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- The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, iareii 3 193T
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"No Favor Sways Us; No Feun Shall Axe e"
From First Statesman, March 28. 1851 ,
Charles A. Sprague - - Editor and Publisher
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this papei. . . 7. ! ! .
I Is Relief a Permanent Load?
RELIEF is not a temporary problem, is the opinion of Har
ry Hopkinsi relief administrator; and it is coming to be
accepted by the people as more or j less permanent, at
least so long as the present philosophy not of being your
brother's keeper but of making some one else keep your bro
ther, prevails. Mr. Hopkins, at least; has done little to make
relief non-permanent, though it may be noted that whenever
he proposes cutting down the load the mayors gang up to
demand no reduction. i:' j. ,
" In an interview in Washington last week .Hopkins said
the country may as well make up its mind that a very sub
stantial number of persons are going to have to get "their
share'' of the national income by means of various types of
government benefit. Hopkins believes that the full man power
will not be needed in production of goods, and there are oth
ers unfitted for work. Asked if this continuing subsidy to un
. employed would breed a class preferring the dole to private
- employment Hopkins replied that he had an abiding faith in
human nature's instinctive aversion to taking something for
nothing. - J j -.r ;
' Such optimism is interesting. A glance at the stock ta
bles or at the gambling devices should convince one that
there is one hope which sustains the American people that of
getting something for nothing. Through: the centuries of ex
pansion in this, continent people have been accustomed to
"taking a chance," and their adventuring has resulted in re
markable industrial progress. . j j
Hopkins further stated that the day when private char
ities could be depended on to.
the cost will be met with taxes.
I Not a comforting prospect. The persistence of the heavy
relief burden, anomalous as it is. in a period of recovery, is
both baffling and discouraging. Accompanying it are reports
of shortages of skilled; labor in certain fields. Is the problem
one of economic organization, or is it one of social reconstruc
tion? Is the trouble due to the fact that the human material
is deficient, or to lack of vocational' training? Or is it due to
exclusion of the unskilled from opportunity to learn and
work at a trade? v j
The Hopkins despair ought not to be accepted without
protest. The weak and incompetent will probably have to
have a lift; but there is enough work to do of one kind or
another which ought to give employment for all. There should
be continued attack for a solution of the problem which re
mains as long as there are several millions of employable men
and women on the relief rolls.
Reasonable Building Program
THE senate will have on its Calendar for today decision as
to a building plan f or capitol construction . in Salem,
which has been approved by the joint ways and means
committee. In brief it authorizes the state capitol reconstruc
tion commission to erect a building, expected to be a library,
and to acquire, all or part of the four blocks north of Court
street from the new capitol, lying between Court and Center
streets facing. Summer street. For the building $550,000 is
appropriated and for the land purchase $300,000.
The financing is obtained by paying joff the balance due
the industrial accident fund on the off ice building and agri
culture building, which amounts to about:$181,000; and then
obtaining a fresh investment from the industrial accident
fund, secured by the property with repayment to be at the
rate of $50,000 a year. Collection of rentals would continue to
go toward meeting the installments. . i, i
By a separate bill, now in the house, the highway com
mission would be authorized to buy a site, subject to the ap
proval of the capitol commission, and erect an office build
ing. This would be discretionary on" the highway commission,
not mandatory. . j , j
This program would complete for the time being the
program which the special session of 1935 failed to finish.
The amount authorized for the capitol $2,500,000 was $1,
000,000 short of the sum recommended by the governor and
which was approved at different times by both houses of the
legislature, only to be cut down through disagreement over
site in the closing hours.
The location is very largely determined by the action of
the last session in putting the capitol on the old tract and of
the commission in making it face north intoSummer street.
Under the leadership of the commission a comprehensive plan
is being developed, which will be harmonious and serviceable,
and the buildings promise to be both practical and beautiful.
The financing makes only a small call on the general
fund ; and the faithful performance of the state in its under-
laiung vn use state oiiice Duiiaing snouia give assurance tnat
' its trust fund character is not and will not be violated.
There is an evidendesire on the part of the legislature
to complete its capitol group job; and the plan offered is one
whkh received the approval of the joint ways and means
committee and appears to merit the approval of both houses
and the governor. V j.
cicct v iciury ; j . .
THE steel companies gained a real victory yesterday , a
victory over themselves. By their action in establishing a
40-hdur work in the mills and a $5 minimum wasre cou
pled with, in some cases recognition of the union they have
succeeded in oreservinir npacp in th fnrlnafrv With ho men
ace of a severe and costly strike lifted from this great indus
try there was a promptupward bounce of stock prices. In
vestors and speculators evidently regarded the promise of
peace as a better assurance of profits to the j steel mills than
the increased wage bill was of losses. j I
In mass production industries the time is definitely in
the past when decisions as to wages, hours and working con
ditions may be made by the management 'solely. Labor has
its side and should be consulted. The steelmen, under the pow
erful prod it is true of the national administration, have cap
itulated in a degree at least. For once it would appear that the
operators and managers have shown greater statesmanship
than usual. .
' ; Billboards have been proclaiming the virtue of "The
American Way" of high wages and good working conditions.
It is good'news to the country to note that the employers who
probably paid for the displays are also reading them and put
ting them into practice. Meantime there is: need for a better
distribution of income among earning groups, for there are
many classes of citizens with incomes far below the level suf
ficient for a proper living standard. Enlightened ethics can
help secure this, as well as statutory compulsion.
Floor Lobbyin
N observer feels that there
ing on the floor of the house, which doesn't stop with the
taking up of sessions. The practice is not confined to the
"wicked" or the "virtuous" lobbies are just as insistent and
ubiquitous as the representatives of the interests, vested or
invested. -There is also a tendency for reporters to roam over
do. the job
is gone; henceforth
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is altogether too much lobby
Bits for
Breakfast
By R. J. HENDRICKS
Historic Aurora;
Founded by a people
who banished selfishness
utterly in one generation:
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(Continuing from yesterday?
You will find the proofs in the
U. s. court vaults in Portland.
The property was all common, but
mostly ia the name of the leader.
Dr. Kelt After his death on De
cember 30. 1877. no one being pn
hand to take his place, many
months having pass'--I. it was de
cided to wind up !" affairs (of 4
the colony; to divide the property.
But how?
Probate was first asked in the
Marlon county court. It was case
No. 829. But no progress could be
made there, because the property
was in both Missouri and Oregon.
and, besides, there were no exact
precedents. They faced an un
charted sea of legal procedure. ,
So suit No. 752. by a bill in
equity, was started in the U. S.
district court, Portland- under
Judge Deady, by W. H. EHinger,
Portland lawyer, both able men.
Three decrees were entered. Brief
ly, first, on July 27, 1881. that
the , property had been held., in
trust for all members.
Second, Sept.' S 19, same year,
that the trustees and managers
be directed to dtride all, the prop
erty "in such manner as In their
judgment will tend to equalize
the shares of each." The third
decree, given January 22, 1883,
declared that the report of the
committee or trustees be "in all
things confirmed and i approved."
and that the distribution was "a
Just and final settlement of the
affairs of said community."
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Brief words, to confirm vast de
tails, involving the division of
about 83.000.000 worth of prop
erty. Including 23.500 acres of
Improved land and the towns of
Aurora, Oregon, and Bethel and
Nineveh. Mo., among about 1S0O
people: 18,000 acres being in
Marion and Clackamas counties,
this state. How ; would you go
about it?
They took the r u 1 e of days
served, mainly. Persons who had
been members from 1844 to 1881,
37 years, got most; but property
went partly according to trade,
occupation, family, etc., and some
who had advanced money at the
beginning were allowed for that.
The tannery, for instance, was not
given to the tinsmith, nor the
brickyard to the blacksmith, and
farm families were kept together
by having their land intact. i
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In the first decree, notice was
required to be given to all, mem
bers, as of Aug. 1, 1881, that the
colony was dissolved, and that
they were "on 'their own," but
that If any one was dissatisfied
he or ' she would have time and
opportunity to complain and state
the reason or reasons.
Well, what happened?
1 V "W :
There were complaints. Can you
guess whet they were?
No one complained of his of her
share. The complaints were like
these: Fritz, our neighbor, ought
to have another cow or horse or a
plow or wagon, or tools or imple
ments, etc., etc., or another fam
ily would need a little money on
account of poor crops or sickness,
or for other reasons. What hap
pened with these complaints? J
Every request was allowed;
every cent asked was paid. The
writer had this from the man who
paid them, the treasurer. They
naturally had a good surplus of
money, as a colony, and did not
need to borrow, after the first
years. '
In fact, the colony loaned mon
ey. Some of the richest pioneer
merchants of Portland were bor
rowers, and there Is no word In
dicating a defaulted note.
That is recorded proof, under
oath, in the U. JS. court records,
that those people banished self
ishness. Vastly more is available.
Time forbids further mention.
How is 1t with the average es
tate, even In the best society? Do
you hear of heirs renouncing their
shares in favor of their brothers
and sisters even blood brothers
and sisters?
For nearly 20 centuries so
called Christian nations have par
roted the precepts of Christianity;
tut only a few rare souls have
practiced them in spirit and truth.
The pedple who labored and
loved their fellow men here prac
ticed them, and thus banished
selfishness. They obeyed the
Eleventh Commandment, did not
merely give it the show and forms
of obedience.
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Kagawa in Japan. E. Stanley
Jones and Gandhi in India, Albert
Schweitzer in Africa, Chiang and
Feng, chief Chinese generals, and
the leaders of progressive thought
in other nations, know and ; de
clare that the coming of universal
peace depends upon following the
precepts which guided the found
ers and pioneers of Aurora.
They know words and doctrines
alone are not enough. They are
aware that the distressed and dis
tracted earth needs a social Chris
tianity, as taught clearly and sim
ply by Its Founder; that this alone !
Is sufficient for every clime and
every time. i
(Concluded tomorrow.)
the floor more or less at will, where their proper place is in
the press gallery during the session period.
This condition will probably be corrected in part when
the legislature moves into the new capitol. Its quarters there
can be controlled much better. There will be many more com
mittee rooms. Spectators will not be ranged on the same
floor as the members but on balconies. Large lobbies will en
circle the rotunda on the floor where the chambers are lo
cated. :: i - , : ' r. . 1' A ' . .-.;.
It is indispensable for law-making for representatives
of interests affected to appear; and legislators are desirous
of hearing from all sides so proper laws may be framed. It
is therefore wrong to give an invidious twist to the designa
tion "lobbyist." But it is highly important to keep the lobby
ist in his place, and that is off the floor of the houses.
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"Many famines
of Europe"
LUXURY MODEL
CHAPTER XXXI
The second week was not so
happy although It "began welL
On Sunday, Luana and he drove
in the funny little borrowed car
to Jones' Beach on Long Island
and ventured Into the water
which was chilly but exhilarating
and on. the way home they had
a delicious dinner of Long Island
duckling at a roadhouse. and were
very happy after their long day
together;
Tuesday night they dined again
at the little roof restaurant on
Central Park South. The baritone
sang the same love songs, and the
violinist played with the same fer
vor, and the chicken was equally
good.
But Jimmy-was worried:
A pompous letter from Mr. Wal
lace Briscoe, received that morn
ing, had Informed him that the
exchange to Pari had been ar
ranged, and a second-class reser
vation had been booked for him
on a liner scheduled to sail at ten
o'clock on Saturday.
That meant only three more
evenings with Luana!
He tried to tell her about it, but
he was tongue-tied.
"Jimmy, let's go to a movie."
Dinner was over.
"Darling. let's go in the Park. I
have to talk to you. I have an aw
ful lot to say to you. Let's sit by
the Japanese Lake, and watch the
reflections of the stars In the wa
ter." "Why so poetic?" But she lored
the poetry In Jimmy. Arm-in-arm,
they walked under the trees and
down to a secluded bench beneath
a blossoming hawthorn.- J
"Out with it, Jimmy! You look
like bad "news."
He drew a long breath, but
didn't look at her. "Saturday
morning X sail for Paris."
An incredulous: "What?"
He said dully: "It's quite true."
She breathed: "You're going to
be away long?"
"A three months course, Lu
ana." . - I
A silence that was heavy as lead
lay between them.
"Might I ask why you've kept
this back? Why you didn't tell
me before."
"I did the day I first met you,
Luana. You remember? I said "
"That, you hoped to go?" she
finished for him. Bitterly she add
ed: "But never a word to me that
it had been decided!"
"It hadn't, not till- till He
stopped. I
She rapped out: , "Till wheu?
What are you ifrald of'
"Till I met Wallace Briscoe the
other evening."
An Incredulous: 'You asked
him for the transfer?"
"No." A miserable "no."
"He offered it to you?"
He couldn't lie to her. He re
mained silent. That roused her
suspicions.
"You met him the nleht you
dined with Mrs. Vandaveer at her
apartment. Was It through
her?-
Wretchedly he nodded. -
"111 not go, Luana. Ill not
leave you. 131 call It all off."
She Ignored that She persisted:
"Mrs. Vandaveer asked him? Was
that It?"
"Listen. Luana," he said des
perately, "I'd told her at her cock-
"Brother to the Ox"
are living In poverty eugseeUns
From Farm Tenancy commiueo'e icvpon
tail party that I was Interested in
studying this summer In Paris. In
fact, she brought; It up first. It I
remember aright. But no, she
didn't not then but after she'd
seen- my drawings down at my
studio that was the day on
which I dined with her "
."After you'd missed your ap
pointment with, me?" Luana In
terrupted him, shaken with jeal
ousy. I
"I told you my clock had stop
ped "
"A grand excuse! Why not be
open and say plainly that you
were so busy.discussing your trip
to Paris that you forgot the time,
and everything? I suppose she's
going too? Why don't you admit
it?"
Here was a facer. What could
he say?"
."Is she going?" Luana de
manded In a voice hard and, cold.
"I I think so. I mean, she says
she .usually gos over for the
races."
"Ha! I can 'imagine the plans
you've made to see Paris togeth
er!" She drew a 16ng. sobbing
breath. "She asked Mr. Briscoe to
transfer you. and he agreed to do
so, and you're known It for 11
days exactly, and ' kept it under
your hat all this time . . ."
"Luana, I only heard (from him
this morning. It-lt wasn't def
inite " ,
- "But It was in the air? Yon
knew it was as good as settled.
iou usea Airs, vandaveer as as
a cat's paw because you wanted
to ftave . me. You wanted to be
over in Paris -with her!"
Love knows no logic. There was
no arguing with her.
He put his two hands over her
own. His left hand was uppermost.-
A beam of light from i
nearby lamp gleamed on the an
tique Ting upon .his little finger.
"She gave you that. too!". Lu
ana shrilled, beside herself with
a sudden, swift suspicion that was
like the turn of a knife. "I was in
her home this very afternoon.
waiting for her in the Italian sa
Ion, and in a case I saw several
rings as like that as as two
peas r
"It was given as a good luck
talisman, Luana," he protested.
"Good luck? Bah!" With a
quick movement that tore her
hand on its aged edge, she
wrenched the antique ring from
bis finger and flung it in the lake.
Jimmy was amazed at Luana's
exhibition of Jealousy and temper,
and of what amounted practically
to an act of vandalism.
But before he j could say one
word to her, angry or otherwise,
she was' off like a deer up the
path that led to the highway.
A taxi with its 'flag up hap
pened to be passing. She hailed
it,. gave an address at random, and
Jumped Inside. They were off,
whirling- along 59th street to
wards Columbus Circle.
In the passing light of a tali
street standard, she saw a tiny
red mark on the border of her
jacket, and glancing at her hand,
she saw that her palm had a jag
ged scratch on It where the sharp
points of the ring had torn it as
she dragged it from Jimmy's lit
tle finger. ;
She felt no pain, however. As a
soldier' In battle Is supposed to
feel no pain at the time of his
wounds. I
She was fur io u s ly Indignant
with Jimmy and Mrs. Vandaveer,
plotting behind her back to meet
In Pa rib, and Jimmy receiving val
uable presents from tho woman!
How dare he! I
Wasn't he hers? All hers?
' She wouldn't ' tolerate c. divi
sion in his interest, in his affec
tion. She wouldn't be made -
fool of no, not by the best man
In the world! f '
"What are you going to do all
summer, without f Jimmy j her
heart asked her now.
That made her still angrier and
more reseqtful.
Jest when things were going so
lowest peasantry
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MAY CHRISTIE
beautifully between them, on the
very day that she had got the glad
news of her annulment, this had
to happen!
8he was glad that she had
flung the ring In the lake, glad
that she had left Jimmy flat. She
would punish him further.
. She would caU up "Handsome'
at the Yale club and ask him to
meet her somewhere, and let Jim
my hear about it. ' A3 the -taxi
swung down Broadway Into the
theatre traffic, she had the driver
stop at a drugstore, and paid him
off. and went Into' a telephone
booth and put her idea into prac
tice.' "Handsome," however, was not
at his club.
She looked In the telephone
book to find if his home number
was listed. Hadn't he an apart
ment in the Sutton Place area?
He had. I
- The voice of someone who prob
ably was his valet informed her
that: Mr. Carew had not yet re
turned from a weekend at Mon
tank Point, on Long Island.
"Tell him Miss Waters tele
phoned," she said recklessly. She
would get even!
She was glar to the core that
she had kept the brooch, and she
would find some opportunity, be
fore he sailed, to let Jimmy know
that she had deliberately misled
him about the "dollar shop," that
It was a valuable piece of jewelry
that had come from "Handsome!"
Tit for tat. That was only fair
play.
She sat at the counter and had
a soda, for.lt was a warm night
and she was thirsty.
"Say, miss, what you been do
ing . to your hand?" asked the'
drugclerk.
"Nothing. '. A little scratch,
that's all."
But It had begun to smart.
"Bill, looka here a. second."
A white-coated young man came
from the prescription depart
ment. "Take a peek at the ' lady's
hand," said the one at the soda
fountain, jerking his head in the
direction of Luana.
Presently, and rather to her an
noyance, 8be was behind the
scenes, having a disinfectant dab
bed upon the scratch,, and a strip
of gauze wound around her hand.
Thereafter, she walked down
Broadway and entered a newsreel
theater, which featured, in part.
some vivid travel scenes ... Jim-J
my was to travel, see the world?
When he was gone evenings like
this were to be her portion?
Anger died, and tears sprang to
her eyes.
Why had she acted so? . Why
had she been so hasty
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Yvonne came Into the dressing
room of the shop next day, during
the lunch-hour, to find Luana
hnnflv air Ath !n ar rnns-Ti Hd.. nf
her own costume designs. M'
. "Always you are working. : La- i ?
Vaaa! Ner-aire do Z see you any
more! Yvonne reproached her.
"My goodness, Yvonne, yon
don't think I'm going to be a mod
el all my life, do you? Haven't
you any ambition?"
"Your hand what is ze matter
with It?" Yvonne demanded cur
iously as she came nearer, and
saw the strip of guaxe wound
around- Luana's right hand below
the knuckles.
"I scratched It. Nothing seri
ous." - Luana went on with her
drawing.
Yvonne looked over her shoul
der, her eyes as bright as a ferret.
"Meester Quackenbusa you
theenk he like you to do that?"
she asked softly,' Insinuatingly.
But Luana did not take in the
real import of the question, un
fortunately. "What's It got to do with him
what I do in the lunch hour?"
"So? You don't care, no?"
Boldly, Luana was copying the
models for her own use! ThatMras
Yvonne's opinion.
In the building where ahe lived.
Oh the
I By DOROTHY
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TT iji. of course, utterly lmpossi-
lt
hli to lav down a hard and fast
program for preventing world
Ivwar, but it Is the
thesis of tnis col
umn that should
a war of world
proportions o e
cur, any neutral
ity legislation
which we may
pas today can
not be counted
on to keep us
out of it, and
.ViJ w ill ii v our
OMMtr TbMipwi hands, limit our
inuuence. ana restrict our power
which now, in time of peace, may
be u$ed to help . prevent such a
war from occurring. If war comes
It i wljl be statesmanship on the
spot jtnd not compulsion on the
government to act In any rigid
way irhich will keep us out of it.
We could, to be sure, frame an
almost sure! and fool-proof neu
trality policy. If we decided that
we dfil not care what happened in
the rpst of the world, and were
determined to restrict our polit
ical, military and economic inter
eats to this hemisphere, we could
do sol But no one has even, sug
gested that we prepare to pay the
prodigious price Involved.
.Th4 neutrality biU thinks .of ns
whollf aas sellers, and not as buy
ers, i world; trade. But large sec
tions of American Industry de
pend lupon imported materials.
The President, under the neutral
ity bill. Is compelled, under cer
tain conditions, to keep onr ships
out of war cones. Suppose there is
a war Involving Japan and Eng
land, find Japan manages to block
ade British and Dutch possessions
In the Far East, which are the
chief source of our rubber supply.
Without rubber our automobile
industry collapses. Will we stand
by in such a case? .
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- American naval policy is cer
tainly jnot confined to the defense
of the: American coast. Mr. Cordell
HuU'4j policy.! is certainly not pre
dicated by our withdrawal from
worldf 'trade. but by precisely the
opposite. And Mr. Hull is consist
ent. To the members of the Coun
cil onM Foreign Relations, he said
Thursday night, that "It is not be
yond (the power of statesmen to
day to! check 'and reverse the drift
toward world anarchy," and he
suggested the! principles laid down
at th4 j Buenos Aires conference as
a battel for ending this anarchy.
That tneans. rthe loval accentanc
by nations of the rule of lawr
uarajnteea for the t integrity . of
each.jnd implementing renunci
ation! of war by methods of in
stantiieous co-operative action."
Thes jara positive, and not nega
tive proposals. ' i
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As Ifar as the Americas are con
cerned this jcountry has already
entered upon a scheme for collect
ive consultation and collective ac
tion Id -case a war threatens or
breakjs out n this hemisphere.
But the proposed neutrality bills
ins possibly! wreck even the re
sults iof the Buenos Aires confer
ence and even any scheme for col
laborative action between the Am-erica4-
For. although both the
Hous$ knd Senate bills exempt the
American republics from the arms
and ether embargoes in case of
war Between them and a non-Americas)
powerj they make an arms
embargo mandatory In case of
war Between fcwo American repub
lics. jShouId.l for Instance. . war
break! ou( between Argentine and
Brazil, jwe would be forced to stop
war Supplies jlmmedlately to eith
er beUjgerent;. England, Germany,
Frandej or Italy, however, would
be frIito PrOTl8ioi either or both
of thf m, so that one or more En
ropeaH powers might determine
the rsilt of a war on this hemis
phere! I Conceivably, the result
might be to turn an American re
public Into a j new Spain, and all
that we could do would be to en
force fa! blockade. And that would
almost certainly mean war, pos
sibly of international proportions.
Also, fuhder the terms of the Bue
nos Aires treaty, we would imme
diately enter into conference with
tne bfeiflgerents and other Amer
there as a ("little dressmaker"
extreiieiy. clever, in carrying out
even the roughest design. Yvonne
drew p4dly, but together they had
madej more than one, gown that
was in exact reproduction of the
300jahd S40 models in the
Hous Of Qnackenbush, and these
Yvonhej had worn on weekend
trips jwith Armand where there
was ioj likelihood of "the boss"
or any or "the girls" seeing them
to I appear m "copies," with
out authorization, -would of course
mean instant dismissal!
Yvonne had been, on the Verge
of making actaal cash money from
the "little dressmaker" by going
even farther in design-stealing.
Bat Armand had stepped in!
"Y4ufool! j Yon could be sent
to prison for) that! Jailed for a
few pjaltry dollars!" Anything 11
legaf bnj the gi-and scale "had rea
son" to jit, but anything less than
the gtand scale was asinine, be
cause! of the risk If one were
caught. fThus Armand'a logic.
r ? i ...
iooe mixea up wun a cheap,
gossipy ilittle dressmaker in one's
building was
courting disaster,
wholesaler, now?
who could keep his
and ret car hand.
A (wealthy
TheTej was one
own $of nsel.
someiy, prer on Eighth avenue in
the Iqwfer Twenties .j. . But Ar
mand did not tell Yvonne about
him kod his; offer. That was
Armad!i secret.
"Mf dame Vandaveer she do
not come to the shop near-ly so
of-ten now." Yvonne remarked, a
new ajKj thrilling suspicion strik
ing her is she leaned over Luana's
shouldeif. "Yesterday ahe send for
you ok the telephone, Luana. You
go? What she Iwant with you?"
Willed 1o'lt Jimmy and
their jquarrel and his imminent
departure, the 'name of Mrs. Van
daveef was one she did not wish
to hear.) Luana did not reply.
But a'vslow.j burning red crept
from the V-neck of her gown to
her cheeks In .an uncontrollable
flush. I Yvonne misunderstood its
meantegj knowing nothing of Jim. ,
my'a ctnection with Mrs." Vanda
veer; $he took! this as proof posi
tive of aomethinr else!
(To Be
Continued)
Record
THOMPSON
loan
4 powers. But we would enter
thai conference with our -hands
tied. Before It atarted. we would
remove from our representatives
anything with wnicn meyrcoma
bargain, If aU the South American
repnbHes should j agree with ns
ypon one course- of action, and
one! should refuse to arbitrate, we
would he compelled to treat the
recalcitrant" exactly like the rest.
An (emasculated state department
could do little more to compel ar
T .a A. W itiAKIa
bltr&tion
than to apeak
noble
words. J m
This country Is not prepared to
offet collaboration In the enforc
ing J of peace upon the whole
word. But then let us at least
keep our heads clear, our tongues
uncommitted, and our hands free
for whatever emergency may arise
in this anarchic world. Legislation
whl h compels the government to
act pn any rigid way to meet "cir
cumstances as yet completely un
predictable will, I am convinced,
one day. rise up to plague us. '
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Letters from
Statesman Readers
ENCON8ISTEXCY
To tie Editor:
W wonder what k I n d of a
world this would be if everybody
was I frank and sincere about
everything" they do and say.
took! an active part in helping
elect! a 17. S. senator who is in the
,70'sJ He now declares people of
thatlaee are unfit for activa rinfv
Democrats . declare the relief
set ip is not political bur when
they
have a measure to put over
who
Inrf
does the loud and long talk
On, it Is Mr. Hopkins.
Tbje U. S. supreme court lately
handled down a decision on the
criminal syndicalism act which
has been praised and applauded
by a l the labor unions and rad
icals. It was Just right. Now they
are :aking .sides with the pres
ident against the ; court.
It reminds me of a story of a
farm ;r who lived in the middle
west. A neighbor observed this
farm r was acting queer so he
spied on him a day or two. The
farmer would send the dog after,
the milch cow., when he went
out to milk he. would invariably
hug the cow and kick the dog.
The neighbor Informed some of
the t uthoritles on sanity to hap
pen j round about time and
watcl i the farmer. tSo one ap
Jearcd in due time and was sur
prise I to. see things happen just
as h had been told. When he
took the farmer' to task asr to
why he. was acting this way, he
told him, well I haven't been
feeliig just right lately. It seems
that J am "just about craty for,
some hing to hug and something "
to kirk.
So I suppose that is the way
with a lot of the American peo
ple, they are just . about crazy
for something to hug and -something
to kick. So they hu& the
president and kick the supreme
court .-
Ou' governor has done eTery
thing humanly " possible' to keep
the legislature from lowering the
age limit to 66 and pay a pen--sion
of 30 per "month.
Pensions of, 1500 ner month
are all right-but pensions of $30
per xnontn - will" Bankrunt Uh
country The-legislature has ap
propriated money for overythlng
conceivable--out when) they got
readyi to appropriate money for
pensions Mr. Pearson S reta nn
and sbunds -an "alarm about bank
ruptcy. . - :
Qh! .Just a littlA mnr. cln.
cerltyt
K. H. BLAKE, -
201 S. Commercial.
1
(Ten Years Ago
March 31 007 ,
James W. Mott. ttmw
Astoria and. member bf wuih-
ture ann6nhces he will nook-
publidan nomination to congress
and otapose W. C. Hawley.
Glcfeon Stolz Co. la oldAst man
nfactirine business tn sti.m
which! has been conducted under
same J name throughout history,
says Dr. L. R. Burdette tn r.nnr
given I to Salem Botarv
1 W -
Justice CeOrrn M Dm..
Oregob supreme court and grad
uate Of Willamette nn!vi r
class of 1885, addressed univer
sity itudents at chapel exercise
under auspices of Blue Key, na
tional honorary fraternltv - -
w - .
TvyentyYcars Ao
March 3. IO it
MrsL Isaac Lee Pattrnit vin
presidSe at state
R-faich.wiil be held in Eu-
X rruiaT nd Saturday. Mrs.
Ji ajHelteet. Mrs. George Post
-V1-- i-aman Appiegate are
.saiemi women whn win
IS.
, UI..C w
Dr.fO. C Belllnrpo i.v.
.wwuea. ana -om nu. ... r.
j-s m tuberculosis of throat.
I ? Vf nienes wilt be admit-
a nosDltaL
Robert Paulus, manager of Sa
lem Hult union and Fred Ewing
xT".lKr to Dall to speak before
25eJ Tolt Growers asso-
Tetachers Bleet Slated
-SCIP' March I. The Scio unit
lL.i,lty 'chers' clubs is' to
meet March 10, according to plans
announced at the last seasion.
me entertainment committee con
sists cjf Miss Tarr and fr wii.
son. Wjhlle J. H. Tnmtilwmn -r,
W. S.f Snyar are tn nrnriA
speaker for the