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Newspaper Page TextPAGE 2 THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS THURSDAY, NOV. 21, 1018 Tto Springfield News Published overy Thursday by tho Lano County Publishing Association. ROBERT A. BRODIE, Editor and Mfjr. SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Payable In advance.) Ono year ..... $1.60 Sue' months .75 Three m. 'ja v.J, .u'a.rj.J.r'l ADVERTISING RATE8 Per Display. Column Inch Ono Tlmo 25c Each subsequent insortion 20c By tho month, each insertion.... 15c Readers Each Insortion. per ltne., 05c LIFTING THE, VEIL It Is to be hoped that many, many years will elapse before tho market demand and the market price of Ore gon's sterling product lumber-wlll again hover around tho red ink figures that have adorned the balance sheets of many Northwestern mills during the past eight years. No doubt thero has been over-production during that time as a result of the substitution of more and more concrete, brick and steel in all kinds of structural wortc, and-the letting down the bars to Brit ish Columbia competition to further aggravnto an Intolerable condition, yet 'lumber will always fill a niche of its own. The investment of capital is too heavy and too vital, however, to be placed in continual jeopardy through disorganized markets. This problem with its many rami fications that heretofore disturbed Pa cific States manufacturers is not just now confronting them. The world needs their goods and they are not worrying much over market condi tion's and unequal competition. Por the nonce they are busy. Conse sequontly optimistic, more so than an analysis of conditions would seem to warrant. "Sufficient unto the day is. the evil thereof is the slogan. j But like many good things It is not going to last. One, two and perhaps three years, yet who can foretell the - end? v All of devastated Europe will not be j rebuilt with lumber, besides Europe I makes a few sticks of lumber herself. . And that, too. under labor conditions , that would be an aggravation to American standards. The time will come sooner than we expect when the lumber industry will owners of small flocks, be'confronted with the same old prob-j The sodium flourid method of get lems that were clamoring for solution . uns rid of lice is described. This when the cataclysm of war broke and j method has been used very success temporarily solved them for us. Again j fully in the county the last two years, will the industry take up where they Jntestlonal worms are also de left oft iho dire necessity of their solu- 'cussed. These parasites have given tion. Again will we revert back to trouble locally, which has often at- tne.Durden or stabilizing a flooded, dc-; moralized market. The industry had better begin now towprepare against that day. Propa ganda that spells salvation for invest ed capital and dependent labor Is needed now. Much of it directed at congressional activity should begin to bear fruit to counteract the evil of the future. There is the menace of an inconsequential tariff on British Co lumbia mill products that should be rendered many degrees less danger ous. If there was ever a time when the American lumber industry needed the-strong hand of a protective tariff .that protects, it will be after the wild orgy of reconstructing a world has come to an end and the sober light of reason begins to reveal the "lum bering" giant in his true strength, then measured by his ability to grasp and throttle the dangers that war en abled him to escape. He will have a raan's-slze Job that he dare not shirk. It might not be amiss to suggest to a few thousand workmen In Germanv, and as many more In Russia, to get to work in the hundreds of paper mills in those countries. This will not only fill their empty stomachs, but it will contribute in a degree to the produc tive wealth of those nations and thus enable them to settle a few financial obligations they owe to other nations. EL will also aid in putting a crimp in the grafting proclivities of a bunch of self-confessed profiteers oporatlng pa per mVAts in tho U. S. A. t . ? ( If lha Pacific States Telephone Co. will divert all tho money they pay out for half pageB of propaganda, that no body believes anyway, to tho pay cheeks of their switchboard operators, tho necessity (?) for a 75 per cent In creasb In rates may not bo ho urgent. The public school pupils don't find It eauy to pick up where they loft off six weeks ago. It Is not easy for tho old folks cither. Wo all become' rusty through disuse of normal functions, Mora! keep going! lh Grandoldope Tho other day wo read A biographical sketch Of Walt Mason Of Emporia, Kansas, In which it stated That ho could grind out More nowspapor copy Than any man living. Wo cortntnly' would llko To glvo Walt a Job On tho News And stand by Complacently. chewing our cud And enjoy His contortions Trying to mnko'good on this Four-page Incubus. Wo notlco that t Tho high school Quill manipulators Are also having A hex of a tlmo Filling, their corner This week. It's easy when It's happened, But It's tuff when It taln'L Dear Jlr. Cyr: i Inasmuch we promised you An npology For what we said last week About trading A year's subscription For n pound of your butter, We take It back We wouldn't trade. For sale or rent Ono small white Gentleman cat With a reference. One eye is blue The other has flu. Ornery member of , Council of de-fence. He eats 'em alive! Apply at Madame Van's ' Bean Emporium. Wood Alcohol For sale At all First-class druggists. "We never substitute." As the News Goes to press O. Behave Kossey Is resting easy. Poultry Disease Bulletin Available Copies of the bulletin on Poultry Diseases can now be obtained from the office of the County Agent at Eu- gene. u a an excellent 48-page reference bulletin and one that is of interest and value to poultrymen. Amoag some of the diseases men- tlcned that are of local interest are roup, a disease frequently found In (locks, but not always recognized by tributed to other causes. Born. SMITH Sunday, November 17, 1918, to Mr. and Mrs. George Smith, a 12 pound son. Catarrh Cannot Be Cured with LOCAL. APPLICATIONS, tts the: cannot reach the seat of the disease Catarrh la a local disease, greatly In fluenced by constitutional conditions, cm In order tp cure It you must take ai Internal remedy. Hall's Catarrh Medi cine, is taken internally and acts thru the blood on the mucou3 surfaces of the system. Hall's Catarrh Medicine wir prescribed by one of the best physician. In this country for years. It is com posed of pome of the best tonics ltnown combined with some of the best blood purifiers. The perfect combination of the Ingredients in Hall's Catarrh Medi cine Is what produces such wonderful results In catarrhal conditions Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props., Toledo, O All Druggists, 78c. Hall's Family Fills 'or constipation. NOT IC E O F F IN A L S ETTl, EM IE NT Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned has filed his final account as executor of the last will and testa ment and estate of Esther Matilda Johnson, deceased, in the County Court of the State of Oregon for the County of Lane, and that Saturday, the 14th day of December, 1918, at tho hour of ten o'clock a, m.. has been fixed and appointed by said Court as the day and time for hearing objec tions to said account and for the set tlement thereof. All objections must be in writing and filed with (he Clerk of said Court on or beforo the said day and time. Dated this 12th day of November, 1918. PHILIP JOHNSON, Executor of the Estate of Matilda Johnson, deceased. ""notice of road district'"" MEETING. To Whom It May Concern: Notico Is hereby given that a moot ing of tho legal voters being residents taxpayers and owners of real property in Raad District No. .1, In Lane county, Oregon, will bo hold at tho hour of 2 o'clock p. m., on tho 30th day of No vember, A. I). 1918, at the J. W. A. Hall, Marcola, Oregon, in said road district, to determine whether said road district shall levy a special tax of 3 mills or less upon nil tho taxablo proporty In said district for the pur poso of providing funds for repairing roads. II. L. BOWN, County Judge. M. II. HAItLOW, E. It. SPENCER, County Commissioners. STEADIER HOB MARKETS PLANNED Hog Producers and Packers Confer With Repre sentatives of the Food Administration and Agricultural Department and Adopt New Plan of Regulation. In accordance with the policy of tho Food Administration since Its founda tion to consult representative men In tho agricultural Industry on occasions of Importance to special branches of the Industry, on October IN there was convened In Washington n meeting of thu Live Stock. Subcommittee of the Agricultural Advisory Board and tho special members representing the swine Industry to consider the situation In the hog market. The conference tasted for three days, and during this tlmo met with the executive committee of the fifty packing tlrms participating In foreign orders for pork products nnd with the members of the Food Administration directing foreign pork purchases. The conclusions of the conference wore ns follows : . The entire marketing situation Ims so changed slnco tho September Joint conference ns to necessitate nn entire alteration In the plans of price stabl llzntlon. The current peace talk has alarmed tho Holders of com, and there has been n price decline of from 2S cents to -10 cents per bushel. The fact that the accumulations of low priced corn In the Argentine nnd South Afri ca would, upon the advent of peace and liberated shipping, become availa ble to the European nmrket has fro nted a great deal of apprehension on the part of corn holders. This decline has spread fear among swine growers that n similar reduction In the prices of hogs would naturally follow. More over, tho lower range of corn prices would, If Incorporated In n 13-to-l ra tio, obviously result In n continuously falling price for live hogs. In view of these changed conditions many swine producers anticipated lower prices nnd ns a result rushed thulr hogs to ninrket In large numbers, and this ovorshlpmont has added to nnd nggravuted the decline. The Information of the Department of Agriculture Indicates Hint the sup- ply of hogs hns Increased about S peri cent., while the highest uuotllclnl esti mate does not exceed 15 per ctAit. In creased production over last year. On the other hand, the arrival of hogs during the last three weeks In the seven great markets hns been 27 per cent, more than last year, during the corresponding period, demonstrating -the unusually heavy marketing of the avnllable supply. In the face of tho excessive receipts some packers have not maintained the price agreed last month. On the other hand, many of the puckers have paid over the price offered to' them In nn endeavor to maintain the nureed price. The re sult In any event has been n failure to maintain the October price basis determined upon at, the September con ference and undertaken by the pack ers. Another factor contributing 'to the break In prices during the month has Deen the Influenza epidemic; It has sharply curtailed consumption of pork products and temporarily de creased the labor stnrr or tne pncnerH about 25 per cent. The exports of 1.10.000,000 pounds of pork products for October com pared with about 52,000.000 pounds In October a yenr ngo, and tho export orders plnceable by the Pood Administration for November, amount to 170,000,000 pounds as contrast ed with the lesser exports of 08,000,000 for November, 1017. The Increased demands of the ulllcs are continuing, and nre In themselves proof of the necessity for the Inrgu production for which the Food Admin istration asked. 'The Incrense In, ex port demnnds nppears to be nmply suttk'lpnt to tuko up the Incrense In hug productl in, but unfavorable mar ket conditions existing In October nf ford no fair Index of the aggregate supply and demand. It must be evident that the enor mous shortage In fnts In the Central Empires nnd neutral countries would imir.eitlfitL.lv uoon peace result in ad ditional demands for pork products which, ci top of the heavy snipmeiu to the Allies, would' tend materially to Incrense the American exports. In asmuch ns no considerable reservoir of supplies exists outside of the United Stntes. It seems probable that tho present prospective supplies would be Inadequate to meet this world demnnd with the return to pence. So far ns It Is possible to Interpret this fact, It ap pears that there should He even a stronger demand for pork products after the war, and therefore any nlurm of hog producers ns to the effect of peace Is unwarranted by the outlook. In the light of these circumstances It is the conclusion of the conference that attempts to hold the price of hogs to the price of corn may work out to the disadvantage of pork producers. It is the conclus'on that any Interpre tation of tho formula should be n broad gouged policy applied .oyr a long period. It Ik the opinion of the conference that In Hiilistltutlon of the previous plans of stabilization Iho Live Slock Subcommittee of the Agri cultural Advisory Board, together with the Kpeclally Invited twine representa tives, should nccopt the Invitation of the Food Administration to Join wltli Ihe Administration and the packers In determining the prices nt which con trolled export orders nre to bo placed. This will bo regularly done. The In fluence' of these orders will bo directed to the maintenance of the common ob ject namely, the stabilization of tho price of live hogs so as to ware as far uh it Is possible fulr returns to the producer and the Insurance of nn ade quate future mip'ply. These foreign orders are pjuced upon the basis of cost of hogn to the packers. As the result of long ncgottntlonN between tills body nnd tho Packers' Committee, representing the 15 to 00 packers participating In foreign or ders, together with the Allied buyers, nil under the Chairmanship of the Food Administration, the following tin dertaklng has been given by the pack ers: In view of the undertakings on tho part of the Pood Administration with regard to the co-ordinated purchaser of pork products, covered In the at tached, It Is ngroed Hint the packer participating In these orders will un dertake not to purchase hogs for less than tho following agreed mlnlmums for the month of November, that Is n dally minimum of S17.M) per hundred IMiunds on average of packers' droves, excluding throw-outs. "Throw-outs" to be defined as pigs under l."0 pounds, stags, boars, thin sows and skips. Further that no hogs of any kind shall be bought, except throw outs, at less than $10.50 per hundred pounds. The average of packer' droves to be construed as the nverogt: of the total vnles to the market of all hogs for it given day. All the iibovo to be bused on Oil en no. We agreo that a committee shall he appointed liv the Food Administration to check the dally operations In tho various markets wl'h u view to super vision and demonstration of the carry ing nut of the above. The ability of the packers, to carry out this arrangement will depend on there being u normal marketing of hogs based upon the proportionate In crease over the receipts of last year. The Increase In production sipponrs to be n mnxlmumof about 15 per cent, nnd wo can handle such tin Increase. If the producers of hogs should, ns they have In the past few weeks, pre maturely market hogs In such Increas ing numbers over Ihe above It Is en tirely beyond the ability of the pack ers to maintain these inlulmums, and therefore we must have the co-operation of tho producer himself to, main tain these results. It Is n physical Impossibility for the capacity of thu packing bouses to handle a similar over-flood of hogs and to And n marke.t for the output. Tho packers are anx ious fro co-operate with the producer In maintaining a stabilization of price and to see that producers receive a fair price for their products. (Signed) TIIOS. E. WILSON, Chairman Puckers' Committee. The plan embodied above wus adopt ed by tho conference. The Food Administrator hns appoint ed n committee, comprising Mr. Thom as E. Wilson, chnlrmdv of the Pack ers' Committee; Mr. Everett Brown, president of the Chicago Livestock Ex change; Major ltoy of tho Food Ad ministration, Mr. ImiIh D. Hall of the Bureau of Markets, to undertuko the supervision of the execution of the plan In the various markets. Commis sion men me ns'kcd to co-operate In carrying nut the plan embodied In the packers' ugreement. It must be evi dent that offers by commission men to sell hogs below the minimum estab lished above Is not fair, either to the producer or the participating packers. Mr. Brown has undertaken on behalf of the commission men In the United States that they will loyally nupport the plan. ft Is believed by the conference that this new plan, bused as It Is upon u positive minimum basis, will bring bet ter results to the producer than aver ugc prices for the month. It docs not limit top prices nnd should narrow the margins necessary to country buy ers In more variable markets. It Is believed that the plan should work out close to $18 average Swine producers of the country will contribute to their own Interest by not flooding tho market, for It must be evident tlmt If nn excessive over per centage ot togs Is marketed In any one month p'lce stabilization and con trol cannot succeed, and It Is certain that producm themselves can contri bute materially to tht efforts of tho conferences If they will do their mark eting In as norjnal a way ns possible. Tho whole situation as existing at present demands a frank und explicit assurance from the conferees repre sented namely, that every possible" effort will bo made to maintain u llvo hog price commensulnto with swine production costs und reusonnlilo sell ing values In execution of tho declar ed policy of the Food Administration to use every ugency In Its control to secure Justice to the farmer. The stabilization methods ndopted for November represent the best ef forts of the conference, concurred In by tho Food Administration tt'iU -Uiind, the, tfvtcft wrilk, 'aad 4 WHEN YOUR MONEY IS IN OUR BANK IT IS SAFE FROM FIRE, BURGLARS AND YOUR OWN DESIRE TO SPEND IT. THE WAY TO HAVE MONEY IN THE BANK IS TO "PUT" IT THERE, LET IT "STAY" THERE AND ALWAYS ADD TO IT. r JUST SAY: ."I AM GOING TO HAVE MORE MONEY" AND BANK IT.... THIS IS THE ONE SURE WAY TO GET AHEAD. BANK WITH US. at Ike always f thought nmnn was foolish to buy plug of the Gravely class when he could get a big ' plug of ordinary tobacco for the same money. But one day Bill gave him a chew of Gravely just two cr three small squares. Then Ike got the pure, sat PEYTON BRAND Real Gravely Chewing Plug each piece packed in a pouch r azmTMmrTrT'T I . JJ HI , I , SUMMONS. In tho Circuit Court of tho Stnto of Oregon for tho County of Lano. Nora Payuo, plaintiff, vs. Mutt Payno, defendant. To Mntt Payno, tho noovo named de fendant: In tho nacio of tho State of Orogon you nro horoby roqulrod to appear and answer the complaint fllod against you In tho abovo entitled court and causo on or beforo tho 28thidny of November, 1918, Bald dato bolng tho date and tlmo snoclflod by tho. court In tho order for publication as tho tlmo for you to appear and answor, and If you fall so to appear and ans wor, for wnnt thereof tho plaintiff wll apply to tho court for the rollof de manded In said complaint on flla hero in, and tho wholo thereof. Tho rollof domanded is: Judgment and docroe that tho bonds of matrimony now ox istlpg between the plaintiff and do fondant bo forover dissolved and held for naught and that tho plaintiff bo awardod tho caro and custody of the two minor children, Claudia Payne and Nolvln Payne, and for such other rollof as to tho court may soom moot and equitable This summons is publl3hod by tho order of tho Honorable O, F, Skip worth, Judgn of tho Circuit Court of tho State of Oregon for tho County of Lano, dated October 14, 1918. FltANIC A. DoPUR, ' Rcsldonco Sprlngflold. Oregon, 001.17,24,3107,14,21,28. NOTICE OF ROAD DI3TRICT MEETING. To Whom It May Concorn: Notlco Is horoby given that a moot ing of tho legal voters bolng rasldont taxnayorH nnd ownors of real property In Road District No. 10, In Lano Coun ty, Oregon, will bo hold at tho hour of 2 o'clock p. m., on tho -23rd day of No. vombor, A. D. 1918, at tho Woodman Hnll In snld road district, to dotormlno whothor eald road district shall lory a special tax of 5 mills or lusu unon all tho taxablo property in said district for tho purpose of providing funds for -onoral road purposes II. L, BOWN, County Judge iiin'fl AmiiiIii nOi irm isfying Gravely taste. It lasted so long, you can't tell him nowadays that it cocts him anything extra to chew Real Gravely. further tliat't why feu tea C't 'A' f0"f tf thhtlatt ef lilccn without txtro nit p. iiiPiil n '"nTllHW if W YM NOTICE OF ROAD DISTRICT MEETING. To Whom It Mny Concorn: I Notlco Is horoby given thtit n moot ing of the Iggnl voters being resident i taxpayers mid owners or real proporty In Itoad District No. C, In Lano Coun ty, Oregon, will bo hold nt thu hour ot 2 o'clock p. in., on thu 23rd day ot No vember, 1918, nt tho Lower Camp Creek School Ilouao In said road dis trict, to dotormlno whothor said road district shall levy a special tax of 3 mills upon all tho taxablo proporty in said dlBtrlct for tho purpose of provid ing funds for rond work, one-half to bo used on tho Wnltervillo road and ono half on tho Upper Camp Crook Rond. H. L. BOWN, .. County Judgo. NOTICE OF ROAD DISTRICT MEETING. To Whom It Mny Concorn: Notlco Is horoby given that a moot ing of tho legal voters bolng rosldont taxpayers and owners of ronl property In Rond District No. 66, In Lano Coun ty, Oregon, will bo hold at tho hour of 1 o'clock p. m., on tho 23rd day of No vombor, A. I). 1918, at tho Minnies Hall In said Road District, to detor mlno whothor said road district Hhall lovy a spoclal tax of 3 mills upon all the taxablo proporty In said dlBtrlct for tho purposo of providing funds for gonoral road purposes. II. h. BOWN, NOTICE OF ROAD DI8TRICT MEETING. To Whom It May Concorn: Notlco Is horoby given that a moot- Ing ot tho legal vntors being rosldont taximyorn and ownors of real proporty In Rond DlBtrlct No. 18, In Lano Conn ty, Crogon, will bo hold nt tho hour ot 2 o'clock p. m., on tho 23rd day of No vember, A. D. 1918, at tho School tlouuo n said road district, to dolor initio whothor Bald road district shnjl lovy a Hpoolul tax of 6 mills upon all ttixnblo proporty in Huld district for iho purposo of providing funds for tto upkeep and Improving tho roads in tho dlBtrlct II. L, BOWN, County Judgo.