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About The Ione independent. (Ione, Or.) 1916-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1930)
v ISA. CophmsM i Bkt-Mri STORY FROM THE START In th usually quid horn 01 Rev. Mr. Tolllver of Hrd Thrush Iowa, hi motherle daughters Helen. Miriam and Bllea "Uln rr Ell" r Susy grooming' their latr Marjory for partlcl. patios' Id th -beauty pageant' that trailing. With Eddv Jack ion, proaperoue young fartnar her escort, Marjory leave tot th anticipated triumph. Over work ha effected Mr. Tolllver'i ye to th point of threatened blindness. Dinger ha tried I many way to add to th famtly'e (lender Income, but abe I m t dlacouraged. Marjory win the beauty prise, HO 00. 8b give th money to her father aa pari of th ipna neceaaary for the treatment of hie ye by Chicago apeclallata. Mr. Tolllver leave for Chicago with Miriam. Ginger meet Aleisnder Murdoch. Mr Tolllver return, th doctor giv ing him little bop. CHAPTER IV Continued "And everybody wbo buy one, will Bell fonr mora " "And It all started from on. On, tingle, solitary, llttls one." Tba glrlg talked on and on. Bat Dinger drew berteir sway from tbetn. lat enwrapped In unpenetrable Uinughi Eh remembered th old cbain let ters. They bad cum with some fre luencj s few years ago, prayer for almost STerytblng, toi tbe sirs for foreign missions for prohibition, for fundamentalism, for tbe second com Ing of tbe Lord, for tbe release of anarchistic prisoners condemned to leatb "And everybody sends It on to so fcany mors, and every one of them lends It to so many more, snd they lend It" Ginger got np suddenly snd went nt of tbe room. Sh walked dizzily Ebs went upstair, cx tbe abort lad ter from the linen closet snd bat Snced It against the wall under th trapdoor. Sh noticed that her band trembled. Rut she climbed carefully k-the ladder was old poshed np the trapdoor, end pulled herself through tbe opening. From frtre of habit, for h wss not then thinking of trap Boors, she locked It behind her, snd made ber way carefully over the beams to ber sanctuary under the former window. There she sat down heavily, to think. Kbe thought, and thought, and thoogbt until aer bright lyes were so wide, so bright, so blue, that of a sudden thy seemed to hurl ter, snd she shut them hard. Her two imatl hand were gripped so tightly srltb fingers Interlaced so clngely, that Suddenly she knew they were throb ting wltb pain, half paralyzed, so that he had to work them apart, slowly, I finger at a rime, tlut she did not stop thinking, "Chain letter on snd on all over tbs world thousands and thousands and nobody dares to stop because no body would dare to break the chain for tbe blind s home for the blind no snd on snd on." 8udenly (linger burst into low Dervous laughter, snd isughed snd tried snd twlated ber little hands snd rocked hack snd forth oo the stool In so scstasy. "Oh, oh. buw heavenly, bow perfect ly heavenly I I never could have thought of surb s hrtlllnnt tiling. Uh. as father says. I see the hand of tbe Lord In this I" She pulled (be stool to the low table Whleb she used ss s desk, and eaten' berselt wltb S professional brlakness Indicative ot tbe oneness ol purpose Which prompted ber Selecting three pencil from s large dumber in in drawer, si sharpened them nrlkly Then she drew her pad of paper toward ber. and opened IL Then she studied intently, chewing tier pencil. Sh wrote a nasty Hoe. nd quickly scratched It out. Again he wrote, again she frownlngly dls carded IL Several times shs re peated this painful process, nut at last as so often haptens, persistent (Tort brought Inspiration, snd she rrots fluently, without a psus for thought. "Our parsonage hums for the blind Is ssdly Id ueed of rund to carry on lis nobis work. Will yon not con tribute Ten Cents to this very worthy csnset And complete the chain ot good vibrations by fending aipies of this letter to three jrt your Mends In whom yon have confidence) In this Way, this valuable Institution will en Isrge IIS circle of friends snd will be nahled to continue Its care of lbs un fortunate snd oeedj Mind. "We dejwnd ou yon, "Iw not brenk lb chain. E. Tolllver. treasurer. "Bed Thrush. Iowa." Ginger wus greatly pleased wltb the formal tons ol this letter Hh knew ry well that If she received sticb so appeal, she would coiittilmie gladly tf she bad tbe oiuoe). 81 read II Ethel Hueston Illustration by win Myers III Co. W.N.U, ,S-R.viCt over snd over, adding a word, omit ting a word, substituting s word, until the final version seemed. Impossible ot Improvement. The question to whom ths leitei should be sent was subjected to deep thought Indeed, It was more than thought. so deep It was Wen. she knew, were more susceptlhls than woaSen to personal appeal partlcu larly when the personal sppeals came from not unattractive girls But wom en were more superstitious snd would be more reluctant to bring npun ihem selves the Implied curse that would result from s breaking of tbe chain Women, thee As for location, she was not pur tleular, except that it would be best to start st some distance from Red Thrush. Methodist Interests sre close ly silled In neighboring towns, snd he realized the Importance of pro tecting the family name. Now (linger berselt was deeply enamored of the chain letter Idea, to ber It smacked absolutely of the hand of Providence. But one could never know Just how fathers snd older sliters would react to things, hence she realized It would be the part ot discretion to avoid questions whose answers could out be evaded. Ginger's unfailing resource In an emergency was the dally press 8he got the last Issue of the Burling ton Hawkeys, snd studied Its col omna. Now. theore'lcally, s chain should start from e single link, but she wss not willing to trust the foundation ot ber fortunes to one mull dime which might not be forth coming. She decided opon three ss a fair start "Three links sre better than one." she said thoughtfully. "And If It starts three chains, so much the better." When ever she came to the name ot a woman mentioned prominently, shs put her finger on the place, closed ber eyes, snd tried to get a vibration bout It Finally the three letters were written, enclosed In envelopes, addressed, snd Ginger took them st once to tbs corner mull box. snd put them In. "Ah," shs breathed ecstatically as she turned back toward the parsonage. Her heart was ss light ss tbe wings of a butterfly. It seemed to ;arry hei home. Already the old house looked a new place to her. a rosy place, bright wltb Bowers, fresh paint new furni ture. Thousand npon thousands Helen herself had said It Thonsands upon thousands "Ob. wish I bad asked .or qnnr- ters." she thought. "Such a eery good cause, nobody could begrudge It" Had It sol been for the pleasnmhls excitement attendant opon Helen's wedding. (Ilngt-i fell she could not possibly have endured the strain of the days that foll-iwed. Her enfl denr In the outcome of her chain let ter home-forthe-hllnd waa absolute Winters might come, with their run sequent coal and coat hills danch ter might go. lth their petty love affairs, hut (linger Ella snd the chnln letter would go on for ever. Plans for the wedding took prece dene over everything else, for Helen, yielding to the argument that for her In this case the way ot genuine sncrl flee la J In gracious scqtilesrenr to plans already made, proceeded calmly wltb her arrangements She knew In her heart that sh would hav pr f erred s more spparenf display ol her unselfishness Hhe would have enjoyed a rei martyrdom. She would have been proud to stand glorlousli forth, to ber father, her sisters, snd Ited Thrush, giving op her marriage for a year, for ten years, for ever. II need be. Rut she was honest enough to realize that the course of true denial followed another channel Mental rest, the doctors bad pre scribed, and that could never he had In th sacrifice of his daughter's plans The wedding was to be held In the church, with the girls ol Helen's fun day school class, th Hut beans, sere- Ing a buffet luncheon In the 8unday Riven Diverted From It Is a long way from present-day floods along the Mississippi river back to th great Ice age, but happening of the latter period have considerable hearing on the trials snd tribulations of the valley dwellers. Before the great fields of Ice worked their way down from the north, st least two rivers the upper Missouri snd the Yellowstone flowed northeast and emptied Into Hudson bay With the advent of Ihs sheets of Ice, how ever, these two rivers wer forced ft run to th sotgh. snd their combined wsters cut ths gorge now followed by ths Missouri through the Dakota. At th sain lime the Bed river be- csme a hug pond called glacial Lake school assembly room, the room that was used tor church dinners, socials and the Ilk. This luncheon was to ink the place of a home reception. The details of the ceremony had been carefully practiced. Horace Langley, wltb Ei lily Jackson s his best man, was to wait lu the small room at the left side of the pulpit The brides maids we, to guttler In tbe primary room, just Inside th mnln entrance. Helen decided thai when all th Invited guests snt silently waiting within the church, she, wltb ber fa ther, would walk quietly scroas ths Intervening space from parsonage to church such s very llttls way snd while El leu took I Im on sromd to ths pulpit room on the right of th altar, shs would join her attendants In the primary department For fully a week, although but ten days had elased since the turning of the first link that was to grow Into an endless chain ot silver dimes. Gin ger had dogged the steps of tbs post man. "Letter for met There's not! That's funny." Rut on the very day before the wedding, as though to till ber rnp to utter overflowing, th postman deliv ered three letters sddresaed to B. Tolllver. sll In strnugs handwriting.. "Well, that's funny," stammered Ginger, and held out a trembling hand, and wltb the guilty consciousness of the evildoer, sure th very post no must be suspicious of such s sudden burst of correspondence, shs sdded. "Bunch of iris. I supiiose." Shs was so exdted that she fell off the ladder three times before sh Anally got her selfand the three letters Into tbe sttlc studio under the dormer-window. She was trembling nervously, fler chilly Ongers tore uselessly st the stiff paper, she hsd It open st I ft, a dime rolled nut upon the floor. She seized snd kissed It "You're my nest egg," shs whis pered, "you're my lucky piece, you're what som dumb farmer would rail pay dirt" 8li opened th other letters, three dimes resulting. A son of stillness csme over her. She sat huddled Into a smull buncb oe the old stool snd read the letters pleassnt letters. sympathetic, "It Is a Joy to help In sucb good work." "God bless tbe cause," "Pleasure to sdd my mite." "Tbe darlings." said Ginger. "The dear, sweet generous. Christian souls." Ginger hsd s significant bablt of Judging one's Chrlstlaairy, not by his thought s but by blr contributions. Three dlmee to her tepresented threw devout Christians. Very still shs sst oa th old stool, very quiet enveloped In s sweet snd grateful gladness, tier mind leaped swiftly on, to expensive curstlve treatments for ber fstber. new rich furniture to replace their threadbare shnbblness, coal snd steak and chickens - 8h kissed ths letters, one sfter the other, snd crumpled them in ber hood. to be burned 'Little white sngels." shs celled ten derly. Then she cast about for a proper re- ceptable for this incipient fortune. Three dlmee. of themselves, did not require much treasuring, but the highly Imaginative eye of Ellen Tolll ver looked already npon ths thousands snd thousands, In neat Utile stacks. that were to come. In another part of ths sttlc she ferreted out so old doll's trunk, very dusty, very shabby, but stout, well mad, wltb a strongly hinged top. snd best of sit. with tb old lock still Intact snd ths key dangling from a siring. Within It, aids by slds. shs Isld tb three dimes. snd tomed th key it th rusty old lock. Then sh moved everything else off her desk, snd directly in the middle of It shs placed ths trunk, royally alone. The key she fhmst un concernedly Into the table drawer. She was not afraid of thieves. Her sigh was s great and glad one. At last fortune smiles opon the par sonage, and sll the Inlllvers In It," she whispered Joyously. "Perhaps not much of a smll so far just a llttls giggle, hut s nlc mil giggle. Th poor little church mice are going to surprise folks ons of these days" She wished greatly to tell her sis ters of this sudden turn In ths fide of the fnmlly fortune, but thai llttls Inner monitor, which Glngei most on- scrlptutnlly tolled hunch, warned her against this confidence, and sh buried herself snd het seething emo tions ss well ss she could In plans for the following dsy. Long before the high hour of noon on Helen's wedding day, shs was daintily arrayed In her hlus organdie, pirouetting up and down th hall from mom to room, hurrying everybody. criticizing the general appearance of her sisters, tiflering endless pert sug gestions and always Inciting them U greater hast. (TO HI CONTINUED) Bed by Field of Ice Agassis, with an outlet to th Minn sots rher valley part of th water shed of th Red river became a per manent source of water for a river flowing to the south snd lite original head of the Missouri river. This river Is now known ss the James river. With the melting of (he great Irs diim, th lied river resumed Its normal flow to the north, hut ths others coo tluued to the south. Exchange, Is th Rear t Stay Be on time In llfs In both amnll and large things Keep up to date. Don'l limp Into line after everybody elss uai arrived. American Magazine. T? Buildmcj Citizens Should Check Up on Town's Problems What can the sveruge citizen do bout the highway problem? II knows that titers la a problem, that there Is trnlllc congestion, a need for wider roaila, for more pavements, for blghwny safety devices; yet the high- 'iiy, Ilk golf under 7'-, Is somewhat uf s mystery to John Per Capita, ac cording to K. E. Puffy, highway educa tlotml writer. Communities hav mndo mistakes In projecting and fltinnclng Improvements, tid probably they will continue to do to, John Per Capita may see that mis takes are being made, yet, feeling that his voice If aroused lu protest would be but a snmll squeak, he does nothing about it Tbe one great thing Hint th citizen must lenrn In order to be a good citizen. Is that there may be many others who agree wltb blni that In the Interest of better gov ernment certain procedures should bs taken or eliminated, as ths ens may be. To Illustrate: Recently In Chicago a city official took It upon himself to Instlgute a street -rosurfi dug program In one district where th pavement were so bad that a motorist couldn't keep mors than on wheel at a time out of til boles Tbe street surface! were so shattered that obviously they wouldn't even serve ss s practicable base, Inasmuch t s flexible topping would soon be ruined. On property owner saw th folly of this resurfac ing project and busied himself, through his community business sssoclatlon, In defeating ths plan. An Injunction against resurfacing was granted and now In all likelihood ths streets will be repaved solidly, saving ths com munlty considerable money over period of years. There srs many wayi ths citizen may scrvs his community snd slso his own pocketbook, by di recting his sttentlon to Improvement! wherever shoddy or unstable construe tlon Is contemplated. No Particular Season for Modernizing Horn Modernizing 1 a year round possl blllty. Ths season of tb year hni llttls Influence on modernizing fm the movement is broader than a build Ing season. During ths dead of winter or tht heat of summer It Is possible to Im- provs the sppearance and accessories of th home. Modernizing starts when ths horn owner begin to make plans for need ed Improvements about the house. It starts with the Idea that th old home stead Is behind the times. It start when the man of th house begins tc plan for a new heating plant or a re modeled exterior, when the lady ol the house purchases varied accesso ries to beautify the home. Any effort to Improve the appear a nee, convenience and beauty of tbe home Is modernization. Every endeavor to make ths home op-to-date places ths home owner to step with the movement Bey lot th Horn Tswa Social economists commonly agree, that too much of the population of this country is located In great cltlea. and that conditions would be better If th drift to those cities should stop, and If more people would stay In medium sized cltlea snd suburban snd country towns Otis cause for this drift Into big cltleg la that In past years many people got th Idea Hint they could gain an advantage by buying their supplies In these great centers. Thnt helped transfer business to such places, snd took It sway from the mailer communities. Tbs people st lenst can do their shnrs to counteract this undesirable drift, by buying their supplies of their own town merchants, thut keeping their money In build up their own town, rather than sending It elsewhere to build up bigger cities. Newark Advocate. MaMag Beit Ua ef Land Houses should fit ths neighborhoods la which they are built If maximum values sre to be secured from resi dential real estnts sites, says Ihs Ns tlonal Association of Ileal Kstnte Boards In s series of article on whnt ma .es urhtin land values. Ths horn builder would do well to look over the other homes in me neighborhood In which hs Is contemplating con struction snd see thnt bis home con forms to th general cost level of th other structures If he wishes to Dink tin best use of bis lund. Wha Horn Crew Old The average home built ten, twenty or more years ago needs only alight exterior changes to glvs It modern lines. Stnlned shingles laid right over ths wood or stucco walls; perhnps sn old porch changed Into i sun room or replaced with sn Inviting entrance; some "gingerbread" removed, are easy ways to Improve the looks of a brnor growing old. Avoid Low-Crad Material) Th us of low-grade materials, no matter what kind of workmanship Is employed with them. Is surs, In ths end, to show heavy expense for re placements and repairs, placing sn un duly heavy loud and an entirely un necessary ons, on ths ownership ot homes. Rubber Planter's rfreparM by the NMI.mel tlerpkle Society, Weihlnaluu, D. G.I TIIIC Federated Malay states, on Asia's southernmost cn In sula, hav hern lllsrslly snatched from an all eorurlng wild vegetation. Where once tbe choking Jungle crowded men buck, a Jungle so thick thai a man swimming In a stream could hardly land because vines snd plants hugged so close to th water's sdg broad fields hav now been cleured, and Malays plnu tatlons srs suiting ths richest In th world. forty ftvs years sgn s few pars rub ber plants smuggled out of Brazil fruited hers. Today, three-fourths ol th world's rubber comes from this region. And In Ihta magic develop ment Americana huvs played s lead ing role. This Malay peninsula, stretching hundreds of miles from th Klames frontier down toward th equator, forms a vast humid region of dens forest of Jungle, wild elephants snakes, and naked people, rlc Acids, rubber plantations, and tin mine. Ther Is a governmental minor In this region. Slngniore, built oo a liny green lal of th snmc name, which lie just off th end of th peninsula and nearly on Hi equator, la tb rap ttal of the British crown colony coin monly called (he Straits Settlements This colony embraces the Province of Wellesley. th findings and Malacca on th mainland, end Hi Islands of Penang snd Slngnpor. Tb Federated Malay states, on th penlnsuls snd adjoining the Strain Settlements, comprise th Stale of Perak. Kelangor. I'ahatig, and Negri Sembllan. Kuala l.umpur Is th cup Ital. Just opposite Singapore, on th mainland, Is ths lndcendctit natlv state of Johore, which has Its own sultan and government, but which la under British protection. The British governor of Slngnpor la also high rnmndsalnner for the federated Mirtay states snd Brunei, snd British agent for north Borneo and Surawak. thus Unking up British possessions snd spheres of Influence in sll Mnlaya and establishing close contact, through on man, with ths colonial nflic In Lon don. Many Race Thr. "Th Melting Pot of Asia." they call thla prolific, potent petiliuula. because of the haM of races, colors, snd castes which Its wealth of rubber and tin bus drawn to It But In all this Industrial army of ruropciins Chineae. Japanese, Tamils Hindus, and assort. ed South Sea Islanders, th Chinese sre the most numerous snd powerful Ths Malay himself Is loo lazy even to be a good ftshermnn. He grow s little rice, a few coconuts, and nets the fish be needs; but nature Is to kind Hint It Is said one hour's effort s day will supHrt him snd his family It Is Ihs Chinaman who la the (In miner, the farmer, shopkeeper, artisan. contractor, and financier. The Tamil and tbe Hindu sdd to the stock ol local labor and own small farms and herds, but Hie many millionaires made In Malays have mostly been Chinese The palatini homes of the rich Chinese bosses In Singapore and Penang, In contrast with the miserable shacks ol the natives, sfford proof enottiih of the singular commercial superiority nf th yellow race, Uere, Indeed, Chinese Immigration has worked a modern miracle In th ning'.c reclamation of this ones reek ing, fever-cursed. Jungle-grown wilder ness. Ths Chinese II was who first tirsved the poisonous darts of the lurk ing savage, th perils of tigers snd reptiles, the flames of fever, and the danger of dysentery. In compter these Jungle and dig the tin thai put Mu laya on the map of the trailing world. Chines say thnt tin "grows" and they uss the divining rod lo locale It SliigaKir Is both s great trailing center snd fortress of lite Far ICast, U Is a shining example nf how Great Far Trimming The fur-trlinmed frock bus been mentioned previously ss the most fushlonubls. It really I s very In teresting fancy, Perhaps th not ot fur Is only to bs found In s few but tons holding s frill. Or ths shoulder flower Is of fur. A very modem touch is a bell of fur rather than of leather. Satin Lingerie Malz satin fashions a lovely tin- erl set for the discriminating sports woman. Th Utile punttos srs tai Horn In Malay tat. Britain hag "muddled" ss ths British themselves pul II Into possesalou of som of th world's most Important strategic gateways fllngapor la nu Is. land 27 miles long by H wide, aud Just misses being tb southernmost point of ihs continent of Asia by a half.mtln water channel. It Is at th funnel point of ths Strait of Malacca. How Raffle Mad Singapore. Mills mors than a hundred years ago lb Inland, owned by lb sultun of Johor on th nearby mainland, was S deserted Jungl ear for a llltl Hill ing village. Ships In the Chins Irad passed It by ss they passed muny so other Jungl ahor; the only port of call In that region of the world were those on th Dutch Islnmls of Sumatra and Java. Hut tin ports took a big toll In fees, and Sir Stamford Unities, sn olIKIal of th Kast India company, began to dream of a five British xrt lhal would facilitate trad In 1 Hill he obtained tb seemingly worthies island of Slngapors for hi company for s small fee. (tevelopiueiita quick ly proved hltn a prophet, for within two years th llltl trading center he established had s population of tti.issi. In th llltl more than s hundred years sine II waa founded, the Jungl of Singapore has given place to a hug city of close lo fii.ii population, car rylng on trade valued at billion dol. lar annually on of the metropolis- of lb British empire. Its quaya and anchorages serve thousand of craft of all sorts snd sires from tb pic turesque, graceful Malay satnpnna and the stodgy Chinese Junks to the fit miliar freighters of the West, ami what Kipling auerta are th "lady like" liners. They build op Singa pore's shipping to the tremendous lo tnl of I7.issi.isgl tons yearly. Though Singapore Is free from du ties, and to this fact owe Its very existence, still the people wbo inuk up th rlty take their toll from tb stream of world trade lhal flows aUo.t litem. They live. In fact, by and for. and In an atmosphere nf commerce. Tens of thoiinands make their llviiii' by raring for shipping, conditioning and supplying vessels, and taking purt In loading ami unloading gooil Tb imrt Is primarily lran shipping point for both Imports snd exports. It give what the econnmlnts would call "pine value" to hundreds of comtiinllil-s which trickle lo SlngaMire'a reser voirs of goods from score of districts In the Kasl and are there oMnlnnhle In tbe large quantities that worbl irndo demands In Ihe city's "godowns" aa the Knst calls Its warehouses are handled a very large part of the world's finest ruhlier before It lieg'n the long Journey Hint will tnke nio-t of II eventually to American hlghunya. So, too, much of ihe world's tin Is smelted In and shlpiied from Singa pore. It niU'bl he dubbed "the worbl pepper pot." for more'pi-pper Is neaetn. nled there than Is ever held In any other port. Rl Cosmopolitan City. If ever a city could claim lo be cos mopolitan, Singapore can. At one of the principal world crossroada, and wl'lt s population UK) per cent Immigrant. It could not escaps cosinniolltnn!ain. It has drawn Its population from prac tically all parta nf Asia, from Oceania, the Malay archipelago, Africa. Kurope and America. The Chinese predoml. mite, making up about one half the populntlon. Ther hav been rutin y thousand of Immigrants from India. F.uroieiins, Americans and Australians number less than 10,000. and there are probably as many Jnpnne. Th appearance of Singapore shows Its mixture of many Influences. The visitor may ride In 'rlklxhas or elcc trie cure, automobile or ancient horse druwn carrlngea. In the chief busi ness district he sees modern street and buildings, and In the Asiatic quar ters he encounter facilities and sights and odors that smack of the Orient, SlngiiiMire's houses of worship funilnh an excellent Index lo vurled life. lored to fit the hip) perfectly, with m deeply pointed yoke and slender little shorts. Ths crep side of th satin works out chrysanthemums on encty leg. The fitted petticoat ha a bor der of ths same flowers. Selvedgei Trim Selvedges thnt were once cut awsy or turned under by dressmakers ore now used for trimmings, and many of ths new tweeds show selvedges, well over sn Inch wide, that art used te trim suits and dresses.