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J. . 1 vf V V THF SPPTNflFIFI n NFW SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1918 VOL, XVI U NO. 28 C1i mtUrunitMtQf Congre mm rii,mv - 1 is 4 i SPRINGFIELD IS IN IIP OF ICE MSI LA 'S '' . Exorbitant .Charies Exacted M " Vol lowing' ElFmlnatl6n' of y "" 'Competing PlinL HAS CLEAR SAILING NOW .With OurNeckt Loylnaty Entwined by TceTongi.e Aro.8tlll Able to Gurgle for Springfield Owned Plant $ Springflold business interests wore tloaltV' blow, whon tho - Bpr'lngflalci I plaht'f thoVomhartf rco'ddii Storage tj Co. closed down last yoar'aud tho town i was loft to tho tonder mercy of tho 4 only Ico plant loft In Bugbno tho Eugono Ico and Storage Co. In order to atilto all competition tho Eugono Ico and Storage Co. loaned' the Sprlngnold plant of tho Wolnhard com pany, would not opornto It thornBolvos In behalf of anyone an would not lUton to any ovorturoa from any. ono cIro to sub-loaso and pporoto tho plant OlToni aro known to havo boon mado for use of the plant, but havo met with tiuch a nrm refusal that thcro 1b no mlBlaklng tho ulterior purpoao of the -Eugene Ico TniBt, Last year this company, when they had tho competition of tho Wolnhard company, woro bogging Springfield business men for tholr ico patronago .nt tho roaBonablo rate of, $0 por ton, J.dellvorod. This year all that Ib changed, ThotiBora must now come to tho terniB laid down by tho trustor go without Ico. And now comes tho Inevitable ulti , malum handed out by all trusts- both groat and smnll tho Talso ln prico. "Tho first advanco of $1,50 por ton was perhaps Justified from tho stand point or Increased coat of mntorlaU entering Into Ico manufaoturo. Tho ndvanccB since then nro not justlftod 1y anything other than a greedy dosl-o to "get it while the getting la good." Ono Springfield user Is forced, in ordor to got nny Ico, to buy two tons nt a time. Ho must fork over $9.00 por ton and pay in addition $3.50 to .got It to his place of buslnoss. Inns- - much It requires sovornl dnyB for htm to uso it, Ihorq 14 ii ahrlnkago of nny where from 26;o- to 400 pounds, In short, It Ib costing him tlila yoar twlco ns much as hlP pald last yoar. Othora are oTcc-urso contributing to tho tuno of from CO por cent to 100 por. cont advance, ' If only ono man was uolng hold up, tho News would not bo inclined to put , up much of n "holler" In his bohalt. But it hlls us all, and tho Nowb Is for Sprlligflold to tho 'last ditch. It hits Marcola. Thurston, Coburg and other towns in our vicinity, and tho News stands for tho rights of tholr cltlzona, "also. As n public forum It cannot "ihlrk n plain duty. Vq havo no hope to securo tho relax ation of the grip of tho Eugono Ico Trust by holding tholr methods up to public vlow. Thoy nro as Independent l,as a "hog on Ico." Thoy aro in tho , ."gamo for what thoy can got out of It, 'rind its conscience is kopt in cold stor ago. Ilut wo can hopo by publishing bucIi mothbds to cronto a sontlmont that ' will Anally crystallzo Into nn ico and ,; storage plant of our own. "Mado In Springfield" If you ploaso. Spring field coin kopt in Springfield If you would havo It bo. Tho Eugono Ice Trust, ns "trusts' go, Is n small potato. It can bo smashed to Bmtyhoroons by n moro f handful 0f Springfield business nion if thoy will got togothor and do something. Tho tlmo Is horo for us to work out ' our own salvation. It's a cinch that no outside interests will do it for us, f,VfLoavh1g n8,(, t', nuostlon of civic loyally, an ico and storage plant will 'swtjhQ f koq(J business proposition ono 4 ljf tljat will pay a llbornl roturn upon tho "tIiobo nro trying flmos, but-t , ' Vou follows wlib hnyo a fow dollars, whon tho "expansion" of your town nro the dtulcos, Will you stand and deliver a "pinch" lilt to win the game? 131 REGISTER AUG. 24 Those Who Have 'Had Birth ,?days Slrice June (f Must Register, for Draft. ' Every young man In tho United States who lias passed his 21st birth day s'lncb Registration bay for 21 year-old men last Juno C, must regis ter for tho dm't on Saturday, August 24th. I)y proclatnatlbn of Prcsldont Wil son, just iBsuod, this call Includes citi zens as woll an non-citizens. Tho only men of tho ago specified who will not 'fcvo to' register' aro those already in tho military or naval sorvlco. ' This call should not bo confused with tho' big ItOKlnlrat!on Day, to bo held some tlmo in Soptombor, for reg (titration of all mcii between tho ages of 18 and 4C years. This Registration Day Just ordorod is exclusively for men who wore not yet 21 years old last Juno G, but who havo bocomo 21 years old on or beforo August 24, Every man of thorn must register. As beforo, registration will be in charge at local draft boards. The reg istration places will bo open from 7 o'clock In tho morning to 9 o'clock at night. No excuso will bo accoptcd for fail ure to register. Tho tlmo remaining beforo Registration Day Is soi very short that every man who comes with in tho call should arrango his affairs now so ho can go to tho registration placo on August 24 and reglstor. Failure to register is punishable by imprisonment up to ono year, and followed by induction Into tho service. Even' sIcKtjb's8wllI bo no excuse for falling to register. Any 21-year-old man who Is ill should send some com potent person Immediately to his local draft board, which will explain what to do. Mftn whn will unnvnMnftlv fin nxvnv .. ..... . ... . Hw " from their homo proclncts on Regis tration Day, should proceod at onco to tho local draft board nearest tho place whoro thoy may happen to bo. and ask for instructions for registering by mall. Prompt action is of tho ut most importance for all mail roglstra- Hons must bo rccolvod by the nroner local drafL board by August 24. ThoimrnoBo in roauIrWat this tlmo tho registration of men who havo bo como 21 years old slnco Juno G Is to koop Class I filled until Congress can pass tho now law raising and liworlng tho draft ages. Lot ovory man subject to tho com Ing' registration mnko noto of and re- mombor theso Important facta: Registration Day Is Saturday. Au gust 24. . Tlmo for registration, 7 a. m. to i p. m. l'laco for registration, with local draft board. MOTORING UP McKENZIE Machines From All Parts of the West Make Trip Over the Summit. Hundreds of automobiles pass through 'horo dally from nil parts of tho coast by way of tho McKcnzlo pass and over tho Cascado summit. There aro many cars from all of tho wostorn stntes and n great many from tho east. Most of tho cars aro, from Orogon, California, Washington and Idaho. Tho road up tho Mctfenzlo is now In good condition, and while part of tho road over tho pass is rough, it is In bettor condition than it has boon over tho snmo road ovory summor for many years. Tho trip is well worth tho slight an noyanco which is paused by tho rough roads ovor tho summit. This la do clarod by all tho tourists and motor ists who have boon ovor tho pass this yoar. Tho scenery la wpndorful, and there is llttlo or no smoke to obstruct tho vlow. jj Returns After Furlough. Vernon Meats, son of Mr. and Mrs, O. H. Meats "of West Springfield, loft lasf Thursday for Memplils; Tonn., whoro ho will go back In training after an agricultural furlough. He has been holrlng on tho farm owpnd by his paronts for tho Inst two months, MEN N0W2i ML NEW FISCHER MILL TO COST $100,000 Work on New Plant Above Marcola Uuder Way; Will Employ 175 Men. - Tho Fischer Bros. Lumber Company at Marcola will erect a, now mill, work on which has commenced, at a cost of 1100,000, to take thp placeo of-the mill which was destroyed by fire Juno Z. Tho mill will be buIt on the same location abovo Marcola whoro the com pany owns timber to a largo extent Tho now mill will have a capacity cl 160,000 foot dally as compared with 60,000 feet with the mill that burned. About 17G men will be employed when operations aro resumed. Fred Fischer, Jr., president of the company, is In charge. Carl E. Fischer, of the Fischer-Boutin mill hero, is ono of the company in the Fischer Dros. mill in Marcola. The other brother in the company are Henry Flschor, manager of the Leon a milt; Walter Fischer, Marcola, and the senior member, Fred Flschor, Sr., of Eugone. DR. VAN VALZAH WRITES Former Local, Boy in the Medical Service Now In France The Nows is glad to publish the fol lowing letter from tho son of Mrs. Oornico Van Valzah: France, July 3, 1918. Dearest Mother: Well, I am late as usual, but you do not db & whole lot bettor by mo and so you should not say a thing. You do "hear of 'me qulto TCgularly through Ola and so know that I am still in the realm .of tho living and not in tho shades. I am beautifully located in a per fectly wonderful city. It Ib not largo, but what it lacks in sizo fa made up for in tho general beauty of the place. Thoro is a wohdorful old cathedral hpro .which one can spend a lot mora 1 tlmo than I havo and still not get a small idea of all tho beauties of it. I am In tho laboratory hero and havo plenty to do to mako time pass qulto rapidly. I hardly-know whore It does go sometimes. Even then it Is long to us as wo all miss you folks at homo a lot more I guess thnn you sometimes think from our correspond ence. So you havo two boys in tho Bervlco now. You can look them all in the face now and npt havo a ono say that any of us were slackers. I am doubly proud to say that I was In beforo tho war was declared. Truo, I was Just In, but 1 did not know whon I4wont In that war was so close. It would not havo kopt mo out at all, as I am only human and crazy to havo a hand In this thing as ovory rod-blooded Ameri can Is. I am glad Bob is In now, too, and nlso glad that ho tried to enlist before ho was drafted. Pcoplo In nftor years will look on this a lot differently thnn we do now, but we aro In tho biggest thing that tho world has ovor known, and wo all wnnt tho chanco to tell our offspring all about it, Think how wo can take some opon-mouthed llttlo codger up tn our laps and sny, "Now shall grand dad toll you all a big story about tho tlmo whon ho was submarined, or about tho tlmo when tho Germans wore nil scared to doath by some mnrvolous thing ho did, or imagined. he did to them." Think of it dll. My groat sorrow Is that I'll never got t toll Capt. Dodd a bigger lie than ho ovor told mo, Every ono hero will bo able to ell his full share of the horrors, or near horrors of war, and I-daro say theso horrors will not bo softened ono iota in tho tolling' or subsoquout tellings. In my short stay horo I have already heard' stSmo marvolous talos. I am woll and shall keep woll. Morals good and all that, so don't worry. Lots of lovo to you and Roosh. Your loving son, t LAURIE, , 'Home on Furlough. Marlon Tulo arrived hero Friday from Brqraorton), Wash., whoro ho is iri tho navaltralrijiiB branch, of tho sor vlco, op a'flvo days furlough, which lio Bj)ont a't Uio homo o(;hls' aunt and un do, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dorlty. Ho was formerly omployed at tho local Orogon Powor offlco boforo ho onllstod In tho navy. CONGRESS ENACTS FEDERAL LICENSE Yearly Tax of $10 Placed Upop All B iisiness Concerns Throughout Nation. Proprietors of all justness, and pro fessional men with only & fow excep tions, will pay an annual federal li conso of $10, and heads of wholesale concerns doing a yearly business of $200,000 or moro will bo required to pay an annual fee of $25, according to a schedule inserted in the draft of tho revenue bill by tho house ways. and means committee. Fanners, me chanics, ministers and teachers will be exempted from the $10 occupational tax. as will concerns doing an annual business of less than $2,000. The income tax was amended so as to provide for payment in Canada, or in any foreign country, of the taxes on Income earned in those countries by American concerns or corporations, the tax to be paid as prescribed by the laws of those countries. The committee amended the 10 per cent tax on amounts paid for leased wires and talking' circuits, the amend ment exempting press associations and periodicals, leaving the original provision standing as to everything else. Including stock brokerage leased lines and circuits. When the committeo adjourned there was pending proposals to in crease the taxes on the larger per sonal incomes, by graduating the in comes of $70,000 a year or more at still higher rates, and to Increase the taxes on all estates of $1,000,000 or mora. CITIZENS HERE BUY - .4 $10,000 OF W. S. S. . 7 S Result of One Day Is Announced to Lane County. During the last war stainp drive in Springflold on Juno 2S, three hundred and seventy-flvo people bought stamps, or pledged to buy them, and tho amount wns $10,000, according to Mrs. E. L. Fletcher, who is in charge of the work In Lane county. Airs. Fletcher says that It is ex pocted that tho, people here will buy a large amount of stamps in addition to this. With the appointment of Mrs. Flotcher as manager of the campaign tho work will, be 'pushed more than ever. This week post cards ns reminders are bolng sent to the pledgers from headquarters. Each person in the county who has pledged to buy tho stamps will receive one. LAND CASE IS APPEALED John Seavey Takes Suit to Supreme Court. John H. Seavey last Saturday filed an appeal in the Circuit Court case in' which he is tho plaintiff and Clara Belle Williams and others defendants, and in which adcclslon in favor of the defendants was given. Tho suit Involves a tract of land near Springfield which Seavoy claims by advorso possession, but which is decreed by tho court to belong to tho dofondants. O. H. Fostor, Mr. Soavey's attorney, filed tho papers in tho appeal to the Supremo Court. Return to Springfield. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. McKlbben and daughtors, Holon'nnd Valine, arrived horo last Tuesday evening from Sheri dan, where they havo been living for tho past two years, whore Mr. Mc Klbben has boon working in tho mill, of which Carl Fischer was manager. They are woll known here, having lived horo for many years beforo go ing to Sheridan. Helen was a student at tho high school and woll knqwn among the young people of tho town. They will live in tholr house at Sev enth and G streets. WJII Speak at High School. -Lieut Wilbur B. Jonos, of tho army. jwho is In shargo of the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen, will spenk; (nt the high school hero Monday oven ing,' August 19, at 7:30 o'clock. Al this tlmo various questions of Interest to tho mon of tho Legion will bo discussed, MALE P0P0LATI0N TO WORK OR FIGHT Congress1 Will Corrfm&ndeer En tire' Man-Power of Nation Under New Draft. Yitb a broad work or fight amend ment, designed to. prevent strikes, and a provision for education of youths under 21 serving in the military or naval service at government expense after the war, tho administration man power bill extending draft ages so as to include all men between 18 and 45 years of age, was ordered favorably reported Tuesday by the senate mili tary committee. Chairman Chamberlain plans to re port the bill today and to take up ita consideration in the senate next Mon day, cutting short the senate vacation recess period by a week. The bill is framed to enable the nation to increase its war program' in accordance with an understanding reached with the allies. About 13, 000,000 men would be registered under the new law, and Provosfr Mar shal General Crowder. estimates that 2,338,000 of them would be available at once. The work or fight amendment was offered by Senator Reed of Missouri, as. a substitute for ono presented by Senator Thomas of Colorado. It pro vides that "when any person shall have been placed in deferred or ex empted class" "he shall "not be enti tled to remain therein unless he shall in good faith continue while physically able to do so to work and follow such occupation." Should he fail "to do so ha would become subject to Immedi ate draft. FIVE LANE" iBOYS L!EAVE Chosen to Train ps Auto Mechanics; Must Report August 15. The five Lane county boys who were choson amongst tho many who applied to get into the auto mechanics train ing, left yesterday on the 1:50 traini The train was several hours late, leav ing at 4:05, which, gave more time to some who wished it and to some mak ing It all the worse. The boys are to report today at the auto mechanics . school at Spokane, Wash., where they will train for two months. The training will be given at gqvernment expense and will fit the men for army positions at the front and behind the lines. They will be' assigned at the end of the two months of training, but it is unknown where they will go from Spokane at that time. The call was made July 16, and among Jthe many men who tried to get into this branch the following Ave passed the best examinations and were chosen and left yesterday: Joy Wal ker, Springfield; Glen S. Ward, Law rence McDowell,, and Glendon Dotson, Eugeno; Leon Morton, Creswell. Joy Walker was named ns leader of the squad until they reached their destination at Spokane. Joy is well known here,having lived here all of his life and attended the local high school for several years. WANT HIGH SCHOOL BACK Lowell People Seek the Re-establishment of Educational Center. Efforts will bo mado by the people of Lowell for the re-ostablishmont pt the high school, either in their district or In several of the adjoining districts together. George Johnson of that place was at tho county seat Saturday to confer wlMi E. J. Moore, county school super, intendont, in regard to the matter, Thero seems to be many district for all to bo upheld and the peoplo ask for tho dissolving of district No. 9 and tho re-establishment of No, 10. 1 Notice. Notice is hereby given that on the second Monday In September (being tho 9th day thoreof), 1918, the County Board of Equalization for Lane county will meet at tho Court Houso In Eu geno and publicly examlno the as sessment rolls and correct all err6rs in valuations., etc., of lands, lots and other property, and It shall bo 'the duty of persons interested to appear at the time and place appointed. D. P. BURTON, Couny Assessor. FRENCH CAPTURE STRATEGIC POINT Fall of Ribecourt Opens Way , to' Important City of ' ' . . v4'Noyh. . g NEAR GATES OF -LAS6IGNY French Troep Secure Firm Footing Preparatory to 'storming Their .Way Up the , Valley of ,; the Ofse. The capture of 'R'lBecbdrt "by the French 'marks an i is nor last enneh tn Ihe offeBB'ivewhIch has for its Imme diate purpose the freelatr of tha re gioa ' between the Sosime and ths Oise. As again from the strategic standpoint ft ranks with the taking: by the French of the forest and kill positions' between the Mats .and ta Oise, which has brought the French almost to the gate of Lasstgny. Through 'Ribecourt lies an oeen. rants up the Oise valley to Noyon a, route by rail and the. big national thorough fare, not to mention the canal which parallels the roadways for the greater part of the way. Noyon. Is only a llttl more, than six miles northeast of Ribecourt German .front-line trenches at Beau, mont Hamel, Serre, Puisleux An Mont and Bncquoy havebeea found un tenable by the enemy In, the face of the recent activity by the British all along the line; from Albert to Arras, wblie the French have persevered in their violent attacks stralnat tho dermaris on 'the sector which domi nates the lower portion of the Picardy plain 'and "the O.ise valley and have encroached further upon the Lasslngy raassu ana me umescourt plateau and farther south have captured the Important town of Ribecourt. Unofficial reports havo announced the capture pt Lassingy by tho French and of all the German positions be tween the western outskirts of Bray-Sur-Sommo and Etlnehem by the Aus tralians., From the Somme to the Aisne, ex cept in the latter region, where the French have made further gains, the Germans seemingly havo had further success In holding back the allied troops and still are in possession of Chaulnes and Roye, upon the capture of which the efforts of the British and French have, been centered. In the central part of the "battle front tha enemy continues to deliver violent counter attacks and also has further reinforced his line with men and guns and is using them without stint to re tain his position, realizing that their capture would spell disaster. The giving up of front-line trenches north of Albert may mean the Ger mans forsce the ultimate success of the American and British operations along the Somme. In any event the retrograde movement seemingly Indi cates that the ten-mile salient between Beaumont Hamel and Bray on the Somme, with Albert ita apex, now must give way In order that tho Ger man front hero may come into align ment with that in tho south across the Sommo. Probably the Germans purpose to readjust their front from the Sommo to Arras. Although they are still encountering violent resistance, tho French are con tlnulng to make progress through tha wooded and hilly country between the Matz and the Oise, where Uie Ger. mans from recesses in tho forests, on spurs and In tho canyons aro using machine guns Innumerable. Gas also Is being loosed in great quantities by the enemy. Almost entire control of the Thiescourt plateau and the other high grpund on this sector Is now in tho hands of the French. The Passing Show. Eugene, Aug. 11, Mr. Editoi- One of today's papers says of central California: ! "The temporature'seldom moderates to a degree sufficient to Induce sleep until well toward the midnight hour. There Is an enervating, ' narcotic in fluence in the atmosphere." Cllmntjc conditions so narcotic as to produce 'insomnia surely ought to bo investigated SLEEPYHEAD,