THB SPRINOFIBIJ) NEWS
Take a Cruise Through
Christmas Gift Aisle
Happy, bustling crowds throng the m ind.
streets and stores. W hat Is the 1 For tho»» who like book». you will
strange phenomena that has changed hud a wide range of tttlea and author*,
tire,!, cross faces into bright eager Including the neweet Action, old
» “ «•
f»»»rltea.
Nothing
ones? W hat makes the children e te n
make» a more pleaalng gift.
more starry-eyed than usual?
A g ift that any man w ill appreciate
W h at Indeed?
Don’t you k n o w '
; — Aist. because it is useful as well as
Can
t
you
guess*
By Arti
Brisbane
because
It's
Christm as
tim e again—and ornam ental— and secondly
he has alw ays wauled to own t i n e is
Santa Claus— that same folly old
VALUE Or BKEVITT.
Sprittglleld stores
saint o f our childrhood days is w ait a dressing gown
THE G. 0 . P CONVENTION.
tag at the threshold of "Wonderland" have a large selection - In u variety of
COLDEST SPOT ON EARTH.
to welcome all bis old friends.
No m aterials and style»— in gay or sub
MARRIAGE STILL BEST.
dued colorings, and hubby w ill no
wonder the children are happy!
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And the spirit Is contagious
It neel to pretend to receive It w ill
President Coolidga, a man ol lew
would be Impossible for any one to great rejoicing- his appreciation wil
words, regrets that his messsgr to
Congress could not be shorter.
rem ain cross and irrita b le in this be real and his Christm as liapptue*
adame de Sevigne wrote to her
veritable fairy land o f lovely Christ j « til be completed.
ughter. " if I Kid had more time
For the smoker, there arc lununivr
mas things,
liv e ry store I t stocked
should have written von a shorter
able novel conceptions to w arm hi
to capacity w ith suitable gifts fo r all
ter.” Considering the field cov-
ared the President's message will be Some are novel and unusual— some a e a rt And you w ill And his favorit-
trand— a ll ready for wrapping— in t
■Iw a d shorter than most men could are practical and useful—s till others
la v e made i t H it " I do not choose”
gay Christm as box.
are
frivolously
gay
and
extravagant
arorws ability to say much in lew
To W on un 'i Heart
— but altogether charm ing A ll the old
reliables are on display too, and this | Then, for the more intim ate femi
rs, unemployed, j la one year when you w ill And. w ith a nine g ift, you w ill And a host o f Io».
way lato the
minim um effort, a g ift for everybody ly lingerie to delight the heart o
The rioting was
on you r shopping lis t- t exactly the fa00'1* lhe '* ° “ o r “ nd lhe rw ip te n t. Fo
price you had planned to pay. w hether ’ J0thln«
“ or* universally accept
la severe in Its bnmigra
sos, aad noting there
tble to women!
I It be one dollar Vr <’ oe hundred dollar«
Many of the stores have arrange.
Cefs Tour the Stores
1 Yo ur difficulty w ill be in e llm tn a t iliV'r wares— on tables according ft
' Ion ra th e r than in selection, fo r you I price, so If you have decided to spend
mooumcat to Theodore Roose-
j
w ill And one g ift lovelier than the ! I say two uollars for a g ift— a ll ypi
vrill be erected above die
need to do Is locate the table carryln
ra C at overlooking the Pan-
next.
i that priced merchandise. T h ere yoi
CxnaL Roosevelt deserves the
For the little youngsters— to whom
____; the monument should be a
Christm as Day rig h tfu lly belongs— , «'ill And displayed the best that cm
ji *
be bad for (he money.
there are hundreds of ingenious toys. !
A li his interesting talk, advising
It is a g r.a t aid —and a great tint,
gforaer to nave nineteen children,
One th a t seems to p articularly appeal I
gtc, w ill be forgotten. But the :sct
saver for busy shoppers.
to the youthful visitors is a highly
that he put through the Panama t s
colored mechanical clown that per
sal will N O T he fore -ticn. In thal
If your radio doesn't work well. Is
he rendered his country great ser-
forms acrobatic stunts. Incidentally,
F ix It Shop. South Ftfti
If one is to Judge from the num ber of is Ax it.
w
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hone 171
J -j;
grown-ups crowding around It, this
E
age is th e n ig h t o l life .
•W o rk, f o r the n ig h t is com m a
g-h - n-j.t’s
-.
t c.” s-.ys :h .
old h; n
For :h -e : h r la v e not
THURSDAY DECEMBER 16. 1927
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TOWN AND VICINITY
H»ra From Albany— W a lle r 1‘alanuk
of Albany was in town Monday
in From M arcóla — Mrs. James
W rig h t and C. I I Landers, both of
M arcóla, were visliora In Springfield
Tuesday. Mr. and Mr» A. F T aylo r
of W ondllng and Puul M illican of
W a lie rv llle were In town Monday.
W ill M ake Homs Hero— A rth u r W il
liauui arrived Iasi Tburaday lo make
hia home w ith Mr and Mrs. John II
W ill
To Appsar In Court— I I M entoll wa
arrested Friday for put'klng too far
now a resident of Veneta, spent Sun
chauffeur's license.
V is its
F ro m
H a rris b u rg — W .
H aro
F ro m
V tn a ta — M ra.
C.
A.
Land Company Meets— The annual
meeting of nieinhers of th«- llra tta ln
land ceiiipuiiy «a» held Saturday even
tug nt the home of Paul Hadley on
east Main street
Paul llra tta ln was
elected presidenl of lhe company and
Paul Hadley secretary treasurer.
I
W
'ettyjohn, form erly of SprlngAeld, but
lot a resident o f Veneta, acpenl Sun
lay and Monday In this city.
Visit Local Depot—Charles A. Ful
len and W W Jones, both represent
ative.! of the I'hlcago Great W estern
Hallw ay compiiny, visited Spring;! 'Id
from I ‘m l land Wednesday.
People M ailing E a rly — Many people
are heeding posters In lhe ponin Ah e
and are m ailing th e ir ('h ria lm a s pack
a*.-« early, according io F H. Ham lin.
Springfield poet m aster
The amount
of business and lhe receipts are about
lhe same as for (his lim e last year,
he aald.
T u rn e r of H arrisburg spent Sunday
laltlng his brother an I sister-in-law,
dr. and M rs G I I T u rn e r.
Attend Funeral at Cheshire— Mr.
and Mrs. M D Lingo attended the
funeral of Annie Johnson of Cheshire
Sunday.
T he Johnson and Lingo
fam ilies were neighbors there before
the Lingo's moved to SprlngAeld
..Attend
Collage
Grove
Meeting—
Out of Town Visitors— Among the Oswald Olson and W It P irtle a t
Tuesday SprlngAeld
visitors
from tended a special meeting of the Cot
neighboring communities were Mm
tage Grove Masonic lodge Saturday
T. S Russel of Jasper, Henry Guild ot evening.
Itepreselltatlves from tho
Eugene Motor route C. and I» M allatt Eugene and Drain lodges were also
o f the D a rla m ill on lhe Mohawk
present.
! ~
Burglarty Attem pted— T w o tinblentl
list) men attem pted to enter the New
land departm ent store Saturday even
ing, soon a fte r the closing hour
Mr.
Newland and several customers who
hail not yet completed th eir purchases
were In the store, although the f r o n t !
door had been locked
W hen M r
Newland approached the fro nt of the
store, the pair Bed. T he lock on the
fro nt door was partlully looeened by
the suspected burglars.
Passes
Embalming Examination —
c o n n ec te d w ith th e W
M e lf o r d A lle n ,
F. W alker funeral <hup< I here, passed
b e fo r e th e stale eiu
balniing board In Portland Monday.
.Mr. Allen and M r W a lk e r went lo
Portland Sunday and re lu m e d lo
Sprittglleld
Tuesday
morning.
Mr.
W a lk e r Is a mem ber of the a la le ent
h is e x a m in a tio n
b a ln iin g board.
O ld
» . e l . age is ’ dreary night
S-
"Cts
is expected to get
convention next year,
tke
ty-th te e national com m it-
Will;
w pledged
T ha t is the
ten -
__
be com tien
Man? im
pUcr
San
w ir'ant Repub’icans need to v;
♦ |v«W
Francisco, learn
nie'h g a'
U q itrd Stct; . :t the way. ar
ng a
ter tnev get there.
mechanical clown is equally appealing
to them.
I t sells for three dollars
Less expensive toys Include bright
marbles, kites tops, boats, ro lle r
skates, scooters, and sleds, for the
boys and for the girls there are all
M otor to Portland— Miss Illllle Berg.
accompanied by Mrs M It H untly.
Mrs. E E. Pyne. and H e rb e rt Jordan,
motored lo Portland S aturday a fte r
noon. T hey visited friends and rela
lives until Tuesday, returnin g Glut
evening Charles Jordan made the re
turn trip w ith the parly. He rotnrned
to Portluml Wednesday evening
sorts o f dolls, books, dishes, furnitur.».
etc.
A charm ing g ift that any woman
would love Is. on the surface, a cig a r
ette lig h te r— but when the top Is lifted
there Is a rem ovable lipstick, a bit of
I d ain ty rouge, powder and m irro r The
SET O’ SILVER
If you want to give som ething that will lust for a
long time utter the llolitluys. Select someth lug In Silver
ware, Cut Class, China W are, Clocks, W atches or Jewelry.
For Gifts th a t L a s t— See Your Local Jeweler
Oldham. ( ^ S ç h a n to is
S? e m í / ta ers
| case m ay be had In sterling sliver, j
B e rlin scientists nave created the
Coldest spot on earth, producing in w hite gold, gold or silver plated, and
U tora'ory exper ,ien:» a temperature ' the various rep tilian skins.
459 degrees below zero
For the W ife
Outside oar atmosphere, in mys-
M rio u i spaces separating solar sys
An um brella that the wife, t w e e t - '
tems from each other, there exists
“absolute zero"
On our Fahren heart, sister or g irl friend w ill be glad
heit thermometer that would be 461 to receive is of the short, s tu b b y ■
degrees below zero, space without variety with a b eau tifully carved dog
beat
head for a handle! O ther p retty um
A t such a temperature the prop brellas have more d lg n lflM handles
erties of matter change Metals ic e fo r those of a more serious turn of
resistance to -lectricitv and bee m -
ThtoSara Raoti
supra-condnetors. A thin threa-l nt
mercery wil! carry enough elec'r;-.’ /
> Thi-odoee C. Kuch, non of Mr.
to light several hundred lamp? H
Mr». W. W. Kuch, of Kucene, baa
lium. 'he -as used in ottr dtrigi' i
'■»een named K hod'« scholar trow Ore-
become? liquid a f.
degre*. an- ■
t o . lowing th* com petitive exam i
abts'fte rero. In that terri ie c ’
nation In Portland recently.
Hnch
Irraduatrd from the I'niveraity .1* i Ire.
molecules -n matter lose their m
I<»« last year, and ha« «..ire I. . <lo-
tion win h may ac '.uni lor their
■ n< graduate work in payekoiogy at
greater electric conductivity.
Stanford univerm')
A t the uiuver-
«ity he_ wa« made 11 member of Phi
F irs t i t tract science, then useful
Iteta Kappa, m .'
.t acli-daetie so-
appreciation. Practical men may h i t I
-iety, and be wu» a.«o prominent In
C n itio lM A b SPECIALS
a way to create in metals, apart from
many eampu» a m v itiea
any absolute zero temperature, con
Azaleas, Jerusalem C her
Ruch will enter Oxford unlvaratty,
England, next fall, and under term»
dition? sim ilar to those that abso
ries,
Poinsettius, Cycla
of the scholarship will remain there
lu te zero creates T ha t would make
men, Primulas, T a b l e
.'or three yeara.
possible tra n s p o rt:' n o f electric
th e three Rhodes scholars that pre-
Ferns, Holly W reaths anti
cu rre n t w ith o u t
or loss, and
•edod Ruch were also Cniveraity of
aolve the problet.
neap power
Holly Sprays. Also Cut
trsgon students, and previous to thld
»any won thia award from thia in-
Flowers.
M r. Haldeman-
is. o f Kansas,
ititutlon
Alton« Korn, also of Eu-
whose daughter is just trying a
itene, and Clinton Howard, are now
•companionate
marriage''
experi
ptudying at O xford, while
Arthur
ment. 'ells the world that his daugh
. to«ebraugh, chosen in 1»23, has re-
.
Condiments.
ter w
born six years before hr.
ently returned to America.
Other Rhtxjea scholars from th*
H aldem an-Julius, her father, was
Most people use spices and vauces
i niveraity are Cecil l.yons.
100»
married. He didn’t have money to
o f varying potency, not because such
-
aroil
N. Wooddy, 1810; W. Jlohler,
get up housekeeping, but the dear
j
■>12;
P
T
Homan,
1813,
Kerby
Mil-i
things
possets
any
n-.r
t
value,
fctle girl was born anyhow.
r, 1920; and Tom Brockway. 1821. '
but to compel the stoma, u to toler
Selection
for
Rhodes
scholarship
id
T hat is interesting, not unusual.
ate an over-feed.
The normal,
| egarded as the highest honor that
Leonardo da Vinci, second in great-
an be won by eollege and university
healthy human being does not need
Mss among all artists, was born oul-
tudenta. Thia i year there were eight
an appetizer; his desire for food is
Bde o f marriage, his father and
indidatea fo r the award
a w a rd which w»i
ther never married. He supported
-loted to Rneh.
exactly adjusted to hit need o f nour
"legitimate,” respectable high
ishment, and any interference with
it by its erratic host wilt, in time,
n half brothers and sisters.
bring punishment in the way of indi
W illiam the Conqueror was born
before bis father married the inter-
gestion. Fully as many people abuse
sgting girl whom he first saw waxh-
condiments in excesses as poison
mg clothes in « brook as he rode
themselves by tobacco or alcoholic
past with his warriors.
stimulants! Just a matter of time in
action is all the difference; it takes
But all that doesn’t change the fact
the spice brigade a bit longer to kill
that marriage is better than lack of
or disable its victims.
marriage
Marriage will not go out
Visit a popular cafe, and watch the
a f fashion. I t will persist until men
"tubby” men blackening big juicy
become worthy of an institution at
steaks with pepper, or soaking them
present too good for many of them.
with highly concentrated solutions, to
force their great, sagging stomachs
to combat the extra burden I They
B irth control and publishing !n-
arc only fanning a slowly-waning
sormation about it are approved bv
vital flame— the fire that has been
Britain's
"N ational
Council
o(
tirelessly overfed.
P u blic M orals.”
Most condiments act by immediate
T h e o re tic a lly ® womvn
should
Irritation, the contact with the sur
have the rig h t to decide how many
face exposed. Put some salt in your
children they w ill have.
eye; some mustard; some pepper, or
But it is weli that understanding
any compound containing it; besides
b irth control has been post
causing pain, it stimulates copious
poned. _ I t m ight have prevented
secretion—-does it with violence suf
lh e arriv al o f Napoleon and C ar
ficient to disable the optic tempor
ly le , and surely would have pre-
arily. Only a fool would put red
wanted the a rriv al of Caruso, a
pepper in the eye, but they do not
Only eight days more until Christinas. Place your order
nineteenth child.
hesitate to drop the coals into the
NOW,
it will please us to serve you.
stomadi; the effect is the same.
Yes, sir, — tender, deliciously flavored roasts and the choic
M rs.
Peabody, head of the
The physician employs condiment»
'omen's C om m ittee fo r T.aw F.n-
est of choice poultry fresh dressed and ready for your
as medicine, and wisely. H e wishes
rcem ent, says "ten m illion wo-
ed organs by
to reatore the debilitated
oven, and your own C hristm as dinner.
are not only talkin g and pray-
gentle
itimulation ;
a
besotted
but w orking to retain prohibi-
»toraach may be improved by mod
« , and see that it is enforced.”
erate itimulation, but l> made weak
Phone 63 — We Deliver
T h e y need not w ork o r pray to
er by the repetition of bigger and
«tronger dote» of the stimulant Our
p prohibition in the Constitu-
actual use of condiment« 1«, perhap-
n ; nothing can get it out.
ten time« In eace»«; a wsie pla
A s fo r enforcem ent, there is
would be to reduce both food end
om fo r much w orking and pray-
condiment ayitematically. (
g in that direction.
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4th and Main Sts.
Phone 63
D. W. Roof
S p r in g f ie ld , O r e g o n
P re se rv i
>p
About yo u f
d d ip t
lhe kedrl
QUALITY- PLUS-SERVICE
ÛldllM&Scini/j
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Meats and Poultry for Your
Christmas Feast
£.
INDEPENDENT MEAT CO.
N e x t W eek! L ife Expectancy
BL C. STUART
PRATT HOLVHJRSON
Don’t Forget-----
— says wlBe old Santa, that glftH are fine, but after
all, the way to a m an's heart Is the stom ach,—and
the feast Is a very important, part of the holiday
celebration. Gray's Is stocked with the finest
groceries In town, and can take car«» of your
every need—a t prices that cannot be equalled.
We have a store full of goodies awaiting your
order. Come In and see for yourself.
Cranberries,
Celery,
Lettuce,
Oranges,
Apples,
Bananas,
Nuts,
Raisins,
Figs
Dates.
Special Price on Candies and Nuts for Christmas
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