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PAGE FOUlt 0'ftKrk.r;-'5Al VJZil st wUcih. (iuf-wj. 4 Num ia - vi Atn :;..The OREGON STATESMAN, Salcru Oregon. Thursday "tlbrn! gcrtcaerll. -1333 f Oliver Twist Asks for More By FRANCIS WALLACE ii TH A T.S MY BOY 'Wo Favor Suray Us; No Fear Shall Awe"; From First Statesman, 'March 28, 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. ' Cbabixs A. Sfrague . - - : - a Editor-Manager SHELDON F. SACTCXTT . - - - - Managing Editor -. Bm III f n J Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the um for public. Von of all newe dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited la this paper. ADVERTISING Portland Representative . Gordon B, BelL Security BolUunc Portland, Ore. . Eastern Advertising Representatives Bryant. Griffith Branson. Inc, Chicago. Hew Tork, Detroit. Boston, Atlanta Entered at the Pos toff ice at Salem, Oregon, at Second-Class Matter. Published every morning .except Monday. Business office, &15 S Commercial Street '. k SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ; lCall Subscription Rates, !n Advance. , Within Oregon t Daily slid Sunday, 1 Mo. ( cents; I Mo $1.15; Mo. i.2S; 1 year ftOO. Elsewhere 5 cents per Mo., or $50 for I year In advance. By City Carrier: 4S cents a month; fS.vs a year In advance. Per Copy 2 cents. On trains and News Stands 6 cents. State Board THE record of the proceedings of the state board ofhigher education's meeting Monday reads more like the minutes of the state board of control, warned the members to lay off ing differences burst into open dents where friction ignited the flame of discord. One was the matter of a suppressed special audit of a department at the state college, the other the retention of a dean. A public -audit should be accessible to any citizen; and particularly to any member of the state board charged, with responsibility in administering the office under investigation. If the special audit in dispute Was properly made, by a com petent and unprejudiced person, then Secretary Hoss should nave made the audit available to every taxpayer. He should not take his orders from the state board of higher education thoroughness with which it is made and then with the pub-..-licit? -which it. receives. If the secretary of state permits an ; audit to be suppressed then, the value of hu bureau is im paired. - ' Now an audit only represents the findings of the person who makes it; and it is only fair that any person charged! With maladministration be permitted to defend his course of action. In this case the state board should have the spe cial audit and the reply thereto by the parties concerned; ami should make any additional investigation it deems neces sary. The outsider cannot decide as to the importance of the matter in dispute; but since the issue has been raised publicly, it will have to be fought out in the open now. If additional discipline is necessary over that enforced by the chancellor then the state board should administer it. The other incident which caused a flare-up at Monday's meeting was over the purported dismissal of the dean of women at the university. Here again the general public is in the dark as to the facts and as to the-merits. The general rule of Chancellor Kerr has been to make very few dismis sals. Certainly he has interfered very little with the staff at Eugene. In the case of the dean he evidently had not come to the point of recommending her retirement, because no such matter was before the board at its meeting Monday. The significance of the incidents lies in the exhibitions . of antagonisms within the board. Neither should have been .permitted "to develop into such occasions for acrimonious ..rancor as marked the Aspersions of Member Irvine and the ' t hrnxtft rf Member Sarrrmons. Such explosions cause the TJub- lic to lose confidence in the board and injure the cause of higher education. . Greater frankness among board members and with the public and greater forbearance too seem indis pensable to prevent higher education from lapsing again nto -a state of bitterness and distrust. Retiring School Warrants mHE item of, $30,000 for retiring outstanding warrants Jfc Drovoked contest at the meeting of the budget committer " The citizen members argued cluded, thus reducing the budget mezribers insited that the levy maintain the credit of the district. There are good argu ments on both sides of the fence; but looking-at the matter fronrthe welfare of -the district as a unit and its needs over. the next few years, it seems to these warrants. The warrant debt has been growing. A. few years ago it was $100,000; now it is up to $175,000. Tax delinquency " accounts for -the increase. Such ?od business. Banks can carry a certain volume of school district warrants i beyond that they refuse to cash them, and warrants go to a discount. , Instead of letting the warrant debt grow, the board is wise in clamping down the brakes and starting the policy of reduction of the total. It should definitely adopt as its goal the elimination of warrant debt so that it will be able after a few years to close its- year on hand. - . It, is true that part of the difficulty is that the school year and the tax year d not coincide. The school year ends in June and the last half of lowing December. But that Improbability; and the district should chart its financial program to have its cash and the end of its own fiscal year , taxes to be applied to the payment of running expenses -for tne urst portion of the ensuing school year. It will, take a ttumber of - It may require gome sacrifice" to retch it;'but good, business, justifies it. 'All public units should operate on a cash basis, save possibly for brief intervals "between tax-paying periods. - The times have made this difficult; but improving conditions lend hope that there may be an I-I.t-H- - - in puouc iinancmg. , r - Prer. Roosevelt Is taking notice of the stalemate in farm prices while fabricated articles are now getting increases dne to NRA and AAA. Since the price drop in raw they should have come back before has telescoped the time element of . ,. result is added distress for farm serious; and the president has a disparity between farm prices (not merely, wheat and cotton and ' price of goods fanners buy. ' Gen. Johnson shoots oft his month too much, He threatened Henry. Ford with "the public will craek down on him" unless he signed evcode fixed op by his competitors. Now he says if Ford . -doesn't come in we will act." Under the law Ford is' already bound by the cods of the industry; and except to lire up to. its terms. higher than the code requirements; and there is no Justification in Johnson's sniping; at Ford all the The democrats who signed round robin against the patronage . dispensation will find themselves out on a- limb. The country Is behind Roosevelt not because of his -political party; and the politt claas who cant see anything mor in times like the present than . . DoiiUcal forage -for party hacks to interfere with, the president's made in these parts bring no tbeav Milt jniller and Carl Donangh tor example. : ' Buicide has Increased over ten the statisticians are blaming it onto ao ieubt but-credit should also people are afraid of hl now Flare-up in the days before the doctors 'of verbal fistcuffs. Smolder flame. There were two inci that the item should not -be in total by that amount. Board was necessary in order to be sensible financing to retire a large floating debt is not in June with a small balance taxes are not paid until the fol condition win always exist, in warrant account in balance at in June; leaving the December years to reach this mark, and early return to sound practice . materials had. been the greatest the prices of finished goods. NRA usual recovery periods; and the populations, The conditions are real chore before him to lower the r;:.-i r ; - vV - there Is nothing required of him. Ford's wage scale has always been time. will be ia for a jolt if they try program. Some of the appointments credit to the party responsible tor per cent in the past few years and tne depression, mai s me moave, be given to the tact that fewer corvmnis .Baieite-Times. Yesterdays ... Of Old Salem Towm XaSss from the States aa of Earlier Days September 14, 1008 Oregon's greatest state fair opens today with admission set at 25 cents: horse races and riding exhibitions, broncho busting and high wire stunts on afternoon pro gram at Lone Oak track;, band concert, addresses and vocal mu sic on night program; machinery exhibit to he largest ever; 46 con cessions line corraL . State School Superintendent Ackerman Issues papers to teach ers: State diplomas Minnie. Le nore Cornelius, Bellie I. Frogley, Alma Estella Pohle,' Alice Ru dolph and Eva Josephine Savage, Salem; state certificates A. Bar bara Baker, Turner; Hasel G. D. Gearhart and Edith Campbell, Sa lem; Helen I. Sawyer, Gervais; Lydla Wyman, Independence, Democratic presidential cam paign committee to show moving pictures of Colonel Bryan, aecom panted by his voice from talking machine. September 14, 121 ' Establishment of certified pub lic market for seUins recondition ed, automobilea unanimously ap proved by Salem automobile deal ers; proposal explained by Dan Burns. Mrs. Wallace Reid's famous anti-nareotie production, "Human Wreckage, opens at Grand the atre tonight; film approved- by Governor Pierce. Beta. Chi sorority to take pos session of F. A. Legge home. 14 9 1 State street, next week; Mr. and Mrs. Legge planning, to go to California next month. The 19 3 3 Florida legislature gave the Seminole Indians more land tor their reservation in Broward county. My Health Talks By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. 17. By ROYAL 3 COPELAND, M. D. TJteitad States senator from Maw Tork Former Comwdsstonae of EeeMK ' Vtie Tor City ' AT THIS time of the. year doe tors encounter many; eases of plemv 4 lay. 1 8udn change in waathec,; ex posure to cold and dampness, drafts, colds' end tafeeH tionav are a- few of tta underlying Unlike ether diseases, the vic tim of pleurisy is rarely, given - a warning. 'He Is suddenly ? strick en with a sharp pain In the chest; The pain . Is 'In creased -by deep breathing and re lieved by re strained 'breath. ' Dr, Copcland Inav The sufferer often obtains re lief by strapping the ehest with band- m or adhesive piaster. Fever, cough, Ustlaesnaas and gen .end aching .ef the' body are ether signs mat must not be overlooked. since pteartsy Is often a forerunner ipt 'pneumonia. It Is imperative that Proper medical attention be admin istered as soon as possible. Neglect may . lead to a serious and prolonged Alness.-'; - - , - 1 am glad to say that pleurisy- is ne- longer a neglected OJsease. In former years it. waa considered as a und and tarely serious, ailment. Within the past decade the opinion of the medical profession has changed and tt is now believed, that many cases et pleurisy are tubercular in natare. In fact, meey spedaJists jJalin that repeated attacks of plenr. BITS for BREAKFAST -By R. J. BENDRICKS- Jason Lee was not a Canadian: Is 0 (Continuing from yesterday: ) How was the money cost supplied? By the Methodist mission board, except for soma $2500 from fed eral funds; probably obtained.. through a trick In bookkeeping by the army or the navy, as then the president had no secret fund, as was later provided for. S Is The cost of the Lausanne party1 and equipment was about $42,000. Perhaps $10,000 went to erecting the mission saw and rist mills, that started Salem, and the Lee house, still standing, at 160 Broadway; and $10,000 more to the Indian manual labor school building, -that became the home of Willamette university. From first to last a total of $173,365 went into the whole mis sionary effort (Methodist) in the Oregon country, hesldes the earn ings from their lands,, etc, etc., the total of which' was perhaps half as much more But Jason Lee's activities brought $2 for every $1 expend ed by the parent board. The col lections at his meetings through out the country east of the Rock ies, in 1832-4 and 1833-9, amount ed to $259,000. And amounts pledged then and paid afterward were large. He was far and away the chief Methodist collector -of his day. His- tours, put the- Meth odist mission board on its feet in a big way. No wonder his vouch ers issued, in Oregon were worth their face here, and. went at par everywhere. Jason Lee, as the reader has gathered, wanted his country ("onr beloved country) to act tn definitely extending its laws and protection over the old Oregon country. But the Linn bill, follow ing his presentation of the set- lay must be -considered" as a sign of rang disorder. -' ''"" Dea'tIgaare jtepeeteA Attacks Pleurisy Is. quickly -recognised JS adults wav canaccurattly tooau and-' describe therpetn. It !mre difficult' la. chOdreaw They ere vague ta their, deecrmton and location ef pais and ft ie Indeed difficult to decide at once just what the trouble la My advice to every sufferer from ' ptewisy Is that ha consult with a phystdan ImmedlareHr it Is always best to have an X-ray examination made ef the chest. Tola Js especially essential when there have been re- ' peated attacks of "pleurisy. There is always danger la the use , of. home remedlea. It is true that relief Is often obtained, but the dan ger of complications and the over sight of a, serious disorder must be considered. It Is best at all times to t rely upon experienced--medical d- X ice. . -s v. - Bear ta mind that there are'eav-: eral . -forms of , pleurisy; mid and . drr Pleurisy is easily controlled by ' strapping the chest. When fluid ac cumulates in the lung, or when bus appears, the disorder demands expert - medical attention and properly su- pervlsed nursing. v Aaswers U Health -Qeeeiee Overcautious,, Q. Is it danrerous to the health to eat small particles of -chipped or In-ekea glass? T. 1. P. Q. What causes rhe bands and arms to e to sleep and become numb dating the night? A. This is. probably due to Poor circulation. Build no the enerat health and your circulation will Im prove. . ..' . . tiers memorial, was not passed. It aroused alarm In British diplo matic circles. Congress was chary over the gesture. So, on Feb. T, 1841, a meeting was held at the Lee mission to consider the formation of laws and the election of officers to exe cute them. Lee presided, and a L committee was. appointed. Bnt, eight days-later, swing Young died, leaving a large estate, and no will or known heirs. Two days thereafter, Lee preached his fun eral sermon, after which he asked all present to tarry at' the .grave side and resume consideration of the matter started on the 7th. This war done, Lee acting as chairman, and, - after some pro gress, an adjournment was-taken, to the next morning, at the mis sion, at 8 o'clock. The adjourned gathering, called by the two secretaries "a full meeting of the inhabitants of Wil lamette valley, chose Dr. I. L. Babceck, of the mission, supreme judge with probate powers, Geo. W. Le Breton, clerk of the- court and public recorder (standing for secretary of state), Wm. Johnson high eheriff, and T. X. Lewtroet, Pierre BeUique and Wm. McCarty constables, and decided to act un der the laws of New Tork. . Thus was launched and thns fully functioned the provisional government the first provisional government; THE provisional gov ernment, that washy regular reso lution continued, tn aecordanee with the vote of May 2, 1843, at Champoeg, and the further pro ceedings there on July 5 of the same year. ..... . Teh. 18 Is the date that should be celebrated as the anniversary of the beginning of the Oregon provisional government, not May 2. The place, the site of the old mission, not Chanrpoeg. (Though the same forces predominated at the later meetings, where, good historians assert, ' Jason ;. Lee was also present,, though his name is not-on the monument at Cham poeg.) ; r i Without the Peoriar party and the-Lausanne party ot 1849 and the- Dr. Elijah White party of 1842 all nrought by or dependent upon the labors of Jason. Lee, there could not hare been a ma jority "vote May- 2 -and certainly the;- epochal immigration would not hav ve started had" not his clarion calls been made;-; -- H'V"iv - Finally, let us appeal to a, few words of Harvey W. Scott.; the great editor ' ot the Oregonian. Only a tew, of many. .On differ ent occasions, Scott said: " ; i"It Is due to the truth ot "his tory to shew that Jason Lee was the leader ia colonial as in tnis sieaarywork in Oregon, and" that his journey to the east in the in terests ot Oregon, and his appeal to Washington, antedated . t he journey and appeal ot Whitman five years. . ' , "The mission was the first low wash ot the waves where now rolls the great human sea, to increase in power, we believe, throughout all 'the ages.'' "Jason Lee was the father of American Oregon. .' - "His greatest work In behalf of Oregon was the Lausanne. "That faith which foresees and believes and Is the substance of nil, .things was the inspiration of the Oregon" missions, and the cre ative power of the growth of the -great states ot the Pacific north west,- - ' ,-.r. ' : -His spirit is here, and the work he set in motion is a pos session "here forever. , vy-'i ; : -j.-' V-- : Could, the quoted words of the great editor of the Oregqnian have been spoken concerning 4 a man who by nativity and train ing" was a Canadian? V V V v" -f -? 8TNOPSIS Born ef tumble paresis. Mom and Pep. in a tiny Kiddlo West factory town, Tommy Eandelph, "always !ifferent frees ether chil drem, heeemss a high school foot ball rrrfifi hath U the dallght and disdain ef his hard-wecking f amOy. Big niferslties are Wddlng for him with the chances favoring Thendyke, a mnEenires conege" la the East, Hem is all al utter plaaains the dress details ef Tern saya grsdaatiosw... ,- -. ' CHAPTES EIGHT She ha t e d to g m'Sidney'sl After all it was Tommy's gradua tion and everybody would he there rvri aha cooldnt have people perat- ina? at her and nndgina; each other when aae waiaea in wiw brown poplin and some ex them would be sure to say it waa the same one she had been wearing' to funerals for seven years. And Pete had given her the money with or ders to rat something special and she'd be a fool if she didn't; a per son ought to have something new everv so often anyhow. . AH of a sudden Mom rot mad mt hmilf fnr blntr aneh s roose and she turned on her heel and went straight back to Julius's and rifht through the door before she could change her mind. Just as if she had been going in there all her life, she went. And who came out to wait en her bat Julias himself, just as If she was one of his steady customers.'' " I know, 1 know," he said, and he smiled reel nice, "it's a dress for the hoy's graduation. Mom smiled natural; she felt at home almost right away partico-J larly as Myrt flannigan was stand ing: back with the other girls. Let her carry that home, atom thought. That's, it," Mom said brightly. voa roessedit.'' Yes sir." Julias said, aad he was real friendly., "when you've rot a boy UkeUhet you've ret to sea: him srood ef yon like everybody in town isyxemd of him. Myrtle, briac a chair for Mrs. Bandolpsw'. And Mrrt bopped, too. She i tended to smUe whew she eat tt down and spoke to Mom bnt kt bow she felt, all right, for Myrt Flannigan was one who always thought she was better than every body, else because she worked: at Julius's. "JNow, wha shall we show you? Julias asked. Moot sat there like a queen en a tnrone while they all waited. Td like to wee that exepe de chene tn the window the hrewnJ Joliu. looked at Myrt and Myrt hopped cisr. they said Julius i bard on the. gixis and anytime they ret bign-teaed with a c tomer he took it out on thenw This was different than 'shopptor at Sid ney's where yen stood aroemd until somebody eases sod then yen stood up ameer all the noise; but here tt was like chare, so soft and quiet, and with carpets -on the floor. Mom gruessed it was the style yon paid for and that's why they had to charge two prices. Julias was fmgeristg the crepe de china, holdlnr it up to the Kght where Mom could look at it; and that when save asaoe no Wm. A. Slacum a petition worded along the same Uses as the mem orial of the settlers and mission aries. In 1838; and that represen tative ot President Andrew Jack son had carried it to Washington, with his official reports. The 1837 petition urged congress to make Oregon a territory. w "e V Slacum, on. the urging ot Lee,' had assisted. In making possible the 1827 enpedlUon to- California to bring cattle Into the Willam ette valley. In order to render the country less dependent upon the Hudson's Bay company. : Leo and Slacum each advanced $500. wttn which flOOt) the. en terprise would not have been un dertaken, with what aid. mainly In services, 'the 1 settlers promised. Then, strangely enough Dr. Mc laughlin furnished about 1900, probably from nls private purse; a good investment, but made- se-1 creUy, for obvious reasons. V ..The laps of years was requir ed. to Indicate, that Dr. JttcLouga lln at heart was more sympathetic with the American- thin with the British system of government and ldeals-though never in the least disloyal to the Brttlshr company wbieh, he faithfully served. - . - A point Illustrating this was the tact that he -finally became a naturalized American .citizen He had all the instlncu of a. Chris tian -gentleman, and-so' was mis understood by both the 'British and the Americans; No man ever occupied a more difficult position. 1 The light ot history has justified all his misunderstood nets. 1 .,' ' vv A V v It has required' history, too. to explain some of the acts ot Jason Lee. But no argument should ever be needed, with anybody, to show Jason Lee a hundred per cent American, to the last drop of his Puritan blood. - Pupils at Bethel I To Meet Friday BETHEL, Sept. IS. The pu pils of Bethel school are to meet at the school Friday morning at 9 o'clock. There - will be only a forenoon session to arrange the grades and give out the lists ot books needed. School will open for regular work Monday- morn ing. Mrs. Carmelite Weddle will teach the school, her sixth year here.. ... .. ; . . . 'Monday night a group of par ents of high school students met at Bethel school to discuss means of transportation. R Hamrick pre sided and Mrs. A. L. Schuls served as secretary of the meeting. Pra turn, MMleay.- Rickey, Fruitland and Bethel were represented. It was decided to have a bus make the trip through the districts, the parents to pay the transportation her mind she" wouldn't have to ar gue seme clerk down Eke tt was at Lnevs half the time. And Ju lias was giving suggestions about how ebe eonld have it made theyaid be always did that when he waited en yon personal;! and off course Mom pretended she going to-have tt made and not make It herself. And while aha wnn stttxnsr there, like a oneen on her throne, who walked in. bnt Dorothy 'Whitney.! She came over tight away and spoke to Mam real nice and friend ly Ekev as she always did. Thenj Dorothy sat watching. lor -a note bit and nnally seid; - "Msy I suggest something 7" ' -rWhy go right ahead," Mom ssid. Then why dottt yon Took at the blue satin-faeed crepe?" "Too t h i nk so?" , Mom naked. hesitatingly. I always have partial to brown - ' j i Thaf s all the more reason you should try blue; itH bring out the bine in your eyes and look wen with your' complexion." . Mom had only a hazy Idea ox what she- meant but Dorothy was quite positive about It in her firm little way and anyhow Julius had already sent for the blue flat-crepe I and and when Myrt brought it, still smbing like it hurt her, Julius draped it over Mom. She was nerv ous anyhow and she never liked strange men to tench her, even si doctor, and it brought n color to her cheeks and light to her eyes; and when Mom looked In the mirror she wan surprised at-herself; she looked more- like herself than she had looked .since Tommy was born. : "Baemtiful, absolutely beautiful, Julius was saying and even Myrt Flannigan seemed surprised. Dor othy steed by. snulins;. TomH never knew- yon in that." Mem, find to- say- something, ssid: -Ton think so V 0 course," Dorothy's voice was4 boyish and warm; but then. Mom thoeght, girls were getting more Eke boys every, day. "Then 1 guess 111 take it," Mom said, almost snsM&r. as of the fast ddiag to stesaneh seek. She bad the prise. While Myrt wiapyiag it ay Jalins was teCfnc hex how she could, have ft maoe up on the duQ side and ase parts of the bright side fur trimming. Mom wsnnodding; bnt is berj mind. waa the more practical thought that when K began to look old en the dull side she could turn it inside out and change it some and have another new dress;, then.' when Myrt told her the price.. Kom didn't feel as bad as she might have although she felt had enough, gssiliM ss knows. "Fifteen dollars," Myrtle ssid, as if she doubted that Mom. ever saw that much money. Jalins never handled the money himself, they said. M ma handed Myrtle n twenty doUarUU. a goldback, toe. ' Then Dorothy drove Mom home in- her little- car, turning corners fike a man and sorting Mom more nervous than she was already; and when Mom stepped ent of the car at her door she saw the Hind on Mrs. FarreB'a window. And she hoped the beeybody saw what she was looking for. The Safety Valve - - Letters from . Statesman traders NO NEGLECT Mr. C A. Sprague, , Editor, Oregon Statesman. Salem, Oregon.. i Dear Mr. Sprague: - In an editorial in your issue ot August SI on the recent wreck -of the Golden State Limited you ex press the hop -that rnadeenate maintenance the result ot forced economy, was not responsible for: the failure ot the bridge. 1 ';'Een . 'A syrnp-. JLi torn of weak feet ffie dsnr.ital If thews: leet are Defected, deformities result wioctt wE ftwCTp toot child fa laxtf life.- "; ;- PROPR-BILT SHOTS etrehstHeti the eormti foot and weak loot to normal prrirtb; Ask ibr eor FREK booklet botit the care of YOyfc tidUs ftetj SEIO130 Tfi CoTTcctSfW for ihtGrw'msCKiUL Recommended hy I ; tvri? - ZaJjy . . Graduation time was sure a task. for Mom. She had her troubles get ting Pop outfitted as he argued every step ef the way like a balky mule; then there waa Tommy's suit which he- saw fat a window dear over to-SmithviHe and there was nothing to-do bnt let him have it although it cost $39-95. Mom didn't bow she would manage but Pete had been saving for a new suit and he said she might as well use his twenty bucks because he'd be on night turn anyhow and could n't go. Pete helped a lot with Pop, too, laughing at him and sometimes using main force,' June when it came time to put on Ins new shoes. Pop left them off tm the last minute when everybody else , was dressed for the baccalaureate "sermon and then it took everybody to get them on him. It was lucky it was held at the Baptist Church, Mom thought. because then he wouldn't have so far to go, really just around the corner; and at the last minute did n't she find out Pop still had a chew of tobacco in his mouth and probably would have disgraced her spitting it out just before be went into church or even holding it in his mouth, all during the sermon she wouldn't put it past him. But finally they got there and Mom was real surprised at the fine way Pop carried it off. He acted sober as a judge and so dignified that people looked at him fanny. Pop never noticed them except to speak very grandly to the most im portant ones; and enee he even seemed to bow. Mom was really proud of him; and when they walk ed down the aisle, she in her new blue fiat crepe, it was almost like they were getting married again. Indeed Pop, Mom derided, really should have, been an actor; when he wanted to be could be more aris toeratJe than even Charlie Whitney. It was worth, all the trouble it took. Mesa decided to see the look theyxot from Mrs. Farrell and her skinny runt of a husband. Their Joie was graduating, tee, although nobody seemed to know it but them. It wasat Joie Mom fett that way about; Joie was s2 right himself; he minded bis own busmess and ft was tee bad his parents couldn't learn from him. Then Mem forget everything else. Her Tommys the president ef his class, nsindyon, was walking down the aisle, leading the graduates. How pretty he was, and how he carried himself so swserier-iike. as though ha knew he- was the most inrpertaatonw there-and knew that everybody eke knew K.Mese eeuld nt believe that this was really her tittle Tommy grown vp to rack a great man. But it was too bad that it had to be spoiled with that Effie Crawford walking with him, ugly as a mud fence, but up there in front Just because she was vtce president and vice-president just because she played basketball good and her smirking like everybody thought she was pretty. Mom couldn't help think what a picture it would be if Dorothy Whitney was walking with Tommy; but Dorothy was just a sophosaere al though she had come to the church with her folks anyhow. (Tfe Be C CMrkM.iaa,Vyrr Prjtca fc S This is to assure you that what ever economies bare- been forced on us, no saving has been made or tried to be made at the expense of safe operation. The bridge, like all other parts of our right of way, was under constant inspec tion. It had been examined just a f ev- hours prior to the disaster and found in good qpndttion. The flood which undermined the abutment was caused by a cloudburst and was of unprece dented severity: the waters rising from C to 10 feet higher than ever before recorded In that place. Onr reputation tor safe opera tion is very precious to us and you may be sure that we will con tinue to guard it. Tours very truly, J. H. DYER. Vice-president, Southern Pacific. to: mm or r ii - aIir.jJ.!;-2