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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1927
CapitalJiJournal
Salem, Oregon .
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BYRON.
Good City Business
Two charter amendments looking toward increased effi
ciency in the operations of city government will go before
the voters on the city ballot at the special election next Tues
day which should be thoroughly understood. One removes
the 8-year residence requirement for appointed paid em
ployees of the city, and the other gives the city a major
lien against property for sidewalk improvements.
Outgrown provincial narrowness is probably responsible
for the presence in the present charter of the clause which.
restricts the city council in its selection of paid employees
f the police, fire, engineering, health or other departments
to persons who can establish proof of their residence in the
city for a period of three years directly preceding their em
ployment. Aside from being a senseless device to discourage
new people irom locating in &aiem ine restriction raises an
effective bar against allowing the city to avail itself of the
best trained employees.
Of two available candidates for a particular position, one
trained and expert in the work but lacking in the qualifying
prerequisite of residence here, and the other fitted by no
qualification other than that of domicile within the city
limits, the council must unaer ine present system empiuy
lnHni- Th rlividine line betwen ability and inability is
thus arbitrarily fixed by the imaginary physical confines of
the city's limits.
Tioairlpncp. on anv of the small home tracts which sur
round the city on all sides, or further afield is damning evi
dence of the lack of those qualities which insure efficiency in
the public's employ.
Likewise, is the proposal to make property directly liable
for sidewalk improvements made by the city good business.
Heretofore all of the council's endeavors to compel the con
struction and proper maintenance of sidewalks have availed
naught, except to Baddle the cost of such improvements upon
the city at large, wherever the property owner has felt in
clined to resist collection. As a minor hen the cost of s.de-
ii. ,fa nniilrl not he collected if fought, and the
proposed amendment would place these lien, , or, 1 the same
basis as street improveuium, i ...-...
ferred liability against the property so assessed.
Candlelight
By RUBY M. AYRES
Copyright, 1925, by
Tho McCIum Newspaper Syndicate
XXXVIII "No" Again 1
It was only after dinner when
tho band was playing and moat of
tho people wero dancinpc that Wil
liam came across the lounge and
eat down beside her.
"Do ynu dance?" he asked.
Bhe shook her head.
"No, I don't do anything. I've
had to say no to everything at least
a hundred times thla evening. I
think people are beginning to won
der why I have come here at all."
"You'll soon learn to do as welt
as the rest of us' he told hor.
Minnie smiled.
"Yon don't mean that, or, at
least, If you do, you must have for
gotten how very few things I have
ever been able to do, William."
His brown eyes rested on her face
with their old melting look. ,
"There Is one thing you have done
which no other woman I have ever
known has been able to do." he
said quietly.
"And what is thai?" she 03ked.
"Keep a man unchanging in his
love for you," said William.
Tho hot blood rushed headlong
to her face at the unexpectedness
of the reply.
"You must not say those things
to me," she said with stiff lips,
though her heart was beating like
a drum.
"Why rot, If It's lln truth?" he
. asked obstinately.
Her face quivered into a faint
em tie.
"When you have not seen mo lor
fighl years," she protested gently.
"Eight years, or eighty,. It would
make no difference," William said,
and for a little while they were
both silent.
"ATjd what have you been doing
all Una time? ' Minnie usked at last,
He shrmiircd his shoulders.
"Oh, chiefly loafing, I am afraid.
When the war was over I made tip
my mind to take a long holiday."
He smiled, meeting her eyes. "Well,
1 am still taking it.
"I ee."
"And you?" William asked. "What
have you been doing? I heard that
Laleham was badly wounded and
that you hud both gone abroad."
"Yes, but he is much better now
ever so much better."
"I am so glad to hear it. And you
Old not like South Africa?"
"No" she gave a quick sigh
"I am afraid I was terribly home
sick all the time. I tried to hide It,
put I don't think I am very good
at hiding things."
"You managed to hide cne tiling
from me very successfully for
great many years," William said.
She did not ask what It was, but
her hands made a little tpasmodic
movement of protest
"I mean the answer to a question
I a ed you that night at the 6a
vov" WllJJam persisted.
She found her voice with an ef
fort.
"I have forgotten what the ques
tion was."
He ignored the trouble In her
face.
He told her ruthlessly:
"I asked if there was ever a time
when you would have married me?
She tried to laugh, but her voice
vn broken up and nervous.
Mrs. Yates took a cigarette from a
jeweled tortoiseshell case. "Do you
smoke?" she asked Minnie.
Minnie smiled and shook her
head.
"X have to say No once again.
she said to William.
"I thought all our modern au
thoresses smoked,' Mrs. Yates pro
tested. She took a light from Wil
liam. "How very nice and old-fashioned
of you, Mrs. Laleham."
The band struck up a fresh fox
trot, and she rose, laying her hand
on Williams arm.
"Shall we dance, Mr. Winter?"
She carried him off, and Minnie
was left alone. She felt tired now
tired with the excitement and
emotions of the day, and she longed
to go to her room and be quiet.
The Manchester Minx had Inau
gurated some hurdle races on her
own account over chairs at the far
end of the lounge, and had drawn
half a dozen young men Into the
game. Their noise and laughter al
most drowned the band. Minnie
rose and slipped across to Laura,
who was talking to Adelbert, the
guide.
Minnie touched her arm.
"I'm bo tired. I'm going to bed.
Good-night."
Laura turned.
"Good-night, and pleasant
dreams," she said in a preoccupied
way.
Tomorrow From a Fairy Story!
GARDEN CLUB WILL
MEET AJW00DBURi.
Woodburn, Or., June 21. A meet
ing of the Woodburn Garden club
has been called for tonight at 8
o'clock at the library. Rev. John T.
Myers, one of Woodburn'a enthus
iasts, will give an Informal talk on
"Soils," and new members will be
received into the club. Membership
In this club Is open to everyone who
is interested in gardens ol any kind
or color.
Youth Who Preached
To Coolidge Sunday
Former Silvertonian
Sllverton, June 21. Twenty-year-old
Rolf Llum who, still unordained,
preached his first sermon Sunday
morning In a little rural church in
Hermosa, South Dakota, with
President and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge
among the 150 In the audience, lived
in Sllverton 14 years ago when his
father, Reverend Lium, was pastor
of the St. John's church on East
Hill.
Reverend Llum was pastor here
for several years and died In this
city while minister of this church.
Many Sllverton people will remem
ber little six-year-old Rolf with his
blue eyes and blond hair.
It seems that Rolf has one more
year to finish at Carlton College
In Northfleld, Minn., and had gone
to this little hamlet to earn enough
money to put him through the
senior year at college.
He had no Idea that he would
preach his Initial sermon before the
President of the United States and
his wife, but went through It all
calmly a.,d serenely. He led the
hymns and referred some to the or
der of services which were under
the pulpit Bible. He gave his ten-
minute sermon ably and well, with
a strong, clear voice, and was
listened to most attentively by both
the president and his wife.
Rolf Is taking a medical course,
with the intention of using It In
missionary work which he intends
to do as his life work.
Polk County
Court
An application for divorce was
filed with County Clerk Black on
Saturday by Clara Baldwin against
Charles Arthur Baldwin, both of
Polk county. The couple were mar
ried in Salem, April 20, 1923. There
are two children. The complaint
charges cruel and Inhuman treatment.
County Clerk Black visited the
Hillsboro court house on Friday.
looking over their method of keep
ing books on road work. It Is the
desire of Clerk Black and the mem
bers of the county court to Install
a system of bookkeeping which will
enable them to keep the different
funds so segregated that it will be
determine just how and where the
funds are spent and also to deter
mine the expense of operation on
the various projects.
A marriage license was issued on
Saturday to Collins Wayne Gaulman
and Mad Ethel Sumpter, both of
Monmouth. A marriage license was
also Issued to Edgar L. Perkins and
Luclle M. Dunlop, both of Portland.
Upon receipt of the license the-
young couple called at the Home of
Rev. Orval Peterson, pastor of the
Christian church and were mar
ried, leaving immediately for Port
land.
Marie Enns was committed to the
state hospital by Judge Hawkins on
Monday at the request or relatives
with whom she had been living, and
an attendant came over from Salem
and took her In charge.
The
Record
for cooking
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It'a tha "balanced ration" of pro
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ilua tha "bulk" to make laxatives
ess often needed that world's
authorities are advising.
Now you cook it in 24 to S minutes.
That's (aster than plain toast. No
kitchen muss or bother.
Why go on, then, with less nour
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Quaker . . . food that stands by you
through the morning.
Your grocer has. Quick Quaker
also Quaker Oats as you have always
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DUMB DORA
By Chick Young
"How can I remember? It's so
lonit ago." -
"My denr, don't play with me,"
said William steadily. "Youvc
nothing to fear from me. I love
you with nil my heart ind soul, but
i Honor you ever mure,
nnt.hinir to fear from me."
She turned her head sharply away
to hide the tears that rose to her
eyes, and William went on:
wnen i aaw you ui, uio
this morning, I was happy for the
first time since I last saw you.
Minnie, why didn't you answer the
letter I wrote you Irom Mesopota
mia? It reached you, I suppose'
"Yes, oh, yes."
"Whv didn't vou answer it then?
It could have done no harm, and It
would have meant a great deal to
me."
"It couldn'tl It didn't seem right.
Besides, what could 1 write?" He
smiled at that.
"If vou had only written, "Dear
Mr. Winter, I am quite well, Min
nie,' I should have been satisfied,"
he told her whimsically.
She sought for further excuses.
"It was Just then that Peter was
wounded. I went out to France
they thought ho vould die. After
wards I nursed him at home for
months,"
"Lucky Peter," said William.
"Ho loves me," Minnie said.
"So do I," jaid William.
Minnie said ngnln:
"You ought not to talk to me like
that."
"What harm can it do, if you care
nothing for me?" he asked; "and It
gives me some small satisfaction.
Every time I look at you I want to
say, "I lovo you I love you.' "
"Oh, William I Please"!
Ho laughed roughly.
"That makes you angry I Very
well, I won't offend again. Here
comes Mrs. Yates."
Mrs. Yates came across the lounge
with a rustling of brocado and a
glitter of diamonds. She would
have been a good-looking woman II
she had been made up less, and snc
had n superb figure.
William rose to his feet, but she
had not come to speak with him.
She look his vacant chair beside
Minnie and began in her gushing
voice:
"Mrs. Laleham, I've Just found
out from Miss Bylvestre that it is
you who wrote that lovely book.
'The End of the Day.' I must tell
you how much I enjoyed HI It's
not often a book makes me cry, but
I assure you that I shed copious
tears over tills one. Mr. Winter,
why didn't you U?h me that we had
a famous authoress coming to slay
amonRst us?"
"For the very tlmple reason that
I did not know," William said. "It
was a Rrcat surprise to me to see
Mrs. Laleham. 1 assure you."
'And yet I hear that you have
known one another all your lives."
Mrs. Yates pursued, she had spent
a profitable half-hour extracting
Information from Laura. Sha was
one of those women who like to
know everything.
"I knew Mrs. Laleham when she
was a small girl In ft sunbonnct,"
William said. "But we have not
met for eight years."
"Dear me, how very Interesting I"
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