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rr MGFIEL1 ME n KB . BKVENTEKNTII YEAR SPRINGFIKLD, LANIS COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1920. NUMBER 51 TO) IKS 10 BE CUT AT TilE C,K. MILLS Manager of Company Explain The' Lumber Situation; Wag ' Reduction Forced An Important teuton of the Loyal teflon of Loggere and Lumbermen vat bald Id the Woodman ball Mon day night. Dec. 17. ' Aftar tha uaual business had baan transacted A. C. Dlson, manager of tha Booth Kelly company, gar . a talk on tha lumbar condition In tha northwest and especially thla aactlon. Ha aald that at present there was vary little market for lumber. He alio announced that tha Booth-Kelly company had found that It would be necessary to reduce the wagea of all Ita employee beginning with the first of the year. A committee representing tha 4La baa befit aOTOlnfcfid to , kneet with the company In arranging a new wage achedula. The 4L chairman baa called a special meeting of tba membership for Monday night, Jan. S. All bus. nete men of tba city will be lnrtted to attend this meeting; The' purpose of thla meeting- la to' consider the present wage and business conditions Ad make plana for readjustment "Doings" of the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen By the 4L Publicity Commmlttee, II. J- Cox Chairman WHAT GOOD IS IT, AIIYIIOW? ' So frequently tha question la pro pounded In the spirit or being un auawerable. "What good la the' 4L auyhowr that It aeema worth while to tell It over again In words of one ayllable. -, What baa tha 4L done? It .hha put , thousand ytf dollara Into tha pockets of , workera 1 In ad vanced wagea during 1919 and the first half "of 1920. "It' baa ' put thouaanda of dollars into tha pockets' of wprkjers alnco then In maintaining a wage-scale In time when that ecale waa eerioualy threatened. Without the 4L. wagea positively would have begun to de cline laat July. If the 4L .had all tha money ft baa put Into tha workera' pockets In the laat tour montba It could Ufa oai tb Interest ...... . . ; It baa. maintained tha alghtAour day, and aecured a signed statement . from tha majority of large operators to maintain It forever. No other labor organisation could have dona It It turned tha hose on the ten hour talk, - when, the tenAour talk was going like wlld-flra. i It haa saved thousand of, dollars to workera by substituting the method of conference for the method of trHtev It haa raised the standard of living conditions In camps and mill towns and haa made the higher standard popular. ; It baa brought about the expendi ture of a million dollars In improve ments in campa and mills better Jhouslng, better lighting, new hospl tale, a flock of new recreation halls. It haa adjusted through conference almost inumerable Items adding to 'the comfort of the worker, providing things like shelter, drinking foun tains and lunch rooms. , ' it' 'has established and made atlck the pr'nclples of collective bargain, 'tng.' right of organisation, recogntl tion of the worker and his family. : All these things the workera of, the nation have striven for and struck for, bled for and died' for-are still doing It today. In no other section !of the lumber game; arewOrkers so well paid. In no other section Is the eight-hour day in full force. In tho 'Northwest, the- atinsJ have- been ao- NEW MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN WILL TAKE OFFICE FRIDAY C. F. Egglmann, mayor-elect, Mrs V'na McLean, aa recorder, and L, J Lepley , Jamea Laxton, O. II. Jarrett and W. N. Long, as councilman and O. D. Keaaey aa treasurer will take tha oath of office next Friday. Dee. 81. Recorder John Edwards will admin later the oath to Mrs McLean and sba In return will administer tha oath to tha other officers. TWO CARS DAMAGED IN ACCIDENT HERE SUNDAY Two wbeela and a fender were smashed on a Nash touring ear and a fender on Dert Bnook'a car waa demolished laat Sunday afternoon at tha corner of Main and Fourth streets. Tba Nash, driven by Oeorga Macklln of Eugene, waa traveling east on Main atreet and waa about to pass the street car when a Ford came from the north on Fourth and turned eaat on Main atreet. To arold a trash between the two. Macklln ap plied tha brakes, causing bis car to akld around to the curb on Fourth, south of Main atreet, and hit Snook's car on tha front, driving It upon the sidewalk. . The driver of the Ford did not stop but hla number waa secured. Marshfleldj Lumber mUle reduce wagea to f 4.80 for mill employee. pom pllshed with the minimum of fuss and tha maximum' of result Maybe some folka care more for fuaa than they do for results. Because some men are still asking: "What good la the 4L anyhowr Some men aUH crab on paying 25e per month dues. 'Some men still crab' because the employer Is part of the machinery that geta htm better' wagea, shorter hours and improved living conditions because the boas Is helping him get something he thought he bad to take away from the boss by force . Can you beat it? No. ' You can't even tie it Said an I. W. W. organiser; "The operators ought to be In favor of the 4L'a. It has saved them a hundred thousand a .month la the paat year la preventing etrikes " - By the aama token tha worker aia the mills and woods, and the communities of the Northwest that lite by lumber, ought to favor the . L'sr for It haa saved them more that It haa tha operators. And thla all-round saving by the pre vention of tnduatrial war liaa aacri flced no Industrial good;' tha eight hour day has been held, a high' wage level haa been maintained', and work, tng conditions as to health, comfort, and safety have been eteadily Im proved. Oregon Voter. EXPOSE "C , Sometimes,, writers of Just ordinary mental endowment . Mice . myself tot Instance, experience difficulty in mak ing a beginning to their "write-ups'', which are to be so attractive to the reader that Interest will not be di vided until' the "wind-up" atfer the ending; aa It were. This time I shall rely upon the readers' curiosity for the complete perusal of Expose "C". During my daily rounds of pleasure I am compelled to listen to chin music about the 4La that would in deed be disgusting to most any pro found thinker or thla age. . ' The gllssando articulations or the "knookers" are nauseating; nothing but 'verbal, expression, of putrid mental vomit seeking, an outlet "The 4La la all hot air"; ' a scab Union" "The extreme limit of Impractlcabla ness"; etc. ' Such thoughts are hard ly worth the' time' apent In' rebuttal hoxever entertaining the idea of set ting some " individuals exactly right on the 4L proposition I shall stick In a response something after this (Continued on rage 2) GOBIIir TREE SUCCESS Three Churches Have Program; Happiness Brought to Everyone They came, they aaw, they were pleased. If one Is to Judge from tha large number of favorable comments beard on the streets every one of the large audience which attended the com manlty Christmas tree and program at the Methodist church last Saturday night waa well pleaaed with the affair. Considering the time given to re hearsals an excellent program was rendered. A beautifully decorated tree occupied an Important place. At the cloae of the program a treat waa distributed to all present with some left over which was later given to children of the town who were not at the program. On Friday evening each one or the churchea put on a Christmas tree and a program. At the Baptist church a tree and program waa put on with a treat for the children. The Christ Ian church gave what they termed a "white Christmas". A tree and pro gram waa given and a treat for the children. Gifts were brought bi everyone for the purpose of distri buting to the' missionary fields. The Methodist 8unday school put on a fine program and tree and at the cloae the children received a treat The committees in charge wish to thank the brgantzsttoh whof gave funds for the community tree, also all who helped In any war to put the affair over. The financial committee aska that any unpaid bills be pre sented at once. The financial com mittee, consisting of Fred Lemley. chairman, W. P.. Tyson and Bert Snook.' makes the following report Cash Received 4th of July, fund $122.01 American Legion 10.00 12.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 1.00 20.00 6.00 Clvio club W. O. W. Liberty lodge 171 A.F.AA.M Knights and Ladles of Security Neighbors of Woodcraft I. O. O. F. F , '. Cash (F. B. jHaml'n) 4L Local No. 70. .. Rebekah lodge No. 85. Totaj .8215.06 Expendlturea Transfer and car hire . ...8 4.00 ... 7.00 ... 8.15 2.50 ... 7.00 70.90 . 2.0S ... 1.06 Ketels drug store Farmers Exchange .. Messenger service, etc,... Springfield News C. . F. Egglmann . - M. C. Bressler Son ..... McDowell Dep't etore Total Refund from Egglmann .8102.68 .70 - Total expense ....$101.93 Cash la bank to credit of community fund .'..$113.08 Total $215.06 The News $1.75 In advance. ' , I- b U. i I i ' ' ' I DAIRYMEN SHORT COURSE WILL START NEXT WEEK Butter. Cheese, Ice Cream Making and Factory Management Offered Oregon Operator Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallla, Dee. 29. The eight week's course In butter and cheese making, cream, freezing and, paildng; dairy chemistry and bacteriology factory management starts January 2 at O. A. C. The principles of creamery butter making will Include construction management sad car of cream approved methoda of manufacture, sampling and grading, pasteurization and ripening of cream, and churning and packing butter. . Commercial manufacture of Ched dar cheese will cover every detail' of the process, factory construction and management with records of differ ent operations to note effect on fin ished product Ice cream study and practice will consider the different mixes for' var ious frozen products and their freez ing, packing and sale. Factory management wllj help the man who la creamery manager to solve the problems of business man agement Creamery teats will show both standard and Babcock testa with short cuts and conveniences, kulck tests for adulterants and preservatives,- curd activity and aedlment testa. Rairy chemistry and bacteriology are very elemetary, designed to en able the operator to make the simple testa for acidity, total solids, effect of pasteurization and understand gen eral sanitation and cleanliness. Men who have had experience la dairy factories will have more advanced- work than those who are pre paring to begin. THREE L WOMEN ARE ENTERTAINED BY 4L-MEN After the business meeting of the Loyal Legion last Monday night' the men hastily got up a program which delighted those present R. D. Wllson at the piano and Mr. Pardee with his faithful violin gave' two numbers; Walter Gossler and' George Slgnor rendered a duet and P. A. Woolley sang and gave a reading. Refreshments , that approached the nature of banquet were served by the men, women of the Ladles Loyal Legion being special . guests. It . Is said that aome of the 2L- women, have announced , their intention of taking a vacation- and let their men folk do the cooking at home, ao well did they perform Monday night . The next meeting; . of the Ladles Loyal Legion la to be beU at the homo of . Mrs. Jess Smitaon,. on G street between 7th and 8th streets, , Wed nesday, January ,12. At .that, time there will be election of officers and all members are , requested to be present MORE BOY 8COUTS PA8S THE TENDERFOOT TEST At a recent meeting of the Bor Scouts In vesture services .were given at which those who had passed the tenderfoot test received the scout badges, thus becoming actual Boy Scouts. ' Following are the names of the boys: Nell Nelson Horace Myers, Earl Calkins, Earl Roberts, John Knight, Kenneth Dillard, Eugene Walker, George Jones, Carl Fisher, Byron Cowart ' John Halaey, and Wilbur Brattaia. EMIL SCHEIM AND MISS BLANCHE HAYNES MARRIED On Christmas day Emil Schetn and Mlaa Blanche Haynes were united in mcrrlage at the Methodist parsonage in thla city. There were a few rela tives present to witness the cere mony and bid the young couple God speed. Miss Ilaynea is the grand daughter of Mr. end Mrs. R. W. Haynes. who live about three mllea east of town. MiV and MVjfi. chelnj will make their home at Elmira, Oregon. Adney Signor of Schofield spent Christmas with his parents here. CARE OF FARM C Special Short Course at O. A. C In Handling off Power Machinery Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallls. Dec. 29. "The farmer of today operates mora kinds of machinery and haa more responsibility la their car and efficiency than the avenge professional mechanic in tbe.eity,, says -W, J. Gilmore, in announcing bis tractor and farm machinery abort courses at O. A. C, starting January 3. One course will run for two weeks and the other for 12. A second two week course will begin January 17. The two-week course - Is aimed to help the' farmer select the type of i tractor best suited to hla needs, sad to overhaul it and his other machines for upkeep and repairs. Much pra- tlce will be given in operating single and multiple cylinder engines, and in running tractors in and out doors. ' The 12 week course will consist of InstrucUon and practice In running tractors and In learning the construc tion and care of tractor ' motors sad other farm machinery. "Many small repairs and adju; menta can be mad? enly with the all of shop experience' aya Professor Gilmore. "This experience can b ob tained with comparatively little train ing. Delays In matter the repairs; though, are often expensive In bod time and money." Farmers and otiier students taking these courses will have the benefit of 12 makes and models of tractorv provided for the purpose. Several ;-ctlcaJ representative s of ' eastern factories bare promised fto be on Hand 'to help out In toe training: Many types of fain machinery and1 oqujpmet are brought In for over hauling by the stu tents, under iper-' vislrA of'tfie tnstructrrs. ": ; - ABE VVEIN8TEIN AflDr TWO ' PALS ROB P0RTLANDER3 The following taken from the Teie , gram of Dec. 29 will ; be of interest to Springfield -people. Abe Weia steiiv one of the. young- men com mitting the holdup, la a son , of . L Welnsteln who formerly was s inter ested In the Farmers Exchange here; and Abe waa employed' for a- time- at the store.. . ,;.; v. .,. , . . "The flash of diamonds on1 the fincv era of Mrs. R. (M. Cleveland , whoa husband operates- the cigar ataads la ' the Selling; and Northwestern Natto fe el Bank buildings. 1 held responsible for, the fact that two -young; men. are In the city Jail today facing charge of highway robbery, which carries a eentenca of anything up to- life in the penitentiary. ., , . . . Joe Green burg, aald by police to be a Seattle gangster) and Abe Weta-stein,- who served a term In the coun ty Jalj' on conviction of complicity la the wool thefta-laet spring, are the men In JaiL . . . .. , r According to police, they have coav , fesaed that, with a third companion, they held up Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland at Eleventh and College streets Mon day night and robbed them of about $2500 worth of Jewelry. MIS3 8IKES TO WORK IN SALEM. DURING LEGISLATURE Miss Dorris Sixes will go to Salem the first of January where ahe will take a position on the Oregon States man as reporter during the session of the legislature. Miss Sikes for merly worked there while attending Willamette university. MARCOLA COUPLE WEDDED ON CHRISTMAS DAY At a quiet home wedding L Miss Flora, Smith, of Marcola, was mar ried to Henry May of Portland on Christmas day at noon. . The cere mony was performed by Rev. F. M. Wltham, of Marcola, at the home of the bride's parents. After the cere mony a wedding dinner waa served and the couple soon left by auto tor I Portland where they will make their home. Only relatives of the couple (and Rev. and Mrs. F. M. Witham i were present J , .