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FEBRUARY I t. IMS
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England m ust live in Europe.
I t appears certain th a t this na
tion hae made pledgee to continoe
in European politics and A m eri­
cas have been p re tty w ell persuad­
ed th a t that to th e b e tte r coutae,
although basic emotions are a -
gaiaat IL Perhaps a fte r a fe w
tria ls o f euob doings those emo­
tions w ill ««dip come to the fore
and we w ill agan vote apainst ta k ­
ing p art T h a t depends on the'bas»^
on which we have entered E u ro ­
pean politics. W e do not know the
details nor even the broad plan of
such cooperation and it is neces­
s ary th a t w e do know before our
decision la final. N o president can
pledge us in o u r nation.
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Action on the legieiative profced-
to pass a new budget
pro6afcly begin next week
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1848
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This week tine nation oU erved
the biitiwUy o i Abrehem Uncoin. |n
a bill introduced by
Spetefiee were made b f cities aud S p m ker Eu<en€ M arsh. This new
t o r n , lgf«e and amali. In
dedrg^rbr meetings in honor o f
Lincofn «eesna to be growing.
Reason w hy thia may he true was
given by Ernest Haycock, Oregon
a u tito r iM io spoke before the joint
<k.«»eenibly at Salem Monday, M r.
Hàyòòck spoke x«dthot|t oratory
feu*
gave '«tidence of
mnr.h
thoùght in the preparation of hi«
b ilJ has la rg e ly been w ritten by the
finence-,o<ftcerB <rf the countie? and
cities of the state although final
<Jeoision
the m a tte r*
not
by them. ,
present everyone connected
budgetting realize« th a t the
prt<cnt b ill w unworkable and that
Qne
follo w ita provisions,
of counties and cities must
ta lk .
break the law o r be broke a t least
,
We usually distort th e reputa- k > i / the tim e and the provisions
tie n i o f ottr national ''heroes, he
¿fee kaw aTe not clear on other
said, a n d b e gave the example of prOvisior».
W ashington as proof B ut Lincoln
The new huw not only cianite?,
be held to be the beat exponent o f ¿be language as to budgeting hut
our damocracy, the m an who be- gives a sample form to be followed
Heved in t h i R ttd i and who talked
levying bodies. In this r«-
thelr
language, whose every
th e bHl follow » th e election
thought Vfiti expressed in
the i * w vrhch show« a seoton of sample
wdfids d f Ms pioneer parente. Ile ballot so no one need go astray,
wafi* a* slbqpto, honest man whose
These m ay be peculiar times to
destre fo r public
service
over begis m aking a new budget la w fot
wd4|l>«d all h is other ohsracteris rig h t now everyone pays his taxes
tie a .’4”“
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w ith the greateet o f ease. They an»
SYNOPSIS
CHAPTBB 1: The American troops an
rtved at Adanp. a seaport in Ita ly , with
M ajo r Victor Joppolo. the Amgot officer
In charge. Sergeant Leonard Borth. an
M P . was to be In charge e f security.
The M ajor set out Immediately to win
the frtendshffT of the citizens, and to im ­
prove their living conditions.
CHAPTBR I I ; The first duties ef M l
Jor Joppolo. after posting the civil I t
structions. was to find out what the ci
xen» needed the most. He soon detd
mined to replace their bell, which tl
Germans had taken. The boll, he Must
was the v e ry sy m b o l o f th e ir U fe
CHARTER 111: The M ajor sent tor
Father Pensovecchlo. the town’s leading
priest, i Hs explained to the priest whet
he hoped to accomplish for the people of
Adano. and secured the promise of the
priest to call attention, at mass, to the
posted ctvU Instructions. M ajor Joppolo
called In wTercurto Salvatore, the |pwn
crier, end Instructed him to announce
the new regulations.
CHAPTBR IV : The M ajor, during the
rush of his work, forgot he had promised
the priest that he would attend mass.
The late ringing of the bell reminded
him. and he ran off to the services.
A/t^r services, the town crier told those
waiting In the bakery line that the M ajor
had told him he might listen te «the
Radio Roma If desired.
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CHAPTBR V: Garceno. chief of the
< Carabinieri, shoved his way to the front
of the bakery line. Carmellna. wife of
the lazy Fatta. objected, and the Chief
marched her off to the M ajor. After ex­
plaining the trouble to the M ajor, the
Chief was told that all were equal and
must take their'turn In all Unas. Carme­
llna was turned loose.
The tbpQtfht cornea appropriately no more w o rry -than any other in ­
a i th b tlih s when we have gotten cidental item o f expense. Local
ew ay ftosn dsfnocracy fa» many taxes are eo sm all a p art of the
rerarda Haycock noted the swell to tal ta x bill th a t they are inconse
The cart groaned. The right wheel
crumbled around the axle. The
whole weight of the thing rolled
slowly over into the ditch, and tiie
shafts twisted and upset .the mule,
and the mule, which had always
feared
ditches
on
the
right,
screamed to find itself falling Into
rnunfcKn tu fle rfa ils iii hut etHl een- fo r much fa rth e r- «R to expected what it had feared.
Errante hit the earth hard. He
^aVAng’ - t h e
eame c e n tra l' Idee th a t w ith in a com paratively few
woke up, but what with his dazed­
which to th a t the people are « w le yeas» taxea w ill not be eo easily
ness. his drunkenness, his surprise
to fotiow the leaders who achieve paid and then taxpayer» w ill be and his natural stupidity, he was un­
the pow er end th a t th e peopl- «tod th a t there to a clear, dtotinct able to do anything except roar
haw» W a h fltip to control them - Taw th a t seta out the method of wordlessly
Genera) M arvin was still roaring
setooa faj
rnmeWt.'
. levying taxes. The more c a rtfu l
too. “Serve him right," > • shout­
« o A idM« b r » i down the « r j r
P'«—
more quickly, then
ed. "Holding up traffic. Trying to
fundam eotab r f the Und <rf « •» -
stop the invasion.”
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There to alw ays some laxness in
A new fury rushed up the Gen­
U u ^ A to 'Leiteer ™
etoeetoRr
’“ ’ **><*' *>7 which
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eral’ s cheeks.
“Middleton,"
he
thdtto. M n o M t o adm itted th a t a
mo~ ’ fro m the property shouted, “ shoot that mule."
Colonel Middleton’s blood froze.
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_Av. »®onU owners, but there w ill be lees a fte r
He
shouted back: "Do you thfhk
« M . » 1 !• P— <«. th a t to. if it euc
it’s wise, sir?”
deetabw. * » m to t w tot mrtl the toeefuHy rune th e g eu n tlet end
The General shouted: “W hat’s
* f f lo < « h e peopte M t - e x p r e w e d ‘ mep»ee from th e I o k
Journey that? What’s that?”
b y th e
SomettnM. w . ere »hroorh two
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Colonel Middleton knew it was
Iff i b J B B f t r f s r s that
houses o f the legislature and the hopeless but he shouted again: “I
said, do you thipk it is wise, sir?”
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m ^ g e n a m U y good « ow n or*a office.
Trying to reason with any .man, and
sp o r t, a b e tt K When tike decision ’ S h -rm a n county hmt been moro
especially with this man at two hun­
to te ffly « » d o we abide by K ^ a n l io rta n a te than mosA fat th a t its dred feet and the top of one's lungs
t i t f f t o . grort help to democracy, budget has n o rm ally been suffi- was not rewarding work.
W ah A W B odtoesdetik etomdnto th a t
^ t a ile d to give the neces-
The General shouted: “ Middleton,
toke up a r m a f i t o t o t ti»e m a jo rity. • arF infonnation to the taxpayers. you trying to stop the invasion too?
Ma «fc»MrttV; < r ’'iP> th a t refuse to
addition to th a t, general infor- Do what I say."
. So Colonel Middleton pulled out his
u
' the m ajo rity
W o n x tio n about county governm m t
Chit and fired three shots into the
d o n t tHtok that » qulka tig h t. H U mAd* ovaitobto. B u t there have head of the screaming mule.
who tears u w th e goal «tgum ento about the meaning of
All this was accomplished before
Errante Gaetano was able to shape
tixm gh t b t o t o a t r i f t o be- «M*!»«1 bY th« P«*««rc
HB W5. his roaring into words. He stood
there in absolute amazement at the
Itotefc H to pertinent, aa it to al
shooting-
APPRECIATION
Général M arvin shouted: “Let’s
The Journal is appreciative o f
go, can’t spend all day here.”
spectol asetotance given by The
The men got back into the ar­
Dalles Chronicle and F la tt's ex­ mored car and the seep. As they
press service in connection w ith started up, General M arvin said:
the casting o f advertising cuts fo r “Got to teach these péople a lesson.
this week's toeue. When a break Take me to the mayor of this town,
oocured in our m altin g pot they w hartfi-this town anyhow?“
And they drove off. leaving E r­
came to the rescue and prevented
rante
sobbing on the flank of his
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— v fatoerteraace* « «erloua delay in publication.
» . rorrot « L t to e paper win mule, lying with his arms around
the nspk of the mule which bad
^M utooegrttioetiti“
reach our reader« a little late bur had a sense of the middle but no
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• win,fee on schedule next week
sense of urgençy.
The General’s armored c tr pulled
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-R e g u la r dance, Grass V alley,
up to front of the Palazzo di Citta.
The three men o f the world th a t Saturday, Feb. 17.
adv< Lieutenant Byrd ran across the wide
sidewalk and up the marble stairs
fa» their «era titotidag and to that 2 T 7 7 7 -
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m.
and burst into M ajor Joppolo’s^of­
many «them m « i w tlte big
E very
fice. He interrupted the M ajor in
' hr** hapg m et and w r ^ t o ano
Fourth T h u rsd ay «a ea?t the middle of a conversation with
or art W agresnym te that may be-
M onth. V is itin g Members Gargano. the Chief of the Carabini­
come fafcptiftant W saay b e forgot-
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ten a s r e a d i l y h a v e the otiie”
Rose Am idon, W . M .
“General Marvin'S downstairs and
wants to see you.” the Lieutenant
said. “He*fi mad as hell, so you
L e p tn e
R e b e k a h I xm I t '
better hurry."
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Meats ta d and 4th A
"General M a rv in ," said M ajor
Tuesdays of each Bfc
Joppolo. and the tone of his voice
month. V is it ng mem ■
was not of delight Though he had
hers wrelcome.
never met the General, hh had heard
C lara Houston, N .G . M
much about- him. 'T ’ll be right
Florence Johnston. S 'B
down.”
Lieutenant Byrd turned and ran
1’ureka Lodge No. I l l A .F A A M. downstairs. M ajor Joppolo absent-
.
Meets on the le t grd mindedly arranged the papers on hla
3rd Thursday evenings desk in neat piles. Then he stood
of each month- Visiting
members arc cordially up and walked out of his office. H alf
nvit*d to w»**t with us way down thy marble stairs he real­
ized that be was out of uniform. He
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C. A. Ruggles. W . M
had heard stories of General M ar­
W. D. Walton, Secretary
vin’s insistence on correct uniform.
o ^ L e d g e No. 118, I.O.O.F Here he was in pink pants and
bMtohfffe' Meets 1st and 3H khaki s h irt when he was supposed
g k J I K h Tuesdays in I.O.O.F. to be in woolens. He was sud-
hall.
T ra n s ie n t and • denly very frightened, and he turned
n g b r o t h e r s a r c and began walking up the stairs
cordis Iky invited again, trying to figure out what to
to meet with us.
do, how to get into proper uniform.
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A Scot "holding an important job m a n ,«
in London was* alw ays beii^r managi
twitted by an English friend about
his nationality. By a curoua chaffce
( > , H b w t ob h d t o j .
“ Be right down.”
*** t itititie s .lt will n<
There was nothing to do. He ran -pie for mule carti
down the stairs
tireets of town ”
When M ajo r Joppolo reached the,
Mffajor Joppolo t
armored car. the General was sit- «nee suck in ltd'
ting with his left arm raised in
fro nt of him . glaring at his w rist
watch.
M ajor Joppolo saluted. General
M arvin roared: “One minute and
twenty seconds. You’ve been keep­
ing me waiting one minute and
twenty seconds.
Do you think I
have all day to wait for y out Who
are you, anyway?“
“Major Joppolo, sir, senior civil '■
affairs officer, town of Adano. sir."
General M arvin remembered the
cart and was apparently too an^ry
even to notice Major Joppolo s uni­
form . “ M ajor, these Italian carts
are bolding up our whole im asion.
Keep them put of this town. Don't
you let another cart come across
that bridge back there into this
town. What the hell Is this town,
<*Yr«iU”
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answered the
“Y o u b e e , I left
and four W elsh-
T it-B R s..
tih.- Enoiliah-
anyway?" . f .
“Adano. sir, town of Adano. *
“ Adano. Keep the carts out of
this town, you hear me?;*
' “ Yes, sirt; I ’ll take caFe of that
right aw ay."
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The General shouted:
"Right
away? That's nm soon eno» eh for
m e ."
“Sir, m go right up and ènti the
M .P.’s and tall them about tt M
* “T h a t’s not soon enough, f want
action. No m ore carls/ Adano’s the
soupe of thia town, remembe that.
Middleton, Adano
No more carta
at all. M ajor. do you understand?
What are you standing there gawk­
ing about? Action. 'L e t’s get going,
le t’s get out of here, do you thinl: I
have a ll t t y t " ■ '
And before M ajor Joppolo could
even salute, the armored car had
roared away.
By the'tim e he reached his desk
again. M ajo r Joppold realized what
the confequencet of keeping the
carts ovd of town would -be.
He
knew yefy well how essential they
were to the life of the place.
With a heavy heart he cranked
too field telephone, asked for Row­
boat B lue-Forw ard, get the ear of
Captain Purvis, head of the M P s
In Adano, and ordered hith in th e
name of General Marvin, to keep
all carts out of Adano, to stop them
a t the bridge on the east and at
the sulphur refinery on the west
Then he called for Zito, hla usher,
and asked him to assemble all the
officials of the town in his office.
Gargano, the police chief, w as'al­
ready there. Of the others old Qel-
lanca, the honest notary whom M a­
jo r Joppolo had chosen to be his
mayor, came in first. He had sad
eyes, the eyes of a man who had
suffered for his honesty through sev­
eral years of corruption. He wore
a black coat and black tie. as al­
ways. - Behind pollanca the others
trooped In: D ’Afpa, the weasel-like
vice mayor; Taglîavia, the maresci­
allo of finance; the bull-voiced M er­
curio Salvatore, crier; M ajor Jop­
polo's unctuous little municipal sec­
retary, Panteleone; the pear-shaped
Signora Carmelina Spinnato, volun­
teer health officer; Rotondo, lieuten­
ant of Carabinieri; and tlto man
who was charged with keeping the
streets clean, the cleanesT jnan in
town, Saitta, in ,a white suit.
When they were all in. M ajor Jop­
polo stood at his desk and said: “ I
have promised to tell you every im-
, portant thing which the American
authorities decide to do in this town.
I do not want this to be a town of
mysteries. In a democracy one of
the most important things is for ev­
eryone to know as much as possible
about what is going on.
General
Marvin
roared:
"OUe
minute and fwehty seoendsl"
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He said:r *T am not happy to have
to announce this decision. It Is be­
cause of m ilitary necessities. 1 am
sorry. That Is a ll.” -
The officials of Adano, a ooraic-
lookiag collection, turned sadly to
go. They did not protest They
had learned during the years of Fas­
cism how to swallow their protests.
But Major Joppolo could tell that
they were not with him, that for the
first time in nine days they were
against him.
Before the first of them reached
the door. M ajor Joppolo said: T
with to tel) you that 1 will do all
that is in my power to have this un­
just order revoked ’’
And when the comic-looking offi­
cials of Adano went out of the door
of tit« M ajor’s office, they were still
^ad b. . uiey were for him.
The M ajor worried all dpy about
the order and wondered what be
could cio about it.
He slept very
badly during the night, because of
his worrjf.
,
• Early |h the morning, ^tto. the lit­
tle usher, came up to hi* desk and
said “ Mister M ajor, there are three
men to see you about the carts ** *
Because it worried him, the Ma­
jor mapped back angrily at Zito:
“ What do they want about the
carts?”
“That is something they wish to
tell you. Mister M a jo r,71 Zito said
“ It is something they did not tell
me.” •
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“ Well, show them In.”
• The three Halikos were evidently
poor but respected men. There was
a kind of democracy in their com-'
ing to see the M a jo r:' they were
the chosen delegates of all the cart-
rnen. to argue this thing out.
They all had old. clean costs oo,
and they^all clutched cloth caps in
their hands. Zito brought three
chairs forward. »nA thnw «at <n •
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