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4 PAGE FOUR Th OREGON STATES I AN, galea. Ore-ret, 7end!ay Marnia-'. Vierxhir Z 1S3I "No Favor. Stcays Us; No Fear Shall Atce" From First Statesman. March 23, 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Charles A. Sfkagce, Sheldon F. Sackett, Publisher! Charles A. Sprague - - - Editor-Mnagr Sheldon F. Sackett . - . - - - - t Managing Editor Member of - the Associated Press Tarn Associated Press Is xclusivety entitled to the uss for publica tion of all news dispatches credited to tt or not otherwise credited la this paper. - . . Pacific Coast Advertising Representatives: Arthur W. Stypes. Inc., Portland, Security Bldff. , Saa franc isco, Bliaron Bide- i Los Angeles, W. Pac. BUS. . - Eastern Advertising Representatives: Ford-Parsons-5tcher. Inc., Nw Vara, S71 Madlsoo Are.! ; Chicago, 360 N Michigan Ave. Entered at the Pwttoff ice at. Salem Oregon, a Second-Cla$ Hatter. Published every morning except Monday. Butines office, tlS S. Commercial Street. I . SUBSCRIPTION RATES : MaO Subscription i'Rats. In Advanced WJCHtn Oregon: Dallya.u Sunday, 1 Mo. SO cent:!! 3 Mo. $1.25; Mo. 2.2: I year ti.00. Elsewhere 60 cents per M or J5.00 for 1 year In advance. By City Carrier: 45 cenl a month; 15.00 a year tn advance. Per Copy X cents. Ob trains and News Stands i cents. . ; Particularism j NOW the cry is "Manchuria for the Mahchurians." It is an echo of Wilson's doctrine of the self-determination of peoples. What mischief this notion has . wrought. The theory sounded; g-ood, especially when couched in a catch phrase which Wilson could coin so deftly. It has split Eur ope Jnto petty states, has revived the ambitions of racial groups in other continents. The result is a growth of par ticularism in politics and in business which runs counter to the whole process of civilization. . For education, enlighten ment, the radioj railroads, airplanes, multiplicity of wants, all tend toward the breakdown of national and local jeal ousies, prejudices, and frontiers. ' Loyalty indeed does begin at home ; but intelligence should not let it end there. How foolish it is to live insulated lives in a world; where airplanes may span the globe in ten days and where radio messages may leap from the Bay of Whales to New York city! Neither men nor! nations may live to themselves alone in this day and age. j Yet we are witness ing the fresh growth of local intolerance and narrowness ex tending in matters of trade almost to the boycott. Tariffs have risen to absurd heights, effectively damming the flow of joods from! one section and country to another. Petty states arise with glorified ambitions and claims for recognition, j In this country this particularistic feeling extends to un justified extremes in the matter of patronage. Our "trade at home" campaigns are laudable; and certainly people owe their first loyalty to the community in which they live. But too often we fail to appreciate that when pushed to absurd lengths we may be! in j ured. Thus , Oregon cannot consume all. the commodities which it produces. It must export lum ber and wheat and fruits and wool and many other products. We suffer and j complain when other states and countries erect barriers against Oregon products, f The state depends upon exporting its surplus production; so it must purchase many goods from other "states and countries to compensate for what it has shipped out. Yet there are many inconsistent enough to think they can export without importing, seek ing to eat their cake and keep it at the same time. ; The war let loose a frenzy of "hundred percent" patriot ism which in many cases has degenerated into narrow partic ularism, the foe of progress and development- People need to learn the distinction between loyalty and prejudice, be tween intelligent support of their fields of primary interest and a blinding intolerance which in the 'end inflicts self -injury rather than gain. . , Eastern Oregon Protests EASTERN Oregon is justified in showing alarm over the proposal to divert vast sums of the highway money in to one or two roads from Portland to the sea. With great pa tience they have been waiting for the completion of some of their trunk lines such as the Fremont highway from Klamath Falls to Lakeviewi Inja resolution which commercial bodies in that section have adopted they say : 1 ! J - . "We respectf oily contend that the public welfare does not now require that our enjoyment of that to .which we are justly entitled, should be postponed further in order to make it pos- sible to construct a road of convenience and not of necessity from Portland to the sea-"' 8 ' ' I : i;- f; We sympathize with these demands from eastern Ore gon. That area 'must not be indefinitely neglected. The roads there planned are roads of necessity, not merely short cuts to save a few miles for speeding pleasure-seekers. J j The Statesman persists in the opinion that the state should complete its original road program before adding any great trunk highways to the system for . early construction, such as the- road from Portland to the sea. And we shudder to think of issuing several millions in bonds to pay for such construction. So far as getting a big chunk of federal aid is concerned,: the Bend j Bulletin correctly points out that di verting this federal money tothe Portland-beach road mere ly takes that much away from other roads already designated as federal aid roads. Dean-Director Schoenfeld AN APPOINTMENT of real interest to the farmers of Oregon is that of W. A. Schoenfeld of Portland to the combined offices Of dean of the school of agriculture and director of the extension service of the Oregon State college. Dr. Schoenfeld has become well known in Oregon, having served for five years - with the department of agriculture office in Portland and the last two years as regional repre sentative of the federal farm board. He brings to his new work adequate preparation in scientific study, together with a great experience in the now extremely; important field of farm, marketing, j The state will hope to receive from the new dean-director many years of constructive service to Ore gon agriculture and generalstotowefifare. .. The, slate-makers who have been trying to coax Calvin Coolidge to run for president next year got a solar plexus blow this week when the ex-president declares in terms more positive than four years ago that "he does not choose to run". In. a magazine article this week he makes perfectly plain his reasons for not seeking the office and indi " cates his desire for the renomination and reelection of President Hoo ver. Mr. Cool idge's success as president was due in large measure to Ms political acumen; and hi3 present decision 3 proof that he is im mune to flattery and to vanity and that his yankee shrewdness is still functioning well. . Mogenson, S. F. newspaper representative, has a string of fancy horses out at the horse show. Mogie, who Is well known to Oregon newspapermen, has named his Jumpers: "Comic Strip' "Society News." and "Editorial Column." That might do for the front office. But the shop side of paper would pick out names like "Type Lice," "Hell-Box. "Squirt," and "Transposition." , .; The card table economists who are telling how fine things are ia Russia would do well to note that with the first snow in Moscow the government forbade the citizens to light fires for heat without a permit from the government. Reason: not enough coal being dug to keep up with the five-year plaiL In this country people are encour aged to "burn more eoal," eat more wheat, and wear out more : trousers' seats. , j . . i , We or this generation find giving of charity rather a new exper ience. Almsgiving however is very, very old. ' In fourteenth century England knights carrie an "awmere" from the wrist. This was a silken purse containing coins to give to the poor. Beggary Is an ancient custom which modern Industrialism has 'pretty- well' done away with save tn periods of business reversals. ,, The St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Athletics meet again in the world series, starting Thursday. As usual in Shis part of the country the fans are giving their moral support to the Cards and 1 ' ' " - wm ami 3 Alkaline and Acid Diet By VERNON A. DOUGLAS. M. D. Marlon County Department of Health: In health the body Is In a con dition of balance between; alka line and acid states! In the liv ing body - this balance Is al w la y s slightly od the alkaliae side. If the Us- sues, become acid " to the slightest I de gree death oc curs. The eon- d i 1 1 o n com monly ! called acidosis is re ally not due to anj acid condi tion of the body but to a IV. V. A. Douglas slight r e d a c tidn in the to- tal alkalinity of the body. The acida and alkalines of the body are naturally (secured from the substances we ingest. I They have to come from (something of course. In cases pf starvation, the tissues of body Itself are used np. Fat people In $ condition ot starvation develop j acidosis be cause the excess fat' which is im perfectly consumed due to lack of carbodydrate , leaves an acid "ash". :. ; jj . ; j -x' ; Citrus Reacts la Alkali Food substances; , have I been classified as ; alkaline, I acid, and neutral, not I necessarily in reac tion but in the typel of ash which is left after the foods are f burn ed" 1n the body. Some ! foods, such as oranges or lemons, con tain a small amount of free acid which makes them taste acid, al though after they aire burned an alkaline ash is left, which ; of course replenishes tie natural al kalies of the body. The free acid itself: A Arisen I In t Krin K & type. Is changed int carbon diox ide and water, bo thhof, which are thrown off through lungs and kidneys. Inanee of either acid or. alkaline foods In the diet have been ftfnAtul experimentally. It appears that a reduction . In the alkalies of the body through; over-consumption of acid foods may cans damage to blood vessels and kldneyS, jif the faulty eating habits fare continued over many years. This mavinartiv explain why moderp human be ings wnose aiets are largely of the acid troe are so BnbWt tn blood vessel, heart! and fridnav dlsease, while, certain animals wnose aiets are always alkaline rarely suffer from these condi tions. : " .! Subsequent articles wili dal i wnn iooos wntcn are acid !or al kaline. There is nrobablv no snh- ject more Important in promoting health than diet. What health problem i nar jrout It tba aboe srtiela raises; any qucstios in yoor mind, irrita that Question oat sod aend Jt either to The Statesman or ta Marios eonaty denartiaetit of health. The answer will aspear la this eolnmti. Name shnnM bf airncd. bnt will not ba nacd ia ! . I - f ? . Yesterdays ... Of Old Salem Town Talks froaa Tie States man of Earlier Days September SO, 1906 ; A serious smashup was averted yesterday, when, a delivery team became frlghtenedj broke; loose front a hitching post ; and went dashing madly onto Court street, making straight fo the front! of the Annex saloon. An unidentified lad grabbed the rein of the near horse and hung on tintil he swung the team around, as it got upon the sidewalk with the wagon. HAVANA.- American Interven tion in Cuba will be an accom plished feat soon. President Roose velt's peace commissioners have withheld their hapds until the last hope has disappeared. A force of 3d marines, , by -order of "Secre tary Tatt, has landed from the bat tleship Louisiana and mounted, guard over the! treasury building. September JJO, 1021 . CHICAGO. If the ; 186,000 members of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen j more than to per cent of whom I have voted to strike, are supported in their de mands by the grievance commit tee, a strike will, be ordered. BAKERSFIELD.I The striking oil workers 1 : ths Kern j county and adjacent fields will not recede from their demand that the gov ernment be accepted as a third and arbitrating party to any wage agreement's' the men may make with their employers. Standing roo., for 300 persons was filled at the horse show last night and manv! were turned away. An estimated crowd ot 37,- 000 attended the :fair yesterday, Portland day. j . LOS ANG3LES.1 One hundred and twenty tramps, seised a train SO miles from here and forced the train crew to bring them to the city. Fifty-six of them " were ar rested In the freight yards on their arrival here. r- Group Sees Aggies Win Over Colorado; Comegys Gets Fish PERRYDALE. ! Sept, j 29 Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Mitchell,! Roberta. Mrs Orrllle Knrts. Willard Mitchell andl Russel Sheldon at tended the O. S, C.-Coorado foot ball game in Portland Saturday. Mr. and l Mrs.: Jf. E. Houk and Marie and Peggyj drove to Cor vallls Sunday to tislt Viola, who is attending O. S. C. .' . Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Kurtz and Mr. and Mrs. Martin Van .Gross attended the state fair Monday. "Andrew Campbell and Felix Comegys were fishing on the 81 letx river Sunday; Felix caught O- 1 HERE'S HOW THW CUOGr lHSHtTY . I- i ' ' "... -me i cuoCK! . . i AAWtly JUfkA tS Vr4 Asm SwON.a k ' 1 7? - f Tomorrow : Silk Made From Castor-oil BITS for BREAKFAST By & J. HENDRICKS Our filbert industry! nestor: ia One. of the definitions of the noun nestor; given by Webster ia "an old man preeminent for wis dom." George A. Dorris is not yet an old man; though some years have passed since he was grad uated from i the classical depart ment of the University of Oregon; perhaps as many as 45 years. But this nestor of our filbert in dustry v is "preeminent for wis dom" in tha field of filbert grow ing. Geo. A. and Ben F. Dorris ia now the firm name, Ben,; a World war veteran, being George's neph ew. Their filbert groves and nur sery are at Springfield, Oregon. m . They published a revised book let, entitled "Filbert Nursery Stock Grown by the Tip System," and they hare a booth, as usual, in the main pavilion at the state fair, near the northeast corner. Every man attending the fair who is any way interested in the fil bert Industry should visit it: and most of them do. ' -" V The last page of that booklet, under the heading, "A Prophecy Fulfilled," reads: V V "Following about a dosen trees planted by Mr. A. A. Quaunberg of Vancouver, Washington, I be lieve the next 300 in the north west were planted by me. "Twenty years ago, of the few people who knew filberts were be ing grown here, not to exceed half a dozen had reason to hope that it would eventually become an Im portant mintr industry. I vas one of them.' At the 1914 meet ing of the Oregon State Horticul tural society I delivered the first address on filberts ever delivered in the northwest and aside from same - possible - local reference In some 'newspaper (if such a refer ence was made), I think .it was the first, time the public, was re minded of the possibilities of fil bert culture, r , "Based on the previous record of my groves which I gave In that address, : 1 j had the temerity to say: "I FULLY BELIEVE THAT IN TIME THE FILBERT GROVES OF THE J WILLAMETTE VAL LEY WILL RIVAL THE FA MOUS GROVES OF NAPLES, SI CILY OR TERR AGON A. , "Uninfluenced by the- prevalent opinion that the hope I then voiced" was i only , a pipe dream, I continued to spread the -good news through many addresses and newspaper articles, some, of which were glTea moch . publicity. Itt later years I was ably seconded by others of the same ooinion and due to our nnited efforts it Is now conceded that instead of a pipe Demonottrotiog Hot Watr Gyctcm at Faiiir Groundc Hon't fail to see the Gaines Retarding Valve Co., demonstrat ing car for domestic hot water systems, located across from the Agricultural Bids., at the State Fairgrounds and have a talk with Mr. Gaines, the greatest authority on! hot water systems in the country. The Gaines retarding valve invented by Mr.j, Gaines is so constructed that it, does not aUoW the cold water to enter the tank while drawing off hot water, and cooling off the supply of hot water already on hand, thereby giving you a continuous supply of hot-water. The valve does not 'allow the cold .water to rush through the coil while drawing off hot. water and disturb the heating plant,' thereby pulling down your fire; and changing this tempera ture of your oven. It costs money , to heat water. The valve checks the flow of cold water through the coll not allowing the temperature of your lire to change. The Gaines retard ing valve is the key to all circulating hot water systems and is the most economical way of getting a continuous supply of hot water on the market today. It is the greatest improve ment on Hot water circulating systems ever invented and is guaranteed to do just what we claim of it if installed in yonr range boiler according to directions. The Gaines retarding Talve is a new Invention' and Is abso lutely a necessity to anyone using . a ) circulating system: fist because it gives you a continuous supply-of hot wa ter; .two because 'it1 cuts down the fuel bill; three because it does not allow the hot water to back upto the water meter and ruin the disks. Property owners have to pay for the installation of new meters; four it Is cheaper to Install a Gaines retarding valve in putting In a new system than the old way. The Gaines valve enables you to clean your cells of sediment by opening drain faucet at bottom of tank. The hot water reverses through the coll from top of tank clean ing it thoroughly. - , . We - invite plumbers and the best engineers to investigate this proposition, look over our demonstrating plant; ask ques tions and bo convinced, by the best authority ? ia I hot water i systems in the country. S'.;.. Have a Gaines retarding valve installed In your range' boiler , and your troubles as tar as hot. water Is concerned jar e ended. ' z x : . Respectfully yours, . . . The Gaiitps ! Retarding Valve Col, j ' " 631 Alleghaney Street, -- Portland, Oregon. , 1 By EDSON -MM MALARIA MOSOUTOES ARE BRED B7U S.PU3UC HEALTH PHYSa ANS AND USED TO INOCULATE IN SANE PERSONS WITH THAT WS EASEMANY COMPLETE CURES ,H AVE RESULTED. i . fa fmM fmW trtut f Nng. tJt, Cbiri Pt MiHf H-tJ tIHHM"i ,i4iiiiiiii dream it has become a reality that as fine filbert groves as there are in the world are now in thf Willamette valley a dream come true. Geo. A. Dorris." I m ' Early this newspaper joined Oregon's filbert Industry nestof" and Burbank. Chas. L. McNaryj, now Oregon's senior member of the United States senate, publish ed a series of articles a. filbert growing In The Statesman, and he became and still continues a lead ing grower of filberts. U I V j". j:, ' : I In Its slogan columns, year a f ti er year, Mr. Dorris appeared with solicited articles on the progress of the Industry, thus helping to givo wise direction to it, most ot which was regarded with appre ciation and followed by most farmers throughout the valley who went into filbert growing. V . ; f i Such wise direction, ; however, is still needed by some bid filbert growers, who have made mistakes and failed to correct them,! as Mr; Dorris himself ma do them,, as he acknowledged, but . cor r e c ted them. It Is needed jby all who are about to put out new groves. So there are printed , below some brief ! excerpts from, the revised Dorris booklet being distributed from the booth inf; the state fair pavilion this weekV j "No known spot on earth is more ideal for the production of the. filbert than that part of the northwest lying west of the Casr cade mountains. j:,:.., . . "It you want to -play safe, plant only the best strain, Barcelona All the world's best, varieties have been tried out in j the northwest and not one of them can compare with It as a money maker . ." . The world over, the Barcelona stands unchallenged at the head. '"From the growers'. standpoint the Barcelona is i Immeasurably the best filbert to grow. For that reason alone, with; all other var ieties to choose from, it is the Only commercial Variety we, raise or will recommend. f j J "Plant tipped trees. They form the most perfect heads; They are BY FAR the easiest to sucker. They are conceded the best they are , THE ONLY! KIND WE RAISE. I--' ;. ,- if ! "We prefer the i Daviana as a pollehizer. , I - :.. - "The Daviana is the most beau tiful of ail filbert trees . . . . It is a; large vigorous j growing tree bearing a light crop of nuts but an enormous amount of pollen, th virility of which Is proven by the large crops and; small percent age ot blanks In the Barcelona, pollenated by it. .' 1 . i ""In our, later plantings we use 4 i i" i y-. ar w a i i "The Czarina's , Chapter XXXI -It was not until they were nearing Beggar's Court that BIIL wresUlog : with that:: elusive mem ory, was suddenly able to , pin it down. "I've got It! ho broke out in a ' lowered voice- to , Jim as he drove. "It was when I was - in America soma time . ago and I was shown over Sing-Sing , pris on." - ' - "Sing Sing! You don't mean that this chap Ilsham was a prls-. oner?" - : 'I ( "That's Just what I do mean. I! forgot tho details, but. I'm pretty sure of one thing: lisham only the name the governor gave the man couldn't have been Ilsham then or I'd have remem bered it was in. for lito. , And almost certainly, that meant for murder." v- ' ' Jim Wynter looked startled. : "But it he was serving a life sentence" ho began. : "How is It we find him here In this English village? That's what I'm . wondering too only?! I'll swear it's" the same man. I re member that thin cynldal i- face too clearly Queer," went to Bill Grayson J thoughtfully, "that- we should find An ex-convict, i prob ably a notorious - ex-convict sen tenced for murder, living close by BeggarsTCoort after all ; that's happened there lately. -1 wonder what John Ilsham's real i name is and what brought him to this Excitement They had . turned n srnta of i Tteercar'ti Court at the Almost !f as the car drew up by the door they saw the figure of Sant, bat less, with a , white excited face, running toward them from $he direction of the strip of f wood- no dther pollenizer. ill - : : V V mm rf "As own root (tipped or layer ed) trees, with suckers, ' kept down, should be thrifty and in good bearing at over 100 years of age the size of the trees, shown herein (In the booklet) would In dicate that in the long runs we hare all been planting too. close." (Meaning all Oregon filbert grower-) vi I f -(The fact is,' no "one knows how old either a filbert or walnut tree, under Willamette valleys condi tions, will become, and still bear good crops; increasing crops, as the spread of limbs increases. They may so persist for several times 100 years.) r f v V.. I In the Dorris grove at Spring field a 25 year old Barcelona tree, with a spread of 39, feet, trunk diameter 1? inches, yielded, at 16 years CO pounds, and at 23 years over 100 pounds of nuts,, i The Bits man belissresi that nut growing in the Willamette valley is to be a major industry, that in time filbert, walnut and chestnut groves (and "perhaps other edible nut trees) will be general, clear up to the snow lines of our moun tains; and that they wilt produce many millions in value annually of food supplies, besides saw tim ber for furniture making;.; V V j T : No other section of the world is as well adapted, to the. growing of edible nuts of Jiigh quality pro duced in the temperate zone. Ore gon instead of California will be come the leading walnut'state. In filbert growing our section has what amounts to a franchise. No other part of the United States can compete with ours in the growing of i high quality filberts on a commercial scale.; , !. (The series, "what-was1; a pio neer, will be resumed in" this col umn within a tew days.)) ! E GLANE WINXElt MONTREAL, Que., Sept. 29. (AP) Henri DeGlana, French wrestler; last night defeated Joe Malcewicz, of Utica, N1. ; Y., two falls to one In the feature bout at : the Mount Royal arena. . The Missouri College Athletic union will use the Dickinson point system of determining the championship this fall. i ; 1 n . 'The purpot of Fire Pnvtmtien Vttk a mot only to roJmot tbefin mute, but to imvo hmtmam thet.'lm doimg tbmt, fmrtber rtdmctima he the aoemgt tost of htumimce will be jmHijUdM cost tSat .AW tomihtrmtiy dedine4 fmrmamy jean. THB NATIONAL BOARD OF FIRE CHICAGO, 222 Wtti Adms Strut A Ntioml Orgmhtin of Stock Fire lmrmmc Csmpmmi otot TrepresettJbfCopmb Rub land that screened the ruins. At first as ho came up he was too breathless to speak. Then: ; "Did yon hear?" ho broke oft excitedly. . i - ;- i "Hear what?" cried Wynter. And then he remembered that as they left Ilsham's cottage a faint disUnt sound like an earth-shaking thud had reached thorn. . "The ruins Martin always said they weren't safe, and -1 laughed at him. My God; if you'd stayed ... crashed like a house Of cards!" . .1. Jim and Bill Grsy son raced across' the grounds to wards tho ruins, followed . by Sant. The outer walls were still standing, but the dust from- the fall of debris; within hung like: a cloud above them.. . "I was in j tho house when I heard it like the thunder of an avalanche!" panted Sant. They ran to the entrance and peeped in. The interior was white with hovering dust like a sand storm. Through it they saw that the inner wall, with its concealed doorway, had! crashed down; cov ering up tho flight of steps lead ing down to 1 the vaulted door, covering up the door itself, under a small mountain' of piled up col lapsed masonrys r - ; Jim Wynter exchanged 'glances with Bill. -Whatever the, secret be hind that door. It Was ' safe guarded now. I .j .r Jim Wynteit's eyoe were full of a swift suspicion as he stared into that shell of crumbling, roofless wallsi : choked . with a cloud of flying dust. ' i ; What had been a solid stand ing wall less than fan hour before now was a mere shattered heap of ruin, that shad, swept like an avalanche over tho sunken -stope steps, burying: that underground door 10 feet deep in the piled-up wreckage. Why should that inner wall have collapsed ! so suddenly with out warning?- :So suddenly and so conveniently for any on who might have definite reason ior wanting that door to remain closed. L "It's none too safe in there," Wynter!" cried Sant quickly. : - Impatiently, Wynter shook off tho detaining hand.' That sudden suspicion in his mind made him want to Inspect the fallen wall at closer quarters. He - and Bill Grayson made their way through the molderlng arched ; doorway Into tho gray twilight within tho ruins. ' i - i Suspicion ; "Bill, doesn't it strike you - as curious, that wall crashing : Just when it did?"; said? Jim Wynter dryly. "Barely quarter of an hour before that door Into tlio vault was to have been forced! A very timely accident if it was only that!" . . - ; ,;? i , i Bill Grayson I guessed i tho thought in the other's mind. That Same suspicion was In his own, tOOi - j . I " - U, I v i TYon mean, was: it one of those accidents' that: is deliberately en gineered?" J , i v Wynter nodded. I Enjoy Dodge Brothers';; Dependability, of Construction ' I 1 '' ' 1 Is alorio; with 1 1 'ij -M, ff Outstanding Appearance Performance 4th in the Sale of Trucks 1 5 th in Sale of PasW Cars i - from Sept, Issue Automotive Trade Mag. pUTflRH:! v'u J The Car of the Hour' . j r everyone will tell you, to try out the j i New' Plymouth l V ;; Bonesteele i ' Let us display the 474 S.Com! ; ' - i - ' r ' 4 , t 1 ' 'r ! I f ' ' I I , ' I 1 t i j , Tboaghtful people throughotu the United Sutes will agala observe Fire Prerention Week, as sugif gesced by the President ia bis annual proclamation, This, year Ootober 4th ushers it in. Commercial; civic, social and other organizations will hold ap4 proprtace meetings. Millions of school childrett will take part. , f . j 11 1 j You can make a dcSnite coatriburion to Fire Pre-! yentton Week by increasing your efforts to tft guard Your own home and business. stock. Fire wsurance has always been an active factor in Fire Prcreotiob Week U through the National Board of Fire Underf writers and other organizations. J and through its local agents in all states. 't aS jobm.Street. NBW YORK. "M i' :i By, SIDNEY ies Warwick . "If I had to bet, 1. know which rd bet on. BUI. After all, It would not have taken much in the way of a high? explosive to Ao the trick and who's to prove any thing?" , I . The7 light of the waning after, noon wag: none too eood and it was quite without result that theyi; examined the heaped up de bris for any sign that a blast ing charge had been used. Prob ably this j confusion of over thrown shattered masonry would have baffled even an expert evr f Tho air wlthlh this enclosed place was full of an acrid tang from a smoldering ! fire of damp dead leaves and: I garden , rubbisu mot ia dozen yards away in the grounds; 'tho set of the wind was driving tho smoke across the ruins. Had it been burning when ho. and BUI j wet-e here 'before? Wynter very much doubted it. And had there been a special rea son for lighting that fire within the last half hour? i v The drifting smoky fumes, it struck ... Wynter significantly, with that j deepening suspicion coloring ! all his thoughts, wo-r searching enough to have rft gulsed or drowned any after lingering, scent 'of a spent ex plosive. .; , , ; . ' J Guarded .Secret i If the collapse' of theiwall nad been deliberatoly planned to block the' underground door, what secret did that door' hide t make some person or perpona vn determined at any cost ta kee? it closed? ''I 'j , ' , j . -; They had found no proof r.f their suspicions, but those suspi cions were as strong as evpr. when Jim land Bill Grayson mact. their way out into the open again, where Sant was Waiting f It makes mo wonder Jf tho a outer walls are safe, with that in ner wall going like this in a, moment,!' Sant- said .as- they walked back towards the houpt-. !Lord, you should have-' heard the crash! Tho whole blessed vil lage might have been tutubl'ijs In!" He paused: for a rtiomeiu. "You know, Wynter, I'm won dering if it's worth thoifost or attempting to shift allhat weigh: of stuffy Why., some of thov fragments; alone must . weis'i pretty near a quarter of a ton!"" But I thought you wero b keen to follow np any clue?" said Wynter, a shade dryly, ," "So I am; keen as mustard." retorted Sant ?when there's a clue to follow. I'm a bit skeptical if there's oven the ghost of one down there!", i And :he shrugged his i;z shoulders with a short ! Incredu lous laugh. ' j1- "Oh, I know you have an ldvi that the man who kidnaped Sev era kept him a prisoner In ther until they drove -him away front Beggar's Court at two .in tho morning. Sant went a "and that's possible, of course.-But wa know he can't bo there now, ami well, what are we going to find In an empty vault?" i . (Continued Tomorrow) Motor Co. car at your door ! , Phone 44 1 4 lS UNDERWRITERS ? ?' f ( SAN FRANCISCO, McrtAamts Excbamge Bid Ejt4ibliib in ftng jinnnd, salmon. :i.Mrt I ' ! f - . ... : :