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-PAGE FOUR THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1017 mi FORGET THE GOOD JROADS RALLY 'Gevernor and Highway Com missioned Included in I List of Speakers. Qorernor Wlthycoraba and Hlghwa? Commissioners Denson, Thompson, and .Adams are Included In the list ot speakers fr tho . Slate-wide Good IRoads Rail; to bo held In Portland, Saturday, April 2Sth. The committee In charge of the gathering also plans to hare flvn-mtnute talks by a nuru )cr ot Mayors from various Oregon cities. Representation at tho meeting will "be unllmttedi Every club and organiza tion throughout the state that Is In terested in good roads and is favor able to tho road bond billi has been -Invited to send as many representa tives as find It possible to attend the Tally. The railroads have granted a special Tate of one and one third fare for the atmnd trip, based on the certificate ACTIVITIES OF OTHER COMMUNITIES TOLD BY CORRESPONDENTS DONNA. Donna. April 21. Herbert Hill nnd Miss Esther Ward worts married at Albany tho othor day. They Intend to llvo near hero. Kenneth Conloy made a trip to Eug ene Saturday to attend to somo bus- isnos. A double birthday surprise parly was given In honor ot Jonnto Spore? and Floyd Keuucdy last Friday oven. Ing. Games were played, a flno sup. per wns served and a good time had by nil present. The Christian Endeavor social nnJ business meeting was post-poncd a week last Friday. Tho boys enter. talncd last month, this being tho girls turn but they wero un.prepnrod. John D Adams and J K McGeo made business trips to Eugene last Tuesday. Miss Wilson canio up this nioniln,; on the train to visit E L Roberts and family, Everrett McGee, n student at the Eugene high school was homo last Parson's Garage Gonnrnl Rannlr nnrl QtArnrrn Second Hand Cars nnd Trucks' 2G5 Elchth Ave. West Phono 105 EUGENE, OREGON jplan, for those attending the meeting Reports from throughout the state in- t weekend visiting his father J R McGoo dlcate that the attendance will be t J Q Green and son Alvy mado a trip to Springfield and Eugeno Saturday. ' tl Jonnlo Spores and Miss Lcono Bar- jilllltl KEIA V N HK "on Ber went to tho Springfield co m wuui itvnu i wuiihiiv ,lr,,v County money now spent on trunk lines will be used on laterals and other 3is traveled roads If the good roads 4oad Issue is voted by the people at iho June election. Clackamas County, the home of C. XL Spence, Grange Leader, who is op- posing tha road bond bill. Is reported to have spent $3,000,00u on roads in the last ten years and has three or iour miles of improved roads to show Jor It Tote for the roads bonds June 4th. It is good business. In 1910 the people of California vot ed bonds to the amount of 118,000, 000 for good roads by a small majority. Xast Fall by a 4 to 1 vote they approv ed a further bond issue of $15,000,--000 for the same purpose. Californlans know a good Investment when they -see it "Stop renting your roads buy "them." "Paying as we grow Is better than paying as we go" was one of the point ed remarks of Highway Commission er Adams when he recently addressed a meeting of Portland Realty men. People won't go back to the farm 'tintil they have roads to get there. -Assist the "Back to the Farm" move ment by voting for the road bond 1)111 at the June election. Place the burden of building the 'Toads on those who wear them out unty convention as delegates of qui' Christian Endeavor. They reported a very good time. The' leader of the C E herenext Sunday evening as appointed by tho i committee Is Miss Elizabeth Kennedy. W A Heck, post master here has sent In his resignation for that po sition and received the 15 day notice for a new- one. The eighth grade pupils are study, ing hard for their final examinations, all expect to pass. CAMP CREEK. Camp Creek April 21 Mr and Mrs J J Chase were Eugene visitors Tues day and Wednesday. J A Crabtree and Bert Llbby went to Wendling Monday to work in the lumber camp 9 . Supervisor Senter visited the school here Monday. Tom and Wilbert Brattaln from Springfield spent the week end on tho Brattaln ranch here. Chester Stephens spent Sunday at Edd Nye's home. Mrs Walter Stephens and children spent Friday with Mrs G F Hartley. Sam Hartley was in Eugeno on bus iness Thursday. WHO FRANCES CARSON IS Pretty Girl Who Plays Judy In "Daddy Long. Legs" Is American Pretty Frances Carson, who playa the saucy "Judy" In Henry Miller's .1, n.n.r.nl,i1nn T-l. .. t . .. It .. automobiles has been doubled and the , D,al dy Long-Legs Company, and who owners of these machines are willing charme(1 audiences last season and to pay the Increased fee. All they ask ,ie doln 80 aBa,n t,lls 'ear. '8 sweet Tifi that the money so raised shall be and natural American girl who had axpended in construction of good ( the good fortune to get a big channo roads. Vote for the road bond bill on the stage and who has made good and .assist to bring that about. , in it she ,B twenty and was born In , .. . , ! Philadelphia, her father being of Eng. Auto license fees alone will pay all .... . , . the costs-principal and Interest-of ,,sh de8Cent and her mother an Aini- the $6,000,000 road bond bill and leave i trian- Perhaps that combination la ta substantial balance for other roads. I what gives her the brilliant coloring And all this without an additional cent and red-gold hair which is one of her of taxation for the farmer. f A t 1 attractions. Mr Miller selected her for the role "Every automobile owner in the state or ..Judv aftor BGeinc her In a stock should vote for the $6,000,000 road company , her home cIty. M,S8 Car Jbond bill. His license tax was doubled i , . , . . . .. , the. last legislature and he will 80,1 wa educated at the State Normal haveo pay the increased fee anyway. School at Trenton, N J and did a lot If the road bonds are voted at the of acting while at College. Contrary special election in June, the money ' to general custom her parents en derived therefrom Is to be expended ' couraged her to seek for a place on in the construction of a system of ' tlie 8tagc an,i B,e secured a position atate-wide bard-surfaced roads. j wUh the 0rpheum Stock Company at ,, ., , , ,. , . . . I Philadelphia. Then she had a better Will the people from the Interior ;. , , , he benefiUed, Inquires J. F. Hutcha- chance with William A Brady 8 "Val son, of Douglas County, In a communi- Received" company and later with - cation lo the Roseburg News. There ! Important stock organizations in Ot Is no question about that, he replies ' tawa, Canada, and Toledo, Ohio In in answering his own question. The J which she gained much oxperiance. bonds mean better roads for every r ,. Hhfi wa wlti. whiti, Heather." section of the county and better roads MU, B(J,ectcd her after con n n n ...... Ililnirn Tli a fa wm - " ulderlng over a hundred applicants for the rolo of "Judy." Last season Miss Carson won many friends In Daddy Long-Legs and her return In the part Is a matter of con gratulation to play-goora. The como dy comes to the Eugeno Theatre on Wednesday April 25th. ..mean many tilings. me larm or -ranch can be sold for more money If one wishes to sell. Marketing is facilitated and the cost is lessened. "The sooner wo get permanent roads ', the sooner will taxes grow less. Good roads cost less to maintain. If we -dump our money each year into a few mud holes and keep It up from year to year we have benefitted no -one, not even the men who fill the .mud holes, for they have to pay part ot the taxes, too. ""To our way of thinking," says the Hillaboro Independent, "perhaps the chief argument in favor of the road bonds Is that the cities and towns as well as an additional proportion of the xtotal valuation will pay the largest khare, and the burden will be shitted mom th farmer's 26 per cent to the .;. remaining 74, Not only that, but the .complaint that the city automoblllit V-haa worn out the roads he did not pay fr Is met and In the future be will travel th road that cost him more .tain was pajd by the farm he passes -and in addition the fat total of blB .automobile licenses, a proportion ot vwltlch was returned to his own county, will now pay the Interest on the loan Jae made to build the roads," Real Estate Transfers, Booth-Kelly Lumber co. to Charles Neet et ux, N. W. V of N. W. of sec. 29, tp. 19-1 $300. Safe Medicine for Children. "Is it safe?" is tho first question to bo considered when buying cough medicine for children, Chamberlain' Cough Remedy has long been a favor. Ito wltfli mothers ot young children as it contains no opium or other narcotic, and may be given to a child as confl dently as an adult. It Is plesant to take too, which Is of great Importanco when a medicine must bo given to young children. This remedy is most effectual In relieving coughs, colds and croup. Obtainable) everywhere. noilKUT HURNB LmlRO. No 78, A. M. P., Ancient and Accented Scottish RUo Unl vernal and Symballo Froo Masons moots first nnd third Friday evening In W. O. W, hall. Visiting brothora wo! como. 1. A. Johnson Secretary. Chan. Klngswoll It W. M Buy Your Spring Shoes AT 35 WEST 8th STREET. Tho Largost Assortment In Eugono. SAVE A DOLLAR By Walking 50 Foot Off of tho Mnin Stroot. T. A. GILBERT PRICE MAY NOT BE TIIK ONLY FAULT YOU WILL FIND WITH TIHHH III-. FORK LONG, TIIKHH ARE NO COLD HTOItAOE PLANTS FOR THE8K. NOTHING LOHT IN IIUYINO NOW. Distil, late, Monogram oils, Gronso, Etc. STODDARD -DAYTON GARAGE 8th Avo. Kant 242 Phono 113 Iftutt of Hotel Oaburn Half Mock Ford Switch Koy Sorvico Station No. 1 NEW SERVICE: Wo nro nuthorlzod under tho Perioral Hcsorvo Law to act uh an Executor, Administrator, Uuarrilan or TrtiHtoo. TIiIh Ib a now Hcrvlco our odlcora will bo t;Iad to dlHCUBH with you. FIRST NATIONAL BANK, EUGENE, OREGON, Announcement Extraordinary WILLIAM FARNUM and Kathlyn Williams IN Rex Beachs thrilling tale of the Alaskan Gold Fields. See the Greatest of All Fight Scenes in This New Picture. THE SPOILERS New Edition de Luxe in 12 Reels Tingling With Action and Excitement See It in Its New Form, Greater Than the Original Spoilers The Spoilers In its original form in 9 reels was the sensation of the motion picture world. Thoro now has boon made a new and greater Spoilers. It has been expanded to 12 reels by many groat scones and incidonts that were formerly omitted and will now surpass even its former success. AN ALL-STAR COMPANY IN REX BEACH'S MOST FAMOUS STORY Bell Theatre, Saturday Apn! 28 I