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I HERE'S HOVi
25?S "EMBERS of
LOVE
By HAZEL
LIVINGSTON
I f :-The Slogan Barrage ;c: ; '
OREGON which gave to the world the gas tax; the initia
tive and referendum and free power without cost to
the taxpayers, is also the great contributor of political slo
gans. Here by legislative invitation the candidates may lay
jT down a barrage of slogans bravely reminiscent of the day
'tehen western villages and cities belched their future hopes
in grandiloquent slogans : Keep your eye on Pasco ; Boston
j Harbor, fwhere rail meets sail'. -
; From now until May 20th the humble voter will be as
saulted with slogans. ITiey will peer at him from placards.
.They will be projected in the advertisements. They will be (
v slipped to him on campaign cards. The Oregon Voter does a
service in gathering together all the platforms and slogans
of candidates for state offices. It is a diverting task to wend
n'-one's way among the intriguing slogans many of which are
iZ juicy with promise; others are worms to clothe the barb.'
-w"-:' .There ha t been a great change in slogans in ten years. A
.'decade ago, even four years ago the', ballot would bristle with
brave assurances ff or the bone-dry law and "rigid en
forcement". There would also be the ringing challenge to
. "Americanism", a pseudonym for KKE
f Now the old grey mare of tar reduction gets beaten over
the taiL Here is Charles Ghilds of Albany who proclaims
"More economy; lower taxes". That is typical of 75 of the
, 1932 brand of slogan. There is only one man brave enough to
defend a tax. That is V. U. Temple of Pendleton who says A
patriotic and civic duty! to maintain our state, schools and
, municipalities." Bravo, Temple, you will get the votes of the
. school teachers and deputy sheriffs at any rate. George Den
man, of Corvallis, who wants to be state senator makes a
- brave start, but adds a clause so as not to miss a vote: "Re
lieve the taxpayer by reducing taxes to the minimum, con
sistent with efficiency." People are never able to agree on
" just what the minimum ought to be; but it "is always a safe
word for a slogan. - . . '
fj Free power has" fewer sloganeers than might be ex
pected Kenneth G. Harlan, keeper of the faith, makes "Jo
sephs platform his slogan as candidate for U. S. senator.
A few others speak for public, ownership of utilities. Repeal
of the 18th amendment gets sprinkling support or a little
better. Bob Stanfield-who made his exit from the U. S. sen
. ate via a drunken brawl at Baker only to campaign as a mil-
: TOtTH AND CRIMB
' ?'TiSt dost let OM Utt sae. Ok
mister, please dom't let taem kaac ate. I
eea-t want te die. aen'l want te aaaf.
Fleaae 1 oK eeve se." ? ;.
1 ; Tbos wera that wordA at : a
yoath as natppad 'to tha gal-
Iowa. : Ha" claimed to ba onlj IT;
tha authorities aaU aa was si. Ra
cardlesa : of - tha numerala the
words Bonnd like the cr of a lost
souL A4reaclier i portraylnf tlia
terrors of the damned would zlad !
this a most appropriate Quota Uon.
Foes of capital punishment will
writhe Jn pain as they read this
dying plea of a youth who cringed
as the black cap; droped orer his
head. Srea the most calloused Is
touched by tho spectaelo of . tha
execution of a nrereviad.
Baffling indeed Is the study of
the germ of crime. How . does
crime breed? Why does It breed?
For centuries the world has been
taught the lesson that the wires
of sin Is death; but each new gen
eration Ignores the lesson. 80 1
there Is the repetition' of arrest
and trial and punishments The
processes of control of crime seem
to make no headway.; Each. 'year
rur penai population grows, our
statistics of jcrlme show increases.
Commissions', make invest Iga-I
tlon and produce ponderous TOl-
umes. Still the criminal class re
bels against restraint and defies
the laws which society has derlsed
for Its own security,
TttiS PEHCACY MAY
1 1 & 1
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a ,sw w nasK ea.iea I .s
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terecitvejf
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IH VfiSSxS tn Ar .
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-THB OCBAH RtCCST
MINQ -CONfAlHtKO 1 O T
There are those who put the TnMoilaYt Thr FrthnnxkM s Dar In Hawailnn slandV'
nth e-AA 1 - .. . f . . 1
blame on "society" If a youth goes
wrong. They would relieve the in
dividual of . moral responsibility.
8nt that hardly seems allowable
l these days of general education,
when moral lessons are generally
taught and when Individual oppor
tunities nave long been abundant
With all oar Instruction In the acl
tnraa an! arte w& m r.n
build up tha essenUal lngredlenU J HP
of character. Moral stamina is as X
vital lor living now as it was In
tne days when - there , .were no
SChOOlS. f "
There Is no substitute for disci
pllne In the home in early years.
Moral precepts taught at the
mother's knee and Impressed with
paternal sternness must always be
the safeguard for the growing
emia, mat ne may develop. Into
self-reliant manhood. School
agencies, are so busy teaching
facts they fail to give adequate
moral training. Sunday schools
are often so busy teaching facts
about biblical history that ther
too fail to clinch In conduct the
fine ethical, teachings of relielon.
Character building, character
Duiiding.-
Who You Going to Sue if Bird
Breaks Plate Glass Windows?
By D. H. Talmadget Sage of Salem
HB robins, are singing la
Front street and In High
street and In tha atreets and
alleys between, and the pigeons
on the walks and In the guttera
are cooing; and only man, the in
telligently eelf-euiricient bird, is
aware that times are hard.
V SYNOPSIS
vTssai and eavtifal ' LBy Law
Lsasiag aspires to am operatic ea-1
veer, but her ntederato circmsa-
staaeea neeessitato that aha go to
bmaiaeaa and stady smasie oreaiatga.
Wealthy Ken Sargent, whesa Lily
Lm Uvea, becomes angry when she
Insists noa nractldnx. lasteai of
aedag Urn and eUaeomtiaaea calliax.
Lily Levi grows listless im over
works trying to forget hiss. She
goes te her paremta aoeae la Weed-
laje fern rest. -
V ' CIIAPTE2 SEVEN
.' Her mother tried to make her
happy. Told her which of the new
mdIo were nicew which weren't.
The possibility of Lily Lea over
beinx part of the Sargent crowd
never occurred to her. ; They were
different. Outsiders. Sometimes'
aha .brought heme Utile toasipy
stories about them. How someone
had aeon them, all drinking cock
tails, oat of cocktail glasses, right
on too front porch. The girls, too!
And somebody saw two of the girls
playing tennis with shorts on, and
it certainly looked terrible!
Dad told about the crowd com
ing Into the atoro for cigarettes.
TJ1 XM fetfc wAA Kb
thoogkt of them, all these friends
of Ken, hurling ordera at Dad, and
Dad, with bis horny, alow bonds,
reaching for the packagao they
asked tor. deliberately ringing on
the sale on the antiquated cask
register, his Hps moving aa hoi
counted oat the change. . . .
WeQ. let them laaghl What did
she care?
They lay on the raft. In the snn, LOy Loo ladelent, net even breathiag
nara aner ih swisb. .
LOy Lon clutched at her throat.
Swallowed hard. "Ken? L heard
yoa were op here! Awfully nice to
see yea. ... mother, Dad, JLentneid
Blossom day. Another year has
faded away like a flower. I can
not, for some reason, quite real
ize it, ao brief has the time seem
ed since last ' Blossom "day. A
year Isn't even a flag station on
the Eternal Limited and this
sounds like Bill Sunday, If I do
say it myself.
"Time's glory Is to calm con-
th.af 18 -th challenge of I made aome reference to. almost
the day; as it is of eTery day.
New Views
r Statesman reporters resterdav
masked this Question: r "Do OH
think all drunken driven ahonld
oe sent to the state penitentiary
everything, didn't he?) ; to un
mask falsehood, and bring truth
to light" But one of the fleeting
intervals termed yeara affords.
alone, opportunity tor little of
accomplishment Nor. indeed,
does the span of mortal Ufa. 1
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if
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And, as Eb Stldgers asked of
Crusty Breen when a bird flew
itant dry, now makes his slogan: "Restore employment;, re-land ..ot released untu they have 1 sainst and ahattered Qno of tha
peal 18th amendment ; four per cent beer ; old-age pensions." wrTea mimmum sentence?" p mm
And GusMoser thitetoWunce W .vTi hmt. lt it? hyolIotog t.
perance,-not unenforceable prohibition; let the people rule, ness: "I am inclined to believe a tor damagoa thu time? x
government supervision." Joseph E. 'Harvey of Portland," is knows well enough what may don't' reckon that bird's folks has
the onlv one to sav "Personallv and DOliticallv dry". - happen when he drives and drinks, sot any prop'ty, even If you was
. w m w ' - -" w I lj)t hfm e&wa tV. t a. I tHln lAAata, 'nkm
An even race with rMpre economy" in tne spoonf uiis of a iZr.'J JZlZf?? -
3 - v- aaeKf no VVU1'
lng.to. him.':
K. JL Tlnfley. Hollrwood:
iney snouia, absolutely."
Boy S. Keew. athletic coach i
"Tes, sir. I think men who drlra
wane drunk are a menace and
should be sent to the state peni
tentiary.
The dead town never has too
many business enterprises of the
samo kind. The lire town usually
has. Somewhat like a free-for-all
at a good" track meeting the
purse is ample and the best horse
wins.
molasses to catch flies is "Restore prosperity." Fred Roblin
- of Clackamas county sums it all up in "More work, more
wages, and more money for the pockets of everybody". For
' . mulas as usual are lacking. Wm. F. Sigurdson of Portland
1 sings but "Prosperity without Wall street" which will awake
an echoing cheer on Main' street Bob "Wildcat" Duncan
chews 'em up with "Free speech, free silver, anti-chain store
. anti-prohibition." Russell Hawkins, Portland, joins the an
vil chorus "If the farmer is broke, so is everybody." Since
Russell is running for the expensive job of delegate to the na-
tional convention our guess is that he isn t all farmer.
w-a. ao n AM9 1 Wa. A. 9
, j -rresenr lncumoenx is a gooa oia scana-Dy. n is miena- mean the, oinHnn of t, i tn4 m reminded of this by what hap-
Ned to save the voter any mental strain; and usually works, problem; frequently men tell me pened t0 TuUr Crump, with
About once in ten years however the infection spreads to they are going to quit drinking whom L.entyt0 t Ld "slIlm'
"turn the rascals out", then a candidate wants to keep it because they fear they may drive L11,1111"! (.6!r. .h vTKl!
dark that he ia Dresent incumbent" sometime whUe drunkand receive r.V o. v v V .i ,
aarKinai ne is , preseni incumoeni . ; , , ,,ntA.,. . AL St John when they did their
, ! 'mese slogans assurea y are mreresung Drain emmren thl-Qk MT;n treatment .hmTd be
ox me -canaiaaies. oen. rjaay oi xioseuurg is sweet ana sim-i given drunken drivers."
- tile with "I will do mv best" which lon&r years of faithftti - -
service have tested. Ike Staples is brief but nointed: "To .Fnt. track driv.
Every family has its favorite
remedy for small ailments. There
- wm ajKwif mm . vaanwjijBaamaTsr . i . . . m . .
.-In my opinion strict enforcement 3!"" iHlJLr
Ar tt. itranv.. . i I pose la our favorite remedies. I
" umavu 111 A V CI AW W AA.
T all J 1 .
a ucyoiiua uu uu w ui uu&
cut-up stuff In the sllents IS or
20 years ago?) and Zasu Pitts
(she of the wistful countenance)
do a real h fciesKto-goodness com
edy at a Salem playhouse one day
last week. -. Tuller waa much
pleased with the comedy, but ho
k..w.AA miroolf". ,A ic linniut fuif if oil Tow TTwn mna I 11 " QePeE
u "? vu"w; v-.rr" I they are. If they are really drunk,
as ''Spanish-American war veteran" but his-activities em-yes. it's rettin aa it niri,t wl
brace everything from 70-car trains to roads and Highways, curbed. Lock them up if no other compenea to leave arter tne
J. O. Johnson of Tigard repeats the bromide in slightly dif- rr.t. itl
ferent,words,-"Essential laws only and more common sense tm.-,i. : ani -veh-in hi. hr. ani hi ..m
in those while C. A. Ambrose of Portland joins the boost- no, i don't I think antono who b would have to go home and
ers: "Brin? more tourists to Oreeon". Herbert R. Dewart will get drunk and drive n ear Ut a few lumps of sugar with
wants."Action let's do things" jwrhile his fellow-Portlander h01ll to the insane asy- turpenUno on 'em or ho would
if.i-ii. tt r : .i--.mtj . i. lum." - vltako down sick. No doubt most of
iuciuic u vTcii, ia muic ocuaw. wu vuuavicuwu us c i - I these favorite enrealla hireiams
reseniauon wim an open, unDiasea mma. Aias, wnai ruaei e. a. Van Osdol, track driver: virtuo, and a firm belief in a rem
shocks Mr. Geil will have if he reaches the legislature. I "That depends on how drunk they I dy goes a long way. I am not
ttjilnVn: IWrvr -eta In a pwIotia eiAhir flnrl nulla trie! are. I belieTO they should, be-1 disposed to say much. I never
hole in after him with "Promises none"- He must be the or- ' 2LZz ft? lX2&Jft&
iginator otthe "safety first" league. R. E. Cherrick of Canby driV" - r fi v r;ii or
says "The people's interests are my Interests because I am r . eight drops of essence of. pepper-
one of them . Does he imply; his opponents are not people; I - g btOBe banic: "i firmly
"w. .. : - .' .. '. i . . - - - .."''.. -: ' l jtMv m-i it. m
Carl of Provolt, Jackson county. Perhaps he is a political 1 elves 4 t . . ' . t t
brother of "Alfalfa Bill". r.i'IVIv'Wo exaggerate misfortune and
Two .of the finest slocrans irr the book are bv women. I . B..m1? driver: "Give happiness alike. We are never
lau muicuvo, uu iuusi viuigr,i .iigwami ur
it long.-,
so happy as
;we say , wo are," Baizae.
Mrs. Dorothy McCullough Lee says simply : "Continued ef
fort for sensible legislation". Mrs Lee's record bears out ev
ery word of her slocan. Last Oh thfe list la Rosa West John-lLj- "Sl '.1 . ; " ' V; ' U J :!
: . 1 Now higher education In Orecon la in a deDlomble state,
Hi'rvli FJ.oi: A P1 institutions are being sawn asnrider, under the jerry-
HvrvfT W tttVt,, p . . uuuuing oi ur. iii. js. unosey, executive secretary, who is
LCTTOR MacPHERSON, author of the single-board law I fashioning art administrative and educational monstfbslty
passed in 1929, has issued a statement denouncing the in Oregon. . J . "
program oi the state board of higher education. He calls on - ' There are only three ways out : Make Dr. W. J. Kerr
the governor to make investigation which being translated chancellor of the system which the state board Is trying to
:2H2lJ$aii hewnta I1 pernor to fire the board. Mac- set up. Or else make a physical merger of the university
rIS f?1 tte.lxaV( muddle and says that it has and state college. Or else return to the multiple board sys-
caused chaos and confusion in the institutions, that it "ad- tern.- i : - . ' -i, - -
C rfESSyS211 'w:yit laughing - Kit would be folly just to f ire this board and appoint
siocK or tne educators of the wnrid " A, ia ,it I ir..Ti,.MMu - ut i5 . j
' oaU?ia&n?e cation as Lindsey; Both the university and the state college
tice; th proved pilsion sys are being wrecked as a. result of the survey which lacPher-
wie suppressioB tor undings of the survey-commission aid the do- l80" w ordered, we Deueve that If Dr. Kerr were given
morallzatlon of both faculties ani S.Vrr
MacPherson cannot e5tcnr, rpnATiciV.nt trl-Tj-JL' A -
the opportunity 4hat he wald reorganize the Institutions on
a practical basis, that under his direction the university
would receive as fair treatment as the' collegeor the normal
schools, lie Knows the state &nd its needs. He i3 one of the
cretlcal. HiJ oW bill establl fittiuZZ a we tne- greatest.educational execuUvcs In the United States. He can
ttKtfisffiS! p SffiStSf S"1. fecutiveec- make.money a long ways. He does not want the Job of
wTSh!; "Z7rr "tVI. rvln" ?enslve and chanceUor, wants to retire after 25 years of able service
worthies sr. rvpv TH n wn a I cnanceuor, wants to retire alter Z5 years or able sex
daTralem Qregon.cannot letbimgo at a time'like this.
- , wmiiuawtf -va ui ca- i oiuuifcjr i . iwrpinixins.cur mgner insxicuuons. -
respon
D. H; TALMADGB
mint handy for use In case of a
declaration of war fn my interior.
Reply to a query: The average
man in the United States lives to
the age of 55, the average wom
an to the ago of IT. Only six
tenths of one percent of our total
population attains the ago of It
years.
Take us as a whole, we still
look for the crossword pussies tn
tne newspapers. But not so fever
ishly as in days gone by.
Memories exert a potent influ
ence in our Uvea. Suppose, or try
to suppose, what our lives would
be, were wo unable to remember.
We should be pretty well lost
without our parallels and prece
dents, don't you think? Happy
memories endure longer than un
happy ones or should. Yes. I
know; unhappy memories com.
Wo all have them. X for one giro
them no welcome. I firmly push
them out and close the door (and
they remain outside and make
disagreeable noises and throw
things at the windows, more or
less, but just the same they know
what I think of 'em). And. too.
tnero are sad memories, which
make- us neither happy nor un
nappy. And there are others, all
sorts. But the happy ones endure
longer than any of the others. At
any rate, it Is so with me, and I
nope it is so with an of you.
Swimming In the warm waters ef
tha bellaw leJcn was n dalfrnt. Lv-
Inm ah tSm najid. ar nnnin lterej.lf I Sargent. . . She managed te
mm Uia MnH mvhie raft mnArvwl I SPOak naturally. !
out in the lake, waa health rivinz.1 But aha felt light beaded. Sick
mm Tjhi'i t1a km ,!.-1 with the shock of it
pear, aha rained weight began tel Ho bowed to her mother, shook
m MlB.-nvnatiAlie.alhanda with Dad.
took mi iUmw. rifhmr bo. Ohm LOy Lou looked at the faint gray
mora singing was a Joy. Studying! War that waa Ken's face. The
nmi mbinil aw. Rh AMAtA ftnldosty fragrance of the roses in the
stay a whUe longer, te ask for a Vp froat rden swept ever her
abort leave of absence. lin almost overpowering sweetness.
Sang in the chorea. Sane for tha tfow that Ken waa here, it4 was
LadW ruild. Nothing was too old perfect. The days were dreamyrfch
fashioned, too sentimentally popo- th warm summer fragraneei the
lar. She gave them what they ask- Qjrhta were enchanted. -.
oL. sang -Tho Sosarjr with the LOy Loa was a burning brand of
fervor of a great theme from a great energy. She was up mixing cakes,
opera. Remembered the old hymns, foing the cooking in the kitchen.
Sang whatever they wanted. "My, .ntn fofor her mother was oat of
but lily Lon has improved a lot," bed. She no longer minded the alow
they said. starting wood range, the kettlea of
Dad waa so happy to have her water that had to be heated on top
home in the evenings. She had al-ef the stove. What are a few in-
ways been his tavortte. She sat with conveniences, when you're home ?
, him on the little front porch in the she never wanted to sleep. Shq
warm darkness. . Iwas never tired. She hardly cared
Just behind them mother rocked,! to eat. She waa ao gay, ao wildly,
eueuuy, in ner oia wiacer roenng i thrillingly alive. ,
chair, her long slim feet in their I Her mother liked Kin. She
neat black shoes keeping time as thought he was different from the
the rockers rocked back and forth,lrest of tho summer crowd. Dad
back and forth. liked him, too. Tho others had gone
tt was ao peaceiui, ao quiet LOy home. Ken had lingered o for
bp - a a. 9 tti sr . t.o e sm S
txa xew usa n iivuo girx again, oon I fiahing. "1
with lore for them. Strong with I .or fishing," he eaid. -rhaPs as
nope, a uiot aemuioos vnu won-1 rood excuse aa any, iant it?"
der ... Dlanninar stare entraaeea.1 "TV4 m. v mb Tf
Vwuuht wmu w inBj ppes jen iaugnoa aeiigbteaiy. -ow
ances ... This was tha way to soak j why do you suppose I came up here
up strengia, vo renew xaita in ono-iat aul
self ... To coma back home, and! I dont believe you."
be able to look back and see howl -But ifs true it really la.'
much you'd progressed. , . . I She wouldn't believe him. . She
They sat on tho little porch. Dad (wouldn't let herself believe him.
with tha old dog's head on his knee,! When ho came to take her riding
motner almost invisible behind the she kept him waiting. Postponed
honeysuckle. LOy Loa just a pale I meetings with him. Sat at the lit
Ilght, her white dress luminous. I tie golden oak upright piano prac-
-fleuo . . . is that you, LDy I ticing, practicing . . . eves- her
Lout" I mother thought aha overdid it i. . .
Ken bargent He must have I "Lily Lon. too came un for a rest.
walked. No sound of tha car. He I dear. I think yon ought to go out
waa ngnt were, standing on tne liar a little ride with young Mr. Sar.
btue pain at tne xoot ox tne steps. gent, like he wants.1
But she wouldn't go very often.
She was intoxicated with this new
feeling of power. She was strong.
She could work. She wouldn't lose
her head the way aha did in April.
She'd show Kan Sargent. . . .
Their relationship had changed.
Now it waa ho who looked wp to
her. Ho told her how lovely aha
i . , . quoted vagrant bita of
poetry. ... rv;
The clustered softness of your
.. waving hair.
That curious paleness which '
enchants mo so.
And alt your delicate strength
and wonderful air. . . ." '
--essr
Sometimes she didnt understand
all ho said, hut it flattered her ...
she remembered aome of tha words.
She knew that Peggy Sage, with all
her father'a money, hadnt been
able to exdta his admiration aa
she, who didnt even try. ...
They lay on the raft. In the sun.
LOy Loa indolent, creamy skinned,
not even breathing hard after tho
swim. Ken waa fair enough to
burn an unbecoming angry pink,
and he wasnt a strong swimmer.
. . . Lily Loa had the best of him
again.
Tm not much good, am I?" ha
asked. "Ifs a funny thing, the sec
ond generation never amounts to
much. Now take my dad.' Ho
fought for what he's got. He's
wonderful. But he wants me to go
on where he left, off, and L . .
Fm no good"
"Ken, you MUSTN'T say that"
Oh, it's true. Now if they'd just
let me do what 1 want ... Get out
with tha ships, instead of fussing
around that darned old office . . ."
"I know, Ken." LOy Loa patted
his hand gently. She didnt know
how it had happened, but things
had certainly changed. It waa ho
who needed her, even more than aha
needed him.
. At least she kept it hidden., He
couldn't. - ;
Still, sitting on the porch, wait
ing for him at night, aha could
hardly bear it.
(Te Be Ceatlaeed)
Ce7rkt br Suae Feature Sra&ate, lea.
BITS for BREAKFAST
-By R. J. HENDRICKS-
Oregon Indian religion:
. .
(Continuing from yesterday:)
Said Mr. Gill: "This (the coyote
fishing myth of tho Chinook and
Clatsop Indians) Is one of tho
beet stories, and Is really a sal
mon tabu. It is told at much
greater length in Dr. Frans
Boaa's Chinookan Texts. Coyote
lived at Gout (where tho old Sea-
Alonr fcnnr. thlm llm. f I Side HOUSO Was) lbttg gO. He had
and Ifs been so for a long iottglaetra,,lDout tB S11 8imon ot
tune i think or a fish I oncel"1 vwumoia, n reowT w i
caught.. You .know, when ':fa. catch, ttom.
low has never accomplished any v.v . . .v
wing or any great moment he has I ' ".Tr Tv '
to make tho most ot what ho has I eep, bills,, tho breakers driving
accomplished. And this fish a
two-pound black bass caught from
a midland river and landed with
out assistance I have . always
considered to bo more than ordin
arily worthy of remembrance. I
waa but a stripling of It at tha
time (a boy of 14 is a stripling,
isn't he? Or Is he a sapling? Well,
it doesn't matter) and It waa no
easy thing for mo to land that
two-pound black bass. When- it
was finally accomplished I . was
pretty Well tired out. yar njore
wearied., for instance, than I had
been on a number of . occasions
when, I had tried to explain to
mother why my shirt waa wrong
side out, and I had always looked
on this as a' trying piece of bus
iness. ; (Mother didnt favor oar
hlmnp among tho spruce trees
whoso needles pricked his nose.
He grew very hungry;-stopped
and. took sand In his paws and
threw it Into tho wares, saying:
The sea shall go away from hero;
grass shall grow and peopio dwell
here.' Thua Clatsop plains was
made. Arrived at tho Columbia,
Tilby said when a horse stepped
on hla watch. -.' r
I went forth Into blossomland a
day or two' ago.' Not far. Out past
Mr. Dibble's tulip field and Paul
Wallace's orchard and 'over and
through the hills to the south. I
cannot Quito tell why It It, but
inch's little Journey seems to give
strength to a faith la better
swimming hole, because - a num. I things now and to come, aside
ber of nogs had 'a swimming hole I from being In Itself a pleasant ex
In tho next pasture upstream, and
aha . forbade me to swim there.
and well, 1fs easy enough to put
on wrong aide-out a shirt such as
boys wore for everyday in those
times. Tho shirt had but one but
ton at tho neck-and tho button
waa never used.) But aa; to that
nsh rro eaught several fish
hero and there since that day and
of .several kinds, but that black
bass, whoso habitat was a lexy tit
tle midland '.river, waa pound' for
pound tar aniLaway tho scrappln-est.-'
perlence, even though one thinks
not a thought, hut only, looks and
breathes. .5
Mr. Hoover, ao I read in the
newspapers, proposes to refund
his salary to tho government. Gr
r-rt ,; stealing - political thunder
from our Governor Meier, eh? .
'"Hugh Mars was down from Jef
ferson Monday, He has- sold his
Jefferson : Review - and alma to
take a' good rest, which he Is en
titled to. Hugh and I drifted Into
this Tallev On tho same, tide, he,
Sometimes, when the teleohona I from" the aonth. I from the. .
bell rings yon explode a word in I somewhat more than SI years
key of "dM, and aomatlmoa I ago. And we. smoked tho piso Ot
wnen tne telephone bell does not I peace la tho old Statesman Job
ring yoa explode tho eame word I room, and tho spell of tho pipe
m uo samo sey. euro, i snow, baa pever been broken. Happy
Circumstances alter cays, as Kiidajf te hlmt - . - v.- . ,
Coyote went into partnership with
tho lizard and tho bat, and they
made a net by splitting the roots j
of the spruce and. tying! the
stranda together; tied pieces of
driftwood to the top of. tho net ;
and stones to fit its lower edge.
and Coyote paddled out with one
end ot tho net -and set it in a
curve and came ashore with his
endV Then they hauled tho net in,
aad caught only one salmon. Coy
ote was angry because of their ill
luck and asked the Great Spirit
for a reason. 'Any tool ought to
know ho must fish for salmon on
tho ebb tide,' was tho answer! It
Is' enough I I .havo heard, said
Coyote. Next day they caught two.
Again Coyote, protested. Ho iwas
told that tha day before they had
tramped upon tho salmon; that
salmon'mnst always bo kept clean
else they would bo ashamed, and
not coma to the river. Three tho
next day, and again Coyote asks:
'What' a tho ' matter now? Tee-
terday yoa cat tho salmon in
blocks. Never do that," Cut down
the -backbone and open tho fish
that way. JL little better luck
tour next day. Then they learn
ed that -cooking three salmon.
when unable to eat half ot one.
wo aid make tho salmon ashamed,
and they would refuse to enter
the river. ' ' - -
Thus, day after day, they were
given an the precepts of tho aal-
mon tabu which to this jlay is ob
served by tho Indians . on many
rivers north of tho Columbia. It
is. most remarkable that Indians
knew tho ocean shore had been
along tho foot of tho hills that ex
tend from Coxcomb hill in Astoria
to . Tillamook Head, and that
hundred miles . ot sandy ; plains
had-been built against these hills
by the Columbia and the sea."
' - U -;-
Cm quoted . front "Oreron Set
tlers, by Alexander Koss, a des
cription of Indian medicine men,
briefly: I now refer to a'einan
of: functionaries called medicine
men ... They art called tho tin
uiuaugns. w whlCb slrnlfJea. la
their language, men ot supernat
ural run, . wno pretend - to know
all things and that ther can kin
and cure by magic whom they
please. Among tho whites they
would f by the -name ot doctors
or Jugglers. There are no acquire
ments, so far as I know, deemed
essential to quality a person for
the office of a tlaqulllaugh. In all
Indian tribes there are three or
four characters of this descrip
tion .... Like most Indians, they
possess a good knowledge ot
herbs and roots, and their virtues
, . They are consulted in all
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Yesterdays
... Of Old Salem
Town Talks from Tho States
rouua ot Earlier Days
April IT, 1P0T
The Sport ot pitching quoits has
broken out like a spring fever, at
Willamette university and as a re
sult the campus lawn Is being torn
up. Girls as well as boys are
spending their leisure hours at
the pastime.'. ,
Carl Gabrielson was by a largo
majority elected as assistant base
ball maaager, at a meeting ot tho
student body of the high school
yesterday. .
Obserranco of tho- first anni
versary of ' the earthanako - and
tiro which laid Saa Francisco in
ruins on April II of last year was
begun in tho bay city last night.
April IT, 1023
Indicative of tho healthy condi
tion of tho northwestern fruit
business for the coming year is
the announcement that of tho
4S0O can of apples produced in
tho Hood River and White Salmon
districts la 1121. there are left
only about SO cars. All Salem
canneries are anticipating pros
perous runs. V, . ;,l
Mrs. Carrie B. Adams will di
rect tho community sing to ho
held next Wednesday evening at
tho armory as part of . 'Musis
Week. She is composer' ot hun
dreds ot songs, operettas and can
tatas, and the first woman in tho
United States to direct Handel's
oratorio, rThe Messiah.
Company F of Salem scored a
slight lead over the llznd infan
try, O. N. In their dual ata
leUe meet yesterday. Tho moot
consisted ot basketball, baseball,
shooting, boxing, drill, equipment
I race, sad wrestling., v.
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