Open Talk on Dock Strike Harry Bridges, left, head of
striking longshoremen in Hawaii, meeting with (further left
to right) William N. Margolis, assistant director of the fed
eral conciliation service; James Blaisdell, attorney for the
Hawaiian employers, and Peter Seitz, general counsel of the
U. E. conciliation board, in efforts to settle the 79-day Ha
waiian dock trike. (AP Wirephoto)
A FRONTIER MYTH?
Johnny Appleseed Legend
Has Several Versions
Washington (U.R) When an estimated 100,000,000-bushel apple
crop ripens next fall in the nation's orchards, the legend of
Johnny Appleseed will be remembered as the story of a man
who dedicated his life to plant-e
ing apple trees in the Ameri
can wilderness.
John Chapman, the historic
original of Johnny Appleseed,
may not have been so unselfish,
according to the National Geo
graphic Society.
The known facts about him
are that he was born on a farm
in Leominster, Mass., shortly be
fore the American Revolution,
that he attended Harvard Col
lege for a short time, and that
he emigrated to the Ohio-Illinois
frontier around 1801. He
died in Fort Wayne, Ind., in
184S.
The less romantic version, the
society said, describes Johnny
as a go-getting business man,
who saw in the rapidly-growing
number of emigrants to Ohio
and Illinois an opportunity to
capitalize on the lack of fruit
v trees in the fertile free land
across the Ohio River.
He collected apple seeds from
western Pennsylvania cider
presses to start nurseries at
points along the wagon trail
from Pittsburgh to Illinois.
By selling or bartering his
young trees to the emigrants,
John Chapman built a thriving
business, leaving a small fortune
when he died,
But as the society says, the
other and more enduring story
of Johnny Appleseed tells how
he became a devotee of the mys-
tical doctrine of Emmanuel
Swedenborg while a student at
Harvard and traveled west as
a missionary-philantropist.
Armed only with a Bible and
a bag of apple seeds, he became
a minister, not only to the spir
itual but to the physical health
of the pioneers.
According to the legend, he
carried on the work of propa
gating apple trees because he
knew the worth of fresh fruit
in preventing scurvy among the
settlers during the years of
clearing, plowing and sowing
before the first harvests were
reaped.
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That is the traditional John
ny Appleseed of poems and bal
-lads, a frontier myth as dear
to American hearts as Paul Bun
aVvan and Buffalo Bill a small
wizened figure, traveling bare
foot and unarmed, recognized as
a friend by Indians, even by
wild animals.
That is the Johnny Apple
seed who pushed farther and
farther into the wilderness
ahead of the wagon trains, who
planted his seedlings near
streams and other likely spots
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for the cabins of the settlers
who were to come, and who ac
cepted food, money or goods for
his trees only to help others in
need.
He gave his seeds to all who
asked, pressing them on those
who did not ask.
His seed packets and the
seedlings from his trees outstrip
ped him as he grew old, in the
wagons that rolled on across
Iowa and Kansas and across the
Rockies to the Pacific, to flour
ish in the favorable climate of
Washington and Oregon, the
great orchard states of the U.S.
How close or how far the leg
endary Johnny Appleseed is to
the historic reality, no one
knows.
But ' the Johnny Appleseed
who is honored at Fort Wayne,
Ind., in apple blossom time, at
Leominster in apple - picking
time, by monuments at Fort
Wayne and Ashland and Mans
field, O., is the benevolent wan
derer who planted apple trees
in the wilderness from simple
love of his fellow man.
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Booklet Features
Silverton District
An attractive booklet featur
ing Silverton and the industries
and agriculture of the district
has been published bv the
Chamber of Commerce of that
city with the covers calling at
lenuon to ine iact that it is the
"gateway to Silver Falls Sate
I'arR" with pictures of the Sil
ver Creek falls, on the front
The rear cover is a strip map
of the area between Portland
and Eugene with emphasis upon
the available routes to the state
parK.
Silverton now boast f
population of 4500 with bank
resources in excess of $5,000 000
a new $150,000 hiffh j
14 churches representing many
denominations. It also points
out that Silverton leads the val
ley communities with its sewage
disposal plant and stream anti
pollution program that has been
v-iauon lor several years.
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Voman Injured
In Car Wreck
Dallas, July 21 Mrs. W. V.
Warren, Ronan, Mont., is hos
pitalized here with a pelvic frac
ture received when the automo
bile in which she was a passen
ger left the road and overturned
in a ditch at the foot of Dolph
hill about 8 o'clock Wednesday
night. Her condition is not
critical and she was reported to
day as resting easily.
The automobile was driven by
R. C. Warren of Stayton, former
mayor of Newport, and was
homeward bound from Newport
where a family reunion was
held. Neither of the men nor
Mrs. R. C. Warren were injured
beyond minor bruises. Both the
women, who were in the rear
seat, were thrown from the
sedan when it overturned after
failing to make the turn.
, Dolph hill is approximately
three miles north of here on the
coast cutoff with the accident
occuring near the junction of
the Salt Creek and Perrydale
roads.
McCormick Buys
Washington Paper
Washington, July 21 (U.R) j
Purchase of the Washington
Times-Herald by Col. Robert R.
McCormick, publisher and edi
tor of the Chicago Tribune, was
announced today in a front-page
box in the Times-Herald.
The brief announcement said:
"The executors of the estate
of Eleanor Patterson announce
the sale of the Washington
Times-Herald to the Tribune
company of Chicago, 111.
"Col. Robert R. McCormick,
president of the Tribune com
pany, has authorized us to say
that the Times-Herald will con
tinue 'business as usual' and that
the present staff of the Times
Herald will be retained."
Portland Man Killed
Myrtle Point, Ore., July 21 (U.R)
John Hostetler, 75, Portland, was
killed yesterday when the left
front tire of his automobile blew
out and caused the car to swerve
into a pickup truck driven by R
J. Bills, Myrtle Point. Bills suf
fered cuts and abrasions.
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Klan Chaplain R. C. Lyons,
(above), self-styled "Holi
ness" preacher arrested in
Birmingham, Ala., as the Ku
Klux Klan chaplain who
prayed during the flogging of
three persons last May, is
pictured after he conducted
divine services for inmates of
county jail where he is being
held without bond on a charge
of burglary. (Acme Tele
photo) Badges Issued
By Troop 12
Troop 12, Boy Scouts of Am
erica, sponsored by Marion Post
661, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
held investiture ceremonies and
issued advancement badges this
week prior to leaving for Camp
Pioneer.
Thomas Lovell became a full
fledged member of the troop
following investiture ceremon
ies and Dick Richardson was
advanced to second class scout.
Second class merit badges were
awarded to James Durbin
and Gary Smith for home re
servation and hiking. A two-
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Major Repair Job on
Portland Auditorium '
Portland, Ore., July 21 (U.R)
The Portland city council today
passed an ordinance authorizing
the issuance of $75,000 in util
ity certificates to repair the city
auditorium.
It will be the first major re
pair job on the building since
it was dedicated in 1917.
LEGAL
NOTICE OP INTENTION TO IMPROVE
NORTH TWENTY -SECOND STREET
PROM BREYMAN STREET TO SOUTH
ERLY TERMINUS OP TWENTY -SECOND
STREET
Notice hereby 1 Riven thnt the common
council ol the city of Salem, Oregon,
deems it necessary and expedient and
nereby declares its purpose end intention
to Improve North Twenty-second street
from the south line of Breyman street tc
the southerly terminus of Twenty-second
street. In the City of Salem, Marion Coun
ty. Oregon. At the expense of the abutting
ind adjacent property, by bringing said
portion of said street to the established
irade, constructing cement concrete curbs,
and pavlnfi said portion o( said street with
i 2Vi Inch asphalt 1c concrete pavement
30 feet wide, in accordance with the pi an.
and specifications therefor which were
adopted by the common council July tl.
1949 which are now on file In the office
of the city recorder and which by this
reference thereto are made a part hereof
The common council hereby declares It
purpose and intention to make the above
described Improvement by and throuiih
the street improvement department.
By Order of the Common Council July
1. 1949.
ALFRED MUNDT, City Recorder
Date of first publication hereof Is July 13,
1949
July IS, 14, 16, 10, 18, 19, 20. 21, 33 and 36,
1949.
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Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon,
LEGAL
and regulations and provisos of the Civil
Service Commission of Salem, Oregon, will
be held in the City Hall, Salem, Oregon,
as follows:
CAPTAIN POLICE DEPARTMENT
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 194S, at 3:00
p.m.
GENERAL SCOPE OP EXAMINATION:
Exercise executive ability and knowledge
of laws bnd ordnlances.
PAY: 1335.00 per month.
DUTIES: Supervision of activities of
sergeants and patrolmen and transmls-
ion of orders of superior officers and
directing their enforcement.
Applications will be accepted only from
those who meet the following require
ments: 1. EXPERIENCE: Not less than three
years continuous service under perman
ent appointment on the Salem Police
Force.
2. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Appli
cants who are placed on the eligible list
wilt be required to take a physical ex
amination from the city physician before
appointment. Poor health or disabling de
fects reported by the city physician will
be cause for removal from the eligible
list.
APPLICATION "OR THIS EXAMINA
TION may be made at the office of the
City Recorder, must be filed In person,
ind wil1 not be accepted for filing after
the following date:
Wednesday August 3, 1949. 5:30 p.m.
Dated at Salem. Oregon, July IB, 1949.
Civil Service Commission
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