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"Let ill hT faith that right makei might, and in
that faith let u to the end dare to do our duty at wo
understand it." Abraham Lincoln.
Famous American Myths
Klamath Adventure
Reds Riches
Football Star Feels Burden of Wealth
Red Grange, gridiron idol, for whom mil
lions have cheered, was jeered at the other
day. While the mighty iceman had little
money or was not known to have any money
he was one of us one of the mob.
Human nature is such, however, that we
envy success. The jeering of Red might have
been traceable to some such cause. Between
cheers and jeers there were reports that Red
had been endowed with much wealth. And
yet, sudden riches may have un-nerved the
star. Wealth will do that very thing, so 'tis
related. Red lost control of the ball.
There is a quiet laugh to be had from the
attitude of the motion rictue folk toward
Red. Miles of lies have been told by publicity
agents about the picture stars' huge salaries.
But the heroes and heroines of the silent drama
found full speech, and jeered the loudest when
Red's fabulous emoluments were mentioned.
New Hope for West
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EPISODE VI.
East I Not Weil
IJttlo Jiff Riddle, hulf-brcod Indian bov
aftfr the iIopnrttM-o for homo of till members of
bund of lndittim who hud irono broko In New Yr
had cU-pnrtcd except the Riddlo family ttnj
Meechum.
Tliiirfl ta mtlf'li flint milt t,n.. - ... i.
tlintriu-t him In New York. In the rirnt plate l
found himnvlf on un itdniul. Ho roamed the streJ
ono end to the other of thU fhlund. Aiito he liked t J
Sunny Dick Says
The president, in his message to the con
gress, laid down some very broad precepts on
state rights. Included among his thoughtful
remarks was this: , "The wiser policy is to
leave the localities, so far as we can, possessed
of their own sources of revenue and charged
with their own obligations."
This policy means much to the west. It
is the west, and not the east, that has suffered
through encroachments of the national gov
ernment. It i3 the sources of revenue of the
west that have been possessed by the national
govrr.ment.
Fcr some of the conservation of natural
resources by the national government the
west may indeed be grateful. But many mil
lions of state revenue have gone out of the
western states, and Oregon is heavily afflict
ed. It has been what one protestant calls con
fiscation rather than conservation:
. (This expression of the president should
make it more easily possible for the western
delegation in congress to bring about matters
of simple justice in apportionment of funds
derived by the national government from wes
tern" resources. Further, the western delga
tion is an important factor in the present congress.
TbV Income tax - publicity
has had one rood effect. It has
made the press statements of
movie salaries in lurso figures unpopular.
Heart & Home
. Problems
Rv Mr. KIizKb(h TtHinttm
Dinner Stories
State Highway Commission lias
Ordered 30 Miles of Macadam
Koads Oiled Next Year, an In
crease of 400 Miles Over 1925.
The highway commission has evi
dently given up waiting for the
Klamath county oil wells to
come In.
We were all young once. And
we all gave Dice or loss freely of
our pennies to spread the gospel .
to the heathen of foreign lands.
We helped support missions and
missionaries In China ond Jupan.
And we have given pennies to
our own offspring for the same
worthy cause. So It comes as a
surprise to learn that at a rousing
meeting of 500 delegates from
these two countries at Toklo It
was unanimously decided to un
dertake establishment of an an
nual world-wide holiday to mark
tho birthday of Buddha.'
Since It has been announced
that Mr. Grange has received
1300,000 in advance to star in a
sliver screen Crania It has de
veloped that red Is not a popular
shade amongst the Hollywood
elect.
There is no doubt about it. Folks look to
the morning paper as best capable of giving
them carefully considered news stories of the
previous day, a physical impossibility for the
afternoon paper that goes to press anywhere
from 1 P. M. to 3 P. M. And the biggest
bulk of the news must be rewritten from the
morning papers, gathered and set in type be
fore 1 1 o'clock. Without exception the pow
erful newspapers throughout the country are
morning dailies.
President Coolidge bag been
presented with a petition signed
by 13,000 Porto leans complain
ing that tho Ixland is governed by
a po'i,"(cal machine, and that four
fifths of He 800,000 laborers urn
without steady work. Doesn't It
sound homclllce?
The maid having failed to ap
pear to take Hobby homo from
kindergarten, tho tnarher said In
the little fellow, "Now Hobby,
you know Rod Is always with you,
and you must think you have hold
of Mis hand."
Next morning she snld, "Well,
Hobby, you got home all right. "
"Yes, Miss Wilson, I got home
all right, but I can tell you I
mada God run every step of the
way." J
HKSKItTF.U WIFK CAftl'I.KSS
Hear Mrs. Thompson: I am a
married womun of 2J. My hus
band and I have b-. n separated
for two mouths. Ho left me with
five small children and I am ask
ing you which is hcit for me to
do, to break up my home or kerp
them togcthor. I like niy hus
band, hut he Is a man that enjoys
life alone and don't want to b
bothered with tho children. Ilo
don't raro for mo or Ihem eitW.
I fay at homo with my children
end he is running the streets Willi
my niece and somo others that 1
know of. Some weeks ho give
me monoy and some he does n.t.
I havo no mother r.nd have no
home to go to. Mo and my chil
dren aro alone, and It Is an awful
miserable life to livo and no ono
to help me. Pleas advise.
MIIS, II. 8.
Your attitude Is most surpris
ing, Mrs. II. s. You appear to
countenance your huMrond's lack
of decency because he "enjoys llfo
alone." Certainly your view of
things Un't going to c;iuse him to
do any better. You havo tho right
to- demand regular support, If
nothing else, and you rhould go to
court If nocesfary to obtain It.
With no ono elso to look to, .you
must compel him lo provide for
your children's fulure. Allow him
to "enjoy life alone," but mnko
sure that ho provides for you and
the .children.
,
ni:TSY: I never recommend
beauty preparations, and I cannot
siiKcost a freckle remover. An
unusual name for a club might bu
composed with Initials , of the
members. I could offer more sug
gestions for a name if I knew tho
nature of tho organization.
Tho teacher wanted some plums
In order to give an object Irsann
i!:irlng school hours, and, calling
one of the small boys, she gave
him ten li nts and dispatched him
lo the fruit stand on the corner.
"Before you buy the plums,
Willie." she cautioned, "you had
better pinch one or two to make
sure they are ripe,."
Utile Wllllo flitted away.' Soon
he come back and smilingly put
tlio bag on tho teacher's dosk.
"Oh, thank you. Willie," said
the teacher, taking the bag. "Did
you pinch one or two, as I told
you to do?"
"Md I" was tho gleeful re
spome. "I pinched the whole bag
full, and here's your len cents."
New York's first elevated road,
1 he 'Ninth Avenue I This was
hack In '75. when elevated trains
were still drawn by a small loco
motive, lung before the day of
subways and tubes.
On the street Jeff found slrn
ous adventure. He was a strang
er, and every kid In New York. It
seemed, took a punch at htm,
Murs than once the police ramn
lo his rescue when he was attack
ed by a gang of youngxvra,
Jeff tells that he held hul own
J wen in inr scraps, out mai j
he soon learned there was safety i
In numbers. He lived with Col
onel Mevchatn and his mothvr and
father at 11? Ninth avenue, near
list atreet. While they were en
gaged lu writing a ibiKk. Jeff or
ganized his own gang.
Ills method was to llik every
kid In the neighborhood first, and
make friends with thorn after
ward. He knew a country and
pernio thul were alien to Man
hattan hoys, and lien he told of
the ways of the West the other
kids listened with open mouths.
Jeff's physical superiority over
ram their Inrrrdulousness, Moon
Jeff had a gang of between twen
ty and thirty kids who came run
ning when hn whistled. Had he
remained In New York he might
have IxH-nme a sachem of Tam
many hall.
Frank lllddle, Jeffs father, was
a mining man and skilled me
chanic. Itanthlng was a aldn line.
lie had made money, about $20,-
OOii. and it was this money that
was being nsed to finance Colonel
Meecham'a publishing enterprise..
The money went rapidly.
Hones of replenishment of the
exchequer were dally dissipated.
It was not long' before this little
group of four out of the original
parly of twelve faced I ho fact that
they were broke. This was In
Ronton.
What happened to Meorhifm Is
not part of the talo. Tho three
Iliddlea got from lloaton la I'hll-
sucipnia on charity. Ki
railroad oinciala gav 4
to Omaha. Another pJ
were easy to get In th
got tneni to Ogden. Thi
have money for food. T
Toby, Jeff's mother, wa
lleardsley, proprietor
of that name, extended
pllallty. He told ihrm
remain as long as they
The fathvr was at
1 reus, home of ths ll
a long way off. t
himself of a friend In
Profi-Muir J. J. Watson
to him, explaining Hi
Wataon sent 4o at on
With this money the
his son a half-fare tlrk
ding, Calif. He purrka
ki t of food for him and
on the train. He mni
Toby's people. lodlsa
Klamath reservation, si
peal for funds. Afler
was purchased there rJ
balance of 1 as a
fund for emergencies.
"lou are a good M
know ynu will get lhrc.
aged Toby, patting her 4
head.
It was an I mm It nil I
was on. To nieatfes
grant train awakmt
memories among the (
They left an unheallhj
an hour after wbUlllnj
nation. Inside (branl
coaches on hard seats rJ
women with suckling e
babies and chlldrea.
lnm swore foreign M
land of the free ana IH
'lUe brave to which taey
lured.
Frnled with Jeff werr
gry llnllnn children
t! nation was Sarraairsiq
had been ''taught oti
word, h was their cnii
"Hread, bread."
Ji ff knew he had a len
(Continued on !'
"How much Is that In Ameri
can money?" Horace nskod aftor
reading ''the charge for this bot
U'ry Is one and one-half volts.
Aurora Ilencon-News.
A ulldo rule has been specially
designed for hcntliift and ventila
tion problems. .
Some Pages from
- . Uf VICIOr
. The Earliest American
We all know thnt the whlte'ex
plorers of the 16th century found
In America a barbarian race, who
been in o known as American Indians,
so-called because what tho discover
ers sought was an all-wulor route lo
India and they believed tho new
country to bo a part of India.
Hut was tho red Indian iho first
Inhabitant of this continent? What
was his origin?
Homo scientists believe thnt onco
a land bridge extended from Asia to
AliL-kn at what Is nbw Herlng strait
and that the first Inhabitants cross
ed over this brldgo from Asia, A
few hardy evolutionists mlvance the '
theory that the first Amerlcnns, like
Topsy, "Just grew," originated from
tho-soil.
Tho geologist mnkes historical '
records of rocks nnd gravel beds.
Shown a certain substance in -a cer
tain Htnlo ho undertakes to say:
"Thnt Is ten thousand years old"
or mnybo fifty thousand or a hun
dred thousand years.
If human hones aro found In as
sociation with such rocks or gravel,
ho says:
"Those are tho bones of men ton
thousand years old," and so on.
Excavations yielding bones of ex-
American History
MORGAN
tlnct animals or human bones, weap
ons and working tools of primitive
nntura have been nindn In gravel and
other deposits In Trenton, N. J.;
Table Mountain, Calif.; Nampa, Id.;
Lansing, Kan.; Claymont, Del.; New
comiirstown, O,; Miidlsonvlllo, O.,
and elsewhere.
The relies being found In prevl-
ously undisturbed layers of tho"
earth's surface, estimates as to their
nge were made. Homo scientist said
ten thoiiHand years, some twenty
thousand nnd aome thirty thousand.
There Is some agreement on evi
dence Indicating tho presence of men
In America In what Is called the Old
Btonn age, when humans shared the '
earth with 'the mastodon and other
species of animals which have no
modern successors.
All long-dlHlanco speculation?
Perhaps. , Hut It Is interesting bo
eause of the Importance, attarjiad to .
II by scientists and because the work
of trnclng nut the first Americans
goes nteadlly forward In the hands
of a number of Important organi
sations. It In accepted by most scientists
that the red Indlnn, as we know him.
wns not thn first American, but Jut
who the first American wns and
whnt ho was Ilka la still far from
being established.
In tho next Installment!
Who Discovered A merles?