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NEWS
Biuret KmnnrV II. lDi.it limit lull. )riKiiii,
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W
CENSUS
HEAD
T
Tuosdny, Juno '5, Is Proclnlmod
by President no Official
Consus Dny
ALL MEN MUST REGISTER
No Male Resident Between The Agei
of 21 and 30 Is Exempt;
Alleni Included Too.
(Cut thin out and put It whoro you
ciin find It.)
War Census Day Tuomlny, Juno r.
mi nnmcd by President WIIhoii In his
oWelnl proclamation.
Who Muet RegisterEvery mnlo
resident between Uiu ago of 21 nn'l
30 years, Inclunlvo, This Includ?
aliens iih wall (in Aniorlcann, Jap
anese Chinese, HalluiiB, Germans, En
pIInIi, AiiiorlcntiK. and in on of nny oth
or nntlonnllty who nro of tho doslg
nalod ages, must register. Allonn
will not bo drafted for wnr duty, of
eourso, but n comploto record of thorn
In doalrod.
Who Is Exempt No mala resident
betweont tho ages of 21 and .10 yoani,
Inclusive In cxuinpt from registering
Thoso to bo exempted from military
service will bo dotormlnod Inter, but
first nil must resistor.
Where to Register Registration
must be mado In tho home precinct
of tho man roglntorlug. Resistor at
your regular voting place
Hours for Registration Booths at
regular voting placos In each proclnut
will bo open on War Census Day from
7 o'clock n. m. to 9 o'clock j, in.
Don't wait until tho Inst moment. Reg
ister early.
Registration of Absentees If you
find you will bo unavoidably ahsont
from your homo precinct on War Con
mis Day, you Hhould apply -at tun
earliest posslblo data to tho count7
clerk of tho county In which you mav
be at tho time, whether In Oregon or
olsowhoro, who will fill out your reg
istration card. Ho will tlion glvo yo'i
the card, which you must mall to tho
registrar of your homo precinct, l.i
-aro of tho sheriff of your lionin count?
In tlmo to reach tho registrar by War
Census Day. If you llvo In Portland,
or. a city of over 30,000 population In
another stato, mall tho card toithe
registrar In caro of tho mayor.
Dut remember, tho burden of having
your card reach tho registrar of you,'
homo precinct by War Consus Day It
on' you.
Registration, of the Sick,, Men of
military ago who aro too 111 to go to
the voting booth to register .must
send a competent person boforo War'
Census Day to the county clerk la
explain Jho circumstances, and necuro
Instructions from tho. Federal rcgula-
. t Ions 'which these, officials will rocelvo
from the Government,
Penalties Tho penalty tor falling
'.to nppoar to register, or for giving
false, misleading or Incorrect answers
,ls Imprisonment. Thoro Is no nl
, ternntlvo of a fine.
BOYS HAVE FINE DISPLAY,
Manual Training Projects Shown Sat
urday Show Good Work
All Borts of manual training stu
dents work from coat hangars and
tho first shaped models to boautlful-
ly finished plocos such as. a mahog
any piano bench, a music cabinet, and
a book case, woro on display Saturday '
. In tho old Racket store, under tho dl-1
rcctlon of J. F, Goddard, manual train
ing Instructor. Also thoro woro chink
en coops, mado by tho boys, ono of
which contained a "Biddy", and 17
chicks.
Tbo display attracted many pooplo
for tho work shown was oxcellont.
Only a part of the work dono thli
year wob represented.
I New features of the display yrerj
,'blrd houses, which haven't been shown
boforo, and drawings of wood projects
Jjrcady for bup prints. M,r; flodditrd,
rfuald tho:. tracings' woro carefully, dou,
?avid that the projocts could bo work
fJod out.
Tho pieces and tracings displayed
wore tho work of the seventh nni
eighth grado boys nnd tlto high Bohqol
class In manual training,
ISSUES
REGISTERING
NEWS
aMtrontl.
LOSERS SERVE GOOD EAT8
Whites Qlve Reds Supper for Win
ning League Contest
About SO Leaguers enjoyed a real
"chicken supper" Friday night, when
!ho"Vhltos" paid for bolng losers tn
tho recent Efficiency contest. Tho
menu for tho affair, which was glv.n
In the MethodUt church basomcnt, fn
lowed: chicken a la Bochnmol, mash
ed potatoes, creamed asparagus, cuke
coffee, and Ico cream. Fifteen cents
n plate was chnrgod, tho money to
apply on tho Ivaguo pledge to tho
church.
W. T. Wright, eocond vice presi
dent of tho league was tostmaster, and
called on Itundall Scott, tho retiring
prosldent, Vance Caglay, tho new pres
Ident, Orson Vaughn, tho leader of
tho Reds, and tho Itavorend S. A.
Ihinford, In turn.
After supper, tho dolegatcs to tho
Albany convention mot ami mado ar
raiigomoiitu, then tho guests played
games, whllo the Whites washed tho
dishes..
Red Cross Will
Help Army Y.M.
Local Ladio3 Mttko Plans for a
Benefit Banquet to fro
Givqn May 28
At tho regular meeting of tho local
Ited Cross chapter, held In tho W. O
W. hall on Saturday afternoon, plans
were, mado and committees appointed
to arrange for a banquet to bo served
to tho men of tho city nt the W. O
W. hall Monday livening, May 28. at
sovcji o'clock. Tho object of tho ban
quct Is to get the men togothcr for
tho purpose of raising funds for the
Army Y. M. C. A. Speakers will bo
present to explain the Army Y. M. O.
A. work.
Tho following committees on ban
quot woro appointed: Monu and kit
chon: Mrs,. J. JD. Dlmm, Mm Oeorgo
Catching, Mrs. L. May; Dining room',
Mrs. O, E. Wheaton assisted by tho
young ladles of tho chapter; Advertis
ing committee; Miss Ilhodcs assfstol
by tho Honor Guard girls.
These committees are to work in
conjunction with the local Army Y. M
C. A. fund committee.
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i mi imiii- i iiiuumih m.u
chapter of tho Red Cross was changed
from tho W, O. W. hall to tho city 1
library. Meotlngs will bo held every
Tuosday from four to five o'clock.
Thn snrrmnrv tins received tha .
, '
membership receipts and all persons
who have not received theirs can Jo
so by applying to tho secretary at the,
ext meeting.
Tho following names have been add
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chapter of tho Rod Cross s nco tho
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formor llst was published: J. C. Dimm
J. A, Cox. nnd Mrs. J. A. Cox.
Speakers Will
OBe!Herkay 26
Final Days of Campaign to Seo
Commissioners on Tour
of All Parts of Oregon
Tho closing days of tho roail bond
cnmpalgn will seo tho mombors of tho
stato highway commission making an
nctlvo canvass of tho stato.
Accompanied by Jay Bowerman,
Chairman Benson will mnko atour
of tho Wlllamoto valoy.Commlssloner
Thompson in company with Jamo?
Stewart will cover eastern and south-
am Oregon points oast of tho Cascado
mountains and Comlsslonor Adams ead lottuce, radishes, turnips, kohl
will mako 'spoochos in both eastern rnu'-
and westorn Oregon. lJ"n 15 to 30, Transplanting plants
Tho loglslatlvogood roads commit- ' early fall cauliflower, fall cabbage,
too has arrangod an itinerary for Chair enr,y celery.
man BeiiBon next wook. apart of Seeding short season crops for sue-
which follows:
May. 26, 11 a. in., Harrisburg; 3 p.
in., Junction City; 7:30 p. m. Eu
gono. ' May 26, 10 a. ra., Coburg; 3
p. m., Crcswoll; 7:30 p. m. Spring
ftold.
Mr, Adams will conclude his cam
paign with a mooting at Oregon City, I
probably on tho night of Juno 1, with
n flnnl n-nnllna, In TCllCAnA Ilia hnttiA
M ....... ... . ...a ... .
tqwp,. Saturday night, Juno 2.
. .The, do jails, of Commissioner Thomn
son's trip havo not been worked out.
Starting May 20 ho will mako an
automobile trip through Umatilla, Mcr
row and contral Oregon counties go
ing to. Bond, Burns, Lakovlow nnd
Klamath Falls,
SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, 0
BIGGEST BREADNAIGM' IS LAUNCHED
I'lioio by American f'reaa Association,
Day Mini night forces will work to complete the dreadnaugbt New Meiii
which was Just launched at the Brooklyn navy yard.
KEEP GARDEN BUSY
THE WHOLE SEASON
Mo, fresh Veg.
Winter Comes bv P ant-
Winter Comos by Plant
ing Successively
Let ono crop follow another and Vance Cagley, newly-elected presi
keep tho garden busy. Many por- ,'dent of tho Springfield Epworth
sons who have boen paying little at- League Chapter; Randall Scott, ex
tcntlon to gardening do not roallz? president, and John Dlmm, Leagua
to what extent this Is possible, but reporter attended the fourteenth an
If wo are to copo successfully with nual convention held In Albany Sat-
tho threatened food shortage it will
"
jl)0 necessary to make every squaro
foot of B0 comU n8 nmny tlmeB a,
,)0SB),i0i
Therefore In order to help
evory Banlonor t0 gecure maximum
rn8UitH. Prof. Bouauet. Head of Veu-
- i
,
oiuuie uuruunuiK ui j. j is. uaa u
rttng0(l tno following list of plantlnz
, j, dntC8. .
. ,!. in.i ,i, 1
Is divided Into two parts: first, seed
B directly In the garden; second.
thanBDlantlng of young plants, which
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have been previously grown or which
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vestlng tho different vegetables are
also noted. Somo vegetables which
are - bolng continually hervested aro
not again mentioned in tho succeed
ing dates.
May 16 to 30. Field Setting of to
matoes. Seeding cucumbers, melons, limn
beans, pumpkins, squash, sweet corn,
summer radish, and letiuco.i Also
sowing In seed beds lato fall cauli
flower, broccoli, Into cabbage, Brus
sels sprouts, Scotch kale.
Harvesting - asparagus, rhubarb
greon onions, radishes, spinach.
June 1 to 15. Transplanting plants
of poppers, egg plant and onrly col
ory.
Seeding summor lettuco, string
bonns.
Harvesting nsparagus, rhubarb,
green onions, spinach, transplanted
ii..,i i... on.nW,l;.
rhubnrb. radlshos. early peas, spinach
turnips ..-
.T,,iv i m 1K -Trnni.nUnHn.r nlanL,
of late celery, late cabbage. Brun-
sols sprouts. Scotch kale, broccoli.
Planting of late beets, late carrots.
.MAA AAMI
II (.V D TV WVl 111
Tlarvftstlng pcaB, letltice, aspara
gus, early cabbage, early beets, bunci
carrots, and others previously men
tioned in preceding date.
July 16 to 80. Finish transplant-
Ing celery nnd Into crops mentlonoJ
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Seodlng late string benns. into head
(( .htlnued on page two.)
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MONDAY, MAY 21, 1917.
DELEGATES MEET
T
k Meeting at Albany
Meeting at Albany
Over Week .End
.unlay, Sunday and Monday.
over loo delegates irom towns De
tween Yoncalla and Jefferson and Leb-
anon to Newport were present at the
Auslness session which was held Sat-!
urday. Randall Scott, of the local
i.nniA-. nt.Aatiai in Mm imoinnoa cab.
t ojv-.
slon In the absence of C. E. William-
Bon, pre8ldent of the district. Tho
report of all of tho chapters at tha
morning and afternoon session show-i
cd fine work done durinir the year I
with Springfield at the head. In
fact Snrlncfield has the lamest chanter
in the district, and possibly the larg
est 1n the stato, with a membership of
125
Tho delegates wcro guests of tho
Albany League at a banquet held Jo
tho basement of tho church, Satur
day evening which as reportod by ono
of the delegates was "scrumptious,"
Sunday the members attended Sun-
day school and services which were
presided over by Dr. Dan Bruminltt
editor of tho Epworth Herald, of Chi -
cago. The evening League servlco
was to have been in the hands of tho
Corvallis chapter, but which failed
to mako their appearance, but never -
theless a very Interesting meeting.
Tho newly elected officers were In
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siuiiiu nuiiiiuv t-veiiuiK unci nunitoa,
by Dr. James T. Moore, district sup -
Borlntendent of tho Eugene district
Monday morning a meeting was
held by Dr. Don Brummltt, which was
.very Interesting and helpful to all
nresont. closing the convention for
tho year.
Red Cross for Junction City
Junction City will havo an auxiliary
nt tliA In An 1 T?A.1 Pm.b lionlAf As
resuii ui vimi ui i'nj
,UDO "" ' -
Eugene, who visited Junction City last
Thursday. Those who made the trip
Jf' :S;.Y"w!
" j i.lT..T,
rd. Mrs. .0. N. Fraier and Miss Lulu
QUO.
Painting Christian Church
The Kejjy brothers, painters, of Eu
gone, rhp h'a,yo,the, exterjor painting:
cbntMOpr" ,lhe OhrjBtUn church,
havo cqmmencedtho work, Tljey et'
j pQt t'Q complote (he WOrk In a weeV-
Tho contract for the interior painting
ha8 not bebn ,et- carpenters are still
busy finishing the wood work.
WITH
GONVEN
FLIES" WILL BE SUBJECT
Parent-Teachers to Precede Clean-Up
Campaign by Lecture
Preceding tho clean-up campaign to
1)0 launched in Springfield soon, Earl
Kllpatrick of the University of Oregon
school of Extension, will talk on "File)'
and will give some valuable sugges
tions, at tho Parent-Teachers meet
ing to bo held on Thursday evening.
'May 24, at tho Lincoln school, begin
ning at 7:30 o'clock.
There will also bo other numbers
on the program for this meetlnr,
which will bo the last one of the year
A largo turn-out 1b desired In order
'that the clean-up campaign may ho
launched with a vim, and that tho
'disease-breeding elements of the towa
may bo gotten rid of now, before hot
weather begins. Mrs. C. A. Barnett,
chairman of tho program committee
Is In charge of arrangements for
Thursday night.
Mrs.C.E.Whiteley
Passes Away
Funeral Will Be Held from
Christian Church Tuesday
Afternon
Mary Elizabeth Whlteley, wife of
C. E. Whlteley, died at 10:00 o'clock
last ovenlng, after having been bed
fast for four weeks. She was 42
years old.
' Mrs. Whlteley was bora In Califor
nia, and had lived In this city since
December 1, 1916. She was a mem--ber
of the Christian church at Cottag-i
Grove.
Deceased is survived by her parents
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Scott of Saginaw,
Oregon, two Bisters and four brothers:
Mrs. C. E. Pryor of Eugene, Etta May
Scott of Saginaw, Glen Scott of Dor
I ' . ,.,...,
of Oakland, California; the husband
C. E. Whlteley and four daughters
Opal, Pearl, Fay and Chloe, and ono
son, Elwln Whlteley.
The funeral will be held from tne
) Christian church tomorrow afternoon
nt 1:30 o'clock, Reverend C. H. Jen "
'sen officiating. Interment will be
made in the Laurel Hill cemetery.
Those who are sorrowing for this
f l L . n 1. . .
rnnn wn man imvu Liif HvuiuiiLiiv ui .
r- f whlIe tne famn7
. whl Rhnrt time tho
ninmhn ,,., alrftnrtv founrt warm
tho
.p'acT
hearts of Springfield
JtuJ1
nnnn n.
Milton Scott, grandfather of Mrs.
ZZZiVnnJM He was
th,s m nfat five , ' He
Tjk-cr ff MoUtnnP
i -7 -&
Plans Being Made
Ladies of G. A. R. and luka Post
Arrange to Honor
Dead Heroes
All VasZJlLZTt
members of nil patriotic societies tha
'school children, and everyone who
patriotic, are asked to meet at tho U .
O. W. hall at ten o'clock on the morn-
ing of May 30 to assist t he loci 1 Lad-
. ies of the G. A. R. Circle and the luka
Post
. day.
In the observance or memorial
Everyone who can will pleasa
' l.rlnf flnivAi-a
. . ...o
1 Reverend H. C. Etbell will deliver!
the address at the cemetery in tho ,
! tho decoration of the graves. Tho
children especially are asked to help
in the latter ceremony, one of tho
. chief objects of the day being to help
tho younger generations revere tho
pnst patriots In this hour When patrio
tism is so needed.
Reverend S. A. Danford will preach
a decoration day sonnon on Sunday
even ng. May 27,
Reverend Chris H.
j Jensen, wno is a apanisu war
wjn in commemoration of the
8allor dead at r,ver bridgd on the
-"r"?? SC.?.I
Mrs. Katherlne Horton, president of
tbo Ladles of the OA.. R. circle, and
Mrs. Myrtle Eggtmann, treasurer of
the organization, are in charge of ar
ranging for the memorial services, and!
will be very glatt ror any aia wnicn
cap bo given In (his worV
'James Inman, commander of the
Post, and C, M. Dprlty, adjutant, are
,ln charge of Post arrangements, Mr.where underWent' a minor opera
Dorlty asks thnt all organizations of
(continuod on page threo)
VOL. XVI., NO. 33
J
L
OF INSECTS GIVEN
BY A. L LOVELL
O. A. C. Professor Prepares Sug
gestions for Aid of Veg
table Gardeners "
HAVE BEEN TRIED OUT,
Recommendations Are Based on Ex
perlments and Represent Most 1
Approved Practices
Because of the numerous Insect
pests which attack vegetable crops
a few brief hints on some of the more
Important pests and their control ara
offered. The recommendations ara
based on careful experiments and re
present the most approved practices
for control. These suggestions on
pests and their control are offered by
A, L. Lovett, Associate Professor of
Entomology at O. A. C.
Cutworms. Before crops are plant
ed, chop up succulent plants such as
alfalfa, clover, mustard, ect, and tu
1 gallon of the chopped leaves add
one teaspoonful of white arsnlc, parte
green or lead arsenate and 2 table
spoonfuls of sirup of sugar. Mix
thoroughly and place In small heaps
over plowed ground.
After crops are In, use poison-bran
mash as follows:
Bran, 10 pounds; white arsenic or
parts green, 4 ounces; salt, 2 ounces;
warm water to make a crumbly mash.
Amount sufficient for 1 acre. Broad
cast over field In evening. For plants
such as cabage, tomatoes, etc, cyl
inders of stiff paper or tin (tin cans
' with bottom melted out) may be
Hnwn in the son and nroiectine about
down in the soil and projecting about
2 to 3 Inches- Take care that no
cutworms are Inside when applying.
Grasshoppers. If grasshoppers ap
pear use bran mash formula above,
substituting one-half ounce lemon ex
tract for salt
Slugs. Grayish or brownish, slimy,
repulsive naked snals. Use vege
table bait as for cutworms. Du3t
soli with ashes or air slacked lime.
Dust plants with the following prop
aratlon: screened wood aBhe8 of sul
fu" So parts, powdered arsenate of
. Iead 15 parts-
Write the Oregon Agricultural College
Corvallis, Oregon, for special cir
cular. "Flea Beetles. Small shiny brown
or black beetles which Jump like a
flea when disturbed. Dust plants
as recommended for slugs. Send
for special circular on flea beetles,
wlreworms, etc., at the Oregon Agri
cultural College, Corvallis, Oregon.
Aphlds or Plant Uce. Small soft-
bodies, green or black insects feeding
jn group8 on under BUrface of leaves.
i Use liquid contact sprays; Kerosene
j emulsion of tobacco sprays. Tho
, nest ror general use. is water, xu gap
. uns & tablespoonfuls).
Dissolve soap in small amount of
. tQ w Ballon8 and add
k., f
- worm.-Dust plants at ten-
d ,ntervals with 8lfted wood a8he3
D0Wdercd arsenata
1 a A 1C nniln until nlanta fnm.
, Ul - ? . h
i , ,
t, About slze of ,ady
YellowlBh Breen with black
stripes of spots.
See under cucum-
ber insects.
Tho Spotted Cucumber Beetle.
About slie of lady bug, greenlsh-yeN
low with black spots. Dust plants
with material recommended for cab
bage wormB. Leave a few plants of
beans, squash, or similar attractive
plant untreated on which they may
collect Kill them here by mechan
ical means.
Corn Ear Worm. Eats into tip of
oar. appearance of cutworm. Fre
quent surface cultivation of much val
ue. When- silks' ''shoot" dust sul
fur and arsenate down into tip of' ear a
(see cabbage -worm)" at eight-da later.
vaa until silks dry up,. . Use caj with
perfqratfidj cprer- ana treaj .vjp.xows.
at a time.
Undergoes Operation
Mrs, Mark, V. Eadleott waa takea to
the SnrfinKflold hospital on Friday
tion that nftornoon, She was aula
to return home Saturday aftornooo
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