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EuftM Kcgtster-Guird, Sunday, Jan. 21, IMS
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
(Published Every Evening and Sunday)
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Alton F. Baker
UANAOmO EDITOR William M. Tupnan
KFWS SERVICE Associated Prest, United Presa
MEMBER Audit Bureau of Circulation
En tax! at tha Port Of flea at Euftna, Oregon, ai secomj
cUm matter.
Tha Resiitar-Ouard'a poller h eompleta and un
partial publication In lta na-wa page of all ntwi and itaie
manta on newt. On thU page the aditort of The RffgUtcr
Cuard offer their opinions on event of the day and matters
of Importance to the community, endeavoring to be candid
but fair and helpful In the development of constructive
community poller.
"FREEWAY" LEGISLATION NEEDED
No proposal now before the Oregon state
legislature is more urgent than "the free
way bill" which bears the first indorsement
of the Portland Chamber of Commerce and
the Oregon Roadside Council. Many people
will ask: what is a freeway?
"A freeway it main highway to which
Intersecting traffic is admitted only at safe
intervals and under proper safety control."
In Oregon, it is proposed to establish
freeway where main highways approach or
go through major cities. The state highway
department would be authorized to buy
enough additional right-of-way to construct
feeder lanes for local traffic at the sides
of the main highway. These feeders would
be connected with the main highway only
at intervals of half a mile, or a mile, what
ever seems safest in a given situation.
Previous freeway legislation has been
beaten down by farmer opposition. The new
bill by limiting freeways to cities and city
approaches should not worry farmers. But,
we have a hunch that if ever the freeway
principle is demonstrated, farmers will
want it for their own protection.
Take a couple of local examples. The
new highway between Eugene and Junc
tion City is already cluttered with develop
ments of many kinds where local traffic
barging into the main stream of through
traffic creates a hazard. Already the Elmira
road junction is rated one of the "bad spots"
for hazards. By contrast take the new lines
jvhich will be constructed, from Judking
Point to Goshen, or the "outer highway"
through the old airport and the Spencer
Butte foothills. If those new lines are built
as freeways the initial cost will not be
much greater but the advantages from ev
ery point of view will be very great.
For freeways, it is necessary to buy
right-of-way 180 or 200 feet wide instead
of the old standard 120 (for four lanes).
It costs considerable to develop the light
ide-roads between intersections. But the
millions spent to develop a fast traffic ar
tery are protected against encroachments
which defeat their very purpose, and safety
U greatly increased.
What about business? It tends to group
mind intersections, but off the main
speedways in any case. In most cities where
freeways have been developed this type
of development is more stable, better look
ing and paya a much higher return than
"shoestring" development.
Oregon needs freeway legislation and
badly! In fact federal aid for arterial de
velopment in "urban areas" Is virtually
conditioned on it. The Federal Roads Ad
ministration has a perfect right to say that
federal funds should be withdrawn unless
states and cities do their part to protect investment.
COLONEL ELLIOTT HAD A DOG
All the good black Republicans are gloat
ing over the story of Col. Elliott Roosevelt
and his dog, and as Ajax McGurk observes
dourly, this is one of the first real "breaks"
the GOP has had since "the Royal Family
of Polltix" took over the White House. In
fact, the irreverent Ajax suggests:
"The GOP ought to extend Col. Elliott an
honorary membership In their party for this
peerless piece of stupidity."
To be sure, President Roosevelt cannot
be blamed for the foibles of his family, but
in his role as Commandrr-ln-chief he has
had an opportunity to clamp down with a
bit of discipline which might be good for
his son and all other army and navy offi
cers. A sailor, homebound to the bedside of
a dying father in California was cheated out
of a seat in an army transport plane because
a colonel was chiseling. Young Roosevelt
is not the only officer who pulls rank to get
a little special privilege. It looks like such
a little thing to ship a meat-hound (or some
other trinket) by army transport (if one is
empty), but it is strictly contrary to regula
tions (or at least it used to beM. Put the
blame on the officer who asked for priv
ilege, not some apple-polishing underling
who issued the dog priority!
Mr. Roosevelt is missing a splendid
chance to demonstrate that to the Commander-in-chief,
his son (or any other offi
cer) Is Just another soldier. In the sen-Ice
thoro Is nothing mora injurious to discip
lina and moral than "pulling rank." You
ea always tell a good command from a
poor one by a look at the officers' baggage.
If tha officers are stripped to the same gear
as their men. eating the name food, taking
the tame chances, morale will be high and
discipline automatic.
There is nothing lacking in the couracc
or patriotism of any of the young Roo.se- !
vtlts, and wa do not ttfret with those whg j
claim they have won rank or honors by
"pull." Roosevelts have been pretty silly but
never lacking in "guts." Knowing "regs"
and the delicate position of his Old Man,
Col. Elliott has been particularly silly. You
can hear the GI's slogging through the mud
and chanting:
"Col. Elliott had a dog,
Eeyi, eeyi, oh
The bullpup gets prlor-i-ty
Eeeyi, eeyi, oh."
Etc., through endless variations! Col. El
liott's "bull mastiff will be one of the most
famous "wardogs" in history.
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EUGENE'S NEW JUNIOR FIRST
Everybody in this "baliwick" will con
cur in the selection of Jack Danner as "Jun
ior First Citizen." Notice we use the word
"baliwick" because that covers the same idea
as the overworked word "community" and
it is not so pompous. In the baliwick of
which Eugene is merely the center, Jack is
rated first in accomplishment among a great
many able young citizens.
This rating is made by the venerables of
the senior Chamber of Commerce. Mr.
Danner has long been a leader in a wide
range of civic undertakings, but he has also
done an excellent job of tending to his own
business while doing his share in public
affairs, and we suspect it is this quality of
"balance" which impressed the elders in
naming him "man of the year."
In the last few years, a right remarkable
program of sports and recreational activities
for young (and as many of the old as want
to take part) has been developed in this
area and it is still spreading and growing.
Of Mr. Danner's many contributions to the
public welfare, this is probably the most im
portant. You may be aware of it only as
you read the sports pages or see it extended
and reflected in such things as the move
ment for parks and playgrounds.
Sometimes as we have viewed the "social
consequences" of "Big Business" and "Big
Government" with their tendencies to regi
ment and submerge the individual, we have
made moan and wondered whence would
come the supply of new and vigorous leaders
to carry on the building of cities and towns.
A survey of the young men in this baliwick
is quite reassuring. The annual selection of
a Junior First is really one of the most im
portant events of the year.
MAILBAG
CAN THE RUSSIANS KEEP ROLLING?
Nothing is detracted from the glory of
the new Russian drive through Poland de
scribed as "greatest in history" by stating
that the flat lands in Poland are made to
order for it, and that the real test of its
momentum may not come till it crashes into
the "eastern wall" which the Germans have
been strengthening for generations.
It is true that the approach to Berlin
from the Russian front is much less diffi
cult than from the .west, but if the Russian
drive is slowed down or checked near the
old borders of Germany that is no reason for
the deep dark suspicion . that the Russians
"do not really want to go to Berlin." That
little piece of conjecture should be checked
along with "the Germans are letting the
Russians in to keep us out."
The conflict on the eastern front is ap
proaching some of the historic battlegrounds
of other wars. It is quite possible the Rus
sians may be able to overrun East Prussia.
The loss of rich industrial areas will weaken
both the German war machine and the Ger
man will to fight on.
It stands to reason the Russians would
like very much to be "first in Berlin." There
have always been the Germans who have
felt that Germany should look east to Rus- !
sia and not west to France or England for
friends, but most of the political strategists
are probably now dodging shells at the
fronts.
The German people are making a frantic
stand because they have been whipped into
a frenzy of fear for the consequences no
matter which side penetrates to Berlin first.
That is the tough nut of "psychological war
fare" which both Mr. Churchill and Uncle
Joe Stalin seem to be trying to crack with
their appeals to Germans to give up a hope
less fight.
It is our guess that when a real hole
has been bored in either "west wall" or "east
wall," the German people will crack. That
is they will begin to ask what we can offer
better than death and destruction which is
all their Nazi bosses have left to offer them.
It is not easy to promise Fritz that there is
a future for him until he makes a down
payment by shooting a few Nazis himself.
EUGENE (To the Editor)
Since I am one of those who is
a "menace to society" because I
use raw milk, I should appreciate
an opportunity of stating my po
sition. Leaving out the political as
pect, that compulsory pasteuri
zation is just another step in our
regimentation. and my personal
preference, that I dislike the
taste of pasteurized milk and the
way it spoils instead of sours,
we come to the question of safe
ty. People get T. B. and other ills
that comes from raw milk that
comes from diseased cows. It Is
not the milk that is the source
of Infection but the cows.
Personally I prefer raw milk,
grade A. from cows that I believe
re healthy, to pasteurized milk
that may come from diseased
cows but can be sold because
It has been pasteurized and the
germs killed.
Can every farmer who keeps
a cow be compelled to pasteurize
the milk his family uses? Unless
this is done we shall still have
people who are a "menace to
society."
Instead of compelling pasteuri
zation the State might better
spend Its money to search out and
kill ALL DISEASED cows, even
if it meant recompensing the
owners for their loss. This would
protect the meat handlers (about
whom no one seems to care) as
well as the milk consumers. Let
there be regular, frequent and
thorough examinations of all
cows in the state. Protect the
public health by all means but
do it at the source.
Thank you.
Very truly yours,
. Mary Elizabeth Bouck
CHRISTIAN FAITH
Come Jesus, dwell within my
heart,
Be ever thou my stay and guide;
I dare not trust myself alone,
My feet may wander, from thee
slide.
Sometimes I fear I am not true,
And do not serve thee as I ought,
Forget ".he path that thou hast
trod, I
That leads to heaven and my
God. j
But when I'm In thy loving care.
My heart is happy all the day.
It was for me thou bore the cross,
Thou art the life, the truth, the
way.
And so my heart gives way for
song. '
Thou Jesus, Lover of My Soul.
I give my life, my soul to thee i
Thou art to me my all In all.
And so dear Lord I pray forgive.
Cleanse thou my heart and make
me free:
That 1 may love thee more and
more.
And with my loved ones dwell
with thee. j
When I shall see those portals fair, !
My heavenly Father on His
throne.
I'll swell his courts with love and
Joy,
To'know He claims me for his
own.
PERCIVAL I. RUST,
Eugene, Ore.
menti are well underway. There
are two teams representing each
of the three classes. The sopho-
mores and Juniors have played
their tournaments and the first .
senior game will be played at a
later date.
"Jerry Breaks a Date'" will be j
presented by the drama class un-,
der the direction of Mrs. Ladelle
Houglum, drama instructor, at a
special assembly on Friday, Jan. j
26. Clay Thomason has the title. I
role. The rest of the cast Includes
Kenneth Kienzle, Jeanne Gibson, i
Dorothy Ferrill, Beverly Brown,
and Douglas Bunkman. Those on j
production staff include: Lois j
Stalsberg, Dorothy Tomlin, Dor-,
othy MlUer, Neva Kuhnkenn, j
Jackie Martens, Dorothy Quam,
Betty Bowen, Dean McCorkle and ;
Bob Elspas. !
The Mask and Dagger, drama !
club at E. H. S. selected Its cast I
and committees for "Star Struck"
at a meeting on Jan. 8. The play
is to be given at an assembly Feb.
9. The cast Includes: Diane Barn
hart, Karolyn Strong, Jani
Helsel, Linda Pedron, Shirley
Hansen, Evelyn Jones and Flor-i
ence Hawkinsworth. Mrs. Roger
Houglum, drama instructor, is the
director of the play.
Shirley Finley was elected pres
ident of the Inter Nos, the Latin
club, at a social meeting Jan. 15,
Mina Zebley is vice-president and
Mona Rankin is secretary treas
urer. Eugene high's service club will
initiate the new members at the
beginning of the next semester.
The policy of this club is to enlist
new members in the fall, furnish
work at football and basketball
games and finally initiate new
members on the basis of the num
ber of times they have, worked. A
minimum of four participations is
necessary for installation. A pot
luck is planned for the middle of
February. At that time election
of officers for the club will be
held.
A swimming program for all
boys in school is being organized
by the Axemen's council for boys.
Coach "Hank" Kuchera, Jim
Luckey and Corky Mobley are
making arrangements for, the
men's pool at the university. Com
plete plans will be announced
within the next ten days.
Hardy. The next meerlnf of the
group will be at the home of Mrs.
A. C. Spriggs.
Monday Calendar
7:15 p. m. Boy Scout troop No.
(J0 will meet at the Baptist church.
7:30 p. m. Boy Scout troop No.
1 will :nect at the armory.
7:30 v. m. The Order of the
Rainbow for Girls will meet at
the Masonic hall. Following 1
regular business meeting, a formal
public Installation of officers will
be held.
7:30 p. m. Carnation club will
meet at the home of Mrs. Marie
Hogate.
,8 p. m. The Townsend club will
hold a regular weekly meeting in
the Townsend hall.
Tuesday Calendar
The Kensington club will meet
at the IOOF hall for an all day
meeting. A covered dish luncheon
will be served at noon.
12:00 noon The chamber of
commerce will meet at the Rain
bow cafe.
1:30 p. m. Justamere club will
meet at the home of Mrs, Walter
Hunter.
1:30 p. m. Friendly club will
meet at the home of Mrs. P. C.
Christensen.
7:30 p. m. The Research club
will meet at the Cottage Grove
city library.
7:30 p. m. The farm machinery
and repair class, under the super
vision ot H. A. Hein, will meet at
the cannery building.
7:30 p. m The Royal Neigh
, bors of America will hold a regu-
i lar meeting' in the Eagles hall.
8:00 p. m. The Daughters of
: the Union Veterans will meet in
the league room of the Methodist
church.
1 8:00 p. m. The Moose lodge
1 will hold a regular weekly meet
; ing in the Petersen's hall.
VIDA ITEMS
VI DA Mr. and Mrs, Grant
March, Sr., have returned after
spending a week visiting with
friends and relatives and attend
ing the loggeri convention at Sea
side. Several logging companies In
the Vtda district who are working
high up, have been closed down
this week because of snow. The
March company and Christian
leompiBjtu.
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PLEASANT SUNDAY
EVENING
Eugene Credit Bureau
Sold To Chain Group'
Sale of the Eugene Credit Bu
reau to Francis Smith, of Salem,
is announced today by Mr. and
Mrs. Slg Seashore, who have op
erated this concern for many
years. It was originally the L. M.
Travis agency.
The Credit Bureau here wit
become a part of a chain of Cred
it Bureaus operated In more than
a dozen cities of Oregon and Ida
ho. Including Boise, Salem, Cor
vallls, Tillamook, Dallas, Mc
Minnville, Forest Grove, Hills
boro and Pendleton.
Smith announces that the Eu
gene office will be In charge of
Miss Helen Livingston as mana
ger. Seashore has been employed
In railroad work since early In
the war.
Cottage Grove News
COTTAGE GROVE Delmar
Hearrick, GM 3-c, who has been
on duty in New Guinea, is spend
ing a 30-day leave in Cottage
Grove with his mother, Mrs.
Charles Rearrick.
The marriage of Miss Thresa
Premazzi, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Premazzi, to J, B. Cobb,
F. 1-c, on Jan. 6. at the Broderick
Catholic church in California, has
been announced. Mrs. Cobb is
well kmwn here, having attended
Cottage Grove high school before
moving to California. The bride
groom was a former Florida resi
dent and has served 22 mouths
overseas. They spent a few days
in Cottage Grove recently and re
turned io Sacramento where Mrs.
Cobb will make her home while
her husband is on duty.
Mrs. June Johnson entertained
Camelia club at her home on
Thursday. Following a covered
dish luncheon at noon; a business
meeting was held. Mrs. Mary
Plunkett was elected president of
the club' and Mrs. Johnson secre
tary. It was decided to have the
next meeting at the home of Mrs.
Velma Forrester on Feb. 15. It will
be a Valentine party and Mrs.
Beryl Shattuck will furnish des
sert. Members of the Harmony circle
of the Baptist church met at the
church on Thursday afternoon for
a work meeting. The devotions j
were lead by Mrs. George Hardy. '
At the close of the afternoon, re
freshments were served by Mrs.
CPiuhndori
Optometrist
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The Order of the Buggy Ride is contem
plating a "gridiron" for the alleged "good
of the community." They should have a
"pet parade" to decide whether Wayne
Morse's horse or Col. Roosevelt's dog should
be "beast of the year."
Mr. Roosevelt says "the first twelve years
are the hardest." We think even the Repub
lican party would agree that he has some
thing theie.
Eugene High News
Bob Moffit, senior, will be the
master of ceremonies of the ama
teur show to be held Feb. IS.
Judges will be people around
town. Auditions will start Feb. 1.
Those Interested are to leave their
names in the student body box.
A farewell dinner was given re
cently by the band for Kenneth
Bumpus, band president, and
Wayne Clark, a member of the or
ganization, for two and a hilt
years: both boys are going into the
navy. Approximately 40 members
of the band attended.
The GAA volleyball tourna-
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