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A NEWSPAPER IS A CITIZEN OF ITS
COMMUNITY
JUSTICE HOLMES RETIRES
A FTETt 30 years of valiant service as a Judge of
the supreme court of the United StateB, Oliver
Wendell Holmes retires. The son of a famous
father, the New England poet, JuBtlce Holmes has
earned perhaps even greater and more lasting fame
than his father.
The character of the man Is written Into the
hundreds of opinions which he rendered or helped
to- render during his long service to the nation.
Among tbe lawyers and judges of a period during
which the law tended to become a highly technical
craft rather than a learned profession. Justice
Holmes was pre-eminent as a scholar. More than
that, he was a philosopher.
It was his duty as a member of the supreme
court to help to make the law of tbe land by In
terpreting the fundamental principles of the con
stitution, and he brought to that task a vision of
Amerlcnn government as an agency not merely for
the protection of vested rights and property In
terests but for the development of human rights
and human freedom.
They have called him the great liberal of the
supreme court bench. Some men and some Interests
have feared him as a radical. It seems almost
strange that In this country a champTnn of human
rights should need even the special designation of
liberal. Yet In a period during which business was
sanctified and government dedicated to Its service,
Justice . Holmes became almost unique because he
clung so tenaciously to the Ideal of government as
the servant of tbe people.
"Justice Holmes dissents "
Tbe phrase became famous. People always
wanted to know why Justice Holmes dissented.
fHere was no demagogue catering to public fancy
but a sober scholar versed In the traditions and as
pirations of his people. In bis 30 years on the
supreme bench, Justice Holmes became a leading
Influence In American government, and much of
our law Ii due to his liberal Interpretation.
, .. There has been something very valiant about
the service of this fine old gentleman to his nation,
and it ought not to be forgotten that during the
Civil War he won distinction as a soldier. He was
Incorruptible not only In his practices but In his
Ideals. His courage never faltered. There Is some
thing very brave even In the simple ceremony of
his retirement.
Justice Holmes has earned the few years of
rest which remain for him, and carries with him
the affection and respect which few men have
won as servants of the people.
Bon got all set for rather active American co
operation with the League of Nations and that Mr,
Dawes (and his pipe) suddenly appeared In Paris
out of the London fog and in a few rather curt
sentences seemed to put the "ki-bosh" on American
participation. It never was made quite clear whether
Stlmson or Mr. Dawes represented tbe official
American policy.
Anyhow, Mr. Dawes Is quitting the dull Job
of ambassadorlng and he'll be just a private citizen
of Chicago, somewhat less conspicuous than AI
Capone himself, about the time the Republicans
gather In that peaceful burg next summer to hold
what Is known as a convention. The Great Lakes
region Is rather notorious for lightning striking.
Of course Mr. Hoovers' health seems to bo good.
Even If his record Is a tough tune for the ballyhoo
hands of the G. O. P., It would be a difficult thing
to break away from Hoover, even with HI Johnson
and the whole Insurgent gang rar'ln'.
Yet lightning might strike in Chicago, and If it
does Charlie Dawes Isn't going to be 6000 miles
away In knee britches. No sir, Charlie la always
Interesting.
OUR LIVING STANDARD
r. THE PHI BETA CONCERT
gECATJ8B it is a university town, Eugene has op
portunltles to hear many noted musicians who
r known to most communities only by the press
reports, the radio or the phonograph records. The
amazing turnout for the appearance of Georges
Enesco Sunday testified to the support the town
gives good music at popular rices.
Thursday evening, Eugene has another oppor
tnnlty to hear an exceptional musician, Paul Eng
berg, a young baritone from our own Northwest
who has made an enviable reputntlon In opera In
Europe. He has consented to sing hore to help
Phi Beta raise the money for Its annual scholar
ships at the school of muslo by moans of which
aeveral young women of Eugene are finding it
possible to get a musical education.
Tbe Engborg concert in the muslo auditorium
deserves wide support. It Is an opportunity to honr
a man who liaa not only a tine voice but Is a
master, musician, and It Is an opportunity to sup
port Phi Beta and the university In a real educa
tional undertaking.
DAWES FOR PRESIDENT
HAR1,1E DAWES was born Interesting and the
chances are ho will pnss from tlil life In some
Interesting fashion. After uotlclng "Coolldge luck,"
Charlie was persuaded to take a chance of the
vice-presidency, but "Coolldge luck" still held and
Charlie got out of that pigeon hole after ona term.
' Nevertheless, ho menaced to speak the 'truth to the
senate once or twice while he was In there. Which
la about as much as any man can do with tha
vice-presidency.
Then Charlie went to the great Court of St.
James aa America's No. 1 ambassador. Charlie
did various atartllng things. He smoked that up
' elde-down pipe of his even In the presence of
royalty. And what was that story about dropping
a chunk of ice down some duchess' back at a alate
dinner? Re-ahlly! But Charlie seemed to make the
British like him, despite his breesy ways.
Now Charlie comes bouncing home ostensibly for
'little vacation hefora the big disarmament con
ference and gives out the news that when the con
ference la over, he Is through with ambassadorlng.
Wants to get back to dear old Chi and play around
that batik of his and maybe atrum the fiddle.
(Charlie Is quite a fiddler: he's written songs and
not for Tin Tan Alley either). Of course, the boys
In the press rooms Jump to the hunch that Charlie
must be getting tha presidential bee again.
"Damned nonsense!" says Charlie with a free
dom he hasn't ahown since the good old days of
"Hell'n Marla'r!"
Of course, tho boys near the White Housa make
haste to point out that a break hetwoen Mr.
Hoover and Mr. Dawes would be Impossible. Why,
Dewee lunched with the president when tte got
back from London, didn't he? Why should they
have to quarrel over a little thing like that?
Furthermore, the Impulsive Charlie makes hast
to announce that he's for Herbert, first and last.
Why shouldn't he bet But one scans the quotea In
vain for the "will not run" or "do not choose" that
might clinch the matter. Of course. If Herbert
rons, Chas, always a good Republican, will sup
port him. 1
It may he recalled, however, that a few weeks
go at the beginning of the great Japanese move-
w imv. pasoiu out of Manchuria, Mr. Btlm-
rpHE long awaited report on comparative living
costs for American and European workmen, com
plied by the International Labor Office at the re
quest of Henry Ford, who wanted to know how
much he should pay his European employes to put
them on a par with his workers In Detroit, has at
last been made public. It Is a highly interesting
document.
Living costs In Detroit are shown to be sub
stantially higher than those abroad. Those of the
Paris factory hand, for Instance, are only about
SO per cent of those of the Detroiter; in Manchester,
the figure Is about 75 per cent; in Berlin, slightly
below 90 per cent. Part of America's high wages
are eaten up by higher living costs.
But not nil. The report shows that the American
enjoys a far higher standard of living. Autos,
radios, electric refrigerators and washing machines
have a part In the Americans' life. The European
workman never sees them.
Business Is still turning the corner, but we have
hopes to see It walking up and down the street
about April 15. Blue River Bill says, "Yeah,
Just about the time a fellow wants to turn out
ana inn."
Apparently I must play
Chatterton, movie actress.
loose ladles Ruth
WHAT OTHER EDITORS THINK
STATE CONTROL
m,,. Astorlnn Budget)
U , , , , " J,r'"''". m his recently announced tax
.ttgin',liTf '"""""n. tlc "P the delicate matter of
, .T, ' " i" '"'ea nnn Donrt Insues.
nrnhihl. ' htW '''I0"'1''" """i ",IC,, " "'t' 'W
probably have been of great value.- The tax spenders
e.srv' "!? P'
... a ,iM-AmiiiKiuie, ana ine tax
P"1"" n unfailing source of revenue.
nnhlle Tff H"",B taxpayers Is better Informed and
Si, l",VB ,.'"r,"''i ,lmt retrenchment and
1.5L"r'U ttre tlle P""1' towr continuous
Istereli'VlMpI"' V7 m1"" 1","ue '"Partially 1niln.
VJ'rL ""'?.f0n.,rr1 ?" the thousands oi
tim ii . "notner matter.
f.in J'V r ""i ,h9 '"t would balance the con
bil Iv 'of i"nnirnKd ,,rortitl'-. caused by the possi
bility of appeal by small taxpayer groups on almost
every levy question to a state tax bov; and also the
3,1!"". nVolmI, in barin- InvestlgatlJn.?' and
questionable. "upmi" D"Ma 101 mch work -The
same question arises with reference to the
governor's tentative proposal to estab the North
nlk lyu'l" f lmvl,"!r '! district road
mission. nignwny com-
ii,.. . immirens or minor little rosd matters
that come up for action in each conntv every year
Involving small expense but of considerable importance
L"Lml", "';","?,'? adequate! to handle these matters
"l i m-nuiiuu prove or tar greater exnensn
than any benefit Hint would result. "rler MP"e
WASHINGTON LETTER
Br RODNEY DUTOHER
NEA Sirvlce Writer
MSIIIXGTOX. Jan. I3.-I loan, when wheat sold
retire a n?,'""'1"',1, 1000 b,'"l",," ' th" ,iM
the u-iLv !( tniy-lk-ago n a farm. At the bottom of
,. ' !'" MtTU IHSL I IftOtli
sr, wnen wheat
taken 1" nVm K ' V V . mn1,'rn history, it would have
.?Vi' D"''' to retire the same mortgage, and
Hut this lent the complete picture, for the federal
tnrm nonrd insists that practically all the rednet inn in
rn.nu IDfMl itrii'PM Ihnr
taken out of the farmer's hide. 7 ""V r"X
pork products, an vm V ,T" " L r?t?' f?'
board, as he quotes price, on a certain day of last
month.
mi ...
f... . "T i ","" N'w Tor1t retail markets
: T i"'r" ' noP" averaged -jh rents s oound
f. . ,. I "r -vr p",t fro"' "'- Price
or the same day one year before! hnm, aa rents a
pound, a redurtion of T'.j rents or 25 per cent: sliced
bacon. K2 rent, a pound, a reduction of 9 rent, or "?
cent. Z' iSW" " ",UC,i0n ' "
In the same week, prices of live hors In Chicago
averaged I4.1K per 100 h,., compared to T.I2 for the
corresponding week in HW0, a reduction of tS 74 or 4?
...m'l!)'mh.L,!nr.'.i ,",w",n frmer and th con-
: ,,"-"" "r " rn.iciion. in their marg
f.rn.J . " iTr" l'",:'" ""I"" carried by the
... ....... . .ruiiinn. i lie percentage farmers re
Z l.Z ,t . ' ,,r"'" r,Pr Vrodurts la the snmlle.t
M.h" n i ,,r"", ""'' Price, .warrant considerably
higher price, for hog. than fsrmers are receiving."
In Ji viH! Inr,""' ' American Meat Packers
te . iyr... n,1"",rr" ."M Iceman. ,,,
..-i . i . oi meat nutnh.it on. I. ve-
m.t,i T"" '" hf" the burden of high
merrh.ndiruig cost, since the pre-war period. Inr n!
.... mo yesr.. wnen all price, have declined the
r'?,..h"" ."rj-L '."'"'. Liy ii;:
' : ; '""," ".rrv u,r meat, me cost of pi
v.;, Ti.ri. . """"""' a mm or meat has deel nrd
hJ r"m h r-'ir'IV high level, prevailing
before the depress,,,,,. An ..mine proportion of the h ir
u V,''"1 "'5 'I,,m r."'"''."1 In.,in,er purchasing Vvler
.. ,'iwira on to ine rarmer. '
.vi r.'.'h.n" 'n rt'eks and sale, record, a,
cv denre. S,inp,oa developed thi.! W H K.te. a .h.en
raner residing near I.ltiln
'tut, , "romlMion
th. 1 1.. Ki i. . .- " " ' "I ne
slteep to
me iki rji.iirt l'a,k fompanv of Denver for ii x
i;te for his seven sheep got , Therk'fer X? h.l.""'
when buirhered. IM.70. W ' '"" h'
Oil ft (lilllnV r-m m . PL! .
Ismh rhops for his lnrh. II,. 'h
111 cents more than Sheep Hal.er Ki
ipson ordered two
was W rents or
ste. got for all his
"Now soni.thmg ia the nutter." Sunoson
told
SIDE GLANCES
Ml kw&mm
it mjvmw
If & mg
Jwfe If $m
HUB U.S PAT.OFF.'-e; i- . f.... "-?&0R!t-yt-fL.
ss sudden infections, poisons, injuries
to the head that involve the brain and
complete exhaustion from prolonged
physical strain, or irom nemorrnage.
In other instances mental derange
ment follows a sudden emotional shock
such as the sudden death of a loved
one, or a financial or social reverse.
A consideration of the causes of
mental disease indicates at once that
many, if not most, of them are controllable.
MAIL BAG
IT'S QUITE TRUE
CUGENE, Ore. (To the Editor)
- In answer to the nuestion why
lawyers, doctors, aentists, and under
takers have not cut prices:
I have no statistics about how many
monthly statements a doctor sends
before the patient pays or what is the
monthly percentage of patients who
do pay; but 1 do know that usually
groceries, clothes, and amusements
easily come trom the family budget
and that the doctor's bill Is allowed to
run on from month to mouth. If the
money stops.- the credit at the ero
eery, the bakery, and the haberdashery
also stops: and only silver onens the
door to the movie palace.
But the doctor and the dentist
(being firms of one and human indi
viduals) ran toward the call of pais
while the lawyer and the undertaker
come also to take care of human
needs. Remuneration cannot be con
sidered when time is pressing.
Afterwards, tbe doctor waits. Imag
ine his predicament when he may at
last be paid in cord wood (enough to
last two years), potatoes (12 sacka),
popcorn (five bushels), or 25 hours of
gardening labor (the doctor has no
garden). With the above, the doctor
is einected to oav for the college
education of three children. Should youi
advise appointing a commission to In-'
vestlgate the pottlbai55
J"'1?.?, Potato for
fees? "If not, what do
Something s got to h j.' '
pretty d. q!'f .ui
Th. Rhe,n.8"Rj.Ny
quested to meet t ff.M J
pie Thursday, Jan. UtVTtTj''
Entertainments refMiaief '
ctcvuuiji a. ii. jiav.
Try lydla E. Plnkhim'sVegetsMs Compound
"I haven't told her anything. I cou Idn't quit work, anyway. And besides,
the doctor might he wrong."
INSANITY IS LIKELY TO RESULT
FROM PHYSICAL OR MENTAL STRAIN
By DR. MORIU3 FISHHFIX
(Editor Journal of Aiiii'ricnii Medical
Association, and of Hyseia,
the Health Mfiffnzine)
f NSANIT1 means mental disturbance.
1 There in no sinirle condition flint
can be called insanity. There ore mnny
mental diseases divided in groups ac
cording to their causes and their
niamtestattons. Jn n recent considera
tion of the subject Dr. H. h. Levin has
divided the causes of mental disease
Into two large groups the predispos
ing causes and the exciting causes.
The predisposing causes are- those
which nave long existed within the
individual or in his surroundings.
Thus, predisposing causes of tuber
cluosis include a constitution that I
gives way readily, an environment !
that Is crowded nnn dark and a fail
ure of proper nutrition.
The exciting cause is the germ of
tuberculosis, which is usually conveyed
from nn infected person in the vicinity
to one who is not infected. The ex
citing causes of mentnl diseases are
or conditions which precipitate the
actual attack.
Dr. Levin compares the onset of
mentnl disease, therefore, to a stick
of dynamite. The constitution of the
stick of dynamite is a predisposing
cause, but it takes an electrical spark
to set it off nnd to bring about an
explosion.
( The predisposing causes of mental
disease include certain stages in
human existence which are unbalanced
stages. These are the ages from 11
to 14. in which the child nasses from
adolescence to maturity, and period
from 45 to 55, when the body has
readied toe enn ot maturity and be
gins to break down.
Another predisposing cause of men
tal disturbance is the strain of mod
ern civilization. The human body is
not built to go on interminably at
high speed. Following a crash in the
market, many human beings suffer
continuously with strain, and some of
them succumb.
The exciting causes of mental dls-
She Shouldn't be Tired
No energy ... circles under her eyes . If she
would only try Lydia E. Pinknara's
Vegetable Compound in tablet-form,
the could be strong and happy again.
usually the immcdinte circumstances enso also include physical factors such
MUSCULAR-
RHEUMATIC PAI US
DRAW them out with a "counter
irritant." Muscular lumbago,
soreness and stiffness generally respond
to good old Musterole. Doctors call it a
"counter-irritant" iKmnhtwitm
ing action penetrates and stimulates blood
circulation and helps to draw out infec
tion and pain. It gets action and is not
just a salve. But do not stop with one
application. Apply this toothing, cool
ing, healing ointment generously to the
affected area once every hour for
five hours. Used by millions for over
20 years. Recommended by many doc
tors and nurses. All druggists.
To Mothers Musterole is also
made in milder form or babies
and small children. AskforChil-
arm s Musterole.
GEO. N. MeLEAN-
BEARD'S
January Clearance
Prices Continue
Knitted Suits
Reg. $10.95 Value
for
S5.00
$16.75 Values for
S10.95
$19.95 Values for
812.95
All Winter Coats
Y2 Price and Less
Now is the time to pur
chase that New Coat!
Silks
New Faille Silks, excel
lent assortment of col
ors in heavy materials.
39-inch wide. Priced at
only Q4 JA
the yard rA'xi7
One lot short length
Silks. Values $1.49
and $1.98. Many of
these pieces have good
yardage. -i AA
the yard ? UU
One Lot Corsets
Discontinued numbers;
close out at
4 Price -
Dress Specials
Une Group
Values to $19,75
For Only
85.00 U
One Group
Values to $24.75
For Only
88.95 Each
One Group
Values to $39.50
For Only
814.95 Each
All Other Fall iA
Winter Dresses.
of Reg. Price
Rayon Gowns
"Carters". Eeg. $21 1
values. Good range sfl
colors fi4 Q0 1
for only V-I.vO
Umbrellas
entire siock or net I
Umbrellas, gnaranyl
rainproof and s p lit-I
proor at
25 Off
Regular Prices
fit ' XvfV'S5
feA.fcliiM.illf1, rfasdsl AiAk&sttississs .
New ways to serve
Williams Milk Maid
Bread
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Jeannette Cramer
Home Economln Editor
The Oregonian
Portland, Oregon
Tests Williams Milk Maid
Bread in her 15 recipes
and makes the following
statement to Eugene houses
wives:
"I rued Williams MUk Maid Bread in every ona of the fifteen
recipes printed in my new folder. It is well-baked. It has
splendid texture. It stays fresh. It lends itself splendidly to
very one of the recipes printed in my new folder mentioned
Deiow 7
Honsewrm In Lane, Doagi&s and Ooos
counties agree with the many trained ex-
Serte who use and recommend Williams
ilk Maid Bread. The reason is simple.
It has the 7 virtues of perfect bread: tender
crust; even texture; keeps fresh longer;
makes wonderful toast; slices fit toasters;
maximum nourishment; sliced and double
wrapped. Tour grocer carries Williams Milk Maid
Bread. Try it out with Miss Cramer's
redlpe today. Williams Bakery, lugent,
MILKMAID
Free
Birthday
Cakes
rained at 11.15 la offend
w au users ox wuusms
Milk Maid Bread. Tha af
ter la atmplr thla:
Sara SO of the coupon!
which are wrapped vita
William Bread. Return
them to your nearest deal
er, with 10a dellTorr
oh arte. He will order thla
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tor to free ot any farther
chart. Ptoee year order
three aen In adTacee n
to wish tpeeisl isttertsf
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