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side—th e good-will side— of Prosi-
Published Kvary Thursday at
dtont E lect H oover's visit to S outh Am erica far
C ontinued from P a s» 2
SprtngAeld. Lana County. Oregon, by
overshadow s in in te rest or in im portance the
T H E W IL L A M E T T E PRESS
com m ercial side of th e trip. H ow ever, as pointed «nd«ll«>. and Anally m in e d th e ir glint
H. E. M A X K Y , Editor.
¡out by N a tio n s Business M agazine. it is interest i„r . hard light upw ard io D uane
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E n te re d a . .e e e n d claaa m a tte r. F e b ru a ry 24. 1903 a t th e , o -be called on. Here thev a re : Colom bia E m i t -
who ,,r* v,,u
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3 o th e r m an, so m ew h at m ore civilly.
poatofflee.
dor. Bolivia- l*eru, Chile, A rgentina, U ruguay.
"M.v n a m e 's D uane," rep lied Duane
Brazil am i Venezuela.
M A IL S U B S C R IP T IO N RA TE
cu
rtly .
one y e a r In A d v an ce____ $1.15 T h re e M o n th .
Ttto
And h e re 's w h at we sold to th em during the
" A n ' how '«! y e n coin«' by th e h en»’"
• tx M o n th . ......—
____ | i uo S in g le C o p y _____ _ , , ho first half of 1928:
THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
The Last of Duanes
riitin«
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C olom bia
C hile .......
Y e n e iu e la
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E cu ad o r
T H C R SD A Y . D EC EM B ER 27, 1928
D uane a n sw e re d b riefly, and his
word* w ere follow ed by u sh o rt *11.
once, «luring w hich th e m en looked nt
him
B osom er b«'gun to tw lat hl*
b eard ed tip*.
98O.OOO.tlOt)
46.000.000
27.000.000
17,000.000
15,000.0.00
It.000.0(H)
3,000.000
HDO.lHHKÖöy
WILL TH E HIGHWAY COMMISSION KEEP ITS
PR O M ISE'’
We w ere som ew hat surprised a t C om m issioner
Clinton H urd's sta te m e n t before th e county
ch am b er of com m erce th a t the highw ay com m is­
T o tal
sion were apparently no, going actively ahead
And
bought from them in the
w ith the com pletion of th e Siuslaw road from . A , here s w hat we boufU
He seem ed to doubt th a t ilrst slx m o n th s of th is year:
M apleton to C ushm an. ________________
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A rg e n tin a .....................
967,000.000
any th ing ___
would
be done ________
th is com , ing year.
B razil
110.000.000
A fter hearing w ith ou r own ears the th re e m em ­
C olom bia
54.000.000
bers of the highw ay com m ission m ake a prom ise
C hile .........
....
39.000,000
to com plete this highw ay w ithout delay if th e
V enezuela
,9.000.000
D unne bills w ere defeated we can not believe they
P eru
9.000,000
would go back on th eir word. T hey c e rtain ly
E cu ad o r
3.000,000
gave th e m em bers of th e co u n ty ch am b er of com ­
T o ta l
9 -9 1‘000.000
m erce the prom ise to com plete th e road at once
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U U U I
"R eckon he'* dead nil rig h t, or no-
hody’d hev hl* he»* a n ' guna,” *nld
E uchre.
"M r. D uane," began Boeom er, In I«»»-,
»tin g in g to n es, “ I h ap p en to be Luke
S teven'» aide twirdner "
Dunne looked him over, from d u sty ,
w orn out hoot* to hl* slouchv *om-
brero. T h a t look »eem ed to Inflam e
Bosom er.
"A n' I w ant th e ho»» a n ' them gun»."
h e shouted.
“ You or an y b o d y else can have them
fo r all I eare. I Juat fetch ed them In
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a tte n tio n as yet we still have faith th at th e m em ­ s ta t e s m a n s Y ear Book, w e a lre ad y sell to each outlaw ", don't know you n » w do
bers of the highw ay com m ission a re honorable of these co u n tries m ore goods th a n any o th er we know you d id n 't plug S teven« an '
m en and will keen a prom ise made.
nation and o u r sales for the first half of 1928 sto le hi* h««». an' jest happ.-.w'i to
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show increases to A rgentina. Colom bia, Chile and «tum ble down h e re ? "
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U&dor.
“ You’ll huv«* to ta k e my w ord, that**
HOW TO STO P T H E TO URIST
A few years ago our problem w as how to get
people
to com e h to . , n Oregon.
Now to u rists a re com-
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, B™wnSVille. lib a tio n aild Silverton are said lit
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th->
a ll.” replied D uane sh arp ly .
“S tra n g e r, H oaom er in nhore hot
beaded." »aid th e man E u ch re He dl.l
of com . ........«......... .
m e tre to have been o u tsta n d in g ben efacto rs in other» h o stile
th e location of new se ttle rs b rought to the s t a t e
At thia ju n c tu re
g a o I l n e " ll>
them over ou r good roads.
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THE
e
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n
th e
la S t feW y e a r S '
A g re a t
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la » - -—
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a n w h i i nf rongh Oregon in a day have bought land and improved it n e a r these one
sta y a week or a m onth to get any so rt of an im - !he ’ v
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y
“ " ’“ " d
‘ ltiv8 ° Ut ,n
5 £ S? o V e nt ? e ake UP HiS Dlind " h e th e r he W° U,d
, Real developm ent in th e next few y ears is go- « -
I. d e n t of
,h.
sev eral m ore out
door and th e
m th e b ad wn» a ta il m an of »ml
had ’a '¿ n g face. „ /la m in g
red
If wo iro tn ctnn «ho tr,,, t
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*n K to com e from this section lying along th e Cas- b**rd. and clear «old bln.- eve» th a t
every h o i ? In d X , ? Jn .in J I 1 7 °
n ' ’e
C a f ? ° t h l l , s f r o n i M o l a ll a to Springfield. T h a t « x -d In « lo a . ac ru tln y ut«.n Dunne He
ita tk )n h ? a r a i r l n d r o t f , r «d keeper, gasoline is an added reason this territo ry should he served «'«- not a T e x a n ; in tr u th D uane did
gon salesm aif who know V anS X
K
g o S
&
ro ad - the.
C ascade highway.
« «he...... .
as
a h m i id t n m t b •
A t ,e a S t
youn8e r generation of Springeflld
“,rn Bland." «aid th e tall m an an
te n d e d i> rion«lv ?o X n » t i n ^ d ?
' f ,a t * a re g ettin g s som e good out of the new b r i d g e . It th o rlta tlv e ly . "W h o ’re you and w hat r,
te n u o n sen o u sly to ed u catin g and organizing m akes a fine roller sk a tin g surface and everv dav r™
here­
to sTop th e to u ris V “
SP,rit they
e' er 4 CFOWd ° f y o u n ^ t e r s can be seen J n jiy in g it
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^ C h a m b e rs n /ra m m e rc »
D uane looked at Bland a» he had at
th e other» Thl» o utlaw c h ief ap p eared
to be rea so n a b le . If he wan not route-
DIAMONDS AS WELL AS AUTOMOBILES AND
ous. D unne told hl» sto ry ag ain , thl»
SEX A P P E A L IN BU SIN ESS
RADIOS
tim e a little m ore In d e tail
T his co u n try buys 120 million dollars w orth of
Wom*‘n now spend «neh an o v erw h elm in g pro p o rtio n of
"I believe you." replied B land at
the w orld’s a n n u a l production of 150 million d o l- 1 the famt,y Incom«- th a t busine»» m u st reco gnize h er ns th once. "T h in k I know w hen a fellow '»
lars w orth of diam onds, and it is estim ated th a t j c h ie f cu sto m er.
ly in g ."
S h e is th e c h ie f p u rch asin g a g e n t of th e hom e. R ecent
w'e now have fo u r billion dollars w orth of
“ I reckon y o u 're on th e rig h t tra il,"
th a t w om en buy 81 p er c e n t of th e ° g .................
ro ceries.
diam onds in the United S tates. T his co u n try su
_ o rv e y s show
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I J put
U I I I I C In
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E u ch re. "T I h n u a t t J nhont Luke
8 p pe
er c e n t o f th e d ru g s. 82 p e r cen t of th e d e ----------
p a rtm e n t w
an tin ' hl» b o o ,, took o f f - t h e t »all»
h a s a per capita diam ond w ealth of $200 per fam - , ‘8
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I f your
v m i r f fam
a m ily
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are I -,’to re ■- m erch an d ise, 80 p e r c e n t of th e e le c tric a l a p p a ra tu s, fie» me. L uke hed a m o rtal d read of
SO p er c e n t of th e Jew elry. 98 p er cen t of th e silks, 75 per d y ln ' with h is b o o t, o n . "
not up to th e average.
At thl
D iam onds w ere valued a t $100 a c a ra t fo r sev­ c e n t o f th e m e n 's socks, 63 p e r c en t o f th e m en's neck
At
th is sally th e ch ief and hl» men
eral cen tu ries b ut a fte r th e w ar they jum ped to w ear, 49 p er c e n t of th e h a rd w a re . 67 p e r c e n t of th e laughed,
$S00 a c a ra t because of the purchasing pow er of le a th e r goods, 78 p e r c e n t of th e pianos.
"Y ou said Duane— Buck D u an e!"
Y esterd ay , au to m o b iles w ere sold In g a ra g e s, by -------
fel q u eried Bland “ « Are
the w orking class of A m ericans, so econom ists
you 1» a P son
at I
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W M I of
I I I th
IIH
tell us. So even if you and I hav en ’t o u r sh a re of low s in o v e ra lls w ho craw led o u t from u n d e r a c a r to D uane w ho w as a gun fig h ter som«
a tte n d to th e p u rc h a s e r— w h at w as in v ariab ly a m an.
j y e a rs b ac k ? ”
diam onds we are responsible for the high price.
T h e n u m b e r o f c a rs h as grow n from a m illion to m ore
"Y es,” rep lied Dunne.
o .
th a n 20 m illion. W om en buy m o re th an h a lf of them , and
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ev er _________
m et him . „....
nnd glad , I d id n 't.
SO long a s th e re a re hundreds of th o u sa n d s of d riv e th em m o re th a n h a lf th e tim e, and buy m ore th an said Bland w ith a grim hu m o r
t o h i t itv ? « 8 .C° U n t r y ^ hO W a " i ? n d a r e W illin g , h a lf th e gas and oil an d serv ice.
B o .o m e r appear«»! at th e door, push-
Editorial Cnmmenb
to buy bootleg liquor th ere Will be bootleggers. 1 In th e d ay s w hen m an d ro v e th e c a r g aso lin e w as dis- Ing m en who trie d to d e ta in him and
™™«n7 lln?rS , and 8tlUS' S ta te s th a t have th e p en sed by a to u gh-looking citizen p resid in g o v er an a rra y as he jum ped c le a r of a last reach in g
m o st d rastic law s to control liquor traffic a re ju st , of five-gallon ca n s alo n g th e ro ad sid e.
h an d he U ttered a sn a rl like an a n g rv
a s wet as those with no s ta te law s b u t let th e Vol- I
T o d ay It Is sold from a pum p, a t a serv ice sta tio n , w here dog.
stead a c t tak e its course. T here is no solution th e m o to rist h a s h e r choice o f b ran d s, an d can see th e
M anifestly th e sh o rt w hile he had
to tnis problem under th e p resent conditions with a m o u n t In a g lass re c e p ta c le , and w hile it Is b ein g put In »pont Inside th e saloon had been de
tne population ab o u t equally
eauallv divided in
w e et t a and
n d th
th e e c c a a r r one
nnp affprulnnt
th« e w in d sh ield, a n o th e r ___
__ . ta lk in g . . h . im self
the
in w
a tte n d a n t winoa
w ipes th
sees | v o ted to d rin k in g and
dry sentim ent.
th a t th e tire s h a v e en ough air, an d a n o th e r g iv es road In- Into a frenzy. B land and th e o th e r out-
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A baby was born in T ennessee th e o th e r day
w ith a seven inch tail. N atu re su re is joking
w ith T ennessee fo r th a t s ta te just got throusrh
passing th e anti-evolution law which declares
th e people of T ennessee did n o t descend from
m onkeys.
THE FUMBLE FAMILY
51
,
p w i
ill
formation.
A fte r th e lad y h a s pow dered h e r nose In a re s t room
sh e d riv e s a«way w ith a ro ad m ap, rad io p ro g ram , a b lo tte r,
a ch an ce In a d ra w in g fo r a new au to m o b ile an d for a n o th e r
c e n t g e ts a life In su ra n c e policy.
F em in izatio n of th e b u sin ess o f sellin g Is going on In
p ra c tic a lly a ll lin e s.—N a tio n ’s B u sin ess M agazine.
By Dunkel
W6'S A HHG
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I'LL 3fcT M t ’S A
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law s quickly m oved asid e, le ttin g Du-
"n*“ alone. W hen B osom er saw D uane
s ta n d in g m o tio n le ss and w atch fu l a
’ ’ran g p chnnge pnssed q u ick ly In him.
H e h a lte d In h is tra c k s, an d as he u.d |
,hp men w ho had follow ed him
o u t piled o v e r each o th e r In the!
h u rrv to g et to one sldp
D uane saw all the sw ift actio n , fe lt
i In tu itiv ely th e m e a n in g In it. and In ;
, R osom er’s sludden ch an g e of front. I
; T he o u tlaw wns keen, nnd h e had e x ­
pected a rh rln k ln g nr a t le a st a fright-
j ened an ta g o n ist.
B ut D uane did not sp eak a w ord He
j had rem ain ed m otionless for a long
m om ent, his «‘yes pale nnd stead y , h li
i rig h t h and lik e a claw .
T h a t In s ta n t gave b irth In D unne n
I pow er to read In h is enem y 's ev es thr-
th o u g h t th n t p reced ed action. But h >
did n o t w ant to kill a n o th e r m a n ; he
. did n o t Intend to. W hen B osom er’»
: hand m oved D unne's gun wns snouting
i fire, and B osom er fell w ith h is rig h t
' arm sh a tte re d . H e would nev« r be
I ab le to d raw a gun again.
W hen D uane w ent out w ith E u ch re
, th e sun «was s e ttin g behind a blue
' ra n g e of m o u n ta in s acro ss th e riv e r In
| M exico. T h e v a lle y ap p eared to open
to th e so u th w est.
‘‘T he only fe lle r w ho's g o ln ’ to put
a close eye on you Is B enson," said
E u ch re. "H e ru n s the place a n ’ sells
d rin k s. T he g an g calls him J a c k ra b b it
B enson b ecause h e's alw ays got. his
ey e peeled an d his e a r cocked
D o n 't!
i n o tice him If he looks you over, Buck. ■
"B enson Is sc a re d to d eath of ev ery
J n ew com er w ho ru s tle s Into B lan d ’s I
, cam p. A n’ th e reason, I la k e It, Is be-
cau se h e ’s done som ebody d irt. H e's |
lildln.’ N ot from a sh eriff or ra n g e r! j
| Men w ho h ide from them d o n ’t a c t J
like J a c k ra b b it B enson.
" H e ’s h id in ' from som e guy w ho's '
h u n tin ' him to kill him . W al. Ftp a l­
w ays e x p e c tin ’ to see som e fe lle r ride
In h ere itn' throw a gun on H oiihoii
('« n 't »nv I'd be grieved "
' W hat have you Hgulnst h im ?" In
qulred D unne, ua be »Mt down be«l ■<
E uchre.
"W m I, m ebbe I'm cro»»-grained," re
idled E u ch re, apologetically
" S » l or<-
mii oiiilnw mu ' ru»)ter auch a» no* i -. ui ' i
In* touchy. But I n ev er a , o le u o 'b i i i '
hut c a ttle from «»me ra n c h e r w ho
never tnl»»e«l 'em anyw ay. T bi t «tletk
BeiiNon be wiih th e nienn» of p u llin '
ii little girl lu Ilia
ml'« way."
"G irl?" queried D uane, now with
real a tte n tio n .
"S h o re
Bland'» g reat on women
I'll tell von about thl« girl w hen v •• •• t
out of h e re . Som e of th e gang a re
goln' to In* Noclahle, an* I c a n 't talk
about th e rh l" "
D uring he en»iilng h alf h o u r a u-iui
her of out law» pii»»od by D uane and
E uchre, h alted for a g re e tin g , or ».it
dow n for a m om ent. T hey w ere all
gruff, loud voiced, m erry, an I good
nntiired
D unne rep lied civilly anil
ag reeab ly w hen he w as per*iui"l|v .id
dreaaed, but be refu sed all Invltullofi»
to d rin k nnd gam ble.
E vidently he had been acc •pled. In a
»way, a» o ne of th e ir clan
No n*e
m ade any him of an allusion io bl»
affair w ith Boaotner. D uane »aw read
llv th a t E u ch re wiir well like«', tin e
outlaw borrow«»1 m oney from hl n an
o th e r ankeil for tobacco.
Next m o rning D uane found th a t a
mooilv nnd d esp o n d en t «pell ha-l fn«t i
e n .-il o n him
W ishing Io l«> - lone, be I
w ent out am i w alked a tra il leading
aro u n d th e riv e r bluff
H e thought
nnd th o ught.
W hen he re tu rn e d to the altai-k
E u ch re w as ro o k in g din n er.
"S ay, B uck. I've n e w » fo r you," he
«aid, and hl« ton«- conveyed eitb * •
p rid e In hl» po.»ea«lon of such new s
o r p rid e In D unne "F id le r nnm ed Bra,I
ley rode In thl» m ornln.' H e'd h e a r I
som e about you
"T old »bout th e ace of a p a d e . they
put over th e bullet hole« In th e t cow
p u n ch er B ain you plugged. T h en th ere
w as a ra n c h e r »hot nt n w ater hole
tw en ty m ile« south of W e||» to n . Itec
kon you d id n 't do R T '
"No. , c e rta in ly did n o t," replied
D uane.
"W nl, you get th e blam e
It a in 't
n o tin ' fo r fe lle r to he «addled with
gun plnv he n e v er m ade. An', Buck,
If you e v e r get fnmnti«. a» «e«m» like
'v, you'll In- blam ed for m any a crim e.
T he b o rd e r 11 m ak e an outlaw a n ' m u r­
d e re r out of yon. . . . W al. th et'»
••Bough of th e t I’ve m ore new«. You­
're goln' to he po p u lar.”
P o p u lar?
hat do you m ean ? "
"I m et Bland'» wife th is m ornln'.
S he Been you th e o th e r doy w hen you
rode In S he sh o re w ant« to m eet you
a n ' »<> do .o m e of the o th e r w om en In
«•amp T hey alw ays want to m eet the
new fellers w ho ve Just com e In |t'»
lonesom e for w om en h e re a n ' they like
Io h e a r n e w . from the tow ns."
" H e ll, E uchre, I d o n 't w ant to be
27, 192«
Im polite, b i l l l’il r a th e r not m eet .a y
w om en," rejoltii'il D uane.
"I w as a fra id you w o u ld n 't
iHin't
lilani« you m uch. I whs ho p in ' though,
you m ight tulk a little to th e t poor
lonesom e kid "
“ W hat k b l!" Inquired D uane, In sur-
p rl.e ,
"D idn’t 1 t«*ll voti it In ml J ,’tini» th e
girl Blaiiil m hoidin* hv r«< th« one
Ja c k ra b b it llt 'IIM O t l h l t ( | a hand In
«I i ' h II iik '!"
"Y ou im- niloiH'tl a tflrl
T h a t's
T ell in«« now ," rep lied 1 inane ab ruptly.
(TO BE C O N T IN U E D )
O ro th .r-ln Law of E s K . l . s r
Clrcu. Career
" q u i c k AS A FLASH!"
THE NI W \V I\U K
RED CROWN
G A S O L IN E
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S T A N U A H P «>11 C O M M K V U t « . A l ll O R N t »
Now Locatoti in
M iner Building
Tin* night m ay have a
million eye« but th ere
a re only tw o th a t co n ­
cern you. Save your
eyes.
Make A ppointm ents
W henever Possible
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p ast y ear have m ade us very happy Indeed,
it is w i t h
I
P arla, Dec. 27. , AC) A lexander
Zoiihkoff. tw en ty «even y e a r old R us­
sian em igre w ho m arrie d P rin cess
V ictoria Z ii S« hnum herg Llppe, sixty-
tw o y e a r idd s is te r of the fo rm e r G er­
m an K aiser, last N ovem ber, Is p lan­
ning in becom e a circu s rin g m a ste r
o u r p atro n ag e and friendship d u ring
and
P la n .
a full h«*art and the g re a te st
sincerity th a t we extend our g reetings and
say to you: "H appy New Y ear.”
FGGIMANN’S
"W h ere the S erv ice I. D lffe r.n t"
J.C.PENNEYC©
942 W illam ette St,, Bug ene, Oregon.
W ills
W hen a J. C. Penney Company Ad
uses the word "Value” it always includes
two things— Quality and Low Price.
That
is why we never permit Quality to be sacrificed
for the sake of quoting a Low Price. Every
Value displayed in this Ad measures up
to this standard of Quality at a Saving.
S lo p where you enjoy the advan- .
tages o f Low Prices but not at the
sacrifice of Quality.