The Gate city journal., August 27, 1920, Image 2

TH K GATE CITY JOIRNAL, NYSSA. OREGON.
home. Tired and perplexed, she did
not notice the subtle air of excitement
which hovered about the “ post” but
MacFirth of the
Mounted Police
went straight to the office of the chief
to make known her discovery.
(hCA t > can L$ iofi
Unawares, she opened the door, then
gave a little cry. There stood Mac­
(Copy for Tho Deptnmcnt Supplied by NmonjJ
Firth and, quite unlike his former
Heidquâficn of the Ancocui Legion)
Jaunty self, Jim Brandon. Jean leaned
weakly against the door as all eyes
fwused upon her. Then, straightened
suddenly, site held out her hand with
the fob.
“See what I have kept of yours!”
she cried ambiguously, her eyes dart­
ing from one man to the other.
MacFIrth’s eyes held only a desper­
ate yearning. But, "M ine!" said Bran­
don, with an attempt to recapture his
former debonair manner.
Then he
cringed suddenly, for Jean turned upon
him, her eyes blazing."
“Then it was you who hnve been
cheating my father! You who bribed
Margot's half-wit husband to steal and
hand over to you all the black and sil­
ver fox pelts!
Y'ou who hid them
away— the furs the Indians owed my
father for supplies already charged
against them at the «simpany store!
Margot is afraid of her husband, but
the very day Alan went after you she
came to me and said, ‘Brandon— he
know all about skins!’ That was why
I prayed that you might come back.
Then today, quite by accident, I found
your cache— and this!”
She threw the fob at his feet and
sllppeil out of the door.
Over Brandon's sullen head the chief
gave Alan the permission Ills eyes were
mutely lagging.
“You’re excused. MacFirth.” he said
briefly.
In the darkness Alan overtook Jean­
nle. With the air of one who will no
longer b*' denied he drew her master­
fully to him.
“If you don’t love Brandon.” he said
tenderly, "perhaps— ’’
Mrs. Daisy Erd is the only woman commander of an American Legion
"I do love you!” cried Jeannle.
post in the United States. Mrs. Erd wa3 “snapped” in the act of planting a
tree in the Charlestown (Mass.) navy yard during Legion services.
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ONLY WOMAN COMMANDER OF AN AMERICAN LEGION POST
By H. L O U IS R A Y B O L D
<4h >120, by M cC lure N i w ip e p e r S yn d ic a te .)
“Get him, MacFirth. dead or alive!”
The words were crisp, final.
Alan MacFirth saluted his chief
crossed to the door with decisive step
and closed It behind him. Outside In
the crisp northern air he drew a deep
breath, partly of relief that what he
had so long dreaded had at last come
partly of resolution to put through the
Job as expeditiously as possible. Yet
Its successful accomplishment would
mean, presumably, the downfall of his
hopes.
For the chief had sent him after
Brandon, and Brandon, In spite of the
fact that he had skipped with provin
clal funds and was in hiding some
where north of the circle, had chosen
to cast acquisitive glances at Jeunnie
Bruce, the factor’s daughter, whom
Alan had loved ever since as a pig
tailed youngster she hud come to the
post. And post gossip said that Jean
reclprocuted.
Now to say goodby to Jeannle. He
strode over to the factor’s dwelling, the
most pretentious of the little group of
white-painted buildings, and rnpjied
sharply on the door. A moment luter,
admitted hy Margot, Bruce’s dusky
halfbreed housekeeper, who regarded
him with the Inscrutnble look of her
kind, he entered U>e long living room
with Its sparse yet homelike furnish­
ings.
His entrance startled a slim figure
from the depths of a huge chair. As
she rose to meet him Alan saw that
Jean had been crying. Evidently she
had henrd that he was to be put on
Brandon’s trail. Even as he gripped
tightly the two hands she held out to
him MacFirth cursed Inwardly. Jean­ "Good Book” Replete With Lively
Sallies That May Be Classed
nle crying over that worthless scamp
as of First Quality.
o f a Brandon!
“Jeannle, I’ve come to say goodby,
A writer on this somewhat unusual
The chief— ”
"I know,” Interrupted the girl, “you’re topic says: “There Is wit and humor
out after Jim Brandon, and I know of the first quality in the Bible,” and
what you have been told. I know the to prove It he continues:
‘Job In his thirtieth chnpter Is tell­
chief. He always says, ’Get him, dead
or alive.’ Oh, Alan, for my sake— ” ing how he scorned the low-lived fel­
she lifted beseeching eyes. “For my lows who pretended to look down on
him In his adversity. They are fools.
sake, Alan, bring him back alive!”
So the rumor of the post was true. They belong to the long-eared frater­
Jean cared. MacFirth swallowed hurd. nity. Anybody with less wit might
call them asses, hut Job puts It more
"Does It mean as much to you as all
deftly (30:7) : ‘Among .the bushes
tlfht?” he asked gently.
"It means— more than you know,” they brayed; under the nettles they
she returned so sincerely and earnestly were gathered together.’ If that Is
that Alan choked hack the words of not wit, there Is no such thing as wit.
And yet the commentators don't and
love struggling for utterance.
“I ’ll do my best, Jean,” he said sim­ won’t see It.
Take another Instance— Elijah’s rid-
ply, and presently after a phrase of
They
conventional farewell set out on his Icnle of the prophets of Baal.
long and lonely mission.
nre clamoring to their god to help them
Had he known that, despite his ef­ out of a very awkward predicament.
forts at concealment, the girl had read And while they are at It, the prophet
In his eyes his love for her, he might shows them up In n way that must
have found In the fact a trifle of con­ have made the people roar with laugh­
solation. He had heard the words she ter. The stiff, antiquated style of our
murmured when he had left her stand­ English Bible tames down the sallies.
ing, wistful, on the threshold, “Heaven Take them In modem phrase. These
send that Margot Is right 1” he would quark prophets have worked them­
have had cause for wondering.
selves into a perfect desperation and
Many weeks later. In an odorous nre capering about on the altar as
Igloo not very far from the frozen arc­ though they had the St. Vitus’ dunce
tic rim, MacFirth found Brandon, rec­ The scene (I
Kings 18: 26,27)
ognizable in spite of Ills Eskimo wnkes up all of Elijah’s sense of the
clothes. Ills growth of heard anti the ridiculous. ’Shout louder! He Is s
ravages of sickness.
And Brandon, god. you know!
Make him heart
who had seen from the opening of the I’erhaps he is chatting with somebody
Igloo the plodding train of sledge dogs, or Is off on a hunt or gone traveling.
knew that his day of reckoning had Or maybe be Is taking a nap. Shout
come.
away! Wake him u p !’
Imagine the discomfiture of the
For In that vast country, with its
frozen wastes and snow-bound horizon, priests of Baal at such witty and sar-
•itstlc comments upon tlieir perform­
white men respect two things— famine
ances."
and the Northwest Mounted Police.
In the monotonous days which fol­
lowed temptation lay heavily on Mac­
“City of Earthquakes.”
Firth to let Brandon die. In the lonely
The city of Sun Salvador, capital of
nights in camp on the way to the post the republic of Salvador, may he called
he fought ten thousand little devils a city of earthquakes, for it tins seen
which urged him on to u negative disaster as n result of many eruptions,
course of action— merely not to fight nml even today the many volcanoes
the fever, not to give the medicine, that surround the little city which has
not to prepare the nourishing broth.
been shattered so many times again
But he did not yield. The chief might threaten It. Itmuhlings nml grumblings
be satisfied with Brandon dead— Jean are heard, coming, it Is supposed, from
the Izalo volcano.
would not.
This cinder-covered peak, nearly
Meanwhile at the post Jeannle pon­
dered the w’hereahouts of the two men, 5,000 feet high, has gradually built
one of whom she knew loved her. She Itself up from what was a lever plain
worried also concerning her father. at the base of the Snnta Ana volcano.
John Bruce was losing furs for the It has long periods of Inactivity, throw­
company.
For several seasons the ing np clouds of smoke and steam In
value of the pelts had been decreasing. great puffs, and at times belching
Sometimes a flashing effect
Yet the independent traders were do­ flames.
ing better than ever. Someone had can be seen far out at sen, and the vol­
been waylaying the Indians on tlieir cano hns become known along the
return from tlieir winter’s trapping const ns the lighthouse o f Central
and bribing them to turn over the most America.
W IT AND HUMOR IN BIBLE -
DUTY OF EX-SERVICE BOYS
valunble skins. For his thievery— and
it was little else— her father would be
held responsible.
Came a mild day when Jeannle laced
up her walking boots and took her
troubles Into the open air. After a
lengthy tramp she decided, like a true
daughter of the wilderness, on n short
cut home, and thereby made her dis­
covery.
While forcing her way through an
almost Impenetrable gmwth of under­
brush bordering n muskeg swnmp she
stumbled over a plank. Surprised, she
stopped to investigate, and found that
Ihe plank was part of a flooring which
concealed a dugout of some sort.
Curiously she pried at a board until
It loosened, and kneeling she gazed
Into the gloomy depths within.
A
«•ache of furs 1 Evidently cured and
hastily hidden away.
W a lt ! Some­
thing glinted In the corner. She thrust
fci her hand and brought out a partly
tarnished watch fob, evidently dropped
as the wearer stooped over his burled
loot. Now who had she seen wearing
that fob?
It was late when Jeannle returned
fö M M N G
They Should Assist in Maintenance of
Law and Order, Says National
Adjutant.
science and his own understanding.
Because of his military service, the ex-
service man has a very keen sense of
his responsibility us a citizen, and I
am quite coufident that he will always
be alive to this responsibility. There­
fore, In case of a contingency as
above outlined. It is his duty to assist
in the maintenance of law and order
hy acting as an individual and offering
his services to the duly constituted
authority for the mulntennnce of law
an«l order.
“There Is nothing to prevent the In­
dividual members of the American Le­
gion, as an individual, from taking
either side in such a controversy, but
the American Legion, as an organiza­
tion, should not do so.”
L E M U E L BO LLES.
National Adjutant.
For the benefit of the comparatively
few isolated communities in which
there Is noticeable a tendency to give
credence to misinformation emanating
chiefly from the ranks of alien agita­
tors and other enemies of 100 per «■ent
Americanism, It Is deemed advisable
to refer to an editorial In the Chron­
icle, Cincinnati, O., official organ of
the Ohio Central Labor Council and
“Local voice of the American Federa­
tion o f Labor.”
In Its Issue of May 29. 1020, this
publication quotes the preamble to the
constitution of the American Legion,
and adds:
"The above Is the preamble to the
constitution of the American Legion
Specifically, the Legion hopes to sae
and to our minds It certainly sets forth
a principle that every true American, to it:
That the articles of war and court-
whether he be a world war veteran or
martial code are revised.
not. can consistently subscribe to.
That nurses have absolute rank with
“Recently an International officer, re­
turning from a state conference to opportunity for promotion.
That the government's thrift, sav­
Cincinnati gave vent to the expression
that the members of his international ings and Investment campaigns are
union would not be allowed to Join the heartily supported.
American Legion. This to our mind is
That all shall know their rights to
baby play. The attitude of the Amer­ wnr risk Insurance and how to take
ican Legion toward organized labor in advantage of them.
:lie state of Ohio, and locally as well,
Thnt the Immigration policy Is revised
has been clenrly defined and has been along the line of adaptability of alien
approved of by the Central Labor races to citizenship.
council. It Is claimed thnt at least 40
In a t proper punishment Is meted out
p« r cent of the boys who went to to all slackers and to those who aided
France and across the water were and abetted slackers.
trade unionists. If this is true, then
Thnt no child horn to parents In­
tlie proper thing for them to do would eligible to citizenship Is granted
be to Join the Amerlcnn Legion, and If citizenship In this country.
ever the occasion arose when there
That the Legion co-operate with the
would tie a criticism of the labor G. A. R.. U. C., V. and Spanish W ar
movement, they could he of service hy veterans in memorial services.
explaining our real purposes, thereby
Thnt relief to former enemy coun­
eliminating some of the antagonism to tries be extended only through agen­
us which comes from misunderstand­ cies so authorized by congress.
ing only. There need be no fear by
Thnt appropriate memorials to de­
trade unionists o f the American Le­ parted comrades are erected here and
gion. We believe they are right and abroad and kept fresh with the trib­
that they are fair, especially their utes and memories of the Legionnaires.
leaders, and ns we said above, we
That the war department recall all
would recommend to every trade honorable discharges granted to con
unionist who is eligible to membership sclentlnus objectors and that legisla
flint he can best protect his interest tion is enacted providing for their
and the wage earner hy getting in line, prompt punishment.
and pla<-e himself where he properly
That every public and private school
belongs.”
Is required to grant at least ten min­
In this connection, the following ex­ utes each day to patriotic exercises
cerpts from a recent letter of Frank­ and that the American flag he raise )
lin D'Olier. the Legion's national com­ over each school during the «lay
mander. to Thomas Gnldlngny. state weather permitting.
adjutant of New Jersey, appear ap­
That relationship with German ac­
propriate :
tivities Is not at this time resumed.
“The American Legion has taken a | Bm, thBt , here
,1C immediate re-
verv positive stand that, as an organl- : sllrnpt|on of German operas. Instnic-
-adon. It should never take any defl- ,|nn
(},,rninn |n the schools nor puh-
nitc part In any dispute between the )|c exhlh|r,ons hy German and An«-
employer and the employee, or between fr|nI1 performers.
capital and labor. This policy should
Thllt u>Bi-»l«tIon designed to cnrrv
Spanish Girl Has Attendant.
be adhered to strictly hy the national t nut thp Legion's altruistic and patriotic
The Spanish girl of any attractions |
organization, state organizations and j purp(„ (.,.
expressed at Its last na-
is almost always attended by a young |
hy the posts as well.
tlonal convention, Involving total ap-
man who is known as her novio, and j
In any such controversy, the Inter- propriatlnns 0f approximately $458-
who has the privilege of escorting her I
e-t O f the Legion la confined to that of q w .OOO.
pnBOtPd ,)y congress during
on her walks, although, hy s singu­ the maintenance of law and order and the coming year.
lar anomaly, no formal engagement | „ i thout taking part on either side. In
exists. So long as this state of things , rB, e
situation should «rise where
Some Distinction.
continues the young lady has to he
nn(j property are endangered. It Is
"W e ’re going on a slumming party.
loyal and obedient to her gallant. But
dntv of a member of the American
Want to come along?”
he may ce„«c his attentions at any Legion to perform M s Dill duty as a
“All depends. Army slum or otd-
time, anil openly transfer them to (Itizeti, according to his own con ffeahioueJ M ew l”
some other attractive lady. Although
the ailvnntages of such a custom ar»
all on the side of the man. very few
Ponge* Return* to Favor.
I covering. Embroidery In wool, silk or
Spanish girls would care to be with
I’ongee return* to favor each snm- j tiny beads Is an effective trimming.
out a no\in, however fickle.
i nier ns the mercury climbs upward in
Its little glass tube, because there Is
Combine Organdie and Voll*.
Accommodating.
no fabric so delightfully expressive of
In cotton frocks volle and organdie
Lawyer— l would like more time fot i
coolness as this heritage of the East. are attnirtlvely comhlncd. The lat-
m.v client, your honor.
The natural pongee Is the most in de- ter material falls Into soft lines « r
Judge— Certainly.
I was going to
•nand for outing frocks. Frequently draperies and chnracter ls added hy
give him flTe years, but I'll raise It
the tan material is bound In a color the nse of crisp organdie susli In con-
to ten.
auch a« American Beauty, emerald or | trasting color
Organdie ln two col-
old blue. Again striped pongee Is em- or* is often comblne«! also.
One
Kindly to Judge.
ployed to trim the plain ground fabric. smart frock re«vntly seen was >-f y e l­
Charity- gently to bear, kindly
Hats are covered with thl* fabric und low organdie trimmed with shirred
Judge.— Shakes pean
parasol* alao appear with this silken band* of gray aeif fabric.
WHAT LEGION HOPES TO DO
THE
SURF
BOARD.
“What an Interesting life I do lead,”
said the surf board.
The surf hoard was shuped something
like a fish and was painted to look like
a fish. It wasn't very large and It
held up people In the water who wunt-
ed to play about and have a good time
without swimming very much.
“I go through the streets of the sea­
shore place where my owners live, and
I se«* all the summer cottMges and feel
a part of the summer life of the pluee.
1 am carried right along the streets
und then when I react) the beuch I
too am ready for thb ocean I
“ When I come home again I stand
np against the side of a house and dry
off like uny sensible surf hourd would
do.”
“ Well,” said the s|H>ri fish. "Y’ou're
not nearly as large as I am, and you're
n skinny thing compared with me.”
“That’s so,” said the surf hoard,
“and you have a harness belonging
to you while I only have a string at­
tached to me to pull me In and out
of the water.
“You’re a great fat tiling, all filled
with air like a football and folks can
ride you over the breakers. Y’ou too
look like a fish.”
“ What Is that?” asked n fish bob­
bing his head above the water. " I ’ray
do not say that either of you two crea­
tures look like a fish.
"In Mo- first place you, old sport fish,
as you call yourself, are much fatter
than uny of us. W e wouldn't have a
shape like you for anything. There
are some big fishes out in the ocean,
fur down, who muy look like you, but
I’ve yet to see them. And if I did
see them I wouldn’t be friendly with
them, not I!
"And as for you, skinny old surf
board, I wouldn’t look like a great flat
piece o f wood all palmed up for any­
thing. I would rather look fishy and
I prefer my scales and my glassy eyes
to ull tlie bright colors painted upon
you.
“I do object to the way you think
you are so Important, both of you.
Why you’re not sea creatures. And
you act as though you were.”
"Now . don’t get offended, fish.” said
the sport fish. “For my friend and
I don't mean any offense. No offense
meant in the slightest degree, which
means that we dou’t mean to tiurt your
feelir ”s.
’“As for our shapes and the way
we look, we are not responsible for
that.”
“No,” said the surf hoard, “we were
made that way. W e are not responsi-
©
“ What Is That?"
Me for our shapes and we know that
we are funny looking fishes.
“But you should be glad that we are
funny looking, for If we looked like
you. folks might get us mixed tip and
they would expect to ride the waves
on you or to play on your hack In tlie
water, falling off and jumping on and
hanging on und laughing and all of
thnt.
‘“You wouldn’t like that, would you.
fish?
“You wouldn’t want to do the work
that old surf hoard and old »port fish
do.
“You must he glad we don't look
like you. Wouldn’t It be awful If they
took you for us? They never will, you
see, because we are so different.”
“Ah,” said the fish, "thnt changes
matters very much, in fact a great
deal.
I am delighted to think thnt
we don’t look alike. It would be hor­
rible If we l«H>ked like you or you so
much like us that people would expect
to ride us over the waves and on the
surf and to piny with us ami do all
of the things they do with you, both
of yon.”
"And.” said the surf board, "one of
the things that pleases me above ev-
eryth'ng else Is the fact thnt I nra
taken through the streets nml go to
the beach at bathing time Just like
people do. I don't have to obey the
tide and go out and In and get worn
out ns It would make me.
“I’m tnken through the stieets to
the beach with my owners and I'm
so proud doing that. If makes me
different and above any obi board.
Bat yon wouldn't Ilk*, that. fish, you
wouldn’t want to be carried through
the streets. Be very glnd you don’t
look like us and that we don't look
like you.”
Misplaced Sympathy.
“Edward.” said the .voting man to
hi* prospective brother-in-law. aged
five, "will you be sorry when I marry
your sister?"
"Yes.” answere«! the little fellow.
“Til be sorry for yon.”
Clocks
Little clock« — big clock« — fancy
clock*— alarm«. Wouldn’t it be nice
to have one always right W e eell
them: they go right, they *tay right.
And price i* right.
BOYD PARK
JEWELERS
BOYD PARK BLDG
y±,
MAIN siMXt
MARK ADAPTABILITY OF MAN
4 -
■
Automobile, Airplane, and Submarine
Prove Hie Right to Rule Over
the Natural Kingdom.
In the competition for survival, leaf-
eating Insects must he green, like
tlieir prey, or perish; woodpeckers,
like the bark; the tiger, striped like
sunshine through the rushes.
The
fittest survive.
“A black sheep” la
more than a figure of speech. The-
straggle for existence demands lit*
murder In the flock of white, conspic­
uous in contrast. Adaptation or death.
The crafty little chameleon Is the
prince of color adapters
Fuculties used, are sharpened; I f
neglected, they waste away into ves­
tigia— the appendix in man. Eyes o f
moles and hurrowers arc slmvly
closed wlith skin and fur. The fluffy
little lap dog has weak eyes But cav­
ern toads, with eyesight almost gone,
will recover dim perception in slowly
graduated light. And night-prowling
cats improve their sight to penetrate-
shadow land. Man noticed the pupil*
of his eyes contract in sunshine, urn)
enlurge In darkness— saw the bat, and
understood.
On ull sides lie saw this principle
at work: Bears, fur coated, restrict­
ed to the cold; the dolphiu. In the
s«*a; the eagle, the bird of freedom,
alert always to escape In flight. He
therefore devised the automobile, the
airplane and the submarine, to Jump
from mountain top to ocean bottom.
This adaptability of his botly of dl-
verttifled surroundings hns made hitu
monarch of the natural kingdom.
RUSSIA U N D OF HOLIDAYS
Almost Innumerable Occasions When
All Work Is Suspended end Time
Spent in Pleasure.
Russian people observe rigorously
all religious holidays— five at Christ­
mas. ten at Easter, three at Carnival,
und almost every week one extra day.
«hen uu anniversary of some saint I*
celebrated. On these days everything'
is closeil, und nobody works. Tlie six
weeks of fasting preceding Easter «re
strictly observed by everybody, and the
more devout d«) not even eat eggs or*
drlnk milk, ami do not use sugar, be­
cause It Is refined with blood. The-
Inst three duys of Holy week are stil)
more respected, for no food at all Is
consumed. For Easter Sunday, very
iurge cakes, sometimes Hire-- or four
feet high, are cooked with beuutifut
ornaments on the top. and eggs skill­
fully painted. Roth cukes and eggs,
with other eatables, are brought on-
Enster eve near the church and plnce«f
all about on the ground. After the-
midnight mass a procession of priests
and choirs comes out and w alk*
around the church, blessing nil the
food, which Is arranged before them
as In a market.
Easter Sunday and the two follow­
ing days are dedicate«! to paying vis­
its. Every man calls upon his ac­
quaintances. Visitors are obliged to
eat and drink wherever they happen
k°- otherwise they will offend the
host.
Eskimo Inherently Honest.
The Eskimo regards honesty ns para­
mount. He will never misrepresent
fn«-ls. and vitliough he may want to
dispose of an article ha<lly he wll)
rather dcpre«-late It than run the risk
of over praising. A man who lies or
deceives another is severely punishe«).
An Eskimo will not permit a fellow
man to need for fo«»d or cinrhfng, once«
he has enough for himself and hi*
family. War. to the parkn-hoorted men
of the North. Is unkmtwu. They de­
cide differences h.v staging dance dueia
and outsinglng each other, ond old
men act ns Judges to decide winners.
In this way honor Is satisued. Bru­
tality is unknown. In combating na­
ture. fighting the walrus, the wha'e
and the hear with primitive weapons,
the Eskimo displays unusual ennltuw*
and plans his way out of danger with
extreme self-possession.
Superstition Taken Scr -jusiy.
Ghosts and ”bla««k ttiHgic’ are not
laughed ar in the Interior ->f lfrier.
Under the mystic, nwesnm* influence
of the «lank jungle anything seem«
possible.
While in«’n have leamr-il
to re-poet the superstitions >:ti«l “Ju.ln"
of the natives, and among ilm English­
men who represent the colonial "dice
in this far-off empire th«re has devel­
oped a rich lore of oc- -i't tat--s whb-h
are re«'onnted to the t r r » - « r with
never a flicker of «kmc 1» -i.
Offended.
Miss Violet Chandler, who !s a can­
didate for county school superinten­
dent has requested the Torchlight not
to refer to her friends who are help­
ing her In her campaign ns he "sup­
porters.’— Arkansas Thomas Cat.
Valúa of Imaglratmn.
Tmac'natlon Is the supreme e«ff of
the gods and the degree o f Its pos­
session Is the measure >f any man'*
advantage over
rir-.-n «tan -e*— the
measure of his clutch of success.—