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By H A Z E L
"GeeMom, the Mooifs Swell!"
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UVINGSTON
Wo Favor i Sways Us; No Fear Shall Aws"
From First SUtosman, March 28, 1851
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I r Sewage Disposal
CITIZENS of Salem will vote July 21st on the proposition
of authorizing the issuance of utility bonds covering
the construction cost of a sewage disposal plant for this
city. The total amount is $475,000. These bonds are not
general obligation bonds; and so will not affect the tax
j rate. The debt would be retired by service charges to lot
I owners. At present people pay 75c a month for garbage dis
- posaL The cost of handling the disposal plant bond retire
ment and operating cost would be met the same way, ex-
cept it would be a public utility operated by the city and
not by a private company.
, The money would be borrowed from the federal govern
ment public works fund. Thirty percent of the total cost
would be a direct grant from the federal treasury. Seventy
percent would be loaned at 4 interest over a long term of
years. '
There are some very simple facts to be considered In
deciding how to vote on this question:
1st. Salem needs a disposal plant. We cannot continue
indefinitely to dump our sewage in the Willamette river.
Sanitary surveys show that the river below Salem is reach
ing a dangerous state of contamination, which will soon be
dangerous to aquatic life; and as an open sewer dangerous
to human health.
2nd. We could ; probably "get along" for some years
more without such a plant. But when the emergency passes
all of the cost will fall on this community. We will get no
grant from the federal treasury. Meantime Our community
will be paying its share of the increased taxes to pay off
the federal bonds, the benefits of which wnt elsewhere.
3rd. This construction will help provide labor, much
of it common labor. It will use materials chiefly of local
manufacture, lumber and cement. 'This would be an im
portant contribution toward reemployment of labor.
For our part we wish that part of the money which the
federal government gives without any match required by
the state for road work in cities and the country, might be
diverted to pay for this sewage plant. But ours is a lone
voice; and roads are in official favor. Lacking such a grant
of 100 , the city should accept the one of 30 There are
factors of public decency "and sanitation in this sewage
plant. The public would not think of going back to the sys
tem of private cesspools and the even more primitive condi
tions which preceded. The sewage disposal plant is the logi
cal and necessary next step to complete a modern sanitary
system for this city.
It will cost money to build
will be paid as a fee separate from public taxation. But we'
can get the work done now at very reasonable cost, can pro
vide employment, and can get 30 paid by Uncle Sam. For
these reasons we recommend a yes vote on proposition No.
104-105.
Veterans Relief
i A BOUT all that an editor can do safely with respect to
;xTl the problem of veterans relief and national economy is
to indulge in platitudes which are apt to be meaningless.
The matter is so essentially individual, that general rules
are difficult to lay down.
That the veterans relief was costing the country too
much money is the first platitude. Undoubtedly there were
men on the rolls whose names did not belong there. Army
j service should be no guarantee of a life-long loaf at public
expense. Ever since the civil war days the pension system
'has been full of abuses. Men who were even deserters from
the union army, through the private pension bill method
got on the federal pension rolls. After the world war, pen
sions were granted to men with slight disabilities not of
service origin.
! With diminished incomes of the people who pay the
' taxes there was an insistent demand for reducing the out
lav for veterans relief, that is the second platitude. The
answer was the economy act,
ministration. The act has been bitterly assailed; but it
ranks as the first great defeat since civil war days of the
Dension bloc. That m itself
The third platitude is this: the country does not want
tn do iniustice to men injured in the service. As the econ
omy act itself was principally a grant of power to the presi
dent, what wrongs may be done will be through fault of the
administrative officers in charge. The scale down of pen
sions has been drastic; and case after case has come to the
attention of congressmen of
is one case of a Spanish war
attention: This is his statement:
"I showed by three witnesses who served with ma that at
date of opening of war I was the best all-around athlete In my
outfit. That I was taken to field hospital at Santiago, Cuba, the
day of the official surrender and came to the Vr S. on the hos-
: pital ship, Missouri; that at date of discharge I was flat on my
back and helped to my train by two comrades. That my pen
sion effective from date of discharge was granted for service
. connected disability. Two local physicians, Drs. and
i certified that my present condition resulted from my
former illness. ' . i " .
"Now the department says my former proof made well
over 30 years ago is cast aside, disregards proof above quoted
and holds, my condition has no service connection".
This veteran, with one-
ment is left in a critical situation under the administration
of the act. While he may be
and his pension restored meantime his peace of mind is gone
and he is bitter against the
serve. mi .
The fourth platitude is this: that, while the principle of
1 sharp reductions in grants to gold-brickers and moochers in
the service is sound, the bureau will have to review the in
dividual cases carefully to avoid on the one hand deceit and
fraud and on the other injustice and indifference which ill
becomes a nation which summoned its youth to defend the
coiors. -..
Chamber Selects
: Officers; Morlan
Chosen President
Monmouth, inly ' 1 4. -Off leers
elected Wednesday by the cham
ber of commerce are: President,
H. W. Morlan; vice-president, E.
C. Cole: secretary-treasurer. E
C. .Collettei executive TOmmittee:4j&rJdejt,at section
- J . - Editor-Manager
. - Managing Editor
tnUnt Ortaoit. OS SteOnd-CUut
and to operate; that money
forced through by the ad
was a great public, gain.
very apparent injustices. Here
veteran which has come to our
useless arm, and out of employ-
able to get his case reviewed
government he went out to
"
Ira a Powell, F. O'Rourk and
F. E. Murdock.
t A number of business matters
were considered at the meeting.
BUILD DETROIT BRIDGES
VICTOR POINT, July 14.
ramip Fisher, county b r i d g
foreman, has gone to Detroit
wnere he will camp with his
crew of man while hnfldtn
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Yesterdays
... Of Old Salem
Town Talks from The States
man of Earlier Days
July 15, 1008
Salem Business Men's league
names committee) to aid in rais
ing 100,00 0 in bond subscrip
tions for construction of Salem
Stayton electric line: J. L. Stock
ton, H. W". Meyers, J. H. Hughes,
D. J. Fry and F. W. Steusloff.
Feud between Oregon Electric
and Mrs. Watt comes to climax
when Mrs. Watt has Roadmaster
F. W. Prahl of the railway com
pany arrested and Prahl's crew
cuts down disputed shade tree In
front of Watt residence at High
and Trade streets.
Salem Canoe club members
take train to Albany, return to
Salem In moonlight by canoo on
Willamette river; in party Ber
tha Primm, Bertha Allen, Mil
dred Turner, France Smith, Inei
Bollier, Mrs. Spencer Hunt, Mrs.
Mundell, Panl Hauser, Russel
Smith, Victor Allen, Oliver Mey
ers, Ivan Farmer and Spencer
Hunt.
July 15, 1023
Mercury mounts to 94 degrees
second successive day.
Mayor John B. Oiesy to de
liver address over Portland ra
dio station: chamber of com'
merce here given opportunity to
provide program; soloists, Albert
Gille,
Mrs. J. J. Roberts, Lenaages 11.8 miles per hour.
Daily Health Talks
By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D.
By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D.
United States senator from New Tork
Former Commieeioner of Health,
New Tork City
PNEUMONIA IS a disease which
may occur during the summer, as
well as the winter montBs. This dis
ease Is often referred to as "captain
of the men of
death"; it rt-
s pacts neither
age nor sex, nor
season of the
year.
Pneumonia
used to be called
"inflammation of
the lungs" and
usually follows a
minor cold or
some infection of
the nose, throat
or ear a It Is
most common
during cold days
and tn change
able weather.
Dr. Copeland
But, as I have said, It often occurs
during the summer months when
there is apt to be greater carelessness
about a cold.
It is a good plan never to allow
your body to become chilled. If you
are naroonng the germs of nneu
monla, or are exposed to these germs,
you are liable when chffled to con
tract the disease. This warning
should be observed particularly by
children and elderly persons; who are
extremely susceptible to this dreaded
Avoid Chills and Draft r !
Chining of the body lowers the re
sistance of the body against disease.
It leads to irritation and congestion
of the hangs, which la the first stage
of pneumonia. Boca eongestloa fre
quently eccurs when bathing: ea cold
days, or from lying on the ground or
on any eold surface after becoming
overheated. It may be j traced to
buwjkksi, in. passing- irons a warm
room te colder air outside without
wearing the necessary protective
ciotMng, or it may follow sitting In
a Aran alter exercise. I
Of course,. one form of pneumonia
may be a complication of sons Infec
tious disease. , This Is especially com
mon In children who are underweight
and nudoTHrortshed and are stricken
with some childhood Infection. For
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BITS for BREAKF AST
By R. J. HENDRICKS-
Salem men at the
death of J?eopeomoxmox:
(Continuing from yesterday:)
1 regretted the necessity of put
ting these men to death, as I was
in hopes that they could have
been made useful In prosecuting
the war against the other hostile
tribes; but I am well satisfied that
the guard was fully justified in
taking away their lives in their
efforts to escape.'
"Whatever Colonel Kelly may
have hoped from the subjugation
of the Walla Walla chief was pro
bably accomplished by his death,
which, under the circumstances,
was evidently unavoidable.
"There was however, a scan
dal created in military circles by
the uncivilized and unjustifiable
mutilation of the body of Peopeo-
moxmox by the volunteers, who
cut oft the ears and pieces of the
scalp to keep as souvenirs. (This
Belle Tartar, and T. 8. Barton;
Willamette trio, Avery Hicks,
Delbert Moore and Byron Ar
nold. Sublimity celebrates opening
of new pavement through town;
talks given by Judge W. M.
Buahey, County Commissioner
Hunt and W. H. Downing.
LONDON .London - Swindon
train now fastest in world, aver-
example, ft may follow measles,
whooping cough or' scarlet fever.
Acute Infectious diseases of children
should never be Ignored and consid
ered as a "normal event" of child
hood. Pneumonia Is Contagious
Bear In mind that pneumonia Is a
contagious disease, Persona afflicted
with' this disease should be isolated
and other members of the household
kept away from the sick room. It Is
always a good plan. If possible,, to
take the afflicted Individual to a hos
pital. Here he will be made com
fortable, receive the proper care and
attention, end not be a menace to the
health of those at home.
Pneumonia la a serious disease.
Its oncoming is sudden and often
overwhelming. Its prevention is far
easier than Its cure. Protect against
pneumonia at all times of the year.
Do not neglect colds and Infections.
Avoid drafts and, above all. never
allow yourself te become chilled.
Pain In -the chest. Irritating cough
and fever are signs that must never
be overlooked. Immediate medical
attention Is essential, Neglect may
lead te a serious siege of pneumonia.
wivu m stormy ana aimcuii conval
escence. Answers te Healta Queries
1 P. Q. What causes white spots
on the- hands, and what will. make
them less noticeable?
A This la usually due to loss of
pigment or coloring? matter. Send
self -addressed, stamped envelope for
full particulars and repeat your Ques
tion. .
R P. Q. What should a girl of
is. S feet S Inches tall, weigh? S:
How can I gala weight?
A. She should weigh about 11S
pounds. This Is about the average
weight for one of this age and height
as determined by examination of a
large number of persons. A few
pounds above or below the average
Is a matter of little or no significance,'
X: Eat plenty of good nourishing
food. Including milk. eggs. , fresh
traits and vegetables, pxereise oaOy:
la the fresh- air. Get plenty of sleep
and rest. Take cod liver oil as a gen
eral tonic.
(Comright, IPM, JC F. ' lect
-, :.T"y-Jf)
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was evidently done by members of
F Company, from Salem, whose
captain, Chas. Bennett, had been
killed the same day.) It Is not
the office of the historian to ex
cuse the barbarltiies of either
race. It is, however, true that re
taliation ii an Important part of
the spirit of war, and that the mu
tilation ip a comporatively- slight
degree of the dead body of a
noted chief was hardly a suffi
cient reprisal. In a retaliatory
sense, for the horrible atrocities
perpetrated upon living men, wo
men and children by the ground
less hatred of his race."
S S
in a footnote, Mrs. Victor fur
ther said: "It might be remember
ed, In extenuation of the indignl
ties perpetrated upon the body of
Peopeomoxmox, that the volun
teers were almost upon tha very
ground where eight years before
Dr. and Mrs. Whitman were, with
other American men, brutally
muraerea, and American women
ravished; and also that the Wal
la Walla chief could have prevent-
ea it, naa he chosen to do so.
They were still smarting, too, un
der the recollection of more re
cent tragedies, and especially of
the Ward massacre of the year be-
iore, at which demoniacal scene
Danes, were roasted alive before
tneir mothers' eyes, and the moth
ers themselves tortured t death
with hot Irons thrust Into their
persons. Peopeomoxmox bavino-
chosen to place himself in com-
oinauon with such offenders as
uiese aia not appear to the vol
unteers entitled to respect."
Mrs. Victor also inserted oma
concluding, notes In the book that
present day readers will find in
teresting, if not, some of them,
horrifying. They follow:
"In my researches Into the his
tory of the northwest, I fell into
the habit of setting down the
names and numbers of white per
sons killed by Indians.. In the!
list, which covers the territory
?vrt of CalIfrnia and west of
the Rocky mountains, now form
ng the states of Oregon. Wash-
number known to have been kill
ed or wounded, between the years
ISM and 1878. 8o far as I have
dtecovered. was 1898. or an aver-
m. Ter si annually. Of these
the unprovoked murders consti-
der being those wounded In at-
V iy unprovoked, or kill
ed or wounded in warfare;
. 4 b renembered that
SITA befor 1847- whIc o
Wes the annual number kHIed af
ter the Indian disturUnceaoli:
estimating the loss I.
fT; ?nner- But, as a matter of
fact, the srreaiAr t-m .
Vy.t' IidI ,ol feil be!
.r 7fmT9 1550 nd 188
12L toU5 tU om by aver!
"w ii rears, fcrtn.-.
tL . !f8t 1,0 n for
that nertnjt an, . ' .
. uu iu wui or a
sparse population. 4
J7S?l"-"to those
. ... were men in the
Prime of Ufa,- who could 111 be
MtWV. , ""War young
territory, thons-h onmn.t..- ...
classes travelers, nrn.!!."
2? i-,"'!?' trder. freight!
rs. and. lastly, volunteers in de
fense of the aettlemenu. or aol-
fi!" !,tb ,erTlCB of r eoun-Jr-
Manr - iaiaicrant families
were totally destroyed, the wom
en "d children anfferfn-.
outrage which fiendish imagina-
wiua, aevjsa. .The amount
of property destrored St vni..
attacks upon Immigrants, settlers
and' United States aunsliea Is
enormous. The losses snatainarf
by the people baa never been re-
paia, except in a few instances
wnere con grease baa been special
ly besought to reimburse a trans-
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CHAPTER L'
la the car again, scrubbing at
her stkky hands with an ineffectual
handkerchief she said, MI am sorry
Curtia shouldn't have taken so
lonpr . .
"It's aH right," he said, and tn-
ereased. the speed, over a level
Jffig KiTthnnht. s-ehi.
viFirjS SStl She
. . tT9"1: thoognts. 5nei
hotdojiif
Eff&S birlA dirt,
old man with gray whiskers. And
I used to thinkit was Just for me
iaan-
I was'. . . She has it for everybody
even a hot dor vender and a man-
gy dog.
1 "She looked at him when he rave
her tha extra pickle, tha wsy she
i looked at me when I put my ring
on her hand ... the love that 1
' thought would be mine, already
. squandered on. someone else, some
. boy, soma worthless loafer stand-
ing- out in front of a poolroom now
... Oh, what a fool I ve been, what
a blind, trusting fool..."
Her hand closed over his arm
again. "Curtis, you look so stern.
Itit frightens me "
He came back with a start, tried
to answer naturally. "I'm not stern
just thinking that's all "
"About what?"
"Oh business." ' -
"Dont, Curtis. Please dont.
This is our first day together for so
-Ions'. We're arwava ruahinr. al-
ways letting . people and business
coma between us. Can't we go
slower, while we're in the lovely
countrywith the sunshine and the
hills to see? It doesnt matter if
they have to wait for us, does it?"
"Not so far as I'm concerned.'
"Then lef s forget them, and iust
go as slowly as we want to, shall
we?" She laughed, and drew a lit-
Ue nearer. "I'm so sick of people
even nice people like the Lairds, and
your mother. Let's be terribly sel-
fish, and poke along and Oh Cur-
t is look poppiet millions of
them, under the fence . . . could we
. . . would it be perfectly contempt!-
ble of us to stop, and get some
please "
He looked at the orange field ot
poppies, and the laughing; girl be-
side him. her flawless skin tinged
with gold in the sun.
"Perfectly contemptible of us,"
he said, and his heart skipped a
beat. She was so lovely ... so
lovely . . .
She rolled under the barbed wire
of the fence, and raced ahead into
the poppies. "Arent they beauties-
aia you ever see sucn luife onet i
"No," be said, smiling faintly, "I
never did.""
"Neither did V she started to
say, and stopped. The little patch
of them she and Bill had found on
the high road last summer . . . Bin
. . . must everything remind her of
Bfll? Must he be always in her
thoughts, always coming between
her and Curtis whom she wanted so
to love ...
With a little half strangled sob
she flung herself into his arms,
crushing the blossoms against his
coat. "Oh Curtis love me love
me a lotl"
His anas closed about her, almost
automatically. "Love ail poppies
and dogs if s all one to her, he
thought "The same degree of in-
tensity just a passing mood. Well,
I know now ... I know how much
these sudden bursts of affection are
worm . . . notnmg a au ... . noth -
VT tm
Come,' he said at last, "we must
be going on to the cabin. The roads
are dangerous up there after
dark"
"Ok yes," she cried, conscience-
stricken. "And your mother may
be worried. What time did she
leave. Curtis? Awfully early?" ,
"Oh, some time before we did
come on!"
"Now yoa sit right there, and
dont move until lunch is ready!"
Ruth poshed' Bfll Into the one com-
fortaue chair, and kissed the top of
hia head.
? See, we're going-to have a crab
Newbury and yoa dont even have
to' eracK tne- crao zor met xnat'i
the kind of a hostess I am afl
kt-i- j m -i i . wiiin J
kinds of service. WilTum. dearie.
in the top. drawer of my chiffonier
in the back, under the nighties
youll find a bottle atta boy I Ifs
good stuff, ton, a friend of mine got
portation company'a losses.
Many phtlanthropical persons
find themselves greatly outraged
by the recurrence from time to
time of Indian wars. I think the
simple record above sufficiently
accounts for them. In 1870 Gen
eral Sheridan wrote: 'So far as
the wild Indians are concerned.
the problem to be decided Is: Who
shall be killed, the whites or the
Indians? They (meaning the In
terior department) can take their
choice. Since 1882. at least 800
men, women and children hare
been murdered within the limits
of my present command in the
most fiendish manner, the men
usually scalped and mutilated,
their privates cut off and placed
in their mouths; women ravished
50 and' 60 .times in .succession,
then killed and scalped: sticks
stuck into their persons before
and after death.'
"General Sheridan also wrote
strongly against the Indian a Del
ogists and sympathizers a few
years later., referring to the rreat
u ameer or . persons butchered in
the department east of the Rocky
mountains,
It has been too often the taaa
that-military men sided with the
inuians against their own race.
causing the pioneers of the west
wno naa satferea in their neraons
and fortunes to suffer again In
tneir xeeungs. The Indian ring,
besides, gave cause of offense by
holding 'councils, which were
practically fairs, at which the In
aians were enabled to- purchase
complete, supplies of arms and
ammunition for -a raid, which mn
ally followed, Immediately after
wards. With such supplies they
murdered tha garrison at Fort
Fetterman, and Custer's command
on us 14tUS Big Horn. Ifnntana
the residents-at the White-river
agency in Colorado; and the un
suspecting people of Idaho.
- "These severe losses have not
been entirely, tost on military or
public sentiment: Tha absence 6f
suck knewledge in military cir
cles 'accounts reasonably for tha
blunders of the army In; Oregon,
ia pioneer times.
"The conquest of, Mexico and
California had- 1d" imr ifflMM
to believe that It was a little thing
I it from a drugiist. Teal prescrip-j
1a - whikr- Thero are two
eiaJM there somewhere. Now
r, yoa earner
' . . . . h y
S jtoUa fg
ku nw knffct.
fr loo terrible simply
g" KriVn to
waa oinT to be rood, and aha had "No-it Lrat-eay anything but
kirn iipstlirs at last-that was the the truth I Thafs what yoa believe
; h, dlo. Xnt'm the-matter with
"Say, I didnt know you could
eookifhe said, jassmg hi. plate
back for a second herpin of crab.
"There's lots of things you dont
Know sown mc sow aauu. w i
.ret the I
Iwrongr Qa about me, Wiirum.
xney xninx u a n u gooa looaug
ihe'sell not domestic. I am. 2
just love to cook and make things
comfy, or I would if J had the right
fellow to do it for. I ret so darn
lonesome ail aJone. Don't you ever
get lonesome, WilTum?"
"Oh yes sometimes,'
"Well, now that you're back in
town"
But Fm not going to be here
long," he said quickly. "Ill have to
be eeing back soon"
"Bill you aren't!"
"I have to, Ruthie."
She rose to take the plates away,
"111 miss you "
"Come on down south, and marry
Reiki, and you wont miss me," he
said, avoiding: her eyes.
A little spasm of pain passed
over her bright face. . "I told you
I'd cmhr marrv tar love or monev."
she said. "I meant it."
"Rollo will have plenty of money,
and he loves you."
"You spoilt all that."
"I why Rati that's a crazy
thinr "
"No it isn't a crazy thing to say,
WilTum. It's the truth. I'm going
to say it. I've been wanting' to say
it long enough. I haven't been able
to see Rollo, since I met yoa "
Her soft arms were about his
neck now, her lips on his cheek
"WilTum do you hate me somueh?
Why, WilTum you seemed to like
me pretty well. I haven't forgotten
the fun we had together if you
have. You seemed to like me pretty
welL then "
He jumped up, and shook himself
with a rather unsuccessful laugh,
"See here, Rath this' is getting
dangerous. T Why, what would Rol-
k say to ma horning ia on hia pre-
serves this way, and you flattering
me "
"I'm not flattering you. Oh, be
serious be serisusP she cried, her
brown eyes wef and starry. "Bill
Martin, yoa know I'm not fooling,
i ougnt to have more sense, but
darn it I haven't. Dont go
away. Dont WilTum, darling; Stay
here with Ruthie." Her arms were
tight around his neck now, she was
holding1 him close.
Her voice went on, erooningly.
"Yoa know you like me you know
yoa do, WilTum I can telL And
you arent horning in on Hollo's
preserves, 'cause he's out of the
running Iriss me, honey! . . . No
not that way miserable little peck,
as if we'd been married ten years
or twenty WilTum."
"Ruth have a heart! I'm Rollo's
friend "
"The devil with Rollo. Say you're
going to stay just a little while,
Will um just another week come
on thafs a teeny, tiny little bit to
promise one little bit of a week"
"I've got to go back right away,
I only came up" he broke off in
1 confusion 1 only came up for a I
AAnnlA. -k7 ws.wb H4'a w.k I A-aMta
eounleof dava didn't reslhr eTTjct!
to stay." I
He was standing up now, looking
around for his hat. She saw him,
knew that he was going in a mo-
ment. "I know wvy you came up,"
she cried suddenJ. her eyes bias-
ing, the red tttHB to her tern-
plea with the tide of her disappoint-
ment and anger.
"Oh well I've got to be on my
way Ruth. Thanks a lot for the
"Yes, thank me for the brack and
run. Run away to safety. For fear
you might accidentally fall for me!
And that might bother your friend
RoDo never mind me let me
break my heart if I'm fool enough
to break it thafs nothing, just-so
I kmg as dear, darling, lovely, sweet
I Rollo is hsrppy "
I cv. v . . .
She began to cry, chokingly. "Oh
Bfll it's sock a farce. Such a
dsn, hopeless farce. I know
what's the matter with you. It isn't
Rollo It Joan Joan Hastings. I
to subdue wild Indians an error
which General Clarke and Colonel
Wright finally corrected, since
which time the army has faith
fully defended the frontiers, once
guarded only by the heroic pio
neers, to commemorate whose la
bors this history is written."
There are numerous peonle yet
living, of course most ef them
long in years. In the Salem trade
territory, and many others who
once resided here and- have gone
to otner sections and countries,
who will note familiar names in
the old muster rolls preserved in
tne book of Mrs. Victor that has
been quoted in this series, which
records are semi-official in their
character and many .thousands
of descendants of the heroes of
tne fifties who responded to the
can, who wil lbe Interested in per
using some oi mem.
Perhaps first should come the
muster roll of Company P of th
first regiment ot Oregon Volun
teers commanded by Colonel
wames w. x smith, commencing
service October 18. 1858 the
company that rode and marched
under Capt. Charles Bennett (the
old roll has it Charles Burnet by
misi&cej, wnicn will follow.
I continued tomorrow.)
Silverton Wheat
Growers to Hear
About Adjustment
SILVERTON. July 14-How the
Agricultural Adjustment act ap
plies-to me wheat aituatloa will
oa discussed by representatives
ot tha Oregon State CaiiAc- v.x.
tension service at Corrallls at a
meeting to be held at the Eugene
Field bonding at SUverton on
July 18; 8 p. xn.
Marion county farmers produc
ed on an average during' the past
five year period. 829,000 bushels
of wheat annually. There were
1888 farmers wha reported pro
ducing wheat sad it Is expected
that approximately this number
could benefit under the act, ac
cording- to William L. , Tjatsch
assisiaut.county leader. .
know why you came np bere-osee
her. To make sure that she was
really going: to be married .Thought
it might be a misprint in the papers
ta. ha I know I've been watch-
tnfg her name waa
said I know f
"Look nere, Ruth that's i
talk. I-"'
nit way
M you enxWf If you wanted
g
Barstow grab her " . '
"Joan I I wouldn't stand in
uvr war
njn trtmt f mv. Jn
break my heart for Rolio. I know
BilL And you da like sse. I
know yoa do. I wouldn't care if you
didn't. I wouldn't run after somev
one didnt want me but I cam
teU 70a do. I know I am no fooL
0h love me, Bin lore me yoa
cant have Joan"
He took her clinging hands tight
in his. "Ruth for heaven's sake,
dent rub it in. I do think a lot of
you, but I dont know " he broke
off in confusion. "Sounds silly to say
it, but I guess you can only really
love one woman. At least, that's
how it ia with me. I wish I didnt.
but I always have always will''
Ruth's face was scarlet now, she
was beyond reason, beyond eontrol.-
She knew she waa doing everything
wrong; frightening him away, nn-
dolnr all the rood, but she couldnt
Stop now it had to come out l
"Yes.- youll ro on vour whole
life, worshipping at the shrine of
that plaster saint making a fool
of yourself over her. I know. I
know plenty more, too plenty that
would make yon see she's no saint,
I have a good mind to tell you itll
do you good you have it coming1 "
She held fast to his coat, holding
on with all her strength "No you
don't no you dont walk oat till I
tell you! Right now right this
minute she's on a wild party with
Curtis Barstow sneaked off to a
love nest in the country. And if
you want to know how I know
she's rone with Barstow 111 tell
you I"
Her words ended in a shriek, a
choking; agonised shriek. He had
seized hex, was shaking her, as a
terrier shakes a rat. Her neck was
breaking, her .eyes were burstinr
out of their sockets. ,
With a groan he flour her on the
bed, and leaned against it, his face
working; For the first time in his
lif he had hurt a woman. He had
shaken her brutally. And to think
that only a moment ago he had had
her arms arotmd him, had been
arsjwrn to ner, almost loving ber
He covered his face with his
hands. "Johnnie Johnnie "
The minutes passed. Ruth's
whimpering cries ceased. Slowly
she struggled to her feet, her eyes
glued on the man whose strong
brown hands had tightened on her
shoulders.
Quietly, carefully, hardly breath-
inc. she began to move to the door
. . . ineh by inch . . . inch by inch. ...
Ruth was almost at the door now.
In another moment she'd be safe, in
the hall, calling for help. . . .
Carefully she turned the knob,
never taking her eyes off of the
man leaninr against the bed.' The
door wouldn't open . . . stuck again
. dam it darn itehe shook it
gently, a little harder, it wouldn't
open! She pulled on it with all her
strength, and the sticky varnish
gave with a faint screech. . . .
"0 not until you tell me where
Joan is where Joan An wnn
hear me?" The soueak of the dnar
had roused him. His hands were on
her shoulders again, holding her
fast.
She began to whimper. "You're
hurting me let me go FU scream
IH scream so loud- "
"Shut up, you little fool keep
quiet!" Bat he released his hokL
Tm not going to lrort you just tell
me about Jean tell me"
"Yea did hart me yea did"
"1 ksnw," bis hands dropped
heavily to hia sides. "I mast have
been crazy. Forgive me."
' "Ton shouldn't hsveione it," she
said unsteadily. Hex eyes rested oa
him acensingiy, amorously ... he
iw".BO Dig, so supple and strong.
1"I didnt know yoa were each a cave
man! Wonder yoa didnt give me
a black eye!" She began to giggle
helplessly. "I didnt know they made
'em like that any more"
(To Be Continued Tomorrow)
TEMPEHH MEET
HELD, AUMSVILLE
ATJMSVILLE, July It A tem
perance meeting was held Wed
nesday at the Christian church.
The program Included prayer by
T. C. Mountain, duet by the Miss
es Gwendolyn Martin and Neva
Ham; duet by Mrs. John Clark
and A. Parde; talks on prohibi
tion by Mrs. Necia Buck and' SI
B. Laughlln; and a solo by Mr.
raraee.
Mr. and Mrs. Aarant and chil
dren, accompanied by Miss Merle
Martin from Forest Crove, visited
briefly at the Charles L. Martin
home Wednesday en route to
Breitenbush.
On July 20, at 8, p.m.,- at the
high - school building a meeting
will be held for the purpose of
voting on transportation.
Mrs. Helen Lamb of the Salem
unemployment headquarters, vis
ited this district Wednesday
morning and night. A committee
meeting was held at the home of
Mrs; Susie Ransom to reorganise
for the coming year's work and
Mrs. Lamb will be here each Fri
day between 1 and 2 p.m. and will
give requisition papers- at that
time. i
Historic Church's
Homecoming Sunday
With Good Program
.West Stayton, July 14 The
annual homecoming of the Plea
san Grove ; Presbyterian- church
is. to be eld Sunday, July l.v
The Pleasant Grove church is
the oldest ; Presbyterian church
west of the ' Rocky - mountains
that Is still being used.
Regular church services will
be held In the morning and a
Program will ' be j driven in the
afternoon, r ' Basket lunches will
ge served on- the church grounds
Jit . noon. vAU . a re 'invited. :,'
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