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Togp Six
July
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EDITOR AND ITHUSHEH - - Alton Baker
MA.YAtiJNM KDITOK - - - Williani M. Tuxmnn
NKWS SKUVICK, AHvOfiutff I'resn, United IVeM
.M KM BK It - - - A udi t Bumm of (Jirculn t ion
The IiVyister-liuard'i policy is the complete end
Impartiul publication in its news paxes of nil ru'wa
nnl Ktateim-nts on news. On tills pane, the editors
uf The Iii'if'nter-(uard offer their opinions on events
of the day and matters of importance to tin? com
munity, endravorinic to lie candid but fair, find helpful
in the development of .const riirtive community policy.
A NKWSI'APFH IS A CITIZEN OF ITS
COMMUNITY.
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
TUGEXE welcomes Oregon's Veterans of Foreign
Wars with a special appreciation of what they
represent In the nation. The V. P, W. embraces
men who have served their country In all foreign
wars any time anywhere. The soldiering may have
been In the great battles of the Western Front or
In the lonely watches up around Archangel or
Vladivostok or the patrol of some jungle down In
the Caribbean. A man Boldlers where he Is sent
and the V. F. W. establishes equality of service In
the spirit with which It is rendered.
The Veterans have much Importnnt business to
transact while In Eugene. Like the Legion and
Spanish American War Veterans and other such
organizations the V. F. W. Is deeply concerned
with legislation for the benofit of comrades who
are "out of luck." The V. F. W. exists to perpetuate
the comradeship of service but as a part of this
comradeship it requires that those who are infirm
or aged or In distress shall not be victims of
neglect.
The delegutes come to Eugene for an encamp
ment which revives the joyous spirit of youthful
service. War Is a horrible thing. Some think It
brings out manhood's worst. In the madness of life
and death struggle, this may be true, but It Is also
true that the service of wartime brings out man
hood's best. The boy who marches awuy with the
colors learns to forget himself. He learns certain
lessons of loyalty and comradeship and service
which he never forgets.
In veteran organizations there Is a daeper and
finer motive than mutual help. They exist hecnuHc
Impulses have become a hahlt. On the long night
march, the strong man will enrry his weakor
buddy's pack. In the lonely outpost the soldier will
share Ij Is last cigarette or his last fragment of
biscuit. A man will risk his life to see that a
wounded comrade or even a wounded enemy gets
help.
Veterans cling togother after wars are past
because they have memories of men at their best
bei)t possible background tor a business revival,
While we are walling, and looking for new and
blacker storm clouds to arise, the stage Is slowly
being set for a return to prosperity. It we stop
looking behind each bush for a bogeyman we can
recognize our opportunity when It arrives. If we
don't we shall simply prolong the agony.
THE PHILIPPINE PROBLEM'
A WASHINGTON correspondent the other day
remarked that Independence for the Philippines
now Is virtually certain. In fact, he remarked,' con
gress may be In such a hurry to get out of the
Islands that It will cause their economic ruin.
Laying nBidc. for the moment, all arguments as
to whether the Filipinos ought to be granted their
independence, It does seem fairly obvious that If
they do get It the United States owes It to them
to make the transition as easy as possible.
The Philippines have been a United States pos
session for some 30 years. If they are to be put
on their own, the United States must take every
precaution to make sure that chaos will not follow.
American responsibility would not cease when the
American flag came down, unless America had
first prepared her charges for complete freedom.
We are expecting a campaign any day for the
release of Tom Mopncy Immediately so he can
come' east and plead for Jimmy Walker.
Most parrots slug, rather than swear, these days,
a bird fancier tells us. Which must be great news
for the man who wants to sell a profane bird.
We notice that a school of oratory for -women
has been opened In Paris. We suggest that they
Import a few American wives as Instructors.
Despite the depression, the bill collector Is more
popular than ever. Even the best families ask him
to call again.
WHAT OTHER EDITORS THINK
SIDE GLANCES
v ' 1 im. u. . wT. orrjs imibum stawica. nc
"We've decided, Auntie, to lust let vou choose which one of us vou'll
want to live with. You tee, we couldn't come to any agreement."
'AFTER YOU'RE DEAD'
rpo anyone who finds national political conveV
tlons Interesting, there must occasionally
come the melancholy thought that the great party
heroes tho patron saints, . so to speak, whoso
names must always bo mentioned reverently In tho
keynote addresses got a whole lot more devotion
from their parties after they are dead than while
they are alive,
Each party hn grent heroes, and each party
always drags out their Images at Its conventions.
The Republicans, of course, specialize in Abru
ham Lincoln; and lately, they have begun to en
shrine Theodore Roosevelt In an adjucent nlcha
The Democrats start with Thomas Jefferson, pause
to bend the knee before the figure of Andrew Jack
son and then drop the rest of their wreaths at
the feet of Woodrow WIlBon.
But a good many of those men got something
less than complete devotion from their followers
during life.
Lincoln, for example. Is on a pedestal now.
But the dawn of 1865 found IiIb party bitterly di
vided. A large section was almost Incredibly hos
tile to him. If Booth had not killed him, Lin
coln and not Johnson would have felt the wrath
of the "radicals" In the late '60s; his attempts to
save the south from the horrors of the reconstruc
tion period would have brought to him the blind
hostility of that section of his 'party which ulti
mately tried to throw Johnson out of office.
Roosevelt, likewise, was not always the Idol
of his party; he was roundly Biiuhhed In 1012, and
he had to break the parly in half and help elect
Wilson to win back Mb place in tho 0. O. P. coun
cils. And Wilson, before his 'public career ended, But
at the head of a divided party. Not nil of the vol on
that killed the treaty of Versailles in the U. S.
Senate came from Republicans; nnd In tho cam
paign of 1920 there wore plenty of party leartors
who found It inexpedient to do battle for Wllsonlnn
doctrine. Not until after his death did his party
really enshrine him.
The moral of all this? Perlmps there Isn't nny
uiiIors It Is that tho great party leaders alwnva
are fighters, and that Ihe battles they start cannot
be forgotlen until the lenders themselves are In
their graves.
PROLONGING THE AGONY
JUST about tho best comment Unit could be mnili
on the depression seems to have come from a
New York banker. This man, as quoled In press
association dlsnatchos tho other day, remurkid:
"Now Yorkers ore nil afraid of somolhlng that
Is going to happen. They don't know what it Is.
hut they are afraid Just tho same. The plain truth
Ib that It already has happened and thnt we are
allll alive and moving. I doubt. It any crisis thnt
could possibly arise would be worse than what we
have survived."
There has been, of course, an enormous amount
of fnko optimism broadcast since the depression be
gan. If It had been possible for us to talk our
selves hack to economic health wo would bo robust
by this time. Hut at the same time there has been
an amazing undercurrent of fear, and this, like
the verbal optimism, has been sadly overdone.
For more than a year people hnve been ex
pressing this fear privately. You've heard them
everyone has. Dark prophecies of doom have
livened every bridge party and every luncheon table.
The result has been the acquisition by tho country
of a pronounced case of the Jlllera.
And yet, when you get down to II, Isn't this
New Yorker Just about rlglil! The thing wv
so afraid or has already happened to us. We have
already hit bottom. The worst has come, and we
have Bomehow lived through It. Any move that we
make now Is hound to he upward, because we ran I
possibly go down any farther.
It would do us a lot of good If we could man
age to get Mint fact through our bends.
Timidity and Jittery nerve do not rroilde the
STOP THIS U. OF O.-O. S. C. WAR
(Medford .Mall-Tribune)
Ono of llin most denlornuli! tiroilni-tM nf il ,l.ii.,.u.
slon psychosis In Oregon has been tho mess In which
our higher educational system linn len thrown.
The confusion and bitterness aroused by the ',m-Mru-phi'i-KOii
roiiHoliflntion measure, 1ms reached such
proportions, that our entire system of state education
is Hirenienpu.
ui .MoiHliiy next Hie hoiird of hm her eihicul on meet
to select a iliiiiiellor for its new system of unified
eilticnlion.' The Mnil-Trilmnc is convinced thnt unless
i no oesi man nvnilnnie is selected for this post, only
noriiro- i-iin prevent oisnsier.
Wlio this best man is we don't know. But we hav
Ihe hleliest regnrd for the abilities of Ir. Kerr of
u. w. i .. and as hip present mess hns been largely due
mi rivalry una jrmoiiHT peiwpen Ills institution anij thl
university, we feel his appointment would go far tiv
wnni Dnnging auoiii a truce Detwetn these two
stitlltions.
His .appointment as , we see It. would Insure defen
in me .iirii-.iiiicpiipriion mpnsiirp, and at the sum
time, nullify the soiril of bit!
. iv li it'll finch ii defeat might arouse in State college
CiTCIPH,
Trim ho In not only Identified with, but ban hm the
movinjr npirtt of it. S. ('. these many yearn, hut w
iM-npve hp in inn j',.wi wit to drop all nrejurMcea and
tinrriwiniuriM? nn.l A til I. 1." Vll I ' 1 1 1- 1 II- ,L. J
' niiwi vin mi 1 1 1 1 1 1 c hip mr
inmiHtnition nf tho unified ntnte s.vntm, successfully,
during thin trying recount ruction period.
His iiniiohitnienl. iim vyp wen It. n-mitri nttitr ihn hnt
cnunen permit. Hie only rim nee of ewlinir thin de
structive nnd iihsin-d educiitionnl civil wnr. - And until
mm is enncn. mere rnn no no hone of educnt onnl hnr-
niony or p tor reus In this state.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES CHIEF
PERIL FOR PRE SCHOOL CHILD
WASHINGTON LETTER
By RODNEY DUTCHEK
fNKA Service Writer
WASHINGTON. July 21. It was a beautiful, balmy
nijrht and th more you wntched those strnnrte
cninjcs-on tn troiit or the I n led !Stnten rnn to! the
uuimier ereryimnfc seemen 10 ne.
You drove lilt to the I J ill this niiriit tn o Hi a
hundreds of ex-soldier, hroke nnd Heniflndinir the enali
bonus, who were enmpinjr at the enpitoj ns a method
oi protest ana propntcnniln. '
Whiit hfltmcned Inter wns so nntike Mni-tliiin Mm I
hnd ever happened before In thnt spot thnt your mr
respondent took quite a few notes. Here are some
ot them:
A PICNIC WITHOUT FOOD
Acts wont be permitted to sleep on the jrroundn
njciun. . . . Ttnnd nlny the Pilgrim s Chorus. . . , Hoys
nnd girls hording hands on the or ass: kids with veloel
pedes. It s a men c. hut no foot! in s cht. The vets hnd
a row beans, some stole bread and some coffee for
dinner. '
Most vctenins are hevonct the nlnxn. on sidewnlk.
on the wall and on the grnss behind. . . . There go the
ops, just n Tew, telling everybody to get off the grass,
t's touch on some of the Imnu bovs who hnve
dropped off to sleep.
I lie cons slnn them genml v on the hack and siiv:
"I'm nnrry, nnl. We're nil with vou. We're nil ex-werr-
Ice men ourselves. We hnve tn do this. Sorry. Huddi!"
KEEP MOVING. PAL"
The men are instructed bv their lenders, since thev
a n't sit or lie down on the sidewalk, to march slowly
II night. I hey move reinctnntlv from the grass, over
he wall nnd Ihe MHt or IMKt of them are soon minded
with a crowd four times as Inrjic. . . , An airplane
onr ovcrncMd. unuernenrii a roumi. while moon.
The cops say. monotonously over and over again.
Keen moving. Keen movinir. Keen moving." . . .
'omes what is perhnps one of the greatest demonstra
tes of just "milling around'' of all time. The crowd
merely ri renin e mining ttt-elf. Everybody Inches,
shuffles, wnlks widdershins or wiggles.
Eventually, somehow, almost the entire mob. good-
tint tired but hoping something will happen, advances to
ne toot oi i ne mil iimne steps. . . , is is motorcycle
cupi I'bnrge it, scaring everyone, forcing the crowd
mck -.1 or oil feet, l he mob cheers the motorcycle
cops, wit h a mint r117.1t. Everybody stops moving and
il im Htmtonnry awhile. . . . Chief of Police (Jlnssford
leploys his men in n new enmpnign for motion. "He
cry gentle!" he commands. Motion is ngnin obtained.
I'lie crond. constantly increasing, mills back nnd forth
cross the plna.
GRASS IS SOAKED
I he lawn snrinkler sudden tr go on full Wat.
winking every ineh of grans where vets bad expected
to sleep. , . . Vein start a chain gang march directly
the foot of (hp stens. each with hands on shoulder
f Ihe mnn .hist nhead. , . , Some sing raucously moat
f the old army songs.
Again the crowd nresses lo Ihe foot of the stens
ml ni,':iin motorcycle cops clear them out women
ream. . . . Hundreds of women here. . . . Home oi
he tunrchers limn. Others are obviouslv disabled. One
both limns and shakes. Soon be has a fit and the
miMiinnre comes tor lnm. Another has a fit every lime
nhotogrnphcr's flash bulb enlodes near him. but i
Ittnys revived and marcben again. j
Vrbiiin l.ed.nif. fttn lloMorr "Mi 7.ero who
brought hundred of hues of honn. lends the march. I
It expands until perhaps "IK or StHt nre in a mile-long I
line ami narndes from the house wide to senate side
and bmk. ngain nnd again.
HE STRAIN TELLS
They ben in l full out and pile tip on the steps. . , ,
en or tr minute ni,d everyone is kicked off the
cits, gently, again. . , . Lights on the dome go off
eit inir midnight, lMntivc darkness. ... Ihe erowd
eased slowly from the ground; by police wedge,
i . Murcliers diop out in greater numbers, idling on
ry grns ut to the cnpitol and on the step again.
Cop are. reasonable: they don't more them fr hslf
a botir. . . . I'ventiisllv wotne Unit- I hem!- In he
1 off fir won nlnn nr.imi.i.. ihn ia .ttif- ami
relieve tho oth,- ,n the mnv.-h n ill nn.M
It reminds (,ii f t,r nwfnl nll-nirht seasion at the
enim-Mlie nmionrtl romenl.on. but no one except the
- ,",,,.'.. iiieris,.ite 1. -. ntiv Idea (I'M their i
-lups would he crow nrd h tminment of their i
, By DIt. ,MOKIU8 FISIIBEIN
(Editor, Journal of American .Medical
Association, and of UjKoia,
the Health Magazine)
TJ4K Ileulth Organization of the
I.eimue of Nalioiia rec-.tly ap
pointed a committee to consider par-
t icutn My t he hen 1 1 li problems of
..others nnd cliilureu.
A portion of the report is con
cerned with the health of the pre
school child the child from 1 to 6
years of ace. Dunne the second and
third years of age the reactions of
the child are in many ways simunr
to those of an infant. hiring the
(bird, fourth, fifth and sixth years of
age it begiiik to resemble more closely
the school child.
This group of children baa not yet
pegun to receive the type ot system
atic and organized attention given to
children of more advanced years,
Several diseases which attack chil
dren of this age have not. been brought
under scientific medical control. More
over statistics ns to their mortality
nnd tho illness they cause nre not yet
ijtiite reliable.
However, enough evidence ia nvail
uble to indicate thnt the youngest
children arc in the greatest need of
supervision nnd enre.
The greatest number of deaths
among children from ono to 6 years
of age ia due to infectious and con
tagious disenses. Then come condi
tions affecting the lungs and nose
and thront, tuberculosis, accidents,
stomach and intestinal disenses and
finally, other diseases.
The infectious diseases which con
tinue to be most serious arc diph
theria, scnrlet fever, measles and
whooping coupu. 1
In tropical countries and in regions
in which lacunar social conditions ex
ist such conditions as dysentery, ma
laria and smallpox may also be im
portant, ft is interesting to know that
the four disenses, dtphthcria. scnrlei
fever, measles and whooping cough
may constitute the responsibility for
more man on -lourtn ot all ot t:ie
deaths of children between one and
six yenra of age. tn large cities the
percentage ot deaths due to these
causes may be eve-n greater.
The younger the rhild. the greater
too danger irom any or these dis
eases when it is eontrnued. Thus, i
ia especially importnnt to guard the
younger children until they shall have
reached the age when greater resist
ance nns developed,
Diphtheria is beginning to be over
come through the application of the
iM-nicK test and rnrmnrh the imp o
toxin-antitoxin and diphtheria, toxoid,
itowever. tne need tor vigilance is
constant.
Thus far, no definitely established
means of prevention are available
against measles and whooping cough.
nenee. children must be guarded par
ttcularl.v against contact with cases
ot these two diseases.
MAIL BAG
WOULD SAVE CROPS
PUGENE, Ore. (To the Editor)
Oregon berry growers are knock
ing at the door of the unemployed and
begging, i hey are begging lor pick
ers. There's not much in it. They can't
pay the pickers much. Hut this is one
time when the unemployed could show
public spirit in saving a crop that will
otherwise go to waste. This is one
time when the unemployed could play
Good Samaritan to help the farmer.
I was just thinking thnt if the lerry
farmer fnils to get nickers, and his
croj goes tn waste because no one
would lend him a band I was just
wondering how he will feel when be
finds them begging nt his doivr. Wilt
he feel like helping them then, if they
will not help him now?
C. M. HKKtilS-ntKSSKK,
SAD, SAD ST0RYI
In olden times the young man's ambi
tion wns to work and to save.
That he might, nt some time, have a
wife nnd a home.
He did not wish for others always to
stave:
Neither did be enre to be cast on the
wxrld to roam.
The modern young man's ambitions
do go higher.
No matter how much he may be broke.
j.o ine possession oi an automooiie
he do aspire
A couple of suitcases and plenty cigs,
to smoke.
To buy my fine ear I mortgaged my
home;
To build my garage I mortgaged the
car; ,
To get my gas I worked my jawbone:
If the guy gets his pay he's a bright
old si nr.
To buy my license I sold my wife's
cow.
Oh, it's easy if you oulv know how,
K. l HAHPOLE,
Bellfountain News
BEM-rorNTAlN. July 21. fSpe-
ciaij sirs, iienrge Kobe and daugh
ter ami son-in-law nnd a friend.
Mrs. Iinvis of Portland visited Sun
day at the home of Mrs. Kobe's bro
ther, T. M. Bradley. Mrs. 1avj is an
old friend of the family, having cross
ed the plains in the early day in the
same train with the Bradley family.
Miss Andra T.ninh returned home
Schilling
Wake up! J J-
o Oct up!' It's a new day!
j A pew slice of life!
I
Flavor it with a fragrant cup
of Schilling Coffee. Jfl
Jf ings of the Morning! Jj
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Paturay from a week's visit with Miss
Kind Graf of Halsey. Mitten Vera and
Lisa Graf returned home with her for
a short visit with their ninny friends
and former schoolmates here at Bell
fountain. Miss June Redmond returned home
recently from a three weeks' visit
with her sister, Sirs. Roy Fodvent
of Independence.
Betty Lou Foreman of Monroe Is
visiting this week at the home of her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. B. M.
Redmond,
Tho Community Card club met at
the w. U. w.'hall Saturday evening
for their regular meeting. This club
meets every two weeks and is quite
largely attended.
At McCredie Springs
McCKEDIB SPRINGS. July 21.
(Special) Mr. and Mrs. Craig Owens
of San Francisco motored to Eugene
in their big car arriving -baturnny
evening. Their son, Crosby Owen,
joined tbem there and all drove to
McCredie Springs Sunday for a three
or four weeks' vacation of fishing and
hiking.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Barker went to
Eugene Saturday evening to attend
the wedding of Mr. Barker's brother,
Lewis Barker.
V, A. Cochran and daughter, Jean,
and Miss Margaret Adair of Eugene
spent Knturday night and Sunday at
the Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Bnsh of Tarn
hill came in Monday evening for a
few days visit with her mother, Mrs.
Whisler. Mr. Bash is the pastor of
Vamhill Christian church.
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Brown and son
of Eugene came in Monday and rent
ed a cabin for a week.
B. F. Smith of McCredie Springs
was transacting business in Eugene
Tuesday.
Mr, and Sirs. S. Morgan nnd Mr.
and Mrs. ieorge Henderson visited
at the springs Friday with their
friends, Mr. and Mrs. F. N. McAllis
ter and Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Gilstrap.
B. F. Smith, manager of McCredie
Springs resort, spent Sunday nt the
Hills reunion at Jasper.
Mr. and Mrs. Jnn Stewart nnd
children, Dorothy and Robert, came in
Friday morninir to anend some ten
dnys at the resort, also to visit with
tne iamiiy of Oonnld Khreves. Mrs.
Stewart and Mrs, Shrevcs are sisters.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Collett and
children, Buddie nnd Elnne. of Eu
gene spent Sunday with the family
of J. D. Ash.
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Kornbrodt and
son, Lewis, of Portland nnd C. II.
Koppe of Eugene spent Saturday and
Sunday ut tne uotei.
A free weiner-roast was given
here Saturday night. About l.r0 were
served with "hot dog" sandwiches and
coffee. Swimming in the hot mineral
water natatorium was tho bis at
traction. -
Among those visiting the springs
Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Peterson, Mrs. T. O. Hendricks, Miss
Elma Hendricks, Mr. and Mrs, Dnvid
Griilimn. Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Rnpp.
P M. V k iiH. .Mr. ant -Mrs. r l,
Chambers, and Mr. and Mrs. Han
Johnston nil "f Eugene; Mr. and Miss
Link of McMinnville and Mrs. C. A.
Burden and Mrs, Lockley Burden of
Mill Valley, lal.
The most powerful man-made light
ning ever created was recently dis
played in the Inborntories of a ScSe
nectady. X. Y., electrical company.
About 10.UO0.tm0 volts were sent
through the air in one flash.
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