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PACE FOUR The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem, Oregon, Sunday Homing. April 12. 1931 Xo Favor Sivays Vs; No Fear Shall Awe" 1 From First Statesman. March 23. 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Charles A. Snuevr. Sheldom F. Sackctt, PubluXtn - Kdi.tor-Mnagrr m m Managing tuawtr Chaeixs A. Sf&agve Shixdom F. Sackett Mmh nt tha ' Amoclatedl Press i ' The Associated Press ta exclusively entitled to the aso tVL'lC2 tion of Yilewe dispatches credited to It or a otherwise credited la ' Paper. - LmmmmmmammmmmmM Pacific Coast Advertising Representatives: Arthur W. Strpea, tno.. Portland. iTjty mig. - . . , San Francisco. Sharon Bids.; Los AnarJeo. W.Pac. Bid. - Eastern Advertising Representotiress ForJ-Panwnt-StecherJnc, New York, ttl Madison Ave,: Chicago, 360 N. Michigan Are. Entertd at the For toff ice at Salem, Oregem, Seoond-CUu Matter. Published every morning except Monday. Bunneee oiinPPtPTIfW BATES: Mall Subscription Rates, fn Advance. Wlthki ": .f"3' -JJ Sunday. 1 Mo. S cents: J M., 11.25 Mo. "Jr where S9 cents per Mo. or l.0 tor 1 year In savneice. By City Carrier: S cent, a month: $5.50 a year In advance. Pr Copy cent. On trains aud News Stand i eeota, j FEAR CAST ADRIFT oh r The Poetry of Moody i -xt xtr;ii;o- v.un Mrtriflv. America has had a poet, whom U iMUum . , - ., rrf forcettincr. i Intis writes Robert Morse Lovett in the March Atlantic monthly. Alas, it is true. Few even among: educated people of today ap- - predate the worth of Moody's wriUng. His work stands .. preeminent in the poetry produced by Americans - of this ! century, but it is now chiefly a closed book. ; lovett does well to direct attention anew to Moody, whose early death robbed the world of one who might have scaled even greater heights in his chosen field. ; , I' , . . cf Moody was not merely a singer, one. whose heart burst forth in exuberance of melody. He was not some Robert rs, Mtfc cnm noetic weH-sDrinjr within him. To a delin- ite dedication to the art and the craft of poetry Moody added preparation and study and careful training. He was essen tially the artisCEut still form remained for him merely the vehicle for the play of his thought and feeling. He was sensitive, his eyes and mind responsive tojshades of color and meaning. He was musician and painter as well as poet, indicating the spread of his artistic perceptions. f i . - Our own appreciation of Moody's work dates from the reading of his collected poems published in two volumes in 1912. Here are some of his lines which we copied then in our note-book. This from "An oce in time 01 nesiutuuu . "Now limb doth ningit wun aissoivea ixwv, In Nature's busy old democracy. i To flu?h the iotain laurel when she blows Sweet by the southern sea. - ' a-j v.rx.-f -ith -nmTkii hrt rilmhs la the rose vv ;-ri- ttiqv w fin n nur modern txetrv any thing to equal it for felicity of figures or rich beauty of thought? "i ' I ; M V , One wishes he might quote all of "A grey day , but-let this suffice: , 1 f "Grey, drizzling mists the moorlands drape, Rain whitens the dead sea, : ' From headland dim to sullen cap j : Grey sails creeo wearily". i l Anyone who has sat within hi3 seaside cabin on a rainy day and watched the boats "four-legged, with rowers twain" pull in. and out of tiny bays will appreciate the accuracy of his description. Other worth-while poems of Moody's are "Gloucester moors", "Song-flower and poppy"; "Road hymn for the Rtart" In two creat noetic dramas. "The fire brinsrer" and The masque of judgment" Moody essayed vaster themes, dealing with some of the high problems of man and God and the universe. , None we think of the poets now living! has attained the heights of William Vaughn Moody. Robinson, easily the most distinguished of them all, is too abstruse, less lyrical. Vachel Lindsay writes in violent mood, a sort of syncopated cacaphony, the poetry of the kettldrums, rythm and sound chiefly. Amy Lowell is dead, but she left a worthy collection.. Robert Frost, New England landscapist and balladist, has rather limited appeal. Carl Sandburg is a poet only by liberal interpretation. j Read, or re-read William Vaughn Moody. Alas, you will not find his poems in our city library All the better, buy them for yourself, and you will find them a prized posses sion. Quoting Lovett again: "Historically, Moody has an im portant place in American literature and we may believe . that, like Milton, he 'has left something so written to after times as they should not willingly let it die.' ? - , Loans in Drouth Belt SENATOR STEIWER scolds the department !of agriculture for being slow with its loans to Oregon farmers. We do not know how speedy the service is, but in the drouth belt of central Washington we found last week that the govern ment was ladling out the dough very generously. The gov ernment gives farmers the cash, a dollar an acre for seeding - this year's crop and a dollar and a half for summer fallow ing for next year's crop. The farm board has grain in the warehouses all through the drouth belt, but, instead of giv ing an order .for this wheat the agriculture department hands out the cash. Ijilef feet it transfers the loans from the bank to the government, and is a substantial relief to some banks which were unduly extended. j Some people are getting the money who don't deserve it. The money can be used for seed, hired labor, gas, oil, horse feed, but not for groceries for the farmer and his family. The government takes a chattel mortgage on the whole crop, and the landlord must "make his share junior to the government's claim. j The loan gives immediate relief to an area that was badly hit by last summer's drouth. It is marginal land, which has had to have similar relief in previous v years. Thus we see the government sustaining marginal lands in wheat production while another arm of the government pleads and cajoles and almost compels reduction of acreage. Larry Gould. folof 1st with the Admiral Byrd expedition, lec tured at Corrallis the. other night. It was quite a treat to hear him. His pictures showed more ot .the 150 mile sled trip ot the scientific party into the mountains of the Antarctic continent than ui iuv a,u iv tuo ivi w uitu u;m uhub. ne cutei lAing WHICH iu pany aiscorerea was mat me lops or tne mountains, some 15. 000 tt. In height, were of sedimentary rock, some of them with strata ot cold. The lesson was that once antarctic was warm and free ot Ice. Scarred rocks also rerealed the fact that glaciers had once spread oxer the continent. What - t - . . v.v llViiU nas cu up in us aayi - - . . . j . - B7 C. C DAUER. M. D., . Marfon County Health Dept. Ia the minda of many parents the derelopment of fears : Is considered a part of the life of their eh I 1 dren: - fears hare been natural or In- t r it e tl re. Some psychol ogists hare rone so far as to state that all Zearg are lets I red. while others hare consid ered possibly one : tear - A3 lnstlncthre. - rear Induced by remoral of ut. c c iar support is one f eaT that may be lnstlnetire, Many babies show this ! when nlaced on a scales to be weighed; the sadden dropping of the pan In which they are lying causes them to cry out. In other ways sudden remoral of support or dropping the baby causes them to cry out eren though there is no pain Inflicted.' Fear of the dark I acquired. Most children are taught to be afraid of -the dark by constantly being reminded of the fact that there Is "nothing to be afraid of". Such negatiro suggestions make the child suspicious. All babies should learn to sleep in a dark room, and abore all nerer make mention of a dark room ai anything but a proper place to sleep and as a natural enxiron ment for sleep. r - - r Fear of strangers Is often met with. It Is often brought about through carelessness. : Babies or older children often do not care for caressing or. fondling by strangers and object when strangers abruptly pick them up. They prefer as a rule to become acquainted with strangers from a distance. Likewise loud or harsh talking scares the child and produces fear of strangers. Children "had : especially babies hare sensitive nervous j systems and consequently harsh sounds easily upset them. It Is also a fact that' children of large fam ilies are less apt to be afraid of strangers because -they hare more opportunities for social In tercourse. ; j. Fear of anlm'Js i acquired. Often we see children fearlessly approach animals. Unless they hare had the unhappy; experi ence ot haying been bitten, scratched, orperh aps kicked by an animal they hare no fear. Eren when they show fear they can be helped to overcome It by explanation and also by contact with gentle animals. There are other fears too numerous to mention and all can be prevented or overcome by a little thought and tact ' on the part of parents. '- Yesterdays . j Of Old Oregon Town, Talks truss The Btates nan Oar Fathers Bead BITS for BREAKFAST -By TL J. HENDRICKS; "A Knight Comes Flying" ' S April 13. 10O8 Local trap shooters have organ ized, with officers as follows: Dr. John C. Griffith, presient: C. D, Tillson, yice president; and Paul Hauaer, secretary-treasurer. The club has a shooting box on the plot of ground belonging to A. N, Gilbert, west ot the. fairgrounds grand stand. The T. M. C. A. Boys' club elected officers as follows: Paul Hendricks, president; Pearl Mc Brlde, vice president; and Ellis Jones, secretary. , A large water funnel was noted on the Willamette yesterday, with the spout apparently 75 feet high and cone shaped. It was about 14 feet in diameter at the highest point, say many who saw It. It was first seen a few blocks up stream from the Spaulding sawmill. Archie Moon of Stayton was a business visitor in the city yesterday. Doc Steiner writes from New York that ho Is leaving for home, says the merchants there are beefing about business, and a good juauy Biuret uu ia are vacant. iney are loosing for an upturn. Business ought to bo extra good for anyone willing to IIto In New The Statesman notes with regret the announcement that Supt. O. H. Lipps Is to be transferred from Chemawa. ! Mr. Llpps has proven a most efficient superintendent. His place will be difficult to fill. Experienced, sympathetle and rigorous. Mr. Lipps has done uuiu iw baemiwi ana lorine teaensrs ana stuaents there. must put Looking' at the shift la the reterans bonus commission : put a minus sign in front of "net change". I one Recovered From . Auto Accident TURNER. April . 11 Hanre Ransom of Lyons is a house ,jest at the home or his father. nr. J. W. Ransom. Mr. Ransom has not fully recovered from his automobile accident ot the early winter when his auto was struck at a railroad crossing: by a pas sing train. . ' ; T Mrs. Rachel Earl, who spent a week with her Turner friends, west to Salem Thursday for a ohort sUy before returning to her home at AnUnM .v.- Portland'. 7 I .1. STATEKEHT OT OWHZXSKXP StaUaMBt at tba awnarikip, manara meat, circulation, etc.. required by the aet of congress at August 24, 1912, ef Ta Orriroa 8uteamaa, daily at Satan. Oregoa for April 1. 1931. State t Oregon. Couty of Marion. Before ate, a notary-paalie la and for the. State and eeaaty aforeaaid, peraanaliy appeared the saaaafer ef The Oregon feteiesmsa, sad that the following is, to the beat ef his knowledge and belief, a trae atateatent of the ownership, aean arement and eirealatiea, eteM of the aforesaid publication for the date (bows ia the abore caption, required by the Aet of Aagnst 2 A, 1013. embodied in section 411, Postal Laws and Herniations, print ed on the reverse of this form, to wit: 1. That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, ntanairing editor, and basiaeaa asanaera are: Editor. C. A. Spragna, Salem, Ore. Managing Editor, Sheldon F. Sachet. Salem. Ore. 3. That the owner Is: (If owned by a corporation, its name and address mast be stated and also immediately thereunder the names and addresses ot stockholders wning or holding one per eent or more ot total amonat ot stock. If not owned by a corporation, the aames sad addresses ot the iadividaal owners mast bo giTea. M owned by a firm, company, or other nnlneorporated goneem. ita name and ad dress, as well as those ot each individual member, mnat be given.) Statesman Pub. f- Salem, Ore. C, A. Bprurae. Salem. Oregon. Sheldon F. 8ackett, Salem Ore gon. Individually and aa purchasers un der contract from K. J. Hendricks and Carle Abrams. Salem. Oregon. . That the known bondholders, mort gagees, and other security holders own ing or holding 1 per eent or more of to tal amount of bonds, ' mortgages, or other securities aret (If there are none, so state.) Peetfie Building and Loan Asso ciation, Taeoma. Wash. 4. That the two paragraphs next above, giving the names of the owners, stock holders, securities holders, if sny, con tain not only the list ot stockholders and security holders as they appear upon the booka ef the company but also, in eases where the stockholder or security holder appears apoa the books of the company as trot tee or in say other fiduciary rela tion, the name of the person or corpora tion for whom such trustee la acting, ia given; also that tho said two paragraphs contain statements embracing affiant's fall knowledge sad belief as to tho eir snmitaaeea. aad conditions under which , stockholders and security holders who do ms appear upon tne aoesa of tho CHAPTER XXm v Hannah's screams continued. while from the darkness ot ths floor came the sound ofs scram bling bodies. Joan's strong little hands pushed Dare away from her. I Gerry, Gerry! Shame!" That was Talbot's irrepressible roice. His laughter rocked the entire house. i Joan slipped out of Dare's hands and merged Into the back drop of blackness as though she had nerer been there. Miss Joan, moaned Han nah's voice. "Git this man away J from me!" j Talbot bent orer, fumbled around and hauled Gerry to his feet. "That was Hannah, yon fool, not Mueller," he laughed The outline of Gerry's figure slipped away In' the darkness. "Talbot, is that you?" It was Sally's roice, thin-edged with terror. Talbot mored quickly to ward her. At Swords Points "What are you girls doing here?" demanded Dare, trying to keen his roice rrom shaking. The fragrance of jasmine had had disappeared. There was only the reek of gunpowder, the dank smell ot a dying house and an overpowering scent of cheap perfume Hannah's. The negress was still whimpering as she got hearily to her feet. "We were Just bored, Darey, dear," came Barbara's - silky roice. "Miss Marbury simply couldn't exist another minute without seeing you. "It was you who suggested coming," said Sally, indignantly. "Purely out of sympathy for your charming cousin," retorted Barbara. "Tour ,-ipathy. Miss Hol worthy," said Joan out of the blackness, "is quite apparent as your good breeding.". "Ladles, ladies,' protested Talbot, cheerfully, "no slapping In clinches!" "Miss Joan, please." begged Hannah, unhappily, "let's ns-all go 'way from here. I doan' like dis place, Lawd no!" How did you all get here?" asked Dare, trying to ease the tension. "Did you walk?" "No," replied Barbara. - We came in Miss Marbury 's quaint little car." - My eye!" muttered Talbot , "What a place for a convention! If you ladies would care to sit , down and wait. Ill totter orer to the other house and bring back a bottle of choice liquor. Then we could all rally around and tell 1 i I alt i ' r r t Z I TiUa. 'V. r f I 1 M . . Reaching out, he captured her warm etender hand. ftngerg lay passive In his grip. Uer ghost stories." Too Willing "IH go," announced Gerry's subdued roice from the dark ness. "You stay here!" commanded Dare. "You're caused enough trouble for one night." "Effen I'd of had my carrin knue, said Hannah, waspishly, "I'd of cut dot trlflin' man's neck t'om ear to ear!" "From where I stand. It seems like a good idea," offered Tal bot, unkindly. "Could you do anything with a gold penknife? "Talbot," said Dare, "didn't tell you to ask the girls to stay at home? -Come orer here where T .en mat mw wa s n ' i u u e iy i w v uuo vu Talbot s footsteps could be heard moving away. "Ob, Davey, you are so. mas terful!" Barbara's roice was brittle. "And now. If. we're played follow-the-leader long enough, let s go home. All this seems a bit childish to me." "Listen, folks." called Talbot. who had retreated Into the other room, "we'd better follow Babg' advice. X just peeked out of the side window. The Rollo Boys are heading this way and. if I'm any judge, they're In a rare bad hu mor." Dare pushed past Hannah's Portly form and grasped the un steady Gerry by the arm. "Listen. Gerry," he said firm ly, "tight or sober, you're usual ly pretty good In a ' Jam. I Now CHARGED WITH TROOPER'S DEATH O- : . . ... - : O 1 pas? ae-truateee. hoU stock and securities in a sapaeity other than that of a bona fid owner: aad thia atfiaat has no ree- aellevo that any other person, as sociation or corporation has aay Interest direct or indirect ia tho ssid stock, bonds, or other securities tku ..t k. hi. : S. That ths averaeo naku mi of each issue of this pnblicstion sold or distributed, through tho- moils or other wise, to paid auhserihora mmrmm k months preeedia tho date shewn above s 7 lstly, S854 Bundsy. m Bpcarse. - Sworn to and anfcr(SJ K. ... ,1.1. 10 day of April. 18S1. On Hixou. lUr eommiisiea ospixos S-14-1SSI.) . lb William Schemnltser (right), pictured on his arrfral In Albany. N- Tm handcuffed to a Stats trosper. M Uaeensea of slaying Trooper Ser geant John E. Frey, and has been brought back from McAJ ester, Okla, wbers he was arrested. - t , please don't let me down this time. You and Talbot take the girls back to the cars and see that they get to Joan's safely. From then on it's np to you. Understand?" "Sure, I understand,' agreed Gerry, owlishly. "Then I'm com ing back to smack Mueller." "Oh, do anything you please after the girls are safe," snapped Dare, Impatiently. "What are you going to do. Dare?" asked Joan, anxiously. 'I'll ride back with you as far as the groves." replied Dare, confidently. "But first, I'll wait here to corer your retreat. If Mueller's men hear yon going to the cars I'll make a whale of a noise and then duck. So beat It, ererybody. I'll Join you In a few minutes." Something, cold and hard was pressed against his hand. His fingers closed around the corru gated butt of Joan's automatic. He wished he could see her face In the dark. Reaching out with his other hand he eaptured her warm, slender hand. Her fingers lay passive In his grip. A strong sense of unreality swept orer him. His pulses were pounding from this momentary contact with a girl who was al most a stranger. whUe some where close by in the all-obliterating blackness was Barbara. whom he had known all his life and whom he had nerer, until a few days-ago, doubted that he would . marry. " The habits of years are not easy to break:. He felt almost guilty, standing there with Joan's unresisting - hand In his, while Barbara was but a dozen feet away. Somehow he was; glad that It v was dark and that he could not see Barbara's eyes upon him. Somewhere there, too. was Sally, who. but an hour or tw ago. had been almost In his arms. Out there on the porch of the old plantation house she had seemed. lor a few soui-stlrnng moments, more beautiful, lnfln Itly more desirable, than any girl he had erer known. . It had been that wralth-Uke vision of Joan that had sared him from sweeping her cousin Into his- arms. ' - And now, Joan. who was bravely doing the best she knew how. was passing her automatic to him. allowing her hand to rest In his. It seemed absurd that her small., slender hand should erer hare closed around a fistful ot - ugly blued steel. Such a weapon was for men to use la time ot war. And this was America, not France. A few . dozen miles away there were officers of the law, whose duty ft -was to save women-from the necessity of carrying and. us ing such weapons. But a few dozen yards away there were lawless, violent ' men. whoa roices he could area now hear echoing through the empty rooms. .-. . . (To Be Continued Tomorrow) Mora visitors: V v m (Continuing: from yesterday: "They also received a rislt from Dr. McLaughlin and his wire Tho style in which they trareled was rather norel. bringing wits them beds, bedding, tea. coffee, sugar, bread, cakes, cheese; and not even the wlno was left be hind. They were attended by a numerous suite, nerer forgetting the cpok. The doctor's urbanity of manners. Intelligence and ex cellerice of. character, rendered bis rlslts very agreeable. r v . i.'Mrsj E. O. Hall and lady . . also, arrived, bringing with them a small .. printing press (now! an exhibit In the. collection of the Oregon Historical society at Portland), a present from' tbe Sandwich Islanders to the upper mission (was taken to Lapwal) and a man and woman who were . I very pious, nd cheerful in ren derlng any service which they could do most usefully. "Their principal object In rls- iting the Columbia river was to seek the benefit of Mrs. Hall's health, which was very delicate She had not tor' years been able to walk any distance. Mrs, White s Impressions were rery curious as she witnessed Mrs. Hall's lingular entry Into her house. Two sandwich islanders entered the 1 ' house without speaking or ; knocking; hearing the sick lady ia a mat Utter, and deposited their burden uncere moniously , in . the middle of , the floor, from which she arose! as unconcerned as though stepping from the little carriage la which ladies of the Islands are usually drawn by a single attendant. Af ter 'some weeks had expired, as Mrs. Hall's health was much im prored. and her husband had in structed the missionaris In the art of printing, they started for home, their departure - much re gretted by their entertainers. o t U "Perhaps my readers would be pleased to hear something more particular of tbe parties sent out by the Hudson's Bay. com pany, as they hare so often been mentioned. One ot these parties passed through the settlement about the time ot Mr. Hall's visit, and the manner of their procedures will Illustrate the general custom. -t-.. - m I . . . "They start In the spring for California, carrying with them merchandise and English goods. for barter with the natires, and return, laden with furs, princi pally of the bearer and otter. This company, just before enter ing the settlement, which was early In the morning, stopped to remove from their persons stains and traces of travel, and dress themselves carefully In i their best attire. -m "W "They then formed themselves in Indian file, led by Mr. La Fromboy (Michel LaFromholse), the chief ( of the party. .Next hlut rode his wife, a natire woman, astride as is common, with the females upon her pony, quite picturesquely clad. She wore a man's hat, with long black feathers fastened in front, and drooping behind rery gracefully. Her short dress was ot rich broadcloth.- legglns beautifully embroidered with gay beads, and fringed with tiny bells, whose delicate, musical tinkling could be heard at sereral hundreds yards distance. m "Next, the clerk and his wife, much In the same manner; and so on to the officers of less Im portance, and the men; and fin ally the boys (no doubt Indians), driving the pack horses, with bales of furs, 180 pounds to each animal. The tramping of the fast walking horses, the silvery tink ling of the small bells, rich, handsome dresses, and fine ap pearance of the riders, whose number amounted to 60 or 70 the array was really patriarchal, and had quite an Imposing ap pearance. s "It Is customary for the mem bers of the party to take unto themselves Indian wires. It is their policy, considered by them necessary to conciliate the good 4 W will of the tribes. The officers set the example, and have ever encouraged the men to follow it, each taking to be his wife the daughter of a chief, whose grade corresponds with his own. e) V "For Instance, Governor Mc Loughlin and Mr. James Doug las (later Sir James), holding the highest offices In the com pany, selected the daughters, of the first chiefs of the most Im portant tribes In he country. Tbe gentlemen are at great patns to educate their wives and - chil dren, and they often become re fined, pleasing,, and engaging In their manners." (The statement as to the Wires of McLoughlin and Douglas will bear correction, at some future time.) ' Is V . Era Emery Dye, In "McLough lin and Old Oregon",' wrote a chapter about these trading ex-, curslons to the south. The Hud son's Bay company people called them their Spanish brigades. Perhaps the reader would like to hare some excerpts from this chapter, as follows: "Therei was always bustle when a brigade set out. At day light 200 horses were pawing at Scappoose Point Just across the western end ot Wapato. Tom Mc Kay had a ranch there, rich In sleek horses and cattle, and oceans of grass. A string of boats came down from the fort (Vancouver) with a Jolly picnic party to giro the trappers a send-off. The cottonWoodg were yellow on Wapato. sprinkling with gold the old council -ground of the Multnomahs. October rus set dotted tbe Scappoose hills. The Cascade mountains lay In banks of crimson against the sunrise. The ladies from the fort leaped to their saddles tinkling with tiny bells. The gentlemen rode at , their sides, gay as Charles' cavaliers, with lore locks round their faces. As usual. Dr. McLoughlin took tho lead on his Bucephalus. Madame rode La Bleu, a dappled white and sky blue, that In her day had galloped 72 miles In eight hours, to carry the tobac co, the sine qua non of an In dian trade. David (McLough lin) mounted Le Grts de Galeaux like a Cossack. Rae (William Glen Rae) and Elolse ( Mc Loughlin followed on Guenlllon and the snowy Blond, all favor ite horses at Fort Vancourer. . , After the gentry came La Fram boise at the head of his long ar ray of French trappers In scar let belts and Canadian caps, with their picturesque Indian families, the plumes of men and women dancing and waring In the wind, brilliant as a hawking party. In the days of. medlaeral song.' I (Continued Tuesday.) i i i Mrs. Blackery Back; Resigns I California Job SILVERTON, April 11. Mr.' and Mrs. Pearl Blackery were callers" at Sllrerton this week. Friends were surprised to learn that Mrs. Blackerby, who has been superintendent of the Woodcraft Home . at Riverside. Calif., for almost a year, has re signed and returned to Oregon to make her home. Her husbsnd, who assisted Mrs. Blackerby, has returned with her. Mrs. Blackerby has again tak en up organization work for Woodcraft and Mr. Blackerby will be employed at the head quarters building at Portland. They are now living at Portland. Blackerbys are old-time 811- rertonlsns but left here a few years ago to make their home at Salem. From Salem they went to Riverside. H.1XSEX SERIOUSLY ILL MONITOR. April 11. Mrs. A. G. Kyek and Henry Hansen drove to Eugene Friday to visit their parents, Mr. and Mrs, P. J. Hansen, who for the past year hare been living in the Sunset Home at Eugene. Mr. Hansen is reported to be seriously 111. LAY SERMON WORK, AND THE OUT-OF' DMRS "Com forth, you workers! Let tha fires go cold Let the Iron spill out. out of the troughs Let ths Iron run wild -Like a red bramble on -tha floors Leave the mill and the foundry and the mine And the ahrapnel lying on the wharves Leave tbe desk and the shuttle and the loom Come, With your ashen liven. Tour lives like dust in your Hands." "Reveille" by Lola Ridge. . Workers must hare holiday. Pippa, the little girl who worked In the silk mills, crowded to the brim her new year's holiday. The toll and the strain ot continuous labor demand occasional release; and the holidays are the gay in terludes of pleasure to 'relieve the dullness of monotonous routine. Factory labor Is by no means as exacting as once It was. In the early days of the industrial revolution labor lasted twelre hours or more a day, perhaps for seren days a week. It has only been since the war that tho steel industry ended Its seren-day week and Its twelre-hour shift. The progress has been alow, r vtrr slow. Excessive labor of women and children, hazards of operat ing machines, constant nervous tension, the stepping up of pro duction these, hare long been parcel of our machine system. It took scientific discoveries of the economic loss from fatigue, from disease, from orerwork; and the economic ralue ot reasonable leisure-for the -masses and compen satory wages, to rid industry of many of its erlls. Now labor works under rery decent condi tions as compared with former years: sanitary conditions; close attention to health, to - physical strain; reasonable working hours; frequent holidays. No longer Is there but oco day a year to be sucked slowly like Plppa's holi day. Many are tbe days which giro the worker a chance at the good things of, life. We wonder sometimes at the great attention which sport re ceives In these dhys. Fishing, motoring, golf, hunting, baseball, tennis, boating; they are tbe mod ern substitutes for tho outdoor life of our ancestors. In the earlier days of this country's de relopment. when life was essen tlslly rural and spent on the fron tier, a great deal ot time was spent In the woods and along the streams. In part It was for get ting food supply; In part It was a natural turnina- to the, wnniii tnr diversion and occupation. Our time is ordered for us now. Wo punch a clock or keep a schedule. Wo pitch our habits on a high key and more to a quick tempo. The hours ot leisure then demand a let-down. So wo hare our highly dereloped sports and recreation, affording not Just physical exer cise, but mental and nnlrttnai re juvenation. Older folk are apt to shako their heads orer the diversions of tbe younger generation. They find satisfactions in other uses for their leisure time. It is true that SPOrta and games hire nften been debauched; but tho Instinct for healthful recreation is fine and clean, worthy of encourage ment and guidance from bodies such as schools and r-h unhsi anil T. M. C. A.'a, Our life Is whole some and well balanced mm mwm. strive for that three fold develop- mem or ooay, mind and spirit. There is a tins f there Is also a time for play. ThfJ Troiaa Radio Co. j their-new location at N.1)llih St. ' Phono CO 10