PACE FOL K
TIIVRDAY. NOVEMBER 13. 1930
T H E SPRINGFIELD NEWS
THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
Published Every Thursday at
Springfield, Lane County. Oregon, by
THE WILLAMETTE PRESS
H. E. MAXEY. Editor
Entered as seeond class matter, February 24. ISOS, at the
postoffice, Springfield, Oregon.
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T H U R S D A Y , N O V E M B E R 13. 1930
HANDWRITING ON TH E WALL
Build Now
tl'o rilain l Journal of*C<Mnnurce)
E IG H T A T T E N D RED CROSS
B A N Q U E T FR ID A Y NOON
A num ber of |>eoplo are realizing th e tru th
’ light S pringfield people nttem led
of reports on low building costs at th e present
th e 'k ic k o f f lu n rh eo n g lte ii by the
tim e, and are taking advantage of the existing
price decline to carry out construction of hom es I.niie county c h a p te r of th e A m erican
and buildings.
Many, however, are hesitant Red t'ri i w hich was held at the
about evincing th eir faith in a practical wav in O sborn hotel In Euxeiie on Friday.
the general sta tistic s th at indicate the dow n­ Th- y w ere Mrs W K ll.irnell, M ik
w ard trend of building prices. Som ething m ore C. E K enyon. Mrs «'. O. W ilson, M ik
('. E "Wheaton, Mrs M yrtle Loulaiw,
concivte is needed to give them the final urge, Miss E dna S w a rls and M ajor and
som ething of tangible n a tu re to bolster up their Mrs M It tlu n tly .
half-form ed beliefs in the tru th of current low
T he ann u al roll call drive for mein
building costs.
Itei-shlps Is being conducted betw een
W hat will be effect of the independent elec­
tion upset on fu tu re Oregon politics? Meier, the
overw helm ing winner, is drippingly wet. Mets-
chan was for a condition about a s is, while
Bailey w as supposed to be som ew hat drier.
The Joseph platform will no doubt have van­
ished in the thin air from which it cam e by 1932
but this wet and dry issue will stan d out like
a sore thum b.
A rm istice day ami T h an k sg iv in g all
Perhaps, then, the results obtuined by a Middle over th e P u tte d S ta te s Mrs K envon.
West lum ber dealer m ay help them to cam«' to M ik W ilson and Mrs A II Van Vat
a decision, for his findings are quite as applicable -ra h have been appointed c a p ta in s ot
locally as in his own city. T his lum berm an, as ; the d riv e In S pringfield w hich Is be­
reported to the N ational Lum ber M an u factu rers’ ing headed 1" Mrs I foot ly and which
association, recently called for an Itemized bid was stu rted here T uesday.
on the co n struction of a fram e dwelling rep ro ­
ducing exactly «me that was eivct«'d in March
and April, 1929, on which all cost «lata wen* M ISSION SO C IETY SENDS
BOX TO KO R EAN PEOPLE
Clever Al Sm ith passed the “ noble experim ent-’ available. T he c o n tra c to r subm itting the bid
in prohibition square up to the Republican party, guaran teed to duplicate for $4349.46 a house
A box of C h ristm a s things was
which if it had its way would be no w etter or which last y e a r cost $5013.33, a decrease of
I'Ackinl bv the m em ber« of the Worn
$663.87.
drier th an the dem ocrats. Prohibition is giving
i n ’s Foreign M issionary society of the
the Hoover adm inistration m ore trouble than
It
was
found
th
at
every
item
of
m
aterial,
M ethod's* church at th e ir m eeting
anything else.
Despite wholesale a rre sts the
country seem s to be drinking m ore and m ore equipm ent and labor. except gas service, s u r­ held nt the hom e of Mrs Win «1
every year. Prohibition is an issue th a t flour­ veying. insurant'« and the building perm it, which H ughes on Frtdav afternoon. The
ishes even m ore than o th er th in g s when there were identical, w as lower th an a year ago The ¡box was shipped early th is week te
g reatest decreases were in excavation and in 1 the m ission fields In K orea. Mrs
is business depression and discontent.
finish hardw are, both of which were 35 per «•- al i I. K l*ttge led the program discus
A few m ore congressm en like G eneral M artin, less. Window shades were quoted at 33 per cent ' stun at th e m eetin g F riday.
who beat Korrell in P ortland w ith nothing but less; tile. 24 per c e n t: w orked lum ber. 20 per
a wet plank for the repeal of th e 18th am end­ c e n t; painting, 16 per c e n t: yard lum ber, 1.4 T R A P P IN G SFASO N OPENS
m ent, and we will be at it again.
per cent; m ason work. 12 iht c e n t; c a rp e n te r
F IR S T OF N E X T M O N TH
work, 10 per cent, and wiring, 10 per cent. The
However, if th e co u n try sw ings back to pros­ item s in which th ere were only negligible re­
T rap p in g season In O regon begins
perity again two years hence the drys will prob­ ductions were plastering, plumbing, h eatin g and
on D ecem ber 1. and all trap p er* a re
ably be able to hold th eir grounds, if depression rough hardw are.
u tg ed to s»-< a re th e ir ap p licatio n s for
continues— well we expect to see the battle of
the century waged over wet and dry. Already
While the above percentage of price declines license ns early as possible acco rd in g
both sides are w hetting up th eir sw ords.
m ay not be sim ilar to those th at exist in this to Rodn< y Roach, deputy gam e w ar
city, yet th e principle of low er costs is m aterially den The a p p licath n blanks can be
evident in local constru« tion circles, to th e great o b tain ed at th e office of th e lam e
TH E EMPLOYMENT RACKET
advantage of Jltose w ho realize th e opportunity countv clerk and th e licenses a re
to build. This condition, however, m ay not be sent out from th e office of the S ta te
An em ploym ent “ra c k e t-’ is reported to be expected to last very long, in the opinion of G am e com m ission at P ortland. No
w orking on the McKenzie highw ay jobs, w here experts, who believe that the bottom has been trap p in g will bo p e rm itted before the
there is a large tu rnover of men. T he highw ay reached. For those, then, who have any in te n ­ opening of the season and all rep o rts
departm ent should check up on th is for under tion of building, it would be wise to lose no tim e of d e la tio n Will Is- lnve-.tlgal.-d close
present conditions no one should charge a laborer in putting operations under way. f«»r a s surely ly says Roach.
to get him a job, th en to get only a few days as activity increases, so will prices begin their
work a fte r he travels 100 miles.
upw ard climb. Delaying co n stru ctio n to a later
What A Woman
Nine out of every ten highw ay jobs could be date only m eans g re a te r costs to the eventual
builder.
Build
NOW!
filled anyw ay with com petent help from am ong
the idle men in Springfield and Eugene. It could
Should Weigh
also be done by free agencies instead of by com ­
mission agents.
TH E FARM BOARD IS LEARNING
Are You G etting F a t?
Oregon people in th e past have largely been
T he Federal Farm Board has had sixteen
“gipped” on a good m any highw ay jobs judging m onths of experience in its work of adm inister­ T h ese a re a u th e n tic figures look
t h e tab le below
if your w eigh'
from the num ber of California licenses on cars ing the Cooperative M arketing law. its m em bers ov.-r
and height m atch them C ongruhi
parked around these works.
have learned a g rea t deal in th a t tim e. In the late yourself jrour figure I -. a shape
beginning they were new to th e job. Only one ly o ne free from fat weigh your
of them , C hairm an Legee, had anything which self today.
Ages 40 to 44
A sheep m an sta te s th a t it cost m ore to ship m ight be called national experience in agricul­
his wool from Yoncalla to P ortland, 165 miles tu ral problems. Tiie oth ers w ere able enough 4 Ft 11 In
lì« Pound
by rail, than from Portland to Boston, 6065 miles men, but their individual experience was limited 5 Ft. 0 In
124
130
by w ater. T h a t is one of th e p ertinent reasons to territorial activities or to the m arketing of 5 Ft. 1 In
5 F t. 2 In.
133
why barge navigation on the W illam ette river certain com m odities.
5 F t. 3 In.
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would be m oney in the pockets of farm ers and
5 Ft. 4 In
139
T
here
is
evidence
th
a
t
th
e
Farm
Board
m
em
­
stock raisers in this p a rt of Oregon.
5 Ft 5 In.
143
bers are acquiring a national point of view, and 6 Ft. 6 In.
147
th at they have discovered several fundam ental 6 Ft. 7 111.
151
facts, concerning which th ere seem ed at the 5 Ft. S In.
166
The population of Robinson C rusoe’s i.dand beginning to be som e doubt am ong the Board 6 Ft. 9 In.
169
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has arisen to 24,000, we are told. B ut they have m em bers. Those facts, as stated by Mr. Teagm 6 Ft. 10 In.
162
We T h is given Includes o rd in ary
no bank, dentist or new spaper am ong other in a recent address, are:
Indpor clothing.
things m issing. Must be a happy and painless
If you a re o verw eight ut nut pies,
place to live.
A gricultural problem s will not be solved by p a strie s and cake- also enndv for 4
legislation.
,
week
then weigh yourself ag a in — '
V isit a t Ju n ctio n City Mr and Mrs.
Ja c k I arson and fam ily and Mrs
Tony C h u rrct of New York i lly, aunt
of Mr L arson. spent Sunday at Ju n e
lion City at th e hom e of Mrs L a r­
son's p aren ts, Mr. and Mrs C harles
Toftdalfl
C loses for Punersi The Hprlngfleld
office of the Mountain p la te s Power
company closed betw een the hours
of I 30 and 4 00 o'clock Monday for
the funeral of Seth M McPherson,
brother of Miss l.ulu McPherson, book­
k e e p e r for the power company.
T h e Candy
you eat for pleasure is a marvelously
useful footf . . . .
Candy lovers, have you e v e r thought of candy as a rein aik u b ly
u-.eful, w holesom e final? Candy Is so ap p etisin g , so In g ra tia tin g th s t
wo forget It plays th e serio u s rule of supply us w ith resistance and
stre n g th to carry on.
•
T he ««Inntlsta tell us th at candy, which ull of us eat bta-ause It
d elig h ts o u r lailuto and tickle« o u r ta s te . Is a fo-al th s t supplies a
g reat laallly need
Contrary to popular opinion, It Is very quickly
and easily d ig ested
For of all the finals th a t we esl. su g ar 1»
most rcaih to tie burned In th e laaly us fuel. And besides sugur,
candy co n tain s chocolate, m ilk, m ils, fru its and o th e r w holesom e
esse n tia l foods.
FGGIMANN’S
W h e re th e S e l v t M
Is D iffe re n t'
Week-end Specials
...AT...
Fulop’s Department Store
39c
15c
Crown Jew el C otton
25c Fast Color P rints
$*2 to $5 Wool Kerg« ». W orsteds ami
Tweed*
25«- Yd. Wide Heavy Outing l-’lnum l
$1* Silk Horn*
98c t0 51.48
15c
49c
Fulop’s Department Store
"W e glv«’ S. £ II. T rading Stam pa"
334 Main Street
Springfield
44 YEARS OLD
I SAIL
FORTY
Al NT N
NOTH II
T he law of supply and dem and c an n o t In-
The H arrisburg Bulletin suggests th a t at next ignored.
election som eone s ta rt an am endm ent to the
constitution exem pting real e sta te from ta x a ­
T he g rea test assistan ce to ag riculture by the
tion. Well, w e’ll bet it would get a whale of G overnm ent will be the gradual developm ent of
a vote.
grow er-ow ned m arketing system s.
ÏT-WI
SPC
F IS I
(SHIV!
Now th a t the Farm Board has learned those
things, and we have Mr. T e a g u e ’s word for it
Many a m an has gone by a dollar chasing th a t all of the m em bers now accept them as
an elusive dime.
tru th , th ere is hope th a t m ore rapid progress
m ay be m ade in bringing ag ricultural m arketing
to a point where grow ers really get w hat their
Time to s ta rt cultivating th a t T hankful spirit. products are w orth.
PINKY DINKY
Sy Te.ry Gilkison
Go light on p o ta to e s— rice, b u tter,
roam and
ugar oat lean m eat
th ic k e n , fish, salad green v e g e ta ­
bles and fruits.
T ak e one h alf teaspoon of K rnsch
•ii S u p s in a glnss of hot w ater ev ­
ery m o rn in g before b re a k fa st—T his
s th e easy, safe and sen sib le way to
lak e off fa t— and 45 cent b o ttle of
K ruschen H alts la sts 4 w eeks—Get
It at K etels' D rug S to re o r any d ru g
sto re In th e world You’ll he gloriously
alive— vigorous anil vivacious in 4
weeks.________________________________
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5th & Multi
Springfield, Gre.
c
For your trip
All Reboot children
need an eye exam ina­
tion— Even witJi tw en­
ty-tw entieth
v is io n
there may be e y e
strain.
DR
XC.MEADE
O P T O ^ E T R I/T
14- W c r r
3
th A V t
is it a l-o -n -g way
to your Telephone?
Even the shortest of hallways seems
too long, when the telephone’s to be
answered.
Why not have an extension tele­
phone right where you most likely are?
In the bedroom, the sun porch, or
the kitchen—wherever it will save the
most steps.
An extension costs bat a few cents
a day. It is so convenient.
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