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AGE4 TIIUUSDAY. NOV. 22, 1017, THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS i i ih "i rrti- The Springfield News y. C. DIMM, WALTER R. DIMM Editors and Publishers Published Every Monday and Thursday RATES OP SUBSCRIPTION One Year .... ji.EP Blx Months .... .75 Three months .60 Advertising rates furnished on appli cation. OUR CORRESPONDENTS CAMP CREEK Ruby Crnbtroe THURSTON, Mrs. Walter Ednilston COBURQ Elsie Andorson WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mrs. Clara Child? Member of the Willamette Valley Editorial Association. THURSDAY, NOV. 22, 1917. FAIR PROFIT ONLY Under the new licensing sys tem of the Food Administration speculation in food stuffs and profiteering by wholesalers will be made practically impossible. Each wholesaler or jobber must operate under a federal license, and the number of this license must be stamped on every or der, contract and other paper concerning the purchase or sale or food stuffs. Coupled with this is a federal inventory sys tem, under which frequent re ports of stock on hand must be made, and any wholesaler or jobber failing to fully comply with the requirements is sub ject to a fine of $5,000 or two years imprisonment. j Only a fair profit above the! cost price will be allowed whole salers, who are also forbidden to sell to any retailer who takes more than a fair margin of pro fit. Through this system, any consignment .of foodstuffs may be readily traced to the source of production. Wholesaler and retailer will automatically check each other, and profits may be taken only twice be tween the consumer and the producer, these being allowed to the wholesaler and the retail er, who are each limited to a fair margin, the same to be de termined according to changing conditions, by federal authori ties. THE WAR IS HERE The citizens of the United States are beginning to realize that this country is now at war. Increasing war revenues have begun to .be levied against many things. Beginning the second of the month of November post al rates increased, and hereafter during the war at least postage of three cents will be required to carry a letter that formerly went for two cents. The levy on tobacco has already been felt and there is a special levy on other commodities and trades. But the people have rallied to the support of the Govern ment in a way to discourage the enemy. The second liberty loan was greatly oversubscribed, prac tlcaliy every locality coming forth with more than its quota in this second "drive" for the support of the liberty boys. This should be an indication to the Kalsqr that Americans are a wake; that they believe in giv ing 'suport to. the boys thy.are sending to the'front. m2$fan,' tyo, in tJie past week many oikthe soldiers of Amer-j ica who wero sent to Franco ; have been pushed into active service and are now along the front with tho French troops, These stationed at tho verlous cantonments aro expecting ev ery day to be moved forward on their journey to the front. The appeal of tho administra tion to conserve the food supply of the country by declaring a meatless day has been general ly observed, many of the larg er eating places, absolutely elim inating beef, pork and mutton from their menu on those days And there has been very little complaint from the customers The American spirit has been aroused and the American cour age is predominant and Amer ica is now prepared and ready to do things and the world at large will soon know that Amer ica is ready. Redondo Reilex. Get on TV von mnt ta nemd l.Jn life you oust know xthkt Is txvr In baiiotss and Indus " tnr. In Invention 'anil arlnrv Get out of the rut; get on tho fir lit line. Read ropmarSeience Monthly themort Interestinr and useful magailne, and the bluest money worm, tt ery cuouta 300 Pictures 300 Articles all for only 15 cents, the new Idea and invention! in electrlcltr nl wireless. In automobiles am aeroplanes, in snopwors uu in farnucr. ana in mocninerr. How la males thlnn at home. CO Dares eTerT month. Including refrigerators, poultry bouses. lurnuurc, auiouiocuc suop repairs, etc It full of monev-nmklnr. iten-taYlnr Ideas. It is written ic plain FnglUh for men and boss. 15 CenU a Copy $1.50 a Year Get It from a newsdealer or write dlreet to Popular Science MonUily. MO Fourth Are., N.V. trncr Tei-cssylreuyeofenJ..U riVCE, lor poitixs sad sustiea Ilia ssr. Classified Ads For Sale, Rent, Wanted, Etc. FOR RENT House South fc. street. and barn 158 FOR SALE Heifer calf, six months old. Call at 186 Mill street, comer A. FOUND Lodge emblem watch charm near Cox's store Sunday. Owner may have same by ,calllng at News office and paying for this ad. FOUND Automobile dead light. Own er may have same by calling at News office and paying for this ad. WANTED 40 to 80 acres, good soil, with or without buildings, in Wil lamette Valley, not over 2E miles from railroad town, In exchange for good house, large lot, plenty fruit, water, nice suburban residence section in sunny San Jose. F. J. JOHNSON, 15 Drace Ave., San Jose, Nov.19.-4t. Cal. FOR SALE My nlace In West Springfield of VA acres, with six room house. Will sell at bargain, small payment, with terms to suit. C. E. Neet, Wanna, Oregon. MANY GOOD POSITIONS Can be had by any ambitious young man or woman in the field 'of railway or , commercial telegraphy. We want I a number of young men and women to prepare ror the telegraph serv- Ice to fill vacancies caused by un- usual drafting of young men for! Signal Corps. Prepare to help your . country. Write today for full pai ticulars. THE RAILWAY TELEGRAPH INS TITUTE. PORTLAND, OREG. FOUND Ladles' tan kid fjlove at . Second and Main streets. Owner may havo same by calling at this office and paying for this ad. ranih within eight of CreswelL Will consider trade on Bprlngfleld real- aence property. Address", C 81, Springfield News. caliltig'at Nwa Ttfce aid pWr Ut this ad. ' UNCLE SAM BUILDING BIG NAVALJ5ANITARIUM Los Animus, Colo. Undo Sinn's Inrjri'st recuperation camp for the sick and wounded sud ors of tin United b'lntes niivy will tio at Fort Lyons, near here, when now additions now under construction tiro completed. At present tho sanitarium accom modates 2K0 paMonts, but work Is IioIiir rapidly pushed on the construction of buildings that will mako It possible to care for between fi.POO and O.tXX) marines and sailors who are Incapacitat ed through tuberculosis mid oth er discuses. The cost of the work will be about $l.l00.000. Dr, V. U. Ames, who Is In charge of the Fort Lyons sani tarium, says that the 4,000-foot altitude of the site makes It an Ideal location for the care of those alllloted with the great white plague, and declares the government plans to make the camp the finest of Its kind lu the world. t POISONED FISH FOR RATS Authorities at Somervllle, Mass, In War With Invading Army of Rodents. Somervllle, Mass. Poisoned fish for pesky rats. The city dump here Is headiiunrtcrs for a rat nrmy which has Invaded the city. The authorities are carrying on a franc-tlrcur warfare against the In vaders, and the enemy has been, ex acting reprisals on family Inrders. Householders nrc fearing that the cold weather will drive tho rodents uwny from the dump to some more private and exclusive domicile. Poisoned fish will be scattered about the dump and boys will police the vi cinity to keep children, dogs and cats from Interfering with the ruts' re past PAWNS RIVAL'S GIFT TO GIRL She Has Him Arrested In East Louis and Departs With Other Man. St. East St. Louis. A love "triangle," with n diamond ring, making It n "quadrangle," was unfolded In the po lice smtlou when Miss Annabelle Mace, eighteen years old, of St. Louis, caused the arrest of her former sweetheart, Walter It. Howell of 040 Colllusville avenue, on a charge of pawning n ring clven her by her other sweetheart. Charles Lucas. Then she walked tri umphantly nway with Lucas, waving farewell to Howell as he wns led to a cell. Former Pastor Will Move Arthur Pengra returned Tuesday from Cove, in Eastern Oregon, whero he has been looking after a pastorato for several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Pengra are preparing to move to Cove, Oregon, soon. Mr. Pengra filled the pulpit of the local Baptist church during tho summer. CALL FOR WARRANTS Notice is hereby given that I will pay upon presentation at my office, warrants of School District No. 19 of Springfield, Oregon, numbered from 1217 to 12G8 inclusive. Interest ceases after Nov. 24, 1917. D. S. DEALS, Clerk. Nov.22,26. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the undersigned has been appointed by tho County Court of tho State of Oregon for the County of Lane, Joint executors of tho Estate of Rebecca A. Rice, deceased. All persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same, proper ly verified, to Frank A. DePew, at torney for tho estate, at his office in Springfield, Oregon on or before six months from tho date or this publica tion. Dated at Springfield, Oregon, No vember 15th, 1917. HJItAM K. KICK, MELZAR A. RICE, Joint executors of the estate of Re becca A. Rice, deceased. Frank DePew, Attorney for tho estate. Nov.l5,22,29;Dec.C,13. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR COUNTY OF LANE Gladys Zang Plaintiff VS SUMMONS j p zang Defendant To J. F. Zang, defendant: IN TIIK NAMB op T"B 8,TATB S.lZ plaint filed against you In tho above entitled suit within six weeks from the day of tho first publication here of or of personal servico if served in person without the state, and If you fall to appear or answer for want thereof tho plaintiff will take a do cree against you for tho relief prayed for in the complaint, to-wlt, the dis solution of tho marriage relation now existing between plaintiff and de fendant, the custody of Olga the minor child, and such other relief as to tho court may seem equitable. This summons Is required to bo published once each weok for six suc cessive weeks by ordor of Hon. J. W. Hamilton judge of said court dated Nov. 7th 1917 and ' the date of tho first publication hereof Id Nov. 8th 1917. C. A. WINTERMEIKR Attorney for Plaintiff 'residing at Eugene Ore. ' Nov.8,1 G,22,29,Doc.6,13,20. STARS IN BASEBALL i . They Are Really Essential to the 3uo- l cast of a Club, It Is absolutely necessary for each and every major league club to have at least one unusually brilliant per former on Its roster to be n good gate attraction, and mure often limn not these stars aro pitchers. I.otiiombor the Chicago White Sox of llhHJf Kd Walsh was the star who did most to place that team In baseball history, though he received not a lit tle assistance from Doc White. Who ' liimle the (Hauls of a few years ago ! the most talked of team In baseball? Why, Christy Alathewsoii, to bo sure, lie was a star of slats, and In fall or foul weather It was ho whom the root ers paid to see. Plank. Coombs and Pender did mole lo make the Athletics famous Hum did all of the other great players on the team put together, tlmucli the $10(UKK) lulleld. consisting of Meluuls, Collins, Harry and linker, was a llrst class attrut'tlou lu every sense of the word. Hut few other cliibn In the game's history ever bud any thing approaching this evenly balanced out lit lu Its best days. Kill James lu his time came pretty clo.-e to milking the llraves, and Hill Donovan. Kd Itctilbnch. Mmdccal ltroun, llnbe Adams, Joe Wood and drover Alexander all have played lead ing lotos as gale ultnit Hons. What would the Senators luivn been for vears without Walter Johnson? Is It the Tigers or Ty Cobb whom the fans Hunt to see ut play? Hal Chase featured the Yankees for years, for many seasons Speaker bus been the leuiilng tlgure with the teams with which be played, and Joe JackRon, Mnrtilurd mid Liijolo all had large In dividual followlugs. Today a new crop of stars has Just ulxnit "arrived" and are pulling tho crowds. -Kd A. (Joowey In I.csllc's. THE "ER0ICA" SYMPHONY. A Musical Portrait of Napoleon aa Bee tboven Idaallztd Him. The most notable example of a mas terworl; with a political origin Is Heethoven's "Erolca" symphony. Gen eral '.eriiiidotte during Ills residence In Icnua In 1708 us ambassador from the French nation suggested to Met, thoven the composition of a symphony lu honor of Napoleon. At that time Naixileon was looked upon as the champion of freedom, the savior of his country, the embodiment of re publican Ideals, with which Hcethoveii was lu thorough sympathy, ami he willingly accepted the proposal. Ilefore the symphony was published Napoleon became emperor, and when the news readied Vienna Heethoveu was violently angered. "After all, then, ho Is nothing but an ordinary mortal! He will trample alt the rights fof men iiudor foot to Indulge bis ambl. lion and become a greater tyrant than any one!" With these words he seized tho mu sic, tore the title page lu half and threw It on the ground. He never again referred to the connection be tween bis work and Napoleon until news of the tatter's death reached him. Then he said. "I have ulready com posed the proper music for that cat as. tropbe." meaning, of course, the fu neral march. Hut the whole symphony, with Its essentially revolutionary char acter. Is n musical portrait of Napo leon as Beethoven Idealized him. Why 1831 Was Chosen. In 1881 n so called prophecy of Moth er Shlpton's was In every one's mouth: The world then to an end shall come In I'lchteen hundred and elghty-onu. A traveling tailor denied Inspiration to this prognostic, nor, as now appears, was it remarkable for accuracy. But he went further. He (lemons t rated lu the dust of the road why that exact dote was chosen. Not only was It ca balistic, n multiple of nine, etc., but It was the only date available to Moth er Shlpton which In Arabic numerals wus the sumo backward, forward mid upside down. Eleven hundred and eleven was past, und not till 18M would the coincidence recur. The next Moth er Shlpton will select 600S, which Is not tomorrow or next day. London Globe. Ant Strength. An English scientist weighed a small ant und a dead grasshopper which II wus dragging to Its nest. The weight of the grasshopper wus found to be sixty times greater than that of the ant. Tho force exerted by the nut In dragging tho grasshopper along tho road was therefore proportionately ttpinl to that of a man weighing 150 pounds pulling a loud of four and one half tons or a horse of 1.200 pounds u load of Ihlrty-slx tons. The Noblest Public Virtue. That patriotism which, catching Its Inspirations from the Immortal God'and leaving at an Immeasurable distance below nil lesser, groveling, personal In terests und feelings, uiilmates and prompts to deeds of self sacrifice, of valor, of devotion and of death Itself that Is public virtue; that Is the noblest, the sublimest of all public virtues. Henry Cluy. Ho Know Better. Gentleman Why don't you get out and hustle? Hard work never killed anybody. Rnstus You're mlstookeu dere, boss. I'se , lost fouh wives dat way." Boston Transcript. 8he Knew. Mother Oh, Mary, why do you wipe your mouth with the back of your hand? Mary 'Cos it's so much cleaner than the front. Iuidon Punch, ' ' ' A commonwealth onght to he Immor tal and forever renew Ms youth. Cicero. CkCiTlationaC Bank N-42 THE "FEDERAL RESERVE" SYSTEM OF BANKS, OF WHICH OUR BANK IS A MEMBER, WAS THOUGHT OUT BY THE BEST BRAINS IN THE BANKING AND BUSINESS WORLD. THIS SYSTEM DEMANDS THAT A BANK BE SOUND BEFORE IT CAN BECOME A MEMBER BANK. WE CAN TAKE CARE OF YOUR BANKING BUSL NESS AND SHALL BE GLAD TO HAVt YOU COME IN AND "MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME." 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