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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12
Lincoln's Birthday
TT IS the anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
J- In the judgment of most Americans who study, ho
v'as the greatest man we have produced. Jiiach crisis
in the nation's history has developed a leader to guide
it through. Our gravest crisis gave us Lincoln.
Historians have been wont to declare, and orators
still are wont to say, that the union victory m tho civil
war established forever the principle of unity among
all the states; tho principle of one nation, indivisible,
under one img. Forever is a long time, and only the
test of the centuries can show whether the prediction
is correct. There was tho lloman empire, whose gov
ernment and people also thought that its states were in
dissolubly united.
Lincoln's services to the nation in defeating seces
sion were very great, but his services both to tho nation
and to humanity in abolishing human slavery were in
finitely greater. That act of Lincoln's was greatest
among the vory many great things that ho did. Aboli
tion was tho longest single step for righteousness that
this nation has ever taken. It was Lincoln who led the
way. It was ho whoso iron courage and tender morcy
bore the issue through. And so Lincoln has been
ioalled "the Great Emancipator."
Lincoln was born to poverty. Deprived of oppor
tunity for schooling, he educated himself by reading.
Apart in his youth from culture, he yot doveloped com
mand of speech and Written word that gave us tho im
mortal and beautiful Gettysburg address, which is re
published on the first page of The Guard today. Homely
of feature and figure, he acquired a dignity of mein and
address that held men spellbound. Above all his lowly
handicaps lie rose to tho proudest eminence within the
people's power to give any man the presidency.
In America there is opportunity for the lowly to
rise. That is the lesson of Lincoln for tho youth of
itoday.
i'JsM A Will Hays Innovation
WILL' H. Hays, whoso rather notable efforts to raiso
the standard of tho motion picture industry have
been made the subject of comment in these columns
heretofore, has recently been interesting a largo number
of exhibitors in cities over tho country in giving special
Saturday forenoon showings of films especially suitable
for children, and at a uniform price of ten cents ad
mission. Tho plan is said to be mooting with wide
co-operation.
This movement, it may bo supposod, will not roturn
much, if anything, in direct profits to tho theaters
which participate. A ton-cent admission nowadays will
hardly pay tho theater overhead for a performance
But indirectly tho theaters will in all liklihood benofit
from the enhancement of tho publio esteem to result
from so liberal a policy. It is a movement calculated
to bring wholesome filin-plays before the ohildren at a
price which all of thorn can pay, and at a tinio of the
day and week whon all of thorn can attend. .
Tho governor, in recommending to the legislature
that funds for maintenance of tho publio sorvico com
mission be withdrawn, chargod that tho commission
had not in recont years revised downward any rates
for publio utility service of any kind. Chairman Corey,
of the publio Borvice commission, compiled a statement
in reply which showed that tho commission had made
a rather largo number of revisions of exactly tho kind
that the govornor said had been wholly lucking. The
house has passed the publio servico commission appro
priation. There is prospect that it will pass the scnato
and it may later pass over tho governor's voto, in case
there is a voto. Recklessness in statement doesn't pay.
China follows tho United States in withdrawal
from the Genova opium conference, and on similar
ground. Her delegates havo become convinced that
tho conference cannot accomplish its main purpose,
whioh was limitation and gradual suppression, of opium
traffio in the East.' ' It is apparent that tho Geneva
conference iB a failure. It is a groat pity that tho
Amerioan delegation should have lod the debaclo which
now appoars imminent.
President Coolidgo domands a simplo inauguration,
And wants the expense held down. Probably tho presi
dent will not bo nblo to rido to the whitohouso on
horsoback, dismount nlono and tie his own horse, as
Jefforson did. "Where would they find a horso for such
a stunt! 13ut ho might borrow a flivver of somebody
and bo his own chauffour. Why not!
Tho terriblo trimming in store for Governor Pierce
continues to be one or two days away, just as the
prophets havo had it ever since the session opened.
To an unlerril'ied observer, however, it looks like honors
lire thus far pretty even between tho legislature nnd
the governor in their mix.
Thero is no sound reason for inflicting a state
censorship of motion pictures on tho publio, and there
is no demand for it except by n comparatively small
clement. Oregon has ndoiuato laws to prohibit im
proper exhibitions, whether of motion pictures or other
things. More law (o tho sanio end will not help matters.
COMMENT OF THE PRESS
ly inert) taxation, while its bene
lit wuuid be orublemaUcaL At pre
exit tli re U more puwwr developed in
Occjfon ttnu there in market 11', end
public ownembip is never u efficient
as private.
Cities already have the right to
construct their own water end power
plants and if Salem warns to fo into
business aJoug this line, either the
SauUttin river or Mariuu lake offer
much better propositions than the
Clear Lake proposal.
The Consistent Newspapers
(Corvaliis Uuette-Times)
The papers opposing the Mills
amendments to the primary law are,
like Hamlet's mother, "protesting too
much." They muy not be like Queen
Gertrude in any other respect. A kind
heart will not let us say. But, if they
will stop long enough in their flow
of hysteria to analyze their own posi
tion they will see how foolish they
are maybe.
In their objections to the bill they
say that "nobody can be trusted but
the people themselves,"
Fine sentiment but silly. But taken
at its face value, where are they
"at"?
All the Mills amendment does is to
submit to the mme infallible people
a proposal to amend their own iuw.
If the Kulem Hutesiuau and th
Portland Journal love us dear people
so much and trust us ea they should
and us they pretend to, they should
hug themselves for the opportunity
offered to let us demonstrate how all
wise we are.
Instead, they are scared to death.
They fear we might Uke away some
of the inflcnce of the demagog and
the yellow journal by giving intelli
gent men in a convention an oppor
tunity to say who a candidate will be
and whut are the principles ' of the
political purty thut candidates must
endorse in order in turn to get the.
party s indorsement.
Consistency, thou art a 17 jewel
movement.
Fish and polities
(Astoria Budget) '
Those who ussert that the Kitncr
bill to take the . power to uppoint the
fish commission out of the hands of
the governor and pluce it with the
board of control iu designed to "take
the fishing industry out of politics"
are asking tin utter degree of credul
ity and faith.
To accept this interpretation of in
tention one must overlook entirely
the fact that among the chief lobby
ists for the bill are Messrs. Warren,
iseulert end Shoemaker, who have
done more than uuy other men to
keep the industry in politics and who,
through their political maneuvers,
have practically dominated the fisU
commission for a generation. Are we
to believe that theso gentlemen have
reformed completely'
The governor is accused of inject
ing politics into the commission.
Whatever else he amy be guilty of,
he is innocent of this charge. Politics
was a bedfellow of the commission
long before Governor l'ierce ever had'
anything to do with appointments.
What the governor actually did was
to'dlsturb the political status quo of
the commistaiau. That Is ull. In his ap
pointments he united men committed
to the elimination of Carl iShoemuker
from official connection with the ad
ministration of the industry. Thut
was the unpardonable offense in the
oyes of thoBe who have dominated the
commission and that is the reason of
all this present row in tho legislature.
Nothing If Not Brave!
MAGIC OF FACE1 DEMONSTRATED
"Kalntuck" sees Lincoln's Features In London and They set him
To Thlnklna About Many Things
1
Mi
IdniShsSays
yOKKlNU tno hard is about ss
bad In tln long run as loafing
too hard.
.
You won't hnve much luck with
any thins; yuu don't enjuy doing.
Exceeding tlic spued limit nlong tho
road to success is Just as dangerous
ns nlong tiny orlu-r road.
messed nro the peacemakers, anil
ensued ore the trouble makers.
...
What a mnn dors isn't half bo im
portant as why he docs It.
Thrift is worth a lot of money, yet
doesn't cost a cent.
IVraevernnce is merely keeping on
doing what yon decide to do even aft
er yon decide that maybe you
shouldn't. "
You must figure out things if you
arc going to outfigitro thctn.
Never try to nrguo with a man who
Just likes to argue union you are big
enough to lilt Mm In the nose.
Oregon Briefs
Clear Lks Project
(Sulcui Capital Journal)
ttenata llili 11K vce Ilia way for
a (roup of ci lies to units In the for
mation of water end power districts
and develop water and power for
Joint ue. It la designed oa a atop to
wards inuking the Clear l-ake water
and power project a Joint municipal
aiiti'ipriaa for the eltiea of the valley
from Eugene to Salem.
Eugene's chamber of commerce hita
gulio on record agnlnul the Clear I .alee
project, because Eugene van develop
her own water and power auppty
cheaper than she could In conjunction
with other cities not aa advantageous
ly located.
For the aatue reason, the project
arouses little enthusiasm lu Solem,
for development sufficient for the
city's needs could be made for leu
than her ahara of the coat of the
Clear Lake project, and the city fully
control source and distribution.
The Clear Lake project n a vision
ary scheme that would involve fully
flO.Ow.mni investment, trrmeudoua-
A drivo hna been started by tho
Amerlcnn legion post at Klamath
Kails to enroll every ex-service man
in the county In the organisation.
Mrs. Caroline Cowley Irvine, grand
daughter of Captain lUakeley, the
fouudor of Brownsville died a few
days ago in that city, where she was
born 0. years ago.
A press dispatch from Washington
indicates thnt an appropriation of
100,110 for a new postofflce and fed
eial building lu Astoria ia Included In
the blanket measure providing for tlie
erection of government buildings.
...
The Newport Journal, a six-column
four-page weekly paper, will Issue its
first copy about March 1. The paper
will be owned and edited by Hubert K.
liavey, aon of Krank A. lavey of
Halrm.
rendleton Odd Fellowa will expend
this eprlng 10,000 on rebuilding and
remodeling their temple. The rendle
ton lodge liaa more than 4lK mem
bers and assets amounting to nearly
$1)0,000.
Flood waters runhing into the Och
oco valley from the watershed of
Crooked river are being Impounded in
the Oohoco reservoir, virtually assur
ing l'rinevllle fnrmers a scisou if
prosperity.
With 1000 cubic feet of wster pour
ing over the power dam below the
I'ilot Jlutte bridge each second, the
Deschutes river has reached a high
murk uever before recorded at thia
time of y
Editor's note: Some years ago a
replica of the fit. Gaudcns statue of
Lincoln, erected in Lincoln I'ark, Cbi
cngo, was put up in London, near the
Houses of Parliament.
(NEA Service Writer)
I)y MILTON BRONNER
T ONDON, Feb. 12. His uamo It
Smith. 1 don't know his Chris
tian name. :
He came from Kentucky, where he
was brought up in the fields
pioughin' un weedin.' And, in be
tween times, he read geography. It'
planted the seed of crave for travel.
' Smith's opportunity finally came.
Stokers' jobs were advertised.
A chance to travel nbroad just
for shoveling coal in ship furuaces,
Sounded good to Smith, nnd ho went
to New orlt and joined a crew.
. He Was Nicknamed "Kalntuck"
'Twas hard work harder than he
expected. But Smith didn't care.
Ten days in the stoke-hole and
then Southampton! With money in
his pocket und adventure in his hoart
he act forth, with his stoker mates.
Those mates had nicknamed him
"Kaintuck." And "Kaintuck," who
had been reared in a bone-dry coun
ty, viaited liquor emporiums und, for
tho fii'Bt time in his life, tnstcd beer
aud "this here Scotch."
Sure, it had Its effect and it's no
wonder that a short time Inter he
was on a train with his mates, bound
for Loudon.
More visits to liquor, places and1
thou "Kniutuck" lost his friends in a
fog.
The woe hours found "Kaintuck"
leaning up ugaiust a fence.
Inside the fenco stood a statue.
"Kaintuck" glanced up at it. Then
he stored nnd blinked.
"Olo Abe Lincoln!" f
"Kalmuck's" thoughts went into a
whirl. A. trip across the Atlantic?
In London town? Maybe a dream.
A London Bobbie came along.
"What's thnt building?" asked
"Kaintuck."
"That's whero Parliament moots,"
came the reply.
"And what city is this?"
"London."
"Mind it I look at thnt statue some
more?"
"Help yourself, Yank."
Yank! That cop didn't kpow all
"Kaintuck's'
eratcs.
"Think o
"Kaintuck"
folks had been Confed-
findin' you In London,
said, musingly, to the
sculptured figure. "Good mawnin'. My
folks fit agaiunt you, but we all know
now you wux on tho square. You
kep' tho country together, Abe. An"
I ain't ashamed to talk to you, kinder
man to man.
All Common Folks
"You wuz common folks yourself.
Did your turn at splittin1 wood and
holdin' the plough jes like me.
"But, why do you look at me so
The face that made "
think.
Kaintuck
snd-like? Oh, I know. The boose!
Don't blume yn! You had plenty of
troubles on your shoulders, but I ain't
over heard you turned to boose to
forget 'em. No. You kep' sober,
and right on tho job.
"Well, what's good enough for you
is good enough for me.
"Well, so long, Abe. And thank
yn. Did me no end of good gnssin'
with ya in this strange burg.
"I'm hendin' back to your Ken
tucky and mine und start pioughin'
again.
And
'Kanituck" did!
Hunt's
Washington
Letter
By HARRY B. HUNT
(NEA Rervice Writer)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. The
verbal duels which furnish of
ficial Washington its chief excitement
msy seem, at first thought, mighty
exciting affairs.
Honornble but irnto gentlemen un
limber vocabularies charged to the
lnurilc with vocal hot shot and pot
away at each other as though the
national honor, as well as their own,
depended upon their ability to pro
duco the most explosive adjective or
tho most blasting adverb.
Honor having thus been satisfied
by the antagonists peppering each
other with oral buckshot, for public
effect, they adjourn to cloak room or
ante-rbambor to smoke a cigar to
gether aud spin a jovial ynrn or
two.
e
Theso encounters, however, aro In
fact very tame by comparison with
the "good" old days when Washing
ton fought its duels with deadlier
weapons than words.
Now the only danger to the life of near-sighved. For their mutual ad'
either combatant lira In the poaMbil-1 vantage the duel they were fighting
Ity of a bursting Mood vessel.
But iu the dtus of the "code," the
ri- :
spilling of blood was necessary be
fore there could be any truce.
Those bottles wero fought, just
over the District line at a dueling
ground near Blndeusburg, Md.
Typical of the way official quarrels
were settled then was the duel be
tween Admirnl Stephon Decatur aud
Commodore) Barron.
During the campaign against the
Algerian pirates, led by Admirnl Dec
atur, Commodore Barron lost his
ship, the Chesapeake, to the British,
and thereby forfeited his standing In
the navy.
Barron sought, however, through
congressional action politics, then as
now, had its "pull to obtain roas
signment. This was bitterly resisted
by l'ecatur.
Hot words passed. Then a chab
letige. And the admiral aud commo
dore, with their secouds and a few
closo friends, drove out to Blsdens
burg to "settle" tho affair.
Both Dcca'.'.ir and Barron were
get the headlines, and the appetites
and appearance of all contestants are
left unimpaired by the result, the bat
tle of badinage has reached an in
tensity seldom if ever before equaled
at the capital.
In Lighter Vein
Only Explanation.
(The Humorist)
Host "This is pre-war whisky,
you kn-ow."
Discriminating Guest "Good hea
vens, you don't mean to say there's
going to be another war?"
As It Seems.
(Ohio State Journal)
Our foreign policy seems to be that
we won t belong to anything iout are
perfectly willing to butt in.
Sirl
(Minneapolis Journal)
A strange disease among chickens!
No wonder. Let them put on under
wear and overshoes.
A Pardonable Suspicion.
(Kansas City Journal)
"The monkeys seem cheerful."
"Ye. I sometimes suspect that they
get some good laughs out of us peo
ple." i
Two Drawbacks.
(Albnny, N. Y., Journal)
First Girl in Elevator ".Miss S
is a nice girl, but rather loauacious."
Second Girl in Elevator "Yes; and
besides that, she talks too much."
of clothing, Including a petticoat, if
she is found without a petticoat at
"petticout inspection" most of her
few privileges are rescinded.
She may go to the theater only
four times a year except iu such in
stances as when the student body at
tends a play for purposes uf study.
When visiting the theater abe may
attend only auch pluya as are on the
censored list of the school.
- She may go shopping only on per
mission of the principal. She must
make out a list of purchases before
going, any intended purchase not
countenanced by school . authorities
being stricken off the list.
Relatives and friends wishing to!
telephone or visit the girl must first
mske an appointment through the
school office. If it is desired to ac
campany the girl from the school for
any purpose the purpose of such an
excursion must be stated.
That's just part of the code of
conduct.
"It wouldn't be so bad," complain
ed one of the young ladies, "if the
school were in the middle of a desert,
but here we are iu the fifties, in the
very center of the smartest section of
New York, with all sorts of ducky
affairs going on around us and we
can't take part in them."
Fashion Note: Men's pajamas for
spring are being shown in bright and
varigated colors in the batik motive.
On Fifth avenue they are selling at
$30 and $40 the suit.
'
Moat of the haiT-bobbing dona here
is behind screens or In private com
partments. In a barber shop patroniz
ed by men and women the chairs for
the fair bobbees are screened from
the rest of the shop. But in a aec-ong-story
bobber shop on Forty-Second
street the operation Is performed
in - full view of the public. And the
other evening I saw a fat lady in the
first chair of a barber shop while a
gaping throng watched the scissors
snip.
.
"Be ambitious," advises Walter
Catlett In a musical comedy. "Be
like the grapefruit. Once It was only
a lemon but look where ambition
took it," .
Your Income Tax
. This is the' ninth of a series
of articles-explaining the income
tax to the layman. It has been
prepared in view of the recent
changes in the income tax law.
By H. A. CONKEY
(Tax Consultant)
NOTHER provision of the new
law which will affect a number
of taxpayers is that section pertain
ing to the treatment of capital gains
and losses, which ib defined as fol
ic ws:
Capital gains and capital losses re
fer only to taxable gains and deduc
tible losses resulting from the sale
or exohange of property held by a
taxpayer (other than a corporation)
for more than two years, other than
property which would properly be in
cluded in inventory, or property held
primarily for sale in the taxpayer's
trade or business. -
The term "capital net gain" means
the
ex ? -an s.t .,
vi in. ... .
over .... . " Car,,.,
n-unt. if an,, b, 4 (,T
ordinary d,du . ig
'"-me.e,clusiv.0("k
comuu:Us "
connection win, ,!,? s,.,.
erty, and hi! 1
.rryiug charres ,11 "
perty. d
carrying charge. U, r ?
Property sold duT'W.
the sale occurs. ' i
A taxpayer (0th., ,u e
tlon) who tor'";
"ve, a "capital net "
of th. ordinary t,, .isj
as follows: ' e'Kl I u,,'
A partial tax sln k
the regular w u
come (excluding ku j
tal losses and capi ,f . 4
the total .ax ",r?'dul.i
Plus 124 Per cent of hi. "
gain. ' apmi
J.ne term "capital set i.
vopiuii aeauctions over 7 . ,
J.ne term "capital set
gains. " ""1 Hii-i
Where a taxpayer ri,
corporation) sunum, . i.r tt,,
loss," a partial tax , J'm K
the "jularwayupon li.'
(excluding capital uuu,
loss." In no case, bows J
tax eo compounded be UuT!'
computed in the o,.. " lku i
The Timdu... .
Ply to member. r, "S
an estate nr .,..: '"'""k u
claries of an estate www
soect to th.ir ,.u"',llh'-
partnership, f
l088 Of
trust.
the
Nevada allows a school to be
wuuuucu 111 IBUIHtPH DFaes
there are five children ot'idSS
IB PI .? nr. nnllrlsan w
Rowell's Comment I
By CHESTER H. ROW ELL
J1DDLH western oiipositioa to the j
child labor amendment should be
an object lesson to those who dream
of uniting farmers and wage "workers
one "class conscious" political
movement. 1
There may be plausible arguments :
that the two belong to one "class" j
but the farmer docs not think so.
He stumnedes to the capitalist side
of every labor issue. He fights eight-!
hour laws, demands to be exempt
fmm workmen's compensation acts,
and in the west sometimes even lis-1
tens to the sophistries of the Chinese
immigration propagandists.
Workmen and farmers may unite
temporarily in a protest vote, but or
dinarily they tend in opposite direc
tions. Economically, the "dirt farmer"
may be a laborer, but be thinks he is
a capitalist and he votes as he
thinks.
25 Years Ago
(b'rom The Guard of Feb. 12, 1000)
Members tf Skinner Cabin, No. 5,
Native Bona of Oregon, will give a re
ception next Saturday evening at the
Elk hall to the Native Daughters.
T. G. Hendricks and daughter, MJt
Ruby, arrived home yesterday from
Portland. Miss Ada Hendricks will re
main there for a week longer.
Commissioner court has adjourned
for tho term.
R. A, Kord is a republican candi
date for school superintendent.
F. C. Sharkey Is In Eugene for a
few days from Blue River,
Mrs. C. E. lioomis arrivM home
una afternoon fnm Oregon City.
Miss Rrssie Hay and Miss One
Walton left this afternoon for San
t nincisco
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BIBLE THOUGHT
FOR TODAY
Hear, O Israel; the Iord our
O'd is one Iiord. lJcutereno
my ;.
Bible QuestloR
(Cook t'p in. Answer)
How are lilifs compared to
timnao life? Malt. 0:-.'n.
with pistols was to be at eight
paces.
At that distance, the result was in
critaMc. The brace of pistols used
were hic-borcd, heavy weapons which
at eight paces were almost as deadly
as young cannon.
Kaoh man hit his target, l'ecatur
went down, dying. Barrens fell with
a wound from which lie ultimately
died.
If simitar gunpowder finishes were
the fashion today in settling official
arguments, doubtless the language
now curreut In Wahinton would be
toned down several degrees.
Hut since braggadocio, not bullets,
Hr JAMKS W. liKAN
VKW YOltK, Kcb. 11. ' Tclticoat
Inspection" is held at frequent In
terval, at one of the most exclusive
girls" finishing sotrool in the east.
Now this school is attended by girls
from some of the ni.M prominent
families in the country all, nie, yei!
by girls from snin. of the most "ex
clusive" families.
If you have an Idea that tliwc
young ladies do nothing but frivol
aw.y their time at parties and such
golniis-on you are quite in error.
liere are some of the regulation,
nt this particular sdiool:
Every girl niu.1 wear thre. layer.
SOMETHING WRONG (
Headache t Backache? NervonaJ All down a1
Don't neglect yourself. Neglect nwy t0 K
oua illness.
CHIROPRACTIC
Removes the cause Health return
GEO. A. SIMON
Examination Fr.a
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