Ore, notorial Soc. X v 4 -I Continuing the Springfield and Lane County ftar, Which Were Consolidated February 10, 1914 Kntft Vrtrutrv u. Iiil.u 4tri'ui i' I .Or euon. Miaoontl. oImi matter under aotot Coniro olMrh,l79 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 5 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