tPAGE FOUR
The OREGON STATESMAN," Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, December 16. 1931
8
1
kT-
m
"Afo Favor Sways V$; No Fear Shall Atve"
From First Statesman, March 28, 1851
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING . CO.
Charles A. Spracue, Sheldon F. Sackett, Publishers
Charles A. Spragcte Editor-Manager
Sheldon F. Sackett - - - - - Managing Editor
Member of the Associated Press
Th Associated Press Is SKClusivalr ntUled to the use for Publica
tion ef all newt dispatcher credited to It or not otherwise credited in
this paper.
Pacific Coa3t Advertising, Representatives :
Arthur Vt. fkypes. Inc. Hrtlnd, Security Bid. --
San Francisco, Sharon Bldg. : Los aogelea, W. Pae. BUg.
. Eastern Advertising Representatives:
Ford-Par-ons-St-cher. Inc., New Tor. Salmon Tower Bldg,
U W. 42nd SL; Chicago, N. Michigan Ave.
Entered at the Postoffiee at Salem, Oregon, as Second-Class
Matter. Published every morning except Monday. Business
office, SIS S. Commercial Street.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
Man Sutserlptlon Rats. In Advance. Within Oregon: Dally a-a
Sunday. 1 Mo. cents: 5 Mo. 11.35; Mo. 2.5j 1 r i.00
Elsewhere SS cents per Mo., or S5.SS for 1 year In advance.
" By City Carrier? 45 cents a month : 15.09 a year Im advance. Per
Copy 1 cenVs. On trains an J News Stands 5 centa
Thirty-five year old apple trees,
damaged in the great freeze two
years ago. are belag pulled up at
Wallace farm. After being sown
to grain for the next two years,
the land probably will be sot to
filbert trees.
Waldo "Fat" Zellar, yesterday
was reelected captain of Willam
ette's football team for 1922.
New View
"Do you believe in New Year's
resolutions? Will yoo make any
this year?" These were ' the
questions asked yesterday by
Statesman reporters.
Deserting the Gold Standard
JAPAN has deserted the gold standard, making fifteen na
tions in all which are off the gold basis. They have not
gone to a silver basis but to a paper money basis, or really
fiat currency. In effect they are still on a gold basis because
their currency is at a discount with relation to gold instead
oFat parity.
Two countries in the world cannot go off the gold basis,
France and the United States, because they have the gold.
True we might pass a law or issue a decree by which curren
cy wotild not be exchangeable for gold, but until the volume
of currency outstanding would be greatly increased that cur
rency would exchange at very close to par value.
Now the United States will suffer for a time because
the depreciated currencies of other countries will enable
them to ship goods to this country in spite of tariff re
straints. Eventually we would expect the cost of living in
those countries to rise to reduce this advantage, but that
process is a slow corrective.
We might say, let's raise the tariff some more to offset
this discount in foreign exchange. But that would just ac
centuate the evil. The reason we have the gold arid the rea
son other countries must go off the gold standard is because
by our high tariffs we prevent liberal imports into this
in gold, not goods. When nations have shipped us all the gold nE
they have increasing the tariff will not solve the problem of Year's without -them would it?
ioreign trade.
The operation of economic laws has repudiated exorbi
tant tariffs. For the exchange discount has the effect of low
ering domestic tariffs. A creditor nation, as we have said
over and over again, cannot remain indefinitely an export
surplus nation.
Eventually by the slow crunching of economic shifts
and changes foreign trade will readjust itself to the prevail
ing discounts. Currencies will stabilize around some level
and trade will go forward. The process of readjustment how
ever is always painful.
Another thing to remember is this. We have prided our
selves on the American standard of living because it has been
the highest in the world. That has been true and we hope to
keep it so; but a nation cannot exist on too high a plateau
and do business so as to keep all the other nations stifling in
the valley below. If we can raise those nations up to higher
standards that would be well; if not then it will be increas
ingly difficult in a highly competitive world to keep our stan
, dard of living so far above that of other lands. In two years
our living standard has been forced off its peak, and we do
not see yet when it will get back to former levels.
No nation liveth to itself alone ; and there are limits to
the political barricades it may erect for its own security. Ec
onomic law does not recognize frontiers.
Yesterdays
. , . Of Old Salem
Town Talks from The States
man of Earlier Day
December 16, 1000
The shingle mills of the Pacifie
northwest will atop tomorrow for
a two-months' shutdown to curb
their output. The move was has
tened by the acnte car shortage.
Professor Charles H. Jones
writes from Tillamook, where he
is attending the annual teachers'
Institute, that the stag Journey
It Salem required 24 hours.
Axle-deep mud, steep hills, and
14-inch snow combined to make
the Journey one of hardship. The
stage broke down nine miles from
Tillamook and the passengers bad
to walk on into she city.
NEW YORK When his physi
cian prescribed a porus plaster
and powders for his stomach
ache, Antonio Casamena. an Ital
ian, took the doctor literally, tore
the plaster in strips, powdered it,
and swallowed plaster add alL
He is dangerously ill as a result.
December 16, 1921
J. C. Perry last night was elect
ed president of the Salem Com
mercial club. Other officers elect
ed were: George R. Arbuckle.
vice president; T. M. Hicks, sec
retary, and W. I. Needham, treasurer.
Mrs. Marie Schneider, Tiny
Cafe manager: "I certainly do be
lieve in maKTng New Tear's reso-
Yes, I will make some resolution!)
this New Year's."
Mrs, A. A. Lee, home maker:
think it is a good thine for all
of us to make New Year's resolu
tions. I will think about making
some yes. it mav b that t win
make some."
Lynn Martin, newsbov: "Not
necessarily. I'm not going to
make any that I know of, except
that I'm goine to start th Xw
Year out riKht.
Football Mortality
FORT Ywere killed playing football the past season. These
forty were young men physically fit, men of athletic
ckill, men too of mental strength for it takes brains as well
as brawn to play football. That is a terrific toll for a so
called sport. If forty lives were lost in a theatre fire, a
35am wreck, or a military engagement in Nicaragua there
would be a nation-wide protest and a series of investigations.
Is the loss any the less serious that it comes one at a time
and scattered through many schools?
Twenty-five years ago Pres. Roosevelt led a crusade of
protest against the mass play of the football of that dav
with its flying wedges, its "center rushes". But the number
, of fatalities then did not equal that of the current season.
Forty are dead, forty bright, healthy young chaps; and forty
homes face a drear Christmas.
... ?
There is a rising revolt against football. There is criti
. cism not so much of its casualty lists as of its commercial
ization. It has been refined frnm a frim
av-aavaaj WltlOW ILV b V VCll
tWO elevens to a battle between hiffh.naM nrnfc.
es. Big money is a factor, coaches draw fabulous salaries, the
wnuie sei-up is extravagant, iviagniticent stadia are built and
. Aii1 11 1 1 .... . . .
a luuiuau game is iiKe me ancient gladiatorial combats.
This revolt is most nrnnminrwl in t ha
g -w .. wv M a,, VWtJVvA gg OVllVAlO.
An editor of a student paper at Columbia university has been
scathing in his criticisms, and he has found
. other schools. Now "Chick" MppVi JITl WrlA POO fVlOrl Mow Vn.lr
university for seven years and brought its team from ob-
nAimL, 4- s. . A. 1 t a a
evmiiv uauonai prominence, is tnrougn. He says.
"I'll never coach college football on a bis-time basis again
rm through with big gates, high pressure, terrific schedules.
I m slcf and tired of driving boys, whipping them into frenzlea
with everything but lashes, seeing them crack from nothing but
exhaustion near the end of the season. That's not football I'll
never be a party to that again."
H.V1IS football suffers fmm nff iha
forty men sustained fatal injuries this year) are recruiting
h'ojcis, jju-8iuiing piayers, costiy coaching staffs, com
mercializing of the sport, gross distortion of the game in the
educational and athletic program of institutions. In our own
state a large part of the strife between the university and
State College is over foothall. Winnino- fooTva . onnnii
. . .. . .. ' .vin nic aviuuuvcu
wu ueuisinj 10 attract students, so the two schools
must bend every effort to win games. It would be an inter
esting and we feel worth-while experiment to ban football
for a term of years between the-university and the state
college.
The remedies for the general situation lies with the col
it?? w umversity. executives. They know and realize the
evils but are conspicuously silent in voicing any protest or
N And forty men are dead from football this year.
iiW.i0ter, 8Prt .are -rowing in popularity. The mild Willamette
l7,S Winter W,th th 8nelds of the nearby Cascades redi y
; pccesslble over good roads, that makes a wonderful comWnatfoa.
Mrs. B. S. lUce, Tourist Cafe:
think they are all rieht lota of
times if one means business
when he makes them. Sure I
make them some tim-a."
William Tome. AVl!lmt
versity freshman: "Yes. Yes!
nni
R. R. Bo-tllm n Orrrnnaclnn
f sa - ULU
Instructor: 'They have mprlm if
you don't make too many. Oh.
yes, 1 11 make a few so I'll hnv
pome to break."
Daily Thought 1
'Snobbery is the nrld nf t
who are not sure of their posi
tion." Barton Braley.
Canada Premier
Denies Any Plan
To Abandon Gold
OTTAWA. Ont.. Dec. 15 rtPt
R. B. Bennett, prime minister
of Canada, said Monday regarding
rumors that Canada would go off
the gold standard:
ao action has been taken in
any manner. shaDe or form nm-
has the matter b
sine my return."
He spoke after a meeting of the
cabinet council. ,
I HERE'S HOW
o i -
By EDSON !
MAIL VBUVBGBP
AT
"T ' (
F M I ijLrJikTt m wi;
THE AKXOH MG Ul S
AKSHT, HAS A
RLDT AM
AUTOMATIC WE ATHCI
OKUtVU-USBVL
I MFOO IANKS
Ot CLOUDS
KCAtHMS EXHALED
CAMON DIOKOE
CUKS
STUBBORN
CASES OF
Mccurs.
Of. A. L
GOLDEN, tOSTOH
HAS IOUND
-
-T
t-T--.-.t 1
A TORPEDO-SHAPED MAIL TUBE,
DRIVEN ALONG ELECTRIC CABLES
BY FRONT AND REAR tTOftLLERS
PERFECTED BY RICHARD PFLANTZ,
BERLIN, WILL BEAT THE FASTEST
MTEjucrry airmail
AAA. if -
Tomorrow: "The Bigger They are the Harder They Fall
BITS for BREAKFAST
-By R, J. HENDRICKS
Across the plains la 'lit
S
Thia column ye-tarday contain
ed something about John Ball.
first school teacher in the Ore
gon country.
S
He was a remarkable man; had
a career that was unique. Born at
Hebron, N. H., November 12,
1794, his childhood was spent on
a farm. He graduated from Dart
mouth college in 1816, teaching to
paypenses. Still teaching school,
he studied law, part of the time
in Georgia. He was admitted to
the New York bar at TJtlca in
1821, Aaron Burr being present
as counsel. In '27 was elected Jus
tice of the peoce of Rensselaer
county, in the meantime practic
ing. He joined the Wyeth expedi
tion at Baltimore in 1832. John
Ordway, a neighbor of his father,
who was with the Lewis and
Clark expedition of 1801-6, had
filled his youthful imagination
with the stories he told. On his
way to Baltimore he stopped in
New York and called on Ramsey
Crooks, who was in Oregon with
the Astor enterprise, and at Wash
ington met General William Ash
ley, who carried on the first fur
trade across the plains then a
member of congress from Mis
souri. He also visited President
Jackson, of whom he was a great
admirer.
"- -
He had corresponded with
Capt. Wyeth; met him with his
party in Baltimore March 18,
1832. The company went from
Baltimore to Frederick, Md.. CO
miles, over the Baltimore Ohio
railroad by horse power; that was
then the longest railroad line In
the country. A flat iron rail was
used, riveted onto granite blocks,
or stringers.
From Frederick they walked,
taking a wagon for the baggage,
going on the National road to
Brownsville on the Monongahela
river; thence by steamboat to
Pittsburr. "then a small village of
smoke and dirt." April 8 they pro
ceeded cu a steamboat, "The
Freeman," down the Ohio river to
St. Louis, stopping at tha Tillage
of Cincinnati a day, on the 12th;
arriving at St. Louis the 18th. Met
Mackenzie, one of the fur traders
who afterwards sold his interest
to William Sublette. They found
that Sublette expected to start to
the Indian country from Lexing
ton, Mo., about May 1.
The party went on tha steam
boat "Otta" up the Missouri riv
er. As they steamed away from
AS CONGRESS HEARD MESSAGE
en-H1i?'rlI?,?Ucer 5? bet picke4 as Portlanas lm -fimt dtl-
J. C. AiMworth. D"""ums WP u lM ne1 l probably be
Ths, bridge contestant keep on the edge of auaireling. In that
t they resemble many other "famiiv khj ? ' "
mwmm-W aWSQa,
Respect they resemble many other
,14; ' w- " """"jrtrmM"""'
t - : ' r 1 r 1 '' " - '-jV
fits UlV ;lo I 'r m
JIWL ttptl u .n flfli v
iS-Cj
tT - r :. r a w r
u
vy -
"'Tti ..fr . rrTjt t
w r- st -,
'"Xv'. ' - 'tJ2i -'
hr
y
l:)
ideS HMffilViZ?J ti oi House wad Trts-
anSL tE f t?firlt1vln2ssf' on ,the economic situation to Con
v?tJlx ln8s -hiefly an outline of a "recovery nromm"
Un Z&txL "- iProVn?Inr.F baSSg
.. .?ia wnaentfl expenditures. The PresidVrTtop-i
Posm unemployment ceaeral tariff rarision and an extension
reterans' Wans paymeTits. - .
"The Gay Bandit & Border
By TOM
GILL
ac Louis they paaaed a company
of soldiers sailing up tha Mis
sissippi on their way to fight tha
tfiacx Hawk inaians, where Chi
cago now stands.
April it, '32, Ball wrote from
Lexington: "Hera wa take oar
final outfit, which dona wa start
forth, leaving civilization and all
tha comforts af social Ufa be
hind us ... . Our oath launehaa
off on a prairie south of tha river
uiai enas ln-the mountains . .
Our party goes with ona of CO
men (that of William Sublette).
to the headwaters of the Lewis
river." Later ha wrote: "Wa
found that William Sublette and
nis men were enetmnad timp Tn.
dependence. Mo Hera wa
bought more horses, having
bought a few at Lexington to car
ry our baggage. Hera a Mr. Camp
bell and his party also joined Mr.
Sublette's party, making in all a
party of 80 men and 300 horses.
Capt. Wyeth's party consisted of
25 men. We took with us 15 sheep
and" two yoke of oxen. Each man
was to have charge of three
horses, two for packs and one to
ride. We also took some extra
horses in case some were stolen
or worn out.
". m
"We were kept in strict mili
tary order, and marched double
file. Those first ready took their
places next to the commander. We
always camped in the form of a
double square, making a river or
stream the fourth side .... The
watch changed every four hours.
If found asleep, tha watch was
obliged to walk tha next day for
punishment. Captain Sublette's
camp calls were as follows:
'Catch up; catch np,' which was
at sunset. Then each man brought
his horses into camp. At dawn
the call was: 'Turn out; turn out',
and then horses were turned out
of camp to feed, while wa break
fasted. Then the horses were sad
dled and packed. At noon a stop
was made for half an hour. The
horses were unpacked to rest
them; each horse carried 180
pounds. Not being able to trot
with this load, they soon formed
the habit of walking fast . . .
This wnp our camp routine untli
we reached th nnoir.
tains." ' m"uu"
;
Ball gave the route, thus: Left
Independence. May it, traveling
west on tha Santa Fa road. The
15th left Santa Fe trail, going
northwest to tha Kansas river.
The last man they saw was a
blacksmith for the Indians, hav
ing hia smithy on the Kansas,
near where Lawrence, Kansas,
now Is. May 21 camnH nn .
branch of the
Big Blue, which they crossed the
next day and passed Capt. Bonne
ville's nartv on a tropin.-
sion by wagon. Reached the Platt
opposite Grand island May 28,
and traveling up the Platte 10
miles reached th fnrv.
There saw first buffal and ..
their last meal on packed provi
sions. June 2 caw rl A- -
-- VI
buffalo reaching as far as the eye
could reach. Killed la or 1
them. Warm weather caused sick
ness. Dr. Jacob WrAth
. , , J , ctr-
tain s brother was quite HI
W
"But for the rnMnM A r.
Sublette, we must hav mi-uhJ
for the want of aubsistence in this
desett,'! wrote Ball. They crossed
the aouth branch nf th t1- -
after they had rone ihnnt sn
miles from tha forks, and a ride
of 10 miles brought them tn th
North Platte; continued up that
river 287 miles. Killed more buf-
uio June 8. June 10 came to
Chlalney Rock. Immense herds of
buffalo in sight. June 12 arrived
a. ma Laramie fork of the Platte.
tame to the Black Hills June 15;
so caUed because of tha thick
growth of cedar. Got first rain
Jane is. Jan A 1 X rmiaail
;Platte. Got first Vlw rtf Win A
Itlver mountains. June 23 reach
ed tha Sweetwater, came to Inde
pendence Rock, and camped near
It; 27th, crossed last branch of
the Sweetwater, and the next day
were over tha summit of tha
Rockies In tha famous South
Pass. Crossed several branches ot
tha Colorado. Jnlx 2 tha Blackfeet
Indians ran off IX of their best
horsea. Passed tha divide of tha
uoinmbtt July, 4. Reached tha
rendezvous of that year at Pi
erre's Hole July t. Soblette met
his trappers there. Many Indians
there, Flatheads, Nm Perces and
ethers. Had a rest ot five days.
William Sublette had reached his
Journey's end. All but II of Wy-
SYNOPSIS
la the Mexican desert, a masked
rider, bis gun still warm, bides in
the sheltering mesquite as tha cav
alry ride past, Tbey stop beside the
prostrate figure of a man. "Lopes!
they exclaim, and a shiver runs
through tha group. A jeering laugh
bursts down from above, and gazing
up tbty see the masked rider out
lined against the sky. Across the
border, tall and -undaoiaa Ted Rad
tliffe arrives at Verdi Janctiot-, He
ta mat by a pretty girl who drives
him to tha home of his friend. Bob
Harkaess. She leaves without giv
ing bar sama. "While waiting for
Bob, Ted goes riding. He rescues a
boy being beaten by two Mexicans
in Paco Morales' employ. They
threaten him with the vengeance of
their leader, Jito. Later Ted meets
bis girl acquaintance ot the tnorninsj
at a dinner given by Major Blount
of the U. S. Army. She la Adela
Morales, niece of Paco Morales, the
man of power La Mexico.
CHAPTER V
"What other lords of the earth do
I meet tonight ? asked Radcliffe.
The rest replied Aunt Clara,
"are mostly deuces and treys, except,
of course, your host, Don Bob."
"Bob Harknessr
""Yes. Out here he is Don Bob.
But you probably know him welL
"No. Not well at alL I couldn't
have been more than six years old
when I saw him last. I remember a
oiaa with black hair and eyes that
were gray. Eyes that always seemed
smiling, as if at some secret jest
And a soft, slow voice. I remember
wondering whether he wars happy or
sad. He took me up once in his arms
and talked to me, but I can't recall
one word he said. I mast have been
watching those eyes, for I've never
forgotten them. Where he and my
father first came -together I never
knew. Is Don Bob raising cattle?"
"Cattle and a few horses," replied
tha major. "In his spare time he is
director of both banks here. But he
comes and goes. Often absent for
days out on the range. He has land
-and live stock on both sides of the
border line."
The voices oi arriving guests
called the major and bis wife away,
and for the first time since morning
Radcliffe found himself alone with
the girL The mask of aloofness and
detachment had gone. He saw again
the friendly, smiling eyes that had
looked into his out on the desert.
Already guests were approaching.
and, leaning down. Radcliffe spoke
quickly: "If I'm not atlowcd to sit
by you at dinner, I want to warn you
here and now I m coming over to
that feudal castle of your uncle's and
make him let down the drawbridge
some afternoon."
She laughed the same rippling
laugh he had heard that morning.
Raising a slender arm she pointed
toward Mexico. "My friend," she re
plied "there is an imaginary line
about two miles south of us. Yon
can't really see it and the country
on both sides looks the same, but
that imaginary line has certain ef
t'ects. Over there you move into a
land of old-world tilings, of formal
things, and very strict ordering.
Even big, good-looking giants over
there can't just drop in, as you Amer
icans say. They must be invited. And
when they do come, they're expected
to sit and discuss the weather very
learnedly with all the rest of the
family."
"That must be ghastly."
"Oh no. Not ghastly. One gets
used to it or pretends to. True,
there are tunes when I think of jet
ting fire to the place, or eloping with
one oi tne vaqneros, out l never
really do. I just want to. And that's
bad, isn't it. Ted Radcliffe r
eth's men turned back with Wil
liam Sublette, returning with the
winter s catch of furs. The 12 on
July IS moved westwrrd, with
Milton Sublette (brother of Wil
liam), 22 of their own trappers
and 16 independent trappers.
Were detained three dava hr a
fight with the Blackfeet, in which
eight whites and as many Indians
were killed, and several wound
ed, including William Sublette,
who had come with his party to
their assistance. William Sub
lette moved east with the wound
ed. The Wyeth and Sublette par
ties moved westward on July 24.
On the 26th they crossed the Lew
is (Snake), at the point where
Wyeth two rears later built Fort
Hall. July 28 killed some fat buf
faloes and camped two days to
dry the meat. (Rather far west
for buffaloes at that late period,
though great herds had roamed
that section in previous times, and
Jason Lee found some of thes
animals near there on his way
east in 1838.)
(Continued tomorrow.)
fy fei
3-A
"But I may come fust the same," he urged.
Someone was approaching. "But
I may come just the same," he urged.
"Let's see what Uncle Paco says."
Once more that impassive mask had
returned to the girl's face, and she
turned abruptly toward the tall man
vho approached them.
Paco Morales had probably looked
much the same for thirty years. He
was slender almost gauat His skin
was a kind of pallid white that ac
cented the blackness of his eyes and
his thinning hair. The hands were
small and carefully kept, and his in
frequent smile held a charm. His
eyes, intelligently alert, rested for a
moment on the big American s race,
then passed to bis niece, and when
he spoke the voice was deep and
rich. "Hiding from me, cHquiU?"
"I've been guarding the lion of the
evening for you, my ancle. This is
Aunt Clara s guest of honor, Mr.
Radcliffe."
Very ceremoniously the Spaniard
bowed. "1 have heard of your com
ing, senor, I knew your father. A
great man. Very how do you say
audacious, very brilliant in the
things of finance. He dreamed great
dreams." The Spaniard bowed again.
"You are most welcome.
"He seems to know that already,'
laughed the girL "He is just warning
me that he intends to come over to
the hacienda,"
"But certainly. We shall be
charmed. You must come over next
day of fiesta with Don Bob. We will
show you how life is lived as our
ancestors lived it since the time of
the Conquerors."
"Not all our ancestors, uncle,'
smiled the girL
"Not all of yours, little barbarian,
but all of mine." He added in ex
plana tion: "Adela is only part Span
ish. The rest, I apologize, is Irish
and Mexican. That accounts for her
demon's temper."
For m moment his deep-set eyes
dweh affectionately on the girl's face,
then, as if dismissing the thought
that hela ain he asked abruptly,
"You are a friend of Don Bob, no?"
"The son of his friend, My father
and Bob Harkness were partners
once. And I think father once said
I you and he had interests together.''
The Spaniard nodded. "Once,
yes." For a moment bis cold -eyes
flickered, and his lips seemed to
n a t
pause on a question, cut ne omy
said: "A remarkable man, Don Bob.
Perhaps the most remarkable in aa
this border country. He stands for
eveirthing I am opposed to for the
illusion oi democracy and for the
rights of the peon against his master.
We hardly ever agree. Yet I have
a very real affection for him. No one
knows this borderland and its people
so well r he,"
"No orfe is so widely loved by tha
people," added Adela.
The old man nodded impatiently.
"True, But I cannot include that
among Don Bob's virtues. No. They
love him, these vermin, because he
shares their tortillas and plays with
their brats an untidy pastime. Only
admissible" he smiled slightly
"when one is running for your Amer
ican Congress."
A moment later dinner was an
nounced. But the dark eyes of Paco
Morales dwelt musingly on Rad
cliffe long after the younger man
had turned away.
Why are men so obvious?" the
major's wife asked as Radcliffe
seated her at the long table.
"It's part of our sterling simplicity
but what made you think of it?"
"My husband. He makes me think
of all the masculine shortcomings
from time to time. Just now I can
see he is bursting to break some
choice piece of news. He's waiting
for a clue to lead naturally up to it,
and if it doesn't come soon the dear
man will explode one of those new
shirt studs. I suspect it has some
thing to do with our famous bandit.
El Coyote, as they call him."
"I've heard you have an untamed
bandit," Radcliffe replied. He looked
about him. "Has he robbed anyone
here?"
The question put a sudden end to
the talk. As of one accord the little
group about the candle lit table
turned toward Paco Morales. Aa
air of tenseness seemed to have
come upon the party. Morales alone
seemed unconcerned, for he nodded
toward the newcomer and smiled.
Cl Be CoatiocRd)
Daily Health Talks
By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D.
Barr Acquitted
Upon Charge oi
Powelson Death
CALDWELL, Idaho, Dee. 15
(AP) David W. Barr was ac
quitted last night of a charge of
murdering Morgan E. Powelson,
a neighbor farmer, by a district
court Jury which deliberated two
hours and fifteen minutes.
The case was given to the Jury
at 8 p. m. after tha court had
given Its Instructions and tha
Jurors returned their verdict at
10:15 p. m.
Barr had pleaded self defense.
Hollywood Gets
Four Inches oi
Snow; Not Fake
L03 ANGELES, Dec. 15 (AP)
Snow, a public curiosity In the
valley area of Southern Califor
nia, descended Monday within tha
northern city limits of Los Ange
les, hub of the celebrated sua
ablna country.
Four laches of snow was meas
ured just-north of Hollywood. A
MARK. TWAIN used to my
that everybody talks about
the weather but nobody does
anything about It, We talk a lot
-boat certain diseases, but regarding
some ef them we do little.
Recant s talis Lies shew there Is a
definite increase In Ihe number of
cases oi near,
disease in chil
dren. Much has
been said about
thia, yet little
haa been accom
plished to r e
lteve the situa
tion. I believe the
application ot a
lot ot plain, or
dinary, common
sense to thia
problem would
be of great value.
Many a mother
baa been told by v
h e r e h 1 1 d has ". CcpeLand;
a "murmur" of the heart. Irnme
diataly she la convinced - that the
child has heart disease and prob
ably won't live long.
The term "heart disease" Is cruel
and harsh. It frightens the mother
and handicaps the child by creating
tha Impression that a hopeless con
dition is present.
Technically speaking, the term
"heart disease'' should be applied
nly to a heart that la diseased and
actually damaged. This la not the
case In heart murmur. There are
many, many persons who have had
St-t murmurs since early childhood
and yet have lived ta ripe old age.
In numerous cases the murmur has
not been diagnosed. Its presence
has been overlooked because there
has been almost no trouble from It.
Just what is the meaning of a
heart murmur in a child? It means
that the valves of th heart have
been slightly damaged, It does not
mean that the heart muscle Is dis
eased. Usually the damage was caused by
aa Infection ef some kind, This may
have been from acute rheumatic
fever. St. Vitua'a dance, scarlet fever
Of an attack f any one of the com
mon infectious diseases ot childhdod.
The presence of murmur does not
mean that the child should be pam
pered and made an invalid. As the
child, grows older, he must be taught
the facts about hia condition and
that ha should not indulge in exces
sive or sever exercise.
It used to be the practice to deny
the child with a heart murmur any
strenuous play. Now some of the
authorities oa this subject go so far
aa to say that exercise, when done
In moderation, is advantageous.
The important thing is to deter
mine whether or not there Is an in
fection anywhere In tha body. For
example, diseased tonsils are a men
ace. Enlarged and "pussy" tonsils
should be removed. Such tonsils, as
well aa adenoids, are always a con
stant menace. They may be a source
of Infection and possible danger ta
the heart.
Children having; heart murmur
should receive proper nourishment
and plenty of fresh air and outdoor
sunshine. They should net be ex
posed to unnecessary cold or to sud
den weather changes.
The valae of regular physical ex
aminatlona for these children cannot
be overstated. Children who have
been observed over a period of from
fifteen to twenty years, and have re
ceived proper medical supervision,
have grown to sturdy and healthy
adult life.
During thia period of observation
the sis and action of the heart the
pulse rate and blood pressure are
recorded. Where, for any reason,
the children show any changes in
these findings, taey are given appro
priate instructions and advice. In
this respect periodic health examina
tions are of greatest value.
If yon have been told your child
has a heart murmur, do not become
unduly alarmed. With proper car
and tha observance of aimple hygi
enic rakes, the child will undoubt
edly Dvs out the expectancy of any
other child. In no way wlQ he be
handicapped In the problems ot his
later lire.
Treat your child as you would a
normal haalthy child. Do not per
mit him te believe be is handicapped
and has something seriously the
matter with him.
Answers to Health eries
Mrs. C T. Q. What causes one
ta talk In the steep, ta cry out and
grit the teeth? This Is very disturb
ing ta others.
Aw These "symptom may he du
is nervousness, to asm in
disturbance, worms, etc. Find the
cause and the proper treatment win
probably suggest itself. Be sure that
the Intestinal tract Is clear. Foe
further particulars send a self- ad-
stamped envelope
fall as deep as five feet was re
ported from the Ugher ridges of
the . big pines section. 100 miles
northeast ot here. In this section,
Jacksom Lake was frozen oyer
with It Inches of Ice, -
4
i
7'f nrrriTr;ia