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Silverton Acquires Famed Mill
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Property Provides Recreational Center
The city of Silverton'i newest
acquisition of property has formed
a heated contention in Silverton
homes and on Silverton streets
since Monday night, almost divid
ing discussion space with the sec
ond World War. Prior to Monday
night, it was no acquisition; it
was only a heated contention.
This local battle began wag
ing early last fall when it be
came known that the old
Fischer Flouring Mill property
would be offered for tax sale.
A group of citizens headed by
Dr. P. A. Loar, who, incidently is
president of Silverton's Planning
council, decided it was "too good
proposition to pass up."
The large brick building, these
citizens explained, could be used
for a recreational center; the office
building of concrete could house
the public library now being
housed in the city hall, and the
huge old mill should be torn down
as a fire hazard.
There were, in addition, over
six acres lying along Silver Creek,
reaching to the new swimming
pool and across the creek from the
city park. A subscription list was
Started quickly.
The first snag was when at
a meeting of the library board
composed of Mrs. H. B. I itham,
Mrs. O. B. Bentson, R. A. Fish
and L. F. Tucker, members
voted against It as a future home
for the library. It gave them no
more space than present quar
ters, the board explained, and
there would be considerable, ex
pense In moving.
But other uses for the building
could be found if the library TH old mlll while in a picturesque setting, Is considered a fire haz
didn't want it, the group, headed mrd n now that Silverton owns the property It will be torn down.
by Dr. Loar, contended. And
then the war came, and the
county arranged to let the city
use the building for defense head
quarters until "such a time as it
was sold.".
Culmination of the ficht came
Monday night at a special meet-
ins of the citv council when Dr.
P. A. Loar appeared with a sub-
scription gift of $1720 to be ap-
DUed on tne purchase, one or
the most heated arguments heard
- a i i a mti
in cuy councu cnamoers ai ou-
verton for many a year, followed
the offer of the money.
L.ouncumen u. r . lucKer, k. a.
Fish and L. E. Brown voted
against both gift and purchase.
Their stated reasons Included,
too heavy a financial burden on
the city already. If we have
money to spare we should buy
defense bonds now. The city
council has no right to spend, the
people's money In speculation.
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This building will be used as a recreational center by Silverton. The
acreage purchased will probably
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Cacti Is Truly
By LILLIE
You notice the slogan this
You know that really could
let me hasten to add, that we
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These plants, like some of our 1
transplanted citizens, are now
fullfledged Americans and are
doing as much, if not more in
some instances, than the plants
born" here.
But the cacti, with perhaps one
ec two exceptions
art native only
to the American
continent w e
are told. This Is
Interesting right
now. They are
. found all the
! way" from Can-
ada to South
America, but our
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H United States.
and Mexico, lead'
LflIU Maiaea
all? other localities to' number and
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znere areweruarcua no
Si y'rv " ZTiZ
'Shades 01 thd tops, iLixr-MV be
f-Pty Pfii f?Wss with a, teaspoon of-
nm li tha brtMi.' For the rflOSt
rctfL -'cacti are tender anLsus -
ipUble i ir4ury, lc
. ury ouw ucuc, um
is mr .not Confined tO trODlCai
Wensinl-troplca :-Teitoi'
least Itwo-tpecies. of -opuntia ex;
i- tendliwrthward. to British Colum
f bla and specjes Of someare fptu4
Am wv . - j . w ".v . r
As a nle, cacti are dlTtded
fate two enuurai Classes W
. m-m--- ' "m a
those thai hare their origin la
the arid desert: and ; (S) these
that are native to the tropics.
cth have thla la eommoni they
store rp any moisture obtainable
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And the purchase price Is only
the Initial cost. Development
comes next."
A. L. Coote, L. E. Starr and
J. W. Jordan voted for the pur-
chase, giving as their reasons that
',the cos to be dJ wil1 be but
tO, with $1720 of the $4000
Purchase price all ready donated,
ana xo returned irom tne
vuuuijr m u3 w me wj. iuere
are five years in which to pay for
it rha Ci7vfl rrnrarm tha vi tot- fnrA
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years- " we let it go, we'd soon
be paying rent for defense head-
uv v
it now, Silvrton has a future. A
fire hazard will be removed. We
have as much right to Purchase
this sa we did to purchase McGin
nis ball park."
Mayor Reber Allen, stating
no reason, cast his vote with
the affirmative. City Manager
. K. Barton took no part in
be turned Into a municipal park.
Go Patriot
a Native Plant
L. MADSEN
yelr? "Buy American mad
apply to gardens as well not.
should remove anything foreign
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plent- oI fresh
,
The cacti of the desert regions,
which comprise by far the greater
p1tagegrown as house plants,
want rir-r warm atnutmhtrt!
xentionaiw rood drainac. a
sweet soil, full sunlight, a inliu-
mum amount of water and a rest
neriod
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factors in the growing of cacti
is due to rot caused by poor drain
age or overwatering. Drainage
material should be used generous
ly in the bottonTpf the pot The
desert type .of cacti "should be
watered most freely durinr lteproptrty was put up for tax fore
spring and vommer, which cor-ld0fUr8 gait, at Salem. No bids
their natural habitat.
rvsponos 10 ,w rainy Mm in
4 j IK. nom. m which the
plants grow Is dry and hot the
.-wu . ucvu omrv
,ool and moist. L 8om rrawnH
- tnar ' aun nil Him im.
r .Wki'nDi
,MTxonaampie st wna we?
Or inuml tMmlmL V t
M'Usd lute warm-. water: and"
not pour lt r theplant Userfr ' - , l;
small ootsvv -. :A- ,
. .Xte not over water newly plant
y' A vva- " n mM,. vw ,ynm
for the .first ; three "weeks--until
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: mey nave oegun.10 root ana signs
of new growth appear.; Just, give! suverton bad the acquisition'
them sufficient to encourage them.
. Until they have formed roots, they
are unable to take care of arw
excess water given them. -
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the discussion. H. B. latham,
citizen at large, appeared at the
council and voiced his opinion
in opposition to the purchasers.
r iscners D louring ami com-
pany as such, completed its work
and folded its books during the
past year, and with it went pne of
Silverton's pioneer businesses.
t,- omta
which to Fish headea
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by W. J. Burns now of San Fran
Clain' fath , M; c w K
vice president, and William Dun
bar as secretary, acquired the
skaife John McIntosh who
had first opened the mill.
The late George Cusiter, for
merly city recorder, came from
Portland in the spring of 1888
to buy wheat for the new firm
and to take care of the books.
Judge L. II. McMahan now of
Salem was oilerman and sweep
er at the mill from 1885 to 1886.
With the decline of the export
trade, the Oregon Milling com
pany sold the plant first to Ed
McKinney and then to John Wolf
ard, before finally disposing of
it to the Fischers
In 1900, the mill was established
as the Fischer Flouring mill when
Henry F. Bischer came from Cor
vallis and bought the plant, im
proved it and enlarged it. In
1908, a cereal plant of 250-barrel
capacity was added and suchl
brands as "Fischer's Oat Flakes,"!
Wheat Hearts," and "Silver
Flakes" joined "Pride of Waldo
iiuis nour.
Recently, at a party, a group of
Silverton-born women remarked
they had good reason to remember
"The Pride of Waldo Hills," as
the flour sacks in which it came
:had formed more than one piece
of their lingerie before silk be
came the vogue for even little
girls.
Mr. Fischer's son. Lows H.
Fischer, now of Jefferson, took
over the mill at the time of the
former's death, and continued It
successfully until 1S31 when it
began to fall, and in the fall of
1932 went into bankruptcy.
It was then that the stockhold-
rs organized to see what they
COUld UO TO reineve Weir invest
ments. The mill was sold in 1927
to the Walin Brothers for $9000
plus taxes. But the deal was
never entirely completed and the
indebtedness remained largely un-
P walins converted the
i01 mto cannery and operated
U ix During the past
I unuiiBr wu let go IOT lUH
d abandoned as the ' Silverton I
Cannh coinpany moved into a
$10,000 plant constructed by I
tannery uuuaing, inc., cojnposea
I pi ouvenoa Business men.
I m en . . . .
A total of tmeOt worth of
bends was outstanding against
the Fischer Flouring IDHs at
the ..time -It waa -forced Into
bankruptcy.
In mid-October this fall, the
rmiw Count armratur.
for the purposes of the tax sale.
had fixed the price at $6500. Fol-
-1 sue price, tne counry Tputt agreed
I aM it -Zj. .
dl meeting Monday! were alsVin
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I suTerum'8cityemcll?;lias?
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w -wc.w .iHinaHiu in
do wed .own, through the
. I Silverton itizenawho Wednes-
J day expressed themselves lndif-
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mg,or not purchasing the prop-
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eny,: rwnarseu uuii now uun
4 they hoped that the "heated cor
tention" within local city border.
I wouM have to do with the foreign
- I enemy.
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Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, December 21. 1941 7
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Br ETHAN
If you are one of those persons who seem never able to get
ahead, perhaps it's because you
cess. Yet, as I see it, it is one of
an old notebook of mine I find this
A li fnaa'e iftle Mn4 1 -
aut wui m iiieu m veaaa tuiui j
exceed his grasp, or what's a
heaven for?" copied from Rob
ert Browning's "Andrea del
Sarto."
- Do you know what it means?
I do. It's really the key to suc
cess, if you can get it Nor does
success consist merely of an abun
dance of champagne and caviar.
More frequently than not, cham
pagne means a headache, and I
notice that rugged Oregonians use
caviar principally as fish bait
Success Is "I Can"
Browning was vague. So, lack
ing, his profundity, perhaps I can
give you the formula in another
way. Success begins as a germ
deep inside a man's head, where
it incubates as a nebulous some
thing you probably don't recog
nize and then becomes a growth I
like to call "I Can." If you per
mit this growth to develop, you
succeed; if you . don't it dies of
starvation.
A young man I once knew
asked the presideat of the firm
that employed ps how he could
rise above his fellow workers
which was a very clever way
to ask for a raise.
"By making a specialty of do
ing the things others say can't
be done." the president said.
"Can you do that?"
"I can," the youth replied.
Solves Business Problem
And he did.
For instance, the firm's officers
met each week to discuss the big
problems. At one of these meet
ings the president wanted opin
ions on the production of an ex
pensive article that could be sold
for less than half its price at the
time, in order to increase its pop
ularity. His minions said it just
couldn't be done.
But the young man did it. He
let that germ called "I Can" de
velop. Opportunity, of course,
helped. But once he got that
opportunity, he made the most
of it He practically drove the
rest of us crazy. It marked his
first step upward, and today
he wears a crown literally stud
ded with jewels of success.
Another man I know was 35 and
a failure, when he discovered he
had an "I Can." Today he's vir
tually the brains and work horse
of a big daily newspaper. He
sets the policies, dictates the edi
torials, writes a daily column with
scarcely ever a dull line, and still
finds time to do more work on a
copy desk than any four of the
ten hired hands who wield the
blue pencil. He also writes for
the magazines, gives lectures and,
they say, spends about eight hours
I a day just sitting and hating golf
and bridge.
So, yon see, all you have to
do is grow an enormous "I
Can" and chase it until your
tongue hangs out. If the for
mula can be of any help to you,
you're welcome to it. I've kept
It as a sort of pet secret for
around twenty years now and
am glad to be rid of it.
Meantime, will somebody please
tell me how to pay off some
pretty big debts that are long
overdue?
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Small Books
On Yuletide
Are Popular
By JOHN SELBY
The publishers suddenly have
broken out in a rash of little
books suitable for use as Christ
mas greetings. Some seem more
suitable than others, and the au
thors are, in a few cases, rather
surprisingly chosen. ' But there
will be little room for comment
so here are some of the titles
Fad In Australia
Vicki Baum has brought forth
"The Christmas Carp," which
seems to be something they have
in Australia. Or had. Edna Fer-
bers contribution is modern
Christmas story called "No Room
at the Inn." David Grayson has
produced "A Day of Pleasant
Bread;" Robert P. Tristram Cof
fin "Christmas in Maine;" Rufus
M. Jones "The Shepherd Who
Missed the Manger " and Frank
Norris "The Joyous Miracle.
These books come in transparent
tissue slips and look a bit more
like the usual gift book than
might be expected of a Christmas
greeting. (Doubleday, D o r a n
each $.50).
Drawing Books Gay
There is another, and somewhat
gayer, group which depends more
on drawings than on text Hans
Bendix is represented here with
"The Lady Who Kept Her Prom
ise;" Hendrik Willem van Loon
and his musical collaborator,
Grace Castagnetta, with a few
pages of Christmas music called
"Good Tidings;" Jane Miller with
"Lulu," who iff a poodle and has
adventures on Christmas. Edward
Milson with poetry and illustra
tions combined In "Blow High
Blow Low;" Manuel Komroff with
"A Christmas Letter" illustrated
by himself; Rockwell Kent with
"A Northern Christmas," and
there are other books by Rus
sell T. Limbach, Grant Reynard,
Roger Duvoisin, Ilonka Karasz,
and a second book by Komroff.
American Artists Group; $.50).
New Panorama Books
And finally, as if the little book
craze had expanded horizontally
into something as thin, but wider
and longer, we have the first five
examples of a new venture called
'Tanorama Books." These are
survey books, each of which con
tains some text and some illus
trations, and none of which pre
tends to be exhaustive, or even
very thorough.
The five include, "American
Bridges and Dams," by Paul
Zucker; "From Covered Wagon to
Streamliner," by Edward Hunger
ford; Henry Pratt Fairchild's
"Main Street;" Myrtle B. Mc
Graw's "The Child in Painting,"
and "The Rembrandt Bible," by
Oswald Goetz. Very likely these
just happened along at this sea
son, but they would do nicely on
the Christmas tree. (Greystone:
each $1.75).
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Bast-Loved Christmas Stories: R
Wilt Hegenb t pabousfefea
(Adapted from the Russian)
(Condensed)
It was the night the Christ
Child came to Bethlehem. In a
country faraway, an old, old
woman named Babouscka sat in
her snug little home by the fire.
How glad I am that I can stay
indoors," said Babouscka, warm-
ing her hands at the blaze.
But suddenly there was a rap
at the door. She opened it and
there were three old men stand-
ing in the snow. Their beards
were white as the snow and
reached to the ground. Their
arms were full of precious things
boxes of jewels and sweet
smelling oils and ointments.
"We have travelled far, Ba
bouscka," they said, "and we
atop to tell yon of the Baby
Prince born this night in Beth
lehem. He eomes to rule the
world and to teach all men te
be loving and true.' We carry
Him gifts. Come with us, Ba
bouscka." But Babouscka looked at the
snow and then at her cozy room
and the warm fire. "It is too late
Mr. Price
FDR's Censor Chief Real Newspaperman
By S. J. WOOLF
NEW YORK, Dec 20-(Wide
World) -Last Tuesday President
Roosevelt laid his cigarette on the
edge of his desk and, smiling at
the reporters who filled the ex
ecutive office, told them he had
news of vital interest to them.
Then he went on to announce that
he had appointed Byron Price di
rector of censorship.
He did not have to tell any
one who Byron Price was. Most
of the newsmen knew the new
appointee, many were his
friends. For he had worked In
Washington for t w e n t y-twe
years.
He went there first as a reporter
for the Associated Press, later be-
came xu, i
iiiumjr wu maue uuu ui lis uu-
reau. Five years ago he come to
New York to become executive
news editor of the entire service.
I saw Mr. Price the day after
he was named. He was still
somewhat surprised, for he had
heard of it but a day or two be
fore the announcement was made.
He posed for me In his office in
Rockefeller Center.
Not a paper was on his desk.
I thought that this was In prep
aration for his moving, bat I
learned later that no matter
how busy he was, this was the
way he always kept it How
ever, he would have seemed
more at home surrounded by
copy paper, scissors, paste pot
and typewriter. For he looks
like a newspaperman and he
has a certain easy manner that
all men who have sent years
in' gathering news have.
Big, heavy set a large black
cigar in his mouth, there was little
formality about his appearance or
manner. He took off his large
steel framed glasses and told me
to go ahead and shoot but before
I had gone very far with my
sketch I realized that unless I
were careful the man I was sup
posed to interview would learn
more about me than I would about
him.
"Censorship is nothing new to
me," he said after he got settled
In a large leather chair. "I ran
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for me to go with you," she said.
"And It is too cold." She 'went
inside and shut the door and the
old men Journeyed on to Bethle-
hem without her.
But as Babouscka sat by the
f" - e she began to think about the
mUe Cnrist Chud for she loved
H babies.
Tomorrow I wCl r to find
Him." she said. T aorrew
when it Is light And I will
carry Hbn some toys."
So when it was morning, Ba-
bouscka put on her cloak and took
her staff and filled her basket
with the pretty things a baby
would like gold balls, wooden
toys, and strings of silver cobweb,
But oh, Babouscka had forgot
ten to ask the three old men the
road to Bethlehem and they had
travelled so far through the night
that she could not overtake them,
Up and dowa the road she
hurried, through fields and
woods and towns, saying to
whomever she met "I go te find
the Christ Child. Where does
He lie? I bring some pretty
toys for "Him."
Goes to Washington
up against It myself forty years
ago. I was ten years old at the
time and I decided that my
home town of Topeka, Indiana,
needed another newspaper. Ac
eerdingiy I made up my mind
to publish one and I got out the
first copy with the help of a
penciL The censor clamped
down on me shortly after publi
cation. He was my father, and
he did not approve of some of
the things I had written about
my relatives."
The result was that young Price
had to wait until he entered high
school before he again could sat-
isfy his reportorial cravings. Later
while did work for ,
of papers. After
hi graduation he joined the
Feudalism to
World Power
To Disaster
AP Feature Service
Doughty Commodore Matthew
C. Perry sailed into Uraga harbor,
Japan, in 1853, heading a large
US -naval squadron. He accom-J
plished the design to frighten the
Japanese into friendly trade with
the United States, breaking, her
hostile isolation.
Perry's act also started Japan
on its way from feudalism to a
world power. Up to 1931, the
U.S. looked on approvingly. Here's
a thumbnail, history:
1898 Treaty permits US advis
ers, teachers, missionaries to
enter Japan.
189S Joins US in "open door"
doctrine in China.
1900 Japanese, American, Euro
pean soldiers join to put down
China's Boxers.
1903 US mediates Russo-Japa
nese war.
1111 A "gentlemen's agreement"
remedies influx of Japanese to
US Pacific coast.
1914-18 Japan Joins Allies.
1922 Signs the Washington trea
ties to limit arms and maintain
status quo in the Pacific.
1931 Military clique rises in
Japan. Seizes Manchuria (Man
chouku). 1917 Japan invades China. US
gunboat Pansy sunk. Enters
axis anti-communist pact.
1919 US denounces treaty of
friendship.
1949 Japan Joins Rome-Berlin
axis.
1941 July-August, Japanese
credits frozen in US., ship
ments of oO, metal from US
banned.
November, Japan protests US
economic "strangulation." Takes
control of Zndo-Chlna from
Vichy, France. Speeds Special
Envoy Kurusu to Washington
Dniitif 1. 1941 Japan
planes attack US Pacific
How to Say
Merry Yule
In Tongues
Ire: "Ida Wa Sana Jadl-
daV Merry
Happy New Tear.
Argentine: "Tehees
T Felloes Ane NewTo" Mew
Chrtstaaaa aa4 Bappy New
Tear.
Tnrkey: -NeeUais Te Ten!
Tunis Ksths Olsn" May yew
CkrJstnus and New' Tear Be
Bappy. t.
Sweden: "Oed Jd A (Och)
Ktt Gott Nytt Ar- Merry
Christsaas and Happy Krw
Tear. - .. -
' Brasfl: Yeas Fsstaa e Fells
Ane Not" Merry ChrMmas
and IZappy New Tear. - i
Netherlands: Trelyk Xerst-
f eest est Oelakklg Nlevw Jeer
Merry Christmas and Happy
New Tear.
China: "Knag Hat Hstn Nlen
bing Chn Shen Tan" (Happy
New Tear and Celebrate Christ-
aaas). -
Norway: God Jal Og Gedt
Nytt Aar" Merry Christmas
and cappy New Tear.
But no one could tell her the
way to go and they all said, "Tar-
ther, Babouscka, farther on." So
she travelled on and on and oa
for years and years, but she never
found the little Christ Child
They say that old Babouscka is
travelling rtflL looking for Him.
When it comes Christmas eve and
the children are asleep, Babouscka
comes softly through the town,
wrapped in her long cloak and
carrying her basket With her
ataff she raps gently on the door
ana goes Inside and holds her
candle dose to the little chUdren'i
faces.
Is He here?" she asks. Is
the Christ Child here?" And
then she tarns sorrowfully sway
crying. "Farther en! Farther
But before she leaves, she taxes
a toy from her basket and lays it
beside the pillow for a Christmas
gift "For His sake," she says
softly and then hurries on through
the years in search of the little
Christ Child.
(Next: the Ftrrt Christmas
Tree)
United Press for a few months
and on December 18, 191T, went
with the Associated Press. This
is the second time that Mr. Price
has asked for a leave of absence.
In 1918 he went to France as an
infantry captain. Now he goes to
Washington to take over his new
duties.
He will not speak about what
he is going to do, for he says he
cannot tell until he takes over.
One thing is certain, however.
and that is that he will not forget
that getting news is a reporter's
Job and publishing it a paper's
function.
He fully realises that la
ways his Job Is rotng U be a
thankless one, for as Presideat
Roosevelt pat it "all Americans
hate censorship as much as they
de war."
His chief work will be that of
coordination, of seeing that the
releases of one department are
not cross purposes with those of
another. Up to the present this
has not been done. Only recently
an American correspondent in one
of the war areas in speaking over
the radio told certain facts. Yet
when he incorporated these in an
article for his paper the censor
cut them out.
Although Mr. Price would say
little about what he was going to
do, he had much to say about
papers and their functions.
"I have felt strongly - he told
me, "that for some time before
we entered the wax our papers
were playing It ap toe much.
I have never hesitated In sayiar
this. This does not mean that I
did not realize the importance
or gravity of what was rotnr on
but that I felt that there were
other sabjeets which were also
of importance.
"Despite the war, the world
will go on. Even now with us in
it Santa Claus must get around
and there are reindeer down there
in the plaza. In times such as
these the paper must not forget
that there are still some light
things in life.
"Of course, it is to be expected
that for the next few weeks the
war will take- ud most of the
space. The people are entitled
to know what is happening, no
matter whether the news is good
or bad. I do not believe in living
in a root's paradise. The only
news that should be kept secret
is that which will aid our enemies.
"Bat I think that fca a sheet
time the papers wQ get back te
a saere aersaal state aatd play
mp ether news Saritta that ef
the war. g parts again win take
their proper place and ae wta
a lot of ether actrrtttos
hippos lags whieh far the
betng are aaare er leas sleet
ed." He recalled the many chanrea
that have come In the Associated
Press since he first Joined It; -how
It had kept pooa with progi a as
The papers themselves have
changed and improved greatly,"
he said. "Apart from better writ.
ing and better printing and fuller
news coverage they have gooe ht
for more Clustrattona, The
strange thing, however, is that
although many more pictures are
printed, the process of reproduc
tion stm lags."
Standing on a sofa, stm tmW
were two llthographe of Civil War
battle which be had bought but
a few days ago. At the time he
had little Idea that be would be
leaving New York.
"I got them," he said, "because
I thought the office atari ml a note
of color, but It may be a long time
bexore I snail once snore betett
ting at this desk and looking; 9
at tnem. m be thinking, of
other battles, besides those Clat
happened 73 years ago." w
And ae Mr.. Price geesnte
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