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About The Springfield news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1916-2006 | View Entire Issue (July 11, 1918)
. VJ'"' XV AX r t fifi n JL J- ,1 IMi A-jI f 1 Hl ;itiri 'it- ii. "iii.u -tirltittal l.ireon, -meooiirl-iUm mutlerutiilrtr ct of Ooiigrt ol H amji, 1R7V SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNT V, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 11-18, 1918 VOL. XVII. NO. 24 NEWS i BELL THEATRE 10 OPEN SUNDAY I JULY 2 W. J. White, Former Owner, to Reopen Theatre With Pop ular Comedy Drama. "SKINNER'S DRESS Play -Will Feature Two Famed Etta nay-Start, Bryant Waihburn and 1 Mln Hazel Daly. 6 . . Inga day." Tho Doll Theatre will reopen undor 110 a"15- particular attention to the. W. JMVhlto, tho former owner, next f"1 of the President's proclamation ... . '"at urgca u.o pooplo every where to Sunday evening with a very popular pMg0 thomaelvea to the practice of comedy drama entitled, "Sklnner'a thrift, to aerve their government to Droaa Suit" This play la taken from tho utmost by Increasing tho produc ts atory of that namo and haa al- Uon ,D " fleIdB necessary to winning ready won great favor every where tho l con"erT0 fd, ant! fuo1 ot ' ,... .. ovor7 kind, to devote their labor only It haa been ahown. Tho atory deala to tne roof)t n.odcd taBk an(J to b with a married couplo who have to only tn,njf, eatcntM to ,ndwJdunI live up to their nolghbora with poor hcaIth nnd omcioncy. circumstances, and the trlala and dlf- .., tniBt B food ndmlnlrator8 Acuities keep tho nudlonco Intensely ,n ,ho Btnt0 8aJ(, Mr Aycj w ,ond Interested all tho while. Of courao all lholr cH,pcratlon ,n tho tnrift cam. turns out right, but tho play can palgD and ad Jfl mak, u ft BUCcea. hardly bo en oyed to hear of it ond M thoy navo mado our food conBor will plcaso all that boo It. Tho atory vntlon efforts. ran In tho Saturday Evening Post some tlmo ago, nnd thoso who read It will be glad to know that a good Off arm I? n n rl c in chance to sco It Sunday night Tho Doll Thcatro wan closed tho ' first of last May and has been missed . a great dual slnco thon, arid It waa very Inconvenient to go to pugeno to be able to boo a good roovlo, Tho show ia Indeed gottlng a good begin ning play and will bo supported if a, good run la kept up now that tho.mllle are both running and the number of raca employed live here. The theatre haa run horo for many tho Oregon roads atatoa: yeara, and perhaps tho beat pictures Willamette Volloy-CaBcado Mbun wefa abown under the ausplcos or Mr. . ' , . , . " . . Whlta of CotUge OroVe during tho U,B W8n rMd p8a end ,n fa,r.Coa' time that btf ran Uio ahow. d,t,on fltween Foster and the summit Many or the people of Springfield of tho Caution ahould be will be gladlo hoar of tho reopening UBOd la " the brldgea on thla hero and all hope that the manager route " B0Toral ot them aro to dRn will meet with aucceeB ao that the B00 con,1lt,0n. theatre will bo able to remain mn Hebo-Neskowin open and in permv and a show run two or throe times a week at least Olrl Writes Poem. Tho following Ilttlo vorso was writ ton for Tho NewB by Naomi Hnrblt. who is twolvo years old. Sho Is woll known horo, having boon rnlsod here: YoB.sho's tho flag -"Old Glory," Long may sho wavo on high! I wish that wo might always soo thnt banner In tho sky. Undor Its folds tho battlo Bhout Is hoard from fnr nnd nonr; Our own dear boys' blood Is shed for us, This war Is so sovoro. O, turn tho dark cloud lnsldo out, Wo sing It o'er nnd o'or, Why am I talking thus? You know Wo'ro going to win tho war. J. C. Holkrook Moyes. ' Cascndo Locks nnd Hood Itlver by J. C. Holbrook nnd family movod rail or boat on wcok dnys. to their farm near Brownsvlllo Wed- McKcnilo road pass open and In nosday. . They havo resided In Spring- K01' condition, Eugono to west boun flold for tho past throo years, nnd Mr. Jary of tho Cascndo national forest. Holbrook waB In tho hardware busl- Poor condition from west boundary of nosB for some tlmo. Their daughters, tho forest to tho Sisters. Boatrlco and Dorothy, woro both stu- Draln-Scottsburg open and In good dents at tho Springfield high school, condition the entire length. Boatrlco bolng a mombor of tho June Klamath Falls-Bond (via Fort Klam graduating class and Dorothy In tho nth) open and in fair condition, freshman class. They wore both very Crescent Clty-Bandon const road activo In tho school and had won pop- open and in fair condition for .entire nlarlty among their many frlonds route; somo rough placos. bore. Mr, and Mrs. Holbrook wore Grants PasB-Croscent City open en active members in the Christian tire length, and In good condition ex church here, copt for 'a few rough places. . I Pacific highway open and In fair To Have Y. M. C. A. Drive. condition, Boseburg to Grants Pass There is to bo another, great drive and Medford. In good condition, for the Y, M, C, A. fund next Novom- arants Pass to Wolf creek, ber, At a meeting of the mombora of the committee in the Pacific Coast WASHBURN MOURNS states a short time ago, eight states CARASSII'S DEATH were represented and the delegates ' tnsn each state accepted their pro ' Bryant Washburn, In Essanay's f ca rats, os bacd on the- last Liberty ture, "Sklnner'a Dress Suit," In grief Loan drive. atriokvn. His ca resell aurata ia dead. :;, ; , , .,. - An ajley cat slipped through an open , . ArrMtad for Larceny. door at Washburn's apartment and ate B Bladen, who was wanted in Lino carassll aurata, leaving nothing otwnty on ii charge of larceny, has but 8 flBe 0Ter which to mourn, Suro, been arrested ot Lob Angeles. Shorlff 't was a gold flehl Blkina will leave soon for that phco Theatre, unday, July 21. to bring Bladen hacy for trial, adv. APPEAL MADE FOR W. S. S. I People Are Aiked to Buy War Saving etampt. r. M, Wllklns, Lnno county food 'administrator, linn rocolvoil nn appeal from W. I). Ayor, atato ailmlnlatrator, which was scut to him by Herbert Hoovor to buy War Raving StampB. lio makoa an appeal that all tho fed eral and county food administrate en tor Into tho War Saving Stamp cam paign whole hcartedly. Hoovor Bays: "An thrift and con aorvatlon go naturally hand-ln-hand, It la our hopo that overy mem ber of tho food admlnlatration will SUIT" not only respond personally to this national plcdgo for war savings, but will in addition glvp hla best co-opera-ton to tho local War Savlnga com mitteemen and endeavor to Insure the complete success of national War Sav- Good Condition Regular -Report on Highways Is Issued" by' tho Federal Service. The Federal Forest Service n its weekly bulletin on tho conditions of nent summer codltion for entire route. Tlllamook-WIUamlna open and in fair condition for cntre.route. Dead Indian open between Pelican Day and Ashland. Passable for autos. Klamath Falls-Crater Lake open bo twecn K'-n.qth Falls and all Crater 1mVo VlnlB- In on,y fftlr condition bo- tween Klamath Falls and Fort Klam- ntl1- Crater Lako roads nro now nil Pn- Crater Lnko road oron nnd In good condition between Modford nnd Fort Klnmnth. Willamette road opon botweon Eu- geno nnd a point sovornl mllo beyond Onkrldgc. Closod to all vohlclos bo yoiul this point. I Columbia Itlver highway opon nnd in good condition from Portland to I Cascade Locks, Closed for construc tion between Cascndo Locks and Hood River. Cars may bo shipped between MEN OF 0. 0E. 0. HIKE UP MINZIE Four University Companies Left Last Tuesday for 15-Mile Hike Into Mountains! Last Wednesday morning ' about 8:30 a. m. tho four companleajof the Unlvenilty of Oregon suraraerachool marched through here on their way up tho McKeazle, where they held a naiue. Tney came inio town awing- In? ntnn t .n oven l!L Wlh Iheir gunn and blanket rolla over their -"- pound lota. This regulation or. tnree shoulders and singing their mrchlng thret children, Mrs. C. L. Scott, I ' Hds per jnon per month must be Monea They halted and slacksfe their Charles nnd Edward Brattaln, all liv-1 aonge. iaey nauea ana eiacKwi meir ,,-, etrlcUr adhered to, and any one part-tin. nnri mil. in th M(r tit MaJn Ing in SprlngOeld. Tho funeral ser- , ' .. ... . ,. Street, Between Third and Vearth streets, and went to Tarious placea, aeraoon ai ino weinoaisi cnurcn. - ty to trala in the modern aBtemebfle some to buy clgareUes, while, others S- A. Danford offlclated and in- laws governing food regulations. 'i at gpokaac, "Wash., as aato se wroto to frlendB at the postofflee, and termeat was made In the L O. O. F, Homseholds can secure twenty-nve chajs,ca repOTe Asgwst IS, waa re somo Just looked at what thei Is to cemetery at Eugene. pounds of sugar for home canning celved at jhe office draft seen on the main atreet of Sprligneld.1 uth M. Easter was bom in Mary- upon signing a card with their gro- 'jgy, Tmr mmi taTe On reaching their desUnaUoi they 'and October 7, 133L "While sUU cera and for 'any addiUonal aaosnt been accept6d f4H- tM servfee 'aJ had a batUe and atarted hocao the aulto young her parenta moved to that they may require for canning TeR(iy aB(I the ftKh is ye TwdeeMe noxt morning, and after watering Smlthvllle, Fayette county, Penn., 'purposes, they can secure a certificate FoUowing aro the men clea: Joy around tho town went back ts their whe" flb ed until she was grown ,rrom the county food administrator, Albert Walker BprlBgkeia, and Glea headaunrtern at tho University, where womanhood. Sho was one of nlno.who is permitted to issue permits for s Ward Lawrence -McDowell and they rented after their thirty-mile children, all of whom are now dead mounts not to exceds twenty-five Gleflt0B H Dc-teen all ot Eegene. hlks, On Thursday evening they oxcopt her sister, Mrs. W. O. Spen- .pounds at a time. People generally Both GIeH yniTi &M Lawrence Mc- havo planned to go into tho trenches nt tho cast of tho campus, and before tho dawn of tho next day they will i - imvu a uuciio miac& iuouu upon them. uoionei i.eauor says tnat real sholls will bo used and all who aro not escorted by a sodlcr will bo In danger. Tho men will remain In tho trenches until ilnyllght. Tho final review of tho summer camp will be held Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, and the camp l"0 Methodist church ror seventy-nvo merchants who sold their white flour 0f the call. At the end of the coarse, will be disbanded Saturday afternoon, years, having Joined at the age of 11 back to the government, but who have, they will -.assigned to various Fifty of tho members of the present years. At tho Umo of her affiliation not shipped It, may now send a check branches ot the service in accordances camp will be back to take part' In tho w,tl tho Springfield church there were to W. B. .yer, state food admlnistra- lth tho needa of the army, second camp starting August S The only twelve members, two of whom tor, for the amount that they received; Anehj)i for nlnsien .men from, number of atttdenta des!rrtft the are now?llTtagAf .the tlmer of her Xrom .the' goyernmaqt, thus" buyJrigLane county'to take, .training at Camp second period is set by Colonel Leader death Mrs. Brattaln was aged 88 years back the flour so that they may sell'Freemontt Calif., was received at the at 240. 8 months and 2 days. it to their patrons under the new same time. Registrants of Jane fcv eni-an cur ie eTni"T order. 1918, may be voluntarily indncted ia. EVERGREEN PRICES GOOD bUUAK oALfc lb 5TKIC1 Nearly all ot the merchants In the this call, and may be involuntarily tit- Government VV-TtT Many Berries F- M. Wllklns Notifies on Sugar for.60!"1 so,d their .white flour back to ducted provided all date one regie ; ernment r " X f . Cannlnn Purooaea. the government, but did not ship It as tranta of the JBBe. 1917. ckww have From Here. The price of evergreen berries this year are tho best ovor offered accord - Inr o N. R. nAhh Tj-n-, munir ,...ri. ... n l. . -i u i i now for a big harvest of the berries, The Kovernmont is nladne ir orders for these berVl J In all of the Places where they aro most plentiful, ad this is giving Lano county a chance to market ureat ouantltles of them ,? ,u. I . ' uanuU0B l ttnm' Jt will tako a Ilttlo more effort than was shown last year, however. Pick- era w'll bo nblo to make good dally wages nt picking them, nnd if commu- nitlos will co-operate in marketing ex- cellcnt returns will come from tho sale of tho berries, Communities should lmvo haulers who will look after the delivering of tho berries, so that there will be no duplication ot oirort. itopresentatives In ovory community should mako It a point to keep up on tho prices and t seo that tholr localities sell at this . auota on berries this season. Theso berries arn furnished to tho navv nnd overy person who lives whoro they nro plentiful nnd are going to wasto should feel It his duty to gathor them. - LEONARD GRAVES DIES Civil War Veteran Passes. Away at 8prlnofflo!d. Leonard Graves of this city, a vo toran of thQ Civil War, died at the home of his nloco, Mrs. Holmes, on Fifth street, a wook ago last Wednes day morning at 6 o'clock. Mr. Graves has resided in Lano county for n numhor ot years, and The funeral arrangements woro in Toung peoples affairs at tho Metho charge of W, F, Walker and were he'd d'Bt ?n Ho. !!aB a sraluat.e Thursday afternoon at the Walker chapel. The Apostolic Faith pastor waa In charge of the service and in terment was made In the Laurel Kill cemetery. Cliff's Restaurant Closed. The restaurant owned and operated by Mrs, Rose Letkle was closed last , of E. I, neynolds, Friday, July 12, Wednesday and will retaala do4fer ' 1918; drowning, two months. Mm. Letkie will leave BRATTATN NTrs. "Ruth Brattaln, la about a week for Portland, and July 8. aged 86 years; old age. from there will go to California, where GRAVES -Leonard Graves, Jnly 0, she will visit She has operated the aged 88 years; old age. restaurant for over a year and has JAMES Howard James, son of Mr. boen very successful In her busless. and Mrs. Wlloy James, aged 1 year; She will be back nt the end of two complication of measles and pneu months to resume her duties here. j monta. 15. a BMTTAIH PASSES AWAY i Aged Rosfdent of Springfield Dies at the Advanced Age of 86 Years. Mrs. Ruth Brattaln died at her home te East Springfield Saturday morning, July 5, at 20:30 a. m. Shelper month that Jf BTe were fer had been connned to her bed for the J paBt fer months, and owing to her, ad ,oni4 r M,t, t,n.t Tlce. were held the following Sunday cor of Houston, Texas. Sho came to Illinois and later to Iowa, where she married Alfred Brattaln in 1858. They' hail fnni- xlilMrnn nil llvlnp hut nn r . -- ( - - v In 1875 tho family moved to Spring- Held, Oregon, where they have resided ever since. Her husband died here in 1905. Mrs. Brattaln was a devoted Chris tian all her life and was a member of No merchant should be permitted 110 80,1 ' moro lQan ino pouna J'nilt of sugar, for canning, to any cus- tomer for cannlns: nurnoses without having his customer obtain pcrmls- 'n from tho county food admlnin- tr. The notice waa given Tours- da y F- w,lkln'. county food ad- nilnlstrator. "Dealers should not be K,ven blanket permits to make these 8alef. at the, own discretion and 8aie8 al ine,r own aiscreuon. ana caro -nould be exercised by you In Branting special permits for canning purposes," read tho notice, Tho nol,ce 8tates that sugar should not 00 usea 10 maKe excessive quan titles of jelly and rich preserves, but innl Iru't cnn De preserveu with much Jess sugar than has been formerly boI. It Is especially urged that fruit ," "" - " -ub-. -o 8,l)io. Walter Dlmm Gets Promotion. MrB- J- c- 'Dlmm ,ias received a" letter from her son, Walter Dlmm, atatlng that he has received a com- mUsion July 12 from Camp Lee at Petersburg, Virginia. He is a second nontenant and has been stationed at Camp Sherman In Ohio with the 309th I Tr. II... l T 1. .... uuBiiiecrB. xiu ohiiehcu mo, xsoutuuuci nnA vn immfidintolv nrnmntod as first sargoant at Washington D. C, at tho Washington barracks in tho first replacement regiment ot engt- noers. Walter Dlmm was well known here, having edited the paper with his father, J. C. Dlmm, since 1916. He has won popularity during tho Umo that ho was here among tho young peoplo and was very active in . the "liJ J 0ref.D' UAU of, "8 luck In the army and realize his abil ity there as well as that which, ha showed while among us here. Died. REYNOLDS Thomas Reynolds, eon ISUGAR PURCHASE LIMITED Number of Tlmec Purchase of Two Pounda Limited. . The sugar rcgulotlona havo not been changed, except that a restric jtion has been put on the number of times a month thoso living In town in tho country can purchase two pounds for household purposes. Those living in uiu counir ran jiuiumoo five pounds at one time. Hereafter these purchases will be ,,.fil, , noUBdB Der oersoa persons in a household located In could purchase twelve .. . . pound8 ot EBgar pfrr moBW IB 1WO- IT, Z ZJi ( should be as economical In the use of .sugar aB possible. pepnv Pi ntID MLKUnnNIS KCBUI rLUUH Those Selling Stock-May now Sell Agaln. Since tho restoration of the selling of flour on the 50-50 asis, word, has now come to the county .food admin- istrator. F. M. Wilklns, that all the it was not needed at the time. They are now allowed to sell it to their pa- v". ,ubu. U from the government. The order for the flour with an1 equal amount of non-flour. substitute was In order last Saturday and after- wards. The dealers are requested to mall their checks for tho flour to W. B. Ayer. care grain corporation, 610 Board of Trade building. Portland. uu,uu"i "-. ii i i ii i mm Dr. Pollard Leaves. Lieutenant W. H. Pollord left a week ago last Tuesday for Camp Lewis. American Lake, Wash., where ?e W,U ?f lf ,0ned en, iayf luavu vuiuu iiu Si'Utl. wilu it. a iaiuii., V. th(Doctor t h,B new fle,d of retJjrn,n ,n a few dayfJ nere. Airs, roiinra anu uaDy accom- Soldier Is Ready to Salt. Mr. and Mrs. J. W- Coffin have re ceived word from tholr son, Ralph, who Is a first sergeant, that ho will soon be on his way to France. Mr. Coffin has been stationed at Camp Lewis for the past six months, and was sent Jo Camp Merrltt. N. J., two weeks ago, from which laco he will sail. Orenon Third In W. S. S, The official ranking m the war Savings Stamp campaign for Oregon i 8 third. Oregon was second ot the states which competed In th ecam- Pen started last weeK, Doing Deaten nly by Utah. Nebraska was the first stato over the top, but this state com- Petei 'ts Quota some time before the Roneral campaign started. It was ino acnievemenc oi mis siate mat awaKonou me oinur siaiea, ana re- suited in the general campaign. WIVES! HERE'S A GOOD TIP BY MRS. SKINNER Bell Theatre, Sunday, July 21. Hazel Daly Mrs. Skinner In Bry- sat Washburn's current Eseanay fea- ture, "Skinner's Drees Suit" says that If she ever gets married she will never let her 'husband dress up. Geod .clothes xnahe .fcnahands tea sopular with other woaea," aha de clared, As. Mrs, Skinner, she la called on In the play to make her husband dress well. Bell Theatre, Sunday, July 21. adv. CALL FOB RYE LANE COUNTY IN ANSWERED One Springfield Boy Chosen to Go to Spokane to Train as Auto Mechanic. iui WALKER IS CHOSEN W4, Leave for Spokane on Avgvet 15 to Fit Thfemaetves for Amy PearMens. I A.lior a m trom C' doh are qaUe wel known &erS( and. Joy Walker has been raised here and spent all of his life here and la well known in this city. The training will be given at gov- ernment expense, fitting the men to serve in army positions, both at the front and, behind the line. They will be assigned during the coarse to that kind of mechanical training for which greatest need exists at the timet heen inducted. Train routing will bt received later. Receiver French Seuvenlr. Mrs. Joseph Cyr, of this city, r c cttI sonvenir froa France the other day, which was sent o her by her youngest son, Bert, who te fly now. It is a beauUfuHy made cushion top. It is all hand made by young French maid. The hand- lace all around it is about six ,,,. --'-'- Ti-v.T hmu i-iutv ttuw nutiw The embroidering on it is all done ia silk thread and the flowers of purple, pink and lavender aro all done in silk 'inlaid work. In the center there is f,n American eagle of perfect proper- nuuo uuu uu.uiug au iuuijl.liu iiuu rencn nag. iins center worK is even more exauIsIte tnan flowar8 ftnd iace boing evenIy and perfecUy worked in soft floss, making the piece so fine that it scarcely looks like it was made by any person. Any one who wishes to see this wondefful piece of art are cordially Invited to go to the home of Mrs. Cyr on Q street, between Fourth nnd Fifth streets. as thev did not want to leava plece at tho offlce aB BOme accl. dent may ,appen and rujn The ' on ending the work home Is Bert ' ' Cyr, In Company C, 23rd Eng. A. E. F. Advertised Letters. The following letters remain un called for in the Springfield postofflee July 9, 1918: F. M. Connable, Mrs. J. w Lodgrass, V. L, Sullivan. Mrs. Annle weaver, M. C. A. Jteese, Mrs. McDonald, Mrs. Janle Wright,, w A Adkins, Miss Laura Branner Lena DarmeithS, William Yonng mB EuU Arm8trong, C. Bradak, j$Tg jj W. Weaver, Mrs. Ed. Robert son, Mr. Fony Koch. A charge of one cent will be made on advertised letters. ! ILVRRY M. STEWART, P. la- Past, Present and Future. 1914. I can .whip the whole werldltl! 1916. 1 told yon, I could! 1! 1916. I have almost dene it! t ' '1917. I still tbtek VM) i 1918. rI would have, but, ' ' 1919. Those Damned Yanks. i