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THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
(itvl K4iriMry iorliiitlaH.Offunii, Miooontl.
Um mittrruluUr ol of l.'ongro o( M arn"imi
SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY NOVEMBER 20, 1916
VOL. XV. No. 95.
PRESIDENT WILSON BUM
MIDDLEMAN
Urges Fnrmorto Uoo Moro Lnntl
to Rnlso Blggor Crops to
Avoid Rocurrenco of
Present Situation
LIFE OF NATION DEPENDS
ON PRODUCTS OF OUR SOIL
Farm Credits and Scientific Aid
of Federal Department of
Agriculture Has Added to
Rural Prosperity
.President Wilson held tho tnlddlo
man responsible for the high cost of
foodstuffs last weok In a spooch wel
coming to Washington tho conrcntlon
of tho Nutlonal Orange, Uio first for
mat spocch ho litis delivered dIiico tho
election. Urging that farmers In
crease their output, the President said:
"Wo ought to rnlso uch big crops
that circumstances llko tho prcsont
can nover recur, when men can mako
bellovo as It the supply was so short
that tho middleman could charge for
It what ho pleases. It will not do to
be niggardly with tho rest of the
world In respect to Its food supply.
Tho president did not mention recent
petitions to him to 'declare an embargo
on tho exportation of foodstuffs from
tho United States, and he did not refer
even Indirectly to tho outcome of tho
Presidential oloctlon. Uls address
was Intoruptod frequently by applauso
tfrom thq.farmors.attendlng tho llftloth
anniversary, celebration of tho found
ing of tho Orange.
Problems of the Farmers.
Tho President spoke as follows:
"It cocs without saying that tho
physical life of the nation has-alwaysi
ueponuod upon mo rarm. it goon
without saying also, that to alargo
uxtont tho physical life of tho world
has drawn Its Bustnnance from tin
great areas of farm landa In tho Uni
ted States. We have sent food to all
parts of the world, and tho American
farmor has contributed to tho life of
all the countries of tho world. Hut
you know that as our own population
has Increased tho nrouortlon In which
wo could help foreign countries ns
contrasted with our own 1ms docrcaj
ed and there nro problems ,that nro
comparable with tho problems of stat
esmanship lying ahead of tho farmers
of tho United States:
'I havo been very much Intorosted
to confering with the Secretary of
Agriculture to find that although tho
laboratory and -the investigations ot
tH,man,ot ecjeuce.jrho was, not dir
ectly concerned with thq farm have
had a groat deal to do with tbepro
niotlon ot agriculture in the United
States, as elsewhere, what has had
ftljl moro to do with .it has, been the
Intelligent- farming of the individual
farmer. Most of the methods which
tho domonstrators of tho Department
t. AffrlnlttHll-.t tlfltfn hflftfl himv in
spVcad a sfar and wide as po88,bIo Polled as a result of his wife's Illness,
have been methods which they havo,w',lc.h fo,,owed to alleged Qucstlona-
learned from tho most accomplished
and best Instructed fanners In tho
United Stutos.
fjln other words, tho Department of
Agriculture lias hnd, as ono of Its
-most Important duties, to put all tho
farmers of tho United States, bo far
ns posBlblo, whero tho best of tho
fnr)n6rs ot tho United States had got
of their own Inltlatlvo and of tholr
owii Intelligence. Tlint, aftor all, Is
tho buslnoHB of education anyhow
tosproad tho product of the bobt minds
far! and wldo, bo that' thoy may ho
HCCOHulblo to everybody.
'!I)ut In tho futuro we havo got to
brjfng moro of tho urea of tho United
Stntos under cultivation than Is under
cultivation now. Wo havo got to In--crefuno
tho product at ovory point
wlusro It Is BitHcoptlblo of bolng Incrcaa
cd,f Wo havo got to study tho varia
tion of crops. Wo havo got to study
how to assist nnturo, or nt ony rato
undor'atund nature, by making tho
moHt Biiltablo uso of our sovorul and
varlod boIIs. Ono of tho tilings that
has Interested mo most, for example',
iHjItlmt what wo havo called tho pine
barrens or our southern coast. nood
not bo barrens nt all; that If wo add
aislnglo additional chemical element
"wjpean mako tho sand blossom and
bloom and produce crops, and that If
nature 1b only questioned closoly v
aoug
will yolld us hor richest
ES
FOR HIGH
COSTS
products for our own asBlntanco and
for tho assistance of tho rest of tho
world.
"Wo havn got to look closely Into
these secrets, and wo havo got to ro
alizo that thcro must go forth from
tho United States tho bost agricultural
Intellgcnco of all tho world. Wo havo
got tho moans.' Wo havo got tho
Ptjrposo. Wo havo started along
tho right lines,
Loans for the Farmer.
"Ono of tho things that has most
Interested mo about what has boon
done recently by legislation for tho
benofit of tho farmer is tho quostlon
why it was not dono long before U
Is astonishing that tho ossots tho vol
uablo nvnllablo assets, tho vlslbto as
sots of tho farm should not havo been
available as a basis of credit In tho
banks on tho samo terms as the assets
of commercial undertaking and man
ufacturing Industry. Cattle nro Just
as visible and tangible us goods In
warehouses and goods on trains.
"Credit based on cattle Is as good
as crodit based on bills of lading, and
tho astonishing thing is not that It
has been dono now, but that It took
no long to do It. And when you add
to that what has been dono by tho
Ilural Credits bill In tho way of long
(extending credits you will see that
wo havo, so to say. got ready for tho
first time to uso the capital of this
country to push forward tho agricul
tural Industry of this country. Wo
havo llboratod tho credits of tho banks
and wo havo mobilized, through tho
Department of Agriculture, tho scien
tific intollgenco of tho world."
WENDLING MAN SUES
PHYSICIAN; $25,000
DAMAGES WANTED
F. W. Howes Files Suit In Roseburg
Court Against Dr. O. E. Paterr
son of Sutherlln.
P. W. Howes of Wendllng Books
to recover damages to tho extent of
I2G.000 from Dr. O. E. Patterson, a
"uwioriin pnysician, tormoriy or wena
.who,, tho plaintiff claims nllen
nt'1 Mrs. Howes affoctlons. Tho enso
' '"B tried In tho circuit court at
; Rosoburg
Attornoys L. M. Travis
and A. K. Meek, ot Eugono, represent
tho plaintiff, while Attornoy O. P.
Coshow appears for tho defondant.
In tho complaint fitod by Howes he
charged that on or about August 30,
1918, tho dofendantwrongfully contriv
ing and Intending to lnjuro tho plain
tiff and derive htm of the oomfort,
society, aqd ajislsUnco of h(s wife,
and intending to destroy hor affoctlons
wound the plaintiff's fAolngs pride
and peaco of mind, wickedly am mali
ciously allonated the affecUons of tho
plaintiff's wife. Because of these al
leged Improper relations, Howos nski
for damages In the. sum fo $20,000. In
addition to this sum of money, Howes
also askod for 5000 which he claims
Is duo him becauso of money he ex-
"' "
fondant.
I)r, Patterson donlcd each and every
allegation contained in tho complaint
and claims that tho plaintiff and his
wlfo conspired togothor against tho de
fendant for tho purposo of bringing
him into disgrace and Injuring his rep
utation us a physician.
Obituary
Tho tunornl ot Mrs, Mary Hoso, who
died suddenly nt hor homo near liar
rlflburg Thursday morning, was held
yestorday afternoon ai 2 o'clock from
thq homo of her fathor, C. W. Young
nenr Eugene. Tho interment was made
at tho Qlllesplo cemotory.
Mrs. nose was tho wlfo of llird
Hoho, n promlnont Linn county farmor.
Sho Is survived by her fathor, two
brothers, Baxter Young and Cnl Young,
by flvo sisters, Mrs.Thomas VnnDuyno,
of Coburg, Mrs, Krank McAllister, ot
Eugono, Mrs. Julia Wallaco, who lives
In custom Washington, Mrs, Claudo
Topple, .of Hood River, Mrs. Jumos
Shields, ot Uolllnghnm, Washington,
and by two daughters, Mary and ltuth.
Tho docoasod was 62 yours of ago.
Sho was a nnttva of Lnno county, and
had llvod hero during hor whole life
aside from brief porlods spent In Toxaa
and North Dakota, whoralMr. Young
was engaged In tho stock raising bu-
inosa,
BASSETT DIES INSTANTLY
Some Details About Death of Former
Springfield Mill Man
Olon O. Hassott, formerly superin
tendent of tho Bprlngflold mill of tho
Booth-Kelly Lumber company, and of
tho Coburg mill, nnd for a number ot
years holding other responsible posi
tions with tho company, was killed
Thursday night at Nowhere when a
log slipped from a car, near which ho
was standing, striking him and break
ing his back. Mr. Ilassott was a mem
ber of tho Eugcno lodge of Masons nnd
was burled at Satom yesterday under
auspices of tho local body.
Mr. Hassott was superintending tho
unloading of several cars of logs at
the Spauldlng mill and was standing
near orio of tho cars when a log camo
down the runway soonor than ho ex
poctcd and he was unablo to dodge It
His back was broken In two places and
ono anklo fractured. Raising his head
a moment, ho said, "I'm killed," ami
dlod. i
Mr. Dassctt was about CO years old
and had managed properties of tho!
Spauldlng company for tho past flvo
years. Ho Is survived by his widow
and nlno children. Ho was an actlvo
member of tho Christian church. Ho
was a Mason, a member of the Ordor
of tho Eastern Star and of tho Wood
men of tho World, all of which orders
participated in tho funeral services.
PESSIMIST TELLS
HOW JUNCTION PUT
SPRINGFIELD UNDER
Junction Team Romped Away Wltn
Big End of 27 to 0 Score
Last Friday
Tho Springfield high school football
team camo homo from Junction City
Friday evonlng after a tussle with tho
Junction high team with tho small end
of Uio 27 to 0 scoro. Tho game was
cleaner and faster than the one play
ed hero a few weeks ago with tho
samo team. None ot tho participants
.won) InJurpdoUior than sustaining a
few slight bruises.
Tho Spifingfliftd team nefed llko
a herd of mule colts In a strange pas
ture during tho first halt of the game.
Thoy pranced around and did noth
ing to stop the onrushes ot tho Junc
tion players. Thoy had no spunk.
Thoy did not hit tho line with any
force. They did not hold tho line
when Junction had tho ball.
All tho best coaching In tho world
could not havo defeated Junction with
a team llko tho ono Springfield sent
to the "grain city." Tho "pills nnd
quids" told on the homo players.
Thoy wore not In physical form duo
to the lack ot taking proper care of
thomselves. During tho first two per
iods they took their defeat like eleven
children, would take fco cream at
a dinner party.
The second half, after Coach Moore
had read tho riot act to the boys,
ther stood up .on their hind legs and
tried to come; back, h Thoy had good
signals, and they had better plays than
Junction, but they did. not hare any
"football apunk" to oxecuto the plays.
JUNCTION CITY WINS 27 TO 0
Co-ed Tells of Battlo Royal Waged
Away From Home.
By MARION WHITE
On Friday afternoon a football garao
botween Junction City high school
and Springfield high school was held
at Junction City. Four automobiles
carried tho enthusiastic players and
girl rbotors to tho pamo.
"Ploa8a Mr. Schoolboara, may wo
go to Junction City,'1 was tho plea
of a numbor of high school girls Thur
sday evening. "Mr. Schoolboard!'
gnvo his consont and Friday saw tho
girls moro specifically Jessie Walker
(chaperon), Dorrls Slkes, Edna Dur-
yeo, Bernlco Cagley, Lillian Mulligan,
and Marlon White accompanying the"
football toam to Junction City. Tho
procession started: Uio boys at 1:0GI
and tho girls nt 1:45, for Junction
with much onthustasm nnd lots of
pop."
Although tho gamo gave Junction
high school tho victory by 27 to 0,
tfto sprlngflold high school players
woro good losers. The boys put up
a good fight and did their best.
Small Boy Is Bitten By Dog.
Lowell Noblo rocolvod a badly luc-
oratod lower Hp when a largo black
and whlto dog, a stray about town,
Jumped upon 'him Friday pvonlng.
This Is tho second occurrence ot the
sort to happen recently, tho small
son of W. H. Gott bolng tho other lu
Jurod boy.
CITY OFFICERS SWORN IN
New Public Servants Take Up Thilr
Duties Today.
, Two councilman, a recorder and i
treasurer took tho oath of ofllce today J
to servo tho Town of Springfield for
ono term, fit, w. wooer, wno wa.
filling an unexpired term was returned
to tho council at tho city election
hold November 7. The other coun -
pllman,' M. C. Dressier takes up the
duties of a city father for the first
time.
H. ?E. Walker succeds himself as
recorder. Walter It. Dlmm, was!
Sworn In to act as treasurer for one
year; ' He succeds Lillian C. Gorric, '
who resigned a few months ago.
Tho new councilmen will attend to
their, first official duties tonight and
the "treasurer will take up his work
tomorrow.
Former Springfield Man Is Killed.
Glen O, Bassett, manager of tho
Spauldlng Logging company, of New
berg, Ore., who, was killed Thursday
night when a log sllppetlfrom a car
which they where unloading and struck j
him. breaking hl had. . ni -writ
known In. fprlngfie!d, having been- Bhow of authority, that president Wll
formerly superintendent of tho Booth' n nad decided that no member of his
Kollymlll. (Cabinet need retire, with the beginning
Mr. Bassett Is survived by his widow 'of 010 Present's second term, unless
and nine children. He has been man- lt BU,tcd hU Punosc to do so. Nothing
acer of the Nnwhre mill fn- fivo v. hs occurred to indicate that any gener
LAST DETAILS FOR
DEDICATION OF NEW
PHI 1RPH miWPI ETC
LMUKLtl UUMrLfc: I IV
At Glass Windows and Pews Are
Expected to Arrive Early This
Week to Complete Edifice
By ItUTH SCOTT
Tho now James A. Ebbert Memor
ial Methodist Eplscopalcburch, locat-
cd at the corner of Sixth and G streets.
... ; . .. .
cuiuur nancial enterprise. - jthe President offered that portfolio
If .possible Bishop Matthew Hughe, ' AIready tho Ba l a Bew Secre- to James C. McReynolds of Tennessee. '
ot San Francisco will be securea Z tary of Treasury Is b,neB d,8CU88ed Tut t
dnllror thn ririi,..'inn u .In quarters where the purposes of tho or the United States.
his return Is not definitely Sown Cabinet changes probably would be, "ton of Mr. Palmer for a Cabinet
In case it la impossible to get B?snnown- The name of Itepresentatlve Place recoils a incident ot mom.
op Hughes tho Roverond Pari r Z Cart GIttss ot Virginia is being men-, than two years ago, when a confer
Z nrea Mr. Olaas lB ence took place at the White House f
ty ilirineak Z Zvl ! ! i ' chairman of the House committee on in regard to the selection of Demo- ,
j' Talbot. Dan I n5 Banking and Currency, and as such cratlc candidates for United Stafa.
Thlolocv w.1. Z C0,,eB0,0ff drafted the original bill which was ultl- Senator and Governor in the Pennsyl-,
In th BP'rvT,n u f t a? mately molded into the Glass-Owen law vania elecUons of 1914. Those wa
n ho llZtrl a r lu SerV CCS for the revision of the currency and the attended the conference were Presl
will h r r, if V establishment of the Fcderel Iteserv- dent Wilson. Mr- Palmer, Mr. McCo-
will be in charge of the Reverend bankln Bystem mlck, William B. Wson of Pennsyl-
Jame .Moore of Albany. Superintend- i "hS pwL Wli thlv, Wehlv ' 8ecreta of labor, and.
ent of the Eugene district. That President Wilson thhaks highly noJaDd Philadelphia. Mr.
The entire program of dedication 'f0
day will be completed by Wednesday 'Mm
of this week. It will consist of oi f- ed that he should beoome the Senator-
n.. auernoon ana evening services. "r " 7 nZ7tZZ Z
The dedication day has been kept1 n"ee- a p08,U?
Indefinite the last few weeks because holdB' Ifc nad been that this
k . . wuou ,hnnM rn tn W Tl TTnlll.lnr nf
recured b"
w .
The art glass windows arrived
todor trha iwiM
7 7- - ' wh,ch
shipped from Michigan nwIy. thw
weora .ko, rrm probably jurlto to -
morrow. No word has been recetv
ed from the company in Oakland, Cal
ifornia, in regard to the rolling par-
titions, but it is expected that they.
wm mrivu m pieaiy oi iime to Do m-
stalled before dedication. Aside from
these features tho church is practl-
cally completed.
Many ministers and laymen from '
Portland, Salora, Albany, Eugene and thau had luncheon with the Presl- Montana, who had charge of Western
other places will be present to attend dent at the White House today. He Is Headquarters In Chicago during tho
the dedication. j quoted In nu Interview ns saying that campaign, might bo asked to join the
he had heard on good authority that Administration." Harry A. Garfield,
Replacing Ralls On Wendllng Branch somo 0f tho present members of tho President "of Williams College and a.
The work of replacing 52-pound rails , Cabinet had expressed a desire to son of the late President James A. Gar
wlth SO-pound steol on tho Wendllng loavo an,i that it wa a logical Infer- eld, also Is said to bo looked upon as
branch of the Southern Pacific linos, cnCQ thnt the President would recog- of Cabinet calibre, as well as Samuel
was commoncod this morning. The nlzo tUe West In filling Cabinet vncan- Seabury, the defeated Democratic can
lighter rails will be replaced from Mo-; ces. Mr. Morgenthau was quoted ns dldate for Governor of New York,
hawk Junction to Donna, a dlstanco of 8nyinB lso that ho was convinced In case there Is a vacancy la the
about 10 miles, tho work being done lhat no changes in tho Cablnot would Supremo Court. Attorney General
by tho regular force of section men. tnke pluce .at present." He declined Gregory, Secretary Lane, or Senntor
Old Paper Sold.
The Manchester (O.) West Union
Pnntila'a TV.f n., w -1.1 1-1, nA 1... 1 !
vuu a wu.V.l.lUI, VI3UIUI1DUUU U3 U.
W. Eylnr In 1865. bought by former
State Printer E. A. Crawford In 1890,
haa been sold by him to W. A. Eylar
for $7,000.
Sufferer From Indigestion Relieved
"lloforo taking Phnmi.nrinin'B T..h. '
lots my huBlmnd Bufforod for sevbral1! tontlon of displacing Mr. Daniels. In not become a Cablnot offlcer.
years from Indigestion, causing him to fact, what was said today In well-tn-
lmvo pains In tho stomach and ills-1 formed clrclos leads to tho conclusion LYNCHBURG, Vu.. Nov. 18. men
tress after oatlug. Chamberlain's Tab- that tho President prefers that Mr. asked this evening concerning the re
IotH relieved him of these spells right ' Daniels should retain the Navy Port- port that ho is to succeed W. G. Mc
away," writes Mrs. Thomas Casey, Mio. Tho reason given for this dis- Adoo as Secretary of Uio Treasury,
Gonovn, N. Y. Obtatnnblo everywhere, position of tho President Is Interes- Representative Glass said he hpped no-
I tins. Ho realizes that Mr. Danlel'B . body would succeed Mr. McAdoo.
A. D. Ruddlinan has been off duty
during tho past four days, occasion-
ed by nn injury to the muscles of tho
back. '
FEW CABINET
111 YEAR
' D.,jn. : nn
Will Not Roquire Any
Member to Send in
Resignation
l RUMOR VACANCIES TO BE
CAUSED BY RETIREMENTS
Glass or Morgenthau May Succeed,
Secretary of Treasury, McAdoo;
Daniels' Position Secure InNavy
Department
Washington. Nor. 18. The in-
formation was given today, with some
at aesiro exists in uio caoiuei circle iu state do ouereu me Aiiorsey uh
appoint a new set of advisors. j ship. Mr. McCormlck and Mr. Pal-
Thomas Watt Gregory of Texas, the mer are close friends, and the selec
Attorney General, is credited with bar- J tion of Mr. McCormlck as the Dem
ing arranged to resume tho practice cf ocratic campaign manager this year
,aw' 1)111 con,lnilal1011 111 '"E ot lWs
reporT wWch has been in circulation
since before the election. J When President Wilson was form-
In official circles the rumor is per Ing his Cabinet In the interin between
Blatant that William G. McAdoo of New his election in November, 1912, and .
York, the President's son-in-law, who Is his Inaugauration in March, 1913, be
Secretary of the Treasury, Is being urg- asked Mr. Palmer to become bis Sec
edby some of those closest to him to retary of War. Mr .Palmer declined
quit onlclal life next March. Mr. Mc- on the ground that he was a Quaker
' Adoo is in the early fifties. The story . and opposed to things that had to do
:has It that he may decide to ro-estab-,
11.1. V.t I. Mmot Vmlr
. . ,
become, connected with some large fl-
irS
f ui..,m vn r,.M
"riM iT,
the plan by picking Mr, Glass, The lat-
Mwt..t T ..r, ,
ter was reluctant to accept and .did so
' T . , I
Morgenthau Also Mentioned
Henry -Morgenthau ot New York, ex-
,Ambas?ador. to Turkey, who was. Chair-
man or tne uenerai tinanQQ uommuwe
of the Democratic National Committee
in the political campaign Just ended,
is being mentioned as a possible sue-
cessor to Mr. McAdoo. Mr. Morgen-
I to say what members of the Cabinet
wished to retire. t
During tho Presidential enmpnign ,
. - .
11,0 rumor was persistent umt ooauim-
s na"Iols- Secrctar' ot ",0,Na,Vf'
ould not remain In the Cablnet-thls
, c . . 1 ill. I
Oil llio nssumpilim, oi cuurnu, iuuv (
Wilson would bo ro-elocted. with
. . . .
tho election over, the information is-r
fumlslicd thot the President has no in-
administration of tho Navy Depart
meat 1ms bo.en severely criticised, and ,
li has not hum forgotten In Wash-.
Ingto hut u Charles E. Hughes,
CHANGES FOR
CONTEMPLATED
ln tho campaign which closed last
Tuesday, argued that Mr. Daniels was
inefficient, ho was applauded loudly.
But the clticlsms of Mr. Daniels bava
Inclined tho President more strongly.
In bis favor,
One of the main considerations kh
derstood to have influenced the Presi
dent in his desire that Mr. Daatels
should remain In tho Cabinet Is the
feeling that if he should retire the con
tention would be set up thai he had
been forced put on account of the
ctrlctures on the naval administration
by Hear Admiral Bradley A. Flske,-ex-AIde
to Operations In the Najy
Department .
That Yance C. McCormlck qfPeaa-...
sylvania, Chairman of the Democratic
National Committee, will ask to be
consulted in regard to Cablnot changes
is taken for granted here. Should tho
report prove true that Attorney Gen
eral Gregory will resume law practice
Mr. McCormlck in the opinion, of poli
ticians hero, will urge that ex-rere ,
sentative A. Mitchell Palmer oftii
la attributed to 1 the suggestion ot
' Mr. Palmer.
with hostile operations.. It was un-
.InlnnJ n , t, n Mm. 4 V. .1 1 Ifp tM1mAW
, , .
desired to be Attorney General, butr
,a candidate against Penrose, To thi ,
Palmer couutl by urgteg that S.
wusonbeeome the Senator
n'T7 VVUSOB Beom,e WO Senatorial,
m? dent would net
consent to this. He said that h
wanted no ehansM In ate Cabinet
. , r, .
That remarS: was menHeaed today la. ,
tt nt that
President Wilson would permit aar ,
member ot bia Cabinet to remain U
ofllfa j, CabInet offlcer desired J ,
retain his rtortfollo.
Among the Cabinet members who i
have been reported as considering
resigning have been Secretary of Coni
merce Redfleld and Secretary of War
Baker. One report has It- that both
Mr. McCormlck and Senator Walsh of
Walsh of Montnna, would be consul-
ered first for the appointment.
becrotary Tumulty Is expected to
. . . , -
, " ",D
Tnr i VT f ? f
J Board of Genera Appraisers iu
IVAW VrtPlf lr nt ,lnalf-Afl Dnnn.40 hnir..
- ,.ciutui uuiu
connected Mr. Tumulty's namo with
n fii i . j i
it posmou, out it was siaieu
uuiHoruunvoiy touuy tnai no wouiu
Miss MUUo Hunter of Myrtlo Crook
Is visiting here at tho homos of hor.
brothers, C. M. Noet and Hqrry Neot,