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i Power Bill Comparisons
THE following digest compares essential points! in the
Ickes rural electrification measure submitted to! the leg
islature and HB 404 which was passed by the legislature and
vetoed by the governor : - .
- Ickes Draft HB 404 i
Authority:
A corporation, "State
Electrification Authority'!
Rural
Governing Board:
Three members appointed
governor, term, three years
by
Compensation:
Expenses only
Qualifications:
None specified
System:
-Plant or works for generation
production, transmission or dis
tribution of electric energy
Contracts:
No limitations
Accounting - and aadit:
None specified
Bonds:
Revenue bonds only
Rates:
To cover bond Interest and re
serves and all operating expen
ses; not for profit
Kminent domain:
Not specified
Ijtbor provisions:
None
Taxation:
None specified
The differences between HB 404 and the grange power
Mil which was voted down at the last election were princi
pally two : Under the latter the commission could issue gen
eral obligation bonds on approval of the people; and prop
erty was exempt from taxation.
For This Relief
AGAIN the basketball tournament.
Again teams of scantily clad youngsters racing over a
smooth floor, sweating, striving.
Again the healthy competition for victory, the clean
contest of mind and muscle. Again the thrilling picture of
young manhood in athletic contest.
' v And for two hours to the spectators complete forgetful
ness of taxes and wages, of laws and doles, of crops and
prices, of styles and rents. For Salem four days of relief from
. politics and economics, old age pensions, doles, vetoes, muni
cipal water, delinquent taxes, next wars.
The tournament illustrates the vital necessity of sport
and recreation in a weary world. Even when participation
is vicarious as at most exhibitions, the virtue for the spec
tator is apparent. For such relief let all give thanks.
Fresh Gannon Fodder '
FOR the benefit of the men who fought the last war with
red-headed and blue-headed pins stuck in wall maps, and
are commencing to get up a lather over the "next war" we
print the following figures about war strength of leading
countries of Europe as estimated by military "experts":
France
England
686,850
.450.000
Italy .
.700,009
Russia
Germany
700.000
500,000
280.000
Poland
Yugoslavia u 110,000
Csechosiavakla ..100,000
'Approximation.
We wondered how Oregon could be overlooked as long as It
was by the Utopians, inc., another southern California political avo
cado offered, at the customary membership fee, to effect more salva
tion for a public which has already worn out the sawdust trail to
ialse altars. Now it is announced that an Oregon subsidiary is being
termed, undoubtedly with a treasurer to accept the dues. Utopia,
inc., Js another flowering weed off the same fertile soil as Upton
Sinclair's EPIC and Doc Townsend's O. A. R. P. It has more fancy--finishing
however, with seventh heaven mysteries to pass through
-before one becomes a full-fledged Utopian. The old-time medicine
men were pikers; and even the faith healers of a quarter century ago,
when they overlooked the possibilities of political and economic cred
ulity among the people. , -
While the recall of Howard Merriam, state representative from
- Lane county, was chiefly a local issue, based on alleged -broken prom
ises,? the result is a reflection on the instability of popular , major
ities in seasons of stress as at present. In years to come Lane! county
will look on this recall aa a foolish gesture, prompted by an organ
ized group temporarily excited over a political panacea. If between
November and March majorities can switch so decisively, land so
capriciously-how can stable and orderly government be preserved?
It legislators are to be recalled on charges as flimsy as in Lane county
what persons of character and intellectual capacity and honesty will
want to mace themselves targets
This are not so hunkadora
.unio maicts Marry Hopkins tor allegedJloel of The governor, claim
ing fce encouraged a. shakedown on relief beneficiaries. Ia Oregon
aa investigation Is being launched because some one said something
about soma ne.? We wonder what rulea they will go by. j When
everything is a give-away from Jobs te corn beef bow caa anyone be
4ovea guilty t anything I All the accused has to say is that bo was
busy priming the pump or promoting prosperity. , -? - t
j
Three thousand women swarmed the airport at Dallas when
Clark Gable arrived, so be changed bis mind four times. That's a
Tery Jow record. With-that many women -he should be allowed one
change apiece. I
- - ilanaginp-Editor
State Power Commission
Three members elected; in non
partisan elections; one for each
congressional district; .term four
years j
81 o a day plus expenses :
Citizen of state 6 years, of dis
trict 1 year; non-holder of public
utility securities
Plant or works for' transmission
and sale of electric energy
Municipalities to get preference;
contract with public utility lim
ited to 5 years '
Accounting system order; annual
audit by person approved by state
board of control; power board to
report annually to board of con
trol Revenue bonds only
Same provisions
Authorized
As in existing laws; prevailing
wage established same as in
grange power bill
All property subject to taxation
same as private property
Standing Army Mobilizable Army Airplanes
2,500,000
2,000
1,500,000
1,128
1.640
1,000
1.500,000
6.000.000
1,500.000
1,500.000
1.000,000
1,000,000
600
546
tor recall guillotines:
!
in tho relief business these days.!
LA cwr&i r - v ...
Health
By Royal S. Copeland, MJX
NOWADAYS ONE seldom hears of
gout This annoying affliction was at
one time prevalent, especially In
England and the United States. But
- within the past
Quarter of a cen
tury the disease
has greatly di
minished. This
can be attributed.
In part at least,
to our better un
der standing of
food, nutrition
and the preven
tion of a good
many constitu
tional disorders.
Gout appears
to run In rami
Ilea For this rea
son it may well
Dr. Copeland
be that the ten
dency is really influenced by heredity.
There is no doubt that some persons
are decidedly more susceptible to
gout than others. This has given
rise to the expression "gouty", ap
plied to the unfortunate victim of
the tendency.
Severe Pains
The victim of gout complains of
severe and excruciating pain In one
or another of his joints. Any joint
may be involved. Recently a doctor
friend of mine had it In his knee.
But, as a rule, it Is the big toe that
is most likely to be affected.
The sufferer experiences a sense of
discomfort during the night, perhaps,
but the severe pain comes on sud
denly. The Joint becomes red, swol
len, hot and extremely painful. The
pain Is Increased by the slightest
pressure or movement. Sudden Jar
ring makes it excruciating. The vic
tim may also complain of fever,
thirst, nausea, vomiting and other
digestive disturbances.
In former years gout was looked
upon as an incurable disease. To
day It can be completely overcome
by careful regulation of the diet
Since the disease can be traced to a
deposit of uric acid In the system, ft
con be controlled by the -emission of
foods rich In uric add and "purines".
Yonr doctor will tell you about' the
Utter.
Avoid Meats
AH meats, meat extracts, bouillon,
sweet-breads, kidneys and other so
called giblets must be avoided. Ex
cessive indulgence In starchy food,
fried and greasy food, coffee, tea and
alcoholic beverages la prohibited.,
Do not confuse gout with rheuma
tism or neuritis. Gout Is character
ized by sudden, severs pain iu one of
the Joints of the body. The attacks
come-on at periodic intervals,
When In doubt consult with your
doctor. To confirm the diagnosis tt
may be necessary for him to resort
to special tests of blood add urine.
Once the diagnosis Is established, the
proper measures can be taken for re
lief and cure. Home remedies may
be of value in lessening the pain and
discomfort, but they are quite un
likely te effect a cure.
Amswsrs to Health Qneriae
Mrs. J. M. Q. What tests will
definitely determine whether or not
a patient has -active tuberculosis?
Where would the patient go for a
thorough examinatloa (she is not
financially able to consult a doctor
at this time) T
A The -patient should go to one
of the large hospital clinics for a
thorough examination," Including aa
analysis of the sputuxa- and -X-rays
of the lungs. This in tarn wm de
termine the necessary treatment
fCepvrtofct, 1J5X? IV at IneJ
Gov. Martin vetoed a bill to enable Multnomah county to tax
people ia order to redeem serip, whfeb was Issued several years ago
and tlnaUy lodged Jn bands -which know what it ' redeemed--Salem
bad a scrip experience too; and probably some of that 1 reposing in
aafea of merchants who were easy. Scrip was about the first of the
economic fallacies this paper -bad to fight; and its record now proven
our contention.
Two myths get corroboration
equinoctial storm.
Now where has that Japanese
Bits for Breakfast
By R. J. HENDRICKS
A beautiful tribute to
Oregon's first printer:
(Continuing from yesterday:)
"Driving past several large
mounds within the city limits, one
of which had been utilized for a
mount for water works, the party
first called a halt at the base of
one known as the Big Mound,
which we found to be more than
30 feet high and 150 feet long,
gradually tapering to a level
walkway six feet wide on the sum
mit. From this mound, continuing
in a northerly direction, were
many groups of tumuli in close
proximity stretching along the
river bluffs for several miles.
"Who were the builders of
those large, enduring monuments
of clay? More than a hundred
generations, we are told, have liv
ed and like autumn leaves return
ed to mother earth since first the
dark shadows of old Egypt's pyr
amids were reflected by the annu
al inundations of the Nile. Bat
where is the savant or medium
who can tell us In what age of the
world, or the story of the people
who reared those mighty earth
works of American antiquity?
How vain the attempt to solve the
mystery that enshrouds a race
who only to themselves were
known and who, for untold cen
turies, have ceased to breathe the
breath of life. Like all the tribes
of men who lived in the primitive
ages of .the race, they left no trace
of their former existence more
legible than those wonder beget
ting tamuli which they reared
throughout the central valleys of
their ocean bound home. Peopled
as were all other lands, yet even
the existence of this mighty con
tinent remained unknown to the
inspired or any other writers for
countless ages after those mound
builders had flourished, died and '
were buried beneath accumulated
centuries, whose number can nev
er be known.
'Ye mouldering relics of a race
departed.
Your names have perished; not
a trace remains;
Save where the grass grown
mound its summit rears
From the green bosom of your
native plains.'
.
"I will not further trespass
upon the patience of the reader, in
this connection, than to say: For
more than half a century, after
the founding of St. Louis, the Ca
tholic faith prevailed almost ex
clusively, and, down to the time
of which I write, many of the pub
lic and benevolent institutions of
the city were under the control of
that church, while among her
worthy and most opulent citizens
were numbered the Soulards, Ca
bennes, . Menards, Sprays, Pratts,
Chouteaus and many other prom
inent French Canadian families,
aU of whom were well known to
Oregon's mountain men and many
of her earlier pioneers.
"Here in this old French city.
built upon the ancient remains of
aa unknown-people, forty years
ago, I first grasped the open,, gen
erous hand of M. O. Foisy, in
whom thenceforward through -aU
the years that be lived I found a
tme,unwavering friend.
this year; groundhog day and
current shifted tor
"Medare G. Foisy was born ia
Quebec, Canada, in 1816; died on
his French Prairie farm June 11,
1879. He descended from an old
and highly respected family of
that Gibraltar of the new world.
His father was a leather dealer
in affluent circumstances, and
gave his son a practical business
education in the French schools
of his native town. At the age of
16 he was sent for a short time to
an English school in the state of
Vermont. It was his father's wish
that his son should learn the tan
ning and' leather business in
which he had prospered. Accord
ingly young Foisy was for 18
months kept at work in the tan
nery and Etore, neither of which
proved congenial to his taste.
"His mind was intent on learn
ing the printing business, and at
the age of 18 he was apprenticed
to the trade. The business of the
office was conducted excluslveiy
in the French vernacular, while
he longed for an opportunity to
improve his English, and, having
a friend and townsman at work
on the Louisville Journal at the
falls of the Ohio, accordingly on
attaining his majority and receiv
ing from his father a small sum
of money he crossed the border in
the spring of 1837. went to Cin
cinnati, Ohio, where he worked
for a short time; then joined his
friend at Louisville, working for
two months in the Journal office,
and from there in the fall of the
same year went to St. Louis, and
entered into an engagement with
his life long friend, Mr. Chambers,
editor of the Republican, with
whom he remained until the close
of 1843, when he surrendered his
case to prepare for the overland
Journey to Oregon.
U S
"Father Joset with two other
Jesuit fathers left St. Louts early
in the spring of 1844 for the
Rocky mountains. With this nar-
ty -Mr. Foisy traveled to the Flat-
Head country, and from there to
Mr. Spalding's Nes Perce mission
at Lapwal. .
"There, in the fall of 1844. ha
was engaged by Mr. Scalding to
put In working order the little
printing press, the nloneer of the
North- Pacific coast, on which he
did the first printing for the Nes
Perce mission, consisting of
school books, portions of the New
Testament and hymns, all In the
Nes Perce language, from copy by
Mr. Spalding. This was the first
printing performed by a practical
printer west of the Rocky moun
tains and north of the Mexican re
public. "The Oresron Sneetatnr ffrat an.
peered' in February, 1846. and
Sam Bxanaan's little proselyting
Yerba Buena Star was first seen
in the village of "Yerba Buena. as
San. Francisco was then called.
nearly two years later.
It is common-for such brilliant
little luminaries to be short lived,
but. contrary to the usual fatal
cause, it is the only one of which
I ever 'heard that died of a sur
feit of gold.
"Mr. Foiar reached French
Prairie in December, 1844, and
the following -soring was elected
a xnember of the legislative com
mittee from Champoeg (now Mar
ion-) county, which convened at
Oregon City June 24, 1845.
"It was at this session that the
amended -erganfe law was drawn
upland passed, authorizing the
election Of a governor Instead of
the old executive committee." -
(Continued tomorrow.) .
CHAPTE2 XXV
On" bis way borne,' Homer occa
sionally touched the precious box
with earessing fingers, ' nearly
bursting with confidence and exalta
tion. Marian was going to be eraxy
about these beads. Ever since their
.marriage, her attitude toward bim
had been critical or actually sneer
.las'. She did . not seem to reslrse
'that be deserved credit for buying
-the bouse, for keeping his job
through these bard times, for main
taining: her ta decency, ta near lux
nrv. . . - . - -
- - . She would have to drop that atti-
tude now, Homer told himself com
placently. Che would nave to tnanx
bim for the necklace with sotBethimr
more than sweet words. With real
biases and affection.
Ha waited until dinner was over
to enact his little presentation cere
mony. :
We might call op the Holbrooke
and see if . they want to come cvet
and play some contract," Marian
suggested, desperately Becking to
escape the boredom of Homer's un
relieved company. ...
"They're so bard up these days.
I'd bate to take their money." said
Homer.
"They're much more likely to
taVe ours. I mar be better than
Dollv. but Jack is miles ahead of
you 1" said Marian.
"Yeah, he's better than me In
lot of ways, isnt he? He may be
sold vo any day. lose the house
and have to scratch for a living I
"Anyway, when Jack has money,
he treats Dolly right! He got her
the car, and he's given her lots of
iewelrr. those emeralds, and the
diamond ear-rinzs she wears
"And I never give you anything,
eh? Too bad, too bad I Suppose you
Just take a look at this, and see bow
it strikes you."
. He handed her the small oblong
package and stood beaming while
Marian, taken aback in the midst
of her grumbling, unwrappea toe
box and opened it.
' She stared in silence for a mo
ment then fairly -screamed:
"They aren't real, are they? They
can't be resil"
"They're as real as they corner
Homer -boasted. "Those babies set
me back cool five thousand dolt
lara. and they're worth morel
"Homer, honettlv. Why He-
merm
Here was irony which even she
felt This tribute of pearls, which
she bad tried so km; to secure, was
laid before her by her husband at
the instant she was planning to de
sert him. She crushed that thought
out of her mind. The pearls were
hers at last, a dream come true,
and the Marquess d'AlhuSs had
more need of them than Homer Ab
oanrh bad. or over would have4
Her face was animated with the
Joy of possession as she fingered
the pearls, laid their cool smooth
nesa arainst her cheek and neck.
held them up to sdmire their tri-l
descent beauty.
She saw herself with d'Albues.
entering the ballroom of some- for
eign Casino, these darlings enp
pinjr warm color from her breast.
Half of Marian's present rapture
came from the thought that they
would please and reflect credit on
her lover. Homer waa aU but for
gotten, as she tried them on, gloated
over them, actually kissed them.
"Seems to me I ought to be set
ting some of those kisses." Homer
said at that
"You're just the bestest husband
a woman ever had!" ahe told him
and kissed him exactly as Homer
wanted to be kissed. "I adore them.
Thank you a thousand times. I
never really expected you to give
me a string of pearls. Where in the
world did you ect the money?
believe it's true, as I always said.
that you make lots or money you
don't tell me about I"
"Never did before, but I certainly
Eut it over this time. Just bad a
unch and made a killing," he said
airily. "Quite a lot too, but it all
went into your necklace, so you
needn't think we can splurge and
throw monev around."
"But, darling, couldnt you do It
again?"
She was thinking, eternally prac
tical even in a moment of ecstasy,
that if by speculation tie could in
crease his income, her alimony
should be comspondingiy larger.
"I'm sure you know more about
business than most men. You're a
real flair for it I always told you
so. Didn't I tell you to trust yonr
judgment and dive in? Now see: the
first time you take my advice, you
succeed like nobody's business."
She was before the mirror, turn-
The Safety
Valve
Letters from
Statesman Readers
NO AAA FOR EARLY
SETTLERS
To the Editor:
A recent communication ap
pearing in "Safety Valve" under
tho caption of "Duck's Feathers",
seems to have mussed up the plu
mage of some of the sallinaeeous
birds, who-peruse this column,
and they have essayed to take re
venge by singeing the writer's
tall feathers. This Is eminently
satisfactory with me, and I take
no exceptions against those who
honestly hold a different point of
view. It is, however, a mistaken
conclusion for critics to assert I
a moposed to economic relief for
tho unemployed. I am not per
sonally adverse to the state's pol
icy of providing food and shelter
for tho destitute poor. . God
knows my sympathy goes out to
the serrated hosts of industrious
men and women, who are denied
tho privilege of a decent living,
and must tramp, tramp, tramp,
day after day. In search of honest
employment but cannot find it
Anything I write tor this column
must not bo construed as a flip
pant gesture against the people
wno toll or irve on. relief. -Be
that as It may, I am inflexibly
opposed to the abortive economic
system, which has all ". but -bank
rupted the government by the ex
travagant waste of taxpayers'-
mpney for non-productive enter
prises,. As a boy, there was in
grained into my constitution tavj
good old American idea of "rug
ged individualism', embracing In
dustry, Independence, . and tho
courage to master hard situations
without cratches, and.! still be
lieve and practice it. Any system
of government or relief., that de
stroys personal -r initiative and
rar her bead and shoulders from
side to side, raxing fascinated. The
necklace, making her akin look finer
and fairer, enhanced ber beauty ex
actly as she had confidently pre
dicted. The moment of illuminated
self-aonroyal turned black as she
saw, behind her own pleasing reflec
tion. Homers sharp greytsn isee,
with aa expression, on it that sha
knew weU -and now: bated. ; He
pressed bis chin against ber shoul
der and on, the back ox ber neck she
felthisJina.. .
-Marian was determined bow to
forestall any farther amorous ad
ranees on bis part, i
"Homer t she cried, a note of
lonrinr and regret in her voice. "I
think vmrw wonderful to met - Pm
Iso grateful I'd do anything' in the
world I could for you 1 But don't
yos tatdmtaaa the effect that aw
ful accident had on me? My serves
are frightful. Already Pve bad far
too much excitement. The doctor
says I have to keep calm or those
terrible oalnitations will - start
I again. I know it isnt good ior me
to M .kissed the way yon were kissing
me Jest now! ,
His poor Marian, be thought Of
course, it was as hard for her as
for him worse, maybe. He was
cruelly disappointed.
: a '
In appalled stupefaction and
mounting anger, the McCarthys re
ceived (jawieen's telegram.
These middle-aced Irish neonle
loved their daughter, were proud of
her, trusted her . as they trusted no
Other human being except each
other and the priest They had been
taught, however, that every human
soul is fallible, that the devil lays
his cleverest snares for the virtu
ous. Moreover, they could not un
derstand Indeed, it would hare
been difficult to understand without
a knowledge of the succession of
fsmall accidents that explained it-
way it bad bees impossible for
Cathleen to return home.
"There's only one thing to think.1
Patrick McCarthy said gloomily.
pscauig tooacco una nu pipe as ne
stared at the telegram spread on
the table before him. "The boy's
ear was smashed on them and
they're too hurt to travel She
doesn't make mention, though, of
saw en Jewel A m swO
"That could be because she
wouldn't want to frtehten ta." said
Mrs. McCarthy. "But she'd know
her spending the night out was the
worst of alii I can't make the rirl
outatalL My daughter! It's hurt
she is. maybe, and suffrrinr in the
care of strangers. . . . And whaf a
to become of us all, it she s hurt so
she cant ro to work? But that's
nothing at alL if"
i d rather see her In her coffin.
ber father declared with harsh and
simple conviction, "than have her
come in here safe in limb and with
ao explaaation of where she's been
this night!"
They ioved her. But they were
in- tne piteous case or so many be
wildered simple parents, who can
not. follow their children into the
new conditions of the changing
woria, wno can oniy guess at what
goes on there, strongly disapprov
ing the little they see and the much
they misunderstand.
"All those davs sha said aha
worked late in the office," ber father
muttered. "Maybe she was workin1
and maybe she wasnt"
Mrs. McCarthy argued.
"She did so. but if she was sweet.
hearting with her boss's son, maybe
ne give ner money!"
Cathleen was obliged to po
straight to the office on reaching
town at about ten o'clock the next
morning. She bad never before beea
late, and felt guilty and conscience
stricken as ahe worked. It did not
help matters to be called to the tele
phone and to hear her father's
voice, heavy and grim.
"Can you rive an exnlanatfan nf
your going eff with a man and stay
ing out the whole of Last night?" he
demanded.
She could not. To launch sow.
over a telephone, into a ion? eir-
ctnnstantiar story of her adventure,
was unthinkable. "Father, not now,
if a impossible. Tm too busy 111
tell you. everything tonight There's
nothing for you and mother to
worry about Please tell her every
thin is all right!"
"You were not hurt In any auto
mobile accident, then?" he de
manded. "Oh no nothing like that!"
"I'm sorry to hear it" ha aM.
banging up the ohone with an um
slam. j
makes . vampires of its citizens,
who are educated to live by
blood sucking, will receive noth
ing but opposition from me as
long as I live.
If the pioneering men and
women who laid here in Willam
ette valley the cornerstone of a
great civilization, had been so
many conglomerate contingents of
emasculated SERA, keeping the
telegraph wires hot to Washing
ton for. appropriations of money
for more leaves to rake up well,
may the- good Lord help those
of us who have to live here now.
Never once does history record
these courageous men and women
received from Uncle Sam's gov
ernment a penny for- hogs they
never raised, nor one dollar for
wheat acreage they never seeded;
and for long agonising years they
faced disease, poverty, and the
most brutal kinds of hardships.
But I .will leavo it to the judg
ment of any who reads this, if
they didn't lay out a pretty de
cent townslte for the reel of us
to camp on. .
As a climax to this letter I re
fer briefly to the lusinnatlons of
correspondents that I am opos
ed to relief, while subsisting at
the aamo tlaae on a liberal pension
from Uncle Sam's government;
The criticism is Just another case
of a -"louse on the eyebrow of Da
rid Crockett", and does noi both
er mo at alL The tact that some
ex-serviee -men! are receiving com
pensation for services rendered to
their- country lnr time of -war,
cause some- peeplo to lose a tot
Of sleep. It was just this kind of
mealy-mouthed public sentiment
that vaporised Into tho brutal
economy act of 1133. and took
away -the -pensions -of thousands
of ex-service- men, who bad sacri
ficed healtha defease of the flag.
I ., admit receiving a modest
monthly allowance from the gov
ernment, but think 1 earned - the
right to receive it by incurring
-disabilities down on tho firing
tine, wiuca nave partialy handi
capped m for life. An honor
able discharge, with three-fourths
disability, incurred in line of duty,
with "Character ExeeUeni is In
my possession, and open for in
Her mother was on the porch
waiting for her when Cathleen got
home that night Her poor,- wrin
kled face was set and stern. Mo
tioning: the' girl to follow ber, she
led ber to the upstairs front bed
room, where ber father waited. Mrs.
UeCarthy locked the door.
- On Cathleen's side there was un
derstanding aad pity, and a little
bush anger too. Ought they not
to know her by this time f Couldn't
they trust ner? un tneir siae were
was no ctnderstanding at alL ...
She told ber story simply, ia reasonable,-
straightforward words,
trying not to let ber resentment
break through.
"It was bad tuck, nothing more.
Mr. Ingram behaved like the gentle
man he ia. We never thought of
anything like 4ove-maldrig, or any
thing wrong. Tbere'a nothing be
tween ns but friendship and I know
well there couldnt be more than
that Why he's Mr. Ingram's son.
He wouldn't be let marry me, if he
wanted to. But these days a man
and a girl can be friends without
any thoughts of marriage."
"So you aay, but the wisdom of
the ages says different" her father
observed.
"He-never tried to kiss me, never
said a word or did a thing"
She faltered suddenly; remember
ing the bracelet and that swift part
ing brush of lips.
UY dont seem so sure of that,"
her father commented.
"If you and mother had been there
beside us the whole time, we needn't
have acted anv diftV-rentlv fmm 'V.
way we did. I was locked in a room
to myseu au nigni not that there
was any need- to lock the door, and
it wn't him I mrmm tttinViaa.
when I did it! Only in a strange
noose 11 ooes no narm will we go
downstairs now. mother? I've told
you everything, and it must be past
time to be getting dinner."
"Is that all you have to say for
yourself?"
"I'm terribly sorry, of course I
knew bow worried you'd be. but
there was just nothing I could do
about it, as surely you must see."
Nothing that ahe said seemed to
appease ber father. "Staying out
all night with a man!" he repeated,
breathing heavily. "If I did right,
I'd-beat you.""
Cathleen stiffened. "You make a
uuauiic v to toK, ssxner,
ahe said, her voice bard and hostile
ior us nrst tune. ion vs let me
see. you and mother tu V,t .
can t take my word, when I've never
I shan't forget It of you in a hurry."
She turned ta tha rfiwi no-
locked it The key was. in the lock.
a uie precauooa naa not been
against her leaving tin room, but
against any of the younger children
bursting in.
Can I help you with the dinner,
mother ?" she asked again.
airs. McCarthy's eyes were so
miserable that the girl softened to
wards her. She put her arms around
her mother's seek- and t-;.. v..
.mimm u.
cheek.
m "Dont be so tmhappy, darlin'.
YOU OUSht ZO im WW t rrvnMn'
.. . v M'.n
anything wrong you do know it.
wuca you uun t usxen eo lainerl
Mrs. McCarthy cried, and Cath
leen had to aik
lashes, though ahe was net given
eVj. eVK-M W a at .a
w tern, ow ner mexner gave her
no assnrance of confidence.
Tor fewdays after Ingram's re
turn from Chicago everything had
gone smoothly. The lines of his
various exrja-naimi nla-ia am.xi -
run freely through his hands like
rcuia a-ua oj an expert coach
man drivins eia-ht Imru, n.
quite suddenly, almost overflight,
some check or entanglement devel
oped. s
Jasner. Mdin hi fMKM ti.-- j
apoker face, worked fiercely to
u(iuco na-titers ouu Aispaugh.
meanwhile, wu hM J
ous. Cathleen. f-ibrini, v
wrth a question, was answered with
yuiea. irasciointy. Later in the
day, when ahe had finished typing
some letters, he snatched them un
-uw K-KiMij wokm wrougn them.
She could not guess what was
wronr. bnt hi hhaA-
, -w-, " - "... .MdfcULAVW
her.
Stffl she was sorry when five
O clock came, anrf ih . 1..
the shelter of the office, with its im
personal, smoothly -clicking busi
ness, and go home to face her fa
thera accusing sad critical eye. But
Aev p .he
ui, ia aiience. remap i he
WaS not ferine- tA atart a .1
Sunday escapade.
(To Be Continued)
CaarrUM. IMS. mm CJ. tatmOMIati taa
spection to the Incredulous man
who says that my pension la
"ducks' feathers".
ALLEN O. HESS.
Urban Funeral Is
Slated For Toclay
At Miller's Chapel
AURORA, March 20. Funeral
services tor Jacob Urban, 73, will
be held at Millar's chapel Wednes
day afternoon. Rev. A. F. Knorr
of the Lutheran, church will con
duct the services.
Urban was found dead in his
barn Monday where be had gone
to feed his cow, and bad died be
fore the task was completed. He
was a native of Alsace Lorraine,
and lived on his farm one mile
nonh of Aurora and in Aurora
14 years. .
Surviving bim are his widow.
Margareta, three sons, Henrv of
Orange, CallL, Mike and George
of Aurora, and one daughter,
Margaret - Bland, - of Richmond,
California. T
Smith Breaks Hip
As He Attemps to
Reach Wheel Chair
TALBOT," "March 20 Harold
Taylor was taken to the Doern
becker hospital in Portland the
last of thowek for an opera
tion on his shewlder.
L. B. Smith fell Sunday and
broke his hip. Mr. Smith is re
covering -from a prolonged Illness
and fell while-getting up to get
ia bis wheel chair.. He-is In the
Deaconess hospital in Salem.
Born -Sunday- to Mr. and Mrs.
Charles- Grenx, an 8-pound baby
daughter.
GO TO MONTANA
- AIRLIE, March 20. - Arthur
Schuld accompanied ' bis uncle,
Adam Schuld to Glendive. Mont,
Monday.' They will shear sheep.
Ralph Wlenart left Thursday for
Long Beach, CaMt to rejoin his
ship, "