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HE EUGENE GUARD
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TIIl'HSDAV, FEBRUARY 1!0
It is a Sorry Mess.
FOR the distinction of having dono most to got Ore
gon's finuncinl affairs into tho QxistiiifT sorry moss
tho governor and tho legislature must share tho censure
of a just public appraisal, with tho former fairly taking
tho heavy end. As the legislature wanes to its close
nobody knows just what our financial status for the
coming biennium is to be. That we shall go heavily
"in the hole" seems apparent, but just how heavily
only tho future can tell.
In pique at the repeal of tho state income tax and
in the hope of enforcing its early restoration, the gov
ernor, assisted by Jefferson D. Myers, then state treas
urer, so manipulated the levying of the state property
tax as to bring it $1,500,000 short of budget require
ments. The majority of the legislature, anti-income tax
and anti-Pierce, resented this. Instead of trying to find
ways to cut slate expenses for tho coming biennium or
to levy an additional tax, as might have been done over
tho governor's veto earlier in the session, the legisla
ture went merrily ahead with its appropriations with
'little visible effort at economy. Salaries have been
raised right and left (hough by no means impartially
and special appropriations for various purposes have
been, made which were by no means justified in the
existing stringency.
For the situation thus created, public opinion will
divide the responsibility, as above stated. Partisans
of the governor will believe that he lias been trying to
cut down their taxes, and it is not unlikely that "he will
emerge from the situation stronger than ever before
those who have followed his fortunes. As to the legis
lature, its members individually will of course be held
responsible for nolliing. Legislators never arc. Meau
wlnlo the state will have to be extricated in some way
'from its financial morass.
History and Impartiality.
IT HAS been remarked in these columns recently that
little history is written impartially. It is difficult for
one desiring to learn truth about a great war, for in
stance, to accomplish that cud, except by delving deeply
into the accounts of it as given by historians of both or
all of the nations engaged and then balancing one against
tho other an unsatisfactory process at best. Tho truth
ought to be good enough for historians, but it seldom is
bo regarded by them.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt told tho World Alliance
of International Friendship, in an address delivered
recently at Palm Beach, Fla., that in every war waged
in modern times those participating havo sought to
justify their acts of aggression by tho claim that war
was resorted to only as a means of national defense,
and then sho made tho bald statement that the United
States never has fought a war of defense, although tho.
common people who did Ihe fighting wero made to
think they wero engaging in such a war.
One may at first resent this rather sweeping accusa
tion, but on calmer thought one must admit that the
subject is, after all, debatable. It cannot be denied
that our school histories are one-sided in their per
spective, although not more so than most of our his
tories written for adult consumption. "Who, having read
in his school Bancroft tho account of the war of 1812,
has not been jarred and astonished in later years at
learning that not everything that happened in that war
was to tho glory of tho United States, as tho school
history had taught us?
Discussing tho undependability of history as usually
written, the Christian Scienco Monitor says:
Who shall write tho histories to hn read and studied by
thnsn of the presont and futuro generations? Awakened to a
realliatlnn of the results of wrong thinking and wrong teaching,
surely the effort should ha to avoid patent dangers. Falsi
patriotism. If It is concelvn'hlo that such a condition of thought
can exist. Is as much to ho avoided as that unpopular pacificism
upon which tho poople of every nation have been taught to look
askance. There Is, applying to every possible human condition
and every possible human problem, an unfailing solvent. This
Is the absnluto truth regarding those conditions and problems.
This truth In not oviibIvb or hidden, once it Is honestly sought.
It can ho found, und It can be written. Hut it cannot ho written
by those who, consciously or unconsciously, nro Influenced by
prcjudlco, or by what Is misnamed patriotism.
that way." It is a condition Bad not
h theory.
Of course, a lot of consolidating
ought to have been done; should have
been accuinplihed long ago, Hut it
was not. The present legislature is
for the first time laying a sure fuuu
datiou for cousolidutiun of dt-pari'
uiems, by submitting to tha people
a constitutional amendment giving
free action, so that departments may
be merged without running into Ihe
objection of being agaiust the Con
ititution. This should iiave been done
long ago. hut it was not done.
At this late date nothing can be
done towards cutting off boards and
commiusioiiB and useless offices and
departments. J'erliaps little could :
have been done fro mine first, with '
bavo been done from Ihe first, with
many of the costly excrescences very
firmly entrenched, under the present
.system,
A Tendency of the Times
(Christian Science Monitor)
In polling an1 anti-bootleg notice at
nil of its mines and also at the steel
plant at 1'ueblo, tho Colorado Fuel &
iron company line shown itself thor
oughly abreast of the times. The no
tice reads ss follows:
This coinpimy Is going to get
along iu the future without the
service of bootleggers and their
customers. We class as bootleg
gers all those who manufacture,
sell, or distribute intoxicants,
either .personally or through ,
agents or members of their fam
ilies. Such persons will be dis
charged on evidence satisfactory
to the management without wait
ing for conviction in the courts.
Balking Again!
Tom Sims Says-
Better wear out all your old abirtt
dow before the weather gets warm
euougb to leave off your cout.
Better kick for a raise in pay be
fore spring fever get you.
.
In Chicago a couple of budding
young bandits were nipped in the bud.
Does higher education ry? Nfi
always. A Went Virginia professor f
70 hug married a woman of -8.
There is one consolidation about be
ing a college professor: you know you
are married for love and not for
money.
The child labor law is being di-
ciiBBcd. The ncuool boy wonders it
his teacher iias heard about it.
4
Fifty years is usuully enough to do
cide a question but a South Bend
Ind. couple asked divorce on their
golden wedding du.v.
Big hotel cuught fire in Suva una h,
(in., but nut from what a guest
thought w.hen lie got liw bill.
A spendthrift, according to some
people, Is a man who buys a home
wlien he hasn't a single auto.
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In Lighter Vein
An initial payment has just been mado on otito
prunes handled by tho North Pacific co-operative prune
exchange, at tho rato of 10 cents a pound for ;!()-t(ls.
Tho proHpcct is that the oxrliniigo price for potites will
prove, higher than that received by any other growers,
according to the marketing department of the Portland
chamber of commerce. There was a good deal of scof
fing last fall on the part of newspaper and other critics
of tho exchange at its forecast of intentions. The pros
pect that it is to do well for its members is gratifying.
' The first edition of the Clatsop Count v Argus, a
weekly newspaper published at AVarrenton', Ore., has
come to hand. The editor is (I. Clifford Harlow. He be
lieyes in telling the world. For years he has been
doing moro to herald "Warrnnton's fame than anv other
individual. Now he has a vent of his own for his en
thusiastic chronicles of tho great things Warrenton is
doing.
Lou Tellegcn, once a legitimate actor but. later .
vautlevillian ami film star, is not onlv married again'
but a father as well, the always sprightly dispatches from !
Hollywood tell us. And preparations for Jlr. Patty!
Arbuckle's next wedding are moving apace. There's1
always something doing around Los Angeles.
Ono has to arise a little earlier now in order to see'
tho priceless spectacle of a sunrise so beautiful as to j
bafflo description, but it is worth tli effort. The major'
color Bchemo of tho one this morning was bright cri'm-i
son, purple ami blue-gray.
COMMENT OF THE PRESS
LIQlAtur j problems t-micerniug the raiting of
(Sslein Mtatesmin) Hit ti.vf unary revenue for the r.m-
Tlift present Orrgit kfn-Utiir hau'dtM 'f the state's buatneKt. It is ton
been confronted with intne knotty jln'e to quarrel over "how they
Sorrows of Poverty.
(Cincinnati Einjuirei')
A poor man is up agaiust it,
He can't afford a car.
Hence ho can't drive without s'tid
clinius on ao ley street and g.t n
trip to the hospital or morgue.
He enn't shut himself up in a,i air
tight garage and vturt tfio engine mu
ring. iie can't get filled up on wojd alco
hol and run iuto somebody oiu' he ar
rented for mHimhiughter.
AH he ciiu do it to let n littU germ
get him and get .his name in the obit.'
uary column instead of on the front
page.
Too Eager Invefltcva.
(Ohio IStalo Journal)
It sometimes hcoiiis sh if our intelli
gent sunt II investors just stood around
waiting with the utmost eagerness
and impatience for persuasive but
conscienceless persons to com along
and cheat the eye-teeth nut of the in.
An Econmy Sunnostlon.
(Topekii Capital)
A. Vale professor is out with the
suggestion that the government "pay
statesmen wont they are worth." Th2
first thing wo know, t'nlvin I'oolidge
in ids fury for economy will be put
ting tha iu one of hi messages.
Too Short.
(Itosion Transcript)
Newedd "What's wrong with the
pie-erust? It doesn't hulf cover the
pie."
Mrs. Newedd "Why, dearest, I
asked your mother how to make them
to suit you nnd she said to make the
crust very short."
No Aooident,
(Wallace's Farmer)
Ho was being medically eisminel
preparatory to taking out an insur
ance policy.
"Kver had a leriou illness?" asked
the deputy.
"No,M whs he reply.
"liver liad an accident?"
".No."
"Never had a single accident In
your life?"
"Never, except limt spring when a
bull tossed me over a fence."
"lont yon cull that an in cident V" j
"No, sir! He did it on purpose."
Self.
tlmuv tirace IHackhnrn iu Albany
1 tcmocrst )
The wind and I nnd a butterfly j
1'iired forth tho world t see.
We danced with the sun iu a ferny '
fen, j
We sought Cor a fun in s nmMy den
And raced with a brook down a dewy
glen,
As joyous ss cMild be.
Hut thp Kim slid down ai the moon'
swung high,
Tho wood wore mterv ;
The wind sang hi m r If a lullaby
And suk to sleep in the sea.
The butterfly died when tho Unht
came down,
1 fled in fright from a gypsy's frown
And turned to the lights of a littls
town
Tor cheer ami company.
Antelopes Increase !
TAHKU, ('anuria, Keh. I'U. More
than lNHt Bntelopt re now w ithin .
a radius of 4" iinlrn fmm On city, '.
fsrmeis estimate. Thv tin- rating,
large quantities tf green feed .re I
scned for cattle. '
MR. LONGWORTH HAS LUCKY DAY
Baby Girl Arrive? on Valentine's Day, and Then he Is Made
Speaker For the Next Congressional Session
. Jty HAItRY B. HUNT
(NEA .Service Writer) ,
yASIJINUTOX, Feb. 20. St. Val
entine was good to Nicholas
Longwortb.
For not only did the day of that
good saint bring Nick a baby girl,
just IU years, lacking three days,
after he and "Princess Alice" Roose
velt were married, but that same good
day clinched the result in the contest
for speakership of the next congress
in Ixingworth's favor.
Unless some entirely unlikely and
unexpected combination can be effect
ed by the supporters of Congressman
Martin H. Madden of Illinois, before
Feb. 17, JiOugworth will emerge from
the majority caucus on that date and
the perquisites of that office.
Except for the "honor" involved,
tho post of speaker offered little
either to Longwortb or Madden. .
As floor lender of tho republicans,
Longworth has wielded during tho
last two congresses an inflenee vir
luiilly as great as will be his in the
in ihe speakership.
The power of Madden, who contin
ues as chairman of the great Appro
priations committee, will be in no way
weakened by his defeat for tho "high
er" office,
" He will still hold the purse strings
of congress, and the congress, like
the individual, can be powerfully in
fluenced through its "pocket nerve."
The elevation of Longworth to the
speakership will give the house a pre
siding officer of a type widely differ-
Ill New York
By JAMES W. IEAX
VEW 1UUK, Feb. lid. A dilapi
dated old boat buries its nose
in the dry sand of Mariner's Hnrbor.
Staten Island. Itickuty planks lead
to a tumble dow n cabin. Across the
rotting bow is scrawled "The IMs
gusted Millionaires." The decaying
hulk seems to stand there as a sym
bol of shattered romance, the dead
echo of tho call of the deep.
Around this old ship is spun a
legend of two sonfarers, Norwegian,
brothers who built the boat at the
beginning of this century, put it under
sail and set forth for their homeland.
Once iu Norway, they intended to fit
it out with engine and boiler.
And so they set out with brave
heart but became stranded on a sand
bar when only n few miles from shore.
Towed back to the beach, they refit
ted the croft nnd set snil again. That
time they met up with a storm off
Cnpe May and were all but lost when
rescued by a government cruiser and
hauled back to Staten Island.
Discouraged, the boys sold their
boat to some young fellows who or
gauir.ed a yacht club in UKU and used
the boat for a club house, uitti an
ironic sense of humor they painted
"Disgusted Millionaires'' on the boat.
And the years passed, ns tho mov
ies put it, and tho boys one by ono
married and left the club. Irony wtts
added to irony nnd the old boat now
has been converted into, n storo
house. Interest in Wall street speculation
hn nbnted but Utile since the big bull
market of November. I bear more
people talking about quotations, mar
gins and such subjects than ever be
fore. The one sure winner in stock
snecnlution is the broker. His coin-
missions ate based on the amount of
snles and the market price of tho
ent from that of any incumbent in
the last, generation.
There is about him nothing of the
dictatorist brusnueness that charac
terized "Czar" Cannon. He has none
of the physical impressiveness and
statesman-like bearing of Champ
Clark.
The air of d.'gntty and aloof iciness
which has enabled Speaker (iillett to
give a certain distinction to bis reign
is entirely, Jacking'in him.
lungwort h, however, possesses an
unususl combination of ability, and
good fellowship which has made him
not only one of the most efficient
workers in the house but one of the
best liked.
He has to nn unusual degree the
knack of holding an opponent's good
will even while giving him a licking.
As a republican of the ingrained,
orthodox type, he fights hard. But
he fights fair, and be fights with a
smile.
The biggest vacancy to occur In
the house with the passing of the
(ISth congress March t, will be thot
due to tho departure of rotund Sam
uel E. Winslow of Worcester, Mass.
i Winslow wasn't defeated; he aim
ply didn't run again.
Physically, Winslow Is the personi
fication of the picture the cartoonists
draw to typify the "trusts."
Heavily jowled, of immense girth,
with graying whiskers parted in the
middle, a la Hughes, ho looks even
bigger than the 300 pounds or so the
scales show to his credit.
stock. The present table of commis
sion' rntes is ns follows. A minimum
$25 for 100 shares of stock selling
from $10 up 1o nnd including $2a a
share, $30 for ench 100 shares selling
from to $50, Inclusive, $35 for
ench 300 shares selling from $51 to
$7. inclusive, $40 for each 300 shares
selling from $70 to 100, inclusive, and
a commission of $.i0 for each J00
shares selling from $100 tip.
What is love? In a recent Broad
way play that flopped it was declar
ed to be "a misunderstanding be
tween a man and a woman.
23 Years Ago
BIBLE THOUGHT
FOR TODAY
Ho that loveth silver shall
not be satisfied with silver;
nor he that loveth abundance
with increase; this is also can
ity. When goods increase, they
are increased that eat them;
and what good is there to the
owners thereof, saving the be
holding of them with their
eesV- Kcelcsiostea .VIO, 11.
Bible Question
(Look up the answer
What attitude of Spirit
should one possess? F.ccl. 7:8.
From The Guard of Fob. 20. 1000
Mr. and Mrs. George Smith en
tertained the Married Folks' Whist
club last evening.
For a short time today a war of
rates was on between some of our
feed and grain merchants. First
class flour was sold for 05 cents a
sack and bran at H. hut the war
has been patched up we learn.
W. Ss. Iloffner and John Thorny
of Walla Walla arrived this nfter
noon on a business trip. These gen
tlemen are here for the purpose of
looking at the property of the Eu
gene ('aiming company, with a view
to purchasing.
The Eugene Excelsior mill .will
start up tomorrow. Today the ma
chinery has been running, being
smoothed down, and the adjustment
corrected. Tomorrow the knives will
be placed iu position and the finished
excelsion product will be turned out.
Mrs. It. A. noit h left for her home
in Grants Pass today. '
Mrs. It. S. Hean of Salem is in
Eugene for a visit of a few daj s.
George F. t 'raw has leased the
room in the Titus block, formerly oc
cupied by Miss I.earned's millinery
store and will move the Postal Tele
graphy agency, his music rooms ami
other interests to that place, The
Mi use I.enrueds are moving to the
Hampton building, two doors cnt.
W. W. Haines went to Albany to
day on business. '
Oregon Briefs j
.
Figures recently compiled revrnl
that municipalities in "Tillamook coun
ty have approximately $'J.tMNt.0"O out
standing bonds and warrants.
During January the state game
commission paid $'3'M2 In bouuties on
H200 wildcats, 21 cougars and two
wolves.
More than 40 acres of carrots have
been planted by farmers of The Dal
les district under contract with the
cannery company of Libby, McNeill &
Libby.
Of 473 pupils inspected in five dif
ferent schools in and near The Dalles
recently by Miss Grace Millgate.
school nurse, only 150 were found
to be suffering from no physical de
fects. Raymond W.' Hatch, Portland arch
itect, is drawing plans for a new
union high school nt Molulla to cost
?S0,00O, bonds for which were recent
ly authorized by the taxpayers.
IT. A. Templeton of Portland was
elected president of the Western Re
tail Lumbermen's association .at the
close of tho organization's twenty
second annual institute at Seattle.
Gus Hamilton of Myrtle Point has
purchased from the Robertson Tim
ber company of North Rend 2,000,000
feet of standing cedar on Sandy
creek, paying $7 a thousand for
stutnpnge.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
W. If. Blowers et ux to Frederick
M. Smith et ux- Part of lot 12, blk.
20 Gross oild. Eugene, $10.
Win. S. Kane to W. F. Reed et ux
Lot 4, blk. 1, Mountain View Park,
$100.
Mary J. Brown et vir to O. J. Vad
nais et. it i Part of lot 8, blk. 28,
Gross odd. $10.
M. Parker et ux to J. B. Parker
Tract tp. 10 S R 1 W, $10.
O. H. Shnw et ux to T. Shaw
et ux 3.45 A. tp. 20 S R 3 W. $10.
Walter W. Carter et ux to J. -T.
Pepiot et ux Int. in tracts tp. J7
S R 1 E.
J. J. Pepiot et ux to Walter W.
Carter et ui Int. in tracts tp. 17
S R 1 E. $10.
J. J. Pepiot et ux to U Elmer Pe
piot et ux Int. in tracts tp. 17 S R
1 E. $1.
Frank E. Taylor, sheriff to Ruby
IT. Goodrich-75.15 A.' tp. 17 S R 5
W, $RS73.ft6.
Mrs. .!. A. Atherton to William A.
Martin Tract in blk. 10, Fairmount,
$10.
F. L. Chambers et ux to Clem How
ell et ux Part of lot 1, Huddleston's
add. .Eugene. $1000.
ThursdaEvPi.ing, jyw o6
Fellowship
of Prayer
Daily Lenten Bible r'adlng
.nd meditation prepared for
Commission on Evangelism of
Federal Council of Churches of
Christ in America.
ASH WEDNESDAY
Th Forty Day.
Head Luke 8:1-6. Text. 8:8. And
all flesh shall tea the salvation of
God.
Meditation S a 1 y a t i o n through
Christ for all men! This is the hope
of the world. "Every fulfillment of a
promise of God k the pledge of ono
to come." The good promise, of tlu
gospel are never revoked. They ar
like springs on the dusty way. The
saving of one soul through Christ ia
a promise of universal salvation.
Christ's spirit la in the world, man's
wilfulness alone stays the coming of
ue kingdom.
" 'And the life was the light of
men.' And what did be not light up?
His amazing rays streamed down th-;
darkest ways of men and illuminated
the vast somber chambers of human
circumstance, lie lit up sin and show
ed its true color. He lit up sorrow
and transfigured it. He lit up duty
and gave it a new face. He lit up
common work and glorified it. He lit
up death and we could see through it.
Hut above all, he lit up God, an
'The people that sat in darkness sa'
a great light'."
1'rayer Almighty God, thy love is
our hope; thy Christ our salrstion.
Help thou our faith and teach us to
play as one great fellowship of be
lievers. May our weaknesses be per
fected in thy strength. Amen.
Trafflo Silencer
PA1US, Feb. 20. Paris streets
were too noisy, a French scientist
decided, so be has invented a plastic
"stopper" which fits in tho ear and
makes the 'noise of a railroad train
sound like the purrinjc of a cat. He
also recommends it for "light sleep
er" and swimmers.
WAS NOT FIT
TO DO HER WORK
Dreadful Condition of Mrs.
Fullerton's Health Reme
died by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
f!Wrfiftld. Pa. "I cannot becin to
tell you how much LydiaE. Pinkham's
l I Vegetable Com
pound has helped
me in every way.
Before taking it I
couldn't stand on
my feet without
pains running all
through my whole
body from my
waist down, just
like threads pull
ing. I was not fit
to do any work.
My mother eot me
to try the Vegetable Compound and
I have found great benefit, and I not
only recommend it for such troubles,
but to build up the whole system. I
have used it for most everything that
gets wrong with me. When I Degin
to feel nervous and irritable I don't
stop long in getting abottle of the
Vegetable Compound if I haven't got
one in the house. It gives a fine appe
tite and makes a new woman of me.
You may use this testimonial in my
own town or anywhere else, and 1
will answer any letters I receive."
Mrs. Rush Fullekton, 625 S. 2nd
Street, Clearfield, Pa.
If you are suffering from nervous
troubles, irritability, give the Vege-
lauie umiuunu a jair trial.
4Mi
Works Well in
Either Single or !
Double Harness
Thrift can alw,
he depended umi.
for effl.iency-vTk
ing well in tll
single or double hsr
ness.
An account with th
BANK OP COM.
MERCK will eniiv
you fo save morai
money.
3 Per cent pan ot
Savings Accounts.
Bank
fT
Commerce
EUGEN E.OREGON
DO YOU SPEND
ALL YOUR
SALARY?
The percentage of those who
manago to save a part o!
their salary Is very low. Tht
reason for this Is the lick
of systematic control ot n
nances. A First National Checkinr
, Account places at your finger
tips accurate information at
to whore this and that part
of your income has gone.
A fow months' record mil
put you on the ripht roaj.
JO Years ol
oirnul ServlM
FIRST
NATIONAL BANK
of Eugene
SI HCt ISO
BUGS
We're Too Sweet
LONDON. Feh. 26. People living '
in cities matte themselves more sua- .
coptihle to colds by eating too little
greenstuffs and too many sweets and
rich cakes, says Professor Hill of the
national institute of medical resesreh.
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$15-so
in
SAN
FRANCISCO
Stags Terminal
Phono ISfiO
LADIES SHOPPE
Dressmaking, hats, lingerie and
novelty fancy work, 700 Willamette,
upstairs, Phone SKI. ml7
Geo. N. McLean. Insurance, 8fii)
Willamette Si. Phone 617. if
Gargle Throat
With Aspirin
Clip This And Save If Sub
ject To Sore Throat Or
Tonsilitis
Prepare . harmless' nd effective
gargle by dissolving two Haver Tab
lets of Aspirin In four tableepoonfuls
of water, (iargle throat thoroughly.
Hrpeat in two hours if neressary.
He sure you use only the genuine
Bayer Tsblets of Aspirin, nisrked
with the Payer Cross, which csn be
had in tin boios of welre tablets for
few cents.
A Grip On The
Road
Rain sllrlr marts rail for lira chains -the"
careful motorist can drive on with confidence.
So It is in business. The road to success l
too often steep and slippery. With assistance its
driving especially with financial problems. f
Many Eugene people have been helped ''onj'
dangerous planes through the aid of the l'- r
Bank. They have been given a "grip on the r
by virtue of the sound financial program that e
low; they have gained confidence to strive ah.e,lY"
unfed through our nnllcv nf linnpst ilenlini: antl S4U .
shooting. Do you want just such banking
It awaits you here.
service?
UNITED STATES NATIONAL
BANK
The Bank fof Service
EUGENE LOAN AND SAVINGS
BANK
The Bank for Savings
SOMETHING WRONG
Headache! Backache! Nervous? All tlown r.Jo
Don't neglect yourself. Neglect may tJ
ous illness.
CHIROPRACTIC
1 Removes the cause Health returns
f
examination Free
GEO. A. SIMON
015 Willamette St.
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