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The , OSEGOI! STATESMAN. Salem,' Oregon. Sunday Morning. April 18. ISH
WSoo it CDlIheirwSse
By Ethan Grant '
, It has how been well over two
years since I began negotiations
-with the elongated state of Ten
nessee in an effort to settle our
.differences over the matter of a
" birth certificate. Nothing beyond
a prolonged exchange of commun-
ications has been accomplished and
1 have at long' last concluded we
may as well sever all diplomatic
relations. :; .
This grave step is being taken
'with, full knowledge that it virtu
ally : leaves me ' without a native
land and also without official doc
umentary proof that I was even
-.born.' -Yet, in veiw of the circum
stances, there is no other course.
Heluctant though I have always
been to admit complete failure, I
must nevertheless recognize - the
limitations of my own efforts and
surrender to a feeling of futility.
In the early stages of our nego
tiations the prospects were encour-
' -aging. The initial exchange of
communications was carried - on
with a county clerk who was cor
dial but so thoroughly trained in
matters of state that I was entirely
misled. I know now that he only
sought to delay final settlement in
order to ascertain for his dusty ar
chives my complete genealogy.
Frankly, I think he was suspi
cious of me, and my reference to
the fact, couched in tactful diplo
matic terms, led to friction and a
consequent exchange of blunt notes
which nearly culminated in a dec
laration of war. After a period of
silent deliberation, I next began
correspondence with Tennessee's
bureau of vital statistics. It became
apparent, however, that the agency
presently concluded it lacked suffi
cient authority to act favorably in
my behalf. My suggestion that a
special session of the legislature be
called was promptly spurned and
the matter was referred to the de
partment of public health.
Communications with that po
tent body brought replies which
were somewhat nebulous, although
I did detect the existence of a
By LILUK MADSEN
Portland's camellia show did not
go unappreciated; the general pub
lic stormed the arts building to get
a taste or color
and enjoy a brief i
respite for theii
war tautenec
nerves. From the
time the show
opened Fr Ida
noon until i.
closed ' Saturday
throngs of people
gathered about
the displays and
each one left with
a camellia pinned
to his or her la- Masn
pel, a gift from the sponsors of the
show. j :
By standing around the corri
dors, one was able to pick up many
stray bits of camellia information
0
from the many
camellia experts
who came to show and those who
came to look. Passing remarks in
cluded: Camellias suffer very much
from the sun and this is one thing
that the Pacific coast has over the
extreme south . . . All the varie-
ties of Camellia Sasanqua have
'Somewhat fragrant flowers . .
Camellia was named after George
; Joseph Camellus, a Moravian Jes
uit, who traveled Asia in the 17th
century ... A mulch of old cow
manure, now and then a little com
mercial fertilizer, and thorough
watering during - the Oregon dry
i summers, do much to keep; the .ca
mellia shrubs growing . vigorously
' . . . Fertilizer for camellias should
be added to' the soil in about the
.amount of one inch of fertilizer to
.every foot depth of soil . . . Mix
; chicken manure and old ashes in
a wooden barrel for good camellia
' fertilizer . . . a beetle has been
. attacking the shrub in some dis
- tricts but can be controlled by py
re thrum dust.
The same flower appeared with
a variety of names. Growers sta
ted that In many eases the names
were not too well fixed. For In
stance a huge white single one
was called both Lotus and grand
Iflora alba. The Magnolia Flora
grestely resembled this.
A very dark red peony-centered
camellia which received many ohs-and-ahs
from the visitors was War
ratah. A single white with large
yellow stamens which proved al
most as popular (and which I pre
ferred) was the Triphesas.Two of
the finest pink ones the pale pink
and not the rose pink were the
Rose of Dawn, a semi-double with
pointed petals, and the very dou
ble Pink Perfection, which name
describes it perfectly. The white
Perfection was a lovely gardenia
shaped flower.
A good medium red was Kas
vrga SahiborL An odd old rose
colored flower, which I really
liked, was Madame Hovey, and
a very bright red single one was
Robin Hood.
A number of good peony-centered
ones attracted great atten
tion and Included the light pink
Star Dust. For those who like
the unusual flower there was the
fringed, red, Flnbrists Snperba,
This really resembled a poppy
more than a camellia and mast
have looked sort of oat of place
growing on a camellia bash!
I enjoyed the pointed petals of
many of the camellias and Madame
Hovey and Kagriri (the latter one
white) were lovely. Lady De Sa
murez, a single, light red bloom
with long yellow stamens, was very
attractive, and many admired the
huge Grandiflorea Rosea.
But they all made a lovely dis
play and many of the arrangements
were unusual.
Sometimes Ws FUN io "take chances." But NOT
' fwnen your EYES art concerned. Frankly,'ihe stokes
. ,are too high T. . nothing less than your success and
4 Jwpr 10 When vision falters, personal ffi
jicJency ebbs, life loses Hs zesL ' '
iH you have the slightest doubt'about vour vision . .'.
you simply cart crorrf to "shrug it off." It pays to
KNOW not guess about your eyes. And the only
way you CAN know Is to have a scientific eye
examination. -
Don't put ff Tday longerTComo In NOW for a
heck-vpl
DR. HARRY A. BROWN
Member Better Vision Institute
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p:wt GLASSES c:j easy teo
Mwiins.orTOMmitTS -
strong bloc against me. The final
terms offered were contained in a
cleverly constructed, two-page list
of demands which I found I could
not meet It was at this point that I
enlisted the aid of two notaries,
four character 'witnesses and a
judge. Together we composed, a
document which all of us felt was
airtight and sufficiently convinci
ing to warrant encouragement in
the belief that a satisfactory settle
men t appeared inevitable. ' X'fijf i-.
- But in view of the' reply it drew)
I believe' the state " of Tennessee
could be neld in contempt of court
Actually, it canceled ail previous
offersr-iof settlement and brought a
new list of demands which were
unquestionably preposterous. Rec
ognizing that I might have lacked
sufficient competence to interpret
them correctly, : I employed the
services of two ; renowned attor
neys. After two days of study, i
was their joint opinion ' that the
state of Tennessee had demanded
irrefutable documentary -evidence
that I was born in Tennessee and
that positively nothing would be
acceptable but a bona fide birth
certificate. '
My reply was, I think, one of the
most notable masterpieces ,of my
long diplomatic career. In England,
where there is keen appreciation
of the literary arts,, it would no
doubt v have' been - pronounced a
classic!- Briefly, as they would say
in England, I told Tennessee off in
no uncertain terms. And, too, with
full realization that in so doing I
was - denying myself, T irora "now
clear into eternity, the inalienable
right to claim I 'was ever a proud
son of Old Tennessee that I was
born and schooled there, that I
once lover her clay ridges and yel
low, rivers and sheep-sorrel; that I
even went to war and afterward
accepted a healthy bonus for her.
It is a sad commentary on the
Monmouth Faculty
Jleiiiber Is IPicked
For Iowa Post
! MONMOUTH Georgina Silli
man, seventh grade supervising
teacher at the OCE training de
partment," will teach at the Uni
versity of Dubuque normal school
summer session opening June 12.
Her work at the Iowa school will
processes of law and regulation
when a patriotic, well-meaning in
dividual seeking only life, liberty
and the pursuit of comfortable in
ertia finds himself so thoroughly
dammed against red tape that he
must accept forever more the stig
ma of a man without a country.
I For the first time in my life I am
forced to confess to a feeling of
deep regret, that I Was not born
and bred a damyankee.
be with the educational staff and
will . include courses in methods
in town and rural! education and
methods in teaching arithmetic.
She will teach during both terms
of the iessionV -.:"
- Miss" Silliman is l a graduate" of
the New . Mexico State Teachers
college! and holds a master's de
gree from ; the George . Pea body
college Nashville, Tenn.
Fall of Bataan
To Be Marked
By; Rotary, Club .
SILVERTON The Fall of Bai
taan - will be commemorated at
the Monday noon program of the
Sflverton Rotary club. Speakers
will be chosen from among local
members. ,
P. C. VanSomeren, cold storage
locker I owner, was accepted as a
member, at this week's meeting.
Visitors were A- B. Anderson,
superintendent of - schools, H. ; C.
McCrae, city manager, Bill Dayis,
home from the merchant marines
and H. H. Fein of the Portland
dub.
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