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»VNÖ»«* 6# Td» ANNUAL *TAT»N«NT f FIRE ASSOCIATION 'I lie And that was th« bcglfifitßß of it , O b s e rv e r t h e last bell had rung, the llghta tfêt-e out in the dormitory, except for ' MORO. OREGON«^ the tiny gleam that peered through Miss Angell’s keyhole. Miss Angell R B ÎÔ A Y . . • •lune g > 19* was still working over a problem In arithmetic. She never even heard . ¿ hX « . Î t o ^ . * O œ Ô X . ’i Roberta’s light knock. , »Working? Oh. Angell, you 11 lose By JE SSIE DOUGLAS your beauty sleep!" Roberta laughed T Ä S Ä ' ä ’a : ? ? at a funny little thought of her own. “You’ve got to help me. Angell. I’m In an awful mess. You know the man- I’m-golngjo-nmrry?" Little Mis« Angell looked «mothered Mary Angell nodded ami for some behind her pile of exercise book«. The reason she flushed all over her fair .'ront of her hair was quite white skin "Yes. I’ve seen him when I’ve where she had brushed against the been walking with the children In the chalky board. and her middle finger afternoons.” - , “Somehow that man Is very hard to usd a deep «car of Ink. . When you looked very hard at Misw woo." Roberta went on, “In spite of Angell you saw «he might have been Bernard Shaw. You know. I ve taugh pretty. If the shyness of her eyes ha sewing every Saturday and twice a \o t concealed their sw eetness andI tH - week I’ve gone to the mission In tpe lullness of her hair had not hidden fternoon; hut he’s very backward- Now I come to the awful part. He Its softness and the w lstf about her mouth had not forbiddet inked me today If I couhl play, and I told him I could! I promised to play you to look at Its pretty curves. ail this—you Body Headed by Senate Presi Wie n you had seen for him tomorrow—the wily way out little Miss An- Is for you to do It! Mr. Page will »aw suddenly just how dent Quezon Reiterates De Kell would look In ten years when the never find It out. for you are to wear mand for Independence. squirrel coat and my little squlrre! softness bnd changed to sharpness H„d Miss Angell would have become a hat and hide your face; when you arc That the Filipino peopleware In earn •‘good teacher.” ' through, sneak out the rectory door. • But Miss Angell wasn’t thinking Just Don’t forget, the rectory door.*\ est In their demand for Immediate In dependence Is indicated by the coining r.ow of becoming a «ood _teacher^aht “But—but---- •” staring right through the school to the-L’nlted State« of a second Philip was “You’ve got to; besides that tire pine mission to work for Independence room with Its prim little desks, right some Joe is coming up from home to Coincident with this announcement the through the wall with Its gay maps morrow Just to see me.” War Department received a cable from nto the manse at Brookline w hen So that was how little Miss Angel Manila staling Hint the all-Filipino leg Uncle Pete was sitting all alone. came to he caught in the organ loft by islature had adopted resolutions re Just because she, Mary Angell, the young assistant of the mission. iterating Its pica for Immediate inde and wanted to go out Into the world this “I wanted to thank you, Miss Hardy. pendence. happened there. And « " •’I'«1- The second mission, like the first, is m « s 'th etwor!<i. This school bool with with Its for pinyin«. II »'■»------" composed of the leading men of the la- carefree girls, ami its older women for Instead of Roberta’s self assurance lands and will work In the United | gay and daring black eyes, he found a g D who had taught too long to care very States not only for Immediate Inde much what happened to the Mary An- with wide, dreaming eyes of gray set i pendence, hut also to bring about “bet In a white little face, who looked as ter understanding, greater confidence gpllg—Hu except Roberta. of Mary’s though she had been caught In the Right Into the middle and closer erimotnle relations between thought came Roberta Hardy, thè real wickedest of crimes by the blush that the United States and the Philippines. , had went creeping to her temples. The mission is again hepded by Man Roberta. In a minute the room had “Why. you’re the girl I’ve wanted— ceased to be a schoolroom and uel L Quezon, president of the Philip that I’ve seen walking every afternoon pine Senate, who Is well known In become the background for her glow up by the old h ig h w a y * . Ing person. She perched herself on America, having been fo.- six years res- “I’m not a girl, I’m a teacher, said 'unimlssloner to the United the desk, which was unthought or ident Miss Angell gravely. she tossed off her hat and Pu* Then she knew why It was that whlle her hand on a cold, red " che^k. IT Roberta had said that the very dpvll black eyes gleamed. “Been In here all the afternoon lurked behind those eyes of the young , working?” she groaned In sympathy. gt. Anthony. “Would the teacher play for me f ‘Oh, Angell, If you wouldn’t he so But whatever should I do with he asked very gently. good Because she was very shy. Mary out you In this nunnery? Angell, I’ve got to tell you.” she lowered her voice Angell turned hack to the organ and so that none of the curious maps could began to p in y ; It was so much easier than talking to this disconcerting hear. “I’m going to marry K man. After she had played a “Marry!” repeated Miss Angell. Prominent Entertainer Coming Am ount of capital stock paid T otal expenditures 4 t,0»3,»S3.tt I,IX1.U4.7» 400.000 «X» 4M .M 1.M T40.0M.M AiSKTS ? ,S»1 :8 S .IM .tM U 1.M7.M1.41 1,46^,HJ.»7 ' 11,4814» 1 H .M 4 J 1 I14,»3»334.t3 . T otal assets adm itted In Oreflon. Less special deposits In any state ( If any there be) Total assets adm itted ^ ¡ T ¡1» 0.00 0.00 4 >07,1*1.41 Gross claims fo r losses unpaid--------- -------- Am ount of unearned premiums on all outstanding risks— Duo fo r commission and brokerage.—— — — .....—- 34S.M3.M A ll other liab ilities............... ................... ........... ....... ....... stock o f »1400,000.00 - » »,7S»,M1.»« T otal liabilities, sxclu. of cap. sto ON FO R T H E Y E A R B U S IN E S S IN O R EG O N F M.7«».»S N e t .premium» received during the year 19.660 »4 l Z « 4 s paid d uring the y e a r------------------- Sl.6Cl.T4 Losses In c u rred d uring the year_. ^ aB“7 ^ . A ’T T 5 ïr ô r r H K  B Î æ B n r . — Pull Together for an American Merchant Marine A X S ‘S ’ ^ X l . U Z X e entertainer w ith a thousand laughs wr. PP Uftl abT|ity. He sings well. — - - Imagine. and her face was suddenly white, so few minuté», she forgot afi about him, white that It looked as though she about everything in the world except faint. her music nnd the things her music would “To Joe,*of course, you silly I you was saying. never cun tell whom you will ,nnrr>r ” It had grown very dark In the organ Little Miss Angell found herself sit loft; the young assistant said, “Thank ting on Roberta’s bed, crying as bit you," and helped her down froirt the terly as though her heart would break. itgh bench, and they stumbled to Roberta whs still puzzled when Mary gether down the steps into the dim Angell lifted a face radiant In spite of ness of the mission room. * tears, threw her arms about her neck •'I’m going to walk home with you, nnd cried, “I never was so happy! he said very firmly, “It’s too dark for and ran out of the room. you. to be out alone.” Miss Angell’» eyes were <yi sw eet It sent a strange thrill through Mary ness, her hair blew about her face like Angell to be walking beside thia tall. thistledown and her mouth showed Its prettiest curves, as she breathlessly climbed the stairs to her own room, saying to herself, “And It’s Just one more week I” - - - merchant The wur resulted In the creation of a great marine—10,<k*),000 tons bf American «hip» which cost us 13,000,000,000. Everybody aqraaa that wa must kaap thia flaat on tha •eaa. » * If we full buck to pre-war condltlpns—when only 9 per hint of our foreign trude was carried In American ®blps- We «hall be In tho position of a department store whose goods are delivered In It« competitor’s wagon«. 8 congress 1» considering legislation which will perpetuate our wur-hullt merchant marine. * Until this 1« done th . .hipa wa hava ahould not ba ao d to face conditions which, prior to t»e war resulted In me decline of our merchant marine to ineiqniflcance.v This Committee calls attention to these facts b ^ a u se a right solution of our shipping problem Is vital to life future prosperity of shipbuilding, but equally vital to the safety and prosperity of the nation. M e rc h a n t Send for free copy of “For an American Marino.” Committee of American Shipbuilder» 30 CHURCH STREET, NEW YORK CITY Male Quariel Opens Chautauqua Two Program* on the Fir»t Day of Genuine Music and Real Entertainment “Hit” Not on the Program. Mary was on the church program for a recitation. Slie was to bold an envelope containing a penny In her hand and tell what the going to do. She got started all rig h t. “I got an envelope In my hand." Then She held up the envelope and contl n- u ed ; •There’s penny In It. O h ! there’s no penny In there. I forgot to put the penny In.” Then the Ut- tie miss stopped nnd fished arournl In her pocket until she couhl find the penny and no amount of urging on the, part of her teacher couhl Induce Mary to proceed until that penny was In the envelope. The audience roared and the Incldeut was the hit of the eve- »lng. Mathematlcal Mendacity. “Figures won't He,” remarked the statistician. “No?" sneered the chronic skeptic. “How about these tw odollar bills with a cipher pasted after the '‘two’ go ns to make them look like twen- ties?" Four young men who not only ting well, but who know the nrt ■o< <‘W Dro«-ntatlon nnd "put over" their pruRram» with »nap and Tim, m ake p S n m t , Male Quartet, the mueten, at.ract.nn on the .p m ta g d I • < £ £ Fngi. Instrumental solos, planologues and costumed selections. to do« .. > 1 . . . Then he went on: “8o you live In Brookline? How strange! Do you know, my broiher-in law’s cousin ll\e s there, a very nice old lady. I mus run down to visit her. When a ie you going?" , “I’m going the next holidays In a week,” Mary Angell said and her heart was heating very loud and she was afraid he could hear It. “Mag 1 come to see you then? the young assistant asked. It was on the white stone steps of the school and Mary Angell sa , “Yes.” and f»it she was saying a great deal more when she looked Into s eyes. . lie took her hand for a moment nnd said, "Gootf-by until then." “Until then," Mary Angell repeated nnd her voice was Just above a whls I, I S p eaker Sergio Osmena. ¡I y MB:«» •«i -.«tin V a lu e ‘of real estate owned (m a rk e t v a lu e )— ■■■■ V alue of stocks and bonds owned (m a rk e t /a lu e ) . Loans on mortgages ’and collateral, dip— - ............ Cash In banks and on hand S 0 .ÎÏÏ4 — Prem ium s In course of col. w ritte n since Sept. All other assets --------------- ------------- In te re y t and rents due and accrued.. NEW YORK CONCERT TRIO t t^aoojMOj» fficOMI T o ta l Income ■ _ O IB B U R S C M g N T » N e t loaae» paid during the year Includ. a d ju s t e>p. Dividends paid on capital stock during the year.. CommFaeioos and salaries I * 1«* during the Tuxes, licenses and fee» paid during the year.. Am outit of a ll other expenditures— - v - ----------------------------------------------- falr mnn T)nt Hlie -reit somehow h s i though She k n ew ; for she had never known any men In her secluded e, ! from her school days to her teaching days. „ I “It Isn’t ns If I don’t know you. Three Brilliant Artist Musician* Coming to ! the young nmn was saying. I ye s«en Chautauqua on the Second Day you every afternoon for a month, and I made up my mind------” be stopped. Mary Angell wanted to know very much what he had made up hfe mind no Journal 1st. now In America. A eery conscientious and tireless worker, 'thorough and persistent. " genius for grasping the big features ss well as the smallest d e a lls Of public afTulrs, cool headed. quiet by temperament and education. « deep thinker. an eloquent speaker, a polished writer, a keen ob- server o f men—such is D snena. Both Osmenn and Quezon have hoes consistent advocates of Philippine ln- <jc|H*ndeuce, yet when Ihe occasion de manded It they have never hesitated W champion the cause of America's cos* JnuatQoo» toward the F ilip in o ...... * N e t premiums received during .th® Xear Intereat. dividends J S îïi» J * a r* Income from other ■ouroes received during the y e a r. 2ND MISSION COMES FROM PHILIPPINES “Oh. Roberta!” Her eyes glowed us though It were she to be married. So It Is Joe. and you are going to ” “You poor Innocent! N o ! Whoever heard of marrying a man <ou could have? I Just saw him this afternoon. I was taking the children walking up by* the old highway and I was so bored. At the top of the hill we passed that pathetic looking m ission; the girls begged to go In. Anything was better than their everlasting chat ter. So In we went. I felt like an or phan asylum, of course, with six. of theril tagging on behind, and then I S e n a te P re s id e n t M an u el L. Quexon. knew why they had wanted to go . Up a man. Stains Mr. Quezon and the H«»n. Ser- the "aisle came the assistant The first I’ve seen la months, with the gio Osmenn, speaker of the Phlllpplna House of Represen :at Ives and Vie» face of a St. Anthony or President of ihe Connell of State, are martyr, and the devil lurking In the the leaders of I’ m * Nacionalista party, habk of hl« eyes? And a voice the kind that once you've heard It winds which has been In power «Inca 11*17. While Speaker Osmenn 1« not so wen ItsMf about your heart and squeezes known In the United Slutes as Quezon, It. After the service I put on Intly expression and went up to him. It« Is conslderpd one o f the ablest men » ‘I wonder If I couldn’t help you «n (lie Islands. Senate President Que zon recently referred to Osmenn as Isn't there some Sunday school work »tbe greatest Filipino since Rizal.’’ The personal rel lit Ions between Oa- “He looked at me very gravely be menu and Quezon are probably without fore he said. ‘Thank you. I have about ■ parallel In modern politics. They nil the teachers nnd assistants have been the leading political figures manage at present. Rut ’ In the Islunds for 12 y e a « , .vet there “ ‘Yes?’ I asked sweetly. has never been the slightest Indication “ ‘I'm going to have a sewing clnsS o f rivalry between them. Throughout Saturday mornings; perhaps you their college Ufe «s well ss their long ’ political service each has refused to he might------■ “I Jumped nt the chance, not that a candidate for uuy posltlou that the I can sew a stitch." other aspired to. Marv Angell sat loohQig nt the nar- During the years Quezon was the hi eflsl v. 81 RHb loved her rntor ‘ Hrant breathlessly. Philippine delegate In the American warm cheeks and her wiry black hair Congress he won the esteem and con and her eyes that were dark and dar fidence of both the Republican and and gay. e Democratic sldqr of the chamber. ing “That’s all.” Roberta ended, so I m Whenever he spoke he was assured of going to marry him. It’s very simple. n good attendance. One of the offlclnl short hand reporters once declared 1 Hhall make a -delightful m inisters wife, something new In that line. Quezon used the purest English of any Hark, there’s the dressing hell! See member of the House. you later," she caught up her hnt and Osmenn. as president of the Nacion alista party, 1« the leader of the na flew d<<n the hall, her heels cllck- tional movement for Independence. . , ‘O/menn Is the premier 'de fncto’ of 'lilllpplnes," said a lending FUipl- . ‘At of Orsgon, pursuant to laW. "Man of . T ho««nd U u .E T S c U d ^ ’ ^ C’“ “UUq’“ on the Fifth Day m Tv® Program» Yoú Never Can Tell TH « w, V nnnrort Trio which comes to Chautauqua on the secend The New York Ounce ’ . the «nlendld list of musical attractions day. o c c u p y a * c o n . P ^ « - P l * the w m peny an artist for the week. . thp,r particular fields of musical endeavor, who has won recognlt on ««•hicved concert successes both In this „ „ *Rx u country and abroad She Is unqucHf mnhly one of the best artist. boys In France and Belgium Ruth Beverly Cumming ever presented to western Chautauqua audlcrn onsIderFd by eastern critics eoprano possesses a voice of pure fold. She I« the sopranos of the youufv: - o ' “ •" * — ,, - , Gone Forever. “rtonc are the happy «lays for the employer." “What do you mean?" “I mean those good old days when a boss could afford to get mud and fire the help once In a while.” Puzzle of the “Seven Seas. The “Seven Sens” exist In Hindu mythology to which Kipling may have gone for ills well known title. Accord ing td the Purnnas, the earth 1« clrcu- l«r »ml «»«. like the «">7" 111v Its circumference Is 1 .BOO.OOO.WU miles, In the center Is Mount Soome- yoo. On this mountain arc threejM*aks formed of gold, pearls nnd precious stones. where the deities reside. • At Its base arc three lnountnlns. on each Ride of which grows, j, trce R.8H0 miles high The furthermost c..untry from these mountains Is bounded by the sah sea. Beynnd’ tbls sea there arc six others—of sugarcane Juice, of spirit- units liquors, of clarified butter, of ....................... »...1 Ot n « t .r . B ad. curds, of sea Is surrounded by a separate contl e u t — Exchange. Early Visiting Cards. Though there Is evidence lhat the Chinese anciently wrote their names left to o n hift ........... of . pappr which they apprise absent friends of their «all. It Is from the revival of the customs by students In Italy that the use of In Eu- pi-rsonal curds was established In n)1)P it was during the n«>xt cci nt ury »n‘l In France. Ib.ll center of extreme ext etiquette, that tile tne the» Idea found Its greatest development, In accordance with the extravagance and elaborate ostentation charaqterlstlc of the tlm * the'erude slip of paper was soon aban doned for the finely finished nnd dec orated little square. New Idea In Packing Cloth. A paste of eucalyptus wood Is stated to he the basis of the p a c in g dofli of R manufacturer of Grenada. Spain. The past« Is first made Into paper, which Is cut Into tong and narrow rlb-‘ bans, nnd 1« then rolled Into small reels. Each reel, placed on a spinning wheel. Is held in posltloh by n needle rotating fi.WO or 0.(**> times a mlm ute. The strip 1« twisted Jnto a roll neither firm nor strong, and this la ‘X ^ k ’ do you like I t r Roberta held given greater resistance by soaking In out a pin. frosted w lth»p eaflajf *O f a special glue thnt Incomes Insoluble course I wouldn’t accept It unless we on treating with hot vapors. The ma terial Is stretched for weaving Into were engaged!" • “Eugaged!" breathed. Mary Angell.t finer and stronger threads. Not until she reached the dormitory illd she remember Roberta. Roberta who was her friend. Mary’s face was pitiful; for friendship In Mary An gcll’H code was a sacred thing not to he marred. Bhe would not go to Brookline next week. . “Angell, what’s the matter?" Roberta flunk «JH-n the door and pulled her a cr o ssIb e threshold. But Mary was too wretched to see how excited Ro- W E CATf D E L IV E R a “ 490” o r “ B aby G ra n d ” CHEVROLET A N Y T IM E ROADS ARE BETTER EACH DAY M ORROW W ASCO , BRO S. OREGON Sherman County Agents for Chevrolet Autom obiles DELCO-LIGHT DtLooiJOin\Z<' tL, CMW *IL Increase» Farm Efficiency Fifty thousand Delco-Light plants in opera tion on American farms are saving at the most conasrwtive estimate, an hour a day each— « twer 18,000.000 work hours a year That b to or Ificrkinf f </• hows <i </a x • • n i l monf A- Delco-Light b a complete electric light and power plant for farm« and suburban home«. It iumbhea an abundance of clean, safe, economical light, and operates pump, churn, cream separator, washing machine and other applianoea. It b also lighting rural store«, garage«, churches, «choob. army camps and-caik way stations. HULERY BROS. M o ro - ' - O re g o n ■n- O var 30.000 DELCO-LIGHT Planta tn Actual U sq