PAGE TWO ■ ii i j , , i j » I A private ow ned electric com pany, which pay« h as offered to light th e city of S eattle i >100,000 a year ch eap er th a n th e m unicipal plant. ■ w hich pays no taxes. It seem s th a t not all m uni­ cipal p lan ts nre good Investm ents to a city even as large a s S eattle. THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS j tax es, Published Every Thoroday at Springfield, Laue O s u ly . Oregon. by THE WILLAMETTE PRESS H. E. MAXEY, Editor. ________________ f c t e r n t aa second c la s s m a tte r , F e b ru ary 24, 1803 a t th e postofflce, S prin g field , O regon DR.FRANKGRANESAYS MAIL SU B SC R IPT IO N RATE O ne y e a r In A dvance $1.75 T h re e M onths B li M o n th s ............................. $1.00 S ingle Copy .. THURSDAY MARCH IB. l» 2 i THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS i ■ T H U R SD A Y MARCH 15. 192$ HOME REMINDERS (S chool of H om e E conom ic«—O.A.C.I A delicto»« s u b s titu te for w hipped c re a m m ay be m ade by adding a ellced b an an a to Ibc w hite ot o ne egg and lu .O lili u n til «Uff T he b an an a will be e n tire ly alcairlied. A fresh egg a ill sink rap id i) w li-n put Into w ater, w hile one th a t Is stab* ha« m ore ten d en c y to (lout. TH E COMIC S T R IP CREDIT AND BUSINESS A recent article on •‘T h e C om pensatory Kune- W hen fry in g fish. If th e p ieces a re E ach v e a r credit is becom ing m ore and m ore Im p o rtn n t a s a fa c to r in business. From th e g re a t- tion of th e S unday H inny P aper .b y Harvey t put In th e hot fat w ith th e «kin »Ide up p erm o st and allow ed to brow n j . eet ind u stry on dow n the line to th e m an w ho uses L ehm an and Paul W itty, is at hand, h is credit to buy his weekly grocery needs, eredit it gives a very ingenious explanation for th e for.« m in in g , th e fi«h w in not b raak Is a fa c to r of dom inating interest to one and all. popularity of th e com ic strip. It gives as a trait w hen cooking. N aturally, w hen a certain business activity be- of c h a ra c te r in alm ost every one th e desire to ------- - com es a p a rt and parcel of ou r own daily life, we • escape.” A *n'“11 P!et” ,,r br‘",*> or “ blt of a rc in terested in know ing as m uch as possible, .'»“» “ » fa‘ whl1* 11 a b o u t it. ‘child is obliged to conform to c e rtain conventions, h eu d n g w ill ab ao rb any odor« o r 1m Of first im portance to each of us, w h e th e r w e tQ trt,a t O(iier persons w ith a reaso n ab le am ount p u rities, a re in the habit of m aking daily use of o u r credit decorum , to abide by th e consequences of his Is th e m ain tain in g of our credit ra tin g upon th e a cts w iien iie defies n a tu ra l law o r hum an a u th o r- j o liv e oil w in not becom e ra n c id it h ig h est plane. ity. In th e •funnies’ he will defy every law and he tw o lump« of s u g a r a re put in each W hen we Will find it necessary to m ak e use of wyj so with im m unity. q u a rt a« soon us opened. o u r credit is not alw ays know n th e occasion , ,>Thug thp c h „ d w h o *looks at th e S unday fun- m ay arise alm ost at a m om ent s notice. T hen , n ies’ is enabled to identify him self w ith the most S h.'et» lf a lte rn a te d , p a 'ln g tio a t ­ If we have tak e n the precaution to m aintain our intrepid a d v e n tu rer o r th e m ost reso lu te law- te n tio n to th e top o r bo tt.n u will wvar credit, we find o u r fellow tow nsm en glad to aid defying’ citizen o r th e c a p tu re r of su c h a crim inal. ”,l,cb longer. «» th e s tru in w ill b«< u s in everv w ay th ey can. On th e o th e r hand, he m ay identify him self with | «listrubted.» Tell you w hat, folks, it certain ly pays trf keep the serial-m otion-picture type of hero w ho wins j y o u r credit “giltedged.” W hite tfiark« m ay be rem oved from out over ap p aren tly insuperable odds.” a polished wood s u rfa c e If r u b b e , | Alf of us a re a w a re of c o n sta n t lim itations In PU LP AND PAPER MILL NECESSITY w ith a piece of ch a m o is or rt.tnii >1 H u n d red s of cords of pulp wood w ere shipped o u r ordinary life. We a re unable to th w a rt these th a t h a s been d am p en ed w ith easenea o u t of L ane county last year to pap er mills, and co n strictio n s, so we seek n u m ero u s and varied of p ep p erm in t n r c e d a r oil. th e re a re hundreds of th o u san d s of cords m ore in form s of g ratificatio n of o u r impulses. th is section. A conservative estim ate is th a t th ere C ertainly th e com ic strip does not excel in Soot on w oodw ork can !>«» r» moved a re m ore th a n five billion board feet of tim ber in show ing a c tu a l life conditions no r in its artisti« w ith k« ronfile. L ane countv suitable for pulp wood. In th e Cas- quality. It only su g g e sts hum an ch a ra c te ristic s cade N ational fo re st w hich co n tain s ab o u t one- in ex ag g erated form , but they are naively and th ird of th e en tire stan d of tim ber in this co u n ty crudely presented and so direct and unm istakable N O T IC E governm ent e stim ates give m ore th a n tw o billion th a t even th e m ost o b tuse cannot fail to recoginze W H E R E A S In c h a p te r 127. g en eral feet of H em lock and w hite fir. them . I law s of O regon, en a c te d In 1919. Il I« T here a re no very’ large pure sta n d s of pulp; T he pam phlet says th a t in th e Sunday funny I d ecla red to be th e duty of every per wood in th is section but it is scattered am ong th e section the child often ta k e s m any risks which in --»n- fir»’ c o p a rtn e rsh ip . com pany an D ouglas fir. N ecessarily th e Hem lock and w hite real life he would not th in k of taking. in g P‘\?.V«"“ « tn g n!" '‘'h '.v in g ' H .a rg .'" o f fir m ust be cu t w hen th e o th er tim ber is logged “ In som e cases he succeeds by reso rt to m agic. ,,r ‘ dom inion o v er a n y land, pi««--- because of th e m an n er in which it grows. At o th e r tim es he is pictured as falling squarely building, s tr u c tu r e , w harf, p ier m A pulp mill ta k e s all th e log—th e re a re no slabs upon th e face o r being severely burned w ith (Ire «lock » h i. h h in fested w ith ground noxious rodent« or to w aste. Saw m ills in o th e r p a rts of th e w est o r scalding w ater. He falls at a great distance p red i ato ry antawls anlm ul«. o r a« soon a s tin- have found th a t they could m ake m oney by so rt- o r he is closely pursued by d a n g ero u s wild p resen ce of th e Rame «hall com e tu ing o u t th e pulp and wood from th e re g u la r c u t— anim als. He know s no decorum . H e pu ts his his. th e ir o r Its know ledge, a t otic« In fact in one in stan ce at least it represented th e cig ar a sh es into a u p tu rn ed silk hat. or into the to proceed and to co n tin u e In good to e x te rm in a te and d estro y su« h difference betw een a good profit and a loss on th e goldfish bowl. He re sts his feet on his neighbor s faith rodent« by polMonlng. trtipplng or m illing operation. lap. ___ o th e r a p p ro p ria te an d effective A pulp and paper mill in L ane co u n ty would n ot "H e en d u res no suppression. He h a s com plete mean«: and ray onlv be a benefit to us generally b u t should also freedom of self-expression.” , w h e r e a s g g ra y d ig g er ground help th e saw m illing industry which h as been in | T his is at least an ingenious explanation of the , ¿ 7 \ n ’ l ^ n e UC ounty Or.-Uoi th e dum ps entirely too m uch. L et’s get a n in- popularity of th e comic strip, as th e value of any Now th e re fo re , ail <>f «uch p.«rs..n«. d u stry by w hich we can m ake a profit from our e n te rta in m e n t, th ea tric al or otherw ise, is its firm s, c o p a rtn e rsh ip s, corporation« un«l com panies ow ning o r h av in g do­ fo re sts before they are gone, instead of saw ing so escape value m inion o v er lam i In salii L ane C ounty. m u ch second class lum ber. • • • Bids on th e W illam ette river bridge a re now be­ ing advertised for by th e highw ay d epartm ent. “ H IC K " TO W N S L ooks as though we will have a bridge yet even (W isco n sin S ta te J o u rn a l) a fte r all th e delays. A new C oburg bridge is up T h e so-called h ick tow n h a s lately becom e a source fo r bids also. A new bridge a t Blue river is also planned for th is year. T he Hhyden bridge h as of g re a t in sp ira tio n to o u r p ro fessio n al h u m o rists. A h ick tow n, sa y th e v ario u s u se rs of th is c o n v en ie n t j been com pleted. T his should go dow n in history as a bridge building y e a r on th e W illam ette and fo rm u la. Is-a place w h ere a b ack fire Is n e v e r m istak en far a p isto l s h o t; w h ere b e d tim e is o rth o d o x ; w h ere woo-l- . M cKenzie rivers. • • • p e c k e rs e a t u p th e d e p o t; w h ere c e n tra l can tell you , A cord of H em lock wood m an u fa ctu red into w h e th e r It w as a boy o r g i r l ; w h ere th e neighbor« w ill p ap er will sell w holesale for about $100; m an u ­ su p p ly you w ith a co n scien ce If you lack o ne; w h ere thi-iu fac tu re d into lum ber it will do well to bring a Is no p a rk in g p ro b lem ; w h ere th e cu rfew disturb.-1 th e re s i­ th ird of this. T h a t’s th e reason we should have d e n ts ' r e s t; w here fine-cut to b acco is no h a n d ica p socially, an d so on and on. a few paper mills in th is section. • • • W ith no In teg tlo n of b eco m in g te rrib ly heavy o v er th e A K ansas City w om an is in jail for sp anking her m a tte r, we w an t to ad d th a t a h ick tow n is th e place w h ere d a u g h te r, w ho w ent fo r a joy ride in th e fam ily 26 of o u r 29 p re s id e n ts w ere b o rn and w h ere seven o«it car. Law s m u st be aw ful lax in M issouri; a o f te n o f th e im m o rta ls in N ew Y o rk 's n a tio n al h all of henious crim e of th is sort should m erit capital fam e o rig in ated . A h ick to w n th a t d id n ’t have a nam e p ro d u ced L in co ln . H ick to w n s gave us m o st of o u r g re a t punishm ent. Editorial Comment, NOTICE TO VOTERS O regon, a re h ereby re q u ire d to tak e N otice la h ereby g iven th a t th e ste p s to e x te rm in a te «aid gray dig . g e r ground «qulrrela (U lt.-llua d.iux re g istra tio n hooka for Ihe p rim ary l#«ID w ithin th irty day« from th e d ate elec tio n will be closed A pril 18 All ' of th e ttrst publication of till« notice. | voter« «lliiuld be su re they a re r««- If Hitch ste p s a re not ta k e n , a peraon I g lslereil In th e p re c in c ts In w hich Ihev ! o r person« ap p o in ted by th e county ! live, If th e re Is any q u estio n about 1 co u rt of said l.an e C ounty will . liter 1 re g lslra lIo n you can llu.l out by call- upon «aid lan d s and proceed lo e x te r­ p n g o r w illin g Hu« county c letlt. Lu m in a te said gray d ig g e r ground gene, O regon New law prohibit« sq u irre ls (U ltellu .