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LANE COUNTY NEWS
Continuing tho Sprlngflold and Lano County Star, Which Woro Conoolldatod February 10, 1914
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SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 19, 1915.
VOL. XIV. NO. 40K
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10 RUN UNTIL
FAR IN WINTER
Flvo or Moro Montho Work of
Ballasting Aftor Brldgo Across
Sluslaw at Acmo 13 Complotod
Coaso for Tlino In August.
CITY AND WELL
WATER TEST PURE
Fourteen samples of
water, taken both from
the city mains and from
private wells, bIiow abso
lutcly no contamination,
according to the report
inado by chemists of the
Oregon Agricultural col
lege to M. M. Poery, tho
chairmnu of tho council
committee on health.
East Is Busy Says
Visiting Shriner
S. W. McCulloch of Boston,
brother of VV. L. McCulloch, ar
rived Saturday from Portland,
after attending the Shriners'
convention in Seattle, and leaves
tonight on tho Shasta Limited
to Join his clan in San Fran
cisco. Mr. McCulloch Is very much
Impressed with the Willamette
valley, and especially with the
timber industry. He Inspected
Coglon, In discussing the matter Ith? !cr. X1"1 l""!"11
u,,i,i, uu nuiitB iiiui uiioiuuun &vn-
"Lnle
potato blight In a fun- , ' VAv;n
ise, which develops rap-' X I ZVwImS ' J
nolnt. com.mnitivo v .(,aY a(l nl- Ho. ,s
Make Plans for
Industrial Day
A mass meeting of Interested
citizens has been called by the
Springfield Development League
to meet at the league rooms to
morrow evening to consider de
tails or plans for "Industrial
Day" to be observed the latter
part of August.
"Mill Day" last year was such
a successful event, that it is de
sired to repeat it, calling partic
ular attention to the industrial
side of the community life.
DEMONSTRATION CARS
TO BE AT FIFTH STREET
;
TJallastlng of tho Willamette
Pacific as far as Acme, will bo!
completed by August llrst, It Is
slated by tho S. P. Engineer's imls Hcase
fll lpp flllfl tlmil tllO Ini IIH. Wll I'll iMIu In iln .on,.,..,-, .!,.!,, '""H " to v
have " been running out ofiwirm wcnUwr . It whiten dm Koosevolt, and -will j Local Agent M. L. France of
Springfield for several months. ni ,t.IM jouves and stems of . 1" JJ'?L i!!8?ilS?i. AincrI-jile ICo announced this
will be laid orr ror two or tnree potatoes, and in the tubers. Un
weeks while (ho bridge across itw favorable conditions tho
the Sluslaw Is being put In place. BCedB. 0r 'spores,' as they are
With the resumption of ballast- called, germinate and from their
Iilg on tho roadway south of the growth the lower leaves of tho
Sluslaw, a Job will be begun that potatoes become Infected first,
will take until well Into the win- Having gained a foothold In this
tor, for or live months at least way the disease spreads rapidly
being required for tho work. .unless checked by treatment or
Passenger train service from by dry weather. ,
Eugene will bo extended to "It can be controlled by spray
Acme as soon as the ballasting Ing with IJordcnux
cun on the train tonight. i morning that, unless something
I-rcd Herman, also of Boston, I prevents, the 0. A. C. canning
is also Mr. McCulIoch's guest, j demonstration cars, which will
was
LEVI REVERE DIES AT
LANE COUNTY HOSPITAL
Levi Revere, for 20 years or
more a resident of Springfield,
died Saturday afctrnoon at the
county farm, aged G7 years. He
mixture, I'-nves no Jynmcdiatc relatives
Is completed that far and torn- made In tho following propor-'Mr. Iteverc wob born at Raclna,
porary docks for taking freight. Hons: I St. Lawrence County, New York
Telegraphic communication i "Copper sulphate, r pounds;
direct to Acme will be estab- 'slaked lime, 5 pounds; water,
llshed upon the same date, ac- BO gallons.
cording to Informatloln recelv-, "Utucr proportions are sug-
ed by the local oillco of Western gested by different authorities,
Union. At present the wires but tho exact proportions are
have been extondod moro than : not essential. It is most essen-
half way between Mapleton, tho ! tlal, however, to spray thor
and came to Oregon 30 years
ago. lie worked for years for
the Ilyland brothers at Lowell
and also for the old sawmill
here. Of late years he had been
in the house moving and well
drilling business. Ills last job
was the moving of the small
prcsont half way terminus, and;oughly, especially the lower ; building ; to make room for the
leaves. This may be done by
Ir tho most western1 the use of a curved fixturo on
point on tho railroad Into the i the end of a spray outfit, so that
Sluslaw and marks the turn of the spray may bo forced onto the
juiiie.
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tho Coos Bay line southward
along tho coast. Tho establish
ment of rail service direct to
Acme will tend to develop tho
coast beach resorts, both those
along tho north coast, and those
lower leaves of the potatoes.
One side of each of two rows
may bo sprayed at once by using
a "Y" attachment with two nozzles.
Spraying to be effectlvo
along tho lakes south of Glen- must be done before the whole
ndn. field is badly infected. It is
With the arrival of tho trains 'cheap Insurance against severe
at Acme on August 1, a slight loss through this disease,
chango will bo made in the run- "Trcnlment of the seed will
nlng time of the Willamette Pa- not destroy this fungus, as it
cific. It is probable that tho, is located beneath the skin and
train will leave Eocene about cannot no
Bud McPherson building on
Main street at Fifth. He suf
fered a stroke of paralysis at'
that time, but was able to come
be here Wednesday evening, will
bo placed on the north siding at
Fifth 'street. The demonstra
tions mud lecture begin at 8:00
o'clock.
Unpaved Streets
Given Oil Coat
TURNIP WEIGHS 5'2"
A monster turnip of
tho Purple Top variety
was brought to this office
this morning and placed
on exhibition. It was
raised by Miss Vcneta
Moore, who lives a mile
east of Springfield. The
turnip measures 22 in
ches around and weighs
G' pounds.
district the inspector reports
there have been two cases of
bl'ght on the wild hawthorne
trees, 11 cases on pear trees and
27 cases on quince trees. Only
one case existed on the east
sklc of the Willamette river in
this county, and that one was
down near the county line
north of Junction City, and as
far as Santa Clara. All of the
trees where the blight has been
SAMPLES OF FRUIT
AND BERRIES ARE
PLEASING CROWD
Willamette Valley Prunes and
Logan Berries ar,e Making Hit
at San Francisco Exposition
Business will Result.
Oregon Building, Panama-Pacific
Exposition, July 19, 191B.
The Willamette Valley repre
sentatives here are now engaged
In a form of advertising that
really promises great results. On
two days of the week visitors
are given a taste of Willamette
Valley prunes and on two days
samples of loganberry juice are
tasted by all willing to run the
found have been cut down and risk of a new drink. The public
burned. This is the only, means is taking to both like a duck
of killing the disease, and it 's ; takes to water. Invariably there
effective. is immediate inquiry as to whero
Mr. Stewart says he passed ; the Oregon prune can be bought,
two cases on the Linn county (and scores of orders could be
side of the line on his recent trip. ! taken. From the way the tasters
He had no authority to do any
thing, but informed the county
officials at Albany.
WAY TO FIGHT PEST IS TOLD
Sheep Dip and Kerosene Used
un uanaaa i nisnes.
Arthur Vallier and Chief of
Police 'Stanlger have been busy
the past few days oiling the un
paved streets which lead into
the country from Springflejd.
Second street and south D. to :
the brldce. Mill street from the kerosene squ'rted into the crown
brldgo to the northern part of jof the weeds with an oil can is
town, east Main from Uie enda sure way to kill Canada
of tho pavement to the city lim- thistles, according to J. George
its. and north Fifth street were Robinson, who lives north of
V l V VllilV'f Will. VT lLSrf vv xwa V - I . , . j
down to direct the final moving 0,1 given coats of oil last week, Santa Clara on the river road.
after the concrete building was
done. Having no relatives to
care for him, he was taken to
the county hospital. The funer
al services were held this after
noon from Walker's chapel.
C.E. BRATTAIN SELLS HIS
BIG CAMP CREEK FARM
and Second street is being gone
over again this morning.
An'old" sprinkling cart v;as,
by order of tho council", trans
formed into an oiler. A carload
of oil was purchased and stored
in the tanks at the Oregon Pow
er company's plant.
C. E. Brattaln last week trad
ed to T. E. Nve of Eocene, his
coniroueu uy uie interest in his 328-acre ranch on
7:20 o'clock in the morning but same means ns scab.
will arrive in Eugene at Bhortly ; "Infection of tho tubers Is In
after 5 o'clock p. m. as usual. dlcatcd by a brown depression
The running time of the train In the surface of tho potatoes
at present Is slow, and Increased and a dry rot underneath. This , Eugene,
Camp Creek for five lots on east
Thirteenth street, Falrmount
section of Eugene, and a large
FIRE BLIGHT IN LANE
FULLY UNDER CONTROL
Fruit Inspector Says No Cause
For Alarm.
enthuse over the loganberry
juice the representatives at all
the booths in the building aro
agreed that there is every pos-
siblllty of this drink becoming
even more popular than the
crape juice made famous by
William Jennings Bryan. There
are many demands for cases of
,. , - . ,, this and it is sincerely believed
Equal parts of sheep dip and,. , ... ..... ,,,' la
to accomplish greatly In widen
ing the market for both the
prune and the loganberry juice.
This will help the entire valley.
Apples on display eleven
weeks is the record Directo'r
Ravlln at the-Palace of Horticul
ture, 'boasts of.
That the fire blight in Lane
! house and barn on High street, j county is absolutely under con
lEuirono. Mr. Brattnin trades in trol. and that there will be no
Sliced Is Planned. Which Will nb- is sometimes very prevelant. and nlen n -M-noro frnot nn Cnnn 'trouble to eliminate it entirely.
sorb most of the Increased dis-'under favorable circumstances j Creek. A. T. Epperlv, who was a statement of C. E. Stew
tanco. Tho extension will cover is followed by various soft-rot i owned the stock and imple-! art, county fruit inspector, after
nearly twelve miles. diseases which destroy wholo :mcnts on the ranch, sold these a trip over the county.
At present tho railroad com-! fields of potatoes and of ten i to Mr. Nye. Inspector Stewart has been
pany Is having difficulty with causes serious loss after the po-1 c. E. and E. E. Brattaln have verv active in the work of fieht-
deep mud at tho crossings of the tatoes arc stored. Register. bought from J. E. Edwards his Ing this dreaded pest since it ap
one-third interest in a 45-acre peared in so many places hi Ben-
farm at Pleasant Hill, and also . ton county, just over the Lane
his one-third Intorest In a house county line, and began to spread
on Fourth street in Springfield, to the country around Junction
C. E. Brattaln also buys from ' City. He was Instrumental In
Mr. Edwards a lot with 99-feet 'obtaining the appointment of a
frontngo on D street between deputy inspector for the June
Fifth and Sixth, and plans put-!tion City district to look after
ting up a residence.
arms of Tsiltcoos lake. At the
Fiddle Creek arm, piling 100 FOREST SERVICE PLANTS
and 125 feet In length is needed i TREES ON 1000 ACRES
and tho railroad Is having dllll-
culty In obtaining timbers of this ' Portland, Ore., July 17, Tho
length. District Forester at Portland,
It expects, according to W. R. ' Oregon, announces that a re
Fontain, assistant engineer, to port has been received from the
have all tho trestle work and local Notional Forest ofilcer, up
grade completed ns far as tho on tho spring planting on Mt.
isthmus between the lakes with- Ilebo In Western Oregon, whero ,TWO-THIRDS OF REALTY
In the next thirty days. Every- upon approximately one thou-i DEALS ARE FOR CASH
thing will bo ready, then, for the 'sand acres, according to tho j
extension of track south from report, tho results have been j Mr nntj Mrs Koeneka recent blight in Benton county, in Linn
Acme except for the Sluslaw , unusually good. ' arrivals from Lake county, Ore- J county and In Salem and Marlon
bridge. I It Is an established policy of col, have m,rchased a home in county .beinc responsible for the
Construction on this steel tho Forest Service to reforest, I Douglas Gardens and have al- 'prompt action taken by
Hiruciure is won unuorway, ne oy planting smnu trees or uy
states, although whether the ! sowing seeds, several thou-
brldgo will bo completed within , sand acres of denuded land
the work of fighting the blight
in that section, and he has had
charge of the work in other
parts of the cdunty himself. He
was the one who discovered the
In this way. Mr. Robinson says,
thistles about 40 by 60 feet
that, appeared on his farm
recently. He puts about a tea
spoonful of the mixture on each
plant, he say.s, using an oil can.
Where the th'stles have grown
quite large he cuts them off and
pours the mixture on the roots.
This is the only successful
way of fighting the pest he has
found. Some time ago he wrote
to the department of agricul
ture at Washington in regard to
fighting Canada thistles, and
was told that the only practic
able way was by clean cultiva
tion. This, however, failed to be
effective. He says he has trac
ed roots that were 18 inches in
length with 17 sprouts. When
these roots are broken by the
plow they continue growing.
He began experimenting in an
effort to find a way to kill the
troublesome weeds, and develop
ed the mixture of sheep dip and
kerosene. He says he used about
two gallons of It on the patch 40
by 60 feet. Canada thistles ap
peared on Mr. Robinson's place
about six years ago, and he can
ex-plain ther appearance only
by the theory that the seed
washed down during high water.
a month or moro, ho Is unable to within tho National Forests
state. Construction on the Urn- every spring, and tho present
pqua brldgo will bo started in tho season's work has been in ac-
'near future," ho says, as soon icordnnce with this plan. While
as materials can bo aBemblcd.
POTATO Rl ir.HT MUST RP
FOUGHT BY SPRAYING 80 woro planted
Douglas fir was tho species
most largoly used In tho Mt.
Ilebo planting, other species al-
The weather
County Agriculturist Explains
The Disease
R. B. Coglon, County agricul
turist says a good many re
quests have boon received by
him for Information on "pota
to blight," which seems to bo
worso In this valloy this summer
than over before, duo, he Bays,
to tho dampness, accompanied
by comparatively warm weather
This Is tho late blight of po
tatoes, which causes Biich ser
ioiiB danger to potato crops in
many eastern states and which
on one occasion, 1845, caused
a partial famine in Ireland. Mr,
conditions thus far have been
so favorablo, that less than ten
per cent of tho trees have failed
to grow. If tho trees contlnuo
to do ns well throughout this
their first season, the results
will moan exceptionally success
ful planting for tho spring of
1915.
Tho c'tizens of Roseburg at a
mass meeting ndopted resolu
tions opposing any move that
may be made in tho directions of
placing tho Oregon and Califor
nia railroad lands In a national
or state rcservo, as such a move
would tlo tho lands up an In
definite number of years and
deprive tho county of thousands
of dollars of taxes.
Dnnirlns finrdeiiR and lmvn nl-'nromnt action taken by the au-
ready taken possession. Gore ;thorltles of these three counues
Mnwfi made the deal. Thev in endeavoring to. check the
fitato that eicht out of the 12 ' snread of the disease
deals they have had In the past "Wo have got around the
two months have been cash blight, and I think we have got
transactions. it all out." said the inspector,
"There is no occasion whatever
for alarm. We can control It
Pendleton Pacific Telonhono
finmnnnv is rehuildinir its nlant 'absolutely."
here. After a tour of the Infected
AN EASY MATTER
MAYBE
u you couio iu ui Biui
J mwl lrvlr nvat rmr nPW Wall
papers It will be easy In
deed to be pleased. For
every design Is the work of
an artist. The colorings aro
exoulslte. Every homo
should be tastefully furn
ished. But the choice of
wall paper forms tho key
note to the whole,
20 Per Cent Discount
Beaver-fierndon Hardware Company
Blumauer-Frank Drue Co. of
Portland has started a move to .City and E. B. Piper of Portland
He is frequent
ly asked to cut the fruit and has:
not yet found an unsound apple.
This is amazing to the casual
visitor and equally so to Califor
nia exhibitors. The latter
change their apple displays prac
tically every week and never
permit them up longer tbaa
three weeks. Thus the staying
quality of Oregon fruit is em-
phased and visitors given a dem
onstration they are calculated
to remember.
Special affairs at the Oregon
building during the next few
weeks will be concerned with the
coming of the Coos Bay Moosers
with their big band about July
17, for a ten day stay, and the
stay of Mr. Benson, distinguish
ed Oregonian, for whom the Ex
position will set aside August
17th. Friday night, July 9, Poet
Edwin Markham, who was Ore
gon born, was a guest of honor
at a special occasion at the
building and read some of his
poems. Members of the Inter
national Press Congress were
present among them at least
five Oregon editors Bruce Den
nis of LaGrande, Thomas Car
roll of Portland, Arthur Ruhl of
Medford, E. E. Brodle of Oregon
establish drug farms for raising
different drug plants
A law prohibiting walking and
trespassing on railroad right of
way In Oregon would be along
the line of "Safety First" and
would save hundreds of lives of
thoughtless people ana would
not take a new commission to
enforce it.
MARCOLA ITEMS
. The 6-months-old son of Jess
Sholes of Marcola was severely
injured a few days ago when
the baby cab in which the child
was sitting, rolled down the
back steps and was overturned.
The child was unoenscious for
for over an hour, and until after
a physician had worked for
some.
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs of
Marcola yesterday took their
dinner baskets and went to the
home of Rev. Mr. Preston, near
Mabel and spent the day with
him. Mr. Preston, who is a re
tired minister, took a largo in
terest in the Odd Fellows lodge
when ho was younger and the
present active members paid
him tho pretty courtesy of a
visit.
At the present time Commis
sioner John F. Logan, who is all
energy, action and organizatoin,
Is in charge here. Mrs. Logan
and family are with him at the
building. Edgar B. Piper, of the
Oregonian, and family and Mrs.
Abigail Duniway are guests at
the building. Friday morning,
Mr.xPiper read a paper before
the International Press Con
gress in which he demanded
freedom from governmental in
terference in the conduct of
newspapers.
Prof. Wm. Proctor, of Pacific
University, Forest Grove, will
come at once to represent Wash
ington County. A Benton county
man is expected to arrive on the
scene shortly. There are now
four Willamette County men,
three Eastern Oregon represen
tatives and one Southern Ore
gon man, together with a. Coos
Bay representative.
Oregonians are advised to
bring heavy clothing or wraps
when they come to the Exposi
tion. It is foggy and cold most
of the time, with much wind.'
Portland 1800 tons of Color
ado marble will be used on the
new First National bank to cost
$400,000.