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PAGS TCia;XTAT frlttai WmV Opoiu TueIav-Mrt;ifr M.rrv tl iThg OREGON STATESMAN-Sale.-. Oregon, Tuesday 'Elornja?,. llxrih fl3.fl3S2-nr Yesterdays HERESlHOW; By EPSON ifTUP I n 7V7 TD A D" By ROBERT mni ; , - . A: A Al V. li 11 ; CHAM MOM t- a 4 A w i i vA V Of Old SJe 1 "tfo Foror sway 17; Fear. SAafl Awe" ., 1 "( " From First Statesman, March 28, 1851 ! "THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Chakles A, Spacct, Sheuqs V. Sackxtt; Pullitkert CHAKLES A.- Spbacuk -, - ; - ; - - Editor-Manager Sheldon F. Sackett ... - - - - - Managing Editor ' - Member of tbe Associated Press ! The Associated Press la exclusively entitled to tha uss tor publica tion of all diwi dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited to . this paper, . . . : : Pacific Coast Advertising Bepresenta tires: !' J " Arthur W. 8types, Inc., Portland. Security Bldgv ,t San Francisco, Sharon Bids.; Los Angeles. W. Pac Bldg. f ' ' ' Eastern Advertising Representatives: Ford-Parsons-Stecher. 'Toe, New Tor k. 171 Madison Are.; i ''(.-'. Chicago. ISO N. Michigan Ave. - Entered at the Poatoffiee at Salem, Oregon, as Second-Class Hatter. Published every morning except Monday. Business office. SIS S. Commercial Street. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Mail Subscription Rates, - la.srtwano Within Oregon : Dally and Sunday. I Mo. 69 cenU: S Mo. $1.25; Mo. 12.25; 1 year S4.S0. Elsewhere 50 cents per Mo, or $5.0S (or 1 year In advance. By City Carrier: 45 cents a month ; I5.S0 a year In advance. Per Copy 3 cents. On trains and News Stands 5 cents. Town Talks from The States mas of Earlier Days . March. 15, 1907 The' rich man's panic contin ues, and. .wall street securities areidown. There will bo a new start! as; point, with much of the water squeezed out, and a health- ler tone will prevail.' Bit for Breakfastr " ' The war is temporarily sus pended between Alderman Haas and the Southern Pacific over the violations of the speed ordinance. But Haas holds over the railway superintendent's head a John Doe warrant for arrest if any of the trains are discovered traveling; through the city in excess of six miles an hour. Fall of an Industrial Monarch . -fNE of the absolute monarchs of world industry, Ivar J Kreugerv elided his life in Paris Friday night. Here was , a modern substitute for the Caesars and Alexanders of an cient times. In his drive for financial power Kreuger invaded ; - the world,' and brought vast areas of industrial enterprise withln the confines of his dominion. The Laplander striking a match in his desolate hut, the Mexican lighting his cigar- ; ette, tbe American housewife using a match to light the gas of her cooking range, the Pole starting a fire in the factory furnaces, all these were paying tribute to Ivar Kreuger who at 52 was wmatch-king" of the world. v His career reads like a Horatio Alger story. He started as a salesman, turned into the match business and expanded his interests and activities until they included not only a virtual match monopoly over the world, but mining, manuf ac- , ture, banking, utility operation. The strain of management proved too great, particularly when hard times came on and he faced difficulties in financing his vast enterprises. So Kreuger crumpled up, like many another whose hopes were shattered on the rocks of adversity. Kreuger represented almost the peak of concentrated con trol of industry. The apex of his pyramid was the firm of Kreuger & Toll. Its great subsidiary was the Swedish Match company which in turn controlled an American corporation, v the International Match company. The great device by which Kreuger built up his financial empire was that of the match monopoly. Swedish matches through their inventions of t processes and economies in manufacture, gained a world wide, market. This was increased through Kreuger's secur- ing monopolies or favorable concessions in many countries. Nations unable to get loans from bankers would turn to ' Kreuger who would make them a loan in return for a match i monopoly. Kreuger & Toll would thereupon issue their own . bonds and stocks in the markets of the world ta provide the capital required. The earnings were enormous but the com pany evidently has been under financial embarrassment, since Kreuger had been negotiating, apparently unsuccess- ; , fully, with American capitalists only recently. ; 4 Besides the match business Kreuger & Toll through sub- ; sidiaries operated the largest iron ore mines in Europe, were engaged in the manufacture of cellulose And wood pulp, op . erated banks in Sweden, France, Germany, Poland, Holland, and held large interests in telephone companies. Some months ago the concern acquired a. large interest in the Internation al Telephone & Telegraph company which controls telephone V interests in many foreign countries and is tied up with the . Postal Telegraph and Mackay companies in this country. The parent company made loans amounting to many mil- , lions to Serbia, Latvia, Poland, Ecuador, Greece, Rumania, France and Hungary. Perhaps the collapse of foreign bonds i affected the company s own credit. I' It is easy to see the menace of such combinations of cap- itaL Usually they are the product of one man's energy and , genius and on his death the combination breaks up. The par allel with the conquering general is close. Rarely does the em- pire survive its founder. This dynastic control of financial - Dower is a constant threat in the business world. Its fall gives a shock to bourses in many centers just as the death of 1 a great king formerly had repercussions m all the chancel leries of Europe. Hugo Stinnes in the wreckage o post-war Germany fashioned a financial colossus which holds on through the necessity of slow liquidation. Alfred Bowenstein, another flashing meteor of the post-war period, stepped or fell out of an airplane in crossing the English channel, and his empire swiftly disintegrated. What will happen to the great Kreuger and Toll kingdom remains to be seen. The bankers will step in now and see to getting "theirs". It is doubtful if there is any genius to succeed Ivar Kreuger and preserve his company intact. The fate of Kreuger and Lowenstein and of many others of lessenown will not deter men with similar aspirations. The Iustfor power is inborn. If it cannot be sated on the fieIfof battle which once was the path to glory, it will find outlet in the field of industry, commerce and finance. But 't '' the permanence of power in any field of endeavor is still in- . mm vf a. 1 secure as tne nieiess poay 01 rireuger now witnesses. :. . Germany Stands Fast GIVE an impending danger enough advertising and very I likely it will never come to pass. That is what seems . apparent , from the German elections held Sunday. For j months the world has been told that Adolf Hitler, the Mus s solini of Germany, would sweep into power. Hitler got lots of free publicity. But when the sober German people turn in to .vote Hitler received fewer than twelve million votes and old President Paul von Hindenburg over eighteen million. Though President Paul's vote lacked a small number of be ing sufficient for his reelection it is taken for granted that he will win in the finals on April 10th. , ' The German election- will have a good effect on senti ment both in political and financial circles. It indicates that Germany is not going to resort either to repudiation or to revolution at least at the present time. Perhaps Europe will keep from going over that fearful brink after all. -"''V'- !' i'J,;:' - , - . - .. - -An order for a million dollars worth of linen products will be heartening; to the linen Industry in Salem. The weaving; branch, of tne business was revived not many months ago,-but found it hard to get Orders that Would sustain Continnona nrorturtlnn Nov with 1?e,rm.ln, hand the company may proceed to steady operation. The wuuio luuuBinaj ana commercial labric of the city will be stimulated oy iu gw news.. -,'.:- -City Attorney McNary yester day declared that It Is compul sory upon the United Railways company to build the Salem line or Its bond will be forfeitable. If this Interpretation of the fran chise Is upheld, it will mean two parallel electric lines to Salem. r - rT? v i March 1022 New names suggested for West Salem are: Melaa (Salem re versed , Spauldfhg View, River side, Rlvervlew, Willamette City, Cherry Center, Rose Center, Wal lace, Fletcher, Capitola, King- wood, Polk City. -Earlsdale, Churchmere, West Park and Cle- ao. The names suggested will be taken up by the West Salem city council at Its next meeting and that body's choice wlU be sub mitted to the people. O Nh TMcr Wont cceAse- AAAAIV MON-ms-AVtir ee& PeftFecreoiN lonooh7 1IPSTICK waxcuesJ e-ra vussk a ia. l vvi in sm v snac HtPpen m CtECJECXieAPH. CONVeet5 OBCH- tNtD 62AJlXEAf OHCE.SO IHAX THE 6UNt? MAr Tomorrow: "60-Minute Dynamite By a unanimous rote, the Cherrians last night voted to hold a Cherrlngo tor the benefit of th Salem hospital. The committee named for the affair is: E. Cooke Patton, chairman; C. B. Webb I and A. H. Ollle. BITS for BREAKFAST By R. J. HENDRICKS A rumor gained currency yes terday that L. J: Simeral, labor leader of Salem and a member of the school board, is being talked as a possible candidate for may or. He is the only man outside the present regime thus far men tioned. New Views bnouid tnis state make a con certed effort to retain Dr. Spears as head coach at Eugene at a sal ary of $11,500 annully?" States man reporters yesterday asked this question about town. G. C. Blake, Shields A Blake real estate office: "I don't believe they should. I think he costs too much and that the coach Is not worth that much in the present times." Howard Tomlisoa, clerk: "I suppose there are two sides to it all right, but I don't see why he should not be retained if public Interest Is great enough." B. It. Boardman, Y. M. C. A. physical director: "Very much so. yes. Because he carries a fine in fluence on the student body as a who1." Lorcn Grannls, Willamette smi- verslty athlete: "They are paying him as high as he'll ever get. There's no doubt about his being a good coach. I think It would be a mistake to let him go now. I don't blame him if he wants to get out." Ir. D. B. HH: "I don't know. but I hate to see Oregon go nacx ward just now. Such men as Spears bring the right kind of publicity and attention. Oregon should be careful now about doing anything to hurt its standing. I'd hate to see us get any adverse publicity which would stop people thinking Oregon" when they think "west TO GIVK PLAY PRATUXI, March 14. A three- act play entitled "Wild Ginger." by Myrtle Girard-Elsey, is to be given Friday evening, March IS. at 8 o clock at the Pratum school. Proceeds from the play are to be used for buying school equipment. Pulp and Paper Rate High OTTAWA. Canada (AP) The gross value of pulp and paper manufactured in Canada last year was $215,674,248 the domin ion's most important mannfactur ing Industry. When Willamette was small i i This column la the past several days sketched very briefly the of ficial report of William A. Slo- cum, sent by President Jackson to Investigate and report upon condi tions In the Oregon country and in California, arriving on the Loriot in the Columbia In late December, 1838, and soon thereafter. In Jan- nary, 1537, spending about three very busy weeks In the Willamette valley. That was the first Inves tigation of Its kind, and the most useful, looking to American occupation. In 1841 Captain Chas. Wilkes came and made an investigation for and a report to his govern ment. Lieut Nell M. Howison came In 1846, on an errand of the same kind, by order of Commodore Sloat of the Pacific squadron of the United States navy. All these reports were published in issue of the Oregon Historical society Quarterly, the last one, of Howl son, in one of the 1)173 numbers. S Howison wrote: "Finding it im possible to get the schooner (the Shark) Into the Willamette river, I left her at Vancouver (Fort Vancouver), and made a visit to Oregon City, where I was received by the provisional governor. George Abernethy, and HONOR ED WITH A SALUTE fired from a hole drilled In the village black smith's anvil. 1i "From the city the governor accompanied me for a week's ride through the Willamette valley. and A MORE LOVELY COUNTRY NATURE HAS NEVER PRO VIDED for her virtuous sons and daughters than I here traveled over. The excursion ended, the governor took a seat in my boat. and accompanied me to Vancouv er. He was received on board the schooner (the Shark) with a sal ute and remained with me for two days. (They were punctilious In regard to military- and gnber natorial salutes-) ... In person 1 visited the Twality (Tualatin) plains, and returned again by the city and river." (Here louows long historical sketch of the Ore gon country up to tnat date.) Resuming, quoting from the re port: "Besides Fort Vancouver, six sites have been selected for towns; of these Astoria takes pre cedence in name only. ... It con tains 10 houses, including a ware house, Indian lodges, a cooper's and a blacksmith's shop. . . . About 30 whites live there, and two lodges of Chinook Indians. . . S W "Leaving Astoria, we ascend the Columbia 0-Ues, and there entering the Willamette we find, three miles within Its mouth, the elty of Linton, on its left or west ern shore. This site was selected by a co-partner of gentlemen ( in cluding later IL Burnett, after wards the first governor of Cali fornia), as the most natural de pot for the produce of the well settled Twality plains, and a road wat opened over the ridge of hills Intervening between the plains and the river. It contains onlr a rew log houses, which are over shadowed by huge firs . . . V "Eight or nine miles above Lin ton, on the same side of the Wil lamette, we come to a more prom ising appearance of a town. It has been named Portland. . . . Twelve or fifteen new houses are already occupied, and others building: ana, with a population of more than 60 souls, ... Its prospects of increase are favorable. . . . 'iweive miles above we come to the falls of the Willamette, and abroast of and Just below these, on the east side or the river, stands Oregon. City. This is con sidered the capital of the terrl tory, contains 70-odd houses, and nas a population or nearly 500 souls. . . . The site on the oppo site side of the river, upon which some good buildings are begin ning to appear It called Multno mah. (Afterwards called Linn City.) Communication is kept up between these two places by two ferry boats. . . . S "U "A sixth site dignified by the name of tow is Salem, high up the Willamette, of which too little exists to be worthy of an attempt at description." (Salem had not been named Salem when Lieut. Howison was here in the late sum mer er early fall of 1846. It was called 'The Mills- after the Laus anne in 1840 brought the machin ery for the saw and grist mills of the mission. After Aug. 13, 1844. when classes in the Oregon Insti tute (Willamette university) were opened, it was called "The Insti tute." J. A. Baker, living here yet, when he entered the Oregon Institute in the fall of 184f, had not heard Salem applied to the town. The first plats, giving the name of Salem, were tried In 1850.) . Quoting again from the Howi son report: "The Methodist insti tute, designed as an educational establishment for the future gen erations of Oregon, is still in the hands of gentlemen who were connected with the Methodist mission. It is finely situated on the Wilhamette. (Howison's spell ing), 50 miles above Oregon City. S "As a building its exterior was quite imposing from a distance, but I was pained upon coming up with it, to find Its interior de partments in an entirely unfinish ed state. Mr. Wilson, who is in charge of it, was so hospitable and polite to. me that I retraiaed .' SYNOPSIS Ifary Kennedy, pretty secretary. engaged to Back Landers, wealthy, middle-aged sports promoter, real ises love Is greater than riches when she meets young and hand some Steve Moore, Landers' ward. Bock surprises Steve and Uary as they confess their love for one an other. When Steve refuses to give np ifary. Landers threatens to trams him. Landers warns Mary Itsvs's tats depends npon her. He Insists that she go with him to his apartment to talk things over. Fear ing for Steve's safety, Mary has him move to her boarding honse. Then she secretly goes to keep her appointment with Landers. He in sists that , Mary marry him and Steve leave town. Mary tells him she would rather work as a scrub woman than be his wife. Landers henchmen knock Steve unconscious when he voluntarily asks them to take him to Landers. CHAPTER XJCH. AKY had determined one thing firmly before she went sleep it would be impor tant for her to discontinue her em ployment at the Metropolis HoteL Pride alone was sufficient reason for quitting; Landers had procured her the job to continue on would keep her too close to him. She closed her eyes and rested comfortably in her narrow bed, while she tried to vision her future win Steve. Nothing mattered bat their love I With the bright opti mism of youth she forgot au her fears. Steve s smart mind, and his courage would pull them through. He would triumph in life and buy her everything. But such posses sions were merely pleasant things. All that actually mattered was the love that she and Steve had for each other ... Ia the morning she slipped down stairs and telephoned Nelson at the hotel that she was not coming back to her job. He was astonished. And then angry. But he imagined that Buck Landers was behind her quit ting, and he dared not be furious. After all, it was only a temporary inconvenience for him, since he could immediately get a fairly com petent girl from any agency. His faint sputtering meant nothing in comparison with the overwhelming facta in Mary's life. She was all eagerness to see Steve, and share with him the plans of their next move. Anything he de cided would be perfection that was the way she ought to feel about her lover, and that was the way she did feeL Her devotion to him was now so concentrated that anything else was of no importance. She was all impatience. What she hoped was that Steve would decide for them to marry immediately. Between them they had a little money, and they could both work and, maybe, a little later, could go West where Steve would make his real start. 'He would be down presently and would be tapping on her door: they would go to breakfast together ta a little restaurant around the corner. She looked forward to It with a kind of daisied happiness. When he did not come she was disappointed and when thirty minutes had dragged past, she was a little worried. At last, when it seemed as though he were oversleeping, she pocketed her reticence : and tripped up to his room. Her knock at the door brought no response she entered cautiously and saw that he had gone. She was vexed. Hadnt t&ey agreed to have breakfast together? Why had he gone out without her! It began to look a little strange, ... You haven t chance in the world ta protect him." Landers had uttered those words. had taunted her with threats. It was silly, she told herself, to worry about Steve. He had probably slipped out for some harmless purpose of his own, and would return soon. He did not come back, however, and gradu ally her apprehension began to spread wildly through all her thoughts. If anything happened to Steve ... she would die I She began to listen for his foot steps, but the only 'sounds that reached her ears were the petty noises of the rooming house, A post man blew his whistle in the vesti bule; down the hall a negro maid was running a carpet sweeper. The house was. empty of its roomers; Mary Identified the heavy tread of the landlady going about her busi ness with a jingling bunch of keys. In the dull mirror, she looked at her self. Her face was colorless and the deep bine eyes under her brave little hat were wide and haunted looking. If anything happened to Steve . "Telephone f oh. Mis' Kennedy r called the shrill voice of the negro maid up the stairs. 'Gone to work an hour ago,1 yelled the landlady, from the top floor. Mary sprang for the door. "Not No! I'm not gone Vm here I Hold It I" She flew down the stairs, almost ran to the instrument. "Hello . , hello t" The voice that answered had a confident coolness. "Good morning, Mary," said Buck Landers. "You havent seen Steve this morning. have you?" Fear tore at her breast like wild animal, intent on dragging its prey to earth ... "He's not here 1 I can't find" He answered her with a steadi ness that riveted all of her atten tion : "W ell, don't get excited, Mary. I'm sure he's all right, in fact I know he ia. Of course he may be missing for just a little while I wouldn't be surprised but I don't believe he's badly hurt, or anything like that. Chances are he's visiting some friends who won't let him get sway if you know what I mean." She beat against the wall with her clenched fist, Landers had done something to Steve. She believed it she knew It I A wild ferocity pos sessed her; she could kill anybody who hurt Steve I She would but s k dased helplessness overpowered her ': There waa nothing she could dot A glimmering intelligence warned hei that she would have to negotiate somehow, with Landers. Are : you sure he's not ... deadf . Oh,SMthtng as fatal as that baa happened to him, I'm certain," Lan ders returned. His voice sounded careless., "No, you mustn't let your self, get all worked up and hysteri cal. You cant do Steve any good U you get wild, you know. If I were you, Mary I think I'd talk to some body and get a load of good advice." But who where" she cried wildly ia her distress. "Calm yourself." he told her. "If Steve is missing, and you want some good advice who's better to talk to than the man that befriended you both! Me, rm the fellow that you naturally ought to turn to first dont you think? You're just a little girL Mary, and I dont want you to blow your top. Everything is going to be fine. Of course, I warned you that something might happen to Steve, because this is a big, tough town remember what I told you?" She was eaugfat trapped. New that she knew for certain that Buck Landers had carried out his threat, had ' visited some mysterious ven geance upon Steve, the shock stag gered her. But she did not crumple under it. Out of some unexpected depth of her nature, she drew upon her hidden strength, her latent power. She was like a prize fighter reeling under a hundred hammer. Ings but still trying to keep on his feet. Desperately, she forced her benumbed brain to function with a fragment of wisdom. Whatever hap penedwhatever the price she knew she had to save Steve! Now was not the time to antagonise Lan ders ... ) "Tell me what I must do" She was clutching at the wall to steady her swaying body. "I'm at your mercy, Mr. Landers! all be reasonable tell me what I must do but please don't let anything hap pen to Steve! For God's sake dont let anything hurt him! Promise me that and 111 IT " But he was too hard, too wary. to leap at any hollow victory. She could almost see the cautious shrewdness gleaming in his stony eyes. "Why, Mary, I'd get over being excited the first thing," he told her with odd leisure In his voice, "Then rd see my old friend Buck Landers, just as soon as I could. Matter of fact, I'd come right on down to the hotel as soon as a taxi could bring me, and I'd make up in my mind on my way that I was going to be a sensible girl and put all my trust in my old pal. Buck." Her heart died and crumpled. "Wait for me," she urged out of her laboring being. TU--IH be right there ..." (Te Be Conttaaea) RobtHcM. Khur Features Srndfeate, Im. 1 i0.e who "e"el e seeming necessity for the Lindberghs - to turn to the Invisible eovernmeHt nt th ,u . Sttlns trxelr baby back have the satisfaction of knowing the un derworld seems as powerless as the JersT t0h. 5 ' Analogous to Charles Dana'a definition a- a ,wtw the ao mBl Jumping on an auto at Coqullle made i ! xlhv round the corner 'has caused s lot of foolish specula- , oa: but a safe guess would be that-it's another service station. LBENEB8 HOSTS . t; LARWOOD, March :i4Mr, and Mrs. George Leeser and son Otto were hosts to a number of friends and relatives at their home Sun day. a sumptous dinner was served in honor.: of' Miss Mamie Jones' birthday. These guests present were Mr. and Mrs, Lee Gaines. Willette Burton. Mr. and Mrs.- Roscoe Gaines, Miss Mamie Jones,. Harrie Culter and Mr. and airs.xiharies Barta. WELCOME MUSIC HEARD IN SHANGHAI 1 !;. ' "1 b !i k -M, ' , I ? v "'..: L ft fl 1 -, & . I: ! 4 1 ... 'w ll - "SZi ,i..l . ?- I V : r '.- One of the most welcome sounds. ever heard by 4 British, French, Italians and Chinese were intensely American residents of the International Settlement T relieved to see uncle Sam's beys on the job of pro of Shanghai were thm atirrln strain af Tha Rtara I twtinw thm attlntnm irimct Invaaian. tnmmt anawa and Stripes Forever" as the 81st U. S. Infantry Regiment marched along the Bund after its arrival fMiM 4 w . waa.i m ... a .a a "wu we . jrauippues.- ttot oniy Americans out the doughboys in a' scene reminiscent of- 181T. Loaded in trucks, they are en rente to take up their posts on the boundaries of the settlement, r f from asking questions, which. was sure, from appearances, would only produce answers con flrmatory of Its languishing con dition. "Five little boys were now get ting their rudiments of education here; when, from the-number of dormitories. It was manifest that it had been the original design to receive more than ten times that number. "I learned from Governor Aber nethy, however, about the begin ning of 1847, that the-number of pupils wafast increasing." - -B The kind Lieutenant evidently did not have impressed upon his. mind the fact that building he saw was erected for the Indian manual training school of the Ja son Lee mission, though both Gov ernor Abernethy and "Mr. Wil son" (Dr. W. H. Willson) both knew all about It. Mrs. Willson, who was Chloe A- Clark of the Lausanne, opened classes In the Oregon Institute Aug. 18, 1844. with five In at tendance. Lieut. Howison found only "five little boys" there two years later. But tney were no doubt , boarders. There were like ly several day pupils besides but not a great number. Oregon institute that by change or name became Willamette university. started small. But. in the building Lieut. How ison saw. in the basement rooms. Jan. 10. 1853. the Oregon legisla ture, in session there, chartered Willamette university. Unique dis tinction for a school to be char tered In its own buUdlng. Could Lieut. Howison look down from the battlements of -heaven, he would be surprised at the growth of the school be saw. with "five little hoys" in atten dance, and at the accomplish ments of the trooping thousands of students who have passed through its halls. GIVE CLEVER MILL CITY. March 14 Fri day night at the Hammond hall the senior class of the MiU City high school presented the annual senior "stunt" by giving a three act mystery play "Lady Lilac". The play was well directed by the class advisor. Miss Marguerite Looney, and was enjoyed by one of the largest crowds ever gath ered to witness a high school play. - The music was furnished by Mrs. Nina Kaylor and H. Thomp son. The cast was as follows: Miss Smith. Mary Rada: HI Periwin kle, Lawrence : Kanoff ; Richard Lane, Roger Harris: Emery Pot ter, Robert .Allen; "Speedy", Mal colm Davis: Horace Hathaway, Arey Podrabsky; May belle Mason, Margaret Bodeker; Dorothy Win-. gate, Maxlne Jewell; Josephine Bonaparte,- Marian . Allen: Flera- belle WUliamsburgv-Velaa Artk- Ware, Lois Lorett. ' TUB If IE JUVENILE GMH TURNER, March 14. Surprise grange met Saturday in an all-day session. The usual routine business was taken care of during the morning. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Webb were Initiated into the first and second degrees. As there are a number of children belonging to grange families it was decided to try and organize a Juvenile grange with Mrs. Maurice Townsend and Mrs. J. M. Bones appointed on a committee which will make fur ther arrangements at the Womaa's Work club meeting at the home of Mrs. Townsend near Aumsvllle Tuesday, March 29. After a dinner and social hour the lecturer, Maurice Townsend, announced the afternoon program, which .as inters, ersed with mu sic. C. C. Hulet's campaign mana ger, Mr. Eddy, gave a talk, as did C. A. Rattcllff of Mornlngslde Wells was also present and spoke 1 briefly. Aid Meets Thursday The Methodist Ladies'. Aid so ciety will meet Thursday after noon prepared for sewing, at the home of Mrs. C. A. Bear. A local workers conference of the Methodist Sunday school will be held at the church Tuesday at 8 p. m. Auburn Community Club Meets Friday AUBURN, March 10-The Au burn Community club will meet at the school house Friday night. George Baumgartner has charge of the program and Mrs. T. C. Morgan, Mrs. Harvey Armstrong and Mrs. C. J. Griffith will serve on the refreshment committee. Mrs. A. Stawell was the In spiration of a surprise shower, given by her sister-in-law, Mrs. Stewart Johns, at her home on Monroe avenue. The afternoon was spent in playing 500. Mrs. 8. M. Husselman and Mrs. Jake H. Reschke received prixes. Daily Health Talks By ROYAL S. COPE LAND, M. D. A CARELESS mother in her , efforts to cleanse her baby's mouth may do great injury to the lining membrane. This mucous membrane is very sensi tive to irrita tion and prone, to infections,. and on, this ac count the use of unclean nip ples for bottle fed babies is most dangerous. Today I wish to tell you about several diseases of the mouth. The first is "stomatitis." This is char acterized by a redness of the mu cous membrane. The saliva is in creased in amount, and mar be so acrid, as to irritate tne skin around tne moutn. rne cnud is restless and fretful, so me Urn as refusing to nurse. Cleanliness In all the utensils sed tn baby's feeding Is Important. There must be great care of the rub ber nipples and proper cleansing- of tne mother's breast. At tne first sign of digestive disturbance, efforts should be made to correct It. "Aphthous stomatitis" is another , ailment. Its symptoms are rathar Uko those of tbe simple variety, but small elevated spots also appear, and these soon break etvs Into anaiiow ulcers. .They, appear in successive ur - J Dr. Copelaad disease usually lasts a week or tea days. 8osno digestive disturbance is probably tbe exciting cause, and this must be corrected before a cure can be effected. "Ulcerative stomatitis" Is ret an other type of sore mouth tn chil dren. It Is rare In bablea, but com mon between tbe ages of t and IS years. Unclean surrounding and overcrow dine are factors. The. trouble usually begins oa tne gums at tne or the teeth, untreatea. ine disease roes on te deep ulceration. sometimes penetrating even Into tne bone. - - Under medical ' treatment, even severe cases may recover. The giv ing- or tonics,- as wen as local treat ment. Is imperative, and better living quarters must be provided. "Thrush" Is another form of stom atitis. This- Is caused by a germ. Small, white, opaque patches, resem bling curds of mUk. are seen on the mucous lining of the mouth. If the trouble Is untreated, these Join to gether and form a membrane. Whoa an attempt la made to remove this, the surface of the mouth under neath Is found . to be raw and abraded. Usually there are symp toms of digestive disorder. Some times this disease extends to the throat, and even Into the digestive trace '" Treatment of every form of sore mouth should be directed by a physi cian. With proper attention, recov ery tn previously healthy children takes place usually in a week or ten days. The strictest cleannaees must be observed, or the patient may re Infect Itself. ATI these troubles, you see. can be traced to the lack of perfect cleaa- llneas. When once the mother has learned the Importance of this fac tor tn her babya welfare, she will erooa on . the inner noraer cr tne cheeks and oa the tongue, . This be glad to giro It attention. i ? 13 I .Answer to Health Oneries I V V;.- ; " I - IsVH. O-fhat to feel very restless ur: and Mrs. a patient at night? il -sleep wen but seem to Jump around and kick a great oeex, -. Aw This la probably due tan nerv ous conditioa. Orer-tlredness might also.be a factor. Get plenty of fresh air every day and keep the system dear. Ftor fan particulars send a seU-addreeaod, stamped envelope and repeat yowr question. . WW ran atas rr -