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Sage of Salem
Speculates
By D. H.
- FANTASY .
O, a miracle thing is the cotton
plant, . ' " -
So regardless of season and
-' clime, - 4
That all the world over it Joyously
flaunts . i
la perpetual blossoming time.
In colors that rival oldT Tyrian
, . dyes, ' .
Or white as the lilies that blow.
Twill suddenly bloom in my own
garden plot.
And sway in the breeze to
and fro.
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There are "wee little blossoms ot
dimity fine.
All in pastels of orchid and
rose; -
There are larger ones fashioned
of gingham and print, ;
Stiff as tulips on dignified toes.
And often I gather great baskets
' of bloom,"
As fragrant as sweet mignon
ette, '; - v ;
And 1 press them out smooth with
such gentle delight
That the labor I cannot regret.
Then at night-when I lie In my
V lily-spun bed, !
I hear the soft wind and the
rain, . "i ' -Like
a loom that is weaving a
counterpane fair,, .,
To be used in some J castle In
Spain. r : t i, '
r-: EMMA WHEALDC&f, Salem.
The Second Honeymoon" has
followed the eight-day run f "All
Baba" at the Grand, and we have
agfcin the two lovers of "The Cafe
Metropole" and shall ! probably
continue to hare them with us
until Wednesday, if the welcome
given the picture by thpubllc at
its earlier Showings may be taken
as an indication. An engaging duo
of lovers, Loretta Young and Ty
rone Power, and a sparkling and
lively picture, "The Second
Honeymoon.
, The. Traffic Problem
I .skim through a heap of read
lag matter In the coarse of an
average week.. It Is a had habit,
skimming, contracted a long time .
ago in my case, and it is not prob
able that 1 shall ever be able to
recover from it entirely. But I do
not feel that I am entirely hope
less. ... Now and then something
cornea to my attention that holds
me line by line for a column. Ar
thur Robb has a story in the No
vember 13 issue of Editor & Pub
lisher that has done this, Mr. Robb
tells what was said and done at a
meeting of New York publishers,
met to learn from experts what is
being done tor traffic', safety a
domestic, problem which-' during
the past five years has received
almost, universal newspaper at
tention. - . .;. : . '
- Mr. Robb finds no-reason for
discouragement in the , fact that
traffic deaths have increased since
newspapers undertook their edu
cational work. The traffic prob
lem in its present form is less
than 20 years old. In4 its acute
stage It is less thin 10 years old.
The vehicle and the highway rep
reseat the easily soluble elements
of the problem. The human ele
ment, the motorist himself, is still
the unknown. Many ? unknown
facta must be learned before so
ciety can Intelligently seek the
answer to the tragic' process that
wipes" out every year a segment
of our population as large as the
city of Santa Barbara (approxi
mately the same ai Salem),
cripples many times that number
and destroys millions of dollars
in property values.
One expert survey presented at
"this meeting pointed out the al
most abysmal ignorance ot many
drivers on the simple rules of the
road. We have been accustomed
; to denounce bad manners as
major cause of traffic accidents.
but there is yet reason, to believe
that a place In the driver's aeat
of an automobile doea not make
a barbarian ; of an otherwise
: worthy citizen. By education and
.the promotion of disciplinary mea
. sures the automobile can be de
veloped to Its full potential use
fulness to society. In three cen
turies there have come few more
fundamentally difficult questions
than, has arisen from the change
tn habits brought by the motor
car in less than two decades. Ig
norance and indifference are now
depriving 130.000.000 people of
me- full benefits they should him
from one of the most' revolutionary-
applications of the-wheel-and-axle
principle since the dawn of
civilization. - - ,
Pope says This e dues t i o n
forms the common mind;. Just as
the twig is- bent, so 4s the tree
inclined." This is doubtless true,
but a twig that is not so! much
aa given opportunity to say good-
Dye to its relatives before it la
torn op by the roots doesn't sue.
ceed jrery well at becoming a tree,
inclined or otherwise.' ,
On the Record
By DOROTHY THOMPSON
i (Continued from page 4)
standing in the business world and
in government. The symposium on
the utility question which "The
Atlantic Monthly" published in
August and September is proof of
it. There Mr. Arthur Morgan., of
the T.V.A., and4 Mr. Wendell Wil
kie, - of the Commonwealth and
Southern Corporation, each . set
forth . their views : on the utility
question. The amount of agree
ment far outweighed th differ
ences. ; -x-i-v. ..
To find ways whereby this kind
ot temper can function more Tig
orously and more freely is per
haps the chief problem of liberal
government.
TALMADGB
Light will creep Into the minds
ef all drivers and foot passengers
in time probably. Aunt Sarah
Wittenby, up in northern Ver
mont," refused to ride on a- train
of cars tor 40 years and more.
Finally she was induced to ride
to Boston en one of the screech in
things,, and she found she liked
it. But "she was run-'over by a
milk wagon, and a one-horse milk
wagon at that. In less than IS
minutes after she stepped from the
train at Boston. -
A fine old lady who Is married
to a fine old gentleman tells me,
tn response to a query as to her
husband's death (they are both
well Into the '70s), that he keeps
his health, but grieves a good deal
because he is too far along ' in
years to get into the movies. I
reckon I sort o , know how he
feels. - .
Shakespeare has , said, among
other things, that gnats are un
noted wheresoe'er they fly, but
eagles are gazed upon by every
eye. Ot course, the point must be
conceded. However, it being
further conceded that the. poet's
"gnats" includes the entire com
pany of performers In the ento
mological circus, there would
seem to be some reason for argu
ment la the matter. It is safe to
assert, I think, T that a million
eyes look upon the lowly housefly
and the entertaining little mosqui
to while one pair of eyes gazes
awestruck upon an eagle. I do
not understand why the eagle
should be glorified. He is power
ful and savage. He produces noth
ing, except, with some assistance
from a lady friend, an occasional
nestful of scrawny-necked eaglets,'
which will grow up to be robbers
and assassins ot the innocent, like
their papa. There is even not much
of good to be said for a blue
eagle. An eagle, being the flyer
that it is, is appropriate enough
on coinage, but as for having
Qualities which go to the making
of admiration and interesting
thoughts of a kindly nature, he
has none. I would not recommend
a hired man with the nature ot
an eaglevto my worst enemy, be
cause to do so would only promote
another shocking murder story for
the newspapers. I . have nothing
against the newspapers, either. I
usually read the accounts of a
shocking murder, for the same
reason that Aunt Tessie Tumn
reads them. They are such lovely
uiaienai xor moralizing, and Aunt
Tessie adores moralizing. Also, she
isn't above- experiencing a nice
thrill of horror once In a while.
Ana, for the love of goodness, is
i ire r e any reason why she
shouldn't be that way if she wants
to be that way?
People as a general thing do
not like nying insects, and they
vent their dislike upon whatever
insects chance to be most numer
ous in the locality where thev
reside. There are few here who
nave kind words to give out on
oenair of the common housefly.
rersonally, I have thought and
still think the common housefly
i Biuer as engaging Insect. This
may be due in some degree. I pre
sume, to the chance that has re
sulted in my acquaintance with
only the better class of houses
flies. Houseflles differ aa humans
auier, tnere being these and
those. But mosquitoes are a dif-
rerent matter. I have been trying
for almost 70 years to think of
something at once favorable and
truthful to say of the mosarito.
Some day. possibly, something of
inat nature win occur to me. it
is to be said, however, for the
wiiiamette mosquito, as I hare
encountered It. that it is far less
savage than those of Its kind in
me bottoms of the Missouri and
Mississippi rivers.
i cropped over to see Al
a-aoipa s State; theatre vaudeville
a . -
program late In the week. Tl
reckon it is as nroner to imn
over as it Is to drop uo or in.
which last named usage is counte
nanced by the leading lexi
cographers). Anyway, It might be
more nearly correct to nay that to
this Instance I slopped over In a
nice, warm, eomfortlnr rain, and
found, no occasion to regret that
i oia so.
In the Katare of Trifles
Indications at this writinr saint
to an interesting season ahead for
the person who leaves his rubbers
and umbrella here and there and
forgets the location of the here
ana there. . . . A booklet titled
The Need for Increased Reve
nues" has Just been received from
the Association ot American Rail
roads. I am nnable to help the
boys to afiy great extent, but I
can sympathize with them heart
ily. . . The Awful Truth." Irene
uunne s latest venture into hi
larious comedy, with Carey Grant
lending his capable assistance. Is
dated for next weekend at the
Grand. This probably means' an
other copious and somewhat ex
tended 'shower of business at that
house . . . A sedate old gentle
man, on the corner, quoting some
body or other, says it may be
the mind that makes the body
rich -or would if the stomach
would cooperate. Which, ha adds
sadly, the stomach won't, .
Paul Muni has gone abroad to
remain for an . Indefinite time.
. a . I reckon concrete and the
acoustic family will never be on
very good terms.
New Court Wanted
WASHINGTON, . Nov. 20. JP)
a Drier presented to Attorney
uenerai cummings by Carl Doa
angh, U. S. attorney for Oregon
asked creation ef an 11th circuit
court of appeals, to Include
Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon
and Washington.
ipp . . .. ,
Gentleman Dog
Art Perry Medford Mail-Tribune
Kipp, a handsome canine ot the
Chesapeake strain, belonging to
Flew her, the demon baker, is
the recipient of pats and praise
these days, because last Sunday he
saved the life of a duck hunter,
who battling for life in icy Klam
ath lake, used Kipp's tail as a lite
line, and reached shore and shal
low water. But Klpp will never re
ceive the full measure of praise
due him for h i s bravery. His
master has photographs showing
Klpp in many poses asleep, alert,
panting, and with his mouth shut.
ready to bark, looking wise, and
seated. But none of the poses give
a full view of his tail, a highly
ornamental and vital accessory of
any dog, and, Just now he por
tion of Mr. Kipp's anatomy. In
which public interest in centered.
Man and his dbg have long been
a favorite topic of editors, t h e
world over, and now would be a
good time to reprint Sen. Vest's
famous speech on dogs but it not
at hand. However, recent com
ment of the New York; Times is at
hand, and is as follows:
"A large city is no place for
dogs, or for people, either. One
can't, as a rule, raise vegetables,
chase squirrels, climb mountains,
take a walk without being stopped
every minute or two by traffic
lights, or do a number of other
healthful and natural things In a
city. One can't even go out and
bark at the moon without attract-1
ing unfavorable attention. One
needs turf to walk or run on, not;
cements one needs trees, with, the ;
wind making noises in them; one :
needs room to run in when one
wants to run; one needs all sorts!
ot outdoor smeels, -among, which I
the odors of soft coal and gasoline
are not Included. . .-
'.'We -didn't" start out this way.
the dog" and us. The dog came
somehow out of the wolf pack and
lay down beside our lire. In our
caves, In our huts, he took the Job
of protecting us from his friends
and acquaintances who still pre
ferred to be wild. When he mis
behaved we kicked the daylights
out of him, but in time we learn
ed to love him.
"Now all this is changed. We
have got cities, and though In
dividually we may move-out into
the country If we choose, collect
ively a huge number of us, for one
reason and another, stay in town.
we cannot be such good animals
in town, and neither can a dog.
but we find something here that
tethers us we are on leash to
fame or. fortune, music, plays, the
stimulation of kindred minds, the
excitement of com petition,, certain
comforts and conveniences, or Just
a job. The city takes us out. for
walks, but it doesn't let us. run
and bark not it.
"But since we have to be here.
and mostly tramp the hills no
more, nor range the forest, nor see
the dawn trembling on the edge
of the sky, except when we are on
our way home from a hard night's
dancing since these things are
so, we hope that some landlords.
at least, will let us keep our dogs.
e nave Deeu cnums lor A long
time, tne dog and ourselves. We
have been through a lot together
and have had bad times and good
times, and though they build our
cities with five streets on top of
each other, and all the houses of
steel and glass, and gyroscopes
pepper the sky, and we. live on
synthetic bones.. still there will al
ways be, tor many of us, a place
for a dog in what we "call our
homes.
Turner to Marion
Road now Flooded
Thursday night' heart rains
have flooded the Turner.Marion
road for a distance of more than
300 feet near the Crawford
school. Paul Marnach, county dog
license inspector, renortad lata
yesterday. The water Is running
across the road in places at a
ueptn of one foot.
Safety
Continued from page '4) 4
Someone' tells ns something pur
porting to be "gospel" and we at
once ao out of our wit to fc.
lieve it. That is If ft is partic
ularly nonsensical and fantastic;
otherwise V I perhaps not,
Now these are some of the ten.
eta for . which ' the Americana
fought in 177S: freedom of eon.
science and of worship; to be
independent of ether nations, in
other words to -be Isolated from
mem in that their affairs are not
curs, their - wars not our wars.
Flagrantly, we violated this pre
cept when we too rennooilT.
too blindly allowed ourselves to
oe inveigled into the last terri
ble holocaust for which the world
is yet paying, for which we will
continue to pay in more ways
than one for years to come. We
fought also to be forever immune
from 1 stir-uppers and trouble
makers. We fought against but
tmskys or despotic rulers of oth
er nations who might like to
come In and try out. their form
ot mta government on ourselves,
who might delight in controlling
everything from a to a. And one
mastn't forget- our ancestors
fought also for the right to ed
ucate their children aa they
pleased within reason.
Is the loyalist cause similar to
our1 own In 1776? Even very
nightly like It? Well, if It is.
where is the resemblance? , Here
la a rery brief analysis: Both
anarchists " and communists are
violently, opposed to anything
savoring of organized, lawful, or
derly government, and to relig
ion in - any form in which there
ii a belief la Cod. They have
been and are destroying individ
uals and things. Institutions in
their .effort at extermination of
everything which Is contrary to
their own queer reasoning. And
regardless what yon may wish
to think about It. IT IS THEIR
FIXED DETERMINATION TO
DESTROY ALL RELIGION
WHICH HAS ITS SOURCE IN
THE BELIEF IN A SUPREME
BEING. GOD. This is natural:
How Does Your
"Questiokia Dealing Chiefly! With Care of Fall
Flowers Get Week a Attention
By LILLIE L. MADSENv
If Montebretlaa hare been In
the ground for several years, take
the next sunshiny day to -replant
(hem. if yon
wish, . store the
moss or sawdust I f
until spring. I j
The gladiolus YrZ - '
In the ground all
fall ahnnld alan I
K
be taken up now
and stored In
peat moss or
sawdust or even
dry sand.
S n g g e stlons
are being j made
to give your Kal- uuia Madera
mlas a November drink Thanks
giving celebration, I presume
of a teaspoonfnl of sulphate ot
ammonia in a gallon of water to
keep the soil acid. Of course, if
you have plenty of oak tree or wal
nut leaves to place about .the Kal
mia as a mulch, these leaves will
also keep the soil acid. And if It
should happen that you don't have
a Katmia at all, I'd advise hasten
ing to get one planted thjs fall.
Pew, of . the sp r i n g flowering
shrubs are; any more desirable.
As long as ; the soil is kept in an
acid . condition, Kalmias require
very little extra attention.
- Move' Blossomed Blums
Those of your chrysanthemums
which have flowered will. winter
better if moved from a heavy to a
lighter soil. Strangely, enough.
freezes do not harm them as much
in a light as in a heavy soil.
Your daphne cnearum will ben
efit by a heavy dressing of leaf
mold at this season. ' -
In answer to questions about
pruning roses now: I don't ad
vocate much autumn pruning of
any kind, i You may, of course.
keep' dead blossoms cut off. Also
pruning may be done after the
first heavy; frost when plants and
shrubs are dormant. However,
February Is considered the ideal
month for pruning roses, I believe.
In request to Mrs. D. S. of Sa
lem-who wants to know If there
are any double Shasta Daisies.
Report Doable SLastos
I notice that in a recent issue ot
Sunset" it is mentioned that a
double Shasta- was introduced in
19.36. The article reports that the
flower is winning praise wher
ever-it Is grown, or shown." It is
called. : "snowdrift," the flowers
are from : three to four inches
across. Also the plant blooms
throughout the summer until into
September.;
Do not overwater your Christ
mas cactus now. Just water suffi
ciently to i keep the leavea from
loosing their plump look. When
the buds have- formed, give the
plant a little more water but not
too much or. your buds will drop.
The cactus should be kept in a
temperature of around .60 in the
daytime and no less than 50 at
night. Occasionally wash off the
leaves by setting the container in
a stool in the bath tub or out ot
doors and; spray with lukewarm
water.. J
Leave Parsley Outdoors
A newcomer from the midwest
writes to ask how she should treat
her parsley and leeks during the
winter. If j they are growing out
of doors in the garden leave them
there. Nothing will harm them
and they are convenient for f la
rorings during the winter.
."Should daffodils be mulched!
and may they still be planted?
And when in autumn should 11
lacs do leruuzear are a group
of questions reaching : me this
week.
i Daffodils do nicely with a mul
chtng 'but sometimes your bulbs
start too early If mulched too ear
ly In fall, j After the first frost is
aavocaiea l happened to say
that to a! local friend the other
day and she looked questioning!?
out my window where I had piled
leaves on top or my bulb bed
confess I do it but it is still said
to be a better plan to wait until
after the flrs$ frost. And if my
Valve
without this total, absolute de
struction of the force of good.
their farther and future exis
tence will always be .uncertain,
and this they know ;
. The nationalists, on the other
hand, are -fnot. waging a class
war. Tha members of their army
range from peasants to dukes to
wage earners in the cith. If
there are executions they are for
crimes which we ourselves pun
ish in much the same way, such
as murder. Andthere is no tor
turing. -1
' Now this is what some, who
should, know what they are talk
ing of; say concerning the pres
ent government of Red Spain:
The Manchester Guardian, a sup
porter of the Valencia govern
ment, and greatest ot Britain's
provincial newspapers, 1 a paper
decidedly left-wing liberal: In the
first . three months of the eivll
war, 40,000 people were murder
ed by the loyalists. f i .
Arthur j Bryant, the British his
torian, claims that not less than
350.000 souls, have been massa
cred by the Reds in the Spanish
civil war mostly because ot their
belief in God, strong ? religious
convictions, and because they did
not favor! the rule of anarchy and
bloodshed perjetrated with the
utmost in fiendish . and devilish
cruelty. L ,. -
; Now Is the AP giving us this
Information ? It Is not. Rather
it dishes Dut to ns what is passed
on to it or what it purposely dis
torts for ; out detection, both be
ing the propaganda of Red Spain.
That Is what I call misinforma
tion with' malicious intent. .
- JOSEPH. M. PORTAL,
' 1 -. ' R. 3, Salem.
(Editor's Note The Associat
ed Press endeavors to give an un
biased, accurate report of events
in Spalnj In controverted mat
ters it quotes responsible sources
on, both j sides. - Other writers,
over their own signatures; ex
press opinions; but these are not
to be confused with writers for
The Associated Press, j The AP
does not undertake to carry pro
paganda tor either side.)
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Garden Grow?
friend woujd take a look at the
bulb bed now she might be sur
prised. ". - , - . I '
I have paper white ' narcissus
three inches tall. I ' hare coaxed
and, frowned upon them but still
they insist -upon coming up the
wrong time ot the year. Sometimes
they winter nicely and bloom as
they should In the -spring. Other
times they come into bloom in
January and get caught. But to
the gardener who says the Paper
Whites won't winter out ot doors.
I might add that mine are now 12
years old the same bulbs.
, More About' Daffodils -Daffodils
should do r consider
able growing beneath the soil (In
stead of on top) in autumn . and
therefore should hare been, plant
ed iearlier. - However," they j will
bloom next spring even if put into
the ground now. But likely they
will bloom considerably , ' later
than they would otherwise do.
Do not fertilize daffodils with
animal : fertilizer. Bonemeal may
be scattered over the surface of
the soil now. .
Lilacs can also do with some
bonemeal scattered on the surface
beneath the bushes. Do tne same
for your flowering dogwood if you
haven't-already done so.
If your rock, garden lacks any
thing at ail In proper drainage.
replentish your rock mulches now
before we get anymore heavy
rains. Chip rocks and make col
lars about your rock plants. Many
of Jhe plants won't come through
the wet winter otherwise.
I Ashes for Delphiniums
Sift your stove ashes over del
phinium clumps. The' ashes will
give the delphiniums potash and
wni.aiso discourage slugs which
feast on them particularly during
damp -weather. -
Some one writes to ask if holly
branches shipped east should be
Inspected. Yes, the law requires
that. Information as to bow it is
done can be obtained from County
Agent Harry Riches, at the Salem
postoffice. . . '
Question: What shall I do with
Calla lilies growing out-of-doors?
Do they have to be taken in? Stay-
ton gardener.
Answer: No, Calla lilies will
survive our.usual winters-: Mulch
them heavily with leaves.
Question: When should I di
vide the heather?. I notice some of
the outer branches have rooted.
But the plant is in bloom so
thought it might not grow if
planted now. S. R. Salem.
Replant Heather Now
Answer: Usually heather will
grow at almost anytime if rooted.
But now is an excellent time to
replant. Heathers, remember.' are
not particularly desirous of a deep
son I am referring to the com
mon .little heather planted most
frequently in this region.
Question: I planted some Hep-
aucas last spring. They have done
well during the summer. Is there
anything special I should do for
them now. L. R. Salem.
Answer; Be sure the drainage
is good. Slugs are frequently hard
on hepaticas. A collar of sand is
beneficial. Hepaticas also do well
in leaf mold. For some years I
had some difficulty in making
Hepaticas grow. But the past two
years they have done well. They
grow In partial shade and are
mulched during the dry summer
months.
On Moving Dogwood
Question:. Last spring I marked
a small dogwood tree in our pas
ture. Can it be transplanted sue
cessfully now? R. K. Silverton.
Answer: I would wait until the
leaves are completely off. Ball
the roots when you transplant
Just as you do evergreens. Try to
duplicate soil and location. Dog'
woods transplanted from their na
tive haunts are a trifle tempera
mental but if given proper treat
ment they can be transplanted
successfully. They will need con
siderable water during their first
dry season. . t
Question: I am told there la
some powder or soap flake you
can use around bulbs and plant
roots to discourage worms, bugs,
moles or mice. Can you, tell me
what and where they can be pur
chased? D. A. Salem. ' '
Answer: Napthalene flakes are
used for purpose of discouraging
pests. Can be purchased at seed
stores, grocery stores or drug
stores. v
Move Roily In- February
Question: When should I trans
plant my holly bush? It Is quite
large; full ot berries but it is In
the center of the lawn and I want
it moved to side. Should holly be
fertilized? Woodburn gardener.
Answer: Move It in February,
or even late January. , Dig it np
carefully keeping - as much soil
around roots as possible. Place it
on a large piece ot burlap. Tie the
cloth tightly around it. Cat oft
any ragged roots. Plant it about
an inch deeper than it was grow
ing. Firm soil around roots. Mulch
with well-decayed barnyard " ma
nure. Remember to water It thor
oughly next summer. - :
Holly trees do better If given
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special exhibit of twelve model
store fronts to be shown from the
Pittso Caravan trucks in the Sa
lem! Parking Service lot. 145
South Church street November
29, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., three
hours only. I
- These miniature store fronts
and window displays,' comprising
this! architectural exhibit, are
complete' and accurate in every
detail. They -embody the latest
developments in design, conduc
tion and illumination as applied
to various types of retail stores.
On National Tour
This special store exhibit Is on
a nt.tIon-wide tour and has at
tracted wide-spread interest
among tier chants wherever it has
been shown. It contains many
saving and .money-making, sug
gestions of practical value to ev
ery store owner and manager.
This exhibit will be ot interest
to property owners, ' as well as
merchants, builders and contrac
tors interested in the moderniza
tion ot commercial property:
Plan now to .see this unusual,
instructive and interesting ex
hibit. Valley Scenes in
Magazine Article
A full page water color paint
ing of an Oregon lumbering
scene and a large painting of a
farm' scene in the Willamette
valley are . included in the illus
trations used with a story on
the " Southern . Pacific -company
which is the feature article in
the November issue of Fortune
magazine.
The story was written by
members ' of the Fortune staff
an! the paintings were made by
Mitchell Jamieson, a young art
ist from Washington, b. C . who
spent several weeks in Oregon
during the summer.
The story reveals the fact that
the Southern Pacific company is
the third largest industrial cor
poration in the nation. ' exceeded
only by the A. T. & T. and the
Pennsylvania railroad, that It is
the' nation's only transcontinen
tal railroad, has 80.000 em
ployes, 16,000 miles of track, and
a $14,000,000 annual . tax dis
bursement. In revenue It is the
third ranking railroad . In the
United States, exceeded only by
two eastern lines which ' operate
in much more populous terri
tory. " i
Small Boy Drives,
Dad Faces Charge
Drunk on Highway
Because he had his small, 13-year-old
son drive the family se
dan. Raymond Earl Cook, 38.
California motorist, was jailed at
Albany by state police Friday
afternoon on a charge of: being
drunk on a public highway. He
was arrested at Millersbnrg, a
short distance north'of Albany on
the Pacific highway after his car
forced a state trooper's machine
into a ditch. t I-
The boy driver weighed but 75
pounds and was scarcely big
enough to be able to reach the
foot pedals of the car, the arrest
ing officer said. The lad, with two
other ot Cook's children, aged 10
and 14, were placed in custody of
Linn county relief officials.,
Drunken Driving
Charge Is Faced
George H. Sheppard. 23, of
Hood River, was brought to the
county Jail on a drunken driving
charge at 6:30 last night after his
light roadster ; had crashed- Into
the Miller creek concrete bridge
rail on the Pacific highway south
of Salem. Neither he nor an un
identified youth riding with him
was Injured although both were
thrown from the car, "
Dynamite Blast Fatal
To Logger at Medford
MEDFORD, Nov. 20-P-A dy
namite explosion on a Medford
corporation logging railroad spur
killed - William Chambers, 13,
Butte Falls, Friday. ;
some barnyard fertilize! once
year. Holly should be headed
back at least one third when
transplanted, i This pruning can
also be done at the holiday season,
if desired. :
DESK SETS
v The largest group of
desk fountain pens-we
. have ever ottered.
Sheaf ter Fountain Pen
Seta lead the parade.
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$20.00
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Among the New Books
j Reviews and Literary Pfeics Notes
By CAROLINE a JURGEN
One almost gets the idea that
Walter B. Pitkin has followed his
own advice and "gono, Holly
wood." His' Interesting article,
"Stars ot Yesterday, is Interest
ing not so much 'because of its
philosophy as because, it satisfies
the old question, "What became
of them? This refers to the mo
tion, picture stars -ot yesteryear.
However, the article appearing
in November's Woman's Home
Companion also should' buoy up
the flagging spirits of ' "past
forty" for Pitkin still Js hammer
ing at his philosophy that- seems
to pattern after Gertrude.Stein
"while there's life there'sjiife." -
In this article, he admits that
he has been trying "to find out
all about careers after forty. We
have more middle-aged people
needing jobs and , careers than
ever before." : '
"Hollwood'.' isn't to be taken
literally. As Pitkin uses it, Holly
wood isn't in the state- of Cali
fornia; it is in the' state of mind.
The Tails. ma n Ring. By
Georgette Heyer. Country Life.
1937.
This story reminds one greatly
of the stories one reads of Europe
when one was a rather small child.
Perhaps it is the way it is pre
sented rather than , the material
itself. The author makes one feel
she is WTitlng "down" to her
readers. There Is something slight
ly "school-teacherish," if one may
be permitted to use that expres
sion, in her style. She qualifies
her statements and is so evidently
trying to make herself entertain
ing her readers. Once In a
while, she almost succeeds, and
then Bhe falls back again on her
"most amusing" style.
The setting is England in the
Regency period the period of
powdered head dresses, satin and
brocaded breeches; snuff boxes
and formal manners.
E u s t a c i e , the half-French
granddaughter of Lord Lavenham,
and Tristram Shield, are be
trothed at the request of their
grandfather, the Lord Lavenham,
on his dath bed. Following his
death, Eustacie decides she can
not gd through with the wedding.
One night she mounts a horse and
rides away, planning to go to
London to ' become a governess.
In the forest she falls into the
hands of a band of smugglers. The
captain of the band turns out, as
should be expected, to be her
scrapegrace. disinherited - cousin,
Ludovic, who Is supposed to be in
exile because be is under the
suspicion of murder.
Eustacie falls in love with Lu
dovic, and Tristram Shield has
Sally Thane to console him. This
Quartet, with Sir Hugh Thane, a
brother of Sally, to make it prop
er, soon becomes involved in a
plot to solve the murder mystery.
They are confined to an inn be
cause of Sir, Hugh's very severe
cold and his fondness for
smuggled liquor, and 'because of
Ludovic who must stay in hiding
until bis name is cleared. The
Talisman ring is the missing link
in the solution of the problem.
Snakes of the World. By Ray
mond L. Ditmars. The 3IacMiIlan
Co. 1037. $1.08. ,
This profusely illustrated book
should be of interest to scientists
who are interested in the creepers,
sliders and gliders of nature's
underworld. However, the reader
is not given to understand that
the author considers snakes as
nature's gangsters. He even rer
grets very emphatically that "no
campaign of education toward the
conservation ot the economic
types has been undertaken
through the wheat states, where
the killing of rodent-eating snakes
with the gradual thinning of their
numbers goes steadily on."
It one can overcome the nat
ural repugnance most of us feel
even - to reading about reptiles,
one will find this volume not only
very instructive but also very in
teresting. His chapter arrangements make
the text easy to follow. Mr. Dit
mars has arranged poisonous
snakes of the world la zoo-
geographical chapters so that In
formation may be helpful to pros
pectors, exploring scientists or
sportsmen going Into various
countries. ;
Another chapter deals with
"The New World Harmlesa
bcience
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Snakes." In this are descriptions
of our own water snakes, of garr
snakes, gopher snakes land many
others with which we are ac
quainted here on the west coast.
The garter snake, we are told
feeds only upon such prey as
frogs, toads, tadpoles, salaman
ders and earthworms. While there
may be some difference of opinion,
the author, in his treatise on
harmless snakes, refers to the
King Snake family as consisting
of some "very beautiful" spi
mena, and no more "Ideal peia
exist. . ; j
"In all of its varieties," he says
of the King Snake, "it Is attrac
tive and the greater number of
examples remarkably gnetle. It
examples remarkably gentle. fr
feeds readily and lives for many
years. That last,; to some readers,
might appear as a disadvantage.
But Ditmars goes further, he
insists that this "is an ideal ser
pent for farms, as besides being
cannibalistic and likely to kill
poisonous reptiles crossing its
path, the food consists generously
of .rodents, mice and rats."
Many ot the common beliefs re
garding reptiles are relegated to
"serpent myths" by Mr. Ditmars.
Among these are such pet theories
as serpents swallowing their
young to protect them In times of
danger, and that: certain forms of
snakes will milk; cows in pastures
and are therefore called "milk
snakes."
. The chapter , on "General Hab
its" of snakes is particularly in
teresting, and considerable con
jecture is made about the methods
of locomotion of serpents. In the
rapid motion of some of the
snakes, the author bees "true
specialization, presenting a groijp
of creatures which have lost their
limbs yet acquired remarkable
dexterity with apparently little ef
fort, through no visible means."
The author makes an effort to
give the unscientific-minded many
bits of interesting facts concern
ing snakes and tells many little
incidents which may ' answer the
required suspense ot some read
ers, but is rather uncomfortable
to others, as the following little
Incident describing Charles Hig
by's taming ot a Florida pine
snake t j
"The specimen was a full eight
feet in length, but more slender
than a boa, being little more than
two Inches in diameter at the
thickest part. It had: struck re
peatedly at Higby and hissed in
its long, drawn-out, characteristic
way, but iny friend thought he
could tame it and looked forward
to the interest In doing this very
thins. j
"Alone one evening In the
studio he slid the big pine snake
from its cage to a soft rug. The
snake struck . at; him.! He slowly
croaChed. slid his upturned palms
under the snake and lifted it from
the floor. The action was so slow
and gentle that; the Ireptile ap
peared to be pacified. Higby raised
the reptile high over his head,
then Bringing it gently downward,
draped it over his necki He walked
to a mirror to! note the effect.
T.he. jogging of ' his body- threw .
the ,snake into its former agita
tion. It threw its body around
H igby 's heck. My friend didn't like
the proceudre and started to pull
away. With the first touch of the
man's hands all thought of harm
ful intent on the; snake's part was
immediately settled in the af
firmative. The coils were drawn
together and vigorously contract
ed. Higby decided the snake was
trying to choke him. In a tew
seconds more he found that the
reptile was succeeding. In great
discomfort, now mingling with
fear, he strode around the studio
pulling at the colls and could sot
locate the snake's head or tail.
In a moment bordering on des
peration he thought of the mirror
and returning to it discovered the
tail squeezed Into the colls behind
the ear. Seizing this he unwound
the snake." -I
The moral of which seems to
be to keep track of he snake's
tail If yon feel j inclined to wrap
one around your neck!
Mill Worker Killed,,
NORTH BEND. Nov. 29. -')-L.
W. Briggs, 35, Charleston, died
today after he was struck: by a
broken saw at the Empire Lum
ber company. -. I .-. j .
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