:l The OREGON STATES5IAN; Salcnw Orcgoxu Friday Biwiag; Acgnst 25, 1933
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The Rugged Individualist
ROBERT TERRY
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. , Pall of Smoke . .
fllHE pall Of Smoke Which has huno nvr wpsIpmi Or(mn
X for several days is fit token of the mourning which en-
wewps vue region, ine iorest nres supply both the smoke
, and the attendant gloom. To see some of the choicest stand
ing timber in the state consumed in flames is indeed sicken
Northwest Oregon bears some resemblance to northwest
Washington (known as the Olympic peninsula. Both sections
jut to the northwest; both are bordered by the Pacific on the
wjst and inland waters on the north. In both the lanes of
travel have been around rather than through the districts.
And -both Jiave large stands of magnificent timber. A few
years ago the Olympic peninsula was swept by a terrific hur
ricane which blew down millions of feet of potential lumber.
Last fall and now thi3 summer northwest Oregon is visited
by destructive iorest fires.
It is recalled that the heaviest fires of last year occurred
in September along the Tillamook branch of the railroad
This year the worst fires in many years have been raging in
eastern Tillamook county. The destruction of timber, chiefly
privately owned, has been appalling.
; It is painful to see the wastage of a great natural re-
source. Many of the owners may be impoverished as a re
sult of the fires. The loss in assessed valuations may prove
serious to counties and school districts. Running into the
millions, it will be felt on the state roll too. Worst of all
the fires will rob men of possible years of employment in
felling and milling the great trees; rob railroads of potential
freight; and men in distant communities of the homes and
barns which this lumber might have provided.
: How did the fire start? YYVdo not know. Perhaps a
careless camper failed to put out his fire. Perhaps a burn
ing cigarette was tossed aside. With the woods dried to tin
der by the August heat, the tiny flame leaped to a glowing
torch which leaped from mountain to mountain. It is sure
ly a terrible price to pay for what probably was just care
lessness on the part of some individual. The woods are our
heritage. Constant vigilance is the only requirement to pre
serve thisheritage for the highest use of man.
The Movie Code
I TEPORTS come that the big film companies who are for
J XV mulating a code of fair competition have so far refused
to make any concession in matters such as block-booking and
t)lind selling. This is unfortunate; for these are two of the
major sins of the industry. If the cotton mills could agree
on so controversial a matter as child labor, and end with
the stroke of a pen this crime against humanity, surely the
executives of the moving picture industry could agree to end
. this vicious trade practice of block-booking.
Under the block-booking system the individual theatre
t signs up for the product of the film producer and has no
.privilege of selection. He must take what the film producer
sends out and pay for it, whether he uses it or not. The in
dividual theatre owner is almost impotent to protest against
the tawdry stuff and the sex filth which pictures may con
tain. He must pay for it whether he likes it or not. If he
fcad the privileges of selection he could pick out films to suit
his own constituency.
We do not. like the word censorship; and its practice
leads to many foolish prohibitions. But there should be some
filter of common decency which would safeguard theatre
goers who do not relish wading in a sewer. It seems impos
sible to tret across to film producers that the public is fed up
on filth. We can take our "alt" pretty strong; also our
rralism. But when realism becomes banal sewage then our
senses rebel. The Will Hays organization is a hypocritcal
mockery. . Hollywood simply cannot understand Main street
standards. We do not defend prudery; but there is neitner
good business judgment nor good theatrical art in the satiety
of sex and crime which Hollywood has dished up.
NBA is not an organization for moral scrubbing. But
ih. nractice of block-bookine is vicious and indefensible from
a business standpoint ; and is in part responsible for the fail
tire of the theatres in the cities and towns to offer pictures
better chosen to 'suit their audiences.
The ae college boys who have been teaching farmers how to grow
more cotton per acre and get more pigs per litter are now reversing
their instruction. As Will Rogers says, now they "have to teach bogs
: birth control. ' " "
.Th nrn describes this hot soell as HAH weather. But when
the real sou'west wind brings In coolness front the ocean, we'll give
it the hah-hah, . . ' ; " :
Gandkl has broken another fast unto death, with a glass of orange
Juice. Britain is powerful but this little 90-pounaer is one or us
untouchables." -
BITS for BREAKFAST
By R. J. HENDRICKS-
Vagrant jackass led
to richest Idaho mine:
other like strange tales:
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(Continuing from yesterday:)
"When the four men reached the
scene of action they took down
the notices originally posted by
Kellogg, removed all marks on
the stakes, and made new loca
tions, naming one the Bunker HU1
and the other the Sullivan.
V
"On the Bunker Hill location
appeared the names of Kellogg,
Goetz, O'Rourke and Sullivan,
the notice stating that Kellogg
owned a half interest in it.
'.'His name did not appear on
the Sullivan notice, but it later
developed that he also held a se
cret half interest in that claim.
"The foregoing details attended
to, a representative was dispatch
ed post haste to Murray to file
the necessary notices with - the
federal authorities. Soon Hurray
was agog with news of the great
discovery; in a single day half of
its population departed for Mlio
gulch, while Cooper and Peck be
gan to nurse a growing belief that
Kellogg had betrayed , them. This
belief wag confirmed wnen a visu
to the recorder's office revealed
that . the names of Cooper and
Peck did not appear among the
locators of the two claims. There
upon Woods ana stoii, leaaing
lawyers of Murray, were employ
ed to enforce their rights, the
consideration agreed upon being
one-fifth of any possible recov
ery, either by law or settlement.
"m
"The same day Stoll. the Junior
partner in the firm of Woods &
Stoll, departed for MIlo gulch, ac
romnanied bv John Flaherty, a
shrewd and experienced prospect
or. The two men made their way
without difficulty to the new ga
lena region, and were greeted
with a complacent smile by
O'Rourke, leader of the Kellogg
forces.
"They were told to make- them'
selves at home and did so, with
unexpected results. Going; care
fully over the two claims, Fla
herty came upon a torn scrap of
paper, part of the. printed form
used in posting notices on mining
claims. It was the original loea
Kaw we know that Meier Is to be a candidate again. The Port
land Journal is getting a better break in M&F advertising.
Says tbe Portland Journal: "The future of Hitlerism is beyond
vtrmltatlnn- bevond realization, beyond imagination. fiom on mere.
! that's two beyonds too many.
-Salt Lake City is to have a nudist colony,
ants of the first settlers?
Made up of descend
Many editors have been told to jump In the rvier, but one In
Ohio actually did so. Pled his form, all right.
If they get all the democrats on the borne owners loan bank
roster the republicans will get to do all the borrowing.
. " Railroads are charging $50.50 for the round trip to the world's
lair. Meeting- the ticket-buyers fifty-fiftf as it were.
EKE Ml 15
fill PRINCIPAL
MARIOtf, Aug. 4. At the
chool meeting Tuesday night Miss
Lotta Black of Eugene was hired
to fill Mrs. Jensen's place as prin
cipal of the school.' N. A. Olson
!was given the contract for making
new steps at the school bouse en
trance. Sealed bids are being can
ed for the Janitor position.
A full nine months term Is as
sured, with quite a redaction In
teachers salaries. ' -;
Marion Farmer's Union local Is
to have a display at the West Stay
ton Harvest Homo festival. Those
appointed to collect and arrange
the exhibit are Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Schromacher, Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Smith. Carl Olson, Mrs. G rover
Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. Keith Allen
and Mr. and Mrs. Eliy Pickard.
Yesterdays
. . . Of Old Salem
Tows Talka-from the States
man of Earlier Days
August 25, 1B08
; Frank Bolter of Salem, railway
fireman, among four persons kill
ed when Cottage Grove local train
on Southern Pacific line hits bull
and Jumps track near Eugene;
six persons seriously injured.
NEW YORK Committee of
five stock exchange members del
egated to investigate transactions
of last Saturday when enormous
blocks of shares sold and purchas
ed allegedly to' create fictitious
impression of activity.
MARSHFIELD Southern Ore
gon ft Idaho Improvement league
formed here to encourage build
ing of railroad from Idaho to the
Pacific
Aagwst 23, 1023
Miss Patricia Smith, niece of
Jonathan Bourne, Southern Paci
fic agent here, named Miss Port
land at Rose city; will enter Miss
America contest at Auanue City.
" First two cottages at Children's
Farm home near. Albany o be de
dicated September ; .40 children
now cared for. . ...
TOKYO Baron Tomasabnro
Kato, premier of Japan .dies fol
lowing several months' illness.
tion notice in Kellogg's own hand
writing and set forth that he, Coo
per and Peck were locators of the
Bunker Hill claim.
"An hour later' Stoll and Fla
herty were on their way back to
Murray, the tell-tale document se
curely tacked away in a buckskin
pouch suspended from the law
yer's neck and inside his shirt.
During the months that fol
lowed, while the tawn of Kellogg
grew up at the mouth of MUo
gulch, the ablest lawyers in Ida
ho made ready for an epic battle
in the courts. The suit finally
came to trial in June, 18SS, be
fore Judge Norman Buck of the
United States district court for
Idaho.
Public sympathy favored the
cause of Kellogg, 0""ourke and
their associates, and the latter,
besides, had at their command
lawyers able to make the worse
Appear the better reason. In the
end, however. Woods, a master of
the art of cross examination, suc
ceeded in wresting the truth from
Kellogg, and, although the 12
jurors returned a verdict In favor
of the defendants, Judge Buck,
after some delay, granted a mo
tion to disregard the jury's find
ings and gave Judgment for the
plaintiffs, at the same time
awarding Peck and Cooper a
fourth Interest in the Bunker
Hill claim.
V S V
"Judge Buck's decision was
promptly appealed to the supreme
court, but that body, in Febru
ary, 1887, unanimously confirm
ed his action. A few months later
Simeon Reed of 'Portland purch
ased the Bunker Hill and Sulli
van claims for $600,000. of
which $100,000 was distributed
among the attorneys Who had par
ticipated in the legal battle. - The
remainder went to the owners aci
cording to their several owner
ships.
'Had the lawyers, one of
them regretfully declared in after
years, taken stock In the com
pany formed by Reed, the Bun
ker Hill and Sullivan Mining and
Concentrating company, for the
$100,000 paid us in fees, that
stock would now be worth several
millions -and we should have re
ceived dividend -from it for more
than 40 years; but Instead we ac
cepted the cash and. as promptly
spent it
. "A word as to the fate of the
jackass that set in motion-a mem
orable chain of events. 'For A
time,' we are told, 'he was a priv
ileged character around Murray.
Finally, the part he had. played
was forgotten in the unceasing
noise of his braying, and the pub
lic moved against him.
"Several sticks of dynamite
were lasbed to his body and a long
fuse ignited. As the jackass gal
loped toward the outskirts of the
camp there was a pell-mell rush
of miners to escape from his im
mediate vicinity, and then an ex
plosion that reverberated through
the canyon. That night Murray
slept In peace.' ,
S V
Reading on In this chapter of
the new book: "Many old .miners
argue that Dams Fortune- often
chooses the tenderfoot as the-re
cipient of her favors; and s6me of
them cite as proof of the conten
tion the discovery of the Blossom
mine, near Pioche, Nevada, 'which
first and last yielded halt a mil
lion dollars.
"In one of the closing decades
of the last century, James W.
Peeler, a lawyer of Stamford. Con
necticut, who knew nothing about
mining'. Journeyed ' tft Nevada to
settle the estate of a man who had
died in Pioche, leaving; his prop
erty to eastern relatives. The ad
justment of the estate, a much
entagled one, cost time and labor.
and while waiting. through weeks
and months the final action of the
Nevada courts the lawyer had an
abundance of leisure hours in
which to pick up information
about mining and the color and
formation of gold-bearing ledges.
"One day riding; out from Pi
oche with a party of veteran
miners his attention was attract
ed to and he remarked upon a pe
culiar bluish formation of out
cropping rocx wnicn lay some
miles off the trail.
" 'Oh,' said one of his compan
ions, -mars porphyry, r have seen
it hundreds of times. It's only fool
aeaa rock.
U .
"This explanation, however, did
not satisfy Peeler, and a few days
later ne persuaded a younger and
less experienced miner to Join him
in an Inspection of the outcrop
ping. At tne outset they were un
able to find any show of color, but
an hour or so of digging In the
earth at the side of the outcrop
ping laid bare the surface of the
rock, untouched by oxidation or
tne bleaching of wind and wa
ter. A bit of the rock, when dis
lodged, showed traces of gold, and
a further widening of the exposed
area disclosed other bits yet rich
er in goiaen specks.
"And such was the beginning of
the Blossom mine rejected with
out examination by more than one
prospector, but a herald of good
iortune tor Peeler and his com
panion."
"Reading on: "In the opening
months of the last year of the last
century young Barney Murphy
waa a teamster employed on the
trail between Kingman and White
1 Hills, Arirona, for $45 a month
and round." .
(Continued tomorrow.)
The Safety
Valve - -
Letters from
Statesman Readers
CCO OFFENDED
' C.C.C. Company 619
Camp Breltenbush,
Marion county, Detroit, Ore
August 28. 1933
To the editor:
Company C19 has been offend
ed by your editorial ''Respect the
Mountlans" which appeared in
The Statesman this morning, Au
gUSt XZ, 11X3.
In reference to your second
paragraph in which yon state.
"People not physically fit should
net attempt to climb mountains.'
You are probably unaware of the
fact that la order to become
member of the Civilian Conserva
tion Corps it is necessary to pass
a rigid physical examination un
der the supervision of many com
petent army doctors.
Yes, it was the "green tender-
CHAPTER THIRTY -THREE
Mulrooney finished his call to
headquarters. His words had been
imperative. Every policeman and
detective is the dty was eotnmand
ed.to be on the look-out for Lucky
Cavanaugh. His description -was
broadcast over the police radio to
every patrolingT ear.
Wanted on suspicion of murder,
the call was to brine Lucky Cava
naugh la dead or alive.
With his hat pulled tightly down
on his head, Mulrooney left the
house. From her bedroom window
upstairs, Lenl saw him leave. He
looked a great deal like a maddened
bull ready to charge the first object
that crossed, his path.
' Lucky had asked Lenl not te
worry. Well that was perfectly
sound advice. What had worry ever
accomplished for anybody?
There was nothing sensible to do
except to keep calm and keep her
heart up. The years to come could
not possibly be as hard as those
behind her. No sooner had one dan
cer been over than a new one had
taken its place. It had been like
those hurdle races where finally
they run smoothly to the finish on
a level stretch. Life, very probably,
was like that near the finish.
Only one danger remained. Only
one danger and one desire I It was
possible for a malicious destiny to
rob her of Lucky Cavanaugh.
She' sat down at h e r dressing
tabic, rested her elbows upon it and
cupped her face in her two warm
palms. What a strange life I've led,
she thought, looking into the glass.
There is no one else on earth like J
me. I have been at the bottom and
at the ten It's queer about life.
Now right nowit's ending er be
ginning'. I don't know which.
A a and in the room startled her.
The movement of a door. Lenl stop
ped breathing. Something, sudden
ly, was going to happen. . . .
Leni closed her eyes for min
ute.
Then she opened them and look
ed into the mirror that was so close
to her face. Over her shoulder on
the far. side of the room a closet
jloor was slowly opening. It opened
wide and out of the -shadowy recess
beyond stepped the familiar figure
of Lucky Cavanaugh.
The safest place I could find in
a hurry, he said with a smile.
bne was conscious only ox a
trembling delight. - f
"It's all in a life time - Lucky
said in the unruffled manner she
loved. "Are you glad to see me?"
Lenl rose without taking her
eyes off him, and went into his
arms.
"Am I glad to see you? My
darling!" she took a deep breath.
"Darling, darling, darling!"
tier sensation tnat lixe was a
dream continued. Events like this
would not really happen to people
in their waiting hours. Yet Cava-
naugh's arms around her were sub
stantial and his lips upon her own
were warm with the thrill that no
dream could ever equal.
At last they drew back from
their kiss.
"Why? How?"
"Ifa very simple," said Cava
naugh, smiling as though she were
a child. "It would have done no
rood to cut and run. So I merely
walked up the stairs and came in
here. How did Mulrooney feel when
he woke up?"
Leni was astonished at how cas
ually they were able to talk. It
amused her.
"I think every tooth in his head
was aching." she laughed. "Poor
tlulrooneyt I felt sorry for him."
Her good-nature was infectious.
For the first time, to the surprise
ox uiera both, the tumult of their
mutual attraction died down and
left them at ease. They could talk
like pals like friends like hus
band and wife. They were talking
"Asa I glad te seeyeu? My dsriias;!" she took a deep breath.
"DarKnr. darCnr. dai-liarf
of somebody else net of them
selves. Tm not worrying about Mul
rooney he wont even have a head
ache by dinner time" said Cava
naugh lightly. "I had to get away
from him the best way I could. But
don't let it worry you, sweetheart.'!
They stood apart now, each mar
veling at the other's poise the liv-1
ing current of sheer Life surging
through them, trampling under all
obstacles. In luck or out of luck,
Cavanaugh realized that no other
living woman could so fill him with
physical and mental energy. With
the tingle of Leni Luneska in his
blood nothing was impossible to
him. He could even forget the web
ef menace, that now entangled his
very existence.
Do you know, sweetheart, you
give me new ideas," he told her,
studying- her slender, elastic figure.
"I know it sounds sappy but you
make me feel like I could go out
and conquer the world. I want to do
something I've never done before.
You dont suppose Tm going to
wind up earning an honest Irving',
do you?"
It was a preposterous mood. How
could two people forget the trag
edies that had overtaken them and
find the giddiness of a celestial
champagne bubbling around their
hearts? '
Both of them were, ordinarily,
individuals of more than average
sensitivities. No one had ever ac
cused either .of being- callous, yet
each, so very recently, had been
brushed by the black wings of
death.
The only explanation, perhaps, Is
that love is a principle alia to light
which banishes darkness.
This much is certain for a brief
while. Cavanaurh and Leni I .TV.
neska were unaware of the disaster
and tragedy that swirled la their
external world. In Leni's bedroom
with the windows one and th rnn.
tains gently moving in the breeze,1
wita tne sun saining- and the flow.
ers growing ia the garden beneath.
tney lost completely their remem
brance of human ain. ...
This the cvnical mav not hi;v.
that they rested upon the bed
side by side, hand in hand. tHinv
each other how much they had to
live tor. They were both fatigued,
and relaxed in aerves, half drowsy.
"We have already survived so
much torether that I donl hoiw.
even an earthquake could separate
us now,- uemt said.
"Never! v is the emphatic reply.
"Unless oeonle are In lw
went on, "they live in a world
where everything hurts. You eat
and aleen and work and it's int
like wasting your time. Have you
ever looked at the bred, unhappy
utces in a crowd. Lucky? All those
people on the streets how many
of them have found love? It's all
so empty and silly and joyless like
playing a piano without strings. I
wonder if everybody eventually
finds love or are we the only two
on earth?"
Cavanaugh had been wondering
about the same thing.
A new door to. life had
for him. He rested beside Leni Lu
neska and talked of things that had
never passed his lips before. The
shell that was hard and wise and
witty fell away from him, and he
was no more than a very young and
miraculously a very innocent
boy.
"People like I used to be don't
know there are such things as this
in the world," he said dreamily. "I
used to believe that women and love
and marriage and all the rest of it
was something; that was either
pretty cheap or, at best, a poetic
myth; Either- that Ar r murk
hot-cha. Eke getting? drunk. Words
like beantifnl' and wnnfcrfnl mA
marvelous I thought anybody
wno taxaea tnat way wasi sap
(Te Be CootinnH)
Copyrirfrt. 1J2, b, ReUrt Terry Slio
Lnamtxaea 07 in feature Sradicate. Ie.
feet" from Chicago who did
everything wrong and paid dearly
for it, bnt it was these same
"green tenderfeet" who went up
and brought back the Injured lad.
It was these "reen tenderfeet"
who went for two days without
food and sleep to save this lad's
life. Is there no credit due them?
We Chicago lads may lack ex
perience, but we do possess a
great deal of intestinal fortitude.
Sincerely yours,
Company SI 9.
One Headlight Gets
Man Short Jail Stay
WOODBURN, Aug. 24. Two-
cases were .heard in Justice court
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here Tuesday. L. J. Millet enter
ed a plea of guilty to the charge
of driving a vehicle on the high
way with only one headlight and
was fined $5 and costs of $2
which he could not pay so was
taken to the county jail In Salem.
Walter Vincent of West Wood
burn was fined $3 and costs for
allowing four persons to ride in
the front seat of a car he was
driving.
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UQ EaGGOUni?GGG
Banking at this Salem Branch is exactly the same
so far as relative strength is concerned as banking
at the United States National Bank in Portland. The
same capital forms its operating base and the same
immense resources stand as protection for its de
posits. But, in addition to those features, you will appre
ciate the highly personalized service you have al
ways obtained here.
Salem Braiicli
; , . of the . ' ; .' .
United States National Elaiik
of Portland
Head Officet Portland, Oregon