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THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
I
ILLU S TR A TE D
BY
D O N A LD R I L E Y "
R em em ber S ted ao n , a p re tty , un big to u rin g c a r coating seven thou
w p h ia iic a te d girl, la th e d a u g h te r o t I
do„
(h a , h(,
a ga]arv
• kin u ly but narrow m iuded m in ister
In a sm all, m id w estern tow n, lle r sev en teen h u n d red .am i fifty d o llars
fa th e r,
. a w eek!
Rev. D octor Steddon, v iolently op-
s h e th o u g h t of little T e rrv Duck
posed to w hat he co n s,d en . "worldly , n J hfg s„co n j . httnd „ M,reS!1 wagon
th in g s, acc e p ts m otion p ic tu re s a s 1. , ,
the vaiitte io r m uch of th e ev il of th e
h is m o th er to pack h er w ash
p re s e n t
day.
T ro u b led
w ith
u b undles hom e to b itte r toil. She
Cou^U, R em em b er goes to see
w ro te T e rry ’s m o th er, u rg in g h e r to
Dr. B ro th er,ck , an eld erly p h y s i-; com e
, A)g A ngeh,s w ith o u t d elay ;
clan who is asto n ish e d to find h er
to
bi-g.
borrow
or steal th e necessary-
In a bad pligh t. P re s se d by th e
doctor, R em em b er ad m its h e r u n fo r fu n d s; to seize t.ie c h an ce to rescu e
tu n a te a lia ir w ith
th e divine child from p o v erty or o b
Elw ood F aran b y , a p o o r boy. son livion. an d to e a rn luxury by giving
of th e tow n sot. As R em em b er and
Dr. B re th tric k d iscu ss th e problem , th e world th e su n sh in e o f h is ch arm
And th e d ay a fte r she m ailed the
a telep h o n e m essag e b rin g s th e new s
th a t Elw ood has been kidden in an le tte r she lost h e r Job.
a c cid en t.
Dr. B re llie ric k p e r s u a d e s :
T he tid e of h ard tim es had e n
R em em b er to go W est, h e r cough
serv in g as a p lau sib le excuse. U n gulfed lu e stu d io w h ere she w as e n
ab le to b ear th e se c re t any* lo n g e r ,, gaged. All but tw o or th re e com panies
R em em b er goes to h e r m o th er and w ere laid off. T h e lab o rato ry force
contesges.
H e r m o th er a g re e s w ith th e p lan w as red u ced to a skeleton.
Of th e doctor. Mem leav es tow n. On
A nd now th e d a rk room th a t had
th e tra in Mem a c c id e n ta lly m eets com e to be a prison cell w as as d e a r
T om H olby, m ovie s ta r, tra v e lin g
a hom e a s th e s h u t cage of a c a n ary
w ith R obina T eele, lead in g lady ot
th e m ovies, w ho a re th e cy n o su re ot th a t can n o t g et in again .
a ll eyes.
T h e tra in com es to a n
P ay day cam e aro u n d n o m ore.
a b ru p t h alt, a d is a s te r h aiv n g been S h e had d e b ts to ab so lv e fo r clo th es
b et o u t an d w alk ab o u t.
S he had tom or-
n a rro w ly avoided, an d th e p assen g ers no lo n g er fresh .
A t T ucson Mem m e e ts Dr. G a l-¡ra w 's an d n ex t w eek 's h u n g e r d read
br&ith, a p asto r, who know s h e r T h e g irls a t h e r house w ere equally
^
r u ,3h e mUca? S T: ® Hol? y ‘i ‘ r - Wle
th e .r h o sp ita lity lo st its
Woodville in o rd e r to m ak e h e r
. . . . . . .
fan c ie d s u ito r seem m ore re a l. W hile , w arm th for lack of fuel.
th e G a lb ra ith s a re "w ay. sh e writes f T hey trie d to m ake th e b e st c f
th em a s weU a . h e r p a re n ts th a t sh e , d ,ene8g
h a s m a rrie d 'M r. W oodviUe an d th a t '
'
j t y e y a re to live in Yuma— for which, j 9nreds an d d an ced to g e th e r all day
long *--------------------
to pass away 'k the
time.
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place she buys a ticket,
A rriv in g th e re »be falls in w ith th e
m ovie com pany of Tom H olby. Tom
Y oung m en w ho had no m oney to
sp
en
d on ex cu rsio n s cam e to th e
insists that she become an extra and
Is most cunnal to her. She finds h o u se o f ev en in g s and help ed to
h e rs e lf in th e m ovie gam e.
d an ce aw ay th e tedium .
A fter h e r accid en t, Mem receiv es a
It b ecam e a co m m onplace fo r Mem
le tte r from L evs M em au e, in v itin g
h e r to H ollyw ood, and sta tin g in h er
le tte r th a t sh e can g e l he.* a posiLon
in a film lab o rato ry .
Now Go On W ith th e S tory
to Jig ab o u t in young m en 's arm s.
S he learn ed to d ance. S he learned
to play a little golf, a little te n n is
S he w ent on h e r first beach picnic.
And a little la te r Mem m ight have
been seeu In a b a th in g su it of popu
lar brev ity , s u b s titu tin g a g en eral
co at of tan for th e forty h lushpow er
she had abandoned.
com e
an ybody
from
hom e.
H er
second w as to fe a r an y o n e from
hom e. Mrs. S tu r g s ’ life In th is Baby
Ion h ad not ch an g ed h e r sm all-tow n
soul, body or p reju d ices.
M em 's w it sc u rried in v ain to
b rin g up p ro te c tin g lies. M rs S tu rg s
w as too full o f h e r own opinion* and
a d v e n tu re s to a sk any e m b a rra s
sin g q u estio n s beyond a h asty take-
off fo r h e r own b io g rap h y :
S p rin g field . O regon. O cto b er 22. 192».
B u d g et co m m ittee m et a t C ity H all a t 7:30 P M . T u esd ay . O cto b er 22nd,
1929. W. P. T yson e lec ted C h airm an an d C. E. W h eato n . S e c re ta ry . All
m em b ers of th e co m m ittee p re se n t. T h e follow ing is th e b u d g et e s tim a te of
ex p e n d itu re s an d re c e ip ts for th e T ow n of S p rin g field fo r th e y e a r 1930.
STREET IMPROVEMENT:
L u m b er _______ _______________________________ ______
L ab o r, Man a n d team , 12 m o n th s
C ru sh ed ro ck _______________
C em en t alle y c ro ssin g s ..................
C u ttin g w eeds __ __________ ______
S u rv ey in g s tre e ts .............................
C lean in g s tr e e ts ..................................
E q u ip m en t an d su p p lies ............... _
S ew er p ip es _______________ _____
In c id e n ta ls .....................—......................
$ 50.00
400.00
300.00
50.00
200 00
75.00
250 00
100 00
75.00
250.00
p resen ce would c re a te t
Obi Steddon had rulsed a fum lly
amt been h abited 1» a m o th e r's
■lum ber, light and broken with frr
quent dash es to bedsides tro u b led by
bad d ream * or Im agined b urglar* or
m ere th irs t or a cough. If her liasly
feat found both h e r »Uppers or am
o
r n e ith er, she h asten ed us she wus
“Such sto rie s a s they do tell about
th e ir— W hy. th a t H ollyw ood Is Just She would nut havu puiisi'd for R
a plague spot ou e a rth ! Amt the wo wolf, un Indian, a m u rd e re r or Ull
m en little pink n in n ies th a t don't e a rtth q u u k e
Mem wus still h e r baby In t lie*
know enough to com e In when it
d
ark
, and it did not m a tte r w h eth er
they get th e ir fo rtu n e s for Just mak
"^e ' “ Y n eedful ami te rrifie d In the
lu g eyes a t th e rn m e ru . an d tin y *"•
re n t nice resp e c ta b le hom es a m t ‘ n,' x< r’M,ni or beyond the d e se rts or
T he m o th e r's one
hold well, o rg ies In tin« only word the seven seus.
business was to get Io her.
H er
—o rg ies Is Just w hat they a re
teleg ram was her old night cry "I'm
“ It's a sin ami a sham e, ami It
com ing, honey. Don't w orry Mom's
so m eth in g
Isn 't d one about
It
com ing to h e r hahy " She shot th is
W hy, young girls flock th e re In
cry ac ro ss the c o n tin en t and called
droves, and sell th e ir souls for Il's
Mem "hahy." alth o u g h Mem fell as
sim ply te rrib le . E very one of I bom
old us night
has to pay th e P rice to get th e re at
TO BE CON TINU ED
all.
"I do d e c la re II m ak es mv blood
WILLING WORKERS
run cold Just to— Ikin't It y o u rs?"
"I don't believe It.” Halil Mi 111
ENTERTAIN PRESIDENT
MRS. LYNCH SURPRISED
AT HER HOME TUESDAY
W om en of th e (T irlsllan ch u rch
g a th e re d at th e In.me of Mr*. Abbie
J.yneli on T uesday to pay Iter a sur
prise visit
T he ladles brought th e ir
re fre sh m e n ts and I lie aftern o o n w as
spent In hem m ing tea tow els
T hose
p resen t
w ere
M esduines
L ynch. M J Mi Kiln, Julin P ederson,
G eorgia N eltlelen . Ilmi M iT licrson.
Flora llu ek , Nolf, Ju lio H arris, John
P lllk er. Cd Cole. M urk (’ole Ulld W
M R ichards
The m em bers of th e W illing Work
e rs ' society of th e C h ristian ch u rch
g a th ered III the lm,in- of th e ir p r e I
d ent, Mrs I A. V alentine, y e ste rd a i
aftern o o n anil hail a very en joyable
i H allow e'en
re
p a rty .
D elicious
fre sh m cn is
tile
w ere served
by
ladle*.
A m ong th o se p re se n t for th e p arty
w ere M rs V alentine. Miss Vln Me
I’h erso n . M esdam es G eorge V altler.
M eiiehan. Jan ie» M oreinck, Mary
C llngan, Ju n e M ountjoy, R osa Itos
Herman, E. E. M orrison, F red W ll
i N ext day th e m all brought h e r u llums. T h o m as M cK Innes, Mary Me
shock la u le tte r from M rs. Back I’h erson, Dean B eals, G eorgia N ettle
It said:
fon, and C. W P etty jo h n .
D ear Mrs W oodville: 1 w as aw ful
glad to get your le tte r. Been moan
Have D au g h ter Mr. and Mrs. C. I.
to a n sw e r It but try in g to fix up my C hurch of Full C reek a re th e p a re n ts
affair* so ’s T e rry and 1 could com e o f a baby d a u g h te r, born *t th e ir
up to your city.
Yeoday I w as to hom e on T uesday
Doris R uth Is th e
M rs. R eddicks and sh e hud a tella- nam e w hich they h»ve chosen for th e
gram for you b u t no a d d re s s and so child.
could not forw ard It. It said your
E xpect* D a u g h te r E unice G erb er
m o th e r w as so w o rrit n o t having
d u n g h te r of Me. nnd Mrs II E. G e r
had no a n s e r to h e r le tte rs sh e wus
ber. Is expected to a rriv e h ere I lie
com elng out on th e first tra in and
first p a rt of n ext w .e k from B.a
would reach P alm Spring» day a fte r
m arck. N orth D akota, w here she h as
tom orrow . H opping to see you soon
com pleted a n u rs e 's tra in in g course
e th e r th e re o r h ere.
Mrs. Duck.
a t the B ism arck hospital.
P. 8. Both I a n d T e rry send you
lots of love.
M oving to P o rtlan d Mrs Vina Mc
Mem w as p etrified . N othing could L ean, llb rarlu n h ere lH closing h e r
sto p h e r m o th er from com ing. The h om e and will leave for P o rtlan d the
firs t blaze of Joy a t th e th o u g h t ot la tte r p a rt of the w eek, w here she will
th e reu n io n w as quenched in th e spund th e w in ter a t the hom e of h er
flood of im possible situ a tio n s ner son. Fri-d L em ley.
COATS
fo r the th rifty
fot* the *tyle-wi*e
.75
$24
I
O u n tzn d in g value* . . . every
one!
Selected to prove to
Women, mine» in d junior*
that they ran afford the new«
cat, smartest Lathional
.
.
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J. c.
PENNEY
co.
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DOW N
a ll f o a
n n d at
fen h ltn rn
p a rm rn l!
it
$1750 'Ml
PO LIC E D E PA R T M E N T :
C hief of P olice a t $150.00 p er m o n th , 12 m o n th s
$1SOO.PO
One n ig h t w atch m an a t $105.00 p er m o n th , 12 m o n th s 1260.00
E x tra help, su p p lies an d ex p en ses ......................... ........... 205.00
$3265 no
F IR E D E PA R T M E N T :
T he n ex t m o rnin g Mem acq u ired
F ire C hief a t $140 00 p er m onth. 12 m o n th s
......... $1680 00
o n tick th e b rief tro u sse a u of a little
T ire s for fire tru c k ....... ...............................................
100.00
business bride. T h en sh e w ent to
Soda an d acid ...............................................................
50.00
th e studio w ith L ev a an d w as a s
O ne rald o ......................................................................
H M
signed to th e lab o ra to ry p ro jectio n
O ne m a sk ..............................................................
25.00
room a t tw enty-fiv e d o lla rs a week.
E x tra h elp ............................................................................
100.00
A nun u red p re tty a c tre s s e s gu t no
L au n d ry ..
10.00
Jobs a t all, to r th ey w ere seek in g
S u p p lies .......................................................
50.00
glory and w eaith.
T elep h o n e ..............................................................
24.00
Ail day sh e s a t in a d a rk room and
ra n a little p ro je c tin g m ach in e th a t
2104.00
poured fo rth m oving p ic tu re s before R EC O R D E R ’S SALARY
900.00
b u r on a little p riv a te screen . She , T R E A S U R E R 'S SALARY
180.00
m u s t w atch o u t for ty p o g rap h ical A TT O R N E Y 'S F E E S ........
240.00
e rro rs , a “ to " fo r a "too, ’ a slip oi L IG H T S AND W A TE R :
g ra m m a r, a m ista k e in an a c to r's o r
L ig h ts: M ountain S ta te s P ow er C om pany. L ig h ts for
a c h a ra c te r s nam e.
s tre e ts an d p ublic b u ildings, 12 m o n th s ................$1850.00
H e r com m on school ed ucation was
W a te r; M ountain S ta te s P o w er Co. F ire h y d ra n ts,
good enough fur th is, th o u g h i t w as
s t r e e t sp rin k lin g , p ublic b u ild in g s, 12 m o n th s .... 1150.00
by no m eans so m arv elo u s as L eva
b ad told h e r em plo y ers it w as.
»3000.00
T he a rtis tic b eau ties of th e pic S T R E E T CLEA NING AND F L U S H IN G :
tu re s m ade h e r in a rtic u la te ly happy,
Man and team , 12 m o n th s a t $115.00 p e r m o n th ............
»1380.00
and fur a tim e 3he w as in a h eaven TO W N LIBRARY:
of tu m u lto u s estacies. B ut g rad u ally
S erv ices, re n t, wood, su p p lies an d e x p e n se s......................
»643.00
th e d elig h t tu rn e d to to rtu re , th e A NN U A L C L E A N U P ..............................................................................
» 126.00
to r tu re ot envy.
EM ERG ENCY F U N D ..............................................................................
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S h e w as young and she h ad been IN T E R E S T ON BONDED IN D E B T E D N E S S :
told th a t sh e w as b eau tifu l. If God
G en eral Im p ro v em en t, F ir s t Issu e »36,000.00
$2100.00
h ad m ad e h e r p re tty it w as because
G en eral Im p ro v em en t, Second Issu e $35,000.00
2100.00
H e d elig h ted in b eau ty an d w anted
R efu n d in g Bonds, Due 1932, $35,000.00
..............,.
2450.00
It know n. H e did n o t grow flow ers
R efu n d in g Bonds, Due 1944, $50,000.00
.......................... 3000.00
in cellars. H e w as n o t a fra id to
Im p ro v em e n t B onds, 1926 Issu e, »2981.00 ........................... 178.86
sq u a n d e r su n sh in e.
Im p ro v em en t B onds, 1927 Issu e, $9050.56
543.04
If th e a r t of m im icry w as a God-
Im p ro v em en t B onds, 1928 Issu e, $13,000.00
...... 780.00
g iv en gift, it m u st be m ean t fo r use.
Bond S in k in g Fund ............... v.................................................... 7000.00
S h e had a c te d once before a cam era,
th e r e on th e d e se rt. S he hud bro u g h t
»18,151.90
te a r s to th e eyes o f a s tra n g e r. Dhe
G ross E stim ated E x p e n d itu re s .............
»32,879.24
w as an a c tr e s s by d ivine in ten tio n .
ANTICIPATED REVENUES:
S he s a t in a d a rk room and w atched
L icen ses, Pool a n d B illiard H alls, etc.
$ 180.00
o th e r peo p le’s p ic tu re s flow by. It
F in es, 12 m o n th s ......... - ..............................
. 1800.00
aeem ed w rong, w icked, cruel. She
Road F u n d s, 12 m o n th s ...........................
. 2000.00
w as m ad to act.
. • * «
O n th e lo t Mem saw ch ild ren , and
th e y w ere alw ay s h ap p y . T h e mo
th e r s w ere w ith th e little on es. Go
ing to w ork w as going to play. T hey
lived in a n e te rn a l fa iry sto ry .
S he w as told t h a t J a c k ie Coogan
h a d m ade h is m o th e r a p re s e n t of a
“ And how'» your fa th e r ntul yrnir
m o th e r and your w hole fam ily ? W ell,
aa I wan an yin a y e ste rd a y , every-
on e a rth Rota to Loa A ngeles sooner
o r Inter. I l a a nice City, too, full of
good, h onest. plain o' co u rse those
aw ful tn o v le-p irtu re people have g i
v en th e town a—
H er soul and h er body w ere h e r
own now
No. th ey had gone beyond
even th at. H er soul and laxly w ere
th e p ublic's. B eauty w as co m m unity
p ro p erty . S he w as n o m m ltte d to
th e i r fullest d ev elo p m en t Into such
Joyous a c ro b atic ag ility end pow er
th a t they should give Joy am i a de
lig h tfu l sorrow to th e public. For
w hich a g ra te fu l public would pay
She had h eard a vast am ount of
w ith g ra titu d e am i m uch motley.
gdssip, hut she h a i l not h eard ot
O ne day In W estlak e P a rk sh e sat anybody p aying such an in itiation
dow n on a bench am i by am i by was fee. S he had seen no vice at all.
hailed by a s tu n ly m ill-W estern voice
Mrs. S tu rg s flared up
T h e re Is
''W ell, a s I live and b re a th e ! If It nothing one d efen d s m ore zealously
a in 't Miss S te d d o n !"
th a n o n e's pet h o rro rs.
W hy It's tru e
"W hy, how do you do, Mrs. S tu rg s !"
"D on't believe It?
It w as a m id aged w om an w ho had i,s gospel. T hey sell th e ir souls for
A ny g irl th a t's too honest
been a m em ber of h e r fa th e r's con b read.
g reg atio n and hud com e w est be to pay th e price d o n 't get engaged
th a t's a d —sh e Just d o n 't get engaged
cau se o f h e r h u sb a n d 's lungs.
M em 's firs t Im pulse w as to w el Oh d e a r ' th a t's wiv c a r."
Estimated Budget for the
Town of Springfield for 1930
She told M rs. Dock and Mrs.
R ed d ick th a t sh e had receiv ed a call
to go to Los A ngeles a t once. A few
d ay s la te r a tax i dep o sited h e r before
a liny p lace of ro u r o r five room s.
T h is w as L ev a's hom e. A se rv a n t
w ho opened th e door said th a t “she
w ould n o t g it back from th e stu d ia
before six o r n a p p a st." S h e w as
g lad to reliev e Mem s lo n elin ess w ith
c h a tte r. S he ex p lain ed th a t M iss Le-
m a ire lived th e re w ith th re e o th e r
lad ies, a ll of w hom w ere in th e
m ovies, o u t none of tu em g ettin g
th e ir p ic tu re s took.
T hey lived alone w ith no m ore
th o u g n t of ch ap ero n ag e th a n a crow d
of bacnelors.
W hen L eva and h er frie n d s cam e
in a t d in n e r tim e th ey cam e like
young b u sin ess m en hom e from th e
Offices, tired of shop, y et full of its
ta lk ; e a g e r for am u sem en t, know ing
no la * ex cep t tn e ir ow n self re s p e c t
fo r n e a itn or re p u ta tio n lo r efficiency.
THURSDAY. OCT 31. ,929
»3980.00
Total Net E x p en d itu res................................ .................................
»28,899.24
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M ountain S tatus P ower C ompany
T he Com m on C ouncil, s ittin g as a lev y in g board, w ill m e e t on T u esday,
N ovem ber 12th, 1929, a t th e City H all In S p rin g field a t th e h o u r o f 7:30 P.M.
w h ere and wh«n an y a n d all tax p ay e rs of th e Tow n of S p rin g field sh a ll be
h e ard In fav o r of o r a g a in s t su ch proponed tax levy o r a n y p a rt th ereo f.
W. P. TYSON, Chairman of the Budget Committee.
Attest: C. E. WHEATON, Secretary.
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