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"When DoWe Eat?, TU A TC 1VIV DrW" By FRANCIS 3P Bi nl iJ IVI liW l WALLACE ) "No Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Awe" . ' From First Statesman, March 28, 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. ChakleS A. SpKACtm - - - Editor-Manager Sheldon F. Sackett Member of the Associated Press r The Associated Press ta exclusively entitled to th use far publics Won ot mil nsws dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited to thla paper. .. . . . , . ... . ADVERTISING Portland Representative . Gordon B. Bell, Portland, Ore. Eastern Advertising Representatives Bryant. Griffith Branson, Incw- Chicago, Vnr York, Detroit; - - -v Boston. Atlanta- . - Knitted at the Poetoffiee at Salem; Oregon, at Second-Clan Matter. Published every morning except Monday. Burinee office tlS S.' Commercial Street. . , : ..-.-; , ; ; -SUBSCRIPTION RATES i : . i r Mall Subscription Bates, .ta A4vnce. WMWn Orison : Daily and Sunday. 1 Ma. St cent; I Mo 11.25; Ma. 2-2i ; I year 14.00, Elsewhere SO cents per Ho, or $3.00 for 1 year In advance. Br City Carrier: 43 cents a month; 15.00 a year in advance. Per . vopy cents, on train ana News The Mountain Grows GOVERNOR MEIER seems to have picked the wrong fell low to have resign. He f ired" C. L. Starr charging him iirst.witn suppressino; an audit, only to have Starr reply that all he had was an oral statement. His further ground ot complaint was that Starr was the source of disharmony on the board, which fellow members deny; and which if true hits Meier in the face with an awful wallop, because he has Deen tne most unnarmoitfous got tne anointment from Judge McMahan. It is worthy of note that Gov. Meier Hoes not call nn W Hoss to resign, although it is state's office to file its. audits may become public property. secretary withheld the audit even after requests were made. xet tne governor does not ctnde the secretary, for the good reason that he needs the vote of Hoss in his feud with Rufus Holman on the state board of control. The college reply disposes quite effectively of the con tribution of Auditor Kubin to the audit matter. Kubin said linoleum and window shade deals were not satisfactorily explained. Now the college accounts for the linoleum in ques tion to the last square yard ; and for the window shades to the last penny. Kubin criticised the first college investigation on the ground he and his assistant were not called in to submit testimony. He is on very weak ground there because the special audit was definite and detailed and supported by affidavits. Moreover the investigation of his own auditor was star chamber. Buell, who made it, did not call in Jack son, whom he was investigating. It is the secretary of state's office which comes out with little glory, first suppressing the audit, and second for the unsubstantial rejoinder of Kubin. The latter would have done better merely to let the original- Buell report stand. Sec. Hoss spoke the truth however when he said a moun tain was being made 'out of a molehill. But the mountain grows bigger all the time. Now C. C. Colt has resigned from me state Doara. Memoers nowever who have been far more provocative of discord than Mr. no feeling of penitence. hen dledv?u v'Rvm.. b0T Affairs of higher education are at a serious crisis. Much 'Jl depends on what transpires within the next few days. Dis- the men for protection, in quav couraging as the prospect is for an era of peace which is ering voices the men undertook to what tVio efno anA Vo aMvila may prevail; and in particular damage the board more than he Utility Franchises mffp tttV du. k 4.1 I V" V " "1C voteu aown a Proposea franchise to the power company which serves the city, A few weeks ago Yakima voters did the same to a power J company franchise there. In Portland and Seattle the tele- phone company operates without a franchise because it has been unable to agree with the city on terms. The street car company in jroruana operates cases show the hostility of the a hostility which is fostered ;f..;.c, ...i.: -i. j uv'ii viu-u jui suuie castas uas lounaauon uecause of iniquities that have attended utility' charges and financing, Since few franchises are exclusive nowadays they do not have the value they once had. Utilities can just continue their service without a franchise. In fact if any of them quit for lack of a franchise the pubhc would be instantly up in arms, What would Portland do if some moraine it 'ound the street cars not ninninw r,y Caottla If ;f ,-: oCtiv.c iv Miun. ux a lumsei xiie resuu wouia ue business chaos., , , Rate-making is no longer embraced in franchises, beincr a grant of the privilege of the for which usually the city gets Without rate provisions 'and in the commtiTiitv sirvpH frnnchiaoa nro of rn hot rcfnTAI importance at the present time point oi more importance to . Under the new device of privilege taxation cities are amly- . ing fresh taxes to utilities regardless of franchise provisions. So why issue any franhcises? Companies say they need . franchises to do their long-term financing. That is doubtful, rinancing should be based on 1 chise is not If th nmnortr ).t u .Itti. a il. ..i-.M... I iovvc v, uui tu uvj eiutuMtij vv uuiucu me uiiuijr i With taxes. I We are inclined to the opinion that what should be issued to utility concerns is merely an indeterminate permit Either rv.iw - t i-iiTl i.- wu uiw y uuie.oiuce. making is otherwise handled and since cities are imposing ' other than. franchise taxes there is no sreat need for a franchise. Chanirine- conditions chises unfair to one side or the vub atieet car company is aouuuesa pieasea mat it is not I . bound to furnish service indefinitely on a losmg. basis. . with the cities knocking over franchises as fast as they : ' fw S?s?SS Jhy ?otrecogni?fe impasse and adopt the plan of the indeterminate permit? That appears fair to both sides. "5 "Hallelujah, Amen!" : CHANCELLOR HITLER. Successor to thet kaiser it trio Kj All-Highest, in further nrosecution of nis ff7-f ai; :rr t , IT wm uwiuauj a wiueieu ue ais- . continuance of the use of the words "hallelujah, and "amen" because they are of Jewish origin. The holocaust of .a few months ago when libraries were rid of proscribed books seemed the height of intolerance; but the new edict pushes r the-intolerance still higher to the point of ridiculousness. . '. Seldom has" such a childish order Deen made in a civilizpd . iimi.K ivirv npnrniricm TFAm state. It comes not in wartime Even though it be a revolution o uvb 4UC9UUUCU. Aire euict is inereiy a smpia gesture oi a i vainglorious princeling. It would for example bar the sing ing of the great Hallelujah Chorus of Handel, one of Ger- many's greatest contributions- to the world. H. G. Wells, British novelist, gave an accurate portrayal .. ofthe situation when he said : - - - "Just now In many regions of the world there la sp epidemic of intolerance which takes ugly and novel forms. ,The German affair is not a pogrom. The Jews make the most , i!5J?? iV'JiOatae Jews who suffers Jj, - Managing Editor Stands s cents. official in the state since he the duty of the secretary of with the governor where they This was not done, and the Starr apparently entertain rtaol ut Vmrwa nn.mu.1 I that the governor will not has done heretofore. j j . witnout a franchise. These f voters to the utility interests.! oftentimes by vote-seeking pol- i I ta -nl0rva . ,tt MnaA i.: rr. v.. 7l i j .1 TU ; ; I use of city streets, in return some revenue or free service. without enarantv of mononolv ; and from the revenue stand- tne city man tne company. tangible assets, which a fran - i thom ha .iHr MnAt mn. I fifrn mlr lons.fprm fmn- other. In Portland for example i T .- wuiu-iyj.a I n-r -J - - J xi t when minds are impassioned. in Germany Hitler'sauthority BITS for BREAKFAST -By R. J. HENDRICKS Boys will be boys: A story, true history: (Continued from yesterday: fJ "It was 'some party' they bad at the commissioner's. Just when the games were progressing qui etly there was an unearthly ram bliag noise reverberating from room to room in the' unoccupied part of the old structure. Fim the sound increased in volume, simulate some semblance or re- assurance; but at each new peal of thunder the Imitations of grand opera singing were repeated. "A young naval officer (now a rear admiral) partly succeeded in restoring order by drawing atten- tion to the fact that the little Rogers dog .Bret Harte waa barking furiously. 'Who ever heard of a. dog seeing or hearing anytBlns supernatural?' " "S? uld the Ind lans bT5 gone tb warpatll? asked my "'No said the commander of the gunboat. Pinta, 'They are all Paeabie and they wouldn't waste time scaring ns "Then came a rumbling which made the house . shake. Indian war criea were ard. it might tw h.v8tlle clans fighting each fooTS?Uliai- S chased them down th stairway. That seemed s big relief until Just outside the windows the at- tack was renewed. There was the SOund of the brush being broken down. Mr. Rogers went to his bedroom window, which was darkened, and rooked out. He brls"" 0m8 at the " 'Why didn't they phone for belp?' you ask. " 'Say, they didn't have phones jt a?SrwardI? th" tWent7 "The fighting ceased and the forms disappeared, it was agreed tnat V19 ,an woald,be ISHl. Z".tr." men to go and bring the neces- rr assistance. , coffee was then ade and served, which was a welcome stimulant to their shst- tered nerves. "Three of the men takinr lamps, started cautiously to ex- 5lor tat part of the house.. They found no trace of disorder.. Returning and soport- ing to what was left ot the party, their minds an aid a cniBiete "P. They knew it would never Stttii2S frightened. The question would be: 'What wre .hey all drinkir-- " Jirri,,"' T rTVir ESS? cariosity was rampant in the I minds of all. and eaeh had a dif ferent theory except old Bobby Rogers,, -who agreed with the one uis wiie neia. "After breakfast 1 the next morn,n 1 ven vr our back fence anrl nn thronrS (k. I z - brush, where I Immedi&lelv found the hat and cap. which I returned to the respective two P" ,aIIed ,00, my ?X.b!S' r twoed 08 "WhUe father was telling me wiat hd bappened,. he undertook 'TVJ t laughing r:0' ' ' To me it seems more then anything else a rebellion of the, clumsy lout against civttization. It Is the clumsy lout's revolu- tion against thought; against sanity and against books. " ? "Where tt.wilL take Germany no one knows "It is not only in Germany that the wide tolerations are dis appearing. The rlumsy lout is rampant everywhere with idiotic symbols and idiotic salutes contriving. Imbecile cruelties. " About one thins; I feel safe tn the long run books will win.. The clumsy lout will be brought to heel. Wo shall have .uiiiewejLsiiea accurately to his So ends the story. Now for a sketch of the Baranot castle. Al exander Andreyevltch Baranoff was the first, gorernor oi kus- ian America. In 1795 he es tablished .a colony on Bering stxait-ln) 1799 he took posses sion of the largest of the Sitka islands (now Baranof island), be gan trade with the natives, and subsequently extended his opera tions to Canton and the Hawaiian islands, Boston, New York and other distant places. . He formed a small colony In California, on Bodega bay, above Yerba Buena (San Francisco.) He died at sea near Java in 1919, while on his return to Russia. Baranof, one of the islands ot the Alexander group, off the southwest coast of Alaska, is 100 miles by 25 at Its broadest part. Sitka, as Indicated, once the capi tal ot Alaska after Russia sold that possession to the United States, is on the northwest coast of the Island. When It was giren the status of a territory, In 1912, the capital was changed to Ju neau. ''."3 Mrs. Era Emery Dye, la her book. "McLoughlin and Old Ore gon," gave a chapter to "A Trip to Sitka," from which, short ex cerpts follow: 't "The bay of Sitka' Surst Into view. Beside Mt. Edgecumbe It lay, dimpling in the sunset. A few Russian ships lay at anchor In the Norse-like fiord close under the guns of Sitka (Baranof) cas tle. On either side of theboy tie. On either side of the bay, precipitous walls ot rock dipped into the emerald waves and waved their plumes of pine trees far above.? (This was In 1849.) Continuing: "On a high rock overlooking the Indian village of Sitka old Count Baranoff had built a castle buit It strong, ot heavy hewn cedar, pierced by cop per bolts i and on the terrace, commanding land and water, be planted his batteries ot 100 can non. At the top be ran up a lighthouse tower, that flashed the first beacon ray on Pacific wa ters. Above it waved the-Russian flaz and the eagles ot the czar. "The bearded old Baranoff ruled Alaska, and despatched home shipload after shipload ot furs, that sold for fabulous sums In the markets of Russia. The count was a shrewd old tyrant. bold, enterprising, with, a heart of atone, nerves of steel, and a frame of iron, . . . alternating days of toll with nights of revel ing on raw rum and fiery vodko . . . But he was a great man ager." - following Baranoff came Rds slan successors who made the oil castle's interior luxurious with the finery . of ..Europe's capitals. They bought their grain' and other -products from Oregon., of the Hudson's Bay company. That company bargained with the Rus sian fun company and secured a great trapping and hunting con cession, snd Elolse, queenly daughter of Dr. John McLoughlin. accompanied, as bis bride, Wil liam Glea Rae, who, in 1840, went to lire in Baranof castle, he to have charge ot the affairs of the English fur company in the north. They remained a year, when, in 1841, Rae was trans ferred to take charge ot the new Hudson's Bay company post at Yerba Buenav (San Francisco.) Several books have been pub lished around the setting of Bar anof castle where Russian lead ers dreamed of empire on the Pa-3 cifie.side ot the Americas.' last yawp. Such was the setting of the story of Charlton Hatch, his birth place in Salem town In 1878. Editorial Comment From Other Papers A FORGOTTEJf HERO OF "THE LOST CAUSE" In a field flanking the Emmlts- burg road, . on the battlefield of Gettysburg, a Conservation corps worker the other day. saw a bone protruding from the soil. He no tified the authorities and the ground was dug up. There. Just beneath the surface. lay the skeleton of a man. With it were buckles, buttons and In signia of the Confederate army and a lot ot bullets. The field In which the discovery was made is part ot a farm. It has been plowed almost every year since the battle took place. And all of that time this forgotten Con federate soldier lay there where his mates had buried him, sleep ing in peace a few inches beneath the white frosts ofwlnter and the rippling yellow wheat of summer. There Is a natural poetry in the workings of chance, sometimes and it would be hard to find a better example of it than this. There is something so peculiar ly fitting, so especially right, about this soldier's resting place. To pass from the unendurable turmoil and torture ot battle to the infinite peace of a sun-swept wheat field with the rustle of growing things and the ripple of wind to replace the crzsh of guns and the yells of desperate men- is not that a fate any soldier might envy? And in this transmutation there is a sumnring-np ot the outcome of all wars in all times and places. The armies come, they trample and stain the soil and fill the world's enp of misery to over flowing; and then, at last, the tide ebbg again, and the wide earth goes back to its Wsiness of growing things, and the bodies of forgotten dead are reclaimed by the living soil. Most of their graves are laid at formally in rows with head stones and, crosses to mark their place; but a few, on every battle field, are quietly hidden away,, to drowse out their peaceful eternity in close union witU the plants which, re-enact, each spring, the miracle of resurrection. youngster from Alabama, perhaps. . Se it was with this iaa a youngster from Alabama, perhaps. or from Texas or Louisiana or Virginia whese fate It was t en rich, a Pennsylvania wheat field for aH time with a handful of southern dust. . ' , '. 'And of all the thousands ot young men- to -whom Gettysburg was the end of the- road, it is not hard to feel that this one was the most to be envied, fie got the ideal resting place. He gave- Penn sylvania, forever, a hallowed bit of Dixie. . Albany Democrat-Herald. STATE'S CREDIT SAGGING The other day the state ot Ore gon sold 1 200,000 worth of bonds on a basis to yield 5.125 per cent. At one time its credit was on a basis of less than four per. cent. The bulk of the city of Baker's bonds were refunded by - Mayor Harvey about two years ago at a rate of a little less than 4.75 per cent. X. . H r : . 1 : ' The ehanged status of. state credit is not due to the depression or a tight money msrkeC for the bonds of. the best railways, tele phone, -.power and gas' companies are today selling to yield about four per cent. Union Pacific rail way credit is in this class. The state's bonds sLould bo strength ened by the fact that -they are tax free, since federal and state In- SYNOPSIS - Jefferson Randolph . a great football prospect at fassoos Thorndyke University . . . was bom of bsmbU parents, Moss and Pop, in a little Middle West factory tows when he wea early renown as a brilliant high school back, so much so that the great eastern college had tared hiss to its swanky halls. Tommy came home for Christmas, spent ssach of the time trying f poliah household manners, did not retarn Easter, but during bis summer vacation he caused a meet profound semsatloaH throughout critical Athens by flashing ea that burg the very lat est m sport tegs, white knickers, flannels, et aL The neighbors are rather caustic but as Mom explains it. If you fly with fine birds yen must wear fine feathers" .referring to her boy's "i ill! en aire college chums" V Tommy golfs during first half of his vacation; then snakes hitittlf ' "as hard as nana" laboring as a truck loader in the glassworks where his father and brother, Pete, work.' Tommy still Coos with Dorothy Whitney, daugh ter of 4he big factory owner but he pozzies Mom by aim ply calling Dot "a good scout". CHAPTER 8ESTEEN The word got around town that Thorndyke was going to play Stats in two years and it caused a lot of excitement because everybody knew about State and was crazy to see Tommy playing: with snooty Thorn dyke. So there was a lot of talk about it and people began ta save up their money even though it was two years away. Mrs. Farrell men tioned the. game at the grocery store and hinted that Tommy would .get plenty when he came to play State. Mom just laughed and said that Tommy wasnt worried. Then Butcher Brown said: That's the one game Pm going to see if I have to close up shop.' And Mom answered what she had hearcLTommy tell Pop: "Why dont you go over and see one of Tom my's big games!" Butcher Brown laughed and looked nt Mrs. Farrell and all the other women looked at her and Mrs. Farrell said: "ikm people are even getting so important they can high-hat their own state, I see.1 It got around town and n lot of the knockers said Tommy was get ting too high-toned altogether, making cracks dike that; but Mom thought ft was -pretty cute. Mom was wiping off the front windows. She hail washed them just two days before but a rain had come up and splattered them and the women along the street never missed a thing. The mailman was coming along, poking along usual, with his black dog, the one that always muddied up a dean 'porch, trailing back of him. Mom could tell, three or four houses down, whether he had anything for her or not; but with Tommy home it didnt make much difference any how; if he had anything in his hand, like as not it was one of the advertisements Pop was always an swering about corn cures and How To Care For The Feet and she didnt see why he kept on sending far them because none of them did him any good. . The mailman handed her a small envelope. "Here's an invitation for the Country Club dance for Tom,' he said. mom laugnea. -now ao you know, John 7" John laughed but didnt answer her tiuestton. "I wish they'd save them for some day when X havent got gas cards and look at these hanky papers." Be showed her a stack of folded newspapers printed private corporation bonds has to pay, have been Increased and may be again. Yet state credit has sagged de cidedly. Why? Too big a debt and too much willingness on the part of the voters to increase it reck lessly as the vote to authorize IC5.00d.000 In bonds for power development indicsted. State ot Oregon credit no longer enjoys the prestige it once did and the responsibility rests upon those who have led the people into debt increasing measures. Iaa t it about time somo ot us realized that we can't borrow ourselves into pros perity. Baker Democrat-Herald. Willamette Gets Share of Aurora College Students AURORA. Sept. 22 The collegiate set has shown a diver sified choice of the schools to ward which their eyes are cast. Vera Garrett and Lowell Grlb ble.have returned to Willamette university, Winfisld Atkinson is again at the University of Ore gon, Robert powers win leav xer the University ot Washington the last of the month. Betty Krana is a senior at Oregon State. Glenn Foster and Albert Foster are stu dents of the Northwestern school ot law in Portland.' Covin e Wur- ster, after a vacation, is again in nurse's training. ; The Lane Cribbles are home after a vacation of three .weeks. During their absence their home was remodeled, papered and painted. Allen J. Zimmerman is Gribbfe's substitute and carried the mall on route 2 while he was. away. . - ' - - v Enrollment at Gates Reported Bit Lower GATES. Sept. 21 Gates school opened Monday with slightly Increased enrollment ov er Issi- yesr. The enrollment tor the past tew years has been around Off. grades and high school together. Six registered aa freshmen and six entered the first rade, nine new pupils hsve moved In during tho - past - sum- la a foreign tongue. "Say," ho eon tinned, "does the old man get any good out of aU them mail order ads be answers) for his feet I" "Not much, I'm afraid." "Tell him he's not doing me any favor." Mora wonldnt tell Pop, of course. Poor John didnt mean anything and it would only get Pop started on civil service and the government pension jobs and he'd even threaten to write to Washington to get sat isfaction. And .that would get Uncle Louis started on how nobody could ever get satisfaction from Wash ington as long as the Republicans were in there stnd.it would end up in another big row with every wom an along the street straining her ears.. , ..- : JSut Mam was triad the invitation bad come -and she sat looking at It, fingering the quality of the. paper. It was. a sort of actual proof she could hold in her own bands that her Tommy was really doing aU these big things and that it wasnt just a nice dream and one of these days she would see him c&nig out to the factory to work, year in and year out, as Mom had always watched Pop and as Fete would al ways do; although Pate was. talk ing about starting n garage of his own now. And Pete had a girt a plain kind of a girl be called Steve or Monkey or anything he thought of, and she called him Doggy because he always liked to have some kind of a dog around although they hadnt had any at the house since Tiger waa poisoned by some jealous person in the neighborhood; Mom had ber idea but aha had never mentioned it to Pop because he swore he would take hia hunting shotgun and shoot the one that did it if he ever found out. Steve was a new girl in town and her father worked at one of the big garages and Steve seemed to know as much about automobiles as Fete. It was a funny way for a young couple to go courting, with their heads always under the hood of a car, but still Mom knew it was lot better for them to do that than run to dances and do a lot of drinking like she heard some of the young ones were doing. Mom didnt know what the world was coming to, with- the girls acting the way they did nowadays; but she was thankful her i beys hadnt picked up with any of the fly-by night running-gates. 1 She was a little worried at the way Mrs. Johnson's Florrie w throwing herself at Tommy. She was a pert thing, all painted up, and Mom had to admit she w pretty in a bold way. She was year older than Tommy and should be ashamed of herself; and it made Mom boil the way Florrie sat over on her porch and made eyes at him. Once in n while Tommy went over and talked to her; and one. night Mom thought she heard him tell her goodnight kind of late; but he was too smart to get mixed up with a hussy who kept her fellows as late as two or three in the morn ing with no light in the parlor. either. She was a disgrace to the neighborhood and Mrs. Johnson had better look after her own be fore she took to minding other peo ple's children. Mom hoped Tommy would take I Dorothy to this Country CI obi dance. Something seemed wrong with them lately. Always before Tommy had gone over to Johnson's! to use their telephone and Mom knew he was calling up Dorothy because hewould always come back home and dress, and later Mom would be apt to see them walking down to the movies or sometimes driving to Smith villa where there were bigger shows and parties as I well as the country club. Now he Yesterdays . . . Of Old Salem Town Talks from the States nan of Earlier Days September 23, 1908 " Ex-Congressman Theodore A. Bell speaks at first democratic campaign rally hero this season, presided over by Governor Cham berlain; Arrangements made by A. M. Dalrymple and Tom Wil son.' . Boy Hewitt, senior in - college ot law and of liberal arts at Wil lamette unlrerslty, marries Lena May Heise, former student at col lege of music; ceremony perform ed by Professor Gaylard Patter sen of Willamette. O. C. T. Co.'s steamers Pomo na and Oregona leave tor Port land dally except Sunday at o'clock a.m. M. P. Baldwin, Agt. Adv. September 23, ifeS3 ' Sixty-second annual Oregon state fair opens tomorrow; La Grande municipal band to pro vide music during afternoon rac ing program, . and at , night; speakers on Oregon historical program at night to laelade George H. Hlmes. Fred Lockley, Albert Toiler. Milt . Miller and Jonn B. Horner. Pierce recall proves lizzie; re ports from all parts of stste say effort to obtain signatures to re call petitions falling. LONGVTEW, Wash. Long rlew-Ralnier Bridge, association organized to promote erection of bridge across . . Columbia liver here. FORREST RITES TODAY DAYTON, Sept. 22 Funer al services and burial for John Goldle - Forrest. - 27, ot . Union vale, who died at Los t Angeles September. 1V will be held at Monument, Grant county, ' Ore- gen, Sunday, September 24. . didnt seem to be going with Dorothy. -. Mom bad never had a phone in as they had no use for one with Tommy away; but she began to think up a good excuse to get one so Pop wonldnt complain about wasting money on f oolishnes al though she knew be would be very proud when it was really in. Mom had an idea that it was when Tom my went over to use their phone that Florrie Jonnson began to get her clutches on him; and anyhow she didnt want Mrs. Johnson to be knowing all of the family business because once - she got hold of a thing it was as good as spread all ever, town; and it was impolite to go use a person's phone and then talk: doable so they would know you were trying to keep them from hearing what was going on. ; Mem hoped this invitation would be the means of bringing Dorothy and Tommy back, together again; that, night, when he opened it, he read it and went into a kind of a brown study; and pretending that she did not know what was in the envelope, Mom said: ?l saw Dorothy down on Circle Street today." Hs- spoke quickly. "Did she say anjvoine; uoouc me I "Well, you aee I wasnt taTkfn to ber; she just passed the time of day as she went by; but she smiled real nice and looked very pretty." -nas sne wua anybody?" Mom considered. "WelL now. I couldn't just ssy as to that.'! Do you mean there waa a p-nir with her?" i "WelL there were a lot of people around." Uld you see a sldnnv rav with a little mustache?" "WelL now. maybe thre w nn like that." There hadnt been but there were times when Mom felt that a little white Ee didn't do any harm. Tommy's jsw whitened a hit under its burn and tightened Then ne dashed out of the house without aaymg a word and went oyer to Johnson's; and when he came back he was happy and Kghthearted and bounding like a puppy again and said: "Listen, Mom, wsnt to do some thing for me? IH be working: and won't have time and they're al ways closed at night Tomorrow will you phone Telling's and have them make up a swell corsage for Dot for next Wednesdsy? I'm tak ing her to the Club dance." Then he went hurrying up the stairs and Mom knew he was go ing to get 'dressed and have a date with Dorothy. When he went out whistling aludf-hour later she was stiH puzzling about the corsage; and all night it was the same. Mora wasn't sure just what a corsage was; and she was ashamed to let Tommy know; he had trusted her to get it and she didnt want to fail him and she wanted to get a very nice one for Dorothy, the best there was without costing Tommy too much money. Of course Mem knew it was a bouquet of flowers but she didnt know how big or how much or what kind or anything. It waa a kind of custom in town for the boys to trust their mothers to order flowers for their girls at graduation and times like that, which wasnt so hard because Telling's just made up a lot and knew just what waa wanted; but a corsage for a Country Club dance was great responsibility; and Mora didnt want to do like some mothers did and save money for their boys so that the bouquets they bought were too cheap and the gjrls cried and it got all over town the next day. CTssWCoatittMd) CrW I8SJ, W, rra- WUor Distribute Yr XJmm realm S t PASSES IT nil DAYTON. Sept. 22. Zachariah Spangle, 77 a resident of Dayton for mere than 45 years, died sud denly at his home at 12 o'clock Wednesday night, September 20, from a heart attack shortly after retiring, upon returning from at tending a meeting ot Yamhill lodge No. 20 ot Dayton. He had conducted a barber shop in Dayton -coatisrudusly sinee he came bore la 1888 from Iowa. He was th oldest vice-grand of the. I. O, O. F. in Oregon, was' an Odd Fellow more than 41 years and was a charter member of the local Rebekah lodge. He was born September 13, 1257, at Webster City, la. He is survived by the widow; two sons. Ray and Charlie, both ef Pendleton; two daughters. Mrs. Walter Young of Dallas and Mrs. Lena. Wright of Lexinrton. Ky.. and one sister, Mrs. Tom Smith of Oregon City. Funeral arrangements are In care ot Macy'a of McMinnville. Lightning: Strikes Two at Molalla; b Fatal to Davis MOLALLA. Sept. 22 Light ning striking near Molalla Wed nesday afternoon caused the death of Virgil Davis, formerly ot Nspa, Calif., and brought seri ous Injury to H. IL KInchloe, Molalla farmer. Davis and Kinch loe were sawing wood when the lightning struck a tree they were standing under. Davis' death was Instantaneous. Klnehloo-wss brought ' to Mol alla for medical treatment. He is being cared tor at his .home. Ds- m. .u tr. had come to Molalla only a short time ago. . " . The Irish Free State sold 1800 tractors to the United States in 1921. but none in 1922. say eonv J: merce department statistics. :. n 3 NHE