"No Favor Sways Us; No FearShaUAws'
' From First Statesman, March 23, 1851 "
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Yesterdays
t a a
Of 014 Salaa
own TaJuVu (row The Steo
vm of Jri5
. January T." It07 -
Laying . of asphalt ' oyer tha
planka of the city bridges, as
done In California, win be dia
cessed at the council meetlag to
morrow night.
Attendance at the fly. Salem
I sehools during December was
18T, Superintendent Power re-
i ported at the school board meet
teg last night.
Two agents tor rival wireless
telegraph companies are threat
lag one another to leare town.
claiming first rights here for
raising capital for installation of
a station..
Jairaarr 7. lsaa "
Goyernor Olcott yesterday ve
toed the legislature's bill provld
lag for a special state election to
levy.u tax in support of the 1925
international exposition. Com
mitteemen for the exposition say
they will go ahead with their
plans, regardless of the yeto.
WASHINGTON The f lye great-
Sailine Without Orders
mUESDAY Jamea Grafton Rearers, assistant secretary of
A state, in asking the house foreign affairs committee to ? lK 2 0 Zml d"
approve an appropriation for $450,000 to cover the expenses "J Tt&Zt W,XSSK
vi ine American aeiegauon w uie vxeneva uuaiiuameuv w-1 warcare against merchant ships,
ierence told the committee tnat the conierence represeniea
if frm frra.9rf- Mp1K mrtvpmpnt in thA wor d" and "the I Proposed legislation for In
o-rofocf -rM fa, ? rnanrv" creased municipal license fees on
, VHVViJV V WUV4VUVV A j e I ATMTaf AM n VI.. a -a.
; v At the same time he was appealing; for support for a night was under fire by the oper
great humanitarian endeavor President Hoover was confer- ators at a special council commit
ring with the American delegation to the conference, and tee meeting, t. l. BiiiingBiey, u-
AoftiMm wsrA whih vonf f mm thft nrvsidpnt tn the coun- Ptntendent of the Southern Pa-
,' try was in the highest degree discouraging. The report
states:
"It was indicated in high administrative circles today that
the United States will not attempt to offer any definite program
ot leader ship at the world arms conference at Genera."
: The greatest nation on the globe, the nation completely
insulated and economically the most self-sufficient, on the
eve of the conference announces that it will offer no pro-
cific company's city streetcar sys
tem supported the councflmen
New View,
xesieroay statesman reporters
asked this Question: "What should
Anna with il.nnViui a ruA
1 3 A XI - -U.' J- -T ir i I . . .; ' uuiqn BI
raiu ua icaueiraiup; as me peace amy is owui w ucjjuh, automoDliesT "
with banners waving, hopes high, the president hastens to
throw another rope around the capstan and bind it fast to
dock. What possible success is in sight if we thus dash hopes
to earth on the very eve of the conference?
A further evident effort to throw -cold water on tne
conference is noted in the report that the president, feeling
that the Geneva parley would deal largely with land -arma
A. T. Warner, laborer! '
their driver's license away
them."
Take
from
Mrs. Mary Doer, boose keeper
"Uire them the full punishment
unaer
the law. whatever that
ments. felt that the American army was on as low a footing Sht be and mak thcm tak "
as it could well go. But Wilbur J. Carr, another secretary oi
state testifying beiore the House foreign affairs committee, i ward h. Prescott, photogm.
said the conference would consider both land and sea arm-ift on t eueve in a fine for
ament and might go into commercial aviation as a part of V J' ,vn
w iwkuvuu uuuiuwi, vi uauwiu. I not be anected by a moner ntr-
And this same red letter Tuesday-Secretary Adams of Intent, jail sentence or some war
ihs riflw 1rtArfmnf ennpnrin rwfnra rVi hons Tisval nf-Jof makinr him see his niataVa
fairs committee urged a ten-year shipbuildihg plan and said: aact lp 7-
- . "Payannallw T thlnV wa eihiMalf Tatiflif a Ttirv tttil moAfl th I ' .
-a. vtavuaiit a.aaav v v awwa wwiw bm a mar an j m ------
ruinlnm. f Tjtntnn wafr" I OM K. WU90H. home
Ddily Thought
ine lawyer who uses his
knowledge to stir up strife among
tne industrious and impede the
The next day he was irked at suggestions he resign and A3 "aia.k-!
l i iL.i . - " mi i i 1.1 f j it j- i . . :. . "
assertea uuib ae rexweteu uw pieaiueiiv nvviiuue. iiec mem drive any more.
witn sucn incongruities are our policies on issues most
vital to public welfare made up. The London confjerence was
in large part a failure because Pres. Hoover sent a delegation
abroad with no plan and no program. Now he 'sends a dele
gation to Geneva likewise lacking in any program of leader-1
ship. , " . i -.
Nor fa it norai hie to fxrtprf. Wnv nmomm from -the dele-
,gation.hehas chosen The only one offeree of the group is JS? ,"1 Urtb
Aluuassauur vswes uuh lie la vriuiuui, uacaruuuu aim pxuuioar respect. " William H. Sew.
ably without sympathy with tne cause, senator swanson nasiaro.
been a foe of international accord.
Salem people have been signing petitions by the SrossParT1f, nr i.
nftlrino' fnr a. new ileal, fnr a vm?cieTiflnii effort toward re-1 1 G&CiierS
duction of armaments. TTie president, quaker born, has on! To Meet January 7
' l n ,i i i I
. numerous occasions expressed mmseii as an araent supporter i
i-i. . t.. j ! x il. ri i.u I ftrT.vwnTrtfir t. . r
orized information given out the day he instructed our dele- m" J?" raf?t
gates, and judging from the personnel of the delegation there th new year win be Thursday
is not the slightest hope that anything big and constructive January 7, at 3 o'clock at the sen
ma v be accomplished at Geneva We confess in the recent lor high school assembly room.
turn of events in Manchuria and the display of chauvinism 1J?rosJm. wU1. devoted to
in France jur hopes were chilled. There was needed only the !dS?n
uspei vx xuwiiitjr oa pieawicu uuw ujr me jjicsiucui, ai i teacners are organizing six com
same time his secretary or state urges building lzv new war-1 mittees to study two different
ships at a cost of $616,000,000 to-completely scatter the ray phases of classroom activity. Misg
nf hnn that w left. 1 I Hannah Olsen wlU introduce the
A torn world looks to the XTnited States for leadership;
and the United States looks ta the president for leadership.
And we get a positive, public pronouncement on the eve of
the conference that, "the United States will not attempt to
- offer any definite program of leadership".
- No wonder Mars laughs. !
committee chairmen.
4J
HERE'S HOW
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a.iwa.u wrxn fjvxkjwvi
f ILMSJ-THEy USE A "RIBBON"
MIKT THAT CANT HEAR THD3
CU55 WOSDS WHEN ITS POSNT
CD AWAY ROM THEM
By EPSON I
V riNfl I 4 'H 'Sc 1 Att PUT 43K IAU fy OKI J
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BITS for BREAKFAST
By EC J. HENDRICKS
Biggest lie's cap sheaft
"a "a
This column on Saturday and
Sunday had something about the
famous story of "Black" (Moses)
Harris that gained tor him the
distinction of being the biggest
liar among all the "mountain
men," who were the masters of
monumental prevarication in pio
neer Oregon.
a
Peter H. Burnett, who had
known Harris in Missouri, in writ
ing his famous "Recollections,
containing soma of the most re
liable foundation matter of our
early history, as. the reader will
recall, said of Harris: "He, per
haps, invented the most extraor
dinary stories of thenv all, and
thenceforward he had no rival.
He said that on one occasion he
was hunting In the Rocky moun
tains alone, and came In sight of
what lie supposed to be a beau
tiful grove ot green timber; but,
when he approached it, he found
it to be a petrified forest; and,
SO SUDDEN had been the pro
cess of petrification, that the
green leaves were all petrified,
and the tery birds that were then
singing in the grove were also
petrified in the act of singing, be
cause their mouths were still open
in the petrified state."
S "a "a
' Bat Mr. Burnett, who had been
supreme Judge in the provisional
government, and a member of the
legislature, joined the gold rush
to California in 1848, and was
captain of the first wagon train
that went from Oregon. So, per
haps on account of nls busy days,
he evidently overlooked or forgot
the cap sheaf of the prize story
of "Black" Harris.
"a S
Bat this scrap of early history
has fortunately been preserved
thongh perhaps never published,
and the Bits man is proud to be
the Instrument for making it a
matter of record, in order that it
may endure. This is the truth
concerning the story's cap sheaf:
"a "a
R. P. Boise of Salem, son of
Judge R. P. Boise, outstanding
pioneer leader, knew very well
, MUton Thompson, who came to
i Oregon with his father in one of
Daily Health Talks
By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D.
" The Reporter's Privilege
"O EPRESENTATIVE LaGUARDIA who represents a New
JLV York district in congress has again introduced a bill
which recognizes the confidential character of information
. which a reporter of the press receives in bis professional ca
pacity. LaGuardia's bill would exempt newspaper men from
the obligation of disclosing the source of information which
thev received in confidence, when they are' called to testify
in a federal court of grand jury or before any congressional
committee. This would not apply in cases where treason was
involved. . 1 -
Without relying on such legislation a congressional com
mittee made such exemption when it released Harold J. T.
Horah. reporter of the Washington Post, from testifying the
source of information on a story which he wrote for his pa-
; per, which dealt with foreign debts. Horan insisted that the
; information dime to him in confidence and that he could not
in honor reveal the name of his informant, . . ?
w -While there are opportunities for the abuse of this priv
ilege if it should be legalized, still the gains to society are
, greater than the dangers through possible abuse of the priv
i ilege. The relations of a doctor and his patient; a priest and
a person who comes to him for confession or advice, a law
yer and his client are all confidential and the law recognizes
the privileged character of these relations. - In eeneral the
same ruling should apply to reporters. It has frequently oc
curred that newspapermen would go to jail and serve a sen-
, tence lor contempt of court rather than violate a Confidence.
The law could well be modified to protect them when the in
formation has come to them for strictly professional use.
o
)
Former Silverton
: , Girl Gets Fortune .
In Injury Charge
SILVERTON, Jan. f Silver-
; ton residents are Interested in the
r notice that Juanita Hanson has
Juscwon: $118,900 rrom a New
York hotel on a personal injury
: charge. The suit has dragged
over a number of years. Miss
Hanson, a former motion picture
star, was scalded while at a hotel
in New York and it was from this
that the suit arose. 8he was 1U
for many months following the
accident. .
Miss Hansen, while a small girl.
uvea at suverton with her par
ents,! Mr. and Mrs. Henry Han
sen. ) tier grandfather, Rev. N.
P. Peterson, was pastor ot Trinity
church tor 11 , years. Several
years , ago the family moved to
California where Miss Hanson
rose to f ame as a film actress.
WELCH BURlEtt
-HUBBARD. Jan. C John P.
Welsh was buried from the haal
ot Sam Miller's Mortuary at Au
rora. Tuesday. He was born in
Iowa It years aro and fast ratJ
ly moved to Hubbard. He leaves a
wife and two sens, one In Aurora
aa one in Hubbard .
NS of the most distressing
conditions that doctors en
counter is the disease called
athma If you have ever seen a
person In an asthmatic attack, yon
realize the suff ertnar and anrulsh
that the afflicted one must endure.
A person is said to have asthma
when he has re
peated attacks
ofdlflicuU
breathing. " The
attacks may last
for a few min
utes or continue
for several
hours. In this
attack there is a
apasm of the
. windpipe and of
tne smaller
tubes thai sup
ply air to the
4na4 Fli.
: ; J m n. - - - -
nreatninf bo- 1,11
comes so difficult that It set mi as
if the patient might choke because
flack of air. .
Often the color oi the. face tarns
dark and the lips become) bine.
Breathing la mora difficult waea
trlt dawn. ."The offerer aasvmea
some awkward pestUoa la aa at
tempt to breathe more treaty. There
ta violent coughing after each at
tack, and a rreat deal eC stringy
sputum la raiaed. -
I am happy to aay that within the
Peat tew years great atridea have
seea made Ja the trmtsteat and
cure ot tola disease. The causes .of
asthma .are now divided lata three
BTOupa. The treatment depends upon
the correct classification at the
disease.
The first group Is often described
aa the "extrinsic'' group. These
cases are beUeved to ho caused by a
aenaiUyfty to some substance coming
from outalde the body. - When the
individual is exposed to one or more
ot these substancea he develops aa
aethmatie attack.
There are many of these sub
stances but paltoa. animal fare,
dusts, and certain foods are the prin
cipal offenders. To treat this tree
of asthma It is necessary to find the
offending substance. Tftls 4 done
by "sensitivity testa," made by lnjee
tloaa lata the ekta. It la necessary
tint ta rind was the trrttattna; sub
stance is; then It must be avoided.
The second group la known aa the
"intrinsic" group and constats' of
cases that are beBtved to be due ta
disorders within the body. The most
common of these disorders are In
fected teeth and tonsils, nasal do
foqnrftlea, staosiUa, Inflammation of
the gall bladder and appendix.' Con
stipation, nervousness, lack of
fresh air and exercise, aa weif aa
continued overwork without proper
rest must be considered. Remark
able success is obtained when the
la remoaad- .'-'.-
The third creuo la moat difficult
to classify and to treat. It ts usually
saea in Individuals beyond forty
years of age. The cause la not dot
lnltely known, but It ta beneved
to be due ta a weakness of the
muscles in the windpipe and bron
chial tubes. R fa often found sa
sufferers from ehronle broooniUa.
Chance of climate la of greatest
benefit. Repeated attaaka weakea
the heart and lunge and each persona
should have periodic fxaminaUona
by the physician.
Mrs. V. R. P. Q. My lktle boy of
H years of age complains of his
legs echlar -especially whea the
weather changes. Do you thlak
there is any possibility of rheumat
ism? .... . .
A. Teav- Make sure that hie tos
Os are la good condition and that
his system la functioning properly,
ror further particulars send a self
nddressed. stamped envelope and re
peat your ueeUoa
Answers to Health QnericsTf
Mrs. R. O. P. Q. WbaJ do you
advise for white spots or patches on
hands and neck?
. A. For fall particulars aead a
self addressed, staaaped envelope and
repeat your wuestloav
Mary Q What causes the cheat
dev the right aide to Become not and
ttchyr . .
.This may be duo -to a circu
latory disturbance.
tno 184T wagon trains. The
Thompsons, father and son. Join
ed ma caurornta (gold rush in
1848 or '4. They' dame bask with
a poke containing about $10,009
in gold dust. The father then de
emed tnat he could do better with
that much money in the section
whence he came, and so he re
turned across the plains and nev
er came back.
But Milton ("Milt", as ho was
called,) 'remained. He worked for
juage Boise at the Ellendala
mills, on the Rlckreall near tha
aue or the present city of Dallas.
Ho made himself useful in many
ways, went to the Yakima Indian
war; married one of the daugh
ters of "Buck" Lewis, Polk county
pioneer, mhi Thompson made
good and useful citizen, and ha
was reliable, and truthful.
"a
Mr. Boise heard Milt ThomDson
repent many times the netrift
forest story ot "Black- Harris, as
ha hoard it from Us author, it
may bo that the can sheaf wan
asb m-i. a . a . . ... . ""
"h u its later ceiling, u or-
OOr to round it Out and make tt
"jibe." In tha lace of doubting
Auomases among nu llstenera.
Harris stuttered, said Thomnaon.
Ho pronounced petrified with tho
urn having the sound of that
letter la Pate. After he had told
me story, ma related by Burnett.
in tne presence of a crowd of
waicn Thompson waa a member,
one of tha hearers asked. "'But.
Mr. Harris, if tho birds singing fa
tne nougna war petrified, how
aoout thoaa urine: la tha air
Were they petrified too?" The dl-
aiogno that followed waa like
mis, as often told by Thompson:
V a e
Harris: "Y-e-ea. s-sirree. t j
declare they were p-p-p-eetrifiod
too, every bird of them. And, com
lag through a pleasant Teller ta
tho P-p-p-eetrif led forest, it was a
sight I never expect to seeagaln.
questioner: "But. Mr. Harris
how could that be? If the flying
oirus were also petrified, they
would surely fall to the ground.
They would be too heavy to stay
up in the air. I want to believe
your story just as rou tell It, Mr,
TTawI. 1 i . .
uui mere must do soma
mistake about this part of It,
though all the rest may be true."
Harris: "H-h-h-old on. h-hold
on, there! I f-f -forgot that
P-oint. B-b-ut the s-s-story Is all
as true as gospel. W-w-hy, j you
see, ine air, it was p-p-p-peetri-
uea too:
"a
mt, s a ....
iuai was (bo rentable ; can
sheaf. No one could afterward ro-
ruse tho palm to "Black" Harria,
as tho biggest liar then in all tha
Oregon country and. if he war
living, he might even now bear
the proud distinction, thonsh it
must ho admitted that there has
been much progress here since
those Arcadian days, la many
ways, not excepting the art1 of
prevarication.
V "a
A. N. Moores rem in da tha
writer of a mistake in the aerlea
on Salem theatre history. Reed's
operat house was opened In tha
fall of 1IO, not la the-early sev
cuues, as siaiea. The Bits. man
has also, since writing the series,
found confirmation of this, in tha
fact that the Salem Directory; of
xaia iiau xnis advertisement: C.
A. Reed, agent for Phoenix Fire
insurance Co.. of Hartford, Conn.
Agent for tha North Atnerleaa
FJre Insurance company of New
York. Win attend to any business
entrusted to ui care, with
promptness and fidelltv- nfri
first door to the right, 2nd floor
OPERA HOUSE BLOCK, Salem,
ureguo."
b k. h "
. In It 1 4, the space where he had
maintained his office, "first door
to tha right,' 2nd floor," waa tak
en np witn rooms for lodgers.
The Bits man had a room there
men, along with "Fred Floed.
granoaon ot General Joe Lane.
V V
'A friend, noting tho series on
the Minto pass, tells the writer
that tha late Judge "Jep" (J. T.)
Huat often said that his 1 father;
George w. Hunt, early Waldo
Hills pioneer, crossed over tha
Cascades by way of that pass in
tho fifties. John Minton and
George - w. Hunt were treat
friends, and Minto no doubt re
ceived pointers : on that route
from Hunt. As was stated In tha
series, Hudson s Bay company
trappers, and ether white men.
"The Gay Bandit I Border" D&
' ' '
SYNOPSIS
Tha Mexican peons, grown tired
of Pace) If oraloa oppression, await
tha word irons "SI Coyote,' their
masked protector, to overthrow bios.
Moralee fcaa ealistad the aid of the
U. 8. Cavalry to capture tbaaotoct
ooa bandit. Ted Kadcliffe, a young
American, learns that Moralee was
rsapoanuhla for faht lata fathar'e ruin.
Bo Usxkncsa. Ted's friend, urges
him not to make aa bhsioj of Mo
rales, aa he has other plana. ' Ted Is
cnam orcd of Morales beautiful niece,
Adela. At -a fiesta. Adda, sensing
tha hatred of Jka, Morale ward,
foe Ted, exacts a promise from Tod
never to fight with him. Morales in
forms Boh that hiecnea will join in
the) search fog "S3 Coyote" and that
JIte has dedicated himself to kin the
bandit. Adam taSa Ted ho must not
let hid lack of wealth heap him fro
lorn a. Bob recnerei a note and leaves
tha nanrrynsaMac. Shortly after;
ne a la received that Jko'e vacueros
are rsidiag the village. Adela goea
to tha vinagn with Tod and Morales,
and laahea a vauero ins-iting n girl.
She caUa-i CoyoBe's' vengeance
upon Jito, Just aa Jito orders the
flogging of n poor firm or, H Coy
ota" axmeara. Hia man dmrna the
vaqneroa and Inform Morales has rule
U over. Back at tha hacienda. Jito
aaya ha win prevent Adela from rid
ing with Ted Oa next day. A mes
senger arrives with tha news that
oaa of Jito's mas has bees killed by
Anton, an Indian, whom they have
captured. "
CHAPTER XXIV
He turned contemptuously from
the Mexican aad spoke now to Mo
rale. "We are a free people, and
tonight there came among as many
horsemen, mad with drink. They
cam with, anger, in their eye when
they should" hare brought friendship.
They battered down my lodges, they
stampeded my horses, they threat
ened my young men, and one of
them I had to kill. I take no sorrow
for that, but unless these bonds are
takea from my bands, you, Paco
Morales, will take great sorrow, for
wo Yaqui of the mountains are many
aad our young men have not forgot
ten Other days. It might be easier
to urge them to battle than to hold
them back." He stopped peaking.
Morales, without a word, walked
up to the man aad cut the bonds at
his wrists. "My men win trouble yon
no more," he said slowly. "Go m
peace."
Not until the moccasins of the
Yaqui had shuffled out through the
patio did anyone speak; then whh a
smile that still held a kind of sinister
amase ent Morales glanced at Jito.
"One more loyal follower like you.
Jito mlo, aad I shall be a raiaed n
Once tho Yaqef joins with this Coy
ote bandit, your vaqocroe wiU have
little time for merrfancnt." A sud
den tremor of anger seized him.
"Take, for. the love of God, your
band forever out of my sight." Hed
roe and bowed to Don Bob.
"Never." said tha old Spaniard,
"have guests of mine suffered such
disturbance. Yon must forgive one
who grow a too old to remember the
demands of hospitality. Now I am
, very tired. Good njght, sefiort. As
for you, JHo, come to my room a
moment. There are a lew things that
must be said."
His gaunt shoulders seemed more
bowed as he left the room. Jito fol
lowed after a surly nod at the two
Americana.
For a rime Don Bob smoked
in silence while Ted paced the length
of the room.
"It's hideous," Ted exclaimed.
This cold contempt for life these
vaqueros have. Morales himself cares
nothing. I'm wondering why we con
tinue to take his hand and eat his
food."
"My dear fellow, what earthly
good would it do to insult him now
Take my word, there are better and
more subtle ways. That Yaqui, for
instance. Be gave m something to1
think about." And for a space of!
many minutes Don Bob smoked, his
eyes fixed in thought. At last he
shook his head.
"Morales must be worried. It is as
he, too, felt tha breaking to of
things. This kingdom of fear that
he has built cant go on always.
There are muttering. That Yaqui
bluffed his way to freedom..- Morales
dida t dare held him. ' The peons
themselves aren't taking things ly
ing down as they once did. And be
hind aU this Is the shadow of
Coyote. No, I think Sclor Morales
has many things to think of this
eight. Thoughts that will be unwel
come bedfellows for the Spaniard."
But Ted was gating out toward
the desert, and a little smile was
playing about his mouth. When he
looked up it waa obvious he hadn't
heard a word of Don Bob's eoiilo
quy, for he murmured t "You should
have seen her. She was magnificent,"
"My ton," answered Don Bob sor
rowfully, "when they reach your
stage, hope, if any, lies in a good
night's rest.
And slipping bis arm through
Ted's he led him np the stairs,
Twice in tha night Ted awoke to
hear rain pattering on tha tHe roof.
but tne sunrise was cloudless. Adela
waited for him In the patio, and in
her face lay no sign of the night's
happening, but aa they passed down
his walk to where the horses stood
she looked silently np toward the
mesa. High up on its edge, touched
with the sun's first rays, glittered
the Cross of the Conquerors. Lips
slightly parted, she gazed up in a
kind of silent conxmunioQ thru
turned toward the man.
"The legend of the Cross mav vet
be answered, she said slowly, "and
the peon find his liberator. I thought
so tor a moment last ntght
one mounted and led the way
down the long drive.
he first morning of creation
must have been like this," Ted told
her, as they, rode through the gate
and out toward the desert "Every
thing washed and dusted. Those
mountains look as if they were only
a lew miles away.
"They're about thirty. We're ro-
ing half-way to them, to the Spring
ot the Saints. There waU try to eat
aS the food in our saddlebags and
come back through the suaset A
whole day devoted to your lords hto.
I'm being very nice to you. Ted Rad-
cbffe, for no reason at au."
"You're being quite perfect to me.
I'm wondering if it Isn't because you
pity me forwhat's happened," he
said.
Leaning forward she fondled the
soft cars of her horse.
"I've not felt the least twinge of
pity. Why should L when the future
is aO ahead of yon and yon have a
mind aad a body to do what yon
want? Besides, you have something
I never had the memory of a father.
Mine died when I was too young to
remember I only know he was big
and handsome and had a w34 Latin
temper. And I know he loved my
mother very greatly. So don t give
me credit for too much charity.
Then people of mine, they have
need of an the charity I aossess."
T love the way you caB them your
people.''
"They are my people. Don't for
get my mother had Mexican blood
m her veins as welt as Irish. And
She loved this country and these peo
ple just as I do. She taught me their
legends and their songs; So I am a
creature of this desert country.1
After a long moment she added, "I
wish I could make it n country of
happiness instead of tears."
"You mean"
"What you saw last night That
sort of thing. There is a curse of
cruelty on the lords of this land.
They love cruelty for its own sake.
Even my uncle. With me aad Jito
he the gentlest of men. 1 love
.him. But to him these people in
their mean little homes are not peo
ple with blood and feelings or with;
oopca ana areama. i hey are just
things that do his win."
"Jito certainty seems a little In
clined that way."
"On, JUoisa child. auentaHy. Mr
uncle 4a his god. Jito is cruel only
as a child is cruel. Sometime when
I nave hint to myself I make him
sorry. But deep inside he is proud to
be the feared leader c4 my uncle'
herdsmen." r !
At the top of a little knoll she
stopped, aad together they looked
out through the fresh morning air
and over the blue sagebrush to where
far-off purple mountain cast long
shadows across the world. A tittle
breeze stirred the desert stiiineea
wkh the sound as of very distaat
waters, and in 'a kind of enchanted
silence those two watched and list
ened, held by the beauty and peace
ot nv When at last tha girl turned.
greai tears stood so her eyes.
2h whispered, as if half afraid to
break the spell: "How wonderful thie
all is, this beautiful country of mine.
s-ue coma oe so pertcct here. It
could be always a land of song and
eternal sunshine, a land where every
one might have his Tattle piece of
iana,-ni nome ana his work to do.
When I was away at school. an
alien out there in the world, I real-
a) .1 a . -
ucu enen now mucn l loved aa this
desert country of mine. Each night
i wouia prey tne Mother of God to
show me Bow I might come back and
change this land of slavery into the
paradise K should really be. The
freedom aad hopefulness that m your
country you have. And so easily we
could have it Only to change sa v
uacle that would be enough." She
laughed with little mirth. "I came
back, I tried to change it all, but
ever between me and all I wanted to
do was hu iron wiU.' Each year he
is more obsessedW&u the desire to
be absolute law in everything."
She touched the horse with her
spur. "But why cloud a ocrfect
morning? I had resolved to put aH
tuts behind me today and be gay.
it 1 did not sometimes forget. I
should go mad. So now you will tell
me about your own country."
But Ted shook his head. "You al
ready know about my country. Let's
talk of you. You are serious-minded.
aren't you? And yet you told me
you've been in love."
"In love? Oh. many times." She
laughed.
"I don't think I like the thought
of your being m love many times."
"You wouldn't. Senor Ted. Tha
big, conquering male never does. He
wants always to think that the one
woman he selects has been dutifully
waiting for himhrough the years.
But I am a woman with d past Back
when I was twelve years old I was
madly in lore with Jito because be
could bring me gila monsters in his
hands and carry snakes ia his blouse,
aod I couldn't And I've been long
to love with aa old priest Even now
I'm in love with him. grown no aa I
am. Yon shall see him some day.
Ana I'm ra lore with stm another
man, even today"
. "Who?"
"A nun older than yon. A man
of the warld."
"Whor
"Don Bob. Isn't be a dear?"
There was a strange quality of re
lief in TeeTs laugh. "I know one
reason why you love turn. Bob's aa
savage as you over the wrongs of
the peon. I'd advise a combination
between you and Don Bob and El
Coyote. There's no telling what the
three of you couldn't do."
"The three of us? Yon should say
the four of us. Because we'd enlist
your talents too. We would have
yon rub Jito's nose in the dust each
morning before breakfast And now
watch that horse of yours, for we're
going-down intd fhe stream bed, and
it's a crazy, crumbling path from
here on."
erossed the Cascades over that
pass. But John Minto was the
man who viewed nnd marked it,
had It surveyed, and was respon
sible for the building of the first
trail that was used -by stock men
with their herds in making the
crossing that way.
Elizabeth Smith Hunt, wife of
George W. Hunt, was tho first
white woman ever to visit Silver
Creek falls. This waa about 1811.
She. went on horseback aad car
ried an Infant In arms (the lata;
Judge N Jep" Hunt), nnd another
little child (M. W. Hunt) rode
behind her; both children being
under three year.
a
The Bits man owe n aincero
note of apology to Jeese Stelwer
Douglas, whom. In hi haste, the
writer designated aa Mrs. Doug-,
las, author of the article on tho
history of Jefferson In the last
lasttn ot the Oregon Historical
Quarterly. Ho la Jesse, not Jen-,
ale. He is a son ot Frank Doug
las, and his mother waa Marie
E tat war before her marriage, her
father being Jesse L. Steiwer, un
cle of United States . Senator Fred
Stelwer. He is a great grandson
of the original early Oregon pio
neer, Jesse Looney and the
Looneya hare a wonderful geneal
ogy, running back through gen
erations of outstanding figure of
American history of which mora
in this column later.
lights of aa approaching car, ran
his car Into a ditch. Tha ear fell
on Its side ia two feet of water.
The eeeupanta of tho ear, Mr. aad
Mrs. Lee Gaines nnd granddaugh
ter, Willetta and Mr. and ; Mrs
Roscoe Gaines, except tor a coli
ducking, received only slight
bruisea. Tha car was not damaged
seriously.
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Mrs. Luther Shanks ot Providence,
and Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Galaea.
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il friends and neighbor Satar
day night. Mesle and pragresslvt
SOt wore tho forms of entertain
ment. ... : - , i ; ;
r While returning- - from, the;
Faalkntr card party, Leo Galaea,
being blinded . by, the . brilliant
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