PAGE TWO -?«= THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS “ r LET us THURSDAY APRIL 12. TP2H THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS BUILD TH IS COMMUNITY GOOD WILL U1»ON MRS. WALKER WINNER IN LAUNDRY CONTEST C om m unities built upon a foundation of good Mr«. G ladys W alker, 944 A 8 t., | Springfield. Lane County, Oregon, by ! will tow ard ail, a sincere effort tow ard honest T H E W IL L A M E T T E PRESS dealing with our fellow m en, are th e com m unities S pringfield, « re g e n , h as been d,«»dared H . E. M A X E Y . Editor.__________________ that will endure long a lte r o th e rs founded upon j am ong th e . .m er« lu the $60.000 cash a less liberal application of th e golden rule have p itie co m p etitio n conducted by the ■red aa second class m a tte r, F e b ru a ry 24, 1902 a t th e passed away. la u n d ry o a nera of the F u lle d S late« postoffice, Springfield. O regon_______________ It is th e earnest wish of every tru e m em ber of and ('aiutila, aeeo rd ln g to Inform ation this com m unity that it shall grow and prosper. , receive,, h ere today from c o n tesi hea l M A IL S U B S C R IP T IO N RATE , quarters ut Indianapolis. On« y e a r In A d v an ce......... $1.75 T h re e M onths ._ _ ...7 5 c Each one is anxious and willing to do his sh are S election w as m ade from am ong th e tow ard prom oting th is grow th. E ach m ay do his •U M o n th s _______________ $1 00 S in g le Copy ------------ be sh a re by doing each day iiis daily task in die best i (M4.372 le tte rs , iii « t «- i in th e comp- ¡tltlo n from p ra c tic a lly every civilised T H V R SI)A V A PR IL 12, 192S_______________ way be know s bow. Confidence in o u r hom o institu tio n s, in our « eu n try on the race of th e globe T he OREGON ELECTRIC ON THE SANTIAM neighbors, and a pride in our local developm ents su b ject w as, "W hy T he L aundry T h a t th e Oregon E lectric railw ay is behind the of both private and public n a tu re will m ake for i ».u Do My W ash in g ." W ith the proposed railroad up the S antiam to a point the progress and grow th of th is com m unity of ho n o r accorded g o es an aw ard. Mrs. G ladys W alk e r has th e d is ­ gbove C ascadia becam e a known tact a few days ours. tin c tio n «. only w inning hono rab le ago w hen th at com pany tiled a petition with the n cn llo n In a field of n a tio n al c o m p eti­ W EATHER FORECASTS In te rsta te Com m erce Com m ission, to be sub- tion In w hich m ore th a n a nillllnn Bnbstituted for th e original petitioners. Those Fam e and fo rtu e aw ait the m an who can dis­ w ho have followed th e situation believe th is is cover som e m ethod of m aking a c cu ra te long le tte r s w ere e n te re d but will alao th e fo re ru n n er of a plan for Oregon Electric ran g e w e a th er forecasts. Such a w eath er pro ­ receiv e a lau n d ry serv ice cred it. T he extension into o th e r p a rts of W estern Oregon. phet would be w orth all the hire he asked If be p rise w lnnlg lo ite r of th e local co n ­ n t follow s: T he officials of th e Oregon Electric have al- could tell bow m uch rain would fall here next te s " ta F le a n ltn e ss, Is one of th e e s s e n tia ls W’ays desired to m ake extensions to m ake th eir A ugust. He would save the farm ers a g rea t deal upon w hich o u r p erso n al w elfare and ro ad show a profit instead of a loss year a fte r of m oney and worry. h ap p in e ss a re d ire c tly d ep en d en t. year. T he parent com panies, th e G reat N orthern T he Chief of the United S ta te s W eather B ureau W hen I send th e w ash in g to tho la u n ­ an d N orthern Pacific, have never before gran ted in W ashington recently m ade him self the cen ter th em the funds for building m o re railroad— the of a word storm because he denied the ability of d ry I am sa fe g u ard in g h ealth . At tho N o rth ern Pacific particularly being the one to w eath er prophets to m ake such long-range fo re ­ lau n d ry every ste p Is ta k e n fo r s te r ili­ zation and c le a n lin ess, all lu rk in g foes hold back on spending m ore m oney in Oregon. c a sts w ith any degree of accuracy. to h e a lth a re d e stro y e d , as ev ery tr a c s R ecently th e G reat N orthern h a s m ade an a r ­ Official forecasts do not pretend to foretell the of fa b ric d e stro y in g d irt Is rem oved. rangem ent w ith the N. P. to build b ran ch lines on w eath er for m ore th a n a week or so ahead, and "T h e tpodern lau n d ry ad d s g reatly h e r ow n acco u n t and th e extension was started two o r th re e days is n e a re r th eir norm al prophecy. to my w ealth, com fort and h appiness. to K lam ath Falls in e a ste rn O regon. Now with But at th a t th ere m ay be som e m ethod of telling, th e announced extension up the S antiam we can o th e r th an by m ere conjecture, w h a t the tem pera- A bsolute c le a n lin e ss Is a ssu re d and a reasonably expect o th e r te rrito ry in W estern tu n 1 and rainfall will be for m onths ahead. If su p e rio r q u a lity of w ork Is g u a ran teed , O regon to be tapped by the O regon E lectric— th ere is any such m ethod, its discovery would be due to up-to-date w a sh in g facilities, w hich aid In a lo n g er life for iny p erh ap s even Springfield and th e McKenzie farm relief of the best possible kind. clothes. a s s valley. “ Social re c re a tio n , b u sin e ss o p p o rtu ­ Added im petus to building in W estern Oregon n itie s and elim in atio n of d ru d g ery , a re BACK UP YOUR CITY OFFICIALS can be expected if th e proposed m erger of the , a ls o fa c to rs w hich prom pt me to sand N o rth ern Pacific and G reat N orthern is allowed. T he a rra n g e m e n t by which the duties of ( hief fam ily w ash in g to th e laundry, T h e Oregon Electric in th a t case would be a c tu a l­ i of Police w ere tra n sfe rre d from the Fire t hief to w here I o b tain a b e tte r q u ality of ly a part of th e la rg e r com pany and would be , the S tre e t C om m issioner m ay not suit everybody. w ork for less. I am th u s prom oting a stro n g e r com petitor of the S o u th ern Pacific. But it m ust be rem em bered the city council was th rift am i econom y, tw o of th e leading • • • elected to govern th e city— it has m ade a deci­ e s s e n tia ls for p ro sp erity ." I UNIFORM TRAFFIC CODES NEEDED sion, and it is responsible fo r its own acts. To , secure th e best governm ent and g rea test h a r ­ S h e : "A re you very busy rig h t now. W ashington has estim ated th a t in 1927 th ere w ere 26, 618 persons killed in highw ay accidents. m ony in th e city people should back up the coun­ Mr Bail.. 798,700 persons seriously injured, and econom ic cil in all its acts or at least until It is clearly dent- j H e.: "Y es, I'm sc rap in g an a c q u a in t­ losses of $672,097,000. This econom ic loss figure o n strated th a t an unw ise decision, has been ance.” m ade. A poor plan w ith support will work b e tt e r , Is exclusive of m inor dam age to m o to r vehicles. tu k rx T om a n ig ht and a da> T he total killed is a n increase o f 1,316 over than a good one w ith no s u p j i o r t f r o m the public. to tell a sto ry . H e'd m ake a p re tty 1926. T he injuries and losses aw aken one to the need Am ong th e co ntenders who claim th a t th e y w,,,"l bookkeeper." Of expansion of th e n a tio n ’s road-building pro­ deserve a cra c k a t T unney is a m an with tw o "” ° * H gram , and the necessity for the im m ediate adop­ artificial legs. It seem s to us th a t h a s n 't a leg to " H e 's n ev er sh o rt In his a cco u n ts." tio n of uniform traffic codes. sta n d on. Of course, it will be said, th e h u m an facto r is • * * RELIEF FROM CURSE (he m ain elem ent co ntributing to these accidents. ! A dance fiddler claim s th a t he tap s his foot a OF CONSTIPATION B ut th e hum an fa c to r could be offset to a large half million tim es every year. Som ething should e x te n t by adequate m otoring facilities and re g u ­ be a tta ch e d to his shoe to utilize the energy pro­ A B u ttle C reek physician says, "C on­ lation. duced! s tip a tio n is resp o n sib le fo r m ore m is­ Added to th a t, th e individual practice of c o u r­ ery th a n an y o th e r c a u se .” te s y and caution is im portant. Much h as been said about th e rights of t h e B u t im m ed iate relief has been found, Of late th e g rea t m enace has been th e “hit and f u n ” driver. T here is no m ore obnoxious person pedestrians but th e ir only right in the stre e ts A '« b i n called R exall o rd e r lie s has th a n th e one who will run on and escape d etec­ seem s to be the rig h t to be carted aw ay to the j »*«•>» d isco v ered . T h is ta b le t a ttr a c ts i w a te r from th e sy ste m Into th e lazy hospital. tion a fte r hitting a pedestrian. dry, e v a c u a tin g bow el called th e colon. W illiam J . Fitzgerald, a m em ber of the New- Som e of the politicians w ho a re clim bing on T h e w a te r loosens th e d ry food w aste Je rse y B ar Association, has invented a device designed to put a stop to "hit and ru n ” driving th e band w agon m ay find th e old thing is only a and c a u ses a g e n tle , th o ro u g h , n a tu ra l m ovem ent w ithout form ing a h a b it or Jt m ay be adopted by the s ta te for use on all dum p c a rt late r on. • • • ever In creasin g th e dose. autom obiles. T his invention will s c a tte r fifty S to p su fferin g from c o n stip atio n . S ta tistics of the vast num ber of people who are jnetal discs with the license num ber of the c ar on them on th e ground w henever an accident not w orking are quite alarm ing. W hat we would i C hew a R exall O rd e rtle a t night. N ext - ' i his d o c to r s ta te d th at th e stltc h e a girl In a q u iet »l«’l ' put In It m ight save (hut p a rt of the MM: "Y es, hut th a spot was only th u m b . q u lg t w hile I wus kissin g It." — Let Us-- GRFASE YOUR CAR PATCH YOUR TIRES GIVE IT A BODY WASH AND FILL IT UP W ITH GOOD GENERAL GAS AND OIL. Every job gets our personal a tte n tion and we guarantee It tot be rig h t. “A ” Street Service Station LOGAN Ai OWEN. Props. 5th and A S tre e ts . . . Springfield Offices—831 Miner Building, East Broadway Street Eyes change with advancing a g e . so should your glasses. Shzrman W Woody O P tO M E T B IS T Suits »31 M iner Bldg. E Y E S IG H T Eugene, Oregon, S P E C I A L I t» T Telephone 362 ICE CREAM K in g of D esserts Cook books arc ju st loaded down with recipes for des­ serts- but th e dish th a t's literally lit for a king and Is bound to please every m em ber of the family Is Ice Cream . 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