THURSDAY JANUARY 13, 1»3*
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PAOS POUR
THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
Published Every Thursday at
Springfield. Lane County. Oregon. by
T H E W IL L A M E T T E PRESS
H. E. MAXEY, Editor.
Entered aa second class matter, February 24. 1903 at the
postoffice. Springfield. Oregon__________ ___
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T H lK S D A Y JA NUARY 12. 192S
A stenographer has won the cow-milking
championship of Ohio. In a contest with 123
dairymaids she won the trophy and $99 In gold.
We’ve always said some stenographers should
have been milk maids.
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If Lindbergh and Will Rogers were twins we i
might provide sutlicient entertainment for Mexico
and other Central American States so that they DOES A MAN EVER FORGET THAT FIRST LOVE AFFAIR?
would stop hating us.
SHALL SHE MARRY TO PLEASE HER PARENTS?
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I A Chinese baby in Chicago has been named
after Lindbergh, so his parents say. They call
him One Long Hop.
WHY NOT A NEW LIBRARY
Many books in the library have been damaged
this winter through being poorly housed. It
seems to us that a better building should be built
and owued by the city.
We would like to suggest that the city lots on
Fourth street between A and B streets be used for
a bulding large enough to house the library and
the proposed rest room. That the lots be parked
and planted to trees and shrubbery so that the
THE COLUMBIA BASIN
whole place may be made attractive. Once such
President Coolidge, in an address the other day,
an arrangement is started off right we venture
to say it would receive the aid from civic and fra alluded to the effort of the Government to create
new territory.
ternal organisations of the town.
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This is the true method of conquest. A lot bet
ter than going to war and subjecting another
WHAT THE OUTING CLUB CAN DO
State it is to turn water on to a desert and make
The newly formed outing club can and likely a new State.
will give more publicity to the recreation places in
Mr. Coolidge said, ’A waterway system for the
Lane county than any other agency. It should Mississippi Valley and its tributaries with one arm
have the support of everyone Interested In out i reaching to the Gulf and another to the Atlantic
door life.
1 is only a question of time. The Colorado River
Mount Hood has gained fame through organi is pressing, the Columbia Basin is not far dis
zations in Portland and Hood River. The Three tant."
Sisters and Cascade Lake Regions in eastern
To many of my readers this phrase, the Colum
Lane county have natural advantages that Hood bia Basin," is a sort of also ran. I confess until
does not afford. What we need to make this recently it was to me.
the greatest playground in the West is publicity
But i ant writing this in Spokane. Washington,
and development of roads and resort hotels.
just
a few miles from this basin and right here if
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is a subject of supreme interest. As far as that
LAWLESSNESS INCREASING—MENACING is concerned, it is of considerable interest to the
Lawlessness in the United States has increased whole country and not merely a local affair.
to such a point as rightly to be considered a na The Panama Canal fired the imagination of the
tional menace. This does not mean merely viola world. Huge reclamation projects at various
tions of the Volstead Act. but it applies to crimes times have interested us and applied for aid to the
of all kinds. Many explanations have been general Government.
But this Columbia Basin project will be about
brought forward to account for the growth of
lawlessness, and many cures have been proposed. the biggest thing we have ever undertaken and
The greatest deterrent, at least in the case of are ever liable to undertake.
cold-blooded and carefully planned crimes, would j It means a bringing into cultivation or a trans
doubtless be the knowledge that punishment forming from desen to thrifty farm lands about
would be swift and certain. Today punishment two million acres.
is neither swift nor certain, except in a few in This can be done by merely untllizing dead
waters which now run waste. Eortunately these
stances in which the community is aroused.
Legal processes need to be speeded up a bit waters are at a higher level than the irrigated
and more intelligent juries chosen. There have land, so all that is necessary is the motive power
ben too many cases recently in which guilty of gravitation.
parties have gone free. Justice may be blind I It would mean, however, buliding some dams,
but there's no good reason for jurors being both making tunnels and constructing huge concrete
¡lined canals, and the project is so immense that
blind and brainless.
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nobody could take it up but the general govern-
* ment.
The people of Centralia. Washington, have peti f We hear a lot about the Colorado River and the
tioned that the postmaster be removed from of Boulder Dam, but really this thing is bigger.
fice. His conduct with the mails is not com
This country once was settled during what they
plained of but with the females it is decidedly call a wet cycle and 25,000 farmers lived in it.
bad. Besides he is 65 years old and ought to
But then came the drought and they all had to
know better.
leave, for they couldn’t raise crops on 7-lneh rain
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falls during the year. Now the land is sand and
It’s about time the state highway department sage brush.
eut the red tape and started building the Willam
The soil is wonderfully fertile, as It is probably
ette river bridge here. They have been talking the bottom of an old lake, and all It needs is
about it for nearly two years. If it takes them that water.. With water they can raise two crops of
long to build it the county can prepare to make potatoes a year and the finest potatoes in the
some extensive repairs on the old structure.
world. They would have a climate even superior
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to Yakima for the raising of apples, and corn,
We see by the papers that the new automobiles wheat, and other midwest products could be
are going to be equipped with most every con grown in abundance.
venience and inconvenience one can think of ex
The men who „re pushing this thing are public-
cept a radio. But give ’em time and they will I spirited citizens, for they will probably all be dead
be using the wire wheels for antennas. Next ' before the scheme could h« hm"<»ht into com-
years models ought to be hummers.
i pletion, as it will take probably 15 years.
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The project has the full endorsement of Presi
An English judge had a sense of humor or wish dent Coolidge, Secretary Work, Secretary Hoover
ed to prolong a battle when he sentenced to be and General Goethals.
married Leslie Makin and Miss Elsie Marshall, of
Redeeming worthless land and making it pro
Liverpool, after they had been arraigned in his ductive is about the best business a Government
court for fighting on the street.
can engage in.
MUST HE TAK E HER HOME?
, uts desire for their children— youth
good times, young friends, and finally,
love and a happy marriage.
In thia regard. It would be moat un
wise of you to follow their dictates.
Itcnivmber—no matter what happens
- you do not have to marry any one,
unless you choose
It may require
considerable strength of character to
continue to refuse their demands— but
In the end It will save you much great
er misery than you will experience
at home due to your refusal to marry
a man you do not care for.
Dear Ml»» Flo: —
I am engaged to a young man
who wan engaged to another girl
before lie met me The engage
ment was broken off and my
dance tell» me that be ha» forgot
ten all about the other girl. Just
the same. I find that I am quite
Jealous of her. Do you think a
man ever forget» an old love af
fair? Do you think I should I'd
things that happened before we
met bother me?
K. W.
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and did all of his work at his niouu-
tain place. The cabin Insolr Is »pad-
luus. Including five bedrooms on Ills
second floor, and hardwood floors,
conveniences ami other features make
It one of the most unusuul cabins ever
aeeti by those who visited It Sunday.
W in d er had another cabin, built
high In the air, where he hail Ills
typewriter and did his actual writing.
The scouts found the place badly da-
terlornlea.
CALL AND BUM Dr. N. W. Emery
on prices on plates and other work
tf
Plank ITomtaaory notes and re
ceipts printed and In.stock at the
News office.
CARO OF THANK«
We wish to sencerely thank those
who expressed their sympathy and
aided ua during our recent bereave
ment
P M Gossler and family
My dear, every man
III the world
ha» h»d at least one love affair be
fore he dually married—and moat of
them have hud anywhere from two to
a hundred!
Of course. It 1» natural for every
woman Io want to be the drat 111 the
heart of the man »he love«—but you
certainly are looking for trouble if
you He awake at night» worrying over
a puppy love affair which your sw eet
heart undoubtedly ba* long forgotten.
The only thing with whlih yon
should concern yourself Is being the
last woman In his life— and you are
n't off to a very good »tart If you are
jealous already— for Jealousy 1» not
conducive to a long and happy married
Ute.
As for a man’» ability to forget an
old love— why, that la the easiest
thing he does.
Dear Miss Flo: —
I am eighteen years old and my
parents are trying to force me to
marry a man thirty year» old—be
cause he has money. I do not
like him. but they are making my
life so miserable I am afraid I will
have to marry him to get away
from home. What ran I do?
D. L.
s e e s
You are much too young to think
of marriage for three or four years
—but regardless of your age. never
marry a person you <lo not love. ev»n
to satisfy your parents. It is a sacrl-
flee they should not ask you to make
—for It can bring nothing to you but
unhappiness. I am afraid, my dear,
that your parents are very selfish
Otherwise, they would not ask you
to give up all those things moat par
Dear Mlsa Flo; —
I look a gtrl to an affair recent
ly, and. aa she lived some dis
tance from town. I did not tske
her home
Since that tltne, she
will not a* out with me
Don't
you think she Is unreasonable.
J
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e
J
s
I moat certainly don't think she
la unreasonable. It was not very
chivalrous of you Io let the young
lady go home by herself. If she didn't
live too far away to take her to the
affair. It certainly was your duty to
see her safely home. You fulled her
ut a time when she retied ttPOIt you.
and she has every reason in the world
to be angry. Perhaps you can square
yourself with her by admitting you
were In error
SCOUTS TAKE HIKE TO
CABIN ABOVE COBURG
i A decidedly Interesting hike was m-
I Joyed by 13 Springfield hoy Scouts
( Sunday when they treked hack In the
I hills beyond Coburg to •'Wheeler's
cabin.” The Scouts were transported
In cars to a point about four miles
from the cabin, and with Tom l.u.by
as guide continued up a steep grad«
I to the place.
| Scoutmaster Clayton Barber and hl*
assistant, Chester Aldrich, hud charge
of the hike
Twelve of the Scouts
were of the Linns clflh troop and on»
of the leg io n troop.
Wheeler. It was remembered by the
scoutmasters, was a ningailn*- Writer.
Coming to
EUGENE
Dr. Mellenthin
S P E C IA L IS T
ln Internal
s
Medicins for the
Dr. Geo. A. Simon
Specializing in Tontlls
Over Penney’s Store
Phone 365
Ellg-ll"
COMFORT
IS CAPITAL
to the worker. Everybody
want» comfort! Everybody
needs comfort.
The comfortable man or
woman can do more and
better work than a person
conscious of even a slight
physical discomfort.
"The most comfortable
glasses I have ever worn,"
is what wearers are saying
of Soft-Llte Lenses.
Dr. Ella C, Meade
Optometrist
WATTS OPTICAL CO.
No. 14 8 Ave. West
Eugene. Oregon
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“ A Cough Drop a Day . . . ”
The old maxim about "an apple a day will keep the
doctor away,” might well have been "a cough drop a day"
because there Is nothing like Egglmann’s cough drops to
stop a cold that may lead to something serious entailing a
doctor bill.
Keep a box of Egglmann’s cough drops on hand. At
(he first sign of cold or cough start taking them and you
are almost sure not to have a cold. If taken In time the
little cough drop Is almost sure to get in its work, especially
If It is the kind we make right here In Springfield and sell
by the thousands all over the country.
past flftesn years
EGGIMANN’S
DOES N O T O P E R A T E
W ill bs at
Osburn Hotel
T H U R 3 D A Y J A N U A R Y 2«th.
Office Hours: 10 a. m. to 4 p. «
ONE
DAY O N L Y
a a v e T im e
and T rou b le
No Charge for Coneultation
Dr. Mellenthln is a regular graduate
In medicine and surgery and Is lic
ensed by the state of Oregon
He
does not operate for chronic appendi
citis, gall stones, ulcers of stomuch,
tonsils or adenoids.
He has to his credit wonderful re
sults In diseases of the stomach, liver,
bowels, blood, skin, nerves, hoart, kid
neys, bladder, bed wetting, catarrh,
weak lungs, rheumatism, sciatica leg
ulcers and rectal ailment».
Below are the names of a few of
Ills statlsfled patient* In Oregon who
have been treated for one of the
above named cause*:
Elmer Booker, Condon.
Chas. Desch, Portland.
D. G. Horn, Bonanza.
Fred Shields, Klamath Falls.
Daniel Stelnon, Allegany.
R. E. Neal, Central Point.
Joe Sheoshlps, Gibbon.
Remember above date, that consul
tation on this trip will be free and
that his treatment Is different.
Married women must be accom
panied by their husbands.
Address: 211 Bradbury Bldg., Lo*
Angeles, California.
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