The Eugene guard., August 01, 1929, Image 4

EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE GUARD
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August 1 ItyJ
FAN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
I'Publlihed avry vsnln.r axcint flundtT)
EDITOR AST) PUBU8HER Alton F. Bsltsr
MANAOTNO EDITOR . - '- . William M. Turman
NEWS SERVICE - . Asioolstad Prss
MEMBER Audit Buru of Circulation
Th Onard'i polity It tha complete and Impartial publication
In lta news pi of all nwi and atatamanta on nawa. On thla
paa, tha editor of Tha Guard offar thair oplnfona on avtnta of
tha day and mattara of Itnportanca to tha community, endeavoring
to ba candid but fair, and halpful in tha davalopinant of conatruc
tlva community policy.
A NEWSPAPER IS A CITIZEN OF ITS COMMUNITY
OBSIDIAN CAMP.
A VACATION BY AIR.
A NNOTOfOEMENT that a sumptuous Sikorsky amphibian plan
equipped with eleotrio Uhta and running water reoently left
New York to take the famlijr of Chicago millionaire on a
cross-country pleasure flight may prOTe the forerunner of a thing
that will become relatlrely common In 'the next few years.
A racatlon by air, especially when the plans provides genuine
luxuries for 1U occupant, la ai attractive a recreation aa one
could Imagine. Jtut now, of course. It la confined to the wealthy.
The aerial fllrrer haa not yet appeared. But when It cornea
as It will eventually we are going to see an extension of this
sort ot thing that will be simply amailng.
Tne Chicago gentleman, sailing westward on a pleasure Juunt,
Is the advance guard of what acme day will be a veritable
swarm ot aerial tourists.
OUR EXPENSIVE ARMY
TT IB small wonder that President Hoover Is moved to proiast
x by the dlsoovery that the U. 8. army budget will, by 193S,
call for the largest war expenditures of any country on earth.
We have the smallest standing army ot any major power.
We do not have compulsory military service in any form. We
have every reason to believe that our relations with our neigh
bors are going to oontlnue peaceful cud. in any case, our
army is not our "first line of defense," as la tha case In most
countries.
Why. then, should our army budget be so high?
President Hoover's determination to bring about a draatlo
reduction la extremely praiseworthy. Surely the Job can be
dona without in any real way detracting from our preparedness.
AJax McOurk. our right hand man. wants to know how oome
In erecting all the monuments to the heroes of the Sunset
Trail, tha praise distributors have so far overlooked that
Napoleon; of the celebration. Jack Magladry. AJax points out
that Jack not only organised, commandeered and commanded
the best Industrial parade ever seen In these parts. -but worked
at the rirht band of Cl Young In the pioneer event Jack rode
In many of the far-flung caravans, attended untold committee
meetings, ate several tons of booster luncheon stuff, rode a horso.
marched with the Radiators. AJax says they picked the young
bloods to keep step with the Queens but soma of the old bova
were way out In front strutting their stuff. Very good, AJax.
that's a nice monument for Jack I
A gent who recently was -lven "the keys to New York
City" got aiTested for speeding. The Oregonlsn says he should
have rauiembered be had only the keya to tha city, not the
can opener. Or the corkscrew, eh whatt The corkscrew Is one
of the greatest little Jug openers we know about.
a
Now comes the dignified editor of the Christian Science
Monitor with a yearning for the day when mere man can get
a little one-pleoe afternoon suit for 1 98 Just Ilka the women do,
and sermonises on this Interesting topic at length. Now, really!
When the editor of the C. 8. M. steps out In a neat little
suuback ws shall want a ringside seat.
AJax McOurk eays he carried his whiskers brsvelv all
through the pageant, but when It comes to one-pleoe suits for
editors It will be. "After you. my dear Alphonse."
AS OTHERS SEE THINGS
The Sunset Trsll
(Joseph Pstterson in Yaqulna K!
New
The spirit of tutrae sparkle
wij.h good humor sn4 reoperation
as ws d.mormrw.s in iko gui
TrJ pfM hld l Kk at
that presy'roue. aAtva city ti
lesroUif and ta4wr. To mm all
those emv to sM tie a
svt s BCWI WM.IS a.'.M ra
quirs reprkiMMj W ti t w
city directory. Tb mvim.a
charge con I aim nsr snniea: Cat
Younc. Jack 8. MtatMrj and 11 Pi.
Uoaacm perhapn aland out aa .ea
the effect realised by an able pub
llctty nan. Tha fosene Kadialore
In white (the writer recalla
tha flrat onea dreaaed Id grey who
attended the ayrl. roae leatlralaia
I'ortlaodi the Vlcllantes: V. K. G.
Thacher, lnria Suilth. le, ( nder
wood. r.rivard Hrst, John S rk
E.ana, Mildred I. Moore and Slar
Moors, Lourea Jiollud and last but
not lea.t. Marshall N. nana, editor
ial writer of Ih. JV,rtland Journal,
sanouni-er ,.f the r'aut. !,.,
Kmslral deep reionant voice aome.
times stentorian made each episode
of the einc pai.snt seem just a lit
tle more realistic.
The atones of the psjpart, lta
concei.tloi and Its materialiamon
hare been toid. lis auece.a and the
eujojrnient f the epe-tat,re are in
the aunset of memory )Ut to
atwut a thins ia not alws.s to real
ise It. When a Ht of yino pop,,
lation raieee fj;.rv and attra.-ta
:o.wl vlsitora and caret for them
courteously; that la a. hiev.m.nt .'
If comparisons era odious, pleas.
Mouse this ore: In the same pro
portion Sew o0 woul.l riae to
ra.te rt,i.VAyi , rir, flr j.
(mO(X ntitort.'
The l hnk.red facet and re.l
shirta of Klilene it, en ami the
clothes of the sitie of Invi ,,
h i-uaua aamea and riuidiu ess
?
TTERY often w pick up Uie Portland papers to Cn4 therein
v some rhapiodr abont tho Mount Hood region by aome trnr
e!f from the Etaet And the Uterarj effort to capture and ex
press in cold type the wonders of Crater Lake woult? In an? one
eason fill aereral books. But tha real heart of the highlands, it
seams to us. Is between these two points, near the foot of the
Three Sisters where the Obsidians, of Eugene, will camp next
week.
There Is no one feature so astounding as to orershadow all
, the rest, but In this midland of the Cue cades Nature seems to
have taken pains to make the variety and quality of her at
tractions complete. Majestic foresU, untouched by fire or axel
Flowered plains and brilliant moanUIn meadows! Leaping
streams, scores of mJrror-llke lakes! Sculptured glaciers.' Under
the serene guardianship of three sister peaks.
Even the Three Slstors are different, as sisters can be. The
Middle Sisters, after the manner of many a middle sister, Is
the very spirit of conformity In every outline and detail. , The
. regularity of her features Is becomingly garbed In gray and
white. The North Sister, facing the storms, Is a seamd nd
battered hu!k. dark and gluoiny In every aspect, meeting every
advance with a threat The South Sister, perhaps the youngest
of the three. Is a gay coquette. Vermillion rocks ornament the
crystal whiteness of her glacier dress. The turquoise crater
lake at the summit Is lUte a jewel In her crest
The Three Sisters region Is the promised land of the
mountain lover and explorer. We often speak of the Obsidians
as doing a valuable work In opening up and advertising this
remarkable country. It Is a good thing n have It better known.
But It Is to be hoped that It will long remain just what It Is,
a paradise for real mountaineers who are willing to expend a
little effort to pay for enjoyment, who do not ask for wonders
catalogued. Indexed, placarded, "developed,' but only for the
chance to seek them out It Is perhaps In promoting this lore of
the mountain regions that the Obsidians are doing their most
valuable work.
We have a reason that will not suffer from the exploitation
of other regions because as time goes on It will become unlqua.
real story. Tbs Nnw York Times
in snswer to a query from tbs
writer took a thousand word tele
gram, the writer unfortunately not
getting an order until It wa al
roadr night In New Tork so that
he had to write and tend without
the preparation of reflection, inter
upwi or correction.
Jxnt in reverie aa the pioneer
parade panned or fiio inagiiiifirent
pageant wai enacted at the stadium
wre thousands upon thouaandi.
Even tha state police seemed jo
rial, their stionc faces smiling in
atead of sneering as they are often
wrongly depicted, and they direct
ed a traffic never equaled In Eu
gene even at the great football
games, in a manner reflecting credit
upon themselves.
No wonder Eugene la th ist of
the University of Oregon. Her con
gested business district and her
spacious residential section with all
Its beauty ts not by chance but the
result of thoughtful planning. The
H unset Trail pageant la over but
the spirit which made ft possible
survives and marches on.
A Six Months' Showing
(The Bend Bulletin)
Whn any new method of doing
things la undertaken, there la as
s natural accompaniment to it a
question aa to whut results will
be achieved. And, coupled with
this, what was necessary to
achieve those reaults.
Qu'-siious such as this are an
swered in the semi-annual' report
of City Manager 0. O. Iteiter,
submitted to the Bend city com
tnisflion Wednendny night. It is
a report which should be highly
gratifying to the people of Bend.
H is tho first report of the kind
from any local city administration
which haa ever been Issued, as
far as we can remember; It Is
concise, readily umUratandable;
the facta which It sets forth .show
real achievement In tho first six
months that the commission-manager
plan has been in use.
First of all, the city has kept
within the budget limitations, well
within them, although the budjrnt
new iii effect is one which repre
sents s decrease of raore than
$t..000 from the last budget under
which the previous administration
op1 rated.
While keeping well wlrhTn bud-s-flt
limits lion, the manager has
reduced warrant Indebtedness by
antnrt $20,000. That in six months.
In the whole of JD28, with a six
thousand dnllnr larger budget
warrant Indent enness was de
creased by something less than
elevon thousand dollnrs.
Alt bough the budget under
Men the city Is onera tins' a
lss than that In effect for 1028,
city revenues for the first half of
the year have been greater by
rour tnousana amiars man in the
first half nf 1928.
These things have qot been ac
complished through any miracle
working;, but through adherence
to souud, proven hu slness prin
ciples. Any number of small
Ipaka haa. been stopped, Income
has hen Increased, current out
go hna been decreased. Th total
of old bills owed to the city has
been leHeened, and so has thi total
of old hills owpd by the city.
Results, such aa ttiAe are pleas
ing. They are plenttfng to the
members of the commission, who
expected them. They are none
the less pleasing to the people of
Band, aome of whom did not ex
pect them.
WASHINGTON
LETTER
SIDE GLANCES
1
By nopNEY DTTTCnEn
NEA Horvlce Writer
WAHIUNUTON, July 80, The
" Coast (luard continues to com
plain that the roving spotlight of
publicity always fnvora Its activi
ties against rum-runners instead
of Its ancient and honorable work
of life-saving and other mari
time aid.
This does not square- exactly
with a common opinion in Wash
ington that the Const Guard boys
are about the best little press
aenta In town.
But even if the Guard's lonr
t muling complaint be true. It is
perfectly natural. No on need be
surprise! if newnpsper give much
space to incidents where the Conit
f.uardsmen shout up yachting par
ties or kill more or less innocent
cltliens. It Is Invariably a matter
of Interent when an organisation
formed for rescue and life-saving
has to shoot at peonle. Just think
what a lot f publicity the Red
Cross would gel if It started
drowning disaster refugees instead
of saving them I -
The t oast tluard can't be blamed
for its shoot Inm as an organisa
tion. Its officers admit they don't
like the added prohibition part of
their Jobs. But they can t help
themsen es and whenever there's
a policy of sliot'ng some shots are
luely to land in the wrong place.
All of which should deter no one
from chronicling that rep.r' ra
cently reaching CoaNt Guard head
Uimriers here In a single week
showed thnt thr gurUmen had
rws.-ned 4-0 persons. This 420 ts a
record likely to at find for a long
Iiiue. It represents more persons
list! the fount (iimrd likely to
shoot If it continue to help en
force prohibition for the next hun
dred years.
The record was helped by bad
tonus a Ion the Pacific cast. in
which seteni! vessels with from 20
to 40 persons at'oimi require! the
services of the Coa.it trtiard. in
cluding the steamer Laura ami the
Schooner llarwood.
In the am perhv!. the record
shows, the Coeit Guard rendere!
other major asitauv to Hi:t per
ohm and miaceiiancou aitanie
to 240 other.
Major assistance Involved the
saving of life or property. Cases
of rtiLscfi'aneou asHuMftiic per
formed through the ver tncimle
wsrtni'g vsjssi-lt standing Into dan
ger. anous em Jo stopmrg
and bout in,, f urttutung fuel, fooJ
and water to d Trese.l re?v
succoring the Mpw recked, med
K;il and turcica! aid, imihik at
neighborhood fir and fir.-s in
building- or wtrvr along the
shore line, f'ghtirg foret fires.
stance at (UhMv dr.igg'g w
ter for h-Mie-. I'll r is t of bodies
cast up bv The sra. sheltering way
fat er over., ken by -itofin or mis
fori mie, reM"nri lost children to
prtrr!!t ,o opera fir in msMitaitf
ttc l-cal order. reci.erM g lost ard
S'i'Vn prcpe-tv. prote.td.f wre'ked
pr.-prrti a- t; ir an emergen. -v
P' trat..t;r!..9fc' the ma)!, puli
ng su tott.ot'i'.ri. out of ocp satid
ar.. e 'r o msr() o;Vr thirgs.
The i, (,-- pstrtil. t f
the i.,.sM (-iifter 1 smpa
a-d M to-. i ,t D . the At-
!st'c, g-isrd.T paserger Pnert
from be. f . 1 1 s wf(t i;,t0
berg tr Ifc Ut j; p4rt
"Now you Just quit worrying atu t ma: I know what to take for this
cold,'
Dally Health Service8
Many Errors in Reading Due to
Psychology, Not Poor Eyes
By DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
(Editor Journal of the Americas
Medics Association and of tly-
jteia, the Health Magazine)
pEOFLE sometimes make peculiar
confusion of a letter or two in s
word sometimes haa fsr-rescbing
results hardly to be estimated by
the printer who makes s typograph
ical error or by the proof reader
who overlooks it. or by the news
paper reader who confuses the
material after it Is correctly set.
Keaiizing the importance of er
rors in reading, the British Medi
cal Research Council has made s
aeries of studies, on the nhvaiolorv
of vision and on the psychology of
reading. 1 he committee found, lor
instance, that much depends on the
sbility of the person who reads to
comprehend the material that he Is
reading.
When the meaning of the mater
ial rend is fully comprehended, er
rora In reading sre negligible; when
the meaning ia not understood.
when there is not s continuous con
text, the person who reads ia likely
to Introduce Into bis reading sub
stitute words which merely make
confusion or nonaense.
This la, of course, of the great
est importance to those who read
material on scientific subjects or
on healt h. It Is quite frequently
necessary to use s scientific word
of which the meaning may not be
generally clear. Most writers on
health for the public attempt to
include definitions or enb statute
words which will aid understanding.
It I, of course, advisable when
understanding is not had to look
up the word In the dictionary and
to make certain of its meaning.
In s long experience of conver
sations with the public on health
subjects, the answering of letters
from the public requesting health
advice and the discussion of scien
tific matters before public audi
encei. I have heard innumerable
peculiar uaes of scientific words by.
people, who revealed through such
use the fact that they did not clear
ly comprehend the nature of the
terms. Sometimes the results were
ludicrous; in other instances, sveu
serious.
Printers occasionally make typo
graphical errors confusing such
words as bridge and bride, 'month
and mouth, person and prison, with
exceedingly peculiar results.
One of the experiments indicat
ed the importance of varying the
uses of words in long articles. It
was found that when a certain word
Is used cwr and over again in any
article thia word attains s "pre
potency" so that the other words of
a similar character are constantly
mistaken for the word frequently
used later in the article. Obviously
this would result atznhi and a tain
in ambiguous meaning.
Such detailed studies of human
physiology and psychology do much
to indicate the intricate character
of the human mind and body and
the Importance of constant re
search to aid the activities of man
In his daily life.
TOM SIMS'
BARBS .
THERE sre 7,000,000 dogs In ths
United States. If you don't be
lieve it, walk into any farmer's
yard on a dark night to try to
get him to pull your car out of s
mud hole.
Gangsters are born, not made,
says a Chicago psychiatrist. Not
Just anybody can be an Al C a pone.
Ths next war will be carried on
by radio, says s London scientist,
(.iuess that's what they're practic
ing for every night now.
t
Coast guards fired on a banana
boat the other day. Probably they
wondered how all those bananas
managed to get a skinfuL
e
More than 70 gallons of contra
band alcohol disappeared from its
storage place in Kansas City re
cently. And its storage place was
right in the police station, too.
That's funny!
Thomas Edison says we do not
know one-millionth of one per cent
about anything. He must have been
watching somebody trying to ad
just his brakes.
tCopyrisht, U-U NEA Service, Inc.)
MAIL BAG
ABOUT MUSEUM
Editor Guurd:
I read your editorial and other
riteups about a h -.stories, loca
tion or building, with good deal of
interest and no little amusement.
To say the least it it certainly
time! and very cvmtneadati.e to
commence to aseoibie these valu
Sb'.e rehc
Hut d-n't Vts get the dog In tj,
n-anger spint and grouch if 11 Isn't
bac of our bank, or in the alley
near our end of town.
The wntrr is a newcomer In
your m.dst. born and reared m the
mil oM sMfe of O:..o, and we had
some heautihil timber, the tali lofty
poplsr. beach. hard maple and
other f use timber, l-ut hoiimij h.ts
etcited mr i!iirrt na the magni
ficent tsi! ta''v fir
I sts:id and (in sod feAt of
them. wUnetr I psirh of
ttiem. and to !h.M:k of promoting a
hiton.l butiding without letting
them p:y the ad.ng part is a
rriie to tf e future tne-i; vn.
q I fc" v nr 9 a log :.:-i:r ot
e iog-st l-t.iat ,-an he f-urd
in I Jiti. iMi'it And th-re U fn ps-e
tr logical or to ) nt t little
etumraKe to Ktifti and th eift
of laSti count, that supports
ku, tflip kUa Laos cowhij ig
grounds. Ample room, no high price
lot, building or location to squabble
over.
Ample room for a thousand cars
to park on big days. Ideal location
near the city's aviation field which
la growing in popularity every tiny.
Located at the fair ground, thou
sands of prominent tourists iviil
hunt it out and give it publicity in
all their travels.
Then. too. if there Is a worthy
enterprise in Lane county that de
serves the whole-hearted and un
biased support of every citizen in
the county is our agriculture, hor
ticultural, dairy aud stuck raisin.
And it has come to the ears of the
writer only this week, that there
can be no fair this fall on account
we have had other great attrac
tions. Shame on such narrow of
ficials. The writer ha Los Angelea eoun
tv. Cel.. in mind at this writing.
"Wonderful city, full of enterprise
and unselfish or never would nave
made the rapid and substantial
growth she has mad?.
Pomona, an emernrising town
like Kugene, miles east of l.os
Angeles, us the logical place for
the county fair. Thev are spending
eight million on their grounds and
People Are Judged
By Their Vatche3
Aa a rul. tha oar.ful s.n
iti pfr.on ;., Invks
n hi wat.-h act sr.; 11
"l aoura:. uai. or al
Irasl tim. within a rr.,.n
abi. raif. In sawrr 10
th quorum. "'hftt 1.
it "." ,tou il want u h. ah:.
trt :.. cs..rrr...f ...i
l th.r. Is a r: so.. nf
l Dr.ii. that ?!.!:. fr,.,.. K.
9 'a aW to do this.
rart'".p. of a wti-,..
rry ?t.n ini 's'.s a.!."
W afT.r U W
ii'.c "r''f.il.
vptjtuai.
IT.'hP;! ,,..1;.
,) t SC.lt'Ut.'l!, su.l
rn.iips t,-;t (i.
L.t ii R.nair Vior Wjtrh
saS Maka it Keep- Tima
the result of the;r enterprise snd
liberality have located the multi
millionaire Kellogg ot Bsttlecreek,
3!ich., he laving aiready bought 'JT7
seres and expended over three mil
lion. Another millionsire. Stewart,
f;reat stock and fan horse man
ocated near this fair round to the
extent of a million.
So if Eugene wants to locate the
most desirable citizens be liberal,
and give s hearty boost to our
county fair, snd help landscape and
beautify thee valuable grounds.
W. S. M.
20 YEARS AGO
(From The Guard, Aug. 1, 1909)
W3ILE no permits have been
taken out in Eugene during
July for any large buildings the
number of residences started in
that month exceeds that of the pre
vious month, snd slso the month be
fore that. During the last month
permits for residences aggregated
Projects sre being developed for
the Irrigation of between 25,000 and
30.000 seres of agricultural land in
Lane county. Farmers .residing on
the west side of the Willamette
river between Eugene and Junction
City propose by bandiiu together to
irrigate between 15.000 and 20.
000 acre and owners of land sur
rounding Springfield on the east
side of the Willamette sre prepar
ing to resort, to irrigation on an
additional 10,000 acres.
The city council desivs to open
tho streets and alleys across the
-Southern Pacific right-of-way In
Fairmount, and a conference upon
the subject was held this afternoon
between Superintendent I R. Fields
pf the company and the street com
mittee of the council.
The beautiful cedar trees In the
west county park seem to be dying,
many of the needles turning brown
during the summer. E. J. Grow,
who perhaps takes more interest
in the park than any other man in
town, says the trees are dying for
lack of water.
r 1
I TODAY IS THE
ANNIVERSARY I
FIRST FEDERAL CENSUS
ONE HUNDRED AND XHIR-TT-NINE
y.ars ago today,
on Aug. 1. 1T90, ths enumeration
of ths first federal census began
In tha f.'nlted States.
Tbs result of (bis decennial
census showed a total population
of 8,929.827, with only six cities
haTing mora than 7500 inhabit
ants. . . .
The coantfn of population wo:
an essential featatt) of tha new
form of government since it was
to bs ths basis of ths apportion
ment of representatives snd direct
taxes.
Ths Congress which enacted the
law for the first census introduced
ths distinction of sex and color in
the enumeration of the free popu
lation, and having in view, prob-
ablv. tha lmnn,l.
ing the notary ,tMa
newly created nstion, L t
?S d"tu-on-ual,rJi
18 and over in the "a
of the fre white Vsl.0'''
.in-. ni. .v""e .."-a cow-
... "ree-mtts Jr
slaves were counted in V saj
ing thj spportionmenu Un
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Sat'
til
Camping Needs
Running Board Folding Cabinet and Table. Yery
racucai ana convenient, inese were priced at $A).uu,
Ipecial $17.50
1 Gallon Tliermo Jugs Will keep food or liquid either
hot or cold priced from $2.25 to $5.00
Running Board Ice Chest, made with heay galvan
ized lining with ice compartment. A sure way to keep
food from spoiling.
Prentiss Gasoline Camp Stove 2 burners $3.95
3 burners $8.50. A guaranteed stove.
Be sure to take a flashlight and plenty of fishing
tackle.
e also cam- a fine assortment of utensils of all
kinds Fry Pans. Tea Cups. Knives and Forks Also
complete aluminum sets which nest so to take up very
little room.
Hot Weather Reminders
Now that it is so hot you will need screens and screen
doors electric fans, ice cream freezers, lawn hose and
sprinklers.
Eugene Hardware Co.
Broadway and Oak St.
i aacxat O
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