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About The Springfield news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1916-2006 | View Entire Issue (April 4, 1918)
1 PACK 2 THE SPRINQJ-'!" nW8 THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1018 PARENT-TFAGHERS MEETING Professor De Busk, E. E. Morri ! ton, and R. Hyland Address . Parents and Teachers. r - f ho Parent-Teachers meeting held last Thursday ironing in tho high school building was well attended and ah excollcnt program was rendered. Tho meeting opened with a piano solo by Mrs. Irma Wilson Shouts Wilbur Hyland of Engene garo a short talk on the War Saving Stamp drive and tife meaning of tho Thnft Stamp, "Thrift means economy, to increase your wealth," said Mr. Hyland, "but you can economize too much. Thrift does not mean economy alone; it means not wasting what we hare, or. In other words , good management. Our government needs money now, and it has called on us to furnish it By loaning this money now we are preparing for hard times which al ways follow such prosperity as wo now haTe. In fire years we can rea lize on tho war saving stamps we buy now, and we will need the- money then. Our government needs It now to maintain its existence, and we will need it Ave jean: from now." Proressor B. W. De Busk of tho Unl- erslty of Oregon spoke oh the sub ject, "Ba Physically Fit" "The Amer ican people are killing themselves off by eating too much food. The man who works hard needs more food than the man who does not work so hard. But every person can save one-third of which he now eats and he tho bet ter for it Do not try to mix up fancy dishes. Instead, 3tudy Just what you need to eat and stop eating when you have eaten it A man should eat to turn out work," said Air. De- Busk, "not to see how much he can eat "Physical unfitness among school children Is caused not only by over eating, but by many defects which could be remedied by a school physl clan. Defective teeth and eyesight are two of the worst troubles. V. the schools of Oregon today there are 150,000 puplls.41 of v-hlch are a year behind where they ough. to he It costs the people $30 every time a pupil repeats a grade. If this money were expended in keeping the child physically fit to advance as It should the taxpayers would be the gainers In the end. We are facing a problem of physical unfitness among our soldiers now due to neglect In childhood, and we should not let it happen again." Miss Jean Fischer rendered a vocal solo, accompanied on the piano by Joe Clark. Mayor E. E. Morrison gave a short talk on war gardens.' 'The backyard garden is the one that Is going to count," said Mr. Morrison. "In these backyard gardens the people are go ing lo lalso the vegetables for their own use and this will enable the big truck gardeners to produce food stuffs for the army alone. Care should be taken In selecting not only the vegetables which will be of most value to you, but vegetables which will grow In tho soil of your gardens. Boau3 will grow In almost any soli. Potatoes are also a good crop. If we all do a little," "said Mr. Morrison In conclusion, "It will amount to some thing big in the long run." The meeting closed with a vocal solo by Mrs. W. L. McCulloch, accom panied by Mrs. A. B. VanValzah. A new secretary and treasurer will be elected at the next meeting. "'TIS FREEDOM'S GALL LEND YOUR ALL" -F"lornc 11 lloyt, Irtlnd. Lad Loses Three Fingers. Kenneth Farrier, the 8-yer-old son of S. B.Farrier, from up the McKen zle, had tho first three -fingers of his left hand amputated at the Mercy hospital Saturday following tho ex plosion of a dynamite cap held in his hand. Kennoth had seucred.tbe cap, which his father had for use in blast ing stumps and was poking at it with a nail when tho explosion occurred. Tho father and S. F, Stlers brought tho lad to Springfield from Lawler, on tho Oakrldgo branch, whore the accl den toccurred about 11 o'clock Satur den occurred about llo'clock Satur-welL Here From Seattle Mrs. H. L. Gibbs of Seattle Is in Springfield in response to a telegram from Mr. and Mrs. F, W. Strubln of this city announcing tho death of their Infant son, Stanley Lamar. Mr, and Mrs. Qibbs farmorly lived In Eu gene but have recontly moved to Seat tle whero Mr. Gibbs is holding a re sponsible position as train collector. This is Oregon's- official, slogan Tls Freedom's Call; Lend Your All. Defend yourself. If you can't go across to fight, you can do the next best thing by investing In Liberty Bonds to keep your boy your neighbor's boy on the firing lino 1 To Protect Your Country ! To Perpetuate American Freedom ! To Keep the Demon Hun From Your Door. We can't act too quickly. The danger Is Imminent. We will be tardy at boat Don't stop to think, any mors than you would stop to think whether to strike back If you were threatened by an assassin. Will you Jeopardize your liberty by falling to do your duty? He who hesitates is most assuredly lost All that your forefathers fought and died for Is lost AH that the patriots of 'CS fought lor is lost This is your great opportunity. Use it and Take your place as a real American. HINTS ON EYESIGHT If you hnvo frequent hondachon, U you soo distant objects olonrly, but painfully, or need to hold printed matter nonror to or fur ther from tho oyo than formerly. or noed moro light If you havo Jbsorvod theso th!nga,your eyes noed tho holp of correctly made glasses to assist as well an pro sorvo your sight for itrontor ffi. cloncy. Accurately flttod glassos nro only posslblo when tho sight hns boon scientifically toHtod. Wo havo ovory facility nnd long years of oxporlonco and study for doing this nnd oxorclso (ho greatest caro so that you may rocolvo tho utmost benefit from wearing glnsson. All work guarnntood. SHERMAN W. MOODY 7 Moody' Dff p-Cui vs KtTPlOK IIUM Are Uetter Broken Loriscs Quickly Replaced EYE SIGHT SPECIALIST AND OPTICIAN 881 Willamette Street Factory on Premised TELEPHONE 362 SHERIFF'S SALE ON FORECLOS URE. NOTICE IS HEUEDY GIVEN, that by virtue of an exocuUon an ordor of aalo Issued out of tho Circuit Court of the Stato of Oregon for tho County of Lano on the 19th day of March 1018 on a Judgment rondorod In said Court on tho 19th day of March. 1018 In a suit wherein Mrs. Anna Baker was plaintiff and Anna Mullen and John O Mullen her husband, J. A. Cox and Etta Cox, partnors doing bus iness under tho firm namo of Cox & Cox woro dofendants and whoroln tho plaintiff rocovorod Judgment against tho dofendants, Anna Mullen and John C. Mullen aforosald for tho sum of 1632.92 and Interest thorcon slnco Fobrunry ICth 1018 at tho rato of 10 nor annum nnd $75.00 attorneys foos and 114.00 taxos and Intorost thoroon slnco Fobruary 14, 1918 at Ctfi por an num and S19.G0 ns costs. oxDonsoa and dlsbursomonta which Judgment wits enrolled and dockoted In tho of fice of tho Clork of said Court on tho 10th day of March. 1018. and said ex ecution to mo dlroctod commanding mo in tho namo or ttio stato or Oregon In ordor to satisfy said Judgment, at torneys foos and nccntlng costs to sell nil tho following dcscrlbod real prororty to wit: An tmdlvdod ono half Intorost In lot eight or block sixty four In Maude's sub-dtvlslon In the Town of Springfield, Lano County, Or ogon. togothor with tho tenements, hereditaments nnd nppurtonancos thereunto belonging or In any wlso appertaining, and Hint tho proceeds of tho salo be applied as follows: First: Tho pxponsos of said salo and tho plaintiff's costs and dlsbursomonta of Uio suit Including the attorneys foes: Second: To tho payment of tho Judgment of tho plaintiff. Third: Tho balanco If any therobo to bo dlBposod of as the Court may direct: NOW THEREFORE IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF OREGON! and In compliance with tho execution and ordor of salo I will on Saturday tho. 27th day of April, 1018, betweon tho hours of 0 o'clock A. M. and 4 o'clock P. M. to wit at tho hour of ono o'clock P. M. of said day at tho south wost door of tho County Court houso In Eugono, Lano County, Oregon, offor for salo In ono parcel, for cash, sub ject to redemption, all tho dofendants, Anna Mullen, John C. Mullon, J. A. Cox and Etta Cox, right, tltlo. Intorost. claim nnd equity In and to tho prom ises horolnhofore doBcrlbod and ovory part thereof. D. A. ELKINS, 8hnrlff of Lnno County, Oregon. Mch.21.28;Apr.4,ll,18. SEE US ABOUT Selling your cream. It will pay you. AbIc ub about feed. EUGENE FARMERS CREAMERY. FIGHT, BUY OR SHOW WHY OREGON OFFICIAL SLOGAN ! BE SLACKER; ' i nr n mnum ThaVsWhat We're Up the Third Loan. THE HUN GOES MARCHING ON AND AMERICAN BOYS BLEED WHILE THE TIGHT WADS WAVER. It's up to, this fight, buy or show why! Every American who can afford to buy a Liberty Bond will be expected ' to buy. If he refuses, the searchlights of public opinion will be so turned upon him that he may be put into the posi tion of having to explain why he de nies the government the uso of h's surplus money, If the plans of the National Liberty Loan headquarters at Washington are carried out Information regarding the standing of every Individual, his worth, his in come, his Red Cross activities, to in ' W&mtfl I In the Twilight Zone of War Fma- cing. FOR TM- NEED FOR PROTECTION IC C- TEST" WHEN EVENING AJJgf.ACHES AND THE, WORK EfT TENDS TO REST. En Tho prize winning phram wn? won by Florence B. Hoyt of Portlanu. it PUT IRON IN OUR SOULS! amounts which he has subscribed to Js used In nU advertising of tho Third the First and Second Liberty Loa:;s LDerty Loan In Oregon. Many of tho war work which he, has done, 0jiCr e'earo from c'.l o.r.r lc z'r.'.e patriotic attitude, and other , detail. aro uaedTn connection with the car will all be carefully lUted on a ques- toon3 belng run by tho Oregon press, tlonnalre which will bo kept on file 0rBCan writers nnd illustrators havo by the government. aJI donated their best services in aid Questionnaires, prepared In Spo- nf tho Thir(1 t ibertv Loan. kane for use In Eastern Washington, n , . t nnn i.nn n t,M ' VUUIBIM dl tJUUBUUIlD. VT1IC HUD IU H filled out for every man, woman and child above 15 years of age. Among the inquiries were, nationality, pres- The Spirit of the First Line Trenches ent occupation, name of employer, i Needed In Loan Drive, other trades or occupations qualified "a little moro Iron In our souls," In, Liberty Loan subscriptions, earn- was tho appeal mado by Lafe Young Ings, Red Cross war fundB, Red Cross jn nes Moines recontly, "a little moro members In family, miscellaneous war 0f the spirit of our soldiers, a stimulus donations, war activities engaged in. that will give us a relentless and uu patriotic attitude, general reputation, dying determination to wlpo tho Ho opposition to wa work, if any, henzollern mounter from the face of Considering the fact that Oregon's tho earth." percentage appears to be rather low American people are noted for their In comparison with other federal d s complacency, their seeming willing- trlcts, the local Liberty Loan Coinn t- es0 t0 enjoy tho fruits of tho'r pron- tee feels that it may be necessary to pority, leaving to others the ta3l: of adopt some such means here of re jgutfng their war for them. They do minding the people that they must do nn. Rfon to realize the enormity of something to save the reputation of Germany's crime and tho Interao sorl- uicuiBcivcB nuu wjeir diuic. uruu re ousncss of the present world war Of now being prepared. The Information self-preservation, tho supreme test of for these cards will be gained by the our manhood and our civilization. captains or me cniiereni city pro- n n,,,inrH ar Ann ttl(,r nttrt. clncts, after the cards havp been- as- taL Bay. M youn how Dltlrul aro signed to their proper districts by postal employes. In the rural dis tricts over the state, the work of in- Red Cross contributions, Liberty Bonds and Y. M. C. A. gifts compared with the sacrifices and bufferlnga of.' dexlng the inhabitants has been going our Boldlors, Wo naVe comfort, .np- UU JUr BUIUU WOO. nl.. ,. n,l nffMmiu nf ll.iniiv I .t, , n - A.t lnl .V. n I- y.MVBB, fcUU V w. ..... u "UM""'"6. " " But they, like immortal Alun Seeder, formation comes from Washington When the system Is finally complete, and when Uncle Sam makes the ac quaintance of all his citizens and knows their means and their obliga tions, then John Jones must be in duced to make him a loan or be able lo give an excellent reason why. havo their 'rendezvous with death,'" "We are proud," ho contlnubo, "!'.jat America has met her duty, true to her best traditions. And may Ood g-uut that those of ub at home fall nut i.i one single obligation to our soldiia, to our Allies, to our country I" (By John W. Kelly) -Upon a time there was a farmer 'whoso sheep vjcro threatened by coy otes, so ho decided to protect them at night with a high, tight fence. All day he labored and when ovenlng ap proached' It was almost, but not quite, completed. Tho farmer was fagged, twilight was approaching nnd Instead of nail ing up the romalnlng boards ho drove In tho shcop and decided to tako a chance. In tho morning ho discovered tho ravages Caused In tho flock by tho enemy marauders; the fenco he had built for protection was no protection, becnucic when twilight came ho failed to flnlsh.lt, Don't permit ygur patriotism to suc cumb to the twilight zono! In the twilight thcro Is a slacking' of Industry, a tendency to take things Indifferently to loaf. Having performed a good day's work, twilight finds a man tired of the heat and the burdens, ready to rest and congratulate himself on his accomplishments. Tho Third Liberty Loan Is In the twilight zone or war financing. , Twlco havo tho pcoplo of Oregon labored lndetatlgably and accomplish ed a great work In over-subscribing the stato's allotment. Now comes tho real test now Is to dlscloso whether they still havo tho vigor and patriotic strength hereto fore displayed. It romulns to be seen whether thoy will consider their duty porformed and nro content to slacken, to take things Indifferently, to loaf on tho Job of putrloMnm. After u day In the fields it requires spunk and pluck to tackle additional work In tho twilight. Tho man who determines to press the labor a little further to mako a real finish to the day's stunt, Is doing something for himself. And so is it wjth those who havo helped itf the provlousfbond flo tations. Thoro is a bit more to do be fore turning in; a little moro oxortlon 'rind patlcuce and dralu- on the re sources. " , But If patriotism is not lulled Into Indifference nf the twlljght, tho fence of protection will be completed. Tulti- no clmncos. Every bond Is a Ik a 1 iu Uio fence to keep out the If , i . . u j' ir't rpot ' Het- tmany'R defoat AFTER EASTER SALES McMorran and Washbujrne Store Before the Gown Select tho Corset Always romomborlng that Kabo Corsets IMPROVE THE FIGURE Tho woman who hns onco worn a Kabo Corsot remains ( Kabo do votco. Silo realizes she has bought something far moro valuablo than Just a corsot This something Is host oxprossod as a defined, visible, figure-Improving sorvlco. Prices $1.25 to $12.50 , WASH SATIN CHEMISE $3 to $7.50 A very clover llttlo stylo In wash ablo Satin and Crepo do Chlno, has yoko of ombrolderod Qeorgotto Cropo and Is finished with tiny tucks and narrow vol. laco Inser tions. Captivating garmonls rea sonably priced. Charming Lace Trimmings and Embroideries Pretty- Camisole Laco and bead ing edge In beautiful ftlot pattorns, yard 10c. "Lo Cotto" Laco camlsollng by tho yard, no sowing required at, yard $1.50. fiucklos for Coats, Drossos, otc, In whlto, groy, black and brown, at 25o nnd EOc. Nontau nets In pink, mals, tur quols, croam and whlto, 40 inches wide, yard $1.00. Tassels and drop trimmings In sllvor, steel, gold and colors. SPECIAL!! Field's. Washable Cloves $2.50 Pair Positively tho best washablo glovo made, of flno kid In tan, grey, champagno, all sizes, absolutely guaranteed to wash. Alter Easter Saie Hosiery Very Reasonably Priced $1.25 Fibro Silk Hoso $1.19 A splendid assortment of colors In heavy fibre Silk Hoso with Llslo hool, too and top. Colors nro nut brown, bronzo nnd black. GOc L. M. C. WHITE FIBRE HOSE, 50.C A dressy, pretty, serviceable thread Silk boot hoso In olive drab, bronzo, champagne, roso, pink, Coponhngon, grey, silver groy, black and whlto. $2.00 PURE SILK HOSE ' $1.V3 A flno heavy 12-thread Silk Hoso in every wanted light and dark thado, all sizes. 75c. FANCY HOSE, 69c Whlto fibre Hoso with blnck strlpo and black chocked, In n'l sizes, special, 69c. ' BOYS' SCHOOL HOSE, 15c Bost quality, heavy rlbbod school hoso, for olthor boys or girls. Dainty Materials for Spring Costumes Low Priced All Silk Crepo do Chino $2.00 40 INCHES WIDE This Is a cloth of tho "Qoorgotto" typo and practically as smart and sorvlcoablo in all usos that tho form or fabric Is put to. It is a wonder ful fabric at Z and comes In black, whlto, croam and a full lino of col ors, including tho now tnupes, browns, bluos and sand, This ma terial is now in groat domand for tho now soason's drossos, blouses and spparato oloovcBj otc. KOOLIE CLOTH $2.50 to $3.50 Tho vory popular Koollo Cloth for sport suits, skirts, and children's garments, comes in whlto, cham pagno, blue and mahogany. Popu lar this Spring,