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M AGEOF 47 YEARS
End Comeo on Anlversary of
His BirthIs Survived by His
MWIfe nnd Nino Children nnd
;by Five Slotoro.
M. G. Ilooaon. a native of 'Den
inark, nnd for somotlmo.aroBl.
fulnt of Springfield", died nt hit?
q$P Btrcol-lJo'twooh Third, nnd
.Fourth at G o'clock UiIb morn
ln, on tho '47th anniversary of
1itsblfih. . Tho funoraLarnuigo
monts linvo not beon completed
as yqt.
Mr. JJocBcn was born at Roh
don Aao, Denmark, nnd came to
America at tho ago of 21. In
1870 ho married Miss Carrie M.
IlaiiHon at Homer, Nebraska,
and In 1901 tho family camo to
Orogon, stopping first In Shor
man county. Later they re
moved to tho Wlllamctto valloy.
Uesldes his wlfo ho leaves nlno
children, six girls and three
sons. MIbs Llzzlo Bocson
is teaching school nt Swan,
Klnnmth County, and Walter
Bocson Is at Kent, Oregon. They
havo been telegraphed for and
aro oxpectcd tonight or tomor
row. Tho rest of tho children
aro at home,
Mr. Boeson's father and tlireo
sisters reside In tho fatherland,
and thoro aro iwo sibic m
America Mrs. Soren Hansen,
who was hero at the time of lils
death, and Mrs, Fred Justescn,
both residing In Sherman coun
iy, Oregon.
TIMBER CLAIMS LOST TO '
BOOTH-KELLY CONCERN
ARE IN GREAT DEMAND
Portland, May 22. Tho Tele
gram last evening sam:
There Is a scramble to scQiiro
tho five timber claims which tho
United States supremo court
has taken from tho Booth-Kelly
Lumber company, and which
will bo turned back to tho gov
ernment. Scores of people in
tho last 48 hours havo been
seeking Information as to how
they can obtain ono of theso
, contested claims, and there
could not be much more of a
stampedo if they wero known to
,t bo gold clalniB.
,; Nothing can bo dono toward
C grabbing tho claims until after
j. tho time expires which tho
-A Booth-Kelly company has 'ask
'; Hie for a rehearing. Whether
' the company will nsk for anoth-
m or-henrlng Is not knowiu 11 tho.
- lumber company takes no fur
. tiler-steps', the flVo ciahns will
bp sent to the department
; of tho interior, and will in turn
bo sent to clip commissioner of
V tho general land ofllco and, as
tfho official: rod tape is unwound,
v tho claims will flally land i" tho
ItoBcbrtrg land ofllco.;' Tlftf nio-
mont tho claims arq pntered on
tho books of Oiq ofllco at Roso-bul-g
they are at tho disposal
of tho ptfbllcv
" AstHo flvo claims, rocov
oVerwlth timber they cannot bo
fliedon' lis' homestbad,' for it Is
said to bo lmposiblo to homo
stead such heavily tiriiborcd
- land.- Thoro are two methods;
by which the claims can bo se
cured. Oho. Is under tho timber
sand stone act and (ho other Is
by script.
Under tho timber
ahtl( 'stone a'cl tho governmontf
would Insist on a good price
for the Umber. Most timber
operators aro .supplied with &
quantity of : script- and anyone
with script has"' a -pretty good
chanco to gobble the - claims."
oth-Kelly company prob
ably lias script available.
Tho flvo claims nrevydrth
probably $2000 each. Th'ero'aro
no sawmills near tho clnlnis, and
as It would bo dlfllcult to niafkot
tho timber from, tho claims at
present, the claims are nof-ex
nctly as dcnirablo as appears to
bo the impression. Oregon has
thodsands of acres of public
land availablof or homcBtbading,
but bocnuso tho Booth-Kelly
company had theso five tractu
thoy appear to havo an .oxcep-
Uqial valuo wlUijtho publict
ACCEPTS POSITION AT.'
- FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Herbert Hansen, a graduato
of the Springfleld High school
In this year's class, has accepted
a position at the First National
bank, and has already begun his
duties, oxpecting to go on full
time as soon as school is out.
Mr. Hansen is president of tho
student body and Is very popular
with the students. He Is an ln-
defatlgablo worker, and wllliio
doubt make good In the banking
business.
Eight Successful
in May Exams.
Eight pupils of the Springfield
public schools succeeded In
passing the eighth grade exam
inations hold tho early part of
the month. They are:
Ernest Korn, Howard Cotton,
Leandor Korn, Ellen Lambert,
Nelllo Coponhaver, Ellen McKIb
bon, Lila MUler and Qoldle Jones
Theso pupils will be eligible
to onter tho- high school next
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MOTOR, LICENSE IS TO
CO WITH VEHICLE
A post card from the ofllco of
tho secretary of state calls to
attention of the public tho fact
that a now law went into effect
Saturday rogarding the transfer
of license number plates on mo
tor vehicles. Under tho now
law number plates cannot bo
transferred from one vehicle to
another. Tho number plate as
signed by tho secretary of state
remains with such motor velilclo
during tho year for which It Is
registered. It Is the motor, ve
hicle that Is registered, notUie
owner. if
Upon sale of a. motor vehicle
the purchaser must notify tl(d
secretary of state, who will .fur;
nlsh a transfer blank which
must bo signed by the purchaser
and. returned for filing together
with tho statutory fee of $1.00.
p, sale or transfer is vjilid un
less the required transfer notice
Is given by tho purchaser and
tho'feb pal,d byhlni. :
Fenwick Reaches Chicago.
M. "Fonwlck, who is oil, a
business. trip to Now York, was
in Chicago May 19, according to
ajettftrsooolved .this morning
by. Mrs. Fenwick. Ho writes that
there was six inches of snow on
tho ground and the ground, and
fearg'ard ohtertained for tho
fruit, crop.
NEWCOMER BUYS A
FIVE-ACRE TRACT
M
W. E. Knott, a recent arrival'
from California, today bought
from B.-F. Eby a tract pf flvo
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Fifth' street. Tho deal was made
throu&l;Bean Allen. 1
Forcso'vi l8plfoihihg ' tt
compie-gwer system1.
Athona'ls to have: a concrpj,,
jail.
BAOQAkAUREATE
SERIN SUNDAY
Commencement Season for the
Springfield High School Be
eihs May 30 Diplomas to le
uivon out June 4.
Tho Baccalaureate services
for tho seniors . of tho Spring-4
Held High school will bo kcld a'tlunlay, May .20; Crango officers
tho Methodist church
Qunilav
cvcnihg, May 30. The sennor
will bo dcliverd by Br. Ford of
tho Eugene Baptist church.
Tho various local churches
will dispense with their usual
service that evening to Join (n
this annual union service.
The commencement exerciser
of tho class of '15 will bo held
at the High school building on
Friday evening, June 4, at 8,
o'clock. The exercises, for this
evening have been carefully
planned.
SHERIFF IS AGAIN TAX
COLLECTOR OF COUNTY.
Formally Takes Over Books
Which for Two Years Have
Been Treasurer's
Sheriff J. C. Parker, In accord
ance with a statute passed by
the last legislature, became col
lector of Lane County today.
County Treasurer S. W. Taylor
turned over the books to the
county court, which formally
accepted a surety bond In the
sum of $50,000, given by the
sheriff for the faithful perform
ance of his duties, and gave the
hooks Into his keeping:. i
r th until two yeans agp, the
sheriff was the tax-collector, but
at that time a statute was pass
ed transferring the duty to the1
ofllco of treasurer. This law was
repealed last winter and as a
result the change was made to
day, returning to the old order
of tilings.
Approximately $400,000 of the
taxes for the year still remain
uncollected. The last half will
be due October 1. Under the
now law, beginning next year,
tho first half of the taxes will
bo payable April 5 and the last
half November 5. Saturday's
Guard.
Becomes Cashier
of a New Bank
L. A. Bass, for Beveral years
connected with the First Na
tional bank, will become cashier
for tho 'Farmers' Security ba)ik
of.'Yoncalla," charte?' for vh)ch
yas Issued Friday. Associated-
with Mr. Bass aTO B. B. Bond
age, cashier of the Bank of
Commerce of Eugene and W. E.
Young, a Eugene 'a'tlorney..
Yoncalla is a small town in a
rich valloy about half way be-
twoon Springfleld and -Roseburg.
It is tho center' of a1 rich-farming
country, nnd one w'hlch Ib' de
veloping rapidly,
Mr. Bass was .rated as an ex
pert accountant and a good
bankln'gi"man while connected
Vhp.d & Son.s 'grocery
8tprq'aro,ovlng today from the
Commercial Bank .building to
their now location In the Budd
McPherson building on Main
just off of F(fth street. The
building was recently erected
for tkem and will be,.qpen for
business tomorrow morning
MU,waulce "W.lli .expend .40.-
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COMING SATURDAY
Springfield Grange Will be Host
Program will Contain a
Number of Important Talks
ay txperts.
;Lane County Pomona grange
I F - I . . T -m t r
jWjh meet, m opniigneiu on sac-
aria arranging a program that
will Include a large number of
jnibjects of Importance to the
grange. One thing to come up
a report on th6 cost of the
steel bridge across the Willam
ette at Eugene. It had been
hoped that Mr. Jolley might give
his talk on sugar beet growing,
but the program is too full.
All the members of the local
grange are urged to attend and
to- bring well filled dinner bas
kets. There may be as many
As 100 hero from the other
granges of tho county.
'irowNELL GIVEN JAIL
AND MONEY PENALTY
" Howard M. Brownell, a Eu
gene attorney, Indicted several
monthg ago on a charge of at
tempting to get witnesses out of
the state, this morning entered
i plea of guilty before Judge
jmil ton at Eugene, and was
sentenced to pay a fine of $250
ami to serve three months in
jal!.
, , A fine of $100 had been thot
the maximum by the prosecutor,
and4by Brownell's attorney; but
thaicourt thought otherwise.
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LASSEN PEAK IS
SPOUTI
Redding, Cal May 23. Las
sen Peak poured out another
smoke tonight, it was reported
by returning automobile parties'
late today, who said that a rift
in. the rain clouds when they
yere at Viola had shown billows
of smoke assending to a consid-
erable height.
TALY 'AT LAST
Rome, via Paris, May 23.
Contemporaneously with the is
suance of a general mobilization
pr;dert the Italian Government
tdwight officially announced that
liafr declared war against
Axistria-Hungary.
The first skirmish of the Italo
Avstrian war occurred between
Italian and Austrian troops at
Forcellinl dl Montozzo in the
pass betwen Pont di Legno and
Pojo today.
An Austrian patrol crossed
the "frontier, but was attacked
by Italian Alpine Chasseurs and
driven back over the border.
Tho Roma Tribuna says that
the state of war begins ,.tq
morrow, May 24. v
Baron von Macchlo, tho Aus-trQ-Hungarian
Xmba.s$a.iJor to
Italy, received his passports at
3:30 o'clock- the -"report says,
and will ieavo tonight or to
morrow morning.
The. Italian Ambassador at
Vienna, Baron Avarna, has been
recalled.
Ttie report reaching Rome
that tho German' arid Austrian
Governments, have tprevente4
80,00 Italians from leaving the
POMONA
GRANG
ID
The volcanic avalanche from
the crater of the peak was di
verted in I,ts ruinous rush today
Into old lava fields and the lower
part of the fertile Hat Creek
Valley was temporarily saved
from the threatening flood In
spite of the lull in LaeseVs ac
tivity, a feeling of terror kJre-t
vailed throughout the danger
zone and more than 100 Refu
gees refused to return to their
homes.
Ranchers took advantage of
the mountain somnolence, to
return to their lands and drive
their stock off to the high lands.
Fifty refugees -were camped
at Cassel, waiting for provisions
before seeking a securer haven.
on higher ridges. Fear was gen
eral throughout the day, even
among the most stoical of the
mountaineers, and there was a
general feeling that the land
owners would abandon their
fertile farms to the ravages of
the volcanic flow.
Hope that the mud floods
would fertilize their lands was
(Continued on Pago 4)
Auto Lights Prove
Fickle to Owners
Saturday night was a very un
fortunate one for automobile
lights.
In fact, by some strange co
incidence, the wind blew out
a half dozen or more just as
the policeman appeared on the
scene, and as a result a few
bank cashiers, including the
mayor, a school teacher, an auto
dealer or two and. some, others
have jwen appearing tc4ay be
fore the recorder' and contribut
ing $1 each for the fickleness of
their oil. The complaint Is that
the autos failed to show the re
quired number of lights while
in use or "while standing on the
street. Those cited to appear
were W. C. Rebhan, Mayor C. L.
Scott, O. B. Kessey, Dan Gore,
C. Parke of Goshen, George
Perkins, Marian Harper, J. A.
Wetzel of Eugene and J. A.
Seavey. Mr. Gore maintained
his innocence, of violating the
law on the ground that his. was
not an automobile, but a Ford.
He paid.
DECLARES WA
territory of those countries has
created a profound impression
here.
The Giornalo d'ltalia declines
to. believe the truth of this re
port, not only,- because this
would be opposed to the rights
of nations, but for the reason
that the Italian Government not
only permitted the departure
of Austrian and .Germans, from
Italian soil, but protected .these
nationals.
From the Austrian side, of the
frontier, news reaches Undine,
that the Italian residents are
actually being- hunted, that, the
fate of 600 who left Trieste
hoping to reach Italy is un
known and that the greatest
anxiety for their safety Is felt,
, At Rovigno, in Istriat 62 Ital-T
ian citizens have been arrested.
These include tho Mayor, Signor
d'Avanzp and the, secretary of
tho municipality. All Italian
citizens residing near the forti
fications of Pola have been
taken Into custody by the police
and at Cormons, on tjie frontier,
1,000 Italians, for thejmost part
women and chdren, Kaye been
concentrated ,, " a ad ... prevented
OBSERVE liH
: DAY ON SATURDAY
Merchants are Asked to Decor
, ate Their Stores for the Day
Three Services are to Se In-
cludd In Program,
' ' Veterans of the Civtf war, and
ladles of the G. A. It; met last
Friday and made arrangements
for the observance of Memor
ial Day on Saturday; May. 28,
picking Saliiray instead' of
Monday so that the school chil
dren may participate.
They ask that the merchants
decorate and observe Saturday
as the holiday.
" Plans for the observance of
the day have not been complet
ed, but so far they inchie mus
ter at the hall at 9:S sharp for
march to th'e cemetery, where
the graves of departed soldiers
will be decorated. At neon din
ner will be served at the hall,
and at 1:30 there will be serv
ices at the river bridge for the
sailor dead.
At 2 p. m., at the hall general
memorial exercises -will be held.
Since Lane County Pomona
grange is to use the post hall on
that day, the veterans will meet
at Reapers hall, through the
kindness of that order. ' j,i
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BECOMES MEMBER OF
NEWSPAPER FRATERNITY
W. A, Dill, editor of The News,
was initiated Friday evening as
a member of Sigma Delta Chi,
a newspaperman's fratsnity, a
,eaptef WcXlfc,
tablished at the University of
Oregon. The other neophitee ac
corded honorary membership
at this time were George P.
Putnam, editor of the Bend
Bulletin ands ecretary to Gov
ernor Withycombe; E. N. Blythe,
superintendent of copy on the
Oregonian; Chester K. Moores
and Hebrert C. Campbell of the
Oregonian staff and Ralph
Moores, publicity manager of
the Salem Commercial club. .
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EKKLESIAN CIRCUS
DRAWS BIG CROWD
With clowns and parade, and
side shows and confection vend
ers, the Ekklesian class' jitney
circus hit Springfield Saturday
evening, and played to a capa
city house. The young people
had planned a lot of fine features
and that they made good is at
tested by the gate receipts--
spme $65-
An excellent program was,bf-
feredat the beginning of the
evening, as soon as the crowd
attracted by. the. street parade
could be seated. Clowns enter
tained between, numbers on the
program, and then the crowd
was turnsd loose to visit; the
side shows, vfhich included.mln
strel shqw a, .moving, plcjture
show, fortune teller. . ,
T;he affair was in charge of
the, .entertainment cpmml.ttee,
composed of Grace Walker, Ce
cil Hayse, Lacy Copenhaver, Mr.
Hollis, Olive Smith and Fern
Sidwell.
''The Benton county highway
from Monroe to Albany is to bo
oiled. .
The new First fetk)ai bank
bwlldlng.at Port) iiH- cost
$4O,00O, macr 'WltoeK5o Ore-
mtttm' Mil Myt,.
000 PQ, ninnlclpal'watw , plant
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