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THURSDAY. AUOU8T 20. l'l'T,
TH E SPRINGFIELD NEWS
PACK TWO
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R I C U / G With th,‘ «*cePt*on of two o r three newspaper« Eugene. H arrisburg. Springfield, Junction City to W ashington on the Jetty project and got It.
I N t W O every newspaper In (he W illamette valley (rom and all o th er town« with aspiration for «haring What*« tin- m atter with sending one to Southern
Salem to Cottage Grove recognlied that Spring- the result« of railroad development would be Pacific headquarters to entreat or worry them
I*ublt-ih«sl E v e ry T h u rs d a y at
field's contentions were right and just. C har-(brushed aside to make way for the ambition of into giving us what we legitimately di-sci ve’’
S p rln ffO e ld . l a t a C o u n ty, O recon. by
There Is a modern saying Unit "the wheel that
aoteristle of most of the fair minded American the unveralty city
T H E W IL L A M E T T E PRESS
does (lie squeaking Is tin* one that get« Dm
press these newspaper« “cam e to bat'* on the
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d . K MAXEY.
Editor
grease," it may be that we haven't h<d!crrd loud
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aide of right and justice. 1 hey cam e unsolicited
WANTED__A D E P O T L O B B Y IS T
mtugh. There «urely might I • be Home effective
tered a* M coad d a ta m a tte r February S4. i»03 at th . and unafraid and spoke their mind« In unmts-
takeable term s. Truly these are the sort of (Prom the Southw estern Oregon lb.II; N ew s)!method of waking cm up and of » -residue on
p o s to ftlc e , S p rin y fn -M . O regon
newspapers the public must adm ire in thes< days
P ur Itasc of a prospective passer’iger station them tin- fact that we need ami wunt a dd-nlte
M A IL S U B S C R IP T IO N R A T E
'o f meddling hl journalism by selfish individuals g|t(> f>y the Southern Pa tile can be ‘ onsidem l date of construction Instead ol an 1 *«l lliulle
On? Tear tn Advance-.... »125
Three Months
50c who gc,,k to infl’u en e editorial utterances, either liitle more than a .gesture until the Southern p io n ilw
In other words, a <1 pot Inst' ad of a
Sin«!« Copy
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B tx M oa th »
through giving o r withh iding p an n ag e.
I‘nettle gets dow n to brass tack« and gives us some depot site
dcitnltc wort) as to when the station will In- built
T H U R S D A Y . A t G I S T 2t). t» 2 5
PUNISH THE 11 LNDITtf
WHY EUGENE MUST HAVE ESPEK RIlOPS The Southern Paclllc has millions ol dollars I - d
(H arrisburg Bulletin.1
up In prospective right-of-w ay and term inal alii'
I A lb a n y In mu m il« d i )
Editorial Program
The scrap
between Eugene and Sprtnefi dd which It may never use. The mere a- quniig c
n
i > d —
Jll» co. 5 » lf t .«ml te rrlM » , •• lottM
• -< e m s. on the la - c of It, quite uncalled for What g ro u n d 1>\ a ra : - r - - I Mg c l les no II i
■ • - tin
i» u H < n
Ih re o i! |>< rut.«» ». who br«-k.
M ake S p rin g fie ld th e In d u s tr al C e n te r o f Wee- ,
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. to Eugene w hetlu t the hu iding lln« than the pun 1 a u of anj
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te rn O regon.
, Southern Pacific shops are located on oOe side J'ie r of laud by a real estate deul'"'. 1 lie h n lo lim y a> Balem Inst t-vnii n«.
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The
-»»! in o r ta llll
w it in - lii- f >■ I t
n Develop a S tro n g T ra d in g R o in t; B u ild a C ity w
ther? Wouldn't the benefits of buys for
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g iv e n
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it-
t'."...»bi.
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W
hen
l
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are
o f C ontented Homes.
e trad fall to her business
it m« fully a s
•' tectlon In th e event th a t It may t me day need
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II I . Im pro ve L iv in g C o n d itio n s on th e F a rm . P ro­
Ib l am i ih » «upo---
• with the shops lo-'nti' l in Snrliw iel 1 a ft
Ily th,- land.
just
m ote th e Ra sin g o f P u re b re d L iv e s to c k and
bi- t ile d m il th « i - x n u l i' r • a llo ttiti I-«- • ■»«»l -.l »
.
suburb,
as
they
would
located
on
the
oppo-ite
The
present
passenger
station
fa
llitles
are
a
m bo
th e G ro w in g o f F r u it : W o rk fo r B e tte r M a rk e t*
hh aeon ua the l» « u l re q u ire n ti it'» n t lit- - »
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disgra« e to the Southei n I’..- Uh a« well . 5
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
th a t juaUfl«d. Th« bandii» «hould pay their -leb’ to jctety
•
Of course they would. Eugene offered no pro- Marshfield.
It Is a disgrace, how-a or.
land.
'«>l *>"> in.'upiiy
• test over the location of th e shops at Spring- Marahfield c a n ’t ext use. explain or laugh oli. i fa Hovlxty
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
u<l taint
w It lx better H l l t t i t l i i l s t i l l n itrii in ti
— field until just a few m ouths ago. altho th»' com- Possibly the railroad can
!< „ » „ , It» »uti l) It lawny» In Jm-I't- ily if* It m MM t-H»
pany’s Intentions were made plain mure than a
SHOULD EUGENE BE SAVED $175.00«?
T here are wu e r tank tow > s of 500 Inhabitant» ; Tim, Murray. Hn-i Ellsworth u - ib - »> <1 th» O r fg n ii
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dozen years before, that the shops were to be strew n along th e S o u tlic r n Pacific in California
j Jon« moi 4 ra » llx - lio n lh o( l i i - S r .le ty Ib U«ht H hm l
Eugene has voted ten to one to buy the shop bu|Jt a|- q ingft,,bi lnd»ed. „ was quite
which
boast
of
passenger
facilities
superior
to
i that r« . l i, - <>( I m i n i n i w l l h l i t II» n - i i t r n l . B i l l B B ,l* ’
and term inal site for $175,000. It is to be e x - f
P u r , h u s i n e - i « in te re s ts
It w a s
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fr o io th e lr at-
pected th at they will vote the sam t way to trad»
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.... ’ ’............... Marshfield s. I notlcally every hamlet has an I At lb»’ tu o n i- m » I o «! !• I tl II» lf
o c i^ ™ ™ Z v ° 0 ™ ;
I1" 1" 1 ,o? « w » - , ' » — ' < r.»
In iA « . It w - - n inti- Ui l i t tn o( ill. t In » !.- it-
th e land to the South«
S u ih lia n illlN 'io no «ood In »M« w o rl.l
T t Ir »oi»
tra c t at Springfield.
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•dones the action of the cham ber of commerce ' The gudd en decision of Kugci c to "lift the
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It is h ig h tim e th is ety s ta rte d " w o r k in g o n '
hulB I. a fte r h "
" O rr a o o " Jon»« I» ilt-ii'l- p lrtn • I I
railroad comm ittee in taking this indu-.rx away
as Springfield puts it. came like a killing tlie Southern Pacific.
In (ids ouneetlon It
nie a
hail p la y « ' hl« P-'H Bi k iliin » I » " " - n huí w o l
from Springfield.
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frost on a July noonday, since which tim e th e re , wouldn't be a bail Idea for the city to have a
hi iil-l Join M m
I h lr il
M u rra y n n i K « lly » n il W IB
Dozens cl people have ask 'd t i Spring: ¡eld bag been much commotion, turm oil and sowing sm art lobbyist camp on the trail of the |->w r in ilt-a ih . »von a * th y w o rk r.l m lih h im In h l» n o fa rlo u »
com m ittee if they intended to s h d
^ ig lit
seed that may sprout oodles of la-ting enmity, that lie. and. if nothing else, "annoy'’ them int >
aw ay to test the validity of the bonds. Taking
X()W wha( cc’u8ed a)| , lr;s -
g i v h u ; -I- :i m o d e rn s ta tio n . W e se»-i . ' 'i'-—-.-
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th e railroad officials word at face vciuc th at they
w hv 8houi,i E u g e n e suddenly throw Spring-
—
N «w a rriv a i» «1 ih » N o v e lty S lu r«
L n t e it a ln t to r Gu«»t.
intended to build in Eugene w hether the bonds n d d .g friend8hjp jOValtv ami patronage to tb \
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U l« « t
carried or not, it is to be supposed that the S. far
,n retu rn for snwkv shops, litter and paneled, o r p la in , a ! th « New» oltlv«. M r. u u u M ik - v a n V iv u n . -Mr an» L a tti»« ' SUM Ilo » t» l7 u <
»had«» and o f q u a lity
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r ls b l.
.Mary, a liti Mi»« e ...ta .101 to ., u u u a ll
Invalid. In which case Springfield would be sav- peopj ^ wi,h no greater business nrospe c
fnrv Eugene no.xnlo
l ” . Afidi tt-H
rvrv apparently
a txrvQ ranf 1 v fhov
•• as the
. * Bulletin sees
__ it the answ er ('ALL AND SEE hr . N W Einar» . J - a u I V - I - 1 « I - 1 1 1 -I . a l . H u .-I .
4ng
people i $175.000
when
they * __
Whv? ...
Well,
A n a w a r to la * t w eek'a p u t ii» .
don't w ant to be saved a cent. There are two is. Harrisburg. Plain little o'd Harrisburg Eu­ «n o«* • °B "tau »ixt t)!h».' work *i A tlU U O M - U , H Ix ! tl«’ l « u i l- tk M l» . J w
angles by which the case m ay be attacked. It gene is throw ing down Springfield, her lo st - i-
E va t. an.t Ml»« Reim a F ea r. « I I« »
m ight be’ better to let Eugene buy the land ar.o burbaii feeder, because of Harrisburg, and at th
I A ukv I««. u i ¡1 p ic n ic t iilin « - hu i b rm « c I
p a rly 'i m-anay o v e n li«
A l. c r U.u 1
hold the sack by preventing the necessary trade #ame , in)e knocging the props from under what-
n a r in th« p a rk n r a r ilia M id rat ■ |
of the property for that in Springfield. Some eV(>r hopes H arrisburg might have had that we
' b rill« « w«a pla ye d by la t it c iu and I
interesting developments m ay yet grow out of (oo woujd share in some benefits from the build-,
b u n tiru l- itlit.
the bond election in Eugene.
ing of the Klamath Falls line.
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The mere rum or of a cut off from Springfield
Ma» M a jo r o p e ra tio n — M " 1 W II i
Some folks complain th at the governm ent does to Harrisburg brought on th e s c a re It isn t th a t
In g ra m u u d w w e n t a tiiu j--. o p v ra tiu n
not help business. Maybe they’re right. Eng- Eugene feared Harrisburg would secure t-m
h l th « I ’nc lie I l i r l i t l a u bii. n a . \ \ u
land helps shipping men and France certainly shops. That could never happen against
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aids the undertakers.
combined wishes of Eugene and her husky co-
! n«» 'a y u u rn . iK
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worker.
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But that cut-off looked possible. The location
D h m liu d
fro m
H o t p iU l—- K
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The executive council of the A. F of L an-
S p r in g fie ld m a d e it n o n e th e less
h'ttiiUrnui «a»
fro m ib« P«
nounces that it will operate on non-partisan lines. J
' en j
th<)ugh, a bou, it the
* tile < h r . n ila n hoM |i.i«l Tu«»r U.»>
henceforth. It might as well. No one carries feaslbl
I
sit ,,
th e vote of the A m erkbn w orkm an in his pocket.
on r
)(> l|n(> away fr(,m , he thru traI,
N E W L IF E TO O L D SH O E S
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, fit- th at will s o o n be using the Klamath Falls ’
W e m ake y u u r ol-l «ho»» ta k »
> »
Som e folks are w orrying about the income
routp
from the grPat trains dirtef from
“ S c ie n c e fo r S e r v ic e
on nvt» appearance» and n e »
tax. but most folks are worrying how to get an OluaPa to Portland, from San Francisco to the
Ilf« . W h«n we r» p tt!r a w o rn
Income sufficiently large to call for a
tax.
sound
p a ir o f y o u r »ho»« you art- 1 ut-
’ * ‘
‘ H arrisburg m ight be the junction point instead
T b r o ig h th«* K n * rjin«’ iit S ia tlo R , th«' K ito n t- o n Servir««
tin e do w n y o u r »hoe b ill by
Now they ve found a fish with its own electrical Qf E ugene; And ,hat would never do.
and K u a id e n t liiH tru v tlo ii
on» th ird because any p a ir o f
lighting plant, safely stored in its interior. No
shop8' Ah. the shops! Bring them into
» h o ts th a t we re p a ir w ill li n t
poor fish there
Eugene at any Aost, and all the trains must pass
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a t lim it th re e m on th » m o - e un ­
our way. That is the cry. as this paper bears it
It's the meat of the nut. It's the reason for all! d e r ree.» n u lil» w e a rln « c o n d i­
E d ito r ia l
C o m m e n t
Serves the Fanno, the Homes, and Industries o< Oregon
t io '« F a ir p r l t » nut! » « tla fa r-
I the strife and trouble between Eugene and
SUPPORT APPRECIATED.
I--
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w
o
rk
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r
motto,
lt nfTvr« u coll« x«* odu< a tto n In
Springfield.
Agriculturc, Comnmni». Engineering, Forestry, Home
The people of Springfield deeply appreciate
Incidentally H arrisburg loses the < is'in<. o',
E L E C T R IC S H O E S H O P
Economie«, Minna, l ’Iiamm .v, Vo ationnl E durallon
the attitude of the press of the Willamette vai- of becoming a prominent j u : .
mt on tn -
But
th
a
t's
of
little
concern
to
M
a
in
S
t.
B
e
tw
e
e
n
3
rd
&
1th
t heme al Engineering, Milltary Science and Tacth.s
ley in regard to the recent railroad controversy Southern Paclfi
t u e h i ’ iio o l o r basic A l t r a a n d S c ien c es
O D D I M P E T E T TA
K llN v i r I L L U
u i
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T lir
I H L
Oregcn AgrJcultural College
Th ■
Get the Red C row n
M ileage Card at any
‘ ‘ R edCrow Ti"punip.
Use it and se» yo u r
mileage increase I
l ’ro v ltle » Die p iu ii- la llo e fu r a ll ti-eh Peni i tili!»»»
tr a iti n« In i lu-t»»
l h y « ‘ . al E d ili D lt-n . In iu. t r ia l J » u rn a ll» in
S o lin i S t i l i l i » a ln i M u»lc
FALL TERM BEGINS SEPTEMBER 21, 1925
For IfhiKirated huuklet« unit -fecit)« Inform ation, w rite to
'I he Registrar, o n von A rrieultural t i>licge
Corvallis, Oregon
,
P ittsb u r g h
G ìa s g
P a in t v V a iiiiJ i
B ru sh es
“ M ade 12.5 gallons go as
far as 20 did before!”
Ideals and interest change through life. Th?
man of fifty smiles at the child “rolling ns
hoop"— while in a different way h i s doing the
sam e— with dollars.
The wise man the thoughtful m a n . h o w e v e r,
has an objective for his dollars. Invariably he rolls
his dollars to a place where he . n ¡ / . t th e .. io
work for him. And w hat better place is t.'-ci-'
than a hank?
W atch the successful men of Springfield and
you will see them corning regularly to this bank.
It is well worth your while to consider this. If
you spend a little less than you m ake and hank
the difference -soon you will have dollars to play
with.
WE PAY 3 PER CENT INTEREST ON SAVINGS
Commercial State Bank
It’s no trick getting extra miles out of
"R ed C row n” because extra miles are
i n there. H ere’s w hat one motorist dis­
covered :
TPHIS store specializes in
paints ar.d varnishes! No
matter what your need, wo
have the right thing for your
particular uso — and we are
qu alified to advise you.
“ I checked m y mileage laat m o n th and was
getting only 8.9 m iles per gallon. M y Red
C ro w n Mileage Card sot rne rig h t and on m y
1; t trip I did 14.4 m ile s j»er gallon. In fact I
m ade 12.5 gallons go as fa r as 20 did beforel”
W HITE
Sun-Proof
l\iir s t
— gives buildings an elastic
armor that withstands ex­
tremes of temperature, that
m o istu re cannot penetrate,
that p rev e n ts decay and
depreciation. The lowest
cost paint in tho long runl
Gcf n R°d Crown MileageCnrd, fill the
tank to the brim with ‘ Red Crown,” fol­
low the instructions in the Mileage Card
and watch y o u r mileage increase 1
b w miles
¿esttypin t^e)n^by miles
Vasby Bros.
STANDARD O i l COM PANT
(CalliornU)
Main 321
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