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About The Lane County news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1914-1916 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 6, 1915)
t- V.I, I f " ' , .ay? - i s Continuing; the Springfield and Lane County Star, Which Wore Consolidated February 10, 1914 KiiUrpt I'.t'mmrr II, out irtin,1ii I .Or roii, mieuond e)iu mnllor under UoI Conors of u rli, )R7tf SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1915. VOL.XlV.NO;-4f 3l u J'-'y v'Hf,x '. a k m Tril l r jt i m , , m i sm LAJU1N 1 I JAMES A. EBBERT CALLED BY DEATH IN HIS 84TH YEAR James A, Ebbert, pioneer, rc tlretl (armor and highly cutoem od as aTruly self-mado man, ro colvod tho death summons at 10 o'clock Thursday night. De ceased was residing on Ills farm, three and one-half miles north cast of Springfield when called to hlH reward. Ho was aged 81 year; death being duo to infirm ities. Tho funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 1:510 at tho homo, three miles cast of town, and were conducted by Rev. J. T. Moore of tho Springfield MothodlBt church. Airs. J. E. Mr. D. S. Bcals and Mr. S. Young aang beautifully. Details of the funeral arrangementB were In ohargo of W. R Wajkcr. Intcr Jitont was made in the I. 0. 0. F. cemetery, Eugene. Mr. Ebbert leaves two bro thers, William and Harrison, in Oregon, 'and a sister, Mrs. A. II. Morris of Stockport, Iowa. Mr. Ebbort was known as ono of tho most prosperous pioneer ranchmen in this portion of Lnneo County. At tho ago of 1(5 years, Mr. Ebbert left tho par ental roof, Fayette county, Pen nsylvania, and began earning his own living. He accompanied his brother to Iowa in 1851, and up on his arrival there rented some land that ho "cultivated for a year. At tho ond of that time ho continued his journey westward to Oregon, having been 80 dayB crossing tho prairies with an ox team. Mo first located near Ilillsboro In Washington county, but subsequently went to the Rogue rive country and pros pected In tho gold mines. He re turned" to Portland in 18C2 and the next year he came to Lnno' county and look up a donation claim near Springfield. Deceas ed SQld this tract In 1859 and in vested In 1G0 acres of land which formedtho nucleus of his pres ent much, and continued his ag ricultural pursuits, extending his holdings until the estato com prised 5000 acres in Oregon and Washington. On tho 15th of December, 1853, Mr'. Ebbert was united In marriage to Elizabeth Brattaln, Who was born in Illinois. She was tho daughter of Paul Brat taln who crossed tho plains in 1852 and located on a donation claim In tho vicinity of Spring field. Mrs. Ebbert passed away July 29, 1902. MAY ELECTRIFY ROAD IndepondoncorMonmouth Lino to Uso Orogon power Co. 'Power Mr. Illrschberg, who owns and operates two and a half miles of steam railroad between Independence and Monmouth Is seriously contemplating the electrification of his line, bo ltovlng that besides being ennb led to render more ofilclent Horvlco tho more modern method of transportation would prove more economical, Tho present steam equipment is somowhat dolapldated Irani long use, and inasmuch as improvement is found to bo necessary in tho near future, electrification ap pears to Mr. IIIrschbers to. bo tho thing. ThO'Progon Power ' company, operating' fin -tDallas, Independence ahd -Monmouth, would probably supply olcotrieal oncrgy, it being In position to furnish Jftlec'.for tho purpose atj a comparatively low rate. The estimated cost, including Installation of all nccessnry ma- r'hlnnrv imrl ntttiiirnl tiu In ntu I proximately $14,000. Under : present, conditions three men aro required to operato a train of locomotjve and ,ono car, whereas ono man only would be uccossary under the proposed system. Tho actual, running tlnio-ls about three hours out of twenty-four. The saving wider tho proposed system Is apparent. Observer. v 1 FARMERS WILL INSPECT STATE ' 300 Middle We3tornrn to Soo Oregon in October Portland, Oregon, Sept. C. Three hundred farmers aro coming to Oregon next month with an actual view to settling here. They will travel In two special trains running out of Chicago over tho Union Pacific. L. C. Anderson, exposition commissioner of the Union Pa cific system, who will be In charge of the trains, said this morning that these trains mean i Oregon can get actual farmers If she will go after them. The trains will probably arrlvo hero on October 15. After leav ing Chicago they will make no stop-overs until It readies Ore- .livestock marketing ideas to In g01l elude all farm products. By the After ccttlntr to this state establishments of . an offlce in stops will bb mndo along tho lino in order that the farmera nmV have an opportunity to get out and boo some oT tho country. "Some of thoJtowH3,"saldtMr.!couU1 e advised of available Anderson, "are afroadv iretthut ready idy to ako care of the-visit- my ui uiku tun, ui uie i3ii i. They are pfenning to take 3m. about n nuLioblles ors them, about in automobiles and show them the country injthe consumpr alike, tho best noBsible vav " lMr- Macplicrson's suggestions The trams will carry only ac- A...., e i... i i,.: umi lunuuiH vuu iwvo iuui uv- Ing on farms in the Middle West. . , LOAD OF STRAW TIPPED ' ONTO ODDFELLOWS The members of the I. O. O. F. lodge who were going to Spring field Thursday had an exper ience that was not on the pro gram, but probably caused more amusement than the regular program. Tiioy were In an open motor truck. On the lull other sido of tno rocic quarry i thovmetMr Ornurd with a load ' Of Straw JUSt as tho auto load passed, the load of straw tipped over tho truck, burying the oc-j oupants-underneath. They were oau leiiows an ngnt as tnoy emerged from their covering., No one was in hired. Cottauo ! Grovo Leader. , I riiv a 1 1 nunm r 1 mi a ' VISIT IN THE EAST City Attorney J. II. Bower left yestorday for Nebraska, going by way of Portland, Salt Lake and Denver. Ho will return about October 1 by the Santa Fo, vlsting his slBtor, Miss Fran cos. Bower at the normal school, Flagstaff, Arizona, and spend ing a few days at the San Fran cisco fair. S. P. Ness will look after his practice while ho is kugent-Falrinount Brick Co. -lias added a tile plant at Monroe. Tho company will mako hollow structural tllo next year. Tho Burlington railroad has asked for bids from north.west mills on 20,000,000 foot of. 9m; timber. .. . , . . ' jt-' A .1512,000,0.00, steamship ccm pany has been 'organized to on- di'ato hotNveen' Boston valid PavyJ clflc Coast ports; v N LEAGUE TO DISCUS MARKET PLAN OF O.A.G. PROFESSOR The possibility of establishing a public or co-oeratlvo ih'arkotfnprjh that would benefit allko the pro- - duccr, tho merchant ,and tho consumer was suggested last wcel by Hector Macpherson, jdlroctor of the Bureau of Organ- Jzatlon of markets, of Oregon Agricultural college, who had taken up the matter of extend- i Hurd, chairman of tho Pomona Grango committee on market ing. The Lane county grange Is endeavoring lo .extend and stabilize the markets for tho j farmers', products, and to this end aro establishing public mar kets and adopting other meth ods. Mr. Macpherson came to Springfield and took up the mat ter with officers of tho Spring field Development League, and :thc question will come up for further discussion at tho league meeting tomorrow night. Mr. Macpherson suggested the possibility of extending the egg circle and the co-operative .town - under ue auspices of the blunge, or oiuer larmers- or- .Ranteatlon, and a town organiz- iuuuu' "u weeves ine mercnants supplies and the prouueerff couU1 ,earn of demands for tho . Pn,ifc n.io f fi, dnTcrcnt products this to the advantage of the producer and ...111 f 11.. In v-"",w " ""-'-""b tho Leairue tomorrow nlirhf. n tho League tomorrow night, and - 7 ' " - ours uesire 10 see tae mm, tro- blbitio;'V the League meeting 'is called for 7:30 sharp at tho League rooms. INDUSTRIAL NOTES Pilot Rock Cattle Industry can operate without an actual booming one grower shipped loss, which will be an improve 23 care. I ment over conditions that have Scio milk condonsery closed 'prevailed. , down. Prices of canned milk so 1 There is a much greater de- thetow tierc no profit in manu- rncturing. Tins cits oir employ- ing labor ftU-d this market for lu""ul a wim. oumcumta itlUn88 are too cheap. n T w mhmnml wnc nnll lfi ESJS attack of tonollitis. t m. Fenwick was called to. Portland this morning on busi- ness matters. Norwood Cox Is expected back , . , .. . Ems few days' lUO past 1CW UayS. Grant Hendricks of the Mc-, KexMo, suffered Sllghtl n juries , iS Lane County at the exposl about ho head Friday evening lion," says County Judge Harry when his team ran away at thoiL. Bown Thursday. "What we corner of Second and A streets lmve in the contingent fund is and was qverturned back of tho First National Bank. A few parts Of the harness-were broken, but there was no other damage. 1 I. Beaver-Herndon- Harflare Company HEIGHTS SWEPT BY FLAMES Kl infill TfiniV A N 1 1 1 Ml I AT III II U U it I U Ull I 7 Fire which started at tho E HERALD ond, of tho Emerald4"1 "'"r.'6. 1 "1U Blulu Wli Heights during tho noon hour . . ... iguay, swept along tne, east biuo(: . : , ,T , fi?.,i fnr n ,i,n,i n,rt Islature repealed the census law, lisldences of Carl Fisoher andwaf the onl? Pn.y. lfbat was W. O. Barnes. I'cft over' an" th'8 ,8 being used The home of Mrs. Wcchtcri10r expenses tnat were not iig- on' the north end of the butte had the norrowest escape, The whole hill was .burned over by the wild fire or the back fires. - The department was called 'the first time in many months and by back-firing and the use of hose, soon had the fire under control. Nothing but grass was burned, and the loss is nominal. SOME IMPROVEMENT j; IN LUMBER MARKET Mills Optimistic When Price Is , Such That-They Can Opor- ate Without Actual Loss j' There -are slight indications of an Improvement in. the lum ber business. It has got so most anything Is encouraging in the lumber business that is not an actual decrease in the price of lumber and a raise of a few cents per thousand, even if niostly on paper, makes those dependent upon the lumber busl- mfess-f ell optimistic. " ', twu, 1,1 uu" vicinity, those of Brown and nnrnHni? &ab? While only two mills in this during the past summer, the in dications' are that neither mill f;will shut down entirely, which !is much better than had beeu honed for. Orders are a little ,rtr fr. Mm,, tiftv lmv i,er , " , , , trouble is to get a price at uucu iuaro 18 a Puu xllvlY ls-lllu'- 'cation, however, that the price will sopn be such that the mills mand for mining, timbers and small stuff. Chas. walker is now filling an order for 100,000 feet ami uas several uumi-muuu ui- ders. He is having quite a num- ber of inquiries for quotations.- GroVe Leadcr' COUNTY COURT CANNOT GIVE ADVERTISING MONEY Absolutely No Money Available, judg0 Bown "There Is no money which the ,,,, no.i cnonrl fnr nflvort 5- "l , ; , very small and is all needed for other purposes. We are simply financially cramped." JUST HANDLE OUR CUTLERY and hardware and see for yourself. Of course the only sure way to test out tho quality of our lines is to try them, A trial is yours for thc"aBklng. Buy here. Take it -home. Try it out. If it isn't just as represented bring it back and get your purchase price, again. I Such was the answer to tho committee of citizens which on Tuesday called upon tho county court for assistance In advertis ing the county with literature at the San Francisco fair. It was nanC(1 "y tnc members of tho comt"Ittce "'at there might be jsome money left in some fund ; that could be expended this way, but the fund that was provided i?u ,, "u . for that niimnfin lippmiRf thn Ifirr- ureu upon at tne time -tne bud get was made up. Included In these expenses is the payment of the livestock inspector, the salary of the county ferryman at Harriburg and the county's share of the district sealer of weights and measures. , These expenses have to be continued. It is hopeed by tne members of the committee that' called up on the court and by others in terested that the money for the printing and distribution of pro per literature to keep Lane douny in the eyes of the hun dreds of thousands of exposition visitors can be raised in some way. Plans are said to be in the making to raise at least a por tion of the sum asked from 'the county court. Register. FOREST SERVICE S Portland, Sept. G. According to figures just compiled and is sued in the report of the Chief of the Division of Accounts, For est Service, Washington, D. C, thereceipts from all sources for the .fiscal year ending June 30, 1915, were $2,491,469. Of this amount 25 per cent or $G09,S03, reverts to the States in which the National Forests are located. The total receipts from all sources in District 6 (Washing ton, Oregon and Alaska) were ! $346,280. Of this total, $206,- 446 was from timber sales, $120,210 from grazing fees, $S, 303 from special 'uses, and $10,- 022 from water power rentals The total receipts for AJaska were $44,662, for Oregon $198,- 703, and for Washington $149, 782. According to the existing law, the following sums will re vert to the States foridistribu tion to the Counties in which the Forests lie: Alaska $11,165.75 Oregon 49,675.83 Washington 37,445.56 Total ..$98,287.14 In addition to this, 10 per cent of the income will be used for the building of roads within the Forests, as follows: Alaska $ 4,466.30 Oregon ............ 19,870.33 Washington 14,978.23 Total $39,314.86 By 'States,- Montana leads in the volume of business on the. National Forests, with Idaho se cond and California third. In Montana and Idaho the Umber sale business Is the heaviest; Colorado leads in grazing re ceipts: while California is far ahead of the other States in re ceipts from water power rentals and special uses, By Districts, No. 1 (Montana, Idaho and part .of tho Dakotas) leads in total receipts and in timber sales; Dis trict a (fsow Mexico ana Ari zona) leads, hi special uses; and District (Wyoming, Novada i ' 1 ' ii4fi tixna sonioJoruQUB 01. aupouuug SStales nSeslr- REPORTS FUND GOVERNMENT TO' E SURVEY OF FARMS IN OREGON A new work among the far mers of Oregon, that of 'm'aUlng' a government survey and record 1 of farm business; has started In Lane county and will be contin ued throughout the state. ' H. F. Keyes, employed jointly by the United states department of agriculture and the Oregon Agricultural college, has arrived in Eugene and has started the work In this vicinity, assisting R. B. Coglon the Lane county farm agent and agriculturist. The duties of Mr. Keyes, as he explained them ,are to help the farm agents in making this re cord, to endeavor to show the farmers how they may improve their methods of doing business. "Records from 100 faims in the county will be taken and these farms will be selected in a group, said Mr. Keyes, ,"We will ascertain what the farmers are raising, the crops they are growing, how much they are raising and what thev are doing with them. "We will ascertain how much of their produce. they are selling, what kind of stock they are; keeping and what they do with their prochice, whether they sell butter, eggs, milk and beef or whether they keep it for their own use. We will go over the farmer's business and find but "wnathe Is'inakihgand'how he is making it. The records will then all be worked up and averaged and then an average of some of the better ones will be worked out. ' ' "In this work we have found that, certain factors determine . whether a farmer is successful or unsuccessful. Some of these factors are the size of the busi ness, the quality of livestock, the crop yields and the diversity of the business. We study which crops are seemingly the most profitable and which are the best for the farmers in a certain sec tion. "After a careful and thorough study of the fanner's business we bring these" records hack to him and endeavor to show each one how his business compares with the average, but all figures obtained are absolutely confi dential and no farmer will- be able to know' another's business from the figures we obtain. After the work is completed, if there is any reorganization in. the farmer's business to be done, we help him reorganize." Mr. Keyes will be here for a month or more, assisting Mr. Coglon with this important work. It is a new work in the United States and absolutely ' new this year in Oregon, ilr. Keyes was employed last year, the first year the plan has been tried by the government, in Con necticut, Delware and New York He is one of, the first appointees in the work NARROWLY ESCAPES DROWNING N POND Henry Korf had a narrow es cape from drowning In, the, mill pond while swimming Sunday afternoon. An old injury to his knee, 'sustained in football, Awas tho cause of a' cramp, and u.e sank to tho bottom. He "tried to crawl on the bottom toward shallow watqr, but beqamewon f usedv and went' f he Avrongay. His.distrejfes' was rhotlced-by A-)l, McMTmn,"AVhp"cane to hlres- MAK 1