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RDTTORIAL PAGE OF THE REGISTER-GUARD 41 W. igJ AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER (Published I7 Tnln tod Sunday) EDITOH AND HUBU8HEH Alton T. Biker MANAU1NU EUITOH William M. Tugman NEWS SERVICE. Associated Press. Onited Press MEMBER Audit Bureau of Circulation The Keglster-Guird'a policy ! the complete and Impartial publication In Ita news paiei of all new; and itatemtntu on news. On thla page, tne editors ot The Kegister-Guard oifer their opinions on events oi the da and mattera of Importance to the com man Itt. endeavoring to be candid bnt fair, and helpful In the development of conatructive community pol"7- A NEWSPAPER 18 A CITIZEN OF ITS COMMUNITY AID FOR MR. McGURK THERE was' something rather encouraging about the fact that a furniture Btore down the street was displaying rocking chairs In Us window the other day. The rocking chair, utterly unfashionable for many years, carries certain vlrtueB in Its train; its return, if it is Indeed returning, ought to be a good omen. The rocking chair, really is a symbol of another day than this; a day that was more leisurely, mora ready to take Its ease when the day's work was done, less Insistent on a constant round of enter tainment. Orandmother, that compendium of all the Victorian virtues, always used a rocker. She would be glad to see It coming back. Trobably It is Btrotchlng things a bit to get philosophical about a rocking chair. But this article of furniture passed out of the picture chiefly for psychological reasons, and if It returns it will Blmply mirror a return, on the part of Its users, to something llko the frame of mind that existed generally while the rocking chair had its hoyday. Consider the case. The rocker, if It was made Tight, was always a comfortable chair to sit In. To W sure, It was a bit dangerous to lean back in one and hoist one's feet onto the table; but that is risky business anyway, to be attempted only by the daring. One could rest, In a rockor; and, rest ing one could rock gently; and rocking gently was somewhat like chewing the cud. One could reflect. But automobiles and movies and other devices camo along, and the world got restless-altogether too restless to retire to the rocking chair and re flect, upon things. So the rocker became unfashion able; not because better chairs bad been devised, but because the rocking chair frame of mind, if you may call it that, had disappeared. The era of restlessness and unceasing activity waxed, and then it waned. Now we are beginning to renllie that the habit of sitting In a rocker and gently meditating on this and that has a good deal to be said in its favor. So furniture stores are be ginning to display rocking chairs once more. It looks, we repeat, like a good omen. And It will be a big help to AJax McOurk'a movement to revive that ancient and honorable art of "Jest setlln','' and he doesn't met "sit," he means "set." LEGAL FEES $1,000,000 THE million-dollar foe In a lawsuit Is something that always Jabs tha attention of the ordinary citizen. It seoma rather high. It makes one wonder Just how groat a man's legal attainments must be to make such a fee proper. It probably leads a number of young men to night law schools. A few days ago It was announced that foes "of at least $1,000,000" for their servlcos in 11 years of litigation about oil patents were being asked by ex-Senator Jamoa A. Reed and Charles W. Germnn of Kansas City, lawyers. Sometlmo before that there was another equally large legal foe up for discussion in the newspaporB. Farther back In the past there have been other such fees. They are not unheard of, although of course the average lawyers dreams hungrily of them but never gets them. The man in the street, probnbly, Is moved by such news items to remark peevishly, "No lawyer on earth Is worth that much money." But the In teresting point Is that that complaint Is unjustified. Some lawyers are worth every cent of a million dollars for their work in certnln involved cases; and thnt Is one of the most Illuminating hits of evi dence concerning our legnl system that you eould ever ask for. I.egnl procedure hns grown extraordinarily com plicated during the last few generations. It Isn't anybody's fault, and the remedy If thore Is one Isn't on the horizon at this moment. That cumber some edifice called The Law gets now accretions from each generation. It Is filled with mazes and hidden pnnsngeways. It has more subtleties than an oriental system of philosophy. As a result, the ordinary man, when ho humps his head Into It, Is lost. What seems a fairly clear problem In everyday life grows devious and buffllng when It gets Into court; and what Is actually com plicated to begin with lakes on the proportions of an Insoluble pur.ilo, devised by Impish gods to plague helpless mortals, when II becomes a IobbI question. CITY SLICKER SLIPS "XK moral to ho drawn from the nows of the day seems to be that the city slicker hns to stick to the city If he wants to keep on slicking people. In the downfall of Kred Ilurke, the notorious Chicago gunman, wo get Just one more Illustration of the fate that befalls the city chap when he for sakes his natural habitat and heads for the tall grass. Ilurke was wanted, very badly, by the police of a good many cities. Chicago wanted him for tho St. Valentine's Day massacre. St. Joseph, Mich., wanted him for tho murder of a policeman. Toledo wanted him for a big mull robbery. Detroit blamed him for a series of kidnaping and murder. New York felt that he naa responsible for the killing of Frankin l ale. Hut Hurke, flitting from ono city to another, managed to avoid detection quite easily. Ills down fsll camo when he made his hideout In a small Missouri village. In this village there was a young truck driver, who was given to rending detective story mapa lines. Ho read a story about Burke In one of thee magailnes, studied his picture, and recognlr.ed the man when he saw him. He notified the police and Burke was soon In Jail. PLAN FOR VIRGIN ISLES POMMENTINO on the Impoverishment In the Virgin Islands, which ha recently visited, Presi dent Hoover declared, "Viewed from eery point, eieept remote naval contingencies. It Is unfortunate that we ever acquired these Islands " And perhaps Virgin Islanders aro Just a sorry as the president that (he United States ever made the purchase. Since we took possession of this little trio of islands in the Caribbean 14 years ago, their profitable rum buBlness has been ruined by the Volstead act and their commerce hampered by our shipping regulations. As a consequence thous ands of natives have left the Inlands, and they are worse off economically than they were under Danish control. But It Is a mistake to assume that we can do nothing In restoring, in some measure, the pros perity they once enjoyed. The natural charm of the islands, which have been called "The GardenB of Eden of the Caribbean," suggests, for one thing, that we might develop them as a resort. It would require no superhuman effort on the part of the government to lure some of the thous ands of Americans who travel to Bermuda, Cuba and Panama to tho tropical playground which really belongs to them. As one writer described them, the islands comprise "the loveliest playground in the world. The tiny Islands with their brilliant flowers and fragrant forests, glow like Jewels in the blue of the Caribbean, each In a setting of sparkling white beaches and bays shimmering em erald and sapphire by turn. The Virgin Islands are fairy Isles, homes of romance, basking in the lazy sun of the tropics." Dr. Einstein, who carried back to Germany five violins presented him as gifts, probably regrets that he didn't study the flute ' Instead. Tho butcher wouldn't complain if the average customer came In like a lion and went out with some lamb. The pastor of a New York church has engaged a Jazz band to play in the church. For heaven's sake! Then there's the fellow who wants to know what rate of Interest the Grand Banks of Newfoundland are paying. No matter whore an Alaskan may travel, there's no place, we suppose, like Nome. When convicts get uneasy, that's the time tho warden tnkea his pen In hand. "Give the little girl a hand,' bridge fan said to the dealer. at the unlucky WHAT OTHER EDITORS THINK THE WRONG. SIDE OF THE TOWN (The OroRorjlan) 'T'HK famous name of Madam Ernestine Si'huinun Hrink is synonymous with goodness and a warm heart. Iter motives aro always of the host. Rut her point of vipw is hopelessly Victorian. So we shall think of her as fondly as ever, nor shall wo he the leant displeased, when she tells us as she so posi tively does that th modern woman has no heart and does not care for children. The diva sees her youncer sister as a creature of Hpstirk, jazz and bridtre. Well, let us at onc proceed to eliminate the. lipstick as not worthy of the Indictment. Tht use of this de vice hns nothing whatever to do with morality, in tho general employment for less, In truth, than had the practice of "paintinir." as the use of rotijte, was styled in the diva's eirlhood. Nor Is there anything essential ly wrongful in the playing of bridge a fact thnt. is more cleirly brought homo to us when we recall thnt some thirty or forty years ago even an innocent gnme of casino was frowned upon as the devil's device. Jnzz, of course, Is largely determined by the interpreta tion. In Hie extreme sense, It is as pvll as the diva holds It to be, but in its milder forms it Is only the menus of expressing a natural and healthful youthful exuberance. It Is the ragtime of yesterday. It Is characteristic of the past, and always has been, thnt it should think the present to be bound recklessly toward destruction. Doubtless the diva's mother ex claimed sorrowfully, over the too modern tendencies she believed were threatening her Ernestine, Of course, if all women, or even the greater proportion of them, wore addicted to lipstick, jazz and bridge, to the ex clusion of normal living, the dnrk picture painted by Madam ficliuinan-TIeink would be exact, enough. Rut they aren't, and the diva would appear to have made that selfsame mistake that critics so often make, of mistaking the externals, the surface froth, for the real current of life. Yes, it Is our theory, by way of accounting for her outlook on modern women, thnt Madam Srhumnn Heink hnsn't been out In the suburhs recently. Not. out In the suburbs, where folks still think a rambler roe Is necessary to every front porch, and where the pedestrian trips over children nnd puppies several times in a block. She has been, we dare say, on the wrong side of town all tho while. WASHINGTON LETTER Ry RODNEY DUTCHER NKA Service Writer VyASIllNCiTON, April 13. The customs service has ' been accused of a lot, but now for the first, time It appears to have tried to block a remarkable demon Mini (inn nf the efficacy of prayer. The "response to prayer" in this case hnn caused many chuckles among Washington clergymen. The prayer was thnt. of Hinhop Freeman of (hp Nnttnnnl i'athedrnl and it u as sent to Kmpei-or Hnile Sehiie of Kthinpin on the occasion of his magnificent corona tion ns ruler of a country which because Christian about -4iH A. I. The response came when the emperor thankfully sent the bishop an Amharic Rible studded with jewels nnd a gold cross lit im-hes high. Some reports sny the cross is of silver studded with gold nnd others that it is solid gold; the truth may never be known. Anyway, it had a hard time getting through the cus toms and did so ..Iy after Hit Htate department had taken the matter up with the Treasury department. tJrnpevine ndvices from Klhfnpin report that none of the gifts received by Hnile Selassie during the coronation have pleased him so much as two pretentious American motion picture films, "Ren Hur" and the "King of Kings,'' both of a religious nature. The pious emperor hnd watched them run off tonpther I'J times at last accounts, expressing delimit at being able to see ttie Now Testament figures on tin screen. Finally he has begun to invite the principal dignitaries of his country to the showings, but most have been exclusively for himself. His pleasure over the films is ssiil to have inspired him In dc-orate American Minister Southard will, the Order of Meitelik, which is a very high honor. The oldest government employe here In point of service still appears to he Charles R. Vnvls, 72-year-old chief messenger for the nrmv's chlef-of -staff. Major (ieneral MaeArthur. On April 14. IStW. Pavls as n hoy nf 1 got a job ns civilian messenger from Oenernl i;eorj;e Rrll of the army's subsistence section. Next year he will have served (V'i years as a civilian employe of the war department nnd he has been in such good health that he hns been given a two-year extension on his retirement age. Mi- Vera Rloom, talented daughter of Congressman Sol MIo.mh of .New York, an old-time showman and music publisher who i now directing the mammoth 1!W2 eelrhrafion called the tieorge Washington bicen tennial, has written the lyric for th vncnlimtion of the popular Argentine tango "Jalousie" and the words of the chorus go like this; -Ye dance n tango of love, Your heart beats with mine a we sway: Y'tir ees give me the answer m dreamier of, Thnt soft word your cruel Hps wdl never say. I fear that the music will end And shatter th spell It may lend To nuiKe me believe, whon your eye just deceive ArI J'ti only the tango vou love." v Th big gambling house just outside the District of Columbia, off the Raltimore Pike, which ha been the most popular resort of its kind for Washingtomans. recently closed down tnnlerinusly, three wees ahead of the racing season, when ft rt norma It v One explanation g,ve is that t wn fjiclpg' N rush of ei-fcoldicr. wnh bonus loan m-utev m their po.-kc and f.jni red that iheir w te and ereditnr prohnhk would make trouble for the rv1M-, Rv tho rime m re npen most of the bonus money iuemuiibly will ucru distributed. SIDE GLANCES suit. Even that, I believe, was netter than oleo. In two weeKs nine mr stomarh hurt me all the time. One dav I road in the paper the children of one of the Kurnpenn countries were coins blind ' Wcunso thev did not have butler. 'With the article was advice to eionomize on butter, so if could be acut to these children. Well, wo didn't. I immed iately took out some cream and made butter. I told my husband my chil dren needed their eyesicht as well as the European children, and they have had butter most of the time Kiut-e. Last, year we averaged IS pounds of butter a month. Ho you sec all the dairymen do not sell their cream and buy oleo. M. L. (5. EARLY EUGENE (From The Guard. April. 1SS1) ""THE contract for tearitu; apart the Sprinsfield bridge, and hauling it to the high ground on the bank of the river near the Kuccne bridge, was let to Mr. K, J. McClanahan for J3.30 per thousand feet. About 73.000 feet of lumber will he secured, which will lie used for small bridges through the county. A new cross walk has been built between Peters' and the (.range Rtore. The Wheeler surviving party has returned from the Si'Hnw, The i.ew city council and other of ficers will be sworn in Monday eve ning. A night wntch to serve the. en suing term will be elected by the new council at that time. here. They were Inltinted Into the one will compete at V mysteries of the Uol.ien Kule nnd 1 May at tho Siateconve'nt?. 1 : Hoynl Purple degrees that evening , The first ,,!,, by a team composed of Junction C ity Sunday eveafa w '"""I t-J tno . . 7. 'K'aM . and Harris-burg members of Encampment. About fifty persons witnessed the ceremonies and enjoyed the evening. The local encampment had invited tile encampments from these other three towns to be their guesta for the evening. K. C. Veatch, a member of the Cottage Grove encampment, was also s guest. Many of the guests were heard from during the good of the order. Pana C. Hossman. Past Chief Patriarch was appointed representative from the encampment to attend the sessions at grand lodge in Corvallis in May and was also elected District Deputy Chief Patri arch. A bountiful supper was served in the dining room. Play Contest Held At Halsey Church HALSEV, April 13. (Special) An interesting contest was held at the local Church of Christ last Sunday eveninp. Three missionary play et tea were presented by mem ber's of the Christian Endeavor, the winning playlette to be taken to Corvallis Friday evening to compete with the winning playlette of other Christ inn Endeavors in this dis trict. At Corvallis tho winner from tho district will be selected and that Can I park over thore long enough for a scalp treatment?" Brownsville Group At Halsey Meeting HAr.SEY, April 13. (Special) ! One of the most enjoyable evenings : for the local members of the lialsey I Encampment No. 3'J was held last .Monday evening in tne local t ma Fellows hall when the Brownsville Encampment brought two candidates DAILY HEALTH SERVICE- KA-CHOO! NEVER MIND, MILLION OTHERS HAVE HAY FEVER, TOO RAGWEED, HORSEHAIR DANDER, BACTERIA AND FOOD SUBSTANCES ARE AMONG CHIEF CAUSES By UK. MORRIS FISIIBE1X (Editor, Journal of Atcui.-'ai Atf!iut'i;.U'u, the American nhi oi Uy- YHEL.VElv anyone sm'iu'B Witu porioii.e attiU:us ot Bueez.iifa, vat eiy (iiscuarye lrom t i o no;r( tinni;, nnd coi"i.-oic-r;iLui' j-UMi;iit; oi tiiu Uia- 'iA18 im'.wbuilie Viinc.i liiU'l'U'-i'L'iJ wall .U'L'.tUi.iiu, Uiu fu:n,.. 3 fcii.d iy wie pliytioitii to iLju'ccut, Binditvu to some protein tuiustunce, usually u pollen. Keeau.se of the difficulty in de termining the nature of the condition until fairly recent times, a number ot scientific names became established as descriptive of the disease. It 18 estimated that somewhere be tween one and two million people Buffer from this distnrbnneo and thnt some 0 to ."i per cent of people with hny fever, vasomotor rhinitis or aller gic rhinitis have complications in the fnrm of infection of the sinuses and disturbancea of the lungs. Since about 30 per cent of people with hay fever also have seasonal as thma, the condition represents one of tho most Important that confronts the luedienl profession. As has been pointed out previously in these columns, the materials to which people are particularly sensi tive, and whii'h arc usually respon sible for Biu-h attacks are the rag weed, the dandruff of eat liuir, dng hair and horsehair, various food sub stances, bacteria, and occasional mis cellaneous substances. The late custom ot naming furs for other tu.iu thoay o; li.u ;uiniiiiia from v-ui u liu'y oiijr;.rutte ml ri'MUent !y 1T;-Li;lti 111 Uli'i'-U : ui.Mf'ii M'UMlilKH-NS, Ad 16 er.iiJlia.:Zi:a 't an i v " : -1 i':ivjii- !y piwii.Cii by ii. ;'i.jii.'i M. l-V.n-bci'ti, tiu ie f.r i" i . ; .n- Mid rabbit., tin; iii' ir v. ii nil).', I, and b-.i vv s : ii'-i .u- UCjm-in.y fc -U. iijiM ulut' u.Ui it I li. ; t l ai'M" eiutui Viii.ii ..u..-, Lui;c. in'1;;.;, !.u,.-e hair in a uiaitrtss, oi' uu.munj :uult ed with horsehair, itt particular inter est ace miscciia neons subject! that bring about hay fever or vasomotor rhinitis, such as face powder, contain ing orris root; cotton mattresses, con taining cotton seed, and even ordinary house' dust. Keceutly chocolate has been incrim inated as especially likely to set up disturbances, affecting not only the nose but in some enses the intesti nal tract. The treatment of hny fever has come to be a complicated matter. There is the possibility of deseiisitizw I lion by the injection of small amounts of extract; the palliative treatment in the form of injection of ephedrine or adrenalin; direct treatment of mucous membnnu's of the nose, and flnnlly careful studies of diet, with a view to eliminating tho substance causing sen sitivity. In some Instances it Is necessary for people to gn to climates where the dosage of the pollens to which the person jt sensitive is so low that the symptoms are modified or removed. WE DELIVER PHONE 131 Goo. W. Davis, Mgr. 8th and Willamette NOTICE! Road Contractors Machine Repairing and Welding Snappy Service Come in and see the new mill ing machine doing Gear Cut ting. Slab Milling. Slotting, Etc. Weight: 43 tons the largest outside of Portland. Eugene Foundry & Machine Co. Opp. Eugene Fruit Growers Phone 1054 day evening. Th.. 5'oiuit: the plit.v let r Harry Hardin .- ,l l i' kL r - JJlfOp : linr .mi1 In',, l . 1U Hardin, were ,h. "?""' M second one and Kern Bn". 10 !'!' eilU .Tn..lr 0 J,0'"nil. I, took the role, i I h .""J ' MiafcJ ""'i on?. Dewier appetites THE peppy taste of ReHost. PEP Bran Flakes puts n edge on every appetite. They contain just enough bran to be mildly laiati.. They're filled with whole. wneat goodness. Serve PEP Bran Flakes ctten tor lunch, for chil. dren's suppers. At grocers in the red-and. green package. Made by jicuug in name trees. PEP BRAN FLAKES CoffiKia's Jewelry Store in .New Locaoon It's A Good School EUGENE BUSINESS COLLEGE Miner Bldg Phone 6G6 Try Our Printing Szrvice What You Want vv When Vou Want It PHONE 16G3 Shelton-Turnbull-Fuller Co. 44 West Tenth I IN m Maybe They Were the Good Old Days IN THE EDITOR'S MAIL BAG GYPSY LULLABY HUSH ni v lm be, night elves are flyinc Tlu-oimh hlnsMimiiiK trees, 1 hear (heir In the niortiinj:. e shall follow Cinhlrn trails through emerald hollow, We shnll lie where sunbeam" shiftinR Kiss ivory petals, softly drifting. llrave thy sire where onmn fires Mnouliler Hrnve thou'llt be when thou art older. Sleep inv wee one on my breast. Knir the earth, and meet thy rest. M. 1 1. K. MEMORIES OF OREGON O' TO be riding tho trail analu In sun or stormy weather, tint over the nin and up the lane To music of saddle leather. Kneins wind with tumble-weed raiini;. Am llireatenini; dark elouils hover While swiftly, silently in the west A jjrny day runs for eover Where are inv pala of the hunch-Brass land'; ' j No finer men would I Know. That those bronzed men of bill and. laiu I Where sane and Juniper itrow. j Where's Maid and Tony, and Urailty troud And tnv favorite fleet white Poll? ! lione, of course, with the 1'a-Mns of years. llnruered b.v time one and all. ; Po (her Rather up still from tho hills, The lowiiu herd of cattle In With elinkini: bridals shoiitine riders. Mid the roundup's dusty din? j My puny and I 'neath t star-white sky, I Or neier mind the weather, Tfliis the sweetest musii' in my ears, Vhe creak of saddle leather! ; HKI.KN ii. rmi'MOKlC. food as it. has no crowing qualities whatsoever; has no carbohydrates, mid is low in proteins, ealories and vttamini's. And I have noticed as a rule, people living oleo will spread nearly twice as much of it on their bread us they would if they were usin butter. Well they need to. to make the bread jro down. Hotter is not only a food but. a lubricant as well. We tried coini; without butter dur ini: the war. We used jellies, soups and L'rnvies. Finally the children started entitiR sliortcnini; with a little Arch Preserver Shoes for Men and Women STERN SHOE CO. Willamette 732 WHERRIE CLOTHES Suite made-to-your-measure $24.50 C. J. FULTON Sig Skavlan 30 West Tenth II Stevenson's for CtNE KODAKS CINE FILMS DEFENDS DAIRYMEN riil'SW KM,.- i To t ho Klm-r .' Will the itMil o ruo'ii'1 lifvci" Mop O'lUpSllilHtK' NtM!!!!' A tfl'iMip Of 11HMI hrivp eoini'iirtl villi (!it ro iUt't of 1 ho ; i!:,irvni'Mi i ninni if (! lln, 1 mrn ot Oivpn? Th imn of the lsi li t ii r v,c-i- not Mono to Main for Htf Olt' law Tin ihtirvi.ipn xMH-kcil for it Wi-misf it n ;i tho onir wnv to nvo n ii n n'l'M p:i it 1 iti'i'istrv thnt- nii'l iill ti in iooiwh'. At tho fontTT iHH-o of f,'-,ii the f.'irnoTs onhl not nuikf sntixffU'tory jirofii rom ovonni o!lttu for 's than loo. At tho proonf r;-o nf f :i.o woij'fi onrry thotn throtul.. And nsiothor j i orson wrolo "It OiCo t on ,1 he soM for H.o, ott." no on i wonlti it in pretVi'Mu-f' to bMtr.T. tf tho nmiiin' ihflt cN'o nvr m:n! from ivro tiNiuilotl :i t' k'i.iM W p.-.or to !oM- on- . ? r.'in-'o fi!o I he I ); rl t "f . v, villi t f bo o!.i - hortj'or t'u:. . Ki fir, fio.h ..no Ion fof o!o tint n (or butter it is not a cheaper Complete Line of HUDNUT'S DU BARRY PREPARATIONS Kuykendall Drug Co. 870 Wittamette SAVE TIME SEE US FIRST S6 East Broadway RENT A RADIO Table or console models Late model Electric Sets Radio Service A Supply Co. 111 West 7th Phone S9 "I'll work night and day, Joe Morgan, to see you once more a man. vlion we had ns innnv bars, or saloons, ns tliore are eas-pfnf ioiij now. And instead of FHEE A1K AND WATER, the bars served FREE LUNCH. Wo supplied nianv loaves for (hat purpose, for tho KORN family liave boon bakers' (JO voai's and l.f ttor. Wo did not bnko as poon broad in those days' ns our BETSY ROSS or MILK WAX bread is now because we are always learning, always improving. But Were the Days of the Saloon the Good Old Days? Why not judge for yourself? The Very Little Theater Players are Playing 10 NIGHTS IN A BARROOM On Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week at their WORKSHOP THEATER, 538 E. 13 Ave. all radios, lnr.nor, wit. action lots of it fkhts, stahbings. niur d e r thrills of the old time melodramas will be presented Plan to mm I'lulay, Saturday April inth, litli, lth. -HBIiM ( m in i V 1