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"No Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Awe" .
From First Statesman, March 2$, 1851 :
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; Tradi With the Orient '
FIFTEEN million biashels - of northwestern grown wheat
have been sold to j China by the farm boardand imme
diately ships will start transporting the wheat either , as
whole grain or as flour milled in the northwest to the ports
of China. There the government will take it for distribution
to famine sufferers: This is in effect a transaction between
governments. In addition to this government deal a large
quantity Of - wheat has gone on private orders to the orient.
When wheat is low in price the orient is a customer; when it
is high the orient must drop but because thej standard of liv
Cing for the masses is too low to-permit purchase of much
high-priced grain. Were the foreign exchange more favorable
to China that country: would no doubt greatly increase her
purchases from us, because the need for food grains is never
satisfied in that dense population. . j. .
Recent- statistics sliow j the growing importance of our
oriental commerce. Despite wretched conditions in China
that country has advanced from 14th place to' 7th as consumer
of American goods. Japan moved up to fourth place, displac
ing France in this particular. These figures are for the first
half of 1931 covering our export trader While the volume is
much less than a yea ago the decline in our exports to Asia,
25 was smaller than jto any other continent. 1
These figures at of special interest to habitants of the
pacific littoral. iWe are in the most favorable position to
share in this growing commerce, with the orient. The north-west
for example ships logs, lumber, grain, flour, paper in
large quantities to the far east. Return cargoes are silks, tea,
rugs, rubber, and many products of the handcraft industries
of China and Japan, t . !' ; i
' The opportunities); for the expansion of this commerce
are tremendous. The market is limited only by the capacity
of the eastern nations to buy oar flour, lumber, etc., and that
in turn i3 limited by our capacity and willingness to.buy their
products. When we reflect that China has made her purchases
this year in spite of a desperately low rate of exchange, and
. in spite of continued disorder; war, famine and flood, t may
Ko roo1iof1 -wViaf th frnte mav amount ta if conditions there
Should once become, settled
prosperous. " "i. ".K-;- r.r'-j.--.; .fvij: :
We must cultivate close commercial and cultural rela
tions with our neighborsacrossthePacif ic. ;
Dr. Horner's Orei?on
mHE fruit of life Isnent in
A ume: "Oregon History and Early Literature" by Prof.
John B. Horner, professor of history in Oregon State Col
lege. It is the fourth edition of his history, revised and
broughtdown to date; and stands as one of the most com
plete and comprehensive studies of Oregon which have ap
peared. -' .. ? j-p-i : :-': :".,'.;: .v,f-1- -V. " j"" '-' '
The volume of 442 pages is indeed cyclopedic. It is not
just a history of the territory and state. It is a compendium
of important and interesting facts about the Oregon story.
Historians of the past have been criticized for devoting too
much attention to political history.: The Horner history is
free from such criticism, because his subject matter includes
everything from the origins of churches in the state to news
papers, Buena Vista pottery, railroads, colleges, etc. j
Deserving of special 'mention are the illustrations. The
book isaritable picture gallery of Oregon. In no other vol
' ume that we know of are there as many pictures of real his
torical importance dealing with "the history of Oregon. There
are pictures of the governors, of the great early day preach
ers, of the first custom I house, the first postoffice. Table
Rock, Oregon Institute, the state capitol at Corvallis, etc.,
etc ' ; ;n ' 'r r -f !: f-ri ;'l V-! y'- -'?; f :
- Early Oregon authors are given much attention by Dr.
Horner. Among the poets are Sam L. Simpson, Edwin Mark
ham, Mrs. Ella Higginsori, Joaquin Miller. Homer Davenport
receives an appreciative sketch with fitting illustrations and
a selection from, his writings. Sen. Baker, orator and poet,
Harvey Scott, great' editor, Frederick Balch, novelist, Mrs.
- Emery Dye, historian, Louis A. Banks, poet, are included in
the galaxy of Oregon's literary masters, j ; i ; --.
The Statesman takesj a personal interest in the book, be-
' cause it was composed and printed in the commercial print
ing department of the Statesman Publishing company; and
the task has taken most of the late summer and early fall. It
should prove an indispensable work in every private and
public library and will be widely used as a textbook on Ore
gon history, -j" . -; : t j x-.'i,
Roosevelt and Porto Rico i
THERE have been reports that Gov. Roosevelt would be
appointed governor of the Philippine islands. . Wheir that
news reaches the people of Porto Rico where Theodore, jr.,
is serving as governor there will be widespread bbj ectiori.
For Young Teddy has made good in this Carribean island. In
fact he is about the first governor who has made a conspicu
. ous. success. there, -'and that under. extremely difficult condi
tions: storm, poverty, depressionr-He leameoT-the language,
. and that made a hit with the natives. He visited all parts of
. the island and threw, characteristic Rooseveltian energy in
to the task of being a real leader in solving the problems of
the island. - " : ' !
His recent report states the government of the island
has succeeded in balancing its budget, for the first time; in
17 years, and that in spite of very hard times, on the island.
'Export trade had grown in volume, a commission is estab
lishing large numbers of farmers on the land tinder their own
ownership. Infant mortality rate has- declined from; 161 to
126, the tuberculosis rate from 301 to 263. The general mor
tality rate is 18.6 against a former rate of 253., I
j A vast amount of work needs to be done in the direction
of public health, in economic well-being, in better educational
facilities. i - 1 :.
Perhaps the post of governor of the Philippines would
be a promotion and perhaps Roosevelt is needed there; but
"still there is much for him to do in his present position. The
country rejoices in his success, not only because of the bene
fits to this onderpriyilegedV people, but also because of the
popular interest in Kooseveit
satile father. ----- -
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A pair of Portland socialites
fair at Canby becaasa tby -werpattiaf; oat aati-prohlblrlon liter
ature. W don't know what the rules Of that fair are; kt voryaody
- should be treated alike, and It the Portland women wat to peddle
tpro-boote propaganda fhey ihould b permitted to do ao. I ,
and, even for China, reasonably'
the studv of Oregon is the vol-
as the son or an energetic, ver
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. ... r:l,v:.- u
had a rno-In irita.efficerg of the
TEymus Disease
: By YERNON A, DOUGX.A8 !
tfarlon County Slept, of Health
, The thymus gland is j located
Just beneath the breast pone or
sternum. It is a gland! of un
known function
nd apparently
has no internal
ee ration.
Many
believe.
however. : that
H ha
some-
to v id
thins
trlt a
cobt-
ling : infections
early in r chlid
sood b ef or o
full, immunity
I developed.
Since it
is made
ip tb
a .great
extent
of lym-
i IX. V, A. DoasUa.
sils and since the
phoid '
k 1 s sue
iimllar
to ton
itselt lis
gland
normally larger daring childhood
than later. As the child grows old
er it gradually shrivels
up to
fibrous mass.
! The gland may
become larger
childhood ; and
than normal in
cause very alarming symtoms.
The condition which is thus caus
ed has been called "thyraic asth
ma" since the chnd mky have
great difficulty inj breathing;; and
la extreme causes may die in an
attack. The real cans ot the dif
ficult breathing has not been -definitely
settled. It may jbe ; dne
either to pressure ion thej trachea
aftd surrounding structures of to
some secretion liberated; byf tie
thymus or to an abnormal consti-
luuouai siate or j wmca me en
Urged thymus is only a partj
( X-Ray Effects Cure -f
j The most common symptoms of
thymus disease are shortness of
breath, either continuous or re
mittent, suffocative; attacks In
.which the child holds his breath
until he becomes j alarmingly c
anotic, and stridor or a crowing
sound which is made on inspira
tion. Attacks may come on sud
denly without warning lor may
follow fits of crying or screaming.
Some of the cases - of J sudden
death in children for which, there
has been bo apparent cause have
been cases of enlarged thymus.
j Fortunately, although the out
look for patients : with enlarged
thymus wa found considered
distinctly grave, the x-ray his
come to the rescue and jmade, it
very easy not only to diagnose a
case, but also to : furnish treat
ment. It is now possible to tell
by means of x-ray whether a child
has an abnormally enlarged thy
mus, and if this is found, one or
two or more very light x-ray
treatments melt the abnormal
growth away to normal size with
in a comparatively few! hours.
The alarming suffocative attacks
disappear as if by magic.
Wlt tMlth problem Bars roaf
lb abTs articl raise any auttioa
yor mlad. writs tht queatioa oat and
end it aitaer t Tha Stateamaa sr-'tks
atarion eonaty department of health. Tk
aswrr will aspaar ia this eolnaia. Vaatc
shsald be atmed, bnt wUl sot be ned,ia
the napcr.
Yester
. .jOf Old Salem
To
Talks f row Tt State
of Xartter Dys
' September S, 1POQ S
j PENSACOLA, Fla. The worst
sea storm and hurricane on the
gulf coast since - Pensaeola i was
swept away 175 years ago, began,
last night and Is still raging.
Many homes are. under water and
many persons have been carried
to points of safety In boats, t
A rather exciting runaway oc
curred yesterday morning in front
of Willamette university on State
street. No one , was Injured, but
one of the horses was badly scar
fed and the rear of a. buggy was
smashed to pieces and another
buggy damaged. .
The Central Oregon State; Nor
mal school opened at Drain Sep
tember 26, with the lirgest en
rollment in Its history. There Wilt
be a class ot It. The building and
general improvements are nearly
completed. ;
i September 29, 1921
Salem , day at the Oregon state
fair was attended by J 1,500 peo
ple, a - record crowd, jyesterday.
The largest crowd ana 'the only
one that ever completely filled the
state fair stadium for such an
event was on hand when the
ladies roadster class opened the
second night' program tJt the
horse ahow.
DAYTON. O. Lieutenant John
A. Macready, test pilot lot McCoek
field, todar shattered the world's
altitude record, attaining a height
of 40,800 feet, breaking Rudolph
C. Schroeder's record of 384 8 9
feet attained last year.
Reorganization of the - Oregon
Pure Bred Livestock (assodattoa
to Include official representation
from every county pure bred livei
stock association in . the state.
county farm bureaus, swine asso
ciations and - ether , breeding ; asso
ciations, was -perfected
at a meet
ing at the fairgrounds
last night.
Daily Thought
"I never make the
mistake; of
for whose
arguing with people
opinions I have no
respect
Gibbon. . .
H. Phillips Moving:
Into urge Modern
Residence, Mehama
MEHAMA, Sept 28 Mr. and
Mrs. H. Phillips whose home was
destroyed by tire during the wind
storm- la April are now moving
into their new home, a fully; mod
ern sjx-room house, Mr. and "Mrs.
Phillips have been camping the
past few months la, their garage
wane tneir neir.nome wm being
bunt.1- civv-ii! . U t;.
' A- sss wa born to Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Hushes nPriday. Sept. 25.
The new arrival Is Banted- Xaa-
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Br R. J. HENDRICKS
Why was a pioneer? 4
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Under the above heading, the
Portland Oregonian of . Sept. 17,
had the following editorial ar
ticle:
"More and more, as one pries
Into history, one - is amazed by
the lndeflniteness of the motives
of those brave thousands who fol
lowed the Oregon trail. We have
heard George H. Himes, curator
of the Oregon Historical society,
state positively ' that "the people
came to better their condition.'
No one should know better! than
Mr. Himes, and yet it is Impossi
ble, when reading the diaries, al
ways te feel convinced.
"The current Issue of the Ore
gon Historical quarterly contains
the diary of George Belshaw, who
crossed the plains with many
members of his family and as
captain of a wagon train in 1852.
(It was in 1853.) Mr. Belshaw
settled in Lane county, four miles
hortaof Eugene. The diary ap
pears ai edited by Mrs. Gwen Cas
tle of San Francisco, who also nad
the benefit of the recollections of
Mr. Belshaw' daughter. Mrs.' An
nie Howell of San Francisco.
."Mr. . Belshaw st .rted from
Lake county, Indiana, and . his
writings contain no adequate ex
planation of; why he wished to
move to Oregon. We are amazed,
however, to come upon, in a letter
to. his brother; the following pas
sage, written from Council Bums
on the east bank of the Missouri:
- Iowa Is the best land, and
most of ft. Lever saw. It lis all
good. I don't think I have travel
ed SO rods of poor land in cross
ing It, but it Is broken very'bad.
Rolling very high up and down,
all through, j hut - richer than any
of the land j In Lake Porter or
Voorprairie i (Valparaiso). M No
marshes, but great, big red roots
on the top of the highest hills.
They raise from 80 to 100 bushels
of corn to the acre. Largest corn
I ever saw. I counted one ear. It
had 30 rows 4
"In short, there was not the
slightest misunderstanding on the
part of these emigrants as to the
wealth of the country they were
passing over, and surety they were
well aware that they were headed
for a country broken by moun
tains cut up by valleys of great
fertility, to be sure, but from the
m ass farming ' standpoint holding
less possibility than the land they
were leaving behind. One can Im
agine them squeezing the rich red
loam between their' fingers then
throwing It down with their faces
pointed westward, and going on.
Belshaw makes the apologetic after-remark:
-'But a cold, windy,
disagreeable country to live in the
winters No timber,' scarcely, and
so far to the market Yet that has
the sound of an excuse, It has the
ring 'of apologizing for the inner
urge . that sent him .. out, . at the
head of his numerous family, to
ward ahadowy and beckoning Ore
gon." 1
' In his famous address at the
third annual reunion ot the Ore
gon Pioneer association, James W.
Nesmith touched upon this sub
ject. It wa at the -atate fair
grounds, June 15, 18T5. The organization-meeting
of the associ
ation had been neld at Buttevtlle
Oct. IS, 1873, and the first annu
al reunion at the same place Nor;
11th" .'following, celhrating. the
loth anniversary of the adoption
of the.- Oregon constitution. 'The
second annual reunion was at the
historic Aurora park, on June If,
1174, observing the anniversary
of the signing of the treat set
tling the international boundary
question; (June 15, 1848.) and all
meetings since have followed the
date then fixed. Mr. Nesmith gave
in the nature of an excuse the fol
lowing: 1- ? - . j ..- . .
' S .
"Meniere generally governed In
their actions by some rational
motive. I have often been! asked
by refined and 'cultivated people
in Washington the reason for my
coming 'to Oregon at that early
day and I have found it a diffi
cult question to . answer. I was a
poor, homeless youth." destitute
alike of friends.. money, and edu
cation. -Actuated by a reckless
spirit 'oradrenture,- one place was
to me the same as another. No tie'
of near -..kindred or possessions
bound me to any spot on - the
earth's surface. Thinking my con
dition might be made better, and
knowing it could not be worse,' I
took th leap, in the dark. But Jn
the emigration that: aecompankut-
By EDSON
ltrTAU K AM T
A SAN FRANCISCO
RESTAURANT SERVES
FOOD ON A ROTATING
PLATFORM THE BILL
OF FARE IS REPEATED
EACH TEN FEETTHE
CUSTOMER HELPS HIM
SELFTHE FOOD IS
REPLACED AS THE
PLATFORM PASSES
THROUGH THE KITCHEN
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I i Wa.tfc He M..
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Don't Drive People Crazy!
me, there were staid men of ma
ture years and cultivated Intel
lectsmen who left comparative
ly comfortable home and friends,
with their wives and li children,
gave up the advantages of civilisa
tion to cross a desert f continent
beset with hostile savages, to go
they knew not whither,; and with
the certainty that in the event of
a- defeat by Indians, finding Ore
gon uninhabitable, there could be
no possibll "- of returning. The
chances were more than even that
if they escaped the scalping knife
of the savages, it would only be
to perish by starvation. So far as
lands at reasonable rates" and a
fruitful soli were desirable, they
were surrounded with j them in
the homes they abandoned. No
monarchical or arbitrary govern
ment oppressed; them, no religious'
zeaiots persecuted them. They
fled from no such evils 4s brought
either the pilgrim or cavaliers to
the new world; nor was their av
arice tempted by the inducements
which se: t Cortez a 1 h" j com
panions to Mexico, or Pizarro to
jrera-i ror in existence of pre
cious metals : la this region was
then unknown.
. S ' 1
"Then It may be asked, why
aia sucn men, peril everything
burning their ships behin them,
exposing their helnlesi families
to the possibilities off massacre
and starvaton, braving death
and for whatpurpose?I am not
quite certain than any rational
answer will ever be given to that
question. At the time f we came,
there was comparatively nothing
known of the nessessiomt ta which
we had - disputed title on this
coast, lewis and Ciark had only
beheld thv valley of the; Columbia
river. ; The , missionary . reports
were confined principally to ex
aggerated accounts ot Indian con
versions, while others; writings
upon the subject of Oregon were
a mixture of fiction and perverted
fact that contained no definite
Information of the country and its
resources . . . . The best Informed
mn In both houses ot c ngress,
excepting, perhaps, Benton and
Linn, plaeed no value upon the
country, while some of them de
precated any attempt at its set
tlement,, and derided the Idea of
Its ever becoming a portion of the
American Union. . ' - '
"The furor about ,'54-40 or
tight' , was raised subsequently,
when the alliteration became the
rallying cry of a political party."
(Continued tomorrow.) ;
AURORA, SepC 2 8 la the 4-H
club work, the pen .of Plymouth
Rocks entered In the Canby fair
hy pluclrn little John Kraus, took
third place. This elub was recently
organized, and had allate start,
but John competed anyway and
carried home a ribbon
Aurora students of the Smith
Hughes Vocational asrrlenltnral
work are . coaslstently keeping up
ineiv reputations- a nenon takers.
Those who entered exhibits at the
Clackamas eosmtv fair at rnh
were Oran and Hollis Ottoway and
nenry wurster, -5 representing
Woodburn- high school, and Mar
shall Zlegler, representing the
Canby high school. :
Oran Ottoways entry of four
Shropshire ' theep toot two first
ribbons; two second; and one
third. The Jersey, heifer of Henry
Wurster took Second and third
place, and Marshall Zlegler took
second and third place on his
Chester' White hog entry.
3 Inches of Snow on
Montana Land When
A uburnites Return
ANKENY. Sept. 28.Mrs. Mur
ray Johnston and daughters, Mrs.
Herman Hammer and Ethel John
ston and son David, and grand
daughter, Lois Maria Hammer,
hare -returned from an auto trip
to Montana. ' 7 --vr. -; i v. ,-.
They : report crop conditions hi
the section they visited only
slightly ; below normal, especially
the hay crop. - - Snow was three
laches deep la- Helena' September
XI. t h-day-t hey-lef t-. for borne. '.
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t av" . a
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BREAKFAST
mm eoysiu
RIBBp ATjClBY
. I -
"The C
READ THIS FIRST j
' Katharine Faring, granddangh
ter ot a Russian prince, is the
rightful ; owner ot the missing
Czarina rabies of sinister fame
and fabulous value. Trying to re
cover them for her, Paul Federoli
is murdered at Monk silver, a va
cant country house, , and Frank
Severn. Is 'kidnaped and carried
there unconscious. His - servant.
Crevke. is murdered J , '
Jim Wynter, friend ?t Severn
and of Katharine, tries to rescue
Severn, is Injured and drugged,
and awakens in the home of mys
terious Dr. MarteU. Recovering;
be takes Katharine , and his
friends, Mr. andr Mrs. -Bill Gray
son, , to Severn' country home.
Beggar's ICourt. ' There a search
reveals a concealed stairway and
a , locked door in the ruins of an
ancient chapel. The stub of one of
Dr. Martell's cigarettes lies on the
stairs.
! f NOW GO ON
fli ! TtT : - I-,., i'
"Anyway, I'm willing enough
for that door to be opened. : con-,
tlnued Sant. "I fancy old Coonlbes,
the blacksmith here,' could do the
trick, pick the lock for us. j
" I "And there's no time like now.'
said Wynter. "What about driving
t his nla.ee straightaway . and
bringing him back with usT"
l "Bt all means," said i Sant
heartily. . " " I
I The three men made their Way
out ' into, the open and walked? to
Sant's car. ; i
I "You motored over, I sup
pose?" said the . latter, as they
drove into the village. "Bui 1
didn't see anv sitn of your car'
f "Oh, my -wife and Miss Faring
drove on to . that nonse, juauor
" Bill Grayson explained
"W rather think of taking it furT
nisbed for a month whilst bur
house in town is in the hands of
-painters." v y-
I Objection , '
1 Sant arlanced across at him
aulcklv. h
i "Coming down to this part of
the world, are you? Oh, I'm afraid
Mrs. Grayson will find it deadly
dun. mv dear fellow. Surely you
could find a better alternative I
speak frankly, because I'm think
ing of youcwue set uown ior tour
solid weeks in tnese monotonous
wilds. What - wrong wlthh a
month in some cheery hotel' in
town? Know which I'd prefer., :i
f "Well, a month Isn't long, ny
way," said BUI carelessly. i .
i He did not tell Sant the . real
reason why he and Jim were com
ing down to Manorways, their
plans of pursuing secret investi
gations Into I the Beggar's Court
mystery. Thejr had a very defin
ite reason lor not taking sant in-
faculty hegeption
is well received
New and old Teachers at
TurneT are Greeted by
,; Townspeople
j TURNER, Sept. 28. - Turner
people had their first community
gathering of j the fall season Fri
day night at the high school au
ditorium, when a public reception
was given for the school teachers.
Mrs. S. A. Riches presided A
short but Interesting program,
which opened with instrumental
music by Miss Mary Miller, was
given. . : ; - ' . I '
H. S. Bond, representing r the
community, gave a rhearty jwel
come to the teachers, which was
responded to by Principal Ji R.
Coxwho spoke for the returning
teachers. Thurlo W. Smith spoke
in behalf of the new teachers,
mentioning the friendliness of
Turner people. A group of grade
4-H elub girl gave their club Song
after which their yell leader, Clar
issa Clark, led in club yells. f ,
I Rachel Riches, a young reader
of much promise, gave "Solitude,",
by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, land
'? Trees," by Joyce Kilmer. I Or
chestra mnsic was offered by Miss
Marjory and Louis and Kenneth
Fowler. A group of: small grade
girls sang "School Days." iMrs.
F.jC. Delxell gave reminiscences
of school daya of over 30 years
ago in the old home town In Mis
aourL : Ernest Robinson favored
with; an original poem; ;MDefinIr
tloa of a Kiss," with a second
poem written for the occasion on
'rWelceming the Teachers," which
was- followed with two- orchestra
numbers by the Fowler young
people. : Amusing Incidents which
happened in their teaching days
were described by Mrs. S. A.
Riches and Mrs. F. C. Gunning, ;
Mrs. W. S. Burgoyne sang a
solo and piano monologue, with
Mrs. -Mae Hadley at the piano.
After the program a social hour
was spent,: with-refreshments ef
fruit punch and small cakes Serv
ed. Mrs. J. L. Webb was chairman
of the refreshment' committee,
Mrs. F. O. Gunning arranged the
program and Mrs. R. Lee Thelssen
and Mrs. J. R. Cox provided a
variety of fall flowers which Were
arranged in small baskets. Ladies
ot the W. C. T. yU. "and a! few
friends sponsored the evening's
program. '...'",. j
FOR OREGOil FAIR
AUBURN, Sept! I 2S -'jMral
George Baumgartner accompanied
her 4-H cooking class to the state
fair Saturday. Two members.
Jean Rodgers . and : Doris Kearns,
exhibited "Cookies, i .,. .- .-4!'" .-,,:,
Mrs. William : Tschopp ; is oper
ating the new automatic loom la
the flax exhibit at the state fair.
The yellow school bus fa -j now
taking the country young people
to high school. Of Auburn's eighth
grade that finished last spring all
but one .. are , attending junior
high. - - ;
AUBIIHS QUOTA
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zarma s rxuDies wa r w et
te their con fide nca. " ! r
The car Idrewi up .1 outside the
blacksmith's shop. Sant jumped
down and strode inside in search
of Coombes. Ai few minutes later
he and : an (elderly man emerged.
f YThea I'm to come to Beggar's
Court at 5 o'clock; sir, to tackle
that, lock?' ' '..j r';Y.p:.ir!
A "Thai's the! - idea i Coombe's
Sant glancid at his watch. "Half
an hour from ,nowr; -i .
"Yoii cin't' eomeilat., once?"
Wyntee said to the old man.
The Id fellow did not ; answer;
and Sant explained thai Coombes
was almost stone-deaf ;
"He3 tells me he's busy' on a
job he must' finish first" Sant
aaaea quicitiy, as wynter was
about to shout the question again
"But after all : hair an hour more
or lessf doesn't matter, eh? You're
going jon to Manorways 1 how.
suppose? Bring the ladies' back
with- 3iu, of course -ha I Insist.
I'll see that Martin has some tea
readyj Well, I hope you're eatls-
uea -now, wynter?'; he added
with a laugh. !
In half an hour . ; i! yet all the
same "Wynter chafed a little even
at so brief a delay. He was in a
suspicious mood-s-rOf ii What he
could i scarcely have ! said. But' he
could ' not rid himself of the feel
ing ' that Martin's desperate' anx
iety to keep them away ; from the
ruins was bound up with that an
derground door. ui, iil ij ijl Ml fc f : I
Stin It was difficult to see what
mischief on Martin's part was pos
sible Jnside of the next half hour.
Comet to that, they could i be back
from Manorways and on theepet
in half that1 time., It was only a
few minutes'- walk to: Manorways.
, "Shall expect ! you ' back not
later than five then'?! !But In any
case -Coombes shan't! - pick that
lock xm you snow up" ,1 , ' 1
Sant climbed Into his car and
drove; back to Beggar's Court; j
What would they find behind
that locked door at 5 o'clock? It
was odd,, Jim Wynteru reflected
that (supposing his theory to be
right) they the n mysterious
"they" who had kidnaped Frank
Severn should have been so fa
miliar with the ruins,! should have
a key to that vault door, unless
Well, unless they I had tan ac
complice within Beggar's Court
useir. --! Airvmzw t.r 1
. He and Bill turned a Corner In
the ;country : road - that brotieht
them into sight of Manorways
just in time to witness from a dis
tance the denouement of an ex
citing crowded moment,'
Milly and Katharine i had left
thej terrier outside i whilst ther
went ' into Manorways; 11 ill After I a
time Mike, becoming 1 dissatisfied
with the limitations' of the gar
den,; had wandered oqt into the
highway, there to become entan
gled, with exciting adventure. L
It was in the friendliest hlt
in the world that he had decided
to exchange greetings with a large
yeuow aog in the road. Mike was
a poor Judge of character; he had
picked on the entirely wrong kind
or aog for these 1 friendly over
tures. The native bristled , show
ing nis teeth and snarlinr omin
ously as this stranger 1 charged Up
in lignt-nearted playfulness., ta
moment later Mike. was doinr his
aesperate best to defend l himself
rrom a savage antagonist: about
three: time his, size; who seemed
bent on his destruction, 1 1 vT Jll II
The sounds of the melee had
draWn Milly and Katharine to the
window, and thence out through
the garden In swift consternation
to the scene of the. unequal con
flict. Bill and Wvnter hadl'iinlv
justl appeared round a distant
bend in the road. . Probablv the
one! thing that saved Mile t
the tact that at that moment John
nsnam hastened to come Into Ma
Ilfe.i , 'i .' ::i: 1 -;t M-iiK-HiiiiLi
It was destined to be! rather! a
momentous circumstance' In hiore
ways than one.---:f .v!l!;iJKP!'Ni--r
Us ham was a tall man rt n3-
haps 40. with thin lined cynical
face, rather like an actor's n face,
who had came as a straneer to, thm
village lately; a, crippled figure
uu cruicnes.4- t. n , -
Yet it was remarkable 1 hnw
quickly Ilsham could mote in an
emergency despite his ' infirmity,
as he Jerked himself rapjdly on
his two crutches to that flutry of
dust In the center of which things
were going very badly for Mikej
. - , towaje.:Mi;:H lii 1 1 K
The man had admirable' ttr
Quite cooly, balancing himself on
one crutch, he went forward and
stretched out a very capable hand
and the yellow dog' first intima
tion ox tns newcomer oU the
scene was. to feel sinew: rinr
suddenly .dragging hlmm off his
intended victim. Milly rushed Out
breathlessly Into the Toad to
snatch up the unhappy Mike In
her farm, as, snarling furiously,
the Jdog tried to twist Its head
around to . snap with .gleaming
fangs, at the hand that Brrlnnd tte
collar chokingly. ' i-j
For all his. coolness and nerve.
Ilsham's , face showed i white, un
der the strain; Jim and BlU Grav.
son J racings up; were noue - too
toon, i The struggling, powerful
animal would have soon wrench
ed itself free, to turn an ihd ri.
pled man. : ' j -r r:fc .i rst. ...
Bill Grayson snatched inn t tb
fallen : crutch,- and a couole '- nf
hefr blows" from this formidable
weapon were not without a sal
utary effect.1 The yellow dog,
cowed by numbers, though! better
of retaliation and slunk away,
snarling, whilst Milly emotional
ly showered fervent gratitude on
the stranger. ,
The man on crutches brdke in
with a protesting laugh.'
"Oh, but you. embarrass mo
horribly," There was the i faint
touch of an American accent in
hi voice; "That's all right. I
hope your dog', not much ot a
casualty though I wondef he
hadn't the natural gumptloh to
give a wide berth to what should
have been evident at sight to the
meanest intelligence as tne most
cross-grained animal In a hun
dred miles' radius!" 1 he added.
to tiafc4e.j
' - ' A. n.-.
fce a to ltem4A
Be 4flleaieaael OoUtf 9.
Mtaute . eaawd ynxk bie V J
hum. TiUn eaew
fjf c-fTIn
WV I I mmm I ml A,k fair
-Hn. itg lUaovs
Jk il" U kl,
Cjnciijpnsjijus
-G7W Iaall Aek rev Iea .
Rv .S I DNFY
with a gleam of . humor In rJ the
distinctive, rather cynical face. '
?; "Oh, Mike's : a born chump,"
agreed Bill Grayson! "And It was
eery sporting of you nd Mike
Ought to be jolly graceful. But I
hope that brute didn't get his '
teeth near you." i . 4 V
"I'm ail right, thanks " ! re
turned ilsham, carelessly. "I lire
less than a'hundred; yards away.
If you care to walk an far a my
place we could attend to your
dog's injuries. t ',
I Mike, 'with-one ear! torn- and
bleeding, was looking uncom
monly sorrj fop himself.- j
i ' Tteticenre ! t
They, walked to Ilsham's
Jiouse,- little more , than a pleas
ant, roemr cottage, and Intrn.
duced 'themselvea oil ! t hA ; w. v -
iuiw5d i nu . uciisuuui ; in
Side, furnished simply enough, or
his profession it any' Ilsham- did
not speak, i ; ; ' A f i-J
U Mike, happily, seethed little the
worse on balance. Wis injurie
were bathed and dressed and he,
began to take a - more cherf ul
view of life. . j - i
f "I live here with Just my man
to look after me, who Is probably
making tea for me now. Some
times he makes it quite decently,
sometimes so Infernally badlr
that I feel like i sacking him,"
Ilsham said. "Dare vou risk; what
is, frankly, quite a; toss-up, and
have some tea? Delighted If you
will." .!..;.- ..--v-- j . 'iff
3 . But, as Bill Grayson explained
with regret, they were dije at
Beggar's Court at! 5, and had to
decline. This man with the rath
er bitter, cynical face interested
him. - f - ij: : j:
"But we f Shall love to pom's
Some other time, !Mr. Ilsham If
you'll ask us cried Millyl v'we
are going to) be i Neighbors of
yours, you Know.; iUoodDy-and
thanks again ever s6 much'
They i walked back to tho ar
at' Manorways,- to, drive to- Bet'
gar's Court, where j at 5 o'clock
that door of the vatilt was l td .be '
forced. ; f
4 Something hiddenl-in the, ruin
. . something I that Martin
seemed In . dread oC ' coming to
light;, something. Was it, behind
that door? What! had Martin's
thoughts been when he heard
that that door was jo be opened?
i "You know, I've seen that chap
Ilsham's face somewhere before."
Bill: Grayson said aside to: Jim.
f'Dead sure of It.The name sug
gests nothing to me but I knew
his face at once, though I can't
place It. Only I know I've Seen it
before and '. fancy ;' In unusual
circumstances'
(To Be Continueit 'Tomorrow)
Yesterday Statesman reporters
asked this question: "What do
you , think Salem should do next
to acquire a s muhielpally owni
water system?" : 9:
Clarence Cole, Willamette uni-i
rersity student: "Why wouldn't
Initiative do the trick? The onlv
way to-count on the council is te
get another, it seems." q
,-,.rf : - - M
Mark. Paulsen. I citv , recorder:
There seems to be little to do "A
former initiative Was ruled out by
the courts, as I remember
i Paul Head ricks, alderman; "I
favor municipally - owned water
and fights. For water we should
approve a bond issue not to ex
ceed II, 500, M)0, buy or boild a
distribution plant and then obtain
watefr from wells." ,
Fred Erixon, contractor: "I fa
vor iimunlcipal ownership but I
think wells the best source.! They
will last Just as long as the moun
tain jwater; after all, the we'll wa--ter
iji Just mountain water nearer
tow and: already; filtered." , i
Karl Becke, Insurance asent: "I
don't think the council will do
anything new." . j : .
if-
VI aton Townsfnd, engineer.
councilman: "I've been In favor
all along of acquiring the present
plant,1 without reference to what
well i do with this system
whether we'll go after water up
in the mountains: or dig ; some ,
more wens. ;
Dr. O. A. Olson; dentist, coun
cilman: 'T think that, taking into
Conaidratinn tha inr.a Tnf. .f
tor tne iona issue by the eltliens.
they should be given an oppprtun-i
Ity to vote on it. 1 believe the com-
ml4.A& 1 1 . ii
""ve "in uttuiuiv m oruinance
to the council soon."
- A. L. Undbeck. newspaper man :
That Is a pretty big question to
answer without knowing some
thing about It." j ff " t
IW. H. Jjcr. councilman
"Submit a plan to the public for
the purchase ot the present ? water
plant. Appoint a water commis
sion j on-let them work out the fu
ture action - :'::
pon oven 7
Guaranteed pur
and efficient.
Itu than cOis!)
priced brandt.' :
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