The OIlUCiON 'STATESMAN, Salem, Ugon, Tuesday Morning, Jul jf II,1 19Sa"
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"Yo Faror Sicay Us; So Fear Shall Atce".
From First Statesman, March 2 S. 1851
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO.
Cflaxixs A.' SntACCC - - - - Editor-Manager
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Member, of tbe
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The Santiara Roads
ROAD work in progress and in prospect in the eastern
portion of Linn county will open up a' very interesting
and historic country and establish road connections of
great importance in the development of Oregon!. Over the
week-end this editor made a trip up the North Sahtiam, over
the; Santiam pass to Sisters and Bend, then qut the Century
drive southeast of Bend to the lakes country hi the high
mountains. Returning we left the South Santiam road to
travel the new cut-off via Clear lake to Belknap springs and
the 'McKenzie highway.- The pending work is completion of
the iNorth Santiam into a standard highway .Uhe last grading
contract on which has been awarded, although the section
belqw Detroit needs tJ be rebuilt; and completion of the
South Santiam highway via Cascadia and Lebanon. Only a
few! miles of the latter road remain uncompleted The new
route coming into the discussion is the connection between
the South Santiam and the "McKenzie highway, a distance
of about 25 miles which was used this spring as a substitute
before the McKenzie wras opened. i -
At present a detour of about 14 miles must be made'on
the North Santiam, from about Marion forks to Big Mea
dows. This detour is a forest road up the! mountain ridge
between the Marjon and North Santiam rivers. It is passable,
but that is about all that may be said for it. The eastern end
of the road, to its connection with the South Santiam is in
excellent condition. From the junction the road goes between
Hogg butte and Hayrick butte, conspicuous features in the
summit region, over the summit in the broad Santiara pass,
and down past Blue lake and Suttle lake to Sistersi It re
' duces the distance from Salem to Bend by over 40 miles. It
will, when finished open a new market for valley produce,
fruits and vegetables, in the lumber and stock country of
Central Oregon ; and will in return open a market for some
Central Oregon products, potatoes, alfalfa hay and livestock.
As the road follows very easy grades and crosses at a low
elevation, with the cuts generally having a southern exposure
the road should be open practically the year round. Herein
lies its advantage over the McKenzie. It is quite conceivable
that this will develop into a route to and from California.
The road east of the mountains follows a straight line on the
high plateau south to Klamath Falls and then to Weed, and
the driving time should be much shorter than any other route.
These roads will open a new tourist paradise: the upper
waters of the forks of the Santiam and of the McKenzie,
which heads at Clear lake. They reach within a few miles of
Marion lake and the group of lakes to the south. Beautiful
Blue lake and the famous Suttle lake, with i its pleasant re
sort, lie just over the ridge, j
The correct name for the pass,which is crossed by the
new- Santiam highway is Santiam pass. The name Hogg
pass has been applied because CoL Hogg who was building
his railroad planned to use this pass. He did, in the '80's,
send a crew of Chinese coolies up there and they did some
work in grading for the new railroad. That work was on
the south side of Hogg butte, a little higher than the grade
of the new road. The railroad was built .as far as Detroit
hut financial revprsp rrvpntvl fta rnmnlption ovpr the
mountains.
The xld Santiam road crosses the summit about three
miles south of the new road,
butte, touching the north point of Big lake. There is a con
necting road right along the crest of the mountains between
the new road and the old Santiam road at Big lake. There is
really no need for two names to designate the pass although
there was about three miles difference between the Hogg
crossing and the old Santiam road. The one name of Santiam
pass properly describes the low gap in the mountains about
midvvay between Mount Washington on the south and Three
Fingered Jack on the north. So the puclic should drop the
use of the term Hogg pass and use only the term Santiam
pass to describe this crossing of the mountains.
The new Santiam highways will open tip not only the
wilderness on the west side of the range, but will open up
very interesting recreational areas on the other side: the
Metolius river and the Deschutes, Suttle i lake, the lakes
, southeast of Bend, East lake and Paulina; and the lakes
of the high Cascades southwest of Bend. To scout Green
lakes for the Chemeketans was the object of our expedition.
Green lakes lie in the mountain basin between South Sister
and Broken Top mountains five miles by j trail from the
road at Sparks lake. The larger of the two lakes (there is
a third tiny one nearby) is an emerald gem, its waters a
vivid green. At this season high snow banks are still feeding
the lakes. The land in the basin is open, with Kttle vegetation
save clumps of. mountain hemlock and pine.1 A spot 'was se
lected for the Chemeketan camp next month on a little knoll
above the water, facing both the two great mountains and
with the lake basin of the Century drive lying to the south.
In view also are Bachelor butte, Diamond peak and Mt.
Thielsen. The new Santiam roads will make it possible to
reach the fishing and camping spots on the Century drive
from Bend in about six hours of very comfortable driving.
Immediate emphasis needs to be given for rebuilding the
road between Gates and Detroit.
Planners
THE state planning board, so its publicity agent says, will
extend every aid in attacking the problem -of eradicating
"white top" a weed that is spreading in Baker, Wallowa
and Grant counties. Now there indeed is a job for idle hands
to do. Pulling weeds in northeastern Oregon ought to keep
the state planners busy. One might think that with county
agents, a great state agricultural college, experiment sta
tions, the federal department of agriculture that enough pub
lic agencies had been created to look after the weeds and the
grasshoppers. Seemingly not, so the state planning board
.will take a hand. j
Perhaps it is a wrong inference that Chairman Bean
and Prof. Parsons" and the others are going to get out with
grubbing hoes, because the concluding paragraph of the
publicity sheet says the planning board "will cooperate" with
residents, experiment stations,
the real weed-pulhng of course.
All this is hokum. Doubtless the
agencies are already at work
can do nothing and are out of
to. There are opportunities for constructive service in the
way of studying and analyzing important social and economic
and political problems of the state, enough of them to, keep
the planners busy without getting over the fences into agri
culture where there must be
as governmental assistants with free advice are concerned.
A summer campaign In Kansas has to b a! front-porch cam
paign, or else a sleeping porch. j
A New York designer has fashioned a shirt for men, sans back
tad tail, which proves the silly season Is here again.
Associated Pr
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and goes south of Hayrick
tnd Weeds
etc.
That lets them out of
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established agricultural
on the
problem. The planners
their field when they attempt
standing room only, insofar
Hie Great Game
of Politics .
By FRANK R. KENT
Copjrrijkl 1133. by Tfc Btltinor Saa
Perturbed Politics
IF THE confidence of Mr. Roose
velt in . his reelection is to be
measured by the extraordinary
steps he Is tak
ing to strength
en his political
fences, it hard
ly justifies use
of that adverb,
so highly
favored by his
friends In
speaking of his
frame of mind.
The fact, is
there . seem to
be things about
the situation
rrana B. Slant
which prod
him Into actions, to put it mildly.
unusual in a Presidential candi
date occupying the White House.
ALSO, it would appear on neces
sary action for a man sure of his
ground or sure of himself. Hardly
a week passes but news Is had of
something more or less sensation
al the President has done to pro
mote himself politically. Some
times these things are eagerly
described by the Roosevelt press
attaches as , -"master strokes";
sometimes they are referred to
as "ten strikes": sometimes they
admiringly, epeak of him as "play
ing a fast game" and sometimes
they hastily gloss them over with
as little comment as possible, The
recent record is interesting. Of
course, statement of It, no matter
how fair, will seem wicked to the
worshipers who take the strange
stand that any effort to be real
istic about Mr. Roosevelt is abus
ive and that a simple presentation
of facts is inspired either by the
Du Ponts or the devil. ,
NEVERTHELESS, these things
have happened: A few weeks be
fore the Philadelphia convention,
Mr.-Roosevelt appointed two Fed
eral judges in New York one a
Mr. Clancy, the protege of Boss
Flynn of Brooklyn, the other a
Mr. Mandelbaum, the friend ' of
Boss Dooling of Tammany and
both so bad that even a support
ing paper . like the World-Tele
gram vehemently denounced
them. The reasons for the ap
pointments were clearly political.
No defense of this charge was
made. None could be. Tbe con
firmation of Messrs. Clancy and
Mandelbaum was forced ' by the
White House in the closing days
of Congress over the protests of
Senator Copeland and leaders of
the New York bar. It is generally
agreed that this is one of the most
indefensible things Mr. Roosevelt
has ever done. His better-class
friends were ashamed of It. It
would seem that a man must feel
rather desperate to make that
type of judicial appointment It
was the sort of politics of which
some of Mr. Roosevelt's strongest
critics had not believed him ca
pable. It was one incident his
press hurried over as quickly as
possible. They want to forget It
and have it forgotten. It is too
revealing of what he might do
with the Supreme Court if , he
gets the chance.
SINCE THE convention, however,
a series of things have been done
politically by Mr. Roosevelt which
fill his supporters with enthus
iasm. First, there was his success
in forcing Governor Lehman - to
reconsider his refusal to run. It
is accepted that this was accom
plished through a personal plea
of the President, which put Mr.
Lehman in a position where he
had to yield. Second, there was
his success in inducing Mr. Frank
Murphy to resign as Governor of
the Philippines, to. run for Gov
ernor of Michigan, and the
achievement of factional harmony
In the State through a personal
plea from Mr. Roosevelt to the
State leaders to support Murphy
on the ground that he had to have
Michigan's rote to win and could
not hope to get It In that way.
THEN THERE is the announce
ment gleefully made by the press
boys that the forthcoming Progressive-
conference in Wilconsin
dominated by the La Follette
brothers, will Indorse the Roose
velt candidacy. The statement is
made by spokesmen that the
President Is "reaching out" to
make this endorsement certain.
Most persons have regarded it as
certain for a long time. The La
Follettes two years ago left the
Republican party. They are
among Mr. Roosevelt's closest ad
visers and supporters. It ia for
them that he has disregarded the
regular Democratic organization
in Wisconsin in the distribution
of public funds and it was from
Philip La Follette he obtained
hki famous letter to the clergy.
Still, the Progressive endorsement
will be made to seem big news
when It comes, though he has had
It "In the big" right along.
THE MOST recent Roosevelt step
was the effort to Influence the
American Federation of Labor to
knuckle under in the fight be
tween it and John L. Lewis, with
whom the President has an extra
ordinary alliance. At least that
was the interpretation put by
sympathetic interpreters upon the
separate White House visits on
Thursday at his request of Mr.
William Green and Mr. Lewis.
These interpreters said that Mr.
Roosevelt feels the row In the
A. F. L. if continued may lose him
votes and his influence was being
brought to bear to bring about
Peace but largely on Mr. Lewis
terms. Take it all In all. these ac
tivities upon the part of the Presi
dent do not appear to Indicate
that calm confidence about which
so much has been said.
ON. THE contrary, they rather In
dicate an inner perturbation that
force him to do things which a
confident man would not do at
all. Hi friends contend that the
Clancy-Mandelbaum appointments
have insured Tammany loyalty
to Mr. Roosevelt; that the Leh
man candidacy make New York
safe; that the Murphy candidacy
puts Michigan in his column; that
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Bits for Breakfast
By R. J. HENDRICKS :
James M. Bates was most 7-14-38
versatile of Lee Mission
family; erected the first
house of whites in JeTferson:
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(Concluding from Sunday:)
Quoting Mrs. Taughan further:
"My first school dayaf were In the
ell of the Institute which ii now
the poatoffice. -:
"I recall that Mr. Slatton had
some novel ways of punishing pu
pils such i as tying, them to the
stove pipe and by making boys
and girls sit together.
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"Mr. Taylor Cwhd succeeded
Mattooa) - taught 60 f pupils with
the assistance of some of his old
est pupils, as. was thie custom In
those days. . -H'!
: "The Institute was noted as a
good school pupils coming from
French Prairie and other
parts of the valley, f s
"The Institute was "kept up for
many years and then finally. In
the '90s, was turned over to the
public schools. $ , ....
(C M. Mattoon wasr prqm-inent
in the early education and church
history of Oregon. He wrote a
book, "Baptist Annals of : Ore
gon,' and he was1
s"- the author of
o k, "Mattoon's
a school text boo
Arithmetic")
"The early history pt Jefferson
ia so closely linked with that of
Santiam, City that I could hardly
write about Jefferson 'without tel
ling a little of the early history
of Santiam City. I
"The little town was located on
Sam Miller's donatio c 1 a I m a
mile below Jefferson Ion the east
bank of the Santiam river in Mar
ion county.. :.- I.
"Thomas Holt and! Jacob Con-
ser built a sawmill there in 1847,
Health
By Royal S, Copeland, M.D.
STATISTICS CONTINUE to show
that heart disease ranks first among
the causes of death, j On thia account
everybody should be familiar with
the warning signs of this trouble, but
at the same time we should be sen
Bible about it. It is unwise to be
come obsessed with fear end unnec
essary anxiety. .
It is Important te know the first
symptoms of heart ! disease because
complete recovery is largely depend
ent upon early diagnosis and treat
ment.' As a rule persons die of this
disease because it progressed for
many years, unrecognised and un
treated. . ; j .
. Sir Thomas Lewis 1 his recent
book. "Diseases of the Heart", state
that healthy habits are prime essen
tials in the treatment of any form of
heart disease. Let me quote a few
words: !;? I I.."'- i
Live Moderately
"Very prudent people live quietly
and moderately; they have their sim
ple doily routine of work and pas
time, enlivened by occasional excur
sions and entertainment,' social gath
erings and visits to and from their
friends. They are temperate in their
eating, taking- ne more than wul
maintain them In robust health, ar
ranging tbe diet to consist chiefly of
plain good food. . . . They are regu
lar in their habits ef work and ex
ercise and In their mealtimes. They
are strictly temperate in their drink
ing and control of their Amotions and
passions." ' T
This fa Indeed sound advice for
everybody, whether the! heart is all
right or not. But heart diaeaae U
only serious If it la neglected. My
advice te every sufferer from thia
condition is to place himself in the
hands of a competent physician. The
doctor will advise aa to diet, medica
tion, and all the things necessary for
the relief of discomfort and pain.
Many a person who has some heart
disturbance unknowingly: weakens hla
heart reserve because of txceea've
weight. In such a case the doctor
will point out the danger of over
weight and outline a diet which will
help te reduce the weight gradually
and without danger.
Avoid lafectUee
Chronic Infections off the tonsils,
nasal sinuses, teeth and ether organs
of the body, lead to a lowered resist
ance with Increased susceptibility to
pneumonia and other aciite diseases.
NO matter bow slight sBjch a attack
may be there Is always grave danger
ef producing further damage to the
already weakened heart t
Let me aay once more that diet,
overwork, emotional strain, fear,
anxiety, obesity and acute Infections,
are factors of trouble that must not
be overlooked. Avoid the use of aay
medicine unless It has been pre
scribed for yon by your phyaldan.
.Do not Jump at the conclusion
that you .are a victim of heart dis
ease merely because you have cer
tain dlscomforta . Let your doctor
determine what is your actual state
of health. ; -'Jt
' Dr. Copeland U plad to anrxcer
inquiring from renders cho tend
J addressed stamped envelope tetth
their questions. Address IZ let- -
: ters to Pr. Copeland in care of
this newspaper at itt nain of flea
i ia thia eitv. . I
5 (Copyright, 1938. Ff e, IneJ ,
the La Follette Indorsement
makes' Wisconsin sure; that
Lewis will deliver Pennsylvania.
It all sounds very salubrious, but
some of it is silly. Forgone thing,
this idea that a great; State can
be swung from one side to. the
other by one, man whose strength
is to be delivered to another man
never has proved to be well found
ed. For another, the most recent
polls, both newspaper,! magatine
and private, have shown drift
away from Mr. Roosevelt. This is
the real reason for the Presiden
tial pleas to the politicians and
for the Clancy-Mandelbaum ap
pointments. It was Dr. Moley, his
friend, who last week : In a no
table speech expressed.: the con
viction that the country was "fed
up" on reform, tired of the radi
cals, swinging back tot; conserva
tism. And that's what Ihe polls
show, too.
b4t the town was tn existence be
fore this time; the first houses
being built of logs, but after this
a -good many lumber houses were
ejected.
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!'In the late '60s it was a pros
perous Tillage of at least 100 In
habitants. The first store was
run by Moore and Miller.
It'Later Unclet-Charley Miller, L
C. Dickey, Ike Lambing and oth
ers1 had stores. Sam Miller had
a f large hotel, and later others
were built.
iThe town also boasted a har
ness shop, blacksmith shop and a
feiry- it being on the old stage
road in fact they had most ev
erything but a church and school
house. .. -
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f'The people held 4th of July
celebrations and had big commun
ity! dinners In the grove even
pot on 'home-talent' shows.
'I remember my mother once
made- a clown suit for I. C.
Difkey.
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tOn account of tho river over
flowing the people were gradually
moving away, i
lnTt.tll All A HID rtfA (nA
gales washed out west of where
our old house stood, working hav
oc with Santiam City. A good!
many moved to the present site j
of I Jeff erson. My half-sister Li
ona and her, husband took 'up a
claim a mile south of Jefferson.
I'For a good many years after
the Jefferson Institute was built,
thire was no store in Jefferson
and we did our shopping at San
tiam City.. .... ? f
jfWhen I was about 10 or 12
years old we heard one day that
a supply of new bonnets had been
received at the store, so I with
several other girls got permission
from fhe teacher to go down there
one afternoon to purchase our
tteV bonnets. They were made of
silk on wire poke shaped frames
wih the trimming underneath the
large, brims and were called 'sky-.
scrapers
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fl was married to Eli Vaughan
Noyember 25, 1865, by Rev. a N.
Lofigworth at the Longworth
home. We made our home at Jef
ferson. .... My husband was born
in ParkersvUle, W. Va., Jan. 3,
1810. His father's name was Ben
jamin Vaughan; his mother's
maiden name waa Clark. .
When about 12 years old he start
ed! across the plains with his
father and step-mother, arriving
in Balem October 10th, 1852, after
being on the road five months and
lOidays.
it" V S
I tie attended school near
Atrmsville. His first teacher was
Uracle Billy Porter. He became
a good mathematician. He also
s tu died surveying under Sam
iNewsome ana practiced a year.
Later be taught school in Jordan
Valley and other places. Hfe died
athls home in Jefferson Febrn
ary 9, 120. aged 80 years. My
moiner oiea May 10, 1882. ...
H"Uncle. Billy" (William) Por
tet was the father of H. C. Por
ter, leading ciCsen of Aumsville
William Porter came to Oregon
wiin the 1848 Immigration and
took up a donation claim near the
sit0 of Aumsville In 1849. He was
the pIonete-Ychool teacher of his
neighborhood, became county as
sessor and county commissioner
and was a leading man in his
neighborhood and county in many
worth while ways.)
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'l am nearly 78 years old. I
hafe fired in Jefferson all my life
and have seen the town grow from
a wilderness."
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The reader will recall that the
article thus ended was written
about nine years ago.
Also, that Mrs. Vaughan will
celebrate her 88 th birthday next
mcnth, August 28.
The Safety
Valve
Letters from
Statesman Readers
sJTBES AT GOV. MARTIN
To the Editor:, r
After reading your news story
in jjthis morning's edition about
the meeting of the Greater WiL.
lanofette ralley project organisa
tion at the Marlon Friday evening
ana ine utterances of the key,
. . . .
nuier, urevernoT Martin, I am
profnpted to remark. "Vesuvius In
eruption again", if the general
can. be so designated, for there
seems to be something: of the vol
canic whenever he decides to "let
go'1 relative to the people of the
valley, politicians and those un
fortunate enough to be on relief.
He 'spouts that we of the valley
naq not naa to work hard
enough but we think that our la-'
bor has been more' arduous than
thai of the governor lolling in lux
aridus quarters in officers' camps
in the army the major portion of
his life.
Shen speaking of our people
nar rid of their "defAstiat t-
titude" we wonder If the gover
nor sever ponders over the word
defeat" when he recalls his fu
tile tight for a capitol on "Can
delabra" heights and the many
times he has expressed hla chagrin
over? his capitulation and hla
taunting charges against the peo
ple who encompassed the defeat
of his plana. We still believe that
the governor has the "defeatist"
complex. "Too many back seat
drivers in Oregon," says the gov
ernor. We think that It the gov
ernor had some one is the front
seat I with him while he is work
ing at the steering wheel lit his
big (as buggy as he surreys con
ditions and tries to regulate state
government he would - never en
counter as many blow-outs as
seems to be his ill-fortune. Poli
ticians may not be qualified to
run a , business, as the governor
declares, but likewise it may also
be true that army officers usually
prove "misfits" In trying to man.
"Maybe I'd
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KING OF
CHAPTER XVTI
The carnival was over, but that
was not the end orLynn's holiday.
Every hour of its remaining days
was filled with some delightful
pleasure, even though they were a
trifle more subdued than 'the days
of celebration. On one afternoon, a
dozen of Doti's friends boarded a
yacht and sailed the azure ex
panse of Lake Ponchartrain. Lynn
thought of Lake Michigan's sullen
and angry moods with the icy wind
blowing a hurricane into shore,
laden with stinging snow. The
sparklincr calm of this , incredibly
blue water with the soft winds
stirring little ripples made her wish
that she might remain in that gen
tle atmosphere of beauty and lan
guor, forever.
, But now, she had to return to the
north. Even though she might find
something to do to earn her living
in the southern city, there was no
possibility now. Reclining in a deck
chair under the bright awning, she
watched Dot! talking animatedly to
Jack as they stood beside the rail.
Their two forms were silhouetted
sharply against the blue of water
and skv which maricea no noruon.
His profile was so handsome it hurt
Lynn to look at him. He waa laugh
ing down at uoxi ana tne ugni
breeze stirred the crisp ends of
bis hair. Aa her fingers ached to
caress it. she thought, and turned
resolutely away.
It would be sweet to live tn the
same place where he was, and see
him often. But it would be unbear
able. Better to return to the fa
miliar sobriety, where the problems
of existence and the austere com
mands of Mr. Lowry would help her
to forget this glimpse of heaven. No,
she never would forget it, of course.
But it might be remembered only aa
a lovely dream.
Then, there was Dewey. Of
course, she would not run away
from New Orleans just to escape
his odious attentions. If she wished
to remain there, she would very
quickly put him in his place. But
ha was popular with Doti's crowd
and she did not care to start a
controversy by opposing him or
criticizing him to his friends. .
She understood now why Jack
objected to her going alone with
Dewey on that first evening, and
blessed him for his protective in
terest. Perhaps he was the only
-one who suspected why she avoided
being alone with Dewey thereafter.
She hoped that he did know how
much she despised the handsome
ead for whose favor the girls clam
ored so ostensibly.
But Dewey was so altogether
charming and affable that she
treated him with the same friend
liness she proffered to Jack, at the
same time she avoided further tete-a-tetes
with him. Which waa easy
because her visit was so limited that
everyone insisted npon entertaining
her or taking her somewhere every
minute. Tbe gonsequence was that
everyone was with her almost con
tinually, and provided her with
every reason to decline Dewey's
suggestions of delightful excursions
for the two of them. '
Lynn wondered why DoU did not
sense the truth about her handsome
blonde friend's indifference toward
the girls of her set. Here was Doti,
accustomed all her life to constant
and varied masculine association,
while she, Lynn, was a novice in
love affairs. Yet she felt much
wiser and protected. t ;
She had noticed that these
southern girls, aurrounded by the
wall of gallant chivalry buQded by
the men of their families and their
age state or municipal affairs.
HENRY MILTON,
Salem, July 11, 1988.
Twenty Years Ago
July 14, 1916
A school for armr officers has
opened at the armory.
Armed hunters in motor boats
are gunning for sharks off tne
New York and New Jersey coasts.
Foar swimmers hare been killed
by the man-eaters.
Samuel Gimble died at the age
of 76 years. He left his estate to
Better pay last month's bill"
HEARTS
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ues. had created a false illusion
about the glamour of love and ro
mance. It was not sort) rising, after
au. Tho very atmosphere fostered
it and the men who really were Che
gallants, promoted it. But, like the
necessities of their existence food,
clothing, shelter, service; they had
no conception of the realities. Per
haps there were some among their
who ! shared her knowledge lot
Dewey's principles, and were silent
for the same reason she was.
I Lynn toured the French Quarter
and ! visited all the famous land
marks of pirate dens and haunted
houses. She looked upon the heavy
rustina chains and the torture de
vices in the vaulted attic of Mmei
Lalaurie's house with a shiver of
horroft !
Sf The Creoles declare that the
ghosts of murdered slaves haunt
the place, Jack explained, "and
thati in the dark of night may be
heard the sound of clanking chains
and shrieks of agony that once were
real." . I s !
? "But why should anyone want ,to
Art anrh thine?" T jt-nn irerned. r i i
d rsome insane desire to watch hu
man suffering, I suppose. She was
a refined and cultured woman, but
screwy somewhere, no doubt." ::
I The entire week waa such a con
trast of horror and beauty, old and
new, ancient cad modern, legend
and reality. No wonder Lynn waa
fascinated. She crunched the in
evitable pralines of Louisiana mo
lasses and secans. breathed tne
Cent of orange blossoms and jasM
tnina until she could no longer re
member the acrid odor ox Smoke and
foggy air. She drove through parks
whose tropical foliage and flowers
were visions of Paradise. Always,
she waa with Dot! and Jack, or
Dewey and others of their crowd. !y
tOna evening, they dined at An
tione's, where Dewey's epicurean
fancy j commanded an astonishing
menu.; Be inquired for the head
chef, who came bowing and massag
ing his fat palms together, bis smile
stretched the width of his flowing
moustaches. !i
:rMake the ladv one of your
special potato baskets, Pierre, and
one of those fried chickens that look
like butterflies. Anything else you
can think, of. Well all have the
same with plenty of champagne"
The chiefs smile deepened it
could not broaden and his ges
tures rrew more valuable as his
suave French.phrases tumbled over
halting syllables of English.
they danced and awaited
the: more elaborate courses, oysters
were served that had been baked in
the shell on a bed of rock salt in
oiohur hot arramte cans. There
after, waiters bowed and flourished
their hands in a continuous parade,
like the mechanical conveyors of an
assembly plant. The potato baskets
were i works of art: tbe potato
strings woven into graceful and
symmetrical shapes and fried in
deep fat. then filled with puffed JrJliar frightened expression.
law weages. Anera were me wnoiei
chickens, spread flat like golden
butterflies on the plates, flaky white
sections of grttledT pampano, Rogue-
fort and dam cheese and r Tench
pastries on which Pierre had out
done his own skill with his flour
ishing pastry tubes. -
Lynn had discovered by thia,tlme
that Dewey's sole problem in life
was the gratification of his own de
sires:; food, drink, pleasure, com
fort, i fLia Interest in his father's
business waa merely a gesture, not
a genuine concern for its progres
sive development as Jack was in
terested la the welfare of Merchon
A Thorpe. The annual trips to Hon
his mother who survives him 'a
Germany. - I
Ten Years Ago
I
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- v e atuaf . a cyiv va vuo waa cai
fa showing at the Oregon. g
A front' page article accuses the
lawj of laxity In prosecution of
drunken drivers. ii
the i aew Y.M.C.A.
tank opens tonight.
swimming
Make Return
SILVERTON, July IS Mt'
by
Edna Robb Webster
duras offered their advantages for
change and adventure and certain
personal whims which could not b
indulged too freely at home.
.
"It's lust as well we're leavim
for the day," Doti observed on
morning as they lingered over theii
breakfast trays together. "It's a
great day for the colored people, so
there won't be much service around
here.". i
Another celebration?" Lynn in
quired with amusement. "Seems to
me all any ef you do down here, is
celebrate." .
"This happens to be a funeral,
but that ia what the negroes really
enjoy more than anything."
"A funeral?" Lynn's fyes were
wide with astonishment.
"Sure, it's about the only occa
sion when they all get together and
shout and moan to their hearts' con
tent. A negro funeral is no simple
occasion."
"Come down to the kitchen with
me. I want -you to see Mattie, and
she yearns to see you. She has in
sisted upon makin' all her special '
dishes for your pleasure, because
she knew and loved your mother,
although she hasn't been doin' much
of the cookin f or jrears. She is very
old." -
"I'd be delighted," Lynn agreed.
"I've wanted to sea her and thank
her." .
She waa surprised to find that the
kitchen was not ia the house at all.
but a separate building connected
with the main house by a covered
passage, like an old covered bridge.
"That's the way all the old plan
tation mansions were built in the
South, with a collection of cabins in
the rear for kitchen and slave quar
ters. This is one of the largest and
best preserved in the state. It was
designed and built bv our e-reat
grandfather, who later became a
major in the War Between the
States."
"Yon mean the Civif War?"
"We never call It that down here,"
Doti replied laconiraJlv. and fcr
bright red lips drew together grim
ly. Lynn had noted that ima littU
attitude of resentment which was
so contradictory to their usual amia
bility, several times before, and said
no more.
They entered a low eoitare that
was shaded heavily with honey
suckle vines. A gaunt and gnarled
old woman, very black, arose from
a annquaiea rocKing chair at the
same time a man arose from ta
ble where his back had been tuinl
to the door. His close-curled hair
was sprinkled with white, like soft
snowflakes on black wool, and he
wore a rusty black swallow-tail
coat. . .
Mohnln. Miss Dot! " ha hn-mA
solemnly, and old Mattie'a delight
was evinced by a grin that once
would have revealed a row of white
teeth. Now there were ugly omis
sions. But her ever bulged in a pe-
mtt, f'- .- r... w.v
aln hersel come t' life" her old
withered hands clasped in adoration
before Lynn. The black eyes glis
tened with an "emotional mist.
"Chile, yoh shoh Is lak yoh mothah,
de Lawd rest huh souL"
I Lynn was moved and bewildered
to speechless reverence and fear.
But DoU filled the void. "Lynn
wanted, to see you and thank you
for the delicious things you've been
cookin' for her."
: "Ah reckon hit's 'been a pleasuh
foh me, honey chile."
(To Be Continued)
and Mrs. C. T, Hastings and child
ren have taken up residence here
at 110 N. Second street. They re
cently arrived here from Colorado.
Mrs. Hastings, then Mrs. Case,
and her three children lived here
for several years, leaving two
years ago to go to Colorado.
Leave for Conclave
f SILVERTON July 11 Dr. and
Mrs. H. E. Johnson left this week
end for San Francisco to attend
the national dentist convent .n
July 13-17. Dr. and Mrs, C. l.
Wilson also left Friday by au h
mobile for SaarFraactsco to at
tend tho meeting.