PAGE FOUR - - - J "Ato Favor Sways V$; No Fear Shall Awe" From First Statesman, March 28, 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Charles A. Spracue, Shhjjon F. Sackitt, Publish Charles A. Spracue Editor-Manager Sheldon F. Sackett Managing Editor Member of the Associated Press Tha AaaocJated Preaa la xcliwtTely entitled to themae for PuWlc i tkB It aUnew. dispatch, credited to It or not Otherwise credited to 1 thla paper. M ' m Pacific Coast Advertising Representatives: 1 Arthur W. Stype. Inc., Portland. Security Bldg. Baa Franclaca. Sharon BMg . Ua Anselei. W. pac. BUs. FIatrn Advertising Representatives: Ford-Parson.-Stecher. Inc.. New Entered at the Postoffice at Salem, Oregon, as Second-Clasa Matter. Published every morning except Monday. Bustnes$ , office, tlS S. Commercxal Street. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: , Mail Butacrlptlon Rate. In Advance. WtfUn 'Oregon: Sunday. 1 Mo. to cenu: I Ma t-K; aCo.SS.25: 1 rear flea. Siwnar 10 cenu per Mo., or 00 for 1 year In advance. By City Carrier: 45 cent a month: $5.00 a year In ad vane. Par Copy t can On train and New Stand i cent Taxes Without Brains THE following news story appeared in the university daily, the Oregon Emerald, on Friday: "The hopes of the house managers that the fraternity tax burden would be greatly lightened fell to a low ebb on eloser analysis," Lloyd SherriU, manager of the Oregon Union and past president of the house managers' association, said last night In ' commenting on the story which appeared in yesterday's Em erald. , - 'Fraternities will still pay excessive premiums for the priv ilege of providing unit dormitories for th state," he declared, ."until some kind, understanding, and powerful person sees fit to give them relief. "If it is true that a reduction of 10 per cent is allowed all residents of Eugene, representing to the fraternities a decrease of that amount on the $21.06 paid per affiliated person annual ly, then we are, benefited a little at least." Total city, county, and state tares paid by fraternities dur ing 1030 amounted to $23,566.70. This figure includes only the 32 houses which partially own the buildings which they, occupy, reducing the number of students actually bearing this tax burden to 1118. Even though the tax cut actually was accomplished, it wonld not be applicable until 1932 taxes were due in 1933. "Students would not object to paying for value received," Sherrill concluded, "but what Is their return when a group pays $250 annually for the upkeep of a junior high school?" This is a rare combination of ignorance and audacity. Ignorance because most every one except university students knows that the elimination of the state property tax is on the 1931 tax payable in 1932, and not the 1932 tax, payable in 1933. Here is a rare gem from Mr. Sherrill : "Fraternities will still pay excessive premiums for the privilege of providing unit dormitories for the state". In other words this young gentleman is not satisfied with the state's providing campus and buildings and laboratories and libraries and hiring pro fessors and coaches. He think3 the fraternity men are being cheated out of something due them because the state doesn't provide living quarters for them. Now we know something of fraternities. The frats and sororities have built palatial homes both in Corvallis and Eugene, far more elegant than the homes of 95 of the members. They were under no compulsion to do this. There have always been adequate facilities either in dormitories or in private residences for housing students. But the ambi tion for social prestige ; and the competition between the varying combinations of Greek letters have led the young things to saddle themselves with enormous debts in order to keep up social front by living in grand houses. But the Drize for crass selfishness and for sheer dumb ness goes to Mr. Sherrill when he says : "Students would not object to paying for value received, but what is their re turn when a group pays $zdu annually ior me upneep ui a junior high school?" What indeed? And what is our return for paying $250 for the upkeep of the university? Why should the papas and mammas of junior high students be taxed to support the university and college and normal schools, including in Mr. Bherrill's opinion, spacious and beautiful "unit dormitories" for residence? When we read interviews with university men with the mental cramps of Mr. Sherrill we wonder too why the citizens are taxed to support higher institutions of learn ing, i With Reservations riinio editor acKnowieuges receipt oi an invitation to ine JL first annual "State House Stag". Although it is the first of its kind its sponsors are hopeful of its longevity because they dub it an annual. It may prove to be strictly an annual, not a perennial. We are advised in the invitation to phone 4171 "so we can make proper reservations". We are not sure about that. Considering the company and all, it may be discreet for us to make the "reservations". The event has been planned for two years, so it is stated. MaTTfft J?i 1-J With that long to age, the affair ought to be a wow. The os tensible purpose is to make with one another. As we have listened to them they know all about every one else; and if they proceed to tell it, well no reporters are allowed. We do not know what the rules are, whether it is catch as catch can, or marquis of Queensbury. We are adjured to "come and see the lion and the lamb - lying together (and to each other)". It isn't necessary to go to this party just to see that; take in a board of control meeting and see Holman and IIoss in action. This stag din ner can't beat the last campaign in slaying the thousands with the jawbone of bullfrogs. ! Will this stag dinner be prizes in this Apollo contest All the state house johngilberts will be there, so the ques tion of male beaut v mi erht as any time and the appropriate ner. For further information about this first annual we will have to refer you to bur own feature cofumn "Under the Dumb , both before and after. , ; R S. Dial 4-1-7-1; "Please make 'proper' reservations for us . Wo heard of a proposal that , health budget to $8000 If the , partment would "cut salaries". Considering that tha city council baa Jealously refused to "cut aalarios" the proposal seems incongru ous. . The health department will be forced to retrench throuzh f loss of the Commonwealth fund i iu same appropriations. The Issue is squarely up to the council and the county budget committee. Either the city and county want this aeauu aervicv or iney ao noi. onstrate In actnal figures reduction of death rate and reduction In cases of 'contagious diseases. But if the governing bodies want , streets, roads, fire protection, and other "essentials" and don't want health protection, then all they have to do is use the axe Ponsid. red strictly as health insurance the amount being paid for the health service is about the best money we spend, but we are getting weary of having to fight for It as though the health department was a oeggar or a tmer. Tha rabbernecks who follow E2ft5 VP" nI6t wben M S were In! rT-rr.1" rl 255?" v- - , . 7 ulc wmguunea wnen tne roof was blown off by a gas explosion. There ia a fir, but In cities the job f ireaiea. oi .,feHr?!di thejr Hi'JSJ ?,a?.Lr h?w mnca th Eiiim Vork. Salmon Tower Bids, A. I A 11 the state officials acquainted the occasion for awarding the we have been reading about? .well be decided that nieht as apple core given to the win the citr council would ralsa th governing boerd of the health de- subsidy even if the tax bodies make nas Deen nere lone enoneh to dem fira - w" calef residential always something spectacular about tisnung n aaomia be left to trained Wer k they read of tha unemployed lost on Portland's "char New View: f Whit do you. think of the idea of giving Tusko 10 gallons - of moonshine " This was the quea tlon asked yesterday by Statesman reporters. Harry Plant, former owner of the beast: "Good a tuff ! Only they ought to give it to me. Ha! Ha! I think that's a lot of bologney, don't you?" i l- p. m.m,mm Captain William, central fire station: "Well, I wouldn't ear for it myself. I wonder if there was really anything to that!" Dare Pngh, engineer: "A lot of people wish they were an ele phant." Javld Dunn, lnsarance ealee- "I think Tusko'a a great fel low and the idea all right, Ore gon's a great conntry, too. If peo ple would start thinking right and believing in this state, we'd get over depression. Mrs. Monroe Gilbert, business woman: "I think it was an act of humanity." ( Daily Thought 1 We are made for cooperation, like feet, like hands, like eyelids, like the rows' of the upper and lower teeth. To ac against on another then Is contrary to na ture, and it Is acting against on another to bo vexed and tarn away." Marcus Aurellus. "MASQUERADE" &88jJ SYNOPSIS Lovely Fanc'non Meredith is wanted by the San Francisco Po lice in connection with a murder committed by her sweetheart, "Tony" Fanchon did not know ha was a gunman. She escapes by airplane under the name of "Smith". Aboar: is Evelyn How ard, whom Fanchon had met on a voyage from Hawaii. Evelyn Is going to J"few York to live with her. aunt, the wealthy Mrs. Car stairs, whom she never saw. The piano crashes and Fanchon is the only survivor. To get away from Tony and the past, she goes to the Carstalrs home as "Evelyn". ' A strong bond of affection grows between Mrs. Carstalrs and her "niece". Collin Carstalrs, the son, is at first antagonistic because of his cousin's" Hawaiian escapades and her self-righteous attitude when her mother offered, aid, but Fanchon's sincerity overcomes his ; objections. They fall in love. After a happy summer at South ampton, Fanchon makes her de but: in New York. Collin, though realizing their relationship is a barrier, cannot resist professing his love. Fanchon cannot acknowl edge hers without- revealing her Identity. Later, Tony locates Fan chon and informs her that Evelyn is alive, but has lost her memory. He threatens to expose Fanchon unless she Introduces him to Mrs, Caretairs as "Cesare Gilli". He calls at the Carstalrs home and is accepted by Mrs. Carstalrs and Collin although they are skeptical of him. Fanchon has no alterna tive but to agree to Tony's de mands that she Induce Mrs. Car stalrs to wear her emeralds to the Van Suydam ball. Tony wears Romeo costume similar to Col lin's. On the way to the ball, Col lin iand Fanchon profess their love. Fanchon slips away and re turns home with Tony. The latter stays on the terrace awaiting an opportunity to steal the Jewels. Fanchon frustrates Tony's plans and has Mrs. Carstalrs summon Collin. Tony reveals Fanchon's Identity. CHAPTER XXVn "What truth?" asked Mrs. Car stalrs quietly. She ipoke, reaching ror ner robe and sllDoers. Her face had aged terribly but her voice was low and her expression had not changed. Fanchon's heart went out to her on a wave of sor rowful love and admiration. But she dared not look at Collin aKain as she answered. The truth about myself. He Is quite right. I am not your nice. I am not Evelyn Howard. I am Fanchon Meredith." "Not Evelyn. gasped Collin. ! Had she looked at him then sh would iave seen that a flash of most incredulous Joy swept over ms race, blotting our the amaze ment. Then the amezement re turned. He darted a look at Tony, wno. nands still high, leaned against -the dresser. Tony smiled evilly. Nothing was apparent in Collin's face now but sheer male ajiger. TI'm getting rather tired oB this position," said Tony blandly. 'Wait a moment." Fanchon stepped forward. She put her hands on Tony. She loathed touching him tonight. But she felt in his overcoat pocket, she took out a wicked looking gun and kept it in her hand. fNow." she said to Collin, take him in the library. Tony went first, nrodded bv Collin's revolver in his ribs. Fan chon followed closely, turning on the lights as she went. Tn thn hir hooklined room Collin indicated a strtleht chair. He said, brieflv. looking at Fanchon : "Strong cord in the desk draw er. Get it for me, will you? And call Jameson." "No." she said, "better not. If yon n do what is necessary 111 Til keep him covered. I prom ise, she said bitterly as she saw the look of mingled distrust and question in Collin s eyes. By the time Jennie Joined them It had been done. Tony sat, as easily as possible, on the strairht Stacked chair, his hands and arms tied behind him. his lezi lashed to the rungs. Collin sat in an easy cnair opposite, tho gua steady, Fanchon. in her slain tweed frock, stood against tha desk. Her eyes were dark in a perfectly wnne race, only her Una lived ' Jennie eama la, and sat down oy voiun lie gave irer a res ass a r ing glance. ; If TOU ar not Evelvn Howard - asked Jennie, evenly, of Fanchon. "whara is ah? f !yUjranchonf! i HERE'S HOW o if " (til js8& a m wx. sr m . w m ww a aw a w i m rm mm - n x aaa 1 J' rv IH4CLI SAM II XAI CONSOOUT. ENOUGH CAJtt AM OWNED M VHI U 1 TO INAILI ALL ITS tfMt ITAKTI TO RSt OOMPOtTAajr AT THE SAM! TIM! Tuesday! "Growing Whiskers While you Watch." evenly, "that ah was dead. In the accident. But he aha indi cated Tony "says ahe la not. That she Is with him. Mentally, a child." "My God!- .exclaimed Collin, low. Jennie said, "Wait.- Her lips shook. She turned to Fanchon. There was no anger in her aye. Only a vast bewilderment. She said: "I we loved yon very much. Somehow; we still do. Will yon tell us everything now aa briefly as possible as truthful ly?" Fanchon had an Impulse to cast herself on her knees beside that still, waiting figure, 8h clenched her hands on the desk. The knuckles were white. She leaned against the desk. She said: "Yea." She told them, low almost in a monotone. The entire story. Who she was. How and why she had left Hawaii for San Francisco, meeting Evelyn Howard enroute. How she had met Tony in the library. How she hid gone on seeing him, caring for him roman tically, as aa inexperienced girl cares and how she had found out who he was and what was his means of llvllhood. A lethal business. How there had been a murder; and headlines in the papers. How she had been hunted by police and press and how Tony, learning of a vacancy in the chartered plane, had given her money, and had reserved her flight passage for her under the name of Miss Smith. And how here again she had encountered Evelyn. She spoke of all Evelyn had told her, she spoke, In dry phrases of her own envy and despair, of Humanity is Very Interesting; Sense of Humor is Great Boon By D. H. Talmadge, Sage of Salem Some of us get along better with everybody than with ev erythlng, and some of s get along better with everything than with everybody. Hmnoaadty Is very Interesting, aa the Mis souri schoolboy aald of males. Clep Topp, who Is In favor of the repeal of the prohibition amendment, tells me he assisted In carrying home an unconscious neighbor one day recently. The neighbor had been, it appears. drinking something erroneously termed whisky for the purpose of giving himself courage to - have a tooth pulled and had over-calculated or something. The neigh bor's wife met the party at the door. "Lay hint out In the barn,- she ordered. "Looks like prohi bition is a failure," said Clep to her. "Whether it is or whether it ain't." she snapped, 'Tm for it. There was the making of a right smart argument, Clep says, bnt he was in a kind of a hurry, so he didn't wait. An opinion seems prevalent In expert circles that whether or not prohibition Is a success, the aver age hard drink of the present day is not what It should be. Lnnt Gmbb, who took a drink or two to help him through a tooth-pal ling ordeal, somehow got Into a photographic studio across the hall from the dentist's office and had his picture taken The photo rapher finished a dozen of the pictures and sent them to Mrs. Gmbb by parcel post. Also he mailed a bill, which Mrs. Grubb paid. She says it is the only pic ture Lunt ever had taken that looks exactly like him. And Lunt had it taken while he thought he was having a tooth pulled! Writers poets for the most part have had many things to say about the flight of time. All of as, writers or what not, have ob served the steadiness and the ever - increasing swiftness of the flight of time. Wo may say with Diana Mulock and she had a way of patting things. that lady "Roll round, strange years; swift seasons come and go.- or we may say flatly that It beau heck how time flies. The statements differ little in vital Inv By EPSON I THE COLDEW SPOT ON THI EARTH! SURFACE, SdENTOTS FIND, IS TAKUTSK, SIBERIA; WHERE IN FEBRUARY THE THER MOMETER UTS 9 B& LOW ZERO '11 At THI WOftLM HOTTEST SPOT. OIIINLAND 'lANCH, MATH V till I V a A a t WIATHII 0UIIAUMIN flXOKDEO HEAT fCONSICUTIVI itfr StAys their likeness In coloring and height, of the photograph taken of them together on the boat. She spoke of telling Evelyn her own story, that atop overnight In the little hotel, and briefly of how Evelyn had refused help saying her aunt could not "afford" to help. "She was quite right, of course," said Fanchon at that point. She told of the second flight; of the accident. Her voice roughened and was dark with hor ror. She had not spoken, of this before. Her listeners, Jennie Car stairs and her son, shuddered with her. And Jennie's eyes were soft with an understanding com passion. Fanchon want on doggedly, steadily. She was swaying a lit tle. The solid wood and metal of the great modern desk was some support. She leaned against it gratefully. She told of holding Evelyn's handbag before the crash. Of how, afterwards, she bound her arm with Evelyn's handkerchief. Of her belief that Evelyn had died. Of her : frantle escape toward help and freedom. Of the men whom sne met and her lapse into unconsciousness. Of the name on the handkerchief, the name by which the strangers called her, and of her dangerous resolve. i She told them of what the doe tor had said, that Evelyn could not lire; and how, therefore, in her mad and desperate desire to bury the dead past, she had let them think Evelyn "Miss Smith". And of how, armed with Evelyn's name and credentials, she had come on to New York, meeting the reporters on the way and hearing her belief that the other girl was dead confirmed by them. (Continued Tomorrow) H. TALMADGE port. But you have perhaps noticed that there are Intervals, very brief ' Intervals, when time appears to rest. And It Is on days like Thanksgiving and Christmas, which are days of family festival and of rejoicing with one another. and possibly with friends whose blood is not our blood but whom the years have endeared to us, that these intervals make their semblance known. We gather about the table and later about the tire, more particularly we older ones, wh. after all, are the only ones to whom the flight of time means anything of moment, and it is very pleasant. Only, for some reason,- we have a way at such times of becoming suddenly silent. We fall under an abstrac tion of mind that we did not know In other days, and in these in stances wo 'sometimes catch one another at it, and oar eyes and our bands meet for aa instant and hour lips tremble back into a smile. which means, if its meaning may be pat Into words, "Cheer up, old timer I Don't he a goose! We shall be nothing more than memo ries ourselves some day, aad they will be sweeter ones It we refrain from saddening tha present with selfish lamentations- i 11 ! sila J 1 -f-Vr i iXj I -v. i f f l i O mt the ha ha chaps who) make pnwe, which they laegh at OiecnaelTes whether yoa like is or bos told sne daring this late . cool eaap that he was living a fuel life. Whether he intended a pom or fair or f ooP I dnnno. Anyhow, ft was somewhat de pressing. The fuel trnestJon is not fit Subject for jokes. Still, I reckon we should be gratefnl for a sense of humor, re gardless of the form it takes, and there is something worse than pans. A few minutes after the hnman convulsion had aeqnltted himself of the "fuel life- gem I heard a may say In front of one of the pool palaces. "Well. I ain't never been in a breadline yet." And another man called te him, "There's plenty of time, mister." Then ha laughed. He eertalnly thought, that man. that he'd pulled a classic T heard no other laughs. Depressing as It may hare been, the punster's stuff had a mere cheerful ring. Heaven knows the world needs Cheering up. Actually, a man was hit by an automobile In this town last week, and he made quite a grotesque tall, too, in sight of a number of spectators. Bnt would yoa believe it? nobody laughed. Aid folks are sitting through the most disheartening of picture play without a titter. The dumps that's what we're la. The tune-ins on Amos and Andy, I'm told, have dropped off fifty percent the country over, and folks are frankly sniveling over the comie 'strips In the newspa pers. Why? (Not a big word, but It haa probably started more talk, covering the entire line from grunts to sermons, than any other word In the language.) A Salem man tells me there is no depression, that the country and pretty much the whole world Is in a mental panic without ade quate reason, and another man no less a personage than Charles Schwab of Bethlehem steel, talk log from the screen at one of the local theaters Says there is no use in trying to deceive ourselves; a depression exists and It Is real and serious. It is like everything else. Individual reaction to con ditions Is one thing or another, ac cording to the nature of the in dividual. It doesn't seem so difficult to understand why "depressions" come In human affairs. But such conditions aren't so easy to remedy. Turning off the help ap pears to be about the limit of human intelligence when a remedy is required. A credit sustained by unearned wealth is pretty certain, sooner or later, to have something disast rous happen to it. And when the inevitable smash comes, some body mentions it in the newspa pers, and fifty millions of people, more or less, take their savings out of circulation, throw the hired man into the alley, withdraw the sackcloth from the bureau drawer, prepare a hod of ashe3, and lift up their voice in a lugubrious howl. Which Is all wrong. But what can be done about it? I like to think we are becom ing wiser, one generation after another. At any rate, we are doing the best we can, with the facilities at hand, as the man tn the desert said when he took a bath la a can of tomatoes. Hi Higgs. up the valley, is read ing a book on the ultimate des tiny of the human race. After he has read It and has pondered a while, he'll be chugging to Salem In the old model T' and then we'll know what to expect, or at least to tell the children what to look for in the years to come. In the meantime, we era vers for light will be compelled to bolster our drooping spirits (It's odd about my spirits they won't droop) with wisecrackers and vague theories as heretofore. Honestly though, putting aside all levity, conditions will be better presently. Yon may be sure of it. They must be. And what must be, will be. Service to our fellows. Great! But, dear Tender Heart, water to the thirsty can't be carried In a sieve. Queries: Isn't Elissa Land! a bit the best of the new crop of motion picture actresses? Are there any better stories for light reading than those written by Arthur Stringer? What percent of the sporting population attributes the two re cent defeats of the Notre Dame football team to the absence of Knute Rockne? Does tha average Individual. who declares he loves to sVtbe fere a cheerful fire of a chilly night and think, really think t such a time, or does he. cease to think? Is "Street Scene" the strongest motion picture ever shown In Salem or is it only one of the four or five strongest? Don't you think that much of what we caU trouble is caused by the way we've gotten into of thinking la millions, and acting, owing to necessity, la bunches of three or toar dollars at a time? Fifty police officers et 24 Kan as cities were -gradaated" from a training school at Wichita, sponsored by municipalities. A mushroom found ia Sammit county, Ohio, measured 14 laches across the top one wsy aad 41 BITS for . - m Br R. J. HENDRICKS The Joha Brown saga: .. In the issues of this column beginning with Tuesday, Nov. 10, and ending with Wednesday, Not. 18, there was a series on Salmon Brown, son of John Brown of Os awatomle. Salmon Brown and family lived in Salem for a con siderable period, up to the end of 1899; their residence here dating back to early or middle eighties. This series attempted to detail the life of Salmon Brown, as a young man, while he was one of the chief aids of his father In the Kansas and Missouri troubles and raids, leading np to Harper's Fer ry. West Virginia, attack, which was one of the causes hastening civil war and thus sketching the history of the remarkble family that held the territory of Kansas, and defied the forces of the Unit ed States army. a This series has attracted a good deal of attention hereabouts and throughout the country. The Bits man haa a letter, under date of Nov. 27, from R. O. Collier, ed itor of "Building Economy", Cleveland, Ohio a magazine hav ing largo circulation in which he says: . S A week go I noticed In the Sunday Statesman an article by you regarding John Brown, evi dently one of a series. In Tha Statesman which arrived this morning I noticed what may be the Conclusion of the series. I am wondering If It would be asking too much of you were I to re quest yon to send me tear sheets of the editorial pages of the Pa pers carrying the entire series? Whatever the charges may be I shall be pleased to remit to you. . "I have been interested in this Brown family ever since, some 20 or more years ago, at Columbus, I met one of the sons, Jason, then nearly 80, who had come to the state fair to see Roy Knabenshue operate a cigar shaped dirigible Just big enough to carry him. Jason, with one foot In the grave, was an enthusiast on aviation." W The letter has been turned over to the circulation department to comply with the request of Mr. Collier. The Bits man, as time may permit, expects to follow up this matter with something more on the whereabouts of the members of the Salmon Brown family. Jason, as the reader who fol lowed the series will recall, was the second son of John Brown. He was one of the first four of John Brown's sons to take up claims in the early settlement of Kansas on the raw prairie that came to be called "Brownsville". the four soon Joined by Salmon. Jason was with the family throughout the Kansas troubles, and later in the Missouri slave raids. He was not at Harper's Ferry.. The father ofMrs". N. D. Elli ott, wife of the well known Sa lem printer, was a member of the party of John Brown in Kansas, when that armed band was oper ating In defiance of the United States government. Naturally, Mrs. Elliott took a great deal of Interest In the SalmonBrown fam ily while Its members lived in Sa lem. S S Salmon Brown did not escape political conflicts while he lived in Salem. Circuit Judge L. H. Mc Mahan remembers the campaign of 1898 In Marion county. So does Lon Wain, who was republican candidate for sheriff: and espe cially Is it vivid In the memory of Frank Durbln, who was elected sheriff, running on the demo cratic ticket, and getting all the stray votes he could from other parties and factions. That was the year when the republicans put into their platform a plank pledging to run Marlon, county on a budget of $40,000 a year. The Bits man remembers, for he wrote that plank. And the amount was not exceeded by a large sum, if at all. Think of -that. In compar ison with the present. But Mar lon county has grown, and we live in an age of automobUes, good roads and many other good things all of which we want, and all of which cost money. "m S The populists, yclept middle-of-the-roaders, called also less complimentary names by those who did not like their program, the free silver republicans, and some others, under different des Be Like the BEE- Provide for Future Needs t NATURALLY, the bee. never heard of Prosperity. He just goes ahead, storing honey for tha future, and (hen mak ing good use of honey when the need arises. It's fine to spend. But first you have to SAVE. Wise saving and wise spending art aa unbeatable combination. The FIRST NATIONAL BANK m SALEU BREAKFAST ignations, were "of the reserva tion" that year, like they say of the silck-ears or mavericks, or -sons of wild Jackasses" la the estate and house at Washington now. S They enlisted the fighting blood of Salmon Brown, and among other things they held a big meeting with speechifying and other hot-air exhibits in what was then known as the Turner block, diagonally across from the Mar ion hotel . . And they followed the orator ical fireworks with a torchlight parade np Commercial and State streets, giving a long to be re membered defiance to the old-time and hard-shelled republicans, to say nothing of the democrats who dated back to Andrew Jackson or Price's army. And that parade was headed by Salmon Brown, with his long beard and all the trim mings. Salmon was In s baggy, and there followed s very noisy Procession, singing: "John Brown's body lies a-mold- dering in his grave. But his soul goes marching on. The old-time reader knows that was a fighting tune, and the marchers of 1898 put plenty of pep into the singing; though the word pep was not yet coined. S Time changes many things. The old parties have long since adopt ed all or most of the populist ideas and generally gone them one better sometimes two or a dozen better, or farther. Old John Brown, arch fiend of his day to millions of his countrymen, is re garded now by the majority of their children as a martyr to a great cause. Had he succeeded at Harper's Ferry, possibly there would have been no Civil war. Other ways out might have been found. Some one has sent by mail to the writer a post card on the re verse side of which ia a scene at the grave of John Brown. The grave Is shown at the side of aa immense rock, the rock being marked with great letters. JOHN BROWN 1859 The scene shows a party of tourists visiting the place, and underneath is the title, "John Brown's Grave, Adirondacks." The grave, as the reader no doubt recalls, is at North Elba, Essex county. New York, in the northeast section of that state. John Brown was hanged Dec. 2, 1859. The Bits man would be pleased to have the name of the person who sent the card. Men to Give Program in Big Rivalry LABI3H CENTER, Dec. 8 The men of the community will pre sent their program in the com munity club rivalry contest Tues day night,1 December 8, at the schoolhonse. The business session of the club will be In charge of H. E. Boehm. president, after which the following program will be pre sented: A blackface farce com edy. "'Who Said Justice" with a cast aa follows: A. Donald Dasa. Al Potts; Duob, Valmer Klampe; Callem Mout, Mr. Dow; Vera Lit tle, Arlo Pugh; Hercules Samson. George Dow; Alonzo Law, Fred Pngh: Fertilizer Fermsann Hr 7 Boehm; Little Johnny Jones; rianx weinman; mil Blueguni, O. O. McClaughry; Peter Plxzlcat tl, Harry Bennett; Henry Hard shell. A. M. Bovnton: Trim Thnm. Las and Farmer Farmer, Horace tunny; Attorney Turner, Gus Har ris; Orchid Okra, Glen Wadley. and Softy 81mpson ,W. R. Gwinn. A one-act play "Box and Cox wlll be presented by Delbert -Bib-by as Box, Jim Sewell as Cox, and John Dow as Mrs. Bouncer, who runs a boarding house. The program also includes a reading by W. R. Daugherty, vo cal numbers by W. R. Gwinn, and music by a seven-piece orchestra, whose personnel includes Kennels, and Melvin Van Cleave, Ronald Stephens and Nile Dow of North Howell and Erwin Dow and Wll lard Hornschuch of this place. R. J. Ambos, a representative of a utensil company, will give a health program at the Labish Cen ter schoolhonse Thursday, Decem ber 10. at 8 p. nt. The public is Invited, bnt children will not be admitted. r