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TU17 SPRINGFIELD NEWS t SPRINGFIELD, LANE QOUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEi. 22, 1917. VOL XVI. NO. i. IkM mtttrundr tel of Uougro ol M ttth, l7(t I70 ENTERTAINED BY BRQT I! , , . . . I Chlokon Dlnnor And Intoroctlnu Program Holp Mako Jho Occasion Enjoynblo. 47 EUGENE GUESTS HERE , 3j. M, Oevers, R. W. Smith, Rev. J. T. Moore, Rev. Q. H. Parkinson, and Others Talk on "Brotherhood." "Chicken pla, tomatom and npach -.ttl linlfiwl luwin mnMltfiil ftntnfnntl and gravy, fruit salad, pickles, lemon nnd cream plo, coffoo." Bounds good doesn't 117 Well it wan. If tho word f .v member of thn crowd of 170 which attended tho banquet and an. i.ri.inm.ni fp uhirii thn Rnrlncnlii Methodist nrothorhood wan host on Monduy night Ih to ho bollovod. Morn bom of tho MothodlBt Ladles aid undor tho supervision of Mm. Adullno Copen- haver aro responsible for tho "oats. j Tho banquot was tho first consldora ( tlon, aftor which tho following program ,was much onjoyod: song, "Whispering Hope," Mabel and Kdna Duryoo, Ruth Scott, and Joan Fischer, Mm. Ilornlco Van Valzah at tho piano; recitations. "Maid Marlon," and "Flossie," by llttla ( five-year-old Dorothy Mooro, a nclco of Mm. Will Bishop, Aftor a welcoming spooCh by II. W. Smith, prosldont or tho local Drothor. hood, J. M. Dovtfni, prosldont of tho Kugono organization, spoko on tho pubjoct ot "To What Extent a Broth 'crhood can become Identified with HERHOQD ID 6 Civic Mattom." First ho pralsod tho,of ,je80rt0U. Thoy ero nt Indlos for the oxcoiioni moai, ona iouu- , od tho local mombora on tholr groat , Bchlevoment In building tho lino now 1 church. Mr. Dovom said In port; "A orotuornooa snouiu uccomo men ttnoo wun tuo nusincw anu iu 10c , Intorosts or a community, u snouiu ( tako core of those in want, look aftor social noodH, and pay attention to con structlro Intorests. Tho Urotherhood should bo tho connecting link between tho church and business Ufa, Tho Urotherhood should bo Interested In law enforcement." Mr. Dovcrs also spoko of pool parlors and danco halls as places of amuse mvnt hero to stay, and said ttiat If several nrothorhood morabera should frequent thoso places in a body, it would have a good moral otlect la keeping them within the law. It wo live simply to look out for oursolvei, wo fall short of oar opportuultr'ao sa)4 tbo'Brothorh'ood'should be a brother hood of tho world, "What Has tbs Brothornood- Dona for Your Church," waa tho subject on which Dr. Oconto H. Parkinson, pan tor of tho Methodist church In higcoev spoko. In putlfulDs; what men p.ve to do In the Methodist church, ha said "They are sub-conscious members of the Aid eocloty; they havo to help pay tho bills ( thoy havo to be patient with tho pastor; thoy have to set a good oxample." j : "Wo can boast about the Methodlit church' bocauso wo havo tha 'numbers j and becausu wo havo tho ginger. Tho j head of tho Anti-Saloon league is a Methodist bishop; tho head ot tho Studont Volunteer movomcnt is a Moth odlst. In the noxt generation, wh nro going to seo Methodism como to the front from coast to coaBt, an never before," Tho local pastor, James T. Mooro, who was tho noxt speaker, expressed his pleasura in having tho visitors prcsont. Among othor things he to'd about tho beginning ot the Springtlold rtrotliorhpod, and spoko ot tho moral transition of Springfield, noyorend Mooro praised Mlsn Margaret Morris highly for her part In making it possl bio to eroct the beautiful, new church building for tho worship, ot Almighty God. '' h. O, Hulln spoko about tho great prlvolegos which wo enjoy that are duo to our projonltors who, through nacrHlco, havo mado those prlvologei possible ' Ono ot tho moBt cloBoly-attondc.l featuros of tho program, was Toast master Smith's tales of Dr. Pollard'd ijfo while a student at Willamotto Unlvorslty. - Profosaor It. L. Kirk gavo an Inter esting talk of his hoyhood dayn in Missouri -and tit how ho attondod MohodlBt grovo meotlngs. After a short tnlkjiy Dr. Pollard deallug with tho work ot tho nrothor hood. tho guests woro tnkon on & 'jfiitHji'iin"Papl',wbi NEW SCHOOL LAW COSTLY E III Providing fop 0 Months Term to Coit County About $4500 Yearly. It will bo necessary to tako about 4G00 mora from tlio general county f ml to nld In inalntnlnlnK schools In lnno county slnco, tlio passago of tho Ull providing for n minimum term o( r Kit inonlliH In tlilfl stato, lit tlio opln im of K. J. Mooro, county Buperintcnd- Alii; (fill nun ifiifov.-4 vj tiiu , KM&tW0 uml B,R,1C(i i,y ti.o governor cnt. Tlio bill woh passed by tho I nsL weok. a I "WliJIo I bnllevo tlio low Ih a good ono, It lit going to oti (nil a lot of nd illtloiial oxpotiHa," said 'tho superln ondunt. "Thoro nro nl least 7r rural flstricts In tilts county that will liavo I) bo helped undr this law. Under lie old law tlio minimum Hum to t-e nltod on each district for school pur. jqhc was 1300, but under tho now law 5'. will bo J400. "Homo of tboHo dlHtrlctH, owing to fio fact that tho valuation of their tixablo property Ih not groat, cannot ,' " " n;ount mu"1 ,u ",u,,u uul l,,u '" from 400 to $700 Ih raised tor ' purpose now, undor tho now hw 1 wtlnmio that It will require oui &ouu. l ulu win do laKen irom " general fund of the county . Hills to Move Monday. W. J. Hill stated, this morning that tho moving of tho Racket storo tock to. tho Odd Follown' building on . thu corner of Fourth and Main streets would bo begun next Monday, and that tho Inn would open for btiHlncsB In Its now location about Wednesday. Mr. Hill plans to broaden out his stoclc and to conduct a first class department storo. Tho rocontly purchased Hamp ton's store stock Is bofng shlppod out from tho Odd Fellows' building thin wook. Ccburg Couple Divorced. Hutu sexton has been granted a divorce from Arthur Sexton because MekeP. okln.. December l. 1B08. Mr Sexton ustined and stated on tho BUm, thot hor hUsband deserted her October 11, 1913, through no fault of era Sho m Kranted tho caro anU ca3. t0(ly of ,ho mlno chmren Enna jm In 1909, and Forn. born in 1910. Mr8i golton anJ tho ch,,Uren now ,ro at Coburg, Meat Price to Rise, Prediction Hogs Quoted in Chicago at $12. 95 a 100; 50 Cents Above Record' Since Civil War Chicago,- Feb. 2lr With hogs- quot ed on Uio Chicago markets today at 18.9Bi)er M; nearly a half dollur more than tha record prlco since the Civil war, Chicago wholesalers, pack on) and; rrttallepT today came out with 'a prediction' of an Increafla- of from 'lO to 40 cents la retail prices of metis AllbU galore, Including freight pon gestion, excessive export demand, shortage of livestock, general prosper 1ty and even increased and extra tn gont consumption on the part of high ly paid workers In "wacbrlde" factor lea wore quoted In Justlllcatlon ot thn coming boost. rracucaiiy wimoui exception, every artlclo of food available here Is aqy Lwhero from 10 to 50Q per cent higher than at tho sarao time last year. Mrs. Alice Phetteptace Dead. Mrs. sAllco Phettoplaco, wlfo ot L. Photteplace who Is also sorlously ill, died "Wodiftsaay, Fobruary 21, 1917, at tho family homo at 1398 Columbia street, agod 81 years. Sho Is sur vived by ono daughter, Mrs, O. A. Tracy of, Oklahoma, and ono son, I loin or Photteplace, who lives near Sprln? field. Sho was a member of the Unitarian church and of tho Women's 'Rollof corps. The funeral will b- held from tho fjordon and Veat'Jh chapel on Friday, February 23, 1917, nt 2 o'clock and Interment will bo made In tho I. O. O. F. cometory. Rov. A M, Spanglor will conduct tho services. Snow Falls Four Days. ( Sprlngflold has been enjoying snow rain and slush slnco Monday. On Monday ovenlng and TuoBday morning enough snow fell to cover tho groun 1 ,to a, .depth of about six Inches, bnt It.BOon moltod, and at Umoa since tho ground has been nlmost cloar, altho I more enow fell at Intervals all day yoBicruay anu una morning. ino ground 1b vory wot. and alncn thern "haa boon no froozlng, tho roBUt ha ' been coutlnual ulush, j USE RABBITS Um 1'hoiii by American i'reu AMoclatlon. Kck-utlxtx In mtiuli'lpnt luboratorlen can tell by the blood of the rabbit mixed with tb.it of susitcctcd meat if the hitler is what It pretends to be. It nihilit be horseflesh Instead of beef, you know. ThU Is railed the precipitin test PALACE OF SWEETS Ob ANow Confectionery in Fry Block Will Bo Ready to Serve Pub lic in the Morning. The new "Palace of Sweets" under the proprietorship of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Young lately from Oervals, will open for business tomorrow morning In tho Fry block on Main street. Mr. Young has been busy cleaning, remod eling and setting up fixtures and goods for tho past two weeks, and is now in readiness to run a first class confec tioner, and to sorve the public a? nearly as he can. Tho "Palace of Sweets" will carry all kinds of soft, .drinks, hot drink, and lunches a little later. A full lint' of candy and cigars will also be kept,! In stock, nnd there wli bo an Ico cream parlor, sorving "White Mountain" Ico cream, manufactured by tha Spring field creamory, In connection. FAMILY GOES TO ARKANSAS Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Coe Will Grow Corn and Cotton on Big Ranch. Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Coe and eight children, who have resided on a farm, north of Springfield for eomo yearn, and who were Camp Creek residents before that, left this morning for Scar Hey, Arkansas, where thoy will move onto a 440 acre farm and go into '.'n cotton and com business. Mr. Coe old hls'DO ncro' ranch to Nathan Jack. f ftcontly ot Nebraska, a short time ago, nf) 1Lf a or -.-111 vn a rr It Itn'. Rmodlaely, On their way east; the Coe family will stop off two daya at Redding, CalUornia, where they will visit with rolatlves, and at Santa Barbara where they will enjoy the oighta. While hvln- in thla section. Mr. and Mrs. Can hav madn many friends who aw sorry to bco them move away, and who wish thorn success In their now homo, I Holiday Observed In City. Washington's birthday is being ob served In Springfield in several ways. Doth tho First National and the Com- merclal State banks aro closed, since this is a legal holiday, At tho schools while tho youngsters are not given a holiday, appropriate programs are ; being held, One of the most attrac ! tlvo window displays symbolic of the ' MORROW day Is that of Egglmonn's Candy Kit, rrom Mrs. uraco fc.. iiaruit, or t-nier-chen which shows a real cherry trea Prise, Oregon, who formerly conductor tit mum be for thoro aro rtno cherries on it) and a hatchet close by. Ncar,arb't writes: "I hope everything in U stands a small statue ot "Tho Fath , W Sprtngtown 1b going along finely. or or His Country," from which a nmnll silk flair waves, nnd, in front . pro rod white and blue candy hatcheta , candled cherries, and other anoro. . prlato confections, Local "Bllli" Will Feast. i Several local "Bills" will partake bf oik roasts, hot from the oven to- night, m company wmi u, i; o. ts.'a irom all over thn stato, when a tig 0:30 dinner and stag party wtll be in ordor at tho Eugene hall, Tho 'ploco do reBlstnuQo" will bo tho b-ju m ,.JK wmcu ha8 V0ongoa to M .... .... . - - pugono city w W jour or r I JX 1 r, ti "rplrannn, a -eon. j Jamof i.fj.'.' r V TOsTEST CITY'S FROM RERE 10 60 10 GONVENIION Intermediate and Junior Dele- gates to Attend Meeting at Salem This Week . Thirteen of tho100 Lane county dela ,gate8 to tho state Christian Endeavor society's convention in Salem which .begins tomorrow morning and lasts over Sunday, will be from Springfield, cently announced by tho stato depart- ,Th0 Lano county delegates will havo ment of education. They are to be special train which starte north from held at different parts or the conntT CotUgo Grove, and passes through so as to give all teachers Ihe oppor- Eugene at 7:65 in the morning. tunlty of attending' wlthoat traveling ' Arrangementa for the convention far. tflp were made' in Eugene last Tuesd'. Following Is the schedule: Scnlnng. when the cabinet ot tho March 3.Cottage Grove; March 11, fee county union, tho presidents of Springfield; March 17JuncU6n City; tho Springfield and Eugene societies 'March 24. Elmlra; March 31, Acme and tho president of the Eugene An institute will be held In Eugene Young People's union met at the Central Presbyterian church Tuesday evening to hear a speech by C. I Hamilton, field manager for the Chris ! tfan Endeavor World. Local people who attended the meeting were: Opal Whltely, .Ruby Senseney, and Fenner Travis. The Intermediate delegates from hero to Salem are: Marjorle Knott, Mrs. Delbert Bucknum, Dorothy Hoi brook, Carrie Ditto, Evelyn Miller, Claude Nyatrom. Harry Fandrem and Harold France; Junior delogates are Eva Manwnrring, Wendell McKlnney, Lester Smith, Opal Whltcly, and Ruby SenBcnoy. Runaway Boy Picked Up. William Watson aged 15 years, was picked up at the Southern Pacific sta Monday Evening by tho Eugeno policy ana a Bnort nme aiierwara s mat ramsA Moore, living at Brownv T. telephoned, tho Dollce here to. lw Tjatchingjfor the boy, as ho ran away from home. Tuesday noon Mr. Moorp telephoned again, and said an officer lno anu u,na Am Bocieor or romana wouiu come ior me u. Tho boy told the police ho had been taken from the aid society by Mr. Moore three or four years ago, but that recently his treatment had made him dissatisfied,' and'he had run away. He said ho made his way from Browns villa to Sprlngflold Monday afternoon nnd then went to Eugeno. . u . ,,, ,. Mrs' Grace Harb,t Wrlte8' The Nowb Is In receipt of a letter millinery snop in mis ciiy, Mrs. , "on w,Bn 1 wcro UUK wuuro lua rain falls Instead of snow. It haj boon a cold, disagreeable winter. A Breat aeai oi iqo umo iero wuaiur, and often 20 and 27 below. Times 'are good up hero, is what keeps peoplo hero. Lots of building bolng done, fregardlosti of cold weather. There "o pornaps oo ooum uuur w.v. Rebekah Head Here Tonight. Mml Nellie WH.ttenberg. president of the tebekoh Assembly, whb wwil . - Lt - m guMt-ot a bib J I .," a' Jl, " make tho trip, so a meeting was ar rantioa tor hero, FOOD SUPPLY : MARCH 10 INSTITUTE, DATE . . , , . . . . SprlnBfleld One of 5 Points Selects For Meetings Next Months March 10 is tho date of a teacheW iastltuto to be held- in Springfield, according to a scneduie just given out by County Superintendent E. J. Moore. Every Saturday in March Is l be devoted tor an Institute at some Mint In he county. State Supcrln- tmdent J. A. Churchill will be ono o' tho speakem or these local Insll- utes and other speakers will be drawn l orn the University of Oregon. These institutes are to be held w as to enablo any teacher In the county o obaln the certificates ot merit,- r Some time in April j Anti-Toxin Found rp f TOT ' 1 UDerCUlOSlS .California University Announces Discovery in Its Medical School Effective. Ceremony Will Be Short. .' The aim of tho Inauguration cothM , Berkeley Cal.. Febi 21.- Dr. JFrei- tee, and it hi -the' wish of Mr. Wibsffi' erlclc B. Gay, head of the department is to make the entire ceremony ,ak ot pathology or the University of Calt short as possible In keeping with" tX fornta. -will' ahnqunce la a bulletin cnc-slon and .thus get away froaa t within a few .days aucoesaful expert- spectacular because of the situaUea meats In the rare1 or trihercniosla Invojvins foreign relations at this tW In animals and the .proafpee-t for stsai- Frrna every lBdleattan sbw, th.e.fi' 'lar results In the treatment of human emcny from, start to finish, win. feA.aa beings with a newly dlsco.ve.red sail- mud, a patriotic, demonstration ai toxin. an j thing ehe. It will be well Wrl . Vt M. Takeoka of San Francisco, seeing, more bo than ever; In tact, for 'a member of the staff of tha medical school of the university, has Isolated a secretion of the liver, which a- cording to an announcement, has of- fected complete cures In the- cases I of guinea pigs at the point of death rrom lUDercuiosis. rne presiaent win nae wun airs. Dr. Takeoka isolated the anti-toxin Wilson and a senator and a represen, when working on the theory that the tatlve from the committees ot the two liver must secrete Its own antl-toxln houses of congress. The president haa to the germs ot tuberculosis inasmuch selected somo picked troops from Fort as It is tho only organ unafected when Myer as his escort, all others aro tubercular. vice President In Second Carriage. The effect of the Inoculation of tile In tho second carriage will be th tubercular guinea pigs with the 8- vco president and Mrs. Marshall, with; cretlon, which is called "Tauren" by a member of the senate and house In its discoverer, has been noted by Dr augural . cpmmtytbes. Mr. Marshall haa Gay and -others. Dr. Edward Von chosen for his escort the black horse Adelung of Oakland will continue the troop of the cadets at Culver Mllltarr eporlments and note the effect upon arademy, In' Indiana. Ih tho. third, human beings. ' rarrkige will be Colonel Robert N, liar 'per, chairman ot the Inaugural com Booth-Kelly Closed u Because ot the heavy snows in mountains which have forced the camp to shut down, tho local B6oth-K6lly mill was compelled to close, Monday, since there were no logs. It Is not known Just how soon the logging camp can start up. Tho sn&w la between iiio 'arid fmir fflAt den, a C&mn 10 Ubove -Wendilng. Tho planlns mu. I na8 Deen, running most ot ine wepa(l Nni.Wno. ,,n .n'mn rara vhtr.li -msi-a finishing up some cars which wtsre ararron. . . - Real Estate Transfers. c. p. -sov) Ux mvin y .ton. lot 3 hlk. 10' SpWW-?i MAKING PLANS FOR INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT WILSON Will Be Sworn in Twice BecauM March 4 Falls on Sunday This Year. a WILL BE PATRIOTIC AFFAIR Will Show Nations of Earth That tha People of This Country are Square ly Behind the President. The "trenches" along Pennsylvania, avenue and In front of tho whlto Hoaee at Washington D. C. are being put in shape for the army of thousnada who will go to Washington on March 6. Th workers In the treasury building ga to and from their offices In -nolellko caverns under tho "barricades" thai how protect tho front of Undo Sam'a monejp department, ,n fr0Ht ot tJle White House where sentries pace hack and frth a L8 -ns f"ch or luu euu u,, "l titisBn fnTr-n v fn- nnlfllprA tint fnr Inn --- Pedestrians. " " dent on March' 5. . Tho affa,r fs Kolns to bc unU8Ual manJr wa-"8- Woodrow Wilson, wh. vlth Thoma8 Mantall. plays tha ljadlns rol0' ,s the flrst democrat t- Bucceca B,mseir .81nce Jac eon was reelected. Will Be Sworn In Twice. . Anen' ""8 preaioeni-oieci to be 8Wora twlca' Mee 8 I" by Iaw on Kalh ' nl 'w,u rivat? ceremony at the White House a.lnc0 4 fa,,s n SHndaJ" but Monday Mr. -Wilson will be swora agaia d 1644 hte 'au8ral addresi irom the eMt froBt r lhe cPitel- Mre.ilwn-aii .--Man-ll w rId ,n 1110 P1-6 wIth the,r husbana Thus win another precedent be broke or a new one established. But that Is not all ot a precedent breaking nature. Mr. WJIson and not more than four other people will review the parade from tho special stand In front of An White House and they will be seatei in a glass cage with ample protecttos! all about them. The cage Is to pre4 e against weather conditions. Th jresiaenuai pairy win nave seats tlie court of honor where the glass cage will bo-erected. 1 the very reason :that a patriotic de& onst; talon Is- being aimed at Tfea endeavor will be to show the natlo-V of the earth, It they need to be shows? thnt tho peoplo of this country af' aqunrely behind their president. mittee- of. Washington; Colonel W. H. llarta arid members of the Inaugural committees oi ino nause anu eenuie, Tho presidential party will go to tn-i president's' room and from there. headed by Major qenerai tiuga u. pott, tho party will go to the senate cliamber, where Mr, Marshall will .talcs, the oath. From there the presidential part will go to tho east portico wijiiw.a supreme court, will swear In President- supreme court, wtfl swear In Pree.ldoqt tIILKBI .&v-r i. ' MlQwmg the Inaugural addrress tho mrade-up Pennsylvania avenue willb - J!". , , . , . KJoatMed a pago two)