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About The Springfield news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1916-2006 | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1919)
O I THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS Entered February 24, 100U, at Bprlngflold, OroKon atf Hoc tuidclaiis uinttor under act of Congress of March, 1879. SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1919. VOL. XVIII, NO. 8. I LE JAMES FULLERTON 15 FOUND GUILTY U. S. WARNS ITALY 10 END BLOCKADE ODD FELLOWS HOLD R LI 0 MAY RESIGN WIL ER WHEN WILL PRIDES JUS LASI NIGHT FROM COMMISSION I i I - Pongra Encampmont Conforn Lnno CoUnty Lumberman Will' REIU1G OS STAR T DOWNWARD Rpynl Purplo Dogroo on Candidatoo. ( Laid night tliura wim something do tiK In Pongm Encampment nt '-tho Oild FoIIowh Tomplu. Thoro was. to much doing Hint uit fl ,0, K. cull wus Hunt to Wlniuwhiiln Encampment of Eugonu to lend first," jiiil when otnor Koncy clamored. An5 It "Was Home cuntliiKont that Wlniawhnhi sent over hero. Kiinkln and Ztmmorman headed tho hunchV Wo won't mention tlio other iionioB In tho galaxy of visit IriK team artists hocnuso thoy tiro highly respected cltlzoiiH of Eugene, Lnno County, Oregon. Hut Itiinkln iiikI Zimmerman! Two scapegraccm! Thoy llo awake nlr.htH to concoct devilish jokvH to put over on their Brothers nt homo mid nbrond ' nnd hoth have boon doltiK It (or ovor Blxty years. Krimk Ilnnkln Ib pint 80 nnd wunrH n college boy's hnt to cum oullngo tho trnvkH of time, '.Ihimor iimu Ih about tho niuuo ago but iih iiBlmmod of It. Thp oldor they get tho oddor thoy Kot. Thoy aim to llvo up to n lltorul Intorprotntlou of Odd Fellowship. Thov hohiivo odd, nnd by golly, (hoy look odd. Tlioro la no rec ord nppnrontly of olthor ono ovor having boon "elected" ns Odd Fol lowsthey wouldn't stand u ,chnnco at tho ballot box thoy presumably got In iH "chartor niumbir8" sixty yearn iig nnd thoro arc no other sur vivors loft now to toll tho talo. Hut If there Ih any out-of-town via Itlng to lo done, thoy arc there Johnny-ou-tho-8pot. "Thoy aro strong on team work and know tho ritual backward und forward "ml allcmand loft; Whenever tholr names nppenr In print na holdliiK aomo olllco In. tho lodge. It nlwnya rendu: "Frank Itankln, N. 0., or J. W. "Zim merman, N. O." Wo don't know what tho N. 0. iitandH for It may ho n high" function In some branch of tho OrJor but It nounds poHUllnr to a rank oiiinldor. Anyway thoy helped last night to confer tho Itoynl Purplo degree upon n number of promlHlnK candidates In PeiiKra Kncampmotit In a neat and artistic uiauner, which, by tho way Hwelled tho inoniberHhlp to tidy In crease of CO. pur cunt for tl.o pant year. Aftor conducting tho candldatoB throiiKh tho myatorlcH of this degreo, Messrs. Ilnnkln and Zimmerman and tlif, roat of tho Eugeno Drothors wore led to tho banquet hall and thoro per mitted to gorge thcmxolvoH with Ico (.cream and cake, Tho "F", H. H." algn -was hung out until It' wna a cinch tho visitors could hold no morn. What? Again? Saturday? Wo 'say so ! TIi!b tlmo they go to Junction City. Dig dotngu ht usuul, Tho ofllcorB of Lnno County Odd Fellows' Association, with n number . of Iirothors from nearby lodges. $ .. Arid Kniikln and Klmhierihnn, of course. ''Dlossod Is ho wfio stlckuth closer' than u cootlo." Incidentally thoy will confer the Inltfutory degroo on several candi dates In tho Junction lodge. Specifi cally thoy go to boost for tho program that Is to mark tho Century Ann!- vorsnry celebration to bo held in Eu geno, April 26. 100 yenrs of Odd Fellowship! Threo links to span tho stretch pf Tlmo nnd "to ronch Eternity. Call For Warrants. 1 will pay at my ofllco at tho City Hall, School Warrants for District No. 10, Nos, 1040 to 1059, incllistvo. Warrant a provlouBly culled: 1332 to 1G40, Inoluslvo. JOHN E. 'EDWAHDS, 3t " Clerk, Dial. No. 10. Born. lIUNTfJlt Sunday ovonlng, Mnrch 2, 1019, to Mr. and Mrs; Huntor,, a . dadglitor. EATON Wontlny, "March 3, 1010, "to Mr. and Mrs, 0. 0. Eaton, n seven pound boy. , For a Bad Cold. Tako' Chaniborlnln'H Coilgh Uomody. It Iiuh stood tho tost of tlmo nnd can bo dqpondod upon. f No Longer Sorvo On State Highway Board. Ilojiort A. Uooth will tender hlsjos ((tuition us h member of tho. state highway commission to Governor 'Bon W, Olcott, This announcement was nmdo yeatcrdoy by Commissioner Uooth while. In. Portland. -Tho resig nation lion nothing to do with tho 'suc cession of Mr. Olcott to tho place inudo vacant by tho death of .Dr. James wyiiycom.be, but is-' based oif prlvato grounds. .' ' ' "I 'shall tondor Mr. Otcoft my roslg-' nation," said Mis Uooth. "1 'tQndorod my resignation to Governor -Wlthycombo last December, but at tho time ho requested me to withhold It until after 4ho session of tfio legislntu'ro. "For-n long tlmo I bavo hail plans nhich will culminate this year .and that Is the reason for my resignation. It Is not for myself alone but bocaiiHO 1 am Interested with other people and t hnvo to carry out tho programme vhlch was adopted. Personally, 1 am "n'onsely .Interested In road bulldmg mil 1 like the work. Since becoming v member of the commission I have 'ovotod nbout two thlrdB of my time o Uio subject." ' 4- ' Prusumably thoro will be an.array of candidates forthevaenncy If Com missioner Dooth's resignation Is ac cepted. Mr, Uooth comes from Eugene, mil succeeded Commlssfcnor Adams, who also came from Eugene and who., by the way, was recommended 'to the into Oovornor Wlthycombo by Mr. Uooth In 1917. Commissioner W, L. Thompson's 'orm will boojj yplre, but (t is a foro jono conclusion that Oovornor Olcott a-111 rotnln his services, If Mr. Thomp m will consent, nnd Mr! Thompson robnbly will. If ho listens to tho .o!co of Easlorn Oregon. Will Urge Dcoth To Remain. Cue of the first olllclal acts that Jovomor Olcott will perform after1 ho isb taken tho oath of olllco will, bo to .vlro Mr. Uooth to reconsider his do ormlnntlon fo resign from tho Com nlt!on nnd remain n member. It Is lot learnojj whether Mr. Uooth will 'ecldo to romnln or not. Shoe Plants Close Down. WASHINGTON, March G. Seventy thousand Swedish shoe workers will too thrown but of employment April 15 by suspension of oporatloif In all shoo factories of tho country. Dlspatcltoa to tho Btnto depaHmon today said manufacturers had de cided to cIobu their plants because of overproduction during )hu war and "unsound speculation" sinco tho ar mistice. Fred Meats Dies In France. ' Frod Moats, son of Mr.1 and Mrs. X H. Meats of West Sprlngllold, dlod n Franco on January 30 from pneu-' nontn, No Intimation that ho was -111-lad boon' recolvod horo and nows of "lis death camo na a shock to. many, 'les'ldcs hla parouts ho lsnurvlved by sovornl sisters and three brothers. Ho wus a mombor of tho Field Ar' tlllbry. . Cablp the Peace Conference, ' America's prestige is at stake In tho coming Victory Liberty Loan. Tho oyos of tho world are (Ixod upon us. Tho nations of the world aro going to fato us on this last effort. It Is right that they should Judgo, us, noj by what wo do in the heat, ot tho strug gle, but by our condition aftor the fight. One of tho best guarantees of world peace for years to conio would be the successful flotation of the Victory Lib erty Loan for flvo or six billion dol lars, Even a combination' ot powers inclined to start another war would hoBltato in tho faco. of such a display of tromendous national strength. Every man who buys a Victory Llb orty Uond noxt April, moreovor, will bo adding to tho determination with which Arnorlca speaks at thp Peaco Conforonco. There are undoubtedly, going to bo many moments diirlng that Conforonco whon evory whit of the powor of tho United Statos will ho nooded to Bhapo Into actualities those ideals for vhlch we entered the world struggle. Lot tho cables carry Into the Qual dOrsay this messago: ' "Amerlcn has oversubscribed Jior Fifth Liberty Loan', by more tan a billion. 'IjHii,; ' ' ' Loyal Logion of Loggors and Lumbormon Planning Big Doings. Rprlngflold will honor her returning warriors at an early futuro day. Those of tho'x 00th tho first contingent to arrive lomo and another bunch of. "huneradlcators" Identified with (hu 09th that reached Portland Wednes day. From Portland they go to Cynp Lewis to receive their discbarge, and from thoro homo no doubt thoy will bo asglad to reach homo as wo are to have thorn. Thoy have served tholr country well and reflected in tholr devotion to duty prldC and honor upon tho city from which they hall. Monday ovonlng tho L. L. L. (glvo 'era plenty of 'oll)met and ap pointed a committee of nrangemonta consisting of J. U. Weldon, H. J. Cox nnd J. W. Coffin, to stage an affair In a mannor that our returning boys aro not npt to forgot In a hurry. Chow! Sure tho best sort but that Isn't all. Thoro vlll bo other features bo sides tho eats,( Tho committee Is planning to set a dato dbout two weeks honco to START HIM RIGHT THERE IS BUSINESS IN & NEAR SPRINGFIELD for Another first-class hardware store. (More clerks more payroll) ' 6ne first-class furniture store., (Moro clerks moro payroll) One combination moving picture, house and theatre (Moro employes moro payroll). . V- '. : One commercial stationery, office supply and f book store. f?. ' (Moro clerlts moro payroll) . One gasoline; farm tractor agency:- - .' (Moro clprks-moro payroll) f' ' ' ' ' ftlce Factory and Cold Storago Plant-f- '(Moro' employes moro-payroll star invostmonf- One live Commercial Club ($?$$$$$$$$) . This space THE. SPRINGFIELD NEWS- i TO BE PUBLISHED UNTIL WE GET 'EM Jury Last Night Renders Ver dict Against Editor of Hornet After a trial lasting four days, James Fullerton, of Eugcno, was found guilty by a Jury In circuit court Inst nlght-of. tho charge of libel against the University of Oregon, its f resident, P. L. Campbell, and the stu dents. Mr. Fullerton had been Indicted by tho grand Jury on the charge of libel for utterances hi tho Oregon Hornet, a small monthly publication printed by him, In which ho charged that im morality was rampant on tho campus of tho university and that President Campbell condoned it. Thore aro four other indictments against Mr. Fuller Ion, but it is probablo that he will not bo tried on nny of them. The de fendant's attorneys were granted un til Saturday to file a motion for n new trial. , stage tho b!g noise. The first night' will be ih tho form of a reception and banquet, nnd a sub-committee has been appointed by tho general com mittee to arrange for a danco on the night following. ...1. 1 1 donated by American Relief Work In Bal ' kan States Greatly Hindered. WASHINGTON, March 0. Italy has been warned by tho American I government that unless she puts an end to delays In movements of rtfllet supplies to the ncwly-establlshcd Jugo-Slavic and Czecho-Slavic states, steps will be taken to cut off tho flow of American food stuffs to Italy. It was stated today in an authori tative quarter that tho Italian govern ment had caused Intolerable condi tions by the blockadeBhe has imposed against the Jugo-Slavic countries and which operates also against the Cze-cho-Slavs. - t The blockade has not been wholly effective,' but many delays have been caused, resulting often in holding up supplies, the need of which was des peratc.No reply has yet been made by the Italian government. British and French Are Bitter. PAIHS. March 6. The British and French delegates here have been bit terly outspoken in the supreme war council and the supreme economic council in criticism of the food block ado which tho Italian government is maintaining against Dalmatia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia. The new democracies built out of the old Austrian empire are relied upon by the ejitente as a piotectlon agn'nst the bolshevik wave and the food shortage in them is creating chaos. While the American delegates are less outspoken than the British and French, they are concerned .oyer the situation, which is stopping all Ameri can relief work. , ' Italy Is entirely dependent upon the United States for food staples, re ceiving creditsthw)ugn .the American treasury with which to make pur chases. The persistence of the Italian blockade and what Is charged as tho efforts of Italy to obtain fiolklcal ad vantages are creating such bitterness I that some of the European representa tives aro suggesting tho possibility of .the discontinuance of American relief for Italy. FOOD SHORTAGE SERIOUS Deficiency In Most Staples Prevails Throughout Germany. Complaints by German business men are becoming more bitter about the scarcity o' coal and raw materials and the lack of adequate shipping fa cilities, says the official . bulletin of tho American army of occupation. These conditions force many factor ies to shut down, besides leaving hes itancy in placing orders and a rise in prices. An Increasing number of complaints are noted also about tho shortage of food. Fats, potatoes and milk are ex tremely scarco in many places.- The resisting power of the people is un dermined. According to tho . Cologne Gazette, food conditions in Mainz have "inmost reached bottom. Tho milk supply there was sunk below 10,000 quarts dally as against 40,000 quarts in Veace times, and the preset sup ply is insufllcientpr mothers, child ren .and ttic sick, ' j v p General Mnngln has announced that po f rencn auinonues, win intervene It the Germans do not succeed in In creasing Mainz's milk supply. Accord ing to, the Dusseldorf Nachtrichten, "Germany's 1919 grain deficit is 2, 000,000 tons. The considerable sup plies still in government control cen ters will bo exhausted by tho end of May, tho supply, of potatoes will bo conpletely exhausted by the mtddbj of May. The fat supply has sunk 33 per cent as against" last year, nnd milk is dangerously: scarce. "Tho situation is yorso in tho Hh'.neland, Vfe think: The potato short age is , estimated' at 2,500,000 tons, equivalent to a ton' week's supply, Dried and salt vegetables will sup plant the prosont rations In the nialn. The sugar supply is ve,ry inadequate; likewlso that of fish. ;Oattlo deliveries havo boon very good, but the surviv ors must bo spared 'for agricultural purposes. Fertilizers cannot bo ob tained. To cover'yi'o deficit In tho noxt harvest, we must Import 2,50$, 000 tons of grain "and 1,000,000 tons of fnt. Five" biUiou marks In cus'h Is nocossary for tho ptirfwses." Federal Statistics Show Enor mous Surplus of Frozen ' and Cured Meats. Tho Portland Livestock, ""Reporter gives some interesting statistics anent the present meat supply of tho nation and the maintenance of tho same prices that prevailed during tho war period. Any way you look at tho situation, either from the standpoint of the con. sumer or the producer, there is much food for reflection and red hot argu ment. The Reporter's resume reads: "General concern over the reduc tion of foodstuffs Is pertinent, In view of such statistics as tho Federal re port which shows that holdings of meat in refrigerators are ixty-flve to eighty-five per cent higher than in 1914; in other words, there are 900, 000,000 pounds of frozen pork, 350,. 000,000 of' frozen beef, and 105,000,000 of frozen poultry. f "Tho winter has been an open ono and has permitted unimpeded trans portation of foodstuffs,' avoiding losses from freezing suffered last year. Tho supply of vegetables from the south has caused a switching from meat to vegetables and lessening the' demand for meat and lowering meat prices. The export demand for meat is also 'cssening. The open winter has caused early Tiarvest of eggs. "Writers in 'The Sun show an !m rotent and nettlesome attitude of the consumer on paying high prices U ante-bellum days, when they say, 'everything in its, power to hold food supplies back from our own consum ers in peafce so that it may continue to Jack prices high above their reach.' 'The Sun' calls attention to a specific example in the case of one' com modity: " "The United States government again fixes the price of hogs for Feb ruary, as for January, $17.50 a hun dred pounds. A war price! A star vation price! And on January 1 there were at terminal points such stocks as 295,000,000 pounds of frozen meats; of cured beef, 36,000,000 pounds; 12, 000,000 pounds of lamb and mutton; 600,000,000 of frozen pork, 351,000,000 of dry salt pork, 295,000,000 of pickled pork, 100,000,000 of lard. Virtually every day slnfce the first of the year those stocks of surplus meat-products have been piling up., Furthermore, not in years( and .years, has there been back on the range and tho farm anything like the superabundance of live stock on the hoof there now is, waiting to go to tho slaughter houses, the packing plants, and then Into cold storage where there is room for it. "A week ago the Agricultural De partment reported on the farms 44, 309,000 cattle, an Increase of 237,000 over last year; it reported 49,863,000 sheep, an increase of 1,260,000; and 75,587,000 hogs, an Increase of moro than 4,600,000. "All the while the American con sumer pays 50 cents a pound for ham, as if thore weren't a hog on earth. Stockmen of tho Northwest aro following conditions very closely, and are generally agreed that a: reason able stability of prices will maintain in beef for' at least several months to corao." t Advertised Lsttars. Springfield, Oregon, March 4, 1019. Mrs. Antone Enzfor, Mrs. J. W, Fra zer, Mr. C. D. Patrick, Mrs Edith Herads. J L. Waldrup, Mrs. Levla Wil son, Miss Dpla Vincent, Mr. Joe Mor row, Mrs. John McLaclilan, Jess Wil lard.., Mrs. R.B. Winklhson. Mr. Har ry Thompson, Mr. Bud Gattard, Mrs. JI. F. Warman. A chargo ot one cent will be mado on nil advertised letters. Harry Si. Stewart. P. M. toothing Else Like It .In Springfield. Thorp has n,evpr been anything in Sprlngflold with tho INSTANT action of simple buckthorn bark, glyco.ino, otc, ae mixed in Adler-i-ka.' ONE SPOONFUL flushes tho ENT1MJ bowel traqt,, so completely it relievos ANY CASE sour Btomoch, gas or con stipation and proyonts appendicitis. Tho INSTANT, pleasant action of Ad-ler-l-ka surprises both doctors and pa- tlonta; M. M. Peory Drug Co. ,N . p . "What's" a ' rod, dad?" ."Usually a fellow without a rod."