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About The Lane County news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1914-1916 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1915)
Ore, IllHtoiial BocX Continuing the Sprlngfisld New and Lane County Star, Which Were Consolidated February 10, 1914. JCittrol Keiiriirrl.li)n.t8yrlii1?l1.)i,oii. wuocoud" (. outicr umUrnoiol UtiiiRra dIMamMot SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1915. VOL. XIV. NO. p ANF JLcrVllJL-i COUNTY NEWlf 1 JTXIlr OHURGHES TO GIVE ENTERTAINMENTS IL All tho Sprlngflold churchcB uro planning Chrlstinnsxorcia 08 for tho children. At tho Christian church, tho revivals have given wny for tho moment, nnc! a Christmas program will he given Friday evening at 7:30. Tho Baptists likewise will havo appropriate exorcises Fri day evening, At tho Methodist church the following program will bo given Friday evening: Inaugural March, Mrs. Knapp. welcome Song, Chorus. 2KLl,nn. ""KiVJlF: ... ooio, nigiiornim, ..uuu r scuer. Song, "Wo Hall tho Sea," Boys unorus. Duct, "Waifs of the City." Edna Moo and Hazel Brattaln. Sang, "Indeed Wo Do," Chorus. DInloguo and Song, "People of Drosy Land." Fairy Song, Small girls chorus. Recitation. "I Don't I Really Don't," Orson Vaughn. "Tho Star of Bothloham," Old Ladles Chorus. Solo, "Tho Reindeer Herder," Floyd Noleth. Solo, "What Grandma Soys," Dutto Fischer. Recitation, Lola Lybarger. Solo, "Mexico," Sam Bartholo mew. March and Drill, Boys. Song "'Tls Almost Tlmo" Chorus Relation, "Jacks" Christmas Prleseht," Morrison Miller. Buntyi Ciaus Greeting, Santa arid Chorus. , . . At the Free Methodist church in West Springfield, a commit tee consisting of Clara L. Chllds, Gladys Leo and Birdie Spencer, has prepared a program for Sat urday evening, December 25, as follows: Song, by the Audlancc. Prayer. We Welcome You, Laura Weare. Scripture Reading, Young Peo ples Class. 0 E Merry Christmas, Jean Hill. Chicago, Dec. 21. Presidents Tho Children's Story, Gladys of tho four brotherhoods of rail Leo. J way trainmen started work to Song by Quartot, "No Room in day preparing tho ballot that Is tho Inn." jto, be sent to tho 400,000 employ Happy Christmas to You, Walter cs of the 468 rallroadB in the Pest. United States, asking their np Christmas Baby, Mary Lee. proval of theso demands. Christmas Carol, Lavlna Smith. An eight-hour day with tho Exercise, Tho Star Children, by i"e wages now paid for work- twelvo children. llnEj hours- , , Recitation and Song, "Httlo I, Timo and one-half for work Stars," Lucolo Fritz, Ester Leo.,nR overtime, and Ruby Clark. 111080 demands, completed by "Christmas Evo," Helen Leo ofilclals of tho Brotherhood of "Why do tho Bells of Christmas Locomotive Firemon and En Ring? " Alda Brassfield. Blnemon, Order of Railway Con Song ''Ills Name Shall bo Jcsub" ; ctors Brotherhood of Loco- .motive Engineers, and Brothor- "ittniiii ihn Fmiitv ?tnridi?H S oSi.P ?ini Stoclt,ns 8 "Tho Glorious Davidson. VISIOII." LehllUl Song. "Litllo Town of Ilothle- GREETINGS Members and Friends of the Baptist Church, Neighbors and Acquaintances: As tho ocean is made up of sin gle drops of water, And tho meadow of single blades of grass, So life Is made Up of little things Tho Jlfo that counts 1b tho one that seeks to fill tho passing moments with things worth while. It is worth while to encourage a fainting heart; It is worth while to woo a smile to, a tear-stained cheek; It Is worth while to turn wan dering feet into tho Bettor Way; it is worm wnuo to expose an about us to tho contagion qf loving kindness. Lot us neither bo Dreamers nor Drudges in tho New Year just boforo us, but Doors of tho Things Worth While. Wo wish you all a 'Merry Christ mas and a Happy Now Year,' because you aro our friends and because wo aro yours. Most sincerely , REV. W. N. and Dr. KEBNEY FERRIS. f - 1 lit U UlllIU JtillU, JUUIliy JL UU" cnlnno. T 1,11. It TT.u... Tt.. H "Ring tho Bells of ChrlBtmaB'I Jack Lemon. "ChrlBttims Chcor'Bula Bras snold. : "A Scono of Long Ago," Murl Lee. i Bxcrclso, "Now Star for Jcaus," ; Nine girls. " ' Song, "Beautiful Star of Bothle-; ham," Quartott. "Can't be a Boy But Once," Murl Pencoleiio. Address by tbo Pastor. Distribution of Treat. Benediction, WILL PREACH SERMON FOR YOUNG PEOPLE "A Truo and Proper Man," will bo the theme at the Baptist church Sunday ovcnlng, Decem ber 20th. Walter Bailoy will preach. Ills message is espee- ially for young people who aro fnclng tho problem of building a fe b ! wlsh 0VCry young man ,! o ut gm da'v E M , leaVlnr be -able toay.T hfoTfc&"-Tr:Zn learned God's definition of a man.' This tho speaker oxpressos people of Springfield. RAILROAD MEN WILL I BALLOJTON DEMANDS Asked to Approve Proposals ' Re-J Uaruii g vvorKing uongiuona and Wago Schedule !ll00t! of Railway Trainmen, will bo mailed to every member of Ui. i . V",' " BM,""I"""?-U," TU"I ury i, it was announced, meyi'' 1 . - - v I will be given 60 days In which to voto and return their ballots. After all ballots havo beon re turned fllcinls of tho four organ izations will meet in Chicago, probably in April, to agrco on a date for presenting tho result 6f the voto to tho railroads. SOUTHERN PACIFIC IS BOOSTING FOR OREGON Tho Southern Pacific Ib doing much In tho way of attracting tourists to tho Pacific northwest states, tho latest being a series of travel and educational letters being sent out to tickot agents In Canada and the northwest by John M. Scott, general passon gor agent of tho company with headquarters in Pqrtland, A copy oach of four of tho letters bolng sent out by tho company has beon received by tho News. Tho letters are beau tifully illustrated with scones taken along tho route of the company's lines In Oregon. Announcement has beon made that Fall City Lumbor Co,, will probably open In tlio spring with full crow Of 200 men North 'Bend business men aro considering Increase of pay- j rolls, cA Christmas Sonnet The Prince of Peace In s6rr6W kepi the hat6 Of men who bear aloft tho wk?lIko shield, . And hurl grim death at focefpn bloody field; Beholds tho hollow pomp of royatiatate That, claims men's lives, that will So Jot abate Of claims to power; that forces lands to yield Hugo tribute and with haughty,meln revealed Domands the fullest sacrifice of fate. May we not Join In hopes that woe and grief Will vanish and the King resume his sway. Wo ralso tho prayer the waiting' may be brief Until tho horrid war-clouds roll away And then once more there may return to earth The calm that marked the season Of His birth. I 50 Per Cent Gain In Postal Business Sales of stamps at the Spring field postofllce for tho first three days of Christmas week this year show a gain of GO per cent .over tb same three days of last 'year, according to figures com- ed by Postmaster Harry' M. , ..v. wart Tho totals of last year reached $109.70, compared with $154.13 for this year. Following. 1 . -101.1 rn0,iv ' o'nn ,?"X;i8"pnieuts. wniiimnrin v A VAWMVAVJ 34.90 33.5& The size of tho packages sent out is larger this year than last. Tnrnmhif inn 11 lin not lprn !jjQCauso of storms In eastern trains. One of the main line ilmitls iinfi nvei mnii cnrB rccent- iy. LUMBER RATE BEFORE BRIEF COMMISSION Washington, Dec. 22. A brief filed with the Interstate com merce commission today on be half of Inman, Poulsen & Co., and other Portland lumbor firms against the Southern Pacific, contends that tho railroad com pany established a rate of 21 cents per hundred pounds on car lots of fir and hemlock lum ber from Portland to San Fran cisco and bay and Northern Cal ifornia points, while applying a rate of 17 cents from practl cally overy other lumber-pro ducing point on its line to the same points and applies a rato ;of 28 cents to Auburn, Cal., intrnlnst 21 !Gnta from other n il,V., hlo 1 anrlnV. Inatlqn takes the California , vw """ r. . Alan fin I I ft... 4 . buslnoss away from the Port land producers It is claimed and tho commlslson is asked to ro- III Mill 1 Beaver-Herndon Hardware Company) n BEAR'FATTENED ON WHEAT AND HONEY ar0. DeVere had at hlsf market yesjterday bear meat from an an!-' mal caught some months ago by Cal Eaton of near Crcswell. The bear was fattened on wheat and wlltl' honey for the holi dyiarket. .. y .HIIM..J ii. i j i i i i i j , movtho diserimination by re ducirigitMatel to. UV, cents THREE TRACTS OF LAND RESTORED TO ENTRY Tho United States Land Office at Roseburg gives notice that the patents which Issued for cer tain lands in Lane county have been canceled by decree of court (because of alleced fraudulent entry and at 2 o'clock P. M. on Januaryi 18, 1916, the restora tion of said lands to entry will be noted on the records of that office and they will be subject to all forms of appropriation per- mitted by the public . land laws appropriate thereto. These lands aro: Lots 7. 8. 9 and 10 of Sec. 2 Tp. 22 S, R 2 W, W M; NEft and SE4 of Sec 2G, Tp 21 S, R 3 W, W. M.J and Lots 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15 and 16 of Sec. 28, Tp 21 S, R 2 W, W. M. Applications for tho lands may be filed in the land office at 9 o'clock A. M on December 29, iXntinna onM i,ria i3 before 2 o clock P. M. on Janu- 1915, and thereafter, and all ap- ary 18. 1916. and applications ; presented by persons present at ' this office at 2 o'clock P. M. on said date, will be treated as sim ultaneously led. wdyiTIrrlBatlon dIstrlcts being formed ONE MORE DAY For Christmas Shoppers. We still havo many use ful gifts pocket knives;. razors, manicure sets, al uminum cooking utensils, and novelties, flash lights, silverware and other useful gifts. Come'ih and look around WE WISH YOU A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A NEW YEAR OF HEALTH AND PROSPERITY. O. A. C. STUDENTS VISIT BIG PLANTS HERE A dozen students of the en lilneering department of the 0, A. Q. at Corvallte came io Springfield yesterday to make a careful study pt the power plant here under the direction of their instructor;, Prof. R. H. Dearborn, formerly of the Uni versity of Oregon. The students' went over the' plant fro'n one end to the " other," and' made careful notes of everything they saw. The &sked innumerable. questions of their instructor, of Chief Engineer W. I. McCul- plant. They visited the Booth-Kelly mill also, taking particular notejing the hearers into the home of its electrical equipment. TRADE ACREAGE FOR BAKER CITY PROPERTY A deal was completed yester- day whereby George Brassfield Jwar, left stranded in the moun teaded three lots and a house in j tains in the first big westward ' Baker, Oregon, to H. E. Rice for flow of American emigration. Mr. Rice s five-acre tract east of Springfield. There is a six room house on the local prop erty. Mr. Rice will rent or sell !! Tlnti-nr. nvnnni. nn.l -...111 Tli otner interests nere. The deal was made through Bean & Allen. COUNCIL WILL MEET IN SPECIAL SESSION Mayor E. E. Morrison this morning Issued a call for a spe cial meeting of the town coun cil this evening. There are Eome matters of importance that iUn T "X4 J?S1 I Willi. II 111 It IIIII. IIITI'III IIIII II III t tenth of the month. SOUTHERN PACIFIC PAYS $10,000,000 P. E. & E. PAPER Satisfaction of a $10,000,000 mortgage against the Portland, Eugene and Eastern Railway company was filed for recotrd with the county clerk yesterday by the Southern Pacific com pany, i This mortgage was given by tho Portland, Eugene and East ern, to the Equitable Trust com pany, of New York, when Al Welch was at the head of the company and before the South ern Pacific company formally took over tho property. The mortgage was given to secure 125-year five po cent bonds of tno company ana tne money was Obtained for the purpose, of con structing the network of electric lines which were included In the plans of the P., E. & E. at one time. The mortgage was issued In 1911 and the bonds were pay able July 1, 1936. Register. Clackamas County taxpayers ask county courts for 2 mills for roads. Salem--Onq-half cent dri dol lar Is increase 1ft women's wages under minimum wage lav. Farmers Unlbn of Umatilla county, is to build large meat packing house. GREAT ERA Of " PROSPERITY 13 MOT That the lumber buaineac t.r- ticularly will be good after ta European war i over was th belief expressed by Dr. D. W. Mortoa of the University of Oregon school of commerce in an address before the Methodist Brotherhood Monday erenlag; He had Just predicted a pSrlod of great general prosperity for the whole United States, basing .his words on careful commercial 'reports from all sections, and he then pointed out that Germany particularly is using vast quan tities of lumber In war opera tions, greatly deplcating the re sults of long years of forest con servation. The end of the war will find the European nations with vast war debts, and this will Induce them to adopt a policy of in tense industrial activity, in an effort to pay off these debts. "It is going to bring a greater test of nerve, morale and re ligion of the American buemess man tnan He Has ever before met. The European countries' will give us the stiffest sort of competition, but I believe the' American business men will rise to the occason and do ther rieht thing." f The greater part of Dr. Mor ton's talk was taken up in a re cital of conditions in the, moua- tain districts of the southern states An intimate view, based. upon, three presented to the brohterhood.lt was intensely Interesting, tak- life of these people where con ditions are "two centuries be hind the rest of the country." The great majority of these nBOnlft art. tWrPOt rlpesnr1arta of vetflmnst of tho t?oihw Cut off by the mountains, these people have developed along a code of their own, and have not kept pace with the progress go ing on about them. They have no telephones, poor roads, no large amount of book education and no money a system of bar ter taking the place of coins. They are quick to learn, how ever, and are intensely religious. Dr. Morton told of several in cidents of young men making every sacrifice in order to go to' school, and gave other Illustrar- Hons of life in these mountains. SCORES BREAK EVEN IN rv DOUBLE HEADER GAME1 The Methodist first team de-1 feated the Baptist first team 30 to 23 Tuesday evening in tho second of the Sunday School basket ball series. The Metho dist second team dropped the second game of the evening to the Christian second team by a score of 19 to 14. Following the games, C. L. Gano of the Home restaurant ' invited the players, ofilclals of the league and officials of the game over for ! refreshments.! C. W. Cook thanked Mr. Gario in behalf of the league, and Mr. Gano responded with a word as to his interest in the young men's games. The, game between the Meth odists and tho Christians, set for next Tuesday, has been put' off for a week on account of the prevailing epidemic of the grip S, P. CO. INSTALLING A BIG DISTILLATE TANK A force of Southern Pacific workmen are busy Installing a 400-gaiion distillate storage tank In the local yards, just east ? of the water tank. The tank is to be placed In a concrete well, . and roofed ,qvor at tho surfaqo ,j Qf the ground. The tank and ' other material were received several weeks ago. -- i