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Evening star., 1936-09-15

torical points Of interest and muse
ums in Washington, the interest Of
the student Is aroused in history and
the sciences. And in our school
room We have toys and pictures rep
resenting just as many objects as
possible.
After such laborious efforts alumni
OF the Kensington school have been
able to enter a variety of businesses
and professions, which include teach
ing, engineering. retouching, typirg
and public health work.
Must OF our students must learn
to make their living" Miss Peck de-
clared. And most of them select
their life work without regard to their
original handicap OF deafness"
Evening star., 1936-09-15

Miss Reinhardt also believed that
children, handicapped by lack Of
hearing, should receive special in
struction while they still are babies.
And that school for the deaf should
by all means have the atmosphere Of
a home rather than that Of an tnsti-
tuition.
Alexander Graham Bell approved
her plan and for years endowed q
scholarship at the school. And in its
20 years SO children have passed
through its doors to enter high schools,
colleges, universities and lster busi-
ness and professional life.
Since Miss Reinhardt's Death last
year the school, under the manage
ment Of Miss Anna B. Peck, an in
Evening star., 1936-09-15
BY FRANCES LIDE.

Dedicated to the purpose of making
little chatterboxes out of children who
can neither hear nor speak, the Rein
hardt School for Deaf Children, at
Kersington, Md, today began its
twenty-ninth session.
Ten children are enrolled at this
private institution where youngsters
deprived of their hearing learn to
read lips so readily that, after a course
eight years, they are able
Evening star., 1936-09-15
AUTO TAGS SF0R'37
RECEIVED HERE
Applications for Licenses to
Be Mailed Out by End
of October.

Receipt of the first batch of 1887
automobile license plates-with orange
numerals against a black background
was announced today by Traffic
Director William A. Van Duzer.
At the same time. however, Van
Duzer warned that all motorists who
have neglected to settle for traffic
tickets received during the last year
must do so before they can get their
new tags.
My advise" Van Duzer said, lis to
come in now and settle up and save
a lot Of trouble later on, when the
rush begins and long lines are waiting
at the license tag windows"
Van Duzer explained that police
are checking unserved warrants
against records in the Department of
Vehicles and Traffic. No license ap-
plications will be sent out to those
with offenses standing against them.
When such motorists come into OBJ
tain applications, the warrants will
be served.
N4OlO4lSIS NIlO ildhC IlcSltGJtu W
advise the department of address
changes likewise will receive no ap-
plications as the blanks will not be
forwarded. Van DuZer said. They
will be returned to the department
to await personal calls from the ap-
plicants who can be required to pay
fines for failure to give notification
Of address changes within 72 hours
The applications, which will be
printed by October l9, will be mailed
out between October 26 and November
IA. The first tags will be mailed out
November 16. They will not be on
sale at the Traffic Department, how
ever, until the 30tf.
The new plates may not be used be-
fore December Is and the deadline for
1885 tags will be midnight Decem-
her Al
Evening star., 1936-09-15

structor for 26 years, Is continuing
the policies Of its founder.
Children are not admitted after they
are years of age, and are not al
lowed to remain in school after they
are 13. At the end of the average
course students are equipped to enter
the sixth or seventh grade. And the
Spruces, large, rambling, three-story
house set back on two-acre estate,
is kept as much like an average home
as is possible
Many Of the children who are en-
tered at the school don't know even
the words "n other" and father"
Miss Peck declared, but Miss Rein
hart's belief that you must talk, talk,
talk, and then talk to your deaf child,
Evening star., 1936-09-15

no matter how discouraged or tired
you may be-" Is the basis Of teaching
lip reading.
Sometimes we repeat the same
word to little child until 1t has no
meaning for u.s." Miss Peck explained,
"but II we say 1t often enough the
child will eventually understand"
Meditation of the voice is taught
through the use Of rhythm lessons
with the piano. And events are
dramatized as much as possible in
order to bring about understanding.
For instance" Miss Peck said, "a
part Of our arithmetic lesson Is to 60
to the store and make actual pur-
chases, SO the children may witness
these transactions. BY visiting his
Evening star., 1936-09-15

We
fomeus n
Of carefully will
correct Of shoes intelligent
Evening star., 1936-09-15
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia-Fair tonight
and tomorrow, somewhat warmer to-
morrow; gentle south and southwest
winds
Maryland Generally fair and
slightly warmer tonight and tomorrow,
except probable showers in extreme
west portion late tomorrow afternoon
Virginia-Generally fair tonight and
tomorrow. slightly warmer tomorrow
In the interior.
West Virginia-Generally fair and
continued warm tonight and tomor-
row. followed by showers and thunder
storms and cooler tomorrow night and
possibly in west portion late tomorrow
afternoon.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
cloudy today.
Evening star., 1936-09-15
Has Deed of 1865.

Mrs Leila Hartman of Chambers
burg, Pa, has deed OF 1865, in the
fifth year of the reign Of George III,
bearing the Great Seal of Pennsyl-
vania and signed by Lieut.. Gov. John
Penn.
Evening star., 1936-09-15

Miss Josephine Locrdtt,
secretary to Traffic Director
William A. Van Duser, holding
q 1887 automobile license
plate and q ne1D congress-
Sional tag. The first is orange
on black, and the second
black on Uhite.
Star Staff Photo
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-12-17

"Why did he have to come today"
When Spared came in late from
the trip to town he found Cynthia
waiting his supper as Julia had al
ways done. He also observed that
she looked weary and sad and that
her eyes were red. He talked more
than usual to her, complimenting
her cooking, telling her of the jour
ney, of Jesse's room. Then he went
to his desk by the big fireplace, and
took from his pocket a large enve-
lope and began to study it.
"Reuben's father sent the deeds
and the calculations" he said.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-12-17
CHAPTER XIV

TYNTHIA had often in these
~ months contrasted her father
with Shellenberger. Spared, honest
in himself and generous in assum-
ing the same qualities in other peo-
pie, inspired instantly sense of Sc
curity and faith in the rightness Of
things; like the jutting Pinnacle on
his place. Shellenberger, with all
his good speech and manners, left
an impression Of uncertainty and
suggested that things which should
be assumed as ordered and fixed
were precarious and sinister; like a
pair of fox eyes discovered focused
upon you in clump of bushes.
So it was with quickened sense
that she heard Spared saying to
Shellenberger that the surveyors
had got the land mapped and cal
culated and the deeds made out
ready to sign.
$50 they're all done, are they?
That's good"
Gall complete they are, except the
place where the terms of sale are
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-12-17

SPARED left it there, glad of
her pride In the house. He took the
bank book from his pocket and
held it near the light for long
time.
"That looks pretty good,
reckon.
Cynthia examined the single entry
CT $4,000 in the neat bankers hand.
rs that all there is to itY' she
exclaimed.
"That's ALL"
She could not somehow get used
to 1t. Through the days it moved
in and out of her thought.
-Four figures in a little thin
scrap Of book. That's all there is
to it. Four figures in ink. 1t don't
seem right. The Pattern land sold,
a bunch Of strange men from down
the river In here chopping down
the place, everything changed right
around until body don't know
whether she is living on Wolfpen
or in lumber camp, and all it mat
tiers to the menfolk is some
scratches on thin little scrap of
book with brown back to it,
Spared was not so busy at the
mill after early November. He went
less often to the logging camp and
found more content in being near
the house. He seemed to her more
like the Spared of a year ago when
the new mill was being planned,
only he was graver now. He was
doing things that gave a satisfaction
deeper than the physical act of do
ing. He spent an entire day going
over the loom, replacing and tight
ening loose threads, and greasing
the treads. He pegged the boards
in the floor which had come loose.
He brought sawed lumber from the
mill and built the new row Of
shelves in the smoke-house. A little
shyly he gathered up the seeds from
Julia's flowers and put them in la
beled jars as she had always done,
saying to Cynthia:
II reckon we'd better put these
away for seed. 1t wouldn't seem
natural not to have the flowers
around the place."
Then he gave the garden it's coat
OF cow dung and it's fall blowing,
turning it carefully in deep narrow
burrows and narrowing it until it
lay soft, mellow and without clods.
And so he worked about the place
for many days until Cynthia thought
for moment that past days Of
peace had returned to Wolfpen.
1t was only for a moment. Then
Abral came at the end Of wet
and misty afternoon, out of breath
with running, bearing the news
about Doug: =
The numbering had moved relent-
lessly up the Dry Creek Hollow. AS
the great trees fell, they were col
lected and dragged down to the
creek by the mules and the yoked
oxen. Now, at the end of November,
they were far up into the narrow
portion of the hollow and beyond
the floating capacity of the creek.
Mullens constructed a narrow tram
road around the rim of the hollow
to carry the logs to the dam at
Cannon Greek. They were snaked
down from the hill to the rude plat
form and there rolled onto the log
trucks. The track sloped rather
sharply down the hollow, giving to
the trucks considerable speed I'M
der their own momentum. At the
last bend opening into the mouth
Of the hollow at Cannon, the tracks
curved abruptly and plunged down
the slope to the dam. One man rode
at the end of each truck to apply
the brakes and bring the load Of
three logs to halt at the collect
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-12-17

"Twenty-one thousand two hun.
dred and fifty-five dollars" Spared
said, zone to carry"
$50 it is. Twenty-one thousand
two hundred and ffty-five dollars,
but it's about four thousand too
much. The surveyors bill is five
hundred and thirty dollars
Spared offered no comment.
"Now about the terms of the con-
tract" Shellenberger said. ION
sales like this it is customary to
pay so much down and agree on a
way Of carrying the balance. I-take
it that is all right with you?"
Il reckon that's all right" Spar
rel said.
Suppose then that we agree to
this: I'll arrange to pay you, say,
forty-ive hundred dollars now,
twenty-five hundred dollars about
the first of the year, and the. bal
ance when / get the logs down the
river to the mills?"
II reckon if that's the way you
do in big deals like this, it will be
all right. Wen just write in that
agreement" Spared said.
'I'll have to go down the river
in few days." Shellenberger said,
land if we could go over to Pike
vile together we could have it wit
messed and notaried, and I'll draw
a check on the Catlettsburg bank
for the amount. I'll pay Warren
while I'm down there"
Cynthia had finished her work,
and she stole quietly out Of the
kitchen and into Julia's room and
sat down in Julia's chair by the
window to look down the hollow
in the dark as Julia had so often
done, thinking. $50 the sale ends
and all the months since April have
gone by and the menfolk write
what they're supposed to write to
make it on paper. They're always
putting things down on paper, as if
that made it any different, and then
they forget about what it really is.
"And Mother lies there on the
Shelf with Saul and Barton and
the rest where the stars are dim
tonight, and across the ridge are
all the men for cutting down the
trees to float away when spring
comes, the way Reuben floated
away that morning. Pears like
Wolfpen has just become place
for a body to float away and not
live in, Reuben and Jesse and
Mother and the land and the trees,
maybe me, l could float away now
and not miss things so much"
At the end Of the week Spared
rode with Shellenberger over to
town to sign the papers and file
them with the county recorder. He
brought back word from Jesse. He
was proud Of his son in the law
for he was doing well, his heart
in his work, and he was aglow with
his young enthusiasm and there was
an inspired look in his eyes. Tandy
Morgan, large, jovial, easy-going
Tandy had praised Jesse to Spar
rel. "That boy Of yours has got
head on him, Spared. He beats
all ever saw the way he takes to
the law. I'm going to take him into
court to help me with cases, come
next term" Spared liked that, and
told it to Cynthia when he re-
turned.
II always knew Jesse would do
well at whatever he was minded to
follow" Cynthia said.
"They say the school is doing
right well this term under the new
principal. was just thinking"
Spared said, "you might just as
well as not go over and get in the
second term
mo, can't this year now" Gym
thia said.
"We could get a woman to come
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-12-17


for lawyering or doctoring or sur
veying but just to be a Cannon
Creek farmer, and not so good at
that, pears like"
Now, don't you go to making lit
tie Of yourself" Cynthia said.
"a Teller loses all heart, Cynthia.
I've worked harder and done about
as poorly this year as ever since /
been trying to run the place."
Didn't they buy your 'seng,
Doug?"
II didn't have any, only about
four pounds"
"Why, Doug"
The mice chewed 1t up, Cynthia.
They hacked purt' near every single
root, and it was fine lot I had"
''I'm awful sorry, Doug. How's
your other stuff"
81 got right good crop of corn
and BEANS"
"Ours did right well, too"
There were pauses now between
the bits Of talk.
I'm going to work, cut timber
with Shellenberger this winter.
They're getting a sight Of cutting
done down there"
Il havn't been down there. 1
don't want to see it"
There was a silence, the small
talk ended. The mention of the
lumber camp had driven Cynthia's
thought inward so that she forgot
Doug for a time until she was
pulled into it again by the sudden
explosive shock of his words:
Lets us get married, Cynthia.
What 10 you say?''
She looked full at him for min
ute, feeling sorry for him. She
knew that she had never loved him.
and that she could not marry and
live with him. It was difficult to
say it in words which would tell
him without wounding him.
Il like you, Doug. rye always
liked you since we were little. And
we all like you. But I couldn't, you
see, Doug, it's just that / don't
love you that way"
She was afraid, even while she
was speaking, that he wasn't I'M
Outstanding.
He had never touched her in his
shy, indirect love-making, but now
his emotions were too wrought on
by her nearness and the sense of
her withdrawing more than ever
and irrevocably from him. He
sprang upon the porch and swept
her violently into his arms. His
movements were so sudden and so
unexpected that she was bewildered
for moment and he held her so
firmly that she could not move. He
did not try to kiss her. He merely
put his cheek against her head and
brushed his lips against her hair.
1t lasted for only; an instant, and
she sprang away, freeing herself.
Doug! You stop! What's come
over you?"
Il want you for myself. You're
aiming to marry that Teller, amt
you? I know. He's surveyor and
has down-river manners, and I'm
just Cannon Greek farmer. Well,
he won't get you. You hear me? He
won't get YOU"
His outbreak was as much Of
surprise to himself as to Cynthia.
Don't you touch me again, Dough"
she cried.
He paused, breaking the passion
engendered by his hot words, and
the heat went out of him before her.
II ought not have done that.
reckon it just kind Of did itself.
But I meant my words"
He stepped down from the porch
and walked with long fast strides
across the yard to the paling fence
where his mule was tied. He mount
nd in ono long rvthmic lean and
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-12-17

He Sprang Upon the Porch and
Swept Her Violently Into His
Arms.
put down, it's left blank for us to
fill in"
Gall right. How much was there
Of it?"
They figured the whole place has
six thousand two hundred and ten
acres, more or less"
"How much in my part?" Shellen-
berger asked.
Il haven't looked at that part
yet" Spared said.
"Well, you give me the papers
and I'll go over them today and
we'll sign them up"
Spared handed him the docu-
ments.
In the evening after supper he
sat with Spared in the big kitchen
by the smoldering logs.
"They did a good piece of work,
and clear and all there. He figures
there are four thousand two hun
dred and ffty-one acres in the strip
/ bought" Shellenberger said.
II calculated there'd be around
four thousand acres more or less"
Spared said.
warren has left blank a space
for writing in the contract, so /
suppose we might as we'll begin to
talk details Of settlement" Shell
lenberger said.
eyes," Spared said.
"Four thousand two hundred and
fifty-one acres at five dollars an
acre would be, let's see, five ones
are five, five fives are twenty
five twenty thousand two hun
dred and fifty-five dollars I make it."
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-03-26
AMERICAS BIGGEST BILL.

Talking about the fact that the
United States government is heading
toward a $4,000 100000 debt doesn't
mean much to most OF US. The figures
are too big for us to understand, and
besides it is sort of ike saying our
neighbor is up to his neck in. debt.
But some comparisons just developed
by the United States News, news
paper published in the nations capital,
bring the facts home to us in an in
telligible way
For example, the News shows that
the 125,000,00O people in the nation
spend two billion dollars year for
light and power, six billion for clothing.
ten billion for rent and eleven ard a
half billion for food, And for taxes, to
operate federal, state, and local govern
ments, the News finds they spend
twelve billion dollars making that the
nations biggest bill
Going little further than the News
went, we find some equally surprising
facts. For every man, woman, and child
in the country, somebody spends an
average of SIS year for light and
power $40 for clothing $50 for rent and
500 for food But the tax cost per per-
son per year is $50.
Take the average family Of four
father, mother, son, daughter Each
day, that family contributes sl05 in
taxes while it spends only Sl00 for
food, 81 cents for rent and as cents for
clothing. That of course, is only an
average. The man who is unfortunate
enough to own his own home or an
automobile or anything literally any
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-03-26
National Forest Timber For Sale

Sealed bids will be received by the
Forest Supervisor. Libby, Montana, up
to and including April IL, 1886, for all
the merchantable dead timber standing
or down, and all the live timber marked
or designated for cutting on an area
embracing about 50 acres within Sec
tons Is and rs, T. 80 NJ, r. SO w,
M. P. NJ, Lynx Creek, Kootenai Ma
tional Forest, Montana, estimated to be
900 feet b. m of spruce saw timber,
more or less. No bid of less than S1.5O
per M feet b. m. for spruce saw timber
will be considered In addition to the
above stumpage, rs cents per NJ feet
must be deposited in cooperative
fund to cover cost Of brush disposal
The sum of $4,000 must be deposited
with each bid, as iquidated damages,
according to conditions of sale. The
right to reject any or all bids reserved
Before bids are submitted, full informa-
ton concerning the timber, the condi-
tons of sale, and the submission of bids
should be obtained from the Forest
Supervisor, Libby, Montana, or Forest
Ranger at the Cabinet Rarger Station,
Troy, Montana. m12-26-2t.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-03-26
is COMMUNISM OR FASCISM
NEAR?

1--WE are racing toward Dictatorship
Communism or Fascism will be our lot
if something isn't done
This is the warning given to Ameri-
can workmen by Matthew Woll, vice
president of the American Federation
of Labor, in the Liberty Magazine In
making his own case, Mr. Vol makes
the case for every American who wants
no form of ism in this country, nor
any form of dictatorship.
whether we admit it or not, we
Americans are rushing toward govern
mentalism or form of state socialism,
Mr. Woll says. I'VE are turning our
backs on Individual rights, contract
rights, property rights, even states
rights.
I'VE are setting up new form of
society
Building his case step by step, Mr..
Woll points out that "one by one, under
the stress Of emergency, the great
towers Of democratic strength In this
country have gone down and towers
Of dictatorial strength have arisen in
their places. This is invariably the first
step toward a socialistic state, whether
Of the Communist, or the Fascist or
Nazi type.
Government is already moving
rapidly toward the full control Of in
dustry. The trend toward dictatorship
is no longer trend, it is race. True
it has been slowed down here and there
by judicial opposition. But it is only
matter of time before courts, no matter
how august, change in personnel until
they reflect the will Of the power which
appoints them. Judicial opposition
alone will not permanently protect US.
In those few words, Mr.. Void makes
as fine case for maintenance OF the
American system as has been made.
He speaks for organized labor, but he
sees plainly that property rights and
human rights are much the same. The
fall Of liberty means the fall of our en-
tire structure.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-03-26
AN ABLE EXECUTIVE

The people Of Montana are to be con-
graduated in having so able man as
DR.. Harry j. McGregor at the head
of the state highway department. DR.
McGregor paid his first visit in an Of
ficial capacity to these parts last Sat
urday and left a highly favorable i'm
preston upon all those who met him.
DR.. McGregor showed that he pos
sesses many of the qualifications neces-
sary in an able highway executive. He
has imagination and vision He is
motivated by deep interest in the
work and is throwing his every effort
into it. He has given the highway
requirements of the state deep study,
a study so all-embracing that ne has
at his finger-tips all the detailed in
formation that anyone might possibly
ask for He apparently has a thorough
mastery of the subject of Montana
highways. He sees future Montana
with highly developed system Of
modern highways being greatly enjoyed
by her own people and helping to bring
into the state each year thousands Of
visitors and millions of dollars from
those who will want to come and spend
a few days or weeks amid our in.om-
parable scenery, enjoying healthful
recreation and recuperating in health
and well-being.
DR.. McGregor has another quallfica-
ton highly important for one in his
official position We believe he is a
man Of sincerity and fairness, and that
he means to be fair to all parts Of the
state. That is all anyone should ask
and it is a great qualification to the
people of this district to realize that a
man is at the head Of the highway de-
partment who will administer his Of
flee inpartially and who will give this
long-neglected section justice at last
This newspaper is glad to extend best
wishes to DIR. McGregor and his allie
colleagues in the administering of a
highly important office and in the per-
forming of great service for the peo-
pie Of Montana.