TIIVWHDAY. JUNK 16, 1932
TH E SPRINGFIELD NEWS
PAGE TW O
MAM MAPEBTOWN
T H E S P R IN G F IE L D N E W S
Published E very Thursday at
Springfield, Lane County. Oregon, by
THE W ILLAMETTE PRESS
H . K. M A X E Y . E d ito r
prove anything, axcept that the
ability to apell is more a gift than
something that can be acquired by
study, anti that a ru ral spelling he«-
Is . ltd of full
" M i l l i o n unit lamb t a n b e cured
and smoked In much Ihe same way
B E IN G S U G G E S T E D that we prepare hums anil b u t m i
T he product » delicious und w ill
W in te r Food Supply E s tlly Grown add a variety which w ill he rte u lly
appreciated.”
From Cheap Feed and Stock
Says Specialist
Federal h u llrtln s oil methods ol
GROW YOUR MEAT”
AYRES
Enterad aa second class m atter. February 24. 1903. at the postonici
8prln<fleld, Oregon
M A IL S U B S C R IP T IO N R A T E
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T H U R S D A Y , J U N E 1C, D d .
T H E C R U S A D IN G F A R M E R
M r. H e n ry Z orn , oi the so-ca lle d M a rio n c o u n ty ta x -
puyers league, sets h im se lt up in d a ily press releases as a
crusader. He is o u t s w a ttin g th e “ gross m is re p re s e n ta tio n s ,''
lit ins o w n w ords, co n ce rn in g his b ill, to co nso lid ate the U n i
v e rs ity and O regon S ta te college on th e C o rv a llis cam pus.
F ro n t tlie a rg u m e n ts M r. Z orn uses we d ou bt very m u ch if
he w ould kn o w a ' gross m is re p re s e n ta tio n ’ if lie w ere to
m eet it in the road. F acts mean n o th in g to h in t so lon g as
h is im a g in a tio n holds o u t.
He uses obsolete fig u re s to prove th e U n iv e rs ity has
o n ly 87,000 square feet o f flo o r space a b o u t h a lf o f w h at it
a c tu a lly has. In his 227,000 square feet o f tlo o r space a t
trib u te d to th e C o rv a llis school he e v id e n tly co u n ts la b o ra
to rie s, co w -b a rn s, ch icke n coops and p ig sties o f the a g ric u l
tu ra l d e p a rtm e n t. S u re ly M r. Z o rn w o u ld not have o u r c h il
dren ta u g h t E n glish , lunguage. and the fin e a rts in such
places.
M r. Z o rn does not ta k e in to c o n sid e ra tio n th a t Presi
d e n t K e rr w as before th e last le g is la tu re a s k in g to r fu rth e r
b u ild in g a p p ro p ria tio n s on the g ro u n d s th a t present flo o r
space was w h o lly ina de qu a te to r th e college e n ro llm e n t. He
says we can d um p th e 3O00 U n ive rsity s tu d e n ts in to C o r
va llis and th e re w ill s till be ro o m fo r m ore. He has fo u n d o ut
m ore a bo ut th e college in a few days tita n P re sid en t K e rr
has learned in 25 years. S m a rt, m an. M r. Z orn , o r is it his
press a geut?
H ow e ver, M r. Z o rn , w ho is so good a t flo o r space
fig u re s , has not chosen to te ll us w ho is p a yin g fo r the e x
pensive flo o r sjiaee in h is o ffic e h e a d q u a rte rs in P o rtla n d
n o r fu rn is h in g th e m oney to pay th e a rm y o f p e titio n push
ers now in th e fie ld . A fte r a ll 18,000 nam es a t 10 cents per
is some m oney. M u ch m ore th a n M r. Z o rn 's m easure w ill
ever save th e sta te o f O regon, if his w ild schem e is success
ful-
.u J I
He says m o vin g th e U n iv e rs ity w ill n o t in ju re Lane
c o u n ty in the least. T h is c o u n ty he says has 80 a c tiv e sa w
m ills to s u p p o rt it ------- d o n 't lau gh dear reader. He says we
are located in a very ric h a g r ic u ltu ra l d is tric t and o u r m e r
c h a n ts sell to o n e -te n th o f a ll th e people o f O regon— 150,000
people. We are so w e ll o ff he says th a t we w o u ld n o t feel
th e m o vin g o f the U n iv e rs ity to C o rv a llis and to a rg ue th a t
we are n o t is an “ in s u lt to th e in te llig e n t ta x p a y e rs o f O re
g o n .” Now we know th a t M r. Z o rn w o u ld n o t “ gro ssly m is
re p re s e n t“ th e fa c ts w ith o u t us te llin g you.
NO M O R E C A N C E L L A T IO N
T h e U n ite d S tates has in d ica te d it w ill not be a p a rty to
a discussion o f w a r debts a t th e m e e tin g called fo r in a few
days in S w itze rla n d . We advanced E uropean n a tio n s d u r
in g th e w a r and in th e d if fic u lt m o n th s o f re c o n s tru c tio n
fo llo w in g th e a rm is tic e some 10 b illio n s o f d ollars. T h is
m o n e y o u r n a tio n fu rn is h e d had to b t b orro w e d . N ecessar
ily 1F W E DO N O T C O L L E C T IT FR O M T H E E U R O P E A N
N A T IO N S W E M U S T C O L L E C T IT FR O M T H E A M E R I
CAN T A X P A Y E R S .”
T a xp a ye rs in th is c o u n try are in no b e tte r c o n d itio n to
pa.> th is m oney th a n th e E uropeans. I t m u s t be rem em bered
we once reduced these debts and gave th e b o rro w e rs 62
years to pay in in te re s t b e a rin g bonds. F u rth e r th a n w h a t
we have done we should m ake no m o re concessions.
P a ym e n ts o f these debts can n o t be a ttrib u te d as a sub
s ta n tia l cause fo r th e depression because no E uropean c o u n
t r y has as ye t paid a n y a m o u n t s u ffic ie n tly la rg e enough to
a lfe c t its finances. P a ym e n ts in each case have been less
th a n 2 per ce nt o f th e fo re ig n n a tio n ’s budget.
W hen we cante in to th e w a r we neve r agreed to bear
th e expenses o f a n y o th e r n a tio n o r g ro u p o f n atio ns. T he
a llie s w ere glad enough to have o u r help w ith o u t c h a rg in g
us fo r th e p rivile g e . T h e w a r was a E urop ea n p ro d u c t and
we n e ith e r provoked it o r sta rte d th e fig h t. We m e re ly cam e
in and ended it, fo r w h ic h we sh ou ld have th e e v e rla s tin g
th a n k s o f Europe. B u t fo r o u r help th e y no d ou bt w o u ld
have owed s till g re a te r debts and had s till less to pay w ith .
These E uropean debts, w h ich have not been m et, can
n ot be a ttrib u te d in fa c t fo r th e fa llin g o ff o f o u r fo re ig n
tra d e despite th e e c o n o m is t-th e o ris t. T h e a rg u m e n t th a t
it w o u ld s tim u la te fo re ig n trad e to cancel th e m seems to us
a poor m ethod. I t ’s lik e th e g ro c e r fo rg e ttin g a cu stom ers
back b ill in o rd e r th a t he m a y g ive h im m ore c re d it in the
fu tu re . We do n o t th in k it wise to subsidize E urope a t the
expense o f o u r o w n ta xp a ye rs a t th e ra te o f a b o u t one-
q u a rte r b illio n d o lla rs a year. I f we have subsidies to g ra n t
we m ig h t b e tte r give th e m to o u r o w n people instead o f in
cre a sin g th e taxes and fu r th e r h a n d ica p p in g A m e ric a n in
d u s try .
•
T h e re is on real reason, in th e lig h t o f fa c ts , w h y we
sh o u ld fu r th e r reduce th e fo re ig n debts o r keep ta lk in g
a b o u t th e m w ith the E uropeans. W e can n o t help it if th e y
are hard up. I f th e y never pay th e n we w ill know b e tte r
th a n to loan th e m m ore m oney. T h e y ’ll be a poor ris k in
fu tu re and i f th e y c a n n o t borrow fro m us th e y 'll have a hard
tim e fin a n c in g a ny m ore w ars on a cre d it. P erhaps th e
w o rld w ill be b e tte r o ff in the lo n g run .
>BRUC
S A V IN G F A C E
A frie n d was te llin g me a bo ut B ig Business in C hina.
No m an ever is d ischarged th e re , he said. I f it becomes
necessary to rem ove an em ployee th e boss a rra n g e s to have
a frie n d dp h im o ff T he n e x t m o rn in g th e doom ed m an a p
p e a ls in th e boss’ o ffic e .
“ L ly uncle in th e m ost re m o te p ro vin c e o f the C hung
R iv e r is ve ry i l l, ” he explains. “ It is necessary th a t I should
go to a tte n d h im .”
T h e boss assum es an expression o f distress. “ W h y, to
reach th e C h u n g R ive r and m in is te r to y o u r uncle and then
r e tu rn w ill re q u ire m ore th a n tw o ye a rs.” he protests.
“ N evertheless. I m u st g o .”
“ Noble f e llo w , ' says th e boss e m b ra c in g h im "D o y o u r
d u ty , and th o u g h y o u r jo u rn e y keep you a w a y fo r years,
have no fear. Y o u r place w ill be ke pt open fo r y o u .”
T h e next m o rn in g and e very m o rn in g th e re a fte r the
tw o m eet on the stre e t, b ut th e re is no e m b a rra ssm e n t, no
sense o f in fe r io r ity on th e p a rt o f th e ex-em ploye. Face has
been saved.
*
I re m em be r one o f th e fir s t m en fo r w hom I w o rk e d in
N ew Y o rk , and one o f the w isest I have ever k n o w n . He
ca lle d me in one day and sa id : “ I w a n t you to th in k up some
w a y by w h ic h X can be p ro m p te d to re s ig n .” „
I was astonished.
“ A fte r he re sig n s,” m y boss c o n tin u e d , “ I th in k I can
help h im to fin d a m ore co n g e n ia l place. B u t he’s no good
w he re he Is.
" I a lw a ys t r y to be ve ry c a re fu l in these cases,” he ex
plained. “ 1 d o n 't w a n t It w ritte n on m y to m b sto n e th a t I
e ver d e a lt a b lo w to a m a n ’s s e lf-c o n fid e n c e .”
T h is e m p lo ye r was a lm o st as wise as the Chinese. As
o u r c iv iliz a tio n and o u r business grow o ld e r we a ll shall
le u rn some o f th e m a tu re w isdom o f these o ld e r people.
T h e y know th e r ^ a r e th in g s In life m o re im p o rta n t th a n e f f i
c ie n cy and p ro d u c tio n and q uo ta s a nd c h a rts .
Sixth Instalment
Al
« » • «M i I «dy
W r « l w u sn o th .i
. v ra wrack I r a «
tkiM Diana
r » « llj
J they call hint ? H e is only a pupil to
j M r . Shurey, learning farming like any
j lat'ourer."
j
Diana laughed in frank amusement.
i of London • fny Mte. alw to take«« b«
she objected Just a lad— and
bar aunt. Mr. C.iadwr». to • famous «iwetal | he amuses m e - « ih h I iicss knows there
»•» » « "«.'’y »"»»>"« p « j »« >■> 0 *
,t«tw I* handsome and •y m p .th c ti. y
village, M far as 1 can see.
fe«u tost ho >• »a! ik» sraai
h.,
"H e is a le n piunieup seventeen.’*
S
S J m T S
am
••»«•««re.e erteil h.wlv “And your
tetta bar. and ah» a«r*«s to go tv a n
»U n:
’
B alm * e
“ I f mv aut.: v.i» m the least c m -
cre ed .C .. it
, „ „ ,„orals
1
i > '
Atx. as
1 would not t-.kve ¡
i she has done, v.
ven bidding me
tasra. ak. rora Io l \
W a ts im a a s 1st. » k m «key a r r su rer««
b , L a d a . Dvnais's w ife, who la k e . lb . s I
altaa au il« calm ly “ I auppos» skr w an t. yc
u> m arry ber t " aha aaka D a n a ia
|
A t Ika ala kt club where the r « r , w ip |
Haaala. D iaas collapses. She re a m . *-
b l littl« couatry
with
a u r w . M i m S tar hag- bcadiag o v e r h r t l b
Rfltbhoo«’• hero« w m clo w by. M i*» St trip *
told bar.
A fte r threw woekx Dennis W aterm a n c il
B e telle her be w ill bare to ro away, an 1 lu>
at be loaves ber, suggest« that b it
love la waning
Rut Dennta haa not been
gone many daja before Diana finds bet «elf
asking M is t Starling all aorta of question»
about D r. Rathboaa.
of the road to avoid a big car 0i.it h .J
hist at that moment rounded the bend.
The road was not very wide at that
point, and tlierr was hardly room for
the Iwo to pass in safety
“ How dangerous to drive at that
speed," Diana said, and at the sain«
moment recognised Rathbone s car.
She tim e d eagerly to look after it as
with a wide sweep it pulled up to the
closed gate.
The back hood of the landaulette
was dew 11, and sitting there alone waa
a woman. Apparently a very youi<
v oman vv Ith Titian red hair : Diana
h id only time to notice those two facta
Si
!
M O O L8
I wish «vary teacher and «•very
i .«lent coutil read anil pouili-r upon
tin. rem arks of Dr. W illia m J.
O'Shea. Nyw York Superlnteiiileut
of St lumi*., who said the e th e r day
that the e ffo rt* or the schools
maat lie diret teti tow ard il •fining
« Itili I s u c k - ms In life.
‘ Too often the unthinking Itien
tily success In life w ith wealth, and
Judge humun achievem ent In term *
of tuuterini acquisitions.” he said
I have long fell that our aehool
systems started off on a fal»e tru ll
when they began to try to teach
children how to earn money That
In evitably results In ettlng up at-
n u triiÍ v e n t * * a* the chief virtue
amt money getting a* th principal
pursuit In life
•
NOW GO ON W ITH THE STORY.
That depends what you mean by
foolishly His w ife won't divorce him
He only wishes she would, b t six'
won't, and so------" She stoppl'd sud
denly, feeling rather foolish
"And so—what?” Rathbone asked.
"And so," Diana rushed on reckless
ly. "as soon as he comes home and I'm
well enough. I'm going away with
him."
“I see. W ell, if he's a decent fei-
C O N F ID E N C E
T h e o ther day n hanker said Io
me
"W e've got more money In
lend thun we've hail i l l uny tim e In
tw o year*, anti I thin k that Is true
of mo*t other Itanks, but we are
not lending It. because the people
who ought to be borrowing It have
lost confidence III them elves unit
th eir huslneese»."
She gave a little strangled cry.
" I thought you would lecture me I
Diana said "Thank you” and gave him a little smile that quickened
thought you would try to prevent me
his heartbeat.
from going.”
I asked him to explain. He point
The ghost of a smile lit his eves
“Z prev ent you ? Why should I ? D- a fond farewell," Diana interrupted before the trap waa round the bend and | etl out that in norm al tim e * sound
you think I flatter myself that 1 could flippantly. She yawned and got up from the car hidden from view.
: bunking rtinslsts In making loans
prevent von from doing anything you the deck chair, where she liad hcen
"That was D r. Rathbone’s car." she for productive purposes It I* not
wish—once you are well ?”
lying, anti walk d down to the gate.
said in a small voice.
nuntl bunking to lend money to
She looked a little sullen.
It would be fur to go
wn to the
“Was it ?” Jonas was not interested.
someone who cannot use It to make
“No. hut I thought you might try,” village anti see what so t of a place it
"There waa a woman in it," Diana
the said ingenuously.
realty was. She opened the gate, hat said.
j more money In order to pay It back.
H e went hack to his old position of less as she was, and went out into the
"W as there? I t ’s the one who livee Must of the would be borrowers to-
leaning on the bed rail, his hands lane.
at the house, I expect."
: day, my hanker friend said, are try
h oselv clasped together before him.
Diana reached the end o f tlie lane
She looked up at him.
! ing to gel money to save something
"N o lecturing in the world has ever and stood looking to right and left,
"I thought Dr. Rathbone was a bach
yet stopped a woman who is in love uncertain which way to go. and it was elor.”
! that Is Irrestrlevab ly lust,
from doing what may seem foolish to at that moment that a light farm trap
"So he it,”
j I am Inclined to think there la
other
ople," he said quietly
driven by a lad in breeches and a loose
She frowned impatiently.
. plenty of batik credit (or every
"You think it iiv u M be foolish?” she shirt open at the neck turned out o f a
"Then who is the woman?" the
insisted
legitim ate purpose, and that the
irate close bv.
"To go away and Bve with a man
He saw Diana and pulled the horae
j reason It Is not being used more
Jonas shook his head.
who is already married and who can to a standstill, and Diana asked
“I don't kno«, but 1 know she live* I freely I
that business men are
not get his freedom?" he queried. eagerly ;
there ”
afraid to irv anything new
" W e ll it all depends. In your place I
“W here are you going ? and would I "W hat's her name?" she saiu
. .
.
should be afraid that if he had already you like to take me with you?"
“Miss Rosalie.”
weaned of one woman it would not be
"Rosalie
what?"
8
E
A
U
T
Y
difficult for him to weary of another." I She had made friends with Jonas
"I've forgotten,” he said almost sul
T h ree or four yearn ago an urtlat
when he called daily at the cottage with
“H e never loved his w ife ”
lenly.
I moved Into the little New Ruglutid
eggs
and
cream,
and
she
knew
without
"That is what he tells you That is
"Only
Rosalie?"
Diana
persisted.
what all men tell all women in the any warning from Miss Starling that, "Not Rosalie anything else? She must j village where I vote and trade my
lad though he was, he was greatly at
circumstances you describe"
> farm produce. He bought the turn
h a v e another name I”
"You seem to know a great deal tracted to her.
" I l site has, I've never heard it.”
btedown hut picturesque old stone
In a few years' time he would be a
about i t "
Neither of them spoke again till
Rathbone stood up. He looked infin- fine-looking man. She quite agreed they were back in the village street ¡ m ill and made a studio of it. H e j
with the Creature for once in her as
itely weary all at once.
once more. It «as half past five by ' wus a pleasant, unassuming fellow
"Then you must be prepared for him sertion that he was a very grown-up the church cluck. the big bell chimed . who quickly got acquainted with
to grow tired of what, after all. can seventeen.
the village people anil won th e ir'
His face lit up when she spoke to as they passed.
never be anything more than an ordi
There was nobody in the little gar ' confidence and reap ed.
nary liaison. I've seen so many of them, him now.
“I ’m only going over to the other den when Jonas jumped down and gave
and they all end badly. It seems a pity
T he urtlat'a eye wus offended
his hand to Diana
— you are too gotd to be wasted on side of the village.” he said.
“ You'll have to lift me down," she •■very day liy the u nartlatic appear*
"W
ell,
take
me,"
she
urged
again.
•that sort of thing.' as you call it. I
nice of Main s ire d T h ere are. per*
H e reached down a slender brown said “I ’m tired.”
wonder you don't think so too."
He took her in his arms very care I hap . th irty houses unit stores be
She said sullenly, but with flushing hand, which seemed somehow oddly
fully, as if fearing to injure her, and
cheeks. "Only the other day you told out of keeping with his rough clothes
set her down gently on the path beside i tween the cross roads and the I
me you doubted if I was worth trying and general appearance, and carefully
bridge, anil no two of them were
him.
helped Diana into the high, hard seat
to keep alive."
Diana said, "Thank you,” and gave the same color. Some of them look I
"D id I? Perhaps I ’ve changed my beside him.
“Jonas," she said, “do you know him a little smile that quickened hit etl as If they had never been paint i
mind. Is there anything else you want
heartbeats.
where D r. Rathbone's house is ?"
to say to me before I go?”
Miss Starling told her Dr. Rathbone n t at all Q uietly, without advertla-j
"You’re not going already?"
“Jonas nodded. “Yes. I know."
ing his purpose, the artist persuud
had
called to bid her good-bye.
Diana turned an eager face to him
" I think I'd better— before I make
Diana »as startled and insisted on ed one of the store owners to paint
"Let's go there,” she said. “I should
you too angry
sending Jenny over with a note asking his building white. It looked aoi
"I'm not angry,” she said. " I like love to see where he lives."
him to call, marking her note "very
you, though nobody has ever been so—
The lad hesitated.
clean and fresh that the owner of
urgent.''
so brutal to me as you have."
“It's more than five miles away."
the adjoining property felt obll*l
She
waited
in
her
room,
feeling
sure
“ Isn’t 'frank' a truer word?"
"But that’s nothing in a trap like
he would come.
' gated to ti.'iut Ills also, and he put
"Perhaps but sometimes frankness this.”
Presently she drifted off into a vague I <>n a coat of white paint. Then a
can be brutal."
" I know . . . but won't they miss
sleep of sheer exhaustion from which
She was sitting up in bed. her chin you?”
lady across the street decided Dial
resting on her hunened-up knees, her
" I daresay, but that doesn’t matter." she was aroused by Miss Starling’s
j this white | aim made her old yol-
big ryes fixed on his face. "But I like She laid her hand on his arm. "Do hand on her shoulder.
The room was nearly dark, lit only low house look dingy, so she point
y o u ,' she said again seriously. "W hen let’s go there," she urged softly. "It's
ever you come into the room it’s like a such a lovely afternoon, and it’s weeks by the pearly gray twilight.
ed that white.
“D
r. Rathlione is downstairs,” the
breath of country air.”
since I was out by myself like this.”
Now every house on Main street
Creature
said.
He laughed, though he looked a little
H e would have gone to the ends of
Is painted « b ite , which is the best
embarrassed, and took his leave.
CHAPTER X
the earth for her, and Diana knew it
Diana started up, trembling a little, color of all for buildings set aniunp
well enough.
C H A P T E R IX
She felt quite happy and a little and conscious of a queer sensation green trees, a these are. anil tour
Diana grew well with much greater
rapidity than either Rathbone or the excited. The seat was rather hard, it is through all her body, as if someone ists d rivin g through, instead of
true, and made her body ache a little, had poured healing balm onto an in hurrying on to get past an ugly anil
Creature had expected.
In a week’s time she was getting up and the sun was getting hot on her bare tolerable pain.
“Oh .
. please put on the light u n attractive spot, slow down to ad
after her breakfast, dressing herself, head, but those were trifles.
m ire the trim looking village. And
A t last he pointed across the hedgr and ask him to come up.”
and spending long hours in the tiny
“D r. Rathbone says he is in a great Ihe village folk are proud of their
on the right side of the rot d. “Dr.
garden of the little house.
hurry
and
could
you
come
down?”
Mrs. Gladwyn sent some stocks of Rathbone's house is just there.” he said
She went downstairs into the room town now— all because one man
books and enough illustrated papers to “You’ll see the chimneys in a minute
succeeded In selling beauty to his
and shut the door behind her.
keep the entire village occupied a through the trees.”
Rathbone »as standing by the table neighbors.
Diana was a little disappointed to
month
She also sent large boxes of choco find that Rathbone's house stood so far turning the pages of a magazine with
lates and expensive fru it which Diana back from the road that even when they impatient fingers. H e threw it aside P O T A T O E S
gave to the village children who came had driven round to the front of it one as Diana entered.
Botanists from the departm ent ot
"Well ?’’
to stare at her shyly through
ugf the gate, could only ratch glimpses between the
She thought there was not quite the ,oi, ii a llu re are exploring the muun
rdi
There was no back garden
to the trees of pointed red gables and queer
old friendly tone in his voice, or was 'a n
cottage, only the long straight plot in Jacobean chimney pots.
of Bolivia in search of new I
front, with a high clipped hedge that
She stood up in the little trap, her that her imagination?
, varieties
of
potatoes.
Potatoes 1
Diana
echoed,
"W
ell?”
and
could
•hut it out from the narrow lane.
hand resting on Jonas's shoulder, but
..me o rigin ally from the high An
One day M ist Starling said. " I don’t even then, beyond splashes of vivid think o f nothing else to say.
She stood leaning againit the door, j dew. « hi re more than 150 varieties
think it is altogether n k of you t o , colouring here and there in the garden,
encourage that boy so much He al-1 most of it was effectively shut out by •»till trembling a little front her sudden art known. The natives preserve j
ready has ideas far above his station.” ' a high brick wall which had many awakening from sleep.
them In Ihe Ice w ater of the moun
“W hat boy?" Diana asked, though ' trees and shrubs planted on its near,
tain streams, and “ cook" them by
she knew perfectly well to whom the side.
freezing. They were taken to Spain
Creature referred.
She sat down again with a little
Continued Next Week
"The boy from the Meadow Farm.” disappointed sigh
by Ihe early conquerors, but did
Miss Starling explained. "Jonas, don't
Jonas was pulling the trap to the side
{ not si n kd over Europe for more
than
LUMBER MILLS OPERATE
AT 19.2
OF CAPACITY
Seattle, W ash., June 16— A total
< of 321 m ills reporting to the W est
Coast Lum berm en’s association for
the week ending June 4 operated
at 19.2 per cent of capacity, as com
pared to 20 8 per cent of capacity
for the previous week and 45.8 per
cent fo r the same week last year.
During the week 199 of these plants
were reported as down and 122 as
operating.
Current new business of 216 Iden
tical m ills was 34.1 per cent over
production
This group reported
production approxim ately four m il
lion feet less than the previous
week. Shipments fo r the week were
46.6 per cent over production. ,
Inventories, as reported by 144
m ills decreased 14.000,000 feet from
the week ending M ay 28 and are
19.7 per cent less than at this tim e
last year.
U n fille d orders declined 3,830,000
feet from the previous week. New
export business received during the
week was 6,378,000 feet more than
the volume reported for the pre
vious week. New domestic cargo
orders were 2Ji.32.000 feet over the
previous week, new ra il business
decreased 1.136,000 feet, w hile the
local trade increased 1,897.000 frinii
the previous week's business.
200 years,
when
a
W h lle min li bus baen salii ami
w rllte u ulnml growing netti wlniec s
ftiotl tu tilt summer's ganleus. un
••quali) a ttra ttiv e o p p u rlu u lt, «X
Ists thls year for gettlng itesi wllt
ter'a meni stipply al (he must rea
MHtuhlf prlee In deeades. «uys II A
l.lndgren. livestuck >peclullsl o( thè
.ta te collage exteushm uervlcc
O AKW AY TE A M SUNDAY
M em bers of the G akw ay golf
team took a drubbing. 12*/4 to 29'/i
points, at the hands of Cottage
Grove golfers there Sunday. Each
team now has two victories over
the other, Oakw ay losing at Cottage
Orove and the Grove team losing
at Oak way. Another match may he
played on a neutral course. Elm er
Pyne of Springfield Is a member of
the Oak way team, having played in
several games against opposing
teams.
M A R C O LA G IR L W IN S
ARCHERY TO U R N AM EN T
Rather Cowling of Mureolu wgs
w inner In the woineu's division of
the first annual archery tourua
ineiit held ut Albany college The
Iw o with the highest scores In both
the men gild women's divisions w ill
“ I ’lgs can he (aliened on pasture have Ih e lr names engraved on Ihe
with a little gruln Table scrap al archery plaque at Ihe school.
so make good hog feed. I'u tle r con
i dlllona such us we are now export C O M M O N T A B L E S A L T
' enclBg one can even raise a hog In
OFTEN H ELPS STOM ACH
a amull pen, supplying It with green
grass, table scrupa. unit a few
D rink plenty of w ater w ith pinch
of salt If bloated with gas add a
< pounds of grain dally
"Grass la plentiful at till* tim e spoon of Adlerlkn Thia wushee out
IU I T I I stomach s l id how eb and rids
W hy not fa lle n a calf. cow. or steer you of all gas
Clanery's Drug
on gruss and corn, ami cun the pro Storv
■
M
il
GARDEN
..TOOLS..
W h e th e r you ta ke y o u r g n rd e n in g aerioualy fo r
p r o fit or w h e th e r it s n m ere hobby you ride w ith im
m ense p lensute, you w a n t th e to o ls to do y o u r w o rk
w ith least e f f o it and g re a te s t e ffe c t.
We have a large
sto ck o f th e fin o s t garde n to o ls a vailab le .
And th e y
are less nxpensive th is year th a n e ver!
Hoes
Forks
H oea, 70c - 90c - >1.1 S
Spades,
>1.00
F o rks,
>1.75
R akes.
70c - >1.40
Shovels >1.00 to >2.00
Lawn Mowers
HERSCHEL AND
COUNTRY CLUB
PRICES —
S4.90
to
S Í2 .7 5
Wright & Sons
H p rin g flt'ld . O tt'K on
Yankee
S L A S H IN G S B U R N E D
advisor lo the King of Bavaria In-
O V E R LA R G E A R E A ’zodueed them Into Germ any and
-------------
GROVE GOLFERS DOWN
pcepuiliig lh»se producta are avail
able through Ihe local couiilv agt i*
cultural agent’s office without eosl
W here no a g e l i l Is employed one
may w rite the auluial husbandry d»
purtiueut of llrwgon Slate college,
Corvallis for the bulletins
"llogs are cheap ami u ls grulli. '
«uva Llngreti. "A weutier plg fed
(rom now D II fall <MI sui ti feeds uh
are nvulluldo oli thè la tin t u l i l>e
Iliade lato lift lo IM I poundn of
llieut (or itesi w lnter's use. Il cali
he cured u* hums unti bacon, mudi*
luto suusuge. dry sultcdwnr canned
[tau g h t the people how to grow and
CENT...
L E G IO N PO ST C A N C E L S
Slashings, and brush on 400 acres look them. They were Introduced
W A L T E R V IL L E M E E T IN G w ere burned over Saturday by the Into Scotland as a substitute for
T h e semi-monthly meeting of the
Springfield Am erican Legion post
num ber 40 scheduled to be held at
W a lte rv llle tonight has been can
celed It was announced today by
I. M. Peterson, adjutant. Absence
o f many members at the summer
Guard Kncam pm ent and the m eet
ing of the Lane County Cham ber
of Commerce here tonight are
causes for the change. T he next
reg ular m eeting of the Legion will
be held on July 7.
duct for next w inter's use? Heel
put up In I bat f t ' f " I* excellent and
w ill fit In well with the garden
product! now being raised by many
(ainlllea In our stale.
turnips about 1790, and Into Ireland
some years later.
In com munities where the potato
will grow It is the safest reliance
against fam ine th a t has yet been
found. When all other crops fall
the potato can he relied upon to
keep a nation alive. T h e end of the
recurrent famines In Ireland <ame
H A IL S T O R M SJNEEPS
when Ihe people began to cultivate
U PP ER M c K E N Z IE A R E A potatoes. If they would grow In
China and India we would probably
Residents of Ihe Upper M cK en hear no more of fam ines In those
z i e region and others who sought countries.
relief there Sunday from the heat
of the valley were greeted w ith a S P E L L IN G
How do you spell analogous?
reg ular m idwest hall storm.
The
F ish er Lum ber company at Mar-
cola. L arge clouds of black smoke
rolled down the M ohawk Valley
and were clearly visible here. The
F isher m ill hus closed down now
and Is operating only the planing
m ill.
*>.
Correct.
storm broke fa r back In the moun
I spelled It with three “a ’s" und I
tains along the Blue riv e r and
seemed to follow It as It did not hail to step down, In the return
hall very fa r above or below the match of our Stockbridge versus
path of the river. Rain which fell West Stockbridge spelling Inurna
quite hard there did not descend ment I had the satisfaction, how-
more than n few miles down the I ever, of lasting a lot longer than
course of Ihe M cKenzie river. H a ll the principal of the high .ichool |
stones which fell during the storm did. T he w inner, now hailed as ihe
were fu lly three-fourths of an Inch spelling champion of Berkshire I
in d iam eter and fell In sufficient county, Manaachusetta, waa the j
quantities to make the ground w ife of one of my fa rm e r neighbors.
I don’t know that apelllng bees
white.
PER M E A L , PER P E R S O N
w ill free you from
the cook->tove. . .
W alk out o f your kitchen early, return
13 minutes before dinner time and
serve a perfoedy oooked, delicious meal
right on time. T h a t’s the magic o f an
•metric range. I t prepares perfect meals
whether you a A there or not; econom
ical, convenient, clean. W h y be tied to
a kitchen range? See your electrical
dealer today.
Electricity
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