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TITE EUGENE GUARD
Monday Evening, Jfar,b
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MONDAY,
On City Planning.
FOR towns that desire to ho and remain attractive
after they have becrtne cities, zoning and city plan
ning are important things. For the enhancement of
values that they bring to property they pno are im
portant. And tho best timo to plan a big city so as
to bring attainment of these objects is while it is small.
After it has grown it can only be zoned nnd made sym
metrical and beautiful at heuvy expense because of the
tearing down and remodelling process that it then en
tails. In its current news letter tho Eugene chamber of
commerce brings the subject of city planning before it,s
members and the public, and ono of the things the letter
says is this: "Ono would not think of permitting
bricklayers, carpenters and plumbers to plan a building
as they went along. Cities likewiso need a definite plan
to sorve as a guide." That illustration sums' tho case
up well and forcibly.
Eugene is already out of the town and in the city
stage of its growth but it is yet a comparatively small
city. Its growth, judging by every present indication,
will bo rapid from now on. Every year that adoption
of a definite programme for its building is delayed will
add to tho difficulty and expenso of working out such
a plan and making it effective. '
Nature has not done more for any city than for
Eugene. Its location and environment aro unexcelled.
The city of tho future that is to be here can bo made
a very beautiful city.' But to attain that end requires
planning. The chamber of commerce news letter on this
subject is worthy of serious attention.
Opium .Conference Results.
RESULTS of the opium conference at Geneva, it. now
appears, were rather more favorable than had been
indicated at the time of and immediately following the
withdrawal of tho American delegation because the con
ference had declined to declare itself for a programme
of limitation of opium production and distribution.
The conference, according to a report summarized
by tho New York World, was dual. There were, in fact,
two conferences working simultaneously and in close
relation to each other under parliamentary relations de
scribed as somewhat intricate. Tho first of those, from
which tho American delegation withdrew, finally agreed
that opium traffic would henceforth bo mado a govern
ment monopoly and that at somo future time, after
China has curbed the smuggling and over-production
of opium, a system will be tried of suppression of opium
Bmoking in Indo-China, tho Malay states and the East
Indies. Tho second conference, which completed its
work later, provided for creation of a board of opium
control, to which shall bo submitted by all powers
signatory to tho treaty statistics as to tho amounts of
opium imported to aim exported trom tuoso countries.
Report will be made by tho board to. tho league of na
tions of cases wherein it appears that any country is
consuming more opium than is warranted by conditions.
The recommendations of both conferences aro bind
ing upon, tho signatory nations or stales. Tho participa
tion of tho United States is to bo invited. The invita
tion will go first to tho president and if ho approves,
theuco to the' senate for treaty ratification.. It would
certainly seem that what has been accomplished at
Geneva is valuable and worthy of American participa
tion, oven though tho results do fall short of what the
American delegation desired.
At a homo near Irving
spring beauties occupied a placo of honor on a table, and
violets wero blooming in the front yard fragrant violets,
not the kind that como from Calilornia. It is spring in
Lane county and tho groundhog, who saw his shadow
on groundhog day and then holed himself up for another
six weeks, will doubtless feel chagrined enough to hire
a husky rabbit to kick him across tho fields when he
emerges again nnd .finds out what ho has been missing.
It all depends. Congress deliberated heavily and
long on tho question of raising tho pay of postal em
ployes, lull wneu it Ciiuio io riiiMiiK me nv in uuiii
men it was done by viva voce vote, and all in a minute
Tho letting of contracts
and bridge work by tno state lugnway commission in
dicates tho continued march of progress in Oregon's
highway programme.
Leslie, Congo, arrested at Klamath Falls on a boot
legging clinrge, called up (lie district attorney nnd said
lie. would liko to retain him to defend tho ease. .Seek
no further. Mr. Congo takes tho medal for naive nerve.
Tho ffovernor vetoes tho appropriations for all pro
posed new armories, notwithstanding nn understanding
which he had given Hint ho would co-operate in tho
plan for an armory at Lottage urovc.
Be gentlo with tho assessor's deputy when ho calls.
Ilo has to ask you those questions that seem so leading.
COMMENT OF
Th Diat Censorship.
(Medford Mall-Tribune)
It Is, perhaps, just as well that the
proposed movie cetnorshtp bill has
been defeated. The mai'u trouble with
boards of censorship is politics, Ohio
has a movie censorship, but during
the republican convention in Cleve
land last summer, the moral tone of
tbe movies offered was Dot notice
ably high.
A few months later a mer.fter of
the board of censors admitted she had
been offered a trip to Europe, and a
ubsequeot Investigation indicated
that the board bed been honeycombed
by petty graft and quentionable poll
tlcal Influence. One member of the
com oil I on wet riiarged with demand
ing a large amn for passing a certain
Mm the charge wae never proved
Telephone 1200
entitled to the use for publica
local news tiubllshed herein. All
MARCH 2.
yesterday a bouquet of
for $'204,000 worth of road
THE PRESS
but that Irregularities were attempt
ed, may be safely conceded.
When all is said and done the ou!y
effective censorship is puSHe opinion,
And the only liimirniico against moral
injury, is the development of clior-i-ter.
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Naming the Longworth Baby.
(New York World)
Mrs. Ixngworth, nee Itoosevelt, se
lected for her baby the name Paul
or, t It turned out, Paulina. She ia
an admirer of ths Apoade Paul aod
she did not wish to burden her child
with the name of hr liltittrlous
father. In a comment, witty enough
to be authentic, he Is reported as
saying of her brotber: "Poor T. U, J.
every time he crosses the etreet mm
one has something to say because he
doesn't do It as bis father would; and
if ha Divlgate nicely they say It wuh
jut an T. 1(, would bave duu it."
lu tlii important matter Mia.
LoujfwurtU display g-jod aeuee. It is
cruel to luad uptm a li?.lc8 infaut i
dhiij that iie limy find it difficult lu
wear. Abraham JJucolu'a sun must
liavs found iu Uia long life tlie name
Kobert much more comfortable th.iu
Abraham would bare been. Washing
ton Jiad do Svn; to a second Geoo;
that iiaint) would liuve been more of a
handicap than au advantage. L'lfs-ui
S. uraut the younger has been merci
fully known aa "Jiuck" to liiu inti-
We congratulate Miis Longtvortli
upon an excellent name, io alight r
(rival thing. Paulina Long worth it a
fine name, whether to keep or to ex
change for another if that custom
linger in the jcura of Jjcr maturity.
Progress and the Negro.
(Christian Ho.euce Monitor)
Zn iir.ning, in a recent public ad
cirwa in Jioitdn, hii unreserved assu
rance that the relation between the
negro and wbita races of the outli
are becoming increaiiugiy harinoniuuH
Dr. Kobert K. Moton, successor to
Booker T. Washington as principal
of the Tuikegee institute in Alabama,
makes a significant contribution to
the discussion on tbis question. Dr.
Moton pointed out that tabe legisla
tures of North and South Carolina,
Louisiana, and Alubaina have provid
ed marked increases in their appro
priations for negro education, and
urged that women's clubs and similar
organizations continue their efforts
already achieving subatantiel results
to alter the attitude toward tho
negro. Constitutionally the United
States prescribes unqualified equality
of opportunity, and tbis right should
not be compromised by racial preju
dice. To give effect to this jdeal is an
individual as well as a civic obligation.
Pie roe Triumphant.
(Salem Capital Journal)
lioth tiie legislature and the gover
nor played politics throughout tnc
session and the legislature proved it-
fdf no match for tho governor and
finds itself badly trimmed. When it
comes to playing politics, Walter
rierce.is in a dual by .himself, lie
hut secured what he wanted and for
ced the legislature to give him even
mure than iie asked.
Except for the Tort of Port
land imue, really a local affair, the
governor has won every contention
and the close of the session finds him
triumphant, with more money to
spend, more jobs to give out, and
more leisure for campaigning than
ever.
While the governor sacrificed Clea
ver, he gets twice as much money to
spend for his successor. He retains
power over both fish and game com
missions, wit-hr some new ceminrssions
to appoint. He keeps all of hi pro to
get, like Spcuce. The prison remains
uninvestigated, and in his control.
Not a single reform in administra
tion or a single economy has been rec
ommended by the governor or Initiat
ed by Che legislature which has proven
itself anything but constructive. In
stead with it Palm Beach bill, it has
played into the governor's hands. The
financial crisis existing created by the
governor's action in levying too low a
tax, will grow more acute in the next
two years.
All of wiilch shows that things must
grow worse betore they grow better
nnd every legislature is doing its
share, aided by the governor, to make
them worse.
Oregon Briefs f
Lulhrr V. Hood, for some time
managing editor of the Klamath
News, has announced his retirement
from the .Uamath Falls newspaper
field. Jle is now copfincd to his
home In that city with severe ill
ness. Athena has been made headquar
ters for the state highway mainten
ance patrol covering (ho division bo
twee n Pendleton and the Washing
ton Mate line, tho city donating' four
Iota for permanent buildings.
J. U. Crawford, one of the most
widely known tircl. colonists in tho
stale and a dean of the profession of
photography in the Willamette valley,
celebrated his 75th birthday at Al
bany .Saturday.
Ity.n vote of two to one, electors
of The Dalles school district have
ratified the action of the school
board in transferring a nine-acre tract
west of town for the site of a pro
posed union high school building.
Dr. Alary F. Fnrnhnm, former
dealt of women at Pacific university,
Inia doiutted n large collection of
photographs of art similes and about
HtH volumes of literature to too col'
lege library.
Billy Huff, Chiloquin pugilist, and
Foster Barkley. his business associ
ate, each drew six months in the
county Jnil when they were found
guilty at Klamath Falls on charges
of boo (logging.
District Attorney Carl Helm,
elated by deputy sheriffs, seized an
HQ-gallon still and a large amount of
mash on a farm 10 miles east of I.a
Grande and arrested William Hehwelv
ke, Albert Wilkinson and Ceorge
Harold.
Tom Sims Says-
J J AD an ei plosion In a Chicago
irtvnin,irr mt, ni injured.
Mn.vbe It wan (tying to say nice
things about congress,
Are aircraft better than battle
ships? That's the argument. Which
will do more damage to our treas
ury? Tax! driver shot a man In New
York, perhaps because he was asked
to drive carefully.
rVlentists excavating anrltvnt tombs
claim newspaper comic strips are
only '100,000 years old.
If conversation were money, thesi
European debt talkers would have
some change coming.
,
At lat, It seems, the farmer Is
learning to raise his voice.
Somebody I looking at gasoline
prices with a lighted match.
The tobacco grower Is claiming hie
profits are only pipe dreama.
An anti-gossip law failed to paos
In Nebraska, perhaps because it was
fought by tea dealers.
NEW FLEET SEEKS RUM RUNNERS
Three Hundred Now Government Craft to Aid In War Against
Smuggling on Eastern Coast
By IAHRY BOAUDMAN
NK A Service Writer)
WASHINGTON, March. 2. With
more than 300 new craft at its
disposal, the U. S.' coast guard is
preparing to take a fresh try at cur
tailing the activities of Bum Bow.
The new flotilla will consist of 22.1
patrol boats, 75 feet long and armed
with one-pounders and machine guns
and 100 picket boats 30 feet .n
length and equipped with machine
guns.
About half of these . have been
built. The -rest are .under construc
tion. Beside these email craft, the guard
will use eight of its destroyers anl
tin first-class cutter Bed Wing for
ite maritime blind pig sticking.
Until now the coast guard has
been powerless to make even an ap
preciable dent in the ocean booie
smuggling business. This admission is
mode by Admiral Frederick C. BUiard,
const guard commandant.
He declares operations have been
crippled by lack of ships end men.
Also, a multitude of other Vitally im
portant duties have made drains upjn
time and resources.
Rum Row Thriving.
Just what effect the flotilla of
small crnft will Jmve on rum running
la problematical. The ocean boot lex -gers
have nearly every advantage on
their side.
Bum Bow Is a thriving business.
Tbnt means It ha money to spend
for men and equipment and spends
it.
Most of its ships are fast modern
steam yachts. It sends its liquor to
In New York
By BOB DOBMAN
(NEA Servxice Writer)
VEW YORK. Morch 2. Though the
metropolis of republican Anier
Icn, New York is tho seat of a royal
monarch.
His palace la a dingy gray brick,
on one of the busiest corners in Har
lem in New York's "black belt." The
three balls of a defunct pawnshop
adorn Its eut rnnce, nnd around its
walls, "Jewelry, suitcases, wntches,
diamonds, unredeemed pledges," Is
written in large letters.
A humble abode, but It houses
King Frank, mmmveh of thousands
of restless gypsy nomnds, whose
throne Is moro securo than ninny a
nmre pompous prince.
There with bis consor( and his
children, the newly elected king of
"Romany' holds sway. There he
supreme hend nnd court of last re
sort issues his imperial decrees, and
given forth his judgments.
Frank Mitchell, monarch of the
l.oOO.OOO gypsies in the Americas, Is
an affable man. His keen black ejes
flash ns he outlines the policies be
has for the improvement of his folk.
"Times have changed.' he eays,
"nod my people must change with
them, if they are to survive. I want
them to settle down, to go into busi
ness for themselves and above all, to
send their children to school.
"For that is what we lack edu
cation. It is hard when a grown man
must stop tbe stranger and ask him
to read th? direction on a street car.
"The gypsies are Intelligent. But
they must be cured of the wander
lust that leads them forth each
spring to the roads the sky their
roof the wide world their estate.
"During the war when there was
eneh a demand for farm product!, 1
settled 00 families of my tribe In
Canada. They worked hard, nnd In
three yearn they had the m-sst pros
perous f a rm s In tho neigh b orb o od .
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BIBLE THOUGHT
FOR TODAY
They That Wait upon the
Lord shall renew their strength
they shall mount up witb
wings at eaglet; they shall ruo,
and not be weary; and they
shall walk, and nt faint,
Isaiah 40.31.
Bible Question.
tl-ook Vp the Answer)
WJiat is faith? Heb. 11:1.
Oliver Twist
shore in high-powered motor boatr,
capable of terrific speed.
Its operators are experienced sea
men, the best that can be obtained
regardless of salary.
The coast guard craft must carry
lights. The rum fleet motor boats go
unlighted.
Tiie guardsmen must be on duty
night and day, week after week and
month after month. Toe rum runners
can await a favorable opportunity,
then make a dash for it
Sympathy Is With Runners,
Public sympathy along the coast is
reported to be all in favor of the
Uquor smugglers.
False reports and "tips" are con
tinually given to tbe nautical prohibi
tion agents, while the smugglers are
kept informed at all times as to their
enemies' whereabouts. .
A favorite trick is to lure th
guardsmen awuy with fnke "S.0.3."
signals when a cargo of hootch is to
be run ashore.
That the coast guard's new flotilla
will pick off r few rum runners is of
course, certain.
Alrendy it has one sculp on its
belt. The patrol boat CG-1S3, in
command of Boatswain J. M. Vincent,
recently captured the rum ship Lor
raine Itita, carrying 3000 cases of
liquor, off the Jersey coast.
But whether coast guard captures
wilt be frequent enough to have any
real effect on Bum Bow is something
different again.
Const guard officials nnd prohibi
tionists ahope they will, rum runners
and thirsty citizens hope not, but only
too future will tell.
They wore complimented by the gov
ernment of the province.
"But wero they contented? Why,
they sold their lands, herds, all they
had accumulated, for a mere song,
and, happy again, took up tho long
trails.
"Another thing I waut to stop Is
our marriage system. You know,
union the gypsies marrlngo in really
the selling of the girl. If I want a
certain girl as wife for my son, I go
to her father, and ask his price.
When I have paid it, the girl is mar
ried to my son according to tribal
rito, I want the young people to
have somo sny ns to whom they
marry.
"Among our people the man's word
is lnw. Tho women must obey?
"Aud why shouldn't they?" broke
in Queen Alice, the portly, pleasnnt
consort. "The home is the woman's
kingdom end she has plenty to do to
rule It properly. Ohedience is and
always will he, the first low of the
K.vpsy woman. If I want to go on a
visit I must Ret my husband's per
mission, nnd it it ripht Ho can tell
whether it Is best that I go."
Kiiye Frank, who hnd listened with
smiting assent, continued: '
"Polygamy In past. Our laws
frown on divorce, but when a man
and wife cannot live together, I
grant them a hearing. It they enn
not be brougM together, they are
given three trials, and If they still
disagree, separation is made final.
"One of our creeds is race perpet
uation. If a mnn and a woman liv
ing t ocet by r three years have no
children, wo believe they should be
separated.
"Fortune-telling is something my
people do not do any more. True,
we una phrenology, to read a mart's
future, ns shown by bis bend, but
that is a science. Fortune-telling by
the cards, I have forbidden.
"I want to make my people useful,
educated, hardworking citixeas, n
credit to their rnce nnd to America."
Frank Mitchell succeeds (ho late
King Nicholas John. He Jtir.isetf is
of Portuguese descent. Delegates
from all parts of the country gath
ered hero in New York, and elected
him. He will hold office for five
years, but should his policies meet
with Romany approval, be probably
will be re-elected until he dies.
25 Years Ago
! 4
(From The Gusrd March 2. liVtO,
A tery pretty home wedding occur.
red Isst evening at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. A. K. Wheeler when their
daughter, II ins Flora, and Archie W.
l.ttermnr wero married. Rev. TU
mood C. Brooks, pastor of th Ton
grrgstional chim-a, officiating. Miss
Lbzie Griffin and Harry Miller were
the utteuduuts.
Tho mill at Coburg resumed work
on Tuesday.
B. A. Booth arrived here today
from the Booth-Kelly mill at Wend
ling. He states the mill will start up
about March 12, cutting 80,000 feet
per day, on a new contract of 10,000,
000 feet just signed by them.
.
A. G. 3Jatbews will ship to Port
land tbis evening a mixed carload of
fine sheep and hogs.
BeV. C. A. AVolley went today to
Halsey.
Modern Woodmen are meeting in
regular session this evening in Elks
ball.
Mrs. 11. E. Scbwering and little son
arrived home today after spending
several days in Goshen on a visit.
H. B. Miller is in Portland for u
few days on business.
The excelsior mill started up yes
terday with a battery ot six knives.
The full equipment is eight and the
other two will bo put into use soon.
In Lighter Vein j
Dyeing to Meet Him
(Denver Parrakeet)
Alice I hear Joe likes only bru
nettes. Alicia So they say. I'm dyeing to
meet him.
Home Cooking
(Bowdoin Bear Skin)
Mother Johnny, did you get that
loaf of bread I Bent you fort
Johnny Not the Store was closed.
Mother It couldn't be, this time
of day. Did you try the door?
Johnny No, 'cause I saw a sign
in tho window, "Home Cooking."
Made to Order.
( London Answers)
Arthur How Ung before the will
make her sppearauce?
George She is upstairs making it
now.
A Flat Tire
(Judge)
Tens la Fred dumb?
Bess Is he? Ho thinks "Kiss Me'
Again" is just, the r.nme of a song.
The Wooden Rule.
Lecturer In rearing children the
golden rule should be applied.
Voice in audience 1 use a plain,
wooden one on mine and it works just
as well.
Wasn't She Mean?
(Progressive Grocer)
"Yes, when she wasnt looking I
kissed bnr." i
"What did she do?"
"Refused to look nt me for ths rest
of the evening."
A THOROUGH training
In ths sclcnra of
Chiropractic hrinirs re
sults that 'count for tha
well being cf the ' race.
Chiropractic adjustments
are painless and thev re
move the causa of dls-ae
restricted nerves.
Fellowship
of Prayer
1 tally Lfulcn Bible reading
and nicditatien prepared for
('oinniiMion on Evangelism nf
Federal Council of Churches .if
Christ iu America.
MONDAY
Ths Recognition of Goodness
Kead Ml. 4:31-41. Text: 4:34. I
know thea who thou art, the Holy
One of God.
Meditation Thera is no force In
the world more powerful than good
uess nor more surely recognized. Au
evil person will instantly recognita
A good one. We do not have to
worry about our good being known,
It makes itself known, it cannot be
hid. As' tha light sends its rayB far
through tho darkness, bo do kindly
deeds and godly lives exert a bene
ficient influence far beyond our
thought or expectation. The world
Ib not to be won by science, theology
or wealth, but by simple goodness
wooing and warming the hearts of
men and' drawing all In one great
brotherhood to God the Father.
"May every bouI that touchea mine
Be it the slightest contact, get
therefrom some good,
One bit of courage for the darken
ing aky
One.glratn of faith to brave the Ills
of life
To make life worth while, and
heaven assured."
Prayer Our Father God, may we
freely acknowledge Jesus Christ as
our Saviour and our Lord. Make
known to us the secret and tender
ties which bind us to the unseen
world. Let our lives reflect thy
glory and our fnlth open the doors
of immortal hope. Amen.
(Copyright, 1920 Jr. L. Fagley)
Profitable Error '
ADELAIDE, Australia, March 2.
A business house here recently
made an unexpected profit of nearly
$20,000 through the error of a clerk.
Ho sent a telegram to a prospective
purchaser quoting a price higher
than the correct figure on a large
shipment. of goods. The purchaser
promptly accepted it, and the clerk
hasn't lost his job.
Opon Deor Falls
PARIS, March 2. French news
papers estimate that 100 prisoners
escape from American jails and peni
tentiaries each week. The French
police receive 20 to 50 bulletins a
week, asking them to watch for es
caped American convicts, and they
believe they receive notice of only
half of tbe escapes.
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bahlps. The hardships of shrewd competition, the
fever of spending too much for overhand, the genu"
of over-enthusiasm nnd under-caution all theso (lnff''r"
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business counselor.
We have helped many a young Kugenp business ,1,r""fj
the dangerous first years of Its life,, nnd have asslsi""'
it to gain worthwhile success nnd aolld profits, rnij
has been possible because wo have hnd the J,,ir.,
experience necessary to teach us what can nnd n
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of the U. S. Nntlonnl Bank. You will nt "nee not""
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