The Eugene guard., August 07, 1929, Image 4

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EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
MANAGING EDITOR
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MEMBER ......
Tha Guard's polity f, tha oompleta and Impartial publication
In Its. nwi Paffea of all news and atatamenta on naw. On this
far, tha editors of Tha Ouard offer their opinions on events of
ha day and matter of Importance to the community, endeavoring1
w vm nma nut iair, ana neipruj in tn development or construc
tive community policy.
A NEWSPAPER 13 A CITIZEN OF ITS COMMUNITY
5000 EVERY YEAR.
JTT dojen small children were to be killed at once In some
automobile accident, a cry of horror would go up from nil
part of tiie country, and eery law-enforcement agency In the
neighborhood would begin to Inrestlgata the why and how
of It, to punleh any negligence that might be discovered and to
make sure that auch a tragedy would not happen again.
In other worda, when tragedy la brought to a aharp, dramatis
focus, we notice It and do aometblng about K. But when It
la spread out we fall to notice It.
Thus, while the death of 12 children in a tingle accident
would atlr ua profoundly, we do not even reallie that that many
youngsters are killed every day of the year by traffic accldenia
In the United 8 La tea.
During the past year, nearly 6000 children under 15 years
of age were killed In traffic In addition, children under that
age were Injured at tha rate of more than 400 a day.
And yot the nation accepta the situation placidly. There
Isn't much of an outcry about It We don't have city and stats
commissions holding meetings to see where the blame lies.
At the very most, we only caution our youngsters not to pUr
In the streets and to is careful at crossings.
Perhaps If we could see the 'details of these accidents more
closely we would be more aroused by them.
Picture your own lad, for Instance. He's playing with a ball.
It rolls out Into the street; and, with a laugh, he darts after It.
Of course, bolng Just a kid, ha doesn't stop to look; so be
doesn't see the auto that Is coming too fast to stop. 'And that's
the end of him.
Of perhaps he's going to the corner store to get a package
of groceries; clutching his money tightly In a grubby fist, his
face serious and proud because ha baa been given a grown-up
Job to do. He gels to a corner. It looks safe, and he starts
out But out of nowhere comes a truck he didn't see and,
after one frightened little scream, It's all over.
Picture that; then stop and consider that It happens, on an
an average, more than 12 times every day of the year In this
country that prides Itself on being good to its children. Add
to It the fact that 400 more children are hit -nch day and sent
to the hospital some of them never to walk and play again.
And then ask yourself If It Isn't time something vary drastlo
was done.
It may be that wa shall bars to spend many millions of
- dollars to remake all of our residence districts, so that trafflo
can be routed around them. It Is certain we shall have to spend
millions to provide more play spaces for tha kids, so that they
won't ever have to play on or beside the streets. It may be
that we shall have to put unhonxd-ot restrictions on traffic In
residential neighborhoods.
Whatever the solution may be, It Is past time that wo
found out Here la a problem that must be tackled without any
further delay. And the causes must be removed, no matter how
much It may cost The lives of 6000 children a year la too
Mgh a prloe to pay tor the use of automobiles.
POLITICAL MILITARY POSTS.
A 8 President Hoover prepares to prune our ezcesslvely-htgb
army budget It Is reported that one of the things that
make our military expenses so great Is the fact that the army
maintains a great many military posts which have not the
lightest military value.
Obviously, the first thing to do would seam to be to nllin
tnsjte all of these uaeloss military posts. But It Isn't going to be
simple. Thsse posts are maintained for political reasons and
senators and representatives In whose districts they are located
can be expected to howl long and loudly If It It proposed to
discontinue them.' 1
This attitude represents peanut politics at Its worst A
congressman who holps to keep our army expenses blgher than
they should be by Insisting on the maintenance of useleaa mil
itary reservations has no right to say that he Is truly Interested
tn an efficient national defense establishment
LEGISLATING
"t A Ll FORNIX recently passed a law providing that no one
could Dy an airplane In that state, commercially or other
wise, unless he acd his plane held Department of Commerce
licenses. It Is a law that every other state In tha union ought
to copy at once.
For look at what happened tn California. Immediately after
the paaaage of the act, the Junkyards were filled with ancient
airplanes, selling In some rases for as little a 125 apiece.
These near-wrecks were planes that the Department of Com
merce experts ruled too dangwroua for use yet up until the time
the law was paased people had been flying In them erery day,
risking their nerka In unconcerned Ignorance ot their danger.
It every slate would pass a law Ilka California's the nation's
toll ot fatal airplane accidents would he rut down amazingly.
AS OTHERS
MOUNTAIN LILY
(licuJ Iki lie tin)
Twrvatlon of tha mountain
My, tound in sTf ral different
parts ot the I VevhuttM iiiitn.mil
forests but not ttatite ot the Ocho
co wotxis, is souk lit by the for
est service he- use this member
of the lily futility 1 not mity a
msfnificem v-'iM pistil, but alo
serves as a tmrouicter, or tnes
euring slirk of rsuie cimtitioin.
it was e.iirtlmd Line itns tm ru
in I by L'oukIss C lucrum, ferret
ervtce plnui ,. -laliM, v. ho tuts
been on a lour of hf 1 es hutes
woods. In ram Is mnknij a study
of ttie so cailtnj moimtam lilj.
Ope f the plaits to preserve,
the Lily Is to rusk it so comiuun,
esperisllr in borne fbwer heels,
that visitors to (lie tvot tiol
destroy it. A( reent, besvy
inroads Into lily pstrhes are betiiK
msd, it is ekirlniiiftl, by ittrn
who far the j.Unt u l.y the
roots, tt is feared br im that
suh annusl Inroads in time,
destroy the liiv, now rinsidered
on of the tnoM benmiful of ail
wild flowera growing if, it- noivli
and mnuoiain rsrif.' of Ws-hin-too,
Oregon and CnliiVrtns. I'r.
Da1d Griffith of the bureau of
ftlant Industry is af present mult.
Dg ei ten si-re eijioripirnts w ith
tills lily at lbe Hrihtijrhsrti station,
aeeklng to make it more atUpt
able to gsrdfti cultivation.
Although some bomT fcsve
divided trie mountain htr lno
Known as the Missta lilr, the
.unt Hood lily and the western
lii.v into two pef-a. Ill him
waihiinftonianura and allium rub
Alton F. Baker
William M. Tubman
Associated Praia
Aou B 'J res. a of ClrcuUtlona I
FOR SAFETY.
SEE THINGS
ecrewe, tt Is now believed thst
only one speriea is represented,
it is explained by Ingram.
The mountain Illy la found In
the I'evhuies and Fremont woods
hut, for some unknown reason, no
true lilies are found tn the IKho
co timber. -
MAIL BAG
ABOUT FAIR RULES
To the KMilor: Would Ilka to call
your attention to tha faot that Una
county has a large number of luor
ftiigiibrad horses in fat fifty or
mora registered onesalto ttt of
the trading sires in the northwest.
'I be government is encouraging tha
raising of better horsts by placing
registered thoroughbred stallions,
free of charge in all parts of the
I mtfd Ktstcs. These horses srs
reunited as supreme in the fields
of both riddmg and recing.
The fair bard does not even rec
ognue in thstr premium hat the fact
thst this is a coming industrr in tha
roiintr- No premium Is offered for
showing and no plsces r purses ar
provided on tfce program People, at
a rule eajot seeing their own coUn
It represented. Horns Industries
and bom trad seems to be the
pop.ilsr siogsn. Which is the better
local thoroughbreds or Imported
broncoea?
It has been a ruling of the Ps-r
Hoard that no horses were allowed
to uss Uia baraa aad Uacai (or
training. Most fair managers
courage the training of horses at It
adds to the show and the reputa
tion of a town to have a string of
good horses at the fair, nereraj
horses out of the county ara now
racing lu Canada and the eastern
track a.
- Due to the fact l'iat the bams
have been tiled for wild horses and
rodeo stock they are badly infected
with distemper and any breeder of
hornet should look into the matter
before bringing stock to the
grounds. We know this to ba cor
rect because horses donated to the
use of the Hnnset Trail Pageant
were atnbled there and have devel
oped distemper.
Would like to give the Fair Board
our cooperation but this fa the con
dition that prevails at this time,
Would like to hear what other read
era think on the question.
A- BREEDER.
WASHINGTON
LETTER
By RODNEY DUTCH ER
NKA Hervlce Writer
VrASIIINOTON, Aug. 7. Wash
W ington is always aware of the
fact when employment conditions
are bnd over the country. When
work ia scarce elsewhere the situa
tion is reflected by the thousanda
who come here looking for federal
jobs, more often than not depend
ing on a congressman to help
tlmm out.
A Knot percent-lffC of tuwffi wind
up at the, federal employment ser
vice station on Pennaylvauin Ave
nue. There one lnarn that si
though more, nppllcnnts have been
provided with Jobs here this year
than lant yenr, there haven't been
nearly as many persons calling
around for jobs.
There wero more than 61,000
persona who registered at the of
fice during the year ended July
3, but last year there- were nearly
80,000. And the greater percentsge
of placements in shown In the fact
that thlH year jobs hnve been found
for S,il.riO pcraons, ns corn pi red
with oulv 27.105 In the year beforev
This government agency, it uppeurs,
has liitcly been plncing half the
appllcniits Instead of only a third
ncrore.
Lnlely the attraction at tha can-
Itnl has been the government's big
huildintr n roe ram. Many workers
appenr to have come with too much
confidence lu an assumed demand
for building helo which doesn t
exist. Some jobs have been open,
of coume, but the building Is going
on slowly and tbero is always a
surplus of building labor here. The
work la let out to private contrac
tors who generally bring In their
own crewa.
Conferring , on President floorer
and Secretary of State 8 Urn son of
the Peruvian Order of the Sun
reminds your correspondent of a
atory henrd in Peru last year which
dates brick tn the early daya of
that illustrious and aristocratic
order.
The Order of the Run gnve a
large bnmniet to celebrate its gift
to one of Lima's ninny catedrals
of a massive pair of solid silver
candlesticks, which were displayed
proudly on a table.
A strong gii.it nf wind came along
suddenly and blew out all the
lights, When the windows had been
closed and the lights restored It
was found that one of tha valuable
candlesticks had disappeared.
A prioat quieted the brethren
and an k gested that before anything
drastic wna done, the lights be ex
tinguished ngnin for two minutea,
durinjr which the thief would be
pn r m it t ed to return the loo t. So
the lights were put out.
When they were lighted again
the. other candlestick had diaap
pen red.
This story wna Touched for, but
no one seemed to know whether
the sticks had been recovered.
The new democratic publicity
bureau, operated by Chnrlea Mich
elaon under the general direction
of Jixiett Shoiiae, la producing re
sults with Ita dally attacks on the
republicans and their tariff efforts,
t ne would hesitate to suggest
Just how much effect this propa
ganda barrage is having on the
tariff tnnkerii, but it certainly is
getting Into the papers.
The Michelaon method haa been
to send tho correspondents at least
once n day n denunciatory state
ment from some member of con
gress nncnt some ph.iae of the pro
posed tariff legislation. The demo
cratic newspaper are eating it tip
rihI playing tins material on naaa
one. And so are quite a (ew or the
repiiblunn tiewNpnpers.
iiooutiess knows how many of
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Daily Health S'ervic
Athlete's Performance Depends
Largely on Nerve Efficiency
EDITOR'S NOTE! This is the
fourth of ait article! tn which Dr.
Morris Fiahbsin, ths nation'! fore
moat writer on health topic-!, tella
how the various reducing diets that
srs so popular now look In ths
eyes of medical sdense.
By PR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
(Editor Journal of the American
Medical Aaaociation and of Hy
seta, the Health Mazatina).
fHE 18-day or Hollywood diet has
In the first place It haa the magic
of numbera the appeal of doing
aomething for a certain definite
time working toward a certain
definite goal.
Hut what are yon going to do
when It la enried? I aaked the ques
tion of my (avorlte bookseller, who
answered that he waa going to be
gin to eat again and to watch bis
weight. Aa soon as it besina to in-
creaaa be Is going back on the diet
sgain.
It Trill Increase Just as certainly
ss hs Increaaea hla amount of ca
lorie Intake beyond the needa .of
hia body for routine physiologic
wear and tear. But he won't star
on the diet He will get tired of it.
the 18-day diet haa the rnycho-
logical appeal of mob action. There
la the desire to be doing what
ererybody elie la doing. There la the
thrill of competition.
une heara them going about and
for democratic senstors by Mr.
Michelson probsbly a lot but
no propaganda effort In Washing
ton for a long time back haa been
so aucceaaful from the standpoint
of newspaper apace. Large pilee
o marked newspapera at demo
crats headquartera atteat the fact.
Mr. Deeta Pickett, the enenetlc
research aecrelary of the Meth
odist Board of Temperance, Prohi
bition ami Public Morals, haa been
kind enough to send your correa
pondent a clipping ahowing Swiss
postal cancellation marka attack
ing the alcohol evil. The postmark
ahowa a bottle labeled "Schnaps"
and marked with akull and
bonea. alongside the warning "lier
Mi-nnsni rermchtet Famllle imd
Volkl which ia translated Into
Years Probably Will
anvwsv. Hs'll think thst dlnkv
you can go to play golf."
aaldng each other: "What day ars
you on?" And ths snswer comes
ringingly: "I'm on ths tenth dsy
snd I re lost fire pounds." Thst
snswsr Is met by the challenge:
"I'm on the twelfth day and 1'vs
bit eight pounds."
But when the period s orer ths
diet fanatica will find themselves
craving chocolates or malted milks,
or juicy steska with French fried
potstoea, and sugared ham dripping
with brown gravy, and back will
come the pounda sgsin. It sll seems
so uaeleaa to one who knows how
to eat Intelligently.
The IB-day diet haa the appesl of
the word Hollywood Americs's
land of fantaay and mystery with
the appeal o' beauty and adventure
and youth. True, even the 18-day
diet will not make ths billowy lady
of Lake rlhore Drive, who sever
does s stroke ot work snd who buys
her color in the beauty ahop, either
s figure of a complexion like that
of '(Jarbo, Glorious Bwanaon or
Mary Plckford, but for 18 daya ahe
will have the thrill of thinking that
it might do so.
Last of all, the 18-day diet haa
the appeal of falae advertising,
glorified and exaggerated ss gossip
always ia in the retelling. It haa
the claim that it waa worked out
over five yearanby French and
American phyaiciana and that they
said it waa aafs.
Those claims are, briefly and suc
cinctlyjust HOOEY 1 '
"Drink ruins the family and ths
race." Of couree, we hsve prohibi
tion on our own statutea, but our
government haa never atamped
the ideaa and worda are provided
auch propaganda on our mail.
Mr. Plr-kett's clipping says the
Bwiaa government stampa such a
design and inacriptlon ''on every
letter passing through the post.
Inquiry at the Swiss legation, how
ever, elicits the word that attachea
do not remember receiving mail ao
marked and the guess that the
special cancellation mark muet
have been used temporarily at
acme time in honor of acme dry
congress or conference, the Swiss
government being accommodating
that way. So this ia atill a pretty
good story, but not ss ss good aa
it might have been.
Re the Hardest
TODAT IS THE
ANNIVERSARY
OF
Bajrtls of Thermopyle
PLENTY-FOUR HUNDRED
AND NINE years ago today, on
Aug. 7, 4SO B. C. the battle of
Thermopyle waa fought in the fn
moua pasa leading froin Theasaly
Into Locria.
When the Persian monarch,
Xerxea, approached Greece with an
Immense army, King Leomdas I and
300 Bpartana went to occupy the
narrow paaa of Thermopyle, which
lav between the aea and Mount Cal
llororous.
For two daya, the Greeks suc
cessfully resisted the overwhelming
force of the Persisns snd frustrat
ed every attempt to force the pasa.
At the end of the second day's con
fiect, a Theesalian named Ephlaltea
went to the Peraian camp and gave
information of a accret pass acrosa
the mountains the Greeks hsd ne
glected to occupy.
At dawn the following day Leo
nidaa learned that the Peraians
were pouring acroaa the mountains
to attack hia army from the rear.
Then Leonidas gathered hi 300
Spartans, together with their st
tendanta about him, and prepared
to defend his post. In the fierce
fight that ensued, Leonidas himself
soon fell, but the remaining Greeks
retreated to s hillock near the road
and made their laat stand. They fell,
fighting to a man.
The pass of Thermopyle, in an
cient times, waa only SO feet wide,
but the alluvial deposits have alter
ed the coast line ao that there is
now a broad swampy plain from a
mile and a half to three miles
broad.
20 YEARS AGO
(From The Guard, Aug. 7, 1909)
TTWO of Sheriff Harry Bown'e
deputies left liere this morning
for the McRenzie ralley to arrest
an old man who pointed a pistol at
a party of campers and threatened
to kill them.
Wm. Woo'ten, who live up the
middle fork of the Willamette,
brought to town today the result
rock from a strlk ho tins found in
that section to be assayed.
The first threshing accident hap
pened Friday over on the Milt Har
nett place. Phillip Bowman, the en
gineer, attempted to back the
engine preparatory to moving when
the clutch broke and jammed him
up against the separator.
A HBASSADOR DAWES persists
in refusing to wear those knee
breeches. In a verbal wny, how
ever, he would be a perfect success
on any golf course.
A North Carolina editor walked
down the street attired'in pajamas.
Ahal Another editorial exnosurel
While Florida had the fruit fly
to fight, several other states have
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been waging wsr on the fly-by-night
promoter.
Mr. Edge hss been nsmed am
bassador to France. He'll have to
be pretty aharp to put anything
over on those foreign diplomats.
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Minnesota has discovered aeveral
cases of rum-running by sirplsns.
Aviation certainly Is making great
strides in Americsn commerce.
...
George Bernard Shaw postponed
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PICTURES
We have a fine group of pictures of th
Pajrtant and of the Pioneer Parade
See and Buy Them at
CARL R. BAKER
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Join the
Cucumber Glub!
Theres' nothing like
to tane tne sizzle out ot summer.
The minute vour clothes show BvmDtoms of tjuII-
, ing a 'warmr weather wilt, call us up. We'll send for
them and dry clean new life into them.
You 11 look like a new person and feel like one.
Let's begin today. .
Phone 323
If we clean
"I am going to increase
your salary"
"I like the way you take dictation, young Wr
it shows good, thorough training.''
This conversation may well take place in almost
any office in our city. Because the Engene Business
College has trained so many young men and women
who are no wholding repsonsible positions.
Tuesday, Sept. 3rd
la tke first day ot our Esejulsir Fall Tem -wi
be the beet date on which to fetrix.
Eugene Business
College
It's a Good School
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Eugene, Oregon
his T3rd birthdav E. -
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