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Pajro Four THE EUGENE GUARD An Independent afternoon newepsper published dally except Sunday PAUL II. KELTY, Editor EUOENB S.' KELTY, Business Manager Offloaa 1037-1041 Wlllamotta Straat The Eugene Guard la a member of the Associated Press. The Aaaoclated Preaa la exclusively entitled to the use for publica tion of all news dispatcher credited to It or not otherwise cred ited In this paper and also the local newa published heroin. All rights of publication of apeclat dispatches herein are also reserved. The Eugene Guard la a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. MONDAY, The THIS ia the issue which voters of Eugene will domde at the special bond election to be .hold next ed- nesdav: Wo are drinking Willamette river water, containing a high percentage of sewage, from Springfield. Filtra tion and chemicalization, and Rv volinc r bond issue the ballot, we shall assure water irom mo jwcivenzie river hi iuiihui.v for the city's needs for years to come. McKenzio water is so much better and moro nearly pure than Willamette that tho two are hardly comparable McKenzio water ip drunk with safety unfiltcred by hundreds of people every summer. Nevertheless, it will bo filtered, to in sure absolute purity. Tho McKenzio water project will not put an added burden upon tho taxpayer, although a city bond issue is proposed to finance it. Interest and sinking fund to moot theso bonds will bo met by a rise in water rates to tho consumer, estimated aa not to exceed 25 cents a "month for each city water service Those who bclievo it worth while to let tho city's credit bo used to the extent of $375,000 for the sako of being rid of tho necessity of drinking filtered sewage will voto for tho bonds. Those water consumorg and all of us are water consumers who boliove it is worth 1!5 cents a month to bo rid of tho necessity of drinking filtered sewage will vote for tho bonds. Theso aro tho facts on which tho issuo should and will be decided. It is useless to talk of wells at tho nrosont sourco of water Bunnly. Tho wells have failed. It is futilo to split hairs over methods of dosigning the new project or pick flaws in the plans adopted by the water board after painstaking investigation and expert advice. Tho question is not so much, Can we afford tho bonus f as it is, tan wo Bcwaget That is tho issuo. The Case of Thompson. IT APPEARS that some courts, like bouio newspapers sometimes chango thoir minds and rovcrso previous netioiiB to conform to now views. ClaVcneo W. Thomp son, cx-cashier of the stato treasurer's office in Salem, lias been sentenced to tho penitentiary on his plea of guilty to various defalcations, and already serving time. His parole, extended following his original plea of guilty, is revoked. Judge Percy It. Kelly had extended the parole, lie also revoked it and imposed tho prison sentence. Tho final oulcomo of towards restoring a somewhnt shaken pumio confidence in the administration of justieo in Oregon. Judge Kelly explained from tho bench that ho had coino to a dif ferent understanding of tho circuiimlancos of tho ch.mo prior to his final action from that which he had held previously, llo find believed at first that Thompson's guilt was freo from venal promptings and that tho money ho had stolen had been expended for tho benefit of a sick wife. His later information convinced him that Thompson'!) defalcations wero much heavier than the court hail supposed and that ho was unworthy of consideration, Tho judge is entitled to accept a noo of liis explanation and to .commendation for his courage in reversing his previous action. Direction of Southern Pacific affairs will.be brought much nearer home than formerly to tho Paeifio coast by tho changes whereby Julius Kruttscuitt retires from chairmanship of tho board of directors, and ad ministrative supremacy fulls upon William Sproule, as president, and Paul Slump, as executive vice-president, 'j ho practical result of tho changes is to make San Fran cisco tho chief directing point for tho Southern Pacific system. There will likely be less of referring various questions of administrative policy and action to New York Ihon formerly, and this will mako for expedition. Jt is interesting to recall in this connection that Vice President Slump was formerly located in Oregon, lie knows this stato and its people and is sympathetically inclined towards them. Altogether tho chnnges aro of more thnn passing interest here, Tho personnel of sponsors and officers of Indepen dence J lull, tho new Portland political organization, is not so impressive as to cause anybody to get excited. Hut now it appears, according to an informed political writer, thnt tho urgo for the movement is to take re ligious issues out of polities. Klan and nnti-Klnn forces, wo are told, are uniting in tho organization and will bury the hatchet. That purpose will go far to justify the movement. It is high time for it. Theodore and Kennit Hoosovelt have departed for tho Tian Chin mountains, in East Turkestan, to spend n periotl of months in an effort to kill the ovist poli and various other kinds of rare animals. If they succeed end bring back a shipload of specimens, to just what extent will human welfare or the sum of useful human knowlcdgo bo advanced thereby f It is indeed a far cry from tho days of tho policv of "the publio bo damned" in railroading and tho pres ent. Tho railroads have become humanized. Instance, tho distribution among children on all its trains by the Southern Paeifio company yesterday of caster eggs and candy rabbits. COMMENT OF Mr. Swaa'g laoorae Tax Pisa (Albany Herald and Democrel) Wt have had an Income tax In Ore gon: but It wsa repudiated by thi voters. There were several resenna for this etum. One was the belief of nny a.nrer. well w.sher. of Ih, .tale that ! Ihe iuceois tax waa burling the devel-1 epment ot Oregon. Another wsa thej Telephona 1200 APRIL 13. Issue. tneso nione, mane is unnmv. of $375,000. as proposed on the bringing to Eugene of - auord to go on drinking this cbho will do something THE PRESS inequality In the tat burden between ! tb. t.,p.,. who w.ed real j whU-h yielded sufficient return tot require them la par an Income lax I additional Thi -, n1 ob)siiia to tha in plan will be remo.ed, If the idea! ad.snced by ltepre.enl.liv. I.. 1 ; Seen of thi, county meeta with favor. The Se,sn plan uld avoid the in I equality mulling In double tasailon by allowing tb property tai to be credited on Ibe income tux. I! Ibe in come tax exceeded the property tax, the taxpayer would pa to the itate the difference between the two. Thus the duplication uf laxea would be eliminated. The chief rirtue of Ibe Income tax la ill ability to reach that class of citlxene who enjoy large incomes but who own no tangible properly. Under the Swan plan, this class of citizens would ba reached without working the hardship of double taxation on those other citizens wbo own the property which is asseeaed on the tax rolls. We can find no fault with this plan of Linn county's representative. Child Workers. (Hoieburg Kews-iteview) A study of the health of a group of working children 14 to 15 yeara of age, just made by the industrial com missioner of New lork state, indi cates that nearly half of them have physical defecta that are aggravated by the work tbey are doing. Of these children under investigation, about half have taken industrial positions because money was needed at home, while the other half d.d not like their school work. It was found, for in atance, that one quarter of the chil dren with defective eyesight were working under eye atrain, while half of the children with heart affections were working under nervous strsin. There la a sharp difference of opin ion ss to whether the working condi tions of children should be controlled by the federal government or not. But however one may feel on that much debated question, sympathetic and progressive people must regret to leurn that so muny children sre doing work that tends to impair their pby sicsl squipmeut for tho taska they have to take up in later years. Where the Road la Bad. (Springfield News) There are few people who have beeu away from home and never heard bis expression, "the worst piece of road In the county is between the Pacific highway and Springfield." The question is; is Hpringfield going to re main the town noted for "the worst piece of road in the country" or are we going to have a paved entrance to the city r e have been talaing about paving and we know how much it will cost, since the engineer's estimates have been given. Are we going to con tinue to talk and go through another summer with this bad condition or are wo going to act and pave these few blocks'! e ' Two View of College Athlete (New York World) Two opposing views on college ath letes4 appeared recently, yet possibly taken together they would help solve the problem, line Is In the report of Or. Henry H. 1'rltchett, presidont of tho Carnegie foundation for the Ad vancement of Teuching, who deplores tho domination of athletics ovor col lege life. The other Is in an Interview Willi Dr. Charles W. Kennedy, chuir mun of the faculty Committee on Athletics at Princeton university, who points with pride to the fact lhat UU per ceut uf Princeton students tuka part In sport. At first, theso would seem. to be hopelessly divergent points' of view. Vet Dr. Kennedy's goal, which Is 100 per cent psrticipation, muy really bold the solution for Ibe evil complained of by Dr, 1'rltchett. The trouble with the athletic aitus tlon at present Is that uioet students do not get sufficient exercise, but at tlie same time (hey have a feverish interest in what the varsity team is doiug. Tint Is, thore ia a Insa of a sense of proportion. Wouldn't l)r. Kennedy's plnu help Hilar With all students participating in sport, first of all, they would get enough exer cise Secondly, they would tend lo forget about the varsity tram, and the weeks of hortic rooting nnd ex citement before the big gnuio would go into the discard, lly a diffsulon of interest, the mi natural distortion of values tliut obtalna at present would give way to a better balance,- In I lie damning of athletics It Is often forgotten that exercise is essen tial and desirable. Iir. Kennedy's plan Is for building up the many, not glorifying the few, and this, after all, ia the main point. In Lighter Vein j A Candid Expression (Washington Star) "Why don't you asy exactly what you Hunk" "1 have been doing Just lhat of late." niuvvered Henstor Norghuin. "lint you have been saying noth ing." "Thst'a what I've been thinking." A Discouraged Mascot (Louisville Courier-Journal) "What's the matter!" "Our mascot quit -i." "Whyr "We never win," A Few Conservatives Lift. (Chicago News) . Among the quaint survivals one may mruilou the old fashioned suicide who nuns on the gas Initead of step ping ou it, Somebody Stung (Ysle It cord) "Would you like to go with me to the apiary this afternoon)" "Yea, jou adorable boy. I've always adored monkeys." Shrinkage (Washington Star) "nan Is gitliu' so very small." sa'd I'nclo Kben, "dsl purty eoon dar won't be much led of home, sweet home' 'ceptin' de tune." O. A. C. Debaters Miss Appointment With President WASHINGTON', April t.TN,rly ton) Kaster visitors in Washington -PSO to be exact overran Hie Whits llouae exeeutiw offices Slalurdayj to ahaka hands with J'residenl Cool luxe. It took just 17 minutes for the erowd to pass through the president's; office, Mr. Coolulg sliaklug hands j 'JT " ," ' I Members of the debating team ot! Oregon Agricultural college found 1 resiaeot i nonage waits for that ' talis ls.fa f.is. I ntUilMtmsis.l VI ...... a Ui.nfi.i a...! i..v. . arranged fee the preiidot lo receive debate, in .,,,.,-, f Z mTw" Arriving late, the tvlleg, ,, fu tht the handshaking period a as oer . THE EUGENE GUARD I , - r- ' " r j jggrUJOKs' - .V j ANP8ENEVEK V TPA MCS ' KlVVVX MELLON COMES OUT OF HIS SHELL Secretary of Treaaury Undergoes Official Life In My HARRY B. HUNT (NBA Service Writer) WASHINGTON, April 13. "The Metamorphosis of Mellon" might well be the title of a char acter study of the slender, soft speaking secretary of the trea sury, donlliig with him as he was whs nhe came to Washington four yeara ngo and as he Is today. Offlclnl life has brought Mellon "out nt his shell." As a private capitalist and financier, Mellon led a life of seclusion. Hie de tachment was well-nigh ironclad and Impenetrable. Even In his home town of Pittsburg, he was more of a tradition than a flcah; und-blood human belngi He fre quented no clubs. He attended few functions. Secretaries and functionaries hedged him about with a wall of excluslveness that mode him woll-nlgh Inaccessible. As a member of the cabinet, Motion's human contncls have broadened. a Not only have Ills of ficial duties brought him in di rect touch with a greater number and a more varied range of In dividuals, but the social necessi ties of his position have assisted In tho thawInK out process. Dinners, receptions, public and scmipuhlln functions of many kinds have- claimed his attend ance. And while) these are un derstood at first to have been the bane, of Ms life (hoy are so no longer. Whore lie first en dured them, he now actually en Joys tlicm. a ' Friends who have watched this metamorphosis In Mellon declare that he Is today a youngor nnd hnpplor man thnn he has been for years. The Icy reserve of the. prlvsle capitalist hns melted. The hard exterior of the chilled steel financier has mellowed. He la shedding his excluslveness. Ho Is mixing more with men. Ho la getting to like folks and nffnlrs. And what In Motion's case Is regarded ns final and conclusive proof of tho change lhat hns tak en place In him he Is even mak ing public speeches! Within a week, .his month, Mel In New York f By JAMKS W. PEAN VKW YORK, April IS.- Last night I saw four of Broadway's well known bnotleggera drinking plain gin ger ste In a night elnb where all e"rtv of hard drinks were flowing. You write Ihe rest of the story. Manhattan's only Indian cabaret has closed. It was The Reservation, eon ducted by Chief Utile Cloud in a tlreeuwicb. Village cellar. It wan a weird place, dmces and settings giving it the atmosphere nf an Indian en campment, but apparently it was loo weird for the villagera who are alwsyi demanding the uuuaual for entertain ment. The bsne of night club managers sre college undergrnduaua. Takeu ns a group, they are small spenders. And their ribald conduct disturbs portly suxnr pnpas. A waiter tells me thnt on several occasions be bss seen col lege loyl meet their fathers, quite iy airidcnt and witeout tlietr wivea. Thereafter those, particular boys seem to have plenty of spending money. Even so, the varaitj boys fiud lhat all BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TODAY TAKK NO TIIOCtlHT, say ing, "Whst shall we eat! or. What shall w drink r or. Wherewithal shsll we be cloth ed? But seek ye first the king dom ot l!od, and his righteous ness: and all these things shall be added unto you.--Mathew 0.31. 33. Bisie Qaeatlea tlMti up the answer) AVhst shoo'.d fathers d Kph. 6:1. A TREACHEROUS HOLE Metamorphosis as Result of Washington lon spoke at a banquet at Rich mond, Va., was a guest of honor at a reception at the Cosmos Club, Washington, and officiated at the burning of the mortgage on the National Fross Club here. No one can Imagine the Mellon of four years ago participating In any such gregarious festivities. In the light ot Mellon's ap parently Increasing Interests in life, few folks here feel that he is even considering resigning his job, as is rumored from time to time. While admitting that he was reluctant to enter public lite, they believe lie would leave It now with even greater regret. . Antl prohibitionists are up in arms over what they term "sacri legious" changes made in the Holy Bible In a recent "shorter version" - ot the Holy Writ re cently Issued. The effort, according to wet advocates, has been to make a Bible to conform to what a pro hibitionist thinks the Bible should j be, rather than to present the true teachings of Die biblical snges. In every Instance where the I word 'wine' In favorably men tioned in the Ihhle." says Captain W. H. Stayton. "It has ,been delet ed or the meaning completely changed In the "shorter Bible." "Hut In every Instance where win nnd strong drink are men tioned unfavorably, these, refer ences aro retained. All reference to tho marriage feast at Cnna, In eluding Christ's first miracle, the changing of water ln(o wine, has been suppressed by these cen sors nf tho Lord's works. "Undoubtedly," says Stayton, "It Is the plan of the drys to re place the Holy Bible In the home with the censored Bible. But If that Is true the drys are doomed, for the original Bible says. In (he last chapter of Revelation: "If nny man tnke awny - from the words ot the book of this proph ecy, Clod shall take awav bis nart tout of the Book ot Lite'." tallica are "reaerved" when the swoop down on a plnce in groups of more iu.tn lour. s Seen at four a. m. on a Brooklyn subway platform where passengers transfer between local and exprem trains. A man with a bottle and four glassea selling hootch at SO a drink to weary night owls. Superintendents of apartment houses here do n-'f receive very high psy. but msny of them are better of( financially than the tensnts. They collect from the ice man to whom they give exclusive entree to the house. They co.leet from other tradesmen. 1 know one superintendent who has in troduced a booilcjger to every tenant who drinka. (He knows who drink by watching tha dumtraaiter for empty bottles), from the bootlecger he col lecta a cromlfiion of .No pent each buttle sold in the house. And he reaclla tha empty bottles to tha boot legger. see Many casual and accidental meet ings of persons from the same town occur si the out -of town newsppsper stands at either end ot Times Svjnara and at ":ath aienue and Forty. eo n,l treet. Also many acquaintances be tween people from different towns sre made (here. Lonely and far from home they are sympathetic. 1'lainclothf s men watch thee newa stand, for rov ing crooks visit them to keep In to t"! with the fortunes ct former partners who have been arrested and are wait ing trial N Oregon Briefs .! j Edward Ostrander. member ot the ; public service communion, has re j turned from Washington. I. t. : where he attended a hearing m con ; nection wits the proto.srd Centra! j Oregon railroad development. I . ; W. (Jillette. ado has been super- . intrndrnt of the M,unt Angel ran . nery ir eciera! Jeara. hat a.ve;r. j te tuanagrascut ut the Siive rton Food Products comparfy, a coopera tive cannery, - e Governor Hartley of Washington, in a leter to Governdr Pierce, de clines to allow his state to have any thing to do with the Umatilla rapids project, stating that Washington has enough reclamation projects of its own to attend to. a a A new coal mine said to contain a large vein of excellent coal is being developed by Henry Hansen and An drew Valth in the Hoxy Ann district, about four miles northeast of Mcd ford. e e For some reason unknown to rela tives, John C. Thomas, 21-year-old mill worker, killed himself at Becds port by shooting himself through the heart with a .2"-calibre rifle. . . A thoroughly equipped assay office is to be opened in Baker in a few days. W. W. Gibbs, who has been engaged jn assaying in eastern Ore gou for many years, is moving his laboratory from Sunipter to Baker. 25 Years Ago 4 From The Guard of April 13, 1000 The old warehouse nt the rear of the Titus block that has done service for so many years wan torn down to day. Thus the march of improvement goes on. m m w The adjourned moetinft of the Aca demy of Science, of the University of Orejcon, ivill be held nt. 8 o'clock fcfjit urdny evening. Today sees the end of the 3,.r00,000 foot drive of Parson and Ctillinm logs. They were turned into the pond of the Booth Kelly dumber company at Coburg. . Mr. and Mrs. Frank It. Wethtrbee will soon leave for Spokane, AVash., where Mr. AVetherbee hna accepted a position in n dry goods store. They aro very popular young people, and will leave Kugene with tha best wishes of all. A number of crosswalks are being repaired today, The Weekly Guard, a symposium of Oregon affairs, was. issued today. Putte Moonry and Ada Powens of Cottage Grove were granted a mar riage license today. Mr. and Mrs. C. t Matlock are vis it iug in Portland for a few days, hav ing left today. Tom Sims Says j Jl'PSlA wanta to trade with na, but the whiskers raised ia America more than supply our demand. ... Tha Prince of Wales baa started out on a L'S.noo mils trip, this being a sure sign of spring. ... They think the Prince of Wales ! encngtd to a Swedish princess, but we don't. Poheny has sold some oil' well. Got IS.(X.000 for them. That's enough money to last a month at a i summer resort, ... Since federal prohibition officers are going under army regulations we would hke to have charge of the can teen. Two duen butlea of liquor were found in a famous singer's car. so 30 : wonuer she has been singing, j ... j April Is the month in wiiirh a wiae ! bride sen about improving her beauty by selecting ugly bridesmaids, j ... Moat things are a matter ot custom. 1 So, we dou't kntw. hut it must be proper to snore in a Pullman I j ... I A ewe tells us he hstes school in ! spring. He ears the eiclamaiion pouu i iw. u.e uaveo.au oata to nira. . Hue two lawo mowers, one f..r iK. neighbors. ! Howell's Comment I ; e , ; j Bv t llKSTKIi It ltOWKl.I, jJOsr ( the ooie,if tll,t pr,. rr. f the w,nd have been due to a vrty few generation, of its hi "ra. Vhl wla ihe niatKr w.ih the , rest? One generation is as imeiu. gent as another. M'hj does one learn much, and the others nothing? A papyrus has just been decipher ed in Kgypt which shows a knowledge uf medicine such as the world did nut possess again for three .thousand years. Priestly orthodoxy 6tni;uated the promulgation of that knowledge. Aristotle, a few centuries later, laid the foundations of both science and philosophy. His successurs were in terested in the philosophy, and car ried it on usefully for over two thou sand years. They were not interested in the science, and it stopped where Aristotle left it untU almost yesterday. ror a thousand years after Jioman freedom ceased, thought was not free, and tbe world learned nothing. Then, in one or two generations, it woke tip, and the miracle of the Kensissnnce illuminated tbe darkness. Our own grandfathers discovered that physical things were worth knowing, and tbe jshysicnl conditions of life were revo lutionized more m two generations than they had been n twenty thou sand years. When thought Is free and know ledge is regarded as worth while, the world leaps forward. At other times, it stands still, or worse. The Tennes see legislature would, if it could, return us to the stagnant ages. Lane Publishers Meet at Grove COTTAGE GKOVE, .. Ore., April 13. ''(Special). A dinner meeting of the Lane county publishers' associa tion was beld here Saturday evening, at tbe Hotel Bartell. Informal dis cussion of subjects germane to the newspaper publishing business, and n leayen of story-telling occupied taV proceedings. Late ia the evening the meeting ad journed to the office of the Cottage Grove Sentinel, where Elbert Bede and Elbert Smith, Its publishers show ed tha visitors its workings. BesideB there, the publishers who attended the meeting were H. E. Maxey, of the Springfield News; Frank Jenkins, Eu gene Register; Thomas Nelson, Junc tion City Times; Paul R. Kelty, Eu gene Cluard, and J. R. Griffith. Canary Will Have Service at Church Special church services will bo held at Canary in western Lane county on Sunday, April 10, according to an nouncement today of Mrs. C. E. Bes ter who is arronging for the meeting. Rev. W. L. Largo of this city will preach at the 11 o'clock services in the forenoon. An Easter program and Sunday school service is planned for the afternoon to start nt 2 o'clock, it Is announced. Tbera will also be a sermon ia tha afternoon by Rev. Large. The United States produced more than a million tons of brimstone last year, more than five times as much as Sicily, the principal source of Eu rope's supply. Valley Printing Co. Over U. S. Nati. Bank, WEDDING AND BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENTS COMMERCIAL AND SOCIAL PRINTING! FOR QUICK 8ERVICE CALL 470 PUBLIO DANCE DREAMLAND HALL Every Wednesday and Saturday Night LIKE TWO PEAS IN A POD To the casual observer two violins look as much alike ss two pens in a pod. In color, shape and stringing they appear to be twins. But In the hands of a master one may be worth a king s ransom, the other a beggar's purse. To the casual observer all banks, too, -appear alike. Their buildings are much the same, their services tally one with the other. But ask our customers and they will tell yon. Their answers will be something like this: "There is one bank In Eugene where you can be sure of si ways getting more than you expect, nnd that is the I'nlted States National. For the past thirty years that organisation has belted Eugenes business grow and prosper. That's ths bank for you. U. S. NATIONAL BANK. Che Bank 0 Service EUGENE LOAN ff SAVINGS BANK One Son A for Savings Fruit Trees Special Sale Starting Saturday, April 11th nnd continuing nil next week. First Class Stork at good reductions. Prices on Quantity sales. Kith nnd Ferry Come early and get your pick. SOMETHING ivunwr Headache! Backache! Nervous f All down and out! ...... . ...a.- juursen. neglect mav ead to seri ous illness. 4 ' CHIROPRACTIC! Removes the cause-Health returns 1 e , GEO. A. SIMON Examln.t.or. Fre. , Will.mett. St. f-hon. 55-' ' i Monday Evening, April 13 MR.HAPPV PARTY twviav 1 niJ V-UUJCNE, Partake op meat THAT I ENPORa THIS f9 la just on, breakfast, dinner and supper after another Around this course of life we go chewing our food and chewing the s rag. Who you are and what you say depends a lot upon what you eat. Watch for ' Mr. Happy Party j EUGENE PACKING cn m i i ii i i i fm B ft Ml 1 3 1 9 Ell T a QHIROPRACTIC is a Bclence that Is as high minded as the heav ens. It properly adjusts the subluxations of the spine so that the vital force may flow through the nerves to the nerve cells. $15-50 . to SAN FRANCISCO Stage Terminal , Phone 1860