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Love Is Hard to Understand Sometimes, Isn't It? Paul W. Harvey, Jr. Miller LnmklTI Mental Hospital A Pleasant Spot PENDLETON (P) A state mental hospital today is a quiet, pleasant place occupied by patients who are mostly hap py a sharp contrast to the "snake pit idea that a mental hospital is a bedlam. I spent two nights and a day in the Eastern Oregon State hospital here, talk ing to patients, doctors, nurses and at tendants. There are no barred windows. Strong screens and steel window frames keep the patients in. The place is more quiet than a general hospital. Almost all of the patients are content ed. They have lots of sports activities, hobbies and good food. They even go on 7) W & WfcB C "DHBy..CT,orgS FAMILY. flONEy, I AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER Alton F. Baker EDITOR William M. Tugman MANAGING EDITOR Alton F. Baker Jr. SERVICES Full Associated Press, United Press, Audit Bureau of Circulations. The Register-Guard's policy is the complete and impartial publication in its news pages of all news and statements on news. On this page the editors of The Register Guard offer their opinions on events of the day and matters of importance to the community endeavoring to be candid but fair and helpful in the development of con itructive community policv. A newspaper Is A CITIZEN OF ITS COMMUNITY. Entered at the Post Office at Eugene, Oregon, as second-class matter. WAHTYOU fWOBB'M ANYTHING EL6E IN -TEiC UUnlf.UMI.I' c.? ?ato! i int tinv T'vr... i cKffc aim i .flRfrasH iHi , (ail? vtr,y PAGE 4 EUGENE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1952 Eugene's Budget Reflects 'Watchdogging' Any business with a $1,600,000 an nual gross is a big business even if it shows its profits only in terms of serving and protecting the public. As a municipal corporation, Eugene's city government will take in and dis burse that much in the coming fiscal year. Just how the income will be de rived and to what purposes the outgo will be channeled has been worked out by 16 men, the city's 1952-53 budget committee. Their job these past two months hasn't been so much a matter of devis ing operational policies for the city government as it has been one of scru tinizing current policies and establish ing their relative values through budget allocations. One of the best functions of the bud get committee has been that of "watch dogging" over city expenditures to see that taxpayers are to get the most for each dollar the city will have to spend : in 1952-53. Not all public agency bud Igeting is done with such conscientious .attention to efficiency. j. In recent years, faced with increasingly ' complicated problems, more and more pub flic bodies have come to rely on accountants, lawyers and professional administrators for -budget-making assistance that virtually amounts to budget control. Although budget 'committees including taxpayer representa T'tives have maintained nominal command over the financing of these agencies, the committees have surrendered themselves into "rubber stamp" status. - But no one need fear that Eugene's jiew budget has been rubber-stamped. "The eight taxpayers' representatives and eight city councilmen on the 1952 "53 committee devoted five evening meetings to the task assigned them. The .questions they asked about City Man ; ager Oren King's financing plans were searching and, to him, must have seem ; ed virtually endless, i. Not that the committee made many profound changes in the budget that King proposed, but before they were finished they knew where every darned . nickel was going. The little leeway they left in a $25,000 emergency fund is tied up so that the City Council must act before it can be released. As it would have been with any es tablished business, the City of Eugene's course for the fiscal year starting July 1 was pretty much mapped out even in advance of the budget studies. Cer tain operations are inherent in city governments and must be properly pro vided for. Many civic developments such as Eugene's cross-town streets pro gram are of the long range variety. These depend upon continuity of effort and, many times, must be supported and furthered because of expressed wishes of the voters. It is much to the credit of the budget committee that nothing was taken for grant ed in the authorization of 1952-53's city fi nancing. Experts had prepared the plan set before the committee, but the committeemen still had to be convinced step by step. The prevalent attitude in the budget study sessions was not one of penny pinching. In fact, the committee upped the overall budget total almost $65,000 for reasons of long-range economy. What seemed to stand out from all dis cussions was a realization that Eugene has a multitude of civic needs, with only limited means for fulfilling them. Now the $1,600,019 budget is com plete. Fortunate to have more than half, 57 per cent in fact, of its budget cov ered by receipts from sources other than property taxes, Eugene will need not exceed the state constitution's 6 per cent limitation on annual tax increases. Nor will the city add unreasonably to its outstanding debts in meeting prob lems for 1952-53. Bonds for the new sew age disposal plant will be sold as auth orized by vote of the people in Novem ber, but the retirement of these obliga tions has been assured without adding to taxes either now or in the future. It would seem that if Eugene's cit izens are to continue to expect the type of vigilant representation given them hy this year's budget makers, they should do more than merely give tacit approval to the new budget. July 14 at 7:30 p.m. has been set as the time, for the taxpayers' meeting on the bud get. For the past two years disinterested citizens have stayed away from the budget reviews "in droves." At neither of those sessions was a single word said for or against the budget propositions. Particularly those who were loud in complaints when last year's tax bills arrived should attend the July 14 hear ing. If ever their budget criticisms are to be effective, it must be prior to a final casting of the die. (AHC) Of Candy Bars and Cod Liver Oil It would stir a lot of objections from candy manufacturers were one to advo cate "a good 5-cent candy bar" as what this country needs today. To be sure, looking along the candy counters one sees many bits of good ness at the nickel price. Not many, however, that have the heft to qualify as full-fledged candy bars. Nowadays it takes a dime to stave off four o'clock hunger with a packaged confection. Most of the less expensive offerings are simply taste-teasers. To keep their brilliant wrappings filled out, many are mounted on an over-sized strip of card board. Youngsters of this age must be ap palled when they hear their parent speak of brand names which once meas ured "a full quarter-pound" to the nick el portion. In comparing today's ver sions of these famous makes, the kids even have a tough time reading the small print that conveys the net weights. Furthermore, the corner store dis play of penny candies has all but dis appeared. Bubble gum, jawbreakers and a few suckers still go for a penny apiece but not in the eye-bugging competition once put up by marsh- mallow, licorice and hard candy rivals. Yesterday's youngsters will never for get long, lower-tier displays behind the cool glass of candy-counters. And, seem ingly, few of the new generation will ever know that it once required painful concentration to decide the manner in which a single penny should be spent. To lament the fading away of the 5-cent candy bar, or the disappearance of the 1-cent licorice "whip" would be to fly in the face of modern child-raising principles. The less sugar the little urchins munch, the longer they'll have teeth with which to munch. If the nickel bar should disappear entirely and the penny candies with it, it would be best for our little blighters. And, in their innocence they might never note the losses. The trend toward saving breakfast food box tops in place of candy bar wrappers already has been firmly established. Babies of this era take tasteless vitamin pills with gusto befitting far better treats. They smack their lips when thev're given cod liver oil! No doubt it is all for the best. But it's a sorry state of affairs, Isn't it? (AHC) Ale is said to be good for hay fever and champagne for just palin hev, hey! If you just remember that figures don't lie, it's a lot easier to stick to a diet. If the grown-ups wait up to kiss the kids good-night, no wonder they don't get any sleep. Police found an Indiana boy of five after he had taken a five-mile stroll. Maybe mother just sent him to the store. Anger impairs vision, according to a scientist. So we all get so mad we can't see straight. Raids on soroity houses by univer sity lads are the new thing. Give 'em the slip, gals! Bandits held up a bus driver in an Illinois town. Add one more excuse for being behind schedule. picnics. THE HOSPITAL has its difficulties, too. Dr. Donald Wair, superintendent, says the worst one is that caused by the in creasing number of old people who are sent there. Nowadays, old people whose minds are failing are sent to state hospitals rather than to old peoples homes. The number of these patients is increasing constantly because the population is growing older. The old people in this hospital are ov ercrowded. In one ward, there are 71 patients, yhile 55 is capacity. In one room there are 22 beds, or about four times as many as there should be. The hospital has 1,450 patients, 90 percent of them older persons who can't be cured. More than a dozen patients have been there since the hospital was opened in 1913. While the old people can't be cured, those with delusions can be treated so they will be happier. , About a fourth of all newly admitted patients are these old people. Another 15 per cent are alcoholics. PROOF THAT a state hospital isn't a bad place lies in the fact that many people now go there voluntarily for treatment. This is especially true in the cases of former patients who go back for further treatment, and the hospital doctors believe they wouldn't return if it was so bad. Twenty-six per cent of all new admis sions are volunteer patients, the rest be ing committed by courts. But 52 per cent of all re-admissions are volunteers. The hospital is short of help. It has 152 attendants and practical nurses, but needs 30 more. There are only eight nurses, while at least 12 more are needed. There are eight doctors, two short of the need. The patients eat well. The menu for one day consisted of apple-sauce, cereal, gravy, eggs, bacon, bread and butter, milk and coffee for breakfast. For dinner, spa ghetti, green beans, bread and butter, milk and tea, and doughnuts were served. The supper menu was sliced meat, bread ed tomatoes, bread and butter, milk and cocoa. The hospital can't buy potatoes now. New patients are admitted to the mod ern two-year-old treatment and admis sion hospital, which has about 145 pa tients. A new patient is interviewed by a psychiatrist, who takes all the history and diagnoses the case. Then the patient goes before the whole staff of doctors, who out line the treatment. ELECTRIC SHOCK, insulin shock and counseling are given. Most new patients now are cured by these methods. A few years ago It might take three or four years to cure a patient, but now, thanks to the miracle of electric and insulin shock, the cure often is complete in four or five weeks. However, some new patients can't be cured. The electric shock lasts only a second. It is painless and the patients, as a rule, don't fear it. The shocks givt patients convulsions. Insulin shock is given to patients who don't respond to electric shock. The calm atmosphere and the patient, considerate care are big aids to treatment. Confused patients often show a big im provement when they enter, before any treatment is started. The hospital runs a 1,400 acre farm, but only 200 acres of that is any good. It has 90 cows, producing its own milk, and its own vegetables. It is located on the Old Oregon Trail. on the west edge of Pendleton. The grounds are well kept and it's a pretty place. So They Say I think they (college bra and panty raiders) should get a sort of reward. It's such a nice sign when men show an ag gressive interest in a girl. Entertainer Lili St. Cyr. In The Editor's Mail Bag . ... on. fly,,, ph..y 1 SECURITY Savings & Loo, ASSOCIATION Earn 2Vt Established In 9( in E. Broadwi, OLD TIME LOGGER DRAIN (To the Editor) Refer ring to letter written by Mrs. Bennett of Creswell, I have log ged in Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia, and last but not least, Oregon. I have driven logs out of Kettle Creek, down the Allegana River; I have skinned on the skid roads, hooked for horses and bulls, also donkey en gines. I have felled timber, fired engines in fact, I have done very near everything, even to bull cooking. I will say there were two jobs I never would take. One was en gineer on a high power yarder; the other was high climbing. In all my experience I have never heard a mill worker called a lum berjack. I think (Mrs. Bennett) has her wires twisted. A mill worker was always referred to as a silver picker, or a sawdust sav age, or that bunch of punks so- and-so. As a logger I have always I heard him called hillbilly hick,! lumberjack, and several other! names. 1 I have worn calked boots ever since I was 14. My first job in the woods was driving jigger horse on a slide (or as it is called in the West, a shoot), peeled tan bark In the lofty heights of Potter County, Pa. I have ridden the jig; also been snipe hunting. I have never seen a fight from calling a man a lumberjack, but don't call him a sliver picker or a sawdust savage. In all my experience I never knew one to do property damage. He always took the man himself. They respect a decent woman. The old timer was a hard drinker. There were two places you could always find the old tim er one wai at the saloon or down at the redlight district, the skidroad, in town. Every town used to have a skid road but he never bothered decent girls. He would fight for a decent girl even if it took his life. She (Mrs. Bennett) spoke' about rough places. I will mention a few of the rough places I have been. Here goes: In Pennsylvania, Cross Forks. Austin. Nelson rlun, lay man Run, Hull Town, and a lot of others. Williamsport, pa., was no Sunday School picnic. When the driver came in they all ex ceeded anything I have ever seen out West. I am 68 and I knocked out my later years In a mill. You don't see the logger a-packlng a bed any more thtnks to the I.W.W. The other unions claim the honor but the I.W.W. was the boy that started the cleanup movements. Take off your hat to an I.W.W. If it had not been for him the camps would still be in very bad shape. The Wobbly started the ball a rolling, so give him credit for what he did. DENNIS BODEE, P.O. Box 102, Drain, Ore. Phone 3311. 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