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IT - "No Favor Sways Ut; No Fear Shall Awe" . From First Statesman, March 28, 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Ch miles A. Spracue, Sheidon F. Sackctt, Pnoffsaers , Chakles A. Sprague v." . . . Edilor-afwaer Sheldon F. Sackett - - - If anoging gcito1 . Member of the Associated Press ; The Aasoclated Preaa Is exclustraly entitled to tha use for rublic. tioD e all owa dispatches credit to tt or not otherwise eredUtxS in tnls paper. Pacific Coast .Advertising Representatives: - Arthur W. Styps Inc., Portland. Security Bids. 8m Francisco. Sharon Bids.: Loa Angeles. XV. Pac BU, Eastern Advertising Representatives: Pord-Parsfros-Sttcher. Me, Now Tork, 6a!moi Tower Bid.. 11 W. 4 2nd St.; Chicago, W. Michigan Ave. Entered at the Pottoffiee at Seltm, Oregon, as Second-Close Matter. Published even morning except Monday. Business of fire. 1 15 S. Commercial bireet. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Mail SutiicHptlon Rates. In Aa-arca, Within i Oregon: Dally M BundarL 1 Mo. 19 coat.: S Ma 11-25; Mcx 12.25 ; I year 14.00. Btoowhoro cent eor or . for 1 year In advance. By City Carrier: 45 conto month; IS.os a year lr advance, Par Copy S conta, On trains and News Staads S cent Lumber and its Outlook THE low cost of wood in use Is the industry's present op portunity to help itself. , . That is the information contained in a special bulletin from the West Coast Lumbermen's association just given out. -It says i ' , "Low cost In place and almost universal usefulness makes . ' lumber a good 'hard times' material. A building of wood even 1 If treated for fire resistance and against decay so as to bo 'per manent' can be erected today for from 40 to 60 per cent of the ! cost of other similar construction. ... A county in California for" i example, which has not built a wood bridge in twelve years, i has announced a forthcoming project including twelve treated timber bridges mostly of Douglas fir, due entirely to the econ i my in place of wood and the satisfactory record in other places. This type of 'permanent' wood construction Is given a life of from 20 to 30 years by county and State engineers, which is as long as most engineers care to plan the useful life of highway bridges." This observation about, the trend to wood is borne out by the great increase in consumption of shingles. A few years ago most roofs seemed to be of paper or composition mater ials. Now wherever you go you can see new cedar shingle roofs, in town and country. The low prices of cedar shingles have attracted hundreds of people to reshingle their roofs. It is reasonable to expect the same trend to come in lumber business. 1 According to the association! bulletin the average sales return on lumber for the first eight months of 1931 was $13.96 per thousand which wa3 $220 less than the! cost of production. Lumber prices are less now than any time since 1916. The manufacture will not be continued indefinitely where the loss is $2.20 on each thousand feet sold. Mills have closed down until for ten weeks the production has been less than new orders. As a result stocks in yards are getting low, and must be replenished with even seasonable revival of de- HEALTH Disease la no longer the first cans of death for persons undar SO years of ago. On person is ac eldentally killed every five min utes In the United States, 11 ev ery hour, 273 every day, and ap proximately 100,000 every year. The estimated fatal auto accidents In the United States is approxi mately 30,000 annually. The Medical-Dental headquar ters of the Polk-Marion Medical society in a bulletin issued this week declares that it Oregon, peo ple made on New Tear's a resolu tion to be careful in operating au tomobiles, the automobile accident fatality rate in Oregon eould be reduced 75 per .cent. . "If the people of Oregon would make some good New Year's reso lution about careful automobile driving, the rate of deaths from this cause could be cut in two. A good resolution to observe the rules ef the road will bring a ree ord that will make Oregon the pride of the nation. "The average automobile weighs at least a ton and the majority weigh a ton and a half, and is a driving force of destruction when operating above 40 miles an hour. No one who has put a ton of weight in operation can expect four-wheel brakes to offset care less driving. A ton and a half go going at 40 miles an hour just cant be stopped suddenly. If the people who operate cars would take one day oft to become pedes trians they would soon be com plaining of the careless manner in which many people operate cars. But when they' join the cavalcade of automoibile drivers the day fol lowing, they become as reckless as the people they criticized on the day previous. "A great deal is being done to prevent disease and to add many years to the expectancy of life for oar people. But unless the automobile public becomes more careful in operating cars there will soon be a heavy death rate. The only thing that will bring carefulness among drivers, and protect pedestrians also, is the realization that it pays to be cautious. HERE'S HOW By EPSON r 8ALL i? LIGHTNING. i; S HAS STRUCK ONLY ONCE' "The Gay Bandit & Border" B'GjSM 1 e irfftstfmav WWWWW I Nllarx I I 1 aA?AlA toeopuios LAio FOeGiPf 0 i oor ooc&too QoiSTiva that 1 Got stoajaE0 q3aj4 IT? SAiOorurr&THfir 1 uwar h AMiUKaa BITS for BREAKFAST By R. J. HENDRICKS - Yesterdays ... Of Old Salem Town Talks from The States man of Earlier Days January 9, 1907 At 12 o'clock tomorrow night. the early closing ordinance will go Into effect and all saloons will South Salem, the village t m S S (Continuing from yesterday:) Taking up in order the interest ing letter, written by "Cy" Wood worth: That first Salem brewery was started by L. Westacott, who had come in the Immigration of 184 6, by the "Applegate cut-oft" from Fort Hall, through the Klamath country and the then terrible Cow creek canyon of southern Oregon. The Salem Di rectory of 1873 had Mr. Westa cott's residence "corner Commer cial and Jackson streets." On present maps Jackson street does not appear, but is given as the extension of Mission, from Com mercial to the slough. The brew ery, as Mr. Woodworth stated, was on the slough back of the residence. m m The fact that a vela of coal was struck In the digging of the Westacott brewery well is inter esting. Who knows but a coal mine may some day be developed under Salem? And who knows but lime stone may be found in abundance, too? There is good lime stone some 15 miles west, and no' doubt such a deposit will be found southeast of Salem; for the water from the spring back wvu, m utaui. n lit (.uu uj iuiw Odell Savage, daughter of Mr. with the first sheafful of spring orders. j rne lumner industry is tne most important one in tms I January o. 1922 state. It is in the worst plight of any. But lumber is an es- i Governor oicott has issued an fipnHal mmTnrwlifT- nrtrl srvmpr nr lntjr demand frrr if. will 1 invitation to public officials .AhiM htw M.u.,4. n,,;Ar.n;nn n 4-vA Vv,.a:naoa ,,lo n itnrougnout me 1 it ' 7 , , H , a Vi vw UU3mtM Vuw J meeting here to con Ider how to all the Communities Of the State. I nu -rb on narcotics. Dr. Fred erick Strieker of the state board I of health and Frank S. Ward. dimvatinor Social Cararji 1 pharmacy board secretary, have FT1HE students at the state university are to be informed on i?th?Slotic VumuS? "'IS X the proper way to spear an oyster in a cocktail, how to I state dodge a dame without stumbling over her feet, and how to make a bow and mumble a greeting to a f rat patroness. . . . . - - I liUPU aiiEr'. UAU E II If. r Ul .(I I une might suppose tnat college cnappies were well Und Mr. xrlrv h savaA nt sa versed in the social graces, but it seems not, and such, organ- J lem, has received most favorable izations as. Phi Theta Upsilon, upperclass women s service I mention from the critics Hnnnrarv itrhfttAVor that, mpanol nnri Slrnll onrl I )q rrfrorc I sophomore men's honorary (repeat parenthesis) have taken LvVmIL l it in nana to see mat tne students learn a erace or two. iat tiirht h-r thA naii FirAann hv .. . ...... . ...i ' A lie uucsuun vox. meiiiou is to erapioyea ana tne anx-I a neavy majority. .amonn ue lous Queries of students will answered in a booklet. Those I Valera at the same time announc who have occasion contacts with students might make some 5"" '"hS.! presl .... i.z ...t : -i, . 1 j - i . n -1 iL. l. m ii.ii - r Bujsjjcanuiis wjutiu vvouiu eiuiMinisn me voik. inere inignt be diagrams as to how a college man might drape his lank form over the lounge and keep his head higher than his no. 10s. (This would be invaluable for high school youths too) . TTn- 4v4-ntlr r4-Wsii4- 4-Va aaIIama r..1 A V. kAln AWT. IV UlUk nWUUUIl KlVllIK l VUUCKC AC11 UU1U UC T-,, ,. ,, .! ,C1,J vo.l.rJ.tr aui. Ana me co-eas migm learn tne most graceiui way to by 'statesman reporters was: giggle collectively. i "Have-you been Interested In the AH in all though, our college young people are a pretty Lenz-cuibertson bridge battle or decent set. Sometimes they are bumptious and sometimes in8 ceniur' uuv laiciv aie ine vuigar anu uuvvxiiisnt cruae. iviost tt- v-ki-- ..l....... voa- of them show a proper respect to those of the opposite sex, and no. it's been too prolonged'. ana are considerate of elders, when they gang up they may ILike old friends, when they get be Indifferent or loud, but individually they rate pretty well. wu acquainted they begin to uut wny snouldn t they. Think of their papas and mammas ana tne training tney presumably have had at home. ; biu Mercer, college grad: "Not we wisn tne rm inetas and SKull and Daceers success me. in their entero rise and snccest" a few conies he srattered 1 rnnnd in iiin-Vi c.V,rvr,l i;v,Mi.;c. Kr;- v, 1 Lillian Cadwcu, Statesman cash " w iinS 8cuci- i. T hvmmt it,.. T lw Ui umvcisiiy Biuuenut. I doa.t kllow much about brldae and I haven't had time to follow It.1 New Views mand. Due to the educational program of the West Coast as- haT? to Temove the blinds and spdation the lumber industry ha held to own this year. - aV ,Tom"That hour unt5 tvuiie pruuuciiun was mucu less luau ijou, m eiuuiiea neicinviA.v n the mornine'. somewhat reduced, instead of being accumulated as was tne raju in 1930. The loss in ravroll has been severe. Tht 1931 Many members of the state ?H ?n WW00.000 compared with ?1S5,000.000 in l ij. xui tue muuairy is m uruer, anu icauy iu vucu mc i or he speakership, throttle a little at a time as orders revive. The lumbermen I cjm 4- liava laavnl iVia loaann rf a arliif it nrnAnnin-n and I ThA Or pe-m State Vfd(raMrn of throu d. control vrill not bunch fnU-time manufacture S5SSSni. ? SSST vSTSSi tnat it is not suitable lor using under engine boilers. And who knows what other wealth of min erals may some day be found in the bowels of the earth in the Salem district? U The grist mill and saw mill in the then village of South Salem, on the slough, had an advertise ment in the Salem Directory of 1872, reading: "South Salem Steam Flour and Lumber Mills. Wheat bought at the highest cash price, or ground or chopped for 1 toll or exchange. For sale or exchange, extra superfine and graham flour. Corn meal and mill feed of all kinds. Also con stantly on hand, lumber of every variety, rough and dressed. Box ing, windows, lattice, laths, etc. Wanted, saw logs of fir, oak. ash. balm, alder, etc. Moores, Miller & Co." The senior member of the firm was J. H. Moores, fath er of A. N. Moores of Salem A. N. was afterwards, for a gen eration, the principal saw mill owner and manager of Salem, preceding the Spauldings An old timer thinks the mill that made wood pipe became the property of Martin tt Allen, and that it afterward burned down The original mains of the Salem Water company were made there, Perhaps, as Mr. Woodworth says, some of them are under tne streets yet. But they were re placed with Iron and steel mains after R. S. Wallace came and bought the water works. In 1885 He was the father of Paul Wal lace m. 'm The Jory spoken of, wagon maker and inventor of a welding device, had an advertisement In the '72 Directory, reading: "H. S. Jory, wagon and carriage maker, corner' Bush and Com mercial streets. South Salem, Oregon. Wagons and carriages made to order, and repairing neatly done FOR CASH." The two Jory sons who were drowned in the slough were twins. N The Hugh Owen brick store Is the one now owned and operated by the Danes. Owen laid out Owen's addition, and Owen, street is named for him. He lived on Commercial and Owen street. The store Is on Commercial and Bush streets. "Cy". Woodwortlt wee one of the young fellows who went te investigate the "haunted" house. so he could speak with authority and he recalls vividly the spec tacle of Hughey Owen with the candle, and In night gown, as justice of the peace, la the name of the law, ordering the bunch to disperse, as they aroused the neighborhood with their noise, in tended to scare away the ghosts. or to keep up their courage. - "Cy was also no doubt one of the boys who used to steal apples la the Jones orchard. The owner was George H. Jones, then a lead ing cltisea. The orchard occupied a tract running a long distance south from the corner of High and Mission streets; bow all cov ered wKh residences, some, of them fine ones. Many early stor ies were told on Jones. One, In vo iriur Has reacnea vvasningion ana rone oacic Home, trav-l j . vUu.y..,,M.w UVvo. w"""! miuu ins situation wmca Igomethlnr from It nu to often exists. It gave official Washington a view of the men who are bear-f rrom n quite otten. iu iav ut um ui iu uusiaesa reaction, l oe crowd was oraeriv. it I . irtw.. ua. i.r - I'S t?.?-Ugh.omtAme- " W interfered with by eTk1ndfrste7n it aid c5uou;, o iriy wm wcue yumic sjmpaiay ana Stimulate I Tt Tea" a llttla ahnnt it the taking of steps looking toward relief. . . ' 1 T a uw twot u' - a 11 Frank Winslow, lgbt police Rtafo Tinrr Tin! man nlnt nt.M vlAto .1... v , . a i Patrolman t No! - - wvv. w v j nvcu am unu I the board of control put brakes on use of state-owjied ears by limit ing the hours in which they might be used. The only trouble with his rule Is that none of the departments proposes to follow it. That will not bother Rufus at all because he can still go out and cam paign on how much he saved the state on operating its car. This .wui pro oe anotner -paper" saving. likewise political. The Jackson day banquet in Portland last night drew all the Daily Thought 'Quiet minds can not be per plexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own priva'e pace, like a clock dur- democratic candidate. In town, if ihs I party Tad a, many Tot m iffi It has candidates this year it might get Soma wher. J 7 ln h"!"tora' Robert Louis Stevenson. Spring Is clipnlnr our heela alreailv. Tfc - In his doorway and the Darkkeenera wera iTin M J ...i.. txy 1 a. e t .!. state house their annual hai- lu"WOoa o oervc toui Year as Fire Chief The bridge ''battle of tha centor" fa n-r n . vu iu iroai pigiior some new nnze-rictit whifh thn. ... v.1 .It.tl - VIM. UOV W INDEPENDENCE, Jan. t. George Wood was re-elected chief of the Indenendence fire desert Each' day the capers say the residents f tha T.i7.n.i,i--.u. I ment to serve his 15th conseeu aro fleeing for their lives. One would think thev'd ret windAii artl tivo rear la that office, i two weeks' running. I Other officers elected were C. s. I W. Craber, assistant chief: Emll StilL times must nnt hm i,.t .... I Seharbaeh, secretary-treasurer: first lieutenant; Frank Zumwalt, . Nine day. Into 1JJ1 and the world ha.'at slipped of la chaos send ?oWT bSS: - -....-' I chief vchanlo. of the present Miller Havden. fir- ured, was perhaps fine most cele brated, and the rawest. Nearly any old timer could, it he would, tell it to you. The South Salem church of the old days was the Leslie church of ihe present, named for Rev. David Leslie, early missionary, whose donation land claim is oc cupied by all the southern part of the city, from the line of Mis sion street. The Bits man will be pleased to get the cemetery story which Mr. Woodworth promises. It could be made a long one, making up the contents of a five foot shelf of books, or more. S Henry Price, the hack driver who recovered the body of the drowned Towle boy, was "Frosty" Price. He was the first man en gaged to drive a street car in Sa lem. The writer knows. He was president of the company that built and operated the first street railway. Horses and mules drew them. They started where the busses do now, tn front of the bank corners, Commercial and State streets, and the Initial line ran up State street to 12th, thence te the Southern Pacific passenger aepot. "Frosty" Price was a fine man, out, oeing a rather nubile char acter, was the butt of many jokes. At a period in the nineties, he naa surrerea several accidents.. In one of them he had his leg oroKen. S "a C. B. Irvine was manatlnr xl. itor of The Statesman. He had been hammering the city council tor petter nre protection, and was um. gelling anywnere. so, one morning, the whole front page of me statesman was covered with a flaring story of the burninr of the city. A reader living at a dis tance would have concluded, from me circumstantial account, that nothing was left of the city un til ne reached the bottom lines. Tney read somethinr like thia ine a Dove is what mav harm any day, if we do not get better ure protections There was talk of runninr Ir. vine out of towni but the excite ment soon subsided and nerhana the hectic fake atorv heloed ta speed up the fire fighting pro gram. But "Frosty" Price never got over the incident for, at the most exciting time of the fake re port, there was found something me mis: V "And Froety Price fell from the top of the flaming buildinr and broke his leg." The name of the naming building - was given, a prominent one. "Frosty" com plained bitterly about carrying the Joke too far. He utterly fail ed to maintain his usual good temper in this instance. If he could bave found Irvine early in tne day, the managing editor would have had to fight or run. But Irvine's home was out in Morningside. and he did tint vn. ture down town until late in tha afternoon, when the first flush of excitement and indignation had abated. The Bits man would like to add that he was out ef towa at the time. He la too old fashioned sad grounded In nviBtMr th. les to think well of such an in fraction of reliable newspaper tra- uiuons; tmnks jokes in prist auouia do laoeiea as such. SYNOPSIS Under the leadership of "El Coy ote," the masked bandit, the Mexican ranchers plan to overthrow the wealthy Paco Morales, who has con fiscated their property for years. All search for "El Coyote" has been la Tain. Ted Radcliffe, a young Ameri can whose father Morales ruined, loves the Spaniard's beautiful niece, Adela. Jito, Morales' ward, la jeal .osh. Bob Harkness, a friend of Ted's late lather, arges Ted not to quarrel with Morales, as- he has other plans. Following a raid on the village by Jito's yaqueros, one of bis men is killed by Anton, an Indian. Morales, fearing, the vengeance of the tribe, releases Anton. Out riding. Adela telle Ted she disapproves of, her un cle s treatmaat of thi peons. Ted consider Adela's wealth a barrier between theso, but she tells him to let nothing Interfere when he falls in love. CHAPTER XXVI ' Uewntiag slowly, as if reluctant to break the spell, they followed the little stream up the slope to where jt narrowed and at last lost itself among the firs. Adela stopped She frowned at her watch. We're going to be later than the very devfl, unless " She swerved her horse, seized with a sudden thought. "Instead of following that winding trail, let's cut across here and pick it up north of the foothills. That will save us at least an hour." Ted groaned. "If all the hours I've lost following shortcuts were placed end to end he began. "I know. They'd reach back to the Ark. But alter all we can't miss the desert, and we must save time. So don't be so solemn. Take that lumbering horse out of my way and I'll show you some plain and fancy guiding. "God help us all, was Ted's only comment, as he fell in behind. It was hard going. The way led up the side of a canon, and at its top they followed a dim game trail over a grassy meadow and down again into a thicket of chaparral that tore at their riding breeches and pulled continually at their arms. It was hot and breathless place, hemmed in by foothills. For an hour they rode in silence, then she stopped. "I don't like the way this trail's leading," she told him. Ted laughed outright. "Then you're hard to please. The trail's been leading so many ways that some of them should meet your ap proval." He pointed to a gnarled, lightning - shattered pine. "We've passed: that monarch of the forest three times in the last half -hour. "You're a shameless, barefaced liar, my boy. If you don't like my guiding, you try it "Not today. You guide this week and I'll try my hand at it next Without answering she turned her mare and, glancing at the western son, laid a course due north. So half-hour passed and at its end they - stopped on the edge of a deep canon. A narrow trail made njr deer or cattle and washed by heavy rains led steeply downward. It was hardly more than a series of irregular rocky steps in the face of the cliff, and du biously they looked at the trail, then at each other. Adela shook her head. "Not too good. But they're used to rough going, these horses, and, after all, we've got to get across. We'd better lead them down." Ted dismounted. He looked down. into the granite, shadowy depths of the canon. He frowned at the trait "IU go first," he suggested. From the start it was plain that the desert horses had no great liking for what must have seemed to them "a very crazy proceeding. Ted's roan pulled abruptly back on the bridle, then stepped gingerly torwaro, sniffing- at each step, shaking his head in disapproval. "You'd better wait until I get clear." Ted called back. "There's no use in both getting stuck at the bot tom of this ill-favored place." Site nodded and he caught a look of anxiety in her eyes. Very carefully the man led on. At least the path was not slippery. He held the reins loosely, letting the horse choose his steps. Over half way down, now. and the worst seemed already behind him. And perhaps they might safely have made that hazardous descent had not dis aster chosen to place a loose rock in the horse's path. Ted heard the stumble and felt a sudden tug oa the bridle. He turned in time to see the big roan's forefeet miss the path and ptange forward. The reins were torn from his hand, and in another instant the horse had crashed among the rocks and cactus beneath. Frantically Ted scrambled down and reached the horse's side. One look at the legs and the man turned away, sick at heart. He reached into the saddle, pocket and, pulling out the automatic, shot twice. As the sound of the shots rattled and echoed a the narrow canon, he heard the girl running down the trail "There was no other way," he said. "It was a long fall." I know, I could see from above." Terror stood in her eyes. "It was my fault Thank God it wasa t you.' She bit her lip. "Let's go back up." Ted took off the saddle and lifted it to a high rock, then followed the girl to the rim above. "The horse is out of pain? Adela asked. - "He's quite dead." "Poor old fellow." She walked a little way down the path and stood without a word gaz ing across the canon. After a few moments she returned. "And now about us. What are we going to do with one horse?" Ve can t be more than twenty miles from home," Ted estimated. "I can walk as fast tr. your mare until we get out on the plains, then you could gallop ahead and send a horse out for me. If I have to spend a night on the desert, that's no great hardship. Adela shook her head. It s not quite so simple. For one thing, I'm not sure we will get out of these foothills before dark, and we haven't crossed that canon yet" Ted slipped the automatic into his pocket "At any rate, we'd better get going. I'll walk ahead and well skirt the canon. There must be some break in it that we can cross." But crossing the canon seemed no nearer a possibility when, at the end of an hour, they stopped again on the edge of its vertical rim. Already the shadows were lengthening, and a sadden coolness in the air told of evening's coming. Though neither of tbem spoke, to both came the thought that a night on the edge of the desert awaited them. Once luck favored them. Just before dusk the cafion headed abruptly into a broad hillside, and in half an -hour they had crossed and at a fast walk were de scending the long slope to the last outpost of the foothills. Above the coolness of the hills puffs of hot. dry air came to them, telling of the nearness of the desert. The trees were sparser and more gnarled, and on the south slope of the knolie cactus was reaching back out of the sand. Their throats were dry, and once they stopped to drink sparingly from the canteen in Adela's saddle pocket Then on again, and as the last light faltered in the west, they emerged from the timber and looked down upon that world of sand and cactus tnat still unconquered mystery mew cat! the desert. Ted's eyes sought the far horizon. Nothing but purple mists aad dark ening sky. No sight of human lifej A a a . . l Aaeia was looking to the west V think I've found ray stupid self at last" she said, "but we're miles west of where we should have struck th desert That promonotory over, there, that far one looking a little like bird's head I think that's Eagle Rock. Ifs ten niles from there to the ranch." And fifteen from here to the rock." Ted estimated. "Twenty-five miles for a tired horse. Why don't' yon ride in while it's cool and I can camp here until tomorrow. X hate to see yoa take the desert alone, yet the mare will guide yon home, won't sher For a moment the girl sat in thought, then deliberately she swung out of the saddle and took off the cinch. "It's better for us to spend the night here." But you'r uncle will be wild with'' anxiety. Of course he will. And IU catch what tbe major once called 'merry, eld hell tomorrow, but I haven't the heart to make the beast face tweoty- nve miles more. Besides, I don t want to leave you here." What could happen to mer "Lots of terrible things. For one thing, anyone as dumb as I've turned out to be might not be able to find yon in the morning. Besides, I'm tired." "But " "Ted, look around and gather some soft stuff to lie on, and stop talking. I've decided to compromise myself." She smiled like a wayward child. "What uncle will say tomor row isn't part of today's troubles.! Really, this sort of thing is good for him. It gives him something to think about besides El Coyote." Slowly she pulled off her riding" boo.ts and gingerly rubbed her in steps, then looked up. "There's a lot of lunch still in that saddlebag, Don Ted, and some spring water in the canteen." Radcliffe laid on the ground what remained of the lunch, then sat be side her. He got out his cigarettes and divided them into two piles. "When the last one is smoked we go to sleep." With his knife he cut dry branches, of chaparral and soon had a small1 fire blazing. "Not that we need the heat," he commented, "but that is always the thing to do. Besides, I like the way' it makes your eyes glisten." "These glistening eyes are going, to be closed in sweet slumber before: many cigarettes. I must be in sad! condition to tire from a thirty-mile ride." She wiggled her toes before the fire. Ted went again to the horse and brought up the saddle-blanket Adela sighed in contentment "Not half bad. is itr" She yawned while the smoke from their cigarettes drifted toward the crackling flames. "Ever since I can remember I've wanted to get lost in the desert," she added. "By yourselfr "Dios, no. Always with some big, broad-shouldered man who would find me and put blankets over my feet. Thanks. I've spent many nights on the desert, out with the cattle hands, but I've never been lost Sometimes, I remember, I would imagine myself lost, and then this unknown horseman would always come galloping over the sands and snatch me op into the saddle and take me home. And sometimes I' would be lost and couldn't get home and would spend the night out here where the coyotes would come down and glare into the fire. That always; gave me a delightfully goose-flesbj feeling. (To Be Continued) and he is Mrs. Dunlap's oldest grandchild. Mrs. Dunlap Is a sis ter of Mrs. Ronald Glover. More Diseases, Wider Variety Noted in Week The widest variety and the larg est number of communicable dis eases occurring In Marion county In months were reported during the week ending January 2. ac cording to a bulletin just released by the-state board of health. Chlckenpox led the list with 10 cases. Other diseases were: Pneu monia five, yinumps two, and ty phoid, measles, whooplngcouga, influence, and tuberculosis, one each, a total of 22 eases. Influenza, with 5 cases report ed, was most prevalent over the state, while pneumonia followed with 57. scarlet fever with SI. chlckenpox with 20 and mumps with 12. Mrs. Dunlap is Proud of Mark Grandson Madel Mrs. Effle W. Dunlap of Salem is a proud grandmother. H. C. Seymour of Oregon State college, la general charge of 4-H club work, has written: -necorae and information on club work from Morrow county In dicate that Raymond K. Drake. Jr., of Heppner, is the winner of the. Union Pacific scholarship of fered by President C. R. Gray of that company. Raymond has been In club work for many years and Is valued as one of the -best club members In the country. There fore this honor comes to him. The scholarship is .lor 2100. and la to apply on his expenses while at tending Oregon State Agricultural college. Raymond Is If. the oldest son of Mrs. Ttiinlan'a i1anehtr XI ra wmca en tiaraen, grancnatner k. k. Drake, nee Emma C. Wright, Road Patrolmen Retention Asked By Most Groups Sentiment for the retention of road patrolmen In various road districts In the county thus far outweighs sentiment for their abo lition, according to letters receiv ed to date by the Marlon county court The matter will be up or bearing next Tuesday at 10 a. m. seven districts hare written the court asking the system of ap pointing patrolmen be continued. Three have asked for the abolish ment of the existing system. Dis tricts favoring the present prac tice are Nos. 1, 18. 25. 5f, 45. ft and 42. Districts asking for the abolition of patrolmen are Nos. 3. 34 and 51. There are 11 road districts in the county. IBT SSFETT PROPOSED A state-wide traffic safety con test, to be participated In" by a number of Oregon cities, Is one answer to the constantly increas ing number of fatalities and seri ous injuries, due to traffic acci dents. Hal E. Hoss. seeretarw of state, announced yesterday. Hoss Has been asked by the national safety council to work with tha r,. rious municipalities interested In tne campaign. Features In the campaign upon which the grading will be based and the awards made. Include ac cident recording and reporttng, traffic engineering, law enforce ment, child safety, public educa tion, and community safety organ ization. "Oregon's accident record. In comparison with national figures leavee much room for improve ment." Hoss said. "There is an opportunity for some city to ob tain national recognition, for safe ty work."- IX OLD MEXICO GERVAIS, Jan. 8 Mr. and Mrs. Peter Stokx and Maurice and Dorothy returned Monday evening from a two weeks trip Into Old Mexico. They report a very enjoyable trip. Friday the Stokx' will go te Cornelius to visit Mr. and Mrs.-'E. Wyffler. No Cash Demand For Navy Looms Adams Declares WASHINGTON. Jan. 8 (AP) A Japanese sea force growing more rapidly than either the Am erican or British navies was cited today by Chairman Hale of the senate naval committee as s rea son for building the United States fleet up to treaty limits. The committee heard Secretary Adams of the navy department say it was ''extremely doubtful" that actual cash for new naval construction would be sought at this sessloa. Opinion Handed Down Upon Bids For New-Books It is la the discretion of the trustees of the Oregon state li brary to decide when . new bids shall be requested and new con tract shall be entered into in connection with the purchase of books for the various school dis tricts of the state of Oregon." Attorney General Van Winkle held yesterday. Attorney General Van Winkle said he found nothing in the law which would prevent the trustees from making a contract with a deajer which would include the original list and the annual supple mentary lists for a given period of time. Th opinion was requested by Harriet C. Long, state librarian. More Interest In Politics is Declared Need "If democracy Is ever roinz t work, it is goinr to be the rsnlt of raising the level of under standing of our political system," Professor William C. Jones of Willamette university declared at Thursday's Lions club luncheon. Tne citizens label politicar opera tions as "dirty politics" and let it go at that, the professor said. Three points which a Breaiden- tlal nomination must fill, accord ing to the professor, are: party. regularity, reputation, and avail ability lnterms of homo state, re ligion and positions held. "Amer ica clings to the system of two parties, yet they are merely hol low shells," maintained Profes sor Jones. Six Magazines League Giit to School Library Six magazines of a type not be fore had at the high school li brary have been donated by tho Girls' league beginning with tho January issne. Miss Alts Kers li ner, librarian, announced yester day. The new magazines are: Vo gue, Honse and Garden. Beautiful Homes and Gardens, Good House keeping, Arts and Harper's Ba saar. Tho selection of -periodicals la the library heretofore has consist ed chiefly of those deeJlnf with politics, current events and econ omics. -