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THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
Pafcllahed Every Thursday at
Springfield, Lane County, Oregon, by
THE WILLAMETTE PRESS
H. E. MAXEY. Editor.
btered as secon d atasi! matter, February 24, 1903 at the
>etftH Springfield, Oregon
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THURSDAY, O CTO BER 17. 19?9
AVIATION CENTER
RUSHING INTO TH E AIR
THURSDAY, OCT. 17, 1929
OIL T H E McKENZIE HIGHWAY
fa rm e r p a sto r of the S pringfield
HIGH SCHOOL PAPER
LOCAL RESTAURANT
! M ethodist ch u rch from 1920 to 1924,
MAKES BOW LAST FRI.
IS RE-DECORATED ! w as in th e city for a sh o rt tim e o a
Every foot of the McKenzie highw ay th a t is
up to sta te sta n d a rd s should be oiled from
T he firs t issue of the Ju n io r C lass
T h e E agle cafe on Main s tr e e t has ' M onday. He was on his way to Bend
Springfield to S isters this com ing year. P a rts E choes, th e official high school been "com pletely red eco rated d u ring | w here he w as to hold his first q u a r­
of this highway which have not been improved p ap er w as d istrib u te d a t th e high th e la s t few days. New w all paper te rly co n ference sin ce being eleetd
to sta te stan d ard s should be rebuilt in 1930. The school last F riday. T he ed ito rs for of a very a ttra c tiv e p a tte rn has been to h is new post a t P o rtlan d recently.
th e nine pages m im eographed publi­
He w as also plan n in g on in v e s tig a t­
McKenzie was one of the finest sta te highw ays cation a re try in g a new idea th is put on th e w alls, th e w oodw ork has
on which im provem ents was started , yet it now y e a r and a re a tte m p tin g to have an been painted, also th e booths and ing som e m a tte rs p e rta in in g to his
tables. New light fix tu res have also
appears a t the present ra te th a t it will be one illu stra te d cover ready for each is­ been in stalled to tak e the place of church body a t R edm ond w hile e a st
of th e C ascades.
of the last completed. We have loitered along sue.. D aisy T o m seth and B arb ara the fo rm er ones.
Rev. Y arns is now m aking his hom e
W illiam G oodm an, th e p ro p rieto r,
with this road long enough. County officials C handler w ere th e cover a rtis ts for
a t Salem . He w as a p a sto r at O regon
the first issue.
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and the people in general should now insist
A sk it w as p resen ted a t th e w eekly placing of a new neon sign in front City before he w as given the new
th a t this road be com pleted a t once.
position.
assem b ly T h u rsd ay m o rning to a d ­
The governor’s party which m otored up this
Since the establishm ent of th e airport a t j highw ay Septem ber 29 retu rn ed com plaining
Springfield, the people of this vicinity have taken j how “terrible” the road was. We are glad that
to the air and Lane county bids to becom e the I som eone in au th o rity realizes th at the McKenzie
aviation cen ter bf Oregon. Since Septem ber 29 highway is not w hat it should be.
m ore th a n 1600 people have flown, according to
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T ourist travel on this highw ay is not half
reports com ing from the airports in Springfield
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and Eugene
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three or four years a S°> aad m any
local people have quit spending holidays on the
Certainly never before have this m any people river because of road conditions. People take
rode in airplanes over a period of two weeks in the attitu d e “ why travel the rough and dusty
any p art of Oregon outside of Portland, and it JMcKenzie when th ere are good pavem ents and
Is doubtful if even the big city can break this oiled m acadam roads elsew here.” Lane county
record. With this wave of “airm indedness” is suffering m ore tiian people realize because oi
sweeping over us Lane county can be expected the poor condition of this road, and the fam ous
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McKenzie
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the coast.
ists m any m ore years.
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W ith the opening of the big field here Lane
county has three first class airports and two air DIGGING OUR GRAVES WITH A SKILLET
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,
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,
schools running „ full
blast
rn in o g out pilots.
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lived lOIlg
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C ottage Grove is not to be overlooked w hen i enouBh
som e wisdom
and reta in good
counting airports. T h a t city h a s a good field ,iealth> said to us the o th er day th a t a frying
and is lighting it for em ergency night flying. J’au 8eldoni w as eal|ed into use a t his house,
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. I n a t cdubctl us to reflect on just how m uch of
Considerable m oney is now being expended on it. .th e hum an's food was prepared in frying pans
T he dedication of the Springfield m unicipal or skillets’ and if you’ll do likewise you m ust ad-
a irp o rt with the governor and a corps of higj, Illi, ,lia t this kitchen utensil has it all over others
sta te officials in attendance, was the biggest
single air event ever staged in this part of Ore­
We all know th a t fried food is hard to digest
gon. This dedication, and the advertising sub­ and we all know th a t indigestion and stom ach
sequent to it, to g eth er with the alm ost n a tio n ­ ailm ents a re the basis of the m ajority of our
sicknesses. Yet th e housew ife, chiefly because
wide reputation M ajor G. H. Eckerson is g etting it is th e easier way, will work th old skillet over
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wm w u i k m e oiu sKinec over-
am ong pilots as an ace flyer, has put aviation j tim e and when the husband goes to the restau r-
forem ost in the m inds of our people so m uch ' a n t twice o u t of th ree tim es he will order a fried
th a t they have stood in line a t the airp o rts the 1 nieak
last three Sundays w aiting for rides.
We hum ans do a c t funny and fall into all
While these local events have stirred us to k*nds of habits even when reason tells us they
m uch activity we m ust not im agine th a t we a r e l are bad and could be easily corrected. T aste and
pioneering the way. P a rts of the east are m uch ' 8Peed wil1 get the best of com m on sense any
ahead of us in aviation and m ost of the large
lam e tinie w hen it conies to eating. B ut it m ight be
cities have several fields. T he sta te of New well any day to ask ourselves “Are we digging
York has been plotted into fields and airports our graves with a sk illet? ”
and reports are now th a t an av iato r cannot fly
In any direction in th a t sta te w ithout being
w ithin seven miles of a t least an em ergency
Nearly 1000 acres in Brazil have been planted
landing field. Those who would say th a t one to bananas by an Am erican com pany.
field is sufficient in Lane county have not had
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their eyes open to aviation. They are the sam e
ones who gasped when the second service
statio n was opened in town.
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of his place of business.
v ertise the paper. Lloyd M adison and
Jo h n L ynch, to g e th e r w ith th e a s­
T he
Second
(e x c ite d ly );
“T he
F o rm e r Pastor V isits
sista n c e of th e e n tire ju n io r class
Rev. T. D. Y arns, d is tric t su p e rin ­ bell’s gone for th e elev e n th ro u n d "
took p a rt in the p resen tatio n .
Much B ruised B oxer: "Oh, let s sit
te n d e n t of the e a s te rn d is tric t of
, O regon of the M ethodist church, and th is one out."
Fenders Damaged Sunday
Two autom obiles being driv en by
W. A .T u rn er of H a rrisb u rg and M.
K. D uree of E ugene, collided a t the
c o rn e r of 5th and Main s tre e ts S un­
day, re su ltin g in two broken fen d ers
and a broken bum per.
D uree was
driving &n autom obile w ith a C alifor­
n ia license and said th a t he was a
stn d e n t a t the U n iv ersity of Oregon.
PU ZZLE—Send your nam e and a d ­
d ress and get a new and d ifferen t
puzzle FR EE — one th a t appeals
to your im agination— m ore fun than
a crossw ord puzzle. If you a re good
a t puzzles, you m ay win a 1930
Dodge Six Sedan or one of th e 24
Other prizes to be aw arded in a great
ad v e rtisin g cam paign. W estern News
Co., 1944 H azel St., Salem , O regon.
New Zealand has a law taxing foreign sales­
m en on the prolits they m ake in that country.
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Germ any led the world in tin* increase of m er­
chant shipping during Hie last fiscal year.
R em em ber the g reat cause of fatigue
su g ar in the blood.
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insufficient
We have your favorite kinds.
ST G Ci! M A N N ’
In the m a tte r of th e e s ta te of
B erth a Cox V incent, D eceased.
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N otice is h ereb y given th a t under
and by v irtu e of an o rd er of the
C ounty C ourt of L ane County, O re­
gon, duly m ade by the Hon.’ C. P.
B arnard, Ju d g e of said C ourt, on the
10th day of O ctober, 1929, au th o riz ­
ing and d irectin g W illiam V incent,
th e A d m in istrato r of said E s ta te to
m ake sale as such A d m in istrato r, of
THE DELIVERED PRICE OF THE
tile real p ro p erty of said E sta te
h e re in a fte r d eescribed, I will, from
and a fte r I the 10th uay oi N ovem ber,
1929, at the office of W ells & W ells,
Bank of C om m erce B uilding, E ugene,
O regon, proceed to sell for cash a t
p riv ate sale, the follow ing described
real p roperty, to-w it: An undivided
one-half in te re st in and to L ot T h ree
(3) in Block One (1) of D. G. Mc­
F a rla n d ’s A ddition to C ottage Grove,
942 Olive Street,
O regon; or so m uch th ereo f as may
be n ecessary. Said re a l p ro p erty to
EUGENE
be sold to the h ig h e st b id d er for cash
USED CAR LOT 7th and OAK
for the h ighest price o b tain ab le, su b ­
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C ounty C ourt.
W ILLIAM VINCENT,
A d m in istrato r.
W ELLS & W ELLS, A ttorneys.
O 17-24-31 N 7-14
BEFORE BUYING
CHECK
Chevrolet Six
MORRIS CHEVROLET Co.
OREGON
«mura
Life-TimeiTub
in the new Thor
Agitator
We a re proud of th e a tte n d a n c e at the recen t stat->
fair and b oasted 40,00 a tte n d a n c e in one day. W e w er
ra th e r shocked a t a new s item from T o ronto, C a n a d :,
com plain in g of th e a tte n d a n c e at th e ir fair th is yea.-
which w as 05,000 less th an la s t year. T he bad w eath er
w as said to be the cau se of th is d ecrease in atten d an ce.
T h en it was sta te d th a t 1,974,000 had atte n d e d u te fair j
in th e tw o w eeks th a t it lasted . T h is would m ake an
a v erag e a tte n d a n c e of 154,000 a day.
Only
$252
D ow n
N o te th e s e new
T lior F eatu res
T h is leads us to conclude th at th e W illam ette V alley
h as m ore room for m illions m ore population th an it has
a t p resen t. B eing fa m ilia r w ith th e clim atic conditions
of th e sectio n s from w hich (his en o rm o u s a tte n d a n c e was
draw n from we a re p ersu ad ed th a t th is valley h as every
a d v an ta g e in su p p o rtin g a d en se population, o ver th a t
te rrito ry . T h e world has yet Io d isco v er Oregon.
PINKY DINKY
is
"W h ere th e S ervice is D ifferent"
W IL L A M E T T E V A L L E Y S P A R S E L Y S E T T L E D
The postoffice departm ent recently notified
(M olalla P ioneer.)
all postm asters to interest them selves in aviation
locally— prom ote fields and proper a ir m arkers.
It Is d ifficu lt for us to u n d e rsta n d th e difference of
It is said th
a t — a list of those v cities
w
d en sity
sectio
n H s m of l the
com
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iv iv o
n i ithout
iu u u t
t air
in -
— of
• population . in
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u u i e
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ports were soon to be compiled and ordered t h e > ared with the W illam ette V alley. O ccasionally we find
postm asters to report w hat progress was being ■llld old diner bem o an in g th e fact th a t th ere a re too m any
m ade in their cities. In o th er words, the go- i people living in o ur section an d w an tin g to ta k e to the
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vernm ent expects t to
prod the laggard
cities
h ills to avoid a th t ...................
e congestion of population.
along in the developm ent of flying fields.
G overnm ent owned and operated m ines
thro u g h o u t the world will produce about fifty
million tons of coal this year.
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IS ONE OF BEST SOURCES
OF QUICK ENERGY
A D M IN IS T R A T O R ’S N O T I C E
OF
SALE OF R EA L PR O P ER TY
Editorial Comment.
All signs point to the fact th a t “ we a in ’t seen
nothing y et” com pared to w hat we will see in
the next decade in aviation—even right here in
Springfield and Lane county.
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CANDY
1. L ife - Tim e Tub— ovea
baked porcelain enaxnet
inside and out.
2. Beuuty— such as you hart
never seen io a washes
Top Tub— O n
width o f the tub itself.
4.
By Terry Gilkison
Rubber Guarded. Vibro
tton Proof Ltd.
9. N ew Speed— N ew Kited
nets to Clothes.
6 . Simple. Compact. Easy ft
operate. General
trie M oto r.
Eleo
7. Big Capacity. Does ea
tire waahins lo 2 hours
8. Famous Thor Quality.
9 . Amasdug Low Prices—
<3 0 to |6 O lest chaa
any washer o f com pti*
able quality.
gives you this new develop­
HE beautiful green tub
of the New Thor Agi­ ment plus—a host o f other
tator is baked porcelain en­
features—at the lowest price
amel—inside and outside.
ever asked for a quality
You might look for a fea­
Thor. See it. Examine it.
ture like this in a high priced
Note its sensational price.
w asher — but T h or now
T
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d A V E MB A P ie c e . O P C A K E
A N P I S A ID ’ T H A N K '?
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$2.50 down. Washer w ithout Ironer, $6.33
m onthly; w ith Ironer, $9.46 m onthly.
D on ' t m b m t io m
M ountain S tates P ower
C ompany
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