NOT FOR ONE-WAY TRAFFIC Having tn mind th e co n tin u atio n of th e Federal Published Bvery Thursday at aid road policy, th e re is now before C ongress, th e Dowell bill, jutaacd by th e H ouse an d recom m end­ Springfield, Lane County. Oreaon, by ed by th e S en ate co m m ittee, w hich would a u th o ­ TH B W IL L A M B T T K PRESS rise th e appropriation o f $76,000,000 for each of EL B. M AXEY. Editor F. C. W K 8TK R FIELD , Manager th e tw o years of 1926-1927, th e m oney to be ■stared as second class matter. Feb re try 14. 1303 at the spent in conjunction w ith several s ta te s for th e production of b e tte r highw ays. D uring 1924, ftostnfflce, Springfield. Oregon 9.900 m iles of F ederal aid roads w ere com pleted M A IL SUBSCRIPTION RATS a t a cost o f $171,544,500. T he ro ad s u n d er co n ­ Ona Year tn Advance.__ 3115 Three Months ------ 50c s tru c tio n will c o s t app ro x im ately $395,000,000 Btx M o n th s ___________ T5c Single Copy _____ 5c of w hich th e F ederal governm eint wil imv $176,- 500,000. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY I». 1315 Folks in th e sm all com m unities suvh as o u rs j HOW RICH IS AMERICA? fail o ften to g ra sp th e significance o r ac ts like ' FARMERS AS MANUFACTURERS 100 LITTLE PICS. th ese; yet they have a real bearing on co m m n u lty ALSO VASSAR GIRLS. H enry Ford, who m akes ten Instead o f tw o u developm r ent and prosperity' T h ere a re tw o sides I WORK AND U V E . b lades of g ra s s grow w here one grew before and to th e road question. In sm all to w n s while good b e ,o re has sa,d i r" atls have be<’n w elcom ed by th e av erag e m an How mush do you think the th is o,7nl h’ v r **' <1,°” e, , n tw «n ,-V days; and in som e places local m e rc h a n ts have suffered United States is worth, all togeth­ coup ed w ith Edison s vision of tw en ty years front th e ir c o n stru c tio n . T he com plaint is th at er, In thousands of millions or dol­ ago. w hich disclosed a m a n u fa c tu rin g rural com- good roads enable th e wife of th e fa n n e r to shop lar»? According to the Census Bureau, BHn™y;iF]USit \ e ’'T * '? ' condh,ion o i th e fa n u e r j in th e n earest big city It should be rem em ber, - oil the property in the United b rin g s sh an d y to th e fro n t a situ a tio n of slgnlfl- how ever th a t th e ro ad th a t ta k e s people out o -Latea three yuura ago amounted 10 about LO'^W.SdS.OOO. That issZ'-» , ___ , . th e tillag es also brings them in to th e villages ,leans 320 times one thousand mil- 1 • * e is being chased out o f (he . w h ile undoubtedly so m e trader» have suffered ion dollar», with 803 millions to ,y 8 ° W o ma5 hinpr-v , Due to im p ro v ed , fntnt th e com petitive appeal of th e city plus ih pore. It's a great deal of money, but .. . can raise m ore food than ; good road, th e an sw e r of course Is obvious- ,ou may be sure that it ’s much rorlc can eat. T he result is he is alw ays b e tte r m erchandising, an d b e tte r und m ore ad ess than the United States la ° n „a F litte d m ark et. F inally he r u s h e s , vertising. T rad e need not leave th e sm all town vorth. Properly developed, the to th e eftv and th e city m an would rush aw ay as a fact th e sm all tow n w ith Its low er lab o r cos' tate of Texas »111 !>e worth more i . » 1 n e*> K° o r *'h at to do. an d low er overhead can give th e olty m erchant! hen the total “wealth of the U nit­ 'd States*' as now estimated. . . . hou8 b tfu l review of th e fa rm e r’s situation quit a ru n for th e ir m oney, if th e m erc h an ts ad s one to th e belief th a t his relief will com e ju st them selves to th e changed conditions th e, Nobody has the fainteet n ? ’i . 11 ¿'a l'*at,v e legislation, hut in th e a d ju s tm e n t!c a n d ra w as m uch tra d e from th e cities as th hat tha real wealth of this eoun- o his business to th e electrical ag e w hich is now ' cities ta k e from them . If no t m ore. ry amounts to. In ten years the rk, and they would raise the val- idle hour. T he tim es of planting, cultivating and have never heard of one ch asin g a bull dog or ; of the nation's property five h arv estin g . F o r th e rest, his tim e and investm ent a bobcat. .•idred per cent In hall a gener- a r e w aste th a t m ust be spread over th e volum e • • • ion. o f his product. If o u r farm s w ere equipped with M arrying is a good custom but a h»d habit V hoy sends this information to sm all m a n u fa ctu rin g p lants th a t could be kept A K entucky m an got th re e y ea rs in th e pen for • United States Agricultural Pe­ b usy producing standardized necessities. such bigam y rtinent. Five years ago, when fo r exam ple a s screw s, nails, bolts, shoe la c e s ,’ ~ * * was In the public school, he ught s pure-bred pig, female, k n ife handles and a th ousand and one o th e r pro­ C leaver Is out o f a job as th e resu lt of the way ;ht weeks old. Since then hie d u cts instead of one of loafing a t a loss. One th e leg islatu re handled th e cleaver. ; has added 100 small pigs to o f th ese days Mr. Ford will w ork out th e problem t earth's porcine population. The • • • a n d th e idle h o u r will be abolished THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS E d ito r ia l C om m ent A new grad e school building is a genuine neces­ s ity besides being an econom ical and wise invest ! fact » on taxes m e n t. We all wish fo r new people to settle in o u r Several highly-inflated political footballs ware punctnr to w n in o rd e r th a t we m ay build a large and ed and expired Into flabby oblivion before the onalaughl p ro sp ero u s city, ts u a llv th e people who wish to Ot» few pointed fticta presented at the annual meeting by s e ttle in a n y city a re those w ith a family. N a- sta te Treaaurer Kay. tu ra llv one Of th e ir first co n sid eratio n s is th e I T hese fact« referred specifically to taxes. An examine School. T he overcrow ded conditions of S p rin g - itton of Mr. Kay's address, reproduced in Its entirety or field s city schools is not a t all Inviting to people another page in this issue, win show how thoroughly h< to b rin g th eir children here. T he solution of th e has exploded certain popular and praveleot theories or problem is a new school.any w ay one looks a t It. allegev “hlgh-taxea" In Oregon There are many who ma' disagree with the »¡Ate Treasurer on matters of opinion Now is th e tim e fo r th e passage o f a sound there are few who rill question his authority on the fact b uilding re g u la tin g ordinance- P eople p la n n in g of state finance. o n building should know w hat th e com m unity Oregon has been grossly libeled In the pant on th a n d city expe?t8. No Stringent piece of legisla- subject; and these erroneous statem ents have originated tio n is needed but one re g u la tin g th e c o n s tru e -1 from within the state Itself. From January 8th whet tio n along th e lines approved by o th e r Cities' and sta te Treasurer Kay presented his deductions b fore ,h providing for inspection. 1 assembled delegates of the annual meeting and these dedur • • • ; tlons were subsequently broadcasted via the press through OUR TRADE BALANCE out th« state, should date a new attitude on the part of Oregonians toward the coat of state government.—Orego, U ucle S am closed his trad e balance sheet for Business. 1924 w ith ab o u t one billion on th e rig h t side of th e ledger. T h e D epartm ent of C om m erce in fig u re s ju st m ade public s ta te s th a t th e exports re ach e d th e am azing to ta l of $4,590,146,873. w hile th e im ports am o u n ted to $3,610,552,566. T h e export to ta l for 1923 w as $4,167, 493.080 and im p o rts for th a t y ear w ere valued a t $3,792,065.- 963. So it will be seen th a t im ports have de­ creased while o u r exports have gained In value. O ur largest foreign p u rc h aser last y e a r w as G reat B ritain who took $982,034,509 while Im ports from th a t co u n try am ounted to only $336,476,902 Our ex p o rts to G erm any w ere valued a t $440,537,797 a n d im ports to taled $139,257,900. F ran ce took $281,663,972, while we im ported from th a t coun­ try $147,636,972. • • • P ity the poor p rin te r w ith an increase o f 25 per c e n t In paper stock nrlces. THURSDAY FEBRUARY 1». 1296 THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS PAO» TWO C 3 WE SHIP IN TOO MUCH? Notwithstanding the fact that Oregon produces a larg share of food for her needs, last year 6.138 carloads of fruits an I vegetables were unloaded at Portland. Of this number. California shipped 2.366 carloads an I Washlnvtor shipped 1,031 carloads Into the Oregon port city. Callforn la has always led in supplying Portland's urban populatlor with fruits and vegetables. Last year the carloads wen fewer because of the quarantine against California, hnt Cailfornia still remains the prominent shipper to Portland In fruit and vegetable Industry. Of course.' Oregon people want certain fruits and vegetables tha can not he grown for climatic reasons within her own borders. But It Is time to Inquire serlouslv If we should not utilise mor® of our own products, even though to do so we must sacrifice some of the fine fruits of other atates.—The Oregon Farmer. tie boy wrltss: “She paid for y clothes, three year» in high tool and gave me spending mon- also. I am now In my second sr in college and she is still ng the some.“ ’Ms hoy has Joined the "better •s— better stock” campaign, and ' work hard to Improve the pig ?ed. I f It were possible to Improve nan breed es easily as we Im- .ove cattle or sv.lr.e, clvilisntlrn would progress rapidly. Unfortu­ nately, eugenista make little prog­ ress, But something might be •te. > .'hat proud mother of 100 little p.gs in five years never smoked cigarettes or drank cocktails. And the father or fathers did not eat before their sons the example of bootleg law breaking and contempt fo r the Constitution. Dear young ladies of Vasaar College, edth beautiful, tail fore­ heads, nimble feet and nimble minds, tell what they think of to­ bacco. 433 say they liko cigar­ ettes, 624 never smoke. No m atter what you may think o f women smoking, how wuuld you •newer this question? Which will be married first, the 433 girls that smoke cigarettes, or the 624 that don’t smoke cigar­ ettes? And which will make the best mothers? | tate of Harrison B Urey, deceased, They are Bsttsr Managers ( f(led his final account with the Cmin- Htalletlca In the hands of the Ore­ , ty Clerk of Lane County, Oregon, n a gon I'ubllo Utility Information Bureau the Hth day of February. 1026. ami show eonriualvely that public utilities by order of the County ('ogrt Hatur- which are owned and operated under 'day the gist day of March. 1016. at , the hour cf tan n'cloch A M nt the private management are more effi­ County Court room In tho Court ciently conducted than those operated house nt Eugene. I s m County. Ore­ under municipal ownership. The sum­ gon. has been fixed as the time ant mary of three figures Indicate that the i place for hearing objections. If any Ito ««hl final account and for final privately owned utilities sp-nd only settlement I hereof. 366 for operating expenses, lut of All persons having objections to every 3100 of revenue received, while sold final account nre hereby notified It costs munlcIpally-owncd plants to file the ««me with the County Clerk on or before the lime fixed for final nearly 375 for operating egpvnses, or hearing theToon over 16 per rent more than the private II. 1, BERGMAN, Administrator of the Hatat» utilities. of Harrison II. Gray, dn ceased. NOTICE Williams A Benn NOTICE la h y eb y given that*7!ñ« Attorneys for th« Enisle FIB 2« M 6 13 1» undersign'd Administrator of the es Batteries Made New We rech arg e, rep air . n in i rebuild b a tte rie s of nil make«. Eight h o u r «ervice Ignition Work of All Kinds Springfield B attery - Electric Co. T hird and Main Enroll Monday F or a B ookkeeping, S ten o g rap h ic o r S ecretarial course at T he Eugene Hunlne«« College. O ur equipm ent is m odern, o u r teac h ers efficient, and o u r ra te s a re reasonable. Eugene Business College A. E. Roberts, President 992 W illam ette St. .. Eugene, Oregon P hone 666 .. For Juicy Steaks Tender Chop« and Choice Meats of nN Kinds Holverson Bros, Props. ^ O U 'L ^ ^ E ^ S U R P R IS E D Men have spent most of their time on earth fighting and mur­ dering each other. But the reel job of the human race is to fight against and conquer Nature. Every canal dug, desert irrig at­ ed, swamp drained, Is a victory in the really Important war. Canada Is growing rapidly. Up there they welcome good Immi­ grants. Hern we discourage im ­ migration. W hat is more Important even than immigration is human happi­ ness and Independence. Canadians attend to that. In Canada 92 per cent of farmers own their own farms. In the United States, only 62 per cent own their land, tha others are tenants paying rent. The nations in which those that cultivate the land own the land on which they live grow in strength. The power of France is due large­ ly to tha fact that Frenchmen own their land. T hat small country has more than nix million land owners, a great improveraant on tha days a t monarchy, when a handful of nobles, ecclesiastics and royal prin- ess were the land owners. NOW, H ER E'S A CAKE. MILS. HOUSEW IFE. TH A T LOOKS GOOD, TA STES GOOD, AND REALLY IS DELICI­ OUSLY GOOD. SUCH IMJWNY, W H ITE CAKES OF MELTING FLAVOR AND FINE TEX TU R E CAN HE MADE EASILY W ITH T H E FAMOUS— ¿Jurwiiz fvwtuf, aged i Lorens Koenig, seven ty- B çyV B - B To 16 M»AA6 etereo. t h c p h a ^ vin o h a t io h - vjidu co n Te a r 15 BIG- P ftIX B fe - FR E E B ie LCAGUa ÜAbeöALL- GLOVE! B at © and balls ©IMPLY DRAW A PiCTUftE OF "OLD P O P ' «H t h . v COMIC W R IT E N A M E , A D D B ~ 3 6 ANO AGE B A C K O F D R A W IN G - O S 5 O /H A T K 4 N O O f G L O V E o a . B A T VOO W A N T IP VOO A C S ' W IM N E C . — ÎÜ N D D R A W IN G S C A R B T H I S O A P /J R . ALG O O H TE LL M V D B A « P C lE S O G I I M .. R e c a iv e o a l l o f s o lia . f » . - O R A N I M G S . E V E R V O N T I IS G C ffA T ALL arc 6 N O N M V C A A S p /jL c o c o e s A T , o n . -----—«--------------- two, devotes woi devotae his bis working hours to stacking shingles in a lumber yard at Omaha. He inherits inh< f 118,000. but goes on packing shin “and he'll I quit, I ’d die,** be says, give the money to bis children. Perhaps the habit of hard work hasn't got as Arm a hold on them ‘,(ïlUtkes Bread Light as aHather/’ as it has on him. A lthough th ere 1« a k n ack to m aking good cak es— you will Our life depends on the glands. Our happiness depends on habit We are more like machines wound up and set. running than creatures of free will. have th e beat of luck If you use FEATHERFLAKE flour— ANYBODY wtahlns milk at gallon rates coll Mvernlde Dairy, Phone 34F8 It certain ly m ukce w onderful cakes. J u st try It— "you'll be su rp rised " how w onderful. Only the Best Stores Sell FEATHERFLAKE CALL AND S^E Dr. N. W. Emery on or* <« on plat» end other work. ’ ( Savo your foot by having your rhoen repair'd at the Electric Shoe Shop. F-23 Y O U 'L L S U R P R IS E D