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
»"
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.