The OREGON STATESMAN. Salens Oregon. Wednesday Morning. October 21, l3i
By SIDNEY
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"No Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Awe"
From Firtt Statesman, March 28, 1851
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: The Tax Strike I
THERE is more reason and justice in a group of farmers
threatening litigation against general property taxes and
i ul . iM 4.v.n -fAf cnnnnn rl!nnrs to ZTV to Uet
,lhe intangibles tax act knocked out as unconstitutional. By ev
ery measure real property has borne an undue proportion of
the burdens of government in this state.-It suffers from two
facts: real property is uuigioie, au -
concealed, usually its value is easily computed; and it cannot
be moved from one county or state to another to escape tax-
ation. i :..-. f .
When March 1st comes round flocks of sheep, may be
"over in Idaho", diamonds and notes go into hiding. But the
farm is there, and the home and the factory and the store
building. So the assessor marks them down at a certain value
and they are taxed. But how far have we gone in just a few
years? In 1920 and in 1922 the state was voting on the sin
gle tax" which would have put all taxation upon the land. This
year the tax leagues have been rebellious because the legisla
ture did not enact the Mott resolution which would have pro
hibited all state taxes on real property. While both proposals
were defeated the fact that they enjoyed a considerable fol
lowing shows the wide swings of sentiment in this state.
The Statesman has strongly supported taxation of in
tangibles and of incomes both as a measure of justice and as
a relief for the excessive burden on real property. But we
think the tax leagues are making a mistake in urging a "tax
strike when the last half of taxes fall due. First, because
there is no chance that the courts would void the tax levies
duly made ; and second because the operation of the new tax
laws is going to give the farmers the relief they have been
clamorous for. Already it is announced that the state tax levy
win be reduced from 6V2 mills to 3 mills for next year; and
that within a few years the direct tax on property for state I
purposes will be done away with altogether or reduced to an
insignificant amount. The battle now is to protect these laws :
and not to "defy the tax collector for past injustices.? ,
The argument for a tax -strike is that the courts might
declarethe property tax invalid because o the inequalities
of taxation. But we do not finct anything in the constitution
which requires that taxes be levied equally on all property.
Two taxation amendments were adopted by vote of the people
June 4, 1917: One is Section 32 of article I: lis
I , "NOHax or duty shall be Imposed without the consent of the
people or their representatives in the legislative assembly; and
all taxation shall be uniform on the same class of subjects with
in the territorial limits of the authority levying the tax." .
This merely requires that the sarfle rate of taxation shall
apply on the same class of property and by omission permits
"the legislature to establish different rateson different classes
of property. i
The second section is no. one of article IX :
"The legislative assembly shall, and the people through the
initiative may, provide by law uniform rules of assessment and
taxation. All taxes shall be levied and collected under general
laws operating uniformly throughout the state. '.
There is nothing iff this which requires that taxation be
"equal". We quote from the constitution, not to prejudge the
case-of the tax leagues, nor to anticipate the decision of the
... courts; but to point out the very doubtful ground a person
lias to stand on if he refuses to pay his taxes in hope that the
v -court may later void the tax levy.
' - What happens if taxes are not paid? Very quickly the
TJrocesses of , government are stopped. Teachers are unable
' to cash their warrants. Itoad work must be abandoned unless
the men will take warrants for which there is no sale. Bond
. issues, previously voted by the people, go to default and the
credit of the district or county is ruined.
We believe that crood citizens of all classes will nav their
taxes: real property taxes, intangibles taxes,' income and ex
cise and corporation taxes. If they feel there is injustice they
may of course pay under protest and appeal to the courts for
redress. Or what is better they may go to the legislature and
' present their case and secure a modification of the tar laws.
. That is what, the grange did at the last session. The farmers
. will act on better counsel if they pay their taxes wherever
possible, and see to it that the new tax law are protected in
uie wuns anu in mc icgisuiure. . . f -
A- Jails and Ideas
' mHE BolpffZcase just decided in. the state supreme court
JL belongs in thatjtwihght
, and speech clashes with the"
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home of f ree; speech ; actually
w wummuuai luuu in ecuuouues or politics.
From the standpoint of public policy (without regard to the
legal aspects of the case) we incline to agree with Justice
Belt wBo dissented from the majority view and felt that it
was wrong to punish Boloff for criminal syndicalism. The
justice has in the following paragraph given a terse summary
of the implications of the Boloff case : .
"The criminal syndicalism act was enacted during the late
World war as a soft of emergency measure. To extend Its appli
cation to a poor. Ignorant sewer digger who entertains erroneous
Ideas concerning governmental affairs and to. imprison him in
the penitentiary for a period of ltt years is fa my pinion, not
In keeping with the proper administration of Justice. Throughout
the centuries jails have never been able to kill ideas. It is doubt-
- tul if they can do so in this modern and turbulent age,
The judge might have gone farther and made the com
ment that such imprisonment becomes a martyrdom and helps
to spread the virus of antagonism to the existing social and
politicalorder. We ought not to preserve the hysteria of war
time in these days of peace. -
That's nothfn Cffna tr. t,,j
"Ladies undetweVr i:roff"T "m experience with a sign:
- -Pontlcal virtue which retched a new high at the laan i,.
eddon Is fast getting back to normalcy Ws Tlear. thtt I vii.A i
efflcial of . thsf.u1? tn&SSS-TStSfSSSA
game last Saturday from a henchman of tto&M itSfi
hAt1J.filKapers we'r-4rylng.ths Jo UllUrd case and most of
9jSWnSJnti "P whe -Smmed
in oraKes on Joe. it might be well to wait to see If there ar aeo.
- tads and thirds in the conference as well as a first!;
em . mm . . .
Managing t,auor
aiivsppil w it run uitkuu LWU
HIS: f Uix illi; 1 rear
$4.00.
00 for 1 rear In ad ranee.
.zone where' freedom of thought
inherent right 'of 'a government
" e j WVVU
we are extremely intolerant "of
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Letters frora
Statesntn Readers
FACTS ABOUT TACOMAjS X
WATER SUpPIiY
Something was recently said In
a local paper about Tacoma'sj wat
er supply. Being interested In the
subject of municipal water sup
ply, I recently wrote to the water
department of Tacoma 1 for infor
mation regarding the source l of
supply In that city. Saturday af
ternoon, I received: from Ira ' S.
Davisson, commissioner of public
utilities for Tacoma, full data
about their water supply. ' : I
As disclosed by Mr. Davison's
letter, the- facts' are as! follows:
Up to 1912, Tacoma obtained its
supply from wells and springs. In
that year, the city put in a grav
ity system and tapped Green RIt
er about 40 miles east of the city
in the Cascade mountains. From
this source a supply of 40.008.000
gallons per day was obtained.
Owing to the fact that the ! pipe
line was built of wood, this source
proved unsatisfactory,, on account
of the heavy expense to Which
the city was put fori maintenance.
The quality of the water obtained
from Green river was satisfactory,
and the supply was adequati for
a Xew years. The city of . Tacoma
is now engaged in I replacing; the
wood pipe line to the Green river
head-works with a steel and eon-
crete line, at a cost
000.000.
of about 2.-
About five years
ago, in order
to augment Its water supplyj the
city dug four or five more wells,
in 1930, the city dug four Addi
tional wells. In Davison's letter.
nothing is said about the quality
of the water from these wells. One
must assume it la satisfactory;
otherwise the city would not ' be
digging more wells.
Hence, for the present, Tacoma
obtains its water from Green river
and about a dozen or more Wells.
Mr. Davisson's letter states that
the water is pumped from these
wells at a nominal cost, owing to
the low rates for electricity! la
that city. j
Mr. Davisson's letter shows
that Tacoma did ; not find
the well system "inadequate, un-
dependable and unduly expensive
to operate in comparison with a
gravity system". On the con
trary, after Tacoma Installed Its
gravity system and found it ' ex
pensive" and "Inadequate", ae7
did not enlarge the gravity sys
tem br "spending millions fori ad
ditions", but reverted to the WU
system, because It was cheeper to
InstaU and operate, ;
"Watch Tacoma! grow" Is
an
old slogan, as ; most everyone
knows. Tacoma still expect to
grow In the future, more rapidly
than in the past. With a, view to
meet this future growth and to
supply water for Industries In the
city which requlrsi large quanti
ties of water continuously.!! in
1928. the city acquired Lake
Kapowsin, located about i 20
miles from the cityj of the Cascade
foothills, together Iwith the right
to divert Into thU lake, water
from the Puyallup river. This
water will be brought to the fcity
through steel pipe iUnes and when
fully developed wlU prgylde about
200,000,000 gallons per day. This
development will not be under
taken until the growth of the city
makes It necessary to provide a
large increase in its water supply.'
i B. W. Macy.
Editor Statesman:: j
Now and then I meet meal or
hear of some who have taken
Christmas trees to California and
lost money on them. . San Fran
cisco and other northern Califor
nia towns are flooded over by
men who get their' orders for,
trees In the summer. .
In southern California condi
tions are different; Most men
who take trees to California stop
in th north part of the state.
I suppose quite a number of peo
ple who take your paper have
Christmas trees. If you want to
you can publish this and I will
be glad, to give any on further
advice. How, whera and what
kind of trees to ship. They to
send postage. D not phone; "
ROBERT LOEB.
497 .Union. Salem, j I -! i
Yester
. . . Of 014 Salem
Towm Talks front The Statef
oCJSavrper Days I
, ' -October- Si, 90 j.
-1 Willamette against' Whitman
on October 25 la .Salem 1 j the
first big ' football of the- season
for this section.
President Roosevelt is coastd-?
ering the idea- of mentioning his
plan for a tax on fortunes ini his
annual message. His idea Is for
a "progressive tax. ion all for
tunes beyond a' certain amount,
either given in life or devised or
bequeathed upon death, to any; in
dividual." . i j ; I
NEW YORK The Bank of
England has. caused, f general
stir in financial markets by rais
ing the official discount -rate
from five to six per f cent. This
was done, to step the drain
the bank's' reserve fund..
on
That , the Japanese ' empire
the factor moat Imrmrniln
Is
the
peace of the .Far East- Is t the
opinion expressed yesterday by
Dr. . Chang .YuChuanjt at Hono
lulu, chief counsellor of the -Chinese
foreign office at Peking r
ROSEBURG Dr. Richard I M.
Brumtield, convicted here on Oc
tober 19 of . first .degree murder,
last night cut his throat In an
attempt to end his life. The
prl-
soner is said to have
ehance to
recover.
The total assessed Valuation of
property in Marlon County this
year is $37,397,470, 4tS,900
over that of one year ago, i ac
cording to O. A. Steelha rattier.
assessor. . -
days
t Vi Hoof.,
t Fi M Xl Mefcaffy
' o?'u ? CDlSONS INVENTIONS -l
L Lf i WAVE A MONEY VALUE
I .T ' j j J, Of 39 BILLION DOLLARSI
- - -f r T an fsnafi nan mm ' -91
Tomorrow: Are
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-By R. J.
Silver Falls park: "
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Tha writer proposes, that
the new name. Silver Creek
Falls park is not appropriate.
The word creek tolays It down.
Its Importance is worthy of be
ing played up. Creek is apt to
convey the idea of a trickling
little stream, meandering
through a small field or meadow.
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Each one of the 10 Silver falls
hurls down a considerable vol
ume of water; makes a apectaj'e
worth going far to see. During
a -large part of the year, several
of them hurtle into space masses
that have the magnitude of riv
ers. The biggest one makes i a
sheer plunge of 186 feet. The
argentine flood of the North fall
drops 141 feet." The Winter fall
makes a double leap aggregating
198 feet.- ' i
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! Nearly 10 00 acres of land has
now been gathered into the own
ership of the public V make up
this glorious park;, this play
ground for the present and fu
ture generations, in which nature
displays and shall perpetually ex
hibit her charms and her won
ders, in forms attractive and al
luring to a degree almost beyond
compare..:. !
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' Nine of the falls are within
the confines of the present 1000
acre holdings. The 10th is with
in an 80 acre tract that has been
filed uponby a private party un
der the homestead act. This 10th
plunge Into spaoa Is the one
called the Upper North ifalL
where there is a sheer drop of
65 feet - the one where the
stream is crossed by a big log.T
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' Under , the provisions of the
act of congress on recreational
sites, Marion county has filed
upon this last 80 acre tract, -subject
te prior rights. . This filing
should ba persisted in and prose
cuted to a final conclusion, iso
that there may not finally be any
single flaw in the title of the
great public to this expanse i of
wonderland set 'there for general
use and enjoyment. ji
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The special predacious claim
of no private person should ba
allowed to stand in the war of
the rljrhts of the general public;
of the whole country and of. the
wide world. There is nothing
either in tha latter or tka spirit
of the homestead law that Justi
fies or sets up the right of auek
an individual, predicted upon a
nrellminarr filinr. to levy toll
upon persona ; coming ' hither te
enjoy the t natural : privileges af.
fered; that br the inherent rights
of access ta recreational privileg
es ought to be free to all. J j-
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i It is a duty Imposed by the elr
cumstaaces of their' publid trust
u poa tha members "of the county
court to guard against: the" impo
sition named. It developed upon
the ' county - Judge nd - the com
missioners : to protect the privi
leges there offered against any
unwarranted -attempts. At. secur
ing the benefits ot private greed
and gala. . . - i . '
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The wfiolo country, and mora
especially this coast, tha Pacific
northwest. th state if Oregon,
the county of Marion, and !, the
city . Of Salem a 11 have Interests
in preserving the "pristine loveli
ness of Silver Falls park, ana ia
offering- the advantages of its
privileges freely to. all comers
from near and far plaoes. j . r
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All -these' things- being made
secure. It la within tha province
of our home people to profit ia
the largest possible Indirect ways
front the attractions ot this - won
derland set br nature at the very
back door of the capital city..
' ..Our commercial bodies have a
duty of letting tha world know of
our- offering. Tha Salem chamber
of commerce has already shown
commendable ' initiative industry
and vigilance in tola respect. ; i
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- The Advertising of the charms
of Silver -Falls park baa had due
attention at tha hands tf this or
ganization. It is Justified In, per-'
sisting in this, and urging greater j
and wider claims upon the allure-1
menta offered to toursta. This eaa
scarcely" ba overdone, within 1 tha 1
proper resources of the organisa-i
tloa. . - ' "p
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No piece' of literature announ-
BITS
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Heel. W J EvencaiRy
OecUett Or. PeJ F.
NeteJ Caicef
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Airplanes Safe?
BREAKFAST
HENDRICKS
clng the attractions of the Salem
district will ever be complete with
out a mention of Silver Falls park.
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Tha state and county highway
departments will be Justified in
rendering access to the park more
and more easy, and In making the
offerings of nature's beauty spots
there more and more adaptable to
the convenience of. the public
while preserving the natural' ad
vantages ; against , the encroach
ments of vandalism.
S
Whatever ought to be done
should be done to guard The park
against contaminations that might
come from disturbing the supply
ing streams in their upper reach
es in the forest fastnesses.
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With the Increase of population
and the encroachments due to the
commercial use of our forest
growths,' there will coma the nec
essity of imposing strict rules for
conservation and reforestation,
such as are employed in older
lands. Such gifts of the God of na
ture as are vouchsafed to us by
this park are all too few; too rare
to permit tha possibility of the
profaning or destroying ot one of
them, i
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Our section has not another one
comparable to this.
The danger of losing it has been
too close to leave any thought of
further risk la this respect. It Is
our park; your park; the rightful
Inheritance of this and future gen
erations. V
Taking his cue from the words
af the prisoner of Patmos, the Bits
man gives it "a whits stoneTand
in the stone a new name written
and the name la Silver Falls park.
VISITS MISS LEWIS
BRUSH CREEK, Oct. 20 ',
Miss Stella Dybevik was in Cor
vallls the weekend guest of Miss
Mary Lewis. Miss Lewis for"
merly taught in the Silvertoa.
high school. For the past two
years Miss Lewis has been a
member of tha faculty at Oregon
State coUege. Miss Dybevik Is
secretary to Robert Goets, super
t&tendent - ot Silvertoa schools
but drives out to her home here
every Sunday. '.
UNCLE
PtRiAStE 8T
.
Tb reeoat Jeeastratl at live Co
Asclatlai ond S.OOO axBorta od
ote loavoa ae roosa for dowbt as
kibita was a eUsappearlag gva that
will la
a spray
loch4ow
with.difflemlty
a prepared gaa-P't. Armored icars tkwdorod aver ploaghed floido ot Z9 saUoa aa tear, akooUog
of ballots froaa their bottory of BaacklM nm mm kw -- : - ' a 1. .!...
toor. oaoaaloe oei a sixwaool itraok witk tU 1 nu - - - - ' wi .
br catorvlUar tractors. 1 au bo rawkoJ ( Um a" a.tT a ..t.i..
cum that fires TOD ronndt miaate U aaethar wondor of tha ssartlaa array af tool. I Experts eoaceda
Uat U. S. pregrasMTeaott 1 amaaseaf U aaatatcU d aay where U the world
!' f CHAPTER XLEX
Frank Severn on tha other side
of the window!'
' They- had heard no sound of ap
proaching footsteps. It might al
most have been a ghost that had
suddenly materialised out of the
mist-enfolded night.! so silently
had that figure come so silent
and motionless still, as the white
staring face confronted - those
startled eyes within the room.
, Not! the Frank Severn whom Jim
had last seen two years ago, so
terribly changed was that haggard
face that the light picked out from
the blurred dimness. The, features
might; have been those of a man
sleep-walking or moving under the
influence of a drug, curiously
blank! aa they seemed of all ex
pression. The yes with their fixed
stara.1 under the disordered mass
of black hair, rested on Jim Wyn
ter as .If without the faintest
gleam of recognition. The latter'a
eagercry of his name had brought
noi. trace ot any emotion, no change
to that strangely mask-like face.
Nrank Frank!" 1 i L
With the cry breaking from him
again!, Jim dragging himself out
of that first momentary shock of
surprise, essayed in a fever of im
patient haste to push up the low
er ssBh of the window. j ;
- In 'that same moment this door
had been flung open and San t had
burst, into the room, startled by
that excited cry from within of
Frank Severn's name.
! . - Horror .-! '
, Almost on the threshhold the
man j paused arrested, ' his face
ghastly and white as paper, as In
sudden: appalled horror he real
ized that what Martin had Just
told was the truth, as he too saw
those! eyes staring in from the mist
outside. ;.;! -I ! :. j j. j
Wfth a queer choking cry Sant
seemed suddenly to crumple ,up.
With; his hand going spasmodically
to his heart, the big burly figure
swayed for a moment unsteadily,
would have fallen but that there
was a chair near into which he
dropped. And behind htm an ashen-faced
Martin, looking as if his
nerve were gone, cried oit half
hysterically as he pointed a shak
ing hand at the window: j
"What did I say? Wasn't I
right?" j
There was a panic of consterna
tion In his eyes.
In a stride Martell was by his
side., gripping the unnerved man's
arm wagningiy.
"Silence, you hysterical fool!'
be whispered harshly, with a
meaning gleam In the dark eyes
bent I menacingly on that face of
panic. Pull yourself , together,
man! : , j
It was as bad a moment no
doubt for Martell as for his two
accomplices, this - sudden appari
tion! of the "victim of their evil
plot.) Frank Severn unaccountably
broken free, whose first! words
would be to denounce the guilty
meni what, .short of a miracle,
Could save them now? Rut n
with! that grim realization to be
racea Marten could still keep his
nerve to silence his fellowj rogue's
panic-loosened tongue.
i "What's the matter with this
winuowi It won't , open!"' cried
Jim In angry Impatience, as he ex
erted all his strength to push up
the lower sash. , f
It; seemed as Immovably un-
yieiaing as if it had beeni wedged
on the outside Bill's added efforts
availed nothing. The. window-remained
fast shut. j
The figure outside, still; with no
gleam of recognition of his friends
in that face so strangely I drained
of all expression, hsd ! already
drawn back out of tha radius of
mist-blurred light, merged once
again into! the deep shadows be
hind that closed about it like a
gray engulfing sea, drowning it
from sight. . 1 ,
Jim abandoned the attempt to
get the window open; he did hot
rislc wasting time on thev other
window; ha raced from theroom,
followed by Bill Grayson. They Tan
serosa tha hall, drarred the f rnk
door opea. and dashed out toward.
me, grounds at , the back of the
SAM DISPLAYS "BIG
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IIovttzir. Gun Ready voz.
I' -..1-"' . T.
t aewviag
Covowsogilal el
to Usdtod Ssatoo
Ires m two-tea an
pansnat rotsrosaaiaus
joetU a distaaee af tUttr saUoa mmd cam) toko oowov ot
The eyes with their fixed
house that the
window overlooked
i 'I can't un4erstand It." mutter
ed Jim aa they ran "that Frank
seemed not to recognize us or to
be afraid of us too! It's dear en
ough now what Martin's ; words
meant that Frank had escaped
from the place where they've .been
keeping him a prisoner and that
place Isn't far from Beggar'
Court!"
; "San't heart's been groggy , for
some time; no wonder it played
him up Just nOw when he saw Sev
ern's face at the window !" Like
the writing" on the wall for him,"
said BUI, Jiis jmouth grim. "They
certainly gave themselves away
tonight, he and Martin!"
But where had Severn vanished
and why had he vanished?
- "Frank Frank. This is Jim
Wynter. Where 'are you, Frank?
Jim cried out (loudly as they ran
'round the side of the house.
No answering voice out of the
baffling darkness. No sign of the
man who had i come and vanished
again like- a ghost. No sound of
retreating footsteps.
It was bewildering to Jim Wyn
ter and Bill. Why had Severn, ap
parently fled? He had seen his
friends here as well as his ene-
mies-v-must , have known that his
enemies were powerless now. Jim
remembered that strangely vacant
face, so changed, so unlike Sev
ern's face; had all the suffering
he must hare undergone turned
his brain for the time? Or since
he had found Sant, whom he had
trusted, a traitor, did he mistrust
even his other, friends now?
i Then suddenly, . as they raced
forward, with tha thia spectra
sea-mist creeping up the estuary
to make their search of the
grounds an exasperating game ot
blind man's bluff, a cy broke from
BUI Grayson.
"Listen, there's someone there!"
A sudden sound of movement
had reached Ithem from some
where not far away. They ran in
the direction whence it seemed to
coma. Behind them they could
hear hurrying; following footsteps.
Probably Martell's. Martell was
the only one of those guilty three
who had kept his nerve.
i Dimly head of them out of the
thia damp mist a figure began to
take shape to their eyas and a
voice hailed them, but not Frank
Severa's voice !
"Hello, that 'you, Mr. Wynter?"
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UU Were too Aromy Or
'oo off the aWrolepaosat off
sure rested on Jim Wyntcr,
It was John UshamJ He waa
standing, supporting himself by
his crutches, his head half turn
ed, staring intently into the misty
dimness beyond. He was on the
path that led 'round by the back
of the house to the gate at the side
of grounds. , '
"I thought It must be you, Mr.
Wynter, that It was "your voice I
heard-Just now," Ilsbam said as
they hurried up. "What's all tha
trouble? And didn't I hear you
call out Severn's name? And who
was that who dashed past me Just
now?" : y : j i
'As ha ; was ! speaking Martell
came running up.
"You say someone passed you?"
cried Jim. "We saw the. missing
man Mr. Severn a few minutes
ago " 1
"Severn!" Ilsham's voice sound
ed startled. "It's not a minute ago
that someone plunged past 'me,
running as If lor dear life. Rather
startled me, appearing suddenly
out of the mist and nearly, knock
ing me over! I ah't say if It waa
Severn, of course. He was heading
In that direction -'
Ilsham pointed. Instantly Jim
Wynter and Bill ran on, leaving
their Informant staring after
them. - r rv-, ': j , ;i - "..i
Martell was pursuing the search
too, but he was bearing oft In a
somewhat divergent i direction, aa
If ha preferred to - hunt on ' his
own. ; ;- ; y
A thought suddenly struck BilL
"Jim, we oughtn't to lose sight
of that chap. Martell's an enemy,
not a friend. And If he came upon
Severn alona. . . ' These man im
desperate, remember. Martell's one
luou" mignt be to silence Sev
ern before ha eonld
mouth to denounce thorn. w
wouldn't stick at murder, rd'best
f"0?: Martell. whilst you Uka
this direction.
(To be continued)
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New Views
Yesterday Statmn rm..
asked this, question: "What do
r?- 1 ct two r t tax
for City purposes on rrau i-
inmtha ?ifty?2 tttllU,M TntlT"
Key. W. jr. mwil .
North lTth, retired United Brrtb
rea mlalster: "Yes, by all mean.
tax WOUldba good; I thlak Util
ities ought ta. bear (h.i.i,
nd a- HtUe mora." .
Keater McKlllla.1
ak ma such weighty questions."
sura, I think tha ntiliti. .ka..i
That a what .we ought to have."
N. W. Ze31r. rmA... '
think the ahoiiT .'. I
on their fnm. m T
'iOsa Ada' Ross, teacher: Th't
i a question whfh Vim
I should not care to rive on
wunoui anowini
about It." x I
ruor
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Daily Thouprht)
"Man has nnt t-et n.'.v.'i '
V. Tr " ... ills
oest. He will nr .v.
best until he walks. the upward
way side by side with woman.
Plato was right In his fancy that
halves of humanity, aaclf reqalr-
iu. untunes or me other 1b
actar. . Shakespeare understood
it when ha made his' noblest
women strong as , men. and his
oest men tender as women " Tha .
hands and breasts that nursed all 1 1
men to life are scorned as tha -forgetful
brute proclaims his su-' 1
perlor strength and plumes him.
self so he can subjugate the one
who made Aim wljat he Is." Eu
geuayV. Debs,
ROAD WORK EM3
SILVERTON niLLS. OcL 20
Tha road work; In this district Is
practically completed for the au
tumn. Just at present tha crew
hauling gravel and spreading
t. This Is the most direct road
to tha Silver Creek Falls country
and every Sunday . sees . . large
groups of people motoring over
the new road and enjoying tha
scenery. - -
- a t -t?