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PAGE TOUR' '4- -!-. -The' OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning; February 13, 1935 "Aw, quit worryin' and sit down!- 'THE tAM DANCES' B Marse Stanley mm ' - 1 ; ' r. 1 I "iVo Fofor Suray 17; ATo Fear Shall Awf . From first Statesman, March 28, 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Charles A. -Spbacue ,': Editor-Manager , Sheldon F. Sackitt - Managing Editor ... ,,.:'. - Member f the Associated Presa ;' - The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the un tor publica tion of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited ia : " ADVERTISING, - sl! . - . Portland Representative Gordon a Bail. Security Building, PortlandV.Ore. :t Eastern Advertising Representatives Bryant. Griffith 4 Urunaon. In, Chicago Nsw York. Detroit. ' Boston. Atlanta Entered at the Postoffice at Salem, Oregon, at Second-Class Matter. Published every morning except Monday. Business office, tiS S. Commercial Street. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: J Mail Subscription Rates, In 'Advance. Within Oregon: Dally and Sunday. 1 Ma. fte cents ; 1 Mo. $1.25; Ma 11.25 1 year 4.00. , Else hers (0 cents per Mo, or SS.Oa for 1 year in: advance. Per Copy a cent News Stands 6 cents. By City Carrier: 41 cents a month; $5.00 a year In advance. The 70-Car TF there is any line of business which is down on its luck j A it is the railroad business. and it is rapidly getting no better. The depression caught it with a vast plant but inadequate business; jThe result is that a good many, railroads are in bankruptcy! others headed tnat way fast, sustained only because of RFC loans. Of the roads serving the northwest the Union Pacific is the only one paying dividends, and last year, failed to earn that. The Southern Pacific barely took in enough to pay expenses, taxes, and bond interest; and the same with the Great North- 1 XT tl x 1. -1 a 1 r?l . . via aim Aunuern ratuic wmie me xuuwauKee reported an other big deficit ?: The pertinence of this is the 70-car limit bill which has been introduced into the legislature, which is just another bill to cripple the railroads by increasing their expenses. It is sponsored by the railway trainmen as a safety measure: 1 A a.AA l' sa - . - - F uui since statistics snow tnere are very lew accidents now in train operation in Oregon, it is fair to conclude that the real purpose is simply to .cut up the long trains and make them into short .ones and so provide more jobs. We like the railroad engineers and conductors but to pile up burdens on their employers now seems unreasonable, like kicking a person when he is down. H The railway workers are getting restored their 10 per cent wage cut, and that will cost the railroads into the hun dreds of millions of dollars. In addition they have gotten con gress to adopt a pension law which further increases the ex pense of the railroads. So serious is their present plight that Joseph B. Eastman, railway coordinator, always a friend of railway laoor, says : "It seems perfectly clear to rauroaa expense, ana tnat labor "Take legislation, also, like the full-crew bill or the train length bill. Perhaps they can be sustained on the ground of safety, although I think you will agree that this ia, at least, de J batable. But as mere "make-work measures, what will they do to the railroads in their competition with the trucks and boats and all the other competitive agencies? Has railway labor any thing to gain by putting such a handicap on their own form of transportation? Mr. Eastman is correct. The proper course for railway employes is to do all they can to lower company expenses and increase efficiency so they can compete better with other forms of transportation. This done they might attract back to rails traffic now diverted, and by increasing the volume of tonnage provide more work for labor. . The bill pending in the Oregon legislature would limit freight trains to 70 cars and passenger trains to 14 cars. While it is true the railroads do run some very long freights, it is also true they run some very short trains, just to main tain service. Frequently in Salem we see trains with eight or a dozen freight cars, which are keeping up service on-the branch lines. Some years ago the railway employes srot a bill . passed requiring what was called a "full crew" for operating (mina ntLlat. ... 1 J L J 1 1 j 1 1 , vm.u was uueu in pan. on me complaint tnat trains were much longer than formerly. While now they are trying to cut up the long freights to make more jobs, there is no dis- iaiuuu w-reiai me requirement ior viuii crews on tnese stubby freight trains which could be"operated easily and saieiy witn fewer than "full crews". The state legislature should realize that: the railroad 1 problem is now essentially a national trob!eml that Pres. Roosevelt through his coordinator, Mr. Eastman, is seeking a wie soiuuon to a very nard sions in Washington. Certainly it should not pass this bill limiting train length in view of the decisive opinion of Co ordinator Eastman in the matter. We confess a partiality and regard for railroading. We like to see trains puffing by, loaded with freight and with passengers, we like to see railway workers fully employed, and the companies prosperous. Under present conditions . there must be concessions which will restore railway health; and the railway workers should realize that their welfare lies in maintaining the rail systems as efficient and finan cially healthy, or more business will be lost, which simply means mure joos lOSl. Italv Threatens AVvssInini! TTALY'S ultimatum on Abyssinia (Ethiopia) is not unex- m. pecwMi. roiiowmg tne recent r ranco-ltaiian agreement it was evident that France had given Italy a free hand in ex- Dandincr her African rAlon IPC Sit iOTninoA rf 4 Via nniAv)f kingdom of Ethiopia. France peuiusuia Deiween tne Ked sea and the uulf of Aden, and a share in the railroad which leads from the coast toward Adis Ababa, the capital of the kingdom. , Italy has followed the customary pattern of wars of conquest by magnifying or Butiuujs. wraer ciasnes and men su omitting an ultima tum i containjng humiliating terms. Abyssinia it is -stated by her Rome envoy, will reject the terms and ? stand her Crounn. With a million K-ot- Ktonl, j tain lairs they! feel ready tJ meet the picked armies of Mus- .. . SOllnl ' -'; ' : !.' j -t . " ' 1 - Italy will hesitate before plunging into real war with Abyssinia. She remembers the battle of Adowa iii 189G when the nahves defeated the Italian army commanded by Col. 25Sierl:.Thtin mng Menelek's men killed 4500 Italians and . SUUU native troonn nnrl tnrV nriennan OKdn t U t cni were whites. So it-wUl not be surprising if King Haile Selas- fl' i18 oi t(negus negusti), son of Solomon, lion of uvusemuuiui, etc., musters his men to defend their tight mountain passes. - -it-' Abyssinia istme of the nlilAsf nf nof inns T-m 1 - ? their ancestryback to Queen f f uwe. nuuwnany vnnsuan in r2ligion, the coun try is primitive. located between the Egyptian SudajTand the coastal remon borderinc thp ! n.i a j 13 a land of hisrn mountains BIueNile. It is one of the most inaccessible regions in the uiu. uiiut auout iony years ago its medium of exchange . was the Maria Theresa coin, bars of rock salt arid cartridges. Jiven now it is only semi-crvilized, its king an absolute r ' PooK-riart - A MONG those who will be eager to 'see NRA continued I xi. are the 7000 employes under the Blue Eagle at Wash ington and the great body of code authorities in all the indus tries of the country. Many of them have found business real good fn these parlous times; The Chicago Daily News tells about one .versatile code expert who tmdoubtedly will mot want to see the blue eagle insignia removed: 3 1 ; Tha columns of Funeral . .- . .' .' ". , .... - il ; ' 1. . , - a Train Limit ! So it has been for some years. me that It is no time to add to will suffer if this Is done. prooiem. it should await deci j ceded to Italy the strategic Sheba's famous visit to King! and Pilfer "i Service News reveal iaaotaer of . ,: l. Kxi Num. Vm hi. On. rta mw f Bits for By R. J. HENDRICKS Movements for more markers and monuments: S V There cornea tn tha Rita man'a desk a letter from Meriie Gilliam, assistant enrator of tha Or rnn State college museum, saying a movement la starting at Corvallia to .aid in securing historic mark ers in Oreeon. Mlaa nmum i. . descendant of CoL Cornelius Gil liam, noted Oregon pioneer. That is a field of nerrlr that has been too long and too much negiectea in tnis state. Is Miss Gilliam aava Prnf. irair. banks, head of the art department of Oregon State, and chairman of me museum committee of the col lege, has had recent contacts bv uail with the Oregon Trail asso Daily Health Talk: By ROYAL S. COPELAND. M. D. United States senator from New Tork Former Commtsstoner of Beoltk, New Tork City MOST PERSONS wonder how the doctor In his daily contact with germs and disease avoids contracting infec tions. I think I can aiva ran the secret, it la prob ably because of the extreme care the physician gives his bands. He painstakingly washes his hands before examining a patient and im mediately upon the completion of the examination. (omi physi cians use s mild antiseptic, but. after alL there ia no antiseptic that rivals the thor Dr. Copeland ough use of soap and water. Toe many or us fall to appreciate the value of the regular use of soap and water. Think of the number of persona who rub their eyes or stroke their faces, little realizing that millions of germs are lodged on their finger tips. In the rush and bustle of modern life, not everybody takes the time to wash the liands before eating a meal It Is a mistake to overlook the health giving advantages of cleanliness. k 1 Hands Carry Germs Many 1 contagious and Infectious diseases can be transmitted from one person to another merely by careless cess tn the care ox the hands. No doubt many diseases of childhood are brought into the home by unclean Hands. All other precautions are taken against disease, yet this simple one la overlooked. To guard against this danger tt is not necessary to resort to the use of antiseptics and disinfectants, .in fact, tha too liberal ose of some anti septic may lead to aa Irritation of the skin. , But liberal amounts of soap and water Insure cleanliness without disturbance of the akin sur face. ' I am sometimes asked what iini nt .soap U best to ns. . in nnr win meet the requirements. Avoid those that are too strong and conse--uemtly Irritating. - The particular e 5emkMo cases of Blue Eagle versatility. i ' i - John M. Byrne It appears, la not only executive secretary of the code authority . for the fuheral-eupply industry, but is alSO executive eemprnrv tnr tha n- it4 - clay sewer-pipe industry and executive secretary of the supple- , . ' auvnoruy ior tne prison-equipment manufacturing lndnstry.Presumably, that Includes hemp and electric chairs, making Mr. Byrne an all-round mortuary man. Funeral Service News says that he is reported to represent also a number of trade associations In the hardware field; and that hia remuner ation la between S30.009 and 140,000 a year. -iA, VAn3bowJ?llbert Bd Sullivan lived decades too soon. Folks stUI laugh at Pooh-bah In The Mikado. Bat Epoh-bah was a piker. He never knew how many different kinds ef NRA code ithe-ritr a man could be," "T;-.ri fv n""" 1 " Breakfast ciation, the work of which takes on a nation wide scope, and the managers of which desire an act ive organization In Oregon. "W S The Oregon Trail association, sponsored heartily by Eira Meek er, chief of the trail blaters, while he was alive and active, has sreceeded In having markers and monuments erected at many points 'ong the Old Oregon Trail. They stand as perpetual re minders of the colorful and glor ious past of the Oregon country, and of its predestined great fu-tut-e. S S The board of trustees of the Oregon Historical societr at its last meeting took notice of a movement for the restoration of a number of historical buildings water you use may demand a special soap. A good soap consists of a mixture of some alkali with a fat. making a combination readily soluble tn water. The value of the soap la not so much the matter of Ingredients as it is In their mechanical union with water. A good soap removes the surface films that contain dirt ani nn.. able genua It promotes cleanliness. wujug certain protection against germs and disease. In addition to repeated washing of the surface of the body, especially the hands. It Is well to be careful about the choice of the towel, in public washrooms avoid the towels that have been used by others. Never use a towel unless vou r i i. clean. It la always a rood nian Individual towels In the home. Chil dren Should be taurht the Imnnrton of neatness and cleanliness at an eariy age. xnis Habit once established will protect aramat AinmaM Bn in fection. Tne children taught that the hand rrmt be washed before touching food, and always kept reasonably free of rHm. and dust. Answers to Health Queries L C E O What An nn . for baldness? I am a man of 40 and my hair seems to be faJHnr n rapidly. Could this be due to a dis turbance of the glandular system? A. The condition at the fcal apt to resect the condition of the general neaitn. For further particu lars send a self-addressed, utimuj envelope and repeat your Question, - Worried. O. I am tmnM. ingrown hairs on my face. What would you advise? A. This ia TisiiaTIv ifn. tn a u Improperly. ' For further rrti-ni.,-a restate your question and send a self- aaaressea, stamped envelope. ' -. Mrs. W. H. R Q. Mt eves hntne me very much. They feel irritated. -I keep blinking them an the time and cannot seem to rton. what vnnM you adviser A. This mar be dna to atrain' or nervousness. Consult a. rttM oculist who win examine your eyes. . (Copyright, 1935 F. B.. lcj m .m throughout this state. This is a matter that is having more gen eral attention than ever before, taking in nearly all sections of Oregon. Is It would be a good Idea to have a list of the projects made up, in order that all may in time have attention, and . that some that by passage of time might be entirely overlooked may not fade out of the picture. The writer notes a few, In the list that follows: S The Joseph Gervais house, place of the famous "wolf meet ing" and of many ' important events of history. The first grist mill in present Or egon, built by Weblex Haux hurst for the Jason Lee mission. Site of the first Catholic church west of the Rockies and north of the Spanish (California line, built in 1836 at a noint west of the St. Paul Catholic church o: the present, which is the first brick church erected In the ter ritory named.' There are many more, like the first and second homes erected for white people on the site of Salem, still standing, but which will no doubt eventually be taken care of by the people of this city and Willamette university and the Methodist church. - Site of the Astor fort, the build ing erected for the Oregon insti tute and nlace where tha first book was written west of the Rockies and north of the Spanish line, etc., etc. a - V The above are Just a few hints. There la the Gay house, first brick residence west of the Rockies and north of the Spanish line. Its south wall forms the line between Yamhill and Polk conntien. The old house is thus in Yamhill coun ty, and keeping it In repair and making it an attractive and eas ily BPTPnalhla Alio, vf Kl.tnrU In. terest ought to be a Yamhill coun ty project. Should there not be a central Place Of contact and inaniration for all such projects in Oregon, sc at the Oregon Historical so ciety headquarters la Portland? The D. A. R. did a anlendid piece of work in this line in marking the craves of the men who were listed as votine in the affirmative on the question at is sue at the Champoeg meeting of May 2, 1843. That Organisation has in contemplation other work along the same line. w tant endeavors than these, calcu lated to give the people of Ore gon ambitions to keep their place in the sun: to insnire them with the superiority complex that Is rigntf ally -theirs. Said Macaulay: s ;; "A Deosle that take no nrM In the noble - achievements of re mote ancestors will never achier anything worthy to be Temem- oerea witn nrlde bv remote de scendants." ; . Dallas Debaters And Independence . Divide . Contests . - t i n , - DALLAS. Feb. 12. 'Dallas high .school affirmative debaters won 1 to 0 f rom Independen t here Friday afternoon while the negative Dallas . team i was loai-r by. the same score to Indepen dence there. In the debate here, Marjory Waterr and Mary Staata appeared for Dallas; and Robert Ragsdale and Robert Farmer, for Independence. ' Judges ; rwere Dr. Schuelke, Garfield Barnett and David Moser. ;.. "' : f Ij . ., At Independence. Che Dallas debaters were Howard! Campbell and Albert Klassen. . ' r . . - - VTJSIxTNG WARD . HAYESVILLE. Feb. 12. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Arthur of . Los Angeles are visiting . hia ancle, . J. Ward, ' , r W" 1 ' l.illL. CHAPTEB XXX v. -- Shene and Hong? were leanlnc en the bar together. Shene nodded as he entered, removing aa odorous pipe from nis mouths - . - ; TLavin4 tomorrowT ha said. ' . : ; Tesri answered Mark shortly: -TfeTl be sorry to lose Vanya," said Shene, with a yellow-toothed smirk, "Well be sorry to lose her," he repeated. Something . In Mark resented Shene's use apt the girl's name. . "Shell be happier in the States." he said. "Doubtless doubtless I rumbled Shene. "This is a hard life for girl." Mark passed on, and mounted the stairs, vanya s door was closed: he rapped softly on the panel, ana entered at ner low reply. . She was sitting on the bed. en raged in her interminable mendinar: she looked up gravely as Mark en tered, without a word, hia mood of romance still upon him, he stepped to her side, leaned over her, ana Kissed her. . Her arms stole about his shoulders; she held him tightly to her for a moment. "Dear Markl" she said very soft- ly aa sne released mm, and be stood erect. It was then that he noticed what garment she had been mend ing1 tne loose crimson blouse that waa a part of her dancins; costume. "Vanya l" he said. "Why bother to mend that? You'll have no more use for it here.' . "A ship comes in tomorrow," she repuea, stm gazing at him with serious eyes. "I shall have to dance." "No, honey 1 Whether you've promised or not, about the dancing; you wont have to dance here to morrow night. You've forgotten that the mail packet sails day after tomorrow. Tomorrow we go to xauianga; rve ordered a prau here to take us." "I havent forgotten the mail packet, Mark." "Then why bother mending that? Well be gone before evening." "We wont," aaid Vanya. "Pm going to dance tomorrow." "I tell you we'll be rone!" -you will, Mark. I can't go through with it." . "Go through with it! Vanya, wnac oo you mean 7" "Out bamm." she said rravelv. "Mark, I cant dp it! I'm not go- Detakturi DAT "She wont get away with It!" muttered Mark, finally giving up the attempt to sleep as dawn light ened his windows. He swung out sf the rumpled bed and set about tne routine of dressing. Vanya hadn't yielded. Endless arguments of the preceding night had left both sides exhausted, but Vanya had won. She wouldn't even answer questions save to reiterate that she couldn't go. Yes, she hated the Cove, but she couldn't go. Yea, she wanted to enter the States, but her end of the bargain waa off. And indeed yes, she still loved Mark but she couldnt go. And that was alL "She's bluffing!" raged Mark as he laced hia boots. "She wants to bargain, and it's unworthy of her. She wants I suppose marriage!" He slipped into the empty hall, where the daylirht dimmed the Dale oil-lamp, and at Vanya 's door ven tured a faint rap. "Wont wake her if she's asleep," he thought. But her voice came instantly. "Mark!" "Yes." Her muffled footsteps sounded, a key hia own latch-key, twisted creakily, and Vanya peeped out wrapped in her flowered robe. She looked out at him questioningly. Her features betrayed as sleepless a night as Mark'a had been; her dark eyes wcto heavy, and a tinge of red colored the lids, aa if from weeping. "What is it?" she whispered, "Let me come in." She opened the door a trifle wider; Mark entered, and she dosed and re-locked it. She dropped to the edge of the rumpled bed, and Mark sat on the chair, surveying her. For all that she looked tired, sleepless, weary, he thought her in tensely beautiful. "What's the matter?" she re WRITES OF PLIGHT ZENA, Feb. 12. Mrs. John Honey, who came here recently from Nebraska, received a letter from her nephew residing at Ver del. He said that farmers there were discouraged because of the cold, dry winter without Snow, which does not look promising for next season's crops. It was 15 degrees below zero about two weeks ago and had been much coldef. Tha young man stated that he receives three days work a month. amounting to 17 from Humane relief, for himself, his wife and baby, whieh is all he has to clothe and feed ihem. The government is planning to furnish, small grains to farmers. however, with the understanding that they give -back 60 per cent When the crop Is harvested. Johnston Clears Ground on Ranch - East From Lyons LYONS, Feb. 12. G. F. John ston has finished clearing quite a patch of ground on his farm east of Lyons. The clearing adds much to the appearance of the place and the new ground Is fine soil. . " - - . 1- Mr. and Mrs. Carl McGhee. her mother and nephew spent . the weekend with, relatives at Corr sa ils. Mrs.- Cowen and Frank will remain in Corvallis. while the McGhees are, to leave this week for an extended stay in California, Where 'they have property Inter ests.1-' ' - Hall in Arlington For Funeral Rites; Wm Move Shortly SILVERTON, Feb. 12. Rev. and Mrs. C J. Han were called to Arlington Monday where Rev. Hall was to deliver, tie funeral services, for a former parts hi a- er. The Halls had the Arlington IBB FAB peated; mOhm MarkJ yea come to renew that useless, heart. breaking argument or las bsbi "Nfluha said, ahakinr hia head. T mm tm tfrtnr to sket). and wanted a walk to to help dear things up in my mind; nd aa I passed your door, I thought ypu might be awake. I knocked lightly, not to disturb you if you were sleep- 1 was " awake. ahe aaid. "I eouldnt sleep either." . TMa la what I earn to say.' Mark said, still, in a low, almost whispering? tone. "I'm going to leave you alone today all day. rm going on a long walk, or 111 hob nob with Loring at any rate, IU not be near you. Ana i wans you to think this over, carefully and finally. The prau should ha here by the middle of the afternoon; IU return then for your final answer." "There's no need. Mark. I cant change what I've said. ' I cant go through with it!". "But youll do what I ask?" he murmured. "iou'U in in is oven "Of course: Could I help think in of it? Do you believe it means so little to me that I could forget it?" " "No. I dont think that. Vanya. I think you want something mora of me something i cant give.' , "I suppose you're right," said the girl dully. "I suppose you cant give what I wantthe only thing that would make this unholy bar gain possible to me I" "And then, Vanya, it wouldnt be an unholy bargain?" "No not then! But IU think of it, if that will satisfy you, though I can tell you now that the answer will be the same.' "I promised not to arrua. dear. but- "But you promised not to argue,'" cut in the girL "Please, Mark, dont let's ret into another bitter quarrel. It cant hdp matters, and I I simply cant stand another bat- tie. - "Then IU leave you." aaid Mark. "until this afternoon." He kissed ber gently, and stepped quietly into the empty corridor; he tiptoed down the creaking stairs. Below, the bar-room was deserted; even Hong, who never seemed ab sent from his post, waa invisible now. The sunlight slanted across the tables, bringing out ia curious shades the dust that had settled on them since the visit of the men of the Caroline. The room, for all its open windows, had a musty, aban doned smell. Mark opened the chest behind the bar: nothinr to eat was there save several clustered bunches of ba nanas. I .acJcinr ice, of course, bread xruit spoiled too quickly to warrant Keeping, but he had hoped for -a pineapple. He tore four of the brown bananas from their cluster. and slipped them into a paper bag i rom tne oar; tneya do lor break fast and lunch, should his walk prove lengthy enough for two meals. tie stepped from the door of the Diver's Helmet into the blindinr sunlight of full tropical day. The gulls were gathering on the beach: their raucous squawks sounded familiarly pleasant to him he had heard the sound on island after island for many months. The sur face of the cove itself waa almost glassy in its calm, but beyond the point, out in the open Pacific, small rollers flashed in the morning light. Behind him. the preen hills of Tonga tabu, with their mystery, glowed emerald; he turned and glanced up at them toward the vil lage where he and Loring had watched the dance of the virgins. There was. of course, no viaihla sign of that settlement ; nothing but lush Jungle stretched from the edge of the dearing to the top of the highest viaiblehilL Lorinr waa snrawled on Ma aM beneath his tree, apparently asleep; save xor nis presence the clearing waa as deserted as the bar-room Mark had Just quitted, and nearly aa quiet. He walked anietr tm IV. dealing, past the unstirriag beach comber, and along the broad white sand that he and Vanya had fol lowed before, on the walk they had taken together. He passed the great fallen tree they had clambered over, and he passed, far beyond, the coral Methodist church call prior to coming to Silverton. Rev. and Mrs. Hall expect to move to their hew home the last part of tl'a week or early next. They ha-e been living on South Water stre t since their house was burned t the ground before the IMidays. Mrs. W. L. McGinnis was call ed to British Columbia Monday to be with her mother, Mrs. Mutch, who was reported as hav ing suffered a stroke. Mrs. Mutch has visited at Silverton many, times and has formed many friends here. Spelling Match is Feature of School Society Gathering OAK POINT, Feb. 12. Oa Point school society held its Feb ruar meeting Friday Irht with M. and Mrs. Hugh Rogers chair man of the- program committee. An old-fashioned spelling mat-h featured the entertainment with 5:rs. R. A. Alderson's Bide win ning. The njxt meeting wHl He March 8. Kenneth Black, student at . S. C. and Gilbert Mack, prin cipal In the Alpine school, were weekend visitors at the M. R. Black home. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Lauterback were hostess to the Octo .'SOO" club Saturday night when lour taoies were - in play with Mrs. Leonard Peterson winnlnr .Mr" score and Mrs. Tom Ottlnger low. Birthday Occasion r For Surprise Fete On Mrs. H. Ralph - aaMaaaaaas " SUBLIMITY. Feb -13 a i.in. ber of friends gathered at the Harry Ralph home Saturday eve ning; to surprise Mrs. Ralph on her birthday. - Those ' present were Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Schu macher. Mr. and Mrs. N, W. Kre mer. Mr. and Mrs. 1m finM ni Yolanda. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Starr and Inea, Very Ralph, Vincent SUrr and Mr. and Mrs. 'Harry Mipn.ua lamiiy. -.The. Christian Motfcara win sponsor a card party Wednesday Httaa A a V a a. uaui i me f orester naiu, . outcropping on wHch they had rested, and where Vanya had con fessed to Mark that ahe loved him. Where now was that love of hers, he wondered. : Had ht killed it? Small blame to Vanya if she had ceased to care, or if she had never really cared! - He had been at fault, grievously at fault, throughout the whole miserable affair; yet, after all, could he have acted differently? Mark knew well enough that he eouldnt have; he had done only what hia training, his Ideals, his morality, nad made it inevitable for him to do. . He couldnt have offered marriage to Vanya, not with the stern sodal code of half a dozen Gnerationa denying him the privi je. Not even loving her as he now realized be did. So he tramped on along the de serted beach, far beyond the place where he and Vanya had turned back. . He passed a pineapple grow ers establishment; natives were abroad in the fields, 'moving among the palm-like spikes of the plants Each worker, aa Mark passed, turned and stared silently at hirr for a long minute or more; stran gers, he reflected were doubtless rare beings along that coast, espe cially strangers trudging alone along the beach. And the sun rose inexorably in the sky; when it was nearly at the lenith. he caused. threw himself on the sand, and con sumed his warm and very soft bananas. He sat for a while thinking. He thourht of Lorinr. mysterious. clever, ineffectual, and of Hong and Shene, whom Loring dieted, but for the most part he thought of Vanya. He thought of her at first as she had looked in the crimson blouse and black valvet shorts in which she danced. A wave of longing wept over him at the picture he evoked of her slim, graceful body. He closed his eyes, and deliberately turned his mind from that image he found so dangerously alluring. He forced himself to consider Vanya'a inexplicable revulsion and her re fusal to ushold her end of the bar gain. His mood of longing changed gradually to a alow feeling vt in dignation. -'She want a marriage," he thought, "and that I can't in honor give. Black sheep or not, I'm still a Talbot 1" He r lanced at the sun: it waa already, he thought, a bare hair's breadth past the senith; he had to be leaving He rose, crumpled the empty paper bag Into a ball, and tossed it into the backwash of a Pacific comber. He watched it drift for a moment, and then set his face on the return route. Somehow the return seemed quicker; some excitement or expec tation within him made his foot steps much hastier than on the first half of his long walk. "Vanya's to me like minct tn steel" he told himself . "I leave her slowly' and with effort, but I bound back with such celerity that it sur prises even myself." He passed the pineapple planta tions, the coral outcropping, tha mighty fallen tree, and the of the Cove lay before him. He rounded the bend of the shore; a vessel lay at anchor in the tiny har bor, great schooner-rigged ship with men busy about the deck. Liormg. peeling a bread-fruit, was watcninr idlv: ha vA nn at Mark'a approach. "There she lies I" he said.-. "The Kermadec. with her crew itrhW td enrich Pearly Shene." wus .... ..iu jusnu ineres no one ashore, from tha innV tha tender." "She a been in an hnnr at L.. Horsten's not the man to give his erew shore leave until they've put in a full day's work. Not a man ashore until well after dark-, tmlaaa hea changed hia nature., Hell keep them swabbing decks and polishing brass, whether it'a needed or not. until mess time. He's n hard man to sail under." "Shene must love him for that!" "Shene doesn't care. What money the erew has will h hi anvw.. k fore they sail. But look there's your transportation!" Mar turned. The native craft Waa iUSt rOUndinr the nnint nw. -rA the beach, (To Be Continued) CaarrUM. !!. ar Klat rattan Sradbata. be. FBH COOKS Ml E PLEASANT VIEW. Feb. 12 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cook were pleasantly surprised Saturday night when a number of neigh bors and friends gathered at their home to bid them good-bye S3 they are leaving shortly for southern Oregon to make their home. It was also Mrs. Cook's birthday anniversary and she was given a handkerchief shower. Mr. and Mrs. William Fisher have rented the Frank Cook farm and took possession Sunday, Feb ruary 10. Farmers aro very busy with their spring plowing and seeding. Some have been making gardens hd planting flowers. Walter Miller Is pruning .his large prune orchard. . . . M. AI Cook has gone to south ern Oregon to work for the West Fir Lumber company,. Bernita Jones and 'Darby Take Prizes, . Hard Times Affair VICTOR POINT, Feb. 12. Arbor day was observed Friday In the school, the pupils rirlns Program under the direction of the teacher. Miss Eleanor Pad dock. : a MiSB Bernita Jnnaa nf Calri Wnd Ivan .Darby were winners oT me prizes onered for the most suitable costumes. .at the hard times dance given at -the Union Hill grange hall Saturday niht. Richard Tear's day, la Improving and oie o sittrp a short time each day. . ., ., VISITORS 'AT AIRIJE A1RLIE, v Feb. 12-Mr. and Mrs. James Welch of Beaverton spent Sunday with Mr." and Mrs. Frank Cooper. : other visitors were: Mrs. Fred Klxer of Bend and Mrs. Harry Dixon at the G. B. Williamson home; Miss Glad ys Young of Chit wood with her ister, Mrs. C W. Tartar. Farewell surpris 5 I r i IT f t f t I i i
