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THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS FlUDAY, fSICTTEMnER 20. 1919 VACK 4 THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS Published Every Friday at Springfield. Ine County, Oregon Ily MILLER A FREELANO LYNX W. MILLER - Entered at the rosloffloe at Springfllil. Oregon, as Secondclass Matter, February 24, 1903, , SUBSCRIPTION RATES.: , One Year - $2.00 Three Month...... - .&0c Blx Months....- H-03 Single Copy - 6c One Year, When Paid In Advance.- - $175 ABOUT ADVERTISING The News would like to have every business concern In Springfield repre sented in Its advertising colutus. We want to publish a bigger and better paper one that will be a dis tinct credit to Springfield. But a bigger and better paper means more outlay for help and material. A good newspaper. It la generally admitted, is a necessary adjunct f the progress and building up of a town. People at distant points who con template seeking new homes very fre quently get their first Impressions as to the desirability of any particular locality through perusal of Its local newspaper copies of which are giTen to them by some subscriber In their own community, sent to them by a relative or friend, or, upon request, mailed to them directly by the pub lishers. For instance, the News each week receives and complies with such requests as the following: "Editor News: Your paper Is men tioned In the Oregon Almanac as one which will send sample copies to parties Interested In Oregon, and I assure you I will appreciate any cour tesies extended " This writer, who now lives In South ern California, also asks, as is fre quently the case, special Information by letter. If the paper Is neatly gotten up. full of local news, and the advertising columns show the town has live, com petitive merchants in the various lines, manufacturing and industrial en terprises, and representatives of the professions, the homeseeker is likely to be impressed to make further in quiry, or to come and investigate in person. On the contrary, even though the paper is of neat appearance and new sy, the absence of a good reflection of the commercial and industrial life of the toiumnnity In its advertising columns will tend to inipreKs him un favorably. Isn't this no? J nut imagine your, self in his place and consider it for a few moments. The foregoing is intended to show one phae of the indirect value of home newspaper advertising. The building up of Springfield very largely depends on the getting of more people to make home upon its large areHs of adjacent valley lands which under the irrigation system now avail able will, when cut into smaller hold ings, provide homes for many times the people they have in the pant. New settlers in the adjacent coun try bring more business, and more business is what makes a bigger town, with consequent benefit to all who have business or property Interests therein. It is unnecessary to discuss the di rect value of advertising. It is large ly what the advertiser makes of it. No mercantile business ever grew to big proportions without newBpaper advertising. To be really successful a merchant must tell the public what he has to sell and how much he wants for it. And no medium superior to the local newspaper has yet been discovered for this purpose. When merchants fail to do this kind of advertising they divert trade to the more pro gressive stores of neighboring towns. As first stated above, the News wants every business man in Spring field to advertise through its columns not to "help the paper," but to help himself and to help build up his town. CATTLE IN MOUNTAINS A university professor the other day penned an indignant protest to the forest service. In company with a melodious burro he had feasted his soul on the beauty of the High Sierra. Unfortunately, so he averred, his Jackass could not live on a diet of scenery and la a certain region there was nothing else lor the Jackass to " B. FREELAND eat because a band of sheep hud con sumed every last blade and loaf. Whereupon the forest service inves tigated and found that three foot loose donkeys were of their own free will following in the wake of the sheep because they enjoyed the wool pro ducers society. After traveling with the sheep for weeks they were still fat and sleek. All of which would be of small im portance if there were not a well de fined movement to keep the cattle and sheep out of many hundreds of square miles of western mountains, on the plea that the scenery must be kept inviolate and the pasture pre served for the campers' animals. More especially do the promoters of the movement advocate the total ex clusion of sheep. They hate mutton on the hoof, having Inherited ttte prejudice against the useful animal from, the oJA-time c&tt'e men and from John Muir. So strong Is the prejudice that Stephen Mather, head of the national parks bureau, on a recent lnsectlon trip to the region he wants to add to the Yoseniile national park, commented on the im provement in the condition of the dis trict brought about by the complete absence of sheep. Whereupon a forest service official, suppressing a smile, replied: "I am glad you have noticed the Improve ment, but I am rather astonished that you did not notice one of the thirty eight thousand sheep that are grazing In the area this summer." Livestock properly assigned, hand led and supervised won't eat or de stroy Bcenery, nor will It diminish the beauty of the high places. If live stock were detrimental to the moun tain tourist trade, the Swiss hotel keepers would have been in the poor house many years ago. We all enjoy scenery, hut most of us also need overcoats and lamb chops at a reas onable price. Sunset Magazine. BIG MEN FROM SMALL TOWNS Large cities have a habit of reap ing unearned reward, of accepting un deserved medals. Indeed, these fair cities strike off their own medals of honor. They continually keep their stock of pride filled to the brim, with out other effort than borrowing from their smaller neighbors. The city, someone has said. Is noth ing but a collection of human beings and a conglomeration of brick and Iron. This Is not an exact definition. A city is nothing more than the bor rowings from farm and small town. For instance: Two great cities this day are pointing tn themselves with considerable Joy as pennant-winning baseball cities. They call them "our" teams. And when you get right down to brass tacks, neither the Chicago White Sox nor the Cincinnati Reds are big city teams. Take front them the small town players they have bor rowed and littje is left, surely no pennant winner! The best players on the two best big city teams were born in small towns; gained their strength, skill and knowledge in small towns. The largest of American cltlea called for a man, born and educated in a small town, when there was need to untangle and weave together a giant transportation system. New York's biggest financiers, doctors, law yers, captains of Industry, once were small town boys. So, too, with most of our senators and representatives, our governors. The nation has a little Missouri town to thank for Pershing. To the successful man of the future we say: Be born in a small town; never in a large city! Some perfectly honest preachers are out pamphlet Ing their parishion ers In the West with Scriptural rea- sous for the League of Nations. The trouble with most of these minister Ib they are blinded by the peace phrases of our President, and do not see that there is a vast difference between a Utopian dream and a real- lty nightmare. Amurlcun Economist. AGAINST WAGES FOR WIVES Gathering of Womtn Ridicule the ld., Labeling It as "Commercial!! ' ino ths Home." Wsue for wive were turned down by an audience largely of women here the other night after a debate on whether husband should he required to pay such wage, says the Phlladel phln Kc1i.ni; Bulletin. One speaker drew a dismal picture of the future of romance with wives working for wages. "Imagine a scene like thl." he said: "Money, do you love me?" "Of coiirve I love you." "Then will you marry me?" "Well, maybe. Mow much do you pay ?" "Suppose the wives were to Join the soviet of vtHlters-np and charge triple wage for waiting up nights for husband. he said. "Imagine a wife going Into society and being labeled a 5 L a-weck wife. A woman ran take a last year bat and make It look like new. But when she signed a emu nut for $15 a week there would be no hiding It from the neigh bors." Another speaker pleaded that "wom an shall not be brought down from her pedestal as a queen and made a mere employee of man." In depicting the future of romance under the wage sys tem be sold the marriage ceremony would have to be rev Wed to reud: "With this ring I hire thee, and will pay thee $15 a week by the aid of the world, the flesh and the devil." Notice like the following he pre dicted would be published: "Marred John Brown and Mary Smith, by Rev. Russell II. Con well. They will live In Lotan and the wlfe'a wages iv ill be $!. a week." Scenes like the following In court were forecast : "Judge, he hired me for S a week and he Is now two week overdue In my pay. I'm going to get a new boss." LOOKING AHEAD A FEW YEARS Remarks That Will Be Merely Ordi nary When the Blimp Has Been Finally Perfected. Augustus Tolllver, the soap king, strode wratlifully out of bis stateroom alMtard the blimp and seized the arm of the orter. "Idiot I" be roared, "why didn't you give me n cull tliii morning? I told you I bad to he in London for a di rectors' meeting at 0 a. m. sharp, and now London is Lord knows how many thousand of mile In our rear." "Ah pounded on yo' door, bos, but yo' refuses to waken." replied the porter. The soap king pulled out a watch. "Eleven-thirty," he grunte) dls giistedly. "Where are we now?" ".Tet pnsed over St. Innl. boss; we ll be bn.-k In N'Yawk at 12 :.'.. "Oh! welt." said Tolllver. "I can attend that 12:30 meeting of the soap powder people and catch the 1 :'.V) blimp for London." Rat Skins for Leather. The suggestion ha been made that the rat problem might be best solved by tusking use of the skins of the rodent for the purpose of leather. Somebody with the gift of guesting compute that there srt KUHMI.ihiO In this country, and the d.'itnage they do would feed n good sired army. It would take at least S.'NK) skin a day to supply a small modern tannery. Nobody want the rat, they belong to anybody that can catch them. That 1 the problem to catch ttiein, and then deliver the good. There Is not enough leather to go around. Fish skin are susceptible of tan ning, and there are rat skin which make good leather, large enough for many purposes. Cure for Poison Ivy. Mr. Evelyn S. Trenbath, wife of the Rev. Robert W. Trenbath, rector of St. James's Episcopal church of Montclnlr, N. J., ha conferred a boon on suffer ers from poison Ivy by announcing a remedy which those who have tried It say I a most efficacious remedy. It r, simply the green leave of common cnlnip rubbed on the affected parts un til the Juice pins. This never fall, Mrs. Trenbath uys, no matter how advanced the case may be, and is simple to use, especially In the case of children. The plant grow usually in great abundance behind old burns, and is said to be so antagonis tic to the Ivy that If planted near it the Ivy disappear. Diarrhoea in Children For diarrhoea in children one year old or older, you will find nothing better than Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy, followed by a dose of castor oil. It should be kept at hand and given as soon as the first unnatural looseness of the bowels ap pears. Dr. S. Ralph DIppeL dentise, Spring field, Oregon. Enroll Aey Monday DAY SCHOOL always in session NIGHT SCHOOL begins Sept. 29 SOLDIERS, SAILORS and MA RINES may enroll with us under the State Aid Act ASK FOR FREE INFORMATION . EUGENE BUSINESS COLLEGE A. E. ROBERTS, Manager 992 Willamette Phone 666 Within the past week several cir cular-letters have been received by the News from the I'nlted States rail road administration relating to com plaints of car shortages. The direc tor general say "conditions are sub stantially more favorable than they were in recent years prior to the war," giving as examples that "the number of freight cars In service and not with drawn for repairs on July 1, 1917, was 1.983.000; the number of freight cars in service and not withdrawn for re pairs on July 1, 1919. was 2.005,000," and a whole lot more figures along the same lines. The director-general does not. however, say anything abotit how soon there will be sufficient cars available to meet the demands of shippers. Charter No. M. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF Commercial State Bank At Springfield, In the State of Oregon, ut the close or business on September 12th, 1919 RESOURCES Loans and discounts f 108.971.33 Overdrafs. secured and unsecured 287. SJ Bonds and warrants 18.C49.4l Slocks, securities, judgments, etc NONK Banking house 14.V0O.0O Furniture and fixtures 6.000.00 Other real estate owned NONK Due from approved reserve banks 64,or4.tiS Checks and pther cash Items 120.00 Exchanges for clearing house . 603.33 Cash on hand 8,(120.92 Total .. 1211.007.47 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid In 30,00000 Surplus fund 2,000.00 I'ndlvlded profits, less expenses and taxes paid 3,irfl.rri Irdlvldual deposits subjoct to chotk ir.2,380.78 Jkmand certificates of deposit 2.600.71 Time and savings deposits 20.903.4'i Notes and bills redlscounted NONK Dills payable for money borrowed NONK Total $211,007.47 State of Oregon, County of Lane, ss. I, O. Ii .Kessey, Cashier of the above-named bunk, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the heat of my knowledge ami belief. O. Ii. KKSSKY, Cashier. CORRECT AtleHt: M. M. I EERY, WELHY STEVENS, Directors. Subscribed and sworn to before mo this 23rd day of September, 1919. FRANK A. DK PUE, Notary I'ubllo. My commission expires January 10th, Resources June 30, Resources Sept. 12, NET GAIN in 74 Willakcnxle grunge's prize winning farm-products ethlblt at the I-une County Fair Is being luwn this week at the State Fair in Salem, after whMt the iion peiishaMv portion of it will be taken to Porland to form a per manent Ijtne county exhibit In the Oregon building. "It will be a splen did advertisement of Iaue county's resources" I the opinion expressed !by County Commissioner Spencer when stating the county would ar range to pay for the exhibit. Good for Billlousneis "Two years ago 1 suffered from fre quent attacks of stomach trouble and biliousness. Seeing Chamberlain's Tablets advertised 1 concluded to try them. I improved rapidly." Miss K rums Verbryke, Lima, Ohio. 1920. 1919, $170,286.91 1919, 21 1,007,47 days, $40,720.56