T»»W
FAO E TW O
THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
Published Every Thursday at
Sprlngflehl, Lane County, Oregon. by
T H E W IL L A M E T T E PRESS
B B M AXEY. Editor
F C. W ESTER FI ELD Manager
Batered aa second clasa matter. February 34, 1*03 at the
poatoTfica, Springfield, Oregon
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THURSDAY. JULY Id. 1925
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Editorial Program
I.
Make SpUngfield the Industrial Center of Wes­
tern Oregon.
II. Develop a Strong T radin g Point; Build a City
of Contented Homes.
III. Improve Living Conditions on the Farm
Pro-
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mote the Raising of Purebred Livestock and
the Growing of F ru it: W ork for Better M arkets
IV- T e ll the W orld About Oregon's Scenic W onder­
land.
WHY NOT "COMMON USER?"
The Sico Tribune conies out flat footed foe
common user over the Natron Cutoff in its last
issue. If the Southern Pacific turns Springfield
down why can’t we advocate common user too?
So long as we can 't have w hat the S. P. has
promised us we might as well have the next best
thing—two or three railroads. Oh, well, you say
th a t isn't fair, to use one railroad's tracks for the
benefit of a competitor. Why should we worry
about being fair, if the S. P. doesn't want to be
fair with Springfield’ Think it over?
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OTHER TAIL TWISTERS READY
T IU 'U r t D A Y . J U L Y IB, 1»2B
T i r e 8 P R IN O F IIC L D N E W S
MORE TRO UBLE AHEÀD
. The Springfield lady, who was reported In the
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,, >»■ 'b e st morning new spaper In Lane County, as
Mr Ben Dey. attoniey for the Southerti Pact e
Fourth In Newport with her son
coni|*any, had a heatrcl session with the ort aed ¡uia aHke,| Ujt to mR|(,, a correction. She lias no
„„„ gn<|
u,
(Q (h|nk
, hl||k >h|>
Bty coline
council I the other day because people pro- gon
w|l(| d(wau.t
(,(„>jm.t w gnt
#|lt
l# (o
ghe W|W
W(UJ
o, her
mui
tested d having breaking-up yards of the railroad , h,<rv wl(||
near their reside., ce property. Couc lmen threat-
A 8,m,„Hr
wa' H r„<M>h,M a f„w we,.Ua
ened to take up the Southern B acile company a
frnln #
wlfose wife wan re|u.rtcd
i,'ranc •hise before the railroad atto rn ey cooled going to |.n
rl,al„, w
hh another man. lie
Portland
with
He wanted
down.
Il known that It was himself instead of his wife
Mr. Dey can expect to have a few heated who m ade the trip. This orcured In the best
sessions with the Eugene city council If the car evening paper In Lane county. To these people
shops and term inals are built on Blair street. The and any who may have similar complaint* In
railroad would be h a ra s s 'd every time ft locomo­ tbo future we must say that our space will not
tive blows an extra blast of a whistle In a few permit us m aking apologies foe errors In other
years with the yards in this location. This Is one newspapers.
If these city peoplfc insist on "ball­
of the several reasons why the Springfield si' 1 ing things up" they have more Issues than we
was bought by the railroad. Will the railroad have in which to straighten them out. We have
forget this while they an* mixed up with the Eu
troubles of our own.
gene tall tw isters?
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If tli«* league of nations Isn't real busy Just now
WONDER OF T H E W EST
It might start to work on Algeria and China
The longest span wagon bridge west of tin'
Mississippi river is located at Springfield across
E d ito r ia l
C o m m e n t
the Willamette. But we are not proud of It. and
really do not care for the advertising. It is a '
W HY W E'R P IN T E R E S T E D
50-50 bet th at this bridge will col’apse some day (
(Scio Tribune)
and cause a great loss of life. To build a new ,■ t'p at Springfield we have a com rets example
bridge will require an election ns the county will of what we can expect from the Southern Pacific
be forced to bear half of the expense. These Eu - ' who it seems is considering the exchange of her
gene people who say they are so friendly to us term inal site there for an o th er at Eugene. Il
might display a little friendship by helping Inltl-i this is done the S. P. will he abandoning a routs
ate a m easure and secure Its adoption by the via Springfield several miles shorter to Portland
people for a new bridge. Who can tell w ho will
polntV south on the present line and for traffic
fall In the river when the bridge goes down.
;coming In over the N atron »jutoff and taking this
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through a congested district across a score or
mistake and then she appears to have heroine
aw are of It only when the error was called to her
attention hy the presistent ham m ering at her
door of some Eugene real eatale experts.
w hy our C(„ ieem you ask? Because we think
s Springfield
,
Is entitled to a decent dent uml because
w, .» along the Woodburn-Springfield brunch have
p.
put up with no service or sip h as the 8. I’, has
I,,
doled
oqt to us rightly ex|ie«tlilg when the cutoff
was completed that trains routed oyer the bran« li
would supply this service. now It ap,«cars, our
walling may avail us nothing whll" the S. P
plays politics for the benefit of Eugene, sm riff
Ing service economy ami moral o b lig a tio n * In
order to do so. T he ro tte n mess being cooked tip
Is nauseating and as we see It there I* Just one
th in g tb do. w hich I*, m ake the N atron r i i W a
"common user" and get some railroad com pany
Into the valley that w ill give us nil a fa ir shake
and not toady to a few.
There Is a grow ing sentim ent In fa vo r t>f tb "
common user plan ami all that I* needed to put I'
over Is nn organization to start the ball rol lug
and If the pro*l*ectlve deal goes th ro u g h this w i l . ,
not be hard to find
Bare legs and Boot-
»gs se- ■m
to hold the nt-
of m any at the lenslde resnrts this year.
The in ly th in g that dad seemed to get on En-
th er's Hay were the bills of the S uturday night
before.
The lig h tn in g bug Is one of the few Illum inât-'
Ing concerns that does not present a m o n th ly bill.
"L E T STR IC KEN DEER GO W E E P "
„»ore grade crossings. w hich means more miles,
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time wasted and liberating costs Increased all l»e-
T
h
irty
-fiv
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Am
erican
ai-hoola new Include couraea in
Analysis of the results of your new tmmlgra- ,»
,o
wltb a ,-lub
t on policy dem onstrates the fact th at no legisla-
1
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k , h|> trH(1(> „ hllH , nk(.n ,„.r lS International diplom acy, »Mclualvn of h ill collecting De­
tion can be employed as a cure all. It appears
j
h (h„ s ,trt„ aflchl site was a troit Newa.
that labor loss has been heavy under the quota
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win M K lrtle y and O ra re Drag««,
plan. More workers left the United S tates during j IN T D K C IR C U IT C O U R T O F T H E
M arrlag« L-cena»» l»»u»d
both
of Eugntie. Jame« Robert For-
the first ten m onths under the exclusion law than
During
the
pa»l
week
m
arriage
S T A T E O F OREGON FO R T D K
came into the m untry. A t the sam e time th e In­
COUNTY OF LA N E
Urease« have been laaued by the coun real and LOW»" Crtbbln». l»>th of
dustrial Conference Board finds th a 1 labor is JULIUS FLETCHER. Ralnllff.
ty clery tn the follo w in g ' Thi’ maa Collage d ro v e ; Floyd Law rance and
va.
better off than it was at the peak of the pay level.
Scott and Maud Ethel H ilto n , both of Alice O Wllaon both of Eugene and
grid
Hertha
From July, ll«_4 to April, 11*25. 27/*OS unskilled H E R T H A F L S E U T C M H M E O R N S Defendant.
Cottage G rove; M - r r | l V tlarnea and Edw ard D M«-AII»l«r
laborers were adm itted against 1*7 s,»6 timing the T o Bertha F letcher. Defendant above M argaret Carey, both o f Kugem ; Ed H ayas, both of Eugene.
-am e period ,?»‘nie~ but between lulv. 11*1 I ami n am ed :
April 1915. 44.750 laborers left the country, leav­ T O U A R E H E R E B Y R E Q U IR E D to
a rp e a r
and »naw er the
com plaint
ing a deficit of 16.482 for the ten months.
filed agalnut yon In the above en­
T here is some satisfaction found in the fact title d Court on or before a l l weeka
that of the laborers entering the country 13.352 from the date o f the fir«» publication
«•nrp fnnn laborers, and th at of thia class onlv of thi» Summon«. and If you tall »<>
1232 left the oountry.
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We learn too. that the culling down of our
|v
for ,h. relle(
im m igration to one fifth of Its form er figure has mnnded in nm'd com plaint, lo u r lt :
resulted in stabilizing the Increase In population ¡for a deer»« of thia Court forever
dleaolvlne the bond» o f m n lrltro n v
and In the creation of the higher
wage. Money
,
,
now existing between p la in tiff a n ! de-
WE B ELIEVE
wages are sited- as averaging 11». per cent above fendan,
,or
„ other and fir'h
w hat they were before the w ar The cost of living , er ff IV F ba to th<* Court niAY neeni
In Racine Multi-Mile Tires. That s why we sell and
has climbed of course, but the Board advises that »»quitobiF
recommend
them.
even so the wage earner is about thirty per c e rt | i u
c
c
’e" iv.” ’^ .h ." tn
WE B E LIE V E
better off than he used to be; so says the laboring!,he Bpr |ngf l H|d Naw» by order of th»
man. wlien he notes In the public prints the tears ttnnnrahle O. F Sklpwortb. Judge of
in the quality of the product.
of our financial weeping willows, and those great »«Id Court, which order hear» dal«
the 7*li d iv o f July. 1925. and Ih •
m anufacturers who feel
pinch of paying the date
WE B ELIEVE
of Ihn (lr«t publication of thlv
living wage, "let the stricken deer go weep.”
SttOMDOM IH July 9 1925
In the company that m akes the product.
P O T T E R A FOJ4TER.
If vou will ack«pt our belief, and oru word you will
A ttorney» for P la in tiff.
It cost a billion and a half dollars for wom an's
and Post O ffice Artdreaa
not regret It.
clothes in this country last year. Unbelievable, Residence
Eugene. Oregon
if you look at them on a hot day.
J 9 1« 23 30 A r. 13 20
The Southern Pacific company will lose freight
on the hop crop of the Willamette valley am ount­
ing to more than Eugene's proposed $175.000
shop site bond issue, if the company accepts the
shop lifters offer and "doublecrosses" Spring-
field, we have been told by large growers and
buyers. The shop lifters thought they had a corn­
e r on tail twisting but it appears there are others
ready to take a hand. And the hop men will like­
ly not be the only ones in the game If this "scurvy
deal" is pulled off.
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W H A T GOOD IS THE TRUTH?
" It’s all settled” says Frank Chambers. "Eugene
Is going to get the shops." Once he said, "w e’re
licked,” and "Eugene's portion is to help Spring-
field get the shops.” Which one will we believe?
Of c o u r ^ when it comes to good wholesome
rivalry between two towns, no one should bother
about telling the truth. A little thing like the
tru th doesn’t m atter a particle. The Golden rub*
Is for people who go to church anyway- Isn't
th a t good logic?
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NEEDS A LITTLE PUSHING
If the S. P. doesn’t want to use the Woodburn-
Springfield branch, it should turn it over to som«
railroad that does. With a few feeders this line
would develop great lum ber tonnage. What it
needs is a railroad company operating it th at has
Leaves fo r Lo» Angeles
Britain, France and Germ any are trying to get
a desire to really develop the country. The public
should have som ething to say as to w hether there a peace agreem ent so that they can wind up the
Mr». W T. ("Inrk left T<ie«dnv for
6hould be two streaks of rust and a right-of-w ay watch on the Rhine.
I xmi Angel«» whore »he w ill vl»ll Mr»
w here there should be a busy line.
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German professors are said to have discovered IF D. Hinsdale, she win »pend »ever
Eugene is a beautiful city, yet it has two black two new elem ents and doubtless the French al week» In C a lifo rn ia and vl»h other I
cities a» w ell a» Ima Ang-tea.
eyes. We mean two brown spots a block square politicians will detect t nlot in this somewhere.
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across the street from the Jail and courthouse.. i
In spite of the way they are tightening up on
T ourists should notice these parks. Fine ex­
the rum runners it is still more dangerous to
amples of thrift in the way of saving water.
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consume m oonshine than It is to produce it.
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T here seems to be abundant evidence now th at'
Connecticut is eoing to have its own defence
instead of the S. P. shop site being “settled” it
is rath e r unsettled. Wouldn’t wonder If the shop day and will doubtless shoot the im aginary ene­
lifters knew a little more of the “Inside" they my full of holes with wooden nutm egs.
I
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would be getting worried.
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Reports from Bagdad say that automobile
All the fireworks were in liquid form in Cottage travel on the Arabian deserts is getting to be
Grove on the Fourth of July says the editor of the very popular. One nice thing about it Is th at
you will have plenty of room to*’’rn around in
Sentinel. Guess he was thinking of firewater.
F‘ <
We Believe
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Jolliff-Scaiifd Motor Co.
Second Avenue,
Springfield, Orc.
‘The
best worker
on the ranch
Yea, air, that old Ford hasn’t soldiered a
day since I took to using thia new Zerolene
T ’ for Fords.”
Ford owners who "tried out” Zerolene "F”
FOLKS
IN OUR
TOWN
lor Fords when it was first put on th e m arket
have been sticking to it ever since.
Zerolene "F” for Fords is made by the
Standard Oil Company’s patented vacuum
process. It lubricates all the bearing surfaces
where oil is needed, especially the wrist-pin
bearings and the upper half o f the cylinder
w alls, which are frequently "oil-starved”
when an unsuitable lubricant is used. The re­
sult is improved gasoline mileage, quicker
starting and increased freedom from carbon
and other motor troubles.
A Ford is an A -1 transportation invest­
ment. Protect your investment by proper
lubrication.
Pop 1«
Wrongly
A ecu—d
By
Edward
McCullough
STA N D A R D OIL COM PANY
(California)
AUTDCATTER
* *o<or
T t t d i those
oil-starred Fords"
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