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About The Springfield news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1916-2006 | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1930)
PACK TWO THE SP.<IN(linra,D NHWg THURSDAY. MARCH IS. 1930 BUSINESS IS GETTING BETTER Men whose occupation it is to keep their fin- Princess to W ed? Published Every Thursday at gens on the pulse of national conditions report L Springfield, Lane Coanty. Dragon, by witli a great deal of confidence th at the outlook T H E W IL L A M E T T E PRESS for business is better than they had ex|>ected to H . K M A X E Y . Editor. find it a t this time. There was a belief at the ■Stared a* second class matter, February 14. IMS. a t the tuni of the year that it may be m id-summ er be fore industrial conditions got back to normal poetofllce, Springfield, Oregon. __ | Now there is a general feeling th at it will not be M A IL S U B S C R IP T IO N R A T E ; much a lte r Easter before the slack has been 75c j taken up. Definite predictions with a time-limit One year In Advance-------11.76 Three Months . Biz M onths---------------------- 11.00 Single C o p y _gc are always doubtful, but the fact th at Intelligent — investigators believe that the worst is over is of THURSDAY. MARCH IS, l»S0 _________________________' great significance and interest. A HOUND POR WORK ’ One of the most reliable indexes of business GOVERNOR AL—■ vvAtBtsuvuiv m r volume w iuiiw of ui national iiuuuuui advertising confidence io is the advertising. The new governor of Oregon covers ground Six of the largest advertising agencies recently like a traveling salesman, and some people w o n -, reported th at uot only had there been no cancel- der if he stays at home long enough to do any of lations among their advertising clients, but that Juliana, only child of the Quaes the work of his office. But it seems th a t Gov- m any of them had Increased their advertising of Holland, ha» gone with her ernor Norblad can get up in the morning and do appropriations by from 10 to 15 per cent. mol bar Io Ravaria Io meet the GA- • day s work before a lot of folks get their e y e s ' There are several reasons why what looked in mau Prince Erbaeh-Shoeabcry. open. The Democratic Salem Capital Journal November like the beginning of a business de ahom aha may marry. in rem arking about newer m ethods being em- pression did not develop as such things have done __ ____________ ployed in the governors office, has this to say: in the past. One was, of course, th at the sudden RANCHERS PROTEST "Right now. Governor AI Is carrying on la two capacities | 8 ‘UIUP In stock values did not reflect any busi- USE OF POISON BAIT over was the v natural — chief executive and candidate, Chaaing v u , „ r the iu r state <uu> uefi8.or industrial condition but ----- ---------• BY STATE HUNTERS almost continuously, business may pile up «luring hia ab- reaction from a speculative boom in which stocks ••a c e , but he seldom leaves Salem without leaving a clean i sold at from tw enty to forty or fifty tittle s desk. He worka early and late. He walks five miles their net earnings. Another was th at there was The une of poison ball “ “ In ,n the Mr- -1»'" 7:30 in no Kreat m ass of “frozen assets" on the shelves Kpnile m®»ntaina by predatory ani- regularly each morning. Is always at his office at ks until u n til! ° f m erchants and m anufacturers. mal h,in'*’r" •« protested in several the morning, sometimes as early as 5:30. He works N,'*n r*c*” *’ 1 o'clock, walks downtown to lunch, hack at his desk at 1 With the improvements in transportation facil- P*>" " T es which Which have been made m u d .. «¡ n p j . the h u Armistice' .................... ± r* ceB,,’r ’ » «rn ard fro"’ from since 7*7 7 I and works right u p .to 6 o'clock. Seldom is there sn ¡ties ln the d*gtrc“ »»«ere the evening or Sunday that he Is not at his desk and busy for business requires less capital investm ent in goods ,n* On* two or four« hours or more. Often In the evening he than used to be the case. One of the great mall- bunte” grg takes another long walk. order houses last year reported an inventory of ¿ 7 r a ' ’7.77*‘ only $77.000,000 as against $121,000.000 in 1921 ! f, Ra‘‘,’- " ‘‘kp <»•«'<« The dictaphone and what it symbolises enables him to yet the total volume of business done on the h” * from ,h* Row keep up with his Job; the walking, he says, conserves his River district ha* 100 lumi'« on It. health and permits him to hit a pace that few governors. sm aller inventory was four tim es as great as Judge Barnard ha» »ent the peti- when the larger stock was carried. Something U, any, have equaled." tlon» to Stanley Jewett, director of like this is reflected in the records of every m er e e e Predatory Animal control of the chant who runs his business on an up-to-date United .... State» , Biological survey at YOU CAN’T PLEASE EVERYBODY basis today. Small stock, speedily replenished on „ , . . , The world is full of good-natured people who hurry-up orders to m anufacturers or jobbers , d ” « «’«dar.d that Lai» try to agree with everybody. It they have any enable the retailer to make two to four times as T a T ’ „ °W" 7 7 7 Opinions of their own, they conceal them in their many sales on the same am ount of capital. He “h. 7 h o7 .in 7 J ”t 7 .7" ’7 ,”n,l,'r h*' effort to avoid hurting someone else’s feelings. runs less risk of having money tied up in slow -1"” ' 7 7 " J B ut they don’t get anywhere. They don't gain moving goods and by frequent reordering, keeps ’“7*7 rBd‘'r#1 ,OTer” the respect or the confidence of anybody, and his stock fresh and attractive, besides being ready they count for nothing, or next to it, in the lives to respond instantly to any change in style or and affairs of their families and their com tastes. FILTHIEST STILL FOUND munities. Because this system of retailing has become BY OFFICERS SATURDAY How far would a m inister get on his mission alm ost universal, business credits were not What deputies from the county If he tried to m ake his sermons please everybody m aterially curtailed even when the situation to the congregation? The question answ ers it- looked worst, and today are almost as free as sheriff's office described as the most »elf. The politician who flatters all of his con- they have ever been. The trend of wages is still filthy still to be taken In Lane county BCtituents and agrees with w hatever any of them upward, and unemployment is diminishing, and was found last Saturduy near Half thinks seldom gets elected and if he does he is the general public will soon be. if it is not al Moon Way on the MrKenste high way. The still consisted of a twenty <ven m ore seldom renom inated. The business ready, in better buying position than ever. gallon tank made by welding two m an who would let every custom er tell him how wash hollers together. The still bore to run his store would soon be bankrupt. And DOES TH E DIGEST POLL evidence of having been recently used the newspaper editor who did not have any COVER THE SUBJECT? ¡and a considerable amount of mash Opinions of his own but ran his paper to suit the supposed views of everyone of^h'is" subscribers 1 t o 7 J 7 H 7 ,rary D1® est P°n on prohibition mailed was located nearby. supposed views of everyone of his i * million people supposedly representative Would soon find himself in a sorry fix. No person was apprehended in con asks three questions: ; nection with the operation of the There is one sound rule for everyone who is 1. Do you fa-or the continuance and strict en still, but Investigators state that they am bitious to get along in the world and to be a forcement of the Eighteenth amendment and found a letter which will probably respected member of his community, his state Volstead Act? I implicate someone. They refused to and his country. T hat rule is to form his or her *. Do you favor a modification of the Volstead reveal the man's name until he W M Own opinions, form them in the light of reason law to permit light wine» and beer? questioned. and change them only if reasonably convinced ». Do you favor a repeal of the Prohibition th a t they were wrong, and then to stand by them. Amendment? FARMERS ASKED TO FILL Courteously but firmly. Even those who dis Any law abiding citizen should favor strict en- SAMPLE CENSUS BLANKS agree will respect the man who honestly and sin- oerely holds to an opposing view. And it is , forcement of any law w hether he favors the law I j or not. Some may favor changes in ihe law and Sample» of the blank« which all better be respected than merely tolerated. • • • i not favor modification of the Volstead act. About people living on farms must fin out all the poll will determ ine is w hether those who for the 1930 census have been mailed, Believe it or not. We saw a feminine hitch answ er the questions do or do not want prohlbl-, according to Joseph Koke census biker on the highway across the river this week tion. This may be looking the issue straight in supervisor for tbia district, and any equipped with roller skates and carrying a pack. the face but will it prove anything? What about, person» who have not received them Nothing like being prepared for emergencies. the man who favore prohibition but believes th r «re asked to write or call at the However, she will probably have to skate all the present method of enforcem ent and the laws Eugene office and aeeure copies of way to California. governing the m anufacture, sale and possession theee blank«. The blank« which the • • • of liquor to be wrong? p-ople living on farms must fill out Ibis year are very lengthy and de Despite the fact th a t the Chief of Police in Eugent is named Strait, there are some people Looks more like its the sports rath e r than the tailed. There I" nothing very diffi who insist there is som ething crooked about the sportsmen who are straining every effort to put cult about them, but It Is necessary police departm ent. Bovernor Norblad in the hole. We rath er think that the fhrmer« Investigate their th at the rum pus they a re trying to raise will records of receipts and expenditures Believe It or not, we saw a man carrying a lan- £ £ kes vote® for the governor rath e r than for to fill the mout accurately, and for this reason they are being asked to tern and leading a donkey leaving Eugene the W opponents. fill out the sample blanks so that Other day. * * • • • ! The keynote in this campaign for governor is they will have the Information ready “Let’s go Ahead, Oregon.” Norblad, Hall, and when the census takers start work Some of the youngsters we see smoking cigar- Corbett are sounding the same trum pet calling Bttes should be spanked for handling m atches. everyone to arm s to “Build Oregon." HUNTERS GET BOUNTIES TH E SPRINGFIELD NEW S B etw een M eals-- Pep up with Candy Quick energy th at's what candy Is. Along about 10 a. m. or 3:30 p. m., half way between meals, how it peps you up to last till meal-time. Good for you. too we’ll say! All your favorite randies are h e re — "Sweeten the Day with Candy" F G G IM A N N ’S " S prin g C learance SALE USED CARS W ITH AN O. K. THAT COUNTS ‘7.7 •7—W PINKY DINKY V W LLO , P IN K V / By Terry Gilkison I H A V I A L IT T E Ä present f o r -you IP Y o u ' l l fH O W U N 4.L C HOW * MART T O U ’R«. L E T T IN Ä . NO W , *U PPo*E 1 A r u c y o u F i v e P C N N i e i AND a N ICK EL. . HOW M UCH w o uld you r J < f.\ic u HAUE 7 y 7 NO - NO - l is t e n - if I <sive you Five p e n n i « * a n d a n i c k e l . V ou y b e F iv e a n d F iv e - HOW M U<H W OULD y o u H A ve? ' CENT5 5EVEN <E N T ^y P IN K Y D IN K Y J IH b L iS / O' MORRIS CHEVROLET Co. 924 Olive St.. Eugene, Oregon Telephone 627 ^ M M M K C a a je s a e M NEW DE LUXE CHAIR CARS but still—* $ 24 to Angeles ■ M a la U a a Points] H ere i t an unusual opportunity to save money. T h u ticket is good fo r travel on day coaches and in tourist deeping car«. T a k e advantage o f thia low far« and plan your trip to L o . Angeles now. Enjoy Greater Speed and Comfort D en i n u h ia m d . iedivid iu l m i l » « « . t o m . »,<io v ia - d o w i. sew iaivnor knury. Reclining chairs in day coache« pro vide maxim um comfort. There’s always plenty o f room on the train to rest and w alk about. Tourist sleepers give »till greater com fort, yet they ate economical. You save ume, too. S is to San F ra n c is c o Fullwin like drraia« r x m m r®»«ehà» bewb, etc. fFrew Aba tAw FoZaoJ /«r'4»r As/»raawMw awf rwwsw •V »»V rawr Southern Pacific Carl Olson, Agent Sunrise Area in “ R e s t-H a v e n '’ is n o w available for in term en ts FOR MANY BOBCAT PELTS I Bounties on thirteen bobcat polt» and one coyote pelt were paid to I hunters working In the McKenzie ¡| country during the past week. W J. Yale, of McKenzie bridge, led the list, bringing In nine bobcat pelts. Maurice Woods, of Oakridge, and A. B. Downs, of Fall Creek, each collect ed »4.00 each for two bobcat pelts. C. B. Bridger, of Ix*aburg, collected a »4.00 bounty for one coyote pelt. “ W here the Service la DUfarant" I N A< < ORDANCE with the plan previously announced for the development of Rest- Haven Memorial Park, the first area fit tingly known as "Sunrise,” ia now available f°r burial purposea . . . That meana that altea In tlila beautiful, modem cemetery, acicntlflc- ally planned, and In proceaa of development nto a Memorial Park of which Eugene, and the whole aurroiindlng country, may well be proud, may now b. utilized by thoae who seek for their loved ones a final rearing place of dignity and peaceful charm . . . Anyone la welcome to inapect the property nt his con venlence Or If it ia desired, an automobile will be placed a t hia diapoaai. I Ö U « U T T L g W IL L IE M A C K H » *A T UPON A T A C K B U T H P D I D N 'T * I T T H E « FOB LX>Nû * « T T IN Ä W A * A LL W BONÛ R e s t-H a v e n MEMORIAL PARK 536-7-8 Miner Building Telephons 830