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THE SPKIXGEIEl.n NEWS
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THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
Published Every Thursday al
Springfield, Lane County, Oregon, by
T H E W IL L A M E T T E PRESS
F. E MAXEY. Editor
F. C, WE8TERFIKLD. Manager
Entered aa aevoud class matter. February 24. 1*03 at tha
postofflve. Springfield, Oregon
SPEND 24 BILLIONS FOR LUXURIES
The people of the United States spend In a
single year over $24.000,000.000 for luxuries. One
per cent of this would furnish twice the annual
requirement for the ptyiueut of the bonus.
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Editorial Program
I.
Make Springfield the Industrial Center of W es
tern Oregon.
II. Develop a Strong Tradin g Point; Build a City
of Contented Homes.
II I . Im prove Living Conditions on the Farm . Pro
mote the R a s in g of Purebred Livestock a id
tha Growing of F ru it: W o rk for Better M arkets
IV. T ell the W orld About Oregon's Scenle Wonder-
land.
PLANT A TREE OR TWO
The tree-planting compaign started by the
Woman’s Civic club should receive the support of
every property owner in the city. There Is noth
ing which will beautify the city more than long
avenues of shade trees in summer time. Many
streets in Springfield are practically barren of
trees giving the impression to the out-of-town
visitor of a hurridly built temporary village. A
thousand trees should be planted this spring un
der the guidance of the Woman’s club.
The lack of trees is said to be due in a measure
to insufficient knowledge of the width of parking
strips and the poor conditions many of them are
in for planting trees. Councilmen claim there
are ordinances establishing parkings on every
street in the city. But the lack of knowledge of
this obscure law has caused many people to hes
itate In planting trees for fear of seeing them in
improper places.
In reality tree planting is a project that should
be undertaken by a whole street. To get the best
effect the trees should be all of one kind, a uni
form distance from the sidewalk and evenly
spaced. There is a law in this state giving the city
council power to call a mass meeting of prop
erty owners on a street, on petition of any five
property owners, and establish tree-planting
rules and determine the kind of trees to be plant
ed. The Springfield Chamber of Commerce has
a committee working on this sort of a project
and it is proposed to plant one or two streets this
spring. Corvallis. Salem and many other cities of
the state have followed this method with very
gratifying reuslts.
Congress has just been presented with a peti
tion more than two miles long, signed by 345,-
516 farmers, asking that government expenses
-be cut and taxes reduced. In length and number
of signatures it is said to be the longest petition
ever presented to a legislative body and repre
sents nearly every btate in the union. Every
signer is a fanner or is directly interested in
fanning. An impressive reminder to the law-mak
ers that the people want their taxes cut.
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The aggregate value of real and personal prop
erty in the city of New York is as great as assess
ed value of all property lying west of the Missis
sippi river.
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The man who gave a justice of the peace a
worthless check for performing his marriage
ceTemoy was’nt marrving for money.
Scrub women are giving up their jobs to chorus
girls in Germany. Their slogan is what Sherman
said instead of “Hoch der Kiser.’’
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Boston had a cat show the other day. No not
a sewing circle, a real cat show.
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Births exceed deaths two to one and there is
a marriage every ten minutes.
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Many are called, but few phone numbers are gotten.
JJngle life,
E d ito r ia l
Three Months .
Single Copy
T H U R S D A Y , J A N U A R Y St. 19Ï4
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Civilization has progressed from the jungle
M A IL S U B S C R IP T IO N RA TE
One Year In Advance.
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C om m ent
K E E P T H E A R M Y ON IT S S E A T
With erlnte waves running an erratic rae? with the cold
waves of ihe weatherman In the newspaper headline«,
we tlcn'l h ar of any ttioYrfUMt In any large American
cl'.y to cut the police force
But despite the (act that hung r. avarice and envy rule
Europe, u spite the fact that the majority of nations of
the world find little eau*» for friendliness with u* at thia
moment, the police force of your Uncle Samuel, th > Uni-
ed Slat a Army. la having a hart! thne to get from Con
(trees the mon.'y It needs to prevent It from becoming
numerically a has-been
That Army walks a b at which la one vast Jewelry
window, chock full of the greatest asaortm nt of riche-
ever assembled at one time In the history of the world It
guards a composite bank vault which contain? m o n gold
than there Is In the r rst of tbeworld. It ta the defense
we have sM up for all our national wealth, aggregating
the stupendous sum of four hundred billion dollars
It is almost Inconceivable that proposals to cut the else
of the Regular Army should be mad.» now. with world
affairs as they are Yet Secretary of War Weeks. In his
annual r.port to President Coolidge, declares that he en
counters a strong sentiment that present Army expendl
tures. small as they are relatively, are unnecessary.
The present Army and Navy expenditures rated as dr-
fens? Insurance, amount to less than 11 50 per thousand on
our national wealth of »400.000.000.000 The country at
present maintains only one soldier for each »1.500.000 of
national wealth, the lowest proportion In seventy y - a r s
Every argum .nt supports Mr W eeks’ plea that Congress
Increase th? number of enlisted men In the Regular Army
to 150.000. No coat Is too great, when, as he truly savs.
"the coat of national defense Is the price of freed o m '—
Am?rtcan Legion Weekly.
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THE
UNTAXED
M IL L IO N S
No doubt the very rich ought to pay big surtaxes, be
cause they dryt't need the mon y snd the government
do?e, and It is bad policy, anyway, for Immense fortunes
to accumulate and be passed on to prlvata h Ira with all
the power such fortunes represent But the fact la that
the very rich ar- not paying big surtaxes, under the pres
ent high rates, and they cannot be made to do so as long
as there are tax-free a v u rltles for th .m to Invest thetr
capital In.
The general situation appears In the United S ta b s
treasury flgur?« for the last few years, which show a rap
Idly decreasing government Income from surtaxes on big
fortunes. An apt example la found In the case of William
C. Rockef.dler who. at his death, was round to have only
»7.000.000 Invested In business enterprise and therefore
subject to the exc»ss orofltg tax. and his remaining »44.
000.000 in tax exempt bonds.
Making a horse drink after he has been led unwillingly
to the watering trough It ?asy compared with making an
r-w lllln g millionaire pay half his Income In turtaxes as
lc- g as there la any legal way to dodge the payment Even
If he d o 's not need the money and It Is not consciously
cbout IL the b uslntss habits of a lifetim e Impel him to
place hla capital wher? 1» will bring the best return That
place, at present. Is tax-free securities.
There Is reason for believing that with a lower surtax.
Mg fortunes will be drawn back again Into productive prl
rate enterprise, becoming subject to federal Income taxa
tion once more, and thus sw elling the Income tax rsceipts
in the “upper brackets."
That process can be helped along by stopping the tsaua
of tax-free bonds, which will require a constitutional
amendment.—Tacoma News Tribune
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Wh n your shirt comes back with the button gone,
there's the rub.
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Many a girl wins a prize at a beauty show and marries
him.
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Stockings bold more rents than rent
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When a man leaves his wife he doesn't leav? her much.
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Drivers who try to bMt trains are Jumping a t conelu
(ions.
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The Battle Is On
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Good Times Ahead
Whenever you see a sack of Featherflake I lour 1» mg
liveretl you cun know that dome family 1« going
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some good bread, rolls, biscuits and |utsiries
You will eat more bread when it’s made of Eeatberflake
Flour. Just see if you won’t—it s your cheapest and best
'SasatbsUNU UsW C»'.
ftxid. too.
Insist on Featherflnks— It's really tbs bsaL
Quality Store» Sell Quality Flour
Springfield Mill & Grain Co.
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VARSITY WILL MEET
HUSKY BASKETBALL SQUAD
U niversity of Oregon. Eugen», Jan
3 1 — (Special.)—On Monday of next
week. February 4’h, the U niversity
of Oregon basketball team will m -e t
the University of Washington Huskies
In the drat Paclflc Coast conference
game played by the varsity this »•«
son. The game will be staged In the
Eugene armory.
The third week of b?r conference
bask fbafl schedule (lads the U ni
versity of Washington tossers at the
top of the conference list with two
wins and no defeats. Indications a n
that Coach “Heck” Edmunson has
built up an efficient and dangerous
basketball machine from th? remnants
of last year's team which loat the see
lion championship to Idaho.
At this stage of the season little
can be said on the comparative
atr»ngth of Oregon with other par
iclpants In the conference race. The
Webfoot tossers have disposed of th«
pre season oppon *nts In a workman
like manner, all contests except one
going to the varsity tossers by over
whelming majorities As vet It te a
THE
U N IV E R S A L
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F o r e c a s tin g A T re m e n d o u s
S p r in g D e m a n d
739,626
more Ford cars and trucks were pro
duced la st year thun th e previous
year, an increase of over 50 per cent.
In spite of thia tremendous increase in production, it was
impossible to meet delivery requirement« during the spring
and summer months whet, orders lor 350,000 Ford Cara
and Trucks could not be tilled.
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m atter of conjecture how Coach Bill' lights of ''Hurricane's O«l," a First
Reinhart's offense, which has been National attra.lton which la coming
so effective to this point, will work to the Bell Theatre on Saturday,
against th? more experienced teams j Horothy I’hlUlpa Is the star of tha
production and Allen Holuhar. Ihe
Reinhart has adopted a avstem
rr tslor o f
M a n Woman Marrta* *.'*
which Is new In coast baek-tball •< I
produced It
ence. With fs»t men. for his players
There are many thrlillng and novel
are admittedly a fast o c t f lt , th is »vs
features
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"Hurricane's
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tem will have a fair tryout In Ih •
f Schooners, torpedo boat destroyers.
game with the Huskies
a*roplan<a and hydroplanes aro UtU-
It-Inharts six man team consists of lied In the production Most of the
Russell Gowans. forward. Charles action takea place at tea. and tha tale
King, forward; Howard Hobeon. for ends up In a palatial mansion In Man
ward; Hugh Latham, center. Harold Frsacteco following a series of un
Chapman, guard; Earl Hhaf >r. guard derworld complications
Charles Jost Is acting as a subsiltut.
Wh n did d snocrary first burst the
center and guard l.atban>. Chapman bonds of class distinction In England?
and Shafer have had two y.ara of When did reform workers first obtain
varsity experience. Gowans Is a on* ¡decent living conditions for tha low
year varsity man.
jest working class? The answers to
these and'other questions of Interest
to the s’udent are expressed In bean
“HURRICANE’S GA1..“ IS
tlful dramatic torn? In tha Hobart
SEA AND SKY ROMANCE Heal y Unlv -rial Jewel production at
Ihe Bell Theatre Sunday, "The Flam e
The romance of the open sea and ofd .lfe" I'riscllla I »can. premier stel
th? open aky, the mystery of the lar artist In th s f l ld of vital am »
underworld, the love of a r al man tlonallem, la the atar. Robert Ellie.
for a real woman, the battle agalnsi Wallace Beery, Kathlyn McGuire and
villainy and the redemption of an Beatrice Burnham enact principal
untamed spirit—these ar? the high roles under Hobart Henley's direction.
Thia year winter buying lor immediate delivery hat been
more active than ever before— and in addition 200,000
orders have already been booked through the Ford Weekly
Purchase Plan for spring delivery.
These facts clearly indicate that the demand during thia
spring and summer w ill be far greater than ever, and that
orders should be placed immediately w ith Ford Dialers as
a means of protection against delay in securing your lo rd
C ar or Truck or Fordson Tractor.
D etroit, Michigan
A small deposit down, with en-, payments ol
the balance nrrange.l, or your enrollment under
the Ford W e ekly Purrhane I'lan. w ill put your
order on the preferred list lor «prtng delivery
See th o N e a re s t A u tL u r ix e d
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