THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1018,
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WIESJf NEWS
Levi H. Neat la Now Serving;
l With General Pershing
Forces 'In'ranoe--'
The Nftwi U la receipt ot the fol
lowing letter from Levi II. Neet, sofi
of Mr. and Mrs. John W, Neet of
West Springfield. He U with tho
Nlnotreljjht arao squadron and la
erring In France.
Aiuorlcan Expeditionary Forces,
Franco, March 1, 1918.
To the Springfield Now,
I have rocolvcd aevoral copies of
the Nows since I liavo been over horo
and havo enjoyed tho news from
homo vorr much. 'Mont of all I have
enjoyed, reading, the totters from
some of the boya In dlfferont camps.
As I am tho only one from Bprlngflold
In this branch of tho army, or at least
over horo, I bavon't had Uio privilege
of soolng any of tho boya from homfl
slnco wo loft Now York threo and a
half months ago.
I am with Uio Nlnoty-olghth Aroo
Squadron. Wo, landed In Europe
throe months ago today. Wo woro
at several different places, but tho
last two months have boon stationed
bore In a U. 8. camp. Of course you
will understand that I am not allow
ed to mention tho namoa of places
where wo arc
Wo havo soon a little hard service
but considering ovorythlng "Uncle"
Is taking protty good caro of us. Wo
find Fronch people very frlondly with
tho U. 8. boys and always find a glad
wolcomo In any homo. Of courao the
language In a llttlo difficult but bolng
with tho French pooplo and with a
llttlo stury wo pick It up very readily
The cllrnato horo Is Verymuch lllto
our Orogon cllrnato only not qulto so
much rain. The last six weeks Uio
' weather has been very nice, clear
most of the time but. a little cool, es
pecially mornings,
I have had tho privilege' of seeing
eome yery Interesting places suck as
old Cathedrals built yeara ago which
are very Interesting to we, also art
museums which are very Interesting,
and many other things,
lam enjoying good health.
I also want to speak a good word
for the Y, M. C. A. and the Red Cross
for (hoy are sure doing a great work
for the U. 8. boys In Europe
Boy Loses Left Eye.
Raymond Dlood, six-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. II. L.Jllood, who llvo
on a ranch near tlila city, sufforod the
loss of Ills' JoU eye Friday In an unu
sual accident. lie was returning
homo from school with bis older
brother, Edwin, aged eight years, who
found a cartrldgo from. a .32 calibre
rovolver on tho roadside. They placed
tho cartrldgo In a crack of a building
and throw rocks at It Ono of tho
rocks hit tho cartrldgo and caused It
to explode, hitting llaymond In the
eye.
WHY WE A:J2
AT WAR WITH
GERMANY
y
EPHRAIM DOUOLA8S ADAMS
Executive Has1, History Depart
want ' -Leland
Stanfore) Junltr (University
Some Good Advice.
"Don't think too much of your own
methods. Watch othor pooplo's ways
and learn from them." This Is good i
advice, especially when bilious or con-1
Mtlpatod. You, will find many people '
who uso Chamberlain's Tablets for
theso ailments with the best results,
and will do well to follow their ex
ample, adv.
Spring Furniture Arriving
We Are Daily Receiving Shipments of
Spring Furniture
And you will find our store full of beautiful Bed-Room and
Dining Room Suits, Floor Coverings, In all the Btandard
sizes, Draperies, Rnngcs, etc.
Don't wait until you begin your spring house cleaning" to
mako your solectlon BUT DO IT NOW while you. have so
many patterns to chooBe from.. We can lay them aside and
dollvor when wanted. -
Como In and let us figure with you, wJiether your wants
are largo or small for wo can save you money on anything
In ,tho housef urnlshlng line.
USE OUR "EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT"
It you havo furnituro that does not suit or you. want somothlng bet
tor wo will take It and, allow you a liberal prlco for It In exchange for
now- . . : iiUltaJJl'll
SRAUER !& CONLEY
Cor. 9 th andjOak
Eugene, Oregon
1 Young IfATTENTION Men
1 . Enlist in tho
.Enlist in tho
! Special Service
FIFTY-SIXTH ENGINEERS
Searchlight Rogiment
DON'T WAIT
. - Our boys already In Franco are calling for search
lights to help protect our lines against air-craft attack.
Able-bodied men with Red blood, between tho ages
of 18 and 21, who can moot tho requirements, are
eligible,
Wiro, write or mall this coupon to
COMMANDING OFFICER. 66th ENGINEERS
(SEARCHLIGHT)
WASHINGTON BARRACKS, D. C.
I want to, enlist in the GGth Engineers (Searchlight)
1, Name : 2. Agd
3. Address ,
4. Nationality 1 5. Married
fi, Havo you been called hi the Draft? .
7. Will you enlist for porlod of tho War?....
8. Brief statement of working oxpqrienco -..
f). What machinery can you operate?. ,
10. Your nresont or former employer must certify to
your qualifications by signing hero. '
This space donated by the
OREGON POWER Co.
"The efcjaat f this war U to rfdlvcr
the fre sasplae ef werlff frem th
mni an tha sttul pr f a vim
mjliury etaHtmflt aantraflae" fey an
Irraapenaikle favtrnmaftt. which, havlrisj
rally alanna-1 to 4amlnata th werW,
STaasaJatf ts iarry aut tha plan wKheut
rsrS althar a tha aaarad bllgatlena
f traaly ar tha lanf -eatabllahe prac
tlcaa an lng-hrtihtd prinelplaa ef In.
tarnatlanal aatlan and henerl , . Thla
rVvar la nat tha Carman paeple. It la
ha ruthlasa maater ef tha Oarrnan pto-
rila. ... It la cur builnsaa to aaa to
I that tha hlttory af tha rait of tha
world la no longar Uft ta Ita handling."
-frealdant Wilson, Ausuat 27, 1117.
012 JIM AN RUTHLES8NBSS AN IN
CULCATED BARBARISM
A coverataeat asserting Ita right to
conquer the world, denying any duty
except that of Increasing Its own
power, and a people drilled In this'
theory, produce a nation whose act
horrify humanity. Yet those acts are
but the logical result of a ruthless
iifwi In war deliberately planned. It
was at first said by Americans: "Yes,
there are occasional Carman atrocities,
no doubt, but so there are In every
war." We now know that cruelty and
barbarism are a dsflnlte part of the
German method of making war.
First the teachers and professors:
"Where German soldiers had to seise
the Incendiary torch, or even to pro
ceed to the slaughter of cltlseas, It
was only la pursuance of the rights
of war." "One single highly cultured
Gorman warrior represents a higher
Intellectual and moral life-value than
hundreds of the raw children of nature
whom Rogland and France, Russia
and Italy, oppose to them." "Even If
there were no Question ef vengeance,
. . . the crime of oppottng the de
velopment of Germany Is so great that
the most trenchant measures are
scarcely a sufficient punishment for
. . .. . m. . . I .a -
ii. I no more piiitcns is mo vac
vlctit, the greater Is the security of j
tho ensuing peace. In the days ot old, i
conquered peoples were completely an
nihilated. Today that Is phytically
Impracticable but one can Imagine ,
conditions which should approach very
closely to total destruction."
Next the army officers: "By steep
ing himself In military history -an t
officer will be able to guard himself i
against excessive humanitarian no
lions; it will Teach him that certain (
severities are Indispensable to war,
nay, more, that the only true humanity
very often lies In a ruthless applica
tion of them." "The warrior has need (
of passion. It must not ... be ,
regarded as & necessary evil; nor con-
demned as a regrettable consequence
of physical contact: nor must wo '
seek to resrnln It and curb It as a '
savage and brutal force." I
Last the clergy: ono Incident, and
one quotation from an address on the
Keanon on the Mount Is enough for
Americans. "Whoever can not prevail
upon himself to approve from the
bottom of his heart the sinking of the
Luuitanta. . . . and give himself
up to honcBt delight at this victorious
exploit of German defensive power
him we judge to Ik no true German."
Gorman teaching has bor.no fruit and
the world Is aghast. Yet we have be
came so accustomed to "German
atrocities" that some ot our horror at
them has waned. It Is xciitr to re
member. Volumes are needed to list,
merely, the proved cases of barbarity
for Germany by refusing Investiga
tion through a neutral Jury proposed
by Cardinal - Mercler. has confessed
guilt. No, rather, she acknowledges
the arts charged against her and glo
rifies them.
But let u not forget that German
soldiers. In 1914 with no rettraint,
raped the womer of Belgium and
France In the first advance; that they
placed screens ot children before
them; that they executed, as a warn
ing against a feared Belgian rising,
fifty Innocent Catholic priests and
thousands of innocent cltlxens; that
thoy gave themselves up ln a hun
dred different places, to plundering,
iucendarlsm, Imprisonment, massacres,
and sacrileges" (Cardinal Mercler);
that In France they have deliberately
made a desert ot territory In retreat,
with an object, not of thi war, but
of destroying productivity for at least
a generation to come; that Germany
openly applauded Turkey upon the
massacre of nearly one-half the popu
lation of Armenia; that Germany, by
the cruel starvation and deportation!
of conquered populations Is attempt
ing to "Germanise" the lands of Po
land and Russia; that she torpedoes
hoejiltal ships with "defenseless
beings, wounded or mutilated In war,
and women who are devoting them
eolves to the work of relief and char
ity" (protest ot the International Red
Cross Committee at Geneva); that no
other government, in the world's his
tory, , ever ordered or approved a
Lusitania,
Thit war (j Iot, and a greater will
follow it, Htnlesi it is fought to the
point where Germany Jenow for all
time that such actt are, in the end,
fatal to the government that commits
them.
This Is the fourth of a series of ten
articles by Professor Adams. ,
22 Million Families
in the United States
4 CUPS OF WHEAT FLOUR TO THE POUND
If each family used 4 cups of flour 1ms per WMk, the Miring
would be 22 million pounds or 112,244 barrels ecry wtk.
The greatest help housekeepers can give to win the war k to
make this saving and it can b don by using this recipe, in
place of white flour bread.
Corn Meal Biscuits
cwb Mm meal
Z table? oena ahortaalwg
af aAjSMbdsksMB AaUW
4 S m s stag aTaval KaaSaur f'dSjstTawsW
Save X cap of tha measured flour for board. Poor mflk ova com meal, add shortenfea; and aH. Whew
cold, add atfud flour and baking powder. Roll out tightly Soared board. Cat witfe ttscok eatter a4
baka in grassed pan fiftaon to twenty eahHites.
Our new Red, While and Blue booklet, "Beit War Time Recipes." containing many ihr
recipes for making delicious and wholesome wheat saving foods, mailed free addreu
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., Dept. H., 135 William Sir, New Yerte
FOOD WILL WIN THE WAR
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EXAMINATION TO BE HELD
Rural Mail Carrier for Springfield to
Be Held.
Tho United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an exami
nation for the county of Lane, Ore.,
to bo held at Eugene, i April 27, 1918,
to fill the position ot rtral carrier at
Springfield and vacancies that may
later occur on rural routes from other
postofliccs in the above-mentioned
country. The examination will bo
open only to male citizens who aro
actually! domiciled In the territory of
a postoRlco In the county and who
meet the other requirements set forth
in Form No. 1977. This form and ap
plication may bo obtained from the of
ficer mentioned above or from the Uni
ted States Civil Service Commission
at Washington, D. C. Applications
should be forwarded to the Commis
sion at Washington at the earlieBt
practicable date.
During tho continuance of tho pres
ent war the Commission will, In ac
cordance with the request of the Post
office Department, admit women to ru
ral carrier examinations upon tho
samo conditions as men.
By order of tho Commission: John
A. Mcilhenny, President,
Ijtcro to Attend Funeral.
Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Cow aro In this
city from Portland, having como to at
tend the funeral ot Mrs. Clow'e ne
phow, Sidney Lamar, the infant son
of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Strubln of
this city.. Mr, and Mrs. Clow, who
were married only a short time ago,
will spend three or four days in this
vicinity boforo" returning to Portland.
Mrs. Clow was formerly Miss Sutvla
Fawver of this city.
-Oakridge Has Stamp Record.
Oakridge district claims the record
In thrift stamps sales thus far made
In Lane county. With a population
estimated at 176, sales already 'made
amount to $2506, with $248 additional
also contracted for. This gives a per
capita sold or contracted for of $16,
the highest thus far reported fa the
county. Of tha 48 families la the dis
trict, 29 purchased stacaps. Maes of
tho success of thecampalgB la attri
buted by Mr. Teapleaan, district
chairman, to the tireless work of Miss
Hallle Htll, who canvassed the entire
district, covering the route oa horseback.
Enlists. In Marines.
William Ooorgo Edwards of Ihlfl
ctty enllstod March 28th In .tho roarlno
corps. Ho left hero Saturday for
Portland, i ' ' ' "
New Time Now Used.
Springfield people now arise ono
hour earlier, go to work ono hour
earlier, and therefore can accomplish
one hour more ot work for our govern
ment an dtho boys "over there." Sat
urday night our clocks were turned
ahead one hour and Sunday morning
the churches began their services an
hour earlier, by the sun, than usual.
Monday morning tho stores and mills
also followed this schedule.
Spring Styles in White
Ladies, you are sure to appreciate the smart and
graceful lines of the new spring styles in White Kid
and Canvas Shoes. White will be decidedly popular
again this year. We have your size and will be glad
lo fit your foot properly and satisfactorily.
New Military Shoes
Are here in brown, tan and black. A very desira
ble shoe for street wear. Comfortable, durable and
stylish. Sizes for all fitted neatly.
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