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About The Lane County news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1914-1916 | View Entire Issue (May 10, 1915)
AID IS ASKED FOR BRITISH SOLDIERS The News la In receipt of a letter from Richard Harding Davis, asking that the following appeal bo given spaco in The Nows: "In behalf of the soldiers and sailors at the front and in the hospitals, The British American War Relief Fund Issues tills ap peal to those, who in this strug gle sympathize with Great Britain. "They are lighting not only for the British Empire but also for tho liberation of Belgium. "The men in the trenches are urgently in need of the follow ing:Socks (sizes 10 to 11) colored handkerchiefs, shirts, sweaters, drawers, and for the Hospitals: Old linen, bandages, antiseptic gauze, anaesthetics, antitoxins, and iodine. "Any cash donations will be spent In this country in the pur chase of the above. Further money contributions are' most earnestly solicited. We parti cularly appeal to large manu facturing and industrial houses for gifts in kind. "The British American War Relief Fund, of 200 Fifth Avenue New York, was organized last October for the purpose of pro viding -warm clothing, comforts and necessities for British Sol diers nd sailors on active ser vice and in the hospitals. The Fund has already received and despatched over 200,000 articles to the troops. These include purchases made in this country with money contributed. Each parcel contains a gift-card with the name and address of the sender. The Cause is a most worthy one. Will you help? A dollar will make some poor sol dier's lot a little easier to bear. The assured appreciation of the British Soldier who is the recip ient more than repays the giver." given out that a. steam shovel is ready on board cars at San Francisco and will bo shipped to tins city atience. mo nrat work will botlfe ballasting of tho constructedaO-mlle, unit, bo ns to take caro of construction trains and logging trains. Two sawmills arc now running in this city on the new railroad, thoro are many logs to bo shipped from tho end of the 10-mile unit, and logging equipment will bo here as soon ns tho road is in shape to handle that trafllc. MAY 28 AND 29, DATES OF COMMONWEALTH SESSION MUCH LUMBER FROM IRWESI Portland, Oro., May G.In a recont publication of tho Federal Govormnont, some Interesting statistics are brought out, cov ering the exports of lumber and lumber products for tho fiscal year ending Juno 30, 1914. It may bo of Interest to tho North west to know that of tho total amount of fir exported from the United States, (G80.3S0.000 ft.). Oregon and Washington f urnish- ca over 630,000,000 ft,, valued at 8,059,940. It may be of still further interest to know that nearly 260 million foot of this fir went to Australia, Now Zea land and the Islands of Oceanlca, over 145 million feet wont to j Asiatic points, nearly 120 million i feet went to South America, and approximately 23 million feet to j Panama. European countries i took not quite 40 million feet, 1 Made in Springfield Patronize the Payroll of Your Home Town Disposal of Revenues From Nat- tonal Forests will bo uno ot the Half Dozen Topics. May 28 and 29 are tho dates chosen for the seventh annual commonwealth conference of the stato of Oregon, which will be held in the University of Ore gon buildings. One branch of the conference will consider ideas for returning to the state profits made by tho national government from hold ings within the state. Franklin England lending with 27 million : P. Lane, secretary of tho Inter-! feet and Germany ranking scc-j ior, will bo asked to take part, (ond with 2 million, j I Another conference session According to tno report, Can- W will consider a plan for classlfl- ada and Mexico, our nearest iH ing to quality. "At present the! south, took tho bulk ot tho rail- investor is afraid of buying a road ties exported from tills ' 4 HOME OF HOME-MADE CANDY U can get moore satis faction for ure $ $ if u by Bakore or Noxall flour. All grocers have it to sell. t , ; . ' BUSINESS MEN AGREE TO WORK M'KENZIE ROAD Pledge Themselves at Weekly Dinner Thursday Night. A large number of business men of Eugene, at the weekly dinner at the Hotel Osburn last Thursday night pledged them selves to spend May 20, good roads day, working on the Mc Kenzie road above Walterville, where there is a particularly bad stretch that needs repairing. Walter Griffin, who is one of the greatest road enthusiasts in the county was present and asked those in attendance to assist in this work. Nearly everyone there agreed to join him. They will leave in automobiles which will be lined up. in front of the court house on Eighth avenue east at - 7 o'clock that morning and ride to the scene of operations, expecting to arrive! at 8 o'clock. Returning they 33rd St. gold brick: listed lands would country, the former taking tip-IB materially strengthen his con fidence," says F. G. Young, pro fessor of economics in the Uni versity of Oregon. A step is to be taken at the conference toward amalgamat ing all the good roads associa tion movements in Oregon. A reorganization of the effic iency and economy movements in the state will be attempted. Another conference topic will be city planning: how to interest the women and the civic bodies of the state. A session for wo men will be held on the topic. A plan for more scientific credit will be discussed. D STRIAL NOTES Salem, Ore., May 10. Work started on $20,000 extension of Chicago store. Carleton dairymen launch $5,000 creamery enterprise. Fairfield The mill ditch to drain district here will cost $10, 000. Portland civil service officials launch publication of their own. Having taken referendum on jitney regulation ordinance, the Portland city commission pro poses to repeal the same and en act another. Toledo County court re ceived bids for five bridges May 7. S. P. Co., has started laying rails north from Coos Bay bridge. Portland Home builders erects large warehouse at East Twill leave their work at 5 o'clock anu arrive at home at 6. : Either Mr. Griffin or Helmus iy. Thompson, former county judge, will have charge of this piece of work and others promi nent in road construction In the Xjast and at present will look after work in other parts of the county on that day. GRANTS PASS-CRESCENT CITY LINE EXTENDED . Grants Pass, Ore., May 6. Judge John F. Twohy and his! son Robert E., were in confer ence with the city council and "the utilities commission lae yesterday relative to the con tract for the construction of the Oregon-California railroad. An absolute understanding was ar rived at, and all that remains is a ratification by the city coun cil at the regular meeting to night. By the deal the Twohys take over the 10-mile unit con structed by the city of Grants Tass, complete four miles and a half within six months and will continue construction work from that on. Judge Twohy announced that xangements with the Southern Pacific in this city. It was also Deafness Cannot Be Cured kjr local application!, a. they cannot reach tba OleiasfU portion of the ear. There ) only one way to cure deafness, and that ) by constitutional remedies. Deafness Is cuuil by an inflamed condition of the mu ;ou lining of the Eustachian Tube. Win n this tube Is Irtlained you have a rumbling sound or Imperfect hearing, and when It Is entirely closed, Deafness Is the result, and unless the Inflammation can be taken out sind this tube restored to Us normal condi tion, hearing- will be destroyed forever; nine cases .out of ten are caused by Catarrh, -which Is nothing but an Inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot .be cured by Hall's Cat&rrn Cure. iSend for circulars, free. Wji 'CJIEMHY & CO.; Toledo, Ohio. Bold by Drug-nlots. 75c. 3alse Hall's 1'amliy rills for constipation. May 15 Seaside votes on es tablishing union high school. Empire Simpson Lumber Co has started Tarheel logging camp near here. Milwaukee electors voted down purchasing water system. Referendum on 19th judicial district law if taken will cost $100,000. .. L. F. Cronemiller succeeds Ralph E. Koozer as managing editor of the Lake County Ex aminer. Oregon Voter by C. C. Chap man, Portland, advocates low er taxes and beter business con ditions. Gilbert New $15,000 com munity school center built. Gresham Fruit Growers As sociation puts in Ice plant. Portland -Western Sash and Door Co., are adding a two-story frame 56 by 98 and a one-story 200 by 125. Dallas Contract let to oil 100 miles of road. Last year Polk county oiled fifty miles and it was considered the best road Investment made, Salem Drager Fruit Co., will build $15,000 plant with capaci ty to pack 2,500 boxes prunes per day. Portland Tabor heights hard surface paving to cost $39,000. Salem By will of Wm. W. Brown, wealty cattleman from Bend, Willamette University gets $500,000 for boys industrial school and home for aged min isters. Roads from Halsey to Jeffer son to, bo oiled at cost of $5,000. Multnomah county will em ploy 2,000 men on permanent highways. Portland Odd Fellows have bought site and' will erect $150. 000 building. proximately three and one-half million and the latter about half a million. South America ranks next in the quality of ties from the United States, using over 3uo,ooo. The countries of Europe evidently prefer their own ties, for France Is tho only nation who takes from us an amount worthy of record, and that amount is only 592 ties, exported (over five million,) the State of Washington alone furn ished nearly half a million. In the matter of American shingles used, Canada and Mex ico again take the lead, the for mer importing from the United States nearly 34,000,000 and the latter over 2,000,000, valued re spectively at $70,000, and $6,7G5. Australia and the Oceanic Is lands ranked next in quality of shingles from the United States, nearly 5,000,000 being shipped to that part of the world. But when It comes to the use of wood pulp from the United States, Europe springs into pro minence with over eighteen mil lion pounds to her credit, rank ing next to Canada, who leads with approximately twenty mil lion pounds. The total amount of box shooks exported from the United States was 11,150,000. Approx imately two and one-half million of these shooks went to Cuba and nearly two million to Mexico Another two million went to the Straits Settlements in the East Indies. The bulk of the shooks sent to Oceanlca (271,000) were taken by Australia and Tasman ia. Of the shooks sent to Europe Italy took over 473,000, or more than half. Of those sent to Soiith America, Argentine took more than half, or 425,000. Although Canda imported nearly 900,000 shooks from the United States, she does not lead in the use of box shooks. Springfield Bakery Broad, Pio3, Calces, Cookies, otc. Wedding and Party CaUda n Specialty S. Young, - Proprietor" t Eggimann's Candy Kitchen 0 The House of Quality You get your money's worth when you trade at IF YOU HAVE NEVER TRIED I : THE SPRINGFIELD CREAMERY : CI1AS. BARKMAN, Manager ' Try is and be convinced that It pays to patronize homo industries. patronize homo industries. SPENDS ITS MONEY AT HOME : : ELECTRICITY : The Lano County News divided Its expenditures last year, thus: Supplies bought outside of Spring. Hold, Including paper nnd now machinery 20.4 p. c. Supplies bought In Springfield, In cluding ront, otc ... ,19.1 n. e. Payroll, entirely In Sprlnflfletd 60.5 p. C. ' 4 ,. ,i The Springfield Planing Mill Company Manufacturers of sash, noons, mouldings, iirackets, TUUNING, STAIIl 1JUII.DINOO. KxUmikIoh Tubles, Drop Loaf Table, Dllrcnk fast TablcH, Kitchen Ciiblnotn, Cupboard.. Safon, Stop l4iddurH, Krult Jloxoa Horry Crates, 1'oldlw; CIoUiub Hacks. For light, heat and power. "Mado In Springfield." 80 Spent at Home t t Oregon Power Co. I " Motorcycle tandem seats are manufactured at Ontario.. Prlnevlllt Wm. Black has contract, for brick 25 by 50 feet. Pendleton and Salem arc moving for Junior high schools, Senator Cusick of Linn county defends resolution di recting Attorney General to in tervene in landgrant suit to pre vent 2,300,000 acres being added to forest reserve in Western Ore gon. Canby shipped carload of rhu barb to San Francisco the past week. "Coos Bay wagon road to have $25,000 planking in 11 mile canyon. Classified Ads For Sale, Rent, Wanted, Etc. FOUND Bicycle padlock. At JTlie News office. 27 LOST On Fiftli street, purso and sum of money. Finder please leave at News ofilce. WANTED Boarders and room ers at the Elite Hotel, It. O. A. hall for rent. Well ven tilated and lighted, clean and warm. Kitchen and dining room attached. Rates reason able. Apply to Fred Watke, Gilbert Davis or W. A. Hall.. 5-IIOOM HOUSE and lot for sale or rent. Modern conven iences. Easy terms. Call at News qfilce 9-ROOM rooming house for rent furnituro' for sale. Fifth and A. Phone 122-M. 21 W. F. WALKER UNDERTAKER FUNERAL DIRECTOR Office Phone 62; Residence 67-J West Main St, ROUND TRIP $26.75 TO SAN FRANCISCO FROM EUGENE 15 Day Limit Meals and Berth Included. Salo dates May 0 to 11 In-elusive. OREGON ELECTRIC RY. NORTH BANK, RAILROAD 26 HOURS' OCEAN SAIL De luxe "Palace of the Pa cific," S. S. "NORTHERN PACIFIC" Sails May 7, 11, 15, 10, 23, and 27. Stoampr train leavos Portland 9:00 A. M arrives Flavol 12:30, Luncheon on ship. Steamer ar rives San Francisco 3:30 P. M. next day. Low Ilqund Trip Fares East Dally, May 1C, Spo kane and East or via Pa latial Stcaniors to San Francisco. Stopovors at Fair. ' All particulars given by II. R, KNIGHT Agont Oregon Elec tric Ry, Eugono, Orq, pjuT!crT(7&Jni ORICDM v I IHlTRIt 1 wem Is NOTICE TO CREDITOR8. In tho County Court "of tho State of Oregon. For Lano County In tho Mnttor of tho Estato of John II. Innls, Deceased. Notlco Is Iioroby given that tho un dorslgnod lias been appointed admin istrator of tho estato ot John 11. Innls, doceased, nnd all porsotiB having claims ngalnsi tho ostnto of John II. Innls, deceased uro hereby required to prosont such claims duly verified as by law required to mo at tho oll'.co of John C. Mullon, Springfield, Oregon, within six months from tho date of this first publication hereof. First publication April 12, 101(5. Last publication May 10, 1016. Squire Innls Administrator, John C, Mullen Attorney for Administrator. Olll co Ninth ami j'cBtl Hit. vlephono M9 DR.M.Y. SHAFFER, D.V.S. VETERINARY 8URGEON AND DENTI8T Sulto 2. Phono 888, EUGENE, ORB Rcsidenco over Dodgo'a Store Tho Springfield Garage H. SANDGATHE Proprietor Repairing a Specialty Main, boL Fourth and Fifth. Phono 11 SPRINGFIELD - ' OREGON We Print Butter Wrappers Telephone Us Your Order Today The LanetCounty 'Nejs, tii Rhone 2 ',' . ' " I . '' '' ' ' ''," ' '