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Th Guard's doIIct 1 tha comoleta and imoarttal publication
In lta new pare of all new and statement on nawi. On thla
pag-6. the adltora of The Guard offer their opinion on events of
the day and matters of Importance to the community, endeavoring
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live community poucy.
A NEWSPAPER IS A CITIZEN OP ITS COM M UNITY
BEARS WATCHING
mHK city of Eugene's power projaet should not bo delayed
by the present Inability of the water board to sell at par
or better aome (838,000 of the bonds Isiued for completing
the undertaking. The situational due to the preient erase of
the lnrestlng publlo for apeculatlve stooki. After the publlo haa
taken lta customary punlihment for gambling It will coma back
crying for nice safe fire per cent municipals. In the mean
time tbe water board baa Liberty bonds and other . resources
with which to carry on the work without heavy expense or
Interruption.
But the situation will bear watching. The city's extremely
successful power operation is not popular with private utility
Interests. Over the entire country there has been a disposition
.on the part of the power lobby to take advantage of every
. chance mishap of publlo management for the building up of
destructive propaganda. We should not be disturbed if there
Is an unfavorable Interpretation of the bond situation. There's
nothing wrong with the municipal operation which in addition
to offering one of the lowest power rates In the country has
been able to advance more than a million out of its own earn
ings toward this expansion program. - The whole expansion
project can be so financed If necessary.
j HOLDING THE SOUTH
rpHB new administration Is doing Its best to make Itself solid
with the erstwhile "Solid South." It Is appointing men
from the South to quite important positions men of consider
able prominence In the business and social life of the South.
Thla la not the old-time handing out of a -few Inferior Jobs to
colored henchmen controlling big blocks of Republican con
vention votes. This is a carefully planned program to take
over the white vote of the South, to keep It from going back
solidly Into the Democratic column.
When M Smith was nominated for the presidency wo re
marked that the Democrats were gambling heavily on bia
ability to win, that should A Smith fall to hold the South for
Democracy and lose the election, the Democratic party 'might
find Itself facing the problem of permanent reorganisation.
It begins to look as though thla has happened. The South for
many years has had great numbers of people whose economla
requirements and natural leanings would have made them He
publicans, except for the binding force of Democratic tradition.
' The last election gave these Southerners the opportunity to
go Republican without loss of local prestige. Southerners have
voted Republican and the skies have not fallen. They will
keep on voting Republican. Democratic tradition will not die
at once In the South, especially on account of the negro prob
lem. But the Solid South which Is laid on the foundation theory
of white Democrats and black Republicans Is terribly shaken.
What the southern negro will do Is a bit hard to see. He will
probably complain that hie Republicanism like other good things
has been taken over by the white folks.
' For the country as a whole and for both political parties
the change may prove to be the best thing that has happened
In years. Political divisions whloh follow geographical lines
are unnatural when no longer supported by social and economla
conditions. Upon both parties, but upon the Democratic party
especially, will rest the duty, and the opportunity, to rebuild
on a clear ont program of principles.
The situation Is one that works both ways. Conservative
Southerners hare been released to follow the party which Is
best suited to their actual beliefs and practices. But by the
same token the Democratic party may find Itself free from the
compromises and concession which have prevented It from
serving, except by fits and starts, aa the vehicle of truly liberal
political doctrine In thla country.
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NEW SCHEDULES.
rpHB newa that the northern transcontinental lines are going
to out the running time of their fast trains between Portland
and Chicago to sixty-three hours Is Terr gratifying to the people
of the Northwest. The advantages are more moral than material.
But the Northwest Is entitled to a quality of service as good ss
that to California.
California has turned the moral advantage of faster train
schedules to material advantage through advertising. California
has used the fame of noted limited trains to help build the pres
tige of California. California has been able to put subtle empha
sis on the faster California schedules.
We have trains to the Northwest whloh are second to none.
The Oriental Limited, the Olympian, the Portlander, are men
tioned whenever flu trains are discussed and with as much
respect at the Twentieth Century or the Golden State or the
Broadway except aa to schedules. The crawling pace across
the big plains has loft somehow the Impression that business In
this direction could not be pressing enough to matter.
The railroads say the faster schedules cost them money.
Probably they do. It will come back to them. The railroads
cannot lose on any reasonable expense that adds to the
prestige and speeds the development of their own territory.
MR. AND MRS. MOORE.
TTPON the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding tbe people
of Lane county congratulate Mr. and Mrs. EI J. Moore.
As county school superintendent tor many years, Mr. Moore
has earned the respect of the community. Mra. Moore shares
In thla good will because she has helped In building It
It was Interesting to note that their wedding way back In
1879 coincided with a famous royal wedding which waa then
much In the papers. Tlio home town paper then made note of It
The borne town paper now might make certain Interesting com
parisons. Tbe likening of the modest ceremony In Mount Joy,
Pa., to the regal festivities at Windsor Castle may have been
extreme. But after fifty years the tallies of happiness and use
fulness are probably In favor of the humhler couple.
Anyhow, we Join the community In congratulations. Wa wish
Mr. and Mrs. Moore health and happlnoss.
AS OTHERS SEE THINGS
The High Cost of Penmanship
(Christian Science Monitor)
Tbe disconcerting assertion that
the bad handwriting of shop as
sistants Is responsible for the sn
ntisl loss, by tbe retail trsde in
Kngland, of thousands of pounds,
which was recently made by a
manager of one of the largest
stores in Indnn In an address to
schoolboys, deserves, in spite of its
well-intentioned exaggeration, ser
ious attention. The problem o( legi
bility certain schoolmasters even
hellere, can only be solved by pro
viding a new type of written let
ter, approximating In shape to the
printed one, which would be less
amenable to tht Interlacing chaos of
loops and flourishes.
In Turkey, Indeed, where the or
nste Arabic has only s short while
ago been rnmpulwrily abolished In
favor of the simpler WestrO
script, the tendency to ovi9emphs
sie tbe florid side of 110 Knman
letter, as rommmilv Written at
present, not allugetlier due to the
seal ttr tbs abaci's latest reform,
baa caused dismay to many a teach
er, who la frequently reported to
be at a loss to decipher the ef
forts of his moat promising pupils.
It Is doubtful, however, whether,
had the Turks adopted the so-called
"print-script" their eonsdsn
tloasneas In tracing, and even Im
proving on, the involutions of a
letter so fundamentally foreign to
the Orient would have made their
writing vary much more legible.
Deplorable and even wasteful aa
Illegibility may become If practiced
to excess It would be uncharitable
to condemn tt outright; for there
is a charm la a hiaroxlyphie which
few can resist Indeed, of all the
conning devices Invented by men to
outwit their fellows, none has ex
cited keener curiosity than a secret
script or code. From Dickens to
O. Henry, and even earlier, aa Fri
day's footprint testifies, the p nailing
Incision, the cryptic telegram, and
the obscurities of detective lore
have played their part In enhanc
ing the reader's suspense and in ex
citing his desire for solving the
apparently .unsolvanle. Yet al
though such subtleties are obvious
ly only la the power of superior
Intelligences, tt has always bsen
possible for anyone to indulge in a
similar kind of sport by introduc
ing a strain of originality in his
handwriting. It seems hardly credi
ble that any new script however
fool-proof its legibility, will oblit
erate what has been designated as
"character" In handwriting. It may
be possible to train shop assistants
to abandon its more slovenly man
ifestations, but as the London
manager's experience shows,- charac
ter wul out
TODAY IS THH
ANNIVERSARY
OF
The French Pact
QNB hundred and fifty-one years
ago today, the Marquis de
Noaiiles, .Franch ambassador in
London, announced to the British
government that his country recog
nised the independence of the
struggling American colonies, and
that It had formed a trpatT of
friendship and commerce with them.
The treaty had actually been
signed several months before. Im
mediately after tbe surrender of
Burgoyne at Saratoga had proved
that the American causa waa not
altogether hopeless.
War-weary America received the
news of French aid with great en
thusiasm. It was received with other
emotions in Europe. Lord Stormont
British ambassador to France, left
Paris immediately, without inform
ing the French ffnvernment nf hia
Intention. And Spain, whose old
American colonial possessions gave
her a finger, in the American pie,
likewise resented the treaty.
Within a month France and Eng
land were at war and Spain was
kept friendly to France only by a
ioctoi ireaiy, wnicn promised that
France would recognise United
States dominion only as far west as
we Mississippi river.
SIDE GLANCES
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"On your way, kid, you're blockln' ap the bridge.'
Daily Health Service
WORD "HEALTH" HITCHED
TO MODERN DEVICES
20 YEARS AGO
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(From The Guard, March 18, 1909)
TUB University of Oregon run
ners won a fire-mile relay race
from the O. A. O. team this aft
ernoon on Klncald field In the time
of 24 minutes and S5 seconds,
see
Jesse Bond, the university ora
tor, wss accorded second place In
the state oratorical contest at Cor
vsllls last night Clark R. Belknap
of Willamette university, being
first
see
The University will probably
have a basketball team next year.
With a new gymnasium, the en
thusiasts are already figuring what
they will develop into.
see
A marriage license was granted
today to David A. McDowell and
Miss Lillian M. Kennedy, both of
Springfield.
see
Electric lights have been placed
st the allay Intersections In the
business part of the city, much to
the convenience of the night police
force.
BI DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
(Editor Journal of the American
Medical Association and of Hy-
gcla the Health Mag t sine)
A MONO the most populsr of re
cent devices to which the term
"health" haa been asigned is the
vibrating motor.
Essentially this Is a machine
driven by one-sixth horsepower
motor which causes a belt to vi
brate. When the belt is placed
around a human being at any point
the motion of the belt is Imparted
to the tissue.
This brings about manipulation,
passive motion, mechanical mas
sage, or any other term that one
cares to assign to the activity of
the tissue Induced by this method.
Such devices sctually do move
muscles and thereby bring about
some reduction in weight through
making extra demand on the fuel
taken Into the body.
Word to Conjure With
However It Is not quite fair to
call such an apparatus a "health"
motor any more than tt Is to call
an exercising apparatus a health
apparatus. In these days the word
"health" has become one to con
jure with In selling any food sub
stance or any device that may be
concerned with exercise or rest
When a certain amount of food
is taken into the body a portion of
It la used to fill the energy re
quirements. Some of it constitutes
wsste material and disappears. The
excess is stored aa fat
Some people are unable to get
outdoors to walk long distances or
to Indulge In any form of physical
activity whatever. The use of some
of those vibrating devices puts an
extra demand on the muscles which
helps to take care of the excess
fuel snd thus prevents the deposit
of fat
Power for Good and Harm
Practically every apparatus, drug,
or preparation used in scientific
medicine is a two-edged sword; if
it has power for good, it Is likely
also to have power for harm. The
health motors have one chief use,
namely, to excrciso the muBcles
that the person, because of his oc
cupation, environment' or for other
reasons, cannot undertake to exer
cise actively.
These machines are not a cure
for disease. They will not elimi
nate fat from one portion of the
body and put It on another. They
mar be dangerous to people with
Irritable bowels, with varicose
veins or other disturbances.
WASHINGTON
LETTER
Br RODNEY DUTCHER
(NBA Service Writer)
VTABH1NGTON, March 18. Th
W ttory of Nicaragua! politic! la
not exactly like a fairy tale, per
haps, bat It does go to show that
sometimes everything comes out all
right (or some people and that eren
In real life the ogres and the big
giants occasionally get it In the
neck.
lr. Juan B. Saratm Is now on the
high seas, bound for Washington.
He Is the new Nicaraguan minister
to the United States. In NicttfYtgua
that post Is second only to the
presidency, and mnny Nicaraguan
political loaders would as soon have
one Job mm the other.
A year or two ago Dr. Sacasa
was being more or less kicked
around, finally being forced into
exile after our state and navy de
partments hal disarmed his liberal
army. Dr. Sacasa four years ago
was Nicaragua's vice-preeldent. The
president abducted under pressure
and fled.
Dr. Sacasa fled, too, preferring
life to death, but he set up shop
on the Atlantic coast an constitu
tion president and organized an
army. The army was successful un
til President Coolidge sent Henry
M. Stlmson down to tell it to quit,
whereupon Ir. Sacasa left the
country again.
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Dr. Bacasa will step right Into
one of the nicest little legations in
Washington, a hand ho me new build
ing at the ton of Fifteenth street,
opposite Merldan Hill park, just
vacated by the Egyptian minister.
It Is one of a string of embassies
Growing Pains I
, : :
and lsgationa In the Immediate vic
inity, Including the French, Dutch,
Italian and Mexican,
That's one success story. An
other Is that of General Jose Mon
cada, who gave Dr. Sacasa his fine
new job. tteneral Aloncada, of
00 urea, la the new Nicaraguan
president. He was the chief of
fiacasa'a army and so distinguished
himsslf in ths face of the conser
vative troops and ths "neutral
sones" and other obstacles set up
by American marines that he be
came the national hero.
Moncada licked the conservatives
on the Atlantic coast and mads a
terrific march through jungles and
swamps into the interior toward
Managua, the capital. It was a great
military feat snd success appeared
in his grasp when Btimpsou appear
ed on ths scene and told him ha
must disarm or ba disarmed by the
marines.
At the time thla seemed very
tough on the poor Nicaraguan lib
erals and certainly it must have
aeemed so to them. In the face of
all other kinds of opposition from
Washington they had put up a brave
fight against odds only to be rob
bed of the fruits of victory by a
military force which It would have
been suicide to oppose.
As It turned out, dear old Uncle
Bam himself put things right by
insisting upon "free and fair elec
tions." Nicaraguan voters kicked
out too old conservative crowd and
elected Moncada, who certainly did
the graceful thing by appointing his
former boss to Washington.
The pleasant tilings that have
happened to Moncada and SacaBa
have happened to lesser Nicaraguan
liberals who last year were either
in exile or in a state of complete
quiescence.
During the days the revolution
was active, for instance, the very
young rjenor Evarista Lrazo Mo
rales was up here, parked in a tiny
hotel room, pushing out pro-liberal
propaganda on his typewriter, short
of funds and altogether short of
sympathy from our government. He
appeared to be fighting a losing
fight alsoj it seemed as if he might
become an old man before he could
dare return to his own country.
But now he is secretary of the
legation and pending SacaBa's ar
rival has been charge d'affaires and
minister sd interim, dealing with
the same state department at which
he was hurling publicity broadcasts
so recently.
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Mesnwhlle everything seems to
ba going with reasonable serenity in
Nicaragua. The Quadra faction of
the conservative party is working
with the liberals and General
Emiliano Chamorro, the big coup
d'etat man, has retired to his estate
with apparently few hopes of re
gaining power.
The new congress haa just ap
proved the bill which will make the
national guard, with about 2000
men, the only armed force in the
republic: The guard will be trained
and supervised by American officers
until further notice.
Moncada is arranging for public
works commissions in each of the
departments, or provinces, of Nic
aragua, which will raise taxes es-
gicfaliy for schools and highways,
e plans to develop the Atlantic
coast of his country, nnl believes It
may prove economical to run a rail
road from coast to coast
EUGENE COLLECTION AGENCY
Collections anyphere; no charge un
less we oolleot. Miner Bldg. Ph. 600.
DR. ASHTON. ELECTRO CHIR
OPRACTOR. OPPOSITE HEIIJO
THEATER. PHONE 521-J or 1184W
For best results use
MfT BAKING
If POWDER
Same Price
For Over 30 Years
2 ounces for 2C
MILLIONS OF POUNDS USD
San Francisco
New, deluxe "Silver Gray"
stage direct to San Fran
Cisco leaves here every
day at 1:60 p.m. arriving
San Francisco 1:80 p.m.
next day. Latent typo mo
tor coaches with high back
reclining chairs Insure
peripi.i comiorc ana saiety.
iirto
YJLJ
San Francisco
Low fare good only on
All-Coach train. Reclin
ing chairs, all-dsv lunch car,
also diner with modersto
prices. 30 lbs. free baggage.
I -v. 12:37 p. m., Ar. San
Francisco 9:50 a. m.
next day.
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Los Angeles
For Los Angeles, Coach
train makes connection at
Port Cojra, Cel, with the
fait "San JoaquiiTwhichar
rives Loj ttngeles evening
of the same day. Only oca
night on train.
Southern
PacISic
Stages leave from Oregon Hotel.
F. G. LEWIS. Ticket Agent
Phone 2200
TOM SIMS
BARBS
P7 frow up t b.T7
s I In spit, of ?k.. tbw
i am American Home Economies
Association la working out an
efficient arrangement of kitchen
facilities. Has father been com
plaining? see
Whether you follow the teach
Inge of Newton or Einstein, whan
the stock market breaks a lot of
people aome down to earth.
Tliat schoolgirl complexion is
all right- in lta place, but It can
cause an awful lot of trouble oa
father'e coat.
A man suing for divorce charges
that his wife kissed him only when
she wanted money. What an affec
tionate woman I
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Well, sew that his years b the
senate are ended, maybe General
Dswss can go back to Chicago and
find some peace.
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A Kansas boy won a gold medal
In an oboe-playing contest But he
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Golf Caps Cleaned for 35 Cents
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OLIVE STREET
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What About Wood!
We have several kinds, all from Old
Growth trees. We can furnish well
seasoned slab for immediate use cut to
either 12-inch, 16-inch or 2-foot or can
furnish you the 4 foot green slabwood
for next season's use.
Now is the time to get the, green
wood when we are not rushed with or
ders and can give you good service and
good wood.
We handle Planer Ends but are about
two weeks behind on orders.
The Booth -Kelly
Lumber Company
Phone 452 Fifth & Willamette
RESULTS!
Going up-yos, it going up-the number of
people who are looking for a plaoe to
now, before the first of the month. It i p
ing time and renters are daily TV?StL
Rental ads in The Gnard's tfanUd Bcfl
Is your's there. Rent ads may be PhonfJ
to 8:30 p. m. each night Yes, you may oMV
your ad at Want-Ad Headquarters,
RESULTS!
Saturday.
ONE LARGE furnished nnselwP'
room, lights, water, phone,
FHONB 1016-M.
raws avAwiw.
. rftii 1200
Your's will do the same tomorrow! jerT.
now. Bi results low Jf & lis-
Ice quick response. Eugene Guard wtkU
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