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. ... 1 PAGE FOUR The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem, Oregon, Sunday Moraine;, Norember , 1931 m a ,l Ko Favor Sways U$; No Fear Shall Awf , '. From First Statesman, March 23, 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Ch taxes A. Snacux, Sheldon F. Sacaxtt, Publisher b Charles A- SntAGCE - - ... EditorJHtnaptr Seeldos F. Sackett - - - - - MMging Editor Member of tho Associated Press Ts Associated Tnm Is sxclsatwalf entitled a the oaa for IitHee tlecr of all om dispatches credit te tt or aot otherwise credit la Ms pa pw. 1 Padfie Coast Advsrtising Representatives: Arthur W. Stirpes. lne Portland. BscoHtr Kd. Baa rraactsce. SUaroe Bids.: Lu Ana-ales, W. pse. BU. Eastern Adrertisiac BepresentatiTes: Ford-Paraoea-Stecher. In, New Tork, ahnan Tewer Bid", 11 W. 4tnd 8f, CMcagp, S N. SfJchlsaa Ave. Entered at fAs Potto ffi ml SUn. Ortgon. as Ssmi-CUs Hatter. fVWisAei rry msmnijr except lendsy. 2?uws sie, MS S. Commtrrial Strut. SUBSCRIPTION BATES: Man Snteerfcrtloa lUtae. In Advances Wtthta Oreoo Dally a- SaAdar. 1 Ma. IS cents; S afo. U.W; Me. St,M; 1 year - .Where H mU par Ms, or . sr I yaarlo advance. ' Br City Carrier i 4S cants a bsobOi; a ear in advance. Tar Co 1 eaata On trains aad News Stands t east Coming City Election THE home owners of Salem, the taxpayers, the people who are interested in the future of the city should study the propositions which are to be submitted in a special elec tion on December 15th. . There are two propositions, one would authorize the is suance of bonds up to $2,500,000 to be general obligation bonds of the city of Salem. The council would have the say as to the issuance of the bonds. They are designed to pay for or construct a water system for Salem and if issued in the full amount to bring water from the North Santiam to Sa lem. Whatever deficiency there might be between the reven ues from the water plant and the requirements of principal and interest on the bonds would have to be met by a tax lev ied on all the property of the city. . The Statesman opposes authorizing a bond issue m any " such amount. It is not needed. The income from the water plant would not cover the debt service of these bonds, and the result would be increased taxes or increased water rates. Both are high enough now. m m : We are strongly in favor of the city a acquiring the wat er system and running it, but only on a basis of a bond issue of not to exceed $1,500,000 which can give the city a fine water supply sufficient for many years to come. The voters should vote down the proposal for a two and a half roillio'n dollar bond issue. . : Another proposition will be on the city ballot. It asks for preference as to the source of water supply. This we regard as pretty much of a guessing contest because the information is not available to enable the citizens to make a proper selection with particular reference to wells as source of supply. The three sources to be voted on are Wil lamette river, North Santiam, and wells. Our conviction is that the most practicable source of supply is the Willamette river. Its water is remarkably free from contamination, above Salem where the supply is drawn. Its quantity is solarge, it flows with a rapid current, the dis tance from other cities is considerable so that the quality of the water as shown by the scientific survey of 1929 is very good. By filtration and treatment it can be made as fine as city water most any place. The North Santiam water would require treatment and at seasons of the year filtration, and would be little or no better water. ; Because the water question is of great importance to ; c Jnm na aVioii Aovnta nnaiirn V1p snaee to it in the next ; two weeks. We urge citizens invite persons who are interested ana wno aesire xo express their views on the subject to send ii- letters which, within limitations of our space we will be glad to publish. A Capitalistic Matriarchate THE soap-box assertion that four- per cent of the people control or own 80 of the wealth has been bellowed about so often that many people assume that it is true. We : saw a study recently where the statement was quoted that 41 of our national wealth is controlled by women. The au thor, Albert Jay Nock, writing in the Atlantic Monthly for November refers to the investigation, and we quote: "It found that ninety-fire billion dollars worth of life in surance policies were in force in this country, and that 80 of the beneficiaries were women . . . An even more interesting; - finding Is that by. wills probated in New Tork City, oyer a sir en period, fifty estates out of seventy were left by men to wom an, and forty-four out of sixty-nine were left by women to women. It found that women were taxed on thfee and a quar ter billion dollars of income annually; men, on tour and three quarters. One hundred and thirty-nine women paid taxes on in . eomes in exeeas of a halt million as against one hundred and twenty-three men: while forty-four women paid on net Incomes la excess of a million as against forty-two men." So it seems that the capitalists in this country are not just bloated males plastered over with dollar marks but . women. In some of the very largest corporations, like Amer ican Telephone and Telegraph there are as many, perhaps more women stockholders than men.iFeminism has not stop ped at winning the ballot, it has claimed a seat in the counting-house. Or if women are not actually sitting in the man agement of the concerns they may largely own, they are at least a growing force to be reckoned .with in financial af fairs. ' If these studies are correct in showing the growing mat riarchate of capitalism in this country, then interesting questions will arise. First is the relation of the stockholder , to the industry, whether the female stockholder will be mere . ly the absentee landlord (as she seems to be chiefly now) or whether the will nse a voice in company affairs. There is the danger in the case of companies with stock widely scattered and in the hands of women, that the company will V be run by the managers without much regard for the inter- ests or concern of the scattered stockholders. Now stockhold ers have dull consciences over policies of management. It took an organized campaign with all the prestige of the "Rockefeller name to oust R. W. Stewart from an executive position with one of the Standard Oil companies. Unless div idends are threatened or curtailed stockholders rarely raise a voice ever the business methods, the treatment of labor, or the public relations of the management. Will the women who as owners of a steadily increasing share of national wealth take more interest in the steward- snip oi mat wealth . 'Tusks's left for Portland Ar, you glad Salem's rid of him? Why or why not?" - Verses high stade know why. Carkln. Lealie junior att "Tea. Oh, I dont Johnny Williams, student: "Well, i kinda hate to see him go. But I guess it was best for him." Mlaa Beatrice Walton, baainess woman: "Why bo glad that tho poor beast Is gone? It makes you such good newspaper copy." . MWlnifred Pettyjohn, 17S w ..mm Bsiem for TuskQ's New Views ' to study the problem. We also j sale, in Portland he'U have plen- 9 mat e ja. a,4 - . -i Bwaatoa and nvir looaing arter aim." t a ?n- mKn, school girl, "I v 1 ?w tnat matters much where tho poor thin is, 'He should be in tho jungles where ho nm 14 TASW en V & t m . -a u w suppesea to be." Daily Thought "Pnr halt m t . . - . . - cwiury i aavo been writing my thoughts la Bras ad M Terse: felatrrr vti- . " ' yauuiupUT, drama, romance, tradition, stairo But I fael tiist r ki .JT. 7T v nnu: . air, inftjf ii thousandthrt of-fhu;. When I go down to tho grave I y ilkt acaay ottora'i hare aalahod aty day work. Bat I cannot say. r bsra i.w - a'at w isj Health Habits By 0. C. DATJEB. If. D. Mario County Department Health v ;, Habit is the tendency to repeat what has bees dona befors. It Is a way of behaving, thinking, or feeling' that once ostahllsh ed. Is easUy fol lowed. Wo do not inherit habits; we loan: thorn. Onto a good habrt fa learn ed, it lsjoftea a time savor. A ekiti learns- to oat en his shoos and to laoo them, ho learn to put of his eoat and but ton It. and ha learns to eat with a spoon ana a fork. These things are not done sueeessfaUr at the first trial, 'hat after repeated efforts. By the rime he successfully does these things ho will bare established a habit. He goes through all tho complicated motions without ef fort because a habit "has been formed. We teach, or try to teach, chil dren to hare good tastes in cloth ing that Is not soiled or torn; la other words to develop habits at neatness, cleanliness, good taste, and so on. Even attitudes toward Hfa are partly matters of habit. Children learn to bo cheerful aad happy, or sulky and cross, accord ing to the habits they form, gest Learned in Childhood In matters more particularly concerned with health we can got children to do things habitually that make them healthier. Peo ple who are. In the habit of sleep ing with a window open feel tho had effects of a stuffy room" he cause they hare learned tho bene ficial effects of fresh air at night. So it Is with other habits which concern healthful living. Tho health habits which con cern the every day activities of children are eating, sleeping, play ing, elimination of body wastes, and cleanliness. All of these can be learned in early childhood and practiced so that they art done uncoasciously. Many people com plain that they can't do this or that, or that they have tried a few tlmea and it didn't do any good. Of course not. thev have not es tablished tho habit All things take time in which to learn, but once learned are not soon forgot ten. So It is with health habits; once learned, they may last a life time. What health problem, nar yu f if U above artiela raise y aaestiaa la joar mind, writ, tfeat qaeatioa aat aad eni it either to Tbe Statetmaa or the Marten conaty dependent f heahh. The ?,w.e in B"r ' eolama. Katae sfiould be tictiei bat wi'l set b cied in the rTir. Yesterdays . . . Of OM Salem Town Talks from The States man of Earlier Days November 29. llkM The Salem-Meharna electric llnel is seexinr enlranra intn tha Right of way has been obUlned for practically all of the route to the city limits. Full Of ftonfLrina th football squad from 'the Oregon Acncoiiurai college arrived In Sa lem yesterday and prepared to meet the Willamette university Methodists in today'a Thanksgiv ing game. WASHINGTON. Lieutenant Peary returned home last n!ht af ter his long absence on the arctic expedition. Ia an interview ho de clared that If the north pole is ever attained, the discovered will have to reach thero by dog sledges. November 29, 1021 Sam O. Burkhart, formerly a guard at th ctt n.. local police force, has been ap- powiea aeputy sherlll to succeed and also one a Mtrnlmtn n. tl, Leo Morelock Salem is to har a mwiim lee. to be called the Associated Vnamies, that servee- along the Vr 1 Dtac Bassr LAY SERMON BLESSING OH CURSE ... V aleewieity. H aaibir , I mmr Ulamiaiaa aa wan er J 7 fclaa aa4 4m trey." Harrv ra-tWt, "A4Wa,. fK: I have thoBsbt mm h.. tho contrasts In tho elements be tween the blessings they bring or tho enrseat. Th- fa ft. controlled and limited it warms our bodies, cooks oar fwwi brightens tho darkness, drives tho wheels of commerce. Before fire came, man was a savage. For his theft of f iro from tho custody of we aooa. jTomomeos Vas chained to tho rock for a eta ft hiu the vultures tare at" hU tH.1i Firs became one of man's great- eat oiessisgs. But see tiro when It gets out of bounds, when It sweeps through a home or a factory, it races. It rages. It consumes. Its roar u a mockery of man. 8eo it whoa it devastates forests, when it makes an inferno of a shin at sea, when it rolls across a prairie aad loaves ia Its wako a charred earth, Thoa it becomes man's great curse. . There Is wind. On soft summer aights It soothes, it lulls. Ia au tumn it sighs. But of a sudden its gentle caresses may turn to furi ous lashing. Tho hurricane blows; houses topple, aplres crash, ships flounder, crops are destroyed. Tho blessed air movements which bring rain and refreshment also bring storm, shipwreck, calamity. Then there is water. On, may not go many hours without it. Wo nse It for drink, for proparins our life. My day's work wiU begin tho. next morning-, vfhe tomb is not a blind .Hot? It fa, sh rhAMnoh. ?r It closeth on the twilight- vjrpui, DB,iat ,uuwn" victor Hago. . .. ; - . jHERgS HOW A.l.,ILrt Woaljy V'h ' S V ' . U SnSSv wimauA III saw"" leaOTOt JWST J Jd f f missruhrr Aftvuc. V sf viistt mom y II UU TO CBXXX WtOaP JMt FtOHt It 1 lUWIr nsrAMoxAtTAoeoA 3 lATt,T tH I If liblX ' EEBOFt7SM.f'.KirS CCSMAM MOTOt I 4 lf 1 !' AN AMBHOSM hKES . J Tomorrow: "The BITS for BREAKFAST -By R. J. HENDRICKS Very first settlers Ia the Oregoa Historical Quar terly for March. 1100. H. S. Ly man, the historian, had an In terview' with Louis Labbnte, son of tho man of tho same name who cam with tho Hunt expedition of the Astors in 1S11-1X. and who (the eon) was still living at 8L Paul, aged IS. and In good health. Louis La boats, the son .was bora in Astoria la 1818. his moth er being a daughter of Chief Koh away of the Clatsop Indian tribe., an older sister of CeUast, of Mrs. Helen Smith. Tho father removed to "French prairie" ia 1880. aad for two years raised wheat on land in the Joseph Gorrals claim. The wife of Corrals was also a daughter of Chief Kobaway. Thence tho Labonto family went to tho farm of Capt. Thomas Mc Kay, son of the wife of Dr. John McLoughlin by her first husband, Alexander McKay. The Labonte family came to a claim on the Yamhill river near what became Dayton in 183S. In 1849 Louis Labonte. th&json, went to tho Cal ifornia gold mines with a party headed by William McKay, son of Thomas McKay. During the In dian wars of 18SS-8. Labonte, ths son, was a member of tho com pany of Oregon volunteers led by Robert Newell. W S Ths elder Labonte went with tho Northwesters with the trans fer of the Astor Interests, then to the Hudson's Bay company's serviea on tho consolidation of the two great aad ancient fur com panies. In 1828 he asked for his dismissal, but he was obliged to go to Montreal to get it, under tho peculiar rnlea of the Hudson's Bay company. He went in March. 1830; but returned in November of the same year, at that time, of course, "on his own." a b The younger Labonte told Ly man that Etienno Lacier, who had lines of tho old Social Service so ciety, which west oat of existence when tho war eamo on. Thirty men and women, meeting at tho Com mercial elah last night, agreed to adopt tho Social Service society constitution and appointed Harry Lory chairman of a committee to confer with other organisations In tho city. n Lady's Silken Glow, Jersey cow owned by Pickard brothers, haa boon rated the third highest cow of her breed by tho American Jer sey Cattle club. food, for washine oar bodies and our garmeata, for making eur grass and -vegetables and grains to grow. Bat how helpless Is man wnen tno iiooas ana storms come: Saro you felt the force of oven a small wave? Have yon seen a mighty ono boat against a rocky headland! Have yon aooa the ris ing of flood waters, how resistless they are. hew puny man's efforts to dike their flow? Tho ens of cold water to a parched throat. how sharply does It contrast with tho white flecked, mountainous waves of a storm-whipped ocean! And this this g men call religion mar ho a hlossina or ears. ITndar right impulses and restraints it guides aad guards, it soothes aad inspires, it comforts and strength ens, iot waai crimes aavo boon committed ia tho name of roll aionl Tho holr wars, tho bloodv inquisitions, the persecutions. most of them hare been, carried on In the name of religion. Bell gioa also haa aa appetite that is consuming, it may unbalance tho mm a; re may crowa out outer con slderationa of . retMnsihlllry, ot4rrotind. and was at t nMni.. lore, of practical needs of - tho body. Tbe reasoa must always control tho mind, aad religion mnal ba sntaordfnat tn ft. v Tha, excesses of religion prevail only a. - . wnen me reason siops iuncuoa log. Surrender to the demands of reilrton dean not mean the a nr. render of one's rationality. Tho riooa. tho holocaust, tbe tornado are hat tho excesses of things which in limited quantities we cannot get along without. The value, of religion is not to be measured : by tho damage it does in Its wild extremes, but in It a service to tho soul of man when it movea . nniec tha jfittrsJal. of reasoa. i . oil By EDSON ! fly of Blindness" first settled on the site of East Portland, was now (1880) moving from that location, because Dr. McLoughlin himself told him he contemplated tiling a claim there, aad going to "French prairie." Wrote Lyman: "Joseph (3 errata, however, wii already at French P airie, having laid a claim at Chemawa, a point on tho bank of the Willamette river about two and a half miles south from the Fairfield of the present. Labonte fir., moved to the placo of Ger vais aad engaged wltL bim In raising wheat, aad. among other Improvements, built a barn; but did not couplets a location of his "a V Wrote Lyman further along-: "Labonte, Jr., has recollections of earliest French prairie which are very Taluable, and give a hew. or at least a clearer understanding of settlement there, than ever seems to have been published, aad ahows Chemaway .... to have been the first nucleus of settle ment. - S S "According to these recollec tions, ... it was Joseph Gervais and the remnants of the Astor company, or Hunt's part of li, who were the original pioneers of French prairie, and thus of Ore gon. These vere Joseph Gervais, Etienne Jucler, Louis Labonte, William Cannon, Alexander Car son (Alex Easea) and Dubruy. "Whether the fact that tha. had been with an American com pany made them aar mora In da- pendent, and more disposed to sei ne tor themselves, may bo qu uoned; but. at any rate, they formed a little COfflUnr nt mm. rades aad be cams the first group oi inoepenaent Oregon people. "Joseph Gerraie was taa first and when the Laboates arrived In about 1881. ho had been upon the place at Chslrnwav at leaat thraa years, aad had made considerable improvements. Chemaway is sit uated on the bank of the Willam ette river at a somewhat abrupt point over the water AND BE CAME AFTERWARDS THE LO CATION OF JASON LEE. AND THE METHODIST MISSION." (In writing tho words In capitals (he did not use capitals). Mr. Lyman was dearly mistaken. Jasm Leo located about two miles above. His location was "oh the bank of ww wiuamette river at a some what abrupt point over tha wat or," It Is true, but not any more abrupt, aor a third as high as tho ono two miles below, near which J seph Gervaia erected hia hon.a destined to become famous la tho aanam of Oregoa history where th "wolf mectln". was held and man, other Important gatherings assembled. Resuming, from Lyman: "Cor rals had substantial buildings, and Labonte's description of his house aad ham la very interest ins. Tho house was about 18x84, oa tho ground, and was construct ed of square hewed logs, of rather large sixe. Thero were two floors, one below and oaa above, bothof which were laid with long planks or puacheoaj of w hies' fir. aad probably adxed oft to a proper level. Tho roof waa mads with polos as rafters, and the ahingtlng was of carefully laid strips or sheets of ash bark, imbricated. Upon these were cross plant; to hold them ia lace. Tb s were three windows on the '.omt floor of about 80xSf Inches in dimen sions, and tor lights were covered wtth fine thinly dressed deer skins. Thero was also a Urge fire place, built of sticks tied together with, buckskin thongs, and cov ered with a stiff plaster made of elay and grass. e "a . "The barn was of good six a. be ing about 40x50 feet oa tho construction of a number of build ings on early French nralrfev There were xxsts set up 'at tho corners aaa at tno requisite tnter- tais between. In which tonoa grooves had been rua by aso of an auger ana cjussl and lata these were, let white fir spilt planks about throe laches thick to compose tho walls. Tho roof was shingled la the same man ner as tho house, with pieces of ash bark. Thero was a young- or chard UPOn tho Place of amall an. plo trees obtained front Fort Van couver. S "At the time thav the Laboa lit.. Mi MASQUERADE ii a - 8CTOPSXS ; C Lovely faachoa Meredith to wanted by tho Sam Francisco po lio la connection with a m ardor committed by her sweetheart, "Tony". Faachoa did not know ho was a jmnnaan. She escapes by alrplaao aad or tho asms of ."Smith". Aboard la Evelyn How ard, whom Faachoa had met. oa a royago from Hawaii. Evelyn is going to Now Tork to live with her aaat, tho wealthy Mrs. Car ataira, whom aha nsrsr saw. Tho piano erashoa aad Faachoa is tha only aarvtrer. To get away from Tony and tho oast, aho coos to tho Carstalrs home as "Eveiya". strong; bond of af faction grows between Mrs. Carstalrs aad aar "alee. Celiia Carstalrs la at first antagonistic because of his "ceasta's" Hawaiian escapades aad thor seU-rightooas attitude whoa hia mother offered aid, hat Faachoa's. sincerity overcomes hia objoctloaa. They fall ia leva. After a happy summer at South ampton, Faachoa makes her de but In New Tork. Collin, though realizing their relationship Is a barrier, cannot resist professlag his love. Fanchoa cannot ac knowledge hers without revealing nor identity. A few days later a threatening note eomes from Tony. Sho visits him and repulses his advances. Tony Informs Fan- chon that Evelyn Is alive, bat has lost aer memory. He threatens to expose Fanehon unless sho intro duces him to Mrs. Carstalrs as "Cesaro aim." CHABTER XXI Jennie Carstalrs and Collin watched her that night with some anxiety. She looked tired. Sho had used rouge, an unusual camou flage for her. Her gaiety for forc ed, over a bridge table later and her laughter. What, they wond ered, had happened to her? Jen nie, however, had her own heart sick solution, for it would not be loaf now before Collin would bo sailing for England, on tho first stage of his journey to tho Far East Jennie though, unhappily, she does care for him. I was, after Human Beings Funny Animals But Marvelous For AH That By D. H. Talmadge, Sage of Salem A GOOD many folks have told Zl me that human beings are funny animals. The state ment does not mean much, it any thing. It is merely something wo say when the neighbors fail to conduct themselves as we think they should. Everything considered, it Is nothing short of marvelous that human beings get along as well as they do. I have been a human be ing for a considerable number of years (I am not bragging about it, understand, I am just telling yon) and now and then in these latter days I sm simply compelled to retire to some secluded spot and feel amaxed that I have fared through as far and as well as I have. Many things havs happened to me. Just as many things have hap pened to all of us. Funny animal stories they might bo termed did one chance to like the term, which I do not. The most impres sive lecture I ever heard was de livered by a man whoso voice was rotund and whose white beard bobbed majestically as his head jerked la tho intensity of his self righteousness. I was the solo aa dleaco, and the lecture almost finished me, because I wad young and tender In those days, and knew In the heart of me that I was not entirely deserving of such severity. I had contracted, honestly enough, to make certain payments on certain dates, and I had only asked for more time. That lecture nearly determined me to take up a life of crime. However, crime as a career, a life work, had never appealed to me. I was aot intrigued . by It. I just did not like It, A good deal as seme folks are with oysters. Even thoagh I was a ware that tho laws wore so fixed that ' a really smart maa or woman of tea came to Chemaway. Etienne Lueler had aot yet taken his own placo, about three miles above Champoeg. gsChewewa (now gen erally spoiled Chewewe), hut waa living, or camping, upon the placo of Oervais, probably looking around tho country aad making arrangements for a permsaeat home. Lacier, therefore, was not tho first settler upon French prairie, but this honor belongs to Joseph Gervais, who mast have gone thero. according to Labon te's recollections, about 1888. S Explaining-: Apple trees In tho wild state are yet near tho alto of tho Gervais honae. The foot markings . of tho trail down "abrupt point over tho water" to tho river! brink may yet bo seea where Indian slaves walked in carrying- water to tho house from the wonderful spring- at tho Wil lamette's edge. A largo ash tree stands bow la what was tho cellar Of tho first Jasoa Loo house; aad many ash trees are la tho vicinity, and white flra. too. S The Leo mission site haa beea marked with a monument Tho aits of tho Gervais house ought to be so marked, while yet its location Is definite. So should that of tho first grist mill between th Gervaia hoaso aad tho mission, by Webley Hauxharst, first Christiaa convert In Oregon. So should tho site f tho first Oregon institute bunding oa, Wallace prairie which stood, en tho ground where was hunt tho Astor fort la 1811. first building erected by white men la Oregoa outside of th - vicinity around tho moutbof tho Colum bia. Aad tha Leo hoaso and "ths paraonag,!. first and soeoad dwellings orecjod la what became Salem, and still stand lag, should be preserved. These high points of early history, among- aumerous others not yet marked, should be est apart as shrlaee. (Continued on Tuesday.) all, misled. I t Two days later, whoa Jenaio Carstalrs eamo homo from aa af ternoon speat ia arguing with th other members .of a certain char ity committee aad came homo tir ed. tft'nHsg of a quiet talk wtth her aoa aad bar niece, thinking of tea aad relaxationshe was mot at tha door by Jameson with tho laf ormaUoa that Mis Evelyn had a "caller and that Mr. Collin had aot yet returned to tho apartment Oa her way ! to her bedroom, Jennie glaneedlfnte tho drawing room, fancy lag that perhaps Eve lyn was eatertalaian- no of tho girls she knew or on of the ubi quitous young rasa, T hr as tonishment, she saw bar dee la a low voiced conversation with a man who was perfectly strange to Jeaaie. A dark yua; rery Latin la appear, rry graceful, very well dressed, who stood by tho window and held a cigarette looser la hi finger, Jennie moved away .but Fanehon looked up and saw her. "Aunt Jennie." sho said, and Mrs. Carstalrs noticed her pain ful flush. I Tho stranger moved away from tho window. w Jennie Carstalrs came Into th room. Sho had a magnificent su rer fox fur over one arsn. Sho had pearls at her throat aad in her ears. All this tho young man no ticed. The Carstalrs jewels were rather tamoas. 8ome of them Jennie rarely wore as they adorn ed a ssto deposit vault instead. Fanehon rose. "Aunt Jennie, may I present my old friend. Mr. Cesare Gilll?" sho said, quietly, but her heart was leaden within bar. Collin Carstalrs postponed his sailing. It was perfectly evident to him that quietly, almost unob trusively and. as it were, natural ly. Cesaro Gilll had become an in timate of tho Carstalrs household. Ho was a rather silent young man, who spoke of his past Florentine existence rarely, aad then with a deep melancholy which his hear ers, aot ia tho least understand ing, still respected. He had ex- TALMADGE ambitious nature eould go la for crime witnout seriously compro mising any reputation they might possess for probity. All In all. I have known many so-called crim inals, and perhaps a few who were not so-called, and none of them has seemed to get what I wanted to get from this lifs. So I thought better of ft and took up newspaper wort, .wnicn is. per ns ps, baa enough, Among- other things I have done as a newspaper worker in a aows-story covering tho arrest, trial and conviction of tho man wboso scathing lecture almost broke my foolish young heart. This man was. so tho evidence developed, everything he had so unjustly charged mo with and a wholo lot mora. HI speculations amounted, aa I recall th figure, to something between thirty and forty thousands of doners, and the ssnafl payment which I had beea aaablo to meet, promptly waa la connection with on of his own schemes s money-saving, high-rats - of - Interest "associa tion" that presently blow to Pieces aad never returned so maeh as a nickel to tho investors. Possibly oar troubles would bo rswer if wo listened less and be lieved less than wo do. But insures lust ths same X rather like to listen and I prefer to be lieve, within reasonable limita tions, of course. lido not at an like the thought of hsviax my confidence in tho rest of tho tun ny animals atterly destroyed, and t ae not propose to let It bo de stroyed. J3 numan beings srs not liars land thieves, the opinion of some of use to tho i contrary not withstanding. And i if wo who trust ara occasionally "stung" wall, we ara compelled to pay ta ono way or aaotherj tor what we got, even though It ho nothing mere than tho protectioa of a mall aad quite harmless Ideal. toe purpose or which fa tho at talnmeut of that which passes for wonuiy napprneas. it seems to mo hotter to fast get along with folks; those that are caned good and those that are eaned bad. for I have learned that tho good ara npt always so good as they have been consid ered to ho and that, sometimes moy ara area better! thaa they aavo oeoa considered to be, and that tho had am not; always bad. bat have virtues wnsasnected - And ft Is a short trail we are traveling, way no disagreeable to oar fellow wayfarers beenne of this er that trifloi which to of aot tho least lmportiae ia tha WOTldT j There are thooo who profess to doubt ft. bat thero Is In existence among human betngi. th fanny animals, a genuine tjjirlt of help-I- D. H. By FAITH BALDWIN tenant maaners. rood looks, aaa a great deal of charm. 'Mrs. Car- stairs found herself Oiklng- aim with reservations. The reservation had to do with, her niece, Sho found that, for some curious rea soa, the girl was hot herself wheat Gnu was arouad. Had tt aot beea for this Strang effeet upon his old friend." Jennie Carstalrs wpuld bar liked him far bettor. But as It waa, her loan; axponeac of Europe and Europeans, creat ed a little Intangible doabt of this almost too correct, and sometimes qeite evasive young- man. In her ind. It was nothing- sue coma lay nor finger oa aad something sho kept to herself, oven whoa Collin, losing a time ia express ing hia disapproval, informed hi mother. . in - no uncertain terms, that thero was something decid edly "fishy" .about their new ao aalataaco.. He. too. had noted G I Hi's affect upon tho girl ho lov ed. He said to Jennie: "Sbe'o afraid of him." "Bat. laid Mrs. Carstalrs, that la Bousease! It Is yonr lm giaatioa. - "No. U 1 aot. Sho Is always om her gnard whoa sho talks with him, when any of as are there. Several times, whoa they have been alone together I have com into- tho 'room suddenly, I've found these arguing- . . . oh, not loadly. bat 'still none too pleas antly, that was obvious." Ho was silent, remembering that oa oaa such occasion ho had heard Gilli say, aader his breath: "Tooll play tho game my way or aot at alL" Whatever It meant, it waa pretty high-handed and Collin grew msro and mora to dislike the intruder. Fanehon. tactfully questioned upon her knowledge of him, said evasively, that sho had mot him some years ago. that ho had turned up in San Francisco and had beea very kind to her there. She had not r tempted to estab lish tho fiction that her friend ship with him dated from Ha waiian experiences. Tony, sho knew had never beea to Hawaii and thero was no sense in maklnr things mora difficult than they already were. Evelyn and her present plight was very maeh on her mind and heart On several occasions she had conquered her fear aad hor ror of seeing the girl and had bogged Tony to let her do so. But he refused. - "Ton win only upset yourself snd her." ho had said. "There is, really, nothing to bo gained." She was forced to agree with him. Sho lived in a constant state of fear concerning his unknown next move. For the present he seem ed content to drop in for tea, to bo asked for dinner, to join them at tho opera or at tho theatre or at a supper club. To bo introduc ed to various of ths Carstalrs cir cle, with whom he became very popular. Ho was something new; (Continued on Pago t) ohe-another. It is not quite so rigorous a Spirit as it might be, perhaps, and It sometimes mani fests itself in ways that are pe culiar, but It exists. In tho darkness of an early morning during ono of tho recent rains a Salem cltizea. wearing aa old coat and an old hat was ac costed at the Miller corner by a yonns; man, obviously a stranger and a transient. Tho young- man, waated tha price of a breakfast and said as much. "Sorry, bo," said the, eltisen, bnt yon beat mo to it I was just going to ask yea for a little help myself. Ho went oa his way, chuckling, thinking he had put one over pretty neatly on tho young man, Then he stopped, for tho yonns man was calling; and harrying af ter him. "On tho square, mister T" "Sure." -I've got a nickel you caa have, mister, run youngsr than you." Ho put forth the cola la a rain-reddened hand. Tho eltixoa grasped tho hand. "Ton young- devil!" ho said. d gnlped a bit "Coma alonS and get some ham and eggs." Try that oaa oa your bosom. tho bolls la Chat: Zolly Volchok. who doaa th r5?Ur wspaper stuff for tho Mickey Mouse dub. shows reel talent and I'll bet yah ho doesnl suspect himself of It Paul films of tho Salem ita tioaery store oa High street, as a wL09. Caieago yBmr worked ia the same office witn another young- chap. Tho other young chap's name waa . Carl Laemmlo, and he Is now presi dent of Universal Pictures. Tho ?u that Paul would got tne glad hand from a big- maa weT to put himself la tho way of It Unless I am msub mit.v- iapa Laemmlo to aot a. would forget a boyhood triead. A touring geat roosted In a dark-toUet room of a North Com mercial street business building alght last week. He wis thoaght to bo dead whoa discov ered, but ho came to almost as oon as tha individual who had stepped ia on him recovered from the shock. Ono Incident tn tbe We of tho road", of which wa hear occasionally. Among th matters which Coa ,ma Hawley attended to daring th hoar or two preceding bis recent departure for Wash ington was an effort to obtain a copy of tho latest edltloa of tho crossword paxslo hook at tha bookstores. Book No. 85 was what he wanted, and ho was ansuccess 'Hl :tha qaest Mr. V Hawley doubtless finds la tho crosswords a pleasant form of mental diver sion, a relief from tho hoary bar dens put upon his mind by big affairs. I am told that Clarence Darrow uses tha same remedy, and finds It effective. President Theodore Roosevelt to said to have read detective stories of tho more sensational sort as a means of obtaining relief from mental f 1 naT be" t014. omewbt loftily, by some people that cross word pussies area waste of Urns and cheap- detective stories ara worse. These people ar laeklag la on essential they aar a mental strain. . t9