THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1935
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The Old
A bill introduced by Representative Wallace and passed
by the house with a unanimous vote, would call a halt on the
costly abuse, that has grown up in the last four yearB, of
employing political attorneys to represent the' several state
boards and commissions. The bill would prohibit the em
ployment of such attorneys only when it was impracticable
for the attorney general's office to serve, and then only when
the approval of the governor or state board of control had
been obtained.
The attorney general's office evidently does not like
the bill it apparently wishes to perpetuate past abuses. At
the time the Wallace bill was up for passage, an attempt was
made to have the sponsor withdraw it and substitute one
prepared by the attorney general's office. This Mr. Wallace
refused to do, with the result that his bill passed the house
and is now in committee in the senate.
Having failed to have his bill substituted for the Wallace
bill in the house, the attorney general has had it introduced
in the senate by Senator Duncan. This bill would sanction
old abuses and permit the attorney general to build up a fine
political machine. All attorney's serving the state would be
named by him; he would fix their compensation and expense
allowances. The cost, however, would be paid by the depart
ment, board or commission to which the attorneys named by
him might be assigned.
This attorney abuse will never be ended until it is made
the duty of the attorney general's office to function as
originally intended as the law department of the state
and upon the money appropriated for its support by the legis
lature. The Duncan bill is but a delusion and a snare and
should be killed. The Wallace bill should pass.
Tempest in a Teapot
It is quite characteristic of legislators, dressed in a lit
tle brief authority and overwhelmed by their own import
ance, to lose their perspective and what little sense of humor
they possess. And this accounts for the tempest in a teapot
that raged in the house over the publication of a story in the
Capital Journal relating the fact that resentment over Speak
er Cooter's "expediency committee" hud materialized in the
offering of a facetious resolution calling for the presentation
of gavels for each of its members.
Marion county's distinguished lady legislator hysteri
cally moved a resolution of condemnation against the writer
and Representative Nelson of Multnomah moved that the
"Capital Journal be barred from the house" while Represen
tative Latourette advocated giving the paper "another chance
and then denying the courtesy of the house to its representa
tive," but there were no seconds. Cooler counsels prevailed
when the speaker announced "he could take it."
If legislators could see themselves as others see them
their fussy essence would not be so much like that of angry
apes, for they would have to atlmit that they are staging an
essay in futility. A steering committee of some kind that
functions is badly needed to bring order out of chaos and
dispose of the surplusage of bills but it is rather late in the
day and the situation seems to he out of control.
Light on Lawyers' Bills
T,ight on the $9,784.17 bill presented by the law firm of
Clark & Clark, for legal services rendered Public Utilities
Commissioner Thomas in the telephone case is shed by a let
ter written by Henry Hnnzen, budget commissioner, to Gov
ernor Meier in the closing days of his administration reprint
ed in the Portland News Telegram. It was this letter that
resulted in the failure to pay the bill, though the attorney
general said it was none of the board of control's business.
The bill, the newspaper states, presumably on llnnzen's au
thority, was originally for $15,000, but cut to $10,000 follow
ing a meeting participated in by Meier and Thomas.
Hansen's letter to the governor calls attention to the
fact that Clark & Clark had already received fees of $7,658
for representing the utilities commissioner in other cases,
and as the telephone case whs still in litigation and the work
done no greater than in other cases, "in my opinion $3,034.17
would constitute a reasonable fee in this particular case."
One wonders how many more excessive legal bills have
been presented by and paid to political lawyers during the
Meier "economy" regime, that Henry was silent about. .
The Mahoney Bill
Portland, always boasting of the water grades to that
city and port, seems to be asleep to the fact that the Willis
Mahoney seventy car train bill is before the legislature. This
bill would prohibit railroads entering the state to haul more
than seventy freight cars or more than fourteen passenger
cars in any one train.
Water grades, which permitted the hauling of long
trains, have given the Port of Portland advantages which
have been reflected in lower freight rates. The seventy car
bill will nullify all natural advantages and put Portland on
a par with the Puget Sound cities which have always been
Jinndionppcd by a costly mountain haul.
Dallas Altruistic
Club Entertained
Dallas The Altruistic club met
Wednesday night nt the home of
Mrs. A. J. Bennett, who was Joint
Hostess for the occasion with Mrs.
RnlclRh Middleton and Mrs. Mcr
rltt Hart. High score went to Mrs.
Jl. P. Starr, low id Mrs. R. B. Van
Orsdel, the special prize was won
by Mrs. Ed Dunn.
Members present were Mrs. Agnes
StockweU, Mrs. Del Plaster, Mrs. Joe
Orlffln, Mrs. W. V. Waters, Mrs.
Andrew Irwin, Mrs. E. A. Wagner,
Mrs. A. P. Starr, Mrs. W. O. Ret
tcr, Mrs. Irene Lynn, Mrs. B. Dom
asrhofsky, Mrs. W. D. Collins, Mrs.
Kd Dunn, Mrs. Warren Dunn, Mrs.
Claud Hyde, Mrs. Miriam Murray.
Mrs. Fay Brown, Mrs. Fl. B. Van
Orsdol, Mrs. Lloyd Plaster. Mrs. I.
U Smith, Mrs. George Ebertuig,
Editor and Publisher
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Mrs. T. B. Hooker, Mrs. C. P. Hcl
(terson. Mrs. J. R. Slblry, Mrs. Ra
IclRh Mlddlrton, Mrs Merrltt Hart
and Mrs. A. J. Bennett.
PENSION Vl.Vtt MEETS
West stnylon Rev. Livingstone of
Sllverton was the speaker at the
Townsend club meeting Tuesday
night. The club will meet the first
Tuesday In each month. A pie sup
per was enjoyed later, the proceeds
to be used to help pay exix-nses.
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BIRTHDAY CEI.EIIRATED
West Stayton Mrs. Ed Clark en
tertained at dinner Sunday for the
blrthriny anniversary of Mrs. Clark
and Mrs. Henry Crane. Covers were
placed far the honored guests, Ed
Clark and Mrs. Crane, Bonnie and
Florence Crane, Mr. Crnw, Lois.
Clarence, Charles and Buster Clark
and the hostess, Mrs. Ed Clark.
News Behind
The News
By PauJ Mallon '
Washington, Feb. 8 The behead
in? of Messrs. Prank, Howe, et al,
points to a rather general Inside
situation. Appar
ently no new
dealer except
President Boose
pelt himself could
?et insurance on
his political life
;hese days.
Hardly a week
passes with out
some new pub
lished rumor of a
possible resigna-
:ion. Those who PALL MALLON
nave been men
tioned within the past few months
include Messrs. Ickes, Moffett, Clay
Williams, Peek, Eiddle, Ben Cohen
and sundry lesser lights. These rum
ors seldom turn out to be true, but
they reflect an inner conflict and
commotion which approaches con
fusion. Sources Newsmen do not sit
around and dream these rumors.
They come irenerally from new deal
officials whose reliability cannot be
ignored, but who often have some
particular ax of their own to grind.
The erroneous rumor that Chester
Davis, victorious AAA administra
tor, would retire came, at least par
tially, from no less an authoritative
source than Mr. Davis himself. A
newsman obtained the original tip
elsewhere and conferred with Mr
Davis before writing the story. Mr.
Davis did nothing to stop the story
until several days later.
Apparently, Mr. Davis did not
know at that time where he stood,
and discovered it only three days
before the guillotine was let fall on
his opponents.
Ax There can be no question
about what happened in the whole
sale shake-up in the agriculture ad
justment administration. Certain
new deal smoothies are naturally
trying to make it look like a long
contemplated routine reorganization
just "puUing-the-department-on-a
- permanent - orgnniaUon-bJusis"
sort of thing. This is the customary
official excuse, but it is so old that
no one is really expected to believe
it.
What happened was that the Tug
wellian clique leaders were fired,
ousted, canned. It was done without
advance warning while their bene
factor, Prof. Tugwell. was away. H(?
was in Florida on official business,
possibly inspecting sea shells on the
beach j
Wha! caused it was a mixture ot
personal and fundamental animosi
ties, none ot which seems to bo as
important as the contestants think
it is.
Fascism Political seers undoubt
edly will see behind it another new
deal swine to the right, possibly
even a step toward fascism. There
is a small grain of truth in that in
terpretation, but not more than a
grain. The plain fact is that the
AAA chicken is all left wing, and
there are no fascist gizzards inside
it anywhere.
A simpler Interpretation would
seem to be that the extreme left
wins tip has been clipped and that
is all.
The main practical effect will be
to give the farm groups unrestrain
ed control. Wenkened will be the
conflicting consumers' protection
restraint and the college professor
influence. (Tugwell has had nothing
to do with the AAA , for eight
months.)
Carping It has been denied, but
the point which finally brought the
break was a quarrel over prying in
to the books of processors. Tugwel
lian Attorney Prank was eager to
do It. So was the consumer counsel
Fred Howe. They framed a very
strong amendment to be passed by
congress.
The Chester Davis clique did not
like the wording of the amendment,
and presumably did not care much
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for the idea, although a somewhat
less stringent amendment Is now
promised by them. '
The dismissed Tugwellians also
demanded closer supervision of mar
keting amendments; full right to in
vestigate profit and cost data; rigid
control of dairies, canners, millers,
etc. I
These high pressure demands 1
made Mr. Davis boil over last week.1
He went privately to the boss. Ag
riculture Secretary Wallace, who has
tried to be fair at both sides. Mr.
Davis took with him all his accum
ulated grief and evidence of sharp
shooting from his adversaries. He
demanded what la commonly known
as a show-down and got It. j
You may recall that, only a week
before, It had been rumored Mr.!
Davis would resign. And U turned
out he got his adversaries before
they could get him.
Censorship? One Important ef
fect of Mr. Wallace's wing clipping
may never become known. It will be
a tight clamping down on the lid
on all unofficial news. Messrs. Wal
lace and Davis, particularly Davis,
have been very much annoyed lately
about leaks.
They wrongly suspected some of
their adversaries. They plan now to
let out only such news as they de
sire, and let it out only through the
press publicity funnel but they
may be disappointed.
Gem The new dealers are be
coming really slick in their meth
ods. The official announcement of
the reorganization, for Instance, was
a publicity gem. It might well be
used as a text book for all aspiring
press agents.
Not one word was said in it about
firing anyone or abolishing any de
partment. Frank's name was not
mentioned, nor was Howe's. The
statement was confined to the "con
structive" results of the reorganiza
tion, which concealed the whole
storv.
The name of every new division
chief was mentioned in the an
nouncement, but a vacant space was
left where Howe's name would ordi
narily have been placed as head of
consumers' counsel.
West of the
By Herbert H. Hilscher, F.
The other evening I had dinner
at the home of a doctor friend of
mine. On the side board were two
beautifully hand carved lions. They
looked so real that except for the
fact that they were only six inches
high, they mi?ht just as well have
been alive. The doctor informed
me that they were a gift of appre
ciation from a wealthy Chinese for1
curing him of the eczema. The.
Chinese had doctored with every
body In Manila and with one fell
swoop when my friend took over
the case the eczema disappeared.
The Chinese was overjoyed hence
the honored gift of the lions. But
now the doctor is stratching his
head. The eczema has returned and
he Is wondering if the lions will
have to go back.
The Elks club of Manila is Just
about the best known club in the
world. The hospitality is genuine
and most exhilarating. Last e"ve
ninir just before dinner there were
28 dice boxes going at the same
time on the bar. And just for the
curiosity of "West of the Date Line"
I counted the boxes on the rack.
143 boxes each with the name of
the owner stamped in gold letters
on the side. Now that's a lot of
galloping digits in any man's club.
And confidentially the cash register
simply wears out every six months.
It's the busiest pesos box In the
Islands and clinks though its draw
ers more than seven thousand pesos
a month. In plain United States
language that means three thousand
five hundred dollars every 30 days. !
What wonderful material for the
guns of the Anti-Saloon lcaguel
The mast popular subject In Man- j
11a right now Is divorce. The Is-
lands being strongly Catholic there ;
is only one ground for severing
the marriage knot. And that is
conviction of the wife of Infidelity.!
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mi.
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It will be Interesting, too, carried
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or canton crepe Bilk in some of the
gay bright new shades,
A crepe allk print wltb the collar
and buttons la the predominating
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SYNOPSIS: KlehoUi Trench hu proof,
sow, that be wu oot the murderer 01
John Oiborne end he Deeded it, becauK
althoiuh he bed bees acquitted of the
deed, many belleTed he iu ullty. And
Molly O'Brien, whom Kick lore, hu found
the valusble formula Oiborne had atolen
from her. But ther have a fresh prob
lemhow to escape from Peter Orloff.
Bolshevist spt who will itop at nothlns
to tet the formula. Molly, Jerry Uor
daunt. their friend, and Nick axe boardiai
Jerry's yacht.
Chapter 45
RACE
It was only a short pull forty
yards at the utmost but with the
spray splashing over us at every
stroke we were all four drenched
to the skin by the time we got on
board.
George, who was waiting for us
on deck, heralded our approach by
a chorus of staccato barks, his en
thusiasm culminating in a frantic
attempt to lick each of our faces
In turn as we climbed up over the
side.
"What about a hot drink and a
mouthful of biscuit straight away?"
suggested Jerry. 'T could do with
it for one, and Heaven knows when
we shall get another chance."
"I'll put the Primus on.'.' Jimmy
wriggled out of his dripping mack
intosh. "You'd better 'ave this back
now, sir. You'll be wanting it If
we're going out amongst that lot."
He disappeared briskly through
the cabin door, and after a medita
tive glance seaward Jerry turned
to us.
"Of course," he observed, "mira
cles do happen occasionally, but
somehow or other I don't altogether
like the look of this one. Seems
just a little to good to be true."
"I've the same pleasant feeling
myself." I admitted.
"We're in for something that's
certain and. what's more, it won't
be long in coming. Now they know
we've got the formula . . ." He broke
off. "How's the shoulder. Nick?"
"None to gay," I replied. "Still,
Date Line
R. G. S., Explorers' Club
The liberals want to add concubi
nage, desertion and incompatabil
ity, but they are. meeting a lot of
opposition. The debate grew so hot
last week that one of the propon
ents was accused of desiring the
new law so that he could be the
first to get a divorce.
How the world does shrink! Met
Monsieiir Francois Martin, director
in Saigon for Air France, the great
combination of all French Air lines.
Just think. You can get aboard the
Air France plane in Saigon on Sun
day and arrive In Paris the follow
ing Sunday. Your plane makes 18
stops in 11 countries. It won't be
long before you will be able to make
the circuit of the globe in a two
weeks' vacation.
You've often heard the story that
Queen Victoria, very fond of trop
ical fruits, tasted all except one.
And that exception was the deli
cate mangosteen which grows In
the Dutch East Indies. She greatly
regretted not haing tasted this ex
quisite perfection of nature before
she passed on. A dozen attempts
were made to bring the mangosteen
to her, but each failed. However,
today you can place an order with
your Paris or London green grocer
for two dozen mangosteens that Is
if you have enough money! He
will cable Batavta, Java and about
four dozen will be picked, wrapped
in cotton, slowly chilled and placed
in dry Ice containers. About half
will be still In good condition when
they arrive In Parts and London
via the air express. Thus the last
resistance of the tropics seems to
have bowed its head before the ad
vance of so-called civilization.
A champagne merchant in Saigon I
whispered this to me so don't spread 1
It far and wide. Pommery Cham
pagne from Reims Is perhaps the
greatest favorite out East where
connoisseurs can tell with a sip the
brand and the vintage. Whenever
the Pommery vineyards produce too
many champagne grapes for the
Pommery label, the identical cham
pagne Is bottled under the brand
name of V.P." and sells for a third
the price. Now be nice and thank
me for the tip.
Don't be surprised that Is don't
be shocked too much when you
see "Du Savon 50 cents" on your
hotel bill. In French territory It
seems customary for the manage
ment to supply you with a bar or
exquisite face soap and then put
It on your bill.
Remember when we were kids
there used to be an expression
"Nit" which we tacked onto the end
of a sentence to make It mean Just
the opposite, "Sure, 111 take you
to the movie tonight, nit." Do you
remember? Well, "nit, means
something entirely different out
here in the East Far East. The
natives have just the best time
squatting on street comers and
"nlttlng" each other. It is done
a la monkey fashion and In the
most approved manner by mashing
the nits between the two thumb
nails. Lots of fun, I should Imagine.
M'Carters Hosts
Brush College Mr. and Mrs.
Charles McCarter entertained with
an informal dinner at their home.
Bridge was the diversion of the eve
ning, four tables being In play. The
guest group included Mr. and Mrs.
8. D. Crawford, Mr, and Mrs. Frank
Matthews, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne D.
Henry, Mr. and Mrs. W. Frank
Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hen
ry, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Oibson, Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Allen and the hosts,
Mr. and Mrs. McCarter.
Hopmere Tom Osborn is critic
ally IU at the Salem Deaconess hospital.
By VICTOR BRIDGES
my left arm's sound enough."
He nodded. "That's something.
I can manage all right for the
present but if we have to clear out
in a bit of a hurry, I shall want
you to stand by for the tiller."
"What are you going to do?" I in
quired. "Just get things ready. It will be
another forty minutes at least be
fore the bar's really safe, but there's
no harm In making a few prepara
tions. You two stay here, and for
the love of Mike, keep your eyes
open."
He left us abruptly, and, mov
ing forward into the bows, started to
haul in the slack of the anchor
chain. Down below, through the
open door of the cabin, I could hear
Jimmy pumping up the Primus.
"I'd give a lot to know what's
happened to our dear friend Or
loff," I said. "Where do you sup
pose he was making for when he
slipped off from the factory?"
"I've been trying to work It out."
Molly sat down beside me on the
wet cabin top. "I believe he meant
to go back to the boat. He'd fin
ished with us at least, so he
thought but that was no use un
less he could get rid of the others
too.
"I don't know how he was going
to do it . I expect he had some
cunning and horrible plan to make
it look as if we'd all been killed
in the explosion. Anyhow, he cer
tainly wouldn't waste time. He'd
siren dy sent one of his men to
watch the farm, and ..."
"But when he found we'd es-;
caped," I broke in, "why didn't he
finish us off then? What chance
should we have had against a crowd
of armd tnugns?"
She shook her head. "It's got to
look like an accident. Nick. After
all this isn't Russia. You can't
shoot down four people and just
leave their bodies lying about on
the marsh. Why, even now, when
he knows . . ."
"Listen!"
I gripped hold of her wrist, and
I for a tense second we both sat there
:in breathless silence. Through the
moaning of the wind, from some
where far away up the creek, came
a faint, unmistakable sound It was
the purring spit of a marine engine.
"Hear that?" With the swiftness
cf a cat Jerry was back again be
side us. "A ten-horse Kelvin from
the sound of it. Chuck off those
ropes, man. and get hold of the
tiller. If we're not out of this quick,
it's all up with is."
He was gone again In a flash, and
for two minutes of feverish activ
ity thf world seemed to consist of
'soaked canvas and recalcitrant
knots.
I was dimly conscious of the crash
of the anchor, and the wild flut
tering of a rebellious jib; then, tiller
in hand, I found myself crouching
forward on the wet counter, while
foot bv foot Jerry hauled up the
strug?lir. mainsail.
"That's all right. Let her come."
Round we swuns. heeling over to
our lee gunwale, and taking in a
rush of water that surged furiously
up the deck.
With only one arm at my disposal,
it was as much as I could do to
battle against the force of the gaie.
Something like a red-hot gimlet
seemed to be boring vigorously into
my damaged shoulder, and every
wave that slapped against our bows
sent a shower of stinging spray
into my eyes.
Through it all the menacing throb
behind us grew clearer and clearer.
"I can see them now, Nick. They're
just coming round the bend."
Molly's voice was as steady as
CUNDOWN'
CHKISTIPHER SEES
By Mary Graham Bonner
Christopher had injured his wing.
He had certainly given it a terrific
crack when he had knocked over
the rockin? chair, and now the
Puddle Muddlers were gathered
about him as he was held by Willy
Nilly.
"And it's his left wing, to," said
Willy Nilly. "That will mean it
will be hard for him to get any
sleep. He is so in the habit of
sleeping with his head under that
wing that he can't be comfortable
any other way."
"That's true," agreed Top Notch
sadly.
"I'll be all right," said Chris
topher, who really felt as though
he were pretty much cracked up.
"How does your eye feel now?"
asked Mrs. Quacko Duck, who hoped
that there would be something
cheerful for poor Christopher. She
rather believed that his eye had
received treatment quickly enough
to be all right.
"It feels fine." cawed Christo
pher. Mrs. Quacko took off the bandage
and looked at the eye. Christo
pher blinked It and then cawed
with delight.
"I can see all of your
"Let's be sure you arent looking
out of your good eye," said Top
Notch, In his practical rooster voice.
"What a dreadful thing to say!"
"Not dreadful at all, I m as anx
ious for him to be all right as you
are," returned Top Notch. And
they all krtwe this was true. Only
Top Notch had not been very tact
ful. But he put one wing over Chris
topher's good eye.
"I can see. It's all right!" cawed
Christopher happily."
I , TUB 73
TomorrowThe Long Night"
usual, and glancing back up the
wind-swept creke, I had a momen
tary glimpse of our pursuing enemy
She was a powerful looking cutter,
half as large again as ourselves,
and in addition to her engine, she
was forging along under every atrip
of canvas that she was capable of
carrynig.
"Thanks, old man, IU take her on
now. You get down into the well.
Molly."
Jerry, who had already possessed
himself of. the tiller, slipped deftly
into my place, and edging out of
his way, I peered through the fly
ing spume at the white-crested tur
moil ahead of us.
"Looks ugly," he remarked, ' but
it's our only chance. Now they
know we've got the paper those
devils won't care a curse what hap
pens. They'll shoot us down like
rabbits, and then make for that ship
of theirs."
I fished out the revolver which I
had stuffed away Into my side
pocket. "They'll have to hurry," I
muttered. "If they don't catch us
before we reach the bar . . ."
"That's what I'm counting on."
Jerry laughed grimly. "They must
draw at least a couple of feet more
than we do, and with any luck
there's an almighty smash coming
for somebody.
He eased off the mainsheet, and
with the wind dead behind us, the
Seagull heaved and smashed her
way joyously through the on-rush
ing tide. "Better lie down, Nick.1
he added, "it would spoil all the
fun If you got a bullet through your
head."
His advice struck me as sound
and stretching myself out flat I
looked back over the foaming wake
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civilization, and remains have been
found in many prehistoric ruins.
Those of Lake Moeris in E?ypt arc
believed to date from 200 B. C.
These were the largest reservoirs
in the Nile valley. In India water
works and reservoirs were in exist
ence centuries before the Christian
Era. There are also numerous
Biblical references to such struc
tures. The water supply of Rome
was one of the marvels of ancient
times.
Q. What is the largest ship which
has been built under the Nazi re
gime? A.S.
A. It is the Scharnhorst, recent
ly launched at Bremen, and built
lor service between Germany and
the Far East.
Q. How much money Is paid out
in taxes in the United States? R.S.
A. It is estimated by the national
Industrial conference board that
the taxes paid annually in the
United States amount to $9,500,000,-
000.
Q. I know that the quotation,
"Everybody talks about the weather
a lot, but no one does anything
about It," Is often attributed to
Mark Twain, but does not appear in
his writings. Isn't It possible to
trace it? O.G.
A. Charles Dudley Warner, editor,
author, and friend of Mark Twain's,
is the originator of this famous
witticism. The paragraph was writ
ten by him for the editorial page
of the Hartford Courant.
Q. Is a house which Is painted
a dark color hotter than one paint
ed yellow or white? C.C.
A. It is when the sun shines
upon it. Dark colors permit more
heat penetration than light colors
do.
ACROSS
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pouch
4. Soap plant
9. Small rug
12. Japanese
statesman
13. Ventures
14. Expression of
repugnance
15. Lasting
17. Enemy
18. Swamp
19. Waste
allowance
IU Keep from
happening
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tains
IS. Vex: colloq.
29. Open court
31. He: French
82. Ofiloeholilere
33, Emitted an
odor
84. Health resort
35. Plural ending
38. Sanctify
37. So may It be
38. Mediterranean
galling vessel
40. Snake
42. Tear Anunder
' 44. Masculine
name
45. Beforo
47. One who tetl
free
Solution of
hi. Supper
63. Omit In pro
nouncing 14. Note or
Guldo'e
cale
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which spread out in a broad fan
astern. With the help of her en
gine the pursuing cutter was over
hauling us rapidly.
In the bright light of the moon
which now shone down through a
gap in the cloud bank, I could see
her crew of four as plainly as though
it were daytime. One oi them, a
huge bareheaded fellow, who was
steering, I recognized at once. It
was my old acquaintance, the big
Russian sailor.
With his bestial features and
enormous breadth of shoulder he
looked for all the world like some
monstrous ape, but It was on ths
man who was crouching motionless
beside him that my eyes instinctive.
ly riveted themselves.
A cold blast of hatred went
through my heart as I stared at
that still sinister figure. He sat
there, bent slightly forward, his
face a white mask in the moonlight.
Except for the slight swaying of
his body as the ship rose and felL
he never stirred or -varied his posi
tion. Not more than a hundred yards
now separated us, and every mo
ment the roar of the sea as It
nnnn1H orjolnut tht hnr Vwnmn
lniiripr And more strident.
Twistln? myself around, I took a
glance forward over the plunging
bobstay. Directly ahead of us the
line of breakers that stretched from
shore to shore was broken by
narrow strip of dark, swirling water.
On each sice of this, over the
crest of the ridge a white mael
strom boiled and bubbled, while
here and there patches of black
sand still showed amongst the
frothing turmoil.
'To be Continued)
Questions
Q. What Is the method of fish
ing known as guddling? F.K.
A. Guddling Is the method of
catching fish with the hands by
groping in their lurking places.
Q. I notice that some writer
states that one reason for the
rapid spread of the stnrllng and
English spnrrow In the United
States was that some of their nat
ural enemies were not brought with
them when they came into this
country. What are the natural
enemies of these two birds? H.J.
A. Among their enemies may be
mentioned any of the good-sized
hawks, the little owl, the weasel,
and the gray squirrel. Mammals
such as the weasel and squirrel at
tack the nests especially. Several
types of birds which are natural
enemies of the sparrow, but not of
the starling, because of the lat
ter's greater stee and pugnadous
ness are: the rook, the magpie, and
the Jay. Neither bird had any In
ternal parasites and the fact that
both species took up their resi
dence In or near cities lessened the
number of natural enemies which
they had had Jn England.
"Our ladders won't reach him," the
fire chief exclaims.
"Besides, they'd be burnt right In
two by the flames."
Puff runs for the door, but he's
stopped by a cop.
'Til save him, says Tink. "I can
climb to the top."
Yesterday's Puzzle
8. Nntlve metal
7. Penitential
season
I. True copy of
an original
record
9. Civilian dress
10. Gone by
11. Article
16. Chnnce one's
residence
20. Type
measures
21. Moves with a
lever
22. Wash lightly
23. Mention
specifically
24. Lock of hair .
26. Come to
maturity
27. Slope
30. Other
33. Slim
34. Dauhed
36. Insect
37. Part of a
church
39. Regale
41. L'nknlt
43. Tako out
45. Greek letter
46. Corded cloth
48. Part of the
mouth
48. Small Ash '
5P. Vale
61. Old piece of
clotb
DOWN
1. Drink slowly
t. Corroded
t. Weight-sup-porting
pro
jections from
a wall
4. Proverb
t. The human
race