THURSDAY, mXrCII 21, 1018.
THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
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STATE INDUSTRIES
SNOW PROSPERITY
Covernemnt War Activities Are
, Helping Many Industries
r ,pf Oregon
JIhe following Is a brief review ot
wbat capital is doing in Oregon for
the past week )
Astoria Columbia Fishermen's un:
ion Axes price ot salmon and sturgeon
at sixteen cents, on advanve of S
cents over 1916.
Cold Hill Two sawmills to start
onjSardtne crock.
Portland shipbuilding plant burs
and. removes Eugene Iron Works.
'Salem plant has order for the army
and navy; for 680 tons dehydrated
(dried chipped) potatoes. It will use
6,000,000 pounds' or 100,000 bushels
green potatoes.
Portland Bergman Shoe Co, has
government older for 4000 pair loggers
-shoes.
Maximum price-fixing and new grad
lag rules by government will add $5,
000,000 to income ot eastern Oregon
farmers this year.
Riddle Warren Construction Co.
to build tramway from quarries to
Calclte of S. P. line.
Portland Six circuit judges sitting
ea banc uphold Oregon railroad com
Baisslon in granting six-cent fare on
Portland streetcar line.
Oregon farmers stubbling in spring
grain for lack of labor to plow land.
Million bushel Portland grain ele
vator to be ready for fall crops.
Hood River Silver Creek valley
has sixteen new houses building.
Loganberry industry faces labor
shortage ot berry pickers for 1918.
Auto licenses paid to road fund
?167,834 for the year 1917.
Experts declare Oregon and Wash
ington can supply 400 to 500 wooden
ships in 1918.
Gaston Dairies selling off herds
because condenserles cannot sell pro
duct Oregon planing mills get contract
:for twenty-five carloads airplane
spruce stock.
Heppner inaugurating street im
provements. North Bend Announcement was
made that all the North Bend mills,
including the North Bend Mill and
Lumber Co., the Buehner Lumber Co.
and the. Bay Park Lumber CoTTwent
on a straight minimum wage of $3.75
for 10 hours.
Bend Range riders to have new
club. house on Crane prairie.
Warjio county farmers demand
registration of all ablebodied men.
Waldport slated for two new saw
mills. Hood River 1917 apple crop brought
$1,298,022, an average of $1.40 a box
net.
Declaring that he "would like to
see a good garden growing this sum
mer at practically every section
house," W. R. Scott, vice president
and general manager of the S. P.
Co., has pnllsted the company's army
of employes in a campaign for .assist
ing (be food administration.
Toledo Local mills busy on spruce
and fir, and three cars ot spruce and
Douglas fir shipped.
Toledo Spruce camp established
on Wessell ranch.
Waldport Warren Spruce Co. es
tablished camp at Big Creek.
Eugene Ice and Storage Co. doubled
capacity of ice storage of factory;
can store 400 tons of ice.
Ontario $100,000 bonds voted to
build new water system.
Reedsport Old cold storage plant
being moved to Gardiner.
Standard wages of common labor
ers in spruce and fir industry ot
western Oregon and Washington will
be 45 cents an hour. Maximum wage
for laborers in pine section in east
ern portions ot two stateB will be 40
cents an hour.
Divide Old O. L. & T. mill here
agaiu sawing.
Wendllng Mill Starts
The Booth-Kelly Lumber company's
mill at Wendllng started up Tuesday
morning after having been shut down
several weeks undergoing its annual
overhauling. Several ot the comp
any's camps that have been shut
down on account of snow have also
resumed work. While the greater
portion of tho workmen have been
employed in othre capacities by tho
company, botween fifty and sixty new
men were put at work Tuesday morn
ing. The company's mills are now
running at full capacity.
URGES PATRIOTS TO
EAT MORE CLAMS
rortlnnd. Ore. "Knt dams."
Is the advice ot Dr. O. II. Ed
mondson, assistant professor of
zoology at the University of
Oregon, to all patriotic Ameri
cans wmTnro trying to conserve
the nation's meat supply. He de
clares the clam Is as palatable
ns the oyster and has a similar
food value.
Doctor Kdmondson suggests
the use of the clnm lri place ot
ml meats, which tho govern
ment Is striving to conserve.
Tills suggestion comes as tho re
sult of n survey he made recent
ly under tho direction of tho
United States bureau of fisher
ies. His object was to discover
the edtblc species of shellfish, to
find where they may be obtained
In quantities and to perfect a
roeuns of co-operating with those
engaged In marketing this sea
product.
LIVES IN FEAR OF TROUBLE
Otilo Man Lies Awake Night Waiting
for His House to Fall
In River.
Cleveland. Anton BueltlnaU Uei
setting much sleep these nights. H
lies awake waiting for his house to
tumble onto the Erie railroad tracks.
He has sued the road for $3,000 dam
ages for sleepless nights and depre
ciation of his property.
Buclzlnskt says the rumbll&g. c the
Erie trains has caused him yard to
gradually crumble and fall to the val
ley belew. When he bought It the
bouse stood 100 feet iron the eii
ot the cliff. 'Now only 25 feet separate
he two.
AS BADGE OF HONOR
pilllj
I'J'M MWtf 'WMrWd SB - I
Floyd Fry Write
Of Boat Disaster
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Was in Water in Life Boat Five
Hours; Landed at Port
on Irish Coast
Mr. and Mrs. J. 1. Pry ot1 tftla city
recotvod a letter froift their sod Floyd
Pry who waB on tho Tuscanlo. when
It was torpedoed off Uio Irish coast
February 6th. x '
Tho letter follows:
Fobruary'1018.
Dear Father hnd Mothers ;
I htu soniowhoro in Ireland. This
IS sure a pretty country, l am in a
hospital in Northern Ireland. They
havo somo nlco little Irish nurses
here and wo sura are treated fine.
Wo were torpedoed and our boat
sunk off tho Irish coast, Was picked
up by a patrol boat Was in tho wa
tor about flvo hours. Gee, but It was
cold. The life boat I was In had the
back end all Jarred up from lowering
It from the big boat. Tho waves
came right In, but we made it alright.
I have not seen Edward Burgeols
sinco we were struck by the torpedo,
but I think he was saved, picked up
and landed at another port In Ireland.
We are scattered all over. They aro
going to tako some of us out of tho
hospital to somo other place.
I'm reeling fine. Most all tho boys
are all right again, but some ot us
have got tho mumps. I am pver mine.
I had them on the night wo were
struck by tho torpedo. Wo were tor
pedoed in tho night It sure was aw
ful The big boat stayed up about four
hours after It was struck. I left about
Ian hour after it had been struck. Wo
'could see her go down from our life
I boat
Well, folks, I will close for this
time. This country Is llko Oregon
lots of rain and green grass. It sure
is pretty and some of the prettiest
Irish girls you ever Baw. It sure
makes you laugh to hear them, talk.
Love to all.
FLOYD.
OEMS
"So many Oods, so many Croods,
' So many paths that wind and wind,
When Just tho art ot being kind, .
Is all this sad world needs."
"Tho thing that goes tho farthoat
Toward making llfo worth whllo,
That costs tho least, and does tho most
Ib Just a pleasant smile.
Its full ot worth and goodncsB too,
With manly kindness blent.
It's worth a million dollars,
And U-doosn't cost a.cont
"Firondshlp hnth a' power,
To s sooth affliction In her darkest
hour."
"To know, to esteem, to lovo and then
to part,
Mako up tho talo ot many a feeling
heart"
"What Is a friend? Be slow to make
reply.
Tho meaning comes but seldom to
tho mind.
Tho ones you meet and greet as they
Ko by
Are seldom on tho list you scan to
find "
A friend.
The word is Idly usod and much
abused;
Tis sad to work it overtime each
day.
How fow you know could over bo ac
cused Of friendship such as lives and loves
alway
Real frlendsl
Best tako them as thoy are a hurry
ing throng.
Each with his own affairs, both
right and wrong;
Willing to say "hello"; nor grieving
sore
When ho must say "good-bye" for
evermore Your friend!
A sliver miniature of the District of
Columbia's Jail doqr will be worn as
a badge of honor by 97 suffragists who
have "done time" for picketing the
White House. They represent 20
stntes. The pins are about one by two
Inches and were presented to the pick
ets by Mrs. William Kent, wife of for
mer Representative Kent of California.
FooiTc
French Canines Are Likely to Be
"Hooverized."
Feeding Has Become Serious Problem
Great Shortage In Gasoline and .
Tobacco.
Paris, The dog population of the
republic bus been living, fighting nnd
suffering with the liuinnn population
In resisting the German octopus, and
is now about to be restricted by
"curds" along with the humans.
The latest system to be announced
Is that, following the demands of the
Agricultural Society of Mdullns, the
Kor'erninent Is considering the Intro
duction of a bread curd for dogs, n
card that will entitle dogs doing use
ful work for the country to their
proportionate share of dog biscuit.
Since tho first of the month an
other discommoding scheme 1ms tnken
effect. No gasoline can he sold, even
for domestic uses, such as lighting,
heating or cooking. The government
stilted energetic . measures had to bo
taken, In view of the fact that the
stocks of gasoline were 'almost ex
hausted nnd It would bo ilangernin
to permit them to become further
depicted.
A ruder shock for tho entire male
population of France, which smokes
almost to a man ufter reaching the
nge of twelve, came with the publi
cation of the news that there was no
more tobacco to be had. Imported
English tobaccos are still to be ob
tained In limited quantities, but the
price Is prohibitive to tho average
Frenchman.
The reasons given for the tobacco
shortage are the increased consump
tion by the soldiers In the trenches
and the decreased production and Im
portation, due to the lack of bottoms.
A good deal has been said about
the establishment of a tolMicco card,
but the government has suggested
that a system of voluntary rationing
be first tried out If this is unsuccess
ful nothing will remain but the addi
tion of one more curd to the rapidly
growing list.
Land Submarines
Effectively Held
Sagerats, Craydiggers, Moles,
Jackrabbits Scattered by
Co-operative Attack
Oregon farmers are making a con
certed and sustained attack on the
land pirates sagerats, graydlggers
and moles that promises greatly to
reduce their annual toll, estimated by
the United States Biological Survey
at two million dollars a year ,n Ore
gon. Like their prototypes of the
cea, the Hun subs, these field subma
rines destroy tho results of the labor
of mankind, and in this way may
properly be classed as pro-German.
The campaign against these ro
dents, as well as the Jackrabbits, was
conducted by tho farmers in co-ouera-tidn
with county agricultural agents
specialists of the U, S, Ulolglcal Sur
vey. County courts also Joined forces
with these agencies In somo instances,
and by thus working forether better
results were obtained at much less
cost Heretofore, farmers working
individually found that If they drove
tho pests from their own fields a new
supply was sure to come next season
from their neighbors' fields.
An area of 450,000 acres was
covered with 70,000 pounds of pols
onod grain In Eastern and Southern
Oregon counties. More than 3,000
mole pelts were marked ann averago
of 22 cents each by county agents ot
the Willamette valley, and the coast
counties. In C61umbla county tho
agont reports that COO mole skins sold
by him at 26 cents, with an additional
profit of 10 cents each as a bounty.
All told tho court of Columbia county
-aid bounties on 1,500 skins.
Poison clubs wero organized to buy
and mix the poisons most efficiently,
ind systematize tho spreading. In
some Instances granges bought traps
and sold them to the boys on install
ment. Cno boy In tho Santa Clara
district sold moro than $G0 worth of
skins.
NOTICE
Havlm; received a commission Jn
the Med 'mil Peservo Corps of tho U.
S. Arm;, I desire all those indobted
to me to mako arrengomeut for settle
ment of their accounts on or before
April 12tb, 1918.
Blncore!;',
W. H. POLLARD, M D,
Sense Non-sense
Someone said that "In a multltudo
ot counsellors thcro Is much wisdom,"
but he did not mean fhat tho way to
get ahead is to try to tako every
body's advlco.
EUGENE THEATRE, EUGENE
FRIDAY, MARCH 29
THE BARNUM AND BAILEY OF ALL FUN SHOWS
FRESH FROM ITS RECORD-BREAKING RUN AT THE
CRITERION THEATRE NEW YORK
JOHNNY
GET
YOUR
SUN
John Cort'a
Laughing Riot
WITH
LOUIS BENNISON
and tho Original Long Run Cn3t
of Funmakera that Rocked Broadway
With Laughter Alt Last Year
Including
Lorraine Frost Louise Macintosh
NOT A
WAR
PUAY
Echlln Gayer
Theo. Babcock
Vera FlnlaV
Edith Lyle
Aubrey Bentti
Jane Carlton
Robert Homans
Roy Cochrane
Clyde North
Frank Holllns
"One of the irtost laughable, clever and wholesome farces
San Francisco has seen In many a day." San Franclscc
Call-Post.
Special War-Time Prices $1.50, $1.00, 60c.
Mail Orders Now
You can afford to work a good doal
harder to mako up for tho omployo
who goes to war. You will have It
easier than he, and he takes all the
chances.
EXECUTOR'S SAtE.
Notice Is hereby given that by vir
tue ot an order ot the County Court
of Lane County, Oregon, duly made
and entered tho 13th day of. March,
1918, authorising tho undersigned, as
executor ot the catato of Nancy Bahr,
deceased, to soil the real estate be
longing to said estate, at private sale,
for cash It possible, and for credit
upon proper security If it appears
that said sale cannot bo made for
cash
Now, therefore, I will on and after
tho 27th day of April, 1918, at tho of
fice of Young & Hay, attorneys for
said estate, In tho Court Houso. Eu
gono, Oregon, offer for sale and soil
to tho highest blddor for cash, or for
crodlt with proper security, If It np
pcara that said salo cannot be made
for cash, tho following described real
property:
Lot twenty-six (20) In Block thirty
three (33) In Falrmount. In tho City
of Eugene. Lano County, Oregon.
i Lot twenty-seven (27) in Block
j thirty-three (33) In Falrmount, In tho
, City of Eugene, Lano County, Oregon.
! Dated this 19th day ot March, 1918.
I II. II. Hitter,
j Exocutor of tho estato of Nancy
I Bahr. deceased.
Young &. Ray,
Attomoys for estate.
Mch21,28;ApM,ll,18.
CAREFUL. CONSCIENTIOUS
DENTISTRY
"DR. J. E. RICHMOND
PHONES Office, 3; Residence, 1HW
Over Commercial Bank,
Springfield, Oregon.
Phono 392
17 East 7th Ave, Eugcno, Or.
Imperial Cleaners
AH kinds of Cleaning, Press
ing nnd Repairing. Prompt
service nnd good worlc are
pur specialties. No ndvnncc
In prices. Postage paid one
way.
One can excuse tho man who tries
his best and falls, but the man who
never tries gets no sympathy.
Don't wast time worrying over the
fact that you have to work for all tho
money you got. Thero Is no money
that gives as little satisfaction as the
unearned Increments
ELECTION TERMS
'And Their Meaning, to the Average
Man.
Candidate: The best little "promisor
before" and "forgetter af
terwards" that ever hap
pened. Ballott: A mammoth piece of paper
which, after much study, is
always marked wrong.
Bull Moose: A now extinct animal,
part elephant and part
donkey, that "horned" into
politics five years ago.
Platform: A declaration of party prin
ciples composed of Bunkum,
Dull and Bosh.
The Tariff: Football of politics.
Polling Place: A small building, hid
in different parts of tho
city, in whicu a man is
supposed to voto it ho can
find the building beforo
the polls close.
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A WORD OF ADVICE
One Week from Sunday
Is Easter
Do not wait until the day beore to buy your shoes but
go to tho store where tho best can be had for the mon
ey. Where you will find the
; Very Latestpyles
with the best wearing qunlltjes.
Oxfords, Pumps
MilkaryBopts
Give me the man who faces life,
"I will," "I can," his tallsmanlc guido
'Gainst fortun's hardest breaks:
Who plays tho game, however goes
the strife
And, unashamed, awaits with prldo
The Judge, When morn awakes.
Professional
and
Courteous
Service
EUGENE
V
The Iloms
of
IIANAN
SHOES
OREGON
INVEST IN
War Savings Stamps
AT OUR OFFICE
AUTHORIZED AGENT OF THE U. S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT
' A U. S. Governmont THRIFT Stamp costs 25 conts v '
A U. S. Government SAVINGS Stamp costs $4.12
16 THRIFT stamps and 12 cents are exchangeable for one SAVINGS stamp.
20 SAVINGS stamps fill a War Savings Certificate.
January 1, 1923, uncle sam pays you your money, back with 4 inter
est compounded every three months.
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Oregon Power Company
SIXTH AND MAIN STREETS SPRINGFIELD, OREGON
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