MONDAY, DBC. It, 101 Tim St -RING FIELD NEW? PAGE XI Delay in Gift Buying May Mean Disappointment TWO last fow dnyn boforo ClirlfltninB nro always days of hurry and rush. Such conditions arc apt to catmo Indiscriminate buying. Avlnlt to our store now will nettlo all of yoijr gift problems. Your money will go farther hero, bocauBo wo bought In largo quan tities and are giving our customers the advantago of (ho navlng. Extra help hns been provided bo that you may bo auro of prompt attention when you come. The early buyers got the cream. It -"K -TlJiriuriCLU, J'"JWBP"5iiy?' NCVKH SUBSTITUTE ig.-ffJ I Town and Vicinity?! , Henry Wngawrwu In from Hayden Bridge on fetmfef; Nelion Whlta Ins gone to OaklanJ, California, where be haa employment. Claronco I Kill camo down from Camp Crook lo Hond tlio weekend at homo. Tony" Wlttora hna returned from Kaatorn Oregon, whore bo lias boon at work for tho pat novcral month. Clark and Waliuurne. old 10 droaacd liojjit to tho SwnrlB and Wnshliurnc Moot company Saturday morning. ; I havo noiiio Itoautlful oil hand paint, od plcturoa, on honvy canvnea nt a vory roaaonablo Christmaa price. 8ojjJohn80n of sprnBn0d worn, j. u. noinrooK. Tho Oloanora will meet with Mrs. HUoy Snodgrass on Tuesday Decombcr is. J. W. Huth of Jasper purchased a rubber-tired buggy of J. W Uarkor on' Thursday. r E. E. Kepner la varnishing tho tab ic and fixtures In his store on Main 'street, a rosewood tint. H. E. Pitta, who had qulto a eerlous attack of the grip, was feeling a little better Saturday morning. - v ft ' Mrs. Joe Neal la clorklng at tho Cox and Cox department atoro for tho holl. day season. Tho Ladles of tho Christian church will hold a Uaxzar, Saturday, Dcembor 1. Lloyd Carrlck of Portyand, stato Christian Endeavor president, was id Springfield visiting on Saturday, Miss Molllo Fair of Slgourney, Iowa, Is, a. guest of hor friend, Mrs. H, A. Korf, of this city. Mr. nnd Msr. 8. H. Heller of Eugono woro visitors nt tho homo of Mr. nnd Mrs. Vln Wllllanm on Frldny evening? Mra. C. E. Swnrts upont Sunday with hor son ami daughtor, Mr. and Mrs. p. A. Swnrts, nt tlio lattor's ranch home vnonr Natron. G. W. Spawn and his daughter, Miss, .Ella, of Hoyden Brldgo, wero trans- . acting business in Sprlngflold Sat urday. Miss Francos Prater,' 'a student at tho Unlvorslty of Oregon, wrts a guest dt tho homo of her undo, Goorgo Catching, on Friday, Good reliable 11 ro Insurance. No as sessments; no membership foo. Pay once and you are deno. 11. E. Walker -at tho City Hall. Miss Druco Barnes, who has boon suffering with a bad cold, In almost ontlroly well again, oxcoptlng for a slight hoarsenoss, Loona Dowdy, W. C. Miller, O. L. Parsons, and Marrlson Tato of Vlda, woro reclsterod at tho Springfield hotel Friday. Lloyd McKay, a senior at tho Spring, field high school, has gono to Portland whoro ho has employment with tho Southern Pacific company, Mr, and Mrs. S. II. MoBhlor spent Saturday ovonlng and part of tho day yostorday as guosts at tho homo of novorond Johnson In Eugono. Mr. and Mrs, Harry Drummotto aro at Jasper, whoro Mrs, Brummetto'a on, Wob Walsh, underwent an oper ation yostorday morning. .. Mrs. Geatvor of Auhland, who has boon visiting hor daughter, Mrs. Ray Palmer left tills morning to visit a eon at Mabol, , ' .. Mrs. Jack Littoll returned to .hor homo in Portland Saturday morning, aftor having visited for a week, with her sister, Mrs. B. Sutton, Mr. Littoll TVas hero for throo days, returning idome eatlfer In the week, PH8HE 31 Latest Iteprlnta 60 centa at Poory'a Web Wolah, aon of Mra. J. II. Drum,, motto of thin city, who waa oporatcd on at tho Pleasant Hill hospital yes lorday, la reported to bo Retting alonu as well as can be expected, Mr. and Mra. Waltor Trotter and family aro moving back to Springfield after a three year's absenco spent at Marcola. Mr. Trottor was fonncrly In tho rootnlnn houso business hero. Trofessor A. It. Swoctser, head of tho botany department of tho Unlvcr ally of Oregon, delivered nn Illustrat ed lecturo to tho botany class of the Springfield high school Friday morning Hyron J. Dunton of Dolso, Idaho, arrived Thursday to mako a visit with bin brother, II, L. Dunlon nt Camp Creek, nnd his aunt, Mrs. Ellon M. Xmas stationery bought beforo tho ralso ut Poory'a Mrs. J. V. Wlthrow Is visiting In Portland wlU her daughter, Mrs. J. Williams, and Mrs.. C. C. Alrohnrt. Tho latter tins boon III in tho hospital for tho past throo wooks, j Among those who saw the "Winning i of Uarbnra Worth" in Eugene Satur. day night wns a party consisting of 1 , . I , n v . . M . iu. aim Airs. u. x). ncasuy, u. Li ?A-arts an" Miss Edna Swarts. Word has boon received from Vance rpinv rnonnttv itnntvrw. nnv.tn. t... ' tho Snrlneflnld 'NewR. ihlii hn In nni: pioyd by the Ornco Printing company Mrs. Raker and the children, at Portland. I Little Dolbcrt SIkes Is oxperlencnlg A range, heater, nig, rocker, sow- n cut finger on tho right hand as (ho lng machlna and many other articles result of experimenting with his fath jln my atoro will mako your wlfo hap- era knife, py nnd homo brighter, J. C. Holbrook. j Mrs, M. Klovdahl suffered such a J C. Durns who has been nulto 111 severe cut on tho end of the thumb at tho homo of son-in-law, J. W. Baker1, on C street, was foellni: somewhat better Saturday, and It he continues to Improvo will bo able to, bo moved to his homo about tho mlddlo or the wook, says tho attending physician". An order wns received by C. L. Egglmann Inst night from Miss Alfco ! Stnnlgcr, a former Springfield glvl ' who Is now teaching nt Waldo, for lit! pounds of Christmas candy for her youngsters.- ' I Leo Catchlnc nnTT son. Vlrclfarh i,oro from Shushann, Alaska, for n short vlsjt.nt tho holne of tho former': brother, Ceorgo Catching, after which 1 tho visitors will go on to Riddle to' BPond a short lino with relatives there Tho brothers havo not seen each other for about four years. i Tho Emanon LadloB will scro a ton cent tea at tho bazaar on Satur day, December 1C, one door west of Swarts and Wnshburno's moat mar ket 2t Mrs. A, Mlddloton was on the pro gram at a rocont recoptlon given by tho Unlvorslty of, Oregon School of Extension faculty In Portland for tha Portland students at tho Central Lib rary. Mrs. Mlddloton's rondltlon of ono of Mrs. H. M. Parson's compos!- Hons was much enjoyed. Among tho out-of-town peoplo who woro shopping nnd conducting other bualnoss In Sprlngflold Saturday wero: Tom Soltom from Camp Creek; O. Rourko from Waltervlllo; Harry With ors from his homo up tho Wlllamotte; Mrs. J. Dovino of Jaspor; Jim Cum mngs from Camp Crook; Stlllmnn Pratt from Bally; D. II. Mastorson of Camp Creek; Mrs. Westfall and daughtor from Thuraton; John Hern, don from Cedar Flat; and Mrs. Ira Gray from Thurston. Cough Medicine for Children,' Mra, Hugh Cook, Scottsvillo, N, Y says; "About five years ago when wo woro living in Garbutt, N. Y., I doctored two of my children1 Buffering fromTcolds with Chamberlain's fcough Remedy and found It just nsroprcsont- od In every way. It promptly checked their coughing nnd cured their coldd qulckor than anything I ever -used." Obtainable everywhere, Jim CoWdon waa la from the Mo hawk SaturJa. ?Vif . aowliir r.n in f Crook on Saturday. Mr. and Mra, D, W. Hanson In from Uoshnn Saturday, wpro Xmas Seals and StlcKert, at PocryV Mr. and Mrs. E. 0. Hadloy nro In from Thurston today, Ills friends (or at leant ono of thorn) nay Dan flora has gono into tho milk goat business. Cliff Lybarger. has a position an cook with one of tho county road crews operating near tho coast. Miss Lcona Dowdy was in from Spo res' sldnlg on a shopping trip Satur. day, J. C. Mullen returned Saturday mom. In'g from a fow day's business trip to Portland. Dr. Joseph L.-Schafor was In Spring. field a little while Saturday on the way to his farm up tho McKcnzle. Love Conrodo and W. H. Warren wore In from Douglas Gardens on Sat urday. Dora: To Professor and Mrs. A. Ouston of Donna, anelgut-and-a-naur (cr pound son on Frldcy afternoon. Xmas boxes at Pecry'a . Nifty perfumes in boxes at Poery'i Marjon Adama camo down from i Rally Saturday to visit over Sunday with friends. 0. N. Llvosly of Lebanon, and E. I H. Hcaton of Marcola were registered at tho Elite hotel Saturday. . W. H. Halght la rebuilding a Uro place at the home of Charles Hardt on South Second street. Krank aibbs went to Marcola yes terday to conduct tho moving picture show. ' Mr. and Mrs. Ransom Miller and small son, Charles, nro all sufferlnt; with attacks of la grippe. Mrs. Earnest Conlcy and small aaiiKmor, raunno uruco, are spenuing a wueii wmi airs, uomey s moiner, Mrs. Nets SIgnor. Mr. and Mrs. Earl TItua aro moving to Springfield from Marcola because ' . . . .... ... ...... . or. tno in iieaun or. tnoir iniant daugn- ter. Clair Dakcr Is preparing to return t cm. ui. 1. .1 nii. h.vim, nm iim. on Saturday, that a physician had to ! bo called to attend tho wound. Z. K. Johnson, who was operated on a week ago for the removal of a tumor In the stomach region, Is doing fine. The Ladies of the Christian church will hold a onzanr and food sale Sat urday, December 1C, ono door wqst of Swnrts and Washburne's moat mar ket. 2t - ' . The Booth-Kolly basket ball team was defeated at Elmlra Friday evening by tho Elmlra team by a scoro of 4" to 12. Waltor Dtram refereed. Mrs. J. L. Cark, who has been quite HI at hor homo In Salem with ptomaine poisoning, was somewhat Improved oh Saturday. W. C. Miller, potato dealer, shipped out six cars of potatoes on Friday. throo of which went to California, and threo to Eastern points. Mrs. F. W. Strubln nnd hor brother, Henry Fawver, visited with another brothor, Samuel Fawver, at Harris burg yesterday. Socond Lloutcnant Lonnle II. NIxou or Fort Stovens is here for a short visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Nixon. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Cnskey and hor small daughters, Violet and Marguer ito, aro In from Wcndllng on a shop ping trip today. S. A. Gay commenced work on tho carriage at the Booth-Kelly mill Sat urday morning. Ho has been em ployed nt (similar work at tho Flschor Boutlu mill, Friends of John and Mattlo Spnrka who formerly roBldod hero' havo re ceived word to the offoct that they may return to this city from Kansas in tho Spring. Goorgo Carson cume down from tho, Fischer-Boutin camp nt Bally Friday, ovonlng to spend tho weekend nt the home of his .parents, Mr. and Mrs. Q, W. Carson. Mr. and Mrs, George E. Randall nrrlvod hero from Oregon City Fri,. day evening for a visit at tho homo of Mr. Randall's elator, Mrs. W. !L Pollard. Tke U mot Catarrh In thf weMM at ttw eoujitrr than nil other tHsws fi !outMr. and until tho last faw jreM vtM uf0ood ia b Inrurnble. For a ereat many year doctor pronounced K a local dliraim itnd pruxrllwl local rnm dirt, and ty constantly fnlllrm to cur with torn! treatment, pronnunced It Incur flt)l8, H-lonco tins prown Catarrh to b a constitutional llicn-, 'and therefore r- iliurrx voniiuuiionni irrairnrm. linn Curarrli Cure, manufactured br V. 3. Chcnejr & Co., Toh-do, Ohio, is the only tnken Intarnally, It acts directly on tin Diooa una mucous surraces or tno -ydiom. They offer one hundrrd dollars for any cn It fnlli to curs. Bend for circulars ana tefiimoniai. Aiiltnl V. J. CHRXK7 A CO., Toltda. O. Bold tiy Drt gcltl-. He Take Hall' Kamllr far cor-fn-tloD Mrs, A, V, Lucas of Mabel was res. Istercd at tho Springfield hotel yes. tcrdoy. Miss Marion While veiled over tho weekend with her parents in Cot tago Drove. Mrs. A. A, Adams and daughter, Mlas Grace, came in from Winborry to do somo shopping this morning. FOUND Ladles brown glovo on main street. Finder may get it at tho News office and pay for this add. Roy Drabhan was up from Santa Clara to visit over Sunday with hit parents, Mr. and Mra. O. W. Drabhan. James Hcadgate, Salem; E. W. Heat on, Wcndllng; and John Owen, Call fornla, were registered at the Elite yesterday. Grand Warden W. F. Walker made his official, visit to tho I. O. O. F. lodge at Lorane last Saturday even lng. 4 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Drabhan of Santa Clara spent yesterday in this city at tho homo of Mr. Brabhan'fi brother, O. W. Drabhan. Mrs. Herbert Snecd Is expected from Waltervllle tomorrow to visit for a fow 'days with her mother, Mrs. Al Montgomery, and to do somo Christ' mas shopping. ..Buy Useful Presents for your famllvj nnd friends for Xmas and people will havo a good opinion of your Judgment. I I have them. J. C. Holbrook. " Mrs. Vin Williams, who has been fill fnr nnmrt limn atlll rnnflnlfptt In jnjpyoy Miss Jennie Dossen, for three years school supervisor of Lane county, has 'tendered her resignation to E. J. Moor county school superintendent, to take . . ... . enect January i. miss uossen nas noi ,yet announced her future plans. S ?" V " . " 7 " 'orcnara nounwoai 01 10 wn is near (h0 vetal of death-at a hospital-at Watertown, South Dakota, according to a telegram received here this morn- lnr Mr MrElhnnnv nnd hln fnmltv left hero about six weeka ago to visit 8oluteIy prove necessary from a reve in tho middle west "ue, "polnt. further revenue-pro- jduclng departments could be created, Good For Constipation. iu ,a declared. Chamberlains Tablets ore excel- " Tho amendment It Is estimated, lnnt fnr rnnullnntlnn Thnv nm nlnno. ant to take nnd mild and Kentle In effect Obtainable everywhere. HIGH COST OF LIVING STRIKES THE 1917 BUDGET. (Continued from page one) No abatement of the increase is in sight it Is stated. Tho secretary recommends that moro stringent regulations governing tho op eration of motor boats' bo provided. He' says the amateur motor boat op erator Is a menace to navigation. Brave the wind AND STORM cCjvVERfc woa iPiOr logs ever invented ,1. ... x.. a FISH BRAND REFLEX SLICKER K.(patentedM00 aad PROTECTOR HAT 75 Dealers PAwywKora Our 80 lit year. TOWER CO. BOSTON I Dr. ADALINE KEENEY FERRIS Homeopathic Physician and Surgeon Ofllco, Baptist Parsonage Cornor Second and C Streets HQDRS: 9 TO 12. PHONE f W, F. WALKER UNDERTAKER FUNERAL DIRECTOR Office Phone. CC; Residence 67-J West Main St. DR. N, W. EMERY DENTIST SUTTON BtDG. . HONE 20-J Oeanbg,, Prefeipg REPAIRING ,' MacJo to IVleftsufjavSuits . Lemley Suit House Phone 75 ACTIVITIES OF OTHER COMMUNITIES TOLD BY CORRESPONDENTS i rnBllart waunu, Coburg, December 6. Mr. H. M. An dorson and daughter, Miss Elsie, motor D ,n Kiiepn Titpnrlnv i ..l -ucnc Tuesday. Walter Tylor motored to Eugene Tuesday. Itay Pirtlo was In Eugene last week on business. William Dittls drove to Harrisburg Sunday. Ceo. Diffenbackcr, has sold his ranch and moved to town this week. Mrs. Earl Simmons returned from Eugene hospital last week. N. J. Nelson of Harrisburg trans acted business here today, Clyde Sldwcll was In Springfield last, week. On December G in Coburg the first real snow of tho winter began failing at eight o'clock ia the morning and continued with increasing density until BOOH. The Royal Neighbors and Modem Woodmen held lodge in the I. O. O. F. hall Wednesday evening. X large namber attended'. Invitations are out for the dance to be .given here Friday evening, In tho L O. O, F. hall. WEST SPRINGFIELD West Springfield, December, 9, The 1adIcB of the West Side M. L C. met with Mrs. Charles Kingwell Tuesday. from 2 to 6 Pi M. Fancy work was the order of the day, Nathan Carpcntar who has purchas ed the property on Henderson Avenue lately owned by sir. Ramey, was here a few days ago looking over the pnv perty, and has returned to his mine in Idaho, Mrs. Carpentar has gone to Spokane Washington. George Burton has rented Nathan Carpentaria place. NEW 6 PER CENT TAX LIMITATION PUZZLE TO MANY. Continued from page one. 'Poratlon commissioner, the insurance commissioner, the inheritance tax .t.iWMAnt- 4 1. .... l.M J I department, the automobile depart ment and the banking department slight increase In the fees of such de partments would mean added thou sands to .the treasury department, and also would make a number or departments operated on a semi-fee basis self-sustaining. Should it ab- 1 Will Create a deficiency 01 ODDrOTl mately ?5S0,000 next year, and the foregoing program It is j would largely meet that believed ELIZABETH SCHOFFEN FOR 21 YEARS SISTER LUGRETIA in the Roman Catholic Sisterhood, 18 years of which was served in St. Vincent's Hospital, Portland, will deliver two lectures in BELLTHEATRE SPRINGFIELD Tuesday Evening, Dec. 12 8 O'clock Subject: "The Grip of Paganism explaining the Convent System. Everybody welcome- Wednesday Afternoon, Dec. 13 2 o'clock, Miss Schoffen will deliver her popular lec turo to Women Only, dealing with the confessional. No girls under the age of 16 admitted to this lecture. Admission to each lecture 25 cents, Logger's Shoes Best hand made 12 inch, full calf Schroeder Log ger's shoe, tripple seam, leather lined, ttasble sole. No better leather put in shoes. Pric $S,H. Sold for 17 years In Oregon Logging tJwHps, WOLF & MILLER Water proof your shoes -with "Miller'e Shoe GreM." MMtft, MEN THAN WOMEN eons" tat4 mm are aHlit(f -Mibject t aps-dtcHI than w- SprlngfieM tef le shoala kMWf few doffed a( mri ncckthona bark, glycerine, Ue., a mixed In AU der-i-ka, often reWevtj or prevest 9 pendlcltls. ThfaT mixture rsmav such surprising ftkri patter that OXJK SPOONFUL reltevs almost AKT CASE constipation,' sour stomach or gas. Tho INSTANT, easy action oZ iAlder-i-ka is sarprfshtg. M. M. Peers' SHERIFF'S SALE ON FORECLOSE URE NOTICE IS HERBBY GIVEN that by virtue of aa vxecation and ordr or salo iogHcd oat of tfce Circuit Courc of tho Stato of Orcgoa for tho Count?" of Lane on the ISth day of November lVie on a judgment rendered In sM Court on the 18th day of November. 1916 In a suit wherein Stewart McKajr was plaintiff and Herbert T. RaasdelE and MIUIo J. Ransdell his wife, R. II. Drown and Jeanfe Irown his wife, were defendants, ad wherein the plaintiff recovered a adgmnt Bgatnst sakt defendant Horbert T. RaaadeM and MltUe J. Ran4elf his wife for taw sttra of Six Hundre-1 and twenty dollars together with tatareat thereon from March 25th, 1914 afitfl sahl at tho rate of nine per cent pr aanum and th rmm of $4.99 and iatereet thereon froa July 14th 1916 until paid at tho rata of 6 per cent per anaam and tho sb of $76.90 aa attorneys fees therein anal 'the costs and disbursements of salt taxed at UA8 which judgment wat enrolled and docketed in the office oC the Clerk of said Conrt on the 10th day of November, 1916 and said exeoutioak to me directed commanding me in the name of the State of Oregon in ordex to satisfy said Judgment and attorneys fees and costs and accrueing costs tr sell the following described real projr erty, to wit All that part of lot number nine (S lying south of the center of the Coast fork river In section eleven In towd shlp 18 south of range 3 west of Will amette Meridian containing twenty acres more or less In Lane County,, Oregon together with the tenements,, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise ap pertaining and tho proceeds of sale bo applied as follows; First: The expenses of said salar and the plaintiff's costs, attorney's fees and disbursements of this suit Second: The payment of tho Judge ment of said plafatia. Third: The balance, if any there bev to be disposed of as the Court mar deem meet c NOW THEREFORE IN THE NAMfS OF THE STATE OF OREGON ana ha compliance with the execution and or der of sale, I will on Satsrd&r the X6tw day of December ,1916 between th hours of 9 o'clock A. 'M. and 4 o'cloelc P. M. to wit; at the hoar of 1 o'clock: P. M., on said day, at the south weat door of the County Court house in Ku gene, Lane County, Oregon, offer for 1 sale in one parcel, for cash, subject te redemption, all of the right title, In terest .claim anil equity of . the, defend--ants, Herbert T. Ranedell, Mlttle X. Ransdell, R. H, Brown and Jeanla Brown, in and to said lands and prem ises hereinbefore described and ever3 part thereof. j. C, PARKER:. Sheriff of .Lane, County, Oregonr By J), A. Elklas, pepnty Nov. 13, 29, 27, Dee. 4, 1L ' HERBERT E. WALKER NOTARY PUBLIC OffteKVfn City Hall, Snrlnsflelci. Orsr 9f m HtafC liMR a