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LANE COUNTY NEWS
Continuing the Springfield and Lano County Star, Which Wore Consolidated February 101914
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SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1915
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MISS MORRIS IS
IDE
D RECTOR
OF FIRST NATIONAL
Board oPffiSilJS S 1 tho VS UUirlct U,,H Wr f0r ,tH 8l108'
21st, the i following tcsoltitlons fro c,IBlomor8 wl0 bollght
Ww'holl; .t our most wheeled 8t year and found the silo a
flliiroiin, mui ii director of this iii8tuu.;holp on their farniB. Tho do
tloit lino beon rumorod from our inldHt.mand llliH yo.'ir has boon for
ir dortth: i larger bIzob than It avbb last
Tliuroforo Im It 'vnnr
llewolvoil. Tniit wo, dlrootorn nml
Htoeliholdors of tlio I-'Irat NiUlonal '
Hank of Hprlnitllold, OroRon. doom U.MORE PUPILS REGISTER
lirunor nt thin tlnin - to Jr; . IN PUBLIC 3CH00LS
l( vm urn iiwii n
dunth of Jumofl A. Kbhsrt. Wo rognrd
lilii domtso UH u nnd Iohm 10 our coin
iriunity In that Im wiih ii man of Mterl
liil? clmractnr with IiIkIi record for
HUH IOUH IIIlUKni)- HUH n Kwu " Atn.wlnir ,l,l,r 4lin niirnlliilAnf
nnd extend our nympaUiy to tho heMonday, "liking the 0"' m9.nt
riuivml rnlntlvtiR 1111(1
nd frloiniH.
nowolvod. That tluino roHOiuiioim uoHrolIcd In tlto grades.
Hpruad upon tlio rocordn of litlu limtl
tutlon.
, lly order of tho Coinmltteo on llonol
utloim nppolntud by tlio lJourd of !)!
ruutora of tin) Klrnl Kiitlonnl llnnk,
Jinrlngnold, Oregon, Soptcmbor Hint,
J91G.
A. MinnWiTON
13. V. McllHH
... It. I'AUH
The ofllec of director held by
Jnnion A. Ebbort being vacant on loughbrcd Iferford cattle which
account of IiIb death, Margaret; ho was taking to the fair.
Morris was appointed by thoPhoro were sonic mighty fine
Hoard of Directors to fill tho.va- looking animals In thb-bunch.
cancy.
MIks Morris Is a niece of Mr. SELLS FOUR-ACRE TRACT
Ebbort nnd tho First National , "
Bank Is fortunato in Bccuring I J. P. Pry W week sold to S.
her servlccB as a member of the Jncobs6n of the Southern Pa
Board of Directors. Sho will ciflc force here, a tract of four
make her homo at tho Ebbort Incres on tho hill side south of
fnrm nnnr Snrlm?flftl(l which hasltllO HOOtllKcllV 1)011(1. Mr. Jtt-
been' willed to her by her uncle.
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Portland, Ore, Sept. 23. -According
to statistics just compil
ed by the Forest Scrvlco for tho
GOVERNMENT GIVES
'AWAY MUGff TIMBER
nscai year onuing Juno du.iuiD. j, E staniger yesterday sold
approximately 128,ih2,000 fcctMn rhn,nnf. finm10ii nf A-
of timber was cut on the Forests !torIa hlB hougo on B 8trcet nejir
of Oregon, Washington and TeiJthi and two ,otBf lmvh a
Alaska, ncsldo this, 14,"lfl3,000 totni frontage of 100 feet. Con
fcot was glvon, jmder free ubo Bd0ratioii ?1500. Tho deal Avas
permit, to asttlors and othoro !,naUe through Goro & Rowe.
living In or ndar the National i
ForcBts, Tho amount of timber SOUND MILL MAN
given away In Oregon was 12,- SEES PROMISE
122,000 feet, most of which Avas "Lumbering conditions on
taken by settlors In or near the Pugcnt Souml aro slmniar t0
Minani, Umnt lla and Wennha 'th080 ar0UIKi p0rtland-de-.
Fores s In eastern Orogon. In pressed, but with promise of im
WaBhington the amount of tlm-',)rovcment) 8aill B G. Ames of
'.L111, un,l?r fr?., us? w,as tho Puget Mill company, Avheh
2.S.71.000 feet the settlers In the ho Bt0ppcd h) this city .on his
vicinity of the Okanogan Forest way to California on a motoring
taking the largest portion, or tri that. wlll tnUo MrBt Ame8(
nearly 30 per cent. William Walker. John Hlser and
Tho statomont also bIiowb himaclf to San Diego and return
that tho Forests of Alaska aro to Seattle. "The lumber-business
JurnlBhlng a largo amount of 0f Oregon and Washington avIU
timber for local consumptloji. not bo prosporous agalmmtil the
More than 37,000,000 feet, ac- demand from California is back
cording to tho Forest Service, to riormal. Tho state to our
Avas cut under sales contracts 80tith In good -times consumes
during the fiscal year in the two nbout a billion and a half feet
Alaska Forests, and It is eatimat- 0f lumber annually. This Ib
od that tho quantity taken under about the same quanltltythat
free uso pormit, amounts to at goe8 east by rail when market
least 10 per cent of tho quantity conditions aro nearly right. I
cut under sales. No figures aro hope the demand from east of
available on tho Alaska free uso, tho mountains, which hns
however, as residents of the Tor- shown some increase recently,
rltory aro allowed, on account of WIU hlcrense fester at stiff er
relative sparslty of population, nficcs enabling mills to run at a
to tako all tho timber thoy need profit.
for .personal uso without going ',ijUmi)er exported to foreign
through any formalities. 'countries from Oregon and
Outside of Alaska, permits aro Washington has formed only a
Issued to those ontltled to sharo small percentage of tho total
lib tho tree .use privlllges, as a amount produced, but Avhen the
means of preventing Its abuse period of reconstruction comes
and to regulate this form of utll- after the Avar there should bo a
izatlon along 'lilies Avhich avIH vast amount' more of oxport
tend to inwove tho forest-con- business dono Avlth Europe."
dltloiis. Tho anatorlal takon by Telegram.
freo-uso permittees Is restricted j
largely to dead, insect-infestod, Hood River Forest Products
or diseased tlmbr, thinnings and Co., putting in saAvmlll plant.
Inferior species, Forest officers ; John Day Now bridge to bo
often sot aside editable areas built two miles above Mt. Vor
from which those granted froo non.
ibo Under tho terms of the laAV Astoria Port Commission,
may help themselves under cor- takes bids on port olvator Sop
taln general rules but Avhoro tomber 28. .
groon tlnihor avIII bo cut, tho 1
trees tb be-used aro designated.
just as-hv all timber sales. Tho
nniount of froo iiho material al
lowed Individuals Ih limited to
$20 worth yearly, or ubout 80
cord.
DEMAND GOOD THIS
YEAR FOR SILOS
Tho Fischer-Boutin Lumcbr
coinimny Iihh been running Its
planer Hcvornl dayn this week to
gt ottt Homo alio lumber. Tlio
Ton more pubite liavo regis
lorod Jn tho Springfield High
Hchool slnco the oponlng session
mow Lzu, i noro are now azu un-
Probably
20 more will enter school Mon
day.
TAKES THOROUGHBRED
CATTLE TO THE FAIR
Oscar MIHIcan of Wnltcrvillo
was In Springfield over night
Monday with 11 head of thor-
i i l , -t.i.. .
cobson trades In his property In
the north part of tQAvn. -
L. M. CAGLEY BUYS OUT
DELIVERY SYSTEM
h.' M. " Cagley, -who recently
moved" to Springfield from Craw
fordsvllle, yesterday purchased
tho general delivery business
from Ray Mulligan and will take
charge tho first of October.
SELLS HOUSE AND LOTS
Orogoji Sunday Bluo laAy has
beon uphold by tho Supremo
Court, j "
FRIDAY OCT. 1 AND
SATURDAY OCT. 2
GLEAN-UP DAYS
City ofllclnls have .designated
Friday and Saturday of next
Avook, October 1 and 2, as tho
fall clean-up days. At that tltpc
tho city avHI havo Avagons on
duty, going from place to place
in tho city and picking up all
rubbish that has been set out
for them. Tho work will bo un
Jdor tho supervision oi Chief of
! Police Staniger and the street
cleaning department, and they
ask that all refuse that la to bo
carried away bo put in boxes or
barrels and placed in tho rear
of tho lots, on the alleys, so that
'the wagonhicn may find them
'easily. Last spring considerable
delay waa experienced because
i refuse had to bo shoveled up. '
Councilman Peory, chairman
of the council's health commit
tee states tho purpose is to "pre
vent the accumulation of refuse
matter and prevent iu? standing
through tho Avinter months.
"Two small cleanings are no
jnore expensive J:han one big
one," ho says, "and the results
In cleanliness and the health of
the city favor the tAvo clean-up
seasons."
Hunters Have an
Excellent Time.
Harold Percy, Ed Tibbetts and
Ed McBee returned this morn
ing from a hunting trip of tAvo
weeks that took them beyond
Oakrldge and down the Ump
qua side of tho divide. , On the
way' up ono of .the horses balked
on a narrow roadway, and "was
lost over a steep bluff. On the
return trip them walked for 16
hours steadily and arrived in
Oakrldge this morning just in
time for the train. Thoy secur
ed the limit.
CAMP CREEK ITEMS
Mrs. Fred Montgomery will
teach school In District No. 5,
Avhich begins the 27 of this
month. Mrs. Sarah Elliott, also
of Springfield. Is making .her
home with Mrs. Montgomery
during the school year.
Mr. and Mrs. W. U. Elliott ac
companied by Mrs. Elliott's
mother, Mrs. Williams, spent
Sunday at Jasper Avlth Mr. Elli
ott's sister and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert 'Nesblt.
Hugo Brehani, mistook his
dog for a coyote Saturday night
and shot and killed him. Mr.
Breham prized his dog very
highly as it Avas a valuable dog.
WILL TRY AGAIN TO FORM
PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
Because of Insufficient at
tendance at tlio meeting Mon
day evening William Smyth,
AVho has been interviewing
tho Springfield merchants in re
gard to the formation of a pro
tctlvo association, has called
another, meting, to be held this
ovning at 8 o'clock in the library
building.
Gresham Masonic orders
buy site for now lodge building.
East Portland Soventh Day
AdventlstB to orect hoav church.
Beaver-Herntibn Hardware Company
MODERN MILLS
ARE BEING PDT
DP AT BEND
Bend, Ore., Sept. 23. Con
struction Avork on the Shevlin
Hixon company's large lumber
mill being built here is progres
sing rapidly. With a capacity of
jSQ million foot annually, this
(company will have a long cut
ahead, as it owns about 200,000
acrcB of timber adjacent of
Bend. The mill Avhcn in opera
tion avHI employ about 700 men.
The Brooks-Scanlon Lumber
company's new mill, -which Is be
ing built on the cast bank of the
j Deschutes river, directly, oppo
jslte the Shevlin mill, will have
ran annual capacity of 50 million,
and avIII employ about 500 men.
Their timber holdings amount to
approximately 32,000 acres.
Preliminary work was delay
ed somewhat In securing IIoav-
!age rights over a small tract of
'ground needed for mill purposes.
At that time the people or Bend
over-subscribed a fund of $6,000
to buy this property by over a
thousand dollars. After con
struction Avork Avas avcII under
way the tA'o companies jointly
repaid this money, with accum
ulated interest.
Vithln a month of the date
of the first announcement, Avork
was started on th railroad spur
and bridge over the river. Less
than two months Avere required
to complete this. In order to
cross the river at the desired
elevation, it Avas necessary to
build an 880 foot Uridge, the
middle of Avhich is 35 feet above
the river. It Is understood that
tho bridge and 5700 foot spur
from the main line of the Ore
gonTmnk Itailroo(Ucpst $24,r
000.
In order to secure an adequate
storage for logs, a dam 450 feet
long, Avlth the abutments, was
built across the ri-er. The dam
Is of timber crib work filled with
stone; and planked over so as to
give a 10 foot wagon bridge con
necting with the main traveled
road to town on the east side of
the rh'cr. The Shevlin people
anticipate building a road under
the railroad bridge, and to the
, summit of the grade leading to
,the bridge. This will connect
Avlth a roadway now being built
by the city from the business
district, to connect Avlth a road
from each of the mills. It is
ttont Mip pltv will rlnder
land oil all of this road, at a cost
of about $1200.
J. P. Dion, of the firm of Dion
& Horskette, Is in charge of tho
mill construction work.
The mill itself avIII be 54x180
feet in size. Avlth a lath mill
32x80 feit. A 200 foot sorting.
shed on the bench land immed
iately back of the mill is prac
tically complete now, as Avell as
a machine shop 36x112. The
office building which is about
40x50 feet in size, is now being
plastered, and avIII be ready for
occupancy Avithin the next tAvo
weeks. Work is iioav Avell under
way on the 62x155 foot power
house and engine room and the
foundations are in for a burner
34 feet in diameter and 125 feet
ihlgli.
Construction Avork on the
planing mill, 99x112 feet in size,
will begin next Aveek, and the
timbers for tho sash and door,
and tho box shook factories are
FMRDAftFS
EVERYTHING
imaginable in hardware.
Our cooumg utensus re
present tho final develop
ment and tho last improve
ment. A guarantee, goes
Avlth them as to .servicea
bility, nualltv and work-
mniiRliln. Our hardAvare
has been tho ono contrib
uting factor in building up
tho enviable reputation
Avhich avo today enjoy,
noAV being shipped in. Although
tho factories will be built by tho
Shcvlin-IIixon people, they will
be operated under contract. F,
A. Dowdy, now connected with
the Multnomah Box Factory of
Portland, will operate the box
factory, and the sash and door
manufacturing will be handled
by the White PJue Sash com
pany of Spokane.
Several carloads of machinery
for the mill havo been received
and it is expected that the first
of the month millwrights will be
(installing it. it Is believed that
the mill will be readv for-use
jsoon after the first of the year, i
j Much of the logging' equip-j
Iment has been received, and the!
'grades are completed into the!
lAvoods for the logging road. Car
ipenters are now building the
I camp houses for the loggers,
'and it is expected that soon after
the first o.f the month the camps
fAvill be opened. ,
j At present there are approx
jimately 150 men employed on
jthe Shevlin-Hixon work, very
I many of whom are homestead
jers and local fanners. It is be-HeA-ed
that with a ready market
for labor, the agricultural coun
try surrounding, here will devel-
top morer apldly than heretofore,
lasiomesteaders are now able to ;
j secure grubstakes.
I The Brooks-Scanlon company
l has purchased the output on the
E. A. Griffin mill located some
four miles southeast, and is
hauling the lumber to the new
yard Avhich has recently been
cleared. A planing mill has been
erected on the grounds, and the
local lumber market is being
supplied by them. The planing
.machinery from the Bend com
jpany's mill, where the lumber
1 stock was destroyed by fire re
cently, avIH be moved to the new
mill. A 75-horse poAver motor
will furnish the power.
The Griffin mill will also fur-
!nish between 5,000 and 10,000-.
ities for the Brooks logging road, :
.'and an additional 15,000 will be
j hewed out in the woods. WhilQ
iii PorUand, 'recentlyTGenraT
Manager Keyes purchased 500
tons of 56 pounds rails for the
first five miles of the logging
road. At present Avork is beings
rushd on the . logging road, so 1
j rushed on the logging road, so
I that the camps can be establish
ed as soon as possible.
1 The Brooks road will have to
i be built about three miles to
reach into its timber, while the
Shevlin road is already graded
over seven miles.
The alarm of the fire Avhistle
last night caused some excite
ment when the employes of the
Oregon Power plant were in
need of assitance.
Marshfield Dr. Morrow and
W. A. Ried planing residences.
Wood River Abner Weed is
spending $5,00 on ditching his
20.000 acre ranch.
Additional Local
George Vallier has finished
his contract for hauling mater
ial for the Coast Fork bridge.
The last car of castings and
rods Avas receiA'ed at Goshen on
-Tuesday.
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Crushed rock, and loam Avere
spread on Third street from A
to Main yesterday in order to
put the street in shape for win
ter. The loam Avas secured
from the Staniger lot on. east
B street.
C. W. Copk, road suprvisor of
tho Pruneville neighborhood.
was In Snrintrfield this moraine
Inotiflying OAvners of property in
tnat neignoornoou or tne pres
ence of Canada thistles on their
lirfiniisfis. Ho renorta the thistles
spreading considerably. .
www
Kotels Drug store has install
ed a fiiio new partition at the
rear, of their Main-street sIiqav
AvindoAV. Mirrors will bo placed
in the loAver nart and windows
above, and tho AvoodAVork avHI bp
stained.
Rov, Will N, Ferris and Avifo,
Dr, Keeney Ferris avIII supply for
I n 11.. T" 111
an muennuo periou uie iiapust
pulpit Avlth regular pastorate In
view.'1 Their servlcso. on-last
Lord's day being Avell attended
DIREGSORS PLAN
HDW TO KEEP
EXPENSES DOWN
The matter of re-arranging
classes in the Springfield public
schools so as to obviate the ne
cessity of hiring additional
teaclirs at midyear, was discus
sed at length by pie school
board at Its session last evening
and Supcrlntcndnt Kirk Avan iri
structd to make such re-assign
ment of pupils as will make the
desired need possibile.
Members of th board realize
that the contemplated changes
may Avork inconvenlnce for a
few of the pupils, but they urge
the patrons of the schools to-be
as considerate, as possible and
to help In making the schools
efficient, yet economical, to the
end that the greatest good maY
be secured.
Director- Drurjr was instructed
to secure a 60-foot flagpole for
the Lincoln building.
SPRINGFIELD GOES
TO FAIR FRIDAY
Springfield business houses
generally have agreed to close
tomorrow (Friday) afternoon
so that all may. go to the county
fair at Eugene. The - public
schools also will be dismissed
for the afternoon.
SPRINGFIELD PEOPLE
VISIT PUMPKIN SHOW
As ja. tribute to the popularity
ofthft-Juftoir City, fwp&w
Show tyeiity-five automobiles
full of Springfield arid Eugen'e
people made the trip to this ;City
last Thursday night to. take In
the big event. Many "of the
most prominent men of both our
neighboring towns were in the
party, Avliich spent the evening
hre, and voted the ShoAv a sur
prisingly good affair. We hope '
and believe Ave will see most of
them here again next year.
Junction City Times.
Tillamook receives bidfc.
for
concrete streets Sept. 23.
I Rails arriving for second unit
(Grants Pass and Eureka rail
'road. John T. Hobbitt succeeds H.
' Til TTnrltrnQ no pslltni nf tho. Sil-
verton appeal.
Portland school board has ap
proved plans for first unit-, of
$100,000 trade school.
and of unusual Interest. A series
of sermons is being preached on
j"The King's Business and Re
quirements." Dr. Ferris will as
sist her husband in this work by
, rendering special music and
readings of choicest- character,
j
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Chetwood
'and family will leaAe Saturday
for eastern Oregon to reside.
,They have been running the Bo-
gart farm, north of Springfield.
I. . .
Mr. and Mrs. C, Ray Beckley
of Fossil, Oregon, and Mrs,
Thomas Applegate of Yoncalla,
came in from Roseburg yester
day for a visit Avith Mrs.&D.
Crouch. Mrs. Beckley is a sis-
jter", and Mrs. Applegate Is moth
er of Mrs. Crouch. ;
T
Tho Lane County Credit asso
ciation of Eugene became jnuoh
concerned this Aveek over tho
fact that mail for McKenzie riv
er points AA'as pqt on the stage
at Springfield instead of at Eu
gene, but thoy Avere informed by
Postmaster Stewart that there
Is" no delay by reason of this ar
rangement. Mail arrives from
Eugne by train No. 15 at 6-In
th morning, and at 7 leave jup
the river. Return mail arrives
in time to be dispatched tojEii
gppe on .the 4:45tralninthe
evenlpg. J.;;