EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE REGISTER-GUARD
Page Four
Octob.
er 2l,
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
(Published every evening and Sunday)
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Alton F. Baker
MANAGING EDITOU . . . William M. Tugmae
NEWS SERVICE. Associated Praaa, United Preaa
MEMBER . . - - Audit Bureau of Circolationa
The Register-Guard's policy la tha complete and
Impartial publication In ita new page of all newa
and atatementa on newa. On tbla page, the editora
of Tha Register-Guard offer tbelr opiniona on events
ef the day and natters of Importance to the com
munity, endeavoring to be candid bnt fair, and helpful
ia tha edvelopment of constructive community policy.
CHAS. H. MAETIN FOR OOVERNOR.
TTOR governor of Oregon for the next four years,
The Register-Guard recommends Charles H.
Martin. . We do tbla after talking at length with
etch of the major candidate!, after observing their
various methods of campaign and studying their
platforms and promises and their past records and
general qualifications. Over' and above the party
laeue which are unquestionably Involved In thle
campaign, with most people, stands the question
of MEN. A candid opinion Is expected. We say
without reservation that we believe Charles M.
Martin to be the best man.
With the fortunes of the New Deal which are
Involved In the Martin candidacy and the Repub
lican opposition, we are not greatly ooncerned.
There are many points on which we have been
nd will continue to be In opposition to the Demo
cratic party and the New Deal. We admire Oen.
Martin's loyalty to bis national Isadora In the face
of severe pressures from powerful enemies who
'- would otherwise be bis supporters and friends, but
there Is a point which be has not made quite plain:
Whatever the political complexion of the gov
ernment at Washington, close cooperation between
states and the national government is going to be
very Important because the great fundamental
problems of unemployment and Industrial and ao
. clal maladjustment are too vast to be handled by
the states alone. State government therefore In
volves the twofold problem of Intelligent coopera
tion with Washington and careful, rational, honest
management of affairs at home. When this dis
tinction Is made, the paramount Issue becomee
more than ever the MAN.
e
In eonaiderlng eandldatea for governor, It la ap
parent that all can be eliminated except Martin,
Zimmerman and Dunne. We have tried to visu
alise the governor's office under each one.
Mr. Dunne la an old-time politician, genial, good
natnred, trlea to keep "In right" with everyone. It
can't be done. He la famous for the number of
bills ha has sponsored as a member of tbe state
legislature. Some ot them, as for Instance bis $6
license fee have worked fairly well; others need
In be charitably forgotten. If governor, Joe Dunne
would have around him as advisers some ot the
blest and beet men In Oregon, as welt as some
not eo good, and the argument la heard that Dunne
would "get along" because he Is a trained poli
tician, but this Is not in our opinion a atrong
recommendation.
In Mr. Zimmerman we have a very earneat
. Ban who Is harnessed to some very fantastic
- Ideas tha creation of a state bank, the promotion
of vast public ownership enterprises with non-Interest
.bearing bonds. Without the complete co
operation of his own legislature and the national
government (both unlikely) the Zimmerman pro
gram la fore-doomed. On his record In publlo and
private life, Mr. Zimmerman atanda aa a quite
worthy but Ineffectual man. Mr. Zimmerman has
been called "socialist" and "communist". He Is
neither ef these. Also a politician, he hss drifted
with radical trends with little realisation of tbe
uniform cussedness of human nature; in bis philos
ophy whatever happens "mysterious Influences"
can be blamed.
In General Martin, we have a man who cau
atand on a lifetime of publlo service and accomplish
ment. Hie opponents say be la "too old." At 71, he la
abler physically and mentally, than most men. Be
yond the governorship ot Oregon be has no future
to build, no debts to pay. In his parly are the
aeual number of "hangeraon" but the situation Is
extraordinary In that they need.blm worse than
be needs them. He can and is quite likely to "tell
them where to go." Tough-minded, forthright tn
speech and action, he Is well fitted to wrestle with
Oregon's msnsgement problems. A stubborn liberal
In his Ideas of what the state and nation need,
he represents, In our opinion, a sincere progressive
program for labor, capital, the farmer and all
groups In' between. Though not a "glad-bander,"
the general Is easy and pleasant to meet. There
would be courtesy and absolute fair rlsy for all
with a cause to present at Salem.
As an Independent newspaper we offer this
estimate of the gubernatorial situation and General
Martin has our sincere recommendation. We re
cognise and respect the view of the many who will
differ with this opinion. As we see It the selection
of a governor should be raised above all arguments
of expediency. Where special favors are promised
to one group, you msy be sure that rival favors
have been promised to others. The best thing we
know about General Martin Is that he la a very
stingy promisor. As a soldier and a congressman
he hss' been a distinguished public sen-ant. It Is
oar belief that he will make a similar record as
governor of Oregon.
of the Institution as the sure-fire "Tiny." Football,
of the students, by tbe students, and for the stu
dents Is after all the life ot the game.
Today "Skinny" Smitbers knows Jolly well that
he won't even be Issued a uniform, ttnless he csn
prove he's a second "Cotton" Warburton. The
playera who are gathered together for California
or Washington or Southern Cal or Oregon, tor
that matter, are first of all outstanding footballers,
and aa often aa not the choice of school Is only
an accidental or secondary thing.
As a rule, a friendly campus, such as Oregon's,
will adopt Its footballers, but more and more the
campus gets tbe feeling that Its Is only part of
the "window-dressing" for the game. Gone are
the. days when It was the duty of every male to
"turn out tor the team." That business Is all pre
arranged. Of course, everybody still likes to see
the borne tesm win, but the old Intimate feeling
is gone. Tbe big gate has put college football on
the semi-professional plane.
It Is Interesting to note that "Navy Bill's" blast
wss preceded by the complaint from Los Angeles
that California had been "raiding" high schools
and colleges for young men who would otherwise
have gone to the Uclans or Southern Cal. Tbe
trouble with college football both on and off the
field is that the old loyalties have gone lame.
It football, and other sports, by some device
can be restored to pure student standing, the old
spirit will return. Until that time, the coach will
be expected to bid for bis following both on and
off the campus with winning teams. As we see
It, "them Is the sad facts," Navy Bill.
NO SUBSTITUTE FOR MANAGEMENT
gXTREMELY Interesting In view of tbe "tax
limitation" amendment which Is being offered
to the voters in Oregon Is the report on the re
sults of such legislation by the Public Administra
tion Service, Chicago, a non-partisan, fact-finding
agency which la regarded aa authoritative In all
parts of the United States. Tbe report is the
Join work of Glenn Leet, Robert N. Paige, Chilton
R. Bush, all recognised as experts on public fin
ance. In those states where limitation is adjusted to
needs In various administrative units, results are
shown to be none too good. In Ohio, Illinois, West
Virginia, Indiana where rigid limitations compar
able to those proposed In Oregon hsve been tried
the results are described as either:
Over-expansion ot debts with ultimate tax pen
alties, Expensive chaos.
Mayors and managers of many of West Vir
ginia's most Important cities such as Falrmount,
Hlntou, Huntington, Parkersburg report the cur
tailment or even abandonment of such vital ser
vices as fire protection, police protection, public
health service.
"Tax limitation In West Virginia has been a
fiscal nightmare,
man and John
Virginia experts,
A. J. Maxwell, commissioner of the North
Carolina department of revenue, offers further
testimony:
"Our own experienoe has been quite persua
sive In my mind that arbitrary limitations are un
desirable, aeldom accomplish their purpose and.
that the most effective means of tax limitation la
a RESTRICTION ON THE USE OF CREDIT."
Simon E. Leland, Illinois state tax commissioner
describes the operation there as "Unintelligent and
ineffective."
From Robert A. Tart in Cincinnati (where city
management has achieved distinguished euccess)
comes protest against the Ohio plan, so much
quoted by Oregon advocates. He points out thst
Ducks Might Try a Little Camouflage
WHAT SOME THINKERS THINK
Compiled by CLAY E Vk.MVX.
PajitorjfFlrstCoji
J-JENRY GODDARD LEACH, edi
tor of Forum magasine: "By 1031,
I03.28 veterans of our Spanish.
American war alone wore on our peo-
siou rolls, of which number only 8HII
were there for disabilities connected
with the war. Even the history of
undent Rome contnins no record of
largesse to n privileged class com
i," Is the report of George A. Shin- ! ''"r"l,le " ,hnt whl-h c dispense in
P HIv t iT-i,....i,.. Ti. . i ln' " of our war veterans vet
P. Sly, two University of West , of our wr .,
Dr. J. A. Hsdfisld, a leading neu
rtdogist of England: "I asked three
men 'to submit themselves to a test
designated to measure the effect of
(heir mental attitude on their physical
strength, this strength to be regis
tered by a single gripping device
operated by the right band. In their
normal state these three men had an
average grip of 101 pounds. When
under hypnosis I told them they were
very week, their utmost effort regis
tered only 20 pounds. But when, still
keeping the men under hypnosis, I
told them they were very stroug,
their arerage strength jumped back
to the normal 101 pounds and then
rose to 142 pounds. They were ac
the purpoaea of Ohio's tax limits have been de- I '"""y 'l0 P cent stronger when they
featad raneataillv k tfc. . j.Vi v ,, ; MM4v,d they were strong, and actual.
of the debt and carrying the new debt charges ! lieved they were weak."
uuiBiuv existing ux limits.
Says Tart:
"The proper way and the only effective wsy In
which to limit tax levies tor debt purposes Is In
LIMITATION Or THE DEBT-INCURRING POWER
ITSELF."
For those who are looking so hopefully to tbe
Oregon plan for property Ux relief, we have one
word of warning, born of Ohio experience:
"BEWARE ADDED TAXES THROUGH ADDED
DEBTS!"
Tbe approach to lower taxes must be through
curbl.-.g debt.
E
"NAVY BILL" ON FOOTBALL
TN a speech to the University of California alumni,
"Navy mil" Ingram, head coach of football on
the Berkeley campus blames campus Indifference
for the difficulties he has been having In turning
out championship learns. The fans clslm that yon
must have a winning team first and the spirit
will follow, aays "Nsvy Bill," but he contends that
the spirit must come first or you cannot have
winning teams.
This looks to us like a new and Interesting
version of the old argument as to which came
first, the hen or the egg.
The whole trouble, aa we see it. Ilea In the whole
modern collegiate football system. With a few ex
ceptions, the day has gone by when "Tiny" Jones,
the 200-pound tackle or "Skinny" Kmlthers the HO
pound quarterback lived through his entire high
school career with the hope of going down to
"doer old California" or Rlwash and earning hla
"C" or his "R" ss the esse msy be. "Skinny"
Smitbers msy not hsve hsd a "Chlnsmsn s rhsnee"
of earning bis letter, but he was as much a part
OREGON IN AUTUMN
VEN In Oregon, there are those who eWir
that aprlng Is the "only time of year." Spring
has lis virtues. There is exhlharntlon In tho rain
washed air; between the showers there sre mom
ents when the sun opens up radiant vlatas In the
snow clad hills. But somehow, when fall comes
and Indian summer-lingers, It seems as though,
after all, fall Is the crowning moment In tho year.
When the sun comes up. the frosty mist of
early morning Is torn asldo like a veil. There
la a splendor of gold and crimson among the
groena and blues and browns of countryside. Dust
rises from fall plowlngs. Smoke from a hundred
clearing fires throws a new mantle of mystery on
the hills. In farm yards, trees red with apples
bend under the load, awaiting that picking which
can alwaye be deferred. Times may be good or
bad but there la an oppulence In Oregon autumn
which speaks of promises fulfilled.
It's a good deal like the old man In front of
tbe faded house on the road from Amity In Me
Mlnnvllle said:
"I got me some dear meat a hanging yonder In
the shed. And It ain't going to be none of the
New Deale business this winter when I est some
of them thero hogs. There's plenty of fruit and
vegetables In Jsrs and there's a barrel r 'two
o' cider In the shed. I don't much care who gets
to he gov'nor; I reckon the sun'll rise and set on
Oregon Just the asms. I come here It year ago,
and I'll tell you, strsnger. If you tend It, It's a j
good land like tbey said."
Lswls Gannett: "Reading history,
we smile at, we even admire the ec
centricities of genius; but if we meet
a wsrped genius In the flesh we
hound him."
Dr. Ralph Sookman: "We can quar
antine germs, but not ideas. We can
not check sedition with censorship
nor paganism with prohibitions. To
break up crowds of agitators with
police usually serves only to scatter
more widely their Ideas. Ideas must
be fought with ideas."
Dr. Harry Emsrsoa Foidlck: "We
had better, in every realm, quit our
popular soft-headed foolishness about
nothing to fear. Of course, there are
things to fear all the way from dia
betes t" a civilisation drowned in the
flood of the next war."
Bishop Edgar Bisks: "In the 3
years. tli.Hi, '.II and the president
of tbe Americao Tobacco company
drew a salary and bonus of S2.8S7,
fSOJ. an average of ,$!HK.(ittl annually.
During the same period the tobacco
industry paid an average yearly wage
of $BI5 to its workers. No man has
a right to a super-sbundance of lux
uries until every man has a suffici
ency for necessities."
Dr. Hubert Herring: "The N. R. A.
is the first national attempt to state
and apply the principle -that no man
llvelh to himself. It Is imperfect; it
is clumsy; at points it is self -contra
dictory. In its present form it will
not last. But it means we are mov
ing on."
Raymond Moley: "I do not believe
that Ipton Sinclair's plan to end pov
erty will end poverty. I do not be
lieve It Is sound and progressive eco
nomics. I do not believe it to be con
sistent with the essential policies of
the New Deal."
D. M, Solandt: "A reading home is
the basis of democracy."
Rufus Janes: "If we are ever to
put together our broken world, our
broken nation, we shall do it around
personality. It will be because we
discover tbe supreme worth of per
sonality.
Dr. Raymond Brooks: "The idea of
a more Just social order hss arrived.
But the obstacles are primarily men
tal attitudes hate, fear, greed and
ignorance.
Thomas Murray, secretary of the
Scottish Temperance Alliance savs
that in Russia "the advertising of
liquor la prohibited and vodka shops
merely intimated 'Vodka sold here.
sometimes sdding 'but you sre advised
not to buy it. "
Dr. Kieffer: "Approximator one-
half of the population of the United
States is definitely related to some
church. While the population of the
country Increased 22 fold betweei?
KMK) and 1P-K4. the church member
ship in the same period increased SO
fold."
Dr. Luther A. Welgle, desn of Tale
Divinity school: "The profit motive Is
the key log in the jsm'that Is now
hlncklnr human prorresa."
SAGE OF EUGENE
To tbe Editor:
Eugene, Ore. "I ae, by th' pa
pers th gangsters and high class
bank bandits are tryin' t' stand in
with th' lawyers on plckin' up some
easy money but it seems t me they
are kind o' egotistical" said Mel
.Moots today.
Mr. "Ciabler' out near Creswell
way has something bright to say
he thinks a candidate should test
his pate before be strips for fray,
Oiibler should be fit to test
these many men forlorn, for like
brass band of one piece he toots his
little horn.
If Mr. Hoover had given his book
the title of "Just Around the Cor
ner" it would have proved a much
neavier seller.
In speaking to a public employe,
whose duties are outside work.
sDout working around home
Sunday be said it was the only
time ne could get eny exercise.
If this city owns th. water and
lights we notice the Eugene Water
iioarn gets the money. The citl-
xens pay an enormous amount of
coin into the Institution for serv
ice and take a double shot in the
arm when we go into our pockets
to pay for what the offanrina-
charges Its parent for the glitter
ing light and wetness. If the word
municipal" is worth the orlee and
means anything, then why don't
the pampered child come to the re-
lief of its broken parent mother?
IN THE EDITOR'S MAIL BAG
ON DRY ISSUE
and put both measures over with
PUtiENE, Ore. (To the Editor I "
Now we are registered we will "or cause Is winning. The brewers
anu distillers are very much alarmed.
They ssy, "the ilrjs never rest, they
Looking at the build up on Tele Zimmerman by
Joe Dunnes supporters. Ajsx McOurk opines thst
Tete can't complsln that the 0. 0. P. hssn't done
Its derndest for him, as If he was a regular.
The United Ststes will be a nation of "old
people" before long ssys a census expert. Sure,
when the "Townsend plsn" becomes a reality, only
old people will he able to afford to live.
-
They say business Is stagnant these days, but
If you want to get rich qujok. publish a pamphlet
on social reform. The more cock-eyed the scheme,
the bigger the returns.
consoler our vote, vt lien we were
! circulating our local option petition,
the Brewers association sent this
j Vincent up hers from Portland to stop
i it. Me threstened If local option
went on the ballot. Ihey would put on
two measures thst would mo confuse
the drys they wouldn't know how
Ihey were voting.
They only inserted one Tthieh reads
"Prohibition of sll alcoholic beverages
ABOVE (ire per cent slcohol by
weight." Now the Kris don't intend
to support thst measure. Tbey are
hoping (he drys sre dumb enough,
owing to the fsct that the brewers
proposed it, snd thst It IXMINU
ATKM that it per cent la allowed to
vote "no." They, the wets, don't
want It to carry. 'Twonld spoil some
f their business. HememWr the
Itrgister-tiuard rditorisl advising Tot.
Ing no on ALL temperance niesauresr
And every wet WILL vote no. Hut
we uuderstsnd their scheme and sre
not nibbling their ball. We will tote
res ml every measure for prohibition
of si.-.. hoi herersgrs, wheihrr all al
cohol or any part.
We sre too Hi fish to be caught
with a bent pin. The drys must all
remember these sre TWO ST.I'AR.
ATE messures. one not affecting the
other soy more than If one measure
rr for prohibition and the other
for disarmament. You vote for or
against earh of them. If you try to
vote yes and no you may get mied
are on the job 24 hours of every dsy,
una iroin a wel newspaper.
Some of the wets troubles are
.Many neer parlors forced to close
for lack of business. ' "Bootleggers,
selling 75 per cent of all li.pior con
sumed." "Arresis of moonshiners si.
reaily number 21(" per month in the
I'nited States." A reoenl editorial
stated "arrests of drunks decreasing
in Eugene." Authentic Information
stales "The resson arresis are de
creasing is berails. there Is no plsce
to put tnem . The jails are full.
Drunkenness hss not decressed."
Poor I nele Ssm Is getting woefully
in new. J he expenses nf government
control of liquor (really government
controlled by liquor!. Including anti
smuggling units, coast guard, seeret
service. 2KS) revenue officers enforc
ing tax laws, .VS) Investigators, re
ports on ssle of corn, sugar, govern
ment locks on bottling tanks, audit ef
rectifiers, re.-ords. government cheek
on liquor dealers, etc. etc., sre costing
millions upon millions of dollars, while
all sorts of crime and immorality ami
deaths and Injury from drunken driv
Ing hsve Increased st an alarmins rste
sll over the country: the revenue from
liquor ssles is Insignificant. Resides
these additions to his burdens, many
of tho who buy the liquor are sdding
to the wealth of those already rich
while thrw themselves are dropping
from self support onto relief rolls.
t ncie Same mesus I . S. (you snd
; and not vote as you Intended. Thai
j was the brewers' sole object in pro- met therefore it Is
i posing it. a few drys say. "I'm too
dry to vole for any measure the wets
oiirpose. That Is jut th. war the wets
i want you to feel. If the breers'
: measure does pass it oinnoe harm
i us. 8o lei us sll combine, vot YES,
A man In his mad endeavor to
make s hen lay two eggs where
now she leys but one is more apt
to cheapen tbe production rather
than double bis InCTtme unless be
geta paid for what she doesn't lay.
To avoid all this trouble snd ex
pense In holding sn even tenor in
prices It seems to me an automatic
regulator ought to be attached to
each hen along with every other
producing institution.
It appears to be open season on
big game, pbensants snd wild eyed
candidates now running at large
and Sam Brown has "Dunne" tak
en a shot.
Some of the pspers and specisl
writers would hsve you believe that
iptown Sinclair is causing i
trek to the new Utopia. California
thst might cause a severe shrink
age to other kindred ststes of the
I'nion. Since the days of '4I the
stete of California hss lured more
butterflies and singed their wings
man an or the other slates out
together. Its semi-tropical climate
is so neilurive and its earthquakes
" riming. nesutitui dry river
neus that are dampened only by sn
linnsusl" heavy rain storm, and
the sound of dashing waters from
other states come down through
underground pipes to wster its ar
idity. The grest rush of eager
hungry snd impoverished people
seeking the I,d of honey' sre
thumbing their war to the end of
the rainbow and the pot of gold
There is one thing that mskes a
difference now ami that Is the in
flux ere not to be fleeced and
shorn thst hss slready been done,
snd insiesd of jobbing with boom
prices these Califnrnians sre con
fronted with the problem ef feed
ing this horde of entrsnts with
something besides climate. They
sre busied and ao is Csllfornia.
Sam Brown ha. spilled the beans
and Dunne he gives a crack. Dunne
said to Brown when vou com. io i
i"n a jop is in vour
If you haven't s money purse you
csn get one on the installment plan.
They're.' s handy thing to have even
If it is only for a bluff.
"It looks t' me like th' govern
ment is usin' judgment in not buyin'
another prlntio' press when it can
see were runniu short o money,
said Mrs. LU Lutes this mornin'.
Henry W. Stewart.
COUNTY UNIT
PUGENE, Ore. (To the Editor)
Mt the coming election the people ot
Lane County will have a chance to
vote on tbe County unit school ays
tern. Briefly stated, the county as a
whole elects a board of directors, the
directors elect a superintendent who
has the authority to run all of the
county district schools, hiring and
firing all the teachers and janitors,
fixing their salaries, look after main
taining the buildings, etc. This plan is
put forward as an efficiency mea
sure, alleging the same smount ot
service to be had st less expense and
presumably lower taxes. If all the
tax reducng plans and promises given
in the course of -campaigns had
materalir-ed, the people of Oregon
would be receiving dividends instead of
celling for tax relief.
The tax saving schemes remind me
of the motorist who bought every
gas saving device he could get ahold
of, he finally saved so much gas when
running, he bad to stop every twenty
miles and bail some of it out. Believe
this yarn? No? You might just as
well believe it If you expect the ef
ficiency gas saving beg your par
don, meant to Boy: efficiency tax
saving county unit plan to help yon.
To get an idea as to tbe value of the
plan we can take a look at Lincoln
county, where they have had this plan
in operation for a number of years.
The fiuancial .conditions are poorer
than they were in Lane County, so
what s tbe use.
Under the present setup no notice
able reduction in taxea is to be ex
pected, here is one of the reasons:
large item in each budget be it
county, state, or federal is the aum
set aside as interest payment; the
rate of interest is the Biime be it so-
called good times or depression times,
the farmer may be selling way below
cost of production, the usurers part
remains high, the wageworker may
receive lesa than the cost of living.
bnt the interest rate remains station
ary, there Is a constant drip, drip,
drip, of the life blood of tbe nation
into the catch basin (banks) of the
few. thats why the majority of tbe
people are afflicted with financial
anaemia.
The remedy of this condition is
government banking, the state owned
bank aa s first step.
Now, while it is not ery likely
that taxes can be reduced, the tax
load could be shifted from those less
able to pay to those more able to
pay, a properly adjusted income tax
would turn the trick very nicely.
Direct taxes, that is taxes levied
by the authorities look so heavy to
the people, because their incomes sre
so light, made light by the collecting
of indirect taxes levied by private
concerns. For instance the private
owners of elavators mills, packing
plants slaughter houses. Canneries
exact a tribute of about $2400 per
year per average farmer. Likewise
the private owners of factories exact
tribute from the wageworker of
about J5000 a year. Remedy for this
state of affairs is the social owner
ship of the means of production and
distribution.
JOSEPH WICKS
TAX PROBLEMS
UGENE, Ore. (To the Editor)
Now that we have been fully ad
vised as to the demoralising effect of
a 20 mill tax limit on real property.
s regards schools and all other pub
lic affairs and the admission by all
parties concerned that real property
s carrying more than its fair share
of the tax burden, why not try and
find some other source of Income
whereby everyone who receives these
benefits will contribute to some ex
tent in maintaining these institutions
thst are s necessary public expense.
notn California and Washington
have s property tax on automobiles.
note that Dean Gilbert in the Ore-
goolan of October 1 eays that influ
ential owners would probably defeat
such s discriminatory tax. but the
ordinary person might think the pres
ent law wnirh taxes the poor man
witn a siuo cor Just the same as the
msn whose csr cost him from one to
three thousand dollars was hsrdlr
The property tax on a new to
California for the first two years is
snout the ssme ss our previous high
license was. after that it is less snd
goes out of effect I think the fifth
year. Ihey also tax furniture hnl it,
sales tax seems to be the big Income
pnmucer as toe tourists contribute as
wen as tbe home folks.
"netner the 20 mill limit carries or
noi we neeo more than anything else
here in Lane county a reduction In
taxes, we are levying each year near
ly s quarter of a million .loll...
than the actual expense of running
i-uumy ana tlie interest alone or
the delinquent taxes that have sc.
cumulated during the depression is
losiing inn.se people who hsve been
iinsble to p.1T promptly more thso
?tVimo per yesr.
Perhaps the suggestion st the hud
s'1 m"io o sntiripate an income
of y0.000 from delinquent taxes and
deduct that amount from th. mm
levy was a little ton dr.., I- i- r
think the people have a right to ex.
pect some effort st relief from the
present county court sfter tbe ei.
trsvagant promises that were made
before election.
C. P. BARNARD.
human race ,nd con.TT"
nas anted more men ,h. Te,
-U the battle'."
tough, by the m.r.luuZN
world, since Jn8nu, j ".
and commanded th. - s
still beyond the d ,'",
Jordan. I thas etTr
Jordan. I, has st. redS'"-
that have com, to e.rtk k,
ginning of tin,, , "?
people homeless ln, ., 1
all th. ... "
Uaq
quake, and all th, ,Mi(f' si
snd unavoidable th?t ;
devastaiioo . . "Ti U
imiu ana . . w
proved Hie Omninot
tion of humankind. p7
EST"10' Goi 'jiWj
SMITHFlgiT"
CMITHFIELD. Ore.-cr .
tor)-Wben w,
near where h. n . 5U
ithfield marker Z.
taker and Ilani.i o'-.r1
caskets and covered tbin
'"tl aim p,ic 0T) R
dies and trimmin-
r. Howan
I ha
velvet and t on sll. "FN
r rnmin, .
Mr. Ttnn-.r'. 1 .
.'."""" s-uerai ,
id Bta,a
LIQUOR TRirrie
rr,ENE, Ore. (To the Editor)
Wars may come and eo a. th.. .1.
wsys have come snd eon k, '.--
sack. All i "e soldier Is summon..! t o.....i
you re to do is help me through " Pursuit, the pollllrsl difference, that
to get to be the Gov. and th. best , '""fed men to csrnsge and rush them
ith hearty ( oat.ie sre pea-eahly adjusted and
the soldier of today becomes the
Civil, an a r. ..
n. , . ' ""oorroT,. nut tne war
dil i. k Am'ri""' In- jxhsst the liquor traffic forced upon
dian ia beginning to stsmn (,..! s II deeent n..i,. " .. p .
...... oa.ue means t. s. (you and unon lh. eo,.o....-. . .l. couunuea
met therefore it la really "poor tat- ,, Hi. m.l .. " ' u',"u""a ,ro-'"ut the centuries
payer" who mus, eventually foot "e ,1 ,P..P n, . ' '"""'"T , " ! "d '" such pretentious
bill. Shall we remain No,,ace ,o a r.Tw thou, a ,Z. ! magnitudes thst it, bat.Ie line, et.
(his i.vrant We can iwiih i.od'a 'm'"' tTnn ,h h and Its bloody
1 nave seen the fl,, , I
d stripes the nioo.LT '
they named and h.ji-.."J
field. " W
T nirlfPrl anil r, .l .i ..
kuu o ruu in yum ... .
socks and traded them toJlrgJ
for cloth to make m,
x auenued the ,u..,
mere before R. V. Ho.-.-. . .""I
schoolbouse in Smiihfi.u .i"!
used for church and other JE
ermga for aeverol years btto.
sold to the school district
purposes and in n,er j
been used for a Woodmsn uj
We all knew f
old-timers call it Smiihfitli 1
MAKV RSBpl
Wendling NewsNJ
WENDLLNG, Oct 20ivJ
A nine-pound babv h Jj
o Mr. and Mrs. llarrr W.3
dsy evening at the Wimej U
Both mother and son sredoii,,!
according to Dr. Atwood, J
physician.
Tuesday afternoon th, J
meeting of the ladies' aid wu hi
the Wendling cookhouse. TusJ
tending the meeting wtreStul
CrandalL Mrs. Rom, Knotlii, J
Ole Bunch. Sirs. Emtt GtJ
.rs. o. f. Bennett, Mri. Qtm,
ner, Mrs. George Johnson, Mtil
Martin, Mrs. Charley Chute
c. uienn and Mrs. Berni
The afternoon was sneat ia
uquas tiard of Reedsportni;
Ethel Rasmussen of Rnm i
Sunday visitors at the hum t
ann Airs. Jim tiard.
Tuesday afternoon Mm.
Stolberg gave a party for kit
ler, Hetty, honor ni ker
birthday anniversary. Thou
ing the party were: CXmi
Joan Cox, Sheron Roberts, JJ
erts, Virginia Mcfleary, Era 3
Marie Korn, Margaret Girntal
Grant, Mrs. Elsie Stolb. kal
ward Cox, .Mrs. Ed Errinftas
Kay (iarrett, Betty Stolberg nil
Donald Stolberg. 1
Harvey Mull, Hiss Myrtle Bssf
sen. Cliff Hall, Miss Helei Isf
Dick Osburne. all ef Entoad
Sunday evening visitors at tstjaj
of Mr. and Mrs. Sets. Gri
The regular meeting of UtlaJ
ay attcrnoon bridge club nisi
the community hnli this week.
Baldwin won first prize and
priic and Mrs. T. G. BilderMtJ
eolation. Those enjoyinf tk
noon were .Mrs. Louis Eitnl
Jack Schutes, Mrs. Rome H
Mrs. Rolond Wirks, Jin. H
Cox. Mrs. Milton Bilderbici, !h
(!. Bilderlmck, Mrs. Bernard Jaa
-Mrs. George Johnson, Mn, I
Crandall. Mrs. Ed Sherwoi I
Beryl Crow, Mrs. L Stark. Hnl
Gard. Mrs. Charles Cbnr.l
L. H. Hall. Mrs. Pearl Bakeni
the .hostesses. Mrs. Jack Mel
Mrs. Nathan Chaffee.
Toung Percv C. Wiles M
playing Thursdnv afternoon ul
tured his arm.
Mrs. Evertt Keeler iwiierer
onsileotomny in Fuiene Tie
morning. She returned to
Wednesday evening.
ews o
f Blachly
I1LACHLV, Ort. 50.-lfr;
Ed Wild. Mr. and Mrs. I. w
and Mrs, W. K. filnler awl 1
Mr. snd Mrs. Charlie Slriers
ghter Shlrlev, Miss Virgiais H
of Blachly and Mrs. J. D. M
Eugene drove to Fall Creeks
day to spend the d.iy will KM
brother of .Mrs. I. Slavter.
Mr. and Mrs Unbelt SV
sons. Mr. snd Mrs. U A. B-
M. Hulburt snd Lee Cam'
business visitors in Eufene V
urdsr.
The Indies' nid met it l'1"
Mrs. Hult, Thursday for
Mrs. C. M. nolburt " "
M r i tt..ik.r trore te
and Junction City Tneciif tfJ
Mr. and Mr,. L B'a?'j
new sedan snd Henry fl
coupe, .-
c-k.... Ti.-.n... rtunest
0.. wss home over tb "
Mr. snd Mrs. flris
last Sunday witn .r. -
.notice at .Monroe. . .
n. M..i!.,.i of rorils'!
ing Mr.' and Mrs. Erria
... . . i k Paters
lr. and .Mrs. Anup '
children of taucnri
rlth Me aod Mrs. T.T'V.
Several members ef '"'"J
are putting a ow '
inc. , u f.i
t isn are pirini. -
lake and some nire o "
Thursday afternoon. ,.m4
Triangle high c k-ol " A
nnlil Momlav "n aorooai
Inatitnte at Eirene.
neipi ami must rally to the poll, and !
ria ourselves of the a.ful curse
It takes no
com nan to tell
ehii-h ,....,1- :
LAVRA TRACUSEL. j your pocketbook will t,u J0U 'tis'
banner, victorious In crime snd shame
i piemen at the v.rv threshold
hf the home, in the civilised workl.
Aad in its mad efforts to subdue lbs
Calendar Pa
Diaries for
COE STATION 1
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