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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.
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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.
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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.