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THIRTEEN LAWS TO BE
PUT BEFORE VOTERS
AT NOVEMBER ELECTION
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of
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American
Sunday
School Union BUSINESS MEN FLY
WILLAMETTE GAME IS
will
deliver
the
sermon
at the morn-
FIRST NIGHT CONTEST
OVER CITY WEDNED8AY
' Ing worship hour at the Bapllat
FOR OREGON PLAYERS church Sunday. Kenneth Tobias will
A Zenith biplane owned by A A.
Night football will make Its Initial preside and will hare charge of Ihe lleniiiitl, formerly of the Alaskan Air
bow In the upper Wlllsmelle valley opening and closing exercises.
ways, spent a couple of hours at tba
tomorrow evenlg at ilavward field
The Sunday school will meet at local port yesterday. The plaue was
In Eugene when the university team 10:00 o'clock and In the cveulpg Ihe brought here by Pilot l*almelter of
meets Willamette university's players Vouug people will meet at 7:00. Thia Corvallis who waa looking over var­
In the second game of the season will bo an open meeting for Ihe en­ ious airports with a view of estab
for both conteatanta. Thia contest tire congregation, and itev Ik hi Mailing a trans port bualneaa between
baa already assumed some Importance Baker of Eugene will give an tllua Tacoma and Medford Several local
le Northweat football eirrloa as the traled lecture on the subject, "From business m>-n took rides in Ihe ship
university did not down the Pacific Ihe Cradle lo Mntrnity.”
whiih can carry all passengers
boys with any large score Iasi Sai
urday. while on the other hand Ore
gon Stale hadly ran over the WII
lainette players. Willamette haa c m
Blatantly defeated Pacific. The res
worth of the Willamette boys will he
displayed tomorrow evening when ih ,
We wish lo expresa our sincere thunks lo the |M>ople
game Is called at 8:15.
of Springfield and «'specially to the fire officiala of Eugene
Several Springfield people are ex
and Springfield for their work during the fire lant week
pected to attend the game and boost
which completely destroyed the Springfield Mill and Grain
for the Willamette squad Such local
coui|>any'a main plant. We wlah also to thank the volun­
citizens aa Or W H Pollard, who
teer firemen and the many other», whose aaaintance both
won his letter with the Willamette
during the fire and afterwarda, waa greatly appreciated.
team, and others who have M'endvd
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school there more recently are atmoal
C. E. LYON
certain to be In the grandstands
JOHN BUHIIMAN
Reports from cities where night
ARTHUR BUHIIMAN
MsM ary. rfeto. sas
j football already has made Its debut
m a in ar StostAstxl
ovW (/■Jearstly
declare (hat the game under arc
new owners of the
■ lights la decidedly more spectacular
EUGENE MILL AND ELEVATOR COMPANY
tinued unbroken down to t t
than in the afternoon. A more bill
day.
! liatit atmosphere and the unusualness
After three yean at Willamette otb of the placing conditions have tended
vertlty, the oldaat Institution of high­
er gaming In Oregon. Phil Metschan to increase the spirit of the game. It
wa t to Stanford university to stndy j la declared
1*1 | Charles McNary had preceded
The University of Oregon team will
hix 'to Stanford, and there the youtb- entrain Sunday afternoon for their
friendshlp was renewed and
ened. The two roomed to long trip to Chicago where they will
meet Drake university on October 3.
studied law together.
Stanford, Phil Metschan re- in the first Interaecttonal game of
to Salam, and later, went to the year. It will be played at night
America, where he spent a
P R IC E
CUTTERS
Charles McNary finished hie on Soltilera Field.
en’ered practice, rose in
entered the United COW POISONING NOT DUE
STORE NO. 1
S T O R E NO . 3
125 East B roadw ay, Eugens
950 Charnslton Bt., Eugene
tall Senator McNary, now a
TO FARM WEED KILLER
flgwe. le seeking re-election
S T O R E NO. 2
S T O R E NO. 4
to the senate, and his friend and hop
The four tows which are reported
88 95 W est B roadw ay, Eugene
500 M ain S treet, Springfield
hood chnm, Phil Metschan. is the can­
didate of the republican party for to have died at Wendllng last week
governor. Names of the two men. who after eating graas which had weed
THURSDAY. FRIDAY and SATURDAY
as youngsters fished together os the poison on it. did not eat the weed
Willamette and aa students roomed
together at Stanford, will appear on po'son which lame farmers are using
to kill the obnoxious weeds wtth,
the same ticket.
la a l of Ms campaigns Senator stated County Agent O. ». Fletcher,
Picnic size
McNary baa had the enthusiastic sap- yesterday.
11 oz. Can
port at P M Metschan. whe has sever
The killing solution which the coun­
2 Cans
before been a candidate for any pablle
Can
office In this campaign, when both ty uses Is a calcuim chlorate and
tea. each win have the sup this is only slightly toxic to livestock
CULF-KIST
and will not kill them Mr. Fletcher
No. 1 Standard
says that It is possible that the stock
FORMER RESIDENT DIES
ate some grass which had been poison­
Can
AT PAISLEY ON MONDAY ed by the railroad employees. Rail­
roads have been known to use an
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Cana
H. A. Brattain, for many years a arsenic preparation and post notices
warning
cattle
owners.
resident of Springfield until moving
to Paisley in Eastern Oregon where
he engaged In stock farming, died at SUNDAY SCHOOL HEAD
his home there on Monday afternoon
Something new
Broken sections
TO PREACH ON SUNDAY
at 3:30. Funeral services were held
2 Packages
Can
there on Tuesday.
J. J Ray, sonerai superintendent
Surviving Mr. Brattain are two
brothers, Paul Brattain, Sr., of Pais­
ley. and Eldon Brattain; and one
slater, M tb . Maude Small. Mrs. Paul
Brattain and daughter, Maude, drove
to Paisley to attend the funeral.
Mr. Brattain lived on a farm adja­
cent to this city for many years. He
attended the schools here and grad­
uated from the University of Oregon.
He spent a few days here about three
weeks ago when returning from a trip
around the world which he had Just
completed.
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Two College Chums
Are Candidates On
Republican Ticket
Thirteen proposed law« will be tab-
mltted to the votera of Oregon *1
the general election In November.
Four of these measures are being
submitted to the voters by means of
the initiative petition, two others are
being referred to the people by pet I
tionera, and seven of them are being
referred by the state legislature.' Elev
en of the thirteen measures provide
for constitutional amendments.
The first measure submitted by the
legislature aslts the voters to repea
the article in the constitution provld
ing for the issuance and sale of state
bonds and payment with the money j
received therefrom, of the inters! on !
bonds issued by irrigation and drain
age districts, for the first five years
after such bonds are issued.
The second measure seeks to amend
the state constitution so as to provide ■
for the abolishment of the present
form of government and the adoptiou
of a cabinet form in which only the
governor, secretary and treasurer
would be the only elective officers;
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the others being appointed by the
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governor. This measure seeks to
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abolish all present offices and to
Juvenile ambitions are seldom real
provide nine new ones.
had. boyhood dreams seldom come
Another amendment sought by the true, but it la the unusual that makes
leg.slature is one extending privilege interesting reading, the unexpected
of state bonus loans to veterans of the that attracts attention. AU of which
leads up to the story of two young
Philippine insurrection. Chinese Boxer stars, who lay beneath the friendly
rebellion and qualified nonresident shade of broad oak trees on the banks
world war veterans after becoming of the WiUan*tte river at Salem 40
years ago and dreamed, as boys wUl
residents for ten years.
dream when fishing.
Equitable License Fees Sought
One of the two boys was Phil Met­
The fourth act seeks to amend the schan. The other was Charles L Mc­
motor vehicle license tax article of Nary. One looked forward to the day
when he would be governor and alt la
the constitution to provide for classi­ the
executive office ef the etate Capi­
fication and sub-classification of prop­ tol. the majestic dome of which rose
___ above the roofs of the homes la the
erty. including automobiles, for taxa
tiou. ud consideration of use, value.
.^ 5 e other fancied himself
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8tates capitol at
i.epnelation . for excise li pr vileg ington.
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One
of those dreams has come
t..xes. without specific i-ssessrr-ni*. . true, and the other bids fair to come
" Ills act is designed io shift the ; true when the ballots are counted In
s»i n-obile tax to a valuation basis the November election.
The two men. now standing for of­
rather than weight as is now in fice
on the republican state ticket,
effect.
met for the first time as boys shortly
The fifth act merely provides for i after Phil Metschan, Sr., was chosen
the revision of the constitution making state treasurer in 1390. Charles Mc­
Nary was attending school In Salem
the gas motor vehicle law legal.
Another amendment seeks to grant and living at home with his widowed
mother. The twe youths became al­
the legislature authority to pass a law most inseparable companions and
determining the manner in which va­ • t ™ < * ud a friendship which has
cancies in the legislature are to be
filled.
MANY BEAR ARE SEEN
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Legislators' Salaries Up
ON SOUTH FORK TRIP
The problem of compensation for
members of the legislature is back
Bear afe pienglflu in the woods now
of the Legislators' Compensation Con­
according
to Clive Stanley and F. O.
stitutional Amendment. The amend­
ment seeks to fix legislators’ compen­ Spencer, who spent the week-end
sation at $500 for the term of two hunting on the South Fork of the
years, together with travel pay for •McKenzie river. They saw several
going and returning from the place bear and took a shot at two of them,
of meeting. Presiding officers shall but did not succeed In killing them.
receive one half of their allowance as They say that they will take a dog
members as additional compensation. along next time to aid them in track
ing the bear.
The first measure referred by the
Although the trip was made for
people is the one which provides for
two additional judges of the circuit the purpose of hunting deer, not one
court for the fourth judicial district deer, either buck, doe or fawn was
seen, they stated.
which Includes Multnomah county.
The seconu referred measure is an
Whoopee!
other Income tax law which provides
for a tax on all incomes above a
“The party of the first part,” dic­
contain alioted sum for each indi­ tated the lawyer, “agrees with the
vidual.
party of the second part.”
People of Oregon will also be called
"I’m gonna like this Job." said the
on to vote on the cigarette question. new stenog, “it's all about parties."
The anti-cigarette league is asking
the voters to pass a constitutional
amendment making It unlawful to Im­
port, sell, manufacture, purchase,
possess or give away within the state
of Oregon cigarettes, cigarette papers,
or materials for the manufacture of
cigarettes, of the advertisement of the
same in any manner whatsoever.
Another law seeks to make it un­
lawful to do commercial fishing on
the Rogue River and its tributaries.
It seeks to prohibit the catching of
fish within a radius of three miles
of Its mouth In any manner except
with rod or line.
The creation of the office of a
lieutenant-governor for the «'ate is
the objective of another amendment,
and the final one listed in the
pamphlet, now being mailed to each
registered voter In the county, seeks
to authorize the creation of water
and power utility districts.
Card of Thanks
Succotash
7 1-2C
15c
OYSTERS
121-2C
Palmolive Beads
11c
Tomatoes
25c
Grape Fruit
15c
16c
Breier Days
Celebrated Throughout the West
FOODS
Without question a remarkable opportunity to save
money on timely merchandise
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Revolutionary Readjustments
You have all heard something about the revolutionary readjustment» taking place
in the production field, upsetting all old standards for price:
Manufacturers seeking quick turns are ready to make large price sacrifices,
made a big bid for this merchandise . . . we demanded the market's’ lowest
got it , . . and now we are passing profits along to our customers
Once again we can say to our customers . . .
Brier
. we
Let Breier Help You Save More
During Breier Days
Every value offered muBt do Its part toward making Breier DayH famous through-
Oljt. the Weflt.
BREIER DAYS are days when we even break our own famous record for set­
ting values.
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CHIC'S FEED STORE TO
HANDLE FEATHERFLAKE
Plus a Loud Hootar
Algernon (reading Joke)—“Fancy
this, Pecy; ‘A chap here thinks that
a football coach has four wheels.' ’*
Percy—"Haw, Haw!
And how
many wheel« ba« Lie bally thing."
Minnesota
Peas
25c
I Appetite Whetting
Announcement waa made here thia
morning that Alex Steveng, owner and
operator of Chic’s feed store on West
Main street, had taken over the Spring-
field agency for Featherflake feeds
and other products of the Eugene
Mill and Elevator, formerly the Spring-
field Mill and Orain company.
Mr. Stevens has been handling the
Kerr-Olfford brand of feeds, but the
sale of the mill In Eugene and the
discontinuation of the manufacturers
of those feeds In this vicinity haa
made It desirable to handle the Eu­
gene product.
THURSDAY. 8 K IT E M B K R 26. 1930.
T H E SPRINGFIELD NEWS
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Foods that whet the appetite at the same time
stimulate the digestive organs,
making them
better able to care for the food entrusted to their
action.
Tasty foods, such as you get from us,
4erve as appetite teasers and appetite satlsfiers.
A Tasty food such as
always are highest standard quality.
W. A. TAYLOR
9-Day Thrift Event
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“ Br«ier Days ar« here again
s t a r t i n g 1 h u r s d a y Our new low prices cheer again
TRU-PAK. MONARCH and 8. & W.
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Any time you buy at Breler's during Breier Days, merchandise Is bound to oarrv
the lowest price offered anywhere.
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You'll buy at them and say again
Breier days are here again!"
Ending Saturday
October 4th
NEW LOW FALL PRICES
SA VE HERE!
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