The OREGON STATESaiAN, Salem, Oregon; Sunday Mornintr. February is7 1932
v.-
i
i --
,Tr- J
POummv 4491
. : "A'o Favor vsxayi U$; Ho Fear. Shall Awe"
.' . ,; From First Statesman,' March 28, 1851' -
. . THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO.
- Charles A. Spuague, Sheldon F. Sackett, Publihr$
Chakles "A. Spragve - - - Editor-Manager
'. Sheldom F. Sackett - - - - Managing Editor , '
Member of the Associated Press
The 'Associated Press la exclusively entitled to the use for publica
tion of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited la
this paper. - ...
Pacific Coast Advertising Representatives:
Arthur W. Stjrpea, Inc, Portland, Security Bids'.
, Ban Francisco, Sharon Bide ; Los Angeles, W. Pac. Bids. .
Eastern Advertising Representatives:
'Ford-Parsons-Stecher, Inc., New York. J71 Madl
Chicago. ISO N. Michlsan Ave.
Ave.
Entered at th Postoffice at Salem, Oregon, at Second-Cla'
Hatter. Published every morning except Monday. Businest
office, SIS S. Commercial Street. --
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
Kail Subscription Rates. In Advanoe. Within Oregon : Dally and
8unday. t Mo. S cents: S Ho. 11.25; Mo.-S3.25; X year $1.00.
Elsewhere SO cents per Mo., or $S.0O for 1 year la advance. y
By City Carrier t 45 cents a month; tS.OO a year In advance. Per
Copy 1 centa On trains and News Stands S cents.
Lay Sermon
AN EARLY BUILDING JOB
Hoover s Defamers Exposed
ARTHUR TRAIN performs a genuine public service in
'writing:, and Collier's weekly a commendable service
in publishing the article "The Strange Attacks on Mr. Hoo
ver" which appeared in Collier's of Feb. 20th. The article is
copyrighted so we are not privileged to quote from it. The
magazine is available in the libraries and in many homes 'and
this article should be widely read, because, it exposes .both
the falsity of the attacks on the president made in a recent
scurrilous book"The Strange Career of Mr. Hoover under
Two Flags", and the knowledge of libel on the part of its
author. The book publisher is a native of Australia,.known
, as a publisher of obscene literature who has done two prison
'-terms. It would take some one of this low character to stoop
fso low as to circulate such gross falsehoods. Thanks to a de
cent, judge :in;New York the publication was enjoined and
there has been no farther attempt so far as I we know to cir
culate the book, but the malicious untruths continue to be
i peddled about in one form or another. .
Mr. Train defends the professional, the Dusmess ana
the public career of Mr. Hoover, which was foully attacked.
He quotes from various' individuals who were acquainted
'-with the facts of Hoover's business and professional connec-
tions and they denounce as false the implications of these
base fabricators of falsehood. So swiftly have come the ref
! utations of the aspersions in this book, with the author him
, self describing the source material as false aa4 libelous, that
it has been unnecessary for Pres. Hoover to demean himself
to seek by civil or criminal process to defend his character
and prove his reputation.
The country is getting fed up on this scandalmongering
which includes both the type of literature such as this
"Strange Career" and the post mortem Harding books, and
the backstairs gossip books like "Mirrors of Washington"
and "Washington Merry-go-round". Behind the mask of an
onymity the latter circulate half-truths that are vicious as
downright lies. The country has had a surfeit of all of them.
Rarely is a president, regardless of arty, spared: Cleveland,
Roosevelt, Wilson, Harding, Hoover, all suffered. Of course
none of them was perfect, nor will any president have a sin
less personal history. We do not seek to cover up or suppress
what faults our great men may possess. But they are entitled
- to a fair deal, and to the confidence of the public which does
well to ignore tale-bearers and literary stench-spreaders who
speak and write without evidence and without authority.
"Star Chamber Bogey
"CJTA.R chamber" is the term hurled at the state highway
commission for not throwing its meetings open for the
r.nh1if narticularlv the reDorters. to listen to. If the star
rrmmbpr nrneedure results in fretting things accomplished,
then let the commission proceed. The board will hold pub
- iiV Trunin oro-f nr such matters as awarding of contracts. In
discussion of matters of policy the board will probably do
- . - a. I V 1 A. t A
better if it meets behind closed aoors ana xnresnes oui iw
npnh1em. ' - '
There is a time for the oDen meeting and a time for the
closed meeting of groups charged with executive responsi
bility. "When all meetings are public meetings the members
are forced to whisper in hotel rooms or behind posts in the
corridor. Such a Drocedure does not make for frankness.
intricue and secret understandings. In
closed meetings however matters may be discussed frankly
and freely.
The board has made a trood ruling in limiting the mass
meeting methods of its public meetings. Instead of allowing
these to be a procession of local notables harranguing the
commission on local demands, the hearings are to be more
orderly and less voluble. A limited number may speaK ior
' a limited time. There is no danger that any part of the state
will not get its needs voiced; and the board will not have to
- listen to hours of fervid oratory, ad nauseam. .
The state wants results and it wants a square deal for
various parts of the state. The board may adopt its own pro
cedure; and the people should be satisfied if the board de
livers the goods. The newer procedure seems iu u gives
assurance of better results than the oia.
The March issue- of "Fortune" tells a story to show how intense
ly' the Russian people are working to make the five-year plan suc-
ceea. Tne joae is aooui a man wuo auguicu um
naked.
"Wbv are you naked, Comradt ' .,
"Because I am from Minsk."
V MT... v.a tfeat n An. nrlth TK11, h&inftT naked?"
"Can't you see, haven't you heard! In Minsk we have complete
ly fuUllled the Five-Year mm
- a f wAAiri im Willamette students nut on a Dlav "Children
ot the Moon" whose plot revolved about "moon madness", a mental
affliction said to be caused by the rays of the fuU moon. Quite a
craiy notion we thought though it made a gripping tragedy. Now the
newspapers tell of finding a young woman dead from exposure who
was driven by moon madness to wander about aimlessly In the woods
and fields. The moon has an ancient reputation as a softener of
hearts; but we didn't know its Influence extended to, softening of the
. Drain. -
"la tke eleventh year, im the stoat
BsL that Is th eichth BMnth. was the
ho.se finished in aU Its detail and
cerdiaf t all its specifications. Thau he
was seven years la baildinf It." X Kings
YI:S8.
- Solomon, you see, built the tem
ple by force accounts He didn't
let a contract with penalty for
failure to complete the structure
In 129 days. He built by day labor
so it took seven years to do the
Job. That wasn't bad though, com
pared with Ills own palace which
took thirteen years to construct.
There was a real building boom in,
Jerusalem under Solomon for the
record reads that he raised a levy
of SMOt forced laborer and
sent them up to Lebanon by re
lays to work in the woods. He us
ed 80.000 stone cutters -in the
(.mountains, and 70.000 burden
bearers. He had t.SOO officers and
overseers to boss the job.
It is interesting to read about
getting that timber out for the
temple contract. Solomon relied
on King Hiram of Tyre to furnish
the cedar and look after the cut
ting.. As he wrote Hiram: "There
is no one among us who knows
how to cut timber like the Sidon
ians." Genuine lumberjacks date
long ways back In human his
tory. Hiram "wrote back that his
people would get the' cedar and
cypress down to the sea, "and I
will make them Into rafts to go-by
sea to the place you shall1 direct
me, and I will have them broken
up there, and you shall take them
np." Our loggers think they are
doing something when they make
their ocean-going rafts of logs to
go from Siletx bay to Grays Har
bor, but the same thing was being
done In ancient times.
Our recent trade ot wheat for
Brazilian coffee was not unique
in history either, because Solomon
traded to Hiram 20,000 measures
of wheat and twenty baths (meas
ures) of olive oil every year, fori
this bill of lumber.
Solomon was a good patron of
lumber even If he did have to
ship it in from a long distance.
The temple was largely a frame
structure standing on stone foun
dation. It was sided on the Inside
and floored with lumber. In fact
it would do a lumberman's heart
good to read: "The whole was ce
dar, there was no stone seen."
There was a lot of wood carving
too, such as the ancients had time
to do, the decoration scheme be
ing cherubs and palm trees and
opening flowers. These carvings
were over the olive-wood doors
and the walls. There was consider
able gold overlay, and later Solo
mon brought down a bronze
worker from Tyre whose mother
waajt Hebrew and who p'ut in a
lot of bronze work.
While they had no contractors
and no labor unions In those days.
they must have had architects be
cause the record speaks of finish
ing the house "in all its details
and according to all Us specifica
tions." Nor is there any record of
quarrelling over what the blue
prints called for. Perhaps Solo
mon was his own architect, like a
good many moderns who design
their own houses which their
neighbors later pick to pieces for
defects in planning.
While the temple may have
been a great structure for Jeru
salem, it would seem rather small
and tawdry if we should step into
it toaay. it would not begin to
compare with other temples and
palaces of the ancient world.
Both Egypt and Assyria erected
larger edifices and showed more
originality in design and In con
struction. The old temple was ra
ther a simple frame building, with
extremely simple ornamentation.
nothing to compare with the
temples at Luxor or the pyramids
or the great piles of masonry like
Sargon's parace at Nineveh which
covered 25 acres and had 200
rooms.
The temple at 'Jerusalem how
ever had far greater historical sig
nificance because Christianity
grew out of Judaism which was
nourished in this old temple. Sev
en years, Solomon took to build it
on force account, a structure
which now would be erected in 90
days. But the influence of this
rather .plain building made of
Lebanon cedar has persisted
through long centuries. Seven
years were not too long, after all.
to spend on a building people still
revere after twenty-five centuries
and more. fc
" : Bank robbers, being unable to get anything for stolen bonds are
said to be turning now to the kidnaping business. Exquisite torture
methods are devised to Induce their victims to part with large sums
tor release. Organized syndicates are making kidnaping a regular
profession. Education is no cure for crime. Society's sole protection
seems to be organized police systems, and when graft gets into en-
iorcing agencies then conditions are deplorable.
a pay cut are now rushing around in various school districts trying
to peddle their pay cheks at discounts of ten per cent. There will be
a good many school boards that will cut the salary schedules this year
at 4L. a. .... .
iu9vcati ui tviuus Luw wmrrant, c uppers gel tn$ raKe-OIlY - j
- The- papers say: "Women start drive on ioarding. Very likely;
Keizer Peace Class
Meeting is Tuesday
. KEIZER, Feb. 2T The Kelxer
" lommunity peace study class, a
-J" part of -the city wide campaign
will meet Tuesday night 7: Jt at
the George W. Thompson boms.
The time -was changed to allow
these whe wished te attend the
WO. T.;U.50tli year celebration
uonaay njgnt.
. LEAFY JUGAD HOME
HUBBARD, , Feb. 27 Leafy
Read, daughter of Bill Read, came
home Thursday, after a nine days
stay in the Deaconess hospital at
Salem. She is recuperating at the
home of her .uncle, Walter Read,
and will probably return to her
own none sttiatr,-r.4.i-...-.,...MW,
Yesterdays
... Of Old Salem
Town Talks front TheiStates
maa of Earlier Days
February 28, 1907
Notwithstanding the imploring
telegrams and communications re
ceived by Governor Chamberlain
from all over the state, rallying
to the support' ot Monmouth, It
looks as If the old school will have
to go, as well as Drain.
HERE'S HOW!
By EPSON T
City Marshal Gibson did an ex
cellent thing when be warned the
bicycle brigade to keep .off the
forbidden sidewalks, but so far
the orders have been flagrantly
disobeyed as- numerous people
have heen Injured by bicycle riders.
The next session ot the city
council promises to be a warm
one. The paving situation has as
sumed a "white elephant" aspect,
and what the city, dads will do
with it is a matter oTspeculation.
aaf - ''aWL,
XL." i
fits
eecAuse ir cur? no
4CAYU.T WJO THB .
AAAgKECT
0 Ih
?THE LOVE TRAP
m w est sm t i
1 W i. I M MSI I
' 4
ft.
1 s-w
THEGKAPe f
,,iinii
. SJ I
HAWVCOAWS
AN
floTH FftfCJtWCr QOoajTV - -'
f&M THe STATE- M2e UtCffi
fW? MOWBY IA TH8 AOS
TKA14AN eACiC COOMTer ;
Tuesdays "Something New For Hot Days"
Editors Are Different as Pies;
Than Which Nothing Differenter
By D. H. Talmadge, Sage of Salem
We are prone, most of us, to
exaggeration In giving out news.
A Salem citizen, who had narrow
ly escaped being run down by an
automobile, was described as look
ing "pale as a ghost". As a mat
ter of fact, his nose was a bit less
red than usual, but otherwise his
color was unchanged.
Don't, watch the clock if yon
would have time pass more rap
idly. Old advice and not Always
good. A Salem schoolboy (jarelly
refrained from looking, at the
schoolroom clock one morning.
Result: he romped home at re
cess, thinking it was noon, and
was spanked for it.
Garden seeds are on display In
the stores, and some of 'em are
already in the cold cold ground.
Oud Henby tells me that gardens
planted now will begin to sprout
vegetables simultaneously with
those planted six weeks later. Cud
may know. He took a premium
once for potatoes, which he would
not have taken, so one of his
neighbors says, it the Judges had
cooked 'em and eaten 'em instead
of Just looking at 'em. I'm surer
I don't know anything about It.
The onion market smells pow
erful good, eh?
Life has its ups and downs for
a free-lance literary worker
which term Includes, I should
judge, approximately fifty percent
of the population. Life has its ups
and downs for all ot us (I'll say
it does) only with the free-lance
literary worker the ups seem more
upish and the downs more down
lsh and at times more perman
ently Inclined than In some oth
er fields. I once wrote a short
story and sent it to the editor of
a favorite magazine. He returned
it with the statement that it was
a darn good story but was too .ef
fervescent, toe light in treatment.
Also, he said. It had other faults
ot a similar nature. "Tone it
down," he said, "and let me see
it again." So I toned It down and
let him see it again the identi
cal story, mind you, only toned
down and he said, "Great Scott,
man! you've made a sermon of
it!" Whereat I groaned a great
groan and gave up so far as that
particular editor was concerned.
Listen, boys and girls, you who
are aspiring to write fiction ed
itors are as different one from
another as plea, and there is prob
ably nothing in the world more
different one from another than
pies, more especiallypies of the
same name.
Quite several of last winter's
February 28, 1022
Numerous errors by the court
are alleged and constitutionality
ot the Oregon capital punishment
law is attacked In the brief of
attorneys for Dr. Richard M.
Brumfleld which was filed la the
supreme ourt yesterday.. Dr.
Brumfleld was convicted in the
circuit court at Roseburg for the
murder of Dennis Russel, laborer.
Chicago Wheat ran up la
price t within l-l cent of Sl.Sf
a bushel today, barely missing the
height which for months has been
the ambition of hulls.
It has "been f reouently stated
that living costs were lower la
saiem than elsewhere In the state.
One evidence of this fact is that
New Views
Statesman . reporters yesterday
asked this question: "Are you
planning to bay a new spring
outfit this year as usual T"
Mrs. B. B. McNulty, housewife I
I don't know."
Margaret McCuUoagh, attest
ing Girl Reserve conforeacet "111
buy one eventually.
Nathalie Smith, stenographer i
"What woman won't it she can?
I'm going to declare a morator
ium on the depression for a few
days and buy a lot et things. I
didn't last year."
Winifred Settn, elevator oper
ator, state office building: "I am
afraid not. The depression hits
state employees, too. Don't you
know?"
Daily Thought
"Work thou for pleasure; paint
or sing or carve
The thing thou loves t. though the
body starve.
Who works for glory misses oft
the goal;
Who. works for money coins Us
- 'Very sou." '
Work tor work's sake then, and
it wen mar be
That these things shall be added
unto thee.
- . .. --, ' J Kenyon Coe.
yesterday eggs were retailing In
Portland for IS cents a dozea
while la Salem, the price was 21
cents a uoxee;
a
am J "a T .. ?
r
3
4. '"
w
i
D. H. TALMADGE
suits of male clothing have been
in service this winter, and It is
matter of nip and tuck, with some
of 'em as to whether they or the
winter will go to pieces first And
some of 'em only a. few. but
some look as well as when they
were new. There's a great differ
ence in clothing:, but a ereater
aucerence xn the wearers of cloth
ing.
The Stavton Mall at la at ..v
mentioned a birthdav nartv trirn
February 14 to Editor Alexander
of that newsoaner. M, rAnmm.
inuons are Hereby added to num
erous others, not so much because
he has attained innthar sirtht.
anniversary (everybody does that
w.in more or less regularity) as
because he Is surrounded by those
who are disposed ta miv a
am iuss aoout It.
Give the talkfAft thalr fna ! lf.
for many of us has been sweeten
ed by Jackie Cooper, the 7-year
oia, ana Mane Dressier, the !
year old. Salem has ninui
look and a listen to both during
iub past wees.
In reply to a auoatinn whu
th time is 9 a. m. la Salem it Is
z a. m. the following day
Shanghai.
la
Sometimes real eannra la
uuirva id aucr rn nnv.
v m
even though it be a good faith.
But I reckon a faith pk
at all is worth fighting for, or of
striving io ne true to. no matter
tt ua, OT7CUiing Paul.
Few conditions becom an hai
mac tner mirht nnt
w w V VI HO
race is, general conditions am
pretty good in the life of the ave
rage Individual. There's alwava
something for which to be grate-
iui i sure, you've heard It before,
but you don't act as If you had
mayDe none of us do. Lord haln
us!) "Gee," said a Salem S-rear-
at . a w
oia. scissoring dolls from a mag
azine, "I'm erlad naner don't
wnen ifs cut!"
It Is a sad sad business, th Inaa
Of bne Of our five senses, tha nnra
so it the loss be complete. But
grand old nature has a way of re
adjusting such things. One of the
oest nouna aogs I ever knew was
aear and dumb and mors than
naif hand. But his nmi nn
derfnl. TTa, nnt nnlv mall.il
- wm.v.i; niku
It, but hs sa and heard with it-
ana ne .got alonr dorzoned fin.
SU1L I pitied him on moanllrht
night Of course, a dog can bay
ine moon with jxis tail, but I could
see that his lif s would have been
much more satisfying had his oth
er .voice oeea spared.
Sometimes It comes to us. We
pass over the news ot dreadful
happenings in the newsprints day
br day. hastily, thonrhtlaaslv. Wi
cannot take to heart all the sor
rows et the world. Such things are
we say lightly, life,' toothing but
life, m'dear. But . sometimes it
comes home to us, ' and -well.
witnxn rae space ot a minute we
come to know more than we knew
before, see' and teel differently.
However, this must not, be taken
to mean that-heeansa af this t
are Justified la going into a con-
onion or cnronic annrpisnness
By ROBERT
SHANNON
SYNOPSIS
: Shortly after Tssr mother's death,
ICarjr Kennedy, young sad pretty
stenographer decides te live ber
own life and avoid the poverty she
has always known. - She rente a
small room and than seeks a posi
tion. Vary tneets Back Landers,
elderly sports promoter, who pro
poses to her. She does not love
Landers, but his wealth attracts
her. Without waiting for Mary's
decision. Landers presents her with
a diamond ring. He threatens any
one who comes between them. ,.
CHAPTER IX ,
E turned snd beckoned to the
clear-faced young man who
had linarered behind obscure
ly at the far end of the room. Mary,
Hr seemed had not met him.
"Steve, come here-r-I want you to
meet Mary Kennedy, Landers said.
This, is SteveMopre. He doesnt
belong to that mob yet I want you
two te be awfully good friends.
Mary's the girl Fm going to marry,
Steve. And Steve is the nearest
thing I've got on earth to a son."
Mary put out her hand and Steve
Moore's gaze met her own. She had
a vision of youth, of freshness that
swept her with a startled pleasur
able sensation. Her heart suddenly.
went into rapid pulsations.
"How do you do?" the young man
said to Mary, gazing at her with a
raptness that indicated that he, too,
was feeling something of the same
exhilaration that was affecting her.
For several seconds, it seemed.
they had both forgotten the pres
ence of Bock Landers. Some nat
ural spark, appropriate to their
youth, had leapeorthe gap between
them. Immediately there was the
swift telepathy of reciprocal attrac
tion.
The only thing about Steve
Moore that Mary realized were his
clear gray eyes; she did not ob
serve that he was nearly six feet
tail, that he was spare, yet athletic:
thst.be had a mouth that looked
forever as if he was about to smile.
AU that she saw was the eyes;
what she sensed was a certain
humorous something in his lurking
behind a slight bashf ulneas. They
were both young, and it followed
she did not at once discern that he
was solid and substantial; nor did
young Steve himself see beyond
the blue of her eyes, the soft yello
of her hair, the grace of her small,
shapely body. Yet they passed
instantly into a phase of under
standing, one with the other, that
left Buck Landers all but forgot
ten. When he spoke something of
the gossamer cloud around them
broke and scattered.
"Steve has the advantage of you
Mary. He arrived yesterday and
rve been telling him all about you
but I didat tell you anything
about him. How do you like him?"
Mary colored with embarrass
ment It was such a silly question
"Why I think he's nice," she
said, avoiding the eyes of Steve,
who was looking st her and smil
ing.
J'WelL sit down, Mary, and IU
explain Steve to you," Landers said.
"Steve's father was my pal out
West a long time ago. Saved my
life once. After that he got mar
ried and we drifted apart He's
dead now and so is this boy's
mother. In a sort of way I've been
looking after Steve out of grati
tude to his father and because the
boy's a darned fine kid himself. I'm
not as cold blooded as a lot of peo
ple think around the big town
here"
"111 say you're not" chimed in
young Steve. "You've been like a
father to me. You know, Miss Ken
nedy, he sent me through college
and gave me a regular allowance
like other fellows had. In fact, I'm
stm urawing from him every month.
net the same as always. Of course,
we haven't seen much of each other
Buck and I but "
That's because I didat want you
in the big town till you got through
that college stuff," Landers cut in,
"but I dont deserve too much credit
cot a big kick helping you along
for your father's sake. Besides
that, I can use a lad with your brain
and nerve in my business some
body I can trust'
Landers turned to Mary and sue
caught the gleam of pride, of van
ity, in his eye. ,
"I'm going to put this boy up at
the top ot the ladder," he told her.
he urged the boy again la part
ing. '"She's practically your step
mother." Left alone with Steve Moore, two
clashing elements flashed into
Mary's mind Steve's attractive
personality battled her dubious
troth to Buck Landers.
A rebellious shame, too late te
be of service, welled up in her
breast She had allowed Landers
te misrepresent their relationship
hadVby her reticence, confirmed
the impression he had created. She
had lacked aggressiveness to con
tradict hint in front of his friends.
She had been baffled, embarrassed.
'How do you do?" the young man said, gazing at Mary with raptness.
''I'm going to build him up to take
my place and handle my affairs.
rm going to start him in by- de
grees and he can take a lot off my
shoulders and leave for me
pleasanter things.
Mary's gaze did not falter as she
looked from Landers to his protege,
but her color changed swiftly, a
faint rosy tide swept her cheeks
and then faded, leaving her pale.
Her lips came near trembling. It
was as though Buck Landers was
tightening a chain around her,
binding her publicly to him. She
had no chance to deny anything.
He was acting as though they were
finally pledged to each other wi
making- it difficult for her te act
otherwise. He took out his watch
and looked at it
"Say I've got to be getting
along," he declared. "Now listen,
Steve, and you, too, Mary, m be
gone a week In Boston. Steve's new
in New York, and I thought you
might be able to show him around a
bit of evenings, Mary. It will keep
him out of mischief and hell keep
other fellows away from you. It's
a big town and a tough town, Mary,
my girl, and I'd feel a Tot better
with my boy watching over you."
Steve grinned. "You bet IU
watch over her. Buck that's
pleasure."
Landers got his hat aad cane
while Mary gazed at him, frankly
troubled. He, however, was per
fectly serene. His traveling bag.
he remarked, was already over at
Barney's; the crowd was going to
motor up te Boston and he was
filled with a spry eagerness to get
at the obscure business that en
gaged him. He' shook hands with
Steve and bent over Mary te kiss
her unresponsive lips briefly.
"Take good care of her, Steve,'
His crafty brain had outwitted her
inexperience ...
"He s a great chap Buck Lan
ders, isn't he?" Steve Moore smiled
at her. "Has the date of the wed
ding been set yet?"
Out of embarrassment Mary
shook her head. "No, it hasnt," she
said faintly.
A mask of reticence passed over
his eyes for a moment; if he had
caught any distress in her voice he
ignored it Mary was wondering
what ho thought of her surely it
must be apparent to him. that she
was after Landers' money. He
must think she was a gold-digger!
What else could he think?
"I know you're working here la
the hotel, but can't we have lunch
together today?" Steve asked her
politely. "Buck told me te look out
for you, you know."
"An impulse to avoid his eyes as
sailed her. "I can't today. I have
a date with a girL"
"Are you sure?" he asked, with a
slow smile of suspicion.
"Yes, I'm sure."
"Well, then, IU eat alone, but
I really must insist on seeing you
for dinner tonight It's a solemn
duty, and I don't wsnt to start off
in New York by dodging my re
sponsibilities. Buck expects me te
look after you, and Fm going to do
it if I have to pick you up and
carry you down the street tinder my
arm, kicking and squealing. That s
the way we handle reluctant ladies
out in California."
He looked at her and laughed in
such a friendly way that little bub
bles of amusement began to sing la
her veins and she was forced te
smile. She liked him she liked
him I
(Te Be CoatiaaeJl
Cepyrbrat. Kins restores S radicate, fjae.
BITS for BREAKFAST
By R. J. HENDRICKS
Grave ot Gov. Jackson:
N
Where Marlon got her name:
V
An Inquiry came to the writer's
desk from the office of the state
librarian a couple ot days ago. It
originated In the office ot the Mis
souri State Historical society. The
query: Where is the grave of Han
cock Lee Jackson? He died in Sa
lem May 19, 1276. Where was he
buried? He was lieutenant gover
nor and governor ot Missouri, ac
cording to their blue book.
" H
The next day came the same in
quiry, from George H. Hlmes, cur
ator of the Oregon Historical so
ciety. But Mr. Himes said: "Han
cock Lee Jackson came to Salem
from Missouri in 1S&S," and that
"he was a son-in-law of John F.
Miller."
Is
This made a definite answer to
the inquiry easy. The grave is a
well marked one, near the btg
Kinney monument, la the I. O.
O. F. Rural cemetery. Accompan
ied by Justice of the Peace Miller
Certainly not The show must go
on.
I do not always care greatly
whether or .not a motion play is
to my liking. It the audience Is
large meaning in numbers
and disposed as a whole to favor
the picture, I find a definite en
joyment in the show despite any
dislike I may have for the pic
ture. When the atmosphere of a
room is loaded with enjoyment
one cannot avoid absorbing some
ot it
Jimmy Kelly, whe years ago
covered the theatres for an east
coast '-newspaper, once said to me
at the, dose et a loudly-applauded
act in a continuous perform
ance' house: "Give 'em 'a hand,
boy.'The act was Yer-r-rr ter-r-r-
rible, but 'tis not for us to be
nasty. Sure, did we find fault
with the act we'd find fault at the
same time with an-these people,
our valued readers, and it would
not do. They know their public,
the boys and girls in that act do,
snd aw helL we've called 'em
back again!"
Hayden, the writer visited the
historic jrrave yesterday. Whv
with Miller Hayden? Because Gov
ernor Jackson was the great
grandfather of Miller Hayden and
uenerai John F. Miller, who in
1862 made a stroner ran for rnnr.
nor of Oregon, and was defeated
by A. C. GIbbs, who was MlUer
Hayden's grandfather. The four
graves of ffreai-eranarather and
mother and grandfather and
mother are side by side, in the
oraer named, excepting that the
one of General Miller is the
fourth Instead of the third.
The Jackson headstone
on the south face: "Hancock Lee
Jackson, born in Madison county.
Kentucky, May 12. 1721 . Died
March II. 1S7C. Mar hfs rear ha
the rest of the Just"
oa the north face it reads:
"Ursley D., wife ot H. L. Jsck
son. bora Madison count, rcmn.
tucky, July IS, i$02. Died March
, is sb. sne rests, sweetly rests."
Next is the grave of and marker
for Zartlda Miller, and tt th
grave ot and marker tor General
jonn f. Miner.
The Jaeksons, father and moth
er of Mrs. Miller, died st the home
of the Millers, a colonial style
Sanston that stood where the of
ce building is now for tha atat
school for the feeble minded. They
naa come to lire with the Millers
right after the -Civil war, when
their property had been all swept
away.
T
Jackson was a relative ot Stone
wall Jackson. On his mother's side
he was descended from the John
Hancock family of Revolutionary
war tame. The Jaeksons and Han
cocks were intermarried. And the
Lees. The writer does not know
which branch of the Lee family.
Hancock Lee Jackson had been
one of the largest slave holders
tf. Kentucky, and in Missouri hs
was interested la slaves, with
partners, on -a larra acala. Jak.
son county. Mo., was named for
""General John F. MtHer was a
pioneer of southern Oregon; was
ensured In the Indian wmvw tnM
aad acquired large land holdings
im ma ana etner sections of the
states. He was one ot the found
ers of Jeeksonville. in 18S2. He
wss la the territorial legislature
ot 18S3-4, and generally took a
large part in our early day poll-ties.
Is
Benjamin Hayden, grandfather
on the other side of Miller Hay
den, whose grave is near the
Jackson-Miller plot, knew both
Jackson and Miller as soldiers la
the Mexican war. John F. Miller
was in the company of Jackson.
and in that way became acquaint
ed with his future wife, youngest
daughter of his commander. They
all three were well acquainted
with General Joe Lane, after
wards first governor of Oregon,
ia the Mexican campaigns. Benja
min Hayden's tombstone, tar
nished by the government reads:
"Capt BenJ. Hayden, Co. G. 1st
Oregon Volunteers. Inf. Mex.
War." He was captain ot cavalry
rn Oregon Indian wars, and a
member of the Infantry in the
Mexican war.
. S
Th4T pages of Kentucky. Mis
souri snd Oregon history and that
of -the Mexican and Civil . wars,
would reveal many pages concern
ing Hancock : Lee Jackson, and
General John F. Miller, and Ben
jamin Hayden.
.
Another inquiry is on the Bits
man's desk. It came to the secre
tary ot Willamette university,
reading: "As a point ot historic
interest concerning Oregon, can
you give me the following infor
mation: what was the origin et
the name Marion given Marlon
county? How did that name hap
pen to be chosen? The writer was
born aad raised In Marion county
as a boy and has often inquired
concerning this, name, - but has
never received a satisfactory an
swer. V. W. Craig." (With Figue
roa Finance company, 2S7S rig
ueroa St, Los Angeles, Cel.)
-n
The original name for the dis
trict then county, was Champoeg;
spelled in a half dozen or more
ways. Sept S. 1141. the provi
sional government legislature
changed it to Marlon county, la
honor ot General Francis Marion,
popular hero ot the Revolution
ary war, -whose daring and dash
ing exploits, often with few
against . many men, caught ', and
held the public fancy. There are
Marlon postotflces in 27 of our
it slates, with firs others having
(Continued- on page 7)