PAGB FOUR
TH E SPRIN G FIELD NEWS
THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
Babliaksd Ev«ry Thuraday at
Springfield. Laoa Count/, Oregon. by
THE WILLAMETTE PRESS
H. E. MAXEY. Editor.
E n u red aa second claaa m atter. February 24. IMS at the
poetofflee, Springfield. Oregon
M A IL S U B S C R IP T IO N RATE
i year In Advance-------*1.75
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Three Months
S in g le Copy
CROWS ARE USEFUL
. History of Local Names
R esearches have proven th a t the crow is one
of th e m ost useful of living things to have about
th e farm .
T h e crow e a ts beetles, locusts, grasshop|>crs.
crick ets anil o th er d estructive bugs. T herefore
th e D epartm ent of A griculture su g g ests th at the
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crow should not be killed m erely for fun. but
should be allowed to live and c arry on its use
ful w ork for the benefit of tth e farm er.
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THURSDAY. AUGUST 15. 1929
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THURSDAY. AUGUST IB. 1929
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C A N A R Y — T h is
place
received
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was form erly known a« Acme It was
T he best solution is to place the crow on the nam ed, by the railway company for
C. C. and I B. Cushman, local resi
T he Mt. Hood tram is being ag itated again to ^ T l is t .
dents. The com pany already hud an
m ake ascension of a g re a t m ountain easy.
F rom now on. to do his bit in th e g rea t work acme on its line», ami did not wish
M ountain clim bing is like o th e r th in g s in th e of farm relief, th e crow m ust be allow ed to com e io duplicate, and after the station
w orld—reaching the top of a m ountain is best into the co u n try w ithout any duty, tax or «'“ • changed, the post office author-
Itles follow ed su it
The name Acme
appreciated a fte r it is w orked for and we fear bounty!
was
originally
applied
by Mr» W A
th a t those who ride up will not be so well
We look to C ongress to put free crow s in the Cox, an early settler. It Is said that
satisfied.
tariff hill.
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B ut while we a re considering an easy w ay up
m ountains we m ight as well consider an air- Tlie v acan t farm houses on the T um alo irriga-
port on top of the S outh Sister. T he p e rp e tu altio n project w est of Bend is not very good ad-
Ice in the lake of the S outh S iste r c ra te r would vertising for reclam ation. High w ater costs ami
m ake a good landing field. If it were on M ount low farm m ark et prices do not leave a living for
Hood it would be used as such, and th ere would the farm er in m anv cases.
be no talk of a tram . The S outh Sister is the
third highest peak in O regon and in m any ways
Is a b e tte r m ountain th an Hood. An a ir trip to
now begins to look th a t we will be using
the top of a m ountain would give one m ore
new Springfield bridge before C hristinas at
thrills th a n a tram way and would be b e tte r ad- least.
vertising. then too. it would not be n ecessary to
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Spoil the scenic beauty of the m o u n tain building
It.
Editorial Comment/
C E N S U S T A K IN G
HAS N O VEL FEA TU R E
(D ally Journal of Com m erce.)
FARMERS MUST CO-OPERATE
If the farm er is going to derive th e m axim um
benefits from the new farm relief legislation
th en he m ust co-operate, because it is only by
th is m eans th a t m arketing help can be given
him. T he new chairm an of th e Federal Farm
board. Alexander Legge, sum m ed up th e farm
situation in a sta te m e n t in which he said:
How many persons are there In the United S ta tes* How
many anim als— how much goods In circulation—haw large
the “army
of
unemployed"?
We.
as
everybody
else,
would hardly like to say, but If you watt long enough
U ncle Sam's tellers will furnish the figures.
More than
*39.500.000 will be appropriated by C ongress for the task,
which Is to be com pleted
estim ated.
In
about
six
months.
Is
Is
‘‘In my judgm ent, the a n sw er can be stated
There are several novel features about this year's cen-
briefly. A rgiculture has operated as an individu sus taking which distinguish It from past undertakings
al enterprise com peting with organized effort in The country's population Is increasing at the rate of about
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o th er industries—individual actio n and .1 planning
a , c o m n a r e d w it h r n l l i w i v t h l v .
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surpasses anything In his-
F -d 1th collective thinking and acting, tory. An ex cess of births over deaths and of im m igration
“T he m arked tendency in o th e r industries
is
tow ard larg e r groups in which m any m inds col
lectively determ ine policies and plans and follow
them through. T his distin ct difference betw een
ag ric u ltu re and o th e r industries is apparently
p retty m uch all over th e world, although p er
haps in m ost countries it is n o t so pronounced
as in our own United S ta te s .”
J. E. T orbet, form erly high school principal
In Springfield, is candidate fo r s ta te highw ay
com m issioner to succeed C. E. G ates, of Med
ford. whose term expires next year. Mr. Torbet.
who now lives a t R oseburg, is try in g to develop
support th a t G overnor P a tte rso n m ay appoint
him com m issioner for W estern Oregon H e says
he taxors th e bunding of the C ascade highway
and the im provem ent of th e old m ilitary high
way over th e W illam ette pass. T he position nays
no salary. Mr. T orbet says he w ishes the job for
th e pleasure of stra ig h te n in g out the bad curves
and reducing the g rad es now existing on our
highw ays and when he g ets th a t done he will
have perform ed a real service to the state.
the enum erators to cover. The latter are to carry charts
show ing Just what information they must obtain.
is reading the ThertnometzeJ
D oc ,-T hat Dr
L otta
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I t s a h o t tim e
IN THE OLD TOWN
But you w on't mind th at m uch if you arc one of th e p a t
ro n s of E ggim ann's fountain
We have th e beat thirst
q u en ch ers know n and we know how to mix them to suit
your taste.
W e 'r e a l w a y s b u s y b u t w e g e t a p l e a s u r e o u t o f b e in g
b u s y b e c a u s e w e a r e m a k i n g f o lk s h a p p y
T a k e along a box of E ggim ann's candy when you go
on your vacation.
F G G IM A N N ’S
“W here the Service In D ifferent”
Free! Free! Free!
AIRPLANE RIDE
With ih»' Hobl A irw ays
PU RCH ASE
ONE OF OUR USED CARS
W ith tin <). K. T h a t Count«
AND RIDE WITH HGBI
FREE
OUR
USED CARS
W ith an O. K. T h a t C ounts
are
R econditioned or Checked and «old under our
SATISFACTION GUARANTEE
MORRIS CHEVROLET Co.
942 Olive Street,
EUGENE
OREGON
USED CAR LOT 7th and OAK
<»inin— iiaww
CAN’T TALK TO WIFE;
TOO CROSS AND NERVOUS
"Even my husband couldn’t talk
All th is Information is strictly confidential, and delib to me. I was so cross and nervous
erately m isleading the cen su s taker Is a violation of law Vlnol has m ade me u different and
happy woman."— Mrs. N. McCall
punishable by fine and im prisonm ent.
V lnol Is a compound of Iron,
phosprates, cod liver peptone, etc
The very FIRST b ottle m akes you
sleep b etter and have a BIG appe
tite. Nervous, ea sily tired people
Albert T. Reid
are surprised how QUICK the Iron,
phosphates, etc., give new life and
pep. Vlnol ta stes delicious. K etels
Drug Store.
Anyway, Something Has Made Him Feel Better
(\Vkile
Mrs Cox dreamed she w as to live In
a place culled Acme, so when her
husband p la it'd a tow nstte In lam e
county th te p la n ' was called Acme
T his post
post
office
was
MABEL Thia
named for Miss Mimi Mabel Drury,
second daughter of the first post
m aster.
Alfred
Drury.
The poat
office was esfnblshed there In I STS
WINBERRY Willi«' t ry post office
Is located near the mouth of Win
berry Creek
W inberry Is unotber
name for w hortleberry and Is ap
piled more or less dlarrlm lnately fo
various spei'ies of vaelnlum. The
form wlndberry is incorrect.
SWISSHOME The
name S w iss
home originated because of the fact
that a S w iss fam ily lived about a
m ile w est of the present site of the
post office. The locality where this
family lived was called Sw lsshom e.
!lni* when the post office was estab-
lished about 1914 the nam e was
transferred to the new locality
NOTI— Postm aster H. O. Suttler
informed the com piler of the very
unusual origin of the name In the
follow ing word»: "In the early days
an Indian and a w hite man were
traveling together from a point on
the coast Into the W illam ette Valley
with on* horse betw een them
In or-
l,er to makH "" rup,d
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possible, they were doing what 1»
knf)Wn „ .rld|ng an„
()n „
wouW takl> th(. horHe anij r|dP ahead
° rer emigTation are the cauaes o( th l* 11 is ‘•«■mated a distance, tie .
horse and proceed
that the population next year will probably have read ied on foot. When his com panion reach-
the sum total of 120.000,000, which Is thirty tim es that ed ,h e polnf where the horse was
tied, he In turn mounted and rode a
o f 1790, when the first census was taken.
given d istance beyond hts partner
The much mooted question betw een Republicans and and tied ,hp horse again. It Is said
D em ocrats— "What is the extent of unem ploym ent?''— that the w hite man had agreed to
tie the horse at about the point
will be settled , and this, too. is a proceeding never author
where Notl Creek Joins the Ixing
ixed before In a decennial census hill. Nor, for thte mat Tom river, where the present town
ter, does the gathering of figures relating to the dlstrl- of N oll Is located, but Instead he
button of goods have any preeedent. although Mr. Hoover double-crossed thp Indian and rode
strongly advocated such a provision when he was secret on ,o ®‘u*en’’' leavin g the Indian to
walk.
When the Indian discovered
ary of com m erce.
that he had been Jobbed, he Is said
T he 190.000 persons who go from door to door gather- l" have exclaim ed. 'Him no tie,' and
the place received
Its
Ing sta tistics will be paid according to the number of therefore
nam e.”
noses counted. A supervisor »-111 preside over each of the
565 d istricts, which are to he divided into section s for
A total of 4(1 days of work were
struck hi a stick which flew out of
the conveyor, striking him on U ir
finger The third man lost three day»
: work u lo'ii lie was si ruck on the hand
by a 11*13 which fell from a hunk.
The fourth em ployee lost ten days
;
work as the result of som e had »liver»
In his hand, and the fifth lost IS dava
due to an Injury In hi» hack when he
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fell to the floor from a chalnfl
unusual mime bacaaae local real- lost by em ployee» at the Springfield
dent» could find none other which Booth Kelly mill us the result of five
Industrial accident» during the month
* ‘‘uW
b°,?‘ th,“
of July, according to a report Just
“,u' ,he r*"r““,“
mime» were su ggested but to no posted by O. II. Jarrell, superlnten-
avail. The name Canary ha» no dent.
kwai sign ifican ce and It la not knowu
The record for July was som ewhat
One man lost nine days us the re
now who »uggeated it.
sult of an Infection In h is bund b etter than that for June, when 43
C U S H M A N - C u s h n iu u la a »tatIon
4nd .
on ,h(. Coo. H„y resulting from a »liver. Another lost day» were lost as the result of ac
MBe ,,f the southern P acific company th ree day» a» the result of being cident»
Som e people will Im m ediately rem em ber th at
th
e
crow c a ts corn as well as hugs.
N everthe-
Plow deep, while sluggards sleep.
less
it
is
com
ing
to
be
believed
th
a
t
th
e crow is and i» on the north hunk of the sin»
And you shall have co rn to sell o r keep.
Well, w hat ,aw rtver 11
about a mile weat
—Franklin. a t least as useful as it is useless.
can be done about it 7
"f "*• <*•>■“ ■ cos»»««ttJ
IJCT THEM FLY I T
MILL EMPLOYEES LOSE
43 DAYS FROM MISHAPS
What “Rest-Haven”
Means To YOU
By
Back From C an ad a-M r. nnd Mrs.
W. C. W right and fam ily have re
turned from a three w eek s’ trip to
W atrous.
Saskatchew an.
Canada,
where they visited at the home of
Mrs. W right’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. S cott.T hey
went by way of
Y ellow stone N ational Park, and re
turned by the way of Banff. Alberta,
where th ey also visited with friends.
M eachams at Newport Mr. and
Mrs. C hauncey Meacham ure spend
ing their vacation on the beach at
Newport. They will be gone from
; Springfield about tw o w eeks.
OU have heard about Rent-H aven, of
c o u rse —th e new m em orial park d e
velopm ent out on Hie S pencer B utte
road. P e rh ap s you have driven by, and ob
served th e im provem ents th at are being put
in as rapidly as possible the clearin g oper
atio n s the w inding roadw ays th e p re p a r
atio n s for extensive landscaping.
Y
B ut you d o n ’t really know an y th in g about
R est-H it veil until you have been told w hat
It m eans to you.
E ventually— when (he developm ent is
com pleted R est-H aven will be a com pleted
m em orial park a place of in te rm e n t in
harm o n y with the m ost m odern Ideas—
beautiful, dignified, distinctive.
But* rig h t now R est-H aven offers you a
rem ark ab le and a ttra c tiv e o p p o rtu n ity to
particip ate in an investm ent th at requires
b u t a sm all outlay of capital, and th a t gives
prom ise of u n u su al profit com bined with
th e elem ent of unquestioned security.
T h a t’s w hat R est-H aven m eans to you.
We want you to let us tell you all about it.
O ur office is in room s 536-7-8 T h e M iner
Building. O ur telephone num ber is 830.