THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS Pebllahed B vw y Tkeredey at Springfield. L e o * County, Oregon, ky T H fi W IL L A M E T T fi PRESS H. K M A XEY M T H trR 8D A Y KKBHUARY »4, t»$7 T H » SP! F ‘ ">B roufl B d lto r_________________ w «4 as «eeoad claaa m a tter February U . I X » at U s poeteRIce, SpringflaML Oi M A IL SUBSCRIPTION R A T I Tear ta Advance. »17» Hiraa Months ------f ie t k a ______________ »LSS Single Copy ---------- te T H U R S D A Y F E B R U A R Y 34. 1937 LET'S BE MORE LIBERAL WITH OUR PRAISE. nient on th e McAdoo speech. He said : "It la serv ­ ing ap excellent puritpee In prep arin g th e way l o r a definite determ in atio n by th e D em ocratic l*arty as to w h e th e r it will line up w ith P ro h ib i­ tion or ag a in st it. It is an Irrepressible conflict th at cannot be escajwd. By throw ing down th e gage of b attle in behalf of the dry», th e McAdoo speech serves a useful purpose." T h ere are thin k in g m en everyw here who a re of th e opinion th at th e healthiest th in g th a t could now happen would be for th e R epublican p arty to bring the sam e thing to pass w ithin its ranks. If som eone like S en ato r W adsw orth. New York w t R e p u b lic a n - o r Nicholas M urray B utler, a partly A DR. WORE WHO WORKS. factor, would force th e jiarty to decide th e issue BE PATIENT WITH STATIC — In presen tin g a wet candidate an d Insisting •XMAS” A SACRILEGE. upon a wet plank—a s G overnor S m ith Is doing in th e D em ocratic ranks, then we would be get CHRISTIANITY A FAILURE? ting som ew here. It is conceded by m any th a t O r. W ork. Secretary of the In ­ th e re will never be a decisive referendum in a terior, say* of the 1987 outlook: pre-convention or « in v en tio n decision by the De­ "There is not a single distress m o cra ts alone. iHfn on the whole economic hori- •on.** The annual auditors statement of the town of Springfield had reduced its net debt by nearly $22,- 000 during 1926 should be received with satisfaction by the people. The auditors report "this indicates a healthy condition, proving the efficient manner in which the affairs have been handled during the past GIVE THEM INTELLECTUAL LIBERTY year by city authorities." R adicals opposed to th e rig h ts of school te a c h ­ City officials get lots oi kicks but little praise for ers to inteJIectual liberty and free speech received their service to the city without pay. The item above a bloodv nose when they Went to listen to iTesi- should entitle city officials to a little praise from us all. ^jent S. S. Menken of the National Security Loa gue. He said: "No m an is good enough to do a n o th e r m an 's thinking, and teach ers, who are The Washington Legislature held a comedy session in the m ain hard-w orking, self-sacrificing, gro ss­ at Longview the other day in which mock laws were ly underpaid public serv an ts, should not be hum i­ passed providing for aeroplane patrols to keep the liated by being denied th e rig h ts of free th o u g h t Oregon fog on the south side of the Columbia river and free speech." Isn't th ere a world of tru th in th o se few w ords? and tail and headlights were provides! for salmon in If an y class of people should be able to stan d on order that they might get under the proposed Long­ th eir own feet, hold th eir heads high, do th e ir view bridge, etc. The only difference between this ow n thin k in g and have th e right to express th eir session and the ones held at the state capital is that opinions, it is the teach er. H um iliation such as this one was intended to be comical while some of som e of o u r teac h ers th ro u g h o u t th e nation are subjected to is bad for society, bad fo r th e te a c h ­ those at Olympia are just naturally funny. e r ^ bad for th e tau g h t. We w ant no m oulding of th e m inds of youth bv sn ea k s o r slaves. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University is often talked of as president of the United States. His only qualifications so far as we can see is his command of the English language. The third sentence in his annual report as president of the university con named 1,743 words. 125 commas and 32 semicolons. Any man who can write like that ought to be a good diplomat, we suggest he be sent to the next limitation conference. • • • WOULD HURT TOWNS A,ND INDUSTRIES A bill was proposed in the Oregon legislature to prevent the "pollution" of the streams, so drastic that it was estimated its compliance would cost Port­ land alone about $35.000,000. or $100 per capita for new sewers. It would cost many other cities almost at the same rate. While it was temporarily withdrawn, it will undoubtedly be considered in the future, and the public should understand the facts involved. The rivers belong to the public. Navigable or not. Well boys when you start kicking about the they are th e highw ays of tra d e an d th e a rte rie s weather let your memory work back to 17 and 18 of life. Industries build along th e rivers, th at when you were thankful to get a chance to crawl un­ cannot live anyw here else. Almost every in d u s­ der a flapping Sibley tent anb open up a can of corn try actu ally "pollutes" th e stream , a t least th eo - beef and another of tomatoes. Or if it wasn't a tent I retically; to absolutely eliminate such contam ina- ttaen a French barn or musty wine Cellar. And rem­ tion is elim inate th e industry T he rivers m ust be kept safe: but th a t m ay be ember it rained just like it does now and the wind infinitely far from elim inating ail con tam in atio n . blew like_______ _ Industrial life m ust be m aintained, even at th e cost of som e technical contam ination Sawm ills, There are a dozen proposed laws-before the legislat tanneries, woolen mills, paper mills, m ines, all nre affecting fish. The poor fish will soon be regu tend to affect th e stre a m s; and yet. as betw een , strea m purity, and a populace with a th o u san d or lated as much as the humans i a million Jobs m ain tain in g th at m any hom es, th e 1 Jobs m ust stand. M ayor B aker of P ortland properly refused To Why Not A K nockout? ! support th e m easu re th a t th rea ten ed to exting- McAdoo's speech a t Toledo, w herein he took ulsh industry and b an k ru p t his city. up th e dry ban n er ag ain st the Sm ith w ets, and W hatever can be done to preserve th e stream s, sta rte d a general rough house in D em ocratic should be done: but alw ays It m ust be with the ra n k s, could easily be the end tow ard a final th o u g h t th a t in a settled co u n try th ey are th e settlem ent of w hether we are to rem ain dry o r go a rte rie s of industuial life. D rinking w ater sup- bac k to the refresh m en t stand. S e n a to r W alsh, plies m ust com e from unpolluted sources entirely a wet from M assachusetts, m ade very wise com - rem oved from industrial stream s. Wise men la Milwaukee win d»- ix js r • m r s i ' « C h ristian ity be of any p e n d « l “ “ In changing ealatlng conditions? C h ristian ity has been changing existing oon.Iltions for about nine­ teen hundred year», there to no reason why it should break down now. To “ love th Ig+ibor •» thyself,“ try in g ' • nln>. *»- htoatl of t r v " 'v ml« W” 1 ways liu p n wiidtUuiui If hioii moan It. I tranaaoted. The organlsallon la pian- ' u in * s i hiehon dlttner to he hold In Another suggestion before Con­ gress 1» to forbid experim ent w ith an scientiflc study of poison gases. The peak of absurdity is to »ug- g d th a t we must not K N O W about poison rase«. Can we not tru st ourselves. Is It not idiocy to say that our sciential« shall not k«&p this country informed about im portant w arlike weapons? • .Mnrt h Here From Sutherlin— Ml«» Flora W hitney I« visiting «I the S p rillili,-I I lesldence nf her brother. H a rry W. W h itn ey, «nd fam ily Mr«. Mestar R eturn»— Mrs. Kugene Kesler lias relurned after a riait to Kan Francisco, G arrett's Old T im e Danse t irraiu land Hall. Kugene, Kvery Tuesday Night Ticket» 75c LsAlee Frrc M M Secretary W o rk doeent sit a t hia desk. Ku«wauig H a travel» over ihe country constantly, studying »pportunitiew fo r national improve­ ment. He know» con.Utlon», and ti» opinion is im p ortan t and «»- ______ .lo u n g in g . Douglas Garden Dairy Will Supply Your W ant« With Should million» of women read »f the death of S ir O liver Lodge. Marconi. M illik in and a doaon »ther creek »cientl»t» the m a jo rity «rould »ay. “That'« too bad. and Wholesome Milk and Cream not much interw Ud. P hone S5FT2 Beery one of m illio n , w ill bo to- tereetad to hear th a t Jean Phillips W orth, the famous dressmaker, haa r K ie to a land where there is ao •swing. . Hi» house dreeoed queens end smpresaee of state and finance, also young ladies • ith whom th e ir «one ran »round n Paris. Hl» meant more . real • uth.?r' V world's women than all the ■ — •■ '■• Be patient ith static. wbn 1» interfere» w ith jazs music or prise fight new» coming sweetly over vour radio. Professor Pupln, o f Columbia College, »ay» static and ■fading,” enemies of radio en­ thusiasts. really indicate th a t other planets are try in g to ta lk to us. Thev send powerful message* that interfere w ith our feeble radio, and Pupin thinks we shall underMand those messages w ithin tw enty-five years. I f planets millions o f years older -han our earth could tell us w hat ey know, our science m ight Jump head as rapidly as a child ad- ai.ee- in knowledge a fte r it ha., anted to talk and read. W e lig h t little bonfire», heat -team, and thus obtain power, ilars m ight teach us to harness the power of the sun, and transm it en- • ergy w ithout wires, which would do a » a y w ith engines or fuel on fly­ ing machines, and give us unlim ited power. e I t ia said that in this country there is more commercial "flying m ileage" than in any other. F o r that thank» are due to Pres­ ident Coolidge and Poetm aster General New, who have encour­ age,! a ir m ail routes. But flying back and fo rth by m ail carriers, moet desirable, does not mean building up national aerial defense. And fo r our commercial flying we depend on private in itia tiv e , citizens building planes th a t w ill “ get by” and enable them to make money c arryin g mail. T h a t ian’t a Government program m e fo r pro­ m oting aviation. fle rg y m e n are protesting against th* abbreviated " a mas," which re- duces the name of C hrist to “ X ' T he abbreviation is disrespectful to the most beautiful word In his­ tory, and i t is disrespectful to the English language. Anybody who was in too much o f a h urry te w rite out “ Christm as” should not use the word. EUGENE BUSINESS COLLEGE A. E. Robert«, President A catalo g u e, telling ab o u t o u r S ecretarial, B ookkeep­ ing an d S ten o g rap h ic C ourses. te n t free to any address, upon req u est. Monday is enrollment day. IT’S A GOOD SCHOOL P hone Otit» Better Used Cars At Better Prices »92 Willamette Street * Kugene, Oregon Buy now w h ile o ur Stock ia C o m p lete. N e x t m o n th the dem an d w ill be g re a te r and price« h ig h er. H ig h q u a lity , fa ir price« and low G . M. A . C . fin a n c e rates The Red O. K. 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