THE
• PAOS TWO
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lumber production
THE SPRINGFIELD NEW S
Published Kvery Thursday a t.
Springfield. Lana County. Oregon by
THE WILLAMETTE PRESS
H. K MAXKY. Editor
Entered a»
S P R IN G F IE L D
jud «las» matter. February 14. 1903. at the poetoftke.
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
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Three Month»
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THURSDAY. APRIL I». 1934
GRANGE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF GN SALES TAX
s ta te Master Rav Gill s|H»ke for an hour and a half
acainat ihe sales lax before the Coos and Curry county
Pom ona m ange The grange voted 76 to 15 for the tax after
hearing the eloquent Mr. Gill. The fa n n e r politicians m ust
be slipping In the sight of the dirt fanners.
If there is any group of people who need lo w e rp ro -
nertv taxes it is the fanners. The sales tax is a d lrett
duction on the property tax for school purposes It m eans
a country schoool district will get part of Its school «»0“ **
from the cltv where the purchases are made instead of all
out of the farm ers pockets as now if he Is so unlucky
live in a district where there Is no railroad.
There are 154.000 property taxpayers In Oregon and
300,000 adult persons who pay no 8ch«?1^ xe®f>
a little m onev from those who pay nothing the burden can
be lightened on the distressed property taxpayer, now 5(
per cent delinquent.
It is true that a little of this tax money will come out
of the X k e t e of the very poor. It has been true for a long
time th at a family is moved out of their house and home,
representing the savings of a lifetime of hard work, for
failure to pav the property tax. Which is the most pathe
tic ’ Taxes are cruel sometimes in any form but we can
not have government and free public schools *'ith° u«
AU must ultim ately contribute something. The sales tax is
i h e “ “dv m ethod ¿o far devised that will keep the public
schools' running and at the sam e tim e reduce propert.
taxes.
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□ f . C. Poioetera in Demand
' state band contest to
all com»» J"*" ro adjusting one»
A »trôna ileinnnd for forealry
SHOWS SLOW DECLINE BE APRIL 20-21 AT O b.
mind« to realities The iMitstandln*
grailnnlaa ha. !»••« a.parlanced al
fact that so many pe«>ple n ev er.
Average R rodo.Uon Nearby HO Per
The large.. aa.etuhUge of U r. Oregon «tat» <-“» • « • ,n r,M * ‘
leant 1» that happlneat ta never
h» report T. J rttarker pro
».on h’gh school bard» o*»r 1° b*
dependent upon poeseaalona. They
C «n‘ Ba’ te r Then for P re
f .»or «f forealry lhere M.n fro.n
Plough!
together
ia
a»
tired
for
Ihe
grow »oleum when (hey tear da
vious Period L a ti Year
ihe college hâve recently lahan
eleventh annual t regon Slate high paaltiona In many siale» oth .r thaa
i re
a privation ot material thing»
The moat conalatently gay fols
î î F ’ T T I.K W dilttgtun. A 'rll IS »chool hand contesi al Corvallis
Oregon The Gréai L ake. OtBlO look
I know anywhere about, a» a eta » 1 \ total of MS itowu an i operai
April 20 and »I ou the basis of »U lllltola iwo. Arkauae ihree.
are the Negroes
t have aucount
t t mill in > i» »on and Washington
Arlsona four. California al». Ns»
ered more genuine gay tv in the whLh reported to Ihe Weal Coast advance entry Hate.
North Dakota. Washington
Black Belt ot Mississippi or In llai Lumi» rmen's sanovat ton (or the
|,„ ||,n tloie are for 14 full
»tid Oklahoma each on» Ont of 4U
•
makes
business
|eI„
than
in
Bark
Avenue
or
othei
w ek Muling April 1. produced 93.
|(< ,
frt„„ , many
F A IT H
O. 8 C. m»n who look th» lateal
Year» ago I heard the olasslc »huge« of wealth
71S.97X board fe.-t of luiubei rill- BttuMil|( Hl(l|
contestants from
civil servir» »xamlnallon for Junior
anecdote ot the Utile girl who.
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wa apt roxlmalely 1,500.000
‘
houle not entering
ferm ier ail but iw o w .re bumms -
W |t orggg|ggtiona. Jefferaon
hen asked In Sunday ».hoot what C O U N T |E S f 0 GST FUNDS te»a thnn the preemllng week Ho-
a meant by faith, replied "It'»
, verace pimlm Ilon of till- group
& , chuol of Portland, Silverton fui
believing what you know ain't so.' F O R G R A S S H O P P E R F IG H T or saw m ills In 1934 haa bean «5.
||(1| M„ „ ary academy are the
«Sf. 353 feet; during III« »ante per-1 i three claai winners of last year
Faith. of course, la belief In what
Oregon counth1» that are facing
annot be proved. And It llee at the
lod in 1933 their wekly average w a .,
w)|1
champion»
a possible aerloui grasshopper In
bottom ot all human relation»
54,796.797 feel
Now doing CuBtom Grinding
festatlon this year will be enabled
The new bualtwas reported last
Challenger» In «laa» A entered for farm ers or exchanging
All business la done on faith; to obtain M a ra t aealatagce to
Orgn| #nj R(loae*alt ol flour for wheat. We alto
that Is. on the belief that a dollar carry on eradication work under week h.v 571 m ill was X4.25ll.S21 j
Invested here will somehow, som e the terms of a recant appropriation. boanl feel agalnat a production or 1>or(UnJ ( 'orva|||, . Ug Urande. m ake graham , whole when!
Medford. Eugene, and mid breakfast cereal»
time. come back, bringing a few A comm ittee headed by l*»ul V S3.437.3S« feet and shipments ol
cents with It. That sort of faith 1» M#rlg director of extension at Ore- 87.307.298 feet Their »blP«»»»1« 8a|#w | n claaa it early eiilrlm
Bring up your grain.
A19
baaed on ao much experience that
atM(e
b0t.,( „„ were under production by <» H I1***’ were Marshfield. Oregon City and
cent anil their current Allea were Woodrow Wilton Junior high of Eu
the probabilities can be reduced to
by w A Schoenfeld. dean
almost a mathematical certainty. uf agriculture, to et up organise- under production by 7 9 per ceni gene Ulaa» C conleataiila aaaured
Th-» order» boohed last week by I |(gr| y ar„ imaverton. Burna. Kala
Just now we are going through tlons In the cowatiea to bring about
this group of Identical mills w"re ,.»«la. St Helens. Hood River. Ar
NEW V-8 FORD NOW
period when almoet everything the cooperative control work Thl» under Ihe preceding w w k by about „ n<(o||
probably Dallas ami
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must be based .on faith. There Is was done on Instruction» from 9,000,000 feet or 9 4 per cent
Tlllamixik llanda are classified ac
no experience to fall back on. to Washington.
For Domonetratlon
The unfilled order file »1 these cording Io enrollnienl In Ih» high
calculate the chances of the sue
Eradication work must be car m ill alood at 387.402.745 board
Call
Elmer Pyn# at
school Additional aololata entered
cees of the enormous efforts o f the rled on. however, on a community feet, a ilecreaae of approximately
early
from
Milwaukie.
l<ebau«M>.
ANDERSON
MOTORS
government to stimulate the return basis The federal funds ure to be 4.000,000 feet under Ihe week be
University high and Roosevelt Juu Ph <9
5th
A
A
Springfield
devoted
largely
to
purchase
of
sup
of prosperity Humanly speaking,
fore.
lor
high.
Eugene;
and
Franklin
the majority of people have faith plies for poisoning operations
The segregate Inventories of ISO
Successful control work was car I mill» are S.5 per cent more than high. Portland
that we are going to come out all
right, but owners of dollars are rle«l on In Klamath county fur aev at thl» time Inal year.
still waiting IO see the figures
i ral years under a plan worked out
1 think that complete recovery by the county agent utid experl-
will come when the actual figures meat station entom ologists, but H S. AGRICULTURE
of busineas being done give ground» j county fund» for carrying on the
STUDENTS SET MEET
for renewed faith, and not before campaign have not lately been
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available.
D elegates from nearly every high
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W A S H IN C TO N
Jasper, Ore., Mills
Fresh and Sparkling
«chool In Oregon where agriculture
ta taught will be guests of the
Th«-way these »«»serpents keep LAMBS PARALYZED BY
popping up all over the world
DOCKING INFECTIONS school of r.grlculture at Oregon
A NEW CHANCELLOR
State college for the sixth annual
means either that there are rnons
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Chancellor William Jasper Kerr has resignedi asi head ters In the sea of which science | An | B<.reaj,e |n paralysis among Futur«' Farmer of America con
knows nothing, or that the human yoeag lambs rati frequently be vention at Corvallis April 24 28
o f th e unified state higher educational system. It is now
un to the regents to find another chancellor, and they race has developed a new prop of (rar<Kj (O „ ,p practice of not thoro- Plans arc being made Io entertain
ughlv disinfecting the wound left from 250 to 300 of these Smith
should be free to select one who in their judgm ent m eas llars
It
Is
more
than
fifty
years
now
(n j o k i n g according to leesetiga- Hughes students and their instrnc
ures up to the job. When Dr Zook was invited to Oregon
he was driven away by Portland politicians. He is now since the seaserpents was a current , |ons made by Dr J N. Shaw, as- tor».
The pn'Krain tor the three day*
topic of conversation. In my hoy- , | B, am veterinarian at Oregon
United States commissioner of education in the
will consist as usual of educational
adm inistration. These politicians have been discredited. hood there was hardly a New Eng j^tate college.
land seaport town that dldn t have
Organisms fraquenlly enter the lecture’. Judging contests, demon
Let it not happen again.
an "old sail" who told seaserpent 3p |na| tract from this wound and atratlons, business meetings and
stories to the children, and Incom
abaceaeee which In turn «ont« athletic and other entertain
A rhododendron Festival will be held at Florence April Ing ships often reporte«! having bring on paralysis Several recent ment event« A special feature
29 This flower show is sponsored by the biuslaw ( h»m- sighted one of the monaters. But pOst niort«ms performed on lambs this year will be the visit of the
ber of Commerce and deserves the support of all lAine scientific men ridiculed the notion revealed these absro sea at various national F F A president. Bobby
county
T here is no land prettier than the coast area auil sailors got the habit of keeping points along the back almost to the Jones of Radnor. Ohio. He will stop
nt the Oregon convention enroute
ablaze with rododendrous In the spring It is som ething to their mouth» shut about them fo r ! nec^
tell the world about.
fear of being laughed at.
Growers who follow the old prac- back from a trip to the Hawaiian
The latest seaserpent story Is , |ee
using turpentine on the Islands where he has visited tbs
that
a
couple
of
them
who
have
woun,|
|n
docking do not get effec- F F. A chapters.
We notice that dem ocrats running for the legislature
throughout the state are all ' applying the New Deal to been seen frequently In Vancouver j n vs disinfection, »ays Dr. Shaw
OreKon.” Old Man Oregon has been in too »‘any dealB Sound have returned to their o ld . sheep dip or any other standard WESTERN PAINTINGS ON
haunts.
disinfectant will serve, while tur
already. What he needs is to jtay his debts. With the‘
EXHIBIT AT UNIVERSITY
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i pentlne does nothing more than
ing charges off his back he will raise up his head and make
P O W E R ................................. • n<1 co«1, possibly relieve the soreness.
his own deal without help from the legislature.
The collection of all-western
1 saw some figures the other day :
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palrtlngs
which wer« placed on ex
which confirmed what 1 had long < 0 AC LISTS OFFERINGS
hlbltlon at the University of Ore
General Martin told a congressional com m ittee th at understood; that t*. that the time
FOR APRIL. MAY. JUNE gon last Thursday will remain
the public lands of Oregon "w ere not w o«h a d a,“ na
has com e when It la cheaper to
there in Ihe art gallery In the
be we will have to elect him governor so that he may learn produce electric power from coal or
Exactly what can be heard over school of fine arts building until
som ething about Oregon outside of Portland.
oil fuel than hv water-power. Wo
KOAC. Oregon’« tate owned radio next Wednesday. April 26.
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are hearing a great deal these days
station, each hour lu the day for
As un additional feature of the
We expect some to sta rt next a referendum on the of developing water powers at pub the next three month» Is announ exhibit I th« lectures given by
lic expena« | have never been very
red In the new program booklet members of the art faculty for the
Ten Comm andm ents.
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keen about government going Into
for April. May and June Just off purpose of Interpreting the subject
any sort of business. I have never
the press and ready for distribution matter and themes
known ftDy governmental unit to do
Folks run into debt but crawl out.
to all who request copies.
Th« exhibit I» being sponsored by
anything economically or efficien t
One of the most popular dally the American Association of Uni
ly. But If the government must go
Women, like chickens have less on when dressed.
features — the homemaker’s half- versity Women on the Oregon
Into the power business. It ought to
hour. conducted by Mrs. Zelta Ro- campus.
use
the
sam
e
sort
of
commonsense
All a man has when he dies is what he has given away.
denwold each afternoon from 3 to
a business concern would use.
3:30 o'clock. Each day Is devoted
First the business concern would
to a different theme, which runs MOTT SEEKS ACTION ON
find out how many present and
in most cases through the three-
FARM FINANCE BILL
probable users of power there were
month period Each Monday, for In
In the territory that could be ser
stance. Is the "Homemakers Re
Early action on the Fraxler bill
ved economically by the proposed
creation Exchange." directed by by the house of representative. In
r.-idi, "The Holy Bihit,"
plant. There It would find out Miss Gertrude Hkow. who answers
snd which contain» Four GmtTrric-ire» . • • - • • • • •
Washington Is being sough! by
whether they were already being
question" and speaks on such topic Congressman Mott. The bill which
well served by existing plants.
as “Let the Family Play.” "When has been tb “ subject of much dis
If and when the government does
You Give a Shower for the Bride.” cussion In Washington - Ince It was
go into the distribution and sale of
"Picnics that Suit the Children.” first drawn provides for federal re
WHEN PROPHETS SPOKE
electric power. It is my bet that
and others
financing of farm mortgages where
Queen Jezebel was nothing if not courageous as we It will coat the users more than any
the mortgagor Is owner and opera
have already seen. When she heard what Elijah had done private company would be willing
INSPECTORS FOR WHEAT tor of the farm, at a total of 3 per
to
sell
It
to
them
for.
to her prophets she
CROP TO START WORK cent Interest, lVi per cent to be ap
sent a messenger to Elijah saying. So let the gods do to me.
plied on the principal and IMt P’*r
RECOVERY
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-
-
and
burnt
fingers
and more also, if 1 make not thy life as th life of one of them
County wheat production control cent on the interest, the whole loan
I may have too high an opinion
by tomorrow about thintime.
of the Intelligence of the human associations in Oregon will soon to be amortized over a period of
race, hut It Is my belief tha’ I» will begin selecting local inspectors to 47 years.
Elijah was forced to flee, and suffered a breakdown
The Oregon legislature has pa»«
be a long time before we get Into examine each farm under contract
from which he never fully recovered. But he had strength
to see If the agreed reduction, of ed a resolution memorializing con
enoueh left to plant himself squarely across the past of another «urh era of free spending acreage and the required seeding
gross to enact the bill.
Kina Ahab T hat royal gentlem an desired to extend his
we went through from 1922 to
has taken place These Inspectors
estate and tried to buy the vineyard of a self-respecting j 1929
will all be local men and will be
citizen named Naboth, who refused to sell. Ahab caused
Those of us who laid up nothing trained briefly In special schools.
Naboth to be accused of treason, and he was put to death, but debts are certainly going to be There will be about one Inspector ŸM PAI NTI N 6 M V
end his estate, according to the law. was confiscated. King more thrifty for a long time (o to each 100 farms. Their salaries
♦4O U5E T H IS V E A R
come, even If our Incomes are re
Ahab hurried over to look :»t his new acreage, and liter
will be set and paid by the county
stored to what they were.
A N D I'M U S IN 6 „
was Elijah waiting for him.
Th» wasteful ones will be the association, which will probably
¡’A C M E Q U A L I T Y /
And Ahab said to Eli)ah. Hast thou found me. O mine
encourage
economy.
Second
pay
youngsters who will he holding
enemy? Ard he answered. I have found thee; because thou
H O U S E P A IN T
the good }obs five years from now ment of the 1933 cash benefits will
hast old thyself to work evil In the sight of the Lord.
Having money to spend will be a await the completion of the Inspec
B< hold I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away
new experience for them. If I were tion during May and June.
S E A S E R P E N T S .................or » « *
Our fountain to alwnya prepared to twrve you freglt
sparkling drink» of every kind Years of expartenaa In
mixing various flavors to make wholesome and re
freshing drinks that are also delleloUB to taate a as urea
.you the best at Egginiann's.
We mix 'em like you like 'em
F G G I M A N N ’S
'Where U»a Service is DtBereel
A $19 Loss
A dollar lliaf to npenl at home ha« nu avernge
Itxttl trade turnover of 20 time» In a yeur. Bent away
for butter or substitutes thto com m unity loses 19 of
these opportunities. When thto comm unity loses you
lose too.
Mnid O’ fre u m butter, milk, and Ice cream are
hom e-products throughout. Help yourself and the
local farm ers by using them.
Ask
your dealer in Eugene or Springfield for
Maid O' Cream Butter
Springfield Creamery Co.
F ulop’s
Department Store
BAH I U N "
thy posterity...............
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And It came to peas, when Ahab heard these words that
he rent his clothe«, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and
fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and w -nt roftly.
All the starch went out of the kings when the pro
phets spoke up. Elijah was one of the most heroic of them
all, and Mount Carmel, where he faced the idol worshipers,
to a monument on the |>ath of hum an progress It m ar s
the spot where one man stood against trem endous odds
and by his own single-handed courage turned back a naBon
to spiritual worship. Of him we m ight say what W hittier
wrote of another champion of righteousness;
The world redeemed from superstition’s sway
Js breathing free for thy sake to-day.
We are told that Elijah never died but was snatched
up to Heaven in a chariot of fire. Elisha, who had been his
assistant, put on bis m antle and continued bis w<^ k ' a
power In the land for m any years. So great was his vitality
th at even death could not destroy it.
a business man I would try to pro
duce and sell chiefly merchandise
that appeals to people under thirty
. . .
GAYETY
- - - - alw aye available
| One of the things the matter with
i most of us these days Is that we
are entirely too solemn In our out
look on life. We are taking econ
omic pressure too seriously. In cas
ual conversations overheard on the
streets and In trains I seldom hear
the note of gayety any more. That
J may not be true everywhere, but It
i certainly Is the case In the regions
where I go the oftenest.
i It Is entirely possible to maintain,
i a gay outlook on life even In the
midst of serious money troubles. It
And It came to pass, as they were burying a man that,
behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man
Into the sepulchre of Elisha; and when the mr.n was let down,
and touched Ihe bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up
on his feet.
The earlier prophets did not write their serm ons, but
about «00 B. C. some of them began doing bo . The first to
write was Amos. He was not trained in a theological school
ami did not belong to the j.rlstly party or wear the union
label, so that when he began to preach an officious priest
tried to stop him. Amos would not be stopped; he had
plenty of courage.
at Tha Naw» Offica
of Springfield
SPECIAL SPRING OFFERING OF HIGH GRADE
SEASONABLE MERCHANDISE
You C an’t Beat Fulop's Prices If Quality Is Considered
Marshall Field 8n Square Print
yard 19c
Cretonne
yard 15c
Broadcloth. Plain Colors
yard 12c
.Men’s Overalls
89c
Garden Hats
10c
Irftdies Lisle Vest
50 per cent Linen Toweling
yard 12c
Yard Wide Heavy Outing
yard 14c
Rayon Dance Het
59c
11.49
Men’s Dress Fur Hals
Men’s Short Sleeve, Ixmg lx’gs, Sum m er Union
RuitB
TWO INJURED WHEN
AUTO CRASHES STUMP
9c
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69c
Men’s B. V. I). Union Hult
49c
Young Men’s Wool Flannel Pants
Fred Wright of Marcola lost one
finger and suffered from two other ]
badly Injured ones, arid Dave Mun
sel received a broken rib Baturday
evening when tin* automobile in
which they were riding b cam e un
manageable and struck a stump
along the side of Ihe road.
$2.98
80 Square M. Field House Dresses, thto week only 89c
Men's Rayon Dress Hose
15c
Men’s Rockford Hose
.2 for 25c
Marshall Field Best Sheeting
yard 39c
C urtain Screen
yard 10c
JOHN D. GOSS
acme quality
Men’s Bummer. Work Shoes
$1.69
FOR DEMOCRATIC CHOICE
A8 U. 8. R E P R E S E N T A T IV E
HOUSE PAINT
Ijadles Dress Shoes, white or black
$1.98
Senator Ooss U a forceful
speaker and an experienced leg
islator. He has had life-long
contact with lumbering, manu
facturing, ranching, mining and
general business as owner and
attorney, and Is peculiarly quali
fied to represent the first dis
trict.
Will work for econom ies and
tax relief; establishing a n d
distribution, of Bonneville power
financing o f settlers ; federal d is
tribution of Bonneville power;
contributions by U. 8. to coun
ties In proportion to federally
owned land, and flood control of
Willamette valley.
100 PER CEN T ROOBEVELT
—Paid Adv.
N e w E ra
C o s t s le s s p e r y a rd
of s u r f a c e
C o v e r s t h o r o u g h ly a n d w e a r s
lo n g e r th a n o r d in a r y p a in t
b e c a u s e o t its
BALANCED FORMULA
Wright & Sons
H ardw are — Furniture
Radios — Paint
Children'a Shoes, Special lot, not in all sizes
98c
2 Pounds Wool Bat, Special
98c
We Have Bargains in All Departments.
Come, and
We Save You Money.
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J. PULOP, Prop.
334 Main St.
Springfield, Oregon