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PAGE FOUIi ' The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem,v Oreson; Saturday Morning, October 10, 1936 Pounded 1831 Vo Favor Sway U; No Fear Shall Awe" , From First Statesman, March 23, 1351 1 ' " Charles A. Spracvx . Sheldon F. Sackett - THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Member of the Associated Tress The .Associated Press is exclusively entitled to tho eso for publica tion or a:i ct dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in thi paper; . : j : . An Old Farm Paper . ' CtAME to this desk, through the courtesy of Mrs. Clark R j Hawle- now of San Francisco, whose father was I. N. V Hembree of Salem, a copy dated April 13, 1877. This was the farm paper started by S. A. Clarke, at one time editor W. D. Craig-, early day Salem Clarke in the enterprise at the per was printed in Craig's printing office. He was the father of F. S. Craig who has followed the trade as proofreader at the state printing office. Besides domestic and foreign general news there is much news about the grange in those days. John Minto was lem grange. There was a directory of lodges of the I. O. G. T. which must have been some editorial column contained tion, which seemed to be a matter of considerable importance GO years ago. j One item tells of the purchase of 10,000 American plows by Russia. Another says that iness has lately passed into the control of Mr. Harvey W. Scott," who had taken time out. as editor to be collector of customs. L. B. Applegate, back from California reported crop prospects there very discouraging. A report is printed of a meeting of the Oregon Pioneer association at the Chemeketa hotel (now the Marion). John Minto was president of the association. Other names of those present included: Joseph Watt, father of the woolen mill, Willard H. Rees,F. X. Mat thieu, R. C. Geer, Lewis Pettyjohn, J. B. McClane, T. W. Dav enport, J. Henry Brown. , The advertising columns are as interesting as the flews columns. The Pioneer Oil company was offering to furnish flaxseed free to farmers for sowing, and furnished instruc tions on growing the flax which was wanted for seed for lin seed oil. John Hughes was a merchant who was advertising blue glass for. the "pleasanton sun baths," recommended -by the highest authority for the cure of nervous complaints, neu ralgia, Theumatism and pains and aches of all kinds. The O & C railroad was offering railroad lands for sale on liberal terms. The Salem Foundry was being operated bj'-B. F.. Drake. It was the breeding season and there were several ads for stallion service. W. L. Wade ran the North Salem store. The Buckeye mower reaper was advertised, also the new and perfected Canton Pitts thresher. The Elward harvester was advertised as "the newest and latest improved harvester, vastly superior to the old-style Marsh; saves all the grain; two or three binders ride." V Farm prices were good in those days. Salem wheat was a dollar; oats 50 and 55c, presumably per bushel. At Portland . wheat was S1.90 a cental and choice baled timothy hay $15 and $16 a ton. Produce prices were lower then, Salem report ing potatoes 30c, apples 40c (a bushel presumably) ; fresh butter 25c lb. ; eggs 15c per dozen. The market note concluded : "The general promise is of extraordinary crops and a coming good market, and our farmers may realize next fall great prosperity." , . j The issue of the old farm paper gives an intimate picture of the life of the people here about 60 years ago. No doubt the news and ads in today's papers neuce. ; - . - r Recognition IT is an altogether false report are hostile to changes, are bitter against labor, and rigidly conservative in their attitudes toward social questions. Regardless of laws there is a spread of social consciousness even among men of large affairs. Employers are far more considerate of their workers than in former years. Bankers are by no means mere worshippers of the almighty dollar. A good illustration of this spirit of progressiveness is ob served in an address made by R. S. Hecht of New Orleans, 1935 president of the American Bankers association, in ad dressing the executive council of -the body at its San Fran cisca meeting. He had just returned from a trip to Europe 80 lie drew considerably on his observation of conditions abroad. To quote from his address : . 1 I 4 ' "Six weeks of close observation of these conditions (in Eu rope) hare convinced me more than ever that we ras ultimately escape similar political unrest and social upheaval I only if -we hare the wisdom to profit hy these, developments and recognize these changing conditions by tempering our demands for the . liberty and privileges of the Individual with a sincere eonsider- ation for the rights of the masses upon whose welfare our nation : al safety and prosperity will ultimately depend.: 1 "Fortunately, there appears to exist la the United States i today a widespread recognition among oar business leadership . ; that the capitalistic system must be in the service .of the nation, and that its prosperity and continued existence are based upon its ability and willingness -to be the best economic servant that caa be employed. I believe, further, that through liberalism. In J." their attitude both toward employee and toward the public. Am ; erican industries have the power in their own hands to combat Communism and to minimize social unrest it they will only use this power IntelUgently. .. "In other words. I am convinced that the great lesson of . Europe to the United States' is that the solution is our econ . omic and social problems does not lie in our approaching a to ; talitarian state through still greater centralization of government. . but. rather, that we deal with these problems through our prea ' ent free institution and an enlightened business policy without the necessity of strikes or government compulsion." f Not all the progress in the -world Is obtained by enacting laws. A great deal can be secured by building up public senti ment through spread of information and appeals to the con science of those concerned. There is a great field for social development outside of legislation. Hecht shows how men presumably ultra-conservative are alert to the times. , . 1 The democratic papers are Quarreling with the Lit. Dig. polL It was all right four years ago; but the answers aren't coming out to suit this year. It is now a "manipulated poll", and is a "studied ab " surdity, and the result is "ridiculous". The Statesman has never approved of private polls; but it doesn't sympathize much with the squawk of the papers who don't like its showings. Suppose in the remaining few weeks the poll should show a strong Roosevelt ma jority, will it still be a "manipulated poll"? i Eugene seems to be bothered a little because a music publishing house has bought the copyright for the university song, "Mighty Oregon." The folk fear they may have to dig up 3 250 to sing it at a cars pus shin-dig. Until the varsity starts winning some football games the song might be put away in mothballs to save 1250. The. new F.ola school Is to have a light-cell signal to turn on the electric lights when a dark cloud rolls up. But no automatic device has been found for learning the multiplication table or long division." That belongs to the horse and buggy age yet. I If Pres. Roosevelt loses the election he ought not to be out of employment long. He can go to Hollywood and get a Job. He shows up well on the screen test, and seems to have the "it' which Hollywood likes. -, - : i - : Russia's ultimatum for enforcement of neutrality ; in the Spanish civil war creates a fresh crisis in Europe. That continent iives on crises. They are regular as killings in Bret Harte's mining camps: and much less fatal. " i Now they are putting radios on farm tractors; so now the plow boys may hear hill-billy, music sung by the cowboy orchestra in Ra 4io City. i The expert Is the fellow whose mistakes are the most costly. 4 Editor-Ma nager - Managing-Editor of the "Willamette Farmer" and owner of The Statesman. printer, was partner with time of this issue, and the pa which was getting its start back head of a committee of the Sa other farm organization. The two letters on the ! tick ques "the Oregonian newspaper bus will sound as quaint 60 years of Needs to say that all men of affairs Bits for Breakfast k By R. J. HENDRICKS lOT-10-36 Jefferson Davis, secretary j : of war, told Governor Curry about the Coast reservation; the officers then guarding it: V w Released recently from the Historical Records Survey,3 Myler building, Portland, Oregon, comes to this desk what follows under quotation marks: f S W "Salem, August. 22 An auto graphed letter written by Jeffer son Davis, one time United States secretary of war and afterward president of the Southern Con federacy, to Governor George I. Curry of Oregon relative to the Indian 'Coast reservation : and necessary military, protection, has been discovered here In the office of the adjutant general by Robert L. Dunlap, field worker for the historical records survey, WPA writers' project. The letter, to gether with a report of Colonel R. C Buchanan to the adjutant general, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C, is included in the records of the Yakima and Rogue River Indian wars, rS55-56. The letter from Davis states that he is trans mitting a copy of a report from Colonel Buchanan, ". . . showing the disposition made of the troops for- the protection of the reserva tion referred to by you, and to state that the troops,' thus posted, are considered sufficient for the object contemplated." "Colonel Buchanan, in the re port, dated September 1, 1856. described the Coast reservation as follows: " 'In compliance with your re quest I submit the following mem orandum -or the measures taken to secure the safe keeping of the Indians recently removed by me from southern Oregon to. the 'Coast Reservation.' The res ervation is 125 miles long and about 25 wide bounded on the west by the Pacific ocean, and on the - east and north by the Coast Range of mountains which are said to touch the coast at its northern extremity. From the existing settlements to the reser vation there are as yet known but THREE passes over the moun tains one towards the north eastern extremity, near, the town of Dayton another towards the middle, near the town of Corval- lis, called Marysville on the maps: and the third at the southern ex tremity immediately along: the coast. At these three points I have ordered new posts to be es tablished and garrisoned as fol lows: At the first, 2 companies, Capt. A. J. Smith's 1st dragoons and Capt. D. Floyd Jones' 4 th in fantry. This post will be supplied from Fort Vancouver, by means of steamboats to Dayton, from whence it is distant 25 miles. At the second, 1 company, Captain C. C. Augur, 4 th infantry. This will also be supplied from Van couver, by way of Corvallis; dis tant about 25 mile3, to which point steamboats are running reg ularly. At the third, 1 company. Capt. & Bvt. Major J. F. Reynolds,. 3rd artillery, which will be sup plied from San Francisco, by way of the mouth of Umpqua, from which it is distant 20 miles. Since the close of my campaign there have been removed to the reser vation about 2200 Indians, of which number 1225 were those who had been in arms aad fight ing against us. The commanding officers of posts hare positive orders not to allow any whites to visit the reservation unless they be actually in the employ ment of the superintendent of Indian affairs, and this officer is required to furnish them with a list of his employes. These ar rangements, if not interfered with, will, in my opinion, ensure the tranquility of that section of the territory. The reservation abounds in game of various kinds, is well watered by several streams emptying into the ocean, which afford a bountiful supply of salmon and other fish contain sufficient arable land for raisins; all their necessary grain and vege tables is heavily timbered and rich in such nuts, roots and other articles of food as these Indians have always been accustomed to, and has not yet been consid ered as worth occupying by the whites. It Is to be hoped that no efforts to break up this reserva tion and remove the Indians will be sanctioned by the department, for it will be impossible to find a more eligible situation for it. - S So ends the press release. Jefferson Davis was secretary of war under President Franklin Pierce, and ' his term expired io less than six months after the date of his letter quoted 'above; that is, March 4, 1857. He took much interest In the Oregon country, in fact 'had been something of a pioneer; an evi dence of this was his survey for a Pacific railroad, that brought Philip Sheridan to Oregon. ' S W Brevet Lieut. Col. R. C. Buch anan, who in 1856 made the re port that was received in Wash ington by Secretary of War Jef ferson Davis, had upon his first entry into Oregon come at an un fortunate time, because he was sent, or rather brought, by Major General John E. Wool, then in charge of the regular army forces on the Pacific coast, with head quarters at San Francisco. (Continued tomorrow). , Boy Scouts at Woodburn Start Season Gatherings WOODBURN, Oct 9. Tie first meeting of the local j Boy Scouts was held at the Washing ton school Monday night with Ralph Nelson, scoutmaster pre siding. A meeting is called for next Monday at the Washington Junior high school at 7:30 D.m. Any boy Interested in taking up scout work is asked to attend this meeting, the only requirement be ing that he be 12 years of age or older. Interpreting the News By MARK - By MARK SULLIVAN WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. In Minnesota the democratic party makes a "deal with the Farmer- Labor party. It is described by Mr. O. O o U 1 d Lincoln, careful political wri t r of the Washing ton, D. C Star, who Is in Minne sota. The Dem ocratic party withdraws Its candidates for governor and i Mar aomvaa United States senator there will be no demo cratic candidates for those offices in Minnesota. This Is done. Mr Lincoln says, "In return for Far mer-Labor ; votes for Mr. Roose velt." J -. r " f . The national purpose is to try to help elect Mr. Roosevelt presi dent. The local Minnesota pur pose is to try to elect a Farmer- Labor senator and governor. The deal is approved by National Dem ocratic Chairman Farley. "This says Mr. Farley, "will bring vic tory for both the President and the Farmer-Laborites." The deal is blessed by Mr. Roosevelt he telegraphs the retiring democratic candidate for senator, "I am deep ly grateful that you were willing to sacrifice your personal ambi tions on my behalf and for the good of the party. For the good of the party." But Just what party? Just h.ow shall we define the "democratic party that is served by absorbing, or being locally absorbed by, the Farmer-Labor party? What pre cisely are the principles of a dem ocratic party that is served by trying to elect a Farmer-La borite to the United States senate? This' Minnesota maneuver is discussed almost wholly in terms of effect on the election " returns in November. Most o fus think as if politics were a game, and we look no further than the box score. Practically an the com ment asks merely whether Mr. Roosevelt Is more likely to win Minnesota's . 11 ' electoral rotes; whether some Minnesota Demo crats who feel outraged by the deal will now vote for Governor Landon. In the short-time view. looking merely toward November 3, these questions are to the front But from the point of view of the deep tides now running in American politics, there is a long time question. .Just what Is the nature, the principles and objec tives, of the Farmer-Labor party which the Democratic party now absorbs, or is locally absorbed by? What is the Farmer-Labor plat form? What have been the prin ciples and objectives during the time it has been In existence? It is in that that the deeper signifi cance of this Minnesota episode lies. I ask the Question for in formation. I do not happen to know where the Farmer - Labor party belongs, in the gamut of so cial and political theories which are now fomenting in America and in the world. It may be a normal American party with ord inary American pprlnelples. though I seem to remember it had a strongly radical platform a few years ago. In any event, I suspect the Farmer-Labor party is very different from the Democrat Ic party as the latter is under stood by orthodox Democrats. This Minnesota episode is an other evidence of what was al ready! made clear at, the recent Democratic national convntion at Philadlphia; and made clear be fore that by Mr. Roosevelt, his actions, his speeches, the lntim atee with whom he has surround ed himself and from whom he takes his policies. And if the par ty headed by Mr. Roosevelt, the New Deal party If that Is the Democratic party, then, to quote the salty figure of speech used by "Al" Smith In his self-justiflca tion for opposing Mr. Roosevelt. Then I am a Chinaman with a hair-cut". Among the somber aspects of what Is going on In America, one of the most considerable is the falUng away in the Intellectual in tegrity by a large number of per sons who in the past have held intellectual Integrity high. Hun dreds of Democratic leaders, practically all in the higher ranks'. and hundreds of thousands of Democratic voters likewise in the higher ranks, see what Is happen ing. They see a party which In ac tuality is utterly new In America, using the name "Democratic" as a camouflage they see it acting as the Farmer-Labor party In Minnesota; they saw it two years ago acting as Mr: Upton Sinclair's Socialist "Epic" party In Califor nia. They see Mr. Roosevelt sup ported by Cemmunlsts and Social ists, on the theory that he will carry the country nearer to their objective. They see. as Mr. Roose velt's principal adviser and in- spirer of the largest number of New Deal policies, professor Tug well, who la his own phrase wish es to "Make American over" into collectivism. These things are seen by all Democrats. Southern Democrats see yet more. They see jthe prin-, cipl of states' rights, tradition ally dear to southern Democrats, openly attacked by Mr. Roosevelt. They see the Constitution and the Supreme Court, bulwark of states' rights and, of Individual liberties, deviously demeaned by Mr. Roose velt, i They saw the "Two-Thirds" rule, : which long protected the South by giving It a veto power over Democratic presidential nom inations, repealed by the recent Democratic national convention! They see the Democratic party as an aggressive negro suffrage party In the South. They see the ablest and most respected south ern, exponents' of Democratic thought, such as Senators Glass and Byrd of Virginia, outraged by the New Deal. And they see these leaders intimidated into giving at least tacit support to Mr. Roose velt, intimidated by the very fact t n a t otner southern Democraic leaders and Democratic voters are blind to what Messrs. Glass and Byrd see plainly. A considerable number of Dem SULLIVAN ocratic leaders, seeing what has been done to the Democratic' par ty, have announced that they op pose continuation of the New Deal in power. - A considerable nam her of Democratic voters wiU vote it in November. The number may be larger than we can now recog nize, f One wonders why there is not wholesale revolution among orthodox i Democrats. They have abundant notice of what has been done to the party. For genera tions, the three principal avowed Democratic newspapers In the country were the Baltimore Sun, tha Louis Post-Dispatch, and the Omaha World-Herald. A 1 1 three have announced that they cannot support Mr. Roosevelt In this campaign. The Baltimore Sun has long given intellectual lead ership to the Democratic press of the eastern part of .the south. The St Louis Post-Dispatch has given similar leadership In the western part of the south. Yet so far as I have observed, m o a t of the Southern press there . are some exceptions go along as If noth ing had happened to the Demo cratic party, as If this were just another campaign along familiar lines. : Xew Tork Hnld-Triban Syndicate Ten Years Ago October 10. 1026 The Maharajah of Rajpipla. In dian prince will visit the U. S. New coiffure of Queen Marie upsets entire retinue as she- gets first permanent wave. Salem to pay honor to T. M. C. A. today with all day anniversary celebration. Twenty Years Ago October 10, 1016 Senator Theodore Burton of Ohio given great ovation in Polk county. Grave possibilities caused by submarine raid, causes Wilson to call, Lansing into conference. "k Can't Happen Heret7 cuZ lewis By SINCLAIR LEWIS And two other planks in Wind rip s encyclical vigorously re spected were those eliminating the negroes and patronizing the Jews. ; ! - The former race took it the less agreeably. There were horri ble instances in which whole southern counties with a majority of negro population were over run by the blacks and all property seized. True, their leaders alleged that this followed massacres of negroes by Minute Men. But as Dr. Macgoblin, secretary . of cul ture so well said, this whole sub ject was unpleasant and there fore not helpful to discuss. Double Rates for Jews All over the country, the true spirit of Windrip's plank nine, re garding the Jews, was faithfully carried out. It was understood that the Jews were no longer to be barred from fashionable ho tels, as in the hideous earlier day of race prejudice, but merely to be charged double rates. It was understood that Jews were never to be discouraged from trading but were merely to pay higher graft to commissioners and In spectors and to accept without debate all regulations, wage rates, ana price lists decided upon by the stainless Anglo-Saxons of the various merchants associations. And that all Jews of all condi tions were frequently to sound their ecstasy in having found In America a sanctuary, after their deplorable experiences among the prejudices of Europe. In Fert Beulah Louis Roten- stern, since he had always been the first to stand up for the older official national anthems, "The Star-spangled Banner" or "Dixie" and now for "Buzz and. Buzz. since he had of old been consider ed almost an authentic friend of Compiled by Kmjph I. Vorrua wh mad hi ka in Orcgoa tor It years. Mr. Mvrrisoa vm bona ia Kamaai and attended the Cniveraity ot Kansas. He was loaaeeted with the edi toriaJ de partment ef the Kaatae City Star for tea roars prorlMs t bis morig to Portland, Oregon. . - t Money and the making of mon ey for the sake of making money have never been a major aim in Landon's Ufe. He has succeeded as an oil producer. la his busi ness, he eventually took the lead ership for mutual protective measures among the independent oil producers. These oil produc ers had to sell their oil to the larger companies who owned the pipe lines, the refineries and the outlets in the filling stations all over the continent and who -sold oil in the foreign markets. - The big on companies naturally filled their . tanks when the r price of crude oil was low and held It for a rise and made their market Th y were not a b o r e beating d si the price when they found their tanks growing empty and the independent . oil producers were pretty much at their mercy. A low price for oil was reached after the collapse of the stock boom, and the big companies de cided that in the interest of econ omy and industry, they would re fuse to take oil from shallow wells with low production. The oil magnates served notice to that effect. The Independent group organized. - Landon was one of , the leaders. They fought. - How the independents , won is a long story. But this episode again re veals Landon, a leader. He was big enough to make terms with the leaders. But he stayed with the Independents; fought, an d fighting, won.. Landon.. The Man iO-iQ ; -' j i-a A - - " - it . . 1 - ' Francis Tasbrough and R. C. Crowley, and since he had often good-naturedly pressed the unrec ognized Shad. Ledue's Sunday pants without charge, was per mitted to retain his tailor shop, though it was understood that he was to charge members of the M.M. prices that were only nom inal, or quarter nominal. But one Harry KIndermann.' a Jew who bad profiteered enough as agent for maple-sugar and dairy machinery so that in 1936 he had been paying the last in stallment on ' his new bungalow and on his Buick. had always been what Shad Ledue called "a fresh Kike." He had laughed at the flag, the Church, and even Rotary. Noa hs found the manufacturers cia cellng his agencies, without ex planation. By the middle of 1937 he was selling frankfurters, by the road, and his wife, who had been so proud of the piano and the old American pine cupboard In their bungalow, was dead, from pneu monia caught in the one-room tar- paper shack Into which they had moved. At the time of Windrip's el ection, there had been more than 80,000 relie: administrators em ployed by the federal and local governments In America. With the labor camps absorbing most people on relief, this army of social workers, both amateurs and long-trained professional up lift era, was stranded. The Minute Men controlling the labor camps .were generous; they offered the charltarlans the same dollar a day that the pro letarians received, with special low rates for board and lodging. Bnt the clever social workers re ceived a much better offer: to help list every family and every unmarried person ia the country. with his or her finances, pro fessional ability, military train ing and, most Important and most tactfully to be ascertained, his or her secret opinion of the M. M.'s and of the Corpos In gen eral. . Concentration Camps A good many of the social workers indignantly said that this was asking them to be spies, stool pigeons for the American Oh Gay Pay Oo. These were, on various unimportant charges, sent to jail or, later, to concentation camps which - were also Jails, ant the private jails of the M.M.'s unshackled by any old-fashioned nonsensical prison regulations. In the confusion of the sum mer and early autumn of 1937, local m.m. officers bad a splend did time making their own laws. and such congenital traitors and bellyachers as Jewish doctors. Jewish musicians, Negro, journal ists, socialistic college professors, young men who preferred read ing or chemical research to man ly service with the M.M.'s women Who complained when their men had been taken awar by the M. M.'s and had disappeared. were Increasingly beaten in the streets, - or arrested on charges that would not have - been very i miliar to pre-Corpo jurists. And, increasingly, the bour geois counter revolutionists be gan . to escape to Canada; Just once, by the "underground railroad" the Negroe slaves had escaped into the free Northern f air. - In Canada, as well as In Mex ico, Bermuda, Jamaica. Cuba, and Europe, these lying Red propa gandists " began : to publish the vilest little - magazines, - accusing the Corpos of murderous terror ism allegations that band of six M.M.'s had beaten an aged rabbi and robbed htm; that' the editor of a small labor paper- in Pat- erson had been tied to his print ing press and left there -while the M.M.'s ' burned the plant; that the pretty daughter of an ex-' Farmer-Labor politician in Iowa Shootihgthe Chutes! had beenj raped by giggling young men in njasks. . To end this cowardly flight of the lying! counter revolutionists (many of 'whom, once accepted His reputabld fpreachers and lawyers and doctors and writers and ex congressman and ex-army offic ers, weri able to give a wickedly false impression of Corpoism and the M.M. to the world outside America) Ithe government quad rupled the; guards who were halt ing suspedts at every harbor and at even Ithe minutest trails cross ing the border; and in one quick raid, it poured M.M. storm troop ers into; ail airports, private or public, hnd all aeroplane factor ies, and, thus, they hoped, closed the air paes to skulking traitors. Beer! and Firecrackers As onelok the most poisonous counter revolutionists in the country Ex-Senator Walt Trow bridge, Wind rip's rival in the el ection loft 1936. w a 8 watched night and! day by a rotation of twelve j MM. guards. But there ccuicuj i-M in iiuau asuger war. this opponent, who, after all, was a crank bnt not an Intranslgeant maniac Would ma e himself rid iculous br fighting against the great foer which (per Bishop Prang Heaven had been nleaaed to send for the healing of distres sed Amerjca. Trowbridge' remained prosaic any on ranch he owned in South S Dakota, and thm mnm. ment agent commanding the M. M.'a (a skilled man, trained in breaking 'strikes) reported that on his; tapped telephone wire and in hlsj steamed-open leters, Trow bridge; communicated nothing more sseajiious man reports on growing aflfalf a. He had with him no one but ranch hands and, in the house, and Innocent aged coupie. i ; . Washington honed that Trow. bridge w$s beginning to see the light. Maybe they would make him Ambassador to Britain, vice sinciair. On the Fourth of July, when the M.M.'s gave their glorious but unfottunale tribute to the Chief and .the Five-pointed Star, Trow bridge aratif led , his cow-onncn. ers by holding an .unusually pyro technic .celebration. All' evening skyrockets flared up, and round the homei pasture glowed pots of Romas fire. Far from cold-shoul dering the M.M. guards, Trow bridge warmly invited them to help set off rockets and join the gangg la beer and sausages. The lonely soldier boys off there on the prairie they were so sappy shying rockets! An aerf$lane with a Canadian license, a large plane, flying without lJhts, sped toward the rocket-lighted area and, with engine saut off. so that guards could not tell whether it had flown on.fcircled the pasture out lined byf the Roman " fire and swftly landed. The guards had felt sleepy af ter, the last bnt tin nf im., ti, of them were napping on the short, roigh ; grass. They were "', rather dlscnn(rt. Ingly surrounded br m n i masking flying-helmets, men car rying automatic plato la, who handcttffrd the guard that were stUl awaXe, picked up the others and stored all twelve of thm in the barred baggage comnartm nt ofl the plane. - fThe raiders' leader, a mintorw- looking man; said to Walt Trow. onage, -neady. sir? r Yep. Just take thoa t boxes, wlU you, please. Colonel?" :The boxes contained of letters; and documents. unregaily clad In overall an a huge straw hat. Senator Trow, bridge entered the pilots com partment! High and swift and aftme, the plane flew toward the premature Northern Lights. I Next n&rninx. still in nveralfa Trowbridge breakfasted at t h si L V.' ' r Fort Garry Hotel with the Mayor of Winnipeg. A fortnight later, in-Toronto, he began the republication of his weekly, A Lance for Democracy, and on the cover of the first number were - reproductions of four, letters Indicating that be fore he became President. Ber zelius W 1 n d r i p had profited through personal gifts from fi nanciers to an amout of over SI, 000,000. To Doremus Jessup. to some thousands of Doremus Jes supa, .were smuggled copies of th'c Lance, though possession of it was punishable (perhaps not legally, but certainly effectively) by death. . But it was not till the winter so carefully did his secret agents have t9 work in America, that Trowbridge had in full operation the organization, called by its or eratfres the "New Underground," the-NXV which aided thous ands of counter revolutionists to escape into Canada. CHAPTER XVin JLn the little .towns, ah, there is the abiding peace that I lore, and that can never be- disturbed by even the noisiest Smart Alecks from these haughty megalopolises like Washington, New York, & etc. Zero Hour, Berzelius Windrip. Doremus's policy of "wait and see," " like most Fabian policies, had grown shaky. It seemed par ticularly shaky in June, 1837, when he- drove to North Beulsh for the fortieth graduation an niversary of his class in Isaiah. College. As the custom was. the return ed alumni wore comic costumes. His class had sailor suits, but they walked - about bald-headed and lugubrious, in these well meant garments of Joy, and there was a -look of instability even in the eyes of the three members who jwere ardent Corpos (being local Corpo commissioners). . At its best Loveland's Jerry built Imitation of an Anne Hath away cottage had been no palace Isaiah assistant professors did not customarily rent palaces. Now with the pretentiously smart liv ing room heaped with burlap covered chairs and rolled rugs and boxes of books, it looked like a junkshop. Amid the wreckage sat Love land, his wife, his three children, and one Dr. Arnold King, experimenter in chemistry. "Wat's all this?' said Dore mus. ' ' "I've been fired. As too 'rad ical,' growled Levels nd. "Test. And this most vicious at tack has been on Gltcknow's treatment of the use of the aorlst la Hesiod!" wailed his wife. "Well. I" deserve it for not having been vicious about any thing since A. D. 300! Only things I'm ashamed of Is that they're not tiring me for having taught my students that the Cor pos have taken most of their ideas from Tiberius, or maybe for having decently tried to as sassinate District Commissoiner Reek!" said Loveland. . "Where you rolna?" inonlred Doremus. 'That's lust it! We don't know! Oh, first to my dad's house which Js a six - room packing-box in Burlington Dad's got diabetes. But tetebin g president Peaseler kent nutting off signing my new contract and just informed me ten days sgo that I'm through much too late to get a Job for next year. My self, I dont care a damn! Really I don't! I'm glad to have been made to admit that as a college prof I haven't been, as I so liked to-convince mrself. inr Erumui. Junior, inspiring noble y o u n g souls to dream of chaste classic Beauty save the mark! hrit Just a plain hired man, another counter-jumper in the Marked down Classics Goods Departme; . with stu dents for bored custom ers, and as subject to being hlr. J and fired as any Janitor." To Be Continued) I f t : ... f - '