THE S I’ll I NG FI ELD NEWS PACK FOUR THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS I’ubllshsd Every Thursday at Hpringflald. Lane County, Oregon, by THE WILLAMETTE PRESS H. K M A X E Y . Editor Entered aa aeeond class matter. February 21, 1803. at the poatofftee. Springfield. Oregon. M A IL S U B S C R IP T IO N R A T E One Year In Advance . 11.76 T hree Month» Mix Month» ............ ..............>1 00 75c Single Copy 6c THVRSDAY, MARCH 18. 1831 ANDY AND WILLIS BOTH WRONG Andrew Mellon wept great tears before congress on account the fifty per cent loan on the adjusted service certificates of ex-service men. lie said it would bank­ rupt the treasury and retard business recovery in general, and our Congressman Willis C. Hawley agreed with him. Now Elisa Walker, chairm an of one of the biggest chain banks system in the world, says: “Already the effect of the government loans to w ar vet­ erans Is felt In business, although some of the Ioans have been completed only a few days. The veterans loans will be helpful to business in general. "Department stores and other stores are showing results of the additional money and the automobile business is looking up. Anything that has a stim ulating effect on business will also be helpful to the bond m arket.” Banks who opposed the loan are now opening loan departm ents all over the country where the adjusted serv­ ice certificate is loaned cn at the same rate as the govern­ m ent’s. The adjusted service certificates represent a gov­ ernm ent obligation for service rendered long ago. They represent an honest effort to adjust the soldier's pay with th a t received by civilians during the world war. "WHAT WE MAKE MAKES OREGON” Now that we have two lumbermen on the highway com­ mission one might expect to see more wood construction on state bridges. Small imported steel bridges are being erected in many places on our highways w hile our lumber workers are in idleness. And who is there to say that rusting metal in this damp country will outlast well sea­ soned wood construction? Even if it did steel cost twice as much as wood and for small bridges can not help but be more costly in the long run. We help the steel in­ dustry sufficiently when we buy automobiles made in the east without purchasing metal bridges. STRADDLERS! The W ickersham commission said th a t as a body it oposed the repeal of the eighteenth am endm ent but as individuals they nearly all favored repeal or revision. No new thoughts there— politicians have been politically dry and personally wet since the eighteenth am endm ent was first passed: and bootleggers, too. for th a t m atter. Fishermen take warning. Game wardens are now traffic cops and prohi officers. Don't break speed limits going to the fishing hole, or have any liquor in the old basket. If they keep on making laws they are going to take all the fun out of fishing. We suggest to the governor th a t the game wardens be equipped with white row boats and not be allowed to lie in ambush. Give the boys a chance, Julius. You’ve been fishin’ vourself. A new m otor fuel made of alcohol and ether is being successfully used in Brazil. “Alcohol and gasoline won’t mix” in this country 'tis often said, but in South America one takes the place of the other at about half the cost. More than 150 kinds of cheese are now being m anu­ factured. Nearly all are ventilated except the one that needs it most—Limberger. A new compound has been discovered th at is 690 tim es sw eeter than sugar. Some genius should mix it with face powder and m ake a fortune. Fix up the house and garage this spring. Every stick of lumber you use counts to keep the sawmills running. >BRUC SCRUBWOMEN One hot day, when the business depression was worst, I visited two of th e largest corporations in the world. 1 talked with the treasurer of one and with the chair­ m an of the finance committe of the other—and these are men, I may tell you, in whose m ake-up sentim entally plays very little part. They had been looking at red figures until their eye-balls burned. They were entirely unwilling to predict when their Industries would improve. But each of them uttered the same fervent exlam ation: “If we only can pull through without haring to cut w ages!” When you stop to think about it, th a t is an astonishing phenomenon. Twenty-five years ago men in similar posi­ tions would have said, immediately: “ Business is off ten per cent; slash wages twenty per cent.” The same sort of executives who used to assum e th at the way to cure depression was by cutting wages, are now convinced th a t the way to cure it is not to cut. T hat is one principal fact which m akes the current de­ pression different from its predecessors. T hat is progress! History has a curious way of upsetting contem porary judgments. Many of the events which seem im portant to men and women while they are living, prove insignificant In the eyes of the ages. And some verv little things later loom large. Who was the king of Spain in 1666? I do not rem ember. But I do recall th at in 1666 an apple fell and hit Isaac Newton. W hat was W arren Harding? Who were Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover? Some future school-boy may be puz­ zled by those inquiries. B ut unless 1 am very much mistaken every future his­ to ry book will lay emphasis oil two developments which have taken place under our very eyes. They will tell th at a boy named Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic Ocean. And th a t a man named Ford announced th at he would pay all workers, even scrubwomen, a minimum of five dollars a day. T he Idea that high wages makes prosperity, th a t the key to good business lies not in safety deposit boxes of m illionaires, but is carried in the pocket of every worker this is something entirely new. It holds the hope of the future. W hatever else may have to be discarded, American business m ust not surrender th at America Idea! TIll'IlSD AY , MARCH I!», I!6II THE RELIABLE COW "The dairy industry eonti.de« to furnish an example of one of the most nearh de| tession-proof groups in Ameri­ can industry,'’ is the way in which one great New York banking institution introduces the cow to Its depositors and custom ers. With all the troubles which the wheat farm er, the cotton farm er and the grow ers of other staples have beeu going through, we have heard few complaints front the dairy farmer. « rB R O A D M M f OriONCST CAMPJQ B attle of tba Bridge The world's biggest suspension bridge, spatting the Hudson river connecting New York with the stale of New Jersey, has a big name, and a big fight Is being waged about It in a big way. Here's wltal happened: The Port of New York Authority named It the George Washington Memorial Bridge, It was not built us a memorial, although Its completion will coincide with the Washington bicentenary in 1833. The protests are based on the as­ sumption (bal the name, when used orally, will be shortened to "Wash­ In ten years the nation's consum ption of dairy products ington bridge " Now there are two has increased one-third, and is still growing. We drink other bridges around town called that, one in Harlem and one In more milk, eat more butter, cheese and Ice cream than Brooklyn. So If the sight seeing ever before, while we are cutting down on our consum p­ visitor leans out of his car and yells at the traffic cop, "Hey; How tion of wheat and beef. d'ye get to Washington bridge7” The dairy industry is the forem ost example of w hat the the cop will have Io yelt bark. individual farm er lias been able to do to increase bis profits What Washington bridge?” Con­ by cooperation with his neighbors. These bankers point fusion will result, traffic will get out that one-third of all the b utter and cheese m anufac­ tied up. horns will be honked, and unkind words said. One qu arter of all the farm income of the United States conies front the cow. this New York bank points out. If you wonder why Wall Street is concerned with cows, con sider that item of three thousand million dollars. That is something for Wall Street to be concerned about! Dairy products bring their producers two and one-half tim es as much money as the cotton crop or the beef crop and more than three tim es the annual value of the wheat crop. And not even the most pessimistic advisers of the farm er are recom m ending a reduction in the milk output. It is one branch of fanning that can go on expanding for a long time to come. tured in America is produced by cooperatives. Otoe co­ operative. the National Cheese Producers Federation, has over 12,000 farm er m em bers and handles more than forty million pounds of cheese a year. The Land o’ Lakes C ream ­ ery Company of Minneapolis, owned entirely by producers, handles a hundred millions pounds of b u tte r annually. Not only cooperation in m arketing, but cooperating in grading up dairy herds, accounts for much of th e dairy farm ers' general prosperity. The average milk production per cow has been increased nationally from only 1.436 pounds a year to 4,600. by improvement of herds through careful breeding. There is still a long way to go. Too m any cows are not producing enough butterfat to pay for their board. It has been pretty well dem onstrated th at one purebred cow producing 500 pounds of bu tterfat a year earns as much for her owner as do fourteen cow s each producing 100 pounds of butterfat. A newspaper poll of its readers said that the bridge should be ailed Hudson bridge. Why that very logical name was not given the giant In the first place is not known, for it is the only bridge crossing the Hudson river within fifty miles of New York City. But George Washington Memor­ ial Bridge is what it was christened lid the name still stands. Mean­ while. the battle rages. Razor Blades and Bridges Our hat is off to the farm er's m ost reliable friend, the dairy cow! THE 11WIIY DOCTOR JOHN JOSEPH GAINES. M.D CHANGING DOCTORS It has been said that it s a bad practice to swap horses in the middle of the stream. 1 think this applies quite as well to the abrupt changing of physicians in the middle of a protracted disease. In the very nature of some complaints, they advance very slowly, taking sometimes months and years to produce complete disability. A disorder that has been on hand two or three years cannot be cleaned up in as many weeks. Particularly is this true In diseases of the heart, lungs and kidneys. To shift physicians impatiently every two weeks, in the effort to secure quick relief, is to invite disaster; It takes in some cases of very serious disease, several months of intimate relation and study on the part of the physician, to tide the patient ashore safely. This cannot be done by shifting tactics on the part of the invalid. It is his business to start right and stay right; his life may depend upon it. Years ago, a wealthy man offered me >1000 to clear up one-fourth of one per cent of albumin from his urine. 1 accepted his bantering proposition. "What shall I do first," he asked- "go to bed for four weeks," I answered. “Can't possibly do it; you see. I’ve got sor.e business—" Of course he bad. All men have affairs. He went to a "magnetic healer,” who cured by laying on of the hands—S250 wasted. Another shift to a "pathy"; no better luck; then, to a "practic"; by this time dropsy was coming. A mouth with a masseur who agreed to "rub it out.” It didn't rub out. The last I heard of the case, he had gone to bed and called his family doctor; too late—the kidneys were far beyond possible relief. Swapping horses in mid-stream That man should be alive today. But he was too busy to "stay put." He has been dead a long time. 4 If you suspect serious disease, stick to your physician—don’t neglect his advice—he’s your best bet. On the 8:15 Commuters, comprising the huge, hurrying horde rushing dally be ween their surburhan homes and New York places of employment, were described aa "peculiar ani­ mals" by the comptrollor of a rail­ road. Whether or not they are pe uiiar animals," they do bring one road alone more than >5,000.000 annually in fares. They also spend over >71,500 a year on various ar­ ticles on sale at station coocesion stands such as newspapers, maga­ zines. candy and tobacco. Once In a while they pause long enough to get themselves wqighed, but usually they rush right through. Get in the way and you'll find nut. Some commuters live tn distant cities. Philadelphia is a good ex­ ample of long-distance riding to daily tQil, being about 80 miles away. Fast trains make It in less STATE DEFICIT TO NEAR THREE MILLION. KOZER Tile Irvaaury of the siale of lire gnu will hava deficit of almost three million dollars al (he end of Hie t i l l i 11133 hl,•m illin, according Io Sam A Koanr, slate budget director. Kilger based Ills report Oil Hie ap­ propriations I lia d e by Ihe recent legislature and »11 Hie estimated revenues from luxes and oilier sources during Ihe period 5 0 ,0 0 0 suln owners srs saving hard aamsd dollars by Insuring with ills farmers exchange R tlu tblt, ila n J - aril protection ii and It Into a community social center grammar, we hear for the community. Their leacher will be Dr Frank Vlaelelly, the man who edits dic­ LODGE TO ENTERTAIN , tionaries and Is said to know more COBURG GROUP MONDAY about words Ilian anyone living. He likes words unil dislikes Io see Members of Coburg Rebekah them abused, lie's going Io try to lodge will lie guests of Juanita 'each (he anuouucers to speak Rebekah lodge of Springfield on English as It Is spoken by the Monday evening at the regular dictionary makers. monthly social meeting. I'lnna for One of his first lessons is that the affair were dlseussed al I lie It lie pronounced "Nleu York," not meeting held Monday of this week "Noo York." A cat he says, mews. Serving as chairman of ihe enter So why should radio announcers lalnment ami refreshment commu­ be allowed to "noo" Into the micro­ te«' Is Mrs. Karl Girard Her us phone when Ihe word Is "nleu?" slatauls will lie Mrs Daisy Hilts. He also says that Iowa should be Mrs Preii Hinson. Mrs. Harris, and pronounced "tow ny." Being a ng •he Misses Doris and Dorothy live son of that state, I am going Girard. on record with a protest that It sounds better ''lownh." Or don't you care? W. K. K. W. C. REBHAN. M. D. IRISH-MURPHY CO. Surgery • Gynecology Formerly a Specially A SONG OP THE FOUR SEASONS (By Austin Dobson) When Spring comes laughing By vale and bill. By wind-flower walking And daffodil,— Sing stars of morning. Slug morning skies, Sing blue of speedwell,— And my Love's eyes. Plrst National Bank Building SPRING FIKLD Urny's Cash and Carry 438 Main St Springfield SPRINGFIELD " r iA < iP V S " KIRKLAND FLORAL CO. SERVICE STATION "Flowers for All Occasions" 7lh at Main Phone: Springfield H8W Eugene Springfield Bridge SPRINGFIELD When comes Ihe Summer. Pull leaved and atroug. And gay birds gossip The orchard long,— Sing hid. sweet honey That no bee sips; Sing red, red. roses,—■ And my Ixtve's lipa INDEPENDENT MEAT MOON'S GOOD EATS COMPANY Picnic Lunchea, Steaks a Specialty U S Main St. The Hume of Meats 4lb at Main Phoue 23 Plions 63 SPRING FIKLD SPRINGFIELD SCHOOL of FL YING S T U D E N T IN S T R U C T IO N A IR T A X I S E R V IC E When Autumn scatters The leaves again, And piled sheaves bury The broad-wheeled wain,— Sing fiutea of harveat Where men rejoice; Sing rounds of reapers,— And my Love's voice. — PA S B E N G E R F L IG H T S M U N IC IP A L A IR P O R T Name Your St. PatricK’s Remembrance - Candy But when comes Winter With hall and storm. And red fire roaring And Ingle warm,— Sing first sad going Of friends that part; Then sing glad meeting,— And my Love’s heart. friend or the kiddies, candy is 11 very acceptable gift. Dur candy in especially appropriate for St. Patrick's lhty giving. For m other, sister, wife, sw eetheart or We specialize In etindy Road patrolman la visitor—E L. Mathews, county road patrolman in the Goshen district, was a business visitor In Eugene and conferred with the county court on road work. F G G IM A N N ’S "Where the Service Is Different than two hours. Numbah Pul-ceze Telephones have become »0 nu­ merous here that the company be­ gan to fear that they would run out of new names for additional exchanges. They remedied the sit­ uation by using a system whereby a number was added to the ex­ change name. Generally, speaking, everything is working fine, aithought the sec­ retary of a woman's league was quite dumbfounded when her phone rang and a male voice commanded, "Come over and get the wet wash.” Up until the time the telephone company corrected the error, she had to listen to another man ex­ plain that he was $ feet tall and that his shirt had come back fit­ ting a fox terrier, another demand­ 15 years o f research 3 years in the nome NOW, YEAR GUARANTEE N O W , out o f a performance record unmatched in the industry, comes a new T h ree-Y ear Guarantee on the General Electric Refrigerator. This remarkable warranty protects you for th ru fteUyo»n against service expense on the entire re­ frigerating unit. It is based on the soundness o f the M o n ito r T o p p rin c ip le — w ith btrmoticaUy fcnjoy every G e n e ra l Electric advantage — fast- freezing, three zones o f cold, and an All-Steel cabinet w ith maximum food storage space. 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