4
i
Electric Shock
Peril Stressed
Heceiit Tragedy Reminder
of Necesgary Caution
Says PGE Manager
W. M. Hamilton, division man
ager of the Portland General Elec
tric company, has written The
Statesman to warn users ol elec
tricity against some of the haz
ards, as follows: ' '
"The recent tragic death of
Ralph McCullough in Portland,
due to his coming In contact with
aa electric circuit while standing
in water in a flooded basement.
prompts me to write yon suggest
ing precautions that should be ob-1
served by everyone to, guar a
sgainst the possibility of baring a
aimllar tragedy overtake them or
theirs. ; ' - - '
"Electric energy has a strong
tendency to eo into the earth. This
tendency is most graphically dem-
tit rated bv lightning when it
strikes a tree, building, a per
son, or an- animal. - y' t
"It should always be borne in
mind that practically all plumbing
fiTtnres are connected with the
earth by pipes, which are excellent
conductors of electricity.'
. Pipe Is Conductor r
"Therefore, as the Insulation of
ordinary electric lamp sockets and.l
fixtures may become detective in
time, a person should never take
bold of a lamp socket, fixture, or
wall switch while also touching
in nv wsv a nlumblng fixture or I
LnJ VS doinJ .! on? may
aiuin. as Dy aoing so, one maj
complete a circuit from the elec
tric wiring to the ground and re
ceive a shock.
This applies to washing ma
chines, ranges, and other, appli
ances. '" -
"Likewise, one should never
touch anT electrical circuit, fix
ture, or appliance while standing
on the earth, particularly if It is
wet or even damp. It is. there
fore, obvious that one should not
touch any such electrical equip
ment while standing In water,
even though the water may be in
a fully concreted basement be
cause water is a good condactor of
electricity, and water-saturated
concrete is also a conductor. .
Therefore, one should aTold
contacts with electrical circuits
that are not thoroughly Insulated
while standing on concrete, par
ticularly the floor of a. basement,
as although there may be no water
standing on top of ' the concrete.
It is frequently impregnated with
moisture from the earth." .
Special Precaution
The safety rules for electric
Installation issued by the state
department of labor contain
special rules for the installation
of electrical equipment in . base
ments and other concrete floor
structures where the concrete
floor is in direct contact with the
earth. If such equipment is in
stalled and maintained in accord
ance with these rules, there is
practically no danger of a person
receiving a serious electric shock
from, contact t with electric appli
ances and.fixtures as are normally
used In such places.
i "As an : ilustraUon, all electric
lamp sockets nsed in such places
should b of the porcelain shell
type Instead of the ordinary brass
shell." i " ' '
- Should Be Grounded
To secure the highest degree
of safety, washing and Ironing ma
chines and ranges s h o 1 d be
thoroughly "grounded to water
piping which extends In to the
earth, when used in a basement,
and the wiring should also be en-
",T3d in conduit and tha cenduit
thoroughly grounded where a per
son might otherwise come-In con
tact with the wiring while stand
ing on the; concrete floor. ; '
"The foregoing are some ot the
principal precautions which should
be taken, but ifone wants to take
full precautions, they should hare
the wiring and equipment In their
basements and similar premises
Inspected by a thoroughpr com
petent electrician who can advise
them In detail what should be
done to make their electrical In
stallation aafei "
"Similar warnings to this have
oeen issued before, but occasional
repetition ia needed to prevent re
occurrences of such' tragedies a
the death of , Ralph WcCallougb
and ethers who have suffered sim
ilar fateaT -
Prograin Planned,
By Pioneer Qnb
PIONEER The Pioneer Sew
lag club met at the home of Mrs.
a" Brown Thursday for an extra
tln to make no for last
month. The members brought
quilt blocks and decided on a new
pattern. The club Is planning on
getting up a puy ana program to
be given ; later. The committee
to work on It Is Mrs. O. C. Dorn
hecker. Mrs. Johnnie Keller -jr.
and Mrs.; Daiiel Bird. President
Mrs. Fred Fox had charge ot the
meeting. , Guests fthe meeting
were Mrs. Walter Kruger of Lib
erty and Mrs. Clifford Brown of
Dallas. The next meeting will be
held January 20. at the Tom Kel
ler home ; with Mrs. Johnnie Kel
ler. Jr.. assistant hostess. The
members I answered -to roll call
with a favorite flower and the his
tory ot culture of It Refreshments
were served by the hostess, s :
S. S. Aydelott.. of Eugene is
spending this week at the Robbins
home pruning the-orchard. ..- .
Sliaw ScHoolliocse to Be .
Scene . of Party Tuesday
SHAW A card party will be
riven In the schoolhouse Tues
day night, January 11.
This Is
tlje first party of the series since
Advent and the parties will be
continued every two weeks until
Lent. Everyone cordlallj la
riitj, ,
Sage
Sp
of Salem
eculates
j . .
By D. H. TALMADGE
A January Toast ..
Again we begin a New Year's trail.
And what we plan we may do or
fail, "
i In the same old way;
Things may be better or not so
.. good.. . .
And few will do asthey would.
lhv pnnlil. . X. -
,
But some dar the? may.
ge here's' to him whose courage
is strong;
Who keeps his faith as be goes
along.
And yields not to fear; -
fhe planets swing true around
tne an
jnd our works will count- when
they are done
And what is a year? -
More days of plodding along the
trail. . .
A venture or two to win or fail,
And will end the quest:
So again to" him who falters not.
Who makes the best Of whate'er
his lot,
And death's but a rest! ;
. Sunday Night Sadness '
.- What quality there may . bo In
a Sunday night that makes it dif
ferent from other nights of the I
.-
J ?.ot T ag0
I attributed the sadness of Sunday
night to too much food and too
tittle exercise during ., the . day.
With the- years has come much
testimony to bear out the belief
that physical causes do not lie at!
the bottom of it. It fs something
else.
I have spoken of the matter to
many people, practically all of
whom have a sadness, a.depres
sion of spirits, on Sunday nights
and seldom on other nights, I have
read of characters in books who
were thus affected. And I have
known a country editor In the
middle west who wrote a column
for his paper each week, which
he printed n n d e r the heading,
Sunday Night." and which fair-1
ly dribbled melancholy.
Once, In the gloaming of a Sun-1
day night, I met np with a hobo
in Portland. 'He was standing, a
disconsolate figure, on the acque-
duct at 42nd street Beneath were
the tracks of the O. R. & N. He
was watching for an eastbound
freight ' train, and his heart was
heavy in his bosom. He said he
had the mulligrubs. Always had
'em Sunday nights., : Didn't know
why. -
Aunt Eliza Tinkham, I remem
ber, could hardly wait tor the sun
to set Sunday nipht. Aunt Eliza
held to the belief that the Sab
bath day, in the meaning ot the
commandments, ' ended at sunset
And she declared that there were
Sunday nights when' she thought
she'd fly into smithereens before
the sun set, so she could relieve
the sadness of -her spirit by get-
tlng the family.clothes. ready-for
wash day. which, of course was
Monday. And, there, you see, it Is
again.
; O, well, it isn't a very sad sad
ness." There tare ' times, in fact.
hen it is rather a sweet sadness.
Perhaps it is a creation of relaxa
tion, and a letting down of the
bars, so- to speak, to thoughts per
taining to; other days.
. I; reckon it doesn't greatly
matter.
. ' A 'Flu' Item ;"""--'.'r.
A chill and a hot .water bottle
' Battled tor . two solid hours,
And .which one the - other would
. throttle,
; And which would be sent to
the showers, :i.
Was settled at last by a blanket,
1 : Which quite , discouraged the
" chill. - - v.-
Which muttered a shivery "Blank
V. 'It!" ;
'And doc he sent, in no hilL-r
J Accounting for the .Delay
It is sometimes said in a grieved
tone of voice that It Is a shame
a man or a woman must die before
he or she . 1s given credit for .his
or her .quality. Only after years,
frequently many years, does-fame
come, and the tamed one has long
since been in the grave. This.; I
think. Is particularly true of theltlon of this book tt come off the
ones whohav accomplished great
things In the higher arts. Tern -
peramental people, these; in whom
an Interest Is taken by" tempera -
menUl people. It Is - wrong, of j of the reproductions are- not, per
course. quite unjust .But it is In 1 feet, that ;ln a few places they
full koontnr .with the nature of
the genus' homo,: and there :1s
probably no remedy, tor it If any
would have proof let them, from
anybody made up from strjvers f or
higher attainment; choose one In-
dividual who. seems to them de-
serving of praise he or she Is not
being accorded, and publicize this
individual to the exclusion of all
others ot like ambitions. . The re
sult of such an experiment will. I
am sure, be- illuminating to the
striven for Justice.
Scatteriairs
No person can tell what he
does not know Indeed! You
should do 'more listening
What is a bedtime story? The Ts
firsty" ot a child when he or she
has bees served with four or five
drinks of water after being putl
to bed. . . . Query: Is a hot. water!
bottle still a hot water bottle after
;he water in it has become cold?
Item f r om . up in the hills :
First color jot a- cold nose, red:
next color, bine; third color, white
at whicn point the national
colors-cease to be of Interest. .
Mav a-ood fortune attend , all of
! throughout : 19381 ; It won't, of
course. Bat it is a good wish. . . .
Anyway, Connie Bennett has
boosted Jimmy Fidlef into the big
itlme. . . . A California typo
1 graphical expert introduces "the
castled Spine" to a quivering pub
lie. Should Interest the chlroprac-
- 1 tors. . . . A West Salem citizen
-1 reports that one of the wild geese
which visited hare: recently re
turned . briefly last -week. .It is
thought the goose dropped some'
thing, here. Eighty motion picture
editors ot the country rgive - !The
Life of Emile Zla";as the best
picture of 1937, with "The .Good
Earth'-' a close second, , . . Jan
uary sales, i . Man on. the street,
whose Christmas' dinner appears
to have given Is disposition a
shove in the wrong direction, says
he has noticed that newspaper
"open forums' are usually open
agalnstema. , . . I don't know ex
actly when the government began
printing return cards on stamped
envelopes, but I reckon It was not
less than 50 years ago. And since
that time local printers and pub
lishers have been r. fowling - be
cause of the Injustice of ;it, and
nobody -with authority, has given
them any attention.. There is prob
ably a reason. . . The Cedar Rapids
(Iowa) Gasette tells of a woman
in that state, widowed 45 rears
ago, and without money or prop
erty. She reared three r children
from Infancy. She worked at what
ever she could get . to do. Put the
kids through the public schools
and college. Built and paid for a
home. Just an old-fashioned Iowa
noma, jusi an oia-iasmonea lowa
Her. is the best story I
have read this week.'-. ... "Big
Town Girl." picture at the Grand.
A
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mong tne iNevv Boo
Reviews . and Literary News Notes
'';' By CAROLINE C. JURGEN
In the January: "Hygeia" is list
ed a group of 2 8". "Rational Reso
lutions for the New; Year." The
list of hazards Is compiled from
Red Cross. National Safety coun
cil. Metropolitan Life Insurance
company and other sources,
ln tae same Issue or the magav
sine is anotner appropriate article
called "The Common Cold." and
written by Lowell C. Wormley.
It tells its readers how to combat
a cold, what to avoid, when to
know its approach and why it can
happen to you. No disease, says
the author, "incapacitates more
people during March and October"
than does the common cold. Some
of the preventative suggestions in
cludes getting, proper rest, avoid
ing overeating, and drinking suf
ficient water. Eight precautions
are given. In closing, the author
says, "Remember that though the
common cold may be 'familiar,'
it should not be treated with con
tempt" . . .
We are also reminded of the
health programs sponsored by. the
American Medical association and
the National Broadcasting com-
pany. The program on January
12 deals with modern attitudes
toward and prevention by com
munity cooperation of sear let
fever, measles and whooping
cough. The Hygeia gives the en
tire list of programs.
Colour in the; Canadian Rock
ies. By Walter JT. Phillips and
Frederick, Niven. Thomas , Nelson
and Sons. 1 937. $4.00. V .
The : Canadian Rockies have
challenged many great artists and
it Is fairly safe to say that seldom
has the challenge been answered
more , successfully than by Mr,
Phillips. Not only the color, but
the form, the topography and the
very ( atmosphere are . faithfully
portrayed.
In the text, Mr. Niven has wise
ly avoided word-pictures, and tells
us of Journeys made by car, by
pack-horse, and on foot, along
lonely mountain; trails, as well as
in haunts beloved by the tourists.
His ; story Is full ot old-timers.
trappers, cowboys, campfires the
tap of horses hoofs and the mur
mur ot mountain streams.
The Birds of .America. By John
Jaasea- Aadufcea The MacMillaa
company, f 12US0.
Soma readers: may . remember
early in last .fall we- made men-
I press, it is oft now and one of the
1 finest ot its kinds. We nave no-
j tlced that: there are some 'who
1 Criticize the rolume because a few
I have . lost the "Anduhon touch.'
I AndTthese same critics are k little
prone to add that quantity Is
j bound to sacrince quality. But
j there are others, Iwho.haTe viewed
J some ot Audubon's original work.
f say. tnat tot the moat part the re
productions are splendid.
For those who. have not been
fortunate enough to own, or even
I view. any ; of the originals, this
book is a delight, for the Audu
bon manner ot presenting paint
ings of birds was totally different
from that of most artists ot na
i ture. The settings add much to
1 the beauty of the cuts.
Some plates offer jnore appeal
! than do others. There Is the one
of the bronze .tnrkey which is,
I after all, one of the: most popular
(of Audubon's painting. The barn
swallows, and Wilsons snipe are
exceptionally good.
1 William Vogt supplies the leg-
lends under the plates and gives
j the routine Information. The in-
I troduction, also i by,! Voget, gives
I a brief biography of the pioneer
1 namraust The iaea, mat Auanoon
.1 was the Dauphin, an idea usually
l brought out by a biographer, i
definitely denied. The history ot
the plates is touched -but - little
upon by Vogt. V- '
t Even though 'one Is not par-
- 1 ticularly Interested tin birds one
I would be interested In this book.
- 1 It Is a book collectors will wish
to add to their library.
o -
- - TTinfleld Scott. The Soldier
while being somewhat above the
average as a piece of entertain-
meat. Is chiefly notable for the
evidence it gives ot the growth of
Claire Trevor. Not p hy ale all r
growth. She Is still the same old
five feet three inches, and. I reck
on she weighs not much over 109
pounds. We recall a .series ot films
she made for the Warners." and
another series lor Fox; Neither
especially notable.;' But, coinci
dence r aot, with the coming of
Twentieth Century ; Into the Pox
affairs has come a new Claire
Trevor, a rather glorified one.
better actress ana singer and a
definitely changed stage personal
ity. I am not accounting for it.
I am teuing you. that's alL
A certain Salem man is still read
ing "Gone With the Wind. May
finish it-young yet. and in good
health. . . . Who is the busiest as
well as the best natured man in
Salem? Opinions may differ, hut
County Clerk Grant 'Boyer is
good guess.-. . . Another busy and
somewhat , less good natured in
dividual is a boy who received
watch for Christmas, He calls it
Humphy-Dumpty1. ; Cannot put It
together again. . , v Confession:
wnen "Antnony - Adverse" was
raging around these diggins I took
him on, as : the .pugilistic' gents
say.. Was knocked out in the first
round. The: people .of the
tJ
' .
ly divided as to whether weather
la vnnnv riw. 1
never anr doubt as . to genuine
cold or genome heat. . . . A junior
high school student tells me he
likes Shakespeare pretty well. But
he thinks the book would be more
interesting If
ericks in It . .
it had mora lim-
- w v va w uvi 1
Street note Msnv
more pipea are ' risible between
men's teeth on a cold day. than
on a- warm day. All under forced
draft Nose' and throat warmers
... .
presumably;
M . rv
the Alan; By Charles Wlnslow
EUlott. MacMlllan. 1937. $3.00.
Attention the past year has
turned . somewhat ' to Winfleld
Scott and his time. Mayor Elliott's
biography Is the second within the
current year, and by far the most
authoritive, although A. D. How-
den's "Old Fuss and Feathers'
might as a whole . make lighter
reading. Not that the Elliott bi-
ography is dull, but it does take
some concentrated reading and I
The average reader, of biography
uiaj imu 11. a uiub auii in me
opening chapters but soon he -will
rrBtf inereea in wnuieia
scoxi. tne man. mat ne rmas the
storyvmoves. alongof .Its own
aCCOra.
One realizes from the beginning
that the storjrhas been done with
painstaxing thoroughness. There j
is no guessing or changing facts
to make them more colorful.
There is no need of giving color"
to Scoff,' for Scott was always a
most, colorful -figure in ' himself.
Major Elliott has appended an ex
tensive bibliography . which will!
give the book real ralue to the
student The bibliography will
also serve to , prove how Inten
sively Elliott has studied his sub
ject. He has worked on this book
since May, 1932, and has traveled
over 3,000 miles visiting libraries,
historical societies, searching for
original source material. He is the
only biographer of Scott to utilize
the immense unpublished corre
spondence of Scott in the files of
the war department
Scott a long career is of interest
to every student of American his
tory. .The story spans the forma-
tire period from the Washington
to the Johnson administration. It
covers most or the imnortanti
events of- our country's political
history from 1807 to 1865. Scott
was brought In personal contact
with every president from Jeffer-
son to Lincoln, and was himself
defeated for that of ice.
While still ln his middle . twen-
ties, Scott became the outstanding
hero ot the war ot 1812. He-com
manded In the . Seminole Creek
ana Black Hawk wars; he averted
the threat of war Over the Maine
boundary dispute. -
He led the American army that
took Vera Crus In 1847, stormed
the castle ot Chasnltenee. ean
tared Mexico City, and achieved
the treaty of Gnadalupe Hidalgo.
fan achievement which set event
the hiatorlcal biographer off ia
mase of colorful nh rases. In 11 51
he -was nominated lor president Petunia, alight lilac, frilled and names. It happens that the pic
by the whir party, the last whigUeavily reined, are other awards jtures speak more eloquently. But
nominee for the nresidencr. At
the terinaiB r f tha Ctvil vir
Scott raised tba northern armv
that McClenan was to: lead and
train. And after General Scott's
retlrement from active service, he
continued to play a part, in the
drama ot Civil war. Following the (the 100 per cent double chrysan
Civil war. he spent soma time injthemum. flowered marigold; Gol
the south, and in May of 1866. in
"very feeble health," he returned
to his beloved West Point where
he died May 2.-
Major Elliott manages to give
Scott s funeral the same color-1
fulness he gave the general In life:
"In the little cadet chapel on
Friday, De French now read the
burial service to a congregation
that packed the' building to suf to -
cation. So numerous were the fa -
mous soldiers.-sailors, 'and states -
men present that the cadets them -
selves had to remain outside." The
names of the pallbearers -were
given, and "front the four corners
of the cemetery buglars. one after
another, echoed the wailing notes
Of taps."v
Major Elliott; who entered the
regular army In 1908. and passed
to the retired list In 19 2 2, has
frequently contributed articles to
service magazines on military sub- tains a height of about 45 feet,
Jeets.' His active service as a and it- is suitable tor street plant
soldler Included duty in the ing, tor windbreaks, or an an lndi
Phlllppiae islands,: China, Mexico, vidual specimen upon the lawn,
and France. He has been proles- Some actual .figures on. growth
sor ot military science and tactics of the elm are: a 6-foot elm in
at the John Hopkins university, four years attained a height of JO
He' now lives in Minneapolis. . . feet: a 4-foot tree ln five years at-
How Docs Your
Gardens Have Winter Beauty'' ir not- JNegiected;,
- . . o -:?' j
iii-ivmencan oceu
Br T.TT.T.TT! L. MAD SEN
Too' many gardens are entirely
neglected during January. Too
frequently, in driving through
the country we
see pleees of
limbs, small pie
ces or paper or
other 1 debris ly
ing about; the
lawn just where;
the last, gust of j
wind has left It.
Gardens bare a
certain beauty of
their own in win- j
ter if kept neat '
Besides if theyi
are c a r e a xori
now. care in ear- 71 fcV,
ly spring wher um uun
the rush, season .gets under, vay
will be much easier.
A weather-eye should be kept
on all trees and shrubs. Broken
branches or diseased shoots
should be cut away at once. Not
only cut away and let lie on the
lawn, but also carried away.
I hope, yon 'sprayed your roses
with, Bordeaux before the first off
r . . I
luo 'ifr ".w -ry. g out
your lime-sulphur, winter-strength
and fTv a spraying to your
rose bashes. While you are about
it, also spray -your lilac bushes.
your wild currant (If you j have
one on your lawn.) A dose. for
. . . I
your iioweriug cnerry ana oiner
"oaring , trees wui aiso prove
v A .1 . j . 1 1
ireuEiiuu. I
tn pruning, oe very sure to I
.1
leave no jagged edges. Cut away I
clean ana cut more from the In-
side than the out. This gives the
the tree more chance at air cir-l
: culation. Remember, I am not
suggesting a general pruning at
this time. Such a pruning should
come later. Now just cut away
broken branches or branches you
know to be diseased.
. Add Rose Bushes Now
During good January days
you'll be adding an ' extra rose
bush or an extra shrub. Do not
overfertilize when you plant. If
the soil is very much on the clay
order, add some sumus to the soil !
I at planting time. I believe that it
is also beneficial to add a handful
of bonemeal to soil In which you
are planting your lilac shrubs. I
ies, 11 you intena to aaa a new!
lilac for the spring, do so now. I
11 you want to add brightly col-
ored berried shrubs to your ar-
den, visit the nurseries now to
make your own selections of those I
!Jat. carTy thelr berrles lonf on
the hnithpii
inv ra,v
make a thorough Investigation of
your rock nrrinii T.tki
the plants have been washed out
and these should, be reset at nce.
.rK. ..jrj. ,
small greeuhouses or in Indoor
infB inn1it nt mi, 4.1.1.1.1...
and other perennial seeds under-1
Way. Anchusa, snapdragons, sweet
Williams, many, of these will gain
a lot of time if tfven a start now.
The all-America seed awards
for 1938 are now out There are a
number of gardeners who wish to
grow these each year. Such gar-
!"u .p-Miw niOT are
.V. 1 J 1
aiau uiuera wno nave tne same
thought The seeds should be or-
dered at once. Frequently there
isn't an. oversupply ot seeds of
these All-Stars..
. 1038 Seed Awards
This year's awards went first to
Petunia Salmon Supreme, a light
salmon ln color, and the plant it-
self grows about a f opt high. It is
one of the very best budding pe
tunias. The flowers have white
throats, are about one and a half
inches in diameter and the petals
are unruffled. It did not win the
gold medal award as did the 1936
Flaming - Velvet -petunia. Those
j who have not yet grown the latter
should order some seed at once.
secona on tne. lszs 11st is a
snapdragon, the Celestial. Strange -
ly enough it is not of the rust re-
I slstant variety, so if :you order It
(and many will) prepare to spray.
I It. too, is salmon in color, but of a
I deeper salmon than the petnnia.
Celestial Is of the larger dwarf va-j
rieties.
- New Yellow Pansy
Coronation Gold is a grand new
yellow pansy which occupies third
I place on the new list
I These first three on the list are
J creations irons Holland.
England has . developed the
I fourth lister for us. This m Ooldn
Crown Calliope's. It is much iar -
I cer than Its predecessors. ;
The Calendula, orange Fantasy.
ala seal-brawn growing 20 Inches
1 tall, and Orchid Beauty, another!
of merit-choices. - .
l Special mention roes to Gaietv.
a" fringed, rose colored netunia'
1 Dwarf Red Bedder, and Topas
I Rose, both petunias.
I The recommended list includes
1 the salmon-rose aster, illusion;
den; West Marigold: the- forget-
me-not, Ingrid; another petunia,
Blue - Gene; the .golden,-; dwarf
snapdragon. Psyche. .
" r Adventnre ta Oarden
. Don't Just tnrn the pages of
your -seed catalog hurriedly, and
i make the same old purchases "be -
I cause yon bought it last year." Of
I course the products you found en -
1 tlrely satisfactory you will want
1 to repeat, but do a little adventur-
! ing. too., You know the old pro -
1 verb, "Nothing -ventured, nothing
1 gained." This applies to gardening
also. -v-
I Do yon need some shade around
1 your home In doable quick time?
A fast growing tree that has none
of the undesirable root charactar-
istics of other fast-growing trees
like the "Poplars, is a Chinese elm.
It is as hardy as an oak and Its
i rajid growth is remarkable.- It at
r l
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Garden Grow?
Awarus xxevicwcu ; :
tained a height of 40 feef. "
. About Chinese. Elm Tree,
Another point. in. its favor Is
that the Chinese elm is surpris
ingly.' drought . resistant. Of a.
group of trees consisting oi a
weeping willow, Lombardy Pop
lar, cut-leaf birch and. Chinese
elm, planted in fall of 1935, the
Chinese, elm was the only one that
survived the. severe drought in
one experiment I '' c: ' . ' ; .
Things to be considered In try
ing to atari; holly, from cutting
are: .. -. 1""--.4 '-""" .
A soil of one-half sand and one-
half peat moss by volume, is gd"od
for holly cuttings.
To Start Holly Cutting
Cuttings of ' evergreen' hollies
usually, will not root when all the
leaves are removed. Four - to six
inch cuttings of current wood only
are better than those with four.to
five ' inches of current wood plus
portion of 2-year wood.
Though some cuttings might
root in as short a period as three
weeks, most ot the cuttings will
not root in less than three or four
months.
For most- practical purposes a
dally temperature range of 65 to
75 is satisfactory.
Cuttings may be . taken from
parent stock from October through
January. Cuttings should be set
firmly about three Inches deep in
soil.
In reply to an Inquiry: The lily
oi-ine-vaiiev is native in me ad-
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nalachian mountains from Penn
sylvania Into South Carolina, as
well as in Europe. It is adopted to
all the cooler portions of the gar
den where there is plenty ot mois
ture and shade at. least during
the Bunnyest part of the day.
San for Lily-of-the-Valley
However, It will thrive in full
sun ln well-prepared beds If sup
plied with moisture and annual
top-dressing. Usually, to do well.
lily-of-the-valley must be replant
ed every four years. In replanting,
selections should . be made from
the strongest rots, . and these
should be separated, so that there
will be about half a dozen shoots
to a clnmp,
The grass pink, garden pink
hardy garden pink, Scotch pink
or pheasanteye pink, (Dianthns
plumariusl la an easily grown
satisfactory border plant 6 to 12
Inches tall, with spreading grass
like habit ot growth, bluish f ol
lage, fringed petals on the frag
rant rose-colored to white flowers
borne la sprinr and early sum
mer. T h i s pink (no matter by
which name you call it) must hare
I In 1718 one of Vermeer's lum-
inous masteroieces was sold for
I "
JB50 florins. Fifteen years later
1 . . . ,
Is was 8aln offered for sale. This
tlme 11 commanded 2,125 florins.
And Its value continues to rise.
Today this small picture ot a milk
maid, or any other canvas from
his hand, could not possibly be ac
quired tor less than a million dol
lars. Their posthumous prices are
ln vivid contrast to the sums that
were a grave concern to the young
painter of Delft Six florins with
him required installment plan pay
ment, for It is recorded that this
fee was paid by him to the Guild
of Painters "within two years."
Once, the story: goes, Vermeer
quarreled with a man named Hou-
braken. Unfortunately for Ver
meer, Houbraken became no less
1 tnaa tne compiler of an exhairs-
tire history of Dutch painting
that was exhaustive but for the
single painter, Vermeer. It the
omission was made with malice
aforethought and-the quarrel in
mind. It came close to accomplish
ing Its pretty purpose.' The Hou
braken book was regarded as au
thoritative. Vermeer, left out,
meant he was of no importance.
And within 50 years of his death,
Vermeer was quite forgotten.
False Clues
'By the time a more interested
biographer sought to discover the
!etails of his life, it was, 1816.
I There were a thousand false clues
I to contuse mm. iot wan. van aer
1 Meer, as it. stood in bis lifetime.
" m mosx. common 01 uuxen
iwnai is iosi is me story ox me
I man. Vermeer. We only know
I f rom his work that he was : a
aimple earnest and honest worker
i wnoaecntttsmanawp achtevea per-
fection. There re only 37 extant
I canvases of his today. It is not
likely that there were many more.
for the care and loving tenderness
of his brush must have meant long
j palnsUkiag hours and days. And
I his life was short We mtght have
known as much of the mind and
heart and daily life of Vermeer
as we know ot his hand and eye
and what stands as nnornamented
1 record in the ancient, church . of
i oeirt.
1 There Is first, "On October. 31,
1632, a child Joannes. The father
is Reynler, son ot Jan. The mother
1 DIngnum, daughter of Balthazar;
I the witnesses are Pieter Brammer,
I Jan, son of Heyndrick, and Mar-
Itha. daughter ot Jan.
I Then 21 years later, "On April
5. 165 ti-Johannes, son ot Reynler
Vermeer, celibate, living at the
market place married to Catharine
Bolenes, maiden,: from the same
locality." - -. "
-f Appreatlceshlp Iioaa '
He had, at 15, entered a studio
in Delft as apprentice painter. It
was the - period when the craft
guilds were sxongest and nour
ished the fledgling talent of many
a master. But the rules were strict
in order to sell pictures, they must
hare; come from the hand of a
master, eraitsman ana - to be" ac
r- . aa -
Safety
THE-ART
school
To the Editor: '
Coincident with the effort to
establish an art school here; there
arises ;occasional 'talk , ot ' what
good will this, do Salem? How
will it benefit us?" If thi were
a beet . sugar factory "we Could
answer readily. At any rate, let
us 'try, the fignres pointing -to
the close of a five year period:
Prestige to Salem.... . I TBO.OOO1
Plant, equipment . :.i v 50,009
1000" persons with . a -
thorough art cultl- -
' -vaUon ... ; . . . - f 5,000,000
Total . . , . $5,800,000
This is a low estimate, and
does not Include the artiste who
might be developed, nor the many
appreciatoi-a of art. vlo would
fringe the. outer crrclea.of culti
vation; The security is sound and
unassailable. And - by that . time
holding- companies . without sus
picion, will have been formed to
look after that class jof capital.
But it ' we wished to liquidate
immediately: there is always the
auction j block. Listen! "How
much for ' this culture young
vigorous sound In every partic
ular? How much -do I bear?
$5000? I hear $5000. Going at
$5000. Go-go-goooo-iag, once.
It is a good investment. . ? '
'.' But there is another view, and
the past rises before : us - like a
dream . . . That far off town
of Athens its stainless art Is
white and shining still. Still Or
pheus turns Enrydice departing
. . . . And Venice, queen ol all
seas where is its boasted trade?
Ask Phantom tohips -on : painted
oceans where! Where Is BellinL
Giorgione. Titian, Paul Veronese?
In everr beauty loving heart, in
all the . world. The waves of
Venice break upon the shores of
England and ;there" la Turner.
In Spain a young man copies
Titian: a gift from Titian .to
Velasquez . , . . And Barbizon,
that straggling village of . Barbi-
son because Corot and Millet
and Diax and Daublgny painted
there is lifted high above mor
tality, and is one with Athens
and Venice . . . And ' Lowell.
Massachusetts. In Worthing
street in Lowell In a little house.
was born the painter who paint
ed My Mother. And people come
full sun. and soils not too rich
It is , useful tor rock work, dry
walls or banks, edging to borders
and is nice for cutting, - -
The clove pink (D. Caryophyl
lus) is useful In a border or rock
ery. This one takes more moisture
than does the hardy pink, but
watering should not be overdone.
STORIES OF-
Mttt0
Howard Simon
T"hc r r
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r -
1 . 1
VEUOTJEK AT WORK (By fctiwlf) '
j lttZ-l(TS
knowledged as such, meant it was
necessary to have completed six
years of studious apprenticeship,
Vermeer -attained t h a t desired
status at 21. and married in the
same year. He was permitted to
pay six florins into the guild at
St Luke s, and become an accept
ed master ot painting. It was at
this point - that the six florins
were paid in Installments. Later
in 1662 at the age of SO,, the
.guild ot St Luke's was to honor
vermeer and elect htm its head.
" Stadia Paint or Interest
, .Anenorraous book of one thou
sand pages made Jts appearance in
1667 .among the I 1 e minded
dwellers ot the city ot Delft. Its
title was, ' impressively -enough.
The Description ot the City of
Delft Though Vermeer was-, only
35 then, there is ample proof in
the long and glowing account of
his work here, that in his own
time his city was proud of him.
His studio, too. was a place that
sightseers checked off on their
list of points of Interest It is Ver
meer's painting- of this studio with
himself at work and a model be
fore him that is, with its cool.
filtered Hght and Jewel-like per
fection, , the chief glory - of the
Czernln collection of Vienna to
day. And It was to this same stu
dio that Balthazar de Monconys,
a Frenchman and a traveler, came
and wrote later.-"At Delphe I saw
the painter Vermeer who had no
single one of his works but we
saw one at the home of a baker
who had paid 600 livres for it -(abont
$120)although it ' had
only one figure.".
The above painter Is among
4S great masters represented
whose pictures are offered In
.reproduction form by this news
paper IS master ot art ia or
iginal colors.
They are divided into 12 sets
of tour, one set a week far only
S9e and a coupon from this
newspaper. Each week's set
contains a lesson In art apprec
iation and persons who obtain
an 12 weekly seta will get a free
collector's portfolio
Clip the first coupon on page
a
ValVe
there In " unceasing numbers to
touch and feel the walls, to make
sure that there, ana there, ana
there, this mother was. one
house or fifty, five hundred or
five thousand, these are true cit
ies on high. Urbes Beatae, "so
ar the stones , beneath their
feet."
It is not argued that because
we may have art classes, or an
art gallery, because we may have
are lectures or traveling exhib
its that a Titian wilt arise, pal
ette and oils. Nor even a Whis- -
tier or: a Sargeant (Tet who is
thy servant to limit creation!)
Bat suppose this suppose we
bred a half score art lists of dis- ;
Unction; not masters but artists
ot eminence! And suppose when
we ' went to New ,YWk and met
strangers, they would . say, "Oh,
from - Salem! Isn't tnat wnerw
Jamleson iTes? We've lost our
heads over his picture of Mt Jef
ferson, the Monatan That A as
God. And believe it or not, it
was. We're all comng out to see
it next summer. Will see you
there." Or suppose 1000 people
in Salem became l conscious of.
Corot, and saw in each day his
gay, dancing, marvelous light,
his "glistening, glitterinf light
floods -of . light pale, wistful,
loving, light; touching, beseech
ing; grateful light!" Suppose we
saw our cathedral tirs with the
eys of Keith: the dim and shad
owed halls, the hallowed 4ialls
shrouded in mystery, . then, saw .
them awakened, but aslant, il
lumined by great shifts of yellow
light! What lf-we saw the laces
upon the Salem streets, the ten
der wistful, seeking faces that
LGiorgione saw, the heroic beau
ty and strength that Angelo saw,
the distinction and gentle breed
ing that Van Dyck saw! What
if in all this valley we saw the
dignity of labor; the fair seren-.
ity, the order ' and permanence
that Constable saw; if we had
for one hour Whistler's obser
vation and power "of selection,
his quiet grasp of all the moods
of night! If for one hour we
saw beauty and lore in as many
manifestations as Raphael if
the Salem Art ; school should
bring these possessions to us, or
a tenth of them, then It will
have given - the Imperishable
things, and brought to reality the
dreams of its promoters.
W. C'DIBBLE.
.No Alliance Proper
To the Editor: . . ft1
In answer to an editorial of the
Capital Press dated December 13
and headed "The Grange Elec
tion." it was stated that the Issue
seems to be over the alliance of. '
the grange with organized labor.
That is partly true but what the
muni nf tha mral Alai-tota tH
opposed to Is the alliance with
any political group. We have no
right under grange law to unite
with such, and I think, a very f ool-
lsh move to take sides in, a -battle
between " two opposing labor
unions. I have In my possession
a letter addressed to me as master
of Salem grange. No. ,17, and
signed by Ben T, Osburne, as f ex
ecutive secretary. In which he says
(I quote:) .
"We particularly desire that the
farmer of Oregon , shall under
stand the : fmiiM In th niwunt
struggle ; for their interests." I
wish to quote further from an .
in the January Country Gentle
man In , his J article, "The Long
Look Ahead," in which he says.
in regard . to political alliance
with organized labor the thought
that the farmer coal d better
achieve his objectives by forming
a political alliance with organ
ized labor Is not, to my way ot
ininung, sound or practicaL"
That IS Just What the farmers
In Oreron ir rhinvtn
neither practical nor advisable. I
hare . no quarrel , with organized
labor. In fact, I believe in It; but
I am opposed to the grange form
ing an alliance with labor;
: Ton know that the national
grange will meet In Oregon In No-
vemoer so. friends, alsters. and
brothers, let's be able to meet the
national master and all the vis
itors from the 35 states with dean
hands and pure hearts and not be
smeared with some political alli
ance that will take years to over
come. -
Tours, truly,
' : M. E. TOWNSEND,
Master Salem grange.
liuiiauus liinner
Guests of Giiild
LEBANON Members of the
fellowship guild : of the Presby
terian church entertained the hus
bands at a dinner Wednesday
night at the church, with 100
present. - ;:-. . .
Mrs. Homer Dowd was chair
man of the dinner committee and
was assisted by Mrs. Ella Sanders.
Mrs. Jack Haek. Mrs. Frank
Smith, Mrs. , David Reed, Mrs.
waiaer ana Airs. Harry Fred
ericks.' Each woman present was
presented with i lovely fibre
fjowT corsage made by Mrs.
WA number of out-of-town guests
were present. Including Dr. Q.
Breen of Albany college and the
church pastor, and Mrs. Breen.
Mrs. E. L. Clark and Mrs. Ed
Bohle had charge of the social
program. . .
Appoint; Lee Stillwell
: Marshal fop ilonmontli
MONMOUTH Lee Stillwell
was appointed night watchman
and city marshal of Monmouth at
a special council meeting last
night. (Friday night There were
rFvui, tvr ug post.
Stillwell la a member of the
American Legion. He has lived la
Monmouth and at Dallas for sev
eral years, and is a son-in-law of
Mr anil Hfi-a W r
city. -I , .... ,
The death of Verd Schrank
Dec 19, created the vacancy.