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t'.-t(MhM. " )av U. of O. Library I XS I .T f II B 1 1 1 e I la it ID SIXTEENTH YEAR. SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1919 ; NUMBER 40 MEWS FJII STREET TO BE REPAIRED Council Will Alio have Soma Now tldswalks Constructed, and Take Cara of Surplus Wlnttr Watar At tha regular monthly meeting of tha city council lam Tueaday evening, with all the members present, tba mat ter of repairing tha Muln street pav mant waa considered, with the result that tha street commissioner waa In structed to arrange with the local paving company to make auch rcpalra. Tba work la exported to b started within a few daya. The matter of sidewalks waa thn taken up, and the recorder waa in structed to give notice, by advertising that In caaea where the city hud hern, tofore ordered property owner to build walka In front of their places and auch ordera have not been com piled with, the walka will be built by tba city and the ront thereof assessed lo the property. In canon wbero pro party owners now make the ordered Improvement, before the matter la al vertlaed In regular form, they will be aavad the extra expense of auch ad vertlalng. The overflow of surface water from the country eaat of town during the rainy aeaeon waa diacuHMed by the council, after which the atreet com mlsaloner waa Instructed to take auch tepa aa ba found necessary In the way of enlarging old ditches and dig glng new ones. Toe council decided, on account of desiring to curtail expenaea to the lowest possible limit, not to purchase a new typewriter for the use of the recorder's office at present. Tha regular bills for city expenaea war ordered paid. CORSAW STORE EXPANDING A. A. Gibson, from Mupleton, Ore gon, haa bought a half Interest in the Harry B. Corsaw furniture store. Tha bualnesa will be carried on In the same progressive manner aa hereto fore, and plana are already made to handle larger Mocks of home furnlsh Inga of all kinds. WALTER VILLE BY E. H. STORE . BOUGHT HOTALING O. A. Cobb, of Cobb Bros.. Portland merchandise brokers, who recently purchased the Oebauer general store at Waltervlllo. waa a business visitor In Springfield the fore part of the week, and he announced that they had sold, the grocery, hardware and drug atox-ka of the Wfrltervlflo store to E. f. Hotallng, superintendent of the Eugene municipal power plant, who will continue the business. The dry goods and shoe stocks of the store have been sold to doalera In Eugene, and will be removed to that city. HOT LUNCHES AT 8CHOOL Beginning next Monday, the Domes tic Science department, under the su pervision of Mlsa Williamson, will servo a hot lunch at the noon hour for those who take their lunches at achooL Thla will not be a full lunch, hut la Intended to supplement the lunch brought from home by the addi tion of a couple of hot dishes. Tha menu for the week is as fol io we: Monday Cream of tomato soup, crackera, and rice pudding; ( Tuesday Vegetable chowder and cocoa; Wednesday Cream of pea soup, crackers, and brown betty; Thursday Stuffed . potatoes and cocoa; Friday Baked beana and cocoa. These lunches will be served at coat. The price bas been fixed at seven cents per day, or 35o per week. Tick ats at tha domestic science depart ment. Read what Dr. Dippel has to say about "Devitalized Teeth" on page 3 of this Issue, POSTOFFICE BUSINESS SHOWS INCREASE Postmaster Stewart's report for tba quarter ending September 1 ahowa salca of atampa for the period to the total of 11,232.71. Stamp aalea for the like quarter of 1918 totaled $1,033.12, thua showing an Increase In postage amounting to $199X9. Tba quarter from June 30 to September! la the dullest period of tha year In post- office business, aa It la In business generally. CELEBRATE FORTY-FIFTH WED- DINQ ANNIVERSARY Mrs. Grace Roberts and Mrs. J. J, Bryan were Joint hocteases last 8un day at a dinner at the home of tha former, the occasion being tbe forty' fifth wedding anlversary of their fath er and mother, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Thompaon. All of the children were present ex cept Mrs. Alma Caatle, of Charleston, Wnshlugton. Mrs. Alma Slgnor and Mr. N. H Slgnor, mother and brother of the bride, and who attended tba wedding forty flvo years ago, were guests at dinner. The children and their families pre sent were: Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Bryan and daughter. Crystal; Mr. and Mra. Kenneth Barrett, of Eugene; Earl Thompson, of La Grande; Floyd Thompson, of Halfway, Oregon; Mra, Grace Roberta and daughters, Beat rhe and Helen, and sons. Earl and Arthur, the latter from Richmond, Cat If or n la; Mr. and Mra. N. H. Slgnor and daughter, Reah; Mr. .and Mra, J. M. Thompson, brother of Mr. L. E. Thompson and aister of Mra. Alma Slgnor. The children presented their father and mother with a Vlvtor graphonola, INDUSTRIAL REVIEW It Is reported the Eugene Fruit Growers' association will make 45,000 gallons of vinegar. During August $1,200,000 worth of work waa done on Oregon roada; in September, $1,400,000. A mammoth sea wall la to be built at Seaside. Coquille bas voted $50,000 bonds for a new school building. The cannery at The Dalles now has a weekly payroll of $6,000, and Is still short of help. Apple canning Is now In full blast, and la expected to keep the ptant going until about February. Douglas county'a plan of assessing timber values at 100 per cent waa re sisted and waa not carried Into affect Marshfield The Loyal Legion of loggers and Lumbermen are putting up a tight against the I. W. W. In this vicinity. Plllard Tomatoes in this vicinity yielded 2,000 boxes to tha acre tha past season. Salem 'The Oregon state fair ahowa over $10,000 net cash surplus. Newberg has another packing house putting up fancy fruits on a large scale for the larger eastern markets. The state highway commission Is receiving bids on 178 miles of new roods and bridges. The schools at Medford and Dufur were cloBed n order to permit pupils to help In saving the apple crop. The Oregon Livestock company Is filing for water to Irrigate 90,000 acres of land aouth of Malheur lake. Stanfleld Bonds for $30,000 have been issued to construct a city water system. After spending three daya invest! voting the death of Charles Taylor, whose body was found on the summit of the Cascade mountains, and exam ining 40 witnesses, the Lane county grand Jury for the October term of circuit court Wednesday afternoon re turned an Indictment of murder In the second degree against Martin Clark, who Is now la JaiL THE AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE QUESTION Washington. The Republican Pub licity Association through. Its presi dent, Hon. Jonathan Bourne, Jr, gives out tha following statement from Its Washington headquarters -Vessels engaged In foreign trade which entered and cleared American oorta during tba fiscal year ended June 20th. 1919, aggregate nearly 93, 000,000 net tone, according to official flaurea recently published. Let us analyze those figures. "Of this tonnage nearly 62,000,000 waa foreign and 41,000,000 waa Amer ican, either new or temporarily oper ating under our flag. Of the Amer ican tonnage over 33,500,000 piled be tween the United Statea and North American porta, principally those of Canada, Mexico, and Cuba easy dis tancethus leaving less than 7.600, 000 net tons to handle our import and export trade with the rest of the world. "The total of that trade for the fis cal year 1919 was valued at $10,179,- 000,000, Imports amounting to $3,096, 000,000 and exports to $7,074,000,000. Our total trade with North America came to $2,344,000,000, of which $1, 344.000.000 was hauled by 'cars and other vehicles leaving aomethlng like one billion dollars worth of our trade to be moved by 32,500,000 net tone of American vessels. "While this was going on, the re mainder of our trade with the world. amounting to $7,835,000,000 In value, was being carried by aomethlng under (0,000,000 of net tonnage, of which nearly 90 per cent was foreign, or, at rough cauculatlon, foreign vessels carried about $7,000,000,000, or 70 per cent of our entire trade laat year. To put It in another light: While 33,600, 000 net ton a of American vessels were handling one billion dollars' worth of our foreign trade within the confines of tbe North American division, 52,- 000,000 net tons of foreign vessels ware getting paid for handling seven billion dollars' worth of our foreign trade to snd from the uttermost con fines of the earth and in between. To the American who has relied Implicit ly on the rosy vision of America tri umphant aa a maritime nation, aa pic tured by the press agents of this administration, this analysis will give quite a jolt Expressed in ratio It would read something like this: 33. 1000:: 52: 7000. Ton for ton, foreign tonnage showed an efficiency nearly four and one-half times greater than our own In getting cargoes. For example, the net tonnage of THE SWEETEST STORY EVER "TOLLED" -T MAN!! . -- ( I'VE SMPLY 1 jUg GOTTA tfAVE i British (England, Ireland, and Scot land) Teasels entering and clearing our porta In 1919 totaled 15,400,000 and It handled $3,067,000,000 worth of our trade nearly one-third of It, In fact This was less than one-half the tonnage we devoted to the North American division, and it handled over three times tha trade, by value. Jap an, with an entrance and clearance in American porta of 1,688,000 tons, han dled nearly one billion dollars' worth of our foreign trade, or with less than one-twentieth of the tonnage we de voted to North American trade, the Japs handled an equal value of our foreign trade. Tbe Danish, Dutch, and Norwegian vessels entered and cleared our ports In an aggregate of nearly 2,700,000 tons, handling $1,172. 000,000 worth of our trade. These are the great maritime nations with hich we must compete in the future, and never forget that Germany is coming back In ten years. Our mer chant marine must have the full sup port and co-operation of the govern ment and the people if it Is to suc ceed, and this will necessitate Gov ernment aid and, ultimately, private operation and ownership to Insure business efficiency and fair returns. What we give In aid will return an hundred fold in trade, for a ship Is the best salesman In the world, and the people must support the program for perpetuating the American flug on the high seas." ENGINEERS' EXAMINATION TO BE HELD An examination will be held on December 5, 1919, at 520 Corbett building, Portland, for all professional engineers who are unable to meet the requirements, without examination, of the act of the legislature of the state of Oregon. 1919, Chapter 381, requir ing all professional engineers to be registered after January, 1920. Necessary blanka for application to take the examination may be had up on request from A. B. Carter, secre tary, state board of engineering exam iners, 520 Corbett building, Portland. All applications to take the examina tion given on December 6 must be filed with the state board of engineer ing examiners at least thirty days prior to that date. Eugene Register: Mayor Peterson has been appointed as a delegate to a meeting of mayors of the Pacific coast in Sacramento, California, Octo ber 30, the object of Ihe meeting to be to boycott certain commodities for the purpose of lowering prices and re ducing the high cost of living. T.TWOMA CARNIVAL WEEK'S Cold Weather Drawback to Outdoor . Amusements Fair Crowds Attend Prospect Good for Last Day Although the chilly weather of thla week, especially at nightime, haa re duced tbe attendance at the outdoor diversions furnished by Brown's Amusement company, there have been fair-sized crowds "taking in the car nival," and despite what the weather may be a big attendance is expected this, evening and until tbe close to morrow night. Tbe various attractions under man agement of the Brown company ap pear to give satisfaction, and are all that the company claims for them in the way of clean amusement. ' There has been dancing every night, and the dance given by the Elks' band, Tuesday night, had a good attendance and was reported an enjoyable occa sion In every particular. The music for last night's dance, in . Steveus halL was furnished by Gross' orchestra, from Eugene, which will al so play for the dance tonight, likewise be given in the hall if the weather continues unfavorable. ' Tomorrow night the closing dance will have music by the . Elks' band, which will also give a concert in tha evening. - i ' The Twin City tractor of the Oregon Tractor company, of Salem, was the first machine for the tractor-demonstration to reach here, being shipped from Salem and arriving Tuesday morning. The demonstration of this machine will be made by P. H. Van Doren, agent for the company, and Henry Shaveland, driver. . The Beeman hand tractor, from Portland, and tbe FagoeL from Eu gene, came yesterday. Sevan more tractors from Eugene have been prom ised to take part in the demonstration. The demonstration, in a field at the terminal of the street-car line, Is ex pected to be in full swing this after noon and all day tomorrow. The Eugene Aero company's flying machine haa been undergoing repairs all week, and it Is planned to have it here tomorrow afternoon. Flights are to take place from the field at the end of B street. HIGH-SCHOOL DEBATES University of Oregon, Eugene. Two hundred high schools of the state are eligible for entrance Into the Oregon High School Debating League, now entering its thirteenth year, according to announcement by R. W. Prescolt, professor of public speaking in the University, who is secretary of the league. The state is divided Into twelve dis tricts for the purposes of the leagu. Each one of these. Professor Prescott announces, will have a separate ques tion for the preliminary rounds, which will be contested in January, Febru ary and March, with the finals In May. C. A. Howard, of Eugene, la director of the South Willamete district, con sisting of Lane and the northern part of Douglas county. The subject for debate in this district is: "Resolved. That the principle of compulsory In vestigation as defined by the Cana dian act of 1907 should be applied to all disputes arising between railway, companies and their employees.1 High schools eligible for member ship in this district are: Eugene, Junc tion City, Springfield, Cottage Grove, Drain, Roseburg, Yoncalla, Coburg CreBwell. Crow, Dorena, Elmira, Flor ence, Irving, Lorane, Mapleton, Mar cola, Myrtle Creek, Oakland, Pleasant Hill, Riddle. Sutherlln, Walker, Wal tervllle, Santa Clara, Thurston, Glide, and Wilbur. Graveling of the highway between Echo and Stanfield is completed. Cottage Grove The local cannery has handled eighty tons of blackber ries. ' .