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U. of 0. LIbfkry THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS At SPRIIS'OFTELD, LANE COUNTV, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1010. NUMUER 23 Great Jubilee in Full Swing Big Celebration Opens iWith Evsry Indication, of Being aHyge Success. I THE EUGENE PAPERS HAVE TO - SAY ABOUT THE JUBILEE CELEBRATION i Below wq reproduce editorial writeupB of the Springfield Irrigation .lub'lea appearing In tho ''Guard" of Wednesday even ing mid Uio "llpRlitor" of Thuihdny morning. Holh nro good and to tho point, and The News-can Say they nro npploclaled by tho cltlr.cna of Springfield. "UprliiKflolil. tho HUlo city with b!g wholly uponMh nnurai rnlftfjillof IJnnu, has Invited IffiiReno to hqlp liar gnrdoii tlint Ik Ir.-lg-ried and ono lat nolobrntu Thursday. Friday und Bat' In not. If' IrrtKAtltih flnSflly results In urdny. Springfield -oxpootn, anil linn keopfn tho country .around Spring- u right to oxpoot, Eugene to co opornto field us Kit-mf nnd froth nnd pruritic with hor In the ovurft. Novur yot linn tlvo throughout lho dn ' -uummar thin city hold a celebration, u jubilee months an it Ib'how, it yiu bo no idio 1 Despite the shower of rain yesterday, the Jubilee celebration or n festive occasion of.uny-ort that bpnut to say that tho gnrdoii spot of evened piowptly on tlnte. although the program as planned was tJprlngtlold hn not sent n largo dolo- tho world la locntotl, right horo." Hu- .l0i calTled out. ' Rotinn over to join in tho fun. sho gone KoRir.( The Arnold. Show ut tractions amused the crowds and made Jinn coioiirntou wiiii us; site tinH coop- - ,i nnrt for tlm nhnnflmierl nfffMnl iirncrnm: Early in tho day large numbers of people from outside the city began pouring In, and byfeening there were many hundreds of visitors in the city. , . .Main street ia .beautifully decorated with small pine trees 15 Owing to the inclement weather, it has been decided. to ""postpone tho trip to tho hoadgates of the Benham Irrigation company, which wao to take place at 10:30 this morning. . -Weather permitting, thetrip will be made tomorrow morning. . Tho openjng address by Mayor Morrison will take placo thisaltornoon at -1,;30, and the remainder of tho day vill be given over to an iirTp'rpmptu program of sports, and other . amusements. LARGE GHOWD ATTE NUAL CDMME IDS' TWELFTH NGEHflENT EXERCISES .rated with L'i; situ ha nddd hor HAVE NO RIGHT TO SEARCH jmonoy to our for tho furthoranco of UAQGAGE FOR LIQUORS county nnd local proJoctH und bIio Uoh . . , booetodKi.KC.no undUno county when- fur ,mgKnB. wot or it tin ui miu )M uiu iruvumitt The twelfth annual Commencement exorcises of the Springfield JHigh School were held at the Methodist church on Thursday evening; Juno 12. Nineteen BtudenU comprised tho graduating class, which was seated in the choiMoft amidst the bcautirul dec orations which had been provided by the Juniors. Atfhe close of the exercises flowers woro presented each member of the I class by the Junior' girls. Dean Straub. or the University of Oregon, delivered tho graduating ad dress. His subject was "Will It Pay?" Tho speaker took this opportunity of Illustrating tho value of an education, and emphasized that too frequently a child does not continue his school work merely because he does not re ceive that Encouraging word Just at ' Z Jrlru ... ..Mi, 1 ,n , , V twiiorr on Interstate -t'eet apart, tho busings houses are covered with flags and bunting. .?ini fr ? , .rl.ii trip, state Prohibition officers havo' no ! the general npjfelunnco of the city indicates a festive time T?X Z wm ! ! rZ' ' lor th0 Joyrnent of till. jct in . tno villainetto vol ley, con- JoJm Ulir 1 PatronH o lho Following Is the program as at present planned for today and nun iuiuiwiwi inu iiii.'ir iiviiun iwK"ii.,i . T . . , , , , ,. ., ..( . Hon woro so Inforinoil-fpllowlng a de- n iniiiv iiiujr mu liiivuiiH iu , . . .1 . . T.; . , county Thursday. Friday and c?on b' H ,cd ?,u,os Suprcmo or. li mi county Intuntay u full progrutn of gnmas, tituntB und wmilvui fenturcs. Thoy bopo to put lho thing over big and Ihoro is no doubt but that they will. Kugeno can intitorlully add o tho uc t'oe'k of tho venturo by turning out in forco and by a lurgo uttondiinco ut tho fostivnl show hor neighboring city that rlio will support other activities hut bur own. Wo nxpoct Springfield to liolp us out who 1 1 wo colahrate, now bit's roclprocnU'." Kugeno Guard FRIDAY SECOND DAY. Tho progress of now ideas In Wost orn Orttgon Is woll Illustrated by tho fact that .Hprlngfiold will today In augcrato a tbrco days' Jublloo design ed to comiuemoriitQ tho advent of Ir rigation hi tho upper valloy. Ton yours ago such u celebration would lmvi! boon laughed out of oxlstenco, for It was tho custom then to think that umbrellas nro far moro usoful in' Oregon than Irrigation ditches. No doubt they arS in tho winter soason, but It Is in Juno, July and August that lho crops coino to maturity and in tli fine months Western Oregon's rain fall Is very light. Up to 12 or"14 years jjko wheat was tho principal crop of tho Wlllamotto valley, and the first moii who undertook to grow clbvor hero woro laughed at pretty generally and it was snld that clovor was utterly tin ndaptod to Wcsturn Oregon soil and climate. Yot tho Wlllametto valloy baa becomo slnco that ttmo an Im portant clover producing section and clovor is now u standard and fully cs lallnhcd crop. Tho jsocd yield' horo averages bottor In favor,iblo seasons than the Mississippi valloy, Exporl mice with corn has been similar to that with clover. It has boon only n few yenrs slnco It waa hold that corn would not grow horo, yot this year tho area planted to corn in Lauo -rouuty will exceed 8000 ucrcs, which is approximately a third as largo an tho combined ncrcago of fall and spring wheat In n soason when ,whoat notongo hus bocn abnormally stimulated by guurautood high prfecad 80 tho moro fact that irrigation has boon hold not feastblo In tho past is no titgn that It will not bo ono of tho important dovolopmentH of tho future. Tho. ponplo or Bprlugfluld uro to bo congratulated upon tho ontorprlso Uioy have shown In advertising to tho world tho now development that hus Inkon plnco in tliolr vicinity. In es timating tho Importance of tho project Uutl Inspires tbo Irrigation Jubilee, It is 'perhaps enlightening to recall tUofooiitrast that Is apparent in August bgwmm-a lawn that Is adequately Wtterod and one that Is tuft o dopond Court of tho United Status. Tho-declslon delivered by Ch(ef Jus tIc"Whlto holds that lntor-state "pas ocngors nro entitled to pass through' a Prohibition Stato with liquor In tliolr 1 otifiiisHion. Itnllwny officials sny tlioy have boon embarrassed by complaints of ransencurs' baggage being broken Into and searched for liquor In cases whero through trains hnvo stopped at stn Uons in dry territory. Tho policy of the Kuilroad Admin istration Is set forth by Genera! Coun sel John liarton 1'nyno as follows: - "To protect passongors who are raveling In good fn'.th Interstate and 1 :1?0 11. 111. Siii'fiklnir in nnon-.iir nhvlllnn. . . .... -t-.tx.y.. uRiiiix J .....v.... w 1. .bum , .j Purse, $25. TT" Dancing- in open-air pavilion Arnold Show Attractions, ij p. in. tyect Sports. Piy.cs for each contest. ' .SATURDAY THIRD DAY. , ptfht: Miss Vera. Williams anil MrsvW; S. l?Jank wero the dinner .guests- bt Dr, 1 nn 'Mrs. Emery Wednesday evening. - Mrs. Lizzie Vincent, ot-TIgard, will bo tho house guest of Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Pollard during Jubilee week Street Cottage 10:30 a. in. Airplane exhibition by U. S. Army aviators, Sports and Arnold Show Attractions. 2 p. m. Daseball Game. Springfield Town Team' vs. Grove. Purse, ?25. 3:80 p. m. Sports. 4:00 p. m. Tug-of War across Mill Race. Springfield team, con . sistlng of 25 men, challenges equal number from any part of slate. Purse, $25. I :30 p. m. Log-Rolllng Contest. ' This is an elimination contest. Springfield challenges state. Purse, $5. r o provent tho frmirch or soliurw of Dancing in open-air pavilion and Arnold Show, Attractions, heir baggage: and, to provent tho i .T. . . , l rr- UHO of trnlns for bootlegging purposes BASEBALL TEAM WINS ind to provajit, definitely as possible,; FIRST GAME OF SEASON ho shipment, of whisky ujidor tho - " - gulso of baggage on the trains either The locxil Four U baseball team, In the drawing rooms or elsewhere. ,0mposod of members of that fratorn nnd to prevent any collusion between lty ami who wllf represent Springfield employes and bootleggers." . . , lho gnmos lo h vn-yVl during tho ,, , ' Jublloo colcbrctlon, walked away with .ur. nun nun. uuu niuir, 111 JUHpur, woro city visitors on Woduosday. FOR A 8PRAINED ANKLE. the bacon Sunday when thoy put It .all over tbo Creswcll team by a scon I of ,17 to 4. ' Olo Ly&dahl was the slab artist for In- tho Four I.'s. He Is an ox-Coast I.onguo pltchor. As soon as possible after tho Jury. Is received,. got a bottle of Cham-, borlaln's Llnlinont and follpw the' plnln prlntod directions which accom-j No bpoko will be oxchango.d Satur paliy the bottle. day at the Public Library. Margaret Gossler, of Eugene, ed friends in town Thursday. visit- Itoy Kupp, who has been oversea? for tho past IS months returned home Suffday. ABOUT RHEUMATISM. LOCAL NEWS Miss Dorothy Dunham will bo the! house guest of Mrs. John Seavey dur ing the Jubilee celebration. tbo opportune tlmo. His address was filled with good aflvlco gleaned frdm long years of ser vice in the 'educational world. The following program wa3 given: Processional Edwena Parsons Invocation Knv. Ted Leavltt Presentation of class N. A. Baker Superintendent of schools Vocal Solo "One Fleeting Hour" .... . Ml3s Jane Lindsay Address, "Will It Pay?" -i , Dean Straub, U. of O. Piano Due't, "Lc Carillon" ... : ! Edwena Parsons, Edna M09 Presentation of Diplomas B. A. Washburne, chairman of school board. ' -Chorus, "May Morning Song" L r...- Girls' Glee Club Benediction Itev. Ted Leavltt ICE-CREAM TAX HELD BLOW AT. CHILDHOOD Leaves for Medford Mrs. -Minnie Stromberg left Friday evening -for Medford, whereihe has accepted a position. Mrs. Ilanna Hill returned Sunday from quite an extensile trip in Cali fornia and Navada, visiting friends. She also combined business with pleasure. Tho Woman's Civic Improvement League hold their regular meeting Tuesday evening. A largo number woro in attendance and several new members takon in. The next meeting will ho June 23. - By way of firing tho first big un for the protection of thb little boy and his Ice cream cone, tho retail confec tioners ot the northwest, assembled' at the Chamber of Commerce roams In the CTegoa building tePorHand,TBes day afternoon, adopted a resoTutloa condemning the war tax on ice cream and confectionery at unfair and dis criminatory and urging Its repeal. The resolution was adopted by both, tho Oregon Retail Confectioners' as sociation, and tho newly formed Pacif ic Coast Confectioners association. Copic3 of tho resolution will bo for warded at once to tho congressional delegation of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California, Montana, Utah, Ne vada and Colorado and copies will also be sent to retail confectioners' associ ations throughout tho east urging sim ilar action. ' SPRINGFIELD HOSPITAL NEWS Itheumutism cuuses moro pain aivi suffering than any other disease, for the reason that it is the most com mon ot nil ills, nnd It Is certainly gratifying to sufferers to know that there Is a remedy that will afford re lief, and make rest and sleep possl ble. It Is called Chamberlain's Liniment. THE NEW RINGMASTER Will Sell Sandwiches At the regu lar meeting of tho Ladies of tho G. A. It., last Friday afternoon. It wasde elded to make a largo quantity of sandwiches Vhlch will be sold by the ladles at Eggiuinnn's during the three day Jubilee celebration. W, K. Johnson was dismissed' Monday, I Mrs. W. P. Itiggs was dismissed Monday Dorothy and Ralph Hill were ad mitted Sunday for treatment Postage Rate Change July 1. The two-cent postago stamp will soon bo on tho Job again, nnd business houses and other large users of the mails will save substantial amounts In their lostago expense. On July 1st every one ounce of first class mail can be ont to any part of tho United "States md Its possessions for two cents. The Increased postal rates have been In Offed sinco November 2, 1917. when 'ho.war-Umo measure was passed by longress. B, S. Stevens is convalescent from a major operation. CHURCH SERVICES SUNDAY t Baptist Church Sunday School at -10 a. in., preaching at 11 a. m. 'Sub ject of "morning sermon. "Things Per manent," The young people will moot at 7 o'clock In tho evening, and there will be preaching at 8 p. m. Subject Things- Worth Considering, HELMER INSTALLS NEW SHOE REPAIRING MACHINE L. C Helmor has Just Installed a now - Goodyear Itnpld Lock Stitch Sole Stitcher, and Is now able to handle . a larger rango or work and give better service, at the Progressive Shoe' Shop. JVlnln botween 3rd nud 4th, WHAT TO USE TO - PREVENT APPENDICITIS know Springfield people should simple buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc., as mlxod in Adler-l-kn, flushes the EN JIItE bowol tract so completely 'that appendicitis Is prevented, ONJG SPOONFUL AifTef-l-ka relieves ANY CASE sour stoninch, gas or constipa tion bocuuso it removes ALL foul mat ter which clogged and poisoned your system. Tho INSTANT action sur prises both doctors ajjt.d patients, M. m! Poery Drug Cf, ' , DIED SMIII At tho homo of hl3 son, W. 1. Smith, .In Eugouo, Juno 9, 1919. - Edwin E. Smith, an. early resident of Lane County, at the age of 68 years. ..Funeral services were hold Wednes day afternoon at 1:30 at lho Walker chapel, with Interment In the ML Ver non comotory. Ho Is survlvod by thrco -daughters, Mrs. Ruby Barrett, of Port land; Mrs, Nettio Christy, of Tacoma; Mrs. Estello Polly, of Waltorvlllo, and aapn, W. I. Smith, of Eugene. TEACHERS' EXAMINATION .Notice Is hereby glvon that tho County Supprjntendout of Lane county, Oregon, will hold tho regular exam ination, of applicants for Stato Certifi cates at. mo court Jiouso, in uugeno, as follows; Commencing Wodnesday, June 25, 1919 ut 9:00 o'clock a. ra and continuing until Saturday, Juno 28, 1919 at 4;,00 o'clock p, n. Schodulo of subjects cau,jQ seeiped by appll jcatlon.;Joa'E. J, Moore mtnb," 4$ M