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PAGE FOUR TttV OREGON STATESMAN,. Salea. Ortsfon, Saturday Morning,-April 22. 1933 Die Wacht am Rhein p BEATRICE B BURTON -4 "MARY FAITH "No Favor Sways Us; No Fear SlaU Atca From First Statesman, March 28, 1851 I THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. , Chabxes A. Spragus - - - - - Editor-SlaTiager . Sueldon P. Sackett ... - - Managing Editor Blember of the Associated' Press The Associated Press la xcluslrely enUtled to the oh for pnblk tion of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credits to Ibis paper. ADVERTISING ' Portland Representative 1 Oorlon B. Bell, Security Building. Portland. Ore. Eastern Advertising Representatives Bryant. Griffith A Branson, Inc., Chicago. New York. Detroit. Boston. Entered at the Postoffice at Salem, Oregon, as SecondrClat Matter. Published every morning except Monday. Busxneea of fire, SIS S. Commercial Street. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Hunnsr. m nil j. ,u Lriiis . m-u. . - u, s li A By City Carrier: 45 cents a month ; $5.00 a year In advance. Copy 3 cents. On trains and News Stands t cents. Oregon and New York THE Portland Journal, consistently misleading and fre quently abusive, draws a parallel between Oregon and New York in the matter of utility legislation. After detailing the legislation which Governor Lehman asked to be enacted in New York state, the Journal, which headed its editorial 'Unlike Oregon Solons" proceeded to say: "But the Oregon legislature, to the amazement of the peo .ple ol the state, turned down every request by Commissioner Thomas tor authority to adequately deal with distant holding companies". . That fs false : and the Journal knows it is false. The Oregon legislature granted to Commissioner Thomas vast ( powers, which in our humble opinion are fully adequate not only for dealing with the holding company evil, but for prop- er regulation 01 rates aim oti legislature did not give Thomas precisely tne dm ne asitea for; but as the law was finally passed it supplies him with as much authority as he can well employ. The Journal, in its insinuating campaign of misrepresentation works a fraud on its readers and makes an unmerited reflection on the Oregon legislature. Th irnnv nf it all is the actual truth in the heading: 1 "Unlike Oregon Solons". For did enact adequate and comprehensive utility legislation, me ... . - -r i . , New York legislature turned quite decisively, passing only mended. . Morgan's Benediction THE pontifical benediction which J. P. Morgan promptly bestowed on abandonment of the gold standard is the biggest joke of the week. It was Morgan who issued prac tically the same statement when England left the gold stan dard in September, 1931. Since one was a foil for the effects of the other (ostensibly at least) Morgan thus appears to extend his blessings to friend and foe. The alacrity with which Morgan climbed the political bandwagon may find some explanation in the prospect of going to the laundry wViIVi f Via Mr reran hmiSA faces. w a viv v ww - ! The house of Morgan has been pitifully impotent ,all through the depression. The elder J. P. met and mastered the 1907 panic by personal generalship. All the junior J. P. did was to send in a fair-haired broker one day to buy some U. S. steel stock supplementing it with full publicity, in an effort to stem the tide. Apparently all that the house of Mor gnn has done for three years has been to crawl in its cy clone cellar and get ready to come out for the highly prof itable "reorganization" work which always follows such windstorms. ''The public should know that such ex-post facto en dorsements as Morgan made this week are pure bunk for propaganda purposes, made eithef with the notion the public is dumb or else to gain political favor with the powers that "be, which Morgan now stands in need of. ss a asa aaa Britain and Russia GREAT BRITAIN made a drastic thrust at Russia in re taliation for conviction of four British workers in a Moscow court. Imports from Russia were ordered cut 80 unless the prison sentences imposed on two of the English men are reduced to banishment from Russia. The embargo fa-eat is surely a drastic move; and indicates either that Great Britain is convinced of the injustice of the trials or else that she is much more deeply involved in espionage and sabotage than she has admitted. Were the trials merely additional scenery to revive the spirits of the communistic masses? Revolution has always thrived on hatred or fear of foreign intervention. The French revolution was revived and saved when Frenchmen rallied to protect France from foreign intervention seeking Bourbon restoration. Periodically the Soviets have staged some drama tic spectacle to rouse renewed devotion to the soviet cause. Against this theory in the cases just closed is the open confession of one of the Englishmen, MacDonald, who per sisted in his admission of wrong-doing. The Russians con fessed; but that is characteristic of such trials of Russians whose only hope of mercy is admission of guilt. " It is a tangled skein indeed, both within Russia and in the relations of Russia and other powers. It is the job of history finally to ferret out the actual truth, which is often denied contemporaneous eyes. ' The government loaning agency growers how and where their wool shall he sold. Borrowers are not permitted to market their wool at country points but hare to consign it to approved dealers, particularly the National Wool mar keting corporation, which made such a big fiasco with mohair ana wool for several years. This cuts off the woolen mills of Oregon from buying direct from these growers, something they have done from the beginning of the manufacture here. The mills are protest ing, and there may be some modification. It la just an example how ever of what all business will be up against when the "new deal ' laws get passed and the cabinet officers start to regulate everything, . The general passenger axent mins, la urging Portland to adopt a new official rose to replace the Madame Caroline Testout, which is regarded as too much of a cabbage to typify the rosea of Portland. Ths Idas, is a. rood one: for the Testout. good as it is for hedges and borders, is rather a coarse rose, tiose culture has advanced rapidly In the last quarter-century and there are many varieties more suitable for being called THE Portland rose. The difficulty will be In agreeing on which one of uo many neauues to select tor 1 NOW if the eOjremOr U-ntllrt lor f Uhlng licenses we'd go fishing. A democrat in the white house, two bnll frogs in the state house, prohibition repealed, and now the country off the gold standard, it's a ood time for us to see how ii.tiift vu iuo upper i- t. , , ' -I I... rflaAif. .0m verUa r t0 th eKect thk th Tee Masons order in Germany is to be reorganied and the Jews drc-noed. sweeD insr 11 tha nr..tia. a! us .r. T -w" rvivh sweep- ' V A. . , . iuis a surprising capitulation a?.. !ZJ& 4 which ha, " vyyuamoa nq suppression in many lands Vayb the Joke will be on the -people who Invested in govern-reSsVf-stS?!1- Wm7hwk theylet tKlr"B. A vomn of Si" died after a face lifting operation. Only 31 coSseScs. T U c look Wr and aiddy iSfh onty "J. v CW "or4 t0 b atleat- They know that Hitler wffl .rwut.to borrow some money .before long. - - &uanuL for 1 iiar in advanca. Per nimiu wuo while the Oregon legislature down uov. ienman s program a few of the items he recom is now trying to dictate to wool of the Union Pacific. J. P. Cum the honor. All rrant a mnntn.lnm iotk ot salt creek. sa ' HEALTH y Royal S. Copeland, M.D. IT IS quite common te see In dividuals who have small tumors e Ewelllngs of the wrists. These swan jngs are round, smooth, slowly grow ing masses; f oub4 beneath the skin. "Ganglion" Is om medical term for this condition t "weeping sinew" is another. A ganglion Is really a smaO cyst located within the sheath of a muscle ten don. It Is a pain less tumor, con taining a fluid which closely re sembles glycerin Jelly. Though most frequently Dr. Copeland found on the wrist, it is occasionally ssen on the foot. Ganglion Is generally a simple and harmless thing, yet cases of a more serious nature are often reported. It may be disfiguring and sometimes seriously Interferes with the move ments ot the nearby Joint Most afflicted persons neglect gang Ron and make no effort te rid them selves of the trouble. This is un fortunate, because as X have pointed out, this growth may Interfere with the welfare ef the individual. Othef persons are toe sealons In their ef forts te get rid of the ailment. Drastie Treatsaeat X have la mind the all too com mon practice of rupturing the gang lion by striking It with a heavy book, There Is a superstitious belief that the heavy book should be the family Bible. . But no matter what book to used that Is not good treatment S is true that the ganglion may dis appear after a severe blow, but X dt not recommend this procedure. I warn yon against this old-fash-toned and -nnsdentine method ef treatment. The ganglion may rup ture as a result of the blow, but Is most instances the swelling win recui and often it comes back as a painful and inaamed growth. It then be comes necessary tor somewhat es tensive surgery. Most persons dread the knife. But the best treatment for ganglion Is to excise the mass. Modern surgery enables this operation te be per formed with a local anesthetie and without any discomfort. In what I have said I do not mean te Imply that aQ tumors of the wrist or ankle are ganglion. If yon have a swelling in this part of the body and it grows slowly and without pain. It Is probably a ganglion. Ton can confirm the diagnosis by consultation with your physician. e will advise you. Answers te Health Queries K, SL M. Q. What can be done for superfluous hair on the arms and tegs? A. For full particulars send a self addressed, stamped envelope and re peat your question. L1L1L a What should a girt of It, I feet f inches tali weigh T A. She should weigh about 1M pounds this would be about average for her age and height as determined by examination of a large number ef persons. Mrs. K. O. Q. What causes ne rltis in the knee? - A. Some Infection In the system is msually responsible. Ten should have a thorough examination te d termine the cause. -J"raakv Q. I am IS years old and weigh Between It and zxf pounds how can X grow taller T A. You wIS grew and develop until yon reach the age of 21. (Copyright, , K. W. B.t InoJ LECTURE TONIGHT GRAND ISLAND. April 21 W. V. Fuller of Dallas who is con nected with the - Oregon state board ot forestry and the TJ. S. forest service will give nn illus trated lecture at the Grand Island schoolhonse Saturday Bight, April 22, on 'story ot the Forest", ., BITS for BREAKFAST By R. J. HENDRICKS Gray's widow, nothing, for Walsh's few day wife, $900 Edmond S. Meany. managing editor of the Washington Histor ical Quarterly, contributed the following article to the July, 1929, issue of that magaxlne: Is . "All who are Interested fn the history of the Pacific Northweet love to honor the memory ot Cap tain Robert Gray. His brilliant works of discovery and explora tion, notably his discovery of Grays Harbor and the Columbia river, form chapters in every ad equate history of this region yet published. The climax of that work was reached in 1792. Sub sequently he commanded trading vessels from Boston until his death in Charleston, South Caro lina, in 180 . He was born near Tiveton, Rhode Island, in IT IS. Such few and brief biographical facta have been repeated over and over again. Other facts are greed ily welcomed whenever they ap pear. "Captain Gray's discoveries were Important among the foun dations on which were reared American claims, and, ultimately, American sovereignty over a large portion of the Pacific Northweet. What could be more natural than this increasing interest In sueh a man and his workt "One evidence of the genuine ness of such interest Is the tablet near the lone beacon tree on Da mon's Point, Grays Harbor, bear ing this inscription : " Tradition links this tree with the name of Captain Robert Gray, who on May 7th 1791, entered this harbor in his ship Columbia. This tablet was erected In his hon or by the Robert Gray Chapter, Daughters of the American Rev olution, May Tth, 1911. The site Yesterdays ... Of Old Salem Town Talks from The States roan of Earlier Days April 22, IMS White women and children are to be given work picking logan berries the ensuing summer in preference to Japanese by A, M. Asplnwall, an extensive grower of these berries at Brooks. The new electric railway bridge over North Mill creek on Com mercial street is a very substan tial improvement. The concrete viaduct can now be used by teams without danger to their owners or drivers. What should prove to be a very Interesting race will be pnlled off at 7 o'clock tonigftt la front ot the court house, when represen tative teams from the various boys' clubs of the Salem Sunday schools will compete in a relay potato race. April 22, 102S On reappointment and two new appointments on the state board ot health, and one new ap pointment on the state board of medical examiners were yesterday made by Governor Pierce, The tomb ot Old Tut will net be disturbed vntll October and we shall have to wait to see whether any of our paragraphs are to be found in the withered and ot the more or less distinguished dead. Los Angeles Times, . Herbert Hoover served Oregon apples at a dinner given Friday evening to the reaident employes in Washington ot the department of commerce, Mr. Hoover is true to the state -where he was a boy and n helper In getting orchards started, ..;.--.-.,.. -, -" - r- was donated by Mr. O. A. Damon.' "Another evidence was ths space given to Captain Gray in the dedication of the huge column surmounting Cox combe Hill, As toria, culminating the Columbia River Historical Expedition otthe Great Northern Railway company In 1926. Still another evidence Is the fact that Chehalls county changed its name to Grays Harbor county. The names of the man and his ship are thorough!, imbedded in the geography of Oregon and Washington. "What of Captain Gray's home life? "a U ". "Geographers and historians are not always neglectful of home life Interest, but the Northwest is still pioneering in many ways and thus fsr Captain Gray's discover ies have overshadowed the inter est In his borne life so far as this other side ot the continent is con cerned. His descendants In Nsw England are of course deeply in terested in that record but appar ently have found no reason to publish the family annals. "It is known that in February, 1794, Captain Gray married Mar tha, daughter of Silas Atkins, one of Boston's wealthiest merchants at that time. When Captain Gray, on one ot his trading voyages, died and was hurled In Charles ton, South Carolina, in 1806, he left in Boston a widow and four small daughters. She and her chU dren evidently remained with her father's people. The government documents show that 10 years aft er Captain Gray's desth the own ers of the ship Columbia borrowed the ship's log. obtaining ft from Silas Atkins, brother of the Cap tain's widow. The Mrners were seeking compensation' from con gress and President Madison bad asked for documentary nmnfi Extracts were copied from the log covenng me dates on which Grays iiar do r ana the Columbia river were aiscovered. Than axtrart. placed in the government records have been relied noon ever as the best source records of those important events. "Twenty-one years later -history ivwa. a canons misstep by wrong' fully recording Mrs. Gray's death WUlIara A. Slaeum, on returning from the Columbia river country ia is , sougnc more Information about the Columbia's voysge than was included in the published ex- The Safety Valve - - Letters from Statesman Readers Editor Statesman: Sunday we celebrated Easter. The) word Is of pagan origin. It Is found but once In the Bible, Acts 12:4. Both our late versions 1881 and 1901 use "Passover.- That is better. We are told In I Cor. 5:7, vnrisx our paaaovar la sacrificed iwr us. iiea ist na say "pass over" instead ot "Easter Jesus tnsn is our pasaover. He passes over onr sins when we repent. Our miscalled name If that Is all we make of It. We mav sine- and make our display. It la an "sound ing brass and tinkling cymbal' whsn forgetting our divine pass ever. In 2 Tim 2:8. Panl told vonnc Timothy to remember that Jesus onr pasaover) arose from the dead. Not so much to remember the time as the fact. The time minus the fact would be empty. As Jesus "arose for our Justifica tion", Rom. 4:15. We need to keep In mind that fact more than the time. ' H. J v BQ WERSJ SYNOPSIS Mary Faith, comely young orphan, gives tip her position as secretary to the wealthy If ark Nesbit to marry Kimberiey FarreS. Kim, a young shiftless lawyer, fives with bis mother. When the latter objects to the marriage. Kim brnsanely startles Mary Faith by breaking the engage ment. Later, when he sees bar with Mark Nesbit ia a Jewelry store, ee lectinr a ring, his Jealousy ia aroused. The next morning he appears at Mary Faitha boarding hones and overwhelms her with bis protesta tioas of Jove. She again leaves her position and, after a hasty marriage, they spend an ecstatic two weeks' honeymoon la ths house of Kim's aunt ia the country. Returning home, Mary Faith moves to the Farrtll apartment, Kim's friends, Clairs and Jack Maldon. find Mary Faith a dull companion for their jazzy parties. Mary Faith realizes Kim is Irritated by her failure to drink and gamble. During the winter Kim attends the parties alone. Mary Faith takes cars of the house but knows nothing of Kim's finances. When he hints at being pinched for money, Mary Faith accedes to his request for ISO, Later, be admits taking that sum from the firm's collections for his own use. The next night, at dinner, he teus Mary Faith he has lost his position. Hs then persuades her to let him have a thousand dollars to open his own office. Mary Faith, learning that she is to become mother. Joyously visits Kim's office to tell him the good news. She finds him flirting with a girl Kim is furi ous. Mary Fahh decides not to teu him of the approaching event. CHAPTER XXII With a great effort she pulled her self up out of the chair and walked around the desk to him. "Let's not quarrel about her, Kim." She-bent over him and laid her cheek against his smooth blond head. "I came up here tonight to talk to you." "You came up here to spy on me." He pushed her gently but very firm ly away from htm. And now that you've found out what you wanted to know, I suppose youll keep nag ging at me until 1 pot that little kid out of my office.' His face was set to the mood of sullen anger. "Have I ever nagged yon, Kim?" She was sure that she never had. "Good lord, you started before we'd been married three days! You nagged me about smoking cigarettes. Yon nagged me about taking a drink. Yon nagged me about the Maldons. . . . Yon knew I liked to go to their house, but would you go there with me? Not on your lit el And when I went without you, you nagged me about the wickedness of playing cards for a little money. To hear you talk, their flat was a gambling dent" Mary Faith listened to him with a dreadful sinking of her heart, What on earth was the matter with him? Why did he want to go on Quarreling with her like this? And all about nothing, really. . . . "I never refused to go to. the Maldons', Kim," she said helplessly. "I was perfectly willing to go so long as I didn t have to take a drink or play cards for money. I told you that, Don t you remember? "Yes you're a regular dead-game sport. There was biting sarcasm in Kim's voice. He pulled oat his wafch and looked at it. If a half past five, he said. Uef s go. We can finish the battle at home ItH be a swell way to spend the eve ning. As they stood in the hall, waiting for the elevator, he looked at her suddenly, his eyes as gray as steel. the pupus Lice pa points. "Yon said yon came op here to talk to me about something," he said. "What was it? What's on your mindr Mary Faith didn't answer him for a minute or two. She stood, looking at the bronze doors of the elevator shaft, and slowly shaking her head. , . . This, of all times, waa not the time to tell him what Dr. Thatcher had told her that afternoon. "Nothing 111 tell yon some other time," she said at last, Mrs. FarreTJ was walking np and down the sidewalk in front of the apartment when they turned into tracts. He hired Thomas Bultlnch, son of Charles Bultlnch, one of the ship's owners, to make the search. He reported that both Mrs. Gray and her brother. Cap tain Silas Atkins, had died n num ber ot years before and that Mrs. Gray's papers hsd gone to her niece, Mrs. Nash. Thomas Bnl flneh found the niece who readily produced one volume of the de sired log. When asked for the oth er volume whleh contained the discovery records she said It had been u?ed for raste raper. "Charles Bulfincb. thon an old man ot 75 years, was greatly dis appointed, but he went back to the original extracts and prepared an affidavit embracing as com plete a record as he could saying that It 'may in future be impor tant in determining the right of the United States to the honor of discovering the river, and, conse quently, to the right ot Jurisdic tion over the country adjacent.' This affidavit was dated at Bos ton. April 21. 1828. and la found In U. S. Public Documents, Serial Number tit. Senate Document 470, pages 14-22. "That publication seemed for the West quite definite as to fu ture dependence on those extracts in place of the previous lor that had been destroyed, nod definite also as to the death cf Mrs, Gray. Howsrer. early ; westsra readers should ham known that the re port of her death 'some rears he fore' 1817 was an error. The Ore gon Spectator tor September t, 1846. published a. memorial to congress from the widow of Cap tain Gray. It has been copied from the old Oregon newspaper by Nel lie B. Pipes, librarian ot the Ore gon Historical society, as follows: 'Memorial from the Widow ef the Discoverer of the Colum bia: - a . . . Mr. Wlntirow of Boston sub- bj41sv IfcoJHoose f on Monday "Too don't mean that yon think said Mary Wilton Street She was wearing an ' old golf cape and the chilly air had whipped some color into her broad face. "I suppose I ought to be in the kitchen getting dinner ready," she greeted them. "But it was so nice out here that I just couldn't go in." "How about a little drive in the park. Mother?" Kim asked her and she beamed with pleasure. It wasn't very often that he took her for a drive. Mary Faith went into the flat and began to get the dinner ready. There was cold roast beef, left over from Sunday, and a bowl of vegetable salad that she bad put on the Ice early that afternoon before she started for the doctor's office. She would make some soda bis cuits, she decided. Kim liked them, split and toasted and covered with melting butter. She had them in the oven and was setting the table when she heard bis car drive np in front of the apart ment She knew the sound of its engine and the rattle of hs one loose mudguard. His mother came into the flat alone. "Where's Kim? Putting the car away?" Mary Faith asked her. His mother shook her head. "Na He said he, wasn't going to have dinner with us tonight He said something about a business engage ment that he bad to keep." It was half past nine that night when he came home. He came walk ing out into the kitchen where his mother and Mary Fahh were at work, dampening and folding down the clothes that they had washed that morning. The little room was filled with the fresh sweet smell of clean linen, and the new Dutch clock above the sink ticked with a cozy, happy sound. The kitchen was a very pleasant and comfortable place these days. I was afraid you two would be in bed," Kim said, putting a chair out from under the table and setting one foot up on Us seat 1 want to talk to you." Mary Faith saw him brace him self to go on. "I've been downtown in my office all evening, thinking things over, be said. Tve spent almost half ot the little bit of capi tal that I had to start with and I haven't made a cent this whole month. I haven't had a single client not one." , "Wen, I wouldn't be discouraged. Kim." Mary Faith looked up at him over the sheet she was folding. "What's a month? It takes time to succeed. He went on ss if she had not the following memorial: To the honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con gress assembled: The petition of Martha Gray respectfully seta forth: That your petitioner is the widow ot Captain Robert Gray, well known as the narlgatdt who discovered, first entered, and gave its present name to the 'Columbia River.' That your petitioner was left a widow nearly 40 years ago, with four young daughters, and with out adequate means for their edu cation and support That ahe has struggled thus tar through life amidst great difficulties and se vere trials, and la her advanced age is still in circumstances re quiring the strictest economy. That her daughters are yet living, and three of them remain unmar ried. That her late husband, Cap tain Gray, was la the naval ser vice of his country during n part ot the war of the Revolution, but that your petitioner Is unable un der the existing laws to entitle herself to be placed upon the list of United 8tates pensioners, the act 'granting half-pay and pen sions to certain widows and for other purposes' providing only for widows whose marriage took place before the first ot January, 1714. and her marriage having taken place fn the month ot Feb ruary. 1794, That neither her late husband during his lifetime, nor his family sine his decease, have received the slightest pecuniary benefit from the great discovery herein referred to; and your pe titioner sow. for the first lime. appeals to the Justice ot her coun try with confidence: that, at the moment when your honorable body Is spreading before the world the claims Ot the United States ts a mat territory of Im claims, Jo a rmt.extwtT opoTa mense vaiue, ana rounding th we ought to separate, Kim?" Faith. spoken:' "And so Tve come to the conclusion that well have to give up this flat if I'm going to keep the office open. If we don't I'm just going to fail, that's all. 1 haven't the money to keep up both places." "Why, you must be crazy 1" His mother's voice was a waiL "I've lived in this fiat for more years than I've got fingers and toes, Kimberiey Far re 11 1 It's my home, and I'm not going to break up my home for any body I I can't . . . Why where would I go when I left here?" She sat down at the table and began to wring her hands. "Why couldn't you go out to Gar rettsville and stay with Aunt Ella for a while r Kim asked her. "She'd be tickled to death to have you, and yon could put your furniture into storage. It would be a rest for you." "And what about yon and Mary Faith? Where would you go?" Kim shrugged his broad shoul ders and the light above bis head glinted on his blond hair as he turned to look st Mary Faith. "Oh. I'd get a cheap room some where and I imagine Mary Faith would go back to Mrs. Puckett's," he said. "You agree with me that this is the best thing for all of us, don't you, Mary Faith? You and I have been married for five months and I don't believe that either one of us thinks that our marriage is a howling success. Mary Faith caught her breath sharply as if he had dealt her a stunning blow. She put her hands up before her face as if she were trying to protect herself from him. "You dont mean that yon think we ought to separate, Kim? Yon dont mean that you're tired of me? "Well.. I think we're pretty tired of each other. We're on each other's nerves and I know we'd be a lot happier if we didn't see each other for a while," Mary Faith closed her eyea. . . . Happy? Why, she had never been so happy in her Efe as she had been at five o'clock that afternoon, walk ing along in the sunshine of Spring Street on her way to his office I "Besides, I can't support you," she heard him ssy. "Yon know, your self, that it's going to take every nickel I have to keep myself from starring to death for the next few months end my advice to yon is to go back to your -great friend. Nes bit, and ask him for your old job. HeU probably be more than glad to give it to you when you tell him you've left me." "Left yon?" She stared at him. (Te Be Coatiaotrf) CaayffgM. IISL, by Baatrice Bartea Dletri bate ay g3a feataraa Sra elrata. fa. discovery made by the energy and perseverance of one of her citi zens, the family ot that citizen will net be Buffered, In their hum ble circumstances, to go without any remuneration; bnt that your honorable body will make such provision as a sense of Justice and the honor of the nation seem te require tor the aged widow and unprotected daughters ot the msn who first unfurled the flag ot our country upon the 'great river ot the west, and who was the first to bear this flag in triumph round the world. With dae respect, " 'Boston. Jan. 17, igie, " 'MARTHA GRAY -(Continued tomorrow.) II, SILVERTON. April 21 Musie week plans at Silverton are being formulated with Mrs. Gertrude Cameron at the head of the local arrangements. Music week ob servance will open with special music arrangements In all of the Silverton churches . on May 7. Monday night will be the Tonng People's concert: Wednes day mo minx at 9 a, m. a program wOl ha given at the Eugene Field Elementary sch o o lr . Thursday aight of the Masle week wCi be the "Xveninc ot Song and Orches traf. 'A. program -ot --aacred . musie commemorating Mother's dsy will ha given by ths churches on ths Bight ot May 14. Mrs. Cameron la her! selecting a committee to assist M IC WEEK PLANS e