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PAGE FOUR The OREGON STATEaSlAJt, gaiemy - Oregon, Sonday Morning December 13, 1331 -No Foror Sway 17s; No Fear Shall Atce" 1 From First Statesman, March 28, 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Cbwjcs A. Spkague, Sheldon F. Sacks-it, PublUkere CHAxLES A. Spbacus - - Editor-Manager SHELDON F. SajCKXTT Managing Editor Member of the Associated PreM The 4aaoclate4 Praae la ereluatvaty entitled to tba usa toy"6 tvn e all newa Jiptc-ba cradUed to It or not otherwise credited la thia papaf. Pacific Coast Advertising: Representatives: Arthur W. Btrp. Ine lrtland. ftoeurtty Bld. Ban Francisco. Sharon Bid. : Lot An gel f W Pae. BlJe Eastern Advertising Representatives: FonJ-Paraona-Steeher. Inc. Now Tor. Bnttnon Tewar Bid.. 11 W 42nd St.: Chicaao. N Michigan Ava. Entsred at th Pottofftee at Salem, Oregon, at Second-crass Matter, Pubiiehed every morning except Monday. Buameee ffire, tlS S. CommerruU Street. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Mail Sutacrtptlon Bat., in Afvanoa. tln Orepn : Sunday. 1 Mo. ES centa; S Mo. $1-16; Mo. . 1 rear St.ua. Elaawher SO eanta par M-x. or IS 00 for 1 rear In advance. Br City Carrion 46 centa a month; 150 a rear In advance. Far Copy t ran. On tralna and News Btanda ( centa How Reliable are Engineering Estimates? mTTE wlmle artrument for the $2,500,000 bond Issue X based on the engineering estimates e Barr and Cun ningham. , , . , , Our attention has been called to the status of the - .town of Sutherlin in Douglas county which has bonds Is sued for its water system falling due February 1, 1932 , without a cent in the treasury to retire them. The town has a population of only 449. In 1912 when it was thriving it Issued $30,000 in water bonds. In 1925 Baar and Cunning ham were called in as engineers for its water system. They recommended new improvements and a bond issue of $58, 500 which the people obligingly voted. Now the day of reckoning is at hand. Here are the facts as set forth by Mr. Baar himself: Annual gross revenue $2,100.00 Operating expense 150.00 . Annual bond interest 3,217.50 Contribution from taxes: the difference between revenues and totaL f Rates: $2 for 1,500 gallons, 20c per 1000 gallons for next 1,500 gals.; 10c for remainder; 20c per thous and gals. "Note : The gross revenue seems low for the population, indicating that many people do not use municipal water. Sutherlin is not -providing for the retirement of bonds and certainly needs some good advice. They are unfortunate in having a 15 per cent shrinkage in the last 10 years." That is a statement by Mr. Baar in the current year. His recommendation that Sutherlin "certainly needs some good advice" suggests that Salem needs good advice today instead of engineering "guesses". For in 1925, when the boom on which Sutherlin hatl been built had been deflated, when it had not accumulated any sinking fund for its 1912 water bond issue, Baar and Cunningham recommended improvements to the system, including a pipe- line which cost the city $58,500 in addition to the $30,000 it already had invested. ' Mr. Baar notes that "many people do not use municipal water. Perhaps the answer is in- the rates of $2.00 per 1,500 gallons. In Salem the rate is $1.20 for 360 cubic feet or 2,700 gallons. In other words in Sutherlin high rates to meet excessive bond interest drives the users to wells and leaves a -big deficit each year. v Mr. Baar also comments on the fact that Sutherlin has tost 15 per cent population in 10 years.. This downward trend In Sutherlin's population had been marked for many years folllowing the failure of the pear development there. There has been little change' since 1925 when the engin 1 eers recommended this $58,500 water bend issue on top of a $30,000 water bond issue. Their "estimates" on the $2,500,000 proposition are based on a rate of growth in Salem which may or not be achieved.. In this document by Mr. Baar which is a study of . Oregen cities making the least favorable showing in their water plants we note this further point : The outstanding point is that these cities, with the single exception of Yamhill do not recognize the equit and necessity of a direct payment for services rendered in fire protection, etc Yet the Salem Advocates of this project argue that the city will save the sum 4t now pays each rear to the water company protection. In another respect the Bingham may be set down to le largely guesses. In order to get the big bond issue appear to pay out without charge to taxpayers they put the estimate of operating expenses of the gravity system at $40,000 and claim the city can run the plant much more cheaply than the private company. Here are operating expenses for other municipal plants in the state: - Eugene, deducting pumping expense $52,000. Population 18,901 ' Medford, gravity system $63,000. Population 11,007 Salem has a population of 26,266, its pipe line would be nearly 30 miles long. Yet we are supposed lo operate a water - plant here for $40,000 a year I Sutherlin has had an unfortunate experience with its costly water plant, the major portion of which was incurred under the engineering advice of Baar and Cunningham. This , dees not necessarily mean that this engineering firm is in competent or actuated by selfish motives. It does prove that no city can blindly rely on the estimates of a single firm of emgiaeers in a matter which rana into millions of dollars and involves obligations for 35 years. Writing a Tax BiH BEFORE the congress gets very far along the democrats in -control of the house will doubtless wish the republi caiarVJlIjlcome in and take the cares of state off their hands. NowiMijap to the democratic organization to put Crr5s&Jh&t hranc"ti3gtoijtion which its leaders agreed to with thApwsMwt Amjg hm tSfss-9 before congress was organized. They will have totss&4fee ga01$d-J8und up the recalcitrants of their party. The real vexation will come over revenue legislation Under the constitution all. measures for orovidino' revest. originate with the lower house. This is a relic of the days when the lower house was supposed to be more responsive to the people than the senate which was elected by legisla tures, and presumed to represent property and the "upper classes'. The democrats have given notice that white the pres ident may propose forms of raising more money the demo crata themselves win come forward with their own program. That Is well, but they realize that their program must pass a republican senate (or semi-republican) and be approved by a republican president It will tax the party brains to evolve, tax legislation which will not react on the proposers If the democratic tax . es put the screws twj.fcig business by sharply increasing the ' rates in the higher brackets, and "soaking the rich" then they will offend .Wall street and scare business right at the mo ment they want to assure business it has nothing to fear from a democratic administration. Al Smith made generous gestures In 1928, endorsing protective tariff, and calming fears of business interests. If the democrats now try to is for water supply in fire "estimate of Baar and Cun HEALTH il o. sinks County Sanitary Office Marlon Oo. Dept of HealA Every water works and public health official should make this accomplishment a paramount duty. The public has a right to ex pect and demand clean, safe water. Many towns In Marlon county provide unsafe water at the taps in the homes of consumers unless the distribution system is clean and free from contamination. Re pairs, replacements and new main extensions are frequently made regardless of how much they are used in carrying on this work. Dirt and foreign material isj almost certain to gain access to the pipe line. This is particularly true where the pipe lines are laid In trenches which are wet. The material which enters the pip line during construction usually Ilea along the bottom of the pip and also collects In the cracks In side of the pipe where each length of pipe joins with the next one. Should any of this material be contaminated with disease or ganisms a serious health menace would result. Regulations Given The fouowing regulations are advocated for all schools in Mar ion county as well as the city: "The area surrounding a well should be free from privies, man ure, filth, or other possible sour ces of contamination. If a privy must be used. It should be locat ed as far as possible from the well and also located so that drainage from the privy will be away from the well. Manure or similar refuse should be removed and the ground- sprinkled with dry chloride of lime. Frequently a well Is contamin ated because of the presenoe of dead animals or other foreign matter In the water. If so, the well should be pumped dry and cleaned out. After cleaning, add about three ounces of dry chlor ide of lime. About six hours later pump the water out. All contam inatlon present in the well at the time of treatment should by now be eliminated. If the well Is tight ly covered and Its walls are con-, structed of Impervious material which excludes surface water. It may remain In good condition for a long time. Quite often ground water is contaminated by drain age from privies, cesspools, sep tic tanks etc. Such water should not be. used for drinking or cul inary purposes unless absolutely necessary. If used It should be either boiled or treated congru ously with chlorine. Chloride of lime has from 20 to 25 per cent available chlorine when fresh, but with age It deter iorates, especially If It Is exposed to dampness. It should be kept in a dry place. Chlorine solutions usually have about 6 per cent available chlorine. They should be stored In brown bottles and kept tightly stoppered. Chloride of lime should first be made into a paste and then thoroughly mixed in a gallon of water before application. If chloride of lime is used and is not fresh material. double the dose. If water is not pumped from the well to a tank where it can be accurately dosed, add one tea spoonful of chloride of lime or five of chlorine solution to the well twice weekly. If this dose causes the water to taste strong, decrease the dose. After treatment has been in progress two weeks, a sample of water should be submitted to the laboratory for examination. If the test is not satisfactory, the dose is probably insufficient and should be increased. It is difficult to chlorinate a small well supply Properly, but with thoughtful and careful application good water can be obtained. Yesterdays . . . Of Old Salem Town Talks from The States man of Earlier Days leceinbr 13, 1906 The University of Oregon Glee and mandolin cluW which will play here in the Grand Opera house tomorrow night are claimed among the best productions that will visit Salem thia winter. Charles L. McNary. depnty dis trict attorney, will go to Portland today to testify in the Murray murder case, a the request of John Manning, dlstrltt attorney ior uuunoman county. WASHINGTON Presl d e n t uoosevelt'a proposal for Inaugur ation of simplified spelling yester day was thrown out of the house or representatives. The legislators decided that' th spelling to be recognized should be that of the standard dictionaries. December 13. 1P21 Salem citizens are orrerf tn a. tend a hearing tomorrow by the Puduc service commission con cerning the proposed elgbt-cent cariare ior ine city. ALBANY Oregon's atertUia- uon laws yesterday were held un constitutional In an opinion of Prcy R Kelly and G. O." Bing squeeze oiatfthmoijr billions more out of a few rich men thgnjvherewjll they et, thalM? chest in 1932 and what treatment mayEevxTfest from vyaU. street when a new president is to be elected. Business men grumble tftvsJ"01 banning, earring SlhiteS! Td W on the treasfirf-nd oi&Si tSX&S2AlTSSSE vkv, n tiicu is someining. ; 2 the other hand if the fC,; ' v; C ee taxes on the littIe fellows great will be iht wJI- Thee are mow people (and more voters) in the lower income classification than anywhere else.' Those wno are paving no income taxes now will not like to have uSSS, to P!nt wheJ th are caught Nor S ff?rieSB.of. 8maU busineS3 i with a hard struggle, iSir T6 Seir Income taxes boosted unless they see heavy in income3 of the upper crust , Meantime the house republicans may view with interest T-tSiS1?!? the democratic majority will squirm. ES w? I e krtff it provokes resentment among those whp have to foot the bills. Governing the country is not an easy job: and before lono wa mv tnA aa -. a. " tuuug uiB democrats oi tne House. .- i HERE'S HOW WXAAATyiROVDA jr' INDIA'S FAMOUS LEADER 1NVENTE0 THE PORTABLE HAND f LOOM HE IS SHOWN (ENG. FOR TRAVEL IT FOLDS TO COMPACT STZB M Mi KEHNQ CONVKT-CAHtrff TIACC. A lAUtOAO M THE SOUTH HAS EQUIPPED A COACH WITH BAMED WMDOWS Tuesday: "Yon eat You Have to Know Folks Before You Can Get Along With Them By D. .-I-L Talmacfge, Sage of Salem Signs on shop fronts and in stairways and on the walls of elevator rotundas tell one story to the stranger and quite another to the old resident. Flem Fleeger, back In Mis souri, once gave a new hired man a hit of warning. "You're liable to have trouble with that mule. Bill," he said, "If you don't start in to handle him kind o' easy like. He's a good mule, bnt he's got to be got acquainted with." You've got to know folks be fore you can be reasonably sure of getting along with them. A man may say "there's no hurry" and mean by it that you'd better move fast if yon know what's good for you. A man on one of the downtown streets was preparing In a kettle some stuff with which to repair a pavement break. A child passed on the edge of the walk and wrinkled a small nose. "O gee!" he gurgled, "soup!" Now where do you reckon that child got his idea of soup? XOT REALLY KICKING It is considered strange by some observers that folks from those regions where the - weather be comes very cold In the winter should growl so fiercely because of the mild cold waves that occa sionally sweep over this section. These growl should not be taken seriously. They are not necessari ly a reflection on the climate, but are one of the natural effects of years of habit. These growlers dont know how to growl about winter weather in any other way. And, of course all of us must growl about the weather now and then. Probably, were the average man to be sentenced to make no comment whatsoever on the wea ther, he wouldn't last a great while. Anyway, I've never known a growl about the weather to do the least bit of harm. Courteousness is beautiful thing. Bnt the members of the conrtesy family are not an alike. Bud G upper, when a lady custom er enquired of him "Are these oggs perfectly fresh?" replied courteously "You're dam' right they are, madam." It does seem as If mora boys and girls than should are rushing into the holy bonds of matrimony and turning around and rushing right out again, bat I reckon It's mostly froth on the surface and Isn't so terrible as some of us are trying to make it appear. Bp tar as I am able to Judge without ac tual figures, the newspapers are printing mora golden wedding stories than ever before. JUST BIG CHILDREN Men and women am but chil dren of a larger growth, at some thing similar to which an oldtlme that when he was a child he ham. judges of the third Judicial district. Beacause only Inmates of state institutions are designat ed subject to aterllixalon, the laws were held to be class legislation. silverton The. new city cnarter wag carried at the special election here yesterday. Among its provisions srs increased power ior tne crty water commission and inspection of dairies located within the city limits. - " - democrats do not soak the rich! atwj SUU WMUMW By EDSON -if RJnshaoo rotnra made or 'CLOSELY WOVEN NETTXO Atf USED M GERMAN? TO PtEYENT SCORCHING AND ENCOURAGE GROWTH Less Than you did' spake as a child, understood as a English poet Dryden maybe once said. 1 fear it's true. The Apostle Paul toid the Corinthians child, thought as a child but that when he became a man he put away childish things. More grown ups should consider these words of the Apostle Paul. I find it ex ceedingly annoying when I wish to approach closely to a display of toys, and furthermore desire to stick around for a time, to be compelled to Bhov and shoulder and elbow my way through a mob of adult folks who should be In aaotbr department looking at dishes Or woolen underwear or something on that order. I know a number of other folks, some Of them older than I, who feei the same regarding the matter. I have tried earnestly this week to reveal a luscious secret which chanced to come to me. but have had no luck. Everybody to whom I whispered the secret al ready knew it, and, as has since turned out the darn thing was a He, anyway. There's nothing like a secret for rapid circulation. A man from down towards the gulf said to me the other day, "Salem folks are mighty fine," and J said in return, "Yeah, there are sure some mighty fine folks In Salem." And It's the truth. But there are fine folks pretty well everywhere. I chanced to find some of 'em over in the north Idaho mountains one day 2T or 39 years ago. A young man, his wife and two children, living in a shack on a tlm!er claim. Not much la the way of external beau ty, that shack. No roads in those hills at that time. Eighteen miles to the nearest bottle of cough medicine over a trail that a horse could travel only. In the summer. In the winter dogs were used. But and this was astonishing there was n good piano in that hack and there- was a violin on the .stano and the music opened above the keyboard was Mendels sohn's Spring Song, arranged for the two Instruments, -and one end of the front room was lined with books, and there were copies of worM-famous' paintings on' the walla. A 16-JO rifle stood In the corner behind the front door, and on a hook over the rifle hung a hAtaier which faeld a weapon like unto that which Mr. Buffalo Bill adorned hi handsome person la Wild West days. The hoar spent with those strangers was a delightful- one. So far as they knew, I was an ordinary tramp, but they mad me welcome. Fine loixa, Jtt wnderoeitl1 ' TZr ilia r - -v. i. .1.1-. k life wane doing It one chfrr look at the taixtS9JiUltraaj, which I'm afraid I do? A&Tway, it jroea to show that there TT fine folks everywhere. OOLTJMBUSES ASS FEW Some of ns are -discoverers, and some of us are developers, bat firaet of ns well. It is more than likely that America wouldn't hare been discovered' yet had it not been Incumbent on any member of our neighborhood pinochle club to discover H. When a stranger swells out his chest and says 'Yve been around vi i,3 w D. H. TALMADGB ' - at SYNOPSIS Is die liexkaa desert a tnasked ridcf, bis gun atia warm, bides k the shelterlag mesxrotte 'as the cav alry tide past. They atop beside the prostrate figure of a man. "Lop!" they ralahn, and n shiver rant through the group. A Jeering laugh bursts down from above, and gazing np they see the masked rider oat lined against the aky Across the border, tail and handsome Ted Rad cHffe arrives at Verdi Junction. He b met by a pretty girl who drives him to the home of his friend. Bob Harkneas. She leaves without giv ing her name. CHAPTER III Loach over, he went out to the corral where, in the shadow of the saddle house, a grizzled Mexican sat braiding a leather quirt. He touched his sombrero as Radcliffe ap proached. "I am Manuel," the Mexican an nounced in slow Spanish. "Can I serve the tenor?" "Just now, Manuel, the best of service would be a horse to ride. Will you saddle oacV But Manuel within the next few minutes saddled two horses, and, handing the reins of the larger ani mal to Radcliffe, said casually, "Don Bob would not have the sehor ride alone on this, his first day." Smiling, the big man nodded and they turned south toward the Mexi can boundary, Radcliffe ahead, the old Mexican shuffling along at a tireless trot, while silently he told himself that the big Eastern gringo tould at least ride. Presently they dropped down from the mesa into a little river val ley which, Manuel told him, marked the Mexican line. Here they watered their horses, then crossed and bore sitll farther south into Mexico. To the left a ranchhouse appeared, from whose chimney a blue pencil of smoke pointed straight upward, bringing to the horsemen that sweet, acrid smell of burning mesquite. On either fide little checkerboard fields of green told of spring's coming, and of farm crops just breaking through the soiL They told, too, of toil and care in the face of adversity, and of unending battle waged against the desert's stern hostility. It was an outpost, that ranch, an outpost of man,- the homemaker, invading the desert Beyond the water-tank's mo tionless windmill a few cattle rested after the day's grazing. Alt the world was hushed. The benediction of a desert afternoon brooded over the land the friendli ness of tilled fields and human habi tation. To Radcliffe, the utter peace of it held him. He was about to speak when a shrill scream pierced the stillness and straightened both men bolt up right in their saddles. Again that agonized scream, and from behind the ranchhouse a barefoot peon boy fled toward them in. shrill terror down the slope. Behind him two Mexican vaqueros ran clumsily in high-heeled boots, lashing the boy with their quirts, cutting through the thin shirt until again he screamed in an ecstasy of pain. With each stinging blow the boy leaped franti cally into the air, and at each jump his pursuers laughed and struck again. Once he fell, but staggered to his feet beneath a had of blows. As Radcliffe spurred forward, the boy caught sight of him, and with redoubled peed made fof the rider. Seizing his stirrup, he turned up ward a suppliant face, revealing across Us dark cheek the deep welt of a quirt. "Help me, sefior." he cried fa Spanish, and even as he spoke the leading vaquero seized him and raised Ms quirt to strike again. Radcllffe's leg flashed over the saddle horn. He seemed to strike some." I'm disposed to be a bit guarded la my jalk to him and a bit respectful in my manner, be cause It Is possible he has been to all the shores of the seven seas, has high-stepped on Broadway, baa eojenrned In the cafes of Paris and has given sure tor stare la dear old London. The Or ient may be to him as an open book. Aad the 8tates plsht noth ing to Itt One cannot always telL StUl, when a stranger thus con fides In me, I suspect his "been around some" merely means that be has patronized a merry-go-round or perhaps has exercised horses oa a racetrack. Personal and theatrical: It looks to me as if Joe Brown's month might have be come that way from eating Iowa corn oft the cob and maybe Mus catine watermelon off the rind. I mast enquire into Joe's past John Conger at 70 la the Nest or of Salem's active printers. John con Id write a history of Sa lem that would be more than or dinarily interesting. George Ade's long-age comedy, "Father andthe Bora". Will Rog erslxed and retitled ''Totug as You Feel", was weU patronised in Salem, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, It second showing here within a tew weeks. Will may not have "It", bnt he certainly has "something". It's alp and tack between Lon and Harold Baslck ai to. which la the more artistic letterer of win dow feigns, a branch of art which does not rise to sublime heights In all places. The Baslck lettering Is well done. Salem boys of all ages, from three years up to sixteen, fol lowed the progress of Tom Mix's 'll'j; eriSfc much genuine con cern, t&t ZZ atr wh0 watered eomewha d nL when he nSt-" IlT auestCa. bnt he way. havi saf torfi4re2eW?Ula head. For aemo reason, Ue"gfrls didn't seem to cam so greatly. Daily Thought "Whom, then, is free? The wise man Who can govern himself." Horace. "The Gay Bandit g Border" jg lti 0' rr Get out,- he ordered briefly, the ground and the vaquero at the same instant, and in the next second the nearer Mexican rose in the air. turned twice, then sprawled face down upon the sand. In consterna tion his companion halted, and after a moment of stupefied silence called to Manuel in Spanish, "Who is this gringo fool that he interferes with the riders of Paco Morales?" Before Manuel could reply, Rad cliffe himself answered. "Come just a little nearer, amigo, and I will in terfere yet again." The giant muscles of his shoulders twitched as if eager to strike. The vaquero thoughtfully stepped back a pace. Gently Radcliffe spoke to the boy. "Why do they beat your . "Because I watered my father's cattle at the stream, senor. They say the stream is low and that the water belongs to Paco Morales." "Is this so?" He looked up at ManueL The old Mexican shrugged. "The stream belongs to all. But the herds men of Morales do not suffer others to use it" "How can they prevent it?" Moodily Manuel nodded toward the vaqueros. "Paco Morales has more than a hundred riders. They shoot well and are unafraid. That is why men who are wise do not dispute them. The boy's frightened eyes looked up at his pursuers. "But the water from our well has dried. Is it the will of God my father's cattle should die?" Twirling his quirt the vaquero laughed. I am no priest But cer tainly it is not the will of Paco Mor ales that you should use his water or his grass." Again he scowled at Radcliffe. "Jito, our leader, will soon make this gringo regret he ever raised a hand against one of our riders." Grimly Radcliffe smiled back. "If yon would only come a little closer, I might make it two of your riders. He raised the man to his feet and thrust him toward his comrade. "Get oat," he ordered briefly, "before I twist your neck. Sullenly the Mexicans turned op the hiU, aad, reaching in his pocket, Radcliffe dropped a silver dollar Into the peon's hand But Manner face BITS for BREAKFAST -By R. J. HENDRICKS The Jorys: S (Continuing from yesterday:) "At The Dalles Captain Magone stayed by his party, to see that the last one got through. He had, Indeed, mad all the young men promise that they would stay by the families untU all were at their Journey's end. There were, how ever, some that never came New Vie wi "Do you favor any cancellation or reduction of war debts from European nation to the United States?" This was the question asked yesterday by Statesman re porters. Dr. Robert M. Oatke, profeeeor of history and political science, Willamette vniveraltyt "I had not favored such redactions up until Jast the last few months, on the basi that European countries were not reducing armament rapidly enough. However, the continued chaotic economic con ditions hare plaeed the matter in a different light and I would fav or the redactions if those coun tries woald make an appreciable reduction la armaments." Mrs. Howard Maple, house wife! 'To really not In favor of it I think there are a good many things we could mse that money for over here." , Mrs. Nedo Bock. W. O. T. U. organisers "That la a pretty big question. Too much for me Just oft hand. X do think, however, the war debts were made too .heavy." Capitol poet J. a PenrCrtUtt Tit rathoe not gay. If r de.PU mu wui me aooul Jaane H. Nicholson, lnanraxice go! "I'd rather not be quoted (3 "before I twist your neck." was troubled as they rode back to ward the border. "it is not often, seftor, that one touches a herdsman of Jito' band," he said at last Then, after a mo ment's silence he chuckled aloud. "Qui va, how that carrion flew through the airl" He looked' admir ingly at the great muscular body and the thick neck. "But the fellow was right Jito will try to tear you apart for this." "Do you think he could?" Again Manuel took in the big. lightly knit form, the arched chest. and arms like flexible steeL "Now, by Our Lady, I do not know," he said doubtfully. "There is none on the border one half so strong as Jito. Carambai It would be a fight worth living for." In silence they rode slowly up the long slope toward the mesa, and Radcliffe, remembering his dinner appointment at the military post, touched spurs to his horse, reaching the ranchhouse full five minutes ahead of the perspiring ManueL He hurried into his evening clothes just as an army car drew up before the bungalow, and was driven through a crimson desert sunset to the little cavalry post that lay on the outskirts of Verdi. Thirty-five years ago it had been a refuge against hostile Navahos in the days when Verdi it self was a turbulent cow camp. But now for many a year the well-kept military reservation had. doxed through a long, uneventful succes sion of commanding officers. Before the quarters of the latest of these the car stopped, and Radcliffe read the sign over the vine-covered porch, "L. R. Blount, Major, U. S. A." It was Mrs. Blount who received him Aunt Clara, he remembered, the girl had called her. From the first he liked this vigor ous, middle-aged woman. Liked the firm handshake, the keen, straight look and the deep restful voice, "I sent for yon before the others. She led him to the broad fireplace. "That was partly selfishness to have to myself the new mysterions ar rival. And then I can describe the menagerie before k arrives. For, like a perfect hostess, Pve invited everybody that matters aad several that don't" (TO Be C fiiiatC through. "A fa.milyaamad'Wllcox con tracted the measles early on tht way, and owing to exposure li looking after cattle In the rain, the entire family, except two girli and a little boy, died. A famllj named Rydenhour also, with tht exception of one boy, died of the same. Measles worn general that year on the plains, and, as is well known, were the occasion of the outbreak against Whitman that occurred late In the autumn, the Caynsts contracting the dis ease from the Immigrants and be coming terrorised at a plague which the could not controL Is Is "A man by the name of Koonta was drowned on the 8nakn river. He wan crossing oattio at the ferry, and seeing - on with crumpled horns caught on the cable went out to unloose the an- vH ad WM eaaht In a whirlpool and wont down. . , . Magone himself was nearly drawn a yklrlpool of the Snake. . The widow of Koonts wa made a special care by Magone, who brought her chest of goods him self in a boat from The Dalles to the Cascade, along on a pole be tween the two. w . "The Joryi all reached Oregon in safety, and coming Into the Willamette valley looked about tor a home. They were struck with the attractive little eetUe men t 8em (then "The lnti- l?U L nd th Advantage! of chorch and school. The choice lay between thia and the yet enoocn- ?J2i Prvl1 o lh Saatiam, and abore Albany. There the land aed better, bat the other at- Jl.,114 th that tojthe htila near Salem the pros pect Of health mm. V... " .v - on the prairie, outweighed in th oi?n.and allck claim to getherAeeat ell 0T miles rm the prrseVt wnini. Tbn nak tree, an Father JoryuT. fpvl Prove fertile