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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 10, 1932)
Ot,rn iunlY tj.turrt ikiV lt J. ; - i J 'ko Favor Sways V; It 0' Fear Shall Awe" r 1 V f ' From First Statesman, March 28. 1851 the Statesman publishing co. Charles A. Spkactje, Sheldon F. Sacxxtt, Pa&KsJters Chakixs A. Spsacub - Editor-Managir ' Sheldon F. Sackett "-- - - - - Managing Editor Member of the Associated Press Heal ml . - . . tk i. ...it,ii.w Anfrffrlut a Mia tiM far nnh! If tloa of mil news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited la . uua paper. Pacific Coast Advertising Representatives: Arthur W. Stirpes, inc Portia t. 3, SecurJHfr Bid. ( Franclace. Sharon Bid.. Loe Anselea, W. Pao. Bide Eastern Advertising Representatives: rord-Paxsona-Stecher. Inc. Now Torts. 171 Madison Ave. : . A kf & I a. 4 eVaae A KM 1 VJIIlTCUkU V A. Mn;uisshW av- L EnUred at tA Postoffice at Sal$m, Oregon, as Second-Cias Jiatfer. Pu&itsAsd sverw mornwj except Monday. Business effwe. S15 S. Commerrial Street. ..' SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 1 Hall Subscription Rates. In Advance. Within Oresoat Daily and Sunday. 1 Mo S cents; Mo. fl.M; Mo. ILK; I roar 14.00., Elsewhere to cents per Mo., or 15. 00 for 1 rear la advance. Br Cltr Carrier: 4S cente a month; $S.0S a rear In advance. Par Copy 1 cents On trains and News Stands s cents. j Yestefdaysj ... Of OMSalW .Towm Talks from The States t msi of Earlier Day - July to, ioot: Salem earned the title of "The Cherry city" yesterday enltae score ot visitors front various sections ot the stats and neighbor ing state were ot the opinion that the Capital City was entitled to that appellation. The Sal am "Cherry Fair and Flower Festi val' was a complete success, It was generally agreed. With an almost limitless mar ket tor Willamette valley fruit products on the prairie, prospects are that the Salem canning plant will ran without intermission nn tll the final dosing ot the season in November. Saturday was the company's record-breaking day. when est cases ot canned trait. 1 13,200 large cans were pat up. The Oregon Consolidated Gold Mine company of Asniand. Jacx son count filed article ot incor poration her yesterday. Political OpinionlLike Pajamas; . By D.'H.'Talmadge. Sage of. Salem . kOLmCAX. opinion I the pa-j jamas of current conversa tiondivided and floppy. "For the Lord thy Ood brlng- eth thee into a good land,' a land of brooks, of water, of fountains and depths oat ot valleys and I hills." MOses, I think, most have looked upon a land very similar to the Willamette country. f Inly 10, 1023 A paving crew is now at work ; ; . All in the Day s Work mm TTV OP VA.nn. n. 4-nm mimn onw mnra OnH T1A PTP9V9 'I " 8 vT " ZZ. VoTfw on the paving ot North Summer it tiorm in progress where men may lean over tno railing stre6t trom MaTket street north. A 1 A. ft. Vt ...1 J 1Mt A I . - . AJkA ana exenange opinions as xo now wie jou uuiuu uc uyuc, xne city is laying u.ow square the vendors of miscellany are sure of an audience whenever yards of six-inch concrete to con- they set up stand. So it is as one saunters down the street J" Salem with the state. high he sees occasional clusters of men about a doorway, and T - . when he draws near he is sure to find some spellbinder sell- violence at the hands of strik ing gadgets. It may be some stain remover, or a new kind of ing railway shopmen reached the soap. Fountain pens may be the offeringrNew kinds of safe- Pacific coast xosterday. At Rose- ty razors generally go well Then there is thefellow who ESZ twists heavy wire into panhfters the while he keeps up a to, a southern Pacific water tank : constant flow of talk, talk, talk. i was dynamited by six men. The ' One was working to sell a razor sharpener the other tank was one of the largest owned ! day, when we overheard one who had turned away lament- by.th eompany- . L 1 ing that the same chap had been around not so long ago with Th9 Drotdcasting station ot the i a medicine to sell, "while I can't do nothin' but make a living salem Electric company, in the by hard work". Indeed it is disheartening to see with what Masoni building, is neariag com iemipgr e these garrulous teenretetteshelg. -.- I out of gawking men. It looks easy, in troth, but we fancy the Hundreds of inquiries are coming ' barker is weary when he hunts his pillow at nightfall; and ta concerning it, when it will ie I laments the fate that drives him from doorway to doorway, ready, what it wiU accomplish. .' selling wares often of little worth, and all for, expenses de- , ducted,, a rather meagre sum. So every cobbler to his last, the laborer to wa snovei, the windy salesman to his doorway, and the banker to his sheaf of discounts, each sure that the other fellow has the easier job. writer of heavyweight edit-1 o rials tells us that seeming trifles sometimes effect mighty change. True. Amos Appls was probably the best political argnfier in the neighborhood where he lived. But he couldn't talk without spitting now and then. Always spat be tween his teeth. Then one day an other argufler. who couldnt hold his temper, knocked out Amos' front teeth. Amos never amount-1 ed to much as an argufler after that. He got some artificial teeth. but they didn't help a great deal. because every time he tried to spit between 'era they blew out. It was the end of a perfect day perfectly hot. I eat on a bench In Willson park, looking into the limpid waters of the Waite foun tain pool and wondering how It would seem to be a fish, with everything going oa swimmingly in one's affairs, when Cat Lippit came along, and sat down beside me. I feel." says Cal, "somehow sort of sad." Tou've been aeelng the wrong picture or eating the wrong vlo tuals or figuring out a cure for the depression or something; V 3 Ret Tolilver. back la the bot tomlands, went across the lots al most aTerr nlsht ta rlslt with J lis says X, "and you're old enough to Badwin. Jim almost never went know better." I ta Tolllver's. Mrs. Budwin was a "No," says CaL "it ain't any of i 1 1 e n t woman, eomoarativelr those things. It' Just that whea I speaking, and Mr. Tolilver was New Views A Policeman With Intelligence I EN. GLASSFORD, head of the police force of Washing- Tea terdsy Statesman reporters asked this question about town: "How do you view the Garner Hoover controversy over methods of relief?" the farmers and letting them have a chance at low Interest Ml vJT ton, D. C. is one policemen with something between his tor tB Garner view, a a matter ears. He has had as hard an assignment as any officer in of principle. We farm out billions th conntrv in handlinc- the bonus armvt and has done the to banks and similar large bodies; nK cViMlfiinv As n TOoiil er fa fhoro Vtnva hen ta r.l5Lhpji 1 don't see why we should not give s ZxT I. 7, X r " 7 a 1a direct to the individual. Why, I'd with authorities, the men have been treated decently, and b ln faTOr Cf the government yet they have not been coddled. The arm of genuine author- loaning out five billion dollars to ity was at all times upheld. When the food supplies were exhausted, Glassf ord went uuu lit xiis """.r" . xvi Cm Bohmstedt, real estatet wnen mere was dissension in ine ranns ana a raaicai speax- rm for the Hoover idea, it seems er was about to be assaulted, Glassford shouldered his way to me Garner would afford an op through the crowd and secured for him an audience. portunity for individuals who are It appears that the army is breaking up and that most fhot 2St rt8l?f wouw of them wiU return to their homes, taking advantage of the Tint thai linma Irian hill thrnnrh money advanced by the government for transportation. The I it it is what i think it is it seem country will breathe a little easier to have the men in their to mi it would do as much for the home communities where they will fare much better than 1.1 t-0! on the muddy flatapf Anacostia. If the army does finally Jin wbl MSS Suiw oisoana witnout noting or outoreaK, a great aeai oz tne ere- it they could be financed. That dit should go to Glassford for the intelligent manner in J in turn would put other to work. which he has controlled the situation in Washington. The Individual needs work." An Untenable Position SPEAKER GARNER'S position on relief legislation is wholly untenable. Only his stubbornness and political hatred of Pres. Hoover and his desire to make political cap ital out of .his proposals miscalled "relief .prevent the con gress from agreeing on practical legislation which Pres. L. B. SchoetUer. builders credit manager t "I'm inclined to favor Garner's stand oa the matter." Daily Thought We live ia deeds, not years; ! Hoover will accent. Th cnir nf fiampr'a contention ia that oasaw, oreaiasj v - 7 TI u i j jjT-T j i "77 j :7 leeimgs. no la figures oa W VlvallUllilj OUVU1U AA14gVg7 AAAVA 1UUA1 AVCAAJU OV b irSA bVA V V VI I CleUe. tne country, f res. tioover nas clearly pointed out tne folly and disaster and impracticability o such a course. Such loans would quickly be dissipated, would affect no perman ent relief, and would result in vast losses to the govern ment. The country will support Pres. Hoover in this ; and it is this knowledge which gives the president strength to defy the speaker of the house and boldly promise a veto for the measure as at present drawn. The Portland Oregonian has made a great discovery, and that is that neither Meier nor Hoss Is to blame for the failure to issue quarterly motor licenses. The villain is the LAW! This is a great and comforting revelation, since the Law can't defend itself; also it controls no adrertlsing and has few friends. So. come on boys. let's wallop the Law, which Is the only thing standing In the! way j of our doing Just what we dura please. The Portland Journal haBn't even made that discovery yet. In fact it hasn't, editorially at least, heard anything about motor licenses this long summer. But it may wake up soon and call for a straw ballot. D. H. , TALMADGB and that's alL To understand why the smell of macs " 'Tea, X understand," ays Z. "Ton needn't go on." Wo didn't talk much after that tor perhap a halt-hour; lust sat. which, after all, 1 the only really restful way ot visiting when the company 1 congenial. Folks, as a rule, talk too muon. wa coming up here I got a whiff of lilacs, and It wakened ln my memory visions ot a Joy that could not last something that seemed to weep the dying day's decay, or something like that, as what' his name said. Oh," says L "that's it you've been reading poetry. 'There was," says Cal dream lly, rubbing his bald spot and gasing pensively at the dome ot the state house, "a little white gate -back yonder with a lilac bush ln full and fragrant bloom beside ot It, and there was a girl ia a white dress. I'd walked home with her from a church sociable. I kind ot liked to walk home with her from places; Just liked her. that's all; and she acted sort ot as if she liked me. I never stop ped to figure it out. And that night I asked her if she'd mind much If I kissed her. I'd nerer kissed a girl; hadn't thought ot it till then; didn't care much for girls anyway. But that night I asked her." Well?" says I. She said," says Cal, "she didn't wish to be kissed." "A fib, probably," ears L "Well, what next?" I didn't care whether she wished to be kissed or not," says Cal, "and I told her so. I couldn't Imagine what made me ask her. I honestly thought it didn't mean a .darn thing in my young life. She looked at me for a minute or two, then reached up and broke a spray ot lilacs from the bush. She kissed It and tossed it to me. laughing. And that was 6 years ago this lilae time." He sighed. "We lived together, man and wife for more than 40 years. The chil dren grew up and went away And then, one day, she too went away In a white dress with a bunch ot lilacs on her bosom- not, airs. Tourvee was a woman who always led the conversation whea there was any, and whea there wasn't she led it anyway. Ret usually begaa hi visit with Jim by saying K seemed to hint he had something to say te Jim, but he eouldat think right thea what It was, aad thea they'd sit happily for an hour. Ret trying to remember what it was he want ed to say to Jim and Jim waiting to hear what it was. Right restful company they were to each Oth er, Ret and Jim. The Murder ;pf thelNightlCliib Lady B y A N T H O N Y A B B O 1 : i 8alem ha seen Greta Garbe la "As Toa Desire lie." her final Hollywood picture perhaps. The feature was well patronised at the Klslnore theatre the first three days of the week. A strange picture, the story of a woman without a souL her past a blank. la a cabaret; of a nobleman whose wife had been taken away in war time; of aa artist who thought he recognised ln the wanton ot the cabaret the missing wife; ot her removal to the nobleman s noma despite the efforts ot a libertine. who desired to keep aer cor nim- self; of her acceptance as u wife by the nobleman; ot her struggle to convince herself that the nobleman really loved her In stead ot the woman who had been hi wife, which woman she may or may not have been. A difficult role to portray. M eta physios. Deep. Baffllag. However, the pic ture ends happily with the wom an and the nobleman ia each oth er's arms, although ia the origin al Italian drama, X am told, the woman, give up the problem aad returns to the cabaret, A marvel ous performance by Miss Garbo. In We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the no blest, acts the best." Bailey. 'Some of the old fellows who are oa the road merely gnat whea questioned. Others talk. lOne, who was drinking at the fountain oa Liberty street the other day. said, "This life oa the road ain't so good, but it's better than life la a chrlstlaa conmu- (Continued oa page T) Mr. Hoover Has His Way Portland is having fresh distress over a telephone franchise. The council which gingerly kept, the franchise on ice until after the recall election, has drawn it out and passed it tour to one. But the professional agitators denounce It and demand that it be referred to the people. Doubtless a referendum will be invoked and ! the franchise may be defeated at the polls, not so much because it is bad as because of popular tear and suspicion. It is easy to stir up the people so they will vote against anything, and when politicians are, out to get vote tne agitation is sure to start. ; ' - ! Cherry growers of Washington and Oregon have fared much better than a year ago when the crop was practically ruined by rains. Wasco's crop last year was almost a total loss. This year the growers of that county are barreling and storing a large portion of , their crop, so the returns will not be known for months. The ship pers of fresh fruit have has a pretty fair season. LaGrande reports shipping will run this year to 19 carloads against 16 last year; and IS in 1930. Cherries sort of balance up on the poor strawberry deal this year. i The big thing is now on. From this time forth the state' will have a deluge of oratory and statistics re i Deo tin r th ronnniidattnn of the university and state college. Eugene Is filling up her war' cueat a,aa vorrauis, j a aging zrom reports Is putting oa war paint. xnu promises to be worse than aa old-tatihioned wet and dry cam paign. Sen. Borah has been" bellowing for .Inflation. Printing press money has always sroven the downfall f i .r.f. Sound money is the base of all economic stability. Going oa a big I - "ww wiiuge a us splitting aeaaacne. I . Frankle Roosevelt ha a scheme te end the depression. Have the ' . . unemployed go out and nlant a tre. r.mi m I!.-... i . out here la because there were too many trees planted in the de- j ye uu luiua vv years ago.! . T1?. S011 Votr that Fraakie Roosevelt remind it ot ! - 3"u vDn oratorical bellows emitting quantities ot sound. I vugm ra w aescnptioa enough for Oregon voters. The squabble over license elates has banoma a raal Mtar amA i got your tag, says the gor.r ao; you're It. says Hoss. After next Frt- 4T, the one jgHoJUtnlt!. lit JtfcaU ellow-uith-Jaxt-ypsr's ttga V - lf If ' I II ... SYNOPSIS Lola Carewe, The Night Qab Lady", Is stysterieaaly caardered la i apartment at tares o'clock Now Tear's warning. Aa bear later, the body ef Lola's gaest. Cnristiae Qsdres. te feaad la Lola's Christine had been killed Srst aad aer body aidealDr. High Bald- wia attribates both deaths da te heart failure. Guy Everett. Chris tine's New Tear's Eve escort, claims he broagat aer heme st 12 :15 and thea went riding, alone, en the Meter Park way. Mrs. Carewe. Lola's mother, deales seelag Christine retara. Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt discounts District Attorney Dough erty's theory that Lela was killed by a Jewel thief ring she headed and that Christine met the same fate for knowing tee mock. Vincent Row land, Lola's lawyer, discloses that XSrerett leved Lela aad was Jealous ef Dr. Baldwin. The Commissioster teleehotos a fictare ef a yeaag an. named Basil, femad ea Lola's dresser, te the Paris Prefect ef Police reqnestiag that he Identify It and Investigate Lola's past. The police are ea the trail ef Christine's brother. Edrar, who left his Roch ester heme for New York after re ceiving a telegram New Tear's Ere. Christine was t have Inherited wealth shortly. Dr. tlaltoeler. the edkal examiner, contradicts Dr. Baldwin's statement that heart fall- tire eaased th deaths. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE Y INHERE was no indication of a B history ox old heart trouble I SL f..uv.. jjti "None whatever. Th girl hearts 1 There Is no doubt that the strap was were sound a a dollar. - I around the threat of Christine "But Doctor Baldwin told us Lela I Quires! had suffered from a weak heart.'' I So this explained the diabolical "Mr. Celt," he declared, "1 have come here, keaaded by te make a ceaf esaiea." ty eensct "Something wrens; there, Mr. marking ea the dead girl's throat! Colt. I know damn well that aer But what did that make dear t heart could not have suddenly gens "Could she have been choked te haywire and caused the condition I death?" asked Thatcher Colt, found. The heart muscle oonstrie- "Absolutely not!" declared Doe tions in both girls were simply oa- tor Multooler, emphatically, believable." "Toa wiU try agalnT" begged "Have yen no theory at all as te Colt, what caused the constriction of the "At once, Mr. Colt." heart muscles T" asked Colt. "Thank you," said Thatcher Colt I admit tt would look like soma I crisply. foreign cause poison something I "Happy New Year," caroled the external that had Just got into the autopsist as he hung up. system either the minute before you I There was a baffled glint la th found her, or sometime afterward," I eyes of Thatcher Colt as he turned declared the Assistant Medical Ex-1 from the telephone and repeated aminer stoutly. "But I went all over what he had heard te District At- them again even shared their I torney Dougherty.: heads there was no trace of poi-l "How was the thing denet" he son, and furthermore there was no I demanded aloud, as he sat back and skin puncture anywhere except, on I filled his did. "There are no really Lola Carewe's arm, the tiny hoi 1 new methods in crime. Bat I cant made by Doctor Baldwin's hypoder-1 remember a single ease that resemw mie needle. And that's been ana-lbles this one!" lyzed down here. It was absolutely I Then, with a philosophical sigh. innocent tn solution of adrenalin I he added: was absolutely harmless!" I "However, we have only started.1 Colt cleared his throat unhap- j Further comment was held up by pfly. entrance of the black Arthur push- -row, iMctor uuitooier." be said. Inr a breakfast table on wheels. The "please don't take what X am going sight and smell of that meal sud te say as a criticism. And I am sorry Idenly made m realize that w had to ask you te work any more, after been working all night and that L tne pace you're been going. But I for one, was ravenous. this much I know unless I ami In silence we began to eat. Then making th biggest blunder of my I was creamed chicken on toast, hot uie, vaere nas to oe a puncture I roils and marmalade, and the ex. somewhere on the body of Christine I quisit coffee which Coifs butler Quires. WO! you look again T" I grinds and bolls with such loving ar- r. commissioner!- Ittstrr: the smell of that eoffeo is The voice of Doctor I. L. Mut-llike aa Incense hi my memory. Af- tooier rang wita injury and re-Iter his third cup ef that priceless p roach. beverage, and a voracious attack oa "You know you can count on met" the chicken, Dougherty leaned back, he cried earnestly. "Of course IH beaming brightly. When at last he look again. "Maybe IH find some- spoke, his conrersation had nothing minx umi. Ana in au ins more i to ao with the crime. Instead willing, ar. uott, oceans eranl Dougherty began te talk ef hi though I have failed to find anything shooting lodge in the Adirondack I know this is murder!" let the ways ef wild game la fog -nnatmaKesyoasay wati- I ana sunshine, and the Joys of living "That belt you found!" Ithe hermit's life, which Dougherty, "Belt!" I who had been married thn tim. "Strap, I mean the strap with and had eleven children, eeald the buckle on itl" hymn with gusto. Colt responded la "What did they find?" urged kind, enthusing over the fishing Colt, hi vole charged with eager- near the shore of Cape Cod, where cas. he has his summer home. Ia this "Mr. Colt, they feaad ea the vein the talk rolled on, until Ar- leauer ox mas strap a numoer ollthur Interrupted us with aa an- microscopie pieces or unman sldn.!nouneement: "There Is a gentleman downstairs and he would Like to see Mr. Cott right away, and he says it's about a murder ease ef a girl named Miss Christine, and he says he has some thing te confess. And he says km name Is Guy Everett." For a full saoment, none ef aa spoke. Thea CoK reached for Id pip and murmured: "Yea may send up Mr. Guy Ev erett Immediately." The appearance ef the actor wa tragi. Guy Everett could not have dressed the part of mental anguish ' more appropriately. He was stSI tn the evening clothes which he had worn whea he sqnired Christine Quires to their New .Year party. But now hi collar was askew and his white tie was missing. His fas i lined and haggard and his eye were gleaming restlessly. A dark slouch hat was crunched hi his right hand as he strode theat rically across the library and steel before the Police Commissioner la a posture of resolute despair. "Mr. Colt," he declared. "I have come here, hounded by my con science, to make a confession." "Of murder?" asked Colt quiet ly. "God. no! But of having lied. I told you a lie last night and my conscience will not let me rest!" "Get it off your souL man," en couraged Dougherty, shoving for ward a chair. "Sit down and tell It straight!" Abruptly Guy Everett sat dowa on the edge of the chair. " dMrt know how much guessed," he blurted, fear and eerity struggling through aa habit ual instinct t dramatise every breath he drew, "but what I am telling yov Is the truth, se help me God. It Is true that I didnt go en the Motor Parkway last night I spent all these hours ia a speak easy trying te drink myself into calmer state." "What speakeasy?" asked Co. : A blankness came into the actor yes and thea as quickly disap peared. "It was the North Star, ea West Fifty-eighth Street, near Sixth Avenue." I made a note of this, as That cher Colt motioned for Everett se proceed. CTe B CHaetJ) Dtentinfey Kiac reatarca Sr-xbcate. Iae, BITS for BREAKFAST -By R. J. HENDRICKS- Tho "sorry Immigrant:" At the home dedication sur prise party at Ellendale on July 4, R. P. Boise of Salem, by re quest, told the true "sorry Immi grant" story that waa current ln the early days ot Oregon. It will lose a good deal in cold print, aad in Its imperfect telling, and the reader will kindly make allow ances in what follows. S One of the first grist mills la Oregon came about ia this way: Jame H. O'Neal had come to Oregon in or about ItSt. Ia 'ST he was with the expedition bring ing the California cattle. In 'it he was converted ln a revival led by Rev. David Leslie at the old mission. He presided at the fa mous "wolf meeting" of '41, was oa the committee of IS calling the Champoeg meetlnc of Mar t. and oa the legislative committee of nine that reported the consti tution and laws July g, '41, and was there chosen Judge (Justice) of the Yamhill district. His place was across the river from the old mission, and. the writer believes, he had a ferry there, near where the Wheatland frry I now though not very near, for the Willamette changed tvuna mere with the '11-1 nuuu. The Apptegat famlllee, spend- -s wiaier Of '41 at the old ?iS m t0 SUt creek district, north af tha, wi.i ,, ; . . . -v vi mesa came to Sif U county en" Of the WllllmitttA hrMM a .- te aor, and yelled and yelled tor SlJto-m People to com JfywtA taeir leaky ferry heat "d 0- They gave It 7 " IT . "apwo to bund a ZZl Iw a lack with tt. gate party all went through an other siege ot yelling and fin ally made themselves beard, and were ferried 'over, their wagon loaded with flour at the mission mill, ferried back, and finally reached home, after a trip of sev eral day. So they and their few neigh bor wanted a grist mUl ia their neighborhood very much. Jesse Applegate was a surveyor. They had heard that O'Neal had work ed ia a grist mill. Jesse surveyed mill site, locating it where El lendale creek come into the RickreaiL Just above the bridre that spans the latter stream, be yond and near the present Ellen- dale home of R. P. Boise. H S But they had no mUl stones. They found some granite oa the land claim of Leander Holme ef Holmes Gap the man whose proxy, secured , by Jesse Apple- gate, was sent to Horace Greeley. giving him a seat la the Chicago convention of 1SC0, that resulted ln the nomination of Abraham Lincoln and turned the course ot history. They hewed the mill stones and hauled them with ox teams to the site, and sooa there waa a grist mm going; though the ston gave a good deal of grit la the early day flour. Better one were later Imported are now pre served by the Oregon Historical society at Portland. J. W. Nes mlth end Henry Owen bought the O'Neal milL built a combined boarding house aad store, and ex tended the business. In the Cali fornia gold rush thousands ot barrels or Cour were taken with horse and mule taek trains from the Nesmith-Owen mill to Fort Sutter. It was at first th nearest mill to th mines -sereral hun dred miles away. V The 7 w. 11.1. " . . "mbert ot tho Appl-..Im.th'. fall oL 'slurugsdr and bedraggled man drove as with aa ox team and wagon ti the grist mill. On inquiry he found that the man in charge was Owen; Nesmlth. the other partner, being store keeper, book keeper, etc The raggedy maa asked if Owen had flour, and If he could buy some. He was as sured that there was plenty, aad it was tor sale. . -i.. "How much?" The customer said he wanted 1000 pounds. That sounded like a good order. But." said Owen, "it te SS0 a hundred pounds, and X suppose you have the 1 200 to pay for ft," He replied that he had Just coma in trom off the plains, had lost everything he had possessed, aad must have credit. He argued that his family must be gotten through tne winter, aad he would pay when he could. "But you caa mortgage your team." insisted Owen. He could not. he said, tor he had borrowed the team aad wagoa from "old Dock Richard son, on the Long Tom", to com and get the flour. It was a loag argument, but finally the flour was loaded into tho wagon, aai th man drove off, No one her la that day would have thought ot allowing him to go without eating, and of course the immigrant was invited to stop at the house aad get his dinner. But he refused, saying his tamOy would be starving, but for the bounty of neighbors, aad he must get back to them as quickly as possible. I Henry Owe was known by pio neer Oregonians a "Hen" Owen, ia years afterward also known as the "swamp angel," oa acoant of his large acquisition ot swamp lands; some of them reputed to be as dry as Sahara. But that Is another story. James W. Nesmlth. was known by his familiars as Jim afterward U. 8. senator., congressman, U. 8. Indian agent, ete, ote. 1 " ' " ; i ' . " - '' ' . When Hea went ' to th bouse (ia which was the store) for dla ,(Continaed oa page ) ;