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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1920)
E OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume Most Important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU Events of Noted People, Government! and Pacific Northwest, end Other Things Worth Knowing. Walter T. Varney, aviator, flow 21, 800 feet above San Francisco Satur day. He eatabllBhed what Is claimed to be a Pacific coast altitude record. Chicago police are searching for the "meanest thieves" who stole 123,000 Bibles, valued at $37,500, from the Prison Bible society. The Bibles were carried away In a moving van. The National Guard during March made a net gain of 3279 In enlistment, It was officially announced Monday. The guard numbers 42,600, or about 24 per cent of the maximum of 179,000. B. P. Itamsey Is dead and W. T. Cook, a civilian pilot, Is In a hospital in a serious condition. Their plane fell Into a tall spin and crashed to earth west of Sioux Falls, S. D., Mon day. An order In council requesting King George to ratify the peace treaty with Bulgaria on behalf of .Canada has been passed as a result of the adoption by the senate and house of commons, it is announced, .; Mr. and Mrs. George H. Searle are acquitted of charges of killing Mrs. Hilda Neamy, whose body was found In the furnace of her home in Lead, 8. D last January. Mrs. Noamy was Mrs. Searles' mother. A shipment of approximately $800, 000 In gold arrived In New York on the steamship Royal George Saturday, making the total gold consignments from Great Britain since the first of the year about (78,800,000. A storm of rain, snow and sleet prevailed over the entire length of Nebraska Sunday. West of McCook the snowfall was heavy and the Bloet caused demoralization In telegraph and telephone communication. The price of liborty bonds fell below 88 for the first time Monday, in New York, when new low records were made in four Issues under heavy sell ing. The second 4J4s closed 87.88, second 4s at 88, third 4&s at 91.60, fourth i'Aa at 88.06. Contracts were Bigned at the ship ping board late Monday whereby the Northwest Steel company of Portland will build seven large stoel tankers In lieu of three steel cargo ships for which contracts were canceled after the armistice was Blgnod. Vassar college will not graduate a "school marm" this year, according to results of a survey of the senior class, made public In New York. Low salaries, it was said, had caused stu dents to turh to business, social serv ice and other professions. Ten Irish pickets arrested last week at the British embassy in Washington were held for a federal grand jury Monday by United States Commission er Richardson on charges of violating a federal statute making it a felony to "assault" a diplomatic representative of a foreign government. A bill to re-enact the law Imposing & tax of 80 per cent on excess war profits was Introduced Monday by Representative Johnson, republican, South Dakota, as a means of raising revenue for a soldier bonus. There also would be a levy on the privilege of Issuing stock dividends. Six hundred million dollars will be needed by the railroads this year to finance the purchase of new equip numt, the Association of Railway Ex ecutives announced Saturday. Presi dents of 65 railroads met in Chicago to discuss division of the $300,000,000 loan provided by the transportation act, Eagles have been attacking lambs recently near Peterson's butte, about ten miles southeast of Albany, Or., which Is a rare occurrence In this section of the Btate. An eagle was killed last week at Rock hill. Just east of Peterson's butte, and this bird and another one are reported to have been Invading the sheep pastures. - The Chicago Express, eastbound, one of the fastest trains on the Erie rail road, was abandoned by its crew early Sunday night at Port Jarvls, New York, There were 250 passengers, milk and mail aboard. The train was run on a siding and left there. The crew walked to the town hall, where a railroad workers' meeting was In progress. pp IIS STATE NEWS I IN BRIEF. tff w v Eugene. During the past few days Miss Azlla Howard, secretary of the Lane county chapter of Red Crom, has written ex-aoldlers' insurance to the amount of $47,000, Salem. J. S. Hlckey, 80 years of age and for more than ton years post master at Scotts Mills has resigned his office and will retire as soon as his successor Is named. Bend. Fifty-four gold medals were ordered recently by County School Superintendent Thompson. They will be given as awards to first place win ners in the trl-county meet to be held In Redmond. Rosoburg. According to an ordi nance passed by the city council, vot ers of this city will pass upon the pro posed bonding measure at the election May 21 for providing a municipal light and water system. Klamath Falls. Barbers have ad vanced the price of hair cutting from 50 to 75 cents and shaves from 25 to 35 cents, effective April 5. Shampoos have gone up from 60 to 65 cents and baths, which were 25 cents, now cost a dime more. Bend. While playing with a 32-call-ber pistol at her home here Wednes day morning, 8-year-old Tressa Hunt ley, daughter of Mrs. Florence Hunt ley, accidentally discharged the gun, the bullet piercing her left thigh. The bone was not touched and It Is be lieved recovery will be rapid. The Dalles. Recommendation Is made to the city council by a commit tee appointed to Investigate, that the proposal of building a civic auditorium in this city at a cost of $125,000 be placed on the ballot at a special elec tion to be called May 12. The auditor ium plan Includes a spacious theater, rest rooms and a fully-equipped gym nasium. Hood River. Lead poisoning from spray applications on clover crops has been fatal to a number of Hood River valley horses recently. The horseB had been eating hay cured in orchards. Growers have been warned to use care (n spraying orchards from which they expect to harvest hay. Victor Beaure gard, east side rancher, has lost two valuable horses from poisoned hay. Baker. Reports from the Long Creek and Muddy Creek districts are to the effect that a second winter Is being experienced, and hay is becom ing so scarce that there is likely to be a severe loss of stock If the winter lasts much longer. Because of the snow, all farm work has been discon tinued. Up in the hills timber Is re ported to be strewn about and large trees uprooted are lying across the roads. Halfway. Pine Valley residents are making another effort to divide Baker county. It is proposed to cut off what Is called the Panhandle, once a part of Union county but later annexed to Baker, and form a new county. The great distance from the Panhandle to Baker, the county seat, is the source of dissatisfaction. Parts of the county are 100 miles from Baker, with poor wagon roads and poor train connec tions. Rosoburg. After being without a band for two years, Roseburg is to have a musical organization again. The salary of the leader will be paid by the city council and the sum of $50 expended for music. A petition re questing such action was presented to the council bearing the signatures of almost 200 taxpayers. An agreement was also Bigned by 36 musicians, pledging themselves to weekly prac tice and a weekly open-air concert dur ing the summer months. Salem. Members of the Oregon Jer sey Breeders' association, which will hold a three days' Jubilee In the Wil lamette valley beginning May 3, will be entertained at a banquet at a local hotel on the night of May 6, accord ing to announcement here. The guests will include: M. D. Munn of St Paul, Minn.; R. M. flow of New York city; Huch G. Van Pelt of Waterloo, la.; and Roger H. Brown of Indianapolis. The purpose of the tour of the Wil lamette valley is to ascertain at first hand to what Is being accomplished along the line of Improving the Jersey herds. Salem . Although the current ex pense of conducting the state govern ment Is In excess of $300,000 a month, there remains In the general fund of the treasurer only $11,086.86 to meet these obligations until the tax money for the year 1920 commences to arrive shortly after May 1, according to a financial report prepared by O. P. Hoff, state treasurer. The report shows total expenditures during the period from January 1 to March 31 of $6,762,967.3$, and a balance in the state highway fund of $1,617,628.84. Under the classification of cash on hand there Is $2,427,705.10, but this Is said to bo merely a paper showing, as outstanding warrants will absorb most of this sum. BILL WOULD GIVE I Tentative Scheme Means Rec lamation Huge Areas. ALLOW MONEY CREDIT Veterans Will Get $1.50 for Each Day of Service-Total Fundto'Go Toward Purchase. Washington, D. C The draft of a soldiers' settlement bill combining the salient features of -the Mondell-Lane bill and the Fordney bill, together with some recommendations made by the 'American Legion, has been com pleted by the Hawley subcommittee of the house ways and means com mittee. This tentative bill which makes pos sible the reclamation of large areas by both Irrigation and drainage, Is under stood to stand a good chance of being adopted by a full committee. An ap propriation of $25,000,000 Is made for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, and the same sum thereafter each year for nine consecutive years, meaning a total of $250,000,000. For the administration of the func tions arising under the bill a national soldier's settlement board is created consisting of five members to Include the secretary of the Interior and not less than three soldiers. The board Is authorized to acquire lands necessary for soldier settle ments by gift or purchase and the secretary of the interior, with the approval of the president, Is author ized to withdraw such publio lands as may serve the purpose. The board Ib empowered to . perform all work necessary for the permanent develop ment of the project selected, to be one or more In each of the several states in which such projects are found feasible. The lands are to be subdivided into soldier farm units suitable for the support of a family and dedicating may be made for community and other public purposes. Townsltes suitable for the purposes of the project may be established and developed. Veterans of the world war, either soldiers or sailors, shall be allowed a credit of $1.50 a day for the total number of days served between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918, the full amount thus computed to be ap plied on purchase price of the land. The balance shall be paid In amortiz ing payments extending over a period of 40 years or less, at the option of the settler. Germans Leave Ruhr. Berlin. The withdrawal of all Ger man troops no longer needed In the Ruhr district has already begun. This semi-official announcement was made Monday. The German government has notified the French government, ac cording to official announcement that It has received reports that French troops are advancing toward Aschaf fenburg (23 miles southeast of Frank fort) and, If true, Germany is obliged to point out the danger of collisions with the German troops. France has replied that it has no Intention of occupying Aschaffenburg and adds that neither was Stockstadt occupied, though it had been necessary on mili tary grounds to push forward advanced posts near Stockstadt. Apple Crop Outlook Big. Yakima, Wash. Yakima orchards will yield one of the largest apple crops of apples this year in their his tory, according to H. M. Gilbert, a veteran grower and fruit shipper, who said Saturday that it had become evi dent, with spring development of the trees, that fears felt last winter that the fruit buds had been killed by ex treme cold were entirely groundless so far as apples were concerned. Peaches were killed to some extent but Mr. Gilbert said there would be a fair crop of that fruit, as well as of cherries, apricots and prunes, while pears ap peared not to have suffered at all. Non-Stop Flight Record. San Diego, Cal. Records for th( longest non-stop flight on the Pacific coast were broken Sunday when Lieu tenant F. D. Hackett flew from Mathei field, Sacramento, to Ream field in a Do Haviland U. S.-9 plane In four hours and one minute. A new record was also established in the length of time the flight was made, this being tho shortest time recorded in cover ing the air line distance between the two fields, 490 miles. LAND SOLDIERS H i: "Tril f TV If Robert J. CStead O laowrundier 5 .. M W If m w-- - -w- - IRWIN MYERS p CHAPTER VIII Continued. 12 The outcome was that Mrs. Hardy insisted upon Irene embarking at once upon a finishing course. Afterward they traveled together for a year In Europe. Then home again, Irene pur sued her art, and her mother sur rounded her with the social attractions which Doctor Hardy's comfortable In come and professional standing made possible. Her purpose was obvious and but thinly disguised. She hoped that her daughter would outlive her youthful infatuation and would at length, In a more suitable mutch, give her heart to one of the numerous eli gible! of her circle. To promote this end Mrs. Hardy spared no pains. Young Carlton, son of a banker and one of the leading men of his set, seemed a particularly appropriate match. Mrs. Hardy opened her home to him, and Carlton, whatever his motives, was not slow to grasp the situation. For years Irene had not spoken of Dave Elden, and the mother had grown to hope that the old attachment had died down and would presently be quite forgotten in a new and more becoming passion. The fact is that Irene at that time would have been quite incapable of stating her relation toward Elden and Its Influence upon her attitude to life. She was by no means sure that she loved that sunburnt boy of romantic memory; she was by no means sure that she should ever marry him, let his development in life be what it would J but she felt that her heart was locked, at least for the present, to all other suitors. She had given her promise,-and that settled the matter. Notwithstanding her Indifference the girl found herself encouraging Carl ton's advances, or at least not meet ing them with the rebuffs which had been her habit toward all other suitors, and Mrs. Hardy's hopes grew as the attachment apparently devel oped. But they were soon to be shat tered. Irene had gone with Carlton to the theater; afterward to supper. It was long past midnight when she reached home. She knocked at her mother's door and immediately entered. Her hair was disheveled and her cheeks were flushed, and she walked unstead ily across the room. "What's the matter, Irene? What's the matter, child? Are you sick?" cried her mother, springing from her bed. "No, I'm not sick," said the girl bru tally. "I'm drunk 1" "Oh, don't say that," said her mother soothingly. "Proper people do not be come drunk. You may hove had too much champagne and tomorrow you will have a headache " "Mother! 1 have had too much champagne, hut not as much as that precious Carlton of yours had planned for. I just wanted to see how des picable he was, and I floated down stream with him as far as I dared. But just as the current got too swift I struck for shore. Oh, we made a scene, all right, but nobody knew me there, so the family name Is safe and you can rest in peace. I called a taxi, and when he tried to follow me in I slapped him and kicked him. Kicked him, mother. Dreadfully undignified, wasn't it? . . . And that's what you want me to marry, in place of a man I" Mrs. Hardy was chattering with mortification and excitement. Her plans had miscarried. Irene had mis behaved. Irene was a difficult, head strong child. It was useless to argue with her in her present mood. It was useless to argue with her in any mood. No doubt Carlton had been Impetuous. Nevertheless he stood high In his set and his father was something of a power in the financial world. As the wife of such a man Irene might have a career before her a career from which at least some of the glory would reflect upon the silvering head of the mother of Mrs. Carlton. "Go to your room," she said at length. "Yofl are in no condition to talk tonight. I must say it is a shame that you can't go out for an evening without drinking too much and mak ing a scene. . . . What will Mr. Carlton think of you?" "If he remembers all I told him about himself he'll have enough to think of," the girl blazed back. "You know what I have told you and still Mister Carlton stands as high in your sight as ever. I am the one to blame. Very well. I've tried your choice and I've tried my own. Now I am in a position to Judge. There will be noth ing to talk about in the morning. Mention Carlton's name to me again and I will give the whole Incident to the papers . '. . with photographs , . . and names. Fancy the feature heading, 'Society Girl, Intoxicated, Kicks Escort Out of Taxi. Good night." But other matters were to demand the attention of mother and daughter In the morning. While the scene was occurring In Mrs. Hardy's bedroom her husband, clad in white, toiled in the operating room to save the life of a fellow being. There was a slip of an instrument, but the surgeon tolled on; he could not at that Juncture pause; the life of the patient was at stake. When the operation was fin ished he found his Injury deeper than lie supposed, and Irene was summoned from her heavy sleep that morning to attend bis bedside. He talked to ber as a philosopher; said his life's work was done and he was just as glad to go In the harness; the estate should yield something, and there was his life Insurance a third would be for her. And when Mrs, Hardy was not at his side he found opportunity to whisper, "And If you really love that boy out West marry him." The sudden bereavement wrought a reconciliation between Mrs. Hardy ond her daughter. Mrs. Hurdy took her loss very much to heart. While Irene grieved for her father Mrs. Har dy grieved for herself. It was awful to be left alone like this. And when the lawyers found that, Instead of a hundred thousand dollars, the estate would yield a bare third of that sum, she spoke openly of her husband's im providence. He had enjoyed a hand some Income, on which his family had lived in luxury. That it was unequal to the strain of providing for them In that fashion and nt the same time ac cumulating a reserve for such an eventuality as had occurred was a matter which his widow could scarce ly overlook. Her health had suffered a severe shock, for beneath her ostentation she felt as deep a regard for her late hus band as was possible in one who measured everything In life by vari ous social formulae. She consulted a specialist who had enjoyed a close professional acquaintanceship with Doctor Hardy. The specialist gave her a careful, meditative and solemn ex amination. "Your condition Is serious," he told her, "but not alarming. You must have a drier climate and, preferably, a high er altitude. I am convinced that the "No, I'm Not Sick," said the Girl Bru tally. "I'm Drunk." " conditions your health demands are to be found In ." He named the former cow town from which Irene's fateful automobile journey had had Its start, and the young woman, who was present with her mother, felt herself go suddenly pale with the thought of a great prospect. "Oh, I could never live there 1" Mrs. Hardy protested. "It Is so crude. Cow- punchers, you know, and all that sort of thing." The specialist smiled. "You will probably not find it so crude, although I dare say some of Its customs may jar on you," he remarked, dryly. "And It is not a case of not being able to live there. It Is a case of not being able to live here. If you take my ad vice you should die of old age, as far. at least, as your present ailment .is concerned. If you don't" and he dropped his voice to Just the correct note of gravity, which pleased Mrs. Hardy very much "If you don't, I can't promise you a year." Confronted with such an alternative, the good lady had no option. She ac cepted the situation with the resigna tion which she deemed to be correct under such circumstances, but the boundless prairies were to her so much desolation and ugliness. Irene gath ered that her mother did not approve of prairies. They were something new to her life, and It was greatly to be suspected that they were Improper. CHAPTER IX. Very slowly It dawned upon Mrs. Hardy that tWs respectable, thriving city, with Its well-dressed, properly mannered people, its public spirit. Its aggressiveness, Us churches and thea ters and schools, its law and order, and its afternoon teas, after all, was the real West ; sincere, earnest ; crude, perhaps; bare, certainly; the scar of Its recent battle with the wilderness still fresh upon Its person ; lacking the finish that only time can give to a landscape or a civilization; but lack lng also the moldlness, the mustiness, the insufferable artificiality of older communities. Even Mrs. Hardy, steeped for sixty years in a life of precedent and rule and caste, began to catch the enthusiasm of a new land where precedent and rule and caste are something of a handicap. "We must buy a home." she said to Irene. "We cannot afford to continue living at a hotel, and we must have our own home, You must look up a responsible dealer whose advice we can trust In a matter of this kind." And was It remarkable that Irene Hardy should think at once of the firm of Conward & Elden? It was not. She had, Indeed, been thinking of a mem ber of that firm ever since the decision to move to the West. The fact is Irene had not been at all sure that she wanted to marry Dave Elden. She wanted very much to meet him again ; she was curious to know how the years had fared with him, and her curiosity was not unmixed with a finer senti ment ; but she was not at all sure that she should marry him. "What, Dnve Elden, the million aire?" Bert Morrison hud said. "Every body knows him." And then the news paper woman had gone on to tell what a figure Dove was In the business life of the city. "One of our biggest young men," Bert Morrison had said. "Re served, a little ; likes his own company best; but absolutely white." That gave a new turn to the situa tion. Irene had always wanted Dave to be a success ; suddenly she doubted whether she had wanted him to be so big a success. She had doubted wheth er she should" wish to marry Dave; she had never allowed herself to doubt that Dave would wish to marry her. Secretly, she had expected to rather " dazzle him with her ten year's' devel opmentwith the culture and knowl edge which study and travel and life had added to the charm of her young girlhood; and suddenly she realized that her luster would shine but dimly In the greater glory of his own. . . . It was easy to locate the office of Conward & Elden ; It stood on a prin cipal corner of a principal street. Thence she led her mother, and found herself trending on the marble floors of the richly appointed waiting room In a secret excitement which she could with difficulty conceal. She was, In deed, very uncertain about the next development. . . . Her mother had to be reckoned with. A young man asked courteously what could be done for them. "We wont to see the head of the firm," said Mrs. Hardy. "We want to buy a house." They were shown Into Conward's office. Conward gave them the wel-' come of a man who expects to make money out of his visitors. He placed a very comfortable chair for Mrs Hardy; he adjusted the blinds to a nicety; he discarded his cigarette and beamed upon them with as great a show of cordiality as his somewhat beefy appearance would permit. Mrs, Hardy outlined her life history with considerable detail and ended with the confession that the West was not as bad as she had feared and, anyway, it was a case of living here or dying else where, so she would have to make the best of It. And here they were. And might they see a house? Conward appeared to be reflecting As a matter of fact, he saw In this In experienced buyer an opportunity to reduce his holdings In anticipation of the Impending crash. His difficulty was that he had no key to the finan cial resources of his visitors. The only thing was to throw out a feeler, "You are wanting a nice home, 1 take it, that can be bought at a favor able price for cash. You would con sider an Investment of, say " He paused, and Mrs. Hardy supplied the Information for which he was waiting. "About twenty-five thousand dollars," she said. "We can hardly invest that much," Irene Interrupted, In a whisper. "W must have something to live on." "People here live on the profits ol their investments, do they not, Mr. Conward?" Mrs. Hardy inquired. "Oh, certainly," Conward agreed, and he plunged into a mass of inci dents to show how profitable Invest ments had been to other clients of the firm. Then his mood of deliberation gave way to one of briskness; he sum moned a car, and In a few minutes his clients were looking over the property which he had recommended. Mrs. Hardy was an amateurish buyer, her tendency being alternately to excess of caution on one side and reckless ness on the other. Conward's manner pleased her; the house he showed pleased her, and she was eager to have It over with. But he was too shrewd to appear to encourage hasty deci sion. He did not seize upon Mrs. Hardy's remark that the house seemed perfectly satisfactory; on the con trary, he Insisted on showing other houses, which he quoted at such im possible figures that presently the old lady was in a feverish haste to make a deposit lest some other buyer should forestall her. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Observation of Oil Belt Philosopher. A scientist has just discovered that fish are Intelligent We had observed also that they don't bite on everything that comes along. Baxter Citizen. A London choir of one thousand voices has been organized under the auspices of the League of Arts to sing at public ceremonies.