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THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
Published Every Thursday at
Springfield, Lane County. Oregon, by
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NOT NEW— BUT THE TRUTH
\V<‘ may have our difference» of opinion In
m atter of |M}litlc»: we may not agree on the sub
jert of religioA; some of »» have notions that
other folks think are eraxy and other folks have
ideas we think lack in sound reasoning; hut on
cue point we are all agreed: We all want to see
our home town grow and prosper.
Some experts contend that good trading fh
cilities build population and real estate values;
others say tint: good stores follow populntini.
hut again, all agree that local prosperity can
never come until adequate trading facilities are
established.
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Gtxxi stores are the life of a ry commulty
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we know w ® cann >l
if they are not profitably supported. No towi-
was ever built by Ils in h ab itan ts -cndinp. their
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* nioi/ev out of tow n. A dollar s|»ent in town
* ¡ravels from th e hom e to the grocer, I > tin
* b u tch er, then to th e hard w are m e r lint, iru l •
on aro u n d th e w hole w heel of hom e trad e. Spent
in tin- tow n the dollar rem ains in the tow n and
adds to (he to w n ’s w ealth. By and by
m an g a th e rs enough of th ese floating hom e • own
dollars, builds another horn.' o r m akes an aihli-i
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(ion to his store, a m i so values Increase. hette-
•itiing everybody. Spent out o i to w n th e iloilar
SPRINGFIELD GOES MORE THAN HALF WAY
In Its offer to consolidate with Eugene with ih>.
goal In mind to build one large, prosperous d ty
w here there are now two towns Springfield has
gone more than half wav. This offer was
spurned by the shop lifting com m ittee but still
Springfield does not believe that Eugene people
feel that way. Springfield is trusting in E ugenes
friendship. W hether that trust will he betrayed
depends on how the people vote next Tuesday on
the $175,000 shop site gift.
Eugene can't lose by voting it down. She will
have the shops just the sam e if she consolidates
w ith Springfield and have all the benefits they
will bring even if she does not care to form a
union of the two cities at this time.
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W hether Eugene condones this shop site specu-
lation or w hether she is a true friend of Spring-
field will be known next Tuesday and after th at
Springfield will know how to conduct herself in
th e future. If it is to be a fight to the finish let's
gird our loins and wade into battle If it is to
be harm onious friendship in the future (and we
surely hope it "will be) let’s take off our coats
And build a real city where two towns now stand.
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T h e re
a re sem e fo lk s w ho
huv
th e ir sixnds
cotton ami now and then a vani or two of
goo<ls at home, but when they want to buy n
fur coat or a piano they get out the mall order
c a ta jog or go out of town- They use th • horn.
town m erchants to fill their peitv needs hot wh-” t
he has a chance to m ake a reasonable profit
they forget hlin ,t s 8rarcei.v f!lir is tl ■> \nd
if it ¡8 ,, jsn-, v,,rv senRibI**. \Ve are all working
together to m ake the home town brighter and
better and the property of everyone, our own
includeded. m ore valuable.
President Coolidge’s son won promotion the
first day he attended camp. Elihu R oot’s son
arose from a street car conductor to th e presl
deucy of the street railway company in six
m onths. You can't keen ¿lever boys down
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E d ito r ia l
C om m ent
LET US BE CONSISTENT
(Salem Statesm an)
It is inconceivable that the local cham ber off
Well the shop lifters will say why not let com m erce will endorse opposition to the exten-;
Springfield In and enjoy the shops in Eugene? sion of the Oregon T runk railroad Into the KIam-|
Who would set down to the sam e table to eat ath section of this state,
a chicken dinner with the thief who had stolen
The following resolution—In (»art—In the!
his chickens? This is much different than Invit- hands of a com m ittee front the cham ber is clearly
ing a guest to partake of a chicken dinner and in the interest of the Southern Pacific railroad
th a t in effect is w hat Springfield Is doing in and expresses denial of right of competition from J
offering to consolidate with Eugene.
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This Week
By Arthur Bruhona
HORRIBLE. BUT WELCOME.
ONE MINUTE AFTER I DIED.
THE POWER OF MOTHERS.
QUALITY. PLUS ADVERTISING.
Our navy will make experiment»
with what 1» called the “death
stroke,” an Interesting Invention
guaranteed to destroy all life with
which it cornea in contact within
a radiua of twenty miles.
It ia horrible but WE1.CQME.
Make war dangerous ENOUGH
and war will stop. Don’t believe
the ignorant million* who think
that a thing always will be. be
cause it always HAS been.
Two men pointing automatic
pistols at each other’s heurt» don’t
shoot. That only hnppenx when
one of them get» the drop.
Mr. Aldrich, prosperous lawyer,
1» sued for divorce. Hi* wife al
lege» cruelty. He replies,“My only
cruelty was almost »toning her to
death with jewelry.” He spent
*175,000 on jewelry, gave the lady
a *35,000 »able coat, a chinchilla
eoat costing *•',000, and securities
worth *100,000.
The lady replies that not »able»,
not jewel», not teecr. it», not even
the fur of the chinchilla, nio»t In
ter. ting little animal, can give
n
happiness.
. .te's right
But in this world
we
measure everything with
money. The lady’» lawyer, George
Gordon Battle, demands for her
alimony of *75,000 a year.
The
Court can give her that: It cannot
give her love and affection.
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feel tnirr.Ml UP to nm kv the » o u th e ra tro n i now. no r - p n lr »hop will be !n
Partite rom«» to time, mm th e y nr » Might.
b o a a iiiig about.
It re m in d * trio o f
th
s to ry of lire e le p h a n t and th*
nt. use- you kn o w how it m ade nld
Ju m b o tre m b le Io »«•«> u m ouse o r heat
its lit t le SQUeuk
R p rin g lt.’ ld was the p ro m ise I land
and lik e Mossa th e y coveted It and
proeoe led to »lay lite populace anti
a ls o to b re a k the c iv il a ttil lite ra l lav
and let. and fo re « th e ehango o f plan»
In a b llllp ti d o lla r c o rp o ra tio n W e ’ve
got x m where we w ant ’em taw. t tin*
11 'r ut ti« e am i th e y have put th
w om en to w o rk to g ive th a t t i a l l ’ »
*175.000 n ia k to x «onte o f lli« > e |wt it
d-'Vtlw o v e r th . re th in k Ih .-t a t -
le g t't n tie lv .« lu i. i a g m l Job. I -
gl» ng th e m a r e p a ir 'im p nt Eugene
Yen w ill n o tic e that th in I» a ll tit.
p ro n i!» ,| m th e le > t-r.
I a te »ollie o f the lu m b e r m ill* at
K la tn a tb have come out w ith a pap. r
sa ying they n e u f o n ly th e ». I*, tu
handle th e tin tile
Now I I I wager
again on (h a l th a t th e ». I* g o l tha*
paper up and T O I I t them to » K IN
H E R R JUsl »» th e y us«d I I I t i n fo r
“ c e rta in cham ber» o f eoutnm rce w h *n
th e y w auled th e ir support a few y u r t
Agil ou Iho m e rg e r q tl' tlo u .
T h e te rm in a la and shop sites at
K la tn n th F all» a te e trlu utile » fro m
lim i to w n , b i l l liia t d i-n lt'l nt »n th a t
they s r s n ifi *t K la m a th F a lls - utile«-,
aotiia o th e r g ir a i n u n got busy and
it nk - the
again.
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Oregon Agricultural College
Selves the Farms, the Homes, and Industries of Oregon
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It offer» n coll« ice i !u< .«i oti in
A griculture, L o tiim e ri<•. Engineering. Fot *iry, iiniuc
E.'uiunnics, Mines. Phnnincy. V<> atiotuil E d u ta ilm
C hem ical E ngineering. .Military S e le n e and Tactl» »
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T H E St l l t X I I . O F B A S IC A H T S A N U S i’ IEN’i EH
P ro v id e * t h r fo u o -a M o n fo r n il l« *h n U -,»l *«»ur®»>«
tr a in in g In c lu d e *
Phy« * .tl K«tu« ¿»lion, I u «I um t r ia I Juurnallw rti
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FALL TERM BEGINS SEPTEMBER 21. 19^5
F o r IU um I r a il’d b(H»kl<«(M and » p v *tflr in fo rm a tio n . writ«* to
The Registrar, Oregon Agricultural College
Corvallis, Oregon
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
made many »pecche» worth hear
ing. and the world applauded.
What would the world give If he
could come back and make an
other speech of thirty eccomi» on
“What I Saw, What 1 Felt, What
I Knew, Where 1 Went, the M ta
ut« After ! Died?"
The British Government, to
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‘‘Resolved. that the chamber of commerce ot^Salata
fight depression in British trade,
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STR EET CARS POOR EXCUSE
'Oregon, expresses Its coHd.nce In the Intention and ab'ttty , will undertake international world
Seldom a day passes when passengers on the of the Southern Pacific to adequately serve and develop advertising on a gigantic scale.
proves again what everybody
Springfield-Eugene street car are not caused loss the territory its construction program penetrates and be This
knows, that Great Britain has
Of tim e through waits Of the Street car at Spring- tt further resolved we oppose duplication of expenditure statesmen working for her.
field juncion for a train or switch engine to clear and operation In territory that is. or wilt be. adequately
Five billion dollars will be ap
Jthe jointly used tra c ts between this point and served by one l-ne. and be It further resolved that future propriate! at first to boom colo
Second Street. When this bother is not causing railroad construction should be directed to the opi ning nial goo<is. The idea of the Brit
ish Empire, solid and sound as a
-delay the block system Is out of order. Motor- of new territory in our productive state.”
steel bullet, is that QUALITY,
m en will fool with the block trying to insert th e ( ¡t jR proposed to send copies of the resolution PLUS ADVERTISING, can over
pin and finally give up sending out a flagman to
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a nd
the public service commis- come any trade depression.
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TH E SPRINGFIELD NEWS
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w alk ahead of the street car.
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does anything w ithout it Is made. Springfield f,riend‘y l ° the Southern Pacific but to seek to
ahould protest this joint use of tracks to the f,eny to tbe
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public ¿ m ic e fcommtesion hs causing ustfess o r to anoth,er railroad equal rights In regard to
delay and being dangerous. If we can ’t have 'patro n ag e Is neither right nor good policy for
decent street c ar service let’s repeal our subsidy iany ckaIn*>er ot commerce.
ordinances and allow a little m otor bus com-
The m atter of competition m ust be settled by
petition.
the in te s ta te com m erce commission finally. If
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the two lines will not pay this sam e commission
The big newspapers, in their usual “hum an can allow common user privileges. And if East-
Interest*’ sob story way explain th at Governor ern finances want to take a chance on the invest-
Miriam A. Ferguson of Texas could not sleep all m ent it is hardly consistent for a chanilter of
night knowing a boy was to be executed. "Sud- (comm erce usually putting forth frantic efforts
denly leaping from bed she went to the telephone, to encourage the investm ent of outside money
and ordered a com m utation of sentence.” T h a t’s in this state, to pass resolutions designed o keep
a new way to cure inoomnia.
it out
Anybody can stand poverty, be
cause almost everybody is com
pelled to stand it. We have plen
ty of practice. Few can stand
prosperity.
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Farm lands on the edge of De
troit have boomed, and farmers
have sold out at prices never
dreamed of. Now fifteen of the
suddenly rich according to doc
tors, are nervously unbalanced.
The shock was too much for them.
In poverty they could have kept
their balance Indefinitely.
Two young roughs, each a gang
leader, engnged in a flat fight, and
a blow on the head stretched
Anthony de Lucca, seventeen,
dead on the sidewalk.
The police will do something
about this, because it wasn't a
“regular fight,” with ropes around
the fighters, ruffians watching
and gate receipts that muke it
rofitable to violate the law. How
Jong will the States disgrace
themselves by licensing brutality ?
The marriage of a young girl in
the Vanderbilt family has caused
newspaper discussion. A Protest
ant Bishop performed the cere
mony, although the mother is n
Catholic and her daughters were
brought up in the Catholic faith.
All that Is the business of the
family and of those immediately
concerned. But in one statement
made by the family you observe
the ancient wisdom of the Catholic
Church.
IS A PEACOCK
HIS LEGS?
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*F not. w h y , when he look« at hie lege, does he
always low er his tail? Medieval nature-fakers pux-
cled over thia end other entertaining s u i wrath tone.
Today w e know better, end we ere feat getting ewey
from other popular euperathione, ee, for instance, that
there is something mysteriously “better“ about “eastern"
motor ode m erely because they coet more and are mode
In the east.
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m atter of price per quart, but w hat the lubricant doee.
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