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T H U R S D A Y . J U N K 1. 1»SS
I-ANE MAKES SMALLEST SCHOOL CUT
county has reduced average school taxes less
than anv other county In the state or oply about 2 per cent
from the peak of 1931. according to the Oregon Voter. Polk
county with the largest reduction of 31 per cent leads In
the amount cut from Its 1930 peak, yet It is declared that
county has very good schools.
l^ane county has only cut 2 per cent while the state
as a whole cut 14 per cent. School boards no doubt faced
with mounting warrant indebtedness will be forced to make
deep cuts In 1933. Many schools will not open for the full
nine months term, Springfield among them. Some may not
open at all.
It is evident that school expenses will remain high in
Lane county so long as nearly 200 school boards administer
the affairs of the individual districts. It is also evident that
the property assessment in individual districts is an unjust
pway to raise school taxes. Some districts, lucky enough
to contain a railroad, may have a low property tax because
of high valuation placed on the railroad while the adjoining
district has a very high tax because it has no railroad or a
low valuation.
If the county unit plan should be adopted and the
county taxed as a whole there would be uniformity and jus­
tice In the school taxes. There would also be economy in
operation and better schools.
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THE MORGAN INQUIRY
Most people will get a ‘ kick" out of the Morgan bank
inquiry chiefly because they enjoy seeing the rich punished
a little. Americans must have a goat and it is easy to lay
our troubles on the high and mighty. We doubt, however,
that any back income taxes will be collected from Morgan
and company.
While their losses may not have been as
big as they were declared no doubt they will be found large
enough to exempt them from the tax as the law is now writ­
ten. In times like these even big business is in trouble and
this is one cause of the acuteness of the depression. When
the big fellows can't make the wheels go the little fellows
must get off and walk.
If Morgan and company have defrauded the govern­
ment they should be punished but on the surface it looks
like a grandstand play at the expense of the public. As
such it should be staged in Hollywood instead of Washing­
ton, D. C.
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THE OUTLOOK FOR PEACE
That Europe has been for the i>ast two years on the
verge of another war has been one of the things which has
delayed recovery from the world-wide depression. Every­
one familiar with the subject has pointed out that before
there can be any real economic adjustment nations must
cease trying to rival each other in armaments.
Now- it begins to look as if real disarmament were at
hand. The three men who hold the greatest power in the
world have agreed upon it. They are President Roosevelt
of the United States of America, Chancellor Hitler of the
German Republic and Premier Mussolini of the Kingdom of
Italy. Each of these men is today, in a very real sense- the
“boss” of his country.
Roosevelt spoke first, when he addressed an identical
message to every one of the 54 nations of the world urging
them all to agree to abolish “offensive” weapons and limit
themselves to defensive armament; further, to agree never
to send an armed force across their borders for purposes
of aggression.
The whole world applauded. Then Hitler spoke. With
President oosevelt’s message before him he declared that
Germany asked no more than to be recognized as an equal
among the nations- and that she did not dream of war nor
ask for anything more than the right to defend herself.
Now it was Mussolini’s turn. The leader of Italy called a
conference of representatives of Great Britain, France, Ger­
many and his own country, and, to the surpise eff the world
they agreed, unequivocally, to back up the disarmament
program and, what was more to the point, to engage in no
war in Europe for at least ten years.
That leaves Japan as the only nation threatening world
peace. Japan has withdrawn from the League of Nations.
President Roosevelt’s message to the nations suggested the
economic boycott of any nation which should persist in an
aggressive war. Wrhat may come of that we cannot guess,
but we feel certain that the cloud of impending war, which
threatened the safety of the whole world- has been lifted.
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INFLATION
Five different powers have been given the president by
congress in the procedure of inflation. He is authorized at
his discretion, to place in operation one, some, or all of these
measures:
To negotiate with the Federal Reserve Board for them to pur­
chase up to $3,000,000.000 of government securities through open mar­
ket operations;
To direct the Secretary of the Treasury to issue not more than
$3.000,000,000 of notes as provided in the Act of 1862 (greenbacks) for
the purpose of meeting maturing federal obligations, with the notes
to be retired four per cent annually;
To fix by proclamation the weight of the gold dollar in grains
nine-tenths fine at an amount that "he finds is necessary to protect
ihe foreign commerce of the United State against the adverse effect
of depreciated foreign currencies," or, in case of International agree­
ment, to fix the gold dollar's weight in accordance therewith, but not
reduce it by more than 50 per cent;
To accept up to $100,000,000 of silver In payment of obligations
due from foreign governments, during a period of one year and at a
value of not more than 50 cents an ounce; and, or.
To provide for the free coinage of silver at a ratio to gold which
be might see fit to determine.
PROHIBITION REPEAL DELEGATES LACKING
Not enough delegates from any county has filed for
the special election July 21 on prohibition repeal. Both
wet and dry supporters seem to be lacking although It Is
presumed that more candidates will file before the closing.
The convention is a matter of form to comply with
the provisions of amending the United States constitution.
How the state votes Is how the convention will have to vote.
This is the sticker for some of the drys as they do ont want
to be elected and then be compelled to vote wet.
States which have already voted have all been over-
whelinly wet. But there is a chance for anything to
happen in Oregon since we elected an independent gov­
ernor.
Government expense must come down that much is
certain. In 1900 our total public expenditures were six per
cent of our national income. Now it has risen to one-third
our national Income. No wonder we have large delinquent
tax lists and small return from income taxes. We’re asking
too much even in good times.
Quatta at Hotal— Fred l’epp. O
Otoaa and D Werglat, all of Pori
luud. war» gUMta al thu Sprilla
fletti hotal durili! Ih« pa»t waah.
SKENE
EllNORt BARRY
Snappy Auto Service
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some oue told her to keep off the J and don’t feel like talking or seeing
anyone T”
grata.
SYNOPSIS
She strolled out toward the gar
When Joyce opened her eye» one
The wonderful auunlneai of all
morning to «ee a fruit laden orange these rooma! The dining-room, den to examine the flowers, plan­
tree from the and of the luxurious ,him<h »mailer , han the living ning to walk around to the other
.... .................. « * • «
• “ » side of the house to »ee what sort
happened to her. for the laat thing Ita long open window» framed in of landscape would great her there.
It was so intensely thrilling to
she remembered was a »kidding rose vines. What a pleasant plucs
taxicab In Chicago on a sleeting to eat breakfast'
try to realise herself lu California!
November day. And when »he «aw
She heard sounds from beyond But Just sa she stepped out Into
the circle of diamonds on her wed
ding finger and when a man who the opposite door—low voice», the the warm aunshlns, marveling at
called her Frills cams to bid hsr an clink of china, a sudden rush of the smailng clearness of the at­
affectionate good-bys before lssv water, and the rustle of paper. Juat mosphere, ahe heard the telephone
hurried business
lug home for a hurried
bn»“»*«» „ aha waa w„„darlng whether to hell ring The telephone was nn a
trip, warutng her to be careful arter
"
her fall from her horae the day be-
Into the kitchen and announce stand st the foot of the stairs, and
fore, she was even more punled. her presence or look around for and the maid who had waited on
The gorgeous house that waa evi­ a hell to ring, the door opened and her approached It with deliberate
dently her home, the faint brown a woman In a maid's uniform of steps and lifted the receiver.
stains on her fingers—ahe had
Yea? Yes. thia to Roxie . flood
never smoked—and the initials on blue chambray appeared. She was
her toilet articles. F. L. P.. added probably about forty years old. a morning. Mrs. Packard Why yea.
to her bewilderment. But—“It'» plump comfortable-looking sort of Mrs. Packard's had breakfast but
heavenly," »he said. "I'd be perfect­ person with a round, red face, she has a headache and said ahe
ly happy to spend a whole day right smooth black hair and blue eyes.
couldn't see anyone. . . Nno, she
here."
Seeing Joyce, she started In sur­ Juat said 'anyone' Well. I'll ask
QO ON WITH THK STORY -----
The next
prise and exclaimed, speaking her. Juat a minute . .
Joyce put the photograph back
rapidly and sounding a note of moment the maid seeing Joyce, said
and left the room without further
apology, "Wa thought you muat be apologetically, “Mrs. Paul Packard,
inveettgatlon.
still asleep, ma'am, and we didn't ma'am, on the phone and wants to
These people would find out »he want to disturb you. not being sure know how you are. She said Mr.
wasn't really Frill» — and then how you'd be feeling this morning Nell has asked her to come over
what* But how absurd? It waen't after your fall, and all. Ain't It fine to te a you and ahe'a Juat ready to
as If »he were a real Imposter pre­ that you're able to be up? Ma'am, »tart now."
tending to be some oue else! They would you have some breakfast this
“Oh? But . . hut -please tell her
would see the same face, the same morning F '
my head—I Just don't feel I can talk
bobbed hair, the same clothes she
During this speech Joyce had or—or see anyone today." stammer­
had beau wearing. They might been getting hold of herself. By the ed Joyce. "I think I'd better keep
notice a difference in her manner, end of It she made several dlsrov pretty quiet tor a little while. I . . .
but they needn't guess that she was eries. One was that the maid was I'm sorry.” She looked helplessly at
now an entirely different person plainly nervous Her manner tndl the maid, who returned without
Bitty!
rated. It seemed to Joyce, that she comment to the telephone and de­
"I've got to get ovjer the feeling was uncertain how her words would livered the message Joyce llatened.
that I’m breaking Into this house I be received. Strangely like . . .like wondering worriedly whether ahe
and that the first person who sees his manner before he left! FrIUs should have taken the plunge Per
me can throw me out." she decided. had evidently been of a tempera hap» her refusal to see Mrs. PauJ
Packard would cause trouble.
In the bedroom. Joyce found a mental disposition toward both
She decided regretfully that ahe
master
and
maid!
cblffonir with drawers full of the
had
best not go out Into the garden
Joyce could not help liking the
finest silk and batiste underwear
where unexpected callers might
maid's
looks.
She
had
an
Intuition
Getting dressed was a slow process,
find her. She would be safer up
for she kept making new discover­ that this woman would be a friend
In her room for thia day at least.
ies which she had to stop and ad­ worth having even If she were a
What »he must find now were let
mire. The clothes closet was as j servant.
tera and other evidence to enlighten
great a thrill as the bathroom. She
“Thank you." smiled Joyce, wish
her further.
stood, almost In awe. gating into ing she knew the maid's name,
In her bedroom again, the dis­
it. her thoughts again Involuntarily feel all right, except for a headache covered that one of the mirrors be­
her
room
In
West
;
and
a
little
stlffnees
But
I'm
hun-
returnlng to
side the dressing table formed the
Philadelphia. "I think I've died and gry. I would like some breakfast, panel of a door. "This," murmured
gone to a special heaven for work­ please."
The look of relief In the woman's Joyce, turning the glass handle
ing girls!" she gloated.
and looking Into the next room
"I could play around here all day face was so strong as to amount
must be my boudoir! Ah. there's a
almost
to
gratitude
There
waa
looking for clothes. They can't all
desk
at last. I was Just beginning
be mine! But I really must get something dog-llke about It that
to wonder whether there was any
touched
Joyce
and
made
her
un­
dressed and hurry up and find out
place In this «hole house where
what I can about myself. That's comfortable at the same-time.
"I’ll have Marcia fix It right one could write a letter. Now I
more Important than clothes."
certainly ought to discover some­
booking the dresses over hastily, I away, ma'am. What would you
thing more.”
she found that the majority were like?”
She »at down at the desk. "Now
well.
let
me
see.
Some
cof­
not only very extreme In style, but I “Oh
I
feel like a real crook." »he
also of vivid colors and patterns fee and toast and bacon and eggs thought uncomfortably, "reading
And
.
.
.
and
orange
Juice.
1
think.”
such as Joyce had never worn. She
somebody else's letter«!”
finally picked out a sport dress of As the maid turned away, she add-
In spite of the handsome fittings.
white crepe de chine, and put on ed. "By the way. was there any
It was an untidy desk, carrying a
white stockings and shoes. Pleas- mall this morning?"
scattered litter of accumulated odds
antly Impressed by the reflection
“Wh no. ma'am, there wonldn t
and end», with du»t plainly rtolble
be
any
today.
It's
Sunday,
you
In the long mirror, she was about
all over It. 8craps of paper, several
to venture out of the room, when know.”
“Of course, how stupid of me to pencil», with broken points, a rag­
she caught sight again of the blue
ged. much-uaed piece of blotting
leather case on the dressing table. forget,” murmured Joyce blushing
paper, matches and loose cigaret­
“Wonder what's In It. . . I might Disappointed, she strolled bark to
tes. a halt-empty box of aspirin
Just take a look,” she decided, un- the living room to wait for break
tablets . . . . and. here and there,
able to resist the temptation to fast. She had hoped there would be
four calling cards with the name
open the box. With wide eyes she a letter; It was so peculiar not to
”Mr. Arthur Milford Maitland" . . .
gazed curiously on a Jumbled mass know your own last name
(T O BE C O N T IN U E D )
of Jewelry.
Oh a three-tier green table set
close
to
the
back
of
a
strangely
up­
Joyce made a face at this mis­
cellaneous collection. "What a mix holstered davenport lay a few ma EDUCATIONAL PICTURES
SECURED FOR 4-H FAIR
ture! Frill» muit »Imply have drip­ gazlnea.
At the bottom of the pile she
ped with Jewelry. All this 1» worth
Arrangements for the exhibition
a nice little sum. though. It would found a Saturday Evening Post, and
make me nerous to have It around. I on the tiny yellow address label of a complete program of educa
How queer to think that I . . . that were printed the words. "Nell Pack- ttonal pictures of fore-t subjects at
the second annual Ijine county
part of me . . . could choose things ard. Manzanita. Cal.
that are so absolutely different j "Nell Packard. Manzanita. Cal.!" Four-H club fair to be held In Eu­
from what I really like.. Oh. what exclaimed Joyce under her breath, gene August 24. 25. and 26 hare
a wonderful diamond! I never saw "California! Well, that's some Jump been completed with W. Fuller of
anything sparkle like that. It's from Philadelphia. About as far the state forester's office It was an­
fascinating!” She picked out a ring away as I could get. And so his nounced this week by R. C. Kueh-
ner, county club leader. In addition
a large square cut diamond In a name to Nell Packnrd. And me
delicate platinum setting, and slip- I'm Mrs. Nell Packard. Frills Pack- to this Mr. Fuller will show sub­
ject matter pictures of special In­
ped It on the finger which wore the ard.”
wedding ring.
- She looked out of the windows at terest to club members In their pro­
‘That must be the engagement the wealth of flower» blooming In ject. No coat will be attached to
ring. I . . . I think III wear It, for the garden. "No wonder there areI the showing of the pictures. Mr.
fun.” She held out her hand at oranges and roses! No wonder the Fuller and his pictures last year
arm's length and surveyed It with hills and mountain» are so different proved one of the features of the
t i l club fair.
mingled feelings of admiration and from any I ever saw!
uneasiness. The two rings gave
The maid appeared to tell her
WORK OF WOODPECKER
her hand an unfamiliar look and > that breakfast was ready,
she felt as If she were borrowing
The commonplaceness of the din-
IS ON DISPLAY HERE
some one else'» Jewelry and mas Ing-room furniture proved a wel
An Interesting manner In which
querading as a married woman Just come relief to Joyce after the "mo­
the woodpecker stores away food
tor a Joke.
derntotlc” living-room.
"Now tor downstairs. I think at J Joyce took up the thin glass of tor his winter supply to demonstra
laat I'll really find out something.! orange Juice which nestled In a bed ted by a branch of a tree being ex-
. . . but J feel like Alice In Wonder- of cracked Ice. It was deliciously hlhlted at the Ix>op cigar store. The
|and----- sweet and refreshing.
limb to filled with holes Into each
Joyce hesitated nt the top of the
"When I consider how. In my old of which has been thrust an acorn
steps her heart beginning to beat life. I could get a thrill out of flnd- tor a rainy day. The branch wa»
vlolently again and her courage Ing one of AJdous Huxley's or found on the Fox farm.
rapidly oozing.
Robert Aalnsworth’s books on the
-
But In a few momenta she gath bargain counter at Leary's, I won-
Fiah North Fork—W. K. Harnell.
ered up her courage again, urged on der I’m not dizzy with excitement Riley Snodgrass. H. O. Dlhhlee and
by a combination of curoslty and, at all these thrills piled on me all
E. Maxey spent Sunday fishing
to her surprise, a distinct sensation at once. There’s too much of It . . . on the North Fork of the Sluslaw.
of hunger. She wanted some break 1 can’t make myself believe I won’t Fishing was not very good there
fast right away! A cup of coffee ' wake up In a few minutes and find they reported.
myself In some little, stuffy hall
would help to steady her nerves.
At the foot of the stairs she bedroom In a noisy city. .
LOST 40 POUNDS
She drew In her breath sharply, ON DOCTOR'S ADVICE
found a long living room with
French windows. It was furnished wilted In spirit at the thought.
Just then the maid brought In the
“I'm a user of Kruschen Halts as
with new and curious furniture of
a reducing remedy and can say
a type that Joyce had never before I rest of her breakfast.
than
seen and that, unexpectedly con-
"Is there anything else you'd like they are fine. Have lost more <radu
fronting her, caused her to gasp Mrs. Packard? the woman linger- a)ly reduclng M Wy doctor advises
The tables, chairs, and lamps were ed to aak.
Mias Bertha Waldo, Hainan, N. Dak
fantastically colored and shaped,! "Oh, no thank you!” replied (Oct. 30, '32).
and there were here and there. Joyce, restraining an Impulse to
‘al‘^ i r Ut*eh’’n
.
.
.
at.
. j one naif teaHpoonrul in a k I rhh ori
ornaments so comic that «he burst show her enthusiasm, sh e resolved hot water fjrgt thing every morning
out laughing.
that she must be as noncommittal Besides losing ugly fat SAFELY
She picked her way gingerly as possible for a while.
you'll gain In health and physical
amid furniture that was vaguely
When ahe was alone again, Joyce attractiveness — constipation gas
reminiscent of the New York sky ate with relish, finishing «W Y |
f e j *<ningZr—more "active
scrapers, and crossed the living- scrap of the Jam, every crumb of fU„ of ambition — clear skin- — !
room, thinking as she glanced toast, and every drop of the coffee, sparkling eyes.
A Jar that lasts 4 weeks costs but
through the glass doors, that she
When the maid appeared again,
muat get out Into the heavenly »he had made up her mind. "If any- a trifle at any drug store In the
world— but demand and get Krug-
garden Immediately after breakfast one telephones or calls, will you hen and |f on# bot„ e (Jo“1)n.l Joy.
and pick at least one rose before , please aay that I have a headache I fully please you—money back.
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