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THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
T H » S P fU N O P tO L D NWWS
PROSPERITY ANO AUTOMOBILES
THURSDAY, JULY 10. 1030
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R E S ID E N T S
F A M IL Y G A T H E R IN G H E L D
M IL L IS A N N O U N C E M E N T
H E R E O N JU LY F O U R T H
F A T H E R D IE S S A T U R D A Y
A common criticism of the laboring man and
the farmer Is his automobile especially at times of
M r and Mra. W R. Stacey enter
depression. If they drive cars (even old wrecks)
Th* ■’• ‘ W '' Paper Products null W illia m J B ill, fath er of Mra.
T H E W IL L A M E T T E PRES«
"they must not be so bad off or they are using |,rom",w’ ,n Eu*” '* w,u n”1 b" bu,lt Biola» Fraedrlcka, nt Springfield, tained al Ih e lr home here Friday for
H. E. MAXBY. Editor.
money for gasoline that should go for food and *<*«rd*1*« ,0 w,'r'1 receded by the died al Portland on Saturday at tha aeveral of th alr children and th a lr
clothing."
' Springfield Cham ber o f Cotnmerca a«« ot 68 year». He lived In l<ane fam ilies, who returned to apend the
•eeond ciana m atter. February 24. : W I. at tha
An
automobile
to
most
i»eople
is
an
economic
,hl’ w**h W han hand« io build the county tor many yaara. and form erly Fourth ot July with th e ir parents.
taMtofflce. Springfield, Oregon.
necessity and should be so recognised. There are
f*n "h,,r’ ln
,h* diroc- owned and operated the H lll'a Koon- Those iweaent Included M r and Mrs.
M A IL SUBSCRIPTION RATE
70 sawmills in Lane county but to how many of ■,o” of ,h*
voted to build omy »lore In Eugene. Al one lim e he Kay R H larey and son. ot N eatlle;
year la
____»1JS Thrtte Moatha
_TSc these mills can a working man walk from where ,be ^,1• n, 00 ,b * fr *” > industrial alia waa In bualneaa In the 1. O. O. F. M r. and M ra Dean Stacey and two
aona, o f M edford; and M r and Mrs.
Moatha.
he must life? Comparatively few since they are her* twovid«-«» t&o.oeo in atoek could bulidlng In Springfield.
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be aubacribed In tbla city. A au r vey
He waa a member of the Odd F el R R Noonan, of IT rtla n d
nearly
all
outside
city
limits.
There
are
hundreds
T H U R S D A Y . J U L Y 10, 1030
of men employed in road work and nearly all must of the altuallon revealed (hat thia low« lodge. of the Blka, and tha W
I aum could not be aubacribed In O, W
H a waa born In Rt
Juaeph
have means of transportation
POW ER PlsANT SALK W OULD MEAN _
The farmer must come to town and It is a great Springfield “nd the project u riv e n Mlaaourl. In 1R78 and moved to Ore
LOWER TAXES IN COUNTY
risk of life and property to venture forth on the "P »«"•» »•»»eribed win be return gon w ith hla parents w hile atlll a
While it probably would be "poor business” on highway with a horse and buggy. Horses anyway. *‘*1 •“ ,b" &»)"•*■ ot «lock, it la an »mail boy.
The funeral aarvleaa waa held from
Eugene's part to sell her electric power system are fast becoming unnecessary on the farms. The nouneed
the Vealch
undertaking
parlor» In
Just after investing two millions of dollars in the feed they eat might well go,to the dairy cow.
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Leaburg extension, private ownership of the; The day is here when the price of farm products viait« s i«t«r « u nd“ y— M r and M ra Eugene on Tueaday, July 8. at 1:00
Key.
Frederick
Jennings
property would put it on the tax rolls and result ¡and the wages of the laborer must stand the o p -; Harvey Scott, of Salem, spent Sun- o'clock
ln lower tax rates in the rest of Lane county.
' erating expense of the automobile. We should day at the home of Mrs. Scott » su officiated. The K'lks lodge had charge
it is a question whether or not a city is en- Judge the prosperity of the working man rather ter and brother in law. M r. and M r a of (he gravealde service« sod In ter
ment waa matte In the Hope Abbey
titled to exemption on its
property when it by the kind of car he drives (if {»aid for) than by w . H. Adrian
mauaoleum
enters business or industry in competition with the number who have automobiles,
private capital. Certainly it cannot be defended
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on any grounds of fairness or equality, or by the
HORSES, MULES AND COWS
S p e n d F o u r t h In P o r t la n d - Mr. and
Mra. Guy Gabriel motored to Port
same reasons governmental, educational or char-
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lh„
itable property is exempted.
I How raP|d,y the h° T !8 v*n ®h,nK fron
land Io apend Fourth of July.
American scene can only be fully appreciated
The Eugene electrical system probably would when we realize that, in twelve years, more than
pay somewhere between $50,000 and $100.000 one- third of all the horses in the United States;
taxes every year if it had a value anything like have passed out of existence and have not been
its cost. Because of the fact this property is replaced. The year 1918 was the banner year for
WHEN YOU
exempted, state and county taxes fall harder on the horse. From about ten million horses in w-w
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CALIFORNIA
the rest of the county that does not profit by the 1890. their number multiplied through 38 years
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use of cheaper electricity developed by the until, in 1918, it reached the high peak of
S P E C IA L A T T E N T IO N
municipal plant. And this leads to another 21,555.000. Since then the replacement of the
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question: ‘‘How cheap would this electricity be horse by motor vehicles has been rapid. The
if the power system paid taxes?”
I latest government figures place the total at
IN T E R N A L M E D IC IN E
A Lane county farmer paying $100 a year in around 13,000,000. Another ten years may see
taxes once figured for us that he paid somewhere this reduced by half- and probably will,
DOES NOT OPERATE
between $2 and $4 of this amount in order that
The horse’s career in America lias been a
Eugene residents could have a little lower light short one. There were no horses or other beasts
W ill ba at Osborn Hotel
Y ou r vacation need not ha
bills. He failed to see the justice in this and we of burden known to the Indians of North Ameri-
On F riday, July IS
I
lim ited to iuat one place En
must admit we have the same viewpoint.
Ca, though in South America the natives had
From ,0 a. m., to 4 p. m.
joy the lu ll «weep of Califne
We do not believe any city should be curbed in tamed the llama to carry tlwlr loads. The Span-
ma » charming playgroufxl»
ONE DAY O N LY
its municipal ownership rights- but we do say ish conquistadores brought horses with them,
on a Southern
iti. vacation
ticket.
that city owned utilities shuold be subjected to many of which broke loose and ran wild. They
Here, x n d y heachea. lofty
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the same laws as all other manufacturing and multiplied rapidly in the fastnesses of the south-
mountain«, famed retort« are
business enterprises.
western wilderness, and the Indians of the Great
all cluacly linked by Southern
Or. M ellenthln'a vtalta are g reatly
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Plains speedily learned to break and use them.
Pacific.
i But a scant four hundred years, down to now appreciated and p atro n lied . especially ;
Y ou r vacation Hart« when
you i board the train. In reu
WHO OWNS THE AIR?
1 covers the history of the horse on this continent. by those who are suffering or ailing
tu l I comfort you speed ow e
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.. . I There are still a few horses left In the big from troubles ot the Intern al organa.
the spectacular 5Aea<e Faere
While it is a recognized point at law that cjtje8 They are, so far. more economical than In the cbest or abdomen; also head,
— m ile after mile of »rente
ownership of land extends to the center of the motor8 jor house-to-house deliveries of milk. ear. noae and throat. T h e Doctor ac-
splendor. Refreshed, you are
earth. it is still a debatable question who owns “ 7 a”'", ' ~ 8t'*a n ? express matter.' But "the "in- ‘• p ** onl ’ r “’*’•* wbo C,B
ready for play at your deoua
ationa.
th« air over the property. With the increased , creasjng CO8t of their maintenance is gradually ««•“’»■•»r ’ »b ‘b-
"f
A ticket to any one o f these
use of the airplane this is a question due to be caU8lng even the8e U8e8 to be replaced by motors dl,‘t ,nd b’'<” n' ,or wbl‘b •
detonations in clud es «top-
fought out soon.
I The mule is gaining on the horse. He is more cbar’ r n’*de
over» and perm it* tide trip«
In Massachusetts a Mr. Smith lost a case to | efflcjent eat8 le88 and work8 harder.
In the
Women if m arried plea»» bring their
tu the m any places y o u 'll
warn to viait.
prevent airplanes flying oyer his house. It w a * ,period during which the horse population fell off hu»band*
assumed that Mr. Smith did not occupy the air bv one. third the mule census showed
an in-
w
com plaint may be it
hence th« state had police power over it and ;creaae of nearly 30 per cent. However, this in- w,n “• °f ‘n,erMt to con’“1' “»• ***'
could permit airplanes to fly o v er his property, crea8e haa now 8lackened. There are fewer 'or “n 'hU ,rlb
under certain regulations. The supreme court mules in use now than there were in 1924, when Below are the name« of a few of hla
held that it was not trespass to fly at an altitude these useful hybrids numbered 5.730.000.
,n* n’' » • ’ « "«•« P » tl« « a :
of 500 feet over the property in question but that
In the period from 1920 to 1930, the number o f , Mra. H a rrie t Anatadt. Aatorla.
it was trespass to fly as low as 100 feet in order beef cattle has dropped from above 47 million to A lfred ('lem m ena. Corvallia.
C A R L OLSON
Deach. Portland.
to reach or leave an airport.
under 33 million. We are eating less beef. But, Chas.
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Agent
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while we are drinking more milk, more butter W . G. Grubbe, Albany.
Mra. J. G. H u n tau rker, Toledo.
State officials are telling us how much could and cheese, the number of milch cows remains W E. H¡inkina, Mt. Hebron, C alif.
be saved by the state printing text books, pro- about as it has been for nearly twenty years
Denver Kincaid, Ashland.
vided they did not have to buy the copyrights, around 22 million. They are better cows, how- Bert Lamp». St. Helens.
T H E G O O D O L D S U M M E R T IM E
Why not tell us how much could be saved by a ever, giving more milk on less fodder: and the L. H . M artin . Moro.
state operated shoe factory to clad our pupils ¡tendency is to increase their number and quality.
ia here— A nd
F O. Pollard. Yreka. C alif.
Also, a large hot cake factory that could feed I Time was- not long ago. when almost any sort E. F. Sm ith. Heppner
them more economically than they are now fed
a horse was worth $100. an ordinary mule M rs W m . Srhttenlna. Helix.
by their mothers at home.
around $125 and a pretty fair cow could be got
Thirst Quenchers
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for $75. The Kansas State Agricultural Depart lx>e Oey, North Powder.
T . L. Shown, Goldendnle.
ment figures the average values in Kansas today
In Portland 199 people were found to live on the as $50 for a horse, $70 for a mule and $82 for a Em m a T u rn e r. M lkkalo.
are in demand. Egglmann Is always prepared to serve you
H e n ry Trow bridge, John Dny.
river. If this endurance Hying keeps up the next cow—taking then) just as they run.
with
a big variety of sodas and other drinks that "hit the
census will find a part of the population living
All of which contributes toward answering the J. H. Wood. Eugene.
spot.”
In the air.
miestion of why it is no longer pays to grow hay V. P. Harris, Athena.
Mra. R. Danks. K lam ath Falla.
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and oats- for most farmers in most regions.
Our Ice cream, too, is the most popular dish In town
Mra. W a lte r Scott, M t Angel.
these days. It’s always cool here. Come in anytime.
What we are wondering about is how the en- 1
H en ry Scbulx. Pendleton.
When a cat can’t see in the dark we are told
durance fliers were able to remain aloft 554
he
feels his way along by his whiskers. Our ad M rs. O. N. K im b all, Crabtree.
hours amid the rain of machine gun bullets over
Mra. F ra n k Simpson. Hood R iver.
vice
to moonshine drinkers is to start growing Lee
Chicago.
Slucher, La Grande.
beards.
I'ablUhed Rvary Tharaday at
Springfield, Las« County. Oregon. by
EXTRA
HO URS
fo r “Play
EXTRA
COMFORTS
Coming to
Eugene
for Relaxation
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Pacific
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Even the Editor Can’t Please Everybody
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above the exact date and
Perm anent addreaa: 288 So
Serrano, I x m Angelea, C alif.
RELIEF FROM CURSE
OF CONSTIPATION
A B attle Creek physlclaa aaya, “Con
stipation is responsible
for
more
m isery than any other cause.”
Bnt Im m ediate
re lie f haa been
found. A tablet called Rexall O rder
lies baa been discovered. This tablet '
attracts w ater from the system In t o ;
the lazy, dry evacuating bowel called
the colon. T he w ater loosens the dry
rood waste and causes a gentlq
thorough, natural movement w ithout
form ing a habit or ever increasing
the dose.
Stop suffering from constipation
Chew a Rexall O rderlle at night. Next
day bright. Get 24 for 2Sc today at
Flanery's Rexall D rug Store.
R G G IM A N N ’S
'Where tha Bervlca la DUTerent'
W ash D resses
O f Real Styl« Importane« ai
79c
Would you ever dream of
a princess frock at 79e
«M
one with a capelet collar
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— but we could talk on and a«
•bout the many fascinating ctyleB
these dresses reveal — you tnugg
really see them for yourself I A
multiplicity of large and
floral and figured prints .
polka dots and plain ahadea.
Regular aixl extra
Another group o f now t
ed against w ith Soft-
L ite lenses th a t pre
serve the vision.
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O P T O M E T R IZ T
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foaturo« many charming
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942 Willamette St.,
Eugene, Oregon