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, r PAtlE FOUR The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon. Thursday Morning. August 20, 1931 1 Wo Foror Stray t; No Fear Shall Awe' From First Statesman. March 28, 1851 . , THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Cbakixs A. Snuctc, Shclook F. Sxcxxtt, PublikrB Cnxaixa A. SraACCS - - - - Editor-Manager Sheldon F. Sackett - - - - Mnayi? Editor Member ot tbo Associated Press ; . The Aaaoclatad Praaa Is excioatvaly entitled to the us (or publica tion of ail news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In thla paper. - - i ; ' Pacific Coast Advertising RepresentatlTes: ! Arthur W. Ktypea, Inc.. Portland, Security BWa.. Ban Ftaactsco. Bbaron BMr. : Lea .Vaselea, W. Vac. Bid. m i ' i ' ' j .' Eastern Advertising Representatives : Ford-Paraona-Stecher. IncJ Sew Tork. 2T1 Madlaon Are, Chicago. S N Michigan Ave. ) - Entered at the Potto f flee at Salem Oregon as Second-Clase Matter. Published every morning except Monday. Bueiness of fiee. t!5 S Commercial Street. ; ' : ', r SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ; j Man ""Subscription Rates, In Adrance. Within i Oregwi Daily ai Sunday. I Me. 5 cefKs: S Uu. li-SSl Ue. tS.S6i 1 year .. Elsewhere i ceat per U.. er 1S.Q for 1 year fa aavenre. By City Carrier: 3 cents a month: Ii. a rest m advance. Par Copy J rent. On trains and New a Stands ft ceata f Color Blindness ' Salem and Soup ! OUR evening contemporary made a banner head out of the-suggestion that a soup kitchen be established in ' Salem this winter. Perhaps the one making the suggestion and the reporter who wrote it up didn't know that the city was already supporting institutions which I furnish meals for the needy. The Associated Charities and the Salvation Army provide and serve food for persons without means of support, including transients who drop in on the commun ity. These organizations 1 are equipped to handle" these cases, thev have the 'experience, and are already doing the -iob ' ' ' .:- j - All that is required is that these organizations be sup i plied with provisions and money. A co-ordinated effort for support will be necessary to finance their work properly. In addition supplies jnay be left with them for use in their work.' Farmers, groceries and meat markets and the packi 1 ing plant have -been very generous with supplying the ori ganizations with provisions, and have been alert to see that food stuffs do not go to waste. If individual citizens will also be vigilant adequate supplies will be provided so that -none will really go hungry. I , f In this connection ce may note the Theiping hand program of the Warner Bros. Elsinore- theatre next Satur day afternoon when the admission to the show will be the donation of some article of foodstuffs. The supplies will then be turned over to these two organizations for distribu tion. "It is a generous act on the part of the theatre and the public should respond liberally., . ! I j The best help of all of course is to provide more em ployment for mtt now out of work. Dig up jobs and then get hold of some one who needs the work and let him do it. You get the work done and the laborer has the satisfaction of earning his living.. Gov. Meier has re-emphasized this in his recent drive for state-wide employment ; i and it is gen uinely to be hoped that the public makes the j right response to the appeal. - , One thing we should be positive about and that is that Salem is prosperous enough that none Jiere should suffer hunger or other necessities of life now or next winter. . . : . . t ; . i ' . r - " j I .1 , ..' Widows and tKe News! WIDOWS of famous men must live in a sort of .twilight until their time of. transition comes.! Wednesday's napers tell of the death of Mrs. Belle Case. LaFollette, the idow of Sen. Robert M. .LaFollette, sr.; and ef Airs. Rich ard Harding Davis, famous war correspondent, of the Span- ish-American war era. Mrs. LaFollette has cause for con tinued interest in affairs however because one son, Phillip, occupies the seat of his father in the U. S. senate; and an other son, Robert M. jr.; is governor of Wisconsin, a posi tion in which his father first gained national prominence. The LaFollette dynasty is still all-powerful in Wisconsin. Mrs. Davis achieved fame in her own name, when as Bessie McCoy she was the "Yama, Yama girl" of musical comedy note. Her namehas not been in the news for a ang time however. i 1 1 I .Other widows of well-known men are Mrs. Theodore Itoosevelt, who has just passed her 70th birthday, and. Mrs. .Voodrow Wilson,, who recently journeyed to Poland to un veil a statue of her late husband. Ruth Medill .McCormick - is still a widow. . Alice Roosevelt Longworth has had no .publicity since the death of her husband last, spring. Bar Tankers From Highways : rpHERE is a real hazard in the movement 'of gasoline in X , big trucks on the highways. These great tankers lum ber along and are of such length and girth that small cars must execute a detour to avoid them. One crashed into the rock, wall at Mosier tunnel the other day, burst into flame, and the fire burned the tunnel timbers and up the mountain ode. If other cars had figured in the smash the tunnel -ould have "been a funeral pyre. As a matter of public safety gasoline should be -transported in railroad tank cars. If this traffic is permitted on the highways there are bound to be disastrous accidents. . fhe Mosier tunnel incident-is only a sample of what may jccur. Even the gasoline in the tank of a 1 passenger car may be a menace, as evidenced in the accident last spring at oaka where four were burned to death after a collision. VERNON A. DOUGLAS. U. D. Mario County Dept. of Health One ot the special tests given auto drivers la this state, la that for color blindness. This Is a very - ' good i thin for some people are not able) to distinguish the warning- sig nals red and green. ' Never having actual ly seen red or green, they may ' not be aware - of - the defect them selves. Color blind . ness . Is prac tically always hereditary. It Is not a que- IN. V. A. Dearies Hon of training. It Is Impossible for a color bUnd person to sea certain colors ot the ' spectrum just as It is Impossible for all of us to see radio waves. The "re ceiving set" Is cot attuned to cer tain wave lengths of colors, in other words. , , . ' . More Common In Men Color blindness is much more common In men than in women. Tests In Salem schools hava shown that about 4 per cent of the boys are color blind. No color blind girls were found. The color blind man transmits) color blind ness through his daughter to one balf of his grandsons, but not to his sons. A color blind daughter might be produced. ; however, from the union of a color blind man and a woman who transmits color blindness. s" ' . ' Some color bUnd persona learn to obey warning signals by their relative positions ot the colors in a signal system, the red above the green or by . difference In Inten sity of the light. 'Some are ' only partially color blind and so have some ability to distinguish and separate primary colors but not the various shades. Normal YisJoa Varied . ' Normally we see violet, indigo. ilhe, green, yellow, orange and red. Blue, yellow and orange may be diminished. In that case only red, green and violet are dis tinguished and such persons are colo. blind. When only blue and yellow are seen, red and green cannot be distinguished and this form of color blindness is dan gerous. Total color blindness Is rare and In such cases the world looks Illce. various tones of gray. The prevention of hereditary color blindness Is a problem of eugenics. The -caost - common cause of acquired color blindness is the Immoderate use of tobacco or- alcohol. Prevention here con sists In avoiding- alcohol and to bacco. , - Persons who are color blind naturally should not choose art or painting aa an occupation. Ma rine officers, pilots and locomo tive -engineers should aot be col or blind and automobile drivers should know whether they are or not i What healtk. prb! yit If Che abera article raisee any anaitiee la your mind, write that eaeetiea eat sal and It either te The 8utmaa er tae ftfarlea eooaty aesartaana ef atelta. The aaawer will eppear la thla celoaaa. Kama aaenld te elcned. "bat HU not be ase la the aaaer. HERE'S HOW o By EPSON 4f v I v IeeiTM.. I i W M w CJfAAT Put? nHB- 2rur- K6fl oa MAcoaoiZC xto otCxMAfigto ros VeQ 6V voiXAioe-v . cays txz. t.k lActa Tomorrow x Teacher's Pet, She's Worth Twelve Cents a day. BITS for BREAKFAST -By R. J. HENDRICKS Applegates and the -Indians: e ' The members of the Applegate families, the original threo brothers, Jesse, Charles, and Lindsay, and their sons and grandsons.' etc, had a good deal to do with, the early Oregon In dian affairs In the waging ot wars, making of treaties, etc. j ' V Thla column yesterday had something about old Chief Halo, last of the Umpqua sachems, written in hla "Recollections' br Jesse A., nephew of the original Jesse, and son of Llndsey Apple gate; a story not found in history books, but true. Keading on, Jesse A., wrote: ! 'Tn the summer of 18 SS the Rogue River Indiana swept down upon the straggling settlements in southern Oregon, murdering the Inhabitants, "burning homes and carrying away captives. There was a caU for volun teers, and father organised a company or detachment known aa -Captain Lindsay Applegate's Company of mounted volunteers. Brother EUsha (Hon. B. L..) waa then 21 years ot age, X was 17, and we both, enlisted for the war. a V Tha tribe Inhabiting th Rogue river valley was email and haa been estimated at rot peo- itle. leaa than half wire warriors. This tribe was divided into small bands or tribes under sub-chiefs. Chief John, as he was called by the whites, was head chief of all these tribes, their great war chief. ' j "A treaty was made with these Indians In September, 1853, at ur encampment, which was be tween the upper Table Reck and Rogue river. After 4he treaty had been made. Chief John and his On visited our camp. The son waa about my age, only : a boy. We nad many Interesting talks together, and I liked and admired the young chief. j (Veteran readers ot this col umn will remember the story of former Senator J. W. Nesmlth concerning that' campaign;, es pecially the .fact that General Joe Lane, Nesmlth and a few others went, unarmed, straight Into the enemy camp of old Chief Joe, whose 800 warriors had a point ot advantage on . Table Rock. They boldly risked a mas sacre, but their, bravery won the peace of September 19.' 1858. Nesmlth wrote long after: "I drew a long breath and remarked to the old general (Joe Lane) that the next, time he wanted to go unarmed into' a hostile camp. he must hunt up some one be sides myself to act as interpreter, With a benignant smile, he re sponded: Qod bleaa you. luck la better than science, I never near (Continued on" page 9) ) Many Hearts Are Sad f MANY hearts are sad today with the thought of the loss of Mrs. William IL Burghardtv jr," As friend, as musi sal artist, as social and citic leader Sirs. Burghardt endeared herself to many, many people. To the beauty of her char acter she added a rare heroism when in recent months she rattled bravely against an incurable disease. With rare jourage she kept up her spirits and her hope, continuing her interest in her friends and in affairs. ! 1 Mrs. Burghardt was one of those who, richly endowed, i-enerously share their talents.. In Salem many an enter prise owed its success to her leadership and effort. ; Innum erable were the times when she responded to calls for as sistance in music or in some other way. - Salem people will long cherish her memory. ; j - , iacraLlhi :'rd a contract for street lighting caning for increasing the brUliancv nt the if-. . t. . r .. .-- - . v .n,fc.f iM- v .1. , . ana ao cosv to cJuncfl wakfJ VSir? fontract- W doesn't the Salem city SrS Tvern;ealrnlgo?,EOtlat ract. the old one having the cimnanv a..' t.t? PUnd' street car case dDrftciatinn . tTZli 'a.uawons on its property "leaa Xremortag". Ur"r efc "T encumbered with M,,aa'aaee.e. .u ' v9nKth ftmllir ." tratagem. "divide aid conauer" ail the highway commission, has to do to keep from building ?he Thort cut from Portland to the beaches Is to suggest ions MMlhV roate. That stirs up the animals so that noSroaJ ZaII Entm : - Here is a new date line In the ap itiant.t.A.. t Soitsbtrean" We can nndrsta vWTrT-. nlL JXS'VL.V' Spitsbergen In the summer time, but what makes It a Long Tear Got. Roosevelt who seven months aca refuaa' iTM ti Tn an tloa about being a candidate for president, now gives the usual MORTGAGES - INVESTMENTS INSURANCE Turn to First Mortgages for worry-proof ' !!.!. ' ' . MvestiiieiTLt If you have spent some sleepless nighf$ worrying about the "'market' for some of your holdings the cure is to diver sify your investments witK some prime First Mortgages. . . . and'we not only offer this very good advice, but can supply the mort- it gages, as well. . If you cannot call, phone 4109. HAWKINS & ROBERTS, Inc. SECOND FLOOR, OREGON BUILDING SALEM The Mystery of Geraldine' gyAfeny . . Chapter XXXVX1I j I think the Geraldlne FosUr case really began to be solved that night. More. X think, the first glimmer of the final solution came to Thatcher Colt as, an hour after dinner, we left police headquarters, and walked down the vaulted passage-way, the echo of our. footsteps resounding down the range ot pillared arch es. I knew that Thatcher Colt'a mind was still busy arranging a conspectus ot the various . puxs Ung features In the ease, as we entered the . department car and Nell McMahon - received a brief Instruction where to take us." . "So far as the pubUc la con cerned." said Colt. suddenly breakings silence, "Dougherty, has a more convincing case than ever. He can smell Dr. MaskeU burn ing In the electric chair. The vlc-tlm-r a girl, the. standard bearer of American womanhood, fighting to save her honor. The accused the' pampered son of . a very wealthy- man, the heir to millions of dollars. ' This is Dougherty's opportunity to be governor of New York. He wUl pawn his soul to prove MaskeU guilty. What a bonne bouche It would be for, the reporters. If 'hey knew what we were' up to they would scream In headlines that Dougherty and I were in a death struggle tor political honors. Not one reporte would-be willing to believe-that the. only, motive In ' the mind of the police commissioner waa to see justice done. . -'And. after a moment, he ad ded; -with a chuckle: "Yet I took the trouble to ask Dr. MaskeU tor the. name ot his barber! And he did not even thank me!" ! Strange By-Waya By this time we had reached the outlying frontiers of Green wich ' Village. At the place where Fourth street crosses Seventh av enue. In the drunken criss-cross of the Village highways, we left the car and proceeded on' foot. The -commissioner led half way down the block to a thick round pole, painted with red. and white stripes, and surmounted by the blue globe of an electric light the signpost of a basement bar ber shop. We descended and found the shop deserted of cus tomers. The barber, a diminutive Italian with black curls, volcanic eyes and an1 impertinent black mustache, waa reading an ac count of Doctor Maskell's arrest In the New York- Evening Graphic. Calmly. Thatcher Colt sat down in the chair and asked for a hair trim and shave while I slouched in a chair and fingered a copy ot Liberty magazine. "Good evening!" said the bar ber, adjusting a cloth around the neck of the police commissioner. "It Is a very nice night. This point Thatcher Colt con ceded with affable good nature. Encouraged by his friendly cus tomer, Marinelli. the. barber, like so many of his tribe, became talk ative and launched Into a bitter denunciation ot tha new traffic system, never dreaming that its author lay just beneath hla rasor. The police commissioner, by grunts and other- sounds, contin ued to- agree with him through the lather. But at the first op portunity, Colt managed to de fend hla office by pointing to the efficiency; ot the department In clearing up the Foster murder. . "Ah." said the barber, 'but that Is too very sad." . -Sad? How sot" That Doctor MaskeU. He is one of my best .customers. . He come here often. He Is one fine man. Rut he is cursed by charm. He is too damn attractive to the girls. Thatcher Colt nodded under the lifted blade. " "It's a great way to be cursed sometimes," be jested. "No. It' was the doctor's ruin. Poor doctor. The women followed him." "Followed him?" ' "Yes, yea. Even Into my shop they followed, him." "I bent lew over the' maga zine I pretended to read. " "So the women followed - the doctor Into this very place!" ex claimed the police commissioner. "One did. She just wanted to be near . him she admitted it." . Who could this woman - have been? The same mysterious crea turo the doctor had found at his office door? The one who had telephoned him through Mrs. Westock" and summoned him to the house on Peddler's Road? - ."What excuse did she have for coming in to your shop -waa ahe here tor a manicure?" asked Colt. "Yes, but that was a bluff she liked the doctor. "Pretty girl?" asked the com missioner carelessly. New Views Yesterday statesman reporters asked: "What plan of farm relief do you think congress should en act this winter?" C F. Xoakea, bop buyer: "You're asking a big question. I haven't studied it enough to have a definite plan. But congress cer tainly ought to make some radical changes from the present plans." J. A. Reynolds, route 8, fruit grower: "They are all hollering "overproduction." I don't- think there is any such thing. . All the growers and producers need to do is get together, organize like business and labor, and they ought to get a reasonable price. I can't make a cent en my berries this year at two cents a pound. We need to organize." L. HmmcL route 1, farmer: "I think everybody siould - help themselves. I don't see what con gress can do and everything they give haa to be paid -back anyway." "Not so young verv ortt not so bad," chortled tha volnbia barber. "Blonde hair, nice shape. "i Tgica. juei a married wo man I saw the ring just a marnea woman with a yearning, devouring searing ah! ah! ter rific passion for a strong, good, looking msn. She said she did not even knov hi rim. ti. sv confessed her feeling to ms.". m m - A . . . . aub you iook pity on ner?" "Yes I gave her a lock of his hair after, he went out." - The commissioner laughed. No Oil A COlllA i VA VTIMMxi from VI. easy attitude that now the hunt er had sniffed a scent I lit a cigarette to hide my own deep ex- " . . i . . iuuumjra on page si Yesterdays . . . Of Old' Salem - ' Tows Talks from The States man -of KarHr Days August 20. 1806- Initial steps were taken by the city council last evening to re quire all companies and corpor ations to place all telephone and telephone wires underground in this city. An ordinance proposing to levy a license of on dollar nr year upon bicycles and motor cycles was considered at th city council's meeting last night. The earthquakes in Chile have ceased, the resultant fires have been .extinguished and the peo ple are taking steps to relieve the suffering, care for the wound ed and bury the dead. The per I . of succor has arrived. August SO. 1921 St, Mawes' Lad's Lady, the Jersey- heifer owned by Harry D. Iliff. Independence, is now the world's champion senior yearling. The official test, was completed at midnight, last night, showing 1 . . . . . mi bu proaucea approximately 828 pounds of butterfat in one" year. Five ministers, two physici ans ana iz public officials' names appeared lnr- Dst of 82 witnesses 'attached to a com against two men charged with conducting a fliquor store" at Everett, "Wash. ; . v " Nearly a million pounds of the 1921 crop of prunes were sold by the Oregon and Washingtou growers, in the last ii hours. Daily Thought "Out of the niht that covers me. Black as 'the pit from .pole '.o pole, . I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul." TrTTNaTTaCTT TVT? TV TTTs TOT TCTT Originators Of -Low Prices 351 State St. - KEEPING OUR PROMISE Sometime go we told von that when ever there came another drop In the livestock market, DOWN WOULD GO OUR PRICES. It's here. now. The large amount of meat we handle along with the extreme tow prices prevailing in ;the livestock mar ket puts us in a position to offer the following. ; " REGULAR PRICES NO TRICKY BARGAINS We just plan on selling a lot of choice meats No limit to quantities.' The more Good Beef - I Prime' Boiling! Beef Pot Roasts Beef Roasts . 4 lbs, 25c j 8c lb. - 10c lb. It will pa7 you to come and see for yourself what we have to offer. make a difference in your meat bill. It will surely Choice Small J s X-Pob Sirloin Steak T-Bone Steaks Arm Roasts 15c lb. 15c to 18c lb. 12y2clb. For Canning 1 : Fresh - - Sliced J. ... Boneless Beef -Ground Beef Beef Liver No waste (hamburger) 4 Or pork lOclb. 1 3 lb. 25c 10c lb. Milk fed Milk Fed Milk Fed Veal Breasts Veal Roasts Veal Chops 10c lb. 12y2c lb. 18c lb. ' For Stuffing A real buy Loin or Pab - Fancy Sliced Veal .- Leg of Veal Calves Liver Sweet Breads 20c lb. 35c lb. 30c lb. Whole or Half A delicacy" 'f most any time NOTE We are not quoting a fewMspeials for bait; We sell all our meats in proportion. ' ' 1 ' " - GENUINE SPRING LAMB :- Every sheepman is trying to induce the public to eat more lamb. We are doing our bit These prices are for the finest lamb that Oregon produces. Loin Lamb Chops 18c lb. ; . Young Pig Pork Roasts 12y2clb. Small Leg of Lamb j 18c lb. Dainty Lean r Loin Chops 20c lb. Spring i Lamb Steaks 12K2C lb. Young Lean Pork Steak 15c lb. A glance at bur cases will prove that we handle only the choicest young porkers. Fresh ' Pure Pork Fresh j S Spare Ribs 1 Sausage Ham Roasts 1 12V2c lb. , 15c lb. 18c lb. j While they last Country Style Whole or Half Finest Home Rendered I Best1 Sliced Bacon Pure Lard Margarine 22c lb. I lOclb. I 10c lb. We again wish to call your attention to our bacon. Made from the pnmest young, pigs cured the old fashioned way natural wood smoke. Mild and lean, unexcelled by any. ' We do not work our employes 'after hours. Oat of consideration to them and their families, we close at 6 P. SLOa Saturdays at 7" P. M. HARRY BI. LEVY, Mgr. Salem's Oldest Market Under the same, management, Here 1 5 Years. -anuence 01 wan nag 11 so oaa D9- can taste St. "