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' - ' - X groan ma mm "Nq Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Aice' From First Statesman,; March 28, 1851 f THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Charles A. SrsAcrt, Sheldon F. Sackett, Publisher Chables A. Spkacvk - - Editor-Manager Sheldon F. Sackett - -. - Managing Editor i Member of the Associated Press "i Tbe Associated Vrrma ! xclusl'rely. entitled t the use for publica tion of all naws dispatches credited toi It or not -otherwise credited in this paper. , Pacific Coast Advertising Representatives : i Arthur W. Stypes, Inci. Portland, Security Bids. : San Frnncisco. Sharon Bids. ; Ls Angeles, W. 11c Bids. Eastern Advertising Representatives: Ford-Parwws-ftecher.Inc. New fork. 271 Madison Ave.; Chlcaso, 360 N. Michigan Ave. ! Entered at the Pontoffice at Saiem, Oregon, an Second-Close Hatter. Publiahed every morninjf except Monday. Business office, S15S. Commercial Street? SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ; , Mall Subscription Rates, tn Advanre. Within Oregon : Dally and Sunday, I Mo. 60 cents; S Mo. $1.! Mo. $2.25: 1 year .00. Blse , where 60 cents per Ma or $3.00 tor X rear In advance. Br City Carrier : E0 cents a month i $5.R0 a year In advance. Per Copy 2 cents. On trains and News Standi ( cents. HEALTH r j Todat Talk By It. S. Copeland, BL D, The Current of American Thought " ' It la quite common to meet woman who has a large swelling In the neck. This Is due to a eon- i i dltlon spoken of as "goitre." In front of the neck, ; just beneath the skin. Is a aland called the "thy roid Hand. When this gland Is normal In size It Is not noticeable nor can It. he felt When enlarged it mar assume huge propor tions, becoming Terr conspicu ous particularly upon swallowing. The thyroid gland absorbs the Iodine contained In the blood. Io dine Is converted by the thyroid gland into other substances, par ticularly a substance called "thy roldln." This is an important proc ess, essential fr-r the normal op eration of the body. Disturbances of this gland re- IS TVT os man, tnnntlia o rrn T Viot-io rtaaQOrl Q WO V a TtrnfftSSOr IV TTf 1 IV- tt .L f -rP Ti," " n various-diseases. If the J.1 of English at the university or vvasnington, vernon -Ian4 ls over-active there may re- exop- under- of this gland ls known as "simple goitre." This condition ls due to a deficiency of iodine la the wa ter or food. The gland increases in size and if not checked in its .Louis famnoxon. whose own comnouuon in ine iieia ox ui-isuit an ailment known as '" 'efatnre mAde his untimelv rjassiac seem traffic. He was en- thalmlc goitre." If It Is gaged at the time of his death oh a comprehensive study of 2V" L l"ft??Z: thA'main Mirrpnta in AmpnMn thnuirht" and had Dub isnea two of the three volumes of the! work. The third, which he The most common disturbance had practically completed, was published posthumously. J The initial volume, "The Colonial Mind," we read some two or three years ago, and recently we have concluded a leisurely readinsr of the second. "The ; Romantic Revolu tion in America." The two volumes. give' a critical study of growth, there may result serious the trerminatinir. budding and blooming of thought in nervous disorders. America from the colonial day forward to the eve of the 5SL c? ih ...12 civil war. Cross-sections of contemporary literature become h?rtct tne snaes wnicn tne autnor examines to trace ine evoivuigi iodine content of the water is low. - 40 m M t m - mm I. morphology and physiology ot the American mma. j as soon as the- deficiency is cor- I Tf is rv tn ka tri- Pjirrinorfnn "hiftq Hia svmnatriips I reeled, which is usually done by are plainly KberalrThe Hebraic jheocracy ofew EngUnd frtlnof ana ine acquisiuuve commercialism 01 rew.xorn are con-i throat gland rapidly disappears trusted sharply with the unitarian revolt and the humani-1 in the goitre districts school child- tanamsm or Jenerson which round expression in ms nsyi- ren are iea ioame laoieis. in ocratic theories of politics and economics. The sketches m some cities iodine is actually add u i I - i j a-v I ed toi the municipal water supply me nisi, vuiuxiic uc uinuf ui. iiwm u xiuctj wunc cts even- lt g known that certain foods ings, with an economy of stroke jand an accuracy of feeling J notably salmon, carry iodine. The that indicate the author is himself a literary artist. Roger I vegetables raised in South caroi- Williams, seeker, leveler. "first rebel arrainst the divine la found to be high in iodine churclwrder estabUshed in the : jwilderness." The linT increase juiu lyULiuu, ijijju pneai ui ie puritan iueucrac , your children, particularly if they xealots of Calvinism. Judge " Sainuel Sewall, thrifty, con- show any signs er goitre. erative, conventionally pious, whose diary opens a win- Besides those i have mentioned, dow on the routine of colonial life as revealing though by her re other,,,or,n?L ot tttr1 no means as captivating as the journal of -Samuel Pepys. rSurmSicM Ind'SS JpranKhn, Hamilton, 'lorn fame and Jefferson all of these times, in advanced cases, are only are appraised for their contributions to the emergence of cured iy operations. American thinking-. 1 Great strides in the study ot There ij Tom Paine for instance as eatly mahgned ftSSf dlceThrls a figure as there has been in our history. He wa9 branded particularly true in the field of as an infidel by the tories and the clergy, though he was thyroid aurgery. Much suffer- like most of the leaders of his time Jeff erson, Washington, an ?hj?1Sai "WUty have ui ; jttA. t.- ' t il ? jj i- i been eliminated by means of this sm. in 1 1 1 1 as aisii rMii iv inaa fir n km cv-w-aaa t insia t r a nn at of the jf earless battlers for principle, and one of the most independent thinkers the English, race has produced. The second volume of Parrington's traces the impact of French, romanticism of Rousseau and the revolution up on America, notes its first rooting in the .south under the friendly encouragement of Jefferson, its extinction through the rise of slavery and Calhoun's espousal of a type of Creek rather than French democracy, its scant impression on commercial New York and federalist Hew Ernrknd. There is, however, the 19th century revolt of New England as marked by the spread of unitarianism. the vert much worried q. growth-of the abolition movem-int. and transcendentalism ?.?wJon wiu ?. u" A6?.1: with its affiliation more withf German riiysticisin than ? a.-xciiv.xt xviiuuiuwsiu. billet qnuc 01 new fiigiana con-1 and Jiave had the trouble about enuons; inoreau, social rebel as well as lover of nature; nine months. IiOncrfellow. immiirwi in hia lihrarv lnipnsiMo et af arm nr1 1 , F mm-m.mmm,m mm. 1 VSMS MMV4 I m VfVIlL A x . atress without; Hawthorne introspective ethical analyst; and 'general care the r tSSe James Russell Lowell, "Cambridge Brahmin these are should be definitely cleared np the great characters of the 19th century epidemic of New within a reasonably short apace England culture.-How urreatlv this neriod has rahninV in th 01 ltmB- Ia" parucuiara nast twpntv-fiv rr.. if ot4, for A mtn I self-addressed, stamped iT: rJ3:.Zr'.J ana "Pe your ques 'ffto V wr.U kA.il. XT TT" 1 1 -1 T . I won, UU 11CW XLiIiUillU ClOSSlClSIU. ' The Parrington work is by ino means "popular. It is not light reading. It is the distillate of wide reading and a tvery intimate acquaintance both! with American literature, north and. south, and with American political and indus- ; trial history. It is worth more than borrowing from the public library. It merits possession and study by every person with broad interests in America's cultural evolution. SIGNS OF SPRING i ' ii ' ilSi W rtti 1 BITS for BREAKFAST 1 By R. J. HENDRICKS progress. Answers to Health Queries Lulu C. B. Q. What is the caase of ice cream tasting like copper? Green beans and chicken gravy ' taste like copper, too. A. You prorably have some intestinal disturbance, and it would be wise to correct your diet! and avoid constipation. "Nationally Knovjm Engineers" JI1HE day's best joke out of Portland is the slan at the firm X of Carey & Harlan by the jPortland chamber of com merce in urging, the employment of a firm of "national standing" to make a survey about municipal power which mnussioner isiyae is .cent on! hanng Carey and Harlan do for $25,000. What a joke! The Portland chamber has made- no'better record picking! out engineering firms of "national standing" to do its town chores than the Port land city coXmciL - Some time ago, yeara it. seems, the Portland chamber Ah a sV Sk am mm a aL . W . SV S J 1 ' Kreat ciangm or oeiu, i announced it had hired a nationally known" firm of engineers. Day & Zimmerman, to survey Portland's industrial possibilities. The news stor ies were accompanied by assurances that when this report was completed some-"big interests" from back east were going to put millions into Portland development Months and months passed,. a year or, more, if our memory is correct, and the ) Day & Zirnmcrman report, which had cost the Portland chamber .some $50,000, was handed to the directors. Ther jlooked it over and sent it back for repairs. Finally it was mpkted and given to the public and all it contained could have just as well have been assembled by home talent n Portland. Carey and Har j t ' themselves and Portland some publicity, and that s more than the chamber of commerce got for its fifty thousand spent with Day!& Zimmerman. The report gathers dust on the shelves of the chamber offices, no east ern philanthropists are coming to invest millions in indust rial development, and Portland s now ready to spend more fedeSnSgtaww.eCt state and . . Appointing Judkes . ! S hV 22? J00" infrodoced a resolution giying Set iJS2E??JFrf to appolllt circuit and dist f-m Hst removanjf judges whtdid not conform to his ideas of anM??e? J?1 conservative have long- 4rged appoint- nii)er than the roustabout similar interests are strong - that appointment gives better method of .election. Labor and ior eiectea judges; Woodward's measure calls, for a constitutional amend ment, -and it wouldn't luTRsi The Safety Val ive - - Letters from Statesman Readers Editor Statesman: It may be a little late in the season to call attention to an ob jectionable practice on the part of house-to-house advertising dis tributors hut, -trusting some -eood may come eventually from a -comment at this time. I am -going to put myself on record as in favor, by some means, of discouraging these house-to-house ad ver Using 1 pftaaers wno come to our doers, several each, day, from paaalnr directly over oar lawns instead or keeping on the sidewalks which; were built at a consider able eapeQ8e for them to travel on. Any one who tries to main tain a good lawn knows what travel on tit durtnr wet does to Jt There are many final mwds in foaiera that members of the family are not allowed opon d ring wet weather. There are many more auch fine lawns where the family is grown and gone and the only damage from travel is from the source mentioned. What can -he done about It? EUGENE T. PRESCOTT. 1084 Oak Street. MUSICIAN'S KSJOY PRACTICE I WALDO HILLS. Feb. 7For the- next program to be given at the Waldo HOls Community club Mrs. Will Krens. program chair man, wanted old-time music so she invited a group of playert to meet at her home Thursday even ing for practice. " Those playing were violins, Theodore Fisher. Charley U or ley. Frank Egan Mrs. Edsoa Comatock: giltar, Mrs. W. F. :Xren; drums. "Murder at Eagle's Nest" The murder of Baroness von I did we find back of the auinmer roin home by herself. ThouKl Wlese at Eagle's Nest stirred the town ot Kingcliff e. Walter Vance, assistant enter of police, is In charge of the investigation, aided by his fiancee. "Blm" Martin, young newspaper reporter. A note, written by the baroness, is found near the body. Bim recalls seeing the baroness slip the butler a piece of paper, which he denies. Suspicion is cast on Mary Frost, whose husband, Ted. had flirted with the baronesssaMary'-s shawl is found wrappediund the body. Mary claims she waaP&tfable to lo cate the shawl and left with Ted. It develops she. return later for the shawL Complications arise when it Is learned that Laura Al lan had borrowed the shawl. Em ily Hard's maid heard the bar oness quarrel with her maid. Bim wonders about the wounds on the head and arm ot the baron nesa' maid. The Jewels of the baroness have been stolen. Laura says she saw Mary entering the garden wearing her shawl. Blm finds a atone from a man's ring on the summer house path. Laura denies wearing the 'shawl. Bim learns from the gardener that Bunny Baird was entertaining a lady in his bungalow. Bob Trent, gassed war veteran, tells the police the baroness Insulted his wife. Mrs. Trent is fear-stricken. Baird re fuses to reveal the name of the lady who visited him. CHAPTER xvn It was not nntllithe finger-print expert, a mimed, bespectacled little man. I had hustled through . . . . r a . ' ma report ana ia?n ousiiea away that Bun understood how much Walter had expected from his work and how disappointed h3 was when it yielded nothing. Neither the wicker furnishings of the summer piouse nor the rough-hewn saplings from which the building was constructed fur nished the smooth surface npon which fingers easily leave their imprints and the leather !ag, brought from the bottom of the ravine, was as clean ot markings as if it had been scrubbed. "Too bad," .Reynolds remarked. wobbling his chins, "but not nn- wsuaL 'W might have cleaned nn the J whole thing today,' Walter rrom- Jled. "Now It's likely to take time.' Reyaelds object to this. "The killer 41 ever went Inside the -snm-d mer house, son. Ten closed the windows yourself, didn't yoer?" And t Walter's nod. "The shootH Ins; was done, from the garden. probably as the .woman and her corn-pan km got np ready to leave, i Or they might hare heard a neise and got up; she fell nn her side which seems te indicate that she'd half turned around. .Maybe aba' saw who It was and .maybe she didn't, but that's what happened. In the Dark Blm could not suppress a squeal of protest. "But the person that was -with her the man I thought well, I thought he was the one!" The two men laughed at her dismay and Walter shook his head. "He knows, though. A lot!" -Well, who was he- Blm per sisted. "Not Ted, because lie went home witk Mary, and aot Bunny, because he went with Laura, and not-Bob, nor th count, nor Mr. Hardy. Who did the baroness meet in the garden?" : . "Check. Bim. Also whose tracks house aad where, did the sheet come from and who spread it over the body? And why did the bar eness wear Mary Frost's ahiwl?" "Maybe," said Bim slowly, "to confuse people. Maybe she want ed someone to think she was iMary Frost." jH "Oh! Supposing someone did think so; who's got a grudge against Mary Frost?" "No one In the world, wall. Mary's the most beloved woman." "You're both forgetting."' Rey nolds put In, "the missing jewels." Fred Burke appeared at this moment to report that the search carried on by another policeman ana himself for the death gun had been fruitless. They had combed the house and the gar den and the woods outside. scrambling up and down the ra vine and even : inspecting the marsh land which flanked the beach at the toot of Eagle's Nest but with no result. Should! they. Fred Burke asked, keen Hd? Taking the man aside, Walter gave certain instructions, and Burke dashed away in some ex citement, though Walter looked glum over the failure to find the gun. As a matter of, fact It nev er was found since it lay at that moment and doubtless forever after in the slime at the bot tom ot the river. ' There, was nothing more to be done at Eagle's Nest for the time being and Walter decided te return to the station house, there to talk things over; with eld Jer Fury before going; home tor a few hours sleep. Bun torged her fathers ; flivver upon him. "Take Mr: Reynolds with yon. Wally, and I'll walk. I can think better walking." "We'll crowd you in between us." ireynolds t offered,, eyeing tne tiny little car -doubtfuUy "Or maybe you'd sit on my lap?" "You haven't any lap." Bim giggled. "Nope. Tm going to walk. You -never can tell what a walk will turn np." ' Her words were prophetic, as It happened. The flivver chaffed out of sight as she left Lowland Drive far Xing Highway, the res idential street through the east-J era end of the town parallel with the river, when she was hailed from a car which -drew invitingly to -the- curb, waiting Jtor her. The car was one of the town's two taxis and belonged to Char lie Perrone who- was driving it and -who seemed . eager fori a bit ot -.gossip as Bim seated herself at hiS -sida 'and they proceeded toward the Tillage. - j "was quite a. time they had np on the Hill last night,- Char lie hegan with : a pleased crin. "What'd they do Irast up' in a row or aontttttaT I A row, Charlie? What do you. mean?" ..Bim wondered If the story of the murder -had perco-' lated Into the village in spte of their attempts to keep it quiet. aw. -nothln." I was -onlv ask- in that was all. I tinda wond- goin' home by herself. Thought maybe she had a run-in with her old man. - j Bim wanted to bombard him with questions but the events of the morning had taught her cau tion; she realised that she would learn nothing by showing Inter est. So she noded her pale head in a wise way and looked as knowing as she could and Per rone was encouraged to add, "She was crjrla'." . "Poor . Mary,!' murmured Elm. Yehj That's what I thinks when I pulls 'Good evenln'. make It! sound np and she says, Charles, tfyin' to regular. But I was watehinf her In the mirror goln' up the: hill and she a as cry in', all righty. 8o I figures prob'ly she'd had another set-to with the bees" 1 "Well you know how Ted is." Bim conceded.: "Did she say he'd gone and ; left her?" "That what he done? Naw; she didn't isay nothln', Just klnda shivered like ahe was cold and cried. And It ain't so warm at that npi there around midnight" ! "Was! It midnight. Charlie?" "Musta been, close to. I start ed right out soon's I get the call but yon know hew it Is folks droppln in to be took home and this and that, I gets up there maybe tn : ten minutes and went t turn In when I seeh her stand in by the gate." Salem's first atoret I- V V The Salem chamber of com merce has from Burt Brown Bar ker, vice president of the Univer sity ot Oregon, the following let; Iter: - . : "1 recently received the Ladd Bush '- Annual of I November, 1130. On page nine at the close of the first paragraph there la statement to the effect that Mr. Thomas Cox, an 1 immigrant . of 1847, built a two story house at the corner of Commercial ana Ferry streets in which he had store. Thomas Cox was my great grandfather and we have always understood that be had the, first store In Salem. .ri believe you will have no trouble In establishing this as a historical fact. I have conferred with Bob Hendricks,, who con firms the Idea, and I believe that if you will refer to the Salem Di rectory of 1871 you will find an article written by J. Henry Brown which establishes the same fact. J. Henry Brown crossed the plains when a boy of nine or ten. as I remember, . and was a grandson of the said " Thomas Cox. He therefore knew the circumstances and remembered the same. In addition thereto, I have a copy of the autobiography of J. Henry Brown. It ls to be found In the Bancroft 1 library and In it he says: I H V ' " 'Afeout the middle of October, 1817, we arrived in Salem, thus finishing our lat journey of over 2000 miles across the American continent. Salem, at that time, was a I missionary town; that ls, had been laid out a short time previously by the missionary board,! and was the seat of Pro testant education, andT contained only three or four houses. My grandfather opened his store, the first ever there, and soon had a thriving business, taking for pay for goods the currency of the Inhabitants wheat at the value of one dollar' per bushel. For groceries he went to Oregon City, the then emporium of Oregon, making most of his purchases of Dr. John . McLoughlin, and when that good old man was told that he had brought his store across the plains, his astonishment knew no honnds. It seemed so incred ible that for a time he was In clined to doubt the statement.' "It seems evident, therefore, that Thomas Cox must have been the first merchant in .Salem.. As a matter -of fact. Chester Cox. one ot the officers of the Ladd & Bush hank, still has the original books of entry of said Thomas ; Cox, Indicating purchases and sales which took place in ' said atore. "I am writing to ask if the chamber of commerce could not interest iiseir ana negro a move ment to -mark the early historical events ot Salem. It would seem to me that this should be done while Joe Baker ls stUl living. wnose memory would be Invalu able in helping to locate and Iden tify the early historical facts. . have talked with him about the store of Thomas -Cox and he re members it, although he was not in saiem when It was built. "I have a feeling that If the Chamber were to undertake the matter of marking the historical spots, probably it conld get the various families to provide the markers. I am sure that our family ; would be very glad to do two things: first, we would be willing; to present the Chamber with a photograph of the said to me, . therefore, that It would be very commendable IV the Chamber would aee its way clear to begin, making these Investiga tions, and if yon wish Xo begin by marking the location ot the first store, I feel sure our family wouia maxe ine start. ' ' i . m m - XTXTA 1. J . the authority of the Chamber, so that It would hare the proper backing. It woyld aeem that the Chamber should I certainly Interest Itself in the matter of locating the first store an dbarlng a pic ture ot the first merchant In Sa lem. The marking of these spots might be made ia matter of con siderable local Interest and pride. "a "a "I am writing to Indicate the willingness of the Cox family to start the undertaking It the Chamber wishes to interest Itself In a movement of this sort." There ls no doubt concerning the location of the first store in Salem or rather In what became Salem, for at that time this was The Institute," meaning the lo cation of the Oregon Institute which by change of-name became Willamette university. The school was before the town. The town was born ot and cradled in the school, as was the state also. And the first courts were held in the school buUdlng. The Cox store stood at what is is now the northeast corner ot Ferry and State streets the Bur-en-' building corner; the one across the street from and north of the Marlon hotel. There Is no doubt concerning the location. and It was the first store here, and It was started by Thomas Cox, together with his son; Will lam Cox. . They brought their stock of goods all tbe I way across the plains In covered wagons drawn by oxen; a fleet, of covered wa gons. They came from Wilming ton, Will county, Illinois, which town Thomas Cox founded. In his address at the seventh annual reunion of the Oregon Pioneer association, at the state fair grounds June 15. 1879, Hon. Ralph C. Geer said: "Uncle Thomas Cox and William, his son, brought a respectable store 1 across the plains and opened out at Salem the first store south of Champoeg." I They had Intended to open the store at Champoeg, but found too . much competition there. ; v. - . . V --" . (There will fee somethlnr to add to this la early future Issues.) "Did she call yon herself?" - - . - W SBt .VMWB.WSfc.a ABJU mmm lubi sua sin JOT t i "ii. thold de- Thomas Cox. Indicating that he gree "Don't: be dnmb. Charlie. You're asking me and I'm ask ing yoni"; i "Yeh? Sure she called me her self who else?"- "It might have been the but ler or-4or Mrs. Hardy.' "Hawr way. she was actin" I guess she wanted to keep it on the qaiet. Say." he bruat ; out eagerly, "they wasn't nothln big goin' - on, was they? No heads punched nothln like that?" "Of course not." Bim . laughed. And -Charlie." ahe added, as he stopped to let her out, "keep It to yourself what you know about Mary will you? There! a reason. . 5 .1 Sura," he nodded. "No one never heard me telUa aothln. Yon -gotta keep youT face shut in the hackia' business. S'long. was the first merchant of Salem: also, I think the family would pay for a marker to be attached to the j building now standing on the corner of Commercial and Ferry,: indicating that It was the eorner where the first store In Salem was located. h : "We; are now far enough away from j these historical events to have an appreciation of what they mean, and at the same time we are near enough to them, to find people who can verify the truth j regarding them. It seems Yesterdays ! , J Of Old Oregon Town Talks frees The States man Owr Fathers Reasl February 8, 1DOA j i The steamer Altona arrived three hours late last evening ow ing to the unusually large load ot freight, consisting of several tons of feed and flour for the Salem Flouring mills. i ; A total clips of the moon will be visible to Salem folk i from 1:50 to 2:20 tonight. With weath er conditions as they have been the past several alghtr. the sight should be a grand one. - Earnings of the portage rail way commission for the past month were - 8298.11. according to the report j given at the com missioners' meeting yesterday. Expease of operation and equip ment was 8C17.10. i . .. J Rer. W. A. Daly, who was nan- tor Of St. Joseph's church here from 1818 to 1908. and since pastor of St. Mary's Alblaa. Is In the - city visiting with Father Moore. I The women of the COO club of this city will! meet at the home of Mrs. Castck On Commercial street this afternoon. , i LAY SERMON Bim waved and started off toward the station house. She had no lllasioBS about Charlie Perrone's -discretion. He knew more than everyone in town nut XuLPZS"?.1?!1 Tal out la the country w.-Aiuswuis cm-jxrom IMasnua. Iowa. This Jirmn rIK ART-THROBS I2f RELIGION ' O cosm U ekarsa ! k wflowsod, O nan ta taa -ekaanh tm (k. 4.-. Ha asot is aa aw aw ' as taa UttU rwn -chores, ia fas wsla. ... . . Hjraw. There was a ilttle -brown church In the lives sens, aad he told most of : what he knew. But In a few hours the Banner i would be on the street, and then Charlie Perrone would anaersrano. 3ast mow big" was that whteh -had tonm on at Eaav le'a itest. last night. His 3 ins would b sealed. i In the meantime Blm had sometning something tne carefully contrived storr of Mary and Ted Frost: lTo-.h-.rnmt-iwd Ralph Egan. Additional guests were Mrs.: Frank Egan, Edson Comstock and daughter, Janet; i w N thi liitntation of their Bow!7nd ifMcr;MTitr P? koW1 the trial of that it .should lL Tk; . U far enough away :frem Portland wokth SS T&kSSS r. lZF" JW ret near r-m andi tfJJ rwn. Fortfcaul mayrewd the eourt- What a ataanias.- mu .JL ' . moath a eloae-w-Tir , T MP?. exonst has again this Newport. ' '" ugnuiouse, which -stand. near , I r? 1 A . ?CeZ V: . r.l ' fe sssaJca U Mmnd j ka ssnrs. Gd mnUt, CkmrUeirrU "h,' f..--:.. i si :.v.:;.; ..,.., r, about it -has heea sung all over the land. Its words awaken ten ner memories. Even those who have aot darkened a church door Tor. years are touched and their taengnu go 3acJc to the church at -their childhood and of their Barents when they hear it sunr. . Kftntlmanf Am i rnnnln. fnn. 4, H,111 tk,Ilic the world. There are people who which woald ahalter i cUaar to a rhnrr-h mnnAoHAn cause they were reared la - the church. Seme continue to be Baptists or Presbyterians or Lu therans though their intellectu al views differ widely from the traditions of the sect, because of sentiment. They hate to break with the church of their fathers. So it la that critics take note ?i ioa maniien inertia among people; The dead weight of sen timent they say, holda them back. So religion may be branded as archaic, a clinging to dessicated ideas and beliefs. They scold be cause of this inertia and feel that It retards the progress of man jand the freedom of his mind., ; ... ':. , . : - Is there ao value to sentiment such as this appeatfag echo of the 'Tittle brown church In the -raleT la it some vestige of men tal infancy that adheres to us? Should .we throv It off like a .last rear's garment and step out naxea in the free- freezes of moaern tnougntT we . do grow vexed' at aaperstttlons aad bund tabus that "hind men's 3 -lnds even today. Yet I thlak that one of the virtues tt religion ls this very inertia which -ft possesses. ? holds fast, sometimes to wrong Ideas, but always to high Ideals. While it marj serve as a retard g weight, it serves also as a Wholesome restraint. "Rock of ages" may not .satisfy the critical mind but it does soothe the weary, restless spirit. It offers lrbor and refuge. In this day of disintegrating jadlcalism, there Is a need even for sentiment which erves as a cement to hold one te some established standards of idealism and of conduct. Waa It Botlw wh wrote: Let, me write the songs of a people and I care not who writes, the laws." g it is with hymns they touch the deep emotions of men and they influence nen's lives profoundly. And this old hymn about the- little brown church In the rale, rsther poor poetry it ls. but It strikes re- jnsive chords In the hearts of men and women everywhere. Memory calls up the picture of a church, brawn or white or red; and faces; and voices; and ex periences. Oar paths may never lead us back to that old church with fts nearby graveyard where familiar names are still chiseled la stone. But Its Influence is a persisting force la our lives. Piles Cared NO OPERATION :r WO TDIE LOST DRV. LEWIS 40S Orrgoii Balldtna RADIO SERVICE " ' ; e an snakee ( sirrs -:- PARTS T-J: rr a . wuiio ucouquaiicis i MJnsf Radio" 1 1 Pbene ltd ITS S. High St. ,