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About The Lane County news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1914-1916 | View Entire Issue (May 27, 1915)
, i '. THE LANE COUNTY KEWg, W. A. DILL W .'I .1 Itf&r and Mafrctr Published Every1 Monday knd ' jhuredaylhy file Lwie County Pub lishing Association. One Year RATES OP SUBSCRIPTION. $1.50 I Six Months - - .75 J Three Months Advertising Rates "Furnished on Application. .61) t Mmhir of Editorial Association. Mombor of the Willamette Valley Editorial Association. And Remember to Cot a Stop-Over for Springfield. SPRINGFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1915. MY HERO He's a little old man with a scanty gray beard, And stoops as he walks with a cane; His step is quite slow, and forgetful is he, For backward's the trend of his brain. But back in those days of the long, long ago, ,a When Grandsire was then in his prime, ' He shouldered his gun and marched off to the war, ' With heroes of Civil War time. And Mary, his wife, through tear-dimmed eyes Beheld him in uniform blue; With pride in her face and prayer in her heart That God spare her soldier so true. Then with her children she spent weary hours Spinning and weaving for pay, That without sugar and coffee of wheat Preserve them from starvation's prey. From early gray dawn 'till the last candle's light She toiled 'mid her prayers and her tears; And only the Lord's Day beheld her at rest, With sleep to dull sorrows and fears. From the scenes of the battles came rumors of death, Then of life, and of prison so grim. With sick-hearted horror she thought of the squalor And said, "It will surely kill him." With leaden shod feet those three weary years At last dragged away to their end. With suff' ring grown older a thin, bearded soldier Is home, there his last days to spend. Then God bless my hero and grant that the rest 4 u Of his life full of peacefulness be. And give him a home in the mansions above With Mary through eternity. C. H. S. Springfield, Ore., 1915. jKNOWTHY eqUNT$, f Jlntroduct;or& Kf America is a 1na that should ring out (row every school room, office, farm aid shop la this nn tioa. No man can aspire to a hither honor than to become a capable cltl ion, and no one can merit m dls tlngulshod'a tltlo until ho Is will in tormcd.ot tho resources, possibilities and achievements of our country, This Is a commercial ago and civ filiation Is boarluc ha 111 out mlilmi fruli In America, "Wo are noted for our industrial achievements as Egypt was noted for hor pyramids; Jerusa lem for hor religion; Greece for her art; Phoenicia for her Hoots; Chaldoa for her astronomy and Homo for her laws. Likewise wo havo men who will go down In tho world's history as pow erful products of their ago. For, stand ing at tho Bourco of overy gigantic movement that sways civilisation Is a great man. Tho greatest nlnds travel la tho greatest direction and the com mercial geniuses of this age would have boon the sculptors, poets, phil osophers, architects, and artists of earlier civilizations. As Michael Angelo took a rock and with a chisel hewed It Into the Imago of an angel that over beckons man kind upward and onward.. Hill took the desert of the Northwest and with bands of steel mado it blossom llko a rose, dotted tho valleys with happy homes and built cities In waste places. . As Guttcnborg took blocks of wood and whittled them into an alphabot and mado a printing press that flashed education across the con tinent llko a ray of light upon a new born world, McCormlck took and bent It Into one sweep of a bar of Iron a reaper and with his mnglo mind broke tho shackles that enslaved tabor of generations yet unborn, and gaVo mankind freedom from drudgory, and lifted tho human race Into a higher rono of life. As Nelson organized tho UiigIIbIi navy and made England tntstrcsj of tho sea, enabling tho British Isles To pin At her flag upon every continent washed by tho ocean's waves, mid to make foot' stools of the Islands of ovory water, Morgan organlzod a banking system that has mado Amorlcn mnstor of tho world's finances, brought Kings to our cashier's windows, tho nations .of tho earth to our discount doaks and placod under tho Industries of this nation a tlnanctal system as solid as tho Hock of Gibraltar. Thoro Is no study qulto so Interest ing as progress; no sound so maglo as tho roar of Industry and no sight so Inspiring as civilisation in action. A full realisation of America's part In the great events of the world past, presout and future will thrill every human heart with pride, patriotism and faith in Republican Institutions, Through the courtesy of tho Agri cultural and Commercial Press Ser vice, tho readers of this paper will be pormlttod to study America; hor ag- rlculturnl, manufacturing and min eral development, mercantile, bank ing and transportation systems which are tno wonder or tno worm, mo first articlo of tho sorlcs will deal with transportation and will appear nt an early date IT GOOD OLD WORDS BECOMING OBSOlETE ' J, Boy,1 Girl, Child, Children those are good old -jvords," as h janciehl as!',the language we speak, and entitled to the "utmost respect from people who lay claim to refinement 'and intelligence. Db you know, Mr. Goodman and Madame Goodwoman, that those words are in danger of becoming obsolete? That is the fact Just keep your ears open a little and you will soon be convinced of it. The new generation is about to thrust these old and distinguished members of the English lan guage into outer darkness, and substitute therefor the cynical, low-pedigreed noun, "kid." So true is this that one may spend the day talking with all the children he may meet, whether singly or in groups, and 99 You May Visit the California Expositions On your way to or from the East Summer Excursions Tickets On sale May 15 daily to September 30 permitting stop-overs en route. "Teh days' stop allowed on one way tickets at San- Francisco and Los Angeles. Low Round Trip Fares to San : . Francisco and San Diego dur ing the Exposition Period. 'Visit the Southern Pacific building at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. Itest Room, Moving Pictures, Travel Lec tures, Ticket and Validating Office and information bureau. per cent of those boys and girls will refer to each other and. to their playmates generally as the progeny of a goat. Why? Because that 99 per cent of boys and girls hear little or nothing else among their elders. It Is "kid," "kiddie," and "kiddo," and the least olegant of these three, "klddoo." The thought is, how docs this strike father and mother who would like to be credited as reasonably cultured and refined citi zens? Can such people say that they like this rather contempt uous slang of low breeding?rajB,ibefitting their children, better thnn the sweet old English wordsboy, girl, child, chlldron. In the discussion of this matter we are not straining after any high-brow, purist effect. We are simply stating a plain and palpable fact, that these splendid words, which denote something of the love and tender respectwe have for our sons and daughters are by mere carelessness gojiig out of use, so that In course of time parents wjll not say of tkelr daughter: "She Js our girl," but "She's our she-kid," or "littlesNanny"; and of tho son: "He's our he-kid," or "little Billy." This is not a case of the.survival of the fittest. It Ib tho pen alty of thoughtlessness.Teligram,ttk , , " MONEAND TO SPARE. Considering the complications which the war has brought about and the possible outcome of them bo far as tills country is concerned, there is assurance that if the worst comes wo have plenty of money. It is said that In this sense we are in splendid condition. Possibly we never were better able to meet any demand that may be made upon us, says the Telegram. Noting this assurance, a good woman acquaintance re marks on the facility with which we boast of our money and tho willingness with which we would spend it If war should come and the purpose of spending it tyere to kill people and destroy property. Some pithy philosophy In that comment. Why, indeed, should we hold ourselves to the profligate spending of money only upon occasion when killing and destruc tion are the objects? No intelligent person questions why wo spend it on such occasions; but why not as willingly let go of it for constructive as for destructive purposes? When war comes we spend tens of millions a week and when funds on hand are gone we borrow more to the Illimitable credit of the nation, if that be, necessary. But strange to say we would never do that to make men better, women happier and children more competent td face the duties that will come upon them when they are men and women. For these purposes we spend money, it is true, but not with .the unchecked liberality with which we empty the treasure chests when war Is on and some one Is to be killed. SEES A REPUBLICAN LANDSLIDE. (Marshfield Evening Record.) There is; Indeed, a striking similarity between what is taking place here today and what happened In the days of the hard times 20 years ago. However there is a bright lining for the people it lies In the certainty of a Republican landslide in 191G. You listen to the talk around you and you will hear scores say they will never vote the Democratic ticket again, and what is true on Coos Bay Is likewise true all over the country. The people have had all they want of the Democrats, and are only waiting for the chance to show It. v .. Bound to Grow Mostlargo buulnt6i ontorprlaoa of lo-, -,'s -flay" woro begun in 'h; small way. ; . j Propbr banking fncllltlos will help ' your business to grow and prosper. Thia nnnk gives tho samo careful at tention to tho small accounts that It furnished tho larger ones wo know ' tli'oy will grow. Wot will npproclato your nccotiut whether small or largo. ESTABLISHED 1907 SAFETV-CONVENIENCE-SERVICE STUDENTS ISSUE A FINE PUBLICATION (Continued from Pago 1.) Full' information from nearest Agent of ... SOUTHERN PACIFIC John M. cptt,,3eneral Passenger Agent, Portland, Ore. the commercial department. A picture shows the kitchen of the domestic science department." The customary reports of stu dent activities are made, and there is some very creditable stories and verse in the literary department. The staff of the Annual is as follows: Editor-hi -chief, Walter Bailey; assistant editor, France Travis; business manager, Low is G randy; assistant business manager, Albert Soleim; liter ary, Mae Lyon; society, Stella Mitchell; dramatics, Wlnono Piatt; art, Birdie Spencer; Josh es, Orson Vaughn ; exchange, Winifred May; athletics, Norton pengra. We Sell the Hamilton B, W, ROOF, Jsweler & Optician The Best Groceries For Less Money The Fifth Street Grocery Thos. Sikcs, Prop. Phono 22 Safe Deposit Boxes Valuable papers deposited In our ;Yf:v Saf Deposit boxes can not burn , ; rv pannot get lost or destroyed. 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