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LANE COUNTY NEWS
Continuing tho Springfield and 'Lane County Star, Which Woro Concolldatod February 10, 1914
SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1915.
elt iiultr umlamotot Congm nfMrh, 197
VOL. XIV. NO.'
THE
BE
IS.
WALKER
SPRINGFIELD, GALLED TO HIS
Ung Investors to begin Irrlga-
Held Prominent Place in Development,1; ? SffiKS
of Community Came to Ore
gon at Age of Seven.
Albert Shields Wolltcr, pioneer
resident of Lnno county, the first
mayor or tno town of Spring
field, and a man prominent in
the civic, religious and commer
cial life of Springfield, died at
Ids homo here at 2:30 o'clock
Tuesday morning, aged' 09
years, 8 months and 12 days. Ho
had boon In poor health for sev
eral years, and hud been falling
for the pnst'sevoral months.
Funeral services will bo held
from tho chapel Thursday after
noon at 2 o'clock, with services
conducted by ltov. T. L. Jones of
Browusvlllo, an old schoolmate,
assltod by Rev. J. T. Moore and
Rev. R C. Wigmore, of Spring
field. Interment will be made in
the Laurel Grovo 0011101017.
Mr. Walker was born In south
western Missouri January 1,
1810, and when ho was six years
of ago his people started for Orc-
:on by tno overland trail. He
tiirnliiir IminlirrnntH. with tales
of cholera on tho way, deterred
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the party, and they returned to
their homo for tho winter, but in
April, 1853 thoy again started for
Oregon, and arrived in Lane
county in October of tho sanier
year. They experienced no dif
ficulty on tho trip save tho loss
of much of their stock.. Ills par
ents, William and Mary Shields
Walker, took up n donation land
claim eight miles south of tho
present slto of Springfield, and
four years later tho family
moved to Etigeno, whore the
eldor Mr. Walker opened a drug
stpre. and continued in the busi
ness for three yenrs. Later ho
sold a part of what Is now thc
site of the First National bank,
and moved to Pleasant
June 18. 1808, Albert S.
Walk mnTlod .Miss Surah j.
Iliggins, of Salem, and began
farming at Pleasant Hill, which
ho continued for ten years, re
moving from that place
to i
Springfield whore he opened a
macJCHiiutn and carnage snop.uhe Street
Tin rnntlnntfrt in ihin hnnlnnRR
for 20 years, or until his health j
iaiieu. aim men ne wont into tne i
reai estate ana insurance imsi-j
ness. or lute years His sigiit'
was poor,. but ho was able to
got about on the streets
cd.
Mr. Walker was one of tho or
ganizers of thc First Methodist
ISplscopal church of Springfield,
in which ho' served In many offi
cial capacities.' Ho was super
intendent of tho Sunday school
for 20 years. He contnlnued in
the church work until falling
health mado that Impossible. It
was at ono of tho services of his
holoved churoli that ho wob
stricken with ono of his most
sovero attacks, and from that
day ho rarely left homo, During
nil lilo nnnnnor mi xt'IMi in ininl
church his home has beon the
home of the preacher, and many
visiting churchiiion have found
entertainment at his board.
Mr. Walker was also ono of
the organizers of tho Springflold
lodge, No 70, 1. O, O. F., In 1881,
a charter member of the Junlntn
Rcbokah Nb.8G, and a number
of tho encampment branch. Ho
was also a member of the Eu
gene Camp, Woodmen of the
World, from Its organization In
1802, later transferring to tho
Springfield Camp at Its Institu
tion. - When the town q Springfield
was Incorporated In 1885 Mr.
Walker was elected Its first
mayor, and ho was relected In
1880. ITo- wub elected also In
1889, 1890, and 1893 for one
year terms. Ho served sovoral
terms as a member of the coun
cil, and as recorder. He served
also for sovoral years on tho
board of education,, and as clerk
otfUhat body. T.hrPlfihout bis
life ho took an aotlvo Interest In
MAYOR
Of
REWARD
fr.u.. war ot sriBnoid,
Y,ni7. antiitiAn
v?Sfliii ..In,ifl,t in. iiia '
J!n I " J Hiflr ,byfn f.
wlfo ami eight children, four
sons, Herbert R, W. F., Ralph
11111 Inv mid fnnr ,limtlirnr-n
Mrs. 0. C. Wolf, of Albany; Mrs.
?!!?!? ff19-
m; K"A wiff aiiT.T5: m
Alva J. Walker died in Infancy.
CLOSE FOR FUNERAL j , " .
I "Tlie present policy of thc
Springfield business houses 5011010111 Pacific company," he
were cl6sed from 2 until 4 8a,d', ,84tto continue this work
o'clock this aftemon during tho!of education and colonization In
nfucral services for the late Al- every way that itcan possibly
bert S. Walker. A large num
ber of rlends attended thc serv
ices. TRADE HOUSE FOR RANCH
William Ketcluim this week
traded his residence property on
street between Ninth and
:m - ,.ti. 1 r t !
iTonth to G. 13. Klntzley for the
lattcr's WInbcrry ranch. Mr.
Ketchum and family take po8:
n- . 1
hubh-uu 01 uic rancn ni once.
Apostolic Faith
Opens Mission
A score or the members of the
Anostollc Faith mission of Eu
uono were In Springfield yester
day and tho day before, rofittlnc
liiiu luum 111 liiu um mini uiliuu
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vn n ... f 1 1. n Hf.l 1 ..II
uiiiiuiiik luiuiuiiv uvuuiiiuu uy
Nico and Millor for a meeting
place for this winter. Tho room
Is bcinc rcnanored and refinished
and seats and a nlatform arc be
Incr constructed.
Tho first meeting will be held
iiiithe mom next Saturday nlcht
under the direction of Fred
Ilornshuh. who Is In clmrce of
uukviiv jiiihi7iuu, i jic alius-
tone Faith missionaries have
been holding meetings here on
a..,....,io,. i..,
fn,. mn,,v ,,,r,.ii,D , i, ,m, i
the opening of tho mission horo.iS,)r,nsrfl1e,,cl Pr,otccUve nssocia -
meetings win bo held Saturday.
night, Sunday
afternoon mid
jirobnbly Borne evening in the
mlddlo of the week, perhaps on
unald-.Wednesday.
S. P. HAD SHARE
INDEVELOPMENT
WORK OF COAST
! Vico-Proaldent M'CormicIo Tells
j of Cost of Advertising and
I Building Country in Wost.
Stockton, Cal., Sept. 13.-r-lr-
rigatlon, the part a great railway
system plays In the development
of a now country was recounted
international Irrigation congress
1 . . . "
..wv, , i.v.vbuivo ut UiCxlDCT unnp a r, r- ...
by E. O. McCormlck, vlce-presl
dent of tho Southern Pacific sys
tern.
In ordor to bring pcoplo Into
tho far west, Mr. McCormlck
jsaid, it was necessary to tell
tnom wiiat was there, and this in
turn involved a wide and com
prehensive knowledge of the
country to bo developed. From
this need there crew a crcat
bureau, maintained by the rail-!
road, for tho 'collection and dis
semination of Information. This
work was done through pam
phlets, newspapers, magazine
articles, stercoptlcon lectures,
and moro recently by motion
picture lectures, at a cost, in tho
forty-six years of Southern Pac
ific operation of millions of dol
lars'. Through chambers of com
merce, "boosting" editions of
newspapers, sunplies of -photographs
and cuts for all publica
tions, and through its own direct'
agencies, ho said, hundreds of
millions of pages of lnformatlvQ
literature had beon placed,!
through the railroad's activities,
in tho hands of progressiva set
tlors. "Railroads Invariably precede
development' Mr. McCormlck
declared, and spoko of the build
ing of a line to Fresno, Calif.,
,vhen tho San Joaquin valley wan
but a vast grain flold, ohcourag-
credit for today's vineyard acre
age in the San Joaquin valley
a Miss Hatch who left school
teaching in the cast and took up
a small holding near Fresno on
which she started a vineyard.
Like development in tho Sacra
Ta.S'i
pioneering ot tne soutnern
clflo across Arizona and into
1110 Imperial valley in California,
Roiin pmn mifrir. i.n
'rwho ul vatcr
."alH ir"- "'CIl WJIO pill water
,n 11,0 Colorado desert by boring
7 , rhb fou d
to!LA5mot grow-
,ng , u'country thc COmmcr
Another Log
Train is Added
Increase In the amount of Iocs
being hauled to Springfield has
made It necessary for the South-j
'nrn Pnplflp. f"n. In nut nn nn oJ
ern Pacific Co. to put on an ex
tra engine crew, which ties up
at Coburg each night. This en
gine brings over a train load of
logs in the morning, dumps the
log cars, does thc general yard
switching and returns the em-
Mlfv mrc In Pnlinrir In flin nitnn-
imr. Thc Wcndlinc freieht still
nauuics me logs irom Lianuox
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PLAN FORMING A
PROTECTIVE ASS
(possible aim tnat it necessary a ,7r 5 .0 ,-.
Filliam R. Smyth, formerly doubhv'crew will be employed. chased I the farm then owned by
With the Portland Spectator,! "It is our intention to begin P Brattnm near btockport .
and for two years engaged in actual work on the railroad aSi'Vie next spring tney occupied
tho handllnbg of commercial rat-
ing organizations, has been in-
tcrvlowiug the merchants with
regard to the formation of a
v,. w hv.-t t oumu
common ground upon which to
form nn nn'mikntinn
jug has- been called for Monday
evoning. September L'0. at thn
public library rooms at eicht
O'elonk. ATr. SlllV'Mi f.-innfl Hinf
the merchants generally favored,
in fnmintlnil nf enmn onnli ni..
ganlzntion, but were not clear
as to the details, and he thought
11..
a conference would clear up
these questions and pave the
wny to permanent oreanizn-
ition.
About 20 of the merchants
and doctors have signified their
intention of attending,
(
iirvoi i ivro Mrvu on IrrtU
McNeff brothers today ship
ped a quantity of hops from the
Morrison warehouse, making
the first shipment of the season.
Eight hundred bales of hops
have already beon brought to
the Morrison warehouse hero so
far this esason.
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ii i'm m i m,
l i i ill o' liT4d
Beaver-Herndon Hardware Company
20 AUTO
LOADS
TO PUHKIN SHOW
Twenty automoblltets of tills
place have signified their in
tcntion of going to Junction
City tonight to attend the Pun
kin show. Probably more pi
the 85 cars of the town will Join
the party. It is planned to leave
at Intervals Bhortly after six
o'clock and then assemble a
short distance this side of Junc-
in to-
HOP HOUSES ARE BURNED
Three hop houses belonging
to John Edmunson nt Goshen
were totally destroyed bv flro
Tuesday evening, together with
'Wo contonls. entailing a loss
of $5000, partially covered by In
surancc.
Later the asme evening a hop
house belonging to F. B. Hughes
otitlGood pasture island, north
west of Springfield, was also de
stroyed. KENDALL BROTHERS
" READY TO BEGIN ON
ROSEBURG RAILROAD
Roseburg, Ore., Sept. 13.
That actual work on the pro
posed railroad from Roseburg to
the line of the Umpqua National
Forest Reserve and the sawmill
to "be erected on the Fair
grounds a short distance east of
this city will begin within the
next few days was the statement
of C. L. Selecman, of Washing
early today as official represen
tative of Kendall Brothers.
In an interview this morning,
Mr. Seleman stated that he
spent Snday in Portland, where
.7 i",A
a lengthy conference
van x-iaiiia wm urnvo iiciw
nnrrnw mfirnlnir. nfrnrf1inir fn
MtpilekcniQn, preparatory to re-1 Salem, Oregon; Mrs. Harriet Tndnine. Mss RuUedgeiDo
sumlng work on the railroad I Morris, of Stockport, W and mestic sdence -
survoy early Wednesday. It was Igjrs. Ingaba Keck or eatt,ie, The Springfield Public schools
Mr. Selecman's prediction that was nmgton. Jn enter coniDiete exhibit at
i (the work of completing the sur-
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soon as the rights of way have
been secured." said Mr. Selec-
man. "in order that the road can
be completed next year. We are
, especially interested in con-
Fair grounds this fall in order
l f,nf i ,ui mnv iw rpftoH
oubi.itb v.v.
'during the winter. I expect to
remain here permanently and
will have charge of Kendall Bro-
fiinisa' nlTrili-c In tllfn vlplnUv. Til
order that no delay will be en -
nnnnfarnil wn nrn nnvlnns flint.
the people of Roseburc will xo-
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operate witn us, aim uiereoy ex-1""" "v-v vv oui. uui-nu., cwiu
ncdiate matters. Inasmuch as! his. future wife. Rowd, Springfield Realty dealer,
winter is not far in the future, Being of a rather impulsive-hjade a trip to Astoria last Sun
it is essential that the rights of ! disposition, his mother remark- day evening. After looking oyer
way rronv ivoseourg to tne f air
grounds be secured at once. The
machinery for the mill has been
nrdorpd mid it is inv under-
standing that the first carload i Brattain towhoni he was mar- and the city parks,, Mr. Rdwe
whTtfe shipped here about Jan-ried in 1853 proved an ideal and Mr. Tomseth were shown
uary 1 I expect to spend the (wife for him. over the holdings of the Astoria
first couple of days of my visit In April 1852, the Ebbert boys. Harbor Improvement Co. Mr.'
here In conferring with the busi-, James, William and. George Rowe purchased tfwo lots and
ness and professional men of started for California along with Mr. Tomseth four lots. Mr.
Ttnqp'hure- in hone that immedl- a train made up of twenty-two Tomseth left the following
ate action mav be taken in the
direction of getting the work un
der way. Kendall Brothers are
ready for action and are only
awaiting the deeds for rights of
LEADING ARCHITECTS
'
PREFER OUR HARDWARE
Thoro'a a good reason for this
Vfcholco, namely, style and service.
.The hardWaro In YOUR homo
could undoubtedly be Improvod
upon. Locks, Unobs, hinges, etc.,
etc., are always host when ob
talnod at Beavor-IIomdon Hard
ware Co. Hero you get tho high,
eat quality, newest makes and
lowost prlceB. If that Is what
you aro looking for como In and
wo'H flud It for you.
way. I have been told that the
litigation pending in the courts
as a result of the bonds voted
for tho railroad will In no way
hinder operations. The several
questions involved in the suit
have already been settled by a
decision of the Oregon Supreme
Court."
It Is Mr. Sclecman's opinion
that S. A. Kendall will arrive In
Roseburg within the next two
Wlf1fn. T-TV will ho fnUnmarl Uir
J. L. Snvder and Mr. MnKoivmr.
the latter of whom will have,"1 , wl" 0P" nt Monday
charge of erecting the mill. m,orn,?gS,?pt- 29' at ? ,c ?ck
Mr. Selecman will make hisTho buildings have had their
hftftfiminrrnrn nf rho TTm,,r.,?a .summer cleaning, new annara-
Hotel for the present, but later
will open an office.
Officials Planning
for Clean-Up Day
Councilman M. M. Peery, the
chairman of the council health
committee, anounces plans are
being made for a fall clean-up,
similar to the one of last spring,
in order to put the streets, aK
leys and vacant places in shape
for winter. The date has not
yet been decide upon, but it will
probably be some time this
month. On the designated day,
city wagonB will go from street
to street picking up all refuse
that has been put out in proper
shape for carting it away.
OB1TURY OF JAMES A.
EBBERT.
On the 25th day of March, in
tne year, 1831,, there was born
near Uniontown, Fayette Coun
ty, Pennsylvania, a boy who was
destined to live a long and use-
III. r - -- it 1 a il -r
Armstrong Ebbert first saw the
w Wno nn nf o fmii"f flf
-5e55 e -a --l"? iAf:
SdM
, u i f e
fUOn, Oregon; Harrison Ebbert Of
wnue a young man james
the
.whnlo fnmllvr fnllnwmri nnrl nnr.
"rr ,;UB iT T
tain family for a few months be-
fore the latter started West in
The same dwelling built about
1846, of black walnut still stands
which was occupied first by
iwmcn as occupiea iirat oy
iPaul Brattain and family, then
hy James Ebbert, Sr., and family
who sold it to his son-in-law, A.
H.
of
Morris who took possession
it In 1806 and occupies it
Jstlu
I 1
The families became well ac-
quainted and it yas here that
in tii no mat n:iii7iioni itrnrrniii
lvj . uu..., uu.
wife will have to be like an even Canneries, large saw mills, Mil
spun thread." Providence" evi- lion Dollar Municipal Docks,
ueniiy ugreea lor naizuueiu
I 1 1 t Till 1 11.
.wagons these were Missouri
and Iowa people going west. A
short time later the Brattain where1 he will visit the Bxposl
family were to start for Oregon, tion for 10 days before return
When the Ebbert boys reached ing home. Mr. Rowe and Mr.
a point in Wyoming, pear Sqda Campbell returned to Springfield
Springs on Green River the road Tuesday evening.
forked, the one to Oregon and Mr. Campbell has appointed
the other to California, and the
question arose as to which way
'should bo taken.
I Perhaps It was that James
had met Elizabeth Brattain and
knowing that she would come to
Oregon, decided his choice. Any-
way on reaching Soda Springs,
t James said, "I am going to Ore-
gon nna tne otner urotners from all reports seems to nave
agreed to this. Western Oregon a great future.
was the land of their choice and j
running the gauntlet of hostile: e AD v wnPe
Indians and other dangers with- SELLS EARLY nOHo
out number thoy reached theip T . " . , " . ,
land of .destiny having crossed 'Jesse Easton yesterday sold
the plalnsiin eighty days. Along' Ws early hops, to Grlbb & Beck
wwwvw z. nf Aurora, and they were ship-
(Continued on Page 4) ped out by local freight.
public schools
III open fob
' YEAR SEPI.lO
me public sciiools or Spring-
,tuB ,s a11 Jn place and the teach-
eroarc returning from their va
cations and will all be in their
roms for the opening exercises.
aii uie pupus ui uiu cuyaro
expected to report on Monday
for assignment to their respec
tive rooms and will bring their
promotion or transfer cards
with them: V
The High school students will
find Prof. P. M. Stroud at the
High school building on Satur
day for consultation regarding
their work for the year. - &
The teachers of fhe city- will
meet at the Lincoln school at 2
P. M. on Saturday for assign
ment to their rooms, and a gen
eral consultation regarding the
work of the winter.
The probable assignment of
the teachers is as follows:
High school Mr. Kirk, Tea;
chers Training Course: JVIn
Stroud. Science and Mathema
tics; Mis Newton, History; Miss
Rhodes, English: Mr. Putnam,
German and Mathematics; Miss
Tagg, Commercial.
Miss Smith, Third and Fourth
grades; Miss Ferdine, First and
Second grades. '
Lincoln school Mr Roth well
Eighth grade; Mrs. Richardson,
1
shtth M1 Conenhaver,
Fifth and Sixth grade; Miss
iWalker, Fourth and Fifth
Miss Bartlett, Thlrd.and
onu graae, Airs. rage. i'irst
ij-. -r- dnAAar-A TVTnim1
the Lane Countv Fair Jn Eugene
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last sminfr wUi form t.fte basis of
hfs (1splav and be added
to by individuai exhibitors,
children wishing to make in-
dividual entries are requested to
Prof K,rk t onc 1
, The SprinKfield schools wi1
,ir51I nnmn,atna fnr th aii,Ar n
ocered ' ize for the ,jeslt
MBni.u v,0v t.
-SPRINGFIELD PEOPLE
LIVE PROPERTY
Thos. L. Campbell, Sales Man
ager for the Astoria Harbor Jm-
provement Co., John Tomseth,
c..n DnnHi.ir.iii, titjii o.a.i m a
lUu itj? auu viaiuug mo oaiwuu
V. ,m m
mils ureat jNortnern Terminals
morning on the Steamer North-
ern Pacific, for San Francisco
Messrs Gore and Rowe exclusive
agents .in this district for the
sale of the Astoria Additions
owned by the Astoria Harbors
Improvement Co. Astoria is-lb-
cated at the mouth of tho Col
umbia River, is now tho termin-
us of the Great Northern Rail-
way and Steamship Co., and