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Pngo Six THE EUGENE GUARD Tuesday Evening, February 04 STATU IIOUKK, SAI.ICM, Ore, Feb. 21. The Attempt of a group iu tlx? liouxo to shear tlu! governor uf iipiiointivR power uh thy ' l'iall couinnyBion ended in failure yesterday ufternoou when the house, hy a vote of, ol to 27 adopted the m.uurity report of the judiciary committee call ing tor indefinite postponement of the b..i. "Tile governor will veto the bill . auu tilt-re ik uo.ning to be gained by tuui.liu.ng mid w.angle.' ueeiareu liipi'cMt iiutlvu iiranaui, of 1'oienl Oiue. f ver the protest of tobacco dealera wno wero Heard by the way and lueaua comuilLteu iaat liiyht, lue coiu ui.ilee reported out lavorabiy a on. to lux touueco in ail form. i'ees puid by motor buadea operat ing on lue Oreguu nigiivvuya ae in creased Ironi uoout i,uli. lo 1Ui, 211 and tees paid by trucks from 2t,721 to (l-li,U(l under the bua bill, a boube lueuwure thai pasaed the senate late yesierday. Normal but rinses With only three negative voteB, house bill uuiubcr S7, wuich provides for the re-establishment of lue Ash land normal school, uassed llio senate lute yesterday. Those voting ugaiust the bill wero Ktrnycr, Taylor and Zimmerman. The hill was passed after several members, led by liitner, bad made a uetermincd effort to have It recom mitted so that the referendum clause might bo attached. , Senator Duuu led off with a speech in favor of the bill, pointing to the need lor un additional normul school both geographically aiid educationally. A light nut up by Senators Joseph and liddy Monday caused house bill Juu, by Kepreseutativo il'ierce, to be re-referred to the fisheries commit tee of the senate when it came up for final passage. The measure is a code bill and among other things authorizes the employment and licensing of alien fishermen at the mouth of the Co lumbia river and changes tho fishing season in vurious streauiB. Shoemaker Flayed Eddy discovered that a change was made in the Umpqua rivor season, lie assailed the committee for not con sulting about that feature of the hill uud charged that tho committee had listened to one voice, that of Carl D. Shoemaker, asserting that Shoemaker was a czar who insisted that bis voice should be tho law. Senator Staples, chairman of the committee, said the Umpg.ua fisher men had been heard and that Shoe maker did not appear. Senator Hitner moved that the bill be re-referred so that Eddy might he heard. Tho scnato passed house bill 230, which increases the salaries of the secretary of state, the state trcusurer uud the attorney general. The two former are increased from $401)0 to ."il(H) each and the latter from $-1000 to S500U Senate Acts The seuato also passed these bills: 11. 11. i!IM, regulating use of spot lights and headlights on motor Vehi cles. 11. B. 450, by Douglas delegation Providing for closing of certain estu ary known as Uainbow basin. 11, 11. 8d. Gordon Appropriating money for W. C. T. U. farm homo near CorvolliH. Among bills signed by Governor l'lorce ore: II. ii. 1100, by committee on Judi ciaryGranting to the city of Sled ford authority to use tho waters of the Big Uutte creek. S. U. 02, by Bitncr To permit ir rigation districts under contract with the United Slates to cancel assess ments levied to pay chnrgeB. 8. B. 7111, by Upton To require adjustment of water claima under the Carey act. Senator Wheeler Appears Before Grand Jurymen WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. Senator Wheeler of Montana appeared today before the Histrict of Columbia grand jury, which for three weeks ban been Investigating new charges against hint and other" in connection villi fovern ment land transactions. Tho senator' wan taken into the grand jury chambers, Immediately af ter government counsel learned that he wished to avail himself of an In vitati.in extended by Attorney Gen eral Stone and make n personal state ment to the jurors. Commissioner Spry of the genernl land office, .1. P. .McDowell, tin in terior department oltorney and V. G. Seely. a Washington lawyer, who Is in the service of Gordon Campbell, tho oil man already under indictment with Senator Wheeler in Montana, also appeared before tho grand jury. llepresenlalivos of the government Indicated that their prolonged inves tigation into the circumstances under which lenses of government lands hy Campbell and his associates had been obtained in Montana, was about con cluded, Within a day or so, they said, facta would be left to the jurors for a decision. Krnts have decreased 15 per cent In Tokyo rinee tho peak reached shortly after the earthquake. CONCRETE BRICK BURIAL VAULTS DRAIN TILE IRRIGATION PIP.fi SEWER PIPE CULVERT PIPE HOLLOW TILE BLOCKS SEPTIC TANKS Eugene Concrete Pipe Co. "5 Blair. Phone 003 ETERNAL SILENCE VOW IS BROKEN AT 102 Jilted in Love 82 Years Affo. She Vowed Never to Speak Again. But Her Pledge is Broken After Long Silence. f IJXKKKiniWJ, O., Feb. 2-J.-I.it-11 tl( Letty (iriffitli wan the belle of I'ruirie township. The country boys didn't appeal to Letty, hut tho young minister who preiirbed hi the little white church at the cud of the June did. AVhcn ho c.auw. to I'rnlrie township. Letty, still iu her teens, carefully put ted down her yellow curls, put on her prettiest ruffled waist and gave up duncinif for prayer meeting. After prayer meeting as they stroll ed home, be whispered bow bo would take her to the big city. He told her be loved her. And she believed him, Then, one night, ns the sun cast its lust rajs through the apple blos soms, ho atooped and kissed her light ly. Then be laughed at her, called her "just a country girl" and rode away, never to return. All this wan In tho enrly 18-J'J's, Letty was proud. She didn't Veep or faint or rage. Khe vowed eternal (dloncc, perhaps secretly hoping that denth.soon would close her eyes and still her grief. Today, Letty Griffith, 102 years old, nUrtlcd her fellow residents of the Holmes County Poor Farm by breaking that vow of silence for the first time in nearly 80 years. A little necklace of cheap red beads, Letty'H first present since she came to the farm f2 years ago, was re sponsible. Sim had been given the beads by ono who had beard of her loneliness, for Christmas. She accepted them without a word, hurrying to her room as soon as they were given her. Today, tho donor, a young girl, came to seo Letty. "Why don't you wear the beads, Letty?" she asked. "I wanted you to wear them. Ion't you liko themV" "Humph," said Letty, "I was afraid they'd break while I was mak ing tho beds?" Then nbn nrnnnod ntnetlnH nt iKn sound of her own voice husky and al most inarticulate. She elnspil hot mmitl. fii-mlv Ai unary fluch stole over her cheek. mio treminea with rage. Hhc almost James F. Barton Is Named National Adjutant of Legion DNS MOINKS, In., Feb. 2-1. The appointment of Junes F. J.artou of Fort Dodge as national adjutant of the American Legion was announced here by James A. Drain, jmtional commander. Mr. Jtarton has been adjutant of tho Iowa department of tho American Legion for several years and Com mander Drain said he had been chos en for tho national post from a large list of eligible candidates. He will suc ceed Adjutant Creviston, who has ex pressed a desire to resign. Mr. Drain also announced bo would press for making tho office of adju tant ft permanent position at tho next legion convention iu Omaha, Neb, He said ho had chosen Mr. Hurt mi with this purpose- in mind. ' NurmiMay Come To Pacific Coast UALTIMOKF. Mr., Feb. 21. OP) IVuvo Xurmi's rapidly growing American itinerary is "'practically cer tain" to include a trip to tho Pacific coast the last week of April, accord ing to Hugo (Julst, the phauton Finn's trainer, and advisor. Invitations for both indoor uud our-doc-r meets in the next few months havo been received but ho will ac cept only a small percentage-of them, They have come from Washington and (iilifornlit, Texas, (ieorgia, Jowa, kit itsus, Illinois nml Ohio, Military Aircraft Hearing to He-Open AVASHIXUTOX, Feb. 24. Hy a vote of five to one tho house mili tary aircraft committee today re versed lis decision of last Saturday and decided to re-open bearings next Thursday. The only explanation of today's action given by committee Heads Cleared In Colds or Catarrh Th way to clear tho head quick ly Is with Kly'a t'n-iim Halm. Ap ply It In the nostrils and bronlio It. Tim fumes lire antiseptic. They combat the tsoru'i attack The hit.il Is chared, tbu Inflammation la subdued, the whole troubl.i ta checked at mice. Internal treatments deal only with results. They are alow. Com bat the Kornm where they Htlu.l.. fc'tid the misery, step the r,dd. Jsk your dniKRlst for a holtl'i of Kly's Cream Halm, (iet lis i;iilek relief. Thai is the r'.ht way nlth a head cold m cuUirrli. tti ,li :: Miss Letty cried. Then she half smiled, and turned away. That was all. And then Letty told tho story of her love, and her vow. She told why she wears a bright red ribbon about her hair. "Ho" bad liked it SO years ago. Sbc leaned closer and whispered the story of the cheap brass wedding ring .ihe wears ou the third finger of her left bnnd. She, found it one day. HI a wanted it. And she has worn it ever since. &be opened n yellowed, pasteboard box which holds all tier treasures. What are .they V A few strands of yellowed, dried, members related to commit tee fi nances. It was said that instead of having emptied its war chest, as pre viously supposed the committee was found to huvc more than $-00U left for expenses. Associations for Cattle Loans are Asked at Meeting PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 21. For mation of cattle loan associations, through which livestock men may take advantage of funds nvaitablc to the federal intermediate credit bank, was suggested nt n conference here yes terday of cattlemen, livestock finan ciers, and representatives of the fed eral institution, which has its north west beadipiarters at Spokane. Tho federal intermediate credit bank and its affiliated organization, the Federal Land Hank, have avail able $t'00.00MK0, of which only about $(tr.(HK),(MK now is being used, ac cording to the report of It, A, Cooper, of Washington, J). ('., commissioner of the federal farm loan board. LLOYD GEORGE BETTER TUUMINUIIAM. Fngland, Feb. 24. The condition of Former Premier Lloyd (ieorge, who was taken ill with n sore throat, here Saturday, was im proved today. His temperature is normnl. , North and South Unknla have less snow tbnn New York, although these states are much colder. No Worry No danger, this new safe way NOW there It new wty In womm'i prrsonnl hygiene which hat bolithcd oKI-tnsh-lonej method dangerous nd emhirraitttng. Today 5 million women Rave adopted it. Won't you, in fac new to yourtclf, ( leatt find out about it f This new way U Kotex. It Is uper-ahtorbent tanitary pad made of Ollvicottnn-a substance 5 timet as absorbent as cotton. KOTSX DEODORIZED mitmrroN rnonucTs co.. ii w Md..chicjo -.'A;-'A If A' i fix Griffith dusty clover blossoms, picked and tied with joy and live M' years ago. When one of her companions jii this tenh of happiness gib ;s 'ier ;r torments her. she puts a pinch oT alt on 'he ofL'cnd"r's plate. If the torment ojiitmccH, she placets a piece of coal! They are symbolic of something ju.-t '.lint, I.etly bus forgotten in Si years of silence. "Iwisy days," Letty says brieMy as she males up the bedr and tidiss un the lawn, "liusy days. Fa.-dor while .i body's waiting, though" And I.ttty, I'lli-year-old Letty, is still waiting to meet her lover. Jler lover is deml. Senator Stanley Of Kentucky Hurt In Auto Accident WASIll(iTO, Feb. LM. Senator A. O. Stanley of Kentucky was se verely but not rritic.illy injured today in an uuioiuobile accident here, lie was u ken lo an emergency hos pital, where it was said that in addi tion to bruises, he appeared to have suffered a fractured rib. Physicians who made the examina tion said there were no indications nf serious consequences and predicted an early recovery without complica tions. Senator Stanley, who is 57 years old, was struck by an automobile as he was crossing the street on foot. Sawdust briquets make excellent fuel for the kitchen nuie and are cheaper than coal. SAFE FOR CHILDREN Mothors everywhere demand a reliable rough remedy free from Injurious nnrcoticH. Supply in r Ibis demand fur fifty vears made FOLKY'S 1 IONKY AM) TAlt COMPOUND one of the Largest Selling Coimh Medicines in the World. Children like It. "My little boy bad a vei v h:d eim."i, and after ho used FOLKY'S" HON BY AND TAU COMPOUND he got relief at once." writes Mrs. Van Hollo, Pcnroy. Mont. Uofuse substitutes. tU(Adv) Each Korex pad is an active deodomnt. impteynmed with a new secret disinfectant. Kotex Is easily disposed of jiirt like a piece of tissue. Tacked in sanitary sealed pack a g ps of twelve Kotex comet in two stresi Regular, and Kotex Super (extra large), Get Kotex Dendmited, In the blue box with white stripe, at all dtug and department stores. "V E ('IIK'A; , Feb. IM-Spccial squads nf police and detective guarded the polls in today tilde runt nic elect bn here a n cewiilt of biota uf triHib'e and charges and counter charges uf fraud. Tuey wimc given orders to pr.: v nt kidnapping f parly worker, thefts of balloU urnl ballut boxes and intimidation of voters. The firing of pistul shots by six gunmen at a crowded p.-litiml meet- inn In st night was regarded liy the ' police a the op uing of hostilities, j The firm repuri of violence today catHC fri'in tJie fourteenth ward wh-'re Hox Cyrilla, an election worker for Michael .1. CiMtello, a candidate fur tilderman. was overpuw end by three men, all of wlmm were tinned and , hurried away iu uu automobile, j The police were a'so notified that ii n attempt to kidnap, the son of an j other aldiM-nmuic candidate yesterday, j proved a failure, when the kidnapeus j ascertained that the boy they u-i 1 ' picked up was nut the son of the caii ! didate. One hundred billots were myster iously missing from a precinct in th twenly-six'lh ward, police were tn formc d, ,. " School Boy Test Challenge Taken Up by Publisher l.l N I IN, Feb. L'4. Lord Holher morcF publisher of the Daily Mail and a. s challenger to u "school boy test" w . ti. l ove, )ik. o meet next week to nuke final arrangements tor.lhe cKiuiiinittion. ' Mr. Cove, former president of the National 1'ninn of Teachers, challeng ed the lord in response to u cuinpu gu liy the Daily .Mai', which alleged Unit London's elementary schools were not worih the money appropriated for them, i-it ng in Mipporl of its case the .allure ol ii iii.iu.ier of giauuiiles lo meet a test set by the newspaper iu filling oue of its junior clerkships. iMeauwIiile, a fir'.her exchange of couiiuiiniciilious between the challen ger anil Lord ltotheinicre has taken place. Tint publisher said his only lilipulat.on was that the nrithniet.o mid gc -ill knowledge of questions wnu.it lie of I lie sa fne character and ,.ni i ,u ii,. wo acl ill the Daily .Hail s exiuiiinalioll of the bo.vs, tu which Mr. I ove replied: "Von mustn't try to vary my chal lenge. The (iiiestions I set will not bl similar lo those very clumsily set b M..it Km wit t,i itt' such charitcter and calibre as are put ,n the cienieu- Clothiers Elect Officers for Year POUTLAND, Ore., Feb. 24. II. 1 1. Sichel, Portland, was elected president of the Oregon Retail Cloth iers and Furnishers association late yesterday. William Isaacs, of Med ford was elected vice-president; Ar thur Jones, Portland, secretary; (ins Kulm, Portland, treasurer; Henry Harth, Itoseburg, national director. The convention closed with a Imn tpiet Inst night. Husiness generally showed improvement during the past year, dealers declared. Desecration of Graves Charged . N .MARIPOSA. Cal., Keb. "U. Hay mend I). Silkvneil and his wife, Jch sie. appi-faehed the tulperiur celli-t AlJlnft dentist states dut chrw ln gum dram the teeth and act) at a mild anti septic in the mouth. A prominent phy sician urges Its use after each meal to Keep the teeth free from decay. "After Every mm Wf tdl M M M I DIFFERENT FLAVORS Same High QalitJ here today to ko to trial on a charfte of ilesecratinK human uraves. The charges are the result of a raid hy deputy sheriffs on the Moun tain View roadhouse, near here, said to be operated hy Silkivood. A sack, containing charred bones, beads, ni ro'vheads and other articles n:i seized, the charges Boid. 'J'he material is alleged to hove been taken from the Mariposa Indian burial proimds npir the Mountain View resort. Chief Joe-Howard of the Mariposa -Indian tribe, brought the charges. He believes that re wards offered by museums and innu smatiMs for old Spanish and Cali fornia coins, said to be buried with some of tho later chieftains, was the motive. Woman Will act as Railroad Director U'ASlIIMiTON, Feb. 2L A wom an today, was given permission by the ititerstate commerce commission to act as a director on the board of -1 raiftoads. She is Helen Lucille Welch, assist ant secretary of the Kl I'aso and Southwestern. The commission held it would not be against the public in terest if she should be nt the same time a director of the Southern Pa cific, Oregon and California, the Cen tral Pacific and a whole series of subsidiary corporations of the South ern Pacific system. This is the first time the commis sion has passed on any similar ap plication from a woman. Three Killed in Train Collision NKW YORK. Feb. 24. The Penn sylvania railroad issued a statement today saying that three men were killed in a collision of two passenger trains at Manhattan Transfer,. N. .1. The dead were an engineer on one of the trains and two car inspectors. The collision was between a New York-Washington expi'H and a New York-Philadelphia local train. SAVED FRIEND FROM HOSPITAL Mrs. Heckman Decided to Try Lydia E. Pinkhara's Vegetable 'Compound Note Results Council Bluffa. Iowa. "I had pains in my back and sides and headaches, so that 1 could not do my work. Once in a while I would be sick a week. A. friend told me that Lydia E. Pin k ham's Vegetable Compound had kept her out of the hospital, so I thought I would try it, aslhad tried a number of other medicines. Now I feel like a different person and am I telling my friends about the "Vege-! table Compound helping me, hoping j they will let it help them, too. I Sirs. Ethel Heckman, Box 21, i R. F. D. No. 1, Council Bluffs, Iowa, j Saved From An Operation Monessen, Pa. "I took Lydia E. I Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for a serious case of female trouble. The worst pain I had was in my right side and back with swelling in my side so that I was unable to walk atone time, i I was ordered to go to the hospital, but here I am, still without an opera- I tion. I saw your advertisement and I have taken the Vegetable Compound with splendid results." Mrs. J. NEL SON. 842 Donner Ave., Monessen, Pa. i And Mother said' - You may get a package of Wrigleys too Wise mother:-' she rewards the little errand runner with something delicious, long lasting and ben eficial. Happy, healthy children with Wrigleys -and best of all - the cost is small ! Meal" BETTER TODAY LONDON", Feb. 2-1. W KJng (ionrgp, .who is suffering from bron cliiiil trouble, passed a good night, it was stated in court circles this morn ing. J I is physicians' visited nuckinghnm Future as u.ual during the forenoon, but issued no bulletin, and if the present rote of progress by the pn tient is maintained, it is believed no further bulletins will be given out ex cept perhaps n final one announcing his convalescence The l'rince of Wales, under the present arrangements, will tako his fathur's place at the Uuckingham Pal ace on .March 10 and Jfl, affordiiiB him his first opportunity to preside over such important state ceremonies. 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