Tuesday Evm,;. ,
Pnfre Four
THE EUGENE OUAED
- Zy 5, jv
THE EUGENE GUARD
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TUESDAY, MAY B.
Plain Warning to Europe.
IF the eountrioH of Europe want further help from the
United .States, t.lii'.v must cense quarreling among
themselves and bienliiiK all their money in prepara
tions for war upon each other. Jf Europe wants further
.American help, Europe must give earnest of an intention
to rehabilitate itself economically and to go forward. If
European nations expect to get continued assistance
from this side, they must act in a way that will show
they are not jroimr. to squander that assistance by a
fresh plunge into the maelstrom of war.
This, stripped of the language- of diplomacy, is what
Alaimon ii. Houirlitoii. American ambassador to the court
, of St. James, told Europe through the mediumship of
mi address at the 1'ilgrims' dinner in London iast night.
t was plain warning to all the nations of Europe and
each of them that the United Stales is tired of trying to
help countries whose people will not turn aside from
their hatreds long enough to give intelligent eiiorts to
ward forwarding reconstruction on their own account.
Said Ambassador Houghton:
Tho full measure of American helpfulness can ho obtained
only when the American "people are assured' that the tlmo
for destructive methods nntS policies has passed, and that the
time for peaceful upbuilding has come. They are asking
themselves If that time has In fact arrived. The answer
must come from the pcopio of Europe. If the answer Is
peace, then you may he sure that America will help to Its
Rennrous utmost. If tho answer shall conllnuo confused and
doubtful, then 1 fear thoso helpful processes which are now
In motion must inevitably cease.
The circumstances under which the address was de
livered, no less than its certain and unqualified tone,
mndo it apparent that the ambassador was speaking by
aulhority. Our government, it is made quite clear, has
recognized the futility of trying to promoto constructive
effort among peoples whose principal trend of effort is
increasingly destructive. J'erhaps the plain warning
given them may turn their line of thought. If not, then
it is as well that our government hns decided to lot them
blew in tieir own grease.
An Experiment in Transportation.
A NUMBER of Salem firms .have inaugurated an in-
teresting experiment in transportation. In an ef
fort to obtain terminal freight rates to tho cnpital city
over (lie lines of the Southern Pacific company, they
have, established boat service between Salem and Port
land. The idea is that if the boat service can bo innin
tninod long enough to give basis for a showing of per
manency before, the interstate commerce commission,
that body may see fit to grant tho terminal rates on the
railroad that Salem desires, At present, according to
tho Capital Journal, Salem shippers pay freight rates
from Houthorn points which are in excess of rates from
thoso points through to l'ortlnnd.
Tho Northwestern is tho nanio. of tho craft which is
operating on tho Saleni-I'ortland roule. It is not exactly
claimed for her that she can he navigated on a heavy
dew, but it is a J'act; they say, that sho is the . largest
shallow water vessel afloat and that sho can carry n good
load of freight with very littlo water under her. Tho
vessel has now been on tho run a littlo moro than threo
months, and within that time has taken 4000 tons of
freight down tho river and brought up IIOOO tons not
a bad showing by any means.
It will bo interesting to wnteh tho outcomo of tho
Salem experiment, both as to tho effort to attain per
manency of boat transportation on tho Willamette once
more, and of that to obtain, upon showing of that per
manency and of water competition, terminal freight
rates on tho railroad.
Even such somber things as a hearse and n bull can
ho funny. A Jiearso speeding along the lower Columbia
highway near Seasido at 45 miles an hour, struck n bull,
knocked it for a set of bellows and ran careeningly over
its prostrate form. A motorcycle, officer pursuing the
fleeing henrso saw tho bull get unsteadily to its feet
and then start indignantly after its wheeled assailant.
Just as tho officer overtook and arrested tho hearse
driver, tho bull also overtook and passed that funereal
vehicle, which had slowed down to a wobbly walking
pneo following the collision.
growing tension between Bulgaria and
Jtumsnia, Is a deep and sinister plan
to throw ths Balkans once more into
gcnersl conflict.
This vlesj 1 supported by the stren
uous effort of Bulgsria to censor all
news from that country, and make the
Bulla outbreak appear merely a local
and Insjguiflcant disturbance.
That a Balkan war will result how
ever, is highly Improbable. In snite
of her domestic troubles, France
must be keeping a sharp eye upon her
former enemies, snd any serious de
velopment in the southwest would, in
spite of financial difficulties, be met
by prompt and vigorous action.
Village, Farm and Town
(New York World)
A village Is defined by the Institute
of Social and Itehgious Research as a
community of from .'50 to 2.100 peo
ple; and on this basis the institute
publishes sn interesting comparison of
birth rates and census figures fur vil
lages, farms and towos.
At the last census period, the re
port of the institute shows, the aver
age number of children to each 100
wives in Amerocsa towns and cities
was J-8. In the villages this number
ruse to 157. In distinctly farming
areas it was 195.
Now the birth rste which the towns
snd cities show is a low birth-rate;
wall allowances for infunt mortality,
it is practically a stationary bir.h
rate: And that fact is especially inter
esting in view of the rapidity witb
which towns and cities are now ab
sorbing village sod rural population.
Twenty-five years ago 00 per ceot of
the people in this country lived on
fsrins or in villages of less than 12500.
Now thst 00 per cent has dwindled
to 48 per cent.
Head these figures together and
the conclusion is plus. Kuril! Amerlcs
(plus immigrstiou) increase, the
country's population; urban America,
will u more or less stationary birth
rale, endlessly absorbs a fresh popu
lation from village, farm and foreigu
port.
Talkative as a Clam
(Cuos Bay Harbor)
The clam is an emblem of dumb
ness, or has always supposed to have
been, but it nppesrs the meek and
silent bivalvo spoke out in meeting
when the last legislature was In ses
sion for here he is protected and men
who dig t he in for profit must pay for
the privilege. Tbs legislature weut
farther and made it a penalty to pur
uhsss clams of an unlicensed deuler.
Never! helms, the individual citi
zen has still soma rights which must
bo respected when cluins are involved,
for one moy dig and eat clams if he
hfisu t any mercenary motives, such
ss saving money by doing so. As a
gnme flah or bird ths clam is a whale,
snd the game commission must see
I list they sre not abused. Probably
the nest legislature will provide for
Just the sort of pick snd shovel the
unrestricted individual may use In
digging his dims, sud whether he may
go barefoot or have to wear hip hoots
and doubtless see to it that the clams
are properly put to death before being
stewed at the seashore.
Another Hibernating Animal That Goes Coo-Coo in the Spring
I. ,
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MR.
r0
" Hello Daddy
dont forget my
WrigeyV
. Who la Silly?
(CorvnlliH (Jaitel to-Time)
"Why be aillyV" asks iho , l'ortlnnd
Journal in di.u'UM.t.g the fact thtit
I'ierea nnd MyrH cnused our present
rtiaio f Inn nee dilemma by Juggling the
tnx IovIvr, After which, tho Journal
proceed! to bt llly hy laying the
Maine on tho defeat of tho unfair In
co ire tu measure. Tho Journal
knows tbnt the tDeome (hi uieaiure
wia defeated before Tierce nnd Myera
hnd to mule their tax levy and that
they deliberately Juggled tho levlei
kuuwing that there would he no in
cnnifi tax. The Journal and Mr. Tierce
hnv always been very loud in their
protestation about the. infallibility of
tho people. Tho peoplo defeated the
unjust, ouo-n (tided iiu-oimi menmire
and these, two apottlea of popular
rule should continue to lead tho cho
rus iu that good old soug, "Vox Top
uli. Vox Dei."
Oregon Briefs
John II. Sjovonson is tho selection of
Fierco to fill tho vaeanoy on t ho circuit hunch in Multmv
inah county cmusciI by tho death of Judge George
iStnpleton. It is a good appointment. Judge Stevenson
is n citizen of a high type, a thorough student of the law
ami one qualified for his judicial duties by a prior ex
perience as municipal judge in Portland.
Cwiuill ii to have a new depot this
summer, the Southern Pacific to begin
its coDstriictitin as soon as material
can be aitsemhled.
Merchantable virgin timber in Jack-
ton county is estimated at twenty bil-
Hou feet, Tho avrrnge stand per aero
for the county is Kt.OtiO feet.
James White, famous horseman and
resident of the t'oos Hay country for
IiO years, died at a Marshfield hospi
tal at the ago of SH years.
At tho last meeting of the Wheeler
city couticil the foam Tower company
nts given a franchise for furnishing
the city with electricity.
Stauley G. Jewelt, predatory ani-
tn.il insiia.dA eei.orl . l).sl 111 ill. 7
Governor coyotet. have been killed in Oregon
nut of the Cascades during tho past
IS months.
Kro llindenhurg completes his seven-yenr term as
president of Germany, he will have become, if ho lives,
nearly 85 years old. No very aggressive policv, nation
alist or other, is likely to be carried by one so'woightod
with years.
In his "Washington, I). ( article published on this
page today, Charlrs 1. Stewart says that II. L. Mencken
likes to Jive iu America. It will be news to most people
that Mencken likes any place, anything or anybody.
Why should there be a national balloon race? The
balloon in the air is M-areely more up to date than the
old high-wheeled bicvele on earth.
Only 04 voters cast bnllota at re
rent school election in ('Mpiillo which
rut horned issuance of $lo..V)o bonds.
The vote was 41 for and "0 agVhit
S. X. Wilkius, ('or vail is undertaker,
bo It ft that city several dtys ago
for Kxeter, t'al.. died shortly after
trtcb.ug tht California town.
The Albany cannery will commence
It season's run tho latter pait of
Mhv with proipecta of doohi.ng the
1IVJ4 pack. The cannery -will employ
tnoro thau t-U women and girts.
I Tom Suns Savs j
MENCKEN LIKES AMERICA
Stewart Doesn't. But Finds
it Easy Country
Living
in Which to Earn
By CliARLKS T STEWART
fNKA Servicn Writer)
yAHIIIX(;TOX, Slay ii. H. I.
Mencken likes to live in America.
At least, so he nays. He's so ex
tremely unorthodox nnd tho United
.Stateti, these times, ia so much the
other way that it tv-ems aa if he
wouldn't enjoy himself here. Hut.
talking: with me at his home down in
Baltimore recently, "I'd be very un
happy." he re
marked, in a
community o f
people all just
liko myself." Of
course, this obser
vation lays him
open to the .rojtie"
back, "So 'v7nld
anybody e 1 a p."
Tho editor of the
"American Mer
cury" didn't mean
it that way, how
ever. "I Ret my
real kick out of
life,' he contiit-
ued, "in thia laiwl
of conveutiooH,
by defying them
all,'
Thia fa tho right way to look nt
it, no doubt. Forced to dwell here,
an he ia, or buninesH retiMon. the
Irrepressible Mr. Mencken ahowa
sound sense in insistng on seeing
tho bright side of conditions ho ban
to put up with anyway. Nevertheless,
it has to be admitted that existence
In thia country is pretty drab today,
compared wih what it was up to a
dosen or J 5 years ago. Before then.
1 myself liked it here as well as I
liked any other plat and even better
than l liked some. But not now. Ati
Iu n thoughtless moment he let this
bit of information out. It's a good
reason too. A country .it's pleasant
to live in, nevertheless isn't very
pleasant if you've nothing to live on.
Mention the fact that you don't
like the present-day 1'nited States
and everybody Bfsumes it's prohibi
tion you don't like. Trohibition is
one of tho symptoms, true enough,
but it isn't the disenso. v The dixease
is standardisation by law. Tho en
tire world is suffering from it but
tho I'nited Stntea has by fnr the
worst case. Ktandardi7jition by moral
suasion ia legitimate but. compulsory
standardisation is going too far.
For iriHtuticp, some of the neigh
bors' children' uren't allowed to ptHy
with my little girl because, preferring
to teach her religion according to
certain ideas of
my own, 1 won t
send lies to Sun
day school. That's
moral, suasion
and quite all
right. But if the
neighbors had
their way, they'd
have a law passed
putting mo in
jail. They may
do it yet.
And my sys
tem is just as
likely to bo right
as tho neighbors
Hi'lte in, pveu
though they're in
a majority. The
question whether men descended from
monkeys or not can't be settled by a
popular.vote. If they did they did, no
present I can't think of a single spot j matter what the electorate thinks
ever visited on tue who e clohe anoul ii. It iney uidii t tney (lulu t.
Mencken
FANCY KlCKtR
1 K 1
World war. For at least as long n
anyone now on earth shall live, thia is
to bo the cliief problem of mankind.
But the other menace, that Uusai.m
example and propaganda would over
throw the capitalism and individualism
of tho world, ia now mostly bugaboo.
For bettor or worse, tit is is a con
servative and capitalistic world aud
the menace of wholesale revolution,
vbich was very real five years ag,
is gone. .
Don't dream Russia ulgbtmarei.
But do watch, as tho biggest and most
upsetting thing ;u the world, the new
self-consciousness and racial pride of
Asia and Africa.
23 Years Ago
Stewart
JUST A KICKER,
where I wouldn't rather live thau here
iu the I in tod States.
Tho real reason 1 lire here is the
mine real reason that II. L. Mencken
has for doing so. too. I don't be
lieve that story about his unhappiness
among people moro or less like him
self. I nonce he trains around with
his own kind that is, the nearest ho
can come to his own kind. His real i
ri'iison is, ' This is the easiest coun-1
try in tho world to make a living In. he'd have to say the same thing.
repardlefs nf any decision
polls.
Ileitis an American, myself by a
ood many generations' descent I
could be a Son of the American Revo
lution if 1 wanted to. l"m eligible
can say if I please, that I don't like
this country tho way it is now. I do
please and I do say so. If I could,
I'd Hvo somewhere else. Aud if 11.
Mencken would own up, I'll bet
glask makes a fine wedding;
4 present, but a poor engagement!
ring. i
In New York j
;
VKW YORK. May 3, A group of
1 forlorn men in Bry int park wat.it
a sparrow puk up cruiu'.is aud frag
ments of peanuts ami fly to its not:.
The nest i tucked away under tli.
tics of toe Sixth avenue vlecatt'd Im
Trains rush b, just a few fevt
abne (he nest, like great yellow jug
gernaut a. u-recching, grinding una
roJiliiig. In the tumult Wiow tQore aro
rJttluig street cars and thousand ct
taxis with their terrifying siren.
Tho men with empty pockeu and
threadbare clothing staud there wauh
ing in miracle ( life uuder the ties,
watching tho parent feed its young.
One wonders whether they are com
paring their own lot with that of the
parrws. For some f thru) iu ill
probubilitity will rrturu home at night
with no i-hlng with which to feed their
young, Thst human life begins and
lcrait in tin teeming cuy i a
greater miracle than that of the birde
nesting tho the elevated tifs.
COMMENT OF THE, PRESS
Win ihors He ftslkaa War?
I.Mnlford Mill Tribune)
There Is probably s.nitr noinrvi.mi
between the ftmim-ial crmis in Frrn,--and
the military crisis In ihe Bnl
kaua. For generation the Bnlk-in n
runo has h-en an mine one, ami
contrary to hopes of the Turin pence
lotifereme, the Versailles ires'y only
ronjed Iho cruftt, leaving the nmtteu
lava seething iteneaih.
According In I 'mint Kami,, t, w b
rtcrnily visited this country, the gov
in riL.riletu order, and hr alliances !
on a practical war basis, prtnetitfil an! ,nMl worthless, but soma nr.
iiiMM rm.umal.Ie uhrdnrle t any tueh illkf ' tI,rr
dig. But w.th one gover.im.u, fa. j o mfn)
n and auoiiier one weak on its legs, i-n engagement.
rmnca might well 1-,.f.nr to !n-j t
sry, in n,, hapo to consider fir-anc- Fish caught this spring are not a
tug any nnlitnrr e-.pedit.iJi outatd of f Intge as those caught Uu spring but
her own border. n,ry ,U fce ,u spring.
It t imt improbable, therefore,!
thst tho Bol-bevikl explosion n Bo j Ordr a very foolish man sets h
g.iria. tthirh ha already retoltr.l in niin r..r ti iim. tha. t.....
rnment of Hungary is a militaristic j per im.i..n f-r thst rxmiiiry to in- ! will be aay on hi,
ntio ami hictafor I l-r t hy ia planning j cieaae he,- standing arm? t,fvmid the I
a war for tho purpcue of getting ; Itimi allowed bv the Treat r of Ver -1 Thev sat there are more wrnnen
ba k the territory lout l llumama. ai!let, ha. eortain subterranean mt 1 thsn men to on Italian mwn, but it
Frame with her military luacbtoe i uei tins with Budspest, aod ibt tks'mJy o tht wen stay hue suot.
There are many rewards to be hal
by iiiing in Xew York, but there are
; aino msny penalties, r.ven ir out
A man tells us he was a fool whenjr " t" ,n theater or takt
ho married and bis wife telli ua tie ! -wy Vn ' .v viiy.
bsi-n't changed a bjt. I living as much of a home life as w u!d
to poasiblo iu any other city, the roat
Tubscco smoke kills germs. Kinset of the street, the rush of traffic, the
are full of genu. Just the same,
ma) be girls houldn't smoke.
place in America. You're always play
tug tag with the doctor and Ihe under
taker. With the return of horse racing o
the Metropolitan tracks the profc
.iomil tips ten are brushing off their
dgus aud getting ready for the su k
rs who try to guess taem right witrt
out even having the prt of seeing
the horse they wager on d'ing it
stuff. There ia ft bit of humor in the
sign that "Long Shot Kelly" displays
on Thirty-fourth street. It read: "I
do not wish to encourage horse play
ing, but if you must play let me guide
yuu." Another sign read. "1 know
more about a horse in the second race
at Jamaica that a mother knows alkut
ber child.'' And some boobs will be
lieve that until the racs is over.
You can't appreciate how fast no
tlepbaut walks until you see it on a
crowded street. Two circus elephan
were sent to Kighth avenue ami Fif
tieth street to participate in toe cere
mony of breaking ground for the ne-.v
Madison Square Harden. Children who
followed hsd to run at top speed. Th?
elephants kept pace with tsxicabs.
When they stopped at a cross strrct
one c-f them put his trunk in a taxi
wiudow and a. wuinau fainted.
(From The Guard Mny 5, 1000)
Most of the democratic county can
didates were in Kugcno today holding
a meeting.
A Eugene dealer today is selling
oranges nt ono cent each.
v
Attorney K. R. Kkipworth, Citi
zens' party candidate for the legis
lature, spoko in Junction City this
afternoon.
At Villard hnll lust evening was
held tho eleventh annual juuior exhi
bition of tho University of Oregon.
Bud Kompp shipped a fine China
Poland pig to Aurora this afternoon.
Miss Stella Bean of Mapleton is
visiting in Kugeno, having arrived to
day.
fmiftlll II tt MillAf In atntnlaJ
homo from Washington, D. C., daily.
TIlP torn I nttilsitid Irvmil
Fnivcrsity of Oregon ia being held
this afternoon. Several events are
lUio-d, including a bicycle race.
About 'JO intndi n or lion i ah rnlnn .
ists arrived up from Tort land on the
early train this morning.
SKp apaduHnjnarpocket
-dien jw Jp home tonight.
Give the youn&tert fWs wholesome,
loDIaftln sweet for pkaittre & benefit
Use it yonrself after iinokiTtor when
writ drags. Us a great little freshener
mmmt
Sealed Tight -Kept Riht
After Every Meal
2Xoi B
THE FLAVOR
lasts
Fl
In Lighter Vein j
Howell's Comment j
vibration and din of the subways tak
their toll
I .if a in York ii fniidmentIiv Bv CHFSTKH U. IBnVF.I.I
an tn-ido life- More people proportion-! IV -N T underestimate the boycott
ally are concerned with the pietion 'n s ' f the Tnnce of Wales by cor
pin sical fitiieaa here than in any other! tain of the negroes of Africa. And
don't nvereatiwwte the slirjttMi w- rid
t ; CtiUpirscy OI no.niiTTmni, noisir.urti
; in the Bulgarian nts.
J Both are of eune actual, and bolt
t are menaces to the stabdity of man
1 I kind. But one represent a growmj
. . l & ...W.a. a aanilif t-ltiaa
aim inr ,iT
The African trouMe are s pirt -.f
the new dnerminatutn of the cd
ored" race, black. brwn a:td eio.
no longer to treated ai iof t or
animals br tht white man That i
a )nc mtMrriiit flawso hWS h.
trvkeu rt o'nfMirUi d t -g
A THOUGHT
Ha that wtrfcath dec-tHt thai)
net dwell wrthia my he; ha
that tslltth (Its shall not Urry
la my iiht. P. 101:7.
There l no killing the u-pioit-n
that nVcott hss onve bf-gottfn.-
llenrge Fliot,
Exclusive
(Xew Haven Begistor)
"Are Mrs. Do Stylo's entertain
ments very exclusive jf"
"Well. 1 should, say to; she has
made application to have tho conver
sation of her guests copyrighted.'
Inherited . .
t Boston Transcript)
"Jim has a terribly mad memory."
"Yes. His mother wns continually
asking "What's trumps?" and hia fa
ther never could remember anything
on the witness staud."
Proof positive
t London Answers)
Foley What makes you so sure
that you cannot afford to own a car,
old man ?
Bowles I have one.
Treating Them Gentle
tThe Continent)
IS he was in Alaska looking over a
fox farm, After aduiiriug a beautiful
silver specimen, she asked her guide,
"Just how many times can a fox bo
skinned for his fur?"
"Threo times, madam." said the
guide gravely. "Any more than that
would spoil bis temper."
, Helping the Effect
It London Opinion I
ltx-e pink is the preoent fsehioiv
, sblo wear for 'the bride. Tho riclirate
hues of the dress are particularly en
hanced it a pale bruit-groom is worn
hsngmg on the right arm.
Advtrtmna Men oa Weather
. (Life,
"Hello! Wilbur F. Svhwimpfel.
Mist s your reaction to this little old
day?"
"JeffcMon B. Hatch. I'm ,,h n
it completely. abobitcy, iiaiiv," ji
"Same here. As I nnal.xe ihe IM,.. i
ti-n the prevent we:ith.-r certainly ha
a big general appeal."
"It -.tire does Ctt its m-.t noro."
"t omit me tu ou that. W. J-'.; that's
my lnt on tti precinejy."
' Xo need to canva the situation
on a day like tmlsy, J. B.''
S-mnds bko g. J ity,-hn!nr to
me."
"My nanie's n the d.tird hue t-
thsr. old man. Well, .mM
"titHHl h."
RIVER LOAM
Kier b'Stn f-r T i,.iir Ht. ;
cAg,
enmne
Omnqe Blossom,
fronuinUld Jasfuoned HkddingMiuj
V
This delightful transformation if '
made without cutting the ring, harm
ing the inscription or altering tha
metal next to the finger. A variety
of gold, platinum overlay or jewelled
styles available. Unconditionally
guaranteed. Ask for particulars.
(jtm (ie ftbMnm fttnjt wx Manim aAwi camj 0W. Pmttnd
Luckey's Jewelry Store
"tt. V?. BEISTOW
The 15c Skyscraper
"Nothing over 15c" said the sign at Woolworth's. Tet t'
policy behind this sign brought the money that built H
largest building in the world. Each sale was Bmall. Tet
cumulated with others, what a tremendous power they beco:
Why not apply this principle to yourself? If you b'
a little you could lay aside but a mite at a time. But l
the vision of a nlrkle and a dime enlarged into the W'oolort
Building you can see why It is profitable to save that mi'
It us help you maintain such a program. A dollar will
roll you as a saver; persistency will make that dollar tn
to many.
U.5. NATIONAL
BANK.
Tjhe Bank of Service
EUGENE LOAN &- SAVINGS BANK
Zirie Bank Jor Savings
Dr. Geo. A. Simon
CHIROPRACTOR
Will uimo into his iihv location over IVnney's
Moro on or about .Mnv 11th.