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PAGE FOUR" 1te OREGON STATESMAN, Sato Oregon, Wednesday Morning. February 1. 1933 ir . "Wo Faror Sway Efa; No Fear SJaU Awe" From First Statesman, March 28, 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Ckakles A, S PRAGUE - - . - - Editor-Manager 8inxDON F. Sacxett .... - Managing Editor Henber of the Associated Press The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for publica tion ot all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited la this paper. ADVERTISING Portland RepresentatiTa Gordon B. Bell, Security Building. Portland. Ore. Eastern Advertising Representatives ' Bryant, Griffith Brunson, Inc, Chicago. New York. Detroit. ' Boston, Atlanta. ; Entered at th Potto ff ice at Salem, Oregon, as Second-Class Matter, Published every morning except Monday. Business to. tl5 S. Commercial Street. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Mall Subscription Rates. In Advance. Within Oregon: Daily and Sunday. 1 Mo. SO cents; 3 Mo. ii.Ji; Mo. fS.23; 1 year $4.00. a"w'L"' cente per Mo , or $5.00 for 1 year In advance. By City Carrier: 45 cents a month; $3.00 a year la advance. Per Copy s crata On trains and News Stands i cents. The Safety Valve - - Letters from Statesman Readers Changes in Theatres NINETEEN-THIRTY THREE promises to be a year of financial readjustment in Hollywood. Most of the big producing companies are in difficulties. Hung up by high costs and long-term contracts they have been quite unable to scale down to the size which the reduced box office intake can support. R-K-0 is in receivership, and others have been hanging on the verge. Part of this may be of design in or der to escape obligations under leases, contracts, etc But the years of heavy deficits have made inroads on the working capital even of the strong units. The situation is not one merely of finance, but of the future of the industry or the art, whichever you may call it. As the movie was developing into a real art-form the talkie came along. It has succeeded in outmoding the silent film, yet critics do not yet accord it an art ratingThe whole field is experimental yet, both in the mechanism and in the performance. The talkie is now being tested whether it will endure in the form in which it has arisen or "whether it must be greatly modified. Norman Hapgood in the January Atlantic reviews the situation with some clarity. He wonders if the day of the big money and the big feature may give place to the smaller unit of production and expense. For years the objective has been to outdo in expense and in number of stars all former pictures. "Grand Hotel" for example was a talkie planned on the "superscale". As Mr. Hapgood points out where costs are so great the picture must be built to the taste of the 90 and not the more discriminating 10. Accordingly amusement and entertainment must be the tests of each pic ture, because the multitude seeks diversion when it goes to the theatre. Hapgood cites the experience of the producers with cer tain films as an indication of the problem which is faced if any picture alienates any considerable group in society : "The Scarlet Letter was produced with the recommenda tion of Protestant clergymen, and after production it was at tacked by other Protestant clergymen. "The King of Kings, made with the cooperation of Jewish . leader?, was so vigorously attacked 'later by Jewish organiza tion! that It had to be extensively altered. "Disraeli was received with plaudits by all the better film people, and lost a fortune. "Abraham Lincoln had a similar fate. "Grass shows what the screen can do what has never been possible, yet its losses were tremendous." Hapgood then ventures an opinion: "When in the normal course of speculative commercialism and purely mechanical progress the product drops Into smaller pieces, it will adapt itself better to intellectual expression." The movie talkie is a marvelous device. It is a tool whose possibilities we do not yet fully appreciate. Its commercial possibilities have been greatly exploited. It is quite conceiv . able that new trends will come, and these may serve to en list fresh interest. The public craves entertainment and amusement. The theatre will survive; but it is a mere truism to predict changes in the form and substance of its offer ings. The changes are sure; what puzzles the men whose money 13 invested in the theatrical business and the men and women who have invested their lives in the dramatic art is just the form those changes will take. Milk-fed Tars mH navy turns its back on the bean I JL Rear Admiral Cheatham says the navy wants milk instead of beans for rations. To this pass have sailors come! How can battles be won on milk diet? This is the last straw, and it is to be used to suck milk through. Pacifism will as suredly take note of the news item and claim that the fighting power of the American navy is doomed. Old tars will gather about the docks and tell of what they ate when men were men and beans were beans. Sow 111 v Dork nickled in brine: hard crackers and beans, al ways beans. If there were mold about the food or the food was a bit putrid, why no matter, it was all tnere was. jnow fresh meat from the ship's refrigerators; and white bread; and milk! Those who sailed the salty seas in olden days will decry this sign of deterioration in the race and cite this as evidence of the decline of fighting strength. Along will come the dieticians no doubt and teach the eountrv the A. B. C's of vitamines and prove that men will tlah rfTr with lettuce and fresh milk than they would on salt herring and beans and hardtack." Perhaps e way to test would be to measure the profanity under one diet and the other. If milk and spinach will give as-long oaths as beans and biacK oread tnen xne aoccors win. i Sheriff Burk says he will do his best to hold the county Jail emulation aa low as possible to sare the board bill ot prisoners to the county. Now toat presents a line point, snouia me snenn wore; hard to arrest people; or work hard not to? And Is the jail to be populated to suppress crime or kept empty to hold down taxes. Un doubtedly there are a number who will cooperate with Sheriff Burk - t keep the Jail population low. They will be the great number of law abiding citizens who keep out of trouble. Even the law-breakers will do all they can to keep out ot the sheriffs clutches. They have no special sympathy with the county treasury; but somehow nobody likes to go to Jail. The county hopes that the jail population keeps low; not just to save a few dimes on the board bill; but as an Indication that crime doesn't prosper here. Editors, Salem Statesman: One of the large metropolitan papers has made capital ot the fact that a number of dirt farm ers In the legislature Toted for the sales tax. Regardless of whether they are dirt farmers or merely curbstone farmers, they are all human and as such aren't immune from making errors of judgment. We- submit, without fear of successful contradiction, that any legislator who voted for the sales tax did not represent the majority sentiment of either ur ban or rural communities. We are unalterably opposed to an unrestricted sales tax. No amount of argument can justify a sales tax on food, clothing and shelter. This Is no time to tax the necessities of life; plain whole some food and low priced clothes sufficient to protect human be ings against the elements. It the "powers that be" In the state of Oregon must hare a sales tax, will be content with nothing but a sales tax, permit a buck pri vate In the rear ranks ot the last squad to rise and remark that it must be a sales tax on non-essentials, conveniences and luxuries. A "Selective Sales Tax" such as the measure Introduced by Rep resentative Martin of Marlon county Is a horse of another color. By no stretch of the Imagination can cosmetics, malt and tobacco be classified as food, clothing or shelter. They are not necessary to sustain life and continue the pursuit of happiness. We may be old fashioned, bat we cannot help but feel that aU taxes should be based upon the ability to pay and services re ceived. Net Income measures one's ability to pay. If there is a better yardstick for tax paying ability than net income, why keep It a secret longer? Not only Is the income tax based upon ability to pay, the fairest tax, but it can be made to produce sufficient reven ue by broadening the base and not being bashful about raising the percentages. If It is true that collectively and individually the people of Oregon owe approximately $200, 000,000, it might not be out of order to suggest that It will not be enough to cut the frosting from the cake, it will be necessary to abstain-from the cake as well as such delicacies as caviar, mocking bird tongues and moose's eyebrows. In other words, mem bers of the Oregon state legis lature, let us live within our in come. Have you: 1. Abolished the high school transportation act? 2. Limited high school tuition to 1 50 per pupil? 3. Shut down the fiv lnfHi- tions of higher learning? . cue the salaries of ail ttA officials and employes to a max imum 01 13000 oer vearf 9. ADOllShed the Office of nHm. minister, now held hv th tt. onager, director? C. BEECHER srnTT McMinnville, Jan. 23, 1933. BITS for BREAKFAST -By R. J. HENDRICKS- "The jChallenge of Love" BypSngck New Vi ews "What membera wor in th legislature particularly impresses yon, and why?" This Question was asked by Statesman report ers yesterday. Jade Olson, rancher: "I think they're doing what they can do under the circumstances. It's hard proposition for them to do anything. I think Holman's do ing pretty good. Spauldlng, too; nes a good man." Former Oregon man is "going-on" 100: C. M. Lee writes the Bits man from 416 N. Lima street. Sierra Madre, Cal., a suburb of Los An geles: "Enclosed yon will find a 10 y earmold autobiography of an old acquaintance of yonrs. He . . . is quite spry and enjoys very good health. . . . His eyesight is ex tremely good, and he reads a great deal. He has been reading your column . . .and enjoys It Immense ly. . . . His home is at 1101 Brent street, South Pasadena. ... I live about four miles from Mr. Brown and surely enjoy my weekly visits with him." .. The book Is entitled, "Autobiog raphy of Alonxo F. Brown." The preface: Thinking it might be ot Interest to my descendants, I am going to write a short sketch ot my life, that they can see the dif ference between my time and their own day and generation." " m " Everybody In southern Oregon once knew A. F. Brown, merchant of Oakland, Douglas county, who owned the lands on which the town was built, and who platted the townslte. Few in the old days knew what his first initial stood for. He was also well known all np and down the railroad line, for he was the first railroad agent ot the town. In fact, the founding of the town was due to the eomlng of the railroad and that meant the death ot the first Oakland, which came to be known as "Old Oakland." while it held on pre cariously after train service was started on the Oregon A- Califor nia railroad, sow the Southern Pacific, in 1872. e S The opening paragraph of the Brown book reads: "I was born at Stratford, New Hampshire, August 21st, 181$, on the same farm taken up by my grandfather, James Brown, who went from Stratford, Connecticut, with four or five families and started a set tlement in what was then an un inhabited country, except by In dians, and a wilderness. . . . The farm at this date is occupied by a great-nephew of mine, Loyal P. Brown, making five generations that have owned and occupied it." (This will make A. F. Brown 97 years old when he celebrates his birthday at the end of August next. Stratford town, where he was born. Is in Coos county, N. Y and the 1930 census gave It a population of 844. It Is In the White mountain section, Berlin the county seat; population of the county at last census, 30,753, and with only a weekly newspaper at Berlin.) s s s Resuming the text of the book: I lived at home and worked on the farm until I was 14, . . . and am the youngest of nine children. . My father, Samuel F. Brown, died when I was only six months old. . . . When 14 I went to Bos ton; . . . my worldly goods tied up in a bandana handkerchief. I obtained work In a private club house, . . . Daniel Webster being an honorary member, and his son. Col. Fletcher Webster, who was killed at Antletam, . . . was an ac tive member." His pay was 1 2 a month, and he waited on table at a hotel for his board. He sent part of his first month's wages to his mother, as she had had a hard time to scrape together enough to pay her son's fare to Boston. Next he got a Job In a shoe store, at $1.10 a week, stlU waiting on table for his keep. That was high wages for such work at the time; it was usually F. F. Towmsend. retired! "I think half don't know what they were sent there tor; and some know too much. 1 think a good deal of Senator 8pauldlng. He's a pretty positive man and a good, square shooter. He was good on the highway commission. We need more like him." Daily Health Talks By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D. 810 a year. He was the delivery boy, on foot, besides working from 7 a. m. to a p. nt and on Satur days nntil 12 midnight. Technoc racy was then not even a dream, the eight hour day in the distance, and the four hour day and three or four day week in no one's reckoning. After the year's service, his sal ary was raised to 83 a week, but young Brown had to give the Job all his time, and not make his board as a hotel waiter. He paid 32.78 a week for his board and lodging, so had only 25c for cloth ing, laundry and spending money but he had saved something from his former wages and got along until his brother, who had a gents' furnishing store, offered him S a week, which he accepted. The sewing machine was not In vented, and the brother cut oat shirts In the back ot his store and sent them out to women to sew by hand; many women made their livings in this way. (Ingersoll once quoted some old writer as calling the needle "the asp for the breast of the poor.") b The brother, John, became ill and unable to carry on. So A. F. Brown, then 18. having 8109 and the experience, got a man with 8800 for a partner, and ther bought the brother's basinets, the balance of the purchase price to be paid in monthly Installments. At the end of the year, he sold out to his partner, retiring with fisoo in cash and a gold watch and chain. ". Next he bought a half Interest in a similar business at Saratoga Springs, N. T., then the leading summer resort city of the country. whither rich Americans and Cu bans went for seasonal stays. He sold goods there to William H. Seward, former President Millard Fillmore, Col. May, hero of the Mexican war. Commodore Vender bilt, and many other men then prominent in the nation's affairs. Brown installed In a corner of his store the first telegraph office in that city; Morse system, printing the message on a piece of paper. Receiving by ear was unknown. Now everything but the sending and receiving machines, like a typewriter, is in the discard scrapped to the new god of tech nocracy; swelling the ranks of technological unemployment. S . In 1S54, Brown joined the New York state militia, was chosen quartermaster with the rank of j first lieutenant, and made the suits and selected the equipment; and the colonel, C. T. Peek, boast ed that he had the finest staff In the state. S la November, 1854. beinz set tled in business and IS years old. Brown went to Boston and mar ried Miss Ada M. Lamkln, on the 9th. After a year they bought a honse and lived in it until they started to Oregon. In 1856 Brown bought out his partner: In the winter of '67 the 21th regiment, Mew York militia, had an election. and he was chosen major. Their brigadier general, Edward Frlsby, raised a regiment and was its colonel, and was killed in battle, in the Civil war. S L. p. Brown, a brother, went to California in 1849, by ship, and on the passage made the acquain tance of Daniel W. Stearns. They were partners In California, and afterward at Scottsburg, Oregon. The brother went back to New York, and planned to return to Oregon across the plains in the spring of 1859. A. F. Brown de cide! to accompany him. So in the spring of that year he sold out his business in Saratoga Springs to his cutter, three years in his em ploy, and disposed ot his furni ture, except what he shipped by vessel routed by wsy of Cane Horn, to San Francisco, thence by another vessel to Gardiner, and on by rlrer boat to Scottsburg. So, ia the latter part of March the Brown families were on their ions: Journey toward the setting sun. (uoatinnea tomorrow, and la four issues thereafter.) SYNOPSIS Yeas Dr. J oka Wolfe arrives at the ejualal town of little Navesteck te becesse Dr. Montague Thread gold's assistant. Theagh shabby of dress, the young doctors bearing eoouaaads respect. Dr. Thread geld is very affable bat Us wife, wke lodges frees outward appearances, considers Welfe a "raw gawk ef a nan" aad treats alas coolly. Sir George Griggs arrives with a dis located shoulder. He is laf ariated war Dr. ThreadgokTa clamsy treat- as eat and tarns te young Wolfe wke Odlfally sets the shoulder. Later. Dr. Tbxeadgold tells bis wife that Welfe has eosse ability but U a lit. Lie forward. Dr. Threadgold atteads the prosperous patients and assigns sis assistant te the peer section ef town. The yeaag physician realises the pitiable plight ef these people ia the hands ef a baagliag doctor. ue Is shocked at the aasasitary roadltioas ia the alleys aad starts sa investigation. Dr. Threadgeld. ignorant ef this. Is well satiated rita bis assistant, aad Mrs. Thread- rold new considers hist a very aai able person, la Threadgold's ab sence, Welfe goes te doctor a Mrs. HascaJL He Is met by the yetmg daughter wke is displeased that be aad met the eld doctor responded. Wolfe's frankness, however, wins her ever. After leaving the cheer fal MasesB hosae. Welfe feels happy. Following three sa oaths ef research. Welfe prepares a snap ef Naveateck showing its aasanitary Why ehould all the proceeds of taxes aad Imposts paid by truck and" bus lines go to the highway fund for road building? Why should not part ot the money go to the general fund ot the state or of the counties? We are not debating the amount which they should pay, but the division of the proceeds. Truck lines pay no property tax oa their equipment. It seems only fair that there should be soma split in the tax revenues from these operators. In our opinion the motor license fees and the gas taxes they pay should be ad equate reimbursement to the highway fund; and the gross earnings tax should go to the general fund. The lower house of congress has voted to continue the 1-cent gas tax another year. This continues the mooching ot the federal government on the proper field of state taxation. Oas taxes belong to states "by right of discovery". Representative Abrama got a resolution through the legislature calling oa all the states to protest federal gas taxes. The other states wlU undoubtedly Join la the snore. There ought to be some agreement tor marking oat the fields of taxation, with as little duplicate taxation overlapping as possible. ... - Wa fear Roosevelt's followers will Cad it a nttle hard to keep up with him. He doesnt seem U stay pit oa his Ideas. Ha or bis atonrara aive oat exsressioas of oplnloa oa controverted points. .then when some protest comet Roosevelt mat to cover. Ho ought tt adopt mora of Woodrow Wilson's courage aad forthrtghtness. The country wants positive leadership; aot tao kind that cuts and By ROYAL S. COP ELAND, 14. D. United States Senator from Nsw York. Former Comaaittioasr of Hsaltb, New Tork Olry. RECENTLY Z HAD occasion te visit a large office hollaing at night. The cleaning women were mopping the floors and I observed that they were using mod era electrical f. cleaatag ma chines. The ma chines had long handles whisk eliminated the aeeesslty for kneeling on the floors. "Hons emald's knee" Is a pain ful affliction of the knee-joint. Chronic "bursi tis" 1 the medi cal name for this cendltlon. It 7 M I i 1 : fy - , ' At Dr. Cosetaad given Its popular name because of Its prevalence among housemaids. Constant kneeling sets up aa Ir ritation of the lining of the knee- joint. Of course the Inflammation mar result from aa injury caused by a blow or falL But It la most often traced to prolonged pnosure or trio tton, such as accompanies kneeling. Swelling ef Rase Cap a Acute bursitis, or housemaid's knee, is easily recognised by the sud den swelling which occurs ha front of the knee-cap. The swelling la des te aa accumulation ef thick fluid. The knee Is Under, reddened aad painful te touch. The pain as reneved by rest The knee should be placed la a wett padded splint. Xos btga placed as the knee Ussea the swelling. Xa seme Instances a hot, moist dressing or poultice may be beneflcUL It the swelling pexatsta and the fluid 01 throes te accumulate It Is aeceeaarr te draw it off through a needle. The doctor win decide. If pus accumulates, reflet earn be obtained only by operation. It Is a minor operation and need cause alarm. Aa opening Is saade aad the pas removed. A dram Is placed ta the mcistoa te Insure com vises age. Sometimes wonderful results sal low dally applioatlons ef oetd watee. Let the water from the tap ram ever the knee for tea minutes bp the clock. X have seea remsjfcabto laa provement from this simple treat meat. After the acute peia aad leader ness have disappeared, the knee feels stiff and f h""" te move. This en be overcome by gentle massage of the knee. The knee should be eased tar tea mlautes three day. In stubborn eases eli treatment or "diathermy" aids la storing the knee te normal Surgery Oftea Messes ary Chronio bursitis differs from bursitis la that there ts nttle pass, but the knee Is greatly swollen, The trouble can be traced te moomplete cure from Begleot ef aa acute taw flsmmstkm, It may be the result of a severe blow or Injury e a pre viously Inflamed Joint. This form of bursitis or house maid's knee. Is more difficult ta euro by simple remedies. Ia most eases surgery must be resorted st before a cure can be expected. I am glad to say that doctors da not encounter hoasemalifs knee as frequently as ta former years. X ssa sure that la a great measure ttan can be attributed te the many me chanical rioawlng devices reesattr hs- vented. Answers te Healta Queries H. B. Q. What do yea advise tsr bloodshot eyesT Av Have the eyes eiamlaed to da tannine the cause. XC XC. Q. When O for a dry skta? JL Avoid the use ef a good cold a U XC merlngT A This Is usually due te ness. . Bead self addressed. eavelope for fan particulars aad re peat year question. rCesyrtffM. st. F. f aai CHAPTER ELEVEN The great exception that discov ered itself to Wolfe's researches was old Joslah Crabbe's quarter of Peachy HilL The fact that it stood a comparatively high ground did not explain Its healthier record, rhere were three deep wells on Peachy Hill. The cottages had good gsrdens, and wrt in excellent re pair. The sanitation was fairly lound; no refuse was allowed to ac cumulate. Wolfe found that shrewd and orderly brain had been at work, not for philanthropic ends, but because it loved order and clean ilness and sound profits. Rents were higher here. The pick of artisans and town workers lived in old Crab be's cottages on Peachy Hill. Yet ;he old man was hated. To Judge by popular report he was one of those men who court hatred, who delight in it, who feel well fed when they are feared. Wolfe had gone to work without ostentation, but in a town such as Nsvestock anything unusual at tracted notice as sweetened beer attracts flies. One or two rent- sollectors were the first to hear of che new doctor's idiosyncrasies. The more Ignorant people wondered what he was after, and in some of the beer-houses Wolfe's "inquisi dveness" became a Joke. But Nave toek was full of people to whom Inquisitiveness was an abominable indiscretion. Perhaps Wolfe foresaw tho storm that might burst about tiia; perhaps bo was not sufficiently ynleal for so mock foresight. He ras minded to get to the bed-rock sf tilings, and it may not have 00 surred to him that he would be rpat upon for having the Imperii aeaeo to remind other people their respousfbiHtiee. At the back of Mr. Jasper Tm rail's brewery was a place called virgin's Court, a eollectioa of rick ety cottages built round a stone paved yard. Ia one corner stood the pump that waa used by tho dwellers in aad about Virgin's Court, a pump that had aeaa better days, to judge by Its stone pfflar and its elaborate Iron snout and handle. As St. Judo's dock was striking eleven a dsrk ran up to Mr. Jasper TuTrelTB private room in the brew ery and gave that gentleman a rather ambiguous message. "Dunne says yeuH find hiss ia virgin's Court, sir.'' J Dr. Wolfs, volunteer health iaspecter. clashes with Brewer Jasper TarrelL at their initial encounter. Daily Thought "There aro two subjects that cannot bo discussed oa their mer its among us. Oao is prohibition. Those who speak la Its behalf are set down as prudes. Those who are against It aro marked as sensualists." Presideat Faunco of Browa ualversity. CREAMERY STILL PAYS 8 PER W MT. ANQEL, Jan. 21 Martin Rostvold and Ed Overluad were re-elected directors ot tho JCL Angel Co-operative Creamery by a rut majority at the annual stockholders meeting held Mon day. Other names up for nomin ation were Oliver Buxton and C. XL Jorgensoa. iDf the 268 votes east Overluad received 109 aad Rostvold IX. The annual report presented by tho manager shows that batter salsa alone, tor last year amount ed to $386,491.81 and that 1. 870,206 pounds ot batter were manufactured during tho past year. Tho creamery is still pay ing oat olght per cent dividends. A moTsmsBt is under consider atioa to convert tho old creamery into a series of coolers to bo rent ed out to tho farmers for their use la storing; moat. Jasper Turrell appeared to under- stand what Dunnst meant, and who tho "him" was referred to in the message. He put on his hat, crossed the brewery yard, passed along Malt Lane, and turned into the nar row entry that led to Virgin's Court. Mz. Turrell paused in the entry, and stood watching: John Wolfe, who was walking to and fro across the court, sounding the stones with sa osk stick. Wolfs was very leisurely and very meth odical, and Jasper Turrell stood and stared at him with the air of a god who has caught some insolent mortal tampering with the secrets of Nature. The brewer's eyes gleamed with satisfaction. Tve just caught the fellow 1" said the lines about his mouth. Hs watched Wolfs leave his stone-tapping and cross the yard towards the pump. Jasper Turrell had the reputation of being the worst-tempered man in Nsvestock. He was a notorious bully, and had bred his son Hector to be a bully, only old Turrell used his mouth, and young Turrell his fists. Hs did not trouble to approach Wolfe, bnt followed bis usual habit of bellowing, even as he bellowed at his work-people and servants. "Hallo, you there!" Wolfe saw a big- man in a black coat and white waistcoat filling the narrow entry to Virgin's Court, his top hat cocked at an angle, his long, sandy whiskers sweeping the lapels of bis- coat. Turrell was aa ugly man, repulsively ugly to those who happened to hate aim. His very sandiness was Insolent, and his grey-green eyes could glare like the eyes of a eat. woile stared at nr. Turren a moment, and then went oa with the work ha had In hand. He had taken a bottle from his pocket and was holding it under the snout ef the pump, while ho dribbled water into It by working the handle gently. Turrell bawled again. "Hallo, yea there Come over here. wflryouT" Wolfe ignored the summons, but a number of Nsvestock hesds ap peared at the doors and windows. Turrell went very waits when he was angry. Hs had a trick, too, of masticating his words, as though tasting their offensive ness before he buried them at aa enemy's head. -HL you therel" Wolfe turned aa Imperturbable face. "I beg your pardon Turrell flung across with Jerky, violent strides. He was very well aware of the grinning' faces at the windows. "Hera, what da you mean by Ig noring me, eh?" Nothing could have been franker. "I never answer, sir, when I am shouted at." Oh, you doat, doat youl Nlc manners for an understrapper) Now, what I want to know is, what yon think you are dobg here os my property?" "Doctoring, sir." "You don't physic the pump. d you? Look here, young man, yoe keep to matters that concern you. Wolfs corked the bottle witi pleasant deliberation. They do concern me, Mr. Tur rell." "They concern your confounded impertinence. No bluster, if yos please. We dont take our order from young carpet - baggers whs come into the town with a tooth brush and a pair of slippers. I'm not here to srgue, sir, only to in struct you to mind your pill-snd. ointment business. The water la that bottle is my property. Hand it over." "The bottle, sir, belongs to me." "Look here, young man, has old Threadgold put you up to this?" "Dr. Threadgold has done noth ing ef the kind." "No, curse him, he's too muck sense. Very good. He is the respon. sible person ia this town, not ana officious young bone-setter who gets two pounds a week. We kick suck folk out, sir If they put on airs. See? Hand me over that bottle." Wolfe uncorked It, and turned 11 upside down. The water went "rat ion, gallop," and splashed the stones at Mr. TurreH's feet. "There is your property, sir." Hs looked Turrell in the eyes, re corked the bottle, and put it in his pocket. "I am glad we understand each other, Mr. Turrell. Even aa under strapper has responsibilities. Good morning." "Confound your insolence. Do yea think " Ho found himself addressing John Wolfe's back. Moreover, the heads at the doors and windows wero all a-grin. The "gallery" might well smile over two grown men quarrelling about eight ounces of water ia a blue-glass medicine bottle. CT Be CoattnaAf) CoerrlcM. n, er KoUrt M. UcsVUc Ca, Dntribvted br tim? restarts Sradicst la FETLEY XTRY LOW KINO WOOD. Jam. SI Daa Flnlsy, who' has been, la falllng neaua tor a long time, is. Tory lu at his homo hero. Smalt hope ia kald tor his recovery. Wallace Bonnet Is slewlr regaining his strength attar a long siege of pneumonia and resulting compll- The Blizzard oi '33 T catina. .,