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From First 5Utesina, March 28, 1851
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1 ! The River Terminal Project
WE have been rather skeptical about the proposed river
terminal here until the improvement of the river for
navigation -was definitely assured. But after hearing a full
- exposition of the plan and of the needs for the terminal our
attitude is changing. Not that we lacked sympathy for de-
A'elopment of river transportation; but that we did not want
"to see some "white elephant" erected here no matter if the
risk was assumed by some one else.
! "' The facts in brief are that the terminal would be erect
ed with funds borrowed from the R. F. C which would
supply considerable labor to a useful enterprise and one de
signed to be self-liquidating. The materials would be prin
cipally lumber and piling of local manufacture. The city
would not be obligated directly or indirectly, nor would its
credit be jeopardized. The city would grant the use of a plot
of ground it owns on the river bank, which is useless for
anything else. Payment of interest and principal would be
assumed by the Salem Navigation company under a lease.
The company is a solvent, going enterprise, subsidiary, it is
understood, of the prosperous coastwise line, McCormick
Steamship company. The company has operated for many
years on the river under conditions that were adverse. It
figures on the basis of its present tonnage that it can finance
the terminal over a term of years. At the end of the 25 year
term or as soon as the R.'F. C. loan is paid off the property
belongs to the city; unencumbered. No monopoly is granted,
for the terminal is open to all users on payment of reason
able warfage fees.
Salem's future as an industrial city depends quite a lit
tle on the river navigation, especially for transport of
heavy, bulky materials. It is not to catchsome bird-in-the-bush
that makes the project appealing; itfis to preserve the
industries .we already have. Take the paper mill. Its ability
to operate on present low selling prices depends on getting
its goods to markets at lowest possible prices. A difference
of a dollar or half-a-dollar per ton may be the difference be
tween a sale and another lost order. The paper mill uses the
boat line heavily at present, in spite of the handicap of in
adequate storage and extra handling. The new terminal
should work out as an advantage to them as well as the
transport concern.
The chamber of commerce committee which is promot
ing the terminal has no interest save the welfare of this
community. Its members have tried in every way to protect
the city's interest against any loss whatever. They are not
visionary; on the contrary they are quite conservative in
their outlook and in their planning. Their study has con
vinced them that the terminal is practical and necessary, for
resent business; and further, that it should lead to a growth
tt river traffic, bringing to Salem considerable business
which it does not now receive.
It is the duty of the council to examine the plans crit
ically. Unless definite objections not now perceived are dis
covered the council ought to go ahead with the application
for the R. F. C. loan. Based on the studies of the committee
the terminal will not be a monument to folly, but a service
able adjunct to the city's transportation service. As a pro
ject worthy of a loan from the R. F. C. it surely is more
worthy than make-work road relief work and forest trail
construction.
- Touching the
"PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
X moves to effect economic
his domestic program is completed he is arranging to partic
ipate in affairs on a larger scale. He is now calling conferen
ces with heads of foreign governments, starting with Pre
mier MacUonald of England on April 15th. The program is
not for a round table meeting, which experience has shown
soon lapses into prolonged and futile conversation, but for
intimate personal discussions, the topics for which are re
ported in the press as follows:
"Key points in this broad program Include restoration of a
stable international money standard, checking of the fall in
prices, resumption of the movement of capital, removal of re
strictions on international trade, abandonment of excessively
high tariff policies and organization of production and trade
to prevent the accumulation of great world surpluses."
; The president's action is timely and the program com
prehensive. His judgment is correct, that domestic rehabili
tation is closely tied in with foreign trade and financeHis
advisers seem to have a realistic view of the situation and a
willingness to abide by an independent course of action that
will meet the requirements. There is more ground for hope
In the approaching parleys than in some phases of the do
mestic program, farm relief for example.
For years we have been harping on the failure of our
domestic policies to conf brm to the great change which took
place in our international financial relations as a result of
the World war. This country was changed by the war from
a debtor to a creditor nation, but it went blindly on f ollow-
Jng the policies of pre-war times. Republican leadership
knew the change but ancient party shibboleths held it in
thraldom to outworn conceptions, particularly prohibitively
high tariffs. The persistence in these impossible policies
accentuated the mal-distribution of gold until there came the
eventual breakdown of exchanges and paralysis of trade.
There have been only hints of the policy of Roosevelt
and Secretary of State Hull. Apparently effort is to be made
lo restore a sound monetary standard to permit and pro-
.v uuauuM muernauonai trade, and a revision of tariffs
and war debts which will stimulate renewal of this com
55?" m,311 5? accmplished many of our internal
problems will be softened if not cured. Cotton will find a
i SkSrise s ' nd wheat and PPer, and prunes and hops
! The news that definite stens
. ; Jng the international trade stalemate is the most heartening
,-. thing since word of the resumption of banking in this coun-
wjr uu a suuna oasis.
The tuneful ooera "BohenJaa
dents of Willamette TialTersUy Monday and Tuesday nights at the
Capitol theatre, under the direction e,f Pr r..- . v!
i- itself hvM ieen, Popular
"r"rV "9 luu courna
, mot: frtehten anyone away, tor
;; Italian opera, but -light opera"
- I -
Per
Vital Spot
continues his swift pace in
readjustment. Even before
niri i t v. r.....-., -
fayortte and the production' here
meioar. The word "opera" should
thla is not the heayy tragedy of
quite easy to. follow and rich la
BITS for BREAKFAST
-By R. J. HENDRICKS-
Ko eome ne Pe-ca,
the letter carrier:
m
J. NeUsoa Barry, Oregoa his
torian, eontrilmted te the Jnly,
19 it number of the Washington
Historical Quarterly reliable la
formation of a newly discovered
minor character of eld Oregoa
country history, ia an article
which follows: i
-It would be a difficult feat for
any maa to deliver a letter to a
vague address, distant many hun
dreds of miles, across aa unex
plored wilderness Infested by hos
tile savages. It would be twice
aa difficult to deliver a letter and
then return with the reply.
"Yet this doubly difficult feat
was actually accomplished, bat
not by a man It was done by a
woman. It required a remarkable
woman te perform this remark
able achievement, and the woman
was most certainly remarkable,
although her story Is only known
by piecing together fragments of
information recorded by early
travelers.
'
"Mr. Finnan McDonald of the
North West company was In
charge of Spokane House in It 11.
Ho had an Important communi
cation for Mr. John Stuart who
was stationed at Fort Fraser la
the northern part of New Cale
donia, now called British Colum
bia. The letter required a reply,
yet the Intervening wilderness
was utterly unknown, even wheth
er It could be crossed at all. So
McDonald sent the letter by a
woman who returned with the an
swer; the remarkablo woman, Ko
come ne Pe-ca.
"The first record of her was In
Yesterdays
... Of Old Salem
Town Talks from The States
man of Earlier Days
April f, 1908
F. W. Waters yesterday made
arrangements for commencing
work on the new street railway
system. Sixty-pound rails will be
used. Similar operations will begin
soon at Albany.
That wolves are more numerous
than they hare been for a long
time and that they are killing a
large number of cattle la the as
sertion of the stockraisers and
farmers living near Mehama. JL
short time ago, William Barren ger
and Jack Richards, farmers of
that vicinity, killed three of the
brutes, weighing nn average of ft
pounds.
CHICAGO. In the local option
elections held In 1200 township
in 84 counties of Illinois Fridsy,
th result was that 1028 town
ships wer "dry" and 48 counties.
April , 1928
, To relieve the labor shortage
that it Is feared will be felt In
this district during the approach
ing harvest season, ths chamber
of commerce Is attempting to bars
the federal department of labor
Immediately establish a branch
employment bureau In 8alem.
Senator Charles L. McNary has
been requested to further the plan
in Washington, D. C.
x Fire yesterday; afternoon dam
aged th Unitarian church, Chem
eketa end Cottage streets, to th
extent of about 14600. The base
ment living quarters of Rev. sad
Mrs. Harten Fereahetlan were
completely gutted.
A
The Salem senator yesterday
defeated ths state penitentiary
baseball temr t to l. Senator
pitchers were Frisk, Biddies and
Jast Like the Rest of UsI
180 1 at David Thompson's post
en the Kootenay river, now west
era Montana, when she was taken
as wife by Bolsererd. a Canadian.
She belonged te the Kootenay
tribe, which Is noted for the mo
desty and docility of the women,
but Madame Bolsererd wan neith
er modest nor docile, since she
suddenly became possessed with a
desire to become a man and a
warrior, which resulted la very
greatly disturbing the routine of
that trading post. Her fixed de
termination could not be changed,
and David Thompson insisted that
he be sent te her people. How
ever, the Kootenays did not ap
prove of a manlike woman, a Ko
oome ne Pe-ca as they called her.
She Immediately adopted the ap
probrious term as her name, and
having dressed herself Is the cos
tume of a man she joined a war
party In a foray against their en
emies, probably the Blackfoot In
dians. Although she was frail
snd of delicate frame, yet she suc
ceeded in distinguishing herself
for courase. with the result that
Bullfrog Am No Nightingale Even
If Clark Gable is Good Box-O&ce
By D. H. Talmadge, Sage of Salem
Tou like that which you like; I
like that whieh I like. Frequently
onr likes are not In harmony. Bat
if we are sensible wo find plea
sure in such difference of opin
ion. Social life without difference of
opinion would be a dull business.
Our newspapers would have no
sparkle, our books would follow a
rut, our stage drama would be a
monotony.
Early In the week I saw the
Eugene O'Neill play, "Strang In
terlude," in cinema at a local the
ater. Later I discussed the pic
ture with a number of Intelligent
acquaintances. Results, varied.
PersonaUy, I found the picture
enjoyable. It brought on s bil
ious attack, but regrardlees of this
it seemed to me a urama of re
markablo quality.
In "Strange Interlude," to my
eyes and ears. Norma Shearer
rises to greater heights than
Crawford or Chatter ton or any
one of a half-dosen other emotion
al goddesses of the present day
drama has attained.
Ia the entire cast of the play I
note but one weakness. Clark
Oable, the flapper's delight. Is out
of keeping In the seml-stellar role
assigned to him. Box offioe
again, st Its usual to hell with art
mischief-making-.
Not that Clark is not all right j
enough In his place. Only, as
was ones said by a profound ne
gro servant, "a bullfrog am no
nightingale." Why pretend?
Well, of course, nil my ac
quaintances and I did not agree,
and it is possible that your 'opin
ion will not coincide with mine,
but we shan't .care, shall wet
Even the god nod. John Bar
rymore, la his characterisation of
"Topase," the schoolmaster,
shown locally 'last week, pro
nounces "formidable" with the
accent on the "mid" thus, "for-mld-abls."
Shocking!
An announcement on that page
of the Statesman presided over so
capably by Miss Doak has given
me a feeling that borders on en
thusiasm. A plan is suggested
whereby the serrlee and civic or
ganisations of Salem may become
sponsors of the orris male chorus
28 roices, organised and di
rected by Prof. Hobson, and al
ready well and favorably known.
The plan hit worked cut success-.
New Views
Yesterday Statesman reporters
asked thin quesUent "What Is the
best merle yon here seen in recent
month V The answer were as
follows t
B. J. Walrath, tasnrance agent i
"That oae they had oat at the
Hollywood was about the beat
'State's Attorney.' I thought K
was very good entertainment.'
Bill Lemmoo, Willamette mal.
rerelty student: "I liked 'Strange
Interlude.' The acting was excel
lent and the Idea of expressing
Individual thoughts by words
while talking of something else
was unique, and to say the least,
interesting.
he was able to induce a number
of young men to place themselves
under her command, and had soon
attained considerable reputation
for her bravery.
"The disapprobation of the
Kootenays probably caused her to
leave her former home, and the
next known of her was three years
later wnen at Spokane she was
(Turn to Page T)
D. H. TALMADGE
fully In Eugene and other cities.
It should work out successfully In
Salem.
I have gone outside th usual
sources of press publicity in ob
taining Information regarding Ca
valcade, th motion plctur to be
shown at th Grand theater April
23. I har been a bit fussy about
Cavalcade, because I have reason
for believing it to b one of the
pictures that com to ns only at
long Intervals, a picture of genu-1
Ine quaUty, which heaven knows
most of the motion plays possess
only in widely separated spots.
Marlea Pew Is editor of Editor ft
Publisher, New York. He is a
veteran newspaper man ,pf broad :
perception. Money could not buy
from him an endorsement for a
motion picture or anything else.
Mr. Pew writes that Cavalcade
is "pure, delightful and satisfy
ing. Aa English story of family
life, with its Joys snd sorrows, in
time f wsr and In times of
peac. It is a story of such
strength that audience have been
brought spontaneously and rever
ently te their feet during the fi
nal scene, which Is n acted to the
strains of "God Bare the King."
ear "America. It Is a story
that contains mot a word of rnl
garlty, mo tricks to get la a few
dabs of smut tor "ginger up" pur
poses. People of-aU ge&anLJa.
SmvT A.
fi
"MARY
SYNOPSIS
arr Vattk.
orphan, I secretary to llark Nesbit,
wealthy roana business man. She
informs Mark that ah is learlnff bar
position to marry Kimbedty FarreH,
t.w. roans lawyer, to whom
she hasheea ngaged for some time.
Invited ta Kim's hoaM for dinner,
Mary Faith 1 greeted coldly by bis
aother. Later, Kim tactles Mary
Faith by breaking hie eogageaaent
and asking lor the ting. Th next
snormna. Mary Fstta informs
co-workers that she is not te be mar
ried. She ask them to tak back
their presents. After working late,
llark Nesbit takes Mary Faith to
dinner and bom to her bearding
house in his oar. Slowly Mary Faith
-Uarom ta lire bar Ufa without Kim.
When Mark Nesbit injures his snkk.
Mary Faith Is driven t us country
bom to take dictation. She meets
hi mother and enjoys the charming
horns lifs of ths NesUts. Jean Bart
Utt, Mary Faith's offioe friend,
Unghingly tells her she should marry
Mark Nesbit.
CHAPTER XI
"I may go down te the office to
morrow." he told her at the end o
the afternoon. "I can get around
pretty well now with a cane; and I'd
like to be on the job just now at
th doss of the rear."
Mary Faith shook her head, "Oh,
I think yon ought to wait for a few
days before yon try it, Mr. Nesbit
The stairs ia the building are so
steeo snd the floors are so slippery.'
Bat ths next morning when she
cot down to th office there was s
light barninc behind the frosted-
class Dane in his door.
"Great Galoshs's back on the job
this morning. Miss Fentoa," Stanley
Odeskalki told her, looking up from
th typewriter that be was oiling
"Gee, if I was my Own boss, the way
he is, I bet I wouldn't oome down
to work on a can I I'd stay home
for another month."
At half past nine exactly the buz
zer on Mary Faith's desk sounded.
She got up and carried the morning
ma3 into Mark Nesbife office, just
as she had carried H in to him at
half past nine every morning for
years.
It was on th tip of her tongue to
say to him: "Well, yon made ft.
sac! Bat ywn know yon ought to
hare stayed si home.
AH she did say, however, was
''Good morning, Ut. Nesbit," jnst
as she had always said it, In a polite
omcc-voice.
"Good morning, Mary Faith." H
smiled st her gravely as he picked
np one of the envelopes that she laid
before him on the desk. "WiS yon
pleas ask Baasett to com np here
in about ten minutes r"
Everything was just ss it always
had been. Like magic both of them
clicked back into the well-oiled of
fic machinery of th Nesbit Mer
cantile Company.
And yet there was s difference.
That noon he came limping into her
office snd stood beside her desk. He
had on his overcoat and his bat and
brief-case were in his hand.
"Good-bye, Mary Faith," he said.
"Doa't work lata Remember it's
Saturday. . . . I'm going to miss you
st lunch today. We're had some
pretty good talks th last couple of
weeks, haven 't w r
"Haven't weP Mary Faith's face
flushed with pleasure. These two
week bar been a holiday for me:
bet they conldnt hare been so very
gTana tor yon, shut up in one room
most of th time."
She pushed back her chair and got
np as ha turned to go.
"I'm going to go down to yonr
ear with yoo, if yon don't mind." she
said. "First thing yon know your
can will slip on this floor and youH
be back in th wheel chair for an
other two weeks."
great numbers pronounce It
charming."
I reckon the Cavalcade film
will cost th Measrs. Schmidt of
the Grand theater a tidy sum of
money. I am hoping that Salem
will dre th picture the patron
age its quality seems to deserve.
I am not especially keen for
art which pretends to be art and
is not art. Ken Bigley was be
ing hanged for stealing horaes one
pleasant day In Missouri quite
some time ago. Ken was tough.
We
A goody
United States National Bank
I SAJJEM, OREGON
1 "Tim Bavk that Sendee Built"
'
Sid or aids fher crossed the office
and set Into the derstoc Down is
the street the big, plnnvcoloref ma
ousiae waked. As Mark Nesbit
passed beside it, wkh his foot on the
step, fee half turned snd beia one ot
Maty Faith's Haass tigntiy as aa
for n second. :
"Yon mother' me. soul yon, Mary
Fahhr he asked, bis heed bent over
hers. "And. do yon know, I like it!
I do. I think ifs fine."
"Great bnuina. but yoo nn4 toe
boss are getting to be dubby P Jean
Bartlett remarked when she walked
into the office two or three minutes
afterward. "If this keeps np yooH
n be forgetting Handsomers
naued-down hair and boSt-up shool-
dersr
Late that afternoon when Mary
Faith got home there was a long
florist's box for her lying on the
table in th haO.
A colored chauffeur ia Every, if
yon please orougnt n nerc aoom
one o'clock." Mrs. Pockett told her.
coming out of th parlor. "There s
roses and narcissus in it, by the
smelL ... I never have been able to
abide the smell of narcissus since
Mr. P.'s funeral"
But she stood close by, watching.
while Mary Faith opened the box
and lifted out th pink roses and
starry white narcissus that lay in It
"There's a card with them, Mary
Faithf" she said, "The car was
dark purpfisb-red one land of
plum color. 1 told Mr. McOintock
snd Mr. Vinmg that I bet it was
your Mr. Nesbit's car."
Mary Faith knew that the flowers
were from Mark Nesbit before she
drew his card out of the envelope
that had been tucked among them.
Who else would be sending flowers
to her?
Mrs. Puckett read the card over
her shoulder. "Hmnv he did send
them. WelL this begins to look
serious, Mary Faith."
"Nonsense, Mrs. Puckett P Mary
Faith said sensibly. "This is jnst hie
ray of saying "thanks' for al the
extra work I've dooe for him the
last coapk of weeks."
Mrs. Puckett sniffed and shrugged
her shoulders. "You're done lots of
extra work for him long before now,
and be never sent yon flowers," she
pointed out "And I know that Pre
done lots of extra work for i
folks in my lifetime, too, but nbt one
of them ever sent me s whole box
of coees, or even a simple dandelion!
He's been lending yon books, too.
Tr see them np in your room with
his name written in them. . . . Yon
mark my words, Mary Faith, he
means business I"
That was on Saturday.
At half past four on th next Frl
uay arternoon, Mark Nesbit came
into Mary Faith's little office snd
sat down on the corner of hr desk.
"Mary Faith, do yon know what
a dinner ring is?" be asked, lighting
a cigarette.
She said that she did. "It's s Urn
ring that women wear on their little
inger. Ifs usually made of plati
num or white gold and ia set with
diamonds, I believe. It's s very spe
cial tun of ring.
"Well, Judy wants one for Christ
mas. She says some of her buddies
at school hare them. But gosh,
wouldn't tt be too elaborate for herP
"She's only fifteen, Isnl sher
mused Mary Faith. She had not
seen Judy Nesbit, who was the baby
of the family, for three years, and
she remembered ber at simple
child s party with long slim legs and
the comical-sweet (ace of a pansy.
"It seems to me she's orettr roana
for diamonds. But yon must get her
some kind of a ring. . . . Yon know,
when you're set your heart on a cer
tain thing it's very disappointing not
to get it on Christmas morning."
"That's true." He nodded and so
up from the corner of the desk. I
but he had aa eye for what he
considered to be beauty and n
taste for what he conceived to be
art. "Boys." said he. "I'd take It
right kindly If you'd permit m to
dangle from that tree over yon
der, instead of th one you'v
picked out; I reckon 'twould
make me look a heap more artis
tic." Two gray-haired youngsters in
our alley got into what Mrs. Or
tho Docks, back at' Buckwheat
Corners, once referred to as "a
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R BEATRICE
.r? BURTON
"WdL wia yon help sne pklroat
ling for her then? m get say car
put of the parking space snd meet
yon downstairs in ire minutes."
Ontstde ft was cold sad crisp sua
snowy perfect holiday weather. By
the time Mark NcsbiTs car had
nosed it way into the crowded shop
ping district the streets were filled
with sapphire cask snd reeno
green festoons of light were shining
in the shop windows.
The car was held up fee two or
three miuotce m the traffic at th
corner of Spring Street and Sixth.
That corner had once been n ptaos
of enchantment for Mary Faith be
cause it was there that she had al
ways waited for Kim wbeavshc bad
an engagement with him.
On the next comer stood tne Uty
Bank building where he worked. She
found herself looking np st the
lighted windows of Melntrac and
Westorer on the fifth floor . . . Kim
was probably np there now, winding
np his day's work in th offices
where he had met that Janet-girl f
bis. . . .
1' think well go to Armbruster
for th ring," Mark Nesbit was say
ing ss he swung his car Into the
yawning doorway of th Spring
Street Garage. "I hare n charge ac
count there, haven't I. Mary Faith P
There wer no hotly wreaths, no
red-asd-green lights, m the windows
of Annbmster's jewelry store, For.
Armbrnsters prided itself on fts ex
dusireness and its old-fashioned dig
nity. It was the oldest store cm
Spring Street It never advertised
in the newspapers and it never made
any holiday display.
"Sometimes : I bring my wrist
watch in here to bare it regulated.1
Mary Faith said as they stepped in
side. "And just to walk into the place
makes me feel like th Queen ot
Siara."
A salesman In a frock coat and S
high wing collar cam np to them
bowing, ss Mary Faith said to her
self, scraping. He led them halfway
down the center aisle and laid two
trays fuB of glittering rings on the
showcase in front of them.
"Don't yon think an aquamarine
would be nice for Judy. Mr. Nesbit?
Or s white-gold signet ring with
just one or two Ettle diamonds set
in k. perhapa?" asked Mary Faith.
She had s sodden, uneasy feeling
that someone was watching her. She
half turned away from th show
case to look about her and there,
not ten feet from her, stood Kina
Farrelll
Kkn was leaning orer the counter
holding two mesh bags in his hands.
Beside him stood n girl whom Mar
Faith could not see.
He was not looking at the mesh
bags or et the girt His eyes wer
on Mary Faith's eyes; and as she
watched him he laid the bags down
upon the showcase and came toward
her.
"Hello." he said and held out hi
hand.
"Hetto, yourself." Mary Fsltk
sever knew how she ssanaged to say
those two words in that cheerful,
offhand way. She did not touch his
"How are you these days, Marf
Fahh?"
"Oh. I'm si right I jog along.
she answered. With an effort the
turned her head away from him, then
turned her whole body away.
"Doot yon think an aquamarine
would be just the thing?" she asked
Mark Nesbit again, without clearly
knowing what she said.
They finally dedded on one. A
small square one set in s circle of
seed pearla. They waited whUe if
was put into a white velvet box anf
wrapped up in white-and-sflvet
paper.
CTe B Coa tinned)
Caprrftht. I Ml. Vy natri Uertoej
DtertketoS
B3mj rtare 8yaiat. laa.
helurs ruckus," on day thi
week. The trouble began when
one of the boys stated it as his
belief that all th planets are in
habited. Th other insisted that
only the earth is inhabited. And
the controversy went on frota on
thing to another. It all looked
sort of silly to me. Still, I have
a feeling that the one who made
the first assertion had a shade the
better of the argument. It doesn't
somehow look reasonable that the
Creator would let all that plane
tary territory go to waste.
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