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PAGE 4 ;THlfi SPRINGFIELD frlEWS TIJUnSDAV,. JAN. 10, 101!) TRIES 10 RESTRAIN CALIF. GOVERNOR "Attempts to Stay Certification of Vote on Prohibition Amendment Sacramento, Cnl., Jan. 15. Gpvernor ."William D. Stevens announces yesterday- that ho would mako no deci sion as to his action on the writ of prohibition, Issued In tho superior court of San Francisco, intended to prevent him from certifying to tho federal government tho California . legislature's ratification of tho fed eral prohibition amendment lie said lie would consult with Attorney Gen eral Bell before acting. Tho writ, which was issued on pe tition of Attorney Theodore A. Bell, acting for EphrtaKi Light, a grape grower, waa serTad on Governor Stephens yesterday afternoon. It di rects him to appear Monday to show cause why he should not bo prohib ited from certifying tho legislature's ratification and It temporarily re strains him from, doing so. J,.,.Tko action Is based on tho rcfer 'VadkiKvprovision of the state const!- tutlonjithat provides for submittal to J WAR DEPARTMENT ATTITUDE UNFAIR Practice of Discharging Soldiers Without Pay Arouses Bitter Criticism. That tho war department will ho forced by the Amorlcan public to take Immediate action providing generous ly for tho discharged soldier is tho growing sentiment which may be guaged by letters and wires which aro constantly going forward to Washington. Theoretically, when tho war depart ment lands an American fighting man at Hoboken or Now York and dis charges' him from further service, it turns over to htm his nrrens In pay, hands to him his railroad faro to point of 'enlistment, makes him a present of a couple of suits of under clothes and permits him to wear his uniform until he can find civilian garb. In practice, tho war department lands him on the Atlantic seaboard and forgets that he is on earth. Nine times out of ten he hasn't a dollar and often has been unpaid from two to nine months. He may get his un- the .people, upon petition of S per cent derclothes, but tho fare allowance of the voters, any act of the state does not provide him with a placo to . . . . i , , .,- i legislature. sicep, ana unuerciouies, as an arncic A bill was introduced In the as-! of diet, are recommendod In no con sembly yesterday to mako prohibl- temporary dietary, tion iif this state effective June 30 j In Canada, if ho Is a single man, next. This bill, if enacted, would his pay is doubled and he is given a Major George L. Baker last wook, at which roproaontctlvcs from nearly ev ery Section, in tho state woro present. Out of tho sessions camo tho knowl edge that tmmodlato action Is re quired. Hundreds of soldiers are botng dis charged every day and, returning to their homos to tonco moro ontor civil pursuits. Sonio have boon unable to. 8curo employment, and where others havo boon given their old places up on their return, the civilian who held tho Job now finds hlmBolf looking for other work. Largo bodies of Idle men are not conducive to tho welfnro of the state or a community, and tho co-oporatlon from over source that has any In fluence is sought to relievo tho sit uation. It Is hopod that tills will not be looked upon as a pessimistic view, but a plain statement of cold facts. Tho nttontlon of'ovory employer In tho stnto Is directed to tho situation and they are urged to expend a little if possible. ThoBo who have delayed sonio needed Improvement until "af ter tho war" should start It now. If onch employer of labor will arrange to absorb only a fow of the Idlo men tho now problem will bo oasy of solu tion. Unemployment breeds soup houses, and soup houses have no place In any well-regulated community, tuny breed something wrfrso, Questtonalres In the form of n blank card will bo mulled to nil em- IN ODD ALLIANCE Old Bull Gnu, Driven From Herd, . Found Other Companions. Wnrt-Hoo and Outcnit Ostrich Allowed Charter No. 841. RtwrvB District No. .12 REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE First National Bank At Springfield. In Uio Btato of Oregon; nt tho cIoho of buslnoiu on Docember .11, 1018. RESOURCES to Travel With Depoied Kino l.oana dlacountn, Including rediscounts $HM&0.r.8 Old Bachelors Henceforth. "4 All of Tlfcm. There was some trouble nut In tho glare of the sun on the bare plain, null the dut was rising In clouds T. St. Mntls writes In London Answer. A Total loaiiH . SlJfi 061168 U S. bonds deposited to secure circulation "(par value) ; 0 260 00 U. 8. bonds and certificates, or Indeb'tediiess owned and unpledged i cqq qo Liberty Loan Bonds, 3, 4, iind 4 per cent,' mi ihvubuu i. a.finn.nn .uniis wines 111 1.0111 011 answers, a nn,,.i ..- m,,,,, it a 1 T MUKlo M.lturo hung over the scene. ns ! "JostSl sSving" LSilU P ?"' ' 8CUr if expecting profit from tho Inspeo Socurltlon other than U. a boTi'd'T aiuv:in uwueu unpiougou Total bonds, BueuritlCH, etc.. other than Then, It tlon. unit n little binek-baeked Jiicknl, prick eared utul doglike, wiih watching II 1 1 ll 1 1 V fmill 1111 IIIIHMSIIIW-tl-ll lllllll under a wult-u-hlt thorn. bWCK ot i-ouorai ituservo Hank (60 per cont of sub- pin to move, .leasts, extraordinarily Ueal oatnto ownod othor ' thaif banking hoiiiioZ"" trnngo nnd odd bcusts, with idiiiggy ' Lawful rosorvo with Federal ltoscrvo Hank heads nnd curved horns, like buffalocx, ' Cash In vault and net amount duo from nntionai long, horeellko talis, and sturdy ' banks .. , but graceful, somewhat tintclope-llku j Chocks on other banks In tho same city or town ns bodies, began to loom up Indistinctly. reporting bonk .....J , heartvarS,Etmi thTLf'lut i chock8 , ,)a",k &tofewiT?r55r or 't Tt i iisi was-nuiiing wim tne rest, nut , reporting bank nnd othor cash Ileum.. always tnc Heavy, snaggy fellow, Hodemption fund with U. 8. Treasurer and due-front wnose very mnssiveness speic ngo, u, s. Treasurer ...... gave back slowly on the whole, though often master In the single emit cm in. Total He could not fight the whole herd, and that. In fact, was what ho was being risked to do Hum. In other 'words, a 1,600.00 41.017,10 8,082.01 31,765:09 1 m make violation of its provisions a misdemeanor punishable by a fine and imprisonment and would become a law at the same time that national prohibition' for the period of demo bilization became effective. To Relieve Soldiers Salem, Jan. 16. Another recon post-discharge bonus of six months' "pay at tho doublo rate. To mako that rloycrs In tho state thlB weofc. Upon being filled out arid returned to the Federal Director with tho Information risked for he will know exactly how many men may bo p'lacod throughout he state. more clear, he Is paid six tiroes ?G3 and he is fitted into a suit of civilian garments. If he Is married, he Is paid a -minimum of six times $93. Officers are naid in nronnrtlnn tn 'rank on the same basis. CALLS FOR FIRST-CLASS MHN r,, i-.r , i Queer folks, those Canadians. Thov 1 he Malay peninsula. OW uvwuu uituoui t- ntiunu uo iuo 1 - - . ... . i 1 insist- linnn Hrinn- fnnprffA nn.i i name, nor Is It the 1)1 a ce. H,-nl nTnrPCBfnn nf 1t "mtter. The StOrj' Is I icldent That Shows That Mission!', y Work Is Only for Those Who Aro Especially Efficient Hangs was sent to Bang-bang up In This Is not his but that iloi-j true. His Instructions were to stnrt a school lor the Chinese and to open up mission work. The government had promised to provide the land for the school building and Bangs expected to find wafting for him a very extensive sub scription list signed by wealthy Chi nese to meet the expenses of building. He was instructed to present himself to the police Inspector, whp "was sup posed to he heartily backing the proj ect. Shortly nfter Bangs' arrival the oflicial was suddenly transferred for excellent reasons. Then Bangs discov ered that the names of all the brothel keepers In the region were on his sub scription list. They had no objections to subscribing when the Inspector of police argued the cause, but they felt very dllTerently about paying out their cash when a young missionary came to MEN OUT OF WORK collect tl," money Meanwhile ItnngH j i found that the contract for the school 3 Problem of Employment of Surplus ' building bad been let to n dishonest . . . . II.. . . MU . I . ' LIABILITIES Capital stock paid In , piece of wild Justice was taking pbtco, surplus fund . , ., which Is to say thaf because of hit Undivided Profits . 1,139.09 "crustiness," Jealousy, lack or chivalry. X?l!u VnlTn.?AJHnCJ,,, ft"a ,nXC8 pB,d " or fo r some other, or tbese reason, Kff aSSaffi' "fo VhwCZZZ ,V -that dd shaggy brute was being Ulck.nl Certificates of deposit duo In lens than 30 daya (other out of tho herd. j than for money borrowed) ..,.. " As they drew nearer, one mw thnt Caehlor's chocks outstanding , " they were blue gnus, which are brm- . Total of demand doroBlts (othor than bank, died gnus, which nre bearded gnus, doposlts) subject to resorvo 1CC.048.19 which are wild beasts, and tluvlllsh ' ""'os " uoposu lowior man ror money nor- mhl beasts, too. If you did not know -viding for the co-operation of the , lne men wno nave been doing their state of Oregon with the Federal j "Ehtlng. It rather would outrage Government in the procuring of land ! tnetr ridiculous sense of the proprie tor honorably discharged soldiers, sal- j "es were a Canadian soldier found lors and marines. ( wandering penniless,' the streets of Tho bill calls for an appropriation of Halifax, wHh nothing of provender, $500,00 during the next two years and ' save two suIts ot underclothes, and the appointment ot a soldier settle-. nothing of clothing save the under ment commission. shirts and his uniform. Two plans are made. One is that the ( When called upon to explain, the state shall provide the land and the war department of the United States Federal Government shaU furnish the rccites the rule which is supposed to funds ror reclamation purposes. j apply full pay, travel allowance and, The second plants for the state to al'ars, those underclothes. But purchase the land for the soldiers and when confronted with unquestionable .equip farms for immediate possession, evttlence of Its non-performance, the With the Federal Government granting s"enco it preserves is, at least, dls-long-time loans to the soldiers and creet- sailors taking advantage of the act. Small' payments not to exceed 2 per 5000 -cent of the value of the farms arc to be paid down, while the soldier-set tiers have up to 40 years in which to they were antelope, you would have said they were buffalo, musk ox, horse nnd antelope mixed In one beast. The result, anyway, was a queer customer. rowed Postal savings deposits Total of tlmo doposlts subject to reserve Cash letters of credit and travelers' checks out 27,323.90 Total t Uff,GftG.C8 . i 7,760.00 2,000.00 40,'ll7.10 , 860.00 ' X 082,01 . 2.000.00 12.9.10.10 ' ,9,860.27 21,401.63 I 204.40 1,264.07. 312.60 1229.830.78 26,000.00 4.000.00 1,130.09 . G.260.00 134,604.07 30,307.29 1.14C.23 26,249.61 2,074.39 76.00 4229,830.78 At Ittcfr ttt.i ilit .....I. ...... l... J ""-" "i" .State of Oregon. Cooniv of Lnno. so : a., vl i 1 i , TV" 1 '' Cha' L- Scott' P"enl of tho abovo namel bank, do solemnly swear acknouledged defeat, nnd, leullr.lng , u,nt tho nbovo statement is true to tho best of my knowledge nnd belief, that he could not do the Impossible,! niAa i arnT-P i,a cleared himself cleverly from a tcrri- L,,, Q l 3' U SC0T1' 1 bio mlxun among three other bulls i-1""' mum: j. r. oaimu, i. i, r.iur., k. r, aicukk, uiroctors. complete payments. Chamberlain's Tablets Vhen you are troubled with indi gestion or constipation, take Cham berlain's Tablets. They strengthen the stomach and enable It to perform Its functions naturally. Indigestion 's usually accompanied by constipation and Is aggravate'd by It. Chambor Iain's Tablets cause a gentle move ment of the bowels, relieving the con stipated condition. Labor in State Yet to be Solved. "Reports gathered from all reliable sources in Oregon show that there are approximately five thousand men out of employment In the state," says Wilfred F. Smith, Federal Dir r u. S. Employment Sen-Ice, with headquarters at Portland. It was to' meet an emergency of th!s sort and devise some methods cf relief that the Reconstruction Con vention was called in Portland by builder. He sent out '200 notices to lending Chinese inviting them to meet rind confer on the proper action to be taken. 'No one came. He called n meeting of his executive committee, with a similar response. Then ho Jumped on his bicycle, scoured the highways and byways of the Junglo In the scorching sun, which registers 1-10 degrees and no shade, every day. to round up his committee. The last member he roused, from bed and Into at night called them to order.' Tho project was revived and a new sub scription list Ktnrtcd which soon to taled 58,000. The school began tem porarily In an old church with 43 pu pils. At the same time preaching s-rvlces In Chinese. Tamil and Malay wenf opened In the Jail, nnd n Young .Men's association for the Chinese, of fering opportunities which appealed greatly to the wealthy men, was organ ized. One effective means of raising money for the young men was to make a rule that whenever a $500 gift was registered the donor might have his picture hung In the clubrooms. He flnlMied the schoolhouse, found tho money to pay the contractor", tutored some boys for the Cambridge exami nations and turned the money In to pay for a Chinese preacher, put In enough time on tho polygot languages among three and set olT at a gallop alone. ' Theli nt length, he remembered that I It was sundown, and time for nil good i wild beasts to take the evening drink, i nnd he walked to one of those well- i worn paths which nit his kind make toward water, and slowly plodded hit heavy way to the river. , It wni not a great ditnnre. In and out nmong tho shuttered clumps of thorny acacjas. and he was not alone, for as he drew Inlo the river he met many herj)s of antelopes and of zebra, going to or coming from the water. Coming up the hank behind a herd of gaudy zebra, he was the first to sight, over a ridge not Air off, the two great, tnwny, heavy, giant dog form, seen and gone In an Instant, dead abend. They were Hons, and his lit stunt, loud warning snorts said so, nnd drew the zebr.is' attention to the danger, so that they broke away, nnd stampeded thunderously In the oj polite direction. And agnln It was he, galloping clumsily with them, who shied suddenly at a clump of acarlas and began zigzagging and swerving wildly In and out at top speed, snort ing madly, so that the zebras scat tered, and the lioness that had been told off from her companions to lie In wait for the stampeded herds, coj'.i? only come out and growl her dlsiip polntmcnt at them. That night he kept with the zebras, feeding with theiji wherever they went, and they did not drive lilm olT. Per haps they realized that as a sentry he was an asset. And next day an old wart-hog. us ugly as sin, came and struck up acquaintance with him, and later a cock ostrich all, perhaps, old, bud-temperW outcastK. Anyway, when tho day dawned they were still together, and the zebra had gone,, nnd, for alj I know, tloy are to gether to thin day, surely ns strange an alliance an ever faced "the battle of life bird, pig and untelopt old bachelors nil. Subscribed and sworn to boforo mo thin 16th day of January, 1919. FilANIC A. DoPUH, Notary Public My commission exflrca January 16, 1920. ! ! , ! ! SSI . A World's Record. What Is said to be the world's rec ord production of marketable pota toes on one acre l!),f;:jl pounds, or 82$ bushels has been made on an acre ot the district to make himself under- of a"' ar Kunab. In the southeast. urn Buiiiuii ui uiuii, ii iuw miii'n uumi the Arizona state line. The record yield was made In response to n coin- stood, and, when I visited him, was on j good terms. with everybody In town. , The missionary who cannot stand such I add tests ns these need not apply for ' the Job. Tyler Dennett, In Asia Mag azine. "Well, Nettle, did you know that we had all come for Thanksgiving?" risked Uncle John, as ho chucked his little niece under the. chin. "1 expected you," she said, sweetly. "Mother said that the whole family I was coming, and It wan a dreadful boro, but that. Thanksgiving only t comes once a year." PERFECTION OIL HEATER A. H. SPRAGUE, Special AgL, Standard Oil Co., Eugono, Oregon DEALERS Chambers Hdw. Co., Eugene, Ore, X W. QuBckenbush & Bon, Eugene, ( Oregon. ffr.Mjwoa Hdw, C., Sscae, Ore. Monroe Hardware Company, Bu--'gene, Oregon, Ax Billy Department Store, Bu. gene, Cretan. Turkey Belonrjs to America. I Tho turkey .Is an American bird, Luculliifl and the Epicureans did not know about' him. He win found In his wild state after Columbus' first voy age. About a hundred years after tho discovery of America broiled young turkeys become great delicacies on the Frenchman's table. "Ouchl" Husband "It . ia a strango thing, but true, that the biggest fools havo the most beautiful wives." Wlfo "Oh, you flatterer J" petition fostered by tho Mormon church, and tho church authorities drew a check for $1,000 payable to a representative of ICanab ward' of tin Knuah stake of the church, which Is responsible for the production. This yjcld Is certified to by more than f0 fnrmerH. j Extracting Salt From Oceyn, Experiments In Norway with i view to extracting salt from ocean water by means of electricity have been suc cessful, and two salt factories will be started for this purpose In tho near future. In recent years It has been dlillcult to get salt from abroad nnd sometimes It has been Impossible to suit down the fish. Tho no.v suit works should greatly improve tho sit nation. if t ortrrort witnm en Cold's Without COTjD WITHOUT will also mean COLD WITHIN In thou sands of homos this Winter unless provision Is made for auxiliary Gas heating before it Is too late. A Portable Gas Heater will fortify you against the discomforts that a fuel short age is sure to produce. Don't fail to got yours now, that you may enjoy Its warmth and cheer all through tho frosty days of fall and during the bitter cold of winter. Mountain States Power Co. PUBLIC UTILITIES j " y r' i i " a How They Did It. "Say, Ezeklel," said Samanthy Punk Invyne as she looked up from tho pa per, "how dq you reckon them soldiers kept their dugouts from cayin' In?" "Why, Samanthy, I certainly nm snr prised ot your Ignorance o' military af fairs. They cemented 'em with this tare trench mortar," Everytime you boost the Springfield News you are boosting Springfield and your own business