t-
V.I,
I f " '
, .ay? - i
s
Continuing; the Springfield and Lane County Star, Which Wore Consolidated February 10, 1914
KiiUrpt I'.t'mmrr II, out irtin,1ii I .Or roii, mieuond
e)iu mnllor under UoI Conors of u rli, )R7tf
SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1915.
VOL.XlV.NO;-4f 3l
u J'-'y v'Hf,x '. a k
m Tril l r
jt i m , , m i sm
LAJU1N 1 I
JAMES A. EBBERT
CALLED BY DEATH
IN HIS 84TH YEAR
James A, Ebbert, pioneer, rc
tlretl (armor and highly cutoem
od as aTruly self-mado man, ro
colvod tho death summons at 10
o'clock Thursday night. De
ceased was residing on Ills farm,
three and one-half miles north
cast of Springfield when called
to hlH reward. Ho was aged 81
year; death being duo to infirm
ities. Tho funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at 1:510 at tho
homo, three miles cast of town,
and were conducted by Rev. J.
T. Moore of tho Springfield
MothodlBt church. Airs. J. E.
Mr. D. S. Bcals and Mr. S. Young
aang beautifully. Details of the
funeral arrangementB were In
ohargo of W. R Wajkcr. Intcr
Jitont was made in the I. 0. 0.
F. cemetery, Eugene.
Mr. Ebbert leaves two bro
thers, William and Harrison, in
Oregon, 'and a sister, Mrs. A. II.
Morris of Stockport, Iowa.
Mr. Ebbort was known as ono
of tho most prosperous pioneer
ranchmen in this portion of
Lnneo County. At tho ago of
1(5 years, Mr. Ebbert left tho par
ental roof, Fayette county, Pen
nsylvania, and began earning his
own living. He accompanied his
brother to Iowa in 1851, and up
on his arrival there rented some
land that ho "cultivated for a
year. At tho ond of that time ho
continued his journey westward
to Oregon, having been 80 dayB
crossing tho prairies with an ox
team. Mo first located near
Ilillsboro In Washington county,
but subsequently went to the
Rogue rive country and pros
pected In tho gold mines. He re
turned" to Portland in 18C2 and
the next year he came to Lnno'
county and look up a donation
claim near Springfield. Deceas
ed SQld this tract In 1859 and in
vested In 1G0 acres of land which
formedtho nucleus of his pres
ent much, and continued his ag
ricultural pursuits, extending his
holdings until the estato com
prised 5000 acres in Oregon and
Washington.
On tho 15th of December,
1853, Mr'. Ebbert was united In
marriage to Elizabeth Brattaln,
Who was born in Illinois. She
was tho daughter of Paul Brat
taln who crossed tho plains in
1852 and located on a donation
claim In tho vicinity of Spring
field. Mrs. Ebbert passed away
July 29, 1902.
MAY ELECTRIFY ROAD
IndepondoncorMonmouth Lino
to Uso Orogon power
Co. 'Power
Mr. Illrschberg, who owns
and operates two and a half
miles of steam railroad between
Independence and Monmouth
Is seriously contemplating the
electrification of his line, bo
ltovlng that besides being ennb
led to render more ofilclent
Horvlco tho more modern method
of transportation would prove
more economical, Tho present
steam equipment is somowhat
dolapldated Irani long use, and
inasmuch as improvement is
found to bo necessary in tho
near future, electrification ap
pears to Mr. IIIrschbers to. bo
tho thing. ThO'Progon Power
' company, operating' fin -tDallas,
Independence ahd -Monmouth,
would probably supply olcotrieal
oncrgy, it being In position to
furnish Jftlec'.for tho purpose atj
a comparatively low rate.
The estimated cost, including
Installation of all nccessnry ma-
r'hlnnrv imrl ntttiiirnl tiu In ntu I
proximately $14,000. Under
: present, conditions three men
aro required to operato a train
of locomotjve and ,ono car,
whereas ono man only would be
uccossary under the proposed
system. Tho actual, running
tlnio-ls about three hours out of
twenty-four. The saving wider
tho proposed system Is apparent.
Observer. v 1
FARMERS WILL
INSPECT STATE
'
300 Middle We3tornrn to Soo
Oregon in October
Portland, Oregon, Sept. C.
Three hundred farmers aro
coming to Oregon next month
with an actual view to settling
here. They will travel In two
special trains running out of
Chicago over tho Union Pacific.
L. C. Anderson, exposition
commissioner of the Union Pa
cific system, who will be In
charge of the trains, said this
morning that these trains mean i
Oregon can get actual farmers
If she will go after them.
The trains will probably arrlvo
hero on October 15. After leav
ing Chicago they will make no
stop-overs until It readies Ore- .livestock marketing ideas to In
g01l elude all farm products. By the
After ccttlntr to this state establishments of . an offlce in
stops will bb mndo along tho lino
in order that the farmera nmV
have an opportunity to get out
and boo some oT tho country.
"Some of thoJtowH3,"saldtMr.!couU1 e advised of available
Anderson, "are afroadv iretthut
ready
idy to ako care of the-visit-
my ui uiku tun, ui uie i3ii
i. They are pfenning to take
3m. about n nuLioblles
ors
them, about in automobiles
and show them the country injthe consumpr alike,
tho best noBsible vav " lMr- Macplicrson's suggestions
The trams will carry only ac-
A...., e i... i i,.:
umi lunuuiH vuu iwvo iuui uv-
Ing on farms in the Middle West.
. ,
LOAD OF STRAW TIPPED '
ONTO ODDFELLOWS
The members of the I. O. O. F.
lodge who were going to Spring
field Thursday had an exper
ience that was not on the pro
gram, but probably caused more
amusement than the regular
program. Tiioy were In an open
motor truck. On the lull
other sido of tno rocic quarry i
thovmetMr Ornurd with a load '
Of Straw JUSt as tho auto load
passed, the load of straw tipped
over tho truck, burying the oc-j
oupants-underneath. They were
oau leiiows an ngnt as tnoy
emerged from their covering.,
No one was in hired. Cottauo !
Grovo Leader. ,
I
riiv a 1 1 nunm r 1 mi a
' VISIT IN THE EAST
City Attorney J. II. Bower left
yestorday for Nebraska, going
by way of Portland, Salt Lake
and Denver. Ho will return
about October 1 by the Santa
Fo, vlsting his slBtor, Miss Fran
cos. Bower at the normal school,
Flagstaff, Arizona, and spend
ing a few days at the San Fran
cisco fair. S. P. Ness will look
after his practice while ho is
kugent-Falrinount Brick Co.
-lias added a tile plant at Monroe.
Tho company will mako hollow
structural tllo next year.
Tho Burlington railroad has
asked for bids from north.west
mills on 20,000,000 foot of. 9m;
timber. .. . , . . ' jt-'
A .1512,000,0.00, steamship ccm
pany has been 'organized to on-
di'ato hotNveen' Boston valid PavyJ
clflc Coast ports; v N
LEAGUE TO DISCUS
MARKET PLAN OF
O.A.G. PROFESSOR
The possibility of establishing
a public or co-oeratlvo ih'arkotfnprjh
that would benefit allko the pro-
- duccr, tho merchant ,and tho
consumer was suggested last
wcel by Hector Macpherson,
jdlroctor of the Bureau of Organ-
Jzatlon of markets, of Oregon
Agricultural college, who had
taken up the matter of extend-
i
Hurd, chairman of tho Pomona
Grango committee on market
ing. The Lane county grange
Is endeavoring lo .extend and
stabilize the markets for tho
j farmers', products, and to this
end aro establishing public mar
kets and adopting other meth
ods. Mr. Macpherson came to
Springfield and took up the mat
ter with officers of tho Spring
field Development League, and
:thc question will come up for
further discussion at tho league
meeting tomorrow night.
Mr. Macpherson suggested
the possibility of extending the
egg circle and the co-operative
.town - under ue auspices of the
blunge, or oiuer larmers- or-
.Ranteatlon, and a town organiz-
iuuuu' "u weeves ine mercnants
supplies and the prouueerff
couU1 ,earn of demands for tho
. Pn,ifc n.io f fi,
dnTcrcnt products this to the
advantage of the producer and
...111 f 11.. In
v-"",w " ""-'-""b
tho Leairue tomorrow nlirhf. n
tho League tomorrow night, and
- 7 ' "
-
ours uesire 10 see tae mm, tro-
blbitio;'V the League meeting
'is called for 7:30 sharp at tho
League rooms.
INDUSTRIAL NOTES
Pilot Rock Cattle Industry can operate without an actual
booming one grower shipped loss, which will be an improve
23 care. I ment over conditions that have
Scio milk condonsery closed 'prevailed. ,
down. Prices of canned milk so 1 There is a much greater de-
thetow tierc no profit in manu-
rncturing. Tins cits oir employ-
ing labor ftU-d this market for
lu""ul a wim. oumcumta
itlUn88 are too cheap.
n T w mhmnml wnc nnll
lfi ESJS
attack of tonollitis. t
m. Fenwick was called to.
Portland this morning on busi-
ness matters.
Norwood Cox Is expected back
, . , .. .
Ems few days'
lUO past 1CW UayS.
Grant Hendricks of the Mc-,
KexMo, suffered Sllghtl n juries , iS Lane County at the exposl
about ho head Friday evening lion," says County Judge Harry
when his team ran away at thoiL. Bown Thursday. "What we
corner of Second and A streets lmve in the contingent fund is
and was qverturned back of tho
First National Bank. A few parts
Of the harness-were broken, but
there was no other damage.
1
I.
Beaver-Herndon- Harflare Company
HEIGHTS
SWEPT BY FLAMES
Kl infill TfiniV
A N 1 1 1 Ml I AT
III II U U it I U Ull I
7 Fire which started at tho
E
HERALD
ond, of tho Emerald4"1 "'"r.'6. 1 "1U Blulu Wli
Heights during tho noon hour
. . ...
iguay, swept along tne, east biuo(: . : , ,T ,
fi?.,i fnr n ,i,n,i n,rt Islature repealed the census law,
lisldences of Carl Fisoher andwaf the onl? Pn.y. lfbat was
W. O. Barnes. I'cft over' an" th'8 ,8 being used
The home of Mrs. Wcchtcri10r expenses tnat were not iig-
on' the north end
of the butte
had the norrowest escape,
The whole hill was .burned
over by the wild fire or the back
fires. -
The department was called
'the first time in many months
and by back-firing and the use
of hose, soon had the fire under
control. Nothing but grass was
burned, and the loss is nominal.
SOME IMPROVEMENT
j; IN LUMBER MARKET
Mills Optimistic When Price Is
, Such That-They Can Opor-
ate Without Actual Loss
j' There -are slight indications
of an Improvement in. the lum
ber business. It has got so most
anything Is encouraging in the
lumber business that is not an
actual decrease in the price of
lumber and a raise of a few
cents per thousand, even if
niostly on paper, makes those
dependent upon the lumber busl-
mfess-f ell optimistic. " ',
twu, 1,1 uu"
vicinity, those of Brown and
nnrnHni?
&ab?
While only two mills in this
during the past summer, the in
dications' are that neither mill
f;will shut down entirely, which
!is much better than had beeu
honed
for. Orders are a little
,rtr fr. Mm,, tiftv lmv i,er
, " , , ,
trouble is to get a price at uucu
iuaro 18 a Puu xllvlY ls-lllu'-
'cation, however, that the price
will sopn be such that the mills
mand for mining, timbers and
small stuff. Chas. walker is now
filling an order for 100,000 feet
ami uas several uumi-muuu ui-
ders. He is having quite a num-
ber of inquiries for quotations.-
GroVe Leadcr'
COUNTY COURT CANNOT
GIVE ADVERTISING MONEY
Absolutely No Money Available,
judg0 Bown
"There Is no money which the
,,,, no.i cnonrl fnr nflvort 5-
"l , ; ,
very small and is all needed for
other purposes. We are simply
financially cramped."
JUST HANDLE
OUR CUTLERY
and hardware and see for
yourself. Of course the only
sure way to test out tho
quality of our lines is to try
them, A trial is yours for
thc"aBklng. Buy here. Take
it -home. Try it out. If it
isn't just as represented
bring it back and get your
purchase price, again.
I Such was the answer to tho
committee of citizens which on
Tuesday called upon tho county
court for assistance In advertis
ing the county with literature
at the San Francisco fair. It was
nanC(1 "y tnc members of tho
comt"Ittce "'at there might be
jsome money left in some fund
; that could be expended this way,
but the fund that was provided
i?u ,, "u .
for that niimnfin lippmiRf thn Ifirr-
ureu upon at tne time -tne bud
get was made up. Included In
these expenses is the payment
of the livestock inspector, the
salary of the county ferryman at
Harriburg and the county's
share of the district sealer of
weights and measures. , These
expenses have to be continued.
It is hopeed by tne members
of the committee that' called up
on the court and by others in
terested that the money for the
printing and distribution of pro
per literature to keep Lane
douny in the eyes of the hun
dreds of thousands of exposition
visitors can be raised in some
way. Plans are said to be in the
making to raise at least a por
tion of the sum asked from 'the
county court. Register.
FOREST SERVICE
S
Portland, Sept. G. According
to figures just compiled and is
sued in the report of the Chief
of the Division of Accounts, For
est Service, Washington, D. C,
thereceipts from all sources for
the .fiscal year ending June 30,
1915, were $2,491,469. Of this
amount 25 per cent or $G09,S03,
reverts to the States in which
the National Forests are located.
The total receipts from all
sources in District 6 (Washing
ton, Oregon and Alaska) were
! $346,280. Of this total, $206,-
446 was from timber sales,
$120,210 from grazing fees, $S,
303 from special 'uses, and $10,-
022 from water power rentals
The total receipts for AJaska
were $44,662, for Oregon $198,-
703, and for Washington $149,
782. According to the existing
law, the following sums will re
vert to the States foridistribu
tion to the Counties in which
the Forests lie:
Alaska $11,165.75
Oregon 49,675.83
Washington 37,445.56
Total ..$98,287.14
In addition to this, 10 per
cent of the income will be used
for the building of roads within
the Forests, as follows:
Alaska $ 4,466.30
Oregon ............ 19,870.33
Washington 14,978.23
Total $39,314.86
By 'States,- Montana leads in
the volume of business on the.
National Forests, with Idaho se
cond and California third. In
Montana and Idaho the Umber
sale business Is the heaviest;
Colorado leads in grazing re
ceipts: while California is far
ahead of the other States in re
ceipts from water power rentals
and special uses, By Districts,
No. 1 (Montana, Idaho and part
.of tho Dakotas) leads in total
receipts and in timber sales; Dis
trict a (fsow Mexico ana Ari
zona) leads, hi special uses; and
District (Wyoming, Novada
i ' 1 ' ii4fi
tixna sonioJoruQUB 01. aupouuug
SStales
nSeslr-
REPORTS
FUND
GOVERNMENT TO'
E SURVEY OF
FARMS IN OREGON
A new work among the far
mers of Oregon, that of 'm'aUlng'
a government survey and record 1
of farm business; has started In
Lane county and will be contin
ued throughout the state. '
H. F. Keyes, employed jointly
by the United states department
of agriculture and the Oregon
Agricultural college, has arrived
in Eugene and has started the
work In this vicinity, assisting R.
B. Coglon the Lane county
farm agent and agriculturist.
The duties of Mr. Keyes, as he
explained them ,are to help the
farm agents in making this re
cord, to endeavor to show the
farmers how they may improve
their methods of doing business.
"Records from 100 faims in
the county will be taken and
these farms will be selected in
a group, said Mr. Keyes, ,"We
will ascertain what the farmers
are raising, the crops they are
growing, how much they are
raising and what thev are doing
with them. "We will ascertain
how much of their produce. they
are selling, what kind of stock
they are; keeping and what they
do with their prochice, whether
they sell butter, eggs, milk and
beef or whether they keep it for
their own use. We will go over
the farmer's business and find
but "wnathe Is'inakihgand'how
he is making it. The records
will then all be worked up and
averaged and then an average
of some of the better ones will
be worked out. ' '
"In this work we have found
that, certain factors determine .
whether a farmer is successful
or unsuccessful. Some of these
factors are the size of the busi
ness, the quality of livestock,
the crop yields and the diversity
of the business. We study which
crops are seemingly the most
profitable and which are the best
for the farmers in a certain sec
tion. "After a careful and thorough
study of the fanner's business
we bring these" records hack to
him and endeavor to show each
one how his business compares
with the average, but all figures
obtained are absolutely confi
dential and no farmer will- be
able to know' another's business
from the figures we obtain.
After the work is completed, if
there is any reorganization in.
the farmer's business to be done,
we help him reorganize."
Mr. Keyes will be here for a
month or more, assisting Mr.
Coglon with this important
work. It is a new work in the
United States and absolutely '
new this year in Oregon, ilr.
Keyes was employed last year,
the first year the plan has been
tried by the government, in Con
necticut, Delware and New York
He is one of, the first appointees
in the work
NARROWLY ESCAPES
DROWNING N
POND
Henry Korf had a narrow es
cape from drowning In, the, mill
pond while swimming Sunday
afternoon. An old injury to his
knee, 'sustained in football, Awas
tho cause of a' cramp, and u.e
sank to tho bottom. He "tried
to crawl on the bottom toward
shallow watqr, but beqamewon
f usedv and went' f he Avrongay.
His.distrejfes' was rhotlced-by A-)l,
McMTmn,"AVhp"cane to hlres-
MAK
1