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V From First EtAtcsman. March 23. 1851 . "
' THE STATESMAN
Chablcs A. Spracui
SntLBOtt F. Sackctt v r
. -, i A - 2 Jlember of tht Associated t'rew
Th AwwcUtcd PrM Is adualvcly ntlUd to th 9m for public
Uoa of all nwa diaplche eriitel ta it or not otnarwiaa crtfitad la ,
thm pwpr -' ' ', -' ; : !
; -:v ADVERTISING". -. .'. I. ' - j.; -:r'ii-.';-:l.":
Vf "- porttud ScprsiUtlT' - -
" .? Oordoo a 8U. Easurtty Building, Portland. Or. , ;
V' ' i Eastern Advertisins RepresentatiTes r .-.--
Bryaat. 3rlfflU A Srunaon. Ine, Cblcaso., Nw .York, Oatrolt. ; ,
- v,. . "..;,. ...vtBortm Atlanta. - ' j ,'"
Entiftd at tht Potto ffict at Salim, Oregon, at Stcvnd-Clatt .
Uatttr. Published tvery morning xcept Monday. Butintu .
of fie, tli S. Commtreiat Strtet. . . ::!.;. u -i i
' ;V SUBSCRIPTlON;BATES:;::;X;v:-:Jf-
"" " Idatl Snbacriptloa Rataa, in Advance, Within Oregon: Dally and ,
Sunday. 1 Mo. 60 centa; S Mo. $1.25$ Mo. $J.2S; yaar $4.00-..
Kl sew her & cnta per Uic or $5.0 for 1 yaar la advaaca. Par
Copy S centa. 'Newa Stands a centa. t-- '-" i v - ' 1 t "
Br City Carrier 4S centa a month; 15.00 a yaar In advance, -
1 : ' -OVERPRODUCTION? '
C Th4 derir for food it limited in every nan by the narrow capacity
of hutnan ttomaeh, but the Idt sir for the' convenience t and onto
ment of buildings, drest, equipage, and household furniture ha no lim
.,' v - "-': fr--
I Cowdown on the
-TTESTBROOK PEGLER, delightful', satirist, h&s been
. I'ff 'covering'' Washington, there being na big prizes fight
or football game' oh; and Pegler having taken a crack at the
rush of reportorial high-lights to the Hauptmanh trial had
no I place at Flemington. The journalists in Washington, he
i finds, have had a distinct professional and social rise-tinder
the hew deal. Taking the cue from the FDR's the big numbers .
or the government are all getting Intimate with reporters '
a big shot no sooner gets back from a deer hunt or a trip to
Muscle Shoals; than he calls a press conference. In other ad
; ministrations,; says Pegler,'thet men who ate at' officers', mess
"always sprayed their throats after breathing the same "air
.with a 'reporter." In fact the administration has gone along
; ways to 'give, employment to sundry members of the fourth
: estate, as press agents, captains of the mimeograph crew, and
."public relations' experts. According to the gossip, one news
man is to move up to be son-in-law to the president, which is
surely a rapid rise on the social
I- This column has frequently
ton keyhplers who have been feeding the public's appetite -for
gossip. Pegler catches up with them in Washington too and
has the following to say, in his syndicated column:, r S: : . '
v I "Straightaway newspaper reporting: continues to : be the -
v frlncipal Job ot the Washington Journalist and yery few canes .
are worn, if only because a man hufltling around a bis town. -:,
. must trarel as light as" possible: Howerer, there has been a; re- .
markable outbreak of columnists dating back to the 'Merry-Go-
; Bound books, which aroused a popular appetite for Intimate and
' lowdown information not generally csrried on. the routine wires.
. The Washington column la like the' common cold Just now in the
, respect that almost ererybody has one, or expects to get onej '
j "Howerer, it stands to reason that with so many columnists '
v professing to gire" the lowdown and no two glrlng the same low- :
, down there can't always be enough lowdown to go around. Con .
v aequently, considerable matter rwhich Is being, dispensed 1 as ex
elualye inside Information is no more exclusire than the batting. -:.aTerage
of the National League, no more Interesting either." ,
Even more shushy stuff is
lOUS
letter services ' which
in Washington. Their chief circulation has been among bank
: C- era and business men, many of
-papers. So they pay SI8 a yearor so for "inside information"
: : which consists chiefly of long guesses and lobby talk written
lh istage whisper style Bankers fall. easiest for these letters
: because they are the worst gossips, and often most poorly in-
v iormed aoout general events.
j f down otf the professional "lowdowpers", thus : ' f v t f
f . "There is also a momentary rash of confidential news service
, 3 Intended for gullible business executlres in cities removed from
V. the mysteries of the New Deal. Veiling at the best price the traf- .
- tic will stand from 20 a year up. This material Is supposed to be
rery deep and unavailable to the
lui a.. Ma. A a
bm n la nara o see now me newspaper, nanas, tearing around ;
the capital as they do and knowing somebody in every Important t
office in town, can miss so much news. Soothe probability is that .
the confidential letters consist largely of routine news told in a -confidential
whisper, conjecture or common fortune-telling' ; .
!. -' ".,.. ' " : );
Governor s
ITIOMORROW night the citizens of Salem are extending to
A the new. governor, Charles H. Martin and Mrs. Martin, a
reception in the governor's chambers at the state canitoL It
i would have been more pretentious save for the tastes and
. preferences of those who are being honored." As it is. what the
event lacks in formality it should be more than made uri for
- in cordiality and hospitality:
citizens to those who now become by; virtue. of their official
.. status -lirst cmzensr of Salem.;; - j; ':; : -y;- t
1 The hours for the event are
to do so are cordially invited to come and greet the new gov
ernor and his wife. The affair is informal and people need
.come only in "Sunday best" whatever that Is, because it Is not
( a "Clothes competition. There will be music by the band of
. the national guard; and dancing In the rotunda for those who
carij to dance. - ':i..jrt::.;?;.'-i-:rv"i;l:
r r j The reception Is sponsored by a committee appointed by
. .the mayor of the city in cooperation with the Salem -chamber
of commerce. And when this gesture of welcome is ended, we
, hope the citizens will continue to show hospitality to the Mar
tins; who are taking a house here for the (juadrenniunv ; i F
A Spanning the
mHE first solo flight fromTHawail to the United States was
JL successfully completed yesterday, and by a woman, Ame-
ua arnart ruinam, who previously had flown theJltlantic,
the 'only woman to make that flight alone. The heart of the
world was fluttering yesterday morning; because round the
world had gone the flash that she was winging her way across
the wide wastes of the ocean, on the heels of storm, thrmicri
cloud and fog. When the news
iiei ana rejoicing. j.ne iugnt naa Deen maae, and by a
woman, i A--i'.i:'lA
. Others have made the span, in both 'directions: and
numerous others have perished in the sea. three onlv so re
cently as a few weeks ago. But
matic quality of the Lindbergh flight of 1927 than any other,
because the flier traveled alonea single individual chal
lenging the elements; and relying on the stamina and the pre
cision of a device of man's invention. 'Amelia' Earhart Put:
nam's flight becomes epic, historic. The 2400 miles of landless
ocean shrinks to less than 19 hours flying distance. And ;the
tousle-haired adventuress becomes a second time an Interna
tional heroine. ,
There was a missing obituary la tie Capital Journal last night.
We looked for It after reading this line In Its "births" column the
night before
f'more. births
The Oregon Voter Issued Saturday Its biennial ''Who's Who" for
the sew legislature. It contains a biographical sketch and picture of
each senator and representative; and makes-, a valuable reference
took for all having business with
PUBLISHING , CO. ':
i Editor-Zlanagtts
Managing Editor,
- . Adam Smith.
"Lowdowners"
1
ladder. VI i I r '
taken cracks at the Washing
that disseminated by the var-
have become a major industry
whom are too lazy to read the
Anyway .Pegler saves the low-
ordinary newspaper-reporters, .
. .
Reception
a welcome from all of Salem's
9 to 10 :30 : and all who care
Pacific, Alone
came of her landing there was
this flight had more of the dra
. .
not my fault"
legislators,
. III . Nn,. ' - a. , i ' s,
.'III I ' - .'-vr-., : ' i . ' VLI I
' - 1 - - - 'ip ufr. il-i . ".Sifa i kv V' vVi.
x- t in : n
traveling Authors Might Learn 1
w From Sir James Barrie Example
' By D. HTalmadge, Sage of Salem
Some.
dogs bark and some dogs
bite, : .
men talk and some .. men
fight,
Some
BIU BUnt's dog both barked and
- bit, : . .
Bin Bllnt ' he - both,- talked and
- - tit " - r
Ton see.. It takes aH sorts'-of
men and dogs to make a' world.
- During the week X have . read
Coble de Lesplnasse's book. The
Bells of Helmus, First word ' to
last. No skips, no 'skims., Enjoyed
it, - - , .
Gid Tump, back in the Tur
key river country, was married
to . a .French Canadian woman.
She was subject to spells of tem
per. None of usblamed h e r
much, because Gid was pretty ex
asperating, he was so easy-going
and good-natured. When she was
In a temper she talked French,
and thus Gid became Quite well
acquainted - with the A French
language. That is, he could not
talk It much, . but he could un
derstand it somewhat. So when
we found a French I word In . a
book or, paper , we t asked - him
what It meant, which was more
convenient than looking - it up
in the lexicon. One day, I. recall,
we asked - him the meaning of
'camaraderie," and he .said - It
meant; that you ; and the: other
fellow liked the same ?klnd . of
fishing or maybe you t had both
suffered from rheumatism or
something. .When we considered
that' Gid had learned the French
language mostly, while he - was
standing ' on one . foot with' an
arm held before his ' face we
thought he was entitled to a
good deal of credit."
A genuine hunch is the , off
spring of a person's Innate and
frequently unsuspected shrewd
ness. - -
During the week there ; have
come- to hand s number of lines
written on the leaves of a note
book belong-in g to a former stu
dent - In a Salem , high schooL
These lines -seem to me to have
genuine appeal and real beauty.
-1 Jim not a competent judge of
poetry- aor of music This does
not greatly matter. I hare seen
so many "competent Judges' at
one another' throats that It has
become a matter of Indifference
to me whether, or not I am ac
cepted as -competent.
However.. I i am , submitting
herewith the. vagrant scrlbbllngs
to the reader's Judgment. Would
you, who think you know good
poetry or who helleve you can
recognise true poetic expression.
mind : letting -me know how tar
you think I an astray?'
Here Is one enUtled "In His
tory Class:"
The musty dust of ages
Dead In history
Rises slowly, tilling' eye and nos-t
, trll,
While through my open window
The soft rain "
Washes the earth's tired face
With a silver sponge, v
And this is called ''Ennui:
I've sung all my songs
r And played all my tunes,
I've damned many suns . -:
and loved many moons ;
I'm tired of laughter,
More tired of tears, . -
So 111 forget all the waking
.- And sleep down-the years.
This has no title:
Through her kitchen- window
-gleams a star, -
And with hands left Idle In
their-task
She lifts dull eyes afar,
Seeing night's radiance
mask.
on-
D. H .TALMAQGB
She. feels not Joy nor pain nor
sorrow, :
Bnt merely a. dull wonder T
That all 'life's beauty should pass
- her. by. -
Brushing: aside with' carelesl
wings .
The nnuttered longing of a half-
breathed sigh.
And t h I s "The Scholar
Sleeps:" ' - !
His head drops - back against a
... well-worn chair, .
His slender , dry old hand lies
quietly
Upturned upon a much - loved
book. ...
The single candle's light plays
- . softly . on . the silver hair.
And the friendly shadows of the
- peaceful nook " '
Troop 'round about- him, .
Showing la. the dying fire's
gleam. ". . - - -
Finger to llps they, guard his
- - last long dream.. ;
Mr.' Bryant, than whom no Am
erican . was better qualified, had
much to say at one time, and an
other of" poets end poetry it was
he ' who -. cautioned . his readers
against the mistake often made of
estimating the merits of one poet
by comparing, him with another.
The varieties of poetic excellence,'
he said, are as great as the varie
ties of beauty in flowers. No poet
can be taken as a standard in
Judging of others; the true stand
ard is an Ideal one, and even this
is not the same In aU minds...;
Most of us are subject to emo
tions and moods, but not many of
us have the power of adequately
expressing such things In words
which carry understanding to oth-
ers. i , .
: 1 have read In a movie ' maga
tine ( I . occasionally read a movie
magazine, but I have pretty .well
lost faith In the sincerity of the
average of such publications) of a
certain movie actor, familiar .to
Salem showgoers, who persisted in;
his efforts to break Into pictures
despite discouragement. Says -the
magazine, . "he continued to stick
around and success finally crown
ed his efforts." To which an opin
ion from this neck of the woods
is herewith added: V The certain
movie actor's efforts may have
been crowned with success,, but he
is still sticking, around. You may
detect, the venom In this or you
may not. It is not really very bad
venom nothing cobrallEe more
on the order of that with which a
mosquito loads its stickpin.
- O. O. Mclntyre, New York col
umnist, hints that he is threatened
with a nervous breakdown and
says he hasn't a Teal friend in, the
world. He may be correct as to
the breakdown, bnt probably he Is
mistaken on the other count. How
ever, whether or not he Is mis
taken depends largely on what he
means by "a real friend." H ;
The week's weather:, i It Jhas
been of the sort which brings out
the evil dispositions of teeth 4 .
Rainbows : now . and then,' some
complete, ; others fragmentary.
Prisms in the plasm.. .-. Warm
la the valley when the winds are
still, chill .when the breath of the
hills comes down - v Conditions
generally unfavorable to the wear
ing-of galoshes that squsn ; . . or
squish . .-. The use of silk um
brellas with ''runs' not entirely
satisfactory . .. Increased demand
for hot females at the. cafes .. .
Perfect weather for sessions of the
Spittoon club . , . The weather;
man says "rain tomorrow" and to-1
morrow-It rains nothing but sun
shine. How would you like to ; be
the weather man?. , . : '
We have had Katherlaef Hep
burn to look at .and listen to : at
the Elsineire the past week in Bar
rio's story of Thrums. "The Little
Minister." The rele et -Babbie.
the Gypsy girl, abandoned at the
roadside when an Infant, found by
a Scotch lord and adopted by him,
reared as a lady and promised . In
marriage to her benefactor, ulti
mately married to the little min
ister, has been done by many lead
Ins: actresses" here and In Enrone.
but I . question whether any ! of
them In looks and temperament
were In better keeping with : the
character than , Miss - Hepburn.
John Beat, as the little minister.
also gives a fine performance. II
In mentioning "The Little Min
ister" I am reminded of an edi
torial in The Statesman of Janu
ary on "Source Material." which
raises the question speculatively
"to whether - or not a . writer
profits .by e going to far and
strange' places for that Of Which
to make or Inspire' his stories. Sir
James Barrier found in his . own ;
Scotch hamlet material tor books
and ; plays i which cover; In their
characterization pretty well every
phase of human. Interest and emo
tion -and which . will V orobablv
still be of lire' interest long years
alter the books ef the average
globe - galloping flctloner ; hare
been .forgotten.- if-.'
Roundupr" legislature 'tomor
row; .- .. January sales i-i I ;i. .
Bright ' Eyes" ran nine ; 1 days
at the. Grand theatre, which its
almost a record . . J Congressman
Byrnes of Tennessee, next speak
er of the house, says in a hews
film that he is sure congress will
put through some sort of old are
pension legislation this winter ; .
14 of the 14 chicks. hatched .by
that Jefferson hen In" December
are still alive ; . . Maine-has the
biggest liar in the United SUtes.
I reckon this Is-Just one of his
lies , . . : A syndicate physician
says cold, hands chill the entire
body. More especially doc', when
attached to the armends of greet
ers " who ' favor the long - and
hearty shake ; . This . Is an age
of record-breaking. N." B., Mayor
jvunn. . . ,..y. .. i- r
Calif ornians Are
"t r
Ca 1 T "
iJi. Liuuis v isuors
IST. LOTUS, i Jan. 1 1. Vetnon
and Nye Habert of . California
were recent St. Louis i visitors.
They had been called to the bed
side of their father, Paul Habert,
who has been critically 111 at his
home in Hoquiam; Wash., and
were en route to thir home. Tht
Haberts are . well , known here
having resided here k for many
years, t .-".- V-V" -
Mrs. Otto BIttler left Saturday
for Seattle, Wash.; where she will
visit Mrs.; It. P.. Walsh. 4 She -e-pects
to be gona two weeks'. .
Margaret Mary Zargan left last
week tor California, where : she
win. seek work. . .....",. . ;. : .
synopsis . r::rSStx
Tired of the nug.s and xe-
strictJons ot civilisation, . Mark
Talbot books passage on the S.S.
"Orient" hocine tofind'the adven
a aaven-1
,turt he craves in travel. His broth
er John, pleads in-ain -with him
to remain home and settle' down.
At the dock, Mark's attention is
drawn to an attractive girl who
stares at him in. a hostile way.
Next day, Mark goes from deck to
deck in search of her. He finds the
girl in the steerage, the same ex
pression of. helfsleis rebellion
against something: or someone "on
' her face. ' Mark learns, from the
eantain that. her name is Vanva
Prokovna and that she Is being de
ported - from San Francisco . to
Honolulu. Mark tries to converse
with .her but she .request, him to gaStw the
rSSS 5anr S MarkVfeU
CHAPTER. IV I : - I
.K By Ute afternoon the waves were
-radir down on to. ship like
green mounwms, ana -we, ??ui i
were practacauy aesertea, mara i
t table aln for- dinner I
he noted with vicious satisfaction
that neither the lyrical rroiesaor
nsr mother appeareo. ae aw a
heartier meal for their absence. i
CWonderow Vanya's holding
fr'nnerh; desdeTto the
frM- TtiProlv. lie told iilmsell.iaaawrc -'r' r;
to satisfy bis curiosity. A bare hand
ful of Chinese chattered in their ca
rious language, seated alongr the
walL Vanra was nowhere to be
untw. - - '
He noticed a China woman witn a
- - ... . . a. si as
ioanswer. The stolid face stared
at htoVmwinkingly. Mark grinned,
rlirSLZ. -Ti-T. vifHii. f 1
3ZT-
Whers U the white lady.T" he re-
faated. . . 1
A Dony nana reacnea xor vn wm. i
tZlLiZZZA t... ts I
rnT-ir,o toward the ceU-l
like row of rooms whose doors
banked the inner wall of the steer
; WeIl I That a a satisf aetion!"
. vrfnrMwl Mark to himself. SS he
turned to bis own stateroom. "My
hedper cent under the weata-
three ahiDboard acquaHitances, a
Nevertheless, the memory of Tan
ya's pallid, rebellious features was
envtbin but a satisfaction to him.
In spite of himself, he felt sorry for
her. He rang for the steward.
Alter vuo wi mm w w.
. he rMwl himself. . ' -
Wbat'a the thin to do for tnal de
mer. fitewardt" he asked aa that
nAt al reimonded to bis linr. :
The steward looked at Mark
sprawled easily in his chair, puffing
; a cigarette.
why, sir, generally; we serve
Maeknwffea or- oranre Juice. But.
air. if I may -say so, yon dont
' Not f or me." said Mark. smDinr.
: Take some down to Miss Yanya"
What apes her name? "Miss Yan
ya Prokovna in the steerage, with
.my cdmpliments." '
VThe steward's face remained Im
passive. It was no less impassive
when he returned ten minutes later
with a tray holding pot of coffee
and a beaker el orange juice.
"I beg your pardon, sir, but the
. . a fi.1 e. tL
lady returns the order without her
compliments. .
Mark surveyed the tray after the
steward's departure.
"That's the last straw!" he mut
tered. "To the Devil with aerr
UOSKEVUIXf
By nud-morning vann was visum
a a. array notnt on the horizon, and
the enea werld-fsmont leper island
of Molokai appeared beside - it.
Bight between the two steamed the
Orient, rounding Oahu toward the
Honolulu side of the island.
Landing dayl Mark watched the
Bits for
By R. J. IIENDUICKS
"Aunt Tiny, Homer ' :
Davenport's sweetheart,' ;; ,
comes home to rest: .
. ; m -
..'(Continuing from yesterday:)
Eglentlne De Hart Geer was a
true pioneer. "
She saw the first railroad In
California, in Oregon, ; and In
Washington. - -
She was always a leader In her
community, and the latch string
of her door was ever on the out
side, with a welcome to an com
ers. ; -,r-: --.-.; -j-:
Ia the Waldo Hills she was a
Sunday school teacher at W 11 lard,
in' the- school that became the
Willard Congregational church,
with . Rev. P, 8. Knight-long its
pastor. Men and women of more
than middle age recall her as
their" beloved Snr.day;- school
teacher! :v : ' .-; . , , ..C ,' , ,-:
At Salem she was prominent in
the work of the W. C. T. U. and
was stats press agent for the Or
ganisation. In'. this , connection
she sponsored the movement that
resulted in the employment of a
matron for the women prisoners
at the Oregon state penitentiary.
m s
Her home at Goodnoe Hills was
an Outstanding community eenter,
where every-, worthy thing of a
public or private nature that con
cerned' the.- neighborhood, the
state, nation- or humanliy as - a
whole had a worker -and an ef
ficient sympathiser. '
I wwauy.iiTwi iu turn a
She literally lived in the house
by tne side or the road and was
the friend of every neighbor
I with her definition of neighbor as
broad as all the implications of
the parable of the Good Samari
tan. . .
In their later years, the Geers
; were to members of their clan
Uncle By" and "Aunt Tiny".
' She was to Homer Davenport.
the ' greatest cartoonist of his
day, whose mother was a daugh
ter of Ralph C - Geer, - "Aunt
Tiny, and he called her his sweet
heart throughout his later life,
land the mutual attachment was
strong and , beautiful.
- -W e
Seven shiidrea came to - bless
J jruiri and i itch!
J"1 dimMshed to a
fijl to tSS of . 4h
- . -
i ns Dors nui w ,
sengTw starin t Molokaat.e
Uttle white cottages of the uiiforta
nates who made up, save for a xew
nurses and doctors, the Island s en
tire population, -v--.
Mark gazea wiia i
a distinct pity for tlaffUcted I ones
bound to so narrow, a We. Bvrinz
Brook had seemed J""?
him; what must be, the lot of those
forced to spend their entire lives in
ttPconfinerof a tiny Pacific islandl
n in hoar aiier nua-u7
low passengers, ana j Pf" -r
of e s7el
hit'otSt. M.de,
."i'.vVfiilV varied world of
el., i.v before him. or
the Soutfi Seas lay beiore niin,
at wuj, e 5"
i r - . , . v.-. rnnm to
lei.i. it minute cacldnr. He
lZJLuZZ i7S,t. d f ound eom-
rt" , Vi irXT TTowaver
Ptor.lyKVSie dk??he
majority rf those who were coin.
Mark razed at Honolulu, outpost
of America. He saw a thorournry
modern dry; trucks rumbled along;
the water-front, street cars cian
in tha distance, and oaies ox s;
and hides, bags of coffee and sugar.
ot i'dSk
San 3j&2
laborers were mostly Chinese, but
rren that would U scarcely a nor-4
fUy on the West Coast of the unitea
TTm Mud lie attrn enralffves still
? ---- -jrc v4
Hoed before the ran? plank to bid
farewell to their ute passenreTs,
and descended to the dock. A brisk
Chinese ..youth, . appropriated his
hand luggage, and he moved down
the wooden way. ' r -v.o
Halfway along a Chinese woman
waa talking to a man of the same
race; Mark noticed a baby in her
arms, , and .recognixed y. ae-
Hello!" he said. "I thought yon
were bound for Canton." i "
,.The Image of Yanya, whoa he
bad deliberately tmt out of his
mind, rose again at the sight or the
"I got cousin here," she grinned.
trr . - T... L. m Amr "
-An lev. Msstm . ww. uvxv wu
Mark nansed beside ner. : ' '
"What happened to the-white
ladrt" he asked. -.
"She get off boa v- .. . j .
eV salV WW e eieeY ewsvene. e- we vwr-i
why he bothered to ask about Yanya
at aU. . ; . ..
' The Chinese woman leaned to
ward him.. . " ' "-.
"She dance, she said in confiden
tial tones. -
"Dance T What do you meanr"
"She dance for money. -:- v :
Oh." said Mark. "Ton "tneai
she's a professional dancer."
- He frowned. Somehow the in
formation didn't please hlra: girls
who dance tor money in the Poly
nesian islands i. are, as a general
I rule, hardly models of propriety.
I e U 4iaw jIa vau WatT" 1 ev e-rweeee-t i
"How do you know T he queried.
"I ask.' She teu."
"Where does she dance t
"No teH." -"In
Honolulu ? -"ShenetelL"
"Well." said Ifark, "X doat tup-
nnee K netra mni-w rfifrTTijA btiv.
IwaT. If a none of mv baaineu. Snt
i thanks.
He turned away when the woman
halted faim.wit a plaintive cry.
"Worth money?" : r '
"Whafs wertS money t"i asked
axars: tmpauenuy. : . v t
"X teflworth money t"
Breakfast
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the Geer home.' Their names follow:-
Carrie Crouter, Union, Or
egon, wife of D. H. Crouter; Miss
Musa, former popular teacher 1 la
the Salem public schools, now
postmaster and merchant ; at
Goodnoe Hills; Wash.; Lorenso.
Homer, died at I months, S days,
and buried at Waitsburg, Wash.;
Evelyn Dabney, wife of H. B.
Dabney of . Portland, died from
injuries In an accident on the Lyle
and Goldendale division of the S.,
P. and S. railroad, burled at MU
Hope (Warren) cemetery; Bert,
of MaryhUl, ; Waslu, formerly
sheriff of Lineola county, Ore
gon; a C., ISIS CotUge street,
Salem, and A. A., at 845 Marion
street. Salem, -r- There are - IS
grandchildren, and - - six - great
gTandchildren. . - ! - . -
I-e1"..
- The Geers Were among the earl
iest pioneers to hare mire bred
Merino sheep in Oregon. Their
wool was so tine that the original
Salem woolen mill, first factory of
Its kind on this coast;: could not
handle it, and it had to go east to
market. ;;
"By" Geer kept up the reputa
tion of the family, and for a long
time supplied a considerable part
of the largo market for males
among the sheep men: of Mon
tana. He, also developed the same
kind of a reputation for his strain
of Shorthorn cattle, and shipped
some oe mem across the waters,
including consignments to Hawaii.
' ' - r . .
The Goodnoe Hills district of
Washington la a famous fruit sec
tion, with some of the leading
growers of the coast.? Some of
taivauiae, Cla.-It t&n btea hroccht to llt fc?
aclantlTio wataxoh that eoltxV ia not di
aatcaad l.zot to W trtatod'u'smre-vt'felajU
Eoekf Dapt. 1112, Box 7S7, lainakeo, VlB.t a
prcsiscat coxtro racialist for over CO years
tzs isrfeetad diTfcrant cathod of treatsant
tiich tj proTsa Mtlily tueeesafule Ha is
.cjpoaaa to rittdlesa csratlOMa Er. Bock has
publleta ta coj7rlct34 bocJ: at hla cwa ezpenso
ttlei talla ntcut citre axi this treatraat. Ea
rill ctzl tlla teci frca to esjcna Xnterestede
.Jriti Lin toijrj i -
V nvi A Uzht dawned on him.
"No, it's not worth a red cent to me,
youheathen, but here's for your in
.Mt. anvwavl" " ' '
. it. fish ai -another .half-dollar
from his pocket, and tossed it to
the woman with a partly-amused,-
partly-exasperaiea wwue. anep
he moved on toward th city, wita.
hlslrUk Uttls attendant. trotting
behind. - ' - . . . ;
. -Ill find out what sort of trans- j
portation one can t to the re
moter spots in tht South Seas," be
ruminated. "After all. yon can't .
iudze by Hawaiij in the first place v
it's north of the equator, and there. -
forejiot reany a cnaraja oonvt
Sea islands at alL And in the sec
ond place, ifs an American terri
tory, and Honolulu's an American
city, That isn't what I'm. looking
for on this irip. i .
He registered at his hotel, after
a- ride in perfectly- conventional -taxicab,
and wandered out to look
the town over. Somehow, be wasn't
pleased; the city waa a bustling,
kri.TiocK-Kkft nlace. American roods
were in every shop window, and the
few natives he passea were ararea ;
in civilised elotning. .
Remarkably few natives, thought
Mark; he recalled having heard or
read that civilization, with its vices
and diseases, was gradually killing
them off. vv----" ' ' -
-1 suppose fa a few years there
wffl.be nothing but Chinese. Japs,
and Americana in the islands," he
reflected, "and another outpost of .
romance will have vanished."
The reflection dampened his spir
its somewhat. He passed the can
opy of a typical American movie
theatre, with its flaring one-sheet
posters and rococo decorations. .
"Might as well drop in there for
adventure," he muttered to himself.
Seems to be the only place left in
the world where they dish out ro-.
mance," ; . - . . . . .
- He inotlced a BiacK-suiiea man
ahead of him, conspicuous in that
community of light-clothed eitizens.
A flicker or recognition nis aecs:-
chair- neighbor, .Professor Mae
Quane. Mark was glad of any com
panionship; he quickened his steps.
ana approacnea ine rzmesaor. - -
"Good aiternoon,- ne greetea u
other. ... "
The Professor seemed tn an
amiable mood. -Ho responded pleas
antly enough to Mark's greeting,
i "I'm glad to see that you're
about again today," said Mark, a
trifle maliciously. "Seasickness 1s
certainly the most miserable af
fliction in the world." .
Seasicknessl" snorted his com
panion. "I waa'a -trifle indisposed
yesterday, Ifs . true. That was
merely my nervous indigestion!"
"There was quite an epidemic of
it," said Mark cynically. "You
should take better care ox your
self." -!--, i-V- ' . : -
Just before them appeared an
other familiar figure the mus
tached young Englishman who had
relieved Mark of his discussion of
Great Circles. What was his name I
Hirrins that was it. -
"Hii" he greeted the two. Sail
or's holiday and all that!"
He fell Into step beside them
"I aar!" he continued. "Several
of us off the ship are going to do the
town tonight all the cabarets and .
yon know,-what you chaps call
night dabs. " Sailor's night in
port." ' ' ,- - - . . -
Ho torned to race Mark and the
Professor. ? "Will yon - two chaps
join in t" , " : - - -
"Thank you said MacQuane
stiffly. "Not I! And, if you'll par
don me, I must leave you here."
He turned in at the Administra
tion building. - i .
, "Queer bloke," said Higgins,
stanng after him. "How about
youf" " ---
"I dont know " said Mark. "I
might at that." He faced Higgins.
Say, is that blonde lady going
along I" . ; V
"Cyou mean the voluble damsel t
No; just some chaps from the ship.
You've met all of them in the amok-.
tog room. Purely stag affair."
;- (To Be Continued)
IM.1
the outstanding orehardlsts there"
hark back to the time when Ralph
C. Geer, at his donation land,
claim .home, .had 'the-first' nurs
ery In the central Willamette
valley; and they are still using
some of the Geer methods' : of
training and culture in their or
chards and vineyards. . . ,
i
-: The funeral rites tor Eglentlne
Geer were hold on Thursday, Jan
uary 8, at the RIgdon mortuary In
Salem, under- the "direction of
Rev. H. S. Stover of the Knight
Memorial Congregational church.
nd all that was mortal of the de
voted mother, beautiful even' la
the sleep that knows no waking, .
was laid to rest' ia the family plot
In. the Mt. Hope (Warren) ceme
tery, .which . holds ao many pio
neers of the Waldo Hills section. ,
y;-y -'.'
The good woman had a : more
than welcome home with any one
of her sons br daughters; but she
was of Independent spirit and pre
ferred to make her own way. Her
death was somewhat' untimely,
even at S3 years. It was hast
ened by a fan which . broke . aa
arm and a thigh. Her physical
condition had been such as to
promise many more years of use
ful life. She might have passed
for a vigorous woman of 0, .or -SO,
'or less. - . -a
Special note: . Among the host
of people who through four gen
erations have known or are now -acquainted
.with members of the
historical Bush family, the senti
ment would be unanimous In en
dorsing these brief lines of sym
pathy over the -untimely - faring
forth of the gentle spirit of Asa
hel Bush, son of Mr. and Mrs. A.
N, Bush, on Friday, January Sth,
Is Salem.- The writer knew Asa
hel, third in the line of the name.
aU his life, and can testify to his
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