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By
"MARY
FAITH"
J. (
1 "No Favor Sways Us; No Fear SJU AwtT
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Debates on Inflation
THE Congressional Record as It comes through now car
ries the debates which took place last week on the in
flation bill in the senate. The debates on the whole impress
us af rather mediocre. If, as Senator Thomas said, the
amendment which he offered was the most important meas
ure to come before any parliamentary body of any nation
of the world, then it was unfortunate that the arguments
on both sides of the question were deficient both in economic
understanding and in eloquence. Senator Thomas took the
lead in support of inflation; and gave it virtually a commun
istic, text when he declared:
rit will be my task to show that if the amendment shall
prevail It has potentialities as follows: It may transfer from
one class" to another class In these United States value to the
, extent of almost 1200,000,000,000. This value will be trans
ferred, first, from those who own the bank deposits. Secondly
this Talue will be transferred from those who own bonds and
fixed investments."
The flavor of this is even worse than socialism; for so
cialism at least proposes equality in the sharing, while Sen.
Thomas blatantly advocates confiscation for redistribution
to others. Yet even his formula does not show how this val
ue is to be put into the hands of propertyless and unem
ployed. Senator Reed of Pennsylvania took the lead of the re
publican minority. He got in some good partisan digs at
the democrats and Mr. Roosevelt by reminding them of how
roundly they had abused Mr. Hoover for saying in his Des
Moines speech during the campaign that at one stage in
the depression the secretary of the treasury reported that if
the drain continued we would be forced off the gold standard
in two weeks. Reed quoted Roosevelt rejoinder that this
"was a libel on the credit of the United States," and the
further quotation from Roosevelt: "Senator Glass made a
devastatinor challenge that.no responsible government would
have sold to the country securities payable in gold if it knew
that the promise yes ; the covenant embodied in tnese se
curities was as dubious as the president of the United
States claims it was".
Yet we have the spectacle now of Pres. Roosevelt
tliroueh his secretary of the treasury, going off the gold
basis within a few weeks after
term bonds or, certificates of
J It seems to us that Senator Reed chose a weak. argu
ment in emrjhasizincr that inflation would injure the holders
of insurance policies, depositors in savings banks, and oth
ers of the creditor class. First, people never worry over the
creditor classes. Sympathy is always extended to the have-
nots Instead of the haves. But secondly, the argument is
scarcely tenable. For to the extent that inflation merely re
stores nurchasine power to the levels at which the debts
were incurred then no injustice has been done to the cre
ditor class. Moreover to the extent that inflation would
make nossible the continuance
ments it might even be beneficial to holders of investments.
Thus his argument was easily turned when proponents aver
red this would be "controlled" inflation.
Senator Reed was on safer
the Derila of inflation, and
ance of fiat money leads to.
against inflation, in our opinion, were those by Senator Tyd
Idm of Maryland and Senator Glass of Virginia, both dem-
-ocrats. Senator Tvdines put
when he touched the erroneous policy which this country
has followed since the world war:
"I say that the policy of this government ever since 1930
has been to drive Britain eventually off the gold standard, and
there is no escape from it. It is the only way she could balance
her budget and continue to exist."
He -went on to say:
"In my Judgment the unemployment of today is directly at
tributable to the loss of the foreign, market, because the cal
, . eolations work out exactly to an apex. For every dollar of for
eign market we hare lost that has made its proportionate con
tribution to the army of the unemployed, and when we get back
$1,000,000,000 a year worth of new orders we will put back to
work 10.000.000 Deo Die who are now out of employment.
The senator's diaenosis is
foreign trade which has helped pile up domestic surpluses
of wheat and cotton, and depressed prices. Mere ballooning
of domestic prices will not get these goods consumed. Unless
there is opening the trade ways of the world after a season
; of inflation we will repeat the cruel experience of the last
three years.
The address of Senator Glass was brief, made so because
of his state of health. He dwells particularly upon the evil
of making the federal reserve system a mere appendage of
the treasury department. The tying op of the liquid resour
ces of the country in government bonds is a measure of de
flation rather than inflation, according to Sen. Glass. We
have such high regard for the judgment of the distinguished
senator from Virginia that we are reprinting in another
column his brief speech. Space does not permit printing
the remarks of Senator Tydings, but they may be read in
the issue of the Record for Tuesday, April 25th, available
at libraries.
The Corvallls G-T approves
bers of the teaching force, the
drawing higher salaries. We are
cause the G-T has always condemned the graduated Income tax.
which is based on the same theory
upper brackets.
The one thing people refuse to learn from is experience. After
all this swearing oft trom speculation and savin "never axain".
here the public la back again burdening the tickers with buying or-
aers. -meres oouna to do anotner crop of shorn lambs "buy and
Marksmanship In South America, must be Improving. An as
sassin shot and killed the president of Peru. That Isn't so surpris
ing. What Is surprising is that when the army fired they killed the
muraerer. - i i ;.
Inflation is figured as one means ty which cutting in two the
dollar which the unemployed doesn't have will increase his buying
power. - ,. . : ;; .
Thousands of sheep are dead la the Blue mountains because na
ture didn't temper, the wind to the shorn lamb.
While hops have doubled la
aTC-Bom-s sjTfgg left In them-
Auniii
issuing a large block of short
indebtedness.
or resumption of interest pay
ground when he pointed out
what history shows that issu
But the strongest arguments
his finger on the sore spot
accurate. It is dislocation in
the graduating of pay cuts for mem
heavier reductions falling on those
surprised at this concession: be
of putting the heavier load on the
,
Talue since last harvest they still
soy suui
Yesterdays
... Of Old Salem
Town Talks from The States
man of Earlier Days
May 8, 1901
In the May day baseball game
yesterday, the Willamette nine de
feated Albany college 8 to f . Tom
Kay umpired the game.
The annual 10-runner relay
race from Salem to Portland will
be pulled off today. A message
from the governor wiu be directed
to Mayor Lane of Portland and
the honors will go to the man who
gets to the mayor first The best
time last year -was five hours 2 I
minutes.
The Portland Railway, Light
Power company has agreed to
"come through" and pave between
its tracks eight blocks on State
and five blocks on Commercial
street, using Titrifled brick.
May 3, 1023
The biggest crowd on record at
tended the Apollo club concert at
the armory last night. Dr. John
Sites is director of the chorus. The
soloist was Constance Horn of
Seattle.
SANDWICH, England Dr. O.
F. Willing, Oregon state golf
champion, led the field here yes
terday in the first day of play la
the tournament for the St. Georg
es gold challenge cup.
Effective today the Oregon
Electric railroad will reduce Its
roundtrip rates between Salem
and Portland to $2 from ft. SO
Daily Health Talks
By ROYAL S, COPELAND, M. D.
By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D,
United States senator from Now Tork
Former Commissioner of Health.
New York CMy
MAT FIRST la est aside as Chad
Health day. under the auspices of
.the American Child Health associa
tion, this date has been chosen as
an appropriate
time to remind
the nation eC the
importance of
child welfare.
The association
Is stressing three
fundamental ne
cessities. They
are the nutrition
of children, the
Importance of a
clean and ade-
auate supply of
milk and the
protection of the
mothers. This is
a wise and for
ward looking
Dr. Gopeland
program.
In considering the food require
ments et children, we must always
keep in mind the fact that they are
still growing. They are constantly
burning up energy by their vigorous
activities. But they require more
building foods than adults. A chUd
develops daily, but only by reason
of the assistance given by proper
food. If the food supply of the chUd
la scanty, growth Is retarded.
A faulty diet results la undernour
ishment, with an the evils et what
the doctors call "malnutrition". Mal
nutrition in a child is a serious thing
and tt tt Is not corrected may prove
fatal. Malnutrition may result from
other causes than the lack of proper
food. It may follow Improper rest!
lack of sunshine, fresh air and exer
cise; and diseases of the Intestines
or kidneys. But la most Instances,
tt la caused by improper or insuffi
cient food. 4
Valme of MHk
MUk should be made the founda
tion at an meals. Never permit a
chQd to become indifferent to
ana te develop a dislike for this fan-
I j. Ta V ; - I
ortaat6ood. An health HlOiBaatisLL Ue
Speech of Senator Carter Glass on
"Inflation"
(From Congressional Record for April 27)
Mr. GLASS. Mr. President, it
has been my desire to make a
somewhat complete exposition of
the pending bill in order that I
might indicate to the Senate and
to the country precisely why I
feel compelled to vote against it.
I find myself physically unable
to do that, however; but I can
not refrain from briefly indicat
ing my objection to the measure.
The newspapers of yesterday
and today have stated that the
senior Senator from Virginia has
created a sensation by disagree
ing with the President. The im
plication is, of course, that any
Senator who now preserves his
intellectual integrity and consis
tently maintains the views which
he has privately and publicly ex
pressed for many years is cre
ating a sensation. I have not de
serted my party. I wrote with my
own hand that provision of the
national Democratic platform
which declared for a sound cur
rency to be preserved at all has
ards. I was unable because of illness
to make more than one speech
during the entire Presidential
campaign. In that one speech,
with all the righteous indignation
that I could summon and In
terms, perhaps, of some bitter-
and on other runs In proportion.
Passenger and freight traffie on
the Oregon Electric is said to be
increasing noticeably.
agree that milk Is the most nearly
perfect food known and that each
growing child requires a dally quart
of milk. The best muk la none tee
good for your child.
Certified milk should be used
whenever possible. The safest muk
is pasteurized, When good muk Is
used in cbundance the chUd Is pro
tected from the "catching diseases".
In general, the child's food should
be carefully selected and ths meals
wen planned. The diet should Include
milk, cream, butter, eggs, cereals,
vegetables and fruits. Meat may be
served occasionally. ' It may be given
boiled, roasted or baked. X would
advise against any fried foods for
children.
Care for Expectant Mother
Orange or tomato Juice Is extreme
ly valuable. It Is well, too, te give
cod over oil during the first tare
years of the child's life.
We must not overlook the need of
care tor the expectant mother. It Is
now an accepted fact that the care
which she Is given Influences the fu
ture health of the child. Every pros
pective mother should receive the
necessary medical examinations dur
ing the pre-natal period, as well as
after the birth of the chUd. It tt Is
impossible to enjoy the servtoaa ef
a good private physician, the local
health station or maternity clink) wSI
give this advice and care.
Aaswere U Health Queries
B. M. Q. What do you advise for
falling hairt -
A. Brush the hair daUy and use a
good tonic Send r self -addressed,
stamped envelope for further particu
lars and repeat your question.
W. P. N. a What diet do
suggest for gall bladder trouble?
St
Is there a special diet tor
troubled with the appendtxt
A For fun particulars send a self
addressed, stamped envelope and re
peat your question, 1: No. avoid
constipation and indlgestloa m this
case. For tun particulars send a self -addressed,
stamped envelope and re
peat your question.
ness, I reproached the then Pres
ident of the United States and th
Secretary of the Treasury for
saying tnat this country was
within two weeks of going off
tne gold standard. The reaction
to that speech and I do not say
it in any boastful way was that
I now have bound in
5000 telegrams and letters, f rom j
people mostly strangers to me,
commending that utterance. The
first telegram in the first bound
volume is one from Franklin D.
Roosevelt, now President of the
United States, who said the speech
was to him an inspiration. In his
public utterances at Brooklyn and
at other places he textually com
mended that part of the speech
which bo bitterly criticized his
political adversary and competi
tor for suggesting that this coun
try was in imminent danger of
going off the gold standard.
This simple recital will indi
cate that I have not deserted any
body or any party in opposing
the bill. I am simply consistent
ly maintaining an attitude of ear
nest conviction on public ques
tions, which is more Important
to me than the favor of party or
potentate.
I object to the first section of
the bill because, as I said yester
day, it degrades the Federal Re
serve Bank System into a servile
agency for the Treasury Depart
ment. It was not instituted for
that purpose. We took the re
serve funda of the national bank
ing associations of the United
States by law out of the money
centers, rescued them from the
hands of the stock gamblers, and
impounded them in regional Fed
eral Reserve banks for the avow
ed use of commerce and Industry
and agriculture. Giving the Fed
eral (Reserve Board the right to
define eligible paper, within cer
tain limitations, we expressly de
nied to it the right to compre
hend In Its definition those who
were engaged la stock gambling
and speculation., and we set up
this system, not as an adjunct to
tha Treasury Department which
has used It as a doormat not to
finance the publlo Indebtedness
of the United States but to re
spond to the requirements of the
tradesmen and of the Industry
and of the arriculturel intu(
of this country, the agricultural
interest Doing given precedence
In the maturity of Its paper. The
first section of this amendment
transforms It from a system of
that kind Into a mere agency of
the Treasury Department, to be
dominated by the Secretary of
the Treasury, and to bo used, not
fer business purposes but to en
able the Government to float its
term and time indebtedness.
Today, the Federal Reserve
System has a gold supply on the
40-percent reserve basis that
would enable It to expand Its
credits nearly four billions ot
dollars. It has choked Its port
folios with nearly two billions ot
dollars ot Government bonds,
practically by direction of the
Secretary of the Treasury and
the board hero, not a dollar ot
whleh tt required la its business.
It did that fa a financial adven
ture) upon the principle of the
insane Goldsborougu bill, which
assumed that by an Inflation of
tha currency the commodity
prices ct this country would bo
increased. It cannot Ataxia r
them Without uttarlv damoralls-
i ing tne entire bond market ot the
I United States? anil Wr. -wa
have a proposition to accentuate
that disastrous condition. ' and
further to Imperil the Reserve
system, by adding three billions
ot dollars mora of United States
bonds to Its portfolios!
What' does -that- mean -to -the
CHAPTER XXXI
Mary Faith left ber there with
Kins and hurried ia to pot clean
towels in the bathroom before Dr.
Thatcher arrived. It was ten o'clock
and the house was still ia hs Saturday-morning
disorder. Aunt Ells,
who was a lata riser, was stffl sitting
at the dining-room table, drinking
endless cups of coffee and making a
crunching sound with her teeth as
she ate her toast. She had on her
purple-aad-white bath robe and she
spoke to Mary Faith without lifting
her eyes from the morning news
paper: "I could just shake Amelia Far-
reHl The way she fusses up every
time that old doctor is coming to
the bouse Is just plain silly 1 I shall
sit right here where I am and ia this
bathrobe until he gets here. My
goodness, he am t the King of Eng
landr
But nevertheless when the doc
tor's ring came at the front door she
got up and scuttled into the room
she shared with Mrs. Farrell, leav
ing the floor under her chair cov
ered with toast crumbs and the table
littered with newspapers.
Five minutes later she came walk
ing into Kim's bedroom, looking as
neat as wax in her grey linen bouse
dress with its white collars and cuffs.
"Just a little sore throat ain't
that all? she asked.
Dr. Thatcher shook his iron-gray
head.
"No, that's not alL He has bron
chitis, too, Mrs. Goad," he said.
"I've just been telling these good
ladies" he nodded in the direction
of Mary Faith and Mrs. Farrell
that well have to keep him ra bed
for a few days and give him a very
light diet Soups and fruit juices,
mainly."
He was much better by the fol
lowing Tuesday. On Wednesday he
got up and after lunch he dressed
himself and said he was going to
the office.
Late in the afternoon it began to
rain and at five o'clock Mary Faith
decided to call him up and beg him
to come home in a taxi cab instead
of his open roadster.
"Mr. Farrell is not here this
week," the voice of the telephone
operator in Mclntrae and West
over's office informed her. "Is there
anyone else you'd like to speak to?"
"Yes," answered Mary Faith.
"Please let me talk to Mr. Maldon.
She would ask Jack to give Kim
her message. There must be some
mistake. Surely Kim was at the
office.
"Hello," Jack's voice came to her
over the wire. "Hello."
"Jack? This is Mary Faith, Is
Kim around the office?"
"Sandy? No. Did you think he
was here?"
Mary Faith hesitated. "He left the
house this afternoon in his car," she
said. "I thought be might be down
there. He must have gone some
where else. Thanks, Jack."
At eight o'clock he had not come
home. The three women sat down
to a dinner of dried-up Iamb chops
and stewed corn that had cooked so
long that it was light brown instead
of smooth pale yellow. The salad
had wilted in its bowl and the coffee
was bitter from standing on the back
of the stove for two hours.
At ten o'clock the "sisters Kim
berley" went to bed. and Mary Faith
settled herself in her chair in the
sitting room to wait for Kim.
A year and a half before she would
have been frantic with worry over
him. She would have pictured htm
in a dozen accidents under the
wheels of his car, lying ra a ditch by
the side of a road or m a narrow
white hospital bed.
business interests of the country?
It means that Just In that meas
ure the Federal Reserve banks of
the United States will bo unable
to accommodate their member
banks, and just In that measure
their member banks will be un
able to accommodate trade. That
is what it means. It does not
mean inflation; it means dona
tion; and all that was accom
plished la that transaction. I
may say to the limited credit of
the Federal Reserve Board and
banks, was to release nearly SX,
000,000,000 of reserve indebted
ness of the member banks to the
Federal Reserve banks, with the
vain idea that the Federal Re
servo banks thereupon would re
lease credits to business, which
they did not do and they are not
doing; and there is nothing in
this bill that compels them to do
it, and there is Is nothing In any
law that can compel member
banks to loan the deposits of
their depositors to anybody, for
any purpose. . .
I think the first section of the
amendment la vicious. The au
thors and proponents of It
thought it was ineffective. They
did not daro mako it imperative,
because It would have been con
fiscation and unconstitutional.
They made It permissive; and
the distinguished Senator trom
Idaho (Mr. Borah) thinks that
that does not mean Impairment.
If ho could know as I know the
Influences at work that have ap
plied themselves to the activities
of the Federal Reserve Board
and banks, ho would know that
it means 11.000,000.000 more of
United 8tatee securities In the
portfolio ot the Federal Reserve
banks, and an almost literal par
alysis of tha facilities ot those
Institutions to accommodate trade.
Vary likely I shall surprise
soma ot my colleagues by the
statement that the- least objec
tionable feature ot tha amend
ment la the so-called "greenback
featura. It la tha most defensible
feature of tha amendment It is,
perhaps, tha only featura at tha
amendment that will get any so
called "money" la circulation
above that bow la circulation. It
meaaa almply ta transform time
obligations of tha United States,
bearing Interest, Into demand ob
ligations of tha United States;
and those who hold to tha gold
standard have said ta us that It
would wipe out every dollar ef
tha reserve gold la tha United
(Turn-to page t)
On the cover was printed ia red and gold letters: The Golden Pheasant
Tavern.
But now she had learned that
when be did not turn op at nightfall
it waa because he wanted to stay
away from home and her only
anxiety was for his health. The rain
was sluicing down outside and he
had taken no overcoat with him. He
never should have gone out today
at an. She blamed herself for letting
him go.
At twelve o'clock she went back
to her bedroom and lay down oa the
bed. fully dressed.
I won't go to sleep," she thought
drowsily, snd dropped off.
The next thing she knew she was
wide awake, her heart beating like
a drum and one side of ber face
damp and warm where it had been
pressed into the pillow.
She heard the front door of the
flat dose. Then she heard slow un
certain steps along the narrow hall
that led to the bedroom.
The room was filled with sudden
light and Kim stood in the doorway
with his hand on the electric-light
switch. His gray suit was dark with
rain and the bottoms of his trousers
were yellow with mud. .Rain glis
tened on his face and darkened the
gold of his dose-clipped hair.
"Where in the world have you
been, Kimr she asked, her eyes
sweeping him from head to foot
"Out in an this downpour as sick
as you ve been
"I'm sick this minute," he said
sullenly, "so keep all your heckling
until tomorrow morning1 will you,
pleased
She could see that he was sick. He
was shaking a0 over with a chill as
he took off his sodden clothes and
got lato bed.
He closed his eyes snd went to
sleep almost instantly. She stood
looking at him with anxious shad
owy eyes for a minute. Then she
bent over and began to pick up the
clothes that he had left in a heap
oe the floor beside the bed.
BITS for BREAKFAST
-By R. J.
Pioneer liquor fights:
Incidents and questions:
1i
(Continuing from yesterday:)
.Samuel M. Holderness, whose Im
pending duel was prevented by
the 30-minute w put through by
Jesse Applegaf, was the last sec
retary of state before the Oregon
country became a territory; and
J. O. Campbell, tha other would
be duelist, was the man who en
graved the design for the famous
"bearer" gold coins, minted under
authority of an act ot the territor
ial legislature. The coins did not
circulate much, for It was soon
found that they contained mora
gold than needed were thus
worth, more as bullion than as
money, and besides they were
called In by the newly established
San Francisco mint
S
What kind ot a war would the
one Averted in 18 4 S have been,
had it gotten under wayt At first,
it would have been a war of bat
tleships. It would have soon be
come a butchery, with savage In
dians taking sides.
S
The British natal squadron
that was ready In Paeifle waters,
under Captain John Gordon, with
his flagship America, with SO
guns, consisted of these other ves
sels: Colllngswood, ship of the
lino, 10 guns; frigates: Grampus,
80 guns; Flshgard, 42; Juno, SC;
Talbot, II, Carysfort, II; Herald,
If; sloops: Modesto, II; Daphne,
It; streamers: Sampson, I; Cor
morant, f; Salamander, I; brigs:
Frolic, I; Pandora. I; Spy, brig
antine, I. Total, 405 guns.
Tha U. 3. naval vessels then In
Paclfls waters were: Columbus,
ship ot line, II guns; frigates.
Congress, 10; Savannah, 10;
sloops: Portsmouth, 14; Levant.
84, Warren. 24; Cyane, 24;
Shark, schooner, 12; Erie, store
ship, I. Total. 322.
There is a story running ilka
this: -It 1 said that (Captain
Jean) Gordon (brother of the
Earl of Aberdeen), whaa ques
tioned, agreed with (Dr. John)
McLoughlin, that tha country waa
not worth a war, but on entirely
different grounds. Ha was speak
ing literally, because ha found
NlsquaUr pUma (near tha pree-
lent Tacoma) a bed of gravel; and
As she hung his damp wrinkled
coat over the back of the chair by
the window a little pad of safety
matches feH to the floor from one
of the pockets. On the cover was
printed in red and gold letters:
THE GOLDEN PHEASANT
TAVERN
The Golden Pheasant Tavern,
Why, that was the place where she
and Kim had stopped for coffee and
a dub sandwich on their way to
Garrettsville the day they were mar
ried. It was twenty-five miles from
town at the very least It came
flashing into her mind like a picture
on a silver-screen a little wmte
house set far back from the road.
with nothing to give it its name but
a gilded bird set on its roof as a
weather vane. Who had been there
with him? she wondered. i
She turned and looked at him. his
straight fine features looking finer
than ever in his sleep, his hair
brushed back from a broad high
forehead that is said to belong al
ways to people, of strong intellect
and splendid character. j
"And yet he behaves just Eke a
bad little boy." she thought "He
tells me lies and sneaks sway from
me, just the way he used to do with
his mother"
Well, in the morning she would
have all this out with him. She would
teO him that she didn't want to be
his mother, his guardian, but his
partner and that be would have to
play fair with her or else
Her brain stopped at that point
She knew that no matter what he
did or how he treated ber she would
go right on as she was going with
him. She knew that she loved him
too much ever to lay down any ulti
matum to him
(Ta Be Cbatiaoed)
O-vrrlsSt. 1111. by BcatriM Bartoa
DMHtata ay
S3a Vesta ra. Sndir.te. Imm.
HENDRICKS -
because, being fond of angling,
the salmon would not rise to a
fly. A country where the fish
were not lively enough for his
sport was. in his estimation,
worthless."
A writer la Bancroft's history
adds: "But the salmon were not
the only fish la Oregon that re
fused to rise to the fly ot the Bri
tish angler."
Captain and Commander John
Gordon were perhaps sincere In
his opinion that the country was
not worth a war. But Dr. John
McLoughlin was not sincere in
that statement He knew better,
considering the standards of
worth In his day, and reckless
opinions of professional fighting
men of the time (if not of the
present) as to what was worth a
war, in lino with their training.
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But Dr. McLoughlin was a
statesman. And he was a Chris
tian gentlemaamnd had heart
tor humanity, under whatever
flag. He shuddered at the atroci
ties of the kind of a war that Im
pended, and, moreover, ho Tlsion
ed defeat for the country to whleh
ho owed allegiance, under the Bri
tish crown. Though ho was mora
American, deep down In his heart,
than ho was British, albeit born
on Canadian soil.
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He wa not the kind of man
who could say a war was not
worth while because the salmon
would not take the hook la the
country over which war waa
threatened;
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And, better than any other liv
ing man, ho knew the value ot the
old Oregon country, from tha
Russian border to tha Spanish
(California) Una, and belbw.
down to tha tip of the North
American continent; and ha know
his government coveted It evil, and
expected to have it And he knew
Commander Gordea judged from
narrow knowledge.
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The Bits man happens ta have .
had occasion, tow days ago, to
look.sppralslBgly at tha oil paint
ing, ot Dr. John McLoughlin.
hanging on tha wall back of the
presldent'a seat 1b tha Oregon
senate chamber. The occasion i
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