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THE LANE COUNTY NEWS W. A. dil'l Editor nnd Manager Published Every Monday and Thursday by the Lnno County IJub- llshing Association. RATES OF SUUSCRUTION. Ono Year $1.60 Six Mouths .75 J Throo Months Advertising Rates Furnished on Application. ,tu Member of tho State Editorial Association. Member of the Willamette Valley Editorial Association. vi .. And Remember to Get a Stop-Over for Springfield. SPRINGFIELD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 1G, 1915. STATE ROAD BONDS AND OTHER PLANS Not altogether popular throughout Oregon is the plan now being urged to have the state issue $10,000,000 in G per cent 25-year bonds, the proceeds of the sale of which are to be used in building good roads, which shall benefit alike the fanner, the merchant and the manufacturer. Good roads are something'that everybody wants and tho general principle that the state should aid substantially in the construction of the main traveled highways is so plainly right and just, that little room is left for argument. When confronted, however, with the proposition that the state should do this by issuing bonds, and that $10,000,000 would be the least amount that would suffice to carry out such extensive highway work as is contemplated, the hesita tion to approve the project is but natural. "Before the people of Oregon vote to saddle an enormous bonded indebtedness upon themselves, they should think twice," says the Astoria Budget. "Clatsop as well as several other counties in the state have had a little experience with this bonding fad, and to say the least, that experience has not been a pleasing one. Perhaps, the experience of the entire state would be still less pleasant. Anyway, the question is of enough importance to warrant the voters in giving it a little careful consideration before their enthusiasm plunges them into a hole that will mean the paying of unnecessary interest for many years to come." The above is a fair sample of the views of those who are in opposition to the bonding plan. The editor of the Budget, however, is not one of those content merely to denounce what he is not prepared to approve. On the contrary, he advances what he asserts to be a much better plan. By levying a special tax of 1 mill annually, says the Budget, and thus rais ing approximately $1,000,000 each year for ten consecutive years, the same result in road construction will be achieved at the end of the decade at a little over half the expense that would be entailed under the bonding plan. The annual addi tion of 1 mill to the state tax would not be an undue burden upon the taxpayers, and if this money -was properly handled by the state and judiciously distributed in aiding the various counties to construct main arteries of travel, it is more than probable that more effective road-building could be done than by having the money all at once and starting out to expend it in three to five years. The cost of construction on the ten-year plan would be only about one-half that of the 25-year bonding plan, for in terest at G per cent will require another $10,000,000 to be paid in addition to the principal. In this day and age one should never be forgetful of the old adage that "interest works while you sleep." Oregon may well take a lesson from her sister state of Washington, which has mapped out an extensive system of highways covering every section of the state, and at each leg- L Read! We have added a line of Crocks, Jars and Plain White Dishes to our already large and.complete line of Shelf Hard ware and Furniture. Call and look our stock over. It will pay you to keep tab on our store and prices. Something do ing all the time. We are continually adding new lines to our stock. Walker Holdroo! The House with the Goods We Lead, Others Follow Islative session appropriates as much money us (ho highway conunlsslonery dooniB may bo spent to good advantage In two years in connection with bucIi moneys ub the various counties may raise from time to time either by tax levy or bond Issue. Under thla plan of pay-as-you-go tlio Htato of Washington is laying tho foundation' for as lino a system of public high ways as any state In tho Union. Road building Is systemat ically done, under the supervision of competent state engin eers and permanent results are obtained from tho money expended. Tologram. THE BEST THERE IS it-. Absolutely speaking, no such thing as good government has ever boon known, says the Saturday Evening Post. About nil Imaginable forms have been tried nnd every one has shown notable failings. Government itself Is at most only half a good thing. Its most important functions are a product or human fallings. Probably a community of saints would have no use for any government. Government is undergoing a tremendous efficiency test just now. Considered as un organization for conducting tho public business of a great community, tho government of the United States is undoubtedly Inferior to that of Germany. Hut government is more than merely a concern for carrying on public business. It is a compact, a bond that Involves our relations. Personally we would much rather tolerate the weakness of our form of government than have a man in tho United States in whoso presence it was not permissible to stand with a hat on, and concerning whom ono could not, if one were so minded, lawfully express the opinion that he wan au ass. Probably a free government can never be so efficient ns a bossed one. That seems to be one of the Inherent defects of democracy. Tho demagogue is another defect. In short, democratic government Is far from absolutely good, yet It is the best there is. WOULD A BOND ISSUE HELP? President Sproule of the Southern Pacific Company, in a letter to the Portland Chamber of Commerce, says the com pletion of the Natron-Klemath Falls cutofT is delayed by hos tile public sentiment nnd legislation that has made It impos sible to obtain the necessary money to complete the work. The immediate prosperity of Springfield would be vastly advanced by the building of this road, and the consequent erection of shops here. Roseburg and Grants Pass have both within the past few months, voted bonds to assist in the construction of railroads one from Grants Pass to the California coast, and the other from Roseburg into the timber. Three hundrd thousand, four hundred thousand, or even five hundred thousand dollars would not be very much com pared with the ten or eleven millions that will be required to finish the cutoff, but any one of those amounts would make up quite a bit of the difference between old-time interest rates, and the rates prevailing at this time. And a gift of a half million would certainly show a lack of any spirit of an tagonism. Wouldn't the business justify the expense? Notice to Creditors. Votlco is hereby Elven that tho un Uerslgned Vlnn McLean has been ap pointed administratrix of the estate of Jahalan T. Witter, deceased, by tho Probato Court of Lane county. Orccon. and that all persons navmp EV6 NEV4 SWU. tho NE4 SE4 SWU. tho W NWU SKV4. tho SWtt SEU. Sec. 30; tho NW'4 NB. tho SWV4 NE',4, tho NEW SE',4 NWfc, Sec. 31, T. 21 S.. U. 3 E.. 100 acres, application of Charles McNclt. I.aplno OrcKon; List G-1GS5, I). K. I'AHitOTT claims against said estate are requlr-1 Actlr.B Assltant Commissioner of the ed to filo the same, duly verified, With the said administratrix at Springfield. Oregon, or at tho law olllco of Will lams & Boa" Eugeno, Oregon, within six months from tho date of the first publication of this notice. Dato of llrst puuncaiion, juiy in. 1915. VINA MCLHA.N, Administratrix. ,'ILLIAMS & DEAN, Attorneys for Lstate. Th toS-19. General Land Olllco. July 19, 191G. W woe.wio. Mall IA. THE "GREATER OREGON" With now building, bettor equipment, en. lanced eruuiirlii, untl many mlilltfoim to It fuculty.thn UiilvrU)'f Oreeon will bceln IU fortieth year, TueMlitr, Heptmnber 14, 1010. KducIuI training In Couiuieri'r, JournnlUm, Architecture Lnw.MeUJcliin.TeachlMi;, Libra ry Work, Munlc. rhytlpul T'vlulnir nnd Pino Art. LurKuandiitroiiirileimrtmeiiUof Liber al Pducr.ton. Library of morothnti ftS.OPO volumes, thir teen buildliiCH fully equipped, two upleudld icininuUuiii. Tuition Finn, Dorr.iItui lcK for men and for women. Kxuenuo Lumvtt. 4 V rile for t roo cataloe i.iiUi'i tsslne ItcuUtrur UNIVERSITY OF OREGON ESTORATION TO ENTRY OF LAND IN NATIONAL FOREST NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT tho lands described below, era- braclni; 325.7a acreB, within tho Cascade, Siusiaw, Deschutes National Forest, Oregon, will he subject to set tlement and entry under the provi sions of the homestead laws of the United States and tho act of June 11, 190G. (3-1 Stat.. 233.) at tho United States land offlco at Rosoburg, Ore gon, on September 30, 1915. Any set tler who was actually and In good faith claiming any of said lands for agricultural purposes prior to Janu ary 1, 190G and has not abandoned same, has a preference right to make homestead entry for the lands act ually occupied. Said lands wero list ed upon tho applications of tho per sons mentioned below, who nave a preference right subject to the prior right of any such settler, provided ouch settler or applicant is qualified to malco homestead entry and tho prefer ence right is exercised prior to Sep tember 30, 1915, on which date the lands will bo subject to settlement and entry by any qualified person. The lands are as follows: Tho SEW I NE'j 8EW NWU, Seo. 4, T. 21 S R. (3 E., W. AL, 2.50 acres, application of ; James H. Chenoweth, Oakrldgc, Ore gon; List G-1D59. A tract of land with ,in Sec. 28, T. J 7 S., R. 10 XV., described !c.s follows: Beginning at corner No. 1 1, whence tho quarter corner common to Sees. 28 and 33 bears S. 15 chains; ( xtbiidlng thenco N. 5 chains; thenco f9 degrees 64 minutes E., 12 chains; I thence N. 10 chains; thencs S 89 do ,greoa 54, inin. W 12 chains, thenco S. ,0'i degrees 15 mln. W.,-21.80 chains; thenco S. 10 chains; ticncc S. 65 tie jgrcos E 7.Q3 chains; thenco N. 57 .degrees 30 minutes E., 15 chains; to tho place of beginning, except a strip of land 22,73 links wide, described, as follows; beginning at a point on the eastern boundary 4.85 chains north of corner No. 3, extending thenco 11.3G5 links on each sldo of a lino running N. 02 degrees 30 minutes V., 8 chains; I S. 34 degrees W 21 chains; N. 08 ' degrees 45 minutes W., 13.59 chains : to tho point of closing on tho bound ary, and oxcopt ajso tho nrea hereto fore restored under list 0-338. tho net area hereby listed being 21.07 acres, application of Jra Harrington, Maple- ton, Oregon: List G-1594. All of lot 10 ! except a strip 10 chains wldo off tho west siuo, Hoc. 18, T..Z0 8., R. 2 E.22. acres, application of John I'olzell. IHakolyvillo, Qrogon; List 0-1045. Tho, Classified Ads For Sale, Fent, Wanted, Eto. LOST Black music roll, con tabling three portfolios. Kin der please return Airs. Knapp, studio at corner of Klfth and C streets, Springfield. It PRIVATE SALE Extension ta ble rocker, iron beds, springs, mattress, dresscr.garden tools etc. IlargalnB. 15138 Moss St., Kairmount. Tel. 417-R, Eu gene. KOR SALE OR TRADE Now six room bungalow bn im proved lot 50x150, trees, out side city limits, city water,, sewerage, wired for electric lights, one mock trom mac ndam street. Will trade for Springfield property. AddresB E. R. Spencer, Cottage Grove Oregon. FOUND Bolt knife in sheath. Call at this office, describe property and pay for this adv. and take knife. 48 KOUND Curry comb and brush Call at this office. KOR SALE Good Oat Hay, Baled. $10 delivered in Spring field. Phone 22K-2 C. R. Sylvester nt KOR SALE Wheel cliair and crutches cheap. See them at Uaydon & Metcalf's. 55-0-7 NU-BONE CORSETIERE Mrs. Anna IJ. Uhl, 1798 Columbia Ave, Eugene. Phone 838-J. Hours 7 to 9 a. m. and 0 to 10 p. m. th54 t4 Commercial printing carefully executed at tho News " printing plant , i sat mt&i 1 Stnrt n Bank Account on ONE DOLLAR nnd VVntch it Grow First National Bank Will furnlih to everyone who will become a depositor to the amount of one dollar or more, a hancloome Homo Savings Bnnlc to uie. You are Invited to call and nok for one of theie s.ifet. If you are already a depoeltor you are entitled to one to me. Very low peoplo can save In larae amount!. If you wait until you can depotlt a larae amount you may never begin. Everyone can eave In a email way. He who drifts Into tho hrfblt of spending at he aoes will alwaya remain poor. Tho Bank Keeps the Koy This Homo Unvlngs Rank Is lonnud to you froo of chnrgo. Oiiu dollar of your account Is to bo hold to Insure Its return; hut rumemhur this dollar belongs to you; can ho drawn by you nt tiny lluio on return of tho tiufu. The Best Groceries For Less Money The Fifth Street Grocery Thos. Sikes, Prop. Phone 22 OUR GROCERIES arc famouH for quality and wo save you money on what you buy .hero. We sell Dependable Coffees and Teas and everything else is dependable which wo sell. Nice & Miller Op Commercial State Bank Phone J .1 a nmQT MATMMAi dam! ciifinwc nocnnw 3 MHO I IXmiUIVHL UHllfAj LUULIlL) UIILUUN Established 1883 $303,000.00 a Capital and Surnlus 4 Jl Intnrfiuta nil Snvliii'B AomntilH n ml Tmin I loriiflpnina Olllco Ninth hihI l'ouil Hm i-ii'iiiiiiiiv kv.i OR M. Y. SHAFFER, D.V.S. VETERINARY SURGEON AND DENTIST Suito 2. Phono 888, EUfJENB, OHE Residence over Dodge's Store Commercial Printing at tho News Office. W. F. WALKER UNDERTAKER FUNERAL DIRECTOR Office Phone 62; F.'eeldence 07-J West Main St. Harness, Shoes, Gloves Harness and Shoes Repaired at The Harness Shop CAREFUL, CONSCIENTIOUS Dentistry DR. J. E. RICHMOND PHONE8Office, 3; Residence, 116-J Over Commercial Bank, Springfiold, Oregon. I O. R.GulIion, M.D. Practice Limited tl Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Graduate Nurse Attending 306, White Temple, Eugene. Office In City Hall, 8prlnnfleld, Ore. HERBERT E. WALKER NOTARY PUDLIC For butter wrappers phono Springfield 2. POLK'S' OREGON and WASHINGTON Business Directory A Directory of tuch city, Town ami Villous, (,'ivlne dcicrlptlvo (ketch at each place, looatlou, population, tele. fcruiin, juiippinv aim uanKinif point alio Clamined Directory, cornpllod tiy uuiincne ana proiuMicii. it. r roue ic oo.. sicattms J. H. BOWER Lavyor. Phono 1221 031 Willamette St. Eugene, Oregon See Edwards &Brattaii For Farm and City Property Exchangee a Specialty Springfiold - Qreor Phone 30 Call Springfield 2 for butter wrappers,
