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Continuing the Springfield and Lane County ftar, Which Were Consolidated February 10, 1914
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Springfield, lane county, orkoon, 4
, SEPTEMBER 2, 1915.
VOL. XIV. NO.
LANE
COUNTY
NEWS
Iri'h
BOOTH-KELLY GO
TO EXTEND DOCK
FOR LUMBER PILES
In order to provide more stor
age room for lumber, tho Bootlf
Kolly company will bogln noxt
week driving piling for tho ex
tension of Its drlvo way east
ward ucroBfl 'tho pond .for 130
feet farther, nnd for the con
struction of two, gangways to
tho south, each a dlHlnnco of
400 fecL According to an
nouncement mnde this week by
Munagpr A. C. Dixon, seven
hundred piling will bo required,
nnd n force of ten men fornix
weeks or more.
Workmen will be down from
"Wcndling early noxt week to put
the pllo driver In order.
Mr. Dixon stated also that
plans huvo been drawn for a
traveling crane to bo used in
loading big timbers onto Hat
cars, but orders for Its construc
tion have not yet been issued.
FINDS SPRINGFIELD HAS
CHANGED VERY MUCH
Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Beard of
Yoncalla aro In Springfield vis
iting at the home of Dr. and
Mrs. 11. P. Mortonsen. When
Mr. Beard was a boy, 25 years
ago, ho lived In Springfield, and
he notices many changes since
that tlmo, lie has been in busi
ness In Yoncalla, but recently
old out, and may locato in this
place.
Mi Board complimented the
people of Springfield upon their
enterprise and especially upon
(lie damp ground maintained for
tire tourists. IIo Is traveling
through tho Willamette valley
by automobile.
TWO RAILWAYS SHOW
GREATER EARNINGS IN
1915 THAN LAST YEAR
Only two of the bIx railway
systems serving the Pacific
Northwest show increases in op
orating revenues for tho fiscal
year ending Juno 30, Compared i
With the fiscal year which Ortdetl tomber 22, the first day of the
Juno 30, 101-1. Theso wore theJLa County fair, were arrang
Grcat Northern, whose not earn-J e(1 for at a joint meeting of a
luge for tho fiscal year recently j committee from thd Motorcycle
closed showed an increase of !club this week. It Is planned to
$1,412,-170 over the proceeding
period, ami tne urcgon - wasn -
Jngton Ruilroad & Navigation
system, whose net earnings
from oneratlon for the nast fis-
.
cal vear woro S183.G71 create"
than for the year which ended j
Juno 30, 1914. Tho other four
railway systems showed losses
for the past fiscal year compared
with the preceding fiscal period,.
Tho official figures published
In tho Railway Ago Gazette .cov
ering Iho fiscal year ended Juno
30, 1016, show aB follows:
Southern Pacific Operating
revenues, $07j090,009; operating
expenses, $01,052,012; net oper
ating Income, $30,772,590; de
crease In neb income from pre
ceding year, $1,835,081.
Tho accuruals for taxes by
each of theso transportation
companies for tho ycdr were:
Great Northern, $g5,703,241;
Oregon Short Lulo, $0,800,172;
Oregon-Washington Ralfroad &
Navigation, $4,335,103; South
ern 'Pacific, $30,772,596; Spo
kano, Portland & Seattle, $1,
235,487. Tho six railroad systems of
the Pacific Northwest showed
inoro favorable conditions (for
May. and Juno ',than. tor,t any,
othr ichlf hi, U)Q fjs'cal year,
In tho latter month tho South
ern Pacific camo to tho front
for thd first timo wtlh an In
crease Of $002,20!) In not Oper
ating revenues over tho Bamo
mouth of a year ago, and thd
Spokane Portland & Seattle
commenced turning a monthly
decreaso Into nn Increase, the
net earnings for June showing
a gain of $12,402 ovor Juno of
last year.
LONG TIMBERS REQUIRED
FOR COAST FORK BRIDGE
A number of GO-foot thnbeni
woro brought this week from tho
mill at Mabel, consigned to Go-
. flhen, from which point George
Valller will haul them to the new
bridge- being constructed across
the Coast Fork of tho Willam
ette Tho timber contract Is
hold by a Cottage Grove mill,
but they could not get out tho
timbers in timo nnd had to have
another do tho work. Tho Cot
tage Grove mill will furnish also
200,000 feet of timbers for a
bridge to be built by tho Port
land Bridge company across the
Sacramento river below Duns-
inmlr.
Parsons & Solclm, who arc
doing the concrete, work on the
Coast Pork bridge, have one pier
completed and the abuttment In
for another.
Prosperity Near
Say Bankers
Chicago, Sept. 1. Bankers on
their ,wny to attend tho Annual
convention of tho American
Bankers' association at Seattle,
WaBh., declared thta a return
of prosperity Is at hand.
"When tho bank reserves,
which are greater now than they
have ever been in the .history of
the country, aro distributed, the
nation will enjoy almost unbe
lievable prosperity," Said Wil
liam A. Law of Philadelphia,
president of the association.
"Tho volume of money on hand
is so great that it cannot find a
natural outlet."
MOTORCYCLE RACES A
FEATURE OF THE FAIR
J
Seven races, to bo held Sep
:,nak theso races one of the big
iu wuu luxzua
offered, and it is, expected
that quite a number of outside
f1tl.l 1 ....III I
riders will be hero to
partici-
pate,
First, there will be an old-time
bicycle race of three miles, with
merchandise premiums. This
will hark back to the days when
tho bicycle race meets wero
quite common hero, and tho Uni
versity of Oregon always staged
a race of that kind at its field
meets. '
Tho motorjycle races as ar
ranged for are as follows:
Three miles, closed to outsid
ers, stock machines, prizes $15
and $10.
Free-for-all,, five miles, open,
prizes $15 and $10.
Five-mile race, closed, prizes
$25 and $10.
Ton-mile race, open, prizes
$20 and $10. '
$15, $10 and $5.
Fifteen-mile raco, open, prizes
Consolation raco, five miles,
for non-winnors, prizes SO and
$4.
On that day the much-tnlked-
of relay, foot race between tho
members Of tho fair board and
the city council Avlll bo nulled
off. This 'promises tP bo one of
tho big attractions of tho whole
fair.
LIMIT PLACED ON
SPEED OF HEAVILY
T
Tho council,-at a special meet
ing Monday evening, August 30,
passed two amendments to tho
motor vehicle ordinance, one
regulating the speed of -loaded
motor trucks and tho other re
quiring mufflers to bo closed or
ail motor vehicle (j. The new
amendments are as follows: N
2 A. It shall be unlawful to
LOADED
UGK
drive any motor vehicle loaded atlon was In session here, hun
with lumber, gravel, crushed jdreds of the leading educators
rock, lco or other heavy mater-spent much time at the Oregon
lals within tho town of Spring
field ' at a greater speed than
8 miles per hour; and when any
such loaded motor vehicle Is
driven across any bridge, cul
vert, railroad or street railway,
or on tho approach to any bridge
tho rate of speed shall be reduc
ed to 5 miles per hour.
3 A. No motor vehicle shall
be operated In the town of
SpringflcUf without the muffler
being closed.
An emergency clause was at
tached and theac amendments.!
nre now in effect. .
At a special adjourned coun
cil meeting Tuesday evening
an orumancc was passed pros
scrib regulations for the repairt
of sidewalks, giving the street;
committee and marshal powery
to compel repairs atonce, doing,
away with the old ten day notice
and providing that the repairs
so made, If not paid within twen
ty days, be made a Hen against
the property.
CUT HARVEST 40 YEARS
AGp IN SPRINGFIELD
Forty years ago D. D. Weddlo
cut grain in fields where the
Stewart addition is now thickly
populated. For years he has
been Rving in Linn county, just
north of Coburg. Now he has
returned and will make his home
fn the Douglas Gardens. Mr.
Weddle's family came several
weeics ago, DUt ne naa just ar
rived.
METHODIST LADIES AID
HOLDS ITS ELECTION
The Ladies Aid society of the
Methodist church met with Mrs.
,N Wi Winery Tuesday afternoon
nml eected officers for the en-
;sulnc vear ns follows: Presi-
(lenj. Mr8i copenhnver;
, t
president, Mrs. J. W. Coffin, sec
rotary, Mrs. Will Bishop; treas
urer, Mrs. R. W. Smith.
EARLY HOPS BRING 15 C.
John Seavey this week sold
his entire crop of early hops to
McNeff brothers of Portland, at
15 cents per pound. There were
1,000 pounds involved.
Call Springfield 2
wrappers.
for -butter
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Beaver-Herndon HrdwcurePompanyi
OREGON SCHOOL
METHODS ATTRACT
GE AT FAIR
Oregon Building, Panama-Pacific
Exposition, San Francisco,
Sept. 2. Oregonia'ns will be
.... . .
giau to Know tnat spnooi meth
ods now In vogue in both city
and rural schools throughout
the state are counted In the fore
front by educators, throughout
the country. During the time
the National Educational Assoei-
school exhibits in the Oregon
building and Palace of Educa
tion, and were enthusiastic In
praise of the work sp effective
ly attempted and more than a
few made complete copies of the
methods as exemplified in the
exhibits. Several California su
perintendents signified .their de
termination to institute the
methods of standardization, and
in three Instances have already
done so. IT. W. Foght, of the U.
S. department of rural education
had pictures taken of the work
exemplified In the Palace of Ed
ucation and will present the Ore
gon rural methods in a special
bulletin soon to be sent broad
cast throughout the natron.
Several foreign commissioners
have gone into Oregon methods
exhaustively, and will adopt
hem in their native lands'. The
exhibit of-the Portland School of
Trades, the public schools of
that city and the manuel train
ing and art work of the high
schools cfl Oregon, as shown
in the Oregon building, has at
tracted manyto the building,
arid the interest has been such
that none can doubt the univer
sal confidence that the Oregon
schools are doing an advanced
work along right lines. This
certainly ought to prove an en
couragement to those directing'
the work, and to the people who
,are paying the taxes by which
jtne work ,s made posslbIe
EUGENE TO ADVERTISE
"DOLLAR DAY" WIDELY
"Dollar Day" will be the great
est shopping day that- Eugene
has ever seen. This is the plan.
and determination of the com-
mlttec from the Lane County
Credit association, which has
the matter in chanre. This com-
NOT
vice-jmitteo is working with the solid
- - ' '
backing of the merchants,
who aro unanimous in their de
sire to co-operate to the fullest
extent of their ability Their ef
fort to make this a great day is
sincere, for they will back it up
by putting on sale goods that
contain a geater value than dol
lar for dollar.
"Use that dollar that is bank
ed away and make big Interest
on dollar day," was a slogan
suggested last night , and which
' A GOOD FISHERMAN
takes no chances with
doubtful tackle. He comes
hero 'where he is sure of get
ting tho kind that can be
depended upon. If you are
thinking of trying your
luck at the game come here
for your rods, reels, line,
hooks, etc. Wo have the
best of appurtenances that
help make fishing delightful.
Is sourfd advice, foj certainly a
dollar that is Invested and buys
mpre than 100 cents' worth of
goods Is earning a rate of Inter
est. ,
The advertising committee has
been Instructed to use space in
the papers outside of Eugene to
advertise the day. Everything
within the power of that com
mittee will be done to let the
people of Lane county know of
the values Eugene merchants
are offering. To accommodate
the shoppers the stores
WJH
probably remain open until
o'clock in the evening.
The Eugene band will play on
the streets in the morning to
entertain the crowd.
PennsyWnians
Hold a Picnic
former Pennyslvanlans of
Lane County gathered at Wal
ker's grove in West Springfield I
yesterday for a picnic, and had
a most enjoyable time, with bas-
ket dinner at noon, reminisenceslParty stopped, having seen the
of days in the Keystone state !slsn this side of Roseburg, and
and the election of officers. The
election resulted in the choice
of the following: President, J. C.
Dimm, Eugene: first vlce-nresl-
dent, George W. Taylor, Hayden
Bridge; second vice-president,
Ed. A. Kreamer. Eucene: secre -
tary, Kate Lansberry, Spring
field; treasurer, Mrs. VanValzah,
Springfield.
Interesting talks were made
by all of the officers in turn, who
told incidents of Pennsylvania
life, and compared that country
with- Oregon. Others who poke
were Rev. T. J. Wilson, Rev. Mr.
Fischer, and Mrs. J. C. Dimm of
Eugene. 'Mrs. Dimm summed it
all up by declaring:
"Oregon is what it Is today be
cause the Pennsylvanians came
here and made it so."
HOLD LAND PRODUCTS
SHOW IN PORTLAND
The Second Manufacturers
and Land Products Show will
be held in Portland from Octo
ber 25th to November 13th. It
will be presented by the Port
land Chamber of Commerce, the
most powerful commercial or
ganization in the Pacific North
west, assuring the greatest
Show of this kind ever given in
this part of the country,
Tlje Manufacturers and De
velopment Bureaus, two of the
most important in the work of ( Oregon Building, Panama-Pa-the
organization, jointly name cific Exposition, San Francisco,
the Directors of the Show which SePL 2- If Geo- M Hyland can
means the support of every busi- accomplish it, the Oregon huild
ness man in Portland. inS wlu be preserved with, the
the Armory will be used to Fine Arts Palace, and the dome
display the Manufactures. Its
location right down town as-
sures a big attendance. Other
buildings win rnntnit, finr.n
CJ ' -wv WVAUl
tioal and entertainment fea
tures. An Exposition annex
200x75 will' be erected for ..the
Land Products exhibit. Whjle
these exhibits will show the op
portunities for home-seekers,
they should, and will, be the
means of creating markets for
many special products.
Each county should feature
the specialities that it desires to
call to the attention of buyers
and tho general public,
Tho Show of 1914 proved its
worth in this particular by
bringing producers and buyers
together.
Tho Show comes at a time of
the year when all County Fairs,
as well as the State Fair at Sal
om, are over and the best of tho
spil products on exhibition at
. ,. (SJjtlnued on ago 3)
SHOWERBATH FE
AT SPRINGFIELD'S
CAMPING GROUNDS
A shqwer bath, free for the
use of autp tourists, was Instal
led this afternoon in tile garage"
building at the S minefield auto-
ists' camping ground. The work
is'belng done at the direction of
A. Norman, manager of the Ore
gon Power company, and the
company is doing the installing
of the pipes at its own expense.
Mr. Norman was in Springfield
this afternoon and stated also
that the company would provide
the lights and water necessary
for the grounds this summer.
Lights were put in place, .n the
building and under the hi& trees,
last Saturday.
Results are being obtained
i every day from the signs that
:nave been erected. Yesterday a
i the night before a party stopped
here as the result of a sign up
i the McKenzie. This latter party
had repair work done in Spring-
field sent to Eugene for some
1 supplies out or stocK nere ana
, returned to camp lor tne nlgnt.
Following have Registered
since the last issue of The News:
Mr. and Mrs. B. McAte and
child, Portland, Ore.
Mrs. E. C. Hayes, Miss , Min
nie Hayes, Miss Lottie M.- Stuart,
G. W. Isaac . and wile. Long
1 Beach, California. . .. r
Mrs. H, G. Tremain, Van. Cou
ver, B. C.
Mrs. W. G. Chandler, .Marsh
field, Ore. s
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Putnanal,
Seattle, Wash. ' " "
W. L. Phillips, H. A. Phillips,
Monmouth,. Oregon.
M. W. Shull, Mrs. M. W- Shull,
uVelma,
Edwin, Dorris Shull,
Wasco, Oregon.
E. M. Hammond, Mrs. E. M.
Hammond, Willie Hammond,
Merrill, Oregon.
C. A. Witcraft, Mrs. C. A..WU
chaft, Clarif Frank, Gladys, Har
old and Stacy, Salem, Oregon.
1 it '
Hope to Save
Oregon Building
or tUe Horticultural Palace,
The matter, has been broached
to Exposition officials and it. is'
said that President Moore and
I Commissioner R. B. Halehave
given the idea their hearty en
dorsement. Mr. Hyland and1 the
Oregon Commission are doing
all that is possible to bring ahOut
this greatly-to-be-desired dispo
sition of the Oregon building.
This structure Is on Presidio,
or government ground, and If
the government will make cer
tain concesions the Oregon Par
thenon will stand for many
years as a magnificent advertise-
meat or Oregon resources.
While the structure contains a
U3A
would brIng 110 more timn;the
COst of removine the structure.
so there is added reason for lea v-
ing the building stand as it is.
It is a tremendously substan
tial building, could be made to
serve splendid purpose for years
to come and would prove an 'Ex
position landmark that thous
ands 'would find ' pleasure in
viewing.-- : "; -lLjU