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About The Boardman mirror. (Boardman, Or.) 1921-1925 | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1925)
WHEN BALDY FADDEN DISAPPEARED V4HHHHMMHHMHHHHHMI it- By CLARENCE L. HAY ( by Short Story Pub. Co.) THE most Important person on Uester street was "Baldy Fad den," but "Baldy" was not aware of the high esteem In which he was held. His inability to estimate his own Importance resulted from a luck of years. He was but four, and ut that interesting period of life one Is not able to recognize his stutus In the community. It was on one day In early spring that "Baldy Fadden" surprised Hester street, and made its mixed population use up all the expressions of astonish ment they knew. "Baldy" disap peared I It was not a common disap pearance resorted to by the ordinary child who wishes to make its parents familiar with the agony produced by a temporary parting ; it wus a startling, mysterious disappearance, tlit stirred the East side from the "l'anliandle" to "Hell's Kitchen." The Caparellis occupied a front apartment on the fourth floor of a ten ement house and on the morning of the mysterious disappearance Mrs. Ca parelli placed her son on the little Iron lire balcony overhanging the street. The taleony was but four feet long and two wide, with a railing that was twice the height of Cnparelll, Junior, and It hud neither trap nor ladder. The first and only thought which leaped with stunning force into the mind of the woman compelled iter to spring to the railing and stare with wild eyes into the street beneath. But there was no commotion such us her Imagination had pictured. Everything was peaceful. Half a dozen loafers stood around unconcernedly In front of Mulligun's saloon; Pletro and Bup tlsto, the fruiterers next door, were standing chatting on the sidewalk, while the vendor of popcorn, standing nearly underneuth the Caparelli apart ment, yawned lazily as he stared nt the passers-by. Furthermore, there was no trace of "Baldy Fadden," alive or dead, on the street or sidewalk. The woman, frantic with apprehen sion, screamed out a torrent of ques tions to the men on the street, but they signified in a dozen different ways that they were Ignorant of the whereabouts of her son. The fright ened mother gazed hopelessly up and around, and then, recognizing how utterly Impossible It would be for "Baldy" to leave the balcony In any other way, she shrieked again and again, and Hester street arose to wrestle with the mystery. Unless "Baldy" had suddenly grown wings and flown Into space, there were but four ways to account for his dis appearance: The first and, of course, the most probable, was the theory that he had fullen Into the street, but the evidence of twenty-five people, who were in different positions In front of the apartment house, swept the sur mise to the scrap heap of knocked-out suppositions. The peanut vendor of fered to stake his immortal soul against ten cents' worth of nuts to prove that nothing had fallen from the Caparelli apartment, and the huge vol ume of supporting evidence, added to the fact that there were no parts of "Baldy" visible, or no signs to prove that he had struck the street In a for cible manner, proved that the peanut vendor wus not reckless In wagering his soul against a quart of nuts. The suggestion that someone, stand ing at a near-by window, might have hooked "Baldy" by means of a long pole wns also scouted, when the resi dents of the fiats to the left nnd right had been examined. A cousin of the Caparellis who, while admitting that she had seen "Baldy" on the balcony, was above suspicion, lived to the right, and a brother workman of "Baldy's" father resided on the left. His repu tation was unimpeachable. The roof was now the only place to look for traces of kidnaping, hut the roof of fered no solution to the growing mys tery. The Janitor had not unlocked the trap door up to the time that "Baldy" had disappeared, and, on either side, the roof of the house was Inaccessible except by means of lad ders and ropes, and regarding these there was, not the slightest trace to prove that they had been used. The mystery was stupendous. At ten o'clock five detectives of the Italian squad, who thought they de tected the work of the "Black Hand," were busy on the spot. Eleven police men wrestled with the crowd and clews In turn, and Mrs. Caparelli, In between numerous hysterical tits, gave Interviews to thirteen different news paper men, who photographed the wonderful balcony and then rushed away with the news. For the unex plalnahle and unaccountable Is always news. If "Baldy" had been smashed up on the street like hundreds of other East-side children, the Incident would buve been of only paragraph value, but the fact that he had left the balcony by ways and means that sug gested the supernatural made the dis appearance of great news value in a dull season. "Baldy Fadden" ap peared In letters five Inches long, and a special spook writer, who had Just contributed a series of articles to a leading magazine, was employed by one sheet to investigate and to search light the mystery. Two hours after the disappearance Hester street was blocked to traffic. Ten thousand theories had been ad vanced up to that time. It was sug gested that "Baldy" had been hooked by tb trailing anchor of an airship, that lie bad been grabbed by an eagle, or had been consumed by spontaneous combustion. Suppositions didn't end there. A man suggested that "Baldy" had suddenly developed the alleged gift of the wise men of the Yaquis am) walked away on the atmosphere. Others hinted darkly at the mysteri ous powers possessed by a withered lady from Lombardy who resided icross the street, while many more muttered prayers and called upon pa tron saints to protect them from the devil, whose finger, they clearly per celved, was in the pie. Tlie thing was Incomprehensible. From a small balcony, 45 feet above the ground. In one of the most thickly populated districts In the world, a child had been spirited away right from under his mother's eyes, and five detectives, eleven policemen, three spook authorities and three thousand people were unable to tell bow the thing had been done. The disappear ance of "Baldy Fadden" threatened to become one of the mysteries of the century, and In the cars It took prece dence of politics and stock Jobbing, while the doings of the "Giants" and the "Sox" were forgotten in the babble of conjecture. As It often happens In cases of the kind, Caparelli, senior, wns saved much of the anguish that the disap pearance of the boy brought to his wife. A messenger had been dis patched to acquaint the father, after Investigation had proved that "Baldy" was not on or around the home reser vation, but it happened to be one of those days when fool things happen one after the other. Caparelli, senior, had been transferred from his regular gang that morning, and had been sent out to the Bronx to assist on a dump. The messenger was an Italian new to the city, and not having any money In his possession at the moment he ran to acquaint his countryman of the misfortune, and, furthermore, laboring under the Idea that the Bronx was but a few hundred yards away, he started to walk. While he was plugging gal lantly northward the mystery In Hes ter street wus deepening, and Capa relli, senior, was busily engaged shov eling refuse of various kinds that was being dumped Into the pit. At five o'clock In the evening Hester street was a seething mass of eager eyed, excited people waiting In an at mosphere charged with mystery. The day, that hnd opened brightly, had turned dull and heavy, and on the minds of people born in southern Eu rope the unaccountable disappearance of "Baldy Fadden" worked like mental yeast In raising all the terrors of the past from the dark corners of their brains. It was half-past five when the first illuminating ray pierced the gloom surrounding the happening. Baptlsto, who owned the fruit shop to the right of the Caparelli apartment house, dashed through the crowd that strug gled on the stairway, and shouted a message over the heads of the women sympathizing with the mother of the lost boy. "Caparelli !" he screamed. "Capa relli 1 Ah, Mother of Cod ! Caparelli has the child! He has him! Ah, It Is good, good ! Caparelli just telephoned that he had 'Baldy'! Ah, It Is good! He has him at de dump away out out, ah, yes out at de Bronx I" After screaming out the message he fainted In the hallway, hut upon being brought round, he repeuted the aston ishing Information. Caparelli, senior, had spoken to him over the 'phone from a rubbish pit far out In the Bronx, and asked him to Inform Mrs. Caparelli that the child was safe, and that he, Caparelli, was then on his way home with the lost one. Hester street gasped. The mystery was not yet explained It had deep ened. What devilish agenvy had spir ited the child away from ids mother to the place his father was working? I'ious Italians muttered their prayers as they waited for the explanation that would be forthcoming. CaparelH's arrival was something that will be long remembered on the East side. With "Baldy Fadden" on his shoulders he walked through a crowd of cheering, shouting people till he placed the boy In his mother's arms. Hester street wept. Excited women waved tablecloths from the windows, and men howled with Joy. Then urlosIty grasped the crowd with a clutch of Iron. The mob swept around Caparelli, shrieking for expla nations. They screamed their ques tions in a score of tongues, and pushed madly behind the laborer in their wild pursuit of knowledge. Caparelli turned and put up bis hand. "Dere Is leetle to tell," he said qui etly. "I see It all an' I tank de good Lord. 'Baldy' has told me dat he was on de balcony, yes, eet Is so. 'Bald.v' was dere. an' underneaf, ah, I tank de good God, was de truck loading Dp de rotten bananas dat BIptlsto sends to de dump. Ah, you see it now' 'Baldy' fell Into de rotten bananas an sink down In dem. You undeistm J No one see him. an' when he full de driver wldp up his horse an' not seeln 'Baldy.' drive my boy all de way out to de dump where I was work. Ah. when I see my boy tipped out at my feet I tlnk him dead I I cry an' I cr.v again, but be was only stunned an' " Hester street drowned his sobs with a cheer that went ruj-hlng away up toward Chinatown. When It hud died away, a shrill voire broke the allem with a yell of: "Churnal ! ONrul! Orl about the flndm' of 'Baldy Fad den." " But the article by the spook author It y that had appeared In the earlier edition had been cut out. The banana truck hud ousted the spooks In the last round. Madge Bellamy IlYE STOCK PORTLAND OFFERS A MARKET FOR YOUR PRODUCE m NEWS SOY BEANS FED TO PIGS ON PASTURE Charming Madge Bellamy was born in Hlllsboro, Texas, and received her education in San Antonio. She is 5 feet 3 Inches tall, weighs 112 pounds, has dark hair and brown eyes. One of the most beautiful of "movie" stars, she has been seen in some of the most popular pictures. 0 Your Health Q By ANDREW F. CURRIER, M. D. 0 RICKETS RICKETS, or rhuchitis, Is the result of laid nutrition, affects all the tissues of the body, and chiefly leaves its mark on the bones which it soft ens and then deforms. It usually occurs before the third year, but the bone deformities appear later. It Is caused by food which Is not assimilated, but also by neglect of the skin, bad air, lnsuiliclent sleep, etc. The children of the poor have It, but so do those of the rich. In this coun try It Is common among negroes nnd Italians, but not among Irish or Ger mans. In the great European cities one sees it everywhere. The urine of rhuehltle children contains phosphates In abundunce and the bones, being de; flclent in lime, bend and break easily. Bhachltlc children have soft spots In the bones of the skull ; and the membranous portions of the skull, where you notice throbbing and pulsa tion In an Infant, ami which ought to harden during the first few mouths of life, remain soft. All the bones of the skull. Instead of being firmly united, are loose and eas ily moved. The face of a rhaehltle baby Is small, and the head seems dispropor tionately large. The liver, spleen nnd lymphatic glands are enlarged, the muscles soft, and (he ligaments weak. The child's appetite may be good, he may even seem voraciously hungry, but his food doesn't appear to nourish him, he becomes fretful, gets diarrhea and tills alternates with constipation. He Is sensitive, cries when touched, his dlarrheu Is offensive, the appear ance of his teeth is delayed, and when they break out, they ure Irregular and of poor quality. When he begins to walk, the weak ness of the bones of (lie legs becomes apparent and they bend or break easily; the Joints ure weak and he fulls frequently. When he tries to move himself with his arms, the arm bones bend or break and there may be an out ward hump on the spine. On the ends of the ribs there are knobs or bead-like structures, the breast bone projects and the child heroines pigeon breasted. The pelvis may become deformed and, in females, this has u very Im portant bearln upon the inccessful delivery of offspring, If Impregnation should ever occur. Ithuchitlc children are frequently bow-legged, knock-kneed or Hut-footed; they are also sensitive to bron chitis and croup, and die from these diseases more frequently than children who have better pbyslcul develop ment. If they reach maturity, they are short and poorly formed and their limbs often revejil the marks of early disease. Bhachltlc children should be taken to the mountains or seashore, if possi ble, and should have abundance of good plain food which they can as similate which will be Indicated by the change In their stools and In their general nutrition. Fats In the form of rod-liver oil, or olive oil, should be given them; also as much of eggs, milk and cereals as they can dispose of. Treatment with mechanical apparatus is Impor tant to prevent deformities, and they should have all possible benefit from public parks. IX halha. sleep, fresh air, and life In the country when this can be provided. ( by on Matthew Adtmi ) o I'neumuttc lining for automobile cushions have been Invented that can be Inflated to take the place of springs and padded upholstery. Portland, Oregon. VAUDEVILLE PHOTO-PLAYS Complete Change Saturday Adults, Week day Matinee 20c; Evenings, 35c. Continous 1 to 11 p. m. Children 10 cents all times Soy beans ns a supplement for corn fed to pigs on pasture compared fa vorably with tankage, especially when minerals were fed, in experiments con ducted recently at the Indiana station. With pigs on alfalfa or clover pasture, and with corn at 8-1 cents a bushel and tankage at $oT per ton, the soy beans have been worth $1.-18 per bushel with out mineral and $1.81 per bushel when minerals were fed, according to C, M. Vestal, who had charge of the tests. In t lie tests which have been curried on during the past three summers pigs weighing about 70 pounds were self fed corn and supplement on clover or alfalfa pasture to market weights of slightly above i!00 pounds. On a ration of corn and soy beans the pigs gained l.S pounds per head daily and consumed 818 pounds of corn and 4,'l pounds of soy beans for every 1(H) pounds of gain. When a mineral mix ture of ton p.".r!s acid phosphate and one part salt was added to the corn and soy beans the gains were in creased to 1.62 and the feed consumed per 100 pounds gain was !-." pounds of corn, L'(3 pounds of beans and 8 pounds of minerals. On corn nnd tankage on pasture the pigs gained at the rnte of 1.65 pounds and took 882 pounds of corn and "0 pounds of tankage for 100 pounds of gain. The 26 pounds of beans and 0 pounds of minerals thus replaced 26 pounds of tankage and 7 pounds of corn without reducing the gains to any appreciable extent. When the same rations were fed to similar pigs in the dry lot the beans were loss valuable than on pasture but were still a rather good substitute for tankage when mineral wns fed. On corn and soy beans alone the pigs gained 1.8 pounds dully and required 804 pounds of corn and 88 pounds of beans. The nddltlon of minerals in creased the gains to 1.52 pounds dally with n consumption per 100 pounds of gain of 811 pounds of corn, 68 pounds of beans and 7 pounds of minerals. Oj corn and tankage the pigs gained at the rate of 1.G1 pounds and took 842 pounds of corn nnd X pounds of tank age. In the dry lot. It will be noted, the soy-bean consumption was consid erably higher proportionately than the tankage consumption when both are compared with the Corresponding con sumptions in the pasture tests. In tin; dry lot soy beans and minerals and tankage made pork at about the same costs, while on pasture the costs of the soy beans-mineral gains were abosjt 110 cents less per hundred pounds than when tankage was fed. Appar ently beans, assisted by a good min eral mixture, can be profitably used for pigs running on good pasture. Other recent f ling tests ut the In diana station show clearly that fatten ing hogs will eat whole soy beans ns readily as ground soy beans. In one test gains made by pigs fed the two kinds of beans were Identical, while In another whole beans produced slightly larger gulns. In both tests less corn but more beans were required by the pigs fed whole benns. In costs of gains the pigs fed the unground beans hnd a slight advantage. Mallory Select Residential & Transient 16th ud Yamhill. Portland. Oreiron. Modern Fireproof American Plan RATES MODERATE Better Franklin Service Stcraga ANDERSON & RICE, HRoadway" 5709 404 Hoyt Street at Ninth anu utucidl Repairing Portland, Ore Finest Animal Swimmers. The finest animal swimmers among animals are deer and bears. A deer will frequently swim across broad lakes, or visit islands for the sake of good grazing. Red deer, when hunted Into the sea, havo been known to swim for miles. Crude Petroleum Useful as Cure for Hog Mange Crude petroleum as a dip Is the rem edy for the muige In hogs. Since crude petroleum varies in COmpOSI tion and some kinds are Injurious to the skin care must be taken In using it. If a particular kind has been used before and known to be all right, It may he used on all the herd, but if It bus not been tried It Is a good plan to test it out on a few of the hogs before treating all of them. Brands of heavy composition are recommend ed because of their high content of sulphur. If one dipping Is not effec tive It should be repeuted In one or two weeks. Chinese Walled City. Peking is surrounded by a wall EO feet hSfih and 40 feet thick. The walled portion of the city is 10 miles in clrcumferenc . The city is one of the few walled places of size remain ing as they were In ancient times. CUT FLOWERS & FlflRAl nFCIf.NK Clarke Bros.. Flertats, 117 Marrlaoa St. We Specialize In Hides, Pelts, Wool, Mohair, Tallow, Cascara, Oregon Grape Root, Goat Skins, Horse Hair Write for Shipping Tan & latest Price List Portland Hide & Wool Co. 106 UNION HVINUE NORTH, POKTUNO, OSItON. Branch at I'ocatello. Idaho Pin Production Large- The output of the pin factories throughout the world totals something liko 81,000,000 a day. If these pins were placed end to end the line would tretch half-way across tho Atlantic. A few weeks' total would encircle the earth. Picturesque Cities. Damascus leads tho world in pic turesque cities. Us bazaars are the most. Interesting In the Near Blast. One can buy there products of the looms of Persia, the silks of China and won derful brass and inlay work. Credit Mobilier Scandal. Tho Credit Mobilier, a construction company, organized under a charter from tho Pennsylvania legislature, was charged In 1S72 with corrupting public office holders. it made enormous profits from the Union Pacific railroad. Maine Boundary Dispute. Tho "Aroostook War" is tho popu lar name given to tho move the suuto Of Maine made In 1839 to enforce Its rights on tli& territory claimed by itself and Canada. It cost tho Blato a million dollars. Abolish "Woman Killers." Tho house of few rooms with wall beds and built-in features, long popu lar In California, Is coming Into great er favor throughout the country. They accommodate tho family Just as well, save money In construction and are not "woman killers." Pocket Money. If I felt called upon to ndvlso par ents, i should enunciate solemnly this golden rule: If you wish your son to be honest, see to it that ho has pocket money. The sum need not bo large, but it must bo his own. Henry .lames Korman. In Hearst's Interna tional Cosmopolitan. Tower of London Schools. Two little schools are conducted In the Tower of London. One is for pupils from five to eight year old, and the ut her is or older children, Tho pupils are the children of soldiers garrisoned at tho Tower, and of I ho wa rders. Java a Volcano Center. Tho Island of Java In the Indian m ean Is the center of the most acttv and most destructive volcanic region In the world, the Hast Indies. Java has the doubtful distinction of having LM active volcanoes. Scoffing Laugh. A scoffing laugh Is generally re ferrod to as Abderlan laughter from Abdera, a seaport town In Thrace, noted as the birthplace of the cynic, Democrltus, who is known as tho laughing or scoffing philosopher, Invaluable Bible. The "Silver Bible" containing a translation of tho four ;ospols by Ulfllas is tho only extant writing In the Gothic langungo. It Is about 1, 400 year old and Is preserved in tho Upsala university, Sweeden. Only the Shell. The pastor who was fond of flgiu;. of speech was making a funeral ora tion. He began his address, "Friends, we have here only the shell of tho man, the nut Is gone." -Tho Church-man. Nourishment for Lambs Itt.ore leaving a lamb to get Its own nourishment) see that all locks and tags of wool are trimmed away from around the udder of the ewe. The young lamb will often suck at such tags Instead of the teat. It not only fulls to get milk but It may pull off and swallow some of the wool. This may cause much trouble and even the death of the lamb. ' i....,.....l.........Ji..!..l,.l..l..l..l....H----l- Live Stock Items I I I I I I I I l-.--H"------.4.-H- "Better sires- better stock." Of all farm animals, horses are the most likely to lie harmed by moldy or spoiled corn, according to Dr. ('. 11. Stunge, dean of veterlnury medicine at Iowa stute college Cracked barley can be included in the feed ration for chicks after they reach the age of five or six weeks. It never pays to overcrowd hens they need a comfortable house, iir.v and roomy, with plenty of fresh air and sunshine. Oraln feed SUCH as sprouted oats, cabbage, turnips, beets and rape are necessary for the health of the pullets. A disease similar In symptoms to roup Is sometimes caused by luck of green pad Called Down. "Don't Ihrow banana peelings on the edge of tho (irand canyon," said a ranger to a careless tourist. "You want somebody to slip and fall three miles?"- Louisville Courier Journal. Rocky Mountain Peak. Mount Massive, which Is ,14,421 feet high, Is Hie loftiest peak of the Rocky mountains in the limits of tho Doited States, Mount llrown, thought at one time to be higher, has proved to bo lower. Uncle Ez Ser. "Even udmlttln' dat folks am de scended from monkeys," remarked Un cle Kzra, "All knows some people dat ain't no special credit to delr ancestors."--Huston Transcript. We'd All Like to Try. A mull I millionaire Hays that money cannot measure happiness, but in li not willing to lend his yardstick to those win) would like to prove It, A Difference. Klintlna "They Buy at twenty she was Hid observed of all observers." Carnovskl "Yes, and now, at sixty, she's preserved of all preserver's." -Town Topics. Canary Ventriloquist. A canary that sings, then replies ventriloqaially as ir tna notes earn from far away, is owned by a New Zealand man. Eggsact Fact Laid Down. Farm llfo has lis drawbacks, but It isn't necessary to put down a quar ter when you eat an egg. - I till ut li Herald. Sable Philosopher You needn't pray for de good Lord ter put you on do right road ; you knows befo'han' when do road's right an' when It's wrong, for you's got a conscience what makes no mistake. Atlanta Constitution. Ancients Knew Corn. Corn Is found among tho relics of the most ancient tribes of Indians. It was cultivated by all the agricultural natives of which there Is any record. Danger of Bad Teeth. "Had teeth are hotbeds of germs that may cause meningitis and blood poisoning," says Doctor Hronte, spe cialist of the government. Repair Cracks In Plaster. Kiuul parts of plaster of parts and whiting mixed with water is good to repair cracks In walls before they are pu luted or papered. Worth It. In Australia a man walked f0 miles In his sleep. We understand that when he got back tho senium had finished. Passing Show (Loudon). Women and Her Clothes. When men stain at her, she knows everything irf fixed right; when wom en sturo ut her, she wonders what la wrong. On the Make. In the country llfo Is what you tnako it, wiillo In tho illy life is what you make. Columbia Kecord. You Want a Good Position Very well Take the Arrountanry and Kuslneae Management, Private Becretaif t, Calculator, Comptometer, Htanocra ihlc, PrnriiaiiHlilp, ur Commercial Teaa--ra' CourM at Behnke-Walker I'he forernoat Rualntaa I'olleara of the Northwent which hug won mora Accuracy Awardi and i Medala than any ether School In Arnerlia. Hand for our Hurreaa Catalon Fourth Rtreat near Mnrrlaon, Portland. Or laeac M Walker. Praa P. N. U. No. 30, 1925