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THE STATES3IAN PUBLISHING CO. CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor, and Publisher ; V - Member of Th Associated Press v The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this newspaper. Harvesting Hay 1 - The time for making hay has come. Showers caught a few first cuttings over the week-end, but a rising barometer and clearing skies ar hopeful augury for decent weather for haying lor a spelL The valley missed out last year, the rains destroying much of the very valuable first cutting. . ' . .' ' For the most part the valley sticks to very After all Finland is torn between two emotions: primitive methods of putting up its hayi crop: i " Hate of Russia as an ancient and even recent mowing, raking Into windrows, loading on wagons or trucks, unloading in barns or stacks. You see very few hay-loaders which 1 are in common use all through the midwest and " have been for nearly half, a century. You see ! very few buckrakes which are common in east-v ern Oregon. The buckrake would seem to be quite practical here, and a farmer handy with ; tools can build one, with little call for scarce materials. Until the war halted production of farm ma r -chinery the valley farmers were going over to field baling. A tractor drawn implement would bunch the cured hay in windrows, and the hay would be picked up from the ground and baled, j While this is an expensive outfit, it does save ; - " labor, and what is even of greater, importance -1 here, time. With showers so frequentf here ' - through, the month of June, speed is important, to get the hay stowed away before the next rain drenches, it. Baling conserves storage - space but the cost of the ties is an item. ; Modern farming involves a constant search : for methods and machines which will j save ,; money. hi time, its equivalent. Haying is per- haps the most backward of the farm arts in this ; valley. We Venture the prediction though that when machinery is in production again the hay ; harvest in the valley will be swiftly mechanized. Hay doesn't rate very high in the usual sta- tistics on farm production. JThat ain't hay", is slang phrase inferring that hay is of slight value. Actually it is one of the most important items in agriculture. The major portion is mar- keted through animals, as hay is one of the chief feeds for livestock.-, People do not eat hay, but ; they dd consume great quantities of milk, beef - and wool in the production of which tons of hay , are -fed. Hay; production is declining here be- cause of use of land for other crops. Perhaps - with lowering the cost of hay production by modernizing harvesting methods this shift may be stopped. It is needed if we are to hold down costs of milk production. in the valley. . j One-Track-Fiction Trend f- - - .. ,. 1 ?The mass-circulation magazines are doing, for the most part, an excellent job in interpret ing the war. -Authoritative correspondents out line its military aspects in a manner which helps to clarify the day-to-day picture offered by the newspapers; the world politics angle and the problems of post-war reorganization are. dis cussed by writers of great capacity and breadth of outlook. The "slicks" have xisen to this,1 then greatest opportunity. . ' . ! Magazine fiction, on the contrary, seems to have fallen, into a rut; or at most, two ruts. There are action stories of the war, some good and others not so 'good. Artistry and theme of ten are a bit short, but then you can't ask too much of an action story. ' . ' - l . Otherwise there is a monotonous succession of stories dealing with "the girl left behind" usually the lonely wife whose husband is away lighting or training to fight. Almost in every case the girl is confronted with temptation in genteel, plausible guise; the absent husband's best pal shows up and he and the lonely wife t discover a powerful mutual attraction. Noble touls that they are, they fight against it and win. Through this experience the girl learns that true love doesn't depend on life needn't be empty because J J' avuie nujioreua oi muea away. A fair enough theme the first time it's used perhaps. A slight acquaintance with the pecul . lar. psychology of fiction-reading and movie- going suggests that if, as seems writers misrt r V tK fa actu and ouitr one can get much -fas- of the Salem public schools . common, nevertheless the dsm,f cripple the war," or i-eakdown of work- had its "Graduating Exercises" reactionupon . the reader;; to whom it Strikes,! er.' morale- out of the provision, of the legisUU on Jum home-the real Hfe Mgirf left behind-may not . Why then are .Murray and Green so ccitS? the opera house Tnt of Sui be just what they hope. . . .r well, one excuse niay be that toU fa me first amend- was Reed's on the comer of Li Chances are she recognizes the solution as .'. aaent the Wagner act or any ot the predominately berty and Court streets, where platitudinous, preachment; the part that has v.PfPimon Diu enactedince the start of the new I found la modern department' gone before legitimatizes her own errant im- fa Jevious legislation, of this era has been v store on my last visit to Salem pulses, if any. Being not so noble as the neonla ' 4ctated by labor, without regard to the Interests. In 1937. J - In the story... :,- lV,f Possibly our analysis is wroni? Be that as it , , Zf Jf"- 7" mi pTst correction of. mav it'sadrearv3nin?t;S their newly established code, though merely for the may, it s a dreary and uninspiring fiction trend, purposes of war, will lead to further efforts to cor- The Time Element . Those who predict the crushing of Hitler in 1943 appear to be ignoring the time element. Every day that is lost in midsummer injures our chances of full victory this year. And right now, "time's a-wasting.? It is not being thrown away, to be sure. Thorough preparation Is the basis of success in battle. But as time slips away, the season of good weather and firm footing' the chances foe decision this year fade too. I In fact,', barring a , cave-in of the German troops, as occurred in the final phase of the bat tle of Tunisia, the prospect of the 1943 destruc tion of Hitler seems slim indeed,-. Not evert with a combined allied attack in the west nr snutH and a strong Russian offensive rtT x t : l : . . , possible to accomplish a military; remaining months of thi3 year. Germany can withdraw within her borders, shorten lines of communication (lengthening those of her ene . mies), concentrate her armies' and her weapons and fend off the loss of Berlin for a long time unless the Germans "collapse in view. of ..the in evitable disaster which they. now can see. ' So we need to sot -cur tL .2 scredule on the home front for another 5 car, cf warfare in Eu rope, followed probably by at ksst one more year in the Pacific. Ve'll do well to get the bloody business wound up by December 7, 1045, though whep tha concentrated allied might is hurled at either foe victory is sure to coma "No Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall From First Statesman, March 23, hand-shocking, ' enemy, and proximity; that privileges out of the one man is ? dent takes over -- J1!J...1 l.i dividual) would sirwe uiraer imprisonment- Briefly, that probable, these ZZXll tt boarl "? i -.:;U;'r r j , . No dominating . - . . thing pass concerning It unless by its direction. They are all jealous of their' controlling "perogatives even in matters which are not essential. These considerations must have led Green and Murray to make far more out of the bill in propa ganda efforts to get the president to veto it than seems justified by the provisions of the legislation. They. sVll control the labor board and an th governmem labor ,as any of their basic rights appear (to an uncon- What could the next number' been connected for a long period. ceraed. observer) to be involved. i ? v J i ; have been, ''Concert Gesture- Besides those mentioned the The course they chose suggests they do not Intend by Seven Girls? Charle- LeGrand - program lists, in no apparent or ''i m?'" anywhere, and win not assume, or gave the second oration on "For- ' der, Chas. Schulze, George Brad let the government assume, the rwtnnncfn!f Jcm Trnmim-nllnr 'thW JCatA Pne Jnh-n Qmaaf would it appear ," i, mcntla Primarily theirs) of correcting the most , - - - . . flagrant and unnatrinfli. rrim .mt. .i . - . - we m ' a . decision in the A ice" 83 1 swiftly. Th6 battle of production is being won; the . two years ahead will be the costliest in blood, as our armed forces use the tools which the people at home are putting into their hands. Finland's decision to resume payment of the installment on its debt to the United. States is conclusive evidence of the desire of that coun try to remain in favor with the United States. respect for the United States and ; its democratic institutions. This nation will ac cept the money tendered; it should also deal with some degree of charity with Finland which is merely seeking to redress the wounds inflict ed, by Russia in 1940-1941, and unfortunately has joined in bad company to do so. Two and a half years ago we were as enthusiastic about Finland as we are now about Russia. . Some citizens have iad their doubts about the need or efficacy of sugar rationing. But the United States Beet Sugar association reports that only about 4,700,000 tons of sugar were consumed in the first year of rationing, as com pared to normal consumption of seven; million tons. In view of increased buying power, - the figures mean something. Incidentally,, about one-third of the supply came from the west's beet sugar industry, a marked percentage in . crease. , , - ; .',. Weivs Behind v The News By PAUL MALLON . . (Distribution by King Feature Syndicate Inc. Repro duction In whole or la. part strictly prohibited. WASHINGTON, June ? 18 Everyone has been ' making florid speeches about the Smith-Connally anti-strike bill, but no one has been advertising what is in the bill. ' CIO's Mr. Murray was heard in every radio loud-speaker saying it fwould cripple the war" and "destroy worker security. " AFL's ; Bill Green is mimeographing most daily the contention that it is "fasciscm" and would "de stroy the workers' war morale." If any of these accusations were correct the legislation was certainly bad, because no one wants such results. But Messrs. Murray and Green are unspe- . Paul Mane erne in tneir charges. They do not. point to any provisions of the bill, to justify such conclusions. ' i ; ; , . The bill does not prevent strikes. It is not a per manent buX The machinery, which" it hands the pre sident -would be dismantled automatically six months after the war is ended, j - Every rule and regulation it proposes would then end, excepting perhaps the one denying unions the - right to make presidential and congressional cam paign contributions. But this possibly permanent provision also directs that no bank or corporation make any contribution to any political campaign, even the state and local election disputes to which the labor, unions could continue to contribute. This new Smith-Connally effort to hinder strikes would not be applicable, furthermore, unless the president, the labor conciliation service, or the war labor board found that' the war effort was being, seriously impeded. It is further restricted to essen tial war manufacturing. In such plants the labor ' leaders would be required to notify the war labor board of Impending labor .difficulties, or the con ciliation service would notify the board of a threat ened strike. On the thirtieth day thereafter, 1 the workers of the plant would hold a secret election on whether or not they would strike. If they voted to strike, they could. Beyond this in vital cases, the president could stop a strike by taking over the plant, but even then the workers could get a wage increase or other new the war' labor board. If the prest- the plant, the labor leaders Ino In- then be prevented from promoting . ... penalty oi a fine or two years " . .. r . . is all there is to it The bill is mod erate in tone and, in one place, even admonishes te employer and the n wa iirst correction of , rect equally gross abuses which they have been unable or unwilling to correct in their own ranks . D treasuries, etc.) . political group hkes to let any- machinery here , and could just as easily have espoused this bill themselves, si far . " JT -. , uu unpairiour enmes aealnst fh mK. lie welfare In their own ranks.' " r . j ; : . , ; . They did hot stop strikes themselveslo not want 5 the government to stop them in time of war. They will not purge their ranks of racketeers and wiU5 not let anyone else purge them. They will not open ' their books to treasury inspection, will fight any such legislation. A man generally directs the nature of tactics used by bis opposition against him through the course he himselt-assumes. If his charges are made fairly and in moderation, he requires his opposi- tion to assume the same fair tone. If he is wild, s ' un-moving, he inspires such tactics by his opposi- V00'' - ' ' - - ' - . ' Therefore, it looks Ike a long war on the do- mestic labor front . . .. 'Conference Adjourned" KSLM THURSDAY 13M K. T .-00 News. TSJ-Rln V ShlM. ' 7 JO New 7:45 Morninf Moods. -; S.iX Sextet from hunger. , SO News Brevities. S:3S Tango aimer :O0 Pastor's Calls. ' . S:15 Uncle Sam. JO Marion County farm Home Irogram. :45 Music. . 10 0 World In Reriew. 10H5 A Song and Dane. 10 JO Music. 11:00 Swin. - 11 JO Hits of Yesteryear. . - 12:00 OtganaUUta. 12:15 News. ; 12 JO Hillbilly Serenada. 12 :35 Mid-Day Matinee. ltOO Lun and Abnct. 1:15 Ray Noble's rehestra. 1 JO MUady's Melodies. 1:45 Melody Mart. 2.-00 Isle of Paradisa. s 2:15 US Army. 2 JO Music. 2.-45 Broadway Band Wagon. 8 2.-00 KSLM Concert Hour. -4 AO Langworta String Orchestra. 4:15 News. 4 JO Tea tune Tunes. " - -v., S0 Galtt Rtm. Accordion. , j 5:15 Let's Reminwce. - h 5 JO Strings at Melody. - t r )'.v 6.-00 Tonight's Headlines. ... S:15 War Commentary. - 60 Eveang Serenade. 6:45 Popular : Music. 1 AO News ia Brief. 7 AS Music. 7 JO Keystone Kara van. SAO War Fronts in Review. 8:10 Muate. 8:45 Lawless Twenties. SAO News. S:15 Guillermo Gala. JO Music. 10 AO Serenade. 10 JO News. K.OTS CBS THURSDAY 3 Ke. 6 AO Northwest Farm Reporter. 6:15 Breakfast Bulletin. . 820 Texas Rangers. - 6:45 Koin Klock 7:10 Aunt Jemima. 7:15 News. -7JO Dick Joy; News. . 75 Nelson Prinele. 8 AO Consumer News. 8:15 Valiant Lady. - 8 JO Stories America Loves. 8:45 Aunt Jenny. ' AO Kate Smith Speaks. 9:15 Big Sister. ' JO Romance of Helen Trent. :45 Our Gal, Sunday. 10 AO Life Can Be BeauttfuL The Safety rtor, f, o. t-a w... uSWAU THE FIFTY YEAS CLASS To the Editor: Reminded that it was" "about that tune," I got out an old pro- gram to f find that the class of "Whatran event that was; and wnat a relief the audience must what a relief the audience have"felf when the class its parting song! For, after sang rioi- trude Stanley's opening piano solo and the class chorus, they nad sat through ten heavy num- bers from class members, besfdes the address of Rev. A. L. Hutch ison (Presbyterian pastor). Lloyd Mulit's - salutatory was followed ; by Maude Potter's essay, "A , Ray of Sunshine," and Arthur Barrows with an oration, ?Honor, Fame, Riches, Friends ' Johnnie " Tanner's recitation with an ; - T.r.9fn. Gwynne recited "Brother Ben." . ... . ... ,. -n e.e -s. was- VMWs eTavafta- Mel I nmn nt i(h -ni oration, , fA Uniform system, of Coins (misprinted as Cains), i Weights and Measures. I must have been far in advance of my time, for in a half century the world has not given up its cum- bersome methods, though I will admit that"! paid little attention to the big Idea after making it public After a solo by Edna-Knight Miriam Huelat made the custo- mary prophecies. Then came Grace Dinsmoor's class poem and Mona East's valedictory. Mabel Hutton and Linnie Stutesman - . .. 0AS ' - . -' Next (Say's programs appear conies page.' 10:15 Ma Perkins. 10 JO-Vis and Sad. 10:45 The, Goldbergs. 11 AO Young Dr. Malona. 11:15 Joyce Jordan. 11:35 We Lots and Leara. 11:45 News - 12:15 Bob Andersen. News. ,- 12 JO William Winter. News. 12:45 Bachelor s Children. ' M . : 1 AO Horn Front Reporter. i 1 JO Uncle Sam. 1.45 Mountain Music 1 2 AO Newspaper of the Air. 2 JO This life is Mine. 2:45 Keep the Home Fires Burning. SAO News. 3:15 Traffic Safety. . 8 JO Treasure House. - 3:45 News. . : ; -4 AO Raffles, i. . . 4:15 News. . 4 JO Easy Aces. -4.-45 Tracer of Lost Persons.' SAO Stop. Look and Listen. B JO Harry Flannery, News. -8:45 News. 8 J5 Cecil Brown. SAO Major, Bowes. " ? JO Stage Door Canteen. - AO The First Line. JO Talk.' - u. 7:45 John B. Kennedy. - . 8.00 I Love a Mystery. 8:15 Harry James Orchestra. 8 JO Death valley Days. 8 J8 News. - :15 Gardening ThU Week. SJ0 Mayor of the Town. -100 Five Star, Final. 10:13 Wartime women. 10 JO Air-Flo. 10:45 Woody Herman. 11 JO Manny Strand Orchestra. ' i ' 1135 News. 12A0-8A0 a nv Must and News. KEX BN THCKSDAY 11N Ka. AO We're Up Too 6:15 National Farm1 Sk Hocxml 6:45 Western Agriculture. T AO Excursions in Science. 7:15 Music of Vienna. 1 JO News. ,' i V' 7:45 Gene and Glenn. 8 AO Breakfast Club. ' ' AO My True Story. JO Breakfast at SardiS.. 10 AO Baukhage Talking. 10:15 The Gospel Singer. 1030 Christian Science Piogram. 10:45 The- Baby Institute. - 11 AO Woman's World. . 11:15 The Mystery Chef. 11. -45 Your Hollywood. News. 12 AO Songs by Morton Downey. Valve played a piano duet Mr. Hutch' ison's address was followed by a singing lesson by ten boys, a marching song about , George Washington. . Diplomas were , presented by the , Board of Education, com- -posed of F. R. Smith, W. L. Wade, Dr. W H. Byrd, H. A. Johnson, Jr and E. HL Waite, with Web ster Holmes as clerk. Mrs. S. G. Grubbe was. Superintendent and E. H. Anderson principal of the school, then known as East Sa lem, later Washington (it was still standing in 1937). I have been able to locate on ly a few of the thirty-two mem bers of this class; some I know definitely are no longer living. Mabel Hutton--married Oswald " West, afterwards governor. Mir- iam (Mina to all her friends) married Will Morris, retired se veral years ago after many years a professor at the University of California, and they are living in Berkeley., Pearl Applegate is living tin Salem.' The Willie D. Evans listed on the program I found in the stationery store on rnmmprrial ctrrct whom Bertha Towne, Jessie Stege, Lu lu Massey Feme Bentley, Hat tie Litchfield, Olive Larsen, Nellie Starr, Fred PretcheL Min nie Tasker, Zua Skeels, and Al ice Barrows - v - : - Leaving Salem in 1S37 to at tend Stanford university I have through 1 force of circumstances been a resident of Palo Alto ev er since, and have been for the past eight years Deputy Tax Collector of Santa' Clara county, I should be very glad to hear from any -of my old classmates. ' ' . Guy C. Miller, Talo Alto, Calif., VI'...': June IS, 1213. ,t; -12:15 News Headlines and High- lighta. . 12 JO Music. 13:45 News. 1 AO Blue Newsroom Review. . 2 AO What's Doing, Ladies. 2 JO Uncle Sam. .'.1:45 Musiev 2:55 Labor News. 8 AO Songs. JJ5 KneasS With the News. 3.-30 Club Matinee. 4 AO The Latest Word. ; - 4 A5 Those Good Old Days. : 4 JO News. - '. 45 Archie Andrews. . SAO The Sea Hounds. . -5:15 Dick Tracy. 5 JO Jack Armstrong. 55 Captain Midnight. AO Hop Harrigan. .15 News. . J0 Spotlight Bands. :55 Sports. . 1 AO Swing. 7:15 Gracie Fields. 7:30 Red Ryder. . SAO Earl Godwin. News. 8:15 Lum and Abner. 8 JO Oregon On Guard. AO Wings to Victory. -' JO News. ... 8:45 Down Memory Lane. 10 AO America's Town Meeting. 11 AO This Moving World. 11:15 Bal Tabarin Cafe Orchestra. , 11 JO War News Roundup. SOW-NBC THtmSDAT 488 Ke. 4.-00 Dawn PatroL 8:55 Labor News. 8.-00 Everything Goes. . 8 JO News, j 6:45 Labor News. I:..-. 70 News. -'".'r'y-' .-is News. -7 JO David Cilmore. 7:45 Sam Hayes. . a: wo stars of Today. 8:15 James Abbe. N 8:30 Hose Room. -8:45 David Harura. AO The O'Nietls. 8:15 LouU P. Loehner. 8 JO Musia 10:15 Newm. - 10 JO Gallant Heart. - 10:45 Homekeeper's Calendar. 11.-00 Light of the World. 11. '15 Lonely Women. 1 1 JO Guiding Lisfat ' , 11:45 Hymna of Ail Churches. 11:00 Story of Mary Marlin. 13:15 Ma Perkina. . 12 JO Pepper Young's Family. U:45 Right to Happiness. - 10 BacksUge Wile. 1:15 Stella Dallas. 1 JO Lorenzo Jones. 1.-45 Young Widder Brown. . 8 .-00 When A Girl Marries. SU5 Portia Faces LUe. S JO Just Plain BUL . 1:48 FTont" Page rarraU. - . 3:00 Road of Life. - 8:15 Vie and Sade. 8 JO Saov Village. 3:45 Judy and Jane. 4)0 Dr. Kate. 4:15 News of the World. 4J0-ifusie. 8 iX) Personality Hour.' 8 JO Commentator. 8:45 By the Way. . 80 Music HalL S JO Bob Bums. 70 Durante Moon Cogat. .' 7 JO March of Time. : 80 Fred Waring tn Pleasure Time.. '8:15 Night Editor. 7 SJO-Coffee Time. 80 Aldrich Tamily. . 8 JO Ellery Queen. lO.-00Newa Flashes.. 10:15 Your Home Town Mews. 105 Labor News. 10:30 Music . 10:55 News. .110 Uncle Sam. 11:15 Hotel BUtroore Orchestra. ' : 11 JO War News Roundup. 130 X a. m. Swing Sbiit; KALE MBS THCKSOAT 1338 Ka. - 8:45 Uncle 8am. 70 News. -7:15 Texas Rangers. 7 JO Memory Timekeeper. SttO Haven of Rest. 8:30 News. - 8:45 Old Songs. 8.-00 Boak Carter. 8:15 Woman's Side of the News, f 8 JO US Navy Band. , 100 News. -10:15 Stars of Today.. 10:30 Thia and That. - 110 BuyeT"a Parade. " 11:15 BUI Hay Reads the Bib!. 1130 Concert Gems. 11:45 Rose Room. 130 Concert. : 13 JO News. 13:43 On the Farm Front. ' ' 10 News. 1:15 Music . 3.00 Sheela Carter, i 3:15 Texas Rangers. 2 JO All Star Dance Parade. 3:45 Wartime Women. 3 JO Around the Clock. : 30 Philip Keyne-Gordoa. 8:15 Johnson Family. 3 JO Overseas Report. .', 3. -45 Jerry Sears. 40 Fulton Lewis. ' , 4:15 Music. 4 JO Serenade. . 4:45 News. ' 50 Music ;. 5:15 Superman. 5 JO Hi-way PatroL 5:45 Nesbitt Commentary. 80 Gabriel Heatter. 4:15 Movie Parade. - 6:45 Homer Rodeheaver. .70 Raymond Clapper. 7.-15 Musie. ,r. . . '7 JO Candlelight Sx Silver. 3 0 John Kerby. "3:15 Music g.-OO News. 8:15 Music 9 JO General Barrows. 9:45 Fulton Lewis. 10 .! Henry Kin Orchestra. . : 19:15 Treasury uur Parade. ' J 1 :: ) News. 1 ): MusiC 11 Ynk Rmse Party. . XXAi Zs iwaiiaea -' - , ; . Dy FRANi: tlELONE Y Chapter 23 Continued The whole performance Is highly undignified - and improper, I think that Is self-evident" Hel en's lips settle into a flat line. . "I can't see that Miss Oliver's engagement has- anything to do with the matter, he said civilly. "At any time she wishes to ter minate -the lease, I shall not be unreasonable... And r as for Mrs. Wain Mrs. Wain and I happen to be no longer married. I hope - that answers all of your ques- .: tions." . : . . It answers none of them." It - leaves the whole situation even mere, undignified and improper." - "What does?" Wain asked cur iously. . , v ' "Your not being married. Ann Is a very impressionable girl," " flighty and fanciful.' Rents "the place gets a Job goes in the dog businesspermits her sym pathies to be played upon by the first fellow who crosses her path . . . ." Helen's glance was so . direct that Christopher glanced behind him to see if she were perhaps including some other miscreant in' hep-wholesale de nunciation. It was with difficulty . that he restrained smile. There was no use arguing with Helen or further explaining his position I: , to her, ; - .. , ,: , " .-. "Mrs. Huston", I am regretful If you have been embarrased or mconvenienced," he offered merely.,"! have to go Into town immediately and I think that my - ; s absence will considerably sim- " plify things lor you." ' V - Helen looked more satisfied, She had won her point. "Before you go,' however," she detained him, "I would like; to discuss with you the extensive improve ments that you have made on the . farm. Ann is a child ui; business, - as well as in other things." ' "Miss Rivers is sufficiently not a child to have discussed the whole -matter with me the after -: noon, she arrived. She may or may not be satisfied with the reliability of her tenant How ever, I should suggest' that you talk; that angle over with hmr ' personally" V - This was , about as close as Christopher permitted himself to lose his temper. There was an embarrassed clearing -of a throat at the doorway, - and he looked' up to see Tom Barton standing" there. Tom was appar- - antly in awe of Ann's sister, and was also the kind of a person who preferred life to be without ''Sharp edges. :;"--; "So sorry to have had all this come up," Barton remarked vaguely, "Ann's getting sick is just one : of those things. ' Mrs.: Huston: could, stay on here, but I xould find quarters in the village t imagine4-.t', It was the sort of question that ends, up in the air, extending to the listener an op portunity to quickly overrule. Christopher good naturedly took the cue. - "I wouldn't hear of it," he: said. He looked at his watch. . "I must be off, and the place Is yours. I hope youll be com fortable. Mrs. Johnson is at your service' ,: - : ' ; Wain nodded and left them, feeling that he did not like Tom' Barton. He didn't care for a man "who referred to Ann's ill ness as "one of those things." He was annoyed to find Tom ' waiting for him at the front door "I thought I'd walk out with you to your car," Barton suggested. "A breath of air will do me good." :- ''-'. . ' Christopher chuckled to him self. . It 'Was perfectly obvious that Tom had been sent by Hel en to do a little more sizing up, a - little further ; pigeon-holing. Tom cleared his throat, a chronic habit. Christopher noted. . "You raise dogs, I gather?" It was not a very clever ob servation, for Christopher's step on the patio which spread before the house was a signal for some twenty. Dane's to give a - view . halloo ;of anticipation. "Yes, I ' raise dogs Christopher conceded. "Rather precarious -. occupa- , tion." Tom commented. : " "I understand you arc a stock DiiTuiiGnii - From Other Papei KING COTTON Here are some striking figures about a bale of cotton, as quoted by Rep. Hampton P. Fulmer, of South Carolina, from the nation al Cotton Council. With a 500 pound i bale are produced 900 pounds of cotton seed, from which come: 140 lbs. of oil; 400 lbs. of protein meal and cake for livestock; 240 lbs. of hulls for roughage and chemical uses, and 81 lbs. of linters Xpr smokeless powder, plastics, etc That's food, feed, fabric and ammunition. King Cotton . has not been de throned. The Pathfinder. ' ' KOAC THURSDAY &S Ka. 100 Newa. 19:15 The Homemaaera Hour. -110 Music of the Masters. 130 News 12:15 farm Hour. ' - 10 Artiste in Recital. 1 :15 War Commentary. 1 JO Music S Home Garden Hour. X JO Memory Book of Musts ' 3.-C0 News. 3:15 Voice of the Army. 3:3 Concert Hall. 40 Lest We Forget. 4:15 Soots from the Hills. 4 JO Stories for Boys and Girls. 80 On the Upbeat. 8 JO Evening Vesper Service. ' ' , 8:45 -It's Oregon War." 8:15 News. 8:34 Farm Hour. . 7 SO Timber Wotf Show. 80 Jlusie. . 8 JO Ilusie. - 30Mewa. . S.M Unci Saaa. f UC'CCj' broker?" Christopher related : the word "precarious' to his que- . stion, and saw Barton look up with a half smile on his face. It would have been a . full smile' had he -been quite certain just what kind of a person ! Wain ; really was. . But when Tom saw the Sun beam parked in the drive yard, he . made his final conclusion: Christopher Wain could be dis- missed as a 'man who raised dogs, and drove an ancient rat tletrap that needed a coat -of . "paint "Must have been quite a bug- ' gy In it's day, Tom suggested. ' "Our day is not yet done." Christopher ' Included himself with the car, and saluted in fare well to Tom Burton, whose ear was not attuned to the perfection ' .of four hundred purring horse- power:''' . 1'-. Christopher - saw him . turn - back to the house, then change . his mind and wander off toward , the open road. Apparently, Bar ton, too could take Helen only in small dosee. Helen, left alone, paced the library m mounting indignation. -She knew Christopher .Wain's . kind,' a certain physical j charm and ; glib ; tongue, - linked up . to ' complete Irresponsibility. They -were usually a varied - type of sportsman with expansive ideas 1 . of making some kind of a living by raising dogs, or mink, or 1 running stables. And they al ways had a peculiar fascination -that brought rich girls fluttering marrying them. Well, he was barking up the- wrong tree with Ann. v' 'v-- Broadfields might look as if Ann had money, but she didn't. - Helen only ; prayed - that - the ' . whole mess could be straighten- . ed out before ' her s foolhardy 1 young sister assumed too much liability, considering the stag gering bills that had . already 1 been run up. The time had come she decided, to consult Arthur. ; , So Mrs. Huston sat down at the desk, overflowing with ken nel bills and -dog show announ cements. She Vas at page seven .of her , closely-written epistle when she noticed a car drive up to the house and. draw to a stop - before the front gate. It was the kind of car that - one noticed - one of those large - limousines with a special body that -sloped off at the rear like a slouching debutante. There was a chauf feur in tan gabardine livery and there was also . a, woman in a large ' hat and' short silver fox ' coat over a powder blue skirt, : young and undeniably attractive.-.; ; ' v: , i Lord knows how many women i he has in his life! thought Helen. r This 'was something she weuld handle without the intermediary of the pan-faced Mrs. Johnson. : Helen opened the door as the visitor's hand ' reached for the knocker and asked, "What can I do for you?" y The "visitor smiled. "I'm a fraid that you can't do anything for me unless you would be good enough to tell Mr. Wain that I am here.".;; ' . Helen flushed. "Mr. Wain left for New York a little while ago" she said shortly. "Oh. You're quite sure? His -office said that he was here." . "I am quite certain that Mr, Wain left for New York." "Oh, I'm sorry." The woman's voice had a purr to it. She didn't seem sorry; she sounded creamy ' with pleasure. "I mean it's such a nuisance to have driven all the way up here, and then to have missed him . . . May I come in for a moment? I am Mrs. Wain." Chapter 24 ; Helen tried not to blink. This woman didn't look like the one time other half of Christopher Wain. . "I'm Mrs. Huston," she introduced herself. "Do come in, of course" - ' "Oh." Brenda seated herself in the library, tossed open her coat which loosed a little gust of ex- . pensive perfume, and pursed her lips. "I thought the name was Rivers," she remarked. "It was Rivers; this Is the Riv ers place; but the name Is now Huston." Helen was meticulous ly explicit -1 "" V , ,. ; (To be continued) V V Today's Gordon By LILXJE L. MADSEN ' A. A. asks where she may have her soil analyzed. ' Answer: This is done at Ore gon State college, Corvallis, ex tension service. Instructions are , furnished for taking samples of the soil to be .analyzed. One should first send for these In structions, "y ': Mrs. P. YL writes that she was advised to prune her tomato . plants. She had , never heard of : this and is doubtful how to go about it - Answer: I believe some grow ers advocate pruning the toma . toes o a single stalk and then training them to grow in an up right position, tied to a pole. If space Is a question, this method is good. The fruit is said to be more clean and to have better color. - Lilac suckers around shrubs ; should be dug out and n't Just cut off.. Faded blooms and seed pods should now be removed from rhododendrons and azaleas. Now is also the time to trim the heather which has bloomed. Be careful, however, and do not prune the heather which is yet , to bloom this summer. -