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EDITOR AND PUBLISHER ...... Alton F. Baker
MANAGING EDITOR ...... William M. Turman
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Th RI.tr-Ouard' poller la tha eompl.t. nd Impartial pub.
llcatlon in Ita nawa Pas'., of all nawa and atatementa on ntwa
On tbla pc, tha editor, of Tha Reftlster-Ouard offer their opln
tons on aventa of tha day and mattera of tmportanca to tba com
munlty. endeavoring to ba candid but fair, and balpful Is tha
d.v.lopm.nt of constructive communltr poller. .
A NEWSPAPER IS A CITIZEN OP ITS COMMUNITY
SPREADING CHEER
TN ANOTHER column, th lUmi Involved In prorldlnf attrao
tlva outdoor Chrlatmaa decoration! are discussed by on
expertly Intonated Is urdena and th beautltlcatlon of th
bom. Th lUfceetlona are lntereatloi and practical, and let on
to thinking of th ;oalblllt!ei of bla own house and yard.
A year ago, th garden club proposed as outdoor Chrlatmaa
decoration contest, such as had been held successfully In other
cities. While the competitive element did not widely attract la
Eugene, th luggestlon led many families to decorate their
house, evidently more In spirit of radiating Cbrlstma cheer,
rather than In outdoing some on ls. A drive through Eugene
residential streets during that Christmas season revealed many
cheery spectacles, and, personally, we conducted a visiting
Callfornlan on such tour with considerable pride.
' Th Idea, It seems to ns, la a happy on. In th mor prac
tical ways of revealing Christmas spirit, such as through help to
charity, th community seems to havs don Itself proud. It
would be pleasing It those decoration which were laid away
after New Year's a year ago were brought out again, and many
others displayed. Make your home say "Merry Christmas" to
paasersby.
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ALONG THE HIGHWAYS
A LL ALONG tha highways, wherever yon go In Oregon, you
will find much activity for this season of th year. Men
are cutting down steep banks which have been encroaching on
the roadway, dragging up dirt to widen narrow fills, cutting
Cowh or trimming back trees which have become a source or
danger, opening out bad curves, deepening drainage ditches,
making a great number of Improvements which can be made
at this time of rear. Th winter work program of stat and
eounty 1 beginning to function.
A surprising amount Is being accomplished. Those who bar
been doubtful about the winter program's efficiency need har
so fear. These men who har been provided emergency Job
seem to be determined to give th employing publlo dollar for
dollar. They're picked men, these chaps, residents of Oregon
all of them, not floaters. Their prayer all along has been for
"Work, not Charity," and those who have been given work
demonstrate the sincerity of that appeal.
"Some of thes fellows haven't done work of this kind
(or yean," one foramen out along th Pacific highway told us
the other day, "but I'd call this one of the bast gangs I ever
had. What they don't know about the work they're plenty
willing to learn."
There's a tip her for tbos who have private Jobs that
need doing at this season of th year. Oood men are plentiful.
It Isn't a matter of giving away anything to anybody. It's a
good time to make any kind of Improvement. Th employer
gets dollar for dollar. He Isn't dealing with men who are
merely trying to pick np enough to carry them to the next
resting place, but with men who tel that they belong her
and take pride In what they are doing.
What will we do when the winter work program has been
exhausted? Why should It be exhausted! These things that
ar being don need doing. These dollars that are going Into
circulation keep right on moving, making It possible to release
new activity. Booms collapse and depressions begin because
people get scared as values grow distorted. Depressions cease
and good times begin when people get over timidity.
CONGRESSIONAL SANTA
11THETHER from the desire to give the country a nlo Christ
mas present or from the desire to carve th Christmas
turkey at home. Congress has paased the first two emergency
relief measures $116,000,000 for public works and $46,000,000
for "drought loans." The president has signed them without
delay and the big program of patching sp tha damage of a
bad year can begin.
Some people think the meaeuree are far from adequate. Bom
think them tar too liberal. Soma think both of them, but
specially th "drought relief," only a glorified form of dole.
Only time will tell how much the government will get back
en theae emergency farm loans, or whether they will rellav
er aggravate tha fundamental farm problems.
Why wast time arguing about the niceties of th situation?
The fact la that the government Is putting $161,000,000 Into
Irculatlon at a tlm when circulating cash la badly needed.
6uch a sum inevitable will sweep other money Into circulation,
and the farmer In the Middle West who borrows to buy seed,
or the unemployed man who takes a Job on the roads Is at
least allowed the privilege of saving his self-respect by working
to pay for bis "dole."
We may overestimate the benefits of th program which 1
truly a Terr email one when measured against world-wld
conditions, but w cannot help feeling that on the whole the
results will be good. Ruslness n general may respond to the
optimism with which the government goes ahead on con
structive programs roads, waterways, publlo buildings.
Here In Oregon the results should be Tery good. Of the
$80,000,000 set up fnr additional road construction quite a bit
probably will be epenj In this region. Now would be a good
time to got audi malor projects as the Willamette highway
set ahead. And while we probnhly ar not sufficiently advanced
with onr plana for the cannllratlon of the Willamette river
U share heavily In (he funds that will be spent on the develop
ment of Inland waterways, every dime that Is spent on Inland
waterway development anywhere In the Unlled States puts the
Idea of such development Just that much ahead.
If Santa has pushed Congress Into action which might other
wle have been delayed. It Is Just another debt we owe to the
kindly old gentleman with the reindeers and the sleigh.
After a lively discussion of economies the countr budget for
193t Is adorted. It Is a healthy sign when taxpayers appear to
Question any and every Item In a budget. As a rule, we can
depend on onr officials to decide problems pretty much as we
would decide them If they were our prohlem. Abuses creep .
In only when we take the altitude that what w say makes
little difference.
Congress offer the country $161,000.00(1 In relief measures
as a Cbritmae present, but AJx Mcdursays that most of us
will continue to have more (iilth In Santa CUus than In Congress.
A gas well In Oklahoma baa gone up In flames. Well In
estora are protty well u.ed to seeing a lot of oil stocks go
tip In smoke.
Whether you shop early or late. Christmas seals are a
food lnvestmeat because they buy health.
Cap McEwan la back In Oregon "to catch a few f,h ,0
he says, gteelbeads are In season, but as AJax MrfJurk remarks
probablr a few booehead halfbacks would not go auilit ,u CapT
OH, DOCTOR!
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national dissolution Is Just errand
the corner, due to a moral dills
tegration.
Experience has shown that li
quor control can only come tbrotgb
certain channels. Proper training
of the young, recognizing the r'ghta
of the decent, law abiding element
who indulge in light beers, wires,
etc, sternly curbing sll forms of
abuse of these liberties. Temper
ance ia not dead nor will it ever
be, but at least In this form It has
proven intolerable. Christ did not
forbid wine nor do the ten com
mandments, only abuse. Tbeclii.rcb
taught so for 10 centuries, cow.
tbey right about face and say
Christ used only fresh grape jrice.
If the church taught error for
1900 years, on their own confes
sion, bow do I know that they
have the right Idea sow,
A flood of legitimate Honor
would be no worae than this delog
of moonshine poison. Probib'lloa
has not been killed by the weta
but by the fanaticism of Ita fr'.enda
in declaring that a person who. on
a hot summer day, longed for a
cool malt beverage was immoral.
The comparing of the violatwi of
the law to that of committing first
degree murder in saying that one
law was as well observed as th
other.
No, folks, we are headed to a
big change, either 100 per cent en
forcement or, in the lights of our
experience, to aome method wMch
will more fully fit the demanda of
the modern mind, protect the
young, respect the rlghta of the
decent, law abiding citizen, punish
?hTLnwn.Lt.b;.i'-
ton prohibition doe,
man who got drank b,52t I
doe. so. We tried C
arnnkard by deorivi,,. .""
abider of hi. ffilJ,1' -
not nor will it ,"rMwob ft
B- EASTM.v
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numcan "Pnblic, 1. the eM.S'H
1nlw-,worId ""led bv VI
"SpaishrTs'V
the oldest white uta.Z
mainland of the Americas.
vameia earned a hotel r.1,-. J
across a 600-mile dei-rt to i?'"!
is North Africa tt. "J" "--1
mel carried about 200 poSJJ
WHAT SOME THINKERS THINK
Compiled by Clay E. Palmer
Pastor of First Congregational Church
CHRISTMAS THOUGHTS
UOObROW WILSON, In his last
ntsssaoe to Amerioa before hie
deaths "The sum of the whole mat
ter ia this, that our civilization can
not survive materially unlest it Is
redeemed spiritually. It can be
saved only by becoming permeated
with the spirit of Christ and being
made free and bappy by the prac
tices which spring out of that
pint.-
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Chsnnlno Pollook. eminent dram.
atlst, a few years ago was sick at
heart at the bloody morass In whloh
the world was struggling. Hs
stumbled on somsthlng whloh he
oalis a "revelation" In the New
Testsment: "It waa the sudden
conviction that the simple and
profound aigniticance In the Ufa of
Christ waa still the only answer to
our harrowing modern problems
of industry, of world politics and
ot aociety. it must, however, be a
real Christ of vast and soaring
vision, far apart from ecclesiastical
cant and formalism."
Seorge Bernard Shaw: "I am not
a Christian any mora than Pilate
was. II ut. I am ready to admit,
after studying the world of human
misery for (10 years, that I see no
way out of the world's troubles but
th way Jeaus would have found,
had he undertaken the work of a
practical modern statesman."
Mahatma Gandtll: "I can say that
Jesus occupies In my heart the
place of on of the grent teachers
who have made a considerable In
fluence on my life It was th
New Teatament which really awnk
ened me to the rightness and value
of passive resistance, Po not eon
fuse Jesua' teaching with whst
passes as modern civilization. Hy
all means drluk deep of th foun
tains that ar given to you In ths
sermon on the Mount; hut then you
will have to take np asck cloth and
ashes also with regard to failure
to perform that which Is taught In
Christ's sermon."
Dr. Slmkohovltch, professor f
eeonomlo history, Columbia II river,
slty: "There la no question in my
mind that Christ's deep conviction
that his la the WAY and the
TRI'TIl was based on knowledge
Intellectual knowledge, scientific
knowledge, If yon pleas. Before
h felt that he was th Redeemer,
be knew himself to be the Great
Discoverer. To me, personally. It
seema childish not to see In Christ's
teaching an overwhelming intellec
tual system."
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Navelook Ellis, called by some
th best educated Englishman: "No
person probably ever made so ar
dent a pevsonal appeal aa Jesus.
He discovered a whole new world
of emotional life, a new expansion
of joy It la hit distinction
that he baa for us permanently ex
panded the bounds of individuality.
.... So that now when I open
and turn over with reverent joy the
leaves of the gospel I feel that here
ia enshrined the highest achieve
ment of man, the artist, a creation
to which nothing can bo added, from
which nothing enn be taken away."
Dr. William Adams Brown, dis
tinguished Liberal theologian:
"More honest work has been put
into the study of Jesus, I suppose,
than Into any other single subject
that men have ever atudied, save
perhaps the universe Itself, and a
great majority of those who hnve
studied Jesus impartially are agreed
nt least on the following points:
Tirst, that be really lived at the
time and place our gospels tell ns
he did; second, that we have in
those gospels, critically studied by
the comparative methods which we
use In the study of similar docu
ments In other fields, a reliable
source as to the main facts of his
life."
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Sir Oliver Lodge: Tee, truly,
Christ was a plnnetnry manifesta
tion of Piety, a revelation to the
human race, the highest and sim
plest it has yet had; a revelation in
the only form accessible to man, a
revelation in the full-bodied form
of humanity. We are the white cor
puscles of the cosmos, wo serve and
form part of an Imminent Diety."
Anonymous: "Why did 11 men 20
centuries sgo tnrn the world upside
down? Because In some way or
other they understand Jesus and
got Inside people's defenses. If the
ministry really understood Jesus
the world would be turned upside
down In a generation."
ADVENTURES WITH BOOKS
R. L. 8.
JESfS. THE SON OF GOD. by
Benjamin Wiener Bacon. Hen
ry Holt & Co.. N. T. $1.50.
The Fourth Gospel closes with
th naive Oriental hyperbole that
if all tbinga Jesus did should be
written, "the world itself would
not contain all ths books that
should be written." This predic
tion bids fair to meet fulfillment.
"For the Uvea of Christ published
In a single season Charles W.
Kliot would have bad to provide not
a five foot shelf but a shelf of
fifty feet."
There seema no end to th pub
lic demand for light on the life of
Christ. A public half-awakened to
the application of historical crit
icism of the tiospels is hungering
for a retelling of the old. old storv;
to kuow why Jesus la called til
Living Word, why the simple rec
ord of his brief career and his
martyr fat, and th movement
that sprang from hlra, have become
for millions a heaven-sent solution
f the Quest of the Ages.
Prof. B. W. Bacon of Tal nnl
veraity Is one of the very foremost
of our American scholars of the
New Testament. He gives us a
ahort simple and interesting story
of the growth of the Bihlicol rec
ords from which we get our knowl
edge of Jesus.
In "Whst the Eye Saw" he deala
with the testimony of those who
actually taw Jesus during bit brief
career.
In "What the Ear Heard" he
discusses the various savinga and
teaching material which were used
by the writers ot Matthew and
I.uke to fill out the deficienciea of
Mark.
"What Entered Into the Heart
of Man to Conceive' treats of
John's 0.."'l. Sluilents of the life,
of Jesus are tobl to take their cuo
trom John's liospel and to look
on Jesus not merely as a Calilean
but as In a unique sense the Son
of (iod.
MAIL BAG
December 10, 1030.
Rugen Register-Guard,
Eugene, Oregon.
To the Kditor:
In your December 17 issue von
published a letter written by Sir.
l M. Marvin of your city. Mr.
Mftrviu is not sn acquaintance of
mine and In fact 1 do not know
that I have ever een the gentle
man. In reading hit letter over verv
carefully, tnke it that he 1. not
personally Interested in me or In
th two boyt who were appre
hended In the juvenile court. 1
rather Interpret the letter as Mng
a direct attack on the tneffic.cncy
of the Lane county juvenile court
and the district allornev. Alia
Kmr. Of course Judge C. I".
Barnard, not being familiar with
the. law, mut act according to the
recommendations prcseuled him by
Mr King.
Wowertr, let that be as It It; I
wish to take this opportunity to
thank Mr. Marvin, through your
paper, for bia interest In this af
fair. Mr. Marvin Is not alo.ie In
bis protest. I would venture to
tsy thst hundreds of people are of
the same opinion. I find no ecu.re
In Mr. Marvin's statement: but in
the article published on pace 12
of this same issue, things are
bnd'v mixed and misconstrued.
The following paragraph attrib
uted to the authorities publithed
in your paper ia false from be
ginning to end:
"As they were passing down the
street they saw two other bvs
fighting and saw the principal
step in and order the bovs to stop
fighting and go to school Think
ing the man had no busineu to
step In one of the Eugene bova
said 'Don't pay any attention to
him. At this, it was stated the
principal turned on the boy who
made the remark and shook him
bv the shoulder. Tbeu his broth
er, fearing the hoy wnuM be
beaten, put his arm around the
man's neck and pulled him away.
Both fell to the sidewalk."
I presume, according to Judg
Barnard, that principals ehould
wear a placard around their neck
reading, "I Am a Principal." No
doubt Mr. King, having a son of
his own, sympathized with the fa
ther of these two ruffinna and
that accounts for his leniency.
Respectfully yours,
G. B. WOOD.
ON PROHIBITION
To the Editor:
May I say a few words In re
gard to that much debated subject
prohibition aa one who htm the
future welfare of the nntiou at
heart. No political era of thi na
tion has been the father 01 so
many sinister parasites as this.
Bootleggers, rum-runners, hi jnck
ers, grafters, crooks, gunn.cn,
home-brewers, corrupters of the
police and customs officers. Law
breaking in every direction hss be
come to bad honest, thinking r,eo
pie realize that If It Is not eh.'rked
Opportunities For You!
JThe busyness world of 1931 will be jammed full of
opportunities. These will be available to every young
man and woman who is ready to answer the call
when it comes.
Yet, you must remember that opportunities are no
beggars; you must seek them out. But first of ll,
you must have the necessary training for business
and this may be had by taking a course at the Eugene
Business College.
Our Winter Term begins Monday, January 5, and
there will never be a better time to enroll in our book
keeping and accounting or our stenographic depart
ment. It's a good school, the rates are reasonable. Ask
about it.
Eugene Business College
Phone 666
A. E. ROBERTS, President
Miner Building:
Eugene, Ore.
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Christmas-Gift Sale
Only three shopping days left. Help us maintain our
increased volume over last year. Here sue a few of
the extra Special Values we offer!
Silk Underwear
(Values to $2.95)
$1.89 .
Special group of lovely silk crepe de chine Dance
Sets, Teddies, Step-ins lace trimmed j QQ
or tailored in peach, pink, nile. Gift sale V-l Oil
Glove Silk Bloomers and French Panties Q-i QQ
Regular $2.95. Gift Sale JX0J
Large Group Runproof Dance Sets, CJJ QQ
Gowns, Pajamas to $2.95. Gift Sale ?MlOV
Silk Umbrellas
For Gifts
Sixteen ribbed, fine silk umbrellas,
less than cost. All shades
Val. to $4.95 Gift Sale $2.95
Val. to .$8.50 Gift Sale $4.95
Val. to .$12.50 Gift Sale S6.95
Boxed Kerchiefs
Three dainty ones in box, 79o values.
2 boxes $1.00. One.
55
$1 values 79c. 2 boxes $1.45
Stylish Bead and Novelty Necklaces QQ
In satin lined box ' Ot
9Sa Xovely Bath Towels 78c
2 for
9So Pure Linen Towels 78o.
2 for
Women's and Misses Silk Hose, reg.
$1.00 Gift Sale
1.45
$1.45
69
2 Pairs $1.25
Silk Sofa Pillows y3 off
All winter Uals iu Two Groups. Every New Style
And Color
Hats. Reeilar values to $7.50.
Gift Sale
Hats. Regular values to $U.75.
Gift Sale
S2.95
4.95
Felt Dercts to $2.50 Gift Sale 98c
Robes and Pajamas
Take Big Mark Downs for Gift Sale-
All 1-4 to 1-3 Off
Women's Quilted Satin, Silks, Flannel and Beacon
Robes All Included
Women's three-piece Lounging Pajamas in latest
styles. Made of finest silk, satins, etc., in plain
or novelty patterns.
All Off Regular Low Price
ENTIRE STOCK
Leather Bags
y4 off
Largest selection in Eugene of the newest stylej
and most wanted leathers. Plenty of brown ana
black. Regular $2.95 to $14.75. Gift Sale
2.20 , $10.95
One lot Sweaters in slip-over styles.
Regularly to $4.95. Gift Sale.
$1.98
Three Beautiful Spanish Evening Shawls s 9ff
All Stamped Art Goods except pillow cases J""
Stamped Pequot Pillow Cases. St'
Gift Sale U
2 Pairs $1.75
Stranded D.M.C 3c D.M.C Crochet 10c
One Group Silk and Wool Dresses.
Sizes li to 20 Onlv
5.00
One Group of over 100 Stylish Dresses
Velvets, Chiffons, Silk Crepes, Woolens C Q
and Satins. Formerly to $39.50, now V
All WINTER COATS Take Drastic Re
ductions for Gift Sale.