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p. of 0. Library ,.?r.S MiLV t SIXTEENTH YEAIt. SPUINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1919 NUMBER 38 WINIFRED MAY AND JESSE MAY HOME FROM OVERSEAS Corporal Jesse Moat it ml Win I fred MityN, who etillMtwd from Spring field nt the beginning of tho war, ar rived home lust Saturday evening from Sun Francisco, wlmrti they were In tlio Lt'tterman hospital for a month taking treatment for ear trouble caused by concussion Iih -blent to their service artillerymen. The hoy wine to Han Francisco from overea, lira they had prac tically identical cxpni Jr-iK o, Both wore member of II buttery. Sixth field artillery, First army division. They participated in eight artillery engage, in en in and operation during sixteen niontha In Franco und then when the truce wa slgnod served for eight month with the army of occupation in Germany. Mr. Muy plana to remain In Spring fiold until th,flrst or the year and then enroll at the State university or tho State college at Corvulli. BIG MONEY FROM SIXTEEN ACRES OF CLOVER Kd Petty, of Creswell, wn tn town Tueailay and sold forty three bushel of clover seed to a local dealer, re cclvlng a check for I'jss 40 in pay ment for sumo. The seed I ft part of the product of sixteen acre. After selling: the forty three bunhelH. .Mr. Petty baa 120 pound of seed left for jhi own use. Also, he ha twenty-five tons of first clan clover hay, the output of the first cutting from the sixteen acres. Air. Petty' place consist of twen ty acres In all, and I n part of the donation land claim secured by hi grandfather. Joseph N. Petty, In 1853, since which early day until within tho last few years It ha grown noth ing but wheat uud oats, and ha never been summer fallowed. ; Mr Petty sowed his sixteen acres oi clover last year, filling with wheat:, and he then got seventeen bushels of wheat to the acre from the tract. WALTERVILLE MERCHANT SELLS OUT J. A. Cobb, of Cobb liros., merchan dise brokers, Portland, was in town last Saturday and announced the pur chase by his company of the entire stock and buildings of the G. Gehauer general merchandise store at Waller vllle, the consideration being $13,800. The new owners are disposing of the old stock at a big closiug-out sale. Mr. tiohauor. who had been In bus Inens at Wiiltervllle for seven years, has purchased a residence at Eugene, and will nio'o with his family to that city and nmko IiIh home. ZIOLKOWSKI BROS. MAKE GOOD WITH DRAG SAW The Zlolkowskl brothers, three In number and rutiging down in age from eighteen years, have put over a good example dining tho past month of well directed youthful energy. About the first of August they got a Wade drag suw of the Springfield Feed Compuny, having first secured some' stumpage on the McKeuzle five mllea west of the Hendricks bridge. They then got busy with the saw In some good big stuff trees five to six foot through and within three weeks had a hundred cords of wood sawed up and partly delivered by auto truck, which they had' in. the meantime hIho secured, at Spring field and Eugene. They have several hundred cords ahead to got out. Tho hoys are quite enthusiastic a bout the merits of the drug saw, und Mr. Conoway, manager of the Spring field Feed Company, becomes equally enthused when, he describes the en ergy of the boys, which he declares he hus yet to find equaled by young sters of their ages. . . " Parents should read what Pr. plppel has to say about "Children's Teeth" ou puge 3 of this paper, Mailing Fowl and Animal . . ,U. . f....,,.,v.t.... 1 r. Tl- master Stewart ha received notice from tile department that section 476 paragraph 4, Postal Law and Ilegu latlon, ha been amended o a to road as follows: "Live fowl and livo domestic an main ahull be accepted for mulling (without Insurance or C. O. I. prlv liege) when securely and properly i-ratod and can bo delivered to ad drewsee wlihin 48 hour from time of mailing; mu ll mucins ahall not apply on any star or rural route, hut ahall be confined exclualvely to rural ntoto vehicle truck routes and country mot or express route, and then only when delivery can be effected on the route where mailed or on a connecting rural motor vehicle truck route or country motor expreoa route." PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT GROWS Rev en new student in tho High school th! week, bringing the enroll tnent up to 90. Also 10 or 15 new pupils In the grades. Domestic science classes have been organized as follows: ' Seventh grade, 9 girls, sewing. Eighth grade, 14 girls, cooking. Ninth grade, 13 girls, cooking and sewing. Tenth and eleventh grades, (J girls. advanced work In cooking and sewing, Miss Martliu Williams is the teach er In charge of the work. Classes In Manual training have al so been organized In the Seventh and Klghih grades, and in the High school. Harold M. Mubrvy Is the manual training 'Instructor. Aliout forty boya will be given this work. The High school teaching force is being Increased and strengthened by the addition of speclul teachers from the U. of O. Thofie assigned this week are: J. J. O'Day, Physics; Miss Beatrice Yoran. French. It waa proposed to start a class or classes In Latin, French, or Spanish. So far the demand has been a fol lows: French 1, Latin 2. Spanish 12. Arrangement are therefore being made to start a class In Spanish. Latin and French will be taken up If a sufficient number to form clusse ask for these subjects. RETURN FROM G. A. R. ENCAMP MENT Leo W. Clark, Springfield's young veteran of the Cival War, accompan ied by Mrs. Clark, arrived home from the East last Sunday evening. After attending the encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic at Col umbus, Ohio, they visited at their old home, Indianapolis, for a few days, and then at Grand Rapids, Michigan, the home of their daughter. They report an interesting trip and visit, but were right happy to get back: to Oregon. The weather during the en campment was extremely ihot, and some of the veterans were so over come at times by the heat a to ne cessitate 'medical attention. Next year's encampment of the soldier hoys or the 'GOs will be held at Atlantic City, New Jersey. KNOTT MOSHIER A beautiful home wedding was sol emnized Wednesday, October 1st, at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Knott when their daughter, Ma'rjorle, became the bride of Roland E. Mosu ler. The rooms were beautifully de corated with pink roses, carnations and ferns. The bride wore a charm ing gown of white Bat in and a tulle veil caught with Cecil Brunner roses, and carried a large boquet of bride's roses. The -ceremony was performed hy Rev. Toddy W. Loavttt, of the Christian church. After the cere mony a buffet luncheon wan served. Mr. and Mrs. Moshler left Immediate ly for their wedding trip. Upon re turning they will make their home In Springfield, where Mr. Moshler will resume his position ' with the Sprlngleld Creamery. Dr, S. Ralph Dippel, dentlBt, Spring field, Oregon. News, $1.75 pur year la advance. INDUSTRIAL REVIEW Wilbur ha let a contract $20,000 school building. for Hermlston 25,000 boxes of apple have been sold by grower here at $2.22 to $2.35 a box. - Baker The gold and silver mine near Sumpter will soor. tart opera tion. The Eureka and Exclslor pro perties have boei leaved by the Ore- gon-Idan Investment Company, of thl city. Enterprise The East Oregon Lum bcr Company will rebuild the mill here destroyed by fire. Lebanon A new shingle mill 1 to be erected here. North Bend The Buchner saw mill company is building a shingle mill plant. Several new buildings are to be erected for the Indian school at Che- ma wa. Tho Pheasant Products Company Is to build a $165,000 cold-storage plant at Salem. Contracts for the erection of a new Elks' home at Pendleton have been signed. Jefferson Is to have a new cannery. Roseburg Fish hatchery plans have been prepared. Douglas county Is to be supplied with trout fry from the Oakrldge plant A Shorthorn beef cow was recently sold at Medford for $4,100. which i hilmed to be the record price for the coast. The California Packing Company's plant at Roseburg is completed. Portland The Oregon City Manu facturing Company has opened a new plant here to make mackinaw coats, shirts and other wearing apparel. Hermiston Alfalfa crops In this district yielded farmers $100 an acre this season. A Cottage Crove man raised seven teen tons of beans, bringing him $1,- 700, on three acres. " Roseburg John Alexander, of this ity, has ordered 15,000 loganberry plants for himself and Blakely broth ers, who reside near Glide. Mr. Alex ander expects to plant a number of acres of loganberries on his farm at Glide the coming winter. Loganber ries have brought excellent returns to the growers of this vicinity and the - TOO FAST TO HAtlOLE 'EM-'--' ti j If vv I II A . II i t : .m i Jilt V. .1 ' kM . ' I I. V -V . Industry seems destined to grow rap idly. . . ; Wallace (Idaho) Press Time: The Plumb railroad 7 plan would do one thing. It would prevent communities getting excited over the coming ,of a new railroad line. The line simply wouldn't come and many of those now In use would pass out of exist ence. . CIVAL WAR VETER AN PASSES OVER P. W. Green died at the, Spring field hospital Wednesday afternoon. He had undergone a major operation September 14, and waa to ail appear ances recovering nicely, having been up and around at times since last Sunday. Sudden development of heart trouble caused his death. The funeral takes plaoe this after noon at 2:30 o'clock, from the Wal ker chapel. Preston W. Green was born In Mar shall county, Indiana, August 15, 1S41. During the Civil War he served . In the Twelfth Indiana cavalry. lie came to Oregon fourteen years ago and was a resident of Springfield for ten years. Deceased is survived by his wife and two sons, one living in Indiana and the other at Foster, Oregon; also eight grandchildren. One son died of influenza In this citv last winter and five other children had died pre viously. Railroads Hold Up Lumbering Car shortage begins to hold up dis tribution of the lumber product and last week shipments were about twelve million feet less than produc tion. At this season of the year when crops move the car shortage increases for movement of cheaper raw mater ials, Including lumber. It will require the mil Is many months to replenish stocks, as every retail yard in the country is similarly short and eager to lay In a supply. The posslbilty of higher freight rates also enters into the situation. Many retail dealers are playing safe by buying their lumber now. The liome-owuing movement has been responsible for heavy domestic orders. Foreign orders are limited only hy the volume of tonnage avail able to handle the business. New business accepted last week was 62,238,724 feet, of which 47,220, 000 feet was for rail movement. News, $1.75 per year' In advance. tt iter. .v s j 'v 't , i-.v I M SA I I Mil W 616 CSAL -III SPRINGFIELD OCTOBER 13-18 Under Auspice of American Legion, Tractor Demonstration and Air craft Flights Being Arranged Brown's Amusement company will present its carnival attractions dur ing the week of October 13 in Spring field under the auspices and for the benefit of the American Legion. According to a statement of the management of the company, the shows to be, presented contain none, "for men only", and any woman or child can visit with Impunity, as noth ing is said, seen or done that is not presented in the higher priced , thea ters. , - , A Hawaiian village, a musical com edy show, Gorden's Wonderland, A. L. , Burgin's sideshow with Jolly Eva, the fattest woman on earth, and many other freaks and curiosities from all I corners of the globe are among the I flMrrMrn A California cabaret, Slocum's mir acle show, and a merry-go-round and ferris wheel are special attractions for the little ones. The grounds will be thrown open to the public at 7 Vclock Monday, night, October 13. In addition to the carnival attrac tions, an exhibit and demonstration of the working of tractors in a field adjoining town has practically been arranged for by a committee of the American Legion. Flights by the ugfuio--Afeo-oukpan.'s plane proba bly will also be part of the week'a programme. 1 ' . ' BEES PAY WELL The Florence West: A. Johansen, of Heceta, informs us that he has one colony of bees this year from which, he has taken 300 pounds of honey after it was extracted.. Mr. Johansen last spring had ten colonies of bees and these have made for him this summer an average of 170 pounds of extracted lioney for each colony. Besides this he has nine new colonies, giving him nine teen colonies la his apiary. 1 M. Johansen started five years ago with one colony and the increase from that to the present time gives him his present stock of nineteen col onies. At present prices his honey crop this year is worth, about $400 be sides the increase in numbers. .' He has studied the bee industry and manages his apiary according to the latest methods. Can Now Eat and Sleep in Comfort. If troubled with indigestion or sleep lessness you should read what Misa Agnes Turner, Chicago, Illinois, has to say: "Overwork, irregular meals and carelessness regarding the ordinary rules of health, gradually undermined it until last fall I became a wreck of my former self, I suffered from continual headache, wbs unable to di gest my food, which seemed to lay as a dead weight on my stomach. I was very constipated and my com plexion became dark, yellow and mud dy as I felt. Sleeplessness was added to my misery, and I would awake as tired ' as wheii I went to sleep. I heard of Chamberlain's Tablets and, found such relief after taking them that I kept up the treatment for near ly two months. They cleansed my stomach, invigorated my system, and since that time I can eat and sleep in comfort.' I am today entirely well." Say, Mr. Springfield resident, trans fer that banking account from Eugene to the First National Bank of Spring field. Boost for Springfield in prac- tiee as well sb in words. It not, why not? News, $1.75 per year in advance.