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Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur Parry.
The rain everybody has been
looking for came Frl, causing
farmers to rejoice, and look at
the weatherman, as much as to
say: "It's about time!" For
while it rained cats and dogs
nd hay-forks, and was needed
worse than a change of admin
istration at Washington, 0. C.
The usual number of roofs
leaked, and windshield wipers
failed to work.
...
Some of the wide-awake auto
lets are sporting 1940 licenses
fore and aft.
.
Leland Clark, the Ins. agt.
conferred a calendar for next
year last week. It was the first
of the season and owing to the
economic state of the nation, it
will probably be the last.
...
Vern (Shotgun) Canon was
aroused Thurs. eve by a flue
fire In the city hall, which put
useii out.
0
The Wed. morning sunrise
was pronounced the best noted
hereabouts in years, by Older
Ulrls who were up at 8:30 a.m.
getting breakfast.
...
Fletchv Fish, the boom-day
tenor of Phoenix has recovered
from the flu, but not sufficient
ly to be fashionable and not
wear his hat.
.
The new girl at the Prof.
Hedrick house has been named
Carolyn Ann.
.
Traffic lights will be rigged
up at Sixth and Central within
ten days, and are expected to
slow up the catapulting down
the first' named thoroughfare.
.
There is no decline In the
local disgust with Messers Hit
ler and Stalin, the European no
goods.
...
A. Moore Hamilton has been
named area manager for the on
coming nose counting. Though
a democrat he will count fear
lessly. The hs. athletes are drilling
hard for basketball, the Dock
Kresse boy among them.
...
E. Ulrich, the Prospect mt
wm. celebrated his tenth iup
tial anniversary over the week
end. S. Morris the T-Rk. tiller
towned Frl. The rain thrilled
him, and it was one of the few
downpours that failed to catch
him with some hay down.
T. Bill Isaacs recently pre
sented your corr. with a bunch
of spring flowers that bloomed
out of turn in his yard.
Local thesplans will again
trod the boards at the Holly
In January, and present a play.
...
Despite the Inclemency of the
weather, many turned out and
ate turkey with the Presbyter
ians. SHOTS AT PLANE.
Richmond, B. C, Dec. 9. (P)
Richard Hall, 19, and L. Harvey.
21. pleaded guilty in Richmond
police court today to charges of
damaging an airplane and each
was given a one-year suspended
sentence.
The youths were arrested af
ter a Canadian Airways, Limit
ed, plane was struck by shot
gun pellets as it flew over the
spot where they were hunting
dulki near her.
Help For
THERE may be honest differences of opinion, as to what to do
regarding Russia. But there should be no differences of opin
ion as to what to do regarding Finland.
Certainly If there Is any sense of justice In the world, or any
human feeling, Finland should be given every aid It is possible
to give, for a more cruel, cowardly and unwarranted attack by
large nation upon small one, has never occurred . before in
the history of the world.
Here is a world power, of over 160,000,000 people, with the
largest army and air force in Europe, attacking a little neighbor
ing country of only about 4,000,000 with practically no modern
air force, and a standing army of a few hundred thousand!
In contemporary sporting terms it can only be compared to
Joe Louis, in his best fighting trim, wading into a little boy scout
weighing about twenty pounds.
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AND while according to current press reports, Finland is mak
ing a gallant resistance, unless some miracle should occur,
nothing can eventually prevent a disaster as great and complete
in Finland, as was the case in Poland. (And there is no evidence
to justify setting this age apart as an age of miracles.) '
Unfortunately as was the case with Poland, any material
military assistance to Finland by the allies, is impossible, it
isn't a matter of desire, or resources, but a matter of
GEOGRAPHY. Moreover, as far as this country is concerned,
there is no public support for military intervention in the Euro
pean war anywhere, even If it were a physical possibility, which
it isn't.
But there Is strong public support, we believe, for material aid
to Finland, as far as the victims of this byutal attack by the
Russian bear are concerned, the Finnish men, women and chil
dren, left maimed, destitute and many of them starving, after the
Soviet war machine, has completed its bloody task.
And certainly no one is better fitted to take charge of such
relief than Herbert Hoover, who did such yeoman service during
and after the World war. '
THEREFORE Mr. Hoover's appeal for contributions, broadcast
ed to the country Friday, should be met with a hearty and
generous response by the people of this country, and this section J
of the state.
As "time is the essence," if
no time can be lost in forming
public drives, etc., etc., the actual purchase of clothing, food
and medicines must start at once.
So the people of this community ayid every other are asked
to send their contributions, whatever they may be, to their local
bank, and the bank will see that they are forwarded to the relief
headquarters In New York at the earliest practical moment.
Here Is a case where any amount is welcome from a nickel up.
It is to be hoped the contributions from this and every other
sections of the country will start
Trying To "Get" Judge Day?
JUDGING by the squawks heard in certain local circles,
our recent vote of thanks to County Judge Day, for placing
the county on a sound and solvent business basis, got under the
skin of various and sundry self-seekers who want to "GET" him,
at the next election.
Their line of argument, we think is unique in the political
history of this section of the state, or any other.
It seems County Judge Day has had nothing to do with the
administration of county affairs from a financial and business
standpoint. Not a thing!!
If his management has been costly and corrupt (as it was in
the administration preceding him), he should not be CENSURED;
if it has been efficient and enlightened, he should not be
FRAISED.
If the county has a cash balance in the bank, and has reduced
its bonded debt by several hundred thousand dollars, the credit
should go not to the County Judge, but to the Democratic Sheriff,
County Treasurer and "sich like."
IN other words, if a bank or a business has made a striking
financial success during a certain period, no credit should be
given to the Bank President or the manager, who have deter
mined the policies to be pursued; but the tellers, who have taken
in the cash, and the leg-work lads who have made the collections
and filled out the deposit slips!!
YES, this is something new under the sun, very new! It can
have nothing to do, OF COURSE, with the fact that the
subordinate officials thus honored are Democrats while Judge
Day is a Republican. Or that the county official chiefly respon
sible for this extraordinary brand of logic, has been working
underground for at least a -year, to throw Judge Day out and
he himself, take his place!!
IT begins to look as though the voters of Jackson county would
AGAIN be faced by the test of whether they take enough
interest in good government to recognize it and support it when
they have it; or can be hoodwinked by self seekers at any time
desired to replace good government with bad!
FLEET
PLANS REVEALED
Washington, Dec. 9. (IP)
Orders for creation of a "mos
quito fleet" and for further re
inforcement of the Caribbean
defenses were disclosed today
by the navy.
Acting Secretary Charles
Edison announced tnat a $5,
000,000 contract had been sign
cd for 23 high speed torpedo
boats and submarine chasers of
a design that Great Britain Is
using in the war on German
U-boiils.
They will be massed next
year at Norfolk, Va with 12
American dolKncil "hit and
run" craft, officials said, for
tests looking toward adoption
Finland
anything of value Is to be done,
local organizations, Instituting
pouring in at once.
of a standard type for mass
production in the event they
should be needed.
The boast, a weapon already
proven by British, French, Ger
man and Italian navies, are ex
pected to be useful In the neu
trality patrol.
President Roosevelt approved
an order to strengthen Carib
bean defenses, establishing on
January 1 a new naval district
for Puerto Rico and the Virgin
Islands. It was designated the
tenth district, with headquar
ters at San Juan.
Huntin Rush by Plan
Willows, Cel. (U.R) For the
brief open pheasant hunting
season, for which Glenn, Colusa
and Butte counties constitute'
the center, more than 3.000 nun-J
tera rushed here from all parts
of California. Eight planes car-i
ried hunters from Southern Cali-!
fnrnin and six from the region
of San Francisco and Oakland.!
Personal Health Service
By William
Sinned letters pertalnlnt to personal health and anient, not to disease
dlamosls or treatment. trill be answered by Dr. Bred; II stamped telt
addreated envelope Is eneloeed. Letters mould be brief and written In Ink.
Owing to the lsr(e number ol letters recelied on I; a (ew can be answered.
No reply can be nude to queries not conformlni to Instruction. Addraae
Or. William Brad;. 163 El Camlno. Beverly Hint, Calif.
BE SURE TO GET YOUR CEVITAMIC ACID
Apples, bananas, carrots, tur
nips, cabbage, potatoes do not
contain such a high concentra
tion, of vitamin C (cevitamic
acid) as tomatoes, peaches, cher
ries, berries, oranges, grapefruit,
lemons and other acid fruits,
do, but be
cause of the
quantities gen
erally eaten
they are im
portant anti
scorbutics that is, they
are valuable
p r e v e n tives
against scurvy.
Fresh meat if
eaten under
done, rare or
raw is a fairly
good source of vitamin C. But
cooking or storage or drying
decreases the vitamin C content
of any of these foods.
Even freshly expressed toma
to, orange or other fruit juice
should be taken immediately.
If it is allowed to stand in the
refrigerator over night or for
several hours it loses consider
able vitamin C value by oxi
dation.
Stefansson knew and proved
the value of fresh raw or slight
ly cooked meat, or frozen raw
meat, as a preventive and cure
for scurvy, as he tells in "The
Friendly Arctic." He and his
associate Andersen were the
men who voluntarily subsisted
for a year on an exclusive meat
diet In New York under con
stant observation and study' of
scientific experts and conclus
ively demonstrated that meat
diet is in no way injurious to
health.
Insufficient Intake of vitamin
C (cevitamic acid) in infants and
children is sometimes respon
sible for trouble which is likely
to be mistaken for "rheuma
tism". In many cases of chronic
rheumatoid arthritis in adults a
uniform deficiency of vitamin
C in the blood has been ob
served. I do not mean to imply
that increased intake of vitamin
C will prevent or cure rheuma
toid arthritis; I merely mention
the observation. If I had . any
sort of obscure chronie joint
trouble I'd make it my business
to take an optimal daily ration
of vitamin C in one form or an
other, either fresh fruits or
fruit juices, fresh tomato or fac
tory canned tomato or tomato
juice, greens, or tablets of pure
cevitamic acid.
At the
National Capitol
With
John W. Kelly
(Continued troni Fao One.)
SO-CALLED wise tie lmers are pre
dicting that Tom Dewey has no
chance to win the Republican presi
dential nomination, but 1b practically
a cinch for the tall-end of the ticket.
Argument; Dewey has no executive
or legislative experience, and It Is
too bis a Jump from a district at
torney to president of the United
States. His, manager la the daughter
of the late Mark Hanna and the
older generation remembers Homer
Davenport's cartoona of Hanna with
the "" suit in the 1890 campaign.
Davenport was SUverton, Ore., boy
who became the greatest political
cartoonist of his generation.
Republicans do not take seriously
the aspirations of Harry Styles
Bridges, recently conducting his cam
paign In Washington and Oregon;
nor Frank Oannett. who has also
sought to make hay In the Pacific
northwest. And there Is a strong
opposition among those here for the
Orldlron dinner against Herbert Hoo
ver's supposed desire to control the
Republican convention and, If pos
sible, make himself the nominee for
"vindication."
MOST serene of all the poll tl cos
and the one who Is keeping
everyone guessing Is Franklin Delano
Roosevelt. He did not tell Nebraska's
Senator Norrls (Mr. Roosevelt named
a dam after the Nebraskan in TVA).
to put on a dune cap and stand
In a corner when Norrls begged the
president not to eliminate himself
as a candidate for a third term.
In a dozen or more of the 50-odd
hotel rooms, each a political hang
out. Republicans sav that Norrls
admits the new deal cannot per.
petuate Itself, cannot continue Its
hold on the people by Its own worth
and can only be continued by Mr.
Rooervplt remaining in the White
House;ergo, there Is only on msn
In the United States who ran save
the new deal as a whole. Conserva
tive Democrats are also taking a
crack at the statement of Norrls and
Inquire, when was Norrls a Demo
crat, anyway?
BOTH national committees are In
the red; want to raise the wind,
the Republicans need S700.000, the
IVimvrata 1750,000. Jim Farley is
sending invitations to a Jsckson day
dlnmr, which will cost SlOO to ac
cept: mitstde the national capital
the d'nn-T hid are G-r. ui.-.fv.t
workers who cannot Miss 1 100 in a
Brady, M D.
Slow healing of wounds is
one effect of insufficient vitamin
C. Appearance of what doctors
call petechia, small spots of
bleeding under skin, or of so
called "black and blue" discol
orations on slight or no evi
dent cause, is another effect
these extravasations of blood
under the skin or mucous mem
branes have occasioned unjust
charges of cruelty or violence
to inmates of institutions.
Softness and sponginess and
tendency to bleeding of the
gums is another frequent mani
festation of vitamin C defic
iency.
Numerous nutrition authori
ties maintain that insufficient
vitamin C intake Is responsible
tor poor tooth structure and sus
ceptibility to dental caries or
decay.
Sallow, muddy complexion,
loss of energy, disinclination to
work, play or any exertion.
peevishness and irritability,
gloomy disposition, these are
some of the more or less famil
iar manifestations of mild vita
min C deficiency. 1
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Superfluous Hnlr
Is there danger of leaving I tears
or blemishes whan superfluous hair
it destroyed by X-ray treatment? Or
by electrolysis? Is the electric needle
the same as electrolysis? (A. L.)
Answer Either X-ray or electro
lysis (electric needle) mav Ipava morlr
or scar If applied 07 any other than
a physician or a qualified technician
under physician's direction. Electro
lysis Is generally the method of
choice, efficient, thcugh tedious.
Well Water
We use well water for cnnlrinir
and drinking, from well 20 feet deep.
Neighbors tell im t.hi mrfn. ,,...
will cause hardening of the arteries.
w. m. a.
Answer No ground for t.h nntlnn
that hard water or the mineral mat
ter In any water otherwise suitable
for drinking and cooking purposes
(that la. satisfactory in taut.
from pollution) has any 111 effects
on arteries, kidneys or health.
commission Charged
My classmate nni 1 h,u - h
and you are commissioned to settle
11. riease give the average height
and weight of women 90 in .in
of age. (H. A. R.)
Answer As betting commissioner I
charge S per cent of the winnings.
oixiy-tnree incnes, las pounds.
(rrotected by John P. Dllle Co.)
Ed. Note: Persons wishing to
communicate with Or. Brady
should send letter direct to Ir.
William Brady, M. D., J85 El
Camplno, Beverly Hills, Calif.
lump are permitted to pay on the
Installment plan. Inasmuch as In
Washington the name of every per
son attending the banquet, In honor
of Jackson's victory over the British
at New Orleans, Is published new
dealers are In a spot If they fall
to be listed, it Is pollt political
blackmail.
Republicans are depending, as
usual, on substantial contributions
from members of the "I-hate-Roosevelt
Club." Both deficits will be
wiped out before the conventions
are held.
IRRIGATION VOTE
ON A RAINY DAY
Othello, 0ec. 9. UP) The
rains came today while farmers
of the parched Columbia basin
and land owners from coast
cities and Spokane gathered In
abandoned farmhouses and des
ert communities to cast their
votes for or against irrigation
of the arid wastelands. .
Only 640 of the basin's 2.300
land owners live on the land.
A special train from Seattle
brought 500 from the coast and
100 came from Spokane by bus.
All morning, private cars
rolled through the drizzling rain
to Shragg, Wheeler, Othello,
Cunningham, Drumhellor, Sage
brush, Connell and Pasco the
polling places.
Sagebrush, where most of the
coast group voted, is an aban
doned ranch house seven miles
from Othello. There, and at
Connell, Pasco and Drumhcller,
the land owners expressed by
ballot their opinions on the
formation of a South Columbia
basin irrigation district.
Cm Mstl Tribune want ads.
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CHRISTMAS
SEALS
PROTtcr
rt YOU HO
h from
TU8tRCU.OS
Medical research In tuberculosis It
made possible by Income from
Christmas Stall. It goes on In unlver
ity and teltntint laboratories from
the Atlantle to the PaclAe.
vino.'
In The
uays
; News '
By Frank Jenkins.
DROF. Emanuel Fritz of the
University of California for
estry department, says no short
age of redwood is threatened.
There remain, he asserts, a mil
lion VIR(5lN acres, containing
SO billion board feet, enough to
last 100 years. After that, .sec
ond growth will be available.
Thus another bogy of scarcity
vanishes.
A CENTURY or so ago, Mai
" thus frightened the world
into the jitters by predicting
that population would increase
faster than food supply, and so
people must starve.
A couple of decades ago, we
were having trouble getting
enough gasoline to take us to
the next town and the idea was
abroad that the end of the pet
roleum supply was in sight.
Now we're wondering what to
do with all of it.
Back in the 1880's, Carrol
D. Wright, U. S. commissioner
of labor, announced that every
thing had been invented that
could be invented, all the prog
ress had been made that could
be made, and this country, along
with the world, was facing stag
nation.
The greatest industrial devel
opment In the history of the
world came AFTER THAT.
THE world is full of gloomy
predictions NOW. Don't let
them get you down. Just go
on doing YOUR JOB to the best
of your ability. If you need a
little encouragement, compare
the automobile you drive with
the ox-wagon your great-grandfather
drove.
JAPAN'S 1940budget, just ap-
proved by the cabinet coun
cil over the vehement protests
of the army, calls for 10,360,
000,000 yen (about $2,500,000.
000) ah increase of around 10
per cent over last year. Of this
sum, the fighting forces (army
and navy) will get 65 per cent.
The army wants six billion
yen for operations in China. It
got about four and a half bil
lion yen. The money was want
ed chiefly for guns, ammunition,
arms factories and transporta
tion units most of which are
now either seriously depleted or
worn out.
Japan is learning that it costs
money to fight foreign wars.
JAPAN'S new tax program (to
pay for foreign wars) will
be stiff, and will bear down
on the little fellow. There will
be a tax of 3 sen (',4 cent) on
a cup of coffee costing 20 sen
(iVic). There will be a 10 per
cent tax on meals.
There will be a tax on cats
and goldfish.
IT OUGHT to be easy to beat
1 this last one. Put the cats
and the goldfish together and
soon there will be ONLY CATS
to tax.
Corvallis, Ore., Dec. 9. (Ft
The Oregon Wildlife Federation
decided today to place an In
itiative proposing creation of an
Oregon wildlife commission be
fore voters at the May primary.
The delegates to th fourth
annual federation rnnfpronra ia
fused to submit the proposal
to me legislature.
The initiative would provide
that commissioners rnulH tint ha
removed by the governor with
out cause, would restore regula
tion of game seasons to the
commission and would place
game law enforcement under
commission control.
W. J. Smith. Portland, was
re-elected president of the fed
eration for the third successive
time. .
RELIEF MESS IN
Cleveland. Dec. 9. UJ .ft)
Workmen pitched hundreds of
tons of federal foodstuffs off
boxcars tonight to help feed
thousands of relief cl lpnts. mnnv
of them small children.
As the men worked Ait.
ant City Relief Commissioner
amncy T. Row ev said of tho
food crisis:
"There doesn't seem to be a
single solution at the moment."
He said that emergency food
orders would go out Monday
to a limited number, "nut wc
don t know beyond that."
'FRAME-UP' SAYS
DOCTOR HELD AS
BOY'S ABDUCTOR
Charged With Taking Lad
At Pistol Point From
Home, Asking Ransom
Port Arthur, Tex., Dec. 9.
(IP) Dr. W. C. Welch, chiroprac
tor, was arrested tonight and
charged with kidnaping in the
abduction of Irvin Mingle, 11
year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Mingle, of Port Arthur.
The charges were filed by
Deputy Sheriff Claude Gold
smith, who, with Police Detec
tive Chief Noah Guilbeau, made
the arrest.
The child was taken from his
home Thursday night by an
armed man who entered the
Mingle home, bound and gagged
the mother and father, and de
manded $15,000 for the lad's
return. .
The kidnaper demanded that
the money be left in the garage
of Dr. Welch, p. friend of the
Mingles.
Irwin was taken to a house
on the outskirts of town, bound
and gagged, and placed in an
attic hideout.
Just before noon yesterday
the boy wiggled out of his bonds,
slipped the gag from his mouth
and attracted the attention of
neighbors who released him
FBI agents and police kept the
abduction secret until noon to
day. Dr. Welch was one of those
who helped rescue the boy. The
child's calls were heard by the
accused man's daughter who
lives nearby the hideout.
The chiropractor said he had
been framed.
Although several federal bur
eau of investigation agents re
mained in town tonight, they
told Goldsmith they had retired
from the case because there was
no interstate action and no
threat had been sent through
tne mans.
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TO HOLD FOREST
POLICY- MEETING
Crescentv Citv. r"l no a
VP) A congressional commit
tee seeking information for a
new national forest policy
moved into Oregon today from
California.
The committi Will YtnA a
public hearing in Portland Tues
day and Wednesday.
Forestry, timber and lumber
officials aceomDanied tho rnn.
gressmen who will stop tonight
at lakeside after inspecting the
Gold Beach ranger station.
Representatives making the
trip include . Hampton P. Ful
mer. South Carolina; Harry L.
Englebrightj California, and
Daniel A. PeoH Nu
They will be joined at Portland
oy representative Pierce. Ore
gon, and Senator Worth Clark,
Idaho.
The committpo will ino,!
the Tiilamook hum nnH tu oa
year old Douglas fir plantation
at Mount Hebo tomorrow. The
plantation covers 8000 acres.
More than 100 persons, In
cluding representatives of all
phases of the lllm Hot- anrl (..
ber industries and labor, will be
Heard at Portland December 12
and 13.
The committee will an in
Madison, Wis., following the
Portland hearing. It completed
a hearing recently at San Fran
cisco. Senators Charles M r V r t
Oregon, and John Bankhead.
Alabama, and Rep. William J.
Bulow, South Dakota, also arc
members of the committee but
will not attend the Portland
hearing.
AERIAL SQUADRON
FOR FINNS, PLAN
Vancouver, Dec. 9. (IP)
Capt. Donald Kennard of Van
couver, who served with the
52nd squadron of the Royal Air
Force in the first great war and
since then has been a commerc
ial pilot, wants to organize a
squadron of Canadian pilots to
fight for Finland.
Capt. Kennard said the Royal
Canadian air force rejected him
because of a minor eyesight de
fect which does not affect his
flying.
"There are hundreds of men
In my position who want to go
but can't," Kennard said today,
adding he does not think Fin
nish air officials will be so
"fussy about a little thing."
Kennard says there "may be
difficulties'' but he is going to
try to organize his iquadron.
Flight 0' Time
Medlord and JacltaoB Count?
History tram tut filet of tnt
Mali Trlbunt 10 and to jean
a to.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
December 10, 1929.
(It was Tuesday.)
Wall Street rally continue
with steel in the lead.
Storm sweeps over Cater lake,
and piles snow high over th
road. Auto travel over Siskl
yous dangerous, due to icy pave
ment. -
County court decides to start
road-oiling program next spring.
Report on Crescent City har
bor and railroad to be filed
William J. Warner Is renamed
Medford postmaster.
Upstate and northwest swept
by deluge, followed by high
water.
Two inches of rain falls over
valley, and long drought ia
broken.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
December 10, 1919.
(It was Wednesday.)
Portland is snow-bound by
blizzard, and the Willamette
valley is covered with snow
drifts. Mercury drops to 18 de
grees, the lowest in history.
Rogue river valley is the only
spot in state free of storm.
European and Mexican policies
of President Wilson to be key
note of Republicans, who will
hold their national convention
in Chicago, June 8.
President Wilson, in magazine) .
article, declares "cure for social
unrest in nation is knowledge
of American institutions."
Bolshevikis drive Russians
back from Estonia border.
High wind sweeps over city
and valley late today.
KIDNAPING PLOT,
IS
Sandpoint, Idaho, Dec. 9.
Sheriff Warren Sapp said to
night a 16-year-old Clark Fork
schoolboy had been kidnaped.
in his imagination. .
The sheriff's car roared over
north Idaho's hills last night
when Leo Miller, Clark Fork;
WPA worker, telephoned fran
tically that Leo, Jr., had been
kidnaped and the house wa
"topsyturvy".
Sheriff RaDD said he readier!
Clark Fork to find the boy at
home with scratches on his
chest assertedly inflicted by
the "kidnaper." Later the lad
admitted he had planned the
hoax as an excuse for staying
out of school, scratched himself
with a knife and disarranged
the furniture.
The sheriff did make one cap
ture. He got the "kidnap" note,
which said:
"Pana. I Was nlavintl Vinnlrow
today. I was sitting in the house
and someone came with three
others and Said Vnil hnvp mnnav
hoarded and I knew where it i
was. They are taking me away -now.
You may get a ransom
note. Pay no attention to it T
may get a chance to get away,
so don't spread this too much.
If not OK, so long, PS they
searched the house good."
Tl PERISH IN
STREET MISHAPS
Portland. Dec. 9 rm Tmn
persons died in traffic ii.
dents here tonight, bringing the
cuy s total for the year to 55.
Mrs. Emma Stanley, Portland,
was struck and fatally injured
while crossing Union avenue at
Northeast Shaver street. Fred
tiui-iner, age unKnown, Port
land, was instantly killed as he
attempted to cross Union ave
nue at Northeast rinnlroro.
street.
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