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;l ( Page Four THE EUGENE GUARD An Independent afternoon newspaper published dally except 8unday, PAUL, It. KELTY, Editor EUGENE S. KELTY. Business Manager Offices 1037-1041 Willamette Street Associated Press is exclusively Hon of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise cred- itA n f,la n. nn an.1 clan hn lieu , u .ilia jjujjc 1. 11 n i." v. . rights of publication of special dispatches herein ar.e also reserved WEDNESDAY, Ultimately, We Want the Best. Eugene needs and should liavo for its future per mnnpiit. RiinnK'. wnter thnt does not require filtration, The proposal to bring water from the lower MeKenzie, therefore, is to be regarded as a temporary project. Eventually Eugene will want to bring water from a point more distant; water that shall be absolutely pure without being "processed." It would, work an un . doubted handicap upon Eugene if this city should for a long period of years use filtered water alter other Willamette-valley cities had obtained and were using pure water requiring no filtration. Than a, supply of pure water there is no attraction more strong in bring ing new residents to any city, or in promoting its growth in population. . For these reasons, the McKcnzio river water project, for whose execution a bond issue is soon to bo placed before the people of Eugene, is fully worthy of the best thought and planning of the water commission and all city officials. It needs' to be planned in sucli a way as to insure beyond question that its pipeline and plant iwill be convertible at the proper time for use as a part of a permanent water system which shall give to this city non-filtrated water as good as the best. Promoters of the Clear lake water project for a group of Willamette valley cities and towns are pushing that proj'ect actively. Thoir initial bills are before the legislature. They are urging their arguments in all the territory contemplated to bo brought under thb plan. ,very pertinent oDjecuons to some well informed men who is that the project calls for can bo provided or would bo jto be served for many years ! ramifications of the project be likely to prove unwieldy and tuerclore unsuustactory to the individual communities to bo served. Yet another is that it contemplates public utility ownership and operation on a very largo scale and that such public activity seldom or never proves efficient or profitable. Thcro is and will bo division of opinion as to whethor participation by Eugene in tho Clear lake water project soon or ever is iiavisauie. nut iik.hu should bo no division of opinion on the point that Eu gene's ultimate aim, should ho to procuro for its.poople a supply of water naturally pure. And . the plans for the' McKcnzio river project ought to bo laid in such a way as to insuro that it can bo converted and utilized later in whatever larger and pormariont project shall bo decided upon. j ; , . A Sensible Suggestion. ' .This newspaper has believed, 'unci, still does, that a state prohibition department properly conducted would be a usetul thing m Oregon, mu Willi tlio nnpossmio Cleaver at its head tho department cannot and nover will function efficiently., Tho only way to get rid of Cleaver apparently is to abolish tho dopartment. Testifying at the legislative hearing of tho charges against Cleaver Monday evening, Oswald West, former governor of Oregon, said: Get rid of Cleaver and his crew and put enforcement of the prohibition laws right up to the Bherlffs and district attorneys and If they don't comn through, then come back two yearn from now, re-enact the state lnw, got a good mun to enforce It and . you'll have an appropriation. Ill view of tho circumstances tho West suggestion Would bo a good one for tho legislature to adopt. , It would rid the Btate of tho incubus of Cleaver and (the meddling in state affairs of Herwig. It would clarify the whole atmosphere' of prohibition enforcement. And as Mr. West points out it will ho easy to re-establish the state prohibition department later if there bo need. 1 A bulletin issued by tho Standard Oil company of California discusses tho increases, mado or proposed, in gasoline taxes in Pacific coast states. Its writer thinks there is a trend towards carrying taxation of gasoline to dangerous longths, and that "to sitddlo huge taxes on a single commodity is grossly unfair." As for Cali fornia, tho argument is made that gasolino tax receipts under tho present echcdulo will ho so largely increased through growth in the number of cars operated and in motor travel generally that tho needs of tho highway j fund will bo supplied without further increasing the tax. From tho samo causo thoro will. undoubtedly bo a Bimilar growth of gasolino tax receipts in Oregon. "Tilly from Tillamook" is received with a request for review. All right. Tho book has less literary merit than tho averago penny dreadful. Its story contains littlo that is new, less that is interesting and nothing at all in tho way of genuine expose. The book indicates that its author, a woman, has intimate knowledge of low speech and evil ways, and these she displays gloating ly. From any standpoint at all "Tilly from Tillamook" wouldn't bo money's worth at half, its price. Boy Scout work tenches manliness and unselfish service and discipline and drill and useful out-of-door lore. It makes boys competent. Boy Scout anniversary week is to bo observed hero starting next Monday. . To every family having a hoy in one of the four Hoy' Scout troops tho occasion is of interest. The bid of tho Hoy Scouts for co-operation by the public in their observance is worthy of heed. - If a girl wero forcibly kidnapped in tho heart of Eugeno in broad daylight and with peoplo working near and others continually passing, that would indeed he a remarkable and shameful occurrence. Ono would need corroborative cvidenco before accepting such a report fully. COMMENT OF Selfish. (Harrlshurg Bulletin) The farmer who asked the Bulletin nan why be took so much interest in urging the farmer to eipeiiinrnt in new methods was joking, no d"iiht. 6 till, be may like many others, have Telephone 1200 fh Associated Press. The entitled to '.lie use for public 1wnl tlAWH ntlhllBlied hCTtim. AH VEBKUAHY 4. inui prujuub mu iuwuu uy havo investigated it. One larger capital outlay than justified by the population to come. Another is that are so wide that it would THE PRESS die Idea that towu folks and country 1 folks live in different aiiliar. ' Idea no doubt comes from the far cry that does actually ejltt between the bis cltv find Ilia rural "iimmiittll Hut lu the inslanre of llsrrinhurg. and the country which surrounds it tbere ii a very close alliance. This it a typical country town, planted here to carry on the trade of a few milt of surrounding country. Tbe town de pends un the country for Its exis tence, and to us who still have vigor and vision we want (he town to de pend on the country fur its prosperity and Its progress Just to exist ni nut enough. But that is wbut not alone tho town but the country people have been doing too long, fur tlio loug. Aud so, if you please, the Bulletin want, the country to grow and prosper for the very good reason that be, too, will grow aud prosper. Text Book Ownership. (Benton Independent) Thrift should be emphasized sa n port of the regular educatiun of every child. Owning his own text books, with tbe respunsibility of their proper care, Is one way of instilling int young characters the value of thrift and the valuo of property. The In dependent is against free text books for Oregon public schools. In a few cases the buying of text books'is u hardship un parentB whose children are required to go to school. These cases are comparatively few, we say. In a city like 1'ortland, there are bound to bo many who would bd glad to be rid of the responsibility of text books. A large per cent of these Individuals uro non-tnxpayers. T1h buying of text books Is ono way of their helping to bear the tax bur-den.- Hooks are among the most difficult of articles to fumigate. The sanitary question is considerable, more espec ially In the centers of population. The wet-thumbing of books by many bands of questionable cleanliness would must certainly be conductive to the spread of colds, flu- und other worse diseases. Taxes In Oregon are already con sidered by many ss a burden. Any thing which udds to that burden will be argued and contested by the legis lature into small details. To pass an extra uinount to tbe tux collector, some truly und undeniable outstand ing feuture of real good must be cur ried in the bill, if it Is to meet with the approval to taxpuycrs. Argument m fuvur of free text books for Ore gon schools do not mukc the system of outstanding value to the stale. . If the buying uf text books is un odious burden on u iniijui-ity of Or gon families or even tu u sufficient number uf them to warrant boiiic sort of action, a system of diminution uf the stato distributor's profit could be devised. Our Invisible Rulers. (Salem Capital Join n il) . Testimony at the Cleuvcr inquest. is making our invisible government, the Anti-Salnuu leugur, visible by ex posing its effort to control the poli tics of the stnte. Governor Tierce uu.l Commissioner Jt Heaver hove beeu but pawns in its hands aud their use of the dry enforcement bureau to "get" aud ' frumc prominent persons for its political end?, with money fur nished by the state, discloses its. methods uf operatinu. ' The office of stnte prohibition com missioner' should be abolished. It in a detriment, rather than un aid to en forcement. As long as there is stub an office, it will be dominated by the leiiKUe for itH own ends, und if the commissioner does not tukn orders he will be framed and destroyed by the same methods the lenuue uses him in its efforts to destroy others. Wo have the admissions - of Mr. Cleaver, supplemented by his own let ters, tho testimony of the head of tho Autl-Haloon league, of the federal dry commissioner, the various district at torneys and sheriffs as to the lea gue's alms, objects and operations an:! the evidence is sufficiently conclusive to justify the abolition of the meddle some, trmible-mnking, costly, super fhious office, of stnte commissioner of prohibition. Though posing as a . highly moral organization, and supported by the dollars of churchmen nnd the penuies of Sunday schools, for which It ren ders no accounting, the Antt-Saloon league is an irresponsible fanatical secret, political agency, seeking con trol of government by intimidation, frame-up, spying and snooping on In dividuals. The salnnus have long since gone, but the league superintendents nnd attorneys are more prosperous than ever. It stwuld be classed with other political parties nnd he made to publish its campaign expenditures as they do. In Lighter Vein 1 Reason for Improvement (Kansas City Slnr) ''Your town bant. U pretty poor, inn't itV nskod n mief. replied tlio luurilonT of tlio Pruntytown tavern, 'but it is better than it was Inst year (hero were more player), in it then than tlirro uro now." Sympathy ( Everybody 'a Mugaxine) An untimely frost effeetimlly com pleted tho lninchit'f done earlier hy the inflect enemies of Mr. IVrkhrv pot a toe. The top of the plant h, which had nerved iw pntittirage for the posts, were entirely destroyed, nnd with them Mr, lVrkin's hopes of a crop. Ho was Dot HelfUh, howYver. and could think of others in tho hour of advernity. In tho afternoon he was accosted at the pout-office by a friend. '"Hello, Perkins! How's everything up on the corner ? "Trouble enotiKh, Williamson, trou ble euough! wa tho gloomy ve potie. "Ten million potato bugs, and nothing for 'em to eat!" Dollnlllon of Modern Tetnt (Memphis News Scimitar) A parking lipoeo is where ynu leave the car to have the tnil-light knocked off. Proof (Philadelphia Bulletin) "No man cujojs a good joke more than 1 do." "That's so. I've heard you tell the same joke fifty times and laugh every time." HlfTiTIucll I Kansas City Star) "The driver of a Hetroit rnltle-hoK car took his hands off'n the steering wheel to light a cigar," said old llilcjr Hessiitew of Petunia. "The car skid ded, left the road, turned over twire and lit right side up." .tt'i.. , .I.-?., i , i . . un, mm .- iiMuircu me party i addressed. ' "The driver didn't get a light the first time had to use another' match." THE EUGENE GUARD The NATIONAL CAPITAL IS DRESSING UP Preparations For Inaupural of President Coolidga Are Under Way, Although Toped Down by Executive By HAHItY B. HUNT (NF.A Service Writer) yASIII.UTUN, Feb. 4. The capi tal already is beginning to spruce up for its big ouadrenuiul show; the presidential inauguration. March 4. Sprucing up for Coolidgc, however, is a ruthcr difficult job. The president, preferring simplicity and iinostentation himself, would like the affair over with without a lot of flub-dub and ceremony. lint custom and precedent cannot be wholly overridden even by . ho "common sense" a president ns Cool idge. -tIi Custom decrees that the victorious party shulk throw tine grand and glor ious celebration on the occasion of its stnmlurd bearer's Inaiigurul. Ho, although Cnolidgo bus succeed ed in toning down considerably tbe lavish fesitvitics, he has not boon able to eliminate them wholly. 'lie forbade an official inaugural ball, requested that visiting governors -bring only Hinatl staffs with them, and ordered that no military units . Jhi brought to Washington to participate in tlie parade except such ns were quartered near enough to niiike tlio march on foot, lie wouldn't even authorise tho ex penditure of carfare necessary to bring tho West Point aud Annapolis cadets to Washington. And an inauguration without the presence of these cadets a few years Great Assets Held v To Be Slighted Word Spoken. For Lane County Harbor and Highway KUGKNK, Ore., Feb. 4 (To the Editor) l,nne county persists in ig noring its greatest assets its inter ior coitutry un the east and .the great Pacific on the west. If this county ould wake up and mukc of itself the connecting medium between these two great inexhaustible store houses of wealth, collars would flow Into F.o genu where now it gets only cents. This wus evidently the originnl plan of pioneers when they spent lioii,u(Hj hi the Florence jetties, ?HK),U0O on light house and chanml buoys and iftKi.OlH) for the const guard station. Then on top of tiiis, we havo speut upwardx of two million dollars on the highway between the town of Sisters and Florence milking u grnnd total of three million spent on transpurtution bcttermeuts Hull should be cupital ited and made useful nnd nn attractive and drawing force fur tho trade uf Kugene. If this highwny could be nde- piuicly advertised .Moutsna. ortli I in ko lu aud Canada people by thou sands would romo through Yellow stone Purk, Pocatello. Boise. Burns. Ifcnd, uver the .McKenxie pass to catch the paved Pucific highway ut Kugene for California points. Tour ists nnd other coining over the Lin coln highway would come on over the McKounlo Pass to bit the rncinc highwny nt Kugene for Portland end Scuttle. The Pocatcllo-Floreneo link is the shortest possible route connect ing these great highways. They are all heuded for the Pacific and want the shortest route. The Columbia gorge will become congested, because it cannot be wid ened ss can the McKenile Pass. It Is liable to be closed any time by slides ii ml weather conditions as heretofore, fur week" at n time. When the road bed of the McKcmle puss is made smoother and firm snow plows will be side to opevnto nnd keep it freo of blockading mow the year round. This McKeniie pnss ii the key to a tremendous highway enterprise known and laughed nt as the New BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TODAY The grass withcrrth, the flower fndeth; but the word of our God shall stand for ever. Isaiah 40 S. Bible Question. (Look l'p the Answer) What is in store for tho faithful. - Itev. 'Jl;T. Cow That Never Goes ago would have been considered no inauguration at all. - . However, despite the presidential parsimony, which has hamstrung the planB for a big blowout, Washington and tbe party nabobs are hoping to make it a passably good show any way. For those who must dance after an inauguration, a "charity ball' is being organized, to take the place of an of ficial inaugural balh . This will be held in tbe city's big- gest new hotel which in honor ' of the president's New England origin hns been christened the Mayflower and will be "limited" tn-ditOO guests. Tickets will be only $10. Whether this price was established in deference to Coolidgc economy or in anticipation of Coolidge prosperity is not stated. In further recognition of the pres ident's descent from colonial, He.volu-i tionnry stock, tho official colors to J be used in decorating the city are blue and buff. "Having been the colors of tbe uni foms worn by the Continental army, the choice seems appropriate.' "Blue and huff," however is some thing of a tongue-twister, and, as a cynical Democrat remarked, if spok en without care may emerge as "Boo nnd buff." But then the Ilemocrsts don't see much cheer ahead for March 4, any way! ' , York-Florence, highway. People often laugh at the Ford cur but It gets there just the same. Those who are now laughing at this ocean to oceon highway promotion will live to enjoy its unlimited free service. It is the only highway that bisects the great .state of Oregon through its center cast to west on the shortest possible line. It is coordinated with by com mon uses with the Old Oregon Trail, the Yellowstone Trail and Lincoln highway for transcontinental service. These highways aro amply supported by public demand and . enterprising cltisenship. 1'dsel LI. Ford, son of Henry Ford nnd president of the Ford Motor company is one of the di rectors of the Lincoln Highway, while J. V. Willys of Toledo, Ohio, is on the executive committee of the Yel lowstone Trail. TJie New York-Florence highway was organized and promoted on the same plan that Ford sturted his great motor works on faith. This highway association had only $S cash when it iBsued its first literature and maps. Faith wilt do more and last longer than money alone. Henry Ford in his book "My Life and Work." says "It has been thought that busiuess exists for profit. That is wrong. Business exists for service service comes be fore profit." So with this highway, it is being promoted for service first and when completed will return profits beyond our wildest dreams. Ford closes his remarkable book with these words. "Kverything is possible . , . . faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." GKOKGK MF.LVIN MILl.KIt. " Oregon Briefs Merrill, in Klamath county, started a drive to raise J."it"HI with which to erect a community hall and library building. Clubs of McMinnville have com pleted organisation of the Associated Charities. A drive for money and other relief will start February tl. Steve Hamlin, r5, connected with tho Smith Link Lumber compauy at Pike, in Yamhill county, was instantly killed last Friday when he was struck by a falling tree,- Mra. I.eonie I.eroui. wife of A. Leroux. former head chef at the Im perial hotel In Portland, died sudden ly at Hood ltiver on her llltd birth day. Setrack Vartcnra. Inmate of the slate hospital from Clatsop county died at Salem as the result of burns suffered while being bathed hy an attendant. Bert Foils, ex-ronvict from the Oregon state penitentiary is under arrest at Salem charged nilh hating Dry : 1 robbed the Goodman store of $5 and a quantity of groceries. The Pacific Telephone. & Telegraph company has started stringing four new copper wires between Portland and Astoria, which will provide three additional talking circuits between the two cities. . -.. . ' Dr. R. E. Lee Steiner, superintend ent of the Oregon state hospital, has returned to Salem from the Philippine islands, where he delivered a number of insane patients formerly in the Oregon institution. f 25 Years Ago j (From The Guard, February 4, 1000) ' Horace Mann, late1 of Cottage Grove, hs taken chargo of the Med ford Eye. Bennett nnd McCornuck this week purchased one dozen .chickens thnt weighed 100 pounds gross from a far mer. , Tho oldest man who bus so fnr reg istered in Lnno county hi Wnldo Skin uer, who is 0'J. ' Born, February 2, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stewart, a daughter. ' Dr. J. t Gray bus removed from the rooms over the Eugene Loan and Savings hank to the rooms formerly occupied by W. K. Scarborough, one door south of Chrisman block. H. B. Miller arrived home today after a trip down the valley. Mm TT. T). Hnmntnn and dsushter. Miss Nellie, arrived home today after a trip to Pendleton. Bnker City, and other eastern Oregon towns. George Barnes is in the city from Walterville. ' V V. Millar cnmmnniler of Ihp G. A. It. post at C"ttnge Grove, wns u visitor in Eugene today. t Tom Sims Says Consider the busy bee, and how quickly he works himself to death. There is a report, true or untrue, that U. S. senators now sleep in their clothes ready to rush out if a confer ence is started. Another arms conference may be called. The world's planned 10-year naval holiday seems to be up already. Nations planned a 10-year naval holiday, but some didn't take even a half holiday. .Even though it wns an army den tist a soldier shpt at in Washington, we say be shouldn't havo done it. But about this arms argument and tho big guns others are making: won der what they are aiming at? Thev do stranzc thines in Tctan. Besides electing a woman governor thejr arrested an oil stock salesman. Girls at school in Vassar have vot ed to smoke. May be all right. But wc have found that where there's smoking there's fire. i TODAY tC'outinued from page one) rise steadily, nnd thus do more for Coolidgc by soothing angry farmers, than all the speeches and editorials put together. Our best financial minds say bless that rise in the nrice of whent. One hundred thousand more votes i for U Follette, properly distributed nould have thrown the election int.o tne house, the rising price uf wheat cost La Follette a milli-iu votes at least. Greece sad Turkey have broken off diplomatic relations, and there is an-! other war cloud, bigger than man's! hsnd. j Like many other troubles this dsn-j ger has a rclig.ous background. For . ioti years Consinnt iuople has pro- i tected or at least tolerated a pstri-1 arch of the Greek clmr.-l, 1....L.I... j sfier the spiritual welfare of ortho !doi Greeks in Turkey. Now thai pa- Tian h is cxprllrd hy the Turks. Like j the Mexicans, Itussian. French and jsoiue other modern ami' us, the, Wednesday Turks have conceived a prejudice against religious authority, especially any snch authority with its head ru siding abroad. against religious authority, especially must fight, can easily start other fighting. Let hope that no officiul sentimentalist, or keen international bunkers will find a way to mix us up in that war, or persuade us that It is our duty to send men and billions to make Turkey safe fur the Greek pa triarch. If we did send the money, we'd have the borrower Baying later, "Go' on, ypu miserablo dollar loving Yan kees, We saved you from destruction and now you want your mean dollars back. Have you forgotten our sacred dead?" The German government demands that all candidates in civil service ex aminations bo proficient shorthand writers. And each must write a short hand that all the others can read. learned philologists, alarmed say "Written language, with tho interest ing historical spelling of words, will vanish. Literature will pine and grow dull, when it becomes a stenographic literature." ' - . " -I That's what the Egyptians saidfj probably, when the Phoenician alpha bet begun to replace hieroglyphics and other archaic writing systems. But better methods never injure any thing worth while. In a few generations, writing with pen or pencil will disuppear except for making memoranda, and they will be a shortbund Woodrow Wilson wrote all his notes in shorthand. Children in school will use type writers, they oiight to do so now. Business men and authors will dictate to the phonograph, and the learned men will rarely write even his own name. The usual signature will be once more, as in old days, a thumb print, instead of a written signature. Poets will write sad sonnets on "The Finger 1 rint of the Beloved. If you can afford it, get your child. u typewriter, and accustom yourself to phonograph dictation. The semStc killed the bill to In crease postal snlurics. Various influ ences helped. Bigger government sal aries mean bigger taxes. Thnt urouscs sympathy in the senate. And I lie plan va8 to help pay the extra sularies by charging higher rates to newspapers and magazines. That caused distin guished publishers to become active. As for the postoffice workers. poorly paid by the world's richest gov ernment,- they are not important. And besides, they aro scattered all over the. country, not enough' in nuy one place to cxerciso real political influ ence. In Washington, they can't even vote. - So that is settled, for the time. But NO DINNER BEU. YOU'LL NEED MY MANH WHEN THIS CHOICE MEAT IS IN THE PAN If you buy meats at , this store you won't need tho "tinklo tinkle" of the dinner bell to let folks know that dinner's ready. And you'd better keep the' kitchen door shut, too,- or they will all want to help you cook It. Watch for Mr. Hnppy Party fc PACKING CO. TSWillametteStJ y, a universal symbol for security and rectitude Tho initials U. S. on a bond give it a uiargm for security and reliability. In the Courts it moans justice. On a passport it assures pro tection. In China it means unselfishness and square shooting. So, too, in the realm of Lano County bans ing, U. S. is a symbol .for security. It luj spires confidence becauso the U. S. National Bank has aided business fairly and squarely, progressively and intelligently for the Past thirty years. Let it be your aid in banking' UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK The Bank for Service EUGENE LOAN AND SAVINQS BANK . The Bank for Savings " SOMETHING WRONG Headache! Backache! Nervous! All down and" Don't neglect yourself. ous illness. CHIROPRACTIC Keniovcatho cause Health returns GEO. A. Examination Free 918 Willamette St. Evening, Pc,runr- . postotfice einpl,,,, ,. , -S lliul II,.!. .!... - ' l"0 till .. ...... rIL.ul H' next election. son,.V " . cal Ma .""" of 1 prosperity':"' "n theater. Phone SCO. m ij) Osburn , Hotei j. Phone 891. SPRIND I 0 LOANS ! I spring calls forth ,, I Diana that often J "1.' backing from the'h New barns, grsn,!i 1 silos, sheds, are SI' Dwellings or oSSjl ings await repair, 0r i.'l provemeuts. There Z fields- to bo fenced ml drains to be laid u!' mm and there a , ' H,I, mm and there a fai.m""" U taking on more land b, I lease or nurhe,.,?l short, this is is m. Uwhen contracts are un. notes nrami.,., u I loans made or Drew!! I able to provide loan, S ! convenient terms and Zt reasonable rat. . I B strive to assist mJ commodate the faral the utmost extent in ,, I, Dary way within the an.!' vlnce of sound hanC I Dea ings in all cas7.' IJJ confidential: """'"?) D Consult Us Concerning Your Credit Needs BANK OF p commerce ! EUGENE, OREGON I CONSERVE YOUR i ESTATE The man .who works hut to create nn estate for hii wife and children Is nalorsl ly Interested In seeing that that, estate in protected li ter he Is gone against pool Investments or other nosus disposition. Ask your lawyer to specify tho Trust Department ken at the First National as ex ecutor and trustee of, jmr estate. Its management win then be under safe and prof itable supervision. 40 Years of Helpful Service JIRST NATIONAL Wit of Eugene I MCE' Neglect may l1 10 'l SIMON phoai