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PAGE FOUR fha OREGON STATESMAN, Sales, Oregon, Thursday Elornhtr, PtctnWf 73, 1SSB ) MlMM-' MM "No Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Awt' From First Statesman, March 23, 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Charles A. Spracui ..... Editor-Manager Sheldon F. Sackett ..... Managing Editor Member of the Associated Prese Tb Associated Press U exclusively ettttUed to the dn for publica tion of all news dispatches credited to It ec not otherwise credited ls this paper. ADVERTISING . Portland Representative Gordon B. Bell. Security Building. Portland, Or, Eastern Advertising Repreaentathres Bryant. Griffith ft Brunson. Inc., Chicago. New Tork, Detroit. Boston, Atlanta. Entered at the Pottoffice at Salem, Oregon, at Seocmd-Clas Matter. Published every morning except Monday. Bueinet of fire, ilh S. Cnmmerrial Street. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Mail Subscription Rate. In Advance. Within Oregon: Dally and Sunday, 1 Mo. 60 cents: 2 Mo. II.. '5; f Ma SZ.2S; 1 year 14 00. Elsewhere SO eenU per Mo., or $; 00 for 1 year tn advance. 4 By City Carrier: 4!i cents a month: J5.09 a year tn advance. Per Copy 2 centa On trains and New Stands S cents. Football in Eclipse THEY are kicking the old football all over the lot ; not the ball itself, but the game. A few years ago the Carnegie Foundation published a report which disclosed the bad situa tion existing in intercollegiate athletics. Informed persons knew in general the charges were true ; but the college prex ies sidestepped responsibility, coaches and others pooh . poohed the report, and apparently it proved a dud. But the facts kept percolating and the public reaction has been steadily proving more hostile college football on the grand scale. This year hard times kept thousands from attending games, gave the schools the poorest season they ever had; and now even the college authorities are wakir.g up and see ing the light. At a banquet honoring Coach A. A. Stagg who retires after nearly 40 years of coaching. Prof. Badger of New York University's board of athletic control declared: "Not one collets or university In ten Is play ng the game and keeping clear of subsidization. Within ten years unless the spirit of sportsmanship prevails the game will be dad, or played on a frauk".y professional basis." Comes also Gil Dobie, Cornell coach, former coach at the University of Washington, who criticizes the present game from another angle: its exhaustion of the tirre and energy f f college men. He thinks the game must be greatly simpli fied, saving: "It has all arrived at the stage now where we have a game on our liar.d- so big, bo vast, so unwieldy. It is almost impossible for an organization of college boys to handle it and do Justice to their scholastic duties. "We an::ot go on expaniing indefinitely. It is not the Qual ity of tiie ga mo br.t the quantity that is undesirable. It consumes too much time and effort and is r.oo expensive. We can. junk half of it and -till have more left than is sufiicitnt fop a col lege same. "Why it's almost a full season':! Job for the players to learn the rnls nelV "Why do we need the lateral pass, th shift, the revolving huddle, sp.ead formations and half-spread formations? They have become largely obsolete anyway by non-usage. They are merely tbre to plague these and a lot of other intricacies could dis!en-ed with. It might be added that radio broadcast is helping to kill the game. It extends the arena to the length and breadth of the country and makes every hearth and every service sta tion a box eat. Besides depleting the paying attendance it is killing the true sport interest in the game by making it a vast "spectacle" with the ears and not the eyes the organs of perception. Personally we have come to the place where we prefer watching a sandlot game of two village high schools to the super-organized, over-professionalized, over jublicized varsity games. Some day some college presidents and boards will get the courage and the vision enough to cut out entirely inter collegiate l'ootball as now performed (not played). Bone Dry .i iiwiwwww i.ii 'i i i m i i iii in e. u ir'"'"" " JM1 HEALTH Ry Royal S. Copeland, M.D. r, k 'i si ? f f'.XSaff " BITS for BREAKFAST By R. J. HENDRICKS Dr. Copeland The Grand Jury Reports AFTER incubating on various charges for a year the grand jury which was particularly deputed to investi gate them has turned in its report. For some reason it sin gles out Commissioner Jim Smith for criticism though it brings no true bill against him. It is charged that since 1923 Mr. Smith on 20 days drew per diem as county commission er and on the same days attended meetings of insurance com panies he was director of and received per diem for that at- " tendance. The grand jury does not say so, but would leave i the inference that Smith drew compensation for days when I19 did not serve the county. This may or may not be true. If he transacted county business in the morning he would be entitled under the law for his regular per diem, even though he did attend to private business in the afternoon. A juror it entitled to his per diem if he reports at 10 a. m. and is then excused till the next day. The grand jury also cites that Smith reported attendance on the county court on seven days when no court was held. Whether the commissioner transacted other county business on the dates is not disclosed. We would not defend or sup port any wrongful charge against the county even for seven days or $35; but if Smith were "grafting" on the county it would seem that thoroughgoing investigation would have dis closed something more tangible and of greater extent than this. What the grand jury did not report is that Jim Smith is a hard-working member of the county court ; that he by dint of his good business ability and his conservatism carries .1 . , i 1 i.;u:t:i... . ik.i 1,1,. much more tnan a tnira 01 we respunsiunivy , uwi mo to say "no" has saved Marion county thousands of dollars; that he is diligent in attending to county business and pro tecting the interests of taxpayers. The grand jury might have told these facts too, as well as to try to tilt the tar bucket. We do believe the sheriff and county court were delin quent in not bringing the costs of feeding prisoners down to the legal basis prior to 1930. There may have been some justification, for the upping of the legal allowance in 1920 when food prices were very high; but they declined rapidly in 1921 and 1922, and more slowly up to 1930. And the last two years of course the legal allowance was more than ample to feed the prisoners satisfactorily. The law should not be made to work only one way: overlooked when prices are high, and then clung to on the downward swing. On this item of feeding prisoners Judge MacMahan, who started the hounds on the scent seems to have been correct in his criti cism, even though the overpayment was first authorized by the county court when conditions seemed to justify it. Jimmy Walker is writing his biography under the engaging title ot "Letters 1 forgot to mall". From the rift In the family it would appear that his wife must" have found some ot the ones be forgot to destroy. And when Jimmy gets through writing we wonder if he will see the sign on the hotel room door: "Stop, hare you forgotten anything?" The state legislature meets next week, so ear "Dumb" column Lit says they are taking the Christina tree down this week. To state house employe the legislature promises to be that dark browa taste of the morning after. Alcohol hasn't reformed. It drove man to kill hie wife and daughter at Tigard on Christmas. Why legalise its sale and pro mote its consumption? RECENTLY I talked with a lady who had undergone a "basal meta bolism" test She was impressed by the procedure, but had no notion ot its significance. Many of my readers, perhaps, have been sub jected to this test without knowing why It was given. The amount of energy exerted by the body when it is at complete rest, is an Index of the amount of fuel the body burns up te maintain life. This varies in In. dlvlduals and It Influenced by certain diseases. The rate Is decreased in some diseases and increased In others. The test Is usually made In the morning. No food Is allowed and, before the actual test la performed, the patient must rest for at least an hour. During this period of relaxa tion, the consumption of energy caused by walking or traveling te the doctor's office Is reduced to the minimum. Thorough relaxation is essential to a successful test. Emo tional excitement from fear or other causes, will give misleading results. How Test Is Made A device is placed over the mouth. The nose is compressed so that the brcathinj takes place through the mouthpiece, which is connected by a tube with a tank containing oxygen. The amount of oxygen consumed per minute is exactly determined. If more oxygen per minute Is consumed than Is the average amount, it is In terpreted as indicating Increased metabolism. That is what happens if there Is disease of the thyroid gland, with an increased secretion by this gland. In other thyroid disturbances, there is a decrease In the amount of thyroid secretion. Then the "meta bolic rate", as it is called. Is lower than normal. When the test has been completed, the readings are compared with those of a normal or average Individual of the same height, weight, age and sex. Certain allowances for error are made la checking up on the test Metabolic Rate Higher ia Me It has been found that the basal metabolism varies chiefly in propor tion to the surface area of the body. Thij basal metabolic rate Is higher in men than in women. It normally decreases with age and usually in creases from twenty to fifty per cent during fevers. It is increased, too, in certain blood diseases, in severe diabetes, in marked anemia and in phosphorus poisoning;. In hlgrh alti tudes It Is greater than tn low. Reduced basal metabolism occurs when there Is diminished thyroid se cretion, as ia observed tn a disease called "myxedema". This is found In children, when it la spoken of as "cretinism". Prolonged starvation, as well as chronic alcoholism, produces a lowered metabolic rate. The test Is highly technical- It la of value only when considered with clinical or other physical findings. It aids the physician to locate dim cult and obscure ailments. It poe seseea no curative value and should only be considered as one means of proving or disproving certain con clusions as regards health. Answers te Health Queries H. B. T. Q, What should a gM of 19 years. I feet t Inches weigh? A. -14 pound. Q. What de yea advise fer pise plea and blackheads? A. Eat sparingly of starches and sugar. Diet and elimination ere las. portaat a this trouble. Send addressed stamped envelope for fur ther particulars and repeat yew question. Mare old time stuff: What became of Dawne? S S (Continuing from yesterday:) O. B. ("Cy") Woodworth wrote further: ."Colonel C. A. Reed was a man of charming personality and was well known. He built Reed's opera house, the hUtory of which has been written so much that it will not be gone into, al though there Is one feature In connection with it that has never been made public, and that is the gallery. Through an error of the architect, the slope of the balcony was not sufficient to permit those In the 'back part to see the stage, and, to overcome this, circus seats were put in. When the colonel built tbe house, he expected to act In it, aid he did have certain his trionica.1 talent. It was e pleasure to listen to him recite. His sister, Mrs. Geo. H. Jones, was also quite talented as an actress. His dreams did not materialize. He was also an" artist, and a very good one. Necessity compelled him . to do considerable commercial work in the line ot sign writing. Speci mens of his work can be seen on the banners of Chemeketa Lodge No. 1, I. O. O. F. His greatest Recall the long campaign tor a "safe aad aaae Fourth"? With !& dead this Christmas the paper will have to start propaganda, for a "safe and sane Christmas". The Safety Valve - - Letters from Statesman Readers Why An Electric Dollar? We have been from the be ginning a bimetallic people, sup- pJimtnting our metal with pa per money as our business ne cessities required. Paragraph 5 of Sec. 8 of artcle 1 of the Con stitution of the United Stes proviues inai uongress snail have power to coin money, to regulate the value thereof and of foreign coin." In pursuance of this authority congress provided early f r the coining of money out of gold and silver at a val uation named in the law and all- our subsequent legislation down to 1873, was enacted on the bimetallic basis. All political parties uniformly recognized the law of our monl tary system, no party at any time would hare dared to advocate a change. The alternation had to be done without the people's knowl edge or it could not have been done at all. The history of the world does not show such con traction as we have voluntarily and deliberately and willingly taken upon ourselves to create for the simple purpose of main taining the gold standard and nothing else. The advocates of the gold standard persistently claim that the real cause of our distress la overproduction, that we have produced so much that it made us poor, which implies, that the true remedy ia to close the fac tory, abandon the farms and throw a multitude of people out of employment, a doctrine that leaves us unnerved and dlsheart ened and absolutely without hope for the future, J. B. 8HAYKLAND. "THE BLACK SWAN" IgS? CZLAlTEJr THTJKTT-8BL' At Us ah aasee, ssi.sjiely lad achievement was known as 'Reed' Panorama.' It consisted of a num ber of paintings of heroic site, each picture being about IS by 14 feet, fastened onto perpendicular rollers, and they were. shown on the stage, one at a time. Thoy were pictures of local and state scenery: Roseburg, Salem, Port land, Mt. Hood, and scenes along the Columbia river. They were well proportioned, and beautifully colored. One man operated the rollers, and another did the lec turing. It was therefore not a very expensive show to produce. It could be shown in all the small towns. He also painted all the scenery In his opera house. He lived to be over 85 years old, and shortly before his death he was asked what became of the 'Pan orama,' and he stated that it was shown in all the large centers of the United States, and was finally taken to France, where it became so worn and frazzled that it waa of no further use. He was such a kind and friendly man that hi memory is a pleasant one to those who knew him." V Mr. Woodworth suggests that tho history of the man the writer believes was in the old days known as "French Louie" be un earthed, if possible. He (Mr. Woodworth) says that local char acter 'lived in an old shack on the bank of the creek," meaning North Mill creek. He says there was a tradition that he had a reg ular remittance from some one in France. S Will any one who can recall particulars concerning "Louie," if that was his name, please com municate with the writer. S S Here is something more con cerning E. J. Dawne: R. P. Boise remember him well. Mr. Boise and his brother, Whitney L. Boise, worked on The Statesman in 1880-81. R. P. was bookkeeper and business manager, W. L. waa the city editor and general re porter, and W. H. Odell was the editor and principal owner. " U Ia 1883. R. P. Boise went to Tacoma. and was for about four year city editor of the Tacoma News, until 1887. After President Cleveland appointed EJ. J. Dawne United States commissioner in Alaska, shortly after taking office in bis first term In 1885, Dawne passed through Tacoma on hi way to assume his duties, and in the performance of his newspaper duties, as wal as his neighborly offices, Mr. Boise Interviewed Mm. When the new of Dawne's dis appearance became known, it made a first page newspaper storv and the Tacoma News' city editor naturally played It up, especially a he had known the fugitive so well. He had gone to the school taught bj Dawne in Salem, and Daily Thought Mrs. a. U a Are cod liver tablets aa good as the pure oQ? Aw Some et then are. fCowrWU, fMt, A. r. .. Ino.) "I feel la myself the future Ufa. I am Ilka a zoreat one cat down; the new ahoota are stronger aad livelier than ever. I am rising. X kaew, toward the sky. The-sun shine is oa my head. Tha earth give ma it generous aap, but heaven light me with tha reflec tion f unknown world." Vlcjor 252: taesummfleltkaMnff, froaa wait tha pa4fc raa teek U tht aempaaent, HU pal catlap. Paaalnt that feat WyXMd the aereea of treat, aha whipped up by that pause bJa tntelenhU impaUssjea. Baft ha kaww that ha could afford to wait a Bttla moment longer, wait acta she had come within that green shelter, when aha would ne longer be within rang af any tray eyee froaa tha encampment. But, aa if further to try hi pa tience, ah remained polaed there, lookinx away to her left, down the southern slope. And when at Uet she stepped under, within shadow of tha palms, aha waa attn nan cumin te tha left, aad aa ahe ad vanced. to hi unutterable rare and horror, ah flunw up aa arm aa if ia greeting and beckoning, and ha heard her voice suddenly raised to can. "Pierre I D'o4 viana to a eette heure-d? A moment later hia furious eyes beheld tha half-caste advancing ra pidly with that long, loping stride of M, and answering her aa he came, though what he said. Leach in his seething, baffled race, neitfe er heard nor cared. Not until Pierre waa at last level with her did ahe turn to her right, and set out alone the path by which ahe had come, the tall, lithe half-caste, m hia cotton shirt and rawhide breeches, trotting after her. Ton Leach made biasing noises through hia clenched teeth aa he stepped forth from hia ambush, and moved to follow them. For once he was utterly without wea pons, otherwise it is possible that he might In hia madness have add ed murder to what else he eontem plated. Aa it waa, the Ions athletic limb of the half-caste made him think twice about falling upon him with hi bare hands. He paused a moment on the path, watching them as they reced ed and widened the distance be tween themselves and him. Then, without precaution, since he waa no longer the stalker, he set out to follow. Instantly the head of the alert Pierre was turned to look over his shoulder. Having seen who came, and no doubt reported it, the two went on without change of pace, whilst Leach with a leisurely step kept in their wake, carrying hate in his evil souL By the time the Captain cam level with the hut. Miss Priscilla had already -entered it From his tent, a little farther on, Pierre was in the act of taking the fresh-water cask, to ro and replenish it He delayed but a moment over this, and waa off again, almost at once. alone the beach. The Captain checked in renewed hope. Opportunity, it seemed, was to serve him, after alL He allowed Pierre to go some little way, before deliberately ad vancing to come and place himself before the entrance of the hut, from which the heavy curtain waa lifted. Within stood Hiss Priscilla with comb In on hand and a hand-mirror in the other, to repair the dis order in her moist hair. Aa the buccaneer's shadow fell across the threshold, ahe looked up quickly. Seeina- him. hia face still oddly pai Ud, hi eye glowing curiously, she stood at rexe. Incomprehensibly Derturbed. He showed hi white teeth In a wide smile, and doffed the hat from hia short curly black hair. "Heaven aave ye, mistress," was his odd rreeUnc. . . . . And then before she couia even answer him the crisp voice and light, ready laugh of Monsieur d New Views "What do you think of the pro posed state budget which call for 5 mlUlona lea in appropriation la 1IJJ-1IJ4T" This was the question asked by Statesman re porter yesterday. a. T. Morris, dairr store) new. prletort "It probably will ha a gooa wing out it a question about cutting soma activities. Soma are necessarr. But taxes are toa high; we've rot to cut down expenses." eleae at assurtarry to herald hia opportune Ia tha derrentng krtwi aad harshly twisted features af Teea Leach aha read the need far that As tha Captain stepped back. htonsieuT da Berata aad Major Sands came up. "Ah, Tom," was the Frenchman a easy greeting, "were yew eeeking 6?" "Seeking thee?" tha ether waa beginning la scornful, fierce repud iation. But ha controlled himself ia time. "Aye," he added slowly. -What ia it?" "Why, naught. I were just paa- inr by, so thought I'd aee if thee was here. We never aeea thee at th' eamp nowadays. We hasnt aeen thee for days- After that, dissembling ever, he spoke grumblinfly of the progress of th work. Q went slowly. It would be another four days, per hapa five, before they could get the ship afloat again. Waa de Bern is quite certain that they were not behind time? De Be ml reassured him. The appointed date for the sailinx of the plate fleet was the third of July. It was certain that it would not sail before that date, probable that it would not sail until a few days later. No Spaniard was ever known to be ahead of time. Pro crastination was in the blood of Spain. In twenty-four hours Leach could easily reach tha point at which de Bemis proposed to inter cept the Spanish ships, and he would prefer not to take the seas "But where is Pierre again ? any earlier tnan was necessary toe ground, "sua nouunr, slew,'' Mis Priscilla heard him re ply ia French. "Shi" Da Bemla dropped hia voice, and muttered rapidly, alsaoat it seemed impatiently, iO-hnmeoxw edly. She wandered was hia aaastor speakinx to Pierre about his early absences. But from tha manner in. which the conversation had opened, ahe eeuld hardly suppose it. She trained her ears. Probably it never creased her mind that aha was spying; had It dona ao, aha. would have accounted that all tha circum stances justified it. Tha Major4 chatter prevented her from hearing more than the murmur of those rapid voices. But in a pause he made, aha caught again the voice of de Bernia. "We have std five days, accord ing to Leach, and the weather ia fine." "Too fine, perhaps," said Pierre. "It may be that" Again they became inaudible, and so continued until de Be mis turned away, and came alowry back, his finger tugging thought fully st his nether lip. If de Bemis hsd 'admonished Pierre at all about his absences, the admonition produced no change in his habits. For when en the fol lowing morning, being dressed. Miss Priscilla lifted the curtain from her door, and called Pierre, it was de Bernis who came from his tent, dressed only in shirt and breeches, and carrying a tray that was laden with the requisites for breakfast. "Monsieur de Bemis!" she cried. Merlin Hanllng, hop grower i "Tha only thing to do, absolutely. They can't raise any mora taxes. They've got to cat dowa just ifke wa hare te cut dowa our personal expenses to meet our Income." With muttering of reassurance, Leach took his departure. But de Bernis did net immediately turn, or Immediately speak when be had gone. He remained standing there, looking after him with brooding, thoughtful eyes. He had discovered something queer, something un comfortable, furtive, and con strained in the Captain's manner, qualities these not usually dis played by him. At last Monsieur de Bernis turned to Priscilla. "Of what was he speaking when we arrived?" he abruptly asked her. "You did not give him time to speak of anything. You were here as soon a he had greeted me." She laughed aa she answered him, and scarcely knew why. All that she knew waa that she wanted to laugh, in the sudden relief from the indefinable fear which the sight of Captain Leach's face had in spired in he.. "I have spoken to Pierre about his morning absences," she went on to say. "But he gives me no satis faction. "He has rrtarned?" said de Ber nis; and added sharply, "Where is he? "He has gone for water. He will be here soon. "Gone for water?" de Bernis echoed, and his tone had changed. The eagerness that momentarily had gleamed in his eyes died out of them again. He shrugged as he turned away, leaving her alone with the Major She had missed none of this, be ing naturally alert Trifling though it seemed, there was somethJxg odd ia It, and it left her preoccupied, returning vague answers to the Major's idle chatter, as be eat there cooling himself in the shade of th hut Monsieur de Bernis had gone to Pierre' tent He remained there until Pierre returned, bearing- the refilled water-cask on his shoulder Watehing and listening, she heard de Bernis greet him. "Eh bien?" And the Frenchman' dark eyea might almoat have seemed anxious as they scanned the half-caste's face. Pierre lowered hia water -cask to Smiling and speaking easily. Monsieur de Bernis replied: "I have sent him on an errand, Pris cilla. But I will help you to con trive without him." You have sent him on an er rand? Bat on what errand could you send him?" "Jovel Here's curiosity!" he laughed. "Shall I indulge it? Faith, not L He has gone on an errand. That is all. Come, let us make ready before that ravenous wolf the Major awakens to be fed." And that was all she could elicit from him, to her annoyance and even uneasiness; for her environ ment and circumstance were not such as made it possible to bear with equanimity a mystery, how ever trivial it might seem. e e Tom Leach, deliberately and cal culatingly watchful, observed from a distance the departure that morning of Major Sands and de Bernis. He recognized it to be in accordance with a daily habit that had become established, just as he knew that their absence commonly endured for a couple of hours. Cu riosity as to whither they went so regularly had never really pricked him. After all, within the limits of Maldita it could have no significance. If curiosity had not been aroused before, it was certainly not aroused this morning. Since yesterday the buccaneer had been wrapped in a moody absorption which seemed te render him indifferent to his sur roundings. The disturbing vision of the bathing-pool abode with him so that he could see nothing else. Be fore his eyes swsm ever the incred ible beauty of that slim form, with limbs, seen through water, as white and smooth as alabaster, a loveliness such as Tom Leach had never suspected to exist in nature. To the feverish, gloating contem plation with the eyes of menu ry of that irresistibly alluring vision waa abided an unreasoning, savage, tor turing rage at the chance frustra tion yesterday of his intentions, and an unreasoning, savage, blind resolve to take amends for that at th first opportunity. (Te Rt Cantiniied) Coprrigbt. 1912, br Rafael Satwtial had later been a fellow student of Miss Miller, who became Dawne's wife, in Willamette university, where she showed qualities of brilliancy. Mr. Boise Bays Dawne proceed ed on to Alaska and took over the duties of the office to which' he had been appointed; heard some cases in the regular line of his du ties. Then, it was supposed. Dawne learned that thing were happening back home. The devi ous trail he had followed was be ing investigated in fact the threatening shadow of prison gates for him loomed. S Mr. Boise remembers that Dawne, after his disappearance from bis post of duty in Alaska, was seen by a man who knew him, carrying a suit case or similar package, near the outer harbor of Victoria, B. C. He was on foot and had passed the inner harbor. That was the last report of any on seeing Dawne, anywhere. Some people thought he com mitted suicide. Mr. Boise did and does not think so. His observa tions of the man, and tbe know ledge of the manner in which he evidently planned hi get-away, did not appeal to him a clues leading to likelihood of the sui cide story. They seemed too obvi ously the acts of calculated vil lainy. S Mr. Boise belibtres Dawne was looking for a vessel that would take him to the Orient, or to aoma far country, where ha might change his name and disguise hi former appearance, and thus play a new role. That theory, held by others. waa bolstered by knowledge ot tha fact that tharo were oppor tunities for converting tha secur ities ho held lata aomo form of carraney tnat ao might ua abroad. Any way, a a amber of Salem people, including trnsting widowa, lost a lot of money throat h tho operation of "Thookydoedi" Dawae, aad art least of tho losers was "Seotear Miller, hia father-in-law Tharo la more old time local stuff to follow. Including aomo COLLEGE STUDENTS HOME FOR HOLIDAY INDEPENDENCE. Dec. 28 College vacations have sent many students home for th holidays. Parties and dances will be the in centive ot the vacation for many. Those home for the holidays are: Alfred Sylvester, from North Pa cific Dental College; Evelyn Da vis, Midge Hewitt, Marjorle Wan der, Weslle White, Paul Burch, Lowell Eddy, Mr. Aschenbrenner from Willamette university, Tom Pomeroy, Wlllard Sloper, Mildred Sloper, Bernice Peyree, Kenneth Black, Gordon Plant from Oregon State college. Celesta Cuthbert, Ruth Wilson, Loretta Holt, Vin cent Johnson, Ernestine Smiley, Irene Bush, Lida Hanna, Marjoric Plant, Blanche Johnson, Laurel Busby, Robert Kelley, Sylvia SIv erlngen, Clifford Ramey, Morrell and Frances Goresllne, Mary Wil liams from Oregon Normal. Teacher home from schools were Kenneth Ramey from Perry dale, Non Illff from Smithfield, Mildred Bush, Goldle Bush from Sunnyside; Lorene Kemp from Parker, Luetta Baker from Enterprise. Vanna Keil, dialogue. 4th grade; "Out of Luck at Christmas,' 'Rob ert Grow; "Cleaning House for Christmas," Patricia Yergen; "Christmas Spirit." John Allea Ratzburg; "Queer Things," Blllie Kraus; "When Stanta Comes." Alvin and Calvin Armstrong: "Styles." Ida Kerr; Worries," Donald "The Last Rabbit," grades. Grade School Puts On Fine Program For Aurora Folks V AURORA. Deo. 21 A Christ man program was offered at the auditorium ot tho grad school Friday afternoon. Tha holiday spirit prevailed aad a largo num ber heard tha following program. Address, "Jawbreakers," Ea ten Manock; "Why Wo Hang Up Oar r Stockings." Dorothy Arm strong; "Mr. Santa Complain," Dorothy Tama; "Qlfte." Francis Grow; "Tho Worried Boy." Rob art Harst; Dialogue, "On Whole Dollar. Greta DyFooa aad Alice Grtsell; "Tho Gypsy Soag." Car ma Ottoway; "Is a Gwlaa Tall 01 Santa." Alfred Kaorr; reeling. matter about tha way Salemites used to celebrate New Year day. "Christmas Yarbrough; 1st and 2nd Ml CHILD EMS HOLIDAY: IS BETTER SILVERTON, Dec. 21 That "there ain't no Santa CIau" isn't something that little six-year old Kathleen Dahl and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harwich Dahl, are ready to bollere. Just a few day before Christmas little Kathleen, an only child, received a broken pelvis bone, a broken collar bone, broken bones in both legs, and a fractured skull. It was thought the accident would prove fatal. But Kathleen Is Improving. She was sufficiently improved on Christmas to figure out the day for herself when friends and relatives had endeav ored to keep It from her tor fear she would fret because she could n't be at home. However, Kath leen wa remembered by relatives, school friends and other Silver tonian. And she waa feeling well enough to ask for everyone she knew, including th two family dogs. However, she will have to remain at tha Silvertoa hospital for sometime yet and It will be three or four months before she caa walk. But it ta thought that ho will suffer ao permanent In juries from tho almost fatal accident SON TO THOMPSONS SILVERTON. Dee. 21 SH vertoa relatives have received an nouncement of tho birth of a It pound aoa to Mr. aad Mrs. Wil liam Thompsoa of Minneapolis, Mian. This lttheThompeoa's third child and first son. Mr. Thomp son is a former Silvertoa boy and la tho aoa of Mr. aad Mrs. M. C. Thompsoa who stilt make their home here.