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LANE
COUNTY
NEWS
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Continuing tho Sprlngflold and Lano County Star, Whlcli Word Conoolldatod February 10, 1914
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SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THHURSDAY, JULY 22, 1915.
VOL.XIV.NO. 49.
BEST METHODS
OF
Export from Agricultural Col
lect Addrosoos Crowd H pro
Trip Has Arouood Largo In
toroot in Procosoos.
A vory successful demonstra
tion of nuxlurn methods In pro
Borvlng fniltH, vegetables, and
mcntu wnH given In Springfield
laHt evening under tho auspices
of tho Orogon Agricultural col
logo and tho Southern I'aelllo
railroad. Over lfiu attended tho
lecturo hero and witnessed tho
demonstration of tho operation
of tho various dovlces.-
"You can can anything If you
iibo tho right process," declared
Prof. P. h. Orlllln of tho college
extension department, who had
charge of tho demonstration
car. "There Ih no mich thing as
had luck In canning; It is usual
ly bacteria."
Mr. Grillln explained that tho
secret of HuccoHsful canning of
frultH and vegetables Ih tho se
curing of a Htorallzod product in
tho can, with tho can bo Bcaled
that It cannot ho contaminated.
There are three processes, he
said, all good, but hoiuc requir
ing inoro time than others. The
hot water bath method Is the
simplest, In which tho cans,
filled with tho fruit, aro placed
Id water up to tho heck, and al
lowed to boll for tho time re
quired. Tho stonni bath method puts
tho fruit In its cans in a steamer.
The hlrd method provides for
cooking Hie friilt or vegetables
with atcam under prosauro,
which, by rcaBon of tho greater
temperature, allows the work to
bo completed In shorter time.
This Is tho method used in the
commercial canneries, and Ib
now available for homo use by
the manufacture of small sized
steam pressure cookers.
Professor Grillln advocated
the use of the steam cooker In
.the homo for, In this way, tho
'very beat, nrlme fruit and veget
ables would bo preserved. Mb
plan 1b to preserve the fruit or
vegetables as they become ripe,
a few each day, Instead of wait
ing for largo quantities, when
the work of canning bocdmes a
task.
Fully half the fruit grown In
Oregon, ho declared, Is wasted
because, it is neither shipped to
market nor canned. And this
Ib tho vory best quality of fruit,
too.
In the course of his talk Pro
fessor Grillln Oxplalncd why It
Ib that vegetables require longer
cooking than do fruits.
Following the lecture tho peo
plo wero taken to the baggago
car and thoro shown the differ
ent types of machines used in
canning, tho different styles of
cans and exhibits of Oregon
canned products. Circulars giv
ing canning receipts and tables
of the tlmo required to cook var
ious fruits and vegetables wero
distributed.
Tho trip of tho demonstration
car, which will bo completed to
morrow, has boon a very suc
cessful ono, tho attendance run
ning up to 300 in places. At Co
burg Tuesday night thoro were
131 In attendance, and a num
ber camo again in the morning
before tho car, loft for Browns
ville, Tho cars wero taken to
Eugeno this morning for a jlem
onstratlon there.
UNIVERSITY BULLETINS
ARE SENT TO HOLLAND
Dutch Farmers Got Word of Re
sults of Oregon Study of Po
tato Industry anu boi
Copios for Tnomselvos.
iaona lor
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Univerflity of Orogon, Eugeno,
July 25. Tho Potato Bulletin,
recently issued by tho Dopart
nionl of Industrial and Commer
cial Sprvoy of t,ho TJntvoraity
Scbool of Commerce, and widely
distributed among potatb dealers
and shippers In Orogon, Is now
CAN
ARE
DEMONSTRATED
mooting with a largo and Insist
ent demand from outiildo tho
Btato.
Tho Bulletin dealt principally
with Oregon problems, but in
order to handle theso with a pro
nor basis of comparison, Prof. II.
U. Miller, who compiled ltf made
a thorough study of world-wide
conditions in tho potato Indus
try, and It Is this that Ib causing
a world-wide demand.
Tho latest foreign request
comes from Holland, through
the American Vlvo-Consul at
Rotterdam. Bulletins arc asked
for by tho following societies
which represent more than 105,
000 members: Nedorlnndschc
Landbouw Coinile, . Ncdorland
scho Tulnbouwraad, and Ncd
orlandHcho Mnnniohnppy voor
Tuinbouw on Plautkundc.
S. P. COMPANY TAKES OP
TION ON CORVALLIS LOTS
That tho Southern Pacific
Company Intends to cBtabllsh a
downtown station In Corvallls
for Its electric trains after that
portion of the west side line be
tween Whltoson and Corvnlllo Ib
oloctrlfied, Ib evident from tho
fact that an option has been
taken by the company on a val
uable piece of property near tho
business centre of tho city, according-
to a Corvallls man In
terested in tho property, who
was in Eugene yesterday.
The report is in circulation In
Corvallls, Mays this resident of
tho O. A. C city, that when tho
work of oloctrifying the White-Bon-Corvallls
division Is com
pleted, which is expected to be
by the first of the year 1910, tho
work will be continued on up to
Eugene.
The property upon which the
S. P. company has taken an op
tion In Corvallls is the half block
bounded by Sixth, Monroe, Fifth
and Madison streets, No deeds
have yet been recorded, the op
tion hinging upon what action
the city council will take rela
tive to the proposed franchise
of which the company haB an
pllcd. At the present time the
west side line enters Corvallls
dver Ninth street, but with a
line and depot on Sixth street
the passengers will be allowed to
alight and board the train sev
eral blocks nearer tho main
business street of the city.
LOCAL IN LAND
George Valllcr this week se
cured tho contract to supply all
tho sand and gravel required
UI1U IU IIUlll till Oil UV-llll 111 iiiuivi-
,ial for the construction of the
I now bridge across tho Coast
Fork of tno Willamette between
Goshen and Pleasant Hill.
Howard Parsons received
word last evening that he had
been awarded the contract for
pouring tho concrete, and ho
wont to Portland this morning
to sign up the contract.
Hauling of material is to be
gin a week from today, and the
nctual construction work is ex
pected to begin a week from
Monday, on .August 2.
The steel required for the
tie rods and other parts of the
bridge will bo shipped to Goshen
and hauled from thoro. The
timbers nro to bo supplied by a
Cottage Grove mill.
The contract for the bridge
was awarded Monday by the
County court to tho Portland
Bridge Company, at $9450, or
but $37 lower than tho next
best bid. The highest bid was
$12,885.
j Tllo bridge,- which Is to bo of
i wood spans, supported by two
I concrete plors In tho river, will
require two or threo months for
construction. Between 20 ami
30 men will be omployed.
Demonstration Train Helps
A great rovlval in the fruit
canning and fruit preserving in
dustry, so far as tho practice In
tho. homo Is concerned, has fpl
lowcd tho O. W. R.,&,.N, Com
pany's series of demonstrations
now being conducted in Oregon,
Washington and Idaho.
BIN
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SPRINGFIELD 006 NEW RULES FOR
ORDINANCE MAY USERS OF TRE
GO BY DECISION PARCELS POST
Local Rogulation Differs Littlo
From Ono Passed on by- State
Supromb Court Attorney
Awaits Rehoaring.
Not having read the Supreme
Court's" decision In the e'ajjo of
the Salem dog ordinance, City
Attorney, J. 11. Bovver did" not
wish to 'say what effect the
court's action would havo on
the Springfield ordinance.
"Apparently it invalidates our
ordinance," said Mr. Bower, "for
our ordinance differed from Sa
lem'B only In requiring that the
dog be kept four dayB Instead
of three, as I remember it.
"It seems to me, however,
that Salem people would ask for
a rehearing. With a part of the
state quarantined for rabies It
would seem as If the rights of
citizens generally to be safe
from dlseaso should outweigh
the property rights of a few dog
owners. A man who does not
iuIbs his dog In three or four
days can not caro very much
for the dog, It seems to me."
Chief Stnnigcr stated he had
no instructions not to enforce
the local ordinance, but that
practically all the loose dogs
havo been taken care of. Since
the Springfield ordinance went
into effect he has disposed of 22
dogs, many of which were
strays that no one claimed.
Tho dispatch from Salem an
nouncing the supreme court's
decision, says:
Salem, Ore., July 20. Killing
of Impounded dogs when not re
deemed within three days is un
constitutional in the state of
Oregon, the supreme court de
clared here today. Dogs are per
sonal property, the court held,
and summarily killing them
would be a violation of the con
stitutional provision that no per
son should be deprived of his
property without due process of
law. The decision was rendered
in a suit brought against city of
ficials of Salem to restrain them
from enforcing a dog ordinance
which provided that no dogs
should be on the street save un
der leash.
SCHOOL BOARD BUYS
80 CORDS OF SLABWOOD
Tho Springfield school board
at an adjourned meeting Mon
day evening opened bids for fur
nishing wood for the schools,
and awarded the contract to
James Laxton, who will furnish
80 cords or more of slabwood at
$2.50 a cord. There was a ten
der of body fir at $3.50, but the
voto of the board was for the
slabwood.
SWIMMING IN POND AND
RIVER GROWS POPULAR
The warm weather of the
past two days has Increased the
interest in swimming, and each
evening largo numbers line tho
banks of tho river for plunges
In the cooling water. Many are
going to the Booth-Kelly log
pond, which Is safer, not being
swift like the river. Where the
logs aro dumped, tho water is
deep enough for all sorts of
fancy diving.
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Beaver-Herndbh Hardware Company
Receipt May Bo Had Upon Pay
ment of Ono Cent Size of
Pabkago Incroased Rate i3
Higher Whore Route Indirect
i
Heretofore In sending pack
ages by parcel post the post
olllgej Issued no receipts but on
and after September 1st re
ceipts will be given on the pay
ment, of an additional fee of one
cent 'Which must be aflixed to
the parcel, according to infor
mation given out by Postmaster
II. M. Stewart on new regula
tion' made by the postodlce de
partment. The name and ad
dresa of the party to whom It
Is being sent shall be written
in thp receipt by the sender.
There has also been an Im
portant change in the size of
tho bundle that may be sent by
parcel post. Heretofore the
limit In size was 72 inches in
length and girth combined, and
this has now been Increased to
84 Inches. A third new ruling
Is that packages addressed to
places in zones one and two
carry an additional rate if they
travel more than 300 miles to
reach their destination. The
rate Is one cent a pound addi
tional. For Instance, If a pack
ago :js sent from Springfield to
Central Oregon points, it will
travel nearly 400 miles but the
distance by all lines by which
the postal "zones" are measur
ed i not over 100 miles. The
nqwjrate Is made to fit such
case,, , .
MAY ERECT BILL BOARDS
HERE IN SPRINGFIELD
Paul Kelty of Portland, who
has a string of billboards in a
number of cities of the Willam
ette valley, was In Springfield
Tuesday looking up locations
for signboards which he wishes
to erect here. He investigated,
also, the matter of looal regula
tions governing the erection of
signboards.
The boards he is erecting are
of steel face, bounded with a
molding, and are neatly painted.
None but clean paper is allowed
on the boards ,Mr. Kelty con
ti ols.
S. P. ROADMASTER
ACTS FOR P. E.& E.
F. W. Schultz to Have General
Supervision Over Tracks of
Electric Road.
A phancG in the manaeement
'of the street car lines in and
around Eugene took place dur
ing the past few days, following
the officials taking over of the
Portland, Eugene & Eastern by
Southern Pacific. The street cat
tracks in the city will be looked
after by F. W. Schultz, the same
roadmaster whose duty it is to
care for the tracks of the South
ern Pacific.
George Towner, who as sup
erintendent of the Portland, Eu
gene & Eastern in Eugene, will
now control only the operation
of the street car systems, and
not the maintenance as in the
past.
Mr. Schultz's new territory
embraces not onlv tho line to
Our Hardware
norforms its mission. It
shows its real quality In
imtlrm. Wn nlm to be com
plete outfitters in hardware
and wo don't beliovo that
you havo a single require
ment that wo cannot cater
to most satisfactorily and
at a fair price.
II
Springfield, but also the P., B.
& E. line to Corvallls. lie has
placed C. B. Johnson, assistant
foreman In charge of the Eugene
tracks extending as far east as
Judkins' Point. He was former
ly track walker betwen Eugene
and Walker station. Mike
Bower, of Springfi.cld, will have
charge of the Springfield line
cast of Eugene.
THOMAS J. MORRISON ,
IS CALLED BY DEATH
Thomas J. Morrison of Eu
gene, died in Springfield last
evening, July 21, after an illness
of two weeks, following a stroke
of apoplexy. He was 57 years
of age.
Mr. Morrison was born in
Iowa and came to Oregon when
he was three years of age. He
lived in Yamhill county until he
was ten years of age and then
moved to Polk county, where he
lived for 25 years. For the past
nine years he has resided in
Eugene.
He is survived by his wife and
five children: E. E. Morrison of
Springfield, Mrs. W. O. Hill of
Heppner, Mrs. Jack Littell of
Portland, Mrs. Eva Sutton of
Springfield and Carol Morrison
of Portland.
The body will, remain at
Walker's undertaking parlors
until Friday morning when it
will be taken to the family home
at 1595 Franklin boulevard, Eu
gene, where the funeral services
will be held by Rev. William Par
sons. Interment will be made ip
the Odd Fellows cemetery at
Eugene.
MUCH IMPRESSED WITH
KLAMATH'S POSSIBILITIES
Isaac Stevens returned Satur
day from a trip Into the Klam
ath Falls country. He was very
much, impressed with, the possi
bilities of the country in stock
raising, and,.decTares.were hea
young man. he could mak?e a
fortune there.
There is some mighty fine
land In that section, he says,
especially in the Indian -reservation.
The only drawback he
noted was the fact that there
are some landholders who have
more land than they can hen
die profitably.
"INDUSTRIAL DAY"
PLANS IN MAKING
A number of the members of
the' Springfield Development
league met Tuesday evening to
consider plans for holding an
"Industrial Day" celebration the
latter part of August. Some in
teresting plans were advanced,
but final decslon was deferred
until Friday evening of this
week when another meeting will
be held.
WENDLING MILL CLOSES
SIX WEEKS FOR REPAIRS
The Wendling mill of the
Booth-Kelly company was shut
down last evening in order that
a new dam may be constructed
and general repairs to the mill
be made. Operation will not be
resumed for probably six weeks.
After working on a 12-hour
basis for ten days, the planer de
partment of the Springfield mill
returned to the ten-hour basis
yesterday. The extra time was
required to clean up some stock
that had been brought from the
Coburg yards to be planed.
SPRINGFEILD PEOPLE
BEFORE MOVIE CAMERA
A number of Springfield peo
participated this week in a mov
ing picture drame staged anionic
the society folk of Eugeno, for
reproduction at the Oregon the
atre, In which J. J. Bryan of
Springfield is interested. Elmer
aPino, a Eugeno banker, posed
as a ho)o in a number of thrill
ing escapades which ended in
his capture an idncarceration.
Those from Springfield who
took part wero Mr. and Mrs. Al
Perkins, Mr. and Mrs, Welby
Stovens, JTarold Peery. fuygJlrB,
Ed6nfe Cdxf The ftlnfWTfa
shown shortly,
S
T
LANDS AT VAtUE-
Only Way "to Keep Out Specu
lator Would Have Federal
Government Direct Safes and
Apportion Profits.
That the railroad lands Invol
ved in the government's forfei
ure suit, in which lands the rail-.
road has an equity under the re
cent supreme court ruling,
should be taken in charge bye a
federal commission and sold to ,
settlers and mill men, is the be
lief of Representative M. Fen-
ENWIC
FAVOR
S G
GRAN
wick of Springfield, in a letter -just
sent Governor Withycomb.
Mr. Fenwick writes:
I "In response to yours of July
'3rd, asking the opinion of the
I several representatives compris
ing the Oregon Legislature,. I
beg leave to make the following
j suggestions:
I "That the general govera
tment should take charge of the
I railroad land and sell it to set
; tiers and lumbermen. The tfin
tber lands to be sold in quanti
fies of not less than forty acres,
,nor more than five sections, to
'anv one individual or cbrnora-
tlon. Mill men should be allow
ed to purchase to this amount
for the reason that before, erect
ing costly machinery, they mus,t
know that raw material is on
hand and obtainable in puflTcr
quantities to keep the machin
ery so built, in operation tor a
lapse of. tfme sufficient to in
sure a profitable businessand
thus encourage the general
busir of thO country by building 4Sssli
Up 'ana" maintaining periiianent'
pay rolls, which, by the wayV Is
the life blood of prdsperity-r
from the humblest cot pf the
poor man to the towering man
sion pf the millionaire. Should,
those lands be sold at their ac
tual cash value, they would pass
into the hands of bona fide set
tlers and those wishing to em
bark in the milling business, for
the reason that speculators are
always looking for investments
in snaps and not real cash
values.
"The mill men in western and
southern Oregon within the lirii
its of the land grant have al
ways up to this date been, ser
iously handicapped by being un
able to purchase the odd sec
tions all this useless expense
falling on the laborer in the
form of decreased wages.
"The farming or agricultural""."
lands should not be sold in
quantities to exceed 160 acres.
"I would further suggest that, " j
after the railroad had been paid ( .r
to tne value or its ownersmpjn . t
the land, and all legitimate ex- . v
penses incurred by the govern
ment in making said sales the -'
remaining portion of said
money be divided in four equal
parts, one-fourth to be paid to
the irreduceable school fund of-,,
the state; one-fourth to be paid
to the state irrigation fund;
one-fourth to the state road,,
fund; and one-fourth to the
county in which the land is lo-,
cated, the same to be used for i
road and school purposes only. ; ,
"I would further suggest that '
it would only be right and equit-
able, where the railroad com
pany has built mills and had .
them in operation, and said ,,
mills were shut down by tho
government when it started the
suit for cancellation of the ;
grant, tho company should bo y
allowed to buy timber land on -
tho same footing as any other
individual or corporation, and
thus start their mills to operat-
ing as soon as possible, as idle ,.
machinery never fills tho dinner'
pails of the working people, nor '
brings trade to the merchant.
"Very respectfully yours,
"MJ2LV1N FENWICK,"
Representative from Lane
County.
$8,000 will bo spent surveying
bjatittlna bftr.-wIth.MvieWof ob
taining 25-f(oot channel.