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Business office, SI 5 S. Commercial Street. I ' . ! SUBSCRIPTION: RATES: j - Mall Subscription Rates, In Advance. Within Orejron : Dallr snd Sunday, 1 Mo. 60 centa; t Mo. $1.25 Mo. 12.25: 1 year $4.00. Else where to cents per Ma or $5.00 for i year In advance. By City Carriers 60 cents a month: $1.50 a year In advance. Per Copy $ cents. On trains and News Stands t cents j HEALTH The Emnire Salesman Starts Out BY the last 'of January business firms have completed their, inventories, balanced i their books and laid their plans for the new year. 1 is then, when the breath of spring ' gets back in the air that they send out their drummers to i start the selling drive for spring business. Anxiousiy in en do the home office managers sit back to see what reception the traveling men get. The first trickle of orders is re AMiirlntr n.nrl if tht trickle becomes a stream, then the managers open! the throttle of full production and business moves forward at full speed, i ! i Tn aiirVi mruvl "Pno-Tanrl unri. out ' her chamDlOn drUm 1 mer boys to work some new territory in hopes of starting a ; flood of! orders that will step up production in uriusn iac i tories. The Prince of Wales and his younger brother. Prince i George, are bound for South America j as the first continent ! of call in the 1931 sales drive. En route they stop at Ber ! muda Islands. However they observe i the conventions and ride in old-fashioned buggies at Hamilton and seemingly make no effort to sell British-made autos to this British possession which bars even tractors a well as motor cars. So with their new lines of samples of British goodwill, the pail) of princes go blithely on their way, hoping at dances in Rio and receptions at Buenos Aires and teas at Pernambuco to stimulate the trade for lack of which Brit ain languishes.. Will they find the; Yankee .salesmen ahead of them and the orders all gobbled up by the colossus of the .north? Will they find French and German sellers of wares offering easier terms or j better discounts? Oh, the bonnie princes are not peddlers With trinkets in a sack on their backs. They are apostles I of goodwill, dispensers of cheer, ameliators who seek to quaff an order with a cock tail. . ! jM Perhaps our own Charles Lindbergh, international fig ure though not a playboy at all, may need to get steam up f It- 1 X It. I .'11 M it.. AJ i. A- mm t .1.-. ' : tne soutn. w : 1 Political Garbage DD free garbage disposal to free power "without Cost to the taxpayers. ! Tonight the citizens of Salem! are to be inducted into the mysteries of garbage collection and disposal. A visitor in bur midst from Seattle will explain how by the buying of ome thousands of dollars worth of (equipment from hirajthe city can earn dividends from its! incinerator which at pres ent, besides consuming the city's refuse, has a healthy lap petite for city taxes as well. So great will be the profit it is alleged that the city can do the garbage collecting "without cost to the taxpayers" and there will be profits besides. 1 It is truly amazing the open doors to profits which seem to lie ahead of municipalities whether in power or in garbage. All that is necessary is that the city spend more money; that always is the first condition spend more mon ey. Then after the machinery is installed and the warrants cashed and the salesman gone to green7 pastures, the city can proceed to collect Irish dividends on its property. We do not profess to know anything about the garbage business except the little bi-monthly bill for household col lection. But we believe it would be an excellent thing for! the citizens to look this Greek horse over rather carefully to night. Count its teeth, trot it a little to see whether it is spavined, has the heaves or is otherwise decrepit. It is so easy to buy machinery and so hard to make it operate profitably thereafter. j) ! j The beguiling phrase "without cost to the taxpayer" usually has some catch in it jus, I like this one: lay down good round money fresh fronv the taxpayers for machinery of doubtful value in a venture of questionable success. A wiser phrase, and an older one is this: "look a gift horse in the mouth." Behold, the Big Stick ! GOV. Meier swings a big stick at the legislature through the vehicle of his special message dealing with the Port of Portland biL He makes demand that the legislature divest itself of the power of appointing the commission and place it with! the governor. He, alleges that making the com missioners of the port elective would be to plunge the I port "deeper into the quagmire of politics" j and sanctifies his plea for power thus: i I : ! "Let ns make the Port of Portland like all other local and state political activities, amenable! to the people in the -way of tax levies and expenditures. j I - j "Let ns liberate the Port of Portland commission from the control of any and all political cliques and tactions and place It on a sonnd and business-like basis, so that It will function as all political activities should operate in tho interests of the - .. people," . . ; , n The public should know that behind this unctuous phraseology Is the private vendetta of the governor. Peeved because certain members of the commission did not do his bidding in the late campaign, he now proceeds to put them to the political guillotine. We do npt care whether Gus Mos er holds his job as attorney or Whether anv of the cnr-Aml. .sloners retain their present offices, but we fail to see why the legislature should abdicate; to enable the governor to behead his political foes. ! j i Let the people of the Port of Portland elect their1 own commissioners. The port is a local; not a state corporation. It should be responsible to the people i who pay the bills. If Meier is sincere In his desire! of making the commission ers amenable to the people he will support the legislation placing the elective power in the hands of the people j Was he not elected as an apostle of Let the people rule?": Serving Notice After all Is said and done, child health depends largely on what the jmother gives. Every con sclentlous mother today la la far better position to successful ly i rear hot children than were her fore bears. -From the viewpoint o f knowledge as- to what Is best for a child,1 the mod ern mother has great : advant ages. ' r or course. poverty plays a large part In mainutriti o n of the child today, as it al ways has. There are great prob lems; to be solved in the future for better care of the child, in education, physical care. ; and mental and social development. Malnutrition comes most com monly from a diet which is in capable of supplying; the needs ot the body; 'To keep a child well and happy, he muat first of all hare the foods that make for en ergy! andstrength. H Child nas not nourishing rood, when he does not .take sufficient amounts of it when he has improper hab its of eating then something un pleasant is bound tot happen. He grows listless, tired. Dallld and Irritable. ' . The school child, also the pre-. school child, for that "matter, uses up an enormous amount of en ergy in his day of work or play. Every movement he makes means just o much energy spent, ana this nas to be mad a tin in the right; kind and amount of food, as well as in rest and sleep. If he aoesn't nave the food he - so much needs. Nature has a way of tak ing from the child's store of bodyj substance In order to make up the deficiency In food. He loses! weight, strength and vltal- ty. His teeth and bones grow soft. I every part of his little body suffers. One of the greatest factors to be blamed for a too . small food intake Is the school child's break fast. In tho homes ' where there is plenty it la not uncommon for children to hurry through the meal taking scarcely a snatch to eat. tond then go running all the way! to ichol because they may be late. Recent investigations among schobl children showed that thou sands of children among the poorer classes had for their breakfasts only coffee and bread. What a travesty on . health this s. Every child has a right to a good! start in the day and in life. Breakfast should be an unhur ried ! meal, and tor. his proper nourishment he should have orange Juice, or some other form of fruit, cereal and whole milk, and at least a glass of mlllc. This starts the day right. He has something to go on, to meet the hard! work of his morning. Ho will not be overtired and oyer- hungry at luncheon time. Ills luncheon should be ade quate. Many a mother sets before her children the easiest thing to flndj Instead ot wholesome nour ishing foods that go to make up the ! well-balanced meal they should have. Dear mothers, you cannot afford to take any chan ces with your child's .health when It comes to bis food and eating habits. Every child should' have plen ty of rest and sleep. One of the shortest roads to malnutrition Is lack! of sufficient and restful sieep. Young children need a nap jot rest at midday. They need plenty of fresh air and sunshine. This is the path to health. Answers to nealth Queries Mi O. It. Q. How can I tell when my tonsils are diseased? If they are diseased should they be removed r A.! Consult your doctor for an examination. It your tonsils are diseased they should be removed. Worried 'Mother.- Q. .What would cause tho following svmn- toms, skin dry and scaly behind the ears bathing - will tend to keep it moist and it will not heal powder seems to cause further aggravation one other part of the body Is similarly affected. A This la orobablv eciema. Watch the diet and elimination, and avoid the use of water on the irritated parts. ' ; , ,;, M, C. D. Q Is It wise ta VI. patient who has had tuberculosis In ai mild form? The doctor who n" bn treating the patient. i FOLLOW THE LEADER v 1 " ' ' Wv' 351 S IHI, 'M rnm Siwrn In Orwi miu tmiiwwml. - y nni-l BITS or "Murder at Eagles Ndst" . vMS CHAPTER il Sheriff Reynolds did not seem greatly surprised at Bim'a shock ed revelation. As time went on she was to learn that Mr. Rey nolds never was surprised; that he handled matters i In general and murders in particular on the basis that anything j conld hap pen and usually did.! waiter, however, took occa sion to pat her shoulder i again and again to whisper f'Buck up! as they left Coroner! Sankey to make his examination while they inspected tho grounds about the Summer house. ! At first tho inspection yielded little that seemed of! Importance). Apparently the Baroness and the man she came into tho garden to meet had approached their ren- desvous along the pebble path from tho mansion, for there was no trace of tracks in that di Toward the rear, however. their efforts were more success ful. A thicket ot shrubs which screened tho small building from the ground running I on op the hill to a high stone wall showed signs of ' having been trampled; twigs were pressed; back and broken and heavy strands ot rambler roses vlnlng over the south side ot the wall were pull ed down. ; From one of these 1 thorny strands Walter detached a ahred of white cloth which he handed to Bim after Reynolds had look ed it over. She ran through her fingers a strip ot "heavy linen four or fire 'inches long and about halt as wide, jagged at the ends but with the aides torn clean as if it had been wrenched from garment. It was i heavy with starch and looked, she Judged, like the material ot which nurses' uniforms are made, i 7p tho hill beyond the thicket was a space where ! the ground had been seeded recently. Here they found footprints, bag they says tho case will be cured In a few months. A. Not if therei aro active germs in the sputum. 8. J. C. Q. Does hard work after eating hinder heart? 2 What causes pressure? or help tho high, blood to over exer- A. It is not wise else after eating. Worry excitement, over- eating and emotional disturbance will cause high blood pressure.' the Wickersham commbsion substitute for the! 18th 1 T3EHIND an -"If" barricade the JL suggested the wording of a amendment reading thus: "Section i. Tho congress shall have power to regulate or to prohibit tho manufacture, trafflo la or transportation ot intox icating liquors within, the Importation thereof into and the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to tho Jurisdiction thereof for bfrferag ptrposes. i Now we want to serve notice . on i the world that we shall fight this substitute to the last fence post. No, not because of what it says about liquor, but because of its abominable English. 1 i I j There it Is. took at it, that phrase "for bvcrngo pur poses" hung off at the end. You don't know whether it Is United States nr ITnwnlf li of f A V.. beverage purposes." j , , Presumably the phrase modifies intoxicating liquors, it IS tacked on ftf anch a r1sfaniA that If tv. whole sentence sound silly. The text of the constitution is a model of clear and conrls FrioHaV t by Gouveneur Morris. Its lucidity has enabled the courts, to interpret it with remarkable precision ever since it'was adopted. . , 4 - j . ncjS? T j do noi t0 ,8ee 8uch srrammatical butchery perpetrated upon the constitution as this Wickersham sug gestion. If the amendment ! must be submitted, ! the phrase for beverage purposes" should follow the word "liquors." It could very weH be dropped altogether as in order to leg islate upon intoxicating liquors "for beverage purposes" congress would have to legislate - upon all Intoxicating the red The Seattle chamber of commerce baa tnraA tinmv. . proposed Cascade tunnel -which would cost upwards of hnnd- """" uwr ana sun not . remove the advantage of water HJ? i br ColumbU gorge. Tho TuaUtin tunnel pro S? L, ffvBtu !,?ot 5ult o 'oolisn and not nearly so costly; but would bo a , white elephant on the state nevertheless No en- tSi,?lJ,,VUBdir,l.,Ml th legislature for thla propoeed tunnel, and fno bill may die in committee. .rrfi7wLla C-Bvm pr,tcolt' iad patrolman, is as dast 2w 7? ertm been ommltted in this state for many a year. !ShS0Wi? f CO d blf(, ! Un of or,llnT duty, it was a ruthless JLiLfi' J1 . rcely conceivable that tho- killer waa actuated ?ffi.iytfeVrt t0 5ToM ,rmt tor Xo toitt or driving without , J bad egg. worse perhaps thsn appears on the snr i t.?lblrnd Powlbly. the agent ot rum rings desirous .wiiai;wnBi(n vae way, . . , . . j , , were little more than holes! in the soft, loose earth and offered no clew. It was Blm who follow ed tho tracks to a long flower bod and there discovered the sharply defined prints of two sets ot shoes a woman's and a man's. Walter measured both sets and was writing in his 1' tie book when her call brought them to the other side of the flower bed. j . She was holding to tho light a acrap of glared paper. Part of the center had been torn away wrenched out as it in fury and what remained bore tho loam- stained mark of a heel repeated over and over as If tho heel had ground down upon it in hatred. Across printed words on the pa per something had been scrawl ed in pencil and they read j to gether that portion of tho mess age for so it Droved to be- whlch was left. "Must see yon cannot have forgotten garden- dearest, dearest " Reynolds folded tho scrap and gave it to Walter, who slipped it between the pages of his little book. And Blm, sliding her hand through his arm on tho way back to the Summer house, man aged to whisper, "The magazine page, Wally. She was sending someone a note." He nodded, bnt she felt that he only half heard what she saw, i The Baroness, Dr. Sankey stated, had been 1 dead about eight hours. That would set tho time ot the killing somewhere near midnight. The bullet. Dr. Sankey continued, relishing the importance of the occasion, had entered below the left shoulder and pierced the teart. Certainly the woman had been standing at the time of the shooting: death would have been practically in stantaneous, i j Once again tho sheet was spread above the form which lay so quietly in the Summer house and the door was locked. The body would not bo removed un til after the arrival ot a finger print expert who had been sum moned from the city. Then,! as Walter explained to Blm, there would be an inquest and only arter this would the old Baron be permitted to bury his dead. In the I mansion 1 they found Emily Hardy rushing about in a distracted manner,-booming eon tlnnouslr and, Bim suspected, en- Joying the excitement. I ,. "If awful." Em! bellowed. i'It Is dreadful. I've not slept a wink. I'll probably never sleep again. Vou ought to hear Hardy rave. When tho papers get hoM of it What'H wo do now?"j Walter introduced the sheriff and said they would question tho servants first. "I want them one at a time, Mrs. Hardy I Have you a room we can use?" Em conducted them to the li brary, rumbling as! she led tho way, and said they were to make themselves comfortable. "Since you're hero we've got to make the best of it. Anyone want a highball?" , No one did. it appeared. Walt er seated himself at a table with his little book spread before him and Em sat nearby, opposite the sheriff. ICmll-r. whn warn Tin wad to remain with them', to her vast delight, telephoned the garden er's cottage, and a dwarfed, wiry little man with mild blue eyes presently appeared and said that his name was Terrance OToole. and that he had been gardener at Eagle's Nest going on ten years, living with his wife Mag gie in a cottage at tho i tack of the estate. ' : i . ;: s Walter took ap the examina tion. 'Did you hear ort see any thing around hero last night?" Tho little man ! scratched his head, blinking at tho light, and finally answered with a taint burr thickening ; his , speech: "Meanin ar-round Eagle's Nest, was ytrv ! ; 1 ; 1 .-, ;-.. - "Yes; around the1 house or grounds." i. ' :' "I dunno as Z could ar that. Mr. Vance, sor. Tho cottage do be a long ways oft. and they's always somethin' or other-r goln' on till I pay no attention to a bit of loud talk and such." "You heard loud talk last night, Terance?" 'Hot as yo'd r-rlghtly call loud. 'Twas a har-rd night for aleepln' what wlth Maggie glvin' me corree ror-r my supper and X went out on tho stoop to catch meseif a br-reath ot air." i"What time was that?" yWe-11. a ways towar-rd mid night.! Mr. Vance, sor. I sat a bit and tho air was still-like, so I neard-rd things down here windows oponln' and cars star- rtln' and tho like. And I heard someone say something . some- wner-res. A woman it was." "In the Summer house?"' "Twas about that far-r. Twasn't loud. Just kind of chock ed like. Was someone got lost In tho shr-rubs and hur-rt her self, I do be think InV for I heard somethin cr-rack and after that she yelled." "Yelled? But you said it was n't loud.- "No. sor. Just kind of like she wwent to yell and didn't ret it out." ; - . .;i n "I see." Walter emUed at I the mild blue eyes. "Did you hear what I it was sh went to yelL va a smivw - - Yes, sor. Says ' she, "Ye've done enough to me." j , i "You've done enough to me Was that all?" "Yes. sor. Mr. Vance." "When you heard something eracic could it nave been a shot?" Tho little man blinked and worried a loam-stained thumb at his head. "I couldn't r-rlghtly say. Tls one ot me nice shrubs ruined, went through mo mind. Still and all now I think It the cr-rack was loud tor a shr-rub. Sure. ' I'd not bo sayln' it wasn't a shot, God help us." . Walter -sent him away and the colored maids and tho color ed cook were brought in one aft er the other. They rolled their eyes and ahudderlngly denied any knowledge of what had gone on the night before. Nor did tho maid,! Imogene, prove much more helptuL ' M; : 1 . Imogens was a ! slender, dark eyed young woman, very pert in her black and white, and there was a hint ot coquetry in the little I smile aho flashed : toward Reynolds and then toward the good looking young policeman. "I went to my room about halt past4 eleven," she stated in a- self-possessed way. "And I guess; I f was asleep in ten min utes. I'd been minding the dress ing room and Mrs. Hardy said 1 needn't' wait up because she'd bo late." ' "Tho guests were all gone at half past eleven Vj ' "Oh, yes; most ot them went before that. They were leaving from ten-thirty on." "Where was the dressing room Imogene?" ' "She responded with a melting glance to Walter's use ol her name. "At the back of the re ception hall on the first floor. It opens off the ballroom and there is a door to the ; terrace at the back of the house." "I see. And your room?" 1 "On tho third floor. It's on the same sldo ot the house. Jane was supposed to sleep there last night, too, but she didn't show up." the girl tossed off. i -,"Jane?" ; : : - ..v 1 j "The Baroness maid." Blm thought aho detected a bit of malice in the glib tone. "Thanks very much, Imogene. You may go-bow."' j- She gave Reynolds another twinkle, smiled and! Muttered her lashes at Waiter and flounc ed out. It was after tho door had closed upon her that Walts: turned to Emily Hardy. I dlan't see Jane last night." "4ar" boomed Em. "I clean forgot her! What do you im pose aho waa doing out of her ii Jasoa too, American t.' . ''Willamette university t one of the 19 institutions zounaea h f nreirn born who are recog nised by tho Association -of American universities, tho h!.?h- at aMredited teenCT ltt . IUI jmnnfrv l This statement! was made by a 35-page treatise con cerning th 78 foreign born per- aki fottndlnr institutions Of higher learning in the United SUtes." - . Thus runs i the opening sen tence of a news Item pubusnea during tho past week. Wl'hout explanation. It does a gross in justice, to the founder of Wil lamette university.! V I "The history of the Methodist church (in Oregon) is the his tory ot the first American Colon isation," said Bancroft. Again he wrote: "The Methodists' have been foremost in propagating their principles by means - ot schoolsr. as tho history or, Wil lamette university illustrates. In new communities these means seem to be necessary to glre co herence in effort." i f ! Jason Lee was American he was of Revolutionary stockJ John Lee, the ancestor of Jason Lee came to America at the age of IS with the family of William Westwood. The Westwood fam ily, including John Leei was among tho first 54 settlers at Cambridge, Mass. In 1635 the Westwoods and Lee, with others, under the lead ership of Thomas Hunter, be came the founders of Hartford Connecticut. : Soon after John Lee was 21 years of ago he joined 84 others in the purchase of 225 square miles of i land ot the Indians of Connecticut val ley. This land is now occupied by Farmlngton, . Southlngton Bristol, Burlington, New Britain Berlin, and Kensington. The old chart is still in existence which shows tho boundaries of John Lee's land. I The descendants of John Lee served the country in several In dian, wars, and 17 of them par ticipated In the struggle for American Independence; fought in the Revolutionary war. Col onel Noah 1 Leo raised a regiment ot the "Green' Mountain iBoys" and fought la important battles. . Another descendant, 1 Captain Nathan Hale, General Washing ton's trusted officer, became the martyr spy.- He it was whose last words left tho Immortal message. that he regretted only that be had but One life to give to his country. The Rev.; Edward Everett Hale was a member of that fam ily; so was tho Rev. William Al len Lee. at one tlmo president of Dartmouth and later of Bow doln college; and General Klrby Smith of tho Confederate army: and Thaddeus Stevens, tho great congressional leader; and . the Rev. Louis O. Lee. president ot the theological seminary ot Ma- rash, Turkey, under tho Ameri can ooara. : justice vvnuam 8trong of tho United States was among the descendants of John LOO. Jason Lee was descended from John Leo through David Lee, born In Farmlngton in 1174; Jededlah, Lee, born in North ampton In ICS? ; Ellas Lee. born In Northampton in 1723: and Daniel Lee, born la WlUlngton, Connecticut, In 1753. Daniel Lee, Jason Lee's fath er, was a soldier in the Rerolu tlonary army: fought in the bat tles ot Lexington, White Plains. and Long Island, and was ja pen sioner under tne act of .1818. He By Hi J. HENDRICKS The Safety Valve Lettera from gtateaman TJcadera) uit.v , 11 AltltlTT -: (In Memorlum) . : The brief notice of the duath of John W. Harrltt, in a j recent morning Statesman, sent a dis tinct shock of surprise : and re gret to the hearts ot many rela tives,, friends and acquaintances of long standing. ; ! : We notice briefly that J. W. Harrltt, was a native Oregonlan, born In Oregon City, but isnend- ing his childhood and young manhood on i the parental farm ust across the river, in Polk county. The son of a minister, he had the advantage of careful, Christian training a training that guided his entire life.! Much ot tils business life was spent in Salem. Here occurred his first marriage; hero his three children were born, two of whom survive him. u Rome years after the death of his first wife, he was united In marriage to Mrsj Rach 1 Earl, a daughter ot If. A. Johnson, a well known cltlxen of flslem for many years. i John HsrrlH. as a i business man of sterling interrliy!! as a rhurchmsn of strict devotion to mvy as a retired cltlsen. ready to betn tn any eraereenev i!n all "frhhorly ,tbouthtfulneli and vwdnes wa the peer of the best. e wssmorteied on the slmnle. Vsntifnl Hne of every day roodness. Ha neglected no otv wortunity of dolnr a . fairor to nvone ss"n!n: to count snch ifs a Jrlvlleee. Wnwdyeds lonTd teatlfy iornma nr his Hfo artMr If'e ts over. has hrd the . sunset ca.ll. "Haw Up lrr. "4 flftl y. nonflM Vladlv. Vflls;btv-thrw of a lfe filled with tcr& U a rl'V Wft'v to all wh 'Avefl hfm: a rrd whtAh ean t ts' nrt)M "i ' : ' - r T.ATTTA OFnOTtN. room? Ml' tin . I . mS?fr lod. ho cut in quick ly. rLefs tark with Jeoe." j to th .. but At Ust was me of a large number of emigrants who went from the Connecticut valley , to New Hampshire and to northern Ver mont, where he settled) In 1797 on land which was supposed to bo within the United Spates. v Hero " Jason Lee ; was born, June 27, 1803. Down until the Webster-Ashburton i treaty ; of 1842 this land was a part of the United States, and thej Lee fam ily paid ' taxes to the United States.. When the line was fi nally surveyed la 1843 lit crossed the Leo farm -and Daniel Lee's house was .left a stone's throw north of the line. j K V I ) That's the only 4 circumstance that could be cited to show that Jason Leo was "foreign born". He died only two yearsi after the survey was made; ; Inarch 12, 1845. He was an American of pioneer stock; of Revolutionary stock rot, missionary stock ln tensely and patriotically Ameri can. Ho pioneered and led the right to make tho old Oregon r a - a -.t-.' i in L.a. Country 1 American, without' which not si toot of land west of the Rockies would now be under tho stars and stripes.! m President Andrew Jackson - knew Jason Lee was an Amerl can citizen when he jgave him letters as he started In j 18 34, the! first Christian missionary' bound! for . the Oregon Country, and when "Old Hickory" i the next year, sent William J. Slacum of the United States navy to the Pacific, In response toi informa tion be had from Lee. Presi dent Van Buren knew; it when ho sent Lieutenant Wilkes. Sen ators Linn and Benton! and Con gressman Caleb Cushinjg knew It when Leo reported toi them at Washington. - ; ( V V V Dr. John McLoughlin knew it well; himself a Canadian, he never , as much as hljnted that Lee was a Canadian, or believed! for an instant that he! was any-i thing but a true Amejrlcan clti ren. Sir George Simpson, crar ot the Hudson's Bay company's vast domains of Rupert's Land in North America, knew Jason Leo as a true American, and feared his growing power that meant the blocking, of the vault ing ambitions of his ancient chartered company, ! which was virtually an arm of the British government, through which Its ambitious leaders expected con-' ridently to get the Pacific coast through diplomatic 1 connivance. having lost tho Atlantic sldo through war. U Thus it Is plain that Willam ette university may be aald to nave been founded by I one "for eign born" only through a quib ble;, a failure to give all; the facts. ;. i I - ;V V V I ! ! Not that It would have been any disgrace for Willamette uni versity to have been founded by one foreign born. Tjhe writer has no prejudice against the for eign born. Wo can go only a little way back to flul all our ancestors foreign bornj Bnt the writer is much prejudiced in fa vor of the truth of, history. Yesterdkys ... Of Old Oregon Towa Talks from Tbe Stateo naa Oar Fathers I Read Jaanary 27, 19KHI A petition has been nresentad to the city council asking for Im provements on North) Summer street. Tho Salem lodge of Elka ad opted the plans submitted br w . C. Knighton, architect, and de cided to proceed at once with the m s a sIam M a a 1 . 1 . . . mruiuu ,01 meir spienaia ' new building on Liberty street, one lot north from Court estimated cost is f 15, The Star iunior team of Salem Y. M. C, to Portland to play team there. The local bers ares Ostrander, l Starr. E. Johnson. P. and. Farmer, sub. Forty-seven of th retail, furniture dealers state were in the cit their convention. Th mio mo oregoa Retal ueaiers- association, jamea or Salem, street. The 000. basketball A. will go the Y. M. team mem- . Johnson, Hendricks with president Mrs. Marr 8. Jones May u. Kutnerrord, been visiting trjends nla. sailed veatarrfav lulu. 1. ID wi i II. JESSEESIG!i prominent ot the ' to hold organized Furniture d. ir. and Miea who! have In Callfor- tor Hono- TURNER1 Jan. 21. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Jesse have resigned their positions at the Turner boys' some. 10 taae eirect as soon aa their successors aro named, by the church board, which governs the appointments or the home. Mr. Jesse at present has work in Coos county. Mra. I Ja win move to Eugene for the winteiL wnero ner son, Wllletlt. is a stu dent at the Eugene Bible univer sity. Mrs. Jesse hss tMMtn mnfmn ot the home, and a real mother to mo hoys, continuously since September, 1929. ' I i j Not only tho boys but the com munity as well, rerrei to bam the family leave Turner and all Join in wismng ror their happiness and prosperity in their new home, j CincHipnsiLLS n ess, sitiw ttisev ;ns 7- ' I Im f kns l-I-l.4aTM .fc ixo .Do .contiautdj . f ... . , . .1 i - !