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Pago Fonr THE EUGENE GUARD Friday Evening, r. THE EUGENE GUARD An Independent afternoon newspaper published dally except Sunday. PAUL It. KELTY, Editor EUGENE S. KELTV, Business Manager Office 1037-1CH1 Willamette Street Telephone 1200 3 The Eufiana duard la a member of the Associated Pfess. Toe Associated Press Is eicluslvely 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 rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Fill DAY, MAHCH 20. More About City Bond Proposals i j rPHE BOOKS and accounts of the city of Eugene, were i, J- recently overhauled and. put upon a thoroughly 3 efficient and workable basis. In this pioccss a general 'H j financial Btateinent of the city's affair? was compiled i and summarized, which is brought clown to date each I month. This summary shows tho following figures, as if at February :3, 1925. They are of interest now, in j connection with; the coming special election, at which new bona proposals in the aggregate amount ot !(;(j;)7,UU0 ;? aro to be voted on: " Sal f Warrants Outstanding If GeneiW fund'.' '.$11 9,905.05 i (rcnortl bond interest fund 22,871.63 I Goiiefctl bond fund 03,4313.21 :j i General Bonded Debt General bonds Bond interest coupons $200,209.89 .$501,500.00 8,904.70 $510,464.70 This gives a total of general indebtedness as of March 1, 1925, of $710,074.07. In addition to this there is A considerable amount of district improvement indebt edness, which does not fall upon tho city or tho general taxpayer, but is assumed by tho property benefitted by. the improvements. . If all the bond proposals to be on the ballot at next month's election wero to be carried, Eugene's indebted ness thus would bo almost doubled. From expressions of sentiment on. tho subject in various informed sources, one gets the impression that it is not likely the ta burdened voters will . bo prepared to favor all of the proposals. Tho question, then, would seem to resolve jtself to one of concentration out the items that represent the things' most vitally needed That is why this news paper made bold a couple of days ago to point out the items which it believes should be carried and those which it believes can bo disposed with at present, and to givo an outline of tho reasons for its conclusions as to each. A valued subscriber says he thinks The Guard was pretty positive in what it said on tho subjoct, and that as a matter of fact each of tho questions is debatable. That is readily granted. Not only aro they debatable, but they ought to be debated and discussed, so that the publio may bo. duly informed about them all and the voters thus be qualified to discriminate in casting their ballots between the items that are vitally needed ant those that can wait or bo forgone entirely. Now, total assets of tho city of Eugene are $l,224,r 661.79. Its total general debt is $710,074.67. The tat burden is heavy. Taxpayers are in no mood to inoreaae it. unnecessarily. Will they consider it necessary to increase it by $697,000 nextjnonth? It seems unlikely. This; newspapernoHoves'' that the items for rooon etruetidn of sewers, payment for fire apparatus already bought, paving street intersections, new water reservoir and mains and enlargement of tho fire station aro vitally needed. It believes tho lower McKenzig water project can wait without serious impairment of tho city's interests. It believes tho garbage question must soon be Bolved, but that the city should not vole bonds for a municipal incinerator without first investigating the wholo garbage question, to make certain that when a method of garbago disposal is adopted it shall bo the best method. It believes tho paving project for the streets leading to the Odd Fellows cemetery is desirable, but offers no present opinion as to whether it should be. financed immediately, as proposed. If anybody has a sounder analysis of tho questions presented than this, or a bettor segregation of t.ho items proposed tljnn this, Tho Guard will bo glad to receive and publish; it. , , , ' It is a stiff penalty Hint tho now state law against driving an automobile while intoxicated provides. First offenders are to be given a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500, imprisonment in tho county jail not less than 60 days nor more than six months, revoca tion of the operator's license for ono year anil confisca tion of tho automobile for not less than 30 davs nor more than six months. But although the law is" already in effort, there is an easy and certain way to evade' tho penalty. It is to refrain from mixing hootch nnd gasoline. gie to the tank of getting the nuvy officials to do souietuiug which tncy did nut want to do and wutcn they had no internal! of doing, und Uicy have been successful. In its larger aspects the decision to make Astoria a port of call tor this squadron of battleships has a luuca large significance, it la a recognition of the Columbia river, a refutation i.f the contention that there are chaiim-i conditions which wake it dangerous for big wastblps to enter this ,-ort aud a correction of erroneous iwpreeslous concerning the Columbia river in cir cles where such impressions have per sisted in spite of established facts and to our great detriment. Misreading Child-Labor Sentiment (.New York Wor.d) The legislatures of more tban enough states to prevent its adoption buve already voted against ratifica tion of the Inderal child labor amend ment, and that Issue is dead for the time being at least. This justifies the majority republicans of toe assembly at Albany io concluding not to hriug the question of ratilication to a vote at present. It may perhaps justify them in refusing to follow the senate in submitting the question to a popu lar advisory referendum at the next election. Jlut in deciding to slam the door against state forty-eight-hour-a-weeli legislation for women and children I this republican majority is over-exercising its reactionary disposition. Nor can it plesd better than a more or less futile side-step in empowering the state industrial commission to in vestigate individual industries and shorten hours to not less than forty eight where thought necessary. The federal child inbor amendment has been beaten largely because the states aro opposed to consigning the j child-labor problem to a distant cen trnl government. Hut this Is a reason why the states should assume the lulu u-l,S,.h H100 .In tint, wish (n ntttm on to Washington. It is no reason why they should shirk or nbnndon it. Tile republican majority nt Albany la mis reading public sentiment on the fed ernl amendment. There is no senti ment in be found there in favor of child labor or of letting industry over work its women. In Lighter Vein AH Set For It (Williams Purple Cow) Fair Motorist "Beally, I didn't hit jfou intentionally." Irate victim "What nave yon got that bumper on your care for if you aren't aiming to hit someone I www Anyway (London Humorist) A cobbler arrested for wlfe-deser- tlon was found to have committed bigamy, lie should have stuck to his last. Not the Only Ones (Harvard Iampoon)t Zlon City has decreed that the world is flat. They must mean France and Germany. Careless Friend (News Item in Washington Times) Investigation into the theory that friend might hnvo lopped oft the Bella's llssbs and head is being made. www 6brtt; Irvafsltflttfen (Juoflflop Mail) 8viWW Oh6retr "Wot ata I utptW4 te 'Ave. itoleilf" rolct "A orft tad Tan." "All right, starch me!" Advtofl Folio wad (Tht Continent) It docs not pay to be facetious or dangerously ironic with juries. A law yer prosecuting an obviously guilty man, a burglar who had been caught red-handed on the roof of a house, wound up his speech to the jury as follows: "If you consider, gentlemen, that tho accused was on the roof for the purpose of enjoying the midnight breeze and by pure accident happen ed to hare, about him the necessary tools of a Iufle-brcaker, with no dis hontst intention of employing them, you will, of course, acquit him." And the jury did. M - Curses 1 1 .! i .I I, , EVERYBODY FAVORS FILIBUSTER Nobody In Senate. Would Cut off Tactics of Delay, of Which Vice-President Dawes Complains By HARHY B. HUNT (NEA Service Writer) yyASHINGTON, March 20. Ex tremes of temperament and per sonality are exemplified by Calvin Coolidge, president, and Charles G. Dawes, vice-president. This is strikingly illustrated by a comparison of the inaugural address of Coolidge, when he was installed as vice-president four years ago, with the address of Dawes, which set the senate by the ears when he took of fice last week. Coolidge, in a proposed, quiet brief address, en id In substance that he recognized the senate's right to make its own rules and order its own pro cedure, and that he would confine himself to an impartial administration of those rules. Dawes, vehement, Irascible, theatri cal, read the sonata n lecture and served a wurning. The answer to th6 Dawes criticism was the prompt subirilsiien, by Sen ator Underwood. Alabama democrat; of an amendment to cure the ill of which Dawes most bitterly complain ed, namely unlimited debate. This was done to put the burden of responsibility for failure to amend the rules along the lines suggested by Dawes up to Dawes' own party, the republicans. Tho fact is, of course, that a rule j putting the lid tightly on senate de- uiiits in ii u more aesireu oy me ieaa- Toni Sims Says j People- who livo in 1lio St. Louis district of Missouri imil in Southern Illinois mid Indiana enn do little or nothing to guard against tornado dangers. St onus there are recurrent nnd always destructive-' when they occur. Tro only storm insurance for those people- would bo to move elsewhere say, to Oregon for instance. That soft drizzle we had yesterdav was what in California would be called a "inillion-doflar rain." Here wo just take it as u matter of fact. COMMENT OF THE" PRESS An Unnecessary Proviso. I (Albany Herald and Hfmnrrati j Those H7 IVrtland business men ho hare Inrorpornlr.l a ,lii.iHKt,lion company (or stating a world's (air mi 3110 assert in their Inmrpornlinn n.i pera that "the husinoss o( this ror pnrntlon shall be conducted without profit to Itself or Its' mMiilirrs,'' Needlt-ss provision! If it's a world's fair, there won't be any profit (or anybody. H4 it til laolass. (Pinslletnn Rest .Oregonlan) K the Indiana ( th Umatilla res ervation are to learn to work a a Vayor fibers wishes, the government hotjle) reepen the Indian school at the agency SDd train the chllilrrnHn paths H thrir future looks dark, r.nill.tm folk generally n.h i.c itie reopening t the school anil hy so doing we seek to do the rlelit thing br our neighbors. Let the Indian bureau uak im. It la i i.reseni insisting upon a course that niases tue siiuntion very difficult. 1 ... A Victory for the Columbia. (Astoria l.ltulgct) The message from Senator McNerty Saturday to the effect that the burs a a of operations of the navy baa chgaged the itinerary of the cruising Miht men to permit of a twe-fey eall at the I'ort of Astoria Is matter of ilistince qualification to tble innnlty, to Portland and the state. .In its smtller aspects the .hang. f pinna la a signal victory lor eh cham bers of commerce of Aatorla anil Portland and tmtiflea to the efficacy JN CEDAR IlAriDS, la., a mother and her daughter eloped and were married on the ame day, this being a sign of spring. .... A Wykoff (N. J.) couple hare been married 73 years. If you thing this is easy to do just thy it yourself, e e . In New York, a prominent minister has resigned, tjuit the church. But he may not go where some think he should. ... Congress has edjourned. I.e(t a lot of bills. Wish no could aojourn and leave our bills. ... Poslmen are making more muuey now, hut not enough to hurry through wilh their walking so they can play golf. . lleing good at argument has ono disadvantage. You prove to youraelf the other fellow la wrong, eTen when be is right. ... Bail news from Paris. The French ihnve raugtit (lertnany. mekiug them another offer of some kind. ... More than likely half these people crltlrising congrcasmeu wouldn't do much better If they were there. . . . Now that New York has an Atnert csn Urand Opern company m.iyhe 11 will hire a singer with a United State name. ... Prominent sctraa married again. Her fifth time. They swear off matri mony as we swear off smoking. ers of the republican majority than it is by the democratic minority. In the present situation, with re publicans in control, the existing rules do enable democrats to filibus ter. But the "ins" recognise that sooner or later they will be the "outs' and when that time comes the advantage of unlimited debate may be a life eaver for them. Republicans, in (act, more often than the democrats, have invoked the filibuster as the means of blocking legislation. The historic filibuster against the Wilson shipping bill, which kept the senate in session day and night for a full two weeks, with membera sleeping on cots In the corridora and anterooms, was a republican fili buster. So was the most famous one-man filibuster, when Senator Burton held the floor (or more than 40 hours to defeat a democratic river and harbor bill. Senater La Fellatts, as a repub lics, was el Mia 6. O. P.'s prise filisustsrera. A ranch mere probable solution to the problem pitchforked into the senate by Dawca is the proposal of Senator Norris to convene the con gress yearly on Jan. 1. This would serve a double purpose. It would end the present practice o( congress, following elections, in which many members defeated for re election continued to sit, and it would end the "short aesBlon." In New York : of Induitry nd right hMli. Tbey v.tn be reached, tfirr ar brlrht motif h ! 4hr will be found rtipoitB.Te to Thwe orfnl tht proper tort of trmniti ?TUy arani in in, net or repraica aiirour nlitleU to that training Tor without j l mnt nnd rebuff brut their rnrr- of auMtint?t and co-nDfrative tffnrt, Unt'nt hare for monthi Union High School Plan is Discussed JCNCTION CITY. March 20. (Sptcial) Meeting of Uiparem of tha HWerrltw trfcoel diet rift was hrM W4te4lay night and tha qnecHnn of Jetting wit J a action VHj In tht or gajtlaarte ef a union high school waa diacuMtd. At tha closa ef tha meet ing a petition asking for a aperiat election to decide thf mattir waa cir ctilated and quite generally aigned. A number of Junction Oty people attended the meptlng. They intend to vtait all the district concerned and find out the antiment of the differ ent rummuniltre in the matter. By JAMES W. DEAN TEV YOKK, March 2U.--The God-' doss of Chance Jules New York. Gambling is in the very fibre of the place, Monte Carlo, Denuvillo, and Urariley's club in Florida can't bold a cnndlu to the adventures In chnnce to be witnessed in New York. ' The game ot business of Ticking money im purely speculative matters starts out at sea. Besides the various card games and other ordinary means of gambling to be found on the big liners, passengers wager on the num ber of knots tha vessel will make each day. At quarantine they bet on the number of minutes it will take until the boat la docked. As the vessel swings past the Bat tery It paases the greatest gambling center in the world, Wall aireet. Of course, you may say that the business dono in Wall street is bauking and Investment. But the business doiu; there drives men to suicide. I know nt least a doxen men who art so wor ried over their speculations in Wall street tiint they are hardly capable of pursuing their ordinary lines of work. Crop games ccn be seen in progress t'oog the river fronts nny tiny. On Sunday afternoon when downtown streets are free of traffic a pnsseng?r on tha It may wttniss a dor. en crnp games on the sidewalks. A million dollars a day is wagered here on the hone races, prominent bookmaker estimates. The book makers have "runners" tn every office building in New York. These runner are paid a commission of five cents en the dollar for all the bM they bring in. regnrdleea of whether t-he beta win or lose. The business of some runna is ex clusively among gins, many of whom wager as little as a quarter. Others make the rounds of apartment houses c-vilrvi.r.y beta from nouaewlves. In contrast, there are a number of men who plunge l(XH at a tim. Any bookmaker in town will acoe.it a wager in any sum. If It ii too Isrse for him to handle with his own capital America can be got into that court except by its own consent. ' And Prance does not have to go in to any court to avoid paying debts. All it baa to do is just not pa? them. There is nothing the world court could do about the French debt or, if there were, it would have to bt on our side. Oregon Briefs BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TODAY O come, let lis worship and bow down; let us. kneel before the l-ord our maker. Kor he is mir Qod; and we are the peo ple of hie pasture. I'aalm w e, T. Bible OaeallM. (Look I'p the An.trer) : profitable to tithe 7 j ' Is It profita Malachl B:W he telephones the "Big Book" in Hoboken, transferring part of the wager. The "Big Book in Hoboken" is really the clearing house of all book makera in America. It operates di rect lines to tiie various race tracks. Apparently it functions as openly as Wall street, unafraid of prosecution. During the baseball season there are a number of lotteries based on the standings of clubs in the major leagues and on the number of runs scored by the teams. There are a dozen or more pools being operated here in wales the par ticipate wager on the combination of numbers in the daily balance of the U. S. treasury. Likewise several pools operate on a achcdule of figures in the daily report ot the clearing house In addition to' this there re lotter. ies in which each participant selects a number and color, a number and color being drawn from a box each week. 'If you're looking for a bet you can find It in New York, on auythiog from a poker (band arranged (roni serial numbers on paper currency or auto license numbers to an Investment in a Broadway, play. T Howell's Comment t By CHESTER H. HOWELL 1 si' citiseu, or even any editor, has the right personally to be op posed to the world court, but there can at least be no longer any ques tion that the predominant public opinion is in tavor of it. When the House of Itepresenta tives, composed of men just return ed from campaigning among the peo ple in every district in the United Stales, went out of its way to vole 302 to 28 for a resolution advocating the court, that settled It. These congressni.n might com-eiv-able be wrong, on the abstract mer Its'nf the proposition, but they csu not conceivably be mistaken as to vihat the people think about it. And when public argument finally sink's to the bugaboo that France might drag us inlo the world court to get out of Its debt to us, the intel lectual barrenness of the opposition becomes groles'liie. It Is creditors, not debtors, that drag debts into courts. And, in the court, if it were possible to get it there, nothing could be considered but tha legal validity of Ike debt, which is not questioned by the French themselves. The sentimental ooiiater-rlaims are described even by those wbo msk. them as "political." They might be i ci.nsid-red by a political, but not bv ' a judicial tribunal. j Besides, neither Frame aur Clyde B. Richards, for three years county agent of Teton county, Ida., bus been named county agent in Coos county. - According to cattle men, there is less snow in the mountains near Ukinh, in the south end of Umatilla county, now then for many years. . . As the first step in the moral cleansing of Klamath Falls, 40 men and three women were arrested in that city-' on charges ranging from vugrnncy to bootlegging. . Dnvid Cownn, 50, tluibermnn for "o years In Coos county, was struck oy n truck on the highway between Marshfield and North Bend and re ceived fatal injuries. ... Kdward Running, who Is charted with passing a number of worthless checks at Silverton, was returned to Salem Monday from Olympia, where he was arrested a few days ago. . . Figurea just made public show that the etate owns 205 automhbilcs snd 2$3 trucks, worth at least half a mil lion dollars and costing the state SIOO.OOO a year for upkeep and main tenance. ... Driven from foothills by ceaseless storms which have raged during the winter, and gaunt with hunger, bob cats are ravaging sheep in various sections of Deschutes county. 25 Years Ago I (From The Guard of March 20, 1000) Dr. D, A. l'uiue let the contract this afternoon for the erection of bis new residence at the corner of Elev enth and Pearl streets. F. U. Bellman secured the contract for the founda tion, and W. 11. Alexander for the superstructure. The Rose burg 1'latndealer states that .ludge J. W. Hamilton is to be the democratic candidate for congress from this district. Judge Hamilton denies the reports of he Hose bur;, paper and fays he is not a candidate for congress or any other office. J. K. Stewart and W. B. Hawley are visitors in Eugene today from Cottage Grove. Waller llamuer and Miss IaUy Hcbert were married March IS at the home of tho bridegroom's parents in the south part of the city. S. H. Friendly is home after a trip to Portland. George M. Miller Juneau, Alnska. Fellowship of Prayer Daily Lenten Bible reading and meditation ' prepared for Commission on Evangelism nt Federal Council of Churches at Christ in Amsrlca. - !IDAY God's Chose) Out . Read Lk. 8:2S-36. Text: 9:35. This is my Son, my chosen; hear ye hlin. MEDITATION Jesua Christ em bodied in his life and teachings the supreme purpose of Qod for men. The. law and the prophcta found ful fillment in him. Henceforth men need not . search in vain to anow what is right, they are to "Look to Jesus" and to shape their lives by him. - "To recognize in Jesus of Naza reth the Son of God, the Saviour of tho absolute and unutterable help of Ood in bearing all burdens, in meet ing all temptations, in solving all hu man problems. To 'know Christ" is to come into living relationship with help inexhaustible. The moral vigor, the confident assurance, the un quenchable hope are begotten by this firm faith. Look up, then, with eager expectant faith to Jesus Christ. Son o( mon nnd Son of Ood. The repre sentative Man on earth, the Eoterual prototype of the Being of God." 1'BAYEK Our Father God, we would hear thy voice and know thy meaning. Let us share in tby love. Mny we ever be thankful (or thy Son our Lord and in all our wnya follow his life and his truth. Amen, Lumber Business Above Production During Past Week arcli 20, 1925 Jta.!! par?; N fW tiu2 lt0RVvHATIY.. MR' PATYaa,wlh 'een U. Pound ot nourish!, ? $ this shop. ounrtol Watch for Mr. Happy Partr ilSI One hundred and twenty-three mills reporting to West Coast Lum bermen's asaociation (or the week ending March 14, manu(actured 104.- 089,879 feet of lumber; sold 107,- 841,608 feet; and shipped 105.0S1.551 feet. .- . New business was 3 per cent above production. Shipments were 2 per cent below new business. Thirty-eight per cent of all new business taken during the week was for future water delivery. This amounted to 41,257,170 feet of which 28,8SS,400 feet was for domestic car go delivery; and 12,368,680 feet ex port. New business by rail amounted to 1,077 cars. Forty-two per cent of the lumber shipments moved by water. This amounted to 43,737,115 feet, of which 31,000,600 feet moved coastwise and intercoaatal; and 11, 827,515 feet ex port. Rail shipments totaled 1819 cars. Local -auto and team deliveriea to taled 0,774,436 feet Unfilled domestic cargo orders to taled 146,784.525 feet. Unfilled ex port orders 90,420.043 feet. Unfilled rail trade orders 5.303 cess. In tile first eleven weeks of the year, production reported to West Coast LuihMrmtfi'i association has been l,0ral,R5,Ml feet; sew business l,0ia,41,71 feet; and shipments 1,- tm,njm ttn, 1 - i to . SAN FRANCISCO Stage Terminal Phone 1860 Motion pictures tt Mount Etna sre ow being fatten by aviators. The volcano has been threatening a new eruption. Are You Going To Portland for the N. W. Rotary Convention or to do some shopping If so, we would be pleased to have you as- a guest. CAMPBELL COURT HOTEL llth Street, at Main Portland's Most Modern Hotel 133 Rooma : 133 Baths Distinctive service and cuisine within easy access to the thea tres, clubs and shopping; centers European Plan, single room with bath. $2.10 and up. Doubla Room $3.60 and up MAIN 3010 Wood and Cot) Wood under cover t length King Coal Oik Cord Wood Aih Slabwood Mills HUNTINGTON FUEL CO. 1st National Bank Bid). Room 24 Phone 651 PUBLIC DANCE DREAMLAND HALL ; Every Wednesday and Saturday Night Valley Printing Co. tt c Kan. Bink. WEDDING AND BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENTS COMMERCIAL AND SOCIAL FOR QUICK SERVICE CALL ' hns left for Mioses Carrie snd Thres Friendly' ar? Iiomp nftrr n ntny of several weeks in Sail Francisco. SfhoM district No. 137 on the Mo kenxie river has let the contract for the building of n school house to Y. II. Hnydrn. The building is to be on the I'cpiot place, SO miles east ot Eu gene. rr'"f. W, f. MflrhsrrT of BrowDi T,1!e is in F.nttne today. Junction Legion Planning to iiuild The Constant Stream Turns The Wheel er didn't depend on the '0V" 1..111. it was the 'n5',,?t,S,. eaibWl "ln lid depend nil your 'round that ea The colon II miller flood to run his! on which he could depend nil ' to grind out meal and profits. . And so In vour work today. It la not the oc.MSj ' tha extra help given when you are down nJ B(ka, i that will keep your business rollliiK along at n pi , speed. Consistent, day in and tiny out help and pa from your banker that will cheer up and work is the service that means most in me '" It Is Just this that encourages patrons of the V. L'frfS,i Bank. They are sure of receiving intelligent a nu e financial assistance: but even more valuable. strt advice and encouragement of the officials of In'' b0i!ei a day by day help is pushing them on to gren activity. UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK The Bank for Service EUGENE LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK The Bank for Savings .U M TION CITY. March 20. (Specinl t The Amtrivan lRirn his purchased I wo lots from .Tonts Wash burn ttMt of town where fli legion naires hope sonie day lo build a club hotise. Sunday. March 2"J has been desitnaied as clean-up day when the bo will clejin up the lots and haul sTarrl for the coucrete tennis court thry plan to build at once. The highest clouds in the sky gen erally are not more than two miles bore the surface of the earth. ltisurf with Hrnry Tronip. Fbout IL'i i ttrr,nMn SOMETHllNLi wiwiw Hdchf Backache? Nervous I All l,1.w"j0 Don't neglect voursrlf. Neglect mny 'f8 J ... OUS lUOajSS. Removes rhe cause-Health returns GEO. A. SIMON Examlnatlan Free 916 Willamette s"