” AGF TO U R
THURSDAY JUNE 28, 1928
T H E S P R IN G FIE LD NEWS
THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
Published Every Thursday at
Springfield, Lane County, Oregon, by
TH E W IL L A M E T T E PRES8
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TH U R SD A Y JU N E 28, 1928
A S T E P IN T H E RIGHT DIRECTION
EDISON AT EIGH TY-ON E
H ats off to T hom as A. E d iso n ! T he g re a t i n - !
ventor has ju st outlined a plan for tw en ty y e a rs ’ i
work. He is eighty-one.
T hat is quite an a d v an ced ag e for a m an to 1
begin work in a new field. B u t Edison alw ays has
been unlike o th er m en. Scoffing a t old age, he is
Do ladies, p re fe r blondes?
personally supervising th e c o n stru c tio n of a new
If not, w h a t kind of m en do they
chem ical laboratory in w hich he will c a rry on ex­ p re fe r? A n sw ers to th e se questions
tensive rubber experim ents. He plans to develop an d se v eral m ore a re found in le tte rs
n em ergency ru b b er in d u stry in th e United w ritte n by g irls on "M y Ideal Boy,”
tates.
re a d la s t S u n d ay n ig h t a t a special
T he inventor has in m ind new devices fo r use se rv ic e a t th e C h ristian church.
in e x tra ctin g rubber, it is said. He is devoting his
H e re 's one of the le tte r s w hich one
entire tim e and efforts now to th e stu d y of rubber of th e g irls w ro te:
and its possibilities in th e U nited S tates, and ex­
If som e scientific fairy could invite
pects this stu d y to keep him busy for th e next m e into h is m ag ical lab o ra to ry and
tw en ty years.
say, “ Upon th e s e shelves, properly
We hum bly extend o u t best w ishes to Mr. labelled, you will find all th e ch arac­
Edison, and c o n g ra tu la te him on his discovery of te ris tic s th a t m ak e up h u m an beings.
the tru e secret of longevity— being so interested S elect th e in g re d ie n ts you desire,
in som e w orthy w ork, so w rapped up in it and place th e se in th is couldron and .n
fascinated by it, th a t one sim ply h a s n ’t th e tim e fifteen m in u te s w ill a p p e a r th e em­
to stop.
J bo d im en t of y o u r choice.” I believe
How m any of us a t e ig h ty -o n e — provided th a t 1 1 would begin w orking a t once.
we reach th a t venerable a g e — will be fo rtu n a te
I would choose a cap su le first fo r
enough to be able to look fo rw ard to a ta sk of h eig h t. H e m u st be tall because I
tw enty y e a rs’ d u ratio n ?
am tall. H e should have a good head,
Springfield Gill Describes
Her Ideal of a Husband
F ifty per cent of the uncom pleted sta te h igh­
w ays in W estern Oregon are in Lane county. The
W illam ette highw ay is the only one th a t work is
being done on this year and th a t is with county
m oney. On m ost every job th a t has been done in
L ane county by the state th e county has partici­
pated from 25 to 50 |>er cent in the cost.
Lane county has tak e n a broad view of th e
s ta te ’s road program with the idea th a t when her
time cam e she would have com pleted her portion,
w hich is the largest In the state, but it new ap­
p ears th a t Lane co u n ty ’s tu rn is going to be last
w ith a g e n ero u s bum p fo r affection
and it is doubtful if there will be sufficient funds
Eugene, is sh o rtly to e n g ag e in an “open a n d one for to leran ce. H is being dark
to com plete the whole program .
'o p e n S u n d ay ” cam paign, th e issue com ing b e ­ o r fa ir would m ake no difference to I
C ounties which have sent citizen delegations to fore
Both : m e- P rom th e sh elf labelled “E yes,” J
,
„ the people a t the N ovem ber election.
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th e highw ay com m ission m eetings repeatedly the open and ’ closed ’ S u n d ay su p p o rters are m y choice w ould be brow n and i s u p -1
have gotten the lion’s share of road im prove­ gath erin g d a ta as to w h a t E ugene people do on ' pose it w ould be b e tte r to choose
m ents in m any cases with little cooperation in re­ Sunday
cam paign, th e issue com ing be- | brow n h a ir to go with the eyes. Facial i
g ard to costs.
dance halls along th e hig h w ay s in Lane co u n ty c h a ra c te ris tic s a re ra th e r im m aterial
T he form ation of a county .road com m ittee a t now o p erating on S u n d ay w here th ere w ere none i alth o u g h I would h u rry to g rab up a ,
th e m eeting of the Lane County C ham ber of j a few years ago m ay a c c o u n t for w hat som e of | hom ely nose, a s b eau tifu l noses d o n 't
Com m erce T hursday evening was a step in the her people do.
seem to belong to m en, and he should
rig h t direction. This com m ittee to consist of one
h av e a crooked m outh to keep him ’
m em ber from each of the five C ham ber of Com­
“A m an p ast th irty is in capable of love,” says from being vain.
m erce in Lane county and one from the G range Dr. Will C. D urant, noted scholar, philosopher and
T h a t is th e sk etch of th e p o rtra it. !
and F arm ers union will have as its chief duty the w riter, and he set out to prove it. T he question , Now, to put in th e tru e in g red ien ts
u rging of the com pletion of Lane co u n ty ’s sta te is now how m any m en p a st th irty a re going to b e -1 t0 brlng out Iights and Bhadows- per
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highw ays. If it is as successful as Douglas coun­ lieve
| onnaH
so n ality
and color, „„-l
and it.
th e j-
indication
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him.
of d e p th s th a t a re hidden. Cleanli-1
ty ’s com m ittee have been th en we will say th a t
it is a good com m ittee.
n e ss : Two cap su les, one of th e body ■
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! “P e rso n a lity " and a th ick p u n g en t
spoonful of “C ourtesy."
S urely, th a t is all th a t Is n eco ssary
a fte r I have added "B alan ce” w hich
I seem s so capable of sm oothing th ese
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I in g red ien ts into a com m on u n i t
Will m ix satisfactorily.
' T here, I had fo rg o tten “ Common
Now to pour on some oil of “Appre- S ense." T h a t iwlll F in ish it, 1 am sure,
ciation for the A rts," a colorless liquid so I will now go back into my own
labelled “G ood-Taste,” a dark, savory co rn er and w ait for my ideal to m at-
bit of "D iplom acy” a spicy spoonful of | erialize.
Editorial Comment.
and one of th e m ind. Straight-for- i
TURNING TO T H E FARM
w a rd n e ss and honesty. S om eth in g to |
m ak e him fe a r God: a divine spark. I
C rim inologists seem to be tu rn in g to the use of
ACCUM ULATED MONEY
W ill P o w er: th e re g u la r size looks
the farm in th eir efforts to solve the crim e ques­
In a re c e n t Issue of h is sy n d ic a te d colum n, “ T oday," too big, so I sh a ll tak e a tin y pinch
tion. It is beginning to be generally recognized A rthur B risb an e re fu te s G eo rg e B a rn a rd Shaw , th e E n g ­ off one end to lessen it.
th a t the wholesom e farm atm osphere is not a lish S ocialist, w hen he sa y s t h a t a c cu m u lated m oney Is
H e re is a group of c a p su les of
breeding place of crim inals. T here are 150 boys th e ro o t of all evil.
g ra d u a te d sizes, labelled “ Love for
a t B erkshire Indstrial F arm who have been salv­
B risb an e rep lied th a t It Is a c c u m u la te d m oney th a t has h is fellaw -m en.” I'll ta k e th e larg est
aged from th e slum s of New York o r from dis­ h arn e sse d N iag ara F alls, b u ilt th e P a n a m a C anal, an d has one.
rupted homes. T hese boys, who defied authority, placed au to m o b ile p ro d u ctio n on a q u a n tity b asis th a t has
S elf-control is placed in a shadow y
com m itted law less acts and gave indications th a t given th e A m erican people 24.000,000 inexpensive m otor c o rn e r: I m tjs t b rin g it out quickly,
they would grow up to be thieves and thugs, have cars.
le s t I should fo rg e t to put It In. S elf­
been sent to the farm to get th eir bearings in life.
G reat a ccu m u latio n s of c a p ita l, lik e g re a t accum tila- is h n e ss: a little pinch of th e tin e st
A fter several y ears a t th e farm , these “hope­ tio n s^o f w ater going d ow nhill, re p r e s e n t pow er. E lim in­
w ith tw o ta b le ts of g enerosity.
less" boys have learned a tra d e and are equipped a te accu m u lated ca p ita l and you w ould elim in a te p o ssib ili­ piece,
And h ere is a w hole sh e lf of habits.
for life. They are kept from lauding in reform ties of h ig h er civilizatio n .
O ne box labelled “C IG A R E TT E S"__I
schools and ure m ade good citizens.
He say s th e people h av e b ra in s en o u gh to w atch and hav e pushed it quickly aw ay. “ DRINK-
It seem s to us th a t this is about the best plan co n tro l accu m u lated c ap ital a n d ta k e a d v a n ta g e of the
have h idden it behind the
yet devised for dealing with the “problem boy,” benefits co n ferred by It, q u o tin g th e s e figures to prove th a t c ing"-—I
ig a re tte capsules. "SW EA RIN G —
and th a t it should be universally adopted. It th e co u n try is p ro sp ero u s: In M ay, co rp o ra tio n s in w hich SL A N G ”. I'll tak e ju s t a pinch of
seem s to present a m odern and Intelligent attack , m illions of em ployes a re s to c k h o ld e rs d eclared d ividends slan g , hoping th a t he will use d is­
on crim e.
.
of »347,900,405, and in Ju n e d iv id e n d s w ill to ta l »500,000,
c retio n . W h at silly h a b its som e of
T his m ethod of handling juvenile delinquency 000.
th e s e a re !
S u llen n ess—J e a l o u s y -
H c e illH to affirm th e belief held by m any th a t su ch i
T he first of Ju n e, th e to ta l n u m b e r of perso n s em ployed ' B ragging
B roken P ro m ises — these
delinquency is m ore frequent in the big cities j by all D etro it m otor c a r fa c to rie s w as 359.073, h ig h e s t 0:1 la s t a re v ap o u rs In bo ttles w ith In-
th an in the sm aller towns.
reco rd —real p ro sp e rity .—T h e M a n u fa c tu re r
secu re co rk s— no w onder th e se c h a r­
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a c te ris tic s s te a l into tho b e in g ' cf
e v e ry person!
A n o th er shelf. "H um or (Good and
B ad) placed in a row : Two capsules
of good, % cap su le of bad, Tor v a ri­
e ty ’s sake.
H e re a re som e c h a ra c te ristic s in
b o ttle s u n d er a big sign. "T H E S E
A R E F IN IS H IN G T O U C H E S: S'
T H E O TH E R IN G R ED IEN TS B E ­
F O R E ADDING T H E S E ” I m ust stir
ge n tly , hoping th a t my fa rm e r choices I
grocers, dniggiete.
hardware,
departm ent
stores and Standard O il
Service Stations. Packed
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Philco Batteries
$2.00
For your old Battery on any Gen­
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No. 116 Bar Grid, $11.90, less y o u r old battery,
$ 9.90
No. 116 Diamond Grid, $17.50, less your old battery,
$15.50
No. 116 2 year guarantee, $2250, less old battery,
$20.50
Wm. Rodenbough Garage
533 Main Street
Springfield
Phone 95
Herbert Hoover, His Family and Birthplace
marriage and divorce
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3117 divorces In O regon in 1927, a c - '
co rd in g to fleu res ju st com piled by I
th e I nited S ta te s d e p a rtm e n t of coni
m erce. M arriag es in creased 3 9 per
cen t over the p revious y ear and divor­
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s im ila r period.
I* lg u res for L ane county show 489
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