TRE DAILY TIDINGS EDITORIAL C. J. BRAD, Managing Editor A SH LAN D D A IL Y W. H. PERKINS, News Editor üSSiïtMMüHsirBBBKmBiBnia • R s s B a s s s s e ra ffi T ID IN G S Kiddies9 Evening Story Amos the other. Beth looked a t ; Lydia w ith radiant frees. And she could hot feel an answering glow. “W e ll make this up to you, old la d y ,* cried K e n t -See I f wg don’t " There was a little pause, during whfch the ice boomed. Then, -W e « , w hat happens next, now you’ve settled a s e r asked Lydia. ‘ Something to eat," exclaimed Arnoa. “I didn't eat ahy supper, i swear I haven't eaten fo r months w ith any relish. Lydia, make ns LYDIA of the Pines Land Settlement Work Progress in bringing new blood to Oregon’s farm lands is marked by the annual report of the land settlement department of the state and Uort* land settlement department of the state and Port- Lie, which shows that during the fiscal year end­ ing September 30, 909 families have been located on fartps in various parts of the state, and that the money invested by these newcomers totals $2,- 999,718. The program of the land settlement department has been in operation for the past three and one- half years, during which time 2,228 families have bene placed on Oregon fanus directly through the efforts of the department According to Mr. IdcÇ the initial capital investment of this body of settlers is $8,697,440. In the work of securing the proper growth and development of Oregon by getting its farm lands occupied and used, the cooperation of realtors and commercial clubs in the various counties of the state is proving a great factor. That every section of Oregon is organized for action to make this work effective is shown by a portion of the annual report which shows 28 counties accounting for the dis­ tribution of these homeseekers. In 604 cases the county of location has been reported by the local commercial organization, and but 305 of the 909 families were not sa listed. These 305 wan» by the department’s own records to have found their homes in these 28 counties and the remaining eight of the 36 counties of Oregon. Where the closest cooperation hag been carried on by the local organi­ zations with the Portland office, the greatest results are shown. Lane county took the lead in reporting new­ comers for the year, its record showing 102, while Marion ran second with 87 and Josephine followed a close third with 79. Benton reporting 45 almost tied with Jackson which listed 44. Clackamas ex- Tha CArtatmoa R ule F or weeks before Christmas Polly had asked Santa Clans again and again fo r a sled. She had called up the chimney to him and said : . “Oh. dear Santa, please bring me a new sled thia Christmas, I f yon possibly can. ■ “I do hop« yon can, fo r I w ant one, eo much. “I ’d rather have a Med than any- a W ilW s <• * F r ^ c k A ^ S t e k « Ca> (Continued from yesterday) " I’m sure you’d aay ao I f you could aee It, Santa. Oh, please do give me a Med I t It ’» not asking too much. “I ’d like a new one, lik e the other children have." T h a t was what Polly had asked every evening up the chimney. She would talk to Santa and tend messages to his reindeer and tell him again and again where abe lived. , "Don’t forget, dear Santa, I live In the white house. It*» next to a stone house. And outside, you know, It has two UtUe green posts and there la a hedge In front, too. “I know ydu never forget where children live, but I'm Just telling you to make sure. “Oh, dear Santa, I do love you so much. Good-night." Confessed Auto Due ves Caught By State Police T h re e young auto thieves were caught between Ashland and M ed­ fo rd yesterday by C harley T a le n t, H a te tra ffic o ffic e r. They a d m it­ ted h avin g stolen th e F o rd car they w ere d riv in g In Salem . They gave the name« o f Fl6yd C a rrie r, IB*; R ic h a rd M yers, 1 9 ; and L yle x t t v . « i s r ; Lydia stood long at the living-room window which gave on the front gate. The pine, Its . boughs pow­ H a rrin g to n , 28. T h ey were taken dered w ith snow, kept Its lonely to the county ja il a t Jacksonville. vigil over the cottage. "Yea," whispered Lydia, Anally, A fo u rth young m an who was “your bast friend has deserted yott, rid in g w ith th em was released but I guess I ’m keeping fr ith w ith w hen i t was learned he had simp­ K ent and dad, anyhow." ly been given a l i f t by th e accom­ Then she wept to bed. F o r a day or so Lydia avoided m o d atin g auto thieves. B illy Norton. B a t she was restless and unhappy and found I t dtfflcnlt to keep her mind oa her collage work. F inally, she timed her re ­ M rs. K ester Gandee of Duna- turn from the dairy school, one a ft­ m u ir, C al., fo rm e rly o f Ashland, ernoon, to coincide w ith Billy's home-coming from his office and visited w ith h e r m other, Mra. she overtook him Just beyond the W a lte r James a t K la m a th P alla end of the street-car line. reeently. " B illy t" called Lydia. .. H e turned and waited fo r her w ith a broad smile. "Btlly," aha said without preliminaries, - I gave In I” “L y d ia !" be gasped. I *T couldn’t stand their pleading. Prepared For Christmas Shopping because they-saved throughout the year, week by week, increasing their bank account. It isn ’t too late for YOU to start. FIRST NATIONAL BANK ASHLAND, OREGON “Lydia I” cried B illy again, qnd there was such a note of pain In his voice that she turned her face to his w ith the same dogged! look In her eyes th at had been ex­ pressed In her walk. “Lydia, I can’t believe I t l " " It ’s true," repeated Lydia. “I couldn’t stand K ent and dad both. And p a rtly J did If fo r Joljn L e -1 When Christmas came there was vine’s memory. I’m not trying to Justify myself, B illy. I know that I'm doing something wrong, but I ’ve definitely made np my mind to sacrifice my own ease of conscience to dad’s happtnesa" ••YOU can’t do It I You aren't built that way," exclaimed Billy. “B ut I am doing It,” reiterated Lydia. “Look here," he cried, eagerly, “do you expect to kfeep my respect Billy’s Faoe In the Lantern Light and yet go on w ith t h l s r Lydia did not reply fo r home W ee Inscrutable. time. They were nearing the cot­ toward fifty and I guess It’s too tage, and she could see the pine, late fo r me to begin over, anyhow. black against the afterglow, when I ’ll pled along as I always have." she said: “Oh, daddy 1” cried Lydia, “don’t. "W ell, I ’m not keeping my own You aren’t a A lt self-respect and yet I'm . glad rm making dad and K ent happy." i They' paused by the gate. B illy “Well, we don’t mean to," Amoe looked down a t Lydia w ith a pus- went on, “but I guess we have been sled frown. pretty hard on you." "Hdw about TDucIt Amor Patriae* Amor weerlnese and gentleness now, Lydia T" be asked. "Oh, I don’t know,” she sighed. moved Lydia as no threats could. Was she selfish? Was she putting "Good night, B illy." “Good-by, L ydia,” said the young her own desl/e for an easy con­ science ahead of her father's hap- man heavily and he turned away, [ plnesa? Amos went Into the kitchen leaving her standing at the gate. • L ydia went over and over their for a drink and Kent followed her r to the window and took both her conversation th a t night feverishly before she went to sleep. She , hands. "Lydia,” he said, “I’m bwful tossed and turned and then, long , sorry to press you so, but you’re be­ a fte r the Old living-room dock had ing unfair and foolish, honestly you struck midnight, she slipped out are. You used to let me look out o f bed and crouched on her knesa, , for you In the old days—the old her hands clasped across her p il­ dhys when I used to pull little Pa- low, her eyes on the quiet stars tlence’s carriage with my bicycle— . th at glowed through the window. "O God," she prayed, "O God, i f . why can’t you trust me now? . Come, dearest r-and next year You do exist, help me now I Don't we’ll be married and live happy le t md lose B illy's respect, fo r X ’ ever after.” don’t know how I con get along thout I t G o d ! .God I M ake me “Kent I" she cried with the Ileve In You, for 1 must havs breathlessness of a new Idea, “If I should give In and agree to take Some One to turn to I You have ’ the land, would you go up there taken mother and little Patience ’ with me and turn It Into a farm?” and John Levine firpm me I Oh, let . Kent smiled at her pityingly. me keep B illy ! L et me keep him, 1 “Why, Lyd, there’s nothing In that I God, and make me Strong enough to Why should we try to farm It! The keep on accepting th a t three hun­ money Is In speculating with It I dred and tw enty acres. Amen." S ’ could clear up a mint of money for you In a couple of years. If you’ll ' give me the handling of It.” But Lydia’s eyes were shining ; now. “Oh, but listen! You don’t ! understand. ML Levine drove the Indians out, by fraud .and murder. , Yea, he did, Kent. And yet, he had big dreams about i t He must have had. He was that kind of a man. And If we should go up there and turn those acre« Into a great farm, and—and make It stand for some- ; thing big and right— perhaps that would make up foy everything!" “Lydia,’ said Kent “be sensible. ’ Gee, easy money on one side, and a lifetime of hard work on the other I Yet yon act as If there was a choice.” “Kent, can’t you understand how I feel?" pleaded Lydia. “Have you got a blind spot la your mind where money Is concerned? Are all the men In America monef crary like the men In Lake City?” “Sure,” replied Kent cheerfully. “Oh. Lydia, honey, don’t be so hard I Look at your poor old dad! Think what it would mean to him. Don’t be so doggone sanctimoni­ ous!" Instead of looking at her father Lydia looked at Kent long and wistfully. How dear he was to her I What an Innllenable part of her Ute he was I What was the use of always struggling agntnst her heart. Kent smiled into her face Her lipa trembled and she hurried to look at Amos, Suddenly Lydia realised how gray and broken he looked, how bent his shoulders were with Work, and there swept over her anew an Understanding of his utter loneliness since her mofher’e and Levine’s death». With a little Inarticulate mur­ ereet a o t ^ w lth m e^scattoretb mur. abe ran across the room and threw her arms about his neck. “Oh. daddy," toe cried, ’Til do It! T h e re Is no n e u tra lity in H l agree to It I If only you’ll prom- th a caase of O hrlat, w * a re e ith e r fo r H im o r We are against H im . H e ra la one place w h e re .w e cannot alt on tha fence. PUBLISHED BY THE ASHLAND PRINTING 0 0 . I hate myself, but dad looks ten years younger 1" a beautiful new sled fo r ro ily ■rhinh tlffiuitm .. . - — w s tiw ir o R i u n limsl iin u l e u . And there was a le tte r fo r her, too, which said: “D ear P o lly: “I have heard a ll your messages and your talks, and they have pleased me eo much. I also got your adorable little letter, and The number of families settling in each county according to the report of the local orgtfhizations, is as follows: Benton 45, Clackamas 38, Clatsop 3, Columbia 19, Coos 6, Crook 3, Deschutes 15, Douglas 27, Hood River 2, Jackson 44, Josephine 79, Klamath 11, Lane 102, Linn 16, Marion 87, Morrow 4, Mult­ nomah 30, Polk 2, Malheur 2, Tillamook 2, Lincoln 3, Harney'. 1, Umatilla 4, Union 1, Wallowa 3, Washington 36, Yamhill 19 and Wasco 1. The department ia Tiow in corresponderfce with thousands Of farmers in the East, Middle West and Southwest where the diversity of Oregon’s re­ sources and desirability of her farm lands are now becoming well known. During the past fiscal year, the department handled 57,102 letters and inquiries from outsiders, directed to the department, and 11,082 referred Jo the department by the railroad companies. More than 47,000 pieces of literature were mailed out from the Portland office, the local the cablee from Paris and Rome. Mr. Hamilton writes of the French finally becoming openly angry upon their nation in the controlled press of Italy, and more difficult to deal with, the occasional attacks upon Frenchmen because they are Frenchmen. And the Rome news is that the Fascist chieftains, includ­ ing Mussolini himself, are preparing to remove the fruits of violence by applying more violence. The thought of war between France and Italy is well-night inconceivable.. France would exhaust every other resource for the preservation of her dignity and rights, and would be aided by the states­ men of the other great powers, who believe that another serious war would take Europe to destruc­ tion. And it is difficult to believe that Mussolini would so completely lose his mind as to force a war on France. True, Robert Dell reported lately that the French statesmen did not'dismiss the dan­ ger. True it is common talk throughout Europe that the time will come soon when only a foreign war may save Fascism from domestic revolt. But if Mussolini warred on France, it would simply mean that, facing failure, he had elected to make failure colossal. * ' V - Yet there remains the fact, certainly not lack­ ing in dynamite, the Fascist Italy, having made the reviling of France a habit for several years, is now making bad treatment of individual French­ men a too common practice. And on top of that is the fact, also not lacking in dynamite, that the ton- non in Italy is dose to the breaking •point. H míbb I -H o ld tip, Kent," hé said ‘la a tired voice. “Don’t heckle her any more. A fte r all, I ’m setting on the letter’s 36. The Excited Mussolini a n d FEATURE PAGE lee fra to to htoay!" p Amos dropped it s pipe. "Lvdla! You d en t mean It | Why, my II.«. I glrlf Lord. Kent I Isn’t she. Just F AMOS w a t not happy a fte r Lydia’s concession, a t least she never had seen him to Interested In l i f t as he was new. Nor had Kent ever bean more considerate o f Lydia. A ll this, • L ydia told herself, should have made her happy, and t she was n o t B illy came to see r as usual, and took her to an occasional dance. B ut he wee net the friend o f old.* And the change was not In any neglect o f thing* dobs, I t wee In h l* w ay o f looking a t h e r; In his long sllapces when he studied her face w ith a grieved, naaled look th a t made her front!«; i hla ceasing to ta lk over bla work w ith her w ith any a ir o f comrade­ ship, atjd most o f all In bla ceasing to bully h e r—th a t inalienable ear­ m ark o f the attitude of the loved toward the beloved. March waa long and bleak th at yekr. b t t AorU came In M « w e e tl7 as a sliver bugle c o lt Lydia beard the first robin call, on her way home from college. She haA walked np the road ahead o f Btlly. her bldck scholar** gown fluttering. Once ha would have ton to e v e r take her, b at now he plodded along a block behind, without a sound. Lydia did not panto a t the cottage gate. T he call o f the robin was In bar blood and she swung on up the road, past the Norton place and Into the Woods. - There was a log a t hand and she sat down, threw her mortarboard on the ground and rested, chin capped la bar hand*, lipa parted, e y ta te a r dimmed. 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