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TKe OllEGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, April 13, 1934 PAGE FOUR 4 By Louis "How Am I Doing, Boss?" Lone WqIPs Son - Joseph Vance f ' I ! . I t j Is H: li1 7i ' lit 1 :j - - raumv 7 i'"No'Fdv6r Su;mis Vsi Np iff ar SAaH" AtreM t .t;-.r t From First Statesman, March 28, 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. , - Chables "A. Spbaguk . - '-' Editor-Manager -' SHtxoosr F. Sacjcctt - - - .- Managing Editor Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press ! exclusively entitled to the use tor publics tton of all news dispatches credited t It or not otherwise credited la this paper. ADVERTISING Portland 'Representative Gordon B. BelU Security Building. Portland. Ore. Eastern Advertising Representatives Bryant. Griffith A Brunson. I no, Chicago. New York. Detroit. Boston. Atlanta Entered at he Pom tuff ice at Salem, Oregon, a Second-Claee Hatter. Published, every morning except Monday. Business office, ttS S. Commercial Street.' SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Mall Sutww-r Iprion Rates, tn .Advance, Within Oregon: Da!IyJ and Sunday. 1 Ma 19 cents: S Mo $1.25; Mo. S2.2& ; 1 year H 00. Elsewhere 5 cents per Mi. or tS.OO for 1 year tn advance. By City Carrier: 45 cents a month; t-VOO a year In advance. Per Copy 2 cents. On trains and News Stands 6 cents. Sales Tax Strife THE arguments brought forward in opposition to the sales tax have become so distorted and intemperate that the effect is to provoke a reaction among thoughtful people. The surprising attempt of Sen. Strayer to create visions of ruth , less tax-gatherers stripping houses of cookstoves and radios for default of payment of a few pennies of sales tax is so preposterous as to make one wonder if the opponents of the tax have gone completely crazy. We have been decidedly lukewarm over the sales tax, recognizing arguments for and against, which are worthy of being studied dispassionately. The recklessness of assertion however drives out the judi cious temper and almost forces partisanship in what is after all no matter of supreme life or death to the commonwealth. These are reasons we dislike the sales tax, it is what we have always regarded as a nuisance tax, an excise fre quently imposed in war time and dropped as quickly as pos sible because of popular dislike. Considered of and by itself it is not proportioned on ability to pay, although the man of wealth pays more sales tax because he buys more goods. In the case of gasoline the temptation has been to increase the sales tax ; and there it is used to the disadvantage of the poor. For the rich man with a big, heavy limousine pays no more for a car license than the chap with a 1923 model T Ford. But there are some vital considerations which must not be overlooked and which constrain us to favor the pending sales tax. First, it calls to the support of the schools people of all classes. Should it not be a privilege as well as a duty to support government, and particularly the schools of the state? Is not the humblest citizen a better citizen if he is con tributing something directly to the support of government? Why set class against class and say that the "poor" should escape and the "rich" should carry the load ? A family in hum ble circumstances nevertheless gets the benefits of education for the children of the home. Should they not be willing to bear a share of the cost of maintaining the schools? If the sales tax were the only tax to be levied then the argument that it is regressive, that is, bears more heavily on the poor than on the rich, would be potent. But consider ing the heavy property taxes still remaining to be borne by holders of property, and the steeply graduated income taxes which fall with great severity on the wealthy classes, this argument loses its weight. As a matter of fact under the pending taxation policy of congress and with the state income tax it may be questioned if the wealthy classes will survive. When they are extinguished, where will taxes come from then? In spite of the drastic increase in state income taxes the returns are disappointing because the one-time rich have suffered such tremendous shrinkage of incomes. There is another argument in favor of the income tax and that is the relief of the property tax, for the receipts from the sales tax must be used to reduce the school district property tax. Reai estate taxes are unduly heavy, amounting in some cases to virtual confiscation of property. A return swing of prosperity may save this property in private owner ship, but it must be recalled that even before the depression, real property, especially farm property, was groaning under the tax burden. The way the receipts rom the sales tax are distributed back to school districts it may truthfully be said that the pending sales tax is a tax on city people for the bene fit of country people. The fact that many farmers are fight ing the sales tax does not make the observation any less true. And one reason we favor the tax is because we believe the farmers have been paying more than their fair share of taxes and are entitled to relief. In normal times the state income tax should with other sources of revenue enable the state to get along without a direct property tax ; and then a sales tax could be dropped. Under present conditions real estate taxes are far too heavy and income taxes are not sufficiently productive. The sales tax is the only one giving promise of actually turning in the cash. While no doubt most of the schools will continue to operate if the sales tax is defeated, they will do so at the heavy cost to the real property holder, and the farmer land owner in particular. We have no quarrel with those who after study of the facts come to the conclusion that the sales tax is wrong. But we think the campaign against it has done violence to calm reasoning. It would be easy to join in the clamor and de nounce the sales tax, for no one likes a tax and the pending measure will probably go down to defeat; but our honest con viction is that conditions justify i he enactment of the pending measure. HolmarTs Statement THE statement issued yesterday by Rufus Holman will gain him no supporters. He went out of his way to offer gratuitous insult to Sam Brown, a fellow-claimant to the mantle of George W. Joseph and a rival candidate for gover nor. He referred to Brown as "one of the candidates for gov ernor of minor significance". Brown has been making a dil igent and straightforward canvas for votes. He has seen many, years of service in the state senate. He has many enthusiastic-supporters. He is by no means insignificant in the political affairs of Oregon. Considering the devotion which Holman professes to "true progressive" principles he goes out of his way to belittle a respectable opponent. -Nor does the reference to himself as "the leading re publican candidate" evoke cheers from those who read the statement It shows that Holman's greatest enemy is still , Rufus Holman. Such egotism is almost childish. Better grace to let such descriptions come from others. Holman uses the phrase "self-seeking politicians" with . reference to his opponents. That reminds us of a comment w ,heard from a conversative Salem resident the other day, who remarked: "You know I think 111 vote for Sam Brown. At least we i know bim and know he's honest. Rufus is too greedy. He is .nassinflr his slate ud for a second heTni-- whn w i ,- digested the first." We thought Holman had been getting off pretty well in iis campaign untiThe issued this statement, then we realized he was getting off--clear "off." A good campaign manager would keep- him from such political blunders. .Oregon la thelast great stronghold of the Anglo-Saxon Amer icana. W e that the candidates for editor of tho University Em trftld for next year are named Peiivka and Saslavsky. The names jovnd like the "fighting Irish" of Kotre Dame. ? -fW K . P IT 5T CONSTITUTION ill- 'f Health By Royal S. Copeland, M.D. A CORRESPONDENT asks. "la there any truth in the statement that warts are a sign of cancer, and even though the warta are completely re moved, the vic tim will eventu ally succumb to cancer?" I hasten to cor. r e c t this un founded and un scientific state ment Warts are described by the doctors as sim ple, benign tu mors ot the skin. The word "be nign" is used to describe a tumor or growth that is harmless. A "malignant Dr. Copeland tumor" Is one of a cancerous nature. It is true that certain benign tumors. If neglected and constantly Irritated, may become cancerous. This is rare ly. If ever, the case with warta. It Is probable that a great deal of confusion exists regarding the differ ence between the wart and a skm "mole". The latter is a pigmented or discolored spot It may Ik present at birth, when It is commonly spoken of as a "birth mark". Many moles appear after birth, varying in size, shape, color and consistency. It is dangerous to tamper with cer tain types of moles. I say this be cause many a person, anxious to rid himself of this disfigurement, repeat edly resorts to crude and harmful measures of removal. This is dan gerous, because continued Irritation of certain types of mole leads to can cer formation. Tampering Is Dangerous For the reasons given, it is never advisable to attempt the removal of a mole except it is done by a com petent physician. Moles are best re moved by electrolysis, freezing, or a simple surgical operation. The treat ment depends entirely upon the type and size of the mole. Like the mole, a wart la often dis figuring and Us owner is anxious to remove tie unsightly tumor. The most common method ot treatment 1s by the application of a sVong add. This should only be used after neces sary measures have been taken to protect the surrounding skin. Care lessness may result in a severe and serious born. Warts ara also successfully re moved by the application ot the high frequency current ot electricity. Tbia is a painless procedure. Of course, tt can only be applied by a physician trained In this work. Please hear in mind, that the meth ods of relief I have referred to are far adults. Children afflicted with wsxts should not be subjected to an strenuous form of treatment I say tbis because warts tn children usual ly disappear without treatment. Adults should take medical advice before attempting to remove these growths. Answers to Health Queries A Reader. Q. What will Improve the appearance and shape ot the legs? A. Exercise will often bring about results. For further particulars send a self -addressed, stamped envelope and repeat your question. R. A. L. Q. What causes per spiring hands? This condition ts al ways worse when I get excited. A. This condition is frequently due to nervousness. Overcome the underlying cause first of alL For full particular send a self-addressed, stamped envelope and repeat your question. (Copyright, tm. K. T. f , Inc.) BARBS COMING HOME SILVERTON, April 1 2. Mr. and lira. George Barr -who have been spending the winter with their son, Robert, at Chico, Cal ifornia, are expected to arrive home around tho first ot May to remain for the summer months. Mr. Barr was at one tune mayor of Silverton.. ::::: -Kj - : Bits for Breakfast By R. J. HENDRICKS Justice Belt got a 'dog for being a republican: interesting Oregon history: S li The column of Fred Lockley In the Portland Journal for the issue of March 14 was unusually inter esting. It Is worth reproducing in full, which is done below: S V "Mrs. Nellie Hackleman Belt lives at 15 Fourth street at Forest Grove, Or. When I interviewed her recently she said: " 'I can qualify as an Oregon pioneer, for I was born on March 31, 1859, at Albany, Or. My grandfather, Abraham Hackie man was born in Indiana in 1829. His parents were born in North Carolina but moved to Indiana some years prior to my grandfa ther's birth. My grandfather's fa ther, Abner Hackleman, crossed the plains to Oregon in 1845. He took up, as a donation land claim, the land on which the city of Al bany was later built. He started early in the spring of IS 46 to go back across the plains, intending to bring his family out the follow ing year. His family was living in Iowa at that time. He died in No vember, 1846. Next spring his son, Abraham Hackleman, my grand father, with John Bur.kb.art, cross ed the plains to Oregon. Abraham Hackleman took up the claim of 640 acres on which his father had settled in the fall of 184 5. The claim next to that of my grandfa ther, Abraham Hackleman, was taken by Walter and Thomas Monteith. My grandfather went to the California mines in the sum mer of 1849, but stayed there only a few months. He laid off 70 acres in IS 52 as an addition to the city of Albany. In 1864 he was one of the organizers of the Willamette Valley & Cascade Mountain mili tary wagon road. ' My mother's maiden name was Eliiabeth Cowan. She crossed the plains In 1845 with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Cowan. "I am the oldest of the nine children In our family. Fannie, the first chUd, is dead. The next child, Charles Cowan Hackleman. died at San Diego, Cal. My sister Mrs. Elizabeth Wallace died two years ago. My sister Mrs. Kather- Ine Teeling Uvea at Tualatin. Lil lian, now Mrs. Jason Elder, lives j In Portland. My sister Mrs. Hat tie Lawton, who is a widow, lives ! with me here in Forest . Grove. Harry, her tw;n brother, lives at Prinevllle. G r o v e r Hackleman lives at Reno, Nev. Two boys, twins, died in Infancy. " I went to Albany college, as a girl. When I was about 14 fa ther was appointed assistant state treasurer, so we moved to Salem and I attended Sacred Heart aca demy. My mother's health was not good, so I quit school to help at home. I was engaged to John D. Belt, and wo were ready to be married, but mother's health did not improve. One day she called mo to her bedside and she said she did not believe she would live long, and she wanted to see ns married. We were married at her bedside that evening, January 15, 1879, and mother died the next morning. M 'My husband, John D. Belt, was the son of Dr. Alfred Metealf Belt, who was born in Kentucky In 1804 and reared in Platte coun ty, Missouri. In 1850 Dr. Alfred Metealf Belt, with his wife and six children, crossed the plains to the Willamette valley and settled at Salem. Dr. Belt became a pro fessor In the school of medicine of Willamette university. He was the first grand master of the Ma sonic grand lodge of Oregon. He served as surgeon general during the Indian war of 1855 and 185 My husband was one of a family of 10 children. A sister, Marian Belt, married Judge George H. Burnett, a member of the supreme court of Oregon. " 'My husband was a druggist. You probably remember Belt's drug store, at Salem. My three oldest children were born at Sa lem. My daughter Mrs. W. H. Orsby now lives at Aberdeen, Wash. My next child, Harry H. Belt, is a member of the supreme court of Oregon. My son Paul Cowan Belt is the head artist for the Western Wax company. Dur ing the war Paul served as car toonist on The Oregon Journal. My daughter Barbara married Richard Fendall, who has a hard ware store at Forest Grove. My youngest child, Merle Campbell Belt, is in the insurance business in Portland. We moved from Sa lem to Dallas. " 'When William Jennings Bry an was running tor president. Governor Syjvester Pennoyer came over to a political meeting at Dallas and was a guest at my homo for dinner. We had a pa rade. ..Sixteen young girls were dressed in silver dresses, and my daughter Barbara was dressed in a gold dress to carry out Bryan's idea of 16 to 1. 'All ot our family, so far as I know, have always been demo crats except my son Harry. I can't do anything about it, for, in spite of being a republican, Harry Is my son, and I love him dearly. I blame his uncle, George H. Bur nett, for making Harry a repub lican. He used to furnish Harry a bicycle so he could take part in republican parades. John Hill, an old Grand Army man at McCoy, liked Harry. He promised Harry a dog if he would be a republican. You know how boys like dogs, bo Harry promised, got the dog, and has been a republican ever since. " S S The father of Mrs. Belt was Abraham Hackleman. He was as sistant state treasurer under A. H. Brown, who was Oregon's trea- Home Again Dropping the aloof role she adopted en her departure for Europe a snort time agd Katharine Hepburn, re cently voted America's No. 1 fib star, turns a smiling face to the camera as she arrives at New York. She even unbent to the extent of tell ing reporters she did not go to Europe on divorce business. ll T.' iiliiaiiin. -.nail ---i$4 SYNOPSIS Aboard the S.S. "Navarre," bound for New York, Michael Lan yard, reformed "Lone Wolf" and underworld celebrity, is reunited with hie son whom he thought dead. The boy, "Maurice Parry" has followed in the "Lone Wolf's" footsteps, but Lanyard hopes his son's interest in Fcnno Crozier, lovely daughter of the wealthy Mrs. Fay Crozier, will prove a good influence. Maurice steals Mrs. Croxier's Habsburg emeralds. Lanyard retrieves them for Fay. Detective Crane warns Lanyard to watch out for the vengeance of Jack Knife" Anderson1 and "Eng lish Archie," two gunmen whom Lanyard exposed for cheating Maurice at cards. Shortly after wards the gangsters steal Mrs. Crorier's emeralds and plant them in Lanyard's cabin. Maurice saves his father by substituting imita tions and secretly placing the em eralds in the purser's care for Fay. Notwithstanding Lanyard's inno cence. Detective Plonis suspicions of him. Later, when one of "Jack Knife's" accomplices tries to in timidate Lanyard into stealing the emeralds and splitting fifty-fifty with the gang, Maurice appears on the scene, masked. He knocks the gangster unconscious, planting a string of pearls stolen from the no torious gold-digger, Tess Boyce, in the thug's pocket. Tess, in grati tude to Maurice for catching the thief, gives a dinner in his honor. Lanyard disapproves of the society of Tess Boyce for his son, but Fenno asks bim to leave Maurice to her. Discussing the Boyce rob bery, Plon informs Lanyard that the prisoner swore Lanyard and Maurice planted the necklace on him. CHAPTER XX "Tlnfortnnatelv for you, mon sieur, the accusation is supported bv certain evidence not, I admit. conclusive, but for all that, strong enough to dispose me to credit It." "For example?" "The prisoner is a man of less than average stature. He was plainly dressed in what Americans call a sack suit. The blue-and-white cotton handkerchief he wore as a mask was what they call a ban dana." "I myself made the same observe tions. What then?" "The man of whom two stewards on nirht-dutv caurht elimpses as he ran down the passageway leading to Mme. coyce s suite, wneu sne was screaming the alarm, was as tall as you, monsieur, as tall as your son. and wore a dinner jacket; and the handkerchief over his face was a black one." "So they say, your precious wit nesses. But you and I know how untrustworthy is the evidence of eyewitnesses in times of excite ment." "It is true, they are apt to con tradict one another. But these two agree." "What of it?" Lanyard's amused attitude was flawlesa a histrionic triumph over the catch at his heart. That wretched boy! "Are you seri ously disposed to credit the frantic claims of a notorious criminal caught prowling with stolen prop erty on his person, with no more support than the testimony of a couple of hare-wit tad stewards?" "I have only this to say. mon sieur." Here Plon timed an omi nous cause. "Takine into consid eration the fact that you have been involved already in two robberies. and have admitted that you know, while refusing to reveal, the identity of the thief who stole Madame Croxier's emeralds, I feel obliged to advise you and this with the sanc tion of the Captain that should a third such incident occur before we dock, you and your so-called son will be returned to r ranee m irons.' "Many thanks. I'm sure." Lan irard did Plon a formal yet bur esque bow. My compliments to surer for the term of 18H-8. The writer believes he came from Al bany. The Abraham Hackleman fam ily home in Salem was between Capitol and 12th streets, north side. They owned that property. The house is still standing, be longs to Mrs. James Walton, and for many years has been the Wal ton home. It is 1177 Center street. The Governor Chadwick home is next west. In 1874 L. F. G rover was reelected governor and S. F. Chadwick and A. H. Brown were elected secretary of state and state treasurer respectively. When the legislature in 1876 sent G ro ver to the U. S. senate, Chadwick became governor. Miss Mary Chadwick, daughter of the secre tary and governor, still lives in the old Governor Chadwick home. S S Mrs. Belt's grandfather platted 70 acres of his farm as Hackle- man's first addition to Albany. He afterwards platted, three oth er additions, making over 100 acres la all now covered by the central portion of Linn county's shire city. S Is The Belt, Hacklesaan, Monteith and other families mentioned in the Lockley interview were among the prominent early day builders of the territory and state oT Ore gon. Back Taxes Come Steadily, Report Delinquent taxes In consider able amount are being paid dally at the county tax collector's office from moneys received on federal government loans, A. M. Dalrym pie, collector said yesterday. Dal rymple said this fact added to the short time between the date the assessment rolls were collected and the end of the first quarter for payment, had prevented his of fice thus far from getting all tax receipts written. He Is hopeful this week that the payments mailed last month will be all receipted. Peace Envoy to Be Here Sunday A change in the schedule of the coming to Salem of Sir Her bert Ames, an envoy of the Car negie Foundation for Peace, was announced yesterday by Presi dent Carl Gregg Doney of Wil lamette anirerseity. Sir Herbert now is expected to spend Sunday afternoon. Monday and Tuesday I here. the Captain as wen, on his forbearance." "And one thine more." Plon held up his parting blow. "I had almost forcotten a messaee to vou from the prisoner. Tell that dirty double crossing rat, he said Monsieur will understand I am merely quot ing the speaker verbatim, 'hes had his chance and muffed it. ' Now he's goinjr to get what I promised him. Now and ne kidding the punk gets taken for a ride. " To do Plon Justice, he made off without waiting to relish the tribute which Lanyard freely paid his back a wry smile, a lift of a hand like that which acknowledges a touch in a bout with foils. The man of the Surete had scored. and no mistake. His lean, stooned form threw a movinr stencil of spite on the pale scoured planking till it popped into the forward companionway door, leaving Lanyard to ask rroviaence what next and resist the impulse normal to an outraged parent, to hunt his firstborn out and give him a good shaking. Neither need he have had far to seek, had will -no wer and discretion been unequal to temptation. From the other side of the vessel, through the glass-screened thwartships walk beneath the bridge, critical comment on his appearance was all at once audible the voice a wom an's and unmistakably an Ameri can's, untuned and throaty, yet so quick with gamine humor that its whole effect was not unpleasing. "Not really! That distinguished looking bird with the silver patches at his temples and the air of a diplo mat on court parade don't ask me to believe that was ever the Lone Wolf. My dear, I can't bear it!" Nothing to be gained by pretend ing to be unaware of personalities so surely pitched for him to catch: Lanyard, his brows at a mildly ap prehensive angle, the corners of his mouth pulled down in deprecation, turned toward their author. It was not for hir, however, to single that one out in the party trooping toward him tnrougn ine passageway. To the tune of lauerhter the van of the party turned the shoulder of the superstructure, and a vivid and sprightly figure detached, towing Maurice bv an arm. to nine Lan- yard a hand crusted with jewels. "You mustn t mind my loolisn ness. M. Lanyard: I was born feather-headed, and there's no cure for that, you know Pardon, madame: there is al ways decapitation." "Oh, priceless ! But anyway, Tm Tess Boyce, of course; and I've heard such a lot about you, I'm simply mad to kndw you and I do admire your taste in offspring. "Madame is too kind." Persever ing lips at length located a naked knuckle. "I feel safe, however, in saying that her approval of my efforts to found a family is shared by the family in question." "And you don't feel called upon to shy at me, even if I am the ana thema of the Timet and the sweet heart of the. tabloids? As if I was to blame for my rotten luck in hus bands! But don't you think it's nice of rou to be so broad-minded? I do I mean I do really. And just look at - all the swell mob I ve broueht alone to meet von." Lanyard weathered a hubbub of introductions there were eight, all told, in the party with the feeling that he had seldom met an odder assortment: the women all pretty nonentities, the men every one as plainly of some consequence. The inference seemed fair that the Boyce was less afraid of beauty than of brains and breeding, in what she happily termed her "girl friends," but demanded of the men who danced attendance on her rhinestone-studded heels that they be at least men of substance. Of the three aside from Maurice in her train this night, one was a suc E NORTH HOWELL. April 12. School days here as elsewhere are rapidly drawing to a close for this term and eighth grade pupils are receiving marked attention. In cluded in the North Howell class are June Baughman, Ida May Summers, Blanche Pickens, Clara, Leona, and Frances Schmidt, Em ma Blischke, Harold Dunn, Carl Ditchen and Billy Brett,. Eligible to membership of the Heralds of Health are Billy Brett, Pearl Brooks, Evelyn Beckett, Ida May and Dorothy Summers. Ron ald Schmidt and Daniel Van Brocklin. Those neither absent nor tardy are Lloyd Patterson, Norton Wood. Alice Rlckard, Loretta Waltman, Flora Woelke.. Evelyn Beckett, Dorothy Southard, Vir ginia Mcllwaln, Llllie Mayte and Pauline Rnss. Graduation exercises will be held at the schoolhouse on May 9 at 2 p. m. Parent-Teachers . to Name Officers at Monday Meet STAYTON, April 12 Monday Is regular P. T. A. meeting and a good attendance Is urged since at that time the new officers will be nominated and elected. The nom inating committee is Mrs. H. A. Beauchamp, Mrs. C. E. Taylor and Floyd Crabtree. a .. - Aiong witn ine study of men tal hygiene, will be a discussion on "The Feeling of Inferiority." This New Treatment For Piles Seldom Fails "Go to Perry's Drug Store or your druggist and get an original 60 cent box of MOAVA SUPPOSI TORIES." Inserted into the rec tum according to directions they reacn tne source of the trouble and by their soothing, healing, anw tiseptic action first allay the pain and soreness and then by direct contact with the piles bring about a reduction and you get rest and comic t once again. It's simply wonderful how speedily they act Even in cases of long standing marvelous re- Cf EXERCISES SCHEDULED 1 cessful producer of British revues who happened to be technically a Christian, one an ochre-tinted In dian prince, with turban and Jeweled aigrette complete but otherwise even more British than his faultless English or the Sackville Street cut of his evening clothes, and the third a cosmopolite elegant, who turned out to be after all a mere American, nnd who was seemingly uncon cerned to cut any figure but one of complete patrician leisure. "Listen!" The woman's husky accents rippled with good-nature. "This is what I call simply grand, meeting you like this, lust when we're all fed np with being nice people and ready to head into the open-air cafe and be loose and so cial." She took Lanyard s arm and con sent for granted, but retained her hold on Maurice, and inarched the two aft at a pace so smart as to sug- gest that she actually needed to replenish a depleted store of spirits. Yet once settled at table, it sur prisingly developed that she was thirst for nothing more ardent than Perrier with a slice of lemon. "Not me," she replied to Lan yard's hinted astonishment, "I never liquor up any more. A person can't afford to, in my line of busi ness. I got married just once when I was pie-eyed, ana mat was plenty; when I came out from un der the ether what do you think? Friend Husband broke the news to me that he didn't have nickel." She crowed to see a shadow of pain cloud the chiseled features of her elegant compatriot. "Look, at Freddy Isquith suffer as if he didn't know I can be the lady when I have to! I ask you. Monsieur Lanyard, is that any rea son why, when we're all just folks together, I shouldn't relax and be natural?" "Madame pays me a high compli ment." . "Who, you? Listen, dearie." Tess Bovce openly fastened a warm hand on one of Lanyard's. "You couldn't have been the sporting proposition they tell about if you weren't all human." "But "that .'was long ago, ma dame." "Oh, yeah? You tell ft. Lone Wolf your cub's right here, get ting his earful." She leaned back to look at Mau rice and see how he was taking it, and laughed at both in malice so frank and friendly that it would have been stupid to take umbrage. And intimations visited Lanyard of the answer to a question which till then had seemed past understand ing: Why did men persist in marry ine this woman men of quality and position, especially snch as her name had been exclusively associated with since her predilection for holy wed lock had come to have news value? She wasn't by any standards pretty, yet beside her "the srirl- f fiends," with their prettinesa sleeked to beauty-parlor pattern, seemed dolls. As for the taunt she had cast him, whether in mere mischief or in more ingenuous humor seeking a chink in his armor. . Lanyard wasn't so easily to be drawn. "Madame is at least courageous." He nodded meaningly to a forearm mailed in bracelets almost to the elbow. "If one is not mistaken, that is simply asking for it." "After last night, you mean." The woman tossed her head and laughed. "I'mot afraid. It was the first time anybody ever caught me nap ping and I snapped out of it in time to see him beating it, and yell like mad, at that What's more, I don't know a safer place for the cracked ice than on the person." "Why not in the purser's keep ing?" "Too much bother. I'd be at the poor fish all the time to put this in his safe and take that out I'd drive him looney and go not myself." (To Be Continued) Music is in charge of Mrs. W. A. Inglis. It ia also said that "Ras- tus," who appeared before the Women's club meeting and made such a hit, will be on the pro gram. $1,480,000 From Levies Collected Returns from personal income. intangibles and corporate excise taxes for the year 1934, based on incomes for 1933, aggregated ap proximately 91.480,000 at noon yesterday, the state tax commis sion reported. Included In these returns was $1,040,000 in cash; which has been turned over to the state treasurer. The tax commis sioners said that future payments during the year probably would increase the total to $1,750,000, which is $150,000 below the esti mate of the officiate. RETURN. TX COUNTRY SILVERTON. Anrll 11 Mr and Mri. Hugh Small and family who nave oeen living at 21 S Fairview street during, the win ter have returned to their hom on the Eureka avenue road. The young Smalls are still attending the Silverton schooL SRHJK S -csaTT u i d riiAiCie MMn.Hi iAe Mm. . 7L ' . sr aocfiisxs irurvmi WHEN YOUR DAUGHTER COMES TO WOMANHOOD Most girls their teens w a tonic and regw la tor. Give Tome - M daughmLydiaE. Piakham's Vege table Coaapound for the next fttw m oths. Teach her bow to guard her health at this critical tune. Wnea ah is a nappy, healthy wie aad mother eke wT thank yon. : Sold at all good drug stores. T Js T v e e Vegetable Cbopouad uiis nave oeen obtained. mm rPWp r . ...... : - v- k ai i. : i - a x t - ..Mt,i i r
