Love Is Hard to Understand Sometimes, Isn't It?
Paul W. Harvey, Jr.
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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
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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
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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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Is peace inevitable. It comes by effort.
Secretary of State Dean Acheson.
No citi7.cn of this great country ought
to be discriminated against because of his
race, relision or national nripin Preiint
Truman.
We have given away about 40 billion
dollars since 1945. If money could buy
security and happiness, we should have
them. Yet we have them not. Former
State Department adviser John Foster
Dulles.
Hollywood is more a state of mind
than anything else. Artist Mason Wright.
I still won't put any money In those
bandits. If everyone would boycott them
for 60 days we wouldn't have them any
more. J. W. Harrison, who lost a, Kansas
Supreme Court fight to outlaw parking
meters.
The average person is sick eight days
a year, says a doctor. That gives some
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