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SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1915.
VOL. XIV NO. 6.
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PUBLICJTY CAMPAIGN FDR SPRINGFIELD
WILL BE SUBJECT OF MASS MEETING
J. Duryea of Eugene Will
Speak on Means of At
tracting Panama Visitors
How best lo ndvortlso Spring
Held during tho coming summer
whan thousands of tourists will
ho coming through tho Willam
ette valley wns tho themo of
tho adjourned meeting of tho
Springfield Development Leagues
Tuesday evening. That It Is a
community job, and ono In
which all the people should join
-was tho concensus of opinion,
and tho result of tho meeting
wns tho extending of a formal
invitation to tho Springfield
Business Men's Club, and all
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meet with tho League In a spo
clal meeting at the Lcaguo
rooms Tuesday evening, Febru-
ary 23 at 8 o'clock.
M. J. Duryea, publicity man
ager of tho Eugene Commercial
club, and Lane County member
of the executive committee of
tho Willamette Valley Exhibi
tion association, has agreed to
bo hero on that evening to talk
011 tho subject of community ad
vertising. Ho is goingno bring
sketches of tho sign boards that
arc being erected throughout
tho Willametto valloy, and will
bo prepared to answer any ques
tions relating to community ad
vertising.
In tho absence of President
Richmond from tho meeting, W.
A. Dill reported tho action of tho
president in naming a commit
tee to confor with tho Eugono
Commercial club on the subject
of maintaining a Lano County
representative at the. Willamette,
Valloy oxhlbit at San Francisco.
After ho hnd reported tho action
of tho committee, and tho re
commendations, the Lcaguo
voted to approvo tho action of
tho president In naming tho
committee. Action on tho com
mittee's recommendations was
deferred until tho general. meet
ing noxt Tuesday.
Carl Fischer reported that ho
had taken up with Mr. Franco
tho matter of passengers being
allowed to board the southbound
train at Springfield Junction at
G:20 a. m.( and stated that tho
matter Is In process of adjust
ment. Tho Rural Mall Carriers of
Lanq, Linn and Bonton counties
wore invited to make their head
quarters in tho Development
Lcaguo rooms whilo in their an
nual Bession Monday, February
22.
W. A. Dill reported half a doz
en possible forms of community
advertising matter, including
'poster stamps, mailing cards,
folders and small booklets, to-
gother with estimates of ap-
proximate cost. Tho dlfforont
recommendations woro discuss
ed at length, but action was de
ferred until noxt week.
E. M. WARREN SELECTED
Will Roprosont Lane County at
Panama Exposition
E. M, Warren, of Eugono, has
been chosen by tho promotion
board of the Eugene CcmTiner
clal club and the committee
from tho club appointed to raise
money for tho purposo, to go to
tho Panama-Pacific exposition
to represent Lano county in tho
combined exhibit of eight coun
ties of tho Willlamotto valley in
tho Oregon building. Mr. War
ren was selected at a meeting
yesterday afternoon. He will
start for the fair as soon ns pos
sible. Mr. Warren has represented
Lane 'county at numerous state
fairs at Salem and had charge
nr tha nm,.v'0 ftvi,i.,.f fE
Lewis and Clark exposition Ina stenographer. Several young
Portland. Ho probably has no
m,ni i 1,1. nrf nf fi, ,.n i.J
arranging exhibits of farm and
orchard products.
Tho promotion board recently
voted to furnish enough money
to maintain a man at' the Ore
gon building for two months and
It Is probable that enough
money will be raised by public
subscription to keep him there
during Uio lire of tho exposition;
The amount decided upon by
the other counties as necessary
to keep him there all the time Is
$1,350. Register.
10 HOLD SCHOOL
RALLY FRIDAY EVE.
The patrons of School Dis
trict No. 19 are cordially Invited
to attend a School Rally at the
Lincoln school on Friday oven
Ing Fob. 19, at 8 o'clock, p. m.
Several outside speakers will
bo present and the pupils of the
school will furnish several mus
ical numbers. Tho Primary de
partment will give a song; tho
girls from the seventh, and
eighth grades will give several
chorus numbers and Jean Fis
cher and Joe Clark will oaeh
rqnder a vocal solo.
As this Is tho first program of
this nature attempted In Spring-
Hold It Is hoped that goodly num
ber of patrons will attend.
PROF. DeCOU TO TALK
BEFORE BROTHERHOOD
Tho literary feature of the
Methodist Brotherhood meeting
on Monday evening will bo fur
nished by Prof. E. E. poCou of
tho University of Oregon.
"Twentieth Century Canada"
and his lecture will bo Illustrated
by 100 Btoreopticon slides In
colors, These Blldes aro said to
bo vorv lino nncl rIiow n. wirin
mng0 of BCOnory mul local cou
dltlons nlong tho Canadian Pa
clflo railway from Halifax on tho
east to Vancouver on tho west.
Prof. DeCou is a native of Can7
ada and lived there for many
years which makes him unusu
ally able on a subject of this
nature.
The Blue Sky Corporation De
partment .wants, control of plat
ting additions and sellllig stock
in real estate schemes. ' !"
Anniversary
Bargain
Offer
Kcad of the offer
hi tho Monday is
sue It 1b" worth
your while If you
want to save.
Studorits Would Try Ability.
Tho Commercial department
of tho local high school will be
pleased to offer its services to
any business man or concern in
lc clty needing the services of
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w prepared to do work of
this kind and will give a dem
onstration of their ability in any
ofllce requiring such service. No
charge will be made for the work
while the pupils are ln school
and any business man or con
cern may secure such service tiy
notifying Miss Walling or ProK
Kirk where -tho work Is needed.
.CUT OUT PARTITION
AT THE POST OFFICE
The partition between tho pri
vate ofllce of' the postmaster
and tho rest of the building, was
removed the first of the week so
as to glvo more light in the mail
ing division. Mr. Stewart did
not find a private room neces
sary fo.r tho business, and hence
the change;
Oakridgo Train Delayed.
A slide of soft rock just this
sido of- Jasper delayed train No.
98 from Oakridgo for an hour
this morning. Crowwbars and
chains were required to remove
the obstruction from tho track.
Timber Wolf Pelt
Nets Owner $40
AHen Wilklns, a watchman at
ono of the Southern Pacific
camps near Marcola, brought in
a fine timber wolf hide Wednes
day on which he realized $40 in
bounties and sale to County
Clerk S. M. Russell.
Tho wolf had been giving all
tho cattle and sheop owners of
tho, Mohawk and tho Camp
Creek neighborhood, consider
able trouble. It had taken sev
eral of Mr. Wilklns' sheep, so
ho built a corral In tho brush
and put a sheep there as bait
for a hidden trap. The wolf was
caught by both front feet.
90 PER CENT OF GRADE
OF W. P. COMPLETED
Last of Tunnels to be Finished
in April Siuslaw Bridge
Held Up
That. 90 per cent of tho grad
ing on tho Willametto Paclfio
railway Is completed was the
statement of H. P. Hooy, en
gineer in charge of construction
work on the now railroad, upon
his return laBt evening from a
trip over tho new road, made In
company with W. R. Fontaine,
his assistant In the work.
Mr. Hooy declared that the
past winter has been an excep
tional one in that construction
work has not been Interfered
with by the elements but very
little, Iu fact, said Mr. Hoey,
practically as much work has
been accomplished during the
past winter as during any period
of slmillar length in the summer
lime.' There has heen little or
'3T
no com weatner along tnc coast
Where construction work Is now
centered, and much less than the
usual amount of rainfall.
,j2Ir. Hoey and Mr, Fontaine
w'eht as far as the lakes south
of Florence, where the largest
construction crews are now em
ployed. The men are now act
ively engaged In grading work
and building trestles on the sev
eral lakes over which the line ia
being built. This is declared to
be. a very picturesque portion of
thqjroad.
Engineer Hoey said last night
that tho work cannot start on
the big bridge across the Siuslaw
river at Acme until the right-of-way
through the Johnson and
Anderson quarry a short dis
tance below Mapleton Is acquir
ed. Tho condemnation suit re-
cently'instltuted by the company
against the owners of the quarry
Is expected to be tried this
month if service can be had on
Anderson and Johnson. Mr.
Hoey said that the men are now
out: of the state.
Speaking of the Coos Bay
bridge, Mr. Hoey said It was 1m
possible to .estimate the time It
wJ&KWih; to comptha.
structure, "it an dependsuipon
whether or not there will be any
serious obstacles to encounter,"
said the engineer. Up to the
present time the work has been
carried on without any delay.
He said that the work upon the
tunnels is being completed and
the last two, No. 7 and 8, south
of tho Umpqua river, will prob
nblynbe completed some time in
April. Register.
GOV. WITHYCOMBE SIGNS
NEW PROHIBITION LAW
Best Piece of Constructive Leg
islation In tho World, i
He Declares.
Salem, Ore., Feb. IS. "It is
the best nieco of constructive
lncrlalnHrwi in flia troflrl 11 ?an1ni I
ed Governor Withycombe yes
terday, afternoon as he attached
his signature to the prohibition
bill. "I heartily approve of its
every provision. If the legisla
ture does nothing else this act
alone is well worth the expense
of the session."
The Governor was in a happy
mood when he signed theblll.
Ho declared that it gave him a
real pleasure to bo able to have
a part In so wholesome and so
beneficial a piece of work. Mem
bers of the Women's Christian
Temperance Union and other
persons who have been inter
ested in the "dry" movement In
Oregon for many years, stood
about his desk.
The House enrolling commit
tee completed the final draft of
tho bill late yesterday afternoon
and Harry McClallan, the chief
clerk of tho committee, proudly
carried it into tho House and
deposited It upon the chief
clerk's desk.
Speaker Selling lost no time
In signing. Tho House paused
in its business while ho attached
his signature, Mrs. Jennie M.
Kemp, president of tho Oregon
W, C. T. U. stood below tho
Speaker's rostrum and watched
him at his task. Tho Speaker
then appointed Mrs. Kemp a
special messenger to carry the
measure over to tbe Senate,
where President Thompson
quickly signed It Tbe docu
ment then was brought back to
the House and In charge of Mrs.
Kemp, accompanied by Repre
sentative Anderson, author of
the bill and a member of the
Committee of One Hundred, was
conveyed to the Governor's af-fice.
STOP SALE OF ABSINTHE
France Paving Way for Absolute,
Prohibition.
Paris, Feb. 12. The chamber
of deputies today adopted the
bill prohibiting the sale of ab
sinthe. Indemnities will be granted to
manufacturers affected by the
bill and will be covered in a spec
cial act later. The bill also ap
plies to Algeria and the colonies
and will be proposed for adop
tion by the protectorates. The
measure now goes to the senate.
During the debate today De
puty Eduard Lachaud, a radical
republican, said: "Absinthe sup
pression is only the commence
ment We will arrive at the sup
pression of all similar appetiz
ers." An amendment was offered
making the .prohibition features
of the bill apply to alcohol and
bitters, but J was withdrawn af
ter the statement-was made that
this would be the object of a re
port of a special committee and
that propositions tending to the
sumreon ;QtjJ alcoKollc exT.
tracts cyers -oeui oanaww
RURAL CURRIERS
' WILL MEET HERE
The annual meeting of the
Rural Mail Carriers of Lane,
Linn and Benton counties will
be held in Springfield 6n-Mon
day, February 22, which is a le
gal holiday. There are some 30
carriers in the district, and it is
expected that 20 or more of
them will be here to confer on
matters of interest to the rural
carriers. The sessions will be
held during the afternoon in the
rooms of the Springfield Devel
opment League.
Varsity Student
Trundles Mower
A University student, trun
dling a lawnmower, was arrest
ed In Springfield last evening
on a charge of insanity, but was
released on "ball' furnished by
fellow students who came over
on a car to see that tho novitiate
was following instructions as to
his duties in connection with a
club initiation. He thought the
officers in earnest until he found
his associates were hero ahead
of him. He hauled the grass cut
tor home tho way ho had
brought it.
Rock has been spread on the
greater part of the section of
Seventh Btreet tho city is im
proving, The rock crew has
been blasting out rock all week,
as the loose rock was all cleaned,
up 'for work done last Fall.
Polk, Yamhill and Tillamook
offer to put in $45,000 on Grande
Rondo road to Tillamook if State
Highway Coinmlsslon puts up
equal sum,
FOREST SERVICE -SEES
NEED Of ,
INCREASED OUT
Much Timber in RMrv ic
Now Mature and is Hinder
ing the Growth of Young
Trees. "
Portland, Feb. 1G. Seiiiag
some billion and a half board
feet of timber and supervising
the cutting on several thousand
different areas, over-seeing the
grazing of more than 1,500,000
cattle and 7,500,000 sheep and
building more than 600 miles of
road, 2,000 miles of trail, 3,000
miles of telephone line, and 700
miles of fire line are some of the
things which the government
Forest Service did last year up
on the National Forests, as dis
closed in the report of the chief
forester for 1914.
There is need, says the chief
forester, to increase the cut 'of
timber from National Forests
wherever a fair price can be ob
tained, because a great deal of
it is mature and. ought to be tak
en out to make room for yoaag
growth. Unfavorable conditions
in the lumber trade caused new
sales of National Forest timber
to fall off somewhat during the,
year. There washowever, a big
increase in iJl
against 6,182 the "previoHS'year,
1 f,yS-H "
All told, the government receiv
ed $1,304,053.66 from- the sale
of timber on the Forests in 1914.
After eight years of experi
ence, stockmen are well satis
fied, says the chief forester, with
the way the grazing of live stock
on the forests is regulated, and
have even urged upon Congress
the application of the same
method of control on the unre
served public range. Almost
29,000 permittees graze stock on
the National Forests, and these
paid to the Government in the
fiscal year 1914 fees amounting
to over a milllori dollars. The
present tendency to raise fewer
sheep and goats and more cattle .
and horses, is shown in the fact
that the number of cattle and
horse permittees on the western
Forests Increased last year by
1,579, while the number of sheep
and goat permittees fell off by
a total of 268. The forester
points out that the western
stock business Is ..becoming at
tached to the soil, and the Itin
erant sheep grower and tho
speculator in cattle aro giving
place to the permanent resident
and owner of improved ranch
property. The latter is always
given the preference in tho use
of National Forest range.
Since 1909, when systematic
classification of the National
Forest lands was begun, more
than 10,000,000 acres have been
eliminated. Scattered interior
tracts which it is not practical
to eliminate aro opened to set
tlement through listing, which
nllows them to bo taken up un
der tho forest homestead law.
Anyone may apply to have land
within a Forest examined to de
termine whether It Is best suited
for agriculture, and if found so,
it is opened to settlement under
this law. During the year, 2,690
tracts, totaling 282,485 acres,
applied for by Individuals, were
opened for entry. By ollmln.aj-
(Catbn4 oa Pago 3.)