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.
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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
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. 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.
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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: