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- i PACE FOUR The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon. Friday Morninjr. October 1931 -A . ) r "So Favor Sways Ut; Wo Fear Shall AwtT - J From First Statesman. March 28, 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Charles A. Smucve, Sheldon F. Sackjett, PublUktr Cbakles A. Sprague Sheldon F. Sacxett -, Editor-Manager Manmginf Editor Member of the Associated Press - - The Associated Press Is escluslvely entitled la the use tor PWJca tton f nit new dispatches credited to It or not etherwtsa credited in Pacific Coast Advertising RepresentaUYe : Arthur" tV. Stypes,; Inc., Portland. Sacurtty Bid. Ean Francisco, Sharon Bio.; Los Aocelea. W. Pae. Bi I J. Eastern Advertising Representatives: Ford-Parsons-Stecher. Inc.. New Vorlc. 171 Madison Ave.: : Chicago, ita N Michigan Ave. : Entered at the Poaloffice at Salem. Oregon, as Seeond-Clau ' Matter. Published every morning except Monday. Busmets of f ice, SIS S. Commercial Street. - - ' - - SUBSCRIPTION RATES: i Ma Subscription Rates. In Advance- .Within Orfn t Daily ' .Sunday. 1 Mo. SO centj; Mo. $1.25 ; Mo. IS-": 1 year I.0. Elsewhere 50 tents pr Mo., or.S5.00 for 1 year In advance. By City Carrier: 43 cents a month; 15.09 a year la advance. Per Copy 2 cents. On trains and News Stands 5 cents. Chemical Action ! of Soil L, ..... vl J i t Hoover Leadership i CRITICISED for "not doing; anything" President Hoover now is speared by such papers a3 the Capital Journal for I what he does attempt to do in setting a cusoruereu lu rights. This papers says "The Hoover remedy, is a pamaxne, not a cureall". The president made no statement that his plans lor economic renei weie. m ny j 1 were designed to assist in solving some of the acute problems of the situation, to stop hysteria.to promote confidence and to encourage orderly progress in the world's economic life. His action of last summer was a stroke which did much to save central Europe; his action of thi3 weeK may wen ena the erosion of values which has been in progress for some months. . i , Conditions have been likened to the strain and stress of war. In wartime the executive is entitled to the hearty sup port of the public whom he has been chosen to serve. In the present instance Mr. Hoover is the leader. He has not shirk ed hi resnonsibilitv. has sought the best counsel, has labored long hours daily to fight the battle through to' victory. That many times the battle nas gone against mm is not aaequaie proof either of his incapacity or of his lack of judgment. He would no doubt be among the first to admit that he had erred as to the permanence of our 1923 prosperity. The present, is no time for rocking the boat nor making partisan capital out of human distress. ; . As the Spokesman-Review says in commenting upon the Hoover program: . "Hers is an opportunity for critics of President Hoover to Shine; to confound him. if they know how to confound him. Let them devise a better plan; or. If failing tn that, drop petty par tisanship and Join with others who will help the president form ulate a program and are giving now their earnest thought and their resources to its fulfillment." , - "The times are out of jointf' and any one in pow r gets the blame for the condition. But the fair-minded critic must admit that the president is now laboring heroically to bring back normal business, and should join in supporting his plan even though it is not advertised as a "cure-all" for all our troubles. i j The Governors Illness THE Bend Bulletin calls for an authoritative statement re garding the condition of Gov. Julius L.. Meier. It com ments on the fact that while first he was said to be "needing rest' there have been rumors afloat that he was much more seriously ill, and concludes: I . "Whatever the governor's condition is, there will be only sympathy for him and for the members of his family, but. the time has come for taking the public into the confi dence of the sick room." ! Like the Bulletin we have heard that the governor was a "very sick man"; and then the next man who came along would sav he had called on the governor, found him looking well, in good spirits, and able to transact business, i Gov.' Meier has been ill. just how ill the public has not been informed; but the Bulletin's concern hardly seems nec essary. It is recalled that a snooping committee was once appointed by the senate of the United States to enter the bed room of Pres. Wilson to find out just how ili he was. The peo ple of Oregon regardless of party are naturally concerned witlt tne heaitn or tne cniei executive, ma wisn ior uuu early restoration of full vigor and his return to his office. iUl we see nine to ue gauieu uj uuv-iut o uuucuu tlie public mind or for official business of the state. The governor's illness proves to have been more ser ious than was anticipated at first, and latterly was compli cated through his contracting a bad cold ; but lie has been able ' to"diseharge the important responsibilities of his office from his sickroom, and his recent Tigor has confounded the rumor congers who wishfully djigajjrayfor him. Another Big Name ANOTHER "big business man" of Portland is named to the highway commission, J. C. Ainsworth, 1 who is the big town's leading banker. He thus is a successor to previous Portland tycoons who served on the highways commission: John B. Yeon, Simon Benson, Henry B. Van Duzer. Ains worth has long been interested in highway work and has been a supporter of Oregon's program of r ad building. Whether Mr. Ainsworth has the time to devote to the job may be doubted. He is head of the'largest bank in the state, and is constantly called on for public and semi-public tasks in that connection. The appointment is one of doubtful wisdom so far as actual work, on the highway board is con- . cerned. The most of the papers of the state and leading cit izens will I fall over themselves in acclaiming the new com missioner, being chiefly worshippers of big names. We do not see that Gov. Meier has! solved his own prob lem. The problem is Commissioner Spauldingr who was ap pointed to the commission to "carry out! the mandate". Shift ing from Van Duzer to Ainsworth is no indication of how the governor wants the commission to function. In fact it would seem to continue the stalemate. Spaulding should either be made highOman on the commission or given a new set of in structions. The whole controversy as we see it was largely be cause of the governor's own dilemma ; and until he shows hjs hand definitely the highway work will suffer from blind staggers. "'i , ; . - Br C. C. DAtJER, M.D. Marion County Dept. of Healcto The upper layers of the soil; max i be looked upon aa a huge chemical laboratory, which tor thousands o i rears, day la aad day out,! has carried on the same type of chemical re actions. . utilix Inz the ' cam): basic materials: and, producing the same ulti mate end prod- nets, chemical in nature but visible to us in the foliage .of all plant life, This 'process nr. a. a. Dane consists primar ily in breaking up dead plant and animal tissues and making the final prod acts available to plants and is known as the nitrogen cycle. It is absolutely dependent upon certain soil; bacterial as its destructive chemists and upon the higher plants as its construction chemists Man and all life, whether ani mal or plant, is dependent en tirely upon this scavenger . func tion of the soil, i Without I it me world would shortly become clut tered with dead an$l diseased car casses to the great detriment of the living. Without available plant foods, the vegetable kingdom would, of necessity, die add man and the lower animals could not Ions survive. The nitrogen cycle takes place in the upper few! inches of the soil' where bacteria are most abundant. Below the level of six or seven feet bacteria are com paratively rare and soil action Jt therefore slight. I Soil Bacteria! numerous The number of I bacteria I in the soil is almost beyond comprehen sion and it is safe! to say that the majority of all bacteria are to be found in the soil I HERE'S HOW o -me wap toaL Neveft end fOQ THEM By EDSON mm iv w - sm ,m -i i . w r-" jm f K,.& C3 WALKED H In,4!!! I ft ' Nelt.laie J&Vr i' Wt S I "The Czarina's Rubies" 500 WORLD WAR VETERANS IN A SpeQal wncjHTAi WASHINGTON. D. C. ARE NORMAL BY DAV BUT FIGHT THE WAR ALL OVER AGAIN IN THEIR DREAMS EVERY NIGHT Tomorrow; "A Runway of Gold" I RfeAD THIS FIRST -II Frank Severn, hat been kid naped from his country home, Beggar's Court, apparently by! persons trying to steal the' fabu-i loos and sinister Ctarina rubles. Severn's friend, Jim Wynter, en4 lists j the help of Bill Orlyaon, a lawyer, and they search the grounds, discovering a secret stair way and a locked door In thi ruins of an ancient chapeL While they plan to force the door a wall collapses, burying it uadef tons of masonry. They suspect Martin; a servant of Severn's, of dynamic Ing the wall. They begin to doubt! else the sincerity of Sant, Severn attorney. - - In a village nearby they meet aa ex-convict, Ilaham. who walk! with j crutches. Also they encoun-f ter a mysterious Dr. Martelij whose presence Martin, the seri vant, tries for some reason to con ceal7 . .- , - Grayson's wife and Katharine Faring, to whom the rubies rlghti fully belong by inheritance from her Russian grandfather; return; to London while the two men plan to search Beggar's Court again at j nlghtj Wynter discovers Ilshaml ms i . ii uis crutcues iaia asige, examining a motorboat In a bbathouse. Mar tin and a thug named Trome try to shoot Wynter, who outwits and captures - them- In;, the library; Wynter finds an unsigned Letter J A f . ' 1 a . . -! uupra iu uinjseu, wmcn some one has opened and hidden away. BITS for BREAKFAST -By R. J. HENDRICKS- The Thomas Cox marker: V S . " When the Thomas Cox tablet was unveiled on Tuesday. Sep tember 29th, showing- the loca-j tlon of salem's first store and postof f ice, at the northeast - cor- Thls is not sur-1 ner of Commercial and Terry prising, when one! considers that J streets, there was present at the the force of gravity tends to bring most obpects ultimately into con tact with the soil and that the surface of the earth is a huge dumping.-ground for all manner of wastes. I It Is well that! ceremonies Thurston Thomas, grandson of Frederick- Thomas, who constructed the first store building in Portland. The Thom as family lives In Portland. The father of Mrs. Thomas was Jo seph Cox of Mehama, who was a nephew of Thomas Cor, whe the soil is so nlentifullv suDnlied with I these saprophytic (non-pathogenic,) bac-J started the first store in Salem. teria, since it Is a huge task to i im T bring about decomposition j of all I One of the most remarkable dead animal and vegetable mat-lfacta concerning the start in r of ter ana to prepare in ior luo yiama j saiem'a first store was touched to synthesize into more complex UDO, 4t the services of dedication chemical materials, f Fortunately I Ia tna address of Burt Brown for man. almost all of the bac teria in the soil under ordinary conditions are saprophytic, j - No nathogenic bacterium choos es to live in tne son. Decause Barker, but It was not stressed. The bringing of the stock of goods for the store across the plains ia 13 wagons drawn by ox teams in 1P47 was a remarkable feat. But growth conditions there are de- whea the summlt 0f the ' Cas- cidedly unfavorable for pathogen ic bacteria. Those that do get into the soil, such as some tuberculosis germs, some typhoid germs, and some tetanus iiockj&wj germs among others, are out of; their natural habitat and in the sou cades on the old Barlow route was reached by the wagon train, the snow was too deep to allow furth er progress with the heavily- loaded wagons. Then came the most remarkable part of the afX rtJTnw hrzan- h001 .expedition, showing the re are simply conumlnating prgan-r . Thrtmn rn w J . M .It Sak t a aa M sh m tk 9 A isms, ui ait lucac, uw icwumj u lm,la. .iu u. .u .. tisu anthrax germ, seem best equipped ""K br nature with their spore forma tion to withstand the unfavorable wagons carrying the families and the household goods, and when conditions found in their new re- Eh houL of Ph"i?-T.08!!1!' pository. The tuberculosis gern and others perish rather quickly when exposed to the germicidal forces of nature In the soli; settler, was reached. In the foot hills east of Oregon City, Thomas pox left the light wagons there and hurried ahead on horseback in search of his two brothers, who had come to the Oregon country the year before. He found them in the settlement not far from the New Views i t Yesterday Statesman, reporters asked this question: "What do you think of Van Duter resignation aa Ainsworth' appointment to the state highway commission?" B. O. Van Slyke, printer! "X den't know much about Ains worth! Van Duser was a good , man- a mighty good man." 'Jasnee Preble, Jotirnalistt "I thlaJc Ainsworth Is a good man. Obviously he had agreed before taking the appointment to favor the shortcut road to the sea, and the widening and straightening of the pacific highway." "I think Mr. Van Duzer la a very fine man. ' I don't know Mr. Ainsworth" J. iTscfaamtz, farmer: "Don't know either, man, but I'm inter ested la seeing the best roads pos sible for the least tax money. The man whe can do that is the man for me." R. W. ariles, service station pro prietor! "it presents a queer, sit uation, Ainsworth is a very close friend of Van Dussr. I think he will carry out the Van Duzer Plans. There will be two mem bers of the commission working together. XL & fttlh, grovr?ri getUag pretty hot for Van Duzer. Whtt health problems na rout If the sbovs srticis rslses say qnettlon ia Tonr mind, writs thst aasstioa out sna J!S " -Xl site of the city of Sllverton. They soswer win sopear is tni comma, nanc i neipea ineir orotner la maaing up nonii d iti. oi a Dack train of 80 Indian nonlea. with their Indian packers with experience In the task in which they were, to take part. Within a few days . this cavalcade was at the summit, where the roods were an loaded onto the ponies and brought put over the rough and difficult pioneer road, across Yesterdays ... Of ; Old Salem Town Talks from The States man ef Earlier Days streams that had to be forded, and on to the then village of 11 MwraTMnav hAiiaAM Vavma. Get. October 9, 190 . " "vT. ..." . 177.... TniatiTunmnvr T V i 1 i .-oui. . .u armxm .uww- firiiw Mti W th. P.na. ihlT short tlme' considering that finally decided that the Panama I th A.tM nt th. AA4,- canal shall be completed by con-1 . rV ZTlnLROOSVJlt nnA b three days from the Urn to visit the Isthmus this fall. ti,. ...v i. if wu v awsavw aesjsa. . a au a. a m w nmmfl ff T f vl sv amvawaw Ytn . m - I eUUItUtta AM SUSS. a A W M W 1 S The largest shark ever seen in I ,, -t.,. z . Yaqulna hay jras captured by two taring the conditions and dlffl glllnetters there recently. The Lnlt, -.fcinv t v V iVt rtts rrS f ks rf tVtM Trt Q I j ' . k""""' i ;"t 7"" ben a mistake la dates. Perhaps eauuK variety, was ww iwng i htk f ttntr ifr n T, ana weignea aooui, iuv pounus. hoot-: norther 17 1S4T. wa- for li rf ass. w i at rm man. frAtn tfiA mtAlt TILLAMOOK The map of the,, .v- mmit ta. -ft- I-"" bu mhW arrival at the site of Salem. is believed to be for an electric line from Forest prove to. Tilla mook has been placed on file in the county clerk's office, j v .. . 1 ' - i October 0. 1921 The "High Haft bandit staged his third holdup within six days here last night when he held, tip four young men and women near the Grant school and secured 4 from one of his victims. Any way, the packing1 -of the stock O- -O ATTACKS CUT I O : : O By superior skill In handling i the ball. Salem high school grid' Iron warriors yesterday held the Chemawa Indian school eleven to a 14 to 0 score on the Chemawa field. - j PORTLAND A! xealous Colum bia county traffic officer yester day prevented thai governor's par ty from the celebration opening the Young's Bay bridge on the Seaside highway.! He preferred speeding charges against . Gover nor oicott. Secretary of State Sam A. Xocer and R. -A. Booth,! chair man of the state highway com mission. ; ! . Daily Thought i yW :- ?.y.; s y..-:-i-.:-.-V: A -. . v-v--i - ;-.:::;i. :i: . . . - : ! i regira jceii ooi w my struggles; to the persons of my opponents I am indifferent, bitter ly as they nave attacked and I Severely criticisms; Prestdeat sianuerea nr person." - j Ernst I Hoover for authorizing a cut la Haeckel. . ! 1 America'a destro-rer nuota Sena tor Frederick Hale (above), of CNKMPLOTKD EAT t Maine, chairman of the Senate MADRID. OctJ 8. (API A I Naval Affairs Committee, declares hundred unemployed forced their t that "While Great Britain and way Into the Palace hotel In Ma-1 Japan build, we destroy' The drid today and required the wait-1 Senator says he is going; to fight for. Salem's first store from the summit of the Cascades, where the snow was too deep for the pas sage of loaded wagons, was a feat worthy of the prowess of a a-en eral of aa army. The wagons re mained at the summit until the spring of 1848, when they were brought hither, and they, no doubt performed useful service ii the hustling times after the Whitman massacre and the sold rush te the California mines, and the be ginning of the settlement Idays or the 1B7 Immigration Uhat doubled the population of the Oregon, country, with its appror- iiuaieiy new people. L W The fact was brought out ia the un veiling address of Burt Brown Barker, great-grandson of Thom as Cox, that the prices of goods ia the store here were the same as those charged In Illinois.! Ev idently the price tags were' not cnanged. One might conclude, without considering all the facts. inai mis could not have been: pos sible, la Tlesy of the great costs of transportation over the plains, across the mountains, and down oft the backs of ponies from the summit of the Cascades without great sacrifice on the part of Thomas Cox.! But (and this has been ! heretofore mentioned In; this column) one ; should know that the IS new wagons bought at Fort Dearborn (that became the 1 city of Chicago) 'were purchased at low prices, and so were the oxen and horses secured in Illinois -compared with what they were then worth In pioneer : Oregon. Supplies for the Journey across the plains were largely manufac tured or raised there by "Mr. 7ox, and they were eked out bvttna abundance of game on the plains secured by his hunters who were working their way across to Ore gon. And the Indian packers were no deubt paid In shirts and trink ets that cost Mr. Cox trifling sums. So it Is possible that the whole of the freight bill was real ly "In the black" rather than -in the red" on the books of Salem's first store; or la the mind of the remarkably resourceful owner. V II took the dedication ceremon ies Of the Thomas Cox marker to bring out the fact that "the par sonage" building, the second dwelling In what became Salem, is sun standing. ' u m m 11 Mrs. Cart Jepson attended the ceremonies.- She was especially in terested, because from the time he was twe years old she was brought up la the home- of w. C. Barker; father of Burt Brown Barker, whose mother was a granddaughter of - Thomas : Cox. So Mrs. Jepson; though not a blood relative. Is a member of the Cox family, and Mrs. Jepson and her husband own the historic old house, standing at 1325 Ferry street. t ; . ;j He Chapter XXXIX had found a folded aheet throat towards the back of the drarwer. plainly the letter he was searching for. It was. headed: "To I J. Wynter, &3q.'f a long typewritten letter, without ad dress or signature. ; Jim glanced at is rapidly; then crossed over to where his friend was keeping guard at the door, his race more startled still. Together they read the letter through, listening all the time for the sound of returning footsteps outside. But still no sign of Sant's return. No doubt he had been glad of a pretext that gave him the opportunity of hurrying up stairs for a word with his accom plice,! Martin. "I write this," the anonymous letter! began, :: because I know something and, since I believe you to be a genuine friend of the missing Frank Severn, to warn you. You are having wool pulled over jrour eyes. Don't take too much; on trust. "la the press accounts of the case it is stated that ei that night of his disappearance you had hur ried down to Beggar's Court la j answer, to an Urgent letter from' Severn. '. Or supposedly from Severh? I say .supposedly, be cause! I more than suspect that long pefore that letter could have been written the missing man was helplessly in the hands of his ene mies. And If so well, draw your own deductions about that letter! Severn was supposed to have come to England via, Dieppe and Newhaven only about a week ago and to have been met at Victoria by Sant. My answer to this is that lbng before then Severn had fallen into his enemies' hands here Is Essex at Beggar'a Court itself, a man s foes hare the of a is own nousenoia. I am only Just besinninx to find out things, only groping in tne aark or the fringe of the mystery yet. But because you are on Severn's side, on 'the side of iustice, I give you these facta as a line to follow. There are good reasons why I wish; to remain anonymous and good reasons. jd i hy v 4 ill ' 1 I, ' . .;. ... Together they read the letter through, listening all the time for the sound ot returning tootsteps outside fact of reaching him how fair It was'trueV-that.!; and the this attempt to prevent Us a i iu, iu this envelope wasn't torn open - but very carefully steamed op en?" went on Bill. t'Ahd It's. pret ty i obvious whyf Whoever It : was tampered with this t letter, v? he wanted to be able! after, reading it to seal it. up again; so that he could forward It oa to you un suspected. - Only, -of -course, after reading It. he knew It was too dangerous to.be sent-on. That he'd pitched . the envelope away shows that." l ' ' ; ; VThe letter's "anonymous but we needn't veil the; man who op ened It la anonymity," said Jim Wynter impatiently!, j "Of course, Sant." . , 5 - i-;p --;3r much doubt about that, I agreed Bill . "Well. Sant reads that letter- decides that it's far to comprlmising to be allowed it was "No fancy," to, meet your eyes. it's j anonymous, Sant argues how la the writer you! didn't get it? The Jepsons have. Ion known that this, one of the four houses on their . property, was reputed to be "the parsonage" lof the j Ja son Le mission. But they had not communicated their Information to any one Interested In preserv ing Its identity. "Billy" Wright, who owned the property through out the eighties and into the nine ties, and who has all this time known ho moved "the parson age" to Its present location, Jdid not give the Information to any one who. would be likely to make It public property. . The Bits man would like: to hear from any one, who can fur nish further Information concern ing, the historic old house. ' No doubt facts could yet be uncovered-, that would .be blr news. leads to which, could be given; by persons still living. , . -a' There Is now no doubt as to the identity of the house. Indeed, it shews for itself. But any reli able fact concerning It will make an -incident of worth while t his tory. :. ' n too, which I think -this letter should suggest to you, why not a nun oi its contents should be giv en to Mr., Felix Sant .. , j BUI Grayson's face was no less startled than Jim's as they read this strange unsigned letter. A bewildering letter: It its vague Implications were true, it brought new undreamed of complications into the affair. i i And! who could have written it l , 8 J BiU glanced from the typewrit ten sheet to the handwriting on the envelope. . ; I "Disguised, of course," he said. "Rather like a woman's writing. though one can't be sure.' I Jim nodded. It was puzzling enough who could have written this letter. Yet that! was almost the most unimportant part of it an. The chief .significance or this startling commaniojitJpa lay. ia that yonr judgment dead right. Jim." ! ,1 For Jim Wynter had ! 1 come away from Monksllrer full of a new definite suspicion. ; :1 ; : hi; A suspicion that Ihad iiflasUed across him suddenly for the first time,; merely from two or three seemingly unimportant ifj trivial facts that when linked together took ion a sinister I significance; fchjaf the real secret ; arch! enemy behind -was none other than the .man Severn had trusted, had be- f level bis friend. Felix Sant. ;fi - Martia was an accomplice ':1a the plot, of course but iMartia era to serve them tcd. ber were arrested. : A num.-' rutting the. strength of America's naval forces. ; Jv . CATHOLICS - ELECT WASHINaTOKj Oct. 8. (AP) Miss Msry-c Hawks of New ark,' N. J.. nas been re-elected president of the board of direc tores of the, national council of Catholic women. ' j :i OKMHOMA 13 HOT 1 ii . SHAWNEE, Okla., OeU tt i tAP) The niereurv reached 102 u egi-es Ur -wedaesday. Six Months Old Infant Heroine In Costly Fire LOS -ANGELES, Oct 8. (AP) -A nix months old i heroine in her own right gurgled modestly at the profusion ot thanks ten dered Wednesday by, 36 families saved, from an apartment-hotel fire that caused $10,000 damage. ! Patricia Leland. the tiny hero ine, wals bothered , bjjf an acrid odo wjheii she was I awakened early this morning. She stood up in her irib, leaned over the side and slapped her sleeping mother, Mrs. TJ M. Leland, ia the . face. Mrs. Leland spread ant alarm. While members of the 26 fami lies made hasty exits, Miss Pa tricia nonchalantly rode her fath er's shoulders down a fire de partment ladder. j Entire Fortune OflLipton Goes To Sick, Needy GLASGOW, Scotland; OcL 8. (AP) -The money of every land which came to Six Thomas Lipton In exchange for his, tea; and other commodities was passed on to the sick and needy through his will.; which was read by the executors a few minutes after his body was lowered Unto the grave. - The1 bulk ot the estate, which Is estimated to exceed 1.900.000 goes to hospitals, infirmaries and old men's and old women's homes in Glasgow, although ; there are some bequests to London and Middlesex charities. - By today's London Exchange rate 1,000,000 Is. about! ? 3.910,000. - :" I ."- u.'-r, -V. .VV I.""... : -.I.;-' "j -,, ... " ; .j I . - I ' . . ..! . : .i - .-"- V;, . : V J : 7 ...: .. ' . .. . ; : , . . " -i ; i -" I - ' ... ' . .; He paused a moment thought fully. "Jimj the most And. after ail to ever khow 1S; i . significant If there was- ithlng of all Is this: n't any truth in the letter. If a mere tissue ofylies, wouldn't Sant have intended1 to reseal . it And send It on to you? j Or. rather. If his conscience had been clear and he a decent,, straight 'chap, ;he would of course never have open ed It at all," said BilP with a shrug, i "Only I wotader what niade him' want in the first place to open it? Was it Just an Un easy i conscience orl had she some suspicion,, from thai writing who had tBSnt that letter and if eared wjhat It might contain?; Well, we den't need much - clearer i proof ot Sant was was an underling, a minor figure. It was. Sant I who was one of the moving spirits Sant above alt who had cause to dread the door of the vault under the ruins be ing opened,! wh'o had engineered that -crash of stonework to keep Intruders out. ,vi l "WelI, we've got to decide what we're going! to do about it and decide quick," Jim said. "Saht may be back at any moment.", i "There's only one thing to do. Not a-hint of this to Sant. Put the letter back where you found it And we mustn't lej him suspect by any change-in your manner that anything' happened. That's essential. Jim.. It's a card to keep up our sleeves.-' s ;i . : Already In his own mind Jim had decided ion that. . With a final 'hurried glance at the. letter, he slipped it back where he had found it, closed the drawer again, i Dropped the en velope back Into the waste paper basket. j :; . V I He and BUI. were in their seats by. the fire before the first sound came of footsteps hurrjing across the hall to the door.' f; i - i"A bit of iluck for us. j Martin's involuntary header1," Jim remark - ed. dryly. hy I ,": Bill grinned, if- Martin had not been upstairs divesting himself of his dripping garments Saht would merely have had to ring the bell, not gone out himself In search of whisky, and soda. Then as the', footsteps n eared the door he whis pered urgently.!. , 'M "Jim, for I heaven s Sake don't let; him suspect from your Tac4 that anythlng's wrong. I Just now you i look as grim as a - hanging Judge! We're got to fight him with the gloves oft presently but we want to pick, our own ground; not put him Ion' guard to get Lis blow in first. ; ; . . iyi ' Jim was finding it difficult to look his usual. unruffled, cheer ful self. This confirmation, of his suspicions of Sant, the discovery that the man bad descended to tampering with his letters follow--Ing on tonight's treacherous at tempt on his life; all this, made It something of an effort to greet the man they had found out as though nothing had happened. . "Don't worry BUI, I'll keep my end up." Jim said with a short laugh. ! -' ; ' . . j (To ' be Continued Tomorrow) ' FT I ,MittiUtw PT,rririii I. u i ;l Shows value of 1 diverif icationf 9 ii1 Results obtained from th prao- tiee' of diversification" on ih farm in both crop production and livestock t breeding; will be sfiowtt in generous measure at 21st An nual Pacific International Live stock Exposition. Portland. Octo ber 24-3t The United States National here at Salem has consistently urffodi the adoption of diversified farm ing and for that reason urges ev erjr farrner hereabout to attend thla year's Pacific International, i 1 United Statoo National Banb Shlca-Oregc :4- ll