THURSDAY. DHX’KMBKR I. 1932 THB SPRINGFIELD NEWS THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS i-abllahed E very Thuesdsy at 8 p rta (fi« ld , Lao« County, Oregon. by THE WILLAMETTE PRESS H. K. M AXEY. Editor _______ _ Hnterod as second clae< matter. February 24, l#03. at the postottlce. Springfield. Oregon _____________________ M A IL S U B S C R IP T IO N R A T E Six Month« .................. One Tear In A dvaoce------ »1.60 Two Yearn In Advance ___ »2.50 Three Month« ------------------- »1 00 50c County Official Newspaper TH UR SDAY, DECEMBER t. 1»32 MODIFICATION HAS A CHANCE Prohibition will be the first consideration of Congress when it convenes Monday. Already the language of the bill is under debate. The questions are whether for «»submis­ sion It will be outright repeal or modification, and whether the states will be called upon to vote on for amendment to the constitution by legislatures or specially ctflled conven­ tions. We believe the outright repealists are too enthusiastic. If they have their way they will land in the same place as the extreme drys have come. Modifications which prevents the return of the saloon and places government regulation over the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor and gives the government protection to those areas which elect to remain dry, is the only measure which has a chance at passage. Voting on the amendment should be by conventions rather than legislatures even if it is the slower method. If this question is settled it should be by men who are chosen •on the one issue alone. With few exceptions legislators were not elected as to whether they were wet or dry or on how they stood on some measure not yet formulated. When we vote for delegates for a ratifying convention we vote directly on whether we approve or disapprove the change in the prohibition amendment. They will go instructed. -------------e------------- STRIKE AT DISABLED General This and Admiral That have resigned from The American Legion because it demands the “Bonus.” Re­ cently General Lincoln C. Andrews attacked The American Legion as a “gold digger.” It seems fair to ask the question: Is the man who calls us “gold diggers” one of the boys who dug trenches in France? Is the general drawing a pension of from five to ten thousand a year from the Government? And, would he get mad if we suggested that he might be considered a “gold digger” for accepting said pension? The National Economy League is against the “Bonus.” If that were its whole purpose, we would grant them the right to their own opinion and let it go at that. The Nation­ al Economy League would defeat the "Bonus” as an open­ ing wedge to secure the repeal of all laws affecting the care and comfort of our disabled men and their dependents. The National Economy League sends out propaganda to prove that the veteran today costs this Government 25 cents of every tax dollar. The truth is that the veteran does cost the Government 20 cents of each tax dollar. Let us compare that with the facts that are matters of historical record: In 1880, which happens to be a year that bears the same relation to the Civil War that 1932 does to the World War, 35 cents of every tax dollar went to the veteran, hi 1890, 49 cents of every tax dollar went to veterans. For 17 years prior to the World War, the average cost of the vet­ eran to the Government was 27 cents of every tax dollar. All this time, only Union veterans were receiving govern­ ment pensions. If Southern veterans had been included on the pension lists, the cost would certainly have been in­ creased by at least one-third. The cost of the veteran to the Government is less today than at any time in the past 50 years. And yet this National Economy League finds that the only way to reduce the cost of government is to fight the “Bonus” and to take away or reduce the government benefits of our comrades who gave their future that this fair land might be safe— for the Na­ tional Economy League! The American Legion is Prepared for War! One mil­ lion members are rallying to the colors and victory will rest with our cause. For our cause is just!—The Ohio Legion News, To meet taxes each year regularly assessed, timber stumpage must double in value every nine years. This never has and never will be the case. A yield tax is inevitable for timber or else it will eventually all become delinquent. ♦ ------------------ One dollar in every eight collected for the tax purposes In the United States is levied in special taxes against the citizen who drives a motor vehicle. There’s only one thing the European nations can agree on------ they can’t pay their debt to the United States. ------------- «,------------- It seems that the home loan bank was created for the sole benefit of the mortgage companies. ------------ e------------ QZw FAMILY , DOCTOR “Y JOHN JOSEPH GAINES MO ABOUT ASTHMA The fall season—ragweeds—damp weather—asth­ matics know and dread its meaning for them. Hence this talk. Asthmatics can inhale; the trouble is in expelling the air from the lungs. A spasm of the small bronchioles pre­ vents. That’s your way of telling if it is real asthma. To stop the spasm is to relieve temporarily. Anything that will stop the spasm. When a confirmed asthmatic consults me, I first make ■ure of the diagnosis. Some inhale “asthma powder.” It may relieve, but does not cure— but relief is worth something, even by smoking the spasm away. Then I have the patient make a list of his regular foods; then I require him to abandon every item of it, and eat something else, even if he don’t like it. It is quite possible that he has been eating something that starts the spasmodic attack. Physicians call it "al­ lergy,” that is, the reaction of the individual to certain pro­ teins. Others may eat It with no harm following. Antispasmodic agents—medicines--must be selected by your doctor. He no doubt, has something that has served him well, and his judgment is infinitely better than yours. The use of opiates Is taboo—don’t ask him for a shot of morphine with atropine. I have found a whiff of chloroform effectual in stopping the spasm.—but be sure that It is genuine, spasmodic asthma. Don't guess. “Asthma” may come from heart, kidneys, or actual disease of the lung. That is not pure and simple asthma. Treat the cause always. Let your doctor determine. But try changing your diet; that is a safe plan always. And, and watch for underlying causes of the trouble. Asthma is one of the most treacherous diseases. I wish I could cure every sufferer from thiB dreadful complaint. that pulii leal unit» «houkl pay their indebtedness anf thia lattar. I. M PETERSON City It,«-order about ten per rent of the aaaessed (Editor's Notai The »Ity ““ 'I valuation. With your hind psr* ml*don. may I *ay that I have In school budget* this year called for vesttgatad what the tax rate here I a total of »74.73» #7 «» '»« will likely be uext year, and wlill«11 by taxation. The rvennlly an­ il has not yet been determined. I nougoed valuation of Hprlngfleld by do not believe It will exceed eight the assessor wa< »704.000 and on percent for total lax, nlate, county, mis wc reckoned the levy at ap- clty imd school. The total lax rate proxlinately 10 per cent. However, In Springfield for 1»3I tphld In w(l were In error in that the aa- 1».U> la 07.4 mills, which la leas | »esaor'a valuation did not Include The L e tte r Box ART — — — and hard work I went to a so-called "art" exhibit the other day and was a maxed al the audacity ot some of the self- termed artists whose pictures wei shown. Not one In ten of them had ever learned or attempted to draw a human figure, a house or a land­ scape as such things actually are. Instead, most of the work looked . like the crude attempt of first grade school children. Fourteenth Instalment This. 1 was told. Is modern art. I call It laxy art. It take« time and application, hard work and drudg­ ery to learn how to draw. Every youngster who thinks himself a genius spurns hard work and Im­ agines that merely slapping paini on canvas without regard to form ' is art. I cannot imagine that this mo­ dernistic craie w ill last very long. In the long run. nothing lasts ex­ cept that It has been produced by i the hardest kind of work, intelli­ gent work. S Y N O P S IS . . . Jotu»*y U r*« *. U y«*rs • ta . who had aU c( hi» l i l t aboard a tux boat, plying a io u n d N tw Y o rk C ity, «a» mad« routheiiess w*hen an eaploaton sank th« U m i on which ha, his mother and the man be called father, w e it living H e is the only s u m v or, struggling through the darkness tv shore. , . . A t d a w n , amid »urroundings an tir « l* unknown, his life in New Yo rk b