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About The Springfield news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1916-2006 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1920)
PACE FOUR THE sriUNOFIEU) NEWS THURSDAY, DECIOMUKIt 23, 1020 THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS Published Every Thursday at Springfield, Lane County, Oregon, by TYLER & FREELAND Bam II. .Tyler. Editor. H. n. Krecland. Adv. Mgr. Entered at the rostofflce at Springfield. Oregon, at Stacond-claas Mntter, February 24. 1903. SURSCRI1TION RATES: One Year $2.00 Six Months $1.00 One Year, When raid In Advance,. Three Months Single Copy ....60c 6c .11.75 FORERUNNER OF PROTECTIVE TARIFF , An import duty of 55 cents a bushel on wheat la proposed in a bill prepared by Congressman J. N. Tincher of Kansas. The measure Is designed for the protection of Ameri can wheat producers from competi tion from Canada. Australia, and other countries. The bill wilj be re ferred to the Ways and Means com mittee of the House, who will con flder it in connection with other neasnres that will be presented for the increase of various schedules in the Democratic tariff law now on the statute books. the state may do Independently, but also wrth those which should he done by the federal government Indepen dently and in cooperation with the state and private owners. Responsi bility of private owners in this whol-j j program is not overlooked nor is the ADVERTISING WAS SOLD twecn removal and replacement must bp bridged by crop which arc ma turing at proper Intervals. UNITED STATES HAS 105,708,771 PEOPLE Washington, Dec. 17. Tho census bureau today announced the popula tion of the Tnlted States as 103. 70S. 771. This' a revised figure s'nre October 7 and showed n gain of 25.B63. The new figures will he used as a hnsls for making reapportionment of tho members of the house of repre sentatives from the various states. In 1905 there were 218 automobiles registered la ' Oregon. To December 1, or the year 1920, 103,418 autos wens registered, an increase in the fifteen years of 103.200. The auto tribe is Increasing and the horse is vanishing. And that with gas harder to raise than oats. OREGON HAS FIFTH OF ' NATIONS TIMBER SUPPLY ' (Continued from page one) time has arrived to outline a definite policy looking to the future well be ing of the state and almd at keeping productive and bringing to a state ot productiveness vast areas best fitted for the growing of successive forest crops. In doing this the board re cognizes that it should be concerned sot alone with those things which need for public action to make pons I- blq practice of forestry by such pri vate owners. Ordinarily we think the vast area of Government owned timber land held and managed as National For ests Is sufficient safeguard for our future supplies. As a matter of fact but one-fifth of the present available standing timber of this Nation is In Government ownership, the other four-fifths being privately owned. Economists, foresters and lumbermen have realized for' a long time that as a Nation we are drifting toward j a future shortage of raw material tot AT LESS THAN IT COST Even In Old New York the Average Rate Was .3 Cent Under Average Production Cose Orc.tcn Agricultural "College, 'orv.il IS?. IVc 23. Like tnr ny On got; news paper run a New York piij!ir found it I tid to brl.u his advcrtiviitg rates up to cost o. production plus reavonablo rroflt. Kt had hi. p!-ul surveyedby T II. .erd o. Llv-nla, asnted by the ' crte . ublls!) hie o.mptuiy. id this Is what i fnm I The apT is puMihed In a town keep alive the lumber industry and i tf HOfl t Is an ciat page, rlr i l many others dependent upon It. The umn weekly, operated by the owner V W . V ) situation is not alarming. A short age will not be apparent for many years, but it should be realized that we are dealing with a crop which re quires from 75 to 150 years to mature. The hopeful side to the question is that unlike coal. Iron or any of our minerals, which, when supplies are exhausted, are gone forever, tim ber is a crop and a new one can be grown to take the place of one re moved. The length of tinve require! to grow a timber crop does, however. dictate forslght. for a long gap be- and two other men. In the first nine months of thlj year 56 per cent of the spate carried paid advertising at the rate of 17.9 rents per column inch. In July sub scription was Jumped from $1.60 13 $2 In an attempt to make ends in-ot. Even at that, the 1050 subscriptions and the 37 columns of advertising, aggregating $5035.56 per year, failed to produce production costs. This paper was told to advance its rate to an average of 18.2 cents per column inch to break even allow- If you nro a particular about the foods you uxHoclntu with as acquaintance" you nmk us BEST PWTTHT SiwfMurjatrik SpnaU OrrfM Your dealer bpIIh It. Remember It's a Montana wheat flour made here at home, inand home products. hard I)e- SPRINGFIELD MILL AND GRAIN COMPANY Ing for the owner's salary, rent. In tereat and depreciation.. It was found that the actual cost of producing the advertising Itself was 14.4 cents per column Inch, nnd this made no provision for carrying the cost of printing the news and editorials. "Advertising and circulation are the only sources of Income for tho news puper," says the report, "and Inas much as circulation Income Is never v4l! I I 1 Mm M 1 i pMk frwi i whal we j anywhere ueur the cost of (ho pro ducing the average country wkly. the deficit must be met by the only other source of Income that of advertising." AUTO FEES COLLECTED (Continued from pUg one) rotary of mate to do so at once In order to avoid coogetlon in the de partment at the first of the year and also that they may avoid arrest for failure to carry 1921 license plates after January 1st. The state depart, tnent has announced that the law ...III ft . . . .. Hi no r:g my enforced by the spectors of the department. In- w clean oil a dean enmc cound in mtr ermkease oil 1 THIS lens shows some of the dirt that can be found in any crankcase after a few weeks of driving road dust, carbon and fine particles of roetaL Such dirt circulates with the lubricating oil through the engine, together with gasoline that escapes past the pistons and dilutes the oil Have the dirty, diluted oil in your crankcase drained out now before unnecessary wear be gins. We can do that best for you with Modern Crankcase Cleaning Service convenient, quick, economical. We use Calol Flushing Oil, the scien tific, thorough flushing agent which does not con taminate the fresh oil. We assure proper lubri cation for your engine by refilling the cleaned crankcase with Zerolene of the correct grade. Make a regular habit of Modem Crankcase Cleaning Service. It gives better engine perform ance and longer life to your car. SPRINGFIELD GARAGE SPRINGFIELD PEOPLE PREVENT APPENDICITIS Many Springfield people am now using Hlmple glycerine. Link thorn etc.. ns mixed In Adlerlka. This flushes liOTII Upper and lower bowel o completely It removes all foul, ae- cutnuln,td poisons from ulimoniurr canal anr luevctit annemltrliia Adler l ka relieves ANY CASK gn on stomui h ;r nour stolnucli. Often 'KK8 constipation. In cum ra. of liionlc stotiiH h tionM iiSK b'jttlb prnt.'uced wonderful rtsult. K. 1J. I'lnuery, druggist. Christmas Gift Make your wife a present of a House and Lot. KINTZLEY has them for sale "Christmas comes only once a year KINTZLEY the Old Reliable Real Estate Man i iimt'iiii i-----' - t mi - 'i V" i 'if''--' - jt-'-i. '. 1. . ..f-L. j... .w,.. -.. ..t n' n'1,'-,,! -t V .. . -i - - - t I i