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VOU XXVIII NO. 129 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1927.
VOL. XVIII NO. 203 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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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
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, ( j .- r,nNEA). Service Writer.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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; ;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!
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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
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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
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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
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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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By Wotton
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