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SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1915.
VOL. XIV. NO.r. 4D
NEWS
THE LANE
S. P. Company Retains Huge Land Grant
Federal Supreme Court Reverses Lower Tribunal Means Lands
Will Pay Taxes Railroad Development Likely
Word roachod Springfield this nftornoon that tho Unitod
Statos Stipromo Court today rovorood tho lower court and
had confirmotl tho titlo of, tho Orogon & California Railroad
Company in tho land grant which line boon in litigation for tho
paot five yoars. Tho court holdo, howovor, that tho lands
must bo cold to actual sotttoro at not to exceed $2.50 an aero.
Tho lands involvod aro worth approximately $30,000,000.00
Tho govornmont first brought suit to havo tho torms of
tho grant onforcod, and tho decision of tho lowor court was
that tho grant should bo forfeited to tho govornmont. At tho
last sossion of tho logislaturo tho attornoy gonoral of Orogon
was diroctod to appear before tho United States Supreme
Court, and ufgo that tho decision of the court bo such as would
cafoguard tho interests of the poople of Oregon, it being
pointod out that if tho grant woro forfeited there was dan
gor that tho lands would bo put in tho forest reserve, and
would thus ceaso to pay taxes for tho upkeep of the state. . .
When tho lowor court had decided tho lands should be
forfeited to tho govornmont, tho (railroad coased to pay taxes,
and is now delinquent in Lano County alone $80,000 on the
1913 tax list and $72,000 on tho 1914 tax list. Lano County
has already paid $40,000 to tho stato as tho share of taxes the
county was expoctod to collect from the grant lands, and this
sum, together with the rest of the delinquent tax, wil bo com
ing into the county treasury.
This decision, together with tho decision the railroad at
torneys aro expecting within the next month or two in the
Southorn-Central unmerging suit, is of tremendous import
ance to Springfield, for it practically assures early completion
of the Natron Cut off, with tho consequent development of
railroad shops in Springfield.
The fact that money is available for the electrification' of
the Whiteson-Corvallis section of the P. E. & E. is evidence
that railroad funds are more plentiful, and with decision or
decisions favorable to the railroad, construction work is sure
to follow:
FARMERS AND MERCHANTS GATHER
AT BANQUET--HEAR FARM TALKS
Judge Grant Dimick Discusses Proper
Methods of Hog Raising Asst.
State Engineer Boosts Drainage
SPARKLERS FROM THE TALKS AT THE
BUSINESS MEN'S-FARMERS' BANQUET
Rov. 13. C. Wigmore How far Is It from my house to
the country? It In Just outBsldo my wood shed door.
Judgo Dimick I can't say anything more than has
been said about co-operation unless I toll you to prnc
tlco what you preach.
Mayor Scott When Naturo began to distribute her
bounties In tho far east sho took care not to bo too lib
oral, and when alio reached tho Pacific slope she had a
plenty and to spare, and sho dumped them all out here.
- Assistant Slato Engineer Cupper The great problem
in tho Willamette Valloy today Is tho proper regulation of
soil moisture.
Judge Dimick Anybody can raise pigs; tho problem Is
to ralso tho feed that will put these pigs onto the mar
ket at a profit.
Practical talks on farm sub
jects by practical men who havo
made a success of their own
lines of endeavor were mado at
a banquet given Saturday even
ing at Reapers' hall under tho
auspices of tho Springfield Busi
ness Men's club and participated
In gonorally by business and pro
fessional men of Springfield.
Fully 100 of tho local people
woro In attendance, and as many
farmers from tho vicinity of
Springfield attended as guests
of tho business men. Enthus
iasm marked the evening, and
after tho formal addresses of tho
evening there were groups gath
ered to ask further questions of
tho speakers on points that had
not been cleared.
Tho plea for community co
operation In advancing tho in
terests not of tho town of
Springfield, but of tho wholo
, community, going back into tho
rich valleys back of Springfield,
was tho dominant note In all of
the talks
Just heforo Toastmastor M.
M. Peory Introduced tho first
speaker, Miss Mario DoPuo ren
dered a violin solo, and gradouB
ly responded to an oncoro.
Mr. Pecry declared tho oc
casion ono for tho fostering of
tho social relation of citizens
gonerally, and particularly for
bringing tho town and thq coun
try Into closor relation. Tho
timo Is pttBt, ho said, for com
munity promotion that is sim
ply In the Interest of tho real
"EUGENE, RAILROAD
CENTER" UNKNOWN
IN SAN FRANCISCO
Eugen's claim as a
"railroad center" Is not
known in San Francisco,
if tho experience of A. G.
Potter is a crltorlon. Mr.
Potter, whose brother-in-law,
F. R. Russell, is car
repairman in tho Eugene
nnd Sprlngefild yards,
wished to como to Spring
Hold to visit his mother,
who Is ill. Tho ticket man
in San Francisco know
there was a Springfield,
and that it was on tho
Woodbum - Springfield
lino,, but ho assured Mr.
Potter that tho only way
to reach Springfield waB
to go to Albany and then
return by tho Albany
Oakrldgo mixed train.
Mr. Potter worked out his
own maps In tlmo to save
tho extra rldo, and ho
loft tho train at Eugono
It was not so very
many months ago that a
Eugono business man
was told in tho San Fran
cisco station, that tho
ShaBta Limited did not
stop in Eugono.
Eugono will havo to
smoko up u bit, and let
tho world know more of
her claims as a "railroad
center."
oatatc speculator, and now it, is
necessary to take the steps that
will devolop the resources that
wo havo.
Mayor C. L. Scott, ill an ad
dress of welcome, painted a
glowing word picture of the
abounding resources of the Wil
lamette valley. When Nature
began In the far caBt to spread
out her bounties, he said, she
was careful not to put too much
In a place, lest sho havo not
enough to cover the whole of
tho earth. The result was that
when tho Pacific CQast JLhe,
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HAUL FIRST GRAVEL
FROM PIT TUESDAY
Thirty or Forty Men to Bo Em
. ployed on this End Engines
to Tie up in Springfield as
. .They Did Last Year.
With 20 or 25 men working
In. tho gravel pits cast of here,
sn'ti-wlth three enginft- crews
BpendhiK the nights in Spring-
GORGE
PERKINS
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OF SPRINGFIELD
SUIT R
ROUGH
TRET
li IN DAMAGE
T BY J. L I
5TAR
After being out less than two
hours, including the time re
quired for luncheon, tho jury in
tho circuit court In the case of
J. L. Stark against George Per
kins and the Town of Springfield
this afternoon brought a verdict
in favor of tho defendants. Tes
timony was concluded Saturday
and arguments of tho attorneys
and the courts instructions took
.11 this forenoon and it was 12:02
when tho case went to the jury,
and tho verdict was returned at
2 o'clock.
Stark sued Perkins, tho Town
of Springfield and its officials
for $1,500 for personal injuries
and damages to his auto when
he ran into a pilo of gravel In
front of tho new creamery
building several months ago.
Tho case wont to the jury
only as to tho city and Perkins,
tho court having eliminated tho
individual members of tho coun
cil, thoy having been named as
defendants in the Bult, together
with tho city and contractor.
Tho defense of the city and
Perkins was that the pile of
'gravel and sand on the mala
.street of Springfield which Stark
'struck with his automobile could
l havo been avoided had he used
a reasonable degree of precau
tion. The testimony offered by
the defense was to show that the
tracks of the machine, observed
soon after tho accident showed
that it ran alongside the pile
for a distance of a few yards,
then turned abruptly into it, in
dicating that the driver must
I have thought that he had entire
jly passed it and started to turn
j off to one side of the street
I again. The testimony further
! showed that while there were
no lights on the pile of gravel
tho street lights nearby made
the place almost as light as day.
On the other hand, the plain
tiff's testimony would show
that the machine struck the pilo
of gravel at tho west end of It
instead of near the center as
claimed by the dofense, that the
street was not very light and
that the mist and fog prevailing
at that timo made it impossible
to see the pile. ,
YOU CANNOT
FALL DOWN
In buying our root paint. It Is
tho best and moat satisfactory
roof covorlng that you can uso.
Uso it on your buildings and
your ropalr bills will diminish
considerably. Pajnts for other
purposos aro soldv,horo too. All
equally good for tho purposos
lntondod.
Beaver-Herndon Hardware Company,
field, gravel operations for the
Willamete-Paclflc railroad will
bo resumed tomorrow. The big
steam shovel with which the
cars will be loaded, was sent to
the pits some time ago, and A.
D. Ruddiman went up this
morning to make a final repair
or two The engine to handle
the cars while they are being
loaded in the pit will be up from
Portland tonight, and a large
supply of gravel cars is on the
gVavel siding east of the local
yards.
.. The .pit. engine will bring theJ
loaded cars to the yards here,
where trains two a day will
be made up to take the gravel
to thq "front" below Mapleton.
One of these trains is expected
to go on tomorrow and the;
other on Wednesday. Both!
grains will then be employed for J
several months, for the gravel;
from the pits here Is to be used
for ballasting the track as far as
Gardiner, and for the concrete
in the piers of the bridge across
the Siuslaw at Acme.
A crew of 75 to 100 men will
be required to spread the gravel.
R
SGROOL 61
CLOSES BUSINESS
At Last Meeting Before Election
List of Teachers is Completed
and Auditor's Report Heard
on Condition of Clerk's Books
SISTER DIES AT HOME
AT GLENN'S FERRY, IDA.
Rev. II. C. Ethell received a
telegram Friday morning telling
him of the death the evening
before of his sister, Mrs. Clara
Blackwell, at Glenn's Ferry, Id
aho. Mrs. Blackwell was a lit
tle over GO years of age, and is
survived by her husband and by
four children, all at home. She
is survived by two brothers, Rev
II. C. Ethell of Springfield and
John J. Ethell of Bloomfield,
Iowa; and by two sisters, Mrs.
Hattie. Itawllngs and Mrs. Josie
Macy, both of Los Angeles. Mrs.
Blackwell was born in Davis
County, Iowa, and was a suc
cessful school teacher in both
Iowa and Idaho before her mar
riage.
SPRINGFIELD WOMEN
ELECTED TO OFFFICE
Mrs. S. M. Cranmer and Mrs.
J. P. Fry returned Friday from
McMinnvillo, where thoy attend
ed the meetings of tho annual
convention of tho stato G. A. R.
and Ladles of the G. A. R.. Mrs.
Cranmer was re-elected junior
vice-president, and Mrs. Fry was
elected on tho board of admin
istration.
Thoy brought back with thorn
tho portrait of Lincoln given as
a prlzo to tho chapter gaining
tho most members in tho year,
i
Eugene--Stato University will
put. in printing plant
An adjourned meeting of the
board of education Friday even
ing elected two teachers to fill
the complement required1" 'for
the Springfield schools for the
year 1915-16, and. als,o received
the report of the district clerk
as certified by the auditor em
ployed by the board. The teach
ers elected are Allen Rothwell
of Eugene, who will teach read
ing and arithmetic in the upper
grades of the grammar school,
and Miss Oro Wilson, who will
take Mrs. Ida Richardson's work
also in the departmental section
of the schools. This completes
the work of the board before
the annual school meeting,
which is to be held this evening
for the election of a director to
serve three years, and a clerk
for one year.
The term of Dr. W. H. Pollard,
who has served five years on the
board, expires at this time.
Following is the report of tho
clerk, submitted to the directors
Friday evening, and to be trans
ferred by them to the taxpayers
at the annual meting tonight:
To tho County School Superintend
ent of Lano County, Oregon:
I herewith transmit to you, as re
quired by law, the annual roport of
tho schools in District No. 19, in your
County, for tho year ending the third
Monday In June, 1915.
Number of persons over four
and under 20 residing in
district No. 25, 1914, male
331; female, 352; total.. 633
Number of teachers employ
ed during the year: male 5;
female, 20; total 25
Number holding life certl
- flcatos or diplomas: malo,
3; female, 7; total 10
Number holding five-year ,
certificates: male, none;
femalo, 3; total 3
Number holding one-year
certificates: male, 2; fo-
male 7; total 9
Numbor holding special cer
tificates: malo, none; fe
male. 2; total 2
Numbor holding county or
city certificates or tempor
ary permits: malo, none;
fomnlo 1; total 1
Number holding certificates
pf institute attendance dur
ing tho past school year;
male, 5; female, .15; total 20
Numbor of school rooms In
oporatlon during the past
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