THURSDAY. M’llll. .9, 11124.
THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
PAGE FOLK
ALFRED E. CLARK OF
PAINTING THE HOUSE
THURSTON WINS BALL
PORTLAND
WITH THE RIGHT COLOR
CAME FROM VIDA. 14-0
W hat's th«> use of being a congressm an, any«
Candidate for the Republican
way? The day of privileges Is Just about ended.
It,is an open secret th at meal (oiks
The T hurston high school lined at! nom ination for United States
Not so long ago someone made congressm en
alu i tli< Ir houses (or the sake of ap­ niin- mad« II (our straig h t win» I >i Senator.
quit using their stationery allowances to pur-
. hasing things that didn’t have anything to do peal alive. Ib is can uevqr he con­ 'll« season Friday when the VI«,•
dem ned. It is a lact (hat many of team « a s -Imi out with t acoro of
with legislation.
And now along comes Speaker Longworth and e ar choicest neighborhoods owe th eir I l f to 0 Tin- gum« w-.ii Thural<n'<
puts an end to the "extension of rem arks" in the attra c tiv e n e ss to pride o( ow nership front the alut.
pul (here alw ays has heen a dauger
Tullferro pitching for Thui d- it.
Congressional Record.
A m em ber arose, emitted words for a m inute here, and probably then* alw ays will «iriick out 11 men, voll - Vld» »• nt
r two. and then begged to "extend bis rem arks." lie Th trouble Is, people are prone 30 uit-n to b tt L. H urt caught for
This was always granted. The member then
when dm«. »re guo.1 «ml T huraton. W W illiam - sta rte d f " t
proceeded to "extend" them for several pages. ,lu'u 1 ’ ‘ ,r
n“ k ‘“"l Vida, hut was replaced by It Mont
following th« third Inning
or a dozen pages at the >ost to the governm ent ““ “ ,' 1" "
*"*'
a » i g’-ni'-ry
when »cor« »a» l i to 0 for T h n rt
- o f $24.00 a column.
11
The idea was to make the folk-« at home be-
*'«>” "h>
»• “ hatu.n.,1 ton Thompson canght for V’ldn
lieve the congressm an bad reached the p innacle' U“ 1 »«•*“> 1
f all tiw us. i h a
Thia week. tin- T hurston nine
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T H I’R SIU Y . APRIL 39. 19--I.
Editorial Program
L
Make S pr’ngfield th e Industrial C enter of Wee-
tern Oregon.
IL Develop a Strong T rading P oint; Build a City
ef Contented Homes.
III. Improve Living C onditions on th e Farm . Pro­
mote th e Raising of Purebred Livestock and
th e Growing of F ru it; Work for B etter M arkets
IV. Tell th e World About O regon’» Scenic Woirder.
land.
e e e e e e e e e e e e s e e e e e
of oratorical fame.
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•'««" ,M'
«•» »*• «•<>«» tntkleit
T hat's the end! No congressm an from now on • : ' r''i “lr* <h.»t luevitabi» follow
will get any rem arks in the record except those n,’«l“ 1 »tumid ho elim inated. No«
that he m akes on the floor. He may revise them ,"1-' duo. tin- paychoiogical value >f
cleun. brightly pointed property with
and polish them , but he can't extend them.
It» »UKKestlvi-Ot-sa of prosperity and
Congress isn't congress any more.
th« S anta Cluni team .
W. C. T. U Play Postponed.
Ttt« W
T V farm boni« bene
fit play, which «a- tu h a t. bei n p r -
shod ih e e r should never l>« disregard »ented on April 39. ha» been post-
ed.
IMiiied In.I.fthC .lv 1t .wa« announced
THE AMERICAN FARMER LEADS.
a b |t Voto
, ft.„ for
r ,,,KM him
p ro g re s lv e .
Next In Ituportam-« to palm ing 1» y«»l«riluy Th« plav tu b« g lieli I« i ,
American farm ers are the most efficient in the th e use of th« right hind of paint aud •What H appened to Jo n e » .'
|,’in i,rs l.-iw enforcem ent. Gon-
point of th« right color Color In­
world.
LANE COUNTY FINaVNGES IN GOOD
¡struttive
legislation for ngrlcul-
The United States leads the world in the de­ trigue» our Interest. It druw s us to-
CONDITION.
FOR SALE C arbon paper In large i ( i r n | relief und the upbuilding
velopment of agricultural machinery.
ward or repel.» u» from a home II i<
sheets, 3«x39 ’nein-«, suitable for ,,f |||,. industries and resources
With the year 1925 ending. Lane county gov­
From 1910 to 1920 American farm labor In­
». It I.» m I wi YM w o r k in g
m
akin* tru « n g s. T b» New» Office, «»f the State.
ernm ent reached a cash basis after being in debt creased in efficiency 22.5 per cent. The volume
t your li.t r. » ». So th«
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I Puhl Adv Alfred E
Clark fur
m any years. At the beginning of the year 1925 of crop production increased II per cent.
• m. «11. libi be «b eli!. i| UP"U
fu com-
TALL
ANO
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Dr
N.
V
V
Emery
I’tiU.d
Si
the county was in debt $30.592.63. according to
These figures are from the survey of the Na­
eitti y. And let u» not think
en or * * *>n ntAi* end oth«. w°rM ••
th- annual audit of the treasury while at the end tional Industrial Conference board. They don’t
«II • Itfiill« by painting
of the year there was a balance of $27,079.15. or offer the American farm er any relief, but
ill -i h
«sardinas «f th« ’>*pe -q
a saving show n in the 1925 budget of $57,671.33.
They do offer every American —farm man and
hou»
Hut a few years ago Lai e county had outstand- cjtv m*an
KOOd d. nee of satis1 acti n,
G enerali speaking, the house proni -
lug w arrants of over $100.000 caused by expenses
fighting is said to be losing Its popularity . i..» ally .* I (tutted ap p ears best in «ini-
exceeding budgets year after year. The rev e rsal.jQ gpa in t u t not so in America,
pie treatm en t. N atural g ray s or
of form speaks well for the present county court
• • •
drabs, with lig h ter gruyn or Ivory for
ami county officials who are generally conduct­
trim , a re naliitfactory. If th ere is much
FREE DELIVERY
ing their offices efficiently and economically.
There is a marked constrast between the way
Lane county has gotten itself out of debt even
. a business,
s
in the face * of _ expanding county
and 1
Sea gulls carry clam s from the ocean to a
concrete road in M assachusetts in such great
quantity th at autom obile tires are cut to pieces.
—
> gulls
se do
a i this
g_ 1 A
_A. a their
V. —
I — clam
_ I _ shells M
WM/xIrev/i
The
to _ get
cracked.
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•»>••»««<* van h« «too«
with by painting It in th« body
the m anner some of our other local taxing and Wise gulls. We should rem em ber this In crack-
.
W here th ere la plenty of aha.!«,
governm ental administrative bodies plunge into ing our Christm as nuts.
light color« a»« advlaabk- for huuMea.
debt without thought of curtailing expenses.
larg« or »mall. W here unahrltered.
It takes $561 a year to dress a college girl, ac­ atone, w arm d rab o r gray will avoid
Sin. e the war France has claimed the attention
of Americans as well as other countries as a cording to the wom an’s organization at the Uni- th e bur* look th a t brighter color«
place to live Statistics show that 50.000 Ameri- versiflty of California. We have seen lots of would create.
" cans reside in th . a t country.
.
___ — are also 60,-
.•« them in the sunkist state who did not appear to
Nor can the idea of color be di«-
There
aiMociated from th e eurface on wliich
900 Germans and 4000 Englishmen counted in have more than 50 cents' worth of clothes on.
| It is applied. L ight, v a n ii colori:.
France’s population.
It takes 25.000 gallons of w ater to m anufacture Unti aIkJ BhBdeB <>f ye|| (W
_
• • •
a
ton
of
paper.
In
other
words
it
takes
a
gallo
n
,
app,.ar
Ur<er
l)>rk
We can send a letter to San Francisco and of­
ten get a reply quicker by return mail than to and one fourth to m ake the paper in your c o p y , ^ Be#m >mBl|er , (<ht <rByB >b,
s t m im do not «««m to «bang« npp»-ar.
Wendling. We can equal Goshen’s reply from of The Springfield News. *
,
,
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. . ___ to «"T extent Bright, warm col
Portland. There is something the m atter with
P arrots and m onkeys climbing on the wires In org ll)ntalnln< r<M, ,.r orBn<y |efO
the arrangem ent in carrying the mails from this parts
of Merico cau w m uch annoyance^ ^ e ^ a r e ^ brln< B BUrfB(.e r|oBrr to
section. People should make a vigorous protest
troubled
with the sam e thing In this country espe­ Ihgn the ne-dluni, neutral or dark
to the post office departm ent to remedy these
cially on our ru ral lines.
color« aueh »« dark green o r bio*
conditions.
• oo
• • •
groan.
Tw o-thirds of the 4267 centenarians in the
They have lizards 21 feet long in Dutch East
Indies, so they claim. Can any fisherm an tell a United S tates are Negroes. Blacks seem to last
A ttend Roseburg Meeting.
bigger one than th at?
__ better than whites.
| A group of delegates from the
C o m in g to
E ugene
Dr. Mellenthin
SPECIALIST
in Internal Medicine for the
past fifteen year«
DOES NOT OPERATE
Will be at
OSBURN HOTEL
WEDNESDAY, MAY 5.
Springfield B aptist rh n r rh attended
a m eeting during the la tte r part of,
laat w eek of the t'm p q u a B aptist as-
. »notation, held at Roaeburg.
Among those who went from h ere ,
were Rev. C. E. Blom. Paul Fraae.
Gordon lx-«, (own C arlton, M yrtle ,
Harvey. Gladys Collins, Mr» Blom '
Mr. and Mr
K enneth Tobins. Mi -
Miriam
Rice. Ml»» Gladys Chase.
Mrs. Roy C arlton. Mr. and Mr- J ,
A. O arv»r. Mr». Rice and others.
Go to Line— F jiw r'nc« May and a
aroup of frl»-nd» mad« a m otor trip
to the snow line on th« McKenxIe
, highw ay Sunduy
Will be added to Our Servlc« Beginning Saturday. H ere­
after we will deliver groceries at your home at the same
low price as you have found at our store.
BUY HERE AND SAVE MONEY ON YOUR GROCERY
BILL
We Give S Ä II. Green Stam ps
Grindell’s Grocery
FORMERLY TH E ALL PACKAGE GROCERY
Main Near Fourth St. Next to the
Independent Meat M arket
Truly Delicious
Egglm aun’s Ice Cream, whether you buy it In
hulk <>r in delightfully
blended flavors In w
Bricks,
♦
Is a truly dell Ions confection. The guaranteed
purity of ull Ingredients adds to your enjoyment
of it.
E G G IM A N N ’S
In tr o d u c in g
Office H ours: 1 0 -A. M. to 4 P. M.
ONE DAY ONLY
No C harge for C onsultation
,
r | ""HE "Severest test to which
varnish can be put is on canoe
paddles. A large manufacturer
of paddles writes that th e o n ly
paddles th a t d id n o t g o to
p ie c e s on a 4 3 8 m ile ca n o e trip
were those varnished w ith
V\^ter-Spar
Water->)4 cc/’ V arnish
and Enamels
Soaked in water for days, baked in
the sun, scoured by sand, bruised
by rocks 1 A varnish that endures
such wear stands anything on
floors, furniture and woodwork.
It's the same varnish that you get
at this store—the same that is on
the wood panel that we keep
soaking in an aquarium month
after month. It comes in colors
for every possible use and is the
one varnish that is up to the
quality standards of this store.
Vasby Bros
312 Main
Dr M ellenthin I» a reg u lar graduate
In m edicine and surgery and Is llcen-
»«d by the sta te of OREGON
Ho
doe« not operate for chronic appendi­
citis, gall stoneg. ulcers of stoma« h
tonsils or adenoid«.
He h as to his cred it wonderful re­
sults In diseases of the stom ach, liver,
bowels, hl'iod skin, nerves, h eart, kid­
ney. bladd«-r. b«-d w etting, catarrh ,
-weak lunga. rheum atism , sciatica, leg
ulcer« and rectal alim ents.
Relow are the nam es of a f«w of
Ills m any satisfied p atien ts In Oro-
. gon:
Mrs. W. J M artin, Moro, high blood
pressure.
Mrs
W estburg, Colton stom ach
trouble.
Mrs.
H alvor
N elson,
Chinook,
W ash , goitre.
M artin Jorgesson, A storia, nerve
trouble.
Mrs. C hris H anson, Chinook, Wash.,
bowel trouble and n eu ritis
Mrs. Jam es Ellis, Coquille, gall
, stones and colitis,
Jam "« Suess, L akeside, ulcers of
I stom ach.
.1 R Jenkins, Silverton, circulatory
trouble.
1 R em em ber the above date, that con-
«via,Ion on this trip will bo free and
• h at bis treatm en t Is different.
M arried women m ust be accompnn-
i.-,t by th etr husband».
Adfir«'-»- 211 R radbury Rldg., Loa
Angeles. California.
A 15 22 29
O u r F rid a y
a n d S a tu r d a y
Special!
/¿'MA
4«
v,i,
Each week we will offer
HtmiethiiiK entirely new fur
Friday and Saturday, s ta rt­
ing this week with a —
F r e n c h F ryer
With
W ir e B a sk e t
This Fryer has a capacity
of 3
quarts; 10 inches
across made of good a lu m ­
inum and fitted with a
wooden handle. Basket. Is
heavily tinned. A wonder­
ful kitchen convenience
for every home for Pota­
toes, Oysters. Corn Cakes,
etc. Special Recipes with
each Fryer.
A Big
Value at
S J49
WETHERBEE
-POWERS
l l t h nt Willamette
AN ACCOUNT
o f Her Own
The feeling of financial independence th at comes
to a woman having a Bank Account of her own
is shown In her keener Interest In life. She can
feel more certain of her plans for enjoying the
sm aller pleasures without being dependent upon
her husband lor the money.
Commercial State Bank
Springfield, Oregon
A Good Bank In A Good Country