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Alton r. Baker
- Wllliim M. Tuman
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Tha Oumrd'a policy la the complete and Impartial publication
In Ita news pag-es of all nwa and atatamtnta on netra. On tbls
p, tha dltuia ul Tlie Guard offer Ihtii opinion on events vl
tha day and mattara of Importance to tha community, endeavoring
to ba candid but fair, and helpful In the development of conatruc
tlva community policy.
A NEWSPAPER IS A CITIZEN OF ITS COMMUNITY
REDUCING WARRANT DEBTS
rpHE city council hu voted to submit to th voters of Enjne
within the next 60 days request for a apodal lory, beyond
the six per cent limits, sufficient to provide f2IS.O00 a year for
tlve years to reduce the clty'i warrant debt The city's warrant
debt problem li very much like that of the school board, only
worae If poaalble. The city In the last five years has paid out
$126,839.74 for Interest on warrant debt, all of It money that
' could have been saved for operating purposes had the city
been more nearly on a cash basis.
The city, Ilka the schools, Is seldom in the position of
having cash In the back to meet any bill. For operating pur
poses, It has on the average about $180,000 In six per oent
warrants outstanding. In addition. It is compelled to issue a
great many more warrants to take care of Interest on Bancroft
bonds because assessment payments by benefited property never
keep pace with the bond requirements, despite all the pressure)
that can be brought to compel such payments. This Is a most
vicious situation because it is a compounding of Interest the
Issuance of six per cent warrants to pay six par oent Interest
on bonds. . ' .
All told, the outstanding warrants have reached the alarming
total of $380,000, and the city has an annual shortage of about
$18,000 between the Interest charges on them and the revenues
available to meet them. The city has to cut deeply Into Its
operating funds to make up these differences. In 1925, ft similar
situation was cleared off with a large bond issue, but this Is a
method of relieving the situation which should never be repeated
because It Is only an additional compounding of charges. ,
With the distinct understanding that the $25,000 annual lev
will be consecrated to warrant debt retirement only, the measure
will have the support of this paper. It Is only one step toward
' bringing the finances of the city to a basis that will make
'possible really economical and efficient operations.. As we
have said many times, the danger Is not In giving public officials
ample cash for operations. Cash accounting is easily compelled.
It Is unlimited borrowing that Is the hasard and that always
piles up taxes eventually,
SHIFT THE BUSSES?
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"DCS transportation direct to the new Public Market would be
-L highly desirable from the point of view of tha publlo as
.well, as the market people, but unless it could bs arranged
without ' serious Inconvenience or injury to other business in
terests, It should not. be attempted, because it Is not vital to
the market and because the benefits might be more than offset
y 0bss of good will.
The market in its new location is still in approximately tha
same relation to bus lines as at the old location in the park.
In addition, it has exceptional parking facilities. But its greatest
assets are in the real VALUES it offers and in the community's
unanimous good will.
For this reason the suggestion that the Bighth avenue line
be shifted from its present turning point at Eighth and Wil
lamette to loop past the market and through West Broadway
seems to be a bit ill-advised, though those who oppose the
change should reoognlse that the suggestion is not made in
any demanding tone, but in a purely tentative way, seeking
rather to find out what might be done. The change as suggested
would not be good because it would disturb one of the oldest
local terminals in Eugene and would be very disturbing to north
end business people who are Investing large sums In building
and rebuilding programs' and doing their bit to stabilise values
in the town,
Eugene now has tour bus lines. The city Is growing and tha
time Is not tar distant when it may need more. The present
combination of the Eighth avenue line with the Eleventh avenue
line may soon be broken into two lines. Or It might be found
feasible In the near future to make a straight cross-town line.
But before any re-routing Is undertaken, the situation should be
ajudled as a whole, with all sides sitting in on a friendly "give
and take" discussion. The Southern Pacific shows a very fair
attitude when It says it will try to give whatever service the
people want and need, but will await public agreement before'
it makes any changes.
A TRUE PATRIOT
TpBAR ADMIRAL HILARY P. JONES, TJ. S. N., retired, stands
" revealed today as one of the finest patriots a country
could wish.
It was Admiral Jones who put President Hoover on the track
of Lobbyist Shearer, who took pay for his activities in foment
lng International discord and sowing the seeds of war.
At Geneva, in 1927, was Admiral Jones, a member of the
United States delegation. He was a navy man, and as such
might have been expected to welcome any action that put ob
stacles In the path of reducing the American navy. Yet what
he saw of Shearer's activities at Geneva so disgusted and en
raged him that he ulUmately got word of It to President
Hoover.
Some naval leaders can see only the navy's needs, and wel
come any development that means added strength for that branch
of the service. But Jones was different. He could see beyond
the navy's needs and visualise the needs of the country as a
whole. In the true sense of the word he was a patriot. His
name Is worth remembering.
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Sneaking of this dark hint that thn-ty-mlnute parking talk
Is all a plot by our Eugene police to make jobs for more police
men, It would seem to us more like a plan that would JUBt
make a lot more hard work for policemen.
AJax McGurk says that conspiracy or no conspiracy, It might
be a good Idea at that because at the rsle the conspirators are
dragging In the overtime psrkers on the hour limit, they could
soon pay off the city debt. If the wider field were given them.
But you've got to discount what Ajax says, because ty
yesterday be arrived Just In time to keep a couple of tha cm
sH"rs frees suwkliHi up his saachlns.
Ti"t ckaajra M tse pels. Bring on the huntlsg se
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AS OTHERS SEE THINGS
Til Taylor
(Pendleton liasl Urrionian)
Men apoke tow In Umatilla county
snd walked with bowed heads when
Til Tajlor died. There was univer
sal sorrow snd It was deep nested.
He v. as the friend of all and all mho
knew hirn re glad to hail him aa
S fHend. hr combined rare final
lliew He was A competent. He
pendahle snd fearless officer and at
tlia same time had a ptraouol charm
easlona his skill ana) dariaa steoa)
between the peace of this couety
and the acts of lawless men . We
grew so accustomed to besrkig of
successful exploits by our -sheriff
that the news became comeionplace.
It waa so customary for him to go
to the right place at the right time
in the right way sod bring back
his man tbat people grew to take
It all as a matter of courwi.
Arisons once had s sheriff with
some of the characteristics of Til
Tajlor. His name was "Bucky"
O'Neill and he was a gentleman as
well aa a brave officer. Hie one
fault, like the fault of our local
man, was that he took too many
chances. He wss killed at San
.luan Hill where he was cnnteln of
Troop "A" of the Rough Riders. At
Preseott there Is a bronse statue
of that former sheriff and it Is said
that men's eyes light up when they
tell the story of the man in whose
honor it was msde. -
In a similar way or In aoroe other
way the memory of Til Taylor
should be commemorated. He gave
this county all he had and died in
the performance of his duty. No
man could have done more.
The foregoing editorial which ap-
Sesred in the East Oregonisn on
londay, July 28, a920, was written
on the evening of the day Til Tay
lor was killed. Needless to say
the sentiments expressed at that
time still stand. With those who
knew him the memory of Til Taylor
will endure. He was s western
sheriff of the mild mannered, un
assuming type who secured results
and made friends.
Mr, Proctor has made a good sta
tue showing horse and rider' in
characteristic pose as they were
often seen at the Round-Up. The
task of the artist is to hold the
mirror up to nature and the sculp
tor has done so. The statue will
slways be good because.good art is
lasting. The more it is seen the
better it Is-liked. When the statuo
was being made in Brussels a not
ed woman who saw it exclaimed:
"That should be the statue of a
king." It is. It is the statue of
one who was a king among sher
iffs though Til. Taylor would have
been the last man to have claimed
such honor.
Khowlnr snoreclatlon for iood
service rendered is s virtue, not a
fault, and the busy people of Pen
dleton and the Pacific northwest
have made no mistake In providing
this equestrian statue and the beau
tiful little park foe a settle. For
generttiona to come people will
see that horseman and they will
hear his story. If tht-y get it cor
rectly it will be a (ale worth knowing.
TODAY IS THE
ANNIVERSARY
' OF .
Irish Home Rule Riots
QN Sept. 21, 1012, riots occurred
v"' in Ireland as a result of the
controversy about the third Home
Rule Bill.
.The - riots were occasioned by
anti-home rule demonstrations in
Ulster, where opposition to such
s plan wss at a white heat.
A measure called the govern
ment of Ireland bill had been in
troduced, providing for an Irish '
ptrllament consisting or a senate
and, house of commons, empow
ered to make laws for Ireland,
but certain classes of legislation
were removed from the Jurisdic
tion.
Legislation over which parlia
ment had no control Including
power regarding peace, war,
treaties, army, navy, trade, navi
gation, coast defenses, coinage,
stamps, weights, copyright, re
ligion and Freemasonry,
The bill wss accepted by all"
Nationalist Ireland In good faith
as 'a fair measure of self-government,
but the Ulstermen were
vigorously opposed to the plsn.
Sir Edward Carson, the Union
ist leader, had a narrow escape
from injury during the rioting at
Londonderry, when a large stone
was dropped from the city wall
Into his open carriage, missing
him by a few inches. Nationalists
stoned torch bearers snd bands
men during an anti-botne rule
demonstration In Ulster.
After much debating and further
rioting, tho bill was passed and
became a law in 1014, but Us
operation was suspended at the
boglnning of the World War.
TOM SIMS
BARBS
and sincerity of msnner thst won
enduring friendlhips. The longer
he held office the more popular he
grew with the people of this coun
ty. Peor liked him ant only for
Ms personsllty but for the sddltlon
al rjon that he alwava made good.
. west has hail some er.nl
sheriffs In its time hut it Is douht
fill if any man over had a Inr-vr
or more thomuihl.v rouudfd catTer
than Til Tajlor. Oo countless,)
THE Colorado banker who got
1 $500,000 from New York hanks
for the sake of his depositors
should bo given some kind of rising
vote by tho newspaper roporters.
He Is the first one who didn't do it
for the wife and kiddies.
America lacks a sense of humor,
suj-s Count Keyaerlii'g. He ought
to come over here during the foot
hall senson and read sotno of the
conches' stories on the eve of big
football games.
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This la the fourth successive yesr
thst California has reported an
overproduction of wine grapes. Peo
ple aren't going in for temperance
drinks like wine any more.
A Turk, 14S years old. was killed
In an automobile accident the other
dny. Tho distmtch didn't ssy whe
ther or not his parents blamed the
driver.
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President Hoover savs the presi
dent should he allowed to hsng two
men every year without giving any
reason or explanation. Come now,
-Mr. Hoover, you surelv don't mean
that you wouldn't give us some rea
son 1
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Tou know a man is successful'
when the newspapers start quoting
Mm on subjects ho knows nuthing
about.
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America Is a country where
you're llshle to be arrested If you
park too long In front of a blind pig.
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Somebody sued Mnhel Wille
Vrsndt for statements made In her
series on "The inskle of IVnhoM
hition." There must be some pretty
serious people io the world, after
all.
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-Daily Health Service-
Are You a Tachyphage? If You
Are, Take Three Hours to Eat
By DR. MORRIS PISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American
Medloal Association and ef Hy
eels, the Health Magailns
"THE word "tachyphage" camea,
from two roots: (1) techy
rapid; (2) phage to eat. In other
words, a tachyphage Is a rapid
eater and our country is full of
them.
We do sot have the exclusive
right to the group, because they
have appeared in France, where
Dr. Paul Mlchon coined the word,
and the London Lancet mentions
their prominence in England.
The tachyphage, it Is said, wakes
in the morning with a tight feeling
la hit abdomen at the thought of
tii day that Is before him. He
lies in bed too long thinking about
his troubles, rushes through his
dressing, trifles with hie breakfast,
and speeds to the office. He is
troubled with discomfort In his
abdomen most of the morning, r
He bolts his luncheon, hurries
through the afternoon-' and gets
WASHINGTON
. LETTER
By RODNET DDTOHER
NBA Service Writer
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. The
Hon. Claudius Hart Huston,
the new head of the Republican
national committee, makes all bis
loug distance trips by air, attributes
his good health to light eating and
is likely to prove the smartest na
tional chairman his party has had
in a long time.
He is distinctly a Hoover choirs
and as far as your correspondent
can gather hia mental proceases and
abilities considerably resemble the
president's. He la more amiable,
however, and mixes more readily
with all varieties of people, else be
would not be fit for his new job.
Hon. Claudius Hart Huston had
much more to do with the nomina
tion and perhaps the election of
Hoover than he has commonly been
credited with. For several years
before tho Kansas City convention
he had been leading politicians to
the Hoover home and in those years
Hoover needed nothing more than
thoae acquaintanceships.
He Found the Money
It was Huston, one understands,
who raised most of the money in
the larger Hoover pre-convention
campaign fund snd tils ability at
thst game will be one of his prin
cipal assets in the nstlonal chair
manship. He is regarded as a prac
tical politician.
In the closet ef his hotel room
at Kansas City Huston had a direct
telephone line running to the Hoo
ver home in Washington. Tha
line wss often used and after the
presidential nomination the saga
cious Huston was hesrd to tell the
candidate: "Keep out of the vlce
nresidentlel contest. All your
friends are In It."
During the election campaign,
he came to be regarded as the po
litical godfather of Col. Horace A.
Mann, the politician who bad more
to do with breaking up the solid
south thsn any other Republican
through his aid nnd direction of
the antl-hlmith Democrats,
Huston mado himself. He was
born In Harrison County, Indians,
54 years ago. attended a one-room
rural school and becsrae a country
school teacher. Working on a farm
In summer, be picked up enough
money to attend Valparaiso Uni
versity and later worked with a
rousln In Chsttanooga. Tenn., who
bad started the Chattanooga Nor
mal University. Later he bought
a small business college there snd
came into contact with business
men and manufacturers.
He branched Into the work of
reorganising and refinancing cor-
iiorntions and lecame one of the
iig business men of Chsttsnooga.
Ho reotsaniscd the Trans-Oonti-aeutsl
Oil company and recently
resigned as chairmen of its board.
Tor two years he has had the man
asKSicnt of the banks and othet-
fropcrties of the Brotherhood o'f
rfn'oeiotive Engineers. These snd
other business concerns he Is no
droeping to devote himself to bit
est; job in national politics,
fae AMn to Hoover
Hie first close contact with Hoo
ver eie when he served s assist
ant secrctar of comejierar. Hoo
ver bad a big program of re-orgsn-Isiition
and eipsnsion on. and tba':
wss Huston's mest. Huston epresd
out. tj(i. snd since leaving the Com
merce Department in 193 has heel
operating as a business doctor and
banking eiptrt mostly from Ne
home just la time to bolt his dla
iier so that he can be off to the
theater or a recection.
The constant discomfort In his
Interior gives him an anxious look.
Sooner or later he begins to think
he has hyperacidity or gastric ul
cers and takes large quantities Of
sodium bicarbonate or baking soda
an hour or two after each meal.
Most of his trouble is due to the
fact tbat he eats too rapidly and
because of his mental state has
difficulty in digesting what he tats.
The chief step in his cure is the
establishment of regular hours for
his meals, insistence on spending
the full time in eating the meal and
avoidance of ail business discus
sions, telephone conversation or
other anxieties during the meal.
The New York literati formed
some time ago at their favorite re
sort In tho Algonquin a Three
hours for lunch club. Perhaps they
were Initiating one of the first
steps necessary for a - reaction
against the establishment of tachy-
phagia as a universal disease.
York, whore he lives on Park ave
nue. He Is six feet tall and weighs
about 185. His hair, parted in the
middle, is gray, and his eyes are
gray and piercing. He smiles en
gagingly snd often and has a large
human side. He mixes equally well
with plutocrats, politicians snd pu
gilists. His adaptability and ami
ability mate with a great energy
and an active mind. He has no
oratorical ability, but speaks slowly
and evenly with . a dear, concise
choice of words.
His memory is retentive and be
has an accurate mind like Hoo
ver's, which has little patience for
half- statements or incorrect re
ports. When necessary he can go
a long time without sleep. Instead
of eating at the lunch hour be
works. His breakfast is normal
sised and bis customary dinner is
one of fruit, chicken hash and corn
On the cob when he can get it. Be
haa a passion for com on the cob
and is fond of friends who serve
it for breakfast
. He files to save time. Last sum
mer he Invited six friends to fly
with him to the coast for Hoover's
scceptance speech, but they all
backed out
Every couple of weeks Huston
plays 18 holes of golf. He reads
detective stories in small doses.
He always dresses plainly and neat
ly In a blue serge suit.
He Understands People
. He is credited with an extra
ordinary comprehension of human
nature' and seems to like most peo-
fie. Few anecdotea are told about
Im, but here's one: An old Demo
cratic letter route carrier in In
diana was about to lose his job last
year. Huston heard about it and
made a special trip from New York
to Washington to Bave him. The
fellow happened to have been one
of Ilia achoolmates.
The chairman haa four daugb
tera, whose mother died msny years
ago. The oldest is in her early
twenties.
Just as Hoover hss certain ad
mirers who are at any time likely
to be found near him. so haa Hus
ton. Two of tliese intimate friends
are W. H. Hamilton, a vice-president
of the Guaranty Trust com
pany, and Herbert Wraus, oniji of
the owners of Muoy'a department
store In New York.
20 YEARS AGO
(From The Guard. Sept 21, 1POP)
AN adjourned session of the city
" council was held last night at
which a great deal of street im
provement work was attended to.
s
Frank fwi't with the aid of Ben
Williams, both of the University of
Oregon. Is doing all the wiring in
the new boys' gymnasium. It is a
big job.
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An old high "ordinary" bicycle,
eemnion twenty years go, wss seen
on the streets yesterdsy morniag.
Buy Yeur
FALL COAT en
Budget Psyment Plan.
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Willamette
KAY'JS
It waa a great earMlty and creased
a lot of attention.
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The local baggage haulers are do
ing a rushing business this week
beuiliig studeutV baggage Iron, the
depot to the various club houses
snd dormitories ss well as private
boarding places.
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Autolste ssy tbat the road be
tween Eugene and Springfield is the
worst piece of road sround Eugene.
THs is perhaps the most traveled
stretch of road in Lane county, snd
if sny rosd should be improved, this
should bs first.
e a
Mali Carrier J. i H. Max-well's
auto buggy became unmanageable
yesterdsy morning while being
driven to the postoffice, snd ran
Into the curb on Eighth htreet,
.breaking one of the wheels and oth
erwise Injuring the machine.
AT WALTERVILLE
WeloorM Rebeksh Ledse Holds Meet
ing Thursday-
WALTERVILLE, Bent 21 (Spec
ial) Mr. and Mrs. Vera Hammer
and Messers Leo snd Archie Ham
mer motored to Bend Wednesday.
They have all been camping at the
camp grounds at the bridge but
when they come back from Bend
will more to the Orem mill site on
the hill where the men are employed.
Miss Vesta - Morris hauled the
last load of evergreen blackberries
to the cannery Thursday afternoon.
Miss Morris has been doing the haul
ing tor the different families up tbo
river and averaged between 2C and
40 crates a trip. Thursday she
hauled 3ft crates. Gome days in the
middle of the season she made two
trips a day doing most of her own
loading) at this end of tha trie.
Mrs. Carkan is visitiaas a few an as
with Mrs. Ivy Hart at OeaW Flat.
Harry Endicott, who htm recently
returned from a sunisier spent it
Texas, Lba guue to work at the
WlUiaa sawmilL Be will be edger
man.
Welcome Rebeksh Iode held their
regular meeting at their hall Thura-
fii . .
the ones th :?'fl taffl
carried on hi , ,,0 b
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