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TUIURSDAY, MAY 0, 1018. ,) PAGE 2 THB SPRINGFIELD NBWS EARNS 14 CENTS A DAY; ;HAS, WIFE AND BABY hi Yd Tfeis Tree Story Has a Happy Eliding. tfEven a Frenchman sometimes loses, for awhile at least, hla "unfailing" sense of humor. Take, for Instance, the case of a nan from Lille, a soldier. Waeltele by same and only twenty-three. He had done pretty well, for the youngster bad already his own printing shop In that northern French town, which Is still ln aide the German lines. In the trenches Waeltele developed tuberculosis, and 'fee was seat to a hospital at Grenoble. There he was considered Incurable, and after the usual three months of treatment he was granted his 14 cents a day pension. Said his fatherly army doctor, "My son, you can perhaps' cure yourself If you will live In the moun tains. If you will eat plenty of nour- l&hlng food and, above all. If you don't Worry." Waeltele should have smiled, but he didn't He was thinking of his baby and his wife and his 14 cents. "Don't worry!" The humor of It entirely es caped him. Then the Bed Cross stepped In. Be Was found by an American woman With some American Bed Cross money tor Just such cases, and within a few hours he no longer had need to worry. He was sent to the mountains at La mure, in the French Alps, happy In the knowledge that hla family was be ing cared for by these amazingly kind Americans. And now the army doctor's words are coming true. Waeltcles lung Is healing fast, and he Is dreaming of another printing shop and of living again some day with that little family. There have been over 400,000 new cases of tuberculosis In France since the war started, and to care for these cases and check the White Plague's spread is merely one of the big Jobs . the American Bed Cross has set out to accomplish. FATHER AT WAR, TRAGEDYAT HOME Just What Home Service Means to a Soldier. The father kisses his wife and Hd dles goodby, shoulders his gun and marches away to war. For a time the current of life flows smoothly for the soldier's little fami ly. Then comes the tragedy. Mother Is taken 111. The little brood of broth ers and sisters is helpless. No father to turn to. A helpless mother I To whom can the American soldier's tarally look at this critical perlodT Must a brave man's loyalty to hla country mean desolation and suffering to those nearest and dearest to him? No! Emphatically no I The Ameri can people will not permit the fami lies of their soldiers and sailors to suffer because their breadwinners are fighting for their country. And so the Bed Cross Department of Civilian Be lief has created a nationwide organ ization for home serylce for the faml lies of soldiers and sailors. Dnder the banner of "Home Serv ice" patriotic men and women have enrolled and are devoting themselves to the 'noble task of helping soldiers' families to meet and adjust the prob lems of everyday life and aiding them to maintain the standards of health, .education and Industry. Home Service True Service. Home service menns keeping the sol dler'a children well and In school. It means tiding the family over financial troubles, arranging the household budget, meeting Insurance premiums, adjusting a mortgage, bringing med ical aid and legal advice to bear ut the right moment In short "Home Serv ice" Is true service, In that It provides the warm handclasp of friendship rather than the humiliation of charity. It calls for sympathetic understanding and . Intelligent consideration pf the mofet vltul needs of the soldier's family. The Ited Cross Is pledged to "nome 'Service" wherever needed In the Unit ed States. In each chapter of the Red O033 there will be a home service section, under competent hands, whose mlMiIon will be to protect the welfare of the soldiers' and sailors' homes and to safeguard the normal development of their families In employment and In Ideals of self help and self reliance. it "Tho work that the Red Cross Is doing In Prance thlc winter Is worth more dan a million and a half American soldiers In tho "nes In France today," Qeneral Potaln. UNITED STATES SENATOR CHARLES L McNARY Because United States Senator Charles L. McNary has made good ho should he nominated to succeed him- solf In the Republican Primary, May 17th. From the day he became Senator i he has loyally championed tho prose cution of the war, and during his term of office has accomplished more for Oregon than any other member In i Congress In a like period. Among his colleagues he Is known as "Tho man on the Job" and during the present war crisis Oregon should consider Itself fortunate in having an ; opportunity to return him and not bo compelled to send to Washington, a new, untrained man. ' Believing that the supreme obllgn-! ' Uon he owes his country Is to help i win the war, Senator McNary, Instead of returning to his State to conduct a political campaign, is at his post ia Washington working for Oregon and aiding in the prosecution of the war. Always since entering the Senate he has been a friend of our soldiers , and sailors and has introduced legis lation giving them preferential home stead rights and repeatedly cham pioned their cause when their welfare , was In Jeopardy. j i Championing the' cause of the Ore-' j gon farmers. Senator McNary pro ' cured for them a primary wheat mark-; et, saving thereby several million dol-; lars to the wheat growers of theNorth , west. J I Realizing the present 'Food Control ' : Law falls to fix prices for many com- modities, Senator McNary has Intro- I duced, and is laboring for the passage Jof a bill, striking at profiteering and fixing prices on the necessaries ofi life. ' Senator McNary has Procured: ! Government contracts for the first time in the State's history for Oregon i iroducts, such as prunes, dehydrated i lotatoes and vegetables in large quan- ities. Large contracts from the govern nent for army clothing and shipbulld-, frig and lumbering industries. Favorable action by tho senate com mitlce on irrigation on a bill provld-; Ing for the government marketing of , district Irrigation bonds, thereby sup- j plying funds for irrigation district projects. j Favorable action from same com-; mlttee on a bill authorizing the Sec-' retary of tho Interior to accept irriga- ( Uon or district drainage bonds and exchange them with the Becretary of j tho Treasury for certificates' of indent- J edness, thereby providing funds for' legitimate projects. Senator McNary Is Working: For prompt payments of allotments to dependent relatives of our soldiers j and sailors. A comprehensive plan for' the util ization o! the water power resources fof Oregon. I For the construction of a coast mJIi-' ( tary highway at Government expense. ! ! Senator McNary was born on a form ' ln Oregon; reared In tho Baptist j church; educated In the public schools i worked his way through Stanford Uni versity; la a lawyer and farmer and has been a llfo-Iong republican. He was formerly a Justice on tho Su no Court and later chairman ot the State Republican Central Com mlttteo. Space forbids further enumeration of tho vast amount of work Senator ( McNary has dono for Oregon, but nny ono will rcalizo from tho foregoing tho Senator has displayed truly ro marVaMe ability, coupled with extra ordinary diligence and energy. Hla oit'' State can best show Its pp. tp ' ''on of his faithful and' offl iler nrvlcos by nominating and elect- "R B. KAY, Pnte Treasurer. U. S. Must Cut Use 1 Of Wheat by One-Half America Consumed 42,000,000 Bushels Monthly. From Now Until Harvest Must Use Only 21,000,000. RATION PER PERSON IS 1J POUNDS OF WHEAT PRODUCTS WEEKLY Military Necessity Calls for Gretter Sacrifico Here Allied War Bread Must Be Maintained Our Soldien and Sailors to Have Full Allowance. If we nre to furnish the Allies with tho necessary propor tion of wheat to maintain their war bread from now until the next harvest, and this is a military necessity, wo must rcduco our monthly consumption to 21,000,000 bushels a month, as against our normal consumption of about 42,000,000 bushels, or 50 per cent, of our normal consumption. This is the situa tion as set forth by the U. S. Food Administration at Washing ton. Reserving: a margin for distribution to the army and for special cases, leaves for general consumption approximately 1( pounds of wheat products weekly per person. The. Food Administration's statement continues: Many of our consumers are dependent upon bakers' bread. Such bread must be durable and therefore, requires a larger proportion of wheat products .than cereal breeds baked in the household. Our army and navy require a full allowance. The well-to-do in our population can make greater sacrifices in the consumption of wheat products than can the poor. In addition, our population in the agricultural districts, where the other cereals are abun dant, are more skilled in the preparation of breads from these other cereals than the crowded city and industrial populations. With improved transportation conditions we now have avail able a surplus of potatoes. We also have in the spring months a surplus of milk, and we have ample corn and oats for human consumption. The drain on rye and barley, as substitutes, has already greatly exhausted the supply of these grains. To effect the needed saving of wheat we are wholly dependent upon the voluntary assistance 6f the American people and we ask that the following rules shall be observed: 1. Householders to use not to exceed a total of 1H pounds per week of wheat products per person. This means not more thmi 1 pounds of .ctory bread containing tho required percentage of substitutes und one-half pound of cooking Hour, macaroni, crackers, pastry, pies, cukes, wheut breakfast cereals, all combined. ' 2. I'ubllc eating places und clubs to observe two whcutless days pnrweok, Monduy and Wednesday, n at present. In addition thereto, not to serve to any one guest at any one meal an aggregate of brcudBtuffs. macaroni, cruckers, pastry, pies, cukes, wheut breakfast cereals, containing a total of more than two ounces of wheat flour. No wheat products to be served unless specially ordered. Public eat ing establishments not to buy more than six pounds of wheat products for each ninety meals served, thus con forming with tlie llmltatlons requested of the householders. S. Retailers to sell not more than one-eighth of a barrel of flour to any town customer ut any one time and not more than one-quarter of n barrel to any country customer at any ana time, und in no case to sell wheut products without the sale of an equal weight of oUier cereals. 4. We ask the bakers and grocers to reduce the volume of Victory bread sold, by delivery of the three-quarter pound loaf where one pound wns sold before, and corresponding proportions In-other weights. We also ask bakers not to Increase the amount of their wheat flour purchases buycad "0 per B. W. SLEEMAN, Bus. Rep. of District Council of Carponters. MRS, GEO. W. McMATH, Pres. of Cooperative League. THOMAS A. McBRIDE, Chief Justice of Oregon Supremo Couit T, B. NEUHAUSEN, Vice-Chairman Hughes Campaign Committee. Paid Advertisement Thurston to Have Flag Last Friday ovenlng a program was given at tho graduation exercises of tho Thurnton schools, to raise funds for the purchase of a now flag for tho public schoolo. The sum of $10.70 was raised. Misu Allco Zimmerman, In structor, had charge of tho exercises. Proper rood for Weak Stemach Tho pro' or food for ono man mny bo all wi;." for anothor. Every one should ado. nnd oflcn VfR '.I caw . , mar is J't bow V w stupid Cham' r iho -The- ' . , effect. . diet suited to his ago 'S.'n..., TJjobo who havo .j neo' to bo eapoclall -hpyjd eat elowly and ;ood thoroughly, Jt i In t thoy koop their Vhan thoy hocomo 'o'fhey feol dull and thoy should tplco ToMetf ' to t ctrongthon .5 tnrr tV-' vowol o take mid pleasant In dr. cent, of the uverugo monthly umounl purchased In the four months prior to March I. f. Manufacturers using wheat prod ucts fur non-food purposes should cease such use entirely. 0. There Is no limit upon the use of other cereals, flours, and meals, corn, hurley, buckwheut, potato Hour, et cetera. Mirny thousand families throughout the Innd are now using no wheat prod ucts whatever, except n very small amount for cooking purposes, nnd arc' doing so In perfect health ami satisfac tion. There Is no reason why nil of the American people who arc ublu to cook In their own households eatinot subsist perfectly well with the use of less wheat products than one nnd one half pounds n week, and we specially ask the well-to-do households In the country to follow this additional pro gramme In order that u mny provide the necessary marginal supplies for those parts of the community less able to .adapt themselves to so large a pro portion of substitutes. In order thnt we shall bo ablo to mako the wheat exports that are ab solutely demanded of us to maintain the civil population nnd soldiers of the allies and our own army, we propose to supplement Ihe voluntary co-operation of the public by a further limita tion of distribution, and we shall place at once restrictions on distribution which will be adjusted from time to time to secure ns nearly equitable ills trlbutlon as possible. With the arrival of harvest we nhotild be nblo to' relax such restrictions. Until then we ask for the necessary patience, snrrlllee and co-operation of the distributing trades. APHIS IS SERIOUS PEST Solution for Spray Given by County Agricultural Agent Aphis Is rooro troublesomo than usual this year, and the following spray is recommended by N. S. Robb, county agricultural agent: 1 teaspoon' of black leaf 40. 1 cubic Inch of laundry soap. 1 gallon of water. If tho aphis aro bothering peas, use 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls. If tho spray draws together In drops on tho loaves, mora soap should bo used. Tho insects themselves must receive a thorough coat of spray or thoy will not bo killed. Sovoral appli cations aro necessary to control tho aphis. First Half of Tax s Paid Tho first half of Lano county's stato tnxos for 1917 has been turnod in by county treasurer S. W, Taylor to atato troasuror T. B. Kay. Thin amounts to ?fj8,6 10.30 which is moro than half of tho 1110 lax, which amounted to $05,941,015. Tho socond half of tho tax la duo Novombor second. Must Spray Fruit ' fording to C. 13, Stowart county fr ( (m pot 'or, aorno orchardlKte n -rn'iM y.si ... tipra for scab In ordc i ... I to insula u loot', sound fruit crop this should bo dono at once. Ml aOVEHNOR GUS C. MOSER Republican , President Oregon State Bona to For Rural Credits extension, Irrigation, Drainage and Dovelopmont of all our resources. For assistance by Portland capital and business to ovory section of our great state. For tho rights of both Labor nnd Capital under a t schoiuo of mutual co-operation. , For Good Roads, but Fighting the Paving Trust Wo arc paying about $5000 moro per 10 foot mllo of Bitulithlc Pavoinent In Oregon than Is being paid In Washington. Let us build good roads in every coun ty In the Btatc GIVE EVERY COUNTY A SQUARE DEAL, Elect MOSIIER and you will forovcr banish tho subtlo influence of tho Paving TniBt from Oregon Poli tics. AGGRESSIVELY INDEPENDENT. (Paid adv.) Time and Skill J THE little details othero overlook receive our most considerate attention a reason why our glasses aro above the average In quality. Perfect vision is a success. This explains why of the eyes. SAVE YOUR SHERMAN Broken Lenses EYE SIGHT SPECIALIST Factory Quickly AND OPTIcTAN on- Replaced 881 Willamette Stroot Promises TELEPHONE 362 I Are YOU Going to Do Your Part? UNCLE SAM NEEDS YOUR QUARTERS, HALF DOLLARS AND DOLLARS in tho biggest Job ho over tackled to keep this country free. HE DOESN'T ASK YOU TO GIVE. HE WANTS YOU TO SAVE and lend to tho governmnot to save, and Invest ALL YOU NEED IS 25 CENTS TO BEGIN. Buy your first Wor Stamp today. Buy moro as .fast as you can. ALL YOUR MONEY WILL BE PAID BACK to you In five years with a good, sure profit better than 21 on your investment. INVEST IN WAR STAMPS. THEY ARE ON SALE AT OUR OFFICE -an authorized agency of tho Uni ted States Treasury Department. OREGON POWER Co. Springfield A Patriotic American A NATIVE OF WISCON SIN ACE, 47. FOR 27 YEARS A RESI DENT OF OREGON; A -VICTORIOUS. CHAM-' PION OF THE RIQHT8 OF THE PEOPLE. For n vigorous prosecu tion of tho wnr to a victor ious conclusion. For strict business prin ciples in mnnagomont of stato affairs. Moody' Dep-Curv Kryptok Leoiei Aro Ucttcr great factor in all notablo a person Bhould tako care EYES. W. MOODY I