fartUlaera, squirrel and gopher poisoning. dairy troubles, weed con Irol, potato seed treatment, 4 II cluli work, corn growing, rabbit raising and mushroom culture nod else matter. F, bruary 14. 1*01, at the postolt Spriogfield. Oregon M A IL S U B S C R IP T IO N R A T E One Year In Advance ___ $1.60 T w o Years la Advance 12.60 S x Months Three Months THURSDAY. FEBRUARY ». 1*33 REVOLUTION—AM ERIC AN STY LE A couple of weeks ago a Senate com m ittee in W ashing ton was warned th a t there would be a revolution in America If the fan n e rs did not get immediate relief from their difti- ctiltieB. We don't agree with this point of view. All the indica tions a re th at the revolution in America has already begun and th at it will go on regardless of the question of farm relief. Of course, what the gentlem an in W ashington was talking about was the kind of revolutions we read about, in Russia and Spain and South America, where* an armed force seizes the governm ent am i proceeds to reorganize it at the point of the bayonet. We don't think there is the slightest danger of that kind of a revolution in the United States. W hat we are talking about is revolution in the American style, which consists of changing the m ethods and opera tions of our governm ent by what the Constitution calls “due process of law.” We have been going through revolu tion a fte r revolution of that kind ever since the arm ed revo lution of 1776, which won us our national independence. Our whole schem e and system of government is as different from anything which was imagined by the gentlemen w ho fram ed ou r Constitution in 1787 as chalk is from cheese. Som etim es by the interpretation of the Supreme Court, som etim es by actual amendm ent, we have changed that docum ent and its applications into som ething that F rank lin, W ashington. Adams and Madison and the rest would never recognize. W hat is going on now. as a result of the widespread distress and the multiplication in the num ber of debtors, may easily am ount to another series of radical changes in o u r entire governm ental scheme. The people are in the mood lo r change. The resistance of the creditor class to the dem ands of debtors for relief is weaker than it has been at any previous time. The debtor class today includes not only fa n n e rs but industrial workers, business men and great corporations. In the light of this state of affairs it is natural to expect th a t Congress will respond by carrying the new concepts of the functions of government into fields of which the found ers of the Republic never dreamed. If they do. it will, in essence, am ount to a revolution; but it will merely be an o th er revolution. American style, in the long series of revo lutions through which we have come successfully. REDUCTION BY LAW T he legislature unable to balance the state's budget w ithout more taxes has seen the house pass a bill calling upon every leving body in the state to m ake a budget re duction of 20 per cent in 1933. Quite a saving if it were possible. T he county, cities, and school districts are in the same condition the sta te is. They have bought a lot of improve m ent which they have not paid for and are practically all covered up with bonds. The bond holders will not see" this 20 per cent reduction and if they do not get theirs in full have the n g h t to go into court and seize all tax money. A 20 per cent reduction in Springfield city would leave the city wit! out any money as it would take all the tax money which cam e in io pay the bonds, interest and w arrant in debtedness. Neither the state nor any of its sub-divisions can be legislated out of debt. The legislature might better be set ting up m achinery to deal with municipal creditors to scale dowm indebtedness to something like the real worth of m oney a t present. A person has the right to pay any part of his taxes he sees fit and to specify whether he wants it applied to coun ty. state, city or school district levies, according to a decis- Bio.i handed down by the spreme court. The case was one w here a Coos County taxpayer wanted to pay his school taxes and nothing else. This might be a way of making som e (ax levying bodies economize but not the state it m ust have the full levy out of the county without any de linquent deductions. PLANNING A NEW BASE This county and Canada produced 1,200,000 passenger c a rs in 1932—an impressive figure if taken by itself, a de pressive figure when put alongside the 4,800,000 cars made bi 1929, a drop of just about 75 per cent. The high m ark of registrations of cars was 1929 when 23,121,589 were licensed. Last year this dropped to 21,045,- 000, a loss of nine per cent. Certain things stand out from these figures. One is tin- drop of new -car production as compared with car reg istra tions. In other words the piling up of cars nearing their end. It may be th a t the production figures of 1929 were abnorm al. But they were no more abnorm al on one end th an the figures for 1932 were on the other. The American public is not going to be satisfied with 1,200,000 passenger c a rs a year. Give back confidence, and we shall see such a buying of cars as this country did not see even in the livelier years. Nevertheless, the leaders of the industry are not wait ing for that. If you could look into their heads you would probably find that they are not wondering when 1929 will com e back, nor what 1935 will be like, but intensely inter ested in how to get all the business there is in 1933. Som etim es the beginning of the future is the forgetting of the past.—N ation’s Business. OLDER PERSONS HOLDING OWN T here may be 10 or 12 million people unemployed in the United S tates due to severe curtailm ent of buying and th e sh u ttin g down of factories. Even in good times t here are th ree o r four million unemployed at all times. Som e very interesting figures are available on unem ploym ent despite the warning of the technocrats .that m a chines are taking men's Jobs. The num ber of persons em ployed increased 10 millions between 1910 and 1930. In 1910 the population over 45 years old was 52.7 employed and in 1930 they were 52.1 per cent employed which would indicate th a t older persons are successfully competing with younger ones. The age group that saw a drastic decline was beiow 16 years. In 1910 there were 1,990.225 employed while In 1980 th ere were 667,118 employed, which is as it should be. BY R APFOftD MOfitrr AN ARMY OF NEW INCOME TAXPAYERS Washington, D. t \ , Feb, S Every •ingle man or woman who earned as much as 120 a w«*ek Iasi year. 1*33. will have to pay an Income lax to Uncle Sam this year Ev.ry married man. or woman who is the head of a family, who earned 660 a week In 1*33. is also liable for income tax in 1*33. unless there are minor children to he supported. Treasury official estimate that more than three and one-half mil lion persons who have never paid Income tax to the Federal govern ment are obligated to pay it under the law passed last year. And what is worrying the Treasury Is the question: Do these taxpayers real- lie that they have got to report j their last year’s income and pay tax or go to Jail or be fined ? It’s an impossible game to beat, this Federal Income tax. With luck, some few may get away with evad ing it for a while, but when they are caught the penalties are severe, and the accused tax is a lien that comes ahead of everything else— mortgages, state and local taxes grocery bills and all. t'ncle Sam’s I collectors of internal revenue have the right to garnishee the salary or wages of anyone liable for Income tax and who does not pay It. The law gives the Federal courts the right to send to prison anybody who fails to report his 1932 income By the 15th of March. 1933. The tax is not very high on small incomes. If one is single and earn ed $1,200 last year, the highest tax posible would be only $8. And there are exemptions from that The taxpayer can deduct from net income figures such items as money given to charity or churches taxes of any kird pa d to the Fed eral or local government. Interest on business debts and certain kinds of business losses. T re a s u ry H as R ecord A married man without children is allowed $2,500 exemption; an un married person only $1,000- exemp tion. Every employer is required to report to the government how much was paid in salary and com missions to each employee during the year. . So the Treasury has a practically complete record, which is sure to be followed up. And when the Trea urv agents overtake the individual who has failed to report taxable Income, trouble is pretty certain to follow "The only safe plan for anyone who wants to avoid trouble," said one of the- treasury officials the other day. “is to send to the In come Tax Unit at the Treasury De partment. Washington, for the pro per form of report to be filled out and filed. Form 1040-A for Incomes below $5000 a year; form 1040 for incomes of $5000 or more.” The proper form must be filed with the nearest Collector of Internal Reve nue by March 15. and at least one- quarter of the tax paid at that time • • • There is going to be an inaugural parade after all, and General Persh ing will be the grand marshal Units in the parade will include de tachments from the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps and the Coast Guard, governors of states with their staffs, the National Guard, the organized Reserves, Of ficers Re-erve Training Corps, and various fraternal, civic and politi cal organizations. Ten thousand will march and the parade will take , two hours to pass the new Presi dent’s reviewing stand in front ot the White House. Mr. Roosevelt has invited the twelve surviving mem bers of President Wilson’s Cabinet i to be his guests that day. Tw o Likely Bills
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Fourth Installment
S Y N O P S IS '
F tu lin e , *entim ental, trust
h i!, »inert« and loving love, tteconae* engage I
and marries "e u n is O 'H a ra in the Belief
that their h liu tu l happine** w ill conti
thanged thru all the year*
her w«vkiing
morning *> e aw aken* w ith a »(range pre
monition that m avlK love doe* change, a
thought buried in her m ind by a letter (rein
her cioaeat f n e n j. Barbara the night befoie.
Pauline adered Barbara who had been m ar
ried. waa the mother of a child which died,
but now dnorved and living a life which »am«
of her friends could not understand. Between
Dennis and Barbara is a »eemmg w all of
personal dislike hy both S is m n th* after
Pauline'« wedding, Barbara comes for a short
stay D u ring thia visit Barbara coufee»«* to
Pauline that there is a man she really loves,
but »he refuses to tell his name. Barbara
decides suddenly to go home and Pauline
insists Dennis drive her to the station.
Irrita te d . Dennis drive* recklessly, and they
are in a crash. Barbara emapes in ju ry but
Dennis' leg is broken A * he re tu rn * tu con
sciousness he learns who the man is that
Baibara loves I t * himself. . . . N O W C O O N
W IT H T H E S T O R Y .
"I’m so glad you were with him.
Barbie," she sobbed. "I'm sure thing,
would have been much worse if you
hadn't been there."
Barbara drew her band gently
away.
"I think they are bad enough as it
is," she said.
She looked across the room at
Dennis. He was so white, he hard
ly seemed to breathe. Supposing he
Au«f been killed?
Pauline had ceased sobbing, but
her breath kept coming in little
Pauline broke In eagerly. “But hi
doesn't, he doesn't I lie's asked aftei
you ever so many times since the
acci lent."
"That's very kind of him."
"If you two could only be friends!'
Pauline said for the millionth time
Barbara threw a cigarette end
fireward.
''Dennis and I can net er he friends,'
'h r sai l positively "And what doei
it matter? No doubt it's all my
I fault "
Pauline shook her head. "No, )
: think Dennis is as much to blame ai
gnu county ttgi-nt" mining from the
volume of work they were calimi
upon to do during the past 12
montlUsS* shown In the annual re
port of the county agent louder. F
I, llullurd. of Corvallis. Dspraaalou
yours six-m to Increaae the demands
made hy farmers on the agents, the
statl'tlcs show
In 29 counties maintaining ugelli^
Iasi year, farmers msdn 80,733 per
sonal calls al the u g elli» ' offices,
an Increaae of more than 60(H) calls
or heller than 7 per cent over Ihe
year previous. These In addition to
40.091 telephone calls seeking In
formation and 25.006 farm visiti
made hy Ihe agents Busies! offices
were In Clackamas, Jackson, Jose
phlne, Klamath. Washington ano
Yamhill counties.
What do the farmers ask abouti
An analysis of 30 calls In one day
ut the office of William 1'yrtta,
Washington county agent, gives
some Indication. In that one dav
Ihe subjects on which Information
was sought Included alfalfa or other
forage crops. Irrigation with request
for a survey, orchard spraying, ap
plications for federal seed loans,
The man hastened to reassure her.
“Nobody killed, miss, nothing to
be scared about. Just a bit injured
and taken to hospital. My orders
were to fetch you.’’
“I’ll come now."
Pauline flew upstairs She was
hardly conscious of what she was
doing A hat and coat—any hat. any
eoat—a word to the maid—“It's the
master—“ how she loved calling
Dennis the master—"he's been hurt
—the car, somehow."
And she waa downstairs again.
“Oh, hurry, hurry!” she implored the
officer.
The car moved off down the road,
an I Pauline began slowly to regain
her self-control. "How did it hap
pen’ My husband is such a won
derful driver1’’
“Collision at the crossroads. No-
•>ody seems to know whose fault it Dennis I" Pauline was down on her knees beside him. sobbing broken,
heartedly.
was.”
Pauline hardly heard. “How is he
hurt? His arm—leg? Where is he gasps. She got up and crept close I you are," ahe admitted "Il's such a
hurt ?"
to the bed.
pity, because you’re a darling, and
“I couldn't say. miss " Why would
"Dennis." she whispered again, he's rtcily rather a luce man, you
he insist on calling her miss when but he did not hear her She bent and know. Barbie!"
li e was a married w< man— when softly kissed his cheek She turned
Barbara laughed
she was Dennis’s wife? It was not again to Barbara, tears raining do»r.
It »»« io thr mi.l lie of the week
.'mnified. "Mv orders »as only to her cheeks.
that I aulior announced that Dennis
•• :c i you and tr. say it »as not se
"Will they let me take him heme?” wculd be home on Friday
.ms. k
“I t! ink it would be very unwise,
There was a moment's silence, then ;
• I --«e
Barbaia said calmly, turning thr
with blind eyes, her hands clasped
At that moment Dennis stirred a .’ page o f a book she was reading:
in her lap.
little and flunj out a hand. Pauline
"What a pity I I shall have to go
Suppose he ueer dead and they ¡seized it and covered it with kuses.
to town on Friday."
were afraid to tell her? To be a “Darling—darling!"
I "Barbie! Can't you put it off? I
widow when she was only so re-
Dr opened his eyes. 1 hey were »anted to celebrate I've asked Peter
cently a wife. All her pretty frocks clouded still and tar away. 11 ey to dinner."
I’ i . i sorry, but I've promised to
would be quite useless—she would searched her lace without recogni
have to wear black. All sorts of in tion, then his lips moved slowly. lunch and g > to a theatre with Cap
congruous thoughts kept tumbling Pauline bent to catch what he said. tain Barnet!"
“Barbara?” The nan.c was uan.it>
Pauline got up and came to sit on
over and over in her dazed mind.
the arm of her friend's chair.
She turned sharply to the man be- . takable.
side her
I
Pauline
answered
at
once:
"Not
"1 wish you wouldn’t go out with
her.
'There was a lady with him— Mrs. hurt. She's all right, quite all right." that man. Barbie."
"Yes.’’
The
faintest
word
of
satis
"My dear soul, why ever not?"
Stark—was sha hurt, too?"
fied assent; then his eyes closed
"lie's m arried."
"Just a shaking, miss—I saw the again.
“Well, that's his m isfortune, not
lady myself—she was very dis
Pauline turned to Barbara. "He his faul;."
tressed, naturally, but not hues, I wanted to know how you were Isn't
"Ü. y. u think marriage ir a mis
should say.”
that like him? Sa unselfish Oh, are fortune, then?"
She moistened her dry lips.
you rare he will be all right ?”
"Yes, in nine cases out of ten It
"How much farther is it?”
"Quite all right, dear. Look, I was in n in e—it is in Jerry's. You,
"Just round the corner by that think he's asleep now.”
I lare say, will be Ihe great exception
red building—the one with the
Suddenly Pauline spoke slowly. “I that prove* the rule."
weathercock on it.”
don't believe he recognized me just
"I wish you weren't so cynical."
When the car stopped she stum new I don't believe he even knew . "Life—my sort < I life, at least—
bled out blindly, evading thr officer's w " ? , * ? * '
,
.... ..................... m akes in c c y n ica l, •
d o n't w o rry
proffered hand. Up the steps to the
„ 1 . " u , u *>^
* * d your lit I. l i r a ! a ,u t me I'm quite
big open door. "Where is he? I am evenly. "He was only half conscious, happy in my cwn way.”
Mrs. O’Hara. My husband has been you know."
There was a short silence; then
hurt. Where is he?”
Pauline raised tragic eyes.
Pauline asked almost shyly: “Is
The maddening waiting, the for
"But he asked for you, he knew lerry I arnet the man you—you said
malities! Pauline had werked her your name—he hadn't forgotten that v'cu care'• aV. up"
self into a frenzy by the time some you were with him, though he
p ar; ar4 |.o ghed
Jerry? Good
one said, "Please come this way"; seemed t. have forgotten me, she
heavens, it ' He's not my sort. We're
and at last she was in a small room added slowly.
g id friends, but I couldn't fall in
with a single bed. There was a smell
Barbara did not answer.
nve with a m in who only talks about
of drugs in the air, and the p. Iisled
an 1 dogs."
floor felt hard to her feet. Silly to
It was a month before Dennis was horses
"An ! you really mean to go on
think of small things like that at allowed t he taken home, i’auline
a moment when her whole being fretted an 1 worried, hut Dennis him Friday?"
"I've premised."
should have been concentrated on self aided and abetted the docti rs.
“It's because she doesn't want to
the man lying there—his head ban
"My de child, it’s far better to
bit
daged, his eyes closed.
leave me where I am. You’d inly meet
, Dennis."
.
* Pauline
• . thought
. ( ,
.<<
wear yourself cut if I were at h >me ’’ !enr,y’
Lartara bid eft her
1
“Dennis I”
"He
didn't
say
he
was
anxious
w
•
wha‘
*
«
WhT
d°
He did not move or seem to hear
" .d,'-!„ke <-lch o,hrr ,o much' 1
Someone standing in the window to get hack home," Pauline told
turned, came forward. Barbara, of Barbara afterward, almost in tears, i w