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i "THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS sprinqfield; lane county, Oregon, Thursday, march 14, nit. VOL. XVII., NO. 3. B PATRIOTIC RALLY ATTENOE BY LARGE CROWD "Making Uncle Sam Safe Lead er for Democracy" Subject of Address DR. L. A. BANKS SPEAKER Thirty-six States Are Required Write Prohibition Into the ' National Constitution to Under tho auspice of tho Anti Saloon league, Dr. Louis Albort Unnks addressed a largo audience at tho Methodist church In this city Hunilay evening. A choir of CO voices sang patriotic boobs and tho decorations wore American flags. "It M utterly Impossible for tho American pooplo to reallxo tho groat chango that has como ovor thorn," ,ald Dr. Banks. Ho tlton told how ' SO years ago ho had attended a pro. lilbltlon mooting at Boston and had inado this statement: "1 was grown to bo a man boforo I heard Uio words national and prohibition coupled to gothor but I hopo to see tho day whon there wll bo no licensed liquor saloons undor tlio Aniortcan nag. it is wunin tho rango of conservative truth to,n!nK tho 0 K barber Bhop, and O. nay ttiat wo navo maa In tlio wnoio worm in promuiuon in r tho laHt flvo years, than In tho past S "Up to three year, ago only nine l&tteJitutos had declared for prohibition. - Ten yeara ago, aftor 70 yoarH of struggle thoro woro but threo prohl-. bltlnn states. Now 27 states aro dry. For ulno yoars an averogo of 40 boI- j ooijb closed up ovory day for 305 . days n year," A two thirds majority of tho states V IIVU MII1UD luuju.f. ...... w is required to write prohibition into ... ... . . ... Uin National constitution. Thirty six statoB aro required. Seven states I liavo already ratified tho amendment, j Dr Ranks criticised tho Amorlcan I sovonimcnt for allowing grnln to bo exported and manufactured Into boor to tempt our soldier boys. "That con dition must stop" said tho speaker, it . .i n,l0' th. Anno ",u building now occu. Ho thon told of thp closing of the n- a , , ., , . , .,, . pled by A. D, Moo's tailor shop. A schools of tho great cities of this j country for tho lack of fuel and of; how tho children, woro suffering nnd but dying from ox'posuro and said ,tlie broworlca went pn manufacturing beor wasting coal and grain." Tho speaker discussed tho car shortago nnd mentioned the scarcity of ships to carry foodstuffs to tho Allies but said, "wo havp ships to carry grain to Europe, to manufacture beer but Uiat thing has got to stop." pr. Banks said that 70 to 80 por cent of enlistments were rojoctcd on account of strong drink, up- to the tlmo of tho doclnratlon of war, but now nonrly 2,000,000 young men are tho sons of sober fathers and mothers. Sons of drunkards aro nonrly alwnya rejoctod. "Our soldier boys are told Uiat tho wator Is very bad and that wlpo nnd beor are tho common drink of tho countries," said Dr, Dankf), "What can wo say to England and to Franco nothing until wo Btop tho manufac ture In Amorlca. Wo hold tho key ,'to tho situation and tho minute wo ! . Btop It in una country wo can biop. n across tho water bocauso wo hold Uio purso strings and controll tho .food situation. Wo aro dotormlnod to tako tho protection of tlio govern . rnont out of tho boor kega and wlskoy -barrels nnd put it on our boys-and ' girls. Wo proposo to tako all tho ., boer BtaliiB out of tho Amorlcan flag." Dr. Banks appoalod to tho audlonco ha put their manhood nnd womanhood Into tho fight to blot out ovon tho Binoll of liquor in this great country whorover the stars and strlpoB fly. In closing Dr. DankB said: "Tho most patriotic thing any ono of us ..can do Ib to make Unclo Sam a enfo Reader for domocracy, Lot us muko .lilm a sober leader." ',! Dr, Loula Albort Banks who wna born In licnton county near Corrallln bocamo a Mothodlat mlnlstor and In hla early dayn hold pastorate In thU state. Ho war on (ho Drain clr- Mill. AM. ........ n.t hmmjiIiaJ . I nsHnn uuib viiu uui miia iiiui.wiium ui imihiuu j whon tho FonwickB llvor thoro, Our townsmen S. E. McDoo. W. A. Mellon ' and W. J. Powell wont to school to hlra In Donton county In tho fall of 1870 and the following year attended tho academy at Philomath with him. MODOCK VETERANS MEET Melvln Fenwlck Joins Drain Party at Molvln K. Fenwlck of this city went to Drain last Friday whoro ho mot In reunion with John J. Long of Yoncalla and James L. Cownn of Drain land spent Saturday reviewing rcmln- ( (sconces of tho Modock war. Those throe genUeraon woro mom- bera of company E, first brigade of Oregon mounter miima ana sorveajwar In Company D, Nap's Battalion, 1st HnlliAim fAlf IVki-Mla nml Orii t liarn . -v t In norUiern California and Southern Oregon during tho Modock war In ' war In 1872 and 1873. Only aoven men out of a company of 4! Ing. men aro now llv- Combine Business Into Modern Shop M. V. Endlcott and C. E. Wheat on Become Partners; Have Up-to-Date Equipment m. v. Endlcott. -who has boon run '- "ining mo u. k. uarocr snop, ana i;. do moro galnjK whoaton, proprietor of tho harbor prohibition ln(8nop UBt ncr08B ,0 street In tho .ilon jugt Poory-Wlnzonrlod building, have lie- iinir '0nulnmont Into tho bulldlnK occunlod'tcr is teaching school in Arizona. Jits I by - ,ho 0- K gh0P( whoro ,h0y'plan to'U'Ife. Mrs. Panena P. Inman la living 08thllsh a first-class barber business. I kndlcott. -who came hero two years ago, entereu uio snop ni urn . present placo of business, as tho part- nor of Will Bishop. A year and a i hnlf ago Mr. Bishop sold his share in l.lnnda in 17 XI Mltolmtl wlm JUIUUS U. iVIIUIl UI1U lUHlllf Ul HUB b" fB J' w'clty shipped their household goods BOIH 1118 BliarO 10 Mr, I'.nillCOll. last weok. Mr. Whoaton came hero In 1909 and began business in tho J. J. Bryan , "r "e to Oregon 19 years ago from , building as tho partner of Henry Mc , Nebraska,, and settled at Hepnor. , nii..m xtr xrnpniim .ni,i 1.1. .hnrniThoy then movod to California, but i h.'.hnn'in Mr. wiinninn In 1911. 1 Mr whoninn n.nn movod to the nnrt ' yoar ago last August he again moved till tlnlo to tho Poory-Wlnzenrled , bu,,dlnB' Mr. wneaton ana Mr. Enaicou pi an, to uso tho equipment of . both shops, nnd will Install two whlto porcelain chairs Instead of the old kind which they havo boon using. WJicu thoj change is completed thoy wll! havo a first-class modornly equipped bar - bor shop. They expect to hnvo the now ahnp ready for customors by , tomorrow. I The room vacated by Mr. Whcaton will bo used by J. J. Bryan, who will sot up a soda fountain there and serve soft drinks. Man Ui injured J. W. Bakor, who was Injured last Saturday ovonlng by being struck,; with a car, is much improved and is nolo to bo down town again. Mr. I Raker Btopped out of tho way of n man on horseback noar tho curbing before tho Commercial State bank, and was struck by tho car of Mr. nnm,lton( of Tront who wnB driyjng enBt Mr BnUor wn8 thrown against tno annKing louniain anu icnocKeu un- near tho stovo wnen nor aress tie conscious. It wns feared his skull came Ignited and boforo tho flro was fractured but an x-ray machine could bo extinguished hor right arm was used and it was found that ho and right Bide woro badly burned. Sho I was only badly brulsod. . will recover. Idaho Man Buys Interest In Shop D. F, Barnard, of Wallace, Idaho has purchased tho halt Interest tn th? Whltnoy-Bowlea harbor Bhop, owned by Stovo BowIob. Mt, Barnard has itvod in tho Wlllnmotto valoy, having managed a barber shop In Eugene for pix yonra. Front there ho went to Coos Bay nnd then to Wallaco Idaho, Hirry WhItioy, who owns tho other hull' interest in tho huolnoss has 'leon Jr. Iho bnrber bualnoss In Springfield for threo years, , OF E ! Contracted Severe Cold On Way South, Was III Only Three Weeks . James Inman, who lived In .West Springfield died on Wednesday of last wcok In tho National Soldier's Homo at Sawtello, California. Death wag ,uo t0 a cold which ho contracted whllo on h -ray to tho homo about 'four weeks ago. Mr. ,nnian wa born , Pennsylvania ,83 0n Juno u mi ho fla. ItatcU Jn tho federal army and served from thon until tho last of tho Civil Mr. Inman came to Douglas county. Oregon In 1888 whoro ho took up a homestead near looking Glass post office. In 1914 bo came to West Springfield whoro he lived until four weoks ago when he loft hero for tho National Soldier's Homo In Sawtello, California. ' On the way south ho contracted a severe cold and had to bo removed from tho train at Qoblo, Calltornta and bo under a physician's carp tor 4 bouse. After reaching tho homo he ( bocamo worso and died on Wodnea-i day of last week. Ho wbh burled at tho homo. Ho was a member of tho Grand Army post of Springfield and was 76 years of ago. Ho leaves to mourn him, his wife, and two daughters and , a son by a former marriage. His ! nn. wlm In mnrrlnd. nnd one daughter I llvo In California Tho other daugh- In West Sprlngflold. SPRINGFIELD PEOPLE MOVE i James L. Allen and Family Cascade Lacks Go to ' I Jnmes L. Allen and family of this yesterday to Cascade Locks where jeaieruaj 10 cascade uockb wnero ,I,oy W,M rc8,do Mr Alton nnd fam. returned to Oregon six years ago, and sottled In Springfield. A son Jesse wont to Cascade Locks In November and Is now foreman of a construction gang on tho Columbia nlghway there. Mrs. Allen left Tuesday for Port land In response to a telegram cal ling her the tho bodsldo.ot her daugh- , tcr-ln-law Mrs. Josse Allen, who .was taken to a hospital there, Mr. Allon piano to move onto a farm near Cascade Locks, which ho lntondB to run. Ho left yesterday In chargo of their car of household goods Miss Sadto Allen, a daughtor, 1b teaching school at Zlon .but will lenvo for Cascado Locks as soon as this school term is completed. Anoth or daughtor, Mrs. Lillian Gibson, and 'two children, leave today to bo with her narents at Cascado Locks. Child Is Badly Burned Miss Iva Barnes of Camp Creek was seriously burnod Sunday noon, about the body, and was brought to the Sprlngflold hospital Tuesday for treat mont. The little girl and her mother wore spending a few days with Mrs. names husband. S. F. Barnes who is working, at Yarnoll. Tho (accident occurred at noon. She was standing j Feed Merchant Sells Stock i J. J. Browning, local feed man hns decided to quit buslnoss and sold his Btock to tho Sprlngflold Food and Seed company Monday of this weok. Ho was obliged to do this ou account of ill health, tho heavy lifting neces- Bnry bolng too hard for him. Ho does not know Just what ho will do now, but 1 may go south for his health. Mr, Drowning began tho food busluoas Docombor 15, 1910 and was located in tho creamery block, VETERAN CIVIL WR DIES ROM SOLDIER HIES 10 F Springfield Lady Receives Let ter Acknowledging Receipt of Red Cross Socks Several months ago Mrs. Etta Camp boll, widow .of tho lato Robert Camp bell, a Civil war veteran put' her name and address on a slip of paper and attached It to a pair of socks she had knit for the Springfield Aux iliary of tho Red Cross and to her surprise "on Tuesday received the fol lowing letter. March 0, 1918, Battery E. 63rd Arty. C. A. C, Fort Flagler, Wash. Mrfe. Etta Campbell, Springfield, Oregon. Dear unknown friend: I feel that 1 owe you thanks for the sox. Just received them today. There are 1752 enlisted men In this Regiment and every ono was given a sweater, hel- met, muffler, 2 pair sox and wristlets, donated by our good women through the Red Cross. We certainly appre ciate them and hopo you will be re paid a thousand times. We have got thlawar to win and will win It at any price. My home la in Ky., enlisted Wyoming, expect to" be in France soon- Do 0,1 you " for lno "cd Cross. I write this to let you know that the Red Cross Is O. K. Every thing yu Slvo to Uie Red Cross Is to the soldiers. Am sending 'u a , picture of myself as I have several Jcft- over. Yours sincerely, FRED Br WARD. Campbell who is CS, years of an Active worker ln,tho. Spring j field auxiliary of the Red Cross and , knits and sews for the soldiers as! her strencth nennlts. She has knit socks for soldiers of two wars. Her husband Robert Campbell- wns a vet cran of tho Civil war and enlisted j from Michigan. He died eight years - ! s t Corvnllls. Mrs. Campbell , , cn-ln.rinl.l ulv vonn arm nnil me to Springfield six years ago and ,l0" ui u vuu wiuici oucuia. SECUR AMERICAN FLAG Sunday School Class Gets Prize for Most Votes . Tho Anti-Saloon League Hendquar-, tors of Westervllle, Ohio offered tho Sunday school class procuring the most votes In bringing people out to attend tho "Patriotic Day Rally" nt tho Methodist church Sunday night a large American flag. The contest created quite a rivalry and the various classes of the Junior department of tho church worked energetically to secure the prize by inviting citizens of tho city to attend the rally nnd presenting each ono with a ballot. When the votes were counted Miss Floronco Coffin's class had tho majority and were declared wjnnors. District Superintendent Coming Dr. Dantoid promises Uie people of Springfield another intellectual nnd Spiritual feast, next Sunday, morning nnd evening when Dr. James Mooro, tho District Superintendent will preach in the Methodist church In Springfield. Creswell Woman Gets Insurance Mrs. Ella Pierce, of Creswell, Ore., mother of James L. Pierce, a victim of tho Tuscanla disaster and a member of tho 20th engineers, will recoivo 15000 from tho wnr risk insurance bur eau, according to nptico received by Congressman Hawley Friday. Accepts New Position Virgil SIgnor, who has boon employ cd In the J. C. Holbiook Hardware store for tho past yoar, hao accepted a position with M. C, Bresslor & Son. Mr. Holbrook recontly sold his store to D. L Webster of Alpine Soils Westslde Store Mrs. G. F. Hill, owner of the West Sprlngflold grocery store Bold It yes torday to Mr. DoVoro who will erect n gaa station and mnko sovornl other Improvements. It will be callod tho Wo'stBldo Cash Grocery Store. UNKNOWN REND IS AVIATION iNSTRUCTOR Former Springfield Bey Is Making Advancement An article published In "The Morn ing Sun" of Springfield, Ohio, tells of tho organization, of an avIaUon class under the auspices of the V. M. C. A. of that city, the Instructor being Ser geant Clln(ton C. Clearwater whose r a rents live at ML Vernon near this city. Sergeant Clearwater in his address to tho class told of tho work tho air plane Is doing at tho battle-front and tho way tho student aviators are being taught to fly in the government schools. He also tofd many things not generally known to the laymen. It wilt interest many persons to know that Sergeant Clinton C. Clear water, is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Clearwater of ML Vernon this city. He enlisted from Enterprise Oregon, where ho had been employed, about one year ago 'as a mechanic in the aviation corps and was sent to Fort Sam Huston, Texas, where he went Into training. .Later he was one of 100 men selected and sent to the Wil bur Wright aviation field at Fairfield, Ohio, and soon was promoted to ser geant and is now an instructor In tho aviation school and inspector of all tho airplane motors on the field. Lady Has Letters JlYll V2ir VetCfSn " Husband Writes to Wife on Em belished Stationery in 1863 and 1864 ' Mrs.. Etta Campbell sent to the News'- office two letters 'received by her from her husband R. R. Campbell when ho was a soldier of the Civil War. The first letter was dated Decem ber zs, 18G3 and was written from a camp at Grand Rapids. Michigan. It Is written on letter paper embelished with a representation of "Tho Girl I off Tlr.l,lrw! ta ' .hn.dn. hnni I Left Behind Me." showing tho home. iu uuui .cuo, au uto (juicuia auu sweetheart giving a last fond farewell to tho departing soldier boy. The picture Is printed In red and blue. The other letter is dated November 6. 1SG4 and was written from Atlanta, Georgia. It too is written on stationery ithe moro Wotlt with one page embelished with a free patrIotlam ,n our 8choo,s today . hand drawing of tho American eagle or tnQ AmorJ6an peopl0( do and streamer, in black and the U. S Mt understand Amertcan hlatory; ad shield in red. white and blue, and with h wfay are &ot these word a underneath: "My country I ,. r ,. . .; , . J . i gether better now. The people of the It was for thee, sweet land of liberty,., . . . . fCa have left my homo and friends." Both letters are In a good state of preservation and the writing la bUII quite legible. Mrs. Etta Campbell is a native of Michigan and came to Oregon about 15 years ago. She setUod with her husband at CorvalliB where Mr Camp bell dted eight years ago. Mrs. Camp bell came to Springfield six years ago and now lives at L and Laurel streets. Sho Is GS yoars of age. COMMITTEE IS NAMED To Have Charge of Selling of War Saving Stamps Here The Iano county committee for the .War Savings Stamp Campaign fcr 1918 havo appointed M. M, Peery as district mapager for this district He will be responsible for this campaign during this year. Mr, Peery was authorized to appoint six helpers to form a local War SaylngB Stamp com- mltteo and he appointed tho follow ing: J. C. Dlmm, publicity; R. L. Kirk, educational; Joe Lusb, Indus trial; E. E. Morrison, commercial; II. M. Stewart, for post office work; and Mrs. A. B. Van Valzah,' general. Would Run for Senator J, B. Boll of Eugeno announced his candidacy for tho republican nomlna; tion fcr state Senator from Linn and Lano countlos, tho first of this wcok. Ho is wall known In this city having holped to organize tho First National Bank of Sprlngflold, and acted as cashier for that institution during Its early history. MEET S L LOCAL NSTITUTE Lincoln Building Is Scene of Activity of instructors in Education SUPT. MOORE IN CHARGE Springfield Pedagogea Furnish Music and Patriotism Has IU Part i in the Meeting The teachers institute held Satui". day in the Lincoln building was very successful. The lectures were tflter eatlng and educatloaal, aad .Ute jhhcIc rendered by the quartet of. SpriijfcJeJd teachers was. exceptionally well re celved. The ladles who sans, 1b thin quarttet were: Miss Richmond', Miss Gillespie, Miss Walker and Mies Nlm mo. "Teaching of Commercial Geogra I phy" by L. P. Gilmore of the Oregon Normal school. Mr. Gilmore gave the methods for preparing to teach commercial Keocraohy. and how ta leacn ,t- "Pedogogy is horse aence applied to teaching," said Mr. Gil- more. "We should visit the factories and other places of industry mere mv etead of following the text book eo closely. Get away from the text book aa much as possible and study the practical -work more. It will ba of more benefit to the Btadeat ttua It It' eomes second-hand. The laetntet or should have some knowledge of every Industry studied so that he may bebe able to impart this knowledge to the child more readily." In his talk in "Teaching Patriotism Th" Civics and History." Sup- ervisor Floyd L. Senter, gave several examples of developmental teaching; ...! ,t i. r . i. n tM . . n u ""u "ul" ,luo BU" ,T the several stops in the act of follow- ing up the aim. "The fundamental facta of history, that is ancient his tory, is taught in the lower grades. 'In the more advanced grades this , should be compared with the life and i thf nrnsnnt hiatorr in order' ta maka hJslory rf Thflfr chUd, do not know now to D0 rji patriotic. To be patriotic a child must understand America and to un- derstand America he must have' a good idea of American history.' "Tactics vs. Strategy In school dis cipline was Uie subject discussed by Dr. J, F. Brumbaugh of tho Oregon Agricultural college. "The creative instinct Is very strong in children," said Dr. Brumbaugh, "and Uieso instincts should be carefully guarded along the right lines so thoy may not be allowed to fall Into tho wrong lines. "Order In the school room Is ab solutely necessary. But to have order nover try to get It. Never call It gov ernment 'as this BUKKest the fdea of bolng but of order and being brought back. It should Ipe called administra tion, which la both ph'ych'olbgtc'al and 8octa16gIcal because It means 1to serve. Everything and everybody In the room should be grateful, harmon ious, and' cooperative. "Tactics means tact. Think It and uso It Strategy means to prevent things from arising rather than to prevent them after thoy havo risen. Got tho unruly children tq help you and they wl)l coaso to be unruly, Nev er glvo moro than one rap for prder," Thoee are only a few of the, moanB by which to obtain and maintain dis clpllno In Uto school, as outlined by Dr. Brumbaugh. ' Tho patrlotlq reading by D. 8. Beals clork of Springfield schools, was es pecially good and opportune, TEACHERS ATuRDAt annua