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THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
ihibllahad Bvsry Thuraday at
•prlngftaUl. Lana Couaty, Oregon, by
T H E W IL L A M B T T t P R E S S
H. kl. MAXBY, Editor.
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TH I'IIH D A Y , JA NU ARY 10, 1«2|)
WHITE COAL VS. BLACK COAL
‘The Last of
the Duanes’
hl» b re a s t aa. In tu rn in g to took back, notified.”
he faced her.
"And you?” she Inquired
“Oh, D uane, your s h ir t's all b lo o d y !" s tra n g e voice,
she faltered , poin tin g w ith tre m b lin g | D uane kept silence,
L istening to E x-U ovem or Al Sm ith and oth
advocates of go v ern m en t controlled and operated
w ater-pow er we a re incline«! to place a g reat
finger.
am ount of im portance on the undevelofied w ater —....
......
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W ith h e r w ords D uane becam e
power. E»peeially 1» thl» tru e here In th e went
(C ontinued from Cage 2)
a w are of tw o th in g s— th e hand he In
w here we have k b '/ of the country'» potential j lever of the gun.
stln c tlv e ly placed on hl» b re a s t »till
w ater-pow er and a hijiu II p art of th e population
He cau g h t the rifle b a rre l ag ain , th is
held hl» gun— an d he had su sta in e d a
who would use it,
tim e In bi» rig h t hand, and pulled. S he I t45rrlbl*« w«>und
A com m ittee of the United S ta te C ham ber of trip p ed o y er a « h a ir and c rash ed dow n.
h a „ b4)en „hot
, h<>
Com m erce report» a fte r InvcHtlgalion th at coal
D uane leaped back, w hirled, flew out fa r pnoU|?h df)WT]
h|m
I h vanity m ore Im portant in g e n e ra tin g electrical of the door to the porch. T h e sh a rp a p p r„ hen)lloll
hl„
power Ilian w ater.
craeg k ln g of a gun hall« d him . He sav
Je n n ie holding to th e bridle of bis bay 1
‘I Z t '^ T h e h I o " H " u 7
T he report »tale»:
In a
“W hat will you do?" sh e w en t on.
"Je n n ie , I’ll go back to th e b ra k e s.
1 d a re n 't show my face am o n g re
sp e c ta b le people. I'm an o u tla w .”
“ Y ou're no c rim in a l!” sh e d eclared
w ith deep passion.
"J e n n ie , on th is b o rd er th e little d if
feren ce betw een an outlaw an d a crlm .
Inal d o e sn 't count for m uch.”
' ‘3 m W° n’t
b*“ ‘ am° n* th° "
w eak n ess yet. T h e clean-cut b u lle t-, te rrib le m en? You. w ith y o u r gentle-
"T in, ri-latlve Im p o rtan ce of w ater and st«-ani whit«- horse.
LIGHT RATES DEGREASED
hole hied freely both a t Its e n tra n c e n ess and sw eetn ess— all th a t's good
coal »»«I black In iho d ev elo p m en t of Ih«- «ountry'n pow er
Hip-hre sa t a strid e th e o th e r and he
and
w here It had com e out, b u t with a b o u t you! Oh. D uane, d o n ’t, d o n ’t
Tin* Mouiilalii Stitt <•» Pow er com pany’» a n n o u n re so u rces, I h on«, of th e qui'HlIons to w hich Ih«« N all >n»l had a « 'o il leveled, and he was fir
ced voluntary reduction In lighting and power W ate r P ow er P olicies C o m m ittee of th e C h am b er of O m - ing «town the bin«- T hen cam«« a single no sig n s of h e m o rrh ag e. H e did not g o !"
"1 c a n 't go back to th e outlaw s, a t
rate» which will Have $511,000 to the user» of the eii rce of th e U nited S ta te » will d ire c t a tte n tio n uh a ¡»has« shot, h eavier, and E u c h re ’s ceased. He M m a t th e month; how ever, he began
to cough up a red d ish tinged foam .
le a s t Bland s band. No, I'll go alone.
coinpuny’H electricity in the valley 1» received with of It . stu d y of b<- power sllu allo n .
fell from th e horse.
Je n n ie, w ith pale face an d m ute I'll lone wolf It, a s th ey say on th e
■utiHfuction Lighting rale» in the wu»t will som e
"B lack coni aeem a to bo th e C in d erella of th e pow er
A sw iftly sh ifted gaze show ed to lips looked a t him .
b o rd er. W h at else can I do, J e n n ie ? ”
day be uh cheap uh In the ea»t when th e volume household. I t.d o e s m o st of tin, w ork, hut ull th e honor» Duane a m an c,«ruing dow n th e lane.
" I ’m b ad ly h u rt, Je n n ie ," h e s a id ;
“Oh, I d o n 't know . C ouldn’t r^/u
c o iiH tiin e ii increase» and tlilH will Increase w ith go to It» fa ire r »l»ter, w ater.
C hess A llow ay! H is gun was sm ok "b u t I g u ess I'll s tic k It o u t.”
h id e? C ouldn't you slip o u t of T ex as
population and InduHtrlal grow th. T he pow er |
"O nly n very nmnll p o rtio n of th e pow er u»««l to keep ing. He b ro k e Into a run. T hen, In j “T h e w om an—did sh e shoot y o u ? " '—go fa r aw ay?”
DUKlneHH I h not unlike o th er business it cun de A m erica'» In d u stria l p lan t ru n n iu g com e» from w ater an In s ta n t he saw D uane, tried to
Yes. S he w as a devil. E u ch re told
"I could n e v er g et o u t of T ex as wlth-
crease it» cost of production only when It ha» In pow er. G ian t »team tu rb in e» , u n h o n o red and unsu n g , a re check h is pace a s he sw ung up his
me to look out for her. I w a sn 't quick o u t being a rre ste d . I could hide, b u t a
creased its volume. A decrease In rate» a t thl» d o lu g m ore of th e day'» work th an m a n y of th e tno»t Imp»». arm . R ut th a t slig h t p ause w as fatal.
enough.
m an m u st Uwe. N ever m ind ab o u t m e,
tim e I h not only received with Hut in flic t Inn to the Ing w ater pow er plant«. Kven th e h u g e M uscle Shoal» pro-
Duane shot, and Alloway w as falling
"Y ou d id n ’t have to— to----- ” s h iv - ' Je n n ie ."
Custom er’s pocketbook but It I h u I ho an Index to , je«t will be a sm all affair co m p ared w ith sum « «team plant» when hi« gun w ent off. H is bullet ered th e girl.
"D uane. If e v e r I'm safe out of th is
Increased developm ent ill the W illam ette valley.
now u n d er co n stru ctio n .
w histled close to D uane and thudded
My God, n o !” he re p jled .
aw ful co u n try ," sh e cried, " I’ll go to
"M oreover, th e c o st of pro d u cin g e le c tric pow er by Into the cab in .
T hey did n o t sto p clim bing w hile 1 th e G overnor. I’ll tell him your sto ry .
WHY TH E MYSTERY
Duane brounded dow n to th e horses. D uane to re a s c a rf and m ade com- I’ll te ll him m ine. I'll
steam 1» eonH lantly being reduced. Day by day black coal
get you par-
A Springfield m an a fte r he had Hpcnt S atu rd ay Is becom ing m ore «-ffl, len t, w hile th e en o rm o u s o utlay Jen n ie w as try in g to hold the plung p resses, w hich he bound tig h tly over j d o n ed .”
As he looked dow n upon h e r. a slig h t
trying to get gome biiHlne»» men to a tte n d a m«'«d- usu ally req u ired lo h a rn e s s flowing »treaniH 1» o ften tim es ing bay. E u eh re lay flat on his b ark , his w ounds. T he fresh h o rses m ade
(dead, a bullet-hole In h is sh irt, h is face 1 fast tk n e up th e rough tra il. P rom sle n d e r girl w ith b ed rag eled d re s s and
Ing to talk annexation of thin city with Eug«*ne overlook«,<1 by a public w hich »«,<«» only r«-»ulls."
set hard, and his h a n d s tw isted around j open place D uane l«x>ked dow n.
dish ev eled h a ir, h e r face pale and
( b i l l e d to thin new spaper Monday that b<> knew ,
gun and bridle.
W hen th e y su rm o u n ted th e s te e p ’ quiet, a little s te rn In sleep, and h e r
kiic I i a m eeting wan to be held. If annexation of
Hr. B urges Jo h n so n of S y racu se com plains
the two tow ns in e v e r to com«* about it m ust be th a t th ere is a sh o rtag e of real effective cuks “Jen n ie you’ve n e rv e all r i g h t ." ' a sc e n t and s to o l on top of th e Rim long, d a rk la sh e s lying on h e r ch eek s,
decided on it h m erit h by all (be voter» of the town words. Evidently he has never heard a m an try cried D uane as he d ra g g ed down the Rock, w ith no sig n s of p u rs u it down he seem ed to see h e r fra g ility , h e r
horse she w as holding “ Up w ith you th e valley, and w ith the wild, broken
p re ttin e ss, h e r fem in ity a s n e v e r be-
from the lowliest to the highest and mightieHt.
ing to use a cig a rette lighter.
now. T h e re ! N ever m ind long s tir fa s tn e ss befo re th em , D uane tu rn ed
, fore. B ut fo r him she m ig h t a t th a t
rups! H ang on so m eh o w !”
TI i I h question I h not a private m atter. Any plan
to th e g irl and assu red h e r th a t th ey very m o m en t h av e been a b ro k en ,
He caught h is b rid le out of E u c h re ’s
conceived In a private m eeting and »brooded in
ru in ed girl, lying back In th a t cabin
A rrests for d ru n k en n ess have increased 238',' clu tch in g grip and leaped a strid e . T he now had e v e ry c h an ce to escape.
Uiyntery by a »elect group I h bound to lie looked
"Je n n ie , we re going to get aw ay ,” | of th e B lands.
»Ince the advent of prohibition. T his seem s to us frightened ho rses Jum ped Into a run
on with Hiinpii Ion. Thin question should be open m ore of a com m entary on the q u ality of th e liq
T om orrow she w ould be gone,
he said w ith g lad n ess. “I ’ll be w ell In
and th u n d ered down th e lane Into the
and above board tliat everyone may understand i uor than on the num ber of drinkers.
a few days. You d o n 't know how am ong good people, w ith a p o ssib ility
road. D uane saw men ru n n in g from
tin* lieiietlt» and I ohhi - h (I i I h city m ay »ustaiii by I
stro n g I am . W e ll h ide by d ay and of finding h e r re la tiv e s. H e th a n k e d
cabins. H e h eard sh o u ts. B ut th e re
annexing with Eugene for only in th is light can |
tra v e l by n ig h t. I can g et you acro ss God fo r th a t, n e v e rth e le s s he fe lt a
w
ere
no
sh
o
ts
fired.
it in- settled
! This C hristm as w as the w arm est since 1915. In
pang.
th e riv e r.”
•
•
•
I fact. It m ade m any heads of fam ilies h o t under J e n n ie seem ed able to s ta y on h er
S he slep t m ore th a n h a lf th e day.
“ And th e n ? ” she asked.
h o rs e ;
b u t w ith o u t s tirru p s she
the collar.
D uane k e p t g u ard alw ay s a le rt,
"W
e’ll
find
som
e
h
o
n
e
st
ra
n
c
h
e
r.”
T H E IDEAL MAN
bounced so h a rd th a t D uane r o d e 1
w h e th e r he w as sittin g , s ta n d in g o r
"A nd th e n ? ” sh e p e rsisted .
closer and reach ed out to g rasp h e r j
w alking. T he ra in p a tte re d s te a d ily on
Tw o hundred and tw enty colege girls in tin
Tlie new dollar bill is going to be sm aller in
"W hy— ” h e began slow ly. " T h a t's th e roof and so m etim es cam e In g u sty
East were ask«-«! som e m ighty im portant q u es size. It lias looked sm aller to us for quite some arm .
T hus th e y rode th ro u g h th e valley ’ a s fa r as my th ro u g h t ev e r got. It was flu rries th ro u g h th e door. T h e h o rses
tio n s in a special <|u<-stionnalre regarding the !t j,ne
to th e tra il th a t led up over the steep p re tty h ard , I te ll you, to a ss u re m y w ere o u tsid e In a sh ed th a t afforded
types of men they seek as huKhands.
and broken Rim -Rock. As they began se lf of so m uch. It m ean s your safety. poor sh e lte r, and th e y stam p ed re s t
Of the two hundred and tw enty, only twelve
You'll te ll y o u r sto ry . Y ou’ll be se n t lessly . D uane k e p t th em sad d led and
llotli men and wom en took part in (be big talk to clim b D uane loked back. No pur. j to
som e village or tow n and tak en
su e rs w ere In sight.
insisted mi college grad u ates. Only tw o demaml-
bridled.
m arath o n in New York. T his did seem a bit un
"Jen n ie, w e're going to get a w a y !" , c a re of u n til a re la tiv e o r frien d Is
ed good looks. One w anted an athlete. Fifty were fair to th e men.
(TO BE C O N TIN U ED )
he cried, ex u ltatio n fo r h e r in his
opponed to drinkers. More than 100 stipulated
voice.
honesty, sincerity, education und culture.
W ealth ami fam«- were entirely Ignored. Rut
Sign in front of a th e a tre : “ T H E GOODBYE S he w as gazing, h o rro r-stric k e n , a t
tin* one quullty most In dem and guess -w as a KISS, WITH SOUND.”
»«•use of hum or!
Evidently the girls agree with th e poet that
U nconscious hu m o rist: T he druggist who mis-
‘‘the m an w orth while is the m an who can smih
If this questionnaire Is Indeed representat ve o f 1 ,a k ’ n,-v Usted liquor am o u n g his ’’dyestuffs.’
the s ta te of w om en’s m inds th e co u n try oxer, it I
hehoov« s all young men to learn to laugh and ■ Prize idiots: T he fa th e r wh« > gave his boy an
laugh heartily.
I unbreakuble drum for C hristm as.
M e n w liu a r e n o t handsom e, w ealthy or fam ous
m any now console thems«-lves. As long as they
h.ix
en.,e of hum or, som e girl will fall in love
w it h t hem.
OREGON SHOULD HAVE MORE F IN IS H E D PRODUCTS
Rut wltat man docs not think lie has a sense of
t.xioluiiu P io n eer)
hum or" All men seem to be eligible for uffectlon.
I
Western
Oregon
h a s an In d u stria l ass.-t In its clim ate.
t o judge them by their own opinions.
T h e fa c t th a t It 1» p o ssib le to w ork, ev en o u t of doors,
We are iii' lined to think that the girls pr. U
a lim le subtlety, as they often do. We can't be
■ ■ ados to t lo- posstMUttos o f in u iiu tiu tu rin .
Very cold se c tio n s huve a h an d icap in w in ter m ak in g worn
lieve they want to pass up w ealth and fam •
these tilings have alw ays lured girls. Rut b ing difficult and expensive.
fem inine, the m ention Hies«- tilings indirectly
I
v«-i Hus w orks a h a rd s h ip on th e lu m b er in d u stry .
asking that a man he possess«-«! of a sense cl \\ h lle th e e u st and m ld d lew est can do no building and the
hum or in tlie convict Ion th at w ealth and fam e ||. niaii.1 lo r lu m b er «Hops m ills h ere can keep ru n n in g and
com e most easily to th e men who*1«» sense < f acciM iiulate stock. T oo often, w ith th e sm a lle r m ills, this
hum or is m ost k«,«-ly developed. T hink of the I >8 dum ped on th e m a rk e t lo pay ru n n in g expenses. T his
nu n you know. ami see if th is belief does not | , e « i „ ih«- p rice down and has an effect on th e business.
curry som e w, ight.
■
If we nnlsh.-d m ore of o u r p ro d u cts Into fu rn itu re , doors
S A V E
Here’s quick
Cough Relief
Have you kep t your New
D ont le t th a t d an c e ro u s
h ac k in g cough te a r a t you
day und n ig h t. S to p it—
quickly — w ith
REX A LL
CH ER RY BARK COUGH
SY RU P.
Also they a re a g re a t tre a t for yourself.
O ur soda fo u n tain
w inter and sum m er.
is th e
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this «
would be rem ed ied so m ew h at and w ould give th e y ear
aro u n d em p lo y m en t for O regonians.
S ilv e r G ra y
7-0unce size
C ents
His Lookouts
1.75
Your Candy Choice
S A F C T V
W hen you wish to choose candies th a t will be c e r
tain to please, we know th a t you will find exactly w h a t
you w an t here. Packed in a ttra c tiv e boxes, our choice
candies a re alw ays a w elcom e gift.
Editorial Comment»
F’oollsh question:
Y ear's Resolution ?
W IT H
ger
THURSDAY. JANUARY 17, 1929
to!
50
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c le a rs up a cough in a few
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Cough S yrup is exclu siv e
ly sold by
Flanery’s
Drug Store
I
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. .
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One way f a r e .............................. 0.14
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