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Friday Evening, Ffbrnorvo. Tago Four THE EUGENE GUARD THE EUGENE GUARD .? An Independent afternoon newspaper published dally except Sunday. PAUL R. KELTY, Editor EUGENE 8. KELTY, Business Manafer Offloea 1037-1041 Wlllamatta Street Telephona 1200 The Eugene Guard la a member of the Aaaoclated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the ub6 for publica tion of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise cred ited to thli paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. FRIDAY, FKDKCARY-20. Farm Problems and the Remedy C. GLOVER, overseer of tho Oregon Btato grange, addressed tho Eugene chamber ot commerce at its weekly members' luncheon yesterday, and among the facts he set out were these: A farmer living near Buoll, Ore., raised and picked and boxed and shipped 2000 boxes of apples. His return, after costs and handling and commission charges had been deducted, was nino cents. Not nine cents a box; ni;ie cents for the 2000 boxes. A Marion county farmer received $6.45 for 100 boxes of apples, after all charges had been deducted. A Newberg farmer received two cents a box for 800 boxes of apples which he raised, harvested and marketed. A Yamhill berry grower received one and a half cents a pound for a crop of loganberries which it had cost him two cents a pound to harvest. ' The items thus set out are concrete examples, aud authentic ones, of a condition recently prevalent among farmers which is not unfamiliar to persons who keep abreast of the times. Of course the conditions that these examples denote are intolerable. Farmers cannot long exist under them. There must be change, but how! Jlr. Glover, representative of tho farmers, offered no suggestion for a remedy. "What does ho think ought to bo done? What do tho majority of the farmers think ought to be done? . - Tins newspaper believes tlie remedy is economic rather than political. It believes that organization by the farmers themselves of their whole business of pro duction and marketing co-operatively otters a more practical remedy and will go farther toward solving their problem permanently than anything else. Machin ery to assist in this process is soon to be provided by the federal government through legislation now pend ing in congress and which the president purposes to boo through. But the president has mado it clear in his utterances and it is clear to all who havo studied the problem deeply that tho initiative must bo taken and tho brunt oi the work borno by the larmers them selves. nicely for a bslf century or more with common dirt roads' And besides tbi project, If rntcrod into, would bank rupt the tote. ' And yet, seventeen year later, so Oregon legislature enacted a law which mapped out the state's major highway tyatem and provided for an enormous bond lasue for financing Its construction. Today, just twenty-fire years after Mr. Hooth gave flrat eipreaalon to his vision, that major syatem of high ways has been completed; only u place of macadam, the construction is of aaphalt or concrete. And the state has adopted for its program an addi tional ayatem of highways, chief among which is the Kooeevelt highway west of the coast range of moun tain. When Mr. Booth Introduced tho concurrent revolution, which is the Buhjcct of thin article ond which first centralized thought on a permanent road syntem for Oregon, the automo bile wna in bd early stage of experi mentation. Only a few persons had a "gas buggy" in those days; and there were but few people who were rash eoough to predict that they would ever become popular. This Is of itao.'f corroborative of Mr. Ili.'oth's prophe:- lc powers. For Mr. Hooth doubtless saw that the automobile might very likely and probably would soon be come a universal means of transporta tion. Ho believed that the automobile would need good roads, If it were to attain sizeable deminsiona as 'in agency of travel, and be believed iu preparing Oregon for it. That won only a quarter of a cen tury ago; but the persons who scoffed at Mr. Booth then are now driving automobiles of their own and they are enjoying immensely tho very roads which they were hrandipg "a wonder ful dream." But the era In wtich we are living now proves that Mr. Booth was right and that they were wrong. Greed and the Golden Rule j ""KEED in one or another of its differing manifesto j vi tions and under ono or another ot its vnrymg mimes is tho cause of most of the human strilo and j consequent human misery that there are in tho world. I Tho rest is caused by fear. If these could bo effaced v from human consciousness wo should havo a condition f approximating perfection. ':, ) , In onch of us and all there is, eouchant or rampant, jj greed in greater degrco or lesser. In whatever measure we keep it, through our strivings, throttled and cowed j and in whatever degree wo succoed in casting it out, ) m that measure do wo bring ourselves into conformity : with that very great precept of ho greatest teacher, ; the Golden Rule, for tho Golden Kulo is the antithesis i of tho whole code ot jrrccd and all its mnnilestations In the world of business greed is manifested largely i in over-acquisitiveness, prompted by tear. U hero is ; fear that not enough profit will bo made to provide i next year's needs. There is fear that a competitor will get. a greater share of business than is rightfully I his. There is fear that an insufficient reservo is pro vided acaiiiRt nossiblo unnroHperous conditions of tho i future. And so there is sometimes manifestation of J effort, tn nenuirfi now as much as possiblo and as ranidlv. no matter at what cost of business ethics. oiii. nf sueh tendencies and this situation there . lias eomo ur within the pnst few years a powerful off- ; sotting movement, whose purpose is to work by tho i Golden Kulo in business ana proiessionai practice, ,J International Rotary is its name. Its members are i business ajid professional men who aro themsolvos : nledeed to net bv tho principles and under tho code j of ethics which they spread. Tho foundation stono ! of this codo is that tho ideal of service is the basis of all worthy enterprise and that "Ilo profits most who serves best," with tho further declaration that a ' profit is legitimate only if and when all parties to ' tho transaction nro benefitted thereby. Its membership ' js limited, but Rotary's seopo is, nevertheless, all in elusive, becauso members nro obligated to practice and ' promote tho Kiuno eithies universally as among thom 'i selves. i Tho Rotarv movement began in 190.r. Now it has more than 100,000 members m moro than 1800 clubs ; iu 28 countries. Thus its teachings aro being spread throughout the world. Thero is no business movement , of higher character. No ethical movement is making faster progress. Nono is more hopeful. If wo couldn't have Bob Kuykendall, who is Eu , gene's own, or Louis Bean, who also is Eugene's own, i why George Ncuner, of our neighbor county of Douglas, is a choico that Lano county will cordially approve for : United States attorney for Oregon. Ho is well equipped : and well qualified. Our respect for tho eternal verities compels tho I admission that thero is no better reason for prohibiting cigarette advertising on billboards than in newspapers and magazines. Tho senate at Salem did well in killing i a bill which would have made the discrimination. 'Long About This Time of the Year He Gets Mighty Unpopular General Mitchell's Courage. (I'endleton East Oregonlan) Brigadier General Mitchell, who has raised a furious fuss at Washing ton and has botb the army and navy chiefs hot efter him, is a very fearless sort of airman. It is said that five per ccut of men are incurable cowards and that nothing cau be done with them. Ninety per ceut are classed us alright it they have proper discipline. and leadership. The other five per cent do not know the nieaniug of fcur and they are not influenced by it. General Mitchell u evidently ot this class. In fighting for a greater air force ho bus risked his own official neck. He has virtually defied bis su perior officers and that is not an eiiy thing for a military man to do. An of ficer who doea that usuully comes out the worse for bis experience. The vcary audacity shown by Mtt- chcli enhances him in tho public es teem. An officer who will risk his commission in a fight he believes nec essary for the nation's interest is en titled to credit for his courego. Wo need pcuco time heroism of that sorr., Furthermore, there is good ground for the belief that General Mitchell is right. Our air service is weak and it should be improved. It won t be brought up to date as long as It is held back by those who consider it a mere scouting agency for the army and navy. Whetiier wo wisn it or not me nexi wnr, If thero is to be one, is going to bo largely an' aerial war. Why nit listen a bit to what our airmen sayV 1 vaTcm mh caange 7his j -n vfcOA SNOW Nib A BK3 MUNK IVnVW 1 sA'Mfc ICE - WATCH MOW JX () () - 1 1 How to AUDI Friend Wife. (Corvallla Oasette-Times) An averoge of 75 pieces of mail are dally shaken out of supposedly empty mail bom sent to the repair shop In Washington. Some of tho letters are l year old. Show this to your wife when slio accused you b( not mailing that letter her friend never received. CHIEF AND WOMEN ARE AT OUTS President's Declination to Enlarfle Feminine Activity In Govern ment Brings Wrath on Him Tom Sims Says 'T'IMKS aro so tough, you seldom find more than a nickel on the pavement. .Our nrgument for alow eating Is that what'a worth chewing at all is certainly worth chewing well. This is tho first editorial paragraph we hove ever seen about congress which didn't register a kick. The reason you ran find so much fault is because nobody wants it. The 102. autoa will do everything except jump out of the way when they ace a pedestrian. A woman Is a peraon who can get a trunkful of sniff into a suit case. The only way aome people will give Is up, in or out. You can't keep your handa In your pockets if you have a family on them you certainly can't. Theso fur conls you aeo were mado by skinning dumb brutes, usu ally father. The early bird to return north will catch it. Just look at the money wo are sav ing ou ice aud watermelons. , Troubles are like secrets. Keep them to youreolf and they will exog gcrote their own Importance. By I.AHHT BOARD.MAN (NEA Service Writer) WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 l'resi- ident Coolidge is discovering the truth of that well-known and justly famous quote, "Hell bath no fury like a woman scorned." He started the discovery process almost immediately after letting it be known that nc new avenues of gov ernment activity would bo opened to women during his administration. This policy was defined when he re fused appointment of Mrs. Mabel Walker Willcbrnndt,, nssistunt attor ney general, as federal judgo in Cali fornia. His position was that he would ap point women where precedent exists, but would moke no appointments where women do not already hold posts. This was not exoctly calculated to endear him tu the hearts of the wo men in politics. It didn't particularly as he took his stand right in the midst of tho fight over the proposed cuual rights nuicudmeut, whilo advocates of the ineiiBure were declaring one ot their main complaints to be the inequality of opportunity between men and wo men for holding office! What They Say Leaders of tho National Women's Tarty, gathered hero for the amend ment fight, flew to arms. Here a wnat aome of them Bny: Mra. Burn ta Shelton iiatnews. member of U. 8. Supreme Court Bar: The president's attitude means that he fnvors stopping the progress ot women towards recognition. "Women pay taxea equally with Optimistic thought for today: havo returned and aro on the job. Tho meadowlarks COMMENT OF THE PRESS men. Why should they not be entitled to equal opportunity iu public employ ment'" Alias Gsil Lsughlin, founder of Na tional Business and Professional Wo men's League: "Fortunately for the progress of the world we have had people who do not wait for precedent, but go ahead with the new and un tried. Otherwise we Bhould still be in cavo days." Miss .Mabel Vernon, Woman's Party executive secretary: "The president is simply missing an opportunity to nlign himself with the spirit ot the times, for everyone recognises that tho day is not fnr distant when wo men will hold high positions both by election nnd appointment." "Regrettable," She Says Hiss Kinraa Wold, Woman's I'srty legislative secretary: "It is regret table that the first man of the land should lake the traditional position that tho point already reached is the last safo point. "We all know that this position, in practice, is untenable. ' "One must either go forward or back. The advance of womon in offi cial positions, after all, doea not de pond upon the attitude of ouc man." Miss Margaret Whittcmorc, Wo man's Tarty vice preeident: "As a citlsen of California, I would greatly desire to Bee Mra. Willebrandt ap pointed. ' "1 have personally so Informed tho president, ond 1 cannot believe- the president would take sueh a retro gressive and unfair Btep on this ques tion as to debar a person so capable of filling this office on the sole ground of being a woman." Gospel am free.' Hem fool niggahs thought dat it meant dat Ah wnza't to git no salary." Desperate Case (Lousville Courier-Journal) "That fellow looks downcast." Ves, they arc going to shoot him at sunrise. "A deserter?" "No, a movie star. Aud that's a darn mean hour to get out on the lot." mm Making it Official ' (NEA Service Bulletin) Lest there be ny misundcrtsanding or confusion nnd in order to settle all bets, tho l'axton (111.) Daily lice ord of Feb. 7 curried a five-column head on its first page, "End of the World Did Not Come." Those who lost will now pay off like gentlemen. We Used to Wonder (NEA Service Bulletin) Why should newspaper men have milk bills when there arc Ko-inony sncred cows around the editorial or ficcs? B. A. Booth's Vision. (Albany Herald) Twenty-five years ago Senator R. 'y A. Booth of Eugens Introduced in tht ' . state aenate at Salem a concurrent 1 -i resolution providing for the appoint : ment of a commission to look' into the .: feasibility of construrting a macadam v road from Tortland to the California '! boundary. ' An item to this effect was publish ed the other day in the "Twenty-Five Years Ago" column of the Portland Journal. It is an Interesting bit of history. It gives us a glimpse of R. A. Booth's prophetic rlalon. His con current resolution, as we learn tin history of highway development in Oregon, didn't get very tar. It was a "beautiful dream" and all that, yu know. Hut It simply rouldn't be don. Hadn't Oregon people endured vcty'erniy t In New York By JAMES W. DEAN VKW iOUK, Feb. SO. The Bow cry's flrat mission baa just been sold by an Irishman to a Jew. It was the Camp Memorial Congregational Church of Chrystle street. Tho church originated In Centre atreet aeroya from the Tomba, in the cradle 'of crime nnd the nursery of wretchedness. That wss in lVill when Yankee Sullivan, the priiefightrr, ran a auloon next duor snd before Salva tion Nell of his sisters appeared among the hoodlums. The mission employed a creed thut appealed to meu-of all fait ha and It flourished while churches of various denominations failed. In It was received into the Congregational church, One of the mwt memorial events that occurred within the shadow of the church waa the Fourth of July riot In 1S.17 bnween tha Bowery Bora, and the Dead ltohhit gang. C'lutw guns snd flat were used by the men In the streets while women and bora on houstops tore down brick chimneys' to ft missilea for the frat. The last ue of tha church ws that of a refuie for Mr. Zero and his of unemployed. It might hate continued as that, but the health and police authorities interfered. Then F. T. Hennessy, a real estate man, sold it to Isidore Kempner, . Carmelo Garcia has returned to Havana because the only English he knew for eating purpoaes was "ham snd egga." He had been In New York six weeks. A he explained to Bob Dorman, the Spanish-speaking enop shooter and world-wandering corrot pondent. "I had to eat bom and egga three times a diy. And six weeks of ham and egga is too much for ony man." An alley iu the Tear of a cheap lodging house. A "dead" wagon at tho curb. A cop standing by. A stretcher Is carried out by two men. It sags with something covered with dirty cloth. The stretcher is slung into the wagon. A faded derby hat roll to the street. One of the men kicks it to another who tosses it Into the wagon. "He wins the brown derby," chortles the driver as he climbs to hla seat. One of New lork's littlo come dies. The seagull is having hard times hereabouts. A bill permitting the city to kill tho grtnt flocks of them that settle down on the reservoir in Cen tral park la being urged In the itste legislature. And the oil-burning vci aols are another ineuace. (lulls, all ill nocent of oil aud its effects, kettle on the water where the oil-buriirra havj cleaned out their tanka and became o stuck up they can't fly. their countries impose on Japaneso; hut thero could bo no criticism If It wero done. In fact, there could be no complaint if Japan were to enact the exact dup licate of the American immigration law. Fnr that matter, American states might repeal their alien land laws in the exact manner Japan ha done. ' There la an old alien land law in Japan, which haa been ostensibly re pealed, with the following exception: 1 Tbot the repeal shall not be ef fective until proclaimed by imperinl rescrint (which has never been done) a That the privilege of land own- ina hall then extend only to no tionals of countries which grant toe like nrivlleae to Japanese. 3Thnt it shall not opply to the Island of Hokkaido, nor to any of the other par's of Japan where there is any land available, nor to any terri tory which has been or may be des ignated as a military district. 4 Nor at all except by authorlM (ton of tho home secretary. With these exceptions, tho alien land law of Japan is hereby repealed! I Howell's Comment ; By CIIESTI'.U 11. HOWK.I.l, 'I'll HUB Is probably no truth in the rumor Hint Japan proposes to Im pose on foreigners desiring to own land in Japan whatever condition! BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TODAY Be Careful for Nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request lie made known unto God. And the peace ' of God, which passeth all un derstanding, shall Veep jvor ' hearts and minds throngh Christ Jeans Thllippiani 4 6, 7. Bible Question. (Look I'p the Answer) Should w seek instruction? - Tror, 1.1:12. If.-. In Lighter Vein Wife Was Right. . dxindon Tit-Bits) Jones nnd his wife w,cre talking about the remarkable discoveries in Kino Tutankhamen a tomb. 'lsu t It wonuenui, my uear : saiu Jones. "They actually found in the omb couches and chairs JO centuries old and in good condition. 'Well. " replied the wite, "1 ve at ways said it pays In tho long run to buy the best." Conditions Shocking (Princeton Tiger) 'Friend of mine visited tho prison l.,lv " "How did he linn toe conuiiion. "Shockinc 1 In fact, he was electro cuted." , , , Vice Versus (Columbia Jester le Please come out iu the g.irden with me. jibe Oh. no. 1 iiiustn t go out with out a chaperone. He But we don't need one. ghe Then 1 don' want to go. Religion Too Free (Western Christian Advocate) "1 thought you were preaching. Vucle Bob," aid -the Colonel, to whom tin elderly negro hid applied 'or J,,h' ., .. , . , "Vessah. Ah wui.' replied In.le; "but Ah guess Ah ain't smaht enouth to upeuort de Kcriptures. Ah almost .tab-ted to deff tryin' to explain de I true mesuin ur ue line uai i- Oregon Briefs Mnny haystacks lie under water in the Tulo lake Hcctiou of Klamath county nnd two bridges west of Sum mcr lake are washed out. Members of the Catholic church at Medford have purchased for $5000 a tract of laud In thut city upon which they will erect in the near fiittiro modern church edifice. Canning prospects in Oregon for the coming year ore brighter than they have been for several years, in the opinion of C. D. Minton, secretory of the Northwest Cnnners' associa tion. J. L. Crow of Hillshoro has been elected department, commander of the Oreion Grand Army of the Keptthlir to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Colonel Henry K. Doscb. The Brookings sawmill plant and auxiliaries of the California and Ore eon Lumber company are now run ning with two eight-hour shifts after having been closed down ince the bis wind and rain storm lnt Novemher, C. W. Fulton of Tort Orford re- port 01 Inches of rsin at that place since October 1, and says that fur three weeks It rained continuously with a gale blowing from 40 to 70 miles an hour. ' . James Henderson Jr., a senior in the Cascade Docks high school, has won the Lincoln medal coolest, spon sored ly sn eastern watch company, for high school students all over the United States. 25 Years Ago (From The Gusrd of Feb. 18, 1000) . Born, Februsry IS, 1000, to Mr. and Mrs, Darwin l'oian, a dnughter. H. C. Huddleston went to Portland this afternoon on a business trip. While there he is going to purchase some machinery for their Blue Kiver mines. C. A. Hollar cams out from Flor ence yesterday. , ' A brother of T. A. Gilbert will at- sit him in his nrw store when bo opens it for business soon. . w T. D. Union arrived home today after a trip down the valley. w Mrs. J. Jj. Page is entertaining St. Mary's guild Wednesday afternoon. ... The Ladies' Musical club is planning for a program to be given March 5. . . D. r. Sheridan of Walker is in tho city on business. ... A. L. Roney was a visitor today from Goshen. LADIES SH0PPE Dressmaking, hats, lingerie and novelty fancy work, 780 Willamette, upstairs, Phone SSI. ml 7 PljSl IP YOU'RE EVER "N DOUBT ABOUT SAVING-, I If you ever wonder whether a bank ac count Is necessarr for you, or whether you ought to put by more money iB deposits to provld, for future needs Just ask some poor down and outer what i savings might have ' meant to him I Keep out of the failure class by ' saving more money I in the I BANK OF i COMMERCE Eugene, Oregon ' Bank Commerce EUGEN E.OREGON ?'o . IVtfr Sr-1 60,.-le,-y uertnya WHOI1 If you prefer a hot cereal on these cooler mora ings you have a treat in store. Just make Shredded Wheat Mush according to Uie di rections given above. And don't forget that this is a mush TviJb 100 food value because Shredded Wheat is a whole wheat in a most digestible form and whole wheat is a complete balanced food. Two biscuits either served as a mush or cold with milk and cream make a most satisfying meal and all at a cost of about five cents ! Think of it a balanced, energizing meal for a nici:l! Write today for recipe book, "SO Ways of Serving Shbedded Wheat." ,PACD7IC COAST SHREDDED WHEAT CO. Oakland, Calif. Ihredded wheat 9 I I J I H I I lilfnl THE CAREFUL SPENDER IS A SAVER Wo find that those who are owners of substantial balances here at the Flrat National are careful spend ers those who know just what expenses are and are not necessary. It Is hard to know this with out first knowing whoro your income goes. A Checking Account here will provide such a record and receipts for each payment as well. 40 Years el Helptul Service FIRST NATIONAL BANK of Eugene IISCI lilt The Character of a Southern Gentleman 150 years ago, the tralnintt and character of a eo'9n'j' gentleman were put to a terrific test. Being Commana inn General of a rebelling army that was hard press for supplies and harrasaed by numbing wlnt" w"n ,' demanded a great foresight and implicit taitn in cause. George Washington was just such a man. To his stalj wart leadership and stern determination we owe a g deal of our national Independence. Foresight and principle of the eame calibre char,c"r,ren the founders of this bank. As a result every P receives cordial and sincere cooperation and ""' of the officials of the U. S. National. That Is a cus that haa been maintained from the earliest days business history UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK The Bank for Service LUGENE LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK The Bank for Savings II I SOMETHING WRONG Headache 1 Backache t Nervous t All down and on Don't neglect yourself. Xeglcct may load to n ous illness. CHIROPRACTIC Removes the cause Health returns GEO. A. SIMON Examination Free Il Willamette 8t phone
