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EUGENE, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 12, 1)''3
TODAY'S NEWS TODAY
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EDITION
THE WEATHER
nrmon: Cloudy tonight and
Tuesday; oolder In tha north and
nortions tonight: atrong
west and northwest winds. Temp-
.ntura Sunday: Maximum 43 de
grees; minimum, 39 degree. Pre-
cioltatlon, .12 of an inch, stage
jef river, 5.8 feet. Direction of
wind, south.
turn From Visit-
Mrs. I-illie Hothaway and Miss Alta
!1,sod have arrived ia Eugene after
visit taking tliem through the caat-
ond. southern parts of the United
f tr-s. nicy visueu m new iun,
ston, Washington, D. C, and ro
ncd by way of New Orleans and
Angeles, visiting in, San Francisco
I a short time.
Lk to Be Shipped
carload of ahcep and hoga will be
pppeu iroiu i.uuv vuiiuij iu uiv
i.rth Tortland yards Tuesday, Jan-
Srr -0. accoruing lo announcement
liar. W. I Fowler has been sp
linted as manager of the Lane t,oun-
Co-operative Shipping association
ring the illness of W. A. Ayres.
1
liat Installation Planned
joint installation 6f officers is
knncd by members of the Modern
loodmen of America and the ltoyal
fighbors at their haU, formerly the
ghts of Tytbiaa hall, tonight: For
rs of the camp met at 2 o'clock
lay for drill on initiation work,
ttel Picture Displayed
jA large architect's drawing of the
Eugene hotel under construction
Ninth avenue east and Pearl street
been placed on display in the lob
of the United States National bank
John Hunzickcr, architect of the
Iding. '
thlans to Install
liuights of I'yUiias sjsters will hold
Joint Installation of officers in the
ft K. of P. hall "Ricsdny night, it is
nonced. Following the ceremonies
ccing and cards will bo in order;
thian sisters are putting on the
kgram.
I
ves for Spokane
rank A. Page, insurance, agent,
Sunday for Spokane for a few
!' business visit. Mrs. Page and
sister, Mrs. Adelaide J-ailcy, will
t in Portland while Mr. rage is in
hiugton.
nd Table to Meet
il'lic Itound Table club will meet at
'.o'clock Tuesday evening Instead of
.30 at the grill room of the Osburu
rtel. This is due to other attractions
te members desire to attend.
i
aclcty Meets Wednesday
TTlie Iowa Woman's society will
't Wednesday at the home of Mrs.
K. Slnttcry, 322 Eleventh avenue
il', instead of the home of Mrs. Stel-
Diamond as previously iinnouiiced,
K-atue of illness.
xiliary to Meet
jplic Ladies' auxiliary of the F.u-
In clminlier of commerce will niel
f iidtor here Sunday on his way to
' in where he is attending the opeii-
f the session loday, v
ped for Speeding Mirnnca. rrtland nnd Salem. In 1021
on n chnrge of speeding. The
Er"-t was made by Karl Humphrey,
te traffic officer. 1
fr Vets Install
Veterans of the Spanish war will
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P'he Giianl Will
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SUUc Legislature
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Arrives the exclusive Mate wire
krvicc of tbntgreat newtt-gath-ring
organization, as well as its
frrld-urws service.
During the legislature session
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In office in the Mate cnpitol. This
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fercc of trained news men. They
'tl filec.n tlio state wire the
lews about every outtstnnding
iTfnt of the Irgislalurr as it de
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Read The Guard for today's
ws todar.
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Eugene
T
YEAR OF 1924
All California Cities Are
. . Bested In .Percentage ;
Of Increase
Total Of Building Here Tor
1924, Beats All Other
Cities Of Size-
Kugenc shows (ho second highest
ratio of building increase for . thp',yeyr
1024 of the entire list of S3 major
cities of (Jie seven Pacific coast
states in the S. W. Stnius and com
pany survey, it was announced today
by V. II.'Alcxiiuder,1 'city 'inspector 'of
buildings. ' ' '
With a total of G(JU" builcliug" per
mits, totaling $2,71-1,715 iu estimat
ed cost, Eugene's total. was 13S
per cent more than iq 1023 and l&t
per cent over 1022. The figures -u
1023 were $l,fuS,553 nnd in 1922.
Record Is HiGh. -
"AVhen it is considered that, -the
Straus report includes such cities as
.San Francisco, Ios AngeleH, IMsi
dena, Santn Monica, Portland; Salt
Lake city, Seattle, Spokuue and Ta
roimi, the accomplishment of Eugene
is something to feel proud over,"
says Mr. Aloxauder. 'tKhimath Falls
showed the largest percentage of in
crease, jumping from $300,000 in 1022
to $1,082,771) last year."
Kugene's total' building for 1024 ex
ceeded that of every city in the states
nf Idaho, Nevada, and Awv.ona. It bent
every city in. Vtah with n single ex
ception of Salt Lake, and in Washing
ton with the exception oj Spokane.
Seattle and Tacoina.
Many Permits Issued. '
lluildiiig permits to the number of
1K0.O-K1 railing f r a total coust'U':
tiuii cost of $105,2.j4i.iM)4 were issued
during ih" yciir in liie W cities cuv
i.nxl In ih Si cms n inirl. While this
MARKSFGQNO
7 :.'.() o'clock 'ednefday evening i grand intal is U' per cent less llun
the chamber of comniem; rooms ' the toliil of 1023. tlic rmiurtiui. is Inr
r a program and cards. .Mrs. Karl ! g(..y i.nrihtiltd t-i a nlowing dmvn of
ibertfnn is chitinuan nf the cru- j bniMing iu the Lm Angeles ami.
ttee in charge. . t ! In raft" of im-reuM- in building acti
vity. Hie six Oregon cities comprised
Irpslator s Here I jn the Mirvey. n a wlio'e, showed the
lienrge W, I Minn, member of the j bent ri-rurd for the year, 23 per cent
;islature from Jaokson county, was gain over 1!23 and 41 per ceut gain
over 1022. All made appreciable gains
over 1022; all but one showed mark
ed gaftis over 1023. Thce cities were
Astoria, Kugene, Klnmutii Kails, I .if
. I. Iavis of S:ui Francisco was these cities Issued 17. .".13 building per
d ?10 in justice court at Junction, mil's calling for a tntnl construction
cot of $37,111,320.
Third In Dcoembtr.
Des-pitc Ihe -.wt that Kugene's De
cember building rerord dropped to
$7o'.02."i, it was only third in ill'
t.tle, Siitrm and Tortland showing n
greater total figure.
"I knew that Krgene made a g"od
record in102l." said Mr. Alexander
I'mIhv, in coimnrnliiiR nn the report,
"but I wasn't ojiite prepared to learn
that we placed second in the sevi-n
states on the coast. N"v I'm glad I
got tins job f"r an -ther year."'
Fire Loss During
December Reported
SAKKM, Ore., .Tun. VJ.The total j
fir lss in Oregon in Deeember ex
cluiv of rortlaiA ivt-orditig to a
report by Will Moot", state fire mar
shal, was JJCVK.t'l. Fires rnusiui;
losses of $KMHtO or more were:
Chirkaiias c iinty, duelling an.l
greenhouse, JJM.itOo.
Hood Ilivir, warehouse and con
tents, .:;mhmi.
Juutura, factory, honey, ect.f 10.
000.
Molalla, sehool, flO.(Of).
Hoy, utore nnd pOHloffic. $2.000.
Hilverton, ahool building, $15,000.
Building ' Increase Is
Klamath Posse Is
Closing Down On
Cabin Of Slayer
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Confession Wrung From Leader Of Trio .By
Newspaper Men; Statement Signed By
Confessor, Who Is Jailed '
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.,, Jan. 12. How two
Klamath Falls newspaper men, commissioned ns special
state agents by Governor Walter M. Pierce, made an
arrest and obtained a confession concerning the killing
January. 4 of Oscar Frickson in the robbery of, a card
room, was revealed here today when officers arrested
two men and held them under a charge of first degree
murder.
A posse is now closing in upon a lonely cabin in
which the alleged actual killer is reported to .be hidden,
and other officers in this city are searching for two
other members of the gang named in the confession
which the newspaper men Obtained.
The man wlio made the complete J ; ; , 7. ;; ;
arrest nnd procured Iiib coniensinn.
confession, iuiplicitting the others, is thus bringing about a solution of the
John Taylor, !!(!, a son of a highly re.
spected and pioneer family of Jackson
county. The two men who made the
IHI6 PLAN
WILL BE TAKEN UP
A new parking ordinance with
sweep ng changes over the law now
m force Is the headline Item of busi
ness for tonight's session of the citjy
council.
Itamey Hugh, chairman o tlje police
committee, and K. M. Calk us, city at
torney, have framed the new law,
who h if parsed by the council to
night, w 11 result iu the following:
1. One-hour parking limit on main
streets of the city, instead of 20 inin
tiles. 1 2. 1'urallel parking un nil streets
of Kugenc. Axglc parking abolished.
3. No li iu. t on purling after 0
o'clock p. in.
1. Ninth avenue west from Wil
lamette fo Olne, and Tenth avenues,
both east and west, from Oak to
Olive, added to the restricted jsntie.
Streets included in the restricted
zone are Willamette street from Fifth
to Kleventh; Kast 1'ark south of
Kighth avenue and South I'ark east
of Oak; S xth avenue. Olive to Wil
lamette; Seventh avenue, t ak to
Olive; Kighth avenue. West Tark to
Olive; Ninth avenue, Pcnrf to Olive;
Tenth avenue. Oak to Olive; Kleventh
avenue, Oak to Ollvp, except parking
permitted for one hour on the sonlh
side of Kleventh in front of K. C.
lake's Monument More; Thirteenth
avenue, K'ncaid to I'ni versify.
Ordinances w ill be passed lon;ght
for paving assessments for Hive
street, from Seventeenth avenue to
Twenty -fourth avenue; Fair mount
boufevard from (,'oliimhia to Moss;
alley between Twelfth aid Thirteenth
avenues from Ferry to Patterson,
Iiwrenee street, Kleventh avenue
north to the city limits. A sewer as
sessment ordinance for the l!ne be
tween On.rx and Fniversity slreets
on Twentieth anemic also' will be
passed.
A garbage incinerator for Kugenc
may also be disi-ussed at tonight's
meeting.
NEW STORE TO OPEN
Plans for the opening of a nw
men's furnishing store in this city in
a store in the Mcl Mnald-Kchncfers
building are being mnde by It. De
N'eff, now in biisine- st Oregon City.
It is expected that arrangements for
a lease on one of the new stores will
be completed in the near future, it is
announced. .
erstwhile baffling murder mystery,
are W. II. Perkins, news editor of
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M PROBLEMS OF
MOIL FOREST
To disciins mutters ronrcrning use
and protection of nntionul forests with
particular regurd to the Cascade na
tionnl forput in Iiinn county, a meet
ing has been called Thursday night at
the chamlier of commerce by Neluon
I'. .Macduff, supervisor of the Cas
cade forest.
Itepresetnatives nf the Hnv Scouts.
tjirl Scouts, (iirl1 Itcservcs, Kntiiry,
Kiwanis.and Ionn .clubs I'ioncrr
boys' clubs, Comrade clubs, lli-Y
club, the Cniversity (if tlrrfon stu
dent assembly and Ixiyal Legion of
Loggers and Lumbermen have been
invited, and a round table discussion
of plans and policies will take place.
Suggested names for the ne-.-
Southern Taciflc railroad stations
along the new Natron I'ut-off through
the forest lands hnve been reipiesKd
of .Mr. .Macduff by he railroud com
pany. .
ItcquiromentH foY the names are
that they must be short, easily pro
nounced," have reference to the ad
joining territory or its historical fea
tures, and preferably not a name that
is being used on the Southern Pacific
system or any lostoffice in Oregon.
Mr. Macduff will invite the coopera
tion nf Will Steele. I', S. commission
er for Crater hike national park in
preparing the list of names.
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Cinned fruit arfVI filberts are the
outstanding food products, of ban
ounty and these will be on the "All-
Oregon' menus of the dining cars of
the Northern ruilronds that are ro
opcrntiiig In a campaign of public, iy
for the Pacific northwest, accnrdiiu
to word received today at tJie 1 "
aene chamber of commerce from llu
Portland chnmber.
The month of March Is lo be devot
ed to Oregon and publicity fn regard
to the stale and Its various atlrae-
tb-ns mill, be hmdlrd h? (he railroadn.
The food served In the dining cars on
all the three big trunk lines out nf
the northwest will, be from the var
ious court It i of Oregon fn March.
CLUB LEADERS TO
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Six Per Cent Limitation Is
Said To Be In Way Of '
Present Budget
Opinion Of Attorney Gen
eral Received By Lane
County Assessor .
That the I,anc tax levy for the
coming year as prepared by lit coun
ty court exceeds the, six per cent lim
itation is the opinion of the attorney
general, according to a statement this
afternoon by Hen V, Keeney, county
assessor, who today received a reply
fromlthe state official. - "
,' "I have contended nil the while
that a levying body cannot legally
levy a tax in any one year greater
than that levied the previous year
plus G per cent thereof, except for
the purpose of the payment of bond
ed indebtedness or interest thereon
or for the purpose of raising funds
flujrhorljsed, ..the, 'majority 1 .of the
legal voiery. voting upon tue question,
for I can not see how any other con
struction could be placed oo that part
of the Constitution of Oregon refer
ring to taX'limtations. '
Budgets Are Checked v
"After checking forty or fifty
school districts of the county from
exceeding the six per cent limitation
no ipiestiou arose as to my being
wrong in my interpretation, until the
city of Kugenc prepared and adver
tised its budget. 1 went before the
city council and explained the matter,
as I saw It, and was sustained in my
construction by both the retiring and
Incoming city attorneys, and follow
ing this I discovered that the county
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E ROTIRI
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About .'lO members nf the Kugenc
Itotnry club have already signified
their intention to attend the meeting
and banrpiet to be held at Portland
next I'rtdny evening at which lime a
greeting from the Oregon Itolarians
will be tendered to Kverelt Hill of
Chicago, president of the intima
tions order. Mr. Hill is on a trip
to the Pacific roast nnd this will be
his only s'op in Oregon. A banquet
will be held at the Multnomah hotel
at 0:110 p. m. A committee of (he
Kugene Itotnry club U making ar
rangements for the (tip of the local
delegation.
Child Labor Law is
Favored by Women
Indorsement of the child lsbM- law
was voted by the Kugene chapter.
American AMorinlion of I'nWersity
Women, at Its meeting Saturday.
Mrs. Kric W. Allen addressed Ihe
members on the subject, pointing out
arguments both for and against the
amendment. It wns voted to send rop.
ies lo cat h of the five members of
Ihe ,anc count; delegation. In the
legislature. V
The revolution reads as follnnrs:
"The Kugene chspter of the Amer
ican Association of Vniverniy Women
hereby offers unqualified endorse
nient of the rhild labor amendment to
be considered In the present sension
of Ihe stale legislature.
"An organization inlerenled not
inly In the welfare of the indivtdnnl
children affected by litis law. but also
in the ultimate welfare and progress
of Oregon, this aociation earnestly
urge favorable action of the legis
lature upon the amendment."
LANE TAX LEVY
IS HIGHER THAN
IIVilT ALLOWED
Record
TAXATION AND
LAW STRESSED
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Expresses Regret Over Re
peal Of Income Tax In '
His Message
Gives Plea For Support Of
Citizens In Enforcement
. Of All Laws
STATE HOrSK, SAI.KM, Ore.,
.Ian. 1-. UP) Uovernor Waltci M.
Pierce read his message before the
senate and house in joint session in
the limine chamber at - o'clock this
afternoon.
Senator Moser, president of the
senate presided, and the gallery was
packed with interested spectators.
The governor posed for the regula
tion flashlights just before he began
his message. The governor was
around the house during the recesses
greeting old friends and shaking
hands with Htrangers.
lie wore a smile as wide as his
eastern Oregon bat. If the chief exec-
'tit. re is worrying about what the law
makers may do to any of his hobbies
at this sesniota, he -did not show the
fact. 1 '
MESSAGE GIVEN
SALKM, Ore., Jan. Taxation
nnd law enforcement occupied the lar
gest sections of the message of Gov.
Walter Mi Pierce, which ho delivered
today (o the. legislature. Itcfcrring to
his campnign promises, Jia enid that
lie could point to a substantial meas
ure of achievement in tax reduction.
He stated that in 1022 the slnte tax
levy, Including fixed millagcs, was
$l),:vra,2bUll, and that this year the
state levy is $7,102,701.47, a reduc
tion of substantially $2,000,000 lo
state taxes.
He expressed regret that the vot
ers of the state hud repealed tho state
income tax law, and nsserted he still
believed iu such a tax.,
Law Enforcement,
Referring t)' law enforcement he
said, "there has been most certnin
ly a decided improvement In this
state" (hough "much still remains to
be done." He declared "the state pro
hibition force is the terror of the law
breakers. It una been conducted in a
clean, straightforward, business-like
manner, and I Invite your body to in
vestigate the moneys expended. In the
enforcement of the prohibition and
mreotie lows."
(iovernor Pierce pleaded for all
persons in the stare to share in the
duty nnd responsibility of law en
forcement. ''When (he anarchist appears in the
so-called lower stratum of society, we
id ii y depend upon it that he has also
m fl fie Jus appearance Into the so-called
upper stratum. This country has
more (n feur frm Ihe Isw violator in
Ihe nisrble office than from the rag
ged leader of the miob in the street."
Dry Power Increase.
The governor aked the legislature
lo Increase the power of the stale
prohibition depigment, and give It
ul per cent of Ihe fines collected frou,
violators of the prohibition laws,
Legislation recommended in the
governor's meaMice included:
Initialization of aseHsments In var
ious counties.
Pnxagc of iJie hilli introduced at
the lant sescion based upon tbe re
port of the tlx Investigating com
mittee. Competition among banks for de
posits of state funds.
Appropriations to- reel ore to the
irreducible school funds moneys lost
"due to years of well-nigh criinin-il
mgicct snd negligence nn the part of
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LAPR00E STOLEN
J. (!. lUlard reported the theft of
a laprobe from his automobile while
it was parked at Tenth avenue and
Olive street, to police headquarters
last night, . . .
iJsii ? j ja" ili1 &l
i? TT7 in-; I
-iUSlSEHIS
S3 PRESIDENT OF
mwm
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Koppol nicr, veteran butcher of
Iloboken, N. J. celebrated bia one
hundred nnd fifth birthday by shovel
ing the snow off the aldewnlk in front
of his grocery store. Ho playfully
rolled Bnowbnlls nnd threw them at
photographers, who wcro sent to
"shoot" him. He keeps young by keep
ing actively at work In bis butcher
shop.
Child Labor
Resolution
Is On File
SALEM, Or., Jan. tr. (A.P.)
A Joint resolution calling for tha
ratification of tha proposed child
labor law amendment to tha con
stitution of tha united States
was filed with Fred Drager, ohlef
clerk of tha house, by William F.
Woodward, Multnomah oour.ty,
this morning.
VETO FI0HT SEEN
STATE HOUSE, Salem, Ore., Jan.
12. UP) One of the early fights of
tho session will be over. Governor
IMercc'a veto of the Daly inheritance
tux bill of tho last session.
Too estate of Dr. llcrnnrd Dnly of
I.n ko county, nmounting to about
000,000 wns loft ns a charity to send
young men and women of Lake county
to the institutions of higher lcsrninj
in Oregon. The inherilnnce tax nn Uie
entnto amounted to about $L'00,000.
Senator Upton, Inst session introduc
ed a bill for the remission of the tnx
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- lif ARTHUR BRISBANE
(Copyright, lO-fi, by Htor Company)
To avoid trouble, keep your bands
off three things, a man's money.
family and religion.
The bolshevik government, needing
money, nnd receiving communist com
plaints of rertnin monks at reeherskl
monastery, arrested !I0 of the monks
snd' seicod their gold treasure of
(400,000, bidden in the monastery
belfries. In addition to the money the
soviet government got 300 big din
mnnils, saored images studded with
gold, murh gold and silver plute.
From the soviet point of view, so
fur so good. Hut when the inouks
woro sentenced lo long terms at hard
labor and put to work on the ronds
In their rsssooks the peasants, deep
ly religious, started killing comiuu
ulls snd burning tneir buildings.
To fight any religion is dangerous
for any government.
One of Napoleon's first nnd wisest
arts was to rostoro the status of
rhiiroh ami the salaries nnd d guides
of the clergy, saying t hat he also
neofled a spiritual gendarmerie.
'
All the world roads about the mar
velous racing Finn. Nurini. On Tues
day evvuing lu New Vurk, be broke
SENATE GROUP
Representative Denton Bur.
dick Is Chosen Speaker
Of Housei
Both Leaders Chosen With
out Opposition; Mr. Up
ton Calls Order .
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 12. OP) The
thirty-third session of the Oregon leg.
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jsmiuro wm organized nere today
with Senator Gus C. Moser of Mult
nomah county as president of the sen
ate and Representative Denton G.
llurdick of Deschutes county as
speoker of the house. Neither had
opposition.
Senator Jay H. Upton of Bend, who
wns president of the senate at the
thirty-second session, was named at a.
caucus Inst night to call the sonato to
order. Ordinarily this duty falls to tho
oldest member in point of service, but
this was Senator Moser, who is to be
president, so Upton was named.
Two Votes Oppose.
Moser received 28 of the 30 votes
for president of tho senate. Joseph
voted for Senator Snm H. Dro-, "of
Marion, and Moser himself, out of
courtesy, voted for Corbett.
Corbett placed Moser in nomina
tion. The nomination wns uecoudeil
by Eddy and Klcpper.
After the vote Tomporary Tresis'
dent Ititncr appointed Kleppcr I'isk
to escort Moser to tbo chair. -.-'
"That I am deeply and ainccrely
grateful for this Jiigh honor is need.
less to sny," remarked Moser upon
taking the gavel. "This is not a timo
for speechniaking and I will be brief.
I think we are meeting today under
the most auspicious conditione for a
profitable session. At tho start wei
ore a harmonious body. Factionalism
has been dissiapted and baa disap
peared, we are starting as a big hap.
py family each determined to d
tJioie things that will rebound to th
credit of the state.
"We have many important measi
ures to come before us and tka.-
Vooner we get to work the better
chance wo will have to make the kind1
of a record we want to make. I under- i
stand the organization in the house Is
starting out in the some favorable
way and I believe there is going to be
harmony between the two homos.
It will be my aim to endeavor
conscientiously to perform the duties
(Continued on page five)
3 Dangerous Things
Two Wonderful Legs
-No , 1925 Drop Yet
the two world's Indoor records. He'a
an iron man. He ran the mile in lour
minutes, 13 3-5 seconds, cutting a sec
ond off the world'a record. Then he
ran five thousand metres in fourteen
minutes, 44 3-8 seconds, again break
ing the world's record. This man has
wonderful legs. ,
f
Hut you can buy for a few hundred
dollars nn automobile Hiat will do for
civilitntion a thousand times what
Nurmi could do.
Honor him, his logs, 'heart, luiii
and courage, .but honor still more
highly such men ns the lute iti-ln-mets.
A crippled hunchback, he con M,
not have rtin fivo thousand luetics in
two hours. Hut his brain ran as well
os 'NurmiVIogs rnn. If. by the way,
Sleinmett came to the I'n.ted States
today, a crippled Jewish boy, as be
did forty or fifty years sgo. He wou.d
be sent home.
.
, Why does the crowd pay to seb fast
legs snd care loss for a v thinking
bruin? Because the crowd can all
run. Not all can 4hiuk.
If you want a string of pink pearls
for your wife, orfiend, apply to
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