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Varied Scenes Found on Trip Tourist Trail Blazers in Southern Oregon Find Much to Admire - The SUtoutM is e-eparatinf -with the Oregon Stat Motor aaaociatioa and Tha Oraa-aaiaa la praacatiaf a anriaa ot trTelosi ander th titla "Motor Crulaea af W86." It to aop-4 thrraby to stismlats trsval In tha Pa cific aarthvaat. CuaaU ea tas - trip described below wera Harris Etta worth, Koiebori newspaper editor, and C. I Clark, aaaUtaat laraa aopar viior. . ' By JOHN PIPER Up rery betimes all chirpy oyer the prospect of a dash into the un known to bring back adjectives lire from the wilds near Rose burg where the Umpqua Titer charges down from Cascades' lof ty crags. It Is an exploration to be done by motor through the assistance of the Oregon State Motor association and there la no time to plan or calculate. All that the leader and his aide know Is this: East of the Donglas coanty seat Is country which the residents bare been crowing about tor long. They boast a mountain torrent miles long which has beat en down the barriers and laid a natural approach for man to meet nature and commune with ner. W. C. Harding, manager of Roseburg's Chamber of Commerce Is to have the detail planned and executed, erery one. southward then, u cyiinaere: Straight Roads Speedy Two hours and a half to Eugene without halt trying, lor Oregon's main houtes have had what kinky heads call a "permanent straight." Even advertisers are giving It up as futile to distract motorist' at tention at a mile-a-minute and only a few like Dr. Pierce or an evangelical society warning sin ners probably road toga and reckless drivers are still on the boards. Pnnm tn T? naohll rw In another hour and a half with good luck, and time out at the now celebrat ed point along the way, Toncalla, made famous as the native hab itat of H. L. DaTla, FulRzer prixe novelist. Curiosity prompted an Inquiry there If H. L.i fame had percolated to his home. ETidently he. Is a prophet without honor, for even the town marshal hadn't heard of him nor of bis story, for which be used these parts as the Betting. "Honey in the Horn." ) Rendezvous Is at the Umpqua hotel, where Mr. Harding is asked for and appears. This is J. A.. proprietor of the hostelry, no kin of the c. otc.'s W. C, who is summoned to say all is in read iness and the local representative for the trip, is to be the assistant forest supervisor, C. L. Clark. ' Harding then enlightens with sincerity born of conviction that a grand experience is in store and spills, some dope on how we hap pened to be beaded for a place rel atively onheard of. The hinter land toward th'e mountains, he re Tealed, Is one of the few areas in the state where the recreational advantages have not been made available. Only now It is opening lip. Its strong points: Nearness combined with , ruggedness and scenery on a western scale, fish ing that Is better, forests unsul lied and companionable. x Ellsworth Joins Group Wflile he enthuses who should appen along other than Harris Ellsworth, publisher of the Rose burg News-Review and president of the chamber of commerce. Ask ed to Join the party, he needed ilttle eoaxinz, for that country had worked its will even on so busr a man. Besides, bis dander was bp. for the river had defeated his efforts to fish It the day be- for. - .- The river lies north a few miles from Roseburg, of which It is the pride and favorite subject. It turn hlea down from oa high, one of the fastest streams in the state, the enTy of its sisters, the McKen xie and the Rogue according to Ellsworth, for Its better fishing and greater haiards. It is never still like those other waters. Over ledges it bounds, foaming and rif fling constantly, crashing through gorges and cutting many a caper to make the sportsman wary. The touring party finds that the up-river trip will extend miles to slightly above ' Steamboat, where CCC camp F-S2. situated, devoting its activities to . road building. The old mountain .road through the forest has been vastly improved by the CCCaboys, mak ing it about a two-hour journey from the Pacifie highway along Unipqua's north fork al the way The Junket begins. The road paved to Dlxonvllle, swings north to Glide, with the district ranger station situated outside the forest boundray. Just before reaching this point introduction" to; the . Umpqua is made,, and spectacular it is, indeed. Here it receives the tributary waters of Little rlter and It's a fact, Mr. Ripley, these are two formidable streams meet lng in head-on collision, the Ump- aua from the north, Little river from the south sluicing through solid rock to aet at its big sister. The argument is compromised; in agreement on a seaward course to the west. Grand Scenery Cnfolds Slithering along beside the rir er at its lerel the road eases gently Into the woods and the trees take command, constantly permitting vistas of friendly wat ers. Then suddenly, as If cbang Inr its mind, the road seeks high er ground upward to improve the . scene.-. The sight unfolds in the grand manner. Hills of the lower ranges, hues darkened by shad ows, are coated with conifers hrutlfn ' Hke hairs standing Nn end. And way below, behold the . river! -v- ' - - She lies In the trough of the hills a green dragon frothing, then lengthens out In the occas ional straight stretches a ribbon, white, luminous In the light of the rare air. Again sne is Teivei, son to the sight, irresistable hour! in Tiling Into her bed the Tenture- av alranarar. Protean current. Umpqua River Rushes Through ;' t -O she changes, fast water descend ing in a precipitate glacial-green and white cataract booming away grandly, nobly, noisily, to a far destiny. The Umpqua Is teeming, act ually, with fish life, figuratively with witchery. No need to mention that for anglers it is flowing El dorado, but for the sake of the record be it inscribed that the fisherman it was who blazed paths of glory to where the fishing is. The party proceeds, with time I out' for pictures, to Steamboat, 45 miles. Here is the ranger yard sta- tlon where we are to put up for the night. A neat cabin is assign- ed, but we do not tarry, for the party is overdue for dinner at the camp a couple of miles beyond.- Arrive Late to Eat We soon arrive, but few are about at that hour. Noises like dishes from the mess hall ssail J our ears ana we nose aooui to find we are late, but expected and welcome. The mess sergeant or- ders the fire stirred and talk ceases during business of cperat- ing on savory ham, gs, mur phies. We tarry long enough to chat with the forestry men. Clyde Catchings ana Frank Hills, in charge ; of the CCC road crews. Then to bed early, as there is much to be seen and done in the morning. At the ranger cabin, re- markably equipped, beds are as- signea. eacn wain a Diau.. tied professionally. Ellsworth sets the clock for dawn to be at his fishing when the trout hunger. The others He later, until 6 when the mountains are quick with day and tumbling out doesn t cause too great pain. Breakfast at 6:45 witl .the CCC conungeui auu u.i. i0uu i--5..i r tare ot apples and prunes, very tasty, to boot. Frencn toast with butter and syrup, real pork sau- n a r. n A f at All vr an oa( J gamers geaTe; honors as treach- tt! . The trucks hauling workmen and tools up river are to be off soon. We decide to get ahead of them and go .p as Ur a. the end of the line taking more photos. I more cast into the rapid, and Wtt u I 1 1 ' I on xn reei. i Steamboat creek, the largest of . IT . 4-11. t a7i. riiw-. t. Vt V ln m,iXn them very thoroughly and also Little river, is not so anomalous!. .... . T j, ,, as it sounds. "Steamboating" is a !!r"Iizd l n?Jlrt?Jt fn !F used for gold mining on its upper en a. The return trip Is made thel ... . . . . . ! Iconspicuus were 5 inches across same way, lacking the loop which I . ,n , v . tr??in heft 1,1 n with Z ETiy catering has not striking north to tie up with thel. . . ,, T . ?- nuta Deen injurious to them. I have r"nt.r:, o.-v rr..wiT. A iT..ihin Tmi Back-tracking Is no hardship, and n t. ' . Anf vA ;iJStti.tS rr-rir-i ' "". Adelia Zollner Elected To Parkersville School; Harrison New Director At a recent school meeting Miss j-t. ir. 7r IrA " , "V Ztll rr,; wV-w A A. . l ! ov-uwa mccuiift Richard Harrison was elected as r , uu vvvva & w ova v v 'Us v-vi taa ss a, s TnTc .ulCT were reruns item tamerou toij-.. c:l.. icsmcuic, SILVERTON. June 20 Lieu- tenant and Mrs. Stanley Perkins have rented a part ot the Gertrude Cameron residence, at 625 East Oak street. Mrs. "Cameron will give up her studio, for the sum - mer and will be at the Keedlecraft 18 uurnans: origination oi a store. Mrs. A. H. Smith,, proprl- cross between a plum and an apri etor of the store, is holding a sale cot It is really-very good and and plans to go out of business. Poor health, she gives, as the rea son for retiring from business life. Milliken Transferred SILVERTON. June 20 T. A. Moore of Portland - will take F. W. Milliken's place with the Shell Oil company here. Mr." Milliken has been transferred to Oregon City after having been with the company here nine years. Before Joining the oil company, Mr. Mil- liken operated a grocery store': in the Masonic buildlnc at Silrerton. North Fork of the Umpqua, BO miles from Pacifie highway, where O CCC workers are blasting a forest How is Your Garden? Brown Spots Showing on Lawns Need Immediate Mercury Compound Treatments By LILLIE L. MADSEN I AM getting complaints of brown snots In the lawn. These mar be caused by Brown Patch, a fun- gus disease that will attack any lawn, but seem to favor the bent grasses. Usually it shows, first as tiny brown spots about the size of a half-dollar, but thnsA nnnta can grow amazingly r5 raoldlv. As soon as you discover them, treat the entire lawn with 0ne of the mer- cary compounds. - iSemesan can be procured at most ot the iocai stores dealing in tnege 0ne najf pound of the semesan dissolved in 25 gallons 0 water will take care of 500 8quare feet. Qf courge the larval worm8 of certaiQ motQ8 wffl also cause lQ. Ju lQ , but these work in irregular-8haped patches. The Urnr. a dark rrev dia&rreeable ,i. i. k.. nn.i,aif ,ncn long an'd feeds upon tne grass roots. Arsenate of lead. uged at tne-,.ate of one pound 100 square feet and watered i .,Ma p-r. napa two 8pplIcations, ten days apart, win be needed. Aboat Watering Bulbs r iUO .l"rV m " LTk llLIS the narcissus bulbs. These should not be taken up until they are ma- Umw fnll.ra tnr..4 Km.n " taTf ,to be removed from their present lo- " ;r;"rf: "v . " n.i. "ifj l1 llt JZtl b Ld'aUlocamfei. S'for the past five years I have grown . fv n j nnn i 11' 11"?. " UlllU UCUB BUU UtII nave bloomed and the flowers haye unusually large Thia .. t n Mound many authorities advocat- inB the planting of annuals with viK. f , bulbs ana it was upon their ad- I en planting mine so. I usually divide the bulbs in this v. wav J ,A Gardeners are also writing In complaining of disease in their asters. One Salem woman tells that Bhe has grown asters sue cessfully in the same spot for I years until last year when they did not do so well and again this I VAO wlinn 11im aa 6 La JyvSaam j " x- x- . I Astors Aeed ew Bed - She hmeU sire the reason for I er failure. Asters should really be grown in a different bed each i 0 tl'U n00rAn W"a ho "! "T 1"t v. 8nould be "elected. If the plants a A A am a .ta brown patch oa the Uwn i 'ChANu t aii.a i bum gardener Those shrubs which are through J blooming may be fertilized now. Give a well-balanced plant food but do not put any lime near the rhododendrons or azaleas . Someone who had visited Goin'S farm near Jefferson wants to know what a plumcot is and I where it came from. A plumcot I about the size of an apricot al though it resembles a plum more closely. The plumcots will grow here although sometimes the late spring frost will injure 'the blos soms. But this; Is also true ot peaches and we consider the crops we get worth the infrequent'fail- i urea. The plumcot tree Is attrac- I tlve. 1 In answer to Inquiries about 1 when trees should be budded and (how, I wonld suggest any novice desiring to try the Job, write the I state college for one ot its book llets. Diagrams help so much in 3 ":S Splendid Mountain road toward the Cascade amove. this work. June and July are considered the favorable months. Cuttings of many shrubs may also be taken at this time ot the year. Cutting should be done right below a leaf node at a 41 a on a a an a-1a Thav ohmiM 1a aar about four inches in sand, and the o.n mmt fi Vn TTiniBt PiaM rlait 1r nnr aarti illnwlnr tnr 1 circulation during the day. Never allow them to drr out Daphne Cuttinjrs w I Some weeks aao a Waldo Hills crardener called ma to ask when I and how daphne cuttings should be -made and asked that I let her I know through this column. The I above method has proved sue-I ce8sful for daphnes and from now until early in September should be the correct time. When the shrub cuttings hare begun to root most of them will do so in a month or six week transplant them Into three-Inch pots, mixing loam, leaf-mould and river sand in equal parts. I have planted mine out directly from the rooting box, but I have found the mortality rate to be lower If the potting system is used. If they are planted Into the open in middle August, kept shaded and plenty moist they may succeed very well, All of this extra rain has re- auired extra snravlne. It la al- most necessary to sit on the porch with spray gun in hand, and dash out between showers to give ap- I plications if mildew, blacksoot and insects are to be controlled. Don't nip oft withered rose buds or flowers and throw upon the ground, cut them off and burn them. The other is a "bad habit we all have. Many disease spores and insect eggs are undoubtedly carried on in the garden by this careless habit Don't Cut Lily Bulks ajo noi cut ins enurs staia oi your ime8 u you use mem ior cut flowers. This is injurious to the vuiu9. uca wail. iuuu OI 11 IO IUB care OI me DUlDS. Do not forget to cut the faded this time. Some growers suggest a feeding of complete plant food for peonies during the summer June Is a good month in which to set out more Azaleas, rhodo dendrons and kalmias. This gives them an opportunity to get es tablished before autumn. I also like to set out Laurustinus at this time. If you purchase these plants hailed and An nnt nrmlr thpm tn dry out the laurustinus ill bloom this winter very likely. Fresh Berry Pie, Townsend Menu SILVERTON, June 20 Fresh strawberry pie and coffee is the drawing card announced for the Tuesday night meeting of the Sil- verton Townsend club at the Knights of Pythias hall at 7:30. everyone, wneuier or not a i own- sendite is invited to attend. The guest speaker Tuesday night will be Rev. S. C. Williams ot Portland. A group of Sllverton Townsend club members plan to attend the Monday night meeting oi - the Scotts Mills club. Special speak- ers are being announced for that meeting. The Townsend club auxiliary will .meet Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of Mrs. K. L. Gourlie at SI0 South Water! street LOS AngeleS Pebple Visit Spntta Mills SCOTTS MILLS. June 2. Mr, and Mrs. W. T. Hogg had as their guests Friday Mrs. Hogg's uncle. Jim Maplethorpe and his grand - daughter. Cleone McNulty ot Los Angeles, California, Mr. and Mrs. Osborn Maplethorpe and son. Jun - ior of Forst Hill. California, and Mrs. Ross Hill of Salem. An entertainment and Ice-cream social was given Saturday evening at the Mountaineer's club hall In the Beaver Lake district Scenery The Safety Valve Letters from Statesman Readers KAGAWA, PRO AND CON To the Editor: At the time this letter is wrlt- """7 'rV coniroversy is rasms roinauu, aruuuu ms reiiiuua lewuiuji w one- Mr. Kagawa. True to the traditional type of all religious a a. t a. am controversies, me situation nai developed into a campaign or per sonalities, and the air one breathes at worship services is just about as wholesome as the carbon-monoxide fumes that issue from the exhaust pip ot an aid gas engine. "Communism, "modernism," fanaticism," "heresy," "hypocri sy" are some oi the epithets be ing hurled at the doctrines of this diminutive reformer, natively, from the land of the "Rising Sun" and you can easily get your nose bloodied at prayer meeting, if you say anything agalnsr him or any- tnmg ior mm. In the spirit of fair play. I think the following facts should be conceded: First, that Mr. Kag awa s following Includes many of protestantism's ablest clregymen, and a nost ot spiritual laymen of every denomination. Among the avocaies ana aerenaers ot tnis man Kagawa, I find the names of such splendid evangelistic preach- ers as Dr. George W. Truett. Dr. W. C. Driver, Bishop . Titus Lowe, Dr. Guy Goodsell and a whole galaxy of others, whose tSeology I ana spirituality, are absolutely above question. If men like these I are "modernists" "communists. "fanatics and hypocrites," because they indorse the teachings of this man. mar the eood Lord hln th rest of us. who dibfii thmt Jonah swallowed a wTiala Personally, I do not subscribe to the klnd of gospel Mr. Kagawa nragrhH. Anv tlm I nnmpa nnalflnn In v,l. i nft n ' . buM T ',7r. Corinthians. I have a right to ex- pect to hear something, besides a lecture on social economics. Pre cisely the same gospel I heard at Mr, Kagawa's meetings, I could have heard at any socialist con vention, new deal caucus, fruit rower cooperative association, rhat have you? Still, I think "eioro a castigate aim to severelv. a uusui io ouy mm a new pair of trousers, for the seat of the only pair the poor fellow has Is about worn through: and by reason of giving an his money to the destl tute, he Is too poor, to nurcbase for himself another that will ade quately cover his nakedness. ALLEN O. HESS, Portland NOTHING DOING I To the Editor Will you please tell me what Is going on in the park?' I heard that Salem wants to ret soma wells and I thought maybe they i are digging tnem in tne park to save taxes. Or I wonder it th has been a rumor of oil and nnm. body thinks that a good place to I try it out; or maybe an advertisa- I ment for the city to hare an oil derrick looming up there above l ine tops of old Willson park's I tree's. I Could it be that those holes in (the park are for the new capitol I building? If so. the surveyor I must have been cockeyed or tipsy for he missed the place. I hear talk about a republican convention . in Ohio. Seems what we need in Salem right now Is a fAtl 4 ii m ltn - fMtAwajl K ft Then maybe.w. would whatv Wny Ita Retr- do you say Mister Editor? FRANK CHEDESTER, I Citizen Makes Queries I To the editor 1 The name "chlseler." Who is I the chlseler? The man who boosts I prices and makes Immense profits, I or the man who undersells him at a reasonable profit? . Also, there's more poor people I buying milk than there are pro- duclng milk. Why tax them both (for a high salaried milk board? 1 Interested Citizen Don't Know Where We're Headed : But What We Deserve We'll Get aBMBaggaBSHaxBSSSBSBMBSBBBBBSSB " . i "- r " - r r ... . ' ' ' . . . . . .. By D. EL TALMADGE, Sage of Salem OnlltT Conscienco 7 . Bill Sprlggs he says that he san't sea " what this life's all about: Hera we're all eome from where we was,"; Just waitln' to o out We don't know where we re headed for, W don't know nothln much: Wa only know that while we're here This, that and so is such. But yet T Bill, flb thinks It must Be all as it was meant; Likely, he says, we'll understand When from this world we've went When serosa spaces vast we've flew Unto another sphere. We may find conditions better Than we hara found them here. Anyway, whatever It is, - What we've deserved well get; And that Is why. Bill says, some times He breaks out in a sweat My capacity for hero-worship is limited. It has shrunk with the years. My contacts with heroes have almost without excep tion proven dls illusionary. X am not greatly different from the Salem youngster who. years ago, was a k e n by his mother to the Southern Paci fic depot to see Theodore Roos evelt The boy's only comment was. "Hmph! XL H. TslsuAgs is THAT him?" I do not know what he expected Mr. Roosevelt to be. Perhaps a figure 10 or a dozen feet in height, standing ma- estically within an aura of red, white and blue. At any rate, he was disappointed. Kelly Johnson was one of the best whittlers at Crane Creek unction. By "best" I do not mean that he whittled out chains and statuettes and such things, as some whittlers do. No. He was ust a plain whittler. who made an ordinary litter of whittlings on the floor or spot of earth where he whittled. Frequently while whittling he passed into mental state which he described as think ing. Now and then he whittled out an idea. On one occasion, I recollect, he touched upon the matter .of hero-worship. "Some folks," he said, has got their no tions of heroes all swelled out of proportion. I reckon when they see the angel Gabriel they'll find he looks about the same as Ed Hulick, when he's playin' cornet in the band, although of course his neck'll prob'ly be cleaner." "Many a hero walks unseen be side us till comes the supreme stroke sent to divide us. It is not unlikely that you and see potential heroea and hero ines in the streets every day. We have known heroes and heroines in our own homes. Only the spectacular element is lacking. The poet was right "Not on the gory field of fame their noble deeds were done; not in the sound ot earth's acclaim their fadeless crowns were won; not from the palaces of kings, nor fortune's sunny clime, came the great souls, whose life-work flings lustra o'er earth and time." This may be putting it on a bit thick, but It conveys the Idea pretty well. Now here is a pretty kettle of fish! Read this: "D. H. E., I note in Sunday's Statesman that you are lonely. Anyhow, you say it is either loneliness or indiges tion, and It all amounts to the 8a me thing. Come up an' see muh sometime." The Word Unheard When the wind's southwest, o'er my window sill Comes a pungent smell from the paper mill; But I don't mind; I cough a bit and frown Perhaps; and then I put the win dow down. 'Tis for good works a trifling tax to pay. And no one hears the word I sometimes say. One recent night's record of a ticket-chopper at the box-office of a Salem theatre several hundred tickets and one finger-tip. Ticket choppers have been doing that trick at intervals ever since the first chopper was installed at the Jersey . City ferry. They are al most as savage as one of Frank Buck's crocodiles. It is possible yes, it is prob able that a number of the folks who see the English musical com edy star, Jessie Matthews, in the picture. It's Love Again, now run ning at the State theatre, will not be in full accord with me in my opinion ot the young woman and of the picture. But the great ma jorlty will agree, I am sure, that the picture is better than the usu al run of such features and that Miss Matthews has something more "on the ball" than any' one of a dozen other cinema queens, who fondly believe themselves to be "tops" provided, of course, they believe what their publicity writers say of them. : Coming out from the Elsinore from a recent i showing ot The Moon's Our Home, a woman was heard to express sorrow that we could not have more of such pic tures pictures justifying genuine laughter of the - don't-care-Who- hears-me sort. The difficulty, dear madam, is that Margaret Sulllvans are not more numerous. The balance of the cast was a competent one and entered into I the spirit ot the farce comedy per l,.UUWIl.a-'J'.iajiuJipL, y. n ' Jkmmmmmwmmm fectly. but Miss SulUvan was re sponsible for most of -the screams ot laughter. The iu scene ana the marriage ceremony were the funniest spots I have seen in a picture during the past two years. Of course, the story was unDe lieTable, but nobody cared. - Tha s-nlden Toice of Grace Moore, who also milks a cow in the picture, is dominating the Grand today. The feature is The King Steps Out with Francftot Tone appearing as the king. Not the sort of entertainment one cares to miss. Items Most of the talking in the world is done by folks who are not held responsible for what they say . . . The Tonrist cafe, which recently racated the room at 163 South Commercial street is re opening at 355 North Commercial street . . . Mabel 'Flnster has re signed her place at the Court Street Dairy Lunch . . . "Brick" Moore went to Lost Lake' Sunday. He returned with a fair catch of trout and the autographs ot sev eral thousand of mosquitoes . . A house fly in flight beats its wings 330 times a second except on a chill morning . . . The Bar anoff, palatial lifler of the Alaska S. S. company, sailed from Seattle for Seward Wednesday, her initial trip. Mary Talmadge Headrick ot Salem Is making the trip with the ship's orchestra . . . During the week the eminent artist. James Montgomery Flagg, has named the five handsomest' ac tors. Clark Gable is not on the list . . . Rovena Eyre, society edi tor of the Capital Journal, is away on a vacation tour. The outing includes a sojourn at .Marshfield and a look-in on the state editor ial meeting at Grants Pass . . . The Mickey Mouse club, so long identified with the name of Zollie Volchok at the Elsinore, is being continued under direction of Hal Jepsen . . . Glen Goff of the 11th U. S. cavalry concluded a home visit of six weeks Sunday and de parted for the presidio at Mon terey, Calif. . . . Harry Rogers has returned from a motor trip to Stockton, Calif. . . . The McNeil family left by motor for their va cation trip into Idaho and Utah Saturday . . . The use of the El sinore theatre for exercises inci dental to commencement at Wil lamette university and the Salem high school was donated by War ner Bros. . . . Ralph Bellamy, one of the few male moving picture stars who does not smirk when he has his picture taken, admits frankly that the only time when flattery bores him is when there isn't any . . . The room vacated by the Morris dairy lunch on Court street is being overhauled for Charles Whitney who will open a delicatessen shop there. Substitute Not for Got if Preferred Whether it's dry or whether It's wet. Whether it's cold or whether it's hot. About the best weather we can get For the present's the weather we've got. Mebby it is as well not to laugh at the amateur weather sharp who asserts he can smelh lightning long before it becomes manifest It is more than likely, should your sense of humor become unman ageable, and you say "Ha. ha! what does lightning smell like?" he will say it smells like thunder, y chump, just like that, and no body will know for a certainty who the joke is on. Doubtless the native Oregonian has a few faults, but I hare never In almost 30 years heard a native Oregonian complain because his feet were wet. It must be admitted that the Cleveland convention phrase-mak ers and song-writers tailed to acquit themselves of anything which sounds as it it would ring down the sges. It is noted that the once-a-year citizen has given his lawn its an- Lnual mowing and has begun to iigger a little on Christmas. An item which will be of inter est to many people who remember the glories of Rush Park at Inde pendence, Iowa, during the late '80's and the early '90 "8, is pub lished by Iowa newspapers. A movement is being furthered to restore the mile track (the first kite-shaped track in the United States, I believe) and the other features of the park, which at one time made the place a gath ering point tor people from all parts of the country. AxtelL the three-year-old trotting sensation of his day, was bred at Rush Park and established his world record there. And there was the famous Allertonv from the same stables that prdouced Axtell, and the vis uing trotters ana pacers were many and distinguished. The name of Charlie Williams, who bred and trained Axtell and Aller ton, was In black letters in every racing sheet in the country. But of the colts that came later none developed the sensational form of Axtell and Allerton. The two horses were sold to keep the in stitution alive. As I recall the figure, Axtell brought 1100,000 from a Chicago syndicate. I do not remember what was paid for Allerton. Williams built a beau tiful home near the park and fi nanced a street railway from, the business center of the town. But Lady Luck had deserted Williams, The Williams family moved away and Rush Park became only memory. There was in the town no sporting spirit to keep it alive. The present plan, I understand Is the formation of a stock com pany. It is being promoted by a party ot Waterloo men. Williams is dead. And Axtell and Allerton are doubtless dead, and their progeny is a numerous one. but the sensational quality of the sires,-so far as X have heard, was never passed down. It is some- A Book Review . Those who are in search of good, easy summer reading, as a mystery story for. Instance, could ..... a . a 4 1 rery little oeuer man reau "Fair Warning, by Mignon G. Elberhart It ran as a serial in the Ladies Home Journal and was concluded In the May issue. It la now out in book form. One of the satisfactory details about this story is that no out sider of whom the reader has nev er heard was brought in to com mit the murders there were two ot them. This is being done in some mystery circles and always leaves the reader with a let down, cheated feeling. Just one month after his almost-fatal accident, Iran Godden returned to his home, his recov ery attributed to his surgeon friend, Graham Blakie. That night Godden was murdered. Marcia bis wife, goinng to Verity Copley's -dinner with his. sister, Beatrice, stopped in the library to say good night to him and found him on the floor with a knife in bis heart. Iran was not quite dead and mumbled to Marcia, "Quick--take this out. Get Graham " and died just as Beatrice returned to see Marcia with a knife in her hand leaning over the dead man Marcia hadu't killed her husband but had to admit circumstances were against her. At first she thought Bob Copley, who lived next door with his mother, might have done it. He was very much in love with her and knew her husband was cruel to her. Rob soon believes that Marcia had committed the murder and each tries to protect the other, until they become convinced that a third party was really the mur derer. The story becomes comp licated with the finding of a will which leaves everything to Bea trice and which had been drawn up the day Ivan was murdered. Another murder follows and the the story moves fast The "perfect crime" was not yet completed however, and a loophole was left where by the mystery was satis factorily solved but not until al most the last paragraph. Dr. Alvin Johnson adds a new story of the difficulties of farm life with the publishing of Spring Storm" (Alfred A. Knopf). One feels, like in so many of these stories, Dr. Johnson may be telling something of his own life. "Spring Storm" describes the life of a young man whose father is a theorist, but who learns the practical farm methods from the illiterate but experienced toilers ot the soil about him. The youth has much of the rigor and impet uosity of the mid-western corn on warm, damp nights. It is well worth readin. Dr. Johnson himself was rear ed on a farm in Nebraska, but is now a distinguished economist in New York. It is of interest to note that a first edition of "The Swiss Family Itobinson" recently brought $2,350 In New York. Surely there are not many readers who date their youthful reading to days be- rore the war who haT not read "The Swiss Family Robinson." It is still being asked for by boys and girls who enjoy adventure. I am sure. First editions of two old fav orites also brought' "toDs" in prices at te same time. Mrs. Hen ry Wood's "East Lynne" went out at 11,650. and Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" brought but $50 less. Book sellers tell me there is still considerable call for the lat ter two. This year brings a high death rate for many of our authors, it would seem. This week Maxim Gorky, the Russian master of the short story, best known of which is nerhans "Vnihpr" AA i hia native land. The death of the English novelist. C. K. Chester ton, was head-lined in papers very recently. An author, not so well known to readers of the present time perhaps, was Beatrice Harraden, wb.o died last month at Barton on Sea. England, at the age of 72. Back In the gay n I n et I e s "Ships that Pass In the Night" was very popular, we are told. A few of us who like to poke about in old book stores and forgotten boxes bf books in the family at tics hare read and enjoyed that delightful, but sentimental book of another century. It Is not one of the stories that will be brought on to prosperity as a classic, but it is not too bad reading. No more books will be coming from the pen of Finley Peter Dunne, creater of "Mr. Dooley." as he died in New York at the age of 68 in May. A. E. Hausman, English poet, author of 'A Shrop shire Lad has also written his last. W m UiVU AAA as Speaking of poets and poetry Edwin Markam, whom Oregon claims as a native son, says that his formula for recognizing good poem is his ability, upon finishing reading said poem, to be able to say "Ah" as though he were hit in the solar plexus. THE END times so with horses and with hu mans. Thoughts of Charlie Williams and his horses and his - plans (which like so many human plans came to nsught) reminds me of a letter which came to me several weeks ago from a former fowan in the Imperial valley. I should hare replied to this letter long ago. The writer of the letter, who has had clippings from the Statesman, says, "I hare been in the Imperial ralley, where it is summer all winter and hell all summer, for 30 years. I well re member Charlie Williams, baring blown myself to the extent of 1200 to produce an Allerton colt" Sometimes 1 wonder whether or not Lady Luck was really a friend to Charlie Williams. Did those few years of success brighten hi? its. . a a ii a me as a wnoie or saaaen it:
