X SI'IUNCJFIELIJ, LANE COUNTY, OHEGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, .1920. NUMBER G2. SIXTEENTH YEAR. U. of O. Library TTTTTF MING ME SPRINGFIELD HAS GOOD CHANCE 10 SECURE DEHYDRATING PLANT Large Firm Writes That They Will "Look Us Over Soon." Urge Farmers to Plant More Garden Truck and Berries May Sign Contracts for Local Produce. Proof that a lar?" food pro (hu tH i) ui 1 1 u f a t in inn company Ih Interested and helieveH in the future of the Springfield dlKtrlet ns a berry and vegetable pro ducing cotiiiuunlty Ih found In u letter recently received in Springfield from the head of the KiiK Food I'nxluctK compuny of Portland. The letter also HiveK trondKe that the company will hoi hi Investigate the possi bility of establishing a market hero for the buying of the fann er produce. The King company operates plants at Salem and The Dalles and Is one of the largest com panies in the west dealing in Hinall fruits and garden truck. Thin company has been look lug towards Springfield for some time and at" only await ing the time when the farmers and fruit growers will put out sufficient acreage in the pro duce they use to warrant their putting a plant here They pay the highest market prices and contract with the farmers for whatever acreage they will plant ho that the farmer can be assured of a market for bin en tire crop at good prices. Hut the company desires first to start a buying agency here until Hitch time as the acreage will support a dehydrating plant. In order to assure this it is necessary for the farmers to signify their intention of plant ing their land to the various crops which the King company could use. Here is work for the Spring field Chamber of Commerce. The farmeiS of this community should be interviewed and con vinced that this could be done,, and that it would be a paying proposition for them, in order that the field man of the com pany could get a start when he oomes among them. A large compuny will not put a plant "where there is lack of support und enthusiasm to carry the project to ultimate success. There is alreadv some evi GAME RESERVE A tract of (i00 ucrcs of hind, purl of which In known us Kiucaid pink, hus been If used t; Curl 1). Shoo luuker, stute game warden, to be UHed uh a wild bird und game refuge for five yeurH. The land Is in (Sleiiwood precinct, .southwest of Springfield. One tract of 500 acres was leased from II. It. Klncuid and wile. The oilier true! of 10(1 acres whs leused from V. T. Kiiicuitl and wll'c. 8AVINGS STAMPS OF 1920 TO BEAR HEAD OF WASHINGTON i Sun Francisco, Jan. 7. Total cush receipts from the sale of War Savings securities from (he beginning of the movement In December. 1917 to Dot-ember 15, 1919, unioiint lo $1,128, 480,731, uccording to a telegram to Governor John 1'. Calkins of tho San Francisco Federal Ilescrve bunk from AsHlstunt Secretary of the Treasury It. C. Lefflngwell. announcing the government's thrift program for 1920. It Is expected that heavy Christmas sales of War Savings Stumps and Treasury Saving Certificates this your will considerably swell the total when tho books are finaly closed for the year on December 31. During the summer, sales of War pavings Stamps dropped somewhat dence that the fanners of thin district can be convinced that 1his will be a good thing for them. And certainly the bene fits that would result for Springfield must be apparent to the business men of the city. Therefore it should not be diffi cult to enlist their support for such an enterprise- There is need of work, however, both on the part of the Chamber of Commerce and by individuals Interested in the future of the Springfield farmer and business man. Now is the time to act. Following is the letter from the King Products company: "We are very much interested In what you have to say regard ing the garden acreage anil berry land in the vicinity of Springfield. "We are large users of quite an assortment of different kinds of vegetables- also of berries ami other fruits of all kinds. Our field man will be out con tracting for vegetables and fruits in the very near future and we will have him go to Springfield and look over your situation there "I note what you say In re gard to Its being a good location for a plant, etc. The first thing for a community to do is to in crease their production so that they may have sufficient ton nage to support an institution. "The kinds of vegetables we are interested in are, rutabagas, toes, beans, spinach, celery and potatoes. We use these in very large tonnage. In the fruits we want loganberries, raspberries, blackberries, prunes, peaches apples and pears. "We will Le up to see you as soon as we definitely outline our plans for this coming sea son. Thanking you for the in formation you have given us, .we remain. Yours very truly. King Food Products Co." below the high murk set during the wur und immediately after the armis tice, but for the last five months there has been u steady monthly In crease in (lie amount of these se curities sold, which, in the opinion of treasury officials, prophesies con rinual investment in government se curities by the general public through out 1920. The 1920 Wur Savings Stamp will be larger than the 1919 stump, and will be carmine In color, bearing the head of ileorge Washington rather than Henjumln Franklin's bust. The Thrift Stamps will be the same, as will the Treasury Savings Certificates which are issued in denominations of $100 and $1000. Wur. Savings Stamps and Treasury Savings Certificates of the 1920 issue will mature January, 1925. Prices of War Savings Stamps, be ginning at $4.12 for January, will In crease monthly to $4.23 for the last month of the year, Treasury Savings Certificates selling in proportion. Hoth the Treasury Savings Certifi cates and the Wur Savings Stamps pay 4 per cent interest compounded every three months. The treasury department strongly advises tho exchange of full War Savings Certificates, that Is, twenty stamps affixed to a folder, for Treas ury Savings Certificates, which Bre registered, thereby protecting the holders. For this reason 1918 and 1919 Treasury Savings Certificates will bo available for exchange for War Savings Certificates of 1918 1919. LOCAL BASKETBALL TEAMS WIN FROM THURSTON Tlio Springfield high school banket bull ti-iim piled up ft score of 34 to IB UKuirmt the Thurston high school H-.'un In the game played on tbo local floor luHt Saturday night. The American Legion team took on the Thurnton community t-ain after the high school game and played around the Thurston boys to the tune of a 46 to 0 score. 1 Former Theater Singer Comes to Local Church for Re vival Meetings. (Contributed) Tho Methodist church has been very fortunate In getting one of the .most prominent and consecrated i-lnKers in the states for the next few .WIM-kM. Kred Canaduy who for years has been ninging an a noted vaudeville actor, will King every night und lead u c horus of voices. If you can sing come and join in the chorus or In the congregational Kinging. A live message will be delivered every evening preceded by a good old fashioned song service. Brother Can aduy has a wonderful way of making old hymns new again. Thursday evening he will address the audience. Fridiy night we are expecting a big seJ ice. We invite the young people -. jeclally; all Ep worth leaguers will be there. Saturday night there will be no service but Sunday we expect to have A big (1r ' Sunday school at 10 a. ni. The sing er, Mr. Canaduy will give a few min utes talk to the children before class work. Morning worship at 11 a. m. Special chorus and solos by the evangelist, followed by a message. Kvening service will be especially unique in league service and the mass service. Kpworlu league at 6:30 and at 7:l!0 the evening service when Ovangelisl Cnuaday will tell the story of his life us a vaudeville singer and his conversion. Kvery one is invited and we are glad to welcome you. Nothing but the good old gospel will be sung and cached. LEAP 1 METHODS ei r.ir:. TnJi Y'ljn run m MEXICAN ARMY OFFICER KILLS AMERICAN CITIZEN WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. Advices received at the atate department to day tell of the murder of Gabriel Porter, an American citizen In the employ of Penn-Mex company, by a Mexican federal army officer on Dei-ember 21. Thin together with the confirmation of the murder of two other Americans recently bring- the total number of Americans killed since the Madero revolution In 1910 to 554. This figure includes men, women and children. CHANGE MADE IN P08T OFFICE ASSISTANTS Miss Helen Coffman and Miss Frances Payton have taken positions as assistants In the post office, tak ing the places of Miss Ethelyn Pow ers, who has taken a place in the office of the county assesor In Eu gene, and Mrs. Claire Williams, whose wedding was a recent event. LOCAL BOYS WILL TOSS WITH G08HEN FRIDAY The Springfield American Legion basketball team will go to Goshen Friday night where they will play a game of basketball with the Goshen community team. The Goshen team Is reported to be a strong one and the boys are ex pecting a hard battle. They are prac ticing every night A game will also be played between the Springfield and Eugene Legion teams In the near future. FARMER8 BELIEVE LOGAN BERRIES NOT BADLY HURT Although the severe cold snap dam aged some loganberry vines that had been trelllsed up last fall, many farm ers now say that most of these vines are already beginning to sprout and they believe the damage will not be near as much as was thought at first In some parts of the county the berry vines have not yet shown signa of life ftnd as It Is yet early in the season, there Is hope that most of the vines are not hurt by the freeze. It is also too early to ascertain ac curately the extent of the damage to peach and prune trees. Mrs. M. C. Brown of Eugene has ln 'vented a milk bottle cover which com pletely covers the lip of the bottle and fastens on the under Bide of it thus eliminating the danger from fingers touching the top of the bottle. YEAR SPECIAL SESSION KEISIOMT Many Bills May Be Introduced at Coming Session Com- pensation Main Topic- SALEM. Jan. 22. The special ses sion of the legislature called by Gov ernor Hen W Olcott will meet at the capital Monday. January 12. There ''s already doubt as to whether the work of the session shall be confined to the five subjects stated In the call or whether nil kinds of legislation shall be taken up. Ixical load hills, county salary bills and new commissions may finally drag the session out to twenty days. The question of raising the pres ent rate of compensation for injured workmen, the national woman suf frage amendment and the re-enactment of capital punishment are the subjects to be given the right of way. As enough states have already rati fied the suffrage amendment to put it into effect it will be a secondary matter. In considering the workmen's compensation to make a raise to cor respond with the present high wages, the lawmakers are expected to con sider the problem whether the pres ent high scale of wages may be main tained more than another year or two, and therefore will not set too high a scale of compensation. Plans are made to allow highway bond issues of $40,000,000 as against present limit of half that amount Another bond issue is to be author ized to allow more state Institution buildings, as the legislature was not able to find all the money asked for by educational and reformatory insti tutions and at least five millions are required. The increased appropria tions for the education of the re turned service men who want mora college training may reach half a million. That there will be bills to create new offices, Buch as the additional game commission and the additional safety device commission, goes with out saying. There will probably be more teach ers legislation asked for, as the smaller districts cannot now raise the $1080 a year demanded as a mini mum salary for teaching country schools. Small districts having from three to ten pupils are not able now in some instances to have the num ber of months of school required by law. In larger districts the trend of rublic school work is toward the trades. In Portland. Salem, Eugene. Corvallls and many other schools manual training and vocational courses are displacing the old idea that the public schoors were to fit all the young people to attend col lege. CORSAW SELLS TO GI8S0N Harry Corsaw has sold his interest in the furniture and second hand store on Main street to A. A. Gibson who will conduct the business here after. Mr. Gibson only recently pur chased on Interest in the business from Mr. Corsaw. Mr. Corsaw may later go into some other line of busi ness here. FORMER RESIDENT PASSES AWAY AT GRANTS PASS . The funeral of James K. Ellis, who died Sunday, Jan. 4, in Grants Pass, was held from the Walker undertak ing parlors Thursday afternoon, Jan. 8, 1920, the body having been brought here early this week. Although It had been reported that Mr. Ellis' death was caused by falling while at work cutting wood near Grants Pass last Saturday, It has been found upon examination by doctors, that death was due to heart trouble. The deceased had lived In Spring field some years ago, coming from Ohio. He then removed to Texas, later going to Grants Pass. A daugh ter, Mrs. Nellie E. Kepner, now lives near Springfield. He leaves another daughter, Mrs. Maude L. Miller of St Joseph. Mo., and two sisters living in Ohio. His wife died eight years 'ago. Deceased was born in Williams burg, Ohio, Dec. 5, 1844, and died at the age of 75 years.