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:By SHANNON
PREMIERE
"Wo Foror Su?ay 17; o Fear ShdH Awe"
... - From First Statesman, March 28, 1851
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Copy S cents. On trains And News Stands i cents.
The Astoria Regatta
THURSDAY and Friday and Saturday Astoria is present-.
" ing her annual regatta on the Columbia estuary. It will
be a gala event. The lord high admiral of Uje occasion will
r' be Walter W. R. May of Portland. Walter was appointed a
; year ago when he was associate editor of the Oregonian and
'.before he became manager of the Portland chamber of com
- merce which has recently done its best ta put the estuary
bridge on pontoons instead of piers. Forthe occasion how
ever we are sure that hostilities will be suspended and the
proper amenities observed.
' A few weeks ago one of the minions of the Astoria press
called on us and. offered us a place as one of the admirals
or captains or stokers we have forgotten just which. Having
skippered a rowboat on a river in the catfish country we
should qualify just as well as "some other editors we might
: name. Elbert Bede would have this advantage though; if
the boat struck a rock he could wade ashore. We should do as
well as the captain of the "Pinafore":
Captain: "Though related to a peer,,
I can hand, reef and steer.
And ship a selvagee;
I am never known to quail
And I'm never, never sick at sea!"
All: "What, never?"
Captain. "No, never!"
All, -wnai, never r'
. Captain: "Hardly ever!"
t Ait; "ties naraiy ever bick ui se:
J Then giro' three cheers, and one cheer more.
For the hardy captain of the Pinafore!"
Captain: "Bad language or abuse,
I never, never use,
Whatever the emergency;
Though, 'bother if, I may
Occasionally say,
I nearer use a big, big D "
All: "What, never?"
Cantaln: "No never!"
AUr "What, never?"
, Captain: "Hardly ever!
.' Alls "Harrilv Tr iwcirit a
Then give three cheers,
j For the well-bred captain of the Pinafore:
Perhaps Walter May's preparation is like that of Sir Jo
seph Porter, K.C.B. first lord of trie admiralty in "Pinafore" :
"When I was a lad I served a term
As office boy to an attorney's firm.
1 cleaned the windows and I swept the floor,
' And I polished up the handle of the big front door.
I polished the handle so carefullee
That now I am the ruler of the Queen's Navee!'?
The Dictures show that Admiral May looks well in un
iform. iauntv can. double-breasted jacket with plenty of
cold lace, and white trousers.
the regatta and officiate as one
have no white panties. If we
the Budget sell its special edition from the poop deck; ana we
will not say a word about past-due bonds.
Astoria is a fine blace for a regatta. They have a fine
stretch of water; and this is a
it. Valley folk should find the
from rodayos and strawberry festivals.
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The Brain Trust
THE brain trust has been made the subject of much jesting.
But we find one of the most engaging features of the
Roosevelt administration. is the introduction of fresh blood
into political leadership whether it comes from the colleges
or the business offices or the
the company he kept. He was
ty hacks on the theory that since he didn't know politics he
should have practical politicians who did. But they were out
of tune with the people. Politically speaking Hoover was out
of tune most of the time. His own ineptitude was in part due
to the type of advisors he selected. Orthodox republican lead
ership had exhausted itself.
Roosevelt has had almost
his associates. Even when one
leaves as friend to carry on
other field. It is folly to laugh
is the ideas they advance and
supply. j:..." .y
A Walla Walla scoutmaster was drowning in the whirling wa
' ters of the Columbia. Hearing the master's cries for help, a 12-year
old scout, a Japanese boy of Walla Walla,, swam out to help him.
He too was tacked under in, the tierce current. "Greater lore," hath
no white man, than this lUtle Jap
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The Eugene News thinks tbe time was never riper for general
acceptance of a sound, reorganization of taxatioa. We Use ; to
ameal: overripe a 4o need; underripe as to public willingness to
pay. ,- ,:; .. -. ;- v
Some unknown hero beat up on Uuey lng In the men's lava
tory ot a country club. An appropriate place for an appropriate vic
tim. - - . : ,
The Oga headline Inquires:
Eye? t For yaan- the standard in
hook and eye :
The weather man seems to
fair.
At least Moley can start without a delinquent subscriber.
Full fashion note: women's
Wiener Roast and -r
Swimming Enjoyed :
'i r. As ; Birtiiday Treat
AUMSTILLE, Aog. 29. Mr.
and Mrs. .. E. M. Keith honored
their daughter Wild on her
ninth birthday with a welner
roast and swimming. Pr e s e h t
were Jean and Gale Keith.-Betty
Snyder, Viola Bradley,' Mr. and
Mrs. Keith and WUda.
Threshing in this community is
well under way. The crop is a
little better than the arerage. ;;
Mist Leota Bradley who is a
atudent nurse at St. Vincents hos
pital -at Portland spent the week
end at the home of her parents,
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Managing JSditor
fiwilotaav Porttand. Ore. -
Representatives
CMcaco, New Toi
Tori, Detroit.
Atlanta
hie. hie D-
and one cheer more,
We would be tempted to go toi
of the vice admirals, only we
go though we promise to let
splendid way to popularize
event refreshingly different
army. Hoover's great fault was
surrounded with worn-out par
uncanny sagacity in picking
departs, as Prof; Moley, he
the president s battle in an-
at the brain trusties. The test
the type of leadership they
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boy.' " '
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"Who Pinned Hook.
the trade hasoetn;
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on Hueys
"Do Long
be getting In form fot the state
hats reach new peak.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Bradley.
A large group of people from
this community hare gone to the
hep yards, .
Patrick. Grover are
Defendants in Suits
DALLAS, Aug. 29 John Green
tiled.' a complaint here Monday
against P. C. Patrick and A. M.
Patrick in which he seeks a judg
ment for S210. with Interest from
June 10, 1931, and $50 attorney
fees. . Ellis Davidson tiled a fore
closure complaint against M. C.
Grover, et al, and seeks a Judg
ment for $505 with interest from
June 1, 1931, and $75 attorney
fees. - ' V"" "
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HEALTH
v Royal S. Copeland. M.D.
CONTRARY TO a popular Dellet, I
"harelip' Is not an hereditary defect.
It is congenital, of course, resulting
from Incomplete joining together of
certain struc
tures of the face.
It to caused by
some fault? de
velopment of the
body before birth.
But one case in a
family does not
mean that others
win be afflicted
in the same way.
O c c a a tonally
b a r el I p Is ac
companied by a
similar defect of
the hard palate.
When the tissues
here fail to Join.
Dr. Copeland
there Is left a
cleft or fissure In the mld11e of the
roof of the ntouth. This Is the de
formity spoken of as "cleft palate".
It is not as common as harelip, but
Is occasionally seen in the Infant who
Is also the victim of harelip.-
A Handicap to Children
Unfortunately many parents hesi
tate to allow such a child to be op
erated upon. They fall to realize that
it Is only by means ef surgery that
t'-is unpleasant deformity can be cor
rected. "
Neglect ot this condition In Infancy
may lead to marked under-nourish-mtit
ot the child. Whenever that
happens there la a decrease la the
normal resistance against contagious
The baby has difficulty In
nursing and consequentty . talla to
receive proper Quantities ef food.
It Is true that there are some chil
dren wbo suffer from this ailment
yet have no dtfBculty in obtaining
sufficient nourishment. But no one
win deny that a child who ta aflBcted
with either harelip or cleft palate.
enters the world with a marked
handicap.. He la sure to be the Tic
Um ot many hours ot unnecessary
anguish.
, Operatiea Perfected New
Within recent years . tremendous
strides have been made In ta, per
fection ot this operation. No longer
la it a serious and dreaded orueaL I
amglad to say that In most instances
the results of the operation are mora
than gratifying Often It to scarcely
possible to detect any sign or trace
of the scar. ; - ;
The operation should be performed
ae soon as possible. The Um most
Ideal for the operation should be de
termined by the physician. He will
take into consideration the age.
weight ad general health ot the
child. The operation must be per
termed In earty-hildhood etnce once
the bones have set aad become hard
it to almost Impossible to correct the
deformity.. , -
i Every parent should take advan
tage ef all that modern medicine and
jurgery offer tar the Correction of
such Mrth defects as deft palate and
Answers to Health QwerU
X. A. Q. I was aSScted with in
fantile paralysis when two years old
I-m now twenty-one. I have been .
told that I win not be able to walk
when older' unless my- leg to mas-
sawed end X am worried. Where could
X go Xor advice and" treatment?
A. Apply at one ef the hospitals
where they will be glad to go Into
detail along taeoe lines.
fCopvruht, m St jr. .; .;
Virgil Trick Heads
Rosedale- Endeavor
ROSEDALE, Aug. 2$. :- The
Christian Endeavor society reor
ganised Sunday night aad elected
the new officers: Presidents Virgil
Trie; vice-president, Rulh Cam
mack ; secretary, - Lucy 4 Boje;
treasurer, Ernest rearsoa; com
mittee chairmen: A. R, Cam mack,
prayer, meeting; yelleda Trick,
lookout; Esther Cammack, mis
sionary; Paul Cammack. social.
Milo Ross, pastor, conducted the
1 installation." --'"t v -
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BITS for BREAKFAST
By R. J. HENDRICKS-
Checking up, .
and more dreams:
As indicated in the concluding
words yesterday, there is more to
tell about "Dream Gulch" Davis.
First, this letter to the Bits man,
dated Dallas, Oregon, Rt. 3, Aug.
23. '33, from Jay Powell, of the
historic Powell family of that sec
tion:
?'In reply to your query If any
old timers ot Monmouth remem
ber 'Dream Gulch' Davis will Bay
that I remember Davis quite well.
'He and his family visited my
father's home in Monmouth many
times. And as a boy I listened
open mouthed to his tales ot min
ing adventures. The main facta of
his dream were so well authenti
cated as to.be beyond doubt. That
version ot the mysterious partner
is one I never heard before.
'I do not remember whether I
heard Davis tell about his dream
or not. The story was so well
known in Monmouth that very
likely ho did not bother to repeat
it. Davis was a liberal spender and
gave freely to church and the
school at Monmouth. Through
business reverses and bad luck he
lost most of his fortune.
"He went to Portland to sell
some of his fine horses. The sale
was made, but there the trail was
lost. Some months later a miner
came to Los Angeles with some
specimens of quarts. The assay
proved the specimens worthless.
That night people at the miner's
boarding place heard a shot and
rushing to . his room fourid him
dead with a gun in his hand.
That was the supposed end of
Dream Gulch' Davis. Some art
icles of clothing were later iden
tified by his wife.
He sleeps in an unknown grave,
whether In Los Angeles or else-
i esieraays
... Of Old Salem
Town Talks from the States
nan of EarUer Days ,
August SO, IPOS ' -E.
B. i Van Arman, Honeyman
hardware company salesman and
member of Capital City baseball
team here in 1891, visits; team
he played on consisted of Joe
Levecque and Harry George, pit
chers ; Matt Stanley, catcher;
Sam Booth, first base; "Pop Co
lette, second;: "Josh" : Riley,
third; Cliff Mellon. left field;
Dug"i D. Minto: center - field.
and Frank Cross, right fields
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Horst company ot London to
open hop agency hero with Harry
E. V, Bolam, direct from the
I main office la London,' in charge.
Arrangements made by Oregon
Electric company with Zadoe J.
RJggs to open downtown ticket
office in Rigrs Capital drug
store at corner of State and Lib
erty . streets; cars to stop : south
of State On High street.
.1 .August 30, 1P23
Planning to restore water-traf
fic on the Willamette river as far
I south as Salem while river Is
1 high enough. J. W. Exon and C.
Bluhm, former Willamette river
captains, and James L. Baconv
I lease Portland Navigation com
i pany's boat Northwestern" first
cargo to be 3000 tons ot wheat
to be carried from Dayton to
Portland, . . '
Record year id 1923 tor build
ing- ber foreeeen;; f 2,009.900 in
1 permits . Issued by eity recorder
since. January, 1911; ; , s
Officer Walter Thompson 'act
ing a chief of police ia absence
of Chiet BlTtcbett who ia on fish
mg trip on McKenzIa river.
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where Is uncertain. One of the
many adventurers who gave their
lives for a golden dream."
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Second, this letter, dated Mon
mouth, Oregon, Aug. 23, 1933, to
the Bits man, to be relayed to Ru
fus Rockwell Wilson, of The
Press of the Pioneers, 1107
Broadway. New York, author of
the book:
"Dear Sir: There appears a
story or sketch from your book
("Out of the West"), In Bits for
Breakfast, . . . Salem Statesman.
"I am writing this letter be
cause I can speak somewhat au
thentically, as I am F. M. Da
vis's only son and one of his three
surviving children. In the main,
the story Is quite correct, but
some small deviations -appear.
(Harrison Ebbert, not Everett)
"F. M. Davis disappeared in
Portland, having quite a sum of
money, and took his own life In
a hospital in Los Angeles. -The
public administrator took charge
of his money, and that of many
others, and departed to parts un
known. "The later dream referred to is
another phase of the story which
Is not true, but considering that
the story is from the pen ot a
stranger, it is very good.
"I am enclosing'. copy of my
own Treasure Dream, for your
persuai. 1 hope to secure this
great wealth at no distant date,
and will add another chapter to
what to mo is revealed truth,
sometimes called, a dream. Sin
cerely, Eldon Davis, son of F. M.
(or Dream Gulch) Davis. Ad
dress, Eldon Davis, box 315, Mon-
moutn, Oregon."?
There was added this note to
the Bits man: "P. S.: For your
Information, we are sending let
ter to author of the hook you
mentioned, together with copy of
my- own Treasure Dream. . En
closed find stamped envelope, and
after 70a have read it .please send
on to author. I have this dream
written in story form. Eldon Da
vis, box 315, Monmouth, Oregon."
There follows, from Eldon- n.
vis, under the headline, "My
treasure uream," the enclosure:
wnue uvtnr in a small town.
I dreamed dream that took me
tnree nights to dream. In thla
dream, I saw where a treasuVe is
Purled, 'consisting of, gold bars,
Spanish slugs, and Spanish coin.
aad an immense diamond.
'The treasure was burled a dia.
tance of 12 miles from the small
tdwn where I lived, within, the
city limits of a larger town. I
took sr friend, and wo weht horse-
oacn to get the treasnr. and in
the dream, wo found sr small dia
mond when' taking the treasure
oui or the ground; , and, wanting
some' ready money with which to
reach San Francisco, we sold this
man diamond lor $285, to a jew
eier in a town whom I hid a-
cribed to my friend as beinr
small man with a largo Ted mus-
lacae; ' . . .-.-.-
: In the dream, I saw the in
terior of his store, and described
It fully to my friend. With this
$285, we-reached San Francisco,
and at the mint converted all our
gold Into American gold coin, but
could not dispose of the Immense
diamond, so from San Francisco
we went to London, and there tin
ally negotiated the sale of our
oiamona for $8,000,000. After
me aeai was completed, and they
had the diamond and we the mon
ey, one of the men in the deal
asked If wo knew what the dia-
mosa was worth. Wo said: 'Our
price is. what you paid us, and we
hope It Is . worth a gTeat deal
more He gave a sickly grin, and
saiu; mi is worm zo million dol
c ."After visiting In England, Ire-
lana. rranee ana - Italy, wo - re
turned to the United States, and
1 chapter Tiuiri i-seyen
Gerstenfleld left her hanging In
silence for a matter of seconds.
Then ' ' . '
- "Get off that wire," he said with
a flare of white heat. "Get off or
111 wrinr your neck!"
It seemed impossible that he had
spoken that way.
But you dont understand this
Is Lent Luneska.1 want to talk to
you about my contract, Mr. Ger
stenfield. We really ought to settle
it up. you know. Wo didnt decide
"anything1 about rekaainx mo from
it when you left and -
That man Cavanangh Ger.
stenfields voice cracked and bo
came almost a scream; "He's a doc
he a worse than a dor I He's
Leni went white and hung: up the
telephone.
But she was not half as white as
. Herman Gerstenfield. He had rid
himself of "coat, vest and necktie.
He had been running his fingers
through his hair aad it now liter
ally stood on end.
His eyes famous as living, glow
lag bulbs of human intelligence
were now sunken and as lusterless
as stagnant pools at the bottom of
a dark weu. ,
His desk, the front of his clothes,
the carpet around his leather chair
was littered with hundreds of
square white flakes.
For the last hour Herman Ger
stenfield, the master director of the
motion picture industry had been
tearing bits of paper into small
particles and tossing them into the
air over his head. As they fluttered
down he bad turned up his coat
collar as if against a snow storm,
a grin of terrible foolishness on his
strained face.
A faint echo of noises from the
street could be heard in the cheaply
furnished two-room apartment oc
eupied by Steve Poletzki. Poletxki
stretched out on a green chester
field, stopped reading the sporting
page and listened.
Half by instinct and half with
his acute sense of hearing, he
thought someone had paused out
side 'his door. For a moment he
listened, but the sound if sound
there was did not repeat itself.
The newspaper rattled in his
hand as Poletxki laboriously eon'
tinued his reading. He shifted him
self to a more comfortable posi
tion, his pale eyebrows drawn up
in the strain of reading. This wasJ
the only part of the paper that in
terested him.
The mind, however, refused to
hold to the printed page and he sat
upright and listened again. Some
one, beyond question, was in the
hall.
People were in the hall frequent
y neighbors, children, milk menA
This time, though, Poletzki's sen
ses stirred with a sensation of
stealth.
There was no alarm in the man
as he got up. He was as safe as he
had ever been in his life. The po
lice cpuldn t be looking for him be-
x cause the police didn't know who he
-was.
His coat was off and under his
gray shirt his heart was beating
normally. He looked steadily at the
knob on the painted door. Nothing
happened to the knob but, imrnedi
ately, someone rapped several times
a frank and calm knocking. Noth
ing to be alarmed about.
it mi gut nave been the man
about the newspaper or one of the
I began preparation for a three
year tour of the world.
"My wife and I thought a young
couple we knew were to be mar
ried soon, and, if so, we wanted
them to go with us. to render-
such service as we would require,
and at the same time be traveling
companions, so I asked this young
man, whom wo will can Ernest,
if he and Mary were not to be
married soon. His face colored
very red, but he finally said 'yes.'
I said: 'We thought as maeh, and
now I have a business proposition
to make you. I have become a
very wealthy man, and we are go
ing on a three years' tour of the
world. We would like to have you
folks to get married,, and go with
us, render such service as we may
need, but. at the same time, be
our friends and companions. We
will set you down at the end ot
three years no worse oft financial
ly and having had a fine wedding
trip. I said 'See Mary; and let me
know as soon, as you can. He
said our answer is yes, and the
preparations went on."
(Continued tomorrow.)
AIRLIE 4-H TEAM
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AIRLIE, Aug. J 9.- The 4-H
Calf - club under ' the leadership
of J. F.. Wlenert has - won. first
place In the judging of stock and
win now get to go to the Port
land ' International. ' Members of
this club are: Harry Bose, Orval
Whltaker, Jack Wlenert and Ja
cob Ploub. - J
Threshing, machines' ' belonging
to- Aebl, McKibbens and Boyers
are now running and all are re
porting good crops.
Nick .Tartar of Corvallis, trho
Tears ago taught school here,
called - on . W- 15. Williams', Sr.
Mr. . Tartar says he has taught
school tor tie past SO 7 oars
spending the- last 8 9 years la
Corvallis schools and 89 of those
In the Oregon State college.
: START HOr HARVEST r
"? HUBBARD, Aug.' 29 Hoppick
Ing began in the Jerome Jackson,
Swan bauer. 'and Pardy yards Mon
day. William Terle who has the
Krieger place 'rented 'for three
years, also , began Monday. Glen
Carothers and John Blosser will
begin next Monday, September 4.
The yards "employ mostly local
people.- .-. .
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PeletxkTa hand came out with a gun, but Cavanangh with a swift,
deft grip, caught his wrist and twisted it aside.
countless solicitors and canvassers
who infest buildings with unguard
ed entrances.
Poletzki got his automatic from
a table and put it in his hip pocket.
This was common sense.
"Who's there?" he called in a
surly voice.
No one answered. The silence ir
ritated Poletxki and then made him
angry, for he was a man of short
temper. He had no fear whatsoever,
no feeling of danger. Mentally he
had no more acumen than a vicious
dog.
With a rapid, impatient move, he
unlocked the door and flung it open,
his pallid face glowering. One hand
was on the knob, the other dan
gling. "Hello, Poletxki," said Lucky
Cavanaugh coolly. "I want to talk
with you."
Poletxki stepped back and
reached with his right hand to
ward his hip pocket.
The hand came out with a gun
right enough, but Cavanaugh with
a swift, deft grip, caught the wrist
and twisted it aside. His strength
was twice that of Poletzki and it
was no trouble at aJL with a sim
ple jiu-jitsu twist, to make the
"unky drop the automatic to the
worn carpet.
"Take it easy, Poletxki," aaid
Cavanaugh without raising his
voice.
. He kicked the door shut behind
him, still holding: the killer by the
wrist. After that it was simple to
force the man across the room and
push-him down onto the divan. Re
leasing his grip, Cavanaugh picked
the weapon off the carpet and put
it in his own pocket.
Editorial
Comment
, From Other Papers
NO TAXES FOR RELIEF
The writer believes that it is
ill-advised to try to enact new
tax legislation for relief work in
Oregon. It is true that there has
been spent and is being spent
thousands of dollars of federal
money for relief work in the
state, and now that the govern
ment will no longer furnish all of
this money, there Is found to be
a larger shortage ot funds.
But of this money, coming as j
it does on what might be loosely
termed a competitive basis -to the
counties from the national -government,
there has not doubt been 1
waste and much too liberal spend
ing: That, this is-a fact can be
proven by the news items from
various communities,, since the
notice by the government that To
ilet money -would not bo wholly
furnished from Washington, stat
ing that administrative and other
costs have been cut.
People in distress.- especially
children and aged and infirm peo
ple, ought to. be-taken care of.
But there has grown up so much
coddling and erring that, perfect
ly" able, people have- become con
vinced that the other fellow .ought
to carry them on their hacks.
Well, no matter on whose hacks
they hare to bo carried, let's hot
put them on the taxpayer. By
everything that Is holy and
worthwhile and respectable, let
us quit trying to psy for every
thing with more taxes, when taxes
are- largely unpagd now.
This newspaper believes that
the Sheridan community, with the
aid that It has been getting from
the Red Cross, can amply take
care of Its' Indigent and probably
help a little farther out. If the
federal government will give a
part ot the money,. the communi
ties of Oregon should be able to
guarantee the remainder and that
should solve the problem tor the
coming winter. ; .
: We do not , believe the people
ot Oregon will sanction a session
of the legislature or approve of a
sales tax, even for relief work.
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EX JOT HUCKLE PARTY '
HUBBARD.' Aug. 29. Suaday
a party which Included Mr. and
Mrs. John Friend, Marjorie and
Naomi Friend, Mr. and Mrs. John
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There were bruises on the pale
skin of Poletzki's wrist. His dank,
straw-colored hair had fallen down
on his forehead; his eyes were flat
and fish-like.
"Who the heck," he said bleakly,
do you think you are!"
Cavanaugh's eyes never left Po
letzki's colorless face.
"Shut up and listen to me," said
Cavanangh without moving. "You've
come to the end 01 your rope,
Poletxki. You know what's going
to happen to you?"
"Says youl" Poletzki snarled.
"Ill tell you. They're going to
hang you. They do that occasion
ally in this state. You killed a man
named Earl Kruger and a woman
named Annette Santos. Well over
look blowing the safe."
Poletzki s eyes slid around. One
of the windows was open but there
was a screen in it. The chance of
diving out successfully was too
slender to consider.
"I dont know what you're talk
ing about," he said balefully.
"You needn't try to stall me."
said Lucky, dropping into a chair.
"In fact, you ought to be very
grateful that I got you before the
police did. Unless somebody steps
in and saves you, they're going to
hand you a one-way ticket to the
scaffold, pn here to offer you some
good advice and a proposition. If
you do what I tell you, youl prob
ably get off with a life sentence
instead of taking the big drop. . . .
Did you ever see a mas go through
the death house trap door, Polet
xki?" (Ta Be Continued)
Oprnakt. 1932, by Robert Tenr Shaaooa
1 Distribtited King Features Syndicate, lac
Smolnlsky, Mr. and ' Mrs. Bob
O'Leary, Mrs. Marie Clay pool and
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Friend mo
tored to Mt. Hood to pick huckle
berries on the Wapinltia cutoff.
Several gallons of berries were
picked. -
MILL CITY YOUTH
SELLS THIRD POEM
MILL CITY, Aug. 29. Arey
Podrabsky ot Mill City is receiv
ing tue congratulations of his
friends upon having one ot his
poems published in an. eastern
magazine? The poem Is entitled
Waiting" and has . just been
published In the current Issue of
Galaxy. This is the third one he
has sold. .
Mr. and Mrs. Al Van Dahl and
family are .moving from the Fred
Hornet house which they have
occupied for the past year to one
or the company houses near the
river on the Linn county side.
The hause has been remodeled.
The members of the Mill City
Rebekah lodge were hostesses to
the members of their families
and the members of the . Odd
Fellows lodge at a picnic Thurs
day evening at Rock Creek.
A potluck supper was enjoyed
Friday night' by members ot the
Presbyterian church on the
church lawn. At a business meet-;
Ing later one' of the matters dls-1
cussed was the desire to have a "
resident v minister for the church
if possible.
Mannen Gets 30 Days .
In Jail on 2 Counts
WOODBURN Aug. 29. Lester
Mannen was sentenced to SO days
In the county jail on a larceny
charge and for assault and bat
tery. He was' to have had a trial
Monday, .but pleaded guilty In
stead. He took an automobile tire,
tube and rim from C. H. Slnram.
The asault. was .made . upon .Mrs.
Delia Hyland. ' ;
- CLUB LEADER CALLS
DAYTON,' Aug. 29. Mrs. Al
fred - Allen of Dundee;, president
of the county federation ot Wom
en's clubs; was calling on Day
ton friends Thursday. She Is re
covering from : a - severe siege of
illness suffered about two months
ago that was brought on by In
fluenza In December. The right
side ot her face is partially para
lysed. - v ! -. .,
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