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EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE REGISTER-GUARD AneurtH, 1031 Page ElgKf AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER i Published every renins and Sundiy) I AND PUBI.1SHEK ... Alton F. Baker MANAGING EDITOR .... William M. Tuitmaii NEWS SERVICE, Asaoclated Press, United Press MEMBER Audit Bureau of Circulation The Refister-Ouard's poller la the complete and Impartial publication In lta news pacea of all n?wa and atatementa on newa. On-tbli pace, the editora of The Register-Guard offer their opinions on events of the daj and matters of Importance to the commun ity, endeavoring to be candid but fair, and belpful in tbe development of constructive community poller. A NEWSPAPER IS A CITIZEN OT ITS COMMUNITY PAGING MR. RILEY ABOUT a year ago, it was, that we first ehal l.nred tha mindlts of Oregon to tell us some thing of "the life of Riley," that personage whose Joyous exploits and delights are menlionea so ire fluently by those who seek the sylvan aolace of the forests of Oregon, It was our surmise that there must be somebody quite familiar with the habits ,r,A fclntnrr of this patron saint of fishermen ana mountain climbers end mere Idlera. But even the aage Ben Hur LBmpman was able to give us no more than the shadow of an answer, the mere guess that Riley must be a distant relative of ..cele brated Jim Dlnkons. And now come scholars of note making further Inquiry. Mr. Pat V. Morrlsette, of the department of English at the University of Oregon, writes that his colleague, Mr. B. A. Botkln, of the University of Oklahoma, has pressed him for Information re garding the Wandering Gael and would make the atory the subject of research and literature (he'd better not let Alfalfa Bill know how he's wasting time!). So Mr. Morrlsette hns begged ua to try to give Mr. Botkln some tangible clue to this delight ful character. Perhapa we can give Just a hint out of the re sult of our own Intensive and exhaustive research. Patrick Aloyslus Augustus O'RIIeagh was an Irish king, of course, who lived end loved about the time of King Arthur. Sir Patrick Aloyslus was but the least of Ills distinguished titles, and 'tla well stahllshed that oven beyond Lancelot and Gallahad tnd Tristram was he beloved not only by the king but by all the ladles of the court. Mighty was his iword, and sweet was the music of his lute, and 'twas he that disarmed the Black Knight of tbe Saracens with his laugh. It is reported that Gulnlvere, who had quite a penchant for strong young men, took quite a fancy to the youth. But the amiable Sir Patrick Aloyslus was not minded to return the compliment. Gaily, over hlB heart, had he worn the tokens of many a blue (or brown) eyed colleen, but not for him were tedious romanceB with the fusty dowagers of the court. "What-a-man!" sighed Gulnlvere. "Methlnks." laughed Sir Patrick, "such epithet were suited only to the dull but doughty Lancelot." "Grinning Idiot!" ehrleked the queen, and for this Insult she caused him to be bewitched. By tbe arts of the crafty Merlin he was transformed Into a simple rustic and for his honor he was given a fishing pole instead of a lance, and he was trans ported back to the Isle of Erin among the snakes. But all this worried Patrick not a bit. For back on the Old Sod he was beloved by a young and beau tiful princess. Kathleen Mavourneen .they say, waa her name. Poor they were but very happy all their days, though sometimes when Pat came alnglng home from the hills where he had been for many days, Kathleen would remark: "Pat, you're a dlvll, and aure you're bewitched!" Naturally there were many little O'RIleaghs, and though they were no longer kings of Ireland, It la well known they became kings of the earth, for there are O'RIleaghs (or Rlleys) everywhere, moat especially in that beautify! and beneflclent climate which is peculiar to Oregon in the United States. More than thla we can not tell Mr. Botkln, for the present, for we have only begun our own research. But our suggestion Is that If Mr. Botkln would know "the life of Riley," he should remove (be fore Alfalfa Bill sets the time clocks on him) to some mountain meadow in the high Cascades. Setting his tent in the ahnde of some spreading hemlock, he ahould wait and watch. Riley will pass that way. It may be when the morning sun la lifting the Tells of silver and purple from the snowy peaks. It may be In the brilliant noon when mountains and moadows are bathed In warmth and light. He may come trudging through the crlmsona of the sunset, dangling his long rod In the grass, singing those songs which are attuned to mountain brooks. Or he may come softly through the meadowi In the dark, kneeling In the mosses to drink tin crystal and the starlight, Riley has loft behind him the silly noise and strife of tournaments, the petty Importances of cities and courts. There's never a care in his heart. More we do not know than this. MONUMENTS, ARMS, TARIFFS TJEACE Is the popular cause of the day. Tha old fashioned patriot who stood up and pleaded for good. big. manly wars Is silent. After the last Great War, the noble sport of International massa cre has perhaps even less moral standing than prlieflgbta. But In behalf of peace e hear a variety of arguments. There are those who believe that the way to attain peace is to build bigger and better armaments. Thus In the last week we have seen the lengthy argument Ihnt It was only the large naval program launched by Prenldent Harding after the World War which made It piunlble for him to call the nations Into reasonable parley on dis armament. Therefore to be sure of progress In future conferences we should resume the menace of big armament programs. And in the Inst week. lo we have read the arguments of that other faction uhlrli believes that peace la mainly a matter of putting all weapons out of sight. The fixing up of some valka and lawns around Perry memorial shaft at Put In bay. I-ake Erie, has been the exrufo for extended ser mons on the amicable relations uhlrh the Vnlted States and Cannda have maintained ever since that battle waa fought In 1S13. To the tearing down of the fortresses and the removal of the ships which once guarded that frontier and to that alone this more than a century of peace Is totally as.-rlbed. The and armament rrowd would seem to have all the beat of It, Certainty a reduction of arma ment doe much to relieve tension between con tiguous, countries. H would help greatly to reduce the troubles between Germany and France, and Franc and Italy, and Italy and the Balkan stales. An4 jet, In Ibis theory that arms aud arms only are the cause of war, there is a great deal of sentlmentsl tommyrot. Canada and the United States have kept peace for more than 100 years not because they have had no bristling armament but because all commercial and social, intercourse haa been on a fair basis. It is a little bit too disturbing to note that in the last year, due very largely to the erection of tariff barriers, relations have been perhaps leas cordial than at any time since Perry won the big fight. Undoubtedly wars can be delayed and peace pro moted by keeping armaments out of sight, but it's the day to day relationship In trade that fosters the germ of fights. Give the Canadlana or give the Americans the Idea that friendship has been abused and plenty of arms and gunpowder would come to light. There is no one formula which will guarantee peace, unlesa It Is tbe Golden Rule Itself, applied to every detail of International life. The almplost of all formulae, at that, but in its applications, how complex! SIDE GLANCES CITY TAX REDUCTION AN Immediate reduction of approximately two mills In city of Eugene taxes is proposed by City Recordor R .S. Bryson by the expedient of proportioning annual sinking fund levies more nearly to actual yearly requirements than has been the practice In the past. Thus, by levying 130,000 a year Instead of $58,000 a year (with an Increase to $40,000 for five years beginning In 1942 because of heavy maturities at that time) Mr. Bryson believes all outstanding bonds can be paid as they fall due and all Interest payments aa they fall due, without any risk of piling up a deferred debt. t The plan la similar to that by which Governor Meier proposes to reduce state property levies for veteran aid sinking funds except that the Meier plan, a we understand It, proposes the complete dropping of the levy for 1932 on the theory that sinking funds earnings and sinking fund levies of the future will bring the program out on echedule without deferment of any payments. Both plans deserve the acruUny and criticism of skilled accountants. The thing to be avoided Is any scheme that will cause a sinking fund shortage at some future date because that means merely deferred paymenta, additional Interest and expense and the "kidding" of the public as to savings and expense. Mr. Bryson's plan has the virtue that It avoids any complete suspension of sinking fund pay ments over any period. If his calculations are ac curate as to the entire program. It should be wel comed. But if there Is any flaw In his estimates, if there is any doubt as to the adequacy of the program to meet all payments on the dot, it should not he adopted, because there Is no policy in public finance more disastrous that postponement of debt I I V- -T3Sea:ii' .'pat. orr-J 'g 1931 BY NEA SERVICE. INC "Wen. captain, I like that! Puttln g out to sea before I've half finished my painting." DAILY HEALTH SERVICE BODY NEEDS PLENTY OF WATER - Far More Necessary to Body Than Food and Loss Must Be Compensated to Offset III Effects The Wlckersham commlBnlon has found lfttl of the third degree in Oregon. It must have over- looked the operations of the state board of control since Julius became governor. Commenting on his rather rough reception at Corvallls, Portland's own Mayor Baker, remarks that he doesn't guess the leglon boys want any serious speeches. Why limit that to the Legion, mayor? The famous legend of Don Quixote's tilt with the windmills will now be replaced by the fact of Alfalfa Bill's tilt with the oil wells. As we gather It, the Salem Idea in this Hawley- Roseburg mizup Is that Roseburg would be a swoll place for a home for retired congressmen. WHAT OTHER EDITORS THINK "THE ENCHANTED LAKE" (Bend Bulletin) HE literature of Oregon has just bein enriched by the nuhliraiinn nt "Th ffnhnr.i r .ir. k. c n Pflnhnm of Ma ruli field, a new writer to us but, we understand, a native Oreoninn whose literary skill is here well demons, ranted. '-The enchanted Inke In, of course, Crater lake and the book is shout that xoonin tvnti.Uf w. t. diun legend relating to ft. the geology of the. nark 'area. record of the flora and the fminn found In the pnrk, description of the ttoitits of intf irnnn.i ft. a i..u nnri an account of the origin of msnv of the plnce names to lin some of the chief features of Mr. I.ap liam's volume. It in s guide book to a super attraction of the Oregon country. Quite properly much space Is glren In the book to the itart n Is red hr Will n Hi, in -i... h. designation of the region around the lake es s na tional park nnd his connection with the park and its nrocress erer since. Due apnee is given to John W. Hillmnn, who wns at the head of the party of gold WIK "r" niscoreren me isKe in INW, hut for W III Steel there ( mors nrnn.ln..nt maniini. of his lesdership In the work of securing due recogni tion for the nark as a national nnnt. To other names such as Applegnte, Colvig. snd I 'filer Identified with the pnrk In one way or another full reference is made. The hook was printed in the plant of the Salem Statesman and is a credit to that institution. Tt is of the right sise to afford proper reproduction of the photographs with which It is bcautifullr illustrated, the cover suggests the blue of the lnke itself, the paper soft and of the whitest plrnes both the ore ami the hand and the type, clear and hlnck. Is esilv read. By DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN (Editor, Journal of the American Medical Association, and of Hy gein, the Health Magazine) CIXTV-FIVB per cent of the human body is composed of water. Sug gestions as to t tie proper amounts necessary for inter nnl use to keep the bony well supplier! vary from six to 10 glasses a day. Humorists insist that Americans havn all been thirsty for the last 10 years. The necessity for water in the body Is far more pressing than the necessity for food. A henlthy human being can live without food and with decreasing physical efficiency for some 40 to t0 days. He can do with out water for a much shorter time. Without this cooling and comforting fluid he gets uncomfortable after two or three days, feverish in from four to seven days, and he usually dies in from eight to 12 days. That is what happens to a mnn lost at sea-or in a desert without fresh water. So necessary Is water to the con tinuing of the chemistry of the tis sues thnt the Mood begins to take it from the tissues of less importance and transport it to those of more im portance very promptly when the sup ply from without begins to fail. When a human being becomes unconscious, a physician or those in attendance must make certain that water is put Into his body if he is to live. Tt may he, Injected by a stomach tube Into the stomach or it may 1 injected with a needle under the skin or directly into the blood. When a person becomes exceeding ly thirsty, his tongue, throat and mouth get dry and burn. Because of the anxiety, he becomes restless; be cause of the lack of evaporation of water from the surface of the body, he becomes feverish. The sensation of thirst can be lessened somewhat merely by wettinir the lips and tongue, but this is a satisfaction only to the sensation nnd cannot satisfy long. There Is one portion of the brain which Is. particularly Interested in seeing that the needs of the body for water are satisfied. Obviously this is important since the water is neces sary to the conditions of life. Some people drink a great deal more water than do others,. Excessive thirst Is brought shout by excessive loss of water from the body. Sometimes this loss of water U due to disease which puts a ercat deal more water through the kidneys in oniro to relieve the body of con centrated salts that are the products of disease. Sometimes the occupation of the person or the character of his sweat glanits is sucn tnar. no loses n great deal of water by way of the skin. In some Instances much water Is lost from the body" by the intestinal tract. Following hemorrhage with a con siderable loss of blood, a person is usually intensely thirsty because of the amount of fluid that has been taken away in this manner. In a recent, review, Prof. Carlson points out that the thirst appetite has not yet been properly named. This appetite, he insists, is nevertheless a real factor in life, "as it is appar ent that many people imbibe so-called soft drinks without being thirsty or drink one-half of one per cent beer without either thirst or hope being present." 4-H Calves Are Given Blood Tests Blood testa of 24 calves belonging to Four-H calf club members were made free of charge Tuesday by Dr. J. A. Flanigan preparatory to the calves being shown at the Junction City Four-H club fair and the Lane county fair. Animals to be shown nt the county fair must be free of con tagious abortion. Thirteen of the calves were tested nt Norn ton. the others being nt Lone Pine, Junction City and Clear Lake. WASHINGTON LETTER "Ssvs with Safety t Your Rexall Store" Tltfsny Bldg., 8th A Willamette company No False Light in Thi Girl's Eyes T,l"NMON'. P Molly Taylor Is HAVE FUN Sunday, AUG. 23 at ODELL LAKE Mile High in the Cascades iw lioitNET nt tcheu NEA Service Writer WASHINGTON. Aug. 13. The Pemocrata say con- ' - K-.i -;..k. .w uu things might be a lot worse. That sums un the ' U;;2 campaign strategy of the politicians to date.. ITesnlent Hoover Kets the ' iimr from the democrat because things are as bad as they are and high praise from his own party because they are no worse. I tie (i. ti. I . is ohrious.lv the narlv of hon inn optimism. The democrat have hope nnd optimism, too, but their hope of victory is bam-d on the alleged hope- leanness of the economic siin.nhon for (lie next year or iml their optfniiMii is thus based on iMssuniMii. the republicans, on the other hand, found their UKVl et- lectntlons almost entirely on the hope of a pickup in niness. If there Is no such picKnn. according to com mon theorr. the election cause this city to be so overrun nilli ikmoenits in m to rewilt in a serious h i ft lu the cantor of population. HtMiiiWii-an optimism ts inrurnble became It Is tuned on the fnndameninllv sound theory that- things get jiM so had and thry they grt worse hut that sort of thing I can't go on forever, lately some republicans have come to mitpiM't thnt their best chance will be pre sent ed in WM. by w Inch time (lie country will have . learned that the democrats can't end a depre.Von. either. But that theory is unorthodox and the official ' parly campaign dgma is a reversion to the slogsn of Isti; "I'i'ii't -flap hordes while shirk in the mud." t President Hooter and his cabinet members presum ably mould still be isMiing statements to aMire tbr country that ih deprevinn all r if such state mnfs wer nt itnnrinMy Mitred bv enihes In th siock niirket and the commodity markets. But at- j 'hough gpntlemn, in high pestintn nw realise the discretion of rest rain t concerning such mf ters, t he official party propaganda, besides point in out how much mure serious renditions would le if thry were a great dl worse, continue to be fithiouM after the manner of Pnlh nnna. One of wr lnt le inspirational items in the republican national committee's weekU nw letter starts off bke ths: 'Ntw that the r-hiiop i alxmi owr and people re btgiuimif- to m jil talking about laid Uiufi " For Sunburn Relief we have several reliable remedies. 80 E. Broadway TRUSSES Belts end Body Brsces Expertly Fitted nt Stevenson's RENT A RADIO Table or Console Models. Late model Electric Sets. Radio Service & Supply Co. 111 West 7th Phone S9 Better Conts nnd Dresses for Less Money at KAY'S s:9 Willamette ROUND TRIP Excursion Train !.(. Kuseno $;CH . m. Ar ms Oilnll Ijikr. 11:15 a. m. Stnrl bac k. ft:3i p. in., liotns nt S : nn. Kntny a thrilling train rule tlirniiiih thd sionlc Cas cades and an enJoalil cut ins f fiyhlns. swlmmlns. rmat Ins. hiking at this sparkling Mux lHki. Children 5 to 13, half fare; under 6, free. SOUTHERN PACIFIC r. G LEWIS. Agent Phons pretty. 17. snd a xreat (rirl for makin ejei. Ther happen to be artificial snd her fa mil j baa been ma Linn them for 150 .rears, Molly ia apprenticed to the trade. Some of the kIahk erea from the family shop go to odd coruera of the world and one. with a cavity in the bock, bad a history. It waa used for diamond imuitclinir in tSouth Africa. III u III Club Leaders Hold Meeting Tuesday The monthly Four-H leaders meet ing held Tuesday niitlit in tbe Four-H building at the Lane county fair grounds was attended by 55 loyal leaders who dismsaed plans for the exniDitions and demonstrations to De fjina miinta fnl- Ant- Of.-'MV I The program for the evening was in charge of the Art rlub. Mrs. Ceorge Saundor. It included the singing of the "Dreaming'1 song, a musicii! ap preciation number. "The Toy Makers Dream." hr Lois Railnv: and a dem onstration of batik dyeing by Melba Andrews and Alice Gillespie. Catch 'Em Young Say the Soviets MOSCOW. A) Soviet Russia's generation of future leaders is multi plying rapidly. Tn the first half of this year mem bership in the communist organization fnr 1kts and girls increased 1.00, 1)00 to a total of more than 4.000,000. A FISH STORY SEATTLE. lust as Hnnald Egerer waa reeling in his fishing line after nn unsuccessful day. a huge lake trout hit bis bait nnd he landed it. He took it home to his wife and she suggested he show it to the neighbors before she nrenared it fnr dinner. Ecerer displayed the finny prize to an elder ly neighbor. I hat worthy calmly picked up the fish and made for home. He was deaf and thought Eg erer gave it to aim. THIS IS BRAVERY LONDON. Bernard Gilmurroy. Ulater man. received the 11)30 Car negie Hero sward for his feat of res cuing a fellow workman from a burn ing lime kiln. The kiln was filled to within a foot of the top with burning coals when the workman fell. Gilmur roy immediately jumped in, and with a shovel freed the man from the coals. Gilmurray was hurned so bad ly himself that he spent months in a hospital. FARMERS CUT WHEAT BOISE, Idaho. (U.B Idaho far mers have followed the advice of the Federal Farm Board to curtail wheat production, if federal farm report ing bureau forecasts are correct. The farmers plnn to cut down their wheat acreage 23 per cent this year. On the other hand they will increase tfieir oats plantings seven per cent: corn five per cent; barley 12 per cent: Irish potatoes, 11 per cent: sweet po tatoes, 20 per cent and hay one per cent. Eugene Lodge Loyal Order of Moose Will entertain Corvallis Officers nnd Drill Team. Thursday, Aug. 1.1th. There will be class initiation and feed. CEO. N. McLEAN Insurance. 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