I THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS Published Every Thursday at Springfield, Lane County. Oregon, by T H E W IL L A M E T T E PRESS -4. K M A X E Y . E d ito r ■tered aa second class matter. February 14. 1*03 at the postottiee. Springfield. Oregon M A IL S U B S C R IP T IO N R A T E One Year tn Advance... *1.1$ BIX M onths___________ 75c Three Months Single Copy „ THURSDAY. AVGCST IS. 1S25 Editorial Program M ake S p r'n g fie td th e In d u s tr »1 C e n te r o f W es­ te rn O regon. It. Develop a S tro n g T ra d in g P o in t: B u ild a C ity o f C o n te nte d Hom es. III. Im p ro ve L iv in g C o n d itio n s on th e F arm . Pro­ m ote th e Ra sm g o f P u re b re d L iv e s to c k arid th e G ro w in g o f F r u it : W o rk fo r B e tte r M a rke ts IV . T e ll th e W o rld A b o u t O reg o n ’s Scenic W o n d e r­ land. 50c 5« ~~ _ * * * 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. v Gtxxi stores are the life of a ry commulty ' 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 * * 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 i (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. • • * 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. IS ¡,',r,,x,;r 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 \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 • • • 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. . _ .an o th er line: ► 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. - e e 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. » I* I lu n g e I t e ll you. M t »tufT Io » > Kit* it I n t im « (In ti Oregon Agricultural College Selves the Farms, the Homes, and Industries of Oregon I 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» » Tha 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 S o cia l S< h 'lu ■ « u in l M um ',» 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 i ‘‘Resolved. that the chamber of commerce ot^Salata fight depression in British trade, -iaf ~ 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 gooer 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 • • • 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. ..-« -.-.-I 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? " r ~ *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. J* Superstitioru Past— the Facts Prove - X j Zerolene’s Superioriry Aa a m atter of fact, there is no better m otor oil than Zerolene, which ia produced right here on the Pacific Coast from selected western naphthenic base crude, refined by this Company’* patented high-vacuum p r w t asa, and submitted to 15 positive checks for quality. ,.t .X*. Experienced Automobile M e n Disregard «i O il Superstition Experienced automobile men pay no tribute to super- etition — they gauge a lubricant ixh by price or where it comes from — but by cur performance and low main­ tenance costs. Zerolene is not only successfully lubri­ cating m o re cars in the Pacific Coast states than any other oil m a d e ;— it is used and recommended by auto­ mobile agencies and big users of such celebrated mokes as Cadillac, Chrysler, Dodge, Lincoln, Packard, Pierce- A rro w , who know that true motor oil economy is not a m atter of price per quart, but w hat the lubricant doee. j *' •• a Less Carbon — M ore Pouvr Zerolene w ill improve the gasoline mileage, reduce carbon removal operations anti lengthen the life of your car. W h y pay tribute to a superstition? Insist on Zer lene— ask for It by n a m e . (je t the F ails I A aeries of indejx-ndent and impartial reports s h o w lng the experience of large users w ith Zerolene motor oil has been collected in our booklet, “W h y Puy Trib u te to a Superstition?” Ask any Standard Oil Company rep­ resentative or Zerolene dealer for a copy. Insist on Zerolene—even if it does cost less STANDARD OIL COMPANY I