Ore, HlHlorlal floo X r NEWS 1W I. Continuing tlio Sprlngfloltl nnd Ljino County Star, Which Woro Conoolldated Fobruary 10, 1914 ItiMpcuil Poliruiiryil, I'Jli 1 I Agim, nt noeonil c. mailer iiinlor noliil CoiiKto of M urcli, IW SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1915. VOL. XIV. NO. COUNTY 1 1 IXIrl-f JL JL JUL- BIDS ASKED FO rEMENT OF 6 ST., 8TH 10 10TH Council Mak Condition that Bid dor Mnko Offor for Bancroft Bonds Mattor of Improving Flro Dopartmont Dlocuasod. The town council at Its regu lar mooting Monday ovunlng ptiHKCMl an ordlnanco providing for tho grading and macadamiz ing of CI vHlroot from Eighth Hlrool to tho wont lino of tho Brattaln ostnto, a distance of two blocks. Bids aro to bo op ened Monday, Juno 28. Tho council In asking for bids for tho work, makes provlHlon that the HiicccHHfnl bidder shall bo pre pared to bid at leant par and ac crued Intercut on any Bancroft bonds which the city may wish to sell by reason of tho improve ment. ThiB Is a provlHlon simi lar to one uaed on 'tho hard-Biir-facc paving contractu, and Ib In tended to protect tho city against having to carry the hondH. The Hinall amount like ly to be lHBued In an Improve ment of this size would not In terest large eastern bond hoiiB es, but would be in small enough denomination to bo attractive for local Investors. Another matter of Importance was brought before the council by II. 13. Itlco, chief of the lire department, who stated that since the council had reduced wthe fee to be allowed, firemen for service at 11 res, interest had been Inching in the department, and M, itttoniliiiiGo hns dronned off. IfROI Ile asked that tho council rc-!turer CJl entcr the corporation storo the fee to the former flg-bv agreeing to turn over exclu uro $2.noor work out somci1 t0 tho corporation his en- other plan that would Increase Interest in tho firo company. Tho matter was discussed for a time, and then tho firo and water committee was directed to study tho matter and report at tho council meeting of Juno 28. Councilman Fcnwlck made an Interesting report of his Inves tigations of pavements In the eastern cities while on his trip a month or more ago. Ho took ... till , "T, , ; i ii V and found that In all tho c cs the wood blocks are used .. i. . n Routine reports or the treas urer and recorder wore read and placed on file. Chairman Fischer of tho firo and water commltteo reported thnt ho had refused to Ibsuo a permit to Swarts & Washbumo to construct a wooden smoke houso in the rear of their mar ket. City Attorney Bower reported that tho town had won its suit in tho Klovdahl assessment mat tor. Hp reported alBO that tho county surveyor had established the southeast comer of tho J, E. Ebbert Jr. D. L. C in East Main street, nnd tho city engineer was instructed to procure a certified copy of tho location notices from tho county surveyor and mako a plat of tho same in tho record books of tho city. C. E. Lyon was given a pormlt, so far as tho city has Jurisdic tion, to orcct a platform scales on tho cast side of Second street just south of Main. f!miiH'llman Coffin brought up tho mattor of tho. alloy between i'rom II. V. Hammitt. Mr. Per-'-A and B streets' from Ninth to kins traded, hid fine, nuto in on It appears that an alloy hah not boon dedicated In this place. The city attorney. vn directed , to Investigate this, and also Die matter of an alley in the block next lo the north. Councilman Ftechor brought up the matter of a drinking fountain, which, under its con tract, tho Oregon Power com pany is supposed to furnish tho city. Tho subject was referred to tho fire and water committee with power to act. TO SPEND SUMMER AT U. OF C. SUMMER SCHOOL (given Saturday evening, June 19 'by Springfield business men for Mrs. Luclna Richardson will thc mrmcrB ot the territory tri leavo today for Borkclcy, Call- utary to Springfield, and the fornlu, where she will take work committeemen believe the at In the University of California ; tendance will be close to the summer school. Mrs. Richard- j lurser number, son, who Is a graduate of San In nddtion to the talk on hog Jose high school and the stato ralsmg i)y j,, Dhnlck of Ore- normai ai mat piace, win iuvob- tlgatc school gardens at that placo and at other points along tho coast. She will take In thc exposition and will be absent six weeks or two months. Seattle, Juno 14. Lumber manufacturers of thq Pacific Northwest, it was announced today, are organizing a co-operative corporation to control the export lumber business of thc Pacific coast. The corpor ation, known as thc Douglas Fir Exploration and Export company, has ben Incorporated in this state with a capital, of $HOO,000. Ownership of stock will bo confined to lumber mail- nfneturers and any manufac- itho export trade, The corporation, according to tho by-laws, will engage only in foreign trade, doing no busi ness In tho United States or Us possessions. Organizers of the movement have already submit ted their plan to tho Federal Trade commission nnd are also understood to have explained their plan to President Wilson. Thirty of tho largest lumber manufacturers In tho northewst IllUllUtilVVUt VIM Alt 1.4 UVtVMVMV Ihavo already Joined the corpora- tlon and 12 more aro expected t tll0 artlcles 0f agreement " . .,. . 'at a meeting to bo held in Port- land Juno 25. General sales offices will bo maintained In San Francisco and Portland. Tho headquarters of, tho company will bo In Seat tle.. WILL PUT SPRINGFIELD POTATOES ON DISPLAY E. E. Morrison received word this week from II. W. Whltacre that ho had been commissioned by tho Panama-Pacific Interna tional exposition commissioner to secure an exhibit of potatoes from tho crops around Spring fiold at aB early a date as possi ble. The display will bo under tho head of tho Wesco Seed Co., of which Mr. Morrison Ib a mom-. ber, and tho namo of tho grower and his location will bo given with each man's oxhlblt. These potatoes will bo from tho seed sold tho farmers this Bprlng. Acquires Timber Tract. A deal was mado late last week whereby A. J. Perkins ac- nuires an SO-acro timber tract by LUMBERMEN JON 0 EXPORT TRADE E TO 200 ill ER Talk by Stato Dralnago Engln .oor Addod to Program at tho Banquot In Honor of Farmors of Springfiold Neighborhood. Between IfiO and 200 tickets have been sold for the banquet and farm lecture which Is to bo uon c,tv. Mloro win i,c talk bv some assistant from the state engineer's office on the subject of drainage of the valley lands. The committee has been meeting with much encourage ment, and the affair promises to be one of the most successful In tho history of Springfield. MAKE FINE CHEESE ON CAMP CREEK FARM First samples of cheese from Dr. Joseph Schafer's farm on Camp Creek were brought to Slkes' storo last week. The, sample showB a particularly mild cheese of fine texture. The cheese 13 made by Simon Zwald, a Swiss cheese maker of long ex perience. The factory has been running for several weeks, but its output has not been season ed enough yet to be put on lh6 market. THURSTON PLANS TO OBSERVE THIRD Citizens of Thurston held an enthusiastic meeting last even ing and determined to hold a big Fourth of July celebration on Saturday, July 3. W. T. Culver was chosen as marshal of the day and C. W. Hansen as aide. Thc program committee was in structed to secure the services of Victor Morris to deliver the oration. Tuesday, Juno 29, w;'.3 designated as clean-up day, for the preparation of Baugh grove, where tho celebration is to bo held. Following aro the com- mittees: Program C. R. Hastings, F. E. Taylor, Mrs. Olive Taylor, Lizzie Ruth; LIzzIo Harblt, Mrs. Walter Edmiston. Finance and concessions--C. W. Yarnell, Ira Gray, and Ross Mathews. Sports C. W. Yarnell, J. M. Burnett, Ray Baugh and O. F. Thatcher. Tho Cottage Grove Sentinel will appear on Tuesdays hereaf ter and tho Leader on Friday. Both will have their typo set on the Sentinel's machine. HOP Dll Beaver-Hemdon Hardware Company ELECTRIFY 40 MILES IRE OF P., E. a E. Red Cars to Run into Cor,yallis Only Short Section Romains j to Bo Wired Extend Llne3 '..Across Eastern Orogon. Portland, Juno 15. Two sep- irato railroads today announced now development projects to be fetartori at once, that will moan expenditure of several mil lions of dollars. The Oregon-Washington Rail way and Navigation company will build a 30-mile extension to its line recently completed from Vale to Riverside, Ore. The extension from Riverside will be westward to Crane Creek gap. The Southern Pacific has an nounced that it would electrify Its line btween Whlteson and Corvallis, a distance of 43 tulles, as an extension of the existing electric unit between Portland and Whlteson, which until July first is known as the Portland, Eugene and Eastern railway. The work of the Oregon- Washington Railway and Navi gation company will cost $1,- 500,0.00 or more. Both projects although under separate direc tion, the roads having been di vorced, will begin at once. NEW TRAIN GOES ON RUN fThe "Exposition Special," the 'new Southern Pacific train, went on the run Tuesday, and the first of the trains, No. 53, south bound, went through Springfield Junction at 5:11, meeting No. 14 northbound at that place. No. 94, from Wendling, is scheduled to reach Eugene just before No. 53 pulls out, thus giving con nections from the Mohawk val ley with both north and south bound trains on the main line. Private car A 24 of some of ficials of the Great Northern railroad was attached to No. 53 on its first trip. RAILROAD MAN SEES INDICATIONS OF QUICK RETURN TO PROSPERITY Portland, June 16. "There is reason to hope that business conditions will improve soon," said W. R. Scott, vice-president and general manger of the Sou thern Pacific system, who is hi Portland on one of his periodi- cal trips looking over the com pany's lines in Oregon. "Crop prospects are fine and with the gathering of thc great harvest, times ought to become prosper ous again. When the railroads tho prospering, all lines of busi ness and Industry thrive., The products of the farm, mine, for est and mills are in greater de mand when the railroads are ac tive. When there is an assur ance of returns on the Invest ment it wil be easy to obtain funds for further extensions and improvements of tho railroads. Our Hardware Is tho finishing touch to in terior decorations. Our fix tures aro an essential to every well-built houso or building. That doesn't mean our hardware costs moro, though you will admit in tho long run that it is worth more than wo charge for it. tJjider jexlsllng circumstances It Is impossible to raise money to carry out developments plan ned by transportation lines." Eugene, Juno 1G. W. R. Scott, general manager of the Southern Pacific system, pass ed through hero this aftdrnoon but had nothing to give out in regard to further electrification of the P. E. & E., between Cor vallis and Eugeno, nor In regard to the extension of the line from Vale westward across central Oregon to a junction with the Natron-Klamath Falls cut-off. GIVE LARGEST FLAG TO CITY OF ST. LOUIS St. Louis, June 14. What is described as the largest United States flag was presented to the City of St. Louis today during the Flag Day celebration here. The emblem is 150 feet vy 78 feet and weight 400 pounds. It was given to the city by the Mil lion Population club. In a re cent parde 150 men and GO boy scouts were required to carry it. SCHOOL TERRITORY IS RE-APPORTIONED A. I. O'Reilly, supervisor of the schools of the eastern part of Lane county for the past several years will take on the greater part of southern Lane beginning with the new school year. This was determined at a conference of County Super intendent E. J. Moore, Mr. O' Reilly, and Miss Jennie Bossen, who will this year constitute the superintendent's force. Re-apportionment of the territory was made yesterday following the change which drops two of the supervisors and leaves two to do the work of four. Miss Bossen will have all the western ena of the county, as before, together; with Mr. Aylesworth's district in the northern part of the county, and the portion of Mr. Stahhnan's in the Lorane neigh borhood. Superintendent Moore takes his old territory in the center of the county, a portion of Mr. Aylesworth's in the Long Tom country and that along the Benton and Linn county lines. Cutting down of the number of supervisors saves the county about $3000 a year. CAMP CREEK PERSONALS Super. J. K. Platts is doing some work on the roads. Mrs. Mabel Chase and Char lie Belshaw spent the week end with friends and relatives here Lee Fountain and Chas. Dead mond of Walterville are working for Mr. Fisher. J. K. Piatt received word tills week that his mother, who lives in California, is very ill and not expected to live. Mises Inza and Ruby Crab tree and Fred Crabtree and Bert Libbey attended the ball game at Goshen Sunday. Myron Craig made a business trip to Eugene Saturday. S. E, Libbey has returned from Elmira whero ho has been mov ing a house. C Mr. and Mrs. L. Stephens went to Donna Monday to visit relatives. WILLAMETTE VALLEY WINS MANY AWARDS AT FAIR Salom, Ore., Juno 14. In ad dition to winning a grand prize for forage crops, and a medal of honor for products of tho soil, tho Willamette valley exhibit at tho San Francisco fair has been awarded 18 gold medals, 52 sil ver medals and received ight honorable mentions according to Fred S. Bynon, secretary of tho Villani0tte Valy, Exxposi ,tion association. . f, . .r, GRAVEL HAULING COAST R B Willamette-Pacific Rails Laid as Far as Acme Bridge Opora- . .lions of Several Months Cease Only for Placing of Bridge. A huge steam shovel was tak en to the Springfield gravel pits Monday afternoon and yester day the first string of 24 gravel cars was brought from the W. P. yards and placed on the grav el siding east of town In readi ness for the resumption of grav el hauling next Monday. Gravel from the Springfield pits "is to be used In ballasting the new Willamette-Pacific line from Mapleton to Acme and tnen after the bridge has been, erected across the Siuslaw river, more gravel will be hauled from here for the line down the coast as far as Gardiner. In addition to the cars which were brought to Springfield yes terday, others are being put in. repair, as it is desired to have two or three trains of 25 cars each in operation constantly. Still other cars how in use here are to be sent to Marion for use in hauling the crushed rock bal last being placed on the main line. When hauling from the pits here begin nearly a hundred men will be employed. There will be three train crews and four en gine crews to handle the gravel, one at the pit, one traln.crew-and . two engine crews to do the haul ing and one train crew on the dumping train. The pit crew will take the loaded cars from the pits to the Springfield yards where a double-header swing train will be made up. This train will run to Nekoma, a point a few miles above Mapleton, and the unload ing crew will have charge of the material from that point. It is expected with' this arrangement two trips a day can be made by the ballast train. W. R. Fountain, assistant en gineer, states that it is expected it will require a month's time to complete the work of ballasting the track between Mapleton and the bridge. Trains will be oper ated to the latter point after the ballasting is completed. The laying of the rails be tween Mapleton and Acme was completed yesterday, after ten days of rapid work. Excavations for the pivot pier of the bridge have been completed, the sheet piling has been put in and the." masonry work will start very soon, uravei irom uie pus nere will be used in the concrete for the foundations. Crews are being organized for the laying of steel from Coos bay northward, and this work will be started within the next ten days. School Board Adjourns. There was no meeting of the school board last evening as had been scheduled, and adjourn ment was made until Friday Eve ning of this week. At that time the report of the auditor or tue clerk's books will be received by tho lionrd. and ono or two va cancies on the teaching staff will bo filled. . - Marconi Becomes Lieutenant Florence, Italy, June 17.; William aMrconi has asked thnt hfi ho enrolled as a liouteiir. ant of engineers and assigned. to UUty Wltn ue ; lenjBniim un gaao here. , FOR 111 EG DAY tho Brattain estato. A' sower tho deal, wmciv was maao. has boon constructed there but Browning'&.Morrisqiu,';:!, ' . 4i. . wi; nuai , M". Il' ' Hi ' fl.ll. i Ml .'!, . 'J' ' Ui 1