Indapnodani— Nut n .u tra l—n»w« g paper, published every Wednesday, (Continued from page 3) measured in dollais and cents, is the interest crop harvested by those who ] farm the farmers and the state and Wg WM. H. WHEK1.KH municipal governments. Mke- rip lev 11.13 a y . .r la advene* A dvertlaiag, Juc an inch; no diatoun tor lim e or space ; no charge for com •uailtOD orcM ugea. tw "Palo foi Paragraphs," tc a Una. A« advartia ng dlagu lu d as news. CHJI.I» iwan’s bill to tax stages and auto 15 per THE NEW YEAR cent of K i r receipts. “Well," said the New Tear, “here I am. And here I'm going to stay for twelve whole months. "I shan’t cheat I won’t be one to give short measure. No, Til be here my full amount of time* "I Just heard some one say that time was really running away from her. “Time won’t do that. Of course Time moves very quickly along— much too quickly, really, but It won't run away from any one. “Time won't wait for any one, either. Time Is very strict “But I ’m glad to have a look around before I really begin a year. 1 don’t feel I have really begun until I have been here a bit. No one will notice for a few days whether I ’m being a successful or pleasant year or not " I II Just take a look and see If things are as the Old Tear told me I’d find them. “The Old Year told me I ’d find the world very beautiful with lovely places In It and lots of people. "Some of the people I ’d find quite big, and some Td find quite small, the Old Year told roe. "And I see that the Old Year was right. "The Old Year told me that people would make line resolutions the first lay they saw me— and even Just be­ fore the Old Year left they began making splendid resolutions. "But the Old Year told me not to be disappointed If they were not all kept. “Then, too, the Old Year said. It would never do if it were so perfect a world that there would be nothing to make a resolution about. "But the Old Year did tell me that some children at the time when he was new made one resolution and that they kept tt. “it was a beautiful resolution and It thrilled the Old Year when he wua young and new and when he was old. “He said that these children had re­ solved und promised each other they would never be cruel. "They would never bully children younger than themselves by their ac­ tions or by the way they spoke to them. They wouldn’t call little chtl- This has been announced as a week I fireworks at Salem. LABOR The child labor amendment is op­ posed by two classes. The exploiters of the labor of the little ones have financed the campaign out of money Senate Squabbles Over Appointments wrung from the bodies of their little victims. They are one class. Their dupes are the other class. The second class have been scared silly, very silly, by the claim of the first class that there is a move afoot to prevent children from being use lu l and industrious. There never was such a move in congress am there is not the slightest danger that there ever will be. Who knows a congressman wh< would favor a law forbidding child ren to wash the dishes or sweep the floor or bring in the wood or drive the cows home or help haul a load of hay? That is the bugaboo the child slavers are dangling before th< people, and it is sad as well as laugh­ able to see so many people frigliten- by * < li The child labor amendment is op­ posed by exploiters of such labor and by well meaning persons who have been deceived by the well f i ­ nanced exploiters. The tax dodgers were grieved by the tetuy that other states would grow at the expense of Oregon— by the migration of tax dodgers from the state. We are not sure that Oregon would not benefit by the departure of a few of the big income hogs. L et’s try it some day. Again it is reported that Grover EVENING FAIRYTALE ^M a ry Graham Banner w»»7/r»v.'K>'W«H««v The railroads will not oppose M r. jusses practically Washington, D. C.—In one of the oat tempestuous secret sessions ol s history the senate Saturday block- d confirmation of Attorney-General iarlan F Stone as an associate Jus- .ce of the supreme court after It was barged that he was "persecuting“ snator Burton K. Wheeler, demo- rat, of Montana. Ths fight was waged by Senators 'llllsm E Borah, republican, of aho; Thomas J. Walsh, democrat, of ontaDa. and Thomas J Heflin, demo­ at of Alabama, after the latter had rovoked the battle by attempt to de ounce the attorney-general In public. The secret session, lasting an hour, as characterized by a series of at icks on Stone, all of which were isod on reports that the attorney neral Intended Io obtain an indict' ent against the Montana senator In te courts of the District of Columbia As a result of the intervention of resident Coolidge the nomination of ttorney-General Stone for the su reme court will likely be referred ick to the senate judiciary commit e. The committee will be instructed to elve deeply Into the activities of the torney general In his efforts to ob In an Indictment of Senator Burton i. Wheeler of Montana In the federal jurts hore, which has held up his onfirmatlon and led to bitter crlti- sm Io the senate. Such a course was agreed upon al le White House after the president ent for senate leaders and obtained •om them first hand Information as to hy Stone's nomination was being Id up. Cleveland Bergdoll has given up and w ill come home and take his med cine not because the medicine will taste any better than it would have done The mail m atter sent out aguiuat the child lahoi ► uendm ent is costing millions of I ‘liars. O ut of what is t money come? .1 (its can it come out a country.” I’oUte on child labot? ) a were not getting “ A measure that gives any com c dldren why weuld e m oney?— Portland mlttee, commission, or congress the years ago, but because he has become aufully tired of being “ the man with power to prohibit young men and women of 18 years from earning s living, is not a child labor law, be cause persons 18 years old aie not children.’’—'¡The Spectator. prdfils do»► From whsl except the If exploit. profits on they spend Journal. ¡'he Right Glasses save sight, orreet defects of vision aud ren- " It Was a Beautiful Resolution." er a service far beyond the matter • i price. E yestrain symptoms are dren babies when they knew they itu re 's call for help. Heed the wouldn't like to be called babies and when. too. they weren't babies any «11. Perhaps we can’t abolish the state legislature too quickly. It has such power. The m ajority of our legislature is doing what it was elected to do— “ hitting the governor" at the tax payers’ expense. He has had the au­ dacity not only to train with the m i­ nority political party, but worse, to l«e-a farmer. The tax dodgers were grieved by the fear that other states Meade & Albro, would “ grow at the expense of Oregon.” O ptom etrists Jew elers and m anufacturing opticians ALBANY We are not sure that Oregon would not benefit by the departure, in dud­ geon, of a few of the big income hogs, le t's try it. Coolidge proposes, A Modern Barber Shop as one It* k ttoca ol econom y, to cut down tb r num ber ol «ap lo y cs sod get m ore w ork from those retained. L isten for the howl of the dis­ charged loafers I \peclee— they wouldn’t say things to hurt others’ feelings. "For that, the Old Year said, is be- ng cruel, too. "They agreed never to be unkind to inlmals, to make fun of another’s clothes, never to make older people ''eel they were a nuisance and much too old. anyway. "They promised each other they vould keep this resolution. And the •Id Year, as I've told you. told me hat they did. "While I look around me I ’m hoping that there will tie others who will make that same resolution and that I will have the Joy, too. of seeing It kept "For the Old Year said there was nothing so dreadful as cruelty. ’Cruelty by word or deed,’ he said, was ’Just loo dreadful I' "Ah, do I hear that resolution be­ ing made by some others now? Yes. I do! '’Thrilling 1 Dear me. I won't have to wish myself a Happy New Year "1 know I'll be a Happy New Year “And what do I hear now? “Grown ups Disking a resolution never to hurt the feelings of chil­ dren. never to tell them ’bow they 1 i.' and nil of the many speeches children get so tired of hear Ing, and which hurt their feelings. "The Old Year told me about these speeches, too. and he w«s hoping some of the Omwn Vps would make this New Year’s resolution. “Ob, now I start off with great glee being a New Year. “And It’s fun to start off with great gleo—particularly when nil about you people are saying: " Happy New Tear! Happy New Tear I Happy New Tear!’ " R iddle» the largest room In tbs Which world? Ths room for Improvement. When have sparrows four feet? When there ol ihqm Out a backward glance, she drew the . revolver from her belt and dashed out- aide. . . . As she ran, gasping, up the slope, she paid no heed to her own danger — was unaware of both black and white men from the hut following In hot pursuit. . . . Again the dense med ley parted before her eyes. At the game Instant a spear sped through the olr. Whizzing angrily past her straight at two struggling forms It flew with unerring Judgment and buried Its hideous point In the white man's back. He reeled, loosed bis an tagonlst, threw groping arms wide With a demoniacal cry of triumph, Ba booms made a spring. . . . As twice before, a sharp report re verberated, and the seething mass was momentarily obscured hy smoke . . . A pair of black hands grasped the girl’s arms as she tottered backward, dropping her smoking w eapon. For a brief instant she recognised Roowa’s face, which seemed to merge into that of De Borceau ; then her senses slipped from her, and everything faded Into oblivion. . . . Not knowing friend from foe, the struggle for her unconscious body was sharp and furious. But the two Frenchmen were fresh and uninjured: and Roowu’s supporters had rushed on. in wild distress, to that other seeth­ ing heap. . • Just one glimpse of two prostrate forms being hoisted, amid a frenzy of lighting, walls nnd shouts—and the two white men de­ voted themselves to their oath. . . . On trembling knees nt last, bleeding, helpless, his cries drowned by the noise around and the roaring flames from the hut. Itoowa watched the strangers seixe the Inert form of his white chiefs wife, and disappear toward the coast. . . . The thick fighting mass had dis­ solved Into odd struggling groups of twos und threes; the prostrate forms had disappeared. Away near the palm grove could be seen a quickly vanishing crowd of dark figures. . . . The flames belched forth from the burning hut, overcoming the early day­ light. . . . Presently the steady monotonous drone of retreating engines blended with the rising wind of the dawn. PART FOUR Broken H arm ony I x Miss Davies, Mrs. Stockley’s only remaining sister, placed a marker in her hook; then laid It down upon a small table. Her face assumed the complacent expression of one shout to perform a pleasant duty In accordance with her conscience. “I think,” she obserVM decisively, "Hugh should be warned." Mrs. Stockley glanced up from the stole abe was embroidering. “About whntT' she asked. "Barbara.” Hei sister made a gesture of annoy­ ance. which caused her to prick her linger; this Increased her Irritation. "I wish you would for once be ex­ plicit. M ary! You have thrown out dark hints about Barbara ever since we heard of her rescue. Why should Hugh be warned?" "Are you so stupidly dense as you i W v A W A S A < A * A -.A A A /V X A A e a a a a a a A A -A A A A A A A A » HALSEY STATE BANK Halsey, Oregon C A P IT A L A N D SU R PLU S $35,000 Commercial and Saving? accounts Solicited ' W ^ < ^ r ^ ^ A ^ A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A > / A A / '' A A A A A A r stood opt clearly, gathering force with nny young girl.” Mrs. Stockley flushed. “A re you In­ every minute: "Everybody Is talking sinuating that Bab would be weak and wondering." Everybqdy eagerly devoured all nough to allow him to Influence her? After her careful upbringing, too? Why scraps of news: but the supply ff«» —looseness of any sort would be ab­ scanty. After being brought lo Singa­ horrent to her!. Her surroundings pore. the heroine remained there. 111. unable to be moved for a time. . . . have always been strictly moral." “I don't insinuate anything; but I A certain reticence surrounded this Ill­ wouldn’t trust that man far. In such ness. prostration being given as the circumstances! Wa have yet to learn natural cause. No trace of a white man's body was found by the expedi­ how he behaved." "She did not allude to him in her tion sent, post-haste, to search the Island. Only the charred remains uf a letter.” "No. But— she did her utmost to hut, and a few dead natives, were dis­ get taken back to search for his body! covered in the north. In the south, a Surely her chief desire should have small tribe of furious, armed savages been to hurry home to Hugh?" offered a wildly hostile reception, mak­ Mrs. Stockley smiled impatiently. ing approach difficult. refusing any In­ "Toil are making mountains from formation other than a poisoned ar­ molehills, Mary! She did that purely from humanitarian motives; tt was row. . . . Babooma had presum- | ably recovered anil wreaked his ven­ 'Ulv right nnd natural. Hugh thought geance upon the body of his late an­ so. He liked Captain Croft.” tagonist. . . "Hugh is too trustful: that's why I When well enough, the girl had Im­ am sorry for him. Frankly, Alice, I do plored frantically, as one distraught, not believe a man and woman could for facilities to return, herself, to Ive In such Isolation without coming to search, This awakened a new interest, grief. I have seen too much of human adding piquancy to the situation. Bnt nature— " such quixotic madness could not be "My dear M ary! what do you mean? Indulged by level-headed authorities. You don’t—" What could a girl accomplish where Her sister held up a dignified hand hosts of men had failed? No! The lo stop all Interruption. "You must island had been thoroughly explored. face it, Alice! Everybody la talking The hostile faction of the natives was and wondering. Of course, It depends entirely upon the man.' I don't Imply In possession; her return would be mere suicide, or worse. She was sent that «11 men are beasts—as some wom­ to England as soon as practicable. en would who had seen as much of the But the De Borceau brothers, ever world as I have. I f he had a strong spiritual nature— a clergyman, per­ thirsting for adventure, understanding perhaps more of her sufferings and the haps. But that manl” She pursed her true facts than they chose to publish, lips. Mrs. Stockley gazed at her. her own carried out to the end their oath to face paling, her finger twitching the C roft Only on the boat did they bid her farewell—then they returned to forgotten stole. “ ‘Coming to g rief!’ " she repeated, ; their charts nnd their seaplane Noth­ horrified. "Do yon dare suggest my ing save death, so they vowed to her. laughter would so dlsgruc« her name In their exuberant French fashion, and family as to allow— My dear should deter them from learning final Mary! It Is preposterous I I would dis­ news of the man whose personality own such a child. But Barbara! had won their generous admira­ tion. . . . Why. I would trust her alone with any The key to more Intimate, romantic innn. for forty years! She wouldn’t dream of such things. Besides. Cap­ drama waa not forthcoming. Specula­ tain Croft was Mrs, Field's cousin, of tion nourished. What would be likely to happen In such circumstances? good family himself—" Martha, the old servant, hustled In Would propinquity bring love la Its at this moment with bedroom candles. train? And, If so— This entailed end­ She plumped them down upon the less discussion, heated arguments. table, nnd her old face beamed nt an What would be right, and what wrong? excuse for garrulity over Barbara's re­ Which would need moat couragq; to turn. When, snubbed, she departed. resist or— There were women who Mrs. Stockley faced her sister, candle thought the reverse. The fact of the girl being , already in hand, with an air of outraged dig­ engaged shed a further glamor of the nity. "Mary" she said, “your conversation dramatic over the adventure, making tonight has shocked me Inexpressibly I the uncertainty nil the greater. Per- I Insist on yout, never breathing a | haps no problem had arisen after . But If If had? Old the two word of your S’lSplelbni—either to all. Hugh or Barbara. I f she has any— (Continued on page 6) painful memories—she will confide In me. Of course,/1 did not know Cap­ HALSEY tain Croft well, nor like him; but— poor child! Her sufferings may have been worse than I ever Imagined. Good night!” Cash paid for With unusual decision she opened the drawing room door, and went to bed. But she lay long awake thinking over her sister's remarks One alone appear, Alice? Or are you wflfully blinding yourself?” "I am no more stupid than the rest of iny family, I hope!" snapped Mrs. Stockley. with much meaning. “Wett. then,” continued her sister. Ignoring this Improbability, “you must realize that Barbara will most likely return—very changed. Indeed, from her one letter there seems no doubt about It. That was queer—very queer I” Mra. Stockley Impatiently hunted among bundles of colored silks. "Of course she will be changed. She is two years older and has suffered ghast­ ly experiences. She was very ill at Singapore: you couldn't expect long chatty letters!" She spoke with unusual asperity. Two years of her sister's undiluted companionship had Increased an In­ herent Instinct toward contradiction, while developing a self-defensive alert­ ness Both were necessary In the radius of two sharp eyes ever quizzing through their lorgnette, two ears which seemingly reached all over the house, and a caustic tongue ready to reduce other people's foibles or few Ideas to ahreds. Such gifts used at the expense of common acquaintances are a dif­ ferent matter, of course. . . . "Ab!" Miss Davies returned to the promptings of conscience with renewed relish. "Yeu are as Mind as Hugh, Alice. I saw him thia afternoon, quite excited over meeting her tomorrow. He wants to have the wedding after Christmas . . . of course It waa not my business to say anything!” Whether this self-discipline could have been maintained had not other pev'ple been present, is open to ques­ tion. . . . "You don’t understand Bab aa wall ss Hugh and I do, you see," returned her sister complacently "No." she agreed, "but I understand Man!" Her lips closed with s snap, to give effect to the world of meaning In hji’r words. “Don’t you realise. Alice, that Barbara was attractive? And she has been flung unchsperoned. for two years. Into the society of a man who— J well had extremely loose ideas, and Bohemian way«—« man whose Influ­ J ence would be post questionable for Cream amt Produce Station Cream, Poultry, Eggs, Veal & Hides, m . H- S H O O K D r. C. F IC Q , Dentist "PLATES THAT F IT ” G row ns, bridge work and fillings. 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