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It, if; tAGfc2 THE FPIUNFIELD NlfiWS MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1018. i f i The Sprinefield News il. C. DIMM, WALTER R; DIMM Editors arid Publishers Jftibllshed Bvery Monday and Thursday RATES OF-8UBSCR1PTION DM (Ter . i t.S9 life! Baonth ' . ! S0 Advertising rates furnished on appll : eaUoe. . . . . ; t, , - OUR CORRESPONDENTS ri ( CAMP CREEK t Ruby.Crabtrc i iTihjRSTQN, Mrs. Walter Edmlat'on llCOBURO Elalq Anderson WEST SPR1NQF1ELD.' Mrs. Clara Chllds Member of the. Willamette Valley v v Edltorlaf'AssoclaUon. MONDAY,' JANUARY '8, 1918. PATRIOTIC .ECONOMY The necessity for patriotic economy will be evident if we think of finance in terms of la ,bor instead of in dollars. We .have natural resources and we have capital invested in the tools of production, but even with these facilities our productive capacity is limited by the supply of labor. By labor we mean the the presonal service, whether of brain or of brawn, of the for ty millions of us who are engag ed in gainful occupation. . To carry on the war we shall spend at least twelve billion dol lars per year, or thirty-three million dollars per day. This is as much as Great Britain is spending and fifty per cent more than Germany ,is spending, and the figures are so huge that few of us appreciate what they real ly mean. Europe Is already so deeply in' debMhat she may. never be able :to pay," and we are' oh the road . to the same condition. Balance of trade statistics" indicate that .we-have made an extra, profit from foreign, business since-1914' o,f five billion dollars, or about two billion dollars per year. The .effect of this in enriching the country .is suggestive of the re sult of three years of impover ishment at the rate of eight billion dollars. Our normal annual savings are about four billion dollars, and not only will our war expen diture absorb all of these sav ings, but we must find eight billfon dollars in addition. Dur ing the past three years our present allies have obtained much assistance from us, but as there is no country to whom ,we pan turn we must carry our burdon alone. Our savings go into public and private improvements, In cluding the extensi&n of bus iness enterprises. These sav ings will not be available for war until we stop federal, state, municipal and private improve ments; until we forbid all issue ot securities except under fed eral license, following the exam pie whereby England reduced the issue of industrial securities from $468,000,000 in the first half of 1914 to $11,000,000 in the same period of 1917. The danger of a food famine has been brought' home to us and jya are making a real effort to reduce consumption, though our. efforts to increase produc tion are being 'seriously handi capped by the high price of labor. Immediately after war.waB declared tho President warned the country that,, ovpryono should produce more and con sume less'. Tho idea that bus iness was to be suddenly reduc ed by a wave of economy was a shock to business men and the. cry "business as usual" vna spread over the country and caused tho President's appeal to be forgotton. Not only are people spending as usual, out many conscientiously believe it their duty so to do. Every dollar spent means the consumption of labor. Wc slitill not be far wrong, if we oa. that over. four, dollars spent con sumes a day's labor, and that every twelve hundred dollnrs: spent consumes a year's labor. A war expenditure of twelve bu- lion dollars will consume the labor of ten million j :ui lo;, twenty-five tcr cent of our to tal labor supply, Tbis added di umncLcomes during the .great oft labor fam'ie in-our -.history,. which has increased commodity prjees eighty-five per cent since 1914. We 'have j reached a point where the Increasing demand reduces the efficiency of labor and thereby reduces the supply and we are lacing a further rise in commodity prices,, perhaps to exceed present conditions in England, where prices are up one hundred and twenty per cent. The most effective remedy is to decrease consumption, and it is imperative .that every one should make a drastic reduc tion in personal expenditures The example must be set by the rich, but every man, woman and child must be drawn into the movement until patriotic economy becomes the greatest fad the-country has ever known. Our young men 'who try to avoid military service arek"8lack' ers." Every, one of us who will not economize to. help, the -war is. at ''slacker." Who Iwill fail to spend less -when he" realizes that every four dollars saved is a day's labor contributed to the war? It is not a question wheth er your income; Justifies an ex-, penditure, butjwhether the coun try can afford to let you spend. Even to prevent hardship we have no right to spend to -keep people , in their usual employ ment, for only by a process of readjustment' can we obtain the labor necessary for the war. We Wolf & Miller Men's Clothing Men's, Boys', Women's and Children's Shoes cannot Increase supply, but wo can so reduce demand that tho available supply shall meet our needs and so. keep prices within boimds. With two million men In can tonments or in tents tlierp nro houses enough for tho rest of us. We can reduce tho fnmino hi wool and cotton by wearing our old clothes. Wo can use automobiles less freely and save gasoline. Wo can reduco tho number of our servants and let our wives and daughters do more of the work. We can do 'away with tho wastefulness of iCharlty entertainments If wo go less to the theatre and glvo tho money saved to charity. Tho real horrors in Europe (are not on the firing line, but amongst the civil population, j.Who are pinched for the neces sities, of life and In many cases .dying of starvation. If each one of. us is not willing to make, sac rifices for the war, Germany was right when she character ized ua a 'INation of Slackers." Everett Moras. Classified '"Mds for Sale, Rent, Wanted, Etr. WANTED Middle aged lady to keep house. Apply to D. W. Nea'ly, Mar cola, Oregon. Box 52. FOUND Taupe colored kid glovo at Eighth and Main. Owner may haTO eamo by, calling at .the News office , and paying for this ad. WA?rED A fresh cow and somo young brood bows. Nicholas Meier Springfield Route No. 2 WANTED To borrow 500 on good Springfield residence property. In quire at the News office. WANTED Maple aad nab phi bqtta. cut- 60 IncheB long and from-10 to 20t laches 'thick; OTer 20 inches split la half' Must be clear,- seuad and' straight grain. dee the 8PRINCE1HUD PLANING MILL COMPANY. .LEARN MUSIC AT HOME! Lessons Free New Method Learn f.o Play By Note Piano, Organ, Violin, BaaJo, Mandolin, Comet, Harp, "Cello, G altar, Piccolo, Clarinet, Trombone; riuta or to sing. . Special Limited Off (j of free weekly lessons. Yob pay only for music and postage, "wnichr is email. Money back, guarantee. No. extras. Beginners or advanced pupils. Everything illustrated, plain, simple, systematic. Free lectures each course. 16 years' success. Start at once. Write for Free booklet to day Now. U. 8. School of Muslc. 225 Fifth Avenue. New York City. Announce that Saturday, the first day of the sale was fine and all that we expected. Our goods are selling like hot cakes. Come and get a bargain while you have a large stock to choose from. W e do not want this sale to stop or even slow down until the stock is greatly reduced. SON ON WAY TO ENGLAND Clarence Hill, 8. H. 8, Graduate, Leaves With Areo Squadron , Clarence Hill, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Hill, of Bprlngflold, writes thai, ho is on ,111s way to England with n auction of tho areo division of tho army, Ho was lo havo gono two weeks ago but lack of transportation caunod tho delay. Ho is a graduate of Springfield High school with tho class of 1916 ami tnught In tho Camp Crook schools prior to his enlistment last spring. At tho tlmo ho was or dered to move to England ho wns sta tioned at Fort Worth, Toxns. Will Furnish Kitchen Thursday nftornoon tho Willing Workers of tho Christian church' will glvo a kitchen showor In tho church parlors. This Is to provtdo kitchen Utensils (or tho now kitchen. Light refreshments will ho served. Are Your Sawors Clogged f The bowels are the sewerage sya tem of the body. You can well imag ino the result when they are stopped up as is the case in constipation. As a purgative yon will find Chamber lain's Tablets excellent. They nro mild and gentle In thejr action They also Improve the digestion. r NOTICE OF 'SHERIFF'S SALE ON EXECUTION NoUoe is hereby given that by. vir tue of an execution and ordor of sale Issued out of the Circuit, Corut of tho State of Oregon for Lane County on tho 36th day of December 1917, in a suit wheroln the plaintiff, K. I. Stowoll recovered Judgment against tho de fendants M. M. Thornton and Emily B. Thornton, for tho sum of $347.50 with Intorost thoreon from tho 15th day of Novcmbor, 1917, at tho rate of 10 per cent per annum, and thrlty five and no-100 . dollars attorney feoa and tho further sum of fourtoon and 40-100 dollnrs costs, which Judg ment was enrolled and dockoted In tho clerk's office of said court In said county on tho 16th day of Dccembor, 1917, and said exocution to mo dlroctod commanding me in tho namo of tho Stnto of Oregon in ordor to satUfy said Judgment, attornoy fees, costs and accruing costs to sell tho follow ing described real property tc-wit: Beginning at tho Northwest corner of tho Northeast quarter (N. E. V4) of Section twenty-throo (23) Township twenty (20) South of Range four (4) West, thenco running south twenty two (22) rods to the center of the County road, thence in a Northoasl terly direction along tho confer of said county road to a point on the Section lino sixty six (66) rods East of tho Northwest corner of Section twenty threo (23) Township twenty (20) thence West to the placo of beginning containing ten (10) acres' more or less all in section twenty three (23) Town ship Twenty (20) South of Jlan&e four (4) West, Lane County Oregon. Now; therefore, in the name of the SUt. of Oregon, and in compliance with., said Execution and order of sale, and in order to satisfy said Judgment, attorney .fees, -costs and accruing costs I will on Saturday, the 2nd day of Feb. 1918, at the hoar of one o'clock p. m. on said day, at the Southwest door of tho County Courthpueo at Eugene, Lane Connty, Oregon, offer for salo. and sell, subject to redemption, all the. right, title and Interest of the Defendants M. M. Thornton, Emily B. (Thornton, Edward T. Haugeberg and Ethel O. Haugeberg and all per sons claiming by, through or under them or any of them In and to the above described real property. J. C. PARKER, Sheriff of Lane County, Oregon. By D. A. Elklns, Dopnty. Dec.31,Jan.7,14,21,28. Visits Parents Here Lillian Mulligan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mnrlon Muljlgnn, of this olty returned to Portland whore itho In, omployod as ntonogrnphor at tho Marshall Wolls company, yesterday after a tow dnyn spout nt homo, Sho camo home to attend tho funorul of Fern Sldwoll and to visit with her hrothor, Ray Mulligan,, who was horo rrotn Ban Antonio, Texan for tho fun- oral. Jack Llttell' Leaves Jack Llttell, Intomnl rovonuo of ficer, who hns boon In tho county for tho past fow wookb to assist tho citi zens In making out tholr Income tax reports, returned to Portland Friday. Ho In a hrothor of Mrs. 13. O. Sutton nnd Mrs. E. K. Morrison, both of Sprlngfiold. Orothor-ln-Law Dies In Portland J. W, Coffin last wook rocolvod tho nows of tho ilouth of his hrothoMn- law, Captain W. S. Powell, at tho Oood Samaritan hospital In Portland. Captain Powell Is a votornn of the Civil War and an old ploneor of tho West. He was 86 years of ago. Tho funeral was hold Saturday In that city. Returns From Portland Vin Williams returned last wcok from Portland, whoro ho has boon employed in tho ship ,yarda .for -nonio tlmo. Thero aro 6000 idlo men in Portland, he aays, and anyono who Is contemplating going thero had bettor koop their Job horo. WOW CAN A CAREFUL MAN ALLOW HIMSELF TO DRIFT INTO DEBT?. DEBT JS AS DANGEROUS AS A DISEASE. IT IS A DISEASE? A FLY ON A PIECE )F FLY PAPER SOMETIMES FREES HIMSELF WHEN HE IS ONLY ON THE EDGE BUT "DEBT" IS A MONSTER THAT IS HARD TO GET FREE FROM. IT IS SO EASY TO "CHARGE IT." DOtiT DO IT PUT A LITTLE MONEY IN THE BANK INSTEAD. 1ANK - w r SEND To the world in a dress that will command respectful attention. Every piece of printed matter you send out must have distinction and' character or be lost in the crowd. Our printers will give it the "air" that wins a hearing for the mes sage, and our facilities and skill keep the cost at , a moderate mark. Phone us for our messenger. The Sprmgfield News Phone 2 Increase Stock $50,000 Tho EuRono Fruit Oroworn' associa tion at Itn annual meeting hold Hnttir day voted to Increase tho capital stock from 50,000 to 1100:000. Tho buslnosn has outgrown tho prosrnt capitalization, Officers of tho last yoar woro roolectod an follows: Pronldont, M, II. Harlow; vice presi dent, J Iloobo; secretary mannKor, j, O. Holt; treasurer, UnltcdStatos Na tional bank. Is 12 Below In North Carolina S, O. Bplccr, or Mnrcoln, who In visiting In North Carolina han writ ton to his fnthor-ln-lnw, N. W. (lay, of this city tolling nf tho oxtromo cold woathor which thoy nro experiencing In that section. It wnn 12 dogroos hloow zoro at tho tlmo his loiter was written. Qlonwood Team Wins Tho (llimwood School ball toam mot tho Ooshon toam bn Saturday after noon nt Ooshon, resulting In an 8-11 victory for (Jlonwood. The 01 on wood boys woro backod by an enthusiasts crowd of rooters from Olenwood. Tho young folks woro chaperoned by MIbb draco Male. Orlo Nettleton Now at Depot Orlo Nottloton, for a number of years employed as mall clerk at tho Spring field post-offlco, has resigned his po sition thoro and commenced work Fri day morning as warehouseman at tho Southern Pacific depoL Ho Is tak ing tho placo of Calvin Bosaorman. WITH US w YOUR MESSAGE