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FACE TWO Tim shunofikld news nnnwDAY.iwcKMPKii 1. imi. THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS published Every Thursday at Springfield, lane County. Oregon, by ili FREELAND 4 HENDERSON fXntered at the Post office at Springfield. Oregon, as Second-class Matter. February 2i. 1903. srnsCRIPTlON RATES: One Year $1.50 Three Months 50c Six Months 7"c Single Copy 5c One Year. When paid in Advance $1.25 A Portland man Is suing for divorce from his wife, now in Eugene, on the plea that she and her friends got him drunk, kidnapped him and had the cere mony performed before he knew what was going on. That is a slight variation from the well worn plea of insanity. o It had begun to look as though the world's supply of iron and teel was going to run short some of these days- The "scran ping" of a lot of battleships will allow a great deal of it to be di verted to more useful purposes. o No matter how much any one may rejoice at the prospect of the destruction of the warships he ought to be glad to see the utmost care taken to " have every bit of that good iron and steel turned to the best use pos sible. o LOOSENING CHINA'S BONDS China's appeal to the arms conference for relief from some of the restrictions imposed upon her liberty, ostensibly for the general good, are likely to have FARMERS EXCHANGE SPRINGFIELD, OREGON Month End Special With every 2Vfc lbs. of Folger's Golden Gate Coffee One-half lb. Free For the 3 lbs. - - $1.10 It would be useless to inform you of the high grade quality of thig coffee as known all over the United States. Your opportunity to profit by the exceptional valuea offered in all departmentsFriday and Saturday only. We can't list you all our offerings just a few $40 and $45 Men's Suits, all wool guaranteed '. $21.85 $10 and $18 Boys' Knicker Suits, lined pants 6.85 U. S. Rubber Ilip Boots ", 5.75 U. S. Rubber Knee Boots 4.25 $3 50 Wool Shirts 2.00 $5 00 government standard Wool Shirts 2.50 U. S. Army Breeches (reclaimed) 1.25 U. S. Army Blankets 3.50 Rain Hats 75c $10.00 Mackinaws for men 6.00 Wool Army Sor, 3 pair for 1.00 Big reduction ln Dry Goods. All shades of Outing Flannel Friday and Saturday only 18 cents per yard. Let us show you how to save money on shoes for the whole family. We carry a full line of shoes front the best makes only. Specials in Groceries 15 lbs. Sugar $1.00 10 lbs. White Karo Syrup CSc 5 lbs White Karo Syrup S4c Tomatoes per can 10c Peas per can 10c Tall Borden and Carnation Milk, 1 caus for 25o Fresh Soar Kraut, 2 quart , 25c Gold Dust Washing Powder 22c 10 lbs. Wedding Breakfast Syrup 68c 100 lbs half ground Salt 5c Del Moute brand Seeded Raisins, per pkg lGc On all big quantities w figur with you AND REMEMBER "We Always Sell It for Less" Farmers Exchange a measure of success. Among these are a class of impositions called extra-territorial rights orj privileges: Such as foreign pos tal service, for foreign subjects: foreign courts, to try cases af fecting the interests of foreign era ;rallroad consessions. carry ing with themthe right to police the ljvilroads with considerable military forces: mostly a Japan ese aggression- Another manifest injustice is a restriction on China's right to levy a tariff on imports, im posed many years ago by som of the other powers, under Kng laud's lead. The rate she could levy was limited to 5 per cent- It would seem that China has as;0f the rest of the world: all to much right to lay a tarirf on Itn- be worked out through a united jorts as England or France. She government and a closer asso is in urgent need of all the reve- elation with the rest of th nue she can raise from every I world. This is too bic a mass legitimate source. To cratnp her in this respect is to prolong the period of her financial im potency and to hinder her pro gress towards self-dependence and complete Independence. There is no denying that these aggressions have been invited by the fact that there is no unity of authority or action in China. I jron a it on TRACK MILK -Plenty of fresh Jersey Millk for Ml. delivered evenings. Phone Springfield som. tf. WANTED V A N T K I V- -K m 1 1 v w x li I K fact I. a guaranteed. Mr. (Jinhnni. corner of Pth A II. A K. There has not been for a Ions time any such thing ns a united China. There are nwo rival i governments now. one at lVkln' and one at Canton. There has! for a long time been a fclinrn! cleavage between the north and the south. This probably comes' from the fart that the Manchu! eoixitiest affected the north more than the south. Most of " h f.u... it difficult to the Chinamen we know come "'" fo,,h hN,"r h ,n",k" " 0"8M from the south. The vicerovs 10 b rt for,h ,,'"vo ,n nlatprini, of the greater provinces do very ,ml of ,h' X''H''" cr much as they please about olev-lr .'''" examPi... from ev ing the central government or rUnl '""'J "ml ln m,r ow" considering the Interests of the,Mr tr,,r', fm'n,u "i-iw- '" rest of the country. Still, with all deductions. there is a great mass of popIo.d at least one-flf h of the popula- j tlon of the earth, whom we re-1 cognize as i ntnamen. mere is more or less of a common! movement among them towards' n iitmv or lire niut lire m n higher plane, and of a'unlficn-!,7fo,rmwd "or" '",,olUl" ta tlon of their life with "the life' :,,u'" ,:.h"p,, w.,n V"? of people to Ignore. They ought to be helped to develop their best capabilities. They onixht to be relieved of their shackles i so far as that Is safe, and they ouetit to be guarded acainxt the rapacity of such a neighbor as Janan: not onlv for their own good, but for the safety or the;"-"- "- "-a..y ,.iu..i-. rest of the world. r'ol"H,,lMl"n lo b,,,orjr of our TUMULTY'S LETTERS TLoi who bare not been reading the personal reronoton of Woud row Wilton, by Joxeph P. Tumulty, fcr ten rear bin prlThie ecrptry. now runnlnic in the prsa, have b--n mUsIng aome valuabi- blatory of the Umea paat and panxlnn. Mr. Wilson was, whils be wm In the preldencr. and la even yl. in his physit-ally wrecked condition. on of the great figures af our time. A faithful, thoug'u frienjly picture of the man, by one who bad a close view of blm In at lion, aod who bad a better rtiance to understand the significance of what he saw than most of us. is wort.) studying. Often the thrngM ws do not know would throw mora light on an action than the things we do know, if we only bad them before us Thoio who hav been reading the article cannot have cterlookej the fact tbat Mr. Tnmulty. in settiig bis principal before us in hi proper ligLt. has beeu obliged to break through his own rerve and crucify bin native timidity in revealing to us bn per sonal part in many a transac-Uou with which, in our iguoraude. we bad here tofore connocted Mr. Wilson alone ilia treaUnent of bia subject is la gieat part dfensiTe, though nut strictly apologetic. Wheu we come to understand Mr. Tumulty better, we boundary adjustments, may regard it as a noble exhibition The disarmament c.ourerenc Is pro of eelfslnuuolatloo lhat. iu so may bably the best thing that could bav case, ho meals a divirlel responsl- jje-en levlsod for this time. It Is a billty where those who did not admire dutlnet advance on the league. It blm bad been blaming Mr. Wilson gottlt mu,h ftber than the league alone. icoald go towards the goal at which We apoko of hint as a privaio seer--. both hare aimed. It deals with ques t.iry; but in the course of bis narra-' lions which could not haee been dealt tive. It eften b.ippena ibat at the pre-( with at tb time the league wos pro else point where he find) it iwc-saary Jected. to lift a corner of the curtain, Mr. Ily leading out in tkls project, the Frank Wallace ZooK I- i . Tumulty lit arn In the win In In feature of a political counselor am confidential adviser. Thin effect which, perhaps, was unavoidable. I holghtone I by It" frequent o such rpr'ltlH as "our pollcloa" "our Inler.ot and "frankly. I nv to you. Ill ut I think we had better il.i thl". Thin charming fontitt1 of the nnirsillve lu'ltm hack lo tiictuorv of tlila hi rlhhler a coitaltl good old Imlv of tie eld farm ttcliihhorhood. In hoy hood days She n' net,cr reticent about mn-wkliiK of mailers canvassed In family rnm-iin; and h r statement of on'liiHlon reached In Dm family councils . ftlwyi prefti-l with. "I lol.l Wli'bm". In this ram It l Wroolrtw Inatfod of Williai.i' Hut Mr. Tumulty In not the first u satiararlory Men of what wan j going on tiehltH tint scene at the I fjirm m Inn ...,it In tku ..-ll..,.l Martl lh, w, w(lho ., f , .. ,h (ht, K not. If Mr Wl'aon can fin.l tlm an I Ktn'UKth to lo It Iwfortj he BHn h-no. it toiilil l lnhi'il iluii. ndor he luti no. no ut Hive un a mirnwi Toiunii' , conUhiliiK Homo of I In' thoiiKlitn 1 1 j was t lit uk Iiik n In nt Mr. Tuinn'ly ilur ltift them yvur-i. If be thlnkn II I would tlinturh the affair of the world too nint h to ulIMi It ilnrlliK hU life time, he inlielit loavft It on top of j pile of hW taper. .ere II c-oii'd I easily fouu.l. and hav.- It puMWhe I rnrfthtiim. .!(. We ; again, an w nuM In Ihe !b,'K"nlinK - ,hat th"'e ho h"v- u,' !bwn r-a'"K M" Tumulty, artir, times. SUCCEEDS THE LEAGUE Tho projo I to entabllMh a leagu tt natlcna was the formnner of th disarmament pmct. It Is not likely that there woubl hare been such a thing as a disarmament conference so early as this if the league of na tions project had not been put for ward and carried ae far as It was. The league of nations proposition was probably the best thing for its time. Its chief rmrlt was In the pros pect It afforded to bold toKther tht nations that were already bound to gether In the war effort until they had comp'eted the adjustments that must be mad following the war. The heart was taken out of It when the I'nited States was kept out of It There was a partial retupae In th direction of th- old free for all scram ble style of diplomacy In the settle ments that followed Ily staying ou the United States loat a grnt deal of the strength of its position In worl t affairs; tho weak and newly formed nations lost moat of the benefit of ths Influence which they had a nioisl right lo look to It for; aad the settling of the affairs of the world hss not progressed ao well on account of it. Hut, for all of this, the league has proved its value in a mini be r of th Th Sunshine Evangelist "TED" COODWIN Song Leader First Christian Church Springfield, Oregon Commencing November 21 SPECIAL MUSIC GREAT PREACHING GREAT SINCING GOOD FELLOWSHIP EVERYBODY WELCOME Why Not? If you want to serve the pureid and best foods In your home: If you want to economize; If you want to g't food of superior quality; why not U3- NORTHWEST FLOUR A home product with u kick to home ritoni'trrs. At you Dealer SPRINGFIELD MILL AND GRAIN COMPANY I'nlU'd Sutes ha recoc: I what U had tost In Influence, ami perhup more AtthoilKll the Intro Idea of dl armament Is Hit In tli. fon-giouiul. in cnterltig upon the undertaking the t " ii it v.l Stales Is propoMng to bring her j-ott-er and Influence to hear In the K.'ttl -ini'iit of world uffulia In a More attrplng and railiral way than anything thai a laid hcfoie l.er In the league of nations covenant Some of our would he slaleamen, as well as those of oilier countries, have been so completely swept off their t , L eas of the mere aklrmlxh linn proposition that the people In the tall uf the procesnion In the niarcl. of events have not yet heard so much as n chirp from them GRANGE AND NON-PARTISAN LEAGUE Th; nonpartisan league of Oregon. If there be such a thing, hua endorsed the master of the Oregon state grange as its candidate for governor. In Oregon a number of newspapers, an agricultural college official, and the master of the state grange have been N. I'. I men, have worked for and been recognised as champions of North Dakota methods The college professor waa offered presidency of the state agricultural collega In North Dakota, and the ata'e grnng: head was Invited lo help or ganise Halio. and advocalea atate soclallam. Since the North Dakota recall elec tion has abolish- I the N. i. U state aiiniiiiairauoii ana lowniey nas gone to priHon for seditlrn, what does th state grange think about the situation. ' Washington state grange master. Itnuck, was removed from his Llgh of fice, together with tho secretary and erecutlve committee by the national grange in seaslon at Portland last. The removal was for radicalism and disloyal utterances and they are barred from membership In the order forerer. Hut will the (rangers of Oregon support alherenla of Town teylarn for office? j The political grange leailcrs in Ore gon who have catered to North Da kota stale socialism for tb past to years would have plunged this state Into the ssme mire of communism. They are offering the farmers of Oregrn the same program of state elevators, state Insurance, atate inai-' ketlng. state utilities, atate this and . stale that that doubled end trebled , taxes iu North Dakota The Menu fscturer. SHACKLING TAX GATHERERS A western lowa is prospering on rubs methods not at all Id accord with usual tax boosting and bond Inflation methods. lie levy for city expense Is less than during the first year of the war. In llt it was fifteen mills, and for two years It has been l.'l S. This city of twenty Ihouaand pen- , pie has only $474,000 bonded debt al I most -ntlrely for streets and sewers, 'and pays off $40,000 annually. This rubberneck town has shame lessly disregarded official privileges and abolished aume offices and r dui ! salaries Iu aororal lustances. To the amoral aurprlse of olhur i western cities no one has resigned of floe and Hie city la nul falling bahlnd ' by lulseilng on taxes. Other western 'cities and states ane Minuting for In creased expftntfea to tuwet their growth hut Salem, Oregon, Is thriving ou Its penurlousnes. 1'eQple are actually leaving ether more progrenslv tux-collect Ing com munities and flocking lo Haloin where tax gathering lias kern shackled. ltsnd leditues wages )U)vVra frwia f. U 14. of city ia It - it pays to use Halfway - l0..nog contract let for graveling 1.1 miles of Powder iler road. I'lne City - llutler ciVrk road lo hi Improved for 12 mil.'s. nut f3MH Kugeiie Sale of over 1.000,000 feet of staiwllug fir in two tracts in Kins law nalli.nal foreat aulhorlced. Dallas After a long period of In activity the logging and lumi-r lu ll ui try In I'o'k county la enjoying th greatent hooiu ever experienced In the hutory of the Industry In that n-gUni. Taking Desperate Chancea It Is true that many contract aevere col. Is and recover from them without taking any precaution or treatment, and a knowledge of this fact leads other lo lake their chancea Instead if giving their colds the needed at tention. It shnubl be borne In mint lhat every cold weakens the lungu, lowers the vitality, makes the system lessablo to withstand each su-cediiu attack and paves the way for the morn serious diseases. Can you afford lo take such desperate chancea when (')ismbei Iain's Cough Remedy, famous for Its ruivs of bad colds may be bad for a irlfle? - 'SI i . i Cheer Upf TOWER'S riSH BRANb REFLEX SUCKERS knock rJry day oloot A V IMo a. cockbu t3 Charles Buchanan BLACKSMITH ING HORSE SHOEING WAGON WORK GENERAL REPAIR WORK Shop at Thurman'g barn, at th foot of Main Street Incroate Your Earning Capacity Suppose a sksace oome fur a position tbat offers an oppor tunity for Bdveaee-aent. Can you qualify T Hemsiubsr that time centes, It Is begin preparation. wkau Ibe too late to Ost your Business Training NOW aud get it under the direction of efficient Teachers wko can give you the benefit of Ihelr owu practical experience, We are always glud to tell you about our school If you call, or we will so ad full Information free upon request, Eugene Business College 4. It. BOHEKT, President EUGENE OREGON A Ba.