THE GAZETTE-TIMES, IIEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1923.
PAGE THREE
Professional Cards
DR. F. E. FARRIOR
DENTIST
Office Upstairs Over Poatofitee
Hrppner, Orrgun
A. D. McMUUDO, M.D.
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Office in Masonic Building
Trained Nurse Aaaialant
Hii(m-r, Oregon
C. C. CHICK, M. D.
PHYSICIAN A SURGEON
Office Upstairs Over Poatoflice
Trained Nurse AealaUnt
Ht-ppner, Oregun
WOODSON & SWEEK
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Offices in
Fint National Bank Building
Heppner, Oregon
Van Vactor & Butler
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Suite 805
First National Bank Building
THE DALLES, ORE.
S. E. NOTSON
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Offic In Court Hgum
Hfppntr, Oregon
Omw I'hone, Main 64S
Knidvnc Phone, Main 686
Francis A. McMenamin
LAWYER
Gilman Building. Heppner, Ore.
ry, 1923, at 10 o'clock A M., of said
day, at the front door of the Court
House in Heppner, Morrow County,
Oregon, sell at public auction to the
hiifhent bidder lor cash in hand, the
following described property, to-wit:
The aouth half of the south half of
Section 23 and the north half of Sec
tion 26, all in Township 3 South,
Range 23 E. W. W being the real
property mortgaged by R. J. Vaughan
and Edith W. Vaughan, his wife, to
plaintiff to secure payment of the
foregoing amount and ordered sold
by the court for that purpose, or so
much thereof as may be necessary
to satisfy the said judgment in favor
of plaintiff and again at said defend
ants, together with all costs and dis
bursements that have or may accrue.
This sale is subject to a first mort
gage of Ada M. Ayers for $3,600.00.
GEORGE McUUFFEE, Sheriff.
Dated at Heppner, Oregon, Janu
ary 24, 1923.
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT.
Notice is hereby given that Mar
garet Wright, the duly appointed,
qualified and acting administratrix of
the estate of Harley Wright, deceas
ed, has filed her final account with
the County Court of the State of Ore
gon for Morrow County, and that
said Court has set as the time and
place for the final settlement of said
account, Saturday, February 10, 1923,
at the hour of two o'clock P. M., in
the Court room of the County Court
for Morrow County, Oregon. All per
sons having objections to said ac
count must appear and file them on
or before said date of settlement.
MARGARET WRIGHT,
Administratrix,
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Folka like to pamper the prodigal eon
Maybe no more tlian tliey a oner
But no one aa yet has been able to get
Any veal lor Me prodigal aaugmer.
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der Twlgga."
F. II. ROBINSON
LAWYER
IONE. OREGON
E. J. STARKEY
ELECTRICIAN
HOUSE WIRING A SPECIALTY
Heppner, Oregon
I'h.n. S7I
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at La Grande, Oregon,
Jan, 6, 1923. Notice is hereby given
that Clarence Reid, of Heppner, Ore
gon, who, on July 21, 1920, made Ad
ditional Homestead Entry No. 017546,
for NWtt SW, Section 4, NEK
SEW. Section 6, TownBhip 6 South,
Range 27 East, Willamette Meridian,
haa filed notice of intention to make
three-year Proof, to establish claim
to the land above described, before
United States Commissioner, at
Heppner, Oregon, on the 27th day of
February, 1923.
Claimant names as witnesses:
R. W. Owens, J. L. Carter, Chas.
Osten, A- T. Harris, all of Heppner,
Oregon.
CARL G. HELM, Register.
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS AN
NUAL MEETING.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the annual meeting of the stockhold
ers of the Heppner Mining Company
will be held at the office of the First
National Bank in Heppner, Oregon, on
the aecond Tuesday of February,
1923, being the lltlh day of Feruary
1D23, at the hour of 2 o'clock in the
afternoon of said day. This meet
ing is for the purpose of electing
officers and for the transaction of
such other business as may appear.
D. B. STALTER, President.
J. O. HAGER, Secretary.
Heppner Sanitarium
DR. . PERRY CON DEB
PhriicUn-in-Caarge
Treatment of all diseases. Isolated
wards for contagious diseases.
FIRE INSURANCE
Waters & Anderson
Kucceaaora to C. C. Patterson
Hvppaer, Oregon
MATERNITY HOME
MHtt. G. C. AIKBN, IIKPPNKR
I am pri-pared to take a limited num
Imt uf mmvrtiity cmmj t my home.
P.tlmti prlvilrswl la choaM thtlr own
Iltnt or cur and nUtntiun suwurwl.
PHONE a&
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned administratrix of the es
tate of Frank C. Adkins, deceased.
has filed her final account as admin
istratrix of Raid estate and that the
County Court of the State of Oregon
for Morrow County has fixd Monday,
the 6th day of March, 1123, at the
hour of 10 o'clock in the forenoon of
said day, as the time, and the County
Court room in the court house at
Heppner, Oregon, as the place, of
hearing and settlement of said final
account. Objections to said final ac
count must be filed on or before said
date.
MATTIE W. ADKINS,
Administratrix.
E.J.KELLER
TREE PRUNING
AUCTIONEERING
HORSE SHOEING
lleppnor, Oregon
L. VAN MARTER
FIRE, AUTO AND LIFE
INSURANCE
Old Line Companies
REAL ESTATE
Heppner, Ore.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior, U.
Land Office at La Grande, Oregon
January !7. 112:1. Notice is hereby
given that Wi Milam Cunningham, of
lx'na, Oregon, who, on August 14
litliO, made Additional Homestead En
try No. 017377, lor WfcSW4. SEtt
SWla, Section 20, N 4 NWk, SE
NWW, Section 2, NE'4 NE',4, Section
30, Township 3 South, Range 2D Enat,
Willamette Meridian, haa filed notice
of intention to make three-year Proof
to entablinh claim to the land above
described, before United States Com
missioner at Heppner, Oregon, on the
20th day of March, li23.
Claimant names aa witnesses:
Paul Hfsler, of Heppner, Oregon
Percy Cox, of Heppner, Oregon, Frank
T. Peery, of Lena, Oregon; L. L. Miatt
of Lena, Oregon.
CARL G. HELM, Register.
JOS.J.NYS
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Upstairs in
Humphreys Building
Heppner, Oregon
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Notice is hereby given that tho un
dersigned has been appointed ad
ministrator of the estntte of Ann Mi
nor, deceased, and has accepted aald
trust. All persons having claims
against the estate of said deceased
re hereby required to present the
anme, duly verified as by law required
at the office of Woodson ft Sweck, my
attorneys, at Hoppner, Oregon, with
in six month, from the date of first
publication of this summons.
Dated and published the first time
this 11th day of January, 1923.
W. B. POTTER, Administrator.
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE.
n virtue of an execution and or-
Hr of sale duly Issued by the Clerk
of the Circuit Court of the County
of Morrow, Stnte of Oregon, dntod
fh. 99ml rlav of January, 1023, In a
certain action In tho Circuit Court
for said County and Stnte whoroln
Tilman Hogue, Plaintiff, recovered
InHtrmpnt airntnst R. J. Vaughan and
Edith W. Vaughan, Defendants, for
tha sum of Twenty-nine Hundred
Dollars, with interest thereon at the
rate of seven per cent por annum
frnnv- tho ninth day of June, 1921,
anA th. further sum of Throe Hun
H! Dollars attorney's feos, and
costs and disbursements taxed at
Twenty Dollars, on the ISth day of
January, 1923.
Nntlea la hereby given that I will
on Saturday, the 24th day of Febru-
H EM STITCHING I have installed
a hemstitching machine at my apart
ment in the Gilman building and will
give all orders for work in that line
my best attentoin. Your patronage Is
solicited. Mrs. C. C. Patterson. tf
FOR RENT Good room in private
residence gentleman preferred. In
quire this office.
STRAYED OR STOLEN One black
stallion colt, 2 years old the coming
spring; branded JF on right shoulder,
one white foot; missed from pasture
at Wm. Hendrix place about Aug.
1022. Notify GUY L. BARLOW
Heppner, phone 23F41,
FOR SALE-19 head of mules,
coming 3-year-olds; 11 2 year-olds.
R. K. DRAKE, Eight Mile, Oregon,
hone 23F3.
KEY KONTEST.
YOU ARE INVITED TO BRING IN
YOUR KEYS AND TRY THEM
IN THE LOCK.
LAST DAY FOR TRYING KEYS
FEBRUARY 15th
Patterson & Son
7h eMtM Smr,
LOST A bunch of keys on hexa
gon ring; part of ring broken off.
Kinder plenne leave at this omce.
FOR SALE U. S. Motor truck, ltt
ton. pneumatic tires, in good condi
tion: reasonable terms. Write Box
.191, lone, Oregon.
LOST From barn at L. V. Gentry
ranch, Saturday night, dark green
overcoat. Please return to this of-
lice. $5. rewnrd,
FOR RENT Wheat ranch, fully
euul lined. Write or aee W. H
GOULD, Lexington. Ore.
FOR SALE Thoroughbred Duroc
Jorsey bonr. Sensation stock. Pric
$-10.00. F. A. Helms, Echo, Ore,
FOR BALK-Two brood sows, wt.
nearly 400 lbs., with 6 pigs each; (40
nploce. Inquire of Louis Balslgo
lone, Ore.
HOUSE FOR RENT 5 rooms an
bath. Inquire this office.
WILLIAM ALLEN WHITB
Ar rw ears ago we oi;
worked in the overall factory.
o, ... a n-.tl. (rli.1 thftfl flnll
naturally the neighbors talked about
her, for the people who live along
Jersey Creek are really no better than
they who live on Independence ave
nue, in gpite of the theories that pov
erty and charity go togelher. So when
she left the factory the women of the
Jersey Creek neighborhood hinted
that the foreman had been too polite
to her. But If she had remained at
the factory they would have given the
same reason for her staying. After
that, she went to the theater with
young men who turned up their coat
collars and wore their hands in their
pockets in the fall and spring, In Hen
of overcoats. During the summer fol
lowing her discharge from the over
all factory she became a park (lend.
When she gave up her counter In
the cheap dry-goods store, she re
mained at home, apparently keeping
house for her father. He worked In
"the shops" somewhere over In "the
bottoms," and came home tired and
grimy at night, and went to bed early.
He slept in the room off the kltcnen.
and his daughter slept In the front
room. He did not know when she
came In at night, and he did not think
of caring to know. Her father paid
no attention to the little brother and
sister who teased the daughter at
table about the young men who fre
quented the house. If the other mem
bers of the family had been plaguing
the ten-year-old girl who led In the
raillery, the father would have been
eauallv heedless of their chatter. The
eldest daughter made him very happy
by simple tenderness, though, of
course, he did not understand that
his warmth for her and the longing
which he felt all day to get home for
supper, was happiness. .
But, unconsciously, his daughter
grew very necessary to him. He was
not of the world that analyses its emo
tions, yet he could not fall to see her
beauty, nor to be proud of her for It;
and when she was dressed to go out
and she went out early and often--
bis pride blinded him to the gaudiness
of her clothes, her frowzy hair, and
the shocking make-up on her pretty
face. Probably his discernment was
not keen enough to see these faults,
even had he not been so fond of her.
But other fathers who had daughters
suw these things, and mothers of the
neighborhood who bad suns did not
mention the Beusly girl In the family
circle. It was only after Miss Beasly
hud Joined a comedy company, or
ganized to piny the "White Slave" and
Only a Farmer's Daughter" through
the West, that her name was men
tinned at all freely by Jersey Creek's
arlslocracy, and then It was as if
were dead. And Mrs. Hlnkley,
who took cure of the children and
looked lifter the lonely old man, often
snlrt to Inquiring women of the
neighborhood, "It would break your
heart to see Mr. Bensly a-grlevln' an'
a-grlevln' for that hussy; an' whlnlver
he gets a letter from her he reads It
at the supper table before them chil
dren wld that flourish you'd thank
tch, tch, tch, I do wonder if he
knows." And after some discussion
she would sigh, "Well, It's not for me
to tell him."
What a wonderful thing Is absence.
It Is like the dark In Its power to
transform people and situations and
the relations of things. Though she
had grown up under his eyes, the old
ninn and his daughter had scarcely
spoken a serious word to each other.
The father had never Inquired what
his daughter was or was not. She
was only "her" In his thought. They
were strangers, but when he began
to forget her presence, he found him
self continually thinking of things he
would like to say to her. "Her" dis
appeared, and dreams altogether dif
ferent from his former conception of
her, took her place. He longed for
her, and yenrned to tell her the great
love In his heart. Among the noisy
wheels, he mumbled to himself,
speeches that he wanted to make to
her, and In the scrawled letter he
sent her occasionally, he wrote some
of these tender things.
One day she wrote thnt she was
Coming home for a vacation, and his
heart was very glad. He rend and re
read the letter, and droned It off at
the supper table to Mrs. Hlnkley and
the children. As he rend It, neither
the hearers nor the reader realized
how much feeling the writer had put
Into the matter-of-fact words, "I want
to be home with , you all again."
These words were meant to tell
story of heartache and loneliness and
despair, hut they were commonplace)
and fell short. For poor people are
as blunt In sensibility as the com
fortably rich, and the suggestion to
Mis. Hlnkley of the possibility nf any
human feeling In the Bensly girl's
heart would have fallen on barren
soil.
When the day for the girl's coming
arrived, Mrs, Hlnkley was gone from
the Bensly home, hut the old man
had "laid off" a day from his work.
He was Joyful In the hope that he
might say soma of the tender things
h bad written, and then keep up the
new happiness that bad come to him,
yet be ieared that hu daughter would
le so fur above iilni that she would
not care for It. He put on his best
suit of clothes, and sent the children
away. The liouae was in conspicuous
"company order"; he arranged things,
himself, and a Sunday stiffness and
quiet prevailed. He sat In the front
room waiting for her. When he
beard voices at the fence, be recog
nized that of his daughter, and his
pulse quickened; but when he looked
through the curtain and saw a stran
ger with her, his heart sunk.
Father and daughter met at the
door; he held out his hand to her and
she passed in, followed by the stran
ger, while the father said awkwardly,
"Well, Allie" and after a pau&e,
"how are you?"
A smile Inclosed the commonplace
answer, and the old man continued
In a high-keyed tone with the upward
inflection, looking vacantly at the
dupper stranger who had not been
introduced, "1 s'pose you've been get
tln' to be such a grand lady " He
laughed nervously, and with conscious
embarrassment. The daughter seal
ed her guest, and the father, with a
feint at cheer, chirped, "Well, you're
loukln' hale and hearty."
"Is there anything in the cupboard,
pa?" asked the girl, as she took off
her soiled gloves and threw her Unuc
shabby cloak and her expensive, but
betowsled hut upon the bed. "1 a'u
Just dyin' for a bite; we didn't set
any breakfast." The old man went
to get something, and when he re
turned the stranger was gone. She
did not taste what he had brought,
but turned and threw her arms alxmt
his neck ; there were tears in her eves
as she said, "Oh, pa pa ain't it
good to be back again !"
The father, summoning all bis cour
age to break away from the common
words of welcome began again In a
quavering, nervous voice, "Well, Al
lie I guess 'at nieliby you you think
someway that yer daddy has forgot
you, but Allie, I tell you, I do
you know, I think a whole lot of
you." It was the best he could do,
but he kissed her, and that was some
thing It was a great deal for both of
them. Then they relaxed, and talked
of the children, about whom she asked
a great deal, and of the neighbors,
about whom she asked nothing.
The "Comedy Company"
bad
Ing she cried herself to sleep, .brood
ing over her own personal sorrow.
She was awakened by her father
scraping the ashes from the kitchen
stove, and her heart rose to her
throat with great love for him. Dur
ing that emlre day the girl held her
father In her mind as she went about
her household duties. It seemed to
her that her life with him wag really
worth living, and she was glad that
since her return she bad sent ber old
companions away. Yet her band was
raised against the world ber narrow
world that Is the epitome of the great
narrow world because It persecuted
ber and pointed Its finger at the one
being she loved. But the very fact
that her father was set apart froj)
his fellows because of her drew him
close to her. And the night thoughts
followed her all through the day, till
she longed for hi return. It was a
good day In her life.
She heard his footsteps on the walk
In front, and heard him coming
around the bouse to the kitchen door,
When he crossed the threshold she
kissed him. The old man was a little
abashed at the suddenness of It, bat
he was pleased. He took a chair and
sat in the back yard leaning against
the house. From there be talked with
her through the open door. They had
passed the usual questions of the day,
w hen the old man said, "Allie, y can't
guess what Mrs. Hlnkley said about
you this evening." The daughter
blanched as she stood In the doorway,
and said nothing. It was dusk, and
the old man did not notice her. "She
said, sez she, 'Mr. Beasly, do you
know that you are doln' wrong to
keep Allie In the house there?' I says,
Why so, Mrs. Hlnkley r and she
wouldn't say nothln' but 'Well, y' are,
that's all." I s'pose Mrs. Hlnkley
thinks that 'cause you're grown to
be so purty an' an' all that you're
ashamed to stay here In Jersey with
your old daddy." Strange things
were crowding Into the girl's mind
a fearful lmmastery In her heart.
Then the temptation came with her
father's question. "But you ain't
ashamed to stay with your poor, hon
est ol' pap, are j Allie?"
There was a short silence. As It
lengthened Into a distinct pause the
man's heart was shot with fear. He
felt remorse wrap him about re
morse and humiliation. He sprang
lamely from the leaning chair to his
HIS OWN GAME
By JANE GORDON
Secretary of Labor Davis, Addressing Wom
en's Industrial Conference Stresses Im
portance of Looking After Welfare of 8,
500,000 Women Who Dailly Work in Am
erica's Industries and Commercial Institutions.
If n IrM
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,1H CIPH OK-i
OF ALL WAGE EARNERS IN U. S.
"Father and Daughter Met st the Door."
fulled, ami she was at home to siaj1.
Her absence had muile both father
and daughter understand how much
each was to the other. The little
signs of endearment did not vanish as
the days wore on. She smoothed his
hair when she passed him, and he
caught her dress and tombed her sim
ply with his bund as she came near
him at her work. So much was his
heart wrapped up In her that he did
not notice the absence of the neigh
bors from the house, and when he
asked them to come, and laughingly
upbraided them for their social care
lessness, he accepted their explana
tions with no thought of their insin
cerity.
His pride In her knew no conven
tionality nnd no propriety. Once,
when the boys in the shop were eat
ing their noonday lunch in the shade
of the building, be looked up from a
piece of pie to say In a lull of the
conversation, "You fellers may talk
all you want to about your purty
girls, but 1 bet I've got one at home
'at '1 bent all yours put together.
Some o' you young fellers orto come
out an' see her." And when the fel
lows winked at one another and set
up a laugh, the old mnn toughed, too,
and suld, "That's what I said; and I
didn't smile w hen I said It ; she's the
purtlest girl you ever saw cf ber dud
does say so."
He told her that night how they
hud laughed, and how be lutd "stuck
to his words and made them shut up,"
but she was bending over the stove In
the dark corner, and he could not see
the (lush In ber eyes, and the quick
quiver of hate that curled the muscles
of her upper lip. The old man and
the children prattled on until she
composed herself, and Joined the fam
ily group.
That night she tossed In her bed
and turned her feverish pillow n hun
dred times. She cursed the world, Its
people, and Its social arrangement.
She wanted to make people suffer,
Her father's disgrace, nnd the thought
thnt she could not defend him made
her frantic. When It was uearly morn-
teet and staggered to the door, cry
ing piteously with woe In his voice,
"Oh, Allie, Allie my my little girl,
Allie! We'H move, Allie; we'll move."
He came to her and stood help
lessly before her. He could not know
why she was dumb. He misunder
stood and was turning away In a
slow agony of shame, when her love
for him swept her as upon t wave
Into his arms, sobbing.
She recovered quickly, nnd has
tened to a sputtering pan which she
pretended needed her attention. The
old mnn touched her dress In his
wonted way, as he passed her going
toward the door. He hesitated, and
seemed to have another protest upon
his Hps. The daughter felt that she
could not keep her sorrow back If
he spoke. The old man did not note
the pathetic tremble In her voice as
she cried to her little sister, playing
at the door:
"Jen-nee, Jennie, o-o-h Jennie, you
go cut me a switch; I got to tend
to your pa. He's makin' me spoil this
supper." She added in a firmer
voice, "The very tdee of our movln'."
And the old man, looking back with
smile, went Into the twilight full
of Joy.
Lacked Press Agents.
The king ordered all the men to
take the Held. The chancellor trem
blingly approached the throue and
whispered something, but his majesty
shook his head Impatiently.
"Let the publicity end he taken
care of by the women and children."
"But the women and children," ven
tured the chancellor, "will have all
they can do to till the soil, operate
the factories, keep the bourses open,
and so forth."
"Then let the publicity end take
care of Itself!" the king Insisted
stubbornly.
The result was about what you
might expect. The war was fought
with valor and brilliancy, but when It
passed Into history It did so with al
most a total lack of anything like dis
tinction. St. Louis Qlobe-Domocrat.
(O, WaeMra Newspaar Union.)
The man brought his boat to shore
and gave a low, soft whistle. Leaning
forward, he endeavored to sight
through the fall-colored brush the
crude old house that stood on the
edge of the wood. He could Just
glimpse Its chimnys, from which
smoke was ascending. He bad discov
ered this dwelling, when on bis bunt
Ing trip he had mistaken bis way back
to the hunting lodge and been obliged
to ask direction.
The house had seemingly been oc
cupied by a strangely attractive young
woman and a crabbed and shabby old
one. The old woman had brusquely
informed Thornton that "the men
folks" were working an she couldn't
tell him. The young woman came
smilingly to his assistance.
"The paths hereabout," she told him,
"are so misleading."
Thornton, gazing from the faded
crimson felt hat on the girl's dark
head to the rough high boots that
ended her overall costume, was sur
prised again, at the softness of her
voice. The vision of her dark, eager
eyes, the flash of white teeth between
arimson Hps, with her recurring smile.
haunted Thornton so that he made
the trip to the bouse at the edge of
the wood again and again. 80 be
and Noras had become good friends,
very good friends Indeed.
It had taken, at first, much Ingenu
ity to persuade her to meet him at the
turn of the shore promises of books
of travel-lore. Noma was vastly In
terested In pictures of foreign lands-
Interested In views of Thornton's own
city, with Its wondrous taU buildings.
The famous musician enjoyed Im
mensely the girl's delighted enthusi
asm. Then he had later been able to
persuade Noma to ride in his motor
boat, and they had plowed Joyously
down the lake together.
Noma was all surprises and charm
ing originality.
Thornton regretted that the young
women of his own class at home might
not hold for him a like Interest They
were all wearisome. In their expected
modem attitude.
Noma was different every hour, ae
sweet and winsome as an innocent
child.
He engaged in musing fancies of
her over his evening cigars at the
hunting lodge the most adventurous
after he had glimpsed one day a male
occupant of the mystifying house.
This man, hurrying in the direction
of the wood, had the roughness of an
ancient pirate. That night Thornton
Indulged the fancy that Noma had, In
Infancy, been kidnaped by Lizzie and
her co-conspirators.
As time passed In her delightful
proximity, Thornton did not hesitate
to make love to the woodland maid
In whimsical, tender fashion that
had won hearts more sophisticated.
He carried his violin the night he
took her to ride on the moonlit water
and wooed her with music that set his
audience on fire. That night he
kissed her before he let her go. Next
day he was returning to New York.
He smiled amusedly at his own
handsome reflection In the mirror over
the thought of his reluctnnce to leave
this woodland girl. Then he went to
bid her good-by. He choose moon
light again for the setting, for he had
an Idea that the episode might lead to
later Inspiration.
Noma came again at his call. She
wore this evening an unaccustomed
dress of trailing white. It was vast
ly becoming. Thornton smiled covert
ly at the flowing draperies.
"It Is good-by tonight. Noma," he
said ruthlessly. "I am going hack to
the city. It Is not likely that we shall
meet again."
Breathless, wide-eyed, she stood re
garding him.
"Come down to the boat," he In
vited. "We will float Into the moon
light while I play my farewell to
yon."
The girl, poised In her white drap
eries, did not move.
"Good night," she said dully. "Go,
please now."
Thornton hesitated. Perhaps she
would make It uncomfortable for him
These lone women In solitary places
Briskly he retracted his steps to
the boat From Its seat he could
still see Noma standing there a
white vision In the moonlight. The
vision haunted him atterwnrd.
It was strange how that lust sor
rowful gaze of the gypsy-dark eyes
did haunt him how ho could fancy
the girl's trill of laughter In the high
notes of his violin. Poor little Noma
It bad been rough on her. his close
companionship ; Its abrupt uprooting.
So thought Thornton. Then one day he
came upon a billboard In front of tbe
Palace theater. Noma's picture,
flaunted In the very white robe In
which he had last seen her, confront
ed him. Below, Noma of the overall
costume; Noma In red gingham.
"The Oirl of Lone Wood." he read,
"Featuring Noma New-comb."
It was in busy New York, so that It
was not strange that, turning, Thorn
ton should tg the noted actress her
self regarding her own printed por
trait. Lovely In modish attire, she
smiled recognition to him It was the
old witching smile.
Breathless, wide-eyed as the Noma
of their parting had stood, so Thorn
ton now waited.
The actress moved on her way.
"Oood-by. Mr. Thornton," she said.
"It Is not likely that we shall meet-again."
Washington, Jan. 30. Secretary of Labor James J.
Davis in an address before the Women's Industrial Con
ference held at Washington, discussed the problem of
women in industry in America. Secretary Davis stated
that there are today 8,500,000 women in America who
are in the ranks of wage-earners. Commenting upon
this fact Secretary Davis said:
The fact, as revealed by the recent census, that of 572
occupations listed, only 35 failed to show employment of
women, calls for serious consideration. In almost all
lines of industry women are at work side by side with
men, sharing the same conditions, conforming to the
same standards, and turning out the same products. In
many of these occupations, women, by superior adapta-
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men as workers. It is significant that during the decade
between 1910 and 1920 the number of women employed
in our strictly industrial plants increased by 100,000.
"Under the pressure of the demand for increased pro
duction during the war, women were forced into indus
try at a greatly increased rate. The conditions of the
reconstruction period have continued the demand for
their employment. There is no evading the fact that
women are in industry to stay. The duty devolves upon
the whole people to see to it that their employment is
safeguarded so that the general welfare of the nation
may not suffer.
"I am confident that we can keep on our way toward
giving to all our women the higher, better, nobler things
of life. For our country can be only as good as its wom
en. The nation of the future can be no better than its
mothers. Today more than one-fifth of the women of the
United States are employed in gainful occupations. More
than one-tenth of the married women of the nation are
so employed. These figures demonstrate clearly the need
for thorough consideration of the problems which con
front these mothers and potential mothers of our citizens
of the future. Upon the right solution of these problems
depends our very existence as a nation.
"These problems are more than mere matters of in
dustrial technique or industrial efficiency. They are prob
lems essentially human, which must be met and solved
from the human viewpoint, for whatever position women
may occupy industrially her great service to humanity
and to the nation is in her capacity as a mother. We must
see to it that we do not sacrifice motherhood upon the
altar of greed for industrial production."
In this connection, a recent statement issued by the
Women's Bureau of the United States Department of
Labor is very pertinent. The statement dealt with "some
exploded theories about women in industry." The ex
ploded theories were enumerated as follows:
(1) The theory that women work for pin money.
The cold hard facts, proved by statistics collected by the
Government, show that the great bulk of working women
(and they comprise one-fourth of all the wage earners
in the United States) work out of necessity. Their wages
are used for the purpose of keeping themselves alive
and supporting in whole or part others dependent upon
them.
(2) The theory that girls who live at home can get
along on low wages since their family will take care of
them. The facts show that in a majority of cases girls
who live at home must contribute to the family support
rather than the family supporting the girl and leaving
her to use her wages for non-essentials.
(3) The theory that women in industry are transients;
that girls go to work merely for a short time until they
have an opportunity to marry. Industrial statistics show
that a very large percentage of women in industry are
there permanently. The percentage of those who go to
work temporarily until they marry is comparatively
small. It does not equal the percentage of those who
have been in industries from 25 to 40 years, or of mar
ried women who must work in order to assist making the
family income sufficient to support the family, or of wid
ows who must work in industry in order to raise their
children and provide a home for them.
(4) The theory that women enter the industries be
cause they prefer that sort of thing to housework. A
survey of wroking women shows that by far the majority
of them, after eight or ten hours of industrial work, go to
their homes and there engage in housework until late at
night, and are up in the morning sufficiently early to do
what is necessary about the house before going to work.
All of which demolishes the theory that these women
work in factories in order to avoid housework.
THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION.
It is highly encouraging that Gov. Pierce has asked the
present state highway commission and engineer to re
main on the job until the legislature is over, and asked
them in a way that won their good will.
The governor, the commissioners and the engineer sat
with their knees under the same table up in the highway
commission office and got somewhat acquainted.
The governor found that the members of the highway
commission were not a group of incompetent wasters of
public funds. The commissioners found that the govern
or was not merely! a demagogue. It is a good thing for
the good roads cause that they got acquainted, and with
the governor's full concurrence, the letting of contracts
for the 1923 road program is to proceed as it ouht to at
this time of year in preparation for the working season.
The deeper Gov. Pierce gets into state government, the
more he finds out that it is well administered. It is a fine
sign that he is willing to dig in before acting arbitrarily,
and that he is open to conviclion so far as administrative
method is concerned. Oregon Voter.
Chas. Erwin, leading wheat raiser of the lone country,
was transacting business in Heppner on Tuesday.