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PAGE FOUR Tha OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon. Tuesday Morning, December 15; 1931 J ' i "No Favor Sways Vt; No Fear ShaU AueT : From First Statesman. March 28. 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Cbakxes A. Spracux, Shetjdom F. 8ackeit, PnAiuarr CBAtXES A. Spragci Editor-Manager Sheldon F. Sackett ..... Managing Editor 11 ember of the Assoriated Presa j Tha Aaaoclated Preaa Is exclusively entitled tm ttiw toZV?&Z ttoa ot all news dispatches credited to H or not etltarwtse craditae n this paper. , Pacifie Coast Advertising Representatives: Arthur W. 8typea. Int. Portland. BecarHy Bid. Baa Francises, Sharon Bldg. : Ua A-ngelea. W Pac. B1J Eastern Advertising Representatives: WoTOParsone-Stechar. Inc, Nw Tork, Smlmoa Towr Bid, 11 W. 4Snd St.: Chicago. N aHcfalxan Ave. Eutrrtd at tha Pottoffice at Salem, Oregon, ao Second-Class Matter. Published every morning except Monday. Business office, t!5 S. Commercial Street. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: M&fl Butacrlptlon Rate In Adrar.c. Wltala Orefe" Daily f a-a Bandar. 1 Ma CO cent; S Mo. 11.35; Ma. tl.M; 1 year 14.06. Elsewhere 60 canta par Mo., or fa 00 for 1 rear to advance. By City Carrier: 45 cent a month; a year ta advance. Par Copy S can, On tralna and Newi Stand i casta Vote! VOTE today I This advice applies tp every duly registered voter In the city of Salem. Great issues are at stake today. Do not let them be decided by just a handfull of votes. Vote today. Polls are open from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. at polling places designated elsewhere in this paper. If you do not know where to vote call the Chamber of Commerce, tell where you live and they will tell you where jour polling place is. Vote today. Barriers to Recovery FROM our study of affairs we conclude that there are only two major obstacles toward a definite stemming of the tide of deflation and the setting in of business acceleration. These are the railroad situations in the United States, and the adjustment of the European debt situation which centers about German obligations. The first, relating to railroads, is one of acute-importance in this country. Railroad investments in the form of . bonds and stocks have long been the backbone of conservative investment in this country. The bonds, chiefly the mortgage bonds; have been in highest favor with insurance companies and banks. The stocks of the old, well-managed and conser vatively financed roads have been in 'favor with estates, en dowment funds and individuals. But the decline in net earn ings of railroads has impaired the structure of their credit so their bonds and stocks are selling at heavy discount. This affects adversely the whole business scene and is directly ac countable for the general sloughing of quotations on all class es of securities in late weeks. The importance is not merely that of a railroad or two passing into receivership: that happens from time to time anyway. It is the weakening of the whole investment struc ture which is actually taking place. The interstate commerce commission has granted a mo dicum of "relief in a privilege for limited surcharges in freight rates, the fund to be administered first as a source f loans to roads not earning their fixed charges. This in itself is inadequate to restore healthy margin of earnings and the railroad executives are seeking a reduction in rates ef pay. Conferences this week will probably settle this ques tion, and the indication is that the union beads will finally yield . to the demands for a 10 reduction in wage scales. With these, unless tonnage should continue to decline, the reads should be able to make a fair showing of earnings which will act as a tonic. Their revival might quickly be fol lowed by a general revival of trade. The second impediment to business reconstruction Is the complex problem of war debts, reparations and Germany's short term obligations. It will be recalled that Pres. Hoover recommended a moratorium of one year on payments on debts between governments. In August holders of short term notes issued by German banks and business houses agreed to a "Stfflhaltung", a "standstill" by which the notes were extended six months to next February. Now conferences are in progress, one dealing with Ger many's capacity to pay the reparations assumed under the Young plan; the other in Berlin dealing with the commer cial debts of the Germans and particularly the short term fePotes. Germany contends she cannot pay both the reparations and the post-war commercial and public debts. The question la complicated further because the allied powers which are the ones receiving the reparations, are heavily in debt to the United States. France sounds the note of no cut in repara tions without equivalent cut in war debt to the United States. In this country opposition is cropping up against any con cessions, although congress is expected to ratify the mora torium. The world at large has never felt that Germany could pay the mass of reparations piled on her, or that she should ptr them. They were the penalty of defeat. It must likewise be admitted that the war debts of the affies to this country are by no means sacred. They were loans made by Se Mc Adoo after we got into the war; and so were in effect loans to our partners to help them carry on the business until we could get on the ground. While with Yankee shrewdness we dislike snaking any cuts to our debtors we cant get away from the fact that these McAdoo loans were made in war time to our own associates fiehtinc in 1 them and to us. We have already In effect reduced these debts though re have done it in the face-saving way of postponing r , uai&uu.uiu rates oi lmeresu With so many nationalistic nreiarlice tn nlno if ' vroinfr to be a difficult thing to write a formula agreeable to the parties involved, which, will give Germany the relief which she manifestly requires. In this -country Irreconcil able senators and congressman are already gesticulating wildly against any cuts in the debts. It is perhaps too much to expect that in this time of crisis our small bore congres sioaal leaders win cease to play politics with the travail of the globe. Unless there is more of an attitude of compromise uu win in wasnirrgton ana in fans then the solution ofihis problem will be extremely tiiffiVnif We cannot but have faith however that adjustments will be made. The problems are not insoluble; the methods of procedure are apparent and have been mtilnoA hv K.do committee of last August, which called for readjustment of debts aad I reparations and the easing of the prohibitive tar- a J rea nave rpea to paralyze trade between nations, barely mtellisrence has not been eThniaHw nr tt. tog them remedies swift and vw-ww are reoeiuag over the "depreaaioa." Some are protest- XfftP a neW,S0". dBtci trett terSd In some H. .r8 ttTnltie; and a. leading- ee-e Washington told the college boys they had better snap out of It. the women war a" ji - . Attendance at college is reported to show a etteht lncreajw tht, ISL1? 'kP1U 01 htrd tlm"' " ttfcW battel besa- oart IZSkd0 few Md Kes " 4fJoang people can possftlr do it they axe going to college to completetheir education is iaM87!?a haTJ bvut ruIaed bridge, basketball and football, it is agrd to enjoy a football game any more Because tt takes an JS ports writer to follow theystem". ? a M xpert utk Ameca?meriC U BOt nt. ough tt nets like sure may certainly be found bv Yesterdays . . Of PU Caka VovmTaOa man ef rartiac Dara December 15, 1900 -The valuation el taxable prop erty la Salem, as announced by the county elerk yesterday, is f i 2X5.011 for ItOI. la contrast with I2.C39.SII for 1101. The Increase Is partially die ta the new sys tem of assessing at tall value. SCIO Three men nave bees arrested here, the first three vio lators of the elty's new ordinance forbidding drunkenness wlthla the city limits. Although the coun ty Is dry, liquor Is shipped la by express. The antiquated, electrified horse cars which have done dsty here for so many years! will soon be replaced with modern street cars. , December 15, 10X1 As all merchantable timber has been eat, the Black Reek cam of the Spauldlng Logging com pany, In operation for the past it years. Is about to be closed dowa permanently. Will Irwin lectured at the ar mory last night. He painted a horrible picture of what the next war might be. "The Next War doesn't really mean that there will be any next. he said, how ever. WASHIaTOTOV It bAllavad that Premier Lloyd George of Great Britain, attending the arms conierence nere,- contemplates cancellation of all war debts owed to Great Britain by Italy, France, Belgium and Russia. The Safety Valve - - Letters from Statesman Readers R&dlands, California, December 10th. 1111. To The Editor of the Oregon Statesman. Salem, Oregon. Dear Sir: I have read your Editorials and general comments on the proposed Bond lasna to nnrehasa thm Wa ter Co's. plant, with great inter est. Having lived in our beautiful city for more than fifty veara and for most of that time a taxpayer, I am naturally greatly interested In the welfare of Salem. We all have views and theories of what should be done and I have mine how to get better water at a reasonable cost That is not the question before the voters at the present time the question is: Shall we rote 2 million dollars in Bonds durine these hard times. I say NO and emphatically NO. Regardless of assertions to the contrary, the passage of this Bond issue means a substantial addi tional tax for years to come, as well as an impairment of our City credit. The Dresent Water Ca. if elrnn a chance will give us better water and at a reasonable price. Why not let them do it? Yours very truly. Win. Brown 590 State St. Salem. Perrydale Win Two Tilts From Monmouth PERRTDAT.E. Hoc. 14 Th Perrydale Quintets won a decklva victory over the Monmouth girls' and boys' teams when thev mat in a league game here Friday. The Klrls' same was fast with perrydale in the lead all the time: final score 81 to in. The boys final score was 25 to 14. Chrlstensen was referee. Immediate Attention to Burns Highly Important Even the Most Common Household Accidents Mirny Leave Permanent Deformities or Disfiguring Scmrs if Ni Given Prompt and Skilled Attention, By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D. United States Senator front New York. Former Commissioner of Health. New York Cit. RUSNS are the most common of all household accidents. An astonlahing number ef burns Is recorded every day by all the hospitals of the large eTtiea. Bnrna a a usually due to carelessness and a egligenee. Failure to see that electrical household equipment is in proper working order is another important fac tor. Most bums could be avoid ed and many bad scars ana deform ities orevented bv a Dr. Capeland little precaution. There are many causes for burns. Moist or dry heat, elee tncity and chemicals are among the most common. The spilling of c?.?6 r water, the spattering pt boUlng fat, abort circuits from s-ena toasters and percolators, are responsible for many burns. Most tt them are from avoidable causes. The immediate treatment ef every aura Is of the greateat Importance, afaay an InalvidtiaJ, who has been evarty burned carries a scar for the rest of his Ufa. because he has tailed to get treatment. This Is wafortvnats. because early treatment weald have prevented the scar. 1 ' .... . f : . . . ' : Answera to IIeJtbi"DjacTfiee 1 W. M. f. O. Ta Va4 IvmHi mrm. htot A. First remove the cause, which may be due to nasal catarrh, de rayed teeth, diseased tonaUa, tadiges Uoa er eeasUpatlon. - e T. D. Q. What eaa be done far Itching between the tees and under- I HERE'S MOW OO CONSUMED NUiBKlESSPQ CAPITA THAN M 7HEX300D OLD n AY' tuivf y. MACS CY GOYIXMV MENTSTATSTXIANSr SAY3TH3 6 DUETOtf LABOt-SAVINCV MACHINES AND! WAKMEt HOMESi HI? TAS' I? tft&& Tomorrowi "Mall Delivered J Ail gK BITS for BREAKFAST By R. J. HENDRICKS The first teachers: V There are contradictory eUte- ments la most If not all histories about the first schools and the first teachers in Oregon. S There is no doubt that the first school teacher la all Oregon was John Ball, who came with the first Wyeth party In 18S2. arriving at Fort Vancouver Oct. 21. In a Utter dated September IS, 1812, at his farm on the Willamette, Ball wrote to his parents at Hebron. New Hamo- s hire: "After dissolving connec tion with N. J. Wyeth on the 17th of last November. I vai In vited by Dr. John McLonr&lin. chief factor of the fort ... to take charge as a pedagogue of his own son and a few other boys at the fort for the winter . . Here I sassed the tlma. not disagreeably, until March." This indicates that John Bt.ll opened the first school In the Oregon country immediately after Nov. 17, 1832, and taught there untU the first of March. 1122, when he went to the WUlamette, just below, the present Champoeg ram. ana became the first Amer ican farmer In the Oregon coun try. S S After Ball auit teachin. Dr. McLoughlln employed Solomon Howard Smith, who also came with Wyeth In 1822. to contlnna the school, and thai ha becama the second teacher in the Oregon country. There Is a statement, or an intimation, trr at least on Oregon history writer that Smith taugnt tne school at old Fort Vancouver for about It months. That is no doubt annroxlmatalv correct The son of Dr. Me Loughlln that Ball taught was David, who afterwards went to England to finish his education. The other pupils were other quar ter-breed and half-breed boys of the chief employees ot the Hud son's Bay company. S Jason Lea wrota la hia dfarr for Monday, September 22, 1834: came eiong the wniamette river or a little distance from it about II miles to Mr. Gervais'; If tba burn is severe enough, taera aaay be oemplete 4aatrucUon of the earn aaa t the ussues onaemaaui the akin. It may evea predaoe char-' rlaar ef tha nadartrlna' structures. The svrlous&ass ef the bora Aepeads apoa the location eC the burn aad the ae of the patient. Barns, particularly la children, are far mare serious than moat' people believe. They are very bad ff tha taes and hands ara axtanalTatv - ta. volwed. In these locations they re- quire more careful attantlea. becanse ot tha areatar daaser ot Infection aad et dlaOcurlna- scars. I cannot streaa too vlfsranal-v tha fact that every burn requires care ful aad Inunedlato attention. Call your doctor tt the born seams the least mi secieus. CSaanaa ttm mmrremaMmm aArla , carefully as poawdbls with soap and water, xx uis asm m ao vroaea. pas thick fatyecs of unguentlae or ether healing salve ever tha affected area. The bandas-aa and heme medlratloa are used eoly unul. tna eoctor ar- 11a spread with tha salvasaay be laid aver iaa aueciea area, xnia wia keep out the dirt and air. TV f Ha InrraaS am la rnwnraJ Tav clothing: vary great care must be usaa. V sura aera as bm amvuiaer las; place ot doth la contact with Ka. mMm IrhM mm imfekhr mm WM- Ma remove the clothes. This should se aoae oy comae vae cunmaf each aide of the hwaed area aad taking tt oft la sections. After this, apply the anfare aad await the dee tofa arttval. naaiht It Is very IrrttaUng. aa&y oaring tne nisnr. A. This Is probably due te rfas arm er Teems; excessive persplra- Ooa la alae a factor la aome fa stances. For farther particulars send a Mlf-addresaed. stamped envelope ana repeat yaw quusuuu. By EDSON COMW tssco AS mm AN AUTO tNVINTEO 97 tovLMyots, c OS ANGCttl A atVCl AND MVENTOt ft UaJ)t3 AM ABVIAM USM6 STEAM TUUNES FOI POWOt at 200 Miles per Hour1 caned at the eoiim a hablUnte who were very glad to 1 n w aav w S w TOry K HQ IB see as. Most ot the men are Ce nadians with natlva wiaa Here we foaad Mr. 8mlth (Sohv m.? Bo? 8mith) teaching ai vroaas. tie u an American wh came from Boston with cnt Wyeth." (Lee had come that uay rrom about where Champoeg Park is now.) -.. By that time, Solomon H. 8mlth had left eld Fort Vaneon rer, taking with him Cellist (aft erward eaUed Helen), who had beea the common law wife of the old baker at Fort Vancouver: and Smith married her, and they were convertad hv tha .... - - u.mwuar- lee and became their helpers, aft- wruB going to the mission on Clatsop plains. That Is. Solomon w jmii. who became the teacher at old Fort Vancouver nfrar r.n left for his farm March 1, 1833. was by Sent 22. ltii T. son Lee made his first visit there at the place of Joseph Gervais, aaa leacninr nir ttrm-mAm " s Jason Lee was bsrt at tha rjo.- vals place with his goods Satur day, Oct. 4. and located his mis sion two miles above on Monday. October . Wlthla a fw mrvi the Leee had thlr first log house under roof, anil wra re ceiving Indian pupils In their mission school. The Methodist missionaries were clearly the third school teachers in the Ore gon country. S At least one writer ot Oregon history. Prof. J. B. Rarnt, the credit to Narclssa Whitman ot being the first Woman taaOia in the Oregon eonntry, which Is wrreci. ant sne bad no ail white children to teach before 1842. In amy. hit, there were five white women and five children an t. September of that year m. white women and nio-ht ri.i children at the Methodist mission oeiow wnat became Salem, and the children were in school. Ia June, 1840. 11 mars whfta hH- dren, of the Lausanne party, came vo mat mission station, with a teacher brought especially to teach the white children. ri.ina A. Clark, who bcama tha r-. teacher of the Oregon Institute that by change of name became Willamette university. S John Ball, the first teacher, wrote in one of his letters to his parents that, having, March 1, 1833, moved up the Willamette, he took "a farm that butted half a mile on the river amf artnmi. ed back to California." He was not accurate in that statement. His farm did not extend back to California. Josenh nemia hi taken his place, 13 miles above. lira years oeiore, and Louis La bonte. Sr.. had been dninr farm. lng on the Gervais land fnr m,. eral years. The wives of Gervais, Labonte and Solomon H. Smith were all daughters ot Kobaway. chief of the Clatsop Indians "a -a John Ball Wrota ia tha eama letter: "I came to this place and commenced farming under many auaaraaiages. I hoarded the first tnree months at J. B. Desportes. a half-breed, whose family ennatat. ed of two wives, besides one ab sent, by all seven children, four or nve sieves and two or three hired Indians, besides cata and dog without number. All Inhabit ed one room in common." Ball wrote: "I madn nes3, hoe handles, plowed, made iences. sowed and planted with out help, except what I could get from a wild Indian, about six weeks in the spring. I bunt the house aforesaid ('the walls of which are the cylindrical fir and the root thereof cypress and yew), sleeping within Its walls from the day tt was commenced, and soon after built a littla barn." Ha wrote further: "By July 10 my companion. Mr. Sinclair, was taken with fever and ague." This was J. Sinclair, who came in tha Wyeth party with Bali. Bashiord calls him St. Clair. Bashford also calls tha man Ball who boarded with Jean Baptiste Deoortes Mc Kay. Ball left his farm Seat. 28 1138: abandoned It, traded his harvested crops for passage en tha Hudson's Bay company's ship Dryad, and left eld Fort Vancou ver Sept. 28, 1832. never te re- 5 "The Gay Bandit j Border"- jmmmmmm -a.- mmwmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. TKQP3TS Ia the Uexieaa assert, a ridar. bis gum gt& varan, Udea ta the sbelterina; rmsanlta as the cav alry ride past. They stow beside tba prostrate figure of a saaav TopesT -they QTcatsa. aad a shrrtr throngh tha greep. A Jisrtng laugh bursts down frota above, aad gating up they see the snasked rider out lined against the sky. Across the border, tall aad handsome Ted Rad- diffe arrives at Verdi Junction. He is met by a pretty girl who drives hint to tha home of bis friend. Bob Harkneaa. She leaves without giv ing bar nanaa. While waiting for Bob, Ted goes riding; Be rescues a boy being beaten by two Mexicans ia Pace Morales employ. They threaten him with the vengeance of their leader, Tito. Later Ted goes to dinner at Major Bloamt's, of the U. S. Army, and is cordially received by Mrs, Blount. CHAPTER IV "You're being awfully good to a stranger." "Rot. You're not a stranger here. Already Verdi is whispering that you've come out to buy miles and miles of land and irrigate the whole desert Verdi well remembers that father of yours." Radcliffe nodded somberly. "Yet this same Verdi sent him away a pauper. It took him years to win back prosperity again. "But mea say he did win tt back with interest" She lighted a cigar ette. "Why did you come, really r "Would yon believe me if I said I didn't know? That's the real truth. Five days ago I was back ia New York without a thought of coming West I had just returned from Europe and found a letter from my fathers banker telling me to come out aad see Bob Harkness. Father and Bob, you know, were partners ia the old days. His hostess considered the end of her cigarette. "So perhaps there is a mystery, thea. Well ask Bob to night Bob, of course, has told me all about you. But I didn't quite expect to see a young giant saunter in on me. She looked at him in frank approval "You're quite too big and good-looking to have come out here. If the boys don't lynch you before the month's out, snd if Adela spares you "Adda." he repeated. "That should be the name of some god dess of the desert The woman nodded. "It almost describes her. The Mexican ranch ers and peons would tell you she is a saint from Heaven. Some day she will be the richest girl in all north Mexico" He laughed. "And beautiful, of course she would have to be beau tiful" "Aren't all heiresses beautiful? No? Well, a dried-up old colonel once said that Adela had hair like a desert sunset" A sudden recollection seized the man. "Has she good Lord! Has she a pair of violet eyes?" "If you wanted to be ever so ritzj; you might call them violet As a matter of sober truth, they're a very nice shade of blue." "And she speaks with just the least " "Just the suspicion of an accent That's Adela." Once more la retrospect the man saw that upturned, smudgy face, then to the great delight of his host ess he told the tale, adding, "But the little impostor said she lived on a ranch with two or three cows." "Two or three thousand wouldn't cover it" Her kindly eyes clouded. "Adela puzzles me," she added. "I think perhaps she puzzles herself. Behind her lies a queer childhood. As a child she had all the freedom1 of the desert ranges, but now she' is held as strictly as la a cloister. She's both Mexican and American, yet never one or the other. Adela! turn. With him was J. Sinclair, and la San Francisco bay they took an American whaler, the Helvetlus, bound for the Sand wich Islands, thence home to New Hampshire. With Ball and Sin clair were two other men of the Wyeth party of 1832. a "a "a John Ball was a relative ot George Washington, whose moth er was a Ball. He became a Mich igan pioneer, from 1838 on; was instrumental In developing the school system of Grand Rapids la that state, where he was a lead ing resident for 48 years; accu mulated competency and became a world traveler, spending several years with his family in Europe. An interesting part of the very early records ot the whites who came to Oregon is the fact that they reveal the general existence of slavery here; Indian elsvery, and of course, polygamy. Old Chief Kobaway had a bevy of wives. As the Bits man has said, the trail of the Indian slaves of Joseph Gervais, over which they carried water to the house from the wonderful spring at tha foot of the hill, is still plainly marked -after the flight ot over 100 years since the tramping of their bare or moecaalned feet It there Is any honest doubter, the Bits man can show him the ancient trail. - ". Later a backet hung over a wire rope and operated with a string performed the work ot conveying tha water. This was one of the primitive beginnings of the sub stitution ot mechanical devices for manual labor, making the use even ot slave labor unnecessary and unprofitable. CLUB TO MEET MACLEAT. Dee. 14 Members of the Homo Economics club will meet at the ball Thursday after noon to work oa a quilt Mrs. W. Welch and Mrs. Louise MeGee will have charge ot the program aad Mrs. J. Amort and Mrs. J. F. C. Tekenburg of tha refreshments. The 1822 convention of the Cir cus Fans aasoclatloa of America will, be held at San Antonio, Tex. caangea swiftly. At times she's ss ypa saw her this inaramg at times tba quiet, aloof tittle Mexi. eaa ariaeaaa. Never reaSr nay. Weil there are reasons for that, too. Meanwhile, look behind yom. It had erowa dark outside and across the room, outlined against the lamplight Radcliffe saw agaia bis girl of the morning. That coppery wealth of hair carved now ia a thick braid about her head, and the white ivory of her skia gleamed against a black low-cat evening dress. She was the same but somehow subtly differ ent Their eyes , met as he rose, aad a fittle smile played about her lips. She took the older woman's extended hand. "It's been so long."she said. "Ages," agreed Aunt Clara. "And all your fault If you would leave that feadal dungeon once in a while, you'd learn what's happening in the world of Verdi. Here, for example, is something very important Here is Mr. Ted Radcliffe, who rides out of the East He's been boring me with tales of some impossibly lovely lady who met him at the junction." The gni smiled and seated herself beside Annt Clara. Yes, she had changed the same frank eyes, the same quiet friendly smile, and yet he found himself regretting that their comradeship; of the morning had disappeared. "And I suppose," the girl was say ing gravely over her cigarette, "that hke all lovely ladies she left him and will never come back. "Never," Radcliffe agreed. Tm beginning to believe she never ex is ted. She was just a mirage of the desert" The girl turned to Aunt Clara. "Tell me more about your mysteri ous guest" ' "Here's what Don Bob reports: It appears that this Mr. Radcliffe who stands smoking before us was first brought into prominence by his abil ity to carry an inflated pigskin through eleven opposing young gen tlemen. For this naive gift he was twice made captain of Yale's football team. He also took great interest in contests whereby two opposing youths attempt to unravel each oth er's limbs and dislocate various joints for the somewhat obscure purpose of forcing their opponent's shoulders on a dusty mat Mr. Raddiffe was so successful in this pursuit that he was later amateur heavyweight wrestler of the East" Ted Radcliffe nodded. "I also played on the freshman chess team.' Aunt Clara ignored the interrup tion. "Later this burly gentleman graduated with some such sSly title as Bachelor of Arts and spent a year in Europe and another in Africa, hunting the kind of things one bunts there. In his spare moments he prob ably slew uons and zebras and posed with one foot poised on their Adam's apple." The girl shook her head. "Tins amazing senor. then, is of the very rich?" "He is. I am sorrv to admit one of the dirty rich. I gather thst he has been reared in luxury." That." RadcKSe countered, "shows how even reasonablr ictefliirent wa rn en can be misled." Aunt Clara turned toward hhn. Rumor sars von have entirely tna much money for your own good." "Rumor is probably rieht But I don't believe rumor ever said I was "reared in luxury. I wasn't Pve sold oaoers and shloed ihnn. On of my first memories is of my father ho Wing me in his arms while we waited in a lonsr bread Una. hmnu the holes in my shoes let snow in. That was what your border country did to father No. I certain! wasn't reared in luxury." He stooped, looked down at tha two listening women, then went ea "How terribrv atraoDed we wrl T remember once Ia Denver a woman gave me a dollar for clearing the New Views The question asked yesterday by Statesman reporters was: "Do you think the county tax equaliza tion league should attempt to pnsh further reductions In the county budget this year? Will It get any place? R. E, Tripp, real estate dealer: "That's a sadden question. But I think the league sheald do it The court should meet again and re duce that budget some mora." J. B. Smith, clerk: "I donbt the wisdom of if W. It. McXenney, graia farmer and prane grower: "Tee, I think they should. William E. Ryan, garage, own er: T think- thA hnnU AT. T don't think they wlU get any 3 OH DOCTOR! i a f . w VIST'S I-r : : . '.-i, , ,: V ' ' ' A aemj that enjoyed a measure ef popularity noma Tears ago would be an ideal tune for a patient vo der tha care at Dr. Maria Ehrea steln (above). Dr. Ehrensteia, said ta be tha most beautiful phy sldaa ia tat world, b la practise ia Ysenaa, and has a large oienUla among Anstriaa aristocracy. 1 " a' ., -v. . . ., 2 snow from her pavement I ran al the way home to show the big silver piece to dad. You know, there were tears ia my father's eyes. He held it up in the sunlight aad said to me so earnestly that I remember every word, 'Never be without these, son,' he told me. To be eoop-that is the unforgivable sin." Radcliffe's broding face cleared. "We weren't poor long after that My father's tuck turned. That win ter he herded sheep oa shares, aad next spring bad a band of his own, Later we went to Washington and in a year father was the leading spirit in a group of mea who were developing land ia South aad Cen tral America. He touched every kind of mdastrysteamshipa, to bacco, sugar-cane plantations, trop ical woods and they all yielded gold. I'm very proad of him, and I respect him more than any man ta the world. You see, we suffered to gether and came through the dark places together." Radcliffe stopped, and added slowly, "Thea five years ago be died." The silence that followed was broken by a closing door above them, and a moment later Major Blount clattered down the stairs. The ma jor's ruddy face that seemed never to tan beneath the suns of sixty years smiled a broad welcome. He was short inclined to heaviness, and his shirt bulged dangerously above bis vest It was, as Mrs. Blount had many times declared, a sad but scien tific fact that the major looked better in uniform than in evening clothes. He boomed his greeting from across the room. "Glad Clara asked yon both to get here ahead of the mob." Over Adela' s hand he bowed his stiff military bow, and, holding Rad cliffe's hand for an instant looked up into the younger man's eyes. Ta Radcliffe it seemed that some mo mentary pain passed across the old soldier's face, vanishing as he spoke again. "Bob left a note asking as to take care of you until he gets back. It's a pleasure to do that" Abruptly he asked, "Staying long in Verdi r "How long I can't say. My com ing has been unexpected and a little mysterious." Again that fleeting look of pity seemed to touch the major's eyes: Aunt Clara lighted another of her interminable cigarette. "It was pret ty low dowa to let yon in for a formal dinner party this first night There will be twelve of as. Adela and you are the only ones who haven't reached second childhood." "If ever Uncle Paco hears that yoa are numbering him among the old and toothless," the girl warned, "there will be international compli cations." Mra Blount turned to her guest "We're talking about Ihe big man of northern Mexico." "Paco Morales r The woman nodded. "You know him?" "No." Radcliffe ahonV him K.,l "But I saw him one harlr V i. father told me he holds this border country in the palm of his hand." "That's true ennitfc n t, t,:. ... est claim to immortality lies ia be ins? Adela's uncle. He ! hr and he's finding it a Efe work." Aunt Clara smiled. "If Paco Morales had his way, Adela would be in a coo vent or " "Or married te Tito " mAA-A v. girl with a little grimace. Radcliffe loolmf mb-Vl. a -J -mV. rk8l he remembered the vengeful look of that Mexican nnnm mnA W. ...i. - - " v. iu RU1UJ, Jito, our leader, wQ make this grmgo regret. "Morales Is real th avM.n.. S - ,VIV1 u l of northern Mexico wrapped op ia one man." the ma tor ana r. does whatever he says, aad he con trols nracrJcallv n,r (aa i t- j . J J w VI UUU south of the Rio Grande back to the mountain. A man of the old Span ish blood." Ta 8 Ceattnard) SIMS' UOD-VIL GETS URGE CM TURNER, Dee. 14 The Turn er high school presented the Jun ior Vod-Vll at the high school Friday night, and won generous applause from the large audience present Following orchestra music and numbers by the girls octet, the skit, "Tombstone or Washing Machine", was cleverly given by Emma Denyer, Everett Hanson, Mable Tucker, Rachel Garner. Alta Jean Wilson, and Margaret Robertson. The featare play, "Mr. Bob, was well received. In the east were: Katherine Shampir, Leone Cook, Helen WItseL Marjorle PIckard, Alvln Garner. Harold Fowler. Jack Schilling. ' ih? tfo'ln -kit, 'Henry'a Mail Order Wife", the characters were Clem Gentry, LeRoy War ner, Delmar Barber, Roth OU trap, Hildreth Bones, Filmore Hastings. Jean Pearcy directed the octet and plays, while Mrs. Mas Hadley was director for the mu sic numbers and Wilfred Harri son handled staging. Personnel of the octet: So prano. Leone Cook. Josephine StaP. Margaret Robertson. Ruth Gllstrap. also. Anna John son, Helen and Heleea WetxeL Margaret Gllstrap. Director of the octet and plays. Mrs. Jean fearcy. Members of the orchee tra, Bildreth Bones. Fillmore Hastings. Harold Fowler, Ralph Alsman. Alvln Garner. Helen Wetzel. Rachel Garner, Albert Jensen. Marjorle Pkkard. Jean Snyder. Donald 8taadley. Jean Wilson. Marjory Fowler. - CHARITY BALL INDEPENDENCE. Dee. 14 Kentl halt has been donated by the owners, Kennedy and Titus, to the Independence Relief com mittee for a charity ball Wednes day nifht, December 23. Good mu sic la announced and also that er ery effort will be made to assure tha success of tha undarUking.