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Pago Four
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WEDNESDAY, EEHItUAItY 11
Religion in School
IN ADVOCATING before the state senate his measure
to require reading from the Bible in the public
schools, senator Garland said: '
I say with shamo that the agency of all agencies which should
keep the youth of our country In the right path has failed. I refer
, to the fireside. The women are too busy on Jury duty or at
pink teas or bridge clubs, and the fathers are not at home. The
youths are following in the footsteps of their elders.
Here is a very direct implication that the stato
should take over the duties that parents are said to
bo neglecting in regard to religious instruction of
children. It carries a paternalistic assumption and one
that is wrong. ,The very foundation of our govern
mental system rests upon a contrary assumption, which
is that religion is not the business of the state. It is
the proper function of tho stato to educate its children.
It is tho proper function of the homo and the church
to look after their spiritual development.
This newspaper does not believe, as Senator Gar
land apparently does," that tho rising generation is going
to tho demnition bow-wows. It does not believe that
this generation is worse than tho last ono or the ono
beforo that. It sees all about it here in Eugene evi
dences that a majority of people, including children,
attend or are interested in somo church or Sunday
school. .
Religion cannot bo hammered into tho juvenile
mind liko long division or grammar. It is a thing for
group teaching rather than mass teaching. It's effec
tiveness depends upon receptivity of a sort that does
not find its environment in a public school room. The
very effort to instill it there would arouse in tho minds
of many pupils antagonism and opposition, thus de
feating the purpose of the proposed innovation.
The Garland bill has passed tho senate. It ought to
fail in the house.
Not, Why? Why Not?
THE Salem Capital Journal announces with a finnlity
that could not possibly bo justified by anything
less than complete knowledge, of what is in tho minds
of all tho voters of Oregon, that if it is" submitted to
a popular referendum tho federal child labor amend
ment will bo "overwhelmingly defeated" in this state.
Then it asks: "Why waste tho timo and money of
a referendum, just to save politicians from going on
recordt"
Of course tho Capital Journal should know there is
no proposal for a waste of timo and money in the
matter. What is proposed is that tho amendment be
submitted to the voters for an advisory referendum at
tho next regular election. Tho plan would cost nothing
either in timo or money. The question properly should
be, Why not a referendum? Nobody in Oregon knows
what tho majority of voters desire in tho matter. No
member of tho legislature knows what a majority of
his constituents desire. Tho way to find out is to
refer tho question.
It is significant that opposition to a referendum
of tho, question comes from newspapers and others who
are opposed to tho amendment. Tho Capital Journal,
tho Albany Herald and tho Corvallis Gazette-Times nil
have opposed tho measuro and all now oppose the
referendum. Jf these newspapers and other opponents
nro as certain as they profess they aro thnt .the. people
will vote 1 ho amendment down, what is tho objection
to submitting it. to thorn 1 As a matter of fact they
do not know and nobody knows what the popular ver
dict would be.
Nationally tho child labor amendment is defeated,
but nevertheless it would bo right to let tho voters of
Oregon plneo themselves on record on tho question of
its ratification.
f.gure beads, simply because one gov
ernor tnsy have made rather a mrss
of things during the first half of his
administration.
The County Agent
(Salem Statesman)
I.aue county, after being without
the services of a county agent for
some tiiue, has decided that she needs
the help of such a man in Keeping her
agricultural development active
And the writer believes Marlon
county is in the same class
Aud this county ought to have an
agricultural agent
And that the right kind ot an agri
cultural agent would be worth many
times ma reasons) ;e salsrr. if be were
the right kind of an agent if he
were imalified, Industrious and enthu
siastic, and with the right qualities
of leadership and the proper ability
to impart his knowledge.
.Marion county is the greatest coun
ty in the Pacific Northwest in an agrl
cuiturul way. But she is cspabie of be
ing more outstandingly so, snd in this
regard she needs the sort of leader
ship that would be supplied by the
right kind of a county agent.
iane county has done well to- re
establish her agricultural agent, snd
Marion county would do well to fol
low suit.
All Hail the New World's Champion
Back to Fundamentals
(Sulcnt Capital Journal)
Senator Eddy's bill requiring that
certain studies be taught in the high
schools of the state, as well aa cer
tain optional studies, is a meritorious
measure thut should pass the house
as well as it did the senate, for it
will go far to instill a knowledge of
fundamentals that is now lucking in
most high school students.'
Lndcr the present law the course
of study for high schools contains two
years of required work, instead of
four, with the result that the students
scatter their energies in various elec
tive courses in educational frills and
foibles not in any way useful or tun-
dumeutnl, for they have not the ma
ture judgment to select wisely. 1
studies provided under the bill as
obligatory include:
United Stutes history; the his
tory and leading principles ot
American literature; the English
languuge, including grammar,
composition, rhetoric, spelling and
punctuation; penmanship; book
keeping; practical operations in
arithmetic. In addition to said re
quired work, optional studies may
be provided in approved subjects.
Itut no student sliull be permitted
to elect optional sundics to the
extent of preventing thorough
training in s-ich required studies.
Opposition to the measure can be
expected from tho teachers and pa
rents organizations, under whoso lead
ership the present demoralization of
student lifu bus been fostered, for
the exisiing system makes more jobs
for moro teachers, -higher salaries,
more equipment, and more expendi
tures, but it should be welcomed by
the taxpayer.
Ihe high school graduate of 80
years ago b. fore the students ran the
schools, wum much better grounded In
fiiniiiimentuls essential in future life,
and in citizenship, better trained snd
better disciplined, than the graduate
ot today and the elective system is
to blame, It is high time foe reform.
Thero is this difference between the Tort of Tort
land bill, passed over tho governor's veto, and other
bills whoso purpose is to take appointive power out
of tho governor's hands: The Tort of Portland is a
local organization whoso affairs aro of concern only
to peoplo of its own district and their will unquestion
ably was registered in tho appointments which, tho bill
made. Tho other commissions which it is proposed
to take away from tho governor belong to tho people
of all tho stato. Appointive, power for them should
bo left just whero it is, in tho hands of the governor.
If Mr. rierco'a opponents persist and succeed in their
plans, tho pit which they aro digging for him will
certainly ono day resound to tho loud crash of some
future governor of their own who will fall into it.
From hero it looks like tho people around Cave
City would do well to concentrate their efforts on trying
to got Collins out of his predienment, rather than spend
timo in recriminations concerning how he happened
to get in.
Thero is talk at Salem of creating a commission
to study tho question of consolidation of state depart
ments. Ha, lm and a raucous bawl
for tho
on.
iCugeno hits a stiff paco with its building permits
ho first month of tho year. This city is marching
COMMENT OF THE PRESS
In Lighter Vein
.
Can't Be Bribed.
(Berlin Dec ltruuimer)
Mother I gavo you twopence t be
a good boy and jou are misbehaving!
.Son Yes, mother! 1 csn't be brib
ed! Lucky Methuselah.
(Loudon Humorist)
Governess Methuselah was 000
years old.
Young Htm What huppened to all
his birfdny aud Christmas presents?
Not This T.rad.
(ijomlon l'aftsing Show)
Patient I'm rather hard up, doc
tor. Would you he willing to take out
your bill In trske.
Doctor Yes, it might be arranged
Whut is your business V
Patient I'm cornet player.
A Perfect Beat.
(Stockholm Rasper)
Doctor Your husband needs a per
fect rest. I proscribe a sleeping pow
der. Patient's wife When shell I give
it to him?
Doctor Not to him. Take it your
self. Mouths and Broad.
((Loudon Passing Slvow)
Clergyman My boy, learu to he
contented. Mouths ere never sent
without tho bread to feed them.
Practical boy Aw. but the mouths
ere sent to our bouse and the bread to
yvure.
Accommodating.
(London Gaiety)
Hank robber Quick! Hand out the
money.
Terrified Clerk C-c-ertsinly, sir.
11 how would you like it?
Tom Sims Says-
Don't Overdo It
(Medford Mail-Tribune)
TUero is danger that Ihe legisla
ture will overdo the business of de
priving Uovernor Pierce of his ap
pointive powers.
There is a decided difference be
tween criticising the appointment
a certain governor, snd removing the
appointive power from nil governors.
There will probably be Utile criti
cism of the legislature's action re
garding the Port of Portland, for thst
Involves a locsl, rather then a stats
problem. .
Hut when It comes to stste affairs,
like Ihe Pish and tlaine commission
aud Ihe penitentiary, tho legislature
bad better slip Into low.
Tha governor of Oregon should be
responsible tor the dmlnialratlou of
state affairs. Depriving a governor of
the appointive power because his ap
pointments are poor, would be like
strapping an automobile because at a
poor mechanician. Far better sense
to change the mechanic isu than to
scrsp the msrhine.
lioveruor Pierce will be Oregon's
chief executive for two more years.
iive him a rhnme to carry out his
progrsm. Let him be held personally
responsible for that progrsm.
If he coutinties a course, whlrh the
legislature regards ss detrimental lo
the best interests of the slale, the
people hsve their remedy at l lis ballot
box. itut don't pass laws whlih would
make all governors of this stale mere
rrHK shark is not as big a fish as
the man win thinks he is a shark,
One nice thing you can say for
winter is getting cold doesn't wilt
your collar.
People who don't look before they
leap laud lu a predicament.
While lightning strikes only once
in the same place, it is possible to be
thunderstruck often.
A quarter looks like a dollar lo us,
hut it seems to look like a nickel to
the tax collector.
...
Ho careful about what you try to1
do; you might mimci. 1
An ouuee of eeuae will disguise a
pound of ignorance. i
i
Who remember way hark yonder i
when bring poor was not considered
an eicue for not marrying? t
Many of the neighbors wouttl b
poor if they didn't owe ao much.
Probably th mot entliiifiaitic an
ti'juo hunters arc the home buycra.
LADY GUESTS FLOUT SENATOR EDGE
Even a President Can Sometimes be Guilty of Error in Judgment,
Aa This Little Story Shows
By HARRY B. HUNT
NEA Service Writer)
t7ASHINGTON. Feb. 14. Even n
president can pull a "boner."
Which is exactly what President
Coolidge accomplished d fir Lug the
call st the White Houtie a few days
ago of 300 officers and privates in
the "Coolidge Army of .New Jersey."
This Coolidge army in an exclu
sively feminine outfit. Perhaps be
cause of this, it didn't seem strange
to Calvin that arrangements for the
call were not made through regular
political channels.
Instead of having the meeting
framed through their senntor or con
gressman, "General" J. Mabel Brown
and Mrs. Louis Thompson made the
arrangements themselves direct with
the White House.
Finding the delegation of New Jer-
scyites on his program, it seemed to
Coolidge that tho occasion would be
in ado inoro noteworthy if tho Repub
lican senator from that state was in
cluded in the party.
So a phone call from the .SVhite
House asked Senator Edgo to run
up and join (he president in shaking
bands with his constituents.
Had the president been at all
psychic, he could not but have noticed
the constraint with which the ladies
of the "army" greeted their senator.
However, he seemed to sense
nothing wrong. And when the hand
shaking was over, thn president, put
ting an arm affectionately r across
Edge's shoulders, told bis visitors
that he wished they'd pledge them?
selves to see that New Jersey loon
sent down another republican senator
"like Senator Edge."
Had the president kept himself up-to-date
on the internal politics of New
Jersey, he would have known at once
that the "army" bad intentionally
maneuvered so it would owe Edge
nothing in connection with its call on
the president.
He would have known that this
"Coolidge array" in the last campaign
fought just as hard to defeat Edge
for re-election as it did to re-elect
Coolidge.
Coolidgc's economy program is the
one big barrier that prevents mem
bers of the house from achieving a
measure of privacy approaching that
nlrcady enjoyed by members of the
senate.
In providing office accommodations
for members of congress,. Uncle Sam
built two handsome white marble
buildings of approximately equal size.
But whereas the senate office
building in u house only 00 senators,
the house building must provide quar
ters for no less than 4io members.
The result is thnt while each sena
tor has a commodious suite of from
three to four or fivo rooms, members
of the bouse, except for chairmen of
important committees, have only one.
A proposal to construct additional
quarters within the present building
fiuds unanimous favor among mem
bers. But brought face to face with the
administration demand for a cut fn
government expenses of some 200
odd millions next year, it seems cer
tain that tho next congress, at least,
will havo to struggle along with "no
morn privacy than an elephant in a
zoo.
Mr. Rowell's Comment
By CHESTER H. ROWELL
CENATOR DUPONT expresses
,thn opinion that 'low pay la
one reason why capable men In
creasingly bnsitato to go to Con
gress. Men to whom, 10 years ago, tho
Impont Industries would have
paid the equivalent of a Con
gressional salary, now get four
or fivo tlmoH that sum.
The dlfforonce Ih too high n
prico for a doubtful political hon
or. Pay la only part of the story.
Fame la the rest
Even with the salnry adequate,
no ono able to ninke money out
side will ever profit financially
by going to Congress.
The real reward la reputation.'
In every other national legislative
assembly on earth, membership
la the door to renown and op
portunity. Here it Is often a sentence to
obscurity and futility. Who knows
or cares who are the members of
Ihe present House ot Representa
tives? The names of their pre
decessors of 40 years ago are
better known.
Thnt the evil is curable is dem
ontrated by the fact that other
nations have cured It, It might
be profitable to inquire how.
Your Income Tax
.
This is the seventh of a ser
ies of articles explaining the
income tax to tho laxmnn. It
has been prepared in view of -recent
changes in the incomo
tax law.
By It. A. rOXKET
Tax Consultant
rP1113 new law contains a provisbn
which was not contained in any
of tho previous laws, which effects
a -o per cent reduction in the tax of
an individual on "earned net Income,
as hereinafter defined.
The term "earned income' means
waxes, salaries, fees and other com
pensation received for personal ser
vices actually rendered, but does not
include any amount received from a
corporation which represents a dis
tribution of earning or profits rather
tbau a reasonable compensation for
personal services rendered.
Where nn Individual derives Income
from a trado or business in which
both personal services and capital are
material factors in the prodviction of
the income, a rcaeouable allowance
as compensation for personal ser
vices, but not in excess of 'JO per cent
of his share of the profits, sbsll be
considered as earned income.
The term "earned net income"
means the amouut of earned income
in excess of the deductions from in
come which are properly chargeable
against earned income, in no case
niav the earned net income exceed
$10.0(10 and the entire net income up
to J.MKKI in every case, is trested as
earned income.
In addition lo other credits against
lax, the tss of an individual may he
credited with ".W per cent of the
amouut of tax which would be pay
able if his "earned net income" con
stituted his entire net income, but
such credit may not exceed 25 per
cent ot nia normal tax.
A member of a partnership may
include in earned incomo his propor
tionate sharo of the earned income
of tho partnership, as determined by
the regulations.
In New York
Ity JAMKS W. DEAN
J-EW YORK. Feb. 11. The nine
o'clock subway rush
You have a superiority complex,
perhaps, when you enter the hole in
the ground. It is soon smotherd.
stamped out, ground under heel. This
milling mob reduces all its elements
to its own level.
The tireat Unwashed Dirty
Kike tireasy Greek Gar
licky Wop Foul Nigger
Smelly Slav Tat t.ernmn
Pushed. ab'Mit Stepped on. . . .
Jammed in on all sides Hubbed
against by unclean clothes
Newspaper knocked from hand
Can't stoop to pick it up
Look at that guy diving at the
BIBLE THOUGHT
FOR TODAY
The pe a ce of J 1. w h i eh
passeth all understanding, shall
keep your hearts and minds
through Christ Jesus. Phil.
4:7.
Bible Qutstion
(l.ook up the answer)
What is said nf a foolish
son) Pror. 10:13.
door already filled with bodies
Pulling, hauling, straining, cracking
ribs Well, be got in
You push me once more and I'll
knock your teeth loose
I can't help it They're push
ing me
I don't care who's pushing you, you
quit pushing me, you get mcV??
Aw, gwan!!!!!
A girl swoons. Let her out! She
tries to catch the sleeve of a man
pushing his way into the car. He
brushes her aside and she falls, strik
ing her head on the concrete plat
form. See that man snarling, sputtering
in impotent rage?????? What a nice
picture he is!!!!!! Looks like an ugly
will beast Just see how far man
can degenerate!!!!! Yet he thinks he's
civilized Looks like a "hundred
per cent American' Yes, he is,
with a name like Dean or something
like that
The lights blink incessantly......
Gives a fellow a headache A
cattle car would be better riding...'.
Were all cattle, anyway A cow
would have more sense than to get
into a car like this
.Step lively!!!!! Come on, get out!!!!
Let 'em get out firBt!!!!!! Get back
there where you belong!!!!!!
The sluggish stream ilovcs down
tho platform. Jlcels are stepped on.
Packages are knocked from hands.
lou cannot stand still and wait for
the crowd to pass. You niunt be a
part of it. It is stronger than you.
tt moves involuntarily. You must
go with it until the mass is disgorged
by this great underground serpent.
More along, btep along thin way,
fenced in by iron bars. Just like the
Chicago stockyards. Cattle, dumb.
driven cattle, lashed and beaten.
Never mind, some day they'll put
ft gory giant at the top of the run
way with a maul in his hand and
he'll crack your skull for you and the
picture will be finished. .
"We'll never know the difference a
hundred years from now. Why worry?
and Quarts in Baker county, have
been closed to heavy traffic by the
state highway department.
Martdtfield provided 44 of the 140
liquor convictions in Coos county
county during 11;M and its residents
were fiued fLUOW. or almost half of
$11.100, the total fines for the couuty.
II, N. (.amide, accused of first de
gree murder of Williams worih at
Cnion lout November, has entered a
plea of not guilty ot La Grando and
will be. tried February JO.
,
J. G. Day, prominent Douglas
county pioneer and father ot I. N.
Day, well known Portland attorney,
celebrated his 88th birthday last week
at bis borne in Boseburg.
W. E. Hauler, owner of the Curry
County Reporter at Gold Beach, bus
taken over the I'ort Or ford Tribune.
The -Tort Orford paper will be merg
i with Ihe Keporter. leaving only one
Curry county newspaper.
Whole Meal Bread
Is Diet of English
LONDON, Feb. 11. The English
are becoming a nation of whole
meal bread eaters. Sines the
pronouncement, a little more than
a year ago, by the lminent Bur
geon, Sir William Arbuthnot
Lane, that white bread is prob
ably ono of the causes of can
cer, bakers of England have no
ticed a decrease in the sale of
white bread and an Increase in
the consumption of meal products.
This change in the national appe
tite has become so widespread that
the bakers' association has issued
posters and pamphlets showing
the benefits ot whole meal diet
and urging its wider use.
The price of whole meal bread
has not Increased this winter.
Specific figures ot one of the
largest bakeries in London, show
the sale of whole meal loaves dur
ing December to be almost three
times that of the previous December.
Field of Church
Is Pointed Out
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 11, OP) The
modern church must "break through
the accumulated theological debris and
the crcedal entanglements and para
phernalia of the centuries and move
into a larger and richer field of
Christian service," Dr. M. P. Burns,
of Philadelphia, corresponding secre
tary of the board of home missions
and church extension of the Methodist
Episcopal church, declared in an ad
dress prepared for delivery here at
the council of cities.
"Illiteracy in any neighborhood is
a finger of disgrace pointing directly
at the church. Dr. Burns said.
mr-Happw" -
PARTY
CNTY0V) 5MCUTHAT
MEAT A-BRO.LWx ?
6fcEMSTBPAY A
MAN FOR.TOIUNG-
"THIS shop is whero a
toller gets his just
reward. His hunger meets
its Waterloo. His appe
tite gets bigger, too.
We've lots of choice
meats here for you.
Watch for Mr. Happy
Party
iEUSEWEi
PACKING CO
Business j
i Activities I
:The Bank of Corn,
merce has bZ
ft1''1 to ,ot
business actum,,
and offers u,'
seeking a desirable
banking connection.
The wholesome re.
gard for the best '
Interests of our ciu,
tomers assures that
co-operation which
results in beipfnl
service A good
bank to get ac.
quainted with.
Bank
Commerce
EUG EN E.OREGON
25 Years Ago
. .4
(From The Guard of Feb. 11, 1000)
The alumni association held a
meeting this afternoon in the court
house. Max A. Plumb, amalgamator of tha
Lucky Boy Mining company, and Geo.
Fisher came down from that lively
camp yeaterday evening and report
the mine is doing a large amount ot
work and that prospectora continue to
invade the camp all winter Kng.
Eld red Todd went to Halsey this
afternoon.
S. M. Yoran is home after a trip to
Cottage Grove
A rousing democratic club with 47
legal voters was organized at Sag
inaw Thursday evening. Mr. Castle
was elected president. The club ineers
the first and Uiird Fridays of each
month.
The meeting which began at Coburg
last week still continues with increas
ing interest, and the paster, Itev.
lames A. Maxwell, is being much en
couraged. Wednesday night thera
conversions, Thursday nix, and hi)
night four, and the town in general
is being greatly moved.
William Skidmorc is a visitor in
the city from Comstock.
S. H. Friendly today purchased
.WOO bushels of wheat from several
farmers at ItS cents per bushel, an I
then be paid more than the market
for export justified.
Joe Stone is putting out a new T
acrc hop yard n Hear Creek, a few
milea from Crowell, despite the dis
couraging reports.
&75Willamett?St;
WHAT WILL
BECOME OF
YOUR ESTATE?
After the insurance company
puts 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, tho money
might be invested In a propo
sition entirely worthless.
The best and safest my
to provide for her malnte.
nance and comfort Is to ap.
point the Trust Department
of the First National as a
ccutor and trustee of your
estate.
40 Yeats el
HMpini Servln
FIRST
NATIONAL BANK
of Eugene
That All May Know
At A Glance
Over six hundred years ago, when Edward 1 was rn IIM
merry England, every baker wns renulred to make ni
bread so that "nil people may know at a glance urn
which they buy."
Down through the ages the trado mark has been
pledge of superior service In which customers nan
placed great confidence.
To a multitude of Eugeno business men the wonli
U. S. National Dank have grown to bo a mark ol i
tclllgent, constructive and efficient banking BC"'lce'hef
S. to them means reliable assistance. Profit by ' .
experience when you think of tho U. S. .National, to""
of progressive banking.
UNITED STATES NATIONAL
BANK
The Bank for Service
EUGENE LOAN AND SAVINGS
BANK
The Bank for Savings
Oregon Briefs
,
j I!oy I'lirdtim snd Krcd .T,-knn are
under arrest at Maker, rharsrd wirh !
1 the larceny ol 4S cyute pells valued.
i at ;oo. !
j
Sinaslunt a pane of (lass in the
! front door, a biirilar entered ih
fchiinian Klectric hnp at lt,n,t ij
stole f'it from the till.
The hiahwayn between Wallowa and
Juteph and between North 1'ondrr
SOMETHING WRONG
HoiulaeliPl Backache? Nervous T All tlon and
Don't neglect yourself. Neglect may lend to
ou3 illness.
CHIROPRACTIC
Removes the oause Health returns
GEO. A. SIMON
Examination Frea ft Willamette St.