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P IG E TWO THURSDAY, (K T . 21», 1925 T itF SPRING F IE U ) NEWS LABOR’S LATEST DEMAND. Alm a« before the shade of Sam uel Gompera ItibHabad E««ry Thura-lay a t as passed Into hi* greater sphere the spectre of 8;rtngfteM . baa« Cooaty. Or«*oa. by renewed labor treubl? arise* to remind the world of the wor:h of the man who ha* gone. It La tia» THE WILLAMETTE PRESS proposed that The A uieriun Federation of I » 1“ - H. E MAXEY. Editor define a new policy, d ’maliding that wage* be in Birred as weond claaa February 24, 1HJ at the t reased, and that the working day tie shortened posteR.ce. S;ringft»M. < regon It Is proposed to cut the hour* of labor in pro;>ot lion to the degree of development in labor saving MAIL SUBSCRIPTION RATE Cue Tear in Advance »1.78 Three Month« ___78c machinery and w ater power. W here Is this kind 81» M o n th » -------------------- Single Copy _ ___ 8c of radical thought to e n d ’ No sooner doe* In- d us try get back on a sane basis of prosperity for TH VRSPAY. OCTOBER » . |»25 labor than some one come* along to kick over the milk pail. The report of the National Industrial Confer Editorial Program ence Board just made public show* that the aver age working hours today stand at A7.5 per week Make S p H c g rie ld th « Ifw J u rtra l C e n te r of W e e a There is a well defined increase In employment, tern Oregon. IL and weekly earnings increased rath er than de D evelop a S trong T r a d in g P o in t; B u ild a City • f C o n ten ted Hom e«. creased as a result of our slow reconstruction. IIL Im p re v e L iv in g C o n d itio n « on th e F a rm . P ro- Total employment In ail Industrie* Is 10 percent «.»cte th e R a a ng o f P u reb red L iv e s to c k and higher in Septem ber this year than it was a yesr BISIXKSS CONDITIONS IN THE TWELFTH FKHKHAL •alea hy 4 I per cent an i ID 0 I »r cent, respectively, dur n g September, l»J& l*riH,urtl«>n, shipments, and «ales (or KKSKHVK ttlS T Itk T By J«ha lArrrln. ( hairman nt ih» ILwrO <t.r»i w r e ah ler«»i In volumi dur ng Kef leather. 1833, ig Septemli ►r, I »24. a though »maller Iban du» Ihan Mage dally protiictlon ol pet tole u ui Hu !*»<■ IB th» s»n»ral bualne«« »liat I»25. was 1.3 per cent Hv Twelfth Federal R. err» district 'luring l al Indicated cob I mb—r F a t ina! te-rea»» ta! volume ot trade U Ropieuiber 30, »mailer ihan I« canal but, < I'Oipa leg September. t»4S. uumat! » r»*e«rd figure, Sa;tenil>»r 1»J4. a larger àAfc erm al annua* Inrrea i n t i t ttUntce wm ’ lU'Wi, IntluairMl actlvttr costlnu Hl I of 14 »poring milling 12124»,717 ban - b _____ &h »««i»on«I to re It . » rtf volume c t empt»ym< nt «a» r- 1 » per ci ni larger in rol peeled to be larger than to ike previous month or th- ume during September, i »25. I van durli ig Auguri, 1»JV, muu month a year ago. The total value of agricultural compared with a flv»-y»uir avei agd Incr ■use of 117 per ------ * for ---- output U24, expressed In terms of purchaatns p< wer. rent b e t w e e n th e s e two mouth IT »luctlnn during Mep la estimated to be larger than to any of (be past five leather. 1>2&. wss larger by I I per «nt than during Keo year« Increase la demand for credit, partly aeaeonal In teniber t»24 the fr» I such annual inrrres« reported glace character, was reflected to an expansion of loans, bom July. l»2t Millers' alocba of flour Increased during Hen at reporting member banka and at the re«er»e bank In tembor. but on October 1st were 21 2 |» r cant smaller tsruat rales were unchanged. _____ ___ ago and IS 1 per c«ni below lha fire year aver- than a . year Tbis bank'« Index of bank debits, a measure of general »ge (or the tame date. business activity, declined from 144 il» l» monthly av er I Trad» at »tali. av reported by 32 department slorea in age— im i la Auguu. vs»8. to 143 in September. t»»s, due •even principal cities of the district, was OS per cent to altowance being mad« tor normal »eaaonal variation. ■ smaller in value during September, I »26, litan during th e G ro w in g o f F r u it ; W o rk fo r B e tto r M a rk e ts A g° | Actual figures reported by the bank« banka «bowed showed an Increase increaae August, IS2S There la normally a «caaonal decrease of ap IV. Tell th< World About Oregon's Scon to Wonder- No workm an today can complain of a poor of 3.2 per cent from August. I»2S. to September. t»26 l!m rtr|, 4 per p. r cent cra t tn In value >.lu. of »ale» lie during Meplomb« Sepiemb. r ee g even V « «« ««a *»V face W ^* W «eV *» V > S wage, in V the of » g present living costs nor. In September. I»24. the index, adjusted tor seasonal’varln »» compared with August, and Ibl» banka Index, which la can kn he complain o of t unemployment. In the coun couti- lions, stood at 122. adjusted tar seasonal vartatlona, advanced trow 14» <i»ig| try It is next to impossible to get work done at any Building activity continued at high level» during Sep monthly average IOO> in August. l»2S. 10 163 to Sept at t .. ., ' R®CDRD. price, ana and ror for tne the most part pari m the e results Dear bear even every lember The value of building permits l»»u»d In 20 priori- ber i»j& In September, 1»24. It Stood at 143 Value ot i » a . 6 reti time n history of Ore- evidence of either inconiptence or carelessness pal cities of the district was lean by 10 3 per cent than in 'sa te s oj is»« w hoi < sale firm» in eleven tinea ot bualne»» ed th . th P t<2d'11!n tte ^ IUet • ctua,1Jr ,ower- Let the farm er need a new ceiling in his home August, which compare» with an estimated normal aea wa, 4» per cent greater to September. t»26. than hi over n ^ ^ n ? i«e?»d,ltUre8 t m “ ntoipahty and he will find himself compelled to pay 112 n .oaat r » .M from u n -t to to Septrmt tonal d d .c »crease from A Aurual September of 13 0 per j September. 1834 |n each month since June. |»28. valu» w h e n t h . Tnwrw A : 5 a L « <iSU^W, M°nday ' , night 1»: were » p e r (1f _ . day , - for someone - — —- who will make a beautiful botch « « . ~ D strict u figures . b for e September. r , 1P2S. * t w h ■:< • v ie h a » t>« . ' l a r g e r t h a n to t h e m r r n aaopte.l ° of f th<? the job U" unless the * fa™ farm ^ er r hlnlSelf himself UkC’ tak s * a d day smaller in ’a,u' value ,iW than for September. «>’♦ 182« »>.•» ,o or g rr„ „ a budget about 250 i “ th a' cent *” *H,r ,n B th™.. ,or budget com m ittees attem pt to sperd all rh . six OrT k O to. 1x388 increases at moat of the reporting cities being th, „ , hr ,.„ .lna!,.,j , rt| annual increae« to trade at per cent Umitation allows with"The resu t th a’ ' st ». * ° ' coun* Ht” e .°r nO ^ a i r e J with th" m or. than off«-, by dec.tne. ix»n, .teach. I - A n p i w , , nc„ . . ln ,.f M)1J fc„ . city’s finance* have been well h a n d lll during ,w a«e E ' ^ n e w ants to see the American Paredes*, and San Francisco. Callfronto, probabh. (M.„ , „ ......................... . by n , ur„ t h e l e w er-v«v-u nanaiea au n n g t««e working self-respecting and well rewarded Lumber production of r»p<rting min* m four trade aa ( dollar value of »»J« », h<)«»-v#rt «» ^rU «t wholesale h« m ud everv vmf u-ifhnni «nri Tra^ . man .. it oomes __ .... day. ... la s e t » M i- craufs a n d u UP e' er? w*lhout end. T a t Rut when to shortening the work •oc Ut ioni of th# district rxc#rd«<l their »hi pm ent» «nt risen over the year period cl»v'« nr, 1 w**s an ’p ^ h g e n t analysis of the when it comes to hading over to Industrial work- c o m m itte o th ia Ub b*‘ore ^he budget ers t he gross result of genius in developing pro m an o f th e f io a u o'” Cox. chair- duction. it is getting time to call a halt. !«abor THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS |1.N Used Car Values unanim ous adnntiv c<' tnnn' te*- The result was a tour ,h ° f “ era ’ ,hlch ln tO‘al . lounted to less than last year. It is now up to the school board budget comm ittee to hold down expenditures umfl some of the heavy bend- ed and w arranted Indebtedness j, tak e n un We all like to see progress but it has gotten to the point where civic progress wdll be retarded in- stead of inhanced by increasing increasing the taxes We ------- by __ ______ ____ school ».__. and we . have not I. U L..I a new h h.-w® a re P-sr ‘’;st b'dlded of ly half its cost to pay for on this year’s tex icw but in'regsed cost of m aintaining it. I.- f. s re t this $12.500 part of the school debt naid. at ¡east, before attem pting any new ventures. would like to bum the candle at both ends and »*ave the farm er sizxling in the middle. . - • 1923 Ford Touring. VF, , 1923 Foni Fordor Sedan. ~ 1923 Chevrolet Roadster. Thf8'’ oil ’ita,i,,n « * « Eugene that flew th - 1923 Chevrolet Touring, “Y018 f% l,he Term inal’' Ivanner are now run- 1922 Ford Coupe. ning Up ^ e s s signals because the h eh way Is po,ng to ** ch a’’Pwl ,o the othcr idrle ° r the rai’- road tracks to avoid a death tran trap at Blair B liir s stre tre e v Chevrolet Dealers, crossing. Eugene grabbed a hot coal out of the S. P .’fire when she stole the shops from Spring- Eugene. Oregon field. Everytim e she touches it now someone get« burned. Thev made ’em vote for it but they can ? make ’em like it. V ITO PAYS THE TAXES? • • • The hlmplii of thia Rad The editor of the Cottage Grove Sentinel finds An e,e-~trio locomotive in a tug of w ar dragged io will appeal to you as It in searching the tax roils that in every instance tw o hug" steam locomotives up a two ner cent has to us. Anyone can op b- yfaefs » rd e-jrerprises in comparison are p ay -’P ™ ^ near Snoqualmie pass on the Milwaukee erate It—just one dial. lug more taxes than Eugene. Som ething is w ron-’ railroad the other dav. Th steady pull of the Come in and arrange for with the system opjnies the editor. Never mind electric m achine yanked the steam rigs back dem onstrations. wait until next year with the rarshops and great- between breaths of the cylindrs, railroad men ly increased property values Eugene will pay all said- ♦ he ta x e s a n ' th e sm a lle r c o m m u n iti s will go • • • ” I 56 9th Ave. \V. Eugene r ». .» . j . A half dozen Cleveland prohibition eiw Stanley Bldg. P m -o »bo, .'b •. we would remind C o ttag e , forcement officer* have become blind by samp- fieW ¡B m r .0 Y i n<K 1,a-v ,np aP the taxes. Spring- ling moonshine. Some are so blind they never P rl vi B7 t edx ? e 1 ! T 1,er city than Cottape « ' “ W find any to sample. G r-te vet she had a higher assessed valuation • » • last year and paid a greater total millage. And , . , w e haven’t any sawmills inside o u r citv lim its A buBine8s « ian tells us he Is comm itted to life, I want to work for YOU: eltlmr. ■ y , liberty and the pursuit of a golf ball. I can double the am ount of ' ------------------ — 2— ---------------------- ---------- -1' . r work YOU now produce! Consider the gap between And thereby Increase YOUR Kobiai Khan and A’ltomotofle ma»», income. u/aeturers who five* you for » I I can cut In half YOUR few dollars a Utt’e mxeklr.e th at will carry sever, F«epie forty miles .daily worrit*«! en hour, carryi-’g more than it* And double or treble YOUR own weight in fre ig h t enjoyment of LIFE! If our progress in THINKING Thing» You Should Kouw I can. In short, m ake LIFE hah equalled our progresa in itself a pleasure! transportation, we should be bet ter off than we are. And I come where the door 1 Is open! Biding over the desert land», I will cost you less than I destined to be the world's moat _ Hy /» rth a r B risb a n e earn! beautiful garden, from Colorado For I am a FRIEND. to Arizona you could not reaist „ /'u n CF.EATE5T OF ALL WEALTH. I AM HEALTH! | ________ X d - v j buying land, hoping to live there some flay, at the end of your migh A'dt.ucA’S garden spot . by John Jotaph Gain««, M. D / ty dollar hunt in the East. ALFALFA AND FREEDOM. Nothing grow* until you irri 'tuberculosis Germs Not Inherited. gate. And when you irrig ate KILLERS TOR HIRE SCARCE. Is the Safe, Sane, and Sure, Most anybody nowadays can EVERYTHING WILL GROW. write or speak intelligently of tu- Science of Restoring Health bercuiosis. My little neighbor, 1 C :r crops are worth billion* Do you put fertilizer or linra on lad of ten, not yet in “Junior High’’ through the Nerves. «v.ry year. Tnai.’» encouraging. Mojave Desert alfalfa? Not a.i refer« graveiy to “T-B” when con- IJcense No. 300 Phone 355.1 1c ocr min»»«, and oil weiis are ounce of either. A lfalfa root* so 1 .. . ,, . Gannett Motor Co. Magnavcx Radio Vv Marshail’s Wanted—A Job About Z/our H ea lth 1 Chiropractic humored» of billion* stored away, • n that’* cnce- jging. ‘ e umue i «'«tier power of thia naLon is worth ten* of billion*, an other ten* of billion' for irri- g a ‘ on eftorw aiu. That’s eneour- agio-^, an-’ al,.») tne fact th a t in the atmo.-pi,ere above . .ore are endless billions v. ¿rti, of »dtrogen, whien can ’ b . o t . « o v . i by electrical nov er. But there is a g re a > r w ulth, alt and it* figures more im perranl One s.h’gie city, Nrv/ Yo..:, has for the first time In it bjr.tory tory MORE THAN ON,t i i i J ’ON CHILDREN ENROLLED IN ITS PLBLIG SCHOOL Ci.A. 3GS. T hat is the PEAL wealth of ’ to- day, and the real p o.ier oi L.e futcre. Take away th» e chiMren s this country, with all it. mi w ater power and fertile toil, v/< amount to a * little a* it did ■t few Ir . ,: i - ins po' -essed H ; ent their ti ne murdeiirsg ¿.ch other. At the G f onant-Govcr ior , li ant. o- th 'y ¡a O- ¡1,-» n' I • Y„ fair I CU- - a n .'.rc a iif ■- c ta ck cl n laugh* J, of human v.Gf/J i.oundi; at ’I / . A 10 Of fi-P'und elephant will * • .;>• tn . I’».'', one mnhout, to iru’de t! '? bf - and in the ,v/dah on If* back an Engiiiih • t'?r,..n eager to kill a tiger :t '.¡'.in'' thrit i,iv ,r u chxnce kili I1.-1. down eighteen feet through soil washed down from mountaJna nia<:e up of lime, minerals and centuries of growing and decay ing bunch grass, grease wood and sagebrush. You cut your alfa'f* seven time* a year for fifteen or tw enty years; then plant it again, i .-ate it, and N ature doe« tha l„ » The so.l al o produce-' den»o> ra- . Any man with a hundred mihion dollars who think* h« n b -iter than some other Amencan Hho:ld go there. He would gather valuable information. Going through, tha» e»»u i-t.-y e-cry brown gohlen hill à» ('.■• tunce more beautiful than »1 > jia'ace or castle, under * •t nificent blue sky a.s big r. r c* co-'rtry, you care nothing foi - t nt come, out of hum:ui *>»r»ns in the E- <t. Your only hope is th a t .he Gov- e — cut will kne— enough 10 pre- v b t h e flying mnciiirer ,cce.i- f V, toko ; 'ople ta th".t land and to protect it. John P dh-rt, official execu tion r at . g :"ng prison, uuitn ni* job af' r k;i .'ng 14C in the ch-ctric chai”, For thf* he has h paid $21,000- ?150 fori each killing. Will the retiring executioner r ■ r meet, on the other >h.ore, the I ‘0 th a t he nt on ahead? If *0, v i:>, ,-5il they *ay to each other? Thank him, very likely. It i* difficult to find another executioner, because he must be a trained electrician, willing to kill for a living. It should be not difficult but IMPOSSIBLE to find tuch a man in a civilized state. vereing with his play-frjlow»; tie learned scientists srd U,e ¿tatisti- C uji bewilder as with technical facts. W hat to do with the dia- eaue however—to combat it sae- vessfully—remains a dark and un fathom able secret. We have found ou' to a certainty that it* cause is o definite baceillau, a living, virile otganb m, shaped like a rod, multi plying by dividing i'.wdf bj»o er sections woen e^rn lru i.,o al reaches maturity. ?<»lories a so,n- bied produce pt^a'.iur tisauo growth —tubcrculr-H, —nature trying to war I off the intruder. When the Mijcilli develop i.c/rructivo pewer ».•it .'.n the tubervl., it-, wall?; break d'.'vn, and ganetul tubcrcuioeis re- Geo. A. Simon Over Penney Store, Eugene W^ort/s o f Wisdom in „ TI.iR,f,Wr J ’. 1” eaay ,o prove that »|H’iu on trifl« in youth would keep many a man from want in r.1,1 ,7gc. .... J >pen,’£ ? ?aV‘? K account ln » f’Wld’s name has many i " , 8 r‘‘8U ,ed 1,1 thrift-forming habits whic h have been the foundation stones for a successful life Out-of-town neighbors might do well to make the ‘n p »»to town more than a spending excuralon from the child s stand|m int. Make it an event for adding a little to a saving account. We Pay 3 Per Cent Inborost Com m ercial S tate Bank Springfield, Oregon NEW WINTER, “RED CRQU/N Tins . . repw ing 7» ca ’L». '.' .i I'.’ .ta r f.'ng fact to b- re- membered ir. tubcrcoi.„is 1-, it is commur-ier-hle. i»..plo do not ,• o e rr —-they are ovgeired. A child r.ay be Infected, and harbor the bacteria for yvc.-s w ithoj. symptoms. IxA him get influenza, >r pneu aonia or even a severe ''told” and the tubercle beccilli n'.-a’: p to do serious mire f. Thia bringi up a poniti.4 conclusion: /ill tubercular patients should be subjected to rvlea of quarantine. They should be taught to save and burn all expectorated matter, and rhould «'cep a,fine, u.iirg Individ»- al bed-linen. Their towel* should be kept separate and nterilized by- boil i ng. The germ* when dry, blow every where! A dozen school children racing along in their glee innal- ing million* of these deadly germsl If there i* an ordinance in YOL’B town against spitting on the *lde- walk, make it include the entire street at your next meeting I Nent Week. More about Tuberculosis O fficial G oodyear Tire Repair Service Station, Expert Balloon Tire Repairing Eugene Vulcanizing Works 957 Oak St. 1020 Prepare lor action with the new winter Red C ro w n gaso lin e— hair-trig- ger s ta r tin g - w o rld s of p o w e r—m ile age I A t Stand ard Oil Service S ta tio n s and “ Red C row n” dealers. CO/