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THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
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Il K MAXKY. Editor
Enterad a* ■•vend clase matter. February 24. 19«S at tha poatottU-e.
Springfield. Oregon
m a il s u b s c r ip t io n r a t e
WASHING ION. l> l May Id
Perhaps not tin* most ItuporUul
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Three Mouths
but in political circle» one oi the
most luleresltng th in g . b. lug talk
THURSDAY. MAY 10, 1934
«•it about here Is the dlscorery that
the repeal of Prohibit lou has not
WHO FOR GOVERNOR'’
1 pul the bootlwggera out of business,
T h ere a re seven ca n d id ates on the R epublican ticket and that the new taxes on whiskey
to r th e n o m ination to r governor. All save tw o a re politi and other liquors are not yielding
cian s who have been before voters in this s ta te m any tim es. the rcveitues that were expected
W ho to pick as th e best can d id ate (or governor and also
The l» o tacts are d o ely COUUec
w ho h as th e best th a nee of beatiug th e dem ocratic nom inee • ted.
th is fall is a difficult problem to even th e closest stu d en t
Joseph 11 i (route. Jr., director of
of politics.
llie hVdvral Alcohol Control Ad
E. P. Dodd. of U m atilla, is th e first an d least know n ministration, reports I bat two-
of th e candidates. He Is not likely to be nom inated.
ibirds of all the liquor being sold
S am B row n, of M arion, is expected to ca rry his county iu the I utled Stales Is being made
b u t we would place him about fo u rth in the race. He is a iu illicit stills, built In ITohlbltiou
progressive and calls him self a 'plain m an. P robably is too days and never lleeused. so that
i only a third of all the liquor con
'plain* fo r th e office.
C harles Hall, of C lackam as. Is ag ain a can d id ate for sumed pay taxes to the govern-
governor. We m ight say he is a “ h as been" in politics. I iiienl. The enforcement uuit has
T h ere Is little difference in his ru n n in g this tim e th a n last j been so reduced that It is lmpos
except he h as ch an g ed his residence from L oos to t lacka- stble to ferret out all these illegal
m as county. He served in th e legislature from Coos co u n ty sources of liquor and stop the flow
several P rie s.
from those sources. Their business
J o e E. Dunne, of M ultnom ah, who calls him self “ fa th e r thrives because the high tax on
of th e $5 license fee,” is one of th e leading contenders. T he liquor makes It profitable to laku
re g u la r R epublicans a re said to be flocking to his sta n d a rd s chances ou making and selling
a s th e best m an to beat th e dem ocratic nom inee. He h as stuff which pays no tax.
One Year In Advance
Two Years In advauce
$1 50
Six Mouths
in k )
60c
had a long service in th e legislature as joint s e n a to r from
F ifty -F ifty Figuring
C lack am as and M ultnom ah He is probably the best poli
The remedy proposed for this
tician in th e lot but no doubt he has the capabilities of m a k slate of things Is to reduce the lux
ing a good governor.
on whisky and gin. to a point where
R ufus C. H olm an, s ta te tre a su re r, who has kept things there would be no profit commen
stirre d up th e last tw o y ea rs at the s ta te house is a n o th e r surate with the y s k . In making It
of th e leading candidates. From th e stan d p o in t of experi Illicitly. If Mr. Choate's figures
ence he would likely handle th e office of g overnor m ore are correct, and two-thirds of all
efficiently and econom ically th a n any o th e r can d id ate so the alcoholic beverages In the mar
fa r a s th e fu n ctio n s of governm ent are concerned. Our ket are paying no tax. then a re
fe a r of H olm an is th a t he has som e d an g e ro u s bonding duction of the tax to one-third of
schem e to build pow er p lan ts and transm ission lines which what it Is now would bring in just
we do not need. O regon now is loaded dow n w ith debt. I as much money. If It were collocted
O therw ise o u r personal friendship for H olm an would cause I on all the liquor manufactured. The
us to indorse him.
question under discussion here Is
everything which Is nut directly
consumed but Is used Io make or
house or transport consumer g.toils
llusluess lias not Increased In those
tine , because there has been no
l,. w capital available with which Io
liuy Ihein Such Ihliga need add I
Ih mil capllal on the part of the
Increase In Oregon Estimated
Industries using them
At 150,000 Head; 44,000
This condttloii Is having an of
Are Milk Cows
Im-t tipou consideratlou of such
things as easing up restriction« ou
»'acts tending Io show that the
new capital slock and boud Issues,
aud upon the looseniug of long beef cattle urpliis probit in aud tin-
dairy cat lie surplus problem .an- so
term credlla.
closely related that all' pmgiuni
Foreign Trade Attention
Much greater alteutiou Is being of adjustment for one will have Io
given to means >>( Increasing aud take Into account the oilier, were
iccapturtug
America's
foreign brought oul at the flral general
trade
When Secretary Wallace, conference on the cattle slluailoii
Iu his clear thought-out booklet, held In Chlago receutly by the agri
"America Musi Choose," pointed cultural adjustment administration
Though report on the rouclus
out that If we went Iu for econo
mic uutlouallsui we would have to i Ions reached ns a result of the con
take fifty mllllou acres of land out i ference has uot been receiv 'd by
of cultivation and find new em ¡the Oregon Slate college exteli-lon
ployment for many millions of peo , service, details of the problems laid
ple, but that if we removed arti j before the producers, dealers and
ficial barriers to foreign trade we government officials em phasise the
could sllll find and rebuild world gravity of the surplus problem fac
markets for our surpluses, he at ing the beef Industry.
tracted wide attention and general
commendation. That line of think
Ing st ems to have been adopted by
the Administration.
President Roosevelt's request for
authority to readjust tariffs Is a re
lilt of the determination Io try to
recover our loet Interiiallonul com
merce, and probably will be grant-
d. Il does nut seem likely (o meet
with much opposition, even from
Republicans. Iu view of I be support
given it by Col Heury I.. Rtlmaon,
Mr Hoover's Secretary of Stale
Indeed some- such a move was
contemplated by Mr Hoover him
self, had he been re-elected
The President's Position
It looks to an Impartial observer
here as If the Administration were
trying to give a negative answer
te the question, often asked: “la
Mr. Roosevelt a Socialist?" The
answer Is the cryptic one: "Yes
and no." Personally and at heart
he Is a conservative with liberal
and humanitarian Impulses. But he
was elected by and Is surrounded
by many groups and Individuals
each of whom has some Socialistic
cure-all which he Is constantly be
ing urged to try out. He has selec
ted som e of these for experimental
purposes not only to pacify theii
proponents but In the sincere hop«-
that, if they work, they muy check
the widespread tendency toward
out-and-out Socialism. Only a skill
ful politician uould handle such a
situation us Mr Roosevelt finds
him self in. and he Is one of (he
most skillful.
Meantime. Congress wants only
one thing; that Is re-election next
fall
Postmaster-General
Farley
wants only one thing; that Is a
strong Democratic party machine
for use In the 193« campaign.
F ra n k J. L onergan. of M ultnom ah, is th e sixth candi whether or not all liquor eogld be
d a te and no doubt he will ru n a stro n g race. He is an successfully taxed, even at a re
ex -sp eak er of th e house of re p resen ta tiv e s an d has a very duced rate. Il would Involve
good record. He is capable and corageous, a shrew d and spending a lot more than has been
able law yer. His religion, which should not be an issue appropriated for the enforcement
in th is cam paign, will no doubt beat him if he is b eaten
of the revenue laws. In any event.
Ulysses G. M cAlexander. of Lincoln county, is th e last
The real problem, many think. Is
ca n d id a te an d probably th e finest perso n ality in th e list. how people can be induced to drink
His fine reco rd as a soldier, his appeal for good governm ent more whisky, though the president
ra th e r th a n factionalism is m aking him one of th e s tro n g has a plan to let liquor from abroad
est can d id ates w ithout any o rganization behind him. D unne come In free of duty in the hope
an d H olm an m ay be stro n g e r th a n G eneral M cAlexander that it can be sold so cheaply that
on p rim ary day. but if he w ere nom inated th ere is no doubt , people will prefer it to the bootleg
in o u r m ind th a t he would be th e stro n g est can d id ate for stuff at the same price.
th e R epublican p arty in N ovem ber, for he is th e only ca n d i
All In all, official Washington is
d ate th a t th e whole p arty could unite behind. All o th e rs
waking
lip to the fact (hat the liq
have som e factional difference th a t will alienate a |>ortion
of th e p arty stren g th . W hen th e w hite light of publicity uor problem is a real and serious
is cen tered on but tw o can d id ates this fall we are going to I problem, as much now as It was
1 under prohibition
find out th in g s we have not know n before.
A New Order
Dunne, H olm an and M cAlexander. to o u r m ind, are
Another major topic of conver
th e th re e stro n g est candidates, with L onergan and Brow n
fig h tin g for fo u rth place. T he th re e leaders re p resen t th re e sation is the marked change that
d ifferen t view points in governm ent. Most ,»eople will find has uddenly come over the atti
o p p o rtu n ity for expression of th eir p artic u la r brand of ,>oli- tude of th administration in the FILM STARS COMING
tieal econom y in one or the other. W hatever we m ight say public utterances of Its representa
tives ou the general subject of so-
TO MEDFORD PAGEANT
would have little effect so we refuse to endorse anybody.
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A Filipino stu d e n t told a local audience th a t if his co u n
try w ere free from th e United S ta te s it would not be a n
nexed by th e Jap a n ese because th e world would be against
it. Well, th e world w as ag a in st th e Ja p s ta k in g M anchuria
b u t th ey are there. And besides th e Philippines are tro p i
cal while M anchuria is cold. T he Jap an ese do not like th e
cold b u t th riv e in th e w arm er clim ate. T hey sw arm over
th e so u th ern islands of th e ir ow n country and look for an
outlet while th e n o rth ern islands of th eir em pire a re thinly
settled.
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tnt fint line o/ u h rh reads. "The Holy Bible,**
and which con tains F<*ur C *
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PRO VERBS, POEMS AND PR O PH E TS
T eu tairly rep resen ta tiv e people were asked, “ W hat do
you know ab o u t Solom on.' ’ F our of the ten answ ered,
“ N o th in g .’' O ther an sw e rs w ere: lie had tw o th o u san d
w ives; he was the husband o f the q u e e n of S h eb a; he built
S o lo m o n ’s T em ple; he w as tn e w isest m an th a t ever lived.
T h e sta tistic s re g ard in g Solom on’s m arria g es as given
in th e Book of K ings are “seven hundred Alves, princesses
and th ree hundred concu b in es.” T he Q ueen of S heba was
n o t oflieiaily am ong this distinguished com pany. A m o n
a rc h in h er ow n rig h t, she was so im pressed by the stories
o i S olom on's splendor and wisdom th a t she m ade a long
jo u rn ey to visit him and a fte r a series of receptions and
b an q u e ts re tu rn ed to h er hom e. T he p resen t kings oi
A byssinia claim th eir descent irom Solom on and th is queen,
if they a re justified in th eir proud boast h er visit was n o t
wholly P latonic. It m ay have been tru e of her, as she said
of Solom on th a t “th e h alt has no t been told.” All th a t we
know certain ly is th a t she never ap p ears in th e Bible again.
Solom on did build the tem ple an d it rem ained the pride
a n d glory of Jeru sa lem until the d estru ctio n of th e city by
rln Baby lonians in 586 B. C. B ut th e m ost en d u rin g m o n u
m en ts le it by this g re a t ru ler w ere n o t in sto n e or bronze,
but in w ords T he IToverbs, a rich m ine of wisdom w here
in every n u g g e t is solid gold. One can only m arvel a lte r
read in g th em how a m an so wise in o th e r w ays could have
been so unw ise ab o u t w om en.
lie m ade a fine s ta rt as king. T he Ixird ap peared one
night in a dream , ask in g him to nam e his h e a rt’s desire,
bit
olom on answ ered:
Thou ban made tliy servant king instead of David my
lather; and I am lint a little child; I know not how Io go out
or < ome i n ............
Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to
judgs thy people, that I may discern between good and hail;
tor Who Is able to judge tills Illy o great a people?
To which the Lord replied:
Because this was in thine h art, and thou hast not
a i 1 riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies,
neither yet hast asked long life; hut hast asked wisdom and
knowledge for thy »If. that thou mayesl judge my people, over
whom I have made thee king:
Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will
give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the
kings have hud that have been before, neither shall any after
thee have the like.
W ith o u t this wise choice on (lie part of Solom on we
probably n ever should have had the P roverbs; but som e
th in g m ore th a n inspired know ledge went Into them . T hey
b e a r evidence of co m p reh en siv e experience with every
phase of h u m an n a tu re and conduct. Som e of them , as
m ight be im agined from S olom on's own record, contain
w arn in g s a g a in s t th e u n rig h te o u s wom an.
< fal reforms Criticism of the pro
gram under which suclal regenera
tion was being emphasized far
more than economic recovery, and
realization that some of the most
highly publicized recovery projects
are not working as had been ex
pected. is slowing down the social
program and setting officials to
hunting for new means of bringing
business back.
The indications now are that less
stress will be put upon (he demand
for higher wages and more upon
getting men back to work at any
wage the industry or business can
afford to pay; also that there will
be less inst tence upon higher
prices for commodities, and more
tolerance of price competition.
The report of the NRA commit
tee on durable goods has been re
ceived with some concern Under
this heading of durable goods come
such things as locomotives, power
l-la’-t . steam-shovels, buildings.
Medford, Ore.. May 10 — (Spe
cia l!— A number of well known
moving picture stars of Hollywood
will help Oregon celebrate Its 75th
anniversary of statehood during
Oregon's Diamond Jubilee Iu Med
ford next June 3 to ». Will Rogers
is expected In the group which
will be present for the week’s acti
vities.
"Bkeets” Gallagher, and "Spec"
O'Donald have already made pre
liminary visits to Medford. O'Don
ald is still In the city and has an
nounced he will remain until Ju
bilee week. He plans to take an
active part.
O'Donald reported considerable
Interest has been aroused lt> the
picture colony In Oregon’s birth
day party.
Visits from Marcols— O. K. Page
of Marcola was a business visitor
in Springfield Saturday.
er they want to stop with reniov
mg a few thousand diseased cal
tla and a million or so for relief
purpoaes. or go Io Ihe heart of tha
problem
No program could sue
ceed without their combined and
effective «upporl. lie concluded
The AAA la not contemplating
further attempts at control ul this
time
Business st tslsm — Joh l I >1"
made a business trip • • “■»»«»
| Mouday
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JOHN D. GOSS
for
o im o c r a t ic
AB u.
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Senator Goss M a forceful
speaker and an experienced leg
Istator. lie has had llfe-loug
Cuts Leg W ith Aas— 1. T Hallie, coniaci wllh lumbering, ntaiiu
of Pleasset Hill cut a severe gash I taciurlng, ranching» mining and
general bualnegs na owner and
In Ills left I g Monday while work
attorney, aud la peculiarly quail
Ing in the woods lie received no’ J fled lo represent the first dis
ill.ul cure her« Monday uiglil at . n u t
,
Will work for economies and
I ho office of a local physician
(ax relief; estahllahlng a n d
tlualiclug of settlers; federal die
Irlhiitlou of Bonneville powerj
Return from Trip— Mrs. W E
lluell. Miss Evelyn lluell. ami M ’ contributions by V H to conn
Ilea In proportion Io federally-
C Kirkland returned Friday even
owned land, and flood control of
Ing from Moro. In Eu tern Oregon
Willamette valley.
100 PER CENT ROOBBVBLT
where they visited with Mrs
l aid Adv.
Buell's daughter. Mrs Paul Alley 1
HOP PRODUCTION FOR
1933 SEASON GIVEN
The Pacific coael produced In
1922 a total of 3«.440.000 pounds of
hops from 2«.500 acres, of which
M arkets T a Get More Meat
4600 acres were new plantings, at-
From 192» to 1934 numbers of I cording Io the federal crop re
all cattle, beef and dnlry. Increased , porting board Although official
In the United States from about Information Is not available, trade
57 million to about «7 million head reports Indicate that Ihe hearing
Milk cow numbers Increased by hop acreage In 1934 will be much
about 22 per cent and beef cow larger. Indications are (or 31900
numbers by about the same per acres of which approximately 5000
centage In Oregon the Increase Is acres will be new plantings
eatlmuled by federal men at from
702 000 bead of all kinds of cattle
YOUR CO NG RESSM AN
In 192k to »62.000 head In 1934
Milk cow numbers are eallniated
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to have accounted for 44.000 of this
Increase and beef cal lie 100.000
Annual cattle slaughter may be
expected to rise from about 21.000.-
000 head per year to about 24.000.-
000 head In the next several years
unless prompt action Is taken, al
though the number of finished cat
tie coming to market has not yet ;
begun to reflect fully the Increase
In the number of breeding stock,
say the federal slallatlclans
l ì iIM FLV
B A C K M eA K lN û » »'M
G 0IN Ö TO ÚBT A CAN o*
FOIL H V
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FOR LINOLEUM
EASY TO APPLY
DRIES IN 4 HOURS
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m a k e s l in o l e u m
LAST LONGER
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Surplus O f Breeding Stock
Harry Petrie, chief of the beef
cattle and sheep section of (he
AAA. told the conference that th»‘
producers’ trouble la chiefly due
to a surplus of breeding stock, both
dairy and beef cows For the past
six years the cattlemen have pro- |
duced from 1 to
million more
rattle than they have marketed A
constantly expanding surplus can
not continue Indefinitely without
glultlng markets, he said
To the argument that there
would he no surplus If people could
buy whal beef they needed. Mr
Petrie suvs that relief purchases
for all those not able to buy would
care for only about 15.000 to 20.000
head per month While this and
disease control would help, the sur
plus problem Is more fundamental
than that, he says.
Control Program Nseded
Beef cattle are now listed under
the farm set
a basic commodity,
making producers eligible to re
ceive benefit puyments fur produc
tion control If a program Is put
Into effect Mr Petrie told the con
ference It Is for producers of beef
cattl- and dairy cuttle to look the
facts In the face ami deride wheth
JA M E S W . M O T T
He is a l his post
bonergan-For-Governor
Committee.
618 Morgan building,
Portland. Oregon.
in
W a s h in g t o n
p r o t e c t in g Y O U R ia la r e s t s .
H e has m a d s o e o e f th e e e l -
s t a n d in g E rs t t e r m r e c o rd s e f th e
7 3 r d C o n g re s s .
W e ash y o u to r e a d th o d ig e s t
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P a m p h le t
P d . A d . M o t t f o r C o a g ro e s C oes.,
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Mothers’ Day
SUNDAY. May 13th, In th e TIME. W ithin your heart
1« th e PLACE . . . anil MOTH EH In th e G IR L . . . So
there'» th e settin g for a p erfect rom ance. . . . "T h e
I’uiii-, (he l ’la< i- and Hie Girl." If you thrill to thin
opportunity then you'll w rit« I Iu- perfect love »lory . . .
a gift to M other on »Mother’s Day.
A big box of E g g n m u n n 's candy Is a m ost ap p ro
priate M others' Day Gift.
F G G I M A N N ’S
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Anyone desiring a copy of the
poem "Mothers of Men.” (suit
able for framing) printed else
where In this Issue may obtain
It free by sending their name
and address to «1« Morgan
Building. Portland. Oregon
This tribute to mothers will be
delivered by Frank J. bonergan.
via KGW next Sunday on the
Antler's Mothers Day program.
11:30 A. M and later on the
vesper hour program sponsored
by Oregon mothers over KOW
choice
-REPRESENTATIVE
W here the Service Ie D iffe re n t
U s e M aid o ’C rea m
B u tter a n d M ilk
F o r th e sak e of th e h ealth of y o u r family and for
th e fu tu re prosperity of th e dairy in d ustry in o u r com
m unity. use Maid O’C ream b u tte r aud pasteurized milk
B u tter is so cheap (hat th ere is no reason why
an y o n e should use a su b stitu te. Help your neighbor
»ariiier and y o u rseh by using the hom e-product.
Ask your dualer in Eugene or Springfield for
Maid O' Cream B utter
Springfield Creamery Co.
MdKGi*s oF M qi \
Nolkers o f Mer\, lo day we salufe y o u
A nri hum bly before you
pledge you o u r love
O r\ earlh. a»r\d in. tesaver\, ye Mother» now bear u b ,
And aceepl o u r p ro ffe rs both, here and above
x Mothers of Men, has Itere ever been hero
Amonq Ite creation, or God’s miqhly hand;
V Vvo near you sould sfard and say.l’m an equal.
In ttve strife and Ite ah-ess o f fhis bailie-scarred land ?
Holters o f Men, Io y o u has been g iv e n
An honor unfold by lorsque o r by pen ;
for nexl lo Ite aimy of uod’s consecrated
March vaJiarJIy on Ite Moltei*s of Men.
Molhers o f Men if Ihe artnv moves o n v a rd .
If Ihe hear! and Ihe W rd bring solace renowned,
If Ihe v/isdom of Aqes brings liqhf te Hie’ niqhted»
Then, Molhers o f Men, te you qoes ite cro<vrv
Mothers o f Men, Ihe world has seen proqreas
Since firs! from Ihe hand o f Ihe Maker il came .
The sons and Ihe dauqhlers of earlte firs! Iransqression
find smoolher tee palh, and Ihe rough ways more plain.
Mdhers of Men, to you musr
musi be qiv
q iv e n
The palm and Ih? qlory of Ite qodd there has been ;
Foe earth since creation has never ye l 1
boasted
M oth er’s D ay
O f heroes so valiant as Holters of Men..
is
Sunday, May 13
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