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Th. OREGON 4STATESS IAN Saktn, Orcron. Salnrrlsr ITernfe-.-NaTrVtr 21; 1931
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. ''No Favor Sways U$; No Fear Shall Awe"
From First Statesman, March 28, 1851
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Yesterdays
Town Talks from The States;
ma of Eariia Dag
November 21, 1D0S
- Already 40 -story skyscrapers
are being built in New Tork city.
To keep them from blowing orer,
the architects will liars them an
chored with three and one-half
inch steel rods.
The thief who made his flight
last Wednesday morning with the
horse and boggy of a Salem wom
an yesterday was arrested at Cot
tage Grore. He stole the borne
and - baggy from the poa toffies
grounds, where the animal was
hitched to a tree.
One packing eompany hefe by
the end of the season will have
shipped nearly 4,000,000 pounds
of Oregon prunes.
The Public Credit
SALEM school board decides to issue interest bearing war
rants directly to teachers and creditors instead of bor
rowing the money in large blocks at the bank and then having
" cash for those having claims against the district. This will
1 -not make a great deal of difference in cost to the district,
Iwcause it will pay the same rate of interest, 6, which
it-has been paying. There will be a little more work in calling
' warrants and figuring interest on each one.
The district runs continuously from $100,000 to $200,
000 behind. This is because the school year begins in Sep
tember and runs till June while the tax collection year is the
calendar year and the money is not in until November and
December following. Even with this delay in tax receipts the
tatoT-frf rtno-rif tAbnn a cash basis so it could close its year
in June without unpaid warrants. This constant floating (
debt is costly and impairs the district credit.
. These are times when the public credit is under scru
tiny. Astoria is defaulting on its obligations and giving the
community and hence the state a black eye. Bend is in serious
straits because its big lumber mills have not paid their taxes.
v There condition is so bad that a delegation visited the gov
ernor Thursday to see if the state could help them out; but
no way was discovered. In other school districts teachers find
difficulty in cashing their warrants even at a discount.
It is a good time to drive home the dangers of mort
gaging public credit through the indebtedness of the taxing
unite. It is too bad the state constitution didn't put some
brakes on issuing bonds by cities as It did for the state and
counties. Salem is now in the process of being led by its
jiose to vote $2,500,000 in bonds to build a water plant when
bond issue of only $1,500,000 is all that is needed to pro
vide the city with the finest kind of water. If the people do
not wake up they will find that the taxeaters will put this
two and a half million dollar mortgage on the homes ana
business blocks of the city, in addition to all the other load
of debt the city and school district are carrying.
Another good time to Stop, Look, Listen !
Another Murder at Ashland
A CTION swift, well-directed, and energetic has followed
jfV the brutal killing of Victor Knott, Ashland police offi
cer. The automobile carrying the murderers was quickly
spotted and was steered into the Kogue river as me men leap
ed out and escaped into the brush. At this writing they have
not yet been taken into custody, but vigilant posses are still
in thefield, and hope to corner the fugitives quickly.
The state police department at Salem instantly became
the nexus of investigation work. The car was traced, the re
volvers were traced; and now the department has the men
tfrf Tf iav escane this cordon of guards they will still
K nnrstifxl wherever they may eo. And it is a safe prediction
that Supt. Charles Pray will get the men and bring them to
The ruthless murd&r of Knott coming shortly after that
of Sam Prescott, another Ashland policeman, has roused
Autism Oreo-nn. the whole state in fact. Prescott's murder
did not go unpunished. The slayer of Policeman Iverson at
6ilverton is yet uncaught. now anomer on:cer in me uis
4hrr nf hi rlntv is shot down in cold MoocLJThe people
nitaf realize that the criminal element knows no law of God
or man, stops it no crime, and must be kept in bound only
- bribe ceaseless vigilance of a trained, experienced anc well
disciplined constabulary. Under Supt. Pray such a force is
being built up. Speed the day when it may become so effi
cient that its very name is a terror to gunmen, that they
may give Oregon a wide berth. Professional police force is
- required to fight professionalized crime.
NoTCsaber 21, 1821
. With the Willamette rirer roam
ing by yesterday at 24 feet above
normal lore!, the Oregon Palp A
Paper company's plant was halted
and TSluable machinery hurriedly
remoTed from the sub-basement.
Two wooden bridges and por
tions of the Pacific highway south
of Jefferson-. were washed away
when the Sanilam rirer flood wa
ters broke through the Southern
Pacific railroad fill. Damage was
estimated at from $20,000 to
130.000.
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HERE'S HOW
By EDSON
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Two armed marines hare been
stationed here to guard the mails
at the postoffice and in transport
to and from the trains.
New Views
Statesman reporters yesterday
asked about federal taxes: "If
federal taxes are increased, do
you faror higher leries en the
'big man' or erenly distributed
leries?"
Chria Sheldon, retired: "The
big man has had the break for so
long. I'd say let him pay higher."
Chester A. Page, aeperinteo-
dent, Thomas Kay Woolen MtUt
The most equitable tax would
be the sales tax proposed by Sen
ator Smoot, If it is to be an In
come tax, it should be hearier on
the larger incomes."
Henry J. Mfllle, attorney: "I
think the big men pay more.
Comparatirely speaking, they tan
Pay It Better than the little
men. s
Hi U HAS
-A State Wood-Yard
ONE of the prize suggestions for scattering state funds is
that made by Secretary of State Haf Hoss for setting
op a wood lot and hiring men to cut wood for the state which
needs some 4000 cords for heating in a year. This would in
deed provide employment, but at what a cost to the state. For
it would take a horde of foremen and timekeepers to keep
track of the men, and the efficiency would be low unless
they were paid on a piece work basis.
The test and cheapest way for the state to get the wood
Is throuflrh contracting: and if the total is too large, then
to let the contract in parcels to different men. Hundreds of
men would need to be employed by those who contract to
.sell the wood to the state. Thus labor would be given em
ployment, the individual contractor would rate its efficien
cy, and the state would have no worry about keeping crews
-of men in the woods.
In wood-cutting the laborer is supposed to provide his
own tools ; but if the state started a wpod-lot to give employ
ment then the state would assuredly be expected to provide
.the tools. The experience both of hardware stores and wood
: dealers is that it's, a poor risk to furnish tools to the cut
ters: and the state would doubtless have the same exper
ience unless it made regular and expensive check.
r. Give the farmers and the wood-dealers a break. Lst
them tender bids. The bids are sure to be as near bedrock
'cost as the state has any license to expect in these days of
i fierce competition.
ALL DAY GATHEK
WACONDA, Nor. 20 An all
day meeting of the Waconda com
munity club was held Wednesday
ai toe nome of Mrs. Ellsworth
Hubbard.
Quilting occupied a number of
the group, while others were busy
wun tancy work pieces.
Special guests present for the
day were Mrs. Walter Thompson,
saiem: Mrs. Jesse Manning, Ger
rais, and Miss Irma Bilyeu of
Crabtree.
ciud memDers present were
Mrs. Osgood, Mrs. Sil Wayne, and
Vera Osgood, all of Salem; Miss
Mary Jones of Portland, Miss Hat
tie Skelton, Mrs. Frank Cannard.
Mrs. Van O. Kelly. Mrs. Tarn Run
corr. Mrs. C. C Russell, Mrs. Ray
ones, Mrs. Frank Felton .Mrs.
Henry Stafford, Mrs I. A. Loren,
Mrs. Robert Cole, Mrs. F. R. Nu
som, Mrs. Charles Hall, Mrs. J. K.
Sharif, Mrs. Allyn Nusom, Mrs
Karl M. Brown, Mrs. George Lem
ery, Mrs. William McQilchdst and
the hostess, Mrs. Ellsworth Hub
bard.
The next regular meeting will
be held Wednesday, December 2,
at the home of Mrs. Henry Staf-
rora.
George Lemerj and Frank Fel
ton returned this week from, a suc
cessful fishing trip to the coast.
S1IEZUSSE11S
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PKRRYDALE, Not. 20 Sam
uel -Zusset of Sheridan came near
loosing his life when his car orer-
turned at th bridge Just west of
t Robert Mitchell's farm Tuesday
night
The bridge has just been re
packed in the center but not
reaching to the banisters, Mr.
I r. asset got the hind wheel off the
; decking and in an attempt to
r right the car and get all wheels
, : hack on the decking, hit the ban
later at the end of the bridge with
!'- front wheeL It caught, whirling
r the ear around, it turned, turning
yi -
orer and rolled down the bank
and would hare landed in Salt
creek but tor an oak tree that
held the car up.
Mr. Zusset was quite badly
shaken up and received a bad
knock on the head. '
The car was badly damaged. A
wrecker from Sheridan worked
more than a half day to get the
car up. This is the second accident
of this kind at this bridge.
Mr. and Mrs. John Van North
wick and his mother Mrs. Frank
Van Northwick of Cottage Grore
called at the O. E. Kurtz home
Mon&ar.
Lois Purdy, daughter of the
author of the mar chine son
'On, Wisconsin. is a student at
Wisconsin unlTersity.
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BITS for BREAKFAST
-By R. J. HENDRICKS
A sugar factory:
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The Bits man Bttll belieres Sa
lem should bare had a beet sugar
factory long ago.
This raUey should haTe a
number; will, without doubt,
some day. The canalisation of
the Willamette rirer, which is
bound to come, will go tar to
wards giving irrigation to erery
aero of this ralley In need of It,
to insure adequate moisture for
many crops in the greatest grow
ing season of summer, when, -usually,
we got littlo or no rainfall
especially needed by sugar
beets.
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But let's take the case of Sa
lem. Here we hare canneries and
peeking plants that use, at a low
estimate, 8,000.000 pounds of
Sugar a year. The 0,0 00 people
in and within a radius of 10 to
IB miles of Salem use, also at a
low estimate, C.000,000 pounds
more. The state of Oregon, for
its rarious institutions, uses
about 120,000 pounds annually;
three car loads of 40,000 pounds
each.
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Experiments carried on in Mar
ion county, in 1910 and 1917,
showed that we hare scores of
sections with land that will pro
duce IS tons or more of sugar
beets to the acre, with better
than 15 per cent sucrose (sugar)
eonteot. Not one type of land
only; several types.
That means around fire tons
of sugar to the acre. Figure it
yourself. Take IS short tons of
beets from an acre. You get 30,
000 pounds. Multiply that by IT
per cent sucrose content, and you
get (.100 pounds. And the ex
periments showed some IS per
cent beets in sucrose content, la
unfavorable seasons. And some
better than lS-ton yields. None
of the land was irrigated.
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Figuring not too liberally, on
the-arerage per capita consump
tion In the United States, ot
abore 110 pounds of sugar an
nually, and allowing an average
Increase of population for only a
few years, and we can count on
16,000,000 pounds annually of
sugar needed in metropolitan
and suburban Salem.
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The beets to make this much
sugar can be grown om 3,000
acres of our Isnd. Easily, where
irrigation can be had.
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Sugar beets are a cultirated
and they are also a rotation crop,
and one ef the best. They leare
the land in prime condition for
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MISSION BOTTOM. Nor. 20
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cole hare as
their house guest this week Miss I
Alma Bilyeu of Crabtree. Miss I
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other erops. The 3000 acres in
sugar beets could be spared for
that crop, and Increase the total
yield in othe crops rotated on
the 3,000 acres ot land.
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Nearly all our principal onea
are or ought to be rotation crops.
Only a single exception occurs
oft hand to the mind of the
writer onions on our- typo of
soil such as is found la the Lake
Labish section; beaver dam land.
Flax is, almost abore all others,
necessarily a rotation crop. In
tha best flax growing sections ot
Europe, it is always siren a ser-
en-year rotation. It should hare
at least a four to fire year rota
tion with us; serea is safer.
to Insure against blight, the oal7
ratal flax disease so far known.
After beeta, or after flax, any
crop will be an lmprored one.
Beets aid dairying more than an
other crop. The tops and the
pulp both make especially fiae
feed in the dairying ration: and
swine and poultry breeding come
in for direct and indirect bene
fits.
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.au mis means intensive use
or laud, without draining the soil
of fertility. The sugar beet sec
tions of erery country are the
richest and the most uniformly
prosperous. Also, the manufac
turing end sustains the cities
and towns near the beet fields
Cheap sugsr, with high freights
eliminated, stimulates many col
lateral Industries fa which sugar
supplie a large part of the raw
materials.
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An organizer with the proper
Qualifications, including honesty
and ability as the prime requis
ites, could mold enough Salem
district farmers into a cooperative
concern to secure the erection
here of a beet aagar factory, with
out the inrestment of money
capital. That could be had from
the federal government, on such
terms as could bo met; the in
terest paid and the principal
amortized, and still leave the
growers a living chance from the
first, and handsome returns after
the capital had been fully repaid.
There is nothing more stable
then sugar. Its per capita use
grows constantly. Our cannery
aad packing house use of the
staple wUl grow Indefinitely, in
good times and bad, the demand
is and will be steady.
There is no chemical differ
ence between caae and beet sugar.
They are both sucrose. More
sugar to the acre can be produced
to the aero In the Salem district
than the arersge from cane in
th United States; and the indi
rect benefits faror beet sugar
two or three to one, or .more.
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Equipment machinery for
sugar beet manufacturing is now
made tor small plants. A fac
tory might be started tor using
the product ot 3.000 acres or
less; This has not been true up
till a few years ago. - Formerly
the requirement called for the
product of T.OOrto 10,000 of 12,
099 acres, and this meant an In
restment . running aroand a mil
lion dollars or mora, . depending
somewhat upon the cost of sits
and buildings for a considerable
acreage, la preferable, tor a large
plant. r--
In time, beet sugar factories
will be established in many ot
the cities and towns ot the Wll-
lamette ralley. The era ot large
project irrigation is in the .of
fing. That will make this the
ideal beet sugar section - of the
United States. One ot the reasons
is the f act that we are free, or
practically so. from the' danger
or the beet leaf hopper. Wo lack
only Irrigation to make sure
good crop, and one maturing
early enough to get the beets out
of the ground before fall rains
make that part of the work dif
ficult.
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la Tie w of all this, it Would be
a fine thing for Salem to he first
in the field; to build np-a beet
sugar cult here, as we hare done
la the eases of. producing and
canning, periling and handling
fruit and nut crops. , in uaoer
making, - the flax industries, etc
etc. - .. '
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-This is the natnral place tor
the first factory. , Industries are
apt to bo gregarious. We may
gTN0PSI3r j
- Young and beautiful Fanehon
Meredltk leares Ban Francisco by :
airplane to oseape arrest in con
nection with a murder In which
her swtothert, Tony, is implicat
ed, ftha had not known that ho
was a gunman. Evelyn Howard,
whom Fane ho n had met on a
voyage) from Hawaii, is aboard.
She is enroute to New Tork to
Ure with her wealthy aunt, Mrs.
Allison Carstalrs, whom ahe has
nerer neen. The plane crashes
and all but Fanchoa are killed.
Grasping the opportunity to
start life anew, Fanehon goes to
the Carstalrs' homo as Erelyn.
Mrs. Carstalrs affection wins her
heart. At Southampton, awaiting
the arrival of her son, Collin,
Mrs. Carstalrs warns Fanehon not
to take him seriously. Ho ar
rives and accuses Fanehon of be
ing there under false pretenses.
Collin objects to "Evelyn". He
alludes to Evelyn's Hawaiian es
capades. CHAPTER XIV
"It was clear to me why you
gave my mother's name as refer
ence to the San Francisco school
and why your professional refer
ences did not date from the Ha
waiian period. Naturally, a school
which bad dispensed with your
serrices because ot your conduct
was not going to supply you with
references! I suppose you told
the People in San Francisco that
your stay in the Islands hsd been
in the nature of a risk. If you
told them anything.
Fanchon's mind was working
furiously. Evidently Evelyn had
left Hawaii under some sort of
cloud. Evidently this Collin Cor-
stalrs had had her looked up and
naa touna out an about it. And,
rery evidently, she hid given
Jennie's nsme as her nearest rel
ative and had refrained from
telling the people in her last po
sition anything of her Island ex
periences. Now that Fanehon
looked hack, ahe recalled that on
the boat during their mutual
journey, Erelyn had questioned
her knowledge ot the school in
which Erelyn had taught in Ha
waii, and. finding that she knew
aothing. had dropped the sub
ject.
'I dislike", said Fanehon.
coldly, "all this hinting and lm
plying. Please endearor to make
yourself a trifle clearer, Mr. Car-
stairs.
He lifted an eyebrow.
"Must I dear cousin ?
"I am afraid so. For," she
went on, "you labor, rery eri
dently, under a false apprehen
sion."
"I think not," he said smooth
ly. "In the first place, shortly
after your arrival in Hawaii, you
compromised yourself rather se
verely with a naval officer. A
married man.
"When the story broke and
you were questioned, you swore
in tears that you had not known
Commander Gaines was married,
although his story did not sgree
with yours. He said he had told
you . . . and that very distinctly,
i our employers, however, gave
you the benefit of the doubt,
whereupon you distinguished
yourself by a rery indiscreet.
rery sentimental flirtation, let
us call it, with a native who was
employed in a minor capacity
about the school.
"Ton interested yourself in his
welfare, you gave him lessons In
English, you entertained yourself
with . . . shall we. call it getting
back to nature with Hawaiian
nature? The man was young,
handsome, and gifted. He was
also a rather simple soul. He un
derstood that you were willing to
marry him. . . When you refused.
In righteous anger aad horrorH
he made a scene. A scene which
nesrly cost you your life. When it
came to the ears and eye of the
school directors, you were imme
diately persuaded to sail tor San
Francisco."
Fanehon was scarlet. Evelyn
Erelyn! She felt a pang of pity
for the silly, weak, selfish and in
sincere girl who played with fire
and lied her way out ot it. No
use to protest This man knew
whst he was talking about. Was,
she wondered, waa everybody es
caping from something T She had
thought herself the only deeper'
ate person aboard that ill-fated
thus get. here or near by, the
second, and so on besides many
new concerns using sugar in
their processes, v Maraschino fac
tories, for lnstsnce, to mention
only one.
"Some day, why not now?" in
the language of the trite adver
tising slogan.
piano. But Evelyn, in her way,
had been as desperate.
"Have rod, she asked steadily.
"adequate proofs ot all yon say?"
Ha looked at her witn some
thing approaching admiration.
She had not, he told himself, turn
ed a hair. And her eyes, rery
calmly on his own, very beauti
ful, wero not the eyes ot guilt or
shame.
"Yes," he answered shortly,
otherwise I would not hare made
my accusations.
"Your mother knows?" ask
ed Fanchoa and leaned forward.
curiously Intent upon his answer.
"Well, naturally," he answereo
in some astonishment, "People .
acquaintances of hers, who
knew of your relationship to us,
and who happened to be in Ha
waii, and to hare heard the gener
al scandal, wrote her. It was that
which determined her to write
yen to make yonr home with us.
She did so, therefore, after you
had been la Saa Francisco a time.
It took her a little while to ar
range matters, to find out your
address after you had left the
school. Naturally, you left no
forwardlna address! She said . . .
that you should be given your
chance. I agreed. She, therefore,
wrote you and asked you to come.
But in your acceptance and in
your subsequent letters you told
her nothing, made no mention ot
the circumstances under which
yon had left Hawaii. That, I con-
fess. Is what antagonised me. i
was willing," said Collin, "to ov
erlook all that had gone before,
your parents' attitude toward my
mother, and what at the time, ob-
riously. your own. Loyal to them.
you were. I could nnderstano
that, for I was loyal to my moth
er. But this silence, this nalre
acceptance of everything my mo
ther offered in, I must say, bar
ing read your letters, a most
righteous and I-deserre-U-spIrit
was not calculated to make me
wish to recelre you with friend
ship."
'So she ksew all the time:"
"Yes, of course," Collin an
swered impatiently.
He was astonished to see the
girl's mouth quirer, her eyes mist
ever. He could not know mat
her heart was going out to Jennie
Carstalrs in a rush of warm, it
vicarious, gratitude. She was re
membering the way in which
Jennie had taken her to her
heart; ahe was remembering the
utter lack of reproach, of men
tion of any ot this story to her.
She was recalling Jennie's embar
rassed little apology for what she
knew Collin's attitude would be
, "loyal." she had said of him
But she had not mentioned by
word, look or gesture the things
she knew about Erelyn Howard
She had merely waited for the
rlrl herself t6 confess. The con
tesslon had not come, yet Jennie
had not changed one iota toward
her in her attitude of affection
and consideration.
Well." asked Collin, "hare
you anything to say tor your
self? Hare you anything to tell
mr mother In your own de
fense?"
Just a moment." said Fan
ehon. suddenly. "Please tell me
by what right you set yourself up
as a judge ot me? Is your own
life so perfect that you can af
ford to judge and condemn me,
Mr. Carstalrs?"
He bad the grace to flush.
"No. I doa't condemn you .
what you did or left undone," he
said slowly. "I simply condemn
your attitude ot self-righteous
ness toward my mother. That s
all."
Fanehon said:
"I see. There is no use in my
trying to deny your accusations
I think I know you well enough
eren In this brief time, to real
ise thst you 'Would not hare ac
cepted mere hearsay. I am right
am I not, in concluding thst you
hare been in communication
with " she hesitated, realising
that she did not know the name
ot the school or the people who
ran it "with those quite con
rersant with the situation," she
went on, after a brief pause.
He nodded. His eyes were in
tent upon his own. Hers did not
falter in their brilliant blue gaze,
rery direct, rery lOTely.
"I hare nothing to say in my
defense," Fanehon went on, "ex
cept that it is possible that ap
pearances were against me. Pos
sible that I did not really know
ot Comander she hesitated
agaia, remembered and went 4n,
"Commander Gaines marriage.
after' all, possible that my Interest
In the native you speak of was
, what I said It to be."
She was silent a moment, re- :
membering all she knew of aa
tiro life and character and ot the
misunderstandings which had be
fore this arisen between the chil
dren of the Island sons and alien
occupiers of the Islands. ."I am
not pleading tor myself, she
continued, "only-for as you put
It, the benefit ot th doubt,"
"You mentioned. she said,
smiling, suddenly, ' Hawaiian
moons aad susceptible youth.
You forgot to mention loneli
ness.. A girl, alone. Is it likely
that when offer of haren and
harbor and affection were held
out to that girl that she should
refuse . . .? Or that she should,
as she would think, seek to Jeop
ardise herself by a confession
of what, at its worst, was only
folly?"
After a moment, fascinated
against his will by her smile, by
the warmth in her eyes and her
roice, Collin nodded:
"You hare mo there ... Al
most you hare conriaced me.
Let it go, then, as folly. X under
stand folly. What man does not,
grown to man's estate? But what
anenatea me was your attitude
9t
She said swiftly:
"You know nothing of my at
titude. Only from my letters. Let
ters are dangerous, they mislead.
hare nerer been, ahe laughed
little, "a ready letter writer. I
am sorry. I would like you to
know that I care for your moth
er .. . rery much. I never knew
mine," she added, unconscious of
where her words were leading
her.
"What!" asked Collin In blank
amazement. .
Fanehon flushed scarlet. She
said, hurriedly:
I mean it has been some
years since she died. Before that
was a child, busy with the ad
justments of childhood, of grow
ing up: i nerer came close to
her. Only since her death, and
that of my father, have I felt the
need of her. Ot someone to whom
belonged. 1 am putting this
rery badly," she said, hopelessly.
He was suddenly gentle with
her.
"No, I think I understand."
Fanehon rose to her feet, . .
"I -must." she said, "get ba-
to the bouse and dress for du.
ner, Mr. Carstalrs
"Collin, please. We mar be
enemies, but we are cousins," he
said rising.
"I am not your enemy."v she
said, so sweetly, so simply that
his heart mlsgare him and he
took a step toward her, "eren it
you are mine Collin, if you like.
I will talk to your mother about
what has happened."
"That Is generous of you. No.
it she had not spoken of it her
self, perhaps she would rather
not. Perhaps she wants you to be
gin all orer again." Collin said, a
little awkwardly.
(To Be Continued)
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SWEET HOME, Nor. 30
Three of the girls in the Sweet
Home grade school were badly
Injured Thursday afternoon.
while playing in the basement.
when they ran into a low hang
ing pipe. One girl, the daughter
of the Sweet Home saw mill op
erator, naa her tongue severed
quite badly. The other two were
the relatives of Mr. and Mrs. O.
L. Benson, service station peo
ple. Their injuries were slight.
Dr. Langmack was called to
the school building Immediately
and found the school in a panic.
The children rested fairly Friday,
uai u wui oe some time before
they will return to school.
Mrs. Wright Home
The friends of Mrs. Pearl
Wright, telephone operator here,
were grleTed Thursday to see her
moved from her home to the Leb
anon hospital where ahe Is in a
critical condition, due to a tall
on the sidewalk about a wwk
"ago.
At first her injuries were not
thought serious, but as time went
on it developed into an abcees of
the bone, her suffering was un
told. Mrs. Wright hss operated
the Sweet Home telephone booth
for the past nine years, and this
fall waa relieved of the work.
Mrs. Rucker of Lebanon is now
operator.
a PROPERTY IS
E
on mov
II 0
Th residence of acting Italian vice consul. Chevalier Fortunato Tia
car. La Scranton, Pa after it was wrecked by a dynamite blast which
seriously injured th 7-v ear-old official and his wife when they vera
blown from their bed while asleep, folic believe the bomb was set
off by members 1 Mti-Fascurt organisation, Inset depict the att4 Mra. W. W. RowelL Mr! Row-
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SCIO. Nov. 30 Among the real
estate transfers this week was the
purchase ot 67 acre track in the
Devaney district bv Mrs. Ella
Densmere; a ICO-acre track on
the Rodgers mountain by G. E.
Rodgers from W. M. Downing of
Murrill; and the 13-acre track ad
joining town, of G. Meridan to H.
E. Winter of Portland.
Mrs. Fred Mesoelt'has consent
d to look after the Red Cross
roll call la Scio.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Bilreu end
little daughter Helen May of Cut
Bank, Mont-, are visiting relatives
and friends here.
Mr. Wilbur Funk and Mrs. J. N.
Long, both patients at the Al
bany hospital are expected home
Saturday.
A girl baby was born, to Mr. and
Mrs. John Silbernagel near Jor
dan Nor. 17.
Supreme Representative Fred
Johnson ct Astoria was in Scio
this week on an official visit to
the Knights. of Pythias Iodic.
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CORRECTION ;
BJCKREALL, Nov. 20 The
story telling of th celebration ot
the 31th wedding anniversary ot
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Rowe was aU
right, except that two letters were
left off - the - honored guests
name, u should aava been Mr.
ell o postmaster here.