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Pajro Four
THE EUGENE GUABD
THE EUGENE GUARD
An Independent afternoon newspaper publlihed dally exoapt Sunday.
PAUL R. KELTY, Editor EUGENE 8. KELTY. Buslneaa Manager
Offices 1037-1041 Wlllamatta Street
Telephona 1200
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SATL'UDAV, .MAI 2.
May Our Governor Punish Us?
IS THE governor of n htnte u Berviml of the people who
olcot him, or (heir master? , In it n governor ' duty
to execute the will of the voting majority, or is it his
rif,'ht to give them orders T AVe have in mind, of course,
our own Governor Pierce.
Governor Tierce keeps right on saying .publicly and
privately that the people are to blame for the state's
prospective financial predicament, because they repealed
the stato income tax. His is a presumptuous and nn
arrogant assumption. The voting majority, noting upon
its unquestioned constitutional right, repealed the state
income tax law last November. The governor knew
then that tho state would be thereafter without the reve
nue mat tno sialo income tax liaa . nrought. it was n
'month later when ho directed the manipulation whereby
tho property tax levy was cut to a point more than a
million dollars below the state's altered requirements
It was yet another month later when, because of his fear
of tho ridiculous Dennis amendment, ho vetoed tho act
lor a special rctcrenduni ejection, thus paving the way
for a hold-up of thu special tax measures which would
in part hr.ve made up tho revenue lost through his mal
mnnipulution of the tax levy.
' Tho governor nooma to think that he possesses dic
tatorial powers, whoso disregard by tho people lie is
entitled to pumsu. Jiis reaction to the present situation
Becms to bo ono of smug self-satisfaction, rather than
nnxiety at tho prospect that the state is to bo plunged
into a slough of financial despond. It is a remarkable
nttitudo for a governor to take.
Inf inreitlfated the condition of the
school district finances, we had a cur
osity to know how they were roinc
to an it. We rifured that If the For
ward Lookers could build a hundred
thousand dollar school building on the
lew cents left In our legal bonding
limitation, that It would be worth
while to hire them to null the countrr
club out of the financial morasa and
raise the money needed to finish the
new hotel. But alas and alack! After
the thing hud all been completed but
moving In the furniture and turning
the discipline over to the kids, Ueorge
Uemnnn was called upon. Ueorge Is
a cold blooded cuss and when he got
tnru mere was Just about enough left
of that new school houBe to oar a
Janitor for cleaning un the debris.
Said (Jeorge. in effect, "We have a le
gal right to bond up to L'07.2I5. We
are now bonded up to $iiu7,OUO. That
leaves f!MS with which to build a new
school house."
One of the (lo tetters suggested
that we hae the assessor double our
valuation. That, of course, would
also double our state and county
taxes. Hut that's a sun II matter.
lour real Co Getter carea nothing
about taxes. He ia a born spender
and Community Booster. If he were
wrecked on a desert island the first
thing be would do would he to organ
ixe a service club and issue bonds to
sdvertise the deHert.
The Horrible Example
"The Careless Few."
TpHE careless few" among fishermen who havo been
i- visiting tho Lake creek district recently have, ac
cording to a communication from a Lake creek resident,
published yesterday in Tho Guard, dono theso things:
Jirnkcn down fences, left gates open, trampled growing
grnin, entered school houses, littered campgrounds and
noted superciliously toward people on whoso property
they wero trespassing.
How enn farmers in tho Lako creek district bo ex
pected to do othorwiso than post notices on their property
forbidding pcoplo to trespass, ns the correspondent says
they aro doingt "Who of us in town would tolernto the
injuries and affronts that, according to this correspond
ent, aro being put upon tho pooplo who livo about Lake
creek ami own homes and property there T
Offenses of tho kind charged by this correspondent
denote nothing less than a plain disregard by those who
commit them, of the rights of others, l'eoplo used to
commit such offenses through thoughtlessness or ignor
ance, but they no longer havo such excuses, because
newspapers, forestry officials and various organizations I
mieicHieu in reoroaiionai and outdoor nctivity havo for
several years past carried on a campaign of education
ii nd information against such things. It is high time
for tho orderly majority or sportsmen and others who
enjoy tho outdoors to organize themselves for tho curb
ing of "tho careless few." If something of tho kind
is not done, fishermen and hunters and picnickers may
Boon find themselves facing trespass notices whereveiv
they go. If this conies to pass nobody can justlv blame
ino l armors.
Plant Pears
(Salem Capital Journal)
Kruit crops of the country aro hav
ing their usual spring destruction at
the bauds of the experts, it is usu
ally necessury to destroy them at
least three limes before a bumper
Harvest. However experta tell us
that the prune and chcrrv croua will
be light but the pear and peach cropa
good. The freeze of lust winter is
blnraed.
Why do not the growera set out
more pear acreage' Year in and
year out, pears aro na profitable aa
any crop grown, more thnn most, yet
there aro three eommercinl nenr
orchards In the Salem territory.
The Willamette valley is peculiarly
adapted to pears, psrticulurly as a
canning product. Climatically it can
not be excelled, for It is immune from
rire-bllght, the dreaded destroyer of
most pear regions. Frost seldom
takes a heavy toll and the trees are
freer from peats than elsewhere.
In order to aecure pears enough to
operate their plant, local cannens
have to Import them In iuuntiiy lota
from southern and eastern Oregon
and Washington districts. Tnere
should be pears enough raised here
to eliminate this Importation.
Diversity la the salvation of the
fruit-grower, as It Is of the farmer.
Tho wise orchnrdist will Include u
peur block with his prunes or aimlcn
or nuts, so that In enso of fuiluro of
ono crop, there ia another to rely
upon, while occasionally there will
ho bumper yields of all.
-
,
Satnrday Evening, May 2, ifo-
Iho "Mother's Inn" man camo all tho way from
Tangent a day or two ago to tell how much benefit his
T.laeo is i receiving from nn advertisement which the
United Mates National bank has been running in the
' ;;?,K,h Vn,V,'H, 0,,rrJ'i1llK complimentary reference to
li-m i long n?" ""d Rn'iC0-
who
enugrn
George W. Stnploton.' dead at Rensi.lo. Wild 11 Al.MIAn..
crossed tho plains by covered wngon in tho later
,'rahon from tho middle west. Ho was a self.,,,,,,!..
" K 'r e,,t.ei1( a community leader and an able
I'lli n "Vr1'00-f ,,ho IW'"C0 nml laUr "a circuit
Jiulgo. Jlo will bo missed.
Tho courts tried to settle it once, but now wo of
.gee are to have opportunity to decide for ourselves
iSl iif. Z d qUU8,ln CnwrninK S,r' G""Kl'er
It is heartening to rend this answer bv tho I ,,,,
county court to a ,,ues.io by ,u) fllniu s J?'
::;" uz h,Ws ,,s-
Wit. h Z ! 1,0 .t"ri"" nro among s nlron.1v
fitness the M registration at tho K,,. " .'"';
' ''""' April. More of then, are coming
'I'lm i-;.,., ...Z-. ". :
..... .......uivks im a Hazardous
non oreii uuoiiicr nticnipt on tl
ea h tiir 'pi
u life of lioris U.,1......:..
Get ready for straw hat ln-
In Lighter Vein
Even More Dangerous
(Cincinnati Eniircr)
"Medical science has been able to
chock a great many of theso chil
dren's diseases."
"Yes; but children todsy, Instead of
getting scarlet fever or diphtheria,
get a motor-car, so we really are not
much bettor off than wo used to be."
e
Bigger and Belter
(Progressive (irocer)
Small Nephew That dune you
...... nuppeu inrougli a hole in my
,'OVKUI,
I'ncle Well, hero'a another. Don't
lei it an inc same.
nephew Perhaps half a dollar
wouiu ue sster, wouldn't It, uncle?
A Rare Run
(Cincinnati Kn,iiirer)
Well, what kind of a run did you
havo today V" usked I lie engineer's
s tney sut down to their eve
ning meal.
ery unusual." he replied. "Very
unusual. Wo didn't hit a single motor-car
on any of the crossings during
mo mure trip.
A Safety-valve
(Vancouver Xun)
One thing that k America f.
... ,..,.,.. in w met t tint one
excniug sport season blends into an-
uiuer,
Tempered With Politeness
(Huston Transcript)
-Mother Share this apple with
your sister and show a Christian
spirit.
Walter Wha' Ja mean a Christian
spirit?
.Mother Take a small bite vourself
nun give tne rest to llessie.
Walter After you, llessl
New Air Peril
(Sydney llulletln)
"These airplanes art getting more
danrrroua than ever."
' Some ono killed?"
"No, but 1 see a chap got married
In one yesterday."
'DEESTR1CT" CASE TO HIGH COURT
Cause Celebre Arising Out of Chicago Squatter'i Doings, Long
In Public Eye.
Tom Sims Says
brad of
of the
yilY argue about who la
the house? The boss
u,i,,est iiomt we have seen is four
nuuiths old.
Women are so curious. They re
fuse to believe things unless they are
true.
COMMENT OF THE PRESS
Honor lo a Benefactor
I Christian Science .Mnll,.r)
ll"t,or Indeed should he paid to
h,.,n honor Is due. Ilvnce the action
tsken II, e .!,,., ,.,y l,y nearly ;el
members of Hie l!rpul.li,on club of
Die rifleel lh Assembly li!rict, Now
l"ry City, ami their gurls wrl!
dviMil In adopting a resolution of
gialitinle to the unknown New I ns
land Sevnrin who was the f,rt ninu
to miul.iiii. I.ii k il I, ,aiia a, ,r
.bread. lwliire It ,.(( ,t, romed be.f
and cal,l.,iie. ar l call the oiiiliuird j
re.ull a -New Cnglnnd iliunrr." In--HlrtM.v
the s'or.v is told ,.f the man'
in a wrafrrn city v. In, n iiitrmini'ine
a well known speaker who hie, from
It'.ston. In ins n-mnrks he rnoililid !
on. till.ng every im.ig.im Me point ut :
interest concerning his voitor'a hJiue I
Instead of .spring clrsnlng msnv
of us take advantage of the silly
season to clutter up our minds with
trash.
you enn have is a rlesu shirt.
The ol.ler the argument the harder
it falls.
Ity CHAW.KS P. STEWART
' (NKA Service Writer)
yASIUNGTO.N, May 1!. After
quarter of a century In state and
federal tribunals in Chicago, the fa
mous Deestrlet of Lake Michigan cope
ia coming up to the United States su
preme court on appeal. It dates so
fur back that not mnny people re-'
member just how it sturted.
Tho Deestrict is a big tract a
good many acres of "made land" nn
Chicago's north shore lake front. At
first it wae Just tho North Side city
dump. A North Sido as big aa Chi
cago's lias a lot of refuse to dispose
of. Thia dump grew fast, nway out
into thu loke, lu or 15 minutes' walk,
and about twice that far north and
south from the foot of Knst Chicago
nvenui a duxen or so of city blocks.
It consisted of cinders, old bottles,
bones, tin cans, all sorts of junk. It
wasn't nn attractive spot and Chi
cago in those days wasn't as crowded
as it is now, so the land wasn't
needed immediately and it seems th
have occurred to nobuily to claim it
until, unexpectedly, "Cap" tieorgo
neiungion .streeter did. Then every
body wanted it.
The "cap" has been described as a
squatter. Nothing so unromsntlc!
llo was master of a barge on Lake
.Michigan. One night liis shallop
broke loose from the tug which wos
towing It through a storm toward the
shelter of the breakwiu.fr at the
mouth of the Chicugo river, and the
waves dashed it uu on Hie ilnim,
Then the "cap" had an ispirutiou. lie
claimed the const on which he had
neen east away, "by right of dis
covory. nnmed it the "Deestrict o(
,ako Michigan" and hung onto it
for years.
His ense waa better than it looked
at first glance. The lieestrict wns
hounded un its landward side by a
rondway, which origiunlly had run
right along tho lake front, so that
there were no actually abutting prop
erty owners. It really lay off all
by itself and the "cap" was the first
peraon who ever had laid claim to it.
A score of interests Immediately took
steps toward evicting him. The "cap"
full of fight, organized nn array of
about a dozen men armed with
lilies, too to defend himself. The
Knst Chicago nvenue police came on
the jump, also with Winchester. Hut
on second thoughts, there wasn't
much the police could do. If the
bind belonged to tho "cap" and no
body was in a position to suy it didn't
he was entitled to keep trespassers
off,
Tho affair finally resolved itself
into a legal contest, but with the
threat of un armed clash always loom
ing in tho background, like the llulkun
menace in a Chicago setting. Pres
ently tho "cap" began quit-claiming
little patches in the Deestrict for
settlers to build shacks ou. Thus
arose tho city of Streeterville popu
lation 2VO or 1)00. Tho courts were
luw. . itivul claimants against tho
"cup" grew impatient. At length
they decided to oust him at nil costs.
Once out, they thought they could
keep him out. So one night a strong
party of claim jumpera descended ou
tho Deestrict. They fouud the
"cap's" army right on the job. Not
ouly were they repulsed one invader
wub killed.
his own parlor, or the parlor of his
boarding house.
His office was his desk, on the
floor of the House of Representatives
chamber, where he wrote hia own let
ters, by band, with a pen. His busi
ness with the departmenta he con
ducted by tramping around to them
himself, on his own feet.
And yet, there wns more attention
to public affairs, and more reputation
to be made in Congress then than
now. The new offices are, of course,
needed. Modern business methods
make modern equipment necessnry.
Itut if half as much attention were
paid to modernizing the methods of
Congress itself as to the physical
equipment and assistance of congress
men for their personal wort, it might
save the people the price of a dozen
office buildings in a singlo week.
reforested from twenty to forty years
ago.
Now, why should you ask Uncle
Sam or a private citiaen to spend from
13.00 to $25.00 per acre to reforest
when nature will do It so much bet
ter if she has chance?
But what chance baa nature ro re.
forest successfully, what chance has
Uncle Sam or the private citizen to
recover hia investment of $5.00 to
$25.00 per acre when in Oregon every
yenr for the past fifteen years the
hand of man in criminal carelessness
sets more than two thousand fires,
and for the United States as a whole,
sets more than fifty thousand fires
annually, burning up more timber
than is logged, more natural refores
tation than man could plant in several
years, destroying values up to half
4 billion dollars annually, carelessly
murdering from a handful to several
hundred human beings in a path of
name equivalent to a Btrip more than
six milea wide across the continent
from ocean to ocean. When thia an
nual orgy of fire ia atopped, then and
only then Nature will make progress
in reforeatation. Why should a few
plant trees when many bv criminal
carelessness wait to burn them uu?
The individual citizen is responsible.
Lnttt ne learns to bo careful, until
he and the majority condemn the
criminally careless forest fire setter,
whether he be logger, camper, smoker
or slash burnor, us much as thev now
do the man who seta fire to our dwell
ings, or murders by careless driving,
tnere can be no progress in reforesta
tion. And it iB only through such gen
erous and hearty cooperation as your
paper has given us in building this
public sentiuient that we can hope to
make real progresa in forest protec
tion and reforestation.
Very truly yours,
N. F. MACDUFF,
Forest, Supervisor.
tutional restriction, ,Dd ,, "
of placating ,nd l,idll" a
htical forces. 1 ""s
.
As a president thereto,, i
useful if he ha. W
adders. He probably
sess power enough to "
injury, were he so i, tr,a
not revive the vain-gE . " .
th.tw.a. But hi,
that the Germany
much from the Germany w, V'"
to be wearing sack-cloth MS
Von Hindeohur, ' . "."d 'W
not particularly d,Dgern! T
cant: aa ,.. , " or Ov
ts'0-
of the thin,. - """"'Mies
in their heart.. Thereto V u""
denburg's triumph sent a eh"'l . '
prehension abroad as well i, ,:"
Gone are the miahie ' "''
the lives and the money, 1lJ?
the land once so proud. Von li ,
burg is but a bogie man. J, ' n'
wove his wand and recreate ,C c'"'
many of 1U14 under i aild i Lf"
zollern emperor. Vet a ln.l'
start , city burning .nd" e'"c
witted old man might "hZ tfl
in the powder magazine whicL ii r
rope. Fortunately hi, pBPt j, ,
ited while his prestige i,
able ministry may possibly ',;
prestige to bring a unit, an0 "
bility into Germany such as it ha '
had since Von Hindenbur,',
Oregon Briefs
The state treasury Mondnr j
of J100.000 worth of state induS
accident commission bonds a, a D.7
iniuin of approximately lf3JT5.
As the World Wags
'I That wns the "cop's" undoing. He
Hot n year in Iho penileDtltiry. Tak
ing advaulnKo of his enforced absence,
the opposition gained possession of
ihe lteetitrect. The "cap" never re
covered it. Ho Itept on mumc, how
ever, until his dentil in Now
hi widow is pushing the case.
, The l'eestrk-t today is worth mil
lions and the Imildings on it are
worth millions more. Aud there must
bo big money behind the "cap's'
widow, oh there must have been be
hind the "cap." Ah to the insues at
stake, they're plenty importnut
enough to he worthy the attention
even of the I'ulted Slates.
Reforestation And For
est Fire Protection
Supervisor Macduff Discusses
Phases of Both
she made the succulent sandwiches.
Mot today I heard what became of her
and t am happy.
JutU three weeks ago a big fellow
from Texas, one of the ten-gallon-hat
kind, walked into the lunch room and
ordered combination saudwkh. He
watched her make It, said something
nhoiit it being a nice day, ate the
sandwich and ordered another.
The next day he returned and ord
ered another. "That's a great com
bination' he remarked. He hesi
tated a moment and then blurted out,
"Hay, you and ine would make a
great combination! What d'you
say?" "Quit your kidding! she
answered as she went on slicing
bread.
He came back every day and re
peated the proposal. Then she ae-
Also she had a way of calling the j cm. ted. They were married, took n
attention of the male waiters to men j hort airplaue flight and then boarded
ustotuera being neglected for gigg- i the first train for lexaa, a place the
man had been homesick for since the
day he arrived in New York.
"And jut to think that all started
with a combination sandwk-hl' wailed
the woman's employer as he started
to look for another sandwich maker.
I In New York I
.
Hy J AMI'S W. DEAN
EV YOKK, May 2. She. worked
-mug umirs a iiio uincn counter in
skyscraper on Kighth nvenue, mak
ing sandwiches for stenographers and
busy business tyen. She knew how to
make just about all the tasty combi
nations of meats, chesses, fish, to
mato and lettuce that wpre ever put
between two slices of bread. She
was as much an artist in her wnv as
lialli-Curd or Pavlowa are in theirs.
She waa middle aged, but up-to-
date. She had a matronly waist, but
she wore her hair in a boyinh bob.
She appeared to be at once sensible
and modern. And ahe had a whole
hearted laugh such as is not often
heard In this town.
W b' uat last the .peaker of .he
wning oht.med the flwr he saw
.-. urai lank mu,( be t() b
ma nenrrrs bv
flappers. Never a man came into
that busy place but what ahe saw
that proper attention waa given to
him. Whether they were old or
young ahe assumed a maternal atti
tude toward meu. And that, too. is
One of the best business friends attitude little found in skyscrapers.
ho it wai that tne two ot us ire- Now wt don't think I am roanti
m.ently chatted about Common sub- j f!ieturuiJ, t bit of (iction aluDf the O.
Jects such as how Ivmatoe can b ,me Thi, romance of Hag
kept fresh until past Thanksgiving , Unj.on.tD-subway occurred in the
hv h.iifiti. the olant he its roots in'. ... . L.t. i 11- 1
.C 1 1 . .-i i 1. j ; tmtimng in wnirn
; It takes nerve for a rouna snriiee 1 the cellar, and hoi
tree to grow up knotting It maj be- ere in the spring,
coins paper for a cheap noreL
work. The lun-
AKK..tn .IiiIimi 1 (enviev Yedlin.
and so on. !lie j yhf ,llinlNI trora Teiaa ia llenrj
beautiful orchards
broil, 1
told me about her bM, her only one 1 .......i., - ..,..,. hr. hi-.-Lr
. 101 loree nainiin, wow u.u rm..ini
So he! The chance, are you wi,h you were when he was still In hia teens and
Intro. 111 "n,p other person's stroes, and if 1 had gone to sleep forever among the
ITnU W.ra li... 1 . 1.. .1.. ..J
a,ured ' ' --.. uuru ...
Ana PO 1 nus"U urr jrirm.j
when X went to the counted where
lo earth.
.vi,,mru,-e, by thanking hi
di.cer fr hi. welcome, hut
no nuiueuce thai nti i... .
Ii mI hern forg Mten in th. ,i,r )f ' Traveling to see new things isn't
the city of hU origin. Mr .So ami So ilw, " Interesting as silting still
be said, omitted to le ,u (h,t 1,,.' "a seetng lb, change.
I"li is rhieflv f.m.iu f... .
, ; V,1. L...1
uu orown nrea.i: ! pnu pave your money
and vtiru you are old you can have
at Ihe
For a New School Hea,
(I'oriHlli. Caseite-Titnee)
e ait, i,, , I'T A meeting
nign M....I la. M .n.hty night l.ai,.. The South,,
.,.., m, iini,emient trd,r
"( tJo loiter, nn, g.,ih, , ,
new huh .. ho d Imi.1.1,:, ,, j
tne neiglilHirhiHHi of ltal,tX..
til, ttllllg, outy SMUtl, ueonl. ,.n
Jy. .
Cifi,' IInillSlMll aS.)Ill.
IMtiT h. utt apphcmieii with th
put!ic Tt'.' rointnusi.,n for per
m.sion to cli.a ,!, ,,,. ti
Havjlo ltenion couuty.
I Howell's Comment
A THOUGHT
The tongue is a little member
and boastctt. great things. He
hold, how great a matter a
little fire kindtftb Jas, 3;iV
Mauy a man's tongue shakes
eut his master's und
Shakespeare.
Ut CHKSTKU II. KOWKI.I.
rPHKY are prowaiug to spend $V
A ln.MUta for aa additional office
; building for the House of Itepresema-
; tives in Washington, in onler ihatjrrs ago. Nature
j repreaentath es. like senator, may
! hae at leant two office rMtn apiece,
j As It is. Il"e mewlers "have but
'one rxom each, in which to rrrue
! visitor, hold c.nferencea, and houe
three ot four clerk.
tirfi1, Bot s mjn.T
ag when congre-ntn oil no
I vfthTS at all, and no clerks. Ka h j karae
4 1 mgreiuan a revepuoo ivow slit,a five ibouaai acres which nature
shakes j three ot four ci
om(E J There was a
f ' year ag when
KUG1CNE, Ore., Mnyv 1. (To the
Editor) In your editorial column,
April '2$, referring to Araericnn for
est week, you express the idea that
ulthough good progresa hits been
made in protection of forest from
fire, but little progress bus been
made in reforestation.
I take issue with you on .both
points. A little progress has been
made in protecting our merchantable
timber by more intensive methods,
better communication systems, look
outs and Inw enforcement, und per
lups slight progress has been made
iu protecting second growth (or re
I'l'oduction as it ia sometimes culled)
naturally, reforested ureas. .Moat
men engaged iu forestry work will
Uftinit that our grcutcr progress has
been in better methods aud equip
ment for fighting ftre rather than in
forest protection by preventing fire
rather like locking the barn after the
horse is stolen.
Now, as to refosetatlon, I presume
vo'j are thinking somewhat along the
line of those who suggest that loggers
tt compelled to plant a tree every
t me they cut one down. That would
b very expensive in thia region
for in our 111:1 tu re merchantable ataud
itacro would be only from 60 to 150
trtea per acre. To plant that many
trees would cost, I presume, from
T'.00 to U-00, a capital investment
n n which interest must be com
l m-nded for forty years or more be
fore any return is possible. Further
more, with us few trees aa that per
acre, they would all have plenty of
room and light and instead of growing
tall ond free from limbs, would be
hort and fut with limbs all the way
vo tne grout.d, and after forty or more
ycaia would produce a minimum,
imount of very ktrotty lumber1 re-,
memher.every limb ia a knot and when
the lumber denier sella you a board
with a knot in it, you think he's a
r bier. 1
Hut why should Uncle Sam or the '
pmate citizen plant trees in this re
gion, doing inefficiently and at great
expense what nature will do efficient- I
ly aud cheaply 1
A moderate sited Douglas fir will
shed I'o.tHHj or mire seed in a fair
red year. These aeed will furnish
f.od for birds and rodents and still
ihere will be enough laying dormant
m the ground to germinate and start
growing from I'.ouO to 1U.U0O trees
er acre at soon as sunlisht rpaih
them. With so raany trees per acre
ctowdmg one another for light, they
all (.In Ht up rapidly, growing tall aud
lender, the lower branches dropping
off a.u the weaker treea dvin ...!
tf.er forty years there may remain
of tee original thousands only a few
huudrvd. Hut Hiey will furnish a mar
itLuiii amount of food lumber. 1 nay
nature will do this. She ha jjn f't
rvfeatidlr and j doirr it. Th- .!i.
around Eugene are crowned with na
ture's reforestation of ten, twenty. 1
thirty, forty and fifrv Trim , 1
T .w- . ... ..... . . ' " '
op ,ne .iit ieniie ktm
from the tipper end of Shell Heck
gisde on the south sde is a hiiUi,e
mat I'ncle tieorge FrisseU saw b.ira
over, clean, sum thirty or f rty
r.ir ago. Aiture hA tvtoreatcd it
aost nmforw in dimeter and higit
Another ten vt twenty jesra toj
tr.ey tl mat lumber, t can cite you
to area alter a, re a in Urf county u
th state where nature reft.red de
nuded arejs f,ve. en, fifen. up
"''""1 years aao. Kan
clean sgx.n U-t Tear
By FRANK FAY EDDY
70 N H1XDENBURG-S election to
the presidency of the German Re
public should not have stunned the
world with surprise as it seems to
havo done. It may- rather be taken
as an indication of a revival of Ger
man nationalism, after a prolonged
period of repression.
Post-war Germany has really been
repressed and somewhat dazed
nation but has not been crushed under
a humiliating sens of defeat and ruin
to the extent her victors imagined.
Von Hindeuburg personified, almost
alone among the public men of Ger
many, the glory of a mighty and ag
gressive Germany which had suffered
an eclipse. Ho has never conceoled
s opinions or truckled for the favor
f bis foes of yesterday or condoned
socialistic and bolshevistic politics.
The fact of tho case ie he looms up
to the German consciousness as a
hero, whatever we may think of him.
He is their hero not ours. George
Washington looked as little like a
hero to the majority of Englishmen
at the conclusion of the American
revolution.
.
Von Hindeuburg aa president may
conceivably bring a certain Btnbilizing
strength into the government where
there has been but wcakneBB and
vacillation hitherto. So long as he
is In power Russian influence will be
check-mated. He unifies the more
conservative interests of the nation
behind him ns no one else could.
Toward France his government will
present a more determined front,
which may not be altogether a had
thing for the rest of the world, and
now that the success of the Dawes
plan depends on the revival of Ger
man industry and the sole possibility
of snving France from utter bank
ruptcy lies in obtaining revenue from
Germany through tho working out of
the Dawes plan, the cool calculation
which the Frenchman always hns con
cealed benenth his eloquent protesta
tions is likely to assert itself.
Mrs. Mary J. Shelton whn i.
J week at. Walla Walla, aged Hi .
one of Baker county's earlipst
peers, her parents settling near Bjk?r
Frank Durant, CS. well known mi.
dent of Woodburn for more than W
years, died Monday night at his home
after a brief illness.
A. W Soddinder has presented hii
Elks' lodge at Ashland with a garl
mode from a tree planted by Abrihia
Lincoln in front ot bH resnlecct i
Springfield, 111.
Owing to the rapidly adranrinr
price of quicksilver, the old quicksilver
mues in ine uold liul district, wfiiri
nave been closed since the war, :
opening up ond resuming operationi
The Corvallis branch of the BeD
Telephone company is installing an
additional switchboard in aminjiatijo
of the extra business required by the
new notei, now nearing completion.
.
Tollef Anundson. 78, old-time re.i.
dent of Silverton, died last Rn turds?.
leaving a wife and nine children, twj
of whom, Alber Anuusun and Mn.
Edna Turner, live in Portland,
25 Years Ago
As n dictntor, Von Ilindenbtirg
would be a menace. Judged from a
distance in the light of his expressed
opinions and the course of his career,
he seems to be a rather stupid old
man who clings with pimple-minded
sincerity to the ideas and ideals of
the junker clnss, all powerful in the
old empire. He is of that tempera
ment that he might become defiant
enough to rekindle the wnr fever
again, if he were not limited by con-1
(From The Guard of May 2, 1900)
Reports from the Oregonisn tbrt
morning say the county court of Lao
county has now under considers tics
the mntter of building a substantial
bridge across the McKenzie near what
is known us Hendrick's ferry.
Hon. E. R. Skipworth and L. BUyea
nddressed a good audience at Elmirt
yesterday afternoon, considering tbt
bills not posted until Wednesday.
Sheriff Withers has returned froa
a trip to Salem.
Prof. John Straub will address the
schools at Lebanon tonight.
m
Mrs. W. W. Haines returned todir
from Portland where she bn bea
for the past several dnys.
Street Commissioner Scott ban ae ,
cepted a position as forest rnnger.
Considerable discussion is goinS
about ns to whether Eugene ii
celebrate the Fourth of July with an? 1
special ceremonies.
After much discussion and wranf
ling Pacific university and Vniversity
of Oregon will dobate Saturday Hi?'1
in Villard hall.
Mrs. E. U. Lee hns gone to Jun
tion City to stay for a few days vim-
ing.
Consider Mother's Inn
On the Taclflc Highway at Tangent Is a gigantic sipn reading
Motnori- Inn." stop thoro any day and you will haras
dirrfrult time to Ret a scat, unless you're early. And when
one of Mother's home cooked, country chicken dinners comes
steaming out of the kitchen and onto the table you no mors
wonder why her table is always crowded.
Mother's big sign and cosy cottage would both be of llttls
use if mother were not in the kitchen. The same would
be the case here In the U. S. National. No matter what
claims w6 made, or how big our building or elaborate our
furnishings we could not be one of Lane county's lesdin
banks It we did not give exceptional assistance to ererr
one who cornea to us.
By following to a letter. Si5 dara in the year, the broad
and progressive policle. laid down by the founders of tW
.J J bu"t the rePttion we now enjoy. Ask anr
mSS ,h tV S''rTved."n,, hs wl" Blve you this sound advice:
Wake the U. S. National your banking headquarters.''
U. S. NATIONAL
B A N K
Gne Bank cf Service
EUGENE LOAN SAVINGS BANK.
Che Bank for Savings
Dr. Geo. A. Simon
CHIROPRACTOR
"U ill move into Ins now location over Penney '3
tore on or about May 11th.