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THE EUGENE GUARD
An Independent afternoon newspaper publlehed dally except Sunday.
PAUL R. KELTY, Editor EUOKNE S. KELTY, Business Manager
Offices 1037-1041 Willamette Street Telephone 1200
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FHIHAV, MAY 29.
The Governor Feels So Badly.
THE lius and truck tax is hc.hl up. The tnWco fax
is holl up. Tho tithing bill is licit! up. All of Gov
ernor IVreo's vaunted monsurfs tor rcpincrmeni oire
nuos out off by his nnd Jefferson Myers' uifil-miinipula-tion
of the tax levy .have gone glimmering nnd the state
fnnoK a rlnfipit. nnd miitd. onernte on a warrant basis.
But that isn't what the governor is smugly smiling
over. Oh, my, no! He has just happened to tinnK noout
r funny cross-eyed, white-faced calf that ho saw out in
Union county some years ago. The governor really
feels very badly about the state's predicament. Ha, lin
er, don't make the governor crack his lip.
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The Glory That Was the Oregon.
THE battleship Oregon is coining to end her days and
rest her bones in homo waters. T.liey used to call
the Oregon the bulldog of the Americun navy. That
was in the heyday of her glory. Once, when she came
back from Manila after the close of tho Spanish Amer
ican war, tho Oregon flew a "homeward bound" pen
nant 3M feet long. It was a prideful conceit, indicative
of how America felt about her.
Tho Oregon was built on the Pacific coast at San
Francisco. At her launching Sam L. Simpson, whoso
"Beautiful "Willamette" has made his lame immortal,
wrote this: . " '
Columbia in his pride will greet
Tho Bodiceii of our fleet;
And from embattled heights the voico
Of cannon make the deep rejoice;
And festal sunshine gleam upon
Tho green-clad hills of Oregon.
Oregon's people woro proud of the groat fighting
machine which represented tho last word in naval ef
ficiency of tho day. . They gave to the Oregon when she
was commissioned n solid silver service which cost
$25,000, in manifestation of their sentiments. And later
they presented her gallant commander with a fancy,
even though quite- superfluous, sword.
Tho imminence- of tho Spanish-American war found
the Oregon in tho wrong part of the world, to be imme
diately effective. Sho was at Puget sound. There was a
strong Spanish fleet fn Philippine waters and another one
in Cuban waters. For tho latter named prospective
theater of action tho Oregon started on March G, 1898,
with Cuplain Charles K Clark in command. There was
no Panama canal. Tho Oregon went by way of Capo
Horn. And sho went fast. War broke out while she
was onrouto.
In the navy department fit Washington there were
fears of what lurking Spanish ships might do to the
Orogon. Warnings were scut; to Captain Clark and
instructions for precautions. "I am not afraid of the
whole Spanish fleet" cabled Clark to tho department
from ftno port, , On May 'JG tho Oregon arrived at Sand
Key, Fla. She had covered 18,112 miles. She had run
one leg of 4,72G miles without a stop. It is a record
that still stands for our navy or any navy.
When Cervcra's fleet essayed tho forlorn hope of
dashing out of the Santiago?, harbor bottle-neck, it was
tho Oregon that fired tho first shot. , What followed
was summarized in the message of Sampson, two days
later. "Tho American navy," ho cabled, "offers to
tho American people ns n Fourth of July present the
destruction of tho entire Spanish fleet. ' Not 0110 ves
sel escaped." '
By tho time tho cheers had died which this message
evoked, tho Oregon had finished mopping up and was
looking about for something else to do. Dewey hud long
since dono for tho Montojo fleet in Manila' bay what
Sampson and Schley had done for Cervera at Santiago,
but thero was a third Spanish fleet at large. It had
started though it never got there for tho Philippines
way of Sue.. Whatever of potential sea menace
, Spain still exercised was pointed towards the far oust.
And so tho Oregon was sent back around the Horn
j ngoin mid across the broad Pacific. Dewey greeted
j her with a grin anil his gobs cheered lustily, 'but there
wasn't njudi for tho Oregon to do around Manila after
nil. Dewey hadn't left her anything to shoot at, and
as already stated, Spain's vaunted third fleet never
reached tho far cast.
Navy styles change pretty fast and by the time
tho next war came along the Oregon was' classed as
among tho venerables. Nevertheless she served in the
reserve fleet and was found still fit and workable for
tho little that they gavo her to do. And nfter that the
Oregon was held superannuated and ready for the
boneynrd.
Captain t lark has passed. Sampson has passed and.
I Feeling His Oats
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- 'wife.
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Martin, world record bolder for air
plane efficiency; contends that it was
uerfectlv nraetical. The machine Hew,
at any rate. Many witnesses tesiify
to it. "We have hardlv been able to
hmprore today.' aya Martio, "u.ton
Horrmr s diWosure m bis IS Hi pat
ent office application."
u:d and ill, Iwrnnu is spending ins
liitt years in poverty.
JooueR-DaKroze of Pari, Oneva
and Lond n expert lo visit America
noon. Hp's an educator, founder of tne
cbool of "rythmic expression," which
seeks to tram 'mind, voice and bony
simultaneously. In Kurope, where
method has a wide vtgue, he a a fa
mous man. Here be icn't known so
uell, but his expeeted visit, on the n-
vitaMon of tbe Maret trench scbohi.
in Washington, where his system is
followed, may make bim so. -
Stage Men Issue Public
Statement
24 Points In Form of Their
Constitution Set Out
Schley and Filiiin Hob Kvmmh mid tho great Powoy!
Tho Now York nml tho Hnmklvn and tho Indiana ami
1 l.n ft', ...... I it. . .11 1I J .
uiu ii-Aim nun uie oiuer ueeiiimies ol the Oregon at
Santiago, and Mm old Olynipin, whieh was Dewev's
flagship at Manila, have rusted out their hones and
gone along. Never again will her great guns thunder
Ko more will she elear decks to fight I'.ir the Hag that
she has so well supported. Hut the ghost of her former
greatness the glory that was the Oregon is coining
home to Oregon watept to end her da vs.
A south end resident says .he is willing to give the
weather man a neat prize if he will bring tm enough
more rain right away to drown the sipiawk of the imi
tation calliope at the carnival.
AVe would feel much lietter ahout the week-end
doufile holiday if we could think , of somehodv I.e.
sides the newspaper men who has to work as per usual.
Optimistic thought for today: Strawberries are red
all the way through now.
COMMENT OF THE PRESS
nnd horrible mutilating a Jew trav
eling ninii siiHpected of nssnuKine u
white girl at Williamston. Twenty
eight were arrested, six made com
plete confessions, tho ring-leader got
thirty years, his assistant six to ten
years, those, who drummed up the
crowd got from two to three years,
and those who took no active part,
but were among those present were
fined $500 each and the Jew proven
Innocent.
This conviction of lynchers is con
vincing evidence that North Carolina
Is not only the most prosperous sec
tion of the south, but the most civ
ilized. Wisdom of the Judge
fCorvalKs Gazette-Times)
Judge MoMuhnn of Kulem says
"there orter be a law" to. compel
young married couples to, live nt least
1,000 miles from the parents of either
one of, them. Would not tho judge also
make 'it n violation of the laws re
lating to'the mail service for mother
and daughter to write to each other?
The judge is not only a wise old
owl, but he says what he kuows.,Frin
atanee, he claims that if every wife
whose husband took a drink got a di
vorce two-thirds of the people in the
country would be divorced. Isn't It
pretty neurly that bad now, Judge?
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A Good Omen ..
(Springfield Uepublicim)
The Htatue of liberty in New York
Ilarhor has been formally transferred
from the war department to the de
part nient of tho interior, a good omen
of the time when liberty will have no
ueed of war departments.
A trend of the Times
(Boston Transcript)
New York sees the passing of nn
other of its famous restaurants, but
miliums of New Yorkers nre more
Interested in the presence of the
neighborhood delicatessen ehop.
Tho S a nil iff m Hlfjhwny Becomes a
Reality.
(Albany ltemor rat-Hera id)
Thnt the bng dreamed of Santinm
highway across the t 'nscade moun
tains by u ay nf I .ehnimn, Foster,
fnacadia and the Ssntiatu Pam soon
will become a reality is assured by
two official announcements which
have been made in quick succession
within the last few dnys. The first
one was to the effect thnt the Uni
ted St n lea forest ry department this
summer will survey (he hitherto unde
termined section cant of (.'ascadia and
will denifintely locate the route. The
second w.ih the statement made yes
terday by the county court that it has
reached an agreement with the offi
cials nf the Oregon-Washington t nl
onirntion company whereby the coun
ty will p.y to the company the sum
of $r.,Ot for the right-of-way. Both
these details have been pending for
a long time; ami their final determl
nitinn means that- actual t r infor
mation of the present mountain trail
into a modern macadamised hijhway
will take place in the immediate fu
ture, The Mngarlnn Stacks
(Medford Mail-THhnne)
Verhnps you have noticed that the
Home Journals displayed in neat piles
out in front of the news stands, are
alwas five feet higher than msga
nines thai deal exclusively with shady
affairs of the heart.
He-Men nf the Open Spaces
(Pendleton Kast Oregonian)
The story of two Klamath sheep
men meeting out on the desert. o,nr
reling and engiging in s fistic battle
which resulted in the death of one
suggests thst the he men of the open
vpaoes are not all in the movies.
CAPITAL STILL HAS HORSE CABS
"Dey's Eight of us Left," Darkey Driver Telia Patron Who
Volunteers as Fare
Hy CHARLKS P. STEWART ..
TASHlNGTOX, May 20. A horse
cab was passing. Just to ee what
it felt like to ride behind a horse again,
I flagged 'it and got In. ""Home,
James," J told the driver, mention
ing the address.
The cab was of the phaeton pat
tern nnd no rattle-trap, but sprucely
kept, with a fa t, sleek horse, be
tween the shaft and a dignified, whi'.e
haired, plug-natted old darkey ou the
box. As we jogged along, he gave me
some information.
"Dey's eight of us leff in Wash
ington," bo told me, "'out o' a van
mult'tudc. J ii sum ma wc docs vc'y
well. Nurn'our pussons rides with us
jes' fo' th' cxpe'ience, like you all'H
doin'. An dey's fai'ly lib'al mos' gen'
iy, seein', I cal'lute, as we's a novelty,
an' dey reckon we oughta bo re
wa'ded commensu'ately.
"Hut in wiuta things gits tol'able
oleaginous fo' us. Fi'st place, ya
cain't heat his yeah specie o vee
hides. An' second place, d' faction ;,'
dis yeah asphalt ou a lump's feet gils
to'ible when it's col' ti' lippy.
"A In' liossmanship vc'y dange'our
you ast, with all dese yeah" mat'
cabs? Well sub, it's a fac' dey's n
cc'tain type o' homogenicty acta to!
a Sic reckless an' some of 'em I
s'peot o' right down lu'lignancy.. Rut
gcn'ly spenkin', folks reguhds us as a
dyin' genus an' takes middlin' go-jd
ca'ro of us.
"Why don't I git me a tax cab?
you all asts me, Lawdy, boss, Is too
old to degen'ate into no shoofo,
Fo'ty seven yeah I bin d'ivin' ho:-s
cabs in Washin'tou. I reckons I'll
keep at it Ion's I linga.in his yeah
vale a' synthetic righteousness."
Who's entitled to credit for dis
covering Hie airplane? its first dis
'cvcry? Pivfessor Jjmgiey? Or the
Wright brothers? Sccreticr; AValcott
of the Smitlisouian Institute clninu? it
for tho former. Ot-vi!le Wrjgiit I'l.ums
it for himself nnd his brotl-or, Wilbur,
It belongs to neither, according to
friends of Augustus M. Herring,
whose application for a patent on a
workable heavier-:li;in-Air, flying ma
chine is on record in th- p.itcnt office
under dHte December 11, 1SW.
K. C. Huffaker, who was L.ingley'a
assistant in all !iw experiments, is
authority for the jtrttcment thi:t tie
professor's maebmo which, after his
death, proved a successful flyer, post
dated Herring's "by more t hi! it a
year." The Wrights did not I t gin
their experiments .it nit until P.IOi.
Herring dido't yet his potent, bow
ever. The examiner refused ii, on lie
ground that he "regard.' I the ap
paratus, as a whole, us incapahle of
practical use."
As good an authority as Jamos V.
Consider Young Griffo
An Illustrated Editorial by NEA Service
BANK CONTRACT PLACED
SPRINi;KH:U. May t'i. i Spe
cial. -The contract for building the
new First Nation.il tmttk lmildmg Nt
Fifth and Main streets has beeu
awarded by the bank directors to
Wilbur J. l.epley and Leonard J. I.ep
ley at $t.0V The butlditig ,mhi-h
will he of concrete contrti tion, will
take t) das to complete. It will 1""
two stone high with 10 by 17
fret vault room. t
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North Carolina' Example the north as well, by trying, convict-
(Salem Capital Journal) , uig and seutoi. ing a m.di of cbival-
North Carolina has jusl net a fine ) runs proc tor i f Nui(hern wouinti
eiauijde, not only to the south, but ; lioud, who broke jail, tarrying away
A THOUGHT
O Ird. open thou my lips;
nd my mouth shall shew forth
thy praise.-Ps. M:1S.
Karth with her thousand
praises liod. - Coleridge.
TW IS is Young (iriffo. Once lu was a champion
featherweight fighter.
lie was lightning fast, a phantom in tho ring. lh
was so tpiiek on his feet that other boxers couhl har-lly
touch him with a glove.
J lo isn't so young now. Fifty-four. Ami he is no
longer featherweight. His hones are brittle.
Young (iriffo couhl have been a rich man Imtl he
conserved his earnings of prizefights.
Thrift enthusiasts might draw a fine object leson
about this photograph. However, this is spring ami a
different spirit moves tho writer of these lines.
Uriffo spends much of his time sitting in a New
York doorway, just a step off Times Square, watching
the world pass by. Friends come to see him ami chat
with hun.
Fame, to hint, is an empty bubble, "Contentment,
even in his humble Io, means more.
And contentment is something few of us achieve.
The Oregon motor stage associa
tion, which has just- filed 'a, petition
containing 10,83J signatures, asking
for referendum of the truck and bus
tax bill passed by the last legislature,
is Bending to the press of the' state
a statement giving its position in the
controversy over the bill and the ref
erendum. Following are 21 items cap
tioned "statements of fact" from the
circular:
1. Tho justification of stage op
eration is recognized as being based
upon public CONVENIENCE and
public NECESSITY.
2. Stages are needed and wanted
by hundreds of thousands of people.
3. Stages run with frequency. -
4. .Stages run where no other kind
of public conveyance is to be had.
5. Stages stop at almost any
point.
. (t. Stages bring people nearer
their ultimate destination in tbe cit
ies or on the road.
7. Stage travel has tremendously
increased the value of the American
highways by making them serve a
greater percentage of the people.
8. Stages reduce the cost of trans
portation to the public.
0. Stages carry the public over the
public's roads.
10. Singes nre NOW regulated.
3 1. Stiiges "WANT regulation.
12. Oregon stages have no fran
chise rights.
13. California stages nnd Wash
ington t2?os are recognized as hav
ing rights of irsnchisc and are issued
certificates based .n public conveni
ence and necessity.
14. Oregon stages now pay
per cent of gross earnings in taxes
11 per cent of value of their equip
ment. 35. Oregon stages now pay the
following taxes:
Gasoline taxes (for maintenance
and upkeep of highways).
Incense fee tax (for liquidating
original cost of highways).
Seating capacity tax (Special
stage tax for privilege of engag
ing In for hire business.)
Federal taxes (a war revenue
measure), s
Municipal tases -(fees assessed by
municipalities through which
stages operate to take care of
cost of regulation).
Public Servii-e Commission taxes
fn tax used to support regulating
body).
. Hi. House Hill -113 would raise the
taxes to Y2. per cent of gross earninc.
IT. House bill 4 1 It would raise
taxes on stages to 33 per cent of the
value of their equipment.
38. House Hill 413 wis declared
unconstitutional by the attorney gen
eral. Ifl. House Ttill 413 wits originated
with the railroads and ws designed
to fight the stage competition NOT
ns an equitable tax measure to protect
the highways.
20. House Hill 413 was literally
railroaded through by a powerful
railroad lobby,
21. Stages are for an equitable
tax measure to protect the highways.
22. Singes have built their busi
ness on a basis of public service not
on a "p'iblic-be-dammed" policy.
23. House Rill 413 bears heaviest
on the comparatively light 'motor
stages (operated on pneumatic tirs.
If House Hill 413 hpcnme effective
to addition to gasoline taxes.
A regularly operated 20-passenger
stage weighting 11.000 lbs.
(pneumatic tires would pay to
slate per year $10".".
A regularly operated 5-ton common
carrier freight trurk weighing
22.000 lbs. would pay $."00 per
yene.
A regularly operated S-tn private
trurk would pay $140.
Tn addition enrh vehirle will pay
3e per gal. of gasoline used.
In addition the rtnge will pay-federal
and munieipnl taxes.
2t. Th heiviest stage weighs 11.
000 "lbs. The average lens than ROOO
lbs. per vehicle.
2". Should this tax beoome effect
ive and if the Public Service ronim:s
sion would not allow sn increase in
i rates. per cent of the stago com
panies would be compelled to quit.
In New York
P,v JAMKS W. HE AN
VKW YOllK, May 20-A revel is
4 offered the old-timer at tbe pub
lic library. Thse who visited or liwd
here a generation ago would find
two exhibit in the library just about
the moit interesting thing in town.
One i the Eno collection of prints
and the other a collection of photo
graphs and programs rf the stsge for!
tbe past 60 years. 1
Prints of scenes of the old diys ;
were collected by A mo K. Eno wh
lived SI years at Eifth avenue and
Tenth sucet. There are prints of lot-j
tevies on the old city hall steps t!ie;
brewery at Five Points, torn down in j
IS.VJ b ihe ladies' ICme Missionary;
society; the forerunner of the suit-j
way, a sleigh car being pulled by
eight pairs of horses aiong liroadway; I
a boy peddling shoes hung fron a i
stick: and the famous. Crystal palace;
that stood on the site of Bnant park.
H w times have changed in three
quarters of century is aptly
t rated in a serie. sowing the evohi-j
thn of the corner of Eifth avenue'
and Twenty-third street. (n K'Hl a
nwdhon mood there, displaying the:
sigu. "Siagei leave every fioir min- i
1 replaced by Erancwm' 1
H'-ppodrome which had a tent i -t.
IK.tta ii dine and u,t mnt ihe old
Fifth Avenue hotel. Tuat repUL-'i
ed by a great office building whic
sua suinus.
Interest in fbe theatrical collection
is divided between the portraits on
the wall and the living portraits in
the gallery. Old-time actors aDd act
resses amble along in grand manner
front photograph to photograph, liv
ing in the dull embers of a past glory.
"Well, well! There's John Drew. 1
played with him in 'OS. And Otis
Skinner. The old fellow's still play
ing." Young flappers come to admire
Lillian Jtussell. And Phoebe Itusscll,
too.
There is a great portrait of Joseph
Jeffersoe. And announcements of
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" and the appear
ance of Richard Mansfield and HbjH
Kirk. And here you see players of a
former generation who still trod .he
boards. Mrs. Eiske and Francis Wil
son. The latter once gsre up a salray
of $1 ft) a week for $l,j a week in a
legitimate role.
Those portraits will hang until Sep
tember and until then the gallery will
be the nieeca of many who will come
to catch one last glimpse of scenes ?f
the long ago. t
" "
My favorite success story concerns
Tony, the bootblack at Grand Cen
tral (ation.J He is 70 and has been
shining shoes 50 years. Any fellow
who holds one job 50 years no matter
what, seems a great success to me.
J25 Years Ago
(From The Guard of. May 29, 1900)
VTUDIES in the university and
k public schools ceased . today, and
now for examination.
,
Judge Potter returned today after
a trip to, Cottage Grove.
Mrs. AV. J,. Cheshire left today for
Scottsburg to visit iier parents.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Charles Henderson of
Salem are in Eugene for a few days,
visiting relatives.
Born, at Moscow, Idaho,, a daugh
ter, Nina Kathleen, to Prof, and Mrs.
H. T. Condon. Grandpa Wilkins is nil
smiles today over bis new honors, but
Pi'nfpsnnr t VinHnn in baa ilia m - m . -
quite considerately.
w m m
C. H. Park left today for the Bo
hemia mining district.
F
George Lee is a visitor in the city
from Cottage Grove.
.
"Workmen are preparing to move
the Da vies building to the rear of
the lot.
In Lighter Vein
nvr is
0R P" pork b,
this 8
th' community;
Is irresistible.
Watch for Mr. Happ
Party
DANCE
At. Noti, Sat. Night!
Music by
Mrs. Simpson' Orchestra
EVERYBODY WELCOME
The Installment Baby
(Saturday Evening Post)
'T just paid the doctor another ten
dollars on his bill."
"Oh, goody! two" more payments
and the baby's ours."
Sore Vexed
(London Morning Post)
A class was asked in a Sunday
school examination to give the mean
ing of the word "Sclah." For a while
no answer was forthcoming. Then a
small hoy diffidently held up his hand.
"Well?" said the examiner, hopefully.
"Please, sir," said the lad, "that's
what David used to say whenever be
broke one of the strings on his harp!"
No Below Zero
(Washington Cougars Paw)
SOPH But I don't think I deserve
an absolute zero.
PROF. Neither do I. hut it is the
lowest mark that I am allowed If,
give. -j
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Lives
Unselfishly
Offered
The few humble words that we can offer In praise of t
who so folfj shly gave the ver greatest of all gifts, ml 8,T'
for a mere principle in which they had faith, are so mesf"
In comparison with their magnanimity that wc mwiu'e
write them. Yet this humble praise, if it hut slightly tat1
those who felt the loss, is offered with wholehearted esrnsl
ness: Let the place In eternity of those who (iird for the
cause of their country bn higher than ours, for
they died that we might prosper happy.
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