THURSDAY. MAY »8. IMS
THE 8PR1NOFIBL.D NEW8
FÀGrç TWO
Fruit Outlook Bad
Karl.v prospects for an abundant
no oue need to accept It as a fact. Some of the fruit crop In Oregon, and In particular
Published Bvery Thursday at
be»
known scientist» say they can reconolle the the W illamette Valley, have changed
Spriogfleld. Lasa County. Oregon. by
i
Bible
teachings and th at small portion of the and Indication« now point to a Inw
THE WILLAMETTE PRESS
‘theory of evolution dealing with man and mon yield In all variation of cherries, apple«
B- ■- MAXEY, Bdltor
T. C. W K 3T K R F IE L D Managar key.
and prune«. Pear« In some localities
will be almost uo crop, while In othera
a a a
■stared aa second class matter February 24. 1903 at t h a
»action«
they are reported aa fair
Judging from he activity along the Florida
goatoVtca. Springflehl. Oraron
coast Ponce He Leon was right at least In spirit. yield. Various causes ate given foi
M A IL SUBSCRIPTION RATE
The fountain of youth may not have been dis Ute partial failure this year, but (he
O sa Tear m Advance .. »1 I t
Three Months ........ Me covered in that section but the bottle of boor ' severe cold weather of last winter la
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te
the generally accepted cause. Killing
make» ’em feel that wav.
frevaea In the middle west states with
THURSDAY, MAY 28. 1925
We often wonder w hether the contractor who, I the partial failure« In the coast states
’>'111?
1 H L
CDDIM PE?VC*V n
O r I x I lM v ir H-.L.LJ
N ir u /Q
w h y 8hou,d *ny«n« Object to the teaching of
i l L W O the theory of evolution. So long as It is s theory
Editorial Program
I.
Make Springfield tha Industrial Center of Wea-
trrn Oregon.
II. Develop a Strong Trading Point; Build a City
of Contented Homes.
IIL Improve Living Conditions on the Farm. Pro
mote tha Raising of Purebred Livestock and
the Growing of Fruit; Work for Better Markets
IV. Tell the World About Oregon's Scenic Wonder
land.
3»ullt the leaning tow er of Pisa made it that way " ouW warran‘ ’"M"1 prll"‘a
"* o r purpose o r was It a governm ent Job.
Ankle le Fractured
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Old maids and maidens who didn’t read the i.ee Chetwond. employed In the
lumber corn-
’ ads last week missed something. A man stiver- wrtoda (or the Flachcr
p
Hat'd for a girl friend.
pany
M,rro,s. had hl« right ankle
I fractured Friday when a wire cable
.
Austria Is glad Uncle Sam is not in the league
h‘ro' ,,a waa hr"u*hl
. *of nations. The league has just refused Austria M,,ld f,,r me," cal *,' ’‘n' l,’n'
a loan.
la'*r •*”“ *° ,he
.hospital In Kugrne.
E d ito r ia l
C om m ent
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AND DO YOU KNOW
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Just the »Ight dimensions and proportions for this
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ROAD PROGRAM IN DANGKH
CUT OUT THE “ NIXIES”
Former Governor Ferguson of Texas, urge« a halt on ;
’’Nixies’’ cost Uncle Sam 82,000,000 a year. A
•’Nixie” is a piece of mail SO carelessly addressed rnaJ* bond« and favors building road« only aa they can li
and (xxtrly wrapped th at it can neither be deliver- r*,<t for. The Texas situation la going to he paralleled in
ed or returned without special treatm ent costing "’«"v other states. not because the people want fewer good
$2,000.000 a year. There is an appauling waste rood*, but because of the manta which has dowHoped
and loss of effort in the postal service due to the • “ ““s road officials for building types of road that absorb«
people’s Carelessness.
more money than the taxpayers can produce
• An example of this tendency fa seen In two recent road
DO YOU KNOW
T h at 21,000.000 letters went to the dead letter of paving contrarts awarded by a wgftern atate for pwvtng an
aggregate of 111 mile» of hlkhway. Instead of accepting!
fice last year?
the low bid« for a type of asphaltic concrete pavement I
T h at 803,000 parcels did likewise?
T hat 100.000 letters go into the mail yearly in which has been tlm etested and proved It* worth on th ' i
majority of the state’s highways, contracts were award’ 1
perfectly blank envelopes?
T hat $55.000 in cash is removed annually from for other types of pavem.-nt which have not vet p ro v i.i
misdirected envelopes?
( them selves as good by th< test of long usage, but which
T hat $12,000 in checks, drafts, and money orders cost an aggregate of over $20 000 more for the jot»« »
never reach Intended owners.
question
This additional tso.ooo would h.ivi ; > n d »;■
T h at Unalp Sam collects $92.000 a year in postage p rn x im a te ty a n o th e r m il.- of highway of th ty - that hn
for the return of mail sent to the dead-letter proved satisfactory in the state in question
office?
Forcing . x r h lla m cost« In highway construction will
T h at it costs Uncle Sant $1.740.000 yearly to look brlrg the downfall hi our n«’ionai yo»»i r ea ls proyrs
up addresses on misdirected mail?
which Is now underway —Industrial News.
T h a t 200,000.000 letters are given this service and
T h at it costs in one citv alone $500 daily?
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“• Intend to go out and wake up the country," cried th e
young college graduate^
T hat this vast sum could be saved and the dead-
? 7 . h*
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letter office abolished if each piece of mail rur,u
York Telegraph
carried a return address, and if each parcel were
FARMER ANO SOCIALISM
wrapped in stout paper and tied with a strong
If there be one class of Americans who have s ’-owti di«
cord?
MORAL: Every man knows his own address it trust for socialism in any form it It the farmers ot Our
country.
not that of his correspondent.
The Progressive Third Party In the presidential eit
June 1 to 7 has been designed as “B etter Mail-
Ing W eek” when a nation wide campaign will be p““ n of 1924 put up * Ter5r at,rac,lTe »ortali.Hc Be««' >'
undertaken to reduce the apalling loss occasioned p at orm
No political organization, even with the endorsem» nt of
by carelessness in addressing mail m atter. Do
active farm bloc groupa of politicians, was ever ao,co.n-
your p art—“ Cut out the Nixies.”
Ws'vc gone th* lim it
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t<. n l! st the rcmarkaMy
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pletely repudiated on account of serving the red flag, ns
was 1924 progresslvlsm. so-calbd.
Have you bought your little red poppy for Me-
It was fitting and proper that c h ie f Justice Taft recent
mortal Day. Give the disabled “buddies” in th e ’ly called down a western college debating team for taking
hospital a little support. They made the poppies up for discussion one of the most socialistic planks of the
to secure a little pin money. It would be a shame Red program.
not to sell them.
It was the proposition that Congress by a tw othlrds
vote could over-rule any decIMon of the United States
Supreme Court plainly dangerous to our constltution d
Fifty-five per cent of the votes cast in the re government.
cent German election wer by the women, it is
Agricultural colleges anil state universities that bid for
repored. The other 45 per cent were cast by the
popularity with nocfollstlc and communistic elem ents are
silent voters.
(dangerous foes of human rights and the independent, pro-
' party owning American farmer.
The Cowboy m ayor of Omaha and Secretary of
Chief Justice Taft showed his sound common sense 1»
Agriculture Jardine are going to have a CHlf ron- rebuking such tendencies.—Industrial News,
ing contest. We know several statesm en who
can beat either of them throw ing the bull.
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William Jennings Bryan has delivered 5.000 lectures.
. Dcn’t think they didn't get him anything—Detroit Free
Although the people have “made a m onkey” of ' r£” e gorlef ,ng|ata (hprp |g n„ <uch co<
Bryan m any tim es he w ants it distinctly under- g
a(lvanr..(1
tlmp to t|me
lhp
stood his ancestors did not come from monkeys. Hughes— Detroit News
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