The Eugene guard., February 18, 1925, Image 4

TR$' EUGENE GUARD
Wednesday Evening, Febru
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ary 18.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 .
A Closed Issue
nPHE Corvallis Gazette-Times chortles a little at what
it thinks is the discovery by itsoli of an incon
sistency on the part .of The Guard in supporting the
lederal child labor amendment: whilo opposing on the
ground of its paternalism, the Garland bill to require
reading of the Hible in the public schools. The nicon
sistency which the Corvallis editor thinks he notes is
non-existent bo far as is concerned the fancied evidence
he cites, but this is as good an occasion as any to say
that The Guard is not an admirer of the one-track type
of mind and cares nothing about being consistent for
the mere sake of consistency per se. It is more inter
ested in advocating what it believes to be sound and
right on each individual issue as it arises. The Guard
will go even further. It will reyerso its position on any
issue m case it becomes convinced it has been wrong.
The Guard does not attempt to follow any beaten track
ot thought laid out tor it by dogma, whether political,
cconomio or creedal. It scans the facts from all sides
of any question and then expresses its conclusions to
the best of its meager ability. It does not flatter itself
that it thinks more clearly, than others, nor that it is
always right. But it expresses the faith that is in it.
The Guard supported tho federal child labor amend
ment because it believed, and still docs, that there was
the same necessity for federal intervention in the issue
that there had been in the case of prohibition; that is,
there were a few states that would not legislate to
protect children in commercialized industry, just asJ
there were a lew stales tnat rciusca to suppross the
saloon. Tho federal child labor amendment is defeated
in tho nation and has just been defeated in the senate
of the Oregon legislature. The causes that brought
about this result .have been ; fully discussed in these"
columns and it will dp no good to recapitulate them
now. Some pf them wero sinister in their naturo and
others results of misunderstanding or mistaken view
point. Members of the Lane county delegation in the
legislature, whilo they wero understood to oppose in
their personal views tho ratification of tho amend
ment, all except Senator Fred Fisk recorded themselves
by their votes as willing to have the question referred
to tho people for an ndvisory referendum. There is
nothing to bo criticised, therefore, in i the course on
tho question taken by Senator Magladry and Iieprc
aentatives Howard, Potter and Wheeler. , Senator Fisk,
it . may bo supposed, was very thoroughly committed
against the amendment, sinco he voted against ratifica
tion and then voted against allowing the people to havo
a voice 6u tho question, departing completely in so doing
from a consistently followed course of voting m accord
with the recommendations of Govornor Piorco. The
governor had favored tho amendment.
There is talk in Oregon and throughout tho nation
of inaugurating another campaign at once to bring
about federal regulation of child Inbor. Tho Guard
believes any such movement would bo ill advised and
unjustified. There should bo a wait at least of a few
years, to givo tho states which now fail in their duty
toward children in industry a chance to correct tho
lack by legislation of their own. It is said with truth
that no isBiio ever is finally settled until it is Bottled
right. In the caso of child labor regulation tho issuo
may now quite conceivably bo settled right by 'individ
ual action of those few states which have thus far
lagged. Cortainly there can bo no excuse of apathy
among them, now that tlo issue has boon brought so
forcibly to thoir attention. As for Oregon, it already
regulates woll and sufficiently tho labor of children.
As for the nation, the issue ought to bo considered
as one for the present settled and closed.
Officiousness Rebuked
A CANNED editorial which is going tho rounds tolls
of a woman supervisor of physical education who
has concluded that high-school girls of today are over
stimulated and under nourished, and "Moroovor,", she
insists, "it is mostly tho fault of tho mothers." .
She reached this latter conclusion, tho editorial
goes on to show, after sho had sont out moro than 400
letters to parents of high school girls, asking them to
co-operate in seeing that their children hud proper
'sleep, exerciso and food. At tho bottom of each letter
Bho wrote: "Wo are very much interested in your
daughter and wclcomo a conference at any time"
"And -how many mothers accepted that invitationt"
inquires the lady official dramatically, and sho gives
her own answer, "Not one."
We find nothing of proof in what tho lady relates
to indicato indiffereneo to their daughters' welfare by j
mothers. Any normal mother receiving an admonition;
from an outsider to look after her own daughter prop
erly would resent it if she had a flash of spirit or an
ouneo of brains. K she did not invite tho meddler to
mind her own business, tho alternative naturally would
bo to "ignore tho impertinence altogether. That ap
parently is what tho mothers all did.
What right has any officious official 1o solid out
a letter to 400 mothers, carrying tho implication that
they aro neglecting their dutyt
well, but In reducing taxation and !u
developing the state.
It i to be hoped the legislature
provides tbe referendum.
Elihu Root's Ruie For Buooees.
(Medf-ord Mail Tribune)
A dinner was given In New York
but night to honor E.ibu Root, on bis
eightieth birthday anniversary.
Mr. Root was so overcome -by the
ovutiun given him, that hia usual
foinposure vani&bed, his customary
tloyueuce failed, and be was only abie
to master his emotion sufficiently to
any:
"I have only done what came
to my hand to do aa well as' X
could."
And then he sat down.
Ho had only done what came to bli
band to do as well as he could! Tlia;
sounds simple enough. And yet we
doubt If a better xeoipe for success
could be composed In ten times s
many wordB. ,-
The trouble with most of us is, wo
don't do whatever comes to our hanl
to do as well ae we cau. Ho many
thinga seem unimportant. They are
little things. Why try to do them
as well as we can. It takes so much
time. Far bcttef, we think, to wait
until the big things came along and
then startle the world with an amaz
ing burnt of speed.
But when the big things come, tlni
man who has done the little things
well i always there. And be carries
of rbo prize, not because of his good
luck of his inberient superiority, or
his pull but because he has formed
the babit of doing whatever has come
to his hsnd well that habit baa de
veloped a strength of character and
a. capacity, which makes him supreme.
Wo don't meun that any young man
who does everything as well as he can
will be a distiuguislied success. Indi
viduals are born with varying capa
cities. But wo do mean, that any
young man who follows out this sim
ple rule, will be a success just as
great a success as circumstances and
tjis latent abilities allow. He will
achieve, in other words, all there is
in him to achieve instead of going
ortialiy to -wane.
New noad to Tlliamook.
(Tillamook Headlight)
Most everybody would like to see
either the Wilson or Trask Toad built,
because It reduces the distance be
tween Tiiuimook and Portland to a
little over 70 miles. We have always
thought that when it came to a show
down in providing the necessary mon
ey that this is whede tbe sticker would
be. We feel sorry that one of thoic
roads have not been built, and should
the question of raising tbe money be
put up to the people of either country,
it is doubtful whether it would carry
with so strong sentiment against in
crease in taxation. As to tbe proposi
tion to mske it a toll road, even that
vould not appeal to the taxpayer.
and it is ante to ssy that no private
individuel or corporation would ad
vance tltA money to build it. It is one
of the msny things we want and have
iot the money to pay for unless the
counties assume considerable more
bonded indebtedness.
Masonry's Large Inoluslneness.
(Christian Science Monitor)
Masons generally will bo interested
In a letter sent recently by Rudynrd
Kipling in reply to an inquiry con
cerning his Masonic experiences, ' In
it he wrote in pnrt:
I was secretary for some yeors of
Lodge Hope and Perseverance, No,
782, E. ('. (Lahore, English Constitu
tion), which included brethren of at
least four creedB. I was entered by
member of the Brbmo Somaj (a
Hindu), passed by a Muhammadan.
and raised by an Englishman. Our
tyler hi an Indian Jew. We met, of
course, on the level, and the only dif
ference that anyone would notice wa
that nt our banquctB some of the bre
tbren, who wero debarred by caste
rules from fating food not ceremon
ially prepared, sat over empty plates.
Stirring Tilings Up a Bit
PRESIDENT'S, SECRETARY DIPLOMAT
Job for one With Iron Hands -In Velvet Gloves Is That Facing
Everett Sanders
Rowell's Comment
By CHESTER H. IlOWEMj
PRESIDENT Coolidgo wants
i
COMMENT OF THE PRESS
fuss about his inaugural, but no
does propose to make trips arouud
the country, to get acquainted with
the people, and to let them get ac
quainted with him. It Is, of cours'i,
the best possible way to bring 'the
people and the president into person
al touch, and that is a good thing to
do. It will be particularly plenxaut
In the case of President Coolidge,
since it will introduce the peoplo to a
personality of real distinction, where
many of them havo been led to expect
a pale and negative personality.
Hut let us take warning. We have
literally killed the last two .presi
dents by the way we "eutertaiueJ"
them. Roosevelt's life was shortened
partly hr the some thing, tiarfleld
and McKinley wer sacrificed to our
Imitation-democratic accessibility of
the president. Harrison was not phy
sically killed, but his temper w.is
spoiled.
President Coolidgo, fortunately, Is
young, strong and cool. He will aur
vivo our worst. Rut he should be
spared It. The president has to bo a
show, but ho docs not have to be n
circus. Especially, he does not hare to
be subjected to the ambition ot seven
million people to see him separately
and personally, oue at a time.
If communities will consider the
president's convenience, and also tin
couveiileoeo of t lie crowds collective
ly, but will Ignore tho desires of indi
viduals ami siurII groups to hst-n
what It would be Impossible for ercrv
bcity to have, human limits ran be
preserved, and the president can .it
hack to Washington, not only nliw,
but souud.
In New York
A Constitutional Convention.
(SSulcm Capital Journal)
Ueferenco to tho people at tbe gen
eral election of 1020 of tbe question
of calling a constitutional convention
for revision of me constitution Is pro
vided In bill introduced by Hena'or
KU'Pper today, the With anniversary
of tbe webfoot star. Should the peo
ple approve, the delegates to the con
vention would be elected at the gen
eral eleclton of UHiN. The nieaeure
does not fix the dsts, but leaves this
as a matter for future consideration.
. As Secretary fitrsyer recently
pointed out,' a coasteininnal conven
tion is needed before there can be
any material economies effected in
etale government through consolida
tion, because part of the offices sre
provided by the constitution and part
by the legislatlxe enactment and It is
virtually Impossible to synchronise
them.
Conditions have so materially alter
ed sines the adoption of the constitu
tion, it provides ao msny limitations,
suitable enough for the time, but long
since outgrown, and It haa been
patched with amendments so' fre
quently and continuously In the ef
fort to bring It up to date, that a com
plete rewriting would be of immense
idvnnnie and assist, not nnlr in sim
plifying the code, and government as
lly ,1 AMES W. DEAN
VEff VOItK, Feb. .18. Here's
(lothsnV latest cross word joke;
"Waal's a oue-lettsr word for lrea in
flict fowl:"
"I give up. What?"
"X."
Of course, you must know the Now
York dialect to appreciate tbst joke.
Despite all the protestations of oys
ter growers aud restaurant men that
oysters now on the market are pure
find- carry no threat' of typhoid the
slump in the oyster market here con
tinues. Most of the old-time plac?s
that sold oysters on the shell frm
street counters hsve closed their win
dows, d-)lng only the usual restaurant
business wilhin. One of the big hole's
has A row of instantanenirily bested
steam stew pans. In the psit six tim'j
By HARRY B. HUNT
(XEA Service Writer) '
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. A pair
of the softest, silkiest kind of
velvet gloves aro an essential part of
a presidential private secretary's
wardrobe, but it is equally essential
that there shall be a pair of iron
bauds inside them.
Everett .Sanders of Indians, who
will Bucceed C Itascom Slcmp as pri
vate secretary to President Coolidge
on March 4, is reputed to have the
necessary equipment, sartorially and
anatomicnlly.
Of Sunders' ability as a salesman
this column already lias spoken, but
a presidential privuto secretary also
must be a diplomat of diplomats.
- He mustn't offend anybody but fre
quently bo must do and Bay things
Unit aro calculated to give offense. ,
Ho must know everybody and all.
about everybody. Ho mustn't let nnjv
body "get to" the president, vif
oughtn't to "get to" h i in, but He
mustn't make the mistake of prevent
ing anybody from "getting to" him
who ought to do so.
He must be nR smooth as silk to
the people be lets in and he must
make those whom he keeps out like it.
He must be par excellence a politi
cian a "fixer,"
He must be supremely loyal. ,
He lias nt least as difficult, deli
cate and fully as importnnt a job as
any cabinet member, but he must
manage to keep himself inconspicuous
to efface himself.
....
Everett Sanders ought to fill the
bill.
He has been, for four terms, to all
appearances just an ordinary "run of
mine" congressman, from Terre
Haute, Ind., but when you come to
ask questions about bim among his
fellow low-makers, you discover that
they all like him and that, without
making any fuss about it, he has a lot
of influence.
Sanders was the Bon of a Iluosier
clergyman. He is 43 years old.
He has served in the 63th, 07tb and
68tli congresses, but did not seek re
election to the Otlth, although it was
conceded ho would have had a walk
away. He was among those mentioned as
a vice-presidential possibility at the
Cleveland republican convention.
Tbe administration wanted Slenip
on account of his political skill and
experience, especially in the soulh,
for he is one of that rare species, a
southern republican.
Having done his work and done It
well, it has been known for some time
Hint he wanted to get out of oTflce.
.Besides, his relations with Senator
William M. Butler, republican nation
al committee chairman, have not been
the most cordial.
I bavo eaten nt that counter 1 have
seen only one of those pans iu use.
...
Seen walking across Brooklyn
bridge: a womon with a large Bear on
her neck. Around tbe ecer she had
tattooed a sunb.trst design, evidently
for the purpose of detractiug atten
tion from the scar.
Absent-mindednVas seems to be tho
chief choTacteristic of the railroad
passenger. One of the roilroada op
erating out of New York reporta that
in the past yeor more than 10,0(10 lost
articles were found in its coaoliea and
stations. In that number were 120)
umbrellas, SOU watches, 4(H) bunch's
of keys, 000 overshoes and 300 pairs
of gloves, In nil 4113 articlea wero
returned to their owners. The amount
of money found was $H8U, the lar
gest single sum being $."00.
Among the lost articles were wood
en legs snd glass eyes. Almost every
da the lost and found department has
a dog. cat or some such pet to care
for.
Uiieki'med articles are sold at auc
tion' A glass eye brought 60 cents
and a wooden leg 15 cents.
In east Sixtieth street is n tea room
much frequented by young sports who
hue no business worries to interfere
with afternoon dancing engagements.
Von cannot buy a drop of liquor in
the plnce, but every waiter carries i
corksenw.
. In Lighter Vein
Really Desperate
((.ouisvllle Courier-Journal)
"I rejected (.'holly. He now says he
desperate. Mo you think he really
is?"
"They often are. Next thing you
kuow, he probably will marry yonr
best chum."
.
Sardine packer
(London Opinion)
At Hull recently, a motor bus con
ductor was fined for allowing (if per
sons to ride in a vehicle licensed to
carry only C". We bear that .ha has
BIBLE THOUGHT
FOR TODAY
REMOVE FAR FROM ME
vanity and lies; give me neither
poverty nor riches; feed me
with food convenient for me.
Proverbs 30:8.
Bible Question
(lAok up the answer)
la a good name of vslue?
l'rov. 2-.':l.
received a tempting offer from a firm
of sardine packers.
...
It Was a Surprise
(London Answers)
Suitor I hope my proposal for the
hand of your daughter hasn't taken
you by surprise, sir.
Father Well, to tell the truth. It
has. You've been bo jolly slow in get
ting around to it that I thought it
wasn't coming at al).
...
Information
(London Answers)
Philosopher I contend that a mar
ried man is always better informed
than a single man.
Cynic Naturally. What he doesn't
know, his wife tells him.
fel-
Aerial Pedestrian
(American Legion Weekly)
Aviator's Mechanic There's a
low going down in a parachute.
Aviator I'll see if I can hit him.
It isn't often we get a chance at a
pedestrian. v
25 Years Ago
believed what a bootlegger told him,
has kicked tbe bucket..
Frankfort (Mo.) bank cashier is
missing bo now Missouri detectives
are trying to show him.
.-', "
Dogs are being used to haul milk
wagons in Germany, but it tbey see
a cat they probably deliver butter
milk. Many a,man with a checkered past
is now sitting quietly at home solving
cross-word puzzles. . ,;
South Chicago woman had 100
candles on her birthday cake because
she never burned her candles at both
ends, , .
In Chicago the telephone girls have
a glee club, probably so they can sing
their wrong numbers.
Tho world's failure to come to an
end leaves us with no settlement of
our European problems in flight
.
Burning love letters were bared in
a 1 Mi In Mi (Minn.) case by an old
flame.
Oregon Briefs
4
More than 40 men are working on
the Ash land-Kin math Falls highway
in an effort to keep it open. The road
is alraont impassable iu many places.
Marshfield started the new year
with an extra large building month for
January, permits being issued for new
structures valued at $04,350.
Morris L. Johntion, Klamath county
appraiser for the bonus commission,
has forwarded his resignation to Gov
ernor Pierce. -Press of other business
was the reason given.
George S. Wbittaker of Pendleton
has sigued a contract with the Gar
bum Press of Boston, , Mass., for tbe
publication of a volume of his verse,
which will be published this spring.
9
J. C. Wegner is demanding $15,000
damages from the city of Forest
Grove, alleging that the sewer system
was responsible for sickness in his
family and the death of his wife.
Donald Harris, the young son of
Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Harris of Broad
bent, is seriously ill in a Marshfield
hospital from a case of sleeping sick
ness.
Ed Roberts of Coquille narrowly es
caped death a few days ago, when his
(From The Guard Feb. 18, 1000.) 1
The burning out' of a flue in the
Hotel K u gene today caused soma ex
citement. Fire Warden Hubble has
condemned the flue. - ,
The pay car was here this after
noon and the depot employes are
smiling,
K. M. Reese, the Salem hop buyer,
is in the city today on business.
It. M. Veatch aud J. W. Baker, both
of Cottage Grove, were visitors in
Kiig cue otday.
G.,W. Thompson, from the Bohemia
district is in the city on business.
The pupils of the Catholic nchool of
this city went to Cottage Grove this
afternoon to put on au cntertaiument
ami program.
The Eugene fire department is
holding a special meeting this evening.
J. M. Williams went to Sale in this
afternoon on special business.
CHEER UP LONG FACE
LOSt THAT SADNESS
STEAK LWETHIS will
I BRINS YOU GLADNESS
A SQUARE meal of the
kind of meat-foods
we sell will bring a round
smile to your visage that
will reach All the way
around your table, Mr.
l.ongface. And It won t
put much of a pucker in
your pocketbook either.
Watch for Mr. Happy
Party
1 Tom Sims Savs
r1''HI8 Knropean opium argument
Isn't turning out aa It thould, If j
we have the right d"e on the situa
tion. ,
(irerk and Turks are arguing
again. When they stop fighting it l
Just for the week-end.
.
laucr in Cedar Uapids, !., hu
i EUGENIE i
PACKING CO
car plunged from tha highway just be
low the bridge and sank in the middle
fork ot the Coquille river.
e
After mora then 85 years' service
wtlb a Southern Pacific linea In Ore
gon at a locomotive engineer, IUchard
C. Morris of Portland has been retir
ed on pension at tbe age of 07.
The Oregon Canning company at
Lebanon will operate at full capacity
the coming season. More than 400
tons of vegetables have been con
tracted by tbe company within the
past few dsys.
Transfer of Ship
Oregon Asked in
Joint Memorial
STATE HOUSE, SALEM, Ore.,
Feb. 18. Senator Upton ha In
troduced a joint memorial calling up
on congress to ensct legislation for
the transfer of the battleship Ore
gon from tbe Bremerton nary yard
to Portland harbor. The memorial
asks the government to maintain tbe
ship at Portland as a national historic
museum. Favorable, report of the
house bill introduced by Representa
tive Tucker of Linn county, providing
for a state board of motion picture
censors has been decided upon ' by
tbo house public health and morals
committee.
A minority report will likely be
presented by Representative King.
P. Chmidling of
Baker is Burned
. BAKER, Ore., Feb. 18. P. Chmid
ling. 59, farmer of the Missouri flat
district, north of Baker, was burned
to death, while burning weeds behind
his home late Monday.
Chmidliug was subject to spells of
dizziness and while watching one
burning pile apparently became dizzy
and fell into another. He was dis
covered by his Bon, Paul Chmidling.
He had crawled about 40 feet from
the fire. A pitchfork was .still in his
hond and all of his clothing above the
knees was burned off.
The first bottle factory in America
was established at Glassboro, N. J.,
more than 150 years ago.
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a hesitancy on th, lL U.
toe depositor to draTk?
money out
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"ve, try banking all of Lto
pay check hare ; th. I?'
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what you need. You'U nil
you will be reluctant u j
draw out that nere,..,
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And ike cat came back
Ever try to getYid of cat? Every time you think
it is gone for good you find it on the doorstep next
morning. Isn't that pretty much like your weekly
washing? Every time you think it is finished it
comes back the next week to be done all over again.
You can't get rid of the weekly bundle but
you can rid yourself of the bother of doing it by
taking advantage of our Rough Dry service.
Everything will be carefully washed and the flat
work ironed. All other articles will be returned
dry, for finishing at your leisure. And the price is
' surprisingly low. Send this week's bundle.
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Thrif-T-Service 6c a lb.; lc a piece
10 Reduction on. Fridays and Saturdays
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Telephone 252
The Character of a
Southern Gentleman
150 years ago, the training and character of a colonial
gentleman were put to a terrlflo test. Being Commsna
Inn General of a rebelllna army that was bard pressed
for supplies and harrassed by numbing winter weather,
demanded a great foresight, and Implicit faith in a
cause.
George Washinrjton was Just such a man. To his stal
wart leadership and stern determination we owe a gre
deal of our national Independence.
Foresight and principle of the same calibre charac,er,1"
tha foundera of this bank. Aa a reault every pairo"
receives cordial and sincere cooperation and assistance
of tha offlolala of the U. 8. National. That Is a
that baa been maintained from the earliest days of cu
business history
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SOMETHING WRONG
Headache t Backache t Nervous! All down r.l out!
Don't neglect yourself. Neglect may load scrl'
ous illness.
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