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About The Lane County news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1914-1916 | View Entire Issue (July 26, 1915)
Ore, lilBtorial Boc X 1 I. ,( , 'In LANE COUNTY NEWS Continuing tho Sprlngflold nnd Lnno County Star, Which Woro Conoolldatod Fobruary 10, 1914 Ktitr1 KnSnmrr ii. i imi (,v i ,ot own, m nocoml. eiHM multcr umlr koIoi Oifiipa ol M artfli, Mt SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 26, 1915. VOL XIV. NO.jt GOVERNMENT IS 10 AID LUMBERMEN Trndo Commloolon, Forost Sorv Ico nnd Buronu of Foroljgn Qommorcvo Co-Opornto Iri vo3tljato Foreign Markota. A dispatch to tho OrogOnlnn from its Washington news Bur eau' flays: By co-operation, tho Federal Trade Commission, tho Forest Service and the Bureau of For - ulgu and Domestic Commerce hope to evolve Some plan by which the Federal Government can aid In restoring normal con - dlllons In the lumber Industry. This plan of co-operation was nirroed on after the National As sociation of Lumber Manufac- SEEKING WAY Hirers at San Francisco had up-1 A contract has been entered pointed n committee to advise I Into between the WInino Hot tho Trade Commission of tho i Mineral Springs company and present condition of the Amerl-.Herbert Hrothers whereby the can lumber Industry. Tho For-1 latter have agreed to remove est Scrvlco already was at work their saw mill to the site of the on various lumber problems; the .springs near Oakridge for the Trade Commission has taken up .purpose of cutting lumber for for consideration tho request of , the extensive improvements many lumber manufacturers that are to bo made at that ro that a limited form of comblna- sort, lion for engaging in export trade J 'J!V'InL Let for V ui I IB" uuu J-UIIIUOUL. ii mil; nun started Inquiries with a view to aiding In developing foreign markets, particularly In South America and the Orient. The Korcst service stnrteu a . Portland, Ore., July 24. Ex coniprehenslve Investigation 10 tension of the 0 rcgon -Wash lug months ago to ascertain how the ngton Railroad & Navigation Umber supply of tho country Is company's central Oregon irelng utilized and Whdthor nor-joranci, from Riverside, westerly mnl conditions exist In the for- n Crann Creek can. n distance est-uslng Industries. The Forest Service has advised tho Trade Commission that although log- i.. - -.i .i . . i Ing the timber supply by 80 or more billion feet a year, much low-grade timber is not market able. From a quarter to a third of the material grown in the for osts Is said to be wasted In man ufacture. From the lumber- man's viewpoint, says the Forest j Service, tho country seems to bo glutted with lumber; but while some manuiacturcrs nave re- dUCed their OUtnUt for the time being, there Is no prospect of any permanent weakening in tho attack of tho 45,000 sawmills upon the remaining forests. The necessity for realizing on investments In timber, together with other causes, has led appar- cntly to tho construction of saw-Ion mills with an output greatly In excess or tno uomanu. "At tho same time." savs tho Trade Commission, "many be- llevo that lumber costs too much. Ilctail prices have gone up in tho last two decades, due in part to tho fact that the sup plies of lumber nearest to tho thickly populated states have boon reduced. There has also been much speculation ih stand ing timber, which lias tended to euhnnce timber values and to in crease tho prices domnnded by lumber mills. Tho development of' associations of lumber manu facturers and distributors has occasioned more or less beliof that prices woro being Increased aruncauy. "The part played by tho For est Sorvico in tho Inquiry bogun last year deals with tho owner ship of standing timber, tho waste In its utilization, and the factors controll UK the nroduc tlon and distribution of Jumbor." "Tho Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, With its large facilities for tho study of of trade opportunities, is con ducting an Investigation of for eign markets, particularly in South America and tho Orient, with a view to expanding tho ox port trade In American lumber." In announcing Its co-6pcra-tion In this Inqury tho Federal Trado Commission has issued a statement sayingi ""Mb. purpo'so of tho three Federal agencies in ctfriductlrffe this study 1 to make lt,coWtrUc-v tlVii'kua helpful." The GveM ;meut's point of view In appro-' TOMORROW THE DAY Wednesday Ib Just as Rood. Either will do for taking advantage of Tho Nowh' IJargaln Days of fer of Tho News for 80c a year, In advance. aching the problems concerned Ib directed toward tho welfare of the country at large, but It Ih hoped that tho inquiry will ho of benefit to all branches) of tho lumber industry as well as to the consumers. "Conditions In tho lumber trade have changed, due In part to the widespread use of other 'structural. materials thnn wood, i Lumbermen are. con fronted with 'many problems, often not fully 'understood by them and sdldom .appreciated by tho public. Much can bo accomplished by ascer taining the facts.' Springs to Got Sawmill O-E. Extension 0f more than 30 miles, will be undertaken immediately and and completed this fall. Tho con tract for the construction was awarded today to Twohy Bro thers company of Portland. Tho coBt of the work will be ?1,500, 000. AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ISSUES THREE BULLETINS The News Is in receipt of three bulletins just issued by the Oregon Agricultural college f1n In frnm hn fYnrlmont Rtn. uion and is the second on the subject of the pollination of the 'pomncoons fruits, treating the (FruU - Bud Development of the ; Apple. Another bulletin treats , of the various arsenates of lend 'and tho third Is a 72-page book "Pruning" There are five articles in this book, treating tho uirrercnt phases or thtf subject. The bulletins are sent free to residents of Oregon who request them. WILL USE CONCRETE TO REPAIR PAVEMENTS Gravel has been hauled to a number of places In tho city where repairs aro to bo made to the pavement under direction of Chief of Police Stanlger. The work was to have been begun today, but there was no cement to bo had, and tho work will bo delayed for a day or two. DEER SEASON WILL OPEN ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 15 Game Warden B. C. Hills asks tho Nows to call attention of hunters and others interested to tho fact that tho deer season does not open until Sunday, August 15, and closes October 31st. Somo cards gotten out by a sporting goods hoUso In Eu- gono are in error In giving tho oponlng date. 1917 Ono Nows subscriber, nnxious to take advant age of tho Bargain Days flffbr, has already Bont In a chock to a'pp'ly tomor row mi his BUbscrlpotldn, which ho pays up to July 2S,"1917TW6 'VeaVrin Advance-. , E E If COAST FORK Construction Work Bogun To day by Demolition of the Old Structure Begin Hauling the Gravel Wodnesday. Tearing out of the planking on the bridge across tho Coast Korlc between Goshen and Pleasant Hill was begun today, and on Wednesday a charge of dynnmite will drop the trusses Into the river so they can be taken away und work of erect- Ing the new structure be begun, uuurgu vuuiur win uuk"i un Thursday hauling gravel from a bar a half mile above the Bite of the bridge, and to bring tho lumber from Cottage Grove. Some 00 tons of tic-bolts and plates will be shipped from Port land to Goshen and then be hauled from there to the bridge by Mr. Vallier. OREGON IS FOURTH IN PRODUCTION IF LUMBER Fully One-Sixth of the Pooplo of tho Stato are Depondant On Industry. Portland, Ore., July 20, Ac cording to the government fig ures for 1913, Oregon ranks fourth In tho list of lumber pro ducing states, having advanced from twenty-third place in the past decade. According to the 1913 figures, Washington still ranks first .in, lumber production. In fact, the reputed production in this State for 1913, approximately 4,G00, 000,000 feet was the largest ever reported for the State or any other State. Michigan ap proached this figure In 1890 by reporting a production of 4,311, 000,000 feet. The cut of Douglas fir in 1913 was the largest ever reported for this species, being over 5V& bll- Hon feet. Thls figure Is for a filncln snorIps. Tho rut nf vpY WILL Hill OLD G low pine for 1913 was reported i brothers except Tom were pres aa hearlv 15 lillllnn fnof whtrh ent. William Blachly ef Blach- flgure was second only to that figure Is made up of all species. commercially known as yellow pine. , Out of a population of approx imately 675,000 people in Ore gon, 84,000 or one-sixth of tho total number, is directly depend ent upon the lumber Industry. or a population of 1,142,000 peo ple In Washington, sixteen per cent or approximately 193.000 are depondant upon the lumber industry. MORE LOGS NOW COMING FROM WENDLING J3AMPS Since the Wendlinc mill of tho Booth-Kelly Co. shut down last week, shipments of from 24 to 28 carloads of Iocs a day arc bplng received here from the camps beyond Wendling. This is double the amount previously received, and with tho dozen or more cars a day received from tho upper Willamette camps will gradually fill the pond, as tho dally cut is about 25 cars of logs. Oregon Produced' $143,556 worth of conl in 1914. BeAVjr-ffemdnn. Harare dHipa?r6 10 10 BE TAKEN OFF MILE OF WEEK Wlllamotto-aPcific Track Bal lastod as Far aa Acme Littlo Doing in the Pits Until Sius law bridge is Completed. Hauling of gravel from the nits near Springfield for the bal - laBting of the Willamette-Pacific traces will cease Wednesday or Thursday of this week and will not be resumed until the Sius- (lav bridge at Acme Is completed In six weeks to two months. The .ballasting operations will be re- inuuiuu uiuu, uuu win uuiuiuuu for the greater part of the win tor. A small crew will be kept at the lilts however, tor a time to get out sand and gravel for the ! GRAVEL TRAIN concrete work on the piers of jclassifled statement of tho lands the Siuslaw bridge and also forwithin the State; qualifications .the concrete work on the tunnel i nf vntnrs? tahios imwinr , next south of tho Siuslaw. wwruw jb now utuig jjoureu i president in 1912; population of on the pivot pier. ttlie several states by decades; The steam shovel now at the toble giving date of the next pits will probably be taken to, general election, date of next the front between Mapleton and .legislative session, limit of ses Acmc where, on the grade just sions and pay and terms of office completed, some small slides are! of senators and representatives encroachlmr on the track. tjn aU statcs; principal state of- W J. Williams, tram master , ficers of other states; names and for the gravel outfit, stationed forms nf nfflrf nf tho VI,Hmio at Springfield, has taken charge of operations at the pit on ac count of the sudden resignation of the foreman, timekeeper and some of the others. Ssavey Family Holds Reunion The annual Scavey family re union was held at the James Seavey place on the McKenzie river yesterday and proved a Very enjoyable occasion. There were recitations by tho ltttlo fnR-R n tniw hv Rov M w Dnvia of Eugene, and then a fine has - keUlinner. All of the Seavey to attended the reunion for the ! first time in 20 years. There were three generations of his family in attendance. In all there were 42 present, including William Seavey, Mrs. George Wasson and family of Coburg, Mrs. Anna Bushnell and family of Eugene, James Seavey and! family, Jess Seavey and family, Mrs. Harriet Stewart, William Blachley and family, Walter Blachley and family, Mr. and Mrs. Simmons and family of Junction City, Mr. and Mrs. Dav is and family of Eugene, Miss Vena Hall of Eugene, Mitchell Wllkins and wife of Coburg, Mrs. Robert Stlneberg and fam ily of Coburg, Mr. and Mrs. Ol son of Junction City, Mrs. T. Jackson of Eugene, Miss Alce Titus of Eugene, Rev. II. W. Davis and his mother of Eu gene. OREGON BLUE BOOK FULL OF INFORMATION Official Directory Gives Amount of Statistics Officials. Newspapers, Vast Lists and Other Things of Value The News is in receipt of a conv of the Oregon Blue Book Play Ball and get your goods right here. Everything official. Balls, bats, mitts, masks, chest protectors, spikes and all the essentials of the diamond. Sporting goods for every event. Priced rca-fednabje. HAS GOLD DOLLARS D. S. Deals, assistant cashier of the First Na tional bank last week re ceived from San Francis co a number of the gold dollars Issued by the gov ernment as souvenirs of tho exposition. They re tail at $2 each. ij .J.. 'JSJ.VJl land official Directory just Issued jiy Secretary or State Ben Olcott under authority of a law passed lat the recent session of the le$r- islature. in arifHHnn tn th matter in- 'eluded In prior editions of this book, which as well lias been brought down to June 1, 1915, there Is Included a sketch'of the formation of the early provis- jonal government at Cham- poeg by Geo. H. Hlmes, Assis tant Secretary of the Oregon Historical Society; an outline map of the State giving the area by counties, together with a I popular and electoral vote for tState officers from the formation of tho provisional government to date, as well as the names of all newspapers and postofiices in the state. Upon request a copy, without charge will be supplied to any resident of Oregon.- - Many are Herpes in Lake Tragedy Chicaeo. Julv 25. Greater hv 'hundreds would have been the 'number of dead on the steamer Eastland but for prodigies of heroism. The heroes ranged uum buiis in uirisj 10 raEKca dock rats and hobos. A frail mite of a girl crawled !over tne slippery suie or the snip ie rIsk of her life and with Aef, ,little arms dragged several J children to safety. j A gloomy man who was out of 'work and contemplating suicide tin the river found plenty of work when the vessel capsized. He plunged in and rescued nine be fore he was dragged out almost dead by other rescuers. A policeman made a motor man stop between stations, ran back along the tracks, plunced Into the fiver and saved eight from drowning. There were numerous boy he roes, in two cases the little fel lows themselves perished after helping women and children to safety; One boy, whose identity is still unrepealed, jumped from the dock into the river to help two women hanging to an object in tne midstream,. He was swimming to the dock with one turned to this city from Spring of the women when the other .field, has decided to reopen the flung her arms around his neck and all three were drowned. William Raphael, manager of a commission house, leaped into the river and was swhnming to the dock with two women Avhen a fat man, his face a livid green from fear, clutched the dress of ono of tho women. Raphael kicked him In the face, but in the struggle the fat man and one woman were drowned. All witnesses agree that in the crisis women were stronger and calmer. While the mon fought madly for their lives, the women and pirls, after the first panic, quickly recovered. They clung patiently to bus 'of wreckage and obeyed commands of res ciurers. Those tranned in the hull waited calmly WF Heath or VesQu.e. T.he mem' however, chicly youtiK forejgjiprs. dragr cd" women 'from nlaccs of twe ty and even after thelif hwh feafo' tfv TvaS nfisurca ' s'ibod MoHaly without offering to ajsslflt. THOUSANDS DIE WREN EXCURSION BOAT OVERTURNS Tragedy Stalks on Chicago Riv er as Holiday Crowd Embarks for Day's Trip on Lake Michigan. Chicago, July 25. Bodies of 901 persons killed In the capsiz ing of the steamer Eastland at ' its wharf In the Chicago River had been recovered tonight after 40 hours of searching by divers around the steel hulk, still lyfng on its side, half-submerged, where it rolled yesterday while laden with 2408 excursionists. The total dead as a result of the turning over of the shipBtill remains at approximately 1,000, according to estimates made hy Coroner Hoffman, whoso re ports indicate that probably 100 bodies still were held In the mud of the river by the superstruc- . 1 ture tue overturned boat.' While only 1002 passengers of the Eastland have registered with the Western Electric Com pany as saved, it is thought that about 475 survivors, including the crew of 72, had failed to re port their escape. The Eastlan(,Hes on her side in the river, with divers still floundering through the interior of the steel coffin and burrowing under herr while Chicago, ap palled, is is just beginning, to realize the significance, of the greatest of marine disasters. While grief stricken thousands are searching through --the morgue in the Second.Jtegiment, armory for friends or relatives, state and federal officials have the blame for the cataslfxophe turned their attention to -placing and to the work of providing relief for those left destitute. , Day One of Gloom 1 In churches and homes thru- out the city today prayers were offered for the suffering and the dead. The day was one b gloom. , The sky was cloudy and a mist hung in the air. There was more than the usual Sabbath quiet everywhere and' ' the crowds of out-door pleasure-, seekers were thin. As Was the case yesterday, baseball games were postponed. Various thones as to what caused the Eastland to turn over are still be'irtg discussed, but without prospect of a defin ite explanation until the coron er's inquest and the federal government's investigation, to be begun tomorrow, are finish ed. The most discussed theories are four that the boat was over-loaded; that she was not properly ballasted; that the tug that made fast to warp the Eastland from the docks, start ed pulling too soon; that con gestion of passengers rushing to the port side, attracted by some passing sensation, tipped the boat over. Hohl's Blacksmith Shop Opened George Hohl, who recently re- well known west side blacksmith shop, which has practically been closed since the death' of Mr. Hohl's father in May, and the shop will be conducted for Mrs. Hohl by her sons, George and Philip. Both young men have been practically raised and train ed from boyhood in this line of work and are first class me chanics. Tho business will be conducted under the name of "Hohl's Blacksmith Shop," and all work will bo turned out promptly and satisfactorily. Th'e patronage of both old and new natrons is solicited and satis faction Is guanmteed. Cottage Grove Leader, Cut 206,000 Feet in Day. The Botith'-Kolly mill cu 208, 0QQ feet of lumber last Friday. Tho ordinary day's run, la jn the - There la rt Vnovement on at Canby to HtQrh lretto factory, .