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IT CJLlCTTLirATLllAlw CcJaS Oregon. Tti tfay orcag; OcSsSar 27. 12' tQ THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. -, - . CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, President ' ' v;r;; Member of The Associated Presl ':-; The Associated Press !s exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this newspaper. "fawjDa;' War Is no respecter of anniversaries. It chances that just prior h the twenty first. an- . nual Navy day, which falls upon this date, our nation's, sea fighting arm has suffered soma -substantial losses . and has chosen to publicize others which occurred less recently. This letter , circumstance serves to bolster the assumption that such announcements have not been timed with any other consideration than avoidance of "giving aid to the enemy? It chances further that almost on the eve of JNavy day, a shakeup in the naval command for the Solomon Islands vicinity has been announced, giving rise to in evitable speculation upon the wisdom of strat egy recently employed there; speculation which has been fed by critical discussion in the press. Thus, all things considered, the navy has not enjoyed a "favorable press" in recent days nor, for that matter, a great share of the time since the morning of last December 7. Yet it is true that for the first time in this century, the United States navy is fulfilling a major war time role. In World War I the navy's role "though highly essential and almost perfectly " performed, was unspectacular and in a sense secondary. The navy , "took them over and brought them back" Without the loss of a sin- gle soldier from a transport under navy con voy. But it did little actual fighting. Its fatal casualties were less than one thousand. From the moment that hostilties began in this war, all that was changed. Pearl Harbor was a naval disaster. Even before that, though we are in danger of forgetting it now, our naval . forces had been attacked in the Atlantic by un derseas raiders of n a z i Germany, and had fought back. But for the most part our active share in this war to date has been in the . Pacific and in the nature of things, largely naval warfare. ' ' And on the whole, considering the terrible blow it suffered at Pearl Harbor full extent of which we have not yet been told the" navy has given an excellent account of itself. In its initial offensive thrust at the Marshall and Gilbert islands, in Macassar strait, in the Cdral Sea battle, and autstandingly in the battle of Midway, the navy has lived up to its tradi tions and has struck telling blows. The valor of its men has been brilliantly attested in each of these engamements. And in the Coral Sea, Midway and Solomons battles the tide of Jap anese conquest was definitely checked and turned back. Yet actually, it has been within the slightly less than eleven months of our participation in the war, that the revolution which has oc- - cured in the nature of sea warfare has been dearly manifested. Warships still engage in combat but the fleet's principal arm of attack no longer is the battleship with its great fire power, but the air arm. ; ' , Recognition that this revolution has occurred, has involved costly experience and there is some evidence that even yet the lesson has not been fully learned. Adjustment to the condi tions of any revolution is bound to be costly and to involve some confusion. The cost, and the confusion, may and must be curtailed by placing in command .men who are alert to its implications, capable of making the adjust . ments required. L But lor the navy and its men, participation - In this new type of sea warfare is a great and thrilling adventure. As has abundantly been demonstrated ere now, young Americans do not shrink from its hazards. On this Navy day there Is need for more young Americans to volunteer . for "tfuTervic"Alotig--with it Jiaxur'ind Its thrills, the navy offers opportunity for utili zation of skills already Acquired and for the acquisition of new skills, together with the- ad vancements in rating which their mastery war rants. With the emphasis now upon the con tribution which young men may make to the nation's cause, today's slogan may well be: "Join the navy and free the world." To Forgire, Divine Under existing provision of the Oregon con stitution, -a person Once convicted of any crime punishable by imprisonment in the penitenti ary, forever loses the right to voter-unless given a full pardon. On the November 3 ballot It is a constitutional amendment which, while it does not of itself eliminate this provision, would make H possible for the legislature to modify or remove it L Jv-; : If any voter, clinging to the "eye for an eye" principle . of retribution, thinks this lifetime penalty for wrongding is. just and proper, we can only call attention to its inequity; for in practice, there is no way of enforcing it uni formly. A person convicted of a crime, re-; turning to his former home where he and his record are known, may be refused registration and the ballot. Perhaps" a conscientious ex convict, if you may conceive of one, will not seek .the privilege. ,, J ' , But a released convict, making his home-in a part of the state where he was not previously known, is free to register and vote there is no machinery for preventing it, . For our part, we are convinced that it is no part of enlightened justice to invoke a lifetime penalty for an off ense' which does not call for lifetime incarceration; that when a convict is released, his morale and thereafter his pros " pects of resuming a normal existence will be Improved if the slate is wiped entirely clear. City of Coos Bay - When the ill-starred state known as Czecho slovakia was created by the 1919 "peacemakers" It was written Czecho-Slovakia. But the Czechs, having had more freedom previously ! and being therefore more literate and intellec tually aggressive, tactlessly started writing It without the capital -"S" - and therevy alienated to some extent the Slovaks. That situation con tributed somewhat to the nation's disaster, thoush we can see nqw that it would have come anyway. . ' From some folk "in Marshfield and North Bond who are interested in the consolidation. ' cf these cities, already virtually one geographi cally, we have received a sheaf of material de- No Favor Swaya Ua; No rear Shalt Awe From First Statesman March 23, 1831 :;,f.".--..,. - u 1 Fml MaJlaa perated about OTtau signed for our study in determining whether or not, in our opinion, the political consolidation should take place. . The material remains unopened. Without looking at it, we are ready to say offhand that the cities should be united, creating a munici pality with around 10,000 population. Obvious ly, it would entail the advantage of recognition for its actual size; and there would' be sub stantial economies in government. It is our guess and not altogether a guess that natural civic pride of the people in the two cities is one of the chief deterrents to consolidation. The people of Marshfield want to be Marshfieldians, or whatever they call them selves, and the people of North Bend want to be North Benders. .' Fortunately in this case there is another name, not related to either, by which the joint community already is known. Coos Bay. Its adoption would Involve no concession of one to the other. There would be no Quarrel over a hyphen and a capital letter. "Jetters tire program picks up speed," is the headline. Not over 35 miles per, we trust. News Behind the Nevs By Paul mallqn (DtetrtbutkM by Kin reetures Byndfeata, Ine, ftapre durtkm in who or. In Dart rfrictly nrohlbtted.) WASHINGTON, Oct 25 The mail laid out on my desk seems to me to furnish a more interesting cross section of public opinion than a national polL All shades of opinion are expressed there on every subject A Saleta, Oregen, aata dealer, Paal B. Wallaee, far example, sent me a clipping f a reader's letter ta en paper oat there, protesting sharply against my advocacy t a profits system. . This reader took the view that the profits system had broken down in the depression, that it was corrupt unequal, unfair, and that we were going to have a new and better sys tem of some kind . after the war. Mr. Wallace was exas the matter and asked me to answer. A single attempt at conscientious thought by mat reader, or anyone else, would convince him that we an live by profits laborer, fanner, clerk and business man. I think it is the communists who attempt to convince such people that profits are ugly and immoral. , Of course,' there are not enough communists in , this country to make any substantial political dif ference, except in one respect the extent to which . they induce good Americans to distrust democracy and our capitalistic system. It is unfortunate that many established leaders express beliefs, not thoroughly clarified, which inadvertently put water on the wheel of the com munist theory. Many good advocates of democracy have in the past publicly espoused causes which lead people to believe that profits are repugnant They did so for their own purposes, of course, political and otherwise and they did not espose communist purposes but they did leave in the minds of some people, perhaps in the mind of the reader who wrote that letter, that there is some thing distasteful In profits. Only unfair , profits are Immoral, as everyone knows. Only cheating and gouging are vicious problems. Tair profits are the lifebIooJ"b'f all . deincsf Stic systems, and the" indispensable susten- . ance of democracy. Another reader in Jacksonville, Fla, H. A. Han son, took the position that may also be accepted by some other people mat this is "the rich man's war and the poor man's fight" He is wrong. The rich are actually being abolish ed, both in Britain and the United States. No new rich class is being created by it, or can be cre ated, in view of the taxes. . I think the war is a fight of each citizen of very . das - except one those - who would prefer to live under the Japs and Hitler than Roosevelt Many readers have protested- my. campaign gainst hates, that is domestic hates among our selves. Mr. D. H. Butler, of the H. J. Heinz com pany. Pittsburgh, however, wrote: "If you could demonstrate to people that there are only two possible ways for men to think, either idealistically, the belief in freedom as the basis for . creating the greatest wealth for the greatest num ber; or materialistically, the belief mat wealth can be divided among the people, men you will have started these thinging people on the path of constructive thought" There is no wealth in division. Wealth today is the ability to produce, to earn. Divide the Ford factory and General Motors , or otherwise destroy their ability to produce and what have you ex cept brick and machines for scrap sales? Each man then could get a brick from them, or a piece of a machine, or the pittance their sale would bring at Junk yard prices. ; : X ; Their ability to produce Is their only, wealth; and the only wealth of you or me. And X think ambitious private management can make them produce better than political management by the . government My effort to bring some constructive realism into the hotly divided problem of the Negro met' , an approving response from all except one Negro reader, who thought it proved me "a biased, sense-' less, mechanical parrot" ;f, Obviously, she is thinking along the familiar theory that the way to improve the economic and social status of the Negro is to break down law barriers. ' . - There Is bitterness. on both sides of this ques tion, the white and the Negro, and not without some justification. , - ' But the problem will never be solved until the bitterness is dropped and Negro leaders can set an excellent example to their people, and the white leaders to theirs, by fair and straight thinfcing. ! There are good and bad on both sides, which causes each tq look at the other as a whole with unjustified suspicion. - r Best solution would be to meet on a new com mon ground of realism, shedding both bitterness , and politics, for the institution of a program which would give the negro the fullest opportunity to advance himself socially and -economically and end political handling cf the problem. (Eat, Drink and Be Merry, for Tomorrow Yon Die Cuagflpo Prcgirainnis KSLJt TUESDAY UN Ks. , Kiss shlae, T0 News in BrteC 7 .-OS-Rise N Shine. 130 Nwa '-i-''"' T AS Your Gospel Proffraaa. SM-Brt Hirsch Novelty Band. JO News Brvrtttas S3 Singing String. :0O PastorY CaU. t SOS Mime a La carter. tO Popular Music. S5 Henry King Orchestra. 10.-00 World ta Review. lOASWimmy Cash. Tenor. 1030 Womea in the News. 11 Music to Remember. 11:35 Willamette ChapeL XXma Orgenaimes. 13:1S News. , 13:90 Hillbilly Serensde. UJS WUlamette Valley Opinions. 12 45 Interlude. 1 KX) Lum 'n Abner. 1:15 Johnny Long Orchestra. 130 Milady's Melodies 1:45 Spotlight on Rhythm. S:00 Isle of Paradise. 3:15 Salem Art Recreation Center. 130 Sing Song Time. 3.-00 Old Opera House. 4 AO Harry Owens Orchestra. .4:15 News 430 Teathne Tunes. 4-45 Melodic Moods. 5 4)0 American Folk Singers. 5:15 Let's Reminisce. S 30 Golden Melodies. M Tonight's Headlines. :15 War Commentary. SO Sunset Trio. 045 Popular Music 70 News in Brief. 7-05 Shep yields Orchestra. 730 Willamette Valley Opinions. 70 Ahrino Rey at Buddy Cole. S-OO War fronts ta Review. 0:10 Sincerely Yours. S 30 You Cant So Business With Hitler. S:45 Neil Bondshu's Orchestra. 0-00 News " t:15 Oleander'a Quartette. 30 Man Your Battle Stations. 0:45 Carl Ledel and His Alpine Troubadors. 10-90 Let's Danes. The Safety Letters from Statesman Readers "JOKES IN AMENDMENT To the Editor: I hope you will pardon my presumption in thus, at this eleventh hour, Injecting a new issue 'into the argument acalnst the proposed constitu- -tional amendment freezing gas- , oline taxes and motor vehicle registration fees for highway purposes. Not that 1 am - op posed to the plan to prevent di version of these revenues. On the contrary I am in entire sym pathy with the idea, although I agree with Governor Sprague that there is no necessity for : cluttering up the state constitu tion with such an amendment . since there has never been any serious threat of diversion of these highway funds. .U But this innocent appearing amendment- goes much further than would appear on the sur face. In fact it contains what I regard as a very vicious "Jok er.' The fact that a number of state officials With whom I have discussed this "Joker" did not ? . know of its presence In the pro posed amendment leads me to believe that the voters general ly are ignorant of its existence. Hence this letter, the only pur pose of which Is to call this "joker" to Joar attention, and through you, if you' agree with me, to the attention of the vot ers of the state before it is too late to avert a serious mistake. The tloker" to which I refer would preclude the possibility of any future levy against motor vehicles for general government al purposes. This is not the un supported opinion of a mere layman. C It K considered opinion of some of the - state's most highly placed legal experts with whom I have discussed this provision. . - ' : .'. The provision ; in' question, which Is to be found near the middle of the proposed amend ment reads as follows: "and the proceeds from any tax or excise levied on the ownership, oper ation or use of motor vehicles shall ... be used exclusively for the construction, reconstruction ... of public highways, roads," fe die respettl e stai Asar eartsv are ess to caaagss sa4e by the eat settee to this sewspaper. AH rasUe rtsUaes ssay fee eat as sir ss aay es 1030 News. " 10:43 Claude Thornhul Orchestra. 1 11-00-Kid Khayyam. 11-15 Symphonic Swmg. 1130-Last Minute News. KOLN CBS TCESDAI 070 Ka. 0-00 Northwest rarm Reporter. :1S Breakfast Bulletin. 30 Texas Rangers. 0:46 Victory Front. 7:00 Koin Klock. 7:1S News. 730 News, Dick Joy. 7 -45 Neleun Pringie News. KM Consumer News. 8:15 Voices in Song. 30 Valiant Lady. 45 Stories America Loves. -00 Kate Smith S peeks. US Big Sister. 30 Romance of ttslea Treat :45 Our Gal Sunday. N-00 Life Can Be Beautiful. 10:15 Ma Perkins. ' c 1030-Vic A- Sade. : P 10-45 The Goldt 11-00 Youns Dr. 11:15 Aunt Jenny. 1130 We Love At Letrn. 11-45-News. 1 J HO Carnation Bouquet. 12:15 News. 1230 Joyce Jordan. 12:45 Bachelor's Children. 10 Galen Drake. 1:15 Sam Hayes. 130 School of the Air. 1-00 News ' 230 William Winter. 1-45 Ben Bernie. S -00 Troubadours. 3:15 News- 330 Mary Small. Songs. 3:45 News 4-00 Second Mrs Burton. 4:15 Wra Wardle. 430 American Melody Bear. Valve Members of the state emer gency board meeting here Trl day state senators and repre sentativesto whom X called at tention to this provision ex pressed surprise and declared emphatically that the . legisla ture had no intention of going as far as mis proposal does. It is entirely conceivable that Oregon might at some future date desire to tax motor vehicles, especially trucks and busses, for . the support of general govern-, mental activities to which they now contribute nothing. . Washington has such a tax which last year yielded $1,W8, 914 for-the support of its com mon schools. . California also levies an ex cise tax against motor vehicles. Last year this levy produced ap-. proximately $14,500,000. i After deducting administrative expen ; ses ; and certain ; interest pay-., ments this revenue was distrib uted as follows: 20 percent to the state's general fund; 40 per cent to the cities and '40 percent to the counties. Oregon even now has an In. - terim committee, created by the last legislature, at work on the problem of "an advalorem atx for general state purposes on vehicles used in motor transpor tation for hire." The efforts of this committee, ; should it rec ommend such a tax, would be effectively nullified by the pro posed constitutional amendment which not only freezes gasoline taxes and registration fees but "any tax or excise" which might be levied against motor vehicles, for . highway purposes. I am presenting these facts to you only for what they may be worth. If it is the desire of the people of Oregon to write such a restriction into the state con stitution that is their privilege but I feel that they should be forewarned and not permitted to swallow a sugar-coated plil only to find out, when it is too late, that it contained poison. A. Lw LIT uis Hwi!, Ealea, Ore, I :1S MJghty 30-Melody. 30 Harry Tlannery, S:45-News. SdU Cecil Brown. AO Burns and Allea. 30 They Live Povever. 70 Navy Day. T 30 Leon T. Drews, Orgaau T:45 Prazier Bunt. AO Amos la Anay. J5 Harry James. 5:45 Lights Out. . A0 Ai Jolsen. 35 Oregon Fish Protection. saw victory Harvest. i 1030-Iive Star rinai. I 10:15 Wartime Women. 1020 Air-rio. 1030 World Today. 105 Spotlight on Victory. 110 Less Hite Orchestra, 1130 Manny Strand Orchestra. 1135 News U.Mtt a m .Jusie V News. - KSX NBC TUESDAY UM KS. AO Moments ot Melody. 0:15 National Para and Home. :45 Western Agriculture. 70 Freedom on the land. . 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SAO When a Girl Ma rile - SUS Perns 'see Ufa 230 Just PUis BJTL 2 AS Front Page OTsrrelL. " . SAO-Rosd of Life. 3:15-Vle St Sade. - - S30 Against the- Stone. AS Judy end Jane. 4i)0 News - 435 The Personality Hour. 4:45 H V EiItMihrn. . AO Stars of Today. :1S Lrttte Concert.. 135 Navy Chat. 830 Merton Charles. , A5 BiU Henry. News. - AO Battle of the Sexes 30 Fibber McGee and UoIIy. 1 AO Bob Hope. . . 730 Red Skelton. AO Fred Warms m Plessors Time . :15 Moyhut Sisters. , 36 Johnny Presents , AO Adventures of This) 'Man. ' 30Horacs Beidfo Treasure Chest. IS AO News flashes. i 10.15 Labor News. 1030 Moonlight Sonata. ' 15 10A5 Francis Hotel Orchestra. 105 News. - H0 Home Town News. Hsdla Prcrzins Ccslinued On Vz2 10 ; By R, J. EZNDIUCZS What ts communism? 10-27-42 Bussia Is in the family of nations, presumably to remain throughout the ages: V (Concluding from yesterday:) The attorney for the colony in the bul in equity of the U. S. 50urt was W. H. Effinger of Portland, Oregon, whose fee was 15000, and well earned, by an able lawyer. ; . It was shown that there , was ; ample for paying all debts and REPAYING ORIGINALLY ! CONTRIBUTED FUNDS, with a balance left over to be divid ed as asked. It was shown that the bill in equity had been read in the presence of all members of the community, and explain ed to them. (Not a single objec tion was urged.) The decree de clared that Dr. Kefl had held all real and personal property in trust "for the sole .use, benefit and behoof of the two com munities, also ' that no charge would be made against the Be thel community iot their por tion of the costs f the court proceedings, the ' Aurora com munity assuming the whole' ' thereof, it being the richer and larger. There were three decrees, by Judge Deady. First, the settle ment or adjustment was de clared a just and equitable one and was ratified and confirmed. Dr. Keil was declared to have held all the property in trust for the sole benefit, use and behoof of - all the members of the two 1 communities; the same applied to all the property in whatever name, of whatever kind. The first decree was dated July 27, 1881. - . The second degreev was dated September 19, 1881, accepting and approving the report of the trustees and ;: managers, John -Giesy, George Kraus, William Fry, E. H. Ehlen, Israel Snyder, Stephen Smith and Henry Will, and they were directed to di vide the surplus funds "in such maimer as in their Judgment will tend to equalize the shares of each having regard to . . . errors or mistakes . . . and also the loss and depreciation of any shares, or from failures of crops or any other cause- what ever . . ! . Emanuel and Fred erick Keil to receive any resi due or balance of any land, by virtue of being heirs of Wra. Keil; the shares now allotted to mem being only such as they are authorized to take In right of their membership. s s, The third and final decree, made' on January 22, 1883, de clared that the report of the . committee or trustees was in all things ratified, -- confirmed -and approved, and the distribu T By JAMES HILTON Chapter 4t (Continued) V "I know, Fm' dropping it Now Fm not a touring-company ac . tress, I don't have to talk like one. l ean impersonate anybody, you know even the wife of a writer on a secret errand to an editor in Liverpool. . . ." The brain began to move. "Oh, dar ling come back soon!" "I wDl! Good-bye!" , He reached Liverpool in the early morning. It was raining, and in hurrying across a slip pery street he stumbled and felL . Rainier began to ten me most of this during the drive back from Melbury that night; a few minor details obtained after wards from other sources, I have since fitted in. We drove to his cluh, " because ; Mrs. Rainier was at Stourton; after perfunctory meetings to a few members in 'the lobby he ordered, drinks to be sent up to the suite he usually lhred in when Kenmore was not m use. - He had talked rapidly during the car Journey, but now, in quieter surroundings, he swemed to accept more calmly the fact, that there was much to ten that . he could at last quite easily re-. can. Once, when 'X thought he. was growing tired and might re member more if be rested for a while, he brushed the suggestion aside. -"You see I want to ten you all I can in case I ever for get it again, and if I do, you must remind me- you must unA derstand?" I promised, and he continuedK"Not that I think I shall it's too clear in my mind ever to be lost again. I ; could " find Blampletf a ; old house In Vale street now. if I tried Num ber. 73, 1 think it was or maybe 75 that much I have forgotten, but I suppose I cant expect - memory to come back without the normal: wear-and-tear of years. Or can 17 llas.it been in a sort of cold storage, with ev ery detafl kept fresh?'' " , We laughed, glad of an excuse to da so, and I said it .raised an interesting point which I wasnt expert enough to decide. He then resumed: "Because I actually feel as if it an happened only the other day, instead of 20 years : ago. That house of Blampied's for instance it had four dread- . ful baj windows, one on each side of the front door and two' others immediately above in the room that wasn't occupied the attics hadn't got any bay win dows. There was a pretty grim sort of basement, too, where the - housekeeper lived she didn't have to, she chose it because she OaDudoDuu tion of the assets of the Aurora community "declared to bow a just, and final settlement of the affairs of said community.' In the musetrm of the Oregon ; Historical Society, Portland, Oregon, is a handsome sterling ' silver bowl, beautifully engra- -ved: "Wise In counsel. Just in ,' .' judgment and fearless in ad-' ministration. To Hon. Matthew! P. Dcady, from the A u rora Community, September 17, 1881,' Aurora, Oregon." The reader will note that this was after, the first decree and notice of the dissolution. The bowl was given ' by Dr. Henderson- P. Deady, a son : of Judge Deady, I to the Judge, on November 23, 1832. 1 'k In effec t, the gift ls"now owned by the people of the state of Oregon. It Is a. fitting symbol of the breaking of new. ground In' ju dicial procedure in America, if not in the world, by a man cap able of thus setting a precedent that may in the fullness of time prove epochal. It Is important that the truth be weH known' concerning the history of that colony, called a communistic , colony espedaUy because " Russia, often called a communistic nation, Is now in the family of nations, with the countries which adhere to hon- esty m government to the rights of individuals in carrying on their public affairs. -- e S After this war is over, the .history of that colony will be of deep interest to every civilized man and woman on earth. This is more especially true for the reason that two or more monumental Bars got into print and were allowed to have more . or less numerous hearings by members of the public in this country. e A careful reading of the whole proceedings of that suit in equi ty in the United States court, by a great and honorable Judge, prepared by an outstanding law yer who was honest, to a fault, will straighten out the whole matter and make of no effect the two or three packs of lies that were told in print Even up to this day there are " a few living men and women who know' the truth of what was told in the proceedings in equity land put .in plain and Ir refutable print, -':--,v---v "a . a ' It was a pity that some of the leading actors in the great dra ma of the life of that colony ; could not have lived longer. ' If for nothing else, to treat to the punishment they deserved .the lew malicious liars who un fortunately got alight hearings in print was crazy enough to like it She was a queer woman altogether- Lord .knows where Blampied ' picked her up or bow long she'd : - been with him, but he cried when she died, and looked after her cat which was also a queer animal, . an ; enormous tabby spent most of its life sleeping, probably because of its weight it had won a prize as the big gest cat north of the Thames.1 (To be continued) Today's Garden By LILLDC L MADSEN 1 '. Mrs. O. S. asks for informa tion on freesias: when they should be planted? Should may be left in the ground the year around? Answer: These are not con sidered an outdoor bulb in this section of the state. If bloom is desired throughout the winter months, the bulbs should be planted in succession from Au gust until late December- there ' is still time to have some. The -' bulbs should be spaced approxi mately 2 Inches apart each way. The potting son itself should consist of 2 parts garden loam, one part leafmold and one part sand. The' pot should be left in a cool, dark place until the leaves ' appear. As soon as leaf growth has started the pots may be brought into the light A night temperature ranging in the 50 ; degrees is satisfactory. Question: "I want some paper white Narcissus in bloom Christ mas. When should they be plant ed? How should I fix them?" O. S. Answer: The paper whites may be forced in either soil or water. If they are to be grown in pots, the soil should be composed ot two-thirds garden loam and one third leaf-mold with a mixture - - of sand. The pots should be weU . drained and the soil should be pressed firmly around the bulbs, leaving the tips just visible. Al low Mi inch of space between the top. of the soil and the top of ; the pot Keep them in a shaded H spot until growth starts. They need to develop a good root sys tem. It wffl take from four to six weeks for forcing them. Into bloom. If they are to be grown m water, the bulbs should be placed in a shallow jardineir with clean . white : pebbles around them to - keep ; them in. position and. to r hold them up. The jardiniers .or containers, should be kept sup- i - plied with water sufficient . to . ' keep the roots submerged. . ' . ; . IHlairvest . li