;fae OltEGON STATESMAN, Salem,; Oregon,' Saturday Morning, June 23, 1938
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"ATo Faror Sway I; No Far SAafl Aff" .
From First Statesman, March 2S 1851
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Governments'"; March On
TyE observe some comment respecting the moderation in
f the republican platform -when it comes to many specific
planks." For instance the tariff plank is by no means
the rigid protectionist proposal of former years. The curren
cy plank is not the rock-ribbed gold plank that might have
been expected. Relief does not propose letting people starve,
as republican opponents have claimed was-the party's atti
tude. In agriculture need for restoring and maintaining farm
prosperity is clearly recognized.
To a certain extent this means that the republican party
is "liberalized." To another degree it means that the develop
ments are in line with numerous trends in republican thought
in late years, notably on the tariff. Fundamentally it means
however that in a democracy it is rarely practical or feasible
to turn back the clock of time. Like the famous fall of Hump-ty-Dumpty,
not all the king's horses and men could put him
together again. - :-:fV'-;"i;;;:-; -:i: .,'--
. - In brief some of the features of the new deal are a "fait
accompli', a deed completed. When the dollar was deval
ued even the staunch advocates of sound money and a dollar
convertible into gold never proposed repealing the law and
putting more grains of gold back "in the dollar. Thus devel
opmentsin and of themselves became factors which modify
situations. Even a wholly different philosophy and concep
tion of government must start now, not with 1932 but with
1936. The formulas to be applied today are those that suit the
hour, not those of 1932. The democrats, it is recalled, didn't
let the 1932 formulas stand six months in action.
A new republican administration would proceed to li
quidate many of the alphabetical agencies and the efforts of
government to remake the world, like a restaurant short or
der. But some of the material would be continued and util
ized. One of the most potent agencies in the Roosevelt ad
ministration has been the RFC, a Hoover method of meeting
the depression- . - . . . . : . -
It is regrettable in many ways that reaction with change
of administration stops as quickly as it does. .. The new. bu
reaus grow entrenched until it becomes impossible to dis
lodge them. It's a pity a real revolution doesn't strike the
national capital to clear out the dead wood in the federal es
tablishment. Thus far the net result of most political over
turns is to spawn a few more commissions. -
The crux of the question before the country is whether
the people want Mr. Roosevelt and his lackeys to run the
show for another four years; or Mr. Landon and his group
now known as the "Young Turks." The difference is one of
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cuiyiiaaia us vcu s lucua. ou ixi u uuuaaug uiai a iciurii ui.
republican administration means to set up political machine
ry as of 1932 or 1928 or 1924 that is as absurd as expecting
Mr. Wilson afterlhe war could put the world back in its for
mer status. Whose ideas, whose attitudes, whose conceptions
of government; whose personal character and background ap
peal to you most for the next four years? That's the heart of
the presidential contest.
Defense of the Liberal
LIBERALISM has been under heavy fire from hard-boiled
skeptics, from ingrained conservatives and from extreme
radicals whose formula for reform is force. It is there
fore heartening to hear a defense of liberalism from a very
eminent authority in politicahscience, Dr. Harold W. Dodds,
president of Princeton university. Dr. Dodds in his bacca
laureate address atTrinceton gave a fair analysis of liber
alism and its function in American society. In part he said:
"Liberals,' therefore, hare not feared to use tbe af Urinative "
power of state, as the chief instrument of social regulation, to
prevent tbe -concentration and abuse of private powers which
tend to accumulate in any society. "While these operations of
government hare frequently been called socialistic, the dominant
spirit behind them has never been socialistic in any accurate
sense. The genius of America and of western Europe has not
been collectivistic. . .
"That under Communism Irresponsible power will be exer
cised in the public interest is merely an improbable assertion
which all experience denies, when 'self-elected individuals, no
matter how virtuous they think themselves to be, claim the pow
er of life and death over others because of their superior capa
city of the purity of their motives, then, at Montesquieu pointed
out, virtue itself hath need cf limitations.
"Liberalism rejects ' dialectical materialism as a philos
ophy and scorns its practical program of revolution, terror and
dictatorship. The liberal denies that a method, in itself repre
' hensible and inconsistent with the goal to be attained, can never
accomplish a morally acceptable purpose. History is too rich in
disastrous examples of attempts by zealous and even altruistic
people to exercise peculiar and absolute power over others to
convince me that possession of irresponsible power can remain
beneflcient" . , - -. ,
It is true that the term liberal is loose, and often is
claimed by persons with very narrow views. But in the
sense of encouraging human freedom and the free play of
the human mind it deserves support and defense when under
attack. The spirit of America is that of freedom, and the
agencies which stifle freedom in economics or in politics are
alien to the historic American tradition.'
. Propaganda Machines
IF the prevailing practice of ghost writing and publicity bu
reaus in federal bureaus continues we may expect fight
ing in the next war to be accompanied by mimeographs
describing the scenes and ballyhooing the performers. Each
general will have his own press representative who will send
out daily bulletins to the papers telling what the brigade or
division is planning to dp next day, what they, did today.
They will mail advance copies of ghost-written speeches by
the generals to the soldiers.; They will do their utmost, to
make it clear that, their particular command is doing a great
work, but needs greater appropriations to accomplish its
objectives. v .... ' . , ' . -
Of course the last war had its bureau of information for
dissemination of information, much of it direct propaganda.
But the press agent methods of modem bureaucrats has
been greatly developed and refined since the war. reaching
its peak at the present time with so many officials competing
with eacn other in ushering in
reason why the generals and
publicity experts the same as
It would of course complicate the problem of who won
the war after it was all over.
Editor Lars Bladine of the
been touring the provinces back in his old home country, in going
to and from the Cleveland convention. He concludes a letter to his
paper as follows: 'vv- " ; '
"For fire hundred miles, all the way from Detroit to eastern
Iowa one drives through corn fields. On the way westward we
will driver through several hundred miles more of corn fields
before encountering the desert One cannot help wondering Just
where all of this corn goes and to what use it can be put. Of
course we all know that good tender beef is hard to produce
without corn but certainly there are not cattle enough in the
-country to consume the hundreds of millions of bushels grown
annually."- - v
Ever'htar about Peoria, and its product Lars?
Almost every city in the state has its points of interest to tour
ists. LaGrande has the Wallowa mountains. "Switzerland of Amer
ica." Fend has the lava fields and caves.-Med ford has Crater lake
Hood River has '.t Hood and
xie. Silverton has Silver Creek falls. Grants Pass has Oregon caves
Other cities have their attractions.
have the scenic treasures that are
eationland. - .
the abundant life. There's no
admirals shouldn't have their
TVA and Dr. TugwelM
McMinnvllle Telephone-Register, has
the valley. Eugene has the McKen-
Bundle them all together and you
Oregon, the prime summer ya-
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The Great Ga
of Politics
By FRANK R. KENT
Copyright 1935. by The Biltlmsr, Cos
Perturbed Publicity
SOMETHING -appears to have
happened to the Administration's
publicity department. Either its
slick and some
what overrated
chief, infected
by bis own poi
son, has slow-
ed down, or he
.was not pre
pared for t h e
outcome of the
" Cleveland con
vention, which
was distinctly
: disappoint log
to New Deal
hopes, b u U t
. upon the belief
mas ft, East that Republi
cans would make jackassess of
themselves.
OR THERE has been friction
within the inner circle. Or there
has been a seepage of New Deal
confidence which has greatly les
sened the cocky assurance with
which the propaganda formerly
was purveyed. Perhaps a com
bination of all these things and
some more . has caused the lack
of coordination or even coher
ence which characterises the out
put of the last few - days. - In
any event it is Impossible not to
notice that It has been marked
by a confusion of thought as well
as Ineptitude not heretofore as
sociated with this branch of New
Deal activity.
IT RATHER lends substance to
the theory that the reason Mr.
Farley and his literary aides have
seemed preeminent In the fields of
propaganda and politics was more
because things were running their
way and they had no real com
petition than because of any over
whelming talents of their own. On
aa ehbing tide they would seem
Just ordinary fellows. Put them
up against a stiff fight and they
would not' appear formidable at
all. Perhaps it does them an in
justice, but there Is a general
suspicion that, to use a prize-fight
phrase, they "cant't take it. Far
the last tew years they have been
giving blows, getting' son in re
turn and having a glorious time.
It remains to be seen how they
look on the receiving end. In any
event, they certainly have not
been functioning with any degree
of efficiency since the Landon
Knox ticket was named.
FOR EXAMPLE, here is a partial
list of the extraordinary contra
dictions which have emanated
from spokesmen of the New Deal
concerning the Republican plat
form: 1. The platform is reactionary.
2. The platform Is radical.
3. The platform was dictated!
by the ''special interests.
4. The platform was I largely
dictated by Senator Borah.
5. The platform was largely
dictated by Mr. Hearst.
6. The platform was dictated
by Mr. Hoover.
7. The platform Indorses the
New Deal.
8. The platform does not in
dorse the New Deal.
IT APPEARS Impossible that a
declaration as clear as the one
adopted and concerning the draft
ing of which there has been no
secret whatever, should be sub
jected to so many bewildering in
terpretations from the Roosevelt
supporters. It does seem indic
ative of a more or less perturbed
state of uind. While it has Teen
said that confusion is the symbol
of the New Deal, It has not here
tofore extended to the publicity
of the National Committee. That
has been definitely directed and
apparently under control. If It
really Blips, the true picture of
what has been going on in Wash
ington may permeate to the peo
ple. Once it does and they get a
clear look at the ineptitude, in
capacity and waste behind the
propaganda screen, it is apt to
have a considerable effect on the
election.
WHILE ON THE subject of pub
licity it may be worth pointing
out that Mr. Farley got a dual
reaction to his most recent out
burst, which may have an effect
upon him. First, he was savagely
jumped upon by several newspap
ers friendly to the President. They
Implored him to stop talking.
pointing out he was not only bor
ing people but losing Mr. Roose
velt votes. Second, he was given
a fine literary trouncing by Mr.
John Hamilton, the new Repub
lican chairman, who, f lgurativelv
speaking, slapped Mr. Farley all
around the ring. Heretofore these
Farley statements have gone un
answered. Mr. Farley has had
things pretty much his own way
It seems that that time Is over,
The interesting thing about the
Hamilton statement was that It
was by far the best written that
has come from any -Republican
source in three years. It seems to
mean that the. Republican com
mittee at last has gotten itself a
real director of publicity for
whom the need was very great.
J. J. Weidman Is
Called to Beyond
TALBOT. Jnn' 19 John Ja
Qb Weidman. age 79,- died at the
home of his datiehtr Mm lake
Gilmour Thursday afternoon. Mr.
yy eidman was; born in Switzerland
in 1857. He came to this rnnntrr
when a vounr man of SI -roars
old. He has been a resident of
the Bilyeu Den community in
luinn county lor many years.
He Is surrired by his widow
Ellen, and two danrhters. Mrs
ROSA Gilmour nf Talhnt n1 Mn
Anna Burton of Albany, several
grandchildren and a host of
friends.
Funeral services will be held
Snnday afternoon at the Bilyeu
uen cemetery.
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Bits for Breakfast
By It J. HENDRICKS
Dick Smith the "Kid" (-2 0-3
character la t e story
of Kit Carson; who can
elucidate this history?
(Continuing from yesterday;)
StIU Quoting from Vestal's book:
"The Quiet room, the long bar,
the rows of kegs and bottles, the
smell of food, the table, the tire,
and the friendly welcome warmed
the boy. Kit Carson. (He was
then 17.) ... After all the hard
ships of the trail, here was shel
ter, fire, food,, rest, and friends.
Taos seemed like home that day,
and from that day to the end. of
his life Taos was home a home
he seldom had the leisure to
visit" . ;
(He was buried there. Pro
nounce Taos like house.) ..
Quoting . again: "Kit Carson
learned to speak Spanish that
first . winter in Taos." He also
learned much of the lore of the
mountain men; how to repair
guns, etc., etc. In the spring he
joined a caravan bound east; met
one coming West, and swapped
jobs. Arrived back in Santa Fe,
broke. Quoting further: ,
"So he . . . went on to Taos.
Arrived broke as usuaL
'Sure said Swing Toung,
'I'll give you a job. Can ye cook!'
"'Never tried' It yit,' Kit con
fessed. - '
"Wall, yell never lara any
younger. Toa're hired . . . Kit
went into the kitchen, got togeth
er a meal of potatoes, - buffalo
meat, hot coffee, flapjacks.:
"He brought it in .and put it
os the table before Ewlng Toung.
Young looked , at the mess. 'Sit
down. Kit, and help . yourself.
Seems like I kinder lost my ap
petite today, somehow
M Tears like you think I'm a
pore makeout of a cook. Bat you
hired me. Don't forget that.' Kit
tried to eat what he had brought
in. Tried hard. Failed, hungry as
he wast ; , -
" 'Sure, I hired ye. Ill stick by
my word. Kit
, " 'What do I git outen It?
"Ewing Young looked over' his
beard at the stocky youngster
with the cold blue eyes and steady
hands. There was the making of
a man there. He sighed to think
of the food he would have to eat
until Kit learned how. 'I reckon
I'll hev to give ye yore board,
Kit,' he said, grinning. 'Yo're
stout; maybeso ye can stand it.'
I kin if you kin said Kit. . .
By the end of the winter he could
say to his employer with a certain
pride, 'I reckon I got the best of
the' bargain after all.
. V
"And Ewing Young replied, as
he chewed the rich red buffalo
steak Kit had placed before .him,
'I dunno, Kit I swar even painter
meat caint shine with this hyar
And he wagged his shaggy head
in confirmation."
(But Kit had endured a vast
amount of , chaffing and advice
Twenty Years Ago
June 20. 1918
Governor WithTCombe issued a
statement yesterday asking that
jobs be held open for National
Guardsmen who have enlisted tor
Mexican border service.
All patriotic orders in Salem
met yesterday to organise a relief
and emergency society for the
benefit of soldiers.
An editorial d red lets nrosoeritv
at the close of the war in the
purchase of reconstruction ma
terials from America.
Ten Years Ago
June SO, 1020
The Ford Memorial church In
Wesjt Salem will be dedicated to
day, it was built with volunteer
labor by the congregation. .
The MacMUlan expedition sail
ed for a three month's cruise in
the sub-Arctic today.
Charles Chaplin plans to film
a historical movie of the life of
Napoleon Bonaparte with himself
in the starring role.
S. D. Glover to
Be Buried Today
JEFFERSON, June 15. S.
Dorsey Glover, 68, died at the
home of his eon. Earl H. Glover,
of the Greens bridge district Wed
nesday night following a linger
ing illness. He was bora at Un
ion town. Pa' September 7, 1868,
and has been a resident of Ore
gon for the past three years, com
ing here from California. Mr
Glover was a carpenter by trade
He was married to Lillian K. Ad
ams at Cleveland, Ohio, and who
preceded him in death in 1926.
Surviving are the following
children, Mrs. Ray Sturgis of Cal
ifornia, Clyde D. and Bernard
Glover of Cleveland, Ohio. Wilbur
of Akron, Ohio, Mrs. Mabel Wha
len of California, and Earl Glov
er of Jefferson.
Funeral, services will be held
from the Fisher-Braden Funeral
home in Albany Saturday, with
Re.v. J. Boyd Patterson conduct
ing the service. Interment will be
in Willamette Memorial Park.
Reeber Elected Director
And Mrs. Cnthridge Is
Retained on Clerk Job
FALLS CITY, June 19. J. A.
Reeber was elected director" re
placing W. L. Russell and Mrs.
Clay - GuthrHge was reelected
clerk at the annual school meet
ing! -- -y-'i-X"
Nearly a hundred people at
tended the local Grange initiation
and basket social held in Victory
hall recently. Ten new members
were taken into the grange. The
Rickreall Grange gave the first
and second degrees. -
from . the mountain men and oth
er customers at Ewlng Tonne's
American House In old Taos.)
i Kit Carson was back again next
year at Taos and broke again.
Reads the book:
"He would have to raise some
cash.' And he had only one thing
of value his father's eld flint
lock. Maybe Ewlng Young would
give him a few dollars for It
-,S H .
"Under the portal he t o T e
Swing's house he found a group
of mountain men. ' A
"They were listening to an an
gry speaker, wagging their shag
gy; heads, shifting uneasily on
their moccasined feet, spitting to
bacco juice, grumbling and swear
ing, deep throated.
; "They had licked Swing's bri
gade on Rio Gila, drur 'em back
to Taos.
"And the worst of It was. as
everybody knowed, the " darned
Spaniards wouldn't do nothin'
about it. Under Mexican law, the
brigade had no - business to ' be
trappin' on the Gila.' No licenses
were issued to 'gringos' (Ameri
cans) to trap la Mexican territory,
- ; .;V- V,; . ;
"Kit pushed through the group,
through the familiar doorway,-into
the warm gloom of the Ameri
can House, up to the bar where
Young stood talking busily. Kit
was in a hurry. He laid the long
rifle on the bar, looked Young In
the eye, and spoke. 'I reckon I've
got to push on to Santy Fee, Mr.
Young. -; X need ;a leetle money.
Kin ye use this hyar rifle? '
"Young looked at the sturdy
youngster with the eold blue eyes
and the steady . hands at the
rusty rifle with its hickory wiping
stick and the ancient notches oa
the smooth brown stock. (Three
notches then, those of Kit's fath
er. Kit's own first three were to
be added shortly.) ' He , thought
he knew a man when he saw one
and he needed all he could find
just then. Maybeso Kit .would
help him wipe out them Apaches.
u s V
" 'I sure kin, Kit And I kin
use YOU, too. Never you mind
Santy Fee. Come along with me,
and 111 lara ye to raise hair and
set trap for beaver.' . .. . His
chance had come!
"But Kit concealed his excite
ment in an even slower drawl than
usual. . . . 'I'll go with ye. But
I'll need a new skinnin' knife,' he
added.
" 'Sure came the answer.
"From the shelf behind him.
Young took a bright new blade
and laid it on the bar under Kit's
nose. Kit took up the knife by
its bone hilt fingered the Incised
trade name Green River on the
steel just below. He knew the ap
proved make, though he could not
read the letters. That bright
blade shone with all the realisa
tion of his dreams eome true. HE
WAS A MOUNTAIN MAN AT
LAST."
(Continued tomorrow.)
Powell Memorial
Reunion Will Be
Held on June 28
MONMOUTH. June"! 9The
nineteenth annual reunion of the
rni memorial society will he
held at Turner Tabernacle Sun
day. June 28. at 10:45 a. m. A
devotional program Will occur in
the morning, and a basket dinner
will be served at noon. A business
meeting will be held at 1 p. m.
An afternoon program will follow
with community singing led by
Frank M. Powell of Sllverton. P.
O. Powell of Dallas is president
and will preside.
The Powell Memorial Society
was organized in memory of three
Powell brothers, all circnit rid
ers, and their sister. Mrs. Luclnda
Powell Probst, all of whom cross
ed the plains to Oregon in early
days. Their descendants and rel
atives and friends of the latter,
perpetuate the memory of these
religious empire builders In the
annual reunion.
Looney Butte School
Patrons Vote to Gire
Two 4-W Scholarships
JEFFERSON, June 1. At the
annual school meeting of Looney
Butte, the - patrons decided to
award two .scholarships to 4-H
club members to insure two stu
dents' attendance at the next state
summer school. Bert Barnes was
elected director for two years to
finish out Chris Farmen's term;
Eugene Finlay was elected direct
or for three years taking Mrs.
Carrie Hochspeier's place. She has
been clerk of this district for 17
years, and declined to serve next
year. :
Jack Larsons Arrive For H:
Brief Visit at Silverton
SILVERTON, Jane 19Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Larson who have
been to Detroit, Michigan, arrived
at Silverton Thursday night for
a briet visit with Larson's father,
W, C. Larson. Jack Larson is a
graduate of Silverton schools and
later was employed in the local
bakery. He is now manager of a
bakery at Yakima.. Mr. and Mrs.
Larson plan to return to their
home Saturday and have driver
a new car home from Detroit.
Lillian Block Takes Job
At Tubercular Hospital
SILVERTON. June 18. Miss
Lillian Block spent a few days
at Silverton before going to Sa
lem 'where she will be employed
on the staff at the tubercular bos
pitaL Miss Block, a registered
nurse. ' was : associated with the
Sllverton hospital : and in local
doctors' offices for, several years
Following a year spent In the east
she returned here last autumn
and has since been employed at
Astoria.
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BLIND TO LOVE
CHAPTER XXXIII
A light, a mere speck of Hgnt,
bobbed along the path from the lake,
like a firefly. - a ' -Wv-r -
As it eame nearer Mary saw that
It was a man in white flannels and
sweater, smoking a cigarette.
' Dr. Crawford cried, "Jamie, you
wkked boy, not comiujr to meet
your old auntl .
- Jamie..
' Mary leaned back against the
railing of the porch. She listened
to tbe sound or his voice, just as ft
used to be. She saw his fair hair,
his sunburnt cheek, . ,;
She thought her heart would
burst
He looked toward her. Interest
then dawning recognition in bis eye.
Dr. Crawford said, "Mary, this is
my nephew, James. My secretary,
Miss Shannon. I believe Miss Shan
non was a classmate of yours,
Jamie." - - ..
Otw4ut perhaps he's forgot
ten!" ; ,;- -.- .i .--..-
"Certainly not Bow are yon,
Mary! Quite a surprise, finding
you here. Coming, mother! Com
fag!- - - . .
Take Oils flashlight and follow
the path around by the lake, to the
first guest house, Dr. Crawford
said. '"And, Mary dear, if you feel
in the mood yen might unpack for
me, too. Servants are scarce np
here In the woods!"
' "Let me walk over with you," one
of the young men said.
Oh-rn be all.rlght It's very
hind of you."
The white circle of 15 At from
their flash danced ahead of them on
the path, illuminating dense foliage,
ferns, small white pebbles.
Mary walked along, smiling, ehat
tinr. And la her heart she was
waiW "Oh. he's chaagedl He's
changed!"
e e
Whistling softly, cheerfully. Mary
unpacked Doctor Crawford's things,
then her own, hung them carefully
in the closets.
- She was rotes? to lore it here!
No silly notions. Just be sensible
end work hard, and please Doctor
Crawford. That was what she was
here for. This was a job, not a sum
mer vacation.
Of course, if there was time for
swimming and boating, and Jamie
and the ethers wanted her to play
around with them, she would.
She adored her room. Rustic, but
so beautifully comfortable with its
wide expanse of screened windows,
its quaint hooked rugs, its dotted
Swiss curtains ana coanierpan
even a mi rate bath!
Well, it wasnt long before "She
discovered that it was a blessing it
was all so comfortable, for she was
going to spend most of her waking
hours, right beret
Dr. Crawford said, with., great
tact, "Sister is going to have your
meals sent in to you. I thought
you'd prefer ft"
It was really the mosi sensible
arrangement No girl with a grain
of sense would mind. -But it was
a little lonely three meals a day,
on a card table, all alone.
It was three days before she
really got all the guests straight
though they were all very nice, and
smiled and said something pleasant
when they passed.
Jamie was Just as nice as he
could be. He was the only one who
treated her as if she were one of
them. She thought that his wife,
Vesta, watched him, suspiciously.
but she coolant be sure.
Vesta Marr thourht of her as
Vesta, though she took good care to
speak of her as "young Mrs. Todd"
went around with a sort of Mona
Lisa smile on her pretty, empty
face. You couldn't tell whether she
was really feeling pleasant or just
bearing up.
What did Jamie ever see in her?
Just a round-faced young woman
with a snub nose, "soulful" eyes,
and auburn hair that didnt look
natural to HER!
Jamie's own sister, Janet was a
thousand times more attractive,
with her milk white skin, her
aesthetic thinness, yet her husband,
the stout slightly bald young man
who reminded Mary most unpleas
antlv of Milton Holden. had no eyes
for her, trailed after all the other
girls, even made jocose remarks in
Mary's direction.
Funny . , everybody groping for
some thin? ... nobody satisfied.
. Not even herself, who had thought
Augsburg Quartet
To Appear Sunday
SILVERTON, June 19 The
Augsburg quartet student singers
of Minneapolis, who spent the
summer of 1935 In Europe, will
sing at Silverton June 21, at S
o'clock in Trinity Lutheran
church.
Besides the concert, members of
the group will tell of their tour.
Their repertoire Includes English
and Norwegian classics and negro
spirituals. In the Trondhjem cath
edral in Norway, the National
Sanctuary where kings are crown
ed, the four young men sang last
summer to an audience of 1200
people. They were Invited to Nor
way by the International League
of Norsemen. They also sang in
Sweden, Denmark. -Germany,
Frances and the last concern
abroad were In London. -
In America, the critic of a large
radio station classes them as the
finest amateur quartet she had
heard. The first tenor, Norman
Myvlk lives at Porter, Minnesota:
the second tenor. Wllhelm Hel
land at Colgan; North Dakota; the
baritone, Chester Blake at Minn
eapolis, and the bass, Leland
Steen'at Superior, Wis.1
Eastman and Moore Will
Speak at Townsend Meet
Slated For Monday Night
SCOTTS MILLS, June 19 The
Townsend club will meet In the
I. O. O. F. hall Monday night Al
bert Eastman of Portland and Ar
thur Moore, district organizer,
will be the speakers, Coffee,. cake
and sandwiches will be sold.
r Mrs. Clara Schey and son, Aug
ust of Nampa, Idaho, visited Mr.
and Mrs. M. A. Bletenberg the
first of the week, being on their
way home from Roseburg. where
they tlsited Mrs. Schey's. daught
er, y. r .: y:r- Z :--- '' r' .. ' i -Mrs.
Lewis Russell of Tacoma,
la visiting her mother, Mrs. Han
nah' B. Taylor.
5
that being secretary to a famous
woman, living in the lap 01 raxury,
would be just the height of luck.
As lonr as they aH made a great
fuss over Dr. Crawford she played
around with them all the time, jau
dashing in and out to think op
thine for Manr to do.
Didn't Mary think her sister was
lovely T Weren't "the children"
sweet 7 How would sue ever gei
her work done? It was terribly
hard on her. but they had always
depended on her so. and she was so
devoted to them I -Then
something must have hap-
fened, for she was very cool to Mrs.
odd, her sister, and put in eight
or nine hours working every day.
The first dav aha even had her
meals sent over with Mary's, and
dictated steadily all day long ex
cept when she took time out to say
how much she pitied poor Diana,
with a husband who was practically
a high-grade moron, and two ut
terly spoilt and useless children.
-Are you tired, dear i w otuan i
rou like to run out and ro swim
ming with the other children?" she
asked at intervals, out sue always
started dictating again before Mary
could answer, and besides "the
ether children" hadn't asked ner.
Mary couldn't force herself npon
them! '- v .v:P: - f .V;.'
Letters came at last y
One from Ethelyn, bitter-sweet .
One from Ma. . . . They missed her
more than ever because she seemed
so far away new. Everythingr was
just fine. They were sure she was
enioriaar every miautet --'
M argot sent an engraved wedding
invitation and scrawled across it.
in her heavy, inky hand, "I can
hardly wait!'1 . . -
And there was a typewritten note,
oa Heeler Steamship company sta
tionery, from Bennet:
"Dear Miss Shannon: .
: "It was sweet ofyoa to write
-as yon did, from Seattle. I'm
gad you are enjoying the
"Mrs.4 Samson Is getting
along , very nicely with the
work, so you must not worry
about us. Have- a good time,
and do write me a picture post
card when yon reach the great
bir city of New York.
"Best of luck, from c
"Yours truly,
"STEPHEN BENNET."
It was nice of him to write. Mary
wished she had written a nicer
letter to him. She'd tried to write
everyone, that night in the hotel in
Seattle, just because the stationery
was so ntxyi
It made her terribly homesick to
have all those letters from home.
She read them over and ever. And
thinking of herself, as they would
see her, she was disgusted with her
self for being so humble and shy,
not muring with the guests at au,
not even going down to the lake in
the early morning while the others
were still abed.
So next morning she got up early,
put on her new white bathine suit
and ran down the grassy path to the
water's edge.
it wasn't even cold I The glassy
blue water closed over her, and as
she rose to the surface again, shak
ing her head, she wondered why she
hadnt done this from the very first
day!
It was so cool and clean and
Sorious. It was so wonderful to
i out in the lake, utterly alone!
She was a strong swimmer, and
with no current and the water so
beautifully smooth and clear, swim
ming was no effort
She stayed in longer than she had
planned, and as she swam back to
the little pier, she saw that people
were already moving about, and one
young man was sunning himself on
the landing. '
"Mary Mermaid, as I live and
breathe! Still rising from the sea
pardon me like, like Venus t"
It was Jamie. He climbed down
the ladder, rave her a hand.
"Look out" she cried sharply,
"youU ret wet"
He grinned. "I've been aD wet
lots of times before now. No f sol
ing!"
"YouU spoil your clothes, JA
MIE!" "Oh, well, there are more clothes,
and only one Venus rising from the
lake,- Excalibur. You're cot in a
hurry, are you ? Are you cold ?"
"No. I'm cot cold, but I'm in a
hurry. I'm late, and besides, I want
some coffee I
Grangers' News
MACLAY, June 19. -The straw
berr yfestival and social night
scheduled for Saturday night by
this grange has been postponed.
WOODBURN. June 19. The
Woodbura Grange will' hold a
basket social at the Grange hall
Saturday night. June 20. There
will be a program at g o'clock,
after which the basket social will
be enjoyed. Everyone is invited.
MONMOUTH. June 19 Mrs.
Walter L.' Smith is entertaining
the Home Economics club of Mon
mouth grange at her home today.
At the June grange meeting . a
crowd of about 40 assembled,
most of them women. A report of
State Grange features was made
by R. B. Swenson. ,
Girls Go Through
Grades Together
MIDDLE GROVE, June 19
Thursday night preceeding high
scnooi graduation, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Scharf and daughter, Gen
evieve had as dinner guests Mil
dred Wacken. Maxlne LaDue and
Roberta Bartruf f. These four
young women entered grade
school together - in 1924. Their
first teacher being Mrs, Augusta
Denham, and are the only mem
bers of their class who have re
mained together In the. same
schools throughout the 12 years
of their elementary school -'train-ing.
rW:
- : The June meeting of the Wo
man'c Missionary : Society was
held at the home of Mrs. W. H.
Sehamf Wednesday afternoon. Mrs.
Marr Wampler gave the contents
of the first two chapters of the
text vToward A Christian Am
erica.1" Mrs, Vera Bassett and
Mrs. Gladys Cage were chosen as
delegates to the Woman's Mission
ary convention at Jennings Lodge.
July 16-19. The next meeting will
be with Mrs. Tillle Davis at her
home In Yamhill county, July IS.
by IIAZEL
LIVINGSTON
She wants her coffee. Venus -
wants her coff eel" He clapped his
hands, and shouted.
One of tbe Chinese servants put a
head out of the kitchen window.
"Coffee and. For two! Brough'
here!" '
"Jamie, I oughtn't toi
"He won't be but a minute. Yot:
didnt use to be skittish!" - -
"I'm not" '
"Yes you are. You're pretty as
ever, Mary, but you're changed.
You've got to let me get acquainted
with you all over again. - Listen
do you thirjc I'm changed?"
"I don t know whether you are or
not" -' -r ...
Tm handsomer, for one thing.
"You were always handsome if
one cares for the type! Of course
you didnt have the utue mous
tache -
"Thafs an added attraction, new
do you like it?"
"Lovely. How do you like me,
and my added attractions?"
"Lovely. Lovelier than ever
Here we are! Five or six lumps of
sugar? Cream?"
"No. Just a little cream, l really
ought to go" -
: "Charlie, yen bringee bacon and
toastee, savee ? And eggs, too. Or
shall we have hoteakes? t Charlie
bring both!" ' ,
"Certainly, Mr. Todd."
It was all so silly, and harmless
and nice. The coffee did taste so
good. Dr. Crawford might cot like
it but che wouldn t have to know.
They were having such a perfect
time. -
Jamie's wife found them just as
Mary was pouring Jamie's second
eup of coffee and the China boy had
brought the loaded tray. 1
Vesta Todd smiled upon . them.
Her cold, enigmatical smile. She
said to Jamie, "Have you forgotten
that this is the morning of the
family breakfast party for your
father's birthday ? We have waited
over half an hour. Your father is
furious!"
Jamie had tried to be nonchalant
but he hadnt succeeded very welL '
ajhi certainly Mary hadn't.
It wasnt the fact that she'd had
breakfast on the pier in her bathing
suit with Jamie, and been found by
his wife, that humiliated her. There -
was no crime in that I And it cer
tainly wasnt her fault that he had
forgotten the family breakfast
party. His father didnt look like
the sort of man who'd be furious
over a thing like that anyway. He
looked like the best aatured one in
the family, to her 1
It was letting Jamie s wife make
her FEEL humiliated, that hurt!
The way she stood there, smiling
that nasty-nice smile of hers, speak- ,
ing in her soft flat voice, acting as
if she'd caught Jamie doing some
thins: cheap and ailly like kissinr
the parlor maid I and absolutely
ignoring Mary I
Jamie hadnt Improved matters
by being flippant and wise-cracking.
If he had been more natural,
or shown a little dignity, his wife
couldn't have put them at such a
disadvantage.
Jamie was disappointinr. It
wasnt that he was changed, ex
actly. ... Maybe that was just the
trouble with him. He WASN'T
changed. He wasnt grown up. He
still acted like a college freshman.
xou expect more than that ox a
man who is married and in busi
ness. She'd got past that sort of
thing, if he hadnt.
Milt Holden. with, all his self
consciousness, had more finesse ;
and, of course, Stephen Bennet
-Well a man uke Bennet does
spoil you. You compare other men
with him, and then you ARE out
of luck!
Anyway, ft was none of her busi
ness how silly Jamie was, because,
thank heaven, Vesta Grainger got
him, not she! f ;
That's some satisfaction. Maybe
it's worth everything to know at
last that the man you wept buckets
over wasnt worth it and you
wouldnt have him now if you
could 1
So she comforted herself when
Vesta Todd -looked through her,
rather than at her, the meaning
less smile just lifting the corners .
of her pretty, painted mouth, and
Dr. Crawford, apropos of nothing
at all, spoke of the trouble she'd
had in the cast with secretaries
who just couldn't keep their place.
(To be continued)
cwticm iu cim r
School Will Vote
On New Play Shed
OAK POINT. June 19 At the
school election Monday night,
Hugh Rogers was reelected dir
ector to serve three years. R. A.
Alderson is now chairman of the
school board. Edward Harnsburg
er was reelected clerk. A meet
ing will be called later to take'a
vote on whether the district wilt
build a new play shed or not
Mrs. Rene Dup'ont and daught
ers, Lois and Helen of Knappa,
are visiting at the Grover. Leon
ard and G. A. Peterson families
this week. ; - ' '
Independencefelural Women's
club was . well represented at the
annual picnic rof Polk County
Rural Federated clubs at Brush
college Thursday. ,
Kenneth H. Black, 193 grad
uate of CregonrState college in el
ectrical engineering, left Friday
morning accompanied by William
F. Goetter of Corvallis, for Los
Angeles, where they will attend
the American fnstitute of Elec
trical - Engineering,, opening in
Pasadena, June 22.' Black was sec
retary for the college branch this
year and Goetter was, president
They will be gone two weeks.
Two Special Policemen
Will Be Assigned For
Duty Convention Days
SILVERTON, June 19 Tbe
Silverton police force will have
twoextra men on steady during
the Eagles' convention here. One
will be a night officer and one a
day officer. ' The appointments
have not yet heen made, "
W. C. Bush, examiner of oper
ators and chauffeurs, will be at
the city hall at Silverton Tuesday
between 9 and f o'clock. All those
wishing permits or licenses to
drive cars are . asked to get In
touch with the officer durlrg
those hours.
Wick Hauser was fined ."3
Thursday in police court' on .a
charge of turning between int: "
sections. Judge George CusLer
levied the tine.