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EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE REGISTER-GUARD
Page Four
. Jalr 21. 1831
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
(Published (very evening and Sunday)
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Alton If. Baker
MANAGING EDITOR .... William M. Tunman
NEWS SERVICE, Assoclsted Preaa, United Press
MEMBER ...... Audit Bureau of Circulation
The Refister-Guard'a nolle la the complete and
Impartial publication In fta news pages of all n?wa
and atatementa on news. On this pane, the editors of
The Register-Guard offer their opinions on events of
the day and mattera of Importance to the common
ity. endeavoring to be candid but fair, and helpful In
the development of constructive community policy.
A NEWSPAPER IS A CITIZEN OF ITS
COMMUNITY
DOO DAYS SESSION
A BOUT the only thing to be said In favor of the
" special session of the legislature) which Gov
ernor Meier's handplcked Tax Conservation League,
at Governor Meier's request, baa asked Governor
Meier to call la thla: it might make Dog Daya a
little leas monotonous In Salem.
Thla Is the time of year when there la little
excitement even In being governor unless you sttirt
something. Even lobbyists and privilege seekers
and Job hunters take vacations. The press room Is
filled with lonely and awkward substitutes. The
departments iave settled down to routine.
It Is a period during which a governor can find
time to learn a great deal about the actual opera
tions of the state's business, It he wanta to go In
for such atudlos. But few governors ever do care
to give state business that kind of friendly first
hand study, and while the Meier administration
seems to be most determined to keep the public
eye, it is no exception to the general rule.
So, In all probability we will have a special
session, with the Indiana plan and bargain rates
on auto licenses aa the principal offerings of the
blg-end-of-the-seaaon political sale. Whether the rich
governor will go through with the idea of making
the session a free Junket for obliging legislators
remains to be seen.
The governor is reported to be feeling out
public sentiment on the program. Our observation
is that contrary to the rather optimistic reports
given out from GHQ, sentiment Is increasingly un
favorable. There is almost unanimous opposition to the
idea of a session paid for out of the governor's
own purse becauae it would establish an evil prece
dent and reflect seriously on the pride and dignity
of the state. There is quite as much opposition to
taking $7000 to $10,000, or more, out of the state's
funds, In an economy year, to enact a program of
Ill-considered, unwanted and unnecessary legislation.
Even the Portland papers are not enthusiastic
for the special session. The Journal, seeming to
sense a change In the man who a few months
back. was baiting the big Interests and utilities,
opposes both the special session and the Indiana
plan. The Oregonian, though now united to the
Meier program, cites "the days of old when Leagues
were bold" to show that the Initiative (which it
has so often opposed) might be a better method of
getting the "reforms" before the people.
Constitutional barriers, time limitations and
public reaction stand In the way of any effective
action by a special session. We are told that the
Indiana plan has been modified to meet local ob
jections, but it merely substitutes a combination
of local and state boards (hand-picked by the gov
ernor) for the more rigid control which the utilities
and railroads put over in Indiana. It still violates
home rule. The license scheme Is unscientific and
questionable.
The big hope of the Meter administration was
(and still is) that it would be genuinely business
like, thorough. In the early daya of his administra
tion, the governor was virtually forced to algn
state appropriations more then a million in excess
of possible revenues. There must still be remark
able opportunities for executive control and reform.
Some showmanship, of course, Is necessary. But
it Is not unfriendly to say plainly that the Meier
administration cannot retain Ita popularity by
Sloganeering hullabaloo. .
WHERE HEAT IS HEAT
A SINGLE Tery hot day in Western Oregon Is suf
ficlent to oauae no end of talk about heat.
The next day may be agreeably cool. The night
after the "scorcher" may even be chilly, but being
rather climate-minded In these parts, we keep on
talking about tha boat.
Monday's Issue of The Register-Guard suggested
some contrasting Ideas on the subject of hent. The
front page related that Sunday temperatures In
Eugene had mounted to 99, though they dropped oft
to 67 In the night. Even those who sought the re
freshment of deep fir forests or the cooling waters
of ocean beaches or mountain lakes "suffered".
The editorial page showed one of Artist George
Clark's "Sldeglances" with a lesson from those
regions where men are manikins and heat Is heat.
You may have noticed the shadowy drawing of the
youngster on the tenoment root shouting down to
"Maw" to bring her mattress up by the chimney
pots "where It ain't nearly ao hot". That's what
you call heat. Heat, when you have nights like Hint.
Yet millions of people In eastern cities are
"used to It", or rather, hardened to It because
they don't know any other life. Millions are burled
alive In metropolitan tenements because Americana
haven't given the building ot cities any real scien
tific thought.
Modern transportation makes congeatlon rldlcu
loua. American lumber mills could produce all the
materials needed for new homes If people could he
persuaded to use It. Industry wrestles with the
problems of Impaired efficiency and discontent.
But all that Is getting away from tha real sub
ject, which Is Heat. We don't know much about it.
JURIES AND SUCH
rpilREB young men are Involved In a hideous
moral crime. Two of them are brought to
trial; the other is allowed immunity aa a statc'a
witness. One of the two, undoubtedly the ring
leader, Is found guilty and given 15 years, (a find
ing with which we concur). The other lad Is found
"not guilty;" a tender hearted lady Juror warna
him "not to do It again."
Four men are Involved In stealing a steer. Two
are arrested; the other two are allowed Immunity
and appear as atate wltnoasea. One of the two
arrested ploads guilty. The othor one stnnda trial.
Is found guilty. There Is somo testimony (not
necessarily evidence) to ahow that nil the men
wore poor and probably hungry. Hut on tho facts,
there was no doubt of participation In the crime.
A bootleIEer It brought to trial, ills lfo Is lu
court with five ot the nine children. The wife
collapses on the stand. The corridor rumor Is
that she was faint from hunger; she had hoped
to collect witness fees In time to eat at noon,
but her oaae was dele.yed. The Jury frees her
husband, though there could not be much doubt
about the bootlegging.
Thus the course of Justice goes. The ancients
pictures Justice as blind. It Is more accurate to
aay that It 1s a very human (though not always
humane) Institution.
There Is much Inequity In the Jury system. Two
different sets ot twelve people do not always see
"the same." It is very difficult to make Jurlea
underatand that it is NOT their Job to measure
the punishment ot a crime. It Is their Job merely
to pass on the facts and determine guilt or In
nocence as charged. But Juries being made up
ot humans take things Into their own hands. Tha
degree of punishment is up to tha Judge.
Here In Lane county, we are relatively lucky
because we have a thoroughly competent and con
scientious Judge. He does his best to guide the
course of Justice, to compensate for the inequalities
which occur, and he has the courage to be firm.
But the problems ot Justice are very complex.
It is not fair to blame Judges and prosecutors and
Juries for Ell of the Inconsistencies which appear.
The causes of crime and Injustice run far back Into
the social and economlo structure. We have only
begun to think them worthy ot scientific attention.
Out of the WIckersham reports and other
studies we are beginning to get a lot of suggestions
about how to get better courts and courthouses,
better Jails and better wardens, bettor Judges, pros
ecutors and Juries. But back of all these ideas,
if you want to get at fundamentals, lies the prob
lem ot building better citizens.
We know more about breeding reliable herds
ot cattle than about breeding reliable herds of
humans. Getting back to the hobby of education
again? Sure! spend a tow days In any courthouse
anywhere and maybe you'll concur.
The proper method ot prune culture Is being
shown in a government film. Makeup men will
instinctively eradicate the wrinkles.
The Soviets are said to have purchased the
largest stone crunher, but they won't admit they're
putting business on the rocks. ' ,
As popular as smoking Is among the weaker
sex, women would as soon be without a cigarette
caae aa a vanity case.
There's lots of poetry In business, says Charles
Schwab. You might say now that business Is going
from bad to Terse.
WHAT OTHER EDITORS THINK
ABOUT TAXE8
T'Corvallls Gasetto-Times)
jrlCATj of the inconslstenciea of the tax reduction
bluff is the effort following the emotional drunk
at Salem to grab $1,000,000 from the state highway
commission to build a siiort cut to the ses from Port
land. Some of the same men who attended the Meier
religious revival w;r among those who went to Port
land to get the money from the commission. This Is
nil rely and admittedly a pleasure road. There is now
being built from Oregon City to Portland a "super
highway" with a road right of way 100 feet wide
and this In spite of the fact that there are four
paved highways from Oregon City to Portland now.
As emphasised by the Salem Statesman, the way we
build roads Is about the only real extravagance In
Oregon. In his encyclical to the delegates to the tax
meeting. Mr. Meier referred to the fact that he have
second largest bonded indebtedness of any state In the
union. That was a very unfair statement for roost
of It la state highway bonds to be paid for bv gas tax
and auto license fees. If th highway commission la
not going to strsighten and widen the heavilv used
arteries of travel, they better spend the money call
ing In highway bonds and save the interest rather than
spend It on tourist roads.
WASHINGTON LETTER
By RODNET DUTCH Eli
WASHINGTON. Th unprtctdentMllj t,,orn.ous pro
portions of thin 1032 George Washington Blcn
tonninl cHebrntion eem to be largely attributable to
Sol Bloom and his noul.
Thpy put Sol amlhffl mnl In a little dlnVy cnpltol office
when the? marto him director of the com mi m Ion. But
Sol hM expanded the commission into Taut, handsome
quartPM in a hip: new office butldln and commnnds
scores of -workers who, union jr hundreds of othrr things
and in tho name of George Wnshinpton snd 8ol Bloom,
ore now pelting hundreds of thousand of lending citi
zens and nrgnnfiatlnns in 4R.000 cities and Tillages
with instructions end bulky progrnms for the observ
ance through next ypar of the L'OOth anniversary of
Washington's birth.
Those Fervent Speeches
Mnthe you don't think any New York congressman
has a soul. But that's because you haven't listened
to Sol Bloom tnlking about tha Bicentennial and the
great patriotic awakming which he believes will come
out of it. There are nuthentirnted Instances where
people have broken down and wept at hearing him on
the radio. They thought Sol was crying, too. He was
n't, but before tho microphone his voire and frame
shake in grimmest earnrstness as he pours out that
soul. "Sol's lost!" his wife exclaimed to their daughter
Vera as tho two listened to his radio voice once re
cently when It seemed that no man affected so emo
tionally rould possibly go on.
"We're bringing tho renl Washington hack to the
people," ho explains tensely. "We're humanising Wash
ington. We're giving America a h1tory lesson such as
no fount ry ever had before , , , We must have more
of the spiritual and less of the material. We've for
rotten history. History is like religion. . . . Georgie
Pohnn has written us a song for the year 10:12. . . .
Lindbergh flying across the ocean was guided and
guarded bv the prayers of hundreds of millions of
people. ll couldn't fall. This country can't fail to
fulfill Its hiirhest destiny If wn have the prayers of a
hundred million or more people for their country and
with thoughts of George Washington. . . . Overdoing
this thing? Man, you can't overdo history! People
get fed up on it all before we get through? Well,
they don't get fed tip on religion, do thev? 'There's
nothing morohpiiiitiful than the history of our coun
try. . , , The spirit of (ieorge Washington will
rise from his tomb in Mount Vernon and brintt us to
gether again, as the living Washington stilled the
storms that swept over the days when he lived in the
fle-h, This celebration is going to give the American
people the greatest national rallying point they ever
had."
Sort Rise In World
Personally. Snl Bloom confides, he Is very happy
hecane he Is doing something to repay his country
for what it has done for his parents and sisters and
brothers.
The amajtlng fervor and activity which Sot Bloom,
short, chunky and hron n haired at tU. throws Into
the Bicentennial during a long hot summer Is no more
remarkable than his career.
He was born in Pekin. Ill,, and was working In a
Srujh factory nt Sun Francisco when eight years old
for $t.'J5 a week. He never went to school', but has
read greedily slnee his mother taught him how. He
was bookkeeper in that brush factnrv at 11. its super
intendent at 1H treasurer of a theatre at 1, building
his firt thestre-in tan Franciro at 17 and starting
in a tour around the world at IP. Twenty years old
and he had heen put Jn charge of construction of the
famous midway at the Chicago World Fair. He super
vised the midway with I's .lasting attractions through
IMl.t. He went Into the music business and owned
M stores over the country before he sold ou.t But
real estate and construction attracted him most and lie
been me a millionaire. He retired from business in
l!0; nt the age of ."ill nti. the people up toward l'-.Vh
sireet in New York City began to elect him to Con
gress. Monev. Sol Ithinm as-a, is omj good for-the
Uidfi'f ud truce it fiTfi vou
SIDE GLANCES
Crv L. ftftva-
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li not likely to suffer from heart dis
ease; the latter type Is the active
individual seen on the golf course and
mofct likely to succumb to heart dis
ease.
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l..,,.-;,y lam gy NEA SERVICE, IHC'REO, U. 8. PAT. qrr,Hr-.u.;tj .,.:.- J
"Now, please stop worrying about your Job. You've been there five
years and you're afraid that substl tute will do your work better, In two
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE '
GOLFING AFTER FIFTY
Heart Examination Before and After Play Urged for Men Taking
Up Game In Middle Life Overweight Dangerous
By DR. MORRIS FISHBE1N
(Editor, . Journal of the American
Medical Association, and of Hy
geia, the Health Magazine)
physicians look askance at
1VA the modern tendency to over-Indulge
In strenuous exercise after
middle age. Records are available of
numerous men who hsve fallen dead
on golf courses or at home after a
strenuous afternoon at gnlf. Dr. Da
vid Riesman says that men who want
to take up golf in middle lifo should
not do so without a thorough physical
examination, which ought to be re
peated after they have played a little I
have seen men between 50 and 60
years of age whose hearts stepped lip
tremendously in the rate and inten
sity of the beat after they had played
10 holea of golf on a hot day.
The forms of heart disesse that
sre concerned are not always those
affecting the arteriee that supply the
'"Comfort
like this,..
iCElil
heart with blood. Sometimes the con
dition is angina pectoris, sometimes
a breakdown of the heart tissues. Dr.
Riesman feels tnat the heredity of
the individual and his constitution
may be important factors in deter
mining the form of heart disease xrom
which the individual will suffer. -
Many insurance companies empha
Hizt particularly the seriousness of
overweight after middle age. Dr.
Riesman believes that overweight
people can be divided into two class
es'those who are excessively fat,
but with a soft type of fat on one
hand, and. on the other hand, those
who are overweight and solid, whose
fat is firm, and who are not far above
ideal weight. The former type is like
ly to be quiet and lazy, and therefore
Arkansas Permits
Acorn Crop Waste
LITTLE Tt(M!K, Are. (Al
though one of the largest feed crops
produced in Arkansas, the acorn is
practically wanted.
Karl I'ai;e, commissioner of mines,
maun fuel urers and agriculture; has
furnished tin Analysis showing the
acorn ranks high in food properties,
having 4.2 per cent fn crude protein.
JS4.0 per cent in carbohydrates and 5.4
per cent in fat.
The crop goes tn waste except In
mountain counties where there is no
stock law and where bogs are allowed
to roam at Inrjre.
Ex-Texans Gather
For Annual Picnic
Between 200 and 300 former Texas
residents attended the annual Texas
picnic in Riverview back of the butte
W THRIFT Vi
I book wa
I PREEI fj
Sunday. An old-fashioned southern
dinner wss served and after dinner the
time was spent in speech msking, con
versation and other diversions. The
day being the hottest of the year the
younger folks took advantage of the
swimming facilities In tha river nesr
hy. Several prominent ex-Texans
spoke during the afternoon.
The attendance at this picnic was
porhaps the largest ever at a Texas
reunion here, it was stated by those
present,
HAIRCUT LSeSHAVE 15c.
CITS.' KHOP 111 E. Broadway.
The British army I. techaicfl, ,v.
best, and the French the heit tr,i 7?
according to General von 8eeckt G
man ex-commander-ln-chief, '
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AND PRIVATELY We
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CASH LOAN
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IN 24 HOURS
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MONTHLY
REPAYMENTS
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LOAN SOCIETY
TIFFANY BUILDING, SECOND FLOOR
Cor. Willamette & Eighth Sts.
PHONE. 3040
EUGENE. OREGON
SAN FRANCISCO
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coaches or reclining chair
cars on fast trains, provid
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lowest possible cost.
Through service to San
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turn limit of 16 days. Fifty
pounds of baggage is
checked free.
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uub room tij porltr stri
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Southern
PaciSic
F. G. Lewis. TleKet Agent
Phone
FROM EDGE TO EDGE
Orthogon lensea give you just exactly the vision that was pre
scribed. Your own eyes deserve Orthogon lenses In all future
prescriptions. In fact, if you want to give your eyes the best
care possible, use this marginally corrected lens.
DR. ELLA C. MEADE
OPTOMETRIST
14 West 8 th Ave.
Phone 330
HERE'S .
REAL -
If I ii 5
Genuine
Willard Batteries
Willard Service Station
940 PEARL EUGENE, ORE.
Or Your Local Dealer
"Save with Safety ,t
Your Rexall Store"
Tiffany BLda- 8th A Wll,mett
Dear Friends:
I can't tell you all the finer points about the Oruen w.v
but Mr. Bkele can. "aicn,
He 1b what I call a Gruen enthualaat. He says it's tv
greatest watch made, and when he says It, you know tl !
he believes It. "now that
The other day some new Gruen designs came In Ther.'
a new ladies' wrist watch in the shipment that Is In , .,,
by itself. I never saw a prettier one.
I wish you'd come Into the store here and see these n
Gruen's. Maybe you're not planning to buy right now'.!'
all right, come anyway. Mr. Skeie is glad to talk r.rnl!
Watches with anybody anytime. uett
TICK.
Eugene . one.
"If It Comes from Skelo's It Must Be Good"
857 Willamette phoil, 4
IT'S VACATION TIME
Wonderful Weather Now at
WPORT
Plan to come over for a week-end
or vacation. Reasonable rates.
rale
Newport Tide Table For
High Water
Coming Week
Low Water
JULY A. M. Ft. P. M. Ft. A. M. Ft P. MTjTFt
Wednesday 22 5:51 6.7 6:04 7.9 11:32 1.6
Thursday 23 7:19 5.4 6:54 8.1 1:17 0.4 12:28 2 2
Friday 24 8:45 5.4 7:4 8.1 2:24 -0.1 1:32 2 7
Saturday 25 10:02 6.6 8:38 8.2 3:22 -0.8 2:36 2.9
Sunday 26 11:01 6.8 9:30 8.3 4:16 -0.9 3:45 3.0
Monday 27 11:49 6.0 10:18 &2 5:01 -1.1 4:29 29
Tuesday 28 12:27 6.2 5:43 .1.1 5:16 2.8
Tueoday 28 11:03 8.2
Gilmore Hotel
: OVERLOOKING OCEAN
Furnace Heated Rooms, Hot
and Cold , Water Phone 40.
(The New) Gilmore
Apartments Phone 144
C. G. Gilmore, Prop.
AAA Headquarters
All Stages Stop at Hotel
ABBEY HOTEL
AND GRILLE
Enjoy Our Special Sea Food
and Chicken Dinners.
Rooms with or without Bath.
All Steam Heated.
On Bay Front
J. J. Tobin, Prop.
ill!!!
Agate
Beach Inn
Located on Roosevelt High
way, 3 miles North of New
port. Phone 62-J-2
Katherlne George, Prep,
Visit The
"NAT"
Dance and Swim
C. H. Bradihaw, Mgr.
Gray Bell Restaurant
(of Salem) In connection
Miniature Golf Course
GRAY BELLE
RESTAURANT
(of Salem)
At The "Nat"
Red & -White Store
p. E. GILKET
Groceries Home-Cooked
Pastries and Salads
Coast 4 Beach Sts.
CHERRY CITY
COTTAGES
Cabins $6 and $7 Per Week
Modern Cottages
Prices Reasonable
Address P. O. Box 423,
Newport, Ore.
THE DAMON
Coast 8treet
Rooms and Meals
Strictly Home Cooklci
I 1
yml 1! pwj If'
"JUMP OFF JOE"
Most Picturesque Anto Camp
on the coast. John & Chester
Howe, h blocks. No. of Agnes
on Coast street.
Phone Newport 132
for Reservations
Visit the Dock
See Them UnloadineT
Fish
NEWPORT FISH CO.
HoC"' COOKING
Bay View Restaurant
(Inquire About Deep
Sea Fishing)
Run Right Into
NEWPORT
GARAGE
Front Street
5-10-15o Store
P. o.
Block
Farrington's
VJothlng
over
49c
HUB COTTAGES
New Modern
Moderate Rat"
Directly overlooking th ore"
2 blocks from the "Not
Grocery In Connection
DROP INTO THE ABBEY HOTEL
CONFECTIONERY
Dan Hill
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