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THE LANE COUNTY NEW
Continuing tho Sprlngfiold and Lano County Star, Which Woro Consolidated Fobruary 10, 1914
Entered Kdtiriiiiryil.im.it 4triMnM
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SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1915.
VOL. XIV. UQ.WtL
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E FUND 10
KEEP IN AT FAIR
Dovolopmont Laguo Committoo
uopiMo Can vans Talk over
Preliminary Piano for "Indus
trial Day" Colobrntion.
Tho Springfield Development
League, at Its monthly meeting
Tuesday evening,' discussed at
length tho matter of going on
with the attempt to ralso a half
or $135 Springfield's contri
bution toward keeping a Lane
county representative at tho Pn-nama-l'acillc
exposition, mid
upon Its being agreed that the
keeping of a man there would
he of benefit to tho whole coun
ty, those present quickly pledged
payments, seven agreeing to pay
r0 cents hi jnonth for five
months. Tho committee will
call upon other members of the
League and expels to havo no
dllllculty In raising the required
$70. Members of tho committee
are I). S. Heals, Ernest Lyon and
Dr. W. II. Pollard.
The League also discussed at
length some of the prellminar
plans for an "Industrial Day
to bo held on the anniversary of
ens
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last year's successful "Mill Day";,hC fuct that California Is spend
celebratlon upon tho completion iK without stint and her Ileitis
of tho Booth-Kelly mill. Just ami orchards are at the door of
tho nature of the celebration the Exposition.
has not been determined, but it
will be considered further at a
meeting of tho League on July
20th.
Fred Walker suggested that
,0ib League might find a fertile'
field of activity in causing the;
removal of thistles and hlgh
grans from vacant lots. In the!
discussion It was explained that
thin would have to be a matter
of civic pride, as under the pres-j
cnt char
hit K is Imm-nrtlriil Tor
iter, ii is inipiacucai mr
in 1n ilu. work nnd as-j
to do mo woik aim as t
the eitv
boss the cost to the properly. No
action was taken by tho league. ,
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jl 0,000 Sacks of
Cherries Given
Away at Fair
Oregon Hull'dlng Panama-Pa-elfle
Exposition San Francisco,
July 7. Though Rouge River
entered a fow boxes of wonder
ful cherries for Judgement by
the jury of awards and had a
number of boxes on display in
tho Southern Oregon booth,
Oregon Cherry pay, July 1st
yas mado a success by Will
iametto Cherries and a ton of
them made a glorlouB showing
banked in the center of the Ore
gon building. Thousands came
to admlro and thoroughout the
three days they were on display
tho nagnlficent Royal Anns,
Rings and Lamberts were the
causo of unlimited and enthusi
astic admiration. This ship
ment was of tho best that tho
Wlllametto Valley has to offer
and were fully equal to tho very
finest that California has been
able to show.
Tho exhibit was photogra
phed by tho San Francisco dall
les and written about llowlngly,
and the festivities of Cherry Day javed, and accordingly It was
caine' In for favorable mention, j put on a drag and taken to the
This special effort resulted In barn. It will probaly recover,
wldo and favorable advertising j Tho dock horses at the mill'
and has done more (o bring tho ' havo to bo sharply shod, and
stato to the attention of tho jwhen it was found that tho
public than anythlng oxcopt the calks were cutting up the pavc
wlnnlng of tho big awards. Dur- ( ment, the company agreed to
ing the afternoon of Cherry sond tho horses by way of
Day, practically 10,000 sacks of Third streot, whore there Is a
these beautiful ohorrles wore wooden crossing,
Klvon aw,ay, and ulmoHt as mniiy
moro could havo boon dlstrlbut
od had thoy been available. The
Dallon, which grows glorious
chorrlou could liavo helped ina
tcrlnlly at this tlino to bring
honors to Oregon and the Rogue
' iuvcr, 1 . ,0" . " ,mvo 10 ,0
"K0W,HU 1,1,1 u"v oiuhi mcumu
emergency and as a conscquncc
tho Willamette Valley reaped
tho special roward. Represen
tative W. A. Taylor, of Marlon
County, worked hard to make
tho showing and was ably as
sisted by Chief Froylng. They
are entitled to credit, and special
consldoratlon-;-for bringing Ore
gon added laurels. The people
of Oregon, who deslro that no
opportunity to create a favor
able opinion shall be lost, m8t
ronieniber that their represen-
tutlvcs here can accomplish
little except as the public spirit- I
ed people In the different sec
tions co-operato for the special
occasions. It Is generally ad
mitted on the grounds that Ore
gon actually produces tho goods
mil llinf It Ik ninrplv n nmllor
of uoitiuK them on display, if
It ii I ( n 44m tilt I tjtatrf i r 1 nt'iiii
u )s against gVoat odds,
E. L. Kleiner's now cannery
and fruit dryer at Alvadorc Is
completed and he Is now can
ning his fruit.
D .id ,
OStal KeCCiptS
Holding Up Well
In spile of the general slaek-
88 of bus uess, rcoe p s of the
i
sPr ngfiold post office are hold-f
i
1K P well, the receipts for the
"seal year ending Juno 30, 1915
falling but 2.0 per cent, or
$103.40 below those of the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1014.
For one quarter, tho first
three months of tho calendar
yoar, 1915', showed a good gain
over 1914, when receipts picked
up $114.47. In the other three
quarters there were decreases
of less than $100 each. Foilow-
ing are tho figures by quarters
;as compiled by Postmaster II. M
Stewart:
1913-14
1st 1217.31
2nd 1489.92
3rd 1252.55
4th 126G.02
1914-15
1119.84
1405.1G
13G7.02
1200.38
Total
.5225.80
5092.40
HORSE NEARLY LOSES
A HOOF AT CROSSING
While being driven home at
the noon hour Tuesday, a horse
belonging to the Rooth-Kelly
Lumber Co., caught a hoof In
tho rails at the intersection of
the P. E. & E. and the S. P.
tracks at Third and Main, and
nearly tore the hoof off. Chan
Rychard, who was riding the
horse at tho time was thrown
off onto his head and shoulders
but was only shakon up.
A bono of tho horse's leg was
forced through the skin, but4t
was thought tho horse could bo
comes, a tremendous showing , would be required aim wisnes,er, u n.au.us ,ui u a.0
... , , ,, . i 11)1(18 Oil both l)0UV lir and lour-1 now ijumiisiiuu hi uuhuuu u.
.could be made and the burden l"mti "uul . ' . ,...,
y would not be heavy on any. W00t 8lslb m orUer l crm,nr '
."ilt Is, Oregon is doing well, but "hlch kind to use.
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HIRES TEACHERS
Vacancies Filled In Propnratlon
for Coming School Yoar
Now Officials Tako Their
Oath of Office.
MIbb JIcsbIo Palmer of Mon-j
mouth waa elected to take the
place mado vacant by the resig
nation of Miss Martin, and Mrs.
Gladys Smith of Eugene wasj
elected to complete the teaching
staff in the departmental work
of the Sixth, Seventh and the
; Klglitli firodcB by tho Springfield
board of education at a meeting
held Tuesday evening. This fills
the list of teachers for the com -
jing school year.
A. P. McKinzoy, the newly,
Linnimi rOorir nr tiu iiiKirint.. nimi
I his olllclal bond and took the.
loath of olllce. Carl Fischer, the
new member of the board, had
taken his oath previously
rho board was undecided as
80 to 100 cords of either kind.
Large Orders For
Wooden Boxes
The Springfield Planing mill!
lug after a shut down of twq'i
inir nftr ft shuL-dowil of tWSl
roceived two large orders from
Ditni . Cet I It skit 1rv A Ann it
ment, one being for 2000 candy
-.a
boxes
Tho Springfield mill supplies
,J,M f " , . I11
.largo quant t es of boxes for the
b 1 ' tL ,
lEugene Fru t Growers' asso-
ugene
elation, as well as for institu
itons as far as Ilarrisburg.
CAMP CREEK ITEMS
Camp Creek. Ore., July 7.
Mrs. J. J. Chase ahd Mrs. C.
Jack were Thurston visitors
Tuesday.
Some of the young people
from here attended the celebra-
tlon at Thurston Saturday.
Mr. and Airs. u. stepnens
havo returned home after
spending a few weeks at Donna.
Miss Edna Duryeo is visiting
with relatives on Camp Creek.
Mr. and Mrs E. E. Rrattaln
and family are visiting with
friends on Camp Creek.
Miss Rose Stroud is visiting
with relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith from
Donna nre visiting with Mr. and
Mrs. Myron Craig.
Ed Nye of Eugene has been
doing some work on his ranch
here.
Dr. narr and wife of Spring
field wore here on business
Thursday.
Fred Crabtree was a Eugene
visitor Monday
SCHOO
BOARD
Beaver-'Herndon Hardware Company
DOUBLE
DISTANCE
BER ES
MAY
Caroful Handling in All Stages
Makos for Perfect Product
When the Market is Finally
Reached.
Washington, D. C, July 8.
If raspberries were carefully
handled they could be satisfac
torily shipped much farther
than the distance which Is now
regarded as the limit for suc
cessful marketing, according to
recent investigations of the
United States Department of
Agriculture. In the Important
! raspberry districts in the Puget
.k"d country 2,000 miles lias
hitherto been regarded as the
moBt distant market to which
berries could be shinned. In
Practice this means that fresh
Washington raspberries do not
come farther east than Minne
apolis and that the surplus, If
utilized at all, must be canned.
crop of fresh berries could be
sold over a much wider range
of territory.
The
most common cause of
decay in berries while In transit
or after arrival on the market
are mold fungi, usually gray
mold or blue mold. Neither of
these fungi is likely
to injure
firm, sound berries
but they
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has been Injured in handling or
is overripe and soft. In this re-
successful shipping of
a,0nr.i'!Bo tironotirts inr Kruno
,"oi""-""'u
problem as the successful ship-
ping of oranges. Previous ex -
poriments in Florida have dem -
bnstrated that where oranges
are carefully harvested, crops
can be marketed with almost
no appreciable loss and thejreJ be,ug quy emi)i0yed
B.uiiu !.w i.w. """
raspoernes.
In 1911 the Government
vestlgators made comparative
tests of the keeping qualities of
carefully handled raspberries
and commercially handled rasp
berries. Several lots of each
kind were held in an ice car for
varying periods and then ex
amined' for .the percentage of
decay. Other lots were held a
day after being withdrawn from
the refrigerator car and then
examined. The results are most
significant.
After 4 days In the ice car it
was found that the carefully
handled berries showed only 0.4
percent decay, while the com
mercially handled fruit had 4.G
per cent. After 8 days in the
car the difference was vastly
greater. The carefully handled
fruit showed only 2.2 per cent
decay, but with the commer
cially handled this percentage
had risen to 26.7, or more than
Vi of the entire shipment. When
WE CAN COMPLETELY
OUTFIT YOU
with hardwaro that Is tho
best you can buy. Wo'vo
tho stock coriipleto that
speaks for itself. Peoplo
in this community who
know hardwaro are buying
their supplies right here.
There's a price and a qual
ity reason, with good ser
vice thrown in.
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PLUMS GROW THICK
S. .1. Calkins last week
brought to The News of
fieca branch of a Brad
shaw plum tree on his
place that was as full of
plums as It could he. We
counted up to GO in a
space of one foot, and
then quit, all tired out.
Mr. Calkins has had to
thin his trees repeatedly
this spring.
the fruit was examined a day
after It had been taken out of
the Ice car, the evidence was
equally strong in favor of care
ful handling. Carefully handled
fruit that had remained 4 days
in the car was found a day after
its withdrawal to show only 1
per cent of decay against 17.5
per cent in commercially handl
ed berries. Carefully handled
fruit left in the car 8 days, and
then held one day, showed only
8.1 per cent of decay as against
47.6 per cent in commercially
handled fruit.
The following year experi
ments were made with actual
shipments instead of with the
stationary refrigerator car, and
the results confirmed previous
conclusions. It was found, for
example, that there was less de
cay in the carefully handled
berries at the end of 8 days than
in the commercially handled
berries at tho end of 4. Care
fully handled fruit that was 4
days in transit, and had then
been held one day after with-
(iraWal from the refrigerator car
showed less than 1 per cent of
ueuaj, wiieieua tumuieiumujr
same test showed nearly 10 per
cent
, Th(J difference between tlie
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careiuiiy nantueu aim uie corn-
mercIaly handled lots of berries
consIsts chiefly ,n extra in
ipicking aud in the scrupuious
j excluslou of anv soft overripe
. borries ordinarily the picking
I j done 0y unskilled labor, child-
in this way. It is, of course, ex-
tremely dlfflcult to make them
in-!reaiize the necessity for care,
j hut the comparative success of
certain growers in keeping
down their losses shows that
much improvement in this re
spect is possible. The most
common injuries to the berries
are due to their being broken
and bruised while being re
moved from the bushes or being
mashed in the hand while pick
ing. If the berries are pulled
with three " fingers instead of
two, and pulled off straight in
stead of sidewise, much loss can
be avoided.
Another cause for decay is the
inclusion in shipments of over
ripe berries.. Because of the
danger or injury in sorting it
is not possible to grade the ber
ries after they have once been
picked and placed in the cups.
The pickers, therefore, must be
Instructed to pick only sound
berries. If the patches are pick
ed over once a day it is much
easier to enforce this rule. If
they are left unpicked two or
three days there will be such a
large proportion of overripe ber
ries tluit some of them will in
evitably find their way into the
cups intended for long-distance
shipments. A soft berry will
not only soon break down and
decay itsolf but by offering, an
opportunity for mold to develop
will contribute to tho decay of
tlie entire cup. This point, tho
Government, investigators say,
can not be too strongly emphas-
(Continued on. Pago 4)
REV. R. G. GALL1S0N
DIES IN HIS PULPIT
j
Pioneer Minister Summoned as
He Urges Young Ministers to
Prepare for Work Preached
at Pleasant Hill.
Rev. R. G. Calllson, for many
years a resident of Lane county
and at one time county super
intendent of schools, dropped
dead while delivering an address
before the Christian church con
ference at Turner, Oregon yes
terday. Death, which was duo
to heart failure, occurred at
10:45 o'clock. He had been
speaking about two minutes on
"The Pioneer Minister" when
he dropped In the pulpit. He
breathed only a few times after
he fell.
Rev. Callison was one of. tho
best known Christian church
ministers in this part of tho
state. He was seventy-seven
years of age and had been
active in the ministry. For
years he was the pastor of
churches in Lane county, in
cluding one near Fall Creek and
another near Pleasant Hill, He
spent the last winter in Eugene,
at 754 East Fourteenth street
while his son, Emery Callison,
was attending the University of
Oregon. Early in the year the
family removed to Vancouver,
wherf he had been making his
home.
The news of Rev. Callison's
death was telephoned to Mrs.
H. D. Edwards, a friend of the
family in JEugeiiQ,. wlic noUfied
the relatives.
Rev. Callison had not been
active in church work for sev
eral years, and his general
health had not beon good. .
Rev. Callison's father was the
pastor of the first Christian
church in Eugene and under
his pastorate the First Christian
church building in Eugene was
erected, at the corner of Ninth
and Pearl streets. Rev. Callison
was never the pastor of the Eu
gene church, but preached fre
quently in the city. For a time
in his younger days he was a
teacher. Later he engaged in
the grocery business, at the cor
ner "of Ninth and Willamette,
and while still engaged in mer
chandising took up the work of
the ministry. Guard.
ASSIST IN FIGHTING FIRES
The county court Tuesday
promised the Western Lane
County Fire Patrol association
to furnish a man to fight forest:
fires in the coast mountains dur
ing the present summer,vvif his
services are needed.
Representatives of the assoc
iation, which is made up of
owners of timber land in the
western part of Lane county,
cal)ed upon the court yesterday
and urged that body to furnisu
assistance in addition, to the
force of men employed eacli
year by the association. Tlie
court promised to lend assist
ance if. necessary and give the
services of a man for two
months. The representatives of
the association stated that if tlio
fires were not serious this sunV
mer they would not ask for as
sistance. Tho Western Lane County
Fire Patrol association has a
thoroughly organized fire-fighting
force. Trails have been
built and telephone lines have
beon constructed to assist in tlvo
work of fighting the fires that;
usually occur eaclu summer in
tho timber owned by tho mem--hers.
Carl V. Oglesby is at tile
hqad of this work. ' , k.