r11UR.MI »A Y. MAY 2«, 1932 proceed Io pul men Io work on public Improvement», either nation ally or by loans to the slates. Is gaining support»!-» It Is not at all unlikely that something of the sort may be done before congress ml Jourus W A SH IN G TO N M A IL S U B S C R IP T IO N R A T E One Year in Advance »1.75 T hree Month» Six Month» .........- » « •« Single Copy County O ffic ia l N e« »paper T IU K S I I \ \ MAT 26 1» 12 TH E COUNTY L ICE N SE MONEY ANO S T A T E HOADS We question the m otive of those who raise the issue concerning the county's share of autom obile license fees being used to repay the state for m atch money spent on state highw ays in Lane county, it sounds to us like a poli­ tical noise rather than a desire to enhance the w elfare of l^ane county. In the first place there w as ample opportuni­ ty for objections at the time the agreem ent w as made with the endorsement of the Lane County Cham ber of Com m erce a body made up of delegates from all the cham bers of com m erce and com unity clubs in the county as well as the Farm ers Union and the G range. The agreem ent seemed at the time and does yet all to ihe beneiit of lmne county. It has provided more than $2,- 000.000 worth of road w ork in the county at a time when employment was greatly needed. It has opened up the Roosevelt coast and Siuslaw highw ays in which lutne coun­ ty and the state had already large investm ents. It provided the roads betore money needed to be raised by bonds or taxes and has eliminated heavy interest charges. It a ctu a l­ ly saved L ane county m any thousands of dollars. The agreem ent is valid, being passed on by the attorney general's office. It must stand or else we will be placed in the light of breaking faith with the state. What now can those who raise the issue expect to accom plish except to sling mud, dug from around their own feet. So tar as we are able we pledge to any candidate for county office raising this issue our active opposition. We will question his good faith and his interest in the w elfare of Lane county. BUILD NO M ORE PYRAM IDS We would lfftMii see the Governm ent of the United States, the Government of every state, every county and every town, start right o if on a program of public im provem ents that will put a lot of people to work and put a lot of m oney into circulation. But we don't want to see that sort of work done if it is just going to sink taxp ayers' m oney w here it w on't com e back. Among the greatest public w orks of all time are the Pyramids of Egypt. Under the direction of successive Pha­ raohs they gave em ployment to practically everybody in Egvpt, but they consum ed practically all of the m oney and resources of Egypt. And once all of that labor and m oney had been built into the pyramids, there wasn't any w ay of getting it out again, and that is what ruined ancient Egypt. We have built enough pyramids, in the form o i non-pro­ ductive public works, in America. We do not think the governm ent, or any part of the governm ent, ought to go into business in competition with private capital, but we can think of a lot o. things, to build which it would be perfectly sound business for the governm ent to borrow m oney, be­ cause eventually the m oney would com e back to pay for those enterprises, and they are not the sort of thing toward which private capital has ever been greatly inclined. We have in mind such things as the building of toll bridges over rivers, of developing great w ater power sites like the Boulder Dam, which will pay for itself by the sale of power and of w ater rights for irrigation. We understand that the W ashington Monument, although it w as only partly built by- governm ent funds, more than pays for its upkeep by the fees charged for taking visitors to the top of it. We think the principles of dem ocracy have been carried too far in a s­ sum ing that w hatever w as paid for out of public funds should be free for the use of everybody who w ants to use it. By all menus let Uncle Sam sell a billion or five billion dollars of bonds to get m oney for public works, provided it is not to be spent for pyramids but for projects so safe­ guarded that the money will com e back with interest w ith­ out putting an added burden upon the taxpayers. MEMORIAL DAY Next Monday, May 30th is the day observed by forty- two of the forty-eight states, and in all of the territories of the United States, as Memorial Day. It is the day upon which the nation pays tribute to its honored dead, w ho served their country at the peril of their own lives. Originally established in the North as a day for decorating the graves of soldiers who had lost their lives in the war between the states. Mem­ orial Day has practically lost its sectional sign ificance; for North and South alike contributed the heroes of the Spanish W ar and of the great World War. whose m emories are pres­ erved with special cerem onial on this day. In the South, in the siat< s of the old C onfederacy, where another date is still set apari in com m em oration of the men who wore the gray, the 30th of May is now largely observed as the national day o f com m em oration for all of the brave. It is meet and fitting that a least once a year the nation should be reminded that our country has had, from its in­ ception, to fight for the liberties, the rights and privileges which we, more than an y other people in the world." enjoy so greatly. The seeds of that liberty have been sown in the blood of heroes. We m ake a great fuss about hard times. We complain with bitterness about our personal business and financial worries. But all the troubles that we in time of peace are compelled to bear are insignificant compared with the risk of life itself, which every man who has served under our flag lias accepted cheerfully, even jubilantly. There is no tribute too great to pay to those who proved their willingness to m ake that sacrifice if necessary. T o whom do we raise m onum ents but to these? Let us. then, who are still living, unite on the 30th of May to praise these illustrious dead, and at the sam e time let us renew our tacit pledge that they have not died in vain, that the nation which they fought to save shall proceed forever onward toward a higher and more glorious destiny. A G R E A T HIGHWAY O PEN S The Oregon Coast highw ay is now open in Lane county north and south of Florence It likely is not equalled any ¡ilac: in the world a; an ocean view highw ay. One mile of it around the cape north of Florence is the most expensive the federal bureau of public road ever constructed. A trip up this h igh w ay is com parable to a visit to C rater Lake, the Oregon caves or Mt. Hood. Everyone who has a ca r should visit this great highw ay a few hours drive from home over excellent roads. SPRIN G FIELD CAN D ID ATES WIN Tin- th iee candidates for county office claim ed by Springfield, S w aits, M offitt and Poole, won clean cut vic­ tories In Ihe Republican primary election. Their support throughout the county Indicates that they will be strong contenders this fall lor their respective offices. Springfield gave Sw arfs 347 votes and his two opponents only 70 votes. M offitt received 305 votes and this two opponents 120, while Poole secured 328 votes to his opponent’s 100. Om* fifth of the world's population live in India 320 million people. I we could only teach them lo w ear clothes Ihe woolen, cotton and silk industry would he on the road to prosperity. S< ienllst-s tell us that tin is found in the human tongue Now we know what m akes some ¡»eople’s rattle all the time. lip * and make-up. right si o w n t h r o u g h her artificiality, to the A t tw en ty tw<* t*»e only th»«« l>*»na reaM» , trem bling weakness of her. H e heard the little cry and came »’esiretl wa» «nvlher w om an» h»» Mini \J nervous wrweh fro m th f excitement ¡ hack »train of lotulpn*» <*> lit*. »’ * »* »*•*••» hv "Well,” he said very gently as if aunt. M rs. G U » ;» '« . to a tamo»» *i v m ! . l - t ’s offcco T h e pMjr*ic»a« cr-ferw bar t • •"« , he were speaking to a child Diana to u n try fo r a long rest She rebel», hut tha smiled too, confidently. uovtot 1« hand»on»e am i *vm|».»i’ »tn >’ • “You've got your own way," she learns that he is not the araat man h»m»eH whispered out an assistant» D r K .fbhone *C » she country am i «nan made the town, he H e laughed at that. tells her. and she a»ree* 1« gw t a ru ra l “ I generally do in the long run,” r r , |te*'ora A e leave* she poes to IW n nl* he said. W aterm an * Hat. where the» are aur|Mt«e«* It was wearisome work trying to by I inda. D enni»’* * ü e . who take» the a«tu atú n quite calm ly I 'S r wants you get well; more wearisome when at last D iana felt the first tug of return­ to m a n y het ?” »he asks Denuis. NOW CO ON W ITH THE STORY Third Instalrornt lh e re was an unbroken silence it»» ,,'iue inoinents. then Diana asked* "Is he married?" Dr. Rathbone? No." "H e ought to he," Diana said per­ versely " H e ’s quite old." "W hat do you call quite old'? Diana considered. "Oh— forty, . suppose.** "D r. Rathbone is only about thirty eight ” " lie looks fifty," Diana declared unkindly. "H o w did I come here?" Diana asked. “Upon niv word, Linda ——" S h i laughed in cool unconcern. "M y dear hoy, please don't pretend. You forget that this isn't the first time I ’ve hrd to stand by and watch v<«i muddle vour way out of an affair .ike this.' 1 don't reallv care, except for Diana’s sake— she looks ill, ter­ ribly ill." “A re yon going to blame me for that? Really, this is beyond a joke. 1 suppose you're annoyed because I brought her here to dinner Perhaps that was stupid of me. but-.— " She came a step forward, her bright eves meeting his very directly. ' •■If yon wa t me to divorce you. D'-mi's I will,* she said There was a moment of absolute silence: then site went on. still in the sama unemotional way: “1 think I ’ve grown a little tired >{ this sort of lite \ \ e re neither mar- -icd nor unmarried, and after all. I ’m still young, and there are other men in the world.” “ D/Azr men— you mean . . “ Never mind what I mean. I'm mak- •eg you a fair offer. I f you want to carry Diana I'nt willing to divorce on. You'd letter think it well over 1 eiore you refuse." she ad 'ed with a l'ttle Ironical smile, “because I may .sever Ve so generous again.” Dennis stifled an cath. He looked I 1« t and angry- as he went out of Ihe ' “OOU9. Linda sighed and turned with a «.-' .le 's Diana returned She ha I col­ oured Iter tins and her cheeks, and she iooke-’ ’ << worn, hut there was a little ' I'rti •• • ’ ' t in her eyes as she came “Don't keep her out too late, Dennis," »ha eaid lightly. “ D r Rathbone brought you. Y ou ing health and the consequent re v o lt' were taken ill— perhaps ycu remeiu against enforced inaction. her md M rs. Gladw yn rang D r. Everyone was so try in g ly optim is­ tic. N o m atter how much Diana \ R a tlih in c because she was flig h t- sulked or how rude she tried to he. cue J anil did not know wliat to do." she was met with the same deter­ " I only fainted. I t wasn't any­ mined kindness and good temper from th in g " the woman who, as she soon discov­ No answer again. ered, was a trained nurse and in "H as Aunt G 'adw yn been to see charge of her. m e’” T h is “Creature,” as D iana soon "No. D r I ’ ati.hone souid not al- called her to herself, was fortyish , r t « mie. w ith gray hair and the peaceful ex ­ “ D r Rathbone stems tc think he pression o f one who has gone through so many turbulent waves . in rule my life i -uppose I shall that life no longer frightened her soon li i-r i - ack hi.« p-ruus»ion H e r proper name was Miss Starling when I want new clothes. a name which D iana thought most • " I don't think they would interest suitable, seeing that she was eternal­ him ," I don't suppose 1 interest him ly chirping tidings of good hope and wonderful days to come Diana also either, really— do I?" "V e ry m uch—as a patient." discovered that once upon a time she " I suppose he makes a great deal had been a nurse in a big London hos­ pital, but that she had given it up in of money." M i " S tarlin g said quietly: order to retire into the country and take "D r. Rathbone tuns a small home in difficult cases for specialists. " D r Rathbone isn't a specialist," for children at his own expense— was Diana's first r e m a r k that t that cannot be done for a small showed any return to her old spirit, J sum." "H e seems to be a kind of hero," “ D r. Rathbone," Miss Starling re -I Diana sneered. torted calmly, "is a very wonderful ! “Ia n 1 get you anything? I f not, I man; he has saved your life, w hat­ shall leave ycu for a little while.” ever you niak thin k of him .” " I don't w ant anything," was the " I don't think of him at all," Diana not very gracious reply. retorted peevishly, and turned her The door closed softly. face against the pillow, closing her W h y had the Creature left her eyes. alone? She did not want to be left Miss Starling sat at the window, alone to her thoughts. W hen Rath- k nittin g by the light which shone' hone came again she would tell hun through the half-closed curtains; she that she would not be left to her did not really need any light at all, thi ughts, not for a ^single moment. seeing that she always knitted me­ If he was such an autocrat, of course chanically. w ith hardly a downward he would see that her wishes were glance. obeyed. T he needles made an irritating lit­ CHAPTER V tle clicking sound. I t would be fun to get out of bed D iana flung the clothes back rest­ and creep over to the w indow, fun to lessly. see what lay outside, under the shel­ "Can't I get up?" ter of those leafy trees. "N o t till D r. Rathbone says you She listened, but there was no may.” sound in the h' use. and w ith a little " H e won't say it for ages." elfish smile she put the bed clothes “Then I ’m afraid you'll have to gently aside and swung her feet stay in bed." down to the floor Petulant tears filled D iana’s eyes. H e r legs felt as if they did not be­ T h e clicking of knitting needles long to her, and if there had not been stepped, and Mis» Starling rose. a table and a chair to cling to she “ I think we m ight have the blind would never have rearhed’ the w in­ up a little ,” the Creature said. “ It's dow at all. But she was there at last, such a wonderful evening." breathless and faint, with beads o f T h e blind was raised a little high­ exhaustion on her face. er, and D iana caught a glimpse of The fresh air revived her a little, leafy trees and a patch of blue sky and she knelt down by the open w in­ through lacy boughs. dow, both hands clinging to the nar­ "W h e re is this place?” she asked row sill. suddenly. It was very beautiful; Diana knelt “Surrey — about a mile outside a there by the window looking out little village called Cheam ." with eyes that were somehow tragic D iana made a little grimace. in her white face. “ Dr. Rathbone has a house not far She felt weak and helpless; she away,” Miss Starling said presently. wished it was not so far back to bed. “ O h !" D iana was w earily twisting Not that the wanted to go back— the soft strands of her hair once she felt that she could have stayed more. “ Is that w hy I ’m here’ " she here forever looking out on the field» asked. "So that it w ill be easy for and trees and hedges. She hated the him to come and see m e ’ " country, and yet it gave her such a “ I t makes it more convenient for feeling cf peace: like someone laying him of course; he is a very busy man, a cool hand on your forehead when and if you had been a great way off It ached very badly after a succee- he would prohahly have put you in sion r f late nights the care o f ancther doctor.” She turned round and looked at the “ W h y should h e ’ I suppose he’d bed— it seemed miles away. She made he paid, no matter how fa r away I an effort to rise hut checked herself was.” quickly. She was sure she would fall. “ M oney is not everything. Dr. The bell was so far away too— on the Rathhcne does a great deal without ' other side of the bed, and she was toe any fee at all." weak to cry out She might try, but “ H e 'll he paid for me.” “ Yes, but then you've plenty of they would not hear her if she did. “I really feel terribly apologetic,” she said rather unsteadily. Linda went with them to the door. “ Don't keep her out too late, Den­ nis." she said lightly. "And 1 hope you’ll have a good time," she added, a hint of laughter in her voice. Behind Diana's back Dennis gave his w ile a furious look ; he felt that he was be­ ing made a fool of, and the sensation was not pleasant. They rode in silence till the cab stopped at the Savoy. They went to the ballroom, which was not at all crowded, and Dennis ordered champagne. H e almost wished he had insisted upon staying at the flat with Linda. H e roused himself with an effort and touched Diana's hand. t “ Do you care to dance?” “As you like.” She rose apathetically, and they joined the dancers. The brilliant lights of the ballroom blinded her. and the noise of the hand suddenly became deaiening, driving her half mad. She gave a little foolish laugh. “ 'Man made the town,’ " she said— “the horrible, horrible town. . . .” Then, with a little meaning cry, she slipped to the flo- r at Dennis W ater­ man's feet. C H A P TE R IV E verything w a- so very quiet, as if one had slipped cut of life into the infinite space where ■ nly the stars hung against their dark background and the ccol w inds blew. She opened her eyes and looked round the rcom. D raw n blinds veiled most of it from her, but she ci uld faintly pick out a flowered wall paper and the shad, try shape of a dressing table— an old-fashioned- lo< king dressing table in a chintx- and-tnuslin petticoat. T h a t was queer, for she had never seen a dressing tal le like that since she was quite a little girl, poking ab-ut in a woeden workh x cn her grand­ mother’s dressing table. She was dreaming, of course— dreaming backwards into a past which she had almost f rgotten. Such a queer w orld — different, som ehow .. . . Diana tried to raise her head from the pillow , but the effort was too great, an.’ -he lay still (or a little, eyes closed again, breathing heavily. A hand -,n her v.rist now— not Aunt G ladw yn ’» hand— I ut one that was firm and str ng: a la n d that seemed to put new life an? trength into one . . . not like Dennis W a te r­ man’s hand, that only made one's pulses je rk suff. catingly and filled one's heart with unrest. Diana gave a little stifled cry She remembered now-: he was the doctor money. There are many poor people from H a rle y Street w ’-e -e eves had far m«re il, than you are who cannot «e her son. W illia m Darling Funeral service» were held Monday afternoon nt 2 o'clock In Salem Mrs. Darling was a resident of Springfield tor many years, and was a m eiulier of I'tnu Circle. Neighbors of W m slcrafl In thia Toe Inju red — Claude Lawton of city. F all Creek was In Hprlngfleld Ihe Resident III— M r» D. L. Worley firs t ut Ihe week to receive medl cal (rvuim eiit for an Injury lo his I» III al her b«me In Springfield this week fool. T here Is beginning Io be general agri-ement that Ihe only way to re­ store commodity prices ia to make money cheaper. A ll sorts of ai-hemes have been suggested, from Issuing Ihousat’d of millions of palter dollars based on nothing but government credl«. which would correspond to the scheme of t h e ' old "G reenback” party, on which llo r a ie G i. eley went down to de-1 feat for the presidency In 1872, to the free and unlim ited coinage of sliver, on which M r. Bryan was deJ feated In 189ft II is extrem ely , doubtful w hether any such projecl as eith e r of theae ran gel through | both houses and pass the president | w ithout a veto. It Is quite possible, however, and seems to be more probable as the days pass, that d efinite steps w ill be taken to reatore silver to Its money po itlon which It occupied Just before the war. T his w ill have to be done by in tern atio n al agree n\ent, since It Involves the currency position of India and of China, the debasement of the subsidiary silver coinage of Europe and a hundred d lier angles nffectlng Intern atio nal trade. Recent sales of Drilled Stales I bunds, which were (iver-subserlbed several times. Indicate that there I s ’ Summer School R IG H T HERE IN EUGENE During Jiim*. July, and Angina, « -I hhhch I ii Shorthand, Typing, Bookkeeping, und Accounting will lx* con- ducted at the Eugene Business College Why not spent part of your vneuilon trninlng for hual- nem. It ' h a good InveMtinent, und It'a a good mc I ioo I. A. E R O B E R T S , P re a id e n t P h o n e tiiiti M in e r B ld g Hot Weather Driving Coming Warm w eather driving und touring will m ake m any Mtilf deinnnda on your car. How will It renpond? De­ pendable Hummer finn* perftinnuiu-e require» apeclul oil mid tqierlul ui IJ uh IiiientH. Let our m echanic fune up your car Violet Ray und General Ethyl will ulao gel you there quicker uud for I<* hh money ( l i m i ordinary gim. “ A ” Street Service Station 5th and A Streets Springfield A Pause.. for those who have paused forever— W hether tho»e who have paused forever pa»Hed from this eui'tli on tin* field of battle or breathed their I uhi surrounded by their dear friend«, let uh give pause next Monday to I heir memory ami lo extolling (he purpotte- lul fullneHH of their live« . . . . with word«, with thought« und m ayhap with «ome flower«. RGGIM ANN’ S W here the Service I» Different" ONE CENT will keep H IS FO O D for In sei-url there billion.1 SAFE 4 dollar» of money could be raised by a bond ia»tie; and the proposal to float such an iHsue and use Hie Continued Next Week e tte r H oratur S telw cr carried Hprlug field with 2MI voles compared lo Leaders of both | a itle » are p r» 'ti the total vote of 175 gained by his well determ ined, however. I but this four oppouelil l.eel the Oregon form of re lie f must be lul ed on pro Ian take all the credit Tor nom inal dlietlve llliprovem elils aild not le lug Mi Rtelw er we submll the fol suit In ihe lying up of Ihe govern lowing le tte r ment'a credit and the inonev and labor In places from which II can M r IL E M use). EiLtor, not lie directly repaid T here are T he Spilngflebl News. many such projects which, in the Springfield. Oregon. light of pus I eyperlelice. oughl to Dear Mr. Maxey: tie able to repay such loans and re I have rend ...........Ilio rlu l w h id i lire the bonds In a reasonable time was published In your paper un • • • May 5. and want to express lo you T he politician sensation of the my sincere thanks for Its friend ly moment ia the fla t refusal of Gwen trend. I l Young In permit hl . name Io he Thia e d ito ria l w ill be of In presented as a candidate for the estim able value to me. and I am Democratic prealdenlul noinluwllon deeply appreciative for your geuer T here ta no doubt that this will oils iisslstaiKe throw a great many more delogute» W illi kindest regards. I am. lo Newton 1» Baker, who Is re­ Your« sincerely, garded aa being the same lype of F B E D ItlC K H T E IW E B man as M r Young, and Mr. Baker may. therefore, develop iinexpecled FORMER R E S ID E N T DIES strength v a rli In the proceedings AT SALMON ON FRIDAY of the Democratic National conven I'os ilhly the moat Im portant sub ject on which congress Is begtu nlng to concentrate la ways and means of Increasing commodity prices. If has under consideration the Goldshorough hill. Instructing the Federal Reserve System Io take Im m ediate steps to restore commo­ d ity prices, without tellin g them how to do it. As one hanker, com m etitlng on this b ill, said: "1 would hate to be ordered to run a hund­ red yards In ten seconds flat.'* In other words, the Uoldsborough bill Is regarded as m erely the expres­ sion of a desire which la shared by everybody, but the realisation ul which ia not provided tor • • • plenty of money available vestment In these best of all flex. T here is no question, fo r-, that a billion nr two s» - HOURS Are you getting Octane EFFICIENCY? I t M ean» F u ll Invest in an Electric R e frig e ra to r G asoline P o w e r! C /O to Standard — fo r extra boost u p h ill fo r every last sp u rt o f p o w e r— fo r high O ctant’ Efficien cy pushing your engine every second ! Sec fo r yo u rself just fry “ S tan d ard ” o r S tan d ard E th y l («asoline. 1 The one sure way to keep the baby’» milk clean and pure ia in an electric rrfrigeru tor. N o chance» must be ta k e n w ith hi» food. But gmwn-tips live healthier and perhaps longer if their food is also protect­ ed from moisture, germs and dirt. In most families the food saving alone will pay for the refrigerator, and what a conven­ ience to have ice cubes always available—delicious, frozen drs- serts and salads from left-overs— milk foods and sandwich reads always ready, perfectly fresh even tro­ ys. Y ou can afford to wait no longer for your electric refrigerator. 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