THE BEAVERTON REVIEW
Scene at Opening o f Short Session of Congress
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Friday, January 7, 1927
»imnl wutc.liig litui thmiigh iter lem
slNlned lashes. Khe lookcil lesa henil
tirul Ihan aver ut that nioment. wlm
her rvddetied eyellila and lier dlam
1
ilered hulr.
“ I l a loo Inni, nia'nm." salii |>lck.
“ Just lieard llia news alni cullisi |o
say how sorry I wan.”
“ I auppoua ll‘a wliul they culi llfe,"
By H M E G B E R T
micci ci ed Miss Klsle.
"I Uo|>e, imi a n, you urcn'l planning
-
- ..... .'tl
ii'-»r>r-*at I* w ,1 C S t m a I
lo sell thè |il!i'V licemise of lliult**
“ I cerlulnly aiu. It'a all lliul I lune
COM K off. Bill I I’«» I « «
« / A a W.
w'
co
o i l fo
for them «Irean».!" antd left un *."
"M igli! I i.sk your prive, um aniI"
f \ Dh-ft Kilting well to his fol
InqiiIrvU Idea
low drummer Ip the I ruin
“ Kiglil Ihousand dollarm," answered
“ No, l>n honest! I nir.ui It ! \Vhv.
rttck. von I* usi tw making your coot 'I I » » Klsle llsllessly. “ Il ougtit lo he
lour IhousMinl, amt If your timi went moie, hut tli-i house la very old, and
busi you coutil gel jus! ns gmxl n Juli tlm i's wliul l ui adilsed lo liolil II for. *
l ‘lek Ihoughl hurrledly.
He kueic
any «h e re . And forty live If you're u
« itiijr.
Ain't you never lu;d a girl, that woitld menu alami tlirve lliousaiid
| cash uml a tiiortguge. Hlck was « o r ili
nick r
nick Sttflngwelt uioveil In his seat uhoiil Ih ree Ihousand [ ha ntuld ar
uneasily. "1'U| If out, I lell you." he rangi* lite del alla.
“ l'Il Iniy II.” he utiuounced.
nusnrered eroclously. “ H ello! Bourne
“ Y ou !” gusped Klsle.
Knd ! H ere’s where I gel off So long,
'Yen. tua 'a tu. You see. l'v e Itati my
old man i
See you n e ll week aa
General view o f the opening of
usual“
*.ve mi thè piate for a liuig lime. In
the abort session o f congress, show
Hick Sllttngwell had had plenty of thè liopcs you inlghl some day sell.'*
ing the chaplain o f the house. Rev.
The wonls slruck lier llke a lilow he-
girls when he was a young man. hut
James Shera Montgomery, dellver-
somehow all h|a romances had come tw ien thè eyes. Ho limi was Che Be
lug the Invocation.
to an untimely end. And It was only erei o f hls Interest, The \ tintiy of
within Hie last two years Ilia; a new her ilrrunu !
VI auptsixe you can huve II. then.”
romance, sweeter than any. and more
Ile heard her ntiswer rnguely.
strange, had come Into hta life.
“ E verithlug In II aa II alando, link,
He never spoke ulmul Misa (Ciste
ta n Nugent. It had never entered hi* atis-k and harrel?" askcd l'Ick.
“ 'Vhy. I greaa Ihe furnllure's not
rnltd that he cuuld speak to her with
ont profaning her. Thai was hls sane | w' ,r' b much.” said M u » KGlc "You'll
huve to see my hrolher. I ' r Van Nu
tuary, hls holy o f holies. .And mar
rlage with her was sooiethlng o f which gent. al Staples, lie bus i-harg-i nf llie
m ailer.”
he had never dreamed.
"Bui If lie la willing, you are?" per
Their acquaintance had begun bv
Ons of the Natives of Kanya.
an accident. Dlek. lolling up the hill sisted Dick,
“ Yea," she replied
at Bourne End on a hot summer day
< | * r w b y Ih*
<)«»«ra|>hla
eventually In llie management nf af
Dic k withdrew
lie wanted In hid"
with hls sample rase In hls hard, had
Ivcltty. Washinglou. I». CM
fairs. The whiles o f Kenya and of
seen Ihe old maid slumling at Ihe gate the dull* n In hla heart, that set II
HE first link o f Ihe proposed
Hie murti more lmp«>rtnnt Union o f
o f he_r garden. He looked up al Ihe IMHindiug frightfully as he reflected
British air service from t ’alro lo South Africa as»crtc«l Hint If Great
big house In the village, and. taking U|Kia hls maneuver. He clenched hls
the t'upt o f Good Hop« In Afrlcu
Britain abnndum-d III* principle that
Hals ns he thought o f Ihe lawyer He
her for (lie housekeeper, said:
will s o o n tie established with Ihe
her people have Hi* obligation lo main
«
had
k
n
o
w
n
Sharpies
w
e
ll;
the
man
Might I ask you for a g lu e o f wa
beginning o f an airplane line from
was a convivial ix-rotm at the hotel. Khartum III Ihe Somluii In Klaumu In lain her Institution* among Ilia lew*
ter. ma'auiT'*
nit! a need |x-opl«-s o f her colonl«*s. It
“ I’ ll get you one,” stnmmered Mis« “ I f ever I run arenas him. I'll break Kenya colony. KUuuiu la on Lake Vic
would mean the death nf Ihe llrltu li
Van Nugent, and ran awny. or rath r hls bead,” he swore.
toria, Ilia “ Lake Superior” o f Africa.
empire and o f III* clvlllaallon which
hurried away, returning with a glass
Kenya, which will thus l>e brought
■lie bas developed lo Asia and Africa
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ss clear and cold ns i f It had come
Into much closer touch with England.
, People of Many Race*.
And Dirk ran across him Ihe f*»l
from some Olympian spring.
Dick
1« one <>f the most fascinating regions
Tbe lanil which Is now Kenya colony
lowing week In the most amazing way. o f Africa, geographically speaking. Il
quaffed It at a draft.
•‘ Much obliged, ma'am.” he said, and He was sent out lo a western city tn presents u relatively new name to ha* had lla m lilu r* o f races fur a long
Shown to the public for the tirst time, after more than 200 trial "flights.” this huge passenger-carrying kite la
(liua
1‘ hoenlclana, Arabs, Indiana
He cover a territory left vacant by Ilia world maps, for before Ihe World wsr
being studied by aero experts at Los Angeles. Invented by George A. Argabrlte, who has flowu kites sine« school raised bla hat and went awny.
eveu t'blnese, skirted Ita coaala In
Illness o f n fellow drumn.er.
Tha It was known as British East Africa.
did not Imagine whnl a romance that
days, it has been tested and so far has carried 1S6 pounds a lo ft The photo shows Mrs. Argabrlte in the k ite
very early lliura and trailed with lla
hurtinesa done. Dirk retired to hls
was to Elsie A’ an Nugent.
Al the sontheast corner o f Kenya
natlvea
loiter the Arab* rant* In
Afterward, npon succeeding Jour room In Ihe hotel.
la Lake Victoria, second largest fresh
A door opened softly, and Dick saw water lake In Ihe world. Along !ta numbers; and now there la a popula
ACCUSED OF MURDER
neys. It often happened that he saw
H a •I about |II.|**I o f them In addl
Miss Elsie at the gate Then he would the head and shoulders nf H..arple«. shores dwell a people whose nudity
lion to a large number o f paxipl* o f
nod pleasantly and pass a remark. Bv tn a minute he had leaped arenas Ihe Is a symbol o f tlirlr modesty, and
nil zed Arab aud black btimd Tim lo
degrees »heir Intimacy Increased. Dick passage anil entered, before the law whose meu are as tx-uutlfully formed
dlatu began to go lo this region be
Slttlngwell would often stay as Ion« yer m old draw ihe holt.
speclmeua o f Ihrlr aei aa are the
for* British Influent-* began, aud now
Sharpies stared at Dirk In lerror. Marquesas women o f theirs.
aa Are minute«, talking and looking
uumber acute 2 .V 0 UU.
wistfully at the big house In the cool "W hat do you want?” he snarled.
Jusl serose Kenya's southern border
H f lbs black* there are numerous
“ You know.” said Dick.
grounds.
He learned Mias Klsle'a
la Kilimanjaro. Iilghrst mountain In
tribes.
The Muks belong to Ihe
Sharpies realised that It was no Africa, and near Its renter Is Kenya
name at the hotel.
She owned the
Nilotic race group. Tbs Swahilis are
"It's not [>eak. also volcanic, which q'rrtopa
place, and was the daughter o f the lime In niaks pretenses.
the hybrid people form*«] by the
late squire. She was nn old maid— your business." he swaggered, "hut I’ll Mount Whitney by tome It.nuO feet.
union o f Arab* with tbs Somalia and
and they said, maliciously, that she give you live hundred lo get out and
Cutting across the colony Is Ihe fa
Gallon There la also the Bantu apeak
keep your mouth shut.“
waa forty.
■nous Itlfl valley, here from JO lo 40
“ You'll give me ten Ihousand for miles wide, and generally several thou lug population, many o f whom dwell
la tha regions around Mount Kenya,
Mlsa Van Nugent,” arswered I'lck.
It
sand feet below the plateau's general
which waa for a time believed lo lla
“ It never was ten thousand.”
Elsie Van Nugent had never married
level.
In lb# fable«! regluo* o f Iba "Muon
" l l s going to be.”
because she had taken care o f her
However, It Is as a too and a lux
talus of Iba Muon.” aa well aa more
“ D you suppose I'va got It about me. urlaut botanical garden that Kenya
father until hls death, w-hen she was
o f the Nilotic gruup. consisting of Ihe
thirty-seven No opportunities came you fo o l!”
makes Its chief np|>enl lo Ihe nature
Dick went to Ihe telephone and loving visitor. Perhaps lls most amaz Masai, tha Nandi and others.
after that. Opportunities for marriage
Though Kenya calls Itself the new
louche«* Ihe receiver.
The lawyer ing single zpectarle I* Ihe flamingo
are few In New England among wont
est o f the British colonies. It Is ana o f
<n whom birth has made superior to grabbed him by Ihe arm. “ I’ll give colony mi the northern shores o f laike
Ihe reet o f the community. And. be you Iwo," he blustered.
Hnoulngtoa. The hanks are dazzling Hie old«-*l lamia o f the earth. Colonel
It-Hioetell, In speaking o f hla African
Dick turned and fared him. ” ! said while with Ihe birds’ guano, Ihclr
sides. Elsie was already growing Info
ten, and meant It.” he returned “ And nests are mounds of mud spread like huutlng trip, said that llie Masai often
a typical old maid. She was hecom
reminded him of the pictures o f Hi*
I promised myself the tuole hills on a flat plain.
Irg angular and thin, there were grav see here!
soldiers o f ThoHunes and Itsmesc*
streaks In her hair, and she knew pleasure nf hrenklng your head. l|o*v- j
The adult bird lias a rose pink neck
by
the
ancient
Egyptian
qnlfe well that whatever beauty she ever. I guess I can't have everything ! and lardy, the heuk Is purple and scar made
sculptors. In that their faces were
had ever possessed was already gone Will yon hand over that Irn thousand, let, the wing fcuthcra are crimson
resolule and had clear-cut features.
for the Inst time?”
beyond recovery.
For u mile or so before one reaches
Portrait o f Eniman Olson, the young
The Inwyer took a hill case out of their haunt he can In-ar these birds— The same ttottal traveler said a f this
Her life had been utterly cramped
Wisconsin man who has been Indicted Her bookish learning had never been his pocket and mechanically counted
tribe that though the women were
the splash and the swish of a million
for the murder o f hls sweetheart ..mdlfled by contact with the world, ont the money. There were twenty
scrupulously dollied. “ Ihe husband*
or so hccomez tumultuous aa ha ap
Clara Olson, and for whom the police for her father had always been a re hills o f live hundred apiece. Dick ex
brother* very osteutalloualy wrar no
panaches.
o f several states are looking.
clothing fur purposes o f decency.”
cluse. and. In hla last days, a fretful amined them; they were genuine
!llppo|H>taml swim lo Ihe shallow
l(*|M>rt* concerning this particular
Invalid. When she met Ihe drummer enough.
waters of this buy ; antelope and gnu
ENVOY FROM FRANCE
" I guess you've plenty more." he Infest Its shores Ita port. Klsumu. Is [ample have runslanlly made their ap-
she thought him a typical man o f the
Bald.
world
(lie terminus o f the Cganda steamship (a-urnu<-e In (lie rlvIlUml world be
cause they persistently piling«-«! neigh
“ It’s where you won't gel It.”
The acquaintance waa a wonderful
line, which lands ruldier, Ivory and
Dick smiled und slipped Ihe bills tildes here for railway shipment to boring tribes, having decldi’d that they
thing to her. She felt guilty In steal
no longer cured lo till Ihelr own Aelds,
ing down to the garden gale when Into hls pocket.
tbe const.
but would get their sustenance by
Dick was coming that w ay— Thursdays
Govammant of tha Colony.
taking tbe rattle and auppllea o f
he always appeared In Bourne End
A few years ago Great Britain had
“ So. yon see. I gti«-»» I can't hny the nn uncomfortable racial problem on weaker tribes, and lu this way havs
She Invented little excuses at flrst to
account for her presence there. Wist- place after all.” Dick explained to her lianda In Kenya, hut Ihe matter been re*[Miu*Uile f»r the de|H«|iulntlon
fully she thought how she would like Miss Klsle aa he handi-d her Hi« has now apparently been smooihed o f large dlslrli-la o f British Kual A f
In a secluded little dell, high up on the slopes o f the California Sierras,
rica. Today, however, they are doing
to ask him In. But she never dared. money.
over. The native population number*
stands the General Grant tree, patriarch o f the great grove o f sequoias o f
excellent work In cultivating llie null.
She was crying aoflly.
*T don't about .1,1**1,1*111 and there are In addl
It was not only fear o f what the neigh
General Grant National park. Around the base o f this tree w ill gather at
The greater purllnn a f the Maanl
bors would say. hut fear o f what he know wlnit tn say nr Imw to llmnk tlon whiles of Kurop«*un origin, Bust
high noon on Christmas day men and women from far and near to observe j
now live In Ihe dlalrlcts around Nai
you.” she sobbed.
"Jt'c wonderful
would think o f her.
Indians
and
Arabs.
the second annual "N ation's Christmas T ree” celebration. The General Grant
It'a »-onderful I"
It was odd that the uncouth drum
From the lime when British Influ robi. They have pei hup* lh* most
tree is more than four thousand years old, towers 264 feet in the air,
detltille religious hellrfa of any a f Hie
And In her happiness, more at Ihe ence made Itself fe ll In East Africa,
mer should exercise so strange a fnacl-
measures 106 feet around the base and its greatest diameter Is 40 feet.
East African tribe*, praying lo two
natlon over the old mnld. hut It was proof nf III* Interest than at the return during the last quarter o f Ihe Nine
equally strange that he should And In o f Ihe money, the years seemed to leeiflli century, until 1020, ihe then gml*. oue black and henevXdeiit and the
her hls Ideal o f womanhood. T w o or fall from Mlsa Klsle. and there wa* Hrltlah East Africa wa* a protec other red and crnal, hilt they believe
that when they die. Iliey go out Ilk* a
three years passed, and their Intimacy almost a girlish flush upon her face.
torate. a form o f government which
Dick breathe«! heavily. “ I guess I'm j the British empire generally makes puff.
stayed exactly where It waa. Neither
Women Who W ear Tails.
dared to Increase II. or to venture to sorry we cati'l carry out our arrange
use o f when there la practically no
Though undnihe«l lha Kavlrondoa
speak o f the thoughts In the heart. m«-nt." he mumbled. 'T l wasn't the while population other than the ad-
Prof. C. P. Close, United States
poinologist and chairman o f the
Paul Claudel, distinguished diplomat Dick was becoming balder ami stouter, place I wanted, but the content*. as mlnlstratlva officials. Under Ihla sys are much bedecked, evary circum fer
we agreed.”
tem there was scarcely any popular ence ihe human form affords, from
W ilder Medal commission, holding
and author, now French ambassador and Elsie more withered and lean.
“ The furniture? Do you real!“ wan* phase to Ihe government, nffnlra wero « bent and alomach to ankle aud wrist,
Then came the day when Dick was
the Starking apple, evolution child
to Japan, who has been appointed to
administered for Ihe most part aa the la wire-wrapped The women add one
of the famous Stark Delicious apple.
succeed M. Berenger as ambassador nmazed to see the house closed snd fi that?"
“ No,” atammered Dick. “ I wanted officials thought heat. A start toward other ilecnrutlon, a tall-llke tuft sue
big "F o r Sale' sign In front o f It. The
The Starking apple won the W ilder
to Washington.
town was buzzing with the news. Miss y«»u."
populnr Institutions was made In HNS! peuilrd from Ihe waistline lu lha rear.
medal at the recent annual meet
And with amaxlng daring he took when executive and legislative coun
Elsie's lawyer, who had had charge
Sparse population of a region where
ing o f the National Krult Growers'
SENATOR FROM MAINE
o f her property, had absconded, taking Mias Klsle In hls arms and kissed her. ells were established.
the altitude offsets tlio equatorial heat
association at Grand Itaplds, Mich.
with him her whole available fortune,
By 1016 the white population had and the fertility Invites farming Is dua
It originated on a single limb o f
There and Her «
ten thousand dollars.
largely to these warrior Mosul whose
grown lo Ihe [mint (nearly lo.INNl) fell
a tree In New Jersey.
Mlsa F'ale had remained secluded In
former livelihood was gslned prin
ft la said women and children do to demand greater governmental pnr
Ihe house since the Monday liefore. rmst o f Ihe ruling among the Eskimo tlclpntlon.
Provision was made for cipally by raids on tbelr neighbors.
Dick healtated only a moment; then Inl'ttlillanla o f L ittle Diomede, nn Is- tbe white settlers to elect II members Many o f them Imvs settled down lo
he went Into the garden and knocked luitd cut In two hy Ihe International to the legislative council. T w o were tilling Ihe soil.
at the door.
boundary line aerosa Bering sen, be appointed to represent the East In
Another native tribe, the Andorabon.
tween Alaska and Sitiería. That's dian population, and one lo represent
formerly lived largely up«in flesh of
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nothing. They do In' this country.— the Arab*. A anfficlent number of offi Ihe Uolohus monkey. The tkln has a
Mlsa Elsie heraelf opened It and Atchison Globe.
cial member* was Ihen appointed tn market value be«-auae o f Ita silky black
give Ihe government a majority. The aud whlta hair and Ilia tall with an
Anal step o f creating the newest Brit Imim-ime bushy plu m e‘ at tha end.
Monk Parrakeets Live the Community Life ish crown colony from the old pro They, too, turned to the soil aa the
tectorate wa* made July 23, 1620, British lmp->»«i! restrictions on mon
when Kenya colony came Into exist key killing to save the animals from
The monk parrak«*ets o f southern on Ihe plains. Man Inlrotlncad Kura
extinction.
South America Join In hands that
lyptua trees, which grow to a great ence.
The emigrants from India and
The Gallas, though they are now of
hvilhl In comiumy a structure o f atlcka
height, and now Ihe monk parrakeets
Ihelr dtoK emlanla, who oulnutnlier Hie little Importance either politically or
l hnl form* ii veritable apartment
build nesta In Ihe brniiehes o f trees
house In whh-li each pair o f birds often **) or flfl feel from Ihe ground. Kurop«*nn* Iwo lo one. were disannu economically, lake great pride lu Ihelr
llv«*s In n separate cavity. Tli«-se com A s|>e«-les o f «luck known as the lr«*e lled with their small representation nn past. They say Hint they ouce lied a
munal nests are nse«l y«*ar alter year
leal. soiuawliHl similar lo Ihe green- the legislative council und (lcmande«J micred bonk, like Hie Illhle or tka
Arthur R. Gould, Republican, who arid often grow steadily In hulk. Horn** sin ged leul. preem pts a chamber In equal suffrage. There also existed In Korun, but a cow ate It, and not being
waa elected United Htatea senator are six or eight fe d In dlHineter ami tills same eommunnl structure, lines the background the question o f what certain about the particular nnlnial, In
Ihelr search they are still opening tha
from Maine to till tbe vaeancy eauaerl c o n i alii enough atlcka and l wigs to It w llli soft down. nn«l hatches Ita part If any llie 3.INNMNI0 black native
In early day* In Ihe own young ntnld the nolay chatter o f reald«*nta of the colony should taka stomach o f every cow that dies
by Hie death o f Senator Bert Femald. All a wagon.
I ’ai ipax III se birds nested In the low Its neighbors.— Scientific Monthly.
trees that formed occasional grove*
Never Backward
Insure gliding to safety; nationwide
Richer Should Be Earned
The wheels o f nature are not mnda
weal her forecast* «penalized
and
No
rnnglr
wand
can
Instantly
change
to roll backward; everything presse»
adapted lo the need o f flyers, and ade
Haunt
of
Crocodile
a
trnah Into gold. Hard labor directed
The Aircraft Tenr Book any* that quate charting o f air routes.
The large mouth black baas la a
Carthage was once known aa the on toward etern ity; from the birth of
The delta o f the Ganges river la cul by Intelligent thought only can turn • here are six r«-qul«lte* for aafe fly
fish cannibal.
time an Impsduous current has set In,
“ wealthiest city In the world.”
tivated. In Ihe louthern part nf the natural rlchca Info cold caah. Moat ing. and that all nf thesp inuat be ap
The oxygen In w afer cau«ee Iron
Fre«lerlck the Great used the French which bean* all the sons o f men
Now a General Term
delta bordering the sea la a dismal men who wltlmnt work become rlrh proximated before aviation can hope
and steel to rust.
toward that Interminable ocean.— Hall.
language and cuatoma In hla court.
Arteslan well water come* front an
network o f swamp land known as the overnight have simply robbed their In enllnt practical huslnena Interest.
The champion InstKd wr e r i»f the
In an African gold mine. 7,200 feet
artealnn well whlrh la made by bor
Sundarhans. This swamp land la In fellows o f Ihelr savings.— G rit
They are n* follo w s: A machine, aound io g luto thè earth uniti Ihe water le
world is the title given V the sehra deep, the temperature la 60 degrees.
Cave Name lo Market
fested with crocodiles, tigers and other
aerodynninlcally and structurally; a reached, whlch, from Internai prea-
spider.
There were 102 persona In all In the
Tattersall’a market In I^vndon for wild i n.mals. Three distinct apeclea
Protection for Youth
reliable engine o f sufficient power; a anre, flows a|>nnlaneon*ly, llke a fona
By means o f ultra-violet electric Mayflower, 41 men and their families.
the sale and exchange o f horse* waa o f crocodiles are found In the Ganges
Twenty-four
alalea
require
physical
«-omi>etent, conservative pilot and nav tala. Thla lerm has heen noeti frraly
ray*, bathers In a new pool planned
A ll subatanres, even gaaea, are at so called from Richard Tattersall, — the fresh water. long snouted grv ln l;
examination o f children hy a phyal
igator; air ports and emergency Innd- in Ihe United K lsle* lo appi/ to al-
In Germany will receive coats o f tan, tracted by a sufficiently powerful who established I t
The name now ihe man-eating koomla i and the mug
«dan before granting them work per Ing flelda, sufficiently close together to
magnetic pole.
although they bathe at n igh t
raoat any deep bored well.
la applied to any large horse market. I K
mits.
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WAS TOO
OLD FOR
DREAMS
KENYA and
ITS PEOPLE
New Kite interests the Aero Experts
Ti
Scene of Christmas Celebration
New Apple Wins the Wilder Medal
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TOLD IN A FEW UNES
Aviation Safety