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THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
I’ubllahed E»ery Thursday at
Hprln«n*ld, Lane County. Oregon, by
THE WILLAMETTE » .¿SS
H. E. MAXEY. Editor_______ ______ ________
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SprlngfluU, Oregon._____
M A IL S U B S C R IP T IO N R A T E
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THE THREE C'S OF ACCIDENT PREVENTION
The kev to automobile accident prevention is in the
hands of Individual drivers. There is a point where even
the best traffic laws become inoperative. At this point the
individual must take up the work. Care, courtesy, common-
sense- these are the three C’s of accident prevention which
arc not covered by law.
The majority of accidents occur when they are violated.
Bach vear such violations mean death to SO.OOO people, to
sav nothing of a vast sum in property damage.
Last year, according to a leading insurance company,
the largest single cause* of accident was failure to give
right-of-way—which accounted for 31 i»er cent of a m -
haps and 15 per cent of all deaths. Foolhardiness, coupled
with dis-courtesy, is strewing death along the highways.
The driver who cuts in and out of traffic - who drhes on
the wrong side of the road who drives at an excessive
speed - is a menace to the life and property of all who use
the public roads.
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Traffic laws should be improved and modernized to th
greatest possible degree. But after that is done the rest
is principally up to the individual driver He will decide
whether or not our horrible toll in human life increases or
decreases.
FOR YOU AND I TO DECIDE
Next year we will be engaged again in a national elec­
tion and there will be demands from all sides on how candi­
dates stand, particularly this time on the repeal of the
eighteenth amendment. We should not confuse oursehes
as to where the power lays when it conies to the repal of
th eighteenth amendment.
Congressmen will never have an opportunity to vote
for or against the eighteenth amendment. The best they tan
do is to vote to submit it to the states for a decision our
constitution made this provision. It is strictly a state's right.
If wet and drv is ever brought to another show down, be­
cause of the great interest in this question we can expect
many congressmen who are dry to vote to submit it to
the people. The question of the eighteenth amendment is
strictly up to you and I. Let’s not try to pass the buck to
some congressman.
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THVR9PAY. may 14.
GOVERNMENT OFFERS
SALEM MAN HEAD OF
NEW FURNITURE BOOK
NEW FARM DEPARTMENT
To A«»um« Control O ver Many E x ­ Booklet. "F u rn itu re , Its Selsttion
and Uaa”, W ritte n for Farm
isting Board* and Commission*
Hom e-M aker
A fte r F irst of July
The proper selection and use of
furniture on the farm home is the
subject of a bsxvklet Issued recent­
ly by (he United Stales Department
of Commerce and which Is now
available at the office of the Su
pertntendent of Documents, Gov­
ernment Printing office. Washing
ton. D. C. for M cents a copy.
This new bulletin will aid the
home-maker in the rural communi­
Uehiar has taken an active part ty to check up on the construction
in the agricultural development of of her furniture; It will aid her In
the Willamette valley, especially apportioning her home furnishings
the cherry industry. He urges that budget; it will tell her something
producer* make free use of the ser about the various style*, and ex
vices which the department will plain how they may he grouped in
be able to offer after it is under accordance with the principles of
way.
harmony. It should also convince
The new department will succeed her that It is not necesAiry to
to and be Invested with the powers store every comfortable chair in
and duties of the state board of the barn or attic,” says M. S. Wid­
horticulture, pure seed board, state mer, executive secretary of the
livestock sanitary state chemist, American Farm Bureau Federation.
state bacteriologist, advisory live­
The bulletin is intended prtmar
stock branding board, stallion re­ ily as an aid to the consumer who
gistration board, state fair direc­ seeks information concerning bud­
tors state market agent, state lime geting. comfort, utillly. construc­
board and committee on agricul tion. materials, .styles, ensembles,
and details, in the care and repair
tural lime.
County bee inspectors, fruit In of furniture. With more than 50
spectors. meat and herd inspectors illustrations and diagrams. It ex­
and veterinarians will be appointed plains in nontechnical language the
by the county courts as now provid important features for which the
ed by law but these appointments prospective purchaser should look
will be subject to the approval of when selecting home furnishings.
the director of agriculture. County-
stock inspectors will be appointed VISITS OLD SOLDIERS
by the director upon recommenda­
HOME AT ROSEBURG
tions of the cattle and horse rai­
sers association of Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Egglmann
County fair boards and county drove to Roseburg Wednesday to
grazing boards will make annual vlstt and inspect the old soldiers
reports to this department upon home which is maintained there
blanks furnished by the director.
by the federal government. Mrs
Max Gehlar. prominent l*olk
county farmer-horticulturist, has
been appointed by Governor Meier,
to h,a<l the new State Department
of Agriculture. He will assume hli
duties immediately, although the
law creating the department does
not become effective until June 5
The department is to become op
erative July 1.
Archery and golf do not mix according to a news story
from California where they have both. When a noted lawyer
leaned over to put a fair bowman shot him in the seat of the
pants with an arrow. She explained she had missed the
target, but she had also spoiled a male golfer’s day, yes
several days and a pair of pants.
Californian’s must be dying for excitement—they had
to get two polisemen to rob a bank the other day in one
of the leading cities.
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Let’s bear with hot weather a few days, it is the only
thing we have that will open the McKenzie pass in time foi
a Fourth of July celebration in eastern Oregon.
Fish on River Saturday— Fred
Freee took a group of boys on a
fishing trip on the McKenxie river
Saturday. They had fair catches.
Eggiman Is state president of the
Ladies Auxiliary of the G.A.R. and
made the inspection trip as part
of her duties as holder of this of-
. flee.
A Mecca in Springfield
Eggiman’s is the gathering place in this town when
hot weather starts. For years we have served the
community well and have been rewarded with your
liberal patronage. This season we will be better
prepared than ever to look after your wants.
CLlJBSaretrumPs!
We m ean $ 2 0 clubs of NEW
Subscriptions.
When nature lays her green mantel over every inch of
the land in springtime, that's when Western Oregon, the
emerald country, is at her best. With the starting of the
tourist season travelers are greeted with this green coun-
ry. Nothing is more refreshing or pleasing to the eye than
lots of green grass and trees.
When strangers here we might well brag on our beau-
tiful country. We have many things to be proud of and
much less than most lands to apologize for. Oregon is what
we make it and we can do a lot of good by telling the world
as it passes by on wheels what a great country we have.
Incidentally, too, we will create a little more confidence
among our selves and all feel better.
club
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60,000 extra votes if turned in by
8 p. m. Saturday, May 16.
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WHETHER WE FEEL THAT WAY OR NOT
A friend of mine tells me that he has recently added to
his income by working in the evenings as a press agent for
an amusement park.
It was his first contact with that great industry which
has grown up out of the rather pathetic eagerness of folks
to be happy—to have their minds diverted from their work
and worries.
He said: "My job has been hard work, but it taught me
one thing that is priceless—how to look pleasant whether
I feel that way or not.”
It reminded me of a conversation 1 once had with the
press agent of a circus. In describing the freaks in the side­
show, he remarked; ' Every so often we have to send them
away. They get sucker sore.”
“Sucker sore!” I exclaimed. "That’s a new one on me.
What’s the meaning of sucker sore?”
He explained that, in the parlance of the circus, a custo­
mer is a sucker. It is not a derogatory term, merely the con­
ventional phrase.
“The freaks sit there on their raised platforms, listening
to the comments of the suckers who press around them all
day long," he said. “The living skeleton hears the same
rude Jokes a hundred thousand times. The fat lady is poked
at with umbrellas, and kidded by smart young fellows who
imagine that their wise cracks are something absolutely
fresh and new.
"Day after day the freaks put up with it, smiling patient­
ly. But every day the strain of their suppressed emotions
grows greater, until finally they want to jump down off
their platforms and bite the customers. Then we have to
send them away for a rest. They are sucker sore’.”
Most of us can sympathize with the freaks; we, too,
have been sucker sore. There have come days when our
tired nerves rebelled against the demands of the customers
who give us a living; when we grumbled at the job for which
we should have been grateful; when it seemed that all
Interest had gone from our work, leaving only dull routine.
It Is wise on such days to pull down the desk and walk
out of the office, and say; "I will not be back until to­
morrow."
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But even this cure does not always work, or can not
alwayR be applied. Soon or late we ltave to face the fact
that life is a fight, not a picnic. And one of the elements
of victory, in the words of my friend, is the capacity to
"look pleasant, whether we feel that way or not.”
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