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f SPRINGFIELD TUI7 loll murond- SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1913 am nuttorundcr not of Coiif r ol M ueh, Wv VOL XVII. NO. 30 EDIIOKOF NEWS Llinrn QU liinilll bond .issues, underwriting both Irrlga 1 1 til" IE III II 1 1 111 All tIon aml dralnago systems. Mr. Sell UIILU if I IlUIIfllll noolock In explaining the legal phnso of tho Uotlon stated" that nil Irriga Surrenders to Charm of Melting Voice and Wanders Help lessly Astray. . "DATE" IS MADE BY PHONE . , neiumptlon of Interrupted Service fUlleves Him From What Might . Have Proved Serious Entanblomont. ; , I'lllL'.ll.llllC-llllliUl Tho Nows editor wearily rcmovid ! . ..... Oi - - I., tho receiver from tho hook nnd aitld "Howdy-do." Xsofl, dulcot volco from somo mod oru daughter of Kvo waa hoard mur inuring nomothlng like "Iwo want you 1,0, como" when thut twentieth century Invention of convenlunco nnd cussednoss, tho Iclopliono. mlHKed fin for thu ninth tlmo that day, and tho editor on tho qui vivo of expectancy, witltod patiently until Horvlco was onco again resumed. "I want you" started over tho wlro ugaln, and Into every cadence thoro crept n enress. Tho odltor by this tlmo was thoroughly aroused from his lethargy and aat up nnd took a little Interest In life. Ho did not oven no Hen thu second Interruption. Tno volco of tho unseen siren was luring him from prosaic things Into idyllic gatlon as n practical aid In Willamette p thways. Tho tangled skeins of Fato 'valley farming, especially In tho drier woro about to entwine his humdrum I localities, but their opposition was oxfstonco and enmesh It into thrnll-basod mainly upon tho theory thnt tho lom. Dreams of limpid streams and Icost would 'far exceed tho benefits to purling brooks woro Intruding tholr so- 'bo dorlvyl. ductlvo voices nnd leading lilm on, . The speaker In outlining somo of tho lio know not whither. Yo, gods, what 'details of tho system stated that, every a volcol Could It belong to nnyono ;farm of 40 acrea'orUsrwould boiglvcn but a piquant faco sot In a fresco of an opening on th? nig lugs Id o of4jtlio g61don hatrWaa shojis goodaajipr land, and farniB larger than 40 acres volco was swoo'C or "was'shon brazen would hnvo an opening upon ooch 40 hussy who had Thoda Barn aklnnedjacro unit. All would have a drainage n mile whon It enmo to vamplrlng ox lateral upon tho low sldo of tho land, vmplary mon from off tholr porch? , Mr, Scineclock's claim that lovellng Wan It Cleopatra or Undlno or somo of the land, or "Moating," na ho termed oUior old tinier of history or mytholo-lt, could bo dono at tho cost of plow gy osaaylng a "comoback" and trying lug rrovoked n storm of protest from to woavo tholr spell arourjd an cnsyoue of tho farmers, who claimed' that mark? Tho poor old fish tried to braco ;lt would coat ten times that. Tho himself for tho noxt shock. Ho had been out or this gnmo for a long tlmo ho hnd forgotten how to handle thu situation. Ho tried to rofresh his memory with tho subtlety of nn art which had long slnco lost Its chartn for him. Ho rolled back tho years and delved Intd tho long ngo. groping for tho magic potency of IiIb gay Lothario days. Ho oven went back to callow youth when ho acted llko a boob In his first "postofflco" game, but ovontu aHy became a star performer. Ho thought of tho songs of Solomon, but thoy didn't seem to fit. Ho tried to recall -what ho had gleaned from an account of tho experiences of Nat Goodwin, but it sooms that Nat never actually rovoaled anything of what to do In a suddon oraorgoncy. He waa up agin it and know lb Somo Jane was trying to hook hlni nnd luro him from tho paths of roctltudo to tho "prim rosy ways of dulllanco," Thoro was n buzz and a crash In thn recolvor and then tho volco camo once moro--not bo dulcot there was a poo vIshnoBS ovldontly born of tho vexa tions of tho "sorvuss." It was laden with impntlcnco; tho owner wbb al most mad. Sho was human after all. Sho was a regular girl, and thoro wns no hint this tlmo of nnythlng calcu lated to engender heart throbs or ruin mankind, Sho was alright It was just her way. Tho editor camo out ot liia franco as ho t6ok hor messago this tlmo without having' his soul har rowed and hla tender heart ploughed -and rakod. "I ,want you to como to tho Irriga tion mooting tonight at fho Eugoho Chamber of Commerce rooms nt 8:30: I am extending this Invitation, on be half of tho commltteo in chargo of tho mooting," was tho context of hor most buslnossllko announcement, Tho odltor Bald ho would go oven though thoy hold tho mooting In Halt fax. Ho waa Intorostod In Irrigation, nnd tho announcement smollod llko a organize the National Leaguo tor Wo nowa ltom. mona' Sorvlco, ' He wont. i : Tho projoct In itself was of no plcos of tho Woman's Work commit-'Marcola; Arloy IUley Marsh, Elmira; special Intoront to tho Nows, as it re- tee of tho Goshen grango., Goorgo William Charles', Dextor Potors, Lo latod to torrltory in tho county not' ad- Warnor was appointed chlrman, Mrs, Hoy Fox, Coburg; William Evorott Jacent tol Springfield, ' It was . tho gon- Lano Matlock socrotary and treasuror, Wilkinson, Donna; James Corbett oVnl Idea of irrigation as anpllod to and Mrs, C. A, Merrlmnn, Mrs. M. Smith, Dorena; Rufus Cromwell 'Cn 'lJ,ano county soils that excited tha Pock and Mrs, Boyd executive commit- vott, Wondllng; Percy Willis South News' Inlorcst. It was a gonprally un- too, with Mrs, H. L. Edmunson chair- wick, Lenburg; Edmund H. Paddon, tried thing, and largoly theoretical, "man. Creswoll. Tho mooting was oponod by Chair man Dugald Campbell, who Introduced! Ilalpu Hchtieolock, representing tho Cinrk-Kendnll ComDsny. ocorntlne tion districts In tho Stato woro policed by tho Stato Englnpor's ofllco. Thnt It tho plan won not practicable tho Htato Englnoor would not permit the Inatalllng of any system proscribed by I tho Oregon Irrigation lawa. Further, I when any ayatcm waa authorized by popular voto of Ulo pobplo owning I property In tiiicli district to bo IrrI- gated, thai It munt then liavc tho ap proval of tho Btato Hnglneor and work on tho projoct was subject to the acceptance of Ills oinco. Ho atatod In relation to tho water supply tlmt whllo atorngo nt tho head wntora of tho Willamette- waa feasible. thut for tho most part, tiro supply uf tho river proper was-appropriated nt Irt. . .1.-- . .... Orogou City. Ho recommended strong ly tho uno of Luke Waldo that has n minimum capacity of 90,000-acro feet. Ills II i nl estimate of tho storage cost la placed at flan aero. His estlmuto for tho utinual water Horvlco ehargo Is GO cents an ncre. Oporatlon of both Irrigation nnd drainage ditches, ?1 nn acre, and Interest on bonds at 3 an aero. ' Nearly all of .thboc jrcnont at tho mooting were fanners living within the limits (Of tho proposed project and over half of thpm were opposed to tho Idea. Thoy disagreed Htrongly with speaker's estimate of the cost of op eration and maintenance, claiming that It would far Vxcopd tlto sums named. It Is presumed, however, thut few were oproseil to tho Idea of IrrI .speaker pointed out, however, that anyone could be exempted from liabil ity of cost ot tho system upon his showing that h'.s laud would not be benefitted to tho extent of his share of tho cost of tho project. This protec tive foaturo ot tho law, howovcr, did not serve to break down tho opposition to the proposed system. Tho farmers from along tho River road, Junction City nnd tho Long Tom. enmo Into tho meeting' loaded for bear and discussion. Apparently thoy wont away satisfied, So did tho Nows edi tor. Ho had loarncd something .that ho didn't know before "WORK OR FIGHT" SLOGAN Farmers of Coburfl Will Not Tolerate Idlers and Beggars. Tho formors aroung.Coburg are de termined that thoro shall be no beg gars or idlers In thnt community. During tho past thrco or tour days (hoy have arrested thrco mon who hnvo boon begging In that vicinity nnd have turned thorn ovor to the sheriff. Tho first ono wns John Wngnor, a Gorman' nllon enemy, who Is still in nrlson awaiting action to bo taken1 by tho federal authorities. Thursday a one-logged man who was begging wns turned over and anothor man was ro portod that wbb soliciting alms. All other vagrants who are ablo to work aro turnod ovor to . the county court and put to work on the roads, as thoro la need of help In that depart ment, GOSHEN WOMEN ORGANIZE Local National Service League Wotnon I Formed. for A delegation of tho ladles of Goshen nnd vicinity mot at tho M. E. Church, with Miss Luclllo Dunn and Mrs. S. D. Allen ,of Eugene, last Wednesday, to It was organized under the aus-1 "ZERO HOUfTIflBE NATION'S BATTLE CRY Drive of, Fourth Liberty Loan Which Begins September 28th, Will Have for' Stimulus the Fateful Hour of ihe Battle Action in France. Tho nil-Important "zero hour" of tho battlos In France la to liavo Its coun-j terpart In tho campaign of tho Fourth Liberty Loan In Oregon. Dattloa In Franco aro timed from an Hour, or mlnutca of an hour. Thls tlmo Is known as tho "zoro hour" and Is a secret closoly guarded by tho dl vision heads. All tnoromonta of troops nnd nil action Is based on tlmo calcu lations mado from tho ' "zoro hour." A certain Infantry rocolves Instruc tions to take n certain objective nt so- many minutes past tho zero hour. In I mat way a wnolo campaign can lie I .. .1.1.11 ...I.I. . worked out In detail, with all com mandors fully aware or tholr relation to other movements, wnlting only tho sderet which Is tho key to tho whole movement. Oregon's "zoro hour" for tho next Liberty Loan Is nlno o'clock, Septem ber 28. Th!s Is to be the watchword of tho wholo drlvo and through volun tary subscriptions this Stato Is expect ed to have attained all objectives and again be "over the top" first by nlno o'clock of tho day when other states will Just bo getting Into action. County managers and committee men In tholrf recent meeting In Port land decided thnt It could bo done: that nil Oregon needed was to bo told how much Uncle Sam needed, nnd how badly ho needed It, nnd its patriotic citizens would each do their part so willingly thnt the effort or soliciting committees would not bo needed. "WORK OB FIGHT" 10 I 0 Amendment in Draft Bill Proves -Obstacle to Passage and " Is Stricken Out. Washington, Aug. 28. Enactment by Congress and transmission to Pres ident Wilson tomorrow of tho man: power bill broadening tho Army draft ago limits to Include men ot 18 to 45 years of ago appeared assured late today, when tho Sennto nnd House con ferees unexpectedly roached a com plete agreement on all important dis putes, striking out tho Senate's "work- or-flght" amendment. Adoption of tho conferees' agree ment' in both Sonata and House Imme diately after they reconvene at noon tomorrow was reganlcd by the con forces ub a certainty. Only disposal ot mnor amendments tor drafting of tho formal agreeme-it remain to be dono tomorrow before tho assembling ot tho two houses. Elimination of the "work-or-flght" nmendment, on which the Senate con rerooH yielded, paved tho way for tho -virtual agrcoment of tho uioasuro, Tho "work-or-flght" proposal was rogarded as tho only dlsputo llkoly o cause delay and tho Senate's mana gers consented to Its deletion from tho hill largely to expedite Its enactment. ELIMINATED THIRTY-SIX REGISTERED'23' I Clemens; Writings, $30,000 Bequost. Twenty-one-Yeai-Old Men Have Reals- tered for New Lane Draft. Thirty-six young mon of Lane coun ty, who liavo reached tho age of 21 years slnco Juno 6th, up to and includ ing yesterday, registered for tho nrmy draft and will bo given ordbr numbers ub soon as the list of names Is sent to tho adjutant-general's ofllco In Port land. The boys wore given questionnaires to fill, which are to be returned within a week from tho time registered. Tho ; questions aro simple, but any lawyer i In tho county will assist the regis trants In filling thorn If necessary. Those who registered from Spring field and community woro: Frank I Glbbs, Oscar Eugene Levulott, Wil-j Ham MoKlnloy Barnett, Springfield; ' Gerald Floyd Counts, Pearl Plaster, Cottage Grovo; Elmo Hiram Dow,1 i Symbolizing this wholo .scheme, Stato headquarters hoa sent to tho Nows a graphic interpretation of tho spirit of the! campaign. It Is a email clock -with tho "rero hour" 9 o'clock pointed out by the hands. At tho top'a soldier In an expression of grim determination brlngg home tho spirit of accomplishment, while at the bottom Is Uncle Sam, confidently looking at tho time indicated. It Is up to Crcgoif to see that he is not dis appointed. v Buttons for .subscribers to tho next loan liavo also arrived In Oregon and are now being distributed to the county organizations. The button is slightly smaller than the last. It 13 oatlerned after the honor flag of tho last loan, being a rectangle of white bordered wjfh red and crossed by tho four blue stripes, symbolizing tho Fourth Liberty Loan. Posters and .other advertising mat ter are arriving in great quantities and problems of previous drives with re gard to slow.' deliveries of supplies have been 'pVercome with early move ment from Washington In the way ot large posters and, lithographs and local production of the smaller matters. Local committees will get what they want when they need It so that they will be ableo offer their subscribers every Inducement to make his volun tary declaration In plenty of tlmo to make good tho plan of the Stato com mittees. ' U. OF 0; BOOKS ARE ft 81 Many Volumes Are Loaned to Local Library for Use of the Public. Tho University of Oregon has loaned a number of their books to the Springfield public library for the use of tho citizens or Springfield. The following, books can be taken from tho library on tho usual library days Wednesday and Saturday atternoons and Saturday nlghta: Anderson; Romance of Air Fighting. Atherton; Tho Conqueror. Austen; Novels: Pride and Preju dice. Barrio; Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. Barrio; Peter Pan Picture Book. Bennett; A Great Man. Bennett; Old Wives Tales. Brlttain; To ' Verdun from the Somme. Brown; Secret of the Clan. Buswell; Ambulance No. 10. Cable; Bylow Hill. Cable; Grandlsslmes. Calne; The White Prophet. Clarke; Treasury of War Poetry. Clemens; Puddinhead Wilson, v. 14. Clemens; Writings: Man that Cor and Old. v. 19. Clemens; Writings, Man that Cor- rupted Hadleyburg and -Other Stories. v. 24 Crawford; Dr. Claudius. Crawford: Mr. Isaacs. Cunllffe; Poems of the Groat War. Deland; John Ward, Preacher. Deland; R. J's Mother. Do Morgan; Joseph Vance, Doyle; White Company. Fisher; Tho Bent Twig. French; Lion's Share. Friends of Franco. Hankey; Student In Arms. Harris; A Circuit Rider's Widow. Harris; Told by Unslo Remus. Harrison; Captivating Mary Car stalra. Hawkins; Chronicles of Count An tonio, Howlwtt; Tho Little Iliad. Hill; Tho Rebuilding of Europe. Howolls; Annie Kllbura. Howells; A Forgone Conclusion. Joromo; Passing of tho Third Floor Back. Joromo; Street of tho Black Wall. Johnson; Tennessee Shad, Macquarlo; How to Live at the Front. Mlddloton; Wav of tho Air. Pago; Santa Claus' Partner. Poole; His Family. HERiEfl PUBLIC Scrvlco; Rhymes of a Ited Cross Man. , Smith; Novels, Caleb West; Master Diver. Smith; Only a Dog. Stevenson; At the Front In a Fllver. Tarklngton; Seventeen. Truo Stories of tho Great War. vols. 4 and 5, White; Arizona Nlghta. White; Gold. Whlto; Tho Gray Dawn. White; Court of Boyville. Red Cross Holds Meeting. A business session of tho Red Cross was hold In the City Hall on Tuesday evening; The roports of tho commit' tecs woro as follows: Surgical Dressing Committee, Mrs. Wheaton, Chairman Completion ct S40 spagnum moss pads. Knitting Committee, Chairman Enrollment Mrs. Long, of twenty MIbs Edna knitters . Report of Treasurer, Swarts Membership fees, ?C; dona It Ions from luka Circle, Ladles of the G. A. It., 63; private donation, $2.50. APPOINTS MRS. VAN VALZAH Will Be Chairwoman for Fourth Lib erty Loan Drive In This District. Mrs. Ada B. Van Valzah has re ceived the confirmation of her appoint ment as chairwoman of the Fourth ' T II... ... .. , .1 -I .... In . I. D.Jnn,flnJ uiuvilj uuail uiiiu in lug ?yi uifeiiiviu district and will enter upon her duties at once. The confirmation follows: Mrs. Ada B. Van Valzah, Chairwoman Fourth Liberty Loan.; Drive, Springfield, Oregon. My Dear Mrs. Van Valzah: I am phased to confirm your ap pointment as chairwoman of the Fourth Liberty Loan drive and I ex- ;e8cape from which, without heavy press the hope and the belief that you 0S8e3 to raen made prIsoner and -H)a3 will organize the women ot your dls-'and material captured seems almost trlct so that yoiL may render Umaly , jmp0g8,bj0 of achievement and efficient service to your chairman Scores of addltional towns have and his organization. been capture by British. French Attached to this letter you will find and Amerlcan tro the Amr, a list of precincts in your district, with navh)JJ eaUitei tUe rf wltfe tne name ofthe precinct-chairwoman. tvenchSrth'wes? orSon'Sna used in each of the three prior loan,, of tho 0,d 8ayu'la the drives, whenever we have been sup- ,ed ne8 n( haye flattened piled with them. out and aH,ea t, ye Please notl y these people of their rdug deepljr tafo enemerTa reappointment H you. are satisfied Th firfi. t ran in ttrfifoTi fna nnomtf with them, and if you deslro to appoint others please do so at once and advise me as soon, as you can ot all precinct Chairwomen so that our office, records may bo comploted. A success of our campaign rests largely with those in charge ot the local organization and it is very es- oontlnl thnt tl.ov 1,n .nonnlA tirlin will work and make prompt reports to you. Please appoint at once or as soon as you can the necessary teams to assist the men's committee with the work of soliciting. Mr. W. Wt Stllz will bo in Eugene Thursday evening, August ,29, and will hold a mooting tor all Liberty Loan workers. Please bo present if you can and have as many of your organization thero as possible. Thanking you in advance for your co-operation, I am Very truly, MARTHA E. WATSON. County Chalrwlman Fourth Liberty Loan Committee. F. M, ROTH NEW PRINCIPAL Clackamas County Man to Springfield Hj0h Sohool. Head At a special meeting ot the school board held last Friday evening. F. M. Roth of Clackamas county was elected to fill' the prlnclpalshtp of the Spring field high school, which was made va cant by the resignation of Mr. Torbett. who has gone into government' work. Mr. Roth comes here woll recommend- ed. He is a graduate of the Oregon Agricultural Collogo and has taught . In tho Canby school for the past four ' years, where ho has been principal. Mr. Roth will movo his family hero , in tlmo for the opening of school, i which will bo Monday, Septomber 23. Tho flfthu grade position made va cant by the resignation of Miss Grace Walker, was filled by the election of Miss Elizabeth James of Eugene. J. S McKay was elected Janitor of the Lincoln school, and Fred HinBon Janitor of the high school. Announcement. Horoatter the work of tho canning force ot the Woman's. National Service Leaguo will be divided, into four di visions, with a captain for each di vision. Tho captains, selected aro: Mrs. O. B. Kessey, Mrs. Mabel Gay, Mrs. Bertlo WaUtej, 'Mrs. GoWsn Catching.' The' personnel of tho work, ing force wilt be announced later. MRS. VAN VALZAH,' ' Chairman! BRITISH SB GERMAN LINES Make Advance of Six MMm In One Day's Fighting on Wide Front BOOTY TAKEN ENORMOUS British Operation Net' Many Prison, ere and Ground Is Thickly ' Carpeted With German Dead. A Paris, Aug. 28. In a swift advance today, covering moro than six miles at certain points, tho French, troops south of Uio Somme recaptured 40 vll lages, the War Ofllco announced to night The Germans facing the allied for ces from' Arras to Solssons every where are in dire peril. ' On almost every sector of tho bat tle frpnt the enemy line continues to crumble before the allied attack, not wi'hstandlng the violence, born of desperation, of the counter offensive tactics. Near Arras the old Hlndenburg line now Is well outflanked; rom tho Scarpa to tho Somme tho hostile line gradually Is falling back'.whlle on tho Bodth of the Somme to Sohjsbua tho cuemy front has literally been smashed and the' German hosts appar ently are caught In two distinct traiM. ;flnds h,mself ,8 by the sharp curve of, the Somme r river with Peronne its apex and with . Curlu on the Somme and Frcsnes, re spectively, its northern and southern bases. This triangle is a little more than three miles deep and six mlleo UrMn anri In I , ,ha n.nnnH ,1-1. . " uwu,u" l'ng w,th hf,lr back towafd tta Somme on both the north and the. east Desperate resistance is. being ot' ,fered by the ene.my ,B order that men may have time to reach a havea of safety across' the stream, but the British are hard aftdr their quarry, and with the French a little to the south almost up to 'the river to aid " them by an outflanking movement it would seem that the odds are heavily against the Germans'. It was the French troops who sprang the other trap. With the fall of Chaulnes the French forces routed the enemy ovor a front of abont 19 miles and penetrated the region to a depth at some points ot nearly seven miles. Heavy fighting Is in progress from a point south ot Lens southward across the Scarpa river to the Arras Cambrat road. Tho British are beat ing down the German resistance with steady blows. At least two new German division's have Just been Identified in this light ing. But while they are opposing the, allies and In most cases are battling hard, thero have been some instances in which the enemy troops have, shown themselves to be .excessively nervous. which is as it should bo, considering tho pounding thoy have had and are still getting from the British eanmon and tho defeats they have suffered at the hands ot the advancing Infantry, Teuton Troop 'Mutiny. A large Boche force -was brought up . eoun.OP nHnv r,r!Mi, mn IADK. . n!oa at ,aBt B- accordlnK to 'lP,Bnnra. B,n.omon vf.. , imo, ,v, . uvifNtv "u mw ivnv nuuv .via nituuub them, the British withdrawing 400 yards. Later the British rci-attacked, pay ing particular attention to the flanks, and drove tho Germans out Then a second tlmo the enemy troops wer called upon to counter attack, This' time, it Is reported, tho, whole body refused and only a few patrols were Been by the British.