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THE LANE COUNTY NEWS
Continuing tho Springfield and Lano County Star, Which Woro Consolidated Fobruary 10, 1914
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SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1915.
VOL. XIV. NO. AA- d.f
1 1 WITTER
passes my
Plonoor Tannor of Uppor Wilt
nmotto Valloy Dioa at Ago of
Ovor 02 Yoars Votoran of
Rogtio Rivor Indian Waro.
One of the hist of his party of
the immigration of !Sfi:J pawed
In tho death hero Tuesday after
noon of J. T. Witter, known
among all his rrlunds as Char
ley Wit tor. lie had been a resi
dent of Lane County for over
ro years, and at the time of his
death whs 82 years, 15 mouths
and ! days. Death followed a
stroke of apoplexy, which oeeur
ed at the First National Hank
live weeks ago.
Mr. Witter came to Oregon
from Salem, Illinois as a youth
of if). leaving all his relatives in
the East. He visited many places
in Western Oregon the llrst few
years ho was here, and later en-1
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and
to
purchase
uer
he erected a tannery where Frn -
zor's Iron Work 8 now stands
and continued In that business
for 20 years, sometimes alone,
and sometimes with business
partners. Of these associates,
David Lakln and W. W. Ilayncs
still survive.
From 1S80 to 185)1 or 1982 he
was nlghtwatchman of Eugene.
and as such becamo nsqualnted
with a large circle of people. For
the past 12 years he has been
living in Springfield, for much
of tho time a retired life. Ills
wife died a number of years ago,
and of tho Ave children born to
the union, ho Is survived only by
one son and one daughter, C.
M. Witter and Mrs. Vina McLean
both of Springfield.
Of the party of pioneers who
crossed in 1852, Mrs. Willlnni
Millsap of Lcnbon is now the
onlv survivor. t
The funeral services were held
this morning at 10 o'clock at
the Ilranstetter Chapel In Eu
gene and interment was made
In the Masonic ccmctary Eu
gene. GOVERNMENT LEASES
LAND FOR A HOTEL
Portland, Ore., June 2fi. Tho
llrst lease under the Act of Feb
ruary 28, 18fl!), for the uso of tho
land adjacent to mineral springs
has Just been signed by the Sec
rotary of Agriculture In agree
ment with James O. Hardin of
Portland, Oregon, for tho devel
opment of a recreation resort
at Salt Crek Mineral Springs on
the Cascade National forest in
Lnno County, Oregon, about ten
miles from Oakrldgo.
Tho location of these springB
Is easily accessible from tho Up
por Willamette Valley, and Is on
a proposed lino of tho Southern
Paciilc railroad. Tho terms of
the lease call for tho building
of a hotel, bath house, swim
ming pool, and somo small cot-
tages for those who wish to live
by themesolvos. With the ex
ception of thirty square feet
around tho several mineral
springs, and a right of way be
longing to tho Oregon & East
ern Railway, tho resort will
cover approximately forty-ono
acres. According to the lease,
which Is for a period of twenty
Avo years, a public camping
ground Is reserved near tho
springs, roads and trails open to
the public will bo developed, and
to avoid oxccsbIvo or monopol
istic charges, tho schedule of
rates at tho hotel will bo ap
proved by the government. Tho
Springs are located in ono of
tho most beautiful sections of
tho Cascade Mountains, and tho
completion of arrangements for
the uso and development of tho
locality surrounding them is but
a part of tho Intent and doBlro
of tho Forest Sorvico to put tho
(Contlnuod on Tago 4)
isiiu at Kodavllle lie mur- iie was answered mat it is. no r ; : V ... r . iolavEround work, was trivnn a
Miss Louisa Coyle, who had said, "I just came over on the - u" ""Vr K r,sr medal. This sort of an
e wltlijter parents In 18rl icar irom uugene. s Kind o' r..",".. 1 r" 1' oxh bit was made at the ronuest
shortly afterward they went ' fought It was wet." He was re- " Zr,X!r.b u,u KUUlc uuy ol of Oic Government, cost Oreeon
Eugene, -where Mr. Witter minded that it liad been In for-;"" V't'V . XT less than Sl.OOO and was in
d an Interest In a tan-jiner times, but things hud,., ,Ji"l"n ' ; 'V ! competition with scores of ex-
y near Snencer butte. Later i changed. With a dragging step , V""r; ' " i hibits costinc from sn.onn to
HAVE EUGENE BEAT
FOR GOOSEBERRIES
An Hum In tho Eugene
Register about hoiiic
gooseberries (hat, were
V'Y InchuH around the
long way prompted J II.
Hrununottc to measure
Homo of iho berries In Ills
own garden. One that
was not above tho aver
ago run of tho patch was
2 Ineheu around tho
long way.
Mr. Hrumnielte's hu'c
v.cna Induced his neigh
hor, cIhih. T. Miller, to
examine Ills vines, and he
found (tmn(iti(Mi of tho
fruit In hit garden that
was from It to -I inches in
circumference.
BEHIND THE TIMES
A burly man with a speech
and cast of countenance sugges
tive of Ireland, making bis way
slowly down Main street towards
Mill. 'Monday afternoon, met a Lajaj
citizen and lialted him NVitii thejS
y iii.v-ii nun """til linn miiii
Mimoiini. ..tu t,.iu oi.
land an air of despondency he
'resumed his Journey. Probably,
'since the dime he bad already
squandered on car far had been
fruitless, ho felt the necessity
of economizing in that depart
mcnt.
Hop Prices Finn.
13. 13. Morrison shipped a car
iload of hops from his warehouse
bore last week, and now has nl
of last year's crop out except
22 bales belonging to Clark &
Washburne. Hops are being
freely contracted now at 13 to
M cents, and Mr. Morrison looks
for a much bototr market
Rudrauff Bros.
Buy Bell Theatre
E. F. and F. A. Rudrauff of
the Oregon Typewriter ex
change, this week purchased
from J. J. Uryan tho Hell theatre,
and they will open the bouse
under the new management to
morrow night with a Charles
Chaplin film. Mr. Bryan wishes
to devote his time to conduct of
tho Folly theatre in Eugene, in
which he recently purchased an
interest
The Rudrauff brothers expect
to show only a high class of pic
tures hero, featuring Metro
Alms on Tuesday and Wedncs
day evenings. They expect to
have a Chaplin Aim every second
week.
Ono of tho brothers will con
tinuo tho typewriter agency in
Eugono, but both will move
their families to Springfield to
reside.
SMALL LINES CONSOLIDATE
W. P., P. E. & E. and Other
Roads Under S. P. Today.
Today tho Willametto PacIAc,
"1C tl'l,nk ""c? f tno Portland,
Eugeno and Eastern and other
subsidiary lines of tho South
ern PacIAc In this stato will loso
their Identity and will bo oper
ated by tho parent company, all
accounts being combined In tho
general oAlces of tho company
in Portland.
Tho directors of the S. P. com
pany voted to consolidate all of
these small companies several
months ago, tho consolidation
o take effect July 1. Tho other
companies affected aro tho
Salom, Falls City and Western,
oporating between Salem and
Rock Point, in tho Coast moun
.ains; tho Corvallis and Eastern,
operating botweon Ynqulnn and
Detroit near tho summit of tho
Cascades; tho Coos Pay, Roso
burg and Eastern, operating be
tween Coos Day and Myrtlo
Point. Tho Portland, 'Eugeno
and Eastern city systems arSa
lem, Eugeno and Albany will bo
operated under tho old namo. and
under separate managomont.
LOCAL MERCHANTS
TO CLOSE MONDAY
Sprlngfiold Will bo Qulot Day
for Colobratlon of Nation's
Holiday Many will Go to
Eugbno for Evont.
Tim retail
merchants of
SprJngiield on Tuesday signed
an agreement to close all day
Monday, July 6th. which Is tho
; legal holiday for tho celebration jvorir modest playground exhibit
of tho Nation' birthday. No in Hie Palace o'f Education, but!
plans have been made for any jit if a beautiful showing and a
: official celebration elsewhere, ' peHoct presentation of tho ad-;
and large numbers of citizens vHkhd work along this lino now ;
will probaly go to Eugene forjboJlg done for the children of
the day. .Oregon. As a consequence the ,
, A nuniher of parties arc plan -
ning to go to Thurston on Sat-Cround exbiblt the gold medal,
urday to attend tho colebration nn$ 11 ,n,,8t he remembered that
there. Following Is the agree-! "any states entered elaborate
mont of the local merchants: 'and costly exhibits in compe
. .. . , , , tition.
apriugiiuiu, urcgon, .nine zs. '
Wo, the undersigned, retail
, i. ,,." f ..
gon, in oliservance of our most
.iviiiiiuii iiuiunuii; iiitn-
I fi-lirWmit VnMAnnl TI-klf1n T,i
iii'iiuiuii uuniwure vjo.. ures- i "
ker & Holbrook. Mrs. E. V. L r,og?" 8 ",a,n school exhib
Snecd & Sons, Hoyden & Met-j11 rt,in the 0rSn guiding
calf, Cox & Cox, Thos. Sikcs, D.i"otJn conpeUt on. here prac
w nnnf MnPitiinm (v wi,ifnoV i tlcally the entire second floor
av n,.vQ n tp wi,i'1s given over to school work'
S warts & Washburne, O. K. Bar
ber Shop, A. Biglow, Wolf & Mil
ler, McKee Bros.
T7..., tit
Eugene factories committee
to investigate potato starch
industry.
NEWELL DWIGHT HILLIS
One of tho "Big" Speakers at the Eugeno Chautauqua, July 12
to 17 inclusive. Dr. William Parsons of Eugene has Heard
Dr. Hillls, and says he is one of the strongest platform ora
tors in America Today.
Beaver-Herndon Hardware Company
SIMPLE EXHIBIT
WINS GOLD MEDALii
Oregon Playground Equpmont
Most Comploto in Panama
Exposition
to Install.
Cost But $1,000,
. i
Oregon liuilding, Panama!
Paf lc Exposition, San Francis-;
oo,iluly 1. And now comes an-
ottffcr cold medal. Oreeon has a
nr7 or awards gave tills play-
The Oregon school exhibit as
a 'ZSoriy
work, Standard
school plan for rural schools and
u in (lnn
i and It is conceded to be one of
(tho Anest exhibits on the en
j tire grounds. It is also true that
High School students of Oregon
1 made much of tlie attractive fur-
nItre in usc in the 0regon builu.
. inc.
Many prominent educational
LOVERS OF ROD
AND REEL
And that it inys to deal at this
Btoro. Wo 'always carry tho most,
inodorn articles, prlco thorn very
reasonably and tondor you an
oxtrcmely valuablo and con-.
ficlonttouB personal service
This is what wo bait our cus
toraors with. No wonder at tho
number of now ones wo catch
oach year, Insuro your catch
by coming horo.
LUMBER BOOM
IS INDICATED
Railroads Ask Bids for 3,
000 Froight Cars to Use
5,000,000 Feet
Portland, July l.A re
vival in railroad and lum
ber industries Is seen in
big car orders that are to
placed by the Chicago &
Northwestern and Bur
lington railroads. They
arc asking bids from Ore
gon mills on material for
about 15000 freight cars
each. More than 5,000,
000 feet of lumber is in
volved in the order.
Tiioee roads have built
no wooden cars for two
years. Before that time
they constructed almost
30 a day.
1
;
people, make special visits,
to see the Oregon exhibits in
the Palace of Education and in
the state building and grow en
thusiastic over it. Miss Stew
art, of the famous Lux schools
for girls, San Francisco, said:
"You can quote me as saying
there is no exhibit of sewing on
the grounds to equal that of the
Oregon school children in the
state building."
These exhibits were made un
der the direction of Assistant
State Superintendent E. F. Carl
ton. G. R. Bonell, director of
manuel training in the Salem
schools, has come to take charge
of the exhibits for one month.
Baseball at Midway Sunday
A fast game of baseball is
promised by promoters of the
Eugene-Junction City game that
is set for Sunday. July 4. at 2:30
o'clock at Midway park.
Hop Growers are
Refusing 14 Cents
J. L. Clark, a director of the j
Oregon Hop Growers' associa-
tion, came up from Salem this;aeciueu 10 pay 10 eacu uona
afternoon to spend the week-1 Me Areman who answered an
end, and he states that the as-jalarm for a Are, limiting the
sociation in the past few days 'number thus to be paid to 20.
has refused offers to contract to
pay 14 cents for Oregon hops.
The price, he says, is showing a
decided upward trend. The
prospects are for a crop this
year about equal to that of last.
The quality is excellent.
Mrs. Clark and airs. Stewart
came with Mr. Clark, and they
wil remain initil Tuesday.
CAMP CREEK ITEMS
Camp Creek, Ore., June 30.
Tlie county commissioner, M. H.
Harlow, was her inspecting the
roads this week
ness trip to Eugene Thursday.
Airs. N. B. finsslnr 1ms return-
ed to her home from Thurston
where sh has spent a week with
her father.
Lester Nye and sister are
camped on their ranch here do
ing some work.
S. Gillespie was a Camp Creole
visitor Thursday.
Miss Harriet Gossler spent
Sunday with friends at Thurston
V. Strand and family aro visit
ing with relatives on Camp
Creek.
Guy Stevens, who has been
very sick, Is able to walk again.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Chase and
family spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. C. Jack.
M. Thomas of Walterville has
been doing some work on A. L.
Simmons ranch.
A, A. Stevens Is vory sick.
PURPOSE OF MILK TEST LAW
The purpose of the law requir
ing creameries and other pur
chasers of milk on the butter-fat
basis for manufacturing pur
poses tp have only licensed test
ers in their employ is to protect
both the producers and tho man
ufacturers, says tho O. A, C. au
thorities. It is an effort to real
ize the "Right is right and
wrongs no man" idea, by secur
'ing for the producer pay for tho
value of his product, and for tho
buyer value for his payments.
Tho requirement of the use of
CONTRACT LET FOR
IMPROVING STREET
Council Considers Matter of
Fire Hazzard in Grass Will
Pay Up to 20 Firemen $2 for
Each Fire Attended.
The contract for the grading
and macadamizing of G street
from Eighth street to the Brat-
tain estate, a distance of two
blocks, was let Monday night by
4- the town council to B. E. Lans-
bury, who submitted the only
bid $G94.G5. Work is to begin
within 30 days and be completed
within 00 days. The provision
requiring that the contractor be
i - i- f ,i . t- f
prepared to diu par on any Ban
croft bonds that might be issued
as a result of the improvement,
tended to prevent general bid-
ding on the contract.
The matter of fencing and
otherwise improving the ceme
tery plot on the hill south of the
mill race was discussed, and up
on motion of Mr. Fenwick the
city will have the tract survey
ed and the fence erected
Councilman Coffin, to whom
had been referred the matter of
damage done to pavement by
sharply shod horses, reported he
had taken the question up with
interested parties, and the trou
ble will be remedied.
The matter of cutting all dead
grass on vacant lots, in order to
prevent danger of Ares, was re
ferred to the Are and water com
mittee. Chairman Peery of the. health
committee reported that ar
rangements have been made to
have bacteriological examina
tions made of well water at no
expense to the citizens. Steril
ized bottles In which to take the
samples to be tested, can be ob
tained from Mr. Peery. '
The matter of stimulating in
terest in the volunteer Are de
partment a question brought
before the council two weeks
ago by Fire Chief Rice was
discussed at length, and upon
motion of Mr. Peery, the council
COURT HEARS PETITIONERS
.
Need for Keeping Man at Expo
sition is Urged. '
Delegations from Cottage
Grove, SpringAeld and Creswell
were present at the county court,
room yesterday morning to urge
the court to make an appropria
tion for the purpose of keeping
a man at the Panama-PaciA ex-,
position to tell visitors of Lane
county, and in addition to these
delegations there was a large
! renresentation of Euecne busi
I "ess men and farmers from the
surrounding country. The court
(also received a telegram from
tne F lorence commercial ciud
stating that it favored such an;,
appropriation.
Tlie advantages to come to,
Lane county through proper re-:
presentation at the exposition
were pointed out by many speak"
ers, who told of the interest that
has been aroused in Oregon's"
opportunities by the large num
ber of prizes that have been won
by the stajto. Allen II, Eaton,
who has been at the Exposition
for some time, said that it is sur
prising how many of the people
who are coming are interested
in farming opportunities in
Oregon. These, ho said, are
eager for information about
this state.
It was urged by those present
that the appropriation of money
for keeping a representative at
San Francisco is properly a
county enterprise, as the results
to be brought about will be of
beneAt to tho entire county.
Nearly every speaker referred tp
tho county's need for greater
population, and expressed the
belief that the advertising cam
paign that has been carried oij
in past years cannot be discon
tinued without unfavorable re
sults.
standard plassware In testing Itj
for the same purpose. :,