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, -.... 1 AUTO SECTION A HJ,T, C section i trrn i j "-ajMi m dougCas CPU NT-V )a Consolidation of The Evening News and Th Roteburg RtvlJ' An Indopond-iirt Newspaper, Published for ths Intsratta of the Paoale. r. VOU XXVIII NO. 129 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1927. VOL. XVIII NO. 203 OF THE EVENING NEWS ytn - . EASY MONEY IN Movement Is Started to Control Evil of Private BY RODNEY DUTCH ER i ' . NEA Service Writer. WASHINGTON, Sept 21 By all appearances, congress - may be ex pected to pass a law permitting its friends to make their own $10 and $20 bills, since it seems to .have giyen away almost everything" but that privilege. One example la that of granting toll bndgo ' franchises. These bridge tolls are far from the worst instance of public, mulcting through federal grant, but they are an excellent - example . because nearly everyone has been held up at a toll bridge. Some profits as a result are bo exorbitant that the bridge Is all paid for after a couple of years of operation. ;-.' "But what we're trying to head off is a menace of the future rath er than an existing Intolerable Sit uation," explains Thomas H. Mac : Donald, chief of the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads, who has become . a leader in the movement to con trol toll bridges. The franchise-grabbers, : Mac-1 Donald points out, have mushroomed-into activity within the- last three years. The bureau mapped out a system of federal aid high . ways comprising not more than 7 per cent of the , total highway mileage.. The . government- appro priates ; $75,000,000 , to help the statea cdmplote thlB system, of which there will be some 180,000 miles. : " ' ,-. ' Many Streams to Cross Wherever these highways cross n - stream, a, strategic : position Is franchises for bridges over navl created. Congress alone can grant gable streams and the granting has always been a "personal privilege." The franchise-grabber has a sure thing because he knows that traf fic will be concentrated on the fed eral artery. Thus,' these franchises become so valuable that one shoestring or . list was round - demanding of a ' Tompany 51 per cent o the bridge stock merely in- return' for the How Estelle Taylor , .', j .I.- By ALLEN E SUMNER , ( j .- r,nNEA). Service Writer. ...... t - - , .-t Copyright, 1,927, NEA Service, Inc. CHICAGO, III., Sept. 3!). "Now, please, jMSt reach for lh.& rolls d olives nnditjiliira ie T,itftttel on 9 fast about Jack thai I forget my manners, and '11 tell- you every thing." ; V.;. ; ., 1 , ; - 1 So. admdnjshed the curly-headed i ))lle wife of the .world's most inm .. , ous. marti -with i whom I dined ' a night or so ago. iMrs. Jack Demp soy, at least, is very sure that her husband is the outstHitting mau of tle'orld: - .-" ' '''-' ' . . , j- ' Lots of' Talking. 'v.'' ' ' . .Over tlie, lainh .chops, and spinach ami bran' muffins especially, order-. ' cd by the nurse in constnht at tendance upon tho fighter's 'wife, f , we -talked for .hours-, about ' .Well, i about the one, dissension the Dempsey home knows Ks telle's ref'usar, ,to' spend Jack's . ; money. ' ' . , . About her iob in handling a sen sitive hiisband, who at 32, almost ' believes he is "a veteran." : - .About how annoying it .sometimes is to be the 'wife of so famous a rc man when .you want to buy dollar pearl beads .- 1 ' ' About the - rumored Dcmpsoy hnby that isn't to be,, and about their hurt because anyone' would . think (hey would deny tho coming of the child they both hope for .. About Jack's "perfectly wonder ful" way of firing the cook, and how. Estelle can hardly wait to get hack home ond have Jack fire one she hasn't the nerve to fire her Bel't . ' ' About how annoying it sometimes' wife be a feminine woman, and how he never wants her to smoke or drink or swear or' wear her hair short About this thing called mar riage, especially marriages of two "careerists," how it works and all - that. ' - ., , y This was the theme that pro longed the chops and kept the iced melon and the swallow-tailed head waiter waiting longest. -"Isn't It ' dangerous," I asked Mrs. Jack Dempsey. "to he almost t as good in your own profession as your husband Is In his?' Aren't you ioo-poolng all the 'marriage ad visers' who say a husband, must .' tower over his wife or he's rest- lCSR?" Estelle shook her curly brown head and laid down the chop fork . to seize the question with her rest less analytic mind. When Estelle' Dempsey gets an idea in her head and paws anil mauls it over, one understands perfectly why Jack Demosey "lis tens to his wife." as some of his . ring critics claim; why. moreover. he says to his carpers, "why shouldn't ! listen fo Estelle? She In a marriage between two profes learned how to make $2000 a week t slonal people to have the man's for herself and some of vou birds! job the biggest: at least. In a field who laugh at me for listening make ?50. Beat It: "But you see, said Estelle, "you see. Jack is so big in his line, which is 8 line that more people know This Is the kind of bridge that Thomas H. MacDonaJd, shown In inset, wants maihtalned oyer the streams crossed by federal aid roadti It's a toll bridge,, but It will remain-so only until Its cost of con struction Is, defrayed. It Is the 10-mile Cochrane bridge over Mobile Bay. donated franchise. Another man had a franchise and when he fail ed' to build a bridge the state made plans to build It. The franchise holder tried to make the state pay a large sum to buy him out! .'--VThe only benefit than can post slbly be conferred by private fran chise is derived from the use -.of capital which the state can't raise Jack Dempsey poses with and appreciate than any other line, that no matter how famoun I might become 1 could never be his equal. Mary Pick ford herself In not so well known as Jack Dempsey. He Is so supreme that my bluest ef forts would never make him look smaller "Thai's the secret of happiness considered bigger by more people I than those who hall the wife's job.j "Jack's has always been put first j That's why I'm here In Chicago j right now. Instead of out In Holly-1 '' i.Vir " ".- I , -i I ! -i I 3 '" ' - ',' . '.,":. ..'..",.'' ;' .,.'.' ' ,V. "!;,''.'" '','.'.'''.-:':"'".'" -. v ;..."'-.:' , , Ul -I- n HF MF.ANS MORE 'TO Hlt.if? THAN HF.R CiRERR DOES 111 .: :-1. : ;. ' v f . , -, I i I -i . ; ,. .1! y "' ' ' ''" ''.".'.':'.' ''; '''''' ( ' r '''' j J' 1 ' TOLL BRIDGES Franchises for Bridges on Federal Aid Roads aid. ''Very rarely does . any ele-' in any other way,'' saya MaoDon ment of chance enter in. Often the franchise company only acts, as an intermediary between the f public and ail Investment company hand ling the bonds, for which the pub lic really puts up the money. , . -People -Stand Coat- ,', .- "For this -the ' franchise com Tex Rlckard's baby in his arms. wood plugging for a contract. Thats why I've refused contracts that would tie me up for more years than aay married woman has right to promise herself to any institution other than her husband. "Jack has always assumed that when he needed me I would be ready to go with him or wherever he was. He Isn't Interested in the details of how I manage this. He wantn the results. And he's always na(l "iem. Estelle Taylor Dempsey'a hag brown eyes snapped. a Costly Marriage, "Many people have said that I Solve panies demand charges that ' run the cost high. State governments can borrow much cheaper. Often the work la let non-compeuuveiy and the public payB three, or four exorbitant profits. Yet, franchises are granted almost - as . often, as they are asked for." i.. MacDonald cites numerous In stances of exorbitant profit which puts a tax ou traffic and often works out to iocal detriment He believes all toll bridges could easi ly be handled' by his bureau and the states. One trouble is, however, that the states must Initiate all sucji bridges even though the fed eral government is empowered to puy 50 per cent of the cost, Meanwhile, owing to competition of localities, 'many towns and cit ies have - been led' into the thing by promoters. States with many, or large rivers often- can't begin to finance the : - bridges projected, however, and bridges UBtng federal funds must be free of tolls. - -1 i "One solution," he says; "if .for, the public to appropriate or 'bor row money to .build its own bridge, free if possible, or get the option to build as federal aid bridges and rnlso half the cost by tolls.! Or, let private; companies . build- them subject to reasonable ' limits,' fix the tolls, provide for inspection of earnings and operations and ' pro vide . a fund to retire the ' bonds and eventually free the bridge. !. "We may have to have some toll bridges, but we mustn't have per petual tolls and the torma should be fair to the public" -rlt i MOTORCYCLES INCREASE Although, the use of motorcyales In" the United States Is decreasing, their use throughout the world Is increasing. ' The world census un til January 1 was 1,728,241, .'.with the United Kingdom ranking "first Germany second, France third and the people of Evangeline lived H1J the United States forth.' - " ' 1 "tll'lhoy wera forced out "by the v Estelle Taylor , 'when ! used Jack as a stepping atone for my own ambitions that 1 wanted the publicity he could give me. nut ion tlie contrary, my marriage has cost me more prufenionaily than it ever gave ma It cost me a con tract at the tinfe of my marriage. It has handicapped me in making them since. "When I was Just Estelle Taylor, responsible to no one but myself, I could play any little role that game me rent and firccery store money. Now that I'm Mrs. Jark Dempsey I can only take worth while roles, f can't have people who know Jack lauchicj at some Over the Canoes take many summer visitors over streams that lead through adventuresome .country. ' ' "'' ; By- NEA Service. 1 'i ; ST, JOHN, N.; D...I ,Sept. 21. Tourists visiting upper New Eng land Jiavo but a short jump to muke Into the historic and beaut iful land of Acadia. . , , i i Here,' for those Interested. In French, English and American lore, is the country of the first Canadian settlers. Here the loyal ist! refugees, from the .United States established their homes in 1783, when It was assured that the colonies would be permanently' separated from England. , , Nova Scotia, that long stretcn at land' to the northeast of itho Maine coast Is the original Acadia, where" retire and we have a family.' scrubby Httlo part they nluv see me "I'm a horn bargainer, t adore shopping so does Jack. Rut If we stop to look In a window the crowds collect to see what It Is! And If I auk the price of anything they seem to think I'm crazy'" (Here at this point w? have some inside dope on the Mr. and Mrs. Dempsey finances.) "Jack aomcllmes say t take all the, heart out ot him nd make It hard for him to see any point In making h r. money became I won't spend It. perhaps It's becauio I've earned my own way eror since I Tip of New England of Sights and Sports - British. Acadia reached as far us this city, almost in the center of New Brunswick 11 province, and there are many, landmurks still standing, shqwing ; the romantic French influence of this early period. ''. ; " '' Fish and Game" Abound : For the Bportsmen this country is ideal. Swift streams abound, 500' lakes' are- tilled with salmon am) trout and more than halt the area of the ontlre province Is wooded and nllve with deer, bear and wild fowl,.- ' . ' 1 5 ' ' ' 1 '. Seventeen hundred milesi o well paved ' highway run r through the nrn'vlncB In such a Way as to cover the . country completely. Two rull- road lines pass tnrougn qno ikkb n a.ol.lld, liut J'.ve never been, in I, In In) iinnilfl , lil8 llHllt V.I L I 1 I ."''I jet him' keep up the house, .hut.. that's .all. . .Kxcent. presents of course. Some day, wnon 1 atop working and wo Have our lamuy, he'll havo all the spending on mc 4,J 'iftnii " ' ' I ' ' ' ' '.' '. t 5 ' ; ;Du't: Estclld'a grumblings at; the Irft'of, belpis M-8.' luckj Denipsoy are happy: oiob.; One Jlist.knows that the: crowds 'which hall "the chompyuh" thrill her to death. ' She's worried these days so much so . , thaf ' Iho iiounds are firnnnlnir : off:, -and. sho says she wakoB. in .the lilglit' praying that jack will' win '.',(', i ; i ( .;,-' -' ' Hk:rrita.'lt so! i I try to tell hlin- that,; after all, it's not bo, ter ribly? important, . because if he keeps' on taking It as hard as he iloos he'll 1e so tense and keyed up In the r'lrtg lie can't do any thing! ';'.', "i;e' b6 sonsitlva to what they say. .He'll hear himself called 'a veteran,'- or road something about his legs being gono, and he'll say, 'They're right, EHtelle. I'm getting to be an old man.' Ami he iooks no gloomy I nearly die laughing at the old man nt ft!," Mrs. Jack Dompsoy took me on n prlvntely conducted tour of the spot whore she'll be shortly after 8 p. m. on tho ovonlng of Hept. 22. 1(127. She'll be undor a peach silk coverlet on a green lacnuer bed, with hor oars covered up until someone calls to tell her Jack's the winner.. Ktelie Dempsey Is listing lobs for Mr, i William Harrison Demp sey to do when they get hoTie the servants that must be fired, her contract, the animals to add to the home menagerie, the special flishes ' ho must cook, and the clothes he must help hor buy. The phone rang. Series of "yes, dears" and "no - dears" and "don't forget your sauerkraut cocktnll dear. Ooodnlght." , Can't 8ea Him. "This Is tho hard part." said Mrs Jack, "to havo him only SO miles away and yet not see him. Hut as It gets nearer tho flaht he Imj to got mentally toughened get into t,in rignter mood, and they don't' want him to see anyone out of the camp spirit." There's another thing Mrs. Es telle Dempsey wants set right that house and car given ber mother In Wilmington wera given by herself and not by Jack. "I hate this Idea that lie mar ried a nnliody and must support her folks." says Estelle. "That was my party. I look after my people Just as he looks after his. only he gnvo his mother a $75,000 home and I gave mine a $10,000 one but I did It myself that's the point." Mrs. Jack Dempsey may or may not be the Dempsey family boss, as somn critics havo said, but I'm Inclined to think any man, even a champion, conld do worn than keep In step with a mind like hers. She knows her onions and her Jack! 'aWJaLal Map showing tha main highways In travelers within short distances ot splendid , fishing i and : hunting grounds.", i , i "f i r Coming iup from: Now' England,, the motorist may enter by one of three routeB. He nitty go directly into the , province along the Atlan tic highway through Portland and Ilungor; Maine, striking St. Steph en aw the. first city. From here! he may go on to I St.! John, by the same southerly ' route, nnd then further on -toward' Prince Edward Island, at I the very lenBtern edge, or tllrecDy across by furry: to' Nova OCUUtt. :' ; I -.11 I Anqther routiS into, Men Bruno, jwlcK lit by 'way of- Edroindaton. on Scotia. ' ; l line noruiern, eugeiui Maine. . -j.nis cUy can t)e,reaclwdil'iway ot Qua bep and along lie HtJ Lawronco mi the tranB-Cunadul , Highway. From KUmunustoii, the. route is uoutJi- ward aJoiLgj the wind tjig and : pfel turesque St, John River, through Frederlcton. the capital of the IroviBC8. aniL v farther on to gt( jpnn., , , . ' -- .v .-.. 1 j j Down Alona the Cbaft ' ' Instead of entering byi way of T PREACHES1 MAY A motorist in ' Hartford. without a windshield wiper, where this appliance is demanded by law. : But the. policeman who made thei arrest had no wind' shield wiper on his car, neither did most of the other police cars in the city. .. '.''; "'':.. - ';"', .'.' '; f' '. ' ''. However, the motorist Was fined and thus converted to the ever-growing doctrine' that "preachers may, all others may not." : . , That this applies to the traffic police in practically all cities or the country may be ascertained by merely watching them in their daily rounds, , . : A traffic policeman in a apeedy roadster scoots out of a side street, where any other driver has to stop first. A motor cycle cop rushes through traffic, winding in and out of ianes recklessly, where any other motorist would soon be apprehend ed for reckless driving. . - ' 1 Acts like these are unnecessary, even in .the case of the high and mighty police, except when they are rushing to a fire, to a hospital or after a prospective victim, Reckless driving and inattention to the motor laws they are assigned to see respected not only add to the dangers of motoring but set a poor example to the citizenry. . The preacher, above all, must be stigma-proof. The traffic policeman is the preacher of the highways. He cannot gain re spect while he himself shows no respect for the traffic laws. OL' TRUSTY x" (gfSv, C- lOOK AT THAT J 0$'&3' I FEliOWGoJ J MAY NOT BE "SO COOO X VWraX om'the ' 'V:. .;'.Nsafj&31.' : CUM3 P) r) i "" '' Iooka'A f Is Land Navy Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Edmundston, the trnvolcr may con tinue along the southern shore of the St. Lawrence as far up as Metis and then come down along the eastern coaBt of New Bruns wick Into iNava Scotia i or Prince Edward Island. The most import-- ant town -on- Prince . Edward. Is land is, ' Charlottetown, and the famous-city of Halifax, i center of 'chipping' and fishing, lies on the southern edge of - Novni Arctia;: ' 1 v-am ;nlnnM any higl(wny, trips may bo 'made into, inO'Wiius on tne pruymcv, fiur fishing and. hunting. The. laws urs liberal 1 and Anietlcaa tourl,Bts re. qulrei $q ' special ' llcdns , eidep thbBe they 'ordlimrlly obtain In tb- 1 I I'houslindsi of Atnerfcan tourUts Hiiye alinndM j availed i. themselves o i the 'ndyarttages 'this country at fordH. Thousands more are expect-! ed before the touring season ,'ifl over. The. goVernuienl-. authorities nra holprul -.ami' courteous, so that a. Journey into- thlsi country is alto gether It pleasure. . 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