THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
Published Kvery T hor-day at
Springfield, Lana County, Oregon by
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T H U R S D A Y , S E 1 T K M B E K S. 1934
STRIKING FOR WHAT?
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T he textile R trike is on and everyone wondere what
w ill be the outcome. Nobody believes th a t industry should
fa tte n itself at the expense o f the w orkers. On the other
hand the workers can not receive fo r very long more than
the Income from the p roduct o f th e ir w ork. The federal
com m ission ruled th a t the te x tile in d u s try could not a ffo rd
to pay higher wages a fte r an investigatio n and it is re p o rt­
ed th a t the real ow ners, the stockholders in the m ills, have
been the “ fo rgotten m en” so fa r as incom e is concerned
fo r many months. I f th is a c tu a lly is the situation then
there can be b u t one outcom e to the 9trike. It m ust fait
because demands can not be met.
To us a s trik e is silly, especially now w ith the elabor­
ate machinery o f th e N R A to adjust labor differencees. i f
the NRA means w hat it says it does all parties concerned
can Becure justice. B oth-sides lose in a strike usually no
m a tte r who wins.
The chief tro u b le w ith nearly a ll in d u stry in the coun­
tr y today large and sm all. In o u r tow n and everyone
else'8 town is th a t i t is not paying any re tu rn to the ow ner­
ship. In w hich case it m akes very little difference to the
owners w hether the in d u s try operates o r not, and if it is
operating solely to give em ploym ent then those who s trik e
are destroying th e ir jobs.
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SC H O O L DAYS BEGIN AGAIN
Only a few days and school w ill open. .All over the
United States th ir ty m illio n children w ill flo c k back to the
public schools, besides the great num ber w ho w ill go to
the church schools and private schools o f all kinds.
T h irty m illio n youngsters g e ttin g ready to take the
places of as m any oldsters in a few years. T h a t is as many-
people as there are in Poland, m ore than in Belgium , a l­
most as m any as in England. And we are spending, we
who pay taxes, about $90 a year fo r the education in the
public schools o f every child.
The fu tu re o f the U nited States o f Am erica lies in the
hands of these young ones. It is, therefore, o f the highest
importance to give a tte n tio n to w hat they are ta u g h t in
schooL
We hear o f subversive teaching creeping in to some o f
the public schools in some o f the big cities. We do not
think that is tru e in the sm all tow ns and ru ra l d istricts,
it is our understanding th a t the fundam ental virtues o f
honesty, in d u s try and personal good character are s till
inculcated in the vast m a jo rity of the schools o f Am erica.
Most im p o rta n t o f a ll is it th a t our public schools
should give the children as m uch as they can absorb of
knowledge o f how the w orld o f grow n-ups gets a liv in g
and manages its a ffa irs . Not th a t we th in k we grow n-ups
rn. age th in g s any too w ell, but a great deal o f trouble
wi. be averted if every boy and g irl learns in school the
tl< »ental facts o f o u r social and econom ic system.
The new a d m in is tra tio n is tu rn in g more socialistic
ev.ry day. Socialism the enemy o f capitalism flourishes
best when it is subsidized by capital th ro u g h excess ta x a ­
tion. When ca p ita l disappears and socialism m ust stand
on its own feet the grand collapse takes place. Am ericans
no doubt w ill tu rn back before this p o in t Is reached. It is
o u r great fa ilin g we sw ing e ith e r too fa r rig h t o r too fa r
left.
FAMILY
DOCTOR.
JOHN JOSEPH GAINES M-O
EYES UPON THE GOAL
Just w hat happened in the m om ent when the food
was laid before Jesus in feeding the 5,000, is an Im penetr­
able m ystery; b u t there is no doubt at a ll as to w hat took
place afterw ard. It was the event fo r w hich the people
had waited, the unm istakable sign! Moses had fed th e ir
fathers on manna in the w ilderness; here was one who
likew ise called on Heaven, and supplied th e ir wants. Surely
he was the son o f David, long foretold, who would over­
th ro w the rule o f th e ir conquerors and restore the throne
to Jerusalem!
Joyously they shouted the news back and fo rth . The
day of deliverance had com e; the ty ra n n y o f the Romans
was about to end. T h e y were an a rm y and had not re a l­
ized it. R ight there on the f i eld they were enough to o u t­
num ber the garrison in Jerusalem ; but they were only a
nucleus of the host th a t w ould ga th e r to th e ir banners,
once th e ir southw ard m arch was form ed. If they were
five thousand now, they w ould be fifty thousand, perhaps
a hundred thousand then. They surged forw ard tow ard
the little h ill where he stood—
And then—
Jesus had foreseen th e ir purpose, and even while they
were perfecting th e ir plan, doubt had raged through his
s p irit w ith the force o f a tempest. W hy not accept th e ir
nom ination ? W hy n o t be th e ir king- It would mean an
a lte ra tio n in his program , to be sure— a surrender o f his
vision o f spiritual leadership. And yet it m ight not be such
a surrender, a fte r all. Solomon had been king, and a great
s p iritu a l leader, David had been k in g and had w ritte n the
n a tio n ’s highest ideals In to his Psalms. He him self was
b e tte r balanced than David, w iser than Solom on— w hy
not?
'T ,
I t was as splendid a picture as ever stirred the pulses
o f an am bitious man. Eor o n ly an in sta n t Jesus allowed
hia eyes to rest on It. Then he saw the o th e r p icture— the
Vast dum b m u ltitudes o f men, his brothers and sisters, the
b lin d being led by the blind, th e ir souls squeezed dry of
vision and hope by the m achinery o f form alism . He saw
generations born and die In s p iritu a l servitude w hich n o th ­
ing could end except the T ru th that he had come to de­
clare. T o put him self at the head o f this arm y of fanatical
p a trio ts w ould be perhaps to ris k his life and his message
w ith It. B u t worse than the possibility o f fa ilu re was the
pro b a b ility o f success.
In a flash he saw It all and made his decision.
Even
ms the m u ltitu d e surged fo rw a rd , he gave a few crisp o r­
ders to his disciples and disappeared. The Gospel story
puts the d ra m a tic c llr.a x Into a single sentence:
Jesus, therefore, perceiving th a t they were about to
come and ta ke h im by force to m ake him king, w ithdrew
again in to the m o u n ta in him self alone.
At Monmouth — Mlsa lllam he
On Coast— Mr mid Mrs Melvin
over the roey east. Mr Gordon Page Roemer's outside, m'm He'd
Bale« bp.nl Ihe w eekend vlaltlna I Traxler ami family apeat th - week
j stared down Into his own garden. like to see Mis' lladdon "
with friend« al M.uimoulh.
| end »tailing on the coast_______
(TO BE CONTINUED)
The Japanese quince waa «acting
In the corner. He started violently.
eMMMMeaanHBBaMMni
He had heard his old gate creak
on Its hinges
"The child's co rue home!" he
thought with sharp relief.
But he opened the door to Page
Roemer. The youug man's clothing
waa wet and muddy but Mr Gor­
don did not sae It.
Just a tew days more and w e'll all be tra ilin g back to school, some trip p in g happily to
"Is Nancy here Mr Oortlon?"
new adventures, others h a ltingly, rem em bering too vividly the freedom of vacation,
Page naked anxiously.
“I believe I've forbidden von th»
but no m atter how we go it's certain we it • going. W illiam s* are com pletely stocked
feed Ihe fire to keep hot water house.” r-plied Nancy's father
w ith all types of school necessities . . . at lower prices, too. Corns In and see . . .
Page leaned against the door­
ready, and the gvrt helped her
school tim e w ill be welcome when you're rigged out in a new o u tfit fro m W illiam s*.
"Have you had anything to eat *" post
“Mr. Gordon, your daughter was
"Me eat? FVr th ’ love o' Mike
however klu' the likes of me «It down at the Inn when the storiu
broke yesterday afternoon. Bhe
time ter eat—an' him so sick*“
went out—at Its height—no one
“Oh!"
Nancy found a little tea. half a knows where. We can't find a trace
FROM T H E BOYS' D E PAR TM EN T
loaf of dry bread, some sugnr, and of her!"
"When was It?" he asked, "and j
she managed to spread an old clean
WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE------
Nancy Gordon trade» heraelf In
marriage tor fifteen thousand dol
lar«—the price of her family hon­
or —and the freedom of her brother,
Roddy, who atola, for a woman,
that amount from the bank In which
he works. Nancy, deeperataly In
love with yoang Page Roemer,
and Richard la loved by Helena
Haddon. a sophisticated young mar­
ried woman. Klngdon
Haddon.
Helena's husband, sees the eloper»,
but holds hia counsel. After the
ceremony. Nancy returns to her
home, and continues to see Page
who urges her to divorce her hus­
band. Mr. Gordon, to release hie
daughter from what he considers
her shameful marriage, sella hia
house to his friend Major Lomax,
who rents It to the original owner
Helena Is Jealous of Richard’s In­
terest in Nancy, although she
knows nothing of the marriage,
and tries o make trouble. Once
Page conies to Nancy's home and
makes love o her. Nancy Is frantic
she loves Page but refuses to go
back on her bargain with Richard
by divorcing him.
Now Go On With the Story-----------
SCHOOL SUGGESTIONS
napkin on the end of the table.
Then the sliced o-nd toasted bread
and made tea.
In spite of herself. Nancy watch­
ed Richard covertly. Iu the stern
< nfllct that he waged, «he had
no place at all! She felt suddenly
Insignificant Her very rage at his
domination dwindled. She was
sj-ellbound; she had never noticed
before ho» strong he waa. how
powerful and deft his hands In
their dangerous office
Nancy put the kettle back and
d ro n ed down on ’he floor bw-lde
the old ctove. furious.
why did »he leave?”
Page'« answer was vague, but be
said that Helena Haddon and h e r ;
husband were both there. Helenai
had been with hint, lending her car
to help <n the search
"Go on. make what inquiries you J
cun." he said sharply to Page. "Try
the Lomaxes. I've got to speak to
my wife— then I'll look myself.”
“I've been there!" Page's face
set Itself, then he looked at Mr.
Gordon "1 went to Morgan's, but
h e - out. been out all night "
Mr Gordon said nothing He shut
the door In the young man's face
and went upstairs
"Nancy waa at the Inn when the
storm broke. The Haddon« were
out there; that Roemer boy's Just
come here to tell me. Of course,
Nancy got out of It to ahak« him
off. Ibiu't worry. Mama: I’m going
lo see about the telephone, our
wire' down on top of the Japanese
quince."
Mrs. Gordon crept out of bed and
dressed herself. She came down­
stairs before Amanda made the
coffee, and tried to aet the break­
fast table, when Amnnda came out
of the kitchen.
"Use tnakln' biscuits. Mis' Gor­
don. an' Mis' Haddon’« automoblll't
at de gate—I reckon yo* all gots
ter go ter de doah yo'ae'f.”
Helena came up the path alone.
Mrs. Gordon was agitated when
she opened the door.
“Oh. Mrs. Haddon. where's Nan­
cy?" she cried.
“I came here— I hoped she'd
come home." Helena replied gently.
“I've been n-arly craxy all night"
she said weakly. "Mr Gordon's
ure she’s stopped somewhere—be­
cause of the storm Page came here
a while ago.”
Helena laid her hand on her
shoulder "Don't worry." she ssld
with a sw eetness that went to Mra.
Gordon's heart. “I'm sure she's safe
—isn't there anybody you can think
of—she might know?”
The poor woman forgot herself
entirely. "If our phone wasn't out
of order—I'd call up Richard Mor­
gan—she might be there, she-—”
she stopped short, catching her­
self.
Helena's long eyes glimmered un­
der their heavy lids. Bo, she
thought she knew It all now The
mystery of Polestar's condition—
discovered late the night before—
had been explained Just before ahe
left the house. Henry had confees-
ed to Klngdon Haddon. He had also
told where Morgan went,
Amanda came to the door, "Mist'
She had gone to this man and
IN S T A L L M E N T S IX T E E N
offered to marry him. After she
Nancy lifted the child gently on had refus -d him. she had given her
his pillow. "Now—quickly, don't self to him legally. And tonight
be frightened, take off the old she had seen how great he could
sheet and put on the clean one." he—and he had not even looked at
together they slipped the child Into her.
Nancy could not stand It. She
clean things, and Nancy sponged
his hot little face with cold water. got up and went to the door and
"Tony's mor- quiet see. the opened it. It was pitch black out­
sponging did him good." she said side. She could not go; the want­
gently, hut her heart beat iu her ed to go home— she wa« willing to
throat. The child seemed to be wade through the night and the
water! But she could not; there
slowly choking to death.
Richard. Richard' Her heart was no light anywhere. Stic shut
cried again desperately. It seemed the door silentlv and turned back;
Impossible that she could need him she did not want to see him again,
hut she could not help It.
so, but she did.
At last she stopped and looked; He had his watch In his hand
alxtut her. It was better!
The and was counting the child's pulse
rnosphere had cleared, the floor It did not matter to him whether
wa- bare and clean, the bed abso­ she went or stayed—so long as she
lutely white and fresh. She took did not obstruct him In his work
hold of the gobbing woman and led The strain on her mind gave way
her to the chair beside the bed. I suddenly; she felt aa If she had
Nancy ran Into the outer room 1 fallen through -pace; she did not
and began to Iron towels with fev­ matter at all! She sat down, hud-
erish energy Would Richard never riled, on the window sill and stared
com e’ Perhaps Henry had been out at the night
thrown by Polestar. perhaps th e '
• • •
roads were impassible—but. not.) Mr. Gordon, scorning to admit
no! She would not believe It. he ’ anxiety, sat up late, waitiog for
j Nancy. Before the storm reached
would come, he must come!
Nancy laid the clean towels In a Its height. Mrs. Gordon had phoned
row beside the clean basin, ready to Angle Puller to know If Nancy
for the hote water that was steam- had been there. Angle’s reply that
ing in the kettle. Then she w en t; she had left before the rain began,
to the bedside. The boy was very, worried the poor woman,
still, hia glassy eyes Btared and his
Mr. Gordon, pretending to read
parched lips were open. Was he his newspaper, grunted
breathing? He gasped and she
"I've thought for aoine time that
drew a long sigh of relief.
j my children didn't have -enae
"Don't t r y t o ! ” she checked the enough to come In when It rained!”
poor mother pitifully. "Don't! He I he growled
hears y*iT The doctor must get
But all the same he sat up him-
here a<
he m ust!------” she self Long after he had driven his
ran to ine window.
; worried wife upstairs, he trampled
Would Richard never come?
up and down the old room.
‘ “^Then. suddenly, she saw him.
He went to the windows and
* .omlng over the crest of the hill threw open the shutters. It was
on foot. Of course! She ought to morning now and the rain-swept
have known It; he couldn’t drive earth smelled «weet. A mackerel
his car past that telephone pole. sky showed Its golden scales all
How strong he looked, how cool, j
And this man wa« her husband! It
seemed to her that she stopped
breathing; then the child’s gasps
grew suddenly audible. She ran t o '
the door and tore It open.
"Oh, Richard, I'm afraid he's dy- i
in g !” she whispered, holding the-
door open.
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He came In and shut the door J
with hie shoulder.
Agency
“Where's the patient?” he asked
briefly
“In th ere!” she pointed to thej
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Inner room, a catch In her throat
He did not notice It. His eyes j
went to the other room. His glance
swept over the preparations with ,l
something like a flash of surprise j
but he said nothing. She saw him
put the frantic mother gently aside
and bend over the child. Deftly, sil­
ently. swiftly, he made his exam­
ination. raised up. and turned to
We are always glad to see the children back In
face them.
Nancy was trying to coax the
school as we have m any friends am ong the school
frantic woman away, but she broke
children. It Is a rule in our business to always please
out In a hoarse whisper: "Be he
dyln’, doctor?”
the youngsters.
“No! Be ¿juiet, please. Leave the
room. I must he alone, I’ve got
We wish all the students a happy and successful
work to do.”
Nancy drew the woman gently
school year.
away.
Mrs. Kinney dropped Into a chair
and Nancy ran back.
Here are towels and I’ve got
"Where ths Service la Different"
plenty of hot water. I can help
you?”
He turned from his open surgical
case and there was no response In
his face at all.
‘No! You ought to be at home
This Is diphtheria. I’m going to put
pipe In his throat—leave ma.
please!”
“Oh, poor child; Richard, she
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tu tio n . We buy our m ilk and cream from the local
“N o!” he motioned to the door.
farm ers and m anufacture them Into the fam ous Maid
Impatience In his gesture. ‘‘Ix>ave
O’Cream products in o u r home plant w ith home labor.
the room, please!”
He did not want her. He would
B u t aside from ours being home products they
not let her help! She turned and
are very high grade and food you w ill he proud to use.
walked slowly to the door.
Q uality comes firs t w ith us.
Then she heard the w om an's:
voice, broken and husky.
Ask your dealer m Eugene or S pringfield fo r
"Th’ doctor's savin’ him," she
Maid O' Cream B u tte r
said. “H e’s like God. ain’t he?
Workln’ ter save life an' gettln’ no
pay for It.”
Nancy made no answer. The wo­
man had begun mechanically to
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