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SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURDSAY, APRIL 15, 1915.
VOL. XIV. NO.lJ
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HE raNE
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THREE MISSING GQBUR6 MEN ARE
0 0
Are Chilled Through
Found and Rescued Boat' Was
Capsized.
Shivering with cold after hav
lngvbcon marooned for nearly 24
hours on a bunch of drift In the
middle of tho Willamette below
Coburg, three Coburg men were
rescued thlu morning by search
ers who had resumed tho hunt
given up late tho night before
Lon Latham, aged 35, William
Henderson, aged 30, nnd Glen
iJltto, ago 10, wero tho victims
of the unpleasant experience,
caused by tho overturning of
their boat when It struck a snag
In tho river yesterday forenoon.
All day they tried to make somo woro found safo, but almost elected Mrs. W. II. Beamau as
ono hear them, but thoy wero j famished and frozen. A snag had j principal and Mrs. Minnie Kah
unablo to do so. Their matches wrecked their boat, but all had tier us one of the teachers for
were wet and all thoy could do;mnngcd to get onto tho pile of
waa to cling to tho drift and
liopo for rescue They wero all
(conscious when rescued, but
much weakened from exposure
, Tho threo men left Coburg at
nine o'clock yesterday morning,
expecting to cross tho river a
mtlo west of Coburg to work for
a farmer there When thoy had
not returned last evening search
Considers 24-Hour
Train for South
4 -
Southern Pacific railroad of
ficials aro said to be considering
the matter of putting on another
train between Portland and San
Francisco, to, make tho 771 Miles
in 24 hours, as against tho 28
now required by tho Shasta lim
4tcd. It is not known how soon
the now train will bo put on. It
Js also rumored thcro will bo
changes In tho valley trains,
but 'nothing authontlc has been
given out.
ANOTHER SAWMILL OPENS
Tho Columbia River Intorstato
' Bridgo Work Brings Big
Order.
Vancouver, Wash., April 12.
The DuBois Lumber company
expects to start Its sawmill in
this city Monday, April 19, for a
long run. A Jnrgo order for cut
ting lumber for tho Columbia
River Intorstato bridgo has been
HQCured and other orders havo
been arriving. Tho mill has
been closed since last Fall and
tho stock In tho yards needs re
plo'nlshlng. ANNIVERSARY OF
LINCOLN'S DEATH
Presldont Wilson Requests That
Appropriate Trjbutq bo Paid
His Memory.
Washington, April 13. Presi
dent Wilson tonight signed tho
following executive order, pro
viding that fitting observance be
given to tho anniversary of tho
death of Abraham Lincoln who
died CO years ago next Thurs
day: "As an ovldonco of tho pro
found affection of tho American
people for tho memory of Abra
ham Lincoln, It is hereby ordor
ed that tho executive offices of
tho United States shall bo closed
and that the national flag bo dis
played at half maBt upon all fed
oral buildings and at all forts
and -military posts nndnaval
stations, and on all vessels of tho
DR FT
MO
!
Before They Are
was begun and tho horse was
found tied whoro they had loft
It. Tho farmer for whom they
w7 ,r ' . i , :
not scon them at all and tho boat
a to work reported ho had
too was missing.
Fearful that tho men had all
been drowned, tho searchers
mudo their way up and down the
banks of tho stream, but did not
como upon tho lost men, who
wero not far from tho point of
crossing, but around a bend.
This morning Sheriff Parker
wast notified and shortly after
tho search was begun tho men
drift caught in midstream.
Leo Sldwcll camo to Spring-j
field early this morning, -while It
was yet feared that the men had
been drowned, and at once re-
turned with Mrs. Delbert Buck-
man. a sister of Ditto, and his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Sld
wcll, who aro friends of all the
persons concerned.
United States, and that the rep-1
resentatlves of tho United States
manner pay tribute to his mem
pryon Thursday, April 15ip5, 1
tho fiftieth anniversary or his
death.
'Tho owners and sailors of all
merchants ships of tho United
States are requested slmiliarly
to display the national flag at
half mast."
"WOODROW WILSON."
May School Fair.
Tho pupils of tho grammar
grades of tho public schools aro
busy prcparlng their exhibits for
the School .Fair to bo held in Eu-
gene on the 14 and 15 of May.
Tho public schools
will make a
collective exhibit and many
pudils aro preparing to make in
dividual exhibits of their skill in
tho different lines of school
work.
Committees of teachers aro
making plans for tho floats to
bo exhibited In tho parade and a
"stunt" to bo given as part of the
exercises of the day.
Attention, Young People.
On Friday night of this week,
April 10, tho young people's
classes of tho various churches
win tonuer a reception m nonor
of J. Bruce Evans. This recep
tion will beheld In the Woodmen
Hall, and a feo of 10c will bo
charged at tho'door.
Tho different committees havo
been bimy arranging tho enter
tainment and a good time ls an
ticipated. All young pcoplo aro urged to
bo present.
LAND GRANT BRIEF IS FILED
Oregon and California Cases to
Be Tried April 19.
Washington, April 12. The
Government's brief in tho Ore
gon and California land grant
cases, involving moro than two iln, the project for the erection of
million dollars, was filed today; a boot sugar factory hero, and
In tho supremo court by Solicitor behoves such a factory can bo
General Davis, Tho case Is
against tho Oregon and Callfor
nia Rnilroad'company, tho Union
about 0,000 other defendants.
Tlicro are 05 'erass-cOmplalntfl
and, nbout 0,000 Interveners In
the suit.
The government charges thai'
nbout 800,000 acres of a grant
of 3,100,000 to ii railroad to be
constructed from California to
?J!2S
the grant and Is suing to recover
the 2,300,000 undisposed of. ,
The trial court decided in'
favor of the government, the
circuit court of appeals certified'
certain questions to the supreme
court and the department of
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"l the entire record which was
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dono. Hearing has been set fonl
April 10.
The abstract on the record
fills 19 volumes of 500 pages.
each and many intricate ques
tions of law aro Involved.
WEST SPRINGFIELD
KEEPS TWO TEACHERS
The board of education o the
West Springfield school lias rc-
tho next school year, atadvanc-
!es in salary. No selection has
been made of a successor for
.Miss Myrtlo Copenhaver, who
will be principal of tho Wendllng
schools next year.
Pendleton starting .to raise
($100,000 for hard surface road
to Cold Springs. Much more
"hard surface" talk than for
merly.
, Concrete Work OH
Creamerv is Done
A
At nearly midnight last night
, , , , , . , away with the supervisory sys-
& Cross building which is to be temulltirdyj butlit ls b(Jieved
occupied by tho Springfield that with reduction iu the
Creamery was completed, and,' . .. . . ...
.. ' . 1 ' , expense of the department the
tho concrete crew was moved ... , , , .
. n t-, ,c i m. 'system will be allowed to re
to the Budd McPherson building t '
near by. Somo of the surfacing u" , ...
, n -, . Under a new law which goes
creamery could not be finished
until late in the evening. j
A white cement finish has
ueen put on the front or tho
creamery bulldlng.and In a very
short time the wooden floors
for the olllce can be laid and
the building bo ready for occu
pancy. Manager Barkman ex
pectB to have his formal opening
about the last of next week.
Pouring of concrete on the
McPherson building began today
noon. jffiffl
No Quorum at Firemen Meeting
There was no quorum at the
sncciai mcetlnc of the Snrinc
'field Fire Department Tuesday,
ami henc(5 tho eiection, for
which tho meeting had been
called, had to bo deferred. It Is
hoped that there will bo a quor
um present noxt meeting.
Irrigation Man
Visits Springfield
W. L. Bonham, who is inter
ested in the construction of an
irrigation system in tho valley
east and north of Springfield ar
rived in town last night and will
bo hero for a few days In the
interests of his business. Mr,
Bonham is taking a deep interest
secured for Springfield.
Now Bridgo Work started
Monday on big ditch from Dry
Gulch,
DULLY RETAINED
F
AS SUPERVISOR
County Educational Board Re-
I? dno.aa Niimher frnm Four to
I' Two Increaso the Work of
p Those Remaining.
4
V t j-krffl . .1 B
i. u ueiiiy, supervisor oi
'District No. 2. which Includes
fcSnriiiKdeld.' and Miss Jennie
oasen, supervisor of the west
ern portion oi UAiui cuuuiy, wui u
retained for next year by tho
bounty educational board at its
jtieetmg in Eugene Aionuay, ana
tj. II. Aylesworth, supervisor of
tie northern portion of the
ebunty, and C. II. Stahlman, in
Charge in the southern district,
yere dropped. The territory of
'he deposed supervisors will be
itvided up' among those retain
ed, together with the county su-
C:' irintendent.
The work of the two remain
g supervisors will be under the
direct supervision of the county
superintendent and each will
have have about 50 districts.
?The superintendent will also
have about 50 districts, not in
cluding the larger schools which
have supervision of their own.
I The salary of the two super
visors will remain the same as
heretofore, at $110 a nionth,
with $25 a month for traveling
expenses.
The action of the board is
taken in order to reduce the ex
penses of the supervisory system
of the county. By eliminating
two of the 8uperyisqrstheoot
Is cut'exactiym.wo?
There has been sentiment in
some parts of the county to do
!mio 22 the s"pervis
Ors may be done away with upon
petition of a majority of the di
rectors, but it is not believed by
those interested that any at
teinpt will, be made in Lane
county to invoke this law.
The members of the county
board present at the meeting on
Monday were: E. J. Moore, the
county school superintendent, as
chairman; W. C, Washburno of
Junction City; Oliver Veatch of
Cottage Grove; W. L. Wheeler
of Pleasant Hill and I. B. Cush
man of Acme.
BOND ELECTION ORDERED
Roseburg to Pass on $500,000
Issue for Railroad June 4
Roseburg, Ore., April 12, By
unanimous vote the City Council
tonight authorized tho calling of
a1 special election to ballot on
the' proposition of floating muni
cipal bonds in the sum of $500,
000 with which to help Kendall
Bros, construct a standard
gauge railroad from Roseburg
to the line of the Cascade forest
reserve on tho North Umpqua
River. Tho election will be held
on June 4.
The bonds are to bo voted
contingent on tho carrying out
of Kendall Bros' contract to tho
effect that thoy will construct
tho railroad and erect a sawmill
in this city. Tho railroad and
sawmill will represent an expen
diture of approximately $1,250,
000 By a voto of five to three the
Council refused to adopt a. resol
ution ' offered by Councilman
Hamilton rescinding bonds in
the sum of $500,000 which were
voted some time ago to assist:
in tho construction of a railroad
from Roseburg to Coos Bay. The J
Council chamber was crowded
during the proceedings and sev
eral spirited speeches enlivened
the occasion.
BIO SCHOOL RALLY IS
HELD AT ROCKY POINT
The Ilocky Point school,
which is 17 miles east of Spring
field, last Saturday held what
Supervisor O'Reilly pronqced
to be tho best standardization
rally ho has held this year, and
established a record which will
be hard to beat
Although there arc only 19
people living in this district and
only one family which as chil
dren in scliool, they" are solidly
united for a good school. Thoy
have a fully equipped building
with the best of furnishings and
materials and maintain an eight
months term. Miss Shirley
Moore Is the teacher.
Forty-five persons from ad
joining districts crossed the Mc
Kenzle river in row boats to at
tend this rally and every one in
the district was present, making
a total attendance of G4.
McKenzle Union High school
students furnished a portion of
the program, and Prof. F. L.
Stetson of the University of Ore
gon spoke on "Present Day Edu
cation."
Put Flags at Half
Mast for Lincoln
Capt. Dodd, patriotic-instruct
or of Iuka Post, G. A. R., re
quests that all flags be at half-
mast today, in accordance with
the President's proclamation, in
memory of the fiftieth annivers
ary of the death of Lincoln.
The great American flag pre
sented to the Town of Spring
field by the Springfield Develop
ment league, was put at half
mast on the butte south of town
this morning, in accordance
with the president's proclama
tion. - j.
PAPERS TELL OF THE
DEATH OF' LINCOLN
George Boyle, foreman of the
News office, has a copy of the
New York Herald of Saturday,
April 15, 1865, in which is told
the story of the shboting and
death of Lincoln. The p.af)fer Is
yellow with age, but the print
is clear, and tells in striking
words of the great tragedy.
Mrs. S. W. Cranmer has a sim
ilar paper which she has had
framed and has loaned to the
Lincoln school for display on the
wall of the assembly room.
ELECTED PRINCIPAL OF
WENDLING SCHOOLS
Miss Myrtle Copenhaver of
Springfield, teacher in the West
"Springfield school, was engaged
as principal of the Wendllng
schools for next year at a meet
ing of the board held last Satur
day night. Miss Copenhaver has
accepted tho position, J. C. Bell,
principal this year, declined .to
consider the position as ho in
tends to enter the University of
Oreeon noxt fall. Other teach-
ors elected wero Miss Lacy Cop-
enhaver, also of Springfield,
..1 1 1.1, Tt..l. P Y7l..n..n
Miss Geraldinq Rugh of Eugene
and Miss Callie Beck. Miss Beck
declined the appointment. '
Tho Wendllng school is con
ducted In two buildings and has
an attendance of 130 students.
OARE OF CUTS'
TOOLS SAME STORY
Council Discusses How to Keep
Track of Equipment Peti
tioners Want City of Eufehe
to Move Its Power Pole.'
The matter of the care 6f city
tools again proved the cause of
much discussion in' the tdwil
council at its session Monday.
The recorder was directed to
notify J. V. Looney of Junction
City to return a Fresno scraper
which he borrowed from the city
a long time ago. and a notice
was also sent the-Woodmen of
the World asking that they re
turn some chains 'oorro wed. from
the city hall. 1 1 -VT
The whole matter of lending
city tools was referred to the
street committee. .
A petition from property own
ers living on east Main street
demanding that the city of Eu
gene be required to live up,' to
its franchise lor power line "poles
under penalty of forfeiture of
Its franchise, together with the
request that all pole lines, wke-
ther of telephone or power lines
be required to be moved into
the parking, was presented aad
referred to the street committee.
Talk Clean-Up Day.
The matter of declaring a
general "Clean-Up" day was dis
cussed and then left to tk
health conimittee-f or action.
The petition, of C. B. Mead
for a license to operate a pool
table lor one year was granted
aithelIottne
Bartlet't for a bowling alley li
cense for one month was also
granted.
A plumber's license was given
Flegal & Long.
The 'judiciary committee re
ported that it had retained, S. P.
Ness to assist City Attorney J.
H. Bower In the appeal of the
tax case of Stevens et al vs.
the town .of Springfield, et al.
They reported also they had re
tained Mr. Ness to assist in the
Knovdahl case.
The street committee reported
it had granted permission for
the placing of hitching racks in
the parking on B street and C
street at the Methodist and the
Baptist churches. --
J. H. Bower acted as recorder
on account of the absence of H.
E. Walker, who is serving on the
J S 1 J f I 1 .1 .7' Ji-
ieuerai jury in jr-oruana.-f
WHITE PINE MILL RESUMES
3J
Orders1 Are Enough to Keep 150
.Men Busy All Summer.
M
Baker, Ore., April 12. Ber
cause of large orders, the Baker
White Pine Company started its
mill at White Pine today with
about 1G0 men. The resumption
was due to lumber orders which
Manager Frank Gardinier b
lleves will keep the plant run
ning all summer at least. The
South Baker mill also Is running
full capacity and will continue
to do so indefinitely.
SCHOOL CHILDREN TO " ,
OBSERVE MAY DAY
i i
The pupils of the primary and
intermediate classes of the pubj
lie schools are busy practicing
for tho May-day exercises to be
given on the afternoon of jFrb
ilnif Anvil Qf 9
day April 30
Each school will give separate
exercises at different times, of
the day arid pairons are ihvltejj'
tn attend the exerciser at oach
'school. '