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AQDTWO TILE SPRINGFIELD NEWS MONDAY, OOTODMR 2, 101(1 The SprfrEfjild ''.News J. C. DIMM,-'WALTER I'. &mM taitors ana rrumianers 'Published Eyory Monday nnd Thursday RATES OP 8UDSCRIPTI0N Ono Year .... fi.60 Bix Month .75 Thrco month ... Advertising ratoa furnished on applt- cation. INDUSTRY. AND MANNERS Tliore aro always places.jin every town whero ono canfrtnd a certain class of follows 'who novor have anything to do but lonf. Thoy spend their tlnio doing nothing so far as honest toll Is concerned. Thoy hnvo plenty of time "to sot and tell stories and smoke cigarettes." As to whether they have any 50 ambition to do anything in llfo for the bcnellt of aomcono else no one knows. nMinfn a Ann tlllnrr amn ct bVMP CHEEK Ruby Crabtrco escj uusy ieuows migni not uo. MARCOLA Audrey Lowis , When Indies go up and down tho THURSTON, Mrs. Walter EdraUton streets they can at least bo dis WALTERVILLE. Mallna Mombjcreot enough not to laugh at jyT ai-iuwuriK uiauri , them pubUcly nnd to mako DONNA Charles Heck Member of the Willamette Valley Editorial Association. MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1916 embarraslng remarks. These ladies might appreciate it. i YOUR LAST CHANCE Saturday is 'the 1 last day of registration for the presidential l .11 r m . ii. t -l - WHERE .WE" STAND eiecuun. u juu nsi uiusu uuyti cm 1m wIMinnf tmttlnir otmioil lin There are some-people In this j - 1ce town and vicinity who feel that of being flWOrn la at pous the life and death of this nation Everyone has a candidate thlB depends on' the outcome of the year and ho should be supported. election, in November. The. Places ot registration in I Springfield are at J. C, Million's ofilce and at the 'city hall. It is not necessary to go to the coun ty court house to register. If you registered for the primary, and live in the same precinct now it is not necessary for you to register-again. ' S The king of Bulgaria sleeps in a bamb-prtjof cellar to be safe from raids, at night from the enemies' aerqplanes. What would happen to. one of his sol diers if he should shbw the same degree of courage? 5 PROTECTING AMERICA If the Ship purchase TillI which went to the' president Wednesday had been passed Instead of 'being 'tallied to death at the' outbreak' 61 the war, enormous benefit would have comb to the fanners and producers of Ameri ca. Vast fleets of merchant ships' hare been destroyed since the war began. The latest figures place the ' total' ships sunk at 1487, with a'grdss ton nage of 2,Si2,644. deafly throe times as much tonnage has been destroyed in two years of war as was the' total United States tonnage before the war.' With tho German and Austrian ships interned and the ships thai havo been sunk, a total of tonnage that has disappeared from tho sea since the beginning of the war is almost 20 per cent of the world's merchant policy of the newspaper is notl8"'08 the private opinion of the editor, i A?d, thla there m ,be f"b; mi in ii . i . . traded the large number of ships that The editor reserves the right to have becomo tran8port8 aa auxii- think and act as he sees fit per- iary cruisers In the allied navies. The Sonally, but he tries not to take effect Is that the ship tonnage Is politics so seriously that his pub- j wholly Inadequate to tho demands of Itn urlrrninnt itrJll .i COmmerCC. election is important to the wel fare" of the nation, but the wheels will turn eyen if the soc ialist candidate is elected, and' we would still maintain that the United States is the best place on the old, globe. This news paper is not a political sheet and does not intend to be drawn into political controversy by any one. It is the defined business of this publication to print such' things that have a real news val ue and have the news written in a news 'form.- We reserve the right to determine what sort of news pur readers ,want and to print in., the way we .believe they want It If any one has an ax to grind that li reasonable, bur columns are open to them if the ax "grinder Svants to send in a signed communication. We have advertising-pace for sale wjiich. can be bought if someone wants paid publicity. Now as ,far as politics is con cerned this publication Is will ing to give all political doings in this vicinity publicity according to its news value, but we do not propose to hobnob to the ideas of any political party, or to any representative of a party. The (final estlmato), 10,000,000 bushels. ' v" "' r ' UN1TBD 8TATK8! Soptombor DOC 8 AYS SAYS HE forecast, 1,230,000,000 bushels; produc- - , , tlon last yoar' (final oatlmnto), 1,640 ,000 bushels. Well, w sco that Mr. Wilson no- Barley coptcd tho chaltongo and Is up and 1 OREGON: Soptombor 1 forecast, 4,. showing his Bptrll. Thcso aro sure 000,000 busholsi production Inst yoar hard times those Democratic days, there Is oven competition in tho nlr, A man told nio tho othor day that ho got tlrod boforo ho got nil ot tho' news In this sheet rend; I might suggest that he try It on tho Install ment plnn unless ho can tnko halt n dny off at ono tlnio. You know tho little Kowplo. that got out tho tub nnd filled It with wntor, with soap and towels and clean clothes and thtngs in John's front window about ten days ago: It flnntly dis covered that thoro was no chanca of taking its bath In tho window so it slipped out In the back room ono morning last week and took a dip, packed up and was off for Portland bo foro tho town was up. i I Did you see friend "Pafwhen ho ar rived from Eastern Oregon? Didn't you boo the alfalufy growing on his unpor Hp? Too bad you 'won't got a chanco now. It wasn't qulto alfalufy color and "Pat" must have thought it was ripe and mowed It. j i The small man is usually sot in his ways; it takes tho big man to change his mind. (tlnnl cBtlmnto), 4,080,000 bushels. UNITED STATUS: Soitonibor 1 forecast, 184,000,000 bushels; produc tion last year (Html ostlmnto), i'37, 009,000 hushols. Potatoes OREGON: September 1 forecast, 7, 030,000 bushels; production last yoar (final cstlmato), 5,520,000 bushuls. UNITED 8TATES: Soptombor 1 forecast, 318,000,000 bushuls; produc tion last yoar (final ostlmuto), 350, 103,000 hushols. Hay OREdffN: Preliminary estimate, 1,. 970,000 tons; production last yoar (final ostlmnto), 1,870,000 tons. UNITED STATES: Preliminary es tlmato, 80,200,000 tons; production Inst yoar (final estlmato), 85,225,00, tons. Apples OREGON: Soptombor 1 forecast, 1, 260,000 barrels; production InBt yonr (final estimate), 1,043,000 barrels. , UNITED STATES: Stptombor 1 forecast, 07,700,000 barrels; production last yoar (final estlmato), 7G.C70.000 barrels. i n r I III .BT i Communication To Editor or News r Registration closes Saturday night, October 7. 50,000 fewer have registered than did two years ago. House to house canvas roveafs that drys have ono In threo not registered, while wots, not one In ten has neglected this. The drys havo a majority sentiment in Oregon, but of thoBo that are registered, tho wots have a clear majority. To register theso delinquent 60,000 drys requires strenuous effort. Get busy, register yourself, phono your neighbors, talk it to everyono, do not take it for granted that your wife, or husband, or best friend has registered, until you Tiave asked them; we asked an officer of tho W. a T. U. and sho National Forest Timber for Sale Announcement is mado today, by i Assistant District Forester F. E. Amos ot Portland, Oregon, ot tho approval ! by tho Forester of tho advertisement for salo of 227,000,000 feet of govern ment tlmbor on tho Olympic National Forest in western Washington. Tho salo area comprises two units. The first unit covers about 2700 acres on tho Duckabush River watershed, and consists of approximately 110," 000,000 feet U. M. of Douglas fir, woat era red cedar, wostern whito plno, westorn hemlock, aniabllts fir, and other species,-eighty per cont of tho timber being Douglas Or. Tho second unit embraces about 3200 acres on tho Fulton Creek watershed, and fs es timated to consist ot 110,800,000 foot b. in. of tho Barao species, of which about sevonty three per cont is1 Doug las fir. The lowest prices at which bids will (IctidmtS -unit x. 9 y v EVEN IF AN ACCIDENT OR SICKNESS NEVER HAPPENS TO YOU, IT MAKES YOU. FEEL SECURE TO HAVE MONEY IN THE BANK. MONEY IS YOUR BEST FRIEND AND WILL COME TO YOUR RESCUE WHEN NOBODY ELSE WILL OR CAN. 'WHEN YOU ARE OLD "MONEY" WILL KEEP YOU. WHO IS GETTING THE MONEY YOU ARE EARN ING NOW? THINK OF IT. PUTOMEJN THE BANK. BANK WITH US 96-323 HOUSEWIFE BUYS GROCERIES , , ' K l '. '.,!' 'i I I plno, and ).60 per M for western hems lock, amabllls fir and other spocloai Tho lowest prices at which bids" wllf bo considered for tho tlmbor on Unit' Z aro $1.46 'per M for Douglas fir, Jt'lO' per'M for-woBt6rn rod' cedar, $2.60 per! M for -western whito plno, and $.80" per M for western' hem lock, nmbllls'nV) and other species. Tho so prices are to do readjusted every threo years' during tho llfo of tho contract. BIdB will bo rocolvod by tho Dis trict Forester, Portland, Oregon, up to Octobor 23, 1910. "warped. -5- MY HOME TOWN Did you ever go away from home and have someone ask you where you were from, and you said you were from Eugene, Instead of saying Springfield? Or were you embarrassed when they asked you what kind of a town it was you hailed from? And then, when ,ypu got your second wind did you tell them, the straight facts about your town? no bottoms into which to get northwest lumber into world markets. Even wheat la shipped across the continent by rail and there reshlppod by steamer to Europe. The Pacific Coast Is almost bare ot ships for foreign trade. Wheat prices havo been kept down by the extortionate freight rates duo to scarcity of tonnage -. Every indus try has felt the blight With plenty of ships the lumber business would now be booming. Prcsldont Wilson foresaw the con' ditlon and at the outbreak of the war urged r passage of the ship purchase bill. If . passed ithen 'it --would have added heavily to the tonnage, for ships could easily have been secured at that time. But the bill was talked . Why should you be ashamed of your home town Just because . to death atthe bohest of the , shipping it Is, a little smaller than some ' combine, which has profited millions Other nlnnca? PnnriR linvt mis. ! In excessive freight rates, and the ed presidents, poets and great business men. It is no disgrace just to live in a small town. Couldn't you tell the stranger what kind of a town you lived in? Doesn't your home town i, v, ... "n lowest i .tV t .I V .T r . 7' ba considered on unit 1 are $1.25 po ed. and that Is fatal to the interests M f $2.60 per M fori fLJL Fe0P' h rke.r' astern red cedar and western white benefited except the grower and his cohorts. Register now. That Oregon should loso her dry legislation would be more, of ly calam ity, to Oregon than that .Hughes' or Wil son should be elected president "What are you talking most about regarding politics Just now? Think of theso Items and Judge what should bo tho topic of conversation among men and women who are anxious for decency and sobriety. Under tho brewers amendment agencies could bo established In pri vate residences, breweries could estab lish so called drug stores at every corner and sell liquor to men women and children, habitual drunkards, In sane or any other ts not exempt; by tho comma that has been cunningly placed In the Brewors Amendment, It Is mado posslblo for druggists to soli for medicinal purposes without a pro serin tlon; so that anyone can got It for internal bathing as well as extern al for any pretended or fancied pain In any region from tho hair of the head to the toe nail, and furthermore this comma makes It possible for physi cians to prescribe It for other than medicinal purposes. Whereas our own local physicians are not of that breed, how about hundreds of others who are? ,TTyMW Furthermore that Increased allow ance for deliveries Is contemplated Is shown by the words "in such quantltl or under such .regulation as may bo1 prescribed by law," "Until otherwise 1 prescribed by legislature." j If the Brewors Amendment goes, through", it gives the tip to the legisla ture and they will act. accordingly. I Register now. I Warning to Hop Grower Washington. D. C. Sept 16. Hop growers and handlers aro urged by tho U. S. Department of Agriculture to make certain that tho sulphur thoy uso in curing Is absolutely freo from any traco of arsenic. Tho accidental pressenco In occasional shipments of American hops of mlnuto traces of nrsenlc Introduced through uso of Im pure sulphur has led at times to re jection of shipments especially In cases of exports to foreign countrlos with rigid hop standards. As tho evport trado under ordinary conditions is Important, growers and handlers of hops should be careful to uso in treat ing them only pure sulphur guaran teed ns arsenic free. Tho ubusI guar anty ot 99.6 per cent pure, it is found, is not sufficient, as tho ono-hnlf of ono per cent Impurity may conceal traces' ot arsenic That theso traces ot arsenic in occas. lonal consignments come from the inv pure sulphur used la draylng and bleaching was suggested by the U. S, Department ot Agriculture some years ago. A second-investigation. Just com. Tho housowlf o usually buys hor groceries whero hh& 5 knows sho can get tho best and tho most for her dollar. ' When wo buy our stock wo get tho best and try to got gro- ceries that will mean a saving to our customers. Tho farmer's wifo knows tho value of good groceries and""' knowB tho value of hor produco, that is why sho always goes ' to Slkea' Grocery to do her trading". Wo tako tho farm pro-'' duce and give tho best values in groceries. ' ' The Fifth Street ;Gropery THOS. S1KES, PROP. PHONE 22 I Dieted establishes definitely that Im Vote 315 X No. and Voto 310. X Yes. ; pr6 sulphur is, tho sourco ot.thls cop. DR. KEENBY-PERRIS I producers of America have paid tho bill. The now shipping law Is a plan to protect American producers against a recurrence of tho conditions under which they have suffered tho past two years. Portland Journal. lamination. have anything to be proud of? If it does have anything that might make it better known do you know all of tho facts of the case so you can talk intelligently with tho other fellow and tell him what you havo at home? It must bo some town If you havo lived In it and then it was nothing to brag about. What iiavo you been doijig to makeUt he beet place on earth for-you and your friends? Havo you helped to boost tho town and giyen new entqrprises your time and efforts? If you havo not, no wonder you aro ashamed of our home town. North Bend company formed of Coos Bay capital has leased for a term of years the old mill of tho Simpson Lumber Co., and will operate, Bame. 5 All of the 28 counties of Utah con tain portions of National Forests and consequently all share In tho 25 per cent ot the National Forest receipts which is paid over to tho road and school funds. This is true of no other State. j One hundred thirty thousand maps ot the National' Forests will bo dis tributed to tourists this summer. Thes maps show the boat camp sites, good hunting and Ashing grounds, roads, trails and telephone lines, and givo directions bow to reach points of interest Government Crop Report Washington, D. C, Sept 8. A sum mary of the September crop report for tho State of Oregon and for the United States, as compiled by the Bureau of j Crop Estimates (and transmitted through the Weather Bureau), U. S. ' Der-artraont of Agriculture, Is as fol lows: I Winter Wheat j OREGON: Preliminary estlmato 12.489.000 bushels; production last, year (final estimate), 10,200,000 bush el b. . UNITED STATES: Preliminary es. To Make BIq, Improvement In Track, tlmato 454,700,000 lushels; production, A $27,000 authorization for tho ro last year (final estlmato); 055,045,000 laying ot seven and a half miles of Democrats Also Buy White Muslin "Woodrow Wilson Our Next Presl dent," screams a street banner which was put up on Friday evonlng by the. members of tho Woodrow Wilson, league of this city. Tho banner Is stretched across Main Btrpct from tho Stevens Perkins building to tho Idaho P. Campbell building, has it's back to the Hughes Fairbanks banner which decorates tho street in a like' manner a block further cast Both banners were painted by Claude Slgnor. bushols. Spring Wheat OREQON: September 1 forecast. railroad track and other Improvement on tho Wondling branch has boon ro. celvod by F. W. Bchultz, Southern Pa 4, 500,000 bushels; production last ciflc roadmastor in chargo of tho main year (final estimate), 3,825,000 bushels, j line and branches n the Portland dlvl- UNITED STATES: September lision. forecast, 150,000,000 bushols; produc-1 Tho track which will be relayed with (Ion last year (final estimate), 350," 80-pound standard rails is botwoen Mo 4(0,000 bushels. hawk Junction and a point noar Donna Oats on tho Wendllng branch of tho South- OREGON: September 1 forecast, crn Pacific from Sprlngflold to Wen 15,000,000 bushels production last year dllng. , Why not save and deposit in otir Savlhgs Department 1 one-twelfth of your total taxes each month? Dy so dis tributing tho tax burden over tho entire year, It will not seem so heavy. 4 per cent on savings. FIRST NATIONAL BANK, EUGENE, OREGON. Note the Contrast We are modern and up-to-date in our methods and ma- h' . , i if finery. - . '.The old way was good .enough in its; day, but it ' is now out of date. We aim to give your Print ing the same up-to-dateness that marks the difference be tween "The New Way" and "The Old. Way." This change in character will make it a source of profit instead of a bill of expense. We .solicit a trial order. J IT "t The Springfield Phone 2 New! "w ill 111 1 01 ) tlM : a M i l ' 1 1 f K1