Ore. llistorial Soe, X meg? r";, A Continuing tht Sprlngfttd and Lans Cunty Star, Which Wtr Consolidated February 10, 1914 $'Xriierii;Pbtiiiiry 21, lpo.l. nt 8prlns0ttlf1, Oregon.- m wound, clui nutter umUraclot Coiire ol M Aran, 11179 SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1915. VOL. XIV. NO. 29 LANE COUNTY NEWS lrlJi "PRESIDENT L G 6ILMAN OF OREGON ELECTRIC PAYS VISIT TO SPRINGFIELD , Visits Booth-Kelly Mill but Has Nothing to Say About Extension of. Line to" Springfield. ' L. C. Oilman, prosldont of tho Oregon Eloctrlc railway, Bjont tho nftornoon Wednesday In Springfield tho guest of Manag er A. C. Dixon of tho Dooth Kolly Lumber company. Ho declared tho mill a jnngnUlcent one, but ho would make no statement as to tho probability of hla company extending Its lino from Eugene to thlB placo to caro for tho lumber now be ing shipped from tho Spring Held mill Into tho Hill territory In tho north central states. At present this lumber 1b belug hauled by motor truck to Eu gono and loaded there so as to get tho bencllt of the terminal rate cast. Mr. Oilman stated that ho had been promising Mr. Dixon for SCHOOL RALLY TO BE A BIG EVENT TJio Lane County school fair, spelling contest and monster school ..children's parado will take placojn Eugcno Friday and Saturday of this week, bringing to tho county seat thousands of tho Inhabitants of the county. Prizes, many of them very valuable, have been provided for those who exhibit In tho many divisions offered by tho vocation al courses of tho schools. Tho fair Is In charge of Supervisors Dosson and O'Reilly, and will bo hold In tho old armory on Sev enth street near Willamette. Ex hibits may bo placed any time up to 4 o'clock Friday afternoon. Tho parado Saturday promis es to bo one of the most Inter esting ovqr hold In Lane coun ty, with several thousand school It forms on Olive street, marches south on tho west side of Will amette Fifteenth, and counter marches back to Eighth and then to tho county park. Tho .parado judges Ssjlll bo In tho balcony of tho Paine building at Tenth and Wlllamotto. The parade Is to bo in charge of Supervisor Stahlman and Co. 0. C, Hammond, Awards in tho parado will bo made on tho basis of originality of design, appropriateness and work or execution of oaoh dis trict. - In this pardo, tho pupils of tho Ehnira school will rldo horse back and Thent will hnvo a band of 1G pieces. A prize will bo given Co the .district having tho host percent age of atendanco. To determine this a register will bo placed in I tho booths of each district com peting, and all present nro ex pected to register in their pro per book. Different schols havo prepar ed "stunts' to bo presonted In tho plaza block. Supervisor Aylosworth has charge of this fenturo. PREDICT BIO LUMBER YEAR Bolllngham, Wash,, May 13, J. H. Dlodoll of tho BIodoll-Don-ovan Lumber company, has just Rome time to pay a visit to the plant here, but had not had tho opportunity until the present. "I spont a very Interesting af ternoon, ho snld. "The plant Is magnificent and has many fea tures I have never' seen In any mill beforo. I hnvo been well re paid for my trip. The plant Is well worth visiting." Mr. Oilman stated that tho company is conducting a series of observations and making sur veys at Clear Lake, 75 miles up tho McKenzic, and will eventual ly construct Immense power pro jects there, but that at this time jlhcro Is no movement to begin tuo actual construction. "On ac count of tho present unsettled condition," ho said, "we are holding off all now projects." returned from tho cast and re ports that the opening of tho Panama canal means that 300, 000,000 feet of Douglas fir will bo shipped-annually from now on. Tho big sawmills in this section aro all resuming oper ation.! and a splendid year is pre dicted. S. P.. DEL-AYS STARTING "EXPOSITION SPECIAL" On account of floods and con sequent washouts south of Dun smulr, Cal., which havo delayed traffic on the Southern Pacific for tho past three or four days, the company has annulled the ! order for tho beginning of serv- lco of tho "Exposition Special," which was to havo gone into service next Sunday. Stub trains hnvo been running in placo of tho ovorlands between Portland nnd Ashland since the first of tho week, but through trains are expected from the south tomor row. LIBERTY BELL TO COME VIA OREGON Philadelphia, May 5. Accord ing to plans mado by tho councll : manic committee in charge of tho trip of the Liberty 'bell to San Francisco, tho relic will leave here on July 3. Stops will bo mado by tho special train on which tho bell will bo carried at Chicago, Topoka, Kansas City, Omaha, Cheyenne, Doner,, Salt Lake, Ogden, Huntington, Spo kane, Seattle, Portland, Eugene and Itosoburg. Arrangements will probably be mado for other stops. Q. C. SLOAN SELLS OUT BUSINESS AND FARM G. C. Sloan lato Monday af- tenioon disposed of his second "Von't lose faith m humanity there ate ctoerl 00 000, 000 peo ple in America who neer played 'you a trick? FATHER WRITES SLOGAN SON DONATES POSTER 1915 Rots Fettlval Recelvt Work of Art frm Famoua Ortgen Bey. Portland's 1015 Hoao Festival has a un'lquo poster tho most artistic over used nnd it is tho work of an Oregon boy, Frotl O. Cooper, now ono of tho worhl'B foremost artists. Ilia father, J. 0. Cooper, of McMlnnvitte, Oregon, wroto tho winning slogan, "Tho Whole World Known tho Portland nose." At his father's personal request young Cooper donated tho poster to incorpor ate tho slogan. Portland has co operated with Seattle, Tacoma, Walla Walla and Spokuno in securing con ventions that will bring mora than 250,000 vlsitora to Washington and Oregon. hand business In tho Odd Fel lows building to Melvln Hansen of Eugene. Mr. Hansen placed the goods on sale, and disposed of the greater part of it in a few days. Mr. Sloan. last week traded his farm on Camp Creek to Mrs.' Van Scoy of Eugene for prop erty near Walla Walla, and will leave at onco to take cargo of his new nronertv.' The tfsals were made bTftdvardiT&3rat- tain. URGE ATTENTION TO CLAIMS OF WOODEN BLOCKS Development League to Back Movement tor Adoption of Wood for Pavements In order to further the inter ests of the lumber industry, in which Springfield is particular ly interested, tho Springfield De velopment League, at its ad journed meeting Tuesday eve ning, authorized tho printing of the paper on wood block pave ment, prepared by Carl Fischer for a recent banquet of the League, and for the mailing of tho same to newspapers and to public bodies and city officials of western Oregon. Tho League discussed tho wood block pave ment quite at length, bringing out that tho blocks can be made from the blocks trimmed from tho end of timbers, and now a waste product, and' also from logs too small or knotty for the commercial lumber. At the close of tho discussion tlfo League unanimously adopt 4 , , cd a resolution declaring It to bo tho sense of tho League that tho authorities of tho Town of Springfield should give very Careful consideration to the claims of wood block pavement when next the paving question coines up here. , Tho matter of participation in observanco of good roads day, May 20, was discussed at some length, it being suggested that Springfield' Join with Eugene In improving the McKenzic high way, and also that perhaps some of the Mohawk districts might appreciate some help on their roads. The matter was referred to the civics improve ment committee. The matter of working up a crowd to go to Florence for tire Rhododendron festival was re ferred to the newly created ex cursions committee, which has Jiot yet been named by President Richmond. H. E. Rice Elected As the Fire Chief The Fire Department held a meeting Tuesday evening at the City Hall and elected the follow ing officers: Fire Chief, H. E. Rice; Asst. Fire Chief, Jess Smit soii; Secretary and Treasurer, Bqb Van Valzah. The next meet ing will be on June 1. WILSON SENOS H 5,- FORMAL DEMANDS Washington, May 13. The United States government, in a note to Germany yesterday, for-J mally demanded of the imperial government a strict accounting for the loss of American lives in the sinking of the Lusitania and violation oi American rigms m thefwarzone. It also asks guar-1 antees that there will be no re- petition of such events or prac tices. With the plain intimation in it that the United States Is pre pared to meet any eventuality that may arise from a non-compliance, the communication is phrased in unmistakably em phacit language, was prepared to be cabled to Berlin by night fall. Written by President Wilson and approved unanimously by the cabinet, the note was care fully examined by Counselor Lansing of the State department and the law officers of the gov-- eminent to make sure that its phraseolgy covered every point of law Involved. The White House officially an nounced the fact that the presi dent had finally determined the course of action to be pursued in the following announcement by Secretary Tumulty after a conference with the president: "The course of the president has been determined. It will be announced just as soon as it is cHp man ever got ner vous prostration push ing his 'business; you get it : only Yhen 4he :business pushes you. V Elbert Hubbard COIGIL TO GALL FOR BIDS-FOR : IMPROVEMENT OF 10 BLOCKS Most-Traveled Streets Will be Given -Jfoal Oil Treatment-Repair with Wood Blocks. I At one of the briefest sessions of the town council of recent months, that body in regular session Monday evening, heard the petition for the grading and graveling of G street from Eighth street to the west line of the Brattain estate. Out of the 38 lots affected, owners of 30 had signed the petition; one owner declined to sign or to remonstrate and the others are non-residents. The petition asked that the property owners be allowed to advantage of the Bancroft act, but since the city feared it might not be able to sell Bancroft bonds to advantage, it was de cided to stipulate in the call for bids for the work that the con tractor would b& required, to bid at least par for any bonds that might be offered to cover the cost of the Improvement. With this understanding between the council and property owners who attended the council meet ing it was' decided to go ahead with the improvement and have the city engineer prepare the necessary plank and speaifica-' To Test Wood Blocks. The matter of oiling streets for the summer was discussed, and this brought up the ques tion of repairs to some of the streets that were first paved. It was decided to use wood blocks for wearing surface in making these reDalrs. it was decided to the same streets this year as were treated last, with the. exception of Seventh street from jMain southward, where macadam was recently laid. This proper to publish the note now In preparation." This was taken to mean that the American' government, ob serving the visual diplomatic amenities, would await the re ceipt of the communication hi Berlin before making it public. At first there was some sug gestion that the communication be sent personally by the Pres ident to Emperor William, but Drfl Wilson determined that it should be adressed not to an in dividual, but to the German government and people. The communication lays stress on the inhumanity of the attacks withou t warning the merchant vessels. It reviews in a general way every case in the war zone in which the rights of American citizen's have been transgressed the sinking of the steamship Falaba, the attack by German airmen on the American steamship Cushlng; the torpedo ing of tho American steamship Gulflight while flying the Amer ican flag, and Anally the destruc tion of tho Lusitania. Pendleton school board has taken up retrenchment and elim ination of fads. Marshflold Mrs. Christie Kruse will erect a conservatory of music, Monroe is to hay a co-opera tive store. .' ' Cops County will open a high way frjam. North Bend to Ton country. . ,4 will Include Second street from Main around to the bridge; Mill from Main northward; Fifth north of the pavement and Main from Tenth east to the city lim its. .. ' , The presence of the city road grader on a vacant lot at Sev enth and Main was discussed, and it was stated that it had been left thee because It was believed that it would soon be needed on some other work. It was decided to return it to tho shop now, at any rate. , , Application of M. J. Bartlett for a pool license for one month was granted. City Attorney Bower reported to the council that he had filed, .the reply of the city of Spring field in the damage case brought by J. M. Stark of Junction City for injuries alleged to have beea caused by the negligence of the town in not keeping street ob structions properly marked. The town sets up as defense, contri butory negligence, a dirty wind shield, alleges that plaintiff was driving too swiftly and attempted-to aaake; tpo; sharp, turm, , Mr. B4wr -rort4-?lMjt4dU&er the KtevdahLcasf ,to aforc-tIie collection of a sidewalk, ment, is ready for trial, but the court may not get to it before the June term criminal cases are called. L. M. Beebe was granted an extension of time in which to lay a sidewalk in front of his property at Fifth and D streets. The fire and water committee was authorized to act in the matter of the smoke house that jswarts & Washburne wish to -erect on Fourth near Main. AIN RAS DONE i MUCH FOR CROPS Rains that have continued for nearly a week have been of ui? told benefit to the farmers of Lane county. About an inchand a half of rain fell, soakingthj grouhd to a depth of six to eight inches and making sure a good growth of all field crops. Grass will be brightened and kept green for months as a result pf this week's precipitation. Fruit has been benefited ma terially by the rain, and Berries', which are just f brming, were not injured. "It was a million dollar rainjg said one prominent farmer. fI believe it means that much .to the fanners of Lane county.,, il came just in a nick of time. Evj- jerything was very dry and we had begun to worry over pros.; pects for good crops, but' it seems the rain seldom fails in Corvallls E, K. Abraham and son have the contract for $0000 fraternity house. Roseburg Plans ordered pre pared for the paving of Third street. Sheridan has 'voted $24,00ip school bonds and, will build. M, Monroe votes' on $3000 water bond issue May 14.