52 Year O ’d Apple
THURSDAY. MARCII 25. 1920.
T il K AFttLNHFiKbD VE W S
PAOS SiX
Wales’ Tumbling and John’s Pummel-
ing Wins World's Praise and Admiration
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MOUNTAIN STATES POWER COMPANY
DIVIDEND No. 33
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Ahiin H aten, of Chanion. Ohio,
•w n i the oldest apple in th e world.
It was given to his wife by Sheri-
ds~ BuH upon his return from the
Civil W«r. Haien has preserved
the apple for 52 years by sticking
el. ¿,s into it.
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• E APPLE OWNED BY
TUMETTE 45 YEARS OLD
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r ' eld is no' io be lift in the
vh le C ot::.c Grvve and Junc-
tio i' ,y n nearta a n d - n t apples which
It s claimed grew on trees over half
a c.r.iu rv ago. For today H arry Brurn-
e tt brought to the News office an
apple which h as been preserved for
46 years
The local apple, a Belflour. was
fixed w ith cloves in Portland In IkSt.
and has been kep* in good condition
since th a t tim e W hile the loea fruit
can claim no such age as 62 years,
w hich ’» claim ed by E ditor Bede of
he C o tta s- Grove Sentinel for an
ipp|. owned by a Cottage Grove wo-
nan. nevertheless It m ust be admit-
ed that 45 years Is a long tim e and
Ittobtless the apple will last for
n an v vears to come.
MEMORIAL DAY PLANS
TO BE MADE APRIL 6
h
April 6 is th e d ate for the general
m eeting of rep resetatlv es of various
civic o rg an lzat’ons to consider the
p la n . fcr observ an ce'o f M emorial day
here, according to announcem ent by
M B. Iluntly, chairm an of the A m eri
can Legion com m ittee.
T he persons appointed by each or-
gnnizat on will compose a com m ittee
to have genera charge of all phases
of the observance. L etters Inviting
participation in the arran g em en ts
have bren sen t out to clubs by the
legion com m ittee. The most im pres
siv e observance of Memorial day in
S pringfield's h istory is expected to be
h e 'd thia year.
ei.;. T k .,P " ?
credit*'i
being E ngland’s best a.trer-
L i £' 6 i ln »,hU .tum bl,ln< • ct from galloping steeple-chase hors««,
a « '» n
. “ 00n<1 “ va?—now *Att John Coolhlge, son o f th e !
denf, has taken up boxjng a t A m h erst college. Right now I
,
nu rsin g a rath e r "ouchy" nose and the Prince is carry :, ,
in a sling— .. a fo rm er having lo s t a three round batl
to u rn ey and the la tte r from a bad spill— h it th irte v
—by A. A. H o o p in g ;,« . .
p rs o n s w ill ride hobbies alw ays, but it s only o n ; «• in a wh le th at riding
thusly gets anyone anything.
h resh in the public mind are two cases w here voting men have w n ad nlra.
lion an I respect of the .... b and. above ail. r» 6 • favorabl , u
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th e ir co u n trlts. Just because they believe in "going through with som ething
th e y ’ve undertaken.
They didn’t earn it through valor on the field of war, cham bers of ill; lorn-
acy. halls of 0n ar.ee. or in pulpit, press or platform They earned It th ro u g '
th e ir persistence, determ in atio n , gam eness in pursuing som ething entirely
asid e from th e serious phases of life.
The P rince of W ales, h eir to th e th ro n e of England, rides. It I» his hobby
Now and ihen he is throw n from his horse. At first t was a calam ity. th< ti
a Joke, and now—good ad vertising for the prince and Ms country. The w or d
likes a person who g e ts up
Then th e re 's young Johnny Coolidge, son of the president of the United
S tates. He boxes a t his college and gets a black eye But he f nlshes lb'-
bout, praises Ms superior boxing o p p o n en t and asks, "w hat's a black eye.
anyw ay?"
And the nation halls him —because he Is game!
Yes. the will to try. even In th e m atter cf m asterin g a hobby, is worth
while.
FOR HIGH SCHOOL NINE
E ducation by scientific m ethods,
nt t la v courts or legislation. »11 fl-
m - '!v solve the crim e situation in the
B n ted S tates, said Prof. R H Par»
a m s of the U niversity of Oregon. In a
ta .k before the Springfield M ethodist
B rotherhood Monday evening "Some
A; peels f the Crime Situation,” was
Prof. P arsons' topic.
The speaker frophesie-1 th at crime
will continue to ,’n c r'a s e yet for a
w hile u n fl the tendency has sp en t It-
•elf. T hr- reform m ust then oome
th-our.b edqeatlon. controlled by scl-
e n ' t.c nun. By this m eans, th e num
b e r of crim inals wi«l probably be
g re a tly reduced, and then the speaker
th en urged th a t those found to be
k a k ttu al crim inals be Im prisoned for
life w ithout chance for partle.
Other phases of tibe situation were
given *ly P r o f P arsons, who spoke
before a large num ber of Brotherhood
m em bers and th e ir wives In the
church basem ent following a dinner.
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G eneral f.aw P ractios
j
Comm ercial S tate Bank Bldg.,
Springfield. Ore.
.la lly
fr o m
C h r ie tla n C h u rc h .
The Jam es A. E bbert Memorial
» 43 Sunday st-b*,|
M ethodist. Springfield.
11 00. church R rv C hilders speaks i
"T he F irst Palm Sunday" will be
A nsw er
P raj-.-r."!'
the pastors them e for th e m orning at ! on "Does God
based
on
the
last
story
of
G eo rg e1
11 o'clock hour. "T he Palm s" will be
Muller
rendered by th e choir. •
11:00, Ju n io r church
At the evening hour, the them e will
6 46. Senior Endeavor.
be "By T his Sign C onquer." The Il
lum inated cross will be used, and the
7-30. E vening service Mrs B arger
,(d hym ns of the cross will be sung. wi 1 eing. "T he P enitent," bv Van de
Special music T he hom e.like church. W ater. Special evangelistic meeting.
F. L. Moore, m inister
PRESENT PRICE $100.00 per share, to yield
7'. per year
O rders for shapes must 1», In ur hand - I" for. lh i !os< of bu«l>
n- « March
in order ,o avail yourself of lit' - !l, '• m t, h u t pnvineut
tnay In- made up to April I6tb, for »«»n -ah ',
MOUNTAIN STATES POWER SECURITIES COMPANY
OFFICE MOUNTAIN STATES POWER COMPANY
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r-vw-
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98c.
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I. M PETERSON
Attorney-at-Low
a r r iv in g
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EDUCATION IS TO SOLVE
CRIME PROBLEM. BELIEF
h.-en
Six gam es have been scheduled for
the Springfield high school baseball
nine by Coach V. D. B a'n. T hese with
four or six others, will m ake up the
baaeball schedule for the year. The
unfinished schedir e follows:
Mohawk Union—h ere, April 2;
there, A pril 14.
C ottage Grove— here, May 21; th ere
April 21.
H ers from Flat—Jam es H art of '
U niversity High—here. May 11; C edar F lat was a visitor here yester- 1
day.
th ere. A pril 23.
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IDEAL MARCH WEATHER
MAY PRECEDE SHOWERS
Ideal w eather in March does not
ih < arily mean cloudless days In
la te r sprlny. and precedent says th at
a rain less M arch and April may be
Jfollowe'.' by som e exceedingly wet
d av s in May and June.
Such an event was recalled yester-
by J. 3. B ntley. old-iiner of th:s
llstri, t. whose to m e Is at Springfield
inn t ’on M- B entley said th a t back
n 13S5 resid en ts of this section saw
.1! of M arch pass w ithout a drop of
r a n. April show ers were light, but
in -May and Ju n e rain was heavy, and
before these two m onths had passed
th rainfall sch dule was op to or
■hove normal. He pointed out th at
th is precedent may be followed in the
case of the p resen t season.
bo
Oklahoma. K ansas. Iowa South I'u
k t ', ¡o,.! , n,c fu rth er ca t end as
f a r 'v i
a - Id, ir
,d M ontana, the
chamber president old today. The
o |’t""tlll lies Off," • h r« ' for edite. 1
to n a l fi'llltie a lh" el>v • | ru t nitty
to the l II.»' »tty of Oregon axrtcut
turul conditions, labor situation, and
stn O a r m atters a re topic» about
which the Iti'iulr es eek Information
In a n s u e r. ('resident Cox and the
pub Icity com m ittee h»v- prepared
a circular le tte r which Is to be senf
along w th I’te ra tu re of various k in d s .1
g iv lrg the iuiidunienlnl points of In
fo m a 'lo n concerning this district
Fren: m any standpoints, esp. iiliy
i that b : «ing to do w th educational ad-
jv ap taces. Springfield o ff.r* unusul a t
’ traction« to h o m es,ek era an I It Is
for th S renson Mi.it so nin'.y In q u irí's
a re being received
In th replies. P resident Cox po’nt*
out th.it the university may he reach
ed by half hour stre e t car or bus ,»irv
.Ice. that Springfield has fine el«.men-'
tnry a rd high sch-ol facilities, and
gives a fu 1 survey of agr cultural so-
clal industrial and sim ilar conditions
In this vicinity
Local renltors also n o t're an in
crease in the num ber of inquiries con
cerning property In this section, and
an increase In really transactions is
expected to result T ourists are al
ready beg n n in c to arriv e from 'he
east by autom obile, and Ideal spring
clim ate Is giving them a favorable
' impre«slon.
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MORE GAMES SCHEDULED
The 3.1rd regular q u arterly ,liv’d« nl of (I 76 per sh are on the 7%
Pr f«»i r« tl St»»« k of (bln ( ' d i i i | u « i > v »»ill !>«• p«i«l Apill »«, 1124, Io «Intro«
holder« r< itlMtvrrd on lb« b*»< ka h ( th«’ »’It»«»* of bu * I lit«*» M unti 31,
1M4.
Subscription* for » h a m in the ca*h plan r < p r i o r to Mar«- i
•Mb will «ntltl* pitritiu or to tin full »1 vbh tot of >176 por »bar for
the qu arter botflm lng Januar» l»t
(biMiuiutlua partial pavtu« ui ucouttt* up» u which Pilot p iy n u iit 1»
m ade b« tor March 26th will r»«,v h r dividend No I oil Apr I 3lHh
T hat Wi aturo Oregon I» to he the
destination of hundreds of E astern ers
and Mui W esterners
king
new
hornea lb » su i i.or In Indicated In the
sens of I'quirlea co rcern ln g Spring-
field re v iv a d bv l'r>-:>i,leut H erbert
J Cox of Oi< local C ham ber of t ’oui
tuerce
Our ng the past fortnight, such lot.
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