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THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
THE 4-H CLUBS
THURSDAY, EWB 27, l#30
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Î AMERICAN LEGION
<00 hospital patlenta were remember
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AUXILIARY MAKES AN
Springfield Laae Couaty, Oregoa. by
with gifts at Christmas time from
fluence which is doing more for the development
APPEAL FOR SUPPORT funds provide! by (he Department
T H E W IL L A M E T T E P R E S *
of the young men and young women of America
I and our Units.
H K. M A X E Y . Editor.
than the 4-H club movement. This year It Is Thr work of tha American Legion
•In addition to tha above, in 78
fc ts rs d as secuad elaea m atter February I«. |#o». at the estim ated that there will be more than ten thou- and Auxiliary and the Importance of ¡communities of thia Stale the Amerl
poetofllce. Bprlngfield. Oregon.
sand 4-H clubs organised In the United States enlisting the aid of all eligible women can Legion and the American l-ewtan
Is outlined In a communication re-
M A IL S U B S C R IP T IO N R A T E
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Oos year la Advaaee------ »1?» Three Moatfcs
_7Sc club Is five, th at m eans 50,000 boys and girls en weak:
vice."
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THURSDAY. FEBRUARY »7. 1930
WHO HAS A BETTER R IG H T’
There are those who are much concerned when
ex-service men support is mentioned in politicr
They argue that ex-service men should adhere to
the principles of the American Legion, which is
non-partisan necessarily, and as an organiza
tion supports policies instead of political parties.
On the other hand, there are those candidates
who are always trying to lineup American Legion
support, so much so for governor th at the state
executive committee has found it necessary to
declare a neutral stand by resolution.
Ex-service men individually or as a body hart*
ECKKERSON PAYS VISIT
TO SPRINGFIELD MONDAY
Major Gilbert Kukermitt m artin i
to Bprltitflrhl no Monday nioTBlng
(toni M«Milord, where he la now topor*
al1"* * f|yln« school and passeag«r
clty recently and atatrd
that
he
gaged in intensive, competitive effort for self- To tha Mother», W ives, Slater and |
»anted te brina a ship wttb him here
improvement in the fields which the four ’ H’s ' Daughters of W orld W a r Veterans WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY bu‘
,fr* ld ,ha‘
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soft la (aha o ff from
"Have you over given any partlcu
stand for Head, Heart, Hand and Health.
OBSERVED ON FRIDAY
lar thought to what the American I
At present there are eight different classes o f « d the Anerh-sn (¿ifes i i X
r r i i v . February „ . , h . htrthday
KNCE
iOn ar°'*Ild whl\ h the 4-H clubs arc h .v e done and are d oto, "or vo"
of
Oeorga
Waahlngton.
was
observed
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ACCIDENT
AT M ILL
M v ar t „HCOrn‘ * he®‘. calves, pigs. Sheep, for the what they are doing for .he ,|< u , n„
at
the
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Can? ^ g’ T lking and " wh*K f° r ‘to- «»<-•>•-; to »h a, ,h .y are doing * or
half holiday from th . u. u. | roulln.
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oiri^n8 tomgh there have been and still are many ’h* widows and orphans; to what of
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WaabbutoR pro- 7 ?
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f5hcv'ntiItlb’>r8t,i’f the graln and Uveatock clubs. If ¡they are doing for the Community gram was given under the direction nK, n 2 2 , Z I "
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m°re than train these young state and Nation?
of Junta May from 1 00 to J 00 with
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roik in the most modern methods the ciuhs i
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WMn kn*« «•«>• Thia | , the fourth aocl
would be doing a great and valuable, service but with th ? P 7 *’f h,,totadon dMl“*« many townspeople attending the ex dent rv|M>rt«<l at the mill during lbs
erclsee.
they go farther than that. They teach the eie L * * 7 , 7 * m,U1 h‘ * b*‘*“*
month of FVbriiitrv
m ents of team -work, which in the future even 7*,*“7 01 h " Am#rl,“n
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The program consisted of th . fol
lowing
numbers;
violin
duet,
Fred
more than in the past, will be the key to success n.’r n
A“"’rk'an >**<'>" Anx
Wendllrtp Resident Calls
Tow
a;.d Evelyn ltuull, reading. Jean Ham
ful farming, and they inculcate the principles of J J
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P»r>».
of
Wendling,
spent
Saturday
Hn;
quartet.
t
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»quires.
good sportsm anship in teaching the unsuccess- , J lin '
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noria w„ h ^ , „ 4 ,
|h(g
Chase, Emma Trlnlta. and Evelyn
ful com petitors to be good losers. More Import- loan a r " t n ’ l"
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Lloyd; violin solo, Eldred O laanv . . . . . .
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reading. Orville McPherson; recite"
! QUICK! GLYCERIN
service to the governm ent may be good or bad hy his own 4-H club records just what It cost S ye“r’ °f ,o" " nu,,u" w,,rk "nd
tlon. Junta May; and an addreax <>n
M l * FOR
FOD ^
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MIX
CONSTIPATION
"Waahlngton a Part in HMucatlon," by
in their estimation. Men who have spent weeks grow a Quarter-acre of com or to raise a calf Is Auxiiarv
"n<l
sim ple glycerin, buckthorn hark,
Kev Ralph Mulholland, pastor of the
of their time in muddy trenches, been hungry f ° lng to be a better business man when he runs
-The 30000 disabled . .
"aline, etc, an mixed In Adlerlka re
and cold for days and have witnessed their com- ^ " g
- X X 5 Baptist church Eldred Olaapy ac lieves constipation In TWO hours'
companied the quartet.
Moei medicine« act only on the lower
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The bank* and several
the
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but Adlerlka acts on BOTH
Inialneas houses of the city remained U|,,H‘r ■•'d lower bowel, removing
, poisons you never thought were In
vice to ones country really means. Men who ¡United sfaTes' in wMch Th'im a « no" 4-H clubs’ S ’ thf wim. n war ? ” Z e ^ closed for the dav
your system Just ONE spnoaful re
J d 'a v T h n m? h thS in CantOnmeQtS a t fif‘y «HK* wkhh t h o T USi| Ur h are backWard hy comparison free hoepRaltsat'lon for r .y d l X t y
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ileves OA8. sour stomach and sick
From Mabel — Pharlea Parle, of headache loit Adlerlka give etomach
a day while others were making the biggest * itb tho^ which have encouraged the develop- whether it la service connected „« Mabel,
was a visitor In Springfield ,n d bowels a ItMAl, cleaning ana
wages this country has ever seen, also have some hetol °
T i producUve m ethod of not? T h. m e . , , your
hu„ mn<, the latter part of the week
y‘>u
>'1»"ery
id e a
w h o T f f l c . ,or
r o u n t ^ r e ™ i S d h e l l ! 5 k r ^ ‘n , „ d S X n
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tor«?
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future ¿ i t o ^ T, K y ,n JU ly ’ 1 9 1 8 w h e llth e
uture policy of —
all - the
the w world
— ~ countriea l of
h
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. can easily visualize what
were at staJte, and . who
the situation would have been in this country if
they had failed, believe they
have a different
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guage to m easure the usefulness of some of the
self-starting office seekers.
In other words, they believe they have a per
fect right to pick and choose candidates for the
best interest of good government without too
m uch advice from others.
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tbe
State8 to 4-H d u b work, and we
.» our V eteran.’ H o . p l , . , . «
8hould view the progress made here with con- Portland Thia officer contacts every
siderable satisfaction.
1 «-«•»» who ehtarg the hoapltal. Z
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Information
relative
to
bis
The Wife who held a raiding officer back by newd"- w h* ha. a family at home
his coat tail while
her - —
husband r emptied
out the
help it is gladly given, super
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in p u
certainlv a help
h e ln mate.
m a te
v vises
ia ., the «ale
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moonshine was certainly
sale of Rrtlf-laaa
articles made K
by
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T H E S T A R S IN T H E FLAG
patlenta, looks after business m atter,
outside the hospital for them and
does the hundred things necessary to
make their stay at the hospital as
pleasant as possible We try to keep
the mind of the patients as free from
warry a . It Is possible, for this aids
In the cure.
(American Legion Monthly.)
Oregon, the 33rd state, admitted to the Union February
14th. 185». Spanish. Russian. British and French ex
plorers visited the coast between 1543 and 1792 An
American. Captain Gray, of Boiton, discovered the mouth
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of the Columbia River In 1792 and claimed the land for the
There
of opinion
on -- the «»«*’
deriva-
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» - I L’nl.ted S u ,e s Je«er»on sent out Lewis and Clarke on an
"There are 18.293 mentally and
tion of the word “Oregon.” Some say it m eans " ’ lor,n« •«pedUlon. i8t>4 to iso«, and they traversed the nervously disabled veterans In our
¡‘beautiful w aters.” others say V “wild sa^A
sage,“ ’• fall
f o i l. ( ol“mbi“ Rlvel- John Jacob Astor, a German born New veterans' hospitals and 5.643 more
ing w aters” and “big ears" in Indian and Spanish Yorker, founded a fur trading post at Astoria In 18U and are being cared for In overcrowded
I the Hudson s Bay Company also established posts nearby and undernourished city, county, and
languages. You can take your choice but ‘fall Spain gave up all claims by a treaty signed February 22 state
Institutions The American Lw I
ing waters seems more appropriate to us at 181» EDgland relinquished her claims by . treaty signed 'flo n and Its Auxiliary are working!
this time of the year.
June 15. 1846, that set the present boundaries between °b legislation at this time to n ro v l.le '
Canada
and the United States. The first Important core beds for these 5.543 service -yen.
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ed wagon train, led by Dr. Marcus Whitman, traveled
"W® have a Soldiers Home at Rose
In the United States 365 million acres are un o v - the Oregon Trail In 1843. Congress organised the burg where Incurables are sen' These
14. 1848. Population. 1850 sick, discouraged men need our fn-
der cultivation, which is -xbout one-third of the la- Into a territory.
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nation’s potentiality in land exoerts te ll
qhii n/n
i 1»28,
7 ' (U.
<U S.
S' eat.).
' ’ #02.000.
#®2 000- Percentage
Percentage of
of urban
urban terest and help.
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; ‘*1 tottu, experts tell us. Still population (communities of 2500 and over) tsnn x»«-
"The American Legion Auxiliary
a e over production. T hat should be evi- 191°- 4 5 «; l»20. 49 9. Area 96.6»9 square miles Dansltv has just completed the furnishing of
dence that this country can take care of many oi P°Pula“°n (»20 u. ». census) 8 2 per square n.,ie ^a writing and waiting room at our
more millions Of people.
, Rank
States, 34th in population, 9th In area. 41st 'Veterans' Hospital at Portland
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^ density. Capital. Salem (1920 U. S. Census). 17.669
"Do you know that 11.440 mothers
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!-e,lt Cl,lM: Port,and 354.600; Salem; Astoria, and widow, will soon visit the graves I
A cortem porary rem arks that the height of in - ' r>-
. Ei,t“nated w«a*«h <i»3 census). »3.419.459.000 of their beloved son, and husbands
consistency occurred the other day when a man
, " T ’ °f ’r’?a" h 0923
8 CeDi,u''>- «nc-’ixth In France at the expense of the gov- (
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S“ em inent as the result of the efforts ;
of The American l-eglon assisted by
cup urtng an a rg u m en t
j fruit orchards; all crot . (1920 U. 8. Census). werePvalued the Auxiliary?
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¡at »131.584.000, Including wheat, alfalfa, wool and dairy
Do you know (hat 'Rere are
A M assachusett« man killed ilis wife because product": Ismber output. »140,537.650; flour »23 922 67« 12,589 World War Orphans in the 1
Oregon had
43 138 I nlted States—orphans whose fathers j
Bhe would not give him ten cents for a shave packing and canning output. - »25.000.002.
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Insane? Well, anyone who thinks he can buy man and women in service during the World War State were killed during the World War— 1
Motto adopted 1857. ■All, Vo.at Propr.ls— She file, and that the American Legion Auxili
a shave for ten cents m ust be.
with her own wings. ‘ Origin of name; Authorities differ ary la attempting to educate them? •
on Its derivation. These among others, have been offered. We have ninety of theae orphans in
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own experience.
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y e . r a ,c e . W auregan, and Algonkln term for "beautiful water"- In our own state. Thousands of other
^ is e men are those who learn by the experience
*anum- a w,ld Mase «’«und on the ocean shore; aura children have been made orphans as
a result of the war and the number
of others. And a fool is one who keeps on mak-
“ OP n ”1"" WOrd mean,ng g,!ntly fa,,lnk
ing the same old mistakes
l Bi , f ’
2 [ 7 ° neR' “ Spanl8h word applied to Indians, la growing every day.
; B|g Ears. Nickname, Bearer.
"The American Legion Auxiliary of
thia department haa hundreds of
needy children on Its list. There are
the children of deceased, disabled and
needy service men. They are provid
ed with clotnlng, shoes, milk, medical
aid and other necessities by our Child
Welfare Committee
We maintain a
receiving and dishorning room at
216-216 Times Building, Portland,
where clothing, shoes, jellies, Jam,
etc., are received and distributed to
needy families. It Is our aim never
to make these children objects of
charity.
More than 1000 children and about
PINYHY DINKY
By Terry Gilkison
You Can’t Beat the Personal Method
Candy unequaled In wholettonteneBu «nd with the mo«t
Pve^tO^ ta" 7 18 ? lway8 rwai,y tor you at Kggimann a.
Every piece of candy made by ue haa our pereonai Inepec-
i
i ,,1_be“ e«‘ th«« ‘hat mad., by machinery
in sw< at shops In the large cities.
Bite Into one of our hand filled chocoiatee and then try
L m Ct|? 7 imBd.* ,’r?!lu<’t an<l y0” ’11 know ‘he difference
Immediately. Just like comparing silk with calico.
E G G IM A N N ’S
Wher» the 8srvlca is DUTsvant"
W hy Not
TRADE IN YOUR OLD CAR
ON A
USED CAR.
WITH AN O. K. THAT COUNTS
uscdVcaraVe “ Complete 8tock of « < *1 '« « reconditioned
MORRIS CHEVROLET Co.
924 Olive St.. Eugene. Oregon
Telephone 627
R e-Sale” at R est-H aven
O pens on March first
THE FIRST o p MARCH, sec
tions in the “Sunset Area” of
Rest-Haven Memorial Park will
be made available to the public
for actual use.
This event m arks a most
iiuporiani stage In the develop
m ent of the Park. Up to this
time, property has been dis
posed of on an Investment, or
“ wholesale” basis only. It Is by
The month of Febru
this means th at the physical
ary will witness the
improvement and beautification
breaking of all sales
of the Park has been made
possible.
records at Rest-Havan
Memorial Park. By the
Rut from now on. such sections
end of the month It
as have been listed for re-sale
ie
confidentally
ex
by the original investors will be
pected that the amount
offered to the public for actu a,
of property disposed of
Interment, purixmes. This re-
on an investment basis
flale service Is without cost to
will reach »30,000.00.
those who wish to dispose of
their property. The only con
dition enforced by the Rest-
Haven Company is th at the
price m ust be not less than
double the original or "Invest
m ent” price.
THERE WILL NEVER RE A BETTER TIME t i i a m
NOW TO LEARN ABOUT ItEST-lfAVEN MBMTO “
PARK
On
R est-H a ven
MEMORIAL PARK
I 536-7-8 Miner Building
MB
Telephone 830