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SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTV, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 2S, 1915.
VOL. XIV. H0jr2Lf
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TUP I ANF
NEWS
FIVE KILLED IN
Four Children Die Almost Instantly and
Driver Succumbs to Injuries
This Morning
WERE ON THE WAY TO SUNDAY SCHOOL
Shasta Limited Crew Ignorant of Tragedy Until Engine
is Stopped Miles Away by Hot Box Ghurch
Bells Are Tolled , .
Four children from six to 12
.years of ago were almost In
stantly killed and the driver of
tho car was so badly injured
thai he died this morning as the
reBult of a collision botwecn an
uutomobllo and tho northbound
Shata Limited In tho southorn
outskirts of Creswcll yesterday
morning at 0:30.
The dead:
Bculah Mores, aged 12.
George Roblnett, aged 8.
Vincent Trcanor, aged 8.
Dorothy Trcanor, aged G.
F. E. Sly.
Nows of the tragedy camo to
Springfield early In tho day, and
thin morning Miss Altha Shaub,
who is visiting her sister, Mrs. C.
A. Townsond, received a letter
-ifrom her mother giving, brief de
tails of the accident.
It seems that Mr. Sly had
started for tho post ofllco and
offered to take the children up
town to Sunday school.
The accident happened In
front of tho Sly rcsldcnco, and
just a fow moments after tho
children had clambered into tho
machine. Apparently ho had
looked up tho track and found
it clear, but bororo ho could got
going after tho children were
in tho train appeared around a
huttq and was upon him, Just
us the front of his automobile
was on tho track. '
Tho horrified witnesses heard
a crash and saw tho automobile
hurled high Into the ulr and then
-tossed one sldo, wrecked. The
i train sped on without stopping,
tho crew unconscious of what
had happened.
Tho car was literally torn to
bits. It was tossod 30 feet ori
Clean-Up Days
Are Fully Observd
Springfield citizens rallied well
for tho clean-up days of Friday
and Saturday, following tho call
issued by M. M. Poory, chairman
of tho council health committee.
Bon fires wero going early Fri
day morning, and until late that
night. Saturday saw a repeti
tion, and by Saturday night tho
greater part of the refuse had
.boon cleared away from back
yards and vacant lots, What
was not burned was hauled away
'by teams employed by tho city.
Burning of an old chicken
.'house on tho Dunlap property
at Sixth and D created a Httlo
local Interest Friday evening,
and central was notified to give
n fire alarm. Tho call was head
ed pff, howovor, boforo tho boll
was rung..
Chief of Police Stanlgor re
ceived n very sovoro glass cut in
tho palm of his hand as ho was
helping lift a barrel of rofuso
Into a wagon. Continued prob
ing Friday did not locate all of
tho glasB, but tho wound is now
healing nicely. ' '; ," '
Hoboes Return.
W. L. McCulloch, I, D. Lari
AUTO CRASH
more from the road, and near it
lay two children's slippers.
On 150 feet farther lay a tiny
girl's glove, a Bible torn almost
In two. Nearby was tho mangl
ed body of the little Morss girl.
Although she had been hurled
nearly 200 feet, sho lived for 15 1
minutes after the accident. Tuo
other children apparently were
killed instantly.
Pieces of skull bono were pick
ed up along tho track by Rev. A.
M. Prater of tho Presbyterian
church. The body of tho Robin-
ctte boy lay between the wreck
ed car and the toad. Tho body
of the Trcanor boy was 15 or 20
feet farther north, and 10 feet
farther Mr. Sly was picked up
unconscious.. Thirty feet be
yond him was the body of little
Dorothy Trcanor.
Tho people of Creswcll wero
paralyzed by the tragedy. At
tho Presbyterian church Sun
day school had gathered and
was waiting the coming of Bcu
lah Mores, the 12-year-old or
ganist. The two Treanor, chil
dren nttended tho same Sunday
school and tho Roblnette boy at
tended tho Christian church
Sunday school. All services at
both churches were suspended
and tho church bells wore tolled.
Tho fireman states that he
had detected a hut box on his
side of tho engine, and just at
the moment of tho accident,
which was on nls side of tho
engine, had crossed to tell tho
engineer of tho hot box. When
tho train was brought to a stop
a fow miles north of Creswcll,
bits of flesh and blood wero
found on tho. engine. Tho mall
mer, A. Middletoii, II. M. Stewart
and Howard Woods, who went to
Salem Thursday to attend the
"hoboes Convention" of the
Elks, returned Friday. Govern
or Wlthycombo and JudgQ Harris
were among those in attend
ance and among the speakers.
SPRINGFIELD DEFEATS
IRVING BALL TOSSERS
Springfield baseball team de
feated tho Irving nine at Midway
park Sunday by a score of 19
to 1.. Springfield's lino up was
us follows: McPherson, pitcher;
E. Meats, catcher; J. Meats, first
base; Arno Neet, second baso;
Roy Calms, shortstop; C. Mulli
gan, third base; Earl Ellison, loft
field; Max Green, center field; V.
Meats, right Hold. Tho Spring
Hold team will play Marcola at
Marcola next Sunday.
Fishing Found Expensive.
Dr. Robhan and D. S. Beals
wont fishing up tho McKenzio
last wok and secured 17 fish.
While they wero away someono
entered the doctor's houso and
stolo $10.50 in cash. This loss,
together with that of a hat
which was Idstf in tho river when
tho boat hit a snag; made tho
flsji rather expensive
Eugene cannery has $4,000
advanco order for vegetables,
AT GRESWELL
clerk, who had como to the door
of IiIh car with a sack of mall
for Creswcll, witnessed the acci
dent. '
City's Spellers
Are Selected
Springfield' representatives
In tho big county spelling con
test, which is to bo held in Eu
gene tho middle of May, were se
lected by a spelling bee In the
various rooius last Friday. In
tho fifth grade there is a tie,
Mildred Miller and Carl Bauer
both having Bpelled correctly ev
ery word in tho book.
Following are the other dele
gates: Third grade Miss Dunlap's
room, Jack Webb; Miss Smith's
room, Blanche Thorpe.
Wood Blocks for Pavement
Western Communities Have Neglected Opportunity to Develop Home Industry
Wood is Cheaper Ultimately, Easy to Lay, Gives Much Better
Traction and is More Sanitary ,
Paper by CARL FISCHER, Read at the Banquet of the Springfield Development League,
Tuesday, April 20, 1?f5.
I was assigned the subject
"Manufacturing Industries as
Town Builders, but with the
consent of the program com
mittee I have changed this to
the "Towns ns Builders of Man
ufacturing Industries." I asked
tills change because we all real
ize the place of Industries as
town builders but many of us
fall to realize the necessity of
our Coast towns supporting our
homo Industries. This applies
to all industries Wt I'll confine
myself to the lumber business
as tills is our chief industry,
the one which at tills time needs
tho most support and the one
with which, I am the mbst famil
iar. I am often asked the ques
tion: "What is the trouble with
the lumber business." This is
an easy question to answer, as
we might with truth say the
war, the tariff or wood substi
tutes. There is no doubt about
tho war interference and in the
opinion of the Republicans
there Is no question about the
Injury being done by tho tariff.
These, however, may bo but
temporary but that which may
becomo a permanent Injury to
our community and tho entire
coast is wood substitutes. Those
who are interested in wood sub
stitutes have spout millions of
dollars in making sentiment
against wood construction.
They have created a false
sense of security in these sub
stitutes and are adding greatly
to the high cost of living. They
have induced thousands of pro
perty owners tobuild their en
tiro buildings of brick and con
crete in places where wood in a
largo portion at least if built
right would cost .much less and
obtain a lower rate of insurance,
It is a fact that undor tho rat
ing schedulo used by tho board
companies in this territory, the
insuranco rate on n perfectly
constructed re-lnforced concrete
building without sprinkler pro
tection Is 70 per cent higher than
it is on perfect mill or wood con
struction with automatic sprink
ler equipment. This may bo sur-
Fourth gradeMrs. McLean's
room, Ellon Tomscth; Miss
Stanlgcr's room, Allen Morten.
scn. Sixth grade Thelma Crouch.
Seventh grade Jessie Coo.
Eighth gradeCarmen Har
wood. Observe Mayday
With Pretty Fete
Appropriate May Day exercis
es will bo held at tho Springfield
schools on Friday, April 31. At
tile Lincoln school tho program
will begin at l:30'and will be as
fdllows.
Grand March.
'J Crowning of Queen.
FolkJJance - - English
May Polo Waltz.
Folk Dance - - Danish
I Dance of Greeting.
Folk Dance - - English
Parasol Dance.
Game - English
Looby Lu
Folk Dance - - Russian
Snow Flake Dance.
Folk Dance - - Sweedish
Oxdansen.
prising statement to .most nere
but easily comprehended when
you consider that fires start in
the contents and not in the
buildings, that a heavy smooth
surfaced wood ceiling or wall'
not incumbered by joists or stud
ding, will stand as much fire as
almost any other known mater
ials as a fire can bum against
such a post or wall for a long
time without weakening it and
wueu water ih appneu uiu nro is
i a r . f i i n . I 1
easily extinguished, whereas in
a building of steel and concrete
the steel expands, twisting and
warping out of position thereby
wrecking the structure to which
It is attached. The concrete
checks and disintegrates with
heat and water. This was dem
onstrated in the burning of the
Thomas A. Edison buildings
which had been considered so
fire proof that insurance was
practically unnecessary.
Wood Saves insurance.
So I repeat that wood used
With intelligence in at least a
large portion of the building and
with proper fire construction and
protection, would give a much
safer building, a lower construc
tion cost and a lower insurance
rate. This would mean to the
community great activity of our
mills and indirectly a lower cost
of living because the cheaper
tho building and insurance the
less tho rent and the less the
rent tho less tho goods can be
sold from such buildings.
Now keep in mind that I do
not mean tho flimsy "balloon"
and air space construction but
of the solid wall construction.
When fire attacks the balloon or
kindling wood type, it eats them
up. When it attacks tho solid
beams it merely chare and forms
a charcoal as an insulator. Any
child understands the difference
in tho results of trying to burn
a solid piece of timber and then
chopping the same into kindling.
I'd like to give other reasons
favoring wood and also explain
the typo of construction to
which. I havo referred but our
time limit does not allow mo
Folk Dance - - American
Indian Dance.
Folk Dance - - English
Ribbon Dance.
The News Founder
Visits Springfield
J. P. Woods, "Frank", found
er, 13 years or so ago, of the
Springfield News, was among
tne newspaper men nere ror tne
j convention Saturday, and he
, took occasion to make a circuit
I of the town meeting old friends
of other days. He bought the
jold Springfield Nonpareil, and
changed the name soon to "The
News." Later he sold to people
who disposed of the plant to Mr.
Beebe, the owner until a year
ago.
Mr. Woods is now superin
tendent of the ready print de
partment of the Portland News
paper Union, where he prints
two or more pages every week
for 110 newspapers of the North
west. mis evening as i wisn to say a
few "words about wood block
paving,
In advocating wood block pav
ing, I do so not so much because
of what it means to the devel
opement of our community but
because it is sound business
economy. This paving was
given a "black eye" years ago
because of the use of round
cedar blocks set on a plank foun-
dation.
Wood Blocks Last Long.
You can Imagine how rough
this was and the deplorable con
dition as soon as the plank de
cayed. But the present day pave
ment of treated wood blocks set
on a concrete base is admitted
to be the best and most economi
cal paving there is. A few years
ago Mr. Smeede of Eugene,
while in England, noticed a gang
of workmen repairing a wood
pavement. Being curious he
asked the foreman how long the
blocks had been down. He was
informed that they had been
placed 34 years, and that they
were of Oregon pine. The foreman-
may havo been mistaken
about the kind of material as I
understand England has been
using Norway and Russian fir.
Our fir, however, is as good if
not better than the Norway and
Russian. It is to the life of the
blocks I wish to call your atten
tion to. How many think our
asphalt pavements will last that
long? Our Main street has been
down 3 or 4 years and see its
condition. Already in many
places it is worn through to the
base, But it is no worse than
asphalt pavements in other
towns or cities. Until recently
many of us thought there was no
wear out to asphalt streets but
wo are learning at a heavy cost.
Now a perfectly constructed and
smooth, oven wearing surface
of creosoted wood blocks will
wear almost indefinitely. Tho
reason is not far to seek. Gran
ite, brick and asphalt pavements
are brittle and pulverize under
trafllc. Wood, on tho other hand,
(Continued on Page 4)
VALLEY EDITORS
ENJOY MEETING
at mm
Guests of tne Development
League Shown Town and
Given Fine Dinner
ENDORSE UNIVERSITY PRINTING
Will Hold Next Meeting at For
est Grove Old Officers'
are Retained, .
A score of newspaper men,
'members of the Willamette Val
ley Editorial association, hekl
a meeting in Springfield Satur
day, and in leaving expressed
themselves as greatly pleased
with the busy town and with the
reception they had been given
by the Springfield Development
League. Mayor Scott and Dr.
N. W. Emery, members of the
entertainment committee, and
M. Fenwick, took dinner with
the newspaper men at the Elite,
where a splendid dinner was
served. Immediately afterward.
the guests were taken for short
automobile rides into the sur
rounding territory, and the busi
ness sessions were begtin before
2 o'clock. ,,. '
5i The afBuofliea-f tw aetgpie
subjects, the amount of editor
ial matter1 required in papor4
and the little worries of the edii
tor, brought out many views.
Secretary Elbert Bede reported
on house bill 270, which was in
tended to codify the matter of le
gal charges for notices in the
newspapers. .
J. P. Hurley, editor of the For
est Grove News-Times, was
continued in office as president
and Elbert Bede of the Cottage
Grove Sentinel as secretary
treasurer until these two officers
can prepare a constitution and
by-laws, which they are-expected
to have ready by the time the
association holds its next meet
ing at Forest Grove.
Al Jones, newly elected sec
retary of the State Fair board,
addressed the meeting and in
vited the newspaper men to at
tend the Fair on press day.
After the close of the regular
program, M. Fenwick, represen
tative froni Springfield, and Col
W. G. D. Mercer, of Eugene,
sargeant at arms in the senate
for the past two sessions, wore
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BROTHERHOOD TO
TALK TOWN NEEDS
Subjects relating to the busi
ness prosperity of Springfield
are to bo discussed informally
at the meeting of the Methodist
Brotherhood tonight. Tho busi
ness meeting begins. at 6;30 and
the banquet Is served at 7 p. m.
The discussion will follow the
dinner, and will bo along these
general divisions of the theme;
"What is tho reason that tho
farmers surrounding Springfield
do not do their trading here?"
"Are tho business relations be
tween the smaller towns and vil
lages surrounding Springfield
what they should be? If not,
how can wo remedy the sltua-'
tlon?"
"Are we as a city doing any
thing to let the outside world
know that Springfield is on tho
map?"