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.
With the Duke of York still on his
bunting trip in Africa, there will
come a period during which some pro
vision must be made for carrying on
the royal duties.
It is thought a sort of commission
will be appointed, although nothing is
aB yet settled, and the matter will
probably bo considered at a privy
council as soon as the king is well
enough to participate in such a meet
ing. New university buildings costing
$5,000,0011 are being built at Johan
nesburg, South Africa.
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