THE GATE CITY JOURNAL A total ot *700.212 58 was collected last year in state inheritance taxes In Oregon at a coat, Including litigation, ------ B> -------- ot only 1.7 per cent. GEORGE Births outnumbered deaths In Wal- MARSH , Iowa county more than two to one Principal Events of the Week during 1928, according to official vital Cop yrig ht by statistics of tba county. There were Assembled for Information The Peon J 129 births, of which 59 were boys and Publishing Co. i W N U- Service 70 girls. Death claimed 59 persons of Our Readers. during the year, most of them more than 60 years ot age. “You old fool I* cried the aroused Pacific university at Forest Grove youth, sitting up In bis blankets, stung The Vale volunteer fire department SYNO PSl 8 by the dog's caress. "You think Brock ushered In the new term with zu en­ held a big winter frolic Friday and rollment of 186, 33 students being reg­ was serious? Crawl out by thootln' U p t h e w ild w a t e r » o f t h e u n ­ Saturday nights, March 1 and 2. An bis pup—like a dirty Indian?" Impul­ istered from Portland. k n o w n Y e llo w - L e g , o n a w i n t e r 's antique bar, a souvenir of Vale saloon a u n t . J o u r n e y B r c c k M c C a in a n d sively the boy drew the massive bead For three nights, March 6, 7 and 8, G a s p a r d L e c r o ix , h is F r e n c h - C r e e of the husky to his breast “You fool an old-time fiddler contest will be days, creaky gaming tables and other co m rad e, w ith F la s h , B r o c k ’» relics of the early days, as well as ten- dog I Brock shoot his Flash to save p u p p y a n d t h e i r d o g te a m . B r o c k 's f a t h e r h a d w a r n e d h im o f th e his own bide?” And the boy crooned held la Estacada. The winner will gallon hats and rodeo attire, made d a n g e r o f h is t r i p . A f t e r s e v e r a l Incoherently Into a hairy ear. Aa the play at an old-time dance. their appearance at the celebration. b a t t l e s w ith t h e s t o r m y w a t e r s great plume of a tall waved to and Clatsop county poultrymen are or­ t h e y a r r i v e a t a f o r k in t h e Y e l­ Congressional action was completed fro, the deep throat of Flash rumbled dering numerous lots of baby chicks. last week upon the senate bill to lo w - L e g . B r o c k is s e v e r e l y I n ­ j u r e d in m a k i n g a p o r t a g e a n d In ecstacy. The two hatcheries in the county are authorize *35,000 for improvement of F l a s h le a d s G a s p a r d to t h e u n ­ Dawn—and a dazed voyager, seek­ operating at full capacity. c o n s c i o u s y o u th . T h e t r a p p e r s the Oregon caves in the Siskiyou na ing the valley of the frozen Yellow- r a c e d e s p e r a t e l y to r e a c h t h e i r d e s t i n a t i o n b e f o r e w i n t e r s e t s in . Conservative estimates based upon tlonal forest, when the house agreed Leg, shuffled on unsteady legs through F l a s h e n g a g e s in a d e s p e r a t e the spruce Into the north—at bis heels telephone and water connections In­ to a conference report conciliating dif­ f ig h t w i t h a w o lf a n d k i l l s h im . a bony husky drawing a small to­ dicate a population In Klamath Falls ferences of the two houses over some G a s p a r d t e l l s B r o c k o f h is d e ­ t e r m i n a t i o n t o fin d o u t w h o k il le d boggan. Through the morning went and its suburbs of 14,138. amendments. The bill now goes to b is f a t h e r . T r a c k s a r e d is c o v e r e d the pair, stopping frequently to rest a n d t h e tw o b o y s s e p a r a t e f o r Mrs. Fred Wallace was knocked un­ the president. lean from lack of food though be s c o u tin g p u rp o se s. B ro ck is Basement doors were blown for was, the husky, owing to bis marvel­ conscious at Oregon City recently ju m p e d b y t w o I n d i a n s a n d a w h ite m a n a n d k n o c k e d u n c o n ­ ous vitality, still retained much of his when she attempted to scrape an elec­ over 50 feet and furnishings were s c io u s . H e is h e ld p r i s o n e r . G a s ­ wrecked generally when a water heat­ strength. For the Ungava, like a wolf, tric iron with a butcher knife. p a r d r e s c u e s h im w h ile h is c a p - starves slowly. But the master who t o r s s le e p . G a s p a r d b e l ie v e s t h e s e Apple growers of the Imbler section er in the home of George Pier of The m e n k il le d h is f a t h e r a n d is p r e ­ reeled over the white floor of fore3t of Union county have completed their Dalles exploded. Pier declared that v e n te d fro m k illin g th e m by and barren, neared the end of his ; I the whole house appeared to rise In B ro c k . W h ile o u t a l o n e G a s p a r d stamina. Two—three miles more, and j packing operations for the season and the air and settle down after the blast, Is s h o t fr o m a m b u s h b y a n I n ­ so far have shipped out 240 carloads. the numbed legs would crumple under ' d ia n a n d k i l l s h is w o u ld - b e s la y e r . which the family at first took to be W h ile o u t o n h is t r a p li n e s B ro c k him—the snow-shoes which slide me- j The financial condition of the city an earthquake. is c a u g h t in a h e a v y s n o w s to r m . chanlcolly, driven by the dogged will, of Baker is said to be excellent. Rec­ H e is l o s t a n d h is fo o d g i v e s o u t. Under the auspices of the Coos coun­ cease to move. ords recently revealed a cash balance Then, of a sudden, as the uncertain of *103,339 on hand and in the banks. ty chamber of commerce and Coos eyes of the boy, whom hope had de­ county, an advertising booklet will be CHAPTER VIII The *9,210,500 appropriation for pub­ serted, peered ahead for the wind- —13— lic buildings sent to congress by Pres­ issued about March 15. Text for the booklet is now being submitted to the The Hate of the Long Snow» ident Coolldge contains an item ot I various commercial bodies over the *175,000 for a new postoffice at Cor Dawn of the following morning over­ j county to permit of additions or cor- took the two still heading north. The vallis. ; rections which may be discovered as rabbit had put new life Into the Tillamook county commissioners ; necessary before the issue is out. husky. Although thinner, as yet his have voted an appropriation of *1000 thick coat shone with vitality, and he Spring has been officially announced to pay the indebtedness incurred by still carried his bushy tail Jauntily in Hood River. S. E. Bartmess, pio­ staging the 1923 and previous county curved above his back. But the days neer resident, who annually reports fairs. of starvation and grueling snowshoe- the first mid-Columbia crocus, found lng had stripped the flesh from the Fourteen canneries packed shad on a yellow blossom of this species on square frame of Brock McCain. Ills the Columbia river during the year his front lawn. A snow bank occupied hollow eyes glowed with the light | 1923 and put up a total of 19,192 cases, the lawn a week ago. Mr. Bartmess that comes from toll without food. establishing a new record for the Pa­ says that the first crocus appeared a That morning, as he traveled, bis cific coast. week ahead of the average date this eyes began to play blm tricks. He Sam A. Moulton, for 10 years mayor season. found It difficult to focus on objects. Distant bills danced upon the horizon. of Tillamook, haa placed his resigna­ The Moro State bank, a new finan­ Black «pots and pinpoints of light tion In the bands of the council, giving cial institution at Moro, in Sherman blurred bis vision. Suddenly, like the 111 health and the pressure of private county, formed by the merger of the chill of cold steel, the th.night that business as the cause. Farmers State bank and the Bank of he could not sight his gun on game Medford Is to have a new modern j Moro, opened Its doors for business stopped him dead In bis tracks. Rais­ hotel. It will be built by E. T. Allen i last week. The new bank will operate ing his rifle, he tried to line the sights of Portland, owner of the Nash hotel with a capital of $50,000 and a sur- on a Jack-pine, hut the bead on the muzzle wavered In and >ut of the property, and will cost when complet­ ' plus of I^OOO and is located In the rear sight slot which appeared, .hen ed approximately *300,000. building formerly occupied by the faded, ben appeared, as If mocking Halsey Is to have a new up-to-date Bank of Moro. him. library building in the near future. Spring has come with a rush in the "1 guess I’m done for,” he groaned. Mayor Bert S. Clark has donated the zoology department of the state col­ For a space black despair lived In the heart of the boy caught In the The Eyes of the Boy, Bright With lot and others have volunteered to as­ lege at Corvallis, with the arrival of 72 croaking frogs from an eastern sup­ pitiless grip of the long snows. Then, Starvation, Hungrily Watched the sist either with work or material. Naueeoue Stew. as he stood brooding, a moist nose Portland interests have offered to ply house. The shipment on arrival touched the bare baud bolding the furnish the city of Estacada water there had but 70 croaking, as two had rifle. The caress of a wa-m tongue break which would shelter bis last from wells and a pumping system at "croaked” enroute from Chicago and camp, his heart gave a great throb, roused him. He glanced down at the an estimated cost of $7000 and a were no longer among the living. Th& eager biown eyes which spoke worship then checked, to pound again furiously monthly maintenance cost of $225. new immigrants have been housed in as he swayed on bis feet at what be of the loyal hear! which beat In that saw, Ancient knives, pipes, arrowheads the zoology laboratory aquarium. shaggy chest “Deer trull I" he gasped. "Deer Uncle Sam has provide* mail serv­ “What you think, Flash, Is the river trail, Flash! Made this morning 1 He and other Indian relics are being tak­ over those hills? Can we make It, can’t travel far In this! We’U hang en from a mound on the W. W. Hittle ice for Malheur county’s newest town, boy?” ranch near Gold Hill. More than 100 the Owyhee dam site. The new post- to him, Flash—hang to him I" office opened with D. H. Henderson For answer the dog whined, rubbing Then the boy shivered aa stark fear people visited the mound recently. against Brock's legs, as the boy's gripped him. Could he aim bis gunt Surveys have been made for a new in charge. Dam site residents will hand rested on the massive skull. Could he bit the game? bridge to replace the Mary White have a daily service except Sunday. ••You're strong, boy, yet Maybe, If But there was no place for doubt structure across the Coast Fork river Mall goes through the Nyssa postof- we hit the river soon, you ran pull here. He had to bit him. It was bit near Cottage Grove, the old bridge fice. It is transported to Dunaway me up to the lake. My legs won't last chance. siding by automobile, and from there last much longer. 1 can't feel 'em any Leading Flash on a rawhide thong, having been declared too light for by speeder over the new railroad to traffic. more.” to prevent him bolting with the sled the dam. Then at the thought of his father's when they saw their game, Brock fol­ The McMinnville school district A total of $2,656,183.97 has been words the boy pulled himself together. lowed the trail. Hope now drove his plans to spend $100,000 on two grade "Flash, we've got the nerve, you and stiffened logs—hope of red meat, food school buildings to take the place of paid to stockholders of the Eugene 1, If we are young, and shy on bush- —life. And here, at last, the careful old structures, and the matter will Farmers' Creamery, a cooperative cra ft Tomorrow, we’re going through training of months proved Itself. On be put up to the voters for approval concern, since its organization in 1914, to the river—over that ridge 1” a leash Flash had been trained to or rejection. it was announced at the annual meet­ So Brock plodded on, hoping against silence. ing of the stockholders in Eugene. Two truckloads of wild turkeys and hope for the sight of game. But the The trail ted through a stand of There are 252 stockholders in the con­ strange III luck which often pursues acrub spruce and out over the packed guinea fowls will be liberated in Cur­ cern. This sum Includes *2,546,830.67 those whose need Is greatest, followed snow of Icy shell of a brook. Here ry county during the next week. The the footsteps of the starving trapper. Brock suddenly stopped, his Jaw drop­ guinea fowls take readily to the wilds paid producers for milk, cream and butterfat; *70.907.38 bonuses paid on Trails of fox and lynx, rabbit tracks, ping In amazement and have proven a great success In butterfat and *38,445.92 dividends paid "Moose P he gasped. "Moose, up other states. and the network paths of grouse and on stock. ptarmigan, he crossed, hut for hours here on the Yellow-Leg 1" Development of the oil production Ids peering eyes saw no game—met no Insteud of the familiar, round-toed A report was received at La Grande floundering trail of caribou. They had tracks of a caribou, atumpvd Into the possibilities of the Rogue River valley recently that a band of wild police hard footing, like the thrust of a die adjacent to Medford are now undei dogs had been partly broken up after left the country. Again dusk fell. Agntn there were In wax, were the long, pointed, cow- way. and oil and gas leases for ap harassing a herd of deer near Ladd no rabbit runways in which to set tike tracks of a moose. proximately 2500 acres of land hare canyon on the edge of the Blue moun Following the trail which led In the been obtained. Rnarea. Again boy and dog sat In si­ tains, a few miles from. La Grande. lence by a fire. Over the fire hung a direction of a heavy stand of black Goldfish that were frozen for sev­ Hunters have killed three of the dogs. pall In which water boiled. In the spruce and cedar, under a ridge. eral weeks in a pond at the home of The animals are said to use the same water were strips of the pelts of two Brock led Ills plunging dog. “Shut up. Flush 1 Steady boy I" he Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Warner at Mount methods as coyotes In hunting, and rnhblts and small pieces of rawhide thongs. The eyes of the boy, bright ordered In low tones, “He’s there, in Pleasant, about two miles from Ore­ to have killed two deer recently. One gon City, have thawed out, and are dog is said to have been killed by a with starvation, hungrily watched the that bush." The animal had traveled up w in d - now very much alive. nauseous stew. cornered deer. "It won't help much, Flash,” mut­ tie would not smell them; so It was The Farmers' Grain Elevator com Twenty-five persons were killed and safe to hold to the trail. Slipping off tered the boy. “But It’ll warm us up pany at Athena has commenced ship­ —warm us up. My feet are cold—are the dog's harness, leaving the sled, ment of 75,000 bushels of wheat which 325 persons were Injured In a total of 1968 traffic accidents during the month yours? I can't feel my toe*—the lire's Brock led him by the thong. As they entered the cover of the timber, ears was purchased by outside buyers of January, according to a report by do good." With shaking hand the boy stirred and eyea tense, the hesrt of the boy shortly after harvest and which has T. A. Raffety, chief Inspector for the shook him as an engine shakes a since been held In storage. the pitiful supper In the poll. state motor vehicle department. Ap­ “We’re lost—and starved out. Flash. launch. Somewhere ahead In the The Mount Angel Producers' Pack proximately 760 of the accidents were My legs are good for one day m ore- spruce was food—life. If only he did ing company, by unanimous vote, has due to carelessness on the part of not miss! then I guess I'm through." decided to come under the federal co­ drivers. In 248 cases the drivers had ( T O B E C O N T IN U E D .) The starving pair flulshed a. In 1S7& throaty rumble It was withdrawn. OREGON STATE NEWS OF GENERALINTEREST I LA SH The Lead Dog : '(< HOW TO LIVE LONGER For Colds JOHN CLARENCE FUNIC IT IS UP TO YOU problem seems to at- T HE tract obesity much attention these days. Those who are not fat are afraid of becoming so, and those who have al­ ready allowed themselves that luxury are bemoaning their condition. Thus we have a commentary upon human nature and Its falling*. For the simple fact remains that those who are not fat, barring pathological condi­ tions, Deed not become so. And those who have reached an uncomfortable stage need not have done 1L Indeed, the avoirdupois question could be quickly and effectively solved If the people who are now thin would conclude to remain that way. Aa s matter of fact, the time to reduce Is when one does not need to do so. The reduction method at this period Is merely a state of mind—a proper and rational attitude toward the food ques­ tion. When considering this question, one must not confuse a natural tendency to stoutness with obesity. The two are as far apart as are the poles. The former Is according to nature, the latter Is antagonistic to It. One whr Is pleasingly plump was likely lo tended to b3 so; and any sustained effort to acquire an unnatural thin nest would be detrimental to health Exercise which Involves a measure ot muscular effort, plus enough but not too much food. In all probability will maintain the status quo. I d cldentally, don’t envy the thin ones. They are likely envying you. Those of you who are really un comfortably fat likely have only your selves to blame for this condition You have given your body more fuel than It required. You have fed It as If you were a wood chopper, while all the time you were sitting lazily In an office or home chair wondering what you were going to eat at the next meal. A great life! But not one that Is conducive to old age. Well, what Is one to to In such a case? Three things. 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