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tj. of 0'. LltW NEWS . JL Km Ml I&1 81KTI2I3NTH YKAR. 8PHINGKIKLD, LANE COUNTY, t'OREtiO J, FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1819, 1 NUMBER 25 -JrM 6 1 WEEKLY IPiDUSTRIAl REVIEW OF STATE'S PROGRESS Stanflold lltMultN or Irrigation can lio hikii urouiul tli! section whore jingo brush land In turned Into beau tiful fit mi h by use of water. ' Janilwton 480 aero famous Willow Vjoo:l stock ninch here sells "fdr $75, 000. Klamath Fall-Oil drilling In Klam ath" county to start. Klamath Kails Vlyt now Irrigation -t(IHP Tunning In Bonanza, section. Several thousand acres being Irrigated 'tr. first time. vflionbrook, near Alpine, to bo r ' vtml nn ono of llvesl lllflo manufac turing towwMh valley. Two sawmills 100,000 ft., capacity oncli, to bo.orMi .ed. Contract let lor erection of 40 lioiuie. ' t Eugene Ono strawberry plant bears 1098 hurries. Milton prima growers smiling or.fr .record offers, of $127 a ton. l'ondlotnu Cherry growors rccolv lug $300 n ton for Rings. Resoburg mid Sheridan 'cnnnorloii begin operations. Brudwetl Fruit Co. at Modford will enlarge plant. Astoria -Oregon-l'nclflc mill taken over by now owner and will rcsnnuj operations. (Building for Politic IntenUlonnt Livestock Exposition to bo erected at North I'ortland, largest of Its kind in tho II. &., to cover 7& .acres and cost $260,000. Jlood Ulvor Pavnd ferry channel proponed here. Pendleton 'Warren Construction tin, doclaro work on Teol project will be gin' at once. r Stretch of road between Odell and Dcq completed. Hood River Construction of road Iak'o 'begum ' . , IdlctonRoad Workjoa KamoW Cahbart; XIIll dlstrlco to begin. Oregon nns record "wheat crop. Salem Construction of $000,000 pa per mill starts lioro. Carlton World record saloprlce of nn a vera bo of $1150 a head inado at cattle sales here. Cold Beach Ground broken fot brick block hero, , Gold Bench $167,090 contract io grade novon miles road In Curry county lot. Hood Illver Two now business struct urea rising hero. Marelifleld $177,000 to bo oxpondod on Bandon bap and nonrby clinnnol. Oregon City Twilight Lltornry apd Entertainment Club erecting fiuu now building. Cottage drove "Wool pool of 10,000; lbs. sold here nt 63 cents, Brownsville creamery reports doing thriving business. Albany to got a creamery. Albany Five Jioad Jorsoy cattlo bring $17,276 nt sale noaPUiJlro. Sllvertpn Now school building to bo erected. , Bond $5,000 contract lot for con utructton of Squaw .Crock, dam. Hond Lookout tower to bo con stnicted on top Walker mountain, In Croscont section, Corvallls $00,987' engineering lah oratpry building to bo built at O. A, O. Portland Pacific highway to bo graded, rocked or paved from Portland to California lino by end of year. Roscburg- -1- Now theatre bulldlug here nurirs completion, . Roodspprt Publishing Co, Indorpor. ated with $20,000 capital. Will in. stall complete printing plant soon. - St. Helens' Dock and Terminal Co., organized, capital J200.QOO. To build ono and one-half miles railroad. Twonty.fiYo hundred ft, loading doSVc on Bauviofl island planned, St. Helens Standard Oil Co. to B build $20,000 oil distributing station1 horo. Cottngo (Jrovo Applo growers in Lornnce valley estlmnto ylold of 25, 000 boxoH this foil. Qrogon City Cr9vm "Wlllametto and Hnwloy Pulp npd Paper companlos nnnquncos enorat incroaso of p cents per hour In wflgos. Wont Into effect July 1. Means addition of $126,000 per year to payroll, Oregon City to liavo pajtoll from papor mills 4nd Woolen mills, starting July 1st, of $3,000,000" lpor yosxy, . . Mrs. J. C. Cox, ot Albany, loft- Wed- noaday aftor a short visit with lftrlroattor which polsonod your stomach parents, Mx. and Mrs, T, A Itathbuu. 8ALEM eCOUTS RETURN , HOME VIA aPRINQriELD A large nuiuliur of Hoy Scouts pass tl through HprhiKHuld on tliolr way Iioiik. Tliiirmiay, after n three weeks' outing In and around tho McCrodlo Springs. They were the Hnler.i Coun cil and have a Membership of about SO. Tho cntilp was In chargo ofIor old Cook and Scout Afnstors wero Freil Cook and W. W- Qralg. Wiillo im the outing they hiked to inniiy placos of Interest, Diamond and j Suit Crek Falls, Odell Luke, Brush j Creek, nntf inony othfjr polnt of ln- terest. , Mr. Craig exprcsl himself as especially well plca'scd with, tho trip. Hospital news C, C. Trlplett was admit toil for treatment TmiSilny. Mrs, Ollbert Davis was admlttel Saturday. OIU SURVEY OP OREGON IN PROGRESS NOW A survey. of the oil resources of Ore gon Is being mndo by tho stato cham ber of commerce . through Ucorgo Quayto, gencrul secretory. It Ik hoped to detormlno tfio extent of tho oil possibilities In the most, promising regions, Reports from each county concern ing (he Indlcn'tcns of oil aud the de velopment undertaken aru being re ccIvihI by Mr, Quaylo. Tho federal au thorities are also interested in tho sur vey and ho yoatsrday received a letter from Senator McNary (o tho effect" Uiat (leorgo O. Smith, director, of the geological survey, will submit a report on the samo subject . "moonshine" and gasoline cause Usual smashup J.nst Sunday night, Walter rlcer-n pmmlnont mercliant nt .Marcolaj ac companied by (leorgo Turgor, a dis charged soldier, tangl' wt tho law whon tlucawJiicli'Jio was driving while tsAoxIcated, ran Into, a buggy driven by, W. It. Rerlck". Tho latter was1" ou I 'ifrivJiir winv" Gis lfe "lanrf daughter, Etna, nfuo years old. The little girl was thrown 20 feet and bruised considerably, though' not HeT lously hurt. Tho accident happened nt the Junction of the Springfield and Cohurg roads near tho Bushnell bridge. There was no excuse for tho nccl Jfciit, according- to Sheriff Fred O. Stickles,, who was spmuionod .Just be fore midnight Sunday night. The road offurod ndequato room for passing, Mr. Rcnrlek sworo to a complulnt Moiuhiy morning charging Price and Turner Willi haying in their possess ion Intoxicating Huuors, Frank Nottleshlp( deputy, nt Juno- (Jon, City, mndo tho arrest. iHo hap pened tq drlvo nloni tho road nt tho l!iuo pftho accident and Mopped when ho saw what hsd happened. Whtlo trylug to start- tlio muchlno o bring Prlco and Turner to Etigeno, NcXtlesblp was sitting In tho front seat with tho two men. P.rlco grabbed him about, the iiock. Bystandors who had gu'thoVod Hld that It 'appeared ih ir Price Intended to seriously in jure the deputy who used his fist n effectively as to open up tho sldo of tho atttfokor's fnco. Stitches, were noccscaiy Upoh arrjval of Sheriff Stickles, tho two men wero tukon y Eugono. . They wore taken back to Mnrrpla early Mondny morning, Prico and Turner hn,d a potion of a bottle full of "moonshlno"' in their possession, according to the Sher.lff. However, tho bottle" was branded "Sunuy Brook." v ' Tuesday morning, Mr. Prlco appear ed In tho Eugeno Justice Court, and pleadod guilty to. tho. cltarge of being Intoxicated .on a; highway and was fined $100 ami costs.- HP, Tiirnyr failed to nmko appear-, anco and It Is roported' nt Mnrcola ho Tins left the state Ilnrl McI'horSon who was. klokod, by a horso was dlsmlssod from tlio Ru g'eno -Hospital Weduosduy evening. BIG SURPRISE TO MANY . IN 8PR1NGFIELD Peoiilo aro HurhrlBOd at tho IN STANT action of simplo buckthorn bark1, glycorluo, ofc, as mixed In Ad- lor'-J-lai. ONE SPOONFUL flashes the ENTIllB bowal tract bo complptoly It rolloyos ANY CASE sour'sfomuch, gas pr constipation mid proven tn appen dicitis. Tho INSTANT, pleasant noi (Ion of Adlor-l-ka surprises both doc tors and patieuts. It removes foul for montliB. M, M, I'eery (DruB Co, OUR 1913. BOOM! II. S. DOES NOT LOSE FARMERS ' BY EMIGRATION TO -CANADA Official Figures Refute Alarmists' Re .port, that Gheap Lands Attract Americans4 mGrefe Numbers.. ? The Old score that tho cheap lands State to Canada that year. N'oth!ne of Canada aro draining the Unlt-Vi States, of Its farm population has urieii revived recently. parUfcularly since the signing of thi hnnlstlce. The Btato mont gets printed at one place or nnoihor, now and flhen. that at leas a million of America's beat farmers havo loft the United Slates for du nlin during tho past 10 years, mid n gioup ot ularmisls raise the cry that something be done to stop it Sees Nothing, to Alarm The United States Department oi Agrlculluro' finds nothing alarming In the situation. It docs not glvo cred enco to the statement-that the United States has lot a million furmers. or anything like it, to Cnnada In lO.years, cr nt all. On tho odier hand, It ) llevea that at least as many farmer.. havo como from Cnnada to the United States ns huvn gouo from tho Unitod States to Canada. It Jocks for the cross movement botween . tho two countries o continue. Just' as a very nfirked niovemeut among tho States thonifielfos always to bo uotlccd.. Comparable figures as to tho num ber of United States fannors' who nnvi goiio to t .tiiiiulu raid of Canadian farm em who have como to tho Unlto-l States -nro l.nrd to obtain, but RUih, figures as nro available jeom td show n fairly even movement back and forth. The statistics of the Bureau o( Immigration fhow tho number of people who have gouo from the United Stjitos to Canada from 1U08 to 101P, but do not show what proportion, of thein wero farmers. They do show, however, tho number of Tanners who , WPIlt fl-OIll till) United StlltCS 10 all the ro,t of wor,di Tml incm ol eouiso, tlio tarnuira who seuK new depopulated by. removals to Canada. Iniule In Canada, togethor with the iBut, thero has been coniRehsallOii. Tho men who enme-from ull Kuropean and jUiiiteil States Commissioner General other countries to the United Stutos, of Immigration lias published iSio fol owned or worked on forma for a tlui?, 'lowing "figures on the number of tmml und rotumod to 'tholr native countries. I grants leaving Canada for, the United The figures tjoem to show that, I States; " ' Whi.'o consldernblo numbors of people have gone to Canitdu, tho bulk of them huvo not bowi fnruiprs. The largest exodus from tho Untted States to Can ada took place in 1911, Tlio numbe'- of persons. wlo loft the United Stated for Canada, that your was 491875.;. Who assumption doubtless has boon.'thnt ,..,... .."-f . unicucuiiy an uieso wore tjurniera peaking choap lauds. Hut tlij' miuibpr o' fnrmers-who iqftjhe United States that yaar for all places In tho woud was oiily 11,660, yhicli wha consld ornbly less than one-fourth tho number of people who went from tlm Unit' d llko nil of that 11,560 wnt to Canoifn There Is always a con derabio bn-k' tldo of farmers from ui j United StaV's to ?wcden, I.aly, and numerous oth, -i-cntrles, and many of these Wdv. fn- Im'ed In the 1911 figures. Similar figures Tor the past 10 years follow. Year ending June 30 First row of figures to Canada (all icrsonsj. Second row of figures: to all countries (farmers only)? 1908 , ,. 2,629 4,710 1909 - .'. 30,478 2.970 1910 .-.. 34,191 , 3,015 1911 49,373 11.5CQ 1912' 33,500 7,807 1913 f! 46,981 (5,120 1914 '.,.. 31,818 - ' 7.399 101.5 i 23.225 3,435 191C . 15,712 2,460 1917 - 18.994 - ' 2.S01 1918 ...J 27,170 3.55G According to these figuisw, then. lees "than 60.000-farmers left tlio United Stfites. for all cquutrlcs of the glob'e.luWng. th decade when the alarmists claim that 1,000,000 fann ers lcrt tho United States for Canada alone. - Uf,thosef armors, a majority, doubt less did go to Canada, and It appears equally ertiin' that a cohslderiide number of men who .had never been farmers in-theUnlted State acquired land in Canada. Canadian figures show, that 64,124 Americans took up homesteads In Canada between 1906 and 1914. ' These figures, even If 'they were un compensated by any movement from Onmiduto tho United ..States, fail InstllV Mm hnltnr Hint thn rnrnl ilia. L,ct8 of. ll0 u?lUed sTates nm bonB 1M4-J5 S2.2M 1910-10 101.651 H916-17. - 105,399 1017-18 ..., 32,452 1918 to Dec. 31, 1918 22,446 Again, the, figures do not show what proportions wore farmers, bit the Can. odlan Superintendent of' Immigration mndo the etateniont in 1903 that '"'about 10,000 farmers per year. for, the, last fivo years-have .proceeded from Canada to tho United States." That is above tho avorngo yearly number of farmors leaving the iJnitqd Sta.tea for all countries. PRINQFIELD BOY ARRIVES HOME FROM OVERSEAS Del Hlnson son of Mr, and Mrs. Fred Irixort, of this city, came homo Tuck .ay nfter a year overseas. Mr, Hlnson "rrlved In Camp Lewis Monday and as discharged on Tueeday. Mr. illlnson was with the 119th Field rtlllery, which sallea for foreign ser Ice on March 25, 1918, and since then io hos seen service In tho Toulo sec or, Alsace-Lorraine, Chateau Thierry; Mnea Sosslons, and Mease-Argonno. Whlls In tho battle at the Sosslons, he A-aa wounded In the Jaw by 'shrapnel ahell, but which proved to be only a light wound. Oh the return 'trip Hi was delayed' at Ellis Island for six weeks with the Scarlet-Fever. Del was with the Oregon National Guard from 1914 to 1917, and saw service on the Mexican Border. FOUR GENERATIONS TO HOLD REUNION NEAR CITY, JULY 4 A reunion of fear generations will be held July 4 at tho home of Mr, and Mrs. F. M. Kizer pt Rowland station on the McKenzte river north & this ilty. Mr. Kizer and wife crossed the plains by ox team nearly SO years ago. Their children, most of them born n Oregon, .who will be at the rennlon ro as 'follows: Mrs. Nellie Taylor, Eugene; Horton Kizer, Abany; Mrs. lames .Watson, Halsey; Charles and 'rancla Kizer, Harrlsburg; O. F. Klz .v, Springfield; Mrs. Ed, Kizer, Stock ton, Cal., Mrs. M. E. Davidson, Eu gene; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Kizer, As toria; Robert Vhter, Biggs, Cal.;' Mr. md Mrs. Richard King and two child ren of North Bend, and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hulbutt. of North Bend. All fll f 11 ron rtf (do onnnn 1 rrnnnii Mnn wflf , t ; ""bert McBee, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. RlSlr. ! Bee. of Douglas Gardens, were Kizer. 10 years old, daughter of Mr. ind Mrs. Roy Kizer, of Eugene. The "oungeEt grandchild Is HHma Clark, laughter of Mrs. Ruby Clark of Biggs. Jalifornla, . ' ' EUGENE YEOMEN WIN FROM SPRINGFIELD, The Yeoatar baseball team otin,?"'-y " 'A umuhuh moe gene .won- 'jfrom. .the- Springfield 4;L team last Sunday by a score ot2L to A return game between ,the same teams will bo plad today o. the Unl- verslty field.. at-o'clock. PRE-WAR POSTAL, RATES ARE NOW fN EFFECT Rates dropped In the postal system Monday night t 12. o'ejock. Letters requlno only twb cents per ounce now. However, city letters will not go for one cent. Cards will pass at one cent ! The extra oostace collected durlne the past two. years amounted t6 17 "per rine and n nutomoblle', and are mar cent of the total and was turned" over r,'1 tQ a brette girl twenty-sbt years to the treasury department as 'war,0,d' yu take tno amount of the in tax" and not postage rates. fcomo. add your personal property, sub- . tract your street number, multiply by SPRINGFIELD AUTOISTS 1 your height, add the data of your birth, COMPLAIN OF DETOUR and divide by your waist measure. If there Is a child in tho Tamily subtract Breat aeal of complaint has been ?20(X from your tacau a(J( the made by local automobilists who use amount to your personal property, sub the highway between Springfield and 'tract the eIze o( your e,,,!,,, Eugene of the detour over the Mils fraction-divide by the square root ot that is declared,necessary on account your tolepUone number. athe ch'ld's of the paving work going on between ag6( gubtract Ul0 an,oumyou havo Judklns Point and West Springfield. , givett to UlQ c,mrch dur,ng Ule Cars are detoured over the hill on.muUipy by me of dIv,tle the west side of the Southern Pacific 4 n44 and aaa (he B,ze f fc t v.uv- .v J - . v.(W,th wUhout U)e j,at ba,jd J, tcrj-. and thence by way of Springfield ,g gecond chd ,Q (amUy Junction, where there Is only a narrow road, which Is exceedingly rough. j There is over a mile ot this road, and it is Impassible for two cars to pass on It in many places. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF TROUT TO BE PLANTED Six hundred sixty-six thousand young trout aro now being fed nt tho state hatchery near Vtda, on the upper McKenzio river, and ''will be liberated In that stream in August, according to M. L. Ryckman, superintendent of the hatchery. The trout were hatched at the plnntthQ boobyhotch strapped down a short tlmo ago, and are now two inchps long. It is expected that they will fie fQurlnches long by the tlmot they aro liberated, and will, bo more capablo of taking' care of themselves than If Hboratfcd In tho McICenzIo now. . Chamberlain's Tablets These tablets are Intended especial ly for stonfach troubles, bllllousnoss1 and constipation.. If you have .auy troubles of this sort, give them a trial and realize for. yourself what a first class medicine will do. for you. They, only cost a quarter. liviiryono seems to bo having a big Fourth. GEO. SETTLE BADLY . INJURED IB011Y HI "OAKRFDGE Mr. and Mrs. pea. Setllo received a message yesterday momlne frnm jltoseburg staling that their son, Ed-' , ward, who lives at OAkrldge, had met . with a serious accident and had been I taken to a hospital In that city, J The message was lacking In deta",. bt contained tho Informaiotn that Mr. etKio i.nn in ooiny Jimimer ICU in front of a moving mowing machine jand one or both of his legs had. been j severed Just above the ankles, j Mr. and Mrs. Settle left immediately far- Tt naatxtir o MARRIED On July 1st, in Eugene ,by Jnstkc, otJ the Peace, J. O. Wells, Miss Catherine, Rathbun and C. C. Grunlng. Tho bride Is the daughter of Mr an-f' Mrs. T. A. Rathbnn, who havo lived la Springfield for a number of years. Tho groom comes from Oak Ridgb where he is a fdrest ranger, and was Just recently discharged from tho army after spending several raonths overseas. Shortly after the wedding the young couple left for Oak Ridge whore they will spend the summer. MARRIED .Tuesday, 29, Iris Bosserman, daugh ter of Mrs. Rosa Bosserman, and Del- I - Eugene. Both parties are well known In Springfield, having lived here for , several years. They are speadlng a , shorty honeymoon up the McKeazle, , after which they will be at home on Seventh aud F streets. YOU WILL WANT - - AVhen you CQiae tp Springfield to reside. The Church" of Chrlsi ! recog??l" nlzed as the Church that makes yon foot nt Immn If trrtxi nmn Lu or twQ oa, coffie vjslt us,- are alwaya gJad t( visitors. You need not be a stranger In Springfield if you come to the Christian Church. j .SIMPLIFIED PROCESS FOR COMPUTING INCOME TAX I If your income Is $2,400 a year and ?on own a ton of col r a diamond or you keep a canary, divide by tho number of your automobile license tag, subtract the number of buttons on your vest, tako 6 per cent of the answer and add seven-eights the weight of your mother-in-law. If wife has separate income 'and Joint return Is contemplated divide by sum of her glove and shoe sizes (6-1-7 13) Instead of automobile license tag, Aftor you get It all figured out and have arrived at an answer which miy be right and which probably li not you won't have to pay taxes of any namo or nature, for "they will havo you In Caution: People born under tho Zodiac sign of Tnurus; the Bull (April 25th-May 20th), should proceed with cnutton; and, In the final analysts, call In someono born under Caprlcornus, tho float (December. 27th-January 20th)), to prove the balance. . Alby Signor and Norman Furusott left Sunday for North Bend whoro, they will be employed at tho mills. Lame Shoulder '.This ailment is usually caused by rheumatism ot the muvclM, ' t ls -needed ia absolute reft applications of CharaberJalt. 'al went. Try It .