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THE EUGENE GUARD
TVcdnoBday EvPning ,
THE EUGENE GUARD
An Independent afternoon newpper publlthed dally except Sunday.
PAUL. R. KELTY. Editor EUGENE S. KELTY. Business Manager
Offleei 1037-1041 Willamette Street
Telephone 1200
The Eugene Guard ta a member of the Associated Press. The
Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for publica
tion of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise cred
ited to this paper and also the local news published herein. All
right of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved.
tVKDXKSIUY. MARCH IS.
The City Bond Proposals.
IX THE ist of bond issue proposals to be placed before
the voters of Eugene at the special election to be held
April 15 next are several that are vitally essential to the
city's welfare and progress. In the list also arc some
whose advisability uiav be ouestioned. Two in the list
are, in the opinion of this newspaper, inadvisable for
passage at this time.
New bond issues mean added taxes for interest and
sinking fund. The tax burden is already too heavy and
people generally are in no mood to add to it unneces
sarily. Unless there is clear understanding in the public
mind regarding the proposed bond issues to be voted
on; unless people inform themselves or are informed as to
which items in the list are essential and which are non
essential, it is not inconceivable that the whole catalogue
of proposals may be slaughtered. This would be highly
unfortunate.
The aggregate of the items in the proposed bond
issues is $097,000. Of these the aggregate of items es
sentially needed is $'.270,000. The aggregate of items
inadvisable for passage at present; is $400,000. An item
of $0000 is highly desirable but not essential. The list
may bo itemized thus:
Essentially Needed .
For reconstruction of sewers $30,000
To pay for fire apjiarntus 25,000
, To pave Htreet intersections '. 50,000
New water reservoir and mains 135,000
To enlarge fire department station 10,000
. Total $270,000 '
Inadvisable at Present Time
Lower MeKenzie pipeline and water works $375,000
Municipal garbage incinerator 25,000
incinerator under that condition is to embark upon
experimentation, and it might prove very costly to the
city. The garbago incinerator project should awnit
proper investigation as to what is best.
There is no provision in law for tho paving of the
street leading to tho Odd Fellows cemetery. Owners
of abutting property on their own side of University
street and 18th avenue are understood to be willing to
be assessed for their half of the cost. Unless tho city
pays for the other half, there is no way to finance the
work. It is, of course, desirable that tie routo to and
past the cemetery be paved. Whether or not this is the
best time to embark upon the enterprise is tho question
to be decided.
.
It would be a very great pity if all of the projects
to be voted on next month should bo slaughtered in
discriminately. It is quite possiblo, as stated at the outset
ot this article,, that that very thing may happen unless
there shall be full information placed before the voters
so there may be separation ot the sheep irom the goats.
And this newspaper invites discussion of tho subject
through . its columns. Communications of reasonable
length about its various phases will bo published if
received.
A former justice of the supremo court of Oregon
is cr.ught hiding in the bathroom of a raided place, with
a man who is trying to pour a gallon or so of moon
shine down tho sewer. Taken to jail with others ar
rested, he is booked under en assumed name, given
deliberately by himself, although he is known and rec
ognized by persons at the police station. After the
hue and cry that tho case raises, iie appears in court
under his own name and is acquitted! It may bo that
Conrad P. Olson was guiltless of the charge brought
against him by the Portland raiders. But what is the
natural presumption from the known facts as to what
he did and how he did it? What a spectacle!
There was a scramble in the newspaper "morgues"
throughout the country yesterday for pictures and
sketch matter concerning John G. Sargent, of Vermont,
the new attorney general. Generally it was a fruitless
search. Nobody knew Sargent. Maybe that Avas why
the august senate found him worthy of its confirmatory
approval.
Total ..." ' $400,000
Desirable but not Essential
To pave street opposite Odd Fellows cemetery $9,000
The item of $50,000 -for reconstruction of sewers is
necessitated by tho very rapid growth of the city in re
cent years. The sewer system in some districts is in
adequate for, the demands of increased drainage being
put upon it. In other new and newer districts there is
pressing need for new facilities All this is one of the
manifestations of the growing pains to which Eugene!
is subject. Considerations ot public health as well us
of public convenience ami welfare demand theomproved '
drainage that this item is calculated to supply.
t
Tho fire apparatus represented by the item of $25,000
proposed under this head has already been bought. An
item to provido for its payment was unfortunately
. coupled with the auditorium bond proposal which car
. ried by a narrow majority lust Hummer, but which is
now tied up in the courts. As the item represents an
obligation already incurred, it ought, as a matter of
good faith to ho carried. ' if tho previous bond proposal
for this purposo shall be finally validated, it will simply
bo put aside in favor of this later proposal. Tho $10,
000 item for enlarging tho firo -department station is
vitally needed because, with the new apparatus, it is
not possible to bestow all of tho city's fire-fighting
machines properly or to handle them efficiently at head
quarters. e
There is no money in the fund for tho paving of
street intersections at tho present time. Paving of
streets in front of property is paid for by the abutting
properly, but there is no provision for paving the inter
sections except by means of this proposed bond issue.
Unless it carries the city's street paving programme
will be subjected to heavy delays. Indeed, it will be
come necessary to defer some' paving projects until
provision is made for pavint; the intersections.
The Skinner butte reservoir is worn out nnd will
have to be rebuilt. The item proposed for water ser
vice extensions is intended to take care of this. The
remainder of the $135,000 proposed under tho bond
issue for which authority is asked is to put in new
mains to servo districts not now served or only served
inadequately. Tho item is also vitnllv necessary to the
city's welfare.
I
The largest item on tho list of proposed bond issues
is $375,000 for a pipeline and headworks to bring water
from the lower AleKenzie river for city domestic con
sumption. It is not a necessary project at this time
and the city will do very well without it. The water
we now get is frequently tested and it is pure. To be
euro it is filtered to make it so, but so would water
Jrom the Mckenzie of necessity have to be filtered be
foro it would bo fit for domestic use. To tho conten
tion that tho city's growth is making the present source
ot water supply inadequate, tho obvious and complete
,,, lm; supply can ne increased in whatever
amount is necessary lor present and near-fuluro needs
Operation of the Doernbecher .hospital at Portland
b to be financed by privato contributions instead of
state funds. That is the way it should have been plan
ned at the start. The state ought not to be put in the
hospital business. To say this reflects nothing against
tho Doernbecher hospital concepiion, 'which is alto
gether worthy.
Make no date for Friday evening. That is the time
when Eiigenc shops are going to uncover their stylo
windows. Of courso everybody will want to see them.
UNITED STATES PAYS, SAYS MOODY
Even If Europe's Debts are Settled,. It Is America who Must
Foot Bill as Creditor Nation
By ALEXANDER HERMAN
(NEA Service Writer)
JTEW YORK, March 18. Whether
Europe eventually pars her debts
of more tbau ten billions to us, the
people ot the United States, neverthe
less, be footing the bill In the end.
' This briefly ia the view of Jolin
Moody, eminent economist, financinl
aualy&t And author. It is n view ar
rived at after intensivo study, at home
and abroad, uf the most involved eco
nomic problem of the nice.
Moody returned recently from an
extensive trip abroad u-here be came
Into close touch with the men who
guide the situation there, lie is the
author of "The itcmaking of Europe"
and is said to have as comprehensive
a View of the complicated finauciul
aitualiou abroad as uoy of tho leading
experts.
Most newspaper und magazino read
ers have become prono to pass ovei
items concerning the situation. They
hnve become "fed up" on the reports
of the billions owed, tho further mil
lions desired, nud the complicated
analysis ensuing. i
Yet the sums owed might be trans
lated Into a new automobile for every
family in the country, a hundred dol
lar bill for each person, or new homes
for more than 2,000,000 families!
Little wonder then that the man on
the Btreet indignantly says, "Englund,
France, Italy nnd the rest of them
owe us some ten billions. We loaned it
to them. Why don't they pay it bucAV"
The answer, supplied by iioody, is
just as crypc:
"It isn't money we loaned I hem,"
ho eiplnlns. "It never was. It vVun
credit book credit. The proceeds of
this credit were not put into profit
able production, hut were put into
n war effort where they were entirely
destroyed.
"That credit Is gone forever.
"Iu time new credits may be es
tablished. With Ihesc.oiir debtors may
try to puy us back. But will they be
able to do so?
"Take France, for iiretauce. Sup
pose she collects from (iermauy, in
creases her own production, and gets
a surplus with which to pay us. She
will not be able to do it with gold, for
there Isn't enough to go around. Hhe
therefore, will havo to build up her
foreign trade, paying us tack with her
goods.
He will hnve to buy from her
more than she will buy from us. The
balance of trade will have to become
lop-sided in her favor. ,
"When Kronee's goods start flood
ing our markets, our own nianufnc
Hirers will start howling. For they
will have to compete with a product
manufactured nt a labor cost much
lower than our own.
"Then congress will Bet about mak
ing new tariff laws. If these are put
too high, they may keep 'the trade
out and France will1e unable to get
the batauce of credit that she must
have to pay us.
"If the tariff regulations a rent too
severe, the French may come in but
then the American consumers of
their products will have to pay the
added cost."
The whole business is euch Ihot the
debtor of one nation can pay its debt
only by passing the buck to tne creu
itor, Germany doing the trick first
when she starts pavinr France.
France carrying it on when she begins
to pay the United States.
"Hut where can wo pass it to?"
Moody ehrugs his shoulders.
"In time within three years, per
htps," says the economist, "Russia
may settle down. Then she will be
one of the biggest factors in the sta
bilization of the whole world prob
lem." "Before the World war," points out
Moody, "the United States was a deb
tor nation itself. With the coming f
war, European interests began liq
uidating their Investments here. We
had to buy back some $0,000,000,000
of their American securities.
"At the same time foreign produc
tion fell off, and we began to be kept
busy supplying the world. Our exports
'nerensed. We soon shifted from tho
irdtor class to tho other side of the
scale we became the great creditor
notion of the world. '
"It was the beginning of a situation
thut has remained nnd always will
remain. For probably never again wul
we be a debtor nation.
"We are now in a position better
than ever before. For we used to pay
tribute to the rest of the world. Now
it pays tribute to us."
Oregon Briefs
Both big sawmills at Bend are now
running to full capacity, the Shevlin
Hixon with 1350 men and Brooks-
Scanlon with 1100 men.
The graduating class of the Pen
dleton high school that will complete
its work in June will include between
55 and (10 students.
An organization known as the. Wo
men's Institute club has been or
ganized nt Forest Grove with Mrs.
llarry Giltner president and Mrs.
Mary Miller secretary-treasurer.
Machinery is one the way to start a
prospect well for oil at lone. Three
test holes are to be drilled, the first
of which will be started ns soon ns
the machinery reaches lone.
. The San I in m Cheese company has
made 83,000 pounds of cheese in the
past seven months. The product for
1U115 is expected to he much larger
than ever before.
A group of Warrentou and Astoria
men are asking the Warrentou city
commission for a grant of land on
the gikipanon river on which it is pro
posed to build a cooperative salmon
cannery.
The city of Gearhart has applied to
the public service commission for au
thority to construct a grade crossing
over the tracks of the S. 1". & S.
railroad company on Sixlb street iu
that city.
Rowell's Comment
By CHESTER II. ItOWELL
IIIANCH will not ''repudiate'1 iU
debts. Ob, nu. Tbat would iiurt
Fmnce's credit, fur future louns. The
siime with Itnly. As they hope for fu
ture fuvurv, they will not repudiate
l i;.",!nns. Not they!
But if America were graciously to
i'l... . i.i ut ui!, timt would be dit
fetcnt. Au old debt forgiven does not
preclude Inter contracting another.
Theso debts, ,they fx pin In, ennnt
be paid. Mlie money is ut in Hiht
and the people, whose consent to
taxation would be necessary, do not
think tbey ought to be paid.
But tbe remission must come from
us. Thpy, to save their future credit
till "promise to pay." We, for the
same purpose, must take the initiative
in requesting them- not to keep that
promise. ' '
AH of -which is merely the game of
bluff preliminary to finding out, so
berly, on the facts, nnd then Arrang
ing, against the wiil of their people,
for them to pay that, and again-st tho
will of our people for us to forfivo
the rest.
Fellowship
of Prayer
Daily Lenten Bible reading
and meditation prepared fur
Commission on Evangelism of
Federal Council of Churches of
Christ in America.
WEDNESDAY
' The Mission of the Disciples
Iiead Luke 0:1-0. Text;. 0-2. Aud
he sent them forth to preach the
kingdom of Cod.
ileditation Seut forth to preach
the kingdom of Hod, this is the com
mission of every believer. The ways of
preaching are as manifold as the
ueeds of men by work, by kindly
deed, by example, by leadersl.i in
the world's work. No man is compell
ed but all are invited to this ministry,
'. "rniau must show himself a true
man by choosing tho great adventure.
The drifter, the moraily lax, the man
whose spirit- sinks down into flesh
does not get ou well in the midst of
the mysterious facts of life. A man
must gird himself tightly and move
out boldly after Christ, lie must tuke
up life resolutely aud put it decisively
into Christ's enterprise, to be and to
do all that an unfolding sense of duty
may reveal."
' l'rayer Our Father God, may thy
kingdom be powerfully preached by
thy believing children. Let the minds
of men be open to thy gospel, their at
tention arrested r.nd their minds sub
dued. Teach us fulthfulncss in the
work of thy kingdom at home and
abroad, Amen.'
(Copyright, li)2j, F. L. Fagley)
In Lighter. Vein
Depressing, But So.
(Itoanoke World News)
One mustn't tell Willie, but most
of the great men have forgotten all
they ever knew nbout algebra.
Different I
"Did you say thut Skinner suc
ceeded by getting around him better
men than himself?"
, "No, by getting, around better men
than himself."
Deadly All Around
, tThc Continent)
"Is it true, doctor," asked the gush
ing young lady, "that you aro a lady
"Mudam," replied the doctor, "I
make no distinction between the
sexes.
Health Hint
(The Humorist)
"Take care of your teeth," says an
advertisement. Wo have nothing but
scorn for the csrcless person who
leaves them smiling inanely in the
bathroom.
The Peculiar One
(Hoston Transcript)
Customer "You've made two mis
takes iu this bill, one. in your favor
und ouo' in mine."
tlroccr "In your favor? Where?"
No Dangor
l.c Mat in
Lady "If you don't go away, I'll
call my husband!"
Trump "Ah, I know li'n. Last
week he threatened to call you if I
didn't go away!"
Nobody Safe
(The Humorist)
By means o a stentorphone which
has been inslullcd on the liner Cera
mic, sound from n ordinary gramo
phone record is made to reach every
corner of the ship. The Men, wo be
lieve is not so much to annoy pass
engers as to discourage Btowaways.
cd turban hat, one of those litilo
affairs put together by wrapping one
piece of cloth around a frame, is slill
working iu the millinery department
of n Fifth avenue department store.
Many men became wealthy making
ilioso hats, but the girl who originat
ed the idea got nothing.
You ran still see a bit of Old New
York a step or two off Fifth a.c
nue in Fast Thirty-fourth street.
Severn! old frame buildings of the ar
chitecture' of 1870 stands there. A
passage leotls to a court in the rear
whero several scraggly ..trees grow.
Tho first floors are occupied as
apartments but have no modern con
veniences. I saw an ord-fushioncd. oil
lamp burning in a window the oilier
night, l'lans have already been made
to erect a modern office building on
the site. If the present raie of growth
of commerce in Manhattan continues
there will bo no residential section
below Central l'nrk 2D years hence.
25 Years Ago
(From The Guard March IS, 1000)
The curfew bell has been placed in
position and will be rung hereafter
regularly. Tha proper thing.
The Mnrch term of the Lane coun
ty circuit court began this forenoon
at 0 o'clock; the following presiding,
Judge J. W. Hamilton, Prosecuting
Attorney George M. Brown, Sheriff
W.. W. Withers, Clerk E. U. Lee.
.
F. E. Sharke arrived down from
the Lucky Boy mine, Blue Biver, to
duv. brineintr with him th t.lt nt
another cleanup which he shipped to
me uiiue. no reports everytning going
nicely at the mine.
' v .
The Eugene fire department met
Saturday evening and declared the
office of chief engineer vacant m,l
set Tuesday, March 27. as the date
to elect a new one. Bert Jennings,
W. W. Stevens and William Hodes
were elected as judges and clerks,
C. F. Hurlburt of Junction is a,
visitor in tho city -today.
Miss Vlnnio Knapp arrived home
this afternoon from l'ortland.
w 9 m
H. B. Miller attended a creamery
meeting at Hoseburg Saturday.
.
J. Ti. Cartwright, the well-known
Harrisburg hopgrowcr, spent the
past week-end in Eugene.
In New York
J? '- -'v MR.HAPPV
wm ' PARTY
:'-'-;-V'.r-
A CHOICE TENDER.
ROAST OF VEAl -TO
APPETITE'S UKE
Mme APPEW-l
jt7E KNOW how you'll
fuel about our vonl
when onca you've tried
it. It's just as tender
and delicious as the other
meats sold at this purity
shop. You'll meet with
jurtesy hero. And your
dors fwUl he delivered
quickly.
Watch for
Mr. Happy Party
arch 15
Be eady For
Opportunities
" you are0trMi
for opportulllu.;
wnei1 'hey app
"'l often ia:
th slip by J
Proved. Nowu S
Ban. 10
Bak your tond,
regularly wi(a7'
3re Interest P,d 0
Spinas Accounti
Bank
Commerce
EUGENE.OREG0N
to
SAN
FRANCISCO
Stage Terminal
Flione I860
The Busy Man's Newspaper
n.u u source ami at comparative v little ex
pense. later years Eugene will wnut i,rillJf
iron, n bet or m.ureo than the lower MeKen.ie anvw ay
It is no valid argument, for tho lower MeKeiuie ro jee
to say that it ean ho utilized- later as a , it of ti e
lancer project, unless there is , , i c . ' , 1 Ult
mi. . "'v "V mM- i"i ine pro
. - by furllK, 'development of pnSt our e 'of
lho problem of gurimiw dmposal is a pressing one I
A city of Lunelle s sizo cannot Ko on throwing iu Knr
bnRO out ot doors on unscientific nnd indiscrinunato
dumps, lho lnethoil is unhonlili fill nnil wnsitof 11 1. ii
Bay nothing ot. tho nnsihtliness nnd undesirability of
the dumps thus created. But ... ,-,.(.edent to tho
adoption of nny system of Karjinco disposal for Euirene,
there should be thorough investiiration of various meth
ods followed in other cities, hiehe.ver one is found
best is the ono that should be Adopted. Thus far there
I fj
Ky JAM ICS W i:EAN
NEW YOHK. Mnn-h IS. See-saw.
iiig up and down If road way 1 saw
A. Hamilton tJibbs, author of "Sound
ings," just over from England And
hunting for quarters m Greenwich
Village. He's a brother of Sir il'btlip
Iti boa and Cosmo Hamilton-
E6JGEPIE i
PACKSNCiCOJ
) ,75WiliamGtteSti
Saw Tim Murphy, back on Broadway
after n long absence. Heme inhered
here for "Tho Texas Steer," which
was written especially for him
Saw David lavidovitch Iturliuk who
has 4U fancy waistcoats and a fancy
earrinff to match each , Saw
Theodore Drieser looking abit under
the weather Saw Neysa Mc-
Mcin, proud mother and noted artist
Saw Sidney Blackmor, lho ac
tor, who has tho softest voice of auy
man on Broadway Saw Kugeuc
Brewster, the magazine publisher, re
spleudant in a green suit with white
stripes ..Saw liudolt r nml just i
back from California and ready to j
writo more tunes for the musical
shows and phonographs Saw
L'arl Van Uoran, the author, who j
has a haircut like no other man ex j
cept his brother, Mark Saw 1
youug .Mr. Crane who draws "Wash- ;
ingtou Tubbs," the comic strip, and !
a very quiet, modest youth he is, as )
aro most of the fellows who create 1
the roistering figures of the "funnies"
Saw Ulnf Fonss. here on com- '
misKiou of the king of Denmark to
study stage and srreeu for his gov-
eminent. He's another of thee fel- '
lows w ho keeps familiarity at a dis-
tam-e by wearing a monocle
Seeing open street cars, cops eh using ;
kids off park gras?, straw hats in
display ' windows. Coney Island sub
waysJainmed on Sunday, girls jump- .
ing rope, boys playing marbles, and I
know spring has come, tra, a! j
The girl who made the first drap-
Valley Printing Co.
Over IT. S. Nftt'l. Bank.
WEDDING AND BUSINESS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
COMMERCIAL AND SOCIAL
PRINTING ' .
FOR QUICK SERVICE CALL 470
Wood and Coal
Wood under cover anj
length
King Coal OaK
P.nrri Wood Aih
Slabwood MapU
MANERUD
HUNTINGTON FUEL CO.
1st National Bank Bld
Room 24
Phone 651
lt
PUBLIC DANCE
DREAMLAND
HALL
Every Wednesday "i
Saturday NigM
BIBLE THOUGHT
FOR TODAY
- UK KI.MlI.Y AK1KCTIO.V
Kl one lo another with bro
therly love; in honour prefer
ring one another; rcr"npeo!ie
to no tndn evil for evil. I'ro
vitla. things honest in the sight
of nil men. He not overcome of
evil, hut ovtm-oine evil witn
gooil. ltoninna VJ:10. 17, "Jl.
'7
The Constant Stream
Turns The Wheel
i nf the &priB'
The colonll miller didn't depend on the niKii
flood to run Ills mill. It whs tho constant SIr' Me1 t,a
on which he could depend nil year 'round mm
to grind out mpal and profile.
And so In your work today. It ia not the ""'"'""i,." m
the extra help given when you are down ana m
that will keep your business rolling alone at a i neJi
speed. Consistent, day in and day out help ami e-
from your banker that will cheer up and -p
work Is the service that means most In the n
. ,. r s Nii0'"
It is Just this that encourages rat"1" ,nt ,a timp'""
Hank. They are sure ot receiving Intelligent a nu
financial assistance: but even more Vi,,u,u1'', b,nl( s
advice and encouragement of the officials of b0Jiatii
a day by day help Is pushing them on to 8
activity.
. UNITED STATES NATIONAL
BANK
The Bank for Service
EUGENE LOAN AND SAVINGS
. BANK
The Bank for Savings
i t
Blblt Question
' 1.00k up the an er)
Whatabont gelling vixlom!
1'rov. I U.S.
SOMETHING WRONG
HoiKlui'he? Backache ? Nervous I All 'Io"","" ri
Don't neglect yourself. Neglect mny l''a
oils illness.
CHIROPRACTIC
Removes the cause Health ivturlls
GEO. A. SIMON
Examination Frao 916 Willan-.etta St.
Las been no such investigation, to vote bonds for an