THURSDAY, MARCH 2». Itf»4
THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
PAGE TWO
THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS Mott Seeks to Bring Back
O. & C. Land Grant Money
Published Every Thur-'day at
Springfield. ban« County. Oregon by
THE WILLAMETTE PRESS
H. E MAXEY Editor
Entered as sacoud ciana matter. February 14. 1903. at the poetofflce.
Springfield. Oregon
M A IL S U B S C R IP T IO N R A T E
One Year In Advance
Two Year« in advance
$150
»2.50
Six Month«
Three Month«
»1.00
50c
THURSDAY. MARCH 39, 1934
GRIM EVIDENCE WHY A SIDEWALK SHOULD RE BUILT
We herew ith present to the highway commission the
uudisputable ta ils why a sidewalk should be built between
Eugene and Springfield. Five deaths and a num ber of in
juries due to walking on the Pacific Highway between these
two cities have occurred in the last four years according to
the records of the county coroner.
The chairm an of the commission has raised the ques
tion "w hether the money of the highway departm ent which
is derived from the m otoring traffic should be applied to
building of sidewalks." The evidence In this case shows
that it is not always the pedestrian who suffers but often
the motorist who is killed or injured as the result of people
walking on the highway.
Here is the casualty list:
WILLIAM SMITH: Died April 9. 1830 when two care col
lided to avoid strikiug pedestrian.
WM CHARLES JONSEY Killed March 33. 1930. wbeu
father's car «kidded to avoid striking children walking on
highway.
CLELL PRYOR: Killed March 30. 1»31. while walking on
highway.
CLARA MASSIE: Killed October 31. 1931, while walking
on highway.
HERSCHEL O'QUINN: Killed February 16 1934 while
walking on highway
Only a mile of gravel sidewalk is needed to take pedes
trians off the pavement. It will cost only u few hundred
dollars. We can ’t think that gentlemen of the caliber of
the highway commission will quibble about spending this
small am ount to keep this casualty list from growing.
Surely those in charge of our state highways do not wish
to take the responsibility of m aintaining death tra p s—a
responsibility they will be called on to answ er to before the
people and God.
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ALL MUST PAY SOMETHING
Not one cent of taxes toward supporting our schools
is paid by 300,000 people in Oregon. More than one-half
our adult population escape local taxation while 154,000
pay the total tax bill. It is evident from these facts th at
if there is going to be sufficient Money raised to keep the
schools from closing or to reduce ihe property tax, that the
people who are not now paving contribute something.
Fifty-eight per cent of the people who have children
In school pay no school taxes. If they would contribute
three cents a day the school w arrant situation would be sol
ved and property taxes .'or school purposes could be cut 25
per cent.
Property now 40 per -ent delinquent in Oregon is being
called on this year to pay $41,576.0*0 in taxes. The assessed
valuation in Oregon is less than is was 20 years ago but it
is being called upon to retu rn $9,000.000 more taxes. We
m ight as well face the facts, propei.y is not going to con
tinue to pay the whole bill. If schools are not to be greatly
curtailed or closed entirely then the non-taxpayer m ust
contribute som ething. The only method devised so far to
get this contribution is through the sale« tax.
It costs $60 to $70 a year to educate a child. Surely any
family m ight contribute $8 to $10 a year through the sales
tax toward this bill.
A NATION OF BUSINESS
The United S tates of America is a business nation.
More than in any other part of the world, the chief interest
and m ainstay of the American people is business. Let any
thing. natural or artificial, interfere with the free play of
business, which is to say the free interchange of commodi
ties. and chaos and distress result, affecting every indivi
dual.
We have been coming through the most distressing
upset of business in our whole history. Many of the causes
of the upset have been removed. We do not think this is
a propitious tim e to set up artificial barriers to the efforts
of business to adjust itself. Nor do we think well of the idea
which seems to previal in some circles, th at there is some
thing inherently discreditable about business and th at all
business men are to be regarded as actual or potential
criminals, to be disciplined, policed and supervised.
To accept th at view is to discard the foundations upon
which American institutions and American progress are
based.
The move to cut the retail price of liquor a t the state
stores looks to us like one to get the taxpayer to pay for
someone else’s drinks.
With all the FWA, CWA. NRA. AAA. CCC, FCA, LAB,
etc., ILJooks like the future generation of the USA will be
NSF.
Some one should offer a prize to anyone who can name
all the republican candidates for governor.
the rescue In a new direction, and
In addition to providing for these
, long term loans the expectation la
(hat there will lie some chaugaa In
the Wceurlllea Act to enable I lie
‘(»buttling of capital funds from <1 >
huge reaervea of prlvala • ciplt: I
which la anxious to find luve»
ment In Industry but has been hat i
pered In doing so.
LIVER FLUKE SEASON
HERE; USE TREATMENT
Pastures should be treated now
with blueatoue for til« control of
liver flukes, according to County
Agent () H Fletcher. The flukes
develop In certain email snails, a d
when these are killed Ihe flukes
are con trolled
DemonatrathHia conducicd lu
Lane county la»t year by the conn
ty agent with the assistance of Ih
Itohert Jay. federal veterinarian ate
tlolied at and cool «rating with tha
Oregon Agricultural college «how
ed that the small alialla that are
host In -me stag of the life cycle
of the liver fluke, can be killed
with blueatoue.
there was sufficient money In the
O. and C. fund to pay only eno-half
the amount due for (he year 1931.
Frier to this time the people of
RADtOQD MOMJY
the laud grant counties had sup
Cabinet Chang«« Rumored
posed that these annual payments
Washington. March 29 The la
Washington goaalp has It that i I
were being made out of the United bor question Is al the top III Wash
| A bill Ihttt will enrich Lane States treasury, and not out of the lltg lo n 's ofilclal problems as Ibis Is least three members of ihe Cabin I
county's treasury about »50,000 n O. and C. land grant fund They written. A great deal h lg eu on lint may he replaced before long The
year In the receipts from the ( l i e supposed the money In the fund outcome of the union sliuaU-ui In feeling that Secretary llorn of the
gon-Ualifonnia Land grant law has was being left Intact for (he pur the automobile Industry. Il Is not war department la letting llu- gdll
been Introduced In congress by pose of re tin bur lug the govern vet clear whether the udmliilstra «ruls run (hlngs Is said to be wor
Representative James \V. M< tt meat for the annual advances io Hon intends to back up the Am ri rying the prealdenl. There Is a
Mott seeks to ant.nd the Stanfield the ('aunties to cover lax loss. Ob I an Federation of tabor. which has growing belief that th - attorney-
act to make the full payment on' lection was raised by the land shrewdly tukon the best possible general. Homer Uutamlnga, Is too
Thia 1« ihe time of year whan
I of the federal treasury instead of tram counties that these snnual advantage of the provision tor eoi easy-going and too easily Influeu
the (). A U. fund receipts, lain payments should come from the leetlve hargalnlna In Ihe National cad Into hasty action. And even In »»alia cun be killed boat bacauae
county received but »<7 621.30 or treasury and not from Ihe O and C. Recovery Act, or wlu-lher II will (he president’s owe Intimate circle the ground and wuter are warming
i half the amount «he 1« supposed to fund, and Ihe whole matter was re content Itself m rely with seeing a great deal of dissatisfaction Is up and the surface water 1« com-
being expressed about the post mas pnratlvely fro« from decayed vege
ferred by the Interior department
j receive in 1933:
to it that organlsallons of employes ler general. Mr, Farley. This Is to
hi
the
comptroller
general
of
the
table mat ler. Bluoetone (copper
Under an act paased In the early
are not domlrated by their employ- some extent based upon the feeling
sulphate) should he broadcast
, 60‘s, the federal government grant United Slates for a ruling
era.
that he put the president In a hols around all snail Inf sled and wet,
Under dale of September S. 1933
cd to the Oregon California railroad
The Federation Is engaged tu a on the alr-mall matter and I"! It soupy places lu pastures If lbs
the
comptroller
general
mad
■
his
I company a part of the public do
vigorous attempt to eatablbh the ,|evelop so that the blame Is on Ihe snails are eradicated now Ihara
main In Oregon embracing every ruling, in which it wa held that principle that no unlou Is u good
president Instead of on Pailey And will be no mature flukes nezt (all
annual
paymenls
Io
the
Counties
i odd numbered section of land with
union unless It Is an A. F. L uilon the al" ninll situation Is still a mr- mid winter
' In twenty miles on each «Ide of wherein the O. and C. lands are Employees In many Industries have
Jor topic of lutereal here
situated were not payments by wav
Further information ou control
i the located and conatrueted rail
organised their own unions In
of
appropriations
out
of
the
Fed
: road through sixteen counties In
Nobody knows Just who Captain of sualls with blueatona may b" ob
every
case
the
Federal
Ion
has
set
western Oregon Originally this eral treasury but were contingent up the ( laim that these "compauy" Eddie Rlckenbacker, famous war tallied from County Agent Fletcher
' grant contained some three million payments out of the O and C. Ian I unions do not give the employees time "ace" aviator, had In mind
fund In other words. Ihe comptro
acres
when he denounced the '’traitor
ler general held that If Ihe O. anti the right to choose their own ous advisers" of the president la IUKA SEWING CIRCLE
Violation by the railroad com- C. land fund m a te d under th< spokesman for bargaining purposes
MEETING IS TODAY
i pany of certain provisions of lif Chamberlain-Ferris Act of 1916 did with their employers. In some In-1 his statement before the senute
erent resulted in Its cancellation not contain sufficienl money In any stances they are doubtless right lit committee Investigating the air
Mrs. Fred Louk will be hostess
;ud the revestment of the title In year to reimburse the countie* for other Instances they have been able mall, but It Is certain that the un
at her home thia afternoou for tha
. the United States of the unsold tax loss in that year, then the conn to get a few hotheads, discontented snlmlly of his attitude and those of
regular meeting of the sawlug cir
1,1 Lindbergh and I larence l ham
i portion of this land.
tie; could not be reimbursed nt all and dismissed employees to set up ' berlaln
cle of Iuka circle All member of
have
had
a
great
effect
The revestment Act. approved He held specifically (hat as to pay the claim that they have been dis
upon public and official seutlmeut Iuka are Invited to attend
June 9. 1916. and known as the ments subsequent to 1926 (he Sian criminated against
Beyond question, those on the lu
, "Chamberlain Ferris Act.’ provides! field Act contains not npproprlat
General Johnson, administrator
To open a glass bottle with a
. for disposal by the government of ing language.
of N R A. has accepted the com
"«>■ ,h* «‘r "»"«• wl" •P””'111’'
glass stopper, light a match near
be
turned
back
to
the
people
who
1 the land and for the payment of
pany
union
In
one
of
the
most
Im
The purpose of H. R 7980 Is to
j the net proceeds therefrom as fol- amend th - Stanfield Act by Insert portant cases. In which he Is satis know how and are equipped to tly the aloppor. The bottle will open
i lows:
ing in 9ectlon 3 thereof Ihe appro fied Ihe employers kept their hands them, and there will he a swo-plng Immediately, aud very easily
50 percent to the State of Oregon printing language which Ihe comp off and still Ihe workers voted to reorganization of the military fly
and the counties affected
troller general has held the ori organlae Inside the company. That Ing forces. The weakness of tho
40 percent to the United States ginal act does not contain The doesn’t please the Federation, army avlctlon system, under which
Reclamation fund.
amendatory words are found in line which wants Its own men to art as i aviators get only about four hours
flying a month, against 90 hours (or
I 10 percent to the United States 9 on page 1 of the bill and are as t mployees’ spokesmen.
commercial aviators, lies In the
t treasury.
follows:
Usual Labor Reaction
economy urge which Impels the de
During the fifty odd years these
Out of any money In the Tress
through
One result of this situation Is a
pari ment heads to Inquire why so
I lands were owned by the railroad ury not otherwise appropriated."
larger number of strlkea. and larger
much
gasoline
was
used
i company they p.’ id taxes to the
If this bill should be passed It strikes, than have been known fori
“ F la s h " C a m p a ig n On
! state and the several counties of will mean that the stale of Oregon many years. Some of the cooler |
It looks from here as If political
approximately »430.000 a year and and the sixteen counties In that heads In Washington regard this
it was thought that the annual dis state, wherein the revested O. and strike situation calmly Thev point - opposition were beginning to take
tribution of fifty per cent of the '. lands are located, will receive >ut that every period of recovery organized shape A croup calling
Chsngr your travel comp«»» to
"test by buuth.” Southern Pscibe
proceeds of sales of lard and tim ach year from Ihe Federal treas from past depression« has been itself the "Republican Builders." I
w ill iske you £sti ihiough (be
ber under the Chamberlain-Ferris ury an amount of money equal to marked bv labor strikes and dis financed by nobody knows who. but
warm eunshine of California sod
directed by a very able uewspaper
Act would reimburse the state and the taxes which Ihls land would turbancea.
Southern Ariruoa at the lowest
man.
Julian
Meson,
formerly
editor
counties for the tax loss Incurred have paid in such year had the
Any revival In business looks like ,
cost in yesre. Rail and Pullman
through revestment of the lands same remained in private owner a good time for workers to demand of the New York Evening Post. Is
taree have been (Ul Delkiuus
Such was the purpose of thl par hip. Payments under this amend a bigger slice of the presumptive conducting an active propaganda .
mesl» in o u r duiuig tart (osi m
ticular provision of the Chantber- ment would not be contingent upon profits So. these experienced old campaign to crystrlllze opposition
hide as aoc For details, sea
your S. P. agent or write J. A.
lain-Ferrls law
Ihe amount of money In the O. and sters say. the recovery must be sentiment How far It will be no-
O K M A N D Y , Ceneeaf Panreger
Experience proved however, that C. land fund, ad no money would under way. else these labor leaders body cull guess ns yet. but It Is .
,1grer, 703 Paaibt Bldg . Port
this method of reimbursement was be paid out of that fund except would not be making such u dis evidence that the political cam
land.
pnlgn
of
1936
ha-
l"
0BR
| not practicable. Very little of the for the purpose of reimbursing the turbance.
land and timber was sold and for government for money advanced
It seems pretty clear from the
Palnf and mortar spots may be I
the ten years Intervening between from the treasury to the state and
point o f v ie w o f Washington that
1916 (the date of the Chamberlain- counties on account of tax loss.
recovery Is progressing, not seadtly removed from windows with hot I
Ferris Act! and 1926. no money
tint
by fits and starts. March has vinegar If they are stubborn1 use 1
whatever was paid to the State of
Post Preserving Form ula Told
been
a better month than February turpentine and sand.
Oregon or to tho counties wherein
A mixture of corrosive sublimai",
the O. and C. lands were situated arsenic on<l common salt in equal was. so far. The outlook for April
To remedy this situation, the parts will prolong the life of ordin Is even better But there is nothing
Stanfield Act v r s passed In 1926. ary green fir posts, and their use clear yet us to how things will be
This Act provided that the Federal fulness for such purposes as hop going in May and June, and som-
government should par to the state poler and fences can often be donb new d o m of Inflationary stimulant.!
of Oregon and to the O. and C. land led by this treatment. This Informa In one form or another, may be I
grant counties, by way of appro lion Is based on the experience of necessary before summer Is well
priation out of the Federal treas several telephone companies In the under way. The administration has
ury. an amount equal to the taxes Willamette valley, according to T still a good many medicines In Its
AND
which would have accrued during J. Starker, profesor of forestry. To Maddle-bags that haveu’t been tried
on
the
patient
yet.
EGGS
that ten year period had the lands treat a post or pole, bore a 3-4 Inch
Capital for Industry
remained in private ownership hole in it about six inches above
E kk I diuiiii ’ b has u full nssort-
There seems little doubt that
This sum. amounting to about five the ground. slanting downward
inent of Candles for Easter
million dollars, was paid in 1926 Put a tnhlcspoonful of the mixture some Jorm of legislation permlltlng
Everything appropriate for
The Stanfield Act al-n provided in the hole and cork it up. One hole “capital loans" to Industry, from
the occasion from the o rn a
R
F.
C.
funds
In
part
and
In
part
that each year subsequent to 1926 Is enough for a four-inch post and
m ental kind to fancy choco
by authority to Federal Reserve
Ihe treasurer of the United Stales, two holes for an eight-inch post.
lates.
Banks
to
rediscount
long-time
upon order of the secretary of the
paper, running three to five year«,
Interior, should pav to the state
Ducks Damaging Pastures
will be enacted before congress ad
and counties a sum of money equal
Ducks are reported flying In by journs.
to the tax which would have ac
’ W h e re ib e Service is i->0arant”
What Is holding bark Industry Is
crued for that year had the lands the thousands and grazing off the
tide-land pastures of Tillamook shortage of capital funds. Those
remained In private ownership.
From 1926 until 1932 this sum of county, covering from 20 to 30 acres are usually raised. In normal times,
money was computed and paid each per farm In some cases. County by new stock and bond Issues. Un
year. In 1932, however, the O. and Agent C. H. Bergstrom took this der the Securities Act private cap
C. land grant counties were noti matter up with the state game war ital Is afraid Io Invest and corpora
fied by the reeretary of the lnt*-r den. and effort" are being mad • to tions are afrfld to offer new se( url
lor that the O. and C. land fund obtain assistance from the federal ties. Commeiclol banks cannot and
(created by the Chaniberlaln-Ferrls department in controlling this dam should not make long-term loans.
8o the government must come to
Act) had become depleted and that age.
Amendment to Stanfield Act
To Make Full Payment
Mandatory; Nearly $50,000
Would Come to Lane Coun
ty Off Set Taxes.
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JOHN JOSEPH GAINES MD
FOR MOTHERS
Most of my readers will pardon me for saying I have
grown grey in the service— now over forty years. . . . 1 have
seen m any sweet little girl babies on th eir arrival a t the
port of this world and have watched their grow th, until
they are them selves taking on the responsibilities of
m otherhood. The picture is interesting.
Possibly a dozen little wives have borne their babies—
‘•firsts’’ this very winter. . . . N aturally I couldn’t help being
interested in the outcom e in each case; now, listen:
Practically everyone had unusual—from that to very
serious deliveries! Does th at mean anything to the thinker?
I can rem em ber well, when young girls wore WARM
CLOTHING, especially on their feet and lower limbs, during
winter seasons th a t came along about certain ages— certain
epochs in their young, growing lives. Listen. It was very
unusual in those days for any young wife to have serious
trouble at her first childbirth! Why should it be so diffir-
ent in these modern, enlightened times?
Why, one of these little m others here this w inter—was
in a city hospital for two extensive, dangerous operations
a fter her baby was born . . . her life despaired of, p art of the
tim e! Came out of it. an invalid for m any m onths. Another
suffered terrible injuries from rapid delivery; in fact no one
am ong them had a “norm al” confinement.
To the doctor, the question is, why? I am hazarding
a guess.
These little m others have been wearing half-shoes, thin
as sheep-skin—and stockings like tissue-paper—for the last
ten years; high, stylish heels— they have waded snow with
equipment like th a t; they knew no better th an to prefer the
pretty— but dangerous things! We can ’t help blam ing the
m others! I wish I could change fashion's senseless decrees!
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