T iir w a n A Y . JANUARY is . 1934
T in t SPRING)FIELD NEWS
PAGE TWO
THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
Published Beery Thursday ox
Springfield. Lana County. Oragoa. by
THE WILLAMETTE PR E SS
Whispering Roch
By JOHN LEBAR
M K M A X K Y . Kit I tor
■utarad at aocond eta»- mattar. February M, 1903, at the
(X M ltO fflC
Springfield. Oregon
M A IL S U B S C R IP T IO N R A T E
Una Tear tn Advance
Two Year« tn Advance
>1 W
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IS 50
Three Mouth»
»1 00
51K-
T H U R S D A Y . J A N U A R Y 18. 1934
YOUR ARK IN THE LIQUOR BUSINESS
With or without your consent you are in the liquor
business as the state of Oregon buys a stock and proceeds
to open stores and agencies in every comm unity. Liquor
is now your responsibility as a citizen of this comm on
wealth whose tax dollar has been used to buy liquor to
stock the stores, and the profits therefrom presum ably will
lighten your tax burden.
In Springfield there likely will be an agency opened
in some store as it seems to be the present policy of the
liquor hoard to start stores only in places of 5000 or more
population. Whoever is appointed should not be stigm a
tiz e d by anyone since he will be only a hired man selling
your stock. ’ He is not in the liquor business— you are and
if there is any blame attached to It it is your blame as a
m em ber of the com m onwealth which has elected to sell
liquor as well as run schools, build highways, operate
electric plants and do other non-governm ental functions.
The higher the calibre the man given the agency the bet
ter it will be for your business and the com m unity at large.
With the consent of the commission your liquor agent has
power to promote tem perance, to sell or withhold to people
who abuse the privilege of buying liquor. To our mind
the weak spot in the agency as compared with the liquor
store will be in the exercise of this discretion. When a
m erchant, who is also a state liquor agent, refuses to sell
to a m an or blacklists him from buying booze anyw here in
the state, he loses a custom er for his own goods as well as
state liquor. He m akes an enemy in m ost cases to his
own financial loss. W hether he has the fortitude to do this
depends upon the m an and the way his com m unity backs
him up.
Criticize and oppose your local liquor agent and you’ll
see the business fall in to 'th e hands of less reputable per
sons—back into the custody of the old saloon crowd. Keep
the control of liquor into proper hands and you will curb
drunkenness, drive the bootlegger from the country and
promote tem perance.
Yours is a responsibility which dem ands clear thinking
and a straight line policy. IX) not let yourself be swayed
by the schem ing wide open wets or the passions of the fan
atical drys. They have both had their day and made a
mess of it. The proper conduct of the s ta te ’s liquor busi
ness is now one of your responsibilities of citizenship.
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MOTT ON TH E JOB
Congressm an Jam es Mott did a splendid piece of work
for Lane county last week when he persuaded the war de
partm ent to modify previous orders for a river survey of
the recent flooded areas, around Portland to include the
upper W illamette river and tributaries. As this section had
no flood this winter the first order did not cover our area.
By being on the job Mott was able to get for us what or
dinarily would take a resolution from congress.
If the engineers will tu rn out a favorable report on the
proposed flood control project in Lane county then our
energetic congressm an can be relied upon to fight for an
appropriation for the work by congress. Looking after the
needs of the com m unities of his large district has been Mr.
M ott’s first consideration since he went to W ashington.
His consideration of their problem has been appreciated by
the hundreds o f river bottom farm ers in this section.
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HOUSES—ANOTHER ROOM
“One more room for every family in the United S tates
with an income of $2.000 a year,” is the slogan suggested
by Professor O. M. W. Sprague, as a m eans of stim ulating
the building industry.
There are plenty of houses for people who have in
comes above $5,000 a year, but not enough, or not good
enough, houses for people who have to live on a lower
scale.
To carry out such a project will m ean more economi
cal m ethods of building, but m any great business organiza
tions are a t work on ways to solve the problem of cheap,
attractive and durable homes.
We m ay expect to see the day when a completely mo
dem five-room or six-room house, with land enough for
gardening, can be bought in the vicinity of any big city for
$4,000 or less.
the fin» line of which reads, "The Holy KM*,*
and which con tiins Four Great Treasures ....................................
TH E LAST TEMPTATION
ion
See, Jesus rises in his place a t the last supper. He
speaks, this proud young man who had refused to be a king
and now is to die with common thieves. And these are his
words:
“Let not your hearts be troubled . . . I have overcome
the world.”
T here is nothing in history so m ajestic! Already one
of
disciples had slipped aw ay to betray him. T hat very
night the soldiers would take him, bind him, throw him into
prison. The priests and Pharisees who he had taunted
would have their tu rn to ta u n t him now. He would be
harried through the streets like a haunted thing, the butt
of every com er loafer’s jest. All this he anticipated, and
with the vision of it fresh before his mind, he lifted his
head and looked beyond, into the far distant ages. “Be of
good cheer,” he said to them , in tones whose splendor
thrills us even now. “I have overcome the world!”
They went out into the garden where so m any of their
happy hours had been spent. The very air was frag ran t
with their m ost sacred confidences. Under this tree they
had gathered for worship, while the setting sun gilded the
tow ers of the city; in the w aters of th a t brook they had
found refreshm ent; to left and right of them the very stones
cried out In heartrending rem inder of the days th a t were
gone. Even at th at hour it was not too late for him to have
saved his life. Suppose he had said to himself: “I have de
livered my message faithfully, and it is no use. Judas has
gone already to bring the soldiers; they will be here in half
an hour. Why should I stay and die? It is only eighteen
miles to Jericho, bright moonlight and down hill all the
way. Our friend Zacchaeus will be glad to see us. We can
reach his house by daylight, rest tom orrow , cross the
Jordan and do useful work the rest of our lives. The dis
ciples can fish; I can open a carpenter shop, and teach In
a quiet way. I have done everything th at could be expected
of me. Why n o t? ”
It was all perfectly possible. The rulers in Jerusalem
would have been glad to be rid of him on such term s. He
m ight so easily have continued on down the hill to peace
and com fortable old age and oblivion. It was the last
great tem ptation and decisively he dismissed It. He walked
a little ahead in silence, followed by the eleven—for Judas
was with them no longer—and coming to a quiet place,
left them while he went aw ay for his last hour of high
comm union with his Father, God.
S Y N O P S IS
Ruth Warren, who lived tn the
Knut. 1» willed three-fourth Intereet
In the "Dead Lantern" ranch In
Arinina by her only brother who 1»
reported to have met hl» death
while on busmssx tn Mexico. Ar
rlvlnpa In Artiooa with her hus
hand who ha» ailing lungs. and
their small child, they lesrt» that
the ranch 1» located 86 rallea from
the nearest railroad. Old Charley
Thane, rancher and rural mall car
rier agree» to take (hem to the
"Dead Ijmtern" gate, 6 mllaa from
the ranch house. As they trudge
wearily through a gulch approach
ing the ranch house, a voice whis
pers "Go back! . . . Go back!" At
the ranch house they are greeted
suspiciously by the gaunt rancher
partner. Snavely. and Indian Aon.
a herculean woman of mixed negro
and Indian blood. Suavely la diffi
cult to understand but regardless.
Ruth takes up the task of trying to
adjust their three lives to the
ranch and Its developm ent Ken
neth. Ruth's husband, caught In
chilling rain contracts pneumonia
and p u s e s away before a doctor
arrives. Ruth tries to carry on. She
is not encouraged by Snavely tn
plans to try and stock the ranch or
Improve it. She writes to her
father in the East asking a loan
with which to buy cattle. She re
ceives no reply. Will Thane comes
home to visit his father . . . and
Ruth m eets him. A rancher n ear
by decides to retire and offers to
sell Ruth and Snavely his livestock
on credit. Snavely tries to balk
the deal but Ruth buys to the limit
of her three-quarter Interest In
Dead Lantern ranch.
NOW
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IN S T A L L M E N T S IX T E E N
"Might be a good idea." said
Snavely slowly, as they rode up to
the remains of the cow which lay
at the mouth of the gully.
Snavely dismounted and exam
ined the cow. Ruth sat on her
horse, watching. "Sav!" he said In
a surprised voice. “It might be—
no. Never heard of that tn this
country.” He came toward the
horses. ahakiDg his head In per
plexity.
"What do you think It might be?"
“I ain’t saying yet—have to see
another one or two. But If it’s what
It looks like— Hmmm.” Snavely
lapsed Into alienee aa he and Ruth
rode on. Finally the girl said.
“Don't be so mysterious— please. If
you think you know what’s wrong,
tell m e!”
"Well. I ain't saying yet. but If
It'a what it looks (o be It’s a lucky
thing I'm here. I reckon I'm the
only man in this country that's had
to do with that sickness. ‘Liver
fever.' Bve heard It called In Texas
—nobody knows what It Is. Very
uncommon."
Mr. Snavely's worst suspicions
were confirmed after the next ex
amination. H e looked up "It's liver
fever, sure enough!”
"What shall we do—will the
whole herd get It?"
''I’ve got the cure for It. We're
mighty lucky to find out about It
so soon. It’s easy, dead - easy, to
cure, but If we let It go It'll clean
out every animal on this ranch an'
out of this section of the country.
Il’s a very rare and uncommon
sickness, liver fever is. but I can
cure It.” Snavely'a eyes glinted
eagerly. "I had occasion In Texas
with a herd that near died of It
—nobody, no vet'lnary, nor smart
man could do a thing. Just when
things was worst an old nigger man
came Into camp an' said he could
cure all them as was left. He done
it—not a single animal died after
old Jake doctored them."
"H ow r
"He just put a little medicine in
the water they drunk, that's all. I
got fire pounds of that medicine
for a dollar a pound an’ I still got
It. I can put that medicine In the
water an' there won’t be no more
deaths.”
"What la the medicine?”
"I don't rightly know. Old Jake
wouldn’t tell, an’ ft don’t make no
HERE’S HOW
him lo use his homestead rights
to acquire tills excellent p ie,, of
properly. It would make a wonder
fill pasture deep III gras, mid
shade and having several liulural
sites for watering place. Ilol when
Will hud come of age he wus In
college. And when he finish d col
lege he went Into business- never
did Will have »1« continue»»
months during which lie could live
on this properly, make Ihe t qulred
Improvements, mul so become own
er of It.
And now It appeared that some
confounded foreigner wsa Intent on
taking this properly away from
Will! old Charley dropp'd hl
horse's reins over a post slid craw
led through the fence II, was g o
ing* to pay Ills would lie neighbor a
call.
He slopped aboul fifty feel from
the shack The selling sun threw
deep shadows under Ihe oak trees.
The single window wa open, but
the old man could see nothing with
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aim ot H,c Pavo» «»
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field C hristi.« ">ur.h
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ot work a.ol serv b e b.r
Hie CllUI,h wllb'll would full» re
store lb - local orgstOtUllon to Its
scrlplural P - ‘" ............ IbHlrtae.
Giving and U ving After much
with Hie clialrmsn of
Chui,!. board. » « MoBh,*r'
program wa, present, d lo III» off»
rial board It *»* »W "*' 4
10 him Jusl as h# was lesvin» "I
wish you'd lake some of ihal m,'dl
d u e will) you and see If you can't
gel II anulyied go Io a druggist
and If he can tell what II 1». get
some more."
Snavely nodded "Thai's a s oil
Ideal I II ura do It We ain't get
much left; hut I don't think we'll
have any more trouble, I'm Ju„t u
mile worried about the »tin'll In
adopted
Thursday. January 4. »•
the north pasture they feed along
the annual Meeting of the Chur.l,
the foothills a heap an' you know
membership Hie promani was also
11 was foothill feeders Ihal got look
approvai! ami adopted wllhonl a
had. We ain't found no sickness
single opposing volo.
down on the meadows I'll take a
little of that powder Into town hut
All Funds In On« Pisce
maybe you'd hotter put some In the
The S ion house Tithing pi»» of
spring troughs I ain't done that
(Inani IKK the Church «ecupled su
W HISPERING ROf’K
lately Better put some In toulghl
In From Ihe rraay chimney of Important place 1« «he program
there'? a lot of foothill «rotors
»love pipe on the roof came a I bln Under ihe Plan 'he treasuries of
watering al them troughs "
column
of smoke Near I lie door the auxiliaries of Hie Chur, li will
That evening Ruth reached up to
stood
a
box holding a washbasin he united with llin Church Irens
the medicine shelf, found the partly
There was a splash of water oil Ihe ury. Hi«« having only '>«••
filled cardboard box and poured a
ury In Ihe Church Hh- laird's
small amount lu a cup At the side of the box
"Hello, neighbor!" called Did Treasury!. All missionary, be«*
troughs she ranted the water off
volant, and charity projects os well
so that the medicine would not l>c Charley.
A frying pan dropped to the floor a , any and all oilier Item« »( Hie
diluted during the night, poured In
Ihe powder and returned to the with a d u ller, hut no other res Church budget are under the direr
ham for her Spanish lesson She polise clime from the house Then, tlon of the Church officers. Any
hoped fervently that Snavely could as he was about to call nguln. a project which may he approved by
obtain more of Ihe medicine und. cloth curtain dropped behind Ihe Ihe officers Is then placed before
If not. decided that she would semi window, as though released by Hie the Cinigr. gallon for approval This
plan gives Hie congregai lo« « »oh’*
a sample to Will surely some lab Jerk of a string
Did Charley frowned und w. Ill In Ihe • ponding of Gad's money
oratory In Loa Angeles would an
towurd the shack
whb-h Is demanded by the Scrip
alyxe It.
He hanged on Hie door. "Hay. In tural order of Christ's program
Ap she and David und Alfredo
there. I've gut a message for you
The Word of Hod has delegateli
were leaving the next mornKig for
from a friend." x
authority lo the local Church only,
Ihe day's riding, they chanced lo go
"I ain’t got no friend »endin' me and this authority dura not go be
Into the pasture l»y way of file
no m essages!" The voice behind yond nor conflict with the New
spring troughs. It was early, ami
Ihe door rasped roughly "What Testament, which la our rule of
Ihe advance guard of the herd wus
d'yuh wunt, stranger?"
fallii and practice.
Just coming over a distant hill for
Did Charley almost abandoned
their first drink of Ihe day. when the moonshiner hypothesis moon
Includes Study Program
the riders reached the (roughs.
The program calls for sn Hilen
shiners are more Imiulsltlve about
Only three cows, two calve . mid m essages from friends
tlow-ver. s h e study mi the part of the hoard
of Khlers. |le»,n n mid the Bible
a yearling sleer had already water he tried again.
ed. The six animals lay within a
The old man frowned
"My School teachers II also calle for
hundred feet of the troughs. All hut name's Thane I own the ranch, the organization of a calling com-
the steer were dead
here, und I thought I'd see who's mitica which shall also make an
Intensive study of some of Ihe
For the next five hours. Ruth. living In this shark."
Ann. and the two Mexicans labored
"Like hell you own this laud! needs of the community
The chief aim of the program Is
vainly with Ihe dying steer II Is I'm ownin' It myself, come another
neither easy nor pleasant lo treat five months! I done paid m.v visit that Hod's will may ba dime by
animals for poisoning; for accord to the land office. Mister, and I the Church In Hprlngfleld. thus
Ing to the actions of Ihe steer and don’t feel like openin' no door rendering efflclenl service lo Ihe
the Cattle Breeder'* Guide II had Don't like to talk noways rat peo community. Je us said. "Re that
Is greatest among you let him be
been poisoned. When the steer was ple don't agree with me."
servant of all," The Springfield
dead. Ruth went to the medicine
"What! Why. you low — "
Christian Church »lands ready to
shelf Standing on a sack of rolled
"Yeah." Interrupted Hie voice, serve tin- community and the world
hurley which lifted her eyes to the
do.
"and. besides. I'm gettlti' my sup In the cause of righteousness.
"Mrs. Warren" Snavely stopped level of the shelf, she discovered
per so why don't you he a nice lit
at his own door and his manner that there were two Quaker Oats
Church Has Responsibilities
He fat man an' get Hi' In-Il off mv
softened—“I know how you're wor boxes, each containing a whitish
ChrlsHan people must slrlvo to
properly-
huh?"
ried an' if I didn't know the danger powder. On the outside of one box
ward perfection. Ihe unconverled
was over. I'd start for town now was scrawled In pencil, "for liver
Old Charley's face was Ihe color uniat hear the simple «'«pel of
Now listen here— If we find one fever"; the other box had a poison of a well done ham He till th- door
Christ, the needy (»mille» must «•
fresh dead cow after tonight. I'll laBel "Cyanide." Ruth held a box with a tremendous blow of Ills fist
cared for. the orphans and athe
get your vet’lnary. I'tn saving this in each hand, looking from one to "Open this!"
aged must Im sheltered. and we
’cause I know the sickness wil, the other—for the life of her. she
TO BE C O N T IN U E D
most educate and train evangel
stop, an' I ain't goin' a-foggln’ Into could not tell which she had taken
tats and missionaries lo preach
town for no vet’lnary who couldn't1 from the shelf the evening before
and leach Ihe gospel al home and
SENIORS PRESENT H. 8.
do nothin' after he got here
In foreign lami» This Is Christ •
Did Charley sat upon his horse.:
Ruth stood thinking. She was not
PROGRAM ON FRIDAY program for the Church, and Ihe
at that moment so very afraid of leaning slightly forward, hts hellig 1
Springfield ChrlsHan Church soil
Snavely. Still. . . . Anyway, she had erent eyes on a thin thread of
Members of Ihe aoelnr class were d ts Hie cooperation of Ihe entire
his word: one more dead animal smoke which came from a clump of In charge of the weekly assembly
community In this the laird's work
And In three days Old Charley oak and inesquite. half a mile be program at Springfield high school
Il EV VKLTIR I’ll I'ITT
would be going Into town. If need yond Ihe eastern boundary of Ills Friday morning Their entertain
be she could ask him to send out ranch. He had J u t noticed that ment Included a harmonica soln
thread of smoke. The old man rode by Arlow Atkinson, vocal solo by REMEDY REMOVES CAUSE
a veterinary.
The following day five more dead to the top of a small hill, over Irving Davis, reading by llelly
OF STOMACH GAS
animals were found, but none re which the fence passed, dismount Mersdorf. and vocal number by a
cently dead. Ruth tailed the bulls ed and. kicking off his chaps, stu quartet. Robert Brown. Jnck WII Most stomach HAH I» due lo bowel
and found only one. Number Six. died a mesqulte tree which served Hams. Irving Davis and Morris poisons For quick relief use Adler-
missing
f)he crossed his number as a post in Ihe fence. Then, with Stewart
Miss Barbara Burnell Ika. Due d o e cb-mis out body
from her list. So far she had lost much grunting and many scandal played piano solos She Is not a wastes, tones up your system,
brlrgs sound sleep Flattery's Drug
eighteen head, about one thou and ous remark regarding thorns he member of the senior class.
Store
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dollars. For all she knew, that hauled his heavy body pari way up
thousand dollars might mean the the tree. From his new position
failure to meet her note. Certainly. be could see Ihe origin of t h e ,
If many more rattle died she could smoke. One look told him much i
not meet It.
and hts remarks Increased in vol- j
But no more cattle died. For a ume anil temperature as he des :
week every one anxiously watched cended.
Sooner or la te r cverylxxly in the com m unity call#
for buzzards but the great birds
The land from which the thread I
at Egglinann'K. Bet a u w cverylituly likeH good candy,
had grown more scarce and not a of smoke arose was free land—g o v .;
ice cream anil other c<micetlotin. W hether yon hny
single new death was reported. em inent homestead land. It Joined
our product« tdcndlly or J iik I treat yonrw df or friend«
Ruth's relief was unbounded and Ihe Thane ranch on the west and '
once in a while we nee yo u r face in our «lore.
Snavely's eyes glinted triumph the Dead Lantern property on the !
antly.
north, extending eastward as far as
The reason fo r your com ing In hccuuxc it in human
The day came when Snavely was the highway. Since Will had been a .
nature to want the bout and in our line there is little
setting out for town. Ruth spoke hoy, Old Charley had planned for 1
dlffsrencs whai It Is. You com,-
back to the barn with nt?, an’ we'll
atart right in doctorin' the water "
At the barn Suavely rummaged
among the litter of Ute medicine
■hell und produced a Quaker Dal
box nearly full of a dirty white
powder. "Here she la." Hite «mile,!
broadly. "The very same stuff. A
good big cupful In each repress'»
atop the sickness nary a cow'll
die from to-night on."
Ruth wtut plainly skeptical “If
you're sure it will help. Mr. Suav
ely, we'll certainly put It in th,
water. Hut at the same time w'll
gel a veterinary."
"There ain't a bit of use In get
ting a v e t. Mrs. Warren. This stuff
Is certain. All knowledge ain't
stuck In the veal pocket of scienti
fic folks. Why. that old nigger
claimed this was discovered In
Africa the only place they have
liver fever common- an' for so-
body knows how many years the
savages have used this sam e medi
cine. A thing that's been used by
people (or a thousand years an*
found to work, don't need no
doctors to help It none."
"Well, we'll try it to-night. If you
like, but I wish you'd leave fur
town In (he morning you know we
have to have supplies anyway."
Snavely roile away with Ills box
of medicine and returned about
nine that evening After he had
eaten be came to Ruth's door and
knocked. "I've put some In every
repreea. Mrs. Warren, and In the
corral troughs aud In the troughs
by the spring—"
Ruth opened her door and step
ped outside, for David had Just
gone to sleep. "Have you seen
Francisco and Alfredo? They found
seven more dead this afternoon —
there are buxxarda circling all along
the foothill gullies. Please start to
town early—If any machines pass,
you ask them to send out a veter
inary as soon as they reach town.
"Mrs. Warren!" Snavely fixed
her with narrowed eyes. "I know
the medicine will stop the sick
ness!" The momentary steadiness
of his eyes gave way to their cus
tomary jerking, and he walked to
ward his room.
Ruth did not quite know what to
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