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THE EUGENE GUARD
An Independent afternoon newspaper published dilly except Sunday.
PAUL R. KELTY, Editor EUOENB 8. KELTV, Bualnesa Manager
Offleee 1037-1041 Willamette 8treet
Telephone 1200
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rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved.
The Eugene Guurd Is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
FKIIMY, MAY 22.
Railroad Prospects.
WHEX the Southern Pacific company completes the
standard-gauging of the Nevada, California & Ore
gon and connects it up by finishing the Oregon, Califor
nia & Eastern between Lakeview or some jioint in con
tiguous territory and Klamath Falls, the traffic of a vast
territory in south-central Oregon and in states beyond
will flow into western Oregon through Eugene, via the
Eugenc-Klamath cut-off.
Comnletion of that project will place the perishable
products of the upper Willamette valley nearer to the
eastern markets by more than 400 miles a full day's
vim fhnn thev are at rirescnt. Klamath and Lake
counties, which have long held trade relations almost
exclusively with San Francisco, will be brought for the
first time into intimate touch with western Oregon.
Eugene, more than any other western Oregon city, will
be in position to establish close. trade relations with the.
newlv hrougnt-in territory.
The Southern' Pacific comnanv is showing a disposi
lion actively to develop its territory and to extend it
these days. It is the only large railroad system in
America or the world which is expanding heavily at
present. In addition to its Natron-Klamatli line, now
well advanced toward completion, it has, bIbo nearing
completion, a new cross state line in Arizona, irom i.uc
Kon fo Yiinm and a lino under construction in old Mexico
between Topic and Guadalajara, which will give a direct
route to Mexico City. In practically, all its territory
the Southern Pacific company at present is pursuing an
active and aggressivo policy and is prospering. This
condition is reflected in its securities, which for some
time past have shown more strength in the market than
those of any other railroad company.
In the movements which it has just announced for
, developing its south-central Oregon territory and bring
ing western Oregon into direct connection with its route
to the east, tho Southern' Pacific company has obtained
n certain advantage over its rivals. of the Hill and the
ilarrimnn railroad groups. "Whether that advancement
will be permanent is something the. future alono enn tqll.
t. will depend entirely . upon what the Hill and the
llarriman lines shall do to meet tho situation.
When it Rains.
IT hasn't been raining rain nlono in Lane county this
nasi week. It .has also rained increased yield of growing
things and prolongation of the green season and lessened
liability of forest fires in tho coming summer and fuller
and moro promising trout strenms nnd a cleaner face
for nature thnn is usual for this tinio of year.
Tho weather man says that tho rainfall for May will
set up n new record.. That is nothing to feel gloomy over.
Perhaps to that scientist back east who predicted re
cently that we arc to havo no summer, it may even bring
n glow of evanescent satisfaction.' And after that there
will be plenty of dry and warm weather.
The rains of the' past few days havo been general over
Oregon. In the whentfiehls east of tho mountains thoy
have started tho recently re-seeded acreage of w.heat
to growing in earnest. They havo made dry-farmed
hay henvier than it otherwise would have been. Thoy
havo done wonders for growing truck gardens. They
linvo prolonged the blooming period of early wild
flowers.
Yes, we havo rains in Oregon. AYe are very glad
indeed that wo do. The rains nro responsible for many
of the things that make life .here worth while. It is rare
indeed that they damage, anything, except the feelings of
some party or other of picnickers for the day. Let us
paraphraso tho familiar song: "11 isn't raining rain to
us; it's raining things worth while."
A Lai Angeles court decides that nobody but Charlie
Chaplin may use the balloon pants, snaky cane nnd flap
ping shoes affected by that comedian back in the days
when ho was screen-acting. Next, someboelv ought to
i i . i i . . i 1 1 i . . .
iiHiNtinmus iniipiiu in miiKo us oi mem nimseii. as things
stand, the court upholds a elog-in-the-manger pWicy.
Chaplin will not clown becnuso he has all the money .he
wants, and ho refuses to allow anyono else to clown as
lie used to do.
oiuj parallel to tbe coast, north aod
south, it . obvious that the bisn
winds u wblp over the summit
come from either the east or wet,
the genets! directiou of the cut.
Nature,- "working in mysterious
ways her wonders to perform," is
proving to be an ally of man .u
breaking dowo the great barrier wbieii
separates central Oregon from the
coast country.
But Not Jack.
(Portland .News)
Jack Dempsey is now in Europe.
A lot of other American fighters were
over there in 11118.
Inaccurate Information.
(Portland Journal)
Governor Pierce wires President
Cooiidge that "sentiment in this state
is strongly in favor of au annual re- J
view of our military strength Armis
tice day."
Where does tbe governor get bis
Information about such aentiincnt in
Lbia state?
Armistice day Is a peace day, not
a iiiy tor war preparations. It Is the
day commemorating the dawn of
peace sfter the bloodiest war in his
tory, not the dny tbat bostiiies com
menced. It la a day to rejoice for tbe
peace that came on the 11th day of
November. 11)18. not to net out our
cannon, rattle our sabres, and inspect;
our fighting forces iu anticipation nf
more conflict. Jt la strictly a peace
day, and peace days aro not war
days.
President Coolidge has already an
nounced tbat be is against military
gestures on Armistice day. He con
ceives the occasion as one to I'm
thankful for peace, not to anticipate
more war. In that conception tbe
president is correct and he will no
doubt he so adjudged by the people of
Oregon.
An Outdoor Tonic.
(Pendleton East-Oregonian)
If there are any residents of
Umatilla county who feel that their
ardor for Oregon la being undermin
ed, a trip over the Old Oregon trail
and the f,a Grande-Enterprise high
way Is recommended as a tonic. Tbnt
person who csn look out over the
wheat fields of Umatilla county from
the heights of Emigrant hill, or see
the beauties of Wallowa lake and tbe
surrounding country, and still reni'iln
untouched by natures offerings in
Oregon must he losing his sense of
appreciation of the beautiful. The
month of May lends the color and the
atmosphere that enhances the attroc.
tlveness of those scenes.
Monkey Business
25 Years Ago
(From Tbe Guard of May 22, JflOO)
T E. DAVIS has let tho contract
' for brick and cement work on Ilia
new building in Simmons and Clark.
Tho carpenter work will be done by
the dny,
see
The hand of Pleasant Hill la nrac
tlcing regularly and there Is no reason
why Pleasant Hill should not feel
proud of surb a band, and of course
it does.
F. M. Wilkine has been named a
member nf the committee arranging
for the lecal Fourth of July celebra
tion.
Tt. A. Booth left today for points
south. .
President Frank Strong of the uni
versity went to Ashland today where
he will addrcsa .the high .school
graduates.
The ' elate intercollegiate field
meet will be held one week from
Saturday In Salem. A good crowd
from Kugene is planning to go.
Pen Lurch, well known Cottage
Orovo merchant, is a visitor in town
today.
Reports are thnt trout are taking
the fly in fine shape at McKenzie
bridge.
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COOLIDGE FATTENS ON HIS JOB
Theory That It Is Fatal to be Eleoted President Exploded by
Incumbent
By CHARLES P. STEWART
(XEA Service Writer)
WASHINGTON, Mny 22. Cnlvin
Coolidpe his nbnut exploded the
theory that it's fnfal to be elected
president. To be sure, he'll die some,
time, but even if be dies in office he
won't die of being president of the
United Stflfns.
. InotPfld of wnstinff nvray under his
present job, bis health is Bounder to
day than when ho moved into the
White House probably because he
In Lighter Vein
The vnllcy of (ho lin)Miin, ef which ltosclmrir. is the
city center, in famous tor its Rtrnwhorries, nnd Koseburif
is famous for its hospitality hihI entertainment. All
these aro brought into conihi'imtion this week, in' Rose
burp's nnnmil utm wherry festival, which opened yes
terday. t is n good oeeiision for Lnne county folks to
pay Koseburg n neighborly visit.
That, whs a fine and interesting exhibition that the
Advice to Teacher
(Philadelphia Bulletin)
' Tommy, your arithmetic paper is
rery poor. 1 shall have to write to
your father."
"tiive him fits, teacher. He did that
paper.
A Reasonable Surmise
(Ohio Stntc Journal)
President l.'ooliilire doesn't show his
feelings much, hut hp must have 'em,
and we iutuginc the mechanical horse
has been riililcn pretty hard lately,
e
' Still at Large
(l.ake County (Ind.) Times)
Nouo of the men who would make
perfect husbands are married.
Add Definitions
, (Cincinnati Knnuiwr)
She: "What is an egotiat?''
lie: "tie's a man who never leaves
the broadcasting of bis greatness tu
others."
Contemplation
(Washington Start
, "1-hflve heard that you contemplate
IrtNlfhg to private life."
sirln of the (Well district high school club put mZJuTX
u-K'iu mc i-HHllliMT t"t COltltllfree vesiertlliv. It iw mi. I hraren. It a sweet and hlissfu i.ros-
titllt.T demonstration of the Value of bova' inul t,,- ..l,.l P"''. but somehow you don't feel in
I. IJ I. . c .1 . ... . .. . '" ""!
work. Hcsults of that work aro praeti'enl.
Portland Notary club given $2.").(HH) to the poern
heeher hospital. That is a practical application of tho
ideal of service.
loii't miss Tho (iuHi'd's university-student editi
tomorrow. It's going to be a good newspaper.
any particular hurry about it."
The Dilemma
( Vtktitgcn.. etslo.
"I told jnn to say "No. ttinuk you,'
when offered i-nke a second time."
"1 tliil. mother, hut tbey offi-red It
again and I didn't know whnt to do in
that esse."
COMMENT OF THE PRESS
has taken especially good earo of it
sinco then. It's his idea that worry,
not work, killed his predecessors who
succumbed to the cares of office.
One thing he mny die from is being
hit by an automobile. Anybody may.
He initaed it by a rather narrow mar
gin a few days ago. That is; he missed
being hit, not necessarily being kill
ed. It would be a great honor to any
motorist to run over the president of
the United States, rresident Coolidge,
however, refused to confer It on any
body. Xhnt cold New Kngland tem
perament of hist
He was taking one of his almost
daily afternoon walks, with his umv.i1
plain-clothes guard. Hiking south'
wardly down Connecticut avenue, tbey
csme to the point where it intersects
Hhodo Island avenue and M street
a mesn place.
The cop had the east and went traf
fic held up, to let it pass up and
down Connecticut. It looked like a
good time. The president and retinue
stepped off the curb and .got nearly
half way across the rosd.
At that juncture the cop, of course
entirely indifferent to the fate of
pedestrisns, -though perhaps he'd
hav made an exfeption in the presi
dent's (svor. if he'd known it wss be.
turned the traffic.
The plain clothes men are big. hus
ky chaps who'd fight a lion in the
president's defense but they knew
there was no hope of stopping -that
herd of charging automobiles. The
whole party simply turned ignomin
iously and streaked it for the curb
they'd just left.
Well, they gnt there, somebody's
mudguard grazing one of the plain
clothes men's leg. The president didn't
go in for atblettra in Ins college days.
and spectators nf this incident nay it's
too bad. They feel sure he would have
beaten alt records for any known va
riety of jump.
It is becoming very clrnr thet Vice
president Dawes is not going to suc
ceed In getting tbe senate rules
changed when congress meets nest,
Tbe thing is developing into a party
fight and on that basis the adminis
tration hasn't enough voles.
It can and probably will have the
house rules changed. It has a clear
Mill
majority there. It probably will
change them back in the direction of
Uncle Joe Cannonism, making a czar
out of Speaker longworth and taking
away from the minority even those
rights which it hatb if any.
In New York j
Bj JAMKS V. DEAN
VKW ORK, May 2J. Cue of the
best flivver stories I have heard
concerns young Henry ltogers, son of
II. H. ltogers, the Standard Oil mil
lionaire. Vuung Henry wna deprived of the
use of one of the waraily cars because
he drove too fust along the Long la
land roads. Then he asked his father
if he could have a or if be bought
one out of bia allowance. His fathw,
believiug. tbat he could buy no high
powered car out of his "allowance,
gave his permission.
Young Hogers bought an old flivver
for $30. Howover, he continually
made improvements on It until he h;d
spent $IHK). with the result that he
had a racing body with a bright blue
cout of paiut ami the engine had Iwtn
rcgeared until it cuuld make lOO mil 's
sn hour.
Then the elder Kogere intervened,
lie arranged with a garage man to
realter tbe car so that it would not
run. "There." naid the mechanic, .r
he finished hi work. "I'll guarant-'e
Him rr won't nm a mile wlthmt
burning out its bearings. It's all ou:
-was sitting in an uptown cafe the
other night next to a table where an
insurance solicitor was selling a policy
to another man. He reports tbe fol
lowing conversation:
'Vot is your occupation?'
"Jus call me a rezident buyer."
"How do you spell Tezidcnt?"
"How should 1 know? Jus' call me
a buyer."
"Where were yen born?"
4'Down south ome place, but jus
make it New York. I'd rather be bora
la New York.''
Another New York success story to
attract ambitious youths from afar:
Samuel Rubel has just completed a
merger of ice and coal companies in
Brooklyn, involving property valued
between HO and 50 million dollar.
Eighteen years ago he was working
16 hours a day peddling Ice from tiis
wagon. He came from Ituvsia in
steerage in 11HS, Ho was it I then.
His only sdvice is "work hard nnl
duu't depend too much on outsiders."
vices, delivered io our people, for our
money, in America or in Kurope,
more than we sell to Kurope.
International debta can be paid in
money only to tbe extent that they
are first paid in something else. To
whatever extent we are unwilling to
be paid in this Viy, we are forbid
ding ourselves to be pnid at all.
Tom Sims Says-
T ON DON girl eays 110 pairs of
'A stockings are reasonable. We say
they would bevfor a centipede.
.
Spring's sq lazy we eat marshmal
lows instead of chewing candy.
Florida man wants bachelors to pay
a tax, maybe a luxury tax.
Nothing on earth bores us so much
as people with gimlet eyes.
Ancient Babylonian ruins show
they had flnppers. So do our ruins.
Hussian children are starving. The
Moscow doesn't gire enough milk.
Auto bumpera on telephone poles
may be the next step.
When did paperhangers start mak
ing patterns for -bathing suits?
American battleship shot up an ice- j
berg and tbe chunks will drift down to 1
the rum fleet.
Scientists fjnd 1800 thunderstorms
going on every minute. Spring hats
do seem expensive.
'
Sarath Ghosh, Hindu, left t?o000
so two artists' models could buy some
clothes. Good Ghosh!
State Battleship
Transfer Pending
SALEM, Ore., May 22. Carl K.
Abrams, chairman of the battleship
Oregon commission said today that
the commission, accompanied by Ad
jutant General George A. White, will I
go to Bremerton tomorrow to make
ttnal arrangements for the trsnsfer
of the old battleship to Tortland har
bor. Admiral Chase, commandant at
Bremertoa navy yard, has notified
the commission tbat the ship is ready
to be moved, l'lans are to reach Port
land with the ship on June ITi. It
probably will leave Bremerton with
two tugs about .lime U, und will lie
at Astoria several days before pro
ceeding to Portland.
The members of the commission
are Colonel Abrams of Salem; How
ard Waddell of Hnseburg. and Lafe
Manning, Colonel Worrilou and Mrs.
Cora Thompson of Portland.
Howell's Comment j
ONCK more comes i
widely pub
of the argn-
of gfsr." Young ltogers too cirment that these foreign dehts tan be
out and made his usual speed with .id m,)T jn goods. e sell more to
Chicago has Drive
On ObSCene BOOkS ine eectai. n of seeing th bear
nn il.imn.M to the ar.
The next day the youne Harney
llliKield took his remodeled flivver to
the (tara(e to have the oil system In
sperted. The enrsae msn drained oft
all the oil in the ear, told the youth
that his ear was all rielit and then
watched him nnve non me iri in
The MeKenile Past Cut.
Mt.n.1 P..ll..i-k
.ait auinrarr when bureau of i.nli' el
throu.h h. lava r, leJ Z J Z i i . no, eoa
the cut
barren.
But wkn this nredinn.n
"fter the lava fields wtr
was mad.'
rattern edges of the pirturrajue tcr
rain of dark colored r-k, th mil
Yfrftst prediction was that tins c t
would prove a barrier to the rarly
opening of the McKrniie psaa road to
traffic.
Tin prediction wan bitted oft the
belief that in the winter month ih
drifting snow, virtually alwaya fn mo
tiin oer the mile high, unprotertd
lava bedf, would fill ll cut, fthkh i
siHitil -10 feet deep. Peraon nakiiig
Ihe predi-iioit nnd Ihejr were
stated that snow w Wd remain u
hiered. It wR. found a abort tin,,
ago when the pass country was aur
vejed preliminary lo the road oneti
log w.rk. that the cut is virtually free
from snow, only small drifts blinking
the approaches. Tbe prevailing windi,
blowing arrow the lata he.f from the
CHICAGO. May 24. (By the A
soclated Preset A widespread
drive against aallctoua nutgattnoa
Is Indicated In reports from citiea
throughout tho country.
From Washington city and
Washington at at, officials have
taken action to havo barred from
news stands publications which
they say contain nbscen pictures
and reading mnttor.
Ton popular priced magailnca
wera ordered withdrawn from t
ln horn out,
Vfliinf Itoiers is still driving bis
t-mr at .treat pffd without any
and the bearings haven't yet buraed
out.
MR.HAPPy
PARTY
L 'ft
eaat and from ihe west, (tad whippel t.lo In Washington last week
me nnw out oi tn cut. i bounty prosecuting attorneys
To etpreai an opinion that the i of th state- of Washington ara
anow cleannjt annity rtf the wind lam , planning a atalcwtda fight agalnal
winter wtll b repeated in future win ! indecent publUatlona and hava
ten xrmM nt U a far frirhd i cnlsl a meeting for Friday a
Hie-.. With the latcade range ruo -jTtcoma tu discuss Ihe situation.
Kurope thnn Kurope pcIIi to us. And
yet Kurope, with no exchangeable j
money to do it with, somehow pays, j
The explanation is that, besides im- J
porting goods we export money. ;
Some of it we loan, to be invested ;
broad; some of it we give, in immi-
grants remittances to relative!.; hut
most of It we spend, in freights in for- '
e -gn ships, and in the expenditures of I
jj American totiritts abroad.
So we mar be patd ba. k. still in
our own ntoner, hut not all in money
I hat w e ps'd for imported goU.
Tom Swope, Cincinnati apart edilo.-i This proves only that g oiii" must
Tarrf .--- ! t'11 to Include servKfi, and to
- -1 f ' r r j rover goods and services to Ameri- '
( can anroarf, aa well a to the at
A THOUGHT
Thtrt Is aelhlai covsred.
that shall aot bt revealed; atU
titer tilat. that ihsll aot be
aws. lakt 13 2 3.
The craftiest de er i.o
abort and ragge, a cloak to
evr s bad heart.- l ataier.
home. There are 'invnihip a well
a visible exports and imports. It re-
futea only too narrow a ue of the
word.
Hut the rwiuMon suit remati.
j Kurope ran pax u onl ni our on
monev. which e hate (irt pid l.u
i rp for mneth ng. ir eni a a g.fr,
j Inx'liidint the inv siM with the
j f.U ft Krt- Kurpp ran pay u- "nlj
AM KAPPV
EAT HEARTY -SO
THEY CALL M
HAPPY PAR.TV
Sl'rroSK everyone
knows where Happy
Party not hla name.. It
might ht John Smith or
('rank: nrown or Kill Any
hody for all you know.
But they aimply o'l him
Happy Tarty he'tause he
Is.
Watch for Mr. Hajoy
Party
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BROWNSVILLE LETTER-WRITING
CONTEST
Flrat Prize
MRS. RUTH W. LAWS,
5916 Fortieth Ave., S. E.,
Portland', Oregon
Second Prize-
ONA M. JONES,
, 639 S. 67th St. N.
Portland, Oregon.
Third Prlie
.EARL CLARK BULLOCK
Multnomah, Oregon;
Fourth Prize
ELBERT SMITH,
rostmaater. Cottage GroTe,
Oregon
Fifth Prize
EDITH LOCHHIDGE RHn
636 E. "1st N.
Portland, Orefoti
Next Best Five
ELSIE McXAIR. ttmisi
Ave. S. E., Portlaoi, Ore.
E. B. NERDY,
Tigard, Oregon.
SIDNEY KAY. 642 Tillansooi
St., Portland, Ore.
L. L. SAl'NDER?,
316 Lewis RMg.,
Portland, Ore.
WILLIAM F. GASKIXS.
630 E. Ankeny, Portland
BROWNSVILLE
WOOLEN MILLS STORE
MILL TO MAN CLOTHIERS
Eugene, Oregon
"What? Me at Del
Monte this Summer?"
cs
"Why, that's where millionaires spend their vacations."
what of It. Couldn't you thrill at the romance of tint oi
Spanish pirate cove as much as an oil magnet? The qoi"1
charm of the Del Monte oaks ,the weather-beaten vrru
cypress tress on the craigs and the delightful old homes ttjj
hark back to the days when Robert Louis SteTftjon li
there by the bay where could you fiDd a more satlslrfal
treat away from the humdrum of business life!
ouu a ti-iiuii is wuntn ttte reacn or everyone ct ;wi m
are ready for It. Start lavinc aside a resulnr vacation ft (1
and add to tt every week. A savings account iviih
keep your funds away from temptation and will aafa
them with liberal Interest. Stop at the savings i inflow
your first savings ti'eposit today.
U. S. NATIONAL .
BANK.
?5he Bank of Service
EUGENE .LOAN f SAVINGS BAn
Se Bonkfor Savings
Big Carnival Dance
TRIANGLE LAKE
Saturday, May 23
Hats, Horns, llalloona and KverythifS
Speed-Boat Running Sunday
Exhibition at 2:.',0 V. XI.
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