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j r' idi KKIHTKKNTII YHAH BPIUNflrlFA NB COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1921. NUMBER 1 V I. 0 Bf. Ill II SPIRIT : OF FAIRNESS By THOMAS 8YKE8 Bo much hits been Mid pro mid con on the matter of price regulation by the local merchants In relation to the lowering of wages of employes In thq lumber Industry that a compari son of prices when, wagus went to five dollara par day with prices now aeema to me the way to determine whether the price of staple food ar ticles baa really lowered In propor tion to the reduction In wagee,"' It la not Intended to argue the point of whether the merchants are receiving a greater per cent of, profit than they abould or whether the men are receiving a greater or lea wage than (hajttidrtcfjT. V; ,To argue the queatlon of merchant'e profits would of necessity bring out the wholeaale M wella, the retail prlcea and a lengthy dlecuialoa of oecsasary overhead expenses. To argue the. queatlon of the amount of wagea the men ahould re ceive would of necessity bring put the coat of production 'and each man'a work In relation thereto' which of It aelf la a very big subject la 1811 President Wood row Wilson sd: "America If nothing if It coo aUa merely of each of ua, It la some thing only if It conalata of all of u and It cannot conalat of all of ua un less our aplrita are banded together In a common enterprise of Liberty and Justice and Right" Let.ua apply thla thought to our present condltlona. Thla American nation waa born Into the world to do mankind service and no man ! ft true American In whom the dealre to do mankind aervlce doee not take precedence over the dealre to serve himself.' ' We believe that the present quea tlon between the four L'a and the merchants, Ja the outgrowth of the economic conditions through which we are pasalng. Many of the men feel that some of the merchant have been profiteering off them during the past few years. Whether the retailer has bad the opportulty to do much pro fiteering I very much doubt. True bla stock on hand advanced slowly in price during the early days of the war until perhaps a $3500 atock hud required $6000 to carry it. Hut the close competition and the desire of the, retailers to keep prices from soar ing too fast often operated to prevent the advance In fetnl price In propor tion to the advance In wholesale. But now that the alump In wage has come they demand that the mor i hunts now. Immediately cut tho price of Ills merchandise In the same proportion that wages have been re duced. Now this Is only natural that he ahould ask a cut In merchandise and In the spirit of fairness the merchant ahould lower his prices, but lot us ee what he has been doing the past Tow months.,,, Let ua make a comparison of prices when wages went to five dollars per day with the prlcea today: Article 1819 1921 Sugar 20 .10 Flour 3.70 2.90 iPotatoee 2 60 . 1.C0 Cereals 30 ' .25 Rice 18 .10 Prunes 25 16 Iloana 12., 08 Coffee 60..., Lard 33 Compound 125 , rtucon 65.... , Butter 80 Milk 20 , Soap 25 Wash Powd 25 Chesse 45.... Mill Run 2.70 Scratch 4 5.00 Syrups 1.45 , Graham 85 Meal 75. Ham n.r,.rr. W.5S . Cr. Corn 4.00 Canned Goods 25 fr , ....60 25 .90 45 ....60 16 25 35 45 1.80 8.65 1.10 .70 .65 .85 2.76 .25 f " '18148 120.14 127.48120.14 equals $7.34 17.34 divide by 127.48 equals INTERESTING SUBJECTS AT BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAYS The aeries of sermons being con ducted at the Baptist Church of K rlngfleld by Ir. Varney, who is the head of Public speaking of O. A. C, began last Kunday morning. Ilia sub ject in the morning, "Courtship." waa very ably discussed, and was very uplifting. It ahould be greatly ap pelated by all people who have pass ed through thla phaae of life aa well a those who are within Its gatea and thoae who are approaching. Uoautlful and spiritual thought! were touched upon which young peo ple ahould study and uae aa a founda tion jipon. which tq build their highest idea la. : The- subject for the evening, "Is There a Hereafter?" proved to be a moat. wonderful, foundation on which Dr. Varney built his sermon, In which be gave conclusive evidence qf-and pointed, out to .the jthinklngmen; and woman proofa of the Immortality o the soul, vAU who beard him and people whostand. for .truth and know that truth Is one Ideal In pur relig ion., ahould.. joot fall to Jiear all. these wonderful sermona every Sunday. - The .people , of. Springfield and vi cinity .should consider It a rare op portunity to Us tea to an orator who bas mad, these 'Vital sabjec s a life's tudy. ...... LUMBER CO. TO INSTALL SAW The Booth Kelly, Lumber., company wlU soon Install a new sash gang saw. which U to replace Che steam drive one in, use at the preaent time. .The new one will be electrically driven which will necessitate closing the mill for about thirty days to make the necessary changes. Tbe mill will will close next Saturday night. THE 4-L COMMUNITY CLUB MEETS WITH MRS SMITSON The 4 I. Community Club held their regular monthly meeting Wednesday at home of Mrs. Jess Sinltson, where they were delightfully entertained with a luncheon and social hour fol lowed by the election of the follow ing officers: President, Mrs. Marlon Harpole; vice-president, Mrs. Bert Doane; aecretary, Mrs. Clay Whltak er; treawurer and assistant secrtary. Mrs. Jesa Sinltson, The next meet ing will be held with the 4 L'a Janu ary 24th. EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS AT METHODIST CHURCH Mr. Robert F. Brymer. evangelist for the southern district of Oregon, will hold a number of revival meet ings at the Methodist Church, (start- ; lng lunt Sat. evening). The meetings I will bo held every afternoon at 2:30 'and evenings ut 7:30 for two weeks or more. Special muMc every evening. Kvaugellst Brymer is a man of note and It will be to everyone's Interest to attend aa often as possible. Bishop Win. O Shepard of the Portlund dis trict. Ore., WiiBh.. and Idaho will hold services Saturday evening, . Jan. 15. SCOUT8 HOLD A UNIQUE HIKE Instead of the regular scout meet ing Tuesday night, a unique hike was planned . Arriving at the pluce of meeting, the boys found a placard directing them to the home of Scout inncter McFarlund. From there they were, given instructions to go to a bonfire on the hill, where they found further direction. After meeting wlUi various vicissitudes and exper ience, the i troop finally met up .at the farm home of Ralph Cline. Around a huge bonfire, , the boys roasted vwe,lnlea"t, and were served hot cof- foe and cookies by their host. Games i . vWW. U,u m. u.u. mm ha ln an1 Ina Sxait An Vi ivt . k "C,D at hour, glad to be scouts. George- Pardee, who has been at IfSllensburg, Wash., tor several months, ilha returned to Springfield. 'percentage of reduction. I have carefully investigated local Jjjrlcja andI know from yeani.o deal-. ing wun me woraing men oi spring field that none of them with average lteillgenpe , but can be made to see that the retailers tn Springfield are not exhorbltant tn their retail prices. To be continued next weak. TOWN AND VICINITY Sunday about noon, fire was die covered on A street, between Fourth and Fifth, in one of John Edwards', houses. An overheated stovepipe, caused the paper surrounding the flue to catch Are. No damage excepting to the wall paper, waa done. Dr. S. Ralph DIppeL dentist Spring field, Oregon. . Owing to the fact that two of the councilmen were absent, there was no meeting of the city fathers called on Monday night.; Eggdmann'e, bread made , clean, wrapped cleat, and sold clean. . - Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McDowelL and daughter. Mrs Callison, spent Sunday In .Wend ling visiting at the homo of their daughter, Mrs. C. O. Eaton. -.Mrs. Feglea returned to her home at Walton .after spending a few days hare , , j'tr. t V: '. . ', - Mra. George Barnes is reported as being quit, ill at her home, on Em raid Heights, . Dull . Cars dull season. Bat bright idea Jet ii us brighten Chapman and Devore. . Mr .and' MrsJ Win. Berry went to Albany on a business' trip Monday.. ; Mis Ruby Senieney, .of Springfield, daughter .of, A. E. Senaeney, of this city was married to Mr. Klrkpatrlck. of Breckenrldge,- Texas, Jan. 11, 1121. Dance at Goshen next Saturday night Good music and supper Miss Lydie Ketton Ralney, a gradu ate of a 8eattle medical college, and sister of Mrs. Ida Holland, who lives on the corner of First and K streets, was united In marriage by Rev. C. R. Lamar, Dee. . to Mr. T. Clinton May, a prosperous fsrmer of Lane county. Little Carol Adams, a son of Jobti Adams of Danna was brought to town this afternoon with a broken arm. The accident occured at school white a group of children were playing with a foot ball. Mr. O. H. Wilson has moved his Jewelry business snd variety store Into the location formerly occupied by L C. Helmer's shoe repair shop and Mr. llelmer has moved his busi ness Into the building vacated by Mr. Wilson. Dance at .Goshen next Saturday night. Good music and supper Mr. and Mrs. Longcoy of Coburgf and Mr. and Mra. Dave Haggert of Eugene visited at the home of Mr. nnd Mi's. James Harpole last Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Brumette re turned Inst Thursday after a visit I of two moiitha iu Portland with rela tives. Use Jaspers Breakfast Wheat. Nutricious and Delicious. Try It. Henry Mlntcrnian, who recently bought the Dan Gore propeily on 7th street between J and K Is re modelling same. Floyd Thompson was a visitor. lat tfeek end. Springfield Taxi Service. : Dance at Goshen next Portland Phone 2. Saturday night. Good music and supper Mrs. B. A. Waahburne la visit Ins her son Claud at Junction City. Mrs. L. E. Meyer has returned to her home after having underwent a major opration at th local hospital lust week. 1 Dr.. S. Ralph Dlppel, dentlat, Spring field, Oregon. 1 Mrs. 11. P. Freeland la visiting at the home of her son andd daughter-in-law, Mr, and Mrs. 11. B. Frcehnd. A aoa weighing 9 pounds was bom to Mr. and Mra. Myron Craig, of Camp Creek, at Eugene last Sunday. 1 Mra. Geo. Orr Is very ill at her home on A street between 6th and 7tlu 1 It is your business : whether you paint your car it Is our business to paint cars Chapman and .Devore. Mra. Geo. B. Klnttzley 1b very ill ftt home of he1 daughter I Mrs. Lee, Prldmore, ?ar the hospital, , Mj8 Q R Egslmaon Wet to Albany . . j . . : insi eaiuraay to attena me joint .m- staUation of officers of the Fair Oaks Circle and the Albany Post of the G. A. R, Mrs. 'Eggdmaan Is State Sec retary of the LadteS'iof the G.. A. R. 'j'here were several other State offi cers piesent at' the ' meeting. At a banqut given .Saturday evening the $ andldacy of Mrs. Eggimann for State 'resident - was announced. "wv W. H. Home, who has been making Ills home with Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Lenhart for the past nine months left MOONSHINE MASH FOUND BURIED ON GAME FARM Flfteen gallons of moonshine mash emptied from a keg and burled In the ground was found at the edge of tbe state game farm yesterday by Deputy Sheriff George Croner. Some of the stuff was scooped up and brought to the offk of the aberiff and Law rence DemagalskL an employe at the farm, has been cited by Sheriff Stick ela to appear before Dlstric Attorney Johnston, when tbat official returns from Portland, . and explain its ap pearance there. . Sheriff Stickels for some time sus pected that moonshine i was i being made by; someone -on the game farm and he nnd Deputy. Croner want over there yesterday .morning. to la vatl. gale. Croner says he smelled liquor from the road sod they entered, the house where Demagalskl 'and the other ' employes' live. They found niotblng, but Croner, noticing the tracks of a wheelbarrow leading to ward tbe rear part' of the farm, fol lowed them.- They' led to a chicken house aear th further ' end ef - the pheasant pens. . Is walking about the shad. , CronB feet sMddenly jiaak into a soft mess through a covering of straw and the odor emitted was evddenco enough for him 'that he was on the right track. ; Removing tbe strow, the deputy found where tbe moonshine mash had been dumped into a trench, a hin layer of dirt thrown over it and th dirt covered with straw, v Some of the mash was taken back to the house tn a pan and although mixed with dirt and straw, it waa. plain, to see that it bad been made of raisins and perhaps corn meal. A 15-gallon keg. which also emitted the pungent odor, was taken by the officers. Eu gene Register. Wednesday for his home at Pleasant Cnlty, Pennsylvania. Mr. Horne has been working at tbe E. C. Simmons garage In Eugene, - Springfield Taxi Service. Phons 2. N. L. Howard and F. E. Lenhart re port a bag of six geese aa the result of their hunting trip to the slash be- Jow Coburg last Sunday TiieSprtngfleld Mill and Grain com pany has purchased & two- ton Feder al truck' from the. Pacific. Auto com pany; Eugene distributors. Mr.and Mrs. William Donaldson, of thlc city, and Mrs. Donaldson's broth er, J.rC, Roese., of Green .Bay,. Wla., spent Sunday at Junction City at the home of Mr. and Mra. Edgar Thorn. Mr. and Mrs. William Darling and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Peterson mo tored to Thurston Saturday evening to attend the dance given there. Mr. O. H. Wilson has moved his Jewelry business and variety store into the location formerly occupied by L C. Helmer's shoe repair shop and Mr. Helmer has moved his busi ness into the building vacated by Mr. Wilson. Dance at Goshen.. next Saturday night. Good music and supper . . , Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Winters, of Go shen, spent Sunday in Springfield. Verdon May, bookkeeper for . the Booth-Kelly mill at Wendling, earns down Saturday evening to spend, the week-end at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. May. of this city, i Mrs. Linden Leavitt and small son left for California to visit with Mra. Leavitt's parents.,., -.-. - V. Mr, and Mrs. S. B. Jacob8ont of this City left for Portland Sunday evening, to be gone a few days on business. -i Mr. E. E. Morrison and two chil dren, Vernita and Garl, returned .from Portland where they have been since Mra. Morrison underwent an operation. Mrs.4 Morrison is 'greatly improved and will soon be able to re turn to her home in this city. I Jess AVycoff, of Marcola, came 'down to spend the week-end at the home of bis family, i .' ; Mrs. 'Wilis Blrstch, ' of Thurston, was admitted to the local hospital tor treatment Monday. - ' i Mr. and Mrs. Tom Carney, of Wal tervllH.( were In town - on business Monday. : : Sylvester Snook, and son ' Bert drove to Jasper Saturday to attend a (meeting pf the stockholders of the 2-7 telephone line. New ;offlcere were elected for the following year: Gainey Jacoby, Pres; Wra. Glaspey. Vice- Pres. Emery Calllson, Finance. REGISTERED T Kenneth Abies and Son Ship Two Registered Gilts To Missouri Kenneth Abies, a local swine raiser, shipped two registered gilts, Poland China large type hogs East. Mr.. Abies made tbe shipment Tuesday January 11. to Frank -Winn, of Ran dolph, Mo. Mr. Winn's hogs won prlzea a" Grand. Xhampion-Boar . aad. Junior Champion Sow at the National i Swine Show last November at Detfi Moines, UJ The hogs were of thdlf Poland Chifla largis-itrpe. Mr. Ablee' ) Bogs are th-first to b shipped eastf tor purposes V other thxiv meat Mril Abies la planning on taking a carload ' of hogs to Idaho. Wash, and Oregon ; state fairs next fall for exhibition par- ' poaea. 3 J TRAPPERS IIAVE GOOD LUCK AT RIODON-flANCIf - : i y ii W. M. Clark1 and C.E. An way, whoa t through Springfield last week on their: way to Portland with 118 hides as the result of days trapping on tae RIgi ' don-ranch -above ' Oakrldge. t ' The catch Included threj cougar hides 'two coyotes, one wolf, twenty- ' two bob-cat hldest several FUher an.t . Martin hide and the- balance- skunk, coon -end -mmk. - While on the trip the men report ' seeing several herds of deer crowded 1 down from the higher regions on ac- ' count of the snow. ' -- - The bounty paid Clark and Anway by the county amounted to 886.50. STOLEN SUIT CASE I? FOUND UNDER LOQ- S. H. Lyons, residing near Spring- f field, recently stumbled upon a- weath-1-' .er-beaten water-soaked salt-case hid- den under a log at a point about two miles up the river from Springfield. It contained nothing-of -value, but is M. believed to be part of the'plundtr off some thief who operated within the ' ' past - few years. Among' other arU-t -cles was an ordinary bill-book, ' con- i talning a letter written !by Leroy F.M Weston, of Osgood. Missouri, and ad- i dreessed to S.- L. Weisner,-' "and' dated M in 1910. Along with this waa num-M ber of receipts for membership fees1; made but by the Odd Fellows lodge ' ' 'at Williams, California. Eugene Reg-M ister. REBEKAH LODGE INSTALL i OFFICERS MONDAY NIGHT f. ' ... ' t. ; ' ; Last Monday night was the ooca- ' sion' Of Installation of offlicers for M Juanita . Rebekah Lodge No. 85. Fol- i olwing Is a list of the officers Install- 5 ; ed and their respective offices: Cora i Hinson, N. G. Orcelia. Cyr, V. O.; . Leda Freeland Recording Secretary; -Vina McLean, Financial Secretary; : Berntce Van Malzah, Treasurer; ' Gladys Lopley, Warden; Alice Kester, ' Conduceor; Kathryn iHortoil, O. O.; ' ' Stella Eaton, I. G.; Rosa Montgomery, U 8. N. G.; Minnie Gerard. R. S. V. j G.; Pearl Clark, Chaplain; Marjorie " Moshiert Musician; Jennie Barnard,' Hannah' Hill and Bern ice Wan Val- ? tah, Trustees. District Deputy Presl- dent Nellie Richmond and Acting District Deputy Marshall -Clara- Snod grass were the installing officers, . CHURCH NEWS . . BAPTIST CHURCH ; Geo. R. Varney, Pastor Sunday School ' at 10 A. M. Ser mon for next Sunday, 11 A. M. "Mar riage." 7:30 P. M. "Is There a Hell." A cordial invitation extended to al. CHRI8TIAN CHURCH Rev. Earl ChilderSv Pastor " K:. Sunday School at 9:45 at which time a -report of workers conference "' will be read. Preaching at 11 A. M. ' ' Endeavor at 6 : 30 In the evening and preaching- again' at 7:30. Prayer meeting Thursday evening as usual. Interesting and helpful services for everyone. Ten are welcome. E It ! 'V ! I i i s ! 1. V t) 11 f - r f