Saturday Evening, January 17, 1925
EUGENE GUARD
Page Seven
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MEXICO CITY, Jan. 17. W)
Mflico's nnanciiw mi"- "
jaig 070,015 in American money, it it
.ttted in report just made public
br the minority members of the
chamber of deputies budget commis-
'"fnMlinr for careful consideration
of appropriations for 1023 the min
ority commissioners, who belong to
the I'nited Radical bloc, assert that
the time baa come for the removal
of the tax levying power from the
hands of the chief executive. For
half a century, they declare, the peo
ple of Mexico, throunh their repres
entatives, have been deprived by rev
olution and civil Btrife of the right
to levy taxes and, spend their reven-
ps.
in outlining the history of Mexican
nublif finances during the last 100
tears, Ae minority committeemen'B
study points out that budget deficits
have been the cancer which has sap
ped the government's financial
strength and constantly added to its
indebtedness.
The war department is credited
with having taken the lion's share of
the government s receipts. Jb rora 1U18
to 1122, the percentage of the budget
t,,tl devoted to military necessities
fluctuated between 00. and 70. Sec
ond only in importance was the part
devoted to the services on the puhlic
debt, which was allotted 550,500,000
1023 and 1U24, although tho He
la Huerta revolution of Dec. 0, 1023,
forced the suspension of payments.
The item in the 1U24 budget for pub
lic debt service, however, was $31,
000.000, or 23 per cent of the total.
The budget now in the making, the
report continues, must accept a de
ficit of $3,500,000 from last year,
which increases by presidential de
cree in various items brings up to
nearly $4,300,000. This, added to the
principal and accrued interest repres
ented under the Lamont Agreement
covering the external debt and other
obligations guaranteed by the govern
ment amounting to $700,300,000; the
internal banking debt; the debt as
sumed in taking over the. Tehuante
pec railway; unpaid salaries of fed
eral employes, and approved claims
for revolutionary damages already to
taling $47,000,000. makes a grand to
tal of $308,070,015.
Jt is this amount the minority re
port asks congress and the executive
to consider in framing the 1025 budget.
Houston Is Described
As Texas Washington
In Society Bulletin
Many Americans on
Air Route Journey
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. OP)
Americans develop a penchant for fly
ing when they get to Europe, accord
ing to Lieutenant John 1, Van Zandt,
of the United States air Berrice, who
has just returned from a 6,000 mile
air trip through Europe studying de
velopment of commercial aeronautics.
During the Bummer weeks 1,000
passengers leave London by plane for
Paris, and the majority are American
tourists. More than 35,000 Ameri
cans have flown between the British
and French capitals, saving from four
to eight hours on the trip, and avoid
ing the turbulent English Channel
which has caused many a travleer to
lose his love for the sea.
NEW U. S. CONSUL
THE HAGUE, Jan. 17. OP) Wil
liam Holt Gale, of New York, has
been grunted the royal exequator as
consul general of the United States
at Amsterdam. - Until recently he wus
consul general at Hongkong.
"Like the city that spread over the
District of Columbia, and the capital
of Nebraska, Houston, Texas, where
the second largest equestrian statue
in the world soon is to be set up, was
named for one of the outstanding
leaders and heroes of America," says
a bulletin from Washington, D. C,
headquarters of the National Geo-
i graphical society. "But because Sam
Houston, the subject of the huge
statue, carried on his work on the ,
frontiers rather than in the relatively j
crowded east, his fame has suffered. ;
"Sam Houston might be considered
a sort of average struck between !
Daniel Boone, Andrew Jackson, and ,
George Washington which makes :
him more typical of American leaders I
of the past century than most of his
fellows, " continues the bulletin. "Like j
Boone he loved the frontier, was an ,
excellent woodsman, and was recog
nized as a leader by the Indians
as well as by his fellow Americans.
Like Jackson he was a rough and
ready, bnt an admirable soldier. And
like Washington he combined military
skill with a natural ability to com
mand attention in the council cham
ber. Like Washington, too, he play
ed a prominent part in shaping the
destiny of his country. His was the
major role in freeing one-twelfth of
the present territory of the United
States from Mexico and annexing it
to the Union as the state of Texas.
Honored By Maoy
"Few men have held so many posi
tions of authority in different juris
dictions as Sam Houston. He was a
member of congress from and gover
nor of Tennessee, commander-in-chief
of the Army of Colonial Texas, presi
dent of the republic of Texas, sena
tor from the state of Texas, and
governor of Texas,
"The city which is the namesake
of General Sam Houston is more hap
pily and less arbitrarily designated
than most communities that bear the
names of famous men. It was al
most on the site of the city that
General Houston, commanding the
revolutionary army of Texas, defeat
ed Santa Ana, president and commander-in-chief
of Moxico, in the
battle of San Jacinto on April 1,
1836, and made possible the state of
which Houston is now one of the
leading cities.
From Field to City
"If the old general could see
through the bronze, eyes of the ef
figy which will he set up near the
Bcene of his pregnant victory, he
would behold a vastly different region
from that over which his soldiers
fought with their muzile-loading mus
kets. The long grass In which 'the
Mexican Napoleon' was found hiding
the day after his defeat has been
replaced by the close clipped lawns
of tens of thousands of dwellings of
a modern American city. The few old
trails have turned into a checker
board of paved business Btreets, while
railroads and electric lines and shell
highways radiate out into a region of
farms, orchards and ranches. The
place bristles with skyscrapers more
Houstonians assert, than in any oth
er city of like size.
"One of the most noteworthy
transformations in that which has
made once inlnnd Houston a seaport.
Buffalo Bayou, on whose banks 'rex
more. Modern fairy wands steam
shovels and dredges and a few million
dollnre have turned the sluggish old
streams Into the Houston Ship Canal
which has made the city a sort of
American Manchester. Ocean steam
ers traverse the canal to a basin on
the city's fringe and help to move
the 8.000,000 bales of cotton that
are marketed through Houston an
nually. Name Mispronounced
"The population of Houston is an
unknown quantity. In 1020 the city
had 138.276 inhabitants. The census
bureau refuses to guess at the pres
ent number. It puts Houston in a
sort of hall of fame with about a
half doien other cities which, it is j
officially explained, are growing no J
rapidly that an estimate would be!
valueless. Unless Houston requests !
a special enumeration as some other
cities have done it will have to do its j
own guessing until Uncle Sam's next j
official counting of noses In 1930. j
"Houstonians have a grudge against i
their fellow countrymen of the north I
and east. If your name is Saunders
and persons you meet carelessly call I
you 'Sanders' or 'Zander, you will .
understand their indignation and an-,
nova nee at the constant mispronun
ciation of their city's name. The first
syllable is not pronounced as if it
were 'house' or whose' but like the
verb 'to hew or the masculine Chris
tian name 'Hough.' "
SCATTERED TO FAR
Names Of Cities .
Used For Ships
BEHLINi Jan. 17. UP) Germany,
building new stenitiships, has decided
to name thorn after cities of the re
public. In other days the names of
royal personages cre popular in this
field and not a few vessels carried
the appellations of famous authors.
But old mariners reminded the ship
builders that many steamers named
after writers had coino to untimely
ends, and adherents of the republic
are not interested in reminders of
the niouurehy.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. W
Government pension checks travel to
the far corners of the earth, seeking
out the more than 500.000 persons
who have served tho country in the
wars that preceded the World war.
Into every American state, territory,
and possession and OS foreign coun
tries and dominions they went durinic
the last fiscal year, bearing an aggre
gate value of ?22t).004.777.
Pension checks issued during the
last year were fewer by 14.217 than
during the preceding year, going to
52.1.539 soldiers, widows, and de
pendents as compared to 539,750 in
1923. When tho pension bureau
closed Its books June 80 it found an
unexpended balance of more thnn
S23.1KK.000 of its appropriation.
This was turned bnck to the treas
ury. The steady shortening of the
roll is reflected in the bureau's bud
get estimate for the new fiscal yenr,
wuicn cuts approximately $25,000,
000 from the total appropriated last
year.
Ohio retains its lead as tho placo
of residence of the greatest number
of pensioners, with 48,702. Pennsyl
vania Is second with 44.09,1, and
New York third with 41.000. Only
202 pensioners resido iu Nevada.
Thero are 66 in Alaska, G17 in tho
Philippines, and but one in the Virgin
Islands.
Canada, with 1,477 American pen
sioners within her borders, lends all
foreign countries. England is next
with 200, and Irelnnd third with 244.
Germany is the residence of 229, and
Australia 57. Among the countries
sheltering but one aro Algeria, Bul
garia, Korea, Egypt, Lithuania, Mon
aco, Jugoslavia, Seychelles Islands,
and the Society Islands. There are
two in Syria, four in Liberia, six in
New Zealand, and seven iu South
Africa.
Tho total number of pensioners
Tenched its peuk in 1002, when 900.
410 names were on the roll, and
since that year the figure has de
clined steudily, with the exception of
1005. when the total rose to within
1,0000 of the top.
The government, since the year
1700, has paid out J0,S36,351,308.8tl
in pensions.
FAMOUS BUGS
BIG IN DDI
I
battles with swords and bludgeons,
but at last the town has won.
From being one of the most beau
tiftil cities in rlurope Oxford bids fair
to become the ugliest. English ar
chitecture, and especially public and
commercial architecture, has created
very little of beauty in' the past 200
yearn and is not now changing its
huhits. In Oxford even the best ef
forts of noted modern architects bare
created only ugly and ill-proportioned
piles of stodgy Renaissance and hole-and-corner
Gothic, while the suburbs
are one dreary wall of the worst
brick and gingerbread.
Tho noise of street traffic ban be
come a great nuisance to students
who want to work. Time was when
a noisy carter of drayman was pretty
sure to become the target of cloth
yard arrows shot from tho windows
of furious scholars, but today a regu
lation forbids the use of Hows and ar
rows except for innocent sport, and
now the motorist may honk his loud
est in sufety.
OXFORD, Eng., Jan. 37. OP),
The Roebuck on the Cornmarket, !
famous in the days of coaching and
well known to American tourists as
one of the old inns of Oxford, is to 1
be torn down to make way for a
Wool worth store. Tnis is but one of
the changes Oxford is soon to know,
for many of the old lenses will soon
expire and tho stately timbered
houses of the Broad and Holywell,
with their carved facades and over
hanging upper stories, will be replac
ed by modern shops and garages,
Oxford is no more the quiet re
trofit of the scholar, but a busy and
dirty trading nid manufacturing town
noted for tho production of marmal
ade, beer and cheap motor cars. The
university which once held complete
sway, enforcing order with its own
police und bulyiug nil mere trades
men, is now becoming a secondary
interest. Tho gown has fought the
town for 600 years, often in pitched
Power Projects To
Spoil Beauty Spots
PTTBLIN, Jan. 17. OP) In addi
tion to the project for harnessing the
River Shannon for the generation of
electrical power for the Free State,
which baa been entrusted to a Ger
man firm, plans have been placed be
fore the Free State parliament for
the utilisation of the River Liffey,
which runs through Dublin.
Objection has been made on the
ground that the plans under contem
plation would result in spoiling the
fnmous salmon leap at Leixlip and the
fulls of Poulaphuca, both beauty
spots. At Poulaphuca 5,400 acres
would be flooded and eight square
miles of County Wicklow would be
submerged. The destruction of scen
ery aspect, however, has not greatly
impressed the parliamentary coin-
mittes.
National Thrift Week, January 17-23
(Seven Days With a Purpose)
Throughout the Entire Country National Thrift Week Begins Saturday, Jan. 17 the Birthday of Our American Apostle of Thrift, Benjamin Franklin. 'It continues
Through Seven Days, Each Day Being Devoted to Some Specified Thrift Purpose.
Many persons have a mistaken conception of what thrift
really means. They think of thrift in terms of pinch
penny" miserliness and on that account, rightfully shun
it.
National Thrift Week teaches us that money should
not only be saved. It should also be spent wisely. There
is a place for spending and a place for giving in the new
thrift creed.
The founders of this movement wish to cite an example.
The first day of this occasion is called "Pay Bill Day,"
and during its course special emphasis is placed on the
value of preserving your credit by prompt payment of
bills. . '
Days of
National Thrift Week
SATURDAY, JAN. 17
(ray Bills Promptly Day)
SUNDAY, JAN. 18
(Share With Others Day)
MONDAY, JAN 19.
(Bank Day)
TUESDAY, JAN. 20 '
(Make a Will and Lifo
Insurance Day)
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 21
(Own Your Own Home Day)
THURSDAY, JAN. 22
(Budget Day)
FRIDAY, JAN. 23
(Safe Investments Day)
The Tea Point
Success Creed!
1 WORK AND EARN
2 MAKE A BUDGET
8 RECORD EXPENDITURES
4 HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT
6 CARRY LIFE INSURANCE
t OWN YOUR HOME
7 MAKE A WILL
8 INVEST IN SAFE SECURITIES
9 PAY BILLS PROMPTLY
10 SHARE WITH OTHERS
Immediately following it is "Share With Others Day."
The benefits to be derived by sharing with others in
the proper manner are known to most of us. And so on
down the list each day is set aside with some definite
purpose in mind.
The value of such an educational force in this com
munity cannot be over-estimated. Not only for a week,
but for the entire year does this event act as a reminder
that thrift is one of the cardinal purposes of success.
Those who have signed this co-operative advertisement
ask you to follow National Thrift Week day by day. It
is 3n investment of time which will pay you and your
community big dividends.
EUGENE CLEARING HOUSE
BANK OF COMMERCE
UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK EUGENE LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK
FIRST NATIONAL BANK