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F R I D A Y .......... . January 23, 1920
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FRIENDS
3y M A R G A R E T K. S U L L IV A N .
(C o p yrig h t, 1$1». M c C lu re N ew apap er S yn­
dicate.)
A sweet, clear voice rang out above
the
the
| i ‘ j touring car hn the hot road. With
a q ti'i-k voluntary motion, and a glance
in the direction of the cottage from
.which the sound came, the driver
slow»d down the car almost to a halt,
then the singing ceased and another
sound came to hls hearing. It was
that of a child crying and the sweet
song was changed to a mother’s coax­
ing. comforting monotone, while the
rattle of dishes had stopped. What­
ever the driver had In mind when he
slowed down the car could not be con­
ceived. for with an Impatient move­
ment he released the brakes and sent
the machine forward at high speed.
A few minutes later a pretty young
girl in her early twenties appearedon
the porch carrying In her arms a little
c h ild of about two years.
"Now, Janie, a big girl like you
should not be crying. Why can’t you
he good like little brother?”
"Janie dood dirt, Muddle," protested
the little one. and then catching sight
of the gleaming car fast disappearing
In the distance, ghe dimpled and gur­
gled, stretching her little dimpled arms
toward it.
Suddenly she heard a soft purring
sound in the distance. Yes, It was the
motor returning. Half curiously shq.,
watched It, unconsciously smoothing
th e pretty gingham dress she wore,
until suddenly she realized that It was
coming no neurer. “What can be tlw
trouble?" she wondered. For trouble
It surely muRt be, for there was no
other house within walking distance
of the car hut this one. She saw a
figure In the distance descend from
the car and begin walking slowly to­
wards the house, without even « back­
ward glance toward the car.
"Water or gasoline?” was her
thought.
Slowly she went forward and stood
framed In the doorway. The least she
ex|»ected was a surprised glance from
the man she stood facing, but to her
surprise she was addressed In a tone
of studied politeness, and met a look
as stony and unrecognlzlng aa the one
she felt on her own face.
"Please may I have a bucket of wa­
ter for my engine?” he Inquired.
“Certainly, sir; I’ll get Jt for you,**
she returned In the saiqe polite, casual
tone as his own.
“But-—er—I. May I get It foV you?*’
he asked. "It’s liable to he heavy.’’
"Oh, no, thank you. I am perfectly
able to carry IL’’
"Walt Just a moment,” she said. In
a kinder tone. “I’ll get you a drink.”
As she returned with the water, her
face flushed from the exertion of
puirplng, she noticed that the man
was staring moodily at the ground,
then with a quick motion he stared at
her, and from her to the children with
a queer expression on his face.
Flinging out his hand Impulsively,
he said: “Atnud, let us at leart be
friends. If only for the suke of these
children here.”
With a surprised look at him, she
Ignored his hand, and st«x>d as If
stunned.
"Muddle, muddle,” broke In little
Janie, "Janie wanna wide.”
At the sound of the little one’s voice
the light broke on the astonished girl.
“Oh, Fred, F re d ,” she cried, and
then dropping Into a chair she hurled
her fuce In her hands and her shoul­
ders shook convulsively.
With one
leap over the low railing the young
man reached her side.
"Maudle, It’s my fault, dear, that
you came to this. Let us forget It. I’ll
always be your friend.
Don’t dear,
don't feel so bad. I—I—”
"Oh." came from the girl, "It's so
f-f-funny—”
It was now ths man’s turn Io be
astonished, for the face turned up to
him was wet with tears—of laughter I
"Well, what the deuce Is up? I — I
What is It, Maud?” be finished des­
perately.
“Oh. Fred, I see It all now. Jaule,
come here, dear. Where Is mother?”
»Ife r a t t le of dishes, and reached
. :»r< o f the tired, dusty driver of
she arited.
"Mamma?” questioned the child,
plainly.
“Mamma? She gone way
off.”
A light of understanding broke over
the young man's face, and under his
breath lie murmured “Maudle.” then
"Muddle,” and found so llrtle differ­
ence that he Joined In the laughter
with a light heart.
But M uudies face lr.:d again <l>»ed
ed. and a tone of restraint crept lute
her voice as she said: “But, Fred,
that don’t explain your not writing me
for so long. Tell me. please, why It
w as?”
With hie two arms about her, Fred
explained bis king absence, due to
sickness, then Ills return home, her
dlsap|M*arance, his long hunt for her,
and his final conclusion of her faith­
lessness, which wrs strengthened by
the sight of her with the little ones.
“But, M nii'i' he mfifltuied. "whep
heard your .*« 'ce today, singing, I
Just bad to see y. u, If only to make
you see that no matter what hud hap­
pened, I was still au .Jd, true friend;
I
but now , MntHlie. now — ”
Some hours later Junto's mother and
father found a strange cat at their
door and their two children Maying
to tbelr h e a rts ’ content In the dirt,
while from the b u s e came the aoend
of preps rat Ions for the evening mea!
and above the rattle of the dishes a
dear, sweet, happy voice and a low,
vibrant. Joyous voice singing con lo o t-
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the mountains and green silences.
On
Catamount Road
By IZOLA FORRBSTBR
(Copyright. ISIS, by the McClure Mas
paper Syndicate^)
Audrey listened anxiously. Surely
there came the unaccustomed throb ol
a motor somewhere along the hill road.
Didn’t they know, she thought, that no
cars ever used It, that It zigzagged
along the edge of the ravine with a
sheer drop of two hundred and eighty
feet to the bottom of the river? She
rose, the tin pint pails filled with
huckleberries dangling from a rope
around her waist, and pushed back
her hair to diude her eyes.
"Say I” she called as loudly as she
’could. "Say! Look out for the road!’
She held her breath for an answer,
but the hum of the motor drowned her
Voice, and as the low gruy roadster
swept around the bend, It hit a broken
place In the road, and was gone crash­
ing, down Into the tree tops before she
could make a sound.
So adventure and excitement became
unexpected guests In Catamount val­
ley, and for weeks th<^ lay in the
Pendleton cabin a woman with wide,
somber, dark eye» and silent lips, who
groped her way hack from the shadows
almost regretfully.
The chauffeur and two men had been
taken up to the hospital at Kingsley.
Audrey heard that one of them died.
Mrs. Stewart had not seemed Interest­
ed when she told her this, nor bad she
even usked which one. Audrey hoped
privately It wasn’t the young one with
the curly blond hair and little short-
cropped mustache In the army uniform.
There had been only two boys to go out
from the valley to wear khaki, and she
felt an added Interest In this young­
ster who seemed to have escaped the
perils of war to become acquainted
with death In Catamount ravine.
Then one day, when she was^ielplng
Mrs. Stewart to slip* Into a negligee
aqd try to sit up awhile, she turned
over a folded leather case In her smal­
ler suitcase. It* opened and she saw a
photograph of the same face, only
younger, and-this time Its owner wore
yachting clothes. Mrs. Stewart glanced
at het; as she bent over It absorhedly.
“Was he the one?" she asked In a
hushed tone, and her fingers twleted
the knotted fringe of the white cover­
lid.
“Why, I don’t know,” Audrey an­
swered eagerly. “I liked him best. The
old man swore terribly when they were
carrying him, and this one never said
a thing and they had to gel him up
with ropes.”
Mrs. Stewart shuddered. She tried
to put from her the reality of that last
drive that was to have ended In a final­
ity so different to the one that over­
took them all. Ivan had been very
silent. She had told him when they
left Kingsley that she would give him
hl» answer before they reached their
destination. 'And Dick had sat with
her In the back, talking and laughing
all the way on the Igst stretch, never
dreaming how, in hla Joy of youth he
was turning her from the thought of
marrying simply for money and the
rest from eternal worry They had
passed mountain shacks along the way,
and she had looked at them with "curl-'
ous eyes. Could women be happy In
such place» with only love?
It was the fourth week when he
came, the young one, as Audrey alway»
called him to herself. It had been the
chauffeur who had died, he told them.
Mr. Rndlnoff wns doing well, In fact
Intended returning to New York on
Monday and sailing the following week.
Mrs. Stewart never even colored at his
news, and Audrey wondered wldch one
she cared for.
Then followed weeks of enchant­
ment. Mra. 8tewart had Insisted on
making the Journey back to the city
for special treatment, she said, and
while she was gone Dick Granger
stayed at the cabin. Her father liked
hlin. It roused him to have some one
to talk to, and Dick liked to go over
his collections with him and help him.
It was such an old story to Audrey
she never realized what a strange life
they led up on the side of Shamokin
mountain, she and the old scholarly
naturalist.
“It’s Just always been this way," she
told Dick. “I was born right here, and
my mother died here. I love It all, and
I’ve been away to school twice, but
I always long to come back. It’s so
free, don’t you know? Why, your car
was the first that has ever come over
our road. Everybody knew how dan­
gerous It was. It’s lucky you’re alive.”
“Iao’t it?" Dick smiled down at her
standing six feet two In his lieutenant
uniform.» “Do you know, I wish I could
always stay here now. I haven’t any
real home. My people were New York­
ers, but my mother's mnrried» again,
and I’m rather the odd gosling. *1 used
to wish when we were coming back
that I had some one who was waiting
for me over here.”
“Wasn’t—” Audrey checked herself.
Possibly Mrs. Stewart would not like
to have her use her name. But Dick
uuglit the Inference and shook bis
bead. / ,
“She’s never, thought of me twice
seriously. Kadlnoff can give her every­
thing she wants In life. They’re going
to br married In Paris.”
“They are?” Audrey leaned forward
in amasement. “Why, I thought of
course she was coming back here.”
“Why?”
“For you" she said briefly, quite ns
•f h» had been some part of Mrs. Rtew-
• r i ’s luggage which she left behind.
“What on earth did you stay here ao
long for If you didn't expect her back?”
“I like It here," Dick .told her firmly,
"Maybe wheh I leave the army I’ll take
a slice of the mountain, too, and live
near your father. I’m sick of noise
and turmoil and everything like that.
I want—well. Just this."
He half cloaed his eyes and looked
down at the panorama nutapraed be­
low them. Hills breaking from the
morning haze, acreage of green fields
In little tilled aquaree down In the val­
ley. with the river glittering like ell*
I K here and there, end bach o f t h e n
“ I am com ing back to s ta y h ere ,” he
added.
“ A re n ’t you g la d , ’ A u d re y ? ”
“I don’t know,” she frowned. “Father
likes It, but he’s old, and I like It, I
guess because It’s home, and I don’t
know any better, but you’re a mi
Dick. You- don’t have to stay away
from people and things that are hap­
pening. I’d hate to think you'd loot
your pace. I always think of you ae a
fighter. Maybe It would have Keen bet­
ter If you had married lira. Stewart
I’ve seen her look at your picture, and
I’m sure she would have cared for you
If you’d only tried harder."
“I didn’t want to,” he answered. **1
met them both In Parts while she was
In war work there, and I Was lonesome.
She was mighty kind to me, and I sup­
pose I was a bit sentimental, but, Aud­
rey, that Isn’t love.”
Audrey stood up suddenly and point­
ed down the valley. There was a fire
In his eyes she could not meet.
■"On deer days you can see way down
to the little hill this side of Kingsley.*
"Isn’t that nice,’’ laughed Dick. He
reached over her shoulders, and took
her hands In his, drawing them back
to hla lips. “Maybe we’ll build our
shack right here, Audrey. You can’t
send me away when I want to stay.
I’ve fought all I want to. Now 1 want
a home and you.’’
WARRIORS IN GAY UNIFORMS
Soldiers of Uncle 8am In Samoa Make
Picturesque Appearance on
Parade Ground.
The Flta-Fllaa, or nntlve soldiers
of American Samoa, are considered
the most picturesque of all the Ameri­
can army. That country Is under the
control of the nuvy department and
the naval officers of Pago Pago form
the governing body of Tutllln und the
five other small Islands. The yeomen
among the bluejackets are valuable
office assistants. The Flta-FItas are
the outside unit. Tbelr duties are mu­
nicipal as well us military. They act
as policemen, nnd also as gun ids of
honor for the governor on Inspection
|ours.
The fntlgue uniform consists of a
sort of black kilt with s bright red
stripe around the border. Above the
waist and below the knee.« the uniform
Is of nature's own. A leather belt, car­
rying a dagger ou the side, holds the
kilt, or lava-lava. In pmce. The (Tress
uniform consists of the fatigue uni
form with the nddltlon of a sleeveless
white vest. The pretty, vivacious Sa­
moan belles “fall'’ for this uniform as
readily as their American sisters do
for the khaki.
The principal feature of the Flta-
Flta organization Is a native brass
band, which has mastered music so
well that its repertoire Includes a wide
range of classical and popular airs. It
plays on all the boats thut stop at the
harbor, while the passengers dance.
The band also provides music for the
dances at the naval station.
AND ALL DONE V'lTH HAIRPIN
Soma Few Things That a Woman Can
Do 8u«ceesfully Without Elabor­
ate Kit of Tools.
With a hnlrpln all that Is “doabla’i
can be done. * With a hulrpln a woman
qin pick a lock, pull a cork, peel an
apple, draw out a nail, beat an egg
see tf a Joint of meat Is done, do up a
baby, sharpen a pencil, dig out a sliver,
fasten a door, hang up a plate or a
picture, open a can, take up a carpet,
repair a baby carriage, clean a lamp
chimney, put up a curtain, rake a
grate fire, cut a file, make a fork, a
fishhook, an awl, a gimlet or a chisel,
a papercutter, a clothespin, regulate a
range, tinker a aewlng machine, stop
a leak In a roof, turn a flapjack, caulk
a hole In a pair of pants, reduce pres­
sure In the gas meter, keep bills and
receipts on file, cut patterns, tighten
windows, clean watches, untie a knot,
varnish floors, do practical plumbing,
pry shirt studs Into buttonholes too
small for them, fix a horse’s harness,
restore damaged mechanical toys,
wrestle with refractory bottle stop­
pers, 'Improvise suspenders, shovel
bonbons. Inspect gus burners, saw
cake, Jab tramps, produce artificial
buttons, hooks and eyes, sew. knit and
darn, button gloves and shoes, put up
awnings and doctor an automobile. In
abort, according to the Fnnn Journal,
she can do what she wants to; she
needs no other Instrument. The hair­
pin Is king.
Searchlight Telephone.
One of the latest Inventions of talk­
ing through the air without the use of
wires Is the searchlight telephone, de­
veloped by Dr. A. O. Rnnklne of Lon-
don. By it conversation Is transmit­
ted by a beam of light.
The Inventor said the apparatus had
been tested over a distance of 1^4
miles .with much success. In an Illus­
tration he received clear and distinct
messages In a building a considerable
distance from the» transmitter.
Only by the Interception of the beam
of light can the conversation be tap
ped, the new plan differing In
thia feature from wlrelesa messages,
which are scattered broadcast. Either
artificial or natural light can be used.
Ona
Rainy
Night.
It waa my first grand affair and I
had Invited, the Judge’s daughter.
Three weeks of my salary had been
Invested In raiment Lord Chesterfield
might approve. My elder married sla­
ter was to be a receiving matron.
In spite of tha sloppy rain that
night, the taxi had brought ray lady
In uncrushed safety to the hall. Her
gown was quite the daintiest In sight.
My white kids were adjusted, and I
felt Indeed we were a distinguished
pair as we crossed the ballroom In the
limelight to the receiving line.
My stater greeted the Judge’s da ugh
ter graciously and turned to bestow on
me her company manners, Incl'lental
ly her critical eye.
“Good evening, brother,” ahe am I led
aa ahe glanced from top toward toe
and suddenly, tub roan, "Turn down
your trousers!"
I looked at my feet.
Mr cheeks
flamed! I had crossed the flo<*r with
full three Inches of trousers still tarn
•d-'up In proof that “ ’tw a a ra in in g In
Lon do n.”— Chicago T rib u n e .
Y. W. C. A. PLANS
WORLD PROGRAM
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Principal Events of the Week
Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.,
Heads Association’s 1920
World
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERRUNTEREST
Service
Briefly Sketched for Infor­
mation of Our Readers.
Program.
Efforts are being made to organise
$3,000,000 NEEDED FOR WORK. an athletic club at The Dalles.
L e a d e r C a lls A ssociation a “ S ta b iliz in g
In flu s n o a ”
In
O u tlin in g
P o s t-W a r
P ro g ra m f a r W om an-—F e d e ra l Coun­
c il a f C hurches to A nnounce “ Y . W .
C . A. S u n d a y .”
, 'T h e Y r lg o n la OU c o m p a n y , re c e n tly
o rg an ised to d r ill to r o il ln th e R ogue
r iv e r v a lle y , has re c e iv e d a d r illin g
o u tfit an d w ill ajjsrt o p e ra tio n s ln a
fe w d a y s . T h e co m p an y has m ad e an
e x h a u s tiv e s u rv e y o f th e t e r r it o r y on
th e e a s t s id e o f B e a r c re e k , n e a r A s h ­
la n d . :
T h e c le rk s o f th e s e v e ra l n a tio n a l
fo re s ts ln th is s ta te ended a tw o d a y s ’
m e e tin g a t E u g e n e w ith th e a d o p tio n
o f re s o lu tio n s a s k in g t h a t th e y be
g ra n te d a n a d v a n c e ln s a la ry and th a t
th e y be d es ig n a te d h e r e a fte r d ep u ty
sup e rv is o rs o r a d m in is tr a tiv e assist­
, - A t a n e le c tio n In B a n k s th e m e a s u re
to In c o rp o ra te th e to w n w as passed.
A contract has been let for an apart­
an ts ins te a d o f cle rk s .
S e n s a tio n a l a lle g a tio n s to the e ffe c t
ment house in Pendleton to cost $77,-
000.
An extension school will be held In
Alsea, Benton county, January 29, $0,
and 8L
th a t th e fis h an d g am e com m ission
a c q u ire d t h e R e d d is h fa r m ln L a n e
o o u n ty to p a y a p o litic a l d e b t In c u rre d
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dlcate.)
Betty did not heed the sunshine.
She was seated on the rickety bench
ln the apple orchard, her favorite col­
lie. Liege, at her feet. Her u su a lly
sunny smile was mlMlng. Betty waa
In dire trouble.
Suddenly the dog barked and darii-
ed towards a figure In kbakl that bob­
bled slowly toward them.
Betty
sprang to her feeL and followed at a
speed that rivaled the dog’s, and was
foon In a pair of rather wobbly arms,
the two clinging together silently.
When speech was possible. Betty ga*p^
ed. “Bob, we didn’t exited you for
another month I How does It happeu
that you are home so soon 7“
“Well, sister mine. It was this way.
We were hooked to go ut the time I
wrote you, but unexpectedly we had
the opportunity to get an earlier ship,
and believe me—we took It I Nick and
Dan are with me here.
You don I
mind, do you?”
“Bob,” Betty drew her soldier broth­
er down to the rickety bench. "Just to
have you safely home ugaln la al* I
care about. But who are Nick mid
Dun? I don't remember of Rearing of
them before.”
"Oh, yes, I wrote you .about 4 5 « »
time and ag a in . Just llke-you glha.
never remember anything? Well. Nick
and Dàn and I w e i e pals over there.
We wereJjy-YÎie same fight» hurt ui
the solfié time and In the same hos-
pltal, and as they both lived In cities.
I Invited them up here for a in« n It
or so to rest up and get fat before
going back home. Mother say» -he »
glad, and Is feeding them on
chocolate cuke this inlniiiè.'' I
tli<w went to the house, mol Be:»'
duly Introduced to two tall yocn--
dler». Nick Parsons was vet *
his eyes, and luiir coal black . ml >u
skin.rather swarthy. Betty liked h ni
at once. Dun Scott was a refre»h'iig
contrast with his curly mop o f n d
hair, and freckled face. For r ••
Betty forgot lier troubles i»m’
louriy happy romping v
>'
young fellows, who spe d i>
as tbelr wounded Isslirs
One day Boh discovered hl«
the dumps” as he exprès • '
a number of sign ’ i Jint
j preva,led npon
, •
T h e le g is la tu re passed th e h ill pro ­ o o u rt a t S a le m a g a in s t th e c o m m is ­
M ra , John D. Rockefeller, Jr., chair­
man of the National Educational Cam­ v id in g fo r th e lic e n s in g o f a u to m o b ile sion b y H . A . H o lm e s .
S e n a to r H u s to n ’s h ill p ro v id in g fo r
paign Committee of the 1920 World d riv e rs .
Service Program of the Young Wom­
The Oregon State Dairymen’s asso­ th e e s ta b lis h m e n t o f a c o u rt o f dom es-
en’s Christian Association, has made ciation will meet In Eugene January tlo re la tio n s ln each c o u n ty o f th e
the following statement:
21 and 22*. ------
s ta te w h ic h n ow haa o r s h a ll h e r e a fte r
“8lnce the war we are more than
More than 100 persons at Mapleton a tta in a p o p u la tio n o f 200,000 in h a b i­
ever aware o f the economic. Industrial,
ta n ts o r m o re , £nd p re s c rib in g th e
educational, social and religious dlfll- were vaccinated during the past week
ju ris d ic tio n , d u tie s and p ow ers o f such
because of a smallpox scare there.
E. C. Cole, official dog catcher for c o u rt, passed th e le g is la tu re .
By an overwhelming rote the people
the city of Eugene, made a profit of
of Astoria at a special election adopt­
$171 the paat month catching dogs.
The Oaco Orchard company In Ben- ed two amendments to the city char­
i ton county sold nearly 865,000 worth ter. One cretaee a civic center com­
of fruit this year off its 400-acre tract. mission and authorizes expenditure of
Wasco county Is undertaking a sys­ $260,000 id establishing playgrounds
tematic squirrel poisoning campaign and &«lvlc center and the erection of
under the auspices of the agricultural an auditorium. The other amendment
authorizes a $600,000 bond Issue to
agent
July 22, 23 and 24 are the dates se­ carry out reclamation work along the
lected for the third annual convention city water front
The Ashland Fruit and Produce as­
of the Oregon State Elks’ association
sociation, a co-operative marketing as­
to be held in Salem..
Mrs. Mary E. Collins, 70, Oregon pio­ sociation of which most of the grow­
n e e r o f 1853, and widow of the late ers of Ashland and vicinity are mem­
Judge James L . Collins, died at the bers, has closed by far the moat suc­
cessful year in Its history. The re­
family home In Dallas.
Impressive ceremonies attending the port of Manager A. C. Briggs, read at
; laying of the cprnerstone for Bend’s the annual meeting, disclosed the fact
$35,000 Catholic church will be held that the association during the paat
year did a $150,000 business, almost
Sunday afternoon, January 25.
A state-wide movement has been In­ doubling Its best previous showing.
D. F. Fisher, government plant path­
augurated by the Oregon Bankers’
committee, to interest the children In ologist at Wenatchee, Wash., has been
M R S. J O H N D. R O C K E F E L L E R , JR .
clubs for the raising of registered live­ directed by the secretary of agricul­
Chairman of tha Educational Cam­ stock.
ture to make an investigation of the
paign Committee of the Young Wo­
Land purchased a few weeks ago In frozen orchards ln the Willamette val­
man's Christian Association.
Deschutes county by the Deschutes ley and ascertain If there is not a pos­
cultles which beset the lives of girls Valley Seed company Is being cleared sibility of saving many trees. A re-
and women everywhere. In meet
etlng and 200 acres will be planted to pota­ quest for the Investigation was made
the post-war needs of women the toes this spring.
by Senator McNary, who has been in­
"Well, Bobby. It is in
Young Women's Christian Association
formed of serious damage to the wal
At
a
meeting
of
the
Lebanon
Na­
know I’m Ju**i cruzy to get in.» *
stands as an Instrument of service,
new. and be u Mtenngrupher. and
tested nnd proven by war, aDd organ­ tional Farm Loan association it was nut and prune orchards around Salem
ized to moot the manifold problems of reported that federal land bank loans by reason of the December cold spell. mother says I ain’t take h haslnew.
Announcement was made at Port­ course unless I find some way of (turn­
had been made to stockholders to the
peace.
land by W. K. Newell, federal food ing the money for It. She doesn't like
“Because of Its fifty odd years of ex­ amount of $230,000.
perience In meeting fundamental prob­
Silas Williams, resident of Linn administrator for Oregon, that the the Idea, und says there Is really no
lems affecting girls, the Young Wom­ county continuously since he crossed price of 18 cents per pound, retail, for .need foi me to work Isit I'm .* »
en’s Christian Association la an organi­ the plains to Oregon In 1852, died at cane sugar will be permitted at this to. that’s a ll! She «aid I «-«»•»•->
some of the farm trti<*k
I liked, out
zation particularly fitted to exert a
time, owing to the prevailing high rate 1 can’t do I t! People won’t buy !” »
stabilizing Influence upon the troubled his farm ei*;ht miles southeast of Al­
wholesale. Mr. Newell also made pub­
“How do you go about It—selling It,
times through a consistent program o f bany, aged 85 years.
The citizens In and about Knappa, lic a decision of himself and of United I mean?”^sked her brother.
service for girls and women.
“American women are asking how a farming district In Clatsop county^ States District Attorney Humphreys
“Why you "know lots of farmers take
they may share In the world’s recon­ are planning to Install a gravity water that dealers will not be allowed to their grssls to the roadside und »ell to
struction. They can do so by enlisting system which will supply about 75 compel patrons to accept at the higher the autolsts that pass by. But some­
the support of their communities for ranches and families.
figure cane sugar of a certain quantity how they won’t stop for m e!’’ Betty's
this World Service Program, which will
In order to obtain beet sugar at the voice ended In a wuil.
F r u it g ro w e rs fro m a ll o v e r P o lk
Insure to the world a healthier and bet-
Bob was very still for n minute, and
cdunty report that since the recent 13-cent rate.
tcrw diB A fih O o d.
then
he asked her to show him the
The rabbit planning campaign ln
“This campaign of the T, W. C. A. heavy snow rabbits In large numbers
place where she sold from.
to tell the people of the United 8tates have descended upon their orchards the west end of Umatilla county un­
When they rChched the farmhou»e
der the direction of the county ag-i- they found Mrk and Dan both trying
about Its work and to raise $8,000,000 and are ruining the trees.
with which to carry on Y. W. C. A.,
The par shortage, regarding which cultural agent, Fred Benton, has prov­ to tell Mrs. Dudley the sume story of
work during 1920 In the United States, lumbermen have been complaining for ed a big success. Colonel J. 4s*. Mc- an adventure the two had In France, to
Europe, Chins, Japan, India, South some time, has caused the Albany * & aught, county farm bureau project the mingled amusement and bewilder­
America, Egypt Siberia and Mexico Lumber company to suspend opera leader, secured the cooperation of 106 ment of that worthy lady. Into this
will close the week of February 22 to
rapehera who prepared six tons of peaceful group burst Bob and Betty.
29, which will be known as Y. W. C. A. tloas at its mill temporarily.
He then explained how Betty had
L Authority to procure an*oil painting alfalfa poisoned with strychnine and
Week,
v- •
failed to sell her farm truck and un­
scattered
it
over
the
snow
over
a
front
of
the
late
James
Wlthycoftibe,
former
“The Federal Council of Churches
folded his plan. The remainder of that
will probably set one 8unday as a time governor of Oregon, was given by the of nearly 100 miles, to protect 20,000 day and all the next were busy ones
for ministers throughout the country to legislature, providing that up to $600 acres of cultivated land. Counts were for the four young people, but at length
address tbelr congregations on general be expended for a painting of the ex­ made on six representative lots of poi­ their task wns done, nnd they were
conditions affecting women nnd the ecutive.
son totaling 90 pounds and 1237 dead ready for the customers. By 9 o’clock
Young Women's Christian Association
The cost of trail work on the Import­ rabbits were found. Using this as a the next day the autos began to stop
as an Instrument of service.
basis it is safe to say that at least at Betty’s “store.” The place was trans­
“The Immediate task Is to bring to ant projects In the Cascade national
the people of the United 8tates a forest during the year 1919 was from 200,000 rabbits were exterminated in formed. It was divided into three parts.
Betty, In a crisp linen dress, had no
knowledge of conditions affecting the $2>tf.69 a mile to $478.39 a mile, ac­ this campaign.
When the special session of the leg» cause for complaint as she sold basket
llvee of women in all parts of the cording to a report of Forest Super­
Islature adjourned Sunday Corning after ba»ket of ripe peaches and ap­
world. We can no longer Ignore the visor Macduff.
character, the manner of life and the • A tract of 13,000,000 feet of timber after 3 o’clock, it left a record of pass­ ples. Bob wns seated before a long
Ideals of other peoples, whether we on the Siskiyou mountains and ad­ ing favorably on 94 bills, and a haiscel table on which was piled high “Golden
want to or not A special call is now jacent to the Pacific highway has been laneous assortment of memortalf and Bantam Corn.” Nick, as near Betty
as possible, found himself very busy
coming to the Association from China,
purchased by the Barham brothers of resolutions. Following are the const!
selling tomatoes, cucumbers and
Japan, India and South America,
squashes. Dan was the banker and
where work was held back during the Ashland, who will begin logging op­ tutlonal amendments and other meaa
urea To he submltted to the voters ol hl» money bags greiy fatter and fatter
war because of the necessity for spe­ erations at once.
A joint meeting of the dental soci­ this state at the special election May as the day progressed. After a week
cial activity In France and the United
eties of Lane, Linn and Marion coun­ 21: Extending road limitation indebt­ Betty declared she had enough money
States.
“The World Service Program calls ties to be held Ln Eugene some time edness from 2 to 4 per cent; relating to put her through a course in busi­
for $4.500,000. Of tills amount $1,500,- during the month of February Is being to debts and liabilities of counties, en­ ness college.
One night* Nick and Betty walked
000 has already been secured.”
planned by the members of the I^ane abling counties to fund their debts;
down to the rickety bench in the apple
The educational campaign commit­
relating to succession to governorship, orchard. Presently the young fellow
tee Includes among Its mejnhers Mrs. County Dental society.
George F. Deiss was killed last week providing president of senate suc­ asked seriously*
Robert E. Speer, president of the Na­
“Betty, what are you going to do
tional Board of the Y. W. C. A .; Mra. on the Coast Range Lumber road ceeds; restoring capital punishment;
Henry P. Davison, Mra. William Van near Mabel. He was standing be­ providing additional tax levy for Op­ with that money?”
“Do with it? Why, Nick Parsons,
V. Hayes, Mrs. Robert L. Dickinson, tween two cars when they came to­ eration of soldiers’, -sailors* and ma­
Mra. William Adams Brown, Mrs. Van gether, and was pinned between the rines' educational aid act; levying an­ you know aS well as I do what that
Sanford Merle-Smith, M ra . Lewis H. projecting ends of logs.
nual tax of 2 mills for support of pub­ money Is to be u»ed for. Education 1
Ijipham, Miss Ellen Hale Stevenson,
An Industrial survey of Linn county lic elementary schools; levying spe­ Wh> do you ask.7”
Mra. Frederic & Pratt and M ra . Her­ will be made by the Albany Chamber
“Well, I wouldn’t use It that w ay
cial* tax for erection, equipment and If I were you.”
bert I^ee Pratt.
of Commejce to be used in answering maintenance of institution for blind;
"Why not 1” Betty had risen and
Inquiries regarding the county’s re­ providing tax of 1.2 mills for support her eyes were dangerously bright.
SMALL Y. W. C. A. IS
sources and industries and in general of University of Oregon, agricultural
"Well,” drawled Nick, “I was think­
COMMUNITY CENTER advertising of the county.
college and Monmouth normal; relat­ ing that money could buy n very nice
Severely frozen feet sustained dur­ ing to acquiring of private lands for little wedding dress I”
Recreation fo r G irls Is Im p o rtan t Fea­
But Betty had waited for no more
ing
the storm in December when he public purposes.
tu re of W ork.
and ran swiftly down the orchard. Now
Fifty-two young women In the Unit­ volunteered to save boiler machinery
Nick’s legs nnd arms were O. K. and
ed States are known as Y. W. C. A. at Brooks-Scanlon logging camp No.
Man’s Friend.
he iqade good use of both ln the min­
‘town secretaries."
All of which 1, caused the death at Bend of W. C.
The funeral of Harold Bannister, an utes that followed. “Betty, dear, listen
means that the fifty -tw o are organizing Billings, loader foreman.
outfitter of Leyland, was followed by to Reason I I want you to—"
t
recreation* work for girls and for the
It entered the
A joint session of the house and sen­ his favorite dog.
“Nick Par»onR. you let me go! You
community at large In towns of lesa ate elected the following to the re
ehttrch with the mourners, nnd, sitting
than 10,000 Inhabitants.
by the bier, occasionally sniffed a t the kno\V, I can’t—I’m going to work!”
created fish and game commission:
The Y. W. C. A. may be In one rent­
coffin. At the graveside the dog sat Betty was weakening and both knew
. *
•
ed room or more. It may be a whole FlqJj commissioners—Frank M. War­ still while the coffin wns being lowered l t
“Your mother doesn’t want you to
building, but at any rate there Is a rec­ ren, five years; Chris 8chmldt, three and then put Its 'paws on the edge of
reation room and If possible a kitchen, years; Charles Hall, one year. Game the grave nnd took a farewell view of work, and Boh doesn’t and I don’t and
so, won’t you, Betty, pleese say yes!"
reeding and writing rooms. If the Y. commissioners—I. N. Flelschner, five Its late master.—London Express.
Perhaps It was the moonlight, or .
W. C. A. has a building of Its own It years; Marion Jack, five years; E. C.
maybe^the scent of ripening tipples,
becomes a community center, where all Simmons, three years; John GUI, three
Forces W ith in.
but anyway the money wns used for
women’s organisations may m eet
years; C. F. Stone, c e year.
Trials without discover forced a wedding gown after all I
within. Says Victor Hugo: “There
A . H. Powers, Anson C. Rogers, C.
Old Age Unhealthy.
8. Wtnsor. Peter *Loggle and Henry are Instincts for all the crises of life."
Files Imprisoned In Amber.
We can’t help thinking, that the Sengstaken, C om Bay port corarats- A deep perplexity awakens a flash of
The proverbial “fly In amber” 1»
business of a centenarian Is very un­ sloners, ere on a tour of the Columbia Insight; n bitter opposition sets the
soul on fire; a brnve peril opens onr strikingly exemplified In n collection
healthy. We rarely hear of them un­
river from Portland to Astoria, to in­ eyes to horses end chariots of fire; a of red amber from Burma recently pre­
less they are dying.
spect docking facilities provided by severe catastrophe Fftokea a heroism of sented to the British museum. The am­
the various ports. %
which the sufferer had not thought ber Is unusually rich in Insects, Incliid
Keeping M irro rs B rig h t.
Ing. according to an English aqthftrity
Governor Olcott waa stripped of ell hlmsadf capable.—W. L. Wstbinson.-
who has examined the material, thir­
To clean mirrors, keep a piece of
ty-one new species, of which five fire
•ponge, a cloth and a silk handker­ power In the appointment of members
Uncle Eben.
«
types of new genera. Most of these
chief. First sponge the glass well, so of the state fish and game commls
“Imitation la de sincerest flattery," are fonnd In a block of amber rather
aa to clean off all spots, then dost over sion when the legislature passed the
It powder blue tied In muslin; rub It house bill providing for a joint fish said Uncle Ehen, "but when It’s car­ larger than a man’s fist. This hns been
off lightly and quickly with the doth, and game commission of nine members ried too fur It’a do same kind of a cut Into slices about half sn Inch thick.
and finish by rubbing It with the hand­ wbg shell be elected by thq le g is la tu re . co m p lim en t a b u rg la r pays you w han ^ N e a rly e very la rg e o rd er o f Inaeet la
kerchief.
ha t a k M a Ukla*
yob w a tc h ."
repreeeoted ? rilh tha axcaotloo o f aata.