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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, April 22, 1934. w
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TU!i!!l W-IC C- " By Loui,
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"No Favor Sways Us: No Fear Shall Aica"
From First Statesman, March 28, 1851
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Offices and Candidates
THEY ARE building little bonfires under office holders
who become candidates for office. The carcass they are
trying to parboil is that of Rufus Holman, state treasurer;
there can be no doubt of it. The Oregonian struck a match
to its pile of tinder. Local granges followed with pertinent
direction toward Mr. Holman; and the county Pomona
grange repeated with a resolution which embraced all who
fell within the classification. Now Sen. Joe Dunne strips
himself of political titles that he may be free of their
. weight in his race for the governship. And the effect of
Dunne's renunciation of the worthless end of a senatorship
and the grief of a port commissionship is to strike his match
to another pile of tinder under the bulk of the state treas
urer. It is impossible for the dispassionate observer to feel
that these bonfires are all started from holy motives. Am
bitions and personalities enter in; and the appeal to virtue
may be just the cloak for some other objective. In other cir
cumstances and with other personalities we can each one
of these protesting individuals or groups forgetting their
" objections and whoopin 'er up for a favorite candidate even
though he was using one office as stepping stone to another.
Politics is a worthy career; we should have more who
enter politics with intention of making it a career; and we
should treat more considerately those who do distinguish
themselves in public service. How can a person who once
gets an office continue in politics unless he runs again,
either for his present or for a higher office? No one expects
an official running for re-election to resign when he enters
his campaign; and there is no real reason why an incum
bent who aspires to a higher office should give up his pres
ent job. To do so would many times imperil his livelihood.
He of course must be responsible to the public not to neglect
bis duties as he reaches out for something higher ; but most
political offices are so operated that the chief is campaigning
a good bit of the time anyway.
So we find ourselves out of tune with those who demand
for instance that Holman resign as state treasurer be
cause he seeks to gratify his ambition to be governor. Had
Hal Hoss lived and run for governor we do not think much
va7o Hoon TriaHp over his continuing as
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secretary of state. The situation is somewhat complicated
over, the chance that Holman if elected governor, would ap
point his own successor and thus control the state board.
But Gov. Meier has appointed during his term two other
; members of the board to mi vacancies causea uy ucaw.
would surely be better grace for Mr. Holman to resign as
-treasurer at once after his election as governor, than to
hang to the office until his inauguration. Such a declaration
at this time would be opportune.
',- ' . Taking the longer view and considering common prac
tice in other states over a long term of years we believe that
any requirement that a man resign the office he holds before
aspiring to another would deprive the state of the services
of many able men, and would prematurely end the careers
of those well qualified to remain in public service. We must
remember that legislation should be general in character
and not fabricated for particular individuals or particular
occasion.
Cracking Down
NBA HAS finally "cracked down". The very day that Gen.
Johnson was assuring the newspaper editors that no
big corporation had transgressed the commandments so a
case could be made against it, a tailor in a little town
in New Jersey was sentenced to jail for 30 days for press
ing a suit of clothes for 35c instead of 40c. In addition he
was fined $100 by the judge.
Shades of the liberties of our ancestors: That a man
should go to jail for saving a customer five cents on pressing
his clothes; and that he should be fined $100 for a five-cent
undercharge! The affair ranks with the classic examples
of intolerant persecution which were sometimes indulged in
under prohibition?
There is no justification in law or in morals for such
a penalty. The punishment is excessive; and the liberty is
one which has always been- a fundamental in the bill of
: rights. Pressing pants is not engaging in interstate com
merce. For the violation of the code price Gen. Johnson
might deprive him of his window sticker; but there is no
; excuse for jailing him and fining him like a thief and a
forger.
'If the people were not under hysteria from Washington
"they .would rise up in arms against such invasion of personal
rights. That they tolerate it is warning that our whole body
of liberties may go by default When the American people
are so cowed with fear or mystified by political magic that
they permit such violation of blood-bought rights the future
indeed becomes obscure and forbidding.
Such an outrage is a relic of the dark ages.
Overlooked by AAA
TlHE Statesman correspondent at Monmouth sends in the
X following news story :
"With wool Belling at SO cent per pound, and an unusually
' heavy lamb crop, the sheep situation looks better here than in
several recent years. J. D. Gilmore, a buyer from Ontario. Ore
gon, took 180 registered Lincoln and Cotswold rams from local
ranches last week. Including the Lorence, Stump, Adams, Wine
gar and Riney farms here; and from Kiger Island near Corval
11a, the shipment averaging 1 2 0.00 per head."
Wool and sheep are one bright spot in the picture, yet
two years ago they were down in the dumps. These prices
have come up without plowing under every fifth sheep or
- srivinsr away our wool to China ; but by reliance on the old
formula of supply and demand.
teach the AAA's to the Baa-Baa
AsvtAM llflVA ftAATl f
Horace Manning, Klamath Falls
- Of tvSipn HOran, US cuus uo in mo u iuu icyi eseu in live iu
: . the state legislature. Only the prominence ot the principals and the
rV!i.i. ettamtari tfiA ahnotinr account for thA nnnrn riven
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the affair. From the evidence admitted It was Just a simple case
' ot shooting while nnder the Influence ot liquor; regrettable and
unjustified, but crime devoid ot the- usual complications ot robbery,
. passion, or vengence. -
' - Bishop Cannon had nothing on the "heathen Chinee' in the
a mrm nArnliar In the handllnc ot cam-
nam contributions. He had several
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Atlanta
Oregon hopes no one tries to
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Till ff tVtisAtwta Im It. 44 1 xf
lawyer, charged with the murder
bank accounts, deposit boxes and
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Health
By Royal S. Copeland, 31J).
RECENTLY I WROTK about
hemorrhoids and mentioned the fre
quent appearance of this annoying
condition. Today, I want to tell you
about anal fissure, which Is often
confused with hemorrhoids.
To explain the difference between
the two conditions It Is necessary to
go Into detail about these ailments.
A hemorrhoid, or pile, is a small
swelling- located either within or
outside the exit of the large Intes
tine. The swelling is covered with
mucous membrane, or with skin, de
pending upon its location.
A fissure Is an actual break In the
lining- of the anal canal. This can be
traced to a tear from some hard and
sharp object. It may result from the
passage ot fruit seeds, splinters of
bone, or other Indigestible fragments
consumed In the average diet It Is
especially common among- sufferers
from constipation.
Painful Condition
Like a hemorrhoid, the chief symp
tom of this affliction Is pain. At first
there Is a mild burning-, or a sense
of heaviness and discomfort. This Is
greatly Increased by response to na
ture's call. The pain la most severe
and distressing- for an hour or two
afterward. It may be so severe as
to require the administration of an
opiate.
Blood may be present This may
be of a bright red color, or mixed
with a slight amount of mucus and
a suggestion of pus.
Bear in mind that early recogni
tion of this disorder assures prompt
and permanent cure. When it is
treated la its early stages, relief can
be obtained by the careful application
of pure carbolic acid. This Is ap
plied directly to the fissure, but can
be done only by the doctor. The
treatment la repeated after an Inter
val of one week. Soothing ointments
applied to the laceration are extreme
ly beneficial.
Don't Delay Treatment
Do not overlook the fact that once
the fissure has become chronic In
nature, with a considerable amount
of damage to the anal canal, relief
can only be obtained by an opera
tion. In this operation, the Involved
area is excised. It is a simple pro
cedure and need not cause alarm or
anxiety.
A complete and permanent cure of
a fissure cannot be brought about by
the application of borne remedies or
patent medicines. In order to effect
a cure, it la essential that the physi
cian inspect the diseased tissues and
personally apply the necessary treat
ment Of course, diet and personal
hygiene are important preventive
measures for this annoying and un
comfortable affliction.
Answers to Health Queries
Mrs. S. A. Peterson. Q. Would
you kindly tell me what foods I may
eat plenty ot and still not gain
weight?
A. For fun particulars send a self
addressed, stamped envelope and re
peat your question.
B. R. Q. I am a girl IS years old.
I feet 1-1 inches tall, what Is my
correct weight?
A. For your height and age you
should weigh 1J. pounds.
A. B. Q. What treatment do you
advise tor sinus trouble? "
A. First of an try to locate the
exact source of Infection. Overcome
any underlying catarrhal condition.
For further particulars send a self
addressed, stamped envelope and re
peat yoor Question.
S. A. Q. I am a young girl In
my "teens", 4 feet 11 Inches tan
What caa I do to increase my
height?
A. Ton win continue to grow and
develop until you reach the age of
St. Join a "gym" for some system
atic exercise. For further particulars
send a self-ad dressed, stamped en
velope and repeat your question.
(Co pyrin t, 194. M. W. I n&l
The "righteousness" of his cause was no Justification for failure to
keep strict accounting for all campaign expenditures.
Bits (or
By R. J. HENDRICKS
Elva Breyman Brown:
The passing of Mrs. William
Brown deprives Salem of a gra
cious member of pioneer Oregon
families who had large parts in
building our commonwealth.
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She was a daughter of Werner
Breyman, wb.o came to America
from Hanover, Germany, in 1846.
His father, Fritz Breyman, was a
lieutenant in the Hanoverian
army, and he fought valiantly un
der Wellington at Waterloo, was
wounded in that historic battle,
and was awarded a medal tor
bravery in action.
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Werner Breyman found his way
to Milwaukee, Wis., where he was
employed as a clerk until 1850,
when he joined a covered wagon
train and through many dangers
and hardships crossed the plains
to Oregon, going first to Lafay
ette, then the shire town of Yam
hill county. He established the
Lafayette house (hotel) there In
1851, and in 1852 opened a gen
eral merchandise store, which he
operated tor 10 years, during
eight of which he was treasurer
of Yamhill county.
His brother, Eugene, having
crossed the Atlantic from Ger
many, and made his way to Ore
gon in 1855, the firm of Breyman
Bros, was started in 1856 with
the opening of a store at what
was known as Watt's Corners
that store making the beginning
of the city of Amity, Yamhill
couitfy. They disposed o f both
stores in Yamhill county in 1864.
moved to Salem, and became the
leading merchants of the capital
city. They had the largest busi
ness ot the kind in Oregon, out
side of Portland, until 1861 when
they sold it and retired. Their
building, which they erected and
owned, was known as "The White
Corner,' southeast Court and
Commercial streets, and is still so
called, and owned by their estates.
They continued In development
lines, laying out Plainfield and
Boise additions in Portland and
Rosedale addition to Salem, and
promoting numerous enterprises
in the way of farming and live
stock breeding and manufacturing
and Investments and banking in
Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
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The mother of Mrs. Brown was
Isabella Watt, daughter ot John
Watt, upstanding Oregon pioneer
coming with the 1848 covered
wagon immigration, and her
brother, Joseplh Watt, was the
principal and moving spirit in es
tablishing tne first woolen mill
on this coast, the Willamette wool
en mill, at Salem, in 1856.
S S
Elva Breyman was born at La
fayette on the 18th of March,
1866. Thus her spirit took its
flight a month and a day after
her 78th birthday, at the family
home, S90 State street, Salem. On
the same corner ot the next block
east, where the Elks' temple now
stands, and where stood then the
Werner Breyman home, Elva
Breyman was united in marriage
to WUliam Brown, on the 28 th
of May, 1884. So this bond last
ed nearly SO years.
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Mrs. Brown was among the
early graduates of Willamette
university, and she later attended
Mills college, San Francisco. Her
first music teacher was Mrs. E.
M. Waite, sister ot her father.
Elva Brown taught music at Phil
omath college before her marri
ng. On the site of the E. M. Wait
home is located the Salem public
library. Mrs. Brown was proud
to aid in securing that site for
the library contributing and ob
taining the largest amount ot
money of any one person In get
ting together the purchase price
fund.
Breakfast
During the pastorate of Rev. P,
S. Knight, historic Oregon educa
tor, editor and. minister, Elva
Breyman became a member of the
First Congregational church of
Salem, the second church organ
ization in the capital city, and
Rev. Knight officiated at the
ceremony which united her in
marriage to William Brown,
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There came to the Brown home
a son, Clifford Brown, who be
came a soldier in the World war:
who originated the famous prise
winning daiem arum corps, who
arose to a foremost place in the
business circles of Salem, and
who lost his life by drowning in
an Alaskan fishing stream on June
S, 1927. His body was never re
covered. From this sad loss and
great shock, his mother never
fully recovered her old time resll
lence. Let her relatives and
friends hope there has been a Joy
ous reunion of their loving spir
its on the far shore of the bright
land where there Is no night, nor
any parting.
The now bereaved husband,
William Brown, came to Ameri
ca from Germany when a young
man. He acquired the English
language, without even a German
accent, in an incredibly short time,
as he had already imbibed the
American spirit. A brother who
remained in the home land was
for a long generation a newspa
per publisher there, and some
years ago he visited in the home
of his American brother in Salem,
as William and his wife had been
guests among relatives in the
country of the former's birth and
boyhood.
S S
William Brown was at first a
shoe merchant In Salem, and he
afterward established the commis
sion business at 171 North Front
street that was carried on for
years under his name and is still
operating under the name of Clif
ford W. Brown, the largest house
in this section dealing in wool,
mohair, hops, etc.
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William Brown, spending the
winter at Redlands, Cal., reached
home In time to be at his wife's
bedside only an hour before she
breathed her last, on Thursday
morning, April 19, at 7 o'clock,
having arrived on the njornlng
Southern Pacific through train.
She had been stricken a few weeks
before, but seemed to have recov
ered, and the end came unexpect
edly. S V
Besides the bereaved husband,
there are left ot the immediate
family Mrs. Clifford Brown,
daughter-in-law. Chandler and
Werner Brown, grandsons, and a
little great granddaughter, Viv
ienne, a late arrival at the Chand
ler Brown home, and two sisters,
Anna, who Is Mrs. Rudolph Prael
of Portland, and Ada, who is Mrs.
Major W. H. Eldredge, also of
Portland, her husband a retired
U. 8. army officer.
S S
The funeral rites of this almost
life long resident of Salem, who
had been a part of the activities
of the capital city during all the
94 years since its first home for
white people was erected, except
ing its first 24 years, were held
yesterday forenoon, at her late
residence, with Bey. Win. Elliott
of Portland, a former Salem pas
tor, In charge ot the solemn rites,
and her body rests in beautiful
City View cemetery, overlooking
the scenes she loved.
She left memorials that will
last throughout the ages, and
loving memories of her good deeds
and solicitous care for her fam
ily and friends will go down
through the generations.
BIRTHDAY IS CELEBRATED
SUNNYSIDK, April 21. Hon
oring her husband s birthday an
niversary Mrs. Keith Dyer enter
tained c small eompany Monday
CHAPTER ZXVTH
"He may have done Just what ha
said he would, at that maybe the
lad got off light because Miss Cro
siers pa was on hand to meet her
when the plane lit. and she got him
to say a good word for Maurice."
"But how caa we be sure M. Crosier--"
"Stands to reason he'd be there
te greet his daughter and finance
Mamma's emeralds through the
Customs,"
Lanyard opened a frank stare,
and the detective quaked with deep
enjoyment.
"The idea bein that I wasn't sup
posed to be wise to that angtel" The
bronze mask bent crinkling over the
flame that Crane was setting to his
pipe. "I ruess, at that, maybe I've
got no business to; but it's like I
told you hard to stop an old mule
from browsin' on any loose feed he
comes across."
"The mors I see of you, my
friend, the less wonder I feel when
it appears that you know every
thing." "Not everything,' Crane with Ju
dicial gravity confessed. "Take this
crumb Isquith, now he's still got
me gues&in'. All I know about him is
he's phony. And one thing you dont
know yet is that the old girl yanked
that green ice out of the purser's
box just before the plane sailed and
gave it to Miss Fenno to take in and
declare thereby slippin' one over
on the mob that's tailin' the junk."
"And one is happy to infer, from
the tenor of this telegram, that the
ruse was successful."
The detective shook his head
gravely. "The returns ain't all in
yet All we know so far is that she
stole several lengths' lead while the
rest of the jocks were nsppin'; but
that doesn't mean the race is won
yet; there's a dark horse in it, or I
ain't track-wise."
"Isquith?"
"Maybe. Or maybe it's the Main
Squeeze that gives Freddie his or
ders Fish-eye," Crane elucidated,
reading Lanyard's blank look.
"Leonard Schwartzstein they've
got other names for him in New
York, but Fish-eye's the politest"
"I remember reading about him
in newspaper correspondence from
America," Lanyard said with the
slowness of a man whose mind is
troubled. "You have reason to be
lieve he may be concerned in this
affair?"
"If he isn't, you can bet me your
life he will be, soon as he finds out
about it If this mob wins, and Mrs.
Crorier loses and Fish-eye ain't in
on the cut he's liable to act up mean
and ask all concerned some pretty
pointed questions. But there are so
many on board that are close to
him, it's the last thing likely that
Fish-eye hasn't had a fin in the
business from the start-off. Not that
it was my idea, when I drifted in
here, to tell you anything to upset
you.
Lanyard had a clouded smile.
"Frankly, you do give me some
thing to think about"
"It doesn't do any harm, at that
to realize what you're up against."
"But what I am up against is
comparatively a simple affair; the
worst that can happen to me is to
be haled back to France, the hap
less victim of a dolt and a viper.
Captain Pascal, and Plon "
"That's if you don't pry yourself
out of this jam."
Highest Dramatic Art Seems to
Wear Sombre Trappings Always
By D. H. Talmadge, Sage of Salem
Paul Hauser, who writes an In
teresting column for the Willam
ette Collegian, pronounces "Con
gress Dances" the best picture he
has seen this year and names Lil
lian Harvey as his favorite movie
actress. I agree with him al
most. A line from the "Men i n
White" motion play: "There has
never been a man or a woman
who has not at some time been
made a fool ot by impulse."
Fred White gives "Men in
White" a lengthy and deserved
tribute in the Sunday Oregonian.
It really is a fine picture, bat it
would have been a better one had
several execrable attempts a t
comedy been omitted. There is
comedy which imparts a pleasant
flavor to a production, and there
is other comedy which is a fly
in the soup.
Incidentally, Clark Gable, who
some of ns have been unable to
see as other than a third-class
actor and a first-class matinee
hero, opened our eyes in "Men In
White." A difficult role, beauti
fully done.
A bit of text from "Nana" at
the Grand: "My mother was not
a bad woman; she was weak.
Women are what men make them.
I do not know what I shall be,
but I won't be weak and I won't
be poor."
Quite wonderfully, Anna Sten
justifies the praise given her by
her promoters, but frankness com
pels me to say that "Nana" Is an
unpleasant picture. Supported by
an admirable company of players,
of whom Mae Clark deserves spe
cial mention because she has only
a bit and makes much of It, the
young Russian actress sets forth
the story ot a Paris girl of the
streets a story ot ambition and
love which combine to destroy her
the life of a dasslingly beauti
ful girl in which was little but
unhappiness. The play begins
with the pauper burial ot her mo
ther, a depressing scene, and ends
with the girl's suicide, also de
pressing. As a matter of fact, sadness has
been the dominant note In motion
plays shown in Salem during the
week, and there has been no great
rush to the box-offices. Human
nature, as has been observed on
many occasions, is peculiar. Long
ago the fact was demonstrated
that the public would tight for
standing room to see the death
scene in "Uncle Tom's Cabin," but
was only mildly interested in
'Camilla."
evening. Rook was played and
the candle birthday cake cut.
Guests present were Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Heckart, Esther Heckart, Ken
Cole, Mr. and Mrs. Charles L.
Taylor.
T ah&TL. sstnraTlv. Invoke every
power at the disposal of a French
citixen "
"Pfl Wk Ton to be strolHn up
Fifth Avenue, foot-loose, before
some folks we know find their land
legs." "Ton have more faith in me than
I have then, my friend. Bat my
plight, as I say, is elementary, no
matter hosi annovimr: we know
what I am nn arainst. It is not for
myself thai I must worry, bat lor
that unhappy boy, my son, sums w
a strange land and at tne mercy oi
as formidable an organization of
erUBrnsJsl" ' '
"That brings us to one question i
wanted to ask you: what can I do to
make your mind easy?"
"Look Maurice up. keep an eye on
him, counsel and guide him"
"Trust me."
"How very kind you are!""
Who. me? Kind!" Crane grunt
ed. "Dont kid. vourself. Just In
terested. Every time I run into you,
I feel like a movie fan just cant
wait to see what s goin' to happen
next. Next Question is: what else
can I do for you?" '
"Yen are so generously reaay.
my friend, you almost make me sor
ry there is nothing I can ask of yon
more than you have already prom
ised. Maurice will probably be at
the dock to meet me; if by any
chance he is not, yon will surely find
him waiting at the Walpole, where
we arranged to rendezvous. Tell
him for me, please, I shall get in
immediate touch tomorrow morning
with the American branch of De
li be s, secure the attendance of its le
gal adviser, and call on the French
consul to help bring this imbecile
of a Captain to his senses. 11 Mau
rice can be of any assistance, that I
shall not fail to call on him. In the
meantime, he is not to fret on my
account. And yet "
Crane, who had crossed to look
through the window-port, turned
back. "Well be in dock inside two
minutes," he said. "What else is on
your mind, old-timer?"
"I am anxious lest Maurice, left
to himself, fall in with Madame
Boyce again. She's a dangerous
creature, and he vain with the van
ity of his age, susceptible to flat
tery, impressionable. It was you
who heard her try to sap his faith
in me last night. Tell the boy, then,
I will call him up in his rooms at the
Walpole tonight, as soon as tele
phone connections between the ship
and the pier switchboard are estab
lished. If he has something to wait
for"
"O. K. I won't forget. If you
think of anything you want to say
to rae, here's a private number the
place in town I keep to flop in when
rush of business prevents my get
tin' out to the wife in Larchmont.
So long," the detective discovered
sudden haste, "and don't eat your
heart out. A person cant always
tell what's best for him. Maybe
you're rettin' the breaks after all.
only the time ain't come yet for you
to know it. It wouldn't surprise me.
If it comes to that, I don't imagine
there's an awful lot could haoren
that would surprise me. You get
that way when you've studied the
underside of human nature as long
as I have. Why, I wouldn't be sur
prised even if turned out that this
Plon wasn't just a pill."
Left alone to ruminate Crane's
intelligence through evening hours
so dismal, with the vessel at dead
D. H. TALMADGE
"Nana" has died during the
week at the Grand. Those who
have gone to see "Men in White"
at the Elslnore in search of relax
ation and cheer have witnessed a
surgical operation and the death
of the patient. At the Capitol the
entire cast, with a single excep
tion, of "Tie Lost PatxoL" a troop
of English soldiers lost in the des
ert, dies one by one with varied
agonising manifestations. "The
Lost Patrol" is a nowerfnl nw
of drama, but It Is distinctly not-
cneeriui in us nature. And "M"
at the State was the tale of a man
iac who killed little girls and was
captured by a mob ot beggars.
Very vivid, explosively German in
dialogue. Altogether, no play for
a simple-minded Yankee to see on
a hot afternoon.
The highest ot dramatic r
seems, comes to us in sombre
trappings. The greatest ot emo
tions are seldom gladsome. Life
is that way.
I went to see Walt Disney's clas
sical "Three Little Pigs" during
the week. 1 had already seen it on
iwu luraw occasions, out it seem
ed to suggest relief from emotion,
auu
Well, old man Nipper, who
caugnt me at it, says I'm becom
ing frivolous, and ha'a
about me. He thinks a man ot my
age ana nis snouia find relief
from the atreaa of dTi,aVi.. i
playing rummy. It Is odd, how
opinions airier as to desirable
means of wasting time. That
which some folks, look upon-as a
waste of time other folks do not
look upon as a waste of time, and
usually one Is as nearly correct as
the other.
a-NWw.,,. I
peas- un duaum w - - -
lite all stilled, that it was possible
to figure one's self the only undead
tenant of a necropolis, -j
j .1. - mminr nt Break-
uceu, even uw
ing out cargo, distant cans and
whistles and racxe ox U1UTO'
J.J W 4-1 wfnaa OT eefflO-
tery crows, LaTiyard found L Ms
thoughts ever ana sgwn . m
to the last thing Crane had taut on
leaving. . . . , - ...
Nothing made it memorable, it s
true, except that he need not have
: j I MAtk; the suneraeial
sense of his observation, nothing in
the spirit of the moment, kub
m v:. v...;. AmrttrA Plon bSCJC
into his remarks by the ears. There
must, then. Lanyard argueu.
, . . wmaii. some-
oeen some TZ Vi.-.A
thing on Crane's mind that he had
not till then so macs u
The hour drew on to nuums-n-
iv. -l:.. mA ArvVeA. no ens
omce mc amy - ' .
had come near him but the steward
who had served his ainner, c
.-j fh.n BtMminsrlT. with
drew 'to some retreat where room-
a 3 s mm nn IS 1 Wr
service calls coma not rcm
So had the telephone apparently
been throttledwhether or not
shore connections had been estab
lished, Lanyard had no means of
knowing: the ship switchboard
simply wouldn't answer wWe
th limpings on the locked door to his
stateroom won no response, and the
ruard who marched the deck out-
side was aeai to naus irwin
window, not oniy. m
had he been unable to talk with
Maurice at the Walpole, but the
letters and telegrams he had writ
ten bade fair to stand overnight
undispatched. The man was nurs-
Ing, consequently, tne aevua
tpmnpr when, without warning
other than the click of a well-oUed
lock, the door opened. Plon entered,
shut and locked it behind him, and
turning, trained on the prisoner
his flickering gray smirk.
"Bon tow, monsieur, nemouinea.
'If vim will foroive the imperti
nence as well as the intrusion, per-
. 'll A-I
mit me to say it is witn aeep gu
atinn that T smi vou in vour na
tural state at last Monsieur le
Loup Solitaire to tne me r
Rrrf trrtjfiaHon.' monsieur.
Lanyard bitterly replied without
lUUlg, WilVi . - 1
with your spine, is a poor name ior
your emotion."
"I doubt if there is any man alive
so ill qualified to claim acquaintance
with mv snirit. Not that I blame
you, monsieur, for that," Plon has
tened to add. "II any man was ever
more misled by appearances, I
never knew him. Be good enough
to believe, monsieur, that you be
hold in me a friend."
Lanyard, having looked the crea
ture up and down,' slightly lifted
one &nouider ana one corner oi am
mouth.
"As well ask me to believe I be
hold in you an honest man."
"Ah, no, monsieur," the agent of
the SurebS protested. "That, I grant
you, would be too much. After all,
I pretend to be no better than a
human being I have my weak
nesses. Consider that I too, I who
stand before you, am a thief."
"Indeed? And is one expected, in
response to that, to say: 'And in
what way, monsieur, a thief?' "
"But it is not a jest that one
makes with you; it is a confession.
It is even more it is a boast."
(To Be Continued)
It is quite possible for us to
admire qualities ot character in
the people whom we see and hear
on the stage or read of in books
or meet in everyday life and still
at the same time not like them.
It is a phase of the mystery of
things. Most of us, I think, have
this experience. Nothing is to be
done about it. Even after we have
in a spirit of fairness admitted our
inability to find serious fault with
a person that person still gives us
a pain In the neck.
"The house to me mav Inwlv
be, If I but like the people in it."
Short ones: Even the lprtri
clocks do not always agree . . .
ino country can do with one sav
ing; countries must be saved and
saved again if they are 'to endure
. . . When a fellow traverses the
streets be involuntarily looks for
and hopes to see certain fnr-on
And it makes no difference whe
tner or not these faces be hand
some and not always if they bo
clean . . . Strawberries Anna
- UUM
Stens next picture Will be "Res
urrection" . . . Zollie Volchok and
party's airplane trip to Mount
Hood last Sunday has been much
talked of during the past week'.
There is nothing quie equal to a
nice swoop around Mount Hood in
the sunshine of a spring morning
. . . Some folks simply don't care
for long vacations ... A Canadian
woman who has given birth to
eight children, one at a time,
since October of 1926 affirms that
she could have had more if she
had tried. Bragger! . . . Open and
reported doing well the Ban
Bros. & Co.'s new Igloo on State
street . . . When two people are
talking neither one may make a
fool ot himself, but the one who
persists in doing most ot the talk
ing assumes the greater chance
. . . Trout in the hill streams and
a dreamy look In the eyes of the
man at the desk . . . Pronounce
Roosevelt as If spelled Rose-e-velt,
Ot course, you may pronounce it
as you see tit, but that is the way
the Roosevelt family pronounces
it ... It is stated on authority
that almost no criminals have
brown eyes . . . Thanks tor a kind
word from "A Bridge Club." Sil
verton postmark. I hope they real
ly mean it ; . . Busy days for the
collector of economic symptoms.
League Opening
Jefferson Today
JEFFERSON. April 21. Sun
day afternoon the first league
baseball gam will be played on
the local diamond, between the
Jefferson town team and Turner.
New uniforms have been ordered
for the home team, and may ar
rive in time for the boys to wear
Sunday.
The lineup will be: Libby as,
Taylor 1st, Parrlsh cf. Pate rf.
Harper if. Caldwell 3rd, Harnisch
2nd, C, Hart c. Cox p, Hedges p.
Several from Jefferson have en
listed In the CCC camp and have
gone to various camps. Among
them were Seth Clark. Clifford
Wilson, George Martin. . Ralph
Main, Claude Bailey and Chester
Miller.