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THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
Published Bvery Thursday at
Sprtngfteld, Lane County. Oregon, by
THE WILLAMETTE PRESS
H. E. MAXEY. Editor
R etired as vevond class m atter, February 34. ISOS, at the
postoffice. Springfield. Oregon.
M A IL
S U B S C R IP T IO N
One Year In A d v a n ce____ 11.75
Six Months ______________ »1»«
RATE
Three Months ------- 76e
Single C w ..........- 6<s
S pringfield
CITY RECORDER EXPECTS
WHO SERVES BEST ONE MAN OR THREE MOUNTAIN STATES CO.
TO RETURN TH IS WEEK
CONTINUES ACTIVITY
The Meier plan to substitute a one-man service
DURING DULL PERIOD
1. M lYteraon, city recorder ot
commissioner for a three-man public service coin-
Springfield, la rapidly Improving from
mission has several drawbacks. But the fact
Much const rue I ton activity »luring : hl» recent nine«» and will probably
that It is usually harder to corrupt three men the P«»l quarter Is Indicate»! by the | he back In this city next Munday. Mr
than one is its chief weakness, in our opinion, quarterly shareholders’ bulletin of the I'uleraon ha» been al I’ortland for
because public service commissions are subjected Mountain Slate« Fower company r<> the past two aud otto half week» where
c u l l y rwtdv»«! her» by local ato»-h
to all kinds of argument and many subtle holders. New trauanilsalon Hue have be underwent an operation Mr» I ’c le i
methods of pressure. To us the Meier plan sounds been cosatructed In varloua part« ot ' «on »t ent the weak end with him and
! reports that although he 1» »till very
more of what one would expect front the utilities the territory a»>rv»«l and many rural weak, yet lie 1» gaining »trenglh
than from the champion of the common people. extensions have been built to bring rapidly.
THURSHAY. FEBRUARY 5. 1931
AN ACKNOWLEDGED DEBT VNl’AID
T ltVUS 1 >AY. FEBRUARY 5. 19jH
news
Governor Meier, elected by the common people,
has pro|»osed to the legislature that It should
take the election of the Port of Portland com
missioners out of the people's hands and vest the
power with the. governor. This sounds more like
Mussolini doctriue than pure George Joseph ultra
Whether to pay the adjusted service certifi
cates now instead of 1946, whet» the face value
conies due, is perplexing congressmen.
The
enemies of the plan to pay, most of whom profit
ed by inflated incomes during the war. now wail
that It would bankrupt the country and further democracy.
depress business. They said the same thing on
the passage of the bill six years ago and they
were wrong then as they are now.
electrical power to numerous (arm»
and home throughout Iho Northw«»at.
Among the new projects and ex
tensions com pleted are aeveral rural
extensions In the W illam ette division
tine of th ese tinea, eleven mile» long,
provide» service to about fifty new
(arm
----- custom
-------- ers. Another connecting
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
N otice 1» hereby given that ih. tin
derslgned ha» been duly appolnte.1
Administrator of the estate of Christ
1«. Miller, deceased, and any and ill
! persona having claim s again»! the «aid
estate are hereby required to present
»»veral rural cusWmer» was recently said claim s, duly verified as by law
completed north o t Dallas. whll«> aarv required, at the law office of my At
Harrisburg and Junction City torney. II. K. Slattery. 717 W illam ette
Mtreet, Eugene. In la n e County, Hr»--
ba» b«>en Improved by the conatructlon yon. within six month» from the date
of a new M i l KV substation.
of thia notice
Dated and tlrat publication Juuuary
The majority of the new oonatruc-
tlun work la being carried on In the ( 33. 1631.
Date of last publication February
Wyoming division where n«»w line« and 1». 1931.
new power plants are being con
CHRIS M MII.LKIt.
Admlslnatrator of the «»tale of
structed. Several new Un«<a In Mon
tana have been coinpteled near For- j Christ I*. Miller, deceased. Address
R. F I>. No 1. Eugene, Orgeon
sythe and are now serving customer» H E. Slattery. Attorney for Admin
W hitefish. Montana, ha» hud It« t e le | Istrator.
J 32 39 F 5 12 19
phone system rebuilt and all central j
energy telephone« have been Installed
to take the piece ot the Id magnato ,
EUGENE
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The country spent more money each month
of the war than this bill calk'd for and it will
not cost the nation any more today tha nin 1945
to pay off these certificates. The war could
easily have 1-vsted another year if the American
soldiers ha ' been less aggressive, according to
the words of General Pershing. No one will
WHAT DOES YOUR BUTCHER SAY?
admit that another year of the war would have
One day last winter I was rldiug with the phones.
bankrupt this country.
Announcement 1« also made In the
Why will the payment of these certificates gentlem an who runs a livery stable and provides report of the opening of a new n»-r
now depress business and industry? If an ex- food and lodging for my horse. It was some chandlsc »tore and office at Houglaa.
Wyoming, on October 4.
service man draws a few hundred dollars, of w hat weeks after the stock market unpleasantness.
really is back pay, and settles up his overdue
•'How is business?” I asked him.
•THE BIG TRAIL” TO BE
grocery bill, buys the kiddies some new shoes
HAVE THREE-DAY RUN
or even a radio or what not for the family.
He answered that he had never known It to
HERE STARTING SUNDAY
be worse. “Only a few of our horses are saddle
Will the grocery man be worse off?
"The Big Trail.” outstanding »pw-
horses,” he said. "The others are owned by the
Win the shoe dealer go bankrupt and the shoe
taci» of pioneer life on the talking !
butchers and bakers and candlestick makers who screen will be shown at the Bell
factory close down?
supply the fashionable people on Park and Fifth theatre tn Springfield on Sunday. Mon
Will radio and automobile manufacturers lay Avenues. And do you know that those little day aud Tuesday of ----
-----------
next week
accord
off their help and further add to unemployment? merchants can't collect enough even to pay my mg to an announ» «»meat mad,- today
h7 G~ n’ " ,r MePharw»«. manager
You say only a fool would answer yes to those oat bills? It is terrible.”
The other oatwtandtng part or hl»
questions. Well that is substantially what the
A little later 1 was repeating the conversation
enemies of the measure to pay the adjusted pay
to
a fried who makes his home in a fashionabrb for an
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certificates are trying to make you believe.
suburb. He has ample means but, compared with cen,g instead of tho usual fifty cent»
The adjusted services certificates represent an some of the multi-millionaires whose estates are charged everyw here else
unpaid obligation on the part of this country. in the same community, he is comparatively poor.
Friday and Saturday win b rin g
another Buck Jones W estern comedy.
They should be met before any more foreign
He told me that he had been protesting mildly
WBbnut L aw " Tonight I. the
debts are cancelled.
, last time to see W alter Huston tn
to the butcher about the steady increase in his ' the Bad Matt.'
TIME FOR ALL TO HELP
meat bills. “I do not understand,” he had said. |
The Red Cross is making good progress in its “We always ray promptly on the first of the
Resort Operator Here-- A. J. Kuhn,
ampaign to raise ten million dollars throughout month. We do not eat extravagantly, and yet co partner with Kenneth Hloane In the
he nation, to render aid to the hundreds of thou- our meat seem s to cost us more all the time.” m anagem ent of Cascade Resort was a
ba»tn«-ss visitor tn Springfield Mon
ands of people in the lower Ohio and Mississippi
day.
-alleys who have been rendered destitute by the
The butcher confessed that the bills were high.
ombination of drought and hard times.
He shrugged his shoulders helplessly. “What am
This appeal for funds is one which nobody 1 to do? You and the other people of moderate
vtth as much as a dime to spare can ignore, means are the only ones who pay your bills. The
rhese are our own people who are actually suf- rich men on my lists keep me waiting for six
or _ even a , year. Everybody's meats cost
ering and in want. More than half a million mon*hs
______ __
I f Getting U P N lg h ta , B ack ach e,
fr e q u e n t d a y calls. L e g Caln«. N « r v -
>f them are already being fed and cared for by ■ more in consequence.”
«»isneaa, o r B u rn ln it, du e to fu n c tio n
a l B la d d e r Ir r it a t io n . In acid co n d i
he Red Cross, which never waits until it has
tio n a l m ak e s yo u fe et tire d , ¿«pressed
als eo u ra d cd . t r y th e C ystex T e a L
I suppose the percentage of four-flushers in and
he money but goes ahead and pledges its credit
W o r k s fa s t, s ta rts c ir c u la tin g th r u
th
a
ayatem
ln IS m lnu taa. P ra laed b y
tnd that of its officials to get aid to the needy ihe Park Avenue district and in New York sub th ou aan ds fo r ra p id and p o s itiv e ac
tio
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.
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iv e up. T r y C y e te x (p ro
vithout delay. “He give twice who gives quickly” urbs in very high. There must be thousands of nounced B ts a -te x l to d a y , «inder th e
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a ra n te e . M u s t q u ic k ly
families struggling to “keep up with the Joneses." a ll a y th aaa oond
ltlo na. Im p ro v e re s t
s one of the Red Cross mottoes.
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But all over the country the same thing occurs O n ly 40c a t n e rg y , or m o p e y b a ck.
It Is to be hoped that there will not be another to a greater or less degree. It is due not merely
KETKLS HRUO STORE
old wave in the stricken regions. Observers who
6th & Main
Springfield. Ore.
to
the
fact
that
people
are
living
beyond
their
ave reported on conditions say that a heavy drop
j temperature would certainly mean great loss means. Much of it is nothing more or less than
f lif«. It may well be that the estim ate of ten downright thoughtlessness.
illllon dollars will not be enough, although the
ted Cross has many times proved its ability to
I used to bq a great believer in reforms. I
lake a dollar go farther In helping the helpless enrolled In Causes and supported high grade Can
han most people can make five dollars go. No
ddy need be afraid,that his contribution will didates, and was generally loud and vigorous.
e wasted if given to the Red Cross, whose
In my old age I have come to feel that most
porkers are trained but unsalaried, giving them- of our troubles would be washed away if we
elves as well as their money. And do not let
he feeling that there will be money enough would only be just reasonably courteous and
decent to one another.
ieter you from giving.
■>BRUC
G etting
Up Nights
Visiting from Glendale Mr« I’hllltp
Bishop of «lau d ale I« In Springfield
thl« week yl«lllng with friend«.
DR. BERTHA DAVIDSON
Osteopathic Physician
M4 1 O. 0 . F. Tem ple
Telephone »M«
Eugene, Ore.
Dr. A. T Oberg
D ENTIST
who for the pa«t three years hoe
operated the Parher System
Dental offloe« In Eugene, hao
opened offices Ot his own at
971 W illam ette St. Eugene, op
posite the Rea Theatre. T ele
phone ?4I. E««minatlon» Free.
FURNITURE HOSPITAL
U p h o ls te r tog R e fill ta h ln g J t e p a ir Illg
Screen aud all kind» o f mill work
CECIL CALKINS. Proprietor
651 H Weal Eighth
Uhotte 402
W ANTED
Your old discarded Tricycles
aud Bicycles.
120 W. 8th
Eugene
D r. J O S E P H I N E C . B R A U N
Naturopathic Physician
Finit National Bank Bldg.
Bpringfield
Residence 143W
Phones: Office 73.1
Office hours:
1 to 5 P. M
Residence 223 B street
The Best Valentine
A box of Eggimunn's Chocolates is the beat bet for
mother wife or kiddies on St. Valentine's Day. Our
candy simp turns ou t'on ly the most wholesome and de
licious candies. There can l>e no mistake when you select
from our large fresh stock.
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the turn o f the calen-
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CARL OLSON, Agent
.
Phone 66
Cook Electrically
and save time fo r other things
The electric range is one of the
greatest time savers that electrical
service brings to the farm home. It
tarns Itself on and off, automatically,
at exactly the time you have set You
needn’t spend a minute In watching
It— a wonderful saving of time for
Its automatic temperature
does away with all the old i
o f licking anil roasting. Canning »
la greatly slmpllfi.vd and a real
pleasure—- with an electric range.
Think about It In terms of eoonomy
— economy of labor and time and
, cost W o w ill tell you nil the <
Mountain State« f e S Power Company
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