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rwGiTFoTjrr The OREGON STATES SI AN. Salem. Oregon,' Friday Morainff, AusT. '1931 i a. aV ' 4 j. "No Favor Sways V; No Fear Shall Awe" From First SUteamanHtrch 28, 1851 . ; THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Ceuu&es A: Snucux, Skelooh F. Sacsitt. PneKsasrs Chaxles A. SntACUB - - - - Editor-Uonagtr Sheldon F. Sackett - - . - - Managing Editor - Member of the Associated Prea Tna iodat4 Pr la echilrely titled f the a for P"bHc tioa o U newa aiapatcbes credited to U or ot etharwis credited to this paper. - - ' ; Pacific Coast Adrcrtisinc Representative: Arthur W. Stirpes. lnc, Portland. 8-oHty BlUt Am Franctoc. Sharon Bid.: Loo Aaeia. w'- BId '- 1 ' -" Eastern Advertising Representative:-. rord-Paraona-Stechef. lnc. New"; Vote. J7I MaSlaoo Are., , Chtcaco. SSO.- Michigan Ao. Entered at the Pottoffiee at Salem. Oregon, a Seccnd-Claf Hatter. FubliMhtd every morning e&ept Monday. Ctns tfiAM 91 s ?. Commercial Street. ' - f " 1 ' ' " 5 " SUBSCRIPTION RATES: v d ' Mall . Subscription Raui. In Advanea. Wltkla Oregoa: Dtflr i Sunday. 1 Mo. 6 cents:- Uo. II.K; I Ma IIM! 1 rar 4-0S. Klsewher & centa per lU-jor IS.M for t year to adraaca. ; By CHy Carrier: 45 cents a month; IS.OS a year la advance. Par Cop? S cents. On trains and Newa Stands cents. 5 j ; j . Organizing for Relief I PRESIDENT HOOVER has picked one of the ablest execu tives in the country, Walter S. Gifford, to head up the nation-wide drive for relief of unemployment during the wining winter. The prospect is that an organization will e created similar in character and importance to that of the Liberty loan campaigns of war time. The crisis is acute, and such a thorough-going effort is needed to provide the - 'necessary relief. ' j; . . r- We believe the country will respond generously to the appeals which will be made this fall. There is an abundance of the necessities .of life, and a willingness to share them .with those who lack. " ' , j . r V 1. Some Of course contend for.a federal dole. Once this aystem gets started in this country there will be no end to t and no limit to the demands which will be made on the federal government. England's situation should be a warn a. Ing of the danger of the dole. - . j i In every time of crisis there' are those who think that civilization is done, or that the "system," political or eco omic, needs to be changed. But there will be recurrent seasons of abundance and of dearth under any political or economic system. The best we can. do and we should strive to do it is to plan more wisely to. level off the peaks of booms and fill up the valleys of sharp depression. The country must be prepared to respond to the call of the president and ot Mr. Gifford when those calls come. The Idaho Fires ; - FOLK who know the Idaho country where I the fires have been raging will grieve over the loss which the fires ' have Ijrought. We do not know the Boise basin region where, the present fires are bringing death and destruction but we do know the north Idaho country around Priest Lake. It kas been a primitive wilderness, with small settlements here and there, with summer homes scattered around the lake. The mountains are al covered' with' trees or brush and abound in wild jrameV Ten years ago we spent a vacation n upper Priest lake. We shudder to picture the country now " as burned over and deflate, the little homesteads wiped out, trees standing stark Against the' -sky, the land black as the fire has spent itself. i We read that there people stood shoulder x to shoulder . deep in icy waters while-fires raged about them; animals, tame and wild, ran' like blazing torches till they 'dropped dead. From this region come great quantities of poles for power and telephone lines. Much of the timber, however, is of little economic vahie, like the jack pine of eastern Oregon around LaPine. Yet the denudation of the land is fearful to contemplate, both from the robbing of the natural beauty and the indirect losses that come through soil erosion, rapid run-off of water, etc. ! It is painful to read of these forest fires, and when they visit' a land you know and love, .you feel as though you had been robbed of some of your own possessions. . An intelligence Test ! AGNES REPPLIER, writing on , "Actor and Audience" (Atlantic, September), relates this amusing example f the intelligence (!) of audiences: j - . . . A veteran actor has asked, rather superciliously, if anyone has ever heard an intelligent comment upon a play made by a member of the departing audience. Intelligence is a large order; but if we are content to be amused at auch moments, we may have, our fill of entertainment. When the curtain fell upon John Barrymore's Hamlet, and I was making my, way out of the theatre, wondering what principle had dictated the ruthless and arbitrary cutting of the texVa. lady in front of me said to her companion: What I like best was that we had the play as Shakespeare wrote it. There wasn't a line left out.' 'Oh, but there was, aaid the second lady;" I waited all-evening to hear the queen say, From this distance the acquittal of confessed murderer Clark In Los Angeles looks like a' perversion ot Justice. The Jury seems to have been a typical American Jury, swung easily br maudlin senti ment. Clark tale was that he fired in eelt-defense. There was no one to dispute him because both the other person present were dead, his victims. While he seems to have been dealing with a pair of political fixers, it seems Improbable to us that his killings were Other than straight "murder. But Clark's smooth manner and clever speech carried over with the jury., and now it is Improbable that he .will be retried. Then wo wonder why crime Is so rampant In .this . country. 1 ... . , , Now they are talking about a U. 8. dole law. Here is something for the average citizen to think about. Private charity and giving la hard enough but when the dole starts the drain is endless. Only a few of the most hardened, like "to live on' private charlty7 bat give out government help and they think their liTfng problem is solved. Astorlan-Budget. 1- 1 A wealthy Jap off on an ocean dibaueh with a white showgirl Is lost overboard. A bride at San Franfclfico has a ,partyin her hotel without her husband and is thrown out the window to her death. The wages of sin is at least publicity. r 1 Governor Meier tells farmers in the Willamette Talley that he S"rnt a moratorium on farm mortgage debts. Well. It's at least Interesting to find out that there is something the governor can't do. Klamath Falls Herald. j , . .oted truckmen new goal" is la the headlines. What, turn the trucks over to the colore boys who have been driving the ani mated tin cans about the town? - Yes it's the sane Jack Dempsey who receded cruel and ln thTIJuarld "tag! hl Wlt "h W 11 Uklnc om aU comer8 Ia " - i '- v ' ' i; 1 . bill for .ornVrcglstor,: " " Along with prices, we notice - Utile Llndy's having a mnch They say these are dog days; WAR XCRSK DIES OMAHA. Neb., Aug. 27 (AP) Mr. Frank Neather of Colum bus. Neb., who as Miss Esther Compton was one of the three Omaha nurses to answer the first call to go to war la If IT, died la lovpital here yesterday. - l not,t1 cabinets are falling these Jays. better time of it! than Paand Ma. In winter we have doggone days. MORALS CIL1RG FACED PORTLAND, lore., Aug. 17.--(AP Thomas -81mpson. 17. was bound over to the grand Jury oa a charge jot procuring a minor girl tor Immoral purposes. Ban was sratr?5iyfM TbotK Brushes Br ESTILL L. BRUNK. D. M. D. Marion Ootiaty Dept. of UeeOtai . Ia selecting- toota brush par ticular atteatloa tbOBld be clrea to size, ahape and apacing of Ihel bristle. For an adalt-a bruin tnat la thre tufta of bristle vide and six or aaven long la ot adtflclect tlx. The bristle may be medium or hard dependlnc principally en th choice ot the lndlriduaL A brnah with soft brlatle will not clean properly when wet. The tnfta should be well spaced which will permit easf . cleaalnr aad rapid drrinr. ' . "" For a child the brash may be ot almllar design as-, that ot the adult but with 'fewer tufta ot brlatlea. Two tofts wide and flro long shoold bo anf ficlent." Brlatle one-half Inch hih. or a trifle shorter will permit eleaalac be tween the teeth. It the bristle are' too long: proper znoTement ot the brash will not be possible. . Have Two Bruehe , It 'Is advUablfr to hare two brushes so. that a fresh dry one may be used, at a aubsequent brushing. New brushes should be purchased before the - bristles be come broken. The teeth cannot bo brushed properly when t h bristles are ragged and worn. Snags of bristle may injure the I gums. Ul Ul.u, "- considered a mean ot preserving the health. When performed dally oyer, a period ot time a habit is formed which become as essen tial a taking a bath or washing the hands and face. , Clean Tooth Slay Iecy Children ahonld be taught the use ot the tooth brush at an early age. At first it wlU be necessary for the , mother to brush the teeth tor the child, showing him how to use the brush.. The brush ing ot the tongue and gums ia not always necessary. Thla is ad rocated by some as a tneans ot stimulating the flow of blood In the tissues. It foods are eaten which require mastication' the. tissue will receive sufficient stimulation. i . There la an old saying "a clean tooth 1 never decays". : We now know that thl 1 not entirely cor rect and that probably diet and sunshine more than cleanliness alone determines whether or not teeth -decay. . HoweTer,: tooth brushing and mouth cleanliness are ot assistance maintaining a healthy mouth and teeth as weU as being essential to good looks. Brush your teeth hut do not let it take the place ot . an adequate diet. What hssUa problems yon! If the above article rmite aay qnestioa la your miad. write thst question eat 4 en i it either te Tke Stetetmme er tW Merloa county department of healta. The satwrr will appear la thin eolnma. Kerne thonld be slcned. bat will not be sscd ia Yesterdays ... Of OU Salem .Town TaTka froe The Stales ana a o4 Karller Pays j August 28, 100 A public driveway with curbs and gutters, cement sidewalks and carriage mounts connecting the driveway with the present ce ment sidewalks are among the improvement to be made to the postoftice grounds soon. Post master Farrar ha received the drawing! --of the proposed Im provement from Washington, D. c. . The clay floor in the horse stalls of the Salem fire depart ment's headquarters ar passed the experimental stag and have been adopted as a permanent fix ture. . Major Percy Willis. TJ.S. A., accompanies: by Mrs. Willis, is In the city, risittng the scenes and friends among whom he spent several pleasant years and among whom his career of - success . in military life has been noted with genuine pleasure. , , August 28. 1921 J Larry Hoter and Lee Eyerly of Salem cleaned up aU four evenU in automobile races put on at Central la. Wash., yesterday. The two Salem, drivers Intend to race at a number of fairs this season in their car which Is capable of going. 90 miles per hour. i Declaring that the TsulMlng committee of the Salem Hospital association has no grievance with organised labor, bat that It does not . Intend to be dictated to by disgruntled members of ualoas or agitators, the committee In a signed article, seta forth Rs side of the labor controversy relative to wages paid In construction of the new hospital. , j At the suggestion f Julius Meier, chairman ot the 19 5 ex position. Governor Olcott has ap pointed delegates from each coun ty In the state to attend con ference In Portland September S to consider the scope of the ex position, administration policy and the .method of finance. ; Yesterday Statesman reporters asked: "Hew can Salem proceed to keep Its aymphiny orchestra?'" Dr. C A. Downs, physician; "Just go ahead and keep it, that's all.. I don't think there's any doubt about it. It's a question ot a few people guaranteeing lt The orchestra has gone along In the past and I think it wlU con tinue to do so. Amanda Higxlns. boasewlfet "I'd say oft hand the first at -p would be to make sure that two symphony group will not func tion in the city durin ; any seaso One srroupshould get greater sup port. . . i " '" ' . : Clyde Green, tailor: "ly aiding financially . v George Blair, farmer: Tf un able to aid financially, attend tree concerts and lend moral snnoort. and' it time permits, offer free srvtces and donations."- - -,- - ; 1 New. Views i HERE'S HOW Nv Vo a I fM f aiufle?niwa. w n $ntaM nw. I - Cant ve- rt?"l wMw.viii.: SSa, JJs " ' ' I ' . I, --ii . ' , . . 1 rrr n re-HtmortiOMMtOiMriy Tomorrow: The Radio Newspaper. BITS for BREAKFAST Br R. I. HENDRICKS Who. discovered South Pass: For a long time the question ot the discoverer of the South Paaa through the Rocky moun tains was ia dispute. It was ia most Important discovery, for it opened a comparatively easy way over that barrier for the covered wagon trains carrying the early settlers of the Oregon country and provided the- beaten path fol lowed by 250,000 people west ward bound, from the Whitmans in XSSt to the last oomers ot the epochal trek thai lasted until 1SC9. when the golden spikellnk- ing the Union PaclXlc with .the Central Pacific was - driven at Promontory Point at the north end of the Great Salt Lake in Utah. In 185S the newly formed re publican party nominated John C. , Fremont tor president, and among the many qualifications for this high office, which his sup porters urged was his alleged dis covery ot the South Pass. Ram sey Crooks was an old man at the time, residing In New York City. He wrote the following letter to Anthony Dudgeon ot Detroit: "New York. June 28, 185 . My1 Dear Sir: Just as X waa about closing my letter to you of yes terday's date, I received tho De troit Free Press of the Slst Inst., containing a laudation of CoL John C Fremont taken from the Detroit Adviser of the previous day, and which (if it had been true) Is not, in my humble opin ion, a very important item -in making up the essentials of such a man at should become the pres ident of this glorious confeder acy-. . "v. newaver. nresume It is in tended to exhibit him as endowed with uncommon Intrepidity and daring la exploring so -wide a re gion, surrounded by savages and grlxxly bears, thereby proving treat firmness ot character, so very desirable, bat. unfortunately,-so -very nrs la the head of a great nation. V "But even If the colonel had discovered the South Pass, it does not show any mors fitness for the exalted station he covets than the numerous beaver hunters and traders whe passed and repassed through that noted place full -20 years before Col. Fremont had at tained a .legal right to rote, and were tally his equals la enter prise, energy, and. Indomitable perseverance with this somewhat important difference, that he waa backed by the United State treas ury, while other explorers had to rely on their, own' source; ; . - ; Th perfla ot the South Pass, therefore, confer oti :the colonel no 'greater claim "to distinction that the trapper Is entitled -.to. and his party must be pressed hard when they' had to drag in a elreumsUnce so .very unimpor tant as who discovered the South Pass.. -- - . " - S "Although the Free Press con clusively prove that the colonel could not he the discoverer ot the" South Pass, the detatfs are not accurate, and In order that his tory (It it ever gets there) may be correctly vindicated, I will teU you how It was." m V ' i "Mr. David Stuart tailed from this port tn 1S10 for the Colum bia river on board the ship Toa qutn with a number of Mr. As tor's associates In the Pacific Fur company, and after the breaking up of the company la 1814, he returned through the -Northwest company's territories to Montreal, tar to the north of the South Pass, which he never saw. V.a, In 1811. the overland party of Mr. Astor's expedition, under the command or Mr.- Wilson P. Hunt, of Trenton, New Jersey, al though numbering 80 well armed men, found the Indians so very troublesome la the country oftbe Yellowstone river, . that the party of seven persons, who left Astoria toward the . end of June, 1812. considering It dangerous to pas again by the route of If 11, turn ed toward the southeast as soon as they had crossed -the main chain of the Rocky mountains, and, after several days journey, came through the celebrated South Pass in the month of No vember, 1812. ' i " "Pursuing from; thence-an east- By EPSON k CJIMDUr-St SPOT ON M?m - erly course, they fell unon. the river Platteof the Missouri. hri Ihey passed the winter and reach-, ed SL Louis in April. 1812. w . "The seven persons forming the party were Robert McClelland of Ilagerstown. who. with the cel ebrated Captain . Well, was cap tain of spie under General Wayne In hi famous Indian campaign; Joseph Mille-; of ..Baltimore, for several year an officer of the U. 8. army; Robert Stuart, a citizen of Detroit; Benjamin Jones of Missouri, who acted as huntsman of the party, Francois LeClalre.a halfbreed. and Andre Valee, a Ca nadian voyageur. and Ramsay Crooks, who Is the only survivor of this small band of adventure. I am very sincerely yours, Ramsay Crooks." . That seems sufficiently conclu sive. Ramsay Crooks was an up standing representative ot the intrepid- explorers of his time; a credit .to his Scotch ancestry. He had suffered and starved with the main party ol the Astorlans under Wilson Price Hunt in the terrible trials of the winter of 1811-12. ; He was one ot the leadera ot the party of six, with Robert Stu art ostensibly in charge, who on June 29 or 20, 1812. started back Overland from Fort Astoria with letters and papers for John Jacob Astor. They picked up Joseph Miller In the Rockies, he having been detached from the main Hunt party on the way .west. He made up the .party of seven men tioned In the letter ot Crook quo ted above. - A .. Elliott Cones In his edition of the Henry-Thompson Journal concluded, retrerring to the dis covery of the South Paaa: "The pass they made can ha na otha than the famous South Pass of the Hocky mountains. That is, the pass that was made by the re turning Astorlans with the letters and papers for. Astor. ' Couea later revised this state ment, however, by saying they followed a course "very near the1 South Pass, perhaps within 12 to 15 miles of it, where they Wan dered off the Indian trail which would have taken them through the pass, and kept southeast till they had headed the Sweetwater entirely. They then struck east, south of that river, and finally fell on it lower down. - V S V . Anyway, these seven Astorlans were sear enough to the famous pass to leave the conclusion that they were Its discoverers. There had b&en a confusion of names, hence the reference ot Ramsay Crooks In his letter to "Mr. Da rtdStuartVThe Stuarts with the Astorlans " Who discovered the South, Pass wa Robert' Stuart. Some ot the accounts spelled Mc Clelland without the d; MeClel lan. -- - " - " Non-Stop Pair To Be Honoredm At Washington .WASHINGTON. Aug. 27-(AP) Russell N. Roardman and John Polando, Istanbul fliers, will be presented to President Hoover at noon Friday ; by Clarence M. Young, . assistant secretary of commerce for aeronautic. -- Afterward the aviator will be guests of the Washington cham ber of. commerce at luncheon. They, are scheduled to fly here in the plane la which they linked New York and the Turkish capi tal In a non-stop flight. The fliers plan to leave Friday for Cleveland and the national air races. Woman Injured Little in Leap PORTLAND. Ore" Aug. 27. (AP) With minor Injuries suf fered In a leap from the bath room window of her second story apartment. Mrs. Helen M. Scan Ion. 22. was in a hoapltal here to night. She escaped from the plunge with only cut and abra sion about- the arms and legs. police said. A nervous breakdown was given by her physicians as the causa for her act.. , . - ---r . ear as MM- .Tag: Hi A ' a iwai mtcui 11 mmt: Th read this rawr Once they belonged to a czar ina, these- blood-red rubles. Now they hare , lain hidden in the darkness, of a cavern- for ten years since that mad night when a ' . revolutionary mob murdered their owner. Prince Mnrinor. They were safely hidden away by FOderoff, Prince Murlaov's faith ful agent; and Federotf has now come back for them. With him Is an Englishman, Frank Severn. ' The - Jewels . are the rightful property of Prince Marino V granddaughter, now grown.- to womanhood. As a little girl she was sent from Russia with her mother to escape the revolution. Her mother since has died. . , i Severn has come to Russia' at the young woman's request. He finds Federoff.. NOW GO OX CHAPTER HI .It had been no easy thing fpr this Englishman even to set foot in 'this close-locked land. But some slight, past acquantance with a- Soviet commissar in the old days he - had been familiar with Russia and unlimited brib ery had smoothed away difficul ties. Only in this country ot spies, where suspicion was in the very air, he had' not been long in real izing that his movements were watched. One false step might ruin everything. The' Englishman knew he must alwaya sleep with one eye open. .. , But now at length they had won through as far as the hiding place ot the treausre at least. Un der cover of night they had made their way secretly to Castle. Mar inor, now a dead place of black ened, broken walls and memor ies. As once before," ten years ago. Federotf; accompanied by this Englishman, stole down the dark hillside to that opening - in the rocks, made again .that perilous journey down over the edge of the chasm. With a thrill his grop ing hand found the casket There were tears ot thankfulness and joy la Fed erof fa eyes. Back In Moscow with the jew els safe in their keeping. The Englishman busy on plans for his return and on arrangements for Federoff. to" accompany him. Wheela to be oiled. More, bribery and yet more' bribery Ways dis cussed and rediscussed for smug gling those jewels out of the. coun try, that If discovered" la their possession would Inevitably be confiscated. : Their plans almost ripe and then a dismaying whisper of dan ger to threaten everything. Snspiclon From his acquaintance, lhe commissar, the Englishman learn ed that suspicion was astir; sus picion linking him with those lost Jewels of the Murlnovs. There were long memories In Russia, and - hi journey aouth had been noted nd . his association with Federoff Deepening suspicion! One day he came back to his hotel to find, evidences that his luggage- had been secretly search ed. Unseen forces already moving against him la the dark! It became clear to this English man that it would be Impossible tor him to smuggle those gems out ot the country; he would be searched before the frontier was reached, every stitch oa him, all his luggage. If, as he now knew the authorltUs suspected, the Czarina rubles were touad la his possession they - would never reach that .woman ia England. And for himself a Russian pris on. Only on way out ot this Im passe. MI can slip over the frontier Into Poland X have friends there aad from Poland X' can make Hudson Divorce Decree, Copy Is Asked of Court BELLING HAM, Waah4 Ang. 27 (A P)A telegraphic re quest for a certified copy of the divorce decree granted . the Rev. Guy Hudson, -recent husband Ot "Ma" Kennedy Jn 192C was re ceived Wednesday f rem a law firm at Las Vegas. Ner. . - -. The request came to Archie Stewat, county clerk, from the firm or Ham and Taylor, Las Vegas. - ' ..-. Mrs. Grace- Hudson was - award ed a final divorce decree from Hndsoa here oa May '2 2. 1928. E. McLaugKlin and J. Stauffer' Named Pythian Delegates - - ' ; . HUBBARD, Aug. 2T Elton McLaughlin and Julius stautfer were elected a delegates to repre sent Aiion lodge No. 67' at the grand lodge of Knights of Pythias which convenes in Portland Oc tober 6-7. It promises to be an interesting session -because it Is the ' fiftieth anniversary ot meetings of the grand lodge In Oregon, and it win be partly a Joint cession of Ore gon and Washington as Washing ton la holding grand lodge at Vancouver' at the same time. Sir Hall Caine Seriously III . LONDON. Aug. - 27. AP) Sir Hall Caine. noted novelist. Is seriously - 111 at his home on the Isle ot Man, It was reported to day. .- The report said his condition was causing . anxiety and - that Lady Galne and the- other mem bers of his family had been sum moned. The novelist Is 7S years old.- : -". .' Daily Thought On this ha pleas earth There's email sincerity ot mirth. And laughter oft Is but an art To drown the J outcry of the f --heart.- -f ,As V- Coleridge. arina s mimes ad tnrtr Tfa high time you were married my way to England and meet you there with the Jewels." Federoff sam. -we must not be seen to gether again. But I have a plan. Listen." An hour later the two men parted. They had made their plans this last forlorn hone. Once again Federoff was to be me custoaiaa of the Czarina rub ies. It only he could get safely over the frontier, clear of that red shadow that was Russia If only! . - ; t . Ther crinoed hands anil narted. They were never to meet again. Back Home There had been no vestige of fog in London as Jim Wynter left the last lamp post behind and slips ped out into open country; but al most imperceptibly as his car car ried him down into the deeps -of Essex a thin haze had crept up. grey, misty dimness, blurring the further distances ot the low lying landscape. Still, lf.lt grew no worse than this . before he made Beggar's Court, that queerly named old house not far from -the coast he would not grumble, Wynter. told himself cheerfully as he drove along the quiet, " almost deserted roads with London and her myri ad lights a far-receding horizon line behind him. To a man just back from the heat and glare of torrid lands south of the equator the cool, moist touch ot the mist on his face was like caressing fingers. How often' out there, -under the skies like molten brass, he had dreamed of cool, misty English autumn evenings such as this. "Lord, but it's good to be back!" Jim Wynter had . told himself that a score of time since land ing at Southamptoa tea days ago. The eyes ot this tall, sun-tanned man ot 39, with the pleasant. good-humored, likeable face, re flected a deep contentment. Eng land was a good spot. -No place anywhere like It. really. He had been a bird of passage for the last four or five years so he ought to know. " And this time he was back for good. He had bidden a definite good-bye to that estancla far up country tn th Argentine Quit unexpectedly the Heath of a. re 1 jS'il5lv and settled down," she told bios, mote cousin had struck off for him the shackles of a not too con genial Job. Not a fortune, nothing like a fortune, that he had come In for. though the" sudden, wonderful feeling of Independence It brought made It seem talmost that to Jim Wynter but good enough at least to enable him to throw up his Job on that South American cattle-ranch and turn his face homewards. It had been good oh the eve of sailing from Buenos Aire to get that cable from the Grayson in sisting that he must make their place his headquarters for as long as he liked. Bill Grayson, now do ing brilliant things at the bar.-was one or his oldest friends. A good scout., Bill and his wife, Molly, was a good scout, too. Real pals, both of them.. He had had a cheery, crowded ten days: in. England looking up old friends, whose name was le sion. And "lilly- Grayson seemed determined .to add to their num ber by f llngingj in his ray all the pretty girls she knew. Milly was frankly a matchmaker, perhaps out 'oT compliment to her. own happy marriage. "It's high time "you were-married and settled down," she had tbld him, "especially when there are not nearly enough nice men Hkefyou, Jim to go 'round!" He had, laughed and told her that, she was gilding the pill for a confirmed bachelor with gross flattery. Certainly where he had been living for the best-part of four years, where ti see a white woman was an event he had little chance of losing hisheart. Fleeting GlimDaes Perhaps that was why he re membered Katharine Faring with such curious vividness though he had only seen her twice, when business had taken him on that flying visit to New York more than two years ago. Even now at that distance of time his mind could call up the very picture ot her; the dark: glory of her hair. Its dusky sha dows shot with wandering gleama of gold; the aeablu of her eyes. And the lovely lilting voice, faint ly un-English in Its intonation he could recall It now as if It he had heard it only yesterday. (To be continued tomorrow.) Economical : insurance ' for" prized possessions No prudent person will , for hona moment question the atafemenl that a Safe Deposit Bor Ii thl most economical Insuranca in th. world against thieves and burjf lars. Here at the United States National you mar have Safe Deposit Boi protection for your Jewelry, val uables, and Important' papers fof a cost as low 'as about a penny ! day. - Arrange for your protectibn" to-" day. ; , ' I United States National Bank Sofen.Orcj3 '