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PACJ i uUR - .? f ' Tha GItEGOii STATESMAN. Eika, Oregon. Saturday Morula?, Koreaier 19,1922.,, - "Deutsehlknd uberHitlef? Bv Rafael Sabatini 11 t 5 ft I "THE BLACK SWAN" 3 i V I. - "No Favor Swayt Us; iVo For Sfcall Awi" . From First Statesman, March X8, 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBUSHING COr CHJUXXT A SreaCUg -' - &Ktoro7r - - v SitrxDON- F. SacxsTT i h - - - - tfau gif E&J&r ; ' Member of the Associated The Aaeoelsted Pnh Is exchrWeIr entitled e 4he tor pablJaa. tloa of all MwrdlptchM credited to It or boc otherwise credited this paper. . - . - - ----- - - I ". - -ADVERTISING Portland Representative , . t rQjr B. BelV Srity Bujiainc, PtJrtUnd. Or. Eastern AdrwUsInr RreassttlTes Bryant. Griffith Bonsoa lae, Cmose. w Tars. Detroit. Boetaev AlUrtHs. . Extend at (ho Pmtoffie at Sdlsrn, Ormgvm. a EtxomCUu VatUr. Publish! mry morning except Vmdap, Vunintn fficw. tlS S. Commertial Street ; . ; - :. " SUBSCRIPTION BATES: - stsfl SuBScrlptlon Rate in. A (Irene. WlUUm Oraont Dally and " Sunday. I Mo. S cents: a eta. f a. SlT; 1 year ft. St. ' S2eewtre cealsper M,r It 0 tor 1 year advance, " By City Carrier: S eeirte a month; !. a year to advance. Per Copy s cents. On trains and News Stand cents. Taxing Municipally Owned Utilities TOHE meeting of the interim committee of the legislature X to consider the question of taxing municipally owned utilities" prompts the ever querulous rrtland Journal to ask some questions: Should municipally owned electric plants par taxes the iimi a privately owned plants? v Should city water, plants be taxed? 1 , ' . . If these municipal utilities axe to taxed, what about port and dock property and all other property as city -may-own? Is, or is not, the- proposed plan to tax city-owned power and light companies a scheme of the prirately owned power and light -companies? Well, the committee was organized to study precisely these auestions; and its report ought to be informative, it is designed to point the way for practice in this state. We might crack the problem open however and .see what the kernel of the thine is. . The whole business arose in the matter of rate compari sons. Publicly owned electric plants advertised to the world their low rates for electric energy. Then the private com- nanies reolied that municipal plants par no taxes, so tne comparisons are unfair. It i obvious there can be no fair comparison unless the same basis is used. Accordingly either municipal plants should pay taxes, or in their reports the tax element should be computed so the true facts would be ap parent. Within its own area there is little difference whether the . city water plant or light plant is taxed or not. The usual practice of these utilities has been to keep charges just as 'low as 'would, take care of operating expenses and capital obligations. To allow city councils to dip into funds of the utility for running expenses has been recognized as a danger, because the spenders can always think up good reasons for spending more money. The injustice comes however in the levy of taxes for the larger units. Take Eugene and Albany. In the former the publicly owned water and electric prop erties are all off the taxrolls; while Albany assesses those . facilities in that city because they are privately owned. So in the- levy of state and county taxes in Eugene that vast investment escapes taxation whereas the Albany property has to bear it. The net result is that the rate-payers in Eu- - - .A 1L .MijkM aV l?44-ts. fvnrajs VkJ4sA rKtfl AL pne can get hyic rnA7"u 7 Enrollment at WfflametU nni- bany because the rate-payers there have to pay enough to I TersIty greater now than at any tnvpr the private comsanirfl county and state taxes. The oil- I other period in its history. There front nmoniita to little in small communities; but in the , case of large cities, like Seattle which has gone into public ownership m a big way, the difference is real and is felt by the outside counties. So we will fire some questions back at the Journal : Wby should taxpayers in Linn county pay more taxes to tha elate to relleT Eugena utUity property of paying any taxes? Is if fair for Seattle's fifteen minion dollar street railway to " ha off the tax rolls and to shift tha burden ft formerly carried to - tha rest of the counties of the state? Is or is not the resistance of municipally owned power & plants to taxation duo to a desire to sraxo their rates appear Un, in MtnmriMn with nrivatfr nlants? W haiTA no feelincr at all in the matter. So far as local hTM err th rommuTiitv mav decide for itself whether it wants to pay taxes all directly or in part indirectly through vo&ing the anti-parochial school hieher rates of its municipal services. When it comes to pay- bin prior to th Noyembet 7 Wee- . . .... t i j Hah . a i l - thn .hAii irf rA iTrvnrn iviwchu '"" tug county ana biaus kci ouvum m . the two classes of communities. It is not a question of encour aidnir or discouraging public ownership, but of fairness in ! tax levies among communities ii i i II I I i i I I II I T . .. , a? J7 v SYNOPSIS .' I tagea to bo orereoasu srtsfa poo-1 Jew was already on its way bad JM, 4.-.at,!iM prsjudieaa to bo broksn down. (to tbs shore. Tho perlaguaa wen Sr&rS iZT bISST Uftar all. altaocgb undoubtedly a I falling away, their oecupanto .tfflr vary persewahU saam a fact f iTodfarous, caoppias; wit aow wlta ; wbica bis atirrar gar bias the most I some sailors who leaned upon the boiwarxs. But tto leegboat. wfaleb. uadasdabU disparity of age between I Captain Bransons bad been watcb- Om e tb let ir Jets Oarrafiaa, Captaia Geaeral sf tbo Laswari Isles, leave the West Jbsfiea tbo "CastasT bound far H. - - I r?- JTfT ;rT. mZzZ. I tbam. IQm Frlseflla was not yetting; was coming alongside at tbo - . . - .- .TT7 77I7I twenty flra, whilst sfajor Sands foot of tbo cntranea Udaer. Tbo tisao Is abort Mtft the 1 I It TJiZTtLZZTT X. ii. a im u- iunr m wu mwuE nww iwuiun mmm u umt w un IK fimJ terlw nereoled tiit belbar tbo veeael'e sida. CSAFTES TWO fwas but too conscious of bis years. I From bar stern-sheets rose tbs .oUMMt Sudi bed etd aalSbo bad treated bint with aa aMtalL slim, viroreus figurs of a v. nfa.CSeBarara aeeoad.in. tmost dial deference, wbicb bad I in a suit of pale blue taffetas with !T 1a it. imA Hed at CoTanwtbrourht Ua sosM sain and more I sHyer laea. About tbo wide brim of t4af I dismay. With tbo dose association I bis black bat curled a pale nriea. Mseffln bad soma to look that bad been theirs and the sag- ostrich plume, and tbo band be put nen Umasof the family, and was gestlre skill with which be bad forth to steady himself upon tbo niad enough to leaa upon him new. come to establish a sense of ap- ladder was glo T sd and emerged VTI .v- U.t. ried proximate eoernlitr. this attitude from a doud of fine lace. K. ulsed irooa. ma hopes of i ker was being gradually dis-l "Odds Kfet quoth Major Sands, sneeeedins; Sir John in tbo gor-lpened. He looked now to the Toy-1 in amasement at this moffisbneas --Zvt- AmtWnft m .Hbt.lace to enable him to complete the I off Martiaique. "And who may this . . . .-.7 I "-I t, V T - .J t. . w.t Not that In his view he laoicea taeiwaxm mm wu vegwo. m wwim am abittty. Ha knew that be bad ability I dolt, indeed, if be could not eon- to tpara. But court favour ta taesei" wa u exovmeiy omuimi ttra. be aunnoaed. counted for I lady and her equally desirable for ihun anouia bo eoircracxea to mm more than talent or. expenraoe; and court favour no doubt would be filling tbo vacant post with some inept fribble from home. The perception of this quickened bis further perception that bis first duty was to Miss Priseffla. He told her so, and overwhelmed the child bv this display of what she ao- before they east anchor in Plym outh Roads. It was upon this that he bad staked bis slender chances of succession to the governorship of Antigua. But, as 1 have said, t Major Sands waa no gambler. And this waa no gambler's throw. He knew himself, bis personableness. bet" His amasement Increased to be hold the practised agffity with which this modi ah fellow came swiftly up that awkward ladder. He was followed, more clumsily, by a half-caste in a cotton shirt and breeches of hairy, un tanned hide, who carried a. cloak, a rapier, and a sling of purple leather, stiff with bullion, from the ends of which protruded the chased silver butts of a brace of pistols. The newcomer reached the deck. manding at the ladder's head; then he stepped down into the waist and doffed bis hat in courteous re sponse to the Captain's similar sal. utation. He revealed a. swarthy countenance below a glossy black periwig that waa sedulously curled. ' The Captain barked an order. Two of the hands sprang to the main batch for a canvas sling, and went to lower it from the bulwarks. By this the watchers on the poop Yesterdays . . . Of Old Salem Town Talks from The States man of Earlier Days November 10, 190T BOISE Sarah Emily Hoed, daughter of the late General Jo seph Lane, first governor of Ore gon Territory and widow or Joan Creed Flood, a pioneer merchant of Roseburg, Ore., died here No vember 17 at the ago of 7 J years. are over IBs students now regis tered and more are coming In ev ery day, giving hopes that the goal of 700 will bo reached. Sheriff Stevens of Multnomah county has written Sheriff Culver hero to ascertain if a nice bay horse ho took with the capture of a gang of horse thieves had been stolen from Marion county. November IS, 1023 P. J. Hanley. treasurer of the Catholic Cirlo Rights association, reports to the secretary of stats an expenditure of szt.zt la op- i rha Portland Journal trows sad because every ehild born In ftta onnntrv muni tirrr a burden of S260 debt. Don't worry about that, every one. that dies gets out from under the $150. Also, sine - - .... i a. a. aiH.A Va4 the American debt Is practically an internal, wo migm. iisur " each chUd born "owns" $2 SO in government bonds, which cancels the debt. Thai must be the way the baby figures it, because we don t recall hearing on cry because of his gears. Sweepstakes in the Indepen dence corn show held yesterday were won by T. L. Hartman tor single ear exhibit. Norval Pease for 10 ears and T. L. Hartman for 50 oars. All are of Independence. Class B winners were Msrk Capps, Jr.. tor 10 ears, Charles Wilson of Independence for 50 ears. Football scores yesterday: Ore gon 10, Oregon. Aggies 0; Call fnmta TtAAra Si. Nenila 13- TTnl- r, .n.nn. .all d in officials and prominent cits, to talk over lVAr.it of Weahimrtrm is. stn- state finances wnicn are in a Dig reu mwo. jw. - i ioru universiry . of conference husband and wife engage in asoui ouce a ww the kiddies have gone to bed. And they arrived at the same decision, to hold another meeting BITS for BREAKFAST father would have wished. Overbearing her gentle objec tions to this self-sacrifice, he had siren himself leave of absence, and had appointed Captain Grey to the I "He has the air of a person of importance," ventured Miss Pris-eilla. The Major waa perversely moved to contradict her. "Ton judge by his foppish finery. But externals. my dear, can be deceptive. Look at his servant, if that rascal is his servant. He has the air of a boc- -By R. J. HENDRICKS- "We are in the Indies, Bart," she First Congregational church: SOth anniversary of founding: W S (Continuing from yesterday: There were some houses and other buildings near where the Salem flouring mill now stands (the arte of the paper mill.) In one of these, belonging to J. w. Nesmlth, (one of the hoasea of) the legislature held Its sessions la 1S55. and it vras the capital building tor the time. Dr. Bolt had a dwelling on Cottage a treat. and there were some houses scattered here and there between Cottage atreet and Commercial street. The Bennett House (where the Masonic temple stands now), on High street, was then built, and the supremo court held ita session in it in December, 1851. S "At that time, little bad been done to redeem the present town site of Salem from the wilder ness. "All west of Commercial street to the river, from North Mill creek, including Marion square, was a dense thicket of trees and brush, and the thick brush ex tended in patches as far south as State atreet. "THERE WAS A 8CHOOL HOUSE on the lot now owned bv Charles Claggett. Just south of Marlon square. "The stately trees that now adorn Marion aquara were then mall saplings, not 20 feet high. "When the late Rev. O. Dickin son bunt his residence west of Front street, he had to cut road to it through dense brush and it was many years before he could boo out to observe the erowina- citv from his residence. (It waa the second house north of the northwest corner of Union and Front streets, and still stands.) . . . The Willsmette riv- Some Jobless are starting a fresh hunger march on Washing ton. This is hardly necessary aa government officials are. aware of acute distress everywhere; and there is no Justice In pains; up the needy upon the mercies, of tho people oi waanington . noe Rilev refers to the hew administration as Franklin D. Roose velt, et AL Perhaps but It. looked for awhHe like Al was et tu - Brute". ' fV..;- " Cottajce Grove people! couldn't understand why their paper was so much better, last week. Elbert Bede explains to them this week he had to go to press without any editorials. We haven't heard ot anyona pouring out bis llkker now that he " is violating no law by possessing aame In order to demonstrate his personal liberty. A New York divine came out to Portland and suggested the barter" lolVfiSln th. preacher at;. attjlUlut preacher-, families like to have something to eat besides carrots. ' A Portland legislator proposes quarterly ttfto2!KTllmt will Just doublo tho pain ot paying money to tho tax gatherer. The p. of w. climbed didn't fall oft either.;, 1 Daily Health Talks By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. a wall and heat a drum at Belfast. And Reports from tho nutgrowers cooperative are to tho effect that the bvthU Tear d-to:mouth'. That would leem appro priate tor walnuts, an ngnu ! Halt of Chicago hv reported up tor tax sale. Wouldn't bo inter ested IT it were all up- tor sale. - , , t . What about a prophet and honor la his home towat Each can didate for cengresa in this district lost his homo county. An lowan hai named hla 11th chnd, a daughter, "Finis". Who . knows, maybe) she will bo tha finest? ; The great question la Oregon, now la, who wUl bo minister to . flamT : ' - f Torgottea man promises to become tha national counterpart ot "frso power Without cast to ma naxaayers ' Dampsays manager. Sacks, la defendant la a damage salt. Just th conventional sack gait. .'- . . -ijwi.ti -Or"'v lty may now haraa homeeoaiiaf--for 14 Brodlec I-;-7 By DR. ROYAL S. COPELAND United States Senator from New York. Former Commissioner of fiTfoIta, Hew fork City. " ; : ' IN RECENT years there baa been much discussion about the value or hot roucneons for school ehfldren. stany of our modern schools are se equipped that the school, child pan have a hot data at noon -time. Tula ta a good thing, tt course, but I think too 1 little has been said about the importance of oreakfatit for the growing child. The practice of rushing . through the morning uveal, grabbing coffee and it breakfast time. la aB too man m this country. Children who see the growa-ups ot the family eat. tag Breakfast ta this ma unity are tempted to do Ukewise. This meal should be at an appoint ed time ovary morning. The chad should be awakened at aa early hour se that he win have ample tone to attend to ha daOy talet and to areas la leisure. When he Is seated at the table he should know there ts plants' ot time ta eat slowly and Utinerataty. The youngster should never be sent os to echoes unless he heo of a geed subetantlal breakfast. Fating tweakfaat m the proper manner, la a habit that , should be -taught every child. It can only be aoauh-ed by beginning early to es fuBy regulate this arst meal et the day; ' ' '"--? --''.i The breakfast should consist of rrntv or orange yotoa, a hot cereal. and ssfflc. CbSdrea Dr. Coseland anouia ncx pe given coffee or tea. la cold weather a hot beverage, such as hot chocolate or some other aunOai preparation, may be siren. ' - The Importance of a good break. fast tor every school chud cannot be overestimated. It makes for health and for mental progress. It baa been found that chQdrea who go to school wtth empty stomachs are backward la their growth and brain develop ment. They are Incapable ot giving the necessary attention to their studies. For Mental Energy The energy required for good school work cannot be supplied with out the eating of the right food. Foods supplying the necessary cal ories of heat must be offered In the form of a nourishing breakfast Bear in mind that mental fatigue la simi lar In ita causes to physical fatigue and can to 'prevented by proper nourlahment. The child who a wen nourished to healthy and happy. He makes good grades In school work and school ap peals to him. The child who la IB or, undernuurtshed Is not 'happy rarely makes the aestred 'strides his work. If yen are not sataaed with the resort et your child, check up oa his fiteourage the eattng of a hot plate at breakfast A good breakfast baa often described as a anal -that sticks to the ribs and lasts aa monung" It isuppnee the nsosssery. strength- and energy that the child wm need far. his morning activtttea, . Aaswevs to. Hearth Queries aWhat to - good - for varicose veins? - -- ' ; .:.: iuYot full . particulars restate your euestioa aad send a etamptd 1 self addr-tsssd envelope. ' rooppripfct, mtf, r. d. iaj er flowed clear and oeauuiui aa now, between banks covered with cottonwood, alder, maple, ash. and tho towering fir, undisturbed by crafts of commerce, except tho bateau and the Indian canoe. e S Indians then camped la num bers along the .banks of both North and South Mill creeks. The Indian women could be seen dally in the unfenced prairies digging camaa or picking berries In sea son; while tho men sometimes sought work from tho white set tlers or fished or hunted, or loaf ed at their camps. They had banda of worthless hones, and packs of more worthless dogs which would greet you with fierce barking whenever you approached their huts; and were said to have been kept by the Indians in former times to give warning of the approach or presence ot enemies. "I remember the OLD METH ODIST PARSONAGE, which occu pied the present site ot the Thorn- Kay woolen mills. (Now stand- lag at 1115 Ferry street, and in process of passing to tho own ership of tho people ot tho state ot Oregon as a memorial building, la tho trusteeship of Willamette university.) It was situated oa a moat beautiful spot, shaded by magnificent oaks. . . . (Under these oaks the family of Rev. Gustavus Hlnes had camped while "the parsonage" was being built, ia 1841-J.) S U "Then what Is called East Sa lem, east of Winter street, was a wheat field. . . Between this field and the more thickly settled parte of the town on the west were hero and there patcnes oz Rrass where I have staked my horse, held to a stake or bush hy the lasso which we then gener ally carried attached to our sad dles, as our horses had then to depend on grass for feed, as the TIME FOR RAISINO OATS had not then arrived in Oregon. The feed waa ample, however, for those Indian and Spanish ponies could travel a long day's journey. fad only oa the native grasses, then everywhere abundant. 'In those 'days prices were high. For a set ot common rough chairs Mr. Watt, tho chairmaker, charged 1 12. A common bedstead was worth 220; a two horse wagon $200, and ordinary work horse $200. 1 remember that Hon. Fred Waymlro.sold his oxen that had hauled him to Oregon across tho plains for $100 each. The people were generally thrifty, New Views The question asked by States man reporters yesteruay was: "What do you think ot the 50 per cent reduction In auto license fees which tho state motor association will propose to tho legislature?" .lfifriat-l nohiiitv. For Ibis charms and his arts, well she was under the assumption thatlenough, to be confident of the issue. A moment he paused, tall and com his. natural place waa la her fe-iie naa merely exenangea a possv tlher'e Meant seat, aa assumption I bility for a certainty; the certainty which he waa far from wishing tolof that fortune which he had orig dietML It saisfht well be so. helinaHy come overseas to seek, and mrAnmA, hnt it earniA matter little I which lay now all but within his dim emirhed.asrainst her Possible I grasp. need of him. She would be going This was his settled conviction home to England now. The voyage J aa he leaned forward ia his chair, was Imr. tedious, and fraught with I leaned nearer to tempt her with many perila. To him it waa aa In- the Peruvian sweetmeats in the conceivable as it was intolerable eUrer box he proffered, procured that she should take this voyage for her with that touching antid and tmBnteetctL Dation of her every possible wish Even though he should jeopardize J which by now she must have come I aw first one chest and then an- his chances of the succession of thele researu sa sua, I IZt f "" . ..W mm a Mnseonenee of I She stirred against the cushion I to stay, it seems, leavinsr tho if'M at such a time, I of purple velvet with its gold tas-aid Major Sanda, t Ua aenaa of dutv to herself andlaels, which his solicitous hands had bin regard for her left him no J fetched from the cabin and placed r-hnW Also, he added, with impres-1 behind her. She shook her head in - - - . " . I a . a fan conviction, it was what her I reruaai, dux smuea upon nun wim a gentleness was was aunost tender. "You are so watchful of my com fort, Major Sands, that it Is almost ungradous to refuse anything you bring. But ..." She waved her liMitiit-pevernonhio until freah I green-and-ocariet fan. i -v A mM. WV'fVi.T1 I Ha felned ill . hnmonr. which vrocw wii' ww a.vm. . ..... w - . . , - , , j v. v.,4 mUmA .tmuif I ma v sot have been tmtirelv fim I reminded ITOin. with her aboard the Centaur, and "If I am to he Major Sands to youl J7 we are. And somehow " IT v .. v.j i v.. Ki..vlfA thi wl rf n Un faith, m this gallant seems out of place in lHn.waiia Isabella. Unf or-1 bring you nothing more. I am caD-""- wonder who be is. tunately, tho Negress had suffered Jed Bartholomew, ma'am. Bartholo aa terrihlT from seasickness that K I mew." was impossible to take her across "A fine name," said aba. "But tw nraaa and ther had been con-1 toe fine and long for common atralrvad to land her at Barbadoa. I everyday use, in such heat as this.' so tW henceforth Miss PrisdHa His answer to that was almost must wait upon herself. I eager.. Disregarding her rallying v.tor Sands had chosen tho Cen-noto, ho chose to take her literally. tour far hor fine roominess and "I have been called Bart upon oe seaworthy qualities despite the fact casion, by my friends. It's what that fcafara aettinc a course for I my mother called me always. I bosae her master had business to I make you free of it, Priscilla." tranct farther south in Barba-I "I am heneured, Bart," she doe. If anvthlnsr. the Major actuaUyl laughed, and so rejoiced him. weleamed this prolongation of the! Four couplets sounded from the voyage, and consequently of this! ship's belfry. It brought her to sit dues and intimate association with 1 up aa if tt had been a signal. Miss Priscilla. It was ia his ealeu- "Eight bells, and wo 'are stm at Utiag nature to proceed slowly, to J anchor. Captaia Bransome said we naa aathiri br predpttsncT. He I should bo gone before now." She realised that his wooing of Sir John Harradine'a heiress, which. Indeed, had sot begun until after Sir John's death had cast her, aa tt were, upon his hands, must bo eon ducted yet soma little way before he eocdd account that ho had won her. There were certain disadran-1 der. As "What keeps us here, I won- tf to seek aa answer to her A shrill blast from the bosun's whistle was piping the hands to quarters, and the ship suddenly be. came alive wlta briakly moving men. As the creak of windlass and the clatter of chain announced the weighing of the anchor, and the hands went swarming aloft to set tho sails, the Major realized that their departure had been delayed because they had waited for this voyager to come aboard. For the second time he vaguely asked .of tho north-easterly breese: "I won der who the devil he may be?" His tone was hardly good-humored. It was faintly tinged by the resentment that their privacy as the sole passengers aboard the Cen taur ahould be invaded. This re sentment would have been less un reasonable could be have . known question, she moved from the aha-1 that this voyager was sent by For do of tha awnine. Maior SandaJtune to teach Major Sands not to who had risen with her. stepped her favours lightly. beside her to the taffraO. I . . tTnC"iT . . The cockboat with the baffled1 It. O. Cramer, laborer i "I think at least a 50 per cent cut should bo made. Ia fact, tho $$ proposal will get a strong backing among (he common man, I believe. If s too bad the maa wlta money ean t pay a htga license ana tne without tha $2 tea." kind aad generous. I remember of John D. Boon, who was a lo cal preacher and older la vthe M. H. church, and also A mer chant ia North Salem, and very busy in tho conduct ot his trade, tolling me that tho newly ap pointed pastor of the Salem church came to his store and ad monished him that ho was negli gent in attending class meeting. Mr. Boon said he apologised, and in giving as a reason for his no gleet ot duty his pressing busi ness, suggested to tne good min ister that he (the minister) must have been at considerable ex pense coming here and getting settled with his family, as house hold equipments were scarce and high priced, and he gave to the minister a $50 gold slug, for which he received the most gra cious thanks and was not again admonished for neglect of reli gious duty. w s "I knew John D. Boon well. He waa a prominent man in the community in the early days. . . Ho was for years a Justice of the peace, probate iuago ana aiso territorial and state treasurer . . . He administered 1 Justice promptly, without technical ob servances or ceremony. As an in stance of his promptness, I ones attended his court at tha request of the late Joseph G. Wilson, to appear for him to defend one Miller, who had been cited to ap pear before Judge Boon to show causa why ho should not be re moved as guardian tor a minor. Tho court was held in a hall over Boon's store (the first brick store built in Salem and still standing on Broadway near where High atreet enters it), and Just before tho matter came oa tor hearing Jadgo Boon was called to the store oa some matter ot business, and. aa X had occasion to use some paper. I took up a shoot ly ing oa tho table ta tho court room, and as I turned It over I found oa tha lower sido an order written by Judge Boone removing my client from the guardianship! When tho case came on for hear ing there seemed to be nothing in tho evidence which would war rant his removal, and I moved to dismiss the ease for the want of any proof of misconduct, but tho court promptly overruled tho motion, alleging as a reason that my client had appealed from some former orders ot tho court rela tive to this ward's estate and said that any guardian who would appeal from his decision would waste tho estate of his ward and must bo removed: and so the Daily Thought John A. Ssrasier, farmer: "That 1 saro would help ma out, I had to I ga without my track several weeks whoa X needed It last sast-1 mar, because I eeuldat pay $t tor a licensa." Jim Froatry, mechanic! Lets of cars are standing idle ia ga rages. Tho owners cant buy 11- ceases. I should think tha state weald profit by towering- tha li cense tees so mors people could operate their ears. They'd pay to more on caw taxes then." ' Indignailoa bolls my blood at tha thought ot tho heritage wa are throwing away: t tha thought that, witk low . exceptions, tha fight tor freedom ts left to the poor, forlora and daf easelesa, aad to tha four radicals and rsvolutloa- srles who would make use at lib erty, ta destroy, rathor thaa, to mslntala. Amerlcaa institutions. Those who believe la old Ameri can ideals are today regarded as daagscous. lnAovators. - Ia fact. they aro suite eoassrrtttvs i eld-Xaahioaed.'' Arthur GarfUll Hays. . order HADE BEFORE THE HEARING BEGAN stood when tho hearing was ended. e e "When Judge Boon became treasurer ot the territory and state (he waa the last territorial and first state treasurer), it Is said he kept his accounts In tha most simple and exact manner, that Is, he had TWO STRONG BUCKSKIN SACKS, in one ot which he put the money of the state, and In the other he put his own money, and when state warrants were presented he paid them out of the state sack, and bis own bills payable he paid out (Turn to Page 8) 26 Years JACK LONDON SAILS AROUND THE WORLD Ago Front the Nation's News Files, San Francisco, Nor. 20, 190 Jack London, tho famous author, has started oa a trip around tha world ta his IB-toot motor boat. Charm. .CUeats have commented oa oar fairness ia helping them select furaishiags which win enable them ta keep tho east around tha figure which thsy felt fair. 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