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TUK SPRINGFUELD NEWS
THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
Published Ev»ry Thnrw lay at
•prtngfleld. Lane County. Orefun. by
T H E W IL L A M E T T E PRESS
H. E. M A X E Y . Editor.
Entered as second cla ss matter. February 24. 1803 at the
poatofllce. Springfield. Oregon
INDEPENDENCE DAY
LOCAL STUDENTS TO
MOUNTAIN STATES
APPEAR IN RECITAL
T he gayest, b rightest day in all th e year is
PEOPLE HOLD PICNIC
AT EUGENE SATURDAY
Independence Day. for no tru e Am erican can help
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! T he iifn.-lul« nml employ««» o f the
being thrilled by the stirring events ami tumult«
T h re e S p rin g field girl», M argaret S p rin g field M ountain S tate»
Pow er
units national ad v en tu res that preceded the sign
picnic
ing of the D eclaration id' Independence and the J a r r e tt, B a rb a ra B ariudl. and Melba 1 com pany held th e ir a n n u a l
birth of the United S ta te s as a land dedicated to ,,“rr,!* w,ll •'<' preaented in a piano Sunday a ftern o o n mid ev ening at
freedom ami equality.
re c ita l at th e M cM orran
mid W a«h R lvorslde P ark , n ear (loahen on Die
hurtle
a u d ito riu m
In
E ugene
Sat
lit file t, the em otions tit patriotism aroused by urday night by Reuben ch ariy i
th e F ourth ot July at»* so powerful th a t malty tio ffrclu re. E ugene ntualc te a c h e r
tim es they have led persons to excess.
T h e co n cert w tn begin m s o'clock
mul
will he open to th e public.
In su n -b u rst of joy, persons have not exer
THURSDAY. JU L Y 4. 1829
T he p ro g ram for th e evening 1« a«
cised enough care in celebration, and countless
follow»
tragedies have u n fortunately been the result.
A REASONABLE OFFER
MEI.HA HARRIS
Firew orks produce beautiful effects and help R oguish S unbeam »
L ouise Ogle
The Highway Com m ission’s offer to build 100
greatly in the proper celebration of this day o f
M ich.let Aaron
feet m ore concrete open approach to th e west days, but great ear«1 must be tak en in th eir use T h e Flying K ite
T he Lim pid S tre a m
tlurgm ulh r
end of the Springfield bridge for the sake of set- T he more d angerous kind of firew orks ought to ¿«j,,. Chas,
llu rg m u ller
tling the controversy seem s to us m ost liberal, be discarded altogether.
BARBARA D ARNELL
W hile we have not approve«! all the highw ay 1 Above all. no parent should allow a child to La Strytenne, No. H
llu rg m u ller
llu rg m u ller
d ep artm en t's plans for the new bridge we do be- rem ain uuw atehed on this day. R em em ber the B aiiaide. No. is
llu rg m u ller
lieve th a t this is a reasonable offer and it Is words of Ed Howe: "It is b e tte r to be safe titan Inquietude. No ts
Sorry.
Ia> R etour, No. 35
llu rg m u ller
evident th a t the public does also.
M ARC Alt ET J \ R H E T T
111 Iter
If the bridge's use is to be delayed longer while ADVERTISING WHERE BUSINESS COMES Rtudjr. Op 45. No 2
FROM
M om ent of M emory
M onitor P h a se
the fight continues through the suprem e court
L eslie b o th
Replying to criticism th at O regon's advertising Tripping
then the responsibility for the delay m ust rest
P relude. Op 28. No. 7
Chopin
w ith the West Springfield com m ittee. T axpayers should be in th e east w here there a re 121 millions
MEI.1IA H A RRIS
who dislike having this expensive bridge standing of
instead of the west w here th ere a re only Sw eet D ream «, Op 39. No. 21
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s seven millions the O regon S ta te C ham ber of
Tachalkowsky
idle will now have their eyes on this com m ittee I Com m erce says:
Sw aying of P ines, Op. 17. No. 2
M embers of this com m ittee will soon have a re-1
Of the 90,248 e a rs registered In O regon last
M attingly
putation of either being o bstructionists or reason- year, 53,031 or 58-1, ', were from California, D ance of the Dwarf.» M ichael Aaron
able citizens, depending on their actions in the i 78.821 of 87 1-3', were from Pacific Coast and
BARBARA R A R N E L l.
im m ediate future. The E ugene and Springfield In term o u n tain states. And the 53,031 c a rs from jackstraw»
W alter Rolfe
C ham bers of Com m erce have done all th ey could S a .1? t,’Lnia " ere on!-v
o i a ^ th e vars registered Away w. o«>
F ru n cea T erry
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in C alifornia, in o th er words, 5 8 -4’,7 of ou r bust
b. W right
to bring this issue to a fair com prom ise and the ness represents only 4 of ou r possibilities. T hat T he Bell
M argaret J arrett
highw ay com m ission has com e half way. If W est - is why the sta te cham ber opened an office in To a w ild R«.»e
M cDowell
Springfield continues to hold up this expensive C alifornia, sent Mr. F o ster to the Yellowstone Yellow B utterfiie«
Evan»
and needed bridge, she can expect no sym pathy l’a rk area a n ^ *s conducting an advertising can t S c a rf D ance
C ham inade.
or aid from eith er Eugene or Springfield in fur- Pai/*n !n
th e w eestern sta te s. W hen we get
th e r solving her flood problem s.
'
e l° talifornia 3 we U take in HUNTLY'S BACK FROM
rtiore territory.
TOUR THROUGH NORTH
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OREGON NEEDS PROMOTION
TH E SW EET POTATO
Mr anil M rs M B. Ilu n tly re tu rn e d
ON BUSINESS BASIS
Sw eet potatoes a re e ith e r long and thin o r S a tu rd a y night from a th re e week»'
C alifornia has gone ahead by leaps and bounds sh o rt and chunky, and E astern co n su m ers prefer ,our tha*
,h’’m dimugh Wesaern
chieflv because she has gone about in a business the short and chunky ones. T his discovery led O regon and W ash in g to n T hey left
like way of advertising her resources
John to research which resulted in an am azing m ani- S pringfield Ju n e 8. sto p p in g m Port
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testatio n of m an 's knowledire o f t h e » o il a m t '»»<1 for a few d ay s to a tte n d tth e
u y, m anaging trector of The C alifornians, m an 's power to direct the shape
of vegetable Rose F «"’iv»l P m or P o rtla n d they
Inc., who has the direction of her publicity cam - grow th
w ent to C am p C latso p to the N ational
sto p p in g en ro u te
paigns. told the Oregon Editorial convention a t
The New Jersey S ta te A gricultural E xperim ent Guard
visit th e ir d au g h ter.
Albany, Friday.
S tation proved th a t the chunky variety of sweet
St
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potato will grow only in soil to which fertilizer Mrs. F red Loubow, and at A storia to
c l i m T r » aU fK
Ornia««at
n° thing bUt r k h æ potassium in relation to nitrogen has been visit Mr«. H u n tly 's fa th e r. W illiam
clim ate to offer, but a lte r she had a ttra c te d peo- applied. On the basis of five y ears of experim ent Pohl. Mr Pohl accom panied thorn
pie bv her clim ate she then interested them in by P rofessor S cherm erhorn, potato grow ers of on ’h,‘ r, r”“'n,l,'r of ,he ,rl>’
industry, so th a t they would have som ething to New Jersey now have available a form ula for fer-
Whll,‘ in th,‘ A",or,a vl<,n,,y Mr
do. T en years ago S o u th ern C alifornia w as in
s ^ o r t ^ h u 'X y '^ X s ^ a v ^
MrYun’ . ^ w’.‘s „ ' I S
MAIL SUBSCRIPTION RATE
" * • yaar In A dvance-------$1.75 Three M o n th » _____ 75c
■tv Month» ...........
$l i"' Single Copy .............be
b u n /nidSt
a"
|b° Oin‘ bUt " 0W She haS
built up to substantial prosperity, Mr. Cuddy
pointed out. N orthern California has advertised
to r selected settlers and has been grow ing rapid-
ly and substantially, although not so sensationally
as S outhern California.
high PerceRtage of protein, and long, thin ones
• a high percentage of carbohydrates
, Specifications were given as to the ideal dim en-
sions of the com m ercial sw eet potato. Four and
a half inches long and two and a half inches thick-
We are willing to w ager th a t these specifica-
!,s a rap,aln ,lur'" K ,h" wnr
Whlle
th e r e th ey «aw th e s te a m e r "L a u re l"
; h‘c*
tai’r“l(,
X "
e"! '"s, "’""¡s
's '
,h(. °wre"k
look«,.,
th e for,
C re rn n
n o x -aitai
c t r
1 tions will be m et. And th e re is som ething inspir-
The H u n tlv s and Mr. Pohl crossed
w t 8 w
parallel N orthern California and ,ng m the tho u g h t. Now th a t the farm er can the Columbia on a fe rry to the W ash
W ashington in advertising and can expect the guide the destiny of the sw eet potato, th e re 's no ington »hie and th e n drove to Ana
sam e results, it is believed. But it can not be , telling w hat he'll be able to do next!
co rte s, W ash in g to n ,
located eighty
done w ithout m ore m oney is spent th an has been
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m iles n o rth of S e a ttle on th e C ana
in the past. If Oregon is to go ahead it behoves T here are a lot of bootleg au to licenses from
1!^. b?un',“ry' Th. T
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her to organize on a business basis and profit by C alifornia ru n n in g around in Oregon. S ecretary Pohl, b ro th e r of Mrs. H u n tly nu<l a
fo rm er S p rin g field m an. Mr l’nhl 1»
th e experience oi her neighbors to the n o rth and o? S ta te Hoss should cheek up on those citizens em ploye I a« rad io chief o f th e revc
south
who pay their license fee in C alifornia or have a
| friend mail them licenses from th a t state. It is ntie office of th a t d latrlct. A fter
a know n fact th a t scores of rem ailed C alifornia leaving A n aco rtes, Mr. and Mrs.
¡license plates are handled th ro u g h Oregon post- H u n tly re tu rn e d to A storia b why
of S e a ttle , T acom a and P o rtlan d , anti
The G erm ans now declare they did not s ta rt offices.
th en to S p rin g field by w ay of T illa
th e war. They have a g rea t nerve, these krauts.
m ook.
Bein ; >n th e spot we can a tte s t th a t they did not
T h e B ritish am bassador to the United S ta te s
finish th e war.
•» Carsons
Picnic H onors
has given up liquor and the Am erican am bassador
terso n s, including I
O ver tu lrty -flv e pci
to London has given up sh o rt pants. Both differ
’letit, w ere p resen t I
se v eral from S prlngflc
from the custom s of the service they are in.
None of the drivers of these large tru ck s on the 1
a t a picnic given at Ju n c tio n City
S unday In honor of Mr. anil Mr«.
highw ay we have m et have the inferiority
B right colors are said to have stim u latin g psy D avid C arson, who left M onday for
complex.
chological effect. T h a t’s why these shining m ulti th e ir hom e a t W elkin. W isconsin. Mr
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colored cars go p ast us so fast on the highw ay.
and Mrs. C arson had sp en t th e past
e
e
e
Sw itzerland has voted a g ain st prohibition. We
can im agine th a t drying up in Sw itzerland would
T aking a long trip is som etim es done on a
be lily trying to dip the oeean dry.
d o cto r’s advice but m ore often it’s a law yer’s.
PINKY DINHY
By Terry Gilkison
y e a r In the S p rin g field vicinity. The
picnic w as held at th e hom e of Mrs
C arso n 's s is te r and bro th er-in law.
Mr. and Mrs. P earl A dam s of Junc
tion City. Mr. C arson Is a cousin ot j
G eorge C arson and of Mrs. M arlon
A dam s of th is city.
M ilt Close» fo r Fou rth
T h e S pringfield Booth-K elly mill
will sh u t down from Ju ly 4 to 8. glv
Ing the em ployees a fo u r n a y s' v aca
tion. O p eratio n s will he resum ed on
M onday m orning.
W illam ette riv er T h e a ftern o o n was
»pent In sw im m ing and p la tin g game« ,
T h o se who w ere p re se n t w ere Dr
and Mrs. W N Dow and non. Hilly;
Mr» W C H ohhan and »on. Hobble;
Mr am t Mr» C It S u th e rla n d and
ch ild ren . Lloyd and H elen;
Ml»»
P earl
lle lte r b r a n d ;
Mr»
K slher
T hlene» and »on». H enry and J in k ;
Mr and Mr» E m ery R lchurdson and
ch ild ren , tliilah, R ichard and R o b ert;
Ml»» O nlta S m ith , Lloyil K lin g er; 11
C K n ig h t; Mr and Mr» F ra n k Sm lt
»on and ch ild ren , M axine and P rllx;
Ml»» E lw lna M eacham ; Mr and Mr»
E W a lte rs, M. I. W h ite; Mr and
Mr». W K B arnett and d au g h ter,
B a rb a ra ; M arilyn M ink; and Mr and
Mr» W C M, L agan and »on.«, R ussel
and R obert
R etu rn to Globe Mr»
F lorence
D unbar and h e r
alater. Mr«. Ada
H u rlb u rt, re tu rn e d S atu rd ay to th e ir
hom e» aa Globe, O regon, a fte r via,,-
mg In S pringfield w ith th e ir purenta.
Mr, and Mr«. O, p. K iser, for sev eral
days.
Spent
Sunday
at
Salem
Mr
VIVIAN LEMMON
T ea c h er of Plano and V io lin
S tu d en t Ellison W hite
C on serv ato ry ot Mualc, P ortland
Phone E ugene
I90K
503 5th SI
S a tu rd a y s
DR
E C MEADE
O P T O M E T R IZ T
____ 14- W t / T
«¿ h
AVE
OUR
USED CARS
With an O. K. T hat Countu
a re
R econditioned or Cheek«*,I and sold under our
SATISFACTION GUARANTEE
MORRIS CHEVROLET Co.
942 Olive Street,
EUGENE
USED CAR LOT 7th and OAK
OREGON
A Cooling Station
Don't get overheated, drop into E ggtm nnn's these hot
aftern o o n s and evenings anti have a nice Ice cream or cold
drink. We cool off m ore people titan anybody else in the
country. We like to do It. Follow the crowd her,« on hot
«lays and he assured of the best.
T ake hom e som e to the family also.
F G G IM A N N ’S
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"Where tha Service Is Different"
ECÍAL
RAIN
TO
CRESCENT LAKE
AND RETURN
Sunday, July
LEAVE SPRINGFIELD 7:00 A M.
Return
Leave Crescent Lake 5:30 P. M.
Leave O'Dell Lake 5:35 P. M.
Leave Cascade Summit 5:45
ROUND
TRIP
and
Mi» F red I.uck and tum lly sp en t Sun
day visiting fi lends at Salem
S 2 .0 0
ROUND
TR IP
Everybody Welcome— Join the Party and Enjoy a Wonder
ful Day’s Outing in
THE BEAUTIFUL CASCADES
MOTOR BOAT RACES
Under Auspices EUGENE MOTOR BOAT CLUB
CRESCENT LAKE, SUNDAY, JULY 7th
Class “B,” “C," and Unlimited. Plenty of Thrills,
Spills and Speed
Some of the Fastest Boats in the Northwest will
be there