PAGE TWO
T HVRBDAY, MARCH », 1984
TT IK SPnrNGFÎKI.n NWWR
THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
I'ubilshvd Evary Thuosday at
Springfield, lain« County, Oregon, by
THE WILLAMETTE PRESS
____________________
U. K MAXEY. Editor
kutarad aa saaoud ctaas mattar. February 34. l»oj, at lha postume«.
Sprtagti«t«l. Oregon
Whispering' Roch
By JOHN LEBAR
SYNOPSIS
an' says he owus three qtiurlpr» of
It. Rut he didn't waul to stay
here- he didn't want nothin' but
money. So he went away an' I
ecrapisl enough together ea>h »11
In' time an’ eeut It to him. That
waa all right Then your broth« r
bought that man out an' com«
here. Ila come to stay, lie aline I
to Improve Ihe ranch. Hood Hod
»m ighty!
"I am going to take you over
die mountains." said Itulh evenly
“Stand up!“
SCHOOL NEWS SURVEY
OF LOCAL PAPER MADE
The Hprlngfleld News published
165 luchisa of public school uews
In November. 1*33, according to a
survey made by C I lliek ley .
member of Ihe class In public In
formation methods, department of
Journalism. Oregon State college.
News of extracurricular actlvltluu
—aporta, entertainment aud ser
vice waa first with I8H luche»
Other topics follow:
F. T. A. second. 18H luches
I'upll prugr as aud achievem ent
third, l ’ tk lachea
Teachers mid officers fourth.
I4H Inches
Attendance fifth. 6ty Inches
Speeches and speakers »lath, 3%
Inches
Methods of Instruction seventh.
3 Inches.
The survey Included 46 Oregon
newspapers lor last November and
78 for November '»»--1ÍI In all.
flip p in gs of Hie news aa classified
by students were sent to (be 46
editora whose papers were sur
veyed in thia year's class.
you doan know he fell iu, does t As quickly as she could move
Ruth W arren, who lived In the you?"
Ruth flung open the door and step
East.
1»
willed
thrao-tuurth
luteraal
M A IL S U B S C R IP T IO N R A T S
“No no- but where else la he— ped out, the revolver, fully cocked,
In
the
“Dead
lantern"
ranch
In
O ne Y ear in A d v a n c e ___ »150
Six Month» ___
»1 VO Arlaona by her only brother who 1« where els«»--“ Ruth was d lsty; she pointing al Stim ely's breast, lie
l « o Year» la Advance
»2.60
T hree Month»
. 50c
reported to have met hl» death fought to keep her senses. “Ann—“ stopped and hl» hand.« went up
while on businaaa In Mexico. Ar
Ann left her and ran Into the Ruth quietly closed Ihe d-ior be
THURSDAY, MARCH 8. 1»34
riving« iu Arliona with her hus
Suavely slowiy rose and Ruth
band who ha» ailing lung», and house. Ruth clltnh.-d upon the box hind her.
their »mall child, they learn that again but she could not look down
TAXES LOWER — STILL HIGH
"Anal" Ruih's voice was ah.irp backed away Al that moment Ills
the rauch la located 86 mile« from
The glauteaa lifted her from the metallic. "Oo Into Ute living room.' eyet looktsl past her shoulder and
Springfield folks have gotteu their tax receipts and will the neareet railroad. Old Charley box "You stand down. I'll look
She wsllt-d until h heard Ann's his bead maided ever ao slightly
note with some satisfaction th at taxes are lower. Credit Thane, raucher and rural mall car with this—you couldn't see nothin footsteps. "Now yuU march In!" Itefore Hulh could move greal
rler agree» to take them to the
tor all the reduction rests with the city council and school “Dead Lantern** gate. 6 milee from with no lantern on a rope.'*
! Snavely turned without a word strong arms w«'re holding her In
board. Local millages caiue down while state and county the ranch house. A» they trudge
Ann held a mirror In her hands aud wulk«al before her
a vise, a big hand tiHih possession
went up 3.5 mills.
wearily through a gulch approach She caught the light of the sun and
“Sit down -you loo. Ami." The of ihe gun Ann's voice muttared
¡ng
the
ranch
house,
a
voice
«his
Taxes are still too high but there is little else that can
pers "Go back! . . . Oo back!** At uirned It Into the well. Ruth saw girl nodded toward the clislrs In cl«»«» to her ear. "I'se sorry.'
be done about it until some substitute m ethod for property the
rauch house they are greeted her sm ile broadly “There. I done the table.
“Ulve me that gun!“ Snavely
taxation is found. Less thau half the people pav all the suspiciously by the gaunt rancher 'o f you he waru't down there!
The hug woman and Ihe pale darted toward Ann as Ihe giant«-»»
taxes. It is obvious that if the tax burden is to be’ lowered partner. Suavely, and Indian Anti,
Snalchlug the mirror from the eyed man seated them selves. Sna released the girl. Ann backed awsy
then some money must be gotten from the half who are a herculean woman of mixed negro ground where the giantess hail velV gradually lowered his arms. shaking her head Snavely slopped
and Indian blood. Snavely Is dlffl-
now paying nothing in local taxation. The only redeeming ; cult to understand but regardless. dropped it, she climbed upon ih
"I've got noihlng agalvat vou.
Ann
, w)f„ y ,o Hulh
feature we see in the sales tax for school purposes is that Ruth takes up the task of trying to hex Just as the lower limb of the
,
A"u
fron>
••-
Out
If
you
won
I
yo're
little
boy
and ride away quirk
adjust their three lives Io the
it compels everyone to pay something.
and its development. Ken "" touched the western mountain help me you'll have to go with this -h u rry . Mis. Hulh. 'fore he m ake.
it costs about $55 a pupil to operate the school even ranch
m„ <|ve h | -
„„„
neth, Ruth's husband, caught In rang«\ The light from the mirror murderer "
on the present eight m onths term . The parents of more chilling
rain contracts pneumonia struck downward, wavered, and I "Wha what's that --" Suavely
"Ann. help me—you have the
than half of the Springfield school children are not taxpay and passes away before a doctor came Io rest on the cloth hanging I gasped and his eyes i lured wildly.
Mrs. C a s u a l Heeteee
gun. help me to take him over tu
ers. If by the sales tax or some other m ethod they would arrive». Ruth tries to carry on. She from a nail purl way down Ih
Ruth spoke io Anu, without
Regular iiiiwling of Ills I'rlectlla
not encouraged by Snavely In
Thanes'
place."
begged
Ruth,
contribute $8 or $10 a year tow ard the school funds then Is
club will be held this afternoon nt
plans to try and atock the ranch or well. Ruth stared at Ihe d oth a» lurnlng her head "Ann, will you
The giantess roared at her. "M>
property taxes could be m aterially lowered.
Improve It. She write» to her the light slowly faded Before it help me now? This man murdered
the home of Mrs. Merle Casteel at
This is only a fair request it seem s to us iu light of the father in the East asking a Ioan was entirely gone »he knew what Harry Urey, hl« partner. You must Gawd, git away Ilk«, I Ini' you!"
3 o'clock Mrs. Cecil Mathis will be
with
which
to
buy
cattle.
She
re-
Neither
Snavely
nor
Ann
moved
fact th at the school districts are now furnishing free text
that d oth was. Once »he had sent help me tie him «o that we call
lb«> saslslaut hoalesa.
celves
no
reply.
Will
Thane
comes
books. We think also th a t most parents would not object home to visit his father . . . and Harry, her brother, a present i lake him to ihe authorities............. until the sounds of Ruth's horse
to contributing to the operation of the schools if a satisfac Ruth m eets him. A rancher near red silk handkerchief with an odd Well? Are you on my side or his?' and David's quosllonliig voice had
N O T I C I
died away.
tory method could be found.
by decides to retire and offers to design of large while horse hoes
Ann's face was a study For a
WIIKHKAH In chapter 117. gen
Snavely.
white
with
rage,
spoke
We might as well m ake up our minds tb a t property sell Ruth and Snavely his livestock
David Ju»t then came trudging moment she regarded Suavely, Iheu
era) laws of Oregon, enacted In
credit. Snavely tries to balk
scathingly. "Now give me that gun. 1B1B. Il Is declared Io be the duly
taxation will never again support entirely a governm ent on
the deal but Ruth buys to the limit up from the gulch lie couldn't Ruth. No one spoke
you black— !"
as socialistic as our is growing.
of every person, firm, copartner
of her three-quarter Interest In understand all the concern about
"Well. Ann!"
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The gun In Anu's hand wavered ship. company and corporation
Dead Lantern ranch. She Is assist his absence.
"F ore Gawd. Miss Huth I doan
owning, lensing, occupying, poaaaaa-
ed by Old Charley Thane and his
ILLITERACY DECLINES
Ruth stepped from the bog, took know- | diwin know—" Ann wrung uncertainly. "Jea' a mtuute." she Ing or having charge of or domln
son. Will Thane. A Mexican family
faltered.
Ion over any land, place, building,
There are still more thau 4,000,000 Americans over ten has been hire«] to assist with the David by the hand and led him Into her hards and rose to her feet.
"Give It here!"
structure. wharf, pier or dock
work. A peculiar sickness develops her room. After locking the door 'Menan. Miss Ruth—I can't he'p
years old who cannot read and write, the National Advisory with
Ann cringed, turned the revolver which la Infested with ground squir
the livestock. Snavely calls It
Committee in illiteracy reports. That is 000,000 fewer than "liver fever” . . . . and says he has she took Will»' revolver from th clv o u 'gains' him." Auu walked to butt forward and held II out
rels and other noxious rodents or
trunk
and
sal
down
on
the
tied
|
Ihe door, hiwltatetl. returned a few
predatory animals, or aa soon aa
ten years ago. Georgia lias more illiterates than any other a powder for the water to cure the
Snavely BBBtfbad the weapon, ths presence of the same shall
steps, then went back aud stood
state, some 300.000, while Wyoming has the fewest, onlv disease Ruth’s whole future Is at beside her son.
stake on the development of the
The handkerchief . . . Harry al near the window. In an agony of and ralaed the in u tile to Ann's •ome to hla, their or Its knowledge,
about 3,000.
herd to mes-t her notes following ways wore It. Old Charley h:id| Indecision.
face Then he pauaed. and lowered at once to proceed and to continue
Considering that at the beginning of our uatioual life the first round-up.
ihe
gun "Cllt my hor ca, damn you! in good faith Io exterm inate and
said
If
her
brother
wn
alive,
how
All right. Ann. think It over."!
destroy such rodents by poisoning,
hardly more than one person in ten knew how to read aud
At the round-up Rut has enough
They’ll
come back—Ihe Thanea'II trapping or other appropriate and
itl«l
it
gel
half-wav
down
the
well!
Hulh stepped close to Ihe man In:
right, th a t only within our own memory practically no stock to sell to meet her notes
on the Dead IdUitern ranch* If h elH ie chair Her voice was clear and come an' glt me! They'll coop me effective means; and
Negro or Indian could read or write, and that school atten d NOW OO ON WITH 8TORY-
WHEREAS gray digger ground
up! Hurry along— glt Buck an'
were not. then according to ihe I sharp. "You murderer!"
ance was not compulsory anyw here in America, it seems
Ann groaned and the Joints of
throw a park saddle on him Run. squirrels (Cltellus douglaall) are
Mexican
who
had
reported
his
Suavely
shrunk
hack
In
hla
chair
noxious rod«o<s In Ijina County.
we have gone a long way in raising the standard of educa her entwlntxl fingers cracked but
damn your black b ld e f
Oregon.
"Say It!” commanded Roth
tion to the point where ninety-seven people out of every ; she shook her head. “ I Jest caln't death, the handkerchief was hurled
Now. therefore, nil of such per
two hundred miles below the Mexl tell Ann what you are!"
Ann ran out of the house. Sna
hundred are able to read.
go fer doin' nothin' 'gains' Mr.
can line. The Mexican had actual
vely hurried Into the kitchen and sona. firms, copartnerships, cor
Snavely'a
lips
moved
silently.
porations, and companies owning or
The im portant question, however, is: W hat do they Snavely. You doan understan' how ly mentioned the handkerchief. As
“Ixjuder!" she cried, thrusting began feverishly filling a gunny having domiulon over land In aald
read? having taught them to read, it seems we might de 'tls with me an' him."
Hulh sat on the bed. holding the Hie muxsle of the run almost sack with provisions Five minutes lam e County. Oregon, are hereby
vote the next hundred years to improving their tastes iu
Slowly the giantess walked to small hand of her silent, wonder against his face
later his outrit was plied by the ra»qutred to take atepe to extermln
reading.
Ruth's room. The girl followed ing. son. her mind raced: that first
ala aald gray digger ground aqutr
"I —done —It— My God! let me kitchen door, three sacks, hla bed rets
(Cltellus douglaall) within
i “There here ready?" asked Ann. night when Snavely had thrown a be—quit lookin' at me! I had t o 1 r°B- “ frying pan. and. leaning
thirty
days from the date of the
Friends of Elbert Bede, editor of the C ottage Grove pointing to two su ltcas-s. Ruth bundle Into the old well. He had do It. | tell you!"
sgalnat Ihe hon e, a 30-3# rifle In first publication of thia notice If
Sentinel, have been urging him to run for secretary of state nodded, and the big woman left the not been expecting any one to
"Don't move! Now tell ue why “ • • ‘•die sheath with four cartons such steps are not taken, a person
to fill the place left by his friend, Hal Hoss. Well, why I room with (hem.
or persona appointed by the county
come on the ranch and had left you did It." Ruth stood, right foot <lf ‘ ■Bridget beside the butt
court of aald Lane County will an
shouldn t we elect a state official from Lane county now
Dully. Ruth continued Ihe pack things about which must be got forward, her rmooth young fa c e 1 A|UI
t'°nilcg from the barn ter up aald lands and proceed to
and then. Portland and Salem have been furnishing us I log. She would try again after Ann rid of . . . . the bundle opened as II set rigidly. “Begin!"
leading the buckskin horse with a exterm inate
said
gray
digger
with candidates for years when we have had more capable ' v as off the ranch and on the main fell and the light silk handkerchief
pack saddle on hla back.
ground squirrels (Cltellus doug
"I—1 shot him "
people right here at home.
laslll and the coat of aald exterm i
road. But Ruth felt certain that floated alone, anil came to re-t on
"Why?"
TO BE CONTINUED
nation will be levied against aald
Bede’s long experience as reading clerk a t the legis i Ann would do exactly as Snavely a nail In the timber, where It
“Because I hated him!"
lands.
lature and his knowledge of state affairs m akes him m ea had ordered. . . . The voice, then, staved . . . . Snavelv's feverish de "Why?”
The County Agrlculaural Agent
sure up with the other candidates in the field.
H
O
W
O
N
E
M
A
N
was not his only hold on Ann; sire that she should not ask qu»“i-
hereby deelgnatee Monday. April
"I don't know—he come here. He
--- -
2nd. as a day to be known aa «qulr-
there wa» a bigger thing.
tlons about the well, that she bought his Interest from Ihs man
L O S T 22 P O U N D S rell
polaoulng day" throughout the
In a sort time the parking was should not go near It. . . . The well who owned It an' he come here. He
The 1934 campaign slogans seem to be “ 100 percent
aald l<ane County, and It la hereby
Mr.
finished
and
the
burkboard
loaded.
haunted
h-m;
wasn't
he
always
Herman
Runkls
of
Detroit
wanted to be p artners— I signed.
for Roosevelt,” "Back up Roosevelt," "Were Behind the
recommended
tbat thi* undersignJl
write»
“A few
of thanks • as
prepared by
riti
I couldn't h Ip It -dam n him!"
New Deal. " etc. All of which indicates that there is a great Ruth looked about for David; he looking toward It?
from
fir.i
iw
,..|h
»
J
'
“"*»
and
representatives
of the Bureau
“What did he do to you?"
scram ble for the band wagon. None of the boys seem to was not In sight, nor did he an
Without any cut an.I dried ren
all
. ° i Kru’ ‘lhen « i 1'» »OOk of Biological Survay of the Cnltad
swer her call. She suddenly real
j "I don't know let me be. can t all of the aches and sw ellings out ■ States Department of Agriculture
rem em ber th at the president has invited constructive criti
ized that she had not seen him sonlng. without weighing, rejecting you? He to m * here an' I wash I <> my Joints—with my first bottle be used for Ihe purposes of such
cism. Most politicians are schem ers instead of thinkers.
and
sorting
evidence,
Ruth
found
since returning from the mall box
hy myse'f no inure—I couldn't gtt | I went on a diet and lost 23 pounds extermination. Such poisoned bar
and now feel like a new man."
Ordinarily, she would have been herself with a clear, convincing him to go.”
ley may lie secunx] from the under
.
To lose fat safely and quickly signed at hla office In Eugene.
\ eltie P ruitt inform s us th a t fish which are spawned only mildly disturbed—the snakes picture of the whole plot. She "You didn't have lo murder l“ kB
one half teaspoonful of Kru I.ane County. Oregon, at approxi
knew
as
plainly
as
though
a
hund
in the fall grow twice as large as those whose birth is in were gone thin time of year.
him!"
schen Halts In a glass of hot walai mately the cost of preparation
Then Ruth’s heart stopped: a red Investigators had compiled
the spring. We alw ays wondered why some folks were
Date of first publication of thia
"I hated him. I
y„u! He done
proofs
for
a
hundred
days
that
the
few feet from the board fence
large and others were small.
Ilo ilo March 8. 1M4.
wlml all people do—I hated him It at any drug store In America
letter
was
a
lie;
that
It
was
Snave-
(Btgnedi O. H FLBTCHBR.
around the old well lay a box. It
like I Jiale all the rest. I got to he _ lr "«I Joyfully satisfied after Ihe
County Agricultural Agent.
lay as though It had been placed ly's final effort to get rid of bar. by mvse'f. I been alone since I was first hottie- money hack.
IM 8-15-33
Equal rights for women in Russia seems to have earned on end against the fence; In im And Harry Harry was dead. His
horn. Every man I ever knowed
body
lay
under
a
pile
of
rubbish
at
them the privilege of ditch diggers along side the men.
agination. Ruth saw her son stand
tried to git somethin* off me. Every
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ing on tiptoe, leaning over the the bottom of the well . . . that was
storekeeper tried to cheat me.
why
Snavely'-.
pale
eyes
strayed
Remember possession of hard liquor is still unlawful fence, hitching him self farther over there so often.
Kvery ran« her tried to fence off
to see better, losing his balance,
—unless you have a permit.
part of my land—every time I got
She
heard
Suavely'»
voice
shout
the box falling away as his feel
n
good thing somebody tried to get
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March may come in like a lion and go out like a
left its top. With a cry of anguish ing angrily for Ann. then the
It nway ft»r his own se'f. T hat’s all
thump
of
his
hoots
as
he
entered
she ran to the box. stood It up. and
iamb but H h different at EggiiiiHnn’R. You may come
humans do! Their whole lives Is
mounting, leaned over Ihe fence— the hoiis». “David." whispered
Just spent trying to get something
in feeling like a tired lamb but one of our refretdiing
"David!" The name rang hollow Ruth. "Mama's going to trust you
somebody else has g o t!”
ly and died away. "D-a-vId—" With to do as she says: stay on the bed
“Well?" demanded Ruth.
drinks m akes you feel an fit hh a lion ready to go
a moan. Ruth slipped from the box and don't be afraid—Mama'll In-
"When I come here there w a s!
back
pretty
soon."
Holy
Bibk”
. . . . The next Instant, It seemed
ahead with your work with renewed energy.
and which con tains Four Great T r e u u res
twenty thou-and acres of this ranch
to her, Ann was helping her to her
With the revolver In her hand an' the house was In the middle of
feet.
she stepped to the door, silently It. I couldn't see no fence which
E gglm ann’g in the oldest inatltution of Ita kind
"Ann!
Ropes!
bring
rope» unlocked It. and stood with het
ever
a-way
I
looked
I
bought
(his
SOLOMON’S SHREWD PROVERBS
in l^ine county. Everybody knows We m ake 'em like
quick!” Ruth struggled to tree her left hand on the knob
ranch. I could slay Jiere. I had my :
Most of the Proverbs by Solomon could hardly be called self from the giantess' arms. "Let
In the kitchen Snavely abruptly horses an' I had enough cattle to
you like ’em.
religious. They are the shrewd guide-posts to worldly me go! Oh, God. don’t let him be
«■eased to upbraid Ann. and the keep me busy an' to feed me. |
wisdom, by which a man may m ake his way through life In there— ”
boots thumped across the porch bought tills ranch fair an' square.
with m ost profit to himself and least discom fort to other
"Now waft. Miss Ruth—wait— "By God, I'll show her who's—’’
Then a man comes with a paper
people:
The fear of the Lord Is the beginning of knowledge:
W bara lbs Service i» D lttarsni
but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise
man, and he will love thee.
A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a Just
weight Is his delight.
As a Jewel of gold In a sw ine’s snout, so Is a fair woman
which is without discretion.
The simple bclleveth every word: but the prudent man
looketh well to his going.
Better Is a dinner of herbs where love Is. than a su ited
ox and hatred therewith.
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty;
and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
LIONS and LAMBS
»BAkiUN
SCHOOL DAYS
Many of the phrases and sentences have entered into
our common talk. Everybody knows them, but not every
body knows where they originated.
Go to the ant thou sluggard; consider bis ways, and be
wise.
Hope deferred maketh the heart tick.
A soft answer lurneth away wrath; but grevlous words
stir up anger.
Where there Is no vision, the people perish.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son.
A man that hath friends must shew him self friendly.
Wine Is a mocker, strong drink Is raging; and who
soever is deceived thereby is not wise
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches.
Some of the wisent and most memorable observations
iv e n e s 8 fOrt ‘ “ P° e t k " g " iS e’ Wh‘Ch addH t0 th e lr im Pr e 8 «-
There be three things which are too wonderful’ for me.
yea, four which I know not:
The way of an eagle In the air; the way of a serpent
upon rock; the way of a ship In the midst of the sea; and the
way of a man with a maid.
For three things Ihe earth is dUqulted, and for four
which It cannot bear:
For a servant when he relgnelh; and a fool when he is
filled with meat;
For an odious woman when she Is married; and an
handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
These, latter selections are not Solomon’s, but come
from a man named Agur, the son of Jakeh, about whom we
Know nothing.
E ggimann ’S