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THE LANE COUNTY 'NEWS
W. A. DILL
JUNar end Mwwfor
Published Xvery (MomJay ml Thursday ttte Lane County tfb-
lisking Association.
Cse Year
RATSS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
JtM Six Moatka - .75 Three M oaths
jAJTortWftfi Rates Furnished on Application. '
' And;Rmrobr to Get a Stop-Over for Springfield.
SPRINGFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 29,1915.
THE LAND GRANT CASE
Public discussion of the Oregon & California land grant case
itow pending in the United States seems to be divided. On the
one-hand & satisfaction expressed that the state has, by the act
of the supreme court in accepting the Oregon brief, secured an
' opportunity to save for itself a vast amount in taxes that Would
be lost if the lands revert to the federal government. On the
other hand tkare are charges that the railroad interests rushed
& resolution -through the legislature and .are using the people
of Oregon to haul their chestnuts out of the fire.
The miestlon is not one lying between just two parties
the railroads tapd the people. )t Is one In which a large number
of .interests are concerned. One, of course, is the railroads. Then
there are ike interests of the present inhabitants of Orqgon, upon
whom, if tMe lands are forfeited .to the .government, will tall the
burden of paying the taxes assessed to the railroad, and not paid
since the lower courts, declared the grant forfeited. A third set
f Interested parties are those who wish to acqiilro land within
the scope of the preseat railroad holdings. Should the grant be
Returned to the riatlonal forest, a long space of time would he
required to secure the legislation and the rulings that would
open the way for settlement. Still another class are the future
generations, for whom provisionis , should be made by the preser
vation of ;uch 'forest lands las can not be profitably worked at
this time. The question, 'then, is not a simple proposition be
tween two litigants, but is a complex problem, and one -on which
the supreme court will probably spend considerable time.
Reviewing the case in this week's issue, the Cottage Grove
-Sentinel says:
"Between a desire to punish a guilty railroad corporation and'
the desire to keep the government from bottling up another large
part of the state and at the same time having doubts as to whether
we would be punishing those who deserve it, the people of Oregon
are in a qflandry as to where tp place their sympathies in the suit
to forfeit the Oregoa.& California land grant.
"When the 6. & C. railway received these lands it made cer
tain agreements about disposing .of them ,at certain prices to
actual settlers. It did not carry out these agreements, but has coa
ttinued to hold part of them. The lands have increased In -value
-and .have become one of the valuable assets of the railroad (now
,Sie. Southern Pacific), being worth at the present moment some
thing like fifty millions of. dpllars.
"Contracts made with the government in the days of this land
grant was made were not considered very seriously. Many of
Oregon's leading and wealthiest and most honored citizens got
their money in ways none the less reprehensible than the way the
Southern Pacific acquired this large amount of wealth. Things
that are criminal now were recognized only a few years ago as
honorable business.
"The Southern Pacific did as others did. It acted as many
Bhrewd business men of the time were acting and nothing was
thought of It But the sins of the fathers are being visited upon
the third and fourth generations.
"These lands have been used as a basis for loans to secure
money for construction work and their forfeiture will take away
the collateral upon which the loans were made and .cause the
, railway financial stress at a tim e when business conditions are
already upset.
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Call on nearest Agent for full Information, literature, tickets,
rriervatlons,-train schedules, etc.
SOUTHERN PMOmC
John M. Scott,- General Passenger Agent, Portland, Ore.
"If the lands are declared forfeited to the government they
will undoubtedly be convert xl into the forest reserve. Oregon
BtomMyhm a irge parted Mi area ImtlW up. JJ
plf tfeette fcjufte arejdbTred fsrf eltedand are cotivwrtetfj kits
the'torest reserve. the stefiW Orison willllose $466.03 k:vkr1n
taxes. Lane County will
annually.
"Under these circumstances we are likely to be fully as much
hurt as the railroad.
"Do wo wjsh to out off our nose to spite pur face?
"The wise plan seems to bo tho ono already suggested to leave
the title to tho lands in the railroad and compel it now to offer
tho lands for sale at a price hat will bo perfectly fair tp It and bwjlj
at, tho same time be fair to tho people
"We should not be vindictive In punishing Bins allowed to so
unpunished by former generations. Wo do not fool particularly
inclined t,o unmercifully Inflict punishment upon ourselves bo
causo of the neglect of former generations. Resides, in attempt
ing to punish railroad magnates we must bear in mini that a large
part of the Btock is held by the common people personally or for
thorn in trust.
"Another thing, railroads aro acting much differently than
they did a few years ago."
The latest' business-aid sorvlpo instituted by tho government
Is a wood-waste exchange conducted by the Forest Service In
Washington, D. C. It aims to assist lumbermen and manufac
turers of wood to use each other's waste to mutual advantage
thus effecting a largo saying not only In forest material but in
money as well. More than '40 manufacturers of vbodon articles
havo asked to be put on tho exchange list. . .
Twice a month the exchange sends out a circular headed
"Opportunities to Buy Waste," containing the names and ad
dresses of factories having waste wood for sale, with exact in
formation as to species, sizes, forms and quantities. Similarly,
another circular headed "Opportunities to Sell Waste," gives tho
specific requirements of wood-using plants which desiro to buy
waste material
To lllustrato: A furniture maker In Michigan wrote to tho
Forest Service asking how tp dispose of sugar maple blocks and
sticks which wore cut off in.the process of furnlturo making and
which he had to sell merely'as fuel. Samples woro obtained from
him and the Service then located a scrubbing brush manufac
turer who used small mapleuiocks for brush backs. The result
was that the furniture ;maker was enabled to sell his wasto at a
much higher price than it brought as fuel, while the brush maker
was enabled to buy brush-back material at a much lower figure.
than it had been costing him' 'to buy maple lumber and cut it up
Clean-up days of last .week w.ere very successful as far as
they went, but the lob Isn't anywhere .near done until the weeds,
and especially the great thistles that are growing on vacant Jots
and parkings are eliminated.
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One still has to discover .how much wiser, wittier and more
winsome a realized white hope can be than was the rcqent dark
complexioned champion.
"Fads of Financiers," js tho title of an Interesting articlo
in a recent magazine. Most of them were enthusiastic coin
collectors. J..
summons. tl
In the Justice Court for Eugene' Jus
tice District, Lane County, Orego...
W. H. 'Lynch, , plaintiff, vs. M. E. Ed
wards, Defendant
To (SI. E. EdwardB, the above-named
defendant;
Advertised Letters
Springfield. Ore.
April 2G, 1,915.
;Mrs. E.JEI. Stewart.
Mr. EucjU Reece.
In tho nanio of the State of Oregon; Y" , ., ,
You are hereby summoned and requir-1 One cent due on all .advertised
letters.
HARRY M. STEWART
Postmaster.
ed to appear and answer tho com
plaint in tho above entitled cause
within six weeks from the date of
first publication of the summons here
In. and you are hereby notified that If
you fall so to appear and answer Bald
complaint as hereby, required tho
plaintiff will take Judgment against
Call for Warrants.
Notlco Ib hereby given that I will
pay nil outstanding Street Imprqvo
you as prayed for In said complaint I ment warranta against tho Town of
now on file In tho said court, to-wlt
judgment iu the sum of $77.65 with
interest thereon from July 1, 1914, and
the further Bum of Fifteen ($1C00)
Dollars attornoy's fees, and for the
costs and disbursements In the aboye
entitled action.
This summons Is published by order
of the Honorable Jesse O, Wells.
Judge, of the above entitled court, duly
made on the .24th day of March, 1915,
requiring publication thereof onco
each week' for six successive weoka
and requiring that you appear and
answer said complaint on or before
six weeks -from the 15th day of April,
the date. of the first publication hereof.
JESSE Q, WELLS,
E. O. IMMEL, Justice of tho Peace.
Attorney for Plaintiff. thM27
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April 15, 1915.
By order of Town Council.
lillian oonrtiE,
t Apr 26 Treasuror.
EIGHTH GRADE EXAMINATION
Eighth grade final examinations will
be held in school districts .whoro thero
are pupils to take them, on Thursday
and Friday, May G and 7, 1915, as per
the following schedule:
Thursday, Arithmetic, Writing, Lan
guage, Agriculture, and Spelling.
Friday Physiology, HIstpry, Oeog
raphy, Cjvll Government, and Heading.
E. J, MOORE,
County School Supt,
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Summer wear.
Wo Belt tho Famous Stevenson Underwear, with
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Pricea at $10.0
Our line of JCuppcnholmcr Shirts aro right overy
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