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Oughtiio be AbliaVndeihd Each Other)
A Football
Romance
By FRANCIS
WALLACE
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HUDDLE
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. ' M Favor Sway U; No Fear Shall Atca"
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Chicken in the Pot
DEMOCRATS have poked a lot of fun at Pres. Hoover be
cause of his campaign utterances of four years ago when
he referred to the prevailing prosperity as'a "chicken in ev-
ery pot" and "two cars in the garage". That was the condi
tion which then gave promise of continuance. It did seem
that poverty was well on the way to abolishment. The demo
crats at that time were not any more gifted in prophecy than
tbe republicans for none of them foresaw the business crash.
, , We wonder however if Roosevelt, should he be elected,
will not have a harder time making good his assurances to
the workless. In a letter to a New Yorker named Shearon,
Roosevelt pledged his support to a program of public works
"to urovide employment for all surplus iabor at all times".
Alas, how that declaration
enters the white house. That is an inclusive assurance, "all
surplus labor at all times"; and in his calmer moments Roose
velt must realize that he can't make good. As Pres. Hoover
says, the problem is to get men back at work in normal oc
cupations ; public works can care for only a limited portion of
the unemployed.
It is easy enough to make promises of jobs and prosper
ity. Ramsay MacDonald headed the labor government which
was designed to bring comfort
men of England. One of his first
strike. There have been bad strikes in the coal fields and tex
tile centers while he has been premier.. Even now, though it
' K U a conservative rather than a labor government that Mac
Donald heads, London is having its hunger marches and riots.
In other words the great economic forces in England were
bei'ond his power to control.
Montague Norman, governor of the Bank of England,
v- Tiolding the most responsible position in finance of any per
son in the world, recently spoke
one of the rare ones in which
quoted:
"The difficulties are bo vast, so unlimited, that I approach
. the whole subject not only in ignorance but in humility. It U
too great for me."
We incline to this opinion that Franklin Roosevelt would
quickly find the problems of the depression too great for him,
and that like Ramsay MacDonald his hopes which he extend
ed in promises, will prove quite impossible of realization.
Why desert Herbert Hoover who is acquainted with the
problems of the time, who is face to face with reality for one I
whrt will have to snend months
he ii to command?
"A Vote for
XI7E have been favored with
? f plied by the democratic
and we hope the local democrats
us to run all three pages. For
will give the titles of the ads:
"A vote for Roosevelt is a vote for repeal"
"Vote for Roosevelt and repeal"
t rr n l t -11 a; a ;
."u" a:ii-hukj w xiiiu
nearly every line of the copy is ae voted to urging peo- i
ole to vote for Roosevelt because he stands for reneal of uro-1
hibition. The return of prosperity is evidently conditional
fva t,;k;;. I
xt V t-"-"-v-. f ... . .
Not a word about solving the problems of the depression. I
Not a word about Roosevelt's stand on the tariff ; per-J
caps lor fear he would change
Not a word about the candidate's stand oh the bonus, on
war debts, on disarmament.
Just repeal ... and booze.
I What a barren appeal to a
or great national crisis.
Good Old
flFTE recall reading in the spring about the migration of a
T f group of Finnish people
Russia where they were to have nke jobs in the logging
camps. Nowwe read in dispatches from Aberdeen that one of
the families has returned, Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Saukkonen
and son Eric. They say now:
The remainder of the news story is :
- Low living standards with families crowded into uncom
. j fortable log barracks and the severe climate were the principal
objections voiced by. the Saukkonens, who predicted that many of
the several hundred Finnish people who moved to Russia
. ! throughout last year will be returning to the United States. Sauk-
konen, who worked in a sawmill in tha soviet stata of Karelia,
: i on the border of Finland, said wages were generally higher than
, paid in the United States for similar work, but living conditions
. were much lower. Work is plentiful, he said, all industrial plants
in Karelia operating six days a week with three seven-homr shifts.
' When we get right down
good place to. live in, even in
brother 7 ,
Tomorrow night Is Hallowe'en.
town to hare outgrown the ancient
erty, often the persons picked on
have enough to get along. Tet their walks or fences may be dam
aged by hoodlums who think list October glres them a special li
cense to -play the dsTil. If parents herd their young ones properly
cue wnoie job wm not fan on the
room xor tun on Hallowe'en but
Papers are full of stories about delinquent taxes; but the chan
ces are if yon go to the tax collector's -office in this county yen
, will have to stand in line to be waited on. There has been a steady
rash at business in payment of taxes, and while there ia some de
llaquency of course, a good many people on the other band are
taking up 1930 and earlier taxes. Marion county Is going to carry
n. i - -
. 'J m.
. , t,,um1 column reports
" lioa department as estimating that 12 of the regis tra-
4 hii ttea"V On Not.
m wits.
L'lkftiAS.?0"14 eHef 1
hiii Tw il . i "r-yo" toy
still JovvSnT - revival
.
fh.f Zr u ouaK bm contributed $100 to GOP. Bet he got twice
It. .r more toT SUteTcpost article, so he is still practicing
' tf Roosevelt ahonlil nin ftA
L.. &torS Norrt LaFoUette, aal Hlraat Johnson would be stab
blag btm front and backt . -" " - -
may rise to vex him, if he
to the impoverished working
jobs was to break a general
as follows, the occasion being
he permitted himself to be
learninc th battle in -which
Roosevelt'
proofs of democratic ads sup-
national campaign committee ;
can raise enough money for
fear they can t or won t, we
sa u
before the ad was printed.
distracted electorate in a time
U. S. A.
from Grays Harbor .country to
"Give U3 the United States."
to it, the good old U. S. A. Is a
hard times. Isn't that right,
, . .. , . .
Salem ought to be a big enough
rustic practice of destroying prop
are poor old widows Who barely
police force. There m plenty of
none for vandalism in a city.-
Dare O'Hara of the secretary of
ttn we can tell whit percentage are
the doleful news of the day comes
U tattnr London by storm: There ;
urthtt country. And is ping pong
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k. vsit. t i .
Early Days
In Oregon
Collected bj H. O Porter of
AnmsTiIle from the Ameri
can Unionist of Salem.
September 21, 1868
New Ads Bn Holladar. C.
Temple Emmet and 8. C. ElUott
hare formed a co-partnership tor
the construction of railroad la
Oregon and the adjoining states
ana territories, it as becom a
maxim that whateTer Ben Hoiis-
taxea noia oi soec inrouga.
iteugions ids mjpkuimutb
Assembly consumed a good part
of tb last two days in duenna
ing the propriety of prayer mt
opening observance fa tho
two brancliies. Ia the senate. Via
Treritt thonght that the body
was past praying for. aad In tho
hoaso Tim Davenport tboaght 1
m useless waste of devotion to
pray for any democratic legisla
ture.
Medical Department AtUa
tion is called to the, adyertisemeat
la tha unionist of th department
J?" .lVJ tod
WaRamet Unirerslty tor tha year
1S68. Tha third costs of lao-
tares will commence on th 4th of
November, and an opportunity
will then bo offered to all who
wish to gain a thorough knowl
edge of medicine and surgry. The
professors are composed of ths
most talented men in their sci
ence, that the state or coast af
fords, and the course is thorough
and complete. All letters address
ed to the dean. Dr. H. Carpenter,
wm receire prompt attention
At Fort Benton, on the night
of Angtut 18th, the Tigilaat
hang a Colonel George Hynson
between the tripod gaUows. He
had been ahooting rather loose
ly, and as protection, they hung
him.
Large Kiln The foreman of
the state penlteotiarv brick-yard
finished burning a brick-kiln yes
terday, containing over 700.009
brick. It is the largest kiln yet
burned in the state. There are Ci
convicts in the state penitentiary.
Bound Over Yesterday,
Benjamla Blaaton was boand
over to appear at the next term
of the clrcait court, for stab
bing a ntaa named Jones, at the
race track, some two weeks ago.
Bonds, three hundred dollars.
Surgical A. M. Smith, from
Yamhill county, , last week
brougbt a little son over to this
place to have a surgical operation
performed la removing his tonsils.
which had become very much en-
; urged. The last one was success
fully removed yesterday. The lit
tle fellow displayed considerable
pluck, we thought, during the
painful operation.
Tie Tour Sacks Yesterday,
as a wagon was going through
the street with a load of wheat,
one of the sacks became untied,
and the owner thereof lost
about a beuhel ef good wheat.
MA stitch la time, etc.
MAX'S rraofAxrrr to max
Mny and sharp are. the numer
ous ills
Znterworen with out frame:
More pointed still, we make our
selres .
B egret, remorse and- shame:
And man. whose haven-erect
face
The amllea of love adorn. -
Man's Inhumanity to man.
uaxea countless thousand
- -mourn. ; Robert Bnrt.
Daily Thought
Caaxtaar Vav Tack HaralaVTrtaaaa
BITS for BREAKFAST
-By R. J. HENDRICKS
We must fight en aad em
la
The article la thia column of
yesterday's paper contended that
no Salem district voter of all oth
ers, for his or her own good, has
any right to support a man for
president holding the views of
Roosevelt, or for Garner, or for
other than a republican running
tor a seat ia either house of con
gress Because our Industries on the
land need all the protection they
have gained after long years of
struggle; and more in some items
than they have, partly owing to
the depreciated currencies of com
peting countries off of the gold
standard
n
And because they need friendly
help in Washington in keeping
what they, have, too, against the
constant onslaughts of selfish in
terests before the bi-partisan tar
iff commission of three democrats
and three republicans
And because they need friendly
and honest administration el tar
iff laws by appraising officers in
the custom houses, and on the
bodies to which appeals are made
from rulings of appraisers ea both
classifications and values.
W
We must fight on and on. Take
two cases oat of thousands, to il
lustrate the point: some readers
will recall the case of tomatoes.
As fruits not specially provided
tor, tomatoes would be free. As
vegetables, they would pay a duty.
saipioaas ef tomatoes came from
Bermnla, aad the appraising offi
cer ruled them dutiable. The ship
pers appealed, it costs only i
to appeal. This sares the shippers
tne use of the money Involved.
ofter for months or years. In the
New York custom house there are
always 3000 or more cases on ap
peal.
W
Tomatoes were called vegeta
bles and frulta alternately all the
way up to the United States su
preme court, and that body fin
ally by its decision put them. in
the class of vegetables. Officially,
the tomato la a vegetable. But it
Is still the "poor man's orange,
with its citric acid content there
fore, to the consumer, a fruit, or
at least a trait substitute.
The McKinley tariff law made
skins free., and nut a dntr on
aio.ee. wnac was a sit in, what a
hideT Whom did a calf become a
cow? All the hides of runted cat
tle, in Senth and Central Amer
ica aad elsewhere were coming la
xree, classed as skins. Trfls was
earing the New England and oth
er shoemakers: $7,000,900 a yea?.
it was depriving the . American
cattle growers, mostly of the west
ern half of the eountry, of that
much protection.
An appraisers conference In
New York, after assembling the
testimony or some 3509 tanners.
maae rulings, on wet. wet salted
an dry and flint dry hides and
sxins, etc., and recommended
promulgation on its findings a
promulgation . intended ' to honest
ly take S7.000.oeo annually front
the tanners and cIto it to the pro
ducers of hides. The promulgation
was accordingly made, by the as
sistant secretary of the treasury.
. i ; , n
Lyman -I. Care -1 ls9?.io
wa3 then secretary ef the treas
ury. He was on a vacation: It was
summer. When he arrived at his
desk, he revoked the promulga
tion, ana tne shoemakers saved
tneir 37,009.000 annually, and
tne -producers lost it. The shea-
makers were organized. The pro-
oucers were not. such a deal coald
no. bow oe put oyer. But it was
pus oyer ana tne Bits man was
O? TtmitzJtt tho. ,roaIftrt?fg-aa(Tiw;hla a, few ycsr,.hy si!
carried the report to Washington,
therefore speaks from experience.
It Is nearly always Americans
who fight other Americans In
tariff hearings before conrress.
the tariff commission, the custom
houses and in the courts. Take
eggs, again
m
American firms preserving and
drying eggs in China hare been
the "poor consumers" making the
tights against the producers. That
is, their paid lobbyists, factors, at
torneys, etc, have so represented.
What have we seen latelvT We
have seen these same men. Dartlv
licked in their selfish fights.
building plants at Spokane. In
Texas aad at other points and in
other states, to take care ef some
of the trade lost to their Chinese
plants. Thua American labor,
American banking, etc, ete are
receiving benefita from the victor
ies of the egg producers of this
country, or half victories.
n
The same story la true bf the
operations of the paid lobbyists
of the linen mills of Burepe and
aiong tne Atlantis seaboard la
this country. They hare fought
for fair protection in the one ease
in the higher braeketa aad in the
other, or both (ter some maaafae-
tarers have plants ia both Bar
ope aad tha United States), they
nave rougnt against any adeauate
protection at all in the lower
brackets; that is against the grow
ers of flax for the fiber, all af
whom are our own Salem district
farmers.
We must tight on and oa. This
goes tor our poultrymen, enr flax
growers, our owners of sweet
cherry orchards, our producer of
walnuts and filberts, and nearly
all other men on the land. We
have the most at stake of any sec
tion ef this eoutry. and we are
weakest fn number, aad in numer
ical strength la congress.
H S
It ia Americans against Ameri
cans; section against section hon
esty, zairness and decency against
selfish greed. It is all wrong. Bit
it is tne condition.
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Tariff making has no place In
congress, with log rolling, intri
gue, ignorance and base selfish
ness. No other leading nation does
it In this way. All the rest leave
tariff matters to experts, noa po
litical and disinterested excepting
for public welfare aa a whole;
committees in council, with, aow-
to make new schedules and new
rates, and put them into force
otot night,
w S "a
The . American statesman., af
whatever party, who finally leads
the way te this reform, will de
senre high praise from all oar
people, present and te follow aftar
them.
V V " '
As matters stand now, again,
the writer declares, oar voters
owe undivided allsriaaoe to re
publican candidates, .who reared
sent the party of protection, and
the principles of Washington, Jef-
ierson. Jackson. Clay, Calhoaa
? J11 all the great leaden
of the past Clay and Calhoun
ealled It "the Americas system."
It Is more so than ever nowro -
ua"'t prcaerva mo American
markets for our own people
m .-V.--.;;,;-;...r
Aad refusing to follow the will
o'the wisp of foreign markets,
able to take only ? to 19 per cent
of what we have to sell.
V b Sb-'V."'.
5 Better to wipe out every for
eign debt, snblle and nrlvata: ta
clean the alate absolutely sad ir
revocably, than to give up to ruinous-
foreign competition any part
of the SO to 13 par cent, which
can be increased to 190 per cent.
Tel Wynne left hie paction- ia
she BeQpert stent taCi to work his
way through OH Posainiesi Cottage
ae he aright he the eqmt ef the
weaHfay Barb Roth, He stacsceds
creditably. Coach Barney Itack
makes Urn a tnartcrWch ee U na
tionally known Blue Comets. The
trst year they lose one gams' only,
tor which Tom Stone. Ted's rival in
tare and football, blames Ted. Barb
Tareaks aa appotntrnest with Ted in
favor of Tom. Hart, Ted deckles to
teach hef a lesson aad ignores her.
Ia the company ef beaotif id steeaSe
Downs. Ted forgets Barb for a
wbOe but hack at school she holds
his thoughts. Softened by a summer
of farced leisure and after-effects of
a hand Infection Ted i not fa. Ws
usual form. The team la also handi
capped hp the absence of Captain
Jim Davis due to aa injury; Having
lost twice, with four more games to
go; the Brae Comets are "blue."
Never before had Old Dominion
made such a poor showing. Then
comes the Army game. Barney
springs n surprise when he enters
Captain Davis into the contest de
spite bis injury. The boys play a
thrilling game against great odds
and win. Old Dominion tradition
carries on. That night Rosalie visits
Ted.
CHAPTER XXIX
Central Park.
"Boy, you were marvelous. I
was so proud of you I told the
girls I was coming to kiss you
aad had to give them the slip. How
you're aot going to make a liar
out of me, are your
"111 make a crushed Httle rose
of Rosalie,"
"That's a theme song."
"Aad this is a fadeout."
No hps tike Rosalie's; no girl
like Rosalie: her eyes, whoa they
opened, Were sleepy aed moist He
gated into her happy smile
turned his-bead quickly.
"What is k. nouerr
"Nothing. A lot of things. I
don't know."
Tenderly she placed his head on
her shoulder, smoothed his hair,
spoke softly.
"I know Jf that game. Yon
fust go oa and cry, honey let k
some eat aad you'll fed better."
I'm aa right"
"Sure, you are."
The motor hummed, fights
bliaked by. Rosalie crooned a low
tunc
Rosalie" after a while "did
rou ever thick of the terrible final
ity in that last whistle?"
"Tell me about it"
"Well, we're battling all day aad
finally get somewhere; when we
think it's all over and get ready
to celebrate, Cagle goes by aad if
Pldge badnt caught htm Then
the battle all over again. A death
bed scene with eighty thousand
people looking on."
"YesP
Time runs out the whistle.
Hope, so alive the moment before.
Is stifled. It's all over; it's history.
Its just like life; when it's over,
what's been the use of R alir
"I don't know; it must be great
to win."
"Somebody must lose."
"It isat jast history, though.
You helped to make tradition to
day. lf steel boy made a little
mark ia dhe big world; you're get
ting somewhere."
"But it all seems foolish unless
something follows."
She spoke softly:
"Is It nothing. Ted. when yon
wla and a girl comes to teS yon
hen proud? Were you so high QM4
Olympus r
"I cried."
"That was' a reaction from the
fame."
No that was you." .
"Yoe wouldn't Ue to sne, Ted?
Wherein the Desire' for Change
Is Found to Be But Skin Deep
nanansaaananasannanBaianut
By D. H. Talmadge, Sage of Salem
O'
,NB time back ia the bottom
lands Pete Gldger hired Cal
Prouty to fix the root of the
Gldger family residence, which
root leaked somewhat more than
somewhat In numerous places, but
mostly, o at least so it seemed,
in places directly above the fam
ily beds.
Pete was an easy-going man, a
passive votary of the well known
Arkansaw system or plan, which
system or plan is Just In case
you dont know, although It Is
rather more than probable that
you do embodied in a simple
statement:
It Is not necessary to tlx a root
when tha weather Is dry. because
in dry weather the roof does not
leak, and It Is not desirable .to tlx
it In wet weather, because In wet
weather the weather la too wet. -Finally,
however, Mrs. Gldger
lost her. temper. Ordinarily, she
was a peaceful, somewhat angelic
woman. When such a woman loses
her temper It Is usually a great
loss. Having lost her temper, ehe
announced la hard aad bitter
tones that she had gone to bed
wearing rubber boots and with a
dish pan on her stomach tor the
last time. - . . .
"Get the roof fixed. she said,
"or .me and the children quit,
Ain't that right, children?"
The children said It was. The
eldest daughter acted as -spokes
man for the children and she said
a large and shocking!? irreverent
l wor aarronnded by a number ef
I BUKUmr wvw.
Pete knew, that this settled It.
When the eldest daughter used a
word - stronger than "darn" no
knew tha point for : arbitration
bad been passed. So ho sighed
deeply, took a chew of tobacco,
bitched up his pants and .'lowed
he'd .'tend to It right smart -
He went through the rain to
Cal Prouty's shop aad set forth
to the . doctrines of Wasbisrtan.
Jefferson,- Jackson and the other
upstanding fathers and defenders
i-or our republic. " - -
11 Jw.'Vi: iir- 5vrV-- i
The girls grew bright-eyed and careless.
You know I
believe you because
you ve said
things."
so
many unpleasant
"Why Ue about things?
You
can't dodge the truth."
"But people do it; it spreads an
oily calm over life."
He sat up. -
"Your being here makes it a
perfect day, Rosalie."
"Thanks."
"I feel like philosophizing; aad
you're Minerva."
"Oh, that's it"
"Minerva and Venus."
"Better, Ted; but you cant mht
your goddesses that way. A wo
man must choose; whence comes
the aaytag, beautiful but dumb.
"Same way with athletes. If
you're beautiful you must be dumb;
otherwise they think you're some
kind of a freak."
"X doa't understand."
"I wrote a sonnet a dime-a-dozca
from the bespectacled boys
who weigh less than a hundred and
forty. Because a football player
wrote at, it became a phenomenon.
"It wasn't a dime-a-dozen. Our
English teacher raved over it; and
so did the girls. They'll never for
give me for holding you
tonight"
"How many of them are with
you?"
Three."'
"Suppose I-get three of the boys
and we nave a party before our
train goes?"
"Ted I If you would r
RosaCe's friends, brushed like
thorobreds, were all under twenty
and tremendously excited.
"Mr. Pidgin you're the one who
stopped Cagle. What was it he
said when he got up I just know
he was swearing.
"Mr. Davis you were wonder
ful! and your arm is stul in a cast
girls, I have the grandest idea-
well autograph his cast"
Jim patiently submitted to the
autographing.
"Now," Pat decided, "well auto
graph his ears."
"Mc Moystent You are posi
tively cruel. Who was the one
without a head guard? He looked
Just like a Greek god."
Pldge ho-hoed.
"Step right up, Mr. Moyatoa,
take your bow. Show the ladies
D. H. TALMADQE
tha, situation to ' caTV It required
considerable time and a sight of
uicnnrug, out at last Cal gave la
and agreed to tlx tha roof in such
a way .that tt would be leaklesa
permanently for a while anyway
u ivai oi ue rain.
sum xeii an tnet, week. Cal
climbed to tha Gldger roof every
uay wun a nammer and a tew
onus ana some shingles and an
um0ruiia,sna ae aid a heap of
tapping around.- but he didn't
seem to help the root much for
K w ona Job.
At last, however, bavin
ally become acquainted with the
roof and Its weakness he began to
get the better of the Imv .
it happened just at this time that
Pete's patience ran out, saoetlr
because ana of his teeth had be
rra to at&ev 4- --. s- -
Txa goitt to get another ntaa to
Vs that rooLT he growled ene wet
wornlng. -Cal ain't . gettln no!
v
Rosalie handled the boys as they
just how a Greek god bows.
Would roa prefer him to bow from
left to right or right to left?"
And of course," ridge con
tinued, "you've met old rin-tin-tin,
the Man of Steel?"
"In person, not a sonnet" Pat
amended.
"Girls," one of them squealed.
"aren't we lucky I All of the
heroee."
The more distinguished of the
New York alumni were holding
forth at the Rita. It had been
designed as n very private party
with good liquor from Doc
Reedy's cellar but had gradually
become quite public with reinforce
ments from a Forty-ninth Street
speakeasy. v
But the good doctor prescribed
well for his favorite patients.
"A private parlor for your
party." he told them, "with radio
and good liquor; you needn't be
afraid of it When Barney comes
well tip you off aad yon go out
that door. Now relax. You take
a drink too, Wynne; itU do you
good." ,
"Thanks, Doc"
"Bless you, my children." ,
The good doctor was relaxing.
Pat dulled his edge until he got
a bit thick. Pidge was talkative
and Jaughing, Between drinks Jim
Davis was summoned into the
outer room so that each new ar
rival, aB friends of the doctor's,
might autograph his cast
The girls grew bright-eyed and
careless. Rosalie handled the boys
as they came, neatly, graciously.
They liked her. Rosalie was a good
scoot, a regular. The boys were
regulars, too. Everything was all
right Ted was glad Stone wasnt
there Tom had been all right,
lately, but he had different ideasf
he was more ruthless and grown
up. These chaps were iust big
kids.
Rosalie came to Ted with S
highball in a tall glass.
"For feflowship. Buddy." she in
vited. "Just a sip."
"O my goodness, no" Pat
laoghed. "Not Volstead."
Ted took the glass and drank it
down quickly, , j
"There." Fat commented, "be
gins a mint Efc"
(Te B Coatiaard) (
where with it He's a rotten roof
fixer."
He blustered around aulte con
siderable for a spell, the exercise
seeming to ease the pain In his
tooth. Then of n sudden he sort of
wilted. Mrs. GIdgers block eyes
were snapping, and her voice was
like a tile on steel.
Ain't the man never coin to
get no sense?"
She directed the ouerv at the
eldest daughter, and the eldest
daughter shook her head despair
ingly. After he's paid a man to learn
how to fix the root, and the man
almost got to where he can
tlx It, he wants to pay another
man to learn how to fix It!" abe
shrilled. "Pa's a worse washout
than the root if
Pete ahnddered.
"Cal stars on' the ir.v .
clared Mrs. Gldger, ber hands on
her hips, "or wo quit. Ain't that
right, children V -
Sure. Is. ms. hoomM d
chorus. . " ..
I ain't got no soeclal lava tor
Cal proQty,- added Mrs. Gldger.
out he's as good as anvbodr else
yon conld get, and he's the man
w iix uo root now he's started.
Its. plain common anna Warti
gee results onleker with Tnim n
the Job than we would with some-
eooy eise." . , : - - : .
Pete hitched up his pants, took
a chew of tobacco and-a Inn
breath.
"I was sort o hopla you'd see
It that way.- he said meekly.
Jroarooned
Until '33 Harvest
Festjval j Held
WEST STATTONV Oct, 21
r.woma ot th Growers dab
fb'SJ6?.!.11 wwk Postpone
their fall baxaar until next falL
whea It will bo held In cenjune
tiott with the annual faU harvest,
also sponsored by the club.
Contests arranged by the'sur
eomialtteo, Mrs. Robert
Sr. n m,toa cy and Mrs.
WlUlam Royse, featured the pro
fnm t the. meeting this week.
i aeetlng wlU be Novem
ber with Mrs. Elmer Asche. The
fTroA Erown. - r b
at S"-. Con-
...-..., "'" warn umCTi- . r