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About The Lane County news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1914-1916 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1915)
law 0 - , lUfttorlal Boc, X Ore Continuing the Springfield and Lane CoGftty Star, Which Wore Consolidated February 10, 1914 . X'lUrtt Cjirutrr 11, 1 nut 4nrintilii I .Oregon, euecond' nutter uwler eetof Uoimre ol M rti, iw SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THUR8DAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1915. VOL. XIV. NO.fc ' LANE POl INTY 8 WILL RESUME .5 f-.fi. rf Word Ih given out from the olllco of the engineer In clmrgo thnt ballasting operations on tlio Willamette-Pacific will bo ro numcd nbout October fi, and the work will continue for several months. Track-laying crows nro now at work BOtith of the Sluslaw river, and nro pant TslltcooB Inko, or over 83 miles from Sprlngliold, and the gravel trains will endeavor to follow as closoly as possible upon the rail crows. Equipment will probably be the same us was used In tho Hummer while tho stretch from MaplotOn to Acme was being ballasted: that Is, an englno in the pit, two engines for tho road and one for tho front. By taking a half n train at u time over to Dlair street tho pit en gine was ablo to help out the road crews and mako poBBlblo the hauling of GO cars n day to tho front. When operations were sus pended, the shovel had just com pleted a cut through tho Natron gravel bar. Tho track haB been ct over, and tho shovel is now ready for another cut. A smull crow of men has been at tho pit most of tho summer getting out screened sand and gravel for tho concrete work on tho Sluslaw and Umpqua bridges. Just hov far tho Natron grav el will bo used is tho problem facing the construction depart ment. Engineer Fountain stated today that Natron gravel will bo used as far as it can bo hauled economically, which may mean tho gravel will bo used all tho way to Marshfleld. There Is no suitable ballast gravel along tho coast, but some of tho rock be ing removed from tunnels is said to be sultablo for ballast if tho crushing of it Is not too expen sive. Tho pit pnglno and two road engines are expected to tic up in Springfield. FROM SEAiTO SEA Washington, Sept. 29. Wiro less telephone communication across the continent was accom plished for tho Qrst time today, when experiments extending over several months culminated in successful transmissions of tho human voice by radio from tho great naval plant at Arling ton, Va., to thojstalion at Marc Island, Cal 2500 miles', away, Tho experluns ,'.wer0 con ducted under direction of Cap tain. Dullard, Chlof, of the navy's rajdlo service, In co-operation with tho American Telephono ami Tolcgraph company and tho Western Electric company. fsccrotary Daniels, In an nouncing tho result today,, pre dicted that further dovelppnicnt of wlroless telephony would mako groat changes, In long dis tance communication both for military and naval service and in commercial usage. Successful operation of' a do ylco for automatically transfer ring to tho rodlo'tejopllbrio con versations orlglnang.on nio'tnl llc circuits also was accompllsh- ORAVELTRAIN WORK 01 HuMANtyQIGE HEARD ed "In today's tests; Prcsidont S X ft If n it nl 1 1 n J ' iiiHuuuiu ii, vnu miu uiiici ui- ficlnls of tho American Tolo phoho and Telegraph company ill Npw York talked easily with the Muro Island station, tho con versation traveling over an or dinary motallio lino from Now York to Arlington, and thonco by radio ncross tho continent. 1 iimi. s a 1 1. i it. i I x uo met mui uie voices can I lift nlAMltil net n Inti.l iiiIm. n A ,u pwi vu ui, u miiu wmu uuu t0W)1 COUncIl, Chairman Fen I automatically transmitted to a.wlck yc8tCrday monilng put a voice radio transmitter," said lcrow of men to work to make Mr. Dallcls, "holds out hope that :flH ut both em,B of the concrcte persons Inland rapidly could bo brI(lg0 ncr0BH thc thu8 put in touch by telephone WlthropIaclng tll0 wooaen up,)roacll. jothcrs ntsea through some ccn- CB Umt lmvc bcou , usc Blnce irai transmuting station. . INJURED MARSHAL HAS RELATIVES HERE J. J. Donson. marshal of the;cavy strain on tno old timbers. town of Jefforson, nnd brother- !ln-law of tho McKcc brothers of tho Springfield Provision com pany, was shot and seriously in jured Monday night In a battle with Otto Hooker, who had es caped from the state peniten tiary. An hour after injuring thc Jefferson marshal, Hooker shot und Instantly killed Ward en Harry Mlnto of the peniten tiary, and was himself captured J and killed in thc outskirts of Albany lato Tuesday night. Planing Mill Puts in New Machinery Incrcaso of buslnes at the plant of tho Springfield Planing mill has mado necessary tho ad dition of a belt sander, a warm ing box and a glue room to the equipment of tho plant. Somo months ago thc factory began tho manufacture of sev eral different articles of furni ture, including kitchen tables, sewing tables, clothes racks and a few others. A supply of the different, articles was made up, but theso have found such 'a ready sale that they are now all gone, and the factory must re stocky Having found a demand for tho nrtlcles, thc mill expects to put In machines for some of tho processes now done by hand, and thus make possible a reduc tion in tho price of the article. EUROPE IS BUYING LUMBER IN WEST Aberdeen, Wash., Sept. 28.--Between 7130,000 aiid 1,000,000 feet of lumbor hns been shipped from Grays Harbor to Europe during each of . tho past three mouths. Tho shipments are mostly of spruce and a part of this is be lieved to bo used for aeroplanes by the allies. Tho shipments aro generally mado to Now York, Boston or Philadelphia, from which places they aro dispatched In steamers. The monthly shipments aro car ried, across tho continent In from 20 to 3p cars. Sprdce Is regarded as the best aeroplane material, duo to Its .lightness and extreme tough ness, England ls one of thc heavy buyers. Grays Harbor lumbermen generally aro of. the oplhlpn that conditions nro, bettor than thoy have beon recently. This Is at tributed largely to the fact that farmers aro now doing their usual heavy fall buying. No bet tor conditions nro expected in tho Immediate future. Tho Forest. Ser.Yi.Qe ha in, Ore- ' gon and Washington, it total of 40G2 miles of telephone and '4028.; miles' of trail. Theso nro'i'prl irily fov.'usu ln"fli-(i 'sifypVes slon'. . ' ' ' ' . OF THE BHUBE AT SECONO STREET Actln? under aulhorlty of the 1 tho con8tructIon of thc brI(lg0 a yca! Heavy lumber nnd Snivel trucks, and the automo- jbllo stages, were proving a very Ilaullng of loam began yes- tcrday afternoon, and the ap-lots. proaches proper will be finished ; - " In three days. Another day will cadamlzed surface Is spread, be required if the wings also arc Nino men and five teams are filled In. The earth Is being on tho work today, and three taken from the Kepner lot at more teams are expected to Flfth and B streets, and if that morrow. Is not sufficient, more will be se cured from Mr.Kepner's lot at Fttth and A streets, where he hopes soon to be able to erect a business house. Water will bo used to make the filled In portion settle, and It may be left subject to trade for -a. short time before the ma- Program ."it4' Seventeenth Annual Reunion of the. Lane County Veterans' Association at Springfield, Ore gon, Thursday and Friday, Oct 78.- , October 7 First Day 10.00 a. m. Registration begins, continuing all day. 7:30 p m. Campfire, at old Garage building, . with the following program: Song, "Star Spangled Banner." Invocation ..Rev. J. T. Moore Address of Welcome ..... Mayor C. L. Scott Response Comrade J. F. Beyteln Song. Address Rev. W. S. Gilbert Chaplain, Third Regiment, O. N. G. Solo Mrs. Moore Song, "America." Benediction. October 8 Second Day ,10:30 n. m. Election of officers and business ses sion. 12:00 noon Picnic dinner. 2:00 p. m. Public parade, participated in by all veterans, auxiliary organizations and school children. 2:30 p. m. At the garage. Invocation. Solo Mrs. A. M. Spangler Exercises by school children. Address Rev. A. M. Spangler Song, "America." 7:30 p. m, Program at garage. Invocation. Song .... Mrs, Richmond, and Miss Gilbert Select reading - Miss Busch Recitation , Ralph Dansfield- Address Rev. E. C. Wlgmore Song. The old soldiers roquoat thnt business houses and resi dences bo decorated with the national colors during tho time of this ro-unlon. v r i - i ... Beaver-Herndon Hardware Company Two Days Given to Clean up Town Fall Clean-up Days arc here. By order of the council health committee, the city marshal will have wagons in service tomor row and Saturday to remove any debris that may be placed for them. Marshal Staniger re quests' that all material to bo removed be put in boxes or bar rels so that it can be loaded quickly Into the wagons. There is so much territory to cover that the wagon men do not have time to shovel up scattered ma terial. Receptacles with refuse matter should be placed on the alleys, at the back of the inside lots, and at the alley Intersec- tlon with the street for corner Frank Powers, who has charge of the bridge work, has Just completed the spreading of approximately 400 yards of crushed rock on thc streets of thc town. Nearly half of this amourit has been used on east Main Street, from the end of the navement at Tenth street, to the 1 'fW- LOOK INTO THE PAINT nudstion and vou!lb find . there!s a lot ofdlftovr.enc& between tne pamc :we nan die, and other inferior . grades. Our palnt does not crack or peal wheji subject . to severe weather condl- IV A I Tl t nn fo I IIUIID. lb JB UIU IHUOl DttUD- factory kind tq ubo, for It protects whatever It covers. This has been -proven by lest. Try It yourself. city limits. The rest has been Used on Mfll, Third, Seventh, B and E streets. , FOREST SERVICE MAPS FOR SCHOOLS OF COUNTY County School Superintend ent E. J. Moore has received from the state board of forestry a quantity of maps of the state for distribution In the schools of lane county, and tbey can be had whenever a director and the clerk of a district call at the su perintendent's office. The maps' are G by 7 ft. In size and show all forest lands of the stater Including burnt-over and re-forested areas; all postofficcs, roads and railroads. CITY ATTORNEY BOWER ON WAY HOME FROM EAST tllis year means fcoVfembeT 2- . i At this time there will be Word has been received fromielected one mayor, two council- City Attorney J. H. Bower, who ! has been on an extended trip to jyears eacb' and one recorder the cast, that he will be home on and one treasurer, each for a Saturday night of this week. He j term of one year made a trip to his farm In Ne- There ls to be voted on also braska, and visited for a fewthe ordinance requiring an oc days with his sister, Miss Fran-!cuPati-on tax of 5 cents a round ces Bower, at the normal school trip from every auto line carry- ' t L 1 at Flagstaff. Arizona. He Is now at San Francisco visiting the ex position. Today Last Day To Pay Taxes Today, September 30, is the last day to pay taxes for the year without Incurring a pen alty of ten per cent. That Is, If hair the taxes were paid in the springthe penalty will be add ed tomorrow on thbeviTe1fri quent on the last half of the year's taxes. If none of the tax has been paid, the penalty was added a month ago, and the' to tal has been drawing 12 per cent interest since that time. WALTERVILLE PLANS RALLY Basket Dinner to be Served at Noon and Literary and Mus ical Program to be Given Sunday will be rally day with Walterville Sunday school, and an all day meeting will be held witn a. basket dinner at noon, i Several of the other schools In that district have been invited to participate, including Thurs ton, Cedar Flat, Deerhorn, Mar cola, Hayden Bridge and Donna. The speaker for the day will be the Reverend Mr. Large, of Eu gene, and the Reverend Mr. Workman, of Marcola. The afternoon session will be taken up with papers by home speakers and a short literary and musical program. The subject of the papers will be Sunday school work. APPLES OF UNUSUAL SIZE Capt. Dodd of Prunevllle brought to the News office this week half a dozen apples of the Black Twig variety, that wtUgh 5 3-4 pounds. They are of a beautiful color. . . FOREST NOTES i " Fire fighting' in Oregon, Wash ington and Alaska, since July 1, has cost the government $0, 000. Most of the fires were pre vented from doing any material damage t6 merchantable timber. The majority of them' were con fined to old burns. An officer of the Forest Serv ice has designed a portable tele phono for rangers, which weighs only two and a half pounds. Connection may be made any where along tho line with this Instrument. Over one hundred of them will be used in Oregon and Washington; next year; Only, .one modern sawmill ls onornted in tho. Territory, of Ha- 10 BOARDS r lAMEfl 10 ACT iLECliofiM Provision for the annual town election was made at a special meeting of the town council Monday evening, when an ordin ance was passed designating the room at 259 Main street, (the public library room) as the pol ling place, and naming two elec tion boards. The election, ac: cording to the charter, takes place on Tuesday after the first TtiT 1 . pionaay m wovemoer, wmcn en' the three to serve two mg .passengers into or mrougn Springfield. The ordinance was passed December 14, 1914, but was suspended by the filing of referendum petitions. Tho following are designated as members of the election boards: First Board Judges, E. ,G, Metcalf , 0. 3. Kessey and H. Ct Ethel; clerks, John Edwards and Florence Coffin. Second, Board Judges, Frank Powers, D. S. Jordan, and EL bi. Kepner; clerks'," George Ohlsen Last year there were three ' election boards, but they were' not kept busy all the time, and ' the council accordingly decided that two boards would be enough, to hanrdle the situation ' this year. t The matter of filling the ap proaches to the brfdge across the mill race? on Second stree't was discussed at some length, and upon motion of Councilman Fischer was referred to the Street committee with power to act. Councilman Peery reported that samples of city'water and water from the well at the High school had been sent to the Ore gon Agricultural college for test, and that the reports showed' , them free from contaminations Councilman Fischer offered' the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted: "Whereas Albert S. Walker, the first mayor ot Springfield, Oregon, and an ex-member of tho town council, died at his homo in Springfield on the 14tlf day of September, 1915, Whereas, Albert S. Walker was the most instrumental in the formation, of our town government and devoted more years than any other citizen in graUtuous public work, often at the sacrifice of his own business, and was in every way a capable and honest' town official, firm in his belief, yet courteous and considerate of the opinn ions of others: in the performance of' hla .duties ever ready and active, fow therefore, De It ResolyeaThat the Common Council of Springfield express-its appreclatlon ot his riaVoMor , U and work for the public; that In. hip . death there has been )oat one 'of 'our r best; citizens. tl--"A i t .- Be it Itesolvod, That we estend.,to . tlttf bereaved famUy vour heart-felt ' sympathy, and .-.v- . Bo it Further nesolvod That a eppy of these resolutions be spread upon ' tho records. ot the Council, a copy fur?" - &, nlshed to tho nowspapor of tills, town., (j PLEASANT HILL HIGH SCHOOL BEGINS- Union high school No. -I' "at' i Pleasant Hill opened Monday with 21 In the freshman class ;jh and a total enrollment of ,49, Others are yet to come. The seating capacity will not accom modate the school and a rush order haB been sent for more . , seats. Professor and Mrs, Cooper are beglrmmg theu;,,J;Pr;th year in the school. , , Miss KoyV is em; .1.. t I 71 1 1