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"KNAVE'S GIRL By JOAN- : ; ' ' CLAYTON 1 .-I I- 4 r -1 J J 1 j I Ir I 1 i t I si I: hi 4 ' : II II . - -,-v- - - : - . Ill . . - -- - , ' . U. .n I . 1 "No Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Awe" From Firt Statesman, March 28, 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. i Charles A. Sraacus - . - - Editor-Manager Sheldon F. Sackctt - Managing Editor ' Member f the Associated Press The AiMdaM Praa t exclusively entitled to the use for public-, tkm of aU news dispatches credited te it or not otherwise credited ia this paper. " : ADVERTISING Portland Representative ' Gordon B. Bell. Security Buildinc Portland. Ore. Eastern Advertising Representatives Bryant. Griffith Branson, Inc., Chicase, New Tork, Detroit. - Boston. Atlanta Entered at the Petto f fie at Salem, Oregon, at Second-Clat Matter. PublUhed every morning except Monday. Bueinett office, SIS S. Commercial Street. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Kali Subscription Rate. In Advance. Within Oregon i Dally and Sunday, 1 Ma. It cents; S Mo ILM; I Mo. $2.25; 1 year $1.09, JCleewhere M cents per U&, or $5.00 (or 1 rear to advance. By City Carrier: 41 cents a month; $5.00 a year In advance. Per Copy 1 cents. On trains and News Stands S centa. Competition of Navies i"TO sooner does the American squadron of six seaplanes JLY make the long hop from California to Hawaii success fully than Japan announces in London her intention of en larging! her navy. London word is to the effect that Japan will give the necessary two years' notice of purpose to ter minate the naval limitation treaty. Under that treaty the ratio was Great Britain 5, United States 5, Japan 3. Now Japan is ambitious for parity with Great Britain and the United States. This is a forecast of course of resumption of competi tion in naval construction which it was the purpose f the 'Washington conference of 1921 and of subsequent interna Itional gatherings to bring to an end. The prospect is a gloomy .cne for the tax-burdened peoples of the earth. If Japan in ' creases her navy, this country will strive to keep ahead; and Great Britain will keep up with us. Other countries will fol low; and the old spiral of competitive construction will be resumed. But the successful flight to Hawaii is itself a threat to "sea power by surface craft. Bombers which can fly in per ' feet formation across such a wide expanse of water have a , cruising range that makes the capital warship an uncertain security in future wars. If American aircraft can sail to Hawaii, Japanese aircraft may do the same thing, though they could not land safely there unless their troops or ships controlled the islands. Thus Hawaii becomes increasingly . important as a base both for naval operations and for air craft" . . . iThe world refuses to learn from the fate of empires. War universally condemned, still through fear or greed, dominates the4 peoples of earth. Japan now cannot afford navies and armies such as the larger powers; but Japan in control of Manchuria and part or all of China would pos sess resources which might challenge any power. That no doubt is the ambition of the war party now dictating the j onoves in Japanese affairs. Strife in HOLC ALL is not peaceful around, the home (loan) fireside in Oregon. The dissension in fact is heard outside the walls and now the whole public is taken into the confidence of the disputants. Mister Lipscomb is the boss and Horace Walter was the assistant boss. Now Walter is out and pacing the vestibules of the mighty in Washington. When it comes to talking Horace is a regular Floyd Gibbons, and by the time .he gets through the administration from the president down to the office boys of HOLC will all know what is wrong in Oregon. Stevenson, the first big chief of HOLC was a southern democrat, who found good democrats for all positions. Now Fahey is in charge and he gave Lipscomb carte blanche to . do some firing in Oregon. Walter beat Lipscomb to the draw with a resignation shot from the hip in the middle of . the afternoon, right after Lipscomb rushed into print with Fahey's message. Lipscomb it seems, took offense at the frequent appear- ; ances of Walter at luncheon clubs where he would make speeches explaining how HOLC was going to relieve the dis tressed home mortgagor. He got to thinking that Walter was ' more active politically than he was statistically on loans. He , says his office has made only 625 loans and should have closed 1200. Walter counters "with the assertion that Lips comb made him the spokesman and speech-maker for the or- ganization. Probably Congressman-National Committeeman Pierce will have fresh worries over this situation, just after . he has gotten over being blamed as a double xxx-er in the -United States marshalship. After the Oregon democrats get through letting each other's blood perhaps the HOLC will begin to function and the government loans begin to come through. The distressed mortgagors may cry out with impatience, But the imme diate issue is who is to stay on the government payroll. ' Budding Ambitions THE mild winter is setting more than raspberries to bud ding. Politically ambitious men are feeling the sap rise. E. A. McCornack of Lane county has Announced his candi dacy for joint senator from Lane and Linn counties, a post now held by Sen. Joel Booth of Lebanon. McCornack has been a member of the lower house for several terms and enjoys a high standing in that body. t According to the Oregon City Enterprise Sen. J. E. Dunne is surveying the political scene with a view to run-;.- ning for governor. Active in dairying legislation, a joint au thor of the milk control law, and long identified with motor license and truck legislation, Sen. Punne has become well known over the state of Oregon. He sort of stands in between the radicals and conservatives, some of his votes leaning one-way and some another. If Dunne enters he will enliven the campaign at any rate. -" It 4s early yet ; and frosts may crinm the berry buds and ldlLthe political aspirations . r sunbeams. ' - There is a general feeling of optimism retarding business which contrasts sharply with pessimism of one rear ago. Dollar deprecia tion doer not account for It, but a general opinion that the de pression has ran Its course. Given more confidence) there Is abun dance of material for price increases the world, over. Other nations -wlthont NRA and PDQ have made better -progress than this conn try. So if people will just hang, on, good times mar kiss them on the cheek once more. : ', , .. The Woodburn Independent thinks that one cause of the de pression Is the fact that the government goes into competition with private business at cutthroat prices, like printing envelopes. Yet the; Independent doesn't gulp when It swallows state ownership of power plants and transmission lines to put out of business private, tax-paring concerns. ' The president has appointed Maybe Los 'Angeles demanded a Catholic Women at " ? rEIdriedge Meet at Hannegan Residence ELDRIEDGE, an. 12. The regular meeting of the Eldriedge Catholic community dab was held at the homo of I Mrs. . Charles Hannegan with Amelia Tritsch- that now are kissing the stray a new chief of the weather bureau. change. ' . ler a, special guest. The afternoon was spent making a quilt. The hostess was assisted by Mrs. Peter Lelach. with whom the next meet ing wUl be held. ; The women of the St. Louis parish will give ; a masquerade nance at tne- pans hall January IS. The event Is open to the public. Bits for By ft. J. HENDRICKS Scraps of history of Oregon Indian wars: French Prairie wives superior: U (Continuing from yesterday:) The propaganda used on the coast Indians by the Rogue represen tatives of Chief John, including his half-breed ally, Enos, was that the whites over the mountains in Jackson county had aU been slain and that if the tribesmen of the coast country would kill those in that section, no whites would be left. Numbers of the coast Indians, when they found they had been deceived, gave themselves up and were ready to be sent, to the res ervation. During the Rogue River war of 1855-6, a man named John 'Bee son attracted a good deal of at tention by writing letters to the newspapers attacking the whites and defending the Indians. Beeson was a foreigner by birth, but a naturalized citizen of the United States, who had in 1853 come from Illinois to the Rogue river valley. He said in his letters that the Indians were a friendly, hospitable and generous race, and that the war of 1852 and the one then raging were Jus tifiable on the part of the Indians and atrocious on the part of the whites and he supported his views by quotations from United States officers and Dr. John Mc Loughlin. He lampooned the democratic party of Oregon, was censorious toward Governor Curry and his advisers, and exceedingly unjust to the people of southern Oregon. In short, he made himself hated by practically -all the whites. Beeson then began writing for the San Francisco Herald, and, the fact becoming known that he was aiding in the spread of the prejudice already created against the people of Oregon by the mil itary reports of such men as Gen eral Wool and some of his subor dinate officers, public meetings were held to express Indignation. Invited to one of these, in nnnthArn flrprnn. without notifi cation of the purpose, Beeson had the mortification of having read one of his letters to the Herald, which had been Intercepted for the purpose, together with an ar ticle in the New Tork Tribune supposed to emanate from him. and of listening to series of resolutions severely condemna tory of him. He wrote of this meeting: "Fearing violence, I fled to the ion i Fort Lane) for protection, and was escorted by the U. S. troops beyond the scene of excite ment." . - Beeson published a book of 14S pages in 1858, called "A Plea for the Indians," in which he boast ed of the protection aiven him h the troops, "who," he said, "seem- eo io regard the volunteers with contempt." Apparently finding hia anhwt acceptable to some classes, he fol lowed up the "Plea" with "A Se- QueL containinr an "Arnio.i in Behalf of the Indians; Correspon dence wun the .British Aboriginal Aid Society; Letters to Rev. H. W. Beecher. In Which OhlMtinna im Answered; Review of a Speech by the Rev. Theodore Parker; A pe tition in Behalf of the Citizens of Oregon and Washinrton TrritAr. ies for Indemnity on Account of Losses through Indian Wars', An Address to the Women of Amer ica, eic. In addition Beennn dtlln,iu ..HIVItU lectures on the "Indians of Ore gon" In Boston, where he advo cated his peculiar views. " At one of these lectures he was Tr-r" .... - - ''. '"".I'.-V VST 'SJhsr Breakfast confronted by a citisen of Wash ington Territory. The Statesman of Dec. 28, 1858, contained an article to the effect that in a meeting address ed by Beeson at the Cooper In stitute, New York, he was con fronted and his assertions dis puted by Captain Fellows of Ore gon. This was Albert M. Fellows, one of the four organizers on July 4, 1852, of the First Congre gational church of Salem, who had been a member as first lieu tenant of Company F, mounted volunteers, mostly from Marion county, in the yakima war of 1855 6. When Bennett was killed in battle, Lieutenant Fellows was raised to the position of captain. Bennett, as most readers know, was one of the three Salem men who were the discoverers of gold in California; built the famous Bennett House, where the Ma sonic temple, Salem, now stands, was one of the earliest steam boatmen on the upper Willamette, and in other ways was a leader of affairs in early Oregon. ". It was said that in 1860 Beeson was about to start a paper in New York City, to be caUed the Calu met. In 1863 he endeavored to get an appointment in the Indian de partment, but, being opposed by the Oregon senators, failed. He certainly would fall. B. F. Har ding was at that time Junior sen ator from Oregon, and had been the last territorial secretary of state; held the last named office while the Yakima and Rogue Riv er Indian wars were being fought, and of course knew what a fool, u not scoundrel, Beeson was. The senior U. S. senator was J. W Nesmith, who was colonel of volunteers in the Yakima war and a captain and interpreter in the 1S53 Rogue River war, and had fought the Rogues before; and knew more about Indians by actual experiences than Beeson could have imagined in his wild est dreams; experiences dating back to the covered wagon train Journey of 1843. Of course, with that opposition. Beeson failed In. gloriously in getting the fob h sought. The total loss of TT. S trnnnq in the fateful battle of The Mea- i down May 27 and 28, 1856, was 29, according to Bancroft. If CaDt. Smith had fnfprtafnrf feelings of contempt for the vol unteers, a claimed by Beeson was the general attitude of U. S. army officers, his sentiment were changed after his later ex periences la lighting Indians. A writer ia The Statesman of June 24, 1856". likely a Yoluntrer mrf. this comment: "Smith was a brave officer, but he was no match for Indian cun ning when he took th nnHi John intended, where he could be surrounded, and in rifle range of another eminence, while he had but 30 rifles. This fight in an open place, standing up to be shot at, at rifle range, was. what amazed and at last amused the Indians. The well conceived pian oi me craity chief (John) failed; but it would have failed still more signally if Smith had sent foe reinforcements on first receiving John's challenge, and had ' stationed himself where he could- run away If hr-wished. ' (BuC asf the reader has gath ered from what has gone before in this ,clirmn"it would not hare failed, and Smith and all his men wonld have been slaughtered, ex cept for the coming of Capt. An gur and his dragoons.) V". . In the fall of th asm t (1851), Capt. Smith and his drag oons joined CoL Steptoe'a cora saand ia helping to put the fin ishing touches to the Yakima war. and by that time his contempt for volunteers, if he ever had any, was entirely overcome. As the reader has noted, Capt. Smith rose to the rank of a ma jor general In the Union army a little more than half a dozen years later. The writer is hearing from per sons reading this and the pre ceding series some of them hav ing items to add to the story, concerning relatives who fought in the Rogue River and Yakima wars. Such Information and con tacts are welcomed. Some day, perhaps, this matter, with like material, will be gathered under the covers of a book, that future generations may have correct in formation about the hard strug gles of the pioneers, in a wilder ness and surrounded by hostile Indians. The Safety Valve Letters from Statesman Readers Interesting are many of the ar ticles printed in the editorial pages of the American press. The Salem Statesman, Capital Journal, Oregenian and Oregon Journal have not been exception al when they have printed num erous articles upon their editorial pages condemning the principles and practices ot the American communist party. Bernarr McFadden, the famous and successful American physical culturist, states that "truth is Btranger than fiction." P. T. Barnum said: "A sucker is born every minute." All right, keeping these two quotations In mind, let us see if t her have or have not any bear ing upon the Quality and type of the editorials appearing In the eauonar' sections of the average American capitalist press. Here are some of the excemts from Willamette valley news papers: "Communists are never satisfi ed, no matter what they are giv en. "Agitators seek to stir up dis cord rather than promote better conditions." "Communists use most brutal j methods to gain their ends." 1 Some years ago the writer was I offered a detective (stool pigeon) job upon the anti-communist de tail of the Portland police depart- j ment by both O'Day and 'Bacon, who are at the head of that sec-1 tion. , . When the writer inquired as to the reason for any judicial op position to this organized and le gal political party, the last named reason was given as a cause by Mr. Bacon. Communists are never satisfied because they are never satisfied as yet, viz: To date in the U. S. A. Their doctrine calls for a dic tatorship of the proletariat the common people: and the eUmlna tion of the capitalist system with its ultra-wealthy individuals con trolling the workers at the mental, physical, and economical sacri fices of the latter. So far that has not been granted nor other wise obtained and of course they remain unsatisfied with petty and paltry adjustments that do not re move what they deem the cause of common people's troubles. . . V, Agitators seek to stir no not merely discord but righteous re sentment against Intolerable con ditions for the improvement of the latter. For instance, dnrinr labor strikes whenever the- concessions have been won. the agitators cease to agitate. But persons say they seek to overthrew our oresent system of government. In three places, our Declaration of ludepvndsmce states the people may use the method ot CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE X dozen people heard turn say it. Clark. and Patricia were among that dosenj The girl was appalled. She sensed tbt Clark was disgust ed and displeased. Bat it was too late now. Blair's face tuned red. Ha looked hard at Have-holt. I didnt expect to see you here,1' he said. The ame old Julian, too. Tea haven't changed a particle. How are you this evening? How is the bridge harper this evening T" "Very well,f returned Julian smoothly. "Tnt sorry my presence upsets yon, Reuben. I find yours distinctly disappointing." "Your manners are atrocious." They're better than your bridge." if Blair was angry. He was more than angry. He was fori on. Julian had the advantage. There was un mistakably an audience now. Julian gloried in the eagerly watching eyes, the eagerly listening ears. sir," sputtered Blair, clutch ing for a withering retort, 1 play bridge like a gentleman." . "So I hear." assented Julian soft ly. "I hear that gentlemen eant play bridge. Though," he admitted courteously, "though I may be mis taken. Perhaps your European trip unproved your; special brand." Blair's dimity and caution were lost in rage: These were his people. This upstart was making him ridiculous. "My bridge J needs no improve ment, sir. I was a master at the game before yen were ever heard of." Julian sadly shook his head. "You've lost your grip these later days. So far as I know you haven't fi cored in tournament bridge since the Indian Wars." "I could beat you tomorrow,' snapped' Blair, flinging prudence to the winds. "You're nothing but a bar of wind." ; "Now, now Reuben," said Julian ia a fatherly fashion. "Now, now.' 1 could beat you tomorrow, sir.1 Suddenly Julian's eyes were sharp and bright as knives. "What about my challenge then? What about my challenge, Reuben? Do yen mean to say that you're ac cepting it at last 7 " Reuben Blair was trapped and knew it. There eould be no with drawal now. If he declined the chal lenge now by tomorrow he would be the hraghmr stock of his Kttle world. In ether moods Patricia might have found Blair's harried air amusing, might have found amusing the fact that Haverholt had goaded his pompous little en emy on to the decision he had so long evaded. "Let's get out of this," Clark suggested, now. "Or," he added quickly, "do you want to join Julian?" "No," she murmured, "no." A crowd was gathering. Word of the encounter between Blair and Haverholt h a d flown about. The knot about the two ancient en emies was increasing. There was excitement in the air. The battle of ballyhoo was taking form, the bridge battle of the century, the bridge sharpers versus the ladies and gentlemen. Patricia's head ached, ached. Nothing mattered now. She wanted only to escape this foolish, chat tering crowd. She excused herself to Clark and crept into the dress ing room. Martha found her there minutes later, Marthe, jubilant, ex cited, delighted that her ball had been the scene of a sensation. "The bridge marathon is aU ar ranged," she explained her coming here. "The newspaper men want your photograph. They want to photograph thai three of you to gether, you, Julian, and Reuben Blair." Patricia felt an old fear stir at her heart. "Newspaper men," she said not forceful revolution, if necessary, to ebange the existing order when ever a majority of them so wish. According to the dictionary, the adjective "radical" is compli mentary. ! Jesus Christ was and still is the most outstanding radical of all time and He waa cruicified be cause He taught the people thoughts and ideals oposlng that of their present existing social and political order. It is an indisputable fact that practical Christianity and com munism are compatible. FRANK EDWIN OCKHART. TO UEliT SHAW. January 12 Mr. and Mrs. Everett Service and son Cur tis of Downsvllle! Wash., arrived at the home of her father, Frank Simpson, Tuesday night. As Mr. Simpson ! in very poor health, they came to make their home with h m for the present this week from a three weeks' visit at the home ot his father, Charles Scboemaker of Yreka, Calif. While there he worked in the J. C. Peatier 'store, of which his father is manager. Raymond Sherman, small son ot Mr. and Mrs. loeeph Sherman, fell, wMle playing at school, and cut his knee' to the bone. Ray was taken to Stay ton for medical at tention and was sole to return to school Wednesday, Rose Maty Albus, baby daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. rhllllp Albus, is seriously sick. BOYS WRECK CAR MEHAMA. January 12. The Bo jo boys wrecked .their car re cently between' here, and Stayton. The accident cause was a Broken connecting rod which was ram med .through the engine. "The two boys are working ; tor Bill Harris. who is operating a small logging concern -on the North Fork, above KIM FOLKS "The bridge marathon is all arranged." Marthe explained. "The newspaper mea want your photograph." quite steadily. "They couldn't hare arrived already." "They were here for the ball," Marthe supplied shortly. "They have set up their cameras in the ballroom. They're waiting," She re garded the younger girl with nar rowed eyes. "Or dont you want to come?" What she meant was, "Dont you dare?" Patricia dared. What had she now to lose? She stood ia the cen ter of the ballroom beside Julian and the unhappy, wretched Blair while the flashlights boomed and the acrid smell of powder filled the air. The battle of ballyhoo had begun. Ths bridge marathon was under way. It would, thought Pa tricia, as she smiled into the cam eras, it would destroy her before It ended. Just now she could not care. The morning papers went for the battle of the bridge experts in at great big way. Julian had picked a perfect spot to fling down and force his challenge. The March Ball. That helped the story. The public interest in the game of con tract helped. But, the thing that made the coining battle a perfect piece of news was Julian and Ju lian's personality and Julian's au dacious and amaxdng impudence. -"Julian Haverholt, self -styled bridge sharper, winner of the East ern Championship for the past three years, offers to bet ten thou sand dollars against ten cents, that he and his niece will defeat Reuben Blair, elder statesman of. the game." Blair had angrily declined the bet. That only increased the humor of Julian's terms. The city rocked with laughter. The public loves a scrap. Subway straphangers were discussing Haverholt and Blair, housewives in New Jersey, bank ers down in Wall Street, knew all about the marathon. The terms of the coming match were scattered broadcast; not a newspaper but printed them. Blair and Haverholt had agreed to play two hundred rubbers of bridge, never less than five an eve ning, two hundred rubbers to rule out the element of luck. "They'll be playing bridge tin Christmas," one stenographer said to another. "I guess those fellows like it My" boy friend says . . ." Half of the match was te be Statement of Condition STATE SAVINGS and LOAN ASSOCIATION December 31, 1933 ASSETS First mortgage loans Real estate owned . . Real estate subject to redemption Keal estate sold under contract-, Bond. : . Leasehold i Due from Guardian Building Advance to borrowers Notes receivable Miscellaneous accounts receivable Furniture and fixtures Cash oh hand and in bank LIABILITIES, Due certificate holders Notes payable . Liens payable . Taxes payable Miscellaneous account mvaHo Deferred profit on real estate sold Undivided profits ....... . Reserve fund stock ..... State of Oregon ) ) ss. County ot Marlon J - - - - I, Leo N. Childs, secretary of the above named Assoclstion do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. LEO N. CHILDS, Attest: E. A. MILLER. Secretary. President " Subscribed and sworn to before me this 11th day of Jan uary, 14. MILDRED MARTIN, Notary public for Oregon. My commission expires Nov. 25, lt. staged at a hotel of Julian's choice. the other half was to be staged at the Carlton j Chambers, the ultra conservative, smart hotel where Reuben Blair had lived for years. "I'm not sure about this special type of publicity," murmured the manager of the Carlton Chambers to the owner. "You're craty, Tom! The match is going to make newspaper his tory, mark my words; Gosh, what a break for as." Haverholt and Blair finally set tled on a wager, which the latter reluctantly accepted as fitting to his dignity. Julian bet twenty thou sand dollars to five thousand that be would triumph, the winnings in either case to go to charity. 1 hope they dont ask me to take each money," sniffed Miss EUoise Petty, who ran a home f ot decrepit horses. "I'd like a chance to tun it dewa. It's tainted money, won by gambling, whatever fancy name they call it by. It's a disgrace that decent newspapers would print such stusT Fm going to stop my subscriptions instantly." Julian Haverholt promised t stick to his system of bedding, a system that, in his modest estima tion, was preeminent, unique in its field for accuracy and precision His little red book was for sale is any book store. Oddly, Blair used identical terms in describing t h t system which he had invented ans would employ. His little green book was similarly for sale. "I always use the Haverholt sys tern myself," a society woman de clared to her friends. "When you remember it, don't you mean that, Janie? Now, just the other day, do you recall that heart hand ..." Haverholt and Blair were in com plete accord on one point The bat tie of the experts would automati cally decide who was the greatest bridge player in the world. In their minds, and in the public mind, the affair had the definite quality of a prize fight championship. Othei lesser experts, reading the papers over breakfast coffee, hardly fan cied that interpretation. There were muttering of dissent ia many bridge' clubs, vain muttering. It was too late. The ball had started rolling. The battle of ballyhoo was in its stride. 20 Be Coatlaoc!) of Feature Syadieatc. Inc. ..$153,722.76 103,683.47 25,971.16 24,644.92 1,000.00 27,189.40 3,640.00 84153 8,70453 11353 1,000.00 1,186.49 . ... $351,696.89 ....$322,473.50 2,500.00 152.72 4,799.14 50.00 623.70 97.83 21,000.00 $351,696.89 parrys.'; . - j . i . -4 Wmw w lfcawMM(ftj9-M