Thp lanP finiintU NPWQ A power company gets u "per
HlD LallD UUUIIIJ HDlfO mir to spend $5,000,000. There
KATHLYN WILLIAMS
hvnso a Unto when a company
contemplating such un expondl
. turo would havo been "oncour-
W. A. DILL, Editor and Mgr.
I'ubllshcd Every Monday and !nco(i . But that was in tho on-
Thursday by the Lane i County !tcrm.lsln g, pro-regulation period.
Publishing Association. i iLcoIiko.
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION J
Ono Year .... J1.G0 i
And now the country's great-
Six Months -.
75 est industry, railroading, Is in
Thrco rconihn - .CO
danger of a strike, just as it is
getting on its feet after a long
depression. A strike would be
a calamity for all other indus
tries as well as the railroads.
Advertising rates furnished on nppll
cation.
Member or the Willamette Valley
Editorial Association.
N
1
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 191G
CRUX OF WATER
POWER QUESTION
A great deal of loose talking
is being done on the subject of
water power in the Wset. To be
sure, it is an important subject
but for this very reason it ought
fa bo considered in the calm light
of good judgment rather than in
a spirit of political frenzy. Ser
ving the interests of the people
of the West, instead of advanc
ing or retarding the interests of
this or that political group,
ought to be the chief purpose
to be kept in mind. Unfortun
ately, this has not been the case.
The Register does not pre
sume to speak for all the people
of the West. It believes, how
ever, that it is not far wrong in
stating their wishes about as
follows:
They want to see as rapid de
velopment of water-power pro
jects as the market for electrical
energy will possibly permit.
They want such regulation of
the granting of water-power
rights as will prevent acquisition
without development acquisition
without development that is,
they want to prevent any indi
vidual or corporation from fol
lowing the dog-in-the-manger
policy of filing on valuable water
power sites and then holding
them out of use.
They want the power to tax
any valuable developments that
are made, just as other property
is taxed.
, Along these lines they are an
,:rious,,to see the fullest possible
development of the water-power
resources. They are anxious to
attract private capital to bring
about this desired development,
aud( they want such safeguards
as. will assure those who have
the capital that they need not
hesitate to invest it here. The
.West wants development. It
.wants investors. It wants the
better business and the better
living conditions that develop
ment of valuable resources will
bring. ,
Take Lane county as an ex
ample. There can be no doubt
that every person of good com
mon sense wants to see the great
.Clear Lake project carried out
as soon as possible and to that
end wants safeguards provided
for those who invest their money
at Clear Lake. Of what value
to 'the public is this project so
long as it is undeveloped? Of
.what value are the numerous
other power sites in the moun
tains bordering the Upper Wil
lamette Valley so long as they
lie Idle and unused? They will
turn, no wheels; they will light
and heat no house; they will add
not one cent to the taxable valu
ation or the progress of the com
munity until they are developed,
and they cannot be developed
without the investment of
money. The money will not be
forthcoming unless there is as
surance of fair treatment.
Certain agitators are profess
ing to see dire visions of monop
oly of all the water power of the
West. But ther are other vis
ions equally dire. One of them
is reservation, through restric
tive legislation, of all the water
power in the streams on Govern
ment land. One vision Is about
en unpleasant as the other, but
Leeauso of numeroue examples
ot rasQsyation .thab.arJaiQlfig&eit
lie nd the latter Is the more
i !;!y understood. Rlsfci
California voted wot, and ac
cording to the flood reports, she
got it. Oregon voted dry, but
she, too, is getting a bit of dampness.
2fbe
By GEORGE RANDOLPH CHESTER, Creator of "WaUindford." and CHARLES W.GODDARD
Copyright. 1915, by the Star Company. All foreign Rights Reserved
I Apples and Egg Beaters !
I
I' Is well known that an egg can
uot sec by daylight,"' observed
Rlucktu Daw, wltli the frown of
earnest logic ou bis brow, anil
Jim Walllngford. smiling cordially,
looked from Klncklo to the tall young
st Ringer anil waited. "Very well, then."
went ou U aeu e. "vou antiroacu vour
egg from the left hand side, walking
cautiously. Reaching out suddenly,
you clutch your egg Just behind the
guts unit wnip it into a ngnt rrotn
with one of I'ushmau's egg whlffers.
This Is Puskmnu."
"Happy to meet you. Mr. Pushuian."
laughed Walllngford. shaking hands
heartily. "I never can tell quite what
this idiot means, but I Judge that you
are in the egg beating business.'
"Kitchen novelties." agreed the
young mnn. accepting Walllngford's
best chair. He was a smooth shaven
clian with n clear ere nnd n nlcasnnt
smllr nncl tir tt-nrr. t!io rlotlilnrr of n i
prosperous young business man, com
bined with n look of care between the
eyebrows. "Mr. Daw is an old, old
friend of mine. I met him for the
"You approach your 033 from th. left I
nana Biae, saia uiqckio.
first time In' the hotel bar downstairs
half an hour ago. and he Insisted thut
you would like to give me some bus!
ness advice."
J. Rufus Walllngford glanced xpecu
latlvely nt his partner.
"My pal here Is up to his neck In
financial difficulties, Jim." Rlnckle ex-
plained, giving Walllngford time to
study the prospective business ussocl-
ute. "The diversion of egg,.whl(liiig Is
not so popular us he had supposed; it to
uet iiuu 11 uiues money 10 uuy unniis.
"I'll be Jiggered If I know how my
old. friend Daw discovered that I am
In a hole," smiled young Mr. Pushman,
In perplexity, and he cast a wondering
glance at Blackle. "I bought prompt
ly when tho bartender Introduced us,
nnd I gold that business was good."
"Blackle tins hunches,'.' smiled Wall
lngford.
"What's luet matter with your egg
beater?" then he suddenly inquired.
-j-ncy won v uuy tuem." nun joung
Pushman smoothed his pompadour In
rc6ricernltriBttrUbeu
worm or tnem crated, ready for deliv-
Who appears in a Sellg Co. Three-Reel Drama,
the Roll Theatre, Thursday night only.
cJtoO $dtenTure
cry. but no iMf to send them.
Wnllltigford nodded grnvcly.
"Sink till your money?"
"Well, no." smiled the yontis man
Wnlllugfonl noted that his eye were
rather too close together.1 "I sank G
V. SlookumV. fin wllllns'Jtq go on
with the
business hut'G.- Va
no
sport." i '
J. Rufus hitched forward. '
"Oh. Slookum!" he said, .and he smil
ed approvingly nt Rlackle. "Slookuin
has all kinds of iiuinp,vr.(bp(leve,"
i "Six." It was RlacUh. wh"n ,,UH
. "Six " It wim muck i iv in iiuswrr.
led this, hitching for'y nhl-rind caning,
hi thin urms on the table. '"Onld. sll
1 ver. nickel, copper, hills und Jnst twn- (,,
,ey.
j "Slookum, Is the village mortgage
I riMer" stn'cd Piwhinnn r
J l110 big. round pink face of J. Itufus
1 Walllngford wreathed Itself In 'a. Jovial
,3m"
1 honestly Ijellevc you'd sting Slook-
am." he guwed. ..
louug rushlnun roiUed his' arms ou
the table. 1.
"How?" - J'J'.
"You're net Incorporated?"'
No.- !;':
"That's - the answer;, we II" incor
porate." "Then what?" It was lilncklc who
iisked this. J. Rufus frc(ueutly in
corporated, but his movements from
then on were always different.,
"1 don't know," returned WuIIIug-
,ford carelessly. "The chief value of
Incorporation Is to get some of SlooU-
' urn's money out of the old bhtc sock
In the chimney; then we, can make
friends with It."
"And." stated Ulacklc Daw, "there's
no minted money which we So much
crave Just now as G. W. SlookHtn's."
"I gathered that." ld youus Push-
i...., i .i,r t iv..,- ,..n
UJllllt IV'UI4ln I IJ tt I V Via , lllU
immiatcly Interested wUn hu.fouifd
1 had some connection with Slojkmii
Why?" ,,
"Old G. W. skinned some friends or
ours." explained Walllngford briefly.
"L"ver hear of President Warden of
the Western Consolidated Rnllrand
system?" Inquired Rlnckle. straddling
a chair. "Well, when Warden Uied his
business rival, K. It. Falls, who never
had a chance to beat Warden 'at any
'game, robbed his orphans. George
! Washington Slookuin was ono of the
piker tools who helped In the manipu
lation by telling a few lies. Hs share
was"--
"Just a minute." chuckled J. Rufus.
touching a button. "Mr. Pushman
may as well meet the Wnrden orphans.
j We'll probably make them his odlcc
, assistants anyhow. Their part most
likely will be to give nwny olHee so-
J ci ets."
I In a few minutes. In answer" to Wal
llngford's politely telephoned invita
tion, two strikingly pretty young la
dies came Into the parlor nnd were In
troduced us Fanny and Violet Warden.
understand It perfectly now;."
. .
blue eyes of the vivacious Violet, nnd I
Blacklo Daw tugged fJercely at IiIh
mustnehe.
'
G. W. Slookuin sat nttho hack door
of his suburban farmhouse, with the
'(jlory of'lhe autumn spread 1 before
him, and on "his knees was n shotgun,
loaded with rock salt. Just in the
center of vision of G, W.'B wrinkle
squinted eyes wna n big walnut tree.
.anxjous to drop Its frost ripened nuts.
In tho 11 eld. v
Ibrntlng between the
walnut tree and tliq orchard, wcro a
farm hand and a bull terrier, hut G.
W. Slookum trusted neither of these,
slnco there is no guardian of prop
erty so faithful as tho owner theroof.
"There's a couplo df strangers to seo
you, paw." Bent and wrinkled Mrs.
Slookum said this, and sho said It with
her bauds folded.
Pnw" Slookum rubbed a cnnrled
thumb up und, down the barrel of his
"Id gun.
-iowii routs or counjry folks' ' in
Inquired, In 11 voice wlleli grated.
XHty fell. Jaw. Tlley
TBey Ipbk rich."
"iiuuy grnntl-Blopl.'uin,
VAgonlH.
:caFefufly
i guess.- i.o icaneu uis gun
'Ebb Tide" at
6)0
VRS
In tlie coiner mid lime, lie smoothed
ilou ii hts black iilimcn coot mill gave
n Jerk nt tils little black string tie:
then he stopped brUkly Into the par
lor, where lie found u large, broad
chested, pink faced mnn. with a $-.(HX)
diamond In lit crurnt, uiul a lull. thin.
black 1 1 a I ml and black tuustnelu-d
mail In a unlet, ministerial Prlnco Al
bert. "This Is Mr. Slookuin. 1 believe."
greeted the largi man suavely. He
held his Bilk lint items tils wrist, mid
bowed with aggravating ohho. "I am
J. RuMs Walllngford. lr. Slookum,
find this Is Horace Dnw.
n am about to Interest Mr. Dnw
vlth mo In the Pushmnii Kitchen Nov-
' city company." went on Walllngford
1 "You have a splendidly promising In-
fant industry there. Mr. Slookum."
1 "Vch." shrilled Mr. Slookuin. - hit
' mnllttt Hfini.i-7.liif In. "If Iw.i.ii nrmii
wing u long time."
J. u uns incited capitni.
declared
Walllugford. "Have you over looked
over Mr. I'ushuian's books?"
"Yes." Ho could have made the
same answer with u saw ilia Tin) cor
ners of his nose wrinkled up toward
,bls eyes. . "I'vo peon down there n
dozen times to tec whnt chauco theic
was to get my money back, and I
won't look ut 'cm nny more. There's
nothing In 'cm but expense accounts,
nnd If I don't get my next note when
It's due I'll close up young I'lishman
Ho dresses too line."
"That Is a business nsset." respond
J ed Walllngford. "Look at uie. Look
j nt my friend. Mr. Daw. Could we
j moke the money we do without good I
'clothes? Certainly not!" and he swell
1,4 '"i.' j
'ed his broad chest complacently
!...
Lu iTuiiiuior. j 1 . n.uuuu..
0 ) c?H"rMl?1 . ' hMmn: '"
'Hpcctlng Walllngford curiously from
. m
r l,0f s v l,p?r I'W'nafw
"You'll do business with me," cont)
dently predicted Wulllngfonl, and he
chuckled.
When, nftcr some further parley, It
looked as If Walllngford would Induce
Slookum to Invest. Jimmy Walllngford.
J. Rufus' young nephew, and Toad
Jessup wore caught stealing walnuts,
nnd Slookuin Indignantly ordered J.
Rufus off the premises.
"My notion about It Is that wo
should cheer up." observed Itlacktc
Daw. with n grin at tin unsmiling
face of J. Rufus. "Whnt wo need Is
to forget our sorrows and go digging
for Jigcerbalt."
"Will you keep still?" requested Wal
llngford. "7 ntn trylmr to think."
"All right, Jim." ngrced Blackle, with
1 wink at Pushmnn. "I couldn't tell
It from Just looking at you, but I'vo
this to say; If you were thinking the
way you looked you'd be better off If
rou went Jlggerbiltlng. You locate a
jiggcrbait by ear, Pushmnn. It makes
i sound like 11 peanut, and"
There was a giggle from tho bny
window, a glgglu which was lustuntly
impressed un young Jimmy Walling
ford und Toad Jessup bent serious,
Earnest faces on their game of check-
rs.
They were trying to mitko as lit-
tic noise as possible on this rainy day
of gloom. Brief as that glgglo was,
however, it brought them immediately
Into undcslred prominence.
"You kids uro golig homo!" J. Rufus
promptly Informed ,thcui.
Toad Jessup, who had been meek as
long as he could, turned squarely nway
from his checkerboard with n Jerk
"All right; we'll go home," ho stated.
"Wo'ro not having much fun hero."
Jimmy looked at him with a quiet
tnille, but ho said nothing, nor did ho
niter his position over tho checker
board. "Wo didn't do anything out at
old Slookum's," went on Toud. Ho
had .been Interrupted somo twenty
times nt thin point of his explanation,
but he was capable of going 011 twenty
llinun more, until he Nhotild be able hi
mere Justice to testify In his own bo-
hair.. "Those walnuts were ripe, und
they were light near (he roud. and it
woiirdhl
t have hurt oil) Kttiokuin-ld.M
(Continued on Page !)
umamm
vml . .1 liv mm uninnnmBBninniiMnria .k. . in
GIRLS DO NOT WANT
THEY PREFER MEN WITH
BLAME THEM.
THE BOY WHO HAS A BAN KBOK NOW IS LIKE
LY TO ALWAYS HAVI2 ONE. PARENTS KNOW THIS
AND WELCOME INTO THEIR HOMES THE CAREFUL
YOUNG MAN WHO IS THRIFTY.
WHY DON'T YOU START A BANK ACCOUNT, OR
INCREASE YOUR BALANCE IF YOU HAVE ONE? ..
WE PAY 4 PER CENT
DEPOSITS
96-2E3
The Best Groceries
For Less Money
The Fifth Street Grocery
Thos. Sikes, Prop. Phone 22
Why not save nnd deposit In our Savings Department
one-twelfth of your total taxes eacli month? l)y so dis
tributing tho tax burden over the entire year, it will not
seem so heavy.
4 per cent on savings.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK. EUGENE. OREGON.
A HOME SALOON
A good recommendation for
those who find themselves sud
denly deprived of the saloon tho
following substitute: Start a
saloon in your own home. Bo
the only customer. You will
have no liquor license to pay. Go
to your wife and give her $2.00
to buy a gallon of whiskey and
remember thero are 09 drinks
in one gallon. Buy your drinks
from your wife, and by the time
the first two gallons of liquor are
gone Bhe will havo $18.70 to put
in the bank and $2.00 to start
business again. Should you live
ton years and continue to buy
vour bozo from her and then
die with snakes in your boots,
she will have enough' money to
bury you decently, educate, jour
children, buy a lot, build. u house,
furnish it and subscribe for the
Lane County News, marry a do
cent man and quit thinking
about you. Ex.
O. R. Guliion,M. D.'
Practice Limited tl
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat.
Graduate Nurso Attending
306, White Temple, Eugene.
Oltlco Ninth aiut 1'ccirl Hti. Tcli'imonpHbO
nnia II fill r-r-r-lt r I
VETERINARY BURGEON
AND DENTI8T
Bulto 2. Phono 888, EUGENE, ORB
Residence over "Dodge's Store
..i...i.. i. , ,i, ,
HERBERT E. WALKER J
' ' ' NOTARY
mini ir.
.Jfllcc In City Haft, Springfield, Ore4
A LIFE OF POVERTY;
MONEEY. YOU CANT
INTEREST ON TIME
Dr. ADALINE KEENEY FERRIS
Homeopathic Physician and Surgeon
Olllcu, Baptist Parsonago
Corner Second nnd C Streets
HOURS: 0 TO 12. PHONIC iO
J. H. BOWER
Lawyor.
OIIlco 774 Wlllnmotto St.
Phono Eugone CDS
Homo Phono 132-J
Eugene, Oregon
W.
WALKER
UND!
JDERTAKER
1
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Office Phone 62; L'ealdence 67-J
Weit Main 8t
See
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For Farm and City Property
Exchanges a 8pefclalty
Springfield - Oregon
Phope 30
CAREFUL, CONSCIENTIOUS
Dentistry
. DR. J. E. RICHMOND
PHONE8 Office, 3; Residence, 116-J
Over Commercial Bank,
Sprlngflold, Oregon.
.las. Corsaw has ro-opened
jus shoe ropair shop In tho
west half of tho Stevens bl
cyclo shop, ,Ma!n St. near
Sovonth.