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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem. Oregon, Sunday Morning. February 7, 1932
"No Favor Sways V; No Fear ShaU Awe"
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A World Police System
FRANCE startled the Geneva conference with a proposal
for an international army to be used to enforce peace.
It would create a police system under control of the league
of nations whose job would be to crush a nation engaging
In war. With thi3 world constabulary Erance feels she could
safely disarm, and the world could disarm also.
There is much that is plausible in the proposal. Compar
ing with the individual's restraint from use of force the
same system prevails. An individual may not go out and set
tle his disputes by force because the law and a police force
to back it up restrain him. There by the way was the fallacy
of the argument of Rabbi Berkowitz last Sunday when he
said that it was as plausible to say that armies keep the
peace as to say that individuals armed with automatics were
necessary to preserve the peace. The individual has the se
' curity of definite law, of courts, and of police system to en
force the law. Nations however thus far do not have such
effective protection, witness China. So France's suggestion
has the strength of analogy to support it at any rate.
But this gets the problem back to the one of sanctions.
Must force be used to restrain force? There was once, it is
remembered a League to Enforce Peace. But the world has
gotten away from that notion. It no longer is disposed to rely
on sanctions of force to put an obstreperous nation back in
line. The best opinion of the workers for international peace
Is to build up a body of law with a court to interpret and
apply the law, and with world opinion as the enforcing agent.
France constantly clamors for security. It was what she
nearly got Pres. Wilson to promise her. She demands se
curity for herself, though she seems not so much concerned
about security for other powers, notably Germany. But his
tory shows the danger of international guarantees of security
which become in effect alliances. At the outbreak of a strug
gle issues are obsCure; it is impossible to determine who is
the aggressor. In Manchuria for example, were Chinese or
Japanese the aggressors on the night ot bept. is.' ine worm
does not know, wherefore how can a nation decide which
side to punish for breaking the peace?
It is natural for France now at the height of power on
the continent with other nations prostrate, to want to pre
serve her position; and if she can get the other nations to
underwrite her security, (especially the United States), it
would be quite clever for her. But this country sidestepped
the invitation in 1920 and is even less disposed now to take
a hand in the European card game of politics. As Senator
Borah points out, security such as France asks would be to
put Europe in a straight-jacket and freeze boundary lines
just as the treaty of Versailles left them. The injustices of
that peace would be preserved under the guise of security.
The pathway to peace will have to be through interna
tional agreements and through courts of adjudication of dis
putes ; and most of all through the cultivation of peace-mind-edness
among the peoples.
A good many local people haYe been picked up lately on traffic
counts; and no doubt feel badly at having to pungle up a few dollars
so they may go their way. The purpose of the enforcement is not to
collect money for the treasury but to enforce the laws in order to
prevent traffic accidents. Driving past stop 6igns, not signalling for
turns, speeding in school zones are all fraught with danger. Port
land's campaign for safety seems to be getting results. There only
four persons were killed by auto accidents in January as against 13
the year preceding. This county had many fatal accidents In Janu
ary. The public should cooperate with the authorities for their own
protection. ,
The poorest paying crime we can think of is kidnaping. It has
been flourishing considerably lately. Every few days one sees where
some city bigwig has been abducted, then a day or two later comes his
letter to his wife saying his captors demand fifty grand for his re
lease. A few days more and the police and reporters get busy; things
get hot for the kidnapers so they turn him loose close to some ser
vice station. The abductors get no money, are lucky if they don't
get caught. The captive needs a shave, and his wife has had ft bad
scare. Kidnaping seems so foolish there onght to be a law against It.
Just what happens when a city does not pay its bonds? A wom
an is suing Astoria for $3027.50 being principal of three bonds plus
interest. If she gets Judgment, what happens? Will the city be put
oa the auction block under execution? Could the sheriff seize person
al property in the city to cover the judgment? We do not know what
the law is, but in practice nothing like that takes place. Usually the
debt is refunded, written down or spread over a long term.
Tusko 'gets more publicity. This time it came not from the
moonshine he imbibed but what his keeper imbibed. Now he has been
told up the river. The report is the elephant "will "pack his trunk
and lumber into other climes". When he goes he will leave many re-
porters deeply in his debt.
The Southern Pacific Is about to place orders for 20,000 tons of
steel and for ties. Just as soon as the roads see a little growth in
their profit margin which the wage cut ought to Insure they will be
back ia the markets as buyers of materials. Tie orders will be help
ful to mills In Oregon.
Congress Is debating the dole, also a request from the depart
ment ot agriculture for a million and a half to use fighting grass
' hoppers with. Why not combine the ideas and give the unemployed
work catching grasshoppers at so much per bushel?
The board of control is Just a society tea compared with the
meetings ot the highway commission. In fact reports of its sessions
make livelier reading than the Shanghai troubles.
Daily Thought
"When a man ain't got a cent,
and he's feeling kind o' blue.
An' the clouds hang dark an
heavy, an won't let the sun
shine through.
It's a great thing, O', my breth
ren, for a teller Just to lay
His hand upon your shoulder la
friendly sort o' way-
"It makes a man feel curious. It
makes the teardrops start.
An' you sort o' feel a flatter In
the region ot your heart:
Tou can look up and meet his
yes; yoa don't know what to
When his hand Is on your shonl
der In a friendly sort way.
. Oh, the world's a carious com
" pound, with lt Honey ana Its
$4.00.
Per
gll.
With its cares and bitter crosses,
bat a good world, after all.
An' a good God must have made
It leastways, that" Is what I
say.
When a hand is on my shoulder
In a friendly sort o way. -James
Whitcomb Riley.
MRS. FRINK HOSTESS -
FALLS CITY, Feb. B Mrs. Kl
doa Frtnk entertained the Art
club at the home ot her mother.
Mrs. It L. Thompson, Tuesday
afternoon with a 1 o'clock lunch
eon. The members present were
Mrs. Reve Helm, Mrs. D. J. Ickes,
Mrs. F. E. Drlggs, Mrs. EL p.
Brown, lira. Harry Smith, Mrs.
Ned 8mlth, Mrs. Anna Tedder,
Mrs. O. P. Horn, Mrs, Dlok Pawl.
Mrs- Ed White, Mrs. Ira Mehr-
llng, Mrs. Ira Davla, Mrs. It. L.
Thompson and the ffaest Mrs.
Jesse Hate- ot Corrallls.
Lay Sermon
"MIND TOUH OWN BUSINESS" ,
"Moses and Aaron," said the king1
of Egypt to them, 'why would ytw
draw the people from their work? Ml ad
your own business." Genesis V:4.
Moses and Aaron were the first
walking delegates. They called the
first strike. When they went to
Pharaoh and asked for a new
deal, which at that time meant re
lease of the slaving Jews, the
king, just like the modern indus
trialist, told them: "Mind your
own business. Sounds familiar,
doesn't it?
The pair tried to quote divine
authority to Pharaoh, but he re
plied: "Who Is the Lord tt.at I should
heed his plea t let I&rael go? I know
nothing about the Lord, and besides,
I will not let Israel go."
"And besides." that is signif
icant. Pharaoh had a good labor
contract, and he wasn't going to
let it go on the command of a
pair who tried threatening him
with a deity he had never heard
about. Off with you! "Mind your
own business'"
Pharaoh Just couldn't see the
labor point of view. He told Moses
and Aaron: "The people of the
land are lazy as it is, and yet you
would relieve them of their bur
dens". He got sore and gave or
ders to make the work heavier
and to force them to gather their
own straw for making bricks.
There is no doubt of it; Moses
and Aaron were the bolphevlks
and reds of their day. Had they
lived at the present time and
Btarted fomenting strikes down
in Kentucky they would have
been thrown into Jail or run out
of the county. They got off easy
with Pharaoh, who - just used
sharp words with them. They
went ahead and pulled off stuff
that surely today would draw an
Injunction against them. The pla
gues they let loose were worse
than boycotts and picketing. They
Just wouldn't mind their own bus
iness. Being the first strike, Pharaoh
was not prepared with deputy
sheriffs and court injunctions. It
succeeded and Pharaoh had to
give In. After the Hebrews had
won it however they soon got in
to irounie in the wilderness, ran
out of water and ran out of food
and wished they were back in
Egypt where they had steady ioba
and got good garlic, and didn't
have to listen to long sermons.
Human nature hasn't changed
a great deal though now "the
Lord" isn't pulled into the strug
gle. We still have the agitators
like Moses, and Pharaohs whose
arguments resolve themselves in
to "Mind your own business" . . .
And besides . . ." We still have
strikes and their attendant pla
gues, and still have strikers who
wish they had their Jobs back.
Yet, while there are sections
and Industries where feudalism
prevails, the lot of the laborer is
far better than centuries ago. The
revolts led by Moses and Aaron
and their successors have brought
gains to labor. The arrogant Phar
aohs, with their "public be damn
ed attitude", grow fewer In num
ber. The Kentuckys will eventual
ly have to go the way of the
Egypts under the Pharaohs.
New Views
Yesterday Statesman reporters
asked this question about town:
"What do you think of Senator
Spaulding's latest outburst on
the state highway commission?"
Robert M. Gatke, Professor of
Willamette University "I am la
sympathy with having the ma
jority of the commission settle
the affair without public appeal."
L. W. Potter, route five, farm
er: "I am no politician. I think
there's a lot of them whose sal
aries onght to be reduced. Mine
has, hasn't It?"
W. J. Engelhorn, West Salem:
"I don't know. I hadn't paid any
attention to it"
HAS LA GRII'PH
MEHAMA, Teb. 8 Genevieve
Wagner was out of high school
this week with a bad case of la
grippe.
Daily Health Talks
By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D.
N'
OT so many years ago we
were taught that babies
could lire by rnflk alona.
Any suggestion of a more liberal
diet beiore the age of one year was
AAVi m swl fM At BMJB-
unorthodox. Bat
recent research
es Into the
needs of the
growing child
hare revolution
ized our termer
ideas.
A form of
anemia has been
discover-,
ed In certain in
fants between
the ages of
three months
and three years.
Dr. Ceyeland
These are children who have been
fed almost exclusively oa goats'
milk, or cows milk, sad occasion
ally on breast mUk. This is called
muk anemia.
Prematore ehlUU-sa. twtns
thorn weak from birth, are the moat
frequent sufferers. Underfeeding
alone, even over a considerable pe
riod ef time, has not produced the
blood changes charactoriatie ef milk
anemia. In this ailment the red
btoed cells, those carrier of exygea
from the air, lose their power, la
part at feast, te a their normal
work. OoaseqneatJy the entire body
surrera rrom tne lack ot ex gen.
There are two classes of csj
One shows stana ef malnutrittocL
The skin Is ot waxy color aad the
arewth la stunted. The victims are
nervous and Irritable. Often they
avrxer tresa respiratory diseases aa4
ether waoemlortahle ailments.
The other type Is more difficult
to recognise, la this gremy are chtt-
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Tuesday: "America's First Factory Sold Soap'1
Humming Sometimes Sign of Joy
Other Times oi Leak in Bellows
By D. H. Talmadge. Sage of Salem
Life is pretty much as we make
it. Also, life Is pretty mnch as we
take It. Life Is not so mueh what
it really Is to most of nt as what
It appears to be.
Man is a reasoning animal. Also
man Is a sociable animal. I reckon
a heap of him foregoes reason
and joins with the majority be
cause he doesn't like to feel lone
some. El Gigg says he's a poor wick
ed sinner. But so tar as the neigh
bors know, he has never broken
any of the Ten Commandments.
Too lazy, probably.
Do some folks talk too much?
Perhaps. It depends as Biff
Widdle said during the progress
of the argument as to whether or
not the tail of the family horse
should be docked. There are those
who cannot talk too much to suit
us, and there are those who can
and do. Generally speaking, there
is more danger of talking too
much" than not enough.
It it not unnsnal for any one
of us a circumstance easily ac
counted for to be mistaken on
the street for someone else. And
sometimes we mention the mat
ter later and sometimes we do
not.
Right at this moment I cannot
recall a time when a two-bit piece
tossed to a counter made so great
a noise as It makes now. Almost
deafening.
An expression caught from a
passing Georgian: "From cansee
to cantsee." A long day's work.
Ep Brill says most folks are
more or less different from one
another, but bill collectors are
less like one another than any
others, seems to him. Ep says he
makes it a rule to keep the smart
alecky har.d-bolled ones waiting
longer than he keep the other
kind. I suppose there are hard
boiled smart-alecky collectors,
but it Is possible the reception
committee is somewhat to blame
for It.
Facial expressions are mighty
deceptive- A person may look as
if he smells something unpleas
ant and at the same time be suf
fering from a nose aliment which
dren whe may be plump. Thsy have
good appetites and seem well except
for a tendency te become fatigued
easily. But a blood examination will
how a picture similar to that of the
first, the more fragile type.
ia tne usual varieties ex aaemia
there Is quick response te the ad
ministration of iron and the applica
uon or nyrienic measures. But i
milk anemia Uttle Improvement caq
be secured without using certain
dietetic measures.
The first steo toward a cure Is te
diminish the amount of milk and te
uMUtnte cereals, vegetable puree
and fruit and vegetable Juices. Xa
most eases, even th yery young b
hies caa digest cereals, especially
wnem tney are cookea la vegetable
water. The favorite method Is t
eeok carrots, spinach or green veaa
and when the vegetable Is cooked ti
use the pet liquor far ceokmg the
cereal.
For children ec tour months ot
more, a little ec the sieved vegeta
Me may be aalxod with the cereal,
For the elder children, liver er bona
Barrow may be srvea. as weU ed
small amounts of eUve oM or cod
over olL
But all these measures may be
useless anises the amount of milk is
gradually redaoea. Or rather, the
ailk la rep cod by '.hose more sub-.
ataaiial foods.
Sunlight, froah air and the ultra
Violet ray te the chest are measure
calculated to encourage the upbuild,
tag of the thta and depleted Mesa.
Ia severe cases traasfnseoa ef Mood
from another isrsoa stay be . re
quired.
DoubUesa the discovery that mHk
properly called -the Ideal food."
Inadequate to supply needful oa
meats to every child wm rreve a
hock to many persons. But whtH
It Is not comssoa. tnJEUc anamia ta a
disorder discovered by tuo4JBclea
una mvoouaaagsb -r
w. I I' - - n'-
Health faeries
X.X.X. Q What do rev advise
far Vmoaafs Angina? , t, ;
A Have year doctor eutliae the
proper treatment.
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prevents him from smelling any
thing at all.
"Hoover times" the term Is
frequently heard. That's the dick
ens of being president a man Is
liable to have a business depres
sion or an epldemlo of one sort or
other named after him at any
minute.
It Is said of the man who some
what continuously makes a hum
ming noise with his "mouth, pre
sumably a tune, that he is of a
happy and carefree disposition.
But that doesn't conclusively ae
count for the humming noise. He
may have a leak In his bellows.
A sparkling weekly, now In Its
tenth issue, Is the Scribe, edited
and published at Newberg by John
Burt and Don Woodman, former
ly of the Carlton Sentinel and the
Yamhill Spokesman, respectively.
We all have our favorite reme
dies. A favorite remedy is one of
which we boast when It works,
and regarding which, when It
aoesn t work, we enter Into
planations.
ex-
I neglected to lock the door of
my apartment when I stepped out
for a few minutes the other day,
and every drawer In the place was
open when I returned and the
contents gave evidence ot having
been thoroughly pawed over.
However, nothing had been stol
en. The chap who perpetrated the
outrage had apparently wanted
nothing but money. Perhaps he
was hungry. Possibly had he not
been hungry he would not have
yielded to a dishonest impulse.
Sorry I was out when he wss in.
I'd have been delighted to help
him search.
As to the war on the other side
of the Pacific I have had a revel
ation. Salem or downtown Sa
lem, at any rate Is evincing a
warlike spirit, and I had not ex
pected It. The same Individuals,
or many of them, who have re
peatedly assured me they would
never favor our entry into another
war are now frankly demanding
that we go over and "clean 'em
up", whatever that means. Con
sidering the sort of folks we are
by nature, even the most bellig
erent of us, it is somewhat of a
wonder that the disarmament ot
nations-world peace business Is as
flourishing as it Is.
Two men on the TJ. 3. Bank cor
ner recently when a wind was
sweeping through Commercial
street from the south. Asked one:
"What's yonr opinion of the
world?" Replied the other: "The
ventilation is great." Then his hat
blew off and away, and what
promised to bo a learned discus
sion was nipped in the bud.
I . was passing through the
grounds at the state hospital not
a great while ago when a woman,
whom I could not see, called from
one ot the windows: "I got a pair
ot silk stockings for Christmas.
she said. There was something
happily childlike la her tone, and
I was glad to gat the news, oven
though she and I were utter
strangers, hut there, was nothing
ia the Incident to warrant a laugh
or even a smile. Tot when I haw
"The Gay
CHAPTER LI
Gently Aunt Clara led her to the
stairs. "Up there for you. little girt
Lie down oa my bed. I'm going to
entertain your precious uncle my
self. Thank God for nervous head
aches. You've got a beastly one.
Run along." She waved the hesitat
ing girl upstairs. "Spanish grandees
are just duck soup for me, dear,"
(he assured the girl, "especially
when my plans for the day have
been all shot to hen."
So it came about that Paco Mo
rales, a moment later, was bowing
over the hand of Aunt Clara and
listening with polite interest to the:
fable of Adela's headache. Auntj
Clara lost no time in making that
part clear.
"Adela's in my room now. The
girl is on the verge of going to
pieces. I know, oi course, what's
passed, and if you don't mind a
candid woman's opinion, I've been
wondering how an intelligent man
like you can at times make such a
deplorable ass of himself."
Morales' thin lips parted. "She
ran away," he said, "like some com
mon peon girL"
"Of course she did, and for the
same fundamental reason love."
Aunt Clara offered her guest a
cigarette, then lighted one herself.
"I wonder if you know how aston
ishing it seems to me to find you
of all men, baffled by this tiling
called Love. Paco Morales, I have
known yoi how many years is it?
Ever since the major was first sta
tioned here, and that's over thirty
years. And I remember the tales
of those years, the wild romances
of one Paco Morales when we were
all much younger than we are now,
and. I wonder how one can so com
pletely forget that love, when it
comes, takes us and makes as do
its wilL But instead of remembering
that high wisdom, you have acted
toward Adela as if you didn't know
what youth or love or desire meant
And yet," she smiled, "and yet I've
reason to believe that you did."
"Sefiora," interrupted the Span
iard, "it was not to talk of my youth
I came here, but to bring back
Adela."
The woman's voice was still pa
tient. "You're not being wise about
this, Paco Morales, and yet men call
you wise, as the world goes."
"I am sorry."
"Listen. There is something of the
cruelty of the beast in you. I can see
it in your eyes. I tell you it is
dangerous to do what you are doing.
The girl is distraught, desperate. If
I know Ted Radcliffe I know he
would break you in two if Adela
suffers at your hands. But your un
speakable pride won't let you see
this. You have threatened her with
exile, threatened to tear her away
from the man she loves and from this
land she loves, and now you're sur
prised that she rebels at all this."
"Si. I am surprised. Surprised
and disappointed."
Impatiently she shook her head
at the trite phrase. "What would
parents do without that bromide?
I tell you again, Paco Morales,
you're not wise. You expect her to
BITS for BREAKFAST
ByR. J. HENDRICKS
1100 for a flash:
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It was ths forenoon of Tuesday,
October Z, 1810. The Oregon leg
islature was In session in the
"Holman block," still standing,
across the street from the pres
ent Statesman building, diagonal
ly opposite the Marlon hotel.
S
That had been a stormy session,
full of excitement. There had been
a hold-up, when six state senators
hid out and could not be found,
though warrants were out for
them. The air was tense with the
slavery question. Secession was
threatened. The outbreak of the
Civil war wss in the offing.
S
The legislature was in the
throes of ths election of two
United States senators. Ballot aft
er ballot had been taken without
result. The combined Btrength of
the Douglas democrats and the
republicans was enough to defeat
the forces of the Lane faction,
sympathetic with the slave states,
but a fusion ot them, which was
being attempted, was a difficult
undertaking.
'
Fourteen unsuccessful ballots
had been taken by the SO men
composing the legislature. There
was to be more balloting that day,
beginning at 10 o'clock, when the
joint session was to convene in
the hall of the house on the third
floor.. The man desired by the re
publicans and the other people
everywhere who were opposed to
slavery, or of Us extension, was
Col. E. D. Baker.
mentioned the Incident laughter
has resulted. Why? 'Tls a bit of a
puzzle to me.
Certain things at which people
laugh are positively not laugh
able. (My own opinion, and prob
ably no better than yours.) Wit Is
still wit, ot course, whether It
comes from the lips of an Insane
person, or from the Hps of a
drunken person, or is of the machine-made
staff of which news
paper "colyums" are sometimes
made, and is entitled to its giggle.
But the mental incongruities and
distortions and ungoverned bab
blings of those who are no long
er quite normally themselves are
not laughable. Anyhow. I am un
able to see them la that light.
Perhaps I am cursed with a des
perately dark and gloomy nature.
I wonder if you have over no
ticed It? One person says ho is
glad to see you, and you know,
positively know, that ho Is glad
to see you. Another person says ho
Is glad to see you, and you un
derstand Immediately and clearly
that ho la aot glad ta see you.
And odd. Isn't It? the two per
sons may bo one and the same oa
different days.
Bandit Border"
ffo HI
"In that case, isn't it just too bad we're
submit as a Spanish girl of your
generation would have submitted.
But Adela is of this generation, and
America's ways lie near to her
heart"
Coldly Morales raised his hand.
"Sefiora. again you are mistaken. I
do not come to theorize. I come for
Adela. Please to tell her I am here."
Aunt Clara's cigarette flared dan
gerously. Not often had men ad
dressed her in just that cold, in
sistent tone. She fought, not too
successfully, for patience.
Ignoring his command, she asked
bluntly, "Just why do you object to
Ted Radcliffe r
"Object? In what sense, senora?"
"You know perfectly well what I
mean. Is there any good reason
why he couldn't make Adela happy?"
"Is there any good reason, senora,
why every American adventurer
hould be welcomed by me as Adela's
suitor?"
Aunt Clara smiled. "I shouldn't
be so sure about the adventurer part,
Paco Morales. It's no secret that
Ted Radcliffe will be a partner of
Bob within the year."
"We waste time, senora. May I
again remind you I come for Adela?
And may I add that Mexican cus
tom gives the guardian unreserved
custody of the ward l"
The woman's color had height
ened. "In that case, isn't it just too
bad we're not in Mexico?"
Morales' eyebrows rose in polite
curiosity. "I do not understand."
Aunt Clara' patience had reached
an end. "I mean you are now oa
In the winter of 185-60. Col.
Baker had come with his family
from California and they were liv
ing at Capitol and Court streets,
Salem, in the building then stand
ing where the Shell service sta
tion Is now. erected by Dr. W. H.
Wlllson, original town site pro
prietor, for his family home, then
called "the beehive." for It shel
tered several families, and after
wards used as the "woman's col
lege," or boarding hall of Willam
ette university. The state house
grounds were then vacant, the
territorial capitol having been
burned five years before,' and the
construction ot the present state
house not authorized until 12
years later.
Col. Baker's wife was Mary A.
Lee, a widow with two children at
the time he married her when
he was 20. April 27, 1831. There
were four Baker children, two
boys and two girls, the oldest one
Edward D.. Jr.. then about 20
years old. Young Ed. Baker was a
robust youth, full of life, and a
good singer. Joseph A. Baker,
who will be 93 July 23 next, still
hale and hearty, and the oldest
person In point of continuous res
idence in Salem, was about the
same age then.
S S
Young Joe Baker was also a
singer, and the two Baker boys
often sang songs together, for the
enlivening of social gatherings,
and they came to be known as
the "Baker twins." Joe Baker
afterwards learned to play sever
al musical Instruments. He was
started and trained In this line
by Frederick Glesy of the Aurora
colony, with whom he worked in
a Salem harness and saddle shop
learning the trade; and Fred Gle
sy was a wonderful musician. Joe
Baker will not admit that he
gained great efficiency but there
Is no record that he received any
stale eggs or vegetables from our
pioneer fathers and mothers, and
Mrs. Baker would probably ad
mit that his youthful efforts In
that line were pleasing, at least
to her. Any way. she took htm,
for better or worse.
Of course, young EL D. Baker
was anxious for the success of
his father, and his mother was
also intensely Interested In the
outcome ot the fierce battle ot
ballots and extra fireworks were
expected that October forenoon.
She told her son that It he would
bring the news to her ot his fa
ther's election, and get there first
with the information, she would
giro him $lt.
.
The 17th ballot, the third one
taken that day, had left Baker
Ore rotes short of the necessary
21 that would spell his election,
la the legislature of It members.
The llth ballot was called for.
Before the tatty was announced
not in Mexico?" said Aunt Clara,
American sofl. What is more, yoa
are on a military reservation of the
United States, I mean further that
Adela came to me for protection.
If I gave this girl over to you. I
would be lending a hand to God
knows what mischance. 1 hoped to
help heal up this silly quarrel, but
now 111 keep Adela here as long as
she want to stay. Yes, and now,
if I weren't the well-bred wife of s
high ranking officer, I'd say, "What
in hell are you going to do about
it. Paco Morales?' "
Silently Morales reached for his
hat and gloves. Very ceremoniously
he bowed. Hand on the doorknob
he turned. "I wonder, in my owa
turn, what Major Blount will say to
all this."
Aunt Clara exhaled a cloud of
cigarette smoke. "I hadn't thought
about it." he answered casually.
HeU probably recommend me for
the Congressional Medal."
Among the Mexican foothills,
Blount had struck a hot trail.
Many times before the chase had
been dose, but never to promising
as that night in early April It was
high time. All through the bluster
ing Mexican winter Blonnt had
combed the border foothills in search
of El Coyote, and now. with the com
ing of another spring, the old sol
dier's temper had not sweetened by
repeated failures. No one knew how
much those months of disappoint
ment had meant to the disappointed
soldier. For long months the smiles
of the men ia Verdi had rankled.
(Te B Continae4 Tomorrow)
by the chief clerk of the senate,
young Baker had observed fire
changes to his distinguished sire,
giving him the necessary major
ity S U
For he had been ian Intensely
interested onlooker' from the
start of the historic contest and
he did not wait for the final an
nouncement. He bolfed down the
stairways the same two stair
ways that stin lead to the upper
floors and was off up Commer
cial street towards State. He was
wearing an overcoat. As he passed
the harness shop where his "twin"
Joe Baker, was working, he threw
him his outer garment, and rush
ed oa, turning east In his mara
thon up State street. He was home
at Capitol and Court, to earn his
$100, la record time.
Why did he not phone? There
was no sueh thing in the world
then as a telephone. There was
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Yesterdays
... Of Old Salem
Town Talks fro The States
man of Barller Days
February 7, 1PC7
After reaching the 114 foot
stage, the- Willamette river waters
last night began to recede slow
ly. All day yesterday available
launches and steamers cruised up
and down river rescuing stranded
farmers and livestock.
State representatives yesterday
fought hotly over Mr. Holt s bill
which would abolish the state nor
mal schools at Monmouth and
Drain and provide for mainten
ance ot the two at Ashland and
Weston. They finally deferred no
tion to next week.
Considerable complaint is be
ing made by pedestrians concern
ing the reckless roller skating in
dulged fn by boys on the side
walks of some of the business
streets. To ladies such practices
are particularly objectionable.
February 7, 1S3
Twe regiments of Infantry are
being organised In Oregon, the
381st infantry, with headquarters
In Portland, to which CoL Carls
A b rams of Salem has been assign
ed as commanding officer and
the 382nd Infantry comprising
troops In western Oregon south ot
Portland.
WASHINGTON Carrying out
the edicts of the disarmament
conference. President Harding has
ordered diseoaUnnaneo of work
on fortifications In the Islands of
the Pacific and suspension of
work on all ships which under
the treaties would be scrapped.
Robert B- Duncan, ffll South
Commercial street, was elected ac
tive manager of the South Com
mercial club last night
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