1927
THURSDAY APRIL
THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
The law that gbollshed the election of a candi­
date of office at the time a vacancy was created
by a recall is good. It the bootlegger« and radical«
ar»* going to recall the sheriff then they should
not have a voice in «electing hl« successor. It
should be left to sane Judgment.
T H E PROPOSED RECALL.
C hair Pr»»»ntaoon nuocaaa
VPWriK wr- »»»e-sews-ew
W» $»l*h to nxprnsa our thunk» to
member» of the Odd Fellows and
Rebekah lodges and neighbor» and
friend» who showed ao much kludnesa
during uur recent bereavement.
Mr». J. H. Ilrutnniette and family.
(Cottage llrove HigUlurl)
Th» Baptist church was crowd d
To a person who has to get his In Bunday night whan th» choir of ih»
Petllahed Bvery Thnreday •»
formation from what hs roads In the p ,ra, Baptist church of Kugens pre»
Sprlngfleld. Lan» Conaty. Oregon,
ttew.pap.-r» the prapmnd recall
stalner'» “LrucIBxIon."
The
Sheriff Frank Taylor appear, to be (.a n u u waM j^ ia r e d an unqu.llfl.d
T H E W IL L A M E T T E PRES*
another flagrant abuse of th . recall | * * * * * ,)y , hl(a„ wht, h„ rd
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H. K. M AXEY. BMItor
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law.
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The recall la to be Invoked, so we I
A Chicago man hanged himself rather than un­
pqaieffloo. SprKfcfloM. Oregon
dergo an operation. That's one way of getting are told, because a certain deputy of!
the sheriff's office was not on Ute
the best of the doctors.
iv i
iù ì a
im c o lm
i amps
M A IL SUSSCRIPTIOM R A T I
scene during the recent hunt for the
_T(e
Tear la Advance___ > 1TE Three Month»
Veneta bandtta. So far aa the news
_ to
■loath» ILSE
Sin«!« Copy -
President Coolidge restores cltlienshlp to three stories taform us. the reason why tbs |
THURSDAY APRIL IS. 1922
bootleggers. It had to be done. Out population Is deputy was not there has been fully
and satisfactorily explained by the
being depleted too fast.
sheriff
luasntuch as the bandits
A NEW LAW BREAKING THEORY
were quickly captured through the ef­
forts of the sheriff's office, what dif­
A new theory seems to be growing up in this
ference does It utak» what deputy or
country, as a result of prohibition—that breaking
TAX BURDEN ON TIMBER
deputise were put on the Job? Hasn t
a law is justifvaWe if it interferes wgh personal
(Oregon Vot»ri
the sheriff th» right Io pick
liberty and freedom. The veteran lawyer. Clar­
The laxy feeling which c o n ie s over us in I lie Spring
To th» Editor:—The tabulation prepared by Senator deputy he will «end on a man hunt
ence Darrow argues this with vehemance. He
la often Joked about, but the condltloB which fiH
points out that Chrisianity started by breaking j StnnfleM. which appeared on page 1« of the April IS Voter and which d»pu«y he wttl send to
causes It is a serlotia matter. It Indicates a de­
the laws Of the Roman empire. While this may . Is Interesting. Taken alone It m a k e, a strong case for California for another prisoner
rangement of the blood and nervous system.
be true the new law breaking theory is alarming, the private ownership of National Forest Landa. Oregon.
Both men Implicated In the Veneta
If one person is justified and is permitted to break for example, with a u x of one mill upon an estimated value, holdup hare been trl£d ami sent to
People can't help feeling la»y and worn-out when
one law then another is justified in breaking a n - ! tion placed on the ls.otw.ooo acres of Forest Service land, Salesti. one with a »entence to be
im p u r e blood itt’lson« tin- system and iwrulyxes
other and we have wholesale law violation. The ouid derive an annual Income of approximately 1100.000. hanged, all within a few w eek, of the
aetivity.
■ in... nf
th e holdup
hold»D
of the
To thia writer *--
theory that all laws should be obeyed, even if they By Implication and a little simple mathematic», a 30-mlll time
Even when the tired feeling Isn't very perceptible,
were enacted by an organised minority. Is the tax ould increase the tax Income to *3.000.000. Apparently this seem s about a» speedy a piece of
it is well to take a good Spring Remedy. We sell
one Is to infer that we would b» lifting a goodly portion of Justice aa we are likely to And in Am-
only safe one for democracy.
our tax burden by getting these forest lands out of govern­ artrun court«, and tt ts the kind 01
all of the good
ment control and Into the hands of private owners, tn Justice that la likely to take tha lang
THIS IS FOREST WEEK
which condition this tax Income could be secured.
out of the great outdoor sport of
BLOOD REMEDIES, TONICS, ETC.
All this looks very nice In statistical form, divorced shoving a gun under a man's face
To Springfield, whoee chief industry Is lumber­
The right remedy used at this time will contribute ■
and ordering hla to fork over his valu-
ing. American Forest week should havesignific- from some very uncomfortable and very pertinent econ- ------
to your good health throughout the warm ■
ence Continuous and uninterrupted operation *>»‘c facta. The flrat and moat evident thing la that jnat ablea A| laaa, lhllM, who h * ,,, for
Of -sawmills depends on the timber supply. Timber now the lumber lnduatry of Oregon haa a greater load of thelr JwH| a wiu c a g e to longer give
months to come.
cutting can be gauged and reforesting can be ' privately owned stumpage than It can comfortably carry I , rouhle
police offletato.
done to offset depletion In the future but the fire Taxation, protection and Interest charges. with bond ma
Sheriff Tavlor haa b een , ao far aa
’oss cannot be offset.
! turlties, are forcing lumber on an unwilling market at tb)g wrt, Pr has observed, aa good a
foot's make a resolution thia forest week never prices below the coat of production, it stands to reason |a w ,,nfl)r(.|nK official aa the county
bv any act of ours to cause forest fires.
“ >•« « “ • condition would not be corrected by doubling the haa ever had. He haa been a compel-
! , nt. capable and courteous official and
' President Coolidge savs in his forest week pro- acreage of privately owned »tumpage
clamation that we, of this generation, are the
Perpetual annual Incomes, comparatively equal m the proposed recall la likely to be a
trustees Of the forests and all wealth related to amounts are much to be preferred by counties and the flop that artl| encourage honeet ofll
them We are wealthy largely because we have «ute to temporarily high incomes followed by low incomes d a is like Sheriff Taylor In the per
ai'BrOoriated the gifts Of the soil, forests and min- ) or In some cases to no Incomes at all Michigan and Wla- forniance of their duties In the man
erals which nature has SO generously given to the -'.ntaln are carrying vast areas of non-taxpaylng. cut-over
that to th em s e e m s best. T h e
Pacific Northwest But we can never claim to be | lands. More cut-over land In Oregon than w e like to admit prop»u»p<i recall Hhould lw* a flop
trulv progressive and business-wise until we put i Is in the tax delinquent class. If the history of cut-over
a Stop to the needless loss of forest resources up- lands In Michigan and Wisconsin Is repeated In O regon ,
M arriage Llcansea for W ie k
on Which depends SO much of our wealth.
and there Is every indication that It will be. Oregon will. In
County Clerk W. B Dillard has tn •
“I will lift up mine eyes to the hills." sang the I the not distant future, have an area of several million acre, sued marrlsge liccnnea to the follow- *
psalmist and by so doing we, too, may receive of cu tover land which win be reverting to the counties
pleasure and inspiration. Let us see to it that , for non-payment of taxes. Dumping 1S.900.000 acre, into a ing during the past week:
situation already becoming serious cannot fall to make a'
Chari -a Piper and Anna Perdue,
they are hills clothed in a wealth of green foliage, had situation worse.
I both of Hartt.bnrg; Alpha
Pitcher
not blackened forests laid waste by fire.
Next, and most Inportant of all. under existing Federal ( and Gladys Whlppa. both of • u lla g e
law. 25 per cent of the gross income of the National For- I Grove; Glen' Nielsen. Mnrcola. and
Elbert Bede. Cottage Grove editor, in a weighty eats is paid to the state and by the state distributed to the ! Isabel Plomonda. Cottage Grove;
editorial
on modern education costs asks the per-
per-lcounttea
. Jitoriaion
_________ proportion to ,he ,crea g e of national forest land Harlod Hampton and llene August.
tinent question "What parents would sent * their | in the counties. An additional to per rent of the gross tn both of Eugene; Jnmea Hnrd'ns snd
daughters to school with flour sack underclothing
ls devoted In the building of roads and trnlts within Lylah Mi-Murphy, both of Eugene.
He drew a two column reply from a reader
umita of the forests These improvement» are a direct
on
Employ New Chorlatar
who asks "What parents want to advertise the benefit In the development of the counties. From the
A new chorister has been employed
above It appears that 35 per cent of the gross income from
brand of flour they use?”
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the forests goes to the counties in lieu of taxes. The by the Springfield Christian church.
The Jasper-Lowell road is among those that writer does not believe that any going concern In Oregon It being Clark AdyelotL a student at
He led
should be inproved this year. Traffic over this I can budget 35 per cent of its gTO88 Income for takes It Eugene Bible University
ringing
here
during
the
recent
revival.
road justifies that the entire stretch be at least would be a ruinous contribution
The 1925 payment by the Forest Service to the State of
as good as the improvement made on the one sec­
tion last year. A road is not much better than Oregon was J236.OOO. As the demand for Northwest timber P A S SE N G ER T R A IN S C H E D U L E
' S P R IN G F IE L D STO PS
increases, this amount will Increase. Just as soon as an
its poorest jdace.
Cascade Lina
acre
of
forest
land
is
cut
over,
steps
are
taken
to
start
a
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Northbound
A cat that drank home-brew is said to have run new crop of trees. There will be no unproductive acre»
3:04 A M
West Coast, to Portland.
among
the
13.000.000
acre«
of
National
Forest
land.
This
every dog out of the neighborhood in a New Jer­
3:11 P. M
Ix>cal, No. 93 ...............
area
will
be
kept
fully
productive.
Payments
of
35
per
sey city. Some of the stuff they sell in Oregon
Southbound
cent of the gross income to the state will be a continuous
would make a mouse fight an elephant. #
performance. If the Federal government Is willing to Local No. 91 ................ — | 4. A M
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The man who concluded that “Hell was 20 operate 13.000.000 acres of forest land as a going concern W est Coast.......... ................ 9:31
Number 91 carrles a sleeper, and
to
its
fullest
capacity
and
to
pay
to
the
state
35
per
cent
miles from Eugene” at Noti must have had some
grounds for suspicion since they have been trying of the gross Income. It strikes me like a very patent case connecta at Black Hutte for San Fran­
of letting good enough alone. There Is absolutely nothing cisco and Los Angeles.
to raise it there lately.
W endllng T ra in s
in the history of private forest land ownership In the
Gene Tunney says when he gets married he will I United sta tes to justify the assumption that our forest Eastbound mixed. at Sprlngfleld.
quit fighting. He should have added with the I lands will be contlmAusly and productively used ao that 9:16 A. M.
—IN PROGRESS IN NEARLY EVERY DEPARTMENT OF
Westbound mixed. at Sprlngfleld
they will have permanent taxation value». On the other
padded rnits.
EUGENE’S LARGEST EMPORIUM
SPLENDID BUYS
band, there Is abundant evidence that million» of acres of 1:50 P. M.
FOR MEN -SPLENDID BUYS FOR WOMEN—SPLENDID
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cut-over
lands
will
revert
to
the
state
for
non-payment
of
An exchange says a man bit himself badly rec -
BUYS FOR CHILDREN—SPLENDID BUYS FOR THE
taxes. If we are Interested In the permanent welfare of
LEOCADE HAT SHOP
ently when he sat on his false teeth.
Oregon, we will k e e p before us all the economic facta of
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HOME. MANY ITEMS (SELECTED AT RANDOM) ARE
Between Miner Building and Eu­
gène HoteL Poaitlvely the beat values
^The king of Belgium rides a motorcycle. So do the state's forestry problem.
INVOLVED IN THIS IMPORTANT SEIJJNG.
GEO. W. PEAVY, Corvallis,Oregon.
obtalnable. Téléphoné 430 R.
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the king« of the highways in thi« country
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For That “Tired Feeling" So
Common In The Spring
Editorial Comment
Ketel’s Drug Store
< ' 3
[ac&aefr
J
a /L L Y
{SjîXa/LUTDByUU
MONTH
END
SALES
—To $3.50 Children’s Footwear
1% ' " f -
W l i 11
N i c e s t L it t l e .
'T5 o t i ki ~T-4e
-A n '-H o v u C o m e .
f
AM ?
'» A il
Remember
Mother
We suggest thi« exquisite
decorated Oli Box of Art-
style Chocolates.
The package Is the most
beautiful we have ever
sen for thi» occasion.
It Just wouldn't do unless a child's shoe Item enter-
edthls much-walcomed "Week of Month-End Sales."
Large groups of patents and kid pumps In up-to-
date atyles. Blxe» « to 11. Many are nicely trim­
med.
$1.69
W o’s. $5.65 Smart Pumps, Pr.
A plentiful variety of women's styllah models, Chic
straps and pumps In such fashionable shades as
blonde, parchment and roae blush, for spring and
summer wear
Broken lines from regular stock
Medium and spike heels.
$4.58
Imported Pongee Silk, Yard
To Lane county women familiar with the value super-
underthlngs, window dra(fes and what not.
shade. While quantity lasts, yard at—
Natural
—To $1.25 Damask, One Yard
It takes the combined (stores) buying power of J. (’,
Brill Stores to make possible this surprising price.
58-ln. linen finish table damask In plain white with
fancy brocaded patterns; others with cherry colored
borders. 29 pieces to select from.
50c
—Men’s $1.19 Union Suits At
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