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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salerf,
Oregon, Friday Mornlnjr, November 2, : 1934
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POETRY
"Poetry is enthusiasm with wings of fire, the angel of strong
thoughts, the power that raises men to sacrifice, consumes them,
stirs m tumult of ideas within them, puts in their hands a sword, a
pen, m dagger" Mazzinl
Let's Look at the Record
rflHE count; Judge la to a large degree the business manager of the
i!! I county. John' Siegraund is running for re-election on the basis
I;! . of bis past record in that office. Let us examine it to see how
r'ancCRfwfullv thn affairs of the, enuntT hava been manaeed nnder his
LKa Inf. Y n ,9 tIMii anil vmb . 1 a.
';! - Look first at the county indebtedness:
Indebtedness, Jan. 1, 1928, bonds 1510,000.
, Indebtedness, Not.. 1. 1934 None
;jj During this seyere depvesston when the state, most of the coun
i;itles, cities and school districts had to register their warrants "not
lijpaid for want of funds" and then pay interest on-them, Marlon county
I'.dld not hate to register a single warrant. The county road bonds were
"retired a year ahead of schedule with a aaTlng to the county of 16000
L In Interest.
,;: Now look at the record on total tax levies for all county and
i'iCouniy roao purposes:
I' - 1923 .....
J' ,1929'
i? " . ... 1950
; 1931
Pi 1:1932 -
' " ' 1933
No levy made for state tax for 1932; amount paid out of accum
ulated savinga of the county.
!;i . The levy has been virtually cut in two In the six years Siegmand
:!has been In office.
t . Now look at the expense of the county court Itself which covers
i; general administration:
I'! 1928 19.013.85 .
1929 9,71 6. SI
1930
1931
p. 1932 6.088.08
P 1033 6,544.70
This is the office for which the county judge is one of those di
ilrectly responsible. Here the cost has been reduced well over one
'i third. During this time the tremendous burden of relief work rolled
;j np adding greatly to the duties and responsibilities of the county
;. "court of which body the county judge Is chairman.
.' Suppose we compare this with the record for expense of the
.circuit court in the corresponding years, first when Percy R. Kelly
i.was presiding judge and later when I. H. McMahan was presiding
;.jjudge:
1528
1929
1930
- 131
ti x 1932
1933
. Expenses of a Judicial office may not be regulated as closely as
aa administrative office; but the figures show that Marion county's
circuit court expense has been increasing the past few years quite
sharply.
One criticism made against Siegmund is that members of his
family have had some employment from the county. Mrs. Siegmund
was first appointed by Judge Hunt to do some auditing and was con
tinued In that work, which is merely part time work, until 1931. The
on was given summer work under the late county engineer, W. J.
Culver and continued until 1931, at laborer's Job on county road
work. Perhaps Judge Siegmund is open to criticism for this, as a
matter of public policy, not in any way a violation of law. But give
htm credit for stopping It years agot not Just before the election. After
all the matter is very trivial in comparison with his discharge of
ether responsibilities of the office.
; One of the complaints made against the county court Is allow
ance of up to lOe per mile for operating their own cars. Such a rate
did prevail some years ago when operating costs were very much
higher than at present; but for several years the allowance has
been only 6c Other counties still pay up to S or 10c per mile, we are
Informed.
Bat the Important fact with reference to John Siegmund is
that daring his entire pertod of serrlce as couty Judge he has
sever collected OXK CUNT for use of his car on county business.
He has never turned in bills for any sneals when away from the
city on official business. He has never collected anything for
rooms at hotels when he was forced to remain away from home
over night on official business.
Judge. Siegmund did not give us that information. We found
It oat for ourselves when we inquired at ,the county clerk's office
hew much Siegmund had received for these legitimate expenses. The
answer was he never drew anything from the county save his salary.
What to his salary? f 150 per month, the lowest salary in pro
portwi to the population and wealth of the county of any county in
the state. Siegmund puts in long hours regularly at his work. He
does not spend the major part of his time at curbstone politics.
In 1933, although his salary was fixed by law, Siegmund took a
10 cut along with other courthouse officials, that is with the
exception of Judge McMahan. In spite of the attempt of the legist
lature to reduce salaries of judges McMahan has continued to draw
his full salary, S 5 00 per month. '
It is Judge McMahan who is the chief backer Of the independent
candidacy of ,W; C. Pettyjohn and reputed to be the ghost writer
for his campaign material. Judge McMahan, who is paid approxi
mately 20 for each working day of the year as circuit Judge, has
taken time to go all over the county to assail Siegmund. He has a
citizen's right to -favor or oppose any candidate, but we raise the
question of the propriety of a judge taking so much time to engage
actively in campaigning at a season .when court work; is always heavy.
By no means do we endorse every action of Judge Siegmund.
He is not above or beyond criticism. But the voters are called upon
, to pass judgment upon the record as a whole, not upon Isolated
points and on that record. Siegmund can stand with confidence. He
Is instinctively and thoroughly honest; he is extremely frugal in ex
pending the county money; is diligent in attendance on public duties.
' On his record of careful and conscientitious administration of
the large business of the county John Siegmund deserves reelection.
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$5 License; Truck and Bus Bills
SEN. ZIMMERMAN at Eugene attacked Joe Dunne's S3 auto li
cense fee because It allows a high priced car to use the roads at
the same fee as the S 25 flivver owned by the farmer. The sen
ator is doing his thinking after the event; because everyone will re
call the terrific protest against the high: license fees which were
based on weight, and under which an old big six Stndebaker or a big
Buick, worth maybe ISO had to pay mora than that for a license, and
had to pay just as much as a brand new car of the same weight. The
public, as times grew hard, revolted against these burdensome license
fees and in the.wlnter of 19S2 Got. Meier arbitrarily gave an exten
sion of a month or two to car owners to get their licenses. Many
couldn't afford to license their old cars so the state lost the fees and
the gas tax. The whole trend was toward flat, Sow fee. California
had a S3 fee and many Oregon motorists were sliding around with
California plates. Then Washington got a $3 fee. It became impossi
ble for Oregon to resist the tide.
Why was the fee not graduated according to value? Simply be
cause the sovereign people In 1930 voted down constitutional amend
ments which would have permitted such action. The legislature had
passed them in 1929 for submission to the people, two companion
amendments; and they were voted down at the next election almost
two to one. Vote of the people, remember, the sovereign people.
. The Allen bill which was considered at the last legislature was
of doubtful constitutionality. In the face of the defeat of these amend
ments. It proposed an ad valorem tax in addition to the flat license
fee, based on arbitrary depreciation percentages. But cars do not
depreciate by fixed percentages because one may be driven its life
out in two years, another may be used only a lew hundred miles a
year and so depreciate slowly. The good theory bumped into very
practical difficulties. Had the people passed the amendments in 1930
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593,620.69
47S.961.97
427,079.90
223.S3S.42
320.2S4.95
6,810.36
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7,827.49
9,347.75
10.399.63
(Kelly)
(Kelly)
(Kelly 9 mos., McMa
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(McMahan)
(McMahan)
9.803.33
23.030.92
12.847.07
(McMahan)
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Bits (or Breakfast
By R. J. HENDRICKS
Giants in those days,
and giants in these, too:
(Continuing from yesterday: )
These entries appear in Dr. Qlis
an's diary under date of Sept 9,
1857:
m
Weather continues delightful
ly pleasant. . . Fruit Is much
more abundant this year than last.
Apples are now selling tor from
Si to 5 per bushel; last year
they brought from $4 to S10.
They have been ripe about a
month. . . . Most of the grain
produced this year is what Is
known in this country as 'volun
teer' that is, such as springs
from the wastage of the preced
ing crop, without any cultivation
whatever. Many of the farmers
depend on their volunteer crops
for two years in succession. But,
notwithstanding the email quanti
ty of grain produced this season,
it is very low in price. This is
owing to the dullness of the San
Francisco market
"The want of an available for
eign market is one of the great
drawbacks to Oregon farmers.
High price of labor is the next
most important.
-It is this last feature that
renders many more advocates for
slavery In this territory than
would otherwise be. Two or three
years ago, one would' have scarce
ly thought the question would
ever be agitated; but now that
the territorial convention Is in
session for the pnrpose of fram
ing a state constitution, the ad
vocates for slavery are found to
be qnite numerous. They are,
however, doubtless In the minor
ity." then grading the fee according to the
uiucrsu.
The complaint is made that a cent was added to the gas tax
when the S5 fee was established. True; because the highway depart
ment has to have revenues with which to pay its workers. Still there
is a saving. According to figures of the late Secretary Hal Hoss the
average car license fee in 1931 was about S22 and the average amount
of gas tax paid, $24 per year, at 4c per gallon. So the license fee was
reduced on the average $17 and another cent a gallon increased the
average motorist's gas tax $6 or a net gala to the car operator of
about $11 a year. The law has worked out about as expected. The
low fee has put thousands more of cars on the roads. The first of last
October there had been licensed in 10 months 28,000 more cars than
for the twelve months of the fiscal year, 1932-3.
Looking at the $5 fee from any angle, it was the- best piece of
legislation that could have been worked out under the restrictions
of the constitution, which the people had refused to amend.
Now look at the truck and bus bill which Sen. Zimmerman says
was a vicious piece of railroad foisted legislation. Let us review the
history of that to refresh the public mind. Two years ago Os West
brought out a bill to curb the trucks. He did it for the railroads. The
bill was defeated by a comparatively small margin and on the ground
that such legislation should be worked out by the legislature, and
that the West bill was too stringent So that became one of the chief
jobs of the legislature. A railroad bill was Introduced; and truckers
introduced bills; all were sent to committees of which Dunne was
one chairman. .The ensuing bill was a compromise and when it passed
it had the general support of both parties to the dispute. It did pro
vide additional 'revenues, but the truckmen agreed that the state
which furnished the highways was entitled to more revenue. The bill
passed both houses by very substantial majorities.
Just as it was due to go into effect 90 days later the small con
tract haulers, particularly the wood haulers, discovered that the big
truckers who had handled the legislative lobbying had let thenf
down and that their Interests were badly injured. That protest head
ed right here in Salem; and bitter was the denunciation of the big
truck lobby. The small truckers condemned their big competitors
rather than the legislative committees. However at the special session
remedial legislation was enacted to give relief to small truckers.
Some of them claim they do not get enough relief. But In this highly
controversial field th ans-ni r.ahrfoi
aharply competitive demands of -
miiiiiuii uims is luai iuo legislative committees: did as good
a Job as they. did. This whole field is new and it will take a long
time to perfect legislation. The legislature Is In the position of ar
biter between competitive groups as well as a provider of badly
needed revenues for public purposes.
v ,We Ulked with a local man who was right in the thick of the
fight on behalf of the small truckers. He expressed himself as very
well satisfied with the work of Sen. Dunae on that committee. He
said his men found him fair and open and above-board in every re
spect; and that they were well pleased with the treatment Dunne
accorded them.
In conclusion we would merely say that Sen. Zimmerman him
self voted for each one of these three measures the last time each was
before the senate, although previously he had voted no.
It seems to us a fair conclusion that la his work for the S li
cense and for the truck bills Dunne's record deserves praise rather
than censure. ... ... . . .,. .
(The constitutional convention
was In session from Aug. 17 to
Sept 18 that year (1857), and it
called for. a special vote on slavery
to be taken on the date of the vote
on the adoption of the constitu
tion Itself, on Nov. 9, 1857. Also
a vote on allowing f rea negroes to
live In Oregon. The result was
2645 for slavery, 7727 against;
majority against, 5082. The vote
to auow iree negroes in the state
was 1081 for. 2640 aeainst fin
adoption of the constitution It-
son. 1X9 i or, sziz against; ma
jority for. 3980.)
(Had the Vote on alaverv been
taken at the date Dr. Glisan made
ma entry above, It would un
doubtedly have shown a larger
vote than it did when the time
arrived for the- sneclal election.
Nov. 9. The campaign was hot
ana rurlous, forecasting the crisis
that brought on the Civil war Tn
realize the reasons for the result
of the large majority against al
lowing free nerroee to residfe in
Oregon, one must go back over
the history of the early settle
ment of Oregon. Many Oregon
pioneers eame from slave states,
and while a considerable number
of them were not against slave
holdinr there thev wanted nnna
of it here; and so they were op
posed to allowing negroes to come
to Oregon at all. The 2645 votes
for slavery: here is well explained
by Dr. Glisan's remarks in his
diary. And some hundreds of
slaves were brought to Oregon
by the first covered wagon trains,
and held as such during several
years.)
S
In the Oct 30th diary entry.
Dr. Glisan wrote: "There has
value of the car could have been
the various commercial interests.
been a little excitement ainons
the Indians on the Coast reserva
tion, growing oat of the killing
of two Silets Indians by Cultus
Jim, of Old John's band. (Cul
tus means no good in Chinook.
Old John was the greatest Indian
warrior west of the Cascades,
craftiest and most cruel, as regu
lar readers of this column know.)
There being much sickness among
the latter tribe, they superstitl
ously believed that these two men,
who were medicine men or doe-
tors, were causing It by their
witchcraft. Cultus Jim according
ly waylaid and lulled them or. at
least, killed one and wounded the
other. A row being the conse
quence, the Indian agent. Bob
Metcalf, requested all the Indians
who had firearms to surrender
them. Old John's band at first
refused to comply, but subse
quently promised to obey; a rein
forcement of 30 troops having in
the mean time arrived from Fort
Hoskins, making, with those prev
iously at the Siletz. 50 men. un
der the command of Lieut H. H.
Oarber. About the time that half
the arms were given up by Old
John, the murderer, Cultus Jim
(the chief's son), was found by
the agent, who. in company with
Lieut. Garber and a sergeant, at
tempted his arrest Jim resist
ing, and, firing a pistol at Met
calf, was Instantly shot by the
latter and Lieut. Garber. John
subsequently threatened an attack
on the troops, but things in that
section seem quiet at present."
(Readers of this column will re
call the later shipping of Old
John and his son Adam to Alea-
traz prison In the bay of San
Francisco, and their desperate and
nearly successful attempt to cap
ture the steamship Columbia on
which they were being taken
thither.)
Entry of Dec 15, 1857: "To
day the mortal remains of Cor
poral Boland . . . were brought
to garrison. He was drowned on
the 15th Instant while attempt
ing to swim across Mill creek. He
was carrvinz the mall at tha, tima
'from Portland, via this post, to
Fort Hoskins. The mule, after
floating down the stream a con
siderable distance, found Its way
ont, and the 'mall' was recov
ered." The entry for Dec. 26 told of a
general court martial held at Fort
Yamhill the two days previous, the
members present: Capt. D. A.
Russell, Lieut Henry' C Hodges,
(Turn to page 10.) .
The Safety
Valve
Letters from
Statesman Readers
POWER BILL -
Independence, Oregon
October X 4. 1934
To the Editor:
In your comment on mv lettAr
of Oct It regarding the grange
DOWer bill TOO tat a vnnr rponm-
mendatlott, "that the existing hy-
oto eiectric commission consult
with the federal government and
formulate planned economy in
handling electric energy finding
ont the plans of the government
and avoiding competition with existing-
nlanr-. that vadM fninr
both them and a publicly owned
system". Now the facts are that
there Is a surplus of electric en
ergy now on account of its ex
cessive cost caused by over cap
italization and the intention of
"checks
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CHAPTER ZZXn
Suau reminded her that they
did not know; how to get in touch
with her father. "And John's had
barely time to gel to Omaha,- she
saia. -set MBf as tnerti a cnance
of Uncle Worthy gettinr better we
ought not te call John away from
his Job, It ateaas everything- to him
to get away to a good start. Well
take care of this somehow, our
selves. . Yo and Lutis and tr
She knew, as she spoke, that she
was not soinr to leave the house
while her uncle was so desperately
ill. She was going to sock to juuue
and Aunt Edna 'while they needed
her. Allen would simply have to
wait for her until the two women
' were able to carry "on without her.
IH go up and get your uncle's
bank book," said Aunt Edna, get
ting to her" feet slowly and pain
fully. She went limping- trpstairs
and eame back with the book in her
hand, " ' -
-1 think you'd' better ge right
downtown with fhis. If yon dent
dawdle you can get down before
two o'clock. Try to ret them to rive
yon a hundred dollars." She hand
ed the book over to Susan. "I'm sure
Wallace can arrange It"
Susan decided to telephone Wal
lace about the money before she
started. She ha a vague feeling
that she ought not leave the boose.
That something dreadful was going
to happen and that if she were
there perhaps she could hold it back.
"No. Nobody can touch your un
cle's account Wallace told her
over the telephone when she called
him. "But IH stop in to see you
people on my way home tonight I
think I can fix yon np with what
yon want HI be there a little after
five."
It seemed to Susan that she was
all ever the house that afternoon,
making' beds, changing the slips
on Uncle Worthy's pillows without
moving his head and shoulders more
than an inch or two, telephoning for
the few groceries that were needed,
tending the furnace, peeling onions
and carrots for stew and running
upstairs every half hour or so to
look at the figure in the four poster
bed.
"I cant do it Susan. 1 cant bear
to see him like this," Aunt Edna had
told her. "It Just breaks my heart
and there's nothing- much that
we can do for him, anyhow."
At five when Susan put on her
wraps to go out to telephone Allen'
at his boarding house Aunt Edna
stopped her. calling out from the
parlor to ask where she was going.
"I won't be gone five minutes,"
Susan called back to her.
"Better wait until Wallace
comes," said her aunt "Lutie's
asleep, and III feel just as if I'm
all alone here if yon go now." She
came out into the hall, genuine-! ear
written all across her wide sallow
face, and Susan took off her things.
At half past five Wallace arrived.
He saw, as she opened the door to
him, that there were marks of fa
tigue, like gray shadows, under her
eyes, and that the corners of her
mouth drooped.
"I've an errand to do, and Fra go
ing to do it while you're here," she
said to him. "Aunt Edna's nervous
and she doesat want to be left alone
with Lutie. Ill be right back."
Ia the middle of the next block
was a candy store kept by an old
widow named Mrs. Bushman. It
was the sort of shop that sells penny
candy to school children licorice
strings and almond balls and lemon
sticks. Just inside the door was a
shelf stacked high with newspapers
and the cheaper sort of magazines.
At one end of It was a pay tele
phone. Susan picked it op and gave
the number that Allen had written
down for her the night before.
A woman's voice said "Hello" m
her ear after a moment "Mrs.
Jones speaking."
Jones. . . . Tea, Jones was the
name, Susan saw. glancing down at
the paper she held. "May I please
speak to Mr. Allen Shales?"
There was no answer to her ques
tion but after a long wait Allen's
voice came over the wire; "Hello."
"This is Susan."
"Tea, I know." Simply the sound
of his voice made a lamp of tears
come np into the back of Susan's
throat
"Toa teld me to call you np," she
said, and wondered if he could tell
by the sound of her voice that she
was half crying.
the government In building the
Bonneville dam Is to - produce
electric energy at cost. The build
ing of this great dam is' a useless
expenditure of the peoples money
unless combined with existing
plants. No doubt this combining
will surely take place as the state
is well covered by power lines
and their duplication would be
unthinkable, a lot of water will
have to be squeezed out of the
existing plants but this is. what
must be faced if we ' get cheap
electric power. It Is a well known
fact that one man accummulated
a good sized fortune by getting an
option on the original isolated
power plants combining them in
one corporation and selling the
stock for many thousands of dol
lars more than their real Talue.
Now take the farm or rural pow
er lines, I know by actual exper-
leace that the farmers put up the
money to build these lines be
fore any work to started and in
tne event of an appraisal this
feature must be considered. When
all this, has been, worked out the
people will get their light and
power at a fraction of its present
cost. -
The city of Salem in buying
out the present water system off
ers a parallel case and it will be
a joyful event when you get your
new water system and when we
farmer folk visit your beautiful
city we can get a drink of water
IVilEII YOUD DAUGHTER
comes to v;o:.!ahiic:d
Most gids la
their teens need
a tonic and rtgu-
V
lator. Give
daachter Lv
ve your
LydtaS.
Piakham's Vexe-
table CnmtxMmd
tor the next few
months. Teach
her how to guard
her health at this
critical time. When she Is a happy,
healthy wile and mother she wl
Chank you. v "
' Sold at all good dreg
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Ve jetahls Ccspcri
.Lf. -
"Yes. Yon were going to tell me
what you'd decided to do."
. She sodded, caught sight of her
self in the dim mirror above the
shelf, and stopped, "I dont know
what to say to you," , she said.
"Everything is just the way It was
last night . . I wish I could
von." . .. . -
, "How about coming downtown to
have dinner with me I"
"I eouldat do that Couldnt get
away:
"Yon could after you'd finished
the work ont there," he said briskly.
"Even your maid need to have her
evenings off."
"Couldnt yon come out here
after you're had your dinner. Al
ien?- .
"No. rve been kicked out of
your honse once, Susan. Ill be dog
gonad if I give them a chance to do
ft again.".
"Welt, then, will you meet me on
the corner about sevent" At seven
Lutie and Aunt Edna would be eat-
ingtheir dinner. .
When she got back to the house
Wallace was in the parlor, sitting
in Uncle Worthy's chair before the
fire, smoking a cigar and talking in
a low sympathetic yoke. Lutie had
put on her pearl earrings and some
lipstick for him, and Aunt Edna
was looking brighter than she had
looked in a long time. She threw
Susan a rather watery smile when
she came into the room.
"Do yon know what this wonder
ful boy has done, Susan? He's let
ns take three hundred dollars out
of his own pocket! He explained
that we couldnt touch Worthy's
money but that we could borrow
this now and pay it back when
Worthy's better."
Wallace rot on and looked eaizzi-
cally at Susan, his hands behind
him, his heels clicking- together.
"Mrs. Brodexick has asked me to
stay to dinner. Do you mind if I
do?" he asked. He was smooth and
suave and smilimr. and no one on
earth could have guessed from his
manner that he was that wretched
creature, a man who has just been
jilted by the girl of his choice and
not only by one girl of his choice,
but two!
"That comes from always having
to meet people and be nice to them,
thought Susan, "whether he feels
like it er not"
Aloud she said. "Do stay. Wal
lace. It's going to be a rotten din
ner. I'm cooking it"
At half vast six the four of them
sat down to lamb stew, breed and
butter and plain lettuce salad. At
exactly seven Susan brought in
the dessert a bowl of preserved
peaches, and the battered old sil-
ver
coffee service, w hue Aunt
Edna was Murine the coffee into
the tiny eggshell cups she slipped
out Into the kitchen without mak
ing any excuse. She had left her
eoat there en a chair.' She slipped
into it and went quietly out at the
side door.
Allen was standlne? directly tn
front of the house where Wallace's
car stood, its hood lights on and the
Scotch plaid blanket covering the
radiator. He was looking at it and
he did not see her until she touched
him on the sleeve of his overcoat
"The old familiar ear in the old
familiar spot" he said drily..
Susan nodded. "Yes. It's Wal
lace's. He brought aome money
out to Aunt Edna from, the bank
and she asked him te stay to din
ner." Ton couldnt have dinner with
me," he said, "1 suppose yon had
te stay here because he was here.
Did he bring yon more flowers to
night I" Jealousy was in his voice
and his whole bearing the jealousy
of a poor yoong man toward the
well-to-do man who can woo a rirl
with flowers and jewelry and the
promise of a bright and prosperous
future
"Oh. Allen, yon lust vant to mis
understand everything! .1 had noth
ing to . do with inviting Wallace
here. Aunt Edna asked him while
I was ont of the house telephoning
yon."
He lifted his shoulders in a
shrug. "Yes, I'm such a pariah
that you can't even call me up from
the house," he said.
Silence after that Thev walked
down to the corner, the pain on their
faces hidden from each other by
the winter darkness.
T dont understand yen, Susan,"
AD en said finally when they were
without having to hold our nose.
I saw an article In The Statesman
a few days ago to the effeet that
there are 50.000 grangers Is
Oregon and that they and . their
mends might elect a demagogue
to office. It certainly would be toe
bad if that should happen. I hare
resided in Oregon nearly 50 years
and I have seen many demagogues
in office but cannot recall any
that were grangers. So let us all
work and vote for the grange
power bill so that we can keep in
step with the progressive states
to the north and south of ns. By
the way I am not a member of
the grange.
H. Q. Seeley
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but on valuation by regulatory
bodies. Gains in cheaper power by
public ownership would be in con-
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back at the car once more. "Yon
say you love me, but last night yon
let me leave that honse alone and
that was before your uncle had his
stroke. Yon tell me you've broken
your engagement to Steffen, but he
was here last night to see you, and
tonight he's having1 dinner with
yen, . . Last night yon promised
me that you'd marry me today.
I'm ready to marry yon right now.
. . Now, how about you?" His
voice was as cold and clear as the
liight itself.
"Allen, how can I go away and
get married in the middle of all
this?" ' Susan's hands ' twisted
themselves together as she tried
to explain her predicament to him.
"There's Uncle Worthy lying in
bed unconscious, and toy aunts so
sick and so frightened that they're
like a couple of helpless children "
-"They weren't like helpless chil
dren last night when they were
laying the law down to yonl" Allen,
eat in roughly, angrily, "Susan,
yon dont want to marry me, do
yon? You've changed your mind
about me since that fellow came
home and you've had a chance to
think eve his gardenias and his
automobile and his swell job at the
bank. Why dont yen be honest
with yourself and with me and tell
me sol" .
Susan could have Iausrhed at his
jealousy if she had not been so dose
to tears. Her love for him was so
firm a fact in her own mind that she
couldn't believe that he doubted it
"If yon want me to be honest I
love you," she said. "Why, since
Wallace has come home I ve almost
hated him. I used to think he was
good looking, and I dont even think
him that any more I know he's
still as attractive as he used to seem
to me, but I can't see it with my
own eyes." - She . bent her head
quickly, and In the glow of Wal
lace's parking lights, she kissed the
pel of Allen's coat,
"Well. then, why wont you come
away with me tonight and be mar
ried Just so I can be sure of you.
I told yon last night that it would
be all right with me if you came
back here for a few days until your .
aunts are well." He held her cold
bare hands in his, pressing them
hard in his urgency. "And while
you're here 111 he hunting np some
kind of flat for us. It probably
won't be much two rooms up over
a'vacant lot or something like that
but well be together, Susan. 1 11
wipe au tne aisnes xor you, ana
scrub the floors on Saturday after
noon. It'll be fun, Susan, and in a
few months 111 have a regular job
with real money "
Susan covered his mouth with one
of her hands. "It isn't a bit of use
to plan anything like that, Allen.
It sounds like heaven, but it won't
work out This sickness of Uncle
Worthy's Isn't a matter of just a
few days. The doctor says he may
be in a wheel chair for months. For
rears. And I cant leave the house
for a long time. I cant see how I
can. Why, those two women cant
even make the furnace fire burn
She wheeled suddenly as a familiar
voice was blown to her on the wind.
It came from the house, where
Aunt Edna stood on the porch.
sharnly outlined aeainst the lirht-
eddoorway like a figure cut out of
black paper and pasted ea au
orange-colored rectangle.
'Susanl" she called. "That you
out there, Susan?"
"Til be right In, Aunt Edna."
But the short solid figure did not
budge an inch. It stood and waited.
"Susan, dont go in. IT you give
a darn about me you'll come with
me now and be married. You can
come back here and stay as long as
?ou want to, and I wont raise any
uss about it but marry me now.
I dont know where you and I stand
this way. Steffen at the house all
the time, and your aunts talking
against your marrying me all the
time the way they talked to you
in front ex me last night I m go
ing to lose you, Susan, if I let you
go back there tonight" ue took
her hand in his again.
"'Susan!'" Aunt Edna's voice
came again, r or twenty years she
had been making scathing remarks
about the mothers of Center Street
who came out on the front steps
and Called their children in from
the street At last she was doing
it herself.
(To Be Continued)
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Uncle Sam is doing:
the power job tn Ore
gon. Why set up a
new state cxmimwsian
to plunge -as deeper
into debt?
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