The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, July 23, 1939
PAGE THREE
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,'Thc Ghost of the Bronx
1 Express" Haunts NY
: - . This Summer I "U
' i Br JOHN VERRIS '?! "f.
. NEW ' YORK. July 12-JPV-
people call this the itory of "the
Ghost , ot the ., Bronx express.
Others place the locale in Brook
lyn or in Queens, and some aire
fit a New. Jersey setting .
strange unearthly beauty and ot a
young man who fell In lore with
her and died ot grief or shock or
some other mysterious ailment ot
the spirit when he learned ha bad
iicu ua ucAi w iu a.u siiyuwvui
For some months the story has
been, going the rounds in-the
metropolitan area, told In good
. faith hv the credulous. reDeated
a recurrent primttiTe motif, used
In 1UAMtniisi - lwer tvn fie. th
set it down in "De ViU Apoiloni
; and now the theme of an eerie
tale recounted in home and res
taurant, in. office and bar, on the
street and at the beach, j
How and when the 1931 telling
started no one seems to knew, but
- you hear it everywhere, j .
- . Girl Seen la Bubway
; The Bronx version 1 concerns
young Wall Street broker, who one
r evenina- noticed a pale, beautuui
young girl sitting across from
- him in the subway as he rode
home. She got off at his fStation.
But her "' pallid beauty' remained
with him, and to his surprise -he
saw ucr utv uut Ditut auuuciv-
Thn mIucMpiim nt nttxttfnarlier
. on the same train dnrinr the rnsh
hour puzzled him.. One sight he
addressed ner as tney leit jine sud-
way, ana as tney ien -to; tailing
he walked with her to an apart
ment house where she said she
" lived, i -
One night, ; after j numerous
meetings ot ; this sort, he: invited
her to dinner. She accepted, and
he asked her to hold his coat
vhiiA nm wenr into a. nrnr aiore
to telephone his mother he would
be late. - But when he emerged
she was gone. The man went Into
, the house where the girl bad told
him sne uvea, out a l woman ne
. mistake. : He described the girl.
H.A....1.. AWa wnM h
ail u buuucui r liio if uuiau iwmcw
snocKea ana . saia, , wny,; mat.
sounas use juibs sne aiea a
Then she showea htm a pboto-
. graph of the girl she had in mind
It was the g 1 r 1 of the subway
train. , Still wondering, he asked
the woman where the girl was
buried. : She told him. Hurrying
tombstone he found the missing
coat. That same night the young
man leu , into a coma., ana grew
pale and sickly thin and died. .
a i. - m .ii. i l . I
A coupie oi uiuuiiia u tucat
. radio station began receiving tele
phone calls f ro m persons who
wanted the name of the girl and
me young . man.. ioe caiiers , in
sisted they had heard the story
broadcast as truth. The istation
denied even ' havinc broadcast .it
as a lancuui taie. i n
V.r rliA Mill, jftntviTtAj4 n
. . 1 .1 .
sUtlon. , Why so m a n y i people
Admiral Bytd Will Sail in This
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Bear of Oakland at Boston -
Here is Admiral Richard E. Byrd's ship, Bear of Oakland, in which
the explorer will sail next September for little America in an ex
pedition sponsored by Uncle Sam. The ship was built in Scotland in
1871 and is especially constructed for battling with Arctic ice. This
will be the ship's second trip to Little America. It is shown in
Boston diydock, where it is being readied for the trip.
5,000,000 Valley Field Seed Crbp
Now Being Harvested; Excellent Crop
. With Good Prices Seen by Survey
Howard Jenks of the Jenka-White Seed company, who
has. completed a survey of the valley's $5,000,000 field seed
cron. vesterdav announced there is an excellent crop in
nrosDect with rood mices assured.
With harvestine and threshinsr of the crop now under
way everywhere, sufficient to get a good perspective, Jenks
O issued reports as follows:
A 4 . Rye grass 20,000.000 pounds
aapicuctt w van ai vuo
why they assumed they had heard
the story mystified the station of
ficials; but there was , nothing
they could do about it exeeptifo
issue their weary denials, f
.. For New Yorkers as a whole,
hearing the story all over town,
there has been nothing like It
since people made' their friends'
skins creep-a-dosen years ago
with the story of . two men who
rode around the town in the sub
way with a corpse between them.
of seed yield forecast with price
of over 4 cents per pound netting
the grower a good revenue.
Vetch Hairy vetch crop larg-
gt, valley estimated yield being
to
price
z n - y r. At nn - n
-r:. M I r r. . - -ua Ill
,a t::72-: pranH ioiifli ft- s
"v cturge"of Dr. Fred Pageler r If
Dr. . ,. . . udDr. W. W. Frazee BT
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Dentist V ITV. -
' TiH w Price ad Liberal
. 0- rtfTX Credit enable yow $o ob- 0
' - - -KTKPr V tain an ettlclent and eor-
. ; f ys-CSi rert optical serTlce, with-
: " i r liJL i I V" yr : means, at LBt.
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'H mfllttm pounds wlta ,a I
of slightly over 7 cents.
Other vetches,' common and Hun
garian, whUe not so widely grown
will yield many a carload at good
prices. ' ";
Austrian winter peas 20 to za
million pounds - predicted. Value
ot western Oregon crop increas
ing probably about 1750,000 this
year at around 3 cents per pouna.
Clover No crop to speak of as
there- were ' no . stands to begin
with due to the plants' dying out
last , year-because ' of dry condi
tions. A. replanting will be neces
sary to bring clover back to Its
former status as one of the val
ley's valuable seed crops. -
" ' Local Fescue Competes "
Chewing fescue W h i t e New
Zealand - has heretofore -held " a
monopoly on the production of
this favorite lawn grass seed, acre
age- in the -Willamette yaUey is
now . reaching a point .where it
can compete in. the world s mar
ket. At 40 cents per pound,' sev
eral hundred acres here will yield
target returns,' in some instances
over, f 100 an acre for. this. seed.
This' grass, in special demand for
use on lawns in shady spots, does
well, here and is expected to grow
to be a large factor here. .
Jenk's trim handles a good
share ot seed production here. He
states! that in many instances seed
crops are soil builders Instead of
soil depleters and because of the
government's soil - building pro
gram the seed crop industry has
been stimulated.
Jay Williams Is
State Patrolman
Finland Found
Prefnl Spot
Finns Unworried by Talk
of War and Haven't
any Tronble ,
(Editor. KoUt -TK ImI srrl yasn
kAT loani'EtBer'W. PittrHi,' -
fttM Ptmai fmiti MTTitiMidat is war
tors Spaia b--C&Im. these tnmhUi
Plettia ami PU. !' is to ria-
Iaa for s tojara. Tut IoU)Wia( aterj
tUa kw Uls .nb try. vkara aa ataMa-
pa.ra at pan a4 aalaa pradaaUaata, ra-
(s iu naciuoa la aropa auaira.!
By lfLMER W. PETERSON
HELSINKI, Finland (Corres
pondence of The Associated Press)
It may be a strong dose ot imag
ination, or the calm of the mid
night sun, but you arrive is Fin
land these days with the feeling
of having found a peaceful park
on the outskirts ot war-feverish
Europe.
The banging on the war drums
becomes no more than an echo.
For, although the Finns would
fight like madmen to defend their
Independence, they are fairly re
mote from the main arena.
They have known war, and want
no more of it.
They have no designs on any
other country, and can't see why
any other country should have de-v
signs on them.
They think peacefully and
and they sleep peacefully.
There are problems confronting
this country, and certain fears and
anxieties as well, but they are
all tied to a stern conviction that
Finland can ; and must remain
neutral in European discord.
No Jitters
Ton get a touch of this in talk
ing to - Foreign Minister E. O.
Erkko, who is large, deliberate,
and amaslngly soothing In speech
and manner. There is nothing Jit
tery about Mr. Erkko, who as
boy went to a public school three
years in Brooklyn, and who has
been editor and publisher of the
newspaper Helsingln Sanomat for
years.
"We," declared Foreign Minis
ter Erkko, "believe in our neu
trality, and we will make every
effort to stay neutral in any Euro
pean conflict.
A mere declaration of neu
trality may not be sufficient."
"In that case we are prepared
to defend our neutrality."
"In this connection, Mr. Erkko
points out, the proposed fortifica
tion of the Aaland island, must
be regarded as a "practical ne
cessity," and not necessarily ' an
indication that Finland feels that
her neutral position is threatened.
Russia has protested that she
has a right to be consulted regard
ing such fortification, but Finland
"is prepared to proceed independ
ently with a defense program for
the Aaland island.'.'
Foreign Minister Erkko admits
there was some public opinion In
Finland in favor of signing a non
aggression pact - with Germany,
but states that the decision not to
sign such a pact has since met
with whole-hearted approval.
Nazis Not Menace
We do not consider ourselves
menaced by Germany. It is true
that we have a non-aggression
pact with Russia, but we have a
common frontier with Russia and
a declaration as regards frontiers
was considered necessary."
As regards outside guarantees
of Finland's neutrality. Foreign
Minister Erkko dismisses this
matter, with the first statement
that "Finland does not need or
want any such guarantees."
As regards the anti-aggression
front, Finland's position. is that
she is heartily interested in the
preservation of European peace.
but that she does not want to be
drawn lnid any groupings of large
powers.
Popular feeling in Finland
meanwhile presents some curious
divergencies, in relation to pres
ent "European politics.
A suspicion of Russia is
deepseated as it has always been
in this little country where there
is rigid suppression of anything
that flavors of communism.
Pro-German sympathies,' on the
other hand, have "wavered 'since
Prague was fore 2d to hoist the
nasi flag.. .
With a , small, but excellent
armyrand with a large volunteer
corps, Finland, today gives full at
tention to national defense, desir
ous of peace, but thoroughly Jeal
ous of her independence, Finland
is ready for all eventualities. In
1138, Finland had a total military
budget, both current and capital
expenditure, of 1,204,090,000
marks (about 125,000,000) and
this year the budget amounts to
1.508,100.000 marks.
All told, Finland means bus!
ness as regards neutrality and
maintaining her independence.
All you have to do to appreci
ate this is to hear the Finns say
Dflw UDoes ,Ynnir
(Bardleim dnipw?
By IaILUB L. MADSEN
Garden Notes:
I bad the privilege ot visiting
lira. H. A. Beauchamp's garden at
Stayton this past week and found.
number or in-1
Am oner r these
wae-trtfayMttM
will to roaej. Bvcu
bloomed In wbola
bouquets at once.
The push, didnt
seem to become
large b u t w a s
covered with
blooms, eaeh one
not more than an
.! Inch across and
f a very double. Mrs.
lAtasttKwMMei Beauchamp told
mv she didn't
know the name of It but that she
and her family eaueu u vne cem
etery rose" because it had grown
on the family lot In the cemetery
for ever and aye. It reminded me
somewhat of the little roses I once
Mw In Texas which was called
Seven Sisters. II anyone knows
what this little old-fashioned rose
is, I would appreciate it It they
would tell me. n -
Mrs." Beauchamp also has a
number of pretty little Poljantha
roses which she ses effectively
as a boarder. Catching the eye at
once was the little Klrsten Poul
son, a later introduction ot Karen
Poulsen which belongs to the
Floribuhdt group. This will grow
about three feet tall and is liter
ally covered with medium sited,
cherry red, single ? flowers. It
seems to bloom all summer and I
have been told is very effective as
a hedge variety.
The little Edith Cavell was also
attractive. This has smaU semi- perennials:
aOUDie nowera ui bwaak; aa
darker shadings.
I really believe we are going to
see more and more of the Polyan
tha roses. A number of new varie
ties are being introduced and they
flower continuously from spring
until frost. Also they need so ve y
little care. One only has to prune
out the dead branches, in some
cases cut off the faded roses with
the stems, keen the ground ma Die
about them, or else mulch them.
Another interesting plant wnicn
saw in the Beauchamp garden
was the so-called "Heavenly Bam
boo" which is not a bamboo at all
but a Nandina. However Heavenly
Bamboo Is much more easily re
membered. I give, the other name
hwntiRA it is found under that
more frequently in shrub books.
Mrs. Beauchamp has a very pret
ty specimen in her garden. - One
doesn't see this shrub here as oft
en as one does in California, but
its popularity is on the Increase.
Its clusters of white waxy flowers
make one think of the flowers one
frequently sees on wedding veils.
In the winter there are scarlet ber
ries and the leaves, which will
stay on the plant for about three
years, turn scarlet in tne iau ana
are red when they nrst unioia.
Some of the spikes' of flowers
were, I am sure, a foot long.
We are told that, this is grown
in every little garden in Japan
and is held in great reverence in
China. It grows well In whole or
partial shade and if well supplied
with water does as well in hot sun.
The soil should be light, peaty
loam.
Famous Visitor.
Harry O'Brien, whose garden
diary in Better Homes and Gar
dens is well known under the ti
tle of '.The Diary of a Plain Dirt
Gardener" and, who has been the
garden'authority for Country Gen
tleman for a long period of. time;
has been visiting in Oregon this
week. He visited Charles Bar
ber's delphinium gardens. Fred
Borsch's alpine gardens, and De
Graffe daffodil gardens, and a
number ot others while in Oregon.
His brief mention of the day lily's
comeback as a popular flower was
interesting.
You can trace me Iran oi me
pioneers across the continent by
the plantings of the old nemaero
callls fulva," he said (referring to
the day lily). "It was one thing
that could stand any climate and
grow under any conditions and
when the pioneers got in other
flowers and tossed the day lily
over the fence. It ran wild and
naturalised.' Then hybridizers got
busy a few years ago and brought
it back and Introduced new, gor
geous strains. Now it bids fair H
become the most popular garden
flower all over the country again."
In Reply to Inquiries:
Annuals may still be puichased
st a number of greenhouses. I in-
"Suomi" Finnish for "Finland"
for In the tone alone Is conveyed
the high spirit of a small country
that hasn't -had the time yet to
have any illusions about interna
tional affairs.
quired this week to make sure.
The selection is new,, however, as
good. But there are some nice
specimens. A number may " be
moved when in bloom and it given;
a little, shade for a day or so .'and
pieniy.pi water, wui ao very weu,
rtSptieTt7ntl.'verbrai-anrf
portulatasT JiYs E :B?r. .rZ:
- Aster culture has become more
difficult as disease and insects
have spread. Asters must not be
allowed to remain moist too long
at a time. Drainage must' be as
sured. Thorough cultivation is nec
essary.' Plenty of sand should be
incorporated in the soil. If you
hare Just a few plants,, putting
sand around the plants each time
they are watered and then culti
vating it when the sand is tbor
oughly dry will help it is said. As
ter rust has increased and Bor
deaux spray Is effective in keeping
it In cheek..- The Blister beetle.
which we have 'come to know as
the aster beetle is destructive. It
is a-half-Inch long black bug.
nana picking is effective and so
is spraying with an arsenic poison
Asters, growing in partial shade
are not as much bothered by in
sects and pests. -
If root lice attack your plants.
D. C. R., make a nicotine or pyre-
thrum spray solution and pour
cupful around the base ot each
plant. Make a slight depression
around the plant to keep the solu
tlon from running off.
When your pansies have be
come small cut them back to one
of the last Joints where there are
still leaves. Give them a fertilizer
solution and keep them well wa
tered. They can be made to bloom
again.
Cut the seed nods off vonr col
umbine now. Give them some wa
ter and cultivation and they will
bloom again. These do not need
to be treated as biennials. I re
member one of the loveliest colum
bines I ever saw was a ten year
old plant in the Miss Mabel
Creighton gardens. Good drain
age, sandy loam, are two of the
requirements. The older plants
will grow in a heavy clay but It
seems difficult to ret the younger
ones established there. -
Plenty of. water, and keeping
withered spikes cut off will keep
the blue Salvia in bloom, most of
the summer. It may be well to
stake yours, Mrs. S. R. Tour
ground U evidently Just right for
the growth of the perennial salvias..-
, : '
M. R. C. speaks of the difficul
ty of hoeing and cultivating - nis
perennial border jtnd wishes there
.were om, mulch be.could usejn
this part ot the garaen as ne uses
pat moss lnnhe'axalea- bed. There
is no reason under the sun, why the
peat moss can't be used as effect
ively in the perennial border. It
conserves the moisture, keeps
down the weeds and is much less
work than hoeing. If an occasion
al weed does come through, it
may be pulled out very - easily.
Care must be used that heavy
streams of water, do not wash
away the peat moss.
Q. D. A. By s artificial liquid
manure Is meant that made irons
ammonium sulphate, one ounce
of the ammonium sulphate is dis
solved in two gallons ot water.
T. C. O. Perennial phlox do
revert. But if they are allowed to
go to seed eventually the strong
magneta seedling may crowd out
the more-delicate hybrids.
A. E. Don't scatter lime pro
miscuously about your border
Many of your plants are most
suited to a neutral or slightly acid
soil and lime will be injurious. If
your soil is definitely acid And you
are growing plants "which you
know are lime lovers, thst is an
other matter. Ton did not state
what your plants, which you treat
ed to lime, are. Among your flow
ers which dislike lime are mari
golds, lupines, coreopsis, nicotia
na. While zinnias, sweetpeas.
phlox, pansies, nasturtiums, car
cations, candytuft, and g e u m s
are among those which dislike
acidity and thrive on a little lime.
LADIES AID MEETS
PRATUM The Ladies' Aid of
the Pratum Methodist church met
at the home of Mrs. Harvey Meyer
Wednesday afternoon. The newly
elected officers took offices as
follows: president, Mrs. W. E,
Branch; vice president, Mrs
George Kleen; secretary, Mrs. Ru
dolph deVrles; treasurer, Mrs
Harvey Meyer. Plans were out
lined for the coming year.
Dance Is Planned
By Home Ec Club
LYONS The home economics
club of the Santlam Valley grange
met at the home of Mrs. Wilson
Stevens Wednesday afternoon.
Plana were discussed for the
dance to be given after the grange
meeting Friday night, the pro
ceeds to be used for 4H club work.
Those present for the after
noon, were Mrs. Dell Westenhouse,
Mrs. Floyd Bassett. Mxb. Orville
Downing, Mrs. Lloyd Sletto. Mrs.
May Patton, Grandma Taylor,
Juanita and Modena Downing.
Lois and Hallie Stevens and Carol
Sletto.
Mrs. Charlie Johnson assisted
by her daughter, Rae, entertained
with a six o'clock dinner Wednes
day night honoring her daughter,
Virginia, on her birthday anni
versary. Covers were placed for
the honored guest. Miss Virginia
Johnson, Miss Betty Jean Bode-
ker, Miss Cleta Marie Crabtree,
Miss Helen Hiatt, Miss Glenda Ly
ons, Miss Dorothy Bassett and
Miss Henrietta Lyons.
Visitors at the home ot Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Smith Wednesday after
noon were Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Griepentrog and Mrs. Ida Lena
burg of Salem and Mrs. George
Relhl from White, S. D.
PARENTS OF GIRL
LYONS Mr. and M r si Frank
Kinsman are the parents of a six
pound daughter born July 20 at
the Salem Deaconess hospital. The
little lady has been named Joan
Kay. -
Wanta
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Open Evenings Till 9 P. M.
AMITY Jay Williams, son of
Mr. and Mrs. William Williams of
Amity is now a member of the
state police force stationed be
tween Oregon City and Portland.
Mr. Williams was athletic coach
at Waldport high school last year.
Dr. and Mrs, Walter Wood and
little daughter ot San Francisco
are spending several weeka here
at the home of his mother and
stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Taylor.
Dr. Wood has finished his In
terne years and will locate in Co
rona, Calif. Dr. Woods is an
Amity boy and & graduate of the
Amity high school.
Mr. s and -Mrs. Otto Mauser
hare left for their home in Cali
fornia' after a visits here at the
homes ot his father and sister, J.
L." Manser and Mrs. Joe McKee.
Mrs. McKee accompanied them to
Los Angeles.
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Thus, when you bring your phy
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will be compounded exactly as
written, with no alterations or
substitutions. Moreover, our
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