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ID) MEW ti h 0,V. t j. 4 skvi:.ti:i;.ti! ykak KI'IUNCKJKM). I.ANK COUNTY. OIIKCOX, TIIL'HSDAY. APRIL 22, 1020. NUMHEIl 15 INVESTING FOR PROFIT A Sories of Valuable Articles on Farming That Every One Should Read Learn How You May Increase the Production of the Soil at Small Additional Expense. The Possibilities of a Pent-uj) Garden The Child's First v Place of Experience. Hy .1 M (I A KM I HK ' (Copyrighted ) We mIidiiUI lie la-iw -lior mid our garden (In- k i tti 1 of II; our creed thrift mnl honor, for I believe III Turin In l In- sufety of our nation I believe i it y lion- mnl opportunity de pend upon ln-r fiiiunv I believe her stability hiuI iinri'ni rest upon her fi-rtillty; ar.d her thrft r lt- frugality of i In- farmer; ii tol Unit lb)- money U almost a cut hi- io those who have not won liy their own Industry nnii f rn if Illy . I believe there h iio such thing mi whnl I (illicit "iifiii lott" It la Hit- lai k of production. Iloy and jlrlM, Ktuy on tin- fiirin Therefore I Will trill my i hlhlren tin- value of moII ii 1 1 ti re, noil fertility, homemade fertilizer, pin ii t am) grain let flopnifiii. the value of the earth worm wh'ch plow, iltult:, aim, pul vcrlzes. fertilize, by hi stomach, anil hy hlit dentil and ih'i o m i n It I n n. I tenth am decomposition hi t con nntly go'ng on throughout nature, and In IihIoo.J tin- fundamental con t 1 1 lott of Itn 1 1 ft- under our present exlatcm "tUt rl ti. thai nourished then, ahull t lu mi thy growth, and be lesolved to nrlli again. " Therefore, I will work InteH'gcntly, leach Uv precept a rut example, an lhal 1 may enjoy the purpose of life. I will raise crops by "Intense farm ing." and stock by pasturage, hay. and root, and finish for market by a tithe of grain. I will work and save con Mantly and 'uveal thoughtfully. I will do all In tny power to Increaae the financial strength of my town and county and not the mall order hoiisea ; LADIES LOVAL LEGION TO CAMPAIGN FOR MEMBERS A number of the member of the newly orgutiUt-d I.adWjl Loyal Legion met Iiimi Frldny afternoon In the Woodman li til to iiiuke plan for their itiemberylilp drive An intensive cam pulgn for new members w ill be launch til at once each member being held respotnllile for bringing In new ones. The present member hope to build up a strong orKiiiUiitlon In order t iiicompllsh tni'rh along their lines. Mrs. J. E (Iwen Phillip, st.ite or Kfinlcr. was (neseiit Information was receive by ihe ".l.s Unit If I" or mote members would KHther out e a mon III a seaker could In- secured from the I ni tci'sit y of Oregon cxtrlf-lon division to give lee-tun- Oil illl Mllljcft iteHiled The L. I. I. plillts to hold a sorllil Kiltlieiing once a month In conjunct Ion uith Hi" lliember if the 4I.M Any women of tin- cit who lire In-teresti-il III the work of this oiKatilii Imii are Invited to iillehd the meeting.-) ii I hei oii-e members. Madison Spores, who was operated on some time iiko at the local hospital will xiiiiii he able t return to his linnie ut .Mnluiw k. B. O. S. S. I Mine Overalls & Soft Shirts.) By Our Printer's Deil. Of all the Willi ideas that peeple Kits now das w ould make a whcclboi row hev freckles Wen r overalls and boost the price of cm mnl then wonder why so many peeple tpill farm In an go work in lite city. Those city bird will went- their overalls a little while, then stick em in the nttlck, an the price of overalls will stay up and Iheir wild Idea will hev done more harm tll"M good The worst of it Is. soft shirt will Kit so hi that us tVllns can't buy cm an then we'll hafta wear stiff collar and pasteboard fronts and not wear miy shirts. A still' collar Is soniethin that I hates to wear because they bout kill a feller when hee. got cm on and because you hiiftii use a lota slang In git em on. Think of us fellers wot Mil In paste hoard fronts an espeilallv me killin' "type lice" In one of them i Iks. Hut there's some Jov In II- wt won't have no shirts to lake off. I'eeple wants to look out an see that they don't get cornered with their "wild Ideas." Peeple had better quit teiiilu' nrottn' so much then they .wouldn't ha I'la eat ho much, therehy inducing the II. C. L. It's too hud peeple can't pHrsunde mice an rata to conserve too. . It would be more sensible If peeple would change the name of their no clety to u "wear out yer olo clothes society" an if you haven't any oln clothes, then wear out whut ya got, an then buy cheap clothes an If there alnt no cheap dollies, wear gruss or a tin anil an let these "carry a poodle dog" Ideaa cltinh a tree. After all the only way to reduce the hi cost of llvln' Is to reduce the number of profltears. piirchiiai- If need be government e- tltli-a ; never barter my ohliKHtloti to home or country to lnure the gt oat ties of Atm-rlca'a future. "A good Intention clothe ltelf with pow er. Either I will find a way or make fi way." The Father of men flint irreafed it. an and then put him Into "a garden to dre an It and keep It." I hold that It la the greatest ref rcshruent to our Hplrlt. the purest of human picas urea. Old nge lookn back and ex claim : "How fair Ih a garden amid the toll and passions of existence." Where there In moII moisture, that In, a sub-soil that will permit raplllary attraction of the water beneath the surface, proper fertilization with dv composed straw and manure, which Hie ground chemically turn to humus. arreHtlng and holding nubaotl mol "ire, plnntM will grow. Iliiniu In- i-eaHea the soil capacity for absorb I (iK nd retaining water, reduces It tesjuclty. and In the cause of the more tapld and Uiorougb absorption of the run' ray. The softness and humidi ty of the noil acta In two way in pro moting marvelous production of the toll, namely, the free, growth of (he plant, and heavy production of grain. With fJieae farts thoroughly 'Ixed In mind we are now 'ready to Iteglti our study an to where to begin. The farm ahould be a the garden. In a previous- chapter we have apok on of the value of thoroughly deeotn tHiaed straw and manure, and some of "he cheapest chetnlral. rock salt and landplaster, that will quickly decom pose it. in another we will tell you how to make It excepillngly fer'ila by the addition of -other chemical that (Continued on Paje Eight) HICH SCHOOL PLAYERS' MAKE GOOD SHOWINC "Me and Otis" the cleer high hchool plav given l.o t Friday after noon mnl evening at the Hell theater, created itiativ a hearty leurh by itj -funny situation and humorous char nctcis. The entire cast, ten members In all. lilted well Into tie parts ' boxen for them, each carrying out hU oun particular part with a nicety1 winch i otiit-s only from careful in I i-i ( tit ( ii hi iitiil much pra 'lice Pop-I uhir souk number and a chalk talk' l.-lieveil the usually dull moments luting tin- shitting of scenes Two entirely different roles wer- i i-iiti-d l Joe Clark us Hyion Make peace Thornton, the studious one, ami I A-iheal Fish as lik Davis, the foot ball heio. CI course there is luinntii --. a h trh riorni e. (Carrie Dittol and. Petty. lEdwcna Parsnnsi help to Tut nisli "Me and Otjs ".Until Urattain :tnd I I Powell who are the pa rents of, I'etiy. are dclet 'mined that their' 'laughter t-hall make a rich mutch and he are highly phased when .she be- . comes engaged to Thornton Clifford Fanilreiii as Samuel Skill Icon, produced some lever Jokes and i aused mil h laughter in his role of the negro butler Others who played minor parts in the cast were Mona Mi Henry. Opal Mason ami Ceoj-ge Williams. Joe Diets had a "brain storm" con verted into a "chalk talk" which was i lever, especially those parts which were take off on well known local people Other numbers between acts, were vocal selections hy a chorus of Indian maid and vocal duets hy Ho bei'ta Wilson and George Signor. II' It had been Judged from a fiiian-, rial standpoint alone the (lay would have been consideu-d a huge success. Gate receipts I'm the matinee antl evening performance totaled over fL'.o' mid out of this over $S0 was entirely i lenr. The cast is planning trips to a number of the smaller towns in (his vicinity, although the trip to Thurston this Saturday night Is the only one which Is definite so fur Lad Injured With Dynamite Cap. 1 William liege. west Springfield1 lad. has lost his left hand us result i of mi accident which he received Sun ' day while playing with a ttlick of dytia mile which he had found. The boy was playlliK with the dynamite when, the cap came off, blowing off three, fingers mid cruising an Injury to his ; aide. Ilia left hand wus ho badly' mutilated that It was necessary to re-, move the entire hand. Cows Art Tested. The herd of cows owned by C. E. Swtirts, who Uvea near Springfield were tested lust week by Miss Agues MacGlnnis. student In dairying at Ore gon Agricultural College. Kipoi't-s of the test will be sent out from thu col lego in a few days. Miss MacGlnnis went from here to Grants" lN.iss for the H-.inie work. Notice- to "Susie Suiusini;": Your 'Orandolilope will appear next week. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS I ODD FELLOWS HOLD CON TO HOLD SESSIONS HERE VENTION HERE MONDAY Fifteen Societies to Send Delegates for Friday, Saturday and Sun day Meetings. The fifth annual convention of the Kane County Chrlntlan Endeavor an social Inn will hold a three day con vention here beginning with a nennlon Friday cvclng In the local Chrlntlan church. About T-0 delegates are. ex pected to attend the meetnga. Many i.t (hot live eln.e ..n..,.h t .n.l.l ih.,M i.. Mi..r. i ik.i, i -.'.-,; .- .H.a. .. in ,, JiiiTO pi llllll and the local society la making plana for entertaining about 150 delegate. An Intrtrentlng and Instructive pro gram Iib beon prepared for the con vention, among the npeakern bnlng Hev. K. V. Stivers and Her. E. Moll Cane, both of Eugene; Prof. Walter Meyer and George 8. Clark. Ted Coodwln will be the nong leader. Cliff Jope, predent of the county noclety, will be present to lead the convention. A banquet, which Is expected to be largely attended, Is scheduled for Sat urday night. The cloning meeting of the convention will be held in the Methodiht rhurcTi. an the Kndeavor workers expect too large a crowd for the Christian church. SCHOOL BOARD SELECTS PARTIAL TEACHING STAFF At a meeting of the school board held Wetlneaday night. April 14, nliie touchers were elected for the coming school year. Thone elected were Miss Vera iH rfllnger. English in the hlg.1 echool. and Mlns Grace McO-uin. Mis. Kiilu Montgomery. Miss Elizabeth James. Miss Jeanamlne Nelson and ' Minn Hertha Harpole for ponitions in the grades. , Mrs. Ellxabeth C. Page. Miss Opal' Motverson and Mrs. Mabel Lunby were selected for the primary grades. James Laxton, who succeeds M. W. Weber on the school board, and Mr. Ethell. who aucreeds Wklter Bailey a. clerk of the board, both took their places on Wednesday. At a called meeting of the board trU -.'1 Superintendent F. R. Ham-, tin was re-lected'and several teachers) were W elected to positions for next j year, among them being Mrs. Char-1 lotte stein In the grades, and Miss' Wllliaiiihon as domestic science in-. strur-tor. Mis Grace Male and Miss j Niiisi Po sen were he new teacher selected for positions in the grades. I Mrs Plunk of the commercial de- i pattiiKiit oi tfie nigh school. .Mr. Kotn. present principal, and George Hen shadier, manual training insl ructor. ate not candidates for re- lecl ion. Tornado Sweeps Southern States. More than 14i persons lost their IIm-s as the result of a tornado which swejt :. it s of eastern Mississippi. iHilhwes'ern Alabama and the south cm coniii;ps of Tennessee on Tues day Prot-erty loss of the storm will likclv a. n. mnl to munv millions of ilelliirs In some instances wholii families wre killed. A number of sniiill t'-wtjs in the path of the storm were almost entirely wiped out. I - Mr. W. L. Arnold, of Mabel, was a shopper in Springfield yesterday. PLANTTHEY'RE Degree Work to Be Put On by Local and Lodges from Other Parts of Lane .County. The Lane County Annoclation of! Odd Fellowa. componed of all the ln- dividual lodge of thin or der In the u crt,A - r.,.. rtt:. coun.v. will hold their annual con ven-! Has .Served as Deputy in Offl! tin in Springfield noext Monday. Kep-j -'Or Which He Is DemO reMentatlven will come from thej cratic Candidate. io'ikch ar rUgene. junction i.iiy. i m-1 , X- wrovc. renweii. ( oouir. Crenwell. Mar-! 1 -da. Crow. Irving. Ix.rane. Klinlra. mapieion. riorence. aiierviue ana Springfield About a thounand dele - Kate are expected to be in attend At 9 o'clock the morning bimlnens HfHMion will be opened. During this Bprlncrii-14 lodge No. 70 will bo opened In npeclal nennlon for the pur pose of putting on degree work. The first degree will be conferred by June-j tton City, the second degree will be, given by Springfield and Eugene. ! and the third degree by Cot-1 tage Grove. Juanita Rebekah lodg-j . of Springfield will put on the Re- bekah degree at 4 o'clock. The don-1 lug sMVice of the convention will be' I in the evening at the Me thodist church where a program will be rend ;aJ,k for an additional allowance no ( red The public in cordially Invited I e8s for gome unforeseen cause, realls to attend this meeting. I jng the greatest burden of the people rtccoiuiiiu 10 w. r. aier. 01 uie . local lodge, a number of state officers nre expected to be present for the meeting although It Is not certain as yet Just which ones are coming, Henry Korf of Springfield is presi dent of the Lane county association this year and J. W. Zimmerman of Eugene, secretary. AUTHOR OF MILLAGE BILL WILL SPEAK HERE THURSDAY Mrs. Alexnnder Thompson, formerly representative from Wasco county, and author of the millage WI1 for the elementary schools, which Is to be voted on at the May primaries, win speak in Stevens hall. Springfield, on Thursday night. All taxpayers of the cltv and virinitv. as well as teachers and others Interested, are Invited to ,e present. . Teachers Institute Saturday. An institute for the school teachers in this section . of the county will be held In the Lincoln school building Saturday, beginning at 10 o'clock and lasting until noon. Mr. Cooper, assist- ant county scnooi superintendent, anu C. H. Howard of Eugene, will deliver addresses. Music will- be given by the girls glee club of the local high school. Johnson Leads in Nebraska Primary. At last re(Mits Senator Hiram Johnson of California was leading all candidates for the Republican presi dential nomination. Wood was second choice with Pershing taking' third place from his home state. The Booth Kelly lumber mill which ),;ls been closed for a week, first on account of the switc h!:. ei s st.ike and later while the power plant was being re, ain-d. will not likely resi-me ope rations before the first of the week. NOT COMING DOWN J.E. RACE FOR SHERIFF John K. Edwards yesterday fi'e'l hla , nominating petition with the county ,.t,.,i, r ,h ffr. nt ,.,, v t,orire !,,,, f,lfrH on the Democratic ticket j for nomination at the May primaries i sprlnflpM an waH a deputy in the nherlffn office under D. A. Elkion. H feels that hln experience In these of fice and in other linen of business , nnnitipn him for the noxtrinn which nP eek orposite hln name on the ballot he dpRire(i to hllVP prinied the following;, -An office of work ; a working office; fajrnesa to all " Mr. Edwards gives his promises and piatfonn as follows: .., .,n kprn ,h xnenditiire of h r,ffif. to the minimum and will not of fhe countv to be high taxat on. As the sheriff's office is one of the chief executive offices of th countJr, and considering It the duty of the sheriff to lead In the perform ance of the duties of the office, I will not ask a deputy or citizen io go where I would not go. If an arrest is to be made and I am present I will make the arrest myself. If elected I will not use the influence of the office for or against any persons, but will endeavor to administer Us affairs to the end that the best possible serrlcft may be rendered. I am 42 years of age and have had several yeara' ex perience In this worV." POLITICAL ASPIRANTS OF LANE COUNTY ANNOUNCED Eleven persons have filed with the county clerk as candidates for various county officers. H. S. Sown, C. P. Barnard and A. W. Dugan have filed as candidates for county judge; Her bert E. Walker for county assesor; K. S. Bryson for county clerk; Fred G. Stickles for county ahenff; Ti. J. Moore for county school superintend ent; Mrs. Edna Ward for county tre:- urpr. - y Hranstetter for coroner- f. M. Morse for surveyor: Emmet M. Sharp and Ernest R. Spencer for coun ty commissioner. Fred E. Smith of Eugene and Clyde N. Johnston of Junction City are candidates for dis trict 'attorney. For state offices M. Vernon Parsons is a candidate for secretary of state; Seward D. Allen of Eueene. H. C. Wheeler of Pleasant Hill. W. T. Gor don of Eugene, and Louis E. Bean of Eugene, all for state representative from the Third district; and for rep esentative from the Third congres sional district. Eugene E. Smith of Eugene is a candidate. The central committeemen's name nit file for the Springfield districts are as follows: W. F. Walker, Xo. 1; Fred W. Bressler. No. 2; Melvin Fen wick. No. :t; Clark Wheaton. No. 4. Civic League Urges Decorations. The Women's Civic Improvement 'engue held their regular 'meeting at the public library last Tuesday even ing. There was an unusually good attendance and several new names were added to the membership roll. The evening was spent in discuss ing means to be employed in better ing the condition of the city. A clean- j up day was suggested. I It was voted that a request be made j for the merchants to decorate their I windows and do all possible to make, the city attractive for the coming I Odd Fellows convenion. Owners of I vacant store buildings also are asked to improve the appearance of these for the occasion. .The next regular meeting will be held Tuesday evening. April 27th. POSTMASTER GETS RESULTS FROM GOVERNMENT SEEOi Harry Stewart is using the space ia the west window of the post-office to good advantage. He planted a n.uar. iity of the government sample seed. sent here for distribution and they an- making a fine showing. About th middle of Februury he4 planted somi tomato seeds in cans and IkiXcs and set them in the window where they are now making au unusual growth. He chose St. Patrick's day to plant some watermelon seeds and cucum bers which are also growing in good 'nim. Miss Coftman and Miss Paden, clerks at the rostnffice. claim thu credit, however, for tending the plants. The story, "Inventing for Pvofit" contains much valuable information for every fanner and gardener. 1 Fred Montgomery, son of Mr.' and '- l Mmifonici'v. who recently suffered a broken collar bone whU working for the Southern Pacific lines here, returned Wednesday from San Fianclsco where h had been reoeiv. leg treatment. . ' 4