T IITTRSDAV. JANUARY II •| 1<>3|4
THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
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THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
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t*ubllibed Every T h iw l» ? at
Bprlncfleld. Lane County, Oregon. by
THE WILLAMETTE PRESS
Whispering R o d i
By JOHN LERAR
U. E. MAXEY. »Cdltor
ould remain In the vicinity as
long aa the water lasted »he met
few cattle In the ravine and at....
rrlvlng al the pool found II empty
As she rode out of the ravine along
the aide pf an entering gully »"<•
neared Ihe upper level, her eve
caught a white object hidden
among the undergrowth In the
gully ahead. I’reselitly »he saw
that the object was a numeral six
painted upon Ihe red brown side of
a hull The aulmal appeared to he
lying atretched out. and eve
though she could »ee little dlstlnc
ly through the clumps of ratilaw
and ocatlllo. Ruth fell with a quirk
tlghlenlng at her throat Ihnt Ihe
hull's position wx-* nniialural. Dis
ntounllug. she half walked, half
slid, to Ihe bottom of Ihe gully and
picked her way toward the hull
As she approached, half a doaen
great buzzard« flapped Into Ihe air
on reluctant wing»
„„I
Here. I'll last
have a look "
He .hook hla head after he had
t.idled lit« rarcaaa of Number Bis
11... buaaarda bad eaten very Utils,
but I hey did not go far away.
I don't know Juat what to maha of
I maybe If we could find a fre.h
one mill. H
taaly could t.U «»»•»
‘
like he'd been hurt In no fight.
neither.”
Mr. Snavely." «»Id Ruth aa they
rode toward the oak Ires where
eral buaaarda Blood or walked
about, "you Will have to b . going
into town for ettpplle. anou anyway
why not go tomorrow and sand
ut a doctor • vetei luarv
dv spout of water struck the sand, to rem ind the desert that H « till
1 wai« mn»ter. Ther* had b«H»n two
three feet away from the wall
Springfield. O r e g o n
Ruth Warren. who lived lu the
averv atorma which turiiod the
Everyone,
from
David
to
old
Don
Ea»t, 1« willed three fourth lutereel
M A IL S U B S C R IP T IO N R A T E
in the "Dead Lantern'' ranch In Francisco, made some kind of arroyos and gullle« Into angry III
Ariaona l>y her only brother who la noise Ruth hugged I he first person tie rivers All Ihe deepened ponds
o n e T e a r In Advance
»1.6«
8»«
reported to have met hla death at hand, until »he discovered It ere full Io overflowing anil water
Two Year» In Advance - »2 80
Three Month.
while on bualnea* In Mexico. Ar­
lay in aniall natural pool» In many
riving» In Ariaona with her hua- was Snavely. And even Suavely of Ihe deeper canons.
THURSDAY. JANUARY 11. 1»S<
band who haa ailing lung», and shook hands all around real run
The cattle were everywhere
their amall child, they learn that ntng water was too much for the
WILL BUILD TH E BRIDGES
the ranch ia located 86 milea from old cattleman.
• here was an much water that they
neareat railroad. Old Charley
TO B t C O N T IN U tO
The five bridges on the coast highway costing m ore the
No one slept that night. They ould go where the feed was i hole
Thane, rancher and rural mall car­
est
and
they
muile
good
use
of
Ihe
than i6.OOO.tHW1 are to be built on a loan from the
era
kept
the
fire
going
tor
Ita
light
rier agrees to take them to the
governm ent public works fund. Seventy per cent of the
l»ead Lantern" gate. 6 tullee from and sat around watching the spout opportunity. The remains of Ihe
SOUTHERN PACIFIC A9K8
monev will be paid back to the governm ent by tolls on the the ranch house. As they trudge of water. Every now and then, ■otlonseeil meal was stored In Ihe
BALANCE OF HUGE LOAN
wearily
through
a
gulch
approach­
bridges and thirty per cent will be a gift for re-employment. ing thé ranch house, a voice whis­ aotue one took a drink, and al­ hum anil Ihe hand of bottle-fed
wives
was
scattered
Already
'Go bach! . . . Go back!" At though the water was still quite
The Southern Pacific Hatlroad
The building of the bridges will be the greatest public pers
the ranch house they are greeted muddy, declared that It was pro- every aulmal on the place aeoluvd
company
haa filed with Ihe Inter-
works project in Oregon, except the Bonneville dam, during auapicloualy by the gaunt rancher
The next morning »lie and the
wtslhlrds (at.
stale
Commerce
Cominlaalon • • “»
1934 and should m aterially relieve unemployment
They partner. Suavely, and Indian Ann. bahlv the purest water In Ariaona
The Mexicans worked on lltelr two Mexicans returned to discover
a ir the kind of public works that will return dividends in a herculean woman of mixed negro With Ihe proper troughs It would house—Ruth knew that they were If possible why Number Six died pletnenlal application for the un-
Indian blood. Suavely Is diffi­ water every head of stock Ihe Dead
balance of II. »SS.eoo.m
the future and no doubt this m ethod will relieve the state and
cult to understand but regardless. 1-antern could ever carry and. In happy anil would stay lutlellnliely Don Francisco and Alfredo held a loan from the Recoii'tructlon Fin
n f the to tal expense of the bridges in future years as well
Ruth
takes
up
the
taak
of
trying
to
long
consultation
together
but
Every
evening
for
an
hour
after
i l j o . « V w"S7 , p e n . l v . ferries. While Hie l,rhl«es . r e of adjust their three lives to the cldentally. although Ruth did no!
aupper she and Ihe girl Magda hiul could come Io no definite conrlu »nee Corporation which waa au­
concrete and steel m uch lum ber will be needed in their ranch and Its development. Ken uspeet It. the value of Ihe ranch lessons in Spanish anil English »Ion— some alekneaa aueh a . comes thorised by both the Comn.laelon
neth. Ruth's husband, caught in had Increased by some thousands
and Ihe RFC In May. » • » The
construction it is said.______ _________
chilling rain contracts pneumonia of dollars since that last blow from When Ihe hour was up Hull» went to the etrongeat of thing» Aa the
company
ash. »6.3SO.OOO balano» oa
and passes away before a doctor Will s sledge
hark to the ranch house, for. as three companions rode on. Ihe
the loan, and aeeha Io use »S.SMe
arrives Ruth tries to carry on 9he
black
buxaarda
alowly
circled
Into
the
end
of
the
lesion
approached
By daylight a temporary dam had
INDUSTRY SHOWS GAIN
la not encouraged by Suavely In
coo in make Inlereal payments and
plans to try and stock the ranch or been thrown across Ihe arroyo for Alfredo always picked up hla gul the gully.
Every editor of a trade paper, every m anufacturer, and Improve It. She write» to her the use of the cattle until the tar and stood near the door, his Suddenlyy Alfredo pointed aouih Ihe balance for Ihe payment of
Interest and maturing equipment
father In the East asking a loan water could be piped Io a pertnan eye on the fresno outside.
every president of large m ercantile companies
ward A group of buxxarda were
with which to buy cattle She re­
bv three different business agencies, which conducted na
Suavely seemed to have changed wheeling low above an oak Iree trust certificate»-
enl
pond.
Snavely
had
actually
The company also announced
tional surveys, reported substantial gains in Industry and ceives no reply. Will Thane come»
subtly sine- the discovery of the
X n i s r c e for .h e l .l.e r part of 1933 and were highly optl- home to visit hla father . . . and helped Io build this dam But when water Ruth sensed that he had which ro»e front Ihe entrance of a that It contemplate« application to
Ruth meets him A rancher near the cattle had been driven up the
gully In Ihe opposite bank of the
the 1‘ubllc Work» t ommlaalon for
bv decides to retire and offers to arroyo and every one was going begun to regard her In a different ravine.
mistie for 1934.
*▼ a loan to provide fund» for the
sell Ruth and Snavely hla livestock
By noon, five more dead animal» purchase of 40.000 lo n e o f new rail«
Retail sales for the first 3 weeks of December are esti­ on credit. Snavely tries to balk back to the ranch house for break way; It waa as tf she had proved
she was not to be frightened,
had beeu (nund within a radius of and necessary fastenings and for
m ated at more than 50 percent above all of
} ^ “8 the deal but Ruth buy» to the limit fast, Ruth sensed that Snavely was that
ahe
could
no
longer
be
treated
as
her three-quarter Interest In rapidly returning to normal
a mile. Ruth, half alck with anxl ihe reconditioning and repair of a
Dun & B ra d stre ets December sum m ary begins. Business of
Dead I Jin tern ranch.
After the midday meal Ruth and a child She had shown him that ety. rode back to the ranch houae
in all divisions appears to be reaching favorably to the stim
S *, o . ,h e natlojial recovery program The definite ..¡.ward NOW GO ON WITH STORY------ David accompanied Will to the mall she knew something about ranch­ for Snavely who hail remained at considerable number of locomo­
tives and cars.
box to meet Did Charley. Before ing; and. since Ihe drouth was Ihe corral» shoeing horses
trend was helped by Christm as trade of near record proimr-
safely
past,
that
she
stood
a
chance
Installm ent Fifteen
they left, however. Will had to take
tions. It now is generally recognized th at the R»®»indwork
The old callletnan listened to
Bualnea« Vlelterw—Mr. and Mr»
of meeting her note But the girl
"You aee." explained Wilt, the a last look at the water. Not
for advancem ent is more secure than at any tim e In th
what she had to say. then shrug Frank Snyder of fa r te r Station
knew
that
Snavely
was
far
from
rain that falla between the top of single cow was at the pond; they
last 4 years.”
becoming reconciled Io her pres­ gist “You're liable to find a dead were clatters In Springfield Friday
the mountain range and the dike had all had their water and now
Careful observers note substantial improvement in car »Inks Into the ground and goes were scattered over the pasture ence on Ihe ranch; he hated her cow or two moat any lllnte—too
bail about the bull, but they'll die CONSTIPATED 30 YEARS
loadings earnings of transportation companies, and signs down to bedrock But It can't get
On the way to the mall box the and he hute<l the Mexicans.
Another thing about this strange just ihe same as anything else."
of revival in the capital industries, including ™n8t™c5j°“
three
friends
talked
incessantly
AIDED BY OLD REMEDY
past the dike and 1» impounded un­
"But we've found six allogelhet
man had come to her notice; he
Net profits of railroads in November as com pared with Nov­ der the »urface. Where the wall David rode with Will.
"For thirty year» I had conatlpn
—all recently dead!"
em ber of last year were as follows:
It was when Old Charley's car seemed lob e looking al the old well
crosses this arroyo Is the lowest
Snavely grew more attentive Don Souring food from atomach
whenever
he
was
near
Ihe
ranch
choked me Since taking Adlerlba I
Pere Marquette. »105.357 against deficit of »2.851; St Louts point, and it's there we found wet appeared far down the highway house. Ruth had never seeu him go "Six rive besides the bull?”
am a new person Constipation 1» a
that Will said. "I'm planning a lit
Southwestern. ,165.689 against ,5.136. Chicago. Milwaukee A St Raul. sand last year.”
"Yea."
thing of the peat."—Alice Burna
there since he had built Ihe board
tie
Joke
on
Dad.
lie
1s
always
kid
,644 287 against ,129.884; Erie. ,114.231 against net loss of »415.858.
They came up to the dike. Fifty
"Well. uow. that don't look BO Flattery'» Drug Store
fence around II; but malty times
ding
me
about
leavlug
the
ranch
Pennsylvania. »5.004.463 against ,4.698.714; Chicago Great Western. feet above the arroyo bed it rose,
she had watched him coining up
»151.838 against deficit of »85.062; Southern Railway. »934.281 against forming a waterfall during rains, for the city— I know that he hopes the path from the barn with hla
some
day
I'll
come
home
for
good
and below was a great sandy hole.
,576.026.
narrowed eyes on the clump of
The bottom of this hole was damp. and help him raise cattle There's bushes by Ihe woodpile.
a pleee of homestead property
The list, as yet incomplete, covers every section except
Ruth could hardly conceal her
There was much rid lug to do. as
the Pacific coast, and increased earnings are in spite of disappointment—she had pictured which Joins our pluce on the east
there
always Is after the summer
and yours on the south—he's al
heavy additions to pay rolls.
Owing to Increased production coats under the
a pleasant little pool, and the bot­
ways hinting that I ought to take It rains. Ruth was so busy that »he
NRA «tide adopted by «lie I-*»« County Ice Cream
Residential building perm its for November were 66 per tom of the sandy hole looked as up before any one else does. He still had five books to read of the
M anufacturers association a sllglti advance In retail
though some one had spilled a pail
cent over October and 138 percent over November 193
watches that section like a hawk half dozen Will had sent her. Each
prices wan made effective January 1.
according to the Departm ent of Commerce. F W Dodge of water there, twenty minutes be Well, here's the point. I'm not say morning she rode out with Doit
Corooration reports contracts let for construction projects fore. But Will was boyishly enthu­ tuk anything to Dad. but this trip Francisco and Alfredo, often ac­
The new prices
Qt Pt.
H States east of the Mississippi during the first 2 weeks of siastic. “There she Is! Believe me. I'm gulng to pull stakes at Loa An companied by David. •
Bulk
(dipped!
-
-
-
-
46c
December totaled $122,877.200. or 52 percent over he when you find a damp place In getes and come home for good. 1 Every fifth day ahe carried a
Factory filled containers - 36c 20c
entire m onth of December 1932 and 70 percent over the this weather, there's something expect to get back about a month slip of paper with numbers from
B r i c k s ................................40c
one to twenty-two and rode until
doing."
first half of November 1933.
before the roundup and I'm not
When Alfredo and Don Francisco going to say a word to Dad but she had checked all of the bull«.
Leas Ilian gallon Iola. 15c extra fur packing
However the president overlooked no opportunity to came with the shovels. Will direct­
The white numbers on their side»
Fop Sickles and Nlckle Seller» remain at 6c.
remind us th at, while he firmly believes “ we are on our ed them In excellent Spanish to Just siteak out Io that homestead were still glaring conspicuous —
and
put
up
a
shack
and
live
there.
wav ” we nevertheless m ust keep in nund the fact th a t the dig from the damp spot toward the
sometime« she could check six or
sta rt was made from the lowest level of activity in our wall. In less than a half hour It'll be a kick when he discovert seven animals all within a mile aa
somebody
squatting
on
that
choice
entire history. The cooperation he earnestly requested
"Where the Bevvies la DUftreat'
she looked carefully from a hill
there was real water at the bottom section of his.”
and from which there have been results, m ust be sustained of the trench.
top.
She
still
considered
her
ava
The girl laughed "Be careful he
and for the entire period of the Recovery Act.— N. R. A.
She and Will returned to the doesn't take a shot at you before tern of marking very fine.
i
L a ., x".
News.
barn for a rock drill and a sledge he discovers who It la."
The summer rains, having been
—the plan was to drill through the
Old Charley honked the horn as unusually generous, had gradually
dike into the water beyond.
he sighted the three by the mall ceased except for an occasional
The president has approved 181 codes lor the NRA.
Will and Alfredo took turns at box. Ruth turned to Will. "It seems thunder storm which hurried over
Copies of most of these codes are on file at our office. They swinging the sledge, while Don dreadfully Inadequate to say 'thank the San Jorge Valley. On the Dead
cover everything from mop stick handles to automobiles Francisco held the drill, giving it
| Lantern the natural surface water
you'— I — "
a quarter turn at each stroke. The
and retail trade.
"Good Lot a ! I've hail the time In ravine and canon wa» fast dl»
driU sank in steadily, at every
appearing and the cattle were drift­
of my life!"
blow a little more water trickled
ing to the neighborhood of the
Ruth looked at hlz feet. "I «hall
Home building increased 138 per cent in 1933 over around the Inch-thick bar of steel.
pond«.
Thin garage lit «quipped I d repair any m ake of car
remember
that
the
Dead
Ijintern
1932, according to governm ent figures. If this increase con­ Snavely. Ann and the Mexican wo­
Law one afternoon Ruth and Al­
owe»
you
a
pair
of
»hoe«,
not
to
In
a
workmanlike m anner. Skilled m echanics Hervlce
tinues then we should look for better days in the lumber man came to look.
mention trouaere—why didn't 1 fredo were returning from the
your
m achine here anti you know it In done right.
Four
hours
after
they
had
begun,
industry.
Mouth pasture driving a poor-grade
the sound of sledge on drill began think to lend you some overall»?"
heifer.
The
heifer
was
to
be
butch
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He laughed, a» Old Charley turn­
to change subtly—"It's coming!
•-red and It 1« axiomatic among cat
We're almost—through!" Will's ed from the road. "All right. Ruth.
but
I'll
be
needing
boot«
Instead
of
I
He owner» that only the off-color,
voice was tense with excitement
«hoes the next time you see me." | Hie dish-faced, the knock-kneed.
as he swung the sledge. A few
Within a week after the develop-,
'he »way hacked ahall be aer
more strokes, and the drill shot In
ment of the water the summer »«<1 at the family board
six
inches
at
one
blow.
"The Holy Bible,*
When they were crossing the last
We not only fix what In wrong but put new life
No one made a sound. Will rains had begun. Almost every
utrf which con tains Pour Great Treasures
| dropped the sledge. Every eye was afternoon brought a brief shower; deep ravine before reaching the
In your car.
on Don Francisco. With both bands great, cold, pelting drop» making ranch house. Ruth rode toward the
the
desert
sparkle,
redolent
with
mountains,
leaving
Alfredo
to
bring
he worked the drill up and down
to loosen It. Slowly he pulled It the perfume of greaaewood. Usual In the heifer alone. There had been
OUR FIRST LAWS
out and as it came, water spurted ly. after these showers, the nun water In a pool farther up the ra-
One of the wicked decrees of P haraoh was th at every | around It In ever Increasing vol­ shone for a time before It slipped vine the week before and Ruth
RAY NOTT, Prop.
son who was bom to the Hebrews should be cast into the ume. The drill was out and a mud- behind the mountains—as though wished to look at the cattle which
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river The m other of Moses m anaged to hide her baby for
three m onths, and then, unable to secrete him any longer,
she m ade a little cradle and set him afloat in the River Nile
near the spot where the daughter of Pharaoh and her maid- (
ens cam e down to bathe.
P h arao h ’s daughter took compassion on the pitiful little
voyager, carried him with her to the palace and reared
him as her own. She gave him his name, Moses, which.
meanB “draw out” ; “because,” she said, “I drew him out of
the w ater.” The boy grew up with all the educational ad­
vantages which the palace could give, hut his heart was
true to his people. He developed physical strength which •
was needed when he ran afoul of an Egyptian taskm aster
who was abusing a poor Hebrew workm an. Moses slew
the man and hid his body, and formed then and there the
determ ination to set the Hebrews free.
With his brother Aaron, who was a good talker, which
Moses was not, he carried on extended negotiations with
Pharaoh, enforcing his argum ents by a series of ten plagues
th at descended upon the Egyptians. In the end lie was
allowed to lead the Hebrews forth into the wilderness, but
Pharaoh changed his mind a t the last moment and gave
pursuit. It was a fatal decision. The Red Sea, which had
separated to let the Hebrews pass through, closed up on
Pharaoh and his arm y and drowned them every one So
Moses was launched on his career as leader of a grumbling,
short-sighted and discontented lot of ex-slaves, who con­
tinually annoyed him with their complaint th a t they would
rath er be back in their slavery th an w andering free in the
wilderness.
Moses was not only a leader but an executive as well,
thanks to his father-in-law Jethro. T hat wise old gentle­
man, visiting him in the wilderness on a day when he was
holding court, saw the trem endous pressure which was on
him in his combined capacity of ruler and Judge, and pro­
tested :
SCHOOL DAYS
------>«•
By DWIG
5th and “A" Streets
Springfield, Oregon
UTrteeoff, »uve
Tw seen pcrcwal
o e PufsTea- SrvtKe
AHYvtUfcRCi ABOUT?
would have paid
for a telephone!”
Out to drugstore or market in
the rain — and something need-
leaaly ruined.
A*telephone in
your home ia a
low-priced form
of clothing and
health inaurance.
It ia a link with
buaineaa, w ith
frienda, with a ll
the p ro tective
forces of a great
city.
A taleph on a
dm’» to much,and
roil» so litila, that
it limply d o t not
pay to be witboul
Thi>u wilt purely wear away, both thou, and thia people
that is with thee; for thia thing la too heavy for thee; thour
art not able to perform it thyaelf alone.
Acting on the old m an's sound advice, Moses associa­
ted certain other upright men with him as judges and thus
It cam e about th a t the people were provided not only with
a ]aw—through the Ten Com m andnienta and the com pre­
hensive Mosaic Code— but with a judiciary as well.
if.
T he P acific T elephone
Buslnes» Office 126 • 4th street
and
T elegeafh C ompany
Telephone 72