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BACK TO THE LAND
Our unemployment troubles are basic and are not like-
lv to change for a long tim e to come at least. Neatly all
thinking people agree to this fact. The m ethods we are
using to relieve unemployment are tem porary and can not
bt expected to last for long. We have heard that fact from
the lips of the head of public works, in this state.
The Lane county court and particularly Commissioner
O. E. Crowe, have been discussing plans for a "back to
the soil m ovem ent” to take people off the relief rolls in Lane
county. They would put relief cases on lands taken over
bv the county for taxes, some of which is good land and
some not so good. Their "back to the land m ovem ent" is
not to make a great deal of money farm ing but m ake a
home and a living and be independent.
We have proposed to m em bers of the court th a t they
pick from their relief rolls worthy men whom can reason
ably be expected to m ake good on a farm , and there are
plentv of them But instead of giving them a tract of our
poor or m arginal land that they be sold five or ten acres of
good land on a long term contract.
If legal we would procure the land in this fashion. A
great m any fan n e rs in this county are hoarders of good
land and are far back in their taxes. They have more land
titan they can farm profitably at any time. We wpuld .have
the coun go to these people and m ake a tax settlem ent.
Secure a deed for part of their land and give them a paid
up tax receipt for the rem ainder. *We would then go to
other farm ers who haven’t m ore land th an they need but
are back in their taxes and offer to tak e horses, cows,
pigs and chickens or good used farm m achinery for their
back taxes, and we think that there would be plenty of live
stock offered. Next we would go to the sawmill owner who
is back in his taxes, and there are plenty of them, and say
so long as you can not pay in m oney-your taxes m ay be
paid in surplus lum ber on your docks.
With the above set up the m an on relief could be put
on the land to build his house and go to farming. As soon
as a crop was harvested he would be off the relief rolls
and on his own and after two or three years he could start
paying the county back.
You may question w hether this set up will work or not.
To th at we will say it is a bigger opportunity to m ake good
th an the pioneers had when they came to Oregon and set
tled on raw land. We believe there is plenty of the hardy
stock left.
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Another death has resulted from people walking on the
Pacific Highway between Eugene and Springfield. It has
reached a point where there is pedestrian travel on this
section of the highway every hour of the day and night.
Surely this section of the highway should be improved with
sidewalks Some of the money the highway departm ent
has been spending for sidewalks on bridges far out in the
country where people never walk m ight better be put on
this stretch of road.
Salem is preparing to secure a municipal water system
through PWA funds. $400,000 of which is to be an outright
gift from the governm ent. But Salem m ust sell her bonds
to get the city’s part of the money and they are only quoted
a t 88. After Salem gets her water system by this method
a good share of the gift will have been wiped out.
A lady com plains about a shirtless worker on the public
highway. At that probably the worker had on more clothes
than the lady.
A pa« ifist is a mail who wants someone else to do the
fighting for his country.
—,
Eugene is dü erent.
store.
Whispering
By JOHN LEBAR
lo lsr a d *« »eooud d » » matter. February Î4, ISOS. at lha postonica.
Springfield. Oregon
One Year In Advance
Two Year» In Advance
Ruth and David rtourued Ruth nod b .hind the man's eye» . . . If aka
could only keep him goodnalured
>letl lu him but made no oilier an
| swer to Ills queUlunlng eyee. until unlll n u ll week "li wui very
she and David had turned out Ihelr thoughlful of you.” she sm iled;
horses Then Ruth walked up Io "It's nice to know I was safeguard
■I all the time Well." she turned,
Suavely, the letter In her hand
l*‘s
all iv er now; Ihe note Is paid
"Well, here II to.” she said, looking
and the ranch has been Improved "
him full In the eyes.
"It sure has." replied Suavely He
Fur an Instant. Ruth thought he
down to
"Anu
She found David and Will wait-
was going to prelend surprise, but walrhed Ihe girt aa ahe walked to
SYNOPSIS
I he rock
he suddenly began to laugh It was ward Ihe ranch hooa«. hD pale
Ruth Warron. who lived In the «ng at the machine. Duilug I he real
"I gol ,o
Io go down therw
m e r e -so m a
, . ugh , onlFhl>w borri eyes fastened on Ihe retreating
East. 1» willed three-fourth Intereel of th«> afternoon. which was »pent
In the "Dead Lantern" ranch In at a moving picture show, and later
“•r
ble y i the laugh was mean! in f'gura, suspicion anti hatred uilog
g r --||y
Arizona by her only brother who Is i^dtcner. Itullr a uiiuil was busy. Il in the direction of Suavely . doo,
tod on hla fare
reported to have met hta death was maddening, Ihul the first time and her voice dropped to » husky
g |r#|.....
The nest morning slie r break
while on buaineas lu Mexico. Ar
ahlsper
"Oh.
Gawd.
Miss
Ruth
g
Jt(„
,
isl
Ruth entered her room She
she
hud
been
able
to
leuve
1
1
1
rlvlugo In Arlaona with her bus
„ „ ^ .,„ 4
be Joined
.1 fur a lime looking al her trunk.
band who haa ailing luugs. a ml ranch and enjoy her elf. she- could you lake yo'r U til, boy an go
their atuall child, they learn that Ihlnk of nothing but the ranch She trans this place!” Ann stepped hack
I , Inking Suddenly she rose, uu
Ruth did smile
the ranch la located S5 utile« from
uaglned that Will did r.ot notice and softly closed the door.
"Dogged If this ain't lh heal I eked the trunk, and took out Ihe
the nearest railroad. Old Charley
Suavely eyed her cautiously
Inal!" Snavely egclalmad "You Quaker Dais box uu which was
Thane, rancher and rural mall car her preoccupi« d manner.
when,
at breakfast. Rulli gave him
ctuwled. "for liver fever." Go.ng
rler agrees to take them fo the
This thought was easy In the
see why I done II. dou't X»u I'af'l
"Dead lantern" gate. 5 rnllee from lighted restaurant, humming with the packet of note which reprea
inlu
Ihe hit hen. ahe ash«d Ann
ner?"
the ranch house. As they trudge
anted his share of the cattle sale.
Ruth had not been wholly sure of t 1 hi < p au eye on David for an
wearily through a gulch approach 'he voices and laughter of many
ing the ranch house, a voice whis people. But twenty mile« out of There was something oddly apolo whal Snavely had done or why he hour, and taking up a potato and
pers "Go back! . . . Go back!” At town—the roadster throbbing Into getic and Inqulslllve In his voice was receiving a letter from Wither .1 paring hnlfa. left by the front
the ranch house they are greeted a wall of blackness which never as he asked. "Didn't have no trou
spoon, up to the time he begun Io lour Hugarfoot greeted her and for
suspiciously by the gaunt rancher
ble In payin' off the note, did you?' laugh. Now ahe said very soberly. a moment ihe girl looked down at
lifted
-
Ruth's
part
In
her
Imagin
partner. Suavely, and Indian Ann.
“Oh. no," answered Ruth, as she "I hope I know why you did It. Mr Ills little dog D in e more ahe asked
a herculean woman of mixed negro ary conversation with Snavely be
seated herself at the table She was
and Indian blood Snavely Is diffi came less aggressive.
Ihr question which had never been
Snavely."
cult to understand but regardless.
«tow eled. "Hugarfoot. why dldu'l
By the time the car wa enter- thinking o f the money »he had Just
Snavely
swallowed
I
wire
before
Ruth takee up the task of trying to
given Snavely—11 had not been he »poke "Well. I was alinin' Io y u die when you ale the men
'ug
(he
aroyo
east
of
the
barn.
Ruth
adjust their three lives to the
ranch and Its development. Ken had grave doubts about saying earned through any effort of hla
tell you jeat aa soon as It was set Auu poisoned?" Hugarfoot wagged
"Nice sort of feller, that Wither tied laist month when you did gel himself knowingly.
neth, Ruth's husband, caught In anything, whatever, to Snavely
chilling rain contracts pneumonia Hta desire to have the ranch and to spoon,” he remarked, guardedly.
TO B I C O N T IN U E D
enough entile money an’ met the
and passes away before a doc tot
"He seemed pleasant." said Ruth I note. I Jeal flggered I'd let you go
arrives. Ruth tries to carry on. She he by him self amounted to a mania
Thai morning Snavely did not ! ahead an' pay It anyways, an' then
what would he do If she were to
Is not encouraged by Snavely In
HOW ONE WOMAN
plans to try and stock the ranch or tell him that the ranch was to be ride; he stayed In the neighborhood su'prlae you.” ills lips smiled
Improve It. She writes to her sold? And she was elght.v-flve miles of the corrals More than once Ruth
LOST
10 LBS. IN A W EEK
"If I had not haM able Io meet
father In the East asking a loan
saw him watching her.
my note. Mr Snavely. la II not Irna
with which to buy cattle. She re from help .
Mrs. Iletly Luedeke of Dayton,
"How long did you say you and
ceives no reply. Will Thane comes
After the mmn meal. Ruth went that you would have had my entire
writes "I am using Kruschen to
home to visit his father
. . and your father were going to be to the corrals and caught up Brisket
■
Interest
In
the
ranch?"
asked
Ruth
reduce weight— 4 lost 1« pounds In
Ruth meets him. A rancher near away?” asked Ruth, as Will drove
and Sanches. To her surprise. Sna quietly.
one week and cannot any to«» much
by decides to retire and offers to
past
the
barn.
valy
came
from
the
blacksmith
sell Ruth and Snavely his livestock
Snavely spoke glibly. "Not at all. to recommend It."
"About a week. We're leaving to »hop and helped her saddle the
on credit. Snavely tries to balk
To lake off fat easily, safely and
Mrs Warren Such a thing ain't poa-
the deal hut Ruth buys to the limit morrow morning and expect to be horse
quickly lake one half teaapoonful
.
,
1
slble
because
we're
pardner.
I'ar-
of her three-quarter Interest In home again next Saturday even
"Ooln' for a ride, eh? he asked ker or anybody _i.„
...„ of Kruschen In a glass of hoi water
else ......1,1
could i have
Dead l-antern ranch. She Is a ssist
every morning before breakfast—
ing."
with
a
strained
smile.
ed bv Old Charley Thane and his
look your Interest away from you an S5r bottle laala « weeks Oat
As they were helping David, who
“Yes; the mall To-day's Satur If you couldn't pay the note But It at any drug store In America. If
son. Will Thane. A Mexican family
has been hired to assist with the was more than half asleep, out of day."
this first bottle (ails to convince
not me; I’m your pardner ”
work. A peculiar sickness develops the car. Ruth thanked Will for the
you Ihl. 1» the easlact. safeal and
"I was Jeel geltln' set to «0 down
with the livestock. Snavely calls It
It was a moment before Ruth surest way lo lose fal money
"liver fever” . . . . and says he has trip Then said hesitatingly. .”1 wish ihat-a way. myse'f I'll be startln could reply. She saw the deadlines*
track.
a powder for the water to cure the you and your father would come directly."
disease. Ruth's whole future Is at over soon— I can't promise you a
"Perhaps Itovld and I will see
stake on the development of the very cheerful dinner, hut—"
you. then." replied Ruth
herd to meet her notes following
"Fine!" Will Interrupted tactful
Snavely did nol speak for a mo
the first round-up.
Milk contains more food
At the round-up Rut has enough ly. "You set the day and we'll cer ment ; then said casually. "No use
value Hutu any other product
tainly raise the dust getting here." In you goln'—without you're set on
stock to sell to meet her notes.
NOW GO ON WITH STORY-----
"Well, how about coming over it. I ran bring (he mall."
you can buy. Il In a complete
the
day after you get back—Sun
Ruth Ignored this suggestion and
IN S T A L L M E N T T W E N T Y
food In Itself
pure and
dayr
helped David to mount.
Mr. Martin gazed thoughtfully at
healthful.
Will nodded "That'll be all right
As she and David rode along the
their ceiling above Ruth's head.
faintly marked road, the girl's
Presently he asked, "Did this man We'll show up about noon."
Our milk la handled un
"1 wonder—" Ruth paused.
mind was busy. The situation on
know that you were the only bene
der
Ihe
moat sanitary condi
"W
hair
the Desil ljintern was drawing lo
flclarv of your brother's will?"
"I hate awfully to admit It. but a climax; It seemed to her as
tions We guarantee every
"He didn't even know about me 1 lost your father's Revolver—It wa
though the very air was tensely
bottle.
until I came to the ranch. 1 sup
hurled as the old house fell. 1 wish charged.
pose after we'd talked Ue found out
you'd try to get me another like It
Since the evening before. Ruth
there was no one else— I told him
in Los Angeles Gould you? He’s had definitely connected Snavely
Ask your dealer in Eugene or Springfield for
my share was three-quarters. He
asked me once or twice why 1 did with the voire In the gulch; be had
Maid O' Cream Butter
read the will, too."
n't wear It when 1 went riding, but been landing there by the fence
“Then I think we might attempt I didn't want to tell him.”
when she and Will came home, and
to otve the riddle in this manner:
"Good Ixird! Is that all you’ve Ann had heard the voice that same
the man may have thought that been worrying about? Well, forget evening She tried to recall Sna»-|
since you were rather new to ranch It right now' Dad's lost more than ely's whereabouts on the occasions
ing he could perhaps encourage one gun In his time— as a matter of when the voice had spoken. At first,
— ■— ■
you to sell him your Interest—" fact, he was forred to give one or she told herself that the man had
Ruth nodded con firmation, and Mr two of ’em away Sure. 1 can get two or three perfect alibis—yet.!
Martin continued: "He could have you one. But say. you should have were they? Did she know positively
given you a ca«h payment for your said something about this before. that he had gone to Palo Verde
holdings, and you might have gone Here"— Will drow a revolver from on the night nr the storm? One
away, assuming that everything the pocket of the car—"keep this thing certain, he had not brought
had come to a satisfactory conclu until I see you again."
hack any Mexicans And that even
sion."
Ruth took the gun without much ing when she and Kenneth and
Regardless of slate liquor stores Egglmaiin's will
Ruth hesitated. "Has my so-call urging. She stood watching while David had first come through the
remain the best place in town to get a drink. Our
ed tarte r committed any crime In he turned the car about. He leaned gulch. Snavely had apparently been
fountain dispenses what folks like both winter and
not telling me that I had no rights from the seat. "We'll see you next milking at the barn—yet. Ruth had
sum m er real refreshing drinks They coat so little
on the place?”
never known of his milking since
week—good night.”
* but
•’ are so good that they are popular with every-
The lawyer pursed his lips. "No
As she answered. Ruth saw the True, he always avoided going
class - young or old.
crime, exactly, but it should be slowly moving lights swing toward through the gulch as though he
plain to any one what his motlvee the gulch, and gasped; Snavely was were afraid of It But that did not '
We mix ’em like you like ’em.
were.”
standing near the fence, partly con prove that he had nothing to do
with the voice. Perhaps he went
"What ought 1 to do?” asked cealed by a bu h.
Ruth.
She ran back to the house. What around, merely to give her the Idea
"I think, If 1 were you. I should had Snavely been doing in the that he was afraid. She began t o .
tell him that you have consulted vicinity of the gulch? As ahe stood feel that the only thing which de
"Where the Servir» Is Dlffereoi
an attorney and that you intend to on the dark porch Ruth suddenly finitely mitigated against Snavely
being
responsible
for
the
voice
was
have the will probated Once that decided to find Ann.
She knocked on the giantess' that the legend of the whispering'
has been adjusted, I do not believe
rock was very old—there was no (
anything further will be done; ex door.
After a moment Ann slowly open getting around that. Every one
cept. of course, the selling of the
ranch and the dividing of the pro ed It. A low turned lamp burned In knew the legend; even Don Fran
ceeds according to both your In the room. She had taken off her cisco had heard of It as a boy 9h>-
d tcrmlned to explore the gulch.
shoes and shirt.
terests.”
But Ruth did not explore the
“Oh. are you up yet? I Just
"Oh.” Ruth smiled uncertainly as
she stood up. "That's a relief. 1 thought I'd tell you that we've come gulch that day. In the mall was a
think I'll be going now. I'll decide hack. Have you been reading letter addressel to J B. Snavely. In
the upper left-hand corner of the
later just what I want to do. What Ann?"
envelope was the business head of
"No. I cain't read.”
do I owe you for your advice?"
"But why are you dressed? Have the broker, Witherspoon.
Mr. Martin smiled slightly. "You
Snavely had evidently changed
ow e me nothing—but here Is my you been anywhere?”
The huge woman lowered her hts mid about fixing the gate. He
card. I rather feel that we shall
was near the saddle shed when
eyes and slowly nodded.
meet again.”
■
Her job is to dislocate the liquor
Ask yourself w hat General Martin knows about Lane
county.
the first line of which reads, "The Holy Bible,"
snd which coo tains Four Great T reaiur« . . . . . . . .
S2W T ON
SAMUEL, SAUL AND DAVID
Finally there was Samuel, stern, uncompromising, in
corruptible. He was not a particularly loveable character,
and his powerful one-m an rule does not seem to have left
a place for any associates. At least the people saw no one
capable of carrying on in his place, and reminded him b ru t
ally th a t his own sons were failures.
Behold, thou art old. and thy sons walk not In thy ways;
now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
Angrily Samuel agreed, but not without a warning.
Their king would be tyrannical, he told them ; they would
repent their demand. None the less he acceded to it, and
searching through the tribes he found a clean-cut young
m an named Saul who stood head and shoulders above all
the rest. Him he selected and anointed as Israel’s first king.
“God save the king,” shouted the people happily—the
first time in history th a t the cry had been raised— and in
deed it looked as though their happiness were justified.
They had a brave and handsom e m onarch whose modesty
was as striking as his courage. W hat now could stop them
from complete success? But Saul’s career is one of the
great tragedies. He might have been the George W ashing
ton of his people, but he could not stand prosperity, and
so little perm anent imprint did he leave th at the w riter of
Hebrews, in enum erating the great characters of the na
tion, does not even mention his name. He was modeBt
and likable, but he was a prey to sullen moods and the slave
of jealousy.
He was jealous of Jonathan, his son. and would have
slain him but for the determined protest of the people. Most
of all was he jealous of David, who, when the arm ies of
Israel were standing in helpless terro r before the giant
leader of the Philistines, Goliath, took his shepherd’s sling,
picked up a smooth stone from the brook and planted it
squarely in the giant’s forehead. Eor this victory, and the
acclaim th at followed it, Saul never forgave him.
• Saul was not w ithout m ilitary genius. He led his peo
ple more than once to victory. Throughout his career fight
ing was constant, with the Amalekites, the Philistines and
other hostile tribes, and som etim es one side won and some
tim es the other. But much of the energy and time that
ought to have gone into the nation’s battles was spent in
the vain effort to destroy David: and the net result of Saul’s
reign was little. "Tom orrow ,” said the ghost of Samuel,
appearing grimly before him, “to-m orrow shalt thou and
thy sons he with me.” Saul m arched Into battle on the
morrow knowing that his fate was sealed; and when the
final m om ent of defeat arrived lie called upon his sword
hearer to run him through.
If you are thrilled by Napoleon, the penniless young
lieutenant leaping to the throne of an empire; If your im
agination is warmed by the rise of the gaunt, homely, coun
try boy Lincoln to the White House, then there is a treat
for you In David.
drink more
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