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PACE FOUR The OREGON STATESMAN; Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, Jcne 6, 1923 - . "Afo Faror Sway Us: No Fear Shall Awe" From First Statesman, March 28. 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. CBASLE8 A. Spragub , Editor-Manager' Sheldon F. Sac Kin T - - . Manajmg-Editor ' Member of the Associated Press The AsaocUted Pren Is exclusively entltk-d to tha us for public ttta of all news dispatches credited to tt or not otherwise credited ia Uits paper. - ADVERTISING Portland Representative Gordon B. Wll. Security UuUUiiia, furtfctnd. Or. Eastern Advertising Representatives Bryant. Uriniih ttrunauti. tnc.. CliH-ano. New Turk. Detroit. - Uomlon, Atlanta . Entered at the fottuf )ice at Saltm, Ore gun, a Second-Class Matter. Published -very morning exempt Monday. U urine office, SIS S. Commercial Street. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: .MaH Subscription ttatae, In- Ad vum.tr. Wittitn Oregon; Dally and Sunday, 1 lio. i cents. I Mo. $1.15; Mu. XXJ5 ; I year 4.tf0. Ela ue i-viil ir Mm, ot Ja. (or. t year In advance. Pr Copy . cents. News Stands 6 cents. By City Carrier IS -;i a month; JS 09 a year la advance, Swatting the Recall TALK continues that a recall movement will be launched next month against Governor Charles H. Martin. No bill of charges has been prepared for public consideration. No specific leaders have announced they will support the move ment. The recall plot to date is a vaporous affair. In far eastern Oregon the rumor of recall has been taken to heart by H. C. Boyer of Ontario who heads the Oregon Producers' and Shippers' association. "We believe the im pending effort is so serious the voters of Oregon, regardless of political affiliations, should stand as a unit to resist this attempt to overthrow orderly state government," says Boyer. His organization knows the great losses suffered in the summer of 1934 by the longshoremen's strike which tied up eastern Oregon products. The organization is appreciative of Governor Martin's firm action in the recent lumber strike vhich did much to break the back of that sanguinary move ment among Oregon's mill workers' minority. The Statesman recalls that recall talk has been prevalent in other administrations. Governor Meier was subjected to it and a petition was filed by a Lane county man whose ef forts came to naught. There was always talk of recalling Walter Pierce. We cannot take seriously the present back stage whispers by malcontents who failed to elect their man to state office and now are trying to whip up a recall. Who will lead the movement? Who will finance it? What will the indictment be? In practice Governor Martin has been the exact type of governor his pre-eampaign appearances and statements in dicated he would be. He is conservative. He is economical. If lis bent is towards the person of substance and capacity, what else could be expected of a man whose life had been that of an army administrator? The recall is a weapon reserved for citizens when an administrative officer has failed miserably to live up to his campaign promises or whose executive acts, while not suf ficiently overt to lead to court action, demand his removal from office. Nothing Governor Martin has done lays the 'basis for a recall on such terms. If such an action is brought It would be the product of a minority who are poor sports, who are not content to abide by the decision of the electorate last November, who resent the firmness and straight-forwardness of the present administration. The governor would be supported by almost the entire press of the state and by the bulk of the members of his own and the republican party. Talk of a recall is malicious, inspired gossip, designed for no good purpose. Mr. Boyer has done well in stating bluntly how his organization reacts to the proposal. Reviving Building NO field of industry has lagged so far behind in recover ing from depression as that of construction of buildings. Experts say that one-half the total of 10,000,000 unemployed men in the nation are directly or indirectly connected with the building trades and that a full revival of activity therein would nearly solve the problem of unemployment. Illustrative of the depths to which building has fallen are figures from 257 cities throughout the United States ; in them average construction from 1921 to 1929 was $1,837,000,000 annually. La3tyear that average had fallen to $76,000,000. The housing situation in particular is ready for great tctivity. In these same 257 cities there are uniform reports erf a shortage of single family dwellings and a steady filling cf all available apartment space. Rentals are increasing slightly. The doubling op of depression days has waned. In the past five years new construction has not kept even with . the losses from fire and from the demolition of old structures. No provision whatever has been made for housing the ave rage annual population increase of 1,500,000 persons. Some of the preliminary steps towards building revival have been taken. Interest rates on sound real estate mort gages have been lowered. A few companies are offering fab ricated houses which will stimulate construction. Many auth orities on building contend that a lower hourly rate for workers in the building trades would so stimulate construc tion that the worker could afford to take it in order to receive s much larger weekly wage. Withal construction activity is disappointing compared "to the great upturn in a field like that of automobile con struction. Rents have not reached a point where home owner ship is as cheap as leasing of a residence. Distressed proper- :ties thrown on the market through mortgage foreclosures tempt the prospective home-owner as better bargains than new construction. . UnfoxtunatelyHhe huge public works program proposed for 1935-1936 plans augurs little direct aid to the potential home-builder. Some provision is made for non-profit apart ment erection in large cities but no specific encouragement in the form of subsidies to builders of new homes or of ex- ' ceedingly low interest is held out. England, which shied away from public works as a method of stimulating recovery, went in for home building in a big way. By direct subsidies and ex tremely low interest it made possible the erectioa of 300,000 housing units in the last year. The United States would do .well to study England's home construction experiments; ho attack on unemployment would be so effective as the. prompt restoration of home building. Pass the Traffic Ordinance LACKING one vote, due to the absence of four members from the city council meeting, the new traffic ordinance for Salem was defeated Monday night. The failure of the or dinance to pass is unfortunate; it should be reconsidered at the next meeting of the aldermen and passed. For many weeks Alderman Cuyler Van Patten has worked on a sys tematic, sensible revision of the 20-odd ordinances which now make np the hit-and-miss traffic code here. The new ordin ance cleared the books of the surplus accumulation in over lapping and conflicting measures. It made it possible for stop streets hereafter to be designated by the council without passing an ordinance and again cluttering the books. More than two-thirds of the aldermen, present Monday night fa . vored the new ordinance and their.views should be respected by a passage of the ordinance on reconsideration at the ear- liest opportunity. ' - f::.v-xv. - -- t - The Great Game of Politics By FRANK R. KENT : Cepyriffct 1933. ky The Baltimore Sea Smoke Screen Washington, June 6. ONE of the eTidenees ..of true greatness In a public man la bis ability to accept political defeat with balance and composure. Not very long ago, while he had none np to then, a great and friendly newspaper expressed the belief that Mr. Roosevelt was that sort of a president. It hardly would do so now, because his re ception of the supreme court de cisions has convincingly disproved the Idea. EVEN In his press conference he has not been able to conceal his bitterness and resentment, nor re frain from portentous prophecies of things calculated to inflame and alarm the emotional people to whom he is a hero. In private conversation he has been much more bitter. After four days of dismay and confusion during which his chief conferences were with Dr. Frankfurter, Dr. Moley and General Johnson, three gen tlemen as responsible as any for the mess in which his Administra tion is, there emanated from Mr. Roosevelt an analysis of the NRA decision, made to some 200 news paper men, which reeked with rancor and exuded gloom. THE more discriminating anions those who heard him recognized that here was a man whose ambi tious plans not only had been In gloriously brought to arth but who had been hit in his self esteem and was very sore. In stead of philosophical acquies cence In an inevitable and irre vocable decision, instead of wise ly trying to adjust himself to the facts, admitting and correcting his mistakes, making the best of things for himself and for the country, he painted for the press a picture appallingly dark. With a solemnity in stri" ing contrast to the usual merry, bantering press conference mood when things were flying high, he was full of fears for the future, and cited evidences of the dire re sults already flowing from the failure of the court to uphold him. HE pictured it as a body without vision, which had struck down the glamorous and beautiful con trivances with which he had all but rescued the nation from ruin. and which his professorial advis ers from Columbia and Harvard had assured him were sound. Talk such as his about 36-ce- i wheat and 5 - cent cotton was clearly designed to create reac tion in his favor among the. bo nus-fed classes, to which he es pecially appeals and which have most completely swallowed the socialistic, sugar-coated doctrines which saturated his New Deal. Declarations that the court had put us b ck to the "horse and buggy" dayB because It had the temerity to knock out an expert ment the soundness of which even the more balanced ot Lis own supporters distrusted from the Etart, may sound well to wor shipful members of the press, but it seems a little ridiculous to those who keep a sense of pro portion and humor. It may be natural for a man in the Presi dent's position, who sees the gld dy structure he has built so high suddenly crashed to the ground because the foundation was not solid it may be natural, but it is hard to regard It as big:. THE ROOSEVELT outburst against the court was really an amazing performance." Reading what he said, one would have thought that all of his expert ments had been completely suc cessful. One never would gather that he had failed in any direc tion. There was not so much as a hint from him that, as everyone knows before the court decided. the NRA was a discredited agency, which had ceased to function - and was in a state of demoralization and confusion. He did not touch upon the fact that he could have had a Supreme Court decision and found out where he was 18 months ago. He did not mention that the tragic situation in which he finds him self is due not to the court but to lack of logic, experience and judgment upon the part ot his advisors, and upon the part of himself In taking such advice. Nor did he point out, as he might, that the decision against which he now inveighs with such jouranistically originated phras es as "borseand-buggy-daya" was rendered not by five justices, nor six, nor seven, nor eight, but by all nine. It was a unanimous court which said he was all wrong from the start. NONE of these quite obvious things seem to have occurred to Mr. Rooserelt and, of course, none was called to his attention by the newspaper men. On the contrary, the impression Mr. Roosevelt sought to create was that he and his New Deal ad visers were wise, right, farsight ed and enlijbaed; the Supreme Court, bad, blind and benighted. If mistakes were made, It was the court which made them, not be. In effect, that Is the tone in which a President receives a una nimous Supreme Court decision declaring- unconstitutional an al ready defunct governmental ex periment. His gloomy forecast of disaster is a smoke screen to hide bis discomfiture. His effort to make the Constitution an ia sne Is an evidence - ot the , bad counsel to which he listens. H3S par pose seems to be to use the Supreme Court as an alibi. VISITS IN POBTLAXD MARION. June S. ; Miss Mar- Jorie Pickard is spending the week with relatives In Portland. She Is also nutting in an appli cation At a hospital for a nurses' training course. Bits for Breakfast By R. J. HENDRICKS Before steel pens, before typewriters. when men were neighborly: b W The Bits man has before him two scrap books and a collection of the papers of Dr. L. L. Row land, first elected state superin tendent ot public instruction for Oregon, superintendent ot the state hospital, etc.. etc e S One may find in the first deed records of Marlon county made in the fifties, the work ot quill pens, employed before steel pens were Invented and came Into general use. The quill ot the goose was most popular. In the sixties, seventies and early eighties, most of the record ing work In Oregon was done with steel pens. It was generally hand some. In the Spencerlan style. Be fore the first and craxlest verti cal style came into vogue. In the Dr. Rowland collection is a certificate to teach In the schools of Oregon. A handsome document. But not a word of printing on it, and of course no typewritten matter. It is signed by the governor, who up to Jan. 30, 1873, had as part of his du ties those since given over to the superintendent of public Instruc tion. The certificate reads: e "State ot Oregon. To aU to whom these presents shall come, greeting. Know ye that I George L. Woods governor of the state of Oregon by virtue of the authority in me vested do hereby certify that L. L. Rowland is of good moral character and has passed an examination in the following branches with the following re sult: "Orthography 1, Reading 1, Writing 1, Arithmetic U English Grammar 1, Written Arithmetic 1, Mental Algebra 1, Mental Arith metic 1, Modern History 1, Teaching 1. "In testimony whereof I here unto set my hand and cause the Seal of the State to be affixed. Done at Salem this 13th day of The Safety Valve Letters from Statesman Readers To the Editor: The Economic Betterment league is an organlxatin consist ing for the most part of SERA relief workers. The purpose of the league- is to enhance the eco nomic staius of the destitute by any proper and orderly means at hand. The league purposes to be non-political and non-militant, and for the two months of its existence has been reasonably successful in that respect. It early became apparent that there were individuals not only in the league, but others as well, who for one reason or another bad been overlooked by relief agencies. The league has taken up 300 or more of such cases, and in about two-thirds of them bas secured at least some recog nition from proper authorities. It is only fair to say that there are petty chiselers in the league who are bent on using the organization to further selfish aims or fight their private squabbles. The league of course does not Inten tionally sponsor any such cause. Small due3 from the member ship naturally accumulate slowly and the treasury ha3 been de pleted time and again by slipping some hungry persons, or family. enough for a meal or two. One typical instance was a young mother with two small children who had been absolutely without food tor two days and was unable to secure help from regular sourc es. The writer has seen men who were themselves budgeted for $20 in wages per month on which to support their families dig up dimes and quarters to relieve the immediate distress in numerous cases, following the feeble ges ture by taking the cases to re lief offices. Z? This more or less unexpected function soon became, for the time, the main. purpose of the league and a policy on that count was adopted to ask. recognition of special cases in a sane, formal and orderly manner. Cases which through desperation, hysteria or plain belligerence were likely to become disagreeable were given a chance to blow off steam before a league committee instead of exploding elsewhere. The writer personally explained to a mem ber of the Marion County Relief committee that the league hoped to minimize ill-advised "squawk ing" in offices where at best they hear too much of such stuff. This official smilingly ap proved the policy, but we have no evidence to Indicate that his capacity for appreciation as shar ed generally by bis colleagues. C. Hartley Grattan, writing "The Road to Destitution," In June Harper's in what he calls a dismal postlude, says: 'Relief is not a cheerful sub ject. It must be faced resolutely or not at all. It is the asinine and Inconsequential optimism of the prosperous overlying popula tion that is making It impossible really to deal with the problem in a resolute fashion. When to the suplneness of the relief popula tion is added the egregious fat uousness of the employee and em ploying population, a combination is effected which can only lead to a dreadful social disaster. The existence of a destitute popula tion In excess of 20,000.000 is a social portent of disturbing im plications. . . . The writer is well advised In saying that there is not a single active member In the Economic Betterment league who, would not welcome whole heartedly a plaus ible exense to "wash bis bands" of the whole sordid meas and forget it. But there is an inher ent something or other that de nies them restful Indif ferencev to other people's misery. ' ; R. D. 'COOPER, --- - Salem. " February, A. D, ISO. Geo. I Woods, Governor of Oregon. By the Governor. Samuel E. May, Sec retary ot State. W Early In 1873, being on the point ot making a trip to Europe to pursue his studies, the princi pal officials ot the state wrote a letter of recommendation tor Dr. Rowland; so did Archbishop F. N. Blanchet of the Roman Catholic church. The one by the principal officials, of course in long hand, was written on the letter paper of the chief executive, bis office then being in the present States man building, in the corner room over the W. C. T. U., but with the entrance In the rear by a stairway that years ago was torn away to make room for what Is now The Statesman press room. This letter of recommendation reads: m "State of Oregon, Executive Office, Salem, March 6th, 1873. "To all to whom these presents may "come: "This may certify that Prof. L. L. Rowland, A. M., M. D., pas tor of the Christian church of Sa lem, In the state of Oregon, a graduate of Bethany college, Vir ginia, and a graduate of the med ical department ot Willamette university, Oregon, about to tra vel abroad. Is a gentleman ot em inent scholarship and high char acter. He has been engaged as an instructor in our higher institu tions of learning and is a person worthy of the association and confidence of all whom he may meet, and as such I take pleasure in recommending him. L. F. G ro ver. Governor ot Oregon. Attest S. F. Chadwick, Secretary ot the State of Oregon." (The great seal of the state is of course at tached.) After the above, on the same sheet, appear the words that fol low: s s "We the undersigned fully con cur in the foregoing statements ot his excellency, Governor Grover, respecting our esteemed friend. Prof. L. L. Rowland of our state. "S. F. Chadwick, Secretary of State. "L. Fleischner, State Treasurer. "David Fleischman, Ass't. State Treasurer. "T. H. Cann, Ass't. Secretary of State. "Syl. C. Simpson, State Super intendent of Public Instruction.' S Concluding the significant pa per of recommendation, one finds these written words, all in the same hand: "I heartily concur in the fore going. "Thomas Condon, State Geolo gist, Oregon." S Another significant paper of recommendation, all In one hand. reads: "A. M. D. O. The Archbishop of Oregon, to all who may see this present, greeting: "We, the undersigned, take much pleasure in giving this let ter of introduction and commen dation to the bearer, the learned and illustrious Dr. L. L. Row land, of Salem, Oregon, who in tends leaving shortly tor Europe, to visit Rome and the principal establishments and universities of the old world. He carries with him the best recommendations from the governor of the state of Oregon; -we also recommend to all he may apply as a man of learning, integrity and honor; and in special manner to the atten tion and cares of the President of our American College in the Eter naV City, to assist him in all he may want. Given, Portland, Ore gon. Jan. 24, 1877. "F. N. Blanchet, Archbishop of Oregon and Administ, of Idaho.' m W The seal ot the church was at tached to this paper the old fa shioned way, with heated wax pressed against the paper by the instrument making its Impression. (Continued tomorrow.) Berry Fields Are Sadly in Want of Thorough Wetting NORTH HOWELL, June 5. Many persons In search of work in the strawberry fields are driv ing through this community every day. By this time most growers have enough berry pickers signed up to "harvest a normal crop. Whe ther the crop will be normal or not depends on weather condi tions. The long hoped-for rain failed to materialize and a few more days of hot weather may change crop conditions to a considerable extent. Twenty Years Ago June 6, 1915 Denmark went democratic yes terday by admitting women to suffrage and abolishing special electoral privileges heretofore ex ercised by the wealthier classes. The apple and pear crops are ripening due to the continued warm weather. A Villa-Zapata-Carranxa coal ition may be reached in Mexico following Its receipt of the Uni ted States' note of warning. - Ten Years Ago Jane . 191 5 The Linfield board of trustees is considering moving the college to Portland. Plans are under way at pres ent by which an electrical code for the city may be Introduced at the next city council meeting. Gene Tunney knocked out Tommy Gibbons in the 12th round la8t" nigBtvln--Nw ?Yor City. WHOSE CHAPTER XIH "It that aoT WeU, III bare yon Know that I can take care of my self. And X have no connection with the mess, as yon put it . . ex cepting as official one," exploded Betty. Then why did yon dash out and get your uncle en the case?' "That's my business, and I can manage my own, thank youl Dont let's quarrel, Betty, be said, "please, dont let's quarrel.' Her face softened in answer to ais tone of pleading . . . when he made the mistake of saying too much. Th! Is no time to quarrel,' be said, "there is too much at stake. We'd better stick to each other now, Betty." "Ob she rasped, "so that's ft. i see. Well, Mr. Wilbur Rentoa . . I can look out for myself . . . and Uncle Cyrus win look out for Lawrence Vane. But perhaps you'd better look out for yourself." "Betty, Betty, yon dont under stand. It's only yoa I am thinking about . not myself at all" "Yeah?" Betty asked slangfly. Well, that's what yon told me when yoa were running after Isobel Vane.' The name of the murdered wo man sobered both of them in a flash. out of their temper, but the sullen embers ox that naming wrath re mained. vSuky came to the door. - "Miss Betty, the newspaper office wants you en the phone," she said softly, and glanced at Benton with a veiled gleam of anger in her little heavy-lidded eyes. I reckon Miss Betty's rot to go new, sub," she said. "Tu get yo bat and cane." Benton shrugged his broad shoulder . . what had gotten into this household? They ail seemed at cross purposes, but then he was out of sorts himself. He'd try and make up with Betty before they parted, but she'd just have to tell her mot that she couldn't pos sibly handle this case. Why it wasnt decent . . . she couldnt stand it . and besides . . . there were other reasons ... he'd rather not tell her about . . . but she'd just have to refuse to go on with this rase. Betty re-entered the room, hatted ind cloaked. "Ill have to rush," ihe said, pulling on her gloves and avoiding his eyes. "Betty," he started toward her. Toull have to call up your paper . . . you jnst cant." "I dont have to call them," she laughed nervously, "they just called me. I have to go right away and interview Lawrence Vane, she lifted wide, tortured eyes to bis. "You can drop me at the Tombs, if you want to, she said. As Betty went from the sunshine of the day into the gloom of the Tombs, she was conscious of a hor ror such as she had never exoeri- enced before on any of her official visits to that building of sorrows and sighs. In her chosen career of news paper writer she had many un savory assignments, but none that had really close to her heart before. This was almost too much . to have to visit in his cell, the maa she loved hopelessly ... to have to tear apart the veil that he had dnm ever bis sorrow so that a curious public could stare and gloat She gave her nam and showed her presa card to the officer ia clam and in a moment was tra versing the same route that her uncle and the Inspector bad fol lowed that morninar. "Here y'are," the guard grunted, and his keys jangled as he opened in ecu. you can nave ten min utes." Lawrence Vane sat as be bad all that somber morning with his head bowed in bis hands. He did not look op as the cell door opened, nor did he turn at the sound of the guard's voice. "A lady reporter to talk to you," said the guard, and walked away some little distance to wait. "Go away," said Vane violently. wiunoui glancing op. "Mr. Vane," said Betty softly. At the sound of her voice he looked up incredulously, "Miss Betty, you! You shouldn't have come nere. "I had to," she stammered, "mj paper sent me." "Oh," he tried to hide his disap pointment. -i see. No," she contradicted, "it Unt only that ... . any of your friends would be rlad to come and see von. I mean . . . Oh, if s terrible." The words rushed from her now: "That you should be here, when any fool must Know That you are innocent. "What's that?" he was incredu Ions of bis own ears. "I mean any one that truly knows you, must know that you never could have done anything so terrible." "Let me get this straight." he WEST SALEM, June 6. Mr. and Mrs. Max Gunter and Ernest Bradley were guests at a trout dinner at the Roy Stevens home Sunday. Saturday Roy Stevens and his father, Peter Stevens went fishing on the Santiam above De troit with very good results and for the week end Leo Stevens vis ited Robert Groshong at Albany and made a fishing trip on which he caught 27 fine fish. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davis, of Salem have purchased the res idence ' and lot known as the Greene place at 1254 Third and will fix it up and make their home there. Davis is a retired railroad man and purchased the property from a Utah owner. Coming here for the summer from Burley, Idaho, will be Mrs. Lucy K. Mitchael, who will ar rive this week at the home of her son, J. J. Mitchael. Complimenting the birthday anniversary of Mary Jeanne Otey, her grandparents gave a party at their home Tuesday afternoon. Those attending included Connie Coon. Bonnie Dickson, Thelma Warm, Pauline Decker, Dorothy and Doris Pyeatt, Shirley Swigert, Oneida Cudney, Ruth Shipler and Mary Jeanne Otey. , w - At a recent homecoming held at the home of Mrs. Fannie Moore, all of her livina children were present, some grandchildren ' and one great granddaughter, making four generations. Those attend ing Included Mrs. Moore, Mr. and Mrs, Arthur Moore -and Marian Thomas of Alpine, Mr. and Mrs. I West Salem News I HJHST IS ' i -J I YI trCV vv 11 jL.r said, "you dont believe that I'm guilty. Miss Betty?" OX course not I" she said, "ne body could! really believe that." "Weill Xnrlea does, and hp' an old friend and a good police officer . . . ana everyone else seems to think as he does, and after all, the evi dence is all against me. ' They cer tainly found that horrible body on my roof terrace, and I was the only one around. But Betty," earnestly he leaned close to hex, "that wasn't Isobel they found." This was the first time Betty had heard that the body was denied by Vane as that of hu bride. It gave her a Queer start, a shiver raced over her whole body at the thought ox tne acea woman, or his denial ox her boSy and all that it implied. "You shouldn't have come here," said me, explained Betty. "Not Isobel?" she breathed! faintly. ! Nol" ! "Have yoa told anyone else?" she asked. I "Yes. I told Inries. but he wouldn't believe ma ... and I told Cyrus K. ManteL" "Has Uncle Cyrus been here?" her eyes dropped from his. Yes, this morning early, tie's great . . . just great .. . ano ne saia be eu here to hem me. Oh. do you think; he can, Betty, do you think he can?" "He can if any one can," she as sured him sturdily. "Undo Cyrus can find a clue where every one else bad despaired ox there being ose . and he can xeuow a clue, once it Is found to the Ntk degree of deduction. Uncle Cyrus never gives op . . . and he doesn't fail ... If there's anything for him to work on." "Everything that there Is seems to be acainst roe. Vane was moody and somber again, his tem porary brightness of interest gone. I mast say that if I were in their piece, I would think as they do. It's a rood lesson for anyone to warn. Not to judge too quickly on what seems to be. Circumstantial evi dence is a cruel thing," he laughed shortly. They say that sometimes jailbirds become philosophers," he said, "but I could c noose an easier chair to do my thinking in than that over-warm one they have up at Sing Sing." Betty straightened up. and look ed him in the eye. "Now, listen to me, Lawrence Vane." she said, and it seemed to him that some of the fire of her hair had crept into her voice. "That's no way to get out of a jam. The thing to do is to keep your head, and keen cheerful." She held up a si lencing hand. "Oh I I know hew hateful K is when yoa are in trouble to have a Pollynnna come in and preach. ... and above everythlncr. she swept-on, try' to think of all the things that might help Uncle Cyrus to help yon, and tell them to him. And dont ait and brood. In stead of that, think ... think . . . think ... progressively, something that will belp yoa oat of this awful mesa youTe In." "I dont seem able te think any mere." ha said simply. "My head s in a whirl Lots of things that X Arthur Moore of Salem, Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Moore , and- family of Eugene, Mrs. E. J., Richards and daughter of Bellfountain, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Edgar and Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Moore ; of Portland, Claude nd Orvflle Moore, and Ernest Moore of West Salem. Del bert Moore leaves shortly for Chi cago to take a six week's musical course leading to his M. A. de gree. R. W. Gallagher Pays $25 Fine for Reckless Driving WOODBURN, June 5. Four cases appeared In justice court in Woodburn the past few days. Ray mond W. Gallagher, pleading guilty to a charge of reckless driv ing, was given a fine of $25 and 12.25 costs which he paid. Henry J. Sch idler paid a tine of S 5 and costs for driving without a muf fler. Norman Yergen of Portland was arrested for fishing tn Scoo kum lake without a license and fined $25 and costs. On account of a dependent family be was ask ed to pay $7.69 of the fine and to secure a license Immediately. Floyd Waymire was arrested en complaint of R. L. Bickford, charged -with allowing his cattle to run at large. At the request of the complaining witness the -case was compromised out of court and the eost paid by Bickford.- ': cV Gladys Erskine -y J I, C:,,K uvt nun a ii in could have sworn I knew, look dif ferent to me now, and lots of things that I was sure I didnt know," his eyes looked deeply into hers, "begin to seem almost possible," he finished quietly. "Lawrence," Betty laid her hand on his arm. "Where's Isobel?" His eyes widened, and be stared at her wildly for a fraction of s second, then be dosed bis lid wearily. "I don't know," he said doggedly But that's impossible!" Betty was impatient. "You must know.' "I dont know," be repeated "They say she's dead, and that I killed her. But I ... I dont know. Betty studied the thin sestbeti face before her compassionately. Her eyes dwelt on the richly waving Vane. "I bad to; my paper sent black hair, followed down the aris tocratic, thin-nost rilled nose, rested breathlessly on the generous, curved month, and came to rest at the firm square chin. Here was a man, she thought, who would in jure himself to help another, but who would be as helpless as a babe unborn to assist himself in any way outside of bis own genius-chosen profession. And yet . . . she knew that man is capable of strange cruelties where his passions are concerned ... and a little doubt crept into her heart. For bad she not just glimpsed a warm light in Us eyes as they rested on her, and bad she not been ia his life before the fatal Isobel had entered it? She shivered as she realised that perhaps she was more closely linked with una sordid tragedy than ane had supposed at first. Has anyone arranged about bail for you?" she asked abruptly. "Bail?" he was vawue. "Why. I dont know that anyone has ar ranged about anything. Steps rang outside the cell door. "Time's up. Miss." came the harsh voice of the guard. You gotta ro. Miss," warned the guard, "and here's another visitor." Cyrus JL. Mantel entered the cell. Without a glance at Betty be said to Vane. "I've arranged for bail, my boy, you can go out as soon as the papers arrive. I've got several things I want to use you for. that will help considerably in the solving of this mystery." "Is that straight. Uncle Cyrus?" Betty was exuberant. Cyrus K. looked her over thtbngh his pince nez. As a newspaper woman I sup pose roa are interested in the 'scoop, he said witheringly. "Wefl, run alon?, you've got it." "Yoa bet I have," she cried, and walked swiftly from the cell, with never .a backward glance at the crestfallen Vane. The evening paper bore headlines in bold pript to this effect: BETTY POTTER INTER VIEWS FAMOUS ARTIST, LAWRENCE VANE, IN HIS CELL AT THE TOMBS. HE DENIES BODY THAT OF HIS BRIDE. VANE OUT ON BAIL. (To Be Continued) ftewtsM. mi. ftr Th Mwliy Ca. 7dkU.!M. H IT SUBLIMITY SUBLIMITY, June 8. Straw berry picking is now started and many campers are arriving daily from different parts of the state. The berries are large and fine so far. They are hauled to Starton and some to the receiving station for the pool at Sublimity. Miss Adeline Riesterer of Port land is Tisiting at the home of her mother, Mrs. Rose Riesterer for a few days. Mrs. Adeline Rogers and daughter Virginia ot Oakland. Calif., are visiting there and with other relatives for a few weeks. The sisters who hare been teaching the parochial school here the past school term have left Monday for St. Mary's home, Beaverton. Monday afternoon was the fu neral of Charles Henry Benson at the Whitney and Hobson ceme tery near Sublimity. He passed away at the Deaconess hospital at Salem. May 31. He was a pioneer resident of this section. There was a large attendance at the fu neral from far and near. BIARKETIXG LILIES WHEATLAND, June S. Lilies from the Fred Bauer six acre aquatic garden In this locality are being marketed at the Portland florists. During the last week the warm, days .have greatly speeded up the blooming.