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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-10
THE LAST MILE. BY Frank A McAlister
Doubleday. Page & Co.

M r. McALISTER has not only
lVI achieved a marked artistic sue
cess in this wholly unhackneyed
book but he renders a great service TO
the thinking men and women of his hero's
generation in giving them portrayal OF
themselves as citizens, as units in rap
idly changing social complex, that is en-
lighteningly realistic. He voices with
clear articulation, a good deal that very
many folk are thinking and feeling con-
fusedly. The times are out of Joint, and
there is no one visibly ready to set things
right; at least no one capable of doing So
Many OF us including much older people
than the returned soldier of the book, feel
not only that something ought to be
done about 1t, but that we, each of us
ought to be doing something. somehow
Yet there is nothing very obvious that we
can do, though we must keep on trying
to find that missing something. That is
the theme of the book, and inevitably it
leads to no sure conclusion, no near final
ity. If the book has a positive moral" or
a definite bit of social commandment it
is that expressed by the naturalized Slavic
Jew lawyer: But really, am a bug on
education. The whole trouble with the
world is that people in it are so ignorant.
That is what makes democracy so remote
thing and makes even republicanism
function so poorly"
The surface of the story is concerned
with the experiences of 'Dinkr Broad
hurst upon his return from the war I'm
1919 and up to the end of 1920, shortly
after the election. Broadhurst is an ideal
| list who at first falls into the usual error
OF thinking that new ideals can be put
into practice turned to realities. more
readily than is possible. One of the char
acters in the story tells him: You have
the most interesting thing in the world
a soul that's just beginning TO sprout, and
| it's fun to watch it grow"
1t does grow visibly. in the narrative,
| and is extraordinarily interesting TO fol-
| low The growth carries him into vari-
Gus political experiments, from viewing
the parior Bolshevik to becoming an ac
| tive member of a new Liberal party, which
tried TO become, but was swallowed by,
the radical Labor Party at its Chicago
convention. 1t finally leads him to chuck
| his excellent financially job in an ad-
vertising agency and also leads him to
a more enlightened intellectual honesty
It is no mere dabbling in Socialism" or
radicalism. Broadhurst is too genuinely
an American, or. more accurately, too fun
damentally an English thinking person, 10
become a fanatic of any sort. But. Hike
most intelligent people. he is not satisfied
with things as they are and realizes that
the fabric OF civilization Is. as matter o.
fact, changing. and that it is rather fool
ish to fancy the clock can be turned back
But on the other hand there is no magic
transformation scene and no Utopia In
sight.
"He had looked for a new world q
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-10

Of the American soldier and his reactions
in France that has as yet appeared. The
larger impression of America in the war
is also accurate and grimly critical as well
as understanding. Miss Gather knows her
Nebraska and the middle Western type,
with its faults as well as its splendid
virtues. The book is a very fine, strong
piece of work. H. l.. PANGBORN.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-10

YOUNG PEOPLES PRIDE. BY stephen
Vincent Benet. Henry Holt & Co.
r. BENET really deserves better
VI treatment than to be identified
with the so-called new school of
writer's, and praised. as many reviewers,
including Haywood Broun and John Far
rar, insist upon praising him, as an in
terpreter of the younger generation"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-10
ONE OF OURS. BY Villa Gather.
A. Knopf

m ISIS GATHER has one of the neces-
N sary ingredients of genius-the
capacity for taking infinite pains
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-09-12
Klansman Halls Klandidacy

The Independent candidacy of Klansman Charles Hall
for after his defeat the republican primaries
and after he had lost out in his efforts to contest the nomn
alton of his successful rival by recount to be expect
ed for Mr.. Hall did not republican as Klans-
man.
Those who are back of the Hall candidacy the Ku Klux
Kan and affiliated bodies, masqueradng under the
of the patriotic societies insist upon candidate who will
openly champion the so-caled compulsory school bill,
which designed to close all private and church schools
Oregon Efforts made to induce Mr. Pierce the demo-
cratic nominee to commit himself publicly failed though
representatives of the societies publicly reported him
secretly favorable to the The school BILL they
ser needs champion the stump to ward off defeat
Halls nomination is highly pleasing to kansmen and
100 percenters generally for it is figured that his sup
port is solid consisting of fanatics who regardless
party 1t is reported equally pleasing the democrats
who declare that will divide the republican and thus
democratic To anklansmen and to those
opposed to the school BILL it is equally satisfactory
makes this question the issue of the campaign will
cenrate their support in the election primary The only
people dspeased the old guard harmony crowd which
seeks to ignore and evade the issue and straight
But them days gone forever
Of course Klansman Hall has to violate state statute
to become independent candidate after being defeated
in the primaries but the law is possibly unconstitutional
and will be contested And anyway what the among
Ku Kluxers?
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-09-12
What It Will Cost

According to figures compiled by the City Club Of
Portland, there 1925 public schools in Oregon with
160,924 pupils
There in Oregon 90 private schools with 1901
pupils.
If these private school pupils sent to public schools
would be necessitated under the Compulsory School
b the November ballot the additional of educa-
ton to the taxpayers would be figuring in the basis of the
present cost of education $8919 pupil $1073045
per year-an extra mill of taxation annually.
The additional costs for school buildings to house these
additional pupils being taught free of cost to the tax
would beat investment of $500 per pupil OBJ
tains $36O9,300, three and half mills levy
the first year. AS unusually large percentage of private
school pupils reside in Marion county, the local taxation
will be increased over the average for the state.
Is is the custom to blame the government for high
taxes that the people vote themselves but local
general be blamed for the extra taxation
that will be imposed the people if this unjust school
bill is passed-nobody will be to blame but the secret
society bgots who initiated and the people who vote
for it,
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-09-12
RHEUMATISM
Leaves You Forever
Deep Seated Uric Acid Deposits
Are Dissolved and the Rheu-
matte Poison Starts to Leave the
System Within Twenty-four
Hours.

Every druggist in this county is
authorized to say to every rheu-
matte sufferer that if a full pint
bottle OF AlIenrhu, the sure con-
querer of rheumatism. does not
show the way to stop the agony,
reduce swollen joints and do away
with even the slightest twinge of
rheumatic pain. he will gladly re-
turn your money without COM
ment.
Allenrhu has been tried and
tested for years. and really mar
velous results have been accom-
plished in the most severe cases
where the suffering and agony
was intense and piteous and where
the patient was helpless.
Mr.. James H. Allen, of Roches-
ter, N. Y, the discoverer of Allen
rhu, who for many years suffered
the torments of acute rheuma-
tism, desires all sufferers to know
that he does not want a cent of
anyone's money unless Allenrhu
decisively conquers this worst of
all diseases, and he has instruct
ed druggists to guarantee II as
above in every instance. All drug
gtsts can supply you. (adv)
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-09-12

bard. and family and Mrs. May
GERS mother, Mrs. E. Platt motor
ed to Aumsville Sunday and spent
the day at the e. S. Mccormick
home. Master Donald Mccormick
returned with them for weeks
stay.
Mrs. Clara Ellsworth of Mill
City arrived here Thursday even
ing and spent the night at the IL.
C. Lewis home. She left Friday
morning accompanied by Mrs.
Lewis for the weekend to look
after timber claims in Lincoln
county.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. C. ]. Lew
is, Monday, September 4, 10 " :
pound boy, to be named Darle Del
bert.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. M. Fuson spent
the weekend In Portland.
]. Bleakney of Portland spent
Wednesday night here looking
after his mothers property.
Vern Shepard of the Moores
music store in Salem was a busi-
ness visitor in town Thursday.
Miss Grace VonBehren of Salem
was a business visitor here Thurs
day.
Mrs. Laura J. Bone was Salem
visitor Thursday afternoon.
Miss Vaughn Mccormick left
for Portland Friday to take up
her work at the jefferson high
school.
Miss Blanche Lewis left Thurs
day evening for Lebanon to visit
relatives.
Mrs. Charles Martin motored to
Salem Wednesday.
Miss Opal sacre is employed in
a cannery in Salem.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-09-12
Stayton Briefs

The Alexander Hoke, Korinek
families and Mrs. Frances Parry
and son, Dixon, made up a party
who motored to Albany Sunday
and picnicked in Bryant's park.
Miss Edna Holder, who former
! ly taught in the Stayton schools,
will leave October for New York
city. From there she will sail for
Bombay, India, where she win
teach in a mission school.
J. H. Etzel has purchased a
small tract of land near Hills
boro and will move there the last
Of the month.
Master Dixon Parry entertained
party of friends on Saturday,
the occasion being his 7th birth
day A huge birthday cake with
seven candles centered the attrac-
tive table and boxes of candy and
nuts were used to mark each small
guests place. Dainty refresh
ments and various games made
the afternoon pass pleasantly for
the youngsters.
Mrs. v. Lyle McCroskey return
ed Sunday from short visit with
her mother at Portland.
The many friends of the Fulton
family are sorry to learn of the
destruction by fire of their home
in Turner early Saturday morn
Ing. According to reports received
here the piano, couple of chairs
and few clothes were all that
was saved. How the fire orig
mated is not known.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-09-12

Portland, $4,000; George L
Greenfield. j. E. Hawkins and j
p. Kavanaugh.
Ray johnson Post, No. "A
American Legion, Redmond, ST.
500: w. I. Smith, p. NJ. Houk and
J. f. Hosch
Kelso Supply & Lumber COM
pany. Portland. $4,000; II. f.
Beckett, f. X. oppenheimer and
Della Pickette.
The Bohemian Club. Inc, Port
land. $3.50; Charl Caring. Helen
r. Caring and T. E, Mueller.
Permission to operate in Oregon
was granted to the Grand Central
Mines company, a Washington
corporation capitalized at $780,
900. George T. Cullen OF Baker
is named as attorney In fact for
oregon.
The Bethany Baptist church of
Portland filed supplementary arti-
cles changing the name to the
Sellwood Baptist church OF Port
land.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-09-12
An Anonymous Letter

The little chance speech of Phil's
was made when they were. looking
over some of the clippings that | had
saved for them from the city papers.
1t was in reference to the inter
view with Susanne where she said
that it was probable that Phil had
not known Sheila long.
'Much she knows about it," re-
marked Phil contemptuously. 81
have known you, Sheila, since the
morning stars sang together. All
down through the ages [ knew you
and was happy whenever l found
you. When l lost you l went wan
dering through space looking, look
ing for my other self, and the other
day when again l found you my
heart sang. Sheila, you are the only
woman in all Gods universe for me,
and l know you better than l know
myself. shall never lose you
again"
Hush, Phil; Kay will think you
HdNe Buue crazy
IF that is madness, Sheila," 1
grinned, tone could wish that more
husbands were incurably demented.
Marriage seems to cure one of that
kind of insanity, Everyone who had
ever said or written anything on the
subject has declared that wives and
husbands have to live with each
other for long time before they
really know anything about each
other
IT was all very beautiful and al
though it made my heart ache as it
took me back to those blessed, bless
ed years with Blake, yet it made
me happier than l had been since
he and l had parted forever.
For some reason l could see that
Sheila did not want to be alone with
me and from Pills manner l was
almost sure that he was still in
happy ignorance of the tragedy
that had clouded his wife's life. At
times, when l caught him looking at
her when he thought he was not
observed, there came such look
of tender pity into his eyes that
was not sure.
One morning Phil went to his Of
flee early. He had opened his law
offices and already was beginning
to find work piling upon him. The
postman was late and l had gone to
my room when Sheila came to me in
perfect terror.
She put into my hand letter.
saw, after carefully scrutiniz-
ing it that it was addressed to Phil,
but the ''Mr" was so blotted that
it might easily have been taken
for Mrs.
Kay, l would not open Pills
letters for the world. think it is
,ne of the worst and smallest things
/ wife can do, but l thought the
etter was addressed to me and after
did open it, it seemed that Pate
iad given il into my hand"
"what is it, Sheilai What do you
Like most people I turned the
etier over and over in my hand,
ryiug 70 guess what it contained
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-09-12
GETS $1,000 FROM SON
SHE NEVER HEARD OF

Spokane, Wash. Sept, Ia
Mrs Anna Bertha Smith today 4,
In receipt of letter. enclosing .
certified check for $1,000, from .
"son" she declares she never had
The letter, which was registered
and addressed to Mrs. Smiths
house number here, came from
Coco Sole, Panama canal zone, II
bore that salutation Dear moth
or. and was signed with love,
Andy" and said: You can pay
for your little home now"
Mrs. Smith has turned the let
ter over to the postal authorities.
She says she has but one son,
who is a resident OF this city.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-09-12
Along State Street
oal will be hard to get.

Next winters coal viii be hard
Sorry the vacation is over
patting himself on the back
Some people live old step
instead Of the brake
trouble many second thought
to before the
boy that usually grows up to write press stories
for moving picture
No wonder New city men, when
a the Curb $1,000
TO keep going poorhouse the mann
facturers are urging men to the things
Modern apartments having radio receiving
OF the fixtures This looks like the landlord to
tell HIS tenants about IN in nrents
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-09-12
HAPPENED When
y VSheila ElliStOn Refused Love
BY IDAH McGLONE GIBSON
BY IDAH McGLoNE GIBSON

while l questioned the agonizet
girl.
II did not know; l did not know,
she walled. "Oh, Kay, you believ,
me, don't youg If l had really have
known that this thing would hang
over me as it does, L would never
have married Phil"
With a jerk 1 took the sheet Of
paper out of the cheap envelope and
read:
Il wonder, Mr.. Phillip Spencer, if
you are aware that the face of the
woman you have married is in the
Rogues' Gallery of the city prison
Has she told you that she was ar
rested and found guilty of crime
that she was only kept from the
punishment that she deserved
through the efforts of DR.. Thornton
and Mrs. Walton of this city.
"Ask either of these sentimental
people to tell you about the woman
you have married and you will find
that all reasonable people are pretty
certain that she has not only brok-
en- the sixth commandment but the
seventh as well.
"a SYMPATHIZING FRIEND. y
1 tore the letter vindietively into
small fragments.
For a moment l was too angry
for words. Then the torrent broke
forth. Il have nothing ugly enough
to say when | name the anonymous
letter-writer. A man--"
cor woman" tensely interrupted
Sheila.
"Sheila, do you think"
What else is there for me to
thinkg l am quite sure that l have
no enemy in the world that would
stab me with such a dastardly thing
as this unless it might be-
Hush, dear, do not say it. 1 hate
to think that any woman in all the
world would try to murder another
woman's happiness stab her
in the back in the way the writer
of this letter tried to do"
''To whom, except Susanna Jones,
dear Kay, would publication of
my disgrace bring joyf" sheila's
voice held the accents of despair as
she tremblingly asked the Question.
Certainly l hope that to no one else
unless it be to Phil and yo5 am !
of so great Importance that my pie
ture in the Rogue's Gallery would
make the slightest differences
Let me 60, dear, let me gel 1 had
better go away before Phil finds this
out. l could never look upon his
face again. You know it is not right
that my picture should be there, do
you noti You know that 1 am inno-
cent Of all wrong doing :"
could not answer her, neither
could reassure her when she
dropped upon her knees, and clasp
ing me eonvuisively about the waist,
said' ''0h, Kay, you win get those
pictures, viii you motif I did not
dream for a moment that they were
stin there. In fact, I did not know
What they were taking them for.
vas so terror-strieken at the time
hat did not sense that they were
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-09-12
Consisting of

i team mares, and years old, weight zooV u ~
broken single and double; mare IL years Ola We
1900 lbs; set work harness COW years old mlhlS
l COW years DID, milking COW years old, mlislns
COW years DID, fresh; l brood sow o. l. =, pss ss
weeks old; 1 o. l. c. shoat, 125 lbs; 5o cni0Ae-
l 3A Winona wagon, double box compete' nv. ~
13A Osborn Wagon top buggy; cart; t. - ~ &
Ing Binder; SIT. Mccormick mower; Deerins I
rake; l 14disc Imperial grain drill newt 9-lI ~
gated land roller; 12-disc John Deere DISC hal.s
new; 15-tooth Spring Tooth Harrow, new; twO7u~~
John Deere Cutivator new; one-horse cultlVato n
14-inch Syracuse pow DeLaval cream sepera'O-s 49,
II new; 9x12 tent, good Il grind stone; o12l'
cut saw; cook stove, heaters; l kitchen ca,'1 1i
bedsteads and springs; wash stand; couch' ,as]
tor phonograph and IL records 25-ga Cadron
some Dishes tools, stone jars and many other
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-09-12
New Interpretations.

Capitalized at 100000 tn,
Reilly Land & Livestock company
Of Bend filed articles of incor-
poration with the state corpora
IN department. here Monday. The
iacorporators are II. d. Sullivan,
!. T. Reinertsen anu Z. J. Berg
+ som.
other corporations filing arti-
eies Monday were;
Greenfield Hawkins company
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-09-12
Aunsville News

Lee Sutton or this place and
Miss Florence Mitchell of Fruit
land were married at the home OF
the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
f. M. Mitchell at Fruitland We'd
nesday evening September g.,
1922, at s o'clock. Rev. ]. j..
Evans, pastor of the First Chris
tian church in Salem, read the
vows in the presence of the imme-
diate families. The bride was love-
ly in dress of dove silk trimmed
with old rose. After the cere-
mony ice cream and cake were
served and the bride and groom
left Immediately for Salem where
they left the next morning for
Portland, Newport and other
points. They returned to Aums-
vile Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs. SUIT
ton will make their home at the
present with the groom's parents
here. Mr.. Sutton is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. A. Sutton, west of town,
anu nd6 1Ol DCNCtoA OoAo oAAAO0
on his fathers farm, previously he
had attended the Oregon Agricul-
tutral college. Mrs. Sutton at
tended high school here for two
years and is general favorite
among the young people. She is
the youngest daughter of F. M.
Mitchell, who was principal of the
schools here for several years.
Mrs. Elizabeth Nancy Porter
Read was born in Pike county,
ILL.,, August 81, 1843, and died at
her home on her fathers donation
land claim, August 27, 1922, at
the age of 70 years and 6 days.
She came to Oregon with her par
ents in 1843; was married to G.
K Read, October 20, 1864. To
this union was born nine children,
all of whom are living. They are:
Virgil Read and John Read of
Portland, Silas Read of Corvallis,
Mrs. Eva Foland of Salem, Mrs.
Ethel Mccullough of Antelope,
Mrs. Nettie Downing of Stayton,
George Read and Sarah Read and
Mrs. Jessie Porter of Aumsville.
Her husband preceded her five
years before. She also leaves
three brothers and one sister: J.
H. Porter and III. G. Porter of |
Aumsville, Sidney r. Porter and
Mrs. Mary j. Won Behren Of Sa-
lem. She leaves 26 grandchildren
and nine great grand children.
services were held from
the Christian church with Rev.
R. L. Putnam of the Court Street
Christian church officiating. In
terment was in the Aumsville
Matt Read passed away sudden
.y at his home near here Thurs
lay morning, September 8, at S;25
o'clock. The cause of his death
was thought to be heart trouble.
Funeral services were held from
The home Sunday afternoon at
o'clock with Rev. e. A. Palmer.
George Brook and Dave Mum
cell are putting new concrete
floor in the bank.
Miss Helen Mccormick left for
Jordan Valley Thursday where
she will begin her second years
work as teacher there.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Miller spent
The I'd, 3rd and 4th at the Stay
on Roundup where Mr.. Miller
a stand.
G. w Mayer, mayor of Hub
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-09-12

copyrIgnt 1922. Premier Syndicate Inc,
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-09-12

always to be mute ACQUISITION
against me.
"But you win get them, Kay.
Surely you can get them. You are SO
powerful. No one will refuse Mrs.
Wilmington. You will get them for
me, will you not"
Tomorrow-A Heavy Blow.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-09-12

A~os % % p UAfo AOu An angelic Skin
mon sense to simply treat the skin.
A bottle of S. S. S. will prove to YOU
what is happening in your blood. S.S.S.
is a scientific blood cleanser.-it drives
out the impurities which cause eczema.
letter, rash. pimples, boils, blackheads,
blotches and other skin eruptfons.
When these impurities are driven out,
you can't stop several very nice things
from happening. Your lips turn nat
urally rosy. Your eyes sparkle. your
complexion clears. 1t becomes beau
tiful Your face looks like that of a
prosperous, ruddy, well-fed, refined
gentleman, or IL you are a woman
your complexion becomes the real kind
that the whole world so admires. S.S.S
is also a powerful body builder. be-
cause it builds new and more blood
cells. That's why it fills out sunken
cheeks, bony necks, thin limbs, helps
regain lost flesh. 1t costs little 10
have this happen to you. s. s. 8 iS
sold at all drug stores, in two sizes.
The larger size is the more economical
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-09-12
Common Sense
About Eczema
and EruptiOns!
Here's Something About S. SIS.
That You'll Be Glad to Hear.

You might just as well know It right
now.-the cause Of skin eruptions,
ptmples, blackheads, boils and so on.
is right in the blood. There is no get
ting away from it. Science has proved
1t. We prove it. You can prove 1t.
When the cause of skin troubles and
eruptions is in the blood, 1t isn't COM
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-09-12

For skin eruptions, rash. chat
ed skin. prickly heat. chigger
bites and stings OF poisonous in
sects. Billiards. Snow Liniment is
an effective application. 1t heals
quickly. Three sizes. soc. 60e and
$l.20 per bottle. Sold by Danl' J.
Fry (adv)