THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY NOV. 16, 1916. ua mtlcriin1raotof Ouiigro M rih, l7D VOL. XV. NO. 84. WILL AGAIN SEEK I FOR LANE COUNTY. Oonornl (SommlttOO of Tnxpay- ' 1 era to Bogin Work Soon, Promises Secretary ASSIST COUNTY COURT 4 Estimate of 1917 Expenses of Count Officials are Lower than Last Year, In Many Caiea A meeting of tho general budget committee of taxpayora will bo called aoon for the purpose rf pruning tho bndgota of tho various county officials It wna announced yostorday. a. V. Griftllth Is secretary of this body, and lie Is n consistent worker for a lower 10 REDUCE BUDGE tax. This committee kept the budget 8ehoo 0oar(. Ho(d AdJourned Mt. levy down nevtynl mills last year. I , ...... .. ..... ., . , ..... I"0; Another Teacher la Hired Mr. Grlfliln said yesterday that tho j members of tho committee oxpoct to find a good many placos whoro tho ox-1 At n turned meeting of the school peases of tho county governmont can ,,0!mI hold Monduy evening, tho bud be cut this year. In speaking of tho Kol for tho coming year was prepared, antessorV olllce as an exnmpio, ho said Bntl Miss May Trlplett was hjrod ob the comniltleu will exuoct Assossor- aubstltuto teacher In tho grades, sub- Elect Burton to mako good his cam paign promise that ho will savo the taxpayers $10,000 during his four years lu tho conduct of his olllco. Tho committee will moot with tho county court and confer with It In mak ing ap the general county budgot and nftor that a series of inoetlngs, as wore hold last year, will be called to discuss various Items In the budgoL The budget conimlttoo is made up of the masters of several granges and representatives of Uie cities anJ towns of tho .county. Tho pcrsounol Is us follows: Chnlnnnn C. M. Young; secretary, G. W. GrlHIn; V. E. Grous beck, Creswell grango; a. C. Wheeler, Trent grnngo; P. II. Emory, Spring Held grange; 10. 1C. Hylnnd. While Oaks grange, Lowell; C. S. Cnlef, Wll lukenzlo grnngo; M. W. Davis, Mo hawk gnuige; O. II. Alllnghnm, West Point grnngo, Coburg; II. W, Hall. Alvadoro grunge; II. II. Earlo, Trian gle grange, Illachly; A. F. linker, Jus- per grango; H. M. Potorson. North Forks grnngo; U. P. Innian. Elmlra grange; It. S. Mosoly, Franklin grango M. II. Stewart, Four Oaks grango, j llalloy Hill; J. Darling, Sluslnw grango , Loniine; William Ilainbrldgo, Coltago " lt.,. . ... ........ . franco; II. I,. I'lanlt, Irving grango; J? M. Johnson, siilita Clara grange. Springfield city Is represented by 1!. E. Konnor and O. n. ICuBsoviCot i Inge Orovo by Elbert Hude nnd T. C. Wheeler; Junction City by Jnko Mil-! lor nnd W. C. Wnsliboumo; Creswell by It. O. Brady; Florence by J. W. Bergman; .MCKcnzio vnnoy uy mu Gobuuor of Wnltervlllo; Notl by C. K. (lrm of Wolt nml MUler( shoe-repalr-Hale; Coburg by Monroo Loach nnd crs nud aealorrf In shoos nnd men's Eugene by E. J. Adams, W. W. Cal kins, C. R. Seltz, J. 1). Humlln, J. M, Williams, William Poldors, W. F. Gil strap, George N. McLean and F. L. Cbambors. Most of the county officials havo submitted tho estimates of their ox- ponsoH for 1917, to bo considered by Hultnblo quarters ubout Docembor 1. the county court In making untho an- Tho partition which formerly dl mini budget. In most instances tho vlded the spaco In tho oast half of the esilmates nro smaller tha tho flgui- lower floor of tho building has beon ob contained in last year's budget, jtoru out, a now display window h.i-j E. .J Moore, county school suporln- been constructed", nnd moro sholvos In tendeut, gives the following estlmato; Salary, 1600; traveling expenses, $200; stenographer, $800; county Institute fund, $400; stationery, etc., $300; print ing, etc,. $150; eighth grade and touch ers' examinations, $150; county edit- catlounl board's oxpensos, $100; su porvlsory system, ttalurlos and ox- ponaos, $2700; total $6000. Tho amount in last year's budgot was $G270. The budget of tho Assossor-Eloct Burton us submlttod Is as follows Salary, $1500; ono ofllco assistant, $780; two ofllco assistants, $1440; ono olllce assistant, $600; Hold do ini tios and oxtra assessors, $2650; asses- smout rolls, etc, $1000; tax oxtenlou just boon ohtnlnod from tho Odd Fol doputloB, etc., $1060; total $9030. As- lows by Wolf nnd Mlllor. Had Ed 808801 Kennoy's budget last yoar wards nnd Brattaln romaJued, thoy umountod to $10,630. ! would havo had to sub lenso. "But County surveyor road viewers, wo didn't exactly run thoni out,'1 Mr. $700; snlary, 1500; deputy, $860; chain Miller said, men, $800; mileage and oxpousos, Along with tho Increase In floor $400; reestablishing corners, $160; of- spneo, Mcssors. Wolf and Miller plan flco supplies, $2Q4; total $4064, I to increase tholr stock, Now goods County treasurer Salary, $J200; nro being rocolvod all tho tlmo now. hoolckoopor, $000; books, Btatlonory Tho repair work will bo handled us afijl postngo, $175; mossugos, tolo- hoforo, with porhupB tho addition of i'ramu, and tolophotiei), $40; mlscellan- another uinn to take euro of it, eons, $75; total $2,100. Last yoor's two iloimtlcH $2400; onn circuit court doputy, $1020; two stenographem, $1500; ono deputy $000; two book limcliliii) operators, $1500 ono Indoxor, $720; two comparers, $1200; postage, ( bookii etc., $080; Incidental, $1740; tottti, 913,780. Last year's budgot ran up to 14,800. I Shorlff J- Salary, $2000; chief "flop- .uty, $1200; special deputies, $1000; j transportation, $800; toIcKrnpli and tolophono, $500; board of prisoners, tl-'flO- clili.f Mr itnniilv. U9hh' tinll lax clorkn, $3000; lodger and receipts, J$500; atntlonory, etc., $700; to.tal $12 ; 100, Last year's budgot amounted to $13,500. ! Fruit Inspector Salary $12G0; dep , uty nt Junction City, $200; deputy at ruftoj uvv, iuiui ft.,Mv, Mini cm n ,)U,,Kot for tMa 0,,lco Kavo lhc "u"' of Eugene, 800; total $2250. Last ycar'n ,$2000. County agriculturist Salary $2000; traveling expenses, $7C0; stenographer and olllco assistant, $300; rout of of flco, $180; ofllco and flold supplies, $200; now Ford automobile, $300; de ficit 1010; $100; miscellaneous, $175; total 4,005. Tho county appropriates only $2000 for this office. PREPARE YEARLY BUDGET Joct to assignment, at a salary of $20. Tho Items of tho budgot for this yoar are practically tho same as for .that of last. However, the assessed Vft'un!,on of the property of this dls trict Is less at this tlmo, than It has fonnorly been. Last year, It was assessed at S1,2S6,716, while now tho valuation put upon It Is $1,089,092 A copy of tho budgot for tho coming yoar appears in another section of this Issue. All membors of tho board, excepting C. E. Fischer, woro present nt tho Mon day night meeting. To Take Annual School Census. County School Superintendent E. J. Moore Is sending blanks to tho dis tricts of tho various school districts of the county for tho taking of tho an nual census tho last week of Novem ber. Accompanying tho blanks is a statement to the clerks, calling utton- Hon to tho requirements. The onu- munition IS to ljO tnkeil IIS Of Novelll- )or 25, and shall includo nil porsons between tho agoH of 4 nnd 20 who nro' ,C8,i0IH 0f tho district on that date. AAnlf 8r Millar Need More Room jSho F,rm Now 0M Half of Low. on Floor of I. O. O. F. Hall; Edwards and Brattaln Move uocauso of Increnslnc business the clothing, has tnken over half of the entire Iowor floor of the" I. O. O. F, building. Fonnorly tho real estate firm of Edwards nnd Brattaln occupied u portion of this space, hut tho lattor company has movod to the city hall, from whero it plans- to niovu into stalled. Mr. MlHor said they planned to havo nil changes completed by tin end of tho week. ; H. Wolf nnd Gilbort Mlllor 'have boon doing business as a firm in this city for about ono year, having about $1,000 worth of stock whon thoy bo- Ran. Now, tho business has Increased to aomowhoro between tho value of $3,000 and $4,000 and shows signs of kooping right, on, Tho reason for tho chango Just nt this tlmo, usldo from tho fact that tho shoo firm noeded the apace, waa nindd beouuso of tho fact that a new lonBo for the ontlro lower floor had WILSON MAKES GAIN OF 471 VOTES AS COUNT PROCEEDS Forty-Eight Counties of State Havo Finished the Tabulation HUGHES LEADS MINNESOTA Official Count In Large Counties Pro bably Will Be Completed At End of This Week Sun Francisco, November 15, 1916 Unless a vital error Is discovered in tho unofficial returns of one of tho largo counties of California, President Wilson's plurality, when tho official count Is completed, will bo between; 3700 and 3800 votes. 'Utls estimate was lndicatod this aft ernoon on tho faco of complete official returns from 48 of the 58 counties lu California, as tabulated by tho United IT,css. Tho official returns of tbeso coun ties show these totals: Hughes 136,- 047, Wilson 150,107. This Is a gain of 471 for Wilson over his plurality as shown In tho. unofficial count. All of the larger counties In the state ore missing from tho completed offi cial returns. Thcso includo Los An geles, San Francisco, Alameda, Fresno,. Sacramento, San Bernardino and Santa Clara. In six of theso Wilson led, and in tho other six Hughes led. The returns from these largo coun ties will not be concluded before tho ond of the week, It was declared today. As the official count progressed It hecam'e moro and mora apparent thfit no changes of importance are likely to bo made In San Francisco's plurality of 15,111 for Wilson. As corrected to dato this plurality Is 15,063. Hughes Maintains Minnesota Lead St. Paul, Minn. Nov. 15- With pre sumably ten precincts of civilian vot ers and 15 counties of soldier votes missing, Hughos nt noon led Wilson In Vltmnenln W nn flin tnrn nt nvnilnblo returns. Returns today showed the same Indeflnltencss, how ever, and will feature them until the ofllclnl recount in Honnopln county (Minneapolis) tomorrow. Civilian votors in 56 out of 71 counties, where soldiers voted give Wilson 971 Hughes 882. These totaled Hughes 179,534; Wilson 179,311. Hughes' lead 22.', Ditching Machine at Oakridge Tho Southern Pncllc company this wcok started a ditching machino to work on tho cuts on tho Oakridge branch, where trouble with landslides has been encountered. Some of the dirt taken out is tnken to fills not far away to widen the grade. En trances to tunnols have been causing the compnny trouble more than any other points nnd it is here that tho most attention is being pnid. DR. POLLARD HEADS ORGANIZED CHURCH ATHLETIC LEAGUE Basketball Season Will Open Dec ember 3 With First Game. Prac tice Starts Monday. Tho Springfield Church Athloilo League was organized nt tho home of Rov. W. N, Ferris Tuesday ovening. Dr, W. H. Pollard was elocted as president; Harry Chaso, manager; Fonner Travis, ofllclnl scorer and Wulter Dlnun secretary and treasu rer. A conimlttoo was appointed to draw up a provisional constitution for tho organization and to present It at tho noxt mooting to bo hold at the olllco of tho president Friday night nt 7:30. BiiHkotlmll puactleo will probably begin noxt Monday night If tho hall can bo rented und fixed up by that time. Tho first gnnio will 'not bo played before December 3. Tho Athletic League will ho com posed from baskotbnll teams repre senting tjho Baptist, Christian nnd Mothodlst clturchos, Last winter those same teams competed for bas ketball honors which flnnlly wont to the team from tbo Christian church. TOTAL VOTE FOR PRESID W LARGESTRECOROED PresidenURoceived Ovor 8,560, 000, an Increase of 2,297, ,000 Over Four Years Ago ,t HUGHES 400,000 BEHIND Hia Total Likewise Exceeds the Pre ' vlous Record Vote, That for Taft In 1908. President Wilson received In last week's eloctlon more votes fllan were ever given before to any candidate for the presidency. With approxi mately complete returns from most of the Northern and western States and estimates of tho vole cast in some of the Southern States whero full returns are not yet available It seems certain that the Democratic can didate was the choice this year of more than 8,560,000 voters. As compared with the 1912 election, when Wilson poltcda total of 6,293,019 this shows an Increase of 2,267,00) votes, or moro than 36 per cent. He leads his opponent, Charles E. Hughes, by a little more than 400,000 votes. The Republican candidate, in polling moro than 8,160,000 votes, likewise exceeded the highest previous record for presidential aspirants, which was 7.678,908, obtained by William H. Taft in 1908. Theodore Roosevelt in 1904 received 7,623,486. Tho vote for Taft and Roosevelt combined In 1912. totaled 7,604,463. Hughes bettered these figures by556. 000 votes, a large increase except whfOc.compared with the tremendous addition to tho Wilson Vote. NEWLYWEDS "SET 'EM UP" Large Crowd Serenade Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Sneed Tuesday Night As expected, Mr. and Mrs. Artie R. Sneed didn't miss a linnnonious serenade and a night visit from a large number of their Springfield friends. The latter betook themselves, in a body, to tho homeof the bride's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Allen, In Stew art Addition, about 9:30 o'clock on Tuesday evening. Hero they found the house all dark ened, nlthough nbunch of boys was already In evidence! Under tho per suasion of music from saws, guns, tin cans, nnd cowbells, Mr. nnd Mrs. A. It. Sneed soon Invited the company Into the house, whero thoy handed out sacks of candy, cigars and apples. The visitors stayed until about 11:30. White Arctic Owl Is Killed Here. A whito arctic owl, measuring 5S inches from tip to tip, was killed at tho Fischer-Boutin mill by Arthur Shovo, Tuesday, Milton Bally Is having tho specimen, which appears to be quite Bcurco hero, mounted by Mel. Bart lett. LITERARY SOCIETY AT HIGH SCHOOL TO APPEAR NOV. 24TH Girls Basketball Practice Begins Next Week. .West Springfield Pupils Take Hike (BY LULA HAMPTON) The Springfield high school has rented tho hall known as tho old open house for playing basketball. This is also to be used for class parties and entertainments. Tho high school literary society is to moot Friday, November 24. There will bo business meeting after which the following program will bo'glvon Piano solo Tholma Crouch nocltntion Lila Mlllor Play (Announcod loter) Quartet ....Waltor Gosslor, Clyde Ko over, Glen Wooloy. Lester Hill. Hocltatlon Bornico Cagley Piano solo Doris Slkoa I I Miss WUHaniB, history teacher in tho , Sprlngflold high school, Is suf fering, from a vory bad cold. It haa offectod her vocal chorda. MIsa Wllllama is to bo coach for the bas ketball girls. Sho snys tho glrla will 1 '-'.u to practice ns ftoon as tUo goals nro put in place noxt wcok, probably. Tho fifth and sixth grades of tho West Springfield school and the'r teacher, Miss Wcllcr, went on a liiko Monday afternoon. Eats were taken along and when the hikers camo to a convenient place they made short work of the rations. Mrs. Brown Laid at Rest. The funeral of Mrs.Klfzabcth Brown was held yesterday from the Walker I undertaking chapel. Reverend Chri-j Jensen conducted the service. Mrs. i Brown was mother of A. H. Lewis, j who lived at the corner of Fourth and G streets. Interment was reads In tho Laural Grove ccmctary. Mehtodlst Ladles Aid Meets About 20 members of the Metho dist Ladles' Aid met at tho home of Mrs, S. H. Baker on Fifth and A Sts yesterday afternoon, where work was done for a sale which Is to be held soon. A very pleasant afternoon Is j reported. The next meeting' will be held at the home of Mrs. D. W. Roof on Ninth and A streets. HOLD RALLY AT THURSTON Christian Endeavor Weekend Meeting Is Interesting And Profitable A county Christian Endeavor rally was held In Thurston over the week end. The visiting speakers were Harold Humbert, Raymond Smith, Lane county missionary superinten dent; Ruby Senseney, Lane county junior superintendent; Kenneth Hen dricks, William Baird, local pastor; Mae Harbert, president of the Lane county chritian endeavor; and J. D. Fosjter secretary of Y. M. C. A. of tho University of Oregon. A reception and basket social was held Saturday evening to let the young people of Thurston and the visitors get acquain ted. Very interesting meetings were held Sunday morning, afternoon and evening, during which great progress was made in filling the apportionment for the campaign for millions. The morning collection was turned over to missionary work. Tho entire pledge which Thurston made' In the county work was paid. Three Year Old Boy Dies Died: Henry Irvine Smith, three year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Smith at their home on Third and U streets at 2:45 this morning. The fun eral will be hold from theAV. F. Walk er chapel at 2 P. M. tomorrow. In terment will be made in the Laurel Hill cemetry. Petition Presented to Straighten Street Council Asked To Authorize Vacation; ! Other Matters Attended To ! At Regular Session. At the regular monthly meeting of the oity council hold last Monday even ing, a petition was presented asking 'for the vacation of the west side of ' mill street In front of Block 20. The purpose of this petition is to authorize ' tho straightening of the west side of ' tho street, between Main and South A, on Mill. The judges and clerks of the election wore allowed $6 each for their services by tho council, at this time. An ordinance for the assessment I of the recently completed improve ment on South Second street was read. .Tho ordinance must be posted ten days (before any action Is taken. The monthly reports of tho recorder and treasurer were read and approved. Tho usual bills of the month wore al lowed. A statement from the audi tor to the effect that the books of the recorder and treasurer had been gono (over, and found correct, was presented I Mayor Morrison nnd all members ' of the council excepting J. W. Coffin, who Is ill, wcro present Monday even !ing. . Funeral of Mrs. Eva Atantls Smith. ; The funeral sorviccs of Mrs. Evn, j Alantio Smith, wlfo of Andrew Smith I of Marcola, who died Sunday morning nt 1 o'clock of a complication of dl ' soaBOB, was held Tuesday at tho Walk lor chapel at 10:30. Interment was imade In the Baxter cemetery at Mar ' cola. Has Beautiful Easter Lily. Mrs. J, V, Coffin has an Easter lily In blossom at her homo. The lily blossomed last Eastor and was left out" pfr doors, untl In Soptombor when tho buds were notlcod to be for Ing and" the plant was brougUt Into the lieuBo. IG LUMBER TRADE BOOKED BUT CM NOT YET ARRIVING Shortage of Transportation Fa cilities Causes Grave Concern To Mill interests 10,428 CARS ARE NEEDED Order at 124 Mills Reach. Immenxt Total f 359,139,860 Feet; j ' Bulk Unshipped One htradred and twenty-four- West Coast mills have orders on their books totaling- 353,150,860 feet of lumber de livery of which is causing grave con cern In the hit! as try. . Of thftr tmmense balance of un shipped lumber, approximately 250r 700,000 feet, or 10,428 carloads, is fox transcontinental haul. Car shortage, increasing in severity and no relelf la sight, is the primary cause of tho In dustry's deep concern. Mills are sail to have partially adjusted themseh-e to the war created shortage in oceaa tonnage, and in any event the indus try Is optimistic In its view of water deliveries the balance of the year, predicting that laodings will be less than normal, but In sufficient volumt to partially releive mill stock accumu latlons. These facts are gleaned from th weekly' trade barometer of the West Coast Lumbermen's association, com piled from information furnished by 124 representative mills in Oregon and Washington west of the cascades. Th shortage jn equipment for reaching Eastern markets, as reflected in tha barometer, does not include delayed delivery of shingles and wood-work-doors. The unshipped balances re ported by the association refer only to lOmber and not to by-products ot lumber. Mills Are Curtailing j Curtailed production Is again mark ed said to have been caused by ina bility of many mills to get cars, trade report productionnn totaled 69, . 209,552 feet, which the association figures to have been 16.22 per cent j'below normal for this season of tha j year. J Now business for tho week amount ed to 68.632.7S1 feet, of which East ern orders mako up 50,050,000 feet: j local orders and property repatrp, 1 0,035,938 feet, and cargo orders, 12.- 646,843 feet. Kew business the pre vious week at 111 mills was approx imately 10,000,000 feet In excess or last week's orders at 124 mills. Shipments tor last week amounted to 58,455,067 feet, which In turn was a gain of 10,000,000 feet over the ship ments ot the previous week, due to i increases in local and cargo trade and I the fact that 13 additional mills par- l tlclDate In this wank'n liarntnotpr Rail deliveries amounted to 39,600, 000 feet, which was 20.8 per cent lead than new business booked for future rail delivery. Home consumption ae- i counts for 4,912,329 feet In the week's ' total of shipment! and the cargo trade takes care of the remainder a matter of 13,942,738 feet. In percentages, orders were prac tically equal to production and 14.83 per cent above shipments, which In turn were 29.24 per cent bolow"TIor mat. HAS S. H. S. FOOTBALL TEAM' DOPED TO WIN Coach Moore Believes Local Boys Cart Whip ' Junction Friday, If They ' Don't Give Up, . ' The coming football game with Jun ction City high school Is lookod for ward to with some apprehension on tho part of the local fans. "Coach Moore, however, has the Springfield team doped to win; ho says: "Tho boys can win it they will work all tho time; their worst fault is that they give up when they nre In roach of tho goal." The team "wlU leavo for Junction Friday noon. Thoso who will play are: Bally. Bearo, Wally, S. Hill, B. Hill. Bryan. McKay, Rodenbo, Ooss- ler, Cqtton, Grandy, Dlmm, arid Koster. Coach Moore, ond WUer Dlmm who la , to roforeo, will also make tho trlpt