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RD T TORI AL PAGE OF THE R Rfi TSTER-GUARD Page Four aranted. profersor'a physical health sleep and Reno Divorce Mill Women plaintiffs numbered ia m while 1,616 complaints wer( fifiV I New Era and Salem, or how much of the two Jobs can be bandied simultaneously? When In the next four or five years may we expect action on the Junction Clty-Judklns Point section which the fed eral checkup shows to be more congested than the Salem district? Unless there Is a program laid down In orderly fashion as business men would budget any under taking the whole system of which we are 10 proud may be thrown Into the confusion of a political auction. The situation deserves Governor Meier's best leadership on his return to Oregon. . A 21-year-old girl agreed to marry anyone for $10,000, but when she tried to cash a check, It bounced back. Henceforth probably she will not bank on men. SIDE GLANCES breaktast ana luncn ana un things like that while his mind It traveling the farther distances, men tioned in reply a nice little cottage, not too far out, with a garden and a good kitchen. They are now looking for a nice little cottage, not too far out, with a garden and a good kitchen. Sets New Record RENO. Nev., Jan. 1. W) With the six weeks divorce law creating an unprecedented rush of the unhap pily wed. Iteno'a divorce mill ground out 4,248 divorcee during 1931 to establish a new record. The previous record was set Id 1030 when 2,140 divorces were AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER (Publltbed ere 17 e'rnlnf and Sands) EUrrUK AND PI'BI-IHUEH Alton V Baker MANAGING EDITOR .... William M TuamaD NKW8 SERVICE, Aieodated Preia. Unlto Press MICMIIEH Audit Bureau of Oircolatkm Th Relitar-Guard'a policy la the complete aod Impartial publication in Its news panel of all news and statements on newa. On thla put, tlia editors of Tha Heistr-Unrd offer their opinions on erente of tha day and matters of Importance to the commun ity, endeavoring to bo candid but fair, and helpful In the development of conatructire community poller. men. Cruelty was ttill the prind.' ground for divorce, 2.850 corapU? being based on this allegation ' : r DR. WINNARD la In General aj attention to diseases of womeo. GEO. N. McLEAN INSURASrjM Varsity Brand Potato Chlpt Mayonnaise, horseradish, mustsrd. ft -r A NEWSPAPER IS A CITIZEN OF ITS COMMUNITY NEW YEAR PREDICTIONS XTEW YEAR predictions by leading business men In the United States as they roll In over the teleprinters are marked by confidence tempered with caution. There la the persistent feeling that the worst of the economic storm Is over. There Is a note of certainty In the many predictions that 1932 will show definite trends toward improve ment. At first glance, the reader might say that the predictions as a whole are not very encouraging, but having read these annual statements rather carefully for a good many years, we are Inclined to feel that they are the moBt hopeful In a long, long time. Prior to the big smash of 1929, the annual quote of the Industrial magnate was usually bull pure and simple. Of course, things were moving steadily to a bigger and better future. Nothing could stop the good old United States. If any of the Big Boys had any reasoned doubts they kept them to themselves. In January, 1929, there was still a terrific ontl mlstlo hangover. Very few of the magnates who were Interviewed at that time could see more than tiny squall ahead. In 1930 and 1931, there were many brave expressions, but they were brave like the small boy whistling In the dark. After a long spree of success, It took a long sobering up to face facts that wore bad. It Is a chastened business which Is speaking now, business which has been through a long and harrowing experience of writing off over-priced inventories, reducing capital, going without divi dends or with dividends much reduced, adjusting their Ideas of what business "ought to do" to what It can do with buying power curtailed at borne and abroad. Many a concern which could not earn a dime on Its old sntup will be showing nominal earnings In 1932. Many a concorn that has adjusted to new conditions will have work for the unemploy ed. The most encouraging symptom In, yenrs Is tha descent of buslnoss to solid earth from Hs false paradise. HIGHWAY PROGRAM IMPERATIVE TTNLESS there Is a definite and orderly pro gram for highway construction In the state of Oregon for 1932, there will be. a ftnanclnl situ ation which will lead either to leaving In an In complete and unusable state mnny projects on which millions already have been spent or to the Issuance of additional bonds which would Jeopar dies the future program of tho state. Here are the facts of the situation as nearly as they can ba calculated In advance. Tho atnte highway department has (12,733,000 In sight from all sources for 1932, but after setting up all the necessary allowances for work already undor con tract, for pressing bettarments In existing high ways, for maintenance of existing highways, for bond Interest and retirement, there will be only 11,401,000 which the commission can use to match federal and county funds for new con struction. One Item which makes a big cut Into the funds available for new construction Is tha (1.300,000 which the slate highway commission must put Into market roads In lieu of the one mill market road levy which was repealed by the last legis lature. Bonds and Interest will require $3,307,000; general maintenance will require 12,300,000; bet terments, $1,400,000; unemployment rollof, $700, 000; contracts already let, $700,000; and there are many other smaller obligations which cannot be neglected, Due to the fact that the federal govornmont ad vanced nearly $5,000,000 In 1930 to promote un employment relief. It was possible for the state to put through more than $9,000,000 worth of new highways and make It a banner year In construc tion. In 1932. there will be no such advances from the federal government. Federal aid will be lim ited to $2,200,000, and It will require careful dis tribution of the state's IMfil.OOO of new con struction money to match even this amount In the usual 8S 32 proportion. Meanwhile there' Is clamor, fostered largoly by Commissioner Spauldlng, for the stale to embark at once on the rebuilding of the Taclflc highway from New Era Into Salem at a cost of at least 11,500,000 with only about $210,000 federal help available. There la clamor for one and possibly two shortcuts from Portland to the coast at s cost of possibly $S.noo,ono with very little federal help avnlluble. In this end of the state there la urgent demand for rebuilding of the Flsklyou bot tloneck, for action to complete the Willamette, tha Santlam and other Important arteries. If the commission la stampeded Into vast new en terprises, where will It get funds to complete such Important projects aa the coast highway, the Bluslaw road, the Walulla cutoff In eastern tire gon, the McKentle and Willamette Improvements and many other Jobs in which millions hate been Invested? The situation will NOT be serloua If there Is a careful budgeting of what Ml'KT be done now and what CAN be done now and what niut be put off to another year, however desirable, so that maxi mum usa can be had from the limited funds avail able. 8uch a program doea not mean the Indef inite dolny of audi projects as the short cuts to tha sea or tha tuner-road out of Salrm. It ahould be poaslble to get flrat unite of those projocta ttarted, but It la Important to avoid a slumped which will tie up statewide development or throw the commlaslon Into tn orgy of bonding. So fur aa Taclflc highway development It con cerned, those Interested In that road ought to get together from one end of the sttite to the other and deride In what order rebuilding ahould move forward. The commission haa flnlahvd grading the new super-road from Portlnnd to Oregon fit,. ana pave that aectlon or ahall It gallop off to new endeavors? Shall the 8i.,ivou bottleneck come first or shall the job between Ford may put out an eight. But It's Just at well to point out here that probably that will not help the depression, for you can't chew a spark plug. Scientists say that certain stars are not as distant as formerly believed. Sort of taking off the high hat While financial Ills are besetting the world, Mussolini has taken to motorcycling. But even In that he's got to keep bis balance. Eleven hours after staging a bank robbery, three Indiana youths were on the way to prison. At that rate the warden probably handed them their dis charge certificates when they arrived. Now Metropolitan Opera will be broadcast. Judging from the size of most opera singers, It's never been anything else. WHAT OTHER EDITORS ,THINK RADIOCASTING IN BRITAIN (Christian Science Munltor) f)N'CE again the British liroudcasting'Curporation, In issuing the annual review of its activities, an nounces a vust extension of Its audience. The owners of receiving sets in (irent Britain and Northern Ireland who have paid the licensing fees required by law num ber now about 4.000,0110. and it ia calculated that a maximum audience aniounta to at least 13,000,000 listeners. On snecinl occasions, then, such as that on which tho Prime Minister made his famous appeal to the nation, when messages are relayed to all stations tliroueliout tun country. It Is possible Jlint nearly one third of the whole population may be listening to tho words spoken ny one man. Tha sole power of using the ether over Great. Britain for the transmission of sounds to this vast audience Is vested in a small semi-official body aided by advisory committees, lis resources for the instruc tion and entertainment of the public are large; its in come derived from its share of the licensing fees amounted last year to fl.'JlM.OOO. It is nntirely free from advertising interests. Political pressure ii not hrfsiirht 10 bear on It. It. has no other duty and no other interest than 10 provulo programs day by (lay which will meet Willi approval of tho listening nubile. It endeavors bv al ternative programs transmitted on different wavo- icnitns to provide tor a wide range or tastes, hut It has no temptation tn nander to the tastes of tho mluar. It sends out national and. local news opern and lijzlitcr music, leclures. recitations, literary and dra matic criticism, .and statements by well-known public men. 10 provide these programs week bv week" is to take a responsible part In molding the tastes and directing the judgment of the Hr tish nation. Naturally, there Is much criticism of Its policy. How could there not be? Is it fair, It Is asked, to Intrust so often to the same men I lie task of criticising plays or hooks? Are the mentors of the public on matters economic wisely chosen? An example of the formidable infliienco which a sitiKie broadcaster may exercise Is given in the new Year Book. When J. M. Keynes had pointed out from the H. B. O. studio the nossibln dancers of economy, the sale of Nat cnnl Savings Certificates fell from SriO.OnO to 170,000 a day. Hurriedly hir .lusitilt .Slump was introduced tn show the Importance of buying these -certificates, and the S'lles within three days leaped up to 4.10,000 and on tho louriu flay to oisi.ihhi. Huch examples Indicate the responsibility which rests on every broadcaster, and on the Tlroadcasting Corporation nil the time. A life-time of solemn In itiation would not bo too much to prepare members of tno statr tor me exercise or intltienco on such a scale. The British people ore quite properly critical. But they have every reason to he thankful that they have escaped the commercial exploiter. If anyone compares the activities of the B. B. C with those, say, of Ihe cinemas, or the music halls, or some of the popular newspapers, he will observe from how much possible inferiority the radio has been saved In Britain. It. offers an abundance of light entertainment, but It al ways is wholesome, often informative, and sometimes stimulative of thought. WASHINGTON LETTER Bv ltOPNK V DfTClIER NEA Birvlee Writer M8HIXGTON, Jan. 1. The powerful administration pressure brought to encompass the political exter mination of Congressman I.ouis T. McKadden of Pennsyl vania since his sensational attack on President Herbert Hoover's moratorium motives provides an excellent exhibition of how Ihe patronage system, one of the most important wheels In politics, actually operates. Republican members ol congress possess patronage when they are permitted to guide presidential appoint ments of federal Judges and district attorneys, marshals. Internal revenue collector and deputies, customs and immigration officials, prohibition agents, ministers and ambassadors, postmasters, rural mail carriers and other clas.es of federal employes. Even when civil service examinations are required, as they are for most federal Jobs, politicians and ap pointing officers may choose from the three high ranking candidates, A candidate for postmaster In a republican district knows that no matter how high he tnny rank In the examination he cannot expect ap pointment unless he stands In with the congressman assuming that Ihe congrcssnian Is on good terms with tite administration. The patronage arrangement in Pennsylvania Is typical of slates which hare 'regular'' "epuhpean congressional delegations. There the congressman's patronage Includes postmasters and rural letter carriers, while the two senators name most other fr.lcr.il officers. So terms of postmasters expire every four rears. The postmaster generally notifies the congressman for Ihe district as well as the senators. The congressman and Ihe osr'v's county chairman agree as to the right man. and their choice aoon receives the prvsM-ntlnl atmointnicnt, McKadden has more than COO postmasters In Ms "'strict and at least a maiiv rural letter carriers. AMcr this, because f an agreement anion Senators Have Keed and Jim Davis, the Wlvte ltou.e and lo.lmastcr Hencral Brown, only political enemies of Mel-add ), apitl , ).,, 0 wtl,-n !!"n Tr"'. ,K ' f"!""K ,f hp ' re-elected thev will all he filled hr hi, e.-'ve pnli.Val fe. within four year.. Thi. fact, accordin. I,, Reed Inure his political death, Ihe slate organisation will also oppose him at the polls. ' ' Postmaster are politlcsl key men. uit.tand'nr C"'1:: in,r',".'m"'"V'- "lMIr 1 rural district, hke M. Vaddcns. 1 her are influential In political life despite c rtn n restrictions on their nettvi-ies. i hroiieh the democratic .ouMi p-itronsre Is u.,nTy hardlcd It the parti's ii.nil committeemen. n a. live trade ha long bee,, in existence ,,.lee wVch hon ".',1',L";,' r;, f"W"' '"1" "" fc'-ni loii.',t and sold. 1 n.i.,r , p,.rB , crane ,l,r,,. ,,,,.,, Kt rMi,,,n ,nnl;m, cSi-mer rmi,f'-""-" n, c,nfv VJ'l'r 1 P'r cent regular to' rll'u, .';""' '""'''"" rcralcitrnn.-r ,.,:,11y of W?,""t N',rr;,' ';f,N''"-',-V 't's'n. ami TaF.dletle n,Ml. . r:';"h,i-'"'" t've no patronsre. Nrr. boldly ,,,e wn K l,r,, sv-,r ,,; vin-.n more It,,,. '.11 ,,r, , ,,,, ,, , ,r,, .... . ,t m, run I 111'" nA II PAT. OTP. (0 1932 BY NEA 6CHVICC. INC. "Here's lots of wood, mama. waat. anyway." I chopped up my old auto that I didn't BIG REMOVAL SALE We Are Changing Our Location Shortly- NOT LEAVING EUGENE but showing our confidence In the future of thlt city and trade territory by buying property closer In where we will toon start- the erection of a Modern Yard, better located to aervt our patront. (Location announcement! at an early date). In order to cut down the expense of moving our large stock of Lumber and Building Materials, we are offering everything including complete line of Lumber, Mouldings, Shingles, Roofing, Faints, Windows, Doors, etc., at UNHEARD OF PRICES. Take advantage of thlt opportunity by starting your new buildings or repairing and mod ernizing your old ones. J. W. COPELAND YARDS SCARLET FEVER IS OFTEN FATAL PATIENT SHOULD BE CONFINED TO BED AND GIVEN NURSING AND ANTITOXIN By Pit. MOHUIS FISHBKIN (Editor Journnl of Amortctin Metlicul AsKocintioj, and of llyseio. the Health Magazine) ' IX Homo near lot fever epidemics the condition Is so serious that a con siderable numlier of those who are in tho (ii seu ho during epidemics die of the disease in relative!; non-fatal. In the United Htatea on an average of about two per ennt of those who have tltn disense during apideinicH die of either tho dineae or the complica tions, Dut-iny 11)20 and approxi mately 2.5 lieopln out of every 100, 0(H) population died of scarlet fover. The pcrKon who has scarlet fever should be confined at home or In the hospitnl and should be kept from con tact with others, except those who are responsible for the care of the sick. Those who have been in contact with tho "disease should be quarantin ed for at least seven days after their contact with the case in order to de termine whether or not they have been infected. t Formerly scarlet fever was treated merely by nutting the patient to bed and giving In in Ihe best type of nurs ing core. Nowadays n specific remedy has been developed in the form of anti toxin, which in used in case that are severe or that tend to develop com plications. In very severe cases It is customary to administer by injection t h e s e r u m fro m 1 1 1 e bl n od o f 1 1 1 e per- 555 High Street F. V. TREADGOLD, Mgr. Phone 572 son who has recently recovered from the disease. j Drs. tieorge F. and Gladys Henry j nick have developed a test of the j skin which determines whether or not j a person is susceptible or likely to i have the disease when exposed to it. j If the dp r son is found to be suscept ible in time of epidemic, he may be immunized against the disease, or given increased resistance to it by the in jection of small doses of the toxin properly neutralized until resistance hns developed. During a time of epidemic it is well that all the children in the schools in which cases have occurred be examin ed regularly to determine the presence of sore throats or a beginning rash so that they may he removed early from contnet with other children. It is not customary to close tho schools be cause the schools offer a place in which the children assemble and where they can bo regularly seen by the phy sician or by the .school nurse a form ; of examination that could not be made if the schools were closed- and the children permitted to play about the streets, in tho playgrounds, or in their homes, in contact with other children. Mothers owe a special duty to the community in preventing their chil dren, in times of epidemic, from hav ing contact with other children during any period fhen a chi!d has a cold, sore throat, or a similar infection. Old Man, 72, Back At Hillsboro For Bell Ringing Rite IIII.LSnOHO. Ore. W His 7-J yours rrstiiiK lightly upon him, Al liert Tosier came home ypsterdny to see the new year In anil to riiic with his own hands for the 00th consecu tive year, the bell in the atceple of the old Methodist church. In 187'J the first church building wan erected In this Washington coun ty scat. Albert Tosier rang out the old year and the hell welcomed the new. fncb year thereafter to the present day he has commemorated the event. One year he came from "Central America to perform the ceremony; once he ennie from Mexico, twice from New York, once from' South t'nroliua, and severnl limes from western atiues to puss New Year's eve in this community and to visit Hie cemetery where his father, his mother and a Bister are buried. Watch niirht. services are held each year and Ihe bell ringing haa become a village rite. Tosier la now cutodittn of riinin poeg park on the Willamette river. He was one of Ihe organisers of the Nnlionnl Kilitorinl Association In lXS! and is the only survivor of its 117 charter numbers, lie served one term as president of the association. Priests Imprisoned Under Religious Act MKXMCO CITY, Jan. 1. () Three Catholic priests were arrested yesterday on chtirgvs of violating the new religious laws which reipiirc Hie registration of clerics and limits them In one for every .Vi.lMH) inhabitants of Ihe fcdernl district. Knriipie Hoinero t'ourtada. secre tary tcucml of Ihe department of Ihe fcilernl district, announced the priests had been sent lo Ihe penitentiary. "Kffective immediately, no priest, unless he satisfies the mandate of the Isw, will be permitted to eer ci'e anv function in connection with his ministry," the kccretary genera! said. The payment of $20,000 by Dcmp sey to his divorced wife is to com mence on Fehrunry 15 of this year with payments of $5,000 every sixty dnys. The property settlement wns agreed on recently in Los Angeles. Clackamas County Taxes Are Lower OUEOON CITY, Ore.. Jnn. 1. OP) The Clncknnms county court an nounced yesterilny the tax levy for l'.l'fc! will he 24 mills, a reduction of 6.7 mills from the 1031 rate. The reduction will mean a saving of $H;i0.tHNI to properly owners, most of which is due to the elimination of sll state taxes except $!Hi,903 for elementary schools. The total of all levies for state and county purposes for 1032 aggre gate $M2, 133.12, the court announced. As Hard For Him As Relativity Is For Some of Us! PASAHKNA, Calif.. Jan. l.(P) Albert Kinstein, who studies thincs no human mind has yet been nhle to understand, was todny forced to bring himself back from calculation of the i infinite to the problem of American: house hunting. j 1'rofessor Kinstein. here from Oor-! many to utilise the facilities of the California Institute of Technologv : in testing his unified field theory of relative space and lime, proposed a dwelling, any sort of diggings would ; do, close lo the Inlinratnries where j he will toil, preferably on the cam- I pus itself. . , l''rnu Kinstein. who mmrds the ' FREE FOOT EXERCISES. Come In for Treatment. STERN SHOE CO. 782 Willamette Dempsey Mortgages Property to Estelle ntrsNO. Jan. l.-(4r,,r. teeing the payment of $2ll.(Hal in ac-! cwnlanre with a recent property set. i tleinent, William Harrison (".lack"! l'empsey recorded in the Kresno I county recorder's office a mortgage ; covering his Property in Ma.lera. Kresno and Kings counties In favor' of his estrange! wife. Kstelle Tavlnr i 535 7-Tube Phllco Baby Grand, practically new Radio Service & Supply Co. 111 West 7th Phone 59 1 r t.s I. 1 l .1. t i " " ensle ., .... . .'"'. f. - . I. . I pen., 11 . -j.irn, lrii.sn.1. the tr,(f ni-Tm.er oT conn-ess tlsimv and free u,t it of Ii! stsn, si In 1 " member ol centre., who hai no natron '. "Is the Deliver Your ParceH By Telephone SAVE TIME FOR DRUGS SEE Pin lla sis- .- o i u 1 1 rafrittK,aiM, M EAST BR0A0WAY NOW'S THE TIME PENNEY'S THE PLACE! Worts Clothes TO BUY MEN'S "Pay Day" Work Shlrti 59c For men hard on clothes. Made of durable fine yarn cliambray. Coat style. Two flap pockets. 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