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About The Lane County news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1914-1916 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1915)
THE LANE COUNTY NEWS W. A. DILL Editor jtnd Manager Published Ewy Monday ana Thursday by the Lane County Publishing' Association. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION One Year $1.50 Six Months .75 Throo Moatha .BO Advertising ratoo furnished on application. And Remember to Get a Stop-Ovor for Springfield. 'SPRINGG FIELD, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1915. A TASK FOR SPRINGFIELD. Thousands of people pf the East and Middle West are going to be going through Springfield in tile next ten months. Thousands mo, re are going to be writing to Springfield com mercial organizations to learn more about Uiis part of the Willamette f ay. Upon the results of the Inspection made or the the information sought Will hang the bringing to Spring field of new factories and new settlers who will help in the development of this country. It therefore behooves Springfield to make as good an impression as possible. A unity of purpose in advancing the interests of the community must be shown. Provision .must be made to supply literature to all wjio ask, and facilities should be at hand for showing visitors the re- , sources of this part of the valley. No elaborate literature is needed. Easterners are no longer buyjng Jand in the West because pf 'beautiful pjctur.es in a book. They are asking what the land can do, and what the tijlers of the soil and jthe stock men and the dairymen ar.e really producing. They jyant the facts "and figures, with mighty few pictures. How best tb secure this literature and pjace it, and how best to entertain the visitors who come to Springfield, will be taken up at a mass meeting of all persons interested in the commercial development of Springfield, which will be held tomorrow night at the Development League rooms. It is not at all likely that all of these problems can be answered at that time. Quite likely only a most general policy can be outlined, but whatever is done, it ought to be in the line of a united community effort for the advancement of Spring- ' field, especially at the time." Come to the meeting Tuesday evening whether you be lqng to one commercial organization or the other; to either or to both. Life is changeable. Today there are organiza tions; tomorroY there may be none; and the next day there may arise a new plan of campaign under a new name that will carry forward the interests of Springfield before the world. TIMBER IS RIRE. "There is need," says the chief forester in a recent bulle tin given" tp the press," "to Increase the cut of timber from National Forests "wherever a fair price can 'be obtained, be cause a great deal of it is mature and ought to be' taken out -to make room fop young growth'.'' ' 1 Gradually It is coming to the understanding of the of filals that the timber of tfie west, as long as It" Is locked up and "conserved" for future generations, Is going to lose in value instead of gain. The great Tmlk of the timber in Lane County is upwards of two hundred years bid, and much of it is so old it is actually deteriorating. If this timber is ever to be used it must be taken out now, within the next few years. After that the trees will die and the timber be lost as far as meeting human needs Is concerned. If this timber is to be used, it must soon be cut and brought to market. The ultra-conservation policy of the early Roosevelt period is passing, but even yet the forest officials Jn aWshington regard the cutting of a tree as a very serious matter, and the sale pf a few million feet of logs is a subject for a vast amount of legal formalities. The timber is there In the Oregon hlUs, much of it ripe to the fullest, ready now to be cpnyerted into useful lumber. Other trees are growing tp maturity, replenishing the supply even faster than it is nbvr being cut. Oregon, and especially Lane County with its great timber resources, will be glad to see the adop tion of a pplicy that will give the freest access to forest wealth that is consjsten.t with a wise pplicy of careful husbanding, to the end thjit present ne,eds may be supplied and the supply of timber ,for tlje future made as sure and as large as possible. Meetings such, as that bejd' Friday evening at the Lin coln schopi dp, muci tp Increase the interest of the parents In the optiqn of the public sphools. USjNG THE VACANT LQTS. , , Cimcilman Peery's suggestion that owners of vacant lots allow them, to be 'tilled Is indeed ah excellent one. One of the particularly unpleasant scene's about an bthewlse beau tiful city bas 'been the 'unsightly lots cpvered with weeds eyeVy' summer. Simply as a means of making the city more beautiful the councilman's suggestion ought to be adopted. There, are, however, excellent reasons aside from this for the utilization pf vacant lots as gardens. The benefit accrues both to the pwner and to the tenant. A year's tilling will put a vacant pt into proper shape for the planting of lawn. For the' "tenant" on the lot, th,e use of the land may mean the difference between hunger and plenty. The vacant lots do np ope any good, and, axe indped a detriment. Tilled by men or boys who at thjs season p,f the year may not have 'much 'io lo'( they will yield a. suppjy of potatoes or corn or garden vegetables thaj. will gp a Ijpng way toward reducing the cost of living. in other citjes, fivpers. Pf lots have given their vacant lands free Joy the ue o ppn,-o,wner8 who would produce crops, . ajid it is ouncjlnian fjeery's suggestion that he same plan be fpllowQu?'fi(qre. 'if laji ,is likely tb stand idle'Kll Sum mer it would'be better to have It in productive garden than in non-prouctije wjeds. ' The NewsVould'be glad to list lots thus offered for the iim of tho who would till, and It would be glad to put In quirers in touch with the persons ready to allow their land thus to be tilled. Many herpes have arUon In the history of the United States, butaompway the" American people can not. forget the birthday annlv.ersaYy pf the leader at Valloy Forgo, at Trenton and at Yorktown, t$o great demonstration jnarks t)io day tp day,"but a silent thought goes back 18il years to tho babo who shbuld leads his fellow countrymen Into freedom and who shoukl bo their first chief magistrate. One Now York church Is to build a thirty-story sky scraper, with tho cWch'bn top. Thus tho gonoral opinion that Now York Is a modern llnbylon is verified. Marrlago foes havo been reduced in Boston, but that Ib,uo great encouragement to matrimony. It is tho upkeep cost that counts. TELLING US HOW Communication In Florence Wostl There is nothing morp irritat ing to the peoplo pf a sniall town than the air of superiority that people from larger towns havo toward them and their village. It is hard to say just what prompts the city man to feel greater than tho villager, but he almost invariably does, and what makes It worse, shows It in his actions. It is the weakness of city people, this belief pf thejrs that country people are back num bers. The man froni a city con- eerji pays the country business man a visit and shows plainly that he considers the little mer chant a very sniall potato; but if he were wise enough to realize the truth of their respective businesses, ho would know that the back-number merchant, as he loqks upon him, is laying u' each year morp than the city chap is drawing as a hired man from a company that could find a tnousanu jjkc nun m a nays time. The narrow-brained lecturer drops Into the sniall town, and at the beginning of his talk, men tions that he has changed his; subject, "for fear the one an nounced would be over the heads of his aundience," and then pro ceeds "to ramble along for a couple of hours with stale stor ies and disconnected ideas, bor ing his auditors half to death. The Chautauqua entertainer, until he has had a good deal of experience; the travelling sales man, up to the time he becomes of some value to his house; the transient visitor, on a chance business or pleasure trip; the young city employe,, before he learns the lessons of the relation of capital to business, wherever It Is employed all of them make the same mistake of misjudging the capacity, the intelligence and the character pf country people If there is such a thing as su periority between cty and coun try folks the letter havo the best onnortunlty of securing it. But as peope, there is. no difference betwepn tjipse who live in the pjty and those wljp live m the country. Tjiey all read the sjime newspapers, the sapie magazines and the same books; they hear the same lecturers, and see tjie sapie theatrical per formances; they attend the same high schools and graduate from the same colleges and un iversities; thpy take thq same trips, visit "the saine vacation resorts, and make as many ex cursions abroad; they ride in Pullmans as often, and pay their bills as regularly; and when everything Is cqunted, It Is liard tp ppint out ajw dllfprpnce be tween' them, except that the country peppjp h,ave the advant age of (reeijpm from the life In tjirppgs, ancj from the scramble for a livelihood wjth great num bers contesting for a share, We Uave up contempt or crit icism for thpse who prefer to live In a city, but we do object to their attitude of scorn for the doings of those who live in the country pr in small towns.. There Is no basis for their feeling pf superiority and, to a person with a proper understanding of the relations of things, it is non sensical and uncalle9-for. HIGH SCHOOL NOTES Supt. Kirk announced Friday that Just as soon nB a llngpolo could bo secured and tho weath er became suitable the new high school flag would be hoisted. Tho Seniors will make their first rehearsal of tho play Mon day evening. There will bo thir teen characters and It Is expect ed that with tho aid of Miss Rhodes as coach oyery character will bo successfully trained. Miss Rhodes comes to the Springfield high school from U. of 0. and has had considerable experience along that lipe. Lester and Miss Iripn Hill, brother and sister of Clarence started to school Monday. They were students of Eugcno high school until last Monday when tho family moved to this city. A meeting of tho baseball en thusiasts was held Wednesday evening and Norton Pengrn was elected baseball manager. The boys are going into spring ath letics with vim and determin ation. As the high school grows tho more active it becomes, par ticularly along the line of ath letics. Prof. Kirk called the Seniors to his room last week and began the first preparation for com mencement exercises. "Commercial Law under the instruction of Mr. Kirk is very interesting," is the report heard from all who take that work. There was a great deal of ex citement among the students one day last week when a false fire alarm was given. Both the girls and boys basket ball teams will go to Pleasant Hill Friday evening to play games there. A number of rooters will go in a separate wagon it Is expected. The program given Saturday night by Mr. Stroud's division of the Literary society was very in teresting and a great many re port it to have been tho best of the season. "A fifty cent enter tainment for nothing" and "the best thing wo havo had fn town for a long time," are some of the expressions made by the patrons and visitors. There were about three hundred people in the as sembly hall and a great number of these were compelled to stand up during the entertainment. At the rear end of the room the aisles were crowded and even the hallway was filled. Following was the program: i..7l eB'f Ffip MlnJrel Prooram Middleman Mr. Jphnson Endmen Mr. Drown, Mr1. Smith Part J. ALL 80nTS OponlnK chorus , , Bit? Four Mlnatrola Gags BIb Four Minstrels QuQartqt Purn.t Cork Quarts Oration , Motto Song'and chorus,. BIk Four Minstrels qrand. Flnalo, llapld Transit .... .. ihk J' our MinatroiH PART II. GRAND OLIO Mr, Brown and Mr. Smith tho wiz ards or tho guitar and mandolin in songs, solos und sayings. Sambo A modern Cicero in his fa mous unuion, -a uciouraiou wo-mod," Dinah Tho modorn Joan of Arc. In lint ffiTtliila linrtnilt .'lVTImti Tiv Ln- ..w. .....nr.... J.'vww.., ,? ,U. -VJ AI" listed C'ull'cd Koldlurs." Gags , , tllg Four Mlnatrols Stump Speech, Spring Uastua Bong ijurnt Corn cjuartot In8trum,ental ,, Mr. Smith and Mr. Brown. Quartet Burpt Cork Mlnstrols ' Tlio wholo la concludod wUh the roarlrig force entitled, "Mr, Jacksoiru Servants," Mr, Japkson, Tho Master,, Mr. IColley, Mrs. 'Jucksbn Mlraiidy First servant , Judo Sofcond servant . , , , Sambo Third sorvnnt Mr, Drown Joaoy, Llsfzy, Bgtsy, Dinah, Jasper, Wo print butter wrappers. Ilonort of tho condition of tho First National ntmWs?rinllQUl, in tho State of .Ore gon, a go cloBO of bUBhioBB Docombor 81, 11)14, ""J11" from report to IWhFT Curr0,lty, Loans and discounts . . . . . . . ....... "'Wio oi - U. S. and other Bonds an d Warn h. , -1,810.01 Banking houso, real eBtato, furnltuto and fixtures nnnipS Cash and djto from banks .,uu..u 7T $177,aO(Ji80 LIABILITIBS Capital stock : f SurplUB and Profits anoon Circulation 149 114 10 Deposits 143'a",:L0 $177,a00.89 - ESTABLISHED 1907 SAFETY- CON VE N I EN CE -SERVICE 1 The Best Groceries For Less Money The Fifth Street Grocery Tfips. Sikes, Prop. Ponp 22 Save Last Month? rpt much! Tjiere arp otbers, lt wp kiiQW oflp man jvhp gave Jdmsplf a pot.c fpr $10Q0.00, then opened an interest paying deposit account with ub and saved until he paid hlni8eif off. Q PER CENT Interest is cmc o thp lyjat paying ltt)e machines you ever operated. Commercial State Bank Capital $30,000.00 The Cash Grocery We have a good fresh, clean stock of Groceries and solicit your trade. Try ub on your next grocery order and be- ' come one of our many pleased cuBtornere. Try our Blue Ribbon Hard wheat Iiionr. nn huhor in price than many of tho poor branefs, but as good ae' thp best and always makes good brid'.' ' i Breakfast Tea, lb. per. 3 c FulJ lino of nevy garden seeds. In Bulk 'and Packages, mc& & Miurn Successors tp JV1IULER A MOSIER IF YOU HAVE NEVER TRIED The SpringfieJ rea,mexy CHAS. BARHWA, faitfrtff ' Try it and be cow need that jt paya to patronize iiuiuc UlUUBiriUS. I .,' ', ' - . , .i . . FIPST NATIONAL BANK, pupENE, OREGON. Established 1883 Capital and Surplus - .. . . $300,000,00 Interests on Savings Accounts a nd Timo Certificates .W. p, WALKER UNDERTAKER FUNERAL DIRECJOR, Office Phpne'eg'; ' Residence 67-J Vest Main St. wm . PUBLIC Office In Cl all, 8pr polf I cJ, Ore-