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Good Shoes Try YORAN’S SHOE STORE 646 Willamette Street EYE HELP Take your eye troubles to DR. WATTS. 25 years experience in Eugene. Broken Lenses replaced within an hour or two. Prices moderate. 790 Willamette St. SAFETY Razor Blades Resharpened At FISK MOTOR Co. Phone 166. 44 7th Ave. E. IMPERIAL CLEAN ERS ANI) HATTERS PHONE 392. Cleaning:, Pressing and Repairing. 47 Seventh Avenue East. Hotel Osburn Favorite Resort . of Students, Dinner Dances, Teas and Banquets a Specialty. SPALIHNG EQUIPMENT FOB OUTDOOR WIN DER SPORTS. Mukm and I'Umfj, Hockey Bovfttea, Bktti. Kwattera, Jirrweya. The SpuMiu* line m'fur.in )uu the will ear ran#a of eedeetan with a guarantee that every article will ftrr K.tittliM-lH’a uud ser vice. A. G. SPALDING & BROS. Broadway at Alder. Catalogue on request, USE OF SPHAGNUM MOSS TO BE TRIED BY BOTANISTS Professor Sweetser to Attend Meeting; Hopes Plant May Be of Value to Red Cross. Professor A. K. Sweetser left yester day afternoon for Seattle, to confer with Dr. II. J. Smith, head of the national survey work on sphagnum moss, in the hope of utilizing this moss for lied Cross purposes. Prominent botanists of the state of Washington will also attend the meet ing, and general plans will he made, including Professor Sweetser’s own plan for a survey of the state of Oregon. “Sphagnum moss is a comparatively new discovery as far ns its utility for war purposes goes,” said. Professor Sweetser. “Extremely plentiful along the coasts of Oregon and Washington, having great value as a substitute for absorbent cotton and also for oakum, which requires such careful prepara tion before it can he used for the pads and wipes required in all the surgical work in hospitals, the moss is now chief ly used ns a means of keeping fresh the flowers shipped from florist shops.” Professor Sweetser will obtain the details of how it is prepared and utilized in surgical work, information as to what species are available, and immediately on his return will begin his state survey. He took with him a package of the moss brought from the Siuslaw. Sphagnum moss, according to Pro fessor Sweetser, grows best in the silt ocean marshes along the coast, and its availability will be increased by the fact that it can be easily gathered by school children; moreover, it is even more ab sorbent than oakum, and will save ab sorbent cotton which is almost prohibi tively expensive. Its decomposition is slow, which further recommends it for hospital use. NINE PLACES OPEN IN 361 ST AMBULANCE UNIT Company Composed Mostly of University Men Has Vacancies, Writes Com mander Kuykendall. Word has just been received, from Captain Eberle Kuykendall, commander of the 301st ambulance company nt Camp Lewis, to the effect that there are places for nine men in the company, which he would like to see filled with men from the University. These vacancies occur in most eases through the appointment of company members to the officers’ training camp, or transfer to some other branch of service. It is not Captain Kuykendall’s desire to take students out of college, but for any who are expecting to be drafted and are on the fence as to what branch to choose, he offers this oppor tunity to go into a company which is composed almost entirely of University of Oregon men, and which began life ns tin; University of Oregon ambulance company. Rather than any delay, the applicants can l>c inducted directly into the com pany now, and applications arc to be made to Captain Eberle Kuykendall, "(Slst ambulance company, Camp Lewis, American Lake. Any additional infor mation desired may tie secured from Or. William Kuykendall, of Eugene. In a recent- review of all troops sta tioned at the camp, the reviewing officer pronounced the four ambulance com panies the best drilled of any companies in the entire cantonment, and chose from those four, one of which he placed at the head of the list by a process of elimination, which they figured was perfectly accurate and legitimate, the ,'ttilst has appropriated the hand-painted trophy. RETURNS FOR HIS EXAMINATION Champion Wrestler Works Oat with Varsity Team; Wants to See Meet. Ellwyn Rutherford, graduate in the class of 101”, was in Eugene yesterday to take his physical examination for the draft. "Rudy” is teaching school at Estacada. lie was the northwest wrestling champion at his weight, ItS pounds, the last year he was in college, and won two letters at the mat game, besides being captain of the team. 11c worked out with the wrestlers in the afternoon, and says he is surely \ going to be on hand for the O. A. C. meet if he can possibly make it. WAR INFORMATION ISSUE OUT "Home Reading Courses for C it Izen - Soldiers” Is at Library. A pamphlet called. "Home Reading Course for Citizen-soldiers,” a rather re- ; cent issue of the war information series, may be had at the loan desk at the j library. "The material contained won', i ^ be helpful in the organization of a home guard,” said Mrs. Mabel McClain, circu lation librarian. Health and care of the soldier, equip ment and arms, team leaders, insignia, traditions, and many other topics are , discussed. | Conductorette’s Review la Received at Library. German Women Faretakers Are Humorously Commented on by Countryman. A review of the conductorettes of Germany, telling the different types of women engaged in this occupation, has been translated from German, in which it was published in the Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, and has been re ceived at the University library. The paper is published by the division of women's war work, under the committee of public information. The paper is humorously written, ap parently by a long-suffering fellow countryman, who points out several types of conductorette, some of which are to be avoided and others who make street car riding rather agreeable than otherwise. The types cited are: the choleric woman, for whom you must always have your fare quite handy; Frau Stepforward, who is a fanatic on room; the good-natured woman, who thinks all things will be 'all right; the facetious conductorette, who in French might be termed the trolley enfant ter rible; the mother, whom one always recognizes by her attitude toward chil dren. The article will be found on the war bulletin board at the right of the loan desk. THREE NUMBERS OF BOOK HERE “Fragments from France" at Library; Other Volumes Added. Three numbers of “Fragments from France,” by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, are on the list of new hooks added at the University library during the past week. One other number of this set is expected soon. Other books added are: “The Bol sheviki and1 World d'eaenr," by Leon Trotsky; “Silence” and "A Dilemma,” by I,. Andreiev; “Trench Fighting,” by Captain F. Haws Elliott; “Soul of Rus sian Revolution,” Olgin; “A Soldier of France to Elis Mother,” and “A Soldier of the Legion,” by Morlae. FORMER INSTRUCTOR AT CAPITAL Arthur Mitchell, at Oregon in 1911, Now at Washington, D. C. Arthur Mitchell, an instructor in psy chology and logic in the University in Bill, is now director of records and or ganization of the intercollegiate intelli gence bureau at Washington. Miss Lilian Tingle was a Tuesday eve ning dinner guest of Kappa Kappa Gam ma. MOTOR CORPS SERVICE BUREAU IS ESTABLISHED Paper Sent Out by Division of Woman’s War Work Is Received at Library. A paper announcing the establishment of a bureau of motor corps service of American Red Cross, to nationalize and broaden the scope of the woman’s motor corps as it already stands, has been re ceived at the University library, and can be found on the war bulletin board at the right of the loan desk. The pa per is sent out by the division of wo man’s war work under the committee of public information. The plan of the motor corps bureau, as explained by the paper, is to have \ a woman’s motor corps in connection with every Red Cross chapter in the United States. The purpose of the motor corps in this Gountry is to be of service to wounded soldiers as they are brought back by the tens of thousands after the summer drives begin in Europe. At each station where a transfer must be made there will be a motor corps to meet the soldier, concerning whose ar rival the corps will be informed. In this manner every soldier returning will have proper care at points of transfer, and will be convoyed safely to his des tination. — THE — Club Barber Shop The Place Where All University Men Go. 814 WILLAMETTE ST. MAKE YOUR CHOICE When You Can, But Let Your Choice Be PETER PAN o7Wethodist EpiscopalChurch Willamette Street. Preaching at 11:45 by the pastor; Theme—“Some of them spake unto the Greeks also,” or “The Church on the basis of sacrifice.” Sunday School at 9:30. Classes for all. Pastor’s office hour daily except Monday from 11 to 12. Students are invited to membership in this church. The pastor is usually in his office from 9 to 12 and will be glad to see you at any time. Come in. In the evening at 7:30 we meet with the other churches in the Christian Church to consider Armenian Relief. Phone Yours For Service THE TABLE SUPPLY COMPANY Delicatessen and Grocery. 9TH AND OAK STREET Maxwell Jitney Phone 114 _ of the Fellman-Newland Co.'s Furniture Stock Will interest the faculty, students and friends of the University of Oregon. This immense stock, pur chased by Mr. D. L. Webster, will be closed out at less than the present wholesale price. There are many useful articles in this stock, for the study room, book cases, library tables, writing desks, easy chairs, read ing lamps and many other articles too numerous to mention. We are glad to invite you to this, Eugene’s most Sensational Furniture Sale, through the columns of The Oregon Emerald. SALE OPENS MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 4TH, AT 10 O’CLOCK; WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE ENTIRE STOCK IS SOLD. 4