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About The Lane County news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1914-1916 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 20, 1915)
, iiutorial Boc. X Ore LANE COUNTY Continuing the Springfield and Lane County Star, Which Woro Consolidated February 10, 1914 r ,1 KnUrt fi'inurr Jl. I Ul.l 4nrltilUM ,Oron, m cotii1 lMiiiultr uwWuolul Coiuro ol M Mh, M79 SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1915. VOL. XIV. NO THE JL JL JLJLu NEW! :p n miviiin " G, r. DUIIilU : MORE LAND ;! FOR SHOPS! i: The Southern Pacific com pany has agreed to purchase an additional 80 acres for carshop site in Springfield and will pity over tho purchaso pric, $20,000, ns soon as tho local men holding contract for tho land can secure a deed from 13. J. Frusler of Eu- , ' , Jt ',' gone, holdor of tho tract in qucs- "ito, rcl'ortC(l 1,10 resort Ion to lion. . Judgo Colvig, right of tho conference, where It was way and tax agont of tho com- pnw0'l. ' j)any was in Springfield Satur-' Tho conimlttco to confer with flay, but neither ho nor tho local representatives of the railroad, parties Interested would make nB provided In tho mot on, will any authoritative statoment.. M Governor Wlthycombe, Sec- Whethcr this agreement oil 'tary of State Olcptt, Stale the part of tho railroad presages Treasurer Kay, W. I. Vawtcr, early construction or not Is not airman of tho land grant con known, for The News could Rof forenco, and three members of no Information this morning tho conference chosen by the from tho Portland ofilco of tho chairman. They will bo Dole company - (gates Bean of Lano county, Gar- That the company Intends to land of Linn county, and Spenco mako tho Springfield Improve- of Clackamas county, ments within a rcasonnblo time! The conference adjourned to Is borno out by a statement cred-."100,1 again at tho call of the ited to Manager. D. W. Campbell chairman for tho purpose of to tho offct that ho had ordered considering and noting upon the that no Improvements bo mado,rcI)ort ot tho committee confer nt tho Beavorton P. ID. & 13. ence with the railroad reprcscn shops for the reason that tho atlves. Should satisfactory plans ronalr work for tho P. E. & E. bo evolved In this meeting resol- olectrlcs, now operated under the S. P. name, would bo attend ed to at the Springfield shops. Two years ago tho railroad company purchased 2-15 acres of laud, lying on both Bides of Its presenjt Mohawk branch, for a distance of nearly a mllo cast ward from tho station horo. This tract coBt tho railroad $75,000. LAND GRANT CONFERENCE ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS Salem, Ore., Sept. 17, Tho Inst action of tho land grant con ference before final adjourn ment at 10:30 tonight was to 1)088 a motion by L. E. Bean, of Eugene, that a commltteo be named to confer with tho repre sentatives of tho Southern Pa cific to evolve a plan to open the Oregon-California land grant to settlement without further liti gation. This was preceded by tho adoption of n resolution to mem orize Congress opposing any further Increase of forest re serves In Oregon, and urging immediate sale of tho railroad laud grautB according to tho terms of the "Bottlers clause" In tho original grant. I Other provisions of the resol- ution woro "that Congress should enact laws defining and settling who shall bo considered i an actual settlement, and rc- - qulrlng tho grantees under tho Don .Tolloy, ono of tho promo act to perform tho terms and ters of the sugar beet factory conditions of the act, and sell that has been proposed for Eu and dispose of tho lands accord- gone, writes to B. B. Brundago, lug to the truo Intent and pur- of the Bank of Commerce, re pose of said acts to such actual questing him to prepare an ex sottors." 'hlblt of sample sugar beets Should tho legislation bo grown Is tho vicinity of this city granted it would enforc tho or-1 for the county fair this week. Iglnal tonus of the. land grant. I He desires that as good a show Thls policy was favored by Del- Ing as possible bo made, nl egates Hewitt, of Linn county, i though it is said that a majority Dlmmlck, of Clackamas, Card-i of the farmers who were given well, of Douglas, und McNnry of jsoeds and planted them to teBt Marlon, four of the five mem- tho crop In the soil of hniw bors composing a sub-commit-! county have neglected them, teo of tho commltteo on resolu- Sugar beots to reach perfection tions, whllo It, G. Calvert, of J must have a great deal of care Multnomah, dissented, standing , and attention and must he Irrl in favor of asking a commltteo 'gated. Most of thoso who of Congress to visit tho lands ! planted them are said to have al and confer with a committee of lowed tho weeds to grow thick the conforenco and ropresonta-.in tho patches and none, as far tivcB of tho railroad company, ns can bo ascertained have Irrl- Thls stand was taken by Del- guted them, egates I. N, Day, of Multnomah, Notwithstanding theso condl L. E. Bean, qf Lane, and others, .tlons, somo of tho beots grown and urged by E. P, Dunne, attor- have attained good size , and ney, who roprqsontcd tho South- shape and It Is thought that a ern Pacific, Theso delegates do- credltablo showing can be madb clared tho resolution mviteu nt- Igntlon and did not precludo speculation. It was a struggle between these two elements Into Svhlch tho convention resolvd, Itself bo foro adjournment. Tho sub-comniltteo reported to tho. co'mmlttQ on.esojutipns 1 -..1.11. fl nM r . nnttnn ttkii Willi;!!, UliUl n awiwuuum uu CARLOAD BUSINESS GREATLY INCREASED Seven hundred twon-ty-flvo carloads, Including 081 enrlondu of logs, woro received In Springfield lu tho month of August, ns compared with 200 re ceived In August of last year. In tho sumo time the Springfield station forwarded 105 carloads, ub compared with 3 last year. Tho Uooth-ICelly Co. lias a claim In for 25 cars, hut tho S, P. Co., could supply only 5 of these to day. utions adopted tonight will be reconsidered. Opinion of Attornoy-Goneral Salem, Ore., Sept. 17. In an opinion rendered today for tho stato tax commission, Attorney General Geo. M. Brown hold that tho lands lu the Oregon and Cal ifornia railroad laud grant must bo assessed at their full valua tion, regardless of the fact that tho company, must sell to set tlers for $2.5 per acre. Plan to Form An Orchestra Plans for an orchestra for this winter are being worked out by Claud Slgnor with the assist ance of half a dozen other musi cians of Springfield. Mrs. A. Mlddlcton hns consented to. lead an orchestra if one is formed, and a meeting will b held In a fow days to make finnl decision. Already secured for such an or ichcstrn are tho following parts: violin, piano, cornet, slide trom- bono, clarinets, and flute, .WILL MAKE DISPLAY OF LANE SUGAR BEETS at the exhibit. The farmers aro asked to bring tho samples to tho Bank of Commerce, whoro they will bo arranged and pln9Cd( a,t the fair under an experienced 'exhibitor.' Register. , v " M ,'' Falrvibw 'planing' 'asrnu'nlclpal wator system. ,, , , IN SCHOOL LESS IN THE GRADES Tho Springfield public schools opejul for the 191G-1G t session with registration this I morning, and class recitations , will begin tomorrow. A total of 110 regisetered for the high school, a decided in creas over tho Initial registration of last year, but tho grades, with a total registration of 320, par ticularly the Seventh and eighth showed a decrease. Hop pick lug Is keeping quite a number of the older pupils out. for a few days yet. C1 IN WEST SPRINGFIELD I The West Springfield school ! opened this morning with tho I following enrollment: Primary, '17, Mrs. Miunio Kahlcr, teacher: (Third and Fourth grades, 14, 'Miss Mabel Wellcr teacher; Fifth laud Sixth grades, 20, Miss Dove McGee, teacher; seventh and Eighth, 10, Mrs. Genevieve Bea mnn, teacher. This registration is incomplete on account o fthe many belngi away from the neighborhood. Others will probably register on the coming Monday. EDWARDS LANE That portion of the Eugene McKenzie highway known ns EdWawls-lane, extending a dis tance, of two and a- half miles between Springfield and Thurs ton, will bo improved by the county court. J. R. McKy, county road superintendent, has been instructed to begin the work to day. While this road will not be macadamized, ns a mile or so of tho McKenzle highway is Im oroved out of Springfield, it Is the next best class of road con ctruction employed by Lane county this year. The construc tion will be the same as that of two .and a half miles of the Eu-Igenc-Elmlra road built by Su norintendent McKy. Those who Ihave driven over this road since the Improvement was completed say that it is as good as any macadam that they have sen. I The Edwards lane, which is a Imit-nff frmn Mm nl1 mnltf ronil W . . V . . . W U 1 1 ........ . v... i .mi f Tin ATnTnnvtn olint-f nilirv flin distance-between Springfield and Thurston by half n mile, has been graded by the county, but no other improvement has ever, I been, made upon it. The work, tho county will do this fall will! 'be tho spreading of two coats of I finely crushed rock, wet down with a road sprinkler and thor joughly rolled. Tho ordinary mnendnm consists of three coats and rolled. Superintendent McKy will have a forco of six or eight men on the job. It is probable that the entlro distance can not be covered this fall, but as much as possible will bo completed before tho rains set ill. Tho people of Springfield and thoso living between Springfield and Thurston have offered to donate ,$1.000 toward tho cost of IE 16 BEGIN WORK BeaverHerndon Hardware Company RAIL-LAYING AGAIN UNDER WAY SOUTH OF THE SfUSLAW A construction train was put onthc Willamette-Pacific yester day out of Eugene, and the lay ing of rails south of the Siuslaw river was begun today. A switch back has been constructed across the Siuslaw so that the rail crews do not have to waltj for the steel of the bridge to be j swung, it is expected that bal lasting operations will not be re sumed for a month yet unless rains set in and make it neces sary to put rock under the ties as they go. this Improvement. This offer had much to do with tho de cision of the .county court to do the work. The estimated cost of the work Is about $2,500 per mile. TO TALK OVER PLANS OF PROTECTIVE ASSN. William Smith, who has been Interviewing the merchants in regard to the formation of a protective association, will ad dress a meeting of merchants and octors at the Development league rooms at 8 o'clock this evenlpg. G. C. Blower of the Cronvwell school of memory training will also be present and will give a demonstration of his work. WILL USE GASOLINE TRACTOR ON FARM August Vitus received a 12-horsc-power American Boy trac er Saturday and will use it on his farm. The machine will draV'threeJU-incn plows or can be iised for driving machinery, developing 25 horse power on the belt. The machine weighs but 50.00 pounds, but reduces the cost TJf plowing by fully 40 per cent. Clover seed industry has pro duced as high as $G3 an acre this year. Sunday Law is !Held to be Valid Salem, Ore., Sept. 14. Pro nouncing the Sunday closing law constitutional, the supreme court to day in an opinion writ ten by Justice Burnett, reverseu the decision of Circuit Judge R. G. Morrow, in the case of the Stato vs. Leigh E. Nicholls, ar rested in Lane county for keep ing open a cigar store on Sun- dnv. The decision upholds the law in its entirely, and means that, under the measure, it is unlaw ful to keep open on Sunday any business institution save thea ters, drug stores, doctors' shops, livery stables, meat markets and bakery and undertaking estab lishments. Tho law was assailed on the ground that it contravened sec tion 20, of article 1 of the state conntitution, which provides that no law shall be passed granting to any citizen or class of citizens, privileges which, up on the same terms .shall not equally belong to all citizens and OUR CUTLERY AND, HARDWARE is bound to please the par ticular patrons w.e , have. We cater to people,, who want the heat that can bo had.. Don't, forgeV that tho best las.tsf4ud the Initial cost Is moderate. Join our pleased patrons. 11 also on the ground that it was In violation of the 14th amend ment to the federal constitu tion. "It Is by virtue of that potent and flexible authority known as the police power that tpa legis lative branch of the state Gov ernment assumes to control cit izens in the transaction of thejr dally affairs," said Justice Bur nett in upholding the law. "It finds Its sanction In the right of the Btatc toprovlde for the pub lic health, peace, welfare and safetv. The onlv restriction which affects the question is that the legislation must nave some reasonable relation to those elements of nublic con cern, and must be uniform in its operation upon all persons sim ilarly situated. The principle renflerlncr It lawful to forbid a pursuit of an occupation on Sunday is settled in tms state. "Granted the postulate that it !r within the scone of the police power to suspend activity in cer tain vocations on sunoay, it re mains to consider whether the rinRaiflpation set out In state law under consideration is a reason able one. The defendants' at tack on the statute Is based up on a nrovlso exemnUnc theaters, keepers of drug stores, doctor! shops, undertaKers, nvery sta bles, butchers and bakers. A good reason for this may bei found in the fact that drug stores, doctor shops, undertak ers, butchers, baiters ana uvery Rtnhle keeners minister to wants that are more imperative, as a rule, than those suppnea oy me general run of business in the occupations named, while thea ters afford a mental diversion conducive to rest and relaxation. We are convinced that the clas sification set out in the statute is reasonable and that the legis lation is a -proper exuri;i police power." Fenwick Named Tor Roads Board M. Fenwick has been ap pointed to represent the Spring field Development league at a conference of the Lane County Pomona grange,- committee on Roads and Highways and rep resentatives of the commercial bodies of the county, to be held I in Eugene a week from today. I A letter from C. S. Calef, secre tary of the Grange committee, explains the purpose ot tne meeting. He writes: The Lane County Pomona Grange, at a recent meeting, created a standing Committee on Roads and Highways. The Committee will consist of the Executive Committee of the Po mona Grange, and one member ifrom each of the 20 subordin ate Granges in the County. The object is to formulate a County-wide road policy of Road Construction and Main talnenec, as better roads are a Imatter that every citizen of the County Is vitally interested in, no matter where they live or what their business. For the purpose of securing, the co-operation among all classes interested it was voted at the first meeting of the Com mittee to invite each Commer cial club of the county to ap point a representative to act with, and be a part of the Com mittee. If this meets with the appro val of your organization, will you please make th appointment and advise me of the same at your earliest convenience. The next meeting of the Committee will bo at the offices of the County Agriculturist, 746 Park Street, Eugene, on September the 7, at 10 A. m. We hope to see a representative of your or ganization with us at that time. MUCH LUMBER IS GOING TO EASTERN MARKETS Oliver Johnson, driver of the Booth-Kelly company's lumber truck, Is now working on a 12 and 14 hour shift hauling lumber to jmigcno ior . iqaumg.on inn line cars. There are now 700, gop fee.t of unfilled orders oh the books i for0 .. shjpmentgpver, the COMPRESSED AIR r SYSTEM A! .MILL S MADE LARGER An additional tank, and a rad iator with 780 lineal feet of pip ing have been installed in the Booth-Kelly mill to Increase the efficiency of the compressed air system. Compressed air Is used to control the trimmer saws, to trip cants and for other purposes about the mill. When air is compressed it tends to become warmerand with the increas In temperature, moisture collects in the tanks. With the increased space and the radiator the temperature Is kept down. The Increasd volume of supply keeps the pressure more constant under the load. About one-half the piling has been, driven for the additional gangways being constructed for the storage of lumber, and the pile driver crew will be busy for ten days or more before the work is completed. DOLLAR DAY IS TALKED OF ALL OVER THE STATE Eugene's Dollar Day has sprung Into the topics of con versation In all parts of the state, according to traveling men who stop here, and the Ore- gonian speaks of Eugene s "Dol lar Day" as an event occuring. on the same day as that m Port land and refers to it as Eugene's great bargain sale. The merchants are already preparing their lists, and rainy are offering some remarkable buys. They figure that when the buyer makes up bis buying list before he leaves home next . Wednesday morninglies will have a stringof re'al'bargalrisjfo look for. The merchants do not intend to convey the impression that anyone is going to get "some thing for nothing," but they are emphatic in their promises that ; purchasers will get more for a j dollar than they ever got before. I From now on the merchants i who are urging their competi tors to jojin the movement are j going to be busy arranging their own bargains. Dollar day Is exciting great curiosity among shoppers every where and every mail brings let ters of inquiry from all over the state. .,"!,. GIVES FREE CAMP GROUND George N. McLean, of the realty firm of Miller and McLean has provided a free camping ground on a tract which he owns on the Pacific Highway a mile and a half north of Goshen, He has placed large signs at the en trance of the tract and up and Idown the road to attract tourists !who are passing along theMiigh jway. I Mr. McLean said" that he was promptedto offer these grounds ;fre to tourists after he had made a trip a short distance south a few days ago and saw not less than a dozen camping parties ! along the dusty road, where they I would be compelled to carry. water from nearby farm houses and where there were no con vonlnces at all. On Mr. Mc Lean's tract, which contains a pretty grove of oak trees, there ,1s a deep well of good water ana a pump, which the campers are. welcome to use. The signs he is putting up read as follows: "Free Auto Camp Ground. Good Water. Ypu Are Welcome. Drive In." There are v absolutely no strings to Mr, McLean's gener ous offer of free camping pri vileges. He is a motorist him-' self and is simply 'dblngby done bye Register. McKenzie Farm Is Soidr"i''( mfi The Joe Jones farmu)f'ften acres oh the McKenzle wasfsold last wepk to JolniT'Fitzgerald of SpringfleUl Etlrdsf&Bra tainmcle.thede;;-