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Of, !MGFIELD''ME1 NlNKTKKNTIl YKAIl. SriUNQFlELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1922. NUMRER T. T on ahhexatioh Weaknesses of the Propotal From a Springfield Point of View Probably 7S persona listened to the debate on th question of annotation to Eugene, after the aupiwr, at the Methodist Brotherhood meeting, last: Monday evening. It passed for an Innocent exercise In debating, the SOI IS !'!. V' .rS!,,,. 'district convention I' I all Wl it as v nei' back of thla aeemlng. there was ap mraniU a ilanlra In nrnre a favor able ..aging for a propaganda of e,- ceedlngly questionable propriety at'"" any lime or place. Th. debater,' f,on f ' h" the f aI..m ail AlKain la Hat as rA u a themselves were their approval of there. not unanlmoua In Its nresenlatlon The affirmative w. supt-orted by, Hev. n. (. Mlltor. pastor of the "P-lGrv, tut church, and Dr. W. II. Pollard: Tn whole 0OUIl, ba. becn diwd?d the negative by M. C Bressl-r '";,, aimll.r' districts, for tb. purpose Prof C. E. 1-ambert. Twenty minute. of p,rfK.,n)t , rM.ord, ol waa allowed -for th. leading m.a fo purpo,M fof cn each aide, and ten for the second; whch fuvh rw.ordi my ninA with five minute for th. leader o f each aide for rebuttal. Ily agreement. among the debatera, discussed before nd decided at the meeting, no Judges were appointed, and no decision waa rendered In any form. By motion, an opportunity waa afforded for Individ ual expressions after the close of the debate; but no thought strengthen lug either view was brought out; but one delicate cautionary bint, such aji we hav. given aboiA was dropped must compute their net and gross In lander this brad, however. It. W. comes for 1921 and ascertain whether Smith brought forward proposition. Income tax return, or tax. or both which be haa been advocating private-J tre due All gains, rroflts. and Income 1y. to divide the county on line run-! derived from the sale or exchange of i.lng between the two towns, and! '"mi products, whether produced on make Springfield the county .eat of;'e frm or purchased and resold. McKentle county". proposition of'"""! Included In grosa Income, much greater merit than th. other. When farmer exchanges bla pro- It might have been difficult for one Billing merely as Judgo of debat to render a decision. Some of th minor arguments on the affirmative! minor .raum ' would hav served the negative quite a. well. The frequent admUylon. onj d,Prni1lR lm,ome, UPOn whch th. affirmative side of a previous rsny dltlon of strife westened their theory ... . u " . ., 'deduct from gross Income all neees of a future hnrmonloe. cooperation., You cannot bring about b.rnlo.(taB o frm m, -cooperallou between two cat. by ty rulllv(lUon ,r. In. them up together by the Ull.j nkM of Horn, of the fact, brought forward ey of f nJ forU1Upr UHed ,moun, the negative wore not as strongly rr , (n g ((j frm bulM, srnted In the dcbsW a. In private be- (h(r thHn Uweln)t) to 'fences and machinery. Wages paid Hut that Is not much either here or fnrm rn dedut-tltilo. but not there. The Important thing Is that ; WM pald t0 , domestic s-crvanl. this Insidious annexation propaganda bch s a pPrgOI)a oxpenae. has forced Itwlf upon the attention of Ag n Mtd , farmPr, the bureau of the public, and the Sprlngfli-ld end ,,,,! revenue haa prepared a spec of It haa leen forced Into th. oiwn. M form ,00K for recordlng 0f It cannot thrive In the open. Wo b- ,jv(, ock prodlMN,i ,nd BUmmary lleve the outcome of this debute will wh,(,h mugl ottac,od t0 (1)e be to crystallise public sentiment on v(lMB, r(,,urn of lm.omfl ftnd expense, thla matter. Several persons, during the past week, uttered the query. "Do cities. In the process of natural growth these people really take this matter absorbing an adjucent smaller one. seriously?" The presence of several furnish no parallel, and give no light, persons at the debate novcr present This Is not that kind of u case These before, and all. aa far as beard from. ' misguided pleaders of another town's strongly opposed to the project cause against their own (and "mis showd that fiey hod been aroused guided" Is precisely the proper word) and brought out by a rumor that cer 'ar. proposing to surrender their tain Interests precious to them or the community, were about to be as- sailed. A number of persons, singly and In groups, who were reported to have toyed with thla fantastic proposl- tlon when It waa first sprung here have, after some study, taken a d- elded aland against It. The enM ment In favor of It haa passed th peak. It may remain aa a aource of ennoyance and uneasiness, and a bin- drance to enterprise, to Investment wild venture, end to settlement, for a time. I There has probably never been 0 The alleged fact, and argumenta t,ma ,n M101 f Springfield brought forward by th. advocate, of wnn ,,rh " PPoM .. ntor. annexation. In button-hole approaches untimely and unfitting from a Spring or In more public utterance, have fl",d nt ' "w- And tlut been little better than moon.hlne. 11 broached at thla particular Th.y bav. boon Intoxicated by th. t,m' BPrlngfleld advocat. of ab v.ry moon.hlrr. they hav. been dla- ,or',l,on b'r E,,eM " V" ,n tnl'' Tensing. It wa. not road In Spring Inconsistent and ridiculous position: field, however, but In Eugene. No vrotmnu to e In the coming . ... , - years the same kind of SprlngflolJ en. knows that any of the fine things .... ... . . ... these annexationists profess to think ' . would come from annexation would really come. No one baa any mean of knowing. There la no known caie Ilk. It from which to draw conclu sion. There la nothing In all reason to support It. If the towna were situated aide byitnelr DUH,neg, calculation, on It. This s!d. with only a stream like the pagHndl , cne (lf tne regllUs ot Willamette river between them, there caIcuiafons. might be some reason In the pro position. Tint. In Wn wild schm, Springfield would not be even sub urb, In the ordinary meaning of that term. j.It would only be a distant ap pendage. Such cgsei ns wre re forr'd to n tl- 'erote of 1'fer HAMPTON FAMILY OPEN RESTAURANT K. V. Ifatiiptnn. who formerly owned tract and lived In the bot tom on th west aid lut hn lately hern living near Oakrlrig, has traded sonw Eugene property to Wlllard Cochran for th fixture of th White Lunch restaurant. He haa fitted up the place for buaiueaa, and opened for custom at supper yesterday eveulng Mra. Hampton and her two young daughtem will mostly carry on the restaurant. Mr. Hampton will give hla attention mainly to the ranch which he atlll owns near Oakrldge. The two glrjs will be In the High school. OF AMERICAN LEGION T. D Hamlin i.lMM a dls- -"" -- I rig. ne weni as ien ! rrom mo iHprlngduld post. This district era- I ttrttfjtB 17 tmf fv'Pimvlntf th terrl. ... ,. . n. vn, , . hu X my, asaasesetii nmm report to W. H. Adrian, the coin mander of the Springfield post. INCOME TAX FACTS Farmers, rangers, herders, dairymen truck gardeners, vineyard and orch erd owners, and other food producers aucii lur grvtrrirs, vimuing. u uuu-r merchandise, the fslr market value cf 1 such goods must be Inclmkd. Profit re ceived from tbe selo of fsrm land, or ... rent received for use thereof, must town's opportunity, on the threshold of realisation, on a mere wild gue.-s that there Is pot of gold at the end of the rainbow they are painting. And If they miss tholr guess, they can not undo the mischief. They cannot K to the point of deprature, end Join with thMr former partner In playing out the game they "Jumped Tbey cannot make good the loss to the Interests that were wrecked by . . , . .u 11. . and declare that the only hope ot anything better Is In surrendering to Eugne. But the Eugene schemers who have put this bug In his ear think different!)'. Tbey are expecting to se a greater Springfield In the Im mediate future. Thev bra makln There is tu'ch g th'ng ns loyalty to one', town. 'WBcn tte object of re- gard Is expanded to Include one's whole country, we call It patriotism. There I an obligation that should en Continued on psge four) BRESSLERS STORE LOOTED AGAIN Raider Carry off Watches Razor and Knives, Saturday Night A thief or thieve gained entrance to th hardware store of M. C. Brass ier gt Son, some time Saturday night probably towards morning. They cut a pan of glass out of a small win dow In the rear, opening Into tb tolkt. Thla admitted them into tb storeroom through th toilet. SI. C. Dressier cam for bla mall Sunday morning, went Into tb store and did some work at hla desk. In looking to see whether he had at tended to certain matter Saturday evening, he discovered evidence of the work of tbe thieves. Tbey had made efforts to pry Into the cash register, at both front and bark, and gave It up, probably for fear of noise of the bell. The keys to the register were banging behind the top. They unscrewed a panel uncovering one aide of case, where pearl handled knives were exposed to vl-w, and took all of these knivea. Ily simply turning thumb latch on another face of th. caae, tbey could have opened a door admitting them Into everything In the case. In like manner they left a number of watches In boxea In a case from which they took all watches that were bung for display. Supposing there waa only one tblef. It looked aa though be bad loaded ap with what be could conveniently cany, making bis selection somewhat hastily, and not always for the best Quite likely it was some local or tran stent amateur, caring only to raise a 'other tract, nearly 3 acres, 12 years stake quickly and easily. The things ago. They brought him about 1100 an taken, so far as discovered up to noon. acre this year. Monday. w?re chiefly knive. raxors.j Some other grower of English wal watches. and several gold watch case nuts In this region, whose experiments and several rings, from an old atock iare proved successes, are these: of such goods. The loss, as estraated ' r. a. McCornack, one and one-quar Monday, was from 1100 to $150. 'ter mile northeast of Eugene, and 4 An unmarried or widowed farmer or one living apart from hts wife must; file an individual return for 1921 if bis net Income for 1921 was $1,000 or more, or If his gross Income was $5000 or more. If msrrled and living with his wife on December 31. 1921. re turn must b. filed it his net Income was $2,000 or more, or If his gros income was $5,000 or more. I Our copy of the January Food Cost Survey of th. 4L Bulletin was marked by the sender, "Springfield still cham plon of Oregon". Springfield's rating waa $1.47, as the cost of living per day for an average family of five. Hir nearest 'competitors ' were Portland, Silverton and St. Helens; each $1.49. Seattle, .Washington, was the' same, and Tacouia and Whites $1 45. . New film, an epic ct small town life. Hopes and fears laughs and tears of the average family In "No Woman Knows'. At. Bell Theatr. Sunday. I BEGINNING WALNUT CULTURE and irs profits Welby Steven and J. A. Seavey ! Planting a Large Tract Near Springfield Welby Stevens and Jess Seavey bar purchased SO acre In the north- weat corner of Seavey' addition to Springfield, and ar planting It all to English walnuta of Voormsn's Fran quette variety. Tb tree were pur chased from Fred Groner. of Hlllsboro, who baa been engaged In walnut cul ture for about 26 years, and Is con sidered one of tn. best autnoruies on thla aubject In Oregon, and was one of tbe first to aee th. advantage of CItension department of th. unlver walnut culture. He la an old tlmejBuy ipoke at tne lligU gchooI friend and a former cboolmate of Mr. , torium, to an audience mad. up of the SUvens. Tbe trees arrived on tbe:HlRh schoo, ,nd tne junor High, on Utn, and tbe work ot planting haa ( 8eTen Age, cl Washington": his been going on tor several days. ancestry and the various stages ot The method of preparing end plant h lfe and acuvlt!e and arioua Ing the tree I follows: Tbey re'pnMe of w, character, grafted on a two-year-old atock. The xt tn( me tlroe. the ioWer KTmiet graft are now on. year old. Th. tree bad grown to a height of from 12 to IS feet, but they were cut down tor convenience In shipping. They were brought here from Hlllsboro in trucks. Tbey are planted 40 feet apart each way. It requires over 800 trees to flant the 30-acre tract A bole Is dug about 30 Inches deep and about the same width, to make room for aa much ot the large roots as poss ible. An acre, about 27 trees. Is about a day'a planting to the man. The cost of the trees and planting will be about $45 per acre, or about S13S0 for the 30 acre tract. Mr. 8tevena has 72 trees, bought from the same man, which he planted on an- mile from Springfield, has 5 acres In reedllng walnuts 25 years old. Some of them were top-grafted Into stand ard verities. His 1921 crop brought him a little more than $1300. W. H. Lydick. near McCornack's. has 20 acres of Wlltse Mayettes, 13 years old. which bore the the past season 6 tons; and about 6 acre. kn.t 1AA a. Can Dnaoa m- Vi .-V. , . bore but little. His crop of Mayettes ! netted htm about 30 cents pound, or a total of $3600. Prof. F. O. Young, one and one half miles north of Springfield, has 16 acres of Frankettes, planted at the same time as Mr. Stevens' earlier planting, and ten acres of seedlings The yield of the paBt season was 4 ton of Frankettes and 2 tons of seed lings. Kenneth C. Abies, one and one-hall' mile northeast of Springfield is plant lug this season 8 acres of Frankettes. bought from Mr. Groner. He expects to plant some more when they are to TO RUN SPRINGFIELD CITY WATER REPORTED PURE Samples of water from the Spring- - It Id water plant Is nt about one month to tb. laboratory at tb. O. to be tested. Th. last report. dated February 17, abows test of ' samples received on th. 16th. from four sources, the reservoir, raw water. the hydrant at the offlc. her. and the bydant at live Morrison corner. No gas-forming bacteria were found In any of tbe summary. Tbla summary waa at tb foot of the report: "The water la practically sterile In all case even tbe raw water." Signed O. V. Copson, bacteriologist. WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL Between sol 10 o'clock yesterday forenoon. Prof. Alfred Power of tbe rendered simple program In one of the upper rooms of the High school building. It bad been planned to devote part of the afternoon. In place of tbe regu lar Arbor Day. to the planting of shade trees about the borders of the school grounds. Not many tree wero available. Some were planted, and more will be planted some time next week. WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY SUPPER GREAT SUCCESS About 215 persons partook of the ex cellent Washington' birthday chicken supper at Morrison's ball last night. Several who held tickets did not ap pear. The hall was profusely deco rated with th) national colors, with table decorations of ferns. The sup per was given by th. Ladies' Auxiliary of the American Legion. The tinan clal returns will foot up about $125 gross. This will provide fund for necessitous cases that may arise in th. community. . . ' .". - The Loud people broke ground. Tuesday afternoon, for their new dry kiln. It will have a concrete founda tlon and walls of triple thickness, of wood and taper. It will be 52 feet long, and will have a capacity of 10. 000 feet at first, and will be so con strutted as to admit of extension. The blow pipe will be carried over the street and the bid tower will be removed to the new structure. A large crowd saw the pennant '.topes of the Baptist basketball team shattered last -Tuesday evening, when they lost to the 'Methodist team by the score of 20 to 14. The game was close throughout, and each team re ceived noisy support from their rooters. - be had. Tbe demand has been so great that Mr. Groner's atock is ex hausted. Oregon grown walnuts are Just be ginning to attract the attention they deserve, and are rapidly coming into favor, both In the American and for elgn markets. California had access to the American market earlier, and has had the lead In It Great quantities ot French and Japanese nut are also shipped into thla country. Oregon 1 now coming into such a position ot favor, by reason ot the recognised quality of her nuts, that It her produc tion were sufficient she could supply a large part of the demand in thla country and ship large Quantities abroad. But a yet she 1 hardly more than able to supply the Oregon demand. Not only la the English walnut not a native ot England, but It Is not grown" there as much as In France and some other countries. Tbe Ore gon Growers association sent small samples of graded nuts ot the 1921 product to representatives in the eastern states and in Europe. As a result a strong demand has already set in tor Oregon walnuts. There Is especially a great demand from Eng land. They could procure the same verities In plenty from France; but the dealers say that the greater care In grading and sorting make the Ore gon nuts preferable. In the eastern states, since Oregon nuts are becom ing known, their quality Is regarded as ot the best Walnuts are not a quick crop, and they need close attention and careful cultivation. But it Is only a few years until they begin to bring returns; and a walnut orchard, after it Is brought into full bearing, will bring a man a tine Income for a lifetime, and to his children after him. , 1 ' A HEW CANDIDATE PLATFORM 11 E. W. Mathw for Commistiorr on a Good Road Platform E. W. Mathews, ot Pleasant HM. announce himself a a candidate for county commissioner, on tbe strength of his experience In road work. Him platform, which we print below, makes very interesting reading, without re gard to one' views a to tbe cor rectness of his structures. ' Having been approached by many ot my friends, who have knowledge ot my eight years' experience In road construction, requesting me to be come a candidate for road commis sioner In the Republican primaries, I have decided to announce my candi dacy, and in doing so desire to state some of my views upon the present situation on the road question as af fected by the office ot county com missioner. First I am not seeking this offlc) to learn road business, and I believe that my road experience qualities m to speak with a thorough knowledge of conditions In Lane county at th present time. I am a strong advocate for building good roads and keeping them good, and I maintain that I can reduce the cost of road construction and main tenance and save many dollars of tbe taxpayers' money now expended in un necessary overhead charges ot super vision and other leaks from the county purse that should be stopped at tae commissioners' court room. For Instance, the office of county road superintendent at a salary ."f $3,000 per year and expenses, and the county bridge superintendent at av salary of $2,100 per year and expense altogether $7,000 or $8,000 per year. These officers draw more than the county commissioners. It their of fices are the more important why not elect tiiem and hare them appoint the county commissioners T ,,..j-Ji(v 'With all dee respect to the above officers, who are personal friends of mine, I maintain that such offices are. unnecessary expense and that the county commissioners' court and county engineers should do the super vising, and a foreman under then who could not build a road, ran a rock crusher or build a bridge with them to advise him. Is not profitable employe for the county. . ..,.- As it Is at the present time, we hare the county commissioners, with superintendents under them; the su perintendents hare a foreman on practically each Job, the foreman has a timekeeper and so on without end. sa that whe nthe overhead la paid n-ere is stMl some balance to e spent On the roads, provided we raise; enough through taxation and the funds can b overdrawn at liberty by. he county court - . I am In favor of a patrol system that patrols, but not the present sys tem. I deem It unnecessary to have four or five bosses orer one man. At present we have the county commls- ' sloners. the county road superintend ent, the general patrolman, the super visor, and last but not least the man to do the work. When a road of any type is com pleted, the effects of the elements and' the travel tend to destroy it and those operations required constantly to oppose this deterioration of the road constitute "general maintenance". Without this maintenance the road after a time is partially destroyed and operations necessary to restore It con stitute "repairs". The term "general maintenance" means continued main tenance, that is, keep the road np all the time, free from ruts and holes which, it allowed, cause heavy expense for repairs. A road properly "main tained' may not need repairs for an Indefinite interval but a road not even properly repaired always needs maintenance". The proper way to handle thla Is to tire a patrolman a certain mileage. what he can maintain, and keep him on the Job filling ruts, clearing ditches. etc., and pay him from the amount saved on supervision; the amount saved on two officers above named would easily maintain Lane county's share ot the Pacific highway from tL north to the south line, and we would have good roads all the time, Instead of Just a tew months after the annual repair work, and the saving from th? present patrol system would properly patrol many of our side roads. Tbe patrolmen should be, directly : inder tbe commissioners and held re- (Continued on Per. 4)