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SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON,
THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1915.
VOL. XIV. NO. 1.
THE- LANE
COUNTY
m I f m--m ? rai
GROWERS OF HOPS
SELECT DIRECTORS
Two from Lano County Rocom
mondod to Consideration
of State Body.
WILL MEET SATURDAY
FOR. INCORPORATION
Groworo nro Already Feeling
-tho Effoct'OfCo-operatlve
Action.
Hop growers of Lana county
mot yesterday afternoon In tho
l'oory-Wlnzcnrlod hall to con
sider the constitution and by
lawn for tho organization, and to
select two Lano county hop
growers to bo recbmincndcd to
tho stato association for election
as directors. At a meeting to
bo held In Salem Saturday, tho
stato organization Is to bo per
fected by tho holders of tho
$200,000 of stock and articles of i
incorporation will then bo ar
ranged and filed. I
Tho Lano county growers se
lected J. L. Clark and 13. B. Mor
rison us their candidates for di
rectors. Whilo organization of tho as
sociation has not been complet
ed, nevertheless It Is making a
considerable stir in the Oregon
hop market. Buyers are offering
" to contract hops at 15 cents,
which is a high, prico for Spring
contracts. In fact a represen
tative of one of tho largor buy
ers last week offered to tho sec
retary of tho association to tako
all hops controlled by tho asso
ciation at 15 cents and advance
10 centa.a nound now, This, If
It wero accepted, would Irivolvo,
At si r r i M 4. ll.k
somo BUU.UUU URICB OI Jiopg, UIU
greater part of the production
of tho Pacific coast.
Dr. Talbot to Preach.
Dr. Talbot, president of tho
'Willamette theological school,
formerly superintendent of mis
sions In Utah and for a time pas
tor of tho First Methodist
church of Portland, will speak at
the Springfield Methodist church
Sunday evening, March 21. His
message will bo especially to tho
young peoplo.
Coburg Postmistross Resigns
Coburg, Ore., Mar. 17. Mrs.
Stearns has sent In lier resigna
tion as postmistress to tako ef
fect as soon as another Is ready
. to tako the place. Sovoral are
spoken of as boing ready to tako
tho examination under tho civil
service regulations.
. Annlvorsary to bo Marked.
Coburg, Ore., Mar. 17. Tho
Vomon of Woodcraft will cele
brate their anniversary Friday,
when each member will Invito
us their guestB three who arc
not members of tho organiza
tion, but who would likely be
come members.
HEALTH OFFICER MAKES
VITAL STATISTICS LIST
Dr. P. W. Prentice, this week
mado out IUb last report us
county health ofilcor, having
boon succeeded to that ofllco by
Dr. W. L. Cheshire. Dr. Prcntlco
roports 47 births and 27 deaths
In Lano County during tho
month of Fobruary. Tho births
aro reported from tho following
towns nnd localities:
Alvadoro, ono fomalo; Cottage
Grove, two males and five fe
males; Creswoll, ono male; Dls
ston, ono male; Eugene, 15
males and 11 females; Jasper,
ono male; Junction City, two
males and two females; Lorano,
ono fomalo; Mabel, ono fomalo;
Wondllng, two males; Spencer
Creek, ono female; Springfield,
one. fomalo.
Tho deaths were as follows:
'Coburg, fomalo, ono month,
pneumonia.
Cottage Grovo, male GO, ap
oplexy; male 11 months, asphy
xia. Junction City, male, 71, kid
ney dlsoaso; female,, 01, pneui
monla.
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BUSINESS BETTER
IN SPRINGFIELD
"Business In bolter In
Springfield than It 1b In
Salom or any othor point
down tho lino that 1 vis-
Hod," BayB M. Fcnwlck,
who rctnrncd Tuesday
from a business trip to
tho Htuto capital.
Mr. Fonwlck is now nt
his rnnoh on tho McKon-
zle caring for bin or-
chard In which ho tultcs
great prldo.
Lancaster, male, 27 days, de
bility. ...
Florence, fomalo, 21), tuber
culosis; female, 31, tuberculosis.
Pleasant 11111, male, 71,
Hright's disease.
Eugono, male, 58, heart dis
caso; male, OS, heart disease;
male 07, senility; male, six,
pneumonia; male, 49, heart dis
ease; mnlo .02, heart disease;
male, four, heart disease; fo
malo, 20, blood poisoning; fe
male, 57, asthma cardiac; fe
male, 70, gangerene; female,
eight months, bowel troublo; fe
male, 23, heart disease.
London, male, 02, accidental
death.
Thurston, male, 89, senility.
Springfield, female, 73, par
alysis; female, 37, tuberculosis.
Waltervillo, male, 79, heart
disease; male, 97, apoplexy.
Register.
Freight Rates Cut
On Oakridge Line
Salem, Ore, March 1G. A re
duction of freight rates has been
agreed to by tho Southern Pa7
clflc'rallroad'ttri'sliipments-frefii
Portland to all points on the
Oakridge branch, which extends
from Springfield to Oakridge.
Affecting tho different classi
fications the cut In rates will av
erage 10 cents on each hundred
pounds.
M. L. France, local agent of
the Southern Pacific Co., had
not yet received tho revised tar
iffs this morning. j
W. O. W. WILL INITIATE
SIXTEEN NEW MEMBERS
Springfield Camp, No. 247, W.
O. W. has secured the 15 now
members it sot out to secure in
a membership campaign, and In
fact exceeded the minimum by
one. These now members will
bo initiated Tuesday evening,
April 0, when the ofilcers and
degree team of tho Eugene camp
will .come -to Springfield.
WOMAN VICTIM OF GUN
Wife of Baker Dentist Shot
While Toying With Re
volver. Baker. Ore., March 15. Mrs.
N. H. Stewart, wife of a dentist
Is in St. Elizabeth's Hospital suf
fering from serious wounds
which Bho Inflated at her homo
late laBt night while her husband
was at the Eagles' lodge rooms.
Mrs. Stowart says sho was
toying with tho 30-calIber Luger
automatic and that tho weapon
discharged, tho bullet piercing
her left side and entering the
stomach. She was alone, but
the shot aroused neighbors and
she was hurried to tho hospital,
whore an operation was per
formed at once. Dr. Stowart
says sho had tho revolver for
protection and lias peon nervous
recently. Oregonian.
Dr. and Mrs. Stewart wero
formerly residents of Spring
field.
Soils to Wondllng Man,
Leonard Graves this week sold
his house and lot at Seventh and
K Btreots to W. J. Lunchford of
Wondllng, who will move here
to reside. Tho deal was made by
J. P. Fry.
E. F, Lang, of Dlllard, Is silo
ing in State Courts under Work
men's Compensation Act for In
juries received while working in
his own sawmill.
Mayor G. L. Scott
Invents Device
Mayor C. L. Scott yesterday
received notico that his applica
tions for tho patent for two de
vices for tho transmission of
power had been filed In the pat
ent ofilec, and In the course of
tlmo tho patents will be Issued.
Both devices have to do with
automobiles. Ono is primarily
a machine for operating gates
or doors by a paBBlngautoniobllG
and tho other, in addition to do
ing this, can be used as a de
vice for transmitting power from
automobile wheels for the oper
ation of any machine about 'a
farm.
Tho first device consists of a
metal disk mounted on a vertical
shaft and set on the level of tho
driveway. Tho application of
tho brakes as tho automobile
crosses tho plate will cause it
to rotate enough to operate the
gate or tho door of tho garage.
Mr. Scott has had a working
model of this design made and. it
operates better than he had
expected.
Ills other device consists of
two parallel rollers placed at
right angles to the driveway and
connected by a sprocket chain.
When the rear wheel of the auto
drops into the space between
the rollers, the weight of the
car keeps It there as long as the
rollers rotate freely, but -when
the operation has been complet
ed the garage door opened or
tho turntable operated the
friction causes the rollers to
stop and the automobile rises
out of the space, between the
rollers.
Mr. Scott has been working
on these two ideas for a consid
erable time, and he was espe
cially gratified with the quick
ness with which ha recalvad si
replycWthe pateht attbrteyal
ana me patent oincc.
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An Oregon town that has
three railroads and cannot sup
port Its one cannery is crying
out for more railroad regulation
when one of the railroads are
making money.
COS! OF INSTFlUDTiON
.Superintendent It. L. Kirk of
the Springfield schools has just
completed an Investigation of
the costs of instruction and su
pervision in tho various sub
jects taught in tho Springfield
schols, and .this morning made
public the results of his investi
gation for tho Information of
tho patrons of the district.
The figures show that the to
tal cost, of Instruction and sup
ervision in the high school and
tho vocational courses, which
include some pupils in the gram
mar grades, is $5240, or an aver
age for each of tho. 125 taking
these courses of $41.90 per an-
i-num.
The average figures are ob
tained by dividing each teach
er's Balary Into seven parts, ac
cording to tho number of per
iods in the High school day, and
charging tho quotient against
tho particular subject under
consideration. The per capita
cost is obtained by dividing tho
Bum of tho quotients by the av
erage numbor of pupils handled
In tho subject during tho year.
It is at this tlmo of year im
possible to give an oxact state
ment of the cost of maintenance
per capita as expenses not look
MAN
RANCHES
-SPRINGFIELD-
Subject Pupils
Manual training 9
Latin 13
Science . . , . ( . , 24
Normal Course 10
Domestic Science . , is
Commercial ...... ......110
Gorman 2G
English '..,.123
Mathematics , 59
History .... .108
Supervision .... f. .125
Study Hall . . 245
Total, average 125
SI OF KNOWLEDGE
. 100 GREAT FOR ONE
Schools Must Teach "Syllables"
Usoful in the Most Places
. Says Educator.
CAN PREDICT VAGUELY
f NEEDS OF THE FUTURE
Invention Demands New Types
of Training Changes Rapid
I in More Receht Years.
"Those 'syllables' of know
ledge which will fit into the
greatest number of places in the
later life of the child are the
ijiost Important for the present
UChool system," declared Prof.
F. C. Ayer of the department of
education of the University of
Oregon before the "Methodist
Brotherhood Monday evening.
Professor Ayer spoke on the
subject: "What Knowledge is
Worth While?"
"Conditions are changing so
rapidly these days; invention is
making so much knowledge use
less." said Professor Ayer, "that
we can not at this time tell 'de-
finitely what to teach our boys
and girls iu the public schools.
The best that we can do Is to
determine as best we can what
some of the broad demands of
the future are to be, and make
our courses of study provide that
information which will be of use
in the greatest number of these
possible spheres of activity.
"Among the savages, know
ledge was transmitted by imita
tion, and the son did as the fath
er before him had done. . 4
"Latir knowledge -was acquire
ed by experimentation. Now,
under the highest type of know
ledge; information Is gained by
study and planning, and the
work.of the world is done along
previously thought out plans."
Professor Ayer confined his
discussion of the school system
LOWER HEREIN
IRAN IN EUGENE
ed for are continually arising.
From the figures now available
it is estimated that the cost of
maintenance, including such
items as fuel, janitor, supplies,
etc. etc., will average under
$7.00 per pupil. This will in
crease the average per capita
cost of tho High school by that
sum.
By permission of Superinten
dent Collins of the Eugene Pub
lic schools his estimate of the
per capita cost per unit in Eu
gone is carried as a comparison
with the costs in Spif.ngfleld.
Owing to the fact that Eugene
pays considerably higher salar
ies than Springfield these costs
are , higher than those foK the
local school. But after taking
this Into consideration the com
parison Is very favorable for
Springfield.
The average High school sal
ary in Eugene is from 15 to 20
per cent higher than that paid
in Springfield. As an offset to
this tho Eugono High schqol
probably saves the cost of an
instructor and a half per year
through the use of the practice
teachers from the University.
Following aro tho figures in
detail:
EUGENE
Per Capita
$29.23
10.49
10.38
8.90
20.04
13.75
8.57
7.50
7.95
' 0.00
5.00
; , 2.00
Total Cost
$ 191.25
223.00
334.80
1 . 111.50
184.37
977.07
210.30
Per Callta
$21.14
17.15
33.95
11.15
10,24
8.88
8,08
0.10
0.10
5.45
4.52
3.05
750.9G
300.00
588.05
505.43
748.07
SI
$5240.00 $41.90
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"
REAL ESTATE
IS BEGINNING
TO MOVE
Transfers in the vl-
clnity of Springfield aro
of weekly occurrence.
Advertise your lot or
your farm in The News if
you would find a buyer;
They all read The News.
-i
.
" '
"Want Advs." 5c per line.
'
to the course of study of the
American high school, which Is
a development of the period
since the Civil war. Early in
this period the courses of the
high schools were merely pre
paratory to college entrance,
but during this period the de
mand arose among the peoplo
that the high schools should
carry on and perfect the courses
offered in the public schools.
"The problem," said Professor
Ayer, "became one of selection
from the vast storehouse of hu
man knowledge, which in these
days is being so rapidly added to,
those things which would be of
the greatest value to the stu
dent"
Professor Ayer divided educa
tion into seven branches, or
purposes, and discussed each
briefly.
"First," he said, "there is ed
ucation for Tihvsical activity.
This, I think is the'mot import-
i - . .1 i I 111. .1.
am, iur wunput uwuiu, omer
knowledge is of little value. We
should Vnnw how much work
we can stand, and what sort of
food agrees with and what we
bttuet avoid. . . , . , ,
;'?Theiuwe ;sMou"ldekiupei
tlon for parenthood.. The pres
ent day discussion of sex hy
giene indicates the need for
knowledge as to. "the care and
rearing of children and the
teaching of vital subjects to
them.
"In the third place, there Is
vocational training. A high
school should not be a trades
school, but on the other hand
the old standard courses of
study should not be followed
blindly. The high school should
offer that Instruction which will
be of use to the greatest num
ber. In these days it seems to
be the tendency tor tne cnuaren
to seek some line of activity dif
ferent from that of their par
ents. Democracy has opened
up so many avenues oi possi
bilities that we now hold that
overv bov and every eirl should
be given at least the Opiortunity
to prepare tor tne wonc ne or
she can do best.. For this rea
Ron the ranee of vocational
studies needs to be governed by
the probable neeas oi tne com
munity. "Knowledge for social inter
course Is also needed. Lang
uage conveys not only the sim
ple Ideas of everyday life, but
the great (noughts and ideas
of deep thinkers. The newspa
pers and magazines have come
to have a tremendous influence,
in the life of today, and It is es
sential that the children should
have knowledge that will en
able them to judge of what they
road whether it bo the truth or
not. Not only should the high
school teach a thorough icnow
lcgde of our own tongue and its
literature, but it should teach
those languagues of other na
tions that we- come in contact
with.
"Tho need for knowledge for
civic activity is especially
strong hero in. Oregon where
every citizen is a law-maker.
Civics is so easy to teach, too,
for wo have the laboratory
right around us.
"Knowledge fir religious and
moral activities has been too
much lost sight of in tho present
day. parents nave come too
much into tho habit of turning
their children over to the nubile
school and expecting that they
will there receive an tne Know
ledge that is good for them, and
thnt thev need. The family
and the church must join in tak-t
If. C 1. 1 UNIONS
10 HOLD INSTITUTE
Springfield and East Eugene Or
ganizations to Confer on
Problems
SABBATH BREAKING TO
BE PASTOR'S SUBJECT
, y If (. .
Dinner is to Be Served, (Dele
gates at the . Baptist '
Church . l
The W. C. T. U of Springfield
and East Eugene Unions wiU
hold a joint institute at the
Baptist church in Springfield,
Friday, March 19, beginning at
9: 30 a. m. and closing at o
oiclock. The program as follows :
3; 30 Devotional Service led by Mrs. .'
It, A. nice. ;
Paper and discussions oa "Health arid
Heredity." by Mrs. Myrtlo Barnes.
12:00 Noontide Prayer.
Dinner served at the church.
"Lumberman"by Mrs. Larsen, read by
Mrs. James.
1:30 Derotlonals led by Mrs. FlegaL
"Flower Missions" by Mrs. J. B. Camp.
bell.
Solo by Mrs. J. T. Moore.
"Sabbath Observance" by Mrs. Day;
Remarks by Mrs. Woods, on her line
of work
Talk by Mrs. Lelter.
Instrumental by Miss Altka SkaHb. .'
"The Effect ei Sabbath Breakteg oaa
Community from a Paster's 8tas.
point," Rev. J. T. Moere.
Solo by Mrs. J. E. Richmead. .
Recitation, Violet Reed.
MhsIc.
ing care of this form of know-
Education for reef eational ac
tivity was listed " by Pf6feeor
Ayer as the seventh form of f ed
ucational activity. By that terra
he meant education along those
lines that would enable the indi
vidual to get enjoyment out of
his leisure time. He cited an
1 experiment in New York where
iin the hours of certain workers
iwas cut suddenly from ten to six
hours per day. These men found
themselves with four hours a
day on their hands, and were
without educational qualifica
tions to enjoy the time. They
were really worse off thanif
they had been working hard the
full ten hours.
The great agencies of educa
tion Mr. Ayer listed as the
(Continued on Pago 4)
Domestic Science 4
Girls Entertain
Students in the domestic sci
ence department of the Spring
field schools entertained a score
of business men at luncheon at
the Lincoln school Wednesday
at noon. A most appetizing din
ner was served in a manner to
reflect great credit upon the in
structor, Miss Ann Hutledge.
Those who attended were John
Ketels, Ransom Miller, Dr. W. H.
Pollard, Dr. N. W. Emery, W,"A.
Dill, O. L. Scott, M, M. Peery, C.
A. Fischer, Charles Rivett, 0.33.
Kessey, E. E. Morrison, J. - J.
Bryan, L. K. Page, M. L. Drury,
Thomas Sikest A. H. Herndon,
and Superintendent R. L. Kirk.
At the close of the dinner Mr.
Kirk read somo figures showing
the low cost per lesson in the
domestic science courses. The
menu cars wore done in green
and listed the cost of the differ
ent items of the menu. Tlie
young ladies who prepared and
served tho dinner were Margar
et Gossler, Bessio Webb, Berylo
Walker, Lena Richardson, Hazel
Bailey, Stachy Craighead, Lucilo
Smith, Edna Fischer, Grace
Thomas, Leota McCracken, Es
ther Hughes, Christine Miller,
Anna Gorrlo, Violet Clark, Ruth
Lansberry and Irva Barbre. The
Lincoln school glee club sang
two selections during the tlmo
of tho luncheon.
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