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.ot THE 9 IPRINCif IELD, LANE C0UNTY,OREG0, THWMWAYy FEB, at, 1911. UHwHtranUr Mi f nr. o JfjWflWfr -VOL. XVH..N0.1 m iim LING0LN FRIDAY Datf AtlA U wornlnnn A vn U ntfl n4 4 High School to Commem orate Lives of Patriots ADDRESS BY DR. PARKl'NSON IBUiiBiiiiiv (iiuy nil uxpronBou mum solves as being anxious to tea Franco Superior Qualities or the American nnd tho real fighting. Tho boya from Boy Wero Brought Out by the Speaker Tn. ni.ni.li.nii.Ki. .i.u ......... . ....... ,u,u Creek Aux,ary MU trMay afternoon at tho high school Tho nc(, ,Cro aux,ary of Canip was well rendered and tho address bjr'c k t lh ,,omo of Elvra Dr. Georgo II. Parkinson of Kimono was especially well rocolvod. Dr.. Parkinson spoko on tho subqoct of uio American uoy anu 111s auuross in pan was as ioiiows; Ono does not havo to bo born whlto In ordor to bo an American. Ono does not ovon have to bq horn In the Unltod titatos. It Is not your color nor yodr birthplace which makes you an Amor lean, It Is tho spirit that counts, tho ttplrlt ot Americanism. An Amorlcnn boy Is very Indopcnd ent, vory self sufficient. A Freshman knows exactly what ho wants to take ... w ... , , , Tho Inst basketball game of tho sea and he has.ndjujie for tho advice of , .... , ?fir4 son, was plnyed Friday night between ti .1. of study ho should pursue Ho thinks , , . . ... .... of thorn as belonging to tho old school. .,..., , ,. , , , , But if this spirit is properly guarded , . ., .... ... ... lr is tho finest thing In tho world for him because It will mako him Indo- pendent and solf-rel ent. Tho American boy recognizes no HUporlor. Tills was well Illustrated by the behavior of tho studont battal ion at the Unlvorslty of Oregon to wards tho salute. They thought tho saluto of a prlvnto for his officer was an acknowledgment of his superior ity. Hut when their commander, Colonel Loador, told thorn tho story of tho origin ot tho saluto, how It camo from tho habit of the knights lifting tholr visors on mooting a friend tholr dislike coaBod and they aro now, according to Colonel Leader. "Tho .best salutors In Amorlcn." Thoro. aro certain rights tills sumo .American boy insists on. Ono of theso Is tho right to play. A person must .have a strong body to protect IiIh brain .and to help it perform Its work prop, erly. Another right which ho has Is tho tight to work. A boy. who wants to work. should do tho right kind ot work. Ho .should work In tho schools as .long. as .ho can, and do tho work thoro us well as possible. When it is no longer posslblo to work Iu tho schools iho shoiild do tho host thing opportunity offers for iilm, anVl.do It well, Tho principle which makes a succoss ot llfo is to do the best you can with 'what ever work offers Itself. Abo Lincoln mado a man of himself by ' evicted ot contributing to the delln making tho host jiso of what he had, quoncy of mnop (laUBhter by a tho light from the flro place, tho char- Jury , tho County Clrcut Court coal and rudo, shovel slate, and tho TucBday nftornoon. Tho jury dellbor fow books he managed to obtain. And ntotl ,088 than ono hmjri Tho maxlmum In tho same way wo should mako tho ponulty for ,,, ofons-e ,8 ono yoar.a best ot tho ppportunltlos which wo mprjBOnmont In tho county Jull but have. .Amorlca Is the land of oppor-. Ul0 JudB0 Bont0ncod him to four tunitlos for all who i will w.prk for thorn month's. Ono ot tho first 'twpAmoricnn's ill-1 , led In tho war was John F. Czjoka. North, Dakota .Merchant Visits Not an Amorlcah name. Possibly ho ilonry J. Schmidt, of Donnybroolj, was not born In Uio ,Un(tod 8ta.toa, North Dakota, arriyfid Monday nnd but novorjtholess.he wna, an American spent sovoral days, yjsltlng lIr. and and ho died for tho American cause. , Mrs, J. C, Holbroolc and family, ot this Wo aro American bofora wo aro. city. They WQro.nca.ua.ln.tpd, when Mr, born. Tho sacrifices, of pur forpfatli Jlolbrook llyod In ponnybr.ook sov9i;nl ors and tho .treasures and blood which years. ugo. Mr.. Schmidt,, is. n noljchant our ancestors hayo given up, for. tUo tlioro, but at present ljp Is making a causo of freedom have built our In- tour of tho west. .stltutlons for us and made lis Amer icans boforo wo aro born. And now 1t is up to us to do our: shnro In upholding thoso Institutions and In handing thorn down to tho fu- turo gonoratlons of Amorlcan boys, that thoy may onjoy tho freedom, the pleasures, and tho workof Amorlcan boys. ' Othor numbers' on the program wero us follows: Reading Of'Soldlor's JoJ'Miss Lindsoy Thnnka of Freshmen . .. ABahel Fish ARTILLERY BOY! ARE HOME Oet 24 Hours' Lsv fere Starting to France Tlio boys stationed- wlUi tlto CCth Artillery at Fort Stevens wcro all gl"on permission to visit tholr homos But ,urdy niid Sunday, before leaving tbu fort for other training ground. Many of the boya availed thomsolvon of thU loavo and Springfield saw many of tho familiar face not Bonn since the old Third company left Eugeno for Fort Stevens last July. The boys are all well and happy aud said they Uldn'f, mind leaving tho wind at tho fort for itt ""'f wh'! t0 on.J.oy tho Sprintfieid Sprlngflold who wore homo woro: Les ter Hill, Russell Dlmm, Ivan McKtnnoy J Del Hitmen, Paul Myers and Russell Kcenon. Powell Woduosday. Thoro woro twelve ! ladles present and tho afternoon was snont In maklnir earmonts for . tho B0-jor Springfield High Loses Last Game Junction City Quintet Proves too Much for Local Boys; Reception Given the Sprlngflold high Bchool team nnd " , 1 tho Junction City high school team, ' ,.,. . .. and it onded In a 32-14 defeat for tho ... , . . local boyB. Tho gamo was plnyed nt Juncton rji , , ... , Tho game began with a rush, tho . . . . , . . . unbllull V... ug;o di.ui .1 ,i vj . . . . .1 buforo Springfield gained ono.-' At the end ot tho first half the score wiu 22-3 In Uiclr favor. But during tho Inst half tha locnl boys worked harder bringing tho score up until at tho laBt of the game It stood 32-14 In favor ot tho Junction City players. Tho game was hard fought and was ' entirely free from anything questionable. Tho lino ups were as follows: Sprlngflold, Davidson and Dlnim, for wards; Van Vnlrah, conter; Qosslcr and Hill, guards; Junction City, Van 'Volkenbuxg and Hasniessen. forwards; Ooodlln center; Sims and Peterson, guards. , Kostcr substituted far Dlmm during tho last fow mtnutos of the gamo, I Hays umpired, Custer reforecd, Cook and Kirk were score keepers and Alex ander was tlmo keeper. Tho Junction City student body gavo tho visitors a reception after the gamo and a delightful tlmo was en Joyed by the. Sprlngflold team and tho rooters who accompanied (hom. They woro chaperoned by R. L. Kirk and Miss Williams, two of the faculty mem bors. Springfield Man Convicted James D. Whlto. of this citv was Rnrlnnf lfIH ftnu l-ln Pilplmind porporal Hoy Cairns, company clerk for Wh Columbia located nt Fort Hlvo"H was given a rour day furlough to v,8lt wlth h,s Pironts Mr. and, Mrs. s- D- Ca,rnB of W9 Sprlngflold. Ho arJ Friday ovoliK. and Wt Mon-! day evening. M,w .-, ,H.f(rH ; Song "TITZ'nrFnfiUy. Plnno Solo Mnry'Hnrrtlrig heading Sybil' WeitrttT Qong SchoPl. Mpittfcs. ! ii BttitPict Action Will Affect 30 Employee i Contract for Million Tent 1 Pins Not Finished I The- Springfield Planing Mill com jpany has boen forced into bankruptcy, tho summons having been issued last Monday. A rocolver wa appointed A fow weeks ago and it was hoped the business could continue under the rocovcrshlp but some creditors' were dissatisfied nnd tho bankruptcy pro ceedings Is tho result. Tho company has been employing about 30 hands working on a govern ment contract for a million tent pins. This contract is not yet finished And it Is unfortunate for the city that so many hands are thrown out of employ 111 ent. The company has been running on borrowed capital for some ltme and on account of tho heavy expense of re-cqulpplng the mill for tho govern ment contract-and the outlay for la bor and material the company became Involved and soma of tho creditors forced the action as abovq stated." M. E. BROTHERHOOD MEETS Officers Are Elected' for Ensuing Elected', for Year Officers wero elected for tho en suing year at Uie regular monthly bus iness meeting of the Methodist Broth erhood held at the church Tuesday night. i Following are the newly elected of.!' Bea' rk that has boen accom- w a w-i.,1,.. J plished with the children of our state, vice president, V, v! Hutchinson; 2d Vise president It V. Smith; 3rd vice president" W. H. Pollard; 4th vice 'president,' J. P. Vaughn; Secretary, T H Proctor treasurer, it'obert Drury. Dr. Danford gave a fifteen minute .. ', . , ... address on "The Aims nnd Purpose ot .. .... , , ,, tho Brotherhood." The Ladles' Aid , . , A furnished a banquet after which thero - . plana ot tho church work. 1 William E. Fegles Dies come together for the song service Kirk, ot the Springfield schools will William E. Fogies died at the homo conducted by Mra- WlBht of Callfor-; give Uie principal address on the sub of hi mother. Mrs. Dolly Fegles, Tues J nla- and e Principal speakers' ad- ject of "The Teaching, of Commercial day morning at 9 o'clock at the ago of j Geography." Other discussions and u vnars. Ho had bePn snfforlmr from I Tho state potto:,I can do all things reviews of. geography magazines will I diabetes for the past two years. Ho!throush H,m who "trensthenetli me." nrb..i dorw i thn stvB ,mMrv ! pll- 4:13 waB manifested at all times store three years ago and was well known hero. He was a nephew of ( B. A. Fegles, bookceper at the Fischer Boutin Lumber company's Office. The funeral will, be held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Walker chapel. Rev. Ui G.. Clark, pastor of Uie Church of God, will conduct the services. i Red Cross Makes Shipment Forty-seven cases of, finished Red m tho challenge campaign, ana sne is Cross Bupplloa, the largest shipment ' Klng to stay Uiere. but Hood River over senby tho Lano county chapter,'! won't unless she hustle as Lano is left Eugene for tho Northwest head-1sinB "ovor tho top." quarters at Seattle last' Thursday. ' At the close, of Dr. McAfee's address These cases contained 61,390 articles und represented the outjmt of the chapter and its auxiliaries for ono j working month, from January 20 to. February 20. Attends Shipbuilders Convention William Safloy a butcher ot this city went to Florenco laBt, Friday tp attond the Shipbuilders convention aqd Iqok. baci t0 hfr vart6u8 Bocletles through- .r&anl"d Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. J. after property which hj. owns there. out tho Tho BplrJt seemed t(,lS. Lusby was appointed cfaalrmari t?y Mr. Safloy was captain of the. .SluslawL vKMtU'A h .- i, Ruth Corbott the head of the rlvor boat, "Mlnnlo Mitchell," soyeral years ago, Ho bought Uio Stowart meat miirket here and moved to this - 1 1 - ' city ubout a year ago ,: New OfIce ..Is, Completed j. J i Fry, proprietor of, Uio Elite hotel has comploted his now down 1 stulrs of f Ico nnd lobby and moved Into Ii Monday. It is quite an improvement. over tho old nrrangomont. Mr. Fry i expects to maintain the old offica upstnlrs at It wus Jboforo tho changQ. Suffers from headache Tho ten your old dn.ug.htor of Ed. Doniplor is homo from eoliool today Willi a sevoro hoadaelfo- which fro ouoiitly occurs dnd it is 'feared it is tho result of a fall on tho pavomont froth n bicycle n year ago. mm m SpHngfield Girl Is President of Junior Department; Conven- tion Held at Eugene . By Delbert Baekaum. Sscbigfleld was represented at tho Twelniy-sevmth Annual Christian En dearer convention ot Oregon by Ruby Senseney, who Is president of the State Junior society, Mrs,. Mabel Frost Mr.ijand Mrs. Delbert iiucKnum, Eiien Lambert, Vera Sensenoy, Mary Hard ing d Augusta Brabham. T& convention closed Sunday night wither cry aeat in the main auditorium andifeuRitay school departeiaets ot the First Christian church of Eugene fil led Jo capacity. There were delegates frow all parts of the state, an even five hundred being registered. The thesho of the convention was "My All for iho All In All." Tm convention opened Friday and for the throe days there was always something doing. Every church in Egeno threw open Its doors, for carry irtg on.the work of tho convention and the co-operation ot the pastors gavo I spirit to the cause. The principal '.speakers woro Paul (Brown, field .secretary, California C E. U L. A M'Afce, D D, pastor First Presbyterian church Berkeley, CaL, W P. White, D. D., executive advisor, Oregon' C. E U., KnWfSeseney ot Sprlagtleld, tho OregMTpreeWeat 0t,teraoon l j o'ciee. The society tho juniors held tho assesiDly spell- was tormea jor fftFf0 Un bound for over an hour as tone told of proving the study anrteVeiiln? geeg ! 5hf!9pgt what IssUll goingo.-b uono-J one nas 'organized a iiumuur oi ' 80C,0t'es Uiroughout tho state which I aro B0,nB frwnrd with leaps and l,oundBi which Is groat considering that tho JunIors ,,avo nt been organ- , ized. very long. J, ..... The program was dividod up among . , , , . , , the six largest churches in Eugene ' , . 3'. . tthe Presbyterian, Congregatlqnal, Unl- j ted Brethren, Christian, Methodist nnd Baptist while tho congregation, would and that being the greeting, anywhere . the delegates met, the first to sayl Phil., Uie other would answer 4:13.1 A) stranger would say "what's the joke" i However they were few. 1 Tho sliver loving cup to the county being the-mostr-perfect went to H6od River.for six months, who nosed Lane out tho last week. Oregon Is far ahead ot any other state in America scores pledged themselves. to the Llfo Work recruit, tho Tenth Legion, the Quiet Hour, tho Co-Workers and many decided to accept Christ. Tho closing address was made by Paul Brown who gave a heart to heart talk that was touching, Thero were tears ot rogrot of having to loavo, but Uioy'all realized that they must tako the good reports J fJW J VJ IIHU MSI lU UlU V V UIIU w ; my witnesifis.' Buys Furniture Stock D. L. Webster who purchased tho J, O, Holbrook stock- lir this city tins purchased tho "Fellm'tfii-Nowlana fur nlture stock at ' Eugene and has put the Bamo 'on salo Meeting Was Not. Held On acoount ot oUior activities tho regular monthly business meeting of onglnos to bo usod at tho logging op the Red Cross was not held. .Tuesday orations of tho Booth-Kelly company night as announced, and now will go over for another month; 1 'Has Inflammatory Rheumatism MIbb Alma' Corn aten year old girl of- Weit Sprlngflold Is very III- wltb Inflammatory heumntlflm She- laa sufforo'l' since last Saturday. j ENTER. CWffifeE. CLAP 8pringfleld Boy 'iit' ef SitceeMfel ; .Kandall Scott son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Ccott of this city, is one or .tho men selected for tha fourth ord nance class which will start at tho University on March 11. He was one of 3S0 applicants out of which 90 were selected. Nearly a year ago Mr. Scott enlist od In tho army Y. M. C A work and was staUoned for a time at Camp Clackamas but' later was transferred to Vancouver where he has been since He will resign his position with the Y M. C. A. and return homo about March sixth in anticipation ot enter ing the fourth ordnance class when It T opens March 11. Is Demonstrating Fruit Mrs. J. B. Roebuck has been demon strating at Cox & Cox's store, evap orated fruits and vegetables, .for the Wittenberg-Klag Co., whose office is at Portland. This, company has fac tories at Salem and The Dalles. They use strictly Oregon fruits and vege tables. Lane Geographic Society to Meet Superintendent R. L. Kirk of the Springfield, Schools Will Give Principal Address Tho Lane County Geographic society will hold its next regultr meeting at tho administration building of the University of Oregon on Saturday at- " oui " d,F?fiS6 by Dr. Warren D.TSmlth'of the geetegy department of the Ufilvewltg&j aieuiucrsuip m open to an wno are Interested In the subject of geography and anyono is welcome' to visit any of the meetings. So far they have proved of definite help to geography teachers. Dr. Smith, owing to his wide travels 1 nnd extensive knowledge of geography .. , . ., . . Is especially well qualified to offer ' . . . u. . .t. assistance In the leaching of thiB sub- Ject. ' At the meeting Saturday Supl. It. L. be features , - t Red Cross Benefit Is 'Success The Gross orchestra, from Eugene, donated its services to the Springfield auxiliary ot the Red Cross for a bene fit dance last Thursday, evening. A large crowd,, both ot spectators and dancer8 mo QUt and sum of ? waa mll(ed Tne proceed8. wer0 gWen t& tho no(, Cn)B8 and wU, bfl , K mo.r,, leal dressings. Officer. Visits Here Captain Z. Sutton and Captain Elmer Cok who aro stationed with the 347th Field artillery at Camp Lewis arrived herd Friday evening to visit Captain 'Cox's, wife, .Mrs. Edesse Cox and JdaugHter, Joan. They visited at tho home ot Mrs. Cox's parents", Mr and , Mrs, M. M, Poery of theis city. Thoy . ion aunaay auernoon ior uamp L.ewis Study Club Organized A Homo Economics Study club was Anon tan H Tan T Kfnii county Organization. Mrs. L. May was elected vice chalnriari; Mrs. J. J. Bryan secretary';' Mrs. William Rouse, assistant secretary. Tho first 'meeting will boh'eld March 7 at 4 p. ni. at tho Lincoln school building, 40 ladles signed up Tuesday. 1 Shipping Out Donkey Engines , C.lydo Taylor nnd creV from Coinirs ore hero shipping our somo donkey on thoWillamqtto Pacific. 1 1 . Has Abscess on tar' MrB, Roy Palmer of Vest Spring- ( field, is suffering torrtbly the last tew days, within abscess ot tho ear. An. ear., spep,lj(hjt has boon called from wh,ora she will tako treatment. CRUSHER PAS8ES Ef$ hands Plant Was Sold to Satisfy Cred itors; Will Resume.Opera , tions Soon PURCHASE PRICE ISr $4097 Business Was Established Two Year Ago by Three. CitiaensVof This City INTO Of , Tho' plant of the Spriagfletd Sand and Gravel company' was 'sold nnder foreclosure proceedings last Satarda , to ratlsfy.the creditors, the First Na Uonal Bank ot Springfield and oincra. The plant is thoroughly equipped with crushers, motors and screens for dring a large business and is locatel Just west of Main and Mill streets la this clty7 Mark. Prindle of Payotte, Idaho, one of the owners, bought the plant Saturday for the amount of the In debtedness, $4097.39, and immedlitely resold it to David Linn of the Eugene Sand and Gravel company who is mak ing preraraUons to operate it to its capacity Bdrwe are informed he will run both 'a'day and a night, sfeitt. i W. L. MtCHlIoch, J. W Maebm ami A. Middleieti all of this place took f over the old city crasher and built , tats plant two years ago this sprteg fand operated" k during the following ' summejFthe fall of 1916 Mr. Mack M'ti4to interest, in the tuiUont t ho, and Mr. Shontz removed to this city last spring and took charge aud operated the plant last summer. Later Mr. MIddlcton traded his interest to Mark Prindle, also of Payette, Idaho. We are informed that the new own er of the plant has enough contracts in sight to keep the plant operaUng to its capacity for many months. Woodmen Hold Debate A debate was held at a meeting of Uie' Woodmen qt the World Tuesday night and Uie question under discus sion was Resolved: That. food produc tion and conservation is more essen tial to the winning ot.the war, than the production of guns and ammunition D. S. Beals and H. .E. Walker took the affirmative side while J E Edwards and Lynn Grandy upheld the negative side The judges deckled in 'favor ot the affirmative; , - Moves to .Eugene E. M. Young who has been. living on the Davis ranch, eleven miles east ot this city moved to 1156 Patterson street, Eugene, last week. Mr. Young was salesman tor the Chase gardens tor flvo years prior to his removal to the Davis ranch two years ago. He has moved to Eugene In-order that his boys may receive higher schooling. Parent Teachers Will Meet There will be a meeting of the Par ent Teachers' association at the Lin coin school butldlng tonight at 7:30 o'clock. The High school orchestra Will make its first appearance. Prof. Kirk 'will give an Illustrated lecture on , "The Value of Play and Play grounds Equipment, ' ' Three Adults Immersed -Three adult members of:'the Moth odist church wero immerced last Sun day 'at the Christian church becauso thoy preferred Immersion to sprlnk- Ung'ahd tho M. E. church Is not equip, pe'tf'w'ith'd' fount for that purpose. Attends Meeting of Hop' Growers ' 'E E. Morrison, of this city went to Salem Friday morning to attend a meeting of tho Hop Growers' associa tion which was held Uiere Saturday. Ho returned Saturday evening. Fined for Speeding Earl Lepley and Lloyd Johnson woro fined flvo nnd Urn dollars re- jopcctJyely In tho city court Tuosday tor sreeuing on their motorcycles sun.