LANE COUNTY NEWS
Cpntlnulngtho Springfiold Nowa and Lano County Star, Which Woro Consolidated February 10, 1914.
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. SPRINGFIELD. LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1916
VOL XV. NO. 23.
CONIES! PIANO ON DISPLAY FRIDAY
NOW FOR IRE FINAL EFFORT TO WIN
,n NowMoWhiuUs Piano jflntoh and "taking away the big March. Of 94 f 1 Uwnci
voting contests has been hold; prlzeB. Spring weather Is hero, veuc y ojo 3 r per cent grcat-tho-end.
IB In sight; and the pi-and It ought to bo a harvest time crtl an '""ryO per cent,
v . 1. i....,, l.,, flfioci
of ilnal effort, and tho piano,
and the half score of other lino
prizes will bo awarded, for tho
.,,,.1 ,. n nW1f mi
Mondny.May IB.
Hotel's drugstore tomorrow, and i
t in ii nun um no tinrnii in
,..m l,n .. llanlnv ilmrn until ttm
final award of tho judges on tho
llnal dato. It Is a fine IiiBtru-
,M ..,....,1. n l f ..f
Tort to secure. (Miss Itubv Crabtrco, I , , on a crib tuat will be mieu witn
The contestants nro credited Camp Creek 15,300 T"'0 of the gravel train crews )our or flve ton8 0f rock to an-
with their votes. In nirylng to-Miss Hazel Rcdmond...,....13,250 were released from service ycs-jchor t, An go-foot pole will be
tals. but (hero is nothing to preMIs Mabel Duryco 8,925 Jcrdny and tho third crew - will !BCt just at the east of the bunk
vent one a little ways down tho 'Minn Chlolo Wooliey 7,000 In'sh its work today, and therd)er8 t0 hoW up the end of the
will bo no further operations of rnM y.-hich !r n Bt.rnJ.nh .mroas
FRUIT GROWERS TO
.1.
U ,S0anty"ffl so-
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city Is to be held at Alvndoro,
Ore., on Saturday. May 0, lOlfi!
CONSIDER
FORM
MARKETING
ASSN
Thin Ir tho moHt imnortnnt' i at. i'aui capitalists, ror a sum tnree wasnmgs, win ue entirety
meethiu of the 2? to lie grow-' 0 h'80, ",l 8uv"nloon Dol,arfl bf said to be close to $750,000. Ifrce from loam. This plant will
e s Thoneet'lng will o,fcn at 1 llZZcTca 7M t,cal wldch'inchules the be the only one between Albany
ten o'clock in tho forenoo.: C.iSnl omco connoclcU sale announced in the Telegranv and Roseburg equipped to fur-
A Malboouf ronresentinc the c yesterday, and which is made nish washed sand and gravel.
Western SnloB Association will ! T1,,s a rocortl 1 a,n ,)rou'1 of- nntl Up of a number of different The Incorporators and dlrect
bo nresenf nlBO L p IlarrinK-''8' conditions consldurod. surpas- tract8 comprises the record ors of the company are W. L.
ImiEIj Kleiner Cli3 Stewart I BC,, 5r bul' ,hreoof Uo-tWrty-nvo transaction in stondlng-timbeVNMcCulloch, A. Mlddleton and 'J.
imtl A C Chaso wll Vivo ad- 0,hor COBnt,M 1,1 thc 8tn,- B0 rnas In the state of Oregon in recent W. Machen. Mr. McCulIoch is
IlrpsqoB ;l atd ablo to ascertain, and has rare- vears Not only does it estab- president and Mr. Middleton sec-
A larco number of crowers ,y' ,f uver' ,,cen 8Ur"a88C,1 ,w TH,S iish a new record but these pur- retary-treasurer. Tlie old dwell
are ex ecte l to bo present and c.""ly whon nU oxp8C8' proporiy cimse8 Bhow the absolute faith ing on Mill street, adjacent to
Hie subject of a marketlnK or- 11 ',"k,,10 th,a, ncC0UIlt' nro co"- in tho future of the lumber and, the plant will be fitted up as an
KWilJXff f"1, f,,r h0 11 u,own t,mt unt" ft nbcr market of tho Pacific office.
mg advw ugis yoar1 "B,," sn,ary;f ?n,y Northwest by men who are wil-'
ci 1 " onio ",?ut 0B woro charK0d 10 Hng to back their Judgment wtli, BAD CROSSING TO BE
word iIorH 1 ELIMINATED AT ONCE
Let' oJe?y grower" ln Lano o m.sooi.anoous accounts. v Rumor8 have been floating:
County mnko it a point to be 1 A,r- 1,c,, n,8 8tnloa ,lml eac lc about for some time of deals to 1 The dangerous railroad cross
there partmcut of my olllco has its head, be made but nothing was actu- ing on the Pacific Highway be-
C. A. MERRIAM,, If 1,0 "le""fl by ,hls Umt tho pub,lc ,B "Hy done until yesterday when tween Springfield and Goshen
President. C0Urlt!0U8,y waited upon by one cor- 30 acres of the Merchant Land will be eliminated at once, ac
C H. SEDGWICK ft,1, clork whon trnnflUCUnK business company and 220 acres belong- cording to announcement of
Secretary. ,n "ny of 1110 four oon,,, occu'cd by ing to W. J. Conrad and John members of the county court
,y o'lico in tho court houso. then l d. Goss, were turned over to yesterday. The court will be-
CLERK RUSSELL MAKES ',,,cn, KU,lty' wovor. I nlwnys call- Irvine & Son for approximately gin work on the stretch of road
REPLY TO ELBERT BEDE 0(1 lh,a K00(, orBanlzal,on- nn, ' " $100,000. The cruise totaled G5,- that will work on the stretch of
not responsible for tho manner of tho 000.000 feet. ;road that will chance the.cross-
Editor Springfiold News:
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suitor omiio bounce urove hcnunoi,
Slnco your publication has seen fit
iuIHihiiI tiinklntf InnnlrlKH nt Hill nfflfn ' niiuiu uimilUL UII UUUS IIVCI. 1 lie II1UI1U1. X lie 1UUU UCtt win aimi
HL n aB 1,0 18 tmnUMy ln 11,8 largest of these was some 9,000 on this piece of wor.k as soon as
aL .m rthnt Z cnmM,,n nBa,,18t acres formerly owned by the the work of Improving the road
Tmi 2. "if , IrZ i ti o ",y nJlln,8t"- Since tho com- Menasha Woodenware company between the McKenzle bridge
1 i r v rin v wh L . i I parat,V8 8tatoment Klvon nbvo. the transfer of which was delay- and the town of Coburg Is corn
public, publish m reply which fol- 80W8 Umt Mr hM oUhor e( untn uto wng c,eared The peted
Th' ,iiinr nf fim Rm.tinni m.ik,. lhrouRh misinformation or malicious now owners, who deny they are This change has been con-
tl J 1 i n ont th t?o xpenso o SomJSL1 c0cied Ylth Woyerhae- templnted for a number of years
coimtv tiovommont has incrdased ,atrat,on of thls offlc Prtwp tno user Interests, although Mr. Ir- past, and the county court In
R eon Z St voarB then fo ln,Ulftn dota,,a n,ul tt co8llIortlon ot vine Is a honvy stockholder In macadamizing the Pacific High-
iZriiS L nSon my oxdoiX ",b "rHt ttMack wlU n,nko,Plal" 1,10 that company, are already own- way between Springfield and
lows wmi an aiiacii on my oxpcnui- ,,.Hv ,i,ini. ..-tMnimi him ii...t r,i. , iet
turos, thereby makitiK tho Inroronco
that my olllco has Increased In this
III lino
proposition.
How near tho fuels this
atatonicnt Is, regarding other depart
ments of Qovornmont, It Is not tho
r. h omcVia fact thttt H hnd 11,0 80CO!,,1 ,arge3t Sng operations at once for the posite side of the railroad track
- 1 Zt JitH concornort' circulation in tho County, but for tho )Ur0so of supplying tho mills for most of the distance and this
i innw nfiin' hnitnr wav to rofuto ' r0n80n thnt tho County Court rofU80(l nt Marshfloltl with needed logs new stretch will be macadam
mi mZtalemonU of facts than o to,co"f Ior' on nccount of tho lcchn, in sch Quality and lengths as Ized Instead.
I8 2vJ u ,1 3 the toiS cal om,88,on of one of 1,10 ,aw re,lu,ro" i"iny b desired. Nothing Is said I County Commissioner George
oxoenS of this o So in 1910 this Z tho ov,,,enco of clrculaUon nB about tho stabHshmcnt of a M. Hawley said yesterday that
w Tn 11 y nredoces or i1 '"'l0 ard PubiishinB jnew mill on the Coos river, but the Southern Pacific company
impression prevails amonglms not yet agreed with tho
tnl ISL mv d n it at on dur-l"d larEeBt c,rculQl1 tho County. iumbor circlos that, should con- court as to-the angle at which
mihe JsZr o oif 1,10 t,M0 U,08 ',u,,1'CfttloB' " 'dltlons warrant, a big mill will the road is to pass beneath the
.nh nmI th0 "Sentinel- woro 1)e erected later on.. trestle but the court will go
v.. w.u ...vU ...
was $11,473.70, and tho receipts woro
$10,865.47. while the total expense In
11)15 was $12,920.C0, and tho receipts
$12,912.00. Tho ttbovo, qxprossod by
porcontngo, shows tho Increaso In ex
jionso for 1915, ovor that of .1910, loss
than 13 per cent, while tho increaso ,
In receipts during tho same period
was ovor 20 por cont so much for
i nvnr 20 nnr cent an iniu-li for'
tjio publisher of tho Sentinel's state
ment of 370 per cont incroaso.
Mr. Ilodo says I urn Incompetent,
and Intlmutos, for this reason thut 1
omploy at least throe too ninny do.
putlos. DurltiK tho last year, above
compared, my predecessor in olllco
employed, besides himself, nine roRii
lar assistants, nnd extra help ns need'
od, while I employ ut this time, bo-
rllnl rrmiihi lint frrilrt ftrtlllllltr 111 HtrnillT fit. tllO 1
ft Mm tmif natfitif u
In the count made last Mon-
day by the Judges, Miss Roberts
.increased her lead by 9700 votes
'mill Sllvln Hlnililii rnliif,1 flP.nn.
tak ng the prizes offered for the
trrnniii nun iimtr irmnmiu itihiik.
The revised totals" follow:
MIhm Union IlriliorlR ...fia.37n
Miss Sylvia Strubin.... 30,950
Mrs. Dolbort Htifknum ...25,025
Mlua Mtui THno Mnrnnlfi A ORrt
-
Hi.lon inyiioir, ton rogulnr asslHtants,
nn.l oxira ub ro.mirod-an incrca.o
,of one regular employe over tho
numbor omp oyod lx yys nRo; and
"0 UT tZ'Tt, ,8,n,;
aimvo Ih over $2 000 00. ahoroforo.lt
,1 nm liicompotont. then nlso vns my!
proilccosHor nntl tho Incumbents In
lolllco bofoto hlni. aH omployoos linvo ,
iliicroiiBcd Just In proportion to tho i
IncrcnBo of tho business of tho olllco
. . - . ,
and no moro. and as far back as you
u ""l""uii. '
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t l,,u iuiiu, iiiBiiuu ui hut"
to lho gent!rn, rott(, rum, ot tlt0
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arranRomont of tho spaco in tho court This morning the deal was Ing so that the highway will ex
houBo. and if Mr. Bodo bollovos that completed when the St. Paul tend beneath a small bridce a
'llG C0U,(I wnU 0,1 f0l?r d"Toront cus-
,n four dlrforont roon18- nt tho
, ,,, ,., ,, (u i,,,
,a uuiiuv
motivo which actuated him.
Tho County Court, as is usual in
jnrv nf .1,,- Vnnr. nrnrnnill'll to
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iiuhiu uuiuiii iMimn ui iuu uuuih,
iinu mr. tiouo's paper, uio "aontlnoi"
'chosen as onlclal papors, tho County
Coirt flxotl ft rnt0 ot 30 cont
,IlcU 8 the prico It would pay for tho
publication of what has always boon
published, tho delinquent tuxos and
tho list of claims allowed by tha
Court monthly. Until July, 1011, tho
,0 fop tll,8 Bamo work wnj c
..,. . ,npll ,,. flir .,,, PfinBni,
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unknown to mo, this prico was raised
In that month to 40 cents por Inch,
and has romnlnod nt thut ruto until
loworod to 30 conts by tho present
County Court In nn effort to lowoP
tho cost of publishing these 'claims
nnd lists to a .sum equal to Hint paid
by other counties. This is Incensed
tho olllclul papors that thoy limned-
(Continued on Pngo 4.)
RAILROAD PROSPERITY
SETS NEW HIGH MARK;
Enormous Incroaoo in Revenues'
rtro Reported for tho Month j
of March '
"Washington. May 2. Tho rc-i
cord breaking volume of trhfllc;
carrle'1 by American railways hit
February was surpassed ln
kiuuiui
lwAjl,lcl
ur?;1-ui,l-r " .
tt The increase was greatest hi
the East, WllCro IlCt rOVCIlUCS
were u m- cent peiner
. - .w. . . .,v. w.... .
limn liitiu 111 mi
showed an lucerase In net revS(luaref an( capabio of holding
CUUCS Of JO per CCllt within 30
days.
rDAwCITraiM naew
GRAVEL TRAIN CREWS
tjJC gruV(,j outfit until the WIUf'the crave! bar G00 feet to the
amettc-Paciflc bridge across theiriver
Tjmpqun rlver is completed inl Asthe gravel is hauled in from
June or July. L, , , b fl ,nn
revolving conical screens, into
$750,000 TIMBER J which an inch stream of Avater
DEAL COMPLETED will be forced. This will help
80rtin the rock and by co.
St. Paul Canitalists Buv 6.000.Vi tt,rnm.li n bpHob nf th
000 Foot of Fir on South
Cnnt Rivnr
,i.wl o Ci t.,..,
A Ul UUIIUi 1I1UJ Ui UIA 1IUIIU-
red mniol fo(jt Qf standtng ,lr
Hmhor lnn(nil on tlir. Snntli
C0?s on Ude
,,., ,,, cnl.1 fl.lo nti-Ttilttr. in
water, was sold this morning to
Skinner and 0. p. Lempher, all... The sand, after passing the
man purchased a number of ad-
dltloiml tracts, all located In tho
.,,i,i '.. , mi.
suiuu uiBinut uh nver. me
ors of larcre thnhnr lironfirtiRS In
Orecon and Washlneton. They
,.,111 .1. nl ... l,nl,lt..r.
" "i'""1" "v "U1U,"S
ineniseives,
It is stated that Messrs. Irvine
id associates will becin loc-
rp
p
TWvpr-Herndftn
II
m
AND
AND
GRAVEL
PLANT NEARING
WORKING STAGE
Itapld progress In erecting the
new plant of tho Springfield
Sand & Gravel company is be
ing made, and it will be ready
for operation within two weeks,
If certain of the screens arrive
in time.
-run o
The eight heavy bins, ten feet
COO yards of rock, have been
completed, and the machinery
Is being put into place. The
hoisting apparatus lias been set
; screens the gravel will be graded
'ni wnlnVi nno-lnnti nnrl Rnnrl
!BnfppnB the irravel will be craded
nvin.;i,n
4VUi;jV IUIKCI UlUIl IWU UllltJJ mill
drop to thfi crU8her and wlU be
Krmilnil hv nt iir snroptia n twn.
inch. oe-inchand screenings or
ofntm .litaf
stone dust.
few rods further south of the
present crossing some time this
: .t. mi ..i n
uiuuiii. uie ruuu view win suul
Goshen two vears aco left un
improved a stretch of about an
nlrrl. l. rf ixIIa nrlilnl. nvtmulo
souui 01 uiu jjrusuni. urossuig,
for the reason that the change
would nlace the road on the op-
Which'
2
A SAVING IN PAINT
Paint wise or otherwise,
you will realize the paint
hat lasts best is the cheap
est. Don't let anyone "hand
you" a substitute for our
lino paint, It Is made right
and will cover tho entire
surface required at least
cost,, considering tho qual
ity. One job that outlasts
two others Is worth while
considering.
HairdwareCnmtiaiLV I
ahead according to its plan, that
of passing beneath the trestle
diagonally. Tho railway com
pany wants the road to extend
beneath the bridge at right an
gles. Until the court and rail
way company agree the latter
;wlll not rebuild the bridge, the
plan being to erect a steel arch
iway instead of the present pil
ing trestle.
TO PUT PLANK ALONG
STREET CAR- RAILS
t uie ooutnem A'acmc corn-
a 1 t n 1
.pany will shortly replace the
vitrified brick now in place on
either side of the rails of the lo
ical street car line, with heavy
planks. These planks will have
one edge beveled so they will
t fit in under the crown of the rail,
and there will be no danger of
their warping up. Roadmaster
F. W. Schultz and assistants
were Jn Springfield Tuesday tak
ing measurements for the work,
, which is to start soon. Some
37,000 feet of lumber will be
used. Mayor Morrison asked
:Mr. Schultz to specify Spring
held lumber for the work, and
Mr. Schultz said he -would do
'SO if possible.
! WILL SHIP CATTLE
!
J Melvin Hansen today pur
chased from J. J. Fisher of the
!Camp Creek valley 150 to 160
i head of cattle, which will be
shipped to Montana the last of
the week.
CAMP CREEK ITEMS
Special to tho Lane County News
Camp Creek, Ore., May 2.
Wayne Yarnel was here on busi
ness Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. David Stephens,
Charlie Stephens and Fred Crab
tree were Eugene visitors Thurs
day. Mrs. A. M. Brown and Ruby
Crabtree were..vistor.atThurs
ton Tuesday. N"
Mr. Mackeson an'1 Sam
Mackeson have gone to Califor
nia. Guy Stephens and Oren Mas
terson spent Sunday at Thurs
ton. Llla Owen spent Saturday,
night and Sunday with Mrs.
Fred Easton of Walterville.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Jack and
family spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard Stephens.
Albert Simmons was in Mar
cola on business Monday.
Mrs. Charlie Carr and children
from California are here visiting
her mother, Mrs. J. J. Chase.
MARCOLA ITEMS
Marcola, Ore., May 3. Mrs.
, Grace Roberts and son, Earl, of
Springfield, spent Sunday here
I with her aunt, Mrs. F. A. Nicker
son. ' Robert Van Valzah, of Spring
field, and Arthur Nickerson, of
Leona, came up here Sunday
levelling to do some surveying at
Fischer's Mill. They expect to
finish in a few days and will then
! leave to do similar work near
1 Bridal Veil Falls on the Colum
bia river.
MARCOLA MAN INJURED
' Marcola, Ore., May 3. Wil
liam H. Beardon, aged aoout GO,
i met with a very serious accident
near Donna Monday afternoon.
-He fell from a load of loosely
i piled hay and was picked up un
' conscious and his head and back
(are so badly Injured that he has
not yqt recovered consciousness.
LIVE STOCK MARKETS
Mni-th Pnrtlnml Orf Mnv 1.
mi.- nHlo nnmied fnr tho
week rather slow. As usual
pulp fed steers brought 9.00. No
change ln the rate on grain fed
stock. Cows, heifers and bulls
wore very scarce, although
there was no change in prices.
Tho first California grass stuff
arrived today. Calf receipts are
continually increasing and
prices are very god.
Receipts on hogs were fairly
good. The bulk of sales were
made at 9,00 and 9.05, some of
th choicest bringing 9.15 and
9.20. The market closed strong.
Sheep are beginning to move
a little more freely, although the
receipts were only 300 head. All
classes aro In great demand and
'top prices nro' still being real
DISTRICT VOTES
DOWN PLAN FOR
A NEW SCHOOL
i. -
By a vote of 222 to 67. tko
taxpayers of Springfield school
(district on, Monday voted down
the proposition to bond the dis
trict for $30,000 for the purpdso
of erecting the first unit of a
new high school. The voting
was rapid all afternoon, and cre
ated more interest than did the
campaign.
BASEBALL AND TRACK
MEET HERE FRIDAY
Junction City High school
will send its baseball team jto
; Springfield tomorrow to meet
the local high school boys, yan ,
. Valzah is scheduled to pitch for
the locals.
! Tomorrow also there will be a
.track meet, with teams entered
Sby each of the four classes 'of
I .he Springfield high school.
i DEATH OF MARION DAVIS
i Marion Alvalx Davis was born
in Springfield, Ore., Oct. 28,
1892. He spent his early life in
and near Springfield until he
: moved to Woodburn with his
parents in January, 1910, where
he has resided up to the time of
his death.
! He w'as married to Miss Merle
Bonney of Woodburn, Aug. 10,
! 1913, and to this union was born '
one daughter.
He had suffered for about six
years with stomach trouble,
which was not thought serious
until a few weeks ago. On April
l.he.wa&Jakep-tO: Good Sam.,,
arltaii Hospital, Portland, where
on April 15, he underwent an
operation to relieve this trouble.
Lltle hope was given for lus re
covery and on the evening of
.April 22, he passed away at the
age of 23 years, 6, months and
24 days.
1 He leaves his wife, Mrs. Merle
Davis, and baby, Doris, agd 16
months; his father and mother,
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Davis, of
i Woodburn, and two brothers,
! Chas. G. Davis, of Sheridan, Ore.
'and Walter E. Davis of Mt. An-
. gel, besides a host of friends.'
The remains were brought to
the home of his parents near
Woodburn, where services were
held Monday, April 24th, at?2
1 p. m., and interment was at
Belle Passi Cemetery. 4
J He was a member of Wood
burn I. O. O. F. Lodge, No. 129.
! Woodburn Independent.
SPRINGFIELD li!
SCHOOL NOTES
The Junior class went on a
picnic to Seavey's Ferry Mon
day afternoon. They were trans
ported by auto through the
kindness of Rev. Moore and Mr.
, J. C, Parker. Mrs. Parker chap
eroned the class. Ail nau a
splendid time.
The English IV class did not
recite Wednesday afternoon ow
ing to the absence of the teach
er, Miss Rhodes.
The Freshmen class had a
picnic Monday afternoon. They
met at the school house' and
walked over the hill south"' of
town where they stayed "till the
cool of the evening." Oh! you
Frosch, you will wilt yet:
Ivan McKinney has been ab
sent from school for several
days on account of a sprained
ankle.
The High schopl is planning
an elaborate May Day program
for Friday afternoon. There-'
will be the crowning of Miss
Elsie Holverson as May Queen
and John Solelm as Kaiser, a
May pole dance, track meet, etc.
The public are cordially Invited
to attend.
Miss Wanna, McKinney re
ceived first prize ln the short
story contest given by the An
nual board. Tho priso vas one
dollar.