THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1981 TH E SPRING FIELD NEWS PAO» TWO T H E S P R IN G F IE L D N E W S Published Every Thursday s i Springfield. Lane County. Oregon, by UOWtWA ÄlDff at BBKMDWW THE WILLAMETTE PRESS H. K M A X E Y , Editor Entered as second class m a tter, F eb ru ary 34, 1903. at the postofttce. Springfield. Oregon. M A IL S U B S C R IP T IO N R A T E $1.76 T h ree Months One Year in Advance ..... Single Copy Six Months .................... ..............$1.00 75c 5c T H l ’ R S H A Y . N O V E M B E R IS. 1S31 WEST SHOULD RACK HOOVER'S PLAN HOME-BUILDING President Hoover's plan tor home-building should have our whole-hearted support here iu the west with lumber not moving. His assertion that unemployment in this coun­ try was due to a "considerable part to stagnation in resi­ dential construction,” is no doubt right. He proposes to form new home loan discount banks with $150,000,000 capi­ tal and with this base he is confident th at $1,800,000.000 for home building could be financed. When this system is put into effect lumbermen and western people should do their utm ost to m ake it operative. Lumbermen should take a more aggressive stand to m er­ chandise their product in a m anner like other products are handled. Our own Booth-Kelly mills have sold more lumber lo­ cally this year than for a long time by sending out salesmen, especially In the country to m ake estim ates and give plans for building improvements. Hundreds of buildings have been constructed or repaired as the result of this effort in Lane county. If lumbermen sold their product throughout the country in this m anner the business would be good and the wood substitute would no longer be grabbing off so much. H oovers plan offers much for the revival of hom e­ building and is a way out of the slump for the lum ber in­ dustry. ■ ■ e ------------ CHILDREN ON WHEELS The chance of an autom obile accident is m uch greater if the driver is under tw enty than when he or she is over thirty, according to statistics compiled by one of the large accident insurance companies. The records of some four million licensed autom obile drivers were examined and it was found th at by far the highest percentage of accidents occurred when children under age were driving a car. There are still a good many states and comm unities where very little or no inquiry is made into the qualifications of anyone who w ants to drive a car. In the m ajority of the state today licenses are required, but the exam inations and driving tests vary. And there are still a great m any places in which any child who is physically able to hang on to the steering wheel and reach the pedals is allowed to drive. Of course, the earlier in life one learns to drive, the more confidence the m otorist acquires and the better he or she is likely to be as tim e goes on. But we think there is a great deal of wisdom in the law which obtains in some states, under w hich no one under eighteen may be licensed to drive, and then only a fter a severe road test of ability. In order to learn to drive before applying for a license, young people in states where this law obtains m ust always have with them on the front seat an experienced, licensed driver. There will always be parents who will let their children talk them into taking out the car. w hether really fit to drive it or not, and children will always w ant to get out on the road and “step on it.” T hat is hum an nature, and it would not be anybody else's concern if people driving cars were not a menace to other m otorists and pedestrians. ------------ e------------ Oakland, in Douglas county, is putting on the largest turkey show in the United S tates with some of the finest birds grown anywhere on exhibition. This part of Oregon is well adapted to turkey raising and the birds top the m ar­ ket in price. Yet Oregon raises only a few turkeys com­ pared with Texas. Vermont and other states. This is a industry we can do well in and we should m ake it a leader. Let’s find out what we can beat the world doing and then set out to do it. The city and w ater board employees have generously come forward and offered a day's pay each m onth for five m onths to relieve the unemployed. They are deserving of our cheers. > bruc WINDOW DRESSING DUMMIES On my first business job it was necessary for me to call one day at the office of a bankrupt com pany which had sold In small units all over the country. Its literature had followed the fam iliar pattern, point­ ing out how much you would be worth if you had invested one dollar in telephone stock in 1895, or if Ford had asked you to lend him a nickel in 1900. Perhaps the officers were irresponsible rath e r than deliberately crooked. They were sure th a t their enterprise was destined to m ake fortunes for every one associated with it, and they backed their judgm ent with their own money. But that did not m itigate the sufferings of the people who crowded the office on the day of my call. A station agent and his faded little wife from a country town in Pennsylvania. They had invested $15,000, their savings of a lifetime. A poor preacher from South Carolina. The $6,000 which he had saved by incredible economics had been his only bulw ark against the poorhouse. A school teacher; a dentist; m any men whose gnarled hands and bent backs were eloquent of heavy burdens. They w ept; they cursed; they threatened, but it did no good. No one of them ever recovered a cent. Walking away from all th a t tragedy, I resolved never to be associated with any company which financed itself by selling stocks to tne public, not even if George Baker were president and .J. P Morgan the sales m anager. Everybody whose nam e gets advertised a little is in­ vited to go on boards of directors. It lias happened even to me. I have a nice form letter th a t says "no.” To be on the hoard of a business with which you are not intim ately connected m eans th a t you attend a m eeting once a month, vote on a lot of things you know nothing about, receive $10 or $20, and go away. The public, reading your name, believes th a t you are directing. Actually you are not. In England most boards are made up of men actually conducting the business. Once a year the chairm an has to stand up before the stockholders and answ er questions about every detail of the operations. In this country the habit of being a director is a piece of business vanity. A man with a lot of directorships after his name thinks of himself as a “big shot.” Many of these fam ous dummies have lost money and sleep during this depression. It will be interesting to see w hether the return of good tim es will not bring m any re ­ signations. Directors should direct. Window dressing dummies should go out. coevo iomt io» BYEONEST CAMPJQ «aaw .nntw .' • TMt AMTHQS THIRTEENTH INSTALMENT K o «««» and P»t»t »«« raaptoyad ky off M o to r, to make a « u t l o t w » If atlvrrttaing tk« r o a d .tr I T kay lake Hoi akmg a . rkaparon kul aha detart» them Colorado and they get m arried, in na only ao tkay can tra vel withont rntrciam . A t laat, after m any ti«». they near New Yo rk They drecuM « h a t they intend to do n ftrr obtaining an annulment N O W GO O N W IT H T H E S T O R Y ! dirt road into a narrow wood lane. “No. I w g g ju tt «roti dar ina.* W hat do you intend to I Jo do first, no m o re than a cow-path it seemed. Rowena?" Peter asked Rowena knew instantly it would "Oh, I really don't know. W rite never take them any place at a lt up those stories perhaps.“ I She knocked on the window again. "No plans for the far future?" "Peter- you're lost. This road “ No Maybe I'll keep house fo r doesn't go anywhere!" uptlv u, ok Buddy when he gets through school. The cow-path turned abruptly w-pa a »harp and jagged hill and id end» ended Maybe svtv I I I get married." abruptly at the foot of an immense "But you say you hate ment" "So I do That's the ' only way to boulder in the very heart of ihe get even with them “ forest. From Pennsylvania Peter wanted "It's a dead end," said R oarna. to cut through at quickly as possible ‘What did 1 tell you?" into New Jersey and home that way Peter got out of the car and went He said it was shorter and he knew back, very slowly., to stand beside the roads. Rowena, on the other her. folding his arms rigidly on the hand- wanted to go up through] rim of the rumble She noticed im- Fenntylvania. She admitted it was a mediately how very grim he looked. there ta none or that hunching aa kt railroad offteea. W hen Ihe th eatre was turned lit Io a watting room, nothing waa taken out but the aeala on the main floor. T h e tiule»iuy and gal lery ettll exist and look down up on the proaienluiu arch which luurka the site uf the old atage. Am erican l-audry Service of Ohio filed suit for a Judgment of $4$0, Interest at $ P«r cent per aununi. and attorney'» fees, against the New Servi«’» Laundry of Kugene, in the circu it court thia morning T he suit waa filed to regain money due the p la lu tlft for equipment pur i huaed from them by the New tn«r- A Disappointed V isitor Prem ier l.avul, who la practical BOUNDARY BOARD TO ly the ru le r ol Kruuce. the Pleat CONSIDER TRANSFER v ite Laundry. lent of that country being largely a figurehead. learned, whuai i n .N e w T ia n if e r of a portion of territo ry York, Hint living a poraouage haa of the Black Butte aehiMil district it» troubles, tie wanted to look at to the London illatrlet ta naked In the big city but, lie eoulliteil to hl» a petition (lied with the county iitm i.it«». tile most he auw when school boundary hoard Ho approached the Buttery, wua u T h e hqard w ill consider the p ell F orm erly W a lk e r I'oole n t ol allk hats unit broad buck» belonging ii- the welcoming cum Him at a meeting I k - e e n i h u r 7. A rem onalriiuee against the transfer Kt ( IE N E lllh » P B IN tlK IK l.U u nlive. » K w u hla m ile rid e up Broadway | h“ » l4,'lu **•*« i , l ”d *“ > •‘»«Ider und I'harneB on. 33k Malu ed before any action of the hoard Telephone 733 Phone 8$ J “» 11,4,1 did uu4 < ,V4* ,4,lu much chance to see tilings as the 1« taken. uwda pressed close to hla auto and demanded he look at them un-l not at the buildings. Ills experience la that ol a ll fam n ils men. T he way to sea Naw York Is to slip In quietly uiql roam around w ithout any com m ittee (ell mg you what to do or where to go. S till, he enjoyed It a ll,— he ' claims. e a e POOLE • GRAY BARTHOLOMEW Funeral Directors Rowena was a little more touchy •veil than usual just at that time because she wag having some trouble with her own work, and l' fact that M r. Rack had not been entirely satisfied with her last three stories had done nothing to improve her disposition. When— the picture done Peter's way. in spite of her—he turned the roadster east once more, Rowena re­ tired sulkily to the rumble seat In Richmond they received a long telegram from Bobby Lowell It was "P repaid" As Rowena said afterw ard. "W e should have known from that they were married." As indeed they were. “Darlings,“ exclaimed the tele­ gram extravagantly. “ W e did get married and nsy pottns u o j Jotvfy Doctors' Fees Carter was going to sne the rou- T h e re Is no place In the world road bat the ccndnctor took Mas where you can pay more tor doc off and afologioed so Carter gain luring tliuu In New York, tees of! Assn Iff» dollar, instead C a n t wr fly d ean and meet yon some flace $3.UI)U and $6.00U being nothing u n -, and finish onr honeymoons togeth­ common for w ealthy people to pay. er— even i f yonrs isn't realt“ Hut. on the other hand. It you have Peter said he thought he had bet­ ter answer that telegram and he n t got a cent, you can probably wrote very feat indeed without one get the same service from oue ot pause for thought. ; the tree dispensaries. “Love, hisses and condolences I "D o yon suppose w a ll ever ba real good friands, Rowena?" mean congratulations. As yanr l>r. Lorens, ot Vleuna. ouce honeymoon wareth ones alas doth wane hence how could we twonv trouble getting the annulment?" ty well filled with stoutly tied bun- "You—you're good-natured about d is tric t found llnelf unable to draw . * jj 0 - dies, Rowena and Constantine w e r e ^ ” he said. “H o w long will it take?" under the umbrella in the rumble - Q f course." she declared gaily. T he owner cloned It down and put “I don't know " seat. „ "This is an accident Accident« it on the m arket. Becaune It »»► "W hen will he start?” “F o r heavens sake------ he began never make me mad. , go handy Io many hotel», the dlf- ‘T . i T ' L , „1 - . . I n , , » , . « h > ™ . l »»■ "He's started now.” "Started now I W hy, what do you she said " I would never feel that goillg to need a lot o f it between now getber and turned It Into a tern,I " n * 1 wrote to him the day «re were we had a grandstand finish unless we an(j Monday " nal. Rowena looked about her. 1 he »uarried and told him to go ahead breezed into Times Square in our It« big w aiting room, w ith tick e t cabin was tucked away snuglA srlth the preliminaries so ne could regular traveling order. You ran^put office» at one »Ide and a hug» »in " -* ” ' ¡„ , cleft of treat rocks and your souvenirs in Bobby’s place a huge great an put it through with a rush." Rowena slumped lower and lower about it on every side towered broad- form ation desk In Ihe center, rival» Peter resented that. " I 'h 1» * “ was needlessly insulting of you. Ro­ in the rumble a» he drove swiftly branched trees beginning to show ,nany of the big railroad station» wena! T o spread the news like that along the heavily shaded roads. She gOj, — — said «___ *- Tw o >,j, belongs to a friend o f min«. h, Peter,” she gently. “I did heart was leaden within her not mean to be offensive, I assure’ large tears forced themselves under