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THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 22. 1M4
THE SPRINGmiCl.D NEWS
glnal po (mark was uiiileclphei able, cared (or at lh« Inaccessible (lul-
but as she opened Ihe letter Ruth lerrl* Rancho six days west of Her
uotlced that It Imre a foreign inoslllo He said that he was die
Published Every Thueeilay el
lallug the teller lo a traveler Ihe
stamp
SpriMfleld. Laae County. Oregon, by
As her eyes met Ihe flret f»w first person he had seen In many
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words of the crudely written letter. months who bad any knowledge u(
Ruth's expression of mild curiosity English Harry was unable to write
kt. E. MAXEY. Editor
was suddenly wiped UUt She utter because of a wound, aud wa < still
Kutered as second via*, matter. February 1«, 1*0J. at lbs pustonice,
ed
a cry and her face went while In bed But hts hurts were mending
change ihe contents, l.aler. Ann bush and the wall. Just behind the
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Springfield. Oregon
She sat on her horse like one en aud before long he expected to be
hail
"poisoned"
the
barbecue
meat
bush
was
a
smooth
depression
In
Ruth Warren. who lived la tbs
up He requealed Ituth to write his
East. Is willed threefourth Interact with dirty salt, and today the girl the sand-lone about four (eel tranced, lip» parted breathlessly,
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partner. Suavely, of Ihe alluallon
eyas
staring
at
the
paper
Both
lu
the
"IWd
Lanteru"
ranch
In
had
killed
a
blnl
with
Ihe
"fever
across
and
perhaps
a
foot
or
more
One Year In Advance ....... »15«
Six Month» ___ _________ (l *«
Ariaona by bar only brother who Is medicine.” Ruth grew w ak with in depth It was a.> though soma David and Sanches looked on with aud aak him lo go to Hemoalllo
Two Years in Advance
. »2.5«
Three Mouths __ _______ 50c
reported to have met his death
Ituth galloped to the ranch house,
while on busineas In Mexico. Ar­ fear; If the man would do uch one had pressed a giant basin Into Interest.
for she saw Snavely'a borne stand
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 22. 1*34
"Mama--
t”
riving* In Artaooa with her hus things In an effort Io rid himself Ihe wall when Ihe roek was soft.
"David!" Ruth whirled about. Ing by the little mesqulte near the
hand who haa ailing luugs. and of her. what might he not do? . . . The lower third of this basin win
their small child, they learn that That night when the drunken glam
OTHERS ARE WORSE ORE THAN WE
“Uncle Hurry
this teller
lie's hack porch.
beneulb
the
urfaee
of
the
«anil
the ranch Is located »5 mile« from
She enl-red Ihe front of the
alive!"
After reading the news from the rest of the world we ihe nearest railroad. Old Charley ess had lieeu goaded to kill her hv Il was a perfectly natural hollow
Ruth returned lo the home ranch liote-e and went through to Ihe tear
Thane, rancher and rural mall car­ Ihe voice. Ruth was certain that In such as are Io be found In great
begin to feel as if we were not us badly off In the United rier agrees to take them to the
TO B I C O N T IN U IO
some way Suavely controlled that numbers, scour, d out by wind aud In an ecstacy of happiness The
S tates as a good m any people seem to think. At least, we "Dead Lantern" gate, 4 ml lee from voice.
whole world hsd changed; for lu
water.
In
Ihe
sandstone
banks
of
ranch house, ^s they trudge
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are not on the verge of war with any of our neighbors, and the
She now feared him as never la- ravines. But Ruth saw something that world Ruth Warren felt that
wearily through a gulch approach
W RITTEN. WORK BEGUN
that seems to be the situation of m any other nations today. Ing the ranch house, a voice whis­ fore; yet, she must not lei hltn sua else a small flat-topped rock like all her troubles were vanishing To
pers "Go back! . . . Oo back!** At
a footstool lay on Ihe «round a Ut­ lie sure. Harry was far away. sick,
pect
II.
If
she
could
only
hold
out
Observers are pretty nearly unanim ous th at there will the ranch house they are greeted
Preparation« for an hlator'cal
¡and In difficulties; hut he wa«
by the gaunt rancher this week, until Old Charley and ile Inside th - basin, and before I his
IHigeanl to be presented during
be another great European w ar in the not far distant future. suspiciously
1
alive.
Harry,
her
big
brother
Ike
stone
were
the
marks
of
boot
heels
partner. Snavely. and Indian Ann. Will came. . . .
Some one had recently sat upon J one per-mn she had really depended Oregon's Diamond Jubilee eelebrn-
The friction between France and Germany, Instead of sub­ a herculean woman o( mixed negro
The next afternoon Ruth and
and
Indian
blood.
Snavely
Is
dtffl
this
stone She exoerlment d and on all her life was alive! She told | lion In Medford next June are
siding. seems to be growing greater. The longer time Ger­ cult to understand but regardless David rode through the arroyo
found
that when seated uvnu (be herself that she never had been rapidly gaining headway, accord­
many has to get ready, the m ore certain it is that she will Ruth tskes up the tssk of trying to north of the barn When they met
stone
her
head came opposite the J quite satisfied with Ihe story of his ing lo Professor Angus llowmer
their three livee to the the old road, the girl turned toward
again try to assert her equality with her ancient enemy. sdjuat
deepest
point
of the basin behind death, It sounded plausible hut of Ihe Soul hern Oregon Normal
ranch and Its development. Ken
Once France gets embodied in the north with Germany, neth. Ruth's husband, caught In the gulch, dismounted at the fence her. She called to David lo go back j somehow not like Harry He wusu't School si Ashland, author and dl
rain contracts pneumonia and lied the horse«
those who watch such things say, Italy will be on France's I I chilling
to the bowlder end climb on top. , dead- he’d soon be with her on lhe| rector of the production which Is
and passes away before a doctot
planned to have over 4«0 people
When the boy was lu po Itlon : Dead tainterii ranch.
tail in the south. Italy w ants to recover the M editerranean arrives. Ruth tries to carry on She She went first to the brown bowl
In Its cast
der
aud
seated
herself
Ituth
waited
She
fell
Incredibly
young
and
Is
not
encouraged
by
Snavely
In
she spoke In a normal lone "Hello.
coast now held by France. Germany wants to recover the plans to try and stock the ranch or
The story of the manuscript cov­
half an hour, while Ibivld played David "
light hearted
As she and David
Saar Basin, where the iron mines are.
Improve It. She writes to her about, but she heard no voice.
er - historical eveuta, dating back
'
neared
Ihe
barn,
chattering
and
"Hello 4'niua!" Ills small volee
father In the East asking a loan
Central and eastern Europe are in a ferm ent. Austria | wltk which to huv cattle She re­ Then, systematically, she began to reached ller across Ihe Interven laughing B ulb (ell io th in k in g of lo days when Indians were In sole
no reply. Will Thane comes < xplore. She looked Into every de­ Ing distance
, Snavely. She pitied him Poor, half possession of Ihe Orvgun country,
in putting up a gallant struggle against the invasion of Nazi ceives
home to visit his father . . . and pression. behind every bowlder,
craxy. eccentric man there was followed by ihe arrival of early
propaganda from Germany, which is designed to bring Aus­ Ruth meets him A rancher near and among the scant piles of drift­ Ruth lowered her voire to an ex
nothing to fear from him now early settlers aud establishment of
by decides to retire and offers to
cited whisper. "Can you hear Ma
tria under the G erm an flag. Italy, on A ustria’s south, is sell
wood
and
leaves
In
the
bed
of
the
When
Harry learned of the thing« latehoud
Ruth and Snavely hts livestock
ma now?"
watching, and many believe that Hitler and Mussolini may on credit. Snavely tries to balk of the gulch.
he had done. Snavely would have
David did not reply
the deal but Ruth buys to the limit
to go.
She returned to the rock and
LOST 20 LBS. OF FAT
soon be at war.
Then sha saw that the forked
| of her three-quarter Interest In seated herself wearily—It w n hard
Just
what
she
would
do
at
pres
IN JUST 4 WEEKS
Over In Asia. Japan and Russia are growling at each Dead Lantern ranch She Is assist walking through the sand David stick which she had already dis­ •nt. Ruth had not derided First,
cd by Old Charley Thane and his
other across the M anchurian border. Both sides openly son. Will Thane. A Mexican family sprawled on his stomach before covered was -so placed that by sit­ she would show Snavely the letter
Mrs Mae Weal of HI Louis, Mo .
ting stratghter she could just sew
admit the possibility of war. Both Russia and Japan are I has been hired to assist with the the rock, tickling the sand on the the boy on the bowlder through Nothing he could say or do would writes "I'm only 2» yrs old and
work. A peculiar sickness develops edge of a doodle bug cone.
frighten her uow. and once be un weighed 1?« lb« until taklog one
trying to underm ine England’s influence in India and Persia. I with ihe livestock. Snavely calls It
the notch. It was like a gun sight
m ill K ru«ch. ii Salts jusl 4
d era to o d I list Hurry drey was com box
"Mama, what are we doing-"
■
"liver
fever"
.
.
.
.
and
says
he
has
China is still trying to m aintain some sort of an effective
Again she whispered. "Come here,
weeks ago. I now Weigh 14« lbs I
Ing back to the Dead laoitern, also have more energy and further
"Just thinking "
a powder for the water to cure the
David."
National governm ent, largely with the help of the British, disease. Ruth's whole future Is at
Snavely was forever beaten
Presently David asked. “Do you
in,-re I've never had a hungry mo
Il was uncanny; the boy slid
stake
on
the
development
of
the
but the Chinese people have been for years the victims of
Again she read Ihe letter which ment "
herd to meet her notes following hear that funny little bird?"
from the rnqk and plodded toward
Fat folks should take one half
one arm ed force a fter another. Several nations of South ihe first round-up.
"Oh. David!" For the first time her thriiugu the sand
she still held In her hand Harry
teaspoonful of Kruachen Salta In
At the round-up Rut has enough Ruth turned her whole mind on her
had bayn captured by Mexican ban s glass of water every morning
America are still in a state of w ar with their neighbors.
As they returned to the house
stock to sell to meet her notes.
son. Just then she heard the twit
dlts. had been wild them several before breakfast an «4 cent bottle
Reflecting on those things, we realize that we are lucky NOW OO ON WITH STORY— ter of a bird. She had heard It off Ituth thought over her discovery month«, bad al last escaped, was la is 4 w eeks you can gel Krus
The
depre
sión
In
the
rock
was
a
in having peaceful neighbors. If we were scared to death
and on for some time, but only a«
badly hurt, and from then until the i hen al auy drug store In America
Ruth entered the gully which ran one hears a sound while thinking reflector, and by sitting on the writing of (he letter he hud been If not joyfully satisfied after the
of Canada and nervous about the intentions of Mexico, we
tlrsi hotlie money back.
stone and sighting through the J
eastward a few yards <outh of the
might feel ourselves as badly off as France and Austria house, and followed It. At last she hard upon something else The twit forked stick, one's mouth w a s1
ter came again and Ruth started
feel today.
stopped beneath an ash tree which then rose quickly to her feet. There placed at Its focus. The sound of
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■
had a low branch. With the paring was something strange about the the voire was then conserved and
Charlie Hall is to run for governor on a platform for knife she cut the potato in half sound of that bird—It was too close, directed In a narrow beam to th«- :
the private sale of liquor. He might as well say he w ants and made numerous little cuts In as though the bird was sitting not brown bowlder, as light Is reflected
Pasteurized milk Is the only kind you can he mire
to put the sta te out of the business for the retu rn of the | the white surface. Into this surface ten feet away, perhaps even nearer from a headlight That VM th.-
secret of the old Indian medicine
contains
no disease genus. When it is done in our
she
rubbed
a
pinch
of
powder
from
Rut
there
was
not
a
bird
In
sight.
saloon.
modern plant by experienced people pasteurized milk
the liver fever box. She placed David!" Ruth was suddenly ex­ men. And Snavely had learned of
loses none of its flavor.
the piece of potato on the branch cited. "Get up on top of the rock It. He had seen Ruth. Kenneth and
If the dem ocrats stay in power it looks like we must of the tree and. walking a short dis­ and see If you can see the bird— David that first day—had watched
Our milk Is purchased from carefully selected
them struggling along the road to
vote on several more am endm ents to the constitution to tance away, seated herself In the we must find It. son!”
dairies
and then pasteurized and bundled by us under
give them free reign. Courts all over the land have been l shade to wait, her eyes on the po­ "Isn't It close. Mama?” David ward the ranch. Then he had slip
the most sanitary conditions. Tills insures you a « lean,
ped Into the gorge by way of the,
reversing acts and codes lately.
tato.
held his hand out before him. "I
wholesome and safe milk for your home use.
fissure and had spoken to them I
She waited more than an hour think he’s sitting on my finger, Afterward, he had gone to the cor ;
It costs no more to be safe.
Eugene is planning again on presenting the “Trail to and was about to give up when a hut when I look he's gone!”
ral. told Ann that he wonld finish ¡
Slowly.
Ruth
moved
nwny
from
Rail” pageant. We presum e it will be brought up to date little gray bird flew down from the
milking and that she should go
Ask your dealer in Eugene or Springfield for
with the last act entitled "The New Deal.—The End of the top of the ash tree and alighted the rock, trying, from the Infrequ­ and see who was coming through
ent
sounds
of
the
bird,
to
go
to­
Maid O’ Cream Butter
T rail.”
on the branch. After a moment the
the gulch.
ward
It.
, bird hopped to the potato, looked it
She was tremendously thrilled
She soon discovered that If she
Springfield Creamery Co.
Well, since the arm y took over the mail our sleep is not It over, and took a speculative
ovpr her db covery. Sh» told herself
peck.
went a few feet to right or left she
bothered with two mail planes circling the Springfield
that
now
she
had
snavely
where
Ruth watched so intently that her could not hear the bird at all. al­
beacon every night. “ Hot air" mail seems to be what the
i eyes burned. The little bird bad though David, behind her on the she wanted him.
Pacific Coast is getting out of the deal.
Ruth lay awake late that night,
taken several bites when It ceased bowlder said. "Hear It!", at regu­
and moved away from the potato. lar Intervals Th“ sound seemed to planning how she should prove the
Europe would be in a war now IF this country would It stood upon a small twig and come from the south In a narrow origin of the voice to Ann. She
finance it. And. thin country would more than likely fin­ jerked Its head as though trying to band. As thouch she were following came to the conclusion that she
ance it IF we had the money.
shake something from Its month an Invisible beam of light the girl would do nothing until Sunday
or throat. Thsn the little wings walked slowly toward the cliff. It With Will and Old Charley helping
Spring I h peeping around the com er and with
she could get Ann to come for a
General M artin is said to be Os W est’s candidate, Os drooped, the bird toppled, hung by was weird: The voice of the bird ride In the machine on some pre
a
single
claw
for
a
moment,
and
grow
only
slightly
louder—always,
warm
days "spring fever” will uct In. Nothing I h uh
always has a candidate you know.
dropped to the ground.
j It seemed but a few feet before text or other. They would take her
good a remedy for spring fever as a piece or two of
Ruth burled the bird and the her face. Ten yards from the cliff to the gulch and show her what
piece of potato, then walked slowly 1 a bird flew out of a walsthlgh bush that voice was. Then, without re­
candy. Candy I h an energy building food (bat gives
hack to the house. Her face was I and darted up the gulch. Ruth ran turning to the ranch they would all
you pep when oilier things fall
pale and her knees felt uncertain. I to the bush. It was a very ordinary go Into town and place the whole
Ing the cattle crop to fall he could ' hush, rather sparse, differing In no thine In Martin's hand*.
On Saturday Ruth and David ar
her trunk, and after screwing up way from any other bush. A fool
If it’s Eggim ann’s candy It I h delicious.
rived
at the mall box later than
her
courage,
tasted
the
powder
or
so
behind
It
rose
the
wall
of
J Holy Bible,"
labeled Cyanide
_
and whidi coo tains Four Great T rea su res......................................
sandstone. To left and right, ran usual. The girl stayed on her horse
It was common salt.
other bushes, growing as close to | while David dismounted and. crawl
The girl shuddered. How could the wall as they could find earth, ’ 'n« through the fence, went to the
any one deliberately p o lln cattle? none of them tall. Then Ruth saw box. He returned with a roll of
W h ere th » S ervice |> O iftn ren i
But she knew that to Suavely cat­ something which her eyes wonld papers and magazines. "There's a
VIRTUOUS LOVE
tle were only a crop. He would not have missed six months before—In letter here too, Mama.” he sald.l
Another group of sayings is given under the heading, have killed a horse; but If by caus­ the hush was a dry stick about two as he held up the roll.
Ruth worked the letter from un
"These aiso are the sayings of the wise” ; the last chapter ing the clttle crop to fail he could feet tall with a forked top This
of proverbs is the work of an anonym ous writer, presum ­ gain possession of the ranch, that stick did not belong to the bush; der the string about the package
It had been stuck Into the sand like and looked at It curiously It was
ably a woman, and possibly Bathsheba, th at rem arkable was another matter.
Snavely had not forseen that she a stake.
addressed to her old apartment in
lady who deserted Uriah the H ittite to become the favorite
She stepped tbrough an opening Philadelphia; the writing was un­
wife of Israel’s greatest king, David, and m other of the would lock both boxes in her trunk
and so had no opportunity to re- on the right and came between the familiar. a child’s writing. The ort-
wisest, Solomon.
THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
Whispering Roch
By JOHN LEBAR
The Only Safe Way
Just Around the Corner
'WvW I ON
E G G IM A N N ’ S
There are two other Old T estam ent books which come
to mind in connection with Solomon. The first is the “Song
of Songs” which, as the first verse says, "is Solomon’s,” but
w hether this m eans by Solomon or concerning Solomon is
a question. It is a poem about a young girl who lived In the
northern hills. Solomon saw her on his travels and wanted
her for his harem , but her heart was true to her shepherd
love. When the ladies of the court praised Solomon to her
and demanded, "W hat Is thy lover more than any o th e r? ”
she answered stoutly, “ My beloved is mine, and I am his.”
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She was carried off to Jerusalem , but she slept fitfully.
"1 slept but my soul was aw ake,” she said. In her dream s
she found herself wandering all about the streets of a
strange city, looking for her lover. Finally her loyalty was
rewarded. Solomon would not hold her against the hunger
of her heart and returned her to her Galilean aBvain.
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This is the story, som ew hat involved in the telling but
clear enough to any one who will take time to puzzle it out.
When you read the italic type at the head of each chapter,
however, what do you discover? T hat this old-fashioned
love song is “an allegory of Christ and the church” !
Nothing could be more absurd. The “Song” Is not a religious
book in any sense; the name God does not occur In it. Its
them e of virtuous love over all the riches th a t a king can
offer. Simply th at and nothing more. When you see how
diligently certain annotaters have worked to squeeze all the
life and hum anity out of the Bible you wonder how the
Book has lasted so long. Its vitality, in spite of the bad
offices of its friends, is the m ost powerful argum ent for Its
inspiration.
Z*4OOD printing service consists of more
V I than delivering « certain am ount of Ink
and paper in the form ordered. Good printing
consists of careful consideration as to the
form In which the Idea Is to he presented,
I bonghi fui selection of type faces, the right
grade, weight and color of the paper accu r­
ate composition and Hklllful printing. . . T hat
Is the kind of printing service you may ex­
pect from «„ir shop, . . . and It costs no more
than inferior jirintlng.
Ecclesiastes is the other book commonly attributed to
Solomon because the first verse reads;
.manotla?
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king of
Jerusalem.
Modern scholars seem to think th at some obscure writer
of a m uch later date wrote the book and the resplendent
Solomon gets the credit—a quite plausible conjecture. It
Is too bad we cannot be sure about the authorship, for the
writer, whoever he was, left us one of the great m aster­
pieces. Frederick the G reat called It the "book for kings ”
and Insisted th a t every m onarch ought to read It reagularly
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