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pagi: rouit Tfcs OrKTCO: J ' CTATHElAIf, '.CsSzr: bret Frifsy 'IZzrr'?-. mrr-r y "Vo Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Awe" ; 7' From First Statesman, March S3, 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Chajoxs A. Situctk, Sheldon F. Sacxitt, PaMtaaera Charles A. SrsAGUX m m mi Editor-Manager Sheldon JF. Sackctt . Managing 52itor Member of tho Associated Press - The Asseciattd Prss Is exrltudvely entitled te the na for publlca Hon of all mwi dispatches credited to U or ot otherwise credited In this paper. - . . . I .' Pacific Coast Advertising Representatives: . Arthur W.i Stypaa, Inc.. Portland. Becttrlty Bids. San. Francisco, Sharon Bids.: Los Angel, W pac. Bldav ' Eastern Advertising Representatives: Ford-Farsosa-Stecher.lise.. New York. 271 Madison Are. I Cliic60. JSO Si. Mict.!Kn jAve. Enured at the Postofflce at Salem, Oregon, a Second-Close Hatter. Published every morning except Monday. Basinets ff ice, SIS S. Commercial Street. i I : SUBSCRIPTION RATES j : i Mail. Subscription Ha tea, In Advance. Within Oregon: PaHy end Sunday, 1 Ma 60 cents; S Mo. tl.JS Mo. ILK? 1 year !.. Else where 6 cent per Ma or 15.00 lor 1 year in advance. , ; - By City Carrier: CO cenra a month : SS.SO-a year in advance. Per Copy S cent. On trains and Kens. Stands S cents.: . HEALTH Teds. ICjc "i n Ey B. C Ccilaaa. II IX Activity at Shipyards THE state of. Oregon gets to supply spruce,' cedar and Oregon pine for new ships now. being built by the Feo eral Shipbuilding company in New Jersey for the Grace line, which is the one whose boats Prof.! Roy Hewitt and Mrs. Hewitt rode ipn from New1 York through the canal and down the west coast of South America. Every state in the union is to supply some materials for the building, of this $17,000,000 worth of jaew ships, being built under the Jones act-- the federal government putting up a lot of the money. I Shipbuilding in America is going forward rather brisk- nof authorized by law. The "Grace Log," which tells of these ships of their jown being built goes on to say: i "During the year' Just past construction for private owners on the eastern seaboard of the continent alone, reached a total of 268,500 gross, tons, provided employment for thousands of shipyard workers iathe localities where the yards are situat : ed. and consumption j for materials drawn from every state In the union. ' .'. ' - -f-' "To analyze the foregoing, the Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.; the Newport News,; Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, the New York Ship building Corporation.' aad the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company built 82,000. 64.600. 56.200, 43.400 and 24.000 . gross tons respectively. . ; 7, ; i . " "This, however, was hot all. Government vessels amounting to 68,000 displacement tons were constructed on both sea boards, 60,000 on the Atlantic and 8.D00 on the Pacific,. the ': former, figure representing scout cruiser, , the latter, coast : i,rr.l " : i - -Sua! VUHCI, UIIU5, . i : "In addition to the order recently placed by the Grace Steamship Company with the , federal Shipbuilding and Dry. Dock Co., 182,200 gross tons for private ownership are al ready under construction In eastern yards. The effect of this activity on the country as a whole, particularly from the angle of providing employment for eklUed workers, has .been and will continue' to i be ;beneflclent Forty .per cent of the total cost of any Teasel la always expended for labor in the yards, . a tact which may b graphically illustrated -by observing that of the 117,000,000 to be expended on the new tonnage tor the Grace Steamship Company, approximately $6,800,000 will be paid to shipyard labor." - - fi if It sounds good to hear of shipyards I being busy and one can think lie ! hears the- triphammers going, reminiscent ti war days. With our own favorableposition fronting the ocean, the northwest ought to be able to furnish more than just lumper for boats to be built in-the east. A little of that federal money on this coast would taste good right now. - i . . . r ' '--1 -; Bachelor of Blah Fr IS surprising that our enterprising - universities and colleges have not established new chairs to take care of the growing demand for after-luncheon speakers.-It is one form of activity which the demand "for seemsto be grow ing. The average business man consumes more coffee and oratory in a week than he used to of traveling men's stor ies. He can rarely get them all in at the mid-day mealtime,! and so has to bear the cross again at the dinner hour, when warms of post-prandial performers are permitted to vie-j timize him. i : : With more luncheon clubs springing up au the time, the colleges may soon be expected , to establish chairs and departments whose graduates with the degree of Bachelor otBlah, can serve all the clubs from Active to Zcnta. They might be regimentedlike a lyceum or a chautauqua ' cir cuit. It is hard to tell how they would be . compensated how ver, for a luncheon club never pays its speakers anything, the honor being held up as sufficient reward. , ''.,: - If man's anatomy, changes, as some say may, happen, his feet shrinking from disuse because of bis never walk ing any more, then it surely would come about that his ears would lengthen to mulish size, so sadly are they over worked in listening over coffee and cigarettes to the bach elors, and the masters of Blah. ; i i r V It remains to be seen. -whether Judge McUahan's "nunc pro ceedings of the December grand Jury which he : has ordered . held over till July. The first thing any attorney would -do in defending rinyone indicted now by this; grand Jury would be to challenge the egallty of this "nunc pro tunc". If this is knocked. out then the county is out of .pocket a pretty penny for the .grand Jury, and the have been safer to discharge the present Jury, impanel a new one and hare it begin where the other left off.; We hope the Judge la right because we'd hate to aee more of the county's, money wasted. ;;.? . . , jf ; . The Columbia Valley association had a meeting the other day at Pendleton, but -when the Lewlston group "reeured an endorse - raent of taking Immediate action toward opening the . river for navigation the resolution . was reconsidered and then quietly t. T v.. ,n w. - A tkl. .f i V. '.1... 1 ,L. . - . . I J - - M the river, the Pendleton East Oreronian la looklaa around to find familiar footprints" which may be- responsible lor the skulldug gery. So far as getting boats on the rive Is concerned the. resolu tion might as well hate raised.- It will take -more than resolutions to restore navigation. We have had barrels -of; these tor twenty - years. s - j . " . w The, eitr councU has naased an ordinance providing for punish ment of persons cutting trees or shrubs. The ten-cent petition racket has reached Bead, the same' peti tion against immigration as was circulated in Salem, with the same dime ante per signature. It is Just a "touch", and the reason the amount isn't higher is because the grafters know, they couldn't get away with It so easy. - .... Smedley Butler has unlimited capacity to open his month and get his foot In It. He no more gets out of the Mussolini Incident than he takes on Al Caponed The latter may be more dangerous Of the tWO, -; .- !'' ---The Dallas Chronlcle.thinks It la hypocritical, to tax malt syrup and yet reject the Upton bill whlch would legalise home brew made from the malt. The Chronicle seems to say: give malt the axe In stead, of the tax. - ".;,..- --i. asm do hi PtAVS LAST ROLE - . XOS ANGELES, Feb.'l. AP) The story of Loula Wol heim has ended. Death came to the great char acter acton of stage and screes on Wednesday. To his last -breath, fate carried out th dra- a that was his Ufa. . He passed away at the apex of kis career, worn by the ravages of cancer of the stomach. At- the bedside toeeled his only survivor, his wi dow. ; . ' . -lie was SO yean old, but for Hollywood, he was too young to die. Ills oortravals tfc "tnnh guy in pictures and stage pro ductions had brought him to the zenith In the world of make be lieve and when death came there laid before him th greatest prom ise or sua career. ,. EXTERTArXilEXT CITEX Jeffersov. 1 a .rM Walter Johnson, reader and .en tertainer ot Kuna, Idaho, will present an renlnr of fnn an a entertainment at xinrnfn st. Grange hall Wednesday evening. arcn a. mm t k o-rrnv - irr. pshnson was here about two years ago, and rave a nrosrram a th same hail. A nominal charge for siuaeais ana cnudren will be made. The. grange orchestra will "Beautiful hair la woman's crowning glory." This statement is as true today as it was when first uttered many years ago. -. Hair la given as, primarily, for, protection. But it olds . in making the race attractive. la any event it Is "our duty to gir it tho proper care. '. . ; . 1 Every person . should have his .-own comb and .brush, land these should be k m n t 6 1 e a n. They should be washed frequently. It will be found that dirt collects in the neglected comb and brush and when allowed to remain. makaa a. suitable- ' sold for ; the growth rot germs. ; ) -r--. Tor !washlnr the comb And brush, soap and warm water can be used. You may use a teaspoon ful of ammonia to a bowl of warm water and use this instead of soap and water. When they hare been cleaned rinse the brusn ana como In fresh, water and place them In the sun' to dry. . ; k Tn selectlne toilet articles you need not purchase the most ex miiiIt Rnt ' be aura that the comb has smooth,; strong teeth and that tne bristles or m orusu are rather widely senarated. I am glad to see mat tne uu comb so popular somo years ago is gradually disappearing from use. Tfcta (ma nf comb. With itS fine. sharp teeth, was more often in jurious than helpful; . Brushing the hair every day for a - few minutes is an important habit. It stimulates the circula tion because of the massaging ot the scalp and i gives the nair a beautiful gloss.! ' . If you have your hair washed away from home, be sure you go to a plaee that is sanitary, and that the person attending you is clean. - - - Rhlmnnnlnr the hair Is for the purpose of getting ail me ain ouu snani. uch as liauid green soap, castUe. or tar soap, are most pop ular, but any gooa toiiei soap can be used. It is Important to care fully rinco the hair nad see that all the soap is - removea. nis should be followed by thorough Certain hair is inclined to" bo dry. To help remedy-this condi tion rub a little on, as. vaseline n. aII-ta ntt. Info th acalD. For hair that la Inclined to be oUy, hamnoolnr once a wees witn rreen aoan is advisable. Thar era manr diseases of the hair and scaln which. I will discuss on another occasion. ! 1 : . . r ' . ..-,.:.: ;.-v-.-. -.v.- r-r'.V - .. . - - :f ;. - : V : f : ; - : .' ( THIS osci )! - ! AYTHlMCr; ; -i Kle r;',i, ' ami rtui tit- m "y otjsi 1r4 i - I "Murder at Eagle's Nest" j'Sl -I'm sorry. BITS for BREAKFAST Yesterdays ! ... Of Old Oregon Town Talks freja The States' man Oar Fathers Bead Under the artistic - eye and in dustrious hand, of William Man nfar. pit nark commissioner. Willaon park la. being transform ed from the neglected waste of the past to a prospective scene of beauty. 1 The Thomaa Kay Woolen Mill baseball club has organised tor tho 19 OS season, with the follow ing officers: WHUam Sheridan, manager; K. P. . Donaldson, cap tain; J. Kaufman, secretary- treasurer; g. Donaldson, per manent chairman; Oscar Donald son, J. Blackburn, Paul Raveau, standing committees. Members are W. Campbell, T. Zwicker, Oscar Donaldson, Emu Donald son, Herbert Bean, J. P. Kauf mann, - O. W. MeMahoa, Charles Donaldson, P. H. Fisher, William Sheridan, George Donaldson, R. P. Farnell and Ray Benson. ; Dr. Boyd Richardson, who has been in the 'Philippines the past few years, has returned to - bis home In the city. . - i The residents ot . South Salem owning, trees or orchards - are' busy spraying, in compliance with the law on the matter. : I CLUB. MEET POSTPONED . WACONDA, Feb. Word has reached here of the death ot Lewis . Hall's father.- For this reason the ..regular meeting of the - Waconda Community club will be postponed as . Mrs. Hall was tho next club hostess. - Time and place for the meeting which would hve : been held Wednes day, February 18, will be. an nounced later, ; - TYPICAL f Y ' - f V Kiss Grace Birge, New York Social Registerite, who was 'se lected by Barbara Gould, famous beauty expert, as having the clear, healthy skin wnkh. Miss GeuU states; Is possessed by the- women f no ether nation. French we nun, he explains, pay more attention to slothes than to their faces. - : Tho body of Baroness tob Wlese la found tn the garden ot Eagle's Nest, Emily Hardy's pal atial country home wrapped In Mary Frost's shawL Preceding her murder, tho Baroness nad given a note, to the butler. This he denies. She had also quarrel ed with her maid. Mary- Frost, returning tor Jier shawl, at mid night, saw it on Laura Allan. Laura, however, claims Mary .en tered the garden .wearing the shawl. "BIm" Martin, young newspaper reporter, fiancee ot Assistant Police Chief Walter Vance, learns Laura was respon sible for the broken engagement: of her own sister and Ted Frost, Mary'e husband. Ted had also flirted with the Baroness. 'Blnf observing tho butler dancing, wondera about him. She learns ' from Carl Carer, New York -re porter, that the Baroness was Margot Belle, famous dancer. The supposed stolen Jewels of tho Baroness are found In the Bar on's care. Vance thinks Ted Frost may have committed tho crime. mistaking the Baroness for bis wife of whom he is Jealous. " MaMM CHAPTER XX VII "You were up. there at ,J:00 o'clock tho morning after the murder?" ; Steve shifted his cap to the other corner of his head and moved a stub of pencil from bo- hind his right ear to a place be hind his left. "Guess it was later than three that trip; guess " it musta been half past or better. Nope musta been , nearly four 'cause it was getting light. I seen lights up at Eagle's Nest but I don't go in there, X leave the milk at the gate-house and tho help takes it in." "See lights anywhere else. baddy?" Reason For Doubt "Let's see. Trent's was dark and I don't deliver to that Baird fella. . Frosts they was . dark. too, but they was Just getting in."' t ' .-- .- ;. BLm stirred and Walter's face went blank. "You saw Mr. Frost coming home at four o'clock, Steve? Sure about that?" ' : ; "Sure I'm sure," . the young man declared with a touch of truculence. "Say, I seen that bim bo . enough times slg-zagging honte at four O. M. to know him, ain't I? Oaly he wasn't stewed that morning any to speak of; leastways he got out of his boat 'stead " of falling out like some times. Remembered to abut off his engine' too. and that's moren't somewhat with him." Bim was wondering If Walter recalled as she did very defin itely Mary's assertion that Ted put his car In tho garage at mid night while she went In and pre pared a lunch for them to eat be fore retiring. Walter's next ques tion indicated that he, too, was thinking of Mary's story: "Frost let the car stand on the drive, did he, Steve?" "Yep, guess so. I laid up there a few minutes for a smoke and they was no sign of him coming back after they .went in." " 'After they went In'? There was someone with Frost?" "Ain't that what I been telling you? Sure; they was him and his wife." . . . . : " "But Steve," Bim interposed, "You're positive it was . Mrs. Frost? Did you see her face?" : "What'd I wants see her face for? It was her all right" "Don't forget all this," Walter told the milkman. "We may ask to hear It again." ' , 'Not me," Young Steve grin ned, swaggering with Import ance. "It's like I'm saying, that gafrg's due tor a bust." He went away lugging his wire basket and his milk bottles, while Walter and Bim looked at each other Bim with dismay and Walter with grhnness. r "I knew she was Tiolding 'out on us," he said. , -Then, seeing Blm's concern, honey." "Oh, It's all right. It's got to bo. Mary's only trying to cover for Ted Urn sure of that efeut what is It she's trying to cover T" The inquest, Walter said, would be brief. Doctor Sankey meant to question somo of those who had been at Em Hardy's dinner par ty: this was not strictly within his, province but the D. A-'s of fice and tho ponce bad agreea to allow the coroner -to go; ahead. He would be back In an houry-or two and It Bim wanted to wait there might -be something new. BIm - did wait, going lover and over the murder mystery during Walter's absence. There were so many unexplained - phases dang ling like loose ends in every di rection. No doubt, waiter and Mr. Reynolds would gather . all of these up at the proper time but to: her they were most con fusing.: : j: . " . Dual Personalities Out of all that mess only one fact seemed to emerge clearly and hold a central position in her mind and this was the , -fact that most of the people she had known all her lite and called her friends were not at all what shw always had thought them. There were, as Walter had said, two of every body; the persons She Isaw and talked with and loved and then the other persons tho real ones behind the masks. : Too bad, all . this disillusion ment. But such, no doubt, 'was life. ; ' !, - , - . It was-, nearly. v fourf.1:' o'clock when Walter f returned i and he shook his head r in response to Blm's eager inquiry. I j "Nothing worth , while came out" he told her. "The stories tallied with what's already been told. The verdict was 'shot .and killed by a person or persons un known.' Doc Sankey had got a stenographic statement ffrom the Baron lie's stUl , in . bed and about all he had to say 'was that he'd . be ruined. ' Seems i to take himself pretty seriously!, . Bim did you make anything ot of the laundry mark on that sheet?" . "A curve and a straight line. It was a letter at tho beginning of the smudge and It might have been a B or a D or a P err an R." . Walter nodded' and removed from an - envelope a " smudged piece of linen which proved to be tho corner cut put from the sheet They studied It together but the letters were- undecipherable; yet the mark, taken- as a whole pos sessed a certain coherence after the manner of a hieroglyphic. - "I'll look out for it", Bim stated. "There must' be other marks like this somewhere . . . What Hid Mary and Ted;say?? Nothing But lie , "Lied, of course,". Walter grin ned wryly. "Mary stuck to. her story and Ted confirmed it Espe cially the part about putting the car away. I'd say. they hate each other, honey." Oh. . "Welt the Doe treated them rough. Asked what they quarrel -ed about that night Mary tried to pass it off would hare gotten away .with It .' too only Frost swelled-up and began to sputter.; Ho hadn't any feeling against telling. He said. 'What do we al ways quarrel about? Her infer nal Jealousy, Is wbatl". "Oh, poor Mary I" 'Yeah, I guess that's what ev eryone thought She looked as if she'd fall over tor a minute. Then your saucy friend Imogene made It worse.". 1 1 . . "Imogens? But she didn't know anything about them " - 'Claims she did. Claims now that she overheard Mary and Ted landing oneeach other when they were going that ' is when Ted was getting out Just before - he rushed, away and left Mary wait ing at r tho church. , Imogene clalma she overheard Mary tell her husband he'd be sorry about something she didn't hear what it wras. . : ', , , "Then, according to Imogene, Ted said, 'Who'll make me sorry -you?' And Mary came back with 'Perhaps.' , Imogene was proud ot herself tor remember ing." ' '.: ' "You really think she remem bered?" ; 'fWell, they did quarrel; Mary admitted that ; The point Is " -"What Wally?" Bim asked with a sinking at her heart "The point is, did Mary set out to maxe Tea. sorry and if so how? And rd like to know what It was Frost meant to do and It he had finished doing it when he and his wife sneaked in at four o'clock In the morning!" (To be continued tomorrow) . Dramatic Club To Repeat Play SALEM HEIGHTS, Feb. It. Mrs. Carles Sawyer, chairman of the Salem Heights dramatic club committee has announced that due to repeated requests for a repetition of the club's play, f'The LIUlo Clodhopper," which i wes presented last ; .December, , re hearsals are now under war and the play will be presented at the community hall on February 27. The Independence. Kas.. base ball club will have slx-f oot-tix pitching recruit this year in the person ot Dan Bronson. ' Rev "Bud',' Robinson Nationally Known Evangelist i 'to speak here ' WHEN7 7-30 P. M. WHERE? Waller Hall, Willamette University Campus - - r '.: :Xr ' : ; v 7:. ',.,' :i -: . y - ; , 7 ; -. v - 7 -;, ; .7:.. 1 7 -; ; Hev, Robinson Is one of the unique speakers of Amer ica. Native Irish Humor, Home-spun Philosophy of .y;. life,. Practical Religion. He will tell his life story tonight V"'-'7:;:'i:!'' ; r ' ; - ? . .--,rT..--' Sponsored by. the Church of tho Nazarene of Salem. ; First oercitst.f Tjorralllst : . W - I friend, noticing tho series In this column concerning Salem's first store, nas handed to the writer a dipping from tho Cor rallls Gasitte-Times of last Fri day, which, this friend said, Shows that Corvallls had a store in lttt. The clipping does say or intimate that Bat It is 10 to 11 years from tho truth. Follow ing ts the clipping: W H "A merchant's record dating back to 18S9 was deposited Thursday In the college museum by Gordon B. Harris, former stu dent tn tho Oregon State college, and now a merchant in Corvalls. The record' belonged to his grandfather, J. C. Avery who founded - the town otTCorvalUs and conducted, the first) store hero.: 1 The large book is filled with personal accounts dating back to 1839. The accounts were -all paid indicating the careful system and practice of the pio neers. On the records are . the names of many who later con tributed to beginnings of Corval lls college which is the -present Oregon State college. Among the names are Zebulon Avery, Joseph Alexander, William Dixon, Rob ert Foster, Solomon Geer, James Hoigate, Monroe Hodges, Gordon Moses, Joslah . Lakln, E. C. Mer rit, : Jolmson Mulkey, ' Joseph Newton. J. Owenby, Buchanan Parks, Virgil Pike, John Spen cer, A. M. Smith, John Stewart Silets Agency, David Woodward, George Wrenn, Daniel Winter. Older Corvallisltes wlll-.be.lnter- esteTln identifying the following names of those who purchased town lots from Mr. Avery, the proprietors: Nat H. Lane, Alfred Rlnehart, Trustees : -Baptist church, John B. Congle, Andrew Purdy, Benton county, Silas Bel knap, Lacarua Vanblbber, C. IL Friendly, L H. Friendly. Charles Knowles, George Roberts, B. W. wuson, G.,P. Wrenn, A. R. Mc ConnelL Charles Gaylord, John Wrenn,' James H. Slater, David Irvine, H. C. Lewis, T. B. Oden eal, M. Stock, Erastus Hoigate, Joseph Chamberlain, George E. Cole, N. P. Brlggs, Elbert E. Tay lor, city of Corvallls, John Grlms ley, B. B. Biddle, Peter Withers, William Groves, R. 8. Strahan, R. A. Mc Far land, N. R. Barber, George W. Johnson, ' William Thornton, John Burnett Peter Blake, IL P. Harris, J. O. Hoff man, John Foster and William M. Pitman." Those patronymics of pioneer Corvallls people are names to conjare with. Nat H. Lane was a member of the famous General J.v. Lane family.' He guarded the bridge to the island af the Ore gon City falls where the Cayuse murderers of the Whitmans were confined during their trial; In the capacity of lieutenant of the "Rifles." B. W. Wilson was long a leading Benton county lawyer and citizen, Jamea. H. Slater be came United States senator., T. B. Odeneal was .superintendent of Indian-affairs, had much to do with the Modoc war, and was ed itor of the Portland Daily Bulle tin In the period from '70 to '75. along with James O'Meara. R. S. Strahan. became chief Justice ot tho Oregon supreme court V' But Mr. Avery was far away from .MarysvWe (CorvaUis) in lSJS. There was no Marysvuie, much less, through, change of name, CorvaUis thoa. Joseph C Avery was born la Luzerne coun ty, Penn., Juno t. 1817, and was educated at WHkesbarre, the county seat. He moved to Illi nois in 18tf. where ho married Martha Marsh in 1841. With the covered , wagon immigration . of 1845, tour years afterward, he camo to Oregon. He spent that winter at Oregon City, and in 1846 took up his donation claim at tho mouth of Mary's river. JHy It J. tlUNDIUCXS where,, in 1850, he laid out the town, calling It Marysville, but asked' the territorial legislature of 1858-4, which met in "base-, ment rooms of the Oregon Insti tute, Salem, to change it to Cor vallis, which was done. .7 " - Mr. Avery presumably raised some crops the first year on his land claim. The father of Ed and George Croisan of 1 Salem, with his bride, whom he had married the year before on the plains, ar rived at the Avery place in 1847, and traded a watch and gun for some provisions, including flour. Ho called himself Henry Croes int then. His father waa a Ger man watchmaker in the east, and before he died divided his stock with' his heirs.- One of these in herited watches was part of tho price of the previsions.' The Crol-sans-were with the ill-fated Im migration that came over the "Applegate cut off" from Fort Hall in 1846. Many died, and most ot them lost all their pos sessions, to the Indians and the rigors of - tho Journey and the winter weather that overtook them before they came to the Cow creek canyon in southern Oregon. The Croisans spent the winter with Rev. J. A. Cornwall and family, near where is now Oakland, Oregon, and where a monument to that pioneer has been built. Rer. Cornwall per-l formed the -marriage ceremony ! for the Croisans at the first ford ing of the Platte. 1 V A . Avery had no store on his land in 1847. He may have had by 184f, by which time he was be coming well enough known to at tract the favorable attention of his neighbors, - , V r:-How do wo know he was be coming so well and favorably known? -Well, they elected him to the last provisional legislature which convened at Oregon City, February 5, 1849, and adjourned on February 18; two weeks be fore the provisional government' was proclaimed. Rut Mr. Avery did not want to attend. He was more than drafted. The sergeant-at-arms had to be sent to bring him, after the body had been or ganized without him. - s s (But the rest of this story will have to go over until tomorrow.) LEGGE PLEADS FOil LFnisir.Tin 3 WASHINGTON, Feb, 19. (AP) Legislation to aid the American farmer against the im portation of cheap commodities from abroad was urged here by Chairman Legge of the . farm board. - v' .;';... ' Appearing before the house ways and means committee in behalf of the Burtness bill for a. 12 .months embargo on wheat feed, grains and other products. Legge said ho thought the legis lation would bo helpful to the producer and to the farm board. "Anything showing Interest in tho- agricultural producer would be helpful," the coalman said. "He , needs a little - encourage ment about as much as he needs money right now." Legge said it is "immaterial to us whether the relief is by em bargo, a tariff increase, or change In the tariff commission's procedure"; - - "The flexible provision Is In operative on agricultural prod usts," he added, ;'the farmers don't keep costs and as the time the relief Is needed, as Is tho present depression, costs don't cut muck figure anyhow." ' . . 7', . ..'. .. ' '.,'.. ' .. -. v , . " - .1' - 1 . . . i 1 . Banking: Connection Helps Win Success The- United States National 'has been serving the Salem territory for mora than a quarter of a cen tury. During that time it has been our privilege to afford constructive cooperation to individual deposit ors, business concerns and manu facturers, and to assist them ma terially in winning success In their various enterprises. 'Wo cordially Invite you t cped your checking or savings account hero so that you, too, may benefit by the facilities mads avail&t! through such a connection. 40nltcfi Statoo tlational Bank Calcra.Orerjca ' 11 ;'! i iurnisa misie between, acta. J '