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m unity policy,
500,000 SETTLERS FOR OUR VALLEY
In President Roosevelt's prediction that
the Columbia Basin will offer homes for at
least 500,000 settlers from less fortunate re
gions in the United States, there is hoth
promise and THREAT. Mr. Roosevelt was
urging the House to restore an item of $2,-
000,000 stricken from the $l,100,00U,uuu "in
dependent offices appropriation bill", for the
parliamentary reason that the House had
been unable to find legislation specifically
authorizing this item for the National Re
sources Planning Board (which Mr. Roose
velt's uncle Frederick Delano runs).
This is the agency which is proposing to
set up a Columbia Valley Authority on the
pattern of the Tennessee Valley Authority
with unified control over Bonneville, Grand
Coulee, the dams of the Upper Willamette,
and all future power and irrigation and rec
lamation and flood control works which fed
eral funds may erect in the Northwest states.
This is the super-government which is more
than Implied in Bonneville policy, the Mas
ter Plan for bringing under federal control
virtually every phase of development in the
Northwest states.
The Northwest is not hostile to settle
ment! By no means! We believe with the
president that with irrigation and flood con
trol and power, with all that we arc learn
ing about intensive agriculture on small
acreage, and witn an tnai may oe aone wun
new Industrial processes for handling the
raw materials in which this region is rich,
the Columbia Basin will indeed be what it
was since the first wagon trains headed for
"the Oregon country" the land of hope.
People are coming in steadily, by the thou
sands. There is opportunity here now for
all who combine Intelligence with work.
We do not, however, propose to submit
to any plan of super-government. This coun
try was settled by pioneers who were brave,
resourceful, self-reliant. They brought with
them the habits and institutions of self-government.
There is in this part of the country
a tradition of friendliness for the newcomer.
Mr. Roosevelt's mention of the novel "Grapes
of Wrath" as in part the inspiration for his
vast colonizing project Indicates plainly his
notion that this settlement is to take place
under benevolent supervision. That intima-
Uon we do not like!
Federal aid and counsel in the develop
ment of this rich country, we shall always
welcome, of course. The intimate details of
citizenship, however, arc still within the
Jurisdiction of the states. We like to think,
Mr. Roosevelt, that we can make good Orc
gonians out of good Americans without too
much "help". We welcome newcomers to
hare not only the blessings of this beauti
ful country but its problems and respond
bilities.
If your proposition, Mr. Roosevelt, is that
In return for 500,000 more retail customers
we shall accept the overlordship of your
satrap, Mr. Ickes, the answer we believe
should be:
"No thanks!"
BORAH WAS JUST BORAH
Has it occurred to you that it required
the obituary to remind most Americans that
Borah was William Edgar Borah. Now and
then somebody from Idaho might refer to
Bill Borah, but to most of the millions who
read what he had said, just Borah was
though. There was only one Borah, and he
was from Idaho, and to most of the folks
east of the Mississippi, Idaho was just some
place where Borah come from. The news
wires are loaded with tributes to the man.
Ilis death has created a sudden awareness
of his institutional character in life. The per
sonality was unique.
Some people are speaking for Borah as
"the Daniel Webster of our generation''.
That's a sort of kindly "tripe". Webster was
never thought of without the Dan'l. Both
were senators; both were orators; both helped
mightily in the making of history, but they
were products nf different times and condi
tions, and the personalities were utterly dif
ferent. If the fiery little lawyer from New
Hampshire and the "lion of Idaho" had any
common quality, it was that elusive attribute
which actors call "stage presence."
A personality "projects" or It doesn't;
that fact is just as important in public life
and in any other theater. Whether Borah
was merely entering the senate chamber or
In the midst of heroic utterance, or walking
up the avenue to his office, there was that
about him which compelled notice. It was
In his voice and manner, enhanced by his
ready wit And perhaps (though he was by
no means innocent of polities) Borah stood
out among public men of our times because
habitually he insisted on "being himself.
Borah might have been a broader man, a
greater statesman had he travelled and
viewed the world, but had the world com
ing to his door. There will be ambitious
young men studying Borah's extraordinary
career, perhaps trying to "be like Borah." If
the "lion of Idaho" left any lesson it is:
"Be yourself!"
Over long years, there may be conflicts
but that quality creates affectionate respect,
PAGEANT BOARD TO MEET
The governing board of the Oregon Trail
Pageant has been called to meeting Monday
night at 7:30 in the Chamber of Commerce.
The announcement from Joseph H. Koke,
pageant chairman since the founding back
in 1926, states that new trustees to fill va
cancies will be selected and plans for the
coming year discussed.
First item probably will be some deci
sion on a request from Governor Sprague
and Mayor Chadwick of Salem that Eugene
postpone its pageant a year in deference to
Salem's Centennial. There may be some dif
ference of opinion in the board as to wheth
er Eugene can afford to let 1940 pass without
the scheduled pageant. 1
Whatever the decision, there can be no
injurious competition between Eugene and
Salem. Whether we are going ahead with
our plans for a pageant on July 25, 26, 27, or
yielding to Salem, we should certainly try
to contribute some feature for Salem's Cen
tennial which will be worthy. (It has been
suggested that we might send a large
chorus.)
If this Is to be Pageant Year in Eugene,
it means a tremendous amount of planning
and hard work. This would be a good time,
we believe, for the Pageant board to consider
that broadening of its organization which has
frequently been suggested. In 1937, some
3000 people from all parts of Lane county
participated in this great event. It has be
come a "show business" of major propor
tions; it is much more than a "celebration";
it has artistic and historical significance. It
is something that has grown out of the spirit
of this community. It belongs to all the peo
ple, young and old, on stage or off stage in
whom this Epic of Oregon finds response.
COMES SUMMER IN FINLAND
If the gallant Finns can hold out till sum
mer they will be safe from Stalin's legions
till another winter, says a man who is fa
miliar with that sub-Arctic country. Fin
land is largely what they know in Canada as
tundra and muskeag forests interspersed
with marsh. Come summer and such coun
try becomes impassable swamp once the
main roads are blown up.
Hopes may father the thought, but for
the Finns the worst seems to be past. This
does not mean they will "win the war". It
does mean they have discovered their
strength which is latent in every true dem
ocracy. There is a deal of meaning in the
dispatch from the fighting front:
"The Finns arc not only magnificent sol
diers; they are inspired; they have liberty to
fight for."
SHORT TOURS FROM EUGENE
One of the most useful booklets the Eu
gene Chamber of Commerce has put out in
many years lists "short tours from Eugene",
drives which can be made in a day. They
will be useful not only to strangers but to
most of us who live in Eugene.
How many know Silver Falls park? How
many know the loop from the McKcuzic to
the Willamette via the South Fork, North
Fork and Oakridge? Only recently have the
ialls of the McKenzie and Clear Lake be
come familiar. Many have yet to discover
Silicons Outlet, Jessie Honeyman park, the
Umpqua pallisades.
Only last summer we heard a service sta
tion man make a strange (to us) reply to a
tourist from New York.
"What is there to see?", said the tourist.
"Well", said the chap who ought to
know," 'bout the only tiling round here is
Crater Lake."
The Republican party has enough pledges
to wipe out its debt carried over from the last
presidential campaign. Under the circum
stances, a little discreet gloating might be
permissible.
Germans have been warned to eat less if
they want the Reich to win the war. If any
more is deducted from their rations, it will
have to be figured in abstract mathematics.
Among captured Russian equipment, the
Finns found a sewing machine. Probably
mistaken by some ordnance officer for a
trench mortar.
Activities Calendar
January 21
Obsidians ski trip.
January 22
6:30 p. m. Annual Red Cross meeting, Seymour cafe.
January 23
Very Little Theatre play "Pride and Prejudice.
8:15 p. m. Joint concert of Doris Helen Calkins and
Aurora Underwood, campus school of music.
January 24
Verv Little Theatre play "Pride and Prejudice.'
January 25
Annual state newspaper conference. University of
Oregon.
Very Little Theatre play "Pride and Prejudice."
January 26
Eugene high school semester ends, examinations dur
ing preceding week.
Newspaper conference. University of Oregon.
7:30 p. m. Boy Scouts court of honor.
8 p. m. Basketball, Oregon vs. Washington.
January 27
Newspaper conference, university.
University of Oregon Dads' day week-end.
8 p. m. Basketball, Oregon vs. Washington.
January 28
Obsidians ski trip.
January 30
Afternoon and evening State study conference for
western Oregon educators.
8 p. m. Concert of St. Olaf choir.
January 31
All-day, state study conference for western Oregon
educators.
February 2
Eugene Winter Horse Show.
February 3
Ski Laufers high school meet at Hoodoo.
Swimming meet, Oregon vs. Oregon State.
Eugene Winter Horse Show.
February 4
Obsidians ski trip.
Ski Laufers high school meet at Hoodoo.
February 6
Joint recital by George Hopkins and Hal Young,
campus school of music.
February 9
Guild Hall play, "Night Must Fall," to run also feD
ruary 10 and 13.
Junior Programs Inc. entertainment (date tentative.)
February 11
Obsidians ski trip.
Ski Laufers snow train.
February 12
8 p. m. Basketball, Oregon vs. Washington State.
February 13
8 p. m. Basketball, Oregon vs. Washington State.
February 14
University of Oregon Svmphonv Orchestra concert.
February 17
8 p. m. Basketball, Oregon vs. Oregon State.
February 18
Ski I outers Winter Outing at Mt. Hood.
Obsidians ski trip.
February 19
8:30 p. m. Stage show, Jackie Coogan in "What A
Life," McDonald theater.
February 20 1
University of Oregon assembly. Dean Charles W.
Gilkey of University of Chicago, speaker.
8 p. m. Eugene Gleemen home concert.
February 21
Afternoon Winter term tea of University of Ore
gon Mothers' Club, Gerlinger hall.
February 23
International Relations conference on university
campus.
7:30 p. m. Boy Scouts court of honor.
February 21
Ski Laufers Winter Outing at Mt. Hood.
International Relations conference, University cam
pus. Pomona grange meeting, 4-H building, Eugene, all
day.
Evening Very Little Theatre show, revival of "The
Drunkard," (date tentative).
February 25
Obsidians ski trip.
Ski Laufers ski trip.
Februnry 28
B League basketball tournament opens, continues
through March 1 and 2, McArthur Court,
Februnry 29
University of Oregon assembly, Dr. E. deS. Brumner
of Columbia university, New York, speaker.
March 4
Martha Graham, dance program, campus.
March 1 1-13
Examinations at University of Oregon.
March 10
University vacation begins.
VISITORS I.ISTKD
KLMIKA. Jan. 20 (Special1)
Mrs. Harold McKenzie and daiiRh
ter of Colorado arrived the first
of the week to spend the winter
in Oregon.
TO SPEAK AT CHURCH
CENTRAL. Jan. 20 (Special)
Mr. Pearson of the Northwest
Bible colleRe will speak Sunday
at the school house, following
Bible school.
m
iOc SALE
ON APPLES TILL WE SELL the '39 CROP
We still think that apple
sauce is important, particul
arly during election year.
So here is your chance to get the makins'
at a bargain. Buy 1 box at the regular
price of 35c, 50c, 75c, $1, and for 10c
more get a second box of the same size
apples.
Jonathan. Delicious, Spitz, Newtown
The
Diamond "M" Orchard
1 Mil East of Gohn on 58
"It's Safe to VM m in the Dark"
Open Sunds and Evening. Cash and Crry
Brlnf Container.
Lines From
The Library
CHALEM ASCH has presented
the manuscript, with revisions,
of his latest novel. The Nazarene.
to the Sterling memorial library
at Yale, where it will become a
part of Yale's special collection
fit mnnnerrints nf American nov
els. The book has been third in
the current library favorites, ac
cording to a survey made of twen
tv.tovpn representative libraries.
Choice for first and second place
in fiction tavoriies is: urapes ui
Wrath, hv John Steinbeck, first:
anri Fwnnp hv F.thel Vance, sec
ond. These three books may be
borrowed from the public imrary.
V
Wilbur Hall has edited Luther
Burbank's writings, and titled the
book Partners of Nature. The
gist of Mr. Burbank's writings
telling of his long work is con
densed and simplified for the lay
reader. However, the editor has
been able to keep the wording
very much in the original. A
brief biography of Luther Bur
bank Is included, but most of the
material is about his work with
plants and plant breeding.
Kitty Foyle by Christopher
Morley is not typical of Mr. Mor
ley's writings. It is for him a
new type of novel. Kitty Foyle
looks back over her seventy-eight
years of living in Philadelphia,
New York and the Middle West.
She tells her story very candidly
and it is a good story indeed.
H. C. Peterson, on the history
staff at the University of Okla
homa, has written Propaganda for
War. In this book the author takes
up the campaign against neutrali
ty which was waged in this coun
try in 1914-1917. The book comes
after a great deal of research and
hard work. Countries and per
sons are very hesitant and careful
about admitting their share in this
type of thing. Boake Carter, in
speaking of the book says, "Here
is one of the most fascinating,
most illuminating and downright
startling books that has ever been
compiled about a subject which
is worrying every American citi
zen today."
The Opening Doors of Child
hood, is by Lewis Joseph Ther
rell, Dean and Professor of Re.
ligious Education at Louisville
Presbyterian Seminary. It is a
practical guide book for parents
who wish to meet these problems
squarely, and help their children
develop a lasting Christian faith.
It is primarily for parents in the
home, but useful for teacher, min
ister and other church workers.
PARTNER N JOHN JSC03 ASTOffS EXPEDmon4
THE OffEGOM COtiYTfiK 8O.HS EXPLORAtSA
fOOTHOLO V OREGON. Ui
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nit nuni inntfiC
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31.000 TONS Of rm
uefftr raoatrn m , I
' MlfMl CAMPS OF EASTERN OlA
at the home of Mrs. L. B. Addi
son. Those present were Mrs. Ray
Stacy, Mrs. Harry Farrar, Mrs.
Clyde Davis. Mrs. Hubert Addi
son, Mrs. Thaone Addison, Es
telle Mitchell and Mrs. Lowell
Drullinger.
A crew of men under manager
Eldon Mackey are at work prun
ing in the Lorane orchards.
SAGINAW NEWS
SAGINAW, Jan. 20 (Special)
The Friendly Neighbors club
met with Mrs. Bart Johnston last
week. Fourteen members were
present and Mrs. Inez Skedgle
and Mrs. Mary Skedgle were vis
itors. The next meeting will be
with Mrs. Howard Keene in two
weeks.
Mrs. Jim Abbott has returned
home from Oklahoma after spend
ing several weeks visiting rela
tives there. Her father and sis
ter returned home with it
visit. Mr. and .Mrs. Cliff Tucst
daughter and Mr. and Mn
Tucker of Winchester Bay"
the week visiting at the Be:;
son home at Walker and
Lawrence Montieth homt
VISIT IN WESDLKG
WENDLING, Jan. 20.
cial) Mr. and Mrs. VearlL
of Eugene were recent vis::
the home of Mr. and Ma v
Bilderback.
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LORANE NEWS
LORANE, Jan. 20 (Special)
Mrs. Ed Howard entertained at
dinner recently honoring Marj
orie Skelton on her birthday.
Those present were Mr and Mrs
John Skelton, Marjorie and Frank-
le bKeiton, Carl Dunn, Mike and
Jim Howard.
The Ladies Aid gave a dinner
recently honoring Mrs. Gene
Burns on her birthday. The hon
ored guest was presented with a
bed spread by the ladies. Of
ficers recently elected by the
ladies aid arc Mrs. Gene Burns,
president: Mrs. Candis Foster,
vice-president; secretary, Mrs. H.
A. Mitchell; treasurer, Mrs. W. H.
Davis.
The Vamanos club met recently
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