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About The Lane County news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1914-1916 | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1915)
. rii ii n 111 i ' ' into 'If ' h i Ii ' iHE LANE COUNTY NEWS W, A. DILL .M, Editor and Manngtr Published lhrery:teonday and Thursday by tkf ilH Cowity Pub f ' ' . l? Hhtng Association. U ' RATES OP SUBSCRIPTION. Oho Year $1.60 Six Mosths "5 Throa, Months Advertising Hales Furnished on Application. Member of the State Editorial Association. Meinbor of the Willamette Valley Editorial Association. 1 1 And Remember to Get a Stop-Over for Springfield. SPRINGFIELD, OREGON,. MONDAY, MAY 31, 1915. MEMORIAL DAY. Memorial Day, 1915, looks both backward and forward. Back, half a century, a divided nation was In the travail of reunion. Anns had just been laid down, and the bitterness of four years of strife was still 'hot. Time alone could cure the sore left by the sacrifice of a million able-bodied men. Time, however, has worked its charm, and the bitterness and .the woe of wartime has been forgotten and in its place has grown a pride Jn a united nation. Both those of the Blue and those of the Gray, look back with reverence to the years of sacrifice and toil, and think of the cruel, pain only as a mean to the wider liberty .that has come to the people of this wide country. Looking forward, the future has much of doubt. Grim pos sibilities are present that Memorial day may In years to come take on new significance, and may unhaply commenyrate the lives and deeds of men of later years. The wish, however, fs not in the thought. War at best is horrible business. It brings want and suffering and woe in a measure incommensurable. It Is the last extermity, to be thought of only as the final means of maintaining that dignity and re spect to which this nation is entitled. We do not we will not play the bully and fight for the love of fighting. We can not we must not play the craven and yield unresistingly the rights which are ours inherently 'The observance of Memorial Day for nearly half a cen tury has softened the heart of the American people, and has made for a, union of purpose never before attained. Its observance has also made firm the heart of the American people to stand steadfastly together for the protection of one and all, and for jttie maintenance of American prinlcples of liberty. Differ as we may from the officials in power over questions of internal admin istration, yet we stand unitedly behind the administration in the effort to secure, peaceably if possible, the rights to which Ameri can citizens are entitled! . . . . STATE CASUALTY LISTS. KNOW OTY gpUNTRY iVRalfroadi 'One of Oregon's many industrial and labor commissions supplies the press each week with a list of casualties' r Another commission then takes up these cases and makes claims against the state treasury for compensation and pensions. Here are some of them as reported for the past week: Eight persons had a single finger or thumb bruised or cut. Four persons had a single toe cut or bruised. About twenty were bruised in some way about one of their limbs. One man had two fingers scorched by an electric wire. The legislature tried in vain to consolidate the numerous boards and commissions that are exploiting industries and the taxpayer in the name of labor. Oregon has so many of these laws and officials that indus tries are handicapped and labor is unemployed. The state needs less boards and ofiicials'and commissions, and more industries and lower taxes. . la., sIachmiu , tfaa v eomnwrtld ftckfevQtaeaU ot tUls' treat wo, snaii apprpflcn ibq Buuject M uio historian chronlcjlpj erefits. Title Bo ric will endeavor to record In writ- lug tho supremacy ot American men and industries ,tn tho -world's affairs and porptuata an appreciation ot our marvclouri Industrial achloveiiionts by presenting simple facts, figure" Rnd comparisons that are overpowering In their convictions. America holds hor proud nlco , among tho nations ot tho earth today on account or nor supremacy in trans portatlon facilities. Tho mighty minds ot tho ago arc engaged lu tho prob lems ot transportntlpn.'aud tho great est men In tho history ot tho world's commerce-' aro at tho head ot tho transportation systems ot tho United States. In tho discussion of transportation, let us consider separately our Rail ways, Telegraph and Telephone Ex press, Publio Highways. Steamships, Street Railways, Interurban and other forms ot transportation, and this ar ticle will deal with railways. The United States has the largest mileage, the best serrlce, the cheap est rates, paya labor tho highest wages, and we hare the moat efficient ly managed ot the railways ot the world. They stand as a monument to the native genius ot our marvelous builders, and most of tho railroads in foreign countries have been built under American orders. The railroads roprcsont a larger in vestment ot capital than any other branch ot human activity. The mile age In tho United States exceeds tha.ac?ptd dltnc from iU rth ,1 to taa; upon, yo. nau in ami, tne last 'year' fa yvbIqh figures tor all countries are , available on the earth's surface. 63,981' mllos ot rail war divided as follows t United States 341,199. Europo 207,433 and other countries 101,360. Tho United States has 3S por cent ot tho world's mtloago, soven par cent of the estimated pop- ulntlou and about Ave .por cent of tho area. Tho total capital iijvoptejd In tho railways ot tho world. Is IGQ.QOO.OQO.- 0Q0, divided ns foll6ws United States 113.000,000,000 Europo ?25,6GO,000,00'0 and other countries $li',3S0.000,000, Reduced to a mllcago basis tho cap italization is as follows: Tho world $78,000, United States $64,000, Europo $134,000, and other countries $69,000. A comparison ot rates Is equally aa Interesting and tho United States takes tho lead In economy and sorv Ice. Tho avorago rato por ton per hundred mile haul Is as follows United States 76c, Groat Britain $3.63, Franco $1.44. Germany $1.44, Russia 93c, Austria-Hungary $1.30, Italy $2.30 anu Switzerland $3.83. Tho average yearly pay ot all rail road employes In tho principal coun trios is as follows: United States $767, Germany $393. Italy $346, Aus tria $323. Great Drltaln $279. France $260 and Russia $204. About 30 per cent, or 1SS.00O mllos. of tho railways ot the world aro government owned. About half the railway mllcago ot Europo is govern' incnt owned. A comparison of tho economy. In timo anu money anu tho convenience In travel, will bo mado In a later article. sldered with much else of the same character hitherto presented. We have the material and the enterprise to make and use wood blocks In this section of the country. And as they tiro good oIbo- where they ought to be good here. As a matter of community interest it is up to us to consider the wood block and encourage home industry. There's a prosperity Item from Pittsburgh which Btates that the locomotive works which have been idle for two years aro about to start up on their share of orders that are to be distributed among- the different parts of the American Locomotive company. A. thousand employes will have work at the plant. So tho story goes day by day, of reviving business in the east, and now the railroads of the northwest are beginning to find their lost nervo again and purpose to carry out their suspended program of im provement and extension. Salem Capital Journal. Exercises from Miss Staniger's Class The Trout The trout are a nrettv kind of fish and are allowed to be caught junction near Pendleton. notbelow six inches long. is The trout Is not a slow fish; new division headquarters at The Dalles, completion Coyote- Echo cut-off In eastern Oregon and the establishment of an other terminal at Pilot Rock ' Salem school board refuses demand of central labor council The Portland Telegram is paying.;a good deal of attention these days to the subject of wood block pavement, now that Mult nomah county is expecting to Bpend a million or more on the im provement of its main county roads. A recent iss'ue of the Tele gram says: Holding, that with all other things equal we should in public activities give preference to home industry, and that we should encourage it in those reppects in which it is not developed, we submit that wood block paving should be considered on whatever meritorious showing it has made and is making. ,. In the Engineering News of May G, there appears a half page article on the use of wood block as paving material, as a matter of practical experience in Minneapolis and St. Paul. The article says that these two cities have had many years of successful ex- , i , ii aB " that only union labor be em- j-j it. i ployed In erecting now school fVift rntnr nro on munli fVin onnioi O color. There are different kinds L1PorUa"d Alder, Water, nf tm,. tnn iw ,. nf Clay and other streets to bo Throat and the S lver Trout. !iuvuu. The trout Is caught in the river or a brook in a pool or on a riffle. They are caught on a' fly hook or a spinner. The In dians used to spear them but that is against the law now. There is no commercial value for trout because it Is against the law to sell them and besides people want them for their own use. RALPH LOVE ' Grade 5 ii. Salmon The salmon Is more plentiful than any other fish. , Its flesh is red and sometimes pink. Th6 salmon is a very large fish weighing as much as seventyr five pounds or even more. They are caught in the Suis- law and Umpqua but most ex tensively in the Columbia river. There are four ways of catching cnem Dy traps, gm nets, seins and nsh "wheels. The seines, however, are used more than The Washington-Oregon Cor poration, formerly managed by A. Welch, Portland, has been re organized on a plan to become operative July 1, 1915, under a new management with head quarters at Vancouver, Wash. Earnings for seven months end ing March 31, were $1G8,537 cross. $61,990 net. The Com pany operates at Vancouver, Sifton. Centralla and Chehalis. The new company handling the properties is understood to have considerable financial strength. FATHER WRITES SLOGAN SON DONATES POSTER anvthlncr f1sf Thov nro vow perience with wood block pavement, and at the present time this long and wide nets which arp is the most popular type of pavement in those cities. The pave-. stretched far out into the chan ment has been laid by municipal day labor, so that the cost has 1 nel- Horses are used to draw, been reduced to compare favorably with sheet asphalt pavement laid by contractors. prepared by consulting Engineer Charles K. Mohler for the Loop 'Protective and Improvement association. Mr. Mohlef summar izes tho defects of the district surveyed as follows: "Rough and uneven surface; noise from traffic; dirt and dust; difficulty and pxpjnse of cleaning, and slippery surface of blocks." Conversely he describes the ideal pavement as one "that will give sure foot ingf of smooth and uniform surface; durable and of uniform wearing quality; easily cleaned of refuse and litter; easy of repair and of reasonable cost:" To all of which we have this added com ment: "At the present time there is no kind of pavement that will 1111 all thcserequlrements to. the fullest degree. Creosoted wood) block comes nearer to the Ideal than any other pavement so far devised;" and then the further statement that "a perfectly con tructed and smoothj even wearing surface lof creosoted; wood blocks may wearalmost indefinitely," f ' iJu j.- All thls'tejitfmbny for the wood block based on IxpQrience and upon expertf practical and unbiased opinion, ItTTs to becon- I them in These fish after being caught 1 arft fiRnr. tn flip, ennnprlpn ivhora Supplementing this, we quote from a report on creosoted j they are sorted acordinc to size wood block pavement In the central business district of Chicago, cleaned, and put into cans then cooked. From tho canneries it Js sent all over the world to constitute one of the foods for man. , PHYLLIS KESTER Grade 5 WheelerThe Bailey sawmill plant begins operations this, week, cutting f0,000 feet a day, Reavdrton L. L. Gilbert will erect a two story brick store building 40x100 feet. Fossil I. ' A. Johnson will erect a stone or brick store building. The O. W. R. & N. announces"' that construction work, entail ing the expenditure of $1,000, 000 will be undertaken immcdi-' atQly. It will include now ter minal facilities at Walla Walla, 1915 Rose Festival Receives Work of Art from Famous Oregon Boy. Bound to Growi Most largo business enterprises of to day wero begun in, a small way. Proper banking facilities will help your business to grow and proHpor. This Rank gives tho buiuc careful at tention to tho small accounts, that it furnished tho larger- ones wo know tlioy will grow. . ,, Wo will approclato your nccount whether small or largo. .1'. ESTABLISHED 1907 SAFETY-CONVENIENCE-SERVICE The Best Groceries For Less Money The Fifth Street Grocery Thos. Sikes, Prop. Phono 22 J Safe Deposit Boxes .! Valuable papers deposited in our Safo Deposit boxes can not burn up, cannot get lost or destroyed. Rental0nly$2perYear Commercial State Bank Capital $30,000.00 This Witt Whet Your Appetite This store is filled with the choicest groceries money can buy with groceries entirely free from all adulterations with groceries of tho most absolute and unquestioned pur ity with groceries that build up tho system and instill that remarkable energy which Insures success in life. NICE & MILLER Opposite Commercial State Bank Phone 9 FIRST NATIONAL BANK, EUGENE, OREGON. Established 1883 t Capital and Surplus - - - $300,000.00 Interests on Savings Accounts and Timo Certificates Office In City Hall, 8prlngfleld, Ore. HERBERT E. WALKER NOTARY PUBLIC Portland's 1915 Hose Festival has a unique poster tho most artistic oyor 831 vvniamette St. uacu anu h is uio wori( pi; an urogon boy, Fred a, Cooppr, now ono of the world's foremost artjsts, Ills father, J.. ,C 'Cooper, of MeMlnnvlllo, Oregon, wroto t?io winning slogan, "Tho Wholo World Knows tfw Portland Hose," At bis father's personal request young Cooper donated tho poster to Incorpor ate .the-.. slogan, Portland lias co oporafed wit! cattle, Tacoma, Walla wanaanu Bpoxqnp )n securing con J. H. BOWER Lawyer. Phono 1221 Eugene, Oregon I The Springfield GarKge H. SANDGATHE Proprietor ; Repairing a Specialty vcntlons that will, bring moro than Main? bet, Fourth (and Fjtth. 'Phono 11 250,000 vis tors to ' Washington and M JVti t'Ax ' Oregon, ! I8PRINQFIELD r OREGON OHlce Ninth ni I'carl Bu. cltpnoue Hb9 DR.NLY. SHAFFER, D.V. S. VETERINARY SURGEON AND DENTIST Suito 2. 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