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About The Springfield news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1916-2006 | View Entire Issue (April 11, 1918)
THURSDAY, APRIL" 11, "1018. TUB SPRINGFIELD NEWS i . I4 resorption When a prcHcrlptlon Ih to bo compounded to combat sorlouB lllncfw nothing bat tke mmt eclontlfic acrvlco should bo considered. ' I ifc. Wo liavo everything proscribed .by physicians find our compounding Is conducted with caro and skill., j Do not oconomlzo on. dniga ,that arc actually heedqd., ' Consult u physician In nil cases of serious -ninewjtand bring your prcHcriptionB to us to bo'compounded so that tho medicines will net tme. Notwithstanding tho superior chnractor of our pro scription service our prices aro no higher than nro asked elsewhere . fig. , i it 1UWU ttHU VlCliiiOy Mrs. Harry Gre.Bman of Pleasant Hill waa In 8prlngfleld yesterday. , Mr. and Mra. E. . Culp of Morcola ,were In this city yosterday on business M, J. Wearin of Waltorrlllo was in this city yosterday on business. I I See the auto eye tester at Peerr'a. E. B. Morrison of this city shipped two cara of bay out this weak. m hb mm ii . . Roland Fox and Jim Cooloy of Douglas Gardens wero In town yestor dBy. John Willis or Cottngo Grovo had a major operation performed Friday at tho Mercy hospital. Egglmann'B whero quality Is count ed, adv. Ponvor Young, who left last week for Portland has secured a position In a' store there. Mra. C. B. Lyon, who haa been qulto ill at her homo for the past two weeks, is much Improved. Mra. Rosa of Eugono is in tho Spring ., . . . ... . field hospital convalescing from a ma - Jor operation. Mra. Ida LarlBon, Spre)la :CorsO' tierre. Phone 115W, Springflf Id. adv. Tho Sprlngflold Feed company has received throo care of foed and two cam of hay thin week. Mrs. J. E. Richmond and baby wero dismissed from tho Springfield hos pital Tuesday. , Tho Springfield ladles of the G. A. R. donated 134.35 to the Lane county Rod Cross Monday. Best Bhoo Repairing at WOLF & MILLER ' C., E. WHIford of Fall Creok loadod his' household goods thor'o yestorday for shipment to Rupert, Idaho. . R. R. Dcadmond of Lcaburg had a Major oporatlon Friday at tbo Mercy hospital. A major oporatlon was performed Friday on J. A. Walburn of Wondllng by a local physician. f Tho Dread which never falls. Eggl i mann's Candy Kitchen and Bakery adv ''V. Dell Dutler, electrician at tho Waltervlllo plant, moved to Portland Monday. Mrs. L. Noct of Fall Creek had a -major operation Tuesday at tho Morcy hospital. The operation was porfprm ed by a local physician. The Copeland Shoes for Men -kin at The W. A- HALL Shoe Store Bttaittn Fourth dntf Fifth .i " 'fi AIm Firet-GIsc Work wlt; PHONE 31 Acabol Fiih of thin cltr cpent Bun- day In JuncUon City, visiting with; friends and relatives there. M' Al Land of wae In 8pring- "6r mtolckl treatment. Ho returned homo ycctsrdny. Frank Miller of Landax Is In town for treatment for an Infocted wound caused wbllo working In tho Hylan'd logging camp there, Mr. and Mrs. George Rowland of nolldrldgc, Nebraska aro visiting at tlin lintnn rf tl O IN at It nnrl fnmaplv of this city. Demand Victory Bread from your Grocer. They'll got It from Eggl j mann's. adv. ' Mrs. L. M. Butler of this city ac companlcd her two llttlo grandsons j to their homo in Marshtlcld Saturday ' afternoon. Tho son of Will Rcglo of Portsmouth Ohio, who is visiting Mrs. Julia God man of this city, It taking treatment for peritonitis. W. T. Emerson of Ncwburg had a major oporatlon Friday'-at-the Mercy hospital. The operation waa perform- ed by a local physician. ... i Fit your own eyes with spectacles , , , . latPeoryn. John Innls, who ran n barber shop In-this 'city 'several months ago, was in Springfield Tuesday. Ho Is now locat cd at Lcona. Mlsa Fay Anderson of Douglas Gar 'dons visited Sunday at tho homo of Mr. and, :M rs. E. W.. LeVoo at Hayden bridge. ' ' 1 E. WuLoVoo and daugnter Robin woro in Sprlngflold Tuesday on business. Miss LoVoo visited at the high school , during tho afternoon. Harry MoFarland of Ashland spont a few days hero at. tho homo of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Howard enrouto to Port land whore ho will enlist in tho nut For salo cheap or trado. Good Sprlngflold houso and lot closo in. Pay down what you can, balanco on tlmo or will tako Ford car. This la a bar gain. Address, 45, Bast 13 avo., Eu- gone. Ore. adv. Mrs, Sadlo Ragland of this city loft last week for Myrtlo Creek, Oregon, whoro sho will mako an extended visit with relatives and friends. Reliable remedies right reasonable Roxall. S. H. Seibort and son Leslie of this cHy Ipft yestorday morning for Orogon City, Oregon. Thay have aocurod em ployment in the papor mills in that cltr. & FJyder Shoo Repnirinj? ,1M Reward, f Iff t HmxxI ie iMrfi that thr H at Uast on I nWUYo cur In nil Ks'staffciT and that l Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh 9hH (a, the wiljr poMtlve eur now known to the wwJIchI iraurnlty. Otarrln'Mmr' Constitutional d !, rnoulrfa, .roaolUmiOMl twal mrnt. Half's Catarrh Cur Is taken In urnallr, aditi dlwelly upas Die Mood and mucous surface Kf the sys lets, tlitro by ilMtroylnir the foundation or the dl mm, and giving the patient strength by bulldln up the constitution and ae xilnc nature In doing- Its work. Tho proprietors have so much foHh In It curative row er that they olTrrOne Hundred Dollars for any ee that It falls to cure. Bend for list of testimonials. AMrrMl V. J, C1I15HRT CO., Toledo, O. Bold br all IruBtlli, 11c. Take Hall's VimWr I'llle for eonatlpatlea. E. E. Morrison shlppod two cars of tablo potatoos oat this wook and one car of sood potatoes to points In tho Wlllamtitte valloy, Mrs. Robert Sldwcll went to Coburg Tuesday to bo with her son Austin Sld wcll who Is seriously 111 at his .home in Coburg. Mr. Sidwpli has bocn ill for somo tlmo. Mrs. F. B. Wllmot of Sprlngflold JuncUon is convalescing from aaovcro attack of pneumonia. She Is In tho Sprlngflold hospital. J, F. Aubrey of Jasper caught his hand In a gopher trap last Tuesday Infecting a sovero wound. Blood polo inlng set in and ho Is now In this city for medical treatment, ",frs. Barbara A Darling who rocontly aoved to Lebanon from this city, waa In Springfield yesterday and today ls iiltig her son William Darling and" his family. Mr. McPhcrson, who Is working for .tho Booth-Kelly company at Wcndllng was .taken ill last week and was brought to Springfield Sunday for medical treatment ParUcnlar people prefer purchasing perfectly pure potent pills, powders, potions, plasters, patents, pen-), paper, and pleasing perfumes at Peery's Painstaking Pill Parlor. Halllo Bryon of this city, who has bocn attending the local high school has discontinued his school work and loft Tuesday ovonlng for hoseburg whoro ho will work. Dr. W. "W. Hart, who formerly lived In this city, visited friends here Thurs day. Ho has enlisted in tho army as a dentist surgeon and expects to leave for tho oast at once. Herbort Moon. Fred Lcmley. Hugh Lansborry, and Glen LeVeo all memr hers of the 3C1 Ambulance corps at Camp Lewis spent Sunday at their homes in this city. Mrs. J. S. Draco and son Willard of this city left this morning for Gold smith whoro they will visit for several days with Mrs. Bruco's daughter "Miss Bertie Bruce, who is teaching in tho schools there. . it. Mlas Sadie Lambert and Earl Bald win motored to Wcndllng Sunday to' visit at the homo of Miss Lambert's atint and Uncle, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hill who recenUy movod to Wcndllng from Sprlngflold. Miss Marlon Richmond and Miss Merle Nlmmo, teachers In tho Spring field public schools, spent last week end nt tha homo of Miss Nimmo's par ents in Albany. For -salo or trado, 6 acres, fine land, 4 acroB prunes bearing, 4 room Bungalow", near Santa Clara. Will trado for Sprlngflold proporty. Soo GORE & ROWE. adv. Mrs. J. II. Brown of Thurston, who haB been visiting during tho winter with her son in Canada, returnod Fri day evening. Sho was tho guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Browning of this city until Saturday, when she went on to hor homo In Thurston. Those registered at tho Sprlngflold hotol -this week nro Waldon Trotter; Ltjo Mlllor; John Browman; R. 0. Wilkinson; Harry Bauman and wife,. Notl; Oris Wilkinson Coburg; B. Wk Snipers, Leaburg; John IIlndersr'A. Anders; M. A. Young, Coburg. Mr. and Mrs. Howard "Woods1, 'find family of ' this city moved to Eugono Monday, whoro hjr. Woods will bo in chargo of tho spiling of tho Welnhard products in Lano county. Ho was 'for merly foromdri of tho Wolnhard's Icb and Cold Storage plant here. Card of Thanks Wo, the ladles of. tho G. A R., wish to thank all those, who ably asslstod us in' giving tho war relief dance, oa- poclally Messrs, Ppery and Winron roidi ., . adv. To Work In Shipyard Mr. and Mrs, I.. W. Bailor of this t.iitv left. .Mondoy for Portland wnero Hr, Bpkor will bo oraployod. Ho has work in n. Bhlpyard thoro. t M. N. Thompson of thi city who hkn been on an extended trip o Bead apd' otter points InEastcrn, Oregon returned. oW Friday! . His trip was raado In the interests of his "mining property thore. Bcforo his return he I visited, Vancouver and the,, Vancouver V.. u -I. " r Mr. and";Mr. C; T, Wllspn and son Raymond have been visiting for the past week nt the homo of Mrs. WIN son's mother Mrs, J. A, Godtnan of tills city. Their home is. In. Marcola. Tho Springfield Mill and Ele,yator company shipped two car loads of flour out this week. They were load od on Morrison's spur, Uto Growmore in your garden, rind you will raise enough more- stuff to buy a Liberty Bond. 21b. cans only 3Cc, 261b. sacks JZ.35. Remember, Gromoro Is 4 times as strong as other fertilisers and goes 4 times as far and costs less money. See us for Early Seed Potatoes, Onion Seta, harden Seeds, etc Springfield Feed Comp any, jftlv. BASKET SOCIAL There will be a basket social at the Glenwood school on Friday eve&lBg April 12, at eight P. M. A good pro gram will bo given, after which tke baskets will be auctioned. All ladies are invited to bring baskets and help the schol, as the proceeds will go for Junior Red Cross work. adv. BIG PROJECT NEAR HERE Will Irrigate Eighteen Thousand Acres Near Springfield. Among the water permits Issued during the first quarter of this year by John H. Lewis, State Engineer, according to a statement issued by his office, was that of the Lane county irrigation project between the Willam ette and McKenile rivers near Spring field. 1 The largest Irrigation project un dertaken during the last quarter was that of R. iLrQfnham, whose offices are Jn California. Tho company con templates tho Irrigation of 18,000 acres of land In Lane county, for which it proposes to use the waters of the McKcnzie river, stored In Fish anil Clear lakes. The cost of the pro ject will bo $270,000. s. .Baptist Church .aandar-sShooI at 10 A. M. Preach injj'nt.ll A. M. The subject of the morning sermon will bo: "Sorrow For SlnV" Tho young people will meet at 7, P.- M. and the church service at 8:00 P. M. The subject will be "Bap tists and the War." Prayer meeting Thursday evening at 8 P. M. The subject being "The State of Man," Walter Bailey, pastor. Christian Church Sundaxvschool at 10 A. M. Preach ing at 11 A. M. The morning subject wlUvM-t'LooklnK-unto Recompence." In -the' evening there will be Christian Endeavor at 7 P. M. and church serv ices at 8 P. Jf. The subject for the ovenlng will bo "Beginning from Jer uselem." SPECIAL NOTICE Parties owing us can make their payments at First 'National or Coinmer cial State Bank. HAYDEN & METCALF. ", Armenian Fund Grows At noon Tuesday the local Armen ian fund had reached the sum of 178.00 The drive has only been on a short while: This sum will probably be in creased in the next few days. The solicitors for tho town of Springfield wero Mrs. J. P. Rabley, Mrs. Sue Gilo, and Mrs. W. B. McKInney. Besides tho amount turned tn thero Is more than $9 In pledges which will bo paid later. Organlzea Home Guard At an enthusiastic meeting bold at Coburg Sunday afternoon, a home guard battalion was organized, and 45 men signed up as initial members. Judqo G, F. Skipworth made the. prin cipal, address of tho afternoon, which was along patriotic lines, and very heartily applauded, and Captain-Adjutant Dean II. Hayes, of tho Eugene, homo guard battallop, assisted in on ganlzitig. Captain Hayes represented Colonel Leader, who was prevented by a previous engagoment from being present, "but who Will go over and re view tho troops later. The Coburg unit will drill at that place nt 2 o;clqck every Sunday' afternoon. , Are Married Saturday a OreV O'Brion of Loamirg1 nndv Stella O. Brondoll of Vlda wero married Satur day 'fef torhoon- at the home of James Ot (nrien in Eugone,' ' Rov. A. L, Crim preformed tho 6eremony. HO.Lg, ANNUAL MEETING Illustrated Lecture WHI 9't Feature l , .- Red CrM &nert Arrangements have been completed by the committee for the annua! meet ing of the Sjirlngfleld auxiliary ojr the Red Cross to bo held on the ovenlng of April 23 at 7:45 o'clock In tbo Meth odist church. , Following the annual report and election of officers an illustrated lee turo will be given' My Alfred1 Powers of the Red Cross 'cxtentlon "depart ment. Tho pictures will consist of. colored views of "the Red Cross work as' It is being' doneln tho hospitals and elsewhere at the front, also tn tho work rooms In tho United States. Views of tho war will also be shown . This meeting will bo free to th'o pulllc. Members of- tbo Red Crowi are especially requested to be present and wear tho Red Cross button. - ATTENTION, NEIGHBORS. Tho M. W. A meet tho third Thurs day of each month In W. O. W. HalL Visiting members welcome. K. O. NETTLETON, Acting Clerk. ' adv. "Mrs-. Mary Vaughan Dead Mrs. Mary Vaughan, formerly of Springfield, died at Vancouver, Wash ington. April 1. She and her1 husband Rev. Daniel Vaughan moved to Oregon in 1871. from the middle western states. They settled in this city and lived here for 20 years. She leaves two children to mourn her loss Nancy M. WalJJce of Hubbard, Oregon and J. W. Vaughan of Vancouver, "Washington. Attention Ladies 1! The next meeting of the Home Ec onomics study club will be held- at- tho Lincoln school Friday April 19 at 4:00 P. M. The nutritive value e-f-eggs will be presented by Mrs. W. L. Rouse. Program committee Mesdames June Korf, James Evans, and R..-L. Smith, subject "Cuts of meat and thelr uses." All ladles welcome.. Big Sum For Y. W. C. A. . Springfield is right up to the -front- as usual with her drives. In the recent drive for funds for the Y. W. C A. tho people of this city and vicinity, re sponded gladly and the sum of 160 n nnhKrHhPiT Thin nmntmt hn hppn turned In by the local campaign chair, man,- Mrs. Percy Tyson. Accepts New Position Miss Dorris Slkaa has accepted a position as bookeeper at the Cox and Cox grocery and drygoods store. Miss, of France, When the Germans re Sikes is a senior in Springfield high treated they swept the civilians before school and she Vilf graduate with herv'enl- t.AU'h?t? ?b!a .t0.7k,?,?P , , , . . . them they kept behind their lines; the class in June. She began her new. noavroalccr-that is. tho feeble old duties yesterday. people and the small children they : . have allowed to return. These are tl Get Big Flag i refugees, the people we have to help - ., n r, rv.." i-.t... make homes for nndnnukc self-support- ity have purchased a large American flag, five by eight feet, which they will use to decorate their candy kitchen, FEAR RECURRENCE OF PLAGUE Government Experts Favor Extermina tion of Rats Also as a War' Measure for Saving Foodt i... Government experts nrq urging thnt fm "le ?." f their once comfort th rat be exterminated ns a waHneus-.W? hSJl e6e thC'f KK,overfim;nt nro for saving food. Thevwnste eac&Hl? de,nr,untnbIc woojen year duc.to.the TodenLli estl ranted. nt'!"u??s. These we furnish $2Op,0gO.()OQ,. A full-grown rnt' 'cbnW T 7v 1 J", sumes: morp food than a bnby. addition, the animal is 'a menace" to health. The terrible scourge of the b'ubonlc1 plague In Europe and Asia was spread by rats and their parasites. When the plague M-as tarried by the animals In ships to our Pacific coast, a cam paign for their extermination was convork or vegetn,)les The flr8t t'nIng ducted In; the seaports nt much cost, The disease was thus stomped out as It had been In the Orient, by the pound' of cure lnstend of the ounce of pre vention. Tho plague returns nt Intervals from Its breeding places In the overcrowded' nnd filthy cities of Asia. War, pesti lence and famine travel hand In hand. A recurrence may be expected as a re sult of the deprivations of war among the Impoverished eastern people. Turks Sought British Aid. "A relief from the atrocities of war may be seen In the excerpt of a letter from h nephew of mine," writes Val entine Itoblnson, 40 Wall street, New York, in the Herald, who is in the en gineers' corps In Palestine: " 'After the files and sand of the des ert the gross and trees of were very grateful to the eye. We soon bad n little brush with tho Turks and some of our men weTe hurt; we drove them' off and soon after u Hug of truce came In with thre'e'TdrklKh oftlceT'sr They wanted to borrow a doctor; Jhelrs had been killed. Two of the officers, Mma Jprs," wero tosrcmnln as hostages for big snf$ return, pevons Volunteered nnd when become buck'mtd with him two -tt-t-t;, ..regiment .wounded thnt they had' given hlra In gratitude. The. two uuys iittu uvea irrmcu weiii uui were glad to be back wth their own folk.' " JO RESTORE FRANCE Amerjcarig Art D of rig Wondtrful ' Reconstruction fri Devas tated Section. LIVE INTRUDE BARRACKS M' Anne Morgan and Her ,Co-Wrk-ers Share In Primitive Life While Carrying 'on Lzboro Amcng - " Destitute People. Now York-MlRs Mnrgnrct Steven son, co-worker-of Mlxs Anno Morgan In devastated Prance, lfs Just arrived In tills" country with the first djroct news of -the reconstruction work liTW'.-tdr ac complished by 'this American Fhntl for Fr.rnch Wounded nnlt composed of ten American women. Miss Stevcnwn told of the 27 villages they have partly re hnbllltated, of the 5,000 acres of land they have had cultivated, the hundreds of refugee families they have clothed, fed and installed in houses they have f urnished ; the classes they are running for children who have run wild sines the beginning of the German occupa tion, and of the community center Uiy have established at Blerahcourt, la tfea heart of the ravaged region. Live In Rude Barracks. "We are living in rude wooden bsrz 'racl fc< on the ruins of, the, oM Chateau of Blerancourt," 'said Mlas Stevenson. "Our barracks are 'far nisbed twith the same un'palnted fur niture and plain Iron beds that we give to the peasants.. The heads, ef crar unit. Miss Anne Morgan and' Miss Anne Drake, share -with us la this Primitive life. They are up nt seven o'clock In the morning, tidy up their huts, help with the dishes, nnd then arc. off about their dutirc, visiting the refugees, finding out tlelr wants and helping Install them In temporary -shelters. Both Miss Morgan and Miss Dike speak. French as well as they do English, and they have entered deeply l1"1? th of the people. Some- "Pp? ll '"!!, "! iiua ifcvu i t'siui lu i lit; LUiiiuiuuiLii: binder the care of the American Fund nnlt," Miss Stevenson says. "The French government has placed this unit In charge "of the Alsne nnd Som mefdistricts, both of which were sys teniatlcally devastated by the Ger . roans. ."Our unit Is militarized nnd works directly under the French army,' I Onnnnnnn ATnl.tnn.l T1..rt..t. mUary u Mlss 9rgan bus obtained valuable aid. Soldiers cn eight-day leave from the trenches are put, under her direction, to help rebuild shattered homes and plow the neglected fields. There arc no able- bodied men or women left In this part log. Wonderful People. t "They are wonderful too, these old people," Miss Stevenson went on. 'TThey returp to their destroyed homes worn out with suffering nnd hardships, but ho sooner are they on their beloved soil agnln than they seem revitalized, .titled with .energy, nnd the deslro to re store nil thnt has been destroyed. They 'Wild one-room shelters for themselves !uth'en1utfnsTj;, nnd we supply them with clothing nnd foodstuffs. Every thing that is sent to us from America we give them without cost, but the stoves nnd kitchen utensils that we luty In Paris we sell for two-thirds the cost. They prefer to have it so, and they pay any way they choose In Ihey do when they reach their homes is to start a garden, and ninny of. them hnve been able to support themselves this way. Others make their living by washing for the soldiers. These are all very old people, remember, aged men and 'women of seventy-five and e,ven eighty. They walk from villages miles away to get help from us, and they wheel great loads of supplies on wheelbarrows some eight or ten miles over cobble roads. "These old people who hnve worked hard and denied thcmsolves- nil their lives so they would have n competency In their old age hnve to begin life again with nothing but their stiff old hands Hid their courageous hearts. They all regret now thnt they didn't have a llt tlo more fun out of life when they wero younger, thnt they had not Tut off ease nnd comfort until their old age. But they do riot complain ; they Jija,t dig-In and work harder-than ever to make n home for tho sons and ijhnghlers whomay come back at the en'fl of Mho war, or nt least for the grandchildren."' Shot Into Her Foot Mlo. MIch.T-MIss . Lottlo Pertre woko at 2 a. m'.' recently "n a coIm ' wea,t nnd .saw, what she thought wub ( 11 " v wV nwi frn. reached under her pillow for u I "Iftol and shot off two nf her owt . T