T1IUR81)AY, JULY 9, 192R
PAGE TWO
THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS i
Published Every Thursday at
Springfield, Lane County, Oregon, by
THE WILLAMETTE PRESS
B. E MAXEY, Editor
F. C. WESTKRF1KLD Manager
Mute red as second class matter. February i t , 1903 at the
• postoKIce,Springfield. Oregon_____________
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WHAT ABOUT THE STREET CAR LINE?
T H U R S D A Y . J U L Y 9, 1915
WHOSE FAULT WILL IT BE?
Editorial Program
Make Springfield the Industrial Center of W e e
tern Oregon.
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II.
The shop lifters are treading on dangerous
if out of the fight over the shops and
term inals the Southern Pacific company decides
to build them elsewhere, whose fault will it he?
The fault of this little buucU of selfish schemers.
If this section loses. Eugene ami Springfield peo- (
pie will know who to blame.
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Oevelop a Strong Tradin g Point; Build a C ity
of Contented Homes.
III. Im prove L ivin g Conditions on the Fqrm. Pro-
mote the Raising of Purebred Livestock and
the Growing of F ru it: W o rk fo r B etter M arkets
IV. T e ll the W o rld About Oregon's Scenic W ondar-
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Two Brooklyn policemen find a m an's clothing
ami shoes in an old wagon Sniffing a suicide
land.
• they set two bloodhounds to lead them to the
m ystery. The bloodhounds take the Cope to >
swam p in which they sink to their necks, and:
SCORE ONE FOR THE S. P.
that was that. Every dog has his day.
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The automatic signal, promised a year ago by
the Southern Padific company for the Second
While New York women are trying io appear
street crossing, is being Installed. Whether our
curt remarks about this crossing last week thin, a bootlegger likes to appear fat. He carries
hastened the installation or whether the S. P. a rubber barroom under his waistcoat. C yllndri-1
was ready to put it in doesn’t matter. The main cal cartridges filled with highballs are slipped to
thing is the alarm will be put up and act as a N. Y. Baseball fans. It is am azing how many
warning to the thousands of motorists who cross drinks some men can carry under their belts and
to rake in the money.
the tracks in the future. If it saves one life it still rem ain sober enough
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will be well worth the trouble and expense of in
stallation.
Think what an awful blow It would be to the
We pay tribute where tribute is due. Score one Four Hundred If somebody should prove that we
for the S. P Now how about a few of the other all descended from the chimpanzee.
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counts this community has indicted the Southern
Pacific on?
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Male parents throughout the land will be glad
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to learn that Sunday. June 21, was said to be
OLD OREGON HOME TO REST
Father’s Day
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The tnawsuv o*d battleship Oregon now rests
It is quite evident that Tennessee will not
In the Willamette river at Portland under the pro
tection of the state whose name she bears Never stand for any monkey-shine business.
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in the annals of narel ristory has one ship been
covered with more glory. The turning over o f| George Bernard Shaw says he is crazy and he
the ship to the state by the navy department on has generally been accepted as an authority.
July 2, the 27th anniversary of the battle of San
tiago was with fitting ceremonies. The old fight
ing craft will be a monument of inspiration to the
E d ito r ia l
C om m ent
rising generation—concrete evidence of human
sacrifice for love of country.
DUE FOR SURPRISE
When Eugene gets through playing football
A DAY LATER
with Springfield. It will haven played a losing
Although Springfield has rail connections that game. When the S. P. shops are finally located
makes It several miles closer to Portland than It may not be at either Springfield or Eugene,
Eugene, freight and express coming to this city and “promoters" of the diaholical deal will wond
is a day later than Eugene. Three day service er what hit Eugene.—Scio Tribune.
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out of Portland is generally what the merchant
can expect in Springfield. However. If he uses
NO SELFISHNESS WANTED
motor truck the orders put up in Portland in the
morning reaches him late in the afternoon. Can ! The Guard would divide iJtne county Into sev
you blame some shippers for using the motor eral portions and among other things give Junc
tion City a county seat. No, thanks; after ob
truck when the S. P. gives this sort of service?
serving the way most county seat towns act, we
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The completion of the fine modern linen mill at prefer to remain just as we are.—Junction C Ity
Salem marks another industry that city has at Times.
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tained by being on the •’job.” Salem’s progres
MAY
GET STUNG
sive spirit is to be commended.
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Looks as though that Eugene rail road busi
Everything but our money seems to Insult ness might turn out to be a hornets nest.— Oak
Mexicans and Europeans these days.
We ridge Review.
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would be the Ideal big brother If this country,
would keep on "shelling out” and saying nothing.
A D V E R T IS IN G PRO O F
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The Eugene newspapers are like jumping lacks
in the hands of the shop lifters. They belch
fourth a bunch of flimsey excuses for the shop
lifters activities every time the string is pulled.
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The girl who begins painting at 12 generally
needs whitewashing at 20.
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This is Christmas season for the filling station.
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A thief a iw a vs d islike s im b lM tv .
FOLKS
IN OUR
TOWN
-roe
WSAMF
r
Buy a Tent and go
Building the Southern 1‘acific railroad shops
and term inals in Springfield will mean doubling i
the size of the town in the next three of four!
years. Such a condition will m ake the Spring i
field Eugene street e ar line a very profitable eu !
ter price, where now it has a hard tim e b reak in g !
even. Developing a com m unity west of Eugene
at the ruin of Springfield will m ake the street
car line a “white elephant." Surely the Southern!
Pacific will take this into consideration before
making any changes in shop site location.
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CAMPING
BARGAINS IN
YES, WE AiC VERY RICH.
$5,000 FOR tJES. ING.
FLYING IJ TRE ARCTIC.
ONE LADY LFARNS.
This is a frig htfu lly rich nation.
The countries of Europe ovo us
ten thousand millions and will pay
us, including interest, TIIII v TS'
T H O U S A N » M IL L IO N S in the
next 61 years.
European debts due to private
American purchasers of Europe’»
obligations at .ount to eight thou
sand million dollars.
These se
curities. averaging high ink rest
rates will «nioel Europe to pay
our ettiaens M O .000,000 a year—
with the principal when due.
Old Rome, with her consuls
pouring in money and slavee from
conquered territory, w w not near
ly as “ well fixed” as Uncle Sam.
No wonder some of our friends in
Europe worry, and ask "Did we
fight each other only to make
Uncle Sam rich?"
Our answer la "W e didn’t ask
you to AghL He wiser next time.'*
The American Society fo r the
control of Cancer Is cheerful. It
reports excellent progress
Thou
sand» of lives, now neetlleasly sacri
ficed, would be saved, If people
were informed and would keep
away from quack*. The society
denies the statement recently made
at a convention of doctors that "no
body really knows anything about
cancer."
"Cancer is not contagious ■» in
h e rite d ."
vys the American So
ciety. Take the cancer in the be-
ginnin-f w ■>•«, It it only local.
David Cowan, a young Canadian,
won H'.AVO for the best eeaay pre
dicting the developments In elec
trical Industry between 1920 and
1930
At the end of 1930. the
American Superpower Corporation
will give *10.000 to the essay
w riter whose prediction« corns
nearest to the truth.
Young
Cowan
knew
nothing
about ele-trieity, when Bonbright
A Co. oJered the prise. He u«.d
ni* brains, studied the history of
electricity In l.ilustry. let his * -
agination work, and W ON.
The Moderation I^mgue reports
♦hot dr kir«t “in tho Sc"’ h” has
T enti,
Folding
Cot«,
Army
Blanket«,
Pack
Sack« and Outing Good»
tiili
Willamette
St.
THE HUB
«... ,v e *. i I mu per cent
w.. -
four cities, under prohit- an.
Why pick out the Souui ? There
la no more drinking there than
elsewhere.
In any part of the
United States you can drink a*
much as , i'ik a . The <mly trouble
la that w, • you drink in the way
of whiskey la a llttla worse poison
than it used to bev
"W hy,“ asks a newspaper man.
“ da > u aay it would he leas dan
gerous for the Shenandoah to go
to Spitsbergen
and hunt fag
Amund-wi then to go from I-ake-
hurvt a> Minneapolis end ' < k ? "
AN SW F t; Bee*one «t this time
year cm—fug the A**an le with
prevailing winds helping, go
ing on to Spi t sbergen from Eng
land, with the Patoka waiting
there as a base, and eaptort- . the
Arctic Ocean a f*w hundred miles
north would he rimpla. It would
only mean flying the big Shenan
doah In the midsummer climate of
the Arctic, at no great distance
feoff! her baas.
A trip from New York to Minne
sota and return through the tone
of midsummer thunderstorms will
he sufficiently safe, as be bum does
not explode or twm . But It would
be more dangerous than a trip to
fipltxlicrgen and on North at thia
season.
Careful Inquiry In restau rents
ghows that corned beef and
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EUGENE
ORE.
bags 1« the favorite food of .ha
American public.
Four thousand five hundred end
twelve votes behind caine the
vegetable dinner.
Neverthelee«,
corned beef, excellent for those
that live by their muscles, 1» n<*
good for thinkers.
Any process that makes D E
CAY difficult also makes DIG ES
T IO N D IF F IC U L T .
While your
stomach Is struggling with corps«!
beef, or salt pork, your healn can
not do its bast.
Ona lady, tired of life, killed her
self In New York end left ell her
money to her first husband, whom
she liad «livorcoL
She cut off
her reel husband with» ut a penny,
her last IrCtev «aying how ki«d
the first husband had been to her.
Warning to wlvee as their eyes
turn toward divorce.
Sometimes
you ore very well of? end do no*
real!*» IL
Planing M ill R u n n in g - The planing
mill at the Booth Kelly mill hnre re.
ruined opcruH00* Monday morning.
The rest of the mill will not be re
opened until July 1*. Oeneral repairs
shout the mill are being made during
the shutdow n The U st twenty feet
of th«< wooden carrier to the Incinera
tor Is being replaced by metal to de-
rr*tM th* firs danger
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WINDOW SHADES — LINOLEUM — FLOOR COVERINGS
STOVES AND RANGES
Here 1» an Illustration of the effect of advertising. On
bargain day a memo written on a small piece of ordinal |
note paper was loet on the sidewalk here and found. The
finder glanced through It to determine the writer In order
to effect Its return.
Among other article« listed as Intended purchases a t,
the stores which had «.dvertlseil especially for the bargain >
day event were: Shoes, sweater, silk goods, dress. Stock
ings—five articles to be purchased from four different
stores whose ads had been read.. Who says It doesn t pa> j
to advertise?—Salem Statesman.
HC*>e I L A N D TH A T
3 0 8 D o w n act c m o o s .
Gue-irrt AMD COMPANY -
I MAD EMO o SH O F
< A r i , AN ASH CAM , T H IS ife A
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RtO OF S O M E O F TH IS J U N K
Joe
A Furniture Store That
Smiles a Daily Welcome
ALMOST
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Whether you are nn old customer of ours- whether you are a prospective
purchaser of furniture or home furnlshlngB -or Just a casual admirer of
fine furniture, we cordially Invite you, to visit us in our new home and
look through. See the newest ruga and floor coverings, the new odd
chairs, lamps and suites for your dressing room, your boudoir and your
living room—you’re always welcome here.
Edward
McCofloagh
autocasteb
Helpful, Intelligent, Courteous Service
Standard Furniture Co.
Formerly Brauer Furniture Co.
A. G. BRAUER
J. L. MARTIN
HEILIG THEATRE BUILDING
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ERIC MERRELL