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Occupied today on the first floor as an apartment, this Rickreall
buUdlng, familiar to all passersby, was the second structure to
haBM the community's old Dixie flour mill, first operated by water-
power In the late 1860s. The original mill building; burned in 1891,
was replaced by this structure the following year. Statesman photo
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it
TYim aM nivU mill, frnm an old nictnre taken in 1900 while the mill.
race was still in use- The big
In 192S and its lumber used in
'was converted in that year to
Pioneer Flour Mill
Stood on Hall Site
t By MARY ADAMS
Statesman Correspondent
; v RICKREALL To the passing motorist, the sign, "Haunted
Mill Dance Hall" in Rickreall probably means just another dance
hall. But to Rickreall residents there is more to the story and
the "hauntn is only incidental.
A The old Rickreall flour mill,
and what inspired the founder of-
the dance hall here to name it
Haunted Mill," is now the resi
dence of Ezra Hart, present pro
prietor of the hall.
' The haunted mill legend was
conceived In 1928 by Archie
Legg, Southern Pacific agent at
Derry station, when he decided
to open a dance hall on the old
mill grounds. He bought the
Id mill and an adjoining ware
noose and flax shed- the latter
built by the state to store flax
that was extensively grown
iere for three years and con
verted the shed into a dance
hall. The warehouse was torn
down and much of Its lumber
used In remodeling the shed for
dance purposes. '
By the time the shed remodel
ing job was-finished, the legend
of Rickreall's 'hauntedJmill had
been well circulated on cards sent
into several adjoining counties,
and the dedication was a big af
fair. The main entrance then was
a narrow hall from the high
way side, and enterprising Pro
prietor -Legg covered it with
black .cloth, and "decorated" it
with spooky figures. He! also de
vised faces that would appear in
the mill windows and made them
emit blood-curdling screeches. J
J Legg's scheme. - worked and
dancers flocked to his hall by the
hundreds.
' But the old mul, even though
debunked of its - present-day
"haunt" legend, has a most In
teresting bit of history, as re
called by W. W. Rowell, Rick
reall postmaster, who has lived
In this community for more
than half a century.
-The first mention m records of
a mill was on February 25, 1865,.
when a deed was given by J. M.
Ford to Isaac Dempsey and T. C
Thorpe for a right of way for a
millrace for the operation of a
17ell does W. W. Rowell, Ekk
reaU's present-day postmaster,
remember the community's old
flour mUL because ho has
tpent more than 63 years there,
was one or the proprietors in
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warehouse (right) was torn down 1
remodeling the state flax shed that
a "haunted" dance halL
once a flourishing institution
flour mill to be erected on La-
Creole (Rickreall) creek, which
ran ' through the Anson Kimsey
and R. W. Ray places. The water-
nAnrAvoil mill urns Viill4 3nv5v ef
next two j years, and for many
years thereafter was known as the
Dixie mill.
, The first mill burned on Octo
ber 31, 1891, but G. W. White and
A. J. McDaniel rebuilt it in 1892
and equipped It with modern ma
chinery. A huge wareshouse
(pieces of which went into the
making of the present dance hall)
also was built in 1892. 100 feet
west of the mill. Grain was car
ried by gravity through a five-
Inch pipeline from warehouse to
mill.
Dixie mill marketed flour
under the White Lily trade
mark and the brand became
well known In many states.
Large consignments also were
sent to China and Japan under
the Lion brand. The valley
flour was popular In the Orient
because of Its whiteness.
In 1899 the entire wheat crop
was badly damaged by a wet sea
son, which started in early Au
gust with a bad electric storm and
continued through the falL The
damaged wheat was bleached
white and shipped to China and
Japan; the two countries taking
the entire output of the mill.
. Operations of the mul halted in
1907, "when the machinery was
moved to, Bellingham, WaslL, but
in 1908 Mr. Rowell, the present
postmaster, and Peter Crook
formed a partnership, bought ma-
V chinery at Dayton and operated
their plant on a custom basis until
19 12, when flood waters washed
out their dam. The waterpower
mill ten gave way to steam.
A few years ago Mr. Hart had
a modern apartment constructed
on the main floor of the old mill
building.
ine mui properuy itas rre-
. quently been under litigation
ever the title. Of the men em-
, ployed In the eld milling opera-
. tiona here, only Thomas Demp
sey of Kelso, Wash,' and W. W.
Rowell remain. A. -J. McDan
leL one of the former owners.
resides In Portland.
- Rowell recalls how an uniden
tified townsman ended a bitter
argument in which three prom
inent local men became embroiled
at the time the old mill burned, in
1891. .Wheat saved from the fire
had been staked off in lots and
, sold. " . The argument arose over
which was entitled to the biggest
pile, which happened to lie above
the millrace. The townsman end-
ed-the argument by opening the
flood gates and sluicing the dis
puted pile down the creek.
Think of It!
McCOMB, M 1 s s.- () -Several
women were overheard discussing
tfceir respective reducing pro-
erams. saia one proucuy: -i ve
been en a diet all day now."
1 2
Stay ton Flower Show fHhe Best"
: -
Miims'' Show to Advantage
By TJT.T.TF. L. MAD SEN t
. . "The best amateur flower show we have seen.'.' ,was the ex
pressed opinion of judges and many of the visitors at the annual
Stayton Flower show held Thursday. The arrangement and the
quality of bloom were both excellent. 'And the variety .was
immense.
. Some of us might have been'
thjnking that the recent rains
damaged our blooms, but Stay
ton's display almost belied that.
I Stayton . women have been
studvinsr flower
arrangement for 1 " " ' ; ' (
the past two
years, and they
are carrying out
their studies in
their exhibits.
Mrs.; Earl Miller,
who took top
prize in artis
tic arrangements
had some unus
ual and beauti
ful arrange
f0
ments. The per
fection of t h e
IJIlie Midien
blooms was a noticeable feature.
Too few of us-strive for perfec
tion in production.
mile the Stayton garden
club will hold a chrysanthemum
show later this fall. Quite a
number of early "mums" were
mm f m
If He Looked Like-
BANGOR, Me. UP) Finis
Fair, author of the radio show,
"Mr. District Attorney," spends
much of his time seeking back-'
ground. He stopped In a sher
iffs office near here and before
he could open his mouth a dep
uty had wrestled him to the
floor and whipped a pair of
cuffs on him.
The sheriff had lust captured
a bank robber who looked
much like Farr, and the deputy
had thought the desperado had
broken out some way. When he
learned of his mistake, the dep
uty fainted.
"You see," the sheriff ex
plained, "ho had been given
orders to shoot If you'd made
a false move, he might have
killed an Innocent man."
Then Farr fainted.
i OOOy S Retort
WILSON, NC-WVWhen Giles
W instead was named foreman of
the Wilson county grand Jury
Judge Henry Stevens commented
"I'm sure youH do you look
like a good reliable citizen."
-Ana you sound nice a good
pouuezan, too," responded Win
. . . . " v
stead.
Band Played On
CAMP B LANDING, Fla.-iff)-
"Well, sir, I was in Jackson.
Miss., ready to catch the train to
camp," said Corporal Virgil W.
Thomas when he was called on
the carpet for being six months
late for duty, "and a band came
by, stopped and just before
boarded began playing the na
tional anthem. Ir, of course, came
to attention and stood there
Meanwhile, te train pulled out'
Beans' Burned
. MEDFORD, Okla. -()-Two
years ago neighbors saw Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Schwartx leave
on a trip. A few minutes later,
smoke rolled from the house.
The neighbors summoned Are
men. A pot of beans was burn
ing. Recently the Schwartx
family again went away. A
.few minutes later, smoke again
rolled from the house. Firemen
were summoned. Yep the
beans were burning aralnl ':
Chick in Everv Pot
NEW YORKr(ffVCookinff was
aone on a grand scale in Middl.
bury, Vermont, in the 1800's. In
I ms stagecoach North." an ae
I couni ox Vermont s first eenera
uon, w. storrs Lee tells that when
squash pies were made, there was
enough pie to last a month. At an
apple bee enough greenings were
Pared .and strung f or drvinff to
last the winter. Twenty eggs went
in gmgerDread. Six pounds of su
gar, two of lard, three of butter
twelve of flour, and a dozen and
a half eggs were the basis of loaf
cake.
War Babies?
SAN DIEGO. Calif. Amon
the passengers to arrive from the
I Orient just before imposition of
I stringent war shipping conditions
were three baby elephants, two
J Jundu keepers and a miscellany
I of Asiatic birds and animals. Mrs.
BeHe Benchley, secretary of the
Jlocal zoo to which they were con
signed,1 said defense priority in
shipping and general war hazards
made ' further such acquisitions
doubtfuL
12 x 2 x 2
C3LRLOTTESVn J K, Vi.-UP)
-Miss Beth Cowles ought to have
a double portion of - good luck.
She found aa eight-leaf clover.
k
on display Thursday. The old
time bronzy Yellow Normandy
was admired by many and the
little V button ' white V Korean
Nibbo was also delixhtfuL
Those of you who are asking
for ; e a r 1 y Chrysanthemums
should notice these, which are
appearing at displays now.
Mrs. Joe Van Cleave, who dis
played both of these, said they
had. been In bloom for quite
a spell. - ' f.
Attracting considerable atten
tion was the mallow, with Its
five-inch' blooms. ' exhibited by
Mrs. Raleigh Harold. I do not
know which mallow this is, as I
had never seen this particular
one in bloom before. It resembled
the single hibiscus more than it
did the true mallow.
Another, not , so frequently
seen : flower, was the arctotls.
exhibited by Mrs. VanCleave,
who goes In for variety. This
belongs to the herbacious di
vision.' The cultivation Is said
to be very simple and the fol
iage somewhat reminds one of
the dusty millers. The one she
exhibited was arctotls grandis
and the flowers were a pale
violet, showing to much better
advantage for the day-time vis
itors ' at the show than to the
night callers. The flowers are
single and might slightly re
semble, In form, the African
daisy. '
A number- of forget-me-nots
were also on display, both the
common annual and the Chinese
variety.
The rose division was excep
tionally good, although not so
very large. While a little mil
dew did show on the foliage, I
was surprised how very free from
disease it was. The year has been
excellent for the spread of plant
diseases, and only very good care
could possibly have kept the fol
iage as clean as it appeared at the
show.
Stayton's garden club cer
tainly Is to bo complimented on
its work which Is very no
ticeable when one comes Into
the town. Almost every Stay
ton resident seems to take a
pride In his lawn and garden.
Wheat Goes
On Assembly
Line Basis
By JOHN M. BRUNER
AP Feature Service
HARDIN, Mont. Thomas D.
Campbell has made wheat fanning
into a huge industrial project that
brings big town mass production
methodst out into the endless
grain fields of rural Montana.
Campbell, a graduate mechani
cal engineer, believes, that what
agriculture needs in general to
prepare it for the future is a big
dose of industrialized efficiency.
He has applied the theory effec
tively to his own vast holdings.
This season he completed his
23rd harvest, with his farm equip
ment operating on an around-the-
clock basis.
Campbell this year seeded and
harvested approximately 300,000
bushels of wheat on 15,000 acres.
This, he says, is the largest single
wheat project in the western hem
isphere. .
Perform "Lightning Harvest' 1
Besides his, Montana wheat
holdings he is associated with
John J. Raskob in operating
New, Mexico project of several
hundred thousand acres.
Campbell's farms are complete
ly mechanized for a "lightning
harvest."
Fifteen tractor-drawn combines
cut 20-foot swaths through fields
of golden brown wheat Other
tractors draw a string of wagons
to strategic points where the com
bines, which thresh as they reao
unload. Truck of 10 and 12-ton
capacity haul the wheat to stor
age granaries.
i "We operate just like any other
industrial plant," says Campbell.
who Is lean, bronzed, and has snow
white hair as the only visible sign
be is aprpoaching the 60-year
marx. v
An Acre a Minute
"We have about the same num
ber, of field bosses per crew as a
factory would have . foremen.
Tm ai j
iieu mjjr uung goes wrong we
have the men spotted to take care
of it. - - , , .
"A truck moves about the field
keeping "the tractors supplied with
gasoline, oa and water. We keep
iire-ngming equipment ; oh the
job.
"Under ideal conditions, with
the tractors moving at their nor
mal speed of two and a half miles
an hour, we can harvest an acre a
minute. v
Campbell was the son of
farmer and his early ambition was
to reduce the drudgery of : farm
work. He studied mechanical en
gineering at the University of
North Dakota and later at Cornell
university. ',
"Zone Two, come In for a landing" . . . "Zone Four, taxi to the edge of the ramp" ... and when dark
im r&iia iiwr the "West Point of the Air." these flrlnr Instructors and their microphones really .be
come a babble of sounds In the night. High above the floodlights on the
In the control tower keep paternal watch ever the night-flying of their students at Randolph neia.
Tex., advising them on their landings and takeoff s, making assignments of students to their sones,
and relavtnr resorts from the weather shins vatrol the skies watching for treacherous fog and
clouds. At their fingertips in the
manually operated signal lights
Civilian
Boost Ar
(Editor's Note: T. Claude Ryan, who
built the plane In which Charles A.
Lindbergh flew the Atlantic, is partici
pating doubly in tne national aeiense
program, both as a builder and di
rector of primary training school.
He tells for The Statesman special
news service how civilian-run flying
schools are helping boost the army's
pilot production.)
By T. CLAUDE RYAN
President, Ryan School of Aeronautic!
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Sept 20-
( Statesman Special News Serv
ce))-In view of plans of the
army air corps to increase its pil
ot training rate from the present
goal of 12,000 pilots annually to
30,000, it Is obvious that the
greatest possible use of civilian
contract schools must be made to
accelerate the expanded program.
Already there are 28 civilian
flying schools providing primary
flight training to- newly-enrolled
flying cadets of the army air
corps. There is every indication
that this program will be widened
further at civilian schools and
there is the possibility also of
turning over basic flight training
to selected civilian contractors,
thereby releasing army fields and
instructors -for more advanced
military technical operations.
Only two years ago the plan
of conducting primary flight
training of air corps cadets in
civilian flying schools was an
untried experiment Today the
experiment Is an unqualified
success.
Again the American system of
utilizing private initiative has
been proved Impressively effie
lent
Use of civilian flying schools
by the air corps has had the great
advantage of utilizing the long
experience and facilities of the
leading commercial schools, and
it has brought about a decentral
ized training program in a way
which would permit rapid ex
pansion, as now has been dem
onstrated fully.
This expansion has been car-'
ried on more rapidly and - at
substantially less cost " than
could possibly have been 'done
if executed directly by the
army. In addition, the. air corps
has profited greatly by the ex
ecutive and organization ability
of the various civilian schools.
The launching of the civilian
training program is a worthy ! tri
bute to the vision, patriotism - and
courage of the war department
and ranking air corps, officers
who had the decision to make, as
the utilization of commercial
schools ' was a drastic departure
from anything done before.
We can consider our civilian
schools as a first line - of ' pilot
training for. the United States.
It was not an easy matter to
undertake the air corps cadet
training program In the sum
mer of 1939. Housing facilities
had to be produced for the- ca
dets. This was done by erection
near our, San Diego operating
base of unit-type barracks com
plete with mesa, recreation and
other related facilities as well
: as extensive training facilities,
constituting In fact a miniature
army post '
Then" it was necessary to ob
tain .additional field, facilities.
A final problem was to provide
the required number of qualified
instructors.' , . "
' Originally we took in new class
es of 35 , cadets every six weeks
for the 12-week course, but since
last fall have been receiving 65
cadets "every five , weeks at : the
San Diego training ; detachment
for the shortened 10-week course.
; With one exeception, our school
has been typical of ' the other
commercial " flying 'schools no w
conducting the army's' primary
flight training program. The ex
ception is that Ryan has served
las the proving ground for adop-
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The present army pilot train
ing program to produce 12,
00 pools a year calla. Is Is
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control tower are switches controlling flood and hangar-top lights,
and two-way radio equipment.
Fly
ing Schools Help
y's Pilot
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By ETHAN
For many years now Fve
harbored a suspicion that In
telligence tests are the bunk. I
dare the wise boys to let me
answer a set of their questions
and then tell me precisely how
smart I am. For I happen to
have a very, very cockeyed
L a
My suspicions were
aroused
Plane Firms
Like Oregon
Trained
oys
By WINSTON H. TAYLOR
"Oregon boys . are tops with
the big aviation companies oa
the Pacific coast'' aays C A.
Guderlan, Salem defense train
ing coordinator. Records show
boys trained here are sticking
to their jobs and are advancing.
A large proportion of those
learning aviation sheet metal
under the Salem setup are in
the national youth administration
classes at Chemawa, instructed by
R. R. "Bob" Boardman. That cen
ter has sent 105 boys to work
since March. It is conducted by
national defense, NYA and the
Salem Indian school.
The age group trained there, 18
to 24 years, is probably the most
popular among aircraft manu
facturers. They are recent high
school graduates, generally. That
amount of education or its equiv
alent is required. !
. Many of the trainees have
never had good jobs they
come from all walks of life,
college boys, farmers, shoe
, shiners, clerks, ditch j diggers
and on down the list 'Commun
ities all over the state are their
- homes some come from out- -;of-state."-
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Thje center is , for boys who
can't' afford to' go to full-time
school as they support themselves.
They go to class 4 H hours a day
and work ' on - campus 1 projects
four hours, for which they receive
$30 per month- The school re-'
ceives ' back $20 for ' room and
board. ; ' ; ' 7 ' ' I :
-. The school ; runs two j shifts
daily each of about 23 boys. The
course . is scheduled Ao last 12
winks' hut th rtcmnnd fnr far-
fnrv ArVr h nrnnrnTi man
orders, through the Salem oliiee
of the state employment service,
for youths with but five and
often : three weeks of training.
At the end of the time they are
prepared to go into plants ' and
make bigger wages than most of
them have ever experienced.'
t-' Often they-write back to their
Instructor, Boardman or the co
ordinator, Guderian. i -r :r ' ; .
:-i One letter says;' ."Just think, -here
I am making 73H cents an t
hour. . That's as much as I
could make working : all day -back
home." Another boy has
been at work less than three
- months. He Is earning 93 'cents
' an hour and has four men under .
him." ;
What a little training wiU do
. Is shown by; the boy f who
, writes: l"The foreman 'couldn't
make heads nor tails of a blue-
print so I had to sit-down and
translate It for him. Jast as we
did in school for Ed Brenner.
understood, for continuation of
the 28 commercial schools ' on a
greatly expanded basis. About
two-thirds of the cadets will be
graduated and sent en for bas
ic, advanced and specialised
training to one or more of the
three army training, centers
based at Randolph Field, Tex,
Meffett Field, Calif and Max
welt Ala, ' - ,
Mil
landing field, veteran Instructors
Output
WEaemise
GRANT
back when I was trying to work
my way through college. Enter
ing law school, I made the mis
take of asking the dean if in his
opinion a youth of my intelligence
could make the grade. He didn't
know, so he got me an appoint
ment with a professor of psy
chology. I was suspicious the mo-
ment I laid eyes on the prof, for
he'd forgotten to put his shirt
tail in, and his expression and
manner indicated to the man of
the world 1 was that he hadn't
recovered from his hangover.
He gave me a written test con
sisting of ten questions.
The first was: "Who was
Isaae Newton?" Any sap, knew
Isaac Newton was the guy who
grot credit for discovering some
thing everybody; else already
knew. But you can't be face
tious with s psychologist so I
told the dope who Isaac New
ton was.
Number two was: "How can
you cross the continent and pass
through only six states?" That
one got me. I'd never been very
well versed in geography, and
there X sat without a map. It
didn't seem a very practical
question, anyhow, so I just said
I didn't know. The third also
stumped me: "Is a lute a wind or
a stringed instrument?" I made
stab at it but got "lute" mixed
with
flute," and the answer got
a zero.
Number four: "is a jaguar a
weapon or an animal?" Being
neither a zoologist nor a col
lector of relics, I couldn't say.
And I was beginning not to care
much. But I did sense the need
of an education. My answer to
number five:, "Alaaagascar is a
possession, of what country?"
was "Great . Britain. It should
have been "France." The next
was: "What is a tedder?" I had
the old boy there. He hadn't
known I was the progeny of a
. line of farmers extending clear
back to Noah!
But even so,-he did stump -me
with the seventh: ."How long is
furrow?" I wrote," "40 rods," but
when he read it he scratched him
self and grinned, so I knew it was
wrong. By the time I got to the
eighth: ?What is a ; platypus??
didn't care any more. I wrote,
platypus . is an animal that start
ed, out to be a" duck and changed
- its mind and tried to be a beaver..
Next he wanted to know: "How
much is a billion?? I asked my
self what a billion had to do with
Blackstone, and skipped it
Number ten was the payoff:
"Where would., you be most
likely to find a dflverT I didn't
know. I still don't know. As I
. said, .that was ; years . ago. The .
prof looked my test paper everl
and gave me a rating, right In 1
front of nay eye. But It was raj
- Esperanto, or Latin,, or . dog
Latin. Anyway, I knew by the
way he studied me and rubbed ;
his chin that I had an extreme-
ly low L Q. .-: X :"l Is
, '- I didn't mention: the test to the
dean, for fear he'd refuse mo ad
mittance. He didnt mention it to
mo. Which was a bad sign. , My
heart was set on becoming a law
yer. But I knew from the begih
ging, Contracts & Agency,' toat I
was handicapped. I worked even
ings in ,an ' automobile parts fac4
tory. Z studied every : spare mo
ment; during lunch, hours, going
to and from work, on the, street
car.", - X: ". J -- ;
But thai thought that I had
a low L Q never left me. And
at the end of the first term I
gave It up. Knowing what I
-know now," Tm eonvineed the
world lost a renowned shyster.:
AH because a man with a sheep
skin license to dabble with that
unfathomable, unpredictable-
W
Grads
A new president Dr. Carl
Sumner Knopf, Is coming to the
Willamette ... university campus
fat a few. days. V "
' An idea of what mar be ex
pected of him as a speaker and
thinker may be gleaned from
the following excerpts from an
address, "Facing the Dawn," he
made Thursday night , in Los
Angeles bef ore an ' alumni ban-
net held by ' the Willamette
Club of Southern California:
"The oldest university on the
Pacific"; coast just ' entering its
second century, faces the dawn.
Today's shadowed world has but
one possibility ahead, dawn. Edu
cation will make , it brilliant or
murky." War's final conflict is be
tween human values," and within
the human mind. It will be set
tled not between but within
states. " . ; - ..
"Dr. . Grenf ell of Labrador said
that education was not to fill up
with facts, but to light up can
dles for the darkness of the world.
Walter Lippman has pointed out
that for fifty years schools have
been removing what produced
modern ' democracy. Curriculum
tinkerers stopped passing on the
great classical and religious cul
tures. Universities toyed with
trade school- ideas. Career minded
individualists failed to cooperate
in developing and saving a demo
cratic order. Graduates too often
lacked the premses, ideas, logic,
method, values and deposited
wisdom necessary for sane ad
ministration of freedom.
"Even a monkey making artic
ulate noises would command in
vestigation. The great philoso
phers, religionists and theistic sci
entists have long been making
articulate noises about man, the
universe, and moral implications.
There are smug professors and
sophomoric students who miss it
all!
"The modern world lacks ef
fective moral and spiritual con
trols. African villages without
gadgets can hold more content
ment than a chromium trimmed
apartment Machinery speeds us
faster and further. Few know why
or where. The biblical Micah
plowed with a stick. Today we
have gang plows, but also gang
sters. Ruth mowed with a sickle.
We have improved on the mower,
but not on Ruth. Twenty centur
ies ago the. gospel was good news.
Today the presses are marvelous.
Is the news better?
"Three dangers threaten Amer
ican education. First organization
that mechanizes the procesil
maker -Willie a dot on a graph!
reduces the curriculum to an as
sembly line with standardized
output, and produces a generation
ripe for regimentation. Second,
shortcuts that have the surface
to save all; that gain three min
utes and leave the gainer unft
to use them; that attain a skill
and forget a souL Third, secular
Izatioa that bows God, Bible
and church out of Campus re
spectability and leaves just the
kind of a tiger world we are now
"The independent college still
has work to do. It is free to face
the dawn, to provide a quality
product and an awakenedcitizen
ship, motivated by those high re
ligious and moral principles with
out which the modern machine
world will- destroy itself. The
peace that is to come; the democ
racy that, is to live; the' comfort -and
beauty that will be these
demand what a high type, courag
eous, sane, independent university
can give. . 1 .
"Willamette enters! her second
century facing the dawn. Her
alumni wfll ' carry on. Her staff
will guard .the sacred flame of
noble tradition. Her graduates
will add to the luster of the brave
new world that is bound to come.
Teachers Gird 'Gainst
War Propaganda
TULSA, Okla.-(ff)-Rural school
teachers - will attend classes this
winter to familiarize them with
war propaganda.
: ' The classes will be under the
supervision of Dr. Ross Beall of
the University of Tulsa.
Mrs. Esther Donovan, rural
school supervisor, said the pur
pose will be to teach the teach
ers "to recognize and resist propa
ganda and carry the information
back to their students." 3
: "Hitler always precedes an ar
my with propaganda and we must
be oh our "toes," says Mrs. Dono
van. . '
Potatoes vs. Spuds . -
JOPLIN, Mo.-(ff)-J. E. Rowe
and . John; Thompson decided tb
test the ancient theory that the
moon has something ' to do 'wilh
the planting of potatoes and th
way they thrive. So Rowe plant
ed some in the dark of the moon
and -Thompson 'tried his on the
light side. .The dark won, one" bu
she! to three-fourths.' ! I-
something called ' "mentality1
:, ambitious youth: a man who -
. couian t - remember x that .his
shirt . tail . belonged Inside his
; pants! ' , '
. If one of my subterranean L 9.
may be permitted to say so, in
teUigence tests are the bunk. If
you want to know how smart a,
youngster Is, .why not tell him
right from wrong , and watch to
see how he reacts? .