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"Ato Favor Sways V$; No Fear Shall Awe"
From First Statesman, March 28, 1851
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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
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Vork. Salmon Tower Bids,
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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!
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IH4CLI SAM II XAI CONSOOUT.
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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
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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."
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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