feet
on Winter. The deed) was made
by Hon. Chas. L. Mcary, execu
tor of the estate ot Louise Walte.
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Thus the 11. M. Walte and Lou
ise Walte estate contributed to
Salem the electric fountain1 in
Willson avenue near br, as a gift,
and the library site at a cost low
er than Its value at the time. And
Eugene Breyman, a ihrother of
Mrs. Walte, gave the Willtton av
enue fountain to the city.
--The first library boalrd appoint
ed by the city, through -the may
or, was made up with: Mrs. A. N.
Bush.Mrs. R. K. page, RusBell
Catlln, A. A. Lee, F. V. Durbln,
J. M Powers, C. L. McXary, 11. II.
Olingor and George) p. Rodgers,
Their first meeting was May V,
1911. and they! drew lots for the
length of their terms. Durbln,
Rodgers and Mrs. Bush drew the
one year term; Catlln, lee and
Ollnger the two year, and Powers,
McNary and Mrs. Page the three
year term. Mrs. Bush was made
president, Mrs. Page vice1 presi
dent, and Rodgers secretary-trens
urer. '
(Continued tomorrow.)
BROOKS. Jan. x0 4- Mr. Am
brose ot Salem, gave! a very inter
esting talk, at the Brooks Com
munity club house, Friday even
ing. After which a luncheon was
served. M
out and it's gone.
"That's not a story ( for mW,
Walter. Can't you do better alf
ter all I've taught yotk about the
uewspaper garnet I f
He put a hand on I her about
der and bent down i till his face
was near hers, laughing Into her
eyes. "Yes," be said, .'fl can. How
would you like a story about a
wedding? Aspiring young cop and
the towns fairest journalist -y
sne backed away,
Shaking her head.
laughing and
!"1
Don't go
primitive, boy friend And don't
you put any more Ideas Into Dad's
head about chicken pie. He's
over at the Banner now mutter
ing and mumbling because he's
due tor cold ham tonight."
"I like cold ham,? suggested
Walter tentatively. I
"You can go eat with dad then
alone." Disturbed by his crest
falloa air, she went j on, hotly,
"I'm going out tonight, Walter
Vance. To Em Hardy's. You need
not look like that ! either; ypu
knew good and well! she's hav
ing a dinner tonight.! rAnd what
she added more easily, "would a
party be at Eagle's Nest without
the lady reporter?"
"Bim," ho began seriously,
"don't go. Please. I I well, X
won't say anything against Mrs.
Hardy. She's your friend. Only
she's not your sort. Idle rich
thrill hunters all the Pine Hill
crowd don't you see? Some
thing's going to break at Eagle's
Nest some day and I don't want
you ln oa it. There are things .
Bim, dear, please."!
. "Scarecrow caw, icawl That
for you and the something that's
going to break. Pine Hill crowd
the Idea! Besides I want to b
wherever and whenever some
thing breaks. What do you think
I'm helping dad run ; the Banner
for? snap out of it, Waily Iamb.
I'm going." "
She was pert enough, gay
enough as she dashed lout of the
station house. i Nevertheless all
through the time I- she spent
dressing for Emily Ilary's dinner
party tbere was before her a vi
sion of Walter's worried, disappointed-face;
there was in her
ear's the echo of his words.
"Something's going to break at
Eagle's Nest soma day'' It both
ered her. .
She telt nervous and restle&s
as aha left tha house far the long
wai across town and up Pine
Hill to Eagle's Nest, the sprawl
ing mansion perched Imposingly
aiop me summit. She kept trying
to shake oft tha feeliag. but it
would come back, creeping upon
her like a small, dampchUL
"Silly' she told herself fin
ally. "Walter's JcalouaJ It's Just
that he wants me ail to himself.
What could happen? Nothing of
course. Nothing could break
Nothing at alL'l I I
Later Bim remembered her
restlessness and knew it for pre
monition. I I
(To be . continued tomorrf t)