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Pago Four THE EUGENE GUARD Thursday Evening, p6brB ! 19. 1925 THE EUGENE GUARD An Independent afternoon newspaper published dally except Sunday. PAUL R. KELTy, Editor EUGENE S. KELTY, Business Manager Offices 1037-1041 Willamette 8treet Telephone 1200 Tho Eugene Guard Is a member of the Associated Press. Tbe Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the uso for publlea tlon of all newt dispatchog credited to It or not otherwise cred ltea to this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein ara also reserved 7 - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10. Down at Salem WHAT is it that happens to men when they get into tho legislature that makes them do such funny imngs i we are tnniKing tins time or Jiruce Dennis. lie is a 8UCC0B8iul business man, a sound thinker and a man of affairs when ho is at homo in La Grande. Yet ho goes to Salem ajid tries to get the legislature j i a . .... j j i i t : i to ail Dim t a. consuiuuonat amendment pledging Urcgon not to enact ihcomo tax or inheritance tax laws for fifteen years to come, although ho knows full well that even it such an amendment wero ratified which of course it wouldn't be it could bo repealed at tho next subsequent or any future election, and so would bo as lacking in authoritative effectiveness as a bottlo of near-beer opened tho day botoro yesterday, It was, perhaps, inevitable that tho Clear luke water and power bills should lail m tho legislature. The project as those bills outlined it was open to serious criticism on several scores. Ono was that it contem plated wholosalo operations in hydro-electrio power by tho district to havo been created. Another was that it seemed likely .to create a sort of super-municipality, which would havo been certain to have irked the mem ber cities in many ways. Doubt was left by the out line of tho plan as, to bow far tho commission which it proposed to create could go with tho taxing power. And thero seemed apparent a disposition by some of its promoters to harness to tho project a plan for a high way across tho mountains. All these things, coupled with the prospect that the project would call for a larger capital outlay than the population of the district to be served could justify for some years to como made it advisable that the bills be defeated. From its inception the project . failed to inspire general confidence or enthusiasm. Some of the clients of Attorney Banks will be dis appointed at the defeat of tho bill of Senator Banks to take proper licenso regulation out, of the hands of city authorities, but most other peoplo will accept the result in spirit calm. In his legislative activities Representative William F. Woodward, of Multnomah county, is a born coddler. Just about every bill he promotes is designed to make the, state of Oregon be a kind nurse to the peoplo of ono class of another in ono way or another. His latest effort along this line, a bill to provido for tho furn ishing of textbooks by the taxpayers f reo of cost to school children who use them, has ,iust gone by the board. Representative Woodward smilingly tells the legislature" that he will bo back two years hence with another bill to tho same cud. That ought to bo tip enough to tho Multnomah county pooplo to let him stay at home next time, but probably it will not. lou can t help liking Representative Woodward bocauso ho is so mjrenuous in what no docs, so smcero and so big-neartod But he subordinates horso sense to high-flown socialism m nearly all his ideas of govornniont. Senator Jack Magladry got his workmen's com pensation act amendment through both houses of the legislature, and our guess is that ho will havo tho governor's approving John Henry at tho bottom of it betore long. The Oregon retail merchants will como again to Eueene and hold tlioir next year's convention More Fine for Eugene and fine for thorn. Dean Clyde Hob bins of the school of business administration in tho University of Oregon, is tho man who so managed this year's convention as to make the delegates want to come taok. county and proposes to make it man datory upon nil facotriea, offices, tores, etc., to pout the lord's pray er. Had he tried to make them put up the golden rule we might see a little element of sense in it, but to try to euforee religion by law is a poor method. Mora Bureaucracy (Salem Cupitul Journal) Section 13 of il. 11. aw, known as the doctors trust bill, reveals the in spiration of this measure as well of most similar regulative and restrictive laws and all reiorms. It reuds: It shall be the duty of all per sons licensed to practice the heal ing art in the stuto of Oregon to register by the first day of Au gust, IV'A), and annually there alter, witii the secretary of the . Oregon board of licensure in the healing art, and to apply for an annum license reuewa! tee in the sum of two dollars (-'). There we have it Us the $2 per year, which from some O.UUU to tu.uuu doctors and healers, makes gooo) pick ing for tbe buresucrsts. As usual the board created serves without psy ex cent ententes, but employs "such as sistants as may be necessary" who run the bosrd. The spirit of regulating the other fellow is strongly in evidence, for tbe new board supplants tbe courts and is made sole judge of the qualifica tions of the applicants, the various boards for speciul varietiea of healers being abolished and control- of the now board given to one branch of the healing art. While the standards of education aro raised for the future, the present practitioners are not re quired to get an education. Under the bill doctors and healers could not travel about, or solicit busi ness by circulars, letters or adver tisements, which is 'aimed to put out of business the itinerants and special ists in short it provides another in stance of government by monopolistic bureaucracy. In New York Some Oregon justices of tho peace, it is said, reap for themselves $10,000 a year in foes and fines. After settling up in some country districts for the little error r i y -i j r.. 4.1 on :.. . 1 01 naving unveil a uiuo mnwi mint 01 f unu 10 iili'iuiiuu to believe it. ' Did you like tho nnme they gave the Longworth baby! So did we; particularly its first part. This will be a good day to mako your contribution to the Y. M. C. A. maintenance fund. COMMENT OF THE PRESS. Eevemor Passes Buck. (Roieburg News-Review) Governor Pierce, at the eleventh bolr, la asking for harmony among the leglslstors and himself. Of course, in his own cbnaen words, he passes the buck to the boys in the senate and house for the lsrk of cooperation that has been prevalent during the past five weeks In the legislature. But, to us fellows on the sidelines It looks very much like the governor had been responsible for roost of the friction existing at the state capitol, imply because the old boy couldn't have bis own wsy on all important mstters affecting the welfare of the atate. The senate and bouse did well to curb a lot of (nonsensical Moss ad vanced by the chief executive. Not Job, But Service (The Orrgonian) No censor board of moving pie tures, or the thesters, or the news pspers, csn act affectively It it has not the active, continuous and lutein, gent support of the public. Aud, to get tbst support, it must act with Judgment, discrimlnstiun and good sense. There is no public censorship of the newspspers because they are subject always, and respond to, the corrective force of public opinion. A censorship over them would be Intol erable. It is different with Ilia pictures, for many reasons. There are no stan dards established by long custom, or enforceable by the tula of reason. The right to Judge should exist some, where. But where? In 'Portland, there la a censorship bosrd, serving without pay, snd oper ating satisfactorily. There Is also now a proposal to create a state board with three members working on a sal ary. Paid censors? The thought of it is object ions ble. . A moat sensible and prsctlcshle suggestion is made to the leglslsture thst the derision of tbe Portlsnd board, as to any plctnre, be extended to the state. It will cost the stale nothing; the state will have the ben efit of tbe service of men and women acting aolely from a sense of duty, and not for psy. Onmrnhlp ahould not be a job. It should be a service. s e Governor Shows 8mm (Pendleton East Oregonlsn) Tbe governor showed cood aeuaa In dixposmg of L leaver. Likewlae he was sensible In renppoint.ng I. N. Eleiich ner to the game communion. Aud he made a very sensible suggestion when lie told the legislsture It was time to put aside politics, personalities and pettiness and get down to soma real. ronitrurtive business In the few daye yet remaining of the legislative ses sion, see Pvt UP ths 0 olden Rule (Nswberg Graphic) Our opinion Is that about the most foollab piece of Initiation offered so far i nthe legialalure is that bill br tilali ti tug lot JaJtoUsU bX AUilua By JAMES W. IJEAX JiEW iORK, Feb. 11). There is no auvcuLurc iu uu wiuu ill new aorit quite as stirring as a ferry ride through the fog. Pilota cannot see more tbsn a few feet ahead, yet they know tbe river and harbor are aswarin with craft. Direction ia found by sound. The various wharves have bells of varying tone and the ferry pilot recognizing his own particular bell heads in that direction. All craft keep up an incessant blowing of whisties snd ringing of bells. Tbey proceed at a very slow pace. All of which creates for the ferry passenger an atmosphere of great suspense. .Some great bulk is likely to loom up nt the side of the boat any minute. There will be a acrceching of whistles and the churning of water as the vcsaels are thrown into re- erse. There may bo a collision, paa- Bengers being hurled to tbe deck. But the thrill ia In putting foot ashore after the rule. A heavy fog will discommode hun dreds of thousands of those who work in New York und bring about heavy finnncial losses to btituuess firms. . Tho only means of transportation between Htiiteu Inland and Manlint tan aro the ferries. The trip under normal conditions takes from 110 to :tu minutes, depending on the state of tli'j tide. In a heavy fog, such as New i ork has experienced for several days, the trip takes several hours. Muny thousands of workers in New York live in Now Jersey. Many of them can connect with trains through the uuder-river tubes on foggy morn ings. Those in North Jersey sre da pendent on Uie ferries. W. J. Perry, a cultured anthropolo gist of Ijondvu, says that "Nordic'' die out in urban centera like l.ondon and that the big cities are only for the short dark-hslred and broWn-eyed type. 1 do not know enough about the subject to argue one way or the other, but observation in New York indicates that he is risht. All the Nordics I know here talk about being furtuc-s some dsy, Add inconsequential stntlstira: The were 84. KIT fewer trunks and parcels handled at the Pennsylvania terminal here during 10'-4 than in Wil, when the total was UlMUlW. This is so counted for by new ir nlion and tariff provisions and tin mleney of women to travel with smaller wardrobes. The Busy Man's Newspaper ' ' I f Oregon Briefs 1 A new 80-foot bridge to replace one that collapsed during a recent storm has been opened on the Pow-ers-t'oos Hay highway nead Yellow creek. The Nrappoone, South Krsppoose and Warren district have consolidated Into a high school district, the spe cial election last week resulting in a majority of .HI" In favor of tho con solidation. J. A. Churchill, state superintend ent of public instruction, and Pro fessor Harold Tuttlo of Pacific uni versity will be speakers St a teach ers' institute to be held in Bend, February -1. Jacob Butts, 81 years old, pioneer of 1S45 and the lent aurvlvor of the emigrnnt train which found the first gold in Oregon, died lsat week at his home In Hereford, Baker county. Ths fllendale Lumber company has purchased from t A. Becher of Red wing. Minn., '22.1 .1 acres of pine timber on McCullough creek, near Olendale, and will remove Its mill from Fern-vale. Ths sawmill at Bearer creek In Clackamas county, owned by William and John Moehnke, resumed opera tions last week after being closed down for four months. Twetity men are employed. V V B. C. Nlekell, a Newberg boy, son nt Mr. and Mrs. J. 1. Nirkell, has been commended for bravery In help ing tn save the lives of persons on board the steamship Ksperansa when It was Stranded off the Tamplro bar. , s Because he larked sit feet of be ing In the ward from which he was supposed to hsve been elected, Walter Psnter hss automatically gone out f office aa a member of the llandon city council, GENERAL MITCHELL TAKES CHANCE Courtmartlal Braved In Order to get Need for Department Aviation for Country' Defense Before Peopfe of Nation of By HAKUY B. HUNT (NEA Service Writer) Y17ASIIINGTON, Feb. 19. Briga VV dier General "Billy" Mitchell is always ready to "take a chance." That quality, perhapa more than any other, was responsible for bis rapid promotion in the army air ser vice. Everything man haa accomplish ed in the air haB been accomplished by the fellow willing to "take u chance." And to these accomplish ments Mitchell has contributed no lit He. . . . The situation in which Mitchell now finds himself embroiled, with court martial, demotion or dismlsal from bis poBt as assistant chief of the' army iiir service openly hinted, Is the di rect result of bis willingness to "take a chance" to advance tbe cause of uvintion. , From Mitchell's viewpoint tbe de velopment of aviation as an invalu able arm of America's military de fenses is liandicupped und huiustrung by being under tbe jurisdiction of old time army and navy officers who went through West Point and Annnpolis when tho idea of "flying machines" was still a joke. . w These men were taught Umt the ground army end the capital ship navy constituted tbe main arms of nation,! defense, and that everything else niuot bo uisde . subordinate. Convinced in his own mind that America's supremacy in the air, in a military way, ran only be brought about by the creation of an air rforcc Tom Sims Says . IT is estimated that cusswords have been added to our language by every alarm clock. e A fool laughs when his wife's corns hurt, while a wise man goes out to see a movie. The hard thing about doing any thing new ia there are so many ways not to do it. Every lime we read about Europo we wish the Atlantic ocean were as wide as the Pacific. A new machine lays about 10.000 bricks a day, which Is about how many pedestrians the auto lnys. Tho vearly fight against the fly hss been announced, but announce of pre vention Is not a pound of cure. Springs' coming, and the birds will bo hanging around stores to sea who buys garden seeds. Uerords show lieorge Washington spent $N5 yearly for candles, which be must have burned at both ends. You don't have to wait for Wash ington's birthday to tell tho truth. 25 Years Ago (From Tbe Guard of Feb. W, 1000) "The Blue River mines are the best in the northwest," said H. St. Ear!, a well known Montana prospector to day. He saya thst next summer the district will see hundreds of pros pectors at work there. George F. Craw hss announced his BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TODAY HIT THOU, WHEN THOU m AY EST,, enter Into thy closet, and when thou bast shut thy door, prsy to thy Father which Is in secret; aud thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. For your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. Matt (1:11, & ( Bible Questlea (lx,ok up the answer) Why Is It necestsry to have charity? - I Cor. Et:l. independent of either army or navy, Mitchell has taken the only course open to him by which to get national attention for his proposal. As an officer in a subordinate branch of the army, whatever recom mendations or arguments be might make to hie superiors in the, service could easily be and he snys were suppressed. But his testimony before tbe spe cial committee of congreas investiga ting aircraft conditions was an op;u record. There and only there lay his op portunity for a full public statement of hie views. He knew tbe danger to hiinscb'f such a courae would invite, but He "took a chance." Men hsve been shot at sunrise for suying lea damaging things about tltb army and navy than Mitchell said.' Hud he said tbcm withiu the conduct of the war and navy building, he wouM have been brought before :i drum-head court martial forthwith. .But, said before a cougreasiuntil committee, in the presence of the pub lic and newspaper representative, the bands of his military superiors were, temporarily at least, stayed. If Mitchell can make bis case sthk with tbe committee aud the public, drastic action against him will still lie frustrated. It he fairs in this, the dashiug air fighter will find himseif and his independent air service pro posal brought down in flames an other object lesson to the orthadox who feel inclined to "take a chance." candidacy for re-election to the office of School clerk. Mr. and Mrs. I,. N. Roney arc home after an extended visit in the east, south and middle west. A Rebekah lodge with 32 members were organized in Mnpteton Inst week. The debates nt the University t.f Oregon Saturday night to choose rep resentatives for the university in the Intercollegiate content resulted in the following being chosen: B. C .Tokwa. George O. Goodall. W. U WhittleseV. F. M. Wllkins end Amos Wilkins have gone to The Dalles. e Miss Carrie Hovey went to Port lsnd this afternoon to spend a few weeks. Mrs. T. W. Gilbert has arrived from Portland. Irene encampment T. O. O. F. No. 42 wna initituted st Florence last week by W. E. Gillst of Albany wh.- bad been commissioned special deputy grand patriarch fr that work. In Lighter Vein No Wonder. (Mfe) "So you fell down on that cross word puxile?" "No wonder. It contained the namee of a vice-president, a writer if last year's best seller snd winner of a peace prise." e Well Qualified. (London Passing Show) Prospective Employer But can you get up In tbe morning? Mnid Applicant fan 1? Why, .'n my last plant, I used to be up and have all the beda made before anyone else was up. see Installment Plans. (Kansaa City Star) "Ed rs buying an automobile on the Installment plan." "Yes, and If ha doesn't drive more carefully, they will take him to the hospital on the same plan." And a Weodss Overcoat. ((Arkansas Tore Cat! Old Joha Barleycorn is fixing to celebrate his wooden wedding next week with a quart of w;od alcohol, False Ivy. lYoungntown Telegram) Eurlnldese Whaua matter? Coll exre on jaisr lip' Irlpadose No, 1 kissed a girl un der what I Uiougbt was mistletoe, bJt it must have been poison ivy. A Bird's Bill. (London Answers) 'That famouB kopreno you had at your dinner party kist night sang like a bird." 'Like a bird is right! I was con scious of her bill the entire evening.' Pioneering Days In Oregon During War Time Recited SPOKANE, 'Wash., Feb. 19. W) Little known incidents in the early army careers of Generals Ulysses Si Grant, Phil Sheridan aud George B. McClellan are related in an account of a year they spent at old Fort Vancou ver, Oregon territory, written by Mrs. Delia B. Sheffield, who as the wife of a sergeant in the fourth United Stntes infantry, the command to which they were attached, shared their pioneering experiences there in pre-civil war days. A movement haB been launched to restore old Fort Vancouver near what is now Vancouver, Wash., across the Columbia river from Port land, Ore. The fourth United States infantry, 6ne of the pioneer organ izations of the army, now is stationed at Fort George Wright, Spokane. Memoirs Made Publio Mrs. Sheffield's memoirs of these days have been made public by Wil liam S. Lewis, historian of tbe East ern Washington Historical society, w-ho received them from Mrs. roro line Hathaway Cook, Mrs. Sheffield's daughter. ' General, then Captain Grant, was regimental qunrtcrmnstcr and was in charge of tlrfe transportation of the fourth infantry on its long journey from (iovcrnor'8 island. New York, to rort Vancouver in 1852. The trip was commenced on July G, by steamer for Aspinwall, Panama, and thence across the Isthmus of Panama by train, boat, on tnuleback and afoot. The officers were accompanied by their families and some of thcvomen carried small babies. ' Gold Rush On ' To add to the. difficulties of the journey, the California gold rush was in full swing, and after the regiment had boarded a steamer on the Pacific side of the isthmus, Asiatic cholera broke out San Francisco wos reached September 1, but no shore leave was grsntcd for fear of desertions to seek gold. At Bcnicia. Cnl, an army post, tho regiment went into camp to re cuperate until September 18, and then again boarded ship for Fort Vancou ver, which 'was reached some days later. Besides the army barracks there. the town consisted of the Hudson's Bay eompauv's trading post and a dozen log huts of Indian and half breed employes of the conipauy, which carried on extensive trapping operations with Fort Vancouver aa the base. In order to raise the money to bring his family from the east, Cap tain Grant with a fellow officer leased a tract of land not far from the fort, which be planted to potatoes and oats. However, Mrs. Sheffield's account relates, tbe river flooded out the crops. Taker) as Boarders In the spring of 1853 Captain Grant asked Mrs. Sheffield to take into her home aa boardera himself, Lieutenant Phil Sheridan, Captain George B. McClellan and two others. When she objected that ahe would be unable to care for so large a household, Captain Grant replied: "Oh, that can be easily managed. I shall detail one of tbe soldiers who is a good cook to do the cooking and besides, I have an excellent cook book and am a pretty good cook my self. 1 am sure that we shall manage very well." Grant missed his wife very mnch at this time and frequently expressed a desire to resign from the army and lire with his family, which some time later he did. After tha potato fail ure, Grant and his business associate bought all tbe chickens for 20 miles around and chartered a vessel to ship tnem to maraet in Ban Francisco. The ship returned with the news Hint the chickens hsd died on the way, however, thus dealing a second blow to Grants fortunes. Gava Cook Books When Grant was ordered to report for duty at Humboldt, Cal he gave Mrs. bhnfrield bii cook book, his feather pillows and soma trinkets. "During Grant'a atay of one year at Fort Vancouver he had not made an enemy and gained tbe friendship nnd good will of everybody," Mrs. Sheffield wrote. "Ho waa indeed ono of nature's noblemen." Warehouse System Arouses Interest i i ' COLUMBIA, S. 0., Fob. 10. UP) The development of the South Car olina warehouse system has aroused interest outside the state, and is be ing studied by rcpresentativea of othi er states, according to J. Clifton Rivers, state warehouse commission er. Texas especially, Mr. Rivers said, appears likely to start a sys tem patterned after the South Caro lina plan. There are approximately 1,200 state warehouses in South Car olina, devoted to tbe storing of cot ton, corn and other commodities. These aro held in storage until the market price justifies their sale. EUROPE COUNTRllg $9SnnnAVcSoJ2iiRI'ON excepting , JH yi,2 UDELL 105 Brd Bt. ,"KE Porting ' IF YOU'RE EVER IN DOUBT ABOUTi j SAVING I i It you ever wonder whether a hank ac count is neccsiiary for you. or whether you ought to put by more money in deposits to provide for future needs JtiBt ask some poor down-and-outer what savings might have' meant to him. Keep out of the failure class by ' saving more money I in the ' I BANK OF COMMERCE. Eugene, Oregon ' Bank (YV Commerce EUGEN E.OREGON Please Answer: If, aa you say, It la about all you can do to feed and clothe and care for your family, how could your widow do It? If, aa you say, It Is about all you can do to meet the ' expenses of today without mortgaging tomorrow, could your widow dn jt1 If, aa you sayT It Is about all you can do with your wages, to lay by a little to meet the mortgage on your home, how could your widow do It without your wages? If, as you say, you can't meet your mortgage for many years to come, how could your widow meet it tomorrow? ' If, aa you say, It la about all you can do, while young and atrong, to pay current expenses, who will pay them for you when old and decrepit? And lastly, knowing your widow would sadly need the insurance, that ahe would certainly suffer without It; that, if you lived, you could have a substantial cash value as a provision for your own old age knowing all this, la it good business management, Is it proper treat ment of your wife and children, la it proper considera tion for your own later years, not to insure your life? Or la It fair to them to carry one or two thousand and think you ara fully Insured? If you would like to be more fully Insured or if you would like ta talk over your Inaurance needa, fill out the coupon and mall to J O. L. Bus8ell, General Agent ! CALIF. STATE LIFE INSURANCE SO. Box 824, Eugene, Ore. I There will be no obligation to buy. NAME Address . Age Occupation THE CAREFUL SPENDER IS A SAVER Wo find that thosa who are owners of substantial balances hero at the) First National are careful spend firs thosn who know Just what expenses ara and ara not necessary. It is hard to know thla with out first knowing where ynur Income goes. A Chocking Account here will prnvldn such a record and receipts for each payment aa well. 40 Years af Helptal Service TIRST ' NATIONAL BANK of Eugene since i a a a" The Character of a Southern Gentleman i0 yeara ago. the tralnina and character of-a colonial gentleman were put to a terrlflo test. Being Commsna Ina General of a rebelllna army that waa hard presw for supplies and harraosed by numbing wlntr.,w .' demanded a great foresight and implicit faun m cauaa. George Washington waa Just such a man. To hl wart leaderahip and atern determination we owe a g deal of our national Independence. Foresight and principle of tha same calibre 'hr,c,er,i"1, tha founders of this bank. As a result receives cordial and sincere cooperation and ass of tha officials of the U. 8. National. 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