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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1921)
mnniiin nunnnrn inn oininrTt UAU U i HIV I'M H H 11 II 11 III inn Hi: .........V, w..www-w ...W W I. List Is Complete, Barring Last-Minute Changes Selection of Denby Big Surprise. St, Augustine, Fla. Presldont-elect Harding has reached a tentative de cision on every place In his cabinet, and unless there are last-minute changes It will be composed of these men:. t ' ' Secretary of state, Charles Evans Hughes of New York, ex-governor, Justice of the supreme court, and re publican nominee for the presidency. Secretary of the treasury, Andrew W. Mellon of Pennsylvania, banker and financier, member of a family reputed to be among the wealthiest In this country. Secretary of war, John W. Weeks of Massachusetts, ex-senator, and In 1916 a candidate for the presidential nomin ation. . . Attorney-general, Harry M. Daugh erty of Ohio, who managed Mr. Hard ing's pre-convcntion campaign. PostmaBter-general, W1J1 II. Hays of Indiana, chairman of the republican national committee. Secretary of the navy, Edwin Denby of Michigan, ex-member of congress, who served as an enlisted man in both the navy and marine corps. Secretary of the Interior, Albert A. Fall of New Mexico, now a senator. Secretary of agriculture, Henry Wal lace of Iowa, editor of farm publica tions. Secretary of commerce, Herbert Hoover of California, ex-food admin istrator, and leader In various move ments far European relief. Secretary of labor, James J. Davis of Pennsylvania and Illinois, union ex-steel worker, who has become the highest official In the Moose frater nity. If changes are made, they are most likely to affect the appointments for navy, commerce and lubor, all of which Wilson Says Peace Washington, D. C President Wil son Tuesday expressed the determina tion to devote himself on retirement to private life to a continuation of his efforts toward world peace. He made his first public utterance since the election In receiving a delegation from the Woodrow Wilson club of Harvard university. After their visit the dolegates stated they were "deeply Impressed with the great heart of the president and deep ly touched by the president's fulth In the ultimate accomplishment of his efforts towards peace and by the al most brilliant good humor with which he is leaving the White House." Denby Ex-Buck Private. Paris Island, S. C Edwin Denby, secretary of the navy to be, Is remem bered here as Private Denby, just plain "buck private" of marines, although later as Lieutenant Denby, morale of ficer, who pounded Ideas of patriotism into the heads of thousands of rookies. And Private Denby, despite handi caps of age and weight, stood up staunchly under the. regular "boot" training designed to harden up the youngsters. Ilk' tr&Vi If ! ,m0zz& ii were understood to have come to a decision within 24 hours. In regard to none of these has there been an exchange of formal In vitation and acceptance, but In every case the selections are expected by Mr. Harding's associates to stand. Assignment of the navy portfolio to Mr. Denby, who Is a Detroit law yer, TurnlHhed the first real surprise, for his name had not been mentioned publicly In connection with the place until Monday. It was understood that from the first he had been under consideration, however, and was held in reserve for just such a contingency as Mr. .Hard ing faced last week when ex-Governor Lowdea of Illinois declined to be considered. It was expected that before the president-elect makes a formal tender to Mr. Denby he will call him Into consultation and go over the naval problems with him. Mr. Hoover's name had been one of the storm centers of the cabinet list, many republicans urging his ap pointment as secretary of state, In terior, commorce or labor, and many opposing it because of his stand In favor of the league of nations. He was the first national figure with whom Mr. Harding conferred after his return to Washington from the Chi cago convention last year and later Mr. Hoover went to Marlon among the first "best minds" to be called into consultations. Should he refuse a place, he may be asked to head a commission of reorganization of the executive de partments of the government. Mr. Harding let It be known that h expects to leave subordinate ap pointments In the executive depart ments to the cabinet members. Will Be Life Work He received the group In the com pany of Mrs. Wilson in his study. He said he would leave to historians the task of Interpreting the events of the Paris peace conference. If he ever devoted himself again to writing, he declared, it would be along Impersonal lines. Robert C. Stuart Jr., who headed the delegation, told the president that the club he represented wished upon the annlverslty of the birth of Washington to extend their greeting to "you, the great American of our generation,' and that inspired by Wllsonlan ideals, the club purposed to perpetuate the Ideals to which the president had given concrete expression. Inaugural to be Loud. Washington, D. C For the first time, weather permitting, an inaugural address is to be heard March 4 by as many people as may pack themselves on the plaza fronting the capltol. Presi dent Harding's first formal statement will be carried throughout the throng by means of amplifiers. A roomful of machinery has been Installed beneath the capitol steps to catch and repeat every syllable ut tered. STATE NEWS IN BRIEF. WW VWVVW WW WWW WW fffTWf Albany. Clifford McKlnney, 17, was killed Instantly Just before noon last Thursday when be was struck on the head by a fulling tree near his home, near Shelburo. Bend. Average cost of Instruction of one pupil for one year la the Bend schools Is 97, the city school superin tendent announced In his semi-annual report Just Issued. Rainier. The city council and prop erty owners have decided to pave Water street, the main business street. County Surveyor Van Orshoven has completed the survey. Rainier. Farm bureau representa tives from all parts of the state have been at work the last week obtain ing members among the farmers of Columbia county. A total of 456 was signed. Bend. Corn Intended for the manu facture of liquor, seized by state and county officials, was sold by the sheriff's office and the purchase price turned over to the Red Cross for chari table work. Hood River. The Apple Growers' association is co-operating with M. D. Armstrong, newly appointed county fruit inspector, who has police powers for the enforcement of spray programs in the fruit sections. Pendleton. The ' Smythe-Lonergan company plant, comprising an Ice plant, ice cream factory, creamery and cold storage facilities, was destroyed by fire here Friday morning, at a loss estimated at $75,000. Ashland. The body of William H. Leeds, 65 years old, who died here Fri day morning, will be sent to California for cremation. Mr. Leeds came to Ashland from Pennsylvania in 1879. Elected state printer In 1892, he serv ed eight years. Eugene. Oregon products are grad ually gaining a foothold in California, according to J. 0. Holt, manager of the Eugene 'Fruitgrowers' association and sales manager of the Oregon Co operative Growers, who has Just re turned from a business trip to that state. Hood River. An Interesting feature developed by the Investigation of committee of the apple growers' as sociation, members of which have been gathering data on co-operative cider and vinegar plants, was that the pomace, usually wasted at northwest ern cider mills, Is valuable as a cow feed. Toledo. One -hundred farmers from practically every section of Lincoln county and representing especially the dairy, wool and mohair Industries adopted a resolution favoring passage of senate bill No. 284, legalizing co operative associations. The farmers were attending the Lincoln "Enthuse ment" conference. Eugene. The wool and mohair growers of Lane county met at the chamber of commerce in this city Monday afternoon to organize a co operative association. The plan of organizing Included employment of a specialist whose business will be to supervise the assembling and grading of wool and mohair. Hood River. Only 40 carloads of apples remain here unsold, according to C. W. McCullagh, sales manager of the Apple Growers' association. The co-operative sales agency, holding prac tically all of the storage stocks re maining here, still has in its possess slon 136,272 boxes of the total crop of 942,987 delivered last fall.. Eugene. The amount of taxes to be collected in Lane county thiB year is $1,474,625.58, according to the certi ficate of the tax roll filed by Herbert Walker, assessor, in the office of Coun ty Clerk Bryson last week. Collections will start on March 1. Taxes in Eu gene will be approximately 20 per cent higher this year than last. Klamath Falls. The Klamath Sportsmen's association, fearing that the county's game and fish will be so depleted that this section will cease to be a sportsmen's paradise unless Im mediate action is taken, at its meet ing Friday night took the first step in a campaign to preserve and protect game of every sort in this county. The Dalles. After a winter of Inac tion, work upon the Columbia river highway between The Dalles and Mosler was resumed the first of this week, Division Engineer Scott an nounced. With favorable weather con ditions, the road will be completed with a fine graveled surface and open ed for traffic by April 1, in the opinion of Mr. Scott Vale. At the suggestion of R. H. Baldack, divisional engineer for the state highway commission, the county court of Malheur county will ask the highway commission to Improve the road from Vale to Ontario, which is part of both the John Day and Central Oregon highways, two state roads, and as an Inducement will appropriate $10, 000 from the county emergency fund to assist In the Improvement Ui The Homesteader Copyright, All Rights Reserved HOME, 8WEET HOME. "And we shall luild our own home, and live our own lives, and love each other always, only for ever and ever?" she Ireathed. "For ever and ever," he an swered. "Because it would seem like trying to prove you are inno cent. And you don't need to prove anything to me. You understand? You don't need to prove anything to me." And then, between the iron rods across the open window of the jail, his lips met hers. In tha foregoing the first love words arc those of John Harris and Mary Allan when they plighted their troth and resolved to homestead in Mani toba. In the next love seen the second generation is mak ing its vows. It is Beulah Har ris and dim Travers who have sealed their pact with a kiss. And in between there is a like-real-life story of the home steading of ' John and Mary Harris, well told by Robert J. C. Stead, novelist, poet and Ca nadian official, author of "The Cowpunchers" and "Kitchener and Other Poems." - PRELUDE. Six little slates clattered Into place, ind six little figures stood erect be ween their benches. "Right I Turn!" said the master. March I School Is dismissed;" and dx pairs of bare little legs twinkled ilong the aisle, across the well-worn hreshold, down the big stone step, rod Into the dusty road, warm with he rays of the Indian summer sun. The master watched them from the ipen window until they vanished be ilnd a ridge of beech trees that cut his dslon from the concession. While they emalned within sight; a smile played ipon the features of his strong, sun rarned face, but as the Inst little ca Ico dress was Bwallowed by the wood he smile died down, and for a mo nent he stood, a grave and thoughtful itatue framed within the white pine laslngs of the sash. His brown study lasted only a mo nent. With a quick movement he valked to the blackboard, caught up i section of sheepskin, and began iraslng the symbols of the day's in itructlons. "Well, I suppose there's reward In teaven," he said to himself, as he set he little schoolroom In order. "There sn't much here. The farmers will ny a man more to doctor their sick iheep than to teach their children. 1 others can take the chance I can ake It too. If It were not for her I vould go tomorrow." The last remark seemed to unlink t new chain of thought. The gray syes lit up again. He wielded the iroom briskly for a minute, then toss id it In a corner, fastened the win lows, slipped a little folder Into his wcket, locked the door behind him ind swung In a rapid stride down a ly-pnth leading from the little school- louse Into the forest. Ten minutes' qulcjt walking In the voods, now glorious In all their au !umn splendor, brought him to a point vhere the sky stood up, pale blue, ivaslve, through the trees. The next noment he was at the water's edge, ind a limpid lake stretched away to vhere the forests of the farther shore ningled hazily with sky and water. He glanced about as though expect ng someone; he whistled a line of a jopular song, but the only reply was !rom a saucy eavesdropper which, (erched on a near-by limb, trilled back ts own liquid notes In answer. "I may as well improve the mo nents consulting my chart" he re narked to his undulating Image In the aater. "This thing of embarking on wo new seas at once calls for skill ful piloting." He seated himself on a ' itone, drew from his pocket the fold- sr, and spread a map before him. In a few moments he was so en grossed that he did not hear the al most noiseless motion of a canoe as It thrust Its brown nose Into the blue wedge before him. Kneeling near Its item, her paddle held aloft and drip ping, her brown arras and browner lair glistening In the mellow sun, her face bright with the light of its own sxpectancy, was a lithe and beautiful lrl. In an Instant her eye located the young man on the bank, and her lips molded as though to speak; but when she saw how unobserved she was ihe remained silent and upright as an indlnn while the canoe slipped gently toward the shore. Presently it cush ioned Its nose In the velvety sand. She rose silently from her seat and stole on moccasined tip-toes along the stones until she could have touched his hair with her fingers. But her eyes fell over his shoulder on the pa pers before him, "Always at your studies," she cried. as he sprang eagerly to his feet. "You must be seeking a profeHsorsiiip. auo stole the mnp from Ills fingers. "I declure, If It Isn't Manitoba!" Seizing Ills cheeks between her bunds she turned his face to her. "Answer me, John Harris. You ure not think ing of going to Manitoba 1" "Suppose I say I urn?" "Then I am going, too 1" "Mary I". "John! Nothing unusuul about a wife going with her husband, Is there?" "No, of course, but you know" "Yes. I know" glancing nt the ring on her finger. "This still stunds nt pur, doesn't It?" "Yes. dear." he answered, raising the ring to his Hps. "You know It does. But to venture Into that wilder ness means you see, It means so much more to a woman than to a man." "Not so much as staying at home- alone. You didn't really think I would do that?" "No, not exactly that. Let us sit down and I will tell you what I thought. Here, let me get the cush ion. . . . There, that Is better." They sat for some minutest, gazing dreamily across the broad sheet' of silver. "And so you are going to Man itoba?" she said at length. "Yes. There are possibilities there. It's a gamble, and that Is why I didn't want to share It with you nt first. I thought I would spend a year; locate a homestead ; get some kind of a house built ; perhaps break some land. Then I would come back." "And you weren't going to give me a word In all those preparations for our future? You have a lot to learn yet, John. You won't find It In that folder, either." She had snatched-his confession at an unguarded moment. He had not meant to tell her so much so soon. As he thought over the wheels he had "You Are Not Thinking of Going to Manitoba?" et in motion their possible course staggered him, and he found himself arguing against the step he contem plated. "It's a gamble," he repeated. "The agricultural possibilities of the coun try have not been established. It may be adapted only to buffalo and Indi ans. We may be far back from civili zation, far from neighbors, or doctors, or churches, or any of those tilings which we take as a matter of course." "Then you will need me with you, John, and I am going." In a crimson glory the sun had sunk behind the black forest across the lake. The silver waters had draped In mist their fringe of inverted trees along the shore and lay, passive and breathing, and very still, beneath the smooth-cutting ennoe. "And we shall build our own home, and live our own lives, and love each other always only, for ever and ever?" she breathed. "For ever and ever," he answered. The last white shimmer of daylight farted from the surface of the lake. The lovers floated on, gently, joyously, Into their ocean of hope and happi ness. CHAPTER I. The Beck of Fortune. The last congratulations had been offered; the last good wishes, some what mixed with tears, had been ex pressed. The bride, glowing In the happy consciousness of her own beau ty, and deified by the great tenderness that enveloped her new estate like a golden mist, said her farewells with steady voice and undrooplng eyes. It had been a busy winter for John Harris, and this, although the con summation of his great desire, was but the threshold to new activities and new outlets for his Intense energies. By ROBERT J. C. STEAD Since the face nnd form of Mary Allan had first enraptured him In his little buck woods school district, a vast am bition had possessed his soul, and to day, which had seemed to be Its. end, be now knew to he but Its beginning. The ready consent of his betrothed to share his life In the unknown wilder ness between the Red river and the Hocky mountains had been a tide which, taken at Its flood, might well lend him on to fortune. At the con elusion of his full term he had re signed his position as timelier, nnd with his small savings had get about accumulating equipment essential to the homesteader. Because his effects were not enough to fill a car he hod "doubled up" with Tom Morrison, a fine furrner whose worldly success hnd been somewhat less thnn his deserts, and who bravely hoped to mend his broken fortunes where land might be hnd for the taking. So John Harris nnd his bride took the passenger train from her city home, while their goods and ehuttelx, save for their personal baggage, rum bled on In a box-car or crowded stol idly Into congested side-tracks as the exigencies of trnfllc required. At a Junction point they were trans-; ferred from the regular passenger ser vice to an Immigrant train. One or two of the passengers had already made the trip to Manitoba, and were now on the Journey a second time, accompanied hy their wives and families. These men were soon noted ns Individuals of some moment; they became the center of little knots of conversation, and their fellow-Immigrants hung In reverent attention upon every word from their lips. ; ' . "Tell us about the crops," said one of the men passengers. "What like wheat can ye grow?" "Like corn," said the narrator, with great deliberation. "Heads like ears qi corn. Wheat that grows so fast ye can hear it. Nothln' uncommon to walk Into wheat fields when they's knee-high, nn' have to fight yer vay out like a jungle." "Is the Injuns werry big?" piped a little voice. "My pa's go'n to muke me a bone-arrow so I can kill 'em all up." "That's a brave soldier," said the man, drawing the child to his knee. "But Ah know a better way to fight Indians than with bows an' arrows. Ah fights 'em with flour an' blankets an' badger-meat, an' It's a long way better." The child climbed up on the friend ly knee and Interested himself In the great silver watch-chain that looped convenient to his fingers. "Go on wlf your story, man," he said. 'Ts listen In'." And big Aleck McCrae forgot the Ira migrants crowded around, forgot the lurch of the train and the window glimpse of forests heavy-blanketed with snow, as he plowed his fertile Imagination and spread a sudden har vest of wonderment before the little soul that clung to his great watch chain. And so the Journey wore on. As day sueceeued day to the monotonous rum-, ble of the car wheels the Immigrants became better acquainted and friend--ships took root that In after years were to brave every storm of adver sity and bloom forth in the splendid community of spirit and sacrifice which particularly distinguished the pioneers. In the cold gray of a March morn ing, when the sun had not yet dis pelled the mists of night, and the fringing woods back from the Red river loomed white and spectral through the frost, they re-entered the empire, and In a few minutes were de training at Emerson, the boundary town and gateway to the prairies which for 1,000 miles stretched Into the mysteries of the unknown. Emerson was the gateway of the great Invasion. The "farthest west" of rail communication, on the thresh old of the prairie country, It seemed the strategical point for the great city which must arise with the settlement arid development of the fertile king dom of territory lying between the Lake of the Woods and the Rocky mountains, and between the forty ninth parallel and the unknown north ern limit of agriculture. "A party for tbe front." ITO BE CONTINUED.) No Statue of Georgian. The secretary of the statuary hall In the capltol says that there Is no representative of Georgia In the Hall of Fame. Each state may contribute two statues of deceased citizens of the state, who "for historical renown or for civil or military services" are considered by the state as worthy of such commemoration. To Restore Perfume of Flowers. It is stated that the perfume of flow ers disappears as soon as the starch In the petals is exhausted. It may, It is said, be restored by placing the flower In a solution of sugar, when the forma tion of starch and the emission of fragrance will be at once resumed. Author at "Thm Cow 3 tuntlur," t.tc