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DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING. K07EMEER 2G, 1921. TWELVE PAGES PAGE EIGHT SENATOR HOLM 0. BUHSUM COT HIS START WASHING HOTTLES IN DRUG STOKE -i-an Left an Orphan at Tender Age Worked Way to Top Despite Loss of Parents and Hard K Int. !y .1. HALT t'A.MlilLI.I., rnutional Ntws Service Staff j fctl-respondcnt. t eherrily :ts lip In: nils red from III i entiling '' WASHINGTON. Nov. if,. Ail or-l phuuitl boy of eleven stars bent ovci j a lul. filled with bottles In a lonvci driiK stoi c. There wore holes in his j Klili l, patches 111 his worn kni. kt i-' bookers. Ills ihuos were .lie worst from wear. I'.ut lie whl Hid washed bottles. his frciiuont lmrier:;ion ter ami yellow- soap. He had u Job. AltboiiKb bl parents were ilia. I he was nun' or a bite to cat in. I a place, however hard, to lest bis .tied little body when niclil Intervened between him ami bis toil. Today the boy, urown to inaiibooil. Is u member of the 1'nited States scn i.te, after Iiiiij,' years ol haul work mill bitter slriiuKle. His name is llnlm (. liiirsmn. As the one rcpiihlit an senator from New Mexico. I'.ursiiin was re turned to the senate recentlly by u majority sufficiently lurne to bo ball ed u a republican victory lit the end of a closely-contested riunpuiKn In which the policies of the IlnrdinK ad ministration were innde the issue. Ills I list Appointment. Itursum's rirst entry Into the sen ate was when he was appointed by (lovernor Mccheni, of New Mexico, as the successor of secretary of the In terior Albert H. Kill I on March II. SlrmiKcly cnoiiKh, Itursuni and Kali were, political enemies, and Kail op posed llursuin's selection to fill his unexpired term when bo entered the president's cabinet. llursum'H appoint men! was con strued by his friends, however, ns a flttlnR reward for bis activity In New Mexico politics for a iimrtcr id' a century. Ills success In the recent special election which returned him to the lanuto for .1 full term of nix years Was regarded by them us additional proof of his popularity with the peo ple of bis stale; lor, rcrnunizril as an nniwcrvlnjt believer In "parly reKii larlty" and a consistent supporter ol' the IIiii'.IIiik iidiululstrulloii, he was licensed by the "proKrosslvt'M" of his own party of belli", "reactionary" ami "Old (iunril." IturHiim Is a bin;, broad-shouldered, deep-chested, powerful -built man. Ills bands are Iiiiki' kiuuiod ones, accus tomed In youth to manual labor. Ills face, with lls'sipiure Jaw. Is that of the born filthier. Out wlllial he is Kood-nnt ured a bull fellow well met." A Sell-Made Man, Thn senator has been aptly describ ed as an example of Hie American self-made man who bus come up un der his own power over rouh roads und mounting obstacles. lie was born at I'orl I indite. Iowa, on Kchruury III, ISiiT. His parents were Norwegians. They settled In Iowa shortly niter the t'lvll War. His father, a school lencber, died when he was but two years old. Ills mother died when be was eleven years old. II wus then that the orphaned bov found a joli la a Oeuver limit sl.ue. From washing bottles there ho turned Inter to washing dishes mid waiting upon tables. In the Knullsli lxllih once a famous purveyor of food In t hut city, he found cuipln:, nimit. After tolling all day and Into the nlKhl be snuUhcil an educating from In . spar" moments. At the uue of !'iuiie.'ii be I'oni'.l 'is Way to New Mexico from Urnvot In Work In a store at t 'ni t haise, Socorro county, owned by an u.i.ie. He was able lo attend a public school a'. S.m Antonio when hp was .101 workln:r. Iluiultcil lielld. When he reached ma lhood r.ursum landed a freinh; linniPl i .'inVr.iot at the military pint of Kurt Winr.uto. lie worked four slx-mulc out, Ms between the post and the icnrosi railroad, lie bill 1 became a i.i'ho.id i .'iisri ui iinii fireman, and f r on this ;e.'up;.i on V e'tired the sheep husln. s. i!i w I I'll h i lias been cioncd ever Mil 'o. and In which he Is said to line nmnssid 11 fortune. lUnsiim married In I mi l Iris three daughters. two of whom uie students at l.eland Stanford lii'ver nlly, Cal., and a sou, Holm O. Pur sum, Jr.. fourteen years old. Since bis ticttiuit as sheriff of So corio county, in IMil, I'.uisuiii has made rapid strides in New .Mexico politics. He was a member of the Territorial legislature in ISHX. warden of the state prison from lVJii to 1!""; and in 1 ".' 4 was chosen rcuhiii.;n state chairman. In PHI he became his parti's choice for Kovcriior. He was d' liated by a coalition of dctno crabs and republicans. As a delegate ui the republican na tional convention in i' he secured the adoption of u plank pli'ilKim; statehood for New Mexico and Ari zona, alter a bitter contest, in which he f irmed a combination of tlVlemites from all the territories, includiiiK Porlo Pico and Hawaii, lie was again defeated ns a candidate for Kovernor in Pill!, but kept pltiKitiiiK deeper in to New .Mexico politics and, despite the factional strife so often londiiii; the republican ranks. In that stale, finally became the republican nation al committeeman and then u full I'lcilyed republican senator. ('OU'Mlil'S, Nov. .(. X. S.) Proper safeguards to keep Ohio from lieinii made the dumping wound f,,r non-resident lnsane'have been recoin- (lueiub d to (lovernor Davis by the for mer stale board of administration as a means of stoppini; the Krowinit num bers of these persons who arc bcinj; admitted to stale Institutions. "The number of non-residents ad mitted to our hospitals durtiiK l!U!i was Hit) and during 192(1 was 114," declares the board's report. "The to tal number of deportations for the two years was fifteen. The uvcraKo main tenance cost per inmate for u year in our hospitals Is $25.1. The total num ber of non-residents In the several In stitution ul any (lino is ut least 175. These inmates cost tho state ? 4 r.bl a year for maintenance and occupy facilities at the institutions represent IliK a capital outlay of over $ I IHUinn. "It is evident It would bo i;oiul bin I. ness for the stale lo pay the expense of transporlliiK these mui-reslilcnts lo their place of residence wherever II Is possible to do so and to lake steps to prevent the commitment of uon-resl-dents In the first Instance. Krforls should lie Hindu to secure the. co-operation or the probate judm'S 111 tonkin", a more complete and thoroiu;h Inves tigation to determine, place of resi dence n ml in transporting iion-resl-dents directly from tho counties be- lore commitment to the state Insti tutions. "The law should be amended so as lo make, it mandatory for all probate .Indites to transport all Insane, non residents and aliens to their places of residence mid to aulhniizo the expen diture of couuly funds for this purpose." l.iiNluiN. Nov. !. (!. N. Hi An Important scientific discovery, ntaliiiiK It possible for surm'ons to obtain more accurate location of t'orcilin objects in Ibe human body than is at present attainable, was disclosed at the niitiuiil exhibition of the Koal 1'hotonraphic Society. The discovery, tho outcome of re searches carried out by the soviet v. will, it is stated, take radioKi'ii phy t.i a much hlKhrr scientific plane than has hitherto been possible. The new process, it is claimed, will enable ope rators to take a photomaph of lb' iirimth, showbill' not only what it P hut also Its exact location, depth and position. It Is also claimed that the new process of X-ras dermatitis, which bus ended fatally in the case of more than a dozen research pioneers, and at the same time permit a lamer number of exposures to be taken without in ronvcnlcncInK the patient. Another recent discovery which was shown at the exhibition was in con ned ion with autochroiuo photog raphy, niakini; It possible to take col ored pictures. ' j moving y: Kh 'r Announcement Wc are pleased to announce to the public that we will be in out new location on Monday morning; and cordially solicit your business. It makes a difference who does your Iff It slioidd be done hy an organization of trained speci alists, in a modern establishment, equipped with up--lo-the-minute machinery. OUKS IS 4 ,4one of Oregon's foremost Dyeing and II ' 1 ! 1 " . O Cleaning estaDlisjunents. mm Model Cfeaiisrs Dp f j I : ; Cleaners and Dyers of Garments and Household I m Furnishings Jn ! " wwimmm ,. . 7 All: 0- A. C. GLEE CLUB IS FollnwinK Thanksgivlns recess the club will hold four rehearsals a week in preparation for the Portland and Vancouver concerts. New miiiie. has been received and the songsters are eu t hnseist ieall v orenarinir for the season e.Hieei'tM. 1:. W. l.vons nf Kuireno 1 oi'.kiion" Ai;i:H'!M.'rri; 4 foi,- l.KiiK, I'orvallis. Nov. 2ii. The col lege islce dub will make two tours of northwest cities in the winter term. The til's' trip will be to Portland and Vancouver, Wash., in January. The second trip will be to Seattle. Taenia. cmpia, Aberdeen, CeiUiaiia and possiblv line other city iu the i.',ras Harbor country in March. The Port land appearance will be in tho public auditorium on the KUis.m-Whitc Ly ceum bureau program. . is in charge of the stunt end of the j program anl some clever skits are ex- I peeled to be developed fro.ui the (abundance of material. I (il.!lL.l'TvN. Mo.. N". V. i After three cH: Nov. 26. (I. s of niiiriied life Mis. John Sexton has filed suit for divorce from P.ev. John V. Sex ton, Princeton graduate and pastor of the Westminister Presbyterian Church here. Mrs. Sexton charges incompati bility. i "It was a very unpleasant dream," ! she said of her marriase, "and I wish i ' to t'ol'iU't it." i j i "1 cannot understand it." the pastor I declares. "My wife has appeared I .happy since our marriage and 1 know j jl was.'' Members of the board of elders of tho church asked .Cev. Sexton for a I rtatement 1 csarilins: the affair. The statement was furnished. "We will stick by him," was the ver dict, "until he is tried. It would be rontr.tr to Piblical tcachiuss to con demn him now." It Temperament Hats Dy Mrs. Harding's Modiste OUR DESIRE! To in.iUe vtm expect more than t on would of any other institution, then Bive yon more than j on ex-' pert, Is the aim of The Inland I'.uipire 1'auk. uur bank, today enjoys a splen.I'd patron. iko and it is pleusliiK to find that most of our new business Is secured tbiouiih old depositors recoiiiniendins the Institution to their friends. We appreciate this con fidence and do our best to be worthv of it. We feel cei lain th.it v u'.i, tco, would enjoy Kinking with this fllslit llttolt. I IHI 4l'Ks A SWIVt.S Xl T mid OIU VINS l lltl lil III I.I I! N K The Inland Empire Bank MfiulH'r I'ltlfKil j.csciM- Sjittiit ri-:xiiiTTOv i:n,i v." .vOfxX &i&fjrll. 'At -s - 'm' 1 . , ' t. 1 ' ' i ' ' 1.-1 W ' 7 -1 up. nl , , v k , t m i mi i 0 w - m kMBHHa m m f u H M ' ' -.. . Did you ever r.ctieo t!a effoot on temiwramxnt cf the color you war? Here are two huts desipnod bv Mrs. llarai:n: Su ssi.;a!;er. 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