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The OREGON STATESM AN, Salem', Oregon, Sunday Morning, Ma v 24. 1931 ' ( ' L PAGE IX)UR t - . - 1 " 1 '. j1 i " ' ' . - i ' Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Awe" ' From First Statesman, March 28, 1S51 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Charles A. Sfragux, Sheloth T. SAOEaTT, lMisfirs "e Chagixs A. SraAcrs - - - ,FditarAitZ Sheldon F. Sackett Uanagwa Editor SI ember or the n rtatsni DTjiwss r .vl. The A,ocUted fr. !. ri"'ra rSLef ttin of nil new diepatchea credited to U or aat mmtwh e ' Pacific Ccast Advertising Representatives: Arthur W. Stypes. Inf.. JJ" 1 rads. ' - - Sac Fmnclsco. Sharon BMs. r "Lo . afros"'", . - r ila- . - . .. Eastern Advertising Representatives : ' Ford Paron-tccher Jnp , New twK 171 Madinon Ave. " Chicago. 3S0 N. MirUwin Avg. i J ffsfrrsd at ffcs Potto f fie at Salem, Vregon, Smd7t. Wa'tr. P67isAf rvry wiorm sacs? liawdajf. Pitstsftas of fie; SI 5 S. Commercial Street. : pi.Dcr-DTHTTiW PA. TV.? ! M?n b?. lUtto Adva ' Man SUMcrjpuon nawa, " VUcr, bw ceiua per w. w. . . . . . Copy 2 cents. On trains and News Oregon's I : Mmttini cific hay and pasture region ricultural economist of the x - .r,x-rr North Pacific region with relation to its aultare. Mnch: of it is lniormauve even w under discussion.' In our reading' of H, we were impressed not so much with- the study of its soils nd crops as fi A J i 41,. -f 11-vTirrn nt(ICff -Tn Norta Pacific region resembles that -fsxmse nruu : ciTilizaUon that extended from Naw Englamfl. tkrontfi w : Tark and Ontario to southern Wlsconsia ana Kaasaa, and whlca. stiU persist in many ot the mral Tlllees en Us the Northeastern and Great Lakes atates. Mor. Uia Ob northeastern PuriUn ciTilisatlon thai la fasalnc away, the Norta Pacific region now has a very low Wrta rate. The birth raU ta Washnrton, li.t per 1.600 In 192, and Oregon. II J. is lower than in Tany other state except Nevada IU.1). ;h except California, where the birth rate was ll.S la 11 M. Is the birth rate below 17. At the present expectation T lffe abont SO years, it reqairee about 17 births per thoasani pepalation to mainUin permanently stationary pealaMon without lmml- other words, were it riot for immigration into the state, our population would show a decline from year to year. Our birth rate, 14.1 per thousand population, is the lowest in the country. Perhaps we hare here a partial an swer why our state does not show the gains which the resi dents here seem to expect. While our rate of growth was higher than most of the Pacific states, the figures above j quoted would indicate that the gain should be credited to those who moved to the state from outside. Our own popu lation barely kept even, v : , . t ' Ai - This is indeed a sad commentary, on the present popu lation of Oregon and should be a cause for some alarm. We have perhaps the purest American population of any state. There are very few persons of alien birth, few negroes, few orientals. Yet. this native American stockv domiciled in a state where living is as enjoyable and as easy as it is al most anywhere, is not able to maintain itself. ; There is a warning in this. We may not continue to draw upon the same racial elements as in the past. Sooner or later this population deficiency here will be filled up with foreign immigration, if not from abroad then from those strains in other states. .The breeding and rearing of children is not just a personal and family matter. It is something of social significance as well. Certainly it would seem that the birth rate should increase to where there was a normal gain in the population regardless of immigration. Oregon is fit domicile for a virile people; and if the present inhabitants do : not, reproduce their stock then it will fall into other hands.' : t. ; -.r -r' . The last refuge of the Nordic -strain seems to be in the North Pacific region. Yet here, unless there is an increase in the birth rate, the strain will eventually become subordin ate, mixed or extinct. 5 Facts and Flowers ) A few weeks ago we poked a bit of fun at Portland whose risibilities had been stirred through the omission of coast Quoting the Portland papers we attributed the omis sion to the editor of "Better Homes and Gardens", a fine .garden monthly issued at Des Moines. Now we learn that this editor, was wholly innocent, that it was another editor farther east who committed the unpardonable sin. So we Hasten to apologize to ".Better Homes and Gardens , the more so when the letter of advice winds up with an invita tion to visit them in Des Moines and-eat luncheon in their new cafeteria at the Meredith Publishing Co. plant, The June issue of this magazine we may; add contains a splendid article on Salem itself, "The Cherry City", by Mrs. Christine Oxford Cronemiller of -Salem. The magazine has given US permission to reprint the article which we are doing In part on our garden No Extra Session TsRESIDENT HOOVER minrAri Tic wnri1 w V v ASSrA 41W Va clined to call an extra session of congress. The senator ial hornet's nest has been clamoring for a special session so they could cret to buzzino do is appropriate more money i J.l - - - n luciit. spune woras oi sorter sense wnen he said: "I do not propose to call an extra session of congress. I know of nothing that would so disturb the- healing- processes now undoubtedly going on In tho economic situation. We cannot - legislate ourselves out a world economic depression; we can . and wUl work ourselves out. j . tl ' "A poll of the members ot congress would show that a large majority agree with me in onnoain an rtr aaaain The country has enough to a congress On its hands. What pontics. ine rutiecocore to IJate iiiuuft mncneons jl One banquet One damn One salmon One yacht ride One airplane ride On initifltmn Ten miles publicity , And for Oregon loU of the taxpayers." Too much Agua Caliente j "'"u .vr. mz v " 4UV-acu xiuuyweoa iasc week. It is shocking to have one so recently a respected stated attorney now charced with n fr, xrl . u m-. -wmey Tf . tain on the sorry mess; it is The Statesman ra.tm all m-m i.mJtUl?8.wli th ealef b6nftflt f collegw education Is a wil lt ,ieD u ot: "CoUege develops?;. . sS s I&ielonl saenf. When does It start? ' seu-oeveiop- : : 1 ' . 11 Q. , ii i ii ii i ii i 3 I 1 r , - Within Or.jfi " i, ,c . . - ism rear On. edranca. rr Stands f eota r Birth Rate publication of n wrtirJe on the .North PaV- by Oliver K Baker, sraicr ag department of afnculture. It ifMtA ii AerxiDtion of trie page today. when he de- and increase taxes. The pres- a "t worry about without having we need is a rest cure from .... . i ! entertainment "without cost . i to instead of Aqua Pura. plus the oia u epeu me story for . " u araw.me cur better perhaps to have an ex- t , . i . Drug Addicts By C. C DATJKR. M. D. The number of persona in the country addicted to the habitual use of opium and its derivatives or to tne use ot eocaine la dif ficult to ascer tain because of the tact that It JavJargrely a sa enet .practice. It lias been es timated that An 1S15 11140 rm were wpl- mately 215.000 addlcU in this noun try and In 1121 t-here were 110.0 OS. . Beth t thasse drugs, fty tt. a a. i4mi nm derivatives (merptlne cedein -and 3iarott and cocaine- nave ine iwoperty k relievtog ajaln amd f lvtos tem porary feeling f self -satisfaction and -well-bern JLt one trnte flff nrea seemed to prove tthstt about fifty per cent of addictions was the result f a phyiiciaii pr scrlbinc the. dxxrs far an HI pa tient and thus starting' "him tn the habit. ! Now It la estimated that only about two to ILvo $t eent start as a result ot a jhssiciair nreaensuon. , sSxcaae Hew ' . aJmest tj an staCts thai .hahtt now from innocently nsinsj pro prietary remedies because the Pure Food and Drugs Act ot ltOI recitree th Uatta of C narBoV to content on the laSwls wf the varioua rvmadies. Apparently th Kveat majority ot addictions arise- simply ws the result ot a desire tor a mew sen-J sallon. ssmexnijsjr wita aacx; rinding1 the experiment a pleasant sensation, it is rtsawted and ta a month's tixoav a -well established habit may be termed. Poison Result The results ot both the opium and cocaine addicts are much, the same. Both drugs and their de rlvaties tend to lock np and dimin ish all the secretions and excre tions of the body and a poisoning usually results which Is the mixed result ot the drug action and the general diminution of all the se cretions ot-the body. The treatment of drug addic tion is a medlcalone and varies with the kind of drug used. In the case of a cocaine addict It la not necessary to practice gradual withdrawal of the drug as Is the ease with oium. ; Sudden with drawal ot opium from an opium addict leads to Intense suffering and these people must be carefully treated. The problem of dealing with these people is now consid ered a medical problem demand ing police supervision. Certainly government interference is neces sary to help wipe out the sources of supply of these habit forming drugs. t ! VTht kelth problems hre yomt If the above article raises any qaeatiosv la your mlod, write that question oat and sead it either ta The Statesma me the Marion eonntr deDartment of health. The answer will appear in this column. Kama should be signed, but will not be nsea in the paper. Yesterdays . . . Of Old Salem Town Talks from Tbo States man of Earlier Days May 24, 1006 Mrs. L. H. Addition, state pres ident ot -the W. C. T. U.. wiU speak at the W. O. T. U. hall Fri day. A benefit for the firemen will be liven June S. when Henry Lawrence Southwlck, the great impersonator and dramatic read er, will appear. BMBms)awsanaB The Memorial day exercises by members of the Q. A. R. and W. R. C will Include the usual par ade. Rev. Errett will deliver the address at the night meeting. May 24, s 1921 Arthur Montgomery ot Salem high school has been elected president of the Oregon high school editors' association. The young editors were In session at Eugene over the weekend. H. P. Greenberr of Washing ton, D. C, representing the fed eral trade extension ' bureau, wUl speak at the Commercial club to night. . ... . - Salem rollers came out third in the trt-club competition involving also players of Eugene and Cor vallls. i Daily Thought "Cherish the spirit of our peo ple and keen alive their attention Do not be too severe upon their errors, but reclaim them by en lightening them. If oncer they be come Inattentive to snhli affairs you and I, and' congress and aa- semoiies, juuges and governors shall all become wolves. It seems to b(V the law nf our rnncnl ma ture, In spite ot individual excep tions; ana experience declares that man Is the only animal which davonn hli.nwn vln. f. apply no milder term to the gov- ernmenw or Europe, and to the senerat prey of the rich on the poor.-- Tiromas Jefferson. - - New Views . "Will T0 11 firn, toe if it goes on the ballot next year?" was the Question asked by obsiesman reporters yesterday. aanaanasawaa --' - r C FenT' drowist: "At first . w.vuui a cion i, but I really dOnt know. , It maw K. .11 .l.k. I notice , that many people favor HoOls Huntiastosu coach, nr- vmu.. 4t iuu gooa to me." ASf.-V Wlllsiiiette stau dentj 'If it will M.,ii.. building program, X am in favor ot Itsu Corner, proprietor ot co op: I don't mind. I understand -if I HERE'S.HOW jwrv a- 1 WWW T )lnrrcrt " 1 cer owe- BWIWi aK o o Tua&aji Pissfs Rouge Makes Poison gas. BITS for BREAKFAST Dy XL J, HENDRICKS- afore Sunday reading! . Continuing from last Sunday the first days at the old mission 10 miles below what became Sa lem, from the record of Gustavus Hines. ta "Wild Ufa an Oregon -i W U - . On May IS, 18ST, Intelligence was received that the first rein forcement had arrived at Fort Vancouver, and. Jason Lee hur ried in a canoe to meet the party and convey the new recruits hither. They arrived at the old mission May 17, Rer, Hines wrote: . . w "Their arrival In the country was hailed by the tour lonely brethren who had hitherto com posed the mission with great glad ness, and the more so because they were thenceforth to be cheered by the presence ana sympathy of Intelligent females, from their, own native land, es pecially as they had found, long oefore this, that 'it was not good for man to be alone'." S S The fact was mentioned, last Sunday, that on the 4 th of July that year the annual meeting ot the Oregon Temperance society, organized at the mission, was held there, and that addresses were given on temperance,, and that as W. H. Wiilson. Alanson Beers, Daniel Lee. Dr. Elijah White , and Jason Lee were the speakers, the event could not have been devoid of the elements of the old fashioned celebration of the nation's . birthday; especially with respect to what must hare been-aald.by Dr. White and Jason Lee, both of them . filled with patriotlo sentiments fend emo tions; Americans in whose veins flowed the blood of Revolution ary ancestry. , That was in fact the first Fourth ot July celebration . held west ot the Rockies: though the one at the Nlsqually mission. In 1841, is given the precedence by writers of the history ot the Ore gon country end the one at Champoeg in 1842 is given the second place. Gustavus Hines him self delivered the oration there; at old Champoeg. He says htp theme was American patriotism and temperance. He also says In his book that. no houses being then at Champoeg, the settlers who attended slept on the ground in their blankets. In order to be present at " the adjourned meet ing of the next day. to complete the work done May 2, 1242, when GOD OR GOODS ' "Seek ye tint ft klsfdoiw at Co4." . r Matt. YI:s. The- twentieth, century trans lation is "seek, first the kingdom of goods." Modern Christianity devotes its, time not to showing its followers the vanity of riches but to build up some ethle which will fortify schemes' for supplying more riches to more people. The church thus becomes 'ied- to the chariot wheel ot economics. ' Swift has been I the change ' In forty, years. Those whose mem ories go 'back that far remember the attitude ot the elder day.-It was eloquently expressed in the lines of that hymn: "I'm but a stranger here, heaven is my heme." "Beulah land, sweet Ben lab, land" how, often it was sung. That was before mass production taught the people that they could enjoy luxuries too. Since then we sing "America, the Beautiful" with motor cars and bathtubs tor everybody. Stung by the Russian! taunt that "religion is tne opiate of ' the people." the church . now labors to mend the temporal af fairs of the masses. . that. the people of eastern Oregon are protesting and I cant see why we. should be let oft easier on ;one thing It we still have to pay for the roads with another tax." W. K. Moots, 240 South Cet cage: "It wouldn't bother me; I hare no car." G. W. Snaalley, bead school Janitor: "Tott bet. I would." jToseph Johnson, 100 Broad way; "Without studying the mat ter, yes. .1 1 think the poor, people will be benefited for they dont run their cars much. It win equal ixe the load, placing It on the per son using the roads the most." LAY By EDSON IT, - .: , . : IS : - V WW w .w " .;. . PHOW115S I H&fiVt r 'i VietOf r ao-IMSrC -fMCsaA. f 'V - I r n. the provisional government was voted that is, to adopt the con stitution and till the places la the official rotter not tilled May 2, and to confirm the proceedings of the former meeting, thus set ting the provisional government in motion. (The "four lonely brethren" mentioned by Hines, at the old mission, were Jason and Daniel Lee and Cyrus Shepard, and P. L. Edwards. However, at the time, Edwards was on his way from California with ( the expedition that went to brlnjc cattle to the valley.) j, . S Of course, Hines mentions the wedding, on July 18, 1837, ot the first white men and women in the oldj Oregon country, Jason Lee and Anna Maria Pitman and Cyrus fihepard and Susan Down ing, and of Charles J. Roe and Nancy McKay, the bride the more than half-breed granddaughter of the wife of Dr. John McLoughlln. Most writers of Oregon history, up to now, thought she was the halt-breed daughter of Jean Bap tlste Deportee McKay. She was the daughter of Tom McKay by his Chinook wife. Tom McKay wag a quarter-breed; his father Scotch and his mother daughter of a Scotchman and the daughter ot an. Indian chief. Hines con firms the fact that Nancy was a daughter ot Tom McKay In sev eral places in his book. Nancy's mother was later cast oft by Tom McKay, who took' a younger In dian wife, and the widow who was cast oti married Jo-Gray, scoundrelly old half-breed Iro quois. . . 1 m The Lee mission party, as re lated last Sunday, had two log houses when the first reinforce ment arrived. Every former writ er has given the number as three, and an old picture i drawn in Philadelphia makes a fanciful portrayal of three; copied thous ands of times, and considered by nearly every reader as the whole and final number. The fact is, the Bits man believes, the second building was a barn, 20 by 40,' built early in -18 15. There was also without question a granary. In which most of the meetings of the "".institutional convention were held in 1842. That makes four; two dwellings, a barn and a granary. After the first rein forcement came tn 1S37, as re lated by Hines, a log house was buUt for Alanson Beers, also a blacksmith shop. That makes six. f asnv -Jw IM . !W4IQ ... j SERMON The old preaching was design ed to Insulate the christian from the world. His sojourn here was brief,' this was a vale of tears. "As for man, his days are as grass." The ' world was enslaved to sin; while man perforce would. hare to engage la temporal: affairs, they v were Incidental to . gaining a mere livelihood; bis major con cent was bis soap's salvation and his own "eternarilfe.", . l r-.. . "The kingdom of goods," that's what the world is seeking. Pick up a religious magazine . today. It contains .routine news about the denomination, but its major articles ' deal with ' social prob lems, i calling for new privileges for tolling millions and a bigger share for them, ot what? of gOOdS. '. .r'VT; V" . - Is it because I people .are less sure of the existence of a king dom, of God while advertising has made fhem well aware of a king dom of goods? Is it because the seductions of the world are more attractive than the allurements of ' "Beulah land"? Has the abundance of . things which the machine age provides driven out other conceptions of value? . 1 Write your own answer. Bat read again the words of Christ: "Seek ye first the kingdom of God. Which is the major val ue In life: God or goods? A fur coat jrfay cover an empty or; an aching heart.! Shall the church now devote Itself to the christian solution f . social problems;! or shall It continue to cultivate Ideals of character which trans cend the Hesitations of this mun dane world?. There Is need, it seems, for the church to define for itself and for the individuals to define for themselves the ob ject of their quest. "Seek ye first . . . Waa there any con cession maae by Christ -when he concluded with the promise, "and all these things shall be added ntn wwV T Ft A' T7T1 ..- Tl I . I 1 T m I ' 77 MARJl 1 Mary Lott Thurston, beautiful orphan, seeks a position in the home ot wealthy Mrs.' Margaret Lorrlmer. when the latter'a, son, Travers, a shell-shocked war vet eran, enters. At sight of Mary Lou be becomes wildly, excited, takes her in his arms and calls her "Delight" and "wife." Later, Mrs. Lorrlmer explains that Tra vers has mistaken Mary Lou for Delight Harford, whom ho claims he married In England, but ot whom no record can be found. Mrs. LorJner persuades Mary iou to assume the role of De light to help Travers regain his health. Travers la told that, as Delight was so young 'at the time of her marriage and had since thought him dead, they must start all over again. In her first encounter ' with ' Travers Mary Lou plays her part perfectly. Tra vers takes new Interest in life. Mrs. Lorrlmer hopes he will fall in lore with, : Mary Lou. Travers beuevlng Larry Mitchell, Mary Lou's friend. Is la lore with her, reminds Mary Lou that she Is still bis wife. At Christmas Tra vers lack of the holiday spirit causes Mary Lou to call him In grown, and selfish. CHAPTER XJUL ' "How you must hate me!" he said, involuntarily, ' almost in a whisper. v , . V i "I don't bate you." she flung back at him. "If I did I wouldn't talcs all this trouble l it I did well, you wouldn't see me again, that's all! But it makes me tired, now that I've lived here in the house all these weeks and seen - what I've seen. Even If yon can't really enter -Into your mother's plans for Christmas yon might at least pretend a little it couldn't hurt yon and It would make 'her happy 1" . "I suppose," Lorrlmer answer ed after a moment, ' and he was perfectly white, so white that Mary Lou's heart misgave ber. What If she bad overstepped the limit 1 She and Mrs. Lorrlmer and Doctor Mathews had often talk ed over the possible, wisdom ot giving Lorrlmer a shock, of try ing to shock him back to himself by sheer brutality of truth. But how white he was! "I suppose." be repeated, "you think me , a pretty poor specimen. And nat urally I'm not fool enough to think that my experience was worse than any other man's, nor as bad as that of many. But if I've become 'Ingrown, as you call it. why a lot of it was up to you if I didn't care to get well. didn't care If I lived or died it was considerably your fault," said Lorrlmer. "Mine." cried Mary Lou, al most forgetting her role for a moment. "Mine?" '. ; - i All That Matters lI loved you," he said somber ly; "and you told me you loved me. I took that knowledge back ta the front with me; It sustain ed me through all' that happened afterward, ' through the long weeks In the prison camp. The knowledge of your love. That you belonged to me. That after it was all over we would be together again. For always." Mary Lou thought hard and fast. Then she let him have it. her own Mary Lou-lsh convic tions, her complete and truthful opinion of the. boy andgirl lore affair. She spoke in the person of Delight Harford, . but whether the real Delight would have bar bored such opinions Mary Lou neither knew nor cared. "Look here. Lorry," she said. evenly, "we'll hare this out . . . here .and now. How old were you when we met? How old was I? A couple of crazy kids, thrown out of our normal stride by war, be- glamoured and bewildered. You were in a dangerous service, you had months of it, your number might be up at any time. I I lived .In an atmosphere of war- mad desperation, frivolity, des pair, sorrow, hectic - gayety, al ternating like moods. An epidem ic, an air . raid, and my number might be up, too. Anyone was Hines says another log house was bunt then, "for the families." That makes seven. He says, also, that during the same year "a frame house was built, located one ..mile from the station back from the river and was occupied by the family of Dr. White;" and that "this was the only com fortable house as yet owned by the mission." Bancroft says It was a hewn log house, in which W. H. Wiilson "showed his skill In building".. No doubt Bancroft was right; no saw mill was yet in the country. Wiilson had been a ship carpenter. That makes eight. Both .Bancroft and Hines say that lirths fall ot 1837 Jason Lee bought for the mission the near-by house ot a French-Canadian settler. . the . nearness of which interfered with the mission operations. Then there was the hospital, commenced before Jason' Lee left in 1238 to bring- the Lausanne . party, and finished after he got back, with the saw mill and flour mill machinery. '--.- v- That made 10 In all. But there were not 10 completed buildings at one time, probably to house, bought from the French- Canadian burned down in . De- BITS FOR . f. Cont'd GAL 2 Sun cember, 1838, destroying the per sonal effects ot Rer. David Les lie and family. Both the Leslie family -and Rer. and Mrs. H. K. W. Perkins occupied that bouse at first, until the latter, early la 1838, went to The Dalles (Was copam) mission. - Thus there were nine houses at the old mission, the only frame one being the hospital, a xiae. large nuiiding. finished In 1840-41, and which at times housed several mission and Im migrant families. The hospital was- near the Dr. : White house. tho writer believes, nearly a mile oacx irom tne river. ! : At the close of 1838 the mis sion school under Cyrus Shepard had. about 40 pupils, though snout a third of all that had been received up to that time died. Cyrus Shepard himself became 111, and bad to give up teaching, and Dr. White carried on his classes. In addition to bis professional uuues. , (Continued later) BELIEVE 1 -I ' Wwf 7Ip y "Uoim you must hatm me" he aid, involuntarily. : I 8, v bound ;to fall In love, almost ev eryone; did. jYot'd have fallen for the first prettyf girl you aaw aft er your weeks rat the front, and I with . the first presentable man. And we were full ot a lot ot ro mantic Ideas about snatching at happiness, because the next day might be our last " She paused tor breath and: to her astonish ment Lorrlmer nodded. "Yes, you said just that," be told ber, noir, f'l haven't forgot ten, DeUgbt.f I . War Madness "That's hew we all felt. It was madness, it was Uke a curious nightmare, it wasn't real. Sup pose you had found me, right aft er the; wat ended? You you could ! easily have been disap pointed, you could have easily fallen out C lore. I, too! But be cause you didn't find me, because I was apparently lost to you, you buUt up all sorts of dreams and images: about me. I'm not those dreams . . . I am not those im ages. I am myself! Not the same girl you knew ten long years ago. If I remembered you, and L did, of course, it was with the same dreamlike quality in remember ing. H6w long did we know each other i . . two !i weeks, three weeks? Waal that sufficient time upon which to base or risk the happiness of! two lives?" "Yoii couldn't have thought so. you didn't tjry irery hard " he began, (stubbornly. But, she saw, his color was; beginning to return. , "To find you? I did try. I had my own Ufa to! lire. Lorry, my own strugglef to make. I thought you dead. I remembered you as dead. But I went on living. We have to go on !j living. Then chance brought me here. But you have no right to I blame your con dition on me4 All! very well to fall In love; with a girl In a few days' time and make" I a fetish of her memory. But there's more tn life than that "S - v ' "Thsin fidelity?" he wanted to know. 1 if ' "Was it fidelity to me as you remembered kne.lor a sort of fi delity of your vanity?" she flung at hlmJ "Youf have made yourself into a legends of faithfulness . . . the few people who know speak about you la a$red tones your mother, a rital, glowing, wonder- rul woman with; years of happi ness . before hen has sacrificed herself ; to that fidelity of yours. Suppose suppose you had never gone back to; the front that time. suppose 'the war! had ended, then and there? How happy would we nave been. X wonder." "Yo can't; Ignore the fact that we are married." . She bad a wild impulse to cry out . .). Are wet Did you marry nerii ur is mat part or your dream Think! Try to remember! But she did not. She replied. "I do ignore It. I must. It Is the only way to see Hxht In this situation. I hive jrour word. Your promise." I l! . ! "I shall keen It." he said heav ily. 'The dayfyou come to me and j tell me I admit 'your claim' will be' the first day I'll remind you ot It. And if j that day never comes, well, you can ro free. We we can get an ! annulment. But whether I am a fool or not to be ! laitnrui, i i iov you. Delirht." said Lorrlmer i Her j hearts leaped suddenly, slckeningly. (She; steadied her roice ana forced j her eyes to his HEADYjjAIIA PI WILU , i i i a iff 'mmm : PROTECT YOU. WW , There's no substitute tor peace of mind. Taking out ad&l tional Insurance VU1 take a load oft your mind, and taking av vsaw wuai wjwm Misks ou t Inxzrcsice Agency ; ; JJver EIillersi Stor Tel. 8181 nosaer K. Smith , MerrHl X. Ohilng By FAITH BALDWIN own. , "Do you?" she asked a great deal for the sake ot clear think ing. "Do you love me as I now am, I wonder, or are you forcing yourself to sentimentality be cause of the girl I once .was. whose memory, admit it, must have faded now a little. X am net that glrL Lorry. Perhaps," sail Mary Lou, "I never was." After a moment be said. Continued on Page II) : The Safety alve - - Letters from Statesman Readers , To the Editor: Two red-letter days in an eighth-grader's life are now history. Examination days hare been heroically lived through by these stout-hearted Knights of the Order ot the Knowledge Tested. ' .' ..... . i For at least a Tear, thai tim id souls have felt the Influence of this dread presence the State Exam! Teacher has whispered ot it in sepulchral tones. Barents have spoken in awestruck voices. and the "elghther-" have even dahred breathe of its presence to one another! And oh! those dars of wrltlnr the exams! The very stillness and strangeness ot the room sent tremors to the feeble knees! Teacher's admonitions to "go slow" and to "think hard" made perspiration start, and eyes to rainy pop out I - Knowledge fled away before the face of. that sealed envelope, the clammy presence of the Ex am clutched the arm; paralysing every - faculty ot the elghther's body. New the questions, twelve of them, lay before his eyes a blurred mass of the unknowable! Upon the answers of ten of these depended bis future happiness, domestic well-being and general welfare.' f. Slowly memory returned, the brain began to function and the body bent to its task. - J What rejoicing under the. tam lly roof, what devout thanksgiv ing in' teacher's humble abode, and what hilarious expressions ot relief from the Knights of the 8th Exam when the grades came back and they had actually pass ed! , .. News from a far country comes tricklinsr in that tha flntwtar ven old 8th Exam himself Is to be abolished, cast into the limbo of departed spirits, where Me Guffy's Reader and other passe things dwell. , The chief executioner, Marlon county school superintendent, is to be highly commended tor her bloodthirsty attacks' on the Old Goblin. , , Whereas the teachers and pu pils ot Marion county are willing for such a death, . Be it resolved to give the 8 th Exam a fitting and "feeling" fu neral when the date of death Is definitely announced. He is now at death's door may someone soon pull him through is our earnest hope! LAURA C. AMMACK, Route Four, Salem .YOUR, HOME. IS At.WAYA IN D.ANfiB OF FATES AfLTi LLERY7 KO ERI1.SM TH INSURANCE AGENCY 1 frZ'AmJ LI YAWWl mnoiaer. , -