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J?AG!FCtjfi 'j-hurasty Mfrruiug. ?4, thPOREfinN STATESMAN! Saleni. Oregon, Thursday Mornln 7, ' 1 A f I- T Foror Su?ay Us; No Fear Shall Avf From First Statesman. March 23. 1851 ; THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Charles ASfracue, Shjxdon P. Sacxitt, Pubti$hn Charles A. Spracot EditorSanager ' Sheldom F Sackett - . M ana ping Editor Member of the Associated Press j Th Asaoclata4 Prmm tm xeIulTly entitled to the vm tor PuWiaj tlonr dlTrhL er.d.ted to U or not .Urwl criiud Is - this paper - - " ' ' Pacific Coast Advertising Representatives: Arthur W Stypea. Inc, SfBld. Baa Francisco. Sharon Bldg. : Loa AngeUa, W Pw BW1 Eastern4 Advertising Representatives: rord-Paraons-SKecher. tnc New Tork. 1T Madlaon ave.t Entered at tAt Poetoffic at SaUm, rt4"l'cofi Hatter. Published vrv mornvtig wept Mendae. BuXnn o(fre -flU S. Ctrmmrrrjal Street. SUBSCRIPTION BATE3; ) tail Subscription Rate-, ' ..W .SIlm! Sunday. I Mo 6 canta; S Mo. !.: Ma IX.25; I rear Stee. Eher ctnu pw Mo., or IS 00 for If ear la advance. I Br City Carrier: centa a month r 5 00 a year in advance, rev Copy t eenta On trains and Newa Htanda 5 eenta j. Rains in July "fTfTEDNESDAY morning we were awakened about four ,W o'clock by the patter of rain on the metal roof of the porch below our bedroom window. The winter rams had fall en ceaselessly without arousing us; in fact the dramming of the rain was almost lullaby. But rain in July, that is differ ent It is very "unusual" if you please, so why should not the Hieat of rain drops serve as an alarm? ! In this great northwest there is the long rainy season extending from September to the first of July rand the short dry season of two months with rarely a passing shower. This year June failed to do its bit, so the July rains may be merely the belated showers of June which somehow missed t fco c&IcucliU The July rain here does little good, though it does little harm. Haying now is pretty well finished; grain harvest is barely starting. Grain, except spring-sown grain, is not help ed by late rains; in fact quality is often damaged if hot weather follows a rainy spell. Gardens will rejoice in the unexpected irrigation, and lawns drink the water like a sponge. Nothing seems so good for vegetation as a generous rain. . 1 J . HBut there are regions where summer rams come as heal ing balm, as heaven sent blessing. We refer not to the indus trious husbandman who scans the skies hungrily for black clouds ; but to the hired man. Were you ever a "hired man" on a farm say in Kansas or Missouri and woke up at three or four in. the morning and heard the rain on the roof? Ah, that is indeed the grand and glorious feeling. For it meansj an hour longer for snoozing; it means no corn plowing that day, no hay-making, no shocking of bundled grain. Even if the fanner grumbles because of interference with his plans, the bircid hand secretly rejoices at prospect of & day of lightened labor. i But his joy may be short-lived. For the farmer has al ways chores ahead for rainy days. There is the mustard, heai high, in the cow pasture behind the grove; there are the weeds that have sprung up on the fringes of the road and in corners of the barn-lot So the scythe must be brought out and sharpened at the grindstone which the hired man muiit turn as the farmer sets blade to wetted stone. Then peridiance as he swings his scythe in the heavy weeds, air humid and sweaty, the sun may come out to parboil him in the heavy vapors. Or the hired hand may be sent to trim the hedge. Wield- ing a long knife like a machete he hacks away the new gro'wth on the thorny hedge, provoking weariness in strange muijcles of arm and shoulder. And while the hired hand is left mowing weeds or trimming hedge, his farmer boss drives into town to foregather with other farmers and talk - of crops and prices and roads. i . Such are the rainy days on mid-western farms. Here alaii, they come s5 rarely in the summer season, we wonder if farmer or hired man knows just hew to take them. Short Rations for NATIONAL committees are turning to the same page of the old hymn book: "Count your shekels, count them one, by one, will they last you till your journey's done". And treasurers of both parties agree they will not, from present I prospects. The republicans do not have Will Hays to gum-sho-3 around among the moneyed gentry with a gentle touch M for generous gifts or "loans" of liberty bonds. The demo I crats do not have Al Smith's moneyed friends, Raskob and Kenney and the late Jimmy Riordan to act as good angels ; for their cause., In fact Raskob may be presenting his "j. o. u's" to the new committee with the stamp on them, "please remit". It looks like poor pickings this year for the horde of po v litical sleuths who live off the party war chests every four i ; years. There will be fewer scouts, fewer special, trains, !re ! duced headquarters expense. But there is little, indication that the parties or the country will suffer from the reduced expenditure, irarcy committees nave ueen uuiuuuuaiy ca ! tra vacant: Tjourinjr. money out lavishly. i ' A plain diet of corn meal I ful change for a presidential in keeping with the times. Back to Gold Standard TUST as the truculent senate J proposed home loan bill suance of a billion dollars In national settlements at Basel the gold standard which was Japan and Sweden which are is at a discount with respect to gold. Montagu Norman, gov ernor of the historic Bank of England, approved of the res olution, which set forth that gold is "the best available mone tary mechanism ' and best suited to make possible a free flow of the world's trade". i There is no ; acceptable substitute for gold as a stan dard. Its choice was not made by writ of parliament but by the accepted custom of merchants and traders for centuries and centuries. j - It is grave folly for the United States with its resources and its abundant gold supply even to consider starting to issue printing press money. If we hold our ground, as un der the firm leadership of Pres. Hoover we shall, this coun try will remain on a gold standard and the foreign countries wm return xo it just as fast as nut Pranki0.!.!?' wm?" w" Hearst. who finally picked flSi L ltt in ?t ad 6iast Al Smith ever pfcSdou after three ballots. Then Willie Hearst oTdrei iildoodlSflf S switch from Gtmer to Frankie and made an eaTv deal fX "w? an Garner for vice president. Thus we have WUUatJ fiSdolJb now to the grand role of kingmaker In the JeocraUc party? wSh foTSTtow resldent nd President balden to wS Dead, "at tho band of party or parties unknown" ma .. U. verdict 1 the Smith Reynolds (Camel eigar"' SX was a "party" which was known, It was sVrfld dSE l5t TuSt fESaS"i ""'-herself getting "".rV TSgfc frl e ?f55 PvPS WM MPrty" to which may be riiatruS Political Campaigns j and molasses will be a health- campaign this year; and quite j was attaching a rider to the which would authorize thei is currency the bank for inter- issued a call for a return to assented to by Great Britain, now on a currency basis which their circumstances will per- BITS for BREAKFAST -By R. J. HENDRICKS- Historic markers, etc.: , -to (Contlnntnr from yesterday;! Tne Bits man desires corrections ana additions to matters appear ing- in tnls series, from any one who can furnish them. This la important, for they are going In to nisiory. "W The attorneys for McClana In the famous North Salem claim- jumping case were all outstand ing early Oregon men. Jos. J. Wilson was elected to congress in 1872; A. C. Qlbbs was Oregon's war governor. 18S2-6: R. p. Boise was Ufa lone circuit and supreme judge; Geo. H. Williams u. s. attorney general,, etc They all lived in Salem at the time. U R. P. Boise of Salem, nan nf Judge Boise, says the home of Geo. H. Williams in Salem was on the west side of Commercial street, next to the lot cornering on Division. As certain evidence that his memory is clear on this point, book 1. Marlon eonntr ran. ord of deeds, shows that Wm. H. ana Chioe A. Willson sold to Geo. H. Williams on September 14. 1855 lots 1, 2 and S of block 53, consideration SI.. The ack nowledgment was taken by Jos. G. Wilson, clerk of the supreme court of Oregon. Lots 1 and S are the corners of Commercial and Front respectively, and lot 2 is Daily Health Talks By ROYAL S. COPELAND. M. D. ECZEMA .Is perhaps the most common skin disorder, caus ing more distress than any other disease of the skin. Hardly a day passes that X do not receive a letter request ing information and advice about this disorder. The mother of a child suffer ing from tills ailment often becomes frantic in her efforts te give the child relief. The dis ease is indeed distressing, and sometimes per sists in spite of every effort on Dr. tepelaad the part of the mother. She may resort te the nse of salves of every description, and often these do more harm than good. Eczema may occur at any age. It makes up thirty per cent of ail skin diseases, most often affecting; children and infants, and is mucin more severe and persistent when it occurs in infancy. The cause is not known. It is believed by some authorities to be associated with faulty indigestion, or the use of foods that act as irritants. I Dia a Not "CtAim" I Eczema Is described as an acute or . chronic inflammation of the skin, and is characterized by red ness, scabs and crust formation, with marked itching and burning. The eruption is moist. In contrast to psoriasis, with which ft is fre quently confused. Psoriasis is a dry, silvery, gray-like inflamma tion of the akin, without marked itching. Most mothers fear eczema and believe H to be contagious. On this account children with rnw j Answers to J" P. S. Q, X am constantly troubled with mucus in my throat, what would you advise? - A. -You are probably suffering from nasal catarrh. This should be corrected. For full particulars restate your question and send a stamped self -addressed envelope. I , ' ' 1 i."-'sssr M iLjJl Once Too Often! on Commercial next south of lot 1. In the same deed, there was Included lot 6. block S. which Is the lot on High street next south of the high school. V It would require the erudition of a "Philadelphia lawyer." and take pages of this newspaper, to explain the ramifications and sum up the conclusions of the famous North Salem claim-Jumping case. L. H. Judson, the orig inal claimant and the father of Mrs. J. B. McClane, covered the whole matter. In a general way for the 1871 and 1872 directory of Salem. In full, he said: "In the month of March, J. B. McClane, the donee of the North Salem land claim, removed with his family to the Atlantic states. He had completed a residence on the land claim of more than sev en years, and, having made and filed his final proof of continued residence and cultivation in the surveyor general's office In ac cordance with the requirements of the Oregon donation law, he sold the North Salem mills to L. M. Savage, Alanson Beers and J. I. Parrlsh, and left Oregon, making a conditional sale of the remainder of the land he owned. In September of the same year, John D. Boon, who was the pur chaser of several lots from Mo Clane. alleging that McClane by are often subjected to unnecessary embarrassment and unharpinesa, Please bear in mind that the dis ease is not "catching," and cannot be transmitted from one person to another. While eczema is seldom seen in breast-fed babies, H is of common occurrence in the infant that is weaned at an early age and baa dif ficulty in becoming adjusted te the bottle formula. Constipation must be corrected if it exists, and the disease is often cured as soon as disorders of the digestive organ are corrected. AH centers of infection, particularly enlarged tonsils and adenoids, should be removed. - Itastfy GtTaJ H .1th. If yon have eczema, it is fan-' portent to make every effort to Im prove your general health. Avoid excessive nse of alcohol, tobacco. tea or coffee. Infections and nerv ous disturbances are frequently the fore-runners of eczema. Over work, insufficient sleep and lack of relaxation also must be corrected before eczema can be cured. Sensitiveness to one particular food often produces eczema. The diet should be carefully watched and all irritating foods avoided. Regular elimination is imperative, but the daily use of cathartics Is not advised. If necessary, an enema should beN taken. Many salves and ointments are sold for the "cure" of eczema, but I want to warn my readers against the nse of any remedy vnless it is prescribed by a physician. Eczema is often a stubborn con dition. Do not become discouraged if the ailment does not quickly re spond to treatment. Relief may not be obtained until every item In the diet Lis been studied, and it mar take a long time before the underlying cause of the eczema if discovered ana removea. Onartiar. lata Health Queries H, S. Q. What is the cause ef a red noser : - S . A. Poor circulation, indiges tion and constipation are usually at fault for this trouble. For fuU particulars restate your question and send a stamped seu-ddz envelope, temporary .absence of nearly sev en months from his claim, gold hunting in California in the fall and winter of 1848-50, had there by interrupted the continuous ness of his residence upon his claim, and, therefore. Boon, as suming that the title was vitiated and consequently fraudulent, jumped the claim by filing in the surveyor general's office his no tification of occupancy and resi dence thereon in order to obtain a title to the same by patent from the United States government. This gave rise to a long litigation very materially embarrassing and hindering the improvement of the town laid out on the claim, which, after much expense and many vexatious delays, was fin ally settled by compromise be tween McClane and the heirs of Boon, m the spring of 18 C 9. Mr. Boon harine died abant fnnr nt five years before. McClane had received his patent from the U. S. land office at Washington City, in 1881. and the suit In tha courts of Oregon was removed to me supreme court of the United States, commenced in lxti. and nearly eight years afterwards. was closed by rnmnrrml above stated, leaving to the Boon heirs less property, probably than me amount Boon bad expended In litigation, and to McClane equally heavy loss." S U Where Mr. Judson mentioned the sale of the North Salem mills, he meant the mission saw and grist mills, under one roof, built after the coming of the Lausanne party in 1840 in the first build ing erected in what became Sa lem. It stood on Broadway where the Larmer warehouse is now. Mr. Judson, or the printer, got the initials of Mr. Savage, one of the purchasers, wrong. He was Morgan L. Savage, of the 1847 immigration, father of Lute Sav age, one of the oldest guards at the Oregon penitentiary. In this connection, the chain Of title to the Jannn Imo. first residence erected on the site of Salem, still standing at the present 960 Broadway, is Inter- rauns. wnen tne Methodist mis sion erected that Knn.A uuv, UVIU" nlng In the fall of 1840, no one naa any title. The Oregon coun try was held under Joint occu pancy by the United States and Great Britain, it was no man's land. No country owned it. After the nrovlslonai tied in mass meeting at Cbam- yuej duj , isij, oegan to func tion, land claims were staked out by American and PriHa mvu.t. alike, or others. But Joint occu- vucr was . not over until June 15, 1846, and territorial sover eignty did not come until Aug. 14, 1849, and even then several years elapsed before the donation land law became operative, though the territorial admission ,w. ratlfIel tbe acts of the pro Visional royernmanf U.i.ji.. lta ld lws with all their pe- vunues. -mere is a land claim Salem, going back to the provisional government, that has 31 corners, j V W . ! L. H. Judson succeeded to the rights of the Methodist mission In respect to the North Salem land elalm, including the mission miLj and the L hm.. e; McClane succeeded to Jud- 7? rigaiM, ana gave bonds for deeds. But there was no absolute title until the McClane patent was recorded, January 28. 1861. -.... McClane norttiru i. on which stood the Lee house, to ir. . ol urwa. for a school fund loan; The state foreclosed, ia 1880. Judge R. p. Boise bought It to- 188J. From the Judge Boise estate the property went t W. U' and B, p. Boise, heirs, to HIT, and to 1929. to W. H. Hogan, the present occu pant. A short chain of title. !" ' : s ; But baek of the patent was the mission, from 1840, with lumer ous occupants. McClane had the The Murder of the Night Club Lady D v ANTHONY ABBOT . V STNOPSIS . ' LeU Carewe, The Night CUb Lady", la mysteriously murdered ia her penthouse apartment at three o'clock New Tear's saoralsg. An hour later, the body ef Lola's guest, Christ! as Q sires, is found In Lola room, duistiae had been killed trst and her body Medea. Dr. Hugh Bald win attributes both deaths due te heart failure. Gay Everett. Chris tine's New Tear's Eve escort, claims he bree gat her basse at 12 :1 5 sad then went riding, alone, ea the Motor Park way.. Mrs. Carewe, Lela'a mother, denies seeing Christine return. Police Com miss! seer Thatcher Colt discounts District Attorney Dough erty's theory that Lola was silled by a jewel thief ring she headed and that Christine met the same fate for knowing tee much. Vincent Row land, Lola's lawyer, discloses that Everett loved Lola and was jealous ef Dr. Baldwin. The police are en the trail of Christine's brother. Edgar, who left bis Rochester heme for New Tork after receiving a tele gram New Tear's Ere Christine was te have laherited wealth shortly. Dr. Multeoler, the medical examiner, contradicts Dr. Baldwin's statement that heart failure caused the deatha. A strap picked up la Lola's room presents mute evidence ef having caused the bruise en Christine's neck after death. Ever ett confesses he lied about riding on the Motor Parkway. He states Christine told him she had discov ered a plot te murder Lela and feared for her own life because of her knowledge, adding thst Dr. Bald win was involved. The picture ef the young man found in Lola's room is identiled by the Paris Prefect ef Police as that ef Basil Boacber, a young bank clerk, who met a dancer named Lela ia Paris, robbed a beak te buy her a ruby, and then dis appeared. Basil's parents sold medi cal laboratory specimens. The sci entist employed by Colt te analyze the dust garnered from Lola's room telephones that he knows what killed Lela and Christine. CHAPTER TWENTT-EIGHT THX laboratory of Professor Luckner, as I recalled while Neil McMahon was driving us up town toward Morningside Heights, was a plain room in the rear of a pri vate apartment. Some years before, the old scientist bad retired, but at Coirs persuasion had equipped him' self with a private workshop which he devoted solely to research work requested by the polios depart ment. On many occasions be had been ef substantial assistance te Thatcher Colt. At the door of the apartment we were met by the professor, a mild -little man with a red beard turn ing gray, reminding one ef Ber nard Shaw. This morning the sd entist's eyes were twinkling be hind double-lensed nose spectacles and bis wild, scraggy gray hair was waving excitedly on the top of his long, thin head. "Come right in," the savant in vited, shaking hands effusively and laughing nervously. "Once more you skeptics shall see what poor. humble science can do!" He led us to d plain room. In the center was a kitchen table, over which' had been laid a covering of glistening white cardboard. Here the dust and fragments from the bsgs of the vacuum cleaners had been emptied. The dlbris hsd been spread on the cardboard and the whole dumped mass leveled te u fine thin layer, spread like varnish. Trained on this exhibit was a beam of light from a portable nickel plated lamp like the "baby spot" of the theaters with the additional feature of a belt of mirrors concen trated around the light. Under this light. Professor Luckner had been examining the mess for hours, peering at it through an ultra microscope. first territorial pos toff ice to that house, to 1849. The second gen ersl store in Salem was la that house, kept by J. B. McClane, commencing in 1849 or I860. Ho had secured gold dust to the Cal GERMANY'S ROYAL FASCIST i I' " J Bereis pictorial proof that the HohensoQern family Is not W a back Bumber to German politics. Prince August Wilhelrn; souof Ss; farmer NVonilrt Socialist drill units to a huge demonstratioa laratost the V "Please show us what you have found, professor," pleaded Colt, in his tone a rising note ef eagerness. Without replying, . Professor Luckner picked up a pair of dainty tweezers. Reaching into a wooden box, which he produced from the pocket of his white linen; robe, he nipped something between the steel fingers of his gleaming little in strument. With the air of a con jurer performing a trick be held up the tweezers exposing )ds treas ure. . -' -' . . J 1 found this in the dust," he pro claimed with an air of pride. We drew nearer and peered at the two fazzy, microscopic pieces held in the nippers. What could they be? Professor Luckner de posited his precious findings on a clear piece of the cardboard,"and placed over it a magnifying glass. "See for yourselfl" he invited. Quickly the Commissioner bent over, turned the screw of the glass, and squinted. With intense Interest he studied the almost; invisible treasure which the scientist had rescued from a sea of dusty sweep ings.. "They look like the thin attenu ated bristles of some insect!" de clared Thatcher Colt finally. The professor gave a mighty sigh. "Exactly, Herr Commissioner!" he boomed. "Yon should have been a scientist yourself!" "But bristles of what Insect T" urged Colt. Again without replying. Professor Luckner opened a drawer in the kitchen table upon which he had performed his mysterious labors. From the drawer, be drew out a long tube which physicians call a specimen jar. It is the kind of glass house in which an appendix often finds a permanent home. This jar was nearly filled with yellow alco? hoL It was labeled, and: as Colt received the bottle from the pro fessor's long, pale hand, he pro nouneed the legend of the label as if it were an incantation: "Cebtrurus Exilieandal" With a startled air. Colli glanced from the embalmed thing in the specimen jar to the flushed -and proud face ef Professor Luckner. "What is this?" asked the Com missioner. "A scorpion!" "A scorpion!" repeated Colt m astonishment. "A scorpion, did you sayT" The most deadly known to man!" "Lola Carewe and Christine Quires died from the bites of a scorpion T There is no doubt ef It! I have already talked on the telephone with your Doctor Multooler. My ears were ringing with aston ishment. How could such a, thing have been done? I ssmembered the box, stuffed with cotton, found in the snow. But who could plot and manage such an unthinkable meth od ef murder? It seemed mad pre posterous and madder still. when I remembered that once Lola Ca- rewe had danced a waltz of her ownferied the old scientist surprisingly. invention that was called The Scorpion"! Tell me about this," urged That cher Colt. "I had never understoodJ that the bite of a scorpion was nee-4 essarily fatal." The old scientist wagged bis bead to one side and his eyes gleamed with the pride of superior knowl edge. "But this is not the ordinary in sect," he explained with a bland air. "It caused me a great deal of trouble before I could identify it. Seven Columbia professors have been here this morning te help me out. Fortunately one ef them bad this perfect specimen and then I knew I was right!" Over Colt's shoulder I looked at the dead creature in the bottle. It was light-colored, . long-tailed, and was about two inches lonr. with ifornia mines, bought a $2100 stock of goods to Saa. Francisco, which accordingly L. H.! Judson. he "to a very few months sold for more than $6000, cash to hand, still leaving a considerable f : - s'.T - ' ' v T- : t, ; 4 two enormous feelers at the bead, flat at their ends. ' There is an even finer specimen v in the Bureau ef Entymology, in ' Washington, so I am informed," continued - Professor. Luckner. "I have a photograph" "But where are these creatures -found?" interrupted Colt. .- "Particularly in urango, Mexi co," Professor Luckner replied, They cause about forty deaths a year in that region." " - "What are the symptoms when one is bitten, professor?" "A stinging, burning sensation like a hot needle being plunged into ihe flesh. It is a peculiar sensation and is always recognized, even by those who did not see the alaerin, as the 'Spaniards call the scorpion. Within a -few minutes the bitten place becomes red, followed by a severe pain to the part affected. In a little while in some cases it is three or four minutes, often a sec ond or so that part becomes numb. The tongue becomes thick- and it is impossible te pronounce words clearly." Colt glanced at me. Our thoughts must have been the same. Again we were living through those mo ments of agony when he had found Lola Carewe ia anguish ea the floor. "Ge on," urged Colt In a low voice. "For quite a while there is a co ma. Then spasms or convulsions of the entire body begin. They are more marked in the legs and back. They are accompanied by a strain ing and grunting sound. There is more or less paralysis of the respi ration. Croup-like sounds come from the throat. These convulsions come in waves and increase in S4 verity. There is a livid pallor te tin face. Just before death tho pulse ii very rapid, the eyes bloodshot ens often the patient spits up blood." Colt's sombre eyes lingered on the specimen of, the dead scorpion in the bottle. "It all tallies." he remarked. There is no doubt, as you say, that these two woman died 'from the bite of this insect. But where is the rest of its body? You found only these two legs." "No more, Herr Commissioner," replied Luckner inconsolably. "And why is It that the scor pions, living or dead, were not found?" added Colt, peering under contracted brews at Professor Luckner. The old savant grinned. They die when they bite hu man beings," be explained. Then the murderer must have recovered the dead scorpion " Professor TiurlmoT laughed aloud. "AH except those two little legs," be boasted, with undignified glee. "And where did it bite Lola and Christine when there were . no wounds on the body?" "It is not for me to answer that "Not for you but for me," said LColt In solemn accents. There was no mark on her body, except " "I think I could give you a bint!" "Look here what I have also done ell for the honor and the glory of your tmappredative police depart ment!" On another table at the farther end of the room lay the clothes in which Lola Carewe and Christine Quires had been clad when we found them. From out of the bun dle one pleee lay exposed the bathrobe about which Thatcher Colt bad been so curious, Lola's garment that had been buttoned the wrong way. There is what you eaQ a clue, Herr Commissioner," said Profes sor Luckner. "I cut away the sleeves of all the garments and sheared them open. Here, in thi one, just below the elbow, I found something." cr n PmiiIimi n XMstr&vtatf by Sua restarts S radical, m. portion of the same oa hand." w While J. D. Boone lived to the house, from Jan. 11, '56, te March 8, '59. It was the territor ial treasury, and probably the state treasury, under Boon, part of his term, from March 8. '59, to Sept. 8. '62. (Continued tomorrow.) Yesterday Statesman reporters asked: "What do you think of the proposal of a rose-lined high way between here and Port land?" T, . - ' Mrs. Jennie 8. B. Jones, honse wlfet "It will be a fine thing for the state of Oregon, if the tan payers are willing. Mrs. A. Barker, cueet from California i Tt would be a won derful adrertlslnr - feature tor Oregon, aa well as a beautiful way to caress up" the highways. : Frank Saalfeld, fanner of W condn areat That's a fine idea. I would even like to C3e fruit trees, such as apple and cherry, planted along the highway. It we all got to bobolng we could enjoy ourselves as we go along with such trees along the route". Mnust wimams, nousewirei Tt appears a fine plan to me, and should attract considerable attention. That is. if the bushes are given any care at all". Daily Thought There are two ways of. being happy: . we may either diminish our wants or augment our means either will do the result is the same; and it is for each, man to decide for himself, and do that which happens to be the easiest.1 7 Benjamin Fran Vila. - New Views I