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About The Lane County news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1914-1916 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1915)
Ore, HMorlal Boe. X LANE COUNTY NEWS .Mi Continuing tho Sprlngffold and Lario-County Star, Which Woro Consolidated February 10, 1914 Knteri't frt'jMMryil.I'Mi.i' trt I . tnntim. tewitiil e!u mutter uinler ctot Conjirn of M r)i,fc7B SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1915. VOL. XIV. NO. -S9?j . loll SWIMMING GROWS INF ft I Rlvor Calls Scoros Dally Bath Houboo for Mon and Women Eroctod at Uppor End of Log Pond. Swimming In inoro popular this year In Springfield than over before, and every warm after noon and evening ftiitl HcorcH with their suits over their arum making their way to tho river or tho mill pond. One popular place on the river Ih at the cant ap proach of tho wagon bridge where there Is a Handy Hhore and fair depth for Bwlmmlng. Many howover, prefer tho less rapid mill pond, which Ih shallow In moHt places, but afford ample depth for diving where the logs, rolling from the carB, have itcooped out the mud to a depth of ton feet or more. Two hath Iiouhch, one for men and ono for women have been erected on tho pond, and spring boards provide sport for those who arc expert at swimming and diving. Many learners, too, take to tho water, and It Is not unusual to see glrlH on tho street explaining tho various strokes to a friend. Dr. M. M. Marcellus, Portland health olllccr, urges all persons -who are physically strong enough, to learn to swim. In n bulletin rocontly lusuod, ho Hays: "Learn to Swim. No one who can swim should take a com panion In a canoe who cannot swim, as .In the event of an acci dent the Bwhnmor is likely to bo pulled under In his endeavor to save his companion." "There is no excuse for not knowing how to swim in a city like Portland. It should bo an essential part of every child's ed ucation. 1 lowever, tho swimmer Is not always safe. Before leav ing for your summer outing, If you are going to bo In tho water, have your heart examined. The majority of cases of so called "cramps" are really heart fail ure, resulting from the oxtra tax upon the heart by tho contrac tion of the superficial blood ves sels through exposures to cold water, through a prolonged stay In the water or through over ex ertion. It Is not, however, ab solutely necessary to know how to swim In order to keep from drowning. It has been estimat ed that the human body In water weighs only from 1 to C pounds, so that a small board, or oven an oar or paddle with only one linger on it could keep tho body Homing, It one could only keep a cool head and breath regular ly with tho mouth closed. "Don't give up! In the event of possible drowning, don't loso a minute In rescuing tho body from tho water, and always try to restore life. Ten minutes un der water is usually given as the limit, yet people have ben resus citated after a half hour or inoro. Begin operations immedi ately after the body Is taken from tho water. "Lay tho body face down wards, straddle tho patient with tho face towards his face, lift him up from tho walBt, with his feet upon tho ground, so that tho water may run out from tho throat and lungs. Clean tho mouth of all mucus with a cor ner of a handkerchief wound around tho finger; keep tho jaws 0 HERE AS SUMMER SPO separated with a Htiok ofplooo of cork, around which, may bo wrapped a piece of cloth; keep tho faco exposed to the air, and promptly and Untiringly use some method of artificial respir ation. "Tho Schafer method as used by tho Royal Llfo Saving assoc iation Is probably tho most sim ple and least fatiguing and can be performed by one person. Its foundation is alternately to compress and relax tho lower ribs with the hands. Most im portant, however, whatever method you use, Is not to give up too hooii. There should be no relaxing for at least two hours, as at any moment up to that period signs V'f recovery may occur. If a lungmotor or puhuotor is available send for It. Heat should be applied to the body al the earliest possible moment, nnd as soon as the pa tient can swallow, give a stim ulant of hot coffee or ginger tea. Ho sure tho patient can swallow before attempting to give any lluids." CAMP CREEK ITEMS At a meeting of the board of directors, Miss Tilah Owen of Crow was elected to the position as teacher here. Mrs. Nesblt and Mrs. A. M. Bown called on Mrs. W. Jack, Monday. Logs From Cobug Coming Tuesday Hauling of logs from the pond of tho Booth-Kelly mill at Co burg Is expected to begin tomor row, and will continue for sever al weeks, for there arc 1500 car loads to be brought over. No orders have yoUboen re ceived by the railroad olhclnls governing the hauling of the logs, but It is probable a special engine will bo sent to Coburg for them since the company does not haul logs In a mixed train. Several months ago logs rolled off an Oakridge mixed train and derailed two passenger cars before the train could be stopped. No one was Injured, but the railroad company pre ferred safety for its patrons and made other arrangements for getting the logs down from Landax. ODD FELLOWS VISIT LODGE AT GOSHEN Nearly a score of the members of tho Springfield lodge of Odd Fellows went to Goshen Satur day night to attend the meeting of tho lodge of tho order at that place. There were also dele gates present from Cottage Grove, Coburg and Eugene. They report having had a very fine time at Goshen. Odd Fellows of this jurisdic tion are laying great plans for a picidc which will bo held in Walker's grove, West Sprlng Sprlngfleld on Thursday, August 2G. All Odd Fellows and Robe- kahs and their families and friends of tho order are Invited to atetnd. It Is reported that a California company Is taking over the min ing on the Sixes Rlvor, Curry county, and according to pres ent preparations will have be tween 150 and 200 men at work in tho course of a few manths. Tho general cry In both Washington and Oregon scorns to bo for lower taxes and less laws and regulations that ham per development and drive cap ital away, EM MEN 1 10 STRICT RULE Aro Not Allowed to Pay Discrim inating Prico3, nor to Buy Croam That Has to bo Troatod Boforo Usod. Charles Barkman, manager of the Springfield Creamery, is in receipt of a communication from .1. D. Mlcklo state dairy and food commissioner, giving his ruling on a new law passed by the recent legislature. Mr. Bark man states that he expects to abide by the law fully. The com missioner writes: To Oregon Crcamcrymcn: I would respectfully call your attention to Section 1, Chapter 314, of the Laws of 1915, in re ference to the purchasing of milk and cream within the State of Oregon which reads as fol lows: "Any person, firm or corpora tion engaged In the business of buying. milk, cream or butter fat for tho purpose of manufacture, cither by himself or another, who shall, with the Intention of creating a monopoly, destroy ing the business of a competitor or restraining in any manner an open competition In said busi ness, discriminate between the different sections,- localities, communities or cities of this State by purchasing or offering to purchase such commodity at a higher price in any one local ity than is paid or offered for the same commodity by such person, firm or corporation in any other locality after making due allowance for the difference, if any, in the grade or quality, and In the actual cost of trans portation from tho place of pur chase to the place of manufac ture, sale or storage, shall be ( deemed guilty of a mlsdea- meanor and punished as herein after provided." We have been asked for an expression as to our interpreta tion of this section of the law, also what position we might be expected to take In regard to its enforcement. In reply to this question, I will say that this office will insist upon a strict compliance with ,tho law. It is our understand ing that where any person, firm or corporation buys milk or cream at different points within tho State, the price paid for such milk or cream should be based iupon quotation offered F. O. B. tho creamery or, at the place of purchaso minus the actual cost of transportation to tho place of manufacture. Complaints have reached this office that the law is being vio lated as follows: "A" owns a creamery at Nowtown and quotes a price of 29 cents per lb. for butterfat F. O. B.' his MUS CONFORM Beaver-Herndon Hardware Company creamery. "B" has a creamery at Oldtown and pays 29 cents per lb, for butterfat at his creamery, "A" goes . over to "B'b" territory and buys cream paying 29,.ccnts per lb. for but terfat and docs not deduct therefrom tho expense of gath ering or of transportation to Newtown. This Is clearly In vio lation of the law as "A" Is prac ticing discrimination by paying more for fat at Oldtown than he docs at Newtown. It makes no difference whether the means of transportation bii by rail or wagon haul. Complaint has reached us that some creameries purchas ing butterfat where there Is no UUIII'U11UU1I, lilt; glUUIIIfj 11 tJlllll and paying a differential for first and second grades, while at other places where there are competitors these same cream eries are (accepting all cream as first grade and pay for It ac cordingly. We consider this practice also In violation of the law and will deal with it accor dingly wherever we can obtain evidence to prove it. . Cream that reaches the place of manufacture in such a con dition that It cannot be made in to a marketable food product without renovating or mixing with good cream will be deemed unfit, for use and will be con demned. Under Section 7, of the same law every creamery shipping ! station, milk factory, cheese factory, ice cream factory, con densery, or any person receiving or purchasing milk or cream on !tho basis of the butterfat con tained therein, shall be required to hold a license and also to em ploy' a licensed tester. Trusting that you will see that this law is being complied with In your factory, I am Yours truly J. D. MICKLE Dairy and Food Commissioner. 733 Cars Handled In Past Month A total of 733 carloads of var ious products were handled in the Springfield yards in the J month of July according to re ports just compiled. Of these, 196 were carloads shipped out, 'imi rt37 worn nnrloads received. Uiiu w a - - ' i Of the latter, 599 were loads of logs. No report Is made of freight in less than car lots. INDEX OF ADVANCING TIDE OF PROSPERITY Philadelphia, The Deleware, Lackawana and Western had better profits for the year ended June 30 than it enjoyed in any year since 1909. This railroad while never placed in a predica ment by business depression, had experienced a falling off of several millions annually in pro fits during the last few years, and the business condition came in for much comment annually EVERYTHING NEW IN WALL PAPER Yon needn't be afraid to come here for your wall paper for wo assure you that nowhere else will you find a display to equal ours. The striking beauty, the ar tistic effects and the small cost of the paper we are displaying at present, will prove a strong inducement for Immediate buying. See I our stock by all means. 20 Per Cent Discount . . in tho railroad's reports. It ap pears now that the corner has been turned for good. Tho net Income for the 12 months was $13,526,000 an increase of $828, 000. NEW CHURCH ORGANIZED AT FISCHER'S MILL After the three week's tent meetings held at Fischer's mill near Marcola, under the leader ship of Rev. M. F. Chllds of West Springfield a Free Methodist church, was organized. Class leader, Mrs. Matteson. Rev. M. L. Phillips of Wendling will con tinue to fill the pulpit at alter nate Sunday's. Says Lumber Trade is Sick Spokane, Aug. 6. Represen tatives of $75,000,000 capital in vested in the lumber industry in Northern Idaho, Montana and Eastern Washington, employing 30,000 people, told the members of the United States trade com mission today that the lumber business is suffering from over production, unlimited and cut throat competition and fear of government interference. The lumber interests asked the commission to advise the marketing of lumber under fed eral supervision and for the priv ilege of co-operating in limit ing production and in organizing a general sales agency. John R. Toole, president of the Western Pine Manufactur ers' association, told the com mission that the lumber busi ness is sick, manufacturing is wasteful and' the industry troubled with over"-production. Twenty-nine mills made a profit of 1.49 per cent on their $30, 000,000 capitalization over a period of six years ending with 1914, which did not pay the in terest on the borrowed capital, Toole said. INDUSTRIAL NOTES Salem, Aug. 9. The Colum bia Highway- between Astoria and Portland will be opened to travel Aug. 12. The third annual corn show of the O. W. R. & N. Co., will be held this year at Walla Walla. Millions of Norwegian herring came into Siuslaw Bay for the first time in 8 years. Business is better says D. W. Campbell, Asst. Gen. Mgr., of the S. P. Co. Douglas Co. Fair will be held September 15, 16, 17. Portland Woolen Mills plans to iiicrease its force 20 per cent in anticipation of large orders. Reports say Hood River ap ple crop will be short 30 to 40 per cent this year. Scenic highway to rim of Cra ter Lake has been finished. Salem Commercial Club is working to establish a broom factory at Salem. Bond & Garett, owners of the Gold Run Mine, located on the southwest slopes of Red moun tain, are planning to install ten stamps, according to a report that comes from Baker hills. The Newport Ice & Fish Co. made a shipment of ten tons of halibut to Portland. C. A. Parker representing the New York capitalists is reported to be leasing land for oil test purposes in Coos County. The Southern Pacific has an nounced that it will make 30, 000 yard fill, on big trestle near Coqullle. . An auto road will'soon be completed around CapoPer- petua. ' ' ' LUNBERMAN READY FOR HEARING OF FEDERAL BOARD Condition of Industry and Sug gestions for Improvement of Trade Will Be Considered at Chamber of Commerce. Uppermost in the minds of loggers and lumber producers are the approaching sessions of the federal trade commission and the preparations for the hearings. The commission held its first session in the Pacific Northwest at Spokane August 6 and will meet with represen tative lumbermen at Seattle Monday and Tuesday; at Taco ma, Wednesday and Thursday, and at Portland next Saturday. Friday Is an open date. Data already compiled and testimony of Jumber producers will be submitted to the commis sion showing the depressed con dition of the industry, the causes of the depression and suggest ing remedies in the removing unnatural restrictions on ocean, commerce and permitting rea sonable combinations in mark eting forest products. The mat ters to be submitted to the com mission on behalf of the Oregon branch of the West Coast Lum per Manufacturers' association I will be presented by Attorney J. N. Teal, who is devoting his jtime conferring with commit- ;The- Portland, session -ofL. the federal trade commission will be held at the Chamber of Com- jmerce convention hall. I At the commission's hearing in Spokane lumbermen of East ern Oregon, Washington and Western Idaho declared the In dustry is sick and that manufac turing is wasteful and the mill ing business troubled with over production and cut-throat com petition. President J. W. Toole, of the Western Pine Manufac turer's association, said that if ;the lumbermen were allowed to I curtail production and organize selling agencies a remedy might be found to restore prosperity to lumbering in the associa tion's field. Following the federal trade commission's hearings, the West Coast Lumber Manufacturers' association, including the Ore gon and Washington branches, will hold an important meeting in Portland. The tentative dates are August 2G and 27. The as sociation's executive committee will also meet at that time. There has been no predom inating feature in local log and mill conditions the past week. The supply of logs on hand is practically the same as four months ago. About 30 per cent of the mills on the Columbia and Willamete rivers aro closed down and those operating are cutting approximately 60 per cent of their normal capacity. This puts the present consump tion of the mills at about the same as the output of logging camps operating. No material change is expected in either de mand or in prices of logs. The Columbia River Loggers' assoc iation will hold its regular mon thly meeting to review.4 tho. status of the dullest partof a long dull period. Eugene Brick Co., expects to ship fire clay prqduuggo. all points in tho northwest4.