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SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, DEC. 11, 1916.
VOL. XV. NO. f
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SPRINGFIELD
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NEWS
JL J. aJLji
-KELLY GETS
IN
Mothodfnta Are Dofeatod by n
Score of 36 to 25 In Their
First Gnme,
BAPTISTS WIN OWN CAME
Large Crowd Attend Both Contests,
And Cheer ,or Favorite Playere .
Next Games Saturday.
BOOTH
INTO
RUNNING
BASKETBALL
Ml
.
League Standing,
Tcmn 'Won Lost ' Porct.
Christians 1 0 1,000
Baptists ' 0 1 .000
Uooth-Kolly 1 0 1.000
Methodist 0 1 .000
Nearly 200 people witnessed tho
accond games of tho Springfield Sun
,Wi iVn ii V . l n Z
School Basketball League at tho Oporu
houso Saturday night. Tho Booth
Kelly first team dofeatod tho Metho
dist lessors 30 to 2G and Uio llaptlst
Becond team succooded in boating tho !
Christians by five points, tho scoro
waB 16 to 10. lloth gamos woro fast
and wero strongly contested to tho
lost toot of tho referee's, whlstlo.
Tho outcome of the garaa between
tho second teoms was not decided
until the last basket was thrown. At
tho end of tho first half tho Baptists
led by only two points. ThOy kept
tho load and slowly' Increased it dur-jtho
Jng the second period. Tho teams
wero evonly matchod nltbopgh tho
Baptists showed a better ability tn
liandlo tho ball than did tho Chris
tians, Tho second team lineup was:
Christians
"Vincent f
McKinnoy
11. Nixon
Conley .
nuptlstB
C. Chaso
f 1j. lllll
c Keonnn !
g Hardy '
g Uryan'
1. Nixon
Points: Vlncont 2. McKinnoy 0. II. I
Nixon 2, C. Chaso 9, L. Hill 2, Kuonon nlRt Increase if In favorable condl
4, tlons.
Tho first porlod of tho big game J Mr, Sweetser spoko of tho danger
ended a tlo between, tho Booth-Kelly or contagion from disease. Tho houuo
plnyors and tho Methodists. Thoy. milk, and drinking water wora
Methodists hod a Blight edge on tho named as common carriers of dlsoas".
B-K'b during tho frBt half for teamj"TJioro never has been a medicine
work but they went to pfeces in tho mndo that could euro tuberculosis. '
second purlod and camo out 11 points
behind at the finish. Harry Bird
of .the Booth-Kelly team soemedi to
have a leaso on, the basket and .made
94 points for his team. The players
and positions wero:
Methodists Booth-Kelly
"cages t , Blrd
W. DJram f L. Calkins
R. Dlmtn o Perkins
C, BratUin g -Wyld
ft. Scott g Parker
Points: W. Dlmm IB, Feagles 0, It.
Dlmm'2, Bruttaln 2, Bird 24, Calkins
4, Perkins fl,.Vy!d 3. - .
Estly Parley of tl)e Stato Unlvor
olty was referoo.
Next Saturday night Booth-Kelly and
tho Christian first teams mix and tho
Methodist and Christian second toams
play.
Taxes on Advertising.
Tho Uruguayan government has
passed a law' which places a tax on all
classos of advertising posted in public
places in tho city of Montevideo. This
applies to nil handbllU, theatre pro
grams, names, printed on awuings or
windows, oloctrlo signs and stroet car
advertising. .Mattor sent through tho
mail pays no tax.
He Sold The Rubber-Tired Buggy.
Just as an. oxamplo of. Tiow It paya
to advertlBO, a Sprlngflold rcBldcnt
Insortcd a thrco lino ad In tho Sprlng
flold News on Decombor 4 and on Doc
ombor 7, paying 25 cents for tho two
.togothor. Qn Thursday the. seventh
ho rocoivod a tolopbono call, and, a
.llttlo later In tho day, sold 1ho rubtior
tired buggy advortlsed to a man from
jasper.
District Quarterly Meeting To Be Hera
Tho quarterly meeting of tho Free
.Methodist churoh,,for th IJoBeburg
lstr!ctvill niiold at ,th8! 8pj4ftBi
Iteli Free Methodist church this week
ieommoncInK on Thursday, mcember
44 aud contlauisg over flu4ay. -D.
Dodgo o? atwnta Pfl W Bve
ioiarKO.
'HS'if ,fc
BEREANS MEET AND ELECT
Clinton Conley Returned Ai President
Clnse Hat Business Session.
Olflcorfl woro elected, ono gnmo was
played, "cats" woro onjoyod, and tho
mnmhorshlp content now on, was die
cussed, nt tho rcKUlar 1-uslrinsa moot
ing of tho Horoau Sunday school clnss,
which wnu hold at tho homo of tho
toachur, IS. 12. Morrlnon, on Thursday
evening.
Clinton Conloy was rooloctcd presi
dent, defeating Hnrry Nixon t.nd I.'oy
Cairns for tho plnco, Miss Franco
Travis Is to ho vico president, having
outstripped Mian ,Nell Nixon, tho
othof candidate for tho place. Miss
fjortrudo Williams and Miss Elhlyn
Powers won out respectively, In tho
content lor secrotary and treasurer.
Miss Doatrico llotbrcok and Orlo Net
tloson woro tholr rivals for theso post,
tlons.
Tho membership contest ends next
Sunday, with 72 already onrqllod hi
tho class. Hnrry Nixon and Hoy
Cairns aro lcadors of tho two divisions.
Applos and cookies wero enjoyed dur
ing thu courno of tho evening.
OREGON UNIVERSITY
INSTRUCTOR TALKS TO
HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS
Prof- A. R. Sweetser Tells Botany Class
About Bacteria Illustrates
His Work.
Through tho efforts of Miss Esthor
Campbell, high school botany class
. toachor, Professor A. IL Bwootsor,
1 head of tho botany department of the
j University of Oregon, addressed the
j botany class for about on hour last
Friday morning. Tho class had been
, studying bacteria so it was upon this
,aubJoct that ho spoko. Storloptlcan
' lantern slides woro used to illustrate
talk.
I "Although bacteria aro usually spok-
on or as ,gormo, microbes and bugs,1
said Profesor Sweotsor, "you noed not
think that they belong to tho animal
kingdom, in fact; they rtro practically
tho lowest form of vogotnblo life.
Hoclorla aro by no moans all-harmful
no I8 commonly supposed, if it wero
nt for theso tiny organisms lfo
would soon bo extinct on this earth.'
1,0 then oxplalned tho different kinds
of bacteria, and gavo llluatrutlond
showing tho rapidity with which thoy
ho stated, "plonty of fresh air and
sunshlnp, wholesome food and puro
water Jb the. best euro known."
Several .Interesting .cultures of diff
erent bacteria that had boon made in
his own labratory were shown to tho
class.
CLASS OF; BERETS T
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
ENDS LIVELY CONTEST
Roy Cairn's Side Defeats Harry Nix
on's Team By 74 Points
Hove 63- Members.
Tho Berenn ciubs of the Christian
Sunday school closed it's contest yes
terday, December tenth, with G3 en
rolled members. Roy Calm's side
won over Harry Nixon's sido with
323 points to 249 points. Mayor 12,
E. Morrison is tho teacher.
Tho contest began Novoniber fifth
whon the class was divided into equal
sides and tho captains appointed. Groat
enthusiasm was shown during the en
tiro cotcst, each member working com
Bcfentiously for hjs or her sides by
bringing old or now members and visi
tors. Thoro woro - few absences,
throughout the six weeks of tho con
test and on tho last Sunday thoro wero
58 present out of an enrollment of G3.
Tho cIobb sot fifty as the goal but thy
did not atop at this.
, Tho losing sldo, undor the super
vision of Harry Nixon, will entertain
the winning sldo vlth a largo chicken
dinner next Monday ovonlng.Decombor
18. Everyone is looking forward to
this event with anticipations or a Hue,
timo. There is no doubt but that
tioveral are even faaUilg so that they,
canjdo full Justice to tho chicken din
ner . i
r Points woro given for new members,
flva;o)d momboro brought back, three;
Visitors, two;, attendance on time, two;
aUcndaaoa Into, ono; and ono wna
Bubtracttid for non-attendance. v
H. C. OF L STRIKES
AT 1917 BUDGET OF
0,S. G0VEB1SNT
Cost of Commodities Used By
People Have Increased 34
Por Cent In Year.
WILLfVIEAN LARGE BUDGET
Secretary of Agriculture Recommends
That MoreLand Be PuCUnder i
State'of Cultivation.
Washington; Doc, 9. "Wo must take
our choice In tho coming year of pay
ing wages and purchasing supplies on
tho current basis or else must still
further restrict the public work," says
Secretary of Commerce William C.
Rcdflold In his annual report to cong
ress today, In discussing tho high coat
of living. It had hit the government
service hard, ho says, and ho forecasts
a considerable Increase In tho cost of
maintaining the public service duo to
general Increases In tho prices of all
supplies and tho wages which must
be paid men to cnablo them to live.
Prices increase 34 Pet- Cent .
There has been, ho said, an Increase
of -34 per cent during tho last year la
the coat ofcommodlties which go to
make up everyday needs of tho nor
mal family. Secretary Rcdflold offers
no remedy for tho situation, apparent
ly feellug tho high prices must bo
paid.
Tho report says that tho favorable
bnlanco of trade of tho United States
for the fiscal year endod Juno 30, 191B,
was f2,13C,775,3S5. Tho total exports
amounted to $4,333,658,865 and thi
total imports to 12,197,883,510. The
report states that tho promiso for the
eniuing year-Is for -an oven -greater
foreign' trado
Further, Secretary Redflcld reports
that our forefgn Indebtedness has been
cut down 13,000,000,000 and that .tho
United States lias lent abroad tho tre
mendous sum of $1,500,000,000 slnco
tho war began.
Wealthiest Nation on Earth.
"Wo aro tho wealthiest nation in tho
world and tho most prosperous one,"
Bays tho secretary. Our debts aro
trilling, he says, somo foreign nations
less rich than somo of our states bear
ing heavier burdens of debt than tho
whole American nation.
Socretary Redflcld says that to main
tain our strong position and our sound
gold resorvo we must not only continue
our heavy exports, but must increase
our loans and Investments abroad. Jn
this ho takes Issue with some of tho
other government authorities, notabla
the federal reserve board, which have
cautioned the country against laves
ing too' freely tn foreign securities.
Socrtary Rcdflold reports that hla
department has done much work In
protecting tho lives of steamship-ex-curtlonlsts.
Ho reports that the steam,
boat inspection service, has never be
fore' boon bo active as during tho past
year in safeguarding porsons bound
on pleasure trips on the water,
On 8359 occasions during the yoar,
tho report says, Inspectors have count,
ed a total of 3,244,953 passengers em
barking on excursion stoaniers. On 1C7
occasions the inspectors have stopped
the embarking of passengers because
tho safe limit of capacity had been
reuched. It Is reasonable to assume
Mr. Redfleld declares, that had not. tho
Inspectors halted the embarkation the
boats would have been overloaded, j
with possibly many fatal accidents
resulting. The public does not cheer
fully cooperate In this work, the report
says,
As an echo of the Eastland disaster
in tho- Chicago river, Socretary Red
field urges that a board of naval arch!,
tects bo attached to the steamboat in
spection service to pass upon the
safety of excursion steamers.
New Food Fish Introduced.
The report says that during tho year
tho bureau of fisheries has by Its In
vestigations and experiments added
sovoral new food fish to tho diet nt
tho American people, In this way holp
Ing to keop down tho cost, of, lvng.
The Amorlcun merchant marine has
Increased more rapidly in the last two
years than over boforo In tho history
of the country, saya tho report.' Dur,
ing tho period tho tonnage opgaged In
foreign commerce has been doubled
and now reach.ee 2,191,716 grow Umn.
. - ... i1
itlmeu t ja7o Two) 1
SUPPLYKE
PAGEWiTH GROWTH
OF U.S. POPULATION
Meat Supply in States Has Had
Most Marked Decline
Pork Holds Up.
DECREASE STOCK RAISING
'
Fisheries Has Introduced
Bureau
of
.' Hi - . .
New Pood Fish as Diet To Keep
Wolf
Away.
Washington, Dec. 8. Fears that tho
pop&l.allon of the United States is
growing so fast that it-will outstrip
the production of food aro set at rent
by the annual report of Secretary o!
Agriculture David F. Houston, mado
to Congress today.
Tho production of foods in the Unit
cd States has held Its own In some
branches and has increased In others.
The alarming decline in beef produc
tion which set In some time- ago
reached tho lowest point in 1913, and
slnco then has increased materially.
At the samo time thcro has been a
marked increase in the production of
swine.
Sheep Are Fewer.
Sheep have declined slightly. More
of -these meat animals have been
slaughtered under government super
vision during the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1916, than over before, the re.
port' states. Tho heaviest slaughter
lng"has been accompanied by an In
crease in the number of living animals,
however.
Secretary Houston says that the
situation gives reason for the bright
est optimism, it being indicated that
the vUalted States cannot only'supply
IWb food neodB but can feed a
large proportion of tho people of tho
outsldd world.
Disease Is Combated
Tho report states that the depart
nient has energetically worked
through 'the eradication of disease
and the development of stock raising,
to lcnrea80 tho food supply. He rec
ommends tho Inauguration of tho vig
orous campaign against tuberculosis
in hogs and cattle, which, ho estimates,
Is causing annual losses In the United
States of $25,000,000.
The grating capacity of tho public
domain has been increased from 15 to
30 per cent during the year, tho re
port says. Tho perfection of grazing
regulation on an additional 250,000,000
acres of public lands would enhance
meat uspply, eays the secretary, Sec
retary Houston advocates more sheep
raising.
The secretary's report states that
the secret of continuing to feed the
world lies In tho expansion by tho
American people of the acreage of
tilled lands. Food crops should be
rtabillzed and better regulated, he de
clares. Crops should bo rotated sci
entifically and the entire business of
tilling the soil should be placed on a
more scientific basis.
Mr. Houston's report says 'much
progress has been made In improving
mothods of marketing crops, particu
larly fruits and vegetables. Ho tells
of his market news service by which
news of shipments of crops Is dis
tributed to tho farmers.
A marked improvement in tho qual
ity of food and drugs offered the
public has been brought about through
rigorous enforcement of tho food and
dniRs act, says tho report
Receives Drawing of Springfield Home.
Mr, and Mrs. E, E. Lee have receiv
ed from tho lattor's son, Ben Conway,
formerly of Springfield, but now em
ployed nt Euuaver, Colorado, a faith
ful pencil and crayon drawing of the
former's home, Just .northeast of tho
city. The picture Is remarkably
good, being drawn from memory, as
it had to bo. The hpuBO, with tho
brldgo and river bend behind it, and
farther in the background, tho Spring
field hill, aro all shown In the small
cardboard picture.
Will Open Feed and Seed Business.
J. J. Browning has announced that
ho will go Into the feed and -seed
business In this city, opentag 'up fa
the offjee formerly Occupied by Bj E;
Morrison,. on Saturday, .peceBafie'r
Mr; Browning has no plana' b glvo
out now. further than that ha'pdta
cn:inut tho real bs'tatfe' aslhesa1 Vtft
a no. ' v ' i
EPS
SMALL YOUNGSTER MOURNS
Pour-Year Old Inconsollble Over Death
of Tony, Pet Dog, Killed by Auto
One of ilfo's small tragedies oecui-,
mobllo traveling at a high rate of
speed struck and almost instantly kill,
ed, "Tony," tho llttlo white spitz pet
rlnir. liMnnelntr to Donald, four and nnt.
half year old son of J. C. Holhrook.
Tho dog had been accustomed to play
and B streets, and was known and
petted by all the nearby residents.
Thn Rmall hnv wan (nrnnpnllhln. and
1oven 'Tony's" older friends wero sad
when they 8aw tho to stiffened
(body.
I Those who saw the accident say
the driver of tho car. whoso name
is being withheld, was on the wrong
sldo of the street, bad all the curtains
drawn and Warf diving at a speed
much in excess of the city limit Had
tho obstacle in the way been a child
Instead of a dog, it Is last as probable
that it would have been struck.
PARENT -TEACHERS
HOLD INTERESTING
MEETING -ON FRIDAY
Superintendent Kirk Makes Plea Fo
New Play Shed At Lincoln
School.
Thirty teachers and 18 parents at-
tended the first meetnlg of the Spring.
field Parent-Teachers Association at
tho Lincoln school Friday afternoon . If."! IT'
where several subjects of Importance Jf enactment of leglsta
to parents wero discussed. ,OB -aslag tho fees ot all the
I MIbs McCormick, domestic science prfBt fJfT Wig depart-
heacher, emphasized the necessity of meat8' and ae era0aa 01 0tH6ra'
'appetizing lunches for school children Beceesar-7-In
a very pointed talk. She said that ! Rf,? Fund CouW Be uf
t was not the quality and quantity, or Funds for, highway construction
'the lunches brought by the children work are now raised by a alllaga
that should- be corrected, but It Is the tax ' that produces' approxlaaatefy
neatness that Is used In preparation ?,3,080 annually. By availing HselC
and the selection of the" articles that of the provisions of the 1912 amend
makes the. lunch attractive to the pu- meat to the constitution, and author
pn. - wi YriBg-'tKtf issuanceoirbo'rldS' for'tVe
Superintendent IL L. Kirk made a construction of all highways, the leg
pica to the parents for a. -play shed Mature can, make this sum available
'for the children so that they will have 'or -the conduct of tho state, govera
a dry place to amuse themselves at ment next year rr the lev will
recess and at noon time Instead o' have been made before the session
; having to run around in the mUd. Ho convenes. Good roads enthusiasms
emphasized tho fact that the children favor thIs Plan for the- Present high
would play In the rain at noon and wa-' appropriation has been consid
get wot up to the knees and would ered unadequate. and they belfeve.
then sit In the school room all after- more money can be obtained by:bona
nbon and try to learn their lessons. 'ns-
.Mr. Kirk reasoned that the parents Merger of Departments Urged,
spend enough for medicine and cough, Although but few -departments can
syrup each winter for colds caused bc abolished with any consequential
unnecessarily to build a play shed. isavlng, there are a- number of com--
' Professor P M. Stroud of the high 'missions and departments 'that caa
school spoke on parents visiting the be consolidated with a saving aad
schools and becoming acqalnted with without Impairing their efficiency, it
the work their children are doing ls asserted. A considerable aav
while they are In charge of tho teach- 5811 00 made b consolidating the
(.rs child labor commission, the Industrial
! Mrs. J. B. Campbell, president of welfare commission and the labor
the association and Mrs. McKay ad- commissioner with' the state indua-
' dressed the meeting. The next meet- trlal accident commission, It is psttft
lng of the Parent-Teachers will be t. This consolidation is pro
January 4, at three o'clock.
. '
BOOTH-KELLY TEAM
IS DEFEATED; ELMIRA
Tivrccrnoc ,qTn il.
i Aiyba otUKt 44 l.u lo
... ., .. ..
Home Team Is Handicapped by Small
i Hall. Poor Lights, Low Celllno
Game is Fast .
Xba BootnKcdly basketball team
. . . x r,, , t,, ,
was defeated at Elmlra by the Elmlra
team Thursday night 42 to 15. Tho
I local players were very much hand'-
capped by the condition of the hall,
'lt was small, the celling was low and
t , WA ,, . ...
(lt was lighted by oil Jamps. Tho
Elmlra boys were used to this and had
the advantage. The Booth-Kelly boya
were outshone on team work which
cost thom many baskets.
. The game was fast and clean. There
was llttlo unnecessary roughing. Tho
local team plans to bring Elmlra here
lUi gauiu Dvmu uuiv uita kmwmm
The lineups
Booth-Kelly' '
Bird
Calkins
Perkins
were:
vim Ira
Sraoer
Voder
.
Swla
r-t-it:-
by Levi No ra aui OTrwi: waiwr
Dimm'w.j or'1 W
1 Iarker
f rofats: Bird VCa.kUs 4, p7ffi' U tZ 'S
h. WrVd 1, Draper '7; Voder f -S.i?SOTwi& lS(au"
l . fj..,1 cwld be saved WsnniaUy.
1
NEW SIX PER CENT
TAXING LIMITATION
PUZZLE TO MM
state Officers Urge Bond I
. To Pay For Highway
Work.
FEES ARE SUGGESTED
! '
Merger of Commissions .And sRoft
AdvUed To Reduce Expenses De'
ficlt WHI Be 560,000.
Salem, Or., Dec 10. As a solattoa
of bo met part .of tho flaaaclal' problem
coafroatiag the state a8 a result of
the passage of the 6 per cent tax lim
itation ' amendaaeat, state official
have evolved for presentation to tha
! coming legislature a plan which they
'say ia nowise contravenes the pro
yMoaB 01 & amendment It con
templates: .
First Legislation bonding ths
stato for all future highway constrac-
jum work-
I Second The abolition and consoil-
Jdation of stato departments, and (eon-
mf-,f8 TW e' aad
"?T J the "J 6PCH9ef
ff departments to the lowest possl-
nounced feasible., and with three con
Imlssloners composing the latter com
mission It can cover the work of tho
J first three with but little -added' ex-
Another possible consolidation ia
that or the statevdesert land board
wlth the atate iand board The
,ary of a secretary and several sten-
ographors could possibly be saved by
th,B consolldatlon.
I
mission with either the public service
j commission or tho stato board of con-
trol another 8av,,ns c0",d, b, e?ecteJ'
It Is argued. This commission ls now
composed of two Balar,ed commU.
si0hers. a secretary and two stenog-
raphers. A consolidation would save,
the salary of at least one commlss-
ioner and secretary. A consolidation
with the 8ta.te board ot control would
bo prcterab10t as ,t wou,4 lodge roa.
ponslbiUty 'for all taxation problem i
with the chief officers of tho state.
Some Boards Might Be Dropped,
Several 'persons' advocate either the--
Inlinllttnn ni- rnnnnllrtatlnn nf thn live-
, . ' . . . . burea!1
' ... u.
ot mines, with some other depart
ment. Reductions in expense couIA
be mado, It is maintained, In a number
ot ef?oai notable' among thera ths
,tata l?R8r! erk eI tk
fi(?Hrt al?d l'ate Y"tei
; Suggestfona Wo 'also ?eeS made tht
e 'esint policy of the state of i&
fmg' private caariwoie ah 'secwrwn
f'