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H.- i ii Pago Four TIIE ETJGEXE GUARD THE EUGENE GUARD An Indeoendent afternoon newspaper published dally except 8unday. PAUL R. KELTY, Editor EUGENE S. KEI,TY, Business Manager Offlcea 1037-1041 Willamette Street Telephone 1200 The Eugeno Guard is a member of the Associated Tress. Tbe Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to tho use for publica tion ot all newa dispatches credited to It or net otherwise cred ited to this paper and also tbe local news published herein. All rights ot publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. TUESDAY,' FEBKUAHY 10. What Motor Traffic Should Pay. TRAFFIC exports estimate that 90 per cent of wear ami tear and damage to highways is caused by trucks and busses, which at present arc paying but three "per cent of the revenues of the highway fund.. Plainly, this is wholly inadequate. There are contending lobbies at Salem, one of which wants to have all kinds of commercialized motor vehi cles taxed so heavily that their present advantage in competition with railroads will be largely offset. Tho other desires that the present schedule of license fees be maintained. Fairness in adjustment of tho question lies between the desires of these contending lobbies. It would not be fair to base a tax schedule on considerations of the greater expense of railroad operation in competition with motor vehicles. It would bo still less fair to allow motor vehicles to go on paying so very much less than their just share of tho cost of highway maintenance as they are payiug now. The legislature seems disposed, to take tho middle ground. Therein tho legislature is on sound ground. Medicine Show Days. ANNOUNCEMENT' is made in the Salem Statesman that Stayton is to have a free medicine show nightly for a week. It takes one back in memory to days of 35 years ago in the Oregon small town. "Who that lived in such a town in that generation but has a vivid recollection of AVizard Oil with nil that tho name signified! There was the varnished and washed vehicle itself a small-town novelty in which the professor and his company traveled, with its team of spanking horses which were actually curried every day. There was tho dazzling be-nickeled harness witn its extra and seemingly superfluous straps of various sorts which wero a constant source ot wonder to the local livery-stablo experts. And thero were the brilliant oil torches which lighted tho outfit and dripped ou over people who camo too closely within the area of their brilliance. The professor was a sartorial and tonsorial treat. His suit was of light colored and largo checked material. Tho sackcoat ended at tho bottom only a short distance below tho waistband of his trousers. These were cut ,in the very ultra of "spring-bottom" style. He wore a high silk hat and 'when ho removed it, as ho often did during oratorical flights, his raven black one is almost safe in saying blacked hair was revealed, closely curled and liberally oiled. His wife was tho star of tho show and its chief come-hither influence. She was young and little and dainty. She sang and played the organ about as big as n largo apple box which was used to nccompnny the other company stars in their songs and choruses. Theso latter wero two men. Ono played a banjo. 1 Standbys among tho songs were mainly old negro melodies such as "Hide Away," "I Wish Uat Gal AVas Mine," "Swing Low Sweet Chariot'' and many others of the sort, with an occasional romantic solo interspersed. At the end of every song the professor would in tone, "And nil it costs is a dollar n bottle." A dozen bottles wero a big night's stiles, and yet tho company often Btaved (wo weeks in one town. One wonders how tho profits could- support the four people and two horses in the style to which they had been accustomed, but nnnarentlv they did it. Tho wholo town turned out night after night and listened with equally tense interest to repetitions of tho repertoire of songs and jokes anil to the professor's dem onstration anil sales lams, it uiun t wiko muen 10 en tertain small town folks in those days. Tastes were nimple. And a Wizard Oil songbook was a treasured possession in every home. Its songs were sung publicly and privately for years after the professor and his com pany had lei't for fields anew. Tho Oregoninh as a daily newspaper was (i4 years old last 'Wednesday. In an editorial article which it pub lished on that day J ho Oregoiuan itself attributed to tho genius and personality of one man, the lato Henry Ii. I'ittoek, all that it lnrs achieved and all thnt it is. It entails no lessening of the great meed of credit in disputably due Mr. .I'ittoek to recognize also, as all who know Tho Orgonian's history do recognize, the very great part played in its up-building by the late Harvey W. Scott as its editor. It was Mr. Seott's able and fear less editorial conduct of The .Oregoninn over a period of forty years that gave it its national standing among great newspapers, a prestige which has been well pre served since his passing. As was to have been expected, George A. 'White, adjutant general of Oregon, is exonerated of charges of petty graft brought by a discharged subordinate. The wholo presumption of the ease, based upon the manner and animus of its origin nnd the adjutant-general's official record, could not fail to bo otherwise than as tho outeome indicates. learning ou all aidus today from guv ernuieut bureaucrats, urivate theor- it aod reformer! and all tho forces which are engaged in uplift move ments that Hulk in sordid. Whv should we toll, when all we need do la tu live off of the, government' ' We liuve no endorueimut for the free ten book bill. Let the children' parents provide tlieui. Every father and mother, who ia of any account at all, tan and will provide them. Aud the parenta who can't buy them would waata on other things the money they would be aaved by the atate. The tan- payers have enough bills to meet as it is. ' The Carlton Recall ( Sheridan Sun) After one (if the moat acrimonious recall campaigns ever Btnged in Ore gon, in which the purpose waa to re call two councilmen in Carlton, the ! result of the, election on Saturday wus a victory for the recallers by a heavy voto und a fairly good majority. i'rom the contest waged, in which the posi tion of each aide waa given to the public through the local paper, it re solved Itaelf in law enforcement on i the one side and a laxity and indiffer- j euce of enforcement on the other side, t and the latter won. Whether thia means moonshiners, bootleggers and i unrestricted dances will control the I affairs of the city, or a pussivo curb placed upon them js to lie determined later. It is to be hoped however, that! the sore spots lert after the election will be healed and a 'reasonable and morul administration of civic affaira . result to the benefit of all the citi zens. Carlton is too good a town to be torn by continued strtfo, end a uni fication of community spirit must pre vail that progress may proceed. Mcdford Must Go After the Tourist Crop. (MedfopI Mail-Tribune) No-one queationa tbe value ot the tourist crop to Medford and southern Oregon. The autoiuohilo bas made it not only one of our greatest, but one of our most rapidly developing and most profitable assets. Medford haa profited from its tour ist crop in recent years, but the time has come when Medford will cease to profit as she Bbould, unless un aggres sive und organized effort is made by the community as a whole, to divert motor travel this way. Medford baa been particularly back ward in the matter of bill-board ad vertising along the highways on this part of the coast. Grunts I'sss, Coos Hay and other districts have nil been sctive in this direction, while this community haa done little or nothing. A movement haa recently been atarted to put Medford, as the gate way to Crater Lake, on the highway map. This movement should have the support of all public spirited citizens as well as the financial support of the city and chamber of commerce. Our Governor's Ways. (Tillamook Headlight) Political promises are like pie crusts made to be broken. Governor Pierce intimated that ho was going to rcduco taxation 00 per cent. We nil hoped that ho would be successful, yet at the same time every well in formed person knew thatfit waa noth ing more than a lot of empty political' promises to catch stickers. Taxes are Just us high as ever and t lie governor has interested himself since fio came into office to collect moro tuxes in different ways. Tho governur has en deavored to build up n. political ma chine for himself, nnd it seems that all his appointees linvo been working in that direction when they 'should have been attending to the business of the state. Tho deplorable manner in which the state prohibition office has been run is a disgrace to the gov ernor and the Btato as well. TL. D.... 1T ' M ' 1 lie uuoy ivian 3 iicwopapci I .mm i-r . III I t I I e ','' Vv1''"" 111 ii . x& v kiJsKur in I AuuTTfusTSu WwDDtrT I t II uTl 1 Tuesday Evening, Fehrurv M red ub a rose, mine." "Oh, deor, it's it's not Her Donation. (American Legion Weekly) Canvasser "Madame, will you do nate eoinething to the new hospital?" Mrs. Clancy (who has juat finished an argument) "Well, ye might tep in an' iave a look at Clancy. Maybe he's do." Getting to the Causa. (Passing Show) The ltcportcr "And to what do you attribute your wonderful age?" The Centenarian '"Well, as far as I can make out, sir, it lies between somebody's salts, and someone's old ale, though there's a .beef extract anil invalid port wot's in the running, but the bargaining ain't finishet yet." Stagoerlng Thought. (Mercury "What would a nation be without women ?" . "A staginatlon, I guest." "More Laws and Less Law" Is Trend Two Thousand Bills In Cal ifornia Legislature STORK TO MAKE IMPORTANT .CALLS Capital Ladles Getting Cross-Eyed Trying to Look Both Toward Longworth Domicile and That of Mrs. Cecil 25 Years Ago The emotional, hoiH.mMtu', brilliant, contentious Tom Lawson ia (load, lu tho hoyilay of hin vijjor ho inado nnd lost fortunoa for himself nnd others, besides keeping tho public diverted and entertained with his writings ol'iromimn "i rmo hkmv pros tho "Frenzied rinaneo" Benes. (Krom The (iunril ot Fob. 10, 1000) ( K. Hinklry of Palu Alto, Cnl., In iu Kn g file toluy inn king nrningpuKMitB for Jniw)inn Milli'i, Uie noted poet ana pioneer, to deliver a leelure in Kn trt'iie about Kebnmry '22, Mtllcr'n pnr- eitts formerly remdeil in this county. Mew ,Morlou i. Hone, put or of tbf! First Ohripitnn church of Eurimic, lift for Axilla ml Hum afternoon where: ho (toes t dviliciite n new huiw of worship Junt rompletrd hjr memherH of tho I'hriRtiau church of thnt place, The butcher shop nt Eleventh tnl Ferry streets 1ms chwed itfdnord. Hnmptn brother nre adding some nfw fumituro to their tore. - The reijuua enumeratora will be Appointed "me time iu April for county. H. B. Miller left today for Mwow, Idaho, where ha will stive a periea rf lectures before the Idniio atnte tiari-1 culturnt fidlene, nntl tench a short cotirnu in horticulture. It. A. Nooth returned today to Si.jrinnw uller buainess trip of iev oral tiitja in tMiRent. At'orrry .1, fnm CNitinge K. Young I in the citv In Lighter Vein j Tardy. (le luw 1hU) rnifemior (to frehtuan enteriiu china late) "When were yon born.'' Frewhinnn -'tn the second of April." rrofcMor' Mto aitai ii. Such a Comedown. (American Legion Weekly) St. l'eter 'Thnt new arrival aoema dianppointed in heaven." tinbrtel "He in. He'd just finishing Jack Deinpsey nhowetl no disposition nt nil to fiht during tho world war, and only on rare occasions since then has ho been .engaged in battle. Hut JYoin now on watch Jack, lie's n married man now. COMMENT OF THE PRESS Tha Frea Textbook Bill (Albany Herald) Paternalism makes its appearance at Halein in au old, familiar giiine with aholl have arrived at that happy con dition tn which th ataif will care for all of our physical needs, the only requirement for it bciti of Course the the Introduction of a measure whuh dimovery of a method by which the would require the taxpayer to buy people ran provide the taxe necea- the achotd booka of the pupil of the aary for the Riaantir iindertaklnc public achoola. Some day, prrhapa, we without working for them. For we art pectus of a new remdenee tract when his fliwer ran over an embankment.'' Neither. (Fittburith Sun) dipt. A. U. Itamtall of the renor.it ed ltepublio told a atory the other dap. "A atewnnl." he aniil, "stood at th. (tiuiRwny of a ship of mine, and as he atovd there he kept shouting for the benefit of the arriving; paMenjcers: "Firat-claas to the right! Second vnt to the left.'' "A young woman stepped daintily a board ith a batiy in her arms. As eJie hesitated before (he atenard lie bent oer her and o.iul in Ins ihival ions ny; "Flrt or aeci'iulV" liy CIIKSTEIt II. KOWKLL i ui4 pruccss of giving America ' "moro laws and less law" than any other country goes merrily on. Two tuousund bills have been Intro duced lu the California legislature. If '15 states do as well, that will make 70,000. Add mO.OOO for Congress, nnd we have 100,000 new laws proposed for tho consideration of American legis lators. A Itritish Parliament will have abott ;HH) bills a session, of which few pass. We doubt lexs need moro law than Itritain but not aou times more. The very machinery which gives us too many laws also gives lis ton few. Tho proposals 0f president Coolidge's annual message, for instance, aro all entitled to a decision, one way or the other; but it 1s announced that there is no chaflco of getting it this sossion. The whole "lams duck" year is wasted. One remedy, of course, is to get rid of the "lame duck'' Rcusiou, t h only excuse for existence waa the bad roads of ttenrge Washington's time. To continnc it noi. in as absurd as to run a modem railroad on the time table of its stage-roach predecessor. If we elect congressmen in November, they should go into office not Inter than January. That would automatically abolish the "hhnrt session." Another remedy is the proposal to have cabinet officers personally pres ent and debate the administration mensures on the floor of congress. That one change, smnll as it is, would give us fewer, hetter aud prompter laws, nnd mora responsi ble and Intelligent decisions on them. By II AKIl Y B. HUNT WASliiNii'IUN, Feb. 10. Matrons and dowagers of the capital so ciai set are getting cross-eyed trying to look both north and south at the same time for the arrival of the stork with burdens for two of Washington's social favorites. While Alice Longworth is awaiting the visitor at Chicago, Mrs. Cornelia Vanderbilt Cecil is awaiting a like call at the baronial Vanderbilt estate near Asheville, N. C. Miss Vanderbilt's marriage to Hon. John F. A. Cecil, former first secre tary of the British embassy, waa the capital's gala nuptial event of a .vear ago. With the polo season closed and in terest in bridge and mah jongg wan ing, many of the sportively indited are placing wagers on which will ar rive first, the Longworth heir or the Cecil heir. With the banning by President Coolidge of an officiul inaugural ball. the days of glory for the old Pension office building probably hftve gone forever. For it wus in the great inner court ot this building thnt these festivities were staged, No other public building in Washington offered so spacious or imposing a setting. The roof over this vast inner court is supported by a double rank of tow ering pillars, each 85 feet high and 120 feet In circumference. They appear to be of Italian marble, beautifully colored, handsomely veined. But These pillars are but early exam ples of what, during the war, came to bo known as "camouflage." They aren't marble at all; only brick and plaster! Kuch pillar contains 55,000 bricks, all nicely plustcred over and painted to deceive. Gray-haired guards who have spent countless hours studying the lining of this imitation marble have found in it many freakish forms. ' On one pillar can be made out a fairly accurate picture of . George Washington. On another the lines of the "mar ble" take on the form of an Indian warrior, bow drawn nnd arrow aimed. On a third there seems to be a little red school house, with the Stars und Stripes floating from its flagpole. And a fourth, the U. A. It. attend ants will point out to you. is a really marvelous imitation of a Grand Army badge) with the outstretched wings of the eagle so minutely drawn ns to seem the result of careful work, not of accident. But this most imposing interior in Washington is today loss well known and less frequently visited than any other in the capital. For years it was kept in the public eye by the quadren nial inaugural ball. But the last offi cial bull was 10 years ago. . Only in its memories does it have the power to thrill nnd stimulate. Oregon Briefs "Oh! j Tom Sims Says Knd of big rum plot seen in Wash ington. We don't know which end. Actors protest radio hurts the tiige. Keeps people away. So do homes. Let's atmlish both. Blood's thicker than water, but doesn't make us thick with Kurvpe, not hh thick a the war debts do. Another moWe marriage. No de jected lovers in (he movies. A man knows It will be his time to marry her sooner or later, Here's luck for some children. In an Indiana town the school burned nnd a anowstorm came on the muu day. Other nations owe us l'J billion dol lars. That's a K't of money. lt more thnn a plumber makes in t year. Vice president-elect Pawn viited Florida. He and the Gulf Stream should keep the weathr there warm. Pay ton tniniMer says trie world is all wrong- It always seem that, way wtieu it doen't agree with you. Senator wants us to pne two cent i, Tin I'd on posirunis, i.et a make it The examination for a postmaster nt Crane to fill the vacancy that oc curred when Lester Cawifield resign ed hits been called for Saturday, Feb ruary 14. Two strata of lignite conl, each sev ernl inches in thickness, were. discov ered recently by Walter yohnwcld as he was digging a fell ora his farm half mile outh of the Pnlestini churtih iu Benton county. Tiorenzo Darr Harp, 12 year-old son "of Jack Harp of Noun, was iu stantly killed Saturday evening whin struck by a car driven by Fred Pigg. in chin ge of the internal reventi ot fice n: Pendleton. According to H. K. Smith of tho reclamation bureau, Klamath lake has risen bnlf n foot since January III. impounding more than "4.0(H) acre feet since that period. Precipitation sinre October I was ii per cent above the average. Between 40,000 and SO.000 rabbits were killed in the Irrigon district dur ing the summer and many more thou sands during the December snowfall, with a saving to the district of some 914,(100. On orders received from the col lector of customs at Portland, the OS foot gas boat Asalea was seized nt Warrenton Tuesday and tied up at the Astoria boat terminals. No reason was given for tho seizure. Although the situation has not be come serioun, the. city hmith officer ut Silverton hns ordered tJint all school children be vaccinated or re main home from evhool during the present smallpox epidemic. PROPOSED BONO ISSUES KPUKNH. tire., Feb. 10. (To the F.ditor). In you dealing with th millions to be given to attention f city council on this date, presumably to be sold iu bonds vr by resohiti-m an; several resolutions completed by city nltorney Mr. Calkins, nmountim; h ?U.IHH. Among the items to be completed there are three, fire ap paratus, sewer re-construction nnd said the girl, her fact as 1 a dollar oa v.uat.on r'Mcar.l It felBLE THOUGHT FOR TODAY Better la a dry morsel, aud quietness therewith, than .i bouse full ,of sacrifices with strife. Proverbs 17:1. Bible. Ouestioa. (Look l'p the Asswer) Wbm should we honor? V.x. "JO; l'J. one street intersection, said to be placed on the ballot to "clear up legal complications." Why am these items encumbered by "legal complications .'" Should net the public be informed? lu thotie items for which bonds are to be sold are paving intersections, $10,000 and .5,000. W aa there not $;t0,ooo or more voted Inst November election? Besides the expenses noted above and the more than half amillion to be voted next April totaling altogether between one, und one ind one-half millions and whatever debt inny be already iucurred. And other improve ments nre proposed will it appeal to the capitalist looking for n home? TAXPAYEK. In New Yorlc Bv JAMKS W. OFAN EW YOUK, Feb. 10. Babies may 1 be bought, leased of rented m New York. The usual use for rented babies is begging. They are half- stnrved for tbe purpose, the jnning ones in arms attracting attention by their howls. The older ones, IM by the hand, attrat-t sympnthy because of their emaciated condition. And female Fngins use children fur decoys. They train them carefully and then take them to department stores. Unite by "accident" the woman drops something on the floor. The ciiild picks it up. If apprehended the innocent ohild wards off suspicion of intent to steal. Babies are also rented for black mail purpose. They arc Wt on doorsteps and pointed out to the in tended victim. Babies iu swaddling clothes nho make excelle.it decoys for women bootleggers. These women stroll in the parks, pushing the b.iby buggy. The b'ggy also contains Initios of liquor- When the customer ap proaches the woman lifts the baity out, blnnket.s nnd nil. The blanket hides the .transfer of tbe bottle bootleg to the customer. Also, babies nre bought by mentallv unbalanced scientists for experimental purposds. tine such per, n prac tised vivisectlcu u n b.ibv. Gypsies buy blond-headed bnbiva for luck, for a "white baby" is con sidered a talisman of great hick to the tribe. rhe prices of babies Tance from $5 to $(. seldom more. Outside one grent maternity hospital where p; li-nts nre discharged nt duk there! is an established biby market where; tl ose wh want balms stand and w.iit ' for mvthers to come out with thir; human wares. J The stntemeuts g'nen above are n t ! bned on personal observation f the' writer. TJiey are furnished by lr. ' Mary Hamilton, head of the Wnir.au' Bureai of the New Y-rk iVlu-e Hp partment. She say-- that she her-eif bought a baby at the Mjbr Market for Times do change. There lu-n't been an old-fashioned miustrej show. with tambourines and bones and interlocutor in New York in aeveral yeara. Announcement thnt ono w coming next year is furnishing a Ibt of talk and reminiscence along the Great White Way. Your Income Tax This is the sixth of a aeries of articles explaining the income lax to the layman. It has been prepared in view of recent chang es in tho income tax law. . By It. A. CONKKY (Tax Consultant) NORMAL tax is imposed upon net income in excess of the per sonal exemption and other credits against income at the following rates: 1. Citizens and residents; First $4000 '2 per cent Next $4000 4 per cent Balance (1 per cent 2. - Non-resident alien; ' x Total amount 0 per cent The surtax is imposed upon tho entire net income before deducting the personal exemption and other credits against income. However it does not apply unless the net income exceeds $10,000, the rate on the net income frVm $10,000 to $14,000 is 1 per cent, $14,000 to $10,000 is li per cent, $10,000 to $1S.000 is .1 per cent, and so on up until a maximum rate of 40 per cent on all incomes in excess of $1,000,000 is reached. The tax Is payable in four equal quarterly installments. The first in stallment is due when the return is required by law to be filed, and if return is filed for a calendar year, the return with at least one quarter of the tax is duo on or before March Iflth, of the following year. The sec ond installment would be due Juno 1.1th, tho third one September 15th. and the fourth December loth. Re turns should be filed nnd payments made to the collector of internal rev enue for the district ic which you reside. Motion Picture Censors Sought STATE HOI'S B( SALEM, Ore., Feb. 10. House bill 400 by Represen tative Tucker, Linn county, providing for creation of a state board of cen sorship for moving picture films, w3 referred to the house committee on publicbeulth and morals when it came up for second reading. House bill 4Ki, a. substitute for house bill 10 aud fi9, was recommend ed favorubly by the house roads and highways committee yesterday. It sets forth license rates and addition al fees on buses and trucks, based on a rate of three-eighths of n mill per seat or per ton capita multiplied by the number of miles traveled. Oregon Banking Code May Pass The new Oregon banking code that is nowpendiug before the legislature has a bright prospect of passing und becoming law, according to C. -1). Hot er .president of the Hank of Com merce and president of the Oregon Ststo Hankers' association. The stole bankers are hacking the1 bill iu tile legislature. cu Business 1 Activities ,'Tho Bank ( Co l""1;"" tn JSJ bUBlness activities and offers u, servlc to tho,' seeking a ne6lrab, banking connection The wholesome . fard for bf,". Interests of our m tomers assures that co-oporation which results In heIpM service A g' bank to get quainted with. Bank Commerce EUGEN E.OREGON CONCRETE BRICK -BURIAL VAULTS DRAIN TILE IRRIGATION PHE SEWER PIPE CULVERT PIPE HOLLOW TILE BLOCKS SEPTIC TANKS Eugene Concrete Pipe Co. 135 Blair. Phone 903 WHAT WILL : BECOME OF YOUR ESTATE? After the Insurance company puis a check into the hands of your wife, she will look around for some Investment .to bring her a return. But, through her inexperience in such matters, the monei might be invested in. a propo sition entirely worthless. The best and safest kit to provide for her mainte nance and comfort is to ap. point the Trust Department of the First National as ei ecutor and trustee ot your estate. 40 Yc.r . FIRST NATIONAL BANK of Eugene a universal symbol for security and rectitude Tho initials U. S. on a bond give it for spcurify ami reliability. In Hie. mrans justice. On a passport it nv tection. In China it menus linsilfis! square shooting. So, too, in tho realm of Lane. On mir, U. f. is a svmbol for srMini spires confidence because the U. s Bank has aided business fairly ami progressively and intelligently for thirty years. Lot it bo vour aid i i UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK The Bank for Service EUGENE LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK The Bank for Savings :t ninrgin fmn'ts it mres pro lines and :;ty v. u National Miiiare!'. die prist hanking- SOMETHING WRONG J Headache! Backache? Nervous? All down and j Don't neglect yourself. Neglect may le.nl t ft" j ous illness. j ' CHIROPRACTIC f Jkomovcs the cause Ileal! ii return ' GEO. A. SIMON examination Pre. 016 Wlllamatt. St- pnonl ia y i