♦ THURSDAY, JUNK 27. 1929 THK SPRINOFIEU) NBWB PAO« POUR T 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 ­ MAIL SUBSCRIPTION RATE tra n c es to that city, could well tak e up th e pro ­ ___ 75c Owe year In Advance____ $1.75 Three Months ■tv . _..6c position to w idening th e Pacific highw ay betw een $1.00 Single Copy 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 • • • ! 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- • • • 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. • • • 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 • • • 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. • • • 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. • • • 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. • • • It is b e tte r to d em o n strate how good you are th an to talk about it. Cuts 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, ■» 4 « ,5 » 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 14- W E / T 8 ™ AVE « 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. <1 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» 4 food Is being safely preaerveiL I f it ■«»<■•>■• ♦