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The 'First' World War
SUCH is the title of a photographic history of the war of
1914-18 which has been edited by Lawrence S tailings.
The adjective in the title is significant at this moment when
the nations of Europe are girding themselves for a renewal
of the struggle which was not settled 15 years ago.
; One closes the book with the same feeling he has after
reading "All Quiet on the Western Front" or on leaving the
: theatre after seeing "What Price Glory?" Pictures show the
dead lying in windrows, churches crumbling under artillery
fire, transports sinking when a torpedo hits them in the
. belly. Refugees and captives stalk dully through the pictures;
a king sits broken in disillusionment as his armies are scat
tered by the enemy. A page shows the second wave leaving
the trenches at Arras; another shows the pond:pitted fields
of Flanders. . . ! , . . . .
The captions of the photographs, .which are genuine. pi(
4na tt tvht :rpfie.. are as eruellv-Pointed as the pietares.
A few dead men lying in a
caption "Tactical Blunder", speaKs volumes, r our pictures va
the spread of two pages are entitled: "This was a home";
"This was a church"; "This was a forest"; "This was a
man". Three Russian peasants, ill-clad and acoutered; and
. under the picture the quotation: . . and three with a new
song's measure, can trample an empire down."
Stipped into thpictures are front pages of newspapers
with their top-deckf of war headlines. Scattered through are
reproductions of wartime cartoons, of proclamations, of
posters and propaganda. v ,t
Limbless, sightless victims of the war show its heritage.
"Mutiles de la Guerre".
"O God our help in ages past" serves as the title for a
picture of the Bishop of Westminster blessing the British
troops; again for a priest blessing Russian troops; again for
a chaplain blessing German troops Lincoln noted the an
omaly in his second inaugural when he remarked that both
"pray to the same God" each invoking his aid against the
other.
The end ? A triumphal march under the Arche de Tnumphe
fields of white crosses, "rolls of honor", a scrapping of fleets
and guns and aircraft; and in. 1933, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin,
Hernial Pasha, products of the war to make the World safe
for democracy.
The first world war! The league of nations is breaking
up; and Japan revives caesarism in the orient. When, we
wonder, will be the "last" world war.
Russia May Recognize Us!
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT has taken steps looking to
ward recognition of Russia. He has addressed the presi-
dent of Russia, Mikhail Kalinin, (whoever heard of him
anyway, with Stalin getting all the publicity?) a letter, and
the Russian president has replied. The American president
invites the opening of conversations for the adjustment of
differences and the Russian president says he is sending
Litvinov, his commissar for foreign affairs, to talk matters
over. Thus the United States is making an effort to renew
relatione which were sundered at the time of the bolshevik
revolution.
The American course has been pigheaded all these years.
We recognized other countries whose form of government
was offensive to us, from Abyssinia to Siam. We are still
doing business with Hitler and Mussolini and other fascists.
Why should -we not resume relations with Russia? The
brusque rejection of Russian overtures ten years ago by
Secretary C. E. Hughes in the Harding administration was
inexcusable. It violated long-standing diplomatic practice in
this country. It has cost the country much in commerce and
in friendship. It hasn't succeeded in keeping communism
out. The New York bankers have done more to boost com
munism in this country than Russia ever did.
The heavens will not fall if we recognize Russia. Besides,
so fast is the American picture changing, we should wait
no longer, or perhaps Russia would refuse to recognize us!
- Government by Decree
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT assured his audience yester
day at Washington college where he received a degree,
that this country-has no dictator. In the sense .that a dictator
governs by whim, that is truej but the president now exer
cises vast powers which he exercises by decree; and that is
the method of the dictator, although the spirit of the presi
dent is entirely for the public weal.
It is etfsy to swing into the system of government by
decree. The governor of North Dakota has issued a "decree"
that no wheat may be exported from his state. While given
color by virtue of a law; it is still a discretionary decree by
the governor. Pres. Roosevelt has issued a decree to clap
men in: jail for simply failing to conform with blue eagle
. requirements,: and other decrees to put them in jail for re
r taining over $100 of gold.
From government by decree it is easy then to pass to
proroguing legislative assemblies and governing by legis
; lative fiat. - (.
All over the world liberty lies prostrate, liberty, the prize
for which men have bled and died through generations. We
seek a better world; but we do not believe it will come
. through denial of human liberty.
"Planned economy" carries a bad wallop In Its mlt. as witness
?al v.?"! Ther th mU1 tt" to hut down to comply with
ttf K V M"W4. Takinu wher. similar conditions
nihuSt SUllt ilr ow however, so
the responsiblUty la quite as much on them as on Washington. It Is
touch for aa etflclenUr operated mill with orders on the fUe to
be condemned to Idleness. . 1
v ow. deDrtmB agriculture is coin to plow under several
hundred thousand head of beet cattle trom the ranee, pe tttni them
In cans for distribution to the needy. The deal wM bo SaidM tar
processlnc tax which will cost another ten mlllon dollffa.
whJ?5?W Thomas made a callant stand for lawyenf orcemeat
when addressing the truckmen the other night. "But Candidate
Thomas proved .quite obliging and got a big hand?
...M01 frora Bnrope sayi he doesn't know Just what the
aew bank laws mean. Morgan Is klnda dumb: butSers Tar-Tal it
mart bankers that aren't sure either. 8 tot of
'V- nttd er lMhes burned when her house eaurht
But sheTl get a new pair in colors to suit without muS tSub
Associated Preaa
roadway is the picture; and the
ffc0, fi, x rtf " V' Wife &
tv;. . il f jW r'W&Wi
"Bits Man" Contributes Much to
History in "Bethel and Aurora"
Unique Experiment in Communism is Ably
Related in Volume Just Off Press
By-ISABEL CHILDS
The Bits Man has written a
book. "Bethel and Aurora" by
Robert J. Hendricks is a stranger
than fiction tale of a communistic
colony transplanted from Missouri
to OTPon in 1855. No peculiari
ties other than the economic ex
periment 1 community owner
ship of property which, of
course, influenced to a certain
extent local politics, marked the
Aurora colony, making it out
standing among the hundreds of
communistic groups in this coun
try which hare flourished and
died within a few years of their
founding. j
Although it is Interesting to
read that the Aurora colonists
were well and fashionably dress
ed, that they were well fed (and
the suggestions of German Aurora
menus contained therein makes
this no book to read while on a
diet) and thoueh a recounting of
the actual historic facts cannon
fall to attract a certain class of
readers, were these alone the Tir
tues of the Tolume, 'twould be
an ordinary book, indeed.
But the author has so steeped
himself in the historic, philo
sophic, economic and religious
backgrounds of this small colony
of German folk that these facts,
while told, are related naturally
and remain in the background, to
be taken up in more detail as
appendices.
Dr. Keil Pictured
The reader sees Dr. William
Keil, tailor by trade and physician
and preacher by natural bent,
talking his way into the lives of
a handful of Germans in western
Pennsylvania and retaining the
position of teacher, friend and
philosopher among them for 34
years. Dr. Keil, Prof. Christopher
W. Wolff and Charles Huge, term
ed by the author the "triumTlrate
of speculative thought and study,"
Yesterdays
.... Of Old Salem
Town Talks from the States
nan of Earlier Days
October 22, 1008
Harking back to the day of
McKinley's campaign, Taft-Sher-man
club will celebrate Will H.
Humphreys arrival to speak next
week with red fire, torchlight pro
cession!, brass bands, and other
old time fireworks and display.
Startling allegations evident In
divorce complaint just filed: Hus
band accuses wife of using intox
icating liquors in excess; married
14 years.
: Theatres: Te Liberty, home of
refined entertainment, admission
10 cents; Dreamland and Vau
dette, pictures and Illustrated
songs, five cents; The Star, home
of high class fun, offering "One
of the Bravest," Adv.
October 22, 1923
BELMONT PARK COURSE, N.
T. - Zev, ridden by Earl Sande
of 8alem, Ore., defeats Papyrus,
England derby winner, and cap
tures 80,000 purse. ,
Albany college, claiming too
many of Its players Injured, can
cels scheduled game with Willam
ette at last minute; Coach Rath
bun mobilizes Bearcat second
team to provide exhibition i tor
crowd.
SAN PRANCISCO Alvla Ows
ley hands duties ot American Le
glcn national commander, over to
John R. Qalan of Delano, Calif;'
through these pages take their
place In the early historyof the
Oregon country. v
In every community there are
Individuals whose lives, rich In
anecdote and development thoueh
they may be, are casually oTer-'
looked by the historian. Such
were Amos Cushman and Ruth
Baker and the story of their ro
mance, their desertion of the col
ony, hardships on their Yamhill
connty farm and final return to
Aurora, is only one of the golden
threads of narrative running
through the book.
Perhaps the most fascinating
chapter is that which tells ot the
long funeral train of covered wag
ons led safely through, bands of
hostile but superstitious Indians
by a strange plains hearse carry
ing the body of Willie Keil, son
ot the founder, who died four
days before the train was sched
uled to leave Bethel for the Ore
gon country. Emphasis is removed
from the dark side of the picture
by the Introduction here ot the
music for which the Aurora col
onists became famous.
Readers ot The Statesman
know that he book could not be
the true product of Mr. Hend
ricks' mind if it did not contain
some speculation as to what might
have been the future of the col
ony, for the Aurora colony ceas
ed to exist as such when the com
mon property was divided after
the death of its dictator. A ro
mance thwarted at the beginning
of the Bethel experiment is
brought again to the reader's at
tention. Had John Roeblmg,
whose fertile mind built the
Brooklyn bridge years before his
son's engineering skill completed
the giant steel structure, married
Helena Glesy would he have be
come the leader! Aurora needed
upon the death of Dr. Keil?
Would he have caused the devel
opment of great Industries with
the aid of the skilled workmen the
colony produced? Would Aurora
today be something more than an
abnormally happy and peaceful
little) fannlngi community had
Roebliftg not chosen to build
bridges rather than live- the life
his sweetheart demanded? These
questions are ihrought provok
ing at least.
Sources Not Told
Much of the possible historic
value of the- book Is lost because
of Its unscientific annotation. And
though the layman may rejoice In
the scarcity of footnotes and those
few at the- ends of chapters, stu
dents of history cannot help feel
ing that Hr. Hendricks has nn
earthed much new material which
must? be disinterred again before
It can he. used by them.
The historicity of certain de
tails will be questioned. The Ore-
gonlan complains editorially, and
validly, of the paragraph la which
Dr. Keil la speaking. " 'Jason Lee
plunged Into the feverish activi
ties ot a speaking- tour; thunder
ed forth th clarion call ot a
challenging message to Christian
teal and American patriotism;
pleaded with prophetic earnestness
and statesmanlike Talon tor th
saving and settlement ot the Ore
gon country; brought la quick
and eager response th Lausanne,
the Mayflower of th Pacific' " it
la unfortunate since most modern
historians discount Lee's Interest
in saving the Oregon country for
any particular nation and ainea
all agree that those persons at
tracted here by him were not the
group which "saved th state tor
this eonntry.
All in an, -Bethel and Aurora
la a contribution to. the history
ot . phUosophy and culture not
only In Oregon but in the United
States, u tarns a new leaf la the
HEALTH
Hv Royal S. Copeland, MJ).
CHOREA, OR ST. VITUS- Oaaca
as it is more commonly called. Is a
Strang affliction of children. Tht
xact cause of this malady has never
been discovered.
But It la proba
bly an Infectious
disease caused by
- ' jri
r cerm atmuar
to the germ of
rheumatic fever.
As a rule, the
aliment occurs ta
aarly chudnood,
but it may also
afflict older chil
dren. It Is most
often found la
children between
the ages ot fire
and fifteen. It
seems to affect
1 V
Dr. Copeland
girls more than
boys. It is Interesting to note that
the disease Is rarely seen In negroes
and the American Indians.
1 am sorry to say that chorea Is
often overlooked in children. This Is
because the child complains of no
pain. But the disease should always
be suspected In a chUd who appears
fidgety, nervous and clumsy in his
actions and movements.
Ths yottng sufferer from chorea Is
In constant motion. Th hands, feet
and even the head, move about in
aimless fashion.
Children Are Backward
At times the child Is unable to
speak or has difficulty In speaking.
Though he speaks, the words are
choppy: and Indistinct. School teach
ers often pick out children who are
sufferers from chorea. They are
recognized by their dullness, care
lessness, backwardness in school
work and their loss of memory.
Chorea is; in Itself a serious dis
ease, but Its complications are most
dreaded. It la a common forerunner
of a heart Infection. For this reason
aU children who suffer from chorea
should be guarded against possible
heart Involvement.
This complication can be prevented
by careful medical supervision. If
the tonsils and adenoids are Infect
ed they should be removed, as welt as
all ether physical defects. The vic
tim ot chorea should be kept at ab
solute rest, in bed, for at least three
months. Some specialists claim that
complete cure is possible If the child
will be kept in bed for six mnntha
During this time nourishing food,
necessary medication and medical su
pervision must be carried on faith
fully. All exciting games must be
avoided. Ia suitable cases, beneficial
results are obtained from certain
baths, which may be given at home.
Aaswers to Health Queries
U.K.R Q. I never perspire the
shghtest bit. should this condition
have attention?
A. Not It yon are In good health
otherwise.
(Copyright, 1SSS. X. T. Ino.)
history ot the west in which the
oft-bespoken pioneer backwoods
man la tor a moment forgotten
and the scholar, the Industrialist,
the musician and the scientific
farmer come to the forefront
It is an Interesting study la
poUtics, this dictatorship whose
laws were the tea commandments
and whose leader, preacher and
physician that he was, often tor
got his dignity to dance with the
children.
Published only last month ' by
the Press ot th Pioneers, it is
a beautifully printed and bound
volume.
SPRING VALLET MEETWQ
SPRING VALLEY. Oct. 21.
The initial business meeting ot
the- Spring Valley community
club was held Friday night. Mrs.
Jesse Soha was elected president;
V. O. Stratton, vie president;
Miss Irene Windsor, secretary
treasurer. The program commit
tee, composed of 8. D. Crawford,
Mrs. r. B. Windsor, Clyde Ebbert.
The-first orocram meeinr win
be November 1ft. - ,
CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
z Then Pop was a task. The fac
' tan wasn't worldar se steady and
aw had aday off tiew ad'then, aadj
be was always under her xeet tn
the house with bis sib In every-
thing Tjntfl Horn was glad when he
went back to work and bad some-J
thing to do. He just wasot used to,
idleness and didn't know what to;
'dowia hiinself. r ?
" Then he'd listen to the radio and J
rax everybody on it and, in par-j
ucmar, ne raxxea ntiue isnney
and said she probably looked like
a. mud fence- sad bad a face that
would stop an eight-day deck, and
that Nippy probably knew as much
about beauty secrets as she did,
only Nippy bad sense enough to
keep still. With him carrying on
like that Mom couldn't very well
let him know she was trying to lis
ten to Nellie Binney and he'd only
raxx her tee if she said anything,
Then, if she did bay anything
and he found it, he'd be sure to try
it on his feet. She couldn't listen
to Nellie Binney but she had to lis
ten to anybody who ever said any
thing about foot remedies; and no
body was allowed to say a word
while there was anything being-
said about feet at alL
It was the same way when Mom
tried to listen to etiquette lessons
by Dorothy Vanderrees on WZJ at
ten-thirty. Pop would just sit there
and talk back to Dorothy Vander
eer and tell her she was full of
prunes and why didnt she go take
a running Jump into a pile of hay,
and sometimes he'd roar till Mom
thought the house was coming
down when Dorothy Vanderveer
told the proper dress for a man to
wear ia the morning or afternoon.
Pop was just showing his ignor
ance and Mom told him (So but he
said he'd be showing a lot 'mora if j
he ever went around dressed up
like that thing said sad they'd have;
him in the bughouse before he got
down to the city building. I
When nobody was looking Mom
used the lanolin on her face which
was left over from the time Pop
was scalded; and she began to
think about whether she should:
wear rouge or not;' it would give
her a better eolor but it was hard'
for a decent woman to think of
putting the same stuff on her face
that Florrie Johnson nsed.
The getups Florrie put on were
something awful; once Pop was
sitting on the porch and saw Flor
rie ge by with her red dress and
face all painted op and Pop yelled
in to Mom: H3riminy when did
the circus come to town?" and
Mom asked him why and he said
one of the Indians had Just gone
by: but Florrie didnt bother any
body m the neighborhood and was
real take about speaking as she
went by whether anybody spoke to
her or not and, as Tommy and Pete
were well out of her clutches any-!
how, Mom saw no reason for not
being civil to her.
Then there were other troubles
about the graduation. It wouldn't
look right for Mom to go without
Pop but, really, she was afraid how
he would act and might make Tom
my ashamed because Pop would be
sure to tell the millionaires how to
run the country and how to run
their business and would be going
around with that eye dropped down
always looking for some kind of
argument because there was no
doubt about it, when Pop got all
dressed up, he got very important
and Hoover wouldn't mean any
more to him than Uncle Louie.
Then there'd be a lot of walking
around and meeting .people and
Church Spire Should Inspire but
Ii It Doesn't There's No Remedy
By D. H. Talmadge, Sage of Salem
The two windiest blocks la
downtown Salem: State street be
tween Commercial and Front,
High street ' between State and
Ferry.
Occasionally a man Is seen
hurrying in the streets of Salem.
But it is usually because he does
not wish to be late for dinner. ,
I beer of a man, an apartment
dweller, who is annoyed by the
constant singing of a woman
with a Maggie Jigga voice In an
adjolnlnc- apartment. Why does
the man not obtain a saxophone
and practice on It?
During the week an ode To
Washing Dishes" has mad its
appearance here. Perfectly all
right. Washing Dishes is as fully
entitled to an ode aa any other
ancient and honorable function
ot life. But is it quite proper to
rhyme "dishes" with "ambi
tious"? .
. i .
Salem has a skyline Not to be
compared to New York or Chi
cago or even Portland's skylines
dont be, ridiculous but still
a skyline in marked and signifi
cant contrast to that of 19 years
ago. - -
And Salem's newspapers have
kept pace with he town's skyline.
Folks who have . been away from
the town for years, and, return,
appreciate the progressive chang
es which have 'takes, place and
tell us soma quit surprising
news relative to local changes.
Not strictly .news, either, but
something we hadn't: thought of.
Some circumstance ; are de
pressing. I ventured to call the
attention of a man to the spire
ot the First "Methodist church
th others day. This spire, aa
spires go, has ever Impressed me
as being one ot great beauty,' and
I said , as much td the man.' Bat
the man only grunted and said it
looked to him - like any other
steeple. Which doubtless It did.
And it 1 quit useless to attempt
doing anything about it. .
I reckon everybody sees beauty
In something beauty which Is
hidden everywhere, that reason's
child may seek her. But there
WW) M i
Barber Menken offered to take the whole family to the pad
cmrdsea at ThorBdvfce University bat he insisted a
driving the historic flivver
Pan would be sure to take his:
shoes off somewhere he shouldn't
and,, if he didnt do that, he'd be
talking about . how his xeet nun
him and maybeibejl , be going,
arid among thlfrmp&ires ask
ini ithexn- tf they: kiW any good
com cures, because, when Pop'sJ
feet once got on his mind, therej
wasnt room for much else.
Then Uncle Louie had been
throwing out hints and Mom knew
he'd feel very put out and peevish
if they went without him; and Un
cle Louie would be worse even than)
Pop because he was always saying
cutting things for no reason at all
and like as net he'd hunt up the
president the first thing and askj
him why Thorndyke didnt do this
or that if it was so great. It didnt
make much difference how great it
was. Uncle Louie would find some
thing wrong about it and he
wouldn't hesitate about telling any
body either.
And Cousin Emmy was counting
herself ta so much it would be hard
to hurt her feelings and tell her
not to come; but she'd be sure to
wear her flowered chiffon and hat
which had been out of style fox ten
years and she'd be going around
nosing into everything aad butting
into the snooty people's talk telling
them that Tommy was her . cousin
and she'd be sure to eau nun Tom
my instead of Jeff, which was his
name at Thorndyke; and it'd be the
same way with Pop and Uncle
Louie, they'd be saying things they
shouldnt and embarrassing Mom
and Tommy, and Horn couldn't be
going around correcting them all
the time because that was bad
manners.
To say nothing of the expense.
Cousin Emmy could get a pass but
it would cost too much to outfit the
rest of them and get them over and
back; and money was scarce any.
how because Pop wasnt working
so steady and he wouldn't want to
give up that time and by the time
Mom scraped together what the
could for Tommy there wouldn't be
seems to be something of special
reassurance In the beauty which
human hands has created. Per
haps it is the promise it suggests
D. H. TALMADGE
of the fraternity which exists be
tween -man and the Power which
created: the mountains. ;-
I have enjoyed a 'narrow 'es
cape, i was all bubbled up over
a certain motion picture, which
seemed to m refreshingjy aa Im
provement on the usual run of
picture, and" waa oar the point of
releasing aa enthusiastic warble
or two .of; praise for th benefit
of aU acquaintance who knows
his liteTary aad dramatic onions.
We had met' at a street corner
and had. paused for a two-talnute
that. I spoke of the-c picture, and
was about: to say that I consider
ed" it swell which of eouree ia
a very expressive word and indi
eative of profound understand
ing of any matter which may bo
under discussion. But before I was
abl to express mys el r my ac
quaintance caught me up. "O, you
saw it. did your Wasnt It ter
rible t"! ho asked. 'Simply awful,"
I responded; Inwardly, I was a bit
ashamed of myself tor thus dodg
ing a controversy, but I am not so
sdaatiea
anything left anyhow f and she'd
DTobablv have to get nor stuff at
Julius's on tick and that Myrtle'
Flasnigaa would have it home
aheaa of her. - - !
Uncle Louie i came home with a. j
big idea. He' had I talked to Lou i
Menken the barber, and Lou had
an old Ford sedan which would
hold five and he would lend it to
Uncle Louie to make the trip and
they could all go. The only draw
back, and Uncle Louie and Lou
Menken had had some words about
this, was that Lou wouldn't trust
anybody else to drive his old wreck
and he d have to go and they'd
have to pay hie expenses. Uncle
Louie had it aU figured -out how
they could stop at tourist camps on
the way and he would borrow some
tents from Barry Mayer and they
could strap these on the aide bf the
car and take some cooking things,
too, and that way they'd hardly
have any expense at aU. r- 't
Mom just looked at him but -didn't
say, anything-. ThefyJ, would
make a nice show of 'Tommy rat
tling into snooty Thorndyke like a
comie valentine in, that old thing
of Lou Menken's, if it ever got
them that far to say nothing of
Lou who could talk a blue streak
when he had a mind to; but like as
not he'd spend most of his time
going around embarrassing every
body looking at their heads to see
what kind ot a haircut their bar
bers had give them and maybe
shaking his bead in disgust if a
hair was out of place. They said
he was a good barber and took
great pride in his work but Mom
guessed the barbers over east knew
as much as Lou Menken. So she
just looked at Uncle Louie and he
went off mad saying, all right, he
knew they didnt want him and
that prored It, and everybody
around the house was getting too
high-toned anyhow and whatever
went up came down, and they'd see.
Ti Be Continued)
Cbpyrfefct. 1MJ. by FracU Wilkes
Watnbutea br
Boas Features SvadieatK. tmm.
certain his Judgment was not bet
ter than mine at that.
Some of us dig out the bad
points and some of us dig out the
good points. It is a matter of
taste.
An Invitation comes from a
good fellow over in the hilis to
"stop up" at his place for a few
days and shoot some birds. Am
compelled, regretfully, to decline
the Invitation. By the way, the
term "stop up" r where did it
come frphi? ii thought "sfop up"
applied only to pipestems and
drainpipes.
We laugh or groan most heart
ily at the exhibition In others of
our own weaknesses.
School at Marion
Give Program
MARION. Oct. 21. A Splen
did program was given to a capa
city house Tuesday night at the
community club meeting. It con
sisted of short plays, readings and
rons by the school. Results of the
yearly election of officers are as
follows: President, Aran Scher
machCT; vice president, Paul
Hysler; secretary - treasurer, El
ma Barber; Improvement commit
tee, Carl Olson; social committee,
Mrs. Barber.'
- A number of men and teams are
grubbing, grading and graveling
what is known as the old Golden
Ferry road east of . Marlon.
The Mountain States Power
company is extending their east
line oa through to 8taytbn. This
lln will service about II farm
ers. - V
1 Mrs. Fred Schermaeher and
daughter, Wilma, accompanied
by Mrs. A. Schermaeher cf Cot
tare Grove, left earhr TnaaHav
morning for a week's visit wlthi
mo tatter suter-In-law. Mrsj
Stirrat ot Spokane, Wash., whom
she has not seen for more than
20-years. - ,
RETURNS FROM OCTEeO
TURNER, Oct, !, -i Mrs.
Frances Whitehead," apent
most et tho week la Portland
going as a delegate to the atate
W. C. T U. convention. Mrs. A.
B. Webb returned the first of the
week from a six weeks trip, vislt
!! " lnTui daughter, Mrs. Ma
bel Riley at Higglns. Texas, also
stopping with a daughter, Mrs.
Myrtle Mackelberg la Oklahoma.
Mrs. Webb . report ." encountering
much z. hot and 5 uncomfortable
weather.
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