THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 11»H
THE BPRINOFIELD NEWS
THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
Published Every Thursday at
Springfield. l-an» County. Oregon by
THE W ILLAMETTE PRESS
H E MAXEY. E d i t o r _______________
Entered a . . e c c d ctaee te tte r February 14. DW3. at the poetoftL'e,
Springfield. O r e g o n _________________ ____
M A IL SUBSCRIPTIO N RATE
»150
Six Months
One Year to Advance
Two Year» In advance
»» 60
Three Month»_________
T H U R S D A Y . A P R IL 1». l»S4
TO VOTK ON COUNTY UNIT
The county unit plan of school administration is to be
voted on at the May 18th primary. It is too bad that it
comes at a time when there are so many other issues at
stake and will not receive a d o se study by the electorate.
The county unit plan affords the basis for more «*ono”'1*
cal operation of our schools, equal taxation throughout the
county for school purposes and real Improvement from an
educational standpoint
Under the county unit plan all one and two room
school houses would probably be closed, except those inout
of the wav places, and the children transported to the larger
centers. Here better plants and specialized teachers would
be available.
Counties where the county unit plan is now in effect
are reported well pleased with its operation. The district
system is obsolete from a fair revenue raising standpoint.
A* district with 10 children often has the same or a greater
valuation than one with 500. necessarily there is no equal
tax base for school purposes.
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\11 districts outside of Eugene would come under the
countv unit plan and all school properties would be turned
over to the larger unit if the election carries. A board of
directors and the county school superintendent, employed
by the board, would administer all the schools. Teachers
salaries and qualifications would be uniform and all parts
of the county would have good schools.
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W A SHING TO N
Washington. April 12 The new
J" truug man" in the Adiuinlatra
tiou Is W Averell Harrlmanii lie
la practically running the NRA
now. and is »luted to be its beau
when General Hugh Johnson re­
tires or la moved out of hl» pres
ent post.
People always speak of Averell
j Harriman aa "young" Harriman. He
| la 43. which Is about the average
age of the men who run things In
Washington He is the son. how
i ever, of the late E. H Harriman,
and old-timers who remember his
father, the great railroad builder
! and financier, still think of the
i present head of the family as a boy.
Hui before he was thirty he had
i proved himself a man of groat
I administrative ability in hia own
; right. The great shipbuilding plant
: which he constructed during the
I war was his first single-handed
• entry into the world of affairs.
■ Since then he ha» proved himself
a sound and far-seeing business
' man in many directions.
Already, under “youug" Harri­
man's direction, the administration
of NRA is shaping itself more to
the likings of those who come un­
der its Jurisdiction.
Davis and A g riculture
MORE FARMERS THAN EVER
There are more people living on farms in the United
States now than at any previous time in our history, ac­
cording to the latest figures from the Census office . On
Januarv 1. 1934, farm population in America had reached
an all-time high of 32,509.000; and this In spite of the fact
that during the year 1933 more people moved from the
farms to the citv than back from city to farm. The differ­
ence is accounted for by the fact that nearly half a million
more babies were born on the farms than there were deaths
among farm people last year.
This increase in our farm population does not tally
with the gloomy picture so often painted of the concentra­
tion of population in cities exclusively, leaving only enough
people on the land to grow food tor the cities, with the aid
of improved farm machinery. That picture was based upon
the notion that people prefer city life to country life. No
doubt many do, but we still cling to the notion that the rea­
son so many folks remain on the farms is because they find
farm life more satisfying and secure than the life of the
average person in the city.
We hear a great deal about distressed farmers, and we
know a good many who have hard sledding. But we
haven’t yet heard of anyone starving to death on a farm.
The idea that, even if it is not always a good business spe­
culation, there is always food and shelter on the farm, is
turning more and more city folk to this mode of living. We
look for a real “back to the farm” movement.
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EMPLOYMENT IMPROVES
A pickup in employment that would Indicate business
is actually getting better is reported by the department
of labor.
Weekly industrial pay rolls increased $12,000,000 from
January 15 to February 15 and 345,000 persons were re-
emploved in industries, as announced by Secretary of l^aboi
Perkins. Miss Perkins said figures of the Bueau of Labor
Statistics showed a 0.1 percent gain in factory employment
during the same 30-day period and a 12-6 percent increase
in pay rolls, eporting confpanies had increased workers 2,-
•100,000 between February 15, 1933, and February 15, 1934,
and pay rolls of the same concerns were $67,000,000 greater
on February 15 than for the corresponding period last year.
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PORTLAND REMINDED
One pertinent fact stands out in the Oregon Milk
Board’s answer to the City of Portland on rates— if farmers
are to buy they must also sell. The board pointed out:
“The dairymen surely could not. and cannot, continue
to buy. at these greatly Increased prices, the things that sup­
port the people of the cities and towns of the state unless
they can get some increase in price for what they must sell.
It is an important fact, that should not be obscured by a nar­
row, selfish city policy, or by short-sighted political expedi­
ency. that, so long as the farmers cannot buy the products
and services which the people of cities have to ■-ell. Just so
long will the streets of cities be filled with unemployed.''
The liquor commission has turned $44,071.33 profit to
the state unemployment relief council. Thus the last pro­
vision of the Knox law has begun to function. With an
understanding that the profit from the state liquor stores,
agencies and license funds will be used for relief purposes
there will likely be less demand for a reduction in the price
of liquor.
ary measurd. such as the Dlr* sll
ver bill which provides for accept
ance of silver at a premium In
payment tor farm exports.
In short. Congress Is In a temper
now to re ume Its prerogatives ss «
co-ordinate branch of the gov rn
ment It mustered strength enough
to re enact the Federal office i s ol
veterans compensation hill over th*
President's V«to. and the «kle
[didn’t full ll may lake the bit in
Its teeth and bolt, but that 1» hard
ly likely It, am la autlcl|>ule I tin
pressure from the White Hull e lb
relaxed aud the general (e litis of
the folks back home is still one O'
admiration for the President. Ami
nothiug as yet indicates that liter«
Is uot a pretty large majority of
the people who still feel that way
Federal Relief Continues
The ending of the CWA does nol
mean the end of the Federal relief
for those in dtatrea’. Hui the new
policies to lie pursued under the
»550.000. lion available for aid to
those In need will not be disbursed
huphaiard. but the effort Is to he
made, according Io Harry L H op
kins, administrator of the Federal
Emergency Relief Administration.
Io spend this money where II will
put the recipients on the way to
elf-maintenance
For this purpose, the needy of the
nation have been classified Into
three groups, rural, “stranded" and
urban Rural relief is ex peeled to
take the landless, homeless, cash
less farmer and set him In busi­
ness again on a piece of land with
adequate «*qutpment for mainten­
ance and Intelligent supervision
and instruction to enable him to
gain at least a livelihood from the
soil
The so-called "stranded" people
are those who have been left high
and dry by the ahlttlng of Indus
tries away from the centers where
they formerly worked, and the sub
stltutton of machinery for man­
power. The program for their relief
is to set th«>m up. as far as possible
on subsistence homesteads, near
some growing industrial center
where there many Ire expected to
be Jobs at some time in the future.
Meantime, they. also, will be put
in the way of being self-supporting
when there are no Jobs.
Much the same sort of thing can
be said for the new management of
the AAA under C. C. Davis, auc-
ceasor to George Peek as the man­
ager of the Government’s relation«
j with agriculture. Route of the agri-
I cultural groups, at least, seem het-
; ter satisfied, though there still is
' the probability of some sharp
¡clashes between the AAA and the
milk co-ops
There Is an acute realisation
here, even among the President’s
strongest supporters, that the Ad­
ministration’s program Is not quite
as popular with everybody as the
Real W o rk Now
earlier absence of criticism led
In the cities the relief program
many to believe.
is expected to be under state di­
The first real show of opposition rection. In most Instances. It will
to the Roosevelt policies Is begin­ be carried on somewhat on the
ning to make itself felt. The re­ lines of the CWA. except that the
sult of this, serious In some quar­ work to be done und paid for In a
ters. will be a letting-up in the pres­ twenty-four hour week for each
sure to put some of the more radi­ worker, will be either genuinely
cal social reforms Into immediate necessary public work or in coop­
effect. It is also having an effect eration with private Industry. De­
upon congressional thinking which molition of unfit habitation under
will be reflected In congressional the wide-spreading slum clearance
acts between now and adjourn- projects end the building of modern
ment.
homes for the poor In their place
I Congress is tar more conserva- is one of the Important phases of
five, left to Itself, than the Presl- this relief program.
j dent Is. So long as Congressmen
I got reports from their districts in­
dicating that the people were un­ LUMBER BUSINESS DOWN:
animously behind the President, YEAR’S AVERAGE BETTER
they felt that they were only doing
j their duty to their constituents in [ Seattle. Wash., April 12 A total
accepting everything that came of 579 down and opera!lug mills in
i from the White House without Oregon and Washington which re­
ported to the West Coast Lumber
question.
men's association for the week end
T he Picture Changes
Now many of them are getting a ing March 31. produced 96.242.019
j somewhat different picture from board feet of lumber. This was ap­
the home districts, and the tend- proximately 3.500.000 feet less then
! ency is to listen to advice from the preceding week. The average
other quarters and make their own production of this group of saw
decisions as to what to do about mills in 1934 has been 84.831.300
, such things as amending the secu­ feet: during the same period in
rities act so as to make It easier 1933 their weekly average was 54.
for Industry to finance Itself, modi­ 452.280 feet.
The new b-.sine's reported last
fying the stock exchange bill so as
not to cripple legitimate trade In week by 568 mills was 94.373.483
securities, and scrutinizing such hoard feet against a production of
proposals as the compulsory five- 95.716.394 feet and shipments of
day. slx-hour-a-day proposed In the 97.354.278 feet. Their shipments
were over production by 1.7 per
much-heralded Wagner bill.
The outlook is that the stock ex cent and their current sales were
! change bill and securities act under production hy 1.4 per cent.
amendments will be passed before
A lump of sugar kept In the tea
adjournment, which Is now tenta-
lively talked of as around May 16. or coffee pot that Is seldom used
There may. also, come out of the will absorb any moisture and pre
legislative mill some new inflatlon- rent rust or mildew.
SCHOOL DAYS
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Visits Grandm other
Miss Jean
ALFALFA. NITROGEN AND PWA TO BE EXPLAINED
Purcsll left Saturday for Curva li«
OVER STATION KOAC tiUr ,pe„dlug several day» here
ROOT FACTORY FOR SOU
I
I visiting with her grandmother. Mrs
"PWA Past. Present and Fu C. K Pettyjohn, end her «later.
Results of gxperimanti R»v»al
Valu» of Crop aa F»rtlll»»r
lure," will he Ihe lllle uf a radio Miss Edua Purcell.
For Farm Area»
talk to be given Wednesday.
April Ik. over tallou KOAC. hy Dr
Steady growth of alfalfa »create
James
II Gilbert, «lean of Ihe col
In Oregon la cm vlnclng pro«»f of
lilt- high esteem lu which the crop lege of social science al Ihe Uni
I held hy farmers of Ihla aisle verslty of Oregou. Dr. Ullberl ser­
Now Dr It F Stephenson, ussoel ved as a memher of the state ad
ate soil sehnllst. has compiled vlsory board of Ihe PWA. and has
-.«Mu.- Iiitcrestlng figures from yarl
been In dose con lad with Ihe work
nus experiment station studies of this group
bowing some of the reasons why
The talk ie one of a aerie sp oil
alfulfu Is so beneflelal to the sail
aside fmin It» crop yleidlug ability sored by Ihe League of Oregon
Cities and the Bureau of Municipal
When an old alfalfa fl id Is plow Hesearch and Service of Ihe uni
at Tha Niu>t O ffici
ed under there are left tu the aoll verslty It will be heard from 8 16
three tuna uf roots, dry weight, pet­ Io 8:36 p. m. A talk on some phase
al re above plow depth Itelow tiial of municipal governmenl will be Jasper, O re., M ills
there are 5\g Ion» more left to given over KOAC each Wednesday Now doing Custom Grinding
deeay. Thirty tons of stable manure evening
for funner« or exchanging
would he required to add an equi­
flour for wheat. We also
valent amount of nitrogen or or­
make graham, whole wlieui
ganic matter. This study wa made CREWS GET OUT NEW
and breakfaat cereals.
In Colorado.
FISH RACK MATERIALS
A New York Investigator found
lhat In eight years an acre of al­
falfa gathered 200 pounds of nitro­
gen from the air and changed It
Into a form that crops could use
To gel an equal amount from com
inerrlal fertilisers would require
adding 16000 pounds of nitrate of
soda or 1200 ponds of sulphate uf
ammonia annually.
Alfalfa growing la one of the few
ways of Increasing the effective
soil depth, which Is limited by the
depth in which humus is deposited
by decaying roots. Stable manure
can be mixed with ihe soil ouly
(o the depth of cultivation Plowed
alfulfu sod makes an Id-al seed
lied for corn, potatoes, or any crop
which can use an ubundance ol
fertility, points out Dr. Stephen
son. It has also become the favor­
ite cover crop for orchards in Ir-1
rlgaled districts.
ALL O. S. C. DADS INVITED
TO CAMPUS ON APRIL 14
The first Dad's day on the Ore­
gon Slate coll-ge campus has been
arranged for Saturday, April 14,
when members of the Dad's club
organlxed last June will go to the
campus from many parts of the
state for a program of sport«, busi­
ness. Inspection and Just straight
visiting with sons, daughters, fat­
uity. and each other,
Featuring the sports program ar­
rang'd for the Dads Is the closing
exhibition game of Ihe spring foot
ball training season
Coach Ism
Stlner's 1934 varsity squad will be
seen In action for ihe first time lu
a full time campus game alnrtlng
at 3 o’clock. Earlier In ihe after [
noon Coach Slats GUI will put hts !
baseball team through their pre-
eason paces against Columbia uni ,
verslty of Portland
Climaxing the day's events will
he a dinner In the evening for all
Ikiils and (heir sons and daughters.
C. E. Ingalls, vice pre Ident of the
club. Is to be toastmaster Those In ,
charge expect at least 200 Dads
and possibly many more to report j
to headquarters In the Memorial
Union building
DEGREE TEAM PLANS FOR
INITIATION OF THREE
Bring tiM your grain.
AU»
Workmen have been busy now
for several weeks culling new poles
NEW FORD NOW
tor Ihe nth racks at Hendricks
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bridge. Many of Ihe«» racks were
washed away a year ago during Ihe
For Demonstration
tale high water aud they were re­
Call Elmer Pyne at
paired temporarily at lhat lime.
ANDERSON MOTORS
Now new poles are being cut near
5th A A Springfield
(be dam and will be used in Ihe Ph. 49
building of new and «ironger rack«.
Ice Cream Season
While ice cream is a year around food. It in espe­
cially appealing In the spring und Hummer months,
it is the kind of delicacies for parties, picnics, and good
times everywhere.
Try u dish ut our fountain or take home a quart
today.
E G G IM A N N ’S
'‘Where lbs Service 1» LBOereUi
MILK
should be a part of every meal.
Science tells us that milk is u balanced food. It
supplies necessary elimenta that are only found In a
lurge variety of foods. For health milk should be u
part of every meal.
Pasteurized milk is the only safe table milk. From
our modern plant you can be assured milk Is handled
in the pfoper sanitary manner.
Ask your dealer in Eugene or Springfield for
Maid O' Cream Butter
Springfield Cream ery Co.
T eachers
Plana for the Initiation of three
You cun earn several hundred dollars this summer,
candidate« into membership of
Juanita Rebekah lodge bjt the Pro ! und you can secure a better posit Ion and a larger salary
gresslve 22, degree team of th e ! for the coming year. Complete Information will be mailed
on receipt of a three cent stamp. Send for It to-day.
lodge, were made here Friday even
Ing at the prartlce and «octal m eet-;
Rural Schools und City Schools
Ing. The Initiation will be held
Summer
Work and School Year Positions
Monday evening. April 26.
Members of Ihe program com
C O N T IN E N T A L
mittee Friday were Mr». Wanda |
Barnes, Mr». Bert Doane. Mr». Har­
T E A C H E R S A G E N C Y , IN C .
vey Eaton, and Mrs. Zella Cantrell
1850 Downing St., Denver, Colo.
Mrs. Vern J. Daniel», Mr». Helen
Donaldson, Mrs. O. H. Jarrett, and
Covers the ENTIRE United States
Mrs. Sarah Johns will have charge
"Thanks
tor sanding me so many guud positions to apply for.
of the May entertainment.
over 3« during the flrsl five days I was enrolled. ’—An IIUools Teacher.
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SCH O O L O F F IC IA L S :— W a can put you In touch w ith the very
finast teacher». Our service 1» free to you.
FAMILY
, DOCTOR
JOHN JOSEPH GAINES MO.
TOO EAT?
if you are too fat—and some are—don’t forget the two
outstanding causes of excess weight; they are:
(1) Not enough exercise—
(2) Eating more than you need.
These ar? first to be thought of. To correct either, or
both, is a matter wholly your own. Nobody can take ex­
ercise for you, or cut down eating for you—you must do
that for yourself. Do it under the counsel and advice of
your best friend— your family doctor.
I talked this very morning with a stout, healthy coun­
try miss, who has literally made an invalid of herself, try­
ing to take off weight; Bhe is afraid to take quantity or kind
of food that she really needs. She is unable to work, and
her nervous system is torn to pieces.
It is quite possible for a state of confirmed invalidism
to be acquired from constant dread of taking the necessary
nourishment for the proper functioning of the body. I
would rather be a trifle overweight—and happy—than to
starve myself into a confirmed neurotic.
The normal human being must have a variety of food.
We are not herbivorous, no more than we are canivorous;
we are altogether different from the lower animals; and,
it takes fuel if we would build a fire. We need, in proper
quantity, meats, starcheB, vegetables, fruits and “greens";
some things raw, some well cooked, all clean. But not an
over-supply.
I have a fat lady under iny care weighs 190. 1 try
to diet her correctly. I happened into her hotel at dinner
time the other day; she had a platterful and a dozen side-
dishes! Enough for two or three meals! No, I didn’t chide
her then, but I ’m laying for her. When I catch her away
from the table. Well, she employs me.
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one messagi was
worth more to us than
our telephone
costs in a
year.
O ne never knows
what good newa the ring u* the telephone m a y---- -
Nothing else can do for you what your telephone
does, or for so little.
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126 — 4th Street
and
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Telephone 72