PAOS TWO TUR SPRINGFIELD NRW8 THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS Published livery Ttaradoy at Springfield. Lose County. Oregon. by T H K W IL L A M K T T C PRESS H- ■ M A XEY, adltor F. C. W BSTBKFIBLD - Meaaaer Betervd aa sacoad class m atter February 14. 1»OI at tbe poetuffloe. Springfield. Oregon M A IL S U B S C R IP T IO N R A T S Owv Y e a r in Adveace. BM Montha ............... SFKINUFIB1JX 1115 ?5c T h ree M onths flattery. Seems plausible. s e e While the number of divorce cases is mounting the marriage rate grow*. Dissatisfied couplea are afforded a chance to try it again. Marriages i w 1,000 of poulatlon have increased from 86 in 1887 to 103 in 1922, the census director re­ ports. Divorces have increased from 8.4 in 1906 to 13.6 in 1922 and still are on the upward curve. Much of this unhappiness is preventable. • • • Single C o p y ______ Sc J A M ART X 111« Editorial Program _____ Muveloua scientific discoveries havo been made since scientists began excavating King Tut. ITobably none Is more Interesting than the dis­ covery he hed fleas. The mummy of one 3000 * years old has been found. If mankind can't get • rid of fleas in 3000 years it's no use trying longer. M aka S pringfield the Ind ustrial Center of Wee- * te rn Oregon. • I I . Develop a Strong T ra d in g P o in t; Build a C ity * of Contented Homes. » II I . Im prove L ivin g Conditions on the Farm . Pro- • mote the Ra sing of Purebred Livestock and * the Growing of F ru it! W o rk fo r B e tte r M arkets * IV . T e ll the W o rld About Oregon's Scenic W onder- * land. * THURSDAY. JANUARY 3, with which alt onr national problem» m ini be approached c«n tunnel his way Into the presidency?—-Omaha Bee • • • for proper »olutlon —Capper'» Weekly. s e e ('oadliton» in Europe are not so bad that the rounutea It Is unfortunate that all the troupe sad elements, all the "Industrial classes ' to use !h> W orld» phrose. can over there are unmindful of the tael Ibal Ihe Munroe Doc­ not gel the real viewpoint of (he farm er In a matter trine 1» dnlghty sound and »irong for lie age Omaha It re • • • so vital to a fa ir and equitable distribution of the re­ wards of Industry. Failure to get thia viewpoint post — •'Never In hlalory were so ia»ny man and women la pun m»n— to gel th» farm viewpoint and a proper perspective on F F. A In New York World e » • the whole economic structure of the country. If nuch a (allure la the result of ahort-alghledneaa oi Mo«rnw »enlrncee eight government employe« lo be of blindness. It la not the leas deplorable. What la n r si ¡executed for grafting on public fund? There 1» Dial much ed Is a spirit of cooperation and broad understanding to be »aid In favor of Ihe Bolebevlkl. Ban Dl-'go t'nlou. I. THE HARRISBURG FERRY Henry Ford’s Christmas announcement thai he was out of the presidential race was a fine gift on the White House tree. Army experts have Just lightened the soldler'i pack. Experts are ulwa>4 several years late. s e e One hardship should teach us to prepare for another. • • • The Harrisburg ferry is a death trap And a dis­ grace to the roads in any civilized countiv. Until such time as Lane county can afford to help Linn E d ito r ia l C om m ent county and the state build a bridge across the ♦ ♦ ♦ Willamette river heavy barriers and a sate should " IS O L A T E D " A N D G L A D O F IT be erected at the ferry to prevent further acci­ If America la isolated— and those Americans «ho keep dents. It is getting to be a rare week when some­ repealing that It Is never take tbe trouble to explain, one isn't killed, hurt or has a narrow escape at! bow It Is laolat?d— It has been Isolated by European mad­ the ferry. We imagine Harrisburg would be rath­ ness. not by American Ignorance. I f Europe prefers war er a duU place If it were not for tha^excitement. to reconstruction. America will stay a t htfue and let afforded by the ferry. Europe fight. America at least Is not Ignorant of tbe A week ago a California tourist walked off the fact that Europe Is not so utterly ruined but It still ferry landing into the river on the Harrisburg con maintain armies greater than those held leashed aide. Several days before a young woman was prior to 1914. I f France Is ruined because Oerwany won't drowned and her body not recovered. Accidents pay her. she Is managing somehow to support her own there during the past few years have been toq m ilitary establishment and to contribute liberally toward numerous to mention. Everyone Is a surprise to supporting those of Poland. Roumanla and Caechnslovakla the natives who of course know the river is there. Knowing this much about Europe, America Is keeping But to the tourist, especially to one driving at out If It knew more It probably would merely have night, the exact location of the river is often not tio re reason to keep out.— Kansas City Star. known until he plunges headlong over the drop­ ♦ ♦ ♦ off where the road stops. It's criminal negligence Russia may be the peace-loving nation th T tell us she. to let the situation at the Harrisburg ferry con­ Is. but these continued calls for American food teem to tinue to exist after what has happened in the prove she still baa her thin Red line of he.-j-ja.— Ph I la- ! p ast delphia North American. • • • • • • There are some patriotic men in Great Britiin. W t like winter better than sun/mer because flies don't I The British government saved 70 million dollars — Wilkes Barre Times Leader. in pensions last year. The large number of war • • e widows who have remarried again is partly res­ A Californian la now photographing people's thoughts t ponsible. Since the war. fully 30 per cent of the Think pleasant— Boston Transcript. widows on the pension list have remarried, not­ withstanding the'e are more than two million surplus spinsters in the country. Perhaps it is The flames of revolution have burst out now In Oreece ' kown-how that counts. One theorr is the men In other words, the European fat is in tbe fire — Pblla- ! prefer the widows to the spinsters because they delphia North A m erican. fear the spinsters hold that me nare so self-impor­ e e e tant that the widows easily ensnare them with Mr. McAdoo announces his candidacy but 1» discreet- th e nations We make the food of a nation—FLOUR— right here In your own city. Is there anything more worthy? Surely you will think that after trying a sack of FEATHERFLAKE FLOUR “ It makes bread light as a feather'* Grucers Recommend Pestherfiske Springfield Mill & Grain Co. Now> The New Year IMAGINATION and VISION The story teller’s fancy created Hop-o’- My-Thumb and the seven-league boot»— ihe. step of twenty-one miles was the limit of his imagination. Accomplishment as wonderful aa the imagery of the fairy tale has followed the vision of Alexander Graham Bell— the instantaneous transmission of the human voice a few feet or thousands of miles. The seven-league boots exist only in the minds of “the little folks.” Over 33,000,000 conversations a day in the United States testify to the value and im­ portance of the telephone in the elimina­ tion of distance in the social and business activities of a nation. Every Bell telephone is a Long Distance station. What has it in store for you? What are your possibilities of development and expansion? What are you going to do to foster the opportunities that are yonrs? Put the question fairely and squarely to your self, “What am I going to do about it”. The opportunities are here. The degree to which you ob- UUn success lies within your own power. To expand and gTow with the times takes study and hard work. To gain your goal, which should be continually advancing, require« that you reach out, that you press forward stronger than ever. Take advantage of every opportunity. Use The Springfield News as a means of reaching out for more business. Be aggressive. An Investment in advertising brings you greater returns than In any merchandise you may handle. Your opportunities for 1934 were never grmter. Great thing, •re to »tore tor you If you take advantage of them. Resolve to JWW4M your business in 1924. h can be done. It will be done ff yow have a consistent advertising program for 1924 The Pacific Teleph one And Telegraph Company )