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T5e OREGO? STATESMAN. Salens -Oregon. Wednesday Morning. October 28, 193V
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' First Mutual
A bank charter was issued
li, partment. In these days of bank consouaauons such
event is quite out of the ordinary ; and this one in Particular
"a most unusual. For it is the first charter for establishing a
mutrial savines bank In Oregon. Tne law periruitiiis uv.
charters has been in existence many years; but no one at
a A j a.- at. if Tha n aw charter eroes to Fort
land interest ho have been
It is hard to say why mutual savings banks have not
flourished in the west. In the east they are quite common. In
fact for the country as a whole mutual savings banks have far
greater resources than stock company savings banks which
does not include savings departments oi tomrcrw
For the year ending June 30, 1930 reports showed 606 mu
tuar savings banks in this country with total resources pf
$10295,308,000. Stock company savings banks had total re-
sources of 1,521,103,000. TJie auierence oeiween wu
pany and mutual savings banks is that stock! companies sub
scribe to the capital stock and share the profits to the stock
holders after paying the guaranteed interest; to depositors.
In mutual savings banks all the profits are shared by the de
positors (as well as any losses j. m f
Massachusetts and New York have the greatest number
of mutual savings banks. The former reported in. 1930 196
such institutions in which 2,954,855 depositors had deposited
$2,093,098,000 in savings. New York had 151 such banks with
total deposits of $4,566,165,000. The average tate of Interest
returned to depositors in Massachusetts was 4.74 and in
New York 4.70; The state of Washington has one large mu
tual savings bank, the Washington Mutual, in Seattle with a
' long and enviable record of growth-and stability. There are
four of these banks in Washington with 93.736 depositors
and a total of $55,060,000 deposited. Their rate of return was
4. California has one mutual savings bank but it has $77,
558,000 on deposit and its interest return in 1930 was 4.25
t Events of recent years have brought into relief the
value of savings institutions operated conservatively, which
give an opportunity for the masses of the people to accumu-;
:ate their savings with assurance of safety. Savings banks,
savings departments of commercial banks, savings and loan
associations help supply this need. Mutual savings banks, un
der the' strict laws governing their investment, are usually
able to pay a little higher return than commercial bank sav-;
ings departments; and as their sole business is the encour
agement of thrift they can do a great deal to j stimulate sav-
Tha mora fiDao InafifiiHftTis nrwratino under strict
government supervision,: that
off the state is. x our and a fraction per ceni is proving oei
ter than high coupon -rate and loss of principal on foreign
bonds and the miscellaneous lot of junk which has been ped
dled in the form of investment in late years.; '
So the founding of the first mutual savings bank in the
state is- of interest and its progress will be watched during
Stalemate
JlIIE war between Japan and China has shifted from Man
A; churia to Geneva and is now a trial of strength between
Japan and the league of nations. The league voted 13 to 1 to
order Japan to bring home her guns; but Japan says the vote
doesn't count because it wasn't uiianimous, Japan's delegate
casting the negative vote, i . . H "
As the situation appears the league can't do anything to
. Japan, because no nation wants to do the police work for Gen
eva; and Japan is too wise to go ahead and crirry on war" in
Manchuria. So she just holds her positions there and marks
time. : -,; ! ' -. ,--s .
Japan has some justification in insisting on some guar
anties for the safety of her nationals, China has been lawless
so long that lives of foreigners are not safe or their property
secure. China can't just lie down and trust to the league. She
ought to pull herself together, stop civil war and preserve
neace within her borders. Japan is doing about what we do
in Mexico, Nicaragua and Haiti. i
, ' A sixteen year old boy in Jackson county fell from a horse and
was kUled. That Is a news item quite uncommon nowadays. We read
frequently of auto accidents and deaths caused when a tractor rears
en its hind legs and topples over. But 'we seldom read of accidents in
runaways or falls from horses. Yet how common -that news used to
be in pre-motor days. " , , " '
The governors' meeting in Portland say the world depression Is
due to the demonetization of silver. Haw, haw haw. tlareh'c we been
told time and again by the Salem C-J that It is all due to the pro
tective tariff. No mark that, out, all due to Prohibition r The gover
nors can't pf ool 'us. v . "f ..i ;i i , -
Now the Stanford o-eds can root at the football gams. If the
cardinals have been Able to win all these championships without
female rooting what will they accomplish now? Just so the Dolllahs do
ouvm wi; iwv and oBtuwua oi
' The Portland
- - -au as7 UClUUUOll ailUIl Ul suuAAlAUAsV--
f, iEe governors' conference says they demanded work with ban
ners .Well, that's all the work they want and they must get enough
WbtPSSfSil ot rTjtr n iWfted to Korth Portland,
rtnw,ftM re,buJ' baklng hands with the prizs Jerseys
and renewing their acquaintanceship with the bulls. I I
fadeSf t)xX WW
aoout his loins and start a cult for
aM;mmJtUTr!f "1T?
aVa 71 ' y perups'M lit Al is looking
the JnB?ake,,?,!r. rvacklar tlieir brllM to impress ugenit
iiV.Ji,!" Ior 1,,s Ia hopei of:aderlag antique all the 1U1
and earlier gas wagons. "
w'f 3'l!-m.eniber' of uor le&uf3 vot4 antl-prohihitloa by 92.
fot being congressmen they can vote as they drink. i
s - Wat r the Uttln'g odds
ta&argST ;r
No Fear Shall Awef
Stajiaa a cenia-
t
Savings Bank
Monday by the State banking de
identified with mortgage loan
we have in the state the better
meir jocks.
: will tare to Valt awhile for
freedom.
ht Got. RooUeit'. refomv.
Mrs, Judd goes. on her murder
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e Safety
Valve - -
Letters from -
Statesman Readers
; FACETIOUSNES3 CHABGED
To tb Editor- - i "
We bare heard .a groat " deal
about that potent gentleman, Ju
lius L. Meier. However, he has
attempted to force just a bit too
rasch. ob the. credollty of the peo-
pla. Many of ns have become dis
gusted with the facetionsness of
a much publicized aaminiatratlon.
TT all agree that the governor
has bees exceedingly active- and
busy. Any governor who spends
as much time as Mr. Meier la re-
moving men from office (by any
mean3) and ushering into power
his proteges xnust necessarily be
busy. It haa been ; these ; acts,
characterised by" prejadir.e and
Tindictiveness, r- that ! harts beea
very trying on the patieaco of the
: -it is quite apparent that the
governor has managed the affaira
of a department store for so long
that he feels that he can act much
In the same manner in his present
capacity. He has fared sumptu
ously at the expense 6f the people
and consequently has no feeling
for them. His actions have ; dem
onstrated this beyond ! all doubt, if
there ever was doubt. .We have
not forgotten his rnthlessness and
imperiousness la conducting, the
hearing of the prison - ssperin-
tendent. We were astounded at
the fallacious "charges the gover
nor brought agatn3t him, waich
were proved utterly unfounded.
We were shocked at his temerity
in casting reflection on the char
acter of T. B. Kay, a man who
had served the publie for many
years - and whose integrity I had
never been Questioned. The only
excuse that can be given for the
sanctification of stupidity in ; con
ducting and ordering other hear
ings Is prejudice. i i : 1
The economy of the adminis
tration has beea in harmony with
all other actions. In spite of latent
rigid economy, expenses were
found to be considerably oyer, the
budget provided. - The governor
therefore proceeded 1 1 to slash
1500,000 oft education. A master
stroke indeed. Then to prove his
further sincerity to give us far
ther economy he brought Mr. Eln
zig la as secretary of the board
of control and raised! his salary
664. To further prove that the
change was needed, Mr. EInzig
has followed the policies of : his
predecessor. ;
Some of , us , hare had quite
enough of Meier, Holman and Co..
If the governor has as yet display
ed any master strokes of genius
he has been highly successful in.
keeping, them hidden, i The pres
ent administration hat been char
acterized by petty spite and vin
dlctiveness since the boar of Its
inauguration. Unless he cuts short
his acts of f acetlousness . and
sham he Is apt to be sent back
In ignominy to his department
store. The public shall mke this
administration the object of the
approbrlum it deserves.
LTLE THOMAS.
"Do you favor adaltional legis
lation , on chain - stores?" This
question was asked yesterday by
Statesman reporters.
Ross Goodman, Independent
grocer: "I don't think! the chain
stores should be taxed any more
than anyone else." :
. William English, strawberry
growerj ''Ves, I do."
Clifford Price, salesman, "No,
I don't. But I suppose there will
be attempts." : -: .
O. W. Hewitt, business man:
"Yes. I would favor such a tar.
I don't believe in mcnoplles. and
I do believe in protecting the
smaller merchant." ' . f ?
"Mrs. Tom Wood, home maker:
"I really would not like to ex
press an opinion on that ques
tion, for I know nothing about
it."
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GluseppI Maria Abbate, eelf-stjrled celestial messenger of Chicago, new
knows what a truly tough joe some of the fallen monarchs of the
world keveheld. litre's "King- Abbate on his regal tWewith Ss
"Queen,' who is 15-vear-oLl Grace InTvlt L. JzZL l-Z!l fl
!f 1ue ni? SJhei J-7M girl, Lncia VitieUo, preferred
chargaq against mZ- . A? now he has ne queen. What's
! more ae's being held lit Chicago ea the girl's charges.
HERE'S HOW
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for
-By R. J. HENDIUCKS-
Statesman clipping of 'Tlx
' -J.
D. McCuUy, of ' the Pattoa
book store, scion - of a pioneer
family and Interested la pioneer
lore, has for 53 years, kept In his
files a clipping from The States
man. On " one side ot the card
to which is pasted the cupping
is the following news Item:
S v.,..;'
("Fire in the Court House:-
About four o'clock yesterday
(Tuesday) afternoon. Watchman
McGee, at the court bouse, pro
ceeded as . usual to charge the
gas machine with gasoline. The
machine-Hieing in a dark room in
the basement; he took a lantern
which he placed on a box tome
four feet, distant. On opening a
can, Ihelgas escaped which In
stantly filled the room and took
fire from the lantern, Instantly
exploding the can and tilling the
whole room with fire. Mr. Me
Gee was knocked down by the
stroke, but escaped through a
door near by, and as the princi
pal . flame settled about the."
(The rest of the cupping on that
side was not preserved.) -
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The other side Is a two-Inch
single-column advertisement, - Il
lustrated . by two . rooster, cuts.
and the reading matter follows:
"Fine Poultry. I have some Very
tine i thoroughbred Light and
Dark Brahma and Light and
Park Leghorn Chickens, - and am
prepared to supply eggs of either
kind on short notice. Also Tur
key Eggs in limited quantity.
For particulars and prices apply
to or address FRANK W. WA
TERS, Salem, . Oregon. January
21, 1878. tf."
.The cliDning about the fire In
the court house basement. If it
were complete, would probably
say that it was soon extinguish
ed, and that the damage was un
der $1000. That was somewhat
early for a gasoline lighting sys
tem, j and the dangers connecting
with the handling of gasoline
were not as well known as now.
It Is rather strange, too, that the
county was not then using coal
gas, tor the city was first lighted
by gas from the plant of the Sa
lem Gas company Sept. 17, lt70;
the ,. work of laying the mains
having been begun In May of
that year. - Perhaps the county
commissioners thought the rates
for coal gas were too high. v
- The red brick Jail that stood on
the northwest corner ot the court
BEING KING
i
By EDSON j
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IP n&rw
BREAKFAST
bouse block, at High and Court
streets, may have then "been torn
down, and the cells for the county
jail installed in the new (present)
court house. bailding, construction
f whleh began la 1871. So there
may hare teen "prisoners there at
the time of the fire, and In that
case, the complete news article
likely said something about how
they acted. " i
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But perhaps'the change had not
yet been made, for A. M. clough.
pioneer undertaker, whoame tn
1S7S. remembers seeing the old
jail, though it may not hare been
in use two years later. Dr. Mark
Skiff thinks the brick jail was tern
down before January, 1878.
h . i'
. Mr. Clough does not remember
the fir In the basement of the
court house, so It could not hare
been a great one. But he did not
see the greatest fire In Salem up
to that time, the night of May 2,
1871, though he was, sleeping
within a block of it. 1
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The fire that he missed was the
disastrous one that completely de
stroyed the plant of the Willam
ette Woolen . Manufacturing com
pany, the first factory of the kind
on this. coast. It was built in 1856
and later doubled In size; - became
very prosperous, employed a large
force, and furnished a market for
a Considerable part of the valley
wool." Its destruction was a severe
blow to the townyOf that time. It
stood- on the ' site- of the first
building erected la what became
Salem, the mission grist and saw
mill, under one - room. The Lar
mer warehouse now occupies that
ground, .fronting on Broadway.
S--h:- V "a
But Mr. Clough has a good alibi.
He had arrived with his people In
Salem that day, from .their old
home In Iowa, and they had come
by the covered wagon route, and
he was very, rery tired after the
long, toilsome journey and he
was younger than he is now;
though this is not saying he Is not
still youthful in his feelings. But
he needed sleep, and his slumbers
were not to be disturbed by such
a thing as a fire, eren though' It
might be the biggest one Salem
had ever seen. Some of his people
heard the commotion but ; he
hear sslhlng. He remained in the
comforting 'arms- of Morpheus
through all the disturbance. He
was sorry to miss the great show,
but did not regret the wonderful
rest that first night in the land
where one with, good digestion
and a clear conscience can sleep
welL
Mr. McCully attended that fire.
He was a member of the Capital
engine company. There was great
rivalry in those days, when a paid
firs department was a thing of the
tar future, between that company
and . the Tiger engine company.
The one that got first wate on
the fire carried the fox tail' of
rictory until it was wrested from
its; place of honor by the rival
erewi playing the first stream.
W , "
At that fire, th Tigers won the
for tall.. Mr. McCnlly has not for
gotten the disgrace. The bits man
can hark back to that old rivalry.
He Is rather proud to have .been a
Tiger; though the Tigers were con
sidered the roughnecks, and the
Capitals the- sUk-stocking boys.
Walt! Lowe, street commissioner,
was a -Tiger.' 8 wss Eugene Eck
erlen, sad many others : still on
d-;k and going more or. less
strong.
A- A. McCully was the father of
J. D. McCully. David and A .A.
McCnlly,- brothers, were pioneer
merchants ot Salem, and, they were
largely interested in E steamboat
navigation da. th .Willamette, and
other beneficial . and forward
okinsj- enterprises By 1878, .the
family A. A. McCully had
moved to their farm four and a
half miles rnorth of Amity, . be
tween that town and Dayton; so
J. 2. McCully was not in Salem at
the time ot th fir in th base
ment ot th court house.'. "
As t the chicken advertisement:
Frank W. aters was only about,
nine years eld at that time. His
father, W. H. H, .Waters, who
came to Oregon in 1852, was then
editor ot The Statesman, , fend he
and his brother. A- W. Waters,
owned the paper. A. W. , Waters
"The C
CHAPTER LV
Jim heard the news with relief.
' . "Tomorrow if . possible we'll
run ' over to Moaksllrer our
selves., he said. "That mysteri
ous fish, it must have some defin
ite meaning. Probably Quite
simple explanation. Anyway, I
want to have a shot at solving it
myself
. 'Well, good hunting," said II-
shara. "I hep soon to be able to
congratulate you, Miss Fsring, on
the recovered possession ot your
family. Jewels. -
He shook hands with Milly and
Katharine. Jim and Bill walked
with him to th gate, - v
-r "I suppose yon won't call in
the local police over this raid?.
Ilsham said. : - - 5
"Hadly worth while in the cir
cumstances." said - Bill.
. "No, it would hardly - serve
much purpose now. The . big fish
will so soon be In the net. On
I'm not talking idly .
, Direct
Look here." said Jim bluntly,
"you've rather mystified us to
night, Ilsham.: Haven't you got
anything to tell us before you
go?" ' :
. Ilsham gave a Tittle shrug.
. "I'm not playing at mystery for
mystery's sake. Only well, ra
rather leave explanations until
after tomorrow."
.. -'WhT tomorrow?"
v. "Oh, because tomorrow ' may
prove rather an uneventful day.
Ilsham sard enigmatically. He. ad
ded abruptly: r You're already
guessed, of course, why I m down
here? For no 'other ' reason that
to bring to book one of the most
sinister figures ot the criminal
world-" ' . '
, "You mean Martell?"
.-. "Martellj of course. The dom
inant figure in the far-reaching
evil network - ot which Beggar's
Court has become the center. Oh,
not . this conspiracy against Sev
ernsomething utterly apart
from that. WU1 It surorise von
when I say that your friend, Sev
ern, only comes, as it were, inci
dentally, into my business with
Martell? I was out on the trail af
ter-Martell before I had ever
heard Severn's name a trail
that led from Sing. Sing to this
quiet English village."
Ilsham paused, as if he had
told all hs meant to telL Then
suddenly.
, "Night after night I've been
watching in the grounds ot Beg
gar's Court, playing spy and
though those rogues had come to
suspect an . elusive unknown
someone, they never suspected
me." And Ilsham gave - a little
laugh, rather a grim laugh. , "My
lameness was an effectual dis
guise: Tonight, as yon saw, I de
liberately exposed a bit 01 my
hand let 'em see I wasn t really
lame. Oh. they tumbled to- the
significance; of that!"
"But why put "them on their
guard?" asked Bill pussled.
"Call it a sudden whlm it you
like." was the smiling careless
answer. "For I had nothing to
gain by it--except the satisfaction
of seeing that first shiver of fear
creep into, their faces, the sudden
realization of a danger at . their
rery elbow that-they had never
dreamed of. If you knew Martell's
record you wouldn't wender that
I was tempted to allow myself
that satisfaction. - v
There was sudden smoldering
passion "behind th cold, hard
voice, touched by what Intense
personal feeling In that .deadly
enemy It reflected.
Vehement .
"A man like that my God, he
deserves to suffer!" Ilsham broke
out vehemently. . fTonlght I de
cided that he and his fellow
scoundrels should see the shadow
of the end suddenly stretching
out to touch them with Its chill.
They'll walk now with fear al
ways at their side until what's
coming - to them soon. I might
hare only a nersonsl satisfaction
to gain but I had nothing to lose
uy suuwtufi uanui ......
so near now, so certain, so ines
capable! For those t two j men
was United States marshal dur
ing the term of President Grant
He afterward went to Idaho, j
"January 21. 1878, IV in the
advertisement meant that was the
date it was first inserted, so' the
clipping may -hare come from an
issue of a later date.
The 9 year old boy d'd well In
his business venture. He remem
bers that he made one sale of two
roosters and hen. for . 810. His
turkeys were bronze birds. He did
not know when. he wrote the ad
vertisement that the term thor
oughbred should properly apply
only to running horses, and that
chickens are pure bred, and other
animals ' the same, ' er standard
bre V But neither did his custom
ers: and Indeed the term thor
oughbred was more generally ap
plied then than now. :
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. The Waters home , was then on
Summer street, near Center, and
that is where the business poultry
breeding was carried on by the
ambitious boy. Frank, was mayor
of Salem la Hoe's-?, and he gare
the city a progressive administra
tion. He was in the abstract bus
iness for a long time, and was one
of the best boosters in the town of
the old days, when it needed boost
ers. f He is now employed in the
wholesale house ' ot his brother,
George E. Waters, 229 State street
-the pioneer and now only bus
iness in tha( line, cigars, tobacco,
etc. ;- "-' : - -; 1 .....
Sam McGee. the man who start
ed the tire in the basement of the
court -house, was . an employee et
the county - for a long tlm. ; He
was a small man, and his wit was
a large woman, as old timers will
recall. :;v ,"t -'-" t a
! v.. . . . V - ! -Frank
Waters was the first im
porter t standard bred poultry in
this section, th pioneer ef -an In
dustry that Is now da of th larg
ct w boast, and headed surely
towards greater heights.' It is now
known that we bar th best poul
try section of the entire world, all
things considered, including- our
ability to produce feeds at the low
est average costs, and green teed
In . th open th- whole , year
through, , ...
o 1
zarina s rupies v&arwick
there's tomorrow coming.
They had reached the .garden
gate; Ilsham held out nis nana
Evidently he did not mean to ex
plain himself or say any more,
' Just now you said the trail led
you from Sing Sing." Bill re
marked abruptly.-"About a year
back I happened to go over Sing
Sing. I hare an oddly ret en yve
memory for faces and I re mem
ber one man there who the gov
ernor told me was In tor life. The
curious thing is that man is now
out of prison..
Ilsham looked hard at him for
a moment, then gav va short
laugh. .-. .
, " Your memory" Is better than
mine ' in this case, Mr. Grayson.
For I don't remember you on the
occasion : you speak . of. Well,
hay hare something to tell you
about that, too after tomorrow."
He passed through the gate
and strode toward his cottage.
Bill's puzzled eyes followed the
tall figure a it disappeared in
the mist. - ,
- "Who and what the deuce is
Ilshamr' Bill said. "Knows how
to play a lone hand and keep
mum anyway."
' Then he shrugged his , should
ers
"Well, so long as this sinister
circle's smashed and Severn res
cued whether by Hsham's efforts
or ours what the odds? But
wonder what the big thing is he's
promised us for tomorrow?"
. . '' 1 r - ' ' . a . a
Last night's fog bad gone and
the world outside, his bedroom
window was agleam 1 with mellow
autumn sunlight. Just the sort of
day to hare spent uninterruptedly
with "Katharine, was Jim's first
waking thought, as he opened his
eyes to the shaft of gold quiver
ing : in between the, drawn cur
tains. -
To hare set out tn the car as
soon as breakfast was orer for sV
long day ' together. Just he and
Katharine, with no more settled
plan .than to follow the lines of
the telegraph poles into the un
known and fetch up for lunch
somewhere, anywhere, in the
next county but one-
Jim pulled himself out of the
delightful train of thought with
a reeretful aieh.
No such luck tor him. With this
new definite turn of events, that
worrying business at Beggar's
Court was too urgent for a tru
ant day with Katharine. Not only
was he seeing Detective Inspector
Hast that afternoon; there was
the qustloa ot Martin. That his
warning in that Quarter had not
fallen on deaf ears Jim felt pretty
sanguine. Last night Martin had
been very' near the breaking point
of panic-surrender. Within tne
next hour' or two Martin might
ring him up. ' :
Expectant 1
Besides, it Ilsham were a reli
able prophet,- something biff and
momentous affecting the case was
on the rerr ere of happening."
No, he and Kathalne would
Bare to wait. . . . . "
Jim raced through the business
of dressing, with the!. . alluring
thought in his mind of a snatched
ten minutes alone with Katharine
before breakfast.
It was almost difficult to real
ixe that less than a week ago. so
crowded a week it had been, they
had met for the first time after
more than two years and Kath
arine had eren forgotten his
name. And now she had promised
to marry himy Jim smiled rery
contentedly at his soap lathered
face in the mirror as he shared.
Eren yet his luck seemed almost
too wonderful to be true. -
As he left his room! Jim ran
into Milly. She and Bill had been
told the news, of course, and
equally of course, both! had been
delighted though it was hardly
news that had come as a surprise
to Milly.; , - l - .
"I think I saW Katharine in
the garden just now, Jimmy," she
told him, to add smilingly. "Try
not to be more then ten minutes
late for breakfast, you I two.'.'
Jim made no rash pomises. He
ran downstairs and . out into the
garden to Katharine. , At the
sound of his footsteps she turned
with quick eageness. The wind
that had blown the tog but to sea
naa orougnt an entrancing, coior
to her face; the split gold of the
sunlight seemed to play hide and
seek in the dusky shadows of her
hair. .. -.
"Oh, my beautiful!" he whls-
peed as for a moment his arms
went around her with a little
thrill, his eyes en the flushed love
liness of her face. "I feel as It
someone you had made me a
present of the world!" I.
. , Happy I
She gare a. little happy laugh
like bre
l'It's
breathless broken music.
dear of you to think so.
in gay smiling reproach: . "But
I HEADS POOL
Elected chairman of the National
Credit XJorporation. the S1.000
00,000 organization provided for
tn PvwafdMit IToAvra nlan tnr m.
tlieriiis frozen credits u the banks
ex th nation, ueorg u. liey
nolds (abort), ef Chicago, is on
t the most prominent bankers-in
the Middle West, ; la 1903. whil
President of the American Bankers
Association, Reynolds accompanied
tne American monetary commis
sion to Enrone as adriser. The
f ollewins; year he declined th
portion ox secretary er the Trea
sury in President Taft's Cabinet.
: Rv SIDNEY
why did you wait till five minutes
to breakfast time to tell me?" s
"Too bad that you should have
so laggard a lover, darling!" he
agreed. "But anyway MUIy's gir
en us ten minutes grace and
she knows that wa shall steal an
other ten at least1 to add to 'em.
So that 1 all right."
They wandered down the long
garden towards the estuary that
bounded it, happy as children,
with Mike the terrier making a
rather bored third. For once no
one seemed to be taking any no
tice of him at all. From afar came
th sound of the gong for break
fast, and Mike seemed surprised
that neither . Katharine nor Jim
appeared to pay any heed to Its
summons. He paused, watching
them expectantly, waiting for
them to turn, then at last as if
losing patience, trotted back sol
emnly towards the house atone.
If breakfast meant nothing to
them, there was noa ot that non
sense about Mike.
""But surely our stolen ten
minutes must be up, "Jim?" Kath
arine said, as s distant clock
chimed.
And almost " simultaneously
from the top of the gaun Milly s
roice hailed them.
"Jimmy!" : V
"Hello! Breakfast ready, I
suppose? Just coming. -
"Oh, breakfast's been orer
ages!" Milly cried smilingly.
"You're wanted on the telephone.
Someone who wont giv his
name." :
Was it Martin?; Eagerly Jim be
took himself to , the bouse,
snatched up the receirer.
"Hello.. Mr. Wynter speaking
Who are you?"
. "Martin." The - husky fright
ened voice was almost unrecog
nizable. "I're decided to to dp
what you asked, Mr. Wynter. Can,
I com to see you tonight about1
sir?" .....
T "Yes if yon can't - mak if
earlier. j
"I want to jcome, .after dusk
falls " the hurried rates pn An
"I daren't be seen speaking to
you. or they might suspect. I'm
not sure tney don't suspect
something as it la. Ther've 1r
gone out. and Pre snatched this
cnanc of speaking. Pre decided
tO tell all I know nhrtii XTr
SeTern where he is every- '
thing. But I daren't tallr anv
longer now they might come
back suddenly mud fimA ma
the telephone. I'll come by boat
w .uanorways, Mr. wynter. it -will
be safest as I mlzht b
going in at your gate."
'.That's all righU But at least'
you can tell me now. Where is
Mr. Serem being kept a prison
er?" said Jim urgentlr
But 'no answer came. Alreadv
the terrified man at th nth.
end had rung off.
(To Be Continued Tomorrow)
Yesterdays
. . . Of Old Salcia;
Town Talks from The States- "
man of . Earlier Days ,
October 28. 1006
A movement toward establish
ment of ranges for civilian rifle
practice with the riew of develop
ing a national reserve of marks
men is being forwarded bv tha
United Spanish War Veterans. ,
PENDLETON. ' Prompted to
the deed through listening to the
presentation of "Parsifal" yester
day erenlng, two young people
her were married today. The pro
posal war made last night after
the , performance and the young
woman accepted this morning.
,,W V..: ' : '-.y Hi- " :-
A committee will go to Port
land today to purchase furniture
for the Illihee club's rooms soon
to be occupied In the Elks build
ing on Liberty street.-
October 8, 1031
CHICAGO: The rail strike
scheduled for October SO was
averted tonight when union lead
ers wunurew their walkout or
ders.
Thomas S Dotted Day. 14-rear-
old Sioux, a Chemawa student. Is
believed to be the first Indian bov
in the United States to wear the
Boy bcout uniform. Four troops
were organized at Chemawa a few
days ago.
Local Zrocera ira advn.nHnr a
general agreement among their
ranks tn rlns thalr atAm at T
o'clock on Saturday evenings in
the interests of their employes. , . v
Daily Thought
"Justice is as Btrictly due be
tween neighbor -nations as be
tween neighborhood citizens. A
highwayman Is as much a robber
when be plunders in -a gang, as
when single; and a nation that
makes an unjust war Is only a
great gang." Franklin. .
Pantages Trial
Looming Again r
Judge Selected
LOS ANGELES. Oct. 27.
(AP) Superior Judge Marshall
McCombwaa appointed Monday to
preside .at the re-trial next week
of Alexander Pantages.- theatre
magnate, on charges of attack-
ng Eunice Prlngle, young danc
er. In his downtown theatre
building two years ago. .
The trial is scheduled to start
Monday. .
Pantages. originally found
guilty, was granted a new trial
by the state supreme court. .
GEN AHO KNOCKED OUT,
PARIS. Oct. 2T (AP)
Young Peres, young boxer from
Tunis, knocked out Frank! Ge
naro, - New York veteran recog
nised by the National Boxing as
sociation as world's flyweight
champion In th second round of
a 15 round title fight last nteht.
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