PubiLhed Every Thuwd.y at . nr«™. bv SartntfteM. L»n* Coanty, iw«on. this spring. This project is being Dae KM ny the Ctv*Q club *nd Cham ber of Commerce. Mr. [property Owner. they deserve your cooperation. T H E W IL L A M E T T E PRESS . • • H E Editor «. MAXEY. — P. C. -------------------- W E S TE R Ft E l. D — M»n»»»r ----- - The Cham ber of Commerce has been request-, --------- ------------------ -------- “ ------- ,h. ed by the S tate Cham ber to place two delegates! itered as an-ond class m atter February J«. ISOS t Qn 1^,,,» county com m ittee to help locate I __________peatoBhe. Srnnsfieid. Oregon___________ colonists In this section. Every Citizen ought to m a il s u b s c r ip tio n r a te consider hintself on this com m ittee and when » 1 -5 Three M o n th « ___ soe new people come here th> his best to m ake them O n - Year la Advance Tie Stalls Copy „ ...... 5c understand and appreciate the resources of the Six Months W illamette valley. THVRSnAY. F ER R I \R Y ÎS. 1921 bu s in es — s c n d itio - n s h e a l t h y — o -------- .......... „ ^ .„ r t i o n during the m onth of Jan- „ a U S s h K t h e Paciftc coast, according to Ih J're p o rt ot the Federal Reserve hank, During January 11 per cent( ’ ’^r ‘ ’’".Joa/ "** 1 ^ h e V u m b T r and value of building perm its is- We would like to drink Clear lake w ater am' everyone else would in the W illam ette valley It looks like this m am m oth undertaking may b. . reality the way «he state and Individuals are taking hold of p ro sp ect . Thieves who stole $101)0 w orth of Chill pep per in California m ust have a hot time. sued in 20 principal e iu e s o i the I a>J w om an c a n ’t m ake a fool out a man with- n d ts issued during January 1923. by l-.b and 27.0 per cent, respectively. The employment situation may be characterised as normal, with considerable 'unem ploym ent among those industries which usually operate at a re duced rate, if at all. during the winter. Normal growth of business activity, both as eomoared with one m onth ago and one year ago. is indicated by the am ount of against accounts a t banks (bank debits cities of the district during January. Gains of 1.2 per cent as compared with December. 1.-3. and of 0.8 per cent as compared with January. 1923. were reported. Retail trade J1** h*?® sonally active in m « t sections of the district, a t levels slightly above those of a year ago. In the wholesale trade some lines were active and oth ers quiet during January, but ’» g e n e r a I t he volume of goods sold was greater ttfhn one year **The general trend of prices of the P£jnciP*’ products of the district has been upward Ad vances and declines in prices of .crops still be ing m arketed and in prices of Uvestock have been evenly distributed. Prices of the industrial m etals, copper, lead and line, rose appreciably during the latter part of January and the earl> weeks of February. Lum ber prices have rem ain e d steady at previous levels. The old teapot keeps boiling over. E d ito r ia l C om m ent • • • R A T H E R s m a l l p o ta to e s It Mr. Doheny j»» e Georg« Creel but »5.000 evidently he did not reganl him a» Important comparatively.-— Pittsburg Gaaette-Tlmea. • • • In oth»r word». Secretary Hughe» give« the «ovtet government to understand that It must wash It» hand« If it wishes ua to shake— Indianapolis New». (Since tax iwttsf 1» urgent relief In IBS« w jll be twice as welcome to a long suffering public a» relief In 1925. — New York Tribune. • • • The Soviet regime may be losing some of Ua redneaa. but 1C» »till far from the pink of perfection— Washington Poat. • • • M r Bok la a fortunate gentleman; he can settle every argument be gets Into merely by offering »100.000.— Springfield News. • • Moving to Eugen»--The Ralph J Leaves for Glendsls— M rt. J. E. Hicks fam ily Is moving to Eugene this C lark of Glendale leaves today for i weekend, possibly ««e BatBfday hom« after a few days spent in Springfield visiting Dr. and Mrs. R. 3 •' Q uit- ll'_ M » :» :ti Fenwick. P. Mortanson. She came Sunday. wh-> ».as b» o ill with typhoid, ts Has Chlckenpox— Dorothy Fisher, still about the same, lie ts in a very grow where Enjoyed Party— A Babtlst te n s time. pi rty Social Postponed— The Springfield Mill & oil 1 -ague social of the Methodist church which was announced for Friday. February 29 w ill be postponed until the evening of Wednesday. March 5. at 7:30 in the church parlors. We are com pletely In accord with, and STANDARDS of PRACTICE form ulated Mrs i- E. O'Connor and daughter who have been visiting at the horns of her brother. Jack DeVore. have gone to their home at Osnlralla. Washington. ------------------------- •m all daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dave | aarinas coudbxa. S u rp ris e d by F r’ da— V number { The Springfield M ill and Grain rom- Fisher of W illam ette heights, is con fined to her home with the chicken- t.f the friend- of Mrs. 1. k’ Ba-ford t«ny shipped a carload ot te*d to pox. «•irprtsed he- on Tuesday by call- Glendale yesterday. Qf <he W om -n of Wood- Recovering from Illn e s s — G ilb e rt, mg at her ,nm.- a a l »pending the nlght ln , he little son ot L. C. Bain, of 9th and efternoon w '-t her. Sh« has been craft b<?ld * BFetln< q hall. The social session L atreets. la convalescing after an laid up with a spi ¡tied ankle for attack of bronchial pneumonia. AT THE BEST STORES • Neither grass nor candidates wilt splashes— New York Herald. I. O. O. F. Give Degree W ork— The first degree work of the I. O. O. F. j Sir. and Mrs. Kenneth Tobias. The lodge was given last night at their evening was spent in playing games. regular sassion to two new members. ¡especially charades. THE COOKBOOK SAYS— use so m uch Hour, and you do, but did you ever atop to think that fully hulf (he aucceaa of your luikiug la depen dent upon how good the Hour la? When you uae Featherflnke Flour and uae It right, your baking aucceaa la assured. It has been proven In the labor a to ry before It cornea to you and tnuat he right Feather, flake flour la fam ous for K m whiteness, lightness and whole- BOfinetiesai Be sure you order Featherflake— yea, "light as a feat her*' heartily and endorse, published by the the PUBLIC UTILITIES ADVERTISING ASSOCIATION, which la affil iated with the Associated Advert sing Clubs of the World. Standards of Practice followed the regular session. Aboout Epworth «0 persons w?re present. lealizing our ollgatinn and responsibility to the public, to the seller of advertising service, the advertising agent and our own org nlzatlon, we. as public utility advertisers,, pledge ourselves as follows: ordered ( P To consider the Interests of the public forem ost, and particular ly that portion thereof which we serve; (2) To claim no m ore, but If anytlting, a little less in our advertis ing, than we can deliver; (3) To refrain from statem ents In our advertising, which, through actual m isrepresentation, through ambiguity or through Incompleteness, are likely to be misleading to the public, or unjust to com petitors; (4 1 To use every possible m eans, not only In our own Individual ad vertising, but by association and cooperation, to increase the public's confidence In advertised statem ents; ( 5 ,To refrain from attacking com petitors In our advertising; (f>) To refrain from Imposing upen th« seller of advertising service unjust, unreasonable and unnecessarily irksome requirem ents; (7) To furnish to publishers, when requested, technical Information which will help them keep reading pages and advertising colum ns free from m isstatem ents; (8) To refrain from and discourage deceptive or coercive methods in securing free advertising, and to do everything possible to aid the pub lishers to keep his colum ns free and indepedent; n Last year 350,000 buyers waited for delivery. Insure yourself against delay this spring by placing your order for a Ford Car now. See the Nearest Authorized Ford Dealer (9) To require standards for oi^-selves equal to those we set for others; .10) To stand unequivocally for "Truth In Advertising." Mountain States Power Company Springfield, Oregon I