Founded HSl
"No Favor Sway Us; No Fear Shall Aic"
; From First Statesman, March 28. 1151 . v; .
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T YASPresuknt Roosevelt,
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execuiea anouier zaz alter several zigs; ns e aban
doned collectivist philosophy to re
iree economy.'
It is difficult to sav. The
publican platform for beihe contradictory. It is by no means
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f orm and candidate.
so contradictory in its fundamentals as the democratic piai-
. While the platform adopted at Philadelphia appeared
to be a frank justification for government paternalism,
(something wholly alien to democratic tradition) it contains
no endorsement or the NRA, no appeal for planned econ
omy. None of the speeches endorsed the blue eagle concep
tion of regimented business
relf ignored the adventure which he had acclaimed as one
of the greatest steps of progress when he signed the bill. ,
Instead the president denounced monopolies. He had
denounced monopolies two weeks before in I an address in
Arkansas. Recently he set the
; a 1. a 1 . 1 T T
planned economy of Tugwell and adopted the slogans and the
reforms of Senator Borah? " I
Walter Lippman, noted political writer,! thinks so. He
says that Roosevelt "has once more changed his direction
as decisively as he did when he scrapped the 1932 platform".
The president, thinks Lippman, has discarded the collectivist
ideas embodied in business centrally managed by govern
ment bureaus to return to "the old progressive ideal of com
petition and equal economic opportunity to be achieved by
attacking monopoly, corporate privileges ; and concentrated
corporate power." lippman attributes the change to a change
in public sentiment in very great measure due to the address
" es of Herbert Hoover and Senator Borah and even of Ogden
Mills. Another reason for the change in public sentiment
Al 1 ' 0 A 1. S al J" " 1
is ine lessening oi me iears oi xne depression, ana sun an
. other reason, according to Lippman is this:
"In part to an appreciation of the dreadful consequences of
a collectivist order as exhibited Jn the European totalitarian
states. The American people know that In those societies men
hare lost their liberty without achieving security, and they have
a profound antipathy to any policy which 'threatens to carry
them in the same direction." !
Not all the political observers agree with 31 r. Lippman,
and acknowledge that Roosevelt is now on a zag tack. They
think he is btill committed to the Tugwell philosophy of government-plan-all
and government-run-all. j
If the zag is genuine this paper would applaud it heart
ily. The Statesman had high hopes for the I London world
economic conference in 1933 .which offered the opportunity
for rebuilding the free economic processes in the world on a
rational basis. Mr. Roosevelt' destroyed the conference and
turned to economic nationalism, "autarchy" it was called
thenl His new policy was devaluation of the dollar, continu
ance of high tariffs, the NRA with regimented business and
exemption from the anti-trust laws, the AAA 'with the econ
omy of scarcity.
We hope Mr. Lippman .is
now back on the- sane path which looks toward economic
liberty under regulatory restraint. However J the president
las been so much of an opportunist, so full of vagaries in
his policies,; so shifting in his methods and even in his pur
: noses, that it is ouite imrjossible to accent' the Linnman theorv
as final. The one thing clear is that the president wants four
years more in which to experiment, and wants the country
to irive him! a biank check, a mortcracre with terms unsneci-
fied, expecting that his good intentions will cover all his er
rors. The public really should be enlightened ! more fully as
to the zig oi: the zag which' is now in the president's mind.
I Sirens and
AN ambulance collided- with an automobile in Eugene Fri
day. Fortunately none was hurt. Monday night we ob
served a near-collision at Ferry and Commercial when
an ambulance coming down Ferry turned south on Commer
cial to answer a call. Just preceding it had j been a police
car with screaming siren, which came down Commercial
street. I After it had rushed ahead the curious private cars
started after, and it must have been one of these what nar
rowly escaped a crash witlrthe ambulance, j
Just why police cars and ambulances have to travel at
high speeds in crowded city streets to reach the scene of an
accident we do not know. What does it profit to cause a fresh
accident en route to mop up on a first? Though the siren
sounds sometimes the private motorist is bewildered as to
where it is coming from and doesn't get out of the way fast
enough. The sirens rake the night with hideous blasts as
ambulances race to hospitals with the maimed. They could
proceed in 99 cases, out of a hundred with more peace, less
speed and with no added danger to the injured person in
side. We do not observe that the doctors who are summoned
to wait on emergency cases travel with any such speed. They
,-have more sense than to risk their own lives and, those of
others in mad haste. They know too that it is extremely
rare that life depends on split seconds of timeli ;
When the doctors equip their cars with sirens and
frighten people out of their wits, as they speed down city
streets to take care of emergency cases then we will believe
it necessary for polic cars and ambulances to make speed
ways out of crowdedjlhoroughfares to answer calls the seri
ousness of which they do not
Eleanor says in Katory today that the effect the redwood
trees of California had oa her was, "you seemed to see the past
stretching back and back of you." We seem to recall that some
thing of the kind occurred, bat our recollection Is that there
were three backs instead of two and also that It was not the past
that stretched but one of the trees. Anyway. It was a tmly de- -Ughtfal-Callfornlan
incident and they should mention It when
they advertise for tourists who want to see things oat of the
! backs of their heads. Takima epnbllc. !
Now as we recall the redwoods It wasn't your back or your past
mat stretcned. out your neck.
V The Capital Journal endeavors to extract grains of comfort for
Its presidential candidate from the utterances of Norman Thomas,
aocialtst candidate, while la Salem, by asserting that Thomas Im
plied that hope of the farmer, laborer and average citizen lies In the
return of Roosevelt, barring the unlikely prospect of his own election
on the socialist platform. There was nothing; in Thomas's lecture that
carried any such Implication. Perhaps the Capital Journal Jumps to
that conclusion because the new deal Is so saturated with socialism
that Thomas ought to regard Roosevelt the No. 2 socialist candidate.
1 Those newspaper ghouls, the photomen, paid no attention to
the sons of J. P. Morgan who requested them not to photograph the
old gentleman as he was being lifted from train to ambulance. They
got a few bum shots of a feeble old man In dressing gown. Too many
editors consider that freedom of the press extends to rude Invasion
of the private rights and comforts of Individuals In matters of no
public concern.
Administering relief or the dole is not a simple Job. In Eng
land the report of the Unemployment Assistance board has been pub
lished. It complains ef "numerous examples of public money grant
ed to households who are. quite welt off; far better off la fact than
many wage-earners. " , j.;
They put a red shirt on Governor Martin over In Baker; but no
body tried to put a red flag in his hand.
Doctors have put Mr. Morgan on a reduction diet. So far as
his bank account is concerned Mr. Roosevelt beat them to it,
jzioncheek complains that his publicity la "tiring. Incredibly
v..nn. )n III. miKlto tnj
Zag?
the amazing political acrobat.
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democrats criticise the re
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and labor. The president him
dogs of the justice depart-
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right and that Roosevelt is
Accidents
know.
Bits for
By R.J. HENDRICKS
James M. Bates was moat - 7-6- C
Tersatllo of Lie mission
family: erected, the first , -
house of whites In Jefferson: :
, (Continuing from yesterday;)
The second article, promised la
the first, appeared in the Weekly
Capital Journal of Ten. 18, 1892.
over the signature 'of. W.'T. Rig-
don, it reaa:
"Having beea solicited from
several sources to write another
article on the history of J. M.
(Uncle Jimmy) Bates, I have con
cluded to give the public the lit
tle that is known of the early
history of this man who was one
of the earliest of Oregon's pio
neers.' ' ' : . 7
"The old pioneers will soon all
have passed beyond the shores of
time where they will not be en
gaged in fighting Indians, cut
ting trails, felling footloga and
climbing to the tops of ragged
mountains to get their bearings.
The few scraps of interesting his
tory' of Oregon and her pioneers
still angatbered must be speed
ily gathered up ere the last op
portunities fade away witb the
few remaining . represenUtlTes of
the primitive toilers of the far
west. ,;- ( ' ' ' ' 1-
"How singular It. must seem to
those who knew Mr. Bates to
learn that he was bora and raised
in Washington City, D. C. His
father David Bates was from
Maine, his mother, whose, maiden
name was Yenable, was born and
raised in Washington, D. C.
James was youngest of eight
children, four boys and four
girls. Their father died while
James was a mere' lad, leaving to
the family a large estate. James
being of an eccentric disposition
and the youngest child, was no
doubt a spoiled boy. The family
succeeded, however, in keeping
young James in the academy un
til he was IS years old, about
which time a small book, 'Riley's
African Shipwrecks, tell into his
hands. ;
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"Up to this time he had made
good progress in his studies and
was nearly ready to exchange the
academy for coUege, but he be
came so interested in the adven
tures related by Riley that he lost
all interest in school. His mind
was all absorbed in the matter
of ships and their rigging, with
seas and their monsters, sea is
lands and their hideous inhabi
tants,, with hairbreadth escapes
and daring deeds. His people
were shocked and grieved at this
unexpected turn in the affairs of
young James. His fine, round
forehead, his quick ear, his bright
eye and his small but wiry frame
had led to hopes of a brilliant fu
ture. But the more his friends
and relatives protested azainst
his infatuation the more persist
ent he became, until a decision
was reached to send the boy to
Philadelphia and place him In the ,
book store of his oldest brother,
where he could find employments
and new scenes of attraction, and
be under the guiding hand of a
brother of mature years.
"Bat all to no avail the land
had lost all claims to his ardent
nature. Nothing but the 'the sea.
tne sea, the boundless sea' bad
any allurements for' this youth.
Ho embraced the first opportun
ity to slip away from his brother.
and, with but the clothes on his
back, and not a penny in his pock
et, ne Doarded the first vessel
that would accept him. This
proved to be only a coaster.
Young James was disappointed.
for he did not wish to sail up and
down the coast in sijrht of land
as he did not know but his broth
er might apprehend him at al
most any port his vessel miAit
enter. No better opportunity af
forded him to get to sea until
the following year.
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"One day while the little coast
er was laying at anchor in Boston
harbor and young James was re
hearsing in his mind the brilliant
achievements of that . midnieht
party that tipped King George's
tea into the harbor and the
mighty results that followed that
innocent amusement of our dad
dies, his thoughts drifted back to
the Mayflower and the struggles
of that faithful band of Pilgrim
Fathers. .
"How his heart longed for
similar adventures! He longed to
stand upon the prow of some no
ble ship and look upon A land yet
untrodden by the toot of civiliza
tion. He immediately determined
to visit every vessel in the great
harbor and if possible find some
opportunity to cut off every pos
sibility of being apprehended by
his relatives. The fortune left by
his father, was hardly thought of
by this ambitious but rash youth.
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"Here the power of books can
readily be seen. He who writes a
thrilling tale only for light recre
ation for the tired student may
have a heavy load ,to carry
through to the omnipotent bar of
the great Jehovah.
"Finding no opportunity to Join
a fur trading vesset as he desired,
bound for the west, he concluded
to board a full rigged merchant
ship, loading for Europe; the
American ship, George Gebratte.
This gave him an opportunity at
least to get beyond the danger of
being discovered by his friends.
During the three years the young
sailor saw many of the noted bar
bors of the old world.
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"June, 1828, young Bates, be
ing now 19 years old. finds the
long sought for opportunity to go
west on a fur trading expedition.
" "This was at the time when ev
ery adventurer who could pay for
a stock of provisions and a few
traps turned his face toward the
Rocky, mountains, and he -who
eould not set up in business on his
own account was eager to Join
some expedition by land or sea
and share with ; the proprietors
the results of his labors."
(Continued on Friday, July
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Record Ye Make
Somethings Bound to Compensate
By b: H. TALMADGE, Sage of Salem
PAY DAY
I. ain't lookln for no reward '
For what L'va dona since I've
beea on earth;
I'll bo nald. I reckon, in accord
i With that what it's flrgered
I've ben worth.
Who'll do the flggerin'f I dunno!
Ifa too much trouble to spec
. . nlate:
But the record we make Is sure to
show, V-' .
And some tain's certain to
compensate.
Anyhow, It la not an unpleasant
thought . v . - -
Faith is
something - like
the buttons oa
a feller's coat.
It's darn . un
comfortable to
be out in a cold
wind wearing a
coat that has
no buttons on
it. .
! Now and then
my thoughts go
back to a little
newspaper and
job or la tine A B.
shop la the midwest. There was
once a job printing shop in a Mis
souri village which carried a sign
upon its front reading "Gob Print
ting", but that was not the shop
to which I have reference '
' Watching Art Edwards print
3E.000 four-page eight column
couriers for the Bishop clothing
store one day this week, which
operation was comfortably accom
plished la somewhat less than
five hours en one of The States
man presses, and In two colors, to
avoid comparing the present with
the past was impossible.
It is only by comparison that
progress is measured.
So, while The Statesma n's
clicking monster poured jut the
printed sheets, my. thoughts were
busy with another pressroom
that of the town newssheets, my
thoughts were busy with another
pressroom that of the town
newspaper and job printing shop,
back yonder, more than 60 years
ago. A man-power drum-cylinder
news press, which, when condi
tions were propitious, turned out
509 copies an hour. When condi
tions were not propitious, it
didn't. The pressroom companion
of this press was a half-medium
old-style Gordon. No throw-off.
Urged into action by a foot-pedal,
eight kicks to the Impression.
Home-made rollers, which melted
in summer and became hard as
flint in winter. Pretty good in
the spring and fall.
I was associated more or less
Intimately With this marvel of
mechanical ingenuity for many
months, and, strangely, having
nothing upon which to base invid
ious comparison, I admired and
respected it. But there were days
days when the . sheets to be.
printed were many -when the
spirit flagged and the legs wab
bled. There were moments of al
most complete discouragement,
the pile of completed sheets grew
so slowly and the sheets yet to be
done loomed so big in the picture.
It was at one of these moments
that a village wiseacre, who had
dropped in to get a thrill from the
clash and roar of modern ma
chinery, gave: me a hint which I
have never forgotten.
' "Young mala," said he, "you'd
do better for yourself j if you'd
look oftener at what you've done
and less often at what is yet to
do." : .; .: . ( ..
There was something! of wis
dom in what he said. I But not
much. I presume a' person may ex
pend considerable vital energy In
doing a task mentally, which is
what the dwelling of the mind
upon what is yet to be done
amounts to. but I was never able
to convince myself that it helped
me in my relations to that old
press. Eight kicks to the Impres
sion , still continued to be eight
kicks tq the impression. And the
power of self-hypnosis continued
to be lacking amongst the gifts
given me by the gods.
Long runs were Infrequent, but
not unknown. I have kicked off
as many as 10,000 dodgers in one
order. Such a run was equivalent
to walking If miles uphill. A
salesman who tried to sell the
boss a steam engine and failed
told me this, and It was close to
the truth. Ia addition to the ped
aling, the sheets had to be fed in
and taken out. The ink had to be
put onto the disk with a small
roller levery few rods. The type
form had to be watched constant
ly. "Type was not cast on uniform
bod tea la those days, and letters
and words and even lines were
Ukely to pull out at any moment.
Looking back, I am unable to
understand why I did it. It er
taialy was not because of the
money I received for doing the
work. But I did it, and for some
mysterious Teason I enjoyed do
ing it I reckon it was some sort
of curse in my blood.
A curse in an Individual's blood
may bo oa thing or It anay be an
other. The individual may do the
work he likes to do. regardless of
the money reward to accrue there-
Vl Ten Years Ago . J
Jnly 5, 1024
Kenneth G. Ormiston, former
radio operator at Angeles temple,
is once more wasted for question
ing In connection with the Mc
Pherson kidnapping.
Former Premier Reef Bey of
Turkey will marry Princess Chlv
ekar, former wife of King FuadV
of Egypt, j .- ;-
Eaton hall Is being repaired
during the summer months.
Twenty Years Ago-
Jmly 5. 101S
The Germans are - being hard
pressed on all sides ny the Allies
Chautauqua opens July 12.
A wrestling bout lasted
hours In Omaha, Neb. -
five
Is Sure to Show,
from, or he may devote his life to
labor which he does not like to
do, because of greater financial
rewards. In i either case he is a
sucker from (one point of view or
another. Much, of the work I have
done during the past SO years has
been poorly .paid for la money:
some of it has been done without
material payment. You see, I am
not just a plain sucker; I am an
aggravated case.
consider the past is years.
During that period I have writ
ten approxlraa tely 4.000,000
words, aggregating 4.060 newspaper-columns.
Ninety-eight per
cent of this has been taken "from
my own head, meaning that it
has not been ordinary news. This
has all beea bought and paid for
and published for the benefit of a
breathless world. And In none of
these W years bare I received
more than fS0. All of which
merely , goes to fchow the sucker
class to which X belong.
X should be dark blue with re
morse,- I suppose.' But I am not.
Nor would I be thus setting forth
these Intimate facts were It not
that X. have during the years been
approached through the mail and
otherwise, by young people who
wish to know how they may be
come writers such writers as I,
heaven save the mark! Now and
then a message has come from
some of the elders, stating that I
have beea, a blessing- to them,
which, of course, is all bosh, al
though i should like to believe It,
The young inquirers, most of
whom can do as I have dose If
they are willing to put up with
what I have put up with, may
find food for wholesome thonght
la this confession.
At any rate, the figures are as
entertaining as many of those em
anating from certain of the com
missions under the N. R. A., and
have a clearness of quality, which
renders them comprehensible.
I once had a friendly little chat
with a millionaire in a New Eng
land manufacturing- village. It
was in that part of the day de
scribed in a sweet old song as "In
the gloaming, O my darling", and
I was on my way to do a trifle of
night-work in the village news
paper office. Rounding acorn er, I
encountered the millionaire (he
owned all the mills in the village)
sitting -on the edge of a board
walk holding the end of a rope.
To the other end of the rope was
attached a cow. Of the two, the
cow was the better looking. The
millionaire looked like a tramp,
but I knew him for a thorough
bred. Thei-eow lobked the thor
oughbred she wal The million
aire invited me to sit beside him
and watch sthe co eat grass. He
said the cow would be perfect if
she could only talk. But the cow
was unable to talk. So he invited
me to sit beside him. We discuss
ed the nature of success in life
and the means of attaining same.
I told him I had never had enough
money;, probably never would
have. And he said, heaving a sigh
clear from the soles of his rubber
boots, "Me neither, my lad.
Which seemed to me ridiculous.
But he was sincere enough.
Some discussions get nobody
nowhere. That millionaire was
suffering from the same pain I
was suffering from, yet his wealth
was tremendous, while mine, as I
recall the figure at this time,
amounted to somewhat less than
four dollars. ; !
And I reckon his pain was far
the acuter of the two.
Aa I do not enjoy people who
talk too much about themselves.
I trust the reader of this will par.
don me.
Nineteen hundred thirty six may
go down ia history as the year of
great and astonishing upsets.
Such appears to be the tendency.
A correction: In a reference
here last week to R. A. Harris's
magazine. Abundance, the state
ment was made that not many of
those who give it a thorough read
ing will nod affirmatively a num
ber of ; times between the first
page and the last. The copy for
this Item read "win NOT nod af
firmatively." A ' small omission
and a large difference in meaning.
Sorry, i ' ; "
AT THK RAILWAY CROSSING
He . stopped and looked 'and lis
tened. But all that he did hear
Was a crash made by an auto
That bumped his la the rear.
ta relating" the incident at the
police station later, the driver
who bad stopped and looked and
listened 1 delivered himself of a
remark. He said,, scowling heav
ily at the other driver aad para
phrasing an aged'saw, "Well. I
s'pose you can't make a silk purse
out of a pig's rear." Pretty scorn
ful, eh? -: t .
Some of us. who have seen Hen
ry B. Walthall In pictures fre
quently since the day long ago
or what seems long agowhen
The Birth of a Nation photoplay
was creating a sensation through
out the country, felt as If we were
bidding farewell to an old friend
at the showing of The Mine With
the Iron Door at the Grand dur
ing the week. A fine actor. He
died at Hollywood June 17. I
Lightning, we are Informed by
the diggers-up of useless infor
mation, travels at a speed of from
800 to 10,000 miles a second. Not
much chance of dodging the 10,
000 mile variety. - : i
So long as we love, we serve-
Robert Louis Stevenson.
What did the second Dionne
quintuplet say to the first Dionne
quintuplet at the time of their an
rival? Mrs. McIIree of the West
Union (Iowa) Union says ft was
the old familiar tine from the
mystery dramas, "Sh-sh! Dont
say anything, but I think we're
being followed." Seems reason
able ".
According to the foreign news.
"KING Olf
j .! isynopsis, ';:'. jj :
Left destitute when her mother
dies, Lynn Bartel is forced to leave
private school and go to business.
She ' become a mannequin - for
Duzmings. an exclusive Chicago
dress shop. Lyra has very few
friends as her training has placed
her oa a higher social level, than
her fellow-workers and - her low
financial status prevents bar from
associating with her own set. She
has one friend, however, la Su
sanna, the stock girl, and she
wished their tastes were mora in
common. AH ia all, Lynn's Ufe
was very-lonely. Then one day, a
letter comes from her wealthy and
pampered cousin, "Doti" Mcrcnoo,
inviting Lynn to New Orleans for
the liardi Graa. With a light
heart and aa inexpensive wsrd
robe, Lynn goes south. She re
ceives a hearty welcome from her
Aunt Zola and "Doti. Lynn, is
given the room her soother had
when a girl and her heart overflows
with gratitude and grief ; grief bev
causa it was she, and not her
mother, who returned to this love
ly home after so many years' ab
sence, lira. Bartel had given; up
a life of luxury for love and com
parative poverty. "Doti' takes
Lynn! around to meet her friends.
Jack Thorpe is among ihe missing
andifDotr is disappointed. Al
though Jack has not proposed: it
has beea understood since child
hood ! that - he and "Doti" would
marry. The boys swarm about
Lynn, the vincio-os newcomer ia
their midst. v..: I j
V ' 4' T: CHAPTER X " . ' J I-
Lyha met so "many people that
first day in the south, she felt
bnathlesa and bewildered until
she met Jackson Thorpe: when She
was breathless and startled, uou s
BTwrtona mrmise ef him Lynn had
attributed to her usual extravagant
habits. Doti was lavish with every-
thinjr; money, possessions, affec
tion, praise, words. But Lynn found
Herself emnderin if she had net
done i her cousin an injustice j in
thinking her a bit garrulous, par
ticularly in regard to Jack. a I
, He seemed to embody all the tra
ditions of his surrounding : beauty
and audacity, romance and glamour.
.He was all that any girl could imag
ine in a hold eonquistadore and 0
romantle crinee. Lynn wondered
how Doti accepted him and his de
votion so calmly, and renounced ibis
. Imaginary neglect so bluntly. Per
haps because tney caa grown up w
gether, and her asttitude toward
him was more like that of a critical
itr She boned that Doti would
realize her error before it affected
her happiness in some insidious
wai s
JaVlr was tall and broad and thick
with the solid stature of a trainfd
athlete. His black hair was cnap
with a mere suggestion of a wave
where the esds swept into diagonal
lines across his head, which wai
nroad and set solidly unon his shoul
ders. His dark eyes were both se
rious and merry, and tney twinsiiea
i i-1 V. .ill .Vwk
roguisoiy whcu u ,iuucui
was often. He had a leisurely man
ner and yet it was apparent, froni
Doti'e renunciation of his loyalty to
business and his attitude when I he
referred to it, that be was ambitious;
Lynn had learned that Jack was
in business with his father, who
also; was associated with Colonel
Merchon at the refinery. Very much
a family affair, and one would have
thmio-ht Doti would be deli srB ted
over Jacks interest in the source of
her present comfort and happiness
and that of her future as well. But;
having been accustomed to that firm
foundation all her life, Lynn sup-i
nnuil ior eonain never eare a
thought to that practical angle of
his assiduity. , J 1
Jack came to the house for dinner
that Mveninc-. looking very hand
some in a blue Monte Carlo Jacket
with cream trousers. Doti presentea
him te Lvnn bv their first names
and insisted that they must be very
, good friends. "That will be eas.!
Jack bowed over her hand with dig
nity, but the twinkle in his eyes was
much more intimate. "I thonght I
knew you very well, even before 1:
saw . you, but I notice there have
been lots of omissions in our ; ac
quaintance by proxy. Well have to
fill them as quickly as possible.'' ,
II Duce is dividing Ethiopia Into
five eta tee, each of course-to be
provided with a set of officers.
There are moments when II Duce
reminds one of Jim Farley more
than he reminds one of Julius.
Caesar.
When man bites a dog It lis
said on generally accepted author
ity that he creates news. But he
must bite ji dog. Merely to balk
at a dog will net turn the trick;!
It was some keen student l
feminine nature Barrio. I think
who said that a woman will ac
cede sweetly to almost any terms
if she to not told she must.
ft
Something , In .the present po
litical situation (it is somewhat
vague, but still has definite form)
that reminds me of the state ixf
affairs In 1084. the campaign fn
which the Mugwump vote elected
Grover 'Cleveland over James O.
Blaine and did ft in spite of
Blaine's - popularity and the re
publican machine, which at that
time was unhampered in Its op
erations by civil service regula
tions. This is the first year since
1814 that the higher class liter
ary publications of national cir
culation have shown an ' earnest
Interest in party politics. Usual
ly they; are strictly non-political.
Bat now there is little use in try
ing to disguise the fact that they
are using their Influence for all
there is! in it to defeat Roosevelt.
How significant this fact is will
be determined later. j
i
The
firecracker may have lis
strong
points, but as a wisecrack-
er it is much of a failure.
POLKS HERE AXD THERE
- Frank Hutchison of the state
printing department, witb Mrs.
Hutchison, has returned from ia
motor trip to California. . . Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Marshall, be Of
the Western Union and she of the
Style Shop have beea recent vis
itors at I their former home, PeO,
ria, I1L . . . Velleda Ohmart of
The Statesman business office Is
off on a vacation. She left yes
terday morning, accompanied by
her father. Roy, and her brother
Lee and wife, for a motor tour
of southern Oregon which ' tosr
Includes among other points of
interest Crater lake and the Ore
gon caves. . . Roberta Varley Is
spending the week-end with her
HEARTS
it
9
'What havent I told you about
Lynn!" Doti demanded. 4 "
i "Something that could not have
been expressed in words, I suppose,
else you would have done so, be
replied with affectionate nuraur.
: "She has done you justice since I
arrived," Lynn assured him. !
"Having only a week in which to
get you two acquainted, I . hadj to do
some advance promoting, Doti de
fended herself, and inquired of
Jack, Now aren't you sorry! you
lost a whole precious aaj oemg fi
"Indeed. X am. But I had to cjean
ba the old desk before 1 assumed
my duties as king on the morrsw.
1 "How does it feel to be monarch
for adayT Lynn inquired. -i
"Very shaky," he laughed. 1 I
know now why all the crowned
heads of the world ache. It must
be rather disconcerting to wake up
very morning and wonder if it s
the last day." he jested. .f-
But underneath his banter, Lynn
suspected his pride in the tempo
rary honor wwen nis ciiy inu
awarded him. Not many of its priti
xens had achieved that prominence,
even with the passing of more than
one hundred years since its incep
tion, j Surely, the festival never jhad
boasted a more royal monarch.!
( Lynn had not seen the uoipnei
MfitiT then. He Joined them sow.
descending the stairs with austere
dignity and tne poeture ei a awawr.
His voice rumbled, but his smile of
greeting modified its MtyTSo
t-this is our other little fbi, is it?"
His keen eyes under heavy wnue
k. uMmt ta analvse every
thought and act of her entire life,
Lynn felt-i "Well. I can see you're
another thoroughbred. You belong
here with the rest oi bi-iwi
there mthat godforsaken Yankee
J Lyna tremDiea instae. f
should she answer to that? ! She
laid meekly, "It's the only home I've
known." 1
i "Humph 1 WeQ yanyone can make
a change for the better. His face
brightened as he turned to 'i his
Anrhtr elimrrnr to his arm. "And
what do you think of her majesty,
the queen I" he pinched her cheek as
a she were a precocious cduu.
i "She is everything that a queen
ftfcauld be." Lvnn declared fervently.
Zola swept into the room, looking
more like the queen in sapphire blue
satin and scintillating jewels. Her
greeting embraced everyone wait in
ly and she said, as chiming netes
drifted across the hall from the din
ing room, "We're dining early sd as
lot to be late for the pageant. ' f
She took Jack's proffered inn
and led the -way, followed by "the
Colonel witb a girl on either sidfc of
kSm : MWa ahnifld have another
man, but I thought we'd keep this
first dinner a f amiiy an air. proo
ably will be the last one. Doti bas
every hour planned ior ine remain
der of the week' II
i Qt.immn nlatoa AT Bonn Were
served unctuously by the shunting
Andy. ,
"This is the genuine Creole gfinv
bo. for which our cooks are famous.
Zola explained to Lynn. "I hope
youll like it." , . I '
I Lynn tasted the thick liquid
slowly. -"It's perfectly delicious,"
she-pronounced. "I've always won
dered what it was like. Mother told
me about what marvelous gumbo-
was it, Mattie madeT"
I "Mattie ! made this. She's Still
with - us, and always makes fthe
gumbo. !
I "Rut what i in it?"
I "The ingredients are traditional,
and always a mystery," Zola
laughed, "but Mattie insists that
file powder is superior to okra sf or
the thickening, only that one niust
be an expert to use the proper
amount of file powder." i.
i "That's just an excuse for put
tin in anything they have around,"
Jack scoffed. "Irish stew, goulash,
gumbo it's all the same. Every
thing in the kitchen boiled in bne
kettle and seasoned with mystery
and what do we have? Creole gum
bo, in New Orleans." f
"Don't mind him," Dot! admon
ished cheerfully. "Men are all alike
about food. They want it just right
but they never admit it takes any
work or brains to get it that way."
"Humnhi" said the Colonel, but
Sister Loreta at Eugene. . . Rud-
yard Kipling, the English writer,
left an estate valued at 8712,
240. .j. Motion pictures are pa
tronized annually by 80.000,000
people. . . Dr. August Glutsch and
wife are expected to reach home ,
from their Detroit trip about July
15: They are traveling by auto,
and seeing much country, includ
ing the Yellowstone park. The Dr.
is one of Salem's distinguished
citizens, being the sole official
la the northwest of the national
optometrists association, attend-
ince at the national convenlton of
which was the principal purpose
of the trip. . . Word comes from
Cliff McDougal, la advance of the
Tom Mix ' circus, that they are
how In Iowa and Illinois aad that
business is good. . . Harry Carey,
Hoot Glbsoa and Heary B." Wal
thall the the principals in a aome
what more than usually enjoyable
western picture.' featured In a
double! bill at the Capitol duritig
the week, the second feature be
ing the Sehmellng-Louis f igit.
also somewhat unusual, moved
over from the Elsinore Sunday, f. .
Opinions were freely expressed n
the lobby following the show that
Mr. Walthall appeared extremely
weary, the Illness which resulted
in his death evidently having fas
tened Itself upon him while still
the picture was in the making. ; .
Mrs. Alma ! Bottrell's thorough
bred English setter. Lady of Sa
lem, baa a family of seven thor
oughbred ' pups, three of which
have beea recently declared by a
Portland dog expert to be of. ex
ceptional quality. . . Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Hardy are home from
Harvard for the summer. . Jean
Arthur, the screen actress. Is 28
years old. Si feet S Inches high
and weighs 110 pounds. . . . Ott
Schmidt of the Grand theatre has
sold bis home In the Klngwood
district and Is building a new one
on South High street. . . John
Merits of the local rural mail de
livery force Is on vacation. . :t .
Wilfred Hagedorn popped out an
other issue of his Junior Gazette
during theweek. . . Mr. and Mrs.
Collier of Aberdeen, Wash., were
in Salem last week to attend the
wedding of two former Iowa
friends. . . Mrs. Mary Talmadge
Heed rick Is home from her Alas
kan trip. . . Ruth Talmadge. lot
Spokane, on vacation from her
studies at the University of Wash
ington.; Is a visitor In the Warren
Gray home at Marioa. ... Vincent
' :- " by ' - -Edna
Robb Webster
his eyes twinkled as they glanced at
his daughter, -wnen uiu juu
VelOP your PUUOSOpny concerns
men?" . .
"When I discovered you were my
daddy," she retorted. " -
"Humph 1 " he said again, and fin
ished his gumbo.
Dinner progressed pleasantly
through the dessert of caramel and
pecan pastry with black French cot
su v ,mn !..rfMf that the bever
age should be made verjr sweet witr.
many lumps of sugar in tne otm.
tasse. Due n was so iuvhk w
she almost choked over it.
IU take the girls along with
wm " Ja.v nnnnnfM. wnen wer
Wt thm table to hasten their depar
ture for the pageant.
Very welL Dad and I, will take
the small ear, then. It will be easier
to drive in the crowds," Zola de
cided. "Shall we see you at the club,
later?"
r.mn vnwel her makeun with
nervous fingers, sitting at the blue
flounced dressing table where her
mother had prepared for carnival
balls a generation before. She felt
thrilled and excited and frightened
with the anticipation of ber first
really formal masquerade. She had
learned that this was the night when
the Krewe of Proteus gave its gor
geous street pageant and private
ball, preceding Mardi Gras Day.
Some ef the guests would not be in
costume this night but everyone
would be masked.
T.im raa wearinar the rose lace
gown with the simulated ruby orna
ments and would change to the
crescent costume at the club. As a
gewn model, she was accustomed to
wearing much more expensive crea
tions, but this was the first time in
her life she had felt like a human
being an evening dress. At Dun-
ninrs, she felt like s wax aummyj
iC.ni.vinv Ka thinra which did not
belong to her. But she was alive
tonight to tne very up oi ner
beautifully manicured finger-nails
o.ehut In ti livht like iew-
els on her hands. And somewhere.
deep in her subconscious mina, was
the memory of Jack's dark eyes
holding hers in their depths.
e
Hundreds of flaming torches . . .
candent glare of red and white
flares . . , glinting Jewels, flashing
metals, scintillating colors ana
floods of white light. Bursts of mu-
1 altaraatinor with rattlinfE 8E-
plause. Brass resonance ef bands,
strumming of guitars, oiare vt
horns, fanfare of trumpets. A bla
tant nandemomum of light and
color and sound.
Trafno int antSonsiv and tol
erantly among the jesting, shouting,
Sntrinw thrnnn. Na one resented
the delays caused by groups of cele
brating pedestrians, ior were -ways
was some amateur perform
ance or some eostumed anomaly to
watch during tne interim oi waiv
ing. An-ncbmnT aa Lvnn was to the
tense and sober countenances of
most northern faces, sne was
amazed to discover that there were
f ;il mmnv nannla in the WO rid
who could play with such a spirit of
. a a-tl a.- I
good-naturea aDanaon. ono hi i
the open topless motor car beside
rinH and Tnnvf with a sense of de
licious unreality through the gentle
througn tne swirung masses.
tw iiiMrfMl hr attention and
. ... . T
explained innumerable customs and
" . . . . a . m -a a- i r
traditions oi we aisrai uras.
"This is nothing, compared with
what you will see tomorrow, after
Rex emerges from his den, at eleven
o'clock," Jack discounted her amaze
ment. "Tomorrow is the big day,
and the climax of the celebration."
"I don't see how anyone keeps his
senses, if it is more exciting than
this," Lynn exclaimed.
"Not all of them do," he laughed.
"Many people live all the other
fifty-one weeks of the year in the
most rigid economy, to be able to
celebrate extravagantly for this one
week," Doti explained. -
"Which has its advantages," add
ed Jack.
(To Be Continued)
CorrtsM. 1111. Xlat rtatorai frBl. 1m. .
Hamlin, comic strip artist, whose
home is In Florida, is on a calling
tour amongst his relatives in the
Pacific northwest. He was in Sa
lem one day laat week, calling on
an aunt, Mrs. Graham of South
12 th street
WELL. AFTER A
The tumult of conventions and of
ring fights dies away.
The things that folks have had in
mina they quite forget to
say. '
And o'er the streets of Salem rests
a sort of breathless hush.
And radloa are silent and sub
dued s the daily rush.
When into town, like Caesar, his
bosom bulrlnr out.
Appears a man, who's caught a
naii-oezen iz-lncb trout!
He caught also one that mea
sured 18, mebby 21, Inches.
Bat that one got away.
m Title of a Sunday paper syn
dicate article: "Is the Home on
the Way Out?" No. of eourse H
isn't. But most of the folks In the
uuuoo usually are.
Improvement Made
On Mill at Turner
TURNER . Jalv vJ vcr w ant
L. A. Weddle have had a force
of workmen putting In a second
floor, aad commodious grain bins
ww aarnar reea mm. a new
porch, will extend across the front
of the building. New machinery
will also be Installed. The mill
grounds have been landscaped.
A new spillway and flume have
beea built at the Intake of their
feed ditch la the south end of
town, and with a new headgate
installed it will be passible to
control the flow of water.
Rev. and Mrs. Bruce Qroseclose
of Beaverton. called in Turner
Thursday evening. ..rior to their
occupying the Methodist parson-
a rft durina t h pamnr fmm r Thr
-expect to move early next week
Kev. uroseciose will be a senior
at Willamette university nct
year. .
Flax pulling and grain harrr i
wil be the order on some of thf
farms next wee.
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