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Bring on the Wrecking Crew
THE state board of higher education had the chance by
one stroke to end turmoil in higher education in this
state, to launch its program of unification with some pros
pect of its success, and to consolidate back of the board and
its program the vast majority of the thinking ciUzenship of
- the state. That chance lay in the appointment of Dr. W. J.
Kerr to the position of chancellor. The urging of Dr. Kerr
was essentially non-partisan and was prompted by recog
nition of his supreme fitness for the position, his capacity
as an executive in education, and his comprehensive know
ledge of Oregon's conditions and needs gained through 25
years of constructive leadership in this state. The move
ment on behalf of Dr. Kerr first started by friends who ap
f' predated his ability and his service, spread over the state
i and finally was supported by eminent university alumni and
Jbusiness men of Eugene. Only a group of die-hard partisans
opposed the selection of Dr. Kerr, but these partisan? won.
The obstructionists on the state board of higher education
held firm like an old guard and under threat of resignation
forced the majority to withdraw from the election of Dr.
Kerr.
Now it is announced that the board will go east. Go
east inrlood ! Thpv went east and eot a secretary. Dr. Lind
say for $7500 a year. The university went east a few years
ago and got a coacn, Doc spears at $u,uw a year; aim
lrv xmhat thpv rnt ! On east indeed, and brine out some in
nocent plastered over with Ph.
here to further experiment on the nigner educational system
of Oregon. Bring out some academic theorist endorsed by
the educational hierarchy which heads up in Columbia
university and we will soon have contusion worse con
founded. TVio KTnfp hnarrl has successful! V muddled most Of its
program. One reason advanced
was because previous announcement naa Deen nmue wai,
the board would not consider an Oregon man. But the board
has back-tracked on every major decision it ever made. Like
t Via trine nf Frnnrp it hravelv marched ud the hill on curric-
ular reorganization; then marched down; and after a year
shut its eyes and marched somewhere it doesn't know just
TtrKoi-o The hnnrrl nhnlished comDulsorv military training;
' then restored it. The board forbade autos on the campus and
Tuesday virtually reversed its stand by passing the buck.
"The board lobbied for maximum appropriations at the last
coaalnn nf t.h Teonslatiire. claimed it needed the money ; now
" that over a million was lopped off by veto and referendum,
the board claims the credit for great economics.
The purported plan of educational reorganization is an
administrative monstrosity. Nownere in tne worm win you
the hoard attemDts to force on the in-
' otihifinnc in this state. There
that it is almost inconceivable that the plan will work. You
nfficp in Salem, with a secretary of
apparently wide but undefined
have a chancellor; then presidents on eacn campus, xnen
-nu Via VP fnnftinTifll deans with jurisdiction on various cam
puses, responsible to presidents, chancellor, executive secre
tary, and board. The only possible chance the plan of the
hnarri wrtuiri work wnuld be to have a man of the character
. and capacity of Dr. Kerr to take full charge as the respon
five nf the svstem. a man able to keep presidents
- nd deans in their places and
chaos. Bring in a new man and tne cnances are nine w one
he will wear out his soul on the hedges and limitations which
this academic blue-print imposes.
If the board had named Dr. Kerr much of the agitation
for consolidation of the two universities would have died
out; now it will be instantly revived and on much larger
coip Tho statesman has been oDen-minded on the Question
of consolidation, recognizing
.
sides. The editor has felt that it would De oetter unaer lead
ership such as that obtainable under Dr. Kerr, to go ahead
with two institutions at Eugene and Corvallis, rather than
to destroy the university at Eugene. But the narrow-mindedness
of the board in rejecting the fine services of Dr. Kerr,
recognized as one of the greatest educational executives in
h ITnitpd States virtually forces the conclusion that the
board is impotent to make its
cational turmoil in Oregon will not abate under its adminis
tration. Instead of going forward the board has definitely
otirwwvlprl in hntrhinrr an fmnnssihle nlan of tmiversitv or-
wswwvsws) vg mf - r a? -
ganization, has multiplied duplication through making the
lower division work identical, has stirred up rather than al
layed bitterness and rivalry. It has effectually paved the way
for the wrecking crew to complete the job of demoralization
, of higher education in Uregon.
mHP. rrrariA inwr ifVit f ullw
X against Judge McMahan. None of these was an indict
, able offense. A man may be a poor judge but that doesn't
mean hp shniilrl hp finprl rif t Vi-rrwiTi Jnfrt lot Thp "cllflrffPa"
should be presented to the electorate when the judge is a can
didate for re-election and not to the grand jury which is
wA.l ...1 il j i . mt m m a -
wtniuui. auxnoniy or capacity to determine matters oi tnis
character.
The charfPS wprp AvrtrtA in Via Vioof ef o rHtJ1
- o ' vs a Miivvv sa vav s,a Vr w vs m vu
campaign to counteract charges which the judge had advan
ced against other elective officials. They suffer the usual
w sui Bucn cnarges made
the campaign is over the heat
kicked out in the gutter.
u ! aHl?lp.ate same
nrfi;,?w?! 3Ud.ge made
iwliS'S
TTa uts.eq om
Armies Ma
w
rHY does Eurone
"Do awav w;fv, r
fear. War u "v "f?w M war"? Because of
ing theu
you wfil find nothlns Tbut amies btea on
. aad our history is ln4!a wZJat f" Vt.
wKi aH cVrUuJva StwST bookB
'4wls never reached." urw,nuoT " Waterloo, and whose end
D's and turn him loose out
for not engaging Dr. Kerr
is such conflict of authority
powers. You have or will
establish order where now is
the force of arguments on both
. a 111
.plan succeed ; and that the edu
rhfowr rnt thp 'hQrorp" marlp
under such conditions, when
dies down and the charges are
result will follow with the
ast other officials. The
isn't interested in those
months ago.
", ""ugn voitairesaia
Danton respect-
II Pxtifi CW-M 1
BITS for BREAKFAST
By R. J. HENDRICKS
Historic Waldo house:
s
The house in which the Daniel
Waldo family and Judge William
Waldo resided in Salem still
stands. It stands . in two places.
both near Its original location.
S
W. H. and Chloe A. Wlllson,
original townslte proprietors,
transferred to L. F. Ororer block
79, and some additional acreage.
under deed recorded February 29,
18o6. Consideration, $1300. Oro
ver, (afterwards governor, U. S.
senator, etc.) deeded that block
to E. J. Harding, under transfer
recorded June 11, 1858; consider
ation $1500. The transfer to Gro-
ver was by metes and bounds. It
seems that most such deeds of the
period were that way, though the
original town had been platted.
Block 79 begins at the northeast
corner of Union and Winter.
Under a deed from Mrs. Wlllson
(Wlllson having died In Aniil.
'581. E. J. Hardin r acnuirnd tfi
tract east of that block and run.
ning to North Mill creek on the
Daily Health Talks
By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D.
AN infant's akin is extremely
sensitive to all irritations,
both external and Internal.
That is why baby's first bath
should never be a soap and water
Data, but rather
of rood olive
oQ. Subsequent
ly b a thine
should be done
with warm
water and a
rood quality
soap.
Dry the skin
thoro u ghhr
with a very soft
cloth, prefera
bly of linen. A
liberal powder
mr should fol
low th hath. Dr.CMMland
and for this TrareoM use a rood
grade of baby powder. Cheap
highly scented talcum snouid noc
be used, for the ingredients may
prove to be impure and harmful
to the baby's delicate skin.
Rahtea freauentlr suffer from
irritation where two surfaces of
skin touch each other between
the arms and the body, the chin
and the chest, or between the
thighs. This complaint is most
common in 1st Denies. ics: ox
care in keeping the baby dean,
fnnH tit remova nromDtlv snv
wet or soiled clothing, and as of
coarse soaps in washing the baby
or his clothes, are frequent causes
of skin irritations. The baby's
garments should be rinsed in sev
eral tabs of clear water before
drying, to make sure an tne xrma
tinr soap is removed. .
r. Mi! flotation around the
buttocks, oil may be applied, A
useful mixture is one part of cas
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j Answers to ilentth Queries
should a girl 17 years old, I feet
6H inches tail, weign saw a- -rbi
IS years old, 5 feet f inches
a TV SnnTJ Walt 1X0
and 18 nennda respee-
trrtly as determined by examina
tion ox a numner n pevy. ,
' n O. Are the following
foods fattening! . Chocolate- rye
bread, grapes, FPle
A LT MNVfitm rraaii title they
are fattening, all except the itf
flea. . In reasonable quantities
thcr win savorr energy and nour-
llahment without addmg to tho
The Voice. of the "Pee-puW
east and north. Including what is
now Summer street, which had
not then been opened. This trans
fer was recorded December 22,
1858, consideration $500, and,
with the purchase from Grover,
gave Harding something like 20
acres of land, running from the
northeast corner of Union and
Winter north to the Wlllson dona
tion claim line, and to Mill creek
en the east and north sides,
around to the donation claim line.
m 'm
September 23, 1865. E. J. Hard
ing and Eleanor his wife deeded
to Daniel Waldo the whole tract,
that is about 20 acres. Mrs. Ele
anor Harding, still alert and of
good memory, attained the age of
94 years April 14 last, and her
home is at Gervals, Oregon. She
is the grand old woman of that
section. E. J. was "Jenks" Hard
ing, an early Marlon county clerk,
brother of B. F. Harding, U. 8.
senator and very prominent In
early Oregon political and other
tor oil and two parts of olive oO.
After this has been applied, the
parts should be dusted with a good
talcum powder, preferably one
containing sine oxide. In a few
days marked improvement is usu
ally noted.
Prickly heat is another torment
of babies during the warm weather.
It may appear, toe, m cooler
weather if thick woolen underwear
is worn. The swelling of the skin
shuts off secretions of the sweat
glands of the affected parts.
The treatment is frequent bath
ing and the application of talcum
powder. Your doctor may advise
a laxative and plenty of water
should be taken between feedings.
If flannel garments irritate the af
fected area, a thin muslin shirt
should be worn next to the skin.
Delicate, ill-nourished infanta
may have boils, particularly on the
scalp. In that case the general
health of the baby should be im
proved, and great care should be
exercised in the baby's bathing; in
its feeding: and in giving" it an
abundance ef fresh air.
Boils are caused by germs pene
trating the skin. Internal treat
ment should be prescribed by a
physician, while a solution ef Boris
acid may be used on the diseased
skin. At times an excess of sugar
in the feeding formula may help
to induce this condition. In breast
feel children it has been traced to
tne mother's excessive candy eas
ing. During teething, especially la
nervous children, various abnormal
skin conditions may develop. A
prudent mother will be careful to
rive her child only the simplest
food and will see that the bowels
and kidneys, as well as the skin,
are acting normally.
TJ. U. I am 81 yean oU
and get hot spells. They art
usually worn ta the morning and
my hands feel numb when they
start Sometimes my boos Meedo,
What would you advise t
Ay Tor full particulars restate
your question and send stamped
self-addressed envelope.
-
L M. I always have a
coated tongue and usually always
a' bad breath, please tell mo what
yom think is tho matter.
A This is probably due to con
stipation or excessive oddity. For
full particulars restate your ques
tion and send a stamped self-
addressed envelope.
it .
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affairs. "Jenks" Harding la sis
prime was a large land holder in
the section west of Gervals, and
a bonanza farmer. A considerable
acreage of the land is still in the
ownership of the family.
The consideration In the deed
from the Hardlngs to Waldo was
$eooo, and attached to it was a
S revenue stamp; war or "nui
sance'' tax of that period. It
shows a profit to Harding of
$4000 for the time he owned the
property. On that acreage now
are homes the aggregate value of
which in normal times is perhaps
$150,000, or much more; such
homes as those of W. T. Jenks,
Homer H. Smith, William McQil
chrlst. Jr., H. A. Cornoyer, Karl
Becke, the Kafourys, Poormans,
Busicks, Pollocks, etc., etc.
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The 1871 and 1872 Salem Di
rectory gives, in the list of resi
dents: "Waldo, D., farmer, res.
north end Summer," and "Waldo,
Wm.. lawyer, bds. (boards) D.
Waldo." The Waldo place was at
"north end Summer" because that
street then ran only to the Waldo
land. It was opened when addi
tions on the north of the original
Wlllson claim were platted, by
Judge R. P. Boise.
After the passing of Daniel
Waldo, his son, William, moved
the main part of the big family
house out to the street, corner
Winter and Union, and he rebuilt
for himself the dining room and
kitchen of the original home, and
there he lived until his death.
That house is now in possession
of the Pridays, occupied by Chas.
R. Priday and his daughter, Faith.
It is at 645 North Summer street;
or rather that is the number, but
It stands far back from the street,
in or near its original location.
The main part of the bid Waldo
house, with the lot on which it
stands, was acquired by John R.
snd Anna M. Pollock, under deed
recorded August 13, 1916. The
house then faced TTninn atrAM
They turned it half around, to
face Winter, corner Union, made
casement under It. and rear.
ranged some of tha rnnmi
But the historic building Is' sub-
Bwuiwuj as ii was wnen occupied
by the Daniel Waldo family. The
front door is the nam th h,ov
door, the front porch, etc., etc
on- -foiiock is nronrletor nf
the Salem Shoo Shop, is 5 South
Liberty. The Pallor n th
residence next north: but thar
erected it, after turning the orig
inal Waldo house half around.
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The Daniel Waldo famii ht
big barn that stood east of the
original location or tho house;
northeast of the present Priday
house, and also carriage and wa
gon ShedS. etc Th Mr Hnnll
tree, standing In Summer street.
near union, is said to have been
brought from California on horse
back, in the late fifties or early
sixties. It was then, of
only h small tree. It was plant
ed In the front yard of the Waldo
house.
Daniel Waldo was born la Vir
ginia in 1800. He went ta Mis
souri at tho ago of if, where ho
resiaea in sc. cialr county until
1843, and was a neighbor of the
Applegates. : Ho suffered from
fevers in Missouri, and came with
tho first covered waron train t
erOSS the Blalna an .rK u v
Willamette ralley and ho recov-
rea .us neaitn oa tho plains
Journey. Ho died at his homo la
oaiem September 10, 1880.
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(When tho Waldos arrived, they
SOUght for h!rh rrnrntA tm-m
wanted to get above tho river hot
toms wn ere they imagined fevers
might prevail. Seeking a place
for their donation eiafm th.
went to tho hills east of where
saiem now stands, it la mm un
Waldo- Dleked tho location m,
tho present town of Macleay. They
were tho first settlers In . those
hills tho Waldo hills, taking the
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8YN0rSIS
Lela Carewe TW Night Clmb
Lady", aad her guest, Christine
Quires, are Mysteriously murdered
ia tho ferssero apartment. Scer
sieas were the lastrtmemts el death,
Tho polko suspect Gey Everett, the
last perse to see Christiae alire.
Lela had blackmailed Everett. He,
however, claims that Christiae dis
covered a plot to kd Lola and feared
for her own life. because of her
knowledge. Police Commissioner
Thatcher Celt leans that a young
Paris bank clerk, aamed Basil Boa
eher. loved Lola. After robbing a
bank to bey her a rsbr, Basil dis
appeared. His parents sold medical
laboratory specimens. Mrs. Carewe,
Lola's mother, became hysterical at
tho meatiea of BasiL calling her
daughter a beast and saying Lela
aever loved aim. Edgar Quires,
Christina's brother, left his Roches
ter home for New York following;
the receipt of a telegram the day of
the murders. Christina was to have
Inherited wealth shortly. Suspicion
also points to Dr. Hugh Baldwia
whea it is disclosed that he pur
chased scorpions. He had stated
heart failure caused the deaths. Colt,
calling to question Baldwin, finds
him dead from a scorpion bite I
Mrs. Baldwia reveals that she knew
her husband was Involved with Lola.
Detectives report Baldwia met a
man who gave him a box. Ia Bald
win's desk the Commissioner finds
a statement la which the doctor ex
plains he accidentally poisoned Gay-
lord GiBTord, Lola s husband. Lola s
knowledge of this placed Baldwin ia
her power. She forced him to supply
narcotics which she used to victimize
her friends aad later blackmailed
them
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
TYPHIS is the woman to whom I
I have been shackled in an un
holy pact for the last several
years. Will it seem to be strange if X
confess that she has exercised over
me a horrible and fantastic Influ
ence ? How can we desire that which
has made us suffer torment? No
psychoanalytical theory has made
that mystery dear to me, for they
answer me only in words and I suffer
in my nerves and tissues. I am
home-loving man. I dearly love my
wife and children. I could be happy
and content, making a modest liv
ing for them and living out my life
in the quiet paths of my profes
sion. It is Lola who has broken my
wife's heart. It is she who has
brought a cloud of suspicion, a
plague of unhappiness into my
home. How, then, is it that -when
I am alone with her I try to hold
her in my arms ? It is this, as mueh
as anything else, that has made me
so hate my own lue that l am
quitting it. I feel unclean. Yet
for whatever value it may be to
the psychologist let me record it
here and now that I did passionate
ly desire this woman, who has held
me in bondage and has treated me
with contumely, with studied and
continued insolence.
"It was a queer relationship. I
furnished drugs to many strange
people. But even this was not the
full extent of my operations.
"All of this has been going on,
ever since my friend died my
friend, Gaylord Gilford, whom, un
intentionally, I killed. Ia those
years of what I may call my serf
dom to Lola Carewe I believed that
I knew the full extent of her wick
edness. But recently my eyes were
opened. I learned then what I had
not before even dreamed of that
in the range of this beautiful crea
ture's crimes not even murder was
excluded.
"Specifically, what brought me to
this realization waa a demand that
she made upon me. It was an order
that could have only one meaning.
I was told that she wished me to
obtain, through some laboratory
supply agency, an insect whose bite
would be instant death. She con
fessed to me that someone very ira-
J. B. Waldo, a son, was su
premo Judge; and an anie one.
William Waldo was county Judge,
president of the Oregon senate.
etc The daughters were married
to prominent pioneers. One of
them was tho wife of David Lo
gan, legislator, member of the
constitutional convention, candi-
date for congress, etc "Sis"
Waldo, prominent la tho early
days, one of tho noted horseback
riders of her time, etc, was the
mother of George G. Brown, sec
retary of tho state lend board.
The Brown home, corner Union
and Summer, wa built on the ori
ginal Waldo home acreage in Sa
lem. a S "a
Daniel Waldo, prominent in
many public matters In pioneer
days, was a member oi the provi
sional government legislature of
1844. He was maae one oi me
district Judges at tho 184S second
session, and county treasurer by
the 1847 legislature. A party of
which he' and Jesse Applegate
were leaders attempted to make
their way over tho snows of tho
Siskiyous early in 1848, to take tho
news of tho Whitman massacre
and secure aid in holding back
the threatened Indian' raid of tho
Oregon settlements. . He was a
member of tho commission that
inaugurated tho movement to
build tho Oregon A California
railroad, now a part of tho South
ern Pacific
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Daa Waldo was one. of tho
stockholders and directors of tho
company that established tho Wil
lamette woolen mill la Salem,
pioneer factory of tho kind on this
coast. When it was needy, ho
loaned tho company money, in or
der to aid It la expanding its oper
ations.' and ho was rewarded for
his help by realising handsome
profits on tho use or tho rands bo
invested and advanced. Daa Wal
do belonged to tho class of men
who pioneer la opening new coun
tries and who lay foundations tor
commonwealths and cities. When
Bancroft's writers came to com
pile tho history of Oregon they
found him helpful la supplying
reliable information concerning
lviura
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or tne in ignt
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By AN TaONiY 1 AB B OT : "
- - - - - -. I !
portaat to her meant to commit a
murder I tell yea, she brazenly
confessed this to me. j
"I was horror-etricksa at this de
mand. I looked at her,! as she sat
before tho fireplace to her living
room, as if she were sv fiend from
hall. The devil, I thought, must be
woman; I bad always believed
him a man. What reason could
Lola have for a poisonous insect
unless murder were stirring In her
own heart, her own head, yes, and
her shapely white bands? She was
the one who meant to kill!
1 uttered a postive! protest. 1
told her I would not do what she
asked. It was tho first time that I
had refused to do anything for her,
since she had me ia her power. But
she did not take my rebellion se
riously. Tho very calmness with
which she heard me revolt against
her demands causeq me to feel the
weakness of my stand. Since I had
been taking orders from Lola Ca
rewe, I had been wading deeper in
crime all the time. Now she could
denounce me to the police, not only
for the death of her husband, from
which I could have extricated my
self, disgraced it Is true, but at
least free but now I was guilty
of half a thousand offenses that
would send me to the Federal pris
on in Atlanta. She told: me not to
be silly. I finally told myself that
she was right. I believed then that
a freedom bought by i a murder
would be better than to go to prison
and fasten on my family the penal
ties of my crimes. 1
"I did not stop to reason, then.
that I would be only openinr the
door to further enormities. Once
Lola had been enmeshed in a mur
der plot, I would, indeed, be owned
by that woman. She could order
me to kill as often as she liked.
"But this I did not realize: then.
I suppose I did realize it. to tell
the truth, but overriding all such
saner calculations was the one de
sire to protect myself. I was afraid
of Lola Carewe. Besides! what dan
ger was I running to provide her
with the little thing she asked an
insect whose bite was positively
deadly? How was I to know what
she would use it for?
"It was with such base and spe
cious reasoning that L persuaded
myself. I went to a Spanish youth
whom I know Ricardo Yillafranca
is his name and talked to him
about my quest. Ricardo is the pro
prietor of one of the ! laboratory
supply houses with which I have
dealt, in the past. He I specializes
in Central and South American
specimens. Ricardo told me that he
believed a certain scorpion, very
frequently found in the Durango
region of Mexico, was the most cer
tain in its death-dealing proclivi
ties. He had one which; he ahowed
me and upon my paying a fee, he
let the scorpion free from its box
and attack a dog. The death of the
animal from that bite l was swift
and terrible; In all myi experience
as a physician I have never seen
anything quite like it. More than
once there has been one of the
f rightful creatures in a little box
on my desk here, close to my ear.
I could hear a soft noise that it
made in the box. Death within the
reach of my hand and making
soft noise!
"But I must not let my morbid
state of mind intervene between
my purpose and this page. I must
wnte the truth about Lola Carewe
down on paper. At any moment
am liable to be killed. For I did not
realize that when I went on the
errand of buying her : deadly in
sects, she had fully resolved that
I was to be one of her victims.
"How did I know that? All la
raue course, my friend you whom I
do not know, but whose eyes now
faO upon this manuscript. I gave
the orders for the Durango scor
pions. I told Lola that delivery was
promised within four weeks. X re
member that it was on Thanksgiv
ing Day that X made her that prom
ise. Many columns would be required
to tell even briefly tho Waldo sa
gas and relate the stories cluster
ing around the old Waldo home
In Salem, which was quite a man
sion for Its time, and with the
latchstring on the outside, and
the rendezvous for many pioneer
functions. When the Homer Smith
house was built, a big oak stump
that was a relic of the witness
tree of the donation : claim line
survey had to be blasted out.
North Mill creek, back of the
Waldo barn and carriage and wa
gon sheds, provided; "the old
swlmmin' hole" of the youths of
Salem for a generation. : Old
SHE'S PROUD
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Hare Is the most recent photo to be
made of Mrs. Sarah Jane Garner,
mother of Speaker John Nanca Gar
aerof Texas. The grand old woman,
who has foUowed "Texas Jack's
career with tho keenest lntereat
since be lisped his first baby words,
la InuaensefyaroBd that her boy has
received the Democratic nomhoatioa
tor Vice President of tho United
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lub liadv
"Then I tried to forget about tho
matter. I tried ta plunge into my
practice, which had been suffering
because of my other preoccupa
tions. X tried to bo kinder to my
wife aad children. I tried to pick
up aQ tho threads of the old life,
before this woman had come into
myHfe.
"But even that brief Interlude
was not to bo allowed ta me. One
night I was summoned to the pent
house by an excited telephone call
from Lola's mother. Incidentally,
need I say that ray elSee was ia
the same building with Lola only
because she had commanded H so?
I hurried upstairs ia tho elevator,
for the call had caught mo at the
office. I found that Christine Quires
was CI; it was really a case of sim
ple stomach disorder. But Christine
was suffering considerable pain,
and at first I wondered if Lola was
about to put her on the drugs. But
no that was not It. I was able to
relieve Christine. I was alone ia
the guest-room, attending to the
wailing Christine, when I sudden
ly became, without any intention
to be that, a listener at an incrimi- '
nating conversation between Lola
Carewe and Mr. Vincent Rowland.
"I will confess this was a terrific
shock to me. Ever since my college
days I had known of Vincent Row
land. He was-one nf New York's
most glamorous old gentlemen. He
i a patron of young people.
struggling in the arts. How many
poets and painters, novelists and
playwrights could thank Vincent
Rowland for a grub-stake while
they worked on things they felt
were precious! How much the sym
phony orchestra owed to his
large-handed generosity! What a
powerful voice he was In all move
ments for civic progtessl True.
there were whispered tsles of his
prodigality with his women friends.
I could not condemn him for! that.
I put him down as a dirty old gen
tleman and let it go at that.
"But what was this I was over
hearing? It was unmistakably the
voice of Vincent Rowland. He and
Lola had been ta a night club to
gether. Now he had brought her
home. Neither Lola nor Rewland
knew that I was in the house. They
thought the occupants were laleep.
They spoke off guard.
"I heard Vincent Rowland say to
Lola that he felt she should not
take such risks. And I heard Lola
impatiently demand what on earth
he expected her to do not squeeze
the last ounce of gold out of these
suckers, -when it was there for the
asking? My hair was standing on
end. AH along I had thought of Lola
Carewe as the head and front of
all this offending. Now I was forced
to believe the evidence of my own
ears that the brain ef her plots
lsy under the white and innocent
seeming old head of Mr. Vincent
Rowland. He was the spider ta the
midst of the web. Rowland was the ,
man behind Lola Carewe.
"I saw that Christine Quires un-'
derstood perfectly. She, too, had
heard. She motioned to me not to
speak. We listened. What more we
would have heard I do not know.
But perhaps Chung appeared just
then that yellow man was always
showing up when you least expect
ed him so perhaps it was Chung
who told Lola that I was in the
next room with Christine.
"Distinctly I beard Lola gasp.
The next instant the door was flung
open. There stood Lola and her
aged companion. They were looking
in at as with Bluebeard eyes.
Christine began 'to cry. I asked
what waa the matter. They accused
us of eavesdropping. I told them
the truth. Then Lola's mother came
and defended us. Lola calmed down.
But I saw that gleam in Vincent
Rowland's eyes. I knew he regard
ed me as a danger. 1 knew that I
would now have to watch out for
myself.
1 .' He Continued)
Coyrriht 1J1. by Orio-Fritrfg. tag. '
Distributed bj aUnf Fcatarca Syndicate. Iaa.
Qulnaby, last of the Calapoola In
dian tribe, used to saw the Waldo
wood and get $1 a cord, when
the Chinese price was only half
that; and' Dan Waldo would chuc
kle to himself as he paid the rack
eteer bonus, for Qulnaby would
hire Mongolians to do the work.
while he loafed, and partook of
the bounty in food exacted at the
Waldo kitchen door.
The question asked about town
yesterday by Statesman reporters
was: What is tho most amusing
circumstance you have seen or
read within the past week?
Al Baker, student: "The wav
those windows on the west aller
side of the armory were Jammed
wun nig and utile boys the night
of the Reed-Jones match. Re
minded mo of rounrsters crawlinar
ander circus tents for sure."
Joe Case, worker: "Tho thing
I've been most amused about late
ly is tho bickering over those col
lege and university consolidation
petitions. At least there are plen
ty of sides to tho affair."
Daily Thought
Whatever strengthens and pur
ifies tho affections, enlarges tiro
imagination, aad adds spirit to
sense, Is usefuL Shelley.
DAHLS HOME EHOCTLY
SH.VERTON, July ft. Mm.
Arthur Dahl and two sons, lrth
ar. Jr., and Raymond, have writ
ten Mr. Dahl chief of Police at
SUverton, that they plan to start
homo la less than two two oka.
They have been spending several
weeks at tho homo of Mrs. Dahl'a
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Halvor Jsl
son. formerly of SUverton, bat
now. of Garrosaa 8. D. On their
return trip they will visit Mrs.
Dahl's ststsr, Mrs. J. F. Beckett,
New Views
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weight. :
name oi tne ram uy.
tne earry aaya or this state.
Ktatos, ! j
who lives In Montana.
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