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Els JEW NINKTKKNTII TEAK. SPRINGFIELD, LANK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1922. NUMBER 14-' EASTER SERIES AT THE CHURCHES How Day was Commemorated at Each of the Churches in Springfield CHRISTIAN CHURCH Ksslrr day u honored In the oh ervanro In some way nt all tha churches In Hprtu(tf I'-l.t Tito n" elaborate effort waa put forth by the) Christian church. The trogr.m. for! tioth morning and evening, win pub Untied In The New of hint week, and It nned not be related; for evcr art of It was put through without a bnruk. and erery part well rendered. The Sunday achool hour, from 1:15 to 10:45 waa given up to an Earner program. The work had been ael for an attendance of SCO. and H went be yond the mark, the recorded attend ance being 284. The paator. Rev B E ( blldera preached an Eatr aermon which Impreaaed the congregation. A home tnlaalonary offering waa taken up at the forenoon eervlce. which, with con trlbutlona coming In up to Tueaday noon, amounted to over I&O. The cantata. "Our Living !ord", oe cupled the evening It waa well ren dered throughout, and waa greatly en)oyed by the audience. The church waa crowded to ita utmoat sealing capacity, both In the main auditorium and in tho gallery, and many wer. atandlng. and many who came were unable to obtain admittance. METHODI8 CHURCH The Sunday achool hour was give up to an Easter program, which waa aa folio we: Heng. by the achool. Prayer. Recitation. "Welcome". Emma Tlnka. Bong. "At Easter Time". Easter Carol and Easter verses. Recitation, De I .a uric Tarnea. Exercise. "Flowere of Easter Time" Recitation. Volda Caraon. Dorothy Mae Potter and Marguerite Walker. Bong. "God Is !ve", primary. Rotation. Riley J.ambert. Bong, "The Roses and Telling the Story." Violin duet, Arthur and Paul Potter. Exercise. "At Happy Easter Time." Rect'atlon. Catherine Roberta. Piano solo. William Pollard. Song. "When the leaves begin to grow." Recitation. Jau'ilta Anderson. Hong. "Ho Is Risen." Recitation. Franklin Drury. The Sunday srhio attendance was 181. The pastor preached a strong Easter sermon at the morning hour. BAPTIST CHURCH The pastor preached on the resur rectlcn at the forenoon service. Thb sermon was followed by the adminis tration of the rite of btiptlnm to 13 persons. Twenty-five persons wen received Into the church, the fruit of the recent re vlvsl. FOREST PROTECTION WEEK April 16-22, 1922. By the President of the United Statss of Amsrlca. A Proclamation Whereas, the protection and pre petuatton of our forests are vital to our continued industrial welfare and national atrength and lo our individ ual health, comfort and prosperity, 'and Whereas, a period of fifty years has pasaed aince in April 1S72 there was instituted In the stale of Nebraaka obsarvsnce of a day especially set apart end consecrated for tree plant ing and known aa arbor day. and Whereas, both through widespread annual celebration of arbor day and through the Increasing observance of Forest Protection week public atten tion has been commendably directed to the value of trees, the unnecessary waste of our diminishing forests through preventable fires, the deplor able effects of forest devastation and the need for remedial meaauros agalnat depletion of an easenttal na tural resource. Therefore, I. Warren O. Harding, president of the United States, do urge upon' the governors of the var ious atates to designate and aet apart the week of April K-22. 131. aa for est protection week and the last day of that week, April 23, as the golden anniversary of arbor day, and to re quest officers of public Instruction of 'counties, cities and towns end of civic and commercial oryanisatlons to unite WALTER VI LLE NOTES The W. O. W. gave a aupper Bat urday evening. A targe numbtr at tended frtxu Thurston. Erft were the main feature of the supper, l wss so near Esster. Gladys Inman and Rosolla Smith from the High school attended the associated students conference at tha University Friday and Batnrday. mr. and Mri. r. w. rage madn l business trip to Eugene Baturday. n Kaldor and Franca llotallna mm a ate. lal trlD to Eugene Balur- day u, p,m.n,e , banket ball for the llinb achool girls, . A f Tron.on of Bouth Dakota, a iit-iui'w hi men. ri. ivsHiur, in vis- Ulna with hr thli week. Mra. ('. O. Polley mad a business trip to Eugene Saturday. Jack Fountain visited tha High school Monday morning. II. I). Fountain and family attended tha funeral of Mra. Fountaln'a father Mr. Geo. Barnes of Springfield, Mon day. Mr. and Mra. N. N. Kaldor ana daughters. Inga and Roslne, attend ed the Easter services at the Trinity Lutheran church Sunday morning and were entertained at the F. O brrtson home for dinner. The High achool and grade schools are to furnish a program at the church on April 27. which la Grant 4 birthday. Claire lloltman la flatting her par ent. Mr. and Mra. Matt Emmerich. Guy Lane and family of Eugene visited with the Emmerich family Suuday. Practically all of the young people In thla community Indulged In "Ger man ball" Monday evening. Nlthe Fountain visited in Eugene Monday evonlng. Ted Magneaa made a buaineaa trip to Eugene Baturday. CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE ROSEBURC'S FOR INSTANCE Rom-burg haa had a "chamber of commerce." Quite a common thing. Most towns front the alie of Goshen up to the size of New York have item. The Rosehurg chamber of com merce seems to have been In a atate or ' innocuous desuetude for some time la'b Tli st also la 'quite a common thing. It la chronic In aome esses, in such cases. It generally ends fatally. In many other cases It, Is periodic. In such cases, hope Is kept alive In the bressts of the near friends. Hut "hore deferred mske'.b tie heart sick:" and heart -sickness Is a condition out of whlrh the kind of activities expected from chambers of commerce and expected by their friends and well wlsheis seldom spring. j The frln-idt of the Roaohurg chatn- In thought and action for the preser vatlon of our common heritage bv plunnlng tttirh ed'.icntlonnl and In Htrtlrtlve exercises ns shall bring he fore the people tho disastrous effects of the pretieiit v.uto by forust fines and the need of li-.dlvldtinl and col- lei live effort to conserve the forests , Heights Saturday. April 15, aed 73 and Increase our tree growth for orna- years, 4 months and 11 days. He was inent and ut. I born In England December 4. 1S4S. In wlthticxs whereof, I have hero-J He came to the United States at the unto set my hand and caused tho seJK4 of 4. He lived for some years of of the I'nlted States of America to, his early life at Baltimore and at be arflxed. Westfleld, New York. He came to Done In tho Dlxtrlct of Columbia, 'northwestern Iowa ln early tnanhoon thla 31st day of March. In the year of He waa married at Little Sioux Iowa, our Lord 1923 and of the Indopend-'to Miss Clara Sl'.aner, who survives ence of the United States the 14fith. jhlm. They moved to California and WARREN G. HARDING resided there some years. They came MRS. CLARK CHANCES COURSE OF HER VISIT Mra. K. J. Ctark. who hat been keeping bouae for her eon, W. H. for aevaraj (years, will leave tyit Saturday for Oranta Paat to make a vlalt of a month or two with her ton C. V. and ber daughter, Mra. Clen dlnen. Mr. Clendlnen la aawyer for the Josephine lumber company, and C. V. Clark haa charge of the mechan ical department of the company. Thla company haa lately put In consider able Improvement. In preparation to meet the aenaon'a demand for the yellow and augar pine lumber which they produce. After Mra. Clark finishes thla vial she expects to vlalt br daughter at The Iallea for the summer. She bad rlanned to make auch a vlalt before thla, and It waa ao announced In Tu. Newa: but ber vlalt waa delayed bv bad weather. CLEAN UP WEEK The city council at Its laat meeting fixed the week of April 24 2 as clean up week. All persons In charge of any premises in the city are requested to burn all rubbish that can be burned before tha end of that week. This notice will be their permit. All gar- CIMbage that Is to be removed must be pnt In boxes, barrels or sacka, and put on the borders of the alleys, for convenience In loading. Wm. DONALDSON. Marshal. ber undertook to revive It. "Rehab ilitate" waa the aoft term uaed by the Newa Review. That ahould mean to "reclorl-.e". The reporter, prob- ably not conaldering himself a man milliner doe. not Indicate the fashion of Its new clothing. The Roseburg promoters of the pro motion club were wise enough not to venture upon a "get-together" meeting. They are dangerous things to fool with. Generally, In such cases there are factlona to be dealt with; and It la dsngrous to bring tbem to gether without the most careful pre vious preparation. They Just had a plain, common meeting. It was a real meeting Everybody was there. How they got tbem there Is not e plained. The president, and . secretary r ported that the main thing tbey need ed waa more money. That haa a familiar sound, too. somebody pro poaed to double the membership fee I r r That aeemed to create great enthus- i lasm; and enthusiasm, next to money, la the moHt valuable asset of a chain ber of commerce. Somebody said that Klamath Falls had made a great success of a "forum luncheon", and It waa proposed to try that in Roseburg. Just what that is like was not explained. Wn lay tl'is narrative before our readers as a bit of Interesting tutor- motion, believing that the cnterprls- Ing cltlxens of Springfield, such as usually make up a chamber of com- nierce, would rather read how some- body else does these things than to do it themselves. It is cheaper, ana requires loss effort. GEORGE BARNES I D!ed at his home on Emerald ' The Congressional Hike fx' ' NEW ELECTRIC BAKERY SOON TO BE OPENED HERE W, E. Manchester who Uvea oa A Street, between Third and, Fourth, and waa formerly In tha employ of C. F. Egglmann, la making prepara tion! to open an electric bakery with in a few daya. The location la not yet decided upon. Mr. tancbeater made a trip to Portland within tb paat tew daya. In connection with the purchase of equrpment and will make. a almllar trip in the next few daya. Me expecta to do a wholesale and re- all business, It la In the plan to establish a candy factory In connection with the bakery a ft-w months later. THE BELL, THEATRE CHANCES HANDS A deal was made this week by which S. V. Ward, who baa ben the proprietor of the Bell theatre for something near two years paat, dis poses of the business to Balllnger & McPherson, who will 'conduct It ber after. Mr. Ward will remain wltu tbem for a time as manager. This firm haa made a remarkable successions of deals since they came Into this region, early In the past winter. They had been operating li Eastern Oregon In various lines. The first traded warehouse business and telephone exchange at Boardman, the principal town In the western ex tension of the Umatilla Irrigation project, for the Choffee stock farm near the Eugene city power plant be low Waltervtlle. Next, tbey traded thla farm for the east half of the Fry-Rankln building I here, and fitted It up for a rooming fcoU8!- A fw week, they out the real eatate and Insurance business of John E. Edwards, located In that building. A few days ago, tbey traded their interest In the Fry-Rankln building for the Lost Creek ranch of the 8warta Bros, maintained aa a sum mer resort, about 63 miles up the Me Kenxle. Since that Mr. Balllnger has sold bis interest In the ranch to 3. W. Swart, one of the former owners. Mr. McPherson now makes his noma there. The firm has sold the Insurance "u,,"r" """iy "mra on o, . E. Edwsrds to W. G. Hurhes. of the' - First National bank. I Mr. Balllnrer mav hn In riva him , .,", , . 7 . DflrsonRl atitenTlon Fnr rfmn tn anm , t , . interests ne sun nas in r-asiern ure- to Oregon about 30 years ago, and settled near Walterville. They lived there until about 7 years ago, when they came to Springfield, Mr. Barnes conducted a livery ana feed stable at the foot of Main street until about two years ago, when his health began to break. He was able. at different periods after that to be ( shout town for a while. The last ! time he appeared on the street was several weeks ago. Funeral services were conducted at Walker's chapel at 2 o'clock, Mondav, April 17. by Rev. E. V. Stivers, of Eu- gene. Tho burial was at Laurel Hill cemetery. Besides his wife, he leaves three daughters and two sons: Mrs. Georgia Fountain, of Walterville; Mrs. Zella Cantrell and Mrs. Drusa Howard, of Springfield; J. W. Barnes, of Eugene; and Cal Barnes, of Spring field. Also, a brother, Wm. Barnes, a sister, Mrs. Maria Bird, and a num ber of other relatives, all of West fleld. N. Y. He leaves 7 living grand children. Merle Fountain, who was killed In Frsnce. and whose body was brought here for burial last summer, waa a grandson. THURSTON NOTES Fred Raaaell and William Rennle have acid their potatoea to Ward Laasbary. Mr. George haa sold the remalndet of bit walnut crop to A. J. Kalaer, a merchant at Junction City. He de llvered twenty aacka laat week, for wblcb be received $240. Mra. Thomas Williams went to En- gene laat Thursday to visit ber eon n-law, Emeat Went, who la conva jeadng after a recent operation. Alao her grandson Elmer McCallum. who underwent a very aerloua operation at the Kerthweat hospital, laat Tues day. He Is getting along nicely now. Mr. Bad McPherson and family visited at the John Edmlston home Wednesday. Mra. Harbert who has been alck for some time with rheumatism, baa not been feeling aa well aa usual for the past few days. Robert Stevens bought a truck load of potatoes from John Edmlston Mon day. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Williams from Eugene called on Mr. and Mra. Roy Edmlston Wednesday evening. Mra. Baugbman and her aon Herold and Mr. and Mrs. Brlngle, from Eu gene visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Edmlston and attended the services at the church. Miss Mildred Price, who Is attend ing normal school at Monmouth, apeni the week-end with ber parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Price. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. McKIIn. Howard Cotton, Edna Diggs, lone and Tbeda Rhodea visited Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ed miston Sunday afternoon. Miss Heersma, Melvtn BueU, Fred Gray and Pearl and Rena Edmlston attended the Easter exercise. The Crucifixion', at the Presbyterian church in Eugene Sunday evening. Mr. Jamea Calvert and family. !of Junction Cl'.y spent Sunday at Thurston. Miss Howl from the Eugene Bible university, attended church services at Thurston Sunday. There waa a large crowd attended the all day services at the church Sundav. At 10 a. m. there waa Rlhif. .ui ... ... n th & t exercises were .t . .given; mi noon mere was m oasaei I ... . ,K . . . . ' ' iln Dr ah services were ....... aismissea ror tee evening so tnat an who wished might attend the cantata at the Christian church in Springfield. Miss Llxzle Harbert from Coburg, spent Sunday wi'h her parents. M.. and Mrs. John Harbert The community party at the ball last Friday evening was well attend ed and everyone bad a good time. Several c the Thurston" boysu who are working In the logging camps above WendHng. came home to spend Sunday. They report severay inches of snow there. Miss Verna Luthr. who is attend ing normal school at Monmouth, soent he Exster vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Phetleplace. Grandma Rundell is still danger ously ill. I.eorird Kir snent Saturday night at the Jones home. Mr. and Mrs. John Edmlston visited at the Shaffers' Saturday evening. Mr. Schsffer, who works In the woolen mill ln Eugene, spent the week-end with h's family here. Severst from Thurston attended the Woodmen bnquet at Walterville Saturday night Miss A Ita Joos had aome denta. work done In Eugene Saturday. Ml Mrer R"U silent Fri day night with Haxel Edmlston. ' Orandma Rennle. of McMtnnvllle will make her borne with her aon. William Rennle. M'ss PeaM Pm whn Ta reaching he Thurston acwl. a snent ,he week end at her home In Santa Clara. j Mr C. r. Kin Is digging his last rear V crop of potatoes.' y Mr and Mm. Tnls. of Creswll. former residents of Thurston, called n friends here Tuesday. Mr. Tennis ot aome seed potatoea from Jamea H11L- .. , Thr w a mole and gopher rfera f"!t-sMon held at tha farm of Fred Russell wednesda afternoon. It ws eo-ducted by, Albert Swain who has chsr of the rodent control earn 'r r-f hla co'intv md J. H. Speat e Mi United States blologtoal sur. Cecil Harbert la beck In - school again after being absent aome time. He has had quite aerioug time wits one of til" . . EVOLUTION A!!D E Lecture) by Rev. B. C. Miller; To Methodist Brotherhood , Monday Evening The lecture of Rer. B. C. Miller OS Evolution, to a good audience of ladles and gentlemen, at the metho- dist Brotherhood meeting, last Mon- day evening, was auch a strong and clear presentation of the subfect that we have undertaken to give oar readers an abstract of It that would come within the compass of our space; a difficult thing to do, and preserve anything worth while of the strength, of the orglnal. Thla lecture la the. fruit of years of close and wld scientific study on Mr. Miller's ptuu For mora than bait a century, thet- clvlllsed world. led by many of ltav foremost scientists, haa been drifUns? toward the crassest kind of material Urn. And that which haa been main, ly responsible for thla drifting of the world from Us spiritual mooring la the theory of evolution; until today the majority of men ln an walks of life accept almost without nnmmtinm the dogma that organic life, In Its complex forms, la the product, not of direct creative act, but of resident forces operating from within through: Infinite processes of gradual develop ment since the earliest dawa of exist ence, beginning with the single ceh of primordial protoplasm. In which: was manifest the first germ of life. This theory Is a direct challenge to the church of Jesus Christ Thla new dragon, when etript of ita camou flage. Is found to be the aame old. age-long enemy of the church. But science Itself Is discovering the weak: spots in the armor of the dragon, and they are blng pitilessly pointed out end irreverently exposed. A new- gen ration of scientists have grown up: men who know not Darwin, nor worship at the shrine of Huxley. Once we pared down a grain of mat- ter to its lrrtnMhl rZ," 'ler lo "reducible minimum, and labeled the remainder "atom". We have now ceased to regard the atom a an ultimate factor of an element al all. We are now told that the properties of an element are deter mined, not by the substance of the atom, but by Its weight Science is beginning to suspect that all ele ments have a common unit of com position, and that that nnlt is the electron. Hence, the transmutation of elements, so long scoffed at by the scientific world, has become a de monstrable fact. Uranium, the heav iest atomic weight known, by sluffins off a few helium atoms, becomes one of the rarest and most valuable metals known, radium. Radium, In turn, by disintegration, becomes, in the flnat process. on9 cf the most common and cheapest of all metals, lead. And so of other elements of high atomic weight. They are ln the process of constant change. But when any change takes place In1 an element It is always by loss. Not upward by evolution, but downward by decomp osition, is the universal law of change, so far as science Is able to determine. Only ultlmates are eternal and atoms are not ultlmates. "Things that are seen were not made of things which do appear," says the writer t the Hebrews. This is scientifically correct Elements themselves, then, are unstable. Whatever change scieuoe haa been able to discover lu the atom haa alwaya been by degen eration and decay. In 'thla field ot .Jf research, there ta sot a vestige of objective scientific data upon which; to postulate the theory of evolution, or eternity of so-called matter. , Un stabllity spells a beginning. . Degen eration presupposes origin. Prof. Price, the geologist say a: The tact of radioactivity positively forbids the theory of the past etern ity of matter". What then? .-The answer Is, that somewhere In the agea of the paat by law and processes radically and fundamentally different from any In operation, today, there was a beginning. To find what thla beginning was and how, men have sought in vain in the great book of nature for an answer, and failed. But the book of nature la not the only book that God has made' available for man In this quest I , turn to his. other book, tha-book of books, and tn tha first t;haiter,; In the very first verse. I read: "In the beginning God , created the heavens end the earth."' Bo celled radiant energy, Ita con tinual dissipation and equal replen ishment and the resulting stability. DE SCIEiiC