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SPRINGFIELD NEWS
FRIDAY, FEUHUAHY 21, 1010.
Ti; Springfield News
Announcomont from Parts brings
tho cheerful Information that 400,000
Film Production of "My Four Years
In Germany" Tells Remarkable Story
American soldiers will bo hold in
France to tako part Hi "thd watch on
tho lthlno." With American soldlors
!n Franco, in ltussla, and also in
Germany, tho question arises, did wo
ko Into tho war to police nil Kuropo?
Tho signs of the times nro tho
Signs put up by tho representatives
of tho Federal government begging
employers, to give Jobs to tho unem
ployed. '
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DEMOBILIZING GOVERNMENT
CONTRACTS.,
-The difficulties attending what is
known as "the -demobilizing of gov
ernment contracts" again, illustrate
the uneconomic and unsafe conse
quences of undue government inter
ference with the laws of business to
the extent of entering into activities
meant to be utilized only by private
individuals and private endeavor. The
war justified most of the steps of the
government In the direction of State
Socialism, but did not remove the dif
ficulties and dangers. They were all
present, attd are now coming to the
surface, to the confusion of trade and
the government itself.
Tho government bought everything
it could .get hold of in tho way of
supplies at any cost. It loaded up with
immense quantities of goods, and now
finds itself with a large surplus which
it must dispose of at moro or less
loss, usually more. The shelves of the,
traders are not filled with goods, and
some jump at the conclusion, that
this will mean brisk business. But
the shelves of the government are
full to overflowing, and these goods
must be- sold, at a loss.
Prices 'ore bound to drop, and the
market be more or less demoralized,
because the government, as a com
peting factor, has upset the law of
supply and demand, and the natural
laws of business.
This ought to teach people that the
Federal government should not enter
avenues of business, aside from the
business of collecting enough revenue
to run Itself, and pay its legitimate
governmental expenses. The Federal
government has no authority to dab
ble in business and trade except to
reasonably regulate it
Trouble is following, and Is sure to
follow in the future, all efforts to
organize government corporations to
purchase and operate ships, purchase
and sell food .products such as wheat,
etc., or purchase and operate rail
roads, telephones and telegraphs.
These are -not proper functions of the
Federal government The framers of
the Federal Constitution never con
templated such things. '
The laws of supply and demand and
ordinary business will prevail in spite
of Congress, or Government or legis
lation. Just as surely as water will
run down hill, will buyers seek the
lowest market, capital combine, to re
duce cost and increase profit, prices
drop when the supply increases or the
demand decreases, prices Advance
when thejs is a scarcity, wages in
crease or decrease according to the
high or low standard of living in a
given country, and living standards
will be determined by the amount of
Protection accorded the laboring pop
ulation. 'If (he human body undergoes a spell
of disturbance caused by disease, It
must be restored to health by travers
ing upward the path by which It de
clined. It is precisely the same with
the national government. The body
politic is ill, and must retrace ' Its
steps and got back on tho path that
leads to health. Recuperation is al
ways slow, oven slower than decline.
Recuperatjon In the case of the goy
ernmoni means a long- ana slow pro
cess, attended by patient waiting;
but the road must lead to Protection
else the recuperation will not be com
plete. WHV, THE VERY IDEA!
Thg Wdrren Construction Company
makes a public denial of the accusa
tion that it attempted to "bribe a lcgis
lator. Sure! That's all right. We didn't
expect thorn to admit it
San Franciscans are buying hun
dreds of baby stills to anticipate tho
long dry spell that begins July 1,
Each still has a capacity of from ono
to two gallons dally. It is going to
work a hardship on 'Frlscans to cut
down to two gallons a day.
OVER THERETO OVER HERE
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McDowoll nro
in receipt of a' most interesting lot
tor from their son who has Just re
turned .to Camp Dix, N. J after in
terostlng experiences in France. It
reads:
f ' Camp Dlx, N. J,
January 31, 1919.
My Dear Folks at Homo:
Yes, jvay down deep in my heart I
feel guilty for making you wait so
Jong tor n letter but after the armis
tice was signed it-was no hard to
get a lotter censored, When one
would ask. an offlcor to censor a let
ter, he'd tell you no uso writing for
you'd boat the letter homo, so I put
it off, but now tho officers have noth
ing to say about it I received tho
Xmas box OK while at Brest and was
certainly delighted to get. It That
cake was the, best thing I had .Been
or ,aslcd B, j ,cft lh(J tatM ,Mt
March. I also received the letter of
Nov. 20 with tho pictures while at
Brest. I spent Thanksgiving at Gudi
mont, France, cooking In the officers
moss (2nd cook-. The officers bought
two turkeys 'and ono goose for six
teen officers and eight orderlies. I
sure got my stomach filled. On my
24th biithday I was also at the same
job, swiped, two ducks in tho out
skirts of tho village and roasted them
for four of us, so consequently I got
fat while at Gudmont but dropped it
all at Brest It was on Knias evo we
piled Into a box car and started to
Brest from Gudmont living on hard
tack and corn willy. The morning of
Dec. 26th tho front trucks of the 3rd
car from the engine jumped tho
track and caused a wreck Just at
the end of a viaduct Nobody seri
ously Injured. We landed at Btait on
Dec. 27, before daylight in the morn
ing and hiked about four miles thru
mud and' water half knee deep, took
a plunge Into a bunch of fentsome
of which bad a few boards in to lay !
your 'blankets on, but mosf of the
beds'were"7made. on the wet ground
tho first' night and while the rain
poured down outside we laid inside
and coughed and swore all night
Some of the tents had small stoves
in them .but, no fuel as fuel in France
is as scarce as hens teeth. You have
to light for every stick of wood you
burn so you can see we've learned
to fight for more than one reason.
We ate but very little while at
Brest, the main ' reason was we
couldn't get it. But thank God we left
Jan. 14th, caught a 'slow boat, the
Si S". Haverford. A great many of the
boys got seasick but I didn't (Charley
was one of . the several). Well, .we
landed at Philadelphia January 30,
at noon, receiving the greatest re
ception ! havo ever witnessed, so
great it would be almost impossible
to tell about it in a letter. The Ited
Cross, Salvation Army, K. of C's
Jewish Welfare Board, Y. M. C. A.,
and civilians all tried to get atius
at once and If it hadn't been for the
army of mounted policemen we would
everyone had about 20 or 40 arms
around, us. We hiked about two miles
through Philadelphia from the docks
to the, train and' were greeted all the
jvay with many cheers, boxes con
taining lunches, cigars, cigarettes,
chewing gum, candies of -oil descrlpt
tlon,. horns and whistles, salute, guns,
plenty of band music. They even
threw coins at us and confetti and
many other things. One place where
wo stopped to get our second wind
and wipe off a few drops of sweat,
the crowd broke the rope stretched
along the street and got -to us for a
few minutes. Talk about excitement,
they certainly went over the top in
all shapes and sizes. It .made thrills
of happiness run through mo till I
almost shed tears. They ,oven began
to meet us by the boat load when
about half-way up the Delaware Bay,
Every boat of any size ha a hand
on it. Of courso, they couldn't go
on our ship but they ran close' by
All the whistles and sirens in all tho
factories on tho Bay were a-o;.e;ied
wide. Also all the salute guns along
the By fired a few shots each for
us.
You probably havo heard nil about
us being on the front for , 72 days
and were in five big battles. Only
lost three men in action, Talk about
luck, I guess wo had the best of it.
Well," I won't try 'to toll you much
about tho- front in letters because
I'm pretty suro of being home by tho
first of March and then I can tell
you all about It so you pan under
stand what I mean. But I will say
It was about as exacting a 2'
months as I ever put in or expect to
in my Ilfo, especially when tho shrap-
Tho most important film produc
tion of tho year (s tho big superfca-
turo mado from Ambassador James
W.' Gorard's startling book, "My Four
Years In Germany."
Tho' picture vividly showB tho Inci
dents that forced America Into tho
war and the. Intrigues of Gormnny's
militaristic leaders.
Beginning when, tho first war cloud
began to gathor on the European hor
izon, tho ptcturo begins with tho
Zabern incident, tho cutting down of
a lame shoemaker by a young ' Prus
sian officer, then follows Gerard's
presentation at tho Imperial German
court Tho gradual rise of the spirit
against militarism, Tho doflanco of
tho Belchstag. The shooting at Sar
ajevo. The Kiel celebration In "which
the British heet took part. Tho meet
ing of Sir Edward Goschen and Holl
weg and the proposal that England
stand by whtlo Franco is beaten. Tho
announcement of danger of wnr on
July 31. Tho ultimatum to ltussla,
Gerard's futile efforts to avoid the
war. Tho order to mobilize. The
address of tho Kaiser on 'August 4th.
nel, high explosives, gas, and bombs
were coming . our way. We put the
fear of Christ into the Huns all right
but it wasn't like taking candy trom
a baby. The battlefield torn , up by
the U. S. Artillery had freBU dirt
thrown over it until it looked, like a
fresh plowed field, and naturally
there was a few dead bodies.
I wish I could have been homo in
timo to havo helped take inventory
of the stock ot goods. 'Twouid be a
very good lesson for a new clerk. 1
imagine I'll be soraeclork but never
theless I'm coming home, and expect
to be one of the said animals. Tell
Mnybld, I'm expecting her to teach
me the trade and will probably be
a dull, student as an A. E. F. soldier
doesn't know very much. t
Well, thls Is the next mdrnlng. I.
went to tho show at the Y. M. C. A.
last nlgh't and didn't get to finish
this episodo bo will endeavor to do
so now.
The news received from tho home
neighborhood of a' good many of the
65th boys was quite shocking as they
learned that thoy had been writing
to another man's wife, (myself fdr
one). But we don't care so very much
if they. want to act that way with us.
GOV. LYNCH URGES WEST
TO LAST BIG LOAN DRIVE
To thc'Citizens-of tho .
TWelftli Federal Reserve District:
The Fifth "Victory" Liberty
Loan i in Right. Let us tluink God
th ut it in not jiml the Fifth Loan.
Victory menim tin1 end of the war,
the end of Joans, the dawn of pen.ee
JAME8 K. LYNCH
Governor, 12th Fedaral Reserve District
Tho rapo ot Belgium. Tho taking over
of tho British Embassy by Gorard.
Tho exodus of Americana Tho Kai
ser's explanation of tho war, bo dif
ferent from that ot Von Bothmnn
Ilollweg. Tho sceno boforo tho Japa
nese Embassy. Tho battlo of tho
Marno and tho Atsno. Tho raid on
tho Amorlcnn Embassy. Tho cruel
treatment of prisoners in camps. Tho
attacks of tho f press on America. Tho
sinking ot the Lusltanla. Prosldont
Wilson's notes. Tho unrestricted sub
marine warfare Tho Knlser's threat
that ho would stand no nonsense from
I America after tho war. Tho Fryatt
Bhootlng. Tho linger Casement Inci
dent Tho deportation of Bolglan wo
men and children. Tho dinner to tho
Ambassador so soon to bo followed
by tho break of relations between
Amorlca and Germany. Mr. Gerard's
dotentton as a virtual prlsonor. His
return and America's answer to tho
Kaiser hi tho "troops going over tho
top and tho armies over thero.
Tho ptcturo will bo shown at tho
Bell Theatre Sunday, Fobruary 23,
both afternoon and evening.
Wo figure tho good ones wljl nil bo
loft and we can find another ono.
You ask mo in ono lotter if I was
going to bring ono homo from France.
NO, Indeed, nothing liku that In our
family. It's truo thoro are a lot of
pretty girls In Franco but thoy havo
n't been raised to suit me. Give me
the Amorlcnn girl ovory timo. Amor
lca also has lots of pretty girls.
We are having lots, of fun iow
getting shed of the "cooties." "B"
Battery Is going through tho do
cooterizor now. Battery "C" will fol
low about tomorrow morning. I am
as professional at catching cooties
as Bauty used to bo catering (fens.
I found one last night with two ser
vice strifes and tho Croix do Guorro.
Charlie Smith found his. first cootie
last night It hhd olovon scrvlco
stripes (80ino cootio, eh?).
Well, honestly, I'm feeling bo gay
tliat I Just 'can't got my mind on
writing so will ring off, send this
noto now and' maybe I can write a
letter soon or ho homo to tell you
all my troubles and findout yours.
As ever tho samo old
WES.
Bat. "C" 65th Arty. Rcgt., C. A. C,
j Camp Dlx, l"ow Jersey
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and prosperity. It means that the
market price of government bonds'
will soon stabilize at par or better.
It alsolncans that commercial, agri
cultural, and industrial affairs will
stabilize, and that, the Hun-inspired
clamor will cease.
We ycrc advised that the war
would last through' 1919, probably
through 1920, so wo were prepared
for that; to havu done less would
havo been suicide. We prepared to
crush the Hun on his own grotfud,
and he prudently quit. It ost us
some money but it saved the lives of
half a million of our men. Was
money ever better spent?
Now we have bills to -pay, prom
ises to make good, our men to bring
home. . This will take from live to
six billion dollars. Let us got ready
and raise it. A big. taslfjfbiit the
last, and therefore er.,jy. All 'to
gether, shoulder to shoulder, and
the loan goes over!
Tho " Ninety-first' is the Pacific
Coast -Division; remember their
achievement, and honor ourselves
byllivitig up to it.
James K. Lynch,
Governor, Federal Jteservcjiank of
San .Francisco CJmirjnnn, Lib
orty Loan donerol Executive
Board, Twelfth Federal Kesurvc
District.
the "federal reserve" banking system,
of which our bank is a member, is the best
banking system ever thought out.
the member banks have put 137 millions
of gold into the u. s. treasury. on this
gold the government issues money.
we can get money when we want it by
taking our securities to our district
"federal reserve" bank.
you can get your money when you want
it when you are a depositor in our bank.
let;s do business, come in. ,
. bank with us.'
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ihe Doctor
sezze "There may be
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bigger but it's the
good taste of genu
ine Real Gravely
and the way it
stays with you that
counts."
Peyton Brand
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SUMMONS
In tho Circuit Court of tho Stnto of
Oregon for I,nno County. (
A. Li. Dickons, plaintiff, vb W. E.
Thompson, dofondant.
To W. 13. Thompson, tho nbovo
named defendant:
In tho name of tbo Stato of Oregon,
you aro hereby summonod and re
quired to bo and appoar In the abovo
entitled Court and cause and answer
the complaint of tho plaintiff on file
heroin within nix' weokH from tho
date of the flrot publication It thin
summons, said first dato bolng on
tho 7th day of Fobruary, 1910,
and tho last dato on tho 21st day
of March, 10l9; and If you so
fall to appear and answer, for want
thereof, plaintiff will take Judgment
against you for tho sum of f 1,203.38
with Interest tliorcon at tho rate of
Cc per annum since tho day
of November, 1017. This summons Is
served upon yrfu by publication In tho
Sprlngflojd, News, a newspaper pub
lished in Springfield, Lane County,
Oregon, and of general circulation for
six kuccchb'.vo and consecutive weeks
by an ordor mado and entered of rec
ord by the Hon, 0. P. Sklpwo'rth,
Judgo of tbo abovo Court, mado on
tho 4th day of February, 1919.
Dato of first publication nu pro
pcrlbod by said ordor Is on tho 7th
day of February WIO, and Inst dato
on tbo 21st day of March, 1010,
C. M. KISSINGER,
Atlornoy for plaintiff,
Residence, Eugene, Oregon,
8UMMON8
In tho Circuit Court of tho Stato of
Oregon, for Lano County,
Palmor Rumford. and Anna IJ, Rum
ford, plaintiffs, vs. Tlio unknown
heirs pf Martha Clemens, deceased;
also all other persons or parties
unknown claiming any right, title,
estato, lion 6r Intorest in tho real
cstato described in tho complaint
heroin, defendants:
To tho defendants abovo named:
In tho name of tbo Stato ot Oregon,
you aro hereby summoned ip unswer
the complaint filed agalnBt you in the
above entitled cause and court within
six weeks from the first publication
of this summons, And if you fall so
MEMBER FEDDtAL RESERVE
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, to unswor for want thereof Judgment
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, west (juartor of tho southeast quar
ter of the northwest quarter, Uio
I northwest quarter of tho northeast
quarter of tha southwest quarter, and
the northeast quartor of tho north
west quartor of tho southwest quar
ter of Section five, in Township 18
South, of Range 4 West of tho Willa
mette Meridian, in Lano County. Oro-
, gon, and that you havo no right, Ml,
! estAto, lion or intorest thoroln, ami ,
quieting plaintiffs title from any
clulm hold ir asserted by you and
for such otbor rollof as may bo Just.
This summons Is served upon you
by publication by vlrtuo of an ordor
of tho Hon, O. P. Sklpworth, Circuit
Judgo, mado and niod January 8,
1910, providing for such sorvlco by
publication for a porlod of six weeks
in tho Springfield Nows, and requiring
ynu to nnswor within six wooks from
tho first publication Uioreor. This t
summons is so first published Jan- J
uary 9, 1919.
S, I). AIX10N,
Attorney for plaliitlff.
Offlcfr 5Vth St., Eugeno, Oregon.
W.F.WALKER
UNDERTAKER
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Ofllco Phono 02 j Ronldonco 07-.T
West Main 8t.
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