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About The Lane County news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1914-1916 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1915)
Ore, notorial Boc, X THE LANE COUNTY NEWS Continuing tho Sprlngflold nnd Lnno County Star, Which Woro Conoolldatod February 10, 1914 Kulf"l IViriurir II, t ill,' i iriilnil'l i 'r ritiin, i nutlcr iimliir Nctol Ciitmia at M rti, IMV SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1915. VOL. XIV. N0.6r$'& ATTORNEY TOLD TO Council Hears Communica tion from Company Water Supply Pure Tho erection of billboards in Springfield wtiH ono of the prin cipal HtihjectH of discussion at the regular monthly hchhIoii of the town council Monday even ing, and iih a result of (he talk, the city attorney was Instructed to Investigate what rights the municipality Iiub in the way of regulating tlieHo boards. A com munication wan read from Paul Kelty or the Willamette Poster company, asking that the coun cil give careful conHlderatlon to the claims of the hoards as a le gitimate business. 1 le offered to furnish the city with copies of the hill hoard ordinances of other cities of the size of Sprlng lleld. and stated he would have no objection to any reasonable regulations the city might make A representative of the com pany was also present, and sub mitted copies of high court de cisions regarding the billboards. Councilman Peery reported that tests had been made of 1-1 samples of drinking water from wells and from the city mains, nnd that all tested good. Councilman tfouwlck reported on the streets that Had noon oil ed and the repairs to Second street. I "eery and Kenwlck reported in favor of making arrange ments to take water from tho mill race to Hush the lagoon Into which the town sewage runs. The matter of appointing a town health olllcer was discus sed at some length and was then laid on the table. Chler Stnnigor was given a leave of absence for a woy days. ROAD CHANGES ARE MADE IN SEPTEMBER Now Amondmont to Law Pro vides Ono Cortain Timo. Changes in (lie boundaries of road districts in the county must bo made at (lie September term of the county court,, according to an amendment to the law as passed by tho last legislature. The members of the Lane coun ty commissioners' court have by mistake been telling tho road su pervisors and others Interested that the changes are to bo made at. the October term, but In look lug up the law they found that (ho amendment reads Septem ber. Heretofore the changes have been made at any time of tho year, but the new law says that they can only be made once a year and only at the September term, As tho term begins on the first day of the month, those who desire changes In the road districts will have to get their petitions circulated at once In order to present them In time. Tho amendniont as passed by the legislature roads as follows: "Sec. 0313. The county courts of tho several counties of this state shall, as often as they may doom necessary, but no oftoner than once a year, divide their respective counties or any part thereof, into suitable road dis tricts, each of which shall he numbered, and causts a brlof de Borlptlon of tho same to bo en- INVESTIGATE BILLBOARD RIGHTS tered upon the county records. Each county court, at the Sep tember term thereof, 11)10, shall so arrange the road districts of the county as to conform to tho provisions of (Ills section, and at the September (erm of said court every year thereafter and at no other term make such changes In the road districts of the county as may be deomd necessary, provided, that all road districts formed under the provisions of this act shall be formed from contlnguoiiB territory." KENNETH PARKER FALLS TO DEATH Nophow of Lnno County Shoriff Moots Tragic Fnto nt Colfax, Washington. Kenneth Parker, JO year-old son of C. A. Parker and nephew of Shorirr .1. C. Parker, died Mon thly, at CoKax, Washington, as a result or injuries received when he fell from a load of hay and waB run over by the wagon, according to a telegram received in Eugene Monday. Tho boy's father was known as Al when living hi Lane county The little follow was a twin. Tho message received by the sheriff did not give any details of the accident. Mandate Made in O. & C. Land Case Portland, August 12. The United States supremo court mandate in tho Oregon &. Cali fornia land grant cases was re ceived yesterday morning by United States District Attorney Heames. It will be Hied next Monday, tho next illing day, and the formal decree will be sub mitted to the local federal court within ten days after that. The mandate, dated August 7, gives Congress six months In which to determine what shall be done with the 2,300,000 acres of land for which, however, the railroad is to receive $2.50 an acre. RURAL SCHOOLS WILL BE THEME FOR GRANGE Mrs. Luclna Richardson, who is an instructor in the Spring field public schools, and who has been taking special work at the University of California summer school, will be (he principal speaker at the open session of the Springfield grange Saturday afternoon, August 11 at 1:30 p. m The session is an open one and the public is invited. Mrs. Richardson's subject will bo "Rural Schools of Oregon nnd Caliiornia." NEW TAX LAW IS EXPLAINED A rush in tax paying during the latter part of this month and all of next Is expected by Sheriff Parker, who now has charge of tax collections. Mr. Parker finds that there Is much confusion concerning tho state tax laws, which have been changed a number of times during the last few years. "If one-half of tho taxes on any property for this year, that Is, the 1914 tax roll, shall have been paid before the first day of April, 1015, tho second half of such taxes may be paid at any time before tho first day of Oc tober without any Interest or penalty of any kind, but If tho second half Is not paid by the first day of October, 1915, a 10 per cent penalty, together with 1 per cent Interest, shall bo add ed," ho said in explaining tho now law. "If in case there has been no payment or no half payment mndo before September 1, 1915, then on that day thero shall bo added a 10 per cent penalty and nn Interest charge of 1 per cent n month thereafter." OREGON HOP CROP FOR 1915 WILL BE LESS THAN 100,000 BALES J. L. Clark, Vice-President of Oregon Association, Finds Heavy Damage by Mould and Vermine. The Oregon hop crop for 1915, which had been var iously estimated at from 140,000 to 100,000 bales, will bo less than 100,000 bales, according to J. L. Clark, vice-president of the Oregon Hop Growers Association, who this afternoon completed an inspection of tho greater part of hop acreage In Oregon. He has traveled (500 miles since Saturday, and has been able to form now an accurate estimate of the crop. Vennine have entered the yards of the Middle Willamette Valley counties, and in many cases have wrought so much damage that the yards will not be picked at all. In the vicinity of St. Paul, Mt. Angel, Silvcrton and Yamhill the greatest damage has been wrought and the crop in this territory will be 75 per cent short, according to Mr. Clark's estimates. Around Independence, Dallas, Auroni the crop will be fair, with fields of superior hops to offset any damage there may be by mould. In Lane County there has been little damage done, and the crop will be approximately the same as it was last year. Failure to spray at the proper time,-following a per iod of cloudy and rainy weather, is ascribed by Mr. Clark as the cause of the damage. On Tuesday Mr. Clark, W. II. Brothy and C. G. Coad, as a committee of the Hop Growers Association, visit ed S7 yards In the lower valley, and found that in 51 of these there would be no hops picked. TRAINS TO COOS BAY BY MAY 1, SAYS CAMPBELL Doclaros the Country Through Which Line Traverses Beauti ful; and Has Croat Possibil ities. D. W. Campbell, assistant gen eral manager of the Southern Pacific company, hopes for the completion of tho work on the Willamette Pacific railway be tween Eugene and Mashfield by the first or May, 1910, so that trains may begin operating to Coos Ray by that time. Man ager Campbell returned to Eu gene last night from a trip to the Ray. He was accompanied by Frank L. Rurckhalter, superin tendent or tho lines In Oregon, T. W. Younger, assistant super intendent, Ralph Moody, attor ney Tor the Southern Pacific in Portland, and Engineers II. F. Hoey and W. R. Fontaine, in charge of construction. He left a few minutes after his arrival for Portland. "I was agreeably surprised to find such a splendid country through which the road ex tends," said Mr. Campbell. "Par ticularly around Marshfield and North Rend. There are splendid opportunities in that part or the state, and 1 hope wo will not re grot building the road. "My trip to that country, which was the first I have made, was ror no other purpose than to get the location In mind. The operating department of the company will not take the road Beaver-Herndon Hardware Company 5 over until it is entirely completed to Marshfield. It will not even take over the portion that has been completed and in operation for some time, until the work is completed.. -It-will bo entirely under the supervision of Mr. Hood, chief engineer of the company, until then. I expect the road to be in operation to Coos Ray by May 1. "The country through which the new road passes is one of the most delightful places in the west," continued Mr. Campbell. "I have never seen a more beau tiful country for tourists. Fish ing is good, the shooting is good, and the water is good. It is a magnificent layout." Manager Campbell made the prediction that the big bridge across the Siuslaw river at Cushman would be completed within six weeks, and said that work on the Umpqua bridge will begin just as soon as some of the machinery can be spared from tho work on the Siuslaw span. This will be in a short time, ho said. Ho stated that there will be no train service south of Cushman before the road is entirely completed, as there would be no business in 'that section of the territory tra j versed to speak of until the I trains are operated out of ' Marshfield and North Bend. I Ballast for the entire track between the Siuslaw and Coos Bay will come from the pits at I Natron, a short distance above Eugene. Manager Campbell :said the gravel from the pits there makes first-class ballast. OUR CUTLERY AND HARDWARE are of standard makes, but our prices are much lower than you have been accus tomed to pay in the past for Buch assortments as ours: Everything standard but the price. Our guaran tee Ib your protection for ficlency. satisfaction and lasting ef- as evidenced by the smooth track between Eugene and Cushman. "The completed track is an excellent piece of workman ship," said the assistant gener al manager. "It Is first class construction all the way through. Mr. Iloey and his as sistants have built a splendid road." Mr. Campbell, when asked If there were prospects for an ex tension of the road down the coast from Marshfield to connect with the Northwestern Pacific at Eureka, said: "We do not hope for a road down the coast very soon. Why should we spend more money while our main line to California can take care of all the business? This road will no doubt come some time in the future, but not In the near fu ture absolutely no. The terri tory Is logically our, and it will be only good business policy for our company to take care of it as soon as it is needed. "The construction of the Wil lamette Pacific," continued Mr. Campbell "will not only do the country on the coast good, but it will do Eugene good for all of this territory will be tributary to your city. The country through which the road extends is sus ceptible to development, and I think our line will have much to do with its being settled and its resources developed." Mr. Campbell was asked as to whether the Southern Pacific was in any way identified with the much-discussed Grants Pass-Crescent City line, and he emphatically denied it. "The Grants Pass-Crescent City line was projected by the people of Grants Pass to develop the Illinois Valley," he said. "There has been considerable jtalk of building this line for sev eral years or more. Recently Mr. Twohy took the project over. The relations of Mr. Twohy and our company have always been most friendly, but we have no connection whatever with this project. Last week we rented him some cars and equip ment to be used on the project, but he will pay for their use. It was simply a neighborly turn. "The same is true of the new road at Roseburg. Mr. Kendall of Pennsylvania, is projecting 30 or 40 miles of road there to de velop a mill and timber. We want to do all we can in a neigh borly way to assist him, but we have no other connection with it. Mr. Campbell has a very large territory and he laughingly re marked that while he had head quarters, most of his business was transacted in his private car while traveling. He has the ter ritory between Oakland and Og den, and the lines to Portland. In addition to this rail service he has all the ferries and boat service. At Oakland they now handle 127 trains per day. PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING The anual meeting of the stockholders of the Lane County Publishing Association was held last evening, at which time the board of directors consisting of Thomas Slkes, E. E. Brattain, J, II. Bower, J. F. Smith and M. Fenwick was unanimously re elected. At the directors' meet ing following, Mr. Slkes was re elected president and Mr. Bow er secretary. W A. Dill was re employed as editor and manag er. The renort of the manager showed a material growth In the business of tho paper, with tho most decided upward trend in recent months. FRUIT III WILL PLAN A CAMPAIGN AGAINST BLIGHT Special Meeting of Associa tion Men and Others is Called for Saturday Concerned because of the rav ages of the pear blight, orchard ists of Lane County will hold a mass meeting in Eugene on Sat urday afternoon, August 14 at 2 o'clock to consider the prob lem. Officers of the Horticultur al society have issued the fol lowing call: A special meeting of interest to all fruitgrowers in Lane coun ty has been called for Saturday, August 14th, 1915, at 2 P. M., at the Commercial Club rooms at Eugene, Oregon, for the purpose of taking some action to quell PEAR BLIGHT which is mani festing itself in certain parts of the county. Commissioner C. A. Parks of Salem will be present and ad dress the meeting. All Interested in the fruit in dustry are urged to be present. This meeting is called under the auspices of the County Hor ticultural Society. C. A. MERRIMAN, President. C. H. SEDGWICK, Secretary. LANE . COUNTY .DIVIDED. INTO HEALTH" DISTRICTS Local Registrars to be Named to Report to State Board Will be Great Benefit. Dr. David M. Roburg, state health officer, was in Springfield Monday evening in connection with the dividing of Lane coun ty into local primary registra tion districts, in accordancev with the new law passed by the last legislature and formulated by the census bureau of the de partment of commerce and la bor, and called the "model law." This law consists of a thor ough and uniform system of re gistration of births and deaths throughout the state and to make the system through local registrars throughout the var ious counties of the state are ap pointed. These registrars are to receive reports from doctors and midwives in their respective districts as to births and reports from the undertakers as to deaths. When the undertaker files a death certificate the lo cal registrar gives a burial per buried until this permit is issued. Dr. Roburg says it is practi cally the same law as the state had before, but formerly the county health officer received these reports. Previously the law could not be enforced on ac count of the great distances from the scene of death to the county seat where the county health officer is located. The death certificates came strag gling in so slowly that it was im possible to enforce this part of the law. Dr. Roburg spent a number of hours in the county seat court room dividing Lane county into these primary districts. He de signates the following cities and towns as the centers of the var ious districts, mapped out by him: Eugene, Springfield, Cot tage Grove, Junction City, Flor ence, Creswell, Oakridge, Jas per and Elmlra. (Continued on Fage 4) i