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EDITOH AND PUBLISHER Alton i. Baker
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A NEWSPAPER 18 A CITIZEN OF ITS
COMMUNITY.
ROOSEVELT FLAYS HOOVER
VTOT In many years haa one presidential candi-
A date used auch harsh language toward another
aa did Franklin D. Roosevelt In his Columbus
Ohio, speech yesterday replying to the acceptance
apeech ot Prealdent Hoover. Roosevelt charges the
president with deliberate depectlon of the people
aa to tbe aerlousnesa of the depression. He charges
him with catering to the moneyed Interests and
turning hie hack on the welfare ot the people.
The Roosevelt speech Is quite a flight of oratory,
We have a Demosthenes In our midst. Possibly he
hat been practising with pebbles to get rid of the
stutter. Thla modern "Philippic" haa admirable ring
end rythm aa oratory. It will be very Interesting
to see how the public reacts to these tactics aa
the campaign progresses. Mr, Roosevelt himself Is
not Invulnerable. The Walker affair, for Instance,
The Roosevelt diatribe la Interesting aa a re
turn to old-fashioned campaign fireworks, but It la
lacking In constructive offerings. Mr. Roosevelt
denounces the Hoover administration for putting
the government too much In business. He himself
proposes government Interference' In business on a
scale which Is unparalleled. Many of the banking
reforms which the candidate suggests are needed.
Many of them are now under way. Mr. Roosevelt
promisee to go farther and stop speculation. He Is
rather vague when It comes to defining a method.
Outlawing a tendency which Is Inherent in human
nature might prove Just as difficult aa rigid en
forcement of prohibition.
When Mr. Roosevelt blames the president for
failing to predict the depreaslon and for falling to
"tell the people the worst" from the beginning, he
la Just a bit ridiculous. Mr. Roosevelt, himself, and
every other ; citizen had access to those same fig
ures and reports which he charges were withheld
from the public. Even such , famous experts as Bab
son and Ayres have fallen short repeatedly In en
deavoring to make predictions. Mr. Roosevelt waa
present all during the trouble. We don't recall that
be ever submitted the correct diagnosis for the
depression. The failure of Hoover and bis as
sociates to understand and prevent all the evil
consequences of the economic drift does not prove
that Roosevelt could then or now do better, for
the real oause of depression lies In' "mass error."
Eloquent but unconvincing, the Roosevelt cam
paign Is launched with the one big Idea: "Blame
Hoover!" ..
IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE
INARMING la hazardous occupation. If you don't
believe It try to find one farmer' who haa never
lost a crop through some kind of III luck. If It Isn't
an unexpected pest. It's apt' to be the weather.
Some people wonder why so many men stay In
farming when there Is sc- much chance for bsd
luck. Farmers like to make things grow. They like
country life. Beyond that they like to fight with
the elements and we sometimes have a hunch
that like moat other folks they are really gamblers
at heart
All of which la by way of pointing once more to
the Importance of Irrigation to agriculture In the
Willamette valley. Irrigation AND drainage. In
thla valley, with Its rich soils and gentle climate,
baiarda for the farmer seem to be reduced to
those 'of the market In this valley a farmer can
always get some kind of crop. Irrigation Is not the
-vital factor It Is In desert regions such aa Cali
fornia. Nevertheless Irrigation and drainage can . be
utilized to eliminate the two chief hazards to
farming In these parte. The long wet teaaon tonds
to pack and sour the soil unless It Is drained. The
long dry season tends to reduce the size and Impair
the quality of the crop. Irrigation, properly man
aged, Insures a top yield ot top quality and reduces
the market hazard by Insuring top price.
Irrigation Is easy and relatively cheap. Willam
ette valley farmers do not need the elaborate
"works" required in dry regions. In nearly every
part of the valley there la plenty of water Just
under the aurface of the ground. Or It can be
piped down from the hills or pumped out of the
rivers and creeks. For $30 to $90 an acre, a Wil
lamette valloy farmer can Install adequate equip
ment, When rain falls during the summer, ns It
often does, the farmer can save pumping costs,
but pumping costs are slight.
Drainage Is by far the more difficult of the two
problems and In some parts of the valley, progress
may have to wait on the formation of adequate
drainage districts.
Drainage and Irrigation, howovor, hold the key
to the future of agriculture In the Willamette val
ley. It will pay all who are Interested In this sort
of thing to ride out to some of the farms which
have pioneered In Irrigation and drainage and see
first hand the remarkable results.
to be 'aa. big aa the University," as claimed by
Macphereon, how could there be savings?
Finally:
No measure which cannot reveal Its backers
doserves public support.
me zorn-Macpheraon bill reveals Itself as a
fake economy measure by FAILING TO REDUCE
THE PRESENT MILLAGE. It Is 2.04 now; It
would be 2.04 under the proposed bill.
These are the facta the public wants. The
public Isn't Interested In charges and counter
charges between Eugene and Corvallls. The school
raid can and will be defeated because It cannot
stand factual analysis. Everybody can help by
calm and patient explanation ot this situation.
CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED'
TTOMECOMING for the weekend from his trial
Ai' before Governor Roosevelt, the dashing Jimmy
walker, mayor of New York la greeted at Grand
Central Terminal by a band. "Happy Days Are
Here Again" la the anthem In honor of the re
turning Walker, saved from disgrace, for the mo
ment by a court Injunction resting op technicality.
Walker smiles and wisecracks appropriately. The
.natives of the "biggest small town on earth" are
flattered by the verbal largess of their mayor.
"Government rests on the just consent of tbe
governed," says the Declaration ot Independence
and the Constitution of the United States seeks to
carry out this principle.
Feudal New York, accustomed to the benevolent
rule of Tammuny likes tbe rule ot the Genial Lord
Jimmy. Though he gets rich out of the bestowal
ot bus grants and similar favors, the populace
finds him an easy and tolerant regent,, tender to
ward all their foibles. The "speaks" flourish for
a populace that wants '"speaks," and who knows.
In this giddy razzle-dazzle of luck and circum
stance, the poor man who now grumbles over "tbe
bus gouge" might some day be the owner of a sim
ilar "gift of the people."
Reformers are uncomfortable. Seabury Is re
spected hut Walker warms the cockles.
The rest of the country may be shocked at the
political unmorality of "the greatest village" but
Roosevelt seeking to placate the horrified hinter
land treads softly when It comes to removing the
mayor whose popularity haa "tbe consent of the
governed."
Putting the Presidential Campaign on a Sporting Basis!
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WISH WILLS COULD PROVIDE
SNAPPY RfruPJJS.'
ELEAMOR HOLM COULD HJsNDLE-
THE WET-DRY PROBLEM;
JIMMIE OOOUTTLE COULD
PROVIDE FLIGHTS OF ORATORY
tUBe ROTH COULD BUST THE OPPOSfTIOM's FENCES',
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THOSE FALLING STARS
"HOW CAN I HELP?'
"TTOW can I help In the fight on the Zorn
Macpherson bill?" asks many a friend of the
University.
Krery person can help. The method Is simple.
Talk to those you moot as you go about the atato
on vacation. Nearly everybody you meet Is anxious
to got a few of tbe real pertinent facts on the
situation.
The state cannot afford to Junk nearly $6,000.
000 of Ita proporly In Kugene and Monmouth In
order to make thla change,
At the present time the state is In no position
to finance the large building programa which would
be needed at Corvallls.
The stnte cannot afford to lose J600.000 of Eu
gene and Monmouth munloipal securities which are
Jeopardised. Of these 300,(MI0 are held by the state
Industrial accident commission alorte.
Junior colleges have a coat of f4.R0 per hour
In California. The effort to foist audi an expensive
type of education on Oregon In these times Is
ridiculous.
U Uje proposal Lsachet colles t Eugene war
pvBRY day, scientists tell us, an estimated 20,
' 000,000 fragments of those little known Inter-
planetary bodies ot our universe strike this old
world of ours. On nearly any clear night they may
be aeen, bright points streaking through space for
an Instant, bringing forth shouts of Joy from the
youngsters who delight in counting the "shooting
stars." In spite ot this great number, scientists
have great difficulty In gathering these meteorites
and often offer tempting remuneration for the
fragments.
Recently the Smithsonian tnatltute, through a
representative here, offered to . pay a dollar
pound for meteorites which Lane county residents
might have or which they might find. While It Is
not to be expected that very many will be able to
take advantage of this offer, It Is to be hoped
that some day, since the Importance of the study
of these tiny fragments of our universe cannot be
minimised.
It was through the scientific atudy of meteorites
that the most generally accepted theory of the
origin of the earth, the planetealmal theory, waa
postulated, In accordance with which scientists be
lieve that the earth Itself Is nothing more than a
huge meteorite, probably broken off from the sun,
and to which, over a period ot unesttmable time
more meteorites, or planeteslmals, gradually were
added from the original solar nebula till our planet
became aa we now know It. ' It Is through the
study of the meteorites only that scientists can
gain any more factual knowledge about the uni
verse since these meteorites are the only tangible
material from other worlds available here on earth
The Willamette meteorite, one of the most 1'
terestlng solar fragments known to science, was
produced" in the Willamette valley. It Is the
third largest iron meteorite In the world and Is
unique for its deeply pitted and aerated surface
which has unusual significance In meterology.
This meteorite, weighing 15 tons, waa found In
Clackamaa .county, on the Tualatin river In 1902
by a prospector named Ellis Hughes who became
noted as the only man ever to run away with a
15-ton meteorite. Hughes, realising that he might
not profit from hla find since It was on ground be
longing to a land company, built a strong wagon
of logs with wheels made from aawed sections of
logs. Combining his mining Ingenuity with great
persorverance, he managed to topple the giant
Iron muss over onto the crude carriage and then
by menus ot a home-made capstan and his horse,
he hauled the meteorite to his homestead, three-
fourths of a mile distant. There It was first viewed
by scientists, described and hhotographed. It now
rests In a meteorite collection In Now York.
This metoorlte wns recognised by the Iron which
the minor first thought waa a voln of ore. Smaller
motoorltea may ho recognised by their unusual
weight, nnd the black aurface which causes them
lo look ns though they had boen covered with soot,
and by their pitted surfnee. Fragments otherwise
appear ns ordinary stones, hut are heavier, will
display Utile points of nickel Iron when ground or
filed. S. K.
There's nothing like a change ot aeenery and en
vironment for widening the mental horizon. For In
stance, AI Capone saya from his Atlanta work
bench, "Rackets get you nowhere but here."
A lecturer on big game hunting says that It you
look a bear atralght In the eye. he'll run. But the
lecturer forgot to say In which direction. ,
A town In Tennessee made a bonfire of all the
bathing suits owned by Its Inhabitants. .We under
stand the blste was visible for several feet.
Oversleep Is ss harmful aa overwork, a lecturer
on health tells us. But he might have added, deaths
from either have been very rare of late.
A woman may be able to keep her house alone,
but she always seems to need another woman to
help her keep a secret.
What most of us would like best right now Is
to have the neighbors accuse ua ot allowing our
wealth to go to our heads.
Another argument which atarted In Europe:
which came first, tbe jentlenian or the agreement
WHAT SOME THINKERS THINE
Compiled by CLAY B PALMER
Pastor of First Congregational Church
llT E. WOODWARD, author: "The
" essential of capitalism is greed.
The capitalist producers is a gambler
in a gnme, ,. . . Greed defeats it
self sin-ays and invariably. Not only
is greea lor money sell-destructive:
every kind of greed and in that I
include greed for power and fame and
success eventually destroys itself.
Harriet Stanton Blatch, 'eminent
women student of economic questions:
"If you saw a family ron on the
system of economic life today you
would say it was composed of insane
creatures. What sort of family would
it be with competition the order of
the day, each child for itself, each
moved by rugged individualism to get
bis own particular teet In the trough
and gurgle most of the , family in
come' . .
Louis I. Neumann, one of the great
Jewish Rabbis of America: "Taxation
is too often calculated to lift burdenH
off the shoulders best able to bear
them: lobbies can be maintained bv
the financially successful in order to
enact laws In their own Intoresrs.
Unless statesmen understand muss
psychology, nnd guide mass opinion
in the channels of wisdom, our democ
racy in these troublous days will be
come anarchic and revolutionary."
Helen Keller was recently given a
IX.D. degree by the University of
Glascow, Scotland, and at the lunch
eon afterward she said: "Not until
Jesus looked with pity upon the shun
ned and the outcast did men begin to
give a helping hand to the afflicted.
. . The parchment which I hold
In my hand is a sign that the race is
not alwaya to the swift. When I think
of what one loving human being, hns
done for me I realize what will some
day happen when hearta and. brains
work together."
Prof. HornelL, Hart, Bryn Mawr
Sociologist: "The present situation nf
the world is to be considered a 'spirit
ual depression' even more than an
'economic depression.' . . Let us
resolve that we will use whatever in
fluence we may have to help, bring
out of this world wide catastrophe
a new and better social order a
civilization founded on human broth
erhood, on creative co-operation, on
constructive idealism."
Prof. Clair Wilcox. Swnrttimnro
Economist: "If we would offer to re
duce our arms, cancel tbe debts owed
us, and reduce our tariffs, we could
easily persuade the other major
powers to cut tariffs and armameuts
and abolish reparations. For every
dollar of debt that we insist on get
ting, (and don't) we are losing ?10u
a year."
Dr. Johns Nellen, President ot
Grinnelt college: "Good will, confi
dence and loyalty, sacrifice: there is
nothing novel in such a prescription
for the ills of our sorely ailing civil
ization. The remedies are tried and
true I they are of the very essence of
the Christian formula. The proud,
self-willed generation that brought'on
the Great War and haa since vainly
sought to heal the wounds of war
with the nostrums of nationalism and
profiteering has only aggregated the
evil by clinging to the stupid old
superstition that the hair of a dog
will cure its bite. The leadership of
tbis generation lias proved its tragic
incapacity to repair the terrific havoc
for which it is responsible."
' Karl T. Compton, President of
Massachusetts Institute of Technol
ogy: "If the business depression
teaches anything, it is that we must
plan or perish. It is quite generul in
times like the present for many peo
ple to fall into tho error of believing
that some one project or proposition
.will magically restore normal condi
tions. Anyone who expects stability
of employment to come by such means
Is looking for s pot of gold at the
end of a rainbow. The economic
order of things does not respond to
Dr. J. G.' MoKenzle, English Psy
chologlst: "I hold no brief for the
church. But with all her faults, she
is the mother of us all. I know of no
stream of regenerating Influence flow'
ing in modern life that has not i's
source in the life and teaching of
the church. As one whose time is oc
cupied a great deal with those whose
lives are tnwarteu ot mental or psy
chological sickness, I should like to
sny that tbe simple faith which the
church inculcates in her members,
the simple hnbit of prayer thnt is
deepened nnd strengthened by wor
ship, are the greatest hygienic measure.'
IN THE EDITOR'S MAIL BAG
HALL ON MILK
PUOENB, Ore. (To the Editor)
1-1 We are Informed by ye editor ond
by Mrs. Gnwley that there's no milk
combine here. If you were a whole
sale crocer and the price of sugar
advanced, or declined !!S cents, and all
the sugar concerns sent you notice of
it all at the si me time, wouldn't you
be justified in thinking that there
was a sugar combine even if it was
"gentlemnn a agreement
That's the way I look at Ihe milk
prices in Eugene. Why are all the hie
guns charging the same price? Is
there a "combination of gentlemen"
behind It. or is it Just nu accident?
Tell It to the little birds.
1 enjoyed Mrs. Reed - reply to my
'opinion" as published a week ago.
Mrs. Uawley falls bock on thnt old
adage which states that if a man has
poor argument, lie starts in colling
names, or manifesting great concern
because of the other fellow s ignor
ance.
What we consumers want Is not
riintrihn and abuse, but lower price.
The argument Hint milk ennnnt be
delivered for less thnii lit cents, un
less the quality suffers is only another
it of stating lets charge, 'em all
the product will stnnd. or. like a
president of a railroad once said when
the public wanted cheaper freicht
and papfcencer rates: "l,et the public
Do oamnen.
Who ever heard of an epidemic of
typhoid fever among farmers who
didn't bnve alt this folderol equipment
to cool the milk, etcr
There s no such ep.demlc now Rmnnc
the formers who are using milk the
same way their fntliers used it for
years nnd years. When I owned nnd
operated s farm 1 set aide a whole
pan of milk for my own personal use
and I'm still alive and kicking.
The milk I used didn't go through
milking machine, or a refrigerator.
and never saw a thermometer during
Its life. There's a whole lot of "hooey"
bout having to use certnin kinds of
milk bottles, milk cups. etc. The Medo
Ijind Creamery company places a
larce ad in your paper twhich you
may credit to mv first protest it
rays to kick for the Reslster-Guard)
nd the proprietor savs "Think "
That's what I'm doint. If the rest of
the town would do a little, milk prices
would be around 7 cents.
He states thnt t cent reduction
means a loss of S.MKM per month from
milk producer paroll. lie almost
In-ows a fit became this s.mhsi is
likely to be shifted from the pockets
of a few milk prnduoerl and left In
the Duckets o thott kbj aiight spend
it for the good of the butcher, the
baker and the candlestick mnker or
at tho public market.
He rejoices to see prosperity com
ing back maybe like Wall street,
where a handful of the big guns grab
the big roll by shearing the little
lambs.
You can't scare anybody by telling
them that "the babies are likely to
die instantaneously, unless the milk
runs through a cold pipe."
It I lind been In the milk business
here and the city put over a program
such as they hnve now to the hard
ship of the producer, and to the detri
ment and suffering of those who want
milk but can't nfford It, I would have
said to Mr. City: "I cannot supply
milk In Kncene nnd make a reasonable
profit at the prevailing price nnd buy
a fleet of trucks, n c.iolini: system and
all Ihe other pnraplicrn:-Pn you insist
upon and so 1 will withdraw from
the scene."
If all of yon producers had followed
suit, the city would hnve been ahead
all this extra salary or nn insnector.
and the consumers eoul.l hnve had
plenty or milk at a 'sir price and no
body scared about tvphoid fever.
If the city would concern itself
more ah Hit pure war than saving
oaoies that milk lr.mt kill, this pro
test wouldn't have bcn necessarv.
II. W. HALL.
POTTAGE GHOVE, fire. tTo the
w Kditorl. The weta talk a lot
about "personal liberty." io you
know Hie "peraonal liberty" that
the llininr traffic has to offer? The
liberty to make as many ns possible
nbiect slaves. Yes, thnt is John Bar
leycorns liberty, and he always ex
ercises his liberty, too.
John Barleycorn, otherwise knonn
as "booze." not only makes slaves
of the poor and ignorant, but the riclu
and even the great, are his slaves.
Whn Is a slave? One who must do
as a greater power wauls him to, re
gardless of his own will ind desires.
When ton become John Barleveorn'n
slave, von can no longer do as you
really foel you should, but his power
is greater over you than the poncr
of love, or of duty, or of respectabil
ity, l'o you think you will enlor his
power?
When .1. B. bad his full and free
powers. I have seen men lying bv the
roadside, faces red and bloated, dead
,'o the world, lower than pis. Pigs
know no better. Men do, ao shame
upon them.
I remember V B. slaves making
travel in trains disacreeahte. One in
stance: A slave saiing in a loud
voice, "Ira a pretu good aian. and
the way to atay a pretty good man,
is to stay a pretty good man." Over
and over it was spoken in a loud
voice, until you wished be would go
to sleep.
In the street carB you met J. B.'s
slaves. One Sunday night, a slave
talking loudly and in a quarrelsome
way was told by the conductor, to
stop. The slave kept on. J. B. had
numbed his sense of restraint and de
cency. Tbe conductor told him he
would put him off. He might as well
have told the wind to stop blowing.
So tho car was stopped snd he was
pushed off.
As the car went on, I looked out
the window and ssw an'eignt year old
boy standing beside bis drunken
father, miles from home, in a strange
part of the city, after 0 o'clok at
night Is J. B. kind to children? You
say!
Years ago, I read of a slave, a
newspaperman. He had been brilliant
but he kept going down the scale, liq
uor stealing his ability from hira..
Now, he has an apartment over s
saloon. Every morning he waked with
a splitting headache, and his whole
body quivering.
As quickly as his.shnklng hands
would help him, he dressed and wab
bled down the stairs into the bar
room. .
He ordered his drink, as strong as
they could make it. Had he tried to
lift tbe glass, he would have spilled
ts contents. A handkerchief was
loosely tied about his neck, he slipped
bis hand through that and held it
steady while he drank. In a little
while the nolsan did Its a-ncl .-.I
the slave went about his duties. But
be wasn't a- free man. Every little
while be had to visit other saloons to
uuioiri- up nis waning powers, Poor,
abject slave!
I haven't seen s drunked man In
years! I rejoice in what prohibition
mis done for our country. And I feel
it la unthinkable to return to a time
when liquor will be given ita liberty!
I implore everyone to work and vote
against ita return. Every young mon
ond woman to use their first chance
'"'"' p proniDltlon. Xou do
not wont to be J. B.'s slaves, do vou?
the? iT'u . ow "Jy g00d ""'"
V ""c.i.rn on none when
used as a beverage, will you please
write a letter and tell us about It?
MRS. J.S. MARKHAM.
r..;,.RAPS Bno- KEENEY
QWISSHOMEl Ore. (To th. mi.
'w'TTI, ra constant reader of
J"" .1 "g. ana also a contributor
to it, but not recently. I do not
really know where to start in to ex
press my opinion.
!r'w,Pn,K'cl";-T stnte(1 ""at It Is
against the law to cut the wages of, or
rather to be more formal, salaries of
any person elected by vote to public
AM'body with an opinion like
mat should not even have a right
and honor to bold a public office,
there are some of the office holders
they should if they are good and sen-
"'i-. out ob m rn nnvn ih r
which are paid by tho taxpnvers, cut
per cent. Why? Because the
cost of living has dropped obout 60
per cent siucc llll'O.
Any official, no matter how high
hia office, if he is a good honest cit
izen, should take that BO per cent
cut in waces and still receive accord
ing to falling prices of commodities,
their full salary.
President H. Hoover offered to
serve the country at $l(i a year
That is the right spirit. There is no
greater honor to serve your couutry
as that.
WILLIAM WF.SCHE.
ANSWERS BRO. THOMPSON
rOlTAGE GHllVB, Ore.-(To the
Kditor) Mr. Editor please let
me speak to Brother Thompson. Say,
Hrother Thompson, If you are inter-
esieu m prohibition and the moral
welfare of the youth of our land, as
yon say you are. I am for both, whv
not you write to that end instead of
finding fault with my way of doing
it ? ou do It your way and let me
alone to do It my way. I mar be
" n-n,-n aomc your war.
When you find fault with mv war 1
you ruin your chance lo do good
your wry ami cripple my opportunitv
to help some one. Let, not quarrel-!
people don't like to hear quarrels. !
'Honest Injun." I didn't know I was '
talking superstitions. I didn't mean :
to. I have never thought In mv writ
ings on prohibition of offending anv
one who Is a friend to the esuee. t
have appealed to the highest moral
standards I know about for right
voting and right standing on all no-!
luteal questions. I have contrasted !
,.,r., lne lowest motives
in politics. If you have anv reason-1
ing that is hither and will reach the i
imreaaonable better, sho.,tI And do I
it quick!
1 am not superstitious. I don't carry '
a rabbit's foot in my pocket. I don't I
turn lo nnolher afreet when s black '
cat crosses the street ahead of me. I 1
haven't a horseshoe nailed over my!
door. I don't plant my potatoes in 1
tat moon, but ia tat etiti. Mow. U i
your hive aught against me, write
me, let's have our quarrels private. I
tried to find Mr. Shaffer last winter,
ao as to qusrrei wun aim privately,
and my letters returned marked: "Mr.
Shaffer is not on register here." or to
that effect. Let's fight, to kill, rum,
the worst enemy the world haa or
ever bad. w. v- aicutva,
CURING THE DEPRESSION
When a feller's bewildered, lonely, aa'
lost
As he blindly travels, he knows not
where: '
Just be ready . id willing to catch blm
when be s tossed
By the milling throng In your thor
oughfare;
An' brace him till he finds hia feet.
' For then you're helpin' to cure Cie
depression.
When a fellow's down In the dumps
And he doesn't care whstever
comes;
Just giv him some hesrty thumps
An' take him by the hand till he
- comes
Up asrailin' and tbe world looks good;
Why. you're helpin' to cure the de
. pression.
When a fellow's totterln' 'neath his
, heavy load
Of care, an' worry, an' fear, an'
. sorrow: v y
Don't he afraid to atop beside tbe
road
An' steady him a bit you've atlll
got tomorrow "
To travel on your belated an' tire
some way; 1
Just stop awhile you're curln the
depression, v ,
When a fellow's beaten, an' battered,
an' blue.
By the knocks he didn't deserve;
Why, my friend, that's just your cue
To pour oil on his wounds' an'
cheerfully serve.
Till he gets back his breath an'
stands on hia feet;
Why, friend, , you're really curin'
the depression. ' v
So, you think that my plan's a waste
of time
And Isn't worth the paper on which
it's written; '
As such old-fashioned ways can never
chime
An' jibe in with this modern form
of fllttln'j
But friend, this plan of mine that
you loftily scorn
Ia Just the "Master's" way of cur
in the depression.
C. .MADISON LANDAKER.
Do you
THE AIR MAIL MAN
Do you hear a little humming, In the
night?
Well now, 'tit the bird man, on bis
flight.
Carr.vina mail, for vou and me.
Over land and sometimes sea.
Alone, in his plsne, in tbe night.
Do yon hesr a little humming, la the
blue?
Well, 'tis the mail man, that Is true.
Carrying mail, through the storm.
To be aure, he Is not warm,
Carrying mail, through the storm, for
you.
Do you hear a faint bumming. In the
clouds?
In the storm his motor, not so loud.
Through .the rain, hail and snow,
In the storm he has to go -Carrying
mail for you and me.
Do you hear tbe mail man coming, In
me srorm r
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PEu.P,!:E.WE MEET
V " one when . '
On our. Journey throi,,
Who are prone to tu?.. .1
Of the thing. har, to l0"
J-:st remember we m., k.,
By a kindly word ?!'.J'
T.tfttn. .U-.- . . .
And of thing. , .Ure.'
-.-.uubu me reat ot niurt.l at -Let's
be careful when "ft' .
And as careful when we ' T1
Thot we do not cuan-e th.
Clouding word, that llZi K'S
So let's seek to find the b, ,..
In the folk, welarn,:?"
Then were sure to scatter bL'.h
As we travel to and fro
What n-n t. '
AndtheVZ, J"? W X
In the hearts of huuian kiot
IndBb"I'"d'"''h
By the wee smsll .i .'.
Hateful thin,.. . ki.-i.- , ""I'l,
Only then shall be cert,"; '
- - i-irain.
NEEDED, THAT'S an
It isn't life's rar. k..n
Nor the bill, so hard to climb
It isn't the tasks that weary to,
In the measured pace 'of tint,
With the wind and the rain io ,
It isn't the ...m,,,!,,
To keep on in the race,
it isn i success or pleasure
Nor hopes that were built ia nk
It isn't fallen cnstlns
Nor ffoalx roti rni-t
.- Biiam,
-.is sometning I hat hurt, the violi
aay rurougn,
Something that tugs at the hurl 4
you
No one is there, at the end o( th,
any, -
No one to care no one to ijj
. "I need you. dear."
1 Elizabeth MeCulloti
Aug. 19, 1032.
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