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THE generation that grew up on "The Jungle Book" and
"Kim" and "Puck of PookVHflT will grieye over the
.jdeajtk o thejtjauthor, Rudyard JGpling, And ;those jpho
thutled to his barrack room fcaUads zand-hi aXkez poems of
Britain's "far-flung empire" .will feel a personal tie is sev
ered. Budyard Kipling was the poet of empire, but the title
of laureate was denied him, for reasons often guessed at but
netferfattes&d. His "Take up the: White; Man's Burden" dom
inated the political philosophy not only of England but of the
United States at the turn of the' century. Just now we are
busy laying down the "white man's burden"; arid even Eng
land schemes no expansion in areas not yet exploited.
The United States admired Kipling and afforded him a
vast market lor his literary wares. But Kipling did not like
this country, partly because as a young writer he got no
hearing (and no job) as he was homeward bound from India
in the '80's. But he did marry an American woman, and later
lived for a time at Brattleboro, Vermont. The constant har
rassment of the importunate Americans finally drove him
to permanent residence in England. Even there he had to live
secluded, with not even a telephone in his home. Of modern
t English writers Kipling and Stevenson have been most ad
mired in this country. Both married Americans, both lived
- here for a time. And both had the expansive view which ap
pealed to the American mind.
Kipling's poetry had a distinct popular appeal. The stir
ring rhythm, the vigorous diction, and the warm sentiment
awoke response in the mind of the common man. To mention
titles of his poems is all that is necessary to prove their pop
ularity. There are "Mandalay", "The Recessional", "Gunga
Din", "Danny Deever," all of which are knon all over the
English-speaking world. His characters were of common
mould, -Tommy Atkins, the British soldier, "Iuzzy-Wuzzy";
and his themes were local and immediate. These qualities
may set limits to the endurance of his recognition but for
this generation they have won him glowing fame.
The poetry of Kipling's later years was not less virile
but lacked some of the catchy appeal of his earlier work. His
"Sons of Mary and Sons of Martha" provoked wide contro
versy. "Song of the French Roads" written in 1924 carried
much of the; old sweeping rhythm :
"Now praiae the gods of Time and Chance
That bring a heart's desire,
And lay the joyous roads of France
Once more beneath the tire."
For Kipling's passing perhaps nothing better from his
writings could be quoted than this :
When Earth's last picture is painted and the tubes are
twisted and dried,
- When the oldest colours hare faded, and the youngest
- critic Jhaa died,
We shall rest, and, faith, we gbe.ll need it lie down
1 ' for an eon or two,
Till the Master of All Good Workmen shall put us to
work anew.
'And only the Master shall praise ns, and only the
Master shall blame:
And no one shall work for money, and ho one shall
work for fame.
But each for the Joy of working, and each. In his
separate star,.
Sfiall' draw the Thing as he sees. It for the God of
, . things as They are!"
Business
FTlHERE are according to Dan and Bradstreet about, two
I million business enterprises in the United States. The
high figure in 1930 was 2,183,008. For 1934 the total was
1,973,900. But the "turnover" is far larger than the apparent
stability of the total number in business. Each year some
350,000 4o 500,000 new concerns start up ; f and each year
some 350,000 to 450,000 discontinue business. The changes
are thus nearly 20 per cent a
new businesses in recent years was 496,090 in 1925, and
tne greatest number of closed
The last five years more businesses have quit than started,
but the difference is not large.
The fact that a concern
Has gone bankrupt. In fad, according to the data of Dun and
Bradstreet, even in 1931, with
of concerns quitting did so without loss to creditors.
In 1926 Mark Sullivan
American independence, said there were 17 business units
that had been in continuous business since 1776 and in the
hands of descendants of the original owners, without break
in the family continuity. There are two concerns, The Fran
cis Perot's Sons Malting Company, founded in 1687 and J. E.
Rhoads & Sons in 1702, both of Philadelphia, still in active
operation. The oldest company on this continent is probably
the Hudson Bay Company which was chartered in 1670. The
average life of a business enterprise in this country is ap
proximately five and one-half years. Speaking of the prob
lems of preserving the health of a business Roy A. Foulke of
the Dun and Bradstreet organization, writes :
; ' "To the operating management of a successful business en
terprise, the decisions to be made,, the new ideas to be put Into
effect, the scientific research to be advanced, the old products to
be ever perfected, and new ones as well as old to be more widely
and intensively marketed, the manpower to be educated, the
- organization constantly to be improved, these and similar im
portant objectives are innumerable even though they change in
relative importance and intensity, daily."
The duty of management is to make decisions: to select
personnel, to use or refrain from using credit, to control
character and extent of inventory, to introduce new lines or
improve old ones, to expand or contract production and sales
force, to meet or anticipate competition, to settle problems
:of internal organization and of public relations. All of these
are taxing; and the pressures are extreme. The price of many
wrong decisions is failure. The rewards of success are some
times handsome. But the universal conclusion is that a major
test of a business is the quality of its management
Mister Hauptmann won't burn fer-another 30 days thus
causin all the newspaper fellers a chance to dig through the
morgue fer a better plctur of the gent. Roseburg Times.
On the contrary it postpones a trip to the morgue for a "better
picture of Bruno.
Warren Irwin, Portland legislator, proposes to have Peacock
spit moved. That would be lmpeealblo. But If Irwia wer placed on
North Head he could offset the effect of the oceaa gales and blow
the boats clear out to sea, .
We glean from Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt's column this bit: "This
morning I went to Mrs. Townsend'i musical." More important would
be news that Mr. Roosevelt' had gone to DrJ Townsend's class-' In
arithmetic. '
Tne Eugene News is devoting two long editorials to arguments
against the sales tax. Why not just put the matter in plain language:
the people don't want to pay the sales tax? - -
The Associated Seed company Is shipping out of Gervais S 0,0 09
pounda of onion seed this week. Measured in scents Just how. many
foul breaths is that the equivalent of T -
"Ellsworth may be alive on ice" says a Eugene News headline.
JThe antarctlc's refrigeration system proves a success.
' 11 ''Li
t If oMtfwf-Witor
Aasod
ated
for an Eon or Two'
Survival
year. The highest number of
concerns was 450,898 in 1930.
quits business is no proof that it
the worst record, 92.2 per cent
in reviewing the 150 years of
The Great Cane
of Politics 'r
By FRANK R. KENT.
Caayrigit IMS. ay TU BalUmws Sma'
Bread Prices -Cut
I Washington; Janl ffl
THERE is one school of Cpelitl
clans which feels that instead of
being resentful toward the Su
preme Coirt
-for ' destroying
the iworgTtaad
device pfr the
New eajkfor a
perfectly plan
ned. ; America,
Ut. - - Roosevelt
ban reason : to
,bo. politically
fTatetnL,,
! THOSE MIs-,
ions may X bare
hart hl pride
' anil YastlT lnH
jFrtak B Ktae creased the
confusion which Is the most .P-
paUlag feature or. ms aamini
Uon, bnt they, nerertheless, hy
rid him of two tremendous pou-
Mcal liabiUUee from wnicn um
could not hTe shaken .himself
loose in any other way Sueh l
the argument and It seems to be
sound. For example, there is no
dispute that before the coun -
Vi. NH A nneonatitntiOBal it
was in a state of dlslntegrttlon
and demoralisation, u naa
J 1sarlv In lt OblMtiVOS and the
country as whole was restive
under its ridiculous regimenta
tion. The assaults upon it came
from all sides and public senti
ment was growing more, nosw?
every day. It had become a hem-
ty load to carry. Its nnworka-
bility was apparent, anu jar.
Roosevelt was lucky to get rid of
it. His prediction of dire re
sults to follow its official death
were not fulfilled.
rvu iii. onnfmrr freed from fool
ish Federal interrention, business
bounded ahead. Nor am any
thing remotely resembling the
prediction of cut-throat competi
tion, wage reductions ana wora
hnnri lnira.iM1 rrwn A to DSSS. The
plain truth is that today no one
(except General jonnson ana mo
7000 who were on the payroll) re
grets the decease of NRA; no one
wants it back: no one wants a
nuhittitute. Moreover, no one
doubts that Mr. Roosevelt is oei
tar off nnliticallv than ha would
have been bad be bad to defend
XRA all through his campaign.
Pmhahiv Mr ir&rlev. the rreat
name caller, would admit that.
WHILE it is true AAA had not
sunk Into the completely discred
ited state of NRA, it was on Its
way. With the checkreceivlng
farmers (or most of them any
way), it was still popular, but
there was an increasing disbelief
in the soundness of its conception
and the ultimate benefit to agri
culture. In an article the other
day Mr. Walter Lippmann said
that AAA. though a justifiable
expedient, was bound in thelong
run to become an economic ana
oolitlcal monstrosity; Certainly
that is no over-statement.' CleaTly
AAA was approaching that condi
tion. A minority of tanners were
militantly against it. and the great
mass of consumers, pinched by
the increased cost of food, was
growing more and more resentful.
Blame for the High Cost of Liv
ing was laid squarely upon the
AAA philosophy of scarcity and
despite the strong support of the
farmers, it had become an experi
ment which had to be defended.
In brief, the political liability of
the AAA was becoming clearly re
cognized when the court knocked
it out. Also, as with NRA, the
predictions of disaster to follow
have not been borne out. There
has been no collapse in agricul
tural prices,' no widespread top
pling of standards.
ONE tendency toward lower pric
es has been noted, but not' of the
kind predicted. Yesterday a great
chain of grocery stores in Mis
souri announced that, because of
the abolition of the processing
tax, it would be possible to re
duce by 1 cent the cost to the
consumer of a loaf of bread. A
similar cut has been made in Chi
cago. In New York, it was said,
instead of cutting the cost, tho
size of the loaf would be in
creased, which amounts to the
same thing. If that is the sort
of price reduction to follow the
killing of AAA, the Supreme
Court decision will becoma very
popular with a large section of
the population.
LOOKING at' things from the po
litical angle, it does seem for
tunate for Mr. Roosevelt that his
two great experiments should
hare been ended by the court be
fore their complete economie im
possibility was more- fully dem
onstrated. It may be that out of
the present conferences, a sound
er, saner and legally valid plan
for helping the farmers will em
erge. Everybody will hope so. In
any event, if the price of bread
is reduced. It isn't going to be
easy to engender much bitterness
toward the six justices who sign
ed the majority report, nor make
heroes of the three who formed
the minority.
Twenty Years Ago
jrBBJur is. iota
- The Commercial club is unde
cided whether or " not to . take
movies in connection with Letter
week. There- Is snow on the
ground.
Some stenographers employed
by the sUte of New York make
only $4.10 a week.
' The bodies of Jose Rodrigues
and Miguel Baca-Valles, executed
villa leaders,- hare been placed
en -exhibition as examples in Ju
arez, Mexico.
Ten Years -Ago
Jannary 19. 102
Fred Williams was elected city
attorney: of Salem last night.
A golf course and $20,009
clubhouse are being discussed for
(a tract near Bronx's corners.
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:
5Bits for IFealifast
'fey E. J. hSndmcks
Ella McMunn and her v
mother; their funeral , . :. ,
services and their lives:
, , ; v s. -J r :
The jnatter in this column (or
Sunday, March X31": read la
part; ; - - '
"Ella McMann has probably re
ported more funerals and written
a greater number of column of
news on the passing- of people tin
the vicinity, .rSalem' JLhan ;ny I
living person."- - -. .-..
- "This was la line of service as
. worker on The Statesman, dur
ing which time that branch ei
the daily round of duties came as
one of her assignments, a eustom-
ary;praictlce. la eonduetta aewa-
papers.
"Some years ago. when .she
contributed sketch entitled.
Thoughu for Mother's Day, ; by
Ella McMunn appropriate tn
time to 1 the theme in the general
mind on the date of publication,
she could net have had" a premon
ition that the skit might form a
nirt of the text for thr funeral
sermon of Jier own beloved and
devoted; mother. That article
follower;"" ; ; -
" We had company for dinner
yesterday, and Mama got-out the
white tablecloth (there being Just
one, ; it Is known- as ' 'the - table
cloth), and w had the table set
In the dining room, although we
generally eat In the kitchen, and
the 'attractive centerpiece was a
large bowl of most delicious rhu
barb that made yon think of plum
blossoms and Paradise.
. "Our guest dined with us at
Mama's Invitation, very informal
ly. In fact, the first
that' I knew about It it
was when I came back from
the mail box. and saw his neat
bundle of blankets on the 'set
tee' in the front yard. (It isn't
really a 'settee,' but a pew out
of the church at Hayesville.)
"I lifted the blankets off the
seat the moment I saw them, and
cast them on the ground. Well,
you know what a person's first
impression would be.
"m "b
"Then I went, into the house,
where the young man was seated
in my Father's leather chair read
ing the Country Gentleman, but
before I could grasp the details of
the general 'ensemble,' I saw
Mama writhing- and twisting In
anxiety to have a private word
with me in the kitchen.
" 'He looks like Eddie she
said. And then I saw the tender,
wistful smile on her face, the
look that comes only to mothers
who have watched the grave close
over their own strong boys; and
Health
By Royal S. Copeland, M J).
WHAT PLANS are made for the
arrival , of the expected -- baby!
Whether or not it is the first In the
family makes no difference. Every
body is excited anyhow. .
Many problems are associated with
babyhood. They relate to the cloth
ing, the prevention of illness, and the
training of the child in good habits.
The child's mental, as well as its
physical health, depends largely on
the habits acquired during the first
year of life. It is during this period
that the baby grows fastest. It learns
to laugh, play, stand and make vari
ous sounds. Its feeding, sleeping and
elimination habits are formed. When
right habits are acquired early they
will be useful to the child the rest of
his life.
At birth, the average baby weighs
approximately seven pounds and
measures about twenty inches. Few
changes take place in the life of the
Infant during the first few weeks.
But by the end of the first month it
raises the head and brings the little
fingers to its mouth.
The infant begins to recognize
mother and others In the Some. In
the third month it makes known its
likes and dislikes. By the fourth or
fifth month It develops purposeful
movements, and is able to hold a toy
or other object.
Train Baby Slowly
By the sixth month the Infant
holds its bead erect and is able to ait
up with little support At the eighth
month it creeps, changes position
without difficulty and is capable of
sitting up alone. Occasionally a baby
is able to stand up at this age, but
this is unusual.
As a rule the normal infant is able
to raise itself to a standing position
by the tenth month. Shortly there
after it begins to walk. Of course,
it takes time before It gains enough
confidence to walk without assist,
ance.
Before ; it is a year old the baby
should be trained to have regular
bowel movements. By this time a
few teeth win have been cut Or
dinarily weaning has already begun.
Do not become alarmed because
your baby is unable to do the "usual"
things at a given age. But if the
child is not making normal progress
In growth, and development. It is ad
visable to talk with your physician.
Failure to walk by the seventeenth
to twentieth month should arouse
suspicion of some physical disturb
ance. Late standing and walking
may be due to rickets. It Is always
best for the Infant aad growing chad
to report ; regularly to the physician.
Answers to Health Queries
Mrs. L. H. O 1 have been taking
and tablets for the relief ef
gat pains, These tablets afford great
comfort.. Are they apt to soove
harmful In any way? X: Is It safe
te use a mod solution of salt water
In the nose?
. . -
A. Ne However it would be wen
to find the cause of the trouble.
Watch your diet aad elimination. For
farther particular aaad m aaU-ad-dresaed,
stamped envelope and repeat
your Question, , I: Have, your doctor
tdvise yon regarding treatment of
ids kind. . It ta never wise te at-
empt aelt-ned!catin.
Dr. Copeland it plai fe muieer :
t04rfe from reader echo tend ,
midreMaed itomped ewvelopet with
their enesttons. AH .novirtes
shotddjbe eddrniised fe kin t
cere of tXU newspaper.
" (CopyrlgXt, lilt, Jt-F. , fsttj ...
so I walked around the house and
gathered up the bundle of blan
kets and put It back on the 'set
tee'.
J--" V '
"Then J spent an hour hunting
aome socks for his wet feet, and'
found also a package of 'Camels'
Eddie had left when he went on
that last long Journey.
Our guest started, away, late
la . the 'afternoon Mama walked
with hlmjto the gate nd watched
him 'out: :t :alght, .while; ia,i hU
worn poJcet Jref. carried one of
her dollars,, although ske had
just two before he came. -
H is somebody's dear- boy
ska said. Tes. one of the wander-
inr boys whose mother sit at
the window and. listen for their
step at the door. A' boy who win
come ; back 4 when his v mother's
tired hands are folded forever on
her breast and a wreath of white
lilies is on the fresh earth above
them
.. V
Continning the 1131 article:
"By request. Rer. B. Earle Park
er of the First Methodist church
of Salem, conducting the funeral
services for Ella MeMunn'a moth
er, read the above lines at the'
Clough'Barrick mortuary on Fri
day afternoon. In the presence of
sorrowing relatives and neigh
bors .and townspeople who knew
the good woman In life and have
known of the attachment between
her talented daughter and the
parent that has been so intimate
and mutually Interdependent
through the long years. especi
ally the past four, during which
time Mrs. McMunn had been for
the most part bedfast, and Ella
herself suffering afflictions sap
ping her physical strength almost
to the breaking point."
H
Rev. Parker had preceded the
reading of the Mother's Day
sketch with the verses from the
25th chapter of Matthew, in
which, two days before Gethse
mine, the Master is described as
having delivered to His distract
ed disciples almost His final mes
sage before the Last Supper and
the Calvary crucifixion. In part
S
"For I was an hungered, .and
ye gave me meat: I was thirsty.
ana ye gave me drink: I was a
stranger, and ye took me in:
"Naked, and ye clothed me:
was sick and ye visited me: I
was in prison, and ye came unto
me. . . . Verily I say unto you.
inasmuch as ye have done it unto
one of the least of these my breth
ren, ye have done it unto me."
S
That familiar text, one of the
core texts of the body and mean
ing of Christianity as truly
taught, together, with the little
story or toe treatment of "some
body's dear boy," brought im
premptn into the solemn setting.
helped to make up a moving serv
ice for Ella McMunn's mother. '
(Continued on Tuesday.)
The Safety
Valve
Letters from
Statesman Readers
McGOABTY BILL NOT SATIS
FACTORY TO TOWNSEXDITE8
To the Editor Statesman:
Kindly permit me space in the
Statesman to comment on the
speech delivered by Congressman
Mott in the high school auditor
ium in Salem Tuesday evening,
Dec. 17, 1935. Quoting from an
Albany paper I find Mr. Mott on
Nov. 7 th before being allowed to
make his speech to the Townsend
club was asked to answer the fol
lowing questions: Do you belong
to a Townsend club? The answer
was "yes". Do yon believe the
Townsend plan is economically
sound? The answer was "yes
Do you think S200.00 per month
is too much to pay each pension
er? The answer was "yes". Do
you intend to devote the powers
you hold through your office to
ward the enactment "7) f the Town
send old age pension plan, or are
you pledged to other interests?
The Intent this question appar
ently was, are you for or against
tne Townsend plan. The answer
was "yes". If the Townsend plan
means any thing at all it means
1200.00 per month for each citi
zen 60 years old and over and it
is to be paid by a transaction or
sales tax. According to Dr.
Townsend himself testifying be
fore a congressional committee
this tax shall be paid on each
transaction, even the farmer who
sells a pig and the housewife
wno sells a doren eggs will be
required to pay the tax. $200.00
per month paid by a transaction
or sales tax. Is the Townsend plan
old age pension plan. Nothing
else and nothing less. The rate
of taxation has nothing to do with
the plan. The $200.00 per month
Is the milk in the cocoannt and
the rate of taxation must be high
enough to raise the stipulated
amount. It may be 1 per cent.
z per cent or 10 per cent. No
body knows what the tax will
have to be; not even a Townsend-
Ite.
The -wise heads among the
Townsenditee have declared that
$200.00 per month is absolutely
necessary to restore prosperity; to
put every able bodied man to
work at a living wage; any lesser
amount would not do and would
result In a total failure of the
plan, like the. swimmer who be
came exhausted and sank almost
within reach of the shore; so If
we are going ta restore prosper
ity we must have enough money
to do it with, all all. Ia the) eyes
of an average Townsendlte what
doee a. few billion dollars more
or less amount to anyway. Yon
will notice Mr. Mott gall that, in
answer. to the third question:
$200.00 was too much of a pen
sion, so one can readily see he is
an unsafe reed tor the Townsend
ites to lean upon. Mr. Mott, if
quoted correctly, said that the Mc
Groarty bill Is the Townsend plan.
This Is not true and they bear no
relation to each other except they
are both' supported by transac
tion or sales tax.- The McGroarty
GH SCHOOL vTRiGEDY"
CHAPTXSX -J
Julie Uartln, at 17, becomes an
"inside" observer of the fqliee lav
veetlgstioa of the sawder of her
former French teacher,. the pretty:
Const sure ("Connie") Sinclair,
Who .had bees ahot dead 1 ltr
apartment? a party thai far va.
known; Jnlle la on the-Inside"
because after school hoars she is
ofiee asaistaat to Principal Per
kine and the latter has detailed her
as stenographer for Police Inspec
tor OSrlea, who is bosy rratrrfning
suspects aad others. Among thoeo
qnrtioaed, eg wanted for question
ing; are Julie herself and her boy
f Head, Dicky Ward, who was with
her when she returned a pea to
"Connie" a few hoars before the
tragedy lira. Sardoni, manager of
the apartment house ia which
Ceusae". - was killed : . Principal
Perkins s Uelvia Wright, the
school's "problem boy": Hyta. a
Filipino Janitor, who had been dis
charged for insolence to "Connie"
aad who was smaslai since her
death: Brace Lloyd, Iwr former
finaee, who refuses to say .whore
ha wan oa tho Boarder night: and
Oeorge Caxringtoa, also reported
to be a former suitor, who is now
married. The Utter seems to have
a perfect alibi for the fatal nirht
bat he admits to the police that hie
wife has been solsaiag since that
svesdnc. Julie's father hat become
ccnseTfer Lloyd, The authorities
are aasdoae to tad lira, Caniat
too. Ueanwhlle Inspector OTBriea
urges Jnlle to keep bar eyed aad
oars open bat . her mouth, shut
tight. He appoints her his confl
dantlal aaalatant at the high fcehooL
laughingly calling hinieell "Sher
lock Holmes- U nen ana juwe,
bis charming Hiss Watsoa."
Dicky Ward ialealons of the hand
some Bruce Lloyd who ia Invited to
the If artia home for dinner, im
Maitlatalv after which all present
are stirred by the news that Hym
the Filipino has been found ia San
Francisco. The harmless looking
little Oriental readily tells the po
lice that he discovered Misa Sin
clair dead when be called to ask
her to use her influence so he could
keep his job. He said he approached
her door twice that night but did
not try to enter because she bad
Jiit.n Tfca third rime, she did
not answer bis knock so he opened
the unlocked door and fled the
tragic scene ia a panic of fear over
w.t. mnMtaL He waa locked op
farther inquiries. Uean-
whUe; Bruce Lloyd avoids "t
by agreeing to etay at the home of
i.l.Amd Attorney Martin, who
irons bis daughter, Julie, by re
marking to her mother that "this
nice voong man" (as Mrs. Martin
terms wS did Vione Miss Sin
clair the day before ane was mu
dared. " "'
, CHAPTER X
Dad went on: Well, anyway,
this nice young man certainly tele
phoned Miss Sinclair from Bacra
numto en October 19th. She must
have been in class when the call
tit school that morning.
ha did not reach her. What
"No, they dont call teachers out
iaa mdesa tt Is an emergency.
They take the number, or the opera
tor's number if the call is long dis
tance, and the teacher can telephone
km K ia-fraa"
"Well, evidently Lloyd : didn't
want to wait, j he-made the call
frsm a nav station in a hotel. He
said he would call again; Bet he
MA fint
"What waa be doing in Sacra
mento t" wondered Mother.
"W dont know yet. Lloyd was
troestkned about it thii afternoon.
h admitted maldnz the call, said
he was driving through the town,
but did not have time to stop were
1Why did he call her?" I wanted
ta Irmrw.
"He evaded that, just saying that
it waa rather common for fiances to
can their betrothed. O'Brien could
get nothing more out of him on that.
nor wonid ne say wnat Dusmess no
had in that part of the state. Hs
is an insurance man. yon know, and
he might have been there for any
number of reasons.1
"But he won't talk to yon either r
"No. He is the most difficult client
I have ever had."
bill provides for a 2 per cent tax
on all transactions with certain
exemptions, but makes no provis
ion for any specific amount' of
the pension while the Townsend
plan demands J 200. 00 per month.
Mr. Molt Is an ardent supporter
of the McGroarty bill and if re
elected will work diligently for
its enactment' into law. As I un
derstand this bill it provides for
a 2 per cent tax on all transac
tions with certain exemptions,
from the amount' collected; all ex
penses of the administration of
the law (collecting and distribut
ing the. funds) shall be taken
the balanee, after determining
the number who are entitled to a
pension will bo divided among
them. This bill has been ap
proved by Dr. Townsend and as
he is the GOD inspired leader.
guide, and mentor of the Town
sendites his word is law and gos
pel to them. Let us consider
briefly the bill as a law in oper
ation. Nowhere in this bill la
there any guarantee of that most
vital feature of the Townsend
plan which is necessary to re
store prosperity; make everybody
happy, depopulate our jails, re
form schools, training schools,
poor farms, etc.; namely, 1200.00
per month foreach person in the
U. S. 69 years old and over. k No
place In the bill is there any guar
antee of any amount to the pen
sioner.' It does however, fix the
tax rate and will require the ser
vices of aa army of tax collectors,
distributors and inquisitors whose
pay will come first and no doubt
will absorb a goodly share of the
funds collected aad then the bal
ance (If any) will . bo divided
among tho old ago pensioners.
Can yon feature anything like it!
Imagine if you can oar pensioned
Civil. Spaniaa. and world war
veterana waiting till all other ob
ligations of the government are
paid out of taxes collected aad
then dividing the balance among
them. Feature If you can our gov
ernor patiently waiting " , and
meekly accepting a portion of
what is left. Those of ns who
hare had tho pleasure of seeing
the governor la action can Imag
ine about wha would happen,
I am sure tho McGroarty . bill
as a substitute for the Townsend
?ilan will not salt the Townsend
to unless he is dumber than I
think he is.
- T. T. McCLELLAN.
Wall" aaid If other firmly. T
should just tell him that he would
have to riva mo his fall confidence
or I would have to give np the easeJ
"Oh. Dad. yon wont do taau wiu
your I cried.
DUUMwaaUBeu.
Na." ha anawared. "I went do
that, fiat year mother is right, I
should taxe tnat sxana. urauwray
I would. Bat somehow I have faith
ia Brace Lloyd. I believe that when
he knows .mo better fr whenthe
righv time cornea, h wiUU me Jfce
I was terribly xeaeted. OX coarse
wanted thO murderer broorht te
iitlM. 4utt t waaa nositrH that
Bruea wslrmoceuaX was that
my own brother had no connection
with tha eoaev Little did I realise
then what a sinister stmue that
waa I -'- .-i-. 'i ;- . -
- "TarthesmoraT; continued Dad.
his next action wan hardly that OZ
kb who contemplates murdering
a girL Hs wired bar sowers from
Sacramento." I
"What kind of flowers? I asked.
"Were they yellow rosesf
"1 dont know. Curly." Dad was
amused, i '
"Tea Bee." I exnlained. 1 aaw
some yellow rosea oa bar table the
afternoon Dicky and I ware there."
The ooliee bad aot checked op oa
the kind ef fkrwers. it seemed, but
later that Droved to bo rather Im
portant. We were still talking about
Braes when be came. After that, x
course, we tried to make tho eea
verzatjoa revolve aboot anything:
else. Mother was awfully sweet to
him. Dad was casual and poimeauy
bant in his contributions. I told
e stories about school that ha
found amusing. ;;
Than Allen came borne. He did
look awfully white aad strained, I
thought, and I realized If other had
a right to worry over him. His thin
ness and pallor and- distress were
made all the more emphatie because
of Brace's size, tan, and general
rood health. In spite of the fact
that Bruce was obviously worried,
he did not have that desperate look
Allen wore. Of the two, I most ad
mit that my brother appeared the
more grief -stricken. Brace never
did show much sorrow. X thought
at the time, however, that it was
rather natural for an - innocent
young man who suddenly finds him
self suspected of murder to be con
cerned chiefly with his own problem.
Allen did not star loos. We
lighted the log fire tn the fireplace
and the four ef ns sat around drink
ing chocolate and eating oome of
Mothers scrumptious cake, it was
all very coxy, homelike, intimate.
Brace seemed to relax under the
snell and arraduaDv emerre from
hia mask. I thought him the most
charming person I had ever seen in
my life. Mother and Dad ware
equally impressed. X think. I dont
believe any one of us had any amo
tion about him but that of affection
and pity. He certainly won ns com
pletely.
After the warmth ef the third
cup of chocolate. Bruce bronrht un
tne suDiect er Connie himself. He
. m mm . m. . . 5
then told us the story of bis lore
affair with her the summer before.
Brace Lloyd did not tell ns the
whole story that night, indeed, he
never told ns aS of it, naturally.
But during the days he spent with
ns bits of it came out. Hia romanea
with Connie was the only part of the
whole affair he waa willing to talk
about nt alL and it seemed to give
him some relief to discuss it. Of
course, I was awfully interested. I
felt that I was living right through
it with him. I thought about it a
lot as it waa the nearest I had ever
come to a real lore story. Ia the
end all the bits fitted together, that
is up to October. After that things
became less glamorous. This is the
story as l reconstructed ft:
As Connie looked out of her bed
room window for the last time, out
over the blue waters of Pnret Sound.
her stiff upper lip weakened, and a
few tears escaped fax spite of her
aeterminatioa. This house up lathe
hills was the only home aha had
known, the permanent rock to which
her flying ship always came home,
as it were. Lofe without it was ro-
ing to be strange, ananehored. Of
JUtTTMA C..WU 1 i i m..
I there, her friends and family would
To the Editor:
We are told that prohibition
was a failure because it was im
possible to enforce it; that if men
want liquor they will have it re
gardless of law. So we have Re
peal. Now, under repeal, the
liquor laws are not' enforced. Nat
urally they are not for the same
reason that prohibition was not
enforced. The majority of the of
ficers, now as then, are ruled by
the liquor interests and are very
proficient in being blind when
the law is violated. . ,
There is one way that the
laws could be enforced. That is
simply to arrest the officers for
allowing the law to be violated
and the city, county, state and
federal officials who allow the po
lice to fail in their duty instead
of arresting tho poor fellows who
become intoxicated. After the
officers would spend a tew
months" In jail their official eye
sight would be improved and they
would bo able to find the boot
legger and others who are diso
beying the law.
According to the present liquor
law it Is unlawful to sell liquor
to an intoxicated person bnt it Is
being done every dy in the beer
halls and whiskey stores. Strange
isn't it that the police can not see
anything like that but they can
see some unfortunate, person who
gets noisy or quarrelsome because
he has had too much booze?
Laws are of no avail unless we
have officers who have real back
bone and nerve enough to per
form their duties. Why net weed
out the spineless officers?
ENID L. JOHNSON,
Monmouth, Ore. . "
Name Census Takers J
. , For Polk Business
MONMOUTH. Jan. If Delmar
Serafford. Monmouth, and Glenn
Wicks, Dallas, have been appoint
ed enumerators lor the business
and manufacturing census - of
Polk county. This Information Is
being compiled as part of the fed
eral census for use by the de
partment of commerce, and Is to
bo a confidential report, Oren C.
Davis, district supervisor, bureau
of census, made the appointments
while in Dallas Saturday. Scat
ford la WOrklnr tn this mmmml.
land Wicks at Dallas.
b iww f ,
always be Bear, but the lovely.
naooth CXe of her girinooa was gone.
Ta being horribly sentimental!
sbe thought to herself. "I've got to
man attt ef it. Hundreds ox airls
have taught school before, aad Eua- "J
dreds more would envy.me my rood
b bow. Meat people -wouia uunx
other and .Dad iocky sV
raged a car and a beautifully fm
Bbhed onartment from tho wreck.
Allen, eld girl, Ufa- see if your
French will stand up under the at
tack of American youth as well as
tt aaed to uaoer was ox -ue raruiaai
dressnu&atn,"' ' ' v ' -'"I
r Without looking back, she gath-
ered up her bag and gioves and
hastened 'down the broad stairs to '
whore her father and tho trunk ex-
nreasman'
au reeoy, my aeax i
-Qatta,"- - -si
The ba
baggageman took the last
ate kiaaid her father, who
has-. She
hogged her tmdeTstaadingiy, aad
they west wot to the waiting taxi.
Tho bow apartment was pleasant
and comfortable, eat Bear the uni
versity. The Sinclairs felt that they
had economized to tho last rang of
the social ladder; but many a ton
varsity professor aad his wife had
looked at tho same Place with lon
tag and envr. Omnia did set rexaala
there long, ror numy Aunt Hannah
wrote one of her famous letters. It
began, "SeroaVa lost your money,"
and it ended with as iavitatioa ta
Connie. .
Aunt Hannah waa a true ocean-
trie Host eccentrics are either
wealthy or pooz, as the middle ranre
cannot afford peculiarities. Aunt
oannan, xortunatery, was rich, eao
had taken Connie to Europe en her
nrst xrrp at sixteen aad, so far as
Aunt Hannah was concerned, the
sir! had never chanced. Aunt Han
nah was spending July at Deep Sea .
Lodge, a quiet place on the oceaa
near Del Alento ta California. As
Connie was coming to teach ia Cali
fornia ia August, it seemed suitable
that ane spend a lew weeks with
Aunt Hannah.
Connie did not have any fllnaion
about aeeurina a rood time out of
the visit. She knew from experience
that Aunt Hannah was a difficult
person and that Deep Sea Lodge waa
no doubt a very quiet place. She de
cided to go, however, to please her
aunt, m cojoj n awimming, ana vo
get away from Seattle f gr a while.
it was there she met Bruce Lloyd.
Brace was from PlifladetDhia. an
insurance man by vocation and a
painter by avocation. He had the ar
tist's eye for line and color, and
enough spiritual depth to see 'what
might be the "inner soul" of thinrs.
around him. But ha could get on
canvas only the line and color. While
studying in Paris three years before, .
he hod realised this limitation. In
stead of remaining there to become
just one more bid artist, be re
turned home to become a good in
surance man. In two years' time he
was transferred to the coast, made
his home in ban r ranciseo, end
painted during his leisure time.
Deep Sea Lodge was not far from
the artists' colony at Carmel where
Bruce had made friends. He liked
to be near them, but not too near
when he was painting.
The Lodge, therefore, suiwed his
purpose admirably. It was a ram-
oung, xwo-exory noiei duux in Span
ish style. The rooms surrounded a
large patio with a pool in the center.
There were tables aad chairs cov
ered with gay umbrellas, Chinese
servants silently bearing tinkling
glasses, and tho brilliant sunshine
and. flowers glowing- everywhere.
Bruce, who bad known many beauti
ful spots in the world, loved this
one. To him it spelled romance. So
it was particularly fitting that it
was azainat this background that
he first saw Connie.
She' looked that day like the six
teen that Aunt Hannah still con
sidered her to be. She had been
playtnsr tennis and now was rest in?
against a green wicker chaise kmgue
oy tne pool, tier dress waa white
linen, rather abort, aleeveless, back
less. Her hair was blown into
childish disarray, and her feet were
still clad ta tennis shoes. Curled
up oa the chair, she might even
have been fourteen. Bruce'a first
thought was, "That would be a good
painting."
(To Be Continued)
CawrisU. llli. XJaf rnbra ajaekat. bh.
Bingham Trustee
Of Portland Bank
Mason Bingham, grandson -of
the late C. A. Lewis, one of the
founders of the Security Savings
and trust company, was elected to
the board of directors of the First
National bank of Portland at the
annual directors meeting January
Mr. Bingham is one of the three
members of the Multnomah coun
ty tax supervising and conserva
tion commission and was formerly
an officer of the General grocery
company. He is now associated
with the Lewis Investment com-.
pany. Members of the Lewis fam
ily are substantial stockholders In
the First National bank of Port
land. Other directors of the Portland
Institution are C. F. Adams. Burt
Brown Barker. H. F. Cabell.
Blaine B. Coles, C. C. Colt, E.
Frant. L.'H. Giannlnl, E. B. Mac
Naughton. V. VPendergrass. W.
J. Seutert Carl F. Wente, M. C.
Woodard..
Alaska PicUires WiU
Be Sllown Sunday Night
WOODBURN, Jan. 18 Stera
opUcoa pictures of Alaska wfll
be Shown at the Church of God
Sunday evening at o'clock. Most
of the pictures were taken by Rev.
Adcock; secretary of the Board of
Homo Missions aad Rev. Patter
son, missionary In the Katannska
valley. There are picturea of
mines, beautiful gardens, gla
ciers, famous towns, and one of a
f unset that wag nied by many
photographers, i An account will
lie be ftraa f the colony that
settled ia Matanuska valley. .
To Settle Score-
MONMOUTH, Jan. 18 Mon
mouth high school hoopers will
bo host to the A and B teama of
Albany high here Tuesday night.
The Linn county quint set the lo
cal boys back twice last season, so
there are ancient as well as pres
ent scores to reckon with on the
coming occasion.