T IH 'llS H A Y . JA N VA H Y 31. 1024 THE SPKIXGEIEl.n NEWS PAGE TWO 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. • 11 25 75c (o 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. • • • 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. • • • 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.’’ • • • Boston had a cat show the other day. No not a sewing circle, a real cat show. • • • Births exceed deaths two to one and there is a marriage every ten minutes. • • • 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 • 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. S U Months ... — - • 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. • • • 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 • a e Wh n your shirt comes back with the button gone, there's the rub. • • • Many a girl wins a prize at a beauty show and marries him. s e e Stockings bold more rents than rent s e e When a man leaves his wife he doesn't leav? her much. • • • Drivers who try to bMt trains are Jumping a t conelu (ions. —...... t The Battle Is On b______ --------------------- ------------------ -------------------- Good Times Ahead Whenever you see a sack of Featherflake I lour 1» mg liveretl you cun know that dome family 1« going W * 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. I 1 '■»' 1 1 ■■ - ----- " 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 CAR 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. & V e /* . i g 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 In "Hurricane's O al" tem will have a fair tryout In Ih • f Schooners, torpedo boat destroyers. game with the Huskies a*roplanr. 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 For?. Den Her