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SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEB. 8, 1917.
iIm trutterumter cl of llnniao of M MbVinv
VOL. XVI. NO. 4,
SPRINGFIEL0
NEWS
GERTRUDE WILLIAMS
JUMPS INTO FIRST
Zola Gray of Thurston Whcr wao
in Load is Soconii and
Only 3200 Behind.
FEBRUARY 13 IS LAST DAY
Ballot Box to Be Uaed After Saturday
i and Voting to Bo Secret Even
o Contest Manager.
Gertrude Williams
Zola Ory. Tliunton
Eunice l'arker
Ruth Brattuln
Murlo Graham, Kuroiio
Llta-Mlllor
80,575
63,700
41.650
35.550
33.G00
30,350
Mien Gurlrudo William of Spring
field JutnpH Into first pluco und leads
by several thousand votes. Thoro
nrc only u fuw days left anil tlio coin
petition for first prize will bo fought
out by the leaders. Now Is the tlmo
to support your favorite. Thoro Ih
only a small tlirfcretico botwouu first
nml soconii plnco and not a groat
difference between third und first place
KW young lady, you want to put oh
tunny votos liutwoon you and your
nearest coiupntltor ax posslblo by Sat
urday and inako yourself safe,
. After Bnturdny tho ballot box will
be Installed and after that data tho
voting will lie secret and the content
managor can no longer keep you ad
vised as to the standing of tho dif
ferent contestants, thorcforo it Is ad
visable to get In ntl tho subscription
posxlblo by Salurdny night. Tho
News olllcu will bo open until ton
o'clock Saturday night,.. Thu prteon
offered are. woll.worjh, .your boat oITortn
From now on, tlmo Is worth twenty
dollars a day to you. Make one grand
effort now and when tho content closos
next Tuesday night you won't havo
yourself to blame for not doing your
best. Don't glvo up now at tho flnlRh
but got your "second wind" and run
a good rnro. Everybody admires a
winner and to win out In this contest
moans that you have demonstrated
your superiority over tho rest of tho
contestants und Incidentally you urn
being well pnld for your offorts.
(let In all tho subscriptions you can
befnro Satttrdny night for after that
date the lowest schedule of tho en
tire contest will bo Inaugurated. In
n clone raco like this ovory "llttlo bit
jiolpB" Oct subscriptions for six
months if you cannot got them for a
full yeur.
In tho noxt lsnuo wa will nnnounco
tho judges who are going to docldo
tho contest. II. E. Walker holds tho
key to tho ballot box and will act os
ono of tho Judgos. Tho other two
naniog will bo announced lator. Now
for a big vote Saturday night. It is
up to you and your friends from hon
forth.
SPRINGFIELD TEAM VICTOR
Wins From Armory Basket Toners at
Eugene by Score of 77 to 26,
i
' A Springfield buskotball toam won
from a mixod Armory team" by a score,
of 77 to 20 luBt night on tho Armory,
floor In Eugono, playing ,n tl10 c,tv
basketball lenguo series. Regardless
of tho wldoly-ranglng scores, tho game
Is declared by spectators to havo booa
yory Interesting. Tho Springfield
tossers showed, bettor organization, du0
to having played, together considerably
' Last night's line-ups woro:
t Sprlngflold. ' Armory.
Perkins (10)
Wilkowoki (35)
Rucknum (8)
engra (14)
Cairns (10)
f
Hamblo(C)
Williams ()
WHoox (12)
r Qulner
Gray (2J
Will Be Jurymen.
Following aro among tho cltzons,
summoned for jury duty at tho noxt
term ot court which moots February
20: Joseph Bryan Sprlngflold Retired
Lawronco May Sprlnfleld Sawyer
H. W. Whitney Sprlngflold Darbor
Admitted to Springfield Hospital.
H. E. Baker and Jacon Schwoltzer
ot Mabel wore among tho four now
patients admitted to tho Springlaid
hoBpltnLon Tuesday. ThoraaronpYr
17 patients, wr. uaKor ana wr. hcii-,
weltier aro thero to receive- troatraont
0t for operations,
ES
PASS FIRST MONEY BILLS
0 Appropriation Meaiurei, Aggregnt
Ina; $344,688 favored by Senate,
Ilvo appropriation bills, aggregat
ing $344,655, originating in tho house,
passed tho sennto on Monday. Tho
appropriations Included 1188,100 for
expenses and tnalntainanco of tho of
fices of the governor, secrotary of
state and stato troasurer; $74,435 for
tho Oregon stato training school; $55.-
200 for tho Orogon stato school for
tho doaf: $33,320 for tho ofilco of tho
attorney general, and $50,440 for tlM
upkcop or tho stato capltol and su
premo court building. Tho only other
appropriation moasuro that has passed
both houses was- a bill carried early
In lite session appropriating $25,009
toward tho expenses of tho legls.a
turo,
An Important tnoaouro passed by
tho senate was tho now military codo,
rooi;anUlng tho statu military es
tablishment In conformity with thu
now national defense act. Tho solo
amendment nmdo provides that the
adjutant goneral shall hold office at1
the ploasuro of tho governor.
Kubli Resolution
Adopted by Senate
Garlnnd'o Plodgo of Support to
Wilson Withdrawn by.
Author.
Hy unanimous vote the senate Tues
day morning passed Hepresentntlvo
Kubll's Iioiiho concurrent resolution
No. 0, pledging support to President
Wilson In tho midst of the seeming
impending crisis with Germany. Tho
resolution was adopted after Senator
Garland had withdrawn his resolution
Introduced the day nuforc and held
over under n special order of buslnena
until Monday. Botlf resolutions em
bodied practically tho same text, but
tho wording ot tho Garland resolution
did not meet with tho approvul of
several of tho members. Tho resolu
tloh having nlrondy boon passed by
tho house will bo sent to President
Wilson.-- Tho Kubll resolution, in
part, follows:
"Tho legislative branch of thii
stato declares it8 adherence to the
principles enunciated by tho presi
dent of (ho United States, and de
clares furthor tho loyal support of
this commonwealth In carrying ' out
Riich plans as may be found necei
80 ry in tho present crisis for protec
tion and vindication of American
honor and right; and tho legislature
of this stato appeals to tho citizen
ship of Oregon for such conduct and
uctldn as will prove their loyalty to
tho country of adoption or birth, re
gardless of previous race, creed or
national nlnllntlon, und appeals fur
ther for that proof of appreciation of
American citizenship which was pro
fessed nt tho tlmo of arrival hero
and which has been repoated in nc
copilng citizenship and wlilch flio
very nature of conditions Indicate all
honornblo men felt when choosing
rosldonco In tho United States."
6 Towns to Have
Local Institutes
Teachers of County to Have
Meetings Near at Hand;
Churchill to Bo Speaker.
Local teachers' Institutes aro to b
hold at six dlfforont places In Lnno
county during tho months ot March and
April, according to announcement jus;
mado by County Schoo) Superintendent
iu .J, niooro. i neBO institutes win oo at
such points that no toachor In tho
county will havo to travel any great
distance to attend.
Spoakers .will, Include tho stato
school superintendent, J. A. Churchill,
who will, attend at least two of the
institutes, and thero will also bo other
educators ot noto. Dotatls of tho
programs of tho Institutes aro being
left by Superintendent Moore to tho
local superintendents, in tho cities in
wiijch tho Institutes are to bo hold
An lnstituto will bo hold at Sprlng
flold, probablyyon March 2, and At
Cottage Grovo, probably on March 10.
Datos for tho institutes at Junction
City, Florenco, Elmira and Eugonu
havo not boon decided,
Ruth Scott to Recite.
Miss Ruth Scott will fjivo a piano
recital noxTuosday oyonjrig In tho
jit. ' B. church, assisted by Randajl,
Scottbaritono, ana 0. B. Glass, nV
compniilot.
i HHL tC -JvV v m VHbBBBBBBBBBTIK JUL
Olln Field, the beautiful actrcsa
princess In "Tho Bird of ParadiBO,"
February 13.
9 LOCAL 0 It ME
ATTEND BIG DINNER
Booth-Kelly Banquet on Tues
day Night is First Event of
Kind in History.
In attendance at the Booth-Kelly
("get better acquainted" dinner held at
tho Osburn hotel In Eugono Tuesday
night were tho following nine Spring
field representatives: O. II. Jarrett,
superintendent; John C. Parker, head
millwright; Lovi II. Nect, planer fore
man; E. P. Lcmloy, accountant; H. J.
Cox, head, accountant; J, L. Lusby,
Iretull sales, E. B. Martin, engineer;
F. E. Lenhart, Mill foreman; and
Floyd Booth, yard foreman.
I From tho president of the company
to employes of tho mills and yards
of tho company nil rubbed elbows at
! the banquet table, enjoyed a fine men-
;ue well sorved and talked of tho com-
i pnny, Its past and Its future. Thin
was tho first big banquet and meeting
of tho chnractor in tho history of the
Booth-Kelly Lumber company. Near-
' ly GO employes and olllcers of the com
pany wcro present.
Tho banquet followed tho annual
mooting of stockholders and elec
tion of olllcers wiilch wns held In tho
offices of tho company Tuesday aftor
noon, Tho olftcors and dlroctor3
woro all re-elocted. Tho directors
aro: James E. Danahor, of Detroit,
Mich, re-elected president; R. A. Booth
of Eugene, vlco president; M, H. Kelly
of Duluth, Minn., F. II, Buck, of San
Francisco; J. A. Keating, pf Portland;
L. C. Rose, of Chicago; P. S. Brumby,
of Portland, and A. C. Dixon, of Eu
gono. 11. A. Dunbar was re-elected
secretary and Mr. Dlxou manager.
Church Committee Meet.
At a mooting ot tho building com
mittee and board ot trustees of tho
Mothodtst church hold Monday even
ing, it was voted to extend the cement
walk across the parking before llu
two east side entrances to tho build
ing. Tho parking will bo filled with
a cement walk tho same width us
tho stops. At tho same mooting,
some floor radiators wore ordorod In
stalled in the pastor's study.. Rever
end J. T. Mooro la chairman of the
tiding committee and Dr. W. H.
Pollard Is chairman of tho board ot
trustooB.
Victor Innea Sent to Prison.
Atlanta, On,, Fob. S.JVictor E. Innea
must sorvo soven years' imprisonment
as a penalty for tho larceny after
trust of $3745 from Mrs. Lois Nolins
Dennis, of when ho was convicted
"several months ago. Tho sunromo
court of Georgfa today rofused to grant
Iunes a now trial. Mrs. Innes is in
jail, in the Inst stages of tuberculosis,
awaiting trial set for next Monday on
tho charge .of s conspiracy In tlio name
crlmo, It will bo romomborod th.t
tho Innosos wore inrreatod .near Le.i
burg somo tlmo ago, octq tnk )
Goorgia, (or trtft.,
' ' 11 1,1,1
: -
who plays tho role of the Hawalin
at the Eugene theatre, Tuesday night
INTERESTING TALK
A. G. Jackson of Portland Gives
illustrated Lecture on
U. S. Forests.
A. good crowd heard tho lecturo on
"Thtf -work of the Forest Ranger,"
given by A. G. Jackson, of tlio Unltoi
States bureau of forestry, at tho Lin
coln school building last night. The
talk was Illustrated by especially
beautiful stercoptlcan slides,
j Thero are 165,000,000 acres In tha
national forests, Mr. Jackson said.
This Immense territory is managed
by tho forest service, under tho sup
ervision of the department of agricul
ture. Mr. Jackson is a representative
of tho .Portland otllco, which has the
charge of forests of Oregon, Washing
ton, and Alaska.
I Twenty two thousand miles of trail
havo been constructed and twenty
thousand miles of telephone wlro has
been strung to aid In protecting these
great areas from firs. But telephone
wlro and trails are not enough, there
must also be human agencies, tho for-
.est rangers, and it was of these that
the speaker was concerned with mainly
J Illustrating by pictures as he went
'along, ho explained how cruising li
dono, how maps arc mado, and tho
i ranger's work In general. Views
wore also shown of rangers' stations,
which cannot cost moro than $650
' each. It costs from $300 to $350 por
mile to build trails.
Tho work of tho firo patrolmen falls
! under threo heads, detection, preven
tion, and suppressing. Members ot
I the patrol aro watching for fires and
ifor signs of them, continually, A
'valuable aid is the lookouts, which
In a measure, does away with patrol-
i men. A plcturo' was shown of the
jhlghost lookout In the forest, on the
(summit of Mount Hood.
In addition to speaking ot forest
rangors and their work, Mr. Jacks-n
showed some general pictures and
'talked on such topics, as restocking
the streams, with fish, tho uses of
and ,valuea of tho national forests,
jhow new trees ana set out, stock
grazing In tho forests, and tho mining
! operations carried on.
Zero Weather a Week Ago Today,
Talk about the blessings of an Ore
gon winter! J. J. Browning of tbU
city, has Ju6t received a copy of tho
Ralston Tribune, published by his neph
ew, Orin L. Browning, at Ralston,
Pawnee county, Oklahoma, which saya
that on Thursday, February
wook ago today), tho temperature fell
to 10 degroea bolow zero. "Tho
rlvor is frozen over and will bear a
toam," tho story goes on to say. "Tho
usual number of. frost bitten ears and
'trm und frozen pipes and pump
i i been reported." The cold Bpoil
.'in 1 down suddenly after MYerul
- tT; rtngUKe, day?,-
GOOD GRDWD H
5
MILES STACY DIES AT 60
Funeral of Valtervllle Resident Held
This Morning at Home.
Miles Stacy of Waltervlllo died at
,8:30 o'clock Tuesday evening, agod
1 60 years. Ho is survived by two
sons, Osmer and Lester Stacy, and
two daughters, Mrs. Wettings, and
Mrs. Frank Page, all of whom are of
Wnltorville.
The services were held at Walter-
vlllo at 10 o'clock this morning, under
tho direction of W. F. Walker of this
city. Interment was mado In the
Laurel Hill cemetery here.
I G. A. R. Delegates Appointed,
i At Hie last meeting of the local Lad
les of tho G. A. R., Mrs. Iloso Mont
gomery and Mrs Mamo Richmond wec-j
appointed as delegates to attend the
O. A. R. convention to be held In June
at Forest Grovo. Mrs. Charles EggI
mann Is alternate for Mra. Montgom
ery and Mrs, Julia Godman for Mrs.
Richmond. At the same meeting, Mrs
Charles Eggimann was appointed as
secretary pro tern to act during tho
Illness of Mrs. Rose Montgomery.
Stock Breeders
Would Hold Show
Plan Meeting and Will Ask Leg"
islature to Appropriate
Funds.
Stock breeders and dairymen of
, Oregon met at the Imperial hotel
Monday afternoon to ratify the or
ganization of the Pacific National
t Dairy show and Tuesday afternoon a
'special committee Journeyed to- Salem
In an effort to have the legislature
appropriate money for a show to be
held there later this year.
I John D. Mlckle was chosen tempo
iry chairman and Thomas Whlth-
combo temporary secretary of the or
ganization. Tho legislative commit
teo Is composed of Professor R. U.
Graves, of O. A. C; Prcsldont Tay
lor, of tho state Dairy association;
Robert Ireland. W. H. Monroe. Ed
Cary, J. Bi Lynn and G. H. D'am
meler. At tho meeting Tuesday Professor
! Graves pointed out that the" Waterloo.
jlowa, dairy show originally was or
jganized with a capitalization of $10.
000 and that the shows held were so
j successful that It was necessary later
to Incorporate for $50,000. The speak
er expressed tho opinion that the pro
posed Portland show should eventually
eclipse the Waterloo exhibit,
j The object of the new organization
Is to educate the people of the Stato
'to the value of milk, cheese, cream
'and lco cream as food products and
to stimulate interest in thoroughbred
dairy cattle. Another meeting of the
'association will be held shortly at
1 which permanent organization will
be effected.
TALENTMS RECOGNIZED
Middleton Concert Trio Engaged fo
2 Weeks' Trip by Ellison-White
The Middleton Concert trio, com
posed of Daiso Beckett Middleton,
Frank V. Badollott and Ruth Davis,
l has been, employed by the Elllson-
whito Chautauqua bureau of Portland
to go on a concert trip, to open tho
programs for "mid-winter festivals" in
Eastern Oregon and Washington.-
The musicians, will go through Walla
Walla and Spokane (not appearing In
these cltlos, however) and will return
homo by way of Seattle. They leave
Monday. February 12, and will bo gono
for two weeks, appearing every day,
In afternoon and evening concerts.
This engagement means a good deal
of recognition, for It is seldom that
EUIson-Whlto employs talent not rec
ommended by representatives from
the Day or Plorce training schools es
pecially for this work. In addltlpn
to the recognition, the salaries paid
are very good.
To Vacate Two Streets.
The plata ot the vacation ot a por
tion of Mill street and all otGarden
street in this city, were filed at the
office ot tho county clork yesterday.
The portion of mill street to bo vacat
ed Is unused and Garden street has
boon unused for a long time. Tho
portton ot Mill street concerned Is
a small triangular piece on the west
side o fblock 2Q between Main, and
South A streets.
Ed Levulett Is Improving.
A local physician took one ot the
plates off of Ed Lovulett's broken am
yestorday, and chiseled down one1 of
tho bqnba which had slipped, slightly.
The arra vhlch was badly broken
L LOAN ACT
WILL AID FARMERS
IN SEVERAL WAYS
Will Be Easier in Future to Sec
ure Money for Improvements
or to Purchase Stock.
INTEREST NOT EXCESSIVE
U. 8. Department of Agriculture Issues
Bulletin: "How The Farm Loan ;
Act Benefits the. Farmer."
By reason of the facilities created
by the Federal farm loan act, which
was passed last summer, it will bo
easier in the future for a farmer to
secure money to. make needed improv
ments or for the purchase of llva
stock, and it will bo easier also for
tho landless man to purchase a farnr
according to a recent publication of
the United States Department of Agri
culture (Farmers' Bulletin 792) en
titled "How the Federal Farm Loan
Act Benefits the Farmer."
The Federal land banks established
under this act will stand ready at all
times, it is expected, to lend monez
to farmers on farmmortgage security
The Interest charges will be not mora
than G per cent, nor more than 1 per
cent above the rate paid on the bonds
sold by the banks. If 4 per ceut
bonds should be Issued, therefore the
rate charged on loans would be HV,
per cent or less. There will be no
commissions or bonuses. The loana
will be made for periods of time rang
ing from 5 to 40 years, thus dolus
away with the trouble and expense ot
frequent renewals.
The payment ot a certain part of
the principle annually or semiannually
with the interest, will be required.
The total payment. Including the in
terest, will be tho same for each-year,
and will be just large enough "so that
the entire principle will be paid off
at the end of the period. Tho annual
payment thus required to pay off a
loan of $1,000, with Interest at 5 per
cent. In 20 years. Is $80.24.
After a loan has run 5 years the
borrower will be permitted to pay off
the whole amount. If he desires, on
fer any interest date.or to make partial
payments In addition to the regular
Installment
The requirement of installment pay
ents on the amortization plan, j-3
outlined above, will serve, first, o
cultivate habits of thrift In the borrow
er, and second, to make possible tho
placing of the loans at a lower rata
of Interest, since the gradual reduc
tion of the principle constantly Im
proves the security for the unpa'd
balance. The privilege of optional
payments after the first 5 years leayea
the borrower free to discharge his In
debtedness before the end of tjie loan
period, if he finds it convenient to do
so.
The Federal bind banks will perforn
three important services. (1) They
will convert the security which farm.
mortgages afford Into a negotiable form
known as farm-loan bonds, (2) Thev
will furnish additional security for
the protection of these bonds, through
their capital and surplus, and thus
make the bonds more attractive to
investors. (3) They will sell tha
land-bank bonds In the open invest
ment market, klilch, for obvious rea
sons, the small farmer could not reach
to advantage.
The bonds are to be Issued in de
nominations ranging from $25 to $1,000.
Tho bonds will be secured not. only,
by farm mortgages deposited In trust
with a government official (the legta-
trar tor the land-bank aistrlct) but
also, as Indicated above, by the capital
and surplus ot the 12 land hanks.
Both mortgages and bonds will he
exempt from all. forms ot taxation.
Farmers who wish to obtain money
from, tha Federal land banks wll or
dinarily be obliged to form1 local loan
associations. The local loan asso
pIatQn8 will Improve jtho credit .of
their members and reduce the, cent
of their loans, through the performance
or certain aennite services ,
Hot more man $10,000 may be loan
ed to. otfe borrower,' nor more than C1)
p.er ceh.t of-thfe value ot tha land.oJtor-
ed, as security, plus 20 per cea$ of, the
value of. tle holdings; and the mpney
must be used for specified productive
imrupoua, suca hi too purcnase pi larm
land,, improvements, equipment, for
tlllaera, er.lYft. "took or fqc.lhe py
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