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Today's Elections
TODAY'S elections are not of very great interest. Ratifica
tion of the repeal amendment in at least three more
states, which will suffice to effect abandonment of national
prohibition, is a foregone conclusion. Within 30 days state
conventions will be' held and by December 6 or 7 "finis"
wiJ be written to the "experiment noble in purpose". Then
the controversy over liquor will open on a new front, that
of license of state control.
Bye-elections of congressmen are not numerous and
without much significance. In one Pennsylvania district
the republicans put up no candidate against the democrat.
Next yearns congressional elections will be important as
measures of how the Roosevelt popularity is wearing. But
this year the few elections that are being held will hardly
be pointers of the political winds.
New York city is having a bitter fight over the mayor
alty. The rest of the country always damns Tammany and
all its works, but having no vote, can only act as kibitzers
;in the New York game. For the first time in many years
Tammany faces defeat. If Joseph McKee wins, the defeat
will be only partial, because Tammany would then go through
the motions of I cleaning house and effect some affiliation
with McKee, whose previous record was one of subservience
to Tammany rule. The real fight appears to be between
LaGuardia and McKee. The former is a "progressive republi
can", charged by McKee with being at one time identified
with a communist organization. In congress he was a radi
cal, hostile to the party. In the New York fight however,
party blood is proving thicker than water, and Ogden Mills
and Henry L. Stpison have been endorsing LrGuardia for
the job of mayor. O'Brien, the regular Tammany candidate,
has been running third in the straw polls. He has control
of the vast city machine however, and the support of Tam
many hall but desertions tu McKee have beejn heavy. The
democratic split may result in iLaGuardia's election.
Besides these elections there are numerous states where
local issues are to be settled; but they are chiefly of local
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THATS MY BOY"
CHAPTER FEFTT-FOUB
Hon tot mora worried as tim
want on. People around town began
to say this .and that, and tha ones
that carried it all to Mom were
only too' glad to do it, aha thought,
Yesterdays
... Of Old Salem
Town Talks from the States
man of Earlier Days
The Swope Plan
"1ERALD SWOPE, noted as an industrial leader, on the
vT occasion of his retiring from a position on the ad
visory board of NRA, advanced a plan for self -discipline
m industry under which trade associations or groups would
administer affairs in their own organizations. It was not
the first time Swope, who is chairman of the General Electric
company, has put forward such a method of industrial con-
, trol. He proposed it first several years ago.
' Under Swope's plan industries would operate under
trade agreements or cartels, and officers of the associations
would administer the regulations. It would be a system such
ts is now embraced in the lumber authority under the lum
ber code. The difference between his plan and NRA is that
Industry would be self- governed instead of bossed by gov
ernment. Prof. Ogburn, of the University of Chicago, who re
tired from Gen. Johnson's committee to represent consum
ers after a clash with one of its members, criticises Swope's
plan because "it forgets prices. It would be dangerous for
the public and unjust for the consumer".
There is merit in his criticism, for tightly organized
cartels stand for high prices as long as possible, as the
steel rail mills clung to a price of $43 a ton for years. Prof.
Ogburn did hail the Swope plan as a contribution to thought
on the question of the relation of industry to government,
the most profound question of the next decade".
Sometimes we hear that NEA is onlj temporary. Again
we hear that it will be enlarged and extended and made
more drastic. It is pertinent therefore tc have public consid
eration of the relations of competing units within an in
dustry to each other, to consumers and to the government.
The problem is involved. perhaps insoluble.
The Italian custom seems to be to knock over the
heroes who promise to outdistance Mussolini in public favor.
Air Minister Balbo who commanded the famous flight of
Italian aircraft to the Chicago fair winning great ovations
in this country and in Italy, has been demoted to the gov
ernorship of Libia, an African colony. This was the custom
of ancient Romejto send a popular favorite to the obscurity
of a provirice. A predecessor of Balbo'g, de Pinedo, was like-
vise demoted to a minor position. Dictators book no com
petition for publie' favor.
' The normal expectation now should be, that tax delin
quency would not increase. People will begin paying on their
bacic taxes or 1930 and 1931. and Income from these rolls
should about equal delinquencies on current tax rolls. Of
course with any business oick-uD taxes would come in fast
Tfc d real threat is with the big timber companies whose back
taxes amount to such enormous sums they may let the tim-
oer revert, ihe taxes would be wiped out, and the county
woum men realize proceeds of the ultimate sale.
The blast from the republican national committee met
wicn scant applause out here. The only comments in Ore
gon papers we saw, all republican, were critical" of the
nress release. While rprmhlirans
Roosevelt program, they feel he should be given his chance,
: ana criticism snouia De directed on principle and not for
partisan enos.
November 7, 1908
City primaries today; no candi
date for, mayor to succeed George
F. Rodgers; candidates for alder
man Fred Waters, D, F. Wag
ner. Gideon Stolz, A. L. Fraser,
E. J. Sauter, I. Greenbaum, W. W.
Hill, C. Unmh, H. S. Radclif fe.
United States Senators Fulton
and Bourne and Congressmen
Hawley and Ellis Invited to speak
at banquet celebrating sweeping
victory of republicans in presiden
tial election, won by W. H. Taft.
By 6 to 0 score Salem high
school's grid team defeats Eugene
eleven, capturing championship of
western Oregon league.
November 7, 1823
Incomplete returns show voters
of Oregon turning- down state in
come tax law; upstate counties
generally favor measure but Mult
nomah preponderantly against it.
DALLAS. City bond issue to
finance sidewalk construction
brings $2.62 per $100 premium.
SILVERTON. Nominees for
American Legion post commander
ship here are Harry Carson, WU-
BITS for BREAKFAST
By R. J. HENDRICKS-
Pony express, first wire,
overland stages, railroad:
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(Continuing from Sunday:)
"Brown awarded the contract to
a group headed by John Butter
field, and decided In favor of a
southern route, with eastern
termini at St. Louis and Mem
phis, and running by way of Fort
Smith, El Paso and San Diego to
San Francisco.
"Advocates of the central
route charged that the postmas
ter general's action had been
prompted wholly by political con
siderations, but at this distance
there seems to have been sub
stance in his" contention that the
route he had chosen would be
free from snow in winter, and,
moreover, would cross the moun
tains at easy and practicable
grades.
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"Nevertheless the southern
route presented many obstacles
to successful staging, and Butter
field devoted a year to removing
the gravest ones. Relay stations,
consisting of a corral and cabin
fred Loomis,
Henry Hutton.
John Elder and
Carl Gabrlelson and James
Young nominated for commander
ship of Capital post, American
Legion.
The president told the midwest governors he wouldn't
undertake to amir the licensing scheme tr all th frmr
of the country. The idea is fantastic, but so many 'fantastic
ideas are being trotted out and given a trial, the president
may come to this after awhile. Tho farm a?r? criomo nnn
being used are both fantastic, and seemingly futile so far
a puuieni reuei-goes.
vAs tte news trickled in from Eugene Saturday
' nitrht. we burst nut lanolin ni v.n-'j- av..
i Jlf?11! w Cha Starr had been fired from the state
waxu, m me interest or harmony .
in- new deal is spreading. Oxford, England, af ter hav-L--ilJ2fS.
ma!es has elected a woman to that office.
Daily Health Talks
By ROYAL S. C0PELAND, M. D.
Dr. CopcUind
By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D.
United States senator from New York
Former Commtssioner of Health,
New York City
"IS COLLAPSE et the lung in the
treatment of tuberciilosU successful?
Is It painful? DO any in effects fol
low? I have been advised to have
this treatment
but am worried
about it"
This quotation
la taken from a
letter written me
by a sufferer
from tubercu
losis, z have to
celved many
similar inquiries,
Perhaps it win
be useful to ex
plain this meth
od of treatment.
Some letters
refer to the
treatment as
"gassing- of the
lung". In reality. K Is a collapse of
the lung by Injection of gaa Into the
chest cavity. The procedure Is usual
ly spoken of as "pneumothorax treat
ment". Recently I visited a tuberculosis
sanitorium In the county where my
farm la located. I saw there several
patients who have been greatly aided
towards recovery by this method. '
Beneficial in Soluble Catea
1 assure you that this form of
treatment la extremely beneficial tn
suitabls cases. It Is now extensively
used In the large tuberculosis aanl
torluma throughout the country. But
bear In mind that it la only of value
In a certain type of cases. It Is used
for the patient who has a cavity of
the lung.
In these cases great benefit Is de
rived when the lung ts collapsed. The
collapse of the rang permits nature
to heal up the cavity. Then there is
no place for the germs to multiply.
In consequence the disease does not
become more extensive. The proced-.
ore has been a blessing to many suf
ferers from this dreaded affliction.
The involved lung is collapsed by
puncturing- It wKh a long oeedl and
allowing the air within the lung to
scape. Then the lung Is kept col
lapsed by passing air Into the chest
cavity outside of the lung. In this
way the chest la refilled.
.The first procedure must be done
in a hospital, but the reflHs" may be
given la the doctor's office. The
treatment has become so much sim
plified that the paUent continues with,
his dally work. The results nave
justified the opening of clinics
equipped with the necessary instru
ments. These are now being estab
lished tn an large cities. This win
enable afflicted individuals all over
the country who are suited to the
treatment to receive the proper care.
Operation la Sent Cases
It Is not to be expected, of course,
that complete cure can be assured In
every case. The success of the treat
ment depends upon the location of
the cavity and the general health of
the patient. Often, too, the sufferer
does not appear to benefit at first,
but aa the treatment Is continued
marked Improvement is noticed.
In. certain cases, collapse of the
lung- by air Is difficult or impossible.
In such cases it is often advisable to
subject the sufferer to an operation
called "thoracoplasty". .Ia this op
eration the ribs are first removed
and the lung then collapsed. Re
markably beneficial results are ob
tained from this unusual method of
treatment.
Answers to Health Queries
Reader. Q. What do you advise
for a fallen stomach? -The patient
ia a woman whose work necessitates
long hoars of standing.- Would a
complete rest be helpful In this case?
A. For fun particulars send a
self-addressed, stamped envelope and
repeat your question.
Mrs. A. K. O, What causes
soreness In the chest and occasionally
the pain shoots through the left arm?
A. Have a careful examination to
determine tha cause.
- Miss E. P. Q. What do you ad
vise for warts on the hands?
A. Send self -addressed, stamped
envelope for further particulars and
repeat your question.
Urn. W. B. H. Q. What do you
adriae tor an acid condition?
A Correct your diet and . avoid
poor elimination. Send eeii-addr esse A.
stamped envelope for further pextlcu-
lara and repeat your question
CepprigM, 1933. K. F. Inc.
for the stock tender, had to be
built at intervals of 10 to 25
miles; wagons provided for the
hauling of hay and grain for the
animals at these stations, and, to
afford an adequate supply of wa
ter, wells had to be sunk and re
servoirs built. In the end all was
in readiness, and. on September
15, 185S, Butterfield began at
both ends of the route a semi
weekly service between San Fran
cisco and Tipton, Missouri then
the western terminus of the rail
road from St. Louis to Kansas
City."
"The distance from San Fran
cisco to Tipton, and thence by
rail to St. Louis, was 2795 miles,
and the first east bound mail was
transported in 24 days, 13 hours
and 35 minutes. I congratulate
you upon the result," President
Buchanan wired Butterfield. "It is
a glorious triumph for civiliza
tion and the Union. Settlements
will soon follow the course of
the road, and the east and the
west will be bound together by a
chain of living Americans which
can never be broken.'
S
"The line was equipped at the
outset with the spring wagons of
Piquant memory built at Concord,
New Hampshire, from which
town they took their name, capa
ble of carrying four passengers
and their baggage, and, when
there was need tor it, 600 pounds
of mall matter. Later these were
supplanted by Concord coaches,
with heavy, wide-tired wheels
and bodies slung on stout leather
braces and sheltered from the
weather by curtains of tha same
material, which at a pinch could
carry six to nine Inside and one
to fire outsida passengers, . In
cluding driver. The mail sacks
were packet, on a projecting
'boot' with leather cover at the
rear, of the coach, and if there
Was more mail than could be car
ried In this manner, the sacks
were stowed to the occasional ex
clusion and the certain discom
fort of the passengers.
"The through fare was $100
from San Francisco to the east,
and twice that sum from St. Lou
is or Memphis to the Golden
Gate. Personal baggage weighing
40 pounds was the maximum al
lowance for the Journey, and, in
view of tha wear and tear at
tending It, there is no occasion
for surprise in the statement that
many passengers carried their al
lowance in a Jug. Meals of a sort
bat no beds were to oe had at
the stations of the O. M., or
Overland Mail as it early came to
be called, for tho traveler his
coach drawn as a rule by a team
cf four mustangs 'wild at deer
and active as antelope' was ex
peeted to keen going without rest
at the rate ot five miles an hour.
'Twenty-four mortal days and
nights 25 being schedule time
must be spent In that ambulance,'
writes ono traveler who had liv
ed in many lands. 'Passengers be
coming erasy wita whisky, mixed
with want of sleep, are often
obliged to be strapped to their
seats. Their meals, dispatched
during their 10 minute halts, are
simply abominable. Tha heats are
excessive, the climate malarious.
Lamps may not be used at night
for fear ot non existent Indians.
Briefly there is no end to this
Via Mala'a miseries.
"Other passengers, however,
kept more agreeable memories
of tha Journey. "The blast of the
stage horn as It rolls through the
valleys and over the prairies of
the west, wrote a correspondent
of tha New York post in the
spring of 1359, 'cheers and glad
dens the heart of the pioneer. As
Jt sounds through the valley of
the Santa Clara, and San Jose If
send!" a thrill of , delight to the
Calif ornlan. He knows It brings
tidings from t lb hearts and
Just to tea what tha would bj and
carry It back. But when It .got into
March and Tommy was still home
thsjr started to coma right out In
the open and talk mora plainly. It
cot so that Horn tlt everybody
waa lookiatT at her everytJme she
went down -tha street: that the
same ones .who toed to stop her
and ask about law great Tommy
waa, theM wm one were only
waitingr tbefr chance to pot a tSf
la arainst tint. Mrs, Johnson
ssd told Mom that aomebody had
said at a dance that Tommy has
rot an AJB. defrealrom coQege all
right AH-Ameriran Bom.
-Mom knew who it was had said
ft; Ilka as not Mm Johnson's own
daatffcter who was Jssaoos f Tom
my because he wouldn't hare any
thlnr to do with her Mom had
seen her making eyes at him again.
So. although Mom was mad as s
hornet inside she pretended to Jost
smile sad said: "Well, Mia' John
son, the ono that said it to probably
mad 'because .Tommy considers
himself too food to lay down in the
cutter with her: because the one
that said It Is probably the kind
that would lay down in tha gutter
with anybody that came along be
cause she probably didn't have any
raising1 ia the first place.
Mrs. Johnson looked fanny at
Mom and her face -took on a black
look; bnt just the same she didnt
coma to Mom with any more tales!
with her long face, the hypocrite.
- Mom guessed Tommy most tee:
the same way she did around town
because he rot to staying around
the house mors- end wrote letters.
AH he seemed to bo doing was
writs letters in the morning and
then watch for the mailman all
day. Almost every day he rot one
letter, tha same kind; and Mom
happened to see the handwriting
ono day when it was delivered and
before she could decided what was
familiar about it, John said: "Tom
and Dorothy must be pretty thick
again."
"Yes," said Mom, "it looks like
it."
'Tell him to marry the tirl and
make it easy on the mail earners,'
John said. "He don't seem to get
many answers from all them let
ters for lobs, does he?"
"He's just taking his time," Mom
said, smiling.
Tell him not to pay any atten
tion to the knockers in this town,'
John said. Then he left, hitching
his pack op on his arm and the
black do that muddied up the
porches following him. His name
was Hector and John called him
Heck for short.
Somehow Mom was happy that
- Dorothy was writing to Tom. It
showed she wasn't like the rest in
the town . . . even her father, whoj
never said a word now about giv
ing Tom a Job tn the factory when
he needed it so bad. Of coarse Mom
didn't really want Tom to work in
the factory. She had even had some
words with Pop about this because
right away Pop said aha thought
her dude son was too reed for the
factory and it was her fault he had
gone and wasted his time In college
and football and if be had listened
to Pop in the beginning he would
have his trade learned by now. And
Mom rot mad and said, what would
he have if he did have his trade
learned he'd bo working half-time
and waiting oa the factory to r
on and off, and It wouia no w
way an bis life. Then Pop got msd
and said he guessed he never was
good enough for her, being Just a
nwUnrmui . and mom saia a
didst mean that at- all; hot that
he shouldn't be. bothering Tommy
wnt jrninr to work in the factory
with, au his. edaUon; na.
she'd rather atarve than have all
th i Tnuuvra in town hart the
burn on their boy for the rest ox
their Urea. . .
Bat Pon -staved mad sad Mom
had to go onT and cry and & was
funny to ho mad at Pop. He went
oat after sapper sad stayed a long
while. Meals were uiihsfiPT tisses
new. TJncle Lsoio (IBI srOUSd
srkeaewr he CMTld sad satdowa to
eat, riaiming Oat Cousin Emmy
tCdn feed Haim Italf enonrh and
that a bird couldn't lire on what
she pot on the table. Then ho si
ways looktd to see If Tom was
around and when ne saw cans ne
was be was mad; and Mom knew
ha was watching and hoping Tom
would leave Just so he would ret
his room back; and It was too mucn
tike waiting for a sick person to
die so ha could ret the money; that
was had enonrh bnt Uncle Louie
even had the nerve to give Tom
black looks as If to ask him why
ho wasn't working Instead of loaf
inr around. And when Cousin turn
my earns around she always looked
at Tom as If she thought anybody
most bo ont of their heads to give
op such a rood Job ia Hollywood.
With Tommy quiet and kind of
ashamed and Pop ready to say
something and Uncle Louie always
having- something nasty on the
edge of his tongue. Mom was proud
of Pete. He was pretty busy at his
two places but he was nice to Tom
and always pretended that nothing
had happened and that Tom was
still ss great ss rrer. Sometimes
Mom thought Pete hsd more sense
than any of them. The older he
grew the mora ho reiainded her of
her" grandfather.
When Pop got back from down
town that night he had his hat
down on one eye and marched right
op to bed without saying a word.
Mom wasn't mad any longer and
she - wanted to say something but
Pop was in bed when she went op
stairs and asleep, and Mom could
hardly kep all night because it
was a long time since she and Pop
had been really mad. .The next
morning they talked, sort
strange and short to each other
while he waa getting ready to go
to work. Both of them were kind of
ashamed of themselves and. didn't
know how to say it. Mom didnt
even ask him where he got the
bruise on bis face, partly because
he was trying to hide It.
Bat she soon found out. The
other neighbor ladies came
Butcher Brown's right after Mom
and she could see they had some
thing on their minds and she won
dered what it was this time-
Mrs. Flannigan did the talking
"I hear your man had some trouble
lsst night, Mis Randolph.
Mom's heart sank. Pop had
temper when he got started: it was
her fault; she had made him mad.
Mom wouldn't give them tha satis
faction of knowiag she didnt
know; so she said: "Just what did
you hear, Mia Flannigan l
Mrs. Flannigan hesitated; they
aQ knew Mom had a sharp tongue
In her head when she wanted to use
it, "WelL I heard that Jake Mor
gan passed some remark down at
the ' garage about your Tom and
that your man hit' him and they
had a big fight."
Mom . bit her Up. It was bad
enough before btnv now it uld Jbo
aU over town, nous we.
watching her, J ohn ther niauman,
came in. "Hey. Mia' Randolph.' he
said, -wben's that old man of
yours going to fight Dempseyt
"Whyi saw
"Jako Morgan
.-i,-. 1,-v . reihtitraia hit him.
It was about time somebody
knocked aim off y oor oa
could ran lor xaayoF today.
Horn said, catefttUy. "May bo
am thetx:peopls wQ holdon to
their tongues better now ana cj
m . ...i kn erf..
Lhem out ox owsr pw
frnOmvm wu ..aftene. John looked
at tha other neighbor ladies and
toughed tight ta their faces and
walked out, Wttn ais oo nw-.
liamng along. Hector never earns
In the grocery store Because juon
had given him a scratching ones
and Butcher Browa acres got tired
talking about It,
8 That aight at supper wss funny.
Pod ft" homo from work and he
was swaggering, a little and Mom
knew he felt pretty important oe
causo peopto had been talking to
him all day at the xactory about
how- good a fighter ha wss. But he
till, had his hat down over inai
eye when he came in and she just
said' hello and pretended nothing
had happened.
At the table they had naruiy sat
down when Uncle Louie came ia
and Mom had to act another plate.
Tom looked at Fop and aam:
"Thank Pop only you shouldn't
hare paid' any attention to the
bust-off."
Well" Poo said, "there ain't
.nobody going to make any remarks
about any of my family and ret
away with it-
Pete grot to kidding him. "What
did you hit him with, Pop the
right or the left?
"Both," Pop said. "I gvre him
the left hook, then I feinted him.
then I gave him the right just the
way Dempsey did to Tooney when, ,
he knocked him out In Chicago." ,'
Tunney won that one," Uncle
Louie said.
Pod sneered. "He was knocked
out in the seventh round but the
referee give it to him." Pop was a
great Dempsey man.
"Just the same Tnnney won the
fight," Uncle Lonie insisted.
"Where did you get that bump on
your face?"
"That's nothing, said Pop. "It
was an accident. We started rass-
ling when be got up the third time
and his sleeve tore where 1 had
hold of it and he happened to graze
my face. Then I finished him the
same way Joe Gans used to."
"How was thst, Pop?" Pete
asked.
Pop demonstrated. "I showed'
him the left, see then 1 gave him
the right,"
Ho looked over, sneaky-like, to
see how Mom waa taking it. She
shook her head and smiled at him.
"Your meat to getting cold," she
said.
Pop smiled at her and she knew
their mad spell was over.
"Anyhow," said Pop, "I guess
nobody in town- Is going to get
fresh with the men of this family
for awhile."
"Sure," said Uncle Louie. "The
four of us -could dean up the town
if we wanted to."
Pop whistled and shook his head.
T Be Continued)
. Cftjit, lJ2,fcy FraaeU W.TIaot
Distributed br tin tea turn Svniluate. Inc.
Secretary of tha Navy Claude
Swansea, pictured as he came down
the gang; plank of the U. $. S In
dianapolis on his arrival fa San
Francisco on his tour of duty. Ho
lauded San -WarMAfli Ttav t.
him stronger and firmer to his
beloved country. So regular is Its
arrival that the inhabitants know
almost the hour ,and the minute
when the welcome sound of the
post him will reach them. The
Overland is tha most popular in
stitution of the far west.'
"And sucL it continued to be
until replaced by the railway.
When the Butterfield line came
into being a semi-monthly mail
service had been in operation for
upward ot a year between San
Antonio and San Diego, where
connection was made with steam
ers for San Francisco. After Sep
tember, 1858, this service was
discontinued between El Paso and
Fort Yuma, and those between
San Antonio and El Paso, and be
tween Fort Yuma and San Diego
became weekly ones. Beginning
On Shore Leave
v, i
" .- .
ft ' Hr
P - r
on May 1, 1858, there was also
a weekly mall service in four-
mule wagons between Indepen
dence and Salt Lake City on a.
24-day schedule under a contract
held by John M. Hockaday; and
after July 1 jn the same year,
George Chorpenning, another pio
neer carrier, maintained a week
ly BerYice between Salt Lake City
and Placerville on a 12 day
schedule. Thus was - assured a
through overland mail along the
central route upon a 38 day
schedule.
I.
"In actual operation, after the
central route had been adequately
stocked, the mail from the east
often reached Salt Lake in 20
and Pl&cerville In 82 days. 'The
mail leaving Salt -Lake on the
16th of July,' the San Francisco
Bulletin recorded on August 10,
1858, 'had no change of animals
for nearly 700 mjles, but it made
the Sink of the Humboldt in 12
days, from whence it was two
days journey only to Placerville.
The mail which arrived yesterday
made the complete trip from' St.
Louis to Placerville In 80 trav
eling days. The whole time, in
clading four days lying over, was
84- With relays of animals every
60 miles there would be no diffi
culty ia tnakhig the entire trip
from Placerville to Salt Lake In
Eeven days, and to the Missouri
in 20 clays. : -f
mm
"It was to demonstrate beyond
any Question of doubt that better
time at all seasons ot the year
could be -made on the central
than on the southern route that
the pony express 'not an end in
itself but a meana to an end'
was In 1860 brought Into being,
at the Instance ot Senator Gwin,
by Russell, Majors and WaddelL
The test, as already Indicated,
proved a successful one, but it
brought financial disaster to its
founders. Although In 1858 the
railroad reached St, Joseph, es
tablishing a more convenient
point of departure from the Mis
souri river, congress, after a long
contest between warring sectional
Interests, failed to provide for an
expedited serrjee on the central
route; Butterfield continued to
operate his coaches over the line
?tela. "58. until in March,
1811, H became necessary to Ire
move the dverland mail from the
BeLvf Confederate Interfer
ence. Then congress Toted a semi
weekly pony express and dally
J?" i"rrtce.-aud: the removal of
the Butterfield line to the central
rOUte. ' "
"Thus Russell. xrl- ..j
bad been seeking, but for the
time being a working agreement
was, i&iade with them whereby
they operated the -pony express,
soon to go out of existence, and
the- daily mail coach service from
the Missouri river to Salt Lake
City, while the Overland Mail
company conducted that portion
of the line west of the Mormon
capitaL"
(Continued tomorrow.)
Four New Houses Go
Up in Keizer Area
KEIZER, Nov. 6. -L A new
house has been built on the E. C.
Boock ranch and: another in pro
cess of erection on the Fitzgerald
place-both east of the Keirer
school. This makos four new
dwellings ' within a quarter ot a
mile on the road east I from the
school built in the last 18 months.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Burton and
two sons from Yamhill are located
In the house recently vacated by
J. A. Reynolds, the latter living
In Wemme.
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KNAVE'S
by loan
Clayton
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The thrilling lore story of the
rirl who became the world's
champion bridge player
Begins Wednesday, Wot. 15
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