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SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1915.
VOL. XIV. NO. 20.
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NEWS
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SELECT TEACHERS
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HIGH
SCHOOL
School Board Making Progrooo
In Eloctlon of Tonchlng
Staff for Schools.
LA l'
NAME INSTRUCTORS FOR
XTHE GRADES ON FRIDAY
, Adopts Policy of Graded Pay
"for Toachoro Baaod on Fit
neaslng and Experlonco.
After considering candidates
til sessions Monday and Wed
nesday ovonlncs. tho Springfield
school board has completed the
election of teachers for tho com-
lnir vear for the High school,
ami nt an adjourned scbbIqh on
Friday nlcht will comploto the
roster of tenchers for the grade
schools.
A month ago tho board VOlod
to re-employ Superintendent It.
h. Kirk, and P. M. Stroud as
principal of tho high school, and
at the nieethiKB thlB week have
selected tho following for tho
Utah school: Lena B. Nowton,
Efllo Rhodes, vcrna Tagg, uox
Putnam, J. F. Goddard, and
Knmi Rutledgo. Mr. Goddard
lias charge of manual training
In both tho High school and tho
g'rades, and MIbs Rutlcdgo's
work In domestic science takes
in classes in both tho schools.
Rex Putnam Is a SnrinKflcld
young matt who graduates this
year from tho University of Ore
gon. Miss Tagg camo recently
from O. A. C. to finish out the
school year after Miss Walling
had resigned. Miss Rhodes has
been teaching in the Springfield
High school for a year and Miss
Newton for two years,"
In line with tho policy of tho
board to Increase as fast as pos
slblo tho ofllcloncy of tho local
schools, tho board this week
adopted a salary schedule sug
gested by Mr. Drury and based
on tho training and experlonco
of tho teachers hired. Teachers
with normal training and years
of experience will bo paid more
salary than those without this
training and experience, and in'
both enses, salancB win gradual
ly incrcaso as tho teacher is re
tained from yoar to year.
In connection with the ad
vancement of teachers, tho
board has also decided to adopt
a system of gradlngs, and thoso
teachers graded "A" will bo giv
en an advance In salary with
each added year In the schools.
Thoso graded "13" will bo rotnln
cd In the employ of , tho district,
but Without Increase In salary.
Thoso graded "C" will bo drop
pedat tho owl of tho school
year.
The salary schedules adopted
have been put In forco In tho em
ployment of teachers for tho
High school for the 1915-191G
sessions, but will not be fully In
effect for grado tachors until tho
olectlons in tho spring of 1910.
Following is tho text of the
salary and qualifications order:
man school salaiu' schedule
No pro- 3yrs. pro-,5 yrs, pro
vlous ox- vloua ox- vloun ox
i porlonco porlonco porlonco
(Salary per month, all qualifications,)
First your ..?80 8B ?00
Bocond yoar. 85 00 9G
Third year . 00 05 100
Fourth yoar. OR 100 100
Fifth yoar ..100 100 100
GRAMMAR SCHOOL SCHEDULE
"No Rranunnr school toachor shall
1)0 omployod, aftor this dato, who has
not liml at loast 18 months oxporlonco
outsldo District No. 10, Sprlnglloltl,
Oregon.
"Graduation from tho advnncod
courses of u standard normal school
shall bo hold tho oqulvalont of tho.
nhovo oxporlonco." I
"Salaries shall ho paid as por tlio
following schodulo: f
To teachero holding one year or flvo
year certificate. (Por month.)
No pro-3yrs. pro- G yrs. pro
vious ox- vlous ox- vious ox -
porlonco porlonco porlonco
First yoar ,.?go.oo ?B2.go $G5.oo
Bocond yoar, G2.G0 GB.oo 57.60
Third yoar.. GG.oo 57.50 oo.oo
LIQUORS BARRED
BY KING GEORGE
London, April 5. Tco
totnllsin will bo enforced
In all the Icing's house
hold, beginning Wednes
day. An "official an
ifounccmont . just Issued, x
dated April 6, Bays:
"By tho klng'H com
mandB no wines or spirits
Will be consumed In any
of his majesty's houses
after today."
Fourth Yoar. G7.G0 GO.OO 00,00
Firth yoar . . 00.60 00.00 60,00
To teacher holding Norfrlal Diploma
or Life Certificate! (I'cr niondi.)
No pro- 3 yrs pro- G yrs pre
vious ox- vlous ox- yIouh ox-
porloricu porlonco porlonco
i.'imt year ..oo.oo
fjecond yoar. 02.G0
;Third roar., og.oo
JC2.G0 ICG.00
CG.00
07.G0
70.00
7G.00
07.G0
70.00
7G.00
76.00
Fourth year. C7.co
Fifth yoar . . 70.00
ORCHESTRA' CALLS GREAT
NUMBERS TO CHURCH
Tho nowly organized orches
tra imlda its first nppc-aranco
Sunday evening at the Christian
church, and tin a result tho
church was filled la OvorflowliiK
mid many wore turned away for
lack of scats. An orchestra of
this size for our little town and
in fact the larger cities seldom
hnve anything better. With the
orchestra a chorus of twenty
five voices helped to gladden tho
hearts of those In attendance
and JU seemed that every body
I wanted to holp In tho song
services
After a special duet sang by
tho Barkman sisters, Rev. Wig
more delivered a sermon on the
ABccnston and Coronation of
Christ, and gave good reasons
why Christ must ascend, and
that ho was crowned King of
Kings in Heaven, nnd why ve
should Crown Him King of
Kings in our own hearts anl
lives.
E. E. Morrison, director of tho
music, says that the orchestra
was organized to take part In
m.nm, Snnilnv nvnnln iom.lon '
and specials of different voices
will be rendered. Next Sunday
evening a male quartet of eight
voices as a special, "Make Jesus
King."
Will Demonstrate
On Old Orchard
C. E. Stewart, county fruit in
spector, bus been secured by tho
Springfield Grango and Prof. R.
L. Kirk of tho Springfield pub
lic schools, to give a lecture In
the orchard of Prof. F. G. Young
at tho corner of Fifth and B
streets, Springfield, on Saturday,
April iu, at i:au p. m.
This orchard lias been loaned
by Prof. Young to tho schools
of tho town for practice and de
monstration purposes, and Mr.
Stewart will give a practical
tulle on tho best methods to use
In tho treatment and renewal of
such old orchards,
Tho members of tho grango
and the older pupils of tho
schools and all farmers or other
persons interested in tho best
mothods of handling such an
orchard aro urgtid to bo present,
for the lecture will bo both prac
tical and interesting,
Go to M. E. Conference.
Mrs. S. W. Cranmer, Mrs. T.
J. McCracken, Miss Leota Mc
Crackon and Grace Thomas
leavo tomorrow morning for
Junction City, and from there
will go later in the day to Har
rlsburg to attend the Methodist
missionary conference for a few
days. Mrs. Cranmer oxpects to
return tho samo evening.
Car of Cement. for Walk,
A carload of cemont was re
ceived this mornlnc bv Olo So-
inm. & Co. who lmvo the con-
, tr,ict for the construction of half
(l mu0 0f wauc for tho Brattaln
ILium company, and others, Of
!tho 000 sucks of cement In tho
car,, B00 will bo required in tho
i:
RAILROAD WORLD SPECULATES ON
BUILDING OF LINE 10 GRESGENI GJTA
Tho report that Twohy bro
thers have undertaken to build
00 miles of railroad from near
Grants Pass to Crescent City, on
tho California coast, and 75
miles north of Trinidad, tho
most northerly point on the Cal
ifornia coast reached by rail, has
been tho causo of some specula
tion In the state press.
Yesterday's Orcgonlaiv pub
lishes a map and an article In
which It Is suggested that the
Southern Pacific may bo inter
ested in Uie Grants Pass- Cres
cent City lino with a view to pro
viding a way Into California In
case the Southern and Central
Pacific lines are dissolved and
the Southern loses the tracks it
now uses between tho Oregon
California line and Tehama. The
plan, if it is a plan, involves the
J
construction of 174 miles of rail
road, as compared with 200
miles required to connect Coos
Bay and the California railway
points. Construction along eith
er of the routes involves moun
tain work.
It would seem that the only
direct result of tho construction
of tho Grants Pass-Crescent City
lino would be the deferring for
an additional ten years the con
Sfrtfction of the Marsh field-Crescent
City lino.
Both the Oregonlan and tho
Guard speculate as to tho results
in the railroad situation if the
Southern and Central Pacific
roads are ordered dissolved and
competition established. Both
offer the rather surprising sug
gestion that the Oregon Electric
may acquire the Natron-Klam-ath
Falls Cut off as a part of Its
lino into California. Local rail
road men cannot conceive of a
situation that would induce tht
uciurai racinc 10 sen uu prup-
erty to a Hill line.
Tho Guard's writer speaks of
the possibility of the Southern
Pacific making tho P. E. & E. Its
wuno up,on,uie exlran OI
;easo f "l0 P1"08-011' a,n
HnO frOlll tllO Oregon & CalifOr-
railroad company Inasmuch
a8tI.10 le.ase .Has 75 0 'cars.
yet to run, the possibilities of
tho situation are not worth spec
ulating upon.
Tho Guard's writer Is likewise
a bit hazy in regard to the own
ership of railroad properties in
this vicinity. The present line
from Eugene to Natron is owned
by the O. & C. It. R., while. the
track from Natron to Oakridge,
and the surveys on across the
Cascades, together with the site
for shops here In Springfield, are
all In the name of the Central
Pacific railroad. ' ,
It will be noted that the Guard
also has tho California railroad
commission working to have the
Southern and Central Pacific
Une3 dissolved. As a matter of.
fact the railroad commissions of
California, Oregon and Nevada
have all gone on record as op
posed to tho dissolution of the
two roads, and resolutions to the
same effect have been adopted
by scores of commercial bodies
In tho three states.
The Guard's surmise on the
railroad situation is as follows:
Tho construction of the
DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE 10 HAVE BANQUET
Two banquets aro in prospect
for members of the Springfield
Development league, for tho
league, at its monthly meeting
Tuesday evening not only auth
orized a committee to meet with
ono already appointed by the,
Business Men's club to provide ( matter as may bo needed. On,
for a. joint "fellowship" lunch- 'this committee were named t). S.
eon, but also directed another, Reals, Dr. W. H, Pollard and C,
committee to prepare for a ban
quet for Tuesday, April 20, for
tho mombors of the league. The
committee to moot with tho
Business Men's club banquet
committee consists of President
J. E. Richmond, J. E. Edwards
and L. K, Pago, Tho committee
for tho leaguo banquet of April
20 conslts of u, W. Smith, S.
II, Baker and W. A. Dill.
Grants Pass-Crescent City rail
road, announced this week by
Twohy Brothers, may have a
yery Important effect upon Eu
gene's statuses a railroad cen
ter, according to tho specula
tions of railroad men. They sec
three competing roads from Eu
gene to Portland Instead of two,
or Uio possibility of the exten
sion of the Oregon Electric from
Eugene to San Francisco over
What Is the popularly supposed
to be the, Southern Pacific own
ed Natron extension.
'I Plans hanK on the oresent
suit of the government fpr the
dissolution or tne Central Fa
ciflc from the Southern Pacific,
now In the federal courts, and
the construction of the line from
Grants Pass to Crescent City is
believed by railroad men to be
a counter check by the Southern
Pacific to meet the possibility
of an adverse decision, which,
R is stated, would leave the
Southern Pacific a body without
legs, for at present the owner
ship of the system known as the
Southern Pacific Is much Invol
ved between the two companies.
The Southern Pacific line
through Eugene Is not owned
leased from the Oregon and Cal
ifornia railroad company. From
the California state line to Te
hama, California, the road is
owned by the Central Pacific.
The Central Pacific also owns
the Natron extension started
from Eugene and Klamath Falls
five years ago with the avowed
purpose of forming a new route
to California, and incidentally
a new route into Oregon from
the east, with the completion of
the Oregon and Eastern.
LThls, with the completion of
e-2stron -extension, which- ki
built into the mountains from
Oakridge and into th'e other
side of the mountains from
Klamath Falls, the Central Pa
cific would have a completed
line from Ogdon into California
and north to Eugene.
Tho Southern Pacific has
built the Portland, Eugene and
Eastern with a heavier roadbed
than the present main line It
is made for the heaviest of rail
road traffic.
One speculation in railroad J
circlesMs that the Central Pacific
might lease the Oregon and Cal
ifornia from Eugene north, leav
ing the Southern Pacific to
make the P. E. and E. its main
line from Portland to Eugene
continuing south to Grants Pass
over tfle nresent nart of the O
andC. to Grants Pass where the
new line would connect the S.
P. to the coast line now running
north through Eureka and Trin
idad. This would connect up
the disjoined sections remaining'
after the Central Pacific had re
moved its parts, and, it is said
would give it a shorter line with
less grades, making possible
faster service between Portland
and San Francisco.
Thus two competing lines
would exist not only from the
east to California, 'as is held in
view of tho California railroad
commission in its efforts to
effect a dissolution, but would
Another matter calling for a
joint committee with the Busi
ness Men's club is that of pro
viding funds for advertising tho
town at tho Panama exposition
and for such other advertising
E. Lyon.
Tho secretary reported that
the Wlllametto Valley Editorial
association had acepted tho In
vitation of the league to meet in
Springfield, and will bo here on
Saturday, April 24. Dr. N, W.
Emery, Mayor C. L. Scott and W,
A. Dill were named as a commit
tee to provide entertainment for
tho editors.
bring two competing lines into
Eugene from California, insur
ing the completion of the Natron
cut-off, now held up, avowedly
by tho dissolution suit. The
Springfield shops, land for
which has already been pur
chased where tho heavy moun
tain engines would be cared for,
and possibly where the steam
trains would be taken up by
electric locomotives over the
Portland, Eugene & Eastern
lines, are also involved in this
railroad situation, it is siad.
Another possibility has pre
sented itself, in that the Hill in
terests might acquire the Cen
tral Pacific after the dissolution,
In which event the Oregon Elec
tric would be the connecting
link between the Oregon and
Eastern extension to Natron.
The Oregon Electric was built
to Eugene originally with the
avowed purpose of becoming
part or a greater main line to
California, and. through the pur
chase of the Central Pacific rail
road men see the achievement
of this goal.
Take Over P., E. & E.
Louisville, Ky., April 7. A
stockholders' meeting of the
Southern Pacific Railroad com
pany was held here today to
elect fifteen directors and to
consider the purchase outright
of the properties of six railroad
and steamship companies, the
Southern Pacific has been oper
ating. Nearly 300,000,000 of
the company's common stock,
was represented.
The companies to be taken
over are the Coos Bay, Rose
burg and Eastern Railroad and
Navigation company: Corvallis
and Eastern Railroad and Nav
igation company; Portland, Eu-
gene and Eastern Railroad com-lfor puip ior paper maKmg, ow
pany; Salem, Falls City and inS to the short and torn condi-
Wootnrn rallrnorl onrl tTtio WH- tlOn Of UlO GbreS, HOC Can It D6
lamette Pacific 'Railroad com -
pany. It was indicated there
would be nd changes made in
the directorship of the Southern
Pacific. . .sLv,
RAILROAD BONDS
PLACED
Twohy Bros.,
change Bldg., of Portland, have
arranged to finance and perform
the work necessary to complete
the proposed railroad to extend
from Grants Pass, Ore., to Cres-
cent City, Cal. Of this distance Wood waste has been carried on
ten miles extending from Grants commercially for several years,
Pass to Wilderville have already but neither the process nor the
been built with funds procured j results have been perfectly sat
through the bond issue of $200,- jsfactorv. as it is known that but
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W. O. W. Initi
ate Candidates
Sixteen "choppers" were in
itiated at a roundup meeting of
Springfield camp No. 247, of the
Woodmen of the World on last
Tuesday evening. Some forty
Visitors, including the officers
and degree team of the Eugene
camp were present, and there
were a hundred or more of the
local members and visitors. Fol
lowing the meeting, a fine ban
quet was served.
SWARTS & WASHBURNE
TO OPEN MEAT MARKET
Messrs. Swarts Washburne
went to Portland last evening to
purchase equipment for a meat
market which they expect to
open in the Harry Hill building
at Fourth and Main streets in
about ten days.
Messrs. Swarts & Washburne
have been conducting a whole
sale business In cured pork pro
ducts for tho past year, and both,
have had experience in tho re
tail meat business as well.
ODD FELLOWS FIT UP
MEMBERS' CLUB ROOMS
Trustees of tho Odd Fellows
lodge this week fitted up ono of
tho office rooms in their building
as a club room for members.
Tables and comfortable chairs
were placed there, and reading
flatter will be supplied so that
mombors may go there and pass
away an hour or moro whenever
they wish.
ETIWL ALCOHOL
FROM WOOD WASTE
Important Experiments are Be
ing Made by Forest Pro- .
ducts Laboratory
PRODUCE 21 GALLONS
PER TON OF WASTE
Processes Utilize . Material Not
Suitable for Making Paper .
or Gas.
Portland The Forest Products
Laboratory at Madkson, Wiscon
sin is now carrying on a seriee
of experiments to. discover
whether such waste as sawdust
and shavings may be converted,
profitably, into ethyl alcohol.
The results thus far obtained in
dicate that between 21 and 22 TJ.
S. gallons of absolute alcohol
may be obtained per dry ton of
waste.
To those interested in this
problem, it has long been ap
parent that there was need for
some method of turning to ac
count the millions of tons of
waste which accumulate in the
sawmills of the country. The
bulkinessbf this material makes
a minimum amount of handling
imperative, and almost precludes
the idea of transportation. Fur
thermore, this waste is so fine
and of so varied a character that
this places a limit upon its use.
For example, it cannot be Heed
i used in destructive distillation
chiefly because it is too fine to
heat properly in the converting
process. Therefore its utilisa
tion must be by some product
-fekafctfl-fiU , . aWwigha'ty.rafra;
kjhus ui waste.
, A1 wooljs have one factor in
common, and that is the pres
Railway Ex- ence 0p cellulose. Anv nrocess.
. therefore, which ponlfl rhemi-
caliy utilize this cellulose, would
overcome the objection to a fine
andr mixed waste Tlle njanu
j frti,rA nf erhvl nlonhnl from
a small percentage of the avail
able sugar lias been, extracted
from the cellulose. It is this
sugar which is fermented by the
Introduction of yeast and con
verted into alcohol. It is with,
the hope of improving the pro
cess and securing a higher per
centage of the product that the,
Madison Laboratory is conduct
ing experiments. The apparatus
used consists mainly of a rotary
digester, a leaching tank, and a
fermenting vat. These machines
could be set up in any mill. It
is expected that still further re-
suits will be obtained with ihei
continued experiments.
City Water is Pure. f.
Reports just received from tho.
Oregon Agricultural college lab"?,
otories by Councilman M. M.H
Peery, chairman of. the healtlv
committee show that the sara-,
pies of Springfield water sent
for tests are entirely, free from
colon bacilli, and the water is'
therefore safe for family use.
Other tests made at the Univer
sity of Oregon give the samo re
sults. . .
Vjj
BIGELOW MOVES HIS "7
BUTCHER SHOP
Work of fitting up the room in
the Perkins-Winzenzled building'
next to tho Ne,ws office was be-,
gun today fop A. Bigelow, and
tho fixtures of his m$at market;
will bo moved to the" now locar
tion tonight,. , J, 1
Expects to'SI1ipv50 Cars Spuds
E. E. Morrison this week comf
pleted tho distribution of .four,
and a half car loads of seed pos',
tatoes among farmers In the vl:
clnlty of Springfield. This meaus
there will be from 45 to CO car
loads of potatoes shipped out
of Springfield next fall.