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Rh there and give us all the best of their experience.

We are able to benefit by this and the whole association grows. I believe that one of the things that makes this possible is the fact that the men are paying for it—the fact that they are not getting something for nothing; and I believe that down here in Oregon we should do the same thing, so that they can put a field man like Kennedy out in the field.

Just think what it means to have a man like Kennedy. If you have any trouble you send for Kennedy and he tells you what is the matter with your business. That man will come down and fix your trouble, or if he cannot come, will send someone. We could have the same sort of an organization down here, so that if we sent in to Dean Allen, he would have a man that would come and tell us what was the trouble with us.

A million dollars' worth of good fellowship, $50 worth of food, and at least $10,000 worth of humorous writing were dispensed at a farewell banquet given by the editorial and news staffs of the Oregonian in honor of Ben Hur Lampman just before his departure on an assignment which will take him around the world with Julius Meier in the interest of Oregon's 1925 exposition.

The Hazelwood restaurant, in Portland, was the scene of the party. Covers were laid, as the society scribes have it, for 35 members of the Oregonian family. The dinner was enlivened by the arrival at frequent intervals of a Western Union messenger bearing telegrams filled with brilliant humor, addressed to the guest of honor, from kings, potentates and celebrities from all parts of the world. A mysterious Oriental dancer threw a mean set of veils to the tune of weird melodies by a masked ﬂute player.

An eloquent and splendid tribute to Lampman was paid by Edgar B. Piper, editor of the Oregonian. Ben responded with a graceful speech that would have made Frank Branch Riley turn green with envy. Other speakers were Uncle Bill Cuddy, youthful editor of the Oregonian Weekly; Horace E. Thomas, city editor; R. G. Callvert, Albert Hawkins, A. B. Slauson, and Mrs. Lampman.

Bill Warren slipped away from the festivities after the soup course and with the help of God and two office boys, got out the paper.

George Bertz, sporting editor of the Oregon Journal, returned to his oﬁice on March 27, after spending several weeks at Pasadena, Calif., the spring training camp of the Portland baseball team. Bertz insists vigorously that the Beavers will be strong contenders in the 1922 Coast League pennant contest.

To Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stewart a son was born on Saturday evening, April 1, at Good Samaritan hospital. Stewart is editor of the country life department of the Oregon Journal, and Mrs. Stewart, who was Katherine Lamar, was formerly cashier in the Journal business office.

Speaking of matrimonial affairs in the Oregon Journal office, it would be amiss not to herald again the impending marriage of Lynn Davis and Miss Jeanette Wiggins, which is booked by the connubial clerk for April 8. Miss Wiggins retired from her work as assistant in the country life department of the Journal early in March, but Davis continued to Remington the news of railroad and commercial beats without fear or favor. The Journal family presented Mr. and Mrs. Davis as a wedding present a pretty silver chafing dish and silver service set. A week's honeymoon will be spent with friends in British Columbia.