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MANAGING EDITOR
NEWS 6ERVICB
MEMftiiH - - . ' .
Th Ouard'i polity la tha oomplat and Impartial publication
tn Its nwa pairea of all nw and atatamantt on nawa. On this
faara, th ditori of Tha Guard offr their opinions on events of
he day and matters of Importance to the community, endeavoring
to be candid but fair, and helpful In the development of construc
tive community policy.
A NEWSPAPER IS A CITIZEN OF ITS COMMTJNIT1
AIRPORT SITUATION.
rpHB newi of tba day contain two ttarlM ct algnliluatica with
regard to Burone'i airport. Tha American Legion la pressing
to have Oregon mapped out Into definite systems of "skyways"
vary much resembling the ground system of highways. On tha
Paclflo "skyway," 12ugeus Is named as one of the principal
stations. There Is little doubt that In course of time soma
such system of definite skyways will be glren state and federal
recognition. At the same time, we read that Eugene faces a
right serious problem In bringing her field up to Class "A"
airport standards. Either extensive additions must be purchased -adjoining
the present field, or the present field must be sold
and a new one purchased that will meet Class "A" specifications.
Tha p;oblom Is one that should be glren careful and Im
mediate study. The thought of purchasing an entirely new field
comes as rather a shock after the work that has been done to
Improve the present one. It would seem to be the part of wis
dom to enlarge tha present field If It can ba done economically
and efficiently. The argument that the present field In a few
years might be too close to the center of tha city should be
given due consideration If tha closeness Interferes with aviation,
but from the standpoint of service, the Held cannot be too close
to the center of tha city. Many a big city Is mourning because
It cannot get an airport close to Its business center.
But whichever plan Is followed tor the development of
Class "A" facilities, tha outstanding point Is that tha thing
must be accomplished. Salem baa Just dedicated a Class "A"
airport. Medford already has one and direct airmail service.
Tha time may arrive when planes will be made that will go
straight up or down and when landing fields can be mora
restricted. But the most progressive cities are not waiting for
Inventive genluB to solve their problem. The cities with Class
"A" ports will get the bulk of the traffic whatever the future
mechanical developments, and It Is rather sate to say that the
porta, however large, will be crowded.
ADAGES FOR CHILDREN.
ITS a good plan, says an English writer, to substitute a regu
lar "wage" for those pennies and nickels you give tha chil
dren. Many parents bemoan tha fact that thalr children dont real
ize the value of money, How can they, when they can get It
for the asking? They never have the chance to learn.
Instead of making mere gifts of money to your child, sup
pose you try putting him or Her on a regular weekly "wage"
In return tor little tasks performed around the house. Pennies
or nickels paid for these little trifles, Instead of being handed
out indiscriminately, will instill the spirit of industry and thrift
at the' formative age.
When your boy grows up and faces the world, he will have
an appreciation of tha value of money. And when your daugh
ter grows up and starts housekeeping she will have an Infinitely
better Idea r.t how is iixsnd ber money economically.
And, at the same time, you'll be developing their self-respeof.
A PENNANT THAT DOESN'T EXIST. .
"VTOU probably bars read recently that the Mauretanla has ti4
to haul down tha blue pennant, emblem of the speed cham
pionship of the Atlantic, and that the new champion, tha
Bremen, has holstod It.
That's all very well, but If yon happen to visit tha Bremen,
now or In tha future, don't ask to see that pennant. You'll only
get laughed at. There Isn't any such tiling.
The "blue pennant," famous as It Is, Is nonexistent It Is,
In Its way, Ilka tha raspberry, which Is often given to a man,
but which never takes any tangible form. The lucky ship that
lias It is very proud of It but tills cherished flag, nevertheless.
Is one that never flutters from any masthead.
NO MORE "ALL ABOARD 1"
TTERH Is a development about which something really ought
to be done.
The Central Vermont railroad has announoed that hereafter
Its passenger train conductors will not cry, All aboard 1" or
wave lanterns to signal to tha engineer. All signals will be
passed mechanically, from tha cars; tba tha colorful shouts and
laalern-wavtngs ot railroad tradition will be no more.
Railroads being what they are, other lines no doubt will Imi
tate this practice, until In all tha Uulted States there Is not one
that clings to the old custom.
Probably It's being done In the Interest ot efficiency and all
that sort ct thing, but It's bard to take. One ot the ehlof thrills
or childhood is boarding a train, snuggling Into a s-itt, listening
for the longdrawn, enthralling chant of the conductor length
ened out with a sharp upward Inflection at the very last
watch tha red lantern swing high in tha air, and settling down
for the first gontle Jerk of the moving train.
Wllllain Beebe, the sclontlst, roports considerable success tn
deep sea flahing using radium for bait. AJax Mcllurk save that's
tha only thing he hu't yei tried on the McKenile trout.
But oh, A J ax. what If some big
or lt0.000 worth of baltf
AS OTHERS
Lynch Lsr tor Rsdls
(Clrvrlsud Plain l'eau-r)
Down in Taa, where tha front
ier spirit from dormant but itlll
flares out ooi-aak'naHy, Iteau
niont attorney Is Itrtitf mnsrutn
lated for having fired thiee ahota
into tha loud epeaker of a luti'-h
tend radio station beeauaa ha
couldn't aland tliat racket any
Ioniser."
Althoush the attltute of tha
lunch stand proprietor 1 not stat
ed, it appeara that ao fur the
lawyer baa received notches but
praise, "l.oni eufferins ana tin
willing" radio listener. Iiae nil
lied to him, and s croup In
Khrevaport has aent s Tola of
thanks for !:a "heroic" art and
n invitation tn duplloata it la
that Louiaian city.
It ua. therefore, apeak tha
firat word, of dl.aent. Una does
Dot feal that this la spirit which
Should ba enmurased. 1 ha janitor
In our apartment house has aocom
pliahttd the aame end by more mod
erate means, n e are not in arm-
s
athy wiui sunplay, evia in aeii
efenaa. when directed aaatnat
tha Invalid's aolace, tha farmer's
entertainment, and the old folka'
companion and the recreation of
the Young.
A Uw so, too. should be
J
- Alton F. Bkr
- William M, Tirman
AiiooUttd PrMi
Audit Bureau of 'circulation
fellow ran away with o.OOo
SEE THINGS
that a more term! tuft hod of
procedure ! to osll the polio, or
ifr to a warrant cbargtuf public
nut no or hrni-b. of the
Or tn petition the Council fur an
onliimno am-h that rtontly
illtU in I'ltrrlatut, Or to apply
fr an injunction trut rattling th
mimic untrei It h n.i in Tiola
tlon of the law. No, dtrvu-t aotton
t not (he anawtr In a oVraofraoy
tlmi aflortla to many rmM.e tn
law.
IVit still - we hone th tarae
proprietor up the stret, who hu-iw-rte
mueii from Salt lake and
('olorado Npriiif to while limy
the morning hour, wae a r1r
of the hnkidt edition. We trust
the mors, of the story was not
lost on him.
t'DWARD TRAPP, MANAGER
Credit Adjustment Ituresn. Th. SrtTO.
We cfcllert when others fail. Notes
accounts bought. 2rtl 1, O, O- y li.dg
Announcement
Tn Otr Kitchen wil! he closed
do punniii Dfninning August Htl,
MHti. KATHARINE McI)ONAI,l
MRS. R. II. WOOP. INS. ph. 11W M
mm a- Duraus lor mam """"i
SIDE GLANCES
4,115 ut setwtf txt.
aecj u mr ore.
Tha fastest Car
Daily Health S'ervice
This Safe Diet Will Take Off
Two or Three Pounds a Week
(Editor Note: This is the last
of six articles by Dr. Morris Fish
belu. America's foremost writer ou
ben 1th subjects, telling how the re
ducing diets Duw so popular look
iu the eyes of medical science.)
Br DR. MOIUUS
(Edilur Journal of American Medi
cal AssoiiutioQ and Hygeia,
the Huulth Mugazine)
fJERE is a diet that contains
1 about 1016 calories and which
provides all of the important in-
JredienUf necesnarj to sustain life
ealth. On this diet a person will
lose from two to three pounds per
week, perhaps more, If he keeps up
his ordinary work. Good authori
ties do not believe It a safe to lose
weight more rapidly.
Breakfast
One-half grapefruit.
One tablespoon cream.
One egg.
One bIico bread.
One medium eervinar puffed rice,
or similar cereal.
One slice thin toast and one small
square butter.
Luncheon or Dinner
One cup plain broth.
One broiled trout or other fish.
Three heaping tublespoons spin
ach. Three heaping tablespoons new
peas.
Salad containing one tomato am
two leaves lettuce with vinegar or
lemon.
One-balf cantaloupe or grape
fruit. One glass iklm milk.
One cup clear tea or coffee.
Supper
Three slices while meat of chic
WASHINGTON
LETTER
By HODNEY DUTCHEU
(NF-A Service Writer)
YASJllNGTON, Aug. 13. When
' au ordinary person diet It's
just too bad and his surviving rela
tives have to figure out how to
meet the funeral expenses. But
when a mem.Mr of Congrens passes
to his reward his deatu and burial
are eipeusive for the federal treas
ury. When a congressman dies an ad
journment is takeu in rexpeot to Lhe
deuai Led brother, rvtoiutious ot
sorrow are drawu up, a committee
of 10 or 16 tueu is aiioiutcd to es
cort the remains homo, a Suuday is,
set a Hide to euUiio the dead man
both m the Luui-vsiiotitil Record
and a special volume and the bill
may run as high as -0. iA.t. N 0
lUHtter how ob&v'ure a uiembrr uiny
have beeu nor how unpopular, ho
aeia all this attention vtlieu he is
drsd.
Ot course If a Pacific t'osst con
gresamitu dies it's pretty eipru
ii.e. When a t 'alitor tun member
passed aay a (eaw jears ago it
vo it 1 $;ikio m railroud tares aloue,
for ibei'o was a committee ot M
and a rgeaut-at arms and one or
two uusce ilanvous aitrmlnuti, as
usual, w etit along with the party,
in sui'h instances it ts sometimes
difficult to recruit a full committee,
but there are usually congressmen
who have never been to 1 aliforma
and appreciate the free ride with
eipeuses paid. The (uuerl com
mutes travels in a private csr, and
tf tiia death comes toward the end
of a seksiou the opportunity to
erf s.id do ta.-uiitfttt enables a
member to save consuleraiur on his
miiease allow auce if the drntmation
is anywhere near hit own district.
1 he initial eipente of a member s
dath conges when the widow is pmd
$UUM a ear s sal-.ty. l.sch of his
clr receive a mouth's salary
snd the tt of eulogy sod issuing
special Congressional Records con
taining the eulogies runs into the
thousands. The burial expenses and
all incidental expenses of the com
mittee are pair, and although mem
bers of the Mouse are limited to a
$4 casket there s no limit on Sen
ators, The record sh.w tiiat (t cvst
.'.';0 to place the late Senator
Wulis of Ohio in a state brome
casket and Inter him tn a udyute
vault, phi other chares snd one
of $21 for broaticastipg the
funeral services. The highest price
yet paid fr a eenstoral casket Is
K'VtO. Flowers, gloves for pall
bearers, luv.oufmet snd msuy minor
charges make the b;U pUrjiup. Ci
iaia, U uia -Ui naeu
on the Road.
ken.
Three slices of eggplant.
Three heaping tabieapuons cream
quash.
Four stalks celery hearts.
One cup clear tea.
One glass skim milk.
One banana.
There la by the way, another ap
peal In the Hollywood or 18-day
diet that might be mentioned. For
years human beings have sought
some magical potion, or pill, or
powder, or cream, or lotion, to ac
complish what they desired in
achieving success in love, or in
niouey matters, or In religion. Our
simple minds like to have some sin
glo substance or object to which we
may pin our hopes and faiths and
aspirations.
, In the case of the 18-day or Hol
lywood diet that thing is grapefruit.
But really there is nothing magical
about a grapefruit. It contains vita
mins B and O in considerable
amouuts, but not much of the other
vitamins; it has one part of protein
to five of carbohydrate; it has less
Umn one-tenth of one per cent of
sodium chloride or common salt; its
reaction in the body Is alkaline;
one-half grapefruit provides from
Ml to 100 calories; it runs a little
better in Iron than do oranges.
As may be seen, there is nothing
magical about its virtues, one is re
minded of the chemist whoso wife
burst into tears. He looked at her
calmly. "Your tears mny move some
people," he said, "but to me they
are merely Nat'l and H-O."
are charged up by members of the
committees.
laiist year the Baltimore & Ohio
rnilroud collected $G4bl for fares,
bertha and food in connection with
the funeral of the late Senator
Jonea of New Mexico.
Few ceremonies here are more
remarkable than the Sunday eulo
gies. The Senate eulogizes merely
its own, but the House always eulo
gizes a dead senator, though it may
wait until two or three years after
his death. The House custom is to
eulogize four or fire deceased mem
bers on the same day, and few at
tend except those who are to
speak. From a half do ten to a score
eulogies are accorded each one.
Sometimes, also, a colleague of
the deceased can't wait until eulogy
day. In the tist sessiou one mem
ber took the floor to eulogize a de
parted colleague w horn few had
ever heard of. ilia eulogy, as shown
in the record., is crammed with
toich time-worn phrases as "a grief
stricken yet grateful public," "last
full measure of devotion," "the
transient lifo of mnn," "the mys
tical problem of life," "the great
earn i-mi from w hoite iv-rno no
treveler ever returns," "his spirit
marches down the aisle of eternity,"
"he stands naked before the great
white throne of tJod" and mv.oh
more of the same. Thi is typical
of congressional eulogies. Some
great ones have been delivered
Senator Jim Heed's tribute to the
late La Foiled e vs a classic hut
mjin.v are pretty cheap. Those
KCASOLINEyl
No
luison
wfiTnAi
studded with poetry probably are
the worst
But they are all bound np m
handsome lit tie books, printed In
8000 copies. Fifty, gilt-edged snd
bound In morocco, go to the family
of the deceased. Nearly 2000 are
given to Senators ana represen
tatives from his state snd the other
6000 to other members, for distri
bution to constituents.
Some members hare refused con
gressional funerals In advance.
Taseie baa I'een no recent agitation
to eliminste any of the fuss and ex
pense, but several bills were intro
duced with that purpose late in the
last century when the tendency of
funeral parties into traveling drink
ing parties became rather a scandal.-
TOM SIMS'
BARBS
"THE Prince of Wales recently
started tos brewing of a new,
eitra strong ale. And haan't been
shot bf ons of our dry stents yet,
either.
lows farmers are looking for
ward to a bigger wheat crop this
year than last, and gosh! bow they
dread itl
a .
A New York young lady has suc
ceeded In being the first to enter
ttoriet ituaaia without a passport,
tiuppoae the New York papers will
have to carry thut story now about
the local girl making good.
20 YEARS AGO
(From The Guard, Aug. 13, 1909)
HTM h) dark gray smoke up the Mc
1 kenzie today did not come from
a forest fire, but from a slashing.
The blaze was started by the men
working on the transmission line
of the city power works.
e
Seven Greek laborers employed
on the Southern Pacific tracks
about Cottage Grove, were brought
to Eugene from that city last night
by Joe Kcilly, the company'a de
tective, who arrested them on the
charge of breaking into a freight
car and stealing a quantity of mer
chandise. l
Lane county people who were
lucky in yesterday s land drawings
at the Flathead ludian .Reservation
were as follows: Jacob F. Olsen,
Kugene, No. 168; Garmnd H.
Campbell, Lea burg. No. 1212; Rob
ert li Fullmer, Wendling, No. I35-L
.
Beta Tbeta Pi, one of the strong
eat Greek letter fraternities in the
United States, has made its en
trance into the University of Ore
gon by granting a charter to the
local Delta Alpha club.
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It Included sn agreement for the
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sfec'mg the integrity. Independ
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