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HARDING Fill Oil
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I. Hi If, IULUIIUM
Would Not Grant Froodom To
So-Called Political Prison
ers, Says Nominoe
watt iiiiKton, hi. is. mai ivmiu- . . , . . . .. ., . ,
.. . . of J. J. Browning, of Springfield, and
tor I ar Hit it aland on tho pardoning', , v .. i .,.
- . . . , I formerly mado her homo here, blie
of prisoners convict..,, of crime. 1 MJm arft du..M f the
gainst the government hu. greatly ' s , ffd h wth the cIhM
strengthened him Ih the o,lnlo of ;f TravU gradunte(,
tho Republican publicity association . L gl.h(KJ, w)lh lhe
through lt president, Hon. Jonuthun ! flf JJ19
... ... . . , , . I
Dourne, Jr.:
"In none of IiIk other utterances
. . . - H .-.ii ui...
..If more strongly to tho good W.J ' Mr"'J" Cf 0'nprl
of the American people than In I.Ih '. fthor .nd mother of the pro
' ... , -.flpri'lor of tho Kclels drug store, ar
remark at Omaha on lh subject of ' ,
a proruaeu general ainm-my i ikju-
T. . . u ii u ........ u,.ri
thai prisoners.' Said henator Marl-
i . . ... . ....II
Ihm f l.a-.. Ii.n.n buLiil lnultV ll m Jal
durlnx thla cainpalgn whether I wouM ,
grant general amncaty, na it la called,
to polltknl prlaoiiera. My aiuwer, 1
truat, la clear. I would not.'
"On thla ax on other aubJerU,
Harding goea atra'ght to the point
and la unevaxlve. Me makea no bid
for the I. V. W. vot. He holda out
no hope to the anarchlHt. He given
no allghteat encouragement Ut tho
aeditlonlHt. He la for enforcement of
law law founded upon Jimtlro and
perpetuation of orderly government.
"'Pollilcal prlaonera" and 'general
nmnealy nre terma which thn eneiiv
lea of American government have
been un'ng to inlhli-ad people uufumll
inr lih lhe fiicH. There la no anch
thing aa a 'polltlcnl prlaoner" under
the I'iwn of the t'nlted SLatea and the
Jurlxillc i Ion of our courta. Clever
propagandas have lined the term In
audi a inuiiner nit to convoy the Im-
predion that there ar auih prlfonerM
In tlnJ aiune Keime, that men and (
women were made polltlcnl prlnonera
1 ii Ituanln. Probably riot many people
were deceived, ll In true that under
the preaent udmlnlntratlon of the
depurtment of JiiHllce, It bus be-n
charged that men have been arrented
on inadequate evidence and held In-
definitely ln tend of being acrorde-1
that speedy trlnl whb-h they ar
guaranteed lv our Federal Const Itu-
(Continued on I'ng" 4 )
VAN WINKLE IS CANDIDATE
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL
I. II. Van Winkle, of Salem, h.ta
de hired bin candidacy for attorney ;
general to aiicceed Oeorge M. Ilrow.i. ,
Owing to the recent appointment of
Attorney General George M. Urown
to the bench of the supreme court to
succeed Justice A. S. Dennett, it Is
neeesaary to elect a new attorney
general.
I'pon the resignation of Mr. Drown
" ' '
the governor appointed Mr. an
Winkle to fill the office until elec-
lion. With the exception of a year
and a half Mr. Van Winkle Has neen
first assistant attorney general since
1904. In announcing his choice of
first assistant attorney general In
1915 Mr. Drown said: "Mr. Van
Winkle was chosen on account of his
special fitness and qualifications for
tho position." Mr. Van Winkle has
been endorsed by a committee of
prominent cltlxens all over the the
state, among whom Is Colonel J. M.
Williams of Lane county.
On account of the vacancy occurlng
after the closing date for filing pe
titions It will be necessary to write
the name of the candidate for attor
ney general In on the ballot.
OL80N8 ON HUNTING TRIP
C. Oson, Springfield agent .for the
Southern Taciflc, Is enjoying a three
weeka vacation. Mr. Olson and son
Russell, who came from Lebanon,
where he la employed, left yesterdav
noon for the mountalna above Oak
rtdg on a hunting trip. They expect
to spend about a week there and will
then go to the Cooa Bar country
gunning for ducks.
R. P Lowry. who la relieving Mr.
Olson, comes from Mill Clyt. With
him are his wife and small son who
are making their home here whllo
Mr. Lowry la on duty In Springfield.
TWO FROM SPRINGFIELD
ON ORACANA STAFF
Miss Wanna McKlnney, editor In
chief of Oregnnn. the annual publl-
: n tlon of the University of Oregon,
Iiu announced her staff for this
year's book. Minn Dorrls Klkoii, of
Sjirlngleld. will write ii tho women's
activities of tho ntitpiiH, and Mlhi
I "urn Travis lias been selected to do
some of tho rat work.
ft . I ft I . I ' I .. .. .. I .. . . n ,l.l. iinl. In.
mini Ail I l ill il 7 a hiuiiu'ihmu'i'm
KETEL3 COME TO 8PRINCFIELD
...
ake t,ielr home. The family will
I If t'U III to I' I III w.nn.nm
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III. C. T. II.
MEETS HERE 26111
Convention Wilt Be Held In
Methodist Church; Local
People on Program
The county convention of the
Woman' Chrlntlan Temperance Vnloa
will be held next Tueaday In the
Kprlngfleld MethodUt church. Dole-
Katia from ull over the county will
gather In the morning and at noon
inm-lieon will bo hcrved by the women
0f Springfield.
Mayor K. K. Mnrrlnon 'MI give an
nt.'ri M8 of welcome and Superinten-
,i,.nt p. ll. llaiiilln will deliver nn nd-
(mn before the convention. Mrs.
(.;,jid 11. Moshler will bo tho song
leader.
The women of Springfield and
vicinity, whether or not they are
niembera. nie invited to attend the
, nvention.
Following la the program:
The first tl.liu on the program
after luncheon will be nn addreaa of
M"ctlnEn by Miiyor K. K. Morrison,
. folowed by a reapoiiKe by Mri. M. I.
Mitchell, followed by a lecture by
Supt. Frank It. llaml'n on the "Im-
1 parlance of Womnn'a Work in the
1 j Community." Solo by Mlsa Mildred
Sniitn Mlaa Gertrude Talbot, of the
,t of () w HMMtk on tjie "National
League of Women Voters." The next
hi'.lf hour will be apent in getting
acquainted. . .
2:00, Devotions. Dlble study by
Mrs. E. U. Deurby. l'rayer.
2:20. Report of Creswell Union,
111 I St . a I inna im p,ui. ivs -
(Eugene i:nlon by Mrs. Cora Mason.
iteport 0f (he county treasurer, Mrb.
I Katherlne B. Melton. Solo, Mrs.
M osier.
2:f0. President's report and
planatlon of the Oregon W. C. T
ex
U. Ch'ldren's Farm Home.
3:15. Three minute speafcn on the
"Meed of the W. C. T. U. In the
World Today.
3:25. Election of officers.
3:'0 Antlclgarette Leaguers Rally.
Offering. Adjournment.
MISS CARSON RETURNS AFTER
SUCCESSFUL TOUR IN EAST
Miss Amy E. Carson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Carson, returned
last Friday from an extended trip in
the 'middle wesf,. Mfca Carson re
ports splendid success in giving her
programs of readings and Impersona
tions on her tour. She hus not yet
made definite pluns as to continuing
her work for the winter. She was
accompanied to Springfield by an
uncle, E. O. Carson, from Ontario,
Wis., who will visit here for a time.
In next week's Issue of The News
Miss Carson will give an Interesting
account of her trip through the east
ern country.
Mrs. Minerva Billings went to Cor
vallls today or a week'a visit with
daughter, Mrs. F. R. Alexander, 'and
family.
CO IINTY
L
YEAR IS $29,858
Special School Election Meet
ing Called for Monday Even
Ing, November Fifteenth
Tuesday nljiht the annual budget for
tho Kprlngfleld school district for
the year of 1920-21 was placed at
VJ,h',Hr This Is an increase of
$(1,748 over tho total budget for the
last fiscal year. As set forth by the
board this Increase Is made necessary
by Increases In the teachers' salaries
amounting to $5,801 and the Increased
cost of operation and maintenance to
gether with the installment of some
necessary equipment.
The estimated reclpts for the school
district for the coming fiscal year
are placed at $3810 52, leaving a bal
ance to be raised by district tax of
$20,047.48. Last year's estimated re
ceipts were $7,888, with a balance of
$15,222 to be raised by district tax.
The board also called a special
school meeting for 7:30, Monday,
November 15, for the purpose of vot
ing on the proposition of levying a
special district tax.
LANSBERY8 RETURN FROM
VISIT IN PENNSYLVANIA
William Lansbery and Mr. and Mrs..
L. G. Lansbery have returned from a
two months visit in Pennsylvania.
William Lansbery visited with rela
tives and friends at Clearfiled and
Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Lansbery visited
at !,ockhaven. On their return to
Oregon they were accompanied by
Mr. and Mrs. Owens, fa'her and
mother of Mrs. Cuy Halsey, of Spring
field who will visit at tho Halsey
home. .V '
Arrangements have been made by
the lietl theatre and The News where
by n direct Western Union telegraph
service will bring the results of tho
nutional election to Springfield.
The election results, both national
and fi.r Springfield's municipal elec
tion. w!l! be shown on the screen nt
he IP 11 '.cure. The first bulletins
are expected to reach her about 6
o'clock unil may continue until past
midnight. The theatre will remain
open as long as bulletins are received.
The Bell theatre and The News
are delighted to be able to give the
people of Springfield a complete ser
vice of this nature.
Full details to the .time and
posting of the bulletins will be given
next week.
The polling places for Springfield
will be announced in The News next
week.
DR. FORTMILLER OF ALBANY
ASSOCIATED WITH DR. REBHAN
An addition to the medical profes
sion in Springfield, is l)r. G. E. Fort
miiler, recently of Albany, who canto
here Sunday to be associated with
Dr. W. C. Rebhan in his practice.
For (he past three yeare Dr. Reb
han has held the distinction of hav
ing as large, an X-ray as is anywhere
in the 6tate. The doctors have added
much new equipment and have put In
n first class laboratory. Their officei
and equipment are now considered to
rank with the best in the state, al
though not aa large as some in the
city.
Dr. Fortmlller is a graduate of the
University of Oregon and of the Ore
gon medical college at Portland. He
spent 18 months In the St. Vincent
hospital In Portland and after leaving
there entered the navy during the war
where he had charge of the naval hos
pital at Bremerton for a year. For the
last two years he haa practiced his
profession at Albany.
Mrs. Fortmlller and small son will
come to Sprlngfled next week and the
family will occupy apartments In the
Vitus building.
Newport high school has estab
lished a course In millinery.
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BUSINESS MEN FORM x
PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
A meeting of all business men of
the city has been ealled for 8 o'clock,
Thursday evening, October 28, at the
city ball. An organization which has
been named the Business Men's
Protective association of Hprlngfield
was recently formed for the purpose
At protecting the members from lo
Ing large charge accounts.
It is said by a number of the mer
chants that at the present time there
are Individuals who are employed
here who will make a large charge
account at one store, then leave It
and trade at another until they have
Involved all the merchants who do
a credit business. Then the indi
viduals will commence to pay cash
end avoid paying the old Indebted
ness. Under the present conditions
the merchants have small recourse.
The business men have taken steps
to gather data that will enable tbern
to avoid such conditions and to help
In collecting the back debts.
This will be the fir3t meeting of
the association and all business men
are urged to attend
DOUGLAS FIR MAKES
A
Struggle for Existence Crowds
Out 41 Trees Per Acre
In Last Ten Years
A sixtyfour-year-old stand of
Douglas fir growing on bench land
In the Middle Fork watershed of the
Cascade national forest, has made an
average growth of 1,044 board feet
per acre during the last five years,
according to Forest Examiner Thorn
ton T. Munger, who has Just com
pleted the third remeasurement of the
timber on several sample acres in
the region under observation. There
are now on this tract an average of
155 living trees per acre, 41 less than
were present ten years ago. This
shrinkage is due to the fact that in
the keen struggle for existance, the
smaller trees are being crowded out
and smothered for lack of light.
The trees on the sample acres are
all tagged and numbered, so that the
behavior and growth of each individ
ual tree can be watched by the for
esters. They range from 4 to 27
Inches in diameter, the average tree
being 1G.3 inches, a good size for
railroad ties and almost big enough
for piling.
The gross scale of all the trees for
the average acre shows 10.216 cubic
feet of wood, while the volume of the
merchantable portion of the trees
over twelve inches in diameter, mak
ing no allowance for defect or break
age, is 47,899 board feet.
"This is not an exceptional area",
says Mr. Munger. "There are thau
sands of acres in Oregon and Wash
ington capable of growing 1,000 board
feet per acre annually. The extensive
logged-off areas of the two states
ofer great possibilities to grow a
second crop o timber if only' fire Is
kept out and Nature given a chance
to reseed the ground."
FRED WALKER GLAD TO GET
BACK TO SPRINGFIELD
Fred W. Walker, who attended the
'session of the Sovereign Grand Lodge
' of Odd Fellows in Boston the last of
September, returned to his home here
Tuesday morning. He reports a
I splendid and interesting session of the
lodge.
While in the east he visited in
many of the larger cities, among
them, New York, Detroit KanBas
! City. Washington and St. Louis. He
'also went to .the historic Gettysburg
battle field. Coming west he stopped
jat Salt Lake city and San Francisco
j from where he motored with a friead
to Los Angeles and other coast points.
! My Walker will give an Interesting
j account of his trip and of the political
' situation, business conditions and
notes of the east as he found them. .
Bruce Lansbery went to Salem
Wednesday on a brief busine'ss trip.
RECEPTIOIJ
IIEVJ MISTER
Brilliant Affair Largely Attend
ed; Special Meeting of the
Brotherhood Nov- 1
One of the most pleasant, social
affairs of the season so far was the
reception at the Methodist churfch.
Monday night for Rev. and Mrs. T.
D. Yarnes.
At 6:30 a Bumptious basket supper
was enjoyed by more than a hundred
persons. The rooms and tables were
beautifully decorated with dahlias and
chrysanthemums.
Among those present from out of
town were Rev. ,S. A. Danford, who
is the new superintendent for this
district Reverend With am, who la
pastor of the Marcola and Wedllng
and Fall Creek and Lowell circuits
was also present
Mrs. J. T. Moore sang, "A Vision
of Peace," which was beautifully
rendered:
Dr. W. H. Pollard, president of the
Methodist Brotherhood presided at a
short meeting of the organization.
In his opening remarks on behalf of
the organization he welcomed the
new minister and his family to the
church and community and pledge!
Its support to his work. In reply
Rev. Yarnes pledged to the people of
the community his best endeavors, and
faithful, loyal service. He compli
mented the people on their fine
plant and said that he was enthus
iastic over the prospects for a good
year.
Rev. Danford, Rev Wltham, and
Rev. J. T. Moore also gave short
talks In which they spoke briefly of
their respective work. Mrs. David
son, the new president of the Ladies
Aid society, also urged the women
of the congregation and community
to cooperate with them in their work
for the coming year.
The members of the Brotherhood,
voted to have a special meting on
Monday evening, November 1, in the
church parlors, with supper at 6:30.
This is for the purpose of talking
over the various measures that are
to come up at the election. During
the evening several men expressed
the desire to Join the organization.
SCOUT PATROL LEADERS
NAMED; 11 PASS TEST
Patrol leaders for the Springfield
company of Boy Scouts have been
appointed as follows: Kenneth Girard,
senior; Ralph Cline, first; John
i Hutchlns, second; Virgil McPherson,
j third. Ralph Cl'.ne wa . elected as
! secretary -treasurer, and Malvern
Young as assistant secretary- treas
urer. Eleven scouts have passed the
; tenderfoot test. They are: Vlrglt
McPherson, Malvern Young, John
Hutchins, John Halsey, Harold Stew
art. Kenneth Girard, Ralph Cline,
(Jack Webb. Alfred Pardee, Vlrl Feg-
les and Welbert Brattaln.
The next meetng of the company
j Is to be held Friday night at the
i Lincoln school. Boys between the
ages of 12 and 18 years, who are not
now members, are Invited to attend.
MERCURY FOUND AT MEDFORD
Medford, Ore.. Oct. 20. A body of
! cinnabar ore, which, it Is estimated
i will produce. $500000 worth of qulck
! silver, was recently uncovered in the
i War Eagle mine in the Gold Hill
district. It Is thought this will pro
duce $500,000 worth of mecury and
a 25 ton furnace s being erected to
handle the ore.
Wtnntfred May, who has been at
tending school In Portland for nearly
ta year, returned to his home here
today. He has completed a business
icourse In the Benkhe-Walker school.
Eugene. Plans being made to build
big speedway for motorcycle racing.
Corvallis. Road contract for rock
ing . Wren-Blodgett "cut-off" on the
Newport road.
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