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THURSDAY, JUNK 27. 1929
THK SPRINOFIEU) NBWB
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THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
Pabllthed Every Thursday at
Spring field, Lane County, Oregon, by
T H E W IL L A M E T T E PRESS
H. E. M A X E Y , Editor.
E n te n d as second cla ss m atter, February 24, 1903 at the
postofllce, Springfield, Oregon
Eugene, none too well served w ith good en
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th e new Springfield bridge and her city limits.
THURSDAY. JU NE 27. 1929
W hen the approaches are paved to the Spring-
field
bridge (If th e bridge is ever com pleted)
OILED ROADS COMING
would be a good tim e to do this added paving. A
T he council’s decision to oil Fifth street is a (c o n tra c to r would no doubt take both jobs at a
wise one. It will not be long now until all the low er figure th an each separately.
principal m acadam highw ays are oiled. The value
Of this kind of road has been d em onstrated both
FU TURE TAX BURDEN
from a utility and econom ic standpoint. The
cities and county should m ake fu tu re plans to oil
T he tim e is com ing w hen we will pay consider
a num ber of s tre e ts and roads every year. It is a b l y m ore for taxes th an we do now. A m ericans
the way to ge the m ost out of the highw ay dollar. ¡seem to be dem anding th a t the governm ent give
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! m ore and m ore in th e way of service and this
I costs m oney both for buildings and otlicial salary.
H undreds of people have been killed and in
jured in th is country during the past week, simply Bond issues m ount y ear a fte r year as long as the
m unicipal unit can find buyers for bonds. The
because the good w eather and the lure of the I peak
of paym ent is far in th e fu tu re with interest
highw ay m akes drivers of m otor ca rs m ore rec k
I piling up. T he next generation m ust be w onder-
less. "B etter be safe th a n so rry ” should be the
m otto qf all m otorists. Keep your eyes on the , ful producers or w illing to sacrifice som e of the
road and your speed under the limit. You m ay be I luxuries of life for the sake of paying taxes. Due
willing to take a chance yourself but think of the ( of ou r chief aim s in life is to m ake th in g s easier
for o u r children. However, som e tim es one
other lives you endanger.
w onders if a fte r all we a re not m aking it unhear-
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ably hard for them — leaving them a lot of debts
| to pay and depriving them of a choice of o p e ra t
The county court put back the w alk approach ing governm ent on a cash basis.
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to the new bridge on the west end. T here is one
th in g we can boast ab o u t— no o th er city in O re
Be generous w ith y our cheers and cau tio u s
gon has as fine a foot bridge across its river. T he w ith your jeers.
co u n ty and federal governm ent furnished the
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m oney for a w onderful bridge but th e s ta te won't
let us use it for m otor travel.
Editorial C om m ent,
U N P R O F IT A B L E
If a m an should go about tow n in only track
p a n ts and sleeveless sh irt th is hot w eath er he
would end up in jail. But a w om an— well, some
of them go about with even less if ou r eyes don't
deceive us. Talk about the equality of the sexes,
wom en have it all over us m ales w hen it com es to
freedom of dress.
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Most holdup m en consider wom en a nuisance
w hen th ere is a “job” to be done. N ot so the tw o
P o rtlan d bandits. They s ta rt out by kidnapping
tw o girls before they m ake a wild dash about
tow n holding up autom obiles and sh aking down
shieks for $1.50.
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We d on't th in k G overnor P atterso n should go
Into the cam paign tor re-election as governor this
com ing year with the uncom pleted Springfield
bridge as a m ounm ent in Lane county to his a d
m inistration. Political judgm ent would say th at
it would not he conclusive to vote g etting in this
p art of Oregon.
A Chicago m u rd erer killed his neighbor be
cause he said that he was too old to live. The
neighbor was ri lit if th ere is any justice in
C hicago—th e penalty of m urder should be death.
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It is b e tte r to d em o n strate how good you are
th an to talk about it.
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NEW INSURANCE PLAN
EVAN HUGHES AIDING
ADOPTED BY LOCAL 4L
GREATER OREGON WORK
T he efforts of som e W est Springfield people in
trying to get the Pacific highw ay betw een this
T he S pringfield 41, voted at a
E van H u g h es, of S pringfield, a
city ami Eugene widened is w orthy of c o n sid era stu d en t In th e U n iv ersity of O regon. special m eetin g held at tin* W oodm an
tion. T he highway should be from four to eight Is a m em b er of th e G re a te r O regon hull Tlillrsda« night to accept Go'
feet w ider to accom m odate the m any m otor comntilte«> for tin n in th O regon «11-! reco m m en d atio n of th e ex«'cutlve
trict. com posisl of l.une, I,Inn. and com m ute«' In rellm jutHhtug (lie group
vehicles traveling over it daily.
WIDENING T H E HIGHWAY
L E G IS L A T IO N
T h e A m erican 1» n oted as a fig h ter. T he title I« m erited.
He h as th e q u ality of stick-to-lt-lveness in h is n a tu re th a t
w ins. S o m etim es, h ow ever, he lo ses—even In v ictory.
I W h ere a p rin cip al is involved, especially, his s p irit of com-
b a tlv e n e ss m ay c a rry him on to such an em p ty trium ph.
He m ay be w rong hut he h an g s on to his co n v ictio n to the
I c o n tra ry w ith bulldog ten ac ity .
N ow here is th is m ore strik in g ly show n th a n In th e legal
i field. T h ere a re n u m erous in sta n c e s w here a d isp u te over
a few pennies h as cost a sm all fo rtu n e In litig atio n , and
o th e r in sta n c e s w here th e legal co n fest fo r th e possession
of an e s ta te h as e a te n up m any th o u sa n d s of d o llars and
b an k ru p te d th e c o n te s ta n ts.
llenton counties. T h e co m m ittee will
a tte m p t to give first hand Inform ation
on life at th e 1’n lvernlty and III«' poa
slhtlitie* of c o u rse s o ffered th e re to
every high school g ra d u a te In this
isn't of the s ta te s In te re ste d in a t
tending college. Till' co m m ittee will
work u n til the o pening of th e fall
term of school In S ep tem b er, staging
program s And ex h ib itio n s In som e
cities.
Paul H unt of P o rtlan d Is tile chair
man of th e w ork fo r G reon
Don
C am pbell of E ugene Is the ch airm an
of the n in th d is tric t com m ittee. O ther
m em bers a re Helm B rogden am i E arl
Nelson. E u g c t i « ';
K arl l.am lstrom .
L ebanon; Hex T o ssin g , H alsey ; 8 e - !
rena M adsen. Ju n c tio n Pit« . Luclll«
Sm all F ire at G oshen Tile hom e
M urphy. A lbany; am i Ross G lass. of Boh C openhaver at G oshen caught
C ottage G rove.
fire front th te flue M onday night, hut
the hlaze w as e x tin g u ish ed before a
State Rebekah P resid ent V isits
g re a t deal of ilam ue w as «lone
The
Mrs. H allie Ingalls of A lbany and chim ney w as hitrnlug out, ami som e
Mrs E sth e r Bond of Hals«’«, p re s i sp a rk s set fire to Go* roof
A ittim
dent and grand m a rsh a l of the He tier of n eig h b o rs aided Mr. Copen
hekah assem b ly of O regon, w ere h a v e r In pu ttin g out the fire
present at tile re g u la r m e etin g o f the
At A nderson Home II l> Brough
S pringfield group Monday night in ton of P o rtlan d v isited th is week at
the I. G. O. E hall. Mrs. In g alls' two th e hom e of Mr. uml Mrs
A A.
d a u g h te rs and a nu m b er of people A nderson
from E ugene w ere also g u e sts at the
m eeting
A d em o iistratlo n of th e de I
gree w ork of th e o rg a n izatio n was ,
given In honor of Mrs. Ingalls. The
s ta te p re sid e n t concluded th e pro '
rum w ith a sh o rt talk of g en eral In- j
te re st to th e R ebekah ord er. Light
re fre sh m e n ts w ere served
C a rs C ra s h
at
In te r s e c tio n
Endicott,
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DuRitit'HH wom en
know the value of
Hu» ainart atyle.
Keen vlaion our
glasses offer.
DR.E
C . MEADE
O P T O M E TR i n
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A C hevrolet sedan d riv en by Miss
E lizabeth K eeney of C hase G ard en s
collided w ith a W hippet coach driven
by E ugene C lover of E ugene a t the
c o rn e r of F ifth and I) s tre e ts S unday
aftern o o n about five o'clock
Miss
K eeney w as d riv in g down D s tre e t,
w hile C lover was tra v e lin g on F ifth.
T he force of th e ro llissio n th re w the
W hippet over on Its side, b ru isin g and
sc ra tc h in g th e o c c u p an ts hut not In
ju rln g them aerlo u sly . T he C hevrolet
w as not dam aged.
Hot W eather has come hut E gginuinii's has the stu ff Io
cool you off. O ur Ice C ream can't be heat when It com es
to low ering your tein|>erature anti o u r soft drinks sure hit
the spot.
If you're out for a drive com e p a st K gghnann's.
of folks do it and go aw ay smiling.
IxRa
FGGIMANN’S
JLei
"W h ere th s S urvlce is D ifferent"
«r
A u -S teel
a m e rc h a n t sp en t m ore th a n $900
five c en t p o stag e stam p . A nother
of his m other-in-law fo r 16 cen ts
to pay $612 in co sts, b esid es his
REFRIGERATOR
EW ER B U IL T /
T h e re is a reco rd in N'ew E ngland of a case w here suit
was bro u g h t for one c e n t; an d not in freq u en tly people get
into a legal fig h t w here less th a n a d o lla r is involved.
F u rth e r ev idence th at th e
th e th eo ry th a t ev ery w rong
found in th e fact th a t m ore
a re b ro u g h t before th e c o u rts
W infred
HEY! HEY!
M any people a re so c o n stitu te d th a t th ey would ra th e r
risk th e loss of th o u san d s of d o llars in co sts th a n pay five
c e n ts th ey th in k th y do not ow e; o th e rs will risk th o u san d s
to reco v er an in fin itesim al am o u n t th e y b elieve due to
them .
T hus, in a re cen t case,
to reco v er th e value of a
m an co n tested th e claim
H e lost and w as forced
a tto rn e y 's fees.
Knee
S p rin g field youth em ployed on th e
co n stru c tio n of the new riugon« pow er
plant, a t Leuburg, cut Ills knee q u it«
1 hndh M onday w hen an axe w hich lia
was using slipped. lie w as bro u g h t
to Sprlngfl« Id uml th e wound was
I rent tel at the office of a Io« al
In su ran ce policy of tile W est Coast physician
In su ran ce com pany am t accep tin g In
steail th at of Hi«' P rovident life In
Spent
D ay
in
P o r tla n d
M r and
siirau ee com pany of C haltailooga. Mrs H olbert Mill«'«« spent Sunday on
Ti'inu'ss«'«'
Plncek. P o rtlan d rep re a p le a su re trip to P ortland
seiitallv«' of llie com pany, explain««!
the pro|Misillon to the i t i i't t at a m eet
Ing at the p lant T h u rsd a y noon*.
One of th e prin cip al fearu res of the
now policy lif th a t a m an may co n
tin u e to re ta in the heiii'flts us long
a s he re ta in s his m em b ersh ip In the
41, and pays Ills dues, even though
he cease Io he an em ployee of a
lum ber eotiipany
T he se ttle m e n t of
all claim s will he m ade through a
local com m ittee.
A m erican firm ly believes In
h as Its legal rem edy may he .
th an five m illion civil su its
of th is co u n try ev ery year.
B
E S ID E S k e e p in g th e s c lc n tlfir a lly «we-
re e l te m p e ra tu r e a lw a y s , t lie t .r n e r a l
E le e t r ir R e fr ig e r a to r has m a n y u n iq u e fe a
tu re s. T h ia a p a r tm e n t nu w lel
T h e re a re m ore th an 100.000 a tto rn e y s to try th ese cases
—and to find "cau se ' for s ta rtin g o th e rs. And th e nu m ber
of a tto rn e y s is in c re a sin g a s th e fev er sp read s am ong the
people to "go to law " w ith th e ir tro u b les, real and fancied. I
Inis a n a ll-
•tea I c a b in e t th a t c a n n o t w a rp a n d th a t twee
less r u r r e n L I I lias a ll Its m e c h a n is m sa fely
enclose«! in
a n h e rm e tle a lly oealed steel
easing. I t is u n u s u a lly q u ie t in o p e r a tio n ,
T h e m an or wom an w ho talk s about o th ers to
you will talk aoout you to others.
It m ay be tru e th a t ev ery w rong has Its legal rem edy,
b u t in m an y cases th e rem ed y Is m ore o p p ressiv e th an the
w rong.—N atio n 's B u sin ess M agazine.
e n tir e ly a u to m a tic a n d w o rry -p ro o f.
H e a lth a u th o ritie s ag re e tlia t th e r e la a d r fi-
u ite " ila u g c r p o in t” in th e p re s e rv a tio n o f
foo«ls a n d th is «Ia n g er p o in t is fifty degrees.
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SO degrees! W h e n th e te m p e ra tu r e rises e v e a
a d e g re e
or tw o a b o v e th a t, b a c te ria n in llL
p ly a n d flo u r is h — fo o d * s p o il a n d b e co m e
u n safe to e a t . . .
a mena««e to g«nwl h e a lth .
T a k e yowr own re frig e ra to r’s tem p era ta r e
. . . at d iffe re n t tim es o f the «lay. I f it regia-
tere several degrees below fifty —u n d e r a ll
conditions— then you w ill know th a t you»
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food Is being safely preaerveiL I f it <lucea*t,
yon owe It to y o u r fam ily's h ea lth to bivea-
tigata the G en eral E lectric R e frig e ra to r.
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down payment will place on e in yonr l i o t n a .
Listen in on the (io n o ra l K tn -trir H ou r,
b r o a d r a tt ovory S a tu r d a y ovon iiyi, 9 la 1 0
E a tlo m S ta n d a r d T im o, oner the ^ .U ■ C ,
a r tw o r k o f f o r ty - tw o ita tio iu .
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