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    PAGE FOUR
The OREGON STATESMAN, Saka, Oregoat, Thtirsday Efornlny. January 29. 1931
"No Favor Sicays Us; No Fear Shall Atc$"
From First Statesman, March 28, 1851
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! i oorry ionression ,.
rwxvrxmx?: nraa a ninit romarkahle confession before the sen
' A ate committee inquiring
i has received virtually no attention irora me preaa.
the admission by Adolph C. Miller, a member of the federal
; reserve board, that the 1927 open market operations of. the
reserve banks caused tne credit
.nnioti'va rsf iu9q
to say: . 1 ,
"By buying government securities In 1027 in pursuance or
an 'affirmative policy of. Its own,' MUler said, the system gave
member banks excess funds, which can only be used for invest-
ment, and gave both basks and corporations funds to invest
In the caU market. ' "
- "These open market operations, aiiuer biu. cubwu.
of the greatest and most mostly errors ever maae oy uje eu
eral Reserve or any other banking system. Had a different
policy been pursued at the time, he added, 'it would have left
us with a different condition at this time"
While: this is hindsight, the action of the reserve sys
tem was riot without warning. One of the great New York
financial journals, the Commercial and Financial Chronicle,
during those years in solemn and lengthy editorials con
demned the policies of the reserve system and repeatedly
predicted just such a market crash as came about. H. Park
er 1 Willis, author of the federal reserve act, likewise criti-
' . mm ? 1 . A . Sk - als
cised some of the policies of tne ooara; aiso me ew
' journal of Commerce. The members of the reserve board
therefore Stand in sorry light before the people of the coun
- try. ' " rr j .: ,
We brand with infamy the diplomats and; politicians
who through bad judgment or willful design bring outa
(great war. Yet this financial disaster is in its economic
itniia. 5io far the federal reserve
SCktS OAAAiMA J W."..--
tiMirn nnn Tint, men narneu iivui uihl& w "
rebuke - ' ' J i.
There is no suggestion that the directors of the federal
reserve systerii acted with purpose to harm. Instead it 'has
been freely asserted that their policy in 1927 was to sustain
prevalent prosperity through their open market Operaticms.
They sowed the wind and the country is reaping the whirl-
wind ' I I
It is a sorry confession which member Miller makes. If
the others admit it, they should ait in sackcloth and ashes.
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1 ! ' Power Program Safe- v
THE defeat of the Meier port biU. while a definite set
back for the governor personally does not mean a re
pudiation by the legislature of the so-called Meier program.
Those leading the fight against the Gordon substitute bill,
carefully declared they were not fighting the Meier power
PrCThe indications are that the Meier! power bills will go
through both houses of the legislature on well-greased
akids. Not a line will be changed save with the approval of
the Meier forces. The utility, interests are making no fight
for two reasons. One is they couldn't get anywhere if they
tried; , the second is they are not injured nor seriously
threatened by the impending legislation. . ., . .
So the power bills will become law. The Joseph plat
form, though badly mangled and scarcely recognizable in
some of the bills, will be duly acclaimed and carried out.
The legislature will adjourn and the papers, can say, like a
high school party, a happy time was ha4 by afl. j
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Senate Arithmetic
ONE of the senators on the wayi ! and means committee
who has" been most active in agitatingior reduction In
appropriations and taxes was asked ;how he stood on the
free textbook bilL m . J
fWeH, I'm committed to favor free textbooks and old
age pensions," he replied. t ,i . .
'now do you reconcile that position with your stand
for reduction In taxes T came the query.; . '
"Damned if I know," was the reply.
- Neither do we. y " ' :.
Chicaio l to have a season of grand opera. Musle lovers are"
tcmw "J.Jl mr tiro. uUa a.ro reDorted as
:iwnT-Su vwsuijn , spat's
eATitlv as aartng. n uiscnssius;. n -
o!dn-t wven hav? a present. We disagree. The human Toictas not
lost lUeharm: and grand opera remains the wost wonderfni vehi
cle for the CUplay of vocal Ulaats.
" The Western Pacific get permission to' enter Ban Francisco
over It own rails, providing the city with its second railroad line.
The decision, completes th sanction needed- to make the Great
Northern-Western Pacific north and south trnnk line an effective
operating nnit, Oregon is thus greater interested In thU, approval
given by the Interstate commerce commission. ; :
vay with, any property Ux by the
ianglbles tax. sales tar, auto tax, gas tax and every other tax. Then
the measure would be ure to carry. j . j- - J
Times may beiard here, but still the only way to get an apple
fn Salem is to rummage through the grocery stores and' markets.
Fruit stands do not seem to thrive in the west; and even cigar
counters here do only a limited
A Seattle judge banished some
jiarty on a yacht Probably the kids were just Imitating their par
ents. And the wild parties among high school student are not al
ways as distant sa Seattle, from
The jrice of safety Is observance of the rules of the road. The
4rice of motoring disobedience 1 too frequently death and heaw
Muscle Shoals
Settlement is
Far in Future
; WASHINGTON. "Jan. :ZSl
(AP) Senate leaders held out
little hope tonight for settlement
of long standing dispute over
Muscle Shoals at this session of
congress after bouse And senate
' conferees again failed " to reach
an agreement.
Failure ofHhe legislation was
openly predicted by Senator llor
xis. Itepubllcsn, Nebraska. Ar
thur of tne. senate bill for gov
mxn
into banking last weekywhich
lniiauon mat orougai. ywu
Thpi nress disrjatch went on
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state. This Is fine only It doesn't
Imslnes in fresh trnits. ;
young people because of a wild
what we have heard.
ernment operation of f IS 0,0 00
000 power and nltrtte nlant.-
, Chairman McNary of the sen
ate conferees also was dnbiou
over the possibility of an agree-
HOtfC IS PURCHASED
STATION. Jsa. t un
Louese Goedera ha purchased the
small house owned by Harry
Mamp4.re7.mna now occupied by
Dr. Dosler and family and will on.
cupy It soon. She has deeded her
present home to the Catholic
church here and ft fa nmnr
that it will he msed as a home for
the sisters who - are teaching in
the parochial school.
HEALTH
Jcsfay't ;
1 By R. S. Ccpeland. It T),
Can you believe that deafness
may be produced by certain type
of indigestion 7
Not long ago
I saw an inter
esting account
of a PPr
read at a med-
,1c a 1 society.
T h e author
contended that
- certain forms
of Intestinal
Indigestion j are
capable ef :im
pairing f the
hearing.
. For a num
ber of years 1
hare believed
there Is a di
rect relationship between dyspep
sia and deafness. Some of; the
food authorities have said so for
a long time. The latest writer
thinks the pancreas is responsi
ble j for certain conditions which
may have lowered hearing pow
er as a symptom. , j :';f
The pancreas is that orrait of
the body commonly known as the
sweetbread.'?' It is a long, nar
rowj gland opening Into the Intes
tinal canal. ,
j Hen ring Affected!
What is it for and what die.
the s pancreas, do? Jt. secretes a
fluid containing elements essen
tial jto the proper digestion ! of
rats; Some of these elements are
know as "digestive ferments."':" :
The ferments are mysterious
substances . which appear to act
much as yeast does. All the pro
cesses of life are dependent on
their presence. There are many,
many ferments, but those produ
ced "by the pancreas are among
the most Important. Unless they
are formed trouble is bound to
occur. . i I ...
It must be recalled that the
most digestive processes occur In
the intestinsa. rather than in the
stomach., The function of the In
testinal canal Is apt to be orer-
ooked. 1 ,
In! simple cases where there Is
no greater disturbance than ,a
lackj of pancreatic secretion.
there is apt to be pain in the
abdomen after eating. In chron
ic cases there are the familiar
symptoms of dyspepsia.' The di
gestion appears to be slow. Dis
comfort continues for a consid
erable time after taking food.
The Pancreas s
When this failure of intestinal
digestion is lonr. continued A
number of annoyances result. Su
gar ana iai are not taken com
fortably. It often happens that
one who loves sweets, such as
candy and pastry, finds he can
not take, them or fat foods with
out discomfort. i
Inj chronic ease there may be
so remote a symptom as decrease
In the hearing power. That may
seem pretty far fetched, but It Is
within the limits of possibility.
discuss this mstter with your
doctor. Not one of the symptom
you have may be due to trouble
in the pancreas. But If there It
lack of the pancreatic secretions.
he may make up for the lack by
giving you an appropriate extract
of pancreas. In any event he will
tell j you' how to regulate your
aiec 1
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OER HflRSII FIRE
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I-ONIiON, Jan. 28 (AP) Sir
John , Simon, noted British law
yer land .statesman, speaking in
cold. Incisive terms, flayed the
government' trade dispute bill
in a house of commons debate
Tuesday which may bring the
downfall of Premier Ramsay
MacDonald' labor ' administra
tion.! :
Ai crowded . house attended
breathlessly, for Sir John 1 a
liberal and on : the Question of
howj many liberals will join him
la voting against the bill tomor
row night the fate of the govern
ment depends,
The rank and file of the party
ha decided to abstain from vot
ing thus leaving the tight be
tween the labor members and the
conservatives, with the advan
tage! for the government. 1
"A thoroughly worthies bill"
wealth war -the liberal speaker
described' the- measure and he
added "every clause and sub
clause In It can only be intended.
11 not to encourage 'at least to
facilitate and: made possible the
evil which the country resisted
la May, 1020.- ,. 1
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Dentists Will
Soon be More r
1 Popular, What?:
WORCE3THTBJ Mass Tan
( AP) The Worcester Tele
gram in a special dispatch from
Washinrton cava dntuta nt fhm.
nation will shortly be allowed the
same amount or liquor for office
use that physicians now may have,
six quart annually. i ;
The telegram says the regula
tion have been prepared by) the
treasury department alcohol per
mit division and will he promul
gate snortiy. ' : 1
Electric Light
Bill Dispute lis
Fatal to Negro
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OAKLAND. Jan. 2ft rapt
In, a dispute over an unpaid
electric light bill. Jack "Blue"
Williams. 40. nexro. was lahnt
and; killed last night in a! bar-
oer snop. roiice were seeking
another negro, John W. Jackson,
proprietor of the shop, a the
aliased murderer.- ' ;
Police aldr acksoa formerly
lived la the house Willi m had
recently occupied ran p the
eleetrie lirht btll nnt nn
without paying It, ;
n
n
MBIT
GO
If- w4frrmf Fi& tH- I'll!
WlM? " 111 '
Of it ifyj 4 V?s'iv ?
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"Murder at
Following a partr at Eagle'
Nest, the home of wealthy Emily
Hardy, the Baroness yon Wlese
is found murdered. Bhima Mar
tin, young newspaper reporter,
nicknamed Bim.M a guest at the
party, assists her fiance, Walter
Vance, assistant chief of police,!
In unraveling, the mystery. Bun
Identified the shawl wrapped
around the . Baroness as Mary
Frost's. Mary's husband, Ted.
had been attentive to the Baron
ess. Bim had noticed jemur
butler and the Baroness, at the
party. In secret conversation and
recalled the maid's scream when
she, too, found them together. A
strip of uniform linen Is found
la the shrubbery. The police
learn that the Baroness maid
was not ta her room that night
The butler denies receiving a
note from the Baroness. Bim
discovers cuts oa the maid's
head and arm.
CHAPTER Vm
Bim was upon the point of
calling attention to the Abrasion
oa the maid's forehead It wonld
have saved the Assistant Chief of
olice considerable anxious spec
ulation had she done so when
the . blue eyes opened, regarding
them all dazedly, for a moment
before Jane sat. up with a mur
mur of apology. i
"I I'm being a bother. It's
you see, it was so eudden, so
hard." - She arose weakly, but
Bim put a firm hand on her shoul
der and made her sit down.
"Ton stay right there; Jane. Of
course, it's hard for you. And you
needn't say one word ( more till
you're- feeling better. ; Isn't that
right, Walter?" !
. Jane gave the tall, fair-haired
girl a dim smile, and! said she
would go on. "Only there's not
much I can tell, sir,"! she added.
speaking to Walter.! "1 was
there asleep and all the while "
Her voice trailed oft a her lip
trembled.
Embarrassing Details -"Was
It the Baroness' custom
to lock you oat of her room?"
Walter asked thoughtfully..
"Quit often, sir. When she
wa expecting that It '. The
girl colored faintly and did aot
finish, j ,
"When she was expecting some
one?' Reynolds, put in. "That
whatyoa mean?"
Y ye ir.
"Her husband?" Reynolds rum
bled on. -'-,'"!. r ,
"I'd rather that Is, yes lr. I
suppose so." - 'i r
There was a moment of silence
while everyone considered the in,
plication of the girl's partial ad
mission. ' i j .
"How much." Reynold' per
sisted, "did the Baron know about
hi wife's fflrst" 1 j ,
"I. couldn't say exactly, sir.
They seemed to well, ta under
stand each other." t
"You believe." Walter de
manded Incredulously, i ''she wss
expecting someone last night?"
I couldn't say. sir. The door
was locked."
"How long hare you been "with
the Baroness?"
"It will be four rears . next
month, sir. I went to her In Paris
and I've never left her eren for
day."
They contemplated that picture
of rare devotion and Em snorted
"Hah" In a way which- made
short shift of her own maid.
Some'women Aav all the luck"
she remarked. "Got on nicely.
too, didn't your" , :. :
"Madame- wa kind. Hlxh
strung, to be urev but t Jane
shrugged away whatever memor
ies she, held of boudoir scenes.
Bim, however, knew ' suddenly
that those scene were many and
furioua. ' 1
Walter Questioned the rlrl
about what happened while Em's
guests were on the terrace and
he screamed with fear of a mr-
lr.l"l?t I
forward story, repeating sub-1
V" .'7 tT 1 wiiuara -had tetd (
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AFTER THE BIQ FELLOWl
Eagle's Nest" WS'duIr
1 "I was- almost asleep, sir, and
I must have dreamed. We looked
about, the butler and I, and noth
ing had been disturbed."
"You're sure,"" Walter Insisted,
"that you were in the dressing
room when you screamed? That
you weren't somewhere else In
the serving pantry, for instance f"
"Certainly, sir." The blue eye
opened wide and It there wa
fear In them, Bim aaw no trace
of . It, "Why would I have been
la the serving pantry, if I may
ask. ir?"
, "Yeah why?" Walter snap
ped, writing in his little book.
"All right, Jane; we'll have' a
look at the Baroness' rooms
now." : , "
They filed up the stairs and
through long, wide corridors! to
the west wing, Jane with Walter
and Bim and Reynolds and Em
bringing up the rear. Bim noted
that the rooms set aside for the
Baroness were above the ball
room and Imogene's room, she
judged, would be on the third
floor directly over th - dressing
room where Em and herself had
found the frightened Jan the
night, before. On the other side
of the- dressing room, Em re
marked In T passing, was the Bar
on's room; she said that he was
suffering with Inflammatory
rheumatism and . had been oblig
ed to remain In bed." - She had
summoned a doctor for him, she
added
They Inspected the dressing
room first and found, as- Jane
had stated, the door Into the bed
room beyond locked from the far
side.- The .window, also, was
closed and locked. But when
they went back to the, corridor
It was to discover that the only
other door giving into the bou
doir was locked as well I
"Now what do you suppose
that means, and where' th
key?" Em howled.
Still they were not held up for
long since Em, dlllentante house
keeper though she was, soon pro
duced a master key and the door
wa thrown back upon a scene
which seemed, more desolate to
Bim because of Its very orderli
ness.': Shade drawn 'carefully allowed-
narrow bars of sunlight to
filter through green hangings
and . to lie goldenly upon moss
green rugs: the beds, ' turned
down beneath a mound of pil-
riows, had not been elept in;
crested and mohgrammed-Mloilet
things were placed in neat rows
upon the dressing table.
Only three- things were, out of
place;.' first, the door key ' ly
upon the. rug a If it had been
pushed-out-of the lock from the
outside, second the key to the
dressing room had. been - flung
down upon a low-boy; and third,
there was a reddish-brown stain
upon the sharp corner of the
same piece of furniture-. '..." I
. Reynold- held a magnifying
glass over the stain and nodded.
"Blood?' he said.
They all stood there staring
while th sheriff scraped particles
from the stain into his hander
chlef. which he folded carefully
and put away. .r:.-,... ' .-j
The room wa at .the southwest
corner of the- west wing of the
mansion: there was a wide, bay
window In the south wall and Em
explained that a narrow linen
room occupied the remainder of
the space toward the west. J Be
neath the window was a sheer,
drop to the toot of the cliff upon
which this wing of the mansion
wa built a distance of about the
height of the house below the ball
room windows on the' first floor.
To the right of the window and
up at least two or possibly three
feet; was a small Iron balcony up
on which opened a narrow case
ment from the linen room. Waiter
climbed-out upon the stone ledge
beneath the bay. window to gang
tne auianca Between this and the
.taned again.
shaking - his -head.
Nothing but a 1 monkey couldl
rAr iron tin m t a t & t w
m - ww mV VkUQi HQ
i
told Blrnj "And it would have to
be a spry monkey.. ... The Bar
oness," he turned to Em, "had
jewelry, I suppose? Everything
accounted for?" j
'. . The Empty Case
Jane answered quickly that Ma
dame s jewels were in her charge.
"Madame wore her emeralds last
night, sir; I fastened them on my
self. She kept- them in a little
case separate! from the others. A
soft leather case it was, lined with
chamois. The others I will
see'. . ; -' j " ' r, .: j ;
Fumbling at her neck. ! she
brought up a thin, silver chain
to which wa attached a pair of
small but stout looking key and
one of these she used to unlock a
wardrobe trunk! which, .oddly
enough, had been allowed to re
main In th bedroom. From th
trunk th maid 1 lifted a squar.
black case about the sis of a
handbag; then, she opened It with
th second and smaller key. j -
Th case fell apart upon th
lowboy where she had placed It,
disclosing at lining of tufted
blsck velvet-Mind nothing else.
"But hut they're gonep
Jane's role was almost a hhrelk.
"The diamond necklace th ku
hies tne pearls! Gone!"
(Te be : continued tomorrow)
relieTproposals
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (AP)
In spring log Jam fathloi, re
lief legislation piled high inj com
mittee tributaries of house .Tues
day whil member attempted to
blast loos soma of th proposals
to float them Into the main stream
for eerly action. mm
.The house appropriations com
mittee continued its hearing on
the senate's proposal to give the
Red Cross 2S,000,000 tor food
distribution. i;' i
Meantime the agriculture com
mittee laid plans to consider to
morrow the senate plan of divert
ing 20,000.000 bushels of farm
board wheat to the needy. The ad
ministration Is opposed to these
uggutlon. : " -
A pleat was made before the
rule committee for early house
action on the senate's i proposed
195,0004)00 revolving loan fund
for drainage! and Irrigation dis
tricts. The farm loan board pre
sented evidence ' to th hanking
and currency committee to show
that federal lands banks has- suf
ficient funds I to grant mortgage
extension to I farmers in drought
and depression area. i
Hoovers Guests i
At Dinner Given
By Andy Mellon
WASHINGTON. Jan. 28 (AP)
President and Mrs. Hoover were
entertained' Tuesday night at a
state 'dinner by . Secretary Mellon.
The guest list Included Senator
and Mrs. Dwlght W. Morrow, Mrs.
Ruth Hanaa McCormlck, CoL Ar
thur Wood and Mr. and Mrs. S.
Parker Gilbert. ?; v- i -.: :
. It was the fourth dinner given
the .president And Mrs. Hoover re
cently by members of his cabinet.
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Schulz 'Elected
9 31 Captain of
Oregon Gridmen
EUGENE. - Ore.. Jnn. 2trTn
Irvln Schulz. innior at th TTnU
verslty of Oregon, was elected captain-of
the 1021 Oreron fnothnll
team here Tuesday.
Schnls played tackle under Cap
tain "MeSwtS In Its an lt
year Dr. Clarence W. Spear mov
ed irhnto guard i At the end of
the season Schnjs was one of
MIMS
BITS for BREAKFAST
'Bj VL I.
Museum and some history
' "to ..
(Continuing from yesterday.
with th fouraer through the mu
Anm of Willamette university:)
lBut , if the journey Is I to get
round th museum we- must not
pause longer la th4 history sec
tion, though we should ! wish to
tarry among the numerous In
dian articles, or examine those
Tireclona old copies of ! the Bible,
or see the Astee pottery,: or the
wreath of hair furnished by the
members of the first Oregon con
ference. Every continent is rep
resented here, at least with a few
articles. L
"Some beautiful crystals In the
mineral collection first", attract
our attention to the- science side
of the room. It takes only a sec
ond glance to see that hero Is a
real collection of mineral. Of
the eight .hundred recognised
varieties of minerals In the world
about five hundred are in this
collection. Among them are many
very beautiful and unusual crys
talline forms,
."See the' green and red light
flashing from that specimen; It
is an opal encrusting, a rock two
inches across. No wonder Pliny
said, 'Of all precious stones the
opal 1 the most difficult to des
cribe, since It combine in one
gem the beauties of many.' An
cient peoples, as orientals of to
day, considered the opal the
source of all good. The one we
are looking at came from eastern
Oregon, and there are many oth
ers, here. Some are gems, and
many are opaque wax opals and
opalized wood. Opal differs chem
ically from ordinary quarts only
In that It contains water of crys
tallization, j.
' V Is
"Toward th end of the 17th
century some children In Ceylon
While playing with a pretty crys
tal noticed the bits of straw, pa
per and ashes were attracted at
one end and - repelled from the
other. It was taken to Europe
and remained a curiosity for 50
Tears. The name of this crystal
came to be tourmalle. The best
tourmaline producing region in
the United Spates Is in Maine, al
though most of the specimens In
our collection are from near San
Diego, California. Our small pink
crystals are polished, while the
large dark green ones are In their
native- condition. Tourmaline is
found fn nearly all colors and Is
much used In place of more ex
pensive gems of similar colors.
The scientist uses slices of tour
maline for polarizing light, since
Only .those vibrations of light in
the plane of the axis of the crys
tal will pas through this cub-
stance. ' .3
e W "I "
"When we tura to the quarts
shelves, we See some thing of
rare beauty. There is an eye ag
ate from Brazil flve Inches in di
ameter, a mass of almost perfect
Whit and red rings. Then there
are also many moss agates, chal
cedonies, jaspers, and a rare cry-
Spears' most dependanbl ! line
men. T . . . .' I
SPELLING BETTER
ATLANTA. Ga , Jan. 28 (AP)
tJohnny and Mary Blank. 1021
model, speu better than grandpa
and grandma ever could no mat
ter what notions supporters of the
old blue back speller may hay oa
the subject. . I I
Dr. Harold tt. Blxler. director
of; tests and guidance In the Atlan
ta; public schools, says so, and h
has spent years finding out !
Maybe the 1021 student could
n't handle "phthisis." a favorite
Jawbreaker of the blueback spell-
err days, but Dr. Blxler believes
Johnny and Mary, 1121. can do
better with "pulmonary tubercu
losis" and that is a better way to
say It. . , .1
Dr. Bixiers theory Is i that
school curricula should cover
something that Is of some use.
With collaborators. Dr. Blxler
has boiled th English language
to j 2500 word on which he ssys
high school student should con
centrate. Th hardest of the lot
Is "annum" meaning year; Only
C2!per cent of the 12 tit grade stu
dents could PU It. U I i ,
Th testa were conducted la
schools in Georgia, . Tennessee
North and South Carolina, tpwa,
Arkansas and New Jersey.
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INFANT DIES OF JAUNDICB
STATTON, Jan. 28 Mr. and
Mrs. Nick Welter hare th sym
pathy of many friends In the loss
of their Infant son, aged five
weeks who died en Friday last of
yellow jaundice. Funeral ser
vices wer held at Sublimity on
Saturday, at the Csthollc church.
Vet .ATn
ynr dollars U
work for yon m
Mtta$6 lavestmeat Co.
Preferred Steelt
at 8100 par
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Uojrtgag tavexaect CoJ
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li'DW, SAYS B1XLEB
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HENDRICKS -
talUn mas of scarlet quartz
from England.
"a
"Sir hundred " mineral I speci
mens cannot all be enjoyed in a
few minutes of time. We must
pass along with only a glance at
those velvety, radiating masses
of bright green malachite crys
tals, these pearly stalactite from ,
the Oregon caves, some large 1
perfectly formed . garnet , Imbed
ded In scist rock, pictures in land
scape marble from England,
"beautiful golden tiger eye quartz
from South Africa, peculiar paper-like
golden crystals of an ar
senic mineral from Macedonia
and many, many more, - j f
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. "Among the several hundred
rocks are samples of the principle
types of lavas or Igneous rocks,
sedimentary, and metamorphlc
or altered rocks. The greater
number are from Colorado, Oregon-
and California. .These large
frothy white masses; of pumice
that will float oa water are from
Washington. !
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"And nere Is a fulgurite. light
ning struck a sandy beach boring
a small hole, and fusing the sur
rounding sand into a glassy tube
with which to line the hole. . Such
was .the origin of our fulgurite.
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"This bright piece of iron that
la free from, rust Is a, sample saw
ed from the famous Oregon City
meteorite which is now In the
U. S. museum at the national cap-
Itol. It Is solid metal, 02 percent
Iron and 8 per cent nickel. 1
"Next, here are a couple of hun
dred, wood samples Including
practically all Oregon woods and
many other a .To know for eacrr
Its habitat, manner of growth and
use, would involve a very large
knowledge of natural science.
geography and , Industrial j his
tory. We must pass. them today;'
also pass by the tables tilled with
fossils that preserve a record of
the life of the distant past, from'
microscopic ' shells to elephant
like mammoth and mastodons
incomplete skeletons of the lat
ter. ,' .
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"Most of the former students
are familiar with the birds and
animals from British Honduras
collected by Professor Peck. One
of the Interesting animals Is the
water opossum, a small animal
the size of a large rat with web
bed hind feet. It is one of the few
opossums that are not tree dwell
ers but choose to live In wster.
This animal belongs to the South
American fauna. The great scien
tist Beebe on his historic trip to
the Galapagos Island off j the
west coast ' of 6outh America
stopped la Panama and spent a
night in -the vain effort to secure
one of these animal. Some time
later Professor Peck secured his
specimen very much farther
north,1 In British Honduras.! No
other specimen has ever been se
cured so' far north, and only two i
or three others have been taken
from any part of Central Araer- ;
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(The part of this series tsklng
the reader on a tour through the j
museum of Willamette university
will be concluded tomorrow.)
Yesterdays
Us. Of Old Oregon
Towa Talks from The Ctatc
mast Our Father Read i
. Jan. SO, 10O I
It Is 'rumored, that the store;
room at Court and Commercial Is
being vacated by the Central gro
cery tor to make room for an
other grocery .ctor with Archie
Irrln In charge.
The Spauldinr mills la this
city are again running full shifts
and handling orders dally, j
Fruit Inspector Armstrong Is
asking that owners of fruit tree
Infested with the San Jose scale
take advantage of the season and
have the trees pruned i and
sprayed.
The abstract plant of the I Sa
lem Abstract and Land company
has been sold and the Water
management has retired. A. A.
Lee Is secretary of the mew com
pany. - '
Children's Colds
Doubly Dangerous
With Flu Around
While there Is no cause
for serious alarm over the.
; development of scattered
cases of fla la this locality,
health authorities say) that
extra precautions should ! be
taken to check every cold at
the start. Unless treated
promptly, colds tend to low-,
er body resistance and may.
pave th. way for an attack
" of Influenza with all Its ser
ious complications. j
Internal medicine should
be avoided except on the ad
vice of a physician. Too
much "dosing" often dis
turbs the digestion and low
er th vitality Just when
th child ' needs Its body
strength most. 1
Applied externally. Vlcks
VspoRuh can be used freely
( and as often as needed! with
no fear of upsetting; the
v' stomach. M i
Rubbed on throat ! and
chest, Vlcks acts thru th
skla like a poultice or; plas
ter, drawing out the tlh- '
aes and soreness. At tb ,
tame time. Its medicated v
pors, released by the warm')
of the body, are Inhaled di
rect to . the Irritated f air
passages, loosening the
phlegm, and soothing the
Irritation.
, - Of course, Vicks l-'
action is Just s effective
for adults' cold-troubles,
rSnn't take chances with
colds NOW? Adv.
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