t • * n r tour THH 9PRINGFIHIJ) NBWS THURSDAY. APRIL 4, 1929 i I '■ l ■U. L J " V 11 .'im.!1 ■■■ M arriage Licenses for Weak CLEAN VP! PAINT VP! MEN FROM MARSHFIELD SURVEY OF FARM D uring the t>ast week m arria g e lic­ INSPECT STREET LIGHTS en ses have bon Issued to the follow ­ INCOME BY O. A. C. T h a t's th e great slogan of a g reat national m ovem ent: “Clean Up! Paint Up!” O regon S ta te College, C orvallis, D istrict M anager M artin of the ing by, th e county c le rk . Clifford Van One week in April is a lw a y s'p u t aside for this April 4 A gro ss Incom e of less than M ountain S tate» P ow er com pany, ae Keholuek. C ottage G rove, and J o s e p h ­ w orthy cause. People the country over a re urged $125 p e r cow Is too low to he profit eoiupunled by live Miirslificbl b u sin ess ine Ibtm ell, D rain; Ja m e s County, E u­ to he clean to b rush aw ay th e cobw ebs in their ab le for the O regon fu n n e r, w ho cun m en. visited In Spi luglleld last T h in s gene. anil Musa D yer. Ileav arlo n ; hom es, in their offices, anti in th eir minds. T he eitv of M arshfield L eonard W heeler, and Malici M orris, not afford to feed good crops to low ilay ev en in g | Clean up and (taint up th a t health m ay be the producing cows. 1» plan II I lig the In stallatio n of a new both of E ugene G eorge C h risten sen , rule and not th e exception. T his and sim ilar d a ta ’ olilalned from stre e t lighting sy stem In th e n e a r mid Hetty Hollgood, both of P o rtla n d ; R em em ber that cleanliness Is next to Godliness. a stu d y of O regon d airy farm s, are future, and the m en w ere concluding C arl W illiam s and J e s sie Lincecum , (b o th of latk ey lew ; R obert Hill and new extension a (our of Inspection of stre e t lighting N ational Clean-U p Paint-U p W eek is prom oted m ade av ailab le In by a national organization th at has nothing to bulletin e n title d , "D airy F arm In sy ste m s In th e p rin cip al elites of tile V llettn Culti, both of Hula ; Jo se p h Onllilco. P ortland, and G erald in a sell its aim is m erely to prom ote g re a te r clean com es R equired to M aintain S tan d ard W illam ette valley. T he M arshfield v e ry e n th u s ia stic MotileaiiX, C resw ell. F arm Home» In O regon." w ritten by v isito rs w e r e liness in tow ns an d cities. R alph 3. Basso, farm m anagem ent about the Springfield system , d e c la r­ It is a s high an aim as any organization can sp ecialist, and N. (' Jamison, dairy ing It th e m ost effective lliev had seen W ife "I th o u g h t, Ja m e s, you w ere have— fo r cleanliness m eans health and happi- •p e c ia llst. O regon S ta te college. on th e ir trip, acco rd in g w> W K liar- only going out for a second," ness. And health and happiness a re th e twin A serie» of bulletin», of which thl» Hell, local su p e rin te n d e n t of the pow er H usband; "Yea, deur. And I've blessings of life. 1» th e first, 1» to be t»sued. each one company. had It." Clean Up! P aint Up! Not only your surround d ealin g with »ome p h ase of farm ing ings— give som e tho u g h t, too, to the cleanliness in d u stry , tre a tin g it principally from Not Guilty S U M M O N S of y our m ind and body. a m an ag e rial sta n d p o in t. Som e of A m an w as ch arg ed w ith k issin g IN T H E C IR CU IT COURT OF T H E THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS Published Every Thurvday at ■prtngfleld, Lane County. Oregon, by T H E W IL L A M E T T E P R E S S H. E. MAXEY. Editor. Entered as second class matter. February 2*. 1903 at the postofflce, Springfield, Oregon M A IL S U B S C R IP T IO N R A TE One year In Advance.........$1.75 Btx M o nth s........... ..................$100 Three M o n th s____ 76c Single C o p y ______ be THURSDAY. APRIL 4. 1929 T here are a set of m alicious, prating, p ru rien t gossips, both male and fem ale, who m urder c h a ra c te rs to kill tim e, and will rob a young fellow of his good nam e before he has years to know the value of it. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan. TAX THOSE WHO ARE BEN EFITTED T he P ortland T elegram scores the legislature * * * th e subject» to be tre a te d liy fu tu re for m aking m unicipal bonds taxable. Bond houses n u m b ers of th is se rie s will be poultry A new spaper report says th at E ugene’s w arrant proiluetlon, fru it raising, ra n g e live pass the tax on by dem anding higher in terest rates. P ortland and Eugene eitv bonds have gone indebtedness is largely due to bookkeeping. M o s t stock production, etc. begging on the m arket and m ust be reissued with ® , our, debts an* due to bookkeeping— th e o th er T he object of th is serie», according h ig h er rate s of interest. 1 fellow s bookkeeping. * * to Paul V Marl», d ire c to r of the ex We never could see why any city bonds should be ta x exempt. If they are not taxed like o th er bonds then the people of the s ta te of Oregon who live in th e co u n try o r in cities w ith few bonds m u st pay just th a t m uch m ore s ta te taxes because of the lesser valuation on all property. T axing m unicipal bonds puts the burden w here it belongs — on th e people who a re to benefit by th e im ­ provem ent. It is also a step tow ard placing m uni­ cipal utilities on a p ar with privately owned ones. W hen both the bonds and physical properties are taxed then we will know w h eth er m unicipal ow nership pays. • • Tw o dry congressm en who gave th eir strong support to the d rastic dry Jo n es law’ are am ong the first to be charged w ith its violation. Surely it w as a boom erang in th eir case. Editorial Comment HYDR° T h a p ro d u ctio n o f e le c tric ity by w ater pow er during Ja n u a ry . 1929. was leas thun in e ith e r D ecem ber o r iu Jan u ary. 1928. W ith th e excep tio n of th e sh o rt m outh of Feb ru arv , it w as sm a lle r th a n in any m o n th sin ce N ovem ber, 1927, an d th e ra tio of th e p ro d u ctio n of hydro-electrti energy to th e to tal o u tp u t dropped d u rin g this m onth to 33 per c e n t—a s c o n tra ste d w ith an a v e ra g e of 40 per cen t for th e y ear 1928. T h is d e c re a s e in th e am o u n t of w a te r pow er was esp ecially n o ticeab le in C alifo rn ia, w hose hydro-elee trie p ro d u ctio n w as 69.000.000 k ilo w att-h o u rs below th a t of D ecem ber and 126.00l),000 k ilo w att-h o u rs below th a t of Ja n u a ry . 1928, and w as th e sm allest rep o rte d since F ebru ary . 1926. A larg e d e crease is re p o rte d for w ater, pow er in M ichigan also. T h e e x tre m e ly w ide flu ctu atio n s In th is w a te r pow er ra tio from th e high p o in t of 45 p er c e n t In May. 1928. to th e c u rr e n t figure of 33 p er c en t show s th e efTect of the v a ria tio n s of p re c ip ita tio n and stre a m flow upon the possl- b ilitie s o f h y d ro e le c tric output an d th e Increasingly Im p o rta n t p a rt w hich steam p la n ts m u st play In providing for th e in c re a se In th e co u n try ’s d em an d for pow er. • MANY TO URISTS IN 1929 T he g reatest tourist season in history is pre­ dicted for 1929. L ast year show ed a 10 per cent Increase in tourist traffic and th is year an even g re a te r season is predicted. T he 1928 crop of to u rists is estim ated a t 44 million, driving 11 m il­ lion autom obiles. It is estim ated th a t 32 million Stopped at hotels and reso rts while 12 million cam ped or stopped at cam p grounds. Ten days w as th e average length of tim e spent by hotel to u rists and th e average per person ■was $7.50 a day m ak in g a to ta l expenditure of $2,392,500,000. C am pers spent on an average $3.30 a day and w ere 30 days afield, with a total expenditure of $1,197,900,000. From this it can be seen th a t th e to u rist business is one of th e larg est in th e country. • • J__D R 0 P ^ y S T E A M ^>IT.*NTS p r o v i d e IN C R E A S E IN D E M A N D FO R P O W E R • BASEBALL TIM E • • • S H O R T E N P R E S ID E N T IA L C A M P A IG N S Som e people call it Spring. W e cal! it “ Baseball Time. ’ • It's m arked by the grow th of flowers, th e songs of birds, and a n irresistable im pulse in every m a n 's h e a rt to “go out and do som ething.’’ B aseball tim e is here! T he big team s are all ready for th eir battles, Men everyw here are already on th e ir local diam onds, h a ttin g dull care aw ay. They a re do- ins’ som ething. S tre n g th e n in g th e ir m uscles, in­ tensifying th«ir love of fair play. Playing. Ju st w atch th e excitem ent! Again we are to h e a r of the exploits of th e heroes of the diam ond, again we are to thrill to th e new s of this o r th a t hom e run. Again o u r niln't- t "« to he given *o the h e a lth ­ iest. happiest p r ^ t’^ e -ef invented bv 'nan. We a re a nation th at know s how to »lav " hich is th e sam e as saying th a t we know how to live. • • • These Are the Days In ju re s Foot M erle F o rtu n e. P ortland niun cm ployed on the W illam ette highw ay, w as h u rt M onday when he dropped a cu lv e rt on hl» foot, cru sh in g It and b reak in g onp bone He was tre a p 'd at th e office of a local physician and th en rem oved to th e Pacific C h ristian h o sp ital nt E ugene. (E llen sb u rg , W ash., R eco rd -P ress) I ! T h e p ro p o sal of G en eral Ja m e s G. H arb o rd to sh o rten th e p re s id e n tia l cam p aig n s h as m uch m erit and will appeal to m an y citizen s. T h is d istin g u ish ed so k iler of th e W orld w ar. now p re sid e n t o f th e R adio C o rp o ration of A m erica believes th a t long d raw n o u t cam p aig n s a re u seless and not in co n fo rm ity w ith ex istin g cond itio n s. He holds they a re h a rm fu l to b u sin ess th ro u g h tu rm o il and u n c e rta in ty and th a t th ey a re u nduly expensive. Legion M ay Change N ig h t A possible ch an g e of th e n ig h t of th e A m erican Legion m eetings front F rid ay to som e dBy e a rlie r in the week will he dlscnaaed at the m eeting Of the local post tom orrow night, ac co rd in g th e J M. L arson, com m ander. It Is believed hv m any of th e mem bers, Mr. Ioirson said, th a t a larg er T he g en eral p u rp o se th a t th e tw o n atio n al co m m ittees n u m b er will a tte n d If the m eeting d efer th e co nvention d a te s to th a t th e cam paign will not a re held som e o th e r n ig h t because of last lo n g er th an six w eeks. T h e long draw n out cam paigns co m p etin g a ttra c tio n s on F riday. a re a su rv iv al of th e sta g e coach d ay s and stu m p speak in g days, w hen c a n d id a te s had to tra v e l all o ver t(ie cou n try A u x ilia ry Head H ere in o rd er to get th e ir m essag es to th e people. In th is dav Mrs. Anna H. K aye, of The Dalles of radio, teleg rap h and d ally n ew sp ap ers w ith th e ir wide d is tric t p re sid e n t of the U nited Span sp read circ u la tio n s. It is p ossible fo r th e peoplp to know- Ish W ar V e te ra n s auxiliary, visited In m ore ab o u t th e cam p aig n and Its Issues in a six w eek ’s S prlngfiel I M onday n s th e gu. t of period th a n th ey w ere ab le to le a rn In th e old days. M rs C F. Egginiiinn, who Is sei ■ tary T he long d raw n o u t cam p aig n s a re a su rv iv al of past and both ne -aneoorc in E u g en e tr^'in g to s e ttle po litical cu sto m s, such as th e official notify ing of th e ca n d i­ th e annual qofiqni m»- >t ao p ear« th a t th e o T 'ee dates, th e delay In th e m eetin g of the cl e to ria l college of school director m ight as well be ab o lish ed . for m o n th s a fte r th e cam p aig n is o v er and everyone know s th e re s u lts . It is a retie of th e p ast like w aiting for four — H arrisburg Bulletin. • • • m onths a f te r th e electio n before th e new ly elected presl- T he movie cam eras nre »nw in place so action dent and co n g ress ta k e s office. It Is to be hoped th at th e it tbn Pavolution has sta rte d T he side n atio n al co m m ittees of th e m a jo r p a rtie s will ta k e co g n i­ zance of th e proposal. th a t seils the m ost m oving picture rig h ts u ing W ’t h t h e h : " h tension service, a re to en co u rag e a b u sin ess polnt-of-.view in fa n n in g to illu s tra te a m ethod w hich anyone ma» apply w ith m odifications to his own situ atio n , and finaltv Io estab lish sta n d a rd s for fu tu re developm ent In O regon ag ricu ltu re. Many farm er», th e bulletin points out. a re striv in g to succeed u n d er c ir­ cu m stan ces w hich do not p erm it sue cess. S eventeen th o u san d fa rm e rs In O regon In 1925. or one fourth th e total, had a net equity of only $6,200 in th eir business. Including both home and taint Even allow ing libera) return» on both cap ital and labor. the Income from th e se farm s m ust n e cessarily be sm all. T he first b u lletin take» up th e mat te r s of ad eq u ate feed, effective use of by-product», c a p ita l and lab o r re­ q u irem en ts. In debtedness, and Income A gro ss incom e of nt least $3,500 Is needed to provide $1500 for living ex penses for the faintly. It was found. h a lt th e p a r e n ts Hy Albert T. R e td of the E ugene c h a p te r of tlie auxiliary M rs E gginiatin took her guest on a sight-seeing to u r of th is p a rt of lain«- co u n ty in th e aftern o o n . Monday ev en in g a b an q u et w as given in h e r 1 honor a t th e E ugene arm ory. a girl a g ain st h e r will, and d u ring the proceedings the girl went Into the box "Y ou say ," said the counsel for th e defense, " th a t my client took »oil by su rp rise , and th a t you gave him no en co u rag em en t* " "I do.” replied the girl. "D oesn't It s trik e you as trs n g e th at he should hav e m anagisl to kiss von as you w ere unw illing*" added the counsel "l»m k at my client and th en c o n sid er your own height W hy. you a re n e a rly a foot ta lle r th an he I s " "W ell, w hat of It 7" re to rte d the girl. "1 can stoop, c a n 't I ’ " ills han d s a re cold Ills eves a re d in t: F rien d w ifey W aited up for hint Kite w as only a sh o e m a k e r's ilaugli te r. tint site was good to th e last. WARNING S T A T E O F OR IX ION FOR T U B COUNTY OF LANE E tta M urphy. Plaintiff. V».. J lra h E. Murphy . D efendant. To JIR A H E M t'R I'H Y T he Above Nam ed Defendant IN I DE NAME O F T IIE S T A T E O F O R E G O N you a re hereby req u ired to appear and a n sw er tile com plaint filed a g i Ills! von In tbi' above e n titled court and cause on or before (ho 251b day of April 1929 said d a te being m ore than four w eeks from the day of the first publication of th is Sum m ons h erein • n te re d of Yei-ord and If voti fell so to a p p e a r and an sw er fur want th e re ­ of Hie P laintiff will apply Io the C ourt for the re i,of In h e r com plaint a g a in st von dem anded, to wit F or a Judgm ent an d d ecree of D ivorce dissolving th e bonds of m a tri­ mony now and h e re to fo re ex istin g be­ tw een co» inni th e P laintiff on th e grounds of cru el and Inhum an tr e a t­ m ent mid for such o th e r relief as to the Court may seem m eet and e q u it­ able. T hat th is sum m ons Is served Upon von by publication th tre o f In T H E S P R IN G F IE L D NEWS* a newspaper of general circu latio n p u rsu an t to an order of th e C ircuit C ourt of the S ta te of O regon for th e C ounty of I a n s dui» ' m ade unit e n te re d of reco rd on th e ' 23rd d ay of M arch, 1919 ordering th a t th is sum m ons be published o m e each week for four con secu tiv e and surre»- slve w eeks |n the Springfield N ews, and th a t th e d ate of th e first p u b lica­ tion sliall be Mari b 28th. 1929 ami the -lati of the last nuhlleufloti Will le- on the JRth dav »f April, 1929 TO ALL C O N CERN ED ; All re p re s e n ta tiv e s of obi line or fra te rn a l com panies a re hereby w arn ed a g ain st fu rth e r p ro paganda th a t ra te s of M tslern W oodm en of Am erli u In su ran ce will he raised next Ju n e at th e head ru m p session In C hicago F u rth e r re p o rts