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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, January 16, 1937
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r -No Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Atce"
" . From First-Statesman. March 28. If SI v - '
; Charles A. Sprague - - Editor and Publisher
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. I
Charles A. Eprague. Pres. - - - , Sheldon F. Sackett; Secy.
Mrrabe of the Associated Frese
- The Aeaociat4 IVesa la exclusively entitled to the un for publica
tion of all new dispatches credited to It or not otherwlae credited In
this papri. .
Bits for
Breakfast I
By R. J. HENDRICKS
Moores monument 'r- ; l-lf-SS
or memorial in memory - 4
of early Oregon pioneers
coming as a surprise to many::
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One of the most modest men in
Salem or all Oregon was Carroll
L. Moores, who was not siren to
any sort of pomp or presumption.
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He was born in Salem; and lived
his whole life in this city, and
died on the th of this month, and
when Ala will was offered for pro-
to his pioneer ancestry and.td his
natiTe state that haa a; high-: and
worthy heritage of history. 4 .
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Manifestly, he had been think
ing about these things for a long
time, for his wills written in his
own hand, provides : that nearly
the whole of his fortune; is finally
State in Real Estate Business
TEOPLE know there is a state "bonus commission" admin-
X isterinp; loans made to veterans of the last warj but few
people realize thevmagmtude of its operations. .The com
mission, of which Jerrold Owen is secretary, is. reallv a bier I bate it showed that he had been
mortcnr and renl Mint rnnrern Tf KtartAri nnf -with the aepir oi uii,i siuau.
mortgages and has had to go heavily into real estate, as did
most mortgage firms during the depression. In his biennial
report Secretary Owen refers to this ,as a "revolutionary
change which dumped over $4,000,000 worth of property
Into the state's lap. To handle this it was necessary to estab
lish a real estate division, also a central Warehouse in Port-
land for handling repairs to property.
TVia Ea nr riivicinn hoo anrroaHaA in HionYeinc rf nrnn. 1 W M W I monumeHl or meiuur
A s?4& uiTioiuu aaj 0 vavwv,vbewva u vaj pvoua wa vtvM i , . . m t v , i
en; i otvciciaim 141c uuiui xno buu cuouuujj w I neers " IThe Quoted words
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commission to reauee its total noiaings. ine net selling price i from the win.
was S2.353.262.19 which was $36,887.58 m excess of the Briefly, the instrument, made
state's investment, which is a remarkably good showing. At ?"1 . provides these
For $500 as a perpetual fund
the income from which Is to go to
the care and maintenance of the
I. R. Moores. Jr.. family lot in the
Odd Fellows cemetery.' j
That 1 3 000 go to Mrs. Chas. F,
Elgin. . . : I! .
That all his furniture and per
sonal property go to Mrs. Elgin.
That the burial lot be covered
with cement, at cost, not to exceed
$1000.
That the lot next south of the
southeast corner lot at Cottage
and Ferry streets be sold and the
present the commission has 519 farms and 1855 city proper
ties with an investment of 54,214,327.52. It operates through
regular real estate dealers and thus avoids the heavy ex
pense of handling its own selling. :
Delinquencies on loans constitute a serious problem for
the commission. The peak exceeded a million dollars, but by
last Dec. 1 it had been whittled down to a little over $700,000.
As times improve the commission feels warranted in adopt
ing a firmer policy on collections. Secretary Owen credits the
federal bonus with a considerable share of the credit for the
increased receipts.
, Since the loans were made to .veterans at four per cent
interest and the bonds issued by the state bear four and one-
half per cent interest the department must operate at a loss, money reinvested in first grade se
Had the bonds been, issued with callable provision they could curities and the! income to go to
now be reissued on about a two or two and one-half ter cent M. Elgin during her life, i then
basis, and that would provide a good margin. During the bi
ennium the commission issued no new bonds and retired $2,
000,000. I i
The total amount of bonds issued under the bonus loan
law was $32,850,000, of which $8,975,000 has been retired,
leaving $23,875,000 outstanding as of last September. The fi
nal maturities are in 1952. After June 30, 1938 no more loans be reinvested in first class income
may be made, under the constitution. bearing securities, and the income
The report will surprise a good many who have thought hteUfe is eattf that
the state would lose millions of dollars because of poor loans. inCome to go to i the residuary es-
That result is not yet in sight. The ratio of delinquencies and tate. j .
foreclosures is nrobablv little hisrher than for mortcrare con- But in case of the death of eith-
cerns. The losses to the state will be due principally to the UrJS? Z "JLJfi0
fact that the state did not charge enough interest to meet the
tost of its own borrowed money plus operating expenses.
to the residuary estate. (This is
the home where Mrs. Elgin is liv
ing.) It was Inherited by Carroll
L. Moores from his brother, Wylie
A. Moores. deceased, long city re
corder and police judge of Salem.)
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AH the rest of his property! Is to
Interpreting the! News
By MARK SULLIVAN
WASHINGTON, Dec. IS To
those who watch events for light
upon fundamental conditions, the
key point of the
auto mob 11 e
-strike is the "sit
down feature of
it- A number of
employees, rela
tively small com
pared with the
whole body, re
main in the fac
tory, with the
effect of prevent
ing- operation of
whole of the bequest (that is, the
income), as previously provided.
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Finally, after the death of both
Ross E. Moores find Mrs. Chas. F.
Elgin, the whole! of the residuary
estate Is to go to "a monument or
memorial of early Oregon pio
neers." ji j.J
The determination Sof the ; char
acter of the monument or mem
orial is left to the city council or
whatever body may f succeed the
saiem city council va case or a
War of Extermination
IN.uncensored correspondence to the New York Herald Trib
une, John T. Whitaker writes that there must be at least
400.000 dead in Spam. The population is less than 3U mil
lion persons. The deaths are mostly political assassinations.
Women are not exempt from the slaughter. For the first time
in a century prisoners are not kept captive, they are executed.
In Madrid the terror reigned .as during the rrench revolu
tion. In cities captured by the rebels those suspected of so-1 change in that respect.
cialist sympathies or trade union affiliation were mowed "w
down by machine guns. In one city the victims were crowded 7 fem" pial,n- vS0"
into the bun nng and sprayed with bullets from machine ther tollK be livei and his
guns. Whitaker quotes one leader as saying he killed 122 great friend who helped him in
with his automatic pistol, firing and reloading until his gun I his last days and at whose home
wm hot in hia hand, and savintr h "enioved it". ne naa Doaraea a long lime, in nei
XAHtus ui it lima e wucu hhu me wuuwy aim snub, v iannoi mmrial
and their bodies dumped in roadside ditches. At! night they that will nemetuate the name of
would be doused with gasoline and set on fire. In loledo alter I his clan and will honor the class
its canture bv the rebels the wounded were burned alive in I to wniea its memoers beiongea.
knanitolo Oftftrt .V,'l,'nn f caVi I lne ear,y wregon pioneers.
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iue cruellies nave oeen perpeiraiea uy uom aiues in a war Rogg E Moores, 517 North
without quarter, - j ; Front street, is the last living
The war in SDam haa become one of extermination, member of that dan Tunning from
WhiVtiPwr sido win nnloaa if la roatrainod hv mlfciHa fnrct'. l- R- loores, Jr., whose brotner
-, i i . . i . , , I w n. Huuira vi u loan cm1
win uusu eietuuuiis iu me enu. Aiiinesiv is a wuru iiJt i mroA m.rn.n tmmirr.iiA. .ni
thought of at this juncture. The whole treasury j of Spanish whose father was Isaac R. Moores.
art has been ruthlessly destroyed (save where they were mov-1 or., captain of one of the trains
able, like paintings) if it came within the path of the armies. OI l migrauon.
1U SWU CAUCUUIV itic UUUJdn UeiUin UUVCII UY UICWH-C TtoaM-a Xtnam .nil Wvlla nl
of their ideas. These people are all Spanish whose race strain I Carroll, already mentioned. ! were
is quite homogeneous now, after centuries of mixing. Un-1 born into the I. r. Moores, Jr.,
rinnhlerilv thv have monv thino-a in rnmmnn Yrf in tho nif I iamiiy unanes, isieiia, wno uvea
terness of feeling over political.and social and economic ques- JTiXd at "two
uons iney revere xo loe Daroanc stage, ravages coum naraiy j years of age
do worse. The teachiriflr of religion, the enlightenment of ed-l Carroll was born in the house
ucation do not prove1 strong enough to restrain the primi- now occupied by Ross, which was
l.V. nrl..'i.k m.t. M.n .n.'mnt lne ancfwirai Hme on Juiy iU,
ai niiv nrnu uuwc luau "'1 1870. Ha was thtu In hli 7th
year.
Frjnrtion of a Tlriivrsitv I !' V
j ! an uie KJLyi cssiuiis ui vpiutuu tciaiive iu me uisiiuknm i a good one.
II of Glen Frank as president of the University of Wiscon-1 But during the past 35 years or
. afn the hest which ha rami tn nnr notice i that of Pres.! more, he had been in public em
ident A. Gilmore of the University of Iowa. He did not en; SSJS'SJSSSi
ter particularly into the Frank-LaFollette controversy, but court building- As a young man.
he did use the incident to offer some generalization as to the be was a worker in politics, and
proper position of the university which deserves wide con
sideration. Pres. Gilmore said:
The recent events in Wisconsin are th logical outcome of
, a philosophy which believes that a university should participate:
directly In responsibility for social reform and reconstruction.
It overlooks the fundamental difference between a state univer
sity sad a university state. The latter is in constant danger of
beromlng an instrument of propaganda and political control.
.mlveraity should not b brought too close to the scene of im
mediate political action. It serves society beat If Jt remains a de
tached, intelligent. Impartial, fearless exponent of truth and
. sends out a body of well trained and well informed students."
It will be difficult to find in any of the lengthy address
es of recent years on the subject a more accurate statement of the trust department of th
the function of the university in modern society. "-There is Bush bank.!
trrv dnmr Vi tVia HT?voioittr will Ko" Tn o Aa inaf b nf I i
h.fJv. nA ihi. nr ;ata with nrir,lv . 111 U ctloB f Carroll D. Moore.
w.w v. ...- , . . 1 fleaerves tne gratitude or every
aowea universiues as weu as wim siaie-supponea insuiu-1 person in Oregon. ; .
tions. The sinrale sentence which closes Dr. Gilmore's state-1 it is worthy of emulation by ev
ment deserves to be graven in the foundation stone of very r7m.nd ovn.wh?.l0Te" k
university in the Und, and in the conscience and the con- eiSg thekind""
sciousness of every citizen :.It serves society. best if it re-1 memorial, it is to bo hoped that
mains a detached, intelligent, impartial, fearless exponent or task wtii be wisely performed". The
gon. by way of precedent and de
cision, the will of a man or worn
an la to be carried out according
to its meaning. Wills are not eas
ily broken in this state, If they
have honest administrators , and
courageous defenders.
he never violated a pledge.
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No one knows, yet, how much
will be ! the residuary estate of
Carroll L. Moores. It may be over
130,004: p o s s 1 b ly considerably
more.
But. whatever It may be. It will
go to the kind of a memorial that
will be calculated ' to honor the
memory of early Oregon pioneers.
In the mean time,, however long
or short a time as may eventuate,
the matter will be In the hands of
Ladd
Mark Bamvaa
it. From their own point of view
the method is effective. From the
owners' point of view it Is illegal.
From the point of view of existing
law It Is illegal. ; .:.
The Issue, as It has arisen on
this point, can be stated thus: The
strike leaders say they will with
draw the Vsit-downers" If General
Motors will promise not to. oper
ate the factory pending negotia
tion of the Issues involved in the
strike as a whole. To this the Gen-.
era! Motors has replied that it will'
yiegotlate the broad issues of the
suiae . dui - oniy aner ana 11 tne
strikers illegally occupying the
plant are withdrawn.
It is. possible General Motors,
It it consulted Its own Interest
only, might find it expedient to
abandon this stipulation for the
sake of prompt, settling of the
strike. If it does this, however, it
will have established a Precedent
Important not only with respect
to industrial conflicts but. with
respect to all property rights ev
erywhere. Such a precedent, once
established, will seep into law and
custom. Shortly it will impair the
security of every f armea in the
possession of his land, every shop
keeper in this shop, every heme
owner in his house. It will wbrk
a change In the American system
of society, constitute a step toward
bringing a new one. Rarely has
there been so clear an illustration
as the automobile strike provides
of tht choice between fundamental
principle and temporary expedi
ency. Essential in the American sys
tem are certain principles. Pre
serving the system means preserv
ing these principles. One of the
principles Is the right to acquire
property and be secure In the pos
session of it. This right to hold
property Is one of the fundamental
individual rights. It is not In con
trast with human righs. it is itself
one of the human rights. An argu
mentative way of putting It. fre
quently heard, "human rights ver
sus property rights" is mislead
ing. This right to be secure In the
possession of property is clearly
invaded by the "sit-down" strike.
' "Sit-down." like much of our
newer terminology In social- orga
nization and politics, is a recent
lm porta tI6n from Europe. The use 1
of this form of strike is undoubt
edly inspired by its success in the
strikes in France last summer
which led to' formation of a. new
government with a - socialist as
premier.
The strikers in Michigan are of
course in violation of law. Against
their. repass there are the familiar
legal remedies. The person whose
property is unlawfully occupied
can go to the courts, wnere tne
udge Issues the appropriate writ
of ejection or what not. and gives
the writ to the sheriff to serve
and execute.
In the present ease. It was un
fortunate that the judge to whom
General Motors applied, and who
Issued a writ, was revealed later
to be the owner of a considerable
number of shares of General Mo
tors stock. This was seriously un
fortunate. Nearly everyone will
agree that the judge should have
remembered his personal interest
and asked to be excused from act
ing. It Is a time for meticulous
observance of property by all who
have official responsibility. Any
nth or ludre could hare Issued the
writ; the process is one of famUar
routine. i
Apparently the writ was served.
and apparently the strikers Ig
nored it. This brings the situation
down to one of local public opin
ion, whether the community wttl
condone -violation ! of law not
checked by the appropriate ma
chinery of law enforcement. If
the community does not condone.
and If the local law officials can
not enforce the law. the next step
would ordinarily be an appeal to
the governor of the state for help,
presumably for state police or the
militia. i
It haa been Interesting to ob
serve the inroads on property
rights that have accompanied the
depression. - Quite early some leg
islatures passed laws reducing the
rights of mortgagees and one of
these, a Minnesota lav, was us-
tained by the supreme court of
the United States. Other legisla
tive bodies passed laws reducing
the right of landlords to evict ten
nan ts; some of theso also have
been sustained by the courts.
Statutory Inroads on property
rights are, however, leas serious
than private Inroads which suc
ceed and are not checked, by the
courts or other machinery of gov
ernment. In some mldwestern
states there were a few cases of
farmers, 'With - the aid of nelgh
fors, forcibly resisting "tax sales',
sales of their farms because of
non-payment of taxes. There
were a few similar resistances to
"sheriff's sales,: foreclosures of
mortgages. In one case in which
the sherlf was forcibly prevented
from executing a writ, the court
inflicted " prison sentences a pon
leaders bf the resistance.
A conspicuous' example of ille
gal entry upon - use of property
which neither the local courts nor
the state government checks, is
the so-calIed"bootlegging" of coal
from lands owned by corporations
in the Anthracite district of Penn
sylvania. Reports agree that the
bootlogglng is condoned by local
public opinion, on tne ground that
the mines are left idle by the own
ing companies, that the miners
take the coal and bootleg it in or
der to live, and that the towns
and communities dependent on
the mines would be paralyzed if
it were not for this frankly out
law traffic. ' j
These conditions constitute a
distinction between the case of the
Pennsylvania coal miners and that
of the "sit-down" strikers in Mich
igan. The Pennsylvania miners go
on the campanies' property and
take the coal and sell it because
tthe companies do not operate the
mines and give the miners em
vloyment: The Michigan strikers
"sit-down" in the factory for the
precise purpose of preventing op
eration. Ordinarily most kinds of in
roads on property rights are tem
porary; they pass with the de
pression or war or other abnor
mal conditio ithat gives rise to
them. But strikes are frequent
and often justified during nor
mal conditions. And if it now be
comes legal of customary for
strikers to occupy buildings
against the wills of the owners,
the result would be a permanent
reduction of property right which
as a precedent, might affect all
property rights of air persons at
all times.
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Hazel Livingston
truth, and sends out a body of well-trained and well-informed
students.
The town of JIabbard Is ont of debt and plans a celebration In
honor or the accomplishment. The thrill of having one's city debt-free
reaeatblee-that'of paying the mortgage on the old homestead.
Rosa Cole Heads i.
Uaconda I7o:nen
WACOXDA. Jan. IS Mrs. Hen
ry C. Stafford entertained mem
bers of : the Waconda community
. club and six seclal guests. Wednes
day at her home. Club luncheon
wastoaJoyedV '
Election or officers for II JT re
. julted: Mrs. Rosa Cole, president;
Mrs. Berts, Becker, vlce-preslient;
Mrs. C-' C Russell, buyer.
" Two member were 'Initiated.
Mrs. W. Weekly and Mrs. Fred
Friedea' ' ; : . ' ; j '.-
The annual dab party was dis
cussed and final - plans will be 1
made at the next dab- meeting I
January at the home of Mrs.
Wade Weekly la Mission Bottom.
Invited g a e s t a were Mrs.
E. W. Manning, Ward Lundp.
rairfieid; Mrs. Paul - Townsend,
Mlas Cora McGHchrUt, Mrs. Frank
Felion. Mrs. Albert Glrod and
daughters, Linda Ann and Shir-1
Bliss Howe of Silverton .
Iteada Group Her Poems
SILVERTON, Jan. If ii. Miss
Lacy Howe. . English teacher Jn
the senior -high school, read
group of her poems before mem
bers of the C. P. S. A. at Mt. An
gel Tuesday afternoon, j ; While
Miss Howe baa-been Interested In
poetry for many " years and h
written several poems, It was not
until the past year that she be-
t "TUpf lor Djihlicatioa.
Ten Yews Ago
' Jaawary !. 1027
Earl Fisher, state tax commis
sioner for past three years was
reelected to that office for an
other term yesterday.
Mma : Bnffe-Morriaoa's French
shop will be remodeled and take
more room formerly occupied by
Staples Optical Co.
: Latest burglar alarm protection
device for new vault at Salem
Bank : of Commerce will be to
stalled by experts Monday.
Twenty Years Ap
-" Jasswry !, ItlT '
Paul Hanser - made a trip to
Eugene Sunday and . went for a
day's bunt .with Mock . Turtle
club. ,
Alderman' Charles" H. ' Jones
resolution for appointment by
Mayor Keyes of a committee to
draft a commission govern en t
charter for Salem waa adopted.
12.009 roses are to be planted
Lby Salem - Floral, society U A lot
CHAPTER XXVIII
i Late zinnias grew In varl-color-ed
splendor on the south side of
the garden. Christie's marigolds
were burnished gold, when the
neighbors were all through
blooming.
From the warm earth came the
dry, spicy fragrance of blossom
ing shrubs, and fallen leaves, and
In. Indian summer. Dad nsed to
call it, back home in Spanish Pass.
Best time of the year, he always
said. Made a man feel yonng!
It didn't make her feel young,
particularly, but it did make her
feel aafe and warm and content.
She worried but there was al
ways something to take her mind
off the worries. The baby's gur
gling laughter, a pudding to make.
buds on the chrysanthemums, and
Donald's increasing excitement In
his work.
At first it depressed her when
he tried to tell her about it. Can
cer is such a dread word. And the
chances of success, he said, were
so slim.
Of course, that was what made
it all so fascinating to Donald and
Whitely, but she couldn't help
wising that they'd chosen some
thing simpler and safer to work
on, and - something with whJch
they'd be more likely : to succeed.
How could they have the pa
tience to go on day after day.
month after month, ; year after
year perhaps all their lives, and
be content with just learning a lit
tle more, and never coming tb any
sensational discovery at all?
But now it seemed that they
were having a little success. Just
a little, Donald said. But It was
enough to bring him home bright-
eyed and exultant, and for dosens
of old friends to heat about it.
and to telephone, or drop In at the
lab, or at the house to hear the
latest. .
Tiresome for ner. wnat is a
hormone, anyway?" she asked.
yawning over a sock she was darn
ing, after listening to a one-sided
telephone conversation Donald
was having with Whitely.
"Something I'd just as soon yon
didn't know about, and above all
speak about, he said seriously.
"This experiment of ours mustn't
get out. You understand that.
don't you, honey? That no one
must know about it?"
She couldn't help laughing ont
loud. "Heavens I don't talk about
it! It's you who do the talking!
"But only to medical men who
understand the situation! Oh, I
know-you're no back-fence gossip,
Christine, but just be careful, for
while we hare reason to be a bit
optimistic right now, we aren't
ready for the news to break. If It
got out now, I wouldn't be a scien
tist, I'd just be a quack. So be
careful, "wont yon?" f
"111 be careful," she promised,
but It amused her. Hew could she
talk about it when she didn't know
what in the world ; it was all
about? -i I
So she rested his tired head on
her shoulder when he would let
her, and patted him and soothed
him and tried to listen while he
talked on about' the good fight he
was helping to wage against death
la one of its most awful forms, t
"Whitely has spent his Ufe on
it, and X may spend mine. Far bet
ter men than I are working on the
same problem all overvthe coun
try. Bat some day somebody is go
ing to stumble on the answer
and It nst might be me! - r
. "Tea. ; Doany -yes ehe'd
murmur, as ahe might have mur
mured to the baby. -
And she'd think: .
"I'm glad he l n't any real
worries like me!"
'-''- :v- -i --kv;:-She
felt so sate.
She wheeled Donny boldly tn
bis buggy, ran to answer ' door
bells, telephone bellslritbont that
sick sinking of the heart that had
on Capitol street between Ch
meketa and Court streets. .
been hers for so long after Gene
came back. j
Indian summer was over now.
There was a nip In the October air,
and she put a new lining in Don-:
aid's old overcoat that looked so
well, but was really wearing quite
threadbare.
With guilty pleasure she spent
$0 for bulbs for the garden. Hya
cinths, daffodils, t u I i p s, snow
flakes. "The garden will be just gorge
ous in spring.? she told Donald.
"I've put the snowdrops under the
oak trees they'll be grand with
the forget-me-nots that Is, if
they bloom at the same time, and
wait till I tell yon about the daf
fodils. The Prince of Wales go In
the border with the annuals, and
the new white ones Is It White
Queen? something like that
win go back of the primroses. Or
would yon put them with the
Prince of Wales?"
"With the Prince of Wales, by
all means. I
"You weren't even listening!"
"Yes, I was."
"No, you weren't!"
. But it didn't matter. She didn't
listen to . him really when he talk
ed about his blood corpuscles and
hormones. He was there and he
loved her. . . . what else mattered?
And then, one blustery October
day when the oak leaves rattled
on the ground and the wind made
the willow branches beat against
the roof;. Gene: Dubois came back
and told her he would ! have to
have 1500. I -
She wouldn't ask him in. He
stood at the doorway, she just in
side' while the cold crept within
her thin; houaedress, " deadening
her body, freezing her lieart.
They spoke almost In whispers,
though there was no one to hear
but the baby,; asleep behind the
closed bedroom door. 1 r
"I told you that I had: no mon
ey! And even If X had, what do you
mean by coming to me, demanding
it this way? ; What are you, a
blackmailer?: f-:':
"Yes, if you want to call It
that!" . , - ! ;
"Then let me tell you, Oenet Du
bois, that long before X was mar
Tied I told my husband all about
you! What - kind of girl do you
think X am? Did yon think I'd try
to keep it secret ?.There! You see!
Yon can't blackmail mej and sure
as I'm standing here, I'll call the
police-, before I let you come an
noying me again. Now get out!".
She :would ; have alammed the
door, but he was too quick for her.
He got his foot in, .l i -
- "Listen, Christie. Please, please,
listen! Give me a chance.: The kid's
got asthma, and ' Rnby ; needs an
operation. If I've turned Into a
blackmailer It's because I'm beaten.-1
wish I had the nerve to be a
burglar instead. I'm not even good
for that ' r " . : ..
"1 was allly enough to give yon
ISO because you told a story like
that before. And you promised on
your word of ' honor r that yon
wanted It to go to Los Angeles to
get a job! , Yom told me a great
big He about some man who had
a gas station ,
. "Listen! I didVt lie. It was all
true!" . . -iM----.'
"Then, why didn't yon go? ?
"Because well. Ill tell yon the
truth. I spent the money. I hadn't
had anything new for so darn long
yon saw the salt X had. The kid
hadn't even had an tee cream
cone for lord known when. Rnby
was crying her eyas oat tor a per
manent and a new. hat. well, I
thought I'd Just bay a cheap suit
for myself and a couple of toys
for the kid. but when I gave Jtuby
I a It cat such a nolo I thought we
might as well aee a show and bay
a good 'Steak for dinner-"
- - "Oh.Geae! - Yoa Idiot yon real
ly navea't changed at all!"v -
"All right, laugh. Yoa dont
know what' we've been through.
Walt tin year kid gets to the age
i.
too. He tton't understand.1 It's
tough. Ruby's only a kid, too.
Once I caught her atealing face
powder and lip stick in the five
and dime,' because I couldn't buy
her any. I slapped her so hard she
got an abscess in her ear from
it " i i
"Gene lob. Gene!" '
"Well, won't have her snitch
stuff from the fire and dime! But
look how I felt. I didn't even have
the dime to give her. And I
thought, it I got a decent hair cut
and some clean good clothes I
could get ! started again. I had a
prospett. Selling a line' of -neckties
and gent's hose. But It fell
through. Yesterday I went to the
charities, (but the woman said I
wasn't eligible . because I haven't
lived la the -county long enough.
Offered to: send us back to Spanish
Pass. I :.. i,
"My lord, ituby in Spanish Pass.
That baby doll. And the folks can't
feed themselves, let alone us. I
told her I'd starve first, and I
thought t would. Then I got to
thinking about yoa. Ruby and I
talked it (over "
He talked it over with his wife.
With how many other people per
haps? Told; Ruby why he, could
come to her, ask for money ...
She saw Donald's face. Incredu
lous firsts Then sick and ashamed.
She thought of what Whitely
had said about what a wife and a
home and a! baby were cost in c a
man like Donald. What would he
say If he-knew about this? What
would this new worry do to Don
aid now? 3 i
"But tiis time, I swear on my
honor on my kid's life, that if
you raise this money for me. I win
get oat. I'll go so far away no
body here; will ever see me again!"
He saw that she was shakinr,
. "Gosh.-Christie, it sure hurts
io see ypa scarea of me! X hate
myself for
"I'm not! scared I'm cold
that's all cold!"
"Honest, I wouldn't come to you
if I had C single chance left In the
world. Even! if I had the nerve to
stick up somebody on the street.
i m just; desperate, that's: ail
hope youll never know what that
means. But I've got to have It.
Ruby's operation and the kid
cnoaing -to aeatn here of asth
ma' v ; j'V v- "--A.:,-':,
She felt her knees giving, way
senoua . ner,
I "I'll see what I can do. I'll have
to uiaciioi can write .
. "I'll telephone you. this time to
morrow. u ,. . .
She held her ground, closed the
door firmly behind him. as he left.
Closed It and latched It.
Then ahe slid alowlv to ih.
Sobs tor themselves out I her
shuddering, shaking body. For the
second time in ner 2 years, life
and Gene had brought her
more .bitterness than ahe . could
- , .: e. e
TVJlt d d Ure1 Christie
fed the baby, dressed him in hia
clean white cotton flannel nirhx.
played pat-a-cako with him while
".U8.BBa mi0tta the tears
rolled down her cheeks
Taen wbile he played in hia crfS
ioi amner for herself and
Donald, running back and forth
from the kitchen to th htu.
alternately stirrlnsr the
and 1 peasjnd watching the meat-
naming ar red eyes
with cold water and witeh-haseL
And when dinner was all ready,
and she liad bathed .. .t.w.
and swollen face nntil it looked al-
r. JTv ' MlPhoned that
he would be late.?-
All evealng sh wandered around
the silent little han.
the radto,. turning it off. picking
?-VP-or asine. throw
lag It down, going In to look at
Dfa,ly.bu..fa
i.,ALi h t bed.
,T1 7. .VT' " reaueea.
as x
wfiere ka eefre fnr thtan mttA n . '"-uvea, usien-
been nearly morning when Don
ald came. She heard the car come
up the driveway, the garage door
squeak, and then he came In the '
back way, tiptoed to the bedroom
door. v - - ':- : j
"Awake?" he asked softly.
But she had waited for him too
long. She wouldn't answer, so he
tiptoed away again, and presently
she heard him puttering around
the kitchen, opening and shutting
Icebox and cooler doors, getting
himself something to eat. When
she smelled bacon and eggs frying
she sat up In bed, wanting to
shout: i
"What are yon doing that for?
Didn't you see the cold meatloaf
In the Icebox?" !
But she couldn't say anvthlna.
because she was pretending to be
asleep, so she lay down again and
cried a little in the dark. Because
It was too silly to fuss aboutgreas
sy frying pans, and eggshells all
over her clean kitchen, when tra
gedy and trouble really filled her
heart.; v-i-., : -: .-- r . .-.
(To Be Continued)
Editorial
Comment
From Other Papers
The Governor's Message
Governor Martin's m a.
Ilvered before the joint aeasion of
wo legislature yesterday is a re
markably colorless document. It
reports the end of the state de-
ncit, insists that there should be
o increase in taxation, and rec
ommends the enactment of the
ouaget submitted by the execut
ive. Beyond these there is little.
but generality. A reader of the
message who knew nothing about
Oregon might suppose that ahe
state had no problems to solve,
tthat there was nothing ttat
needed , changing, nothing to be
done to bring about Improvement
of any sort. .
; In the two years of his gci
ernorshlprof hfa "first term," as
he recenUy put U General Mar
tin has been hailed aa the man
of force. direction and leader-
snip. All these qualities he cer
tainly has but they are carefully
conceaed In his message. Nothing
is criticised. Nothing is proposed.
There Is no program unless, in
deed, that's . the governor's pro
gram to i have none.
There's plenty on the docket
mat calls for action. The gov
ernor's own state planning board
has Submitted a Tt-SV.
posaU, including one regarding
an extension, of the eapltol
grounds and the building of a
state library a most Important
subject. There Is the crisis In the
finances of the state-supported
edUCatlOinal InatllnflAn. TKm
,-A . A W'
are problems touch lag the state
federal relation" with respect to
social security, to management
of state lands, to pubUc health,
to . taxation. On aU these the
message ta aflent. r
It is remembered that at the
1 . ..n.l. - . . . .
- mvmaiva oi ;- u legislature
the special session of 1SSS the
governor made it very much his
business to get the legislature to
agree with him regarding the lo
cation of! the eapltol. He failed
and for a long time be made bis
resentment of the-outcome color
much that he did and - said. We
wonder ,11 the experience Is not
reflected In the present lack of
direction and failure to present
an affirmative program.
Perhaps the ' governor ha
Plant that are yet to be disclos
ed. Perhapa he wants to wait un
til something-more is known of
how the legislature la going to
behave. Perhapa he win be heanl
from later. It is to be hoped tnr
such is the ease for the aspect r
this message la not the aspect c !
Charles XL Martin. Bend Bulletin.