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THE SPRINGF1E1J) NEWS
THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
JUDGE A CITY BY WHAT S1IE OWES
W. M. JARDINE
Published Every Thursday at
The tax levy of Florence is nearly 10 per cent of
Springfield. Lane County. Oregon, by
assessed valuation and some outsiders have look
T H E W IL L A M E T T E PRESS
ed at It with alarm, but not so Florence. says the
H. E. M A X E Y . Editor.
' Sluslaw Oar. published In that city. The editor
Entered a* second class matter. February St. ISOS at the points out while that city has one of the highest
poetofflce, Springfield. Dragon
tax levies she has the lowest per capita debt of any
of the towns in this section. In other wortls her
M A IL 8 U B 8 C R IP T I0 N R A TE
One year In Advance------S1.J5 Three Months
..76c citizens can pay Florence’s debt with little diffi
■U M onths-------- 1------------$1 oo Single Copy
..6c culty. He Bays for that reason Bhe Is well off.
THURSDAY. DECEMBER, 13. 1928
The per capita debt of some of the clttles Is this
part
of Oregon is shown by the state treasurer us
I like the man who bubbles over with enthusi
follows:
asm. Better be a geyser than a mud puddle.
-d O H N C. SHEDD
City
Indebtedness
Per capita
$
22.250
$ 36.00
WELCOME SANTA CLAUS
Harrisburg ______
27,250
47.00
Do you remember, in those days “way back Newport.... ..............
304.763
525.00
408,000
214.00
when—" how you used to pencil your little notes Cottage Grove .......
NOW FARMERS CAN GET
Springfield
.............
181.500
98.00
to Santa Claus, asking him for this, that and the Reedsport ..............
NOON HOUR FARM NEWS
384,934
450.00
other thing and assuring him that you were a Creswell ......... ......
15,800
58.00
Secretary W. M Jardine U an ad
’Teal good boy” and loved your father and Eugene ____ __ __ 2,975.000
280.00
vocate of the uae of the radio for the
mother?
Florence
........
........
7,000
22.00
*>«A
dissemination of Information. The
Department of Agriculture, which he
Santa Claus is fast approaching now. And just
Oregon grown or made products arc of suffici heads, cooperates with more than 200
as you welcomed him as a kid, you should wel
come him now. Remember that Santa Claus is ent variety to make excellent Christmas gifts es stations In sending weather, market
and general agricultural Information
a symbol of generosity, loving-kindness and vir pecially for friends living in other parts of the through the air.
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country.
Why
search
for
items
that
may
be
com
tue. At this time, with his advent so near, check
We have 6.000.000 farms In this
up on yourself. Have all your actions been mon in your friends home town when something country." says Jardine. "In the main
worthy? Kind? Intelligent? Have you pro unique and useful might be found among Oregon operated Independently. There Is no
gressed or fallen behind in your work and in your products. Christmas might be made to advertise hoard of directors to act for them !
Oregon brands of goods and increase the prosper- Dur problem Is to got facts Io these
spiritual growth?
jity of Oregon farms and factories and at the same 6.000.000 as quickly ns possible. For
this, radio affords Invaluable service "
Correct your faults, resolve to live to the high time lose none of Its cherished seutiment.
There Is now a special 5 (lav a week
est in you, and when Santa Caus come you will
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noon hour broadcast for fattier*, oc
be able to welcome him properly, knowing that
cupying three-fourths of an hours each
FOLLY?
day. The first third of the time the
you have lived in such a manner as to merit the
program comes from Montgomery
benefits that he showers upon you.
How Time changes the aspect of things!
Ward and company in Chicago. Then
Alaska has been a part of the United States for the scene shifts to Washington, where
In this way you will receive, in addition to the
love and respect of your friends and neighbors, a bl years. On March 30, 1S67, this territory’ was the National Broadcasting company
feeling of self-respect that, once acquired, will , purchased from Russia. The average citizen of sends from Its studio the latest Infor
mation. reports, etc., supplied by the
dignify and ennoble your entire ife, putting it on the United States knows litte enough about Al Department of Agriculture
Back
a higher plane and bringing it nearer to the Di aska. Ite might not be amiss to mention several again to Chicago for the last third.
facts:
vine.
This three-quarter hour program
for farmers Is replete with valuable
Alaska
is
so
vast
it
would
cover
23
states
and
the
Wecome Santa Claus!
farm Information plus entertainment
Western third of Lake Superior if it could be pick features The 14 radio stations eo-i
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ed up bodily and placed all over the United States operating In this noon hour program
are KDKA. KYW, WCCO. WOC. |
Pulpwood for paper can be grown in 20 to 30 Proper.
WHO. WOW. WDAF. KWK, KVOO.
years according to information furnished by the
Its fisheries return an annual amount of over WOAI, WHAS. WSM. WSB. KOA.
American Tree association. Spruce plantations $40.000,000, and it has other vast industries. Since
in Norway have demonstrated this profitably for its purchase, its ex orts have amounted to con NOW THE CROW GETS
the industry.
siderably more than $1,250,000.000.
CREDIT AS BENEFACTOR
The purchase of Alaska cost America $7,200,-
000.
Time has shown it to have ben a very good
The man who called his wife an angel gave as
purchase.
Yet in 1867 it was considered foolish,
his reason that she was always flitting about,
and
the
transaction
was called "Seward’s Folly,"
continually harping on one thing, had nothing to
because
the
Secretary
of State, W. H. Seward, ad
wear and was up in the air most of the time
vocated i t
We recently read the life of a successful man
The Civic club’s effort to erect name plates on
who says he began life as a barefoot boy. Did
the
streets of the city should have the co-opera
anybody ever hear of a boy being born with shoes
tion of all. This Is a work that should have done
on?
a long while ago by some organization. The Civic
club Is performing a real service when It under
takes the job.
A scientist says that “eating onion will prevent
a mustache from coming on a woman’s lip.” We
would ike to add “or a smooth shave either.”
Chicago killers have shifted their barrage the
last few days from football players to policemen.
The season is over on football players but there
Girl shows are said to be losing out. They have IIs open season on policemen all the t im e
too much competition from the flapper on the
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Street
The crow, that oolay grain thief,
has always bean regarded as a nul
sance. Farmers have always tried to
exterminate this blrl as far as pos
slbls. but now Dr. Saehtleben of Ger
many Is taking up the cudgels In be
half of the crow as well as his allies,
the rook and toe raven.
They may help themselves to grain,
says Dr. Saehtleben. but they always
make up for this by eating trouble
some Insects for dessert!
Experiments were carried on In
which the stomachs of crows of vari
ous species were examined. They
w'ere found to contain 18 5 per cent
stones. 67 6 per cent vegetable mat
ter. and 23 9 per cent animal matter.
The grain contents of the stomach In
cluded wheat, rye, barley, potatoes,
maize, buckwheat, pens and various
seeds. In 344 specimens of the 3,269
examined, the remains of mice wen-
found, these constituting 24 4 per cent
Cheer up folks, the new’ bridge is a nice piece
[of architecture. Even if we can’t use It we can
It is not sufficient to be good; one must be good look at it and admire the lines. T hat’s some re
for something.
turn for our money.
I He
May Have A Hard Time Laughing That O ff-
TIH ’HSn.W. DECEMBER 13, 192«
»f Iho animal food devoured by the
birds, whllo Insects formed 34.5 per
cent of the animal food.
Rooks were found Io destroy an on
orinous number of Insects. These
tests were made by Urofossor Roerlg
of the geological laboratory of Iho
biological Institute of Germany, who
summed up his report as follows;
"Every crow Is a source of more
gain than loss Io the agricultural In
terests of the region where It Is
found.”
and kiss the maid and she'll get the
cold l*a will kiss the maid and he'll
get the cold. Then pa will kiss ma
und she'll gel the cold and tomorrow
the preacher will come over and he'll
catch a cold and he's the soti-ofa gun
I'm after," *
Too True
"You certainly have a trim little
waist,”
I said as she put on her hat.
Carry On
But she turned me aside and quickly
"What’s the Idea of going In (he
replied,
snow barefoot? You'll catch a heluvn
‘You're right—there's no g e t t i n g
cold,"
'round that."
"I'll tell you. I'm going right home
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December.
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