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V FACE FOUR THE srRLNO FIELD NEWS Thursday, octomici; 2s, 1020 THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS . Published Every Thursday at Springfield, Liine County, Oregon, by y TYLER A FREELAND Bam II. Tyler, Editor. ' II. R Frecland. Adv. Mgr. Entered at the Postoffice at Springfield, Oregon, February U. 1903. aa Second-claa Matter, Sl'nSCRlPTION RATES: One Year $303 Three Month.- ....F0c Six Months - $1.00 Single. Copy.... 5c One Year, When Paid In Advance, 1 11.76 SELECTING CITY OFFICIALS Under the caption. "What Is A Good Mayor?"', there appeared In a recent Issue of the Oregonian an edi torial which is well written and which bin special interest for the roaJcts of The Xews and Springfield viter at this time in view of their selection f a mayor and councilman. We urge the thoughtful reading of the following: A good mayor of a city should be fce must bo something more than a business man. Government le not busiuess; it is. more nearly, politlc.il science. True, any municipality will be the better for sound and careful aimuistration in the assessment of taxes and the expenditure of money. It would be senseless to encourage r excuse waste, extravagance, care lessness, excess or any of the faults to be Justly found with easy-come-easy-go methods in public affairs. As the trustee of public fund the mayor has an even more sacred ob ligation to see that they are wisely and honestly appropriated and dis bursed than if they were his own. He can. if he pleases, throw his moiic in the river; but it is nothing less than malfeasance to do the sane with the people's money. Yet it is net enorsh th:it th-3 mayor sho'ild be a painstaking ac countant, a Juili.ious and cap:ib administre'or f fimnce. Tie is in a hiph Fer.se the vo'ce. the guide, and the leader cf nil the peorde i; all their common concerns. He I-?' the custodian of th-3 pnblic moral. In him rre rersonified the r'Pi"e. the aspirations, the ideals, and the prestige of the city. H i there fo service, which must be rendered in . many difficult and exact r? ways. He is not. or he should not be. th mayor for any one group or clas?, but for all together. At times, it 's necessary that he show that he not to be moved by tit" demands cf this interest, or of that, and miit by courageous action, by an intelli gent demonstration of his under standing that the welfare of all i puperior to that of the fnv. ri-" .above criticism, or pressure, or pon tics. A good mayor should not onlv have the nerve to do in an emergency the ripht thine, but the will to do it at all other times. The rnyor of a ci'v. involved ,u he always is in neighborhood rmt ters or the clash of Vin.l inter ests rims many riVs ;!! h time of achieving a great ri- trree of vn T'opnlarlfv. It is wo!! tlr a mayor be popular if he can he; but he will not b" popular lontr. if popularity is the end and aim of h's services. lie may poss'bly achieve it. ff he .'rive earrift!v to give tin- uc-oplc what they want, whatever i' i -'. Or h" : may, ff h has the .? t'tli nr. 1 the nlf fV-mand. vpear f' r tbe mo- ' ment to lose It by 'l'-evr,rr to thorn on occasion what thev want, or thin'c they want. If It Is rlmr to h'm that It should not or cannot bo given. What he loses in npplaepn 'n the 1st ter alternative, he should win In the general respect. Often he does. It Is a more secure foundation for last-. ing approval than anything else. j VOTING On November 2 all citizen of the United States will have the oppor tunity of performing on of their most sacred rights that of voting. It Is more than a rlKht; it is an obligation and a duty which oveiv citizen owes to himself and to h'i fellow mankind. No citizen uho val ues his freedom and the privilege of others living in a free country vith tlu wov where the other's rights beln to public health hsve been taken out of the hands of experts and cut to n j vote before, the pcn'.e. I do not t think that a parent In this state who has children of school age will voui for this measure, because It moans j that the school children will NOT be protected aKalnxt contagious dis eases." This amendment:' If passed, would permit children In whose homo there is smaltrox. d'ptherla, tnfantil' paral ysis, or other "cntchVg" dlneisos, to attend school and Inlxt you? chi'dn n. It would expose you rml yotr family to smallpox, scarlet fever, and hor.ls of other diseases ,ir.d th ht-nlth officers would be unable to tnko any steps to relieve or stump out the plague. No person 's free to have h'n own way or to Impose hU pers"n-l corn htis. If It endangers the h"i'tli of The rlnhts of mi" per n ends And whUh America to exercise this ierful opportunity offers him. will fall duty. Every voter should be at the pells Next Tuesday to express their de sires in regard to the government, municipal, state and national. All measures and candidates on the town, state and national ballots should have the careful attention- and con sideration of every citizen. There is now a measure on th state ballot entitled the compulsory voting and registration amendment, referred by the legislature. It makes it possible for the people or legisla ture to enact laws making voting compulsory. The measure Is No. 300-301 on the ballot. This could rightly be branded as a bolshevistic idea or propaganda Article XV of the Constitution of the I'nited Stat-'i ?ays "The richt of th" citizens of th I'ni'ed Utiles to vote shall n"t be denied, or abridged, hv the I'nited Sta'es or by any state," etc. There oiieht to be some medium through which every citizen would spo clearly and would !" aroused to his duty of voting. It might seem that education and publicity would ! :he most effective avenues to obtain such results. At the present time school students are taught rer'nin phases of cifzcn ship. The institutions T higher learning are rapidly beeinning to arouse in their pupUs a correct srs. of this duty. A!! should be impressed wi'h the necessity of pctua!'y poire to the polls and expressing their orinions. Thus the comlrg genera t;on would be more careful abo;:t fbeir vot'nr ptiviilues. i Publicity tn'i'ht be vorv effective to aroue the citizens to the-'r de'v. It has hoc n sncrocted that con:;y ceri,-s pubPsh frequently, both pre : ceding and following election, fl," names of those who ha-' exercise-1 '! ir frjneb's. Tlii would at 'ti-na ocf mrny w!:o now stay at i'f; and b-t "Oeorre" do it. then ("v'lain nlio'it the laws and cf'leo. I M r. And In due t'm" they wnnl.l ;"',( serious study, jet-tend of hearsay, ' to the measures and candidates. no person has the rlfht t i I prive ! h.H ne'rhborhooit of health rr tecllip j If this Initiative passes It would j make nnarant'ne Irm-oss'l !., nbolif h ptibtie health, pennlt fool handlers to refuse to bo exar-lncd. At the time when Oregon Is ruildlptt up a national market for tic t fool product this hitter wuold be n .li.im'tv to this Industry, to .iy the e,i ft would make unlawful! jM r otni I.Jiry preventive and other serum tientiueit for d'.Mherla. acar'er feve? Iv', jw, typholil fever, syphlllls and a host of other d'seases. Vn you want such i mndi'loi !e prevnll In Oregon? Vote 313 X .( O STATE KILLING PSOPOSIT ON3 You Can't Go Wrong WHEN YOU USE HOME PRODUCTS We nro right hero hnmly nml n ndy to lmck ti) ovrry t Back of our flour uiul othor prtxhu tn. DEMAND NORTHWEST FLOUR --If you want an nil hanl whrat flour of Btiperlor quality nuulo lioro at homo. NOXALL FLOUR If you liko u MoniltMl flour. SNOWBALL FLOUR If you want n pood valley flour. Try our Croam Middlings and old fashioned Graham. SPRINGFIELD MILL AND GRAIN COMPANY If several of the radic.il nci-tire: on the Oregon I''l.t .-t hoe el p.iss ' this state wo.jtd !:i in a t id 'It. ', The Single Tax r.-.ea-u iii'd u;i J set our wlude laxal!oi h.v. ;i- at thi ', critical time. ' ! The Oli'omarfarlne bill worll w e. 'c a legitimate industry ut.'li r the e i, . of uri jict to regulate, li'-i n; in, I ;.:e Vert clcception by fraud. Th -r alr'-a'lv 79 tares of goeriiinen: r . ulation.H on this prodiat ; !se -!, ii;r , ( ul s"ate laws. V.'e can h I! !. i. i K.u .ne iiiHtmr .f mine In thU i i ai.e h el se lax l-st o do not apjdy to other f-'.if we cubl .Mill) !y for e indu."' of this state. The effort to k ufac'nre of olenmnrgurino .i ; !Mt in t.I to deprive thoiiKanils o 1 ! vt a chcan and whole .in stitute for high prlo-fi leii' r t-hould any product be w'-ol merely to prevent competition. . Coupled w:th such propose,! latlon as this Is the bill to i.n'erest rates to ." pr cent As If the other measures at Industry were not cnojf'i il t'Tf-i-t bill c-ips the climax til ny , r I i a s p,.r... ii n it il ni-u I ! r t ! of .eo-M'l-i V.Vvl on: ; Annouii cement After sj'fudiiii; over leu v :irs i:i ilw Li I wish to (hank my 'many palronn who iikhK to luiil'l from m'.ir liothlu to a ree l l.u; ii'i Mlliiii; out t in v brother, (li'.lieit SU'vn.s l.uvitiesH it jiossihli' I am now who will (al.i VI s. .t.y. on Mom! Nov. I. j. V. Stevens NOTICE OF SCHOOL MEETING NiI HT: IS Hhkl-.i.Y ( ;N to the I.- il wt-ts cf bool O ctilct No. lit. of l.niie County. .Si.iie of llni'im, thiit a :.!'i: ll, HCllonl, MKKTINO f said (ll.-tr!ct will he held Ut th'- II'kIi is Imol on l!ie r,i)i il.iy of .N'uveluber vote nrxt Tuesday. TV n't fail to November 2. ' nd rass the word alon? t NTI-COMPULSORY VACCINATION In a recent address before a lprc" patherlrff In Portland. Dr. f arvey U'. ; ''!(v, forrnerlv bead of the govern-! inerit'a rTirr fr.ifl hnrennl fll-et'ire? lf"P''ii thj't the title of the measure on the ( f-trte ballot Khoilld lie entitle a; "P.lll for the Increase In Mortality! In Children." Continuing he said, ballot Tuesday. "Never before have I been 1p a I i line I , t'l"'. jiassiice of such n measure would' .drive every d dlir for louihic tuir po-es etit of the K'ato ,ih si:r 'y :n! Wilihl n T!!e-:u' !-e se'tlnc (he Jire(. ,)f ,' ub'-at t.t 7" cifs a bushel, drive every j farmer out of wheat raNlnir. j ("('en t'lo'le are cr'd'i(it with too fiituli Intellit'cnc e t,j j nss such lerb-j lition but the mere feet that It 111 t rofo' ed and c an be placed on the I ballot has an adverse effec t on eondl- this state, n overwhehnln'; I H Iieces.arv to assure outsli'e! 1 ; t!'is in !defi at ' neoj le that this sta'e s a safi; place for their Investments. ' O y.hl.f your volinj; consistent a Republican li'LO. at T:-') iiM .ik in the cm i.Ick to ot on the p . -j i i.il d sn ii t tax Tie ln'al I li. mint if li.'.liey need, d ly the iii nht i I Kiin.iiiK on J'lUe 1U. V.t'j), ami 1 1 i i 1 1 Jm - "i-!i, l!i f.'ilinvilir; bii.ij. i t ami ii.i Im'es (!, cn. uots t" he r. c. ', f In ul fund. Mr-te l,i ni f'liid. Ki'!-I diM.it t i ,i i ct th.; li; trlct. DUDC.IT 1;hTIMA'I'KH KXI'iA'DITl hi s Tc-acheirf snl: ri'H ruinilure ami ei;ulpineit Appai.'iltirf and supplies, rtalinii' ry, etc kepair and lephu ei)i-,t of eiU pmetil , ... Kiectlon and cenKii. Truancy Juiiiiora w;u;ea .. J.iiiitois nupplien Fuel ' I.lKht Water Cloik'n Hillary !t . II i'f l"V Iiik u :i in, 1. ! 1 I he f I -e.il year, IIMi.lt in tho I'r.ii.i the coutitv i 1 1 I- imiiieyrt .'I, 1.:: ' IU.00 :n s (Hi I'T.'. H) ",:. no luo. oo 2.Y0U 2.000 00 1:10.00 : n.0'1) K0.OI) nr.. 00 Don't administration by helping to put In a Democratic Benate. o It Is Important that YOU cast your For payment of bond interest 1,000.01) -O- rommunity where matters pertalnlrg' I'rpe your neighbor to vote -O- NOTICEOF ELECTION Notice Is hereby given that the GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION of the Town of Springfield, Lane County, Oregon, shall be held at the same time and place as the general County and State elections are held. November; 2, 1920. For the election of ONE MAYOR to serve four years. TWO CUNCILMEN to serve four years. TWO COUNCILMEN to serve two years. ONE RECORDER to serve two years. ONE TREASURER to serve two years. t Also at the mid election there shall be subm'ttcd for their approval or rejection the following proposition Shall an Ordinance of the Town of Springfield be passed prohibiting the production of any theatrical show, exhibition, (raveling vaudeville performance and moving picture show In any theatre, building, hall, tent or any other place vithin the Town of Springfield on the first day of the week aornmonly called Sunday. TIave you reRd the want ads. 1 iHiiiitiat"'1 J PRINTED Booklets and Circulars will S ell Your Goods Sinking fund for bonded IndehiedneKH . Interest on warrunta IiiHiiraiii e Manual training and domentlc acience MiKCtdluneoiiH 1.000.00 700.00 200 00 100.00 :ioo 00 Total eathnated amount of money to bo ex pended for all purpoueu during the year I29.8C8.00 Come to Us ESTIMATED RECEIPTS From county achool fund during tb coming achool year ...$ 5,240.20 From state school fund during the coming year 4 364.32 Estimated amount to be received from all other ' Hourcea during the coming school year 200.00 Total estimated receipts not Including tho money to bii received from the tax which it la proposed to vote 9 810 52 RECAPITULATION Total estimated expenses for the year $29,858.00 Total estimated receipts not Including the tax to bo voted 9 810.52 Uu lance amount to bo rulod by district tax l2o!o47.48 The umount of money to be raised by this special tax la more than tha . amount raised by special uchool district tax In tho yciir immediately pre j ceding this, plus six per cent. , It is reeHsary to rnlso this addltonal amount by tho special levy for the following reasons: Increased salaries of teachers, increased cost of operation , and maintenance, and tho Installation of necessary equipment and iunplIeB Dated this 19th day of October, 1920. 1 Attest: A. P. McKENZEY. . OAIU. E. FISCHER I District Clerk. - . Chairman Hoard of Director!