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About The Lane County news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1914-1916 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1915)
. - , niBtortal Boc. 2C Ore Continuing the Springfield and Lane County Starv Which Woro Conaolldatod Fobruary 10, 1914 VOL. XIV. NO. T&T 73- Xutt rt Ko'iriurr II, HU.l Hnrnurt ii I .OrvRoii. itonml uUm iiuttor uinlr net ol Counts of M rti, I"' SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1915. I ANF COUNTY NEWS JL jt IJLf UK COUNTY VETERANS HOLO VERY SUCCESSFUL REUNION IN SPRINGFIELD Over one hundred voterans of tho Civil ami Spanlsh-Amorlcan o0o Bat down. Merry jokes wars, and members of allied wo- pnBBCd back and forth as tho mon'H organizations, attended votoraiis recalled Icbs sumptu- tho seventeenth an'nual roiinlon 0lIH ,ncui8 0f ti,0 co's. of tho Lane County Voterans' At 1:jo tho lino formed for association which was held lnlmnKi0( nmi tj,0 nno 0f niarcli Springfield Thursday and Frl-jjc,i aB fftr nH sixth street and day, October 7th and 8th. So- jeturn. clal gatherings for tho recalling of tho stirring ovonts of days long gono occupied tho greater imrt of the tlmo, and tho largest Item of business was tho elec tion of olllcers, which occurred Friday toronoon, and resulted as folio wb: President, D. F. Crum, Eugene; first vice-preoldont, James Of- futt, Eugene; second vlcc-prcsl- ',naintan; then shall the land bo dent, George McRcynolds, Di- opt, for wo shall then bo 'a peo vlde (Cottage Grovo Post) ; ,,i0 it0I,t by Jehovah. " third vice-president, T. "SV, J kov. jnmes T. Moore of the Green, Springfield; secretary, Springfield Methodist church, 13d. A. Krcamcr, Eugono treaB- vag on the program for an ad urcr, J. F. Bcytlcn, Eugene. tireB8( but he asked to bo cx Tho greater part of Thursday CUBC(i on account of the late waB given over to registration, inega 0f the hour. Other num and the first campflro was hold bors on tho program were: In ln Mi Avaiilnc. Rov. W. S. Gil- Do-t, formerly pastor of tho'BO0 Mrfl , Spangler; Presbyterian church of Eugono nnd chaplain of tho Second Oro gon in the Philippines, was tho principal speaker. The great moral principles that have b"oi established by the' American people served as tho thomo of Dr. Gilbert. First was established, he said, the big principle of individual politi cal freedbm, as oyhlced In tho war of tho Revolution. Next, by the war of 1812 was established tho freedom of tho seas, ami then came the Civil war, which established tho moral principle of political equality as between tltlzotiB. By the Spanish-American war the American peoplo fistabliBhed tho moral principle of responsibility for the welfare of the weaker nations at our door. "And now," concluded tho speaker, "wo are engaged in establishing tho fifth great mor al principle that 'wo are our brother's keeper.' May wo not shrink from any responsibility tnat uou limy lint ujiuii no Dr. Gilbert declared tho Unt-, ted States had been remiss in jWmx nn American flag design, to ; its duty to China when it had,ij0 served to tho veterans pros-J failed, by tho wordit tho right tlmo, to Bop Japan's aggressions In China. "There would have been no war," ho declared. "Just nn expression of disapproval from the American government would have been sufficient." Dr. Gilbert also paid respects to tho pacifists, declaring tho American peoplo are asleep in regard to national defense. "The other day I was at the forts at tho mouth of the Colum bia," ho said, "and I waB told by an officer in charge that there was sufficient ammunition on hand to last the mortar batters' for sovon minutes, and enough for the big disappearing guns to continue ,in action for 18 minutes! 'Tho address of welcome to ttio old soldiors was givon by Mfayor C. L. Scott, and tho re sponse by J. F. Beytien of Eu gono. Other numbers on tho program' tho first evening in cluded a reading by Miss Bortch and a beautiful solo by Mrs. J. T. Moore, Rev. Mr. Moore de livered tho Invocation. Parade Second Day. Tho business session 'of tho forenoon of the second day was followed by a picnic dinner In m10 hall at noon, at which nearly Rov. A. M: Spahgler of Eu- City, geno gavo tho principal address Those who attended tho con of tho afternoon, taking as his ventlon from Springfield were: thomo tho value of conflict to Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Fry, Mr. and bring out tho best there is in Mrs. Milton Bally, Mr. and Mrs. mou an,i in nations. In concIu-'L. sion ho said: I "God glvo us men; tall men; suncrowned men who their du- tics know and knowing dare (lm, mm. Klwr; rnnltnHon. Marjorle Ruddlman; Hag drill, pupils of the primary depart-i"10 11 : ment; recitation, Doris Myers; exorcise, "Llttlo Flag. Makers." i Reading, Mrs. wneeier. Rev. E. C. Wlgmoro made tho principal address at the closing session Friday evening, speaic Ing on tho.xcadlness of the Am erican people td xafia up arms whenever titer is need. "Our men aro our wooden wall and our protection,' he declared, as he likened the army of 'Gl to the army of Cromwell. Dr. Keenoy Ferris gave two or three pleasing recitations, and Miss Lcota McCracken sang "Who'll Bo the Last Grand Army Man?" a song written by J. T. Fostor of Springfield and dedicated to Iuka Post, G. A. R. Comrades Shelley and Bey ticn and Mrs. Kreamer of Eu- gene made Bhort talks, and re-1 tiring President Dorrlty, who had presided at the sessions of the reunion brought out a great cake, baked in layers of red, white and blue and decorated ! out. Tho cako was the center piece for the big dinner at noon, and was baked by Mrs. William Horton of SpringfiekL Sjxty-lcess, . ., , . ' Rehekahs Attend Dist. Convention A score or more members of tho members of the Springfield Juanlta Rebojcah lodge went to Junction City Saturday to at tend the District County Con vention of tho order. They returned late that night, report ing a most enjoyable time. The Springfield and Cottage Grovo, lodges reported 200 members eabh; Eugene 414; Junction City, 134; Coburg, 112; Cres- well, 80; Marcola, 78; and Har-' risburg 73. Tho meeting next year Will bo held at Harrisburg. J Mrs. Rose Palmer; President of tho Oregon Assembly was present at tho convention and gavo, tho mombors a very iiw tereBtlng talk which was greatly appreciated. I , Mrs. Jonnlo Fry'bf "Springfield was elected conductor for the 1 coming year, A flue dinner was served to the visitors at 0 o'clock and then following tho business and social sessions of the even ing ico cream and cake were served. The officers elected for the coming year were: Chairman, Mrs. Emma Anderson, Harris- burg; Vlco Chairman, Mrs. Hill, 'Cottago Grovo; Secretary, Mrs. Walter Price, Marcola; Marshal j Conductor, Mrs. Jennie Fry, Springfield; Inside Guard, Mrs. - Fiinn, Coburg; Outsldo Guard, Mrs. Richardson, Crcswcll; , Chaplain, Mrs. Cook, Junction E. Durrln, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Walker, Mrs. Emily Dorrlty, Mrs. R. P. Mortcnsen, Mrs. Wm. Don aldson, Mrs. Leo Clark, Mrs. M. h. Franco, Mrs. Jessie Newman, Mrs. Mary Maglll, aid Miss Alice Kseter. Good Citizenship League to Meet The Good Citizenship League of Springfield will meet in the reel-.P111 church on Tiiosday evon- uiuuuur vc, m lor uiu 'lose of electing officers for commB year and to appoint Klin iianl nnnimlHio BROTHERHOOD WILL RESUME BANQUET TALKS The Methodist Brotherhood will resume its work with a banquet and lecture next Mon day evening nftlfe chutchrDIs" trict Attorney J. M. Devers will make the address, on a subject not yet announced. The bro therhood brought a number of Interesting and instructive lec turers to Springfield last year, and is outlining a strong pro gram for the coming winter. OUT TO BOOST FOR LAND PRODUCTS EXPOSITION I Judge Wm. Colvig of the S. P, RufuB Holman, county commis-jbe sloner of Multnomah county, and Ed. Werleln, will be in 'Springfield shortly before noon on Friday, October 22, to speak in the interest of-the second an nual Manufacturers' and Land Products show, which is to be held in Portland October 25 to November 13. They will talk particularly on the educational l'eatures of the exposition. Tho show last year was a great suc- and indications aro that itne one this year wm also ue well worth while attending. high school receives ' $;:j3.73 from the county School district No. 19, Spring field, will receive from' the coun ty high school fund the sum of $228.73, based on the attend ance of high school pupils for the past three weeks. The av erage attendance in all schools of Springfield is now, 443. w Beaver-Herndon SHIPMENTS MULTIPLY THREE AND FOUR TIMES Carload shipments of pro ducts, into and out of Spring field have increased three and four times over the 'records of a yoaif ago. For the month of Oj.uw.uuo! a vuuw ui luauo were rcceiveu, oi which aus bought from Coburg today af were lbgs. A year ago there tha ,n (..c were 258 carloads received, of which 212 were logs. ' In the same month there were shipped out of Springfield this year 92 carloadB, of which 84 were of lumber. A year ago tho September shipments were 3Q carloads, of which 24 were of lumber. The lumber shipments this year would have been larger if the cars had been available. At one time there was requisi tion in for 25 cars, and only five available. The total carloads handled for Springfield business for the month was 1004, as compared withja" total of 288 a year ago. In addition toHhe car shipments In and oukof Springfield there are the shipments of less-than-car lots for Springfield, and also the car shipments of non-agency points on the Wendling and the Oakridge branches, billed out of the Springfield station. Try i 'to Reorganize Eire' Department Fire Chief II. E. Rice has is sued a call for a meeting of all citizens interested in the fire de partment, to be held at the city hall Tuesday evening, October 12, at 8 o'clock. The depart ment has not been active for 1 u...iUn k Mtr lUnf (several immiua, uuu u tho council nas increased 10 the amount allowed firemen who Attend jofttes, an effort will maiie to re-organize and put 'the department on a proper basis. , 317 Visitors Have Used Campground The register kept of automo bile tourists who have made use of the free camp ground in Springfield since it was opened six or eight weks ago, shows a total of 317 prsons have made use of the facilities there offer ed. Not only has there been full voturn for the money cost in tho purchases made here by the vistors, but there has been a tremendous amount, of good advertising received for Spring field by the kind words Carried over the- state and along tho coast by visitors who have been pleased by their recemjonjhere. THE WALL PAPER . QUESTION is a troublesome one to innnv nfionle. They want to get good wall paper, the kind that won't lauo quicit lv. but it is, difficult for tho average person to deter mine its quality, The best way is to buy of a firm that is reliable. Our reputation for selling wall paper of the best quality is so well es- tablished, that you can Hardware Company sMj One of, the "Welcome" cards which are given all visitors, was handed to a Springfleld-bound man in Ohio, thousands of miles away from the scene of the act of hospitality. For the past several days the families of the Messrs. Dunbarr and Burroughs of Concordia,! jKansa, have been camped here J jwhilo they have been giving the j country close inspection with a' view to locating- here, i LOGS FROM COBURG AGAIN 0e traJnloul of ogs waJ ter the log trains had been off for a week, and two trains a day will be brought beginning to morrow. There remain three million feet of logs to be put into the Springefild pond from Co burg. Candidates Must File by JOct 22nd Under the Springfield char ter, names of candidates must' be filed at least ten days be-. fore the date of the election, If these names are to be printed on the ballot. Recorder H. E. Walker accordingly made the computation Saturday, and set j5 o'clock p. m., Friday October i ay. jik inp nnii nniir mr rpnpiv- Ing nominating petitions. This allows ten full days to elapse between the time of filing and the day of the election, Novem ber 2. As yet there has been very lit tle general discussion-of candi dates. .. A .few name3 have been suggsted as possible candidates, but no one has avowed himself as a candidate on any ticket. A meeting of the Good Citizenship league will be held this week, and this organization will prob ably put a complete ticket in the 'field. It is probably, also, there will be another complete tick et, with the possibility of a few independnt candidates. But one measure will go on the ballot for the vote of the people the jitney license ord inance, which was referred to the people by petition last Jan uary. The form of title for the ballot will probaly be determined by the council at its meeting to night. To Carry Larger Distilate Supply Maerial is being assembled in the Springfield railorad yards for the construction .of a small building and the placing of a tank to carry a larger supply of distilate for use of the pump at the water tank. A' 400-gallon tank has been received, and a carload of gravel has been ship ped in from Corvallis. The lum ber is here for the forms, but as some of the material is lacking, work could not begin this mornr ing. New concrete work is to be placed in the pits in, the oil pump house also. GRAVEL WORK. DELAYED Failure of gravel cars to ar rive from Sacramento prevented the beginning of gravel opera tions from the Natron pits to day, and it is expected the work will not start before the end of the week. Five gravel cars ar rived Friday, but nearly 100 are needed. There will be a special meeting of Juanlta Rebekah lodge Tues day evening to meet Mrs. Rose Palmer? presiaenof th.assem- bly of Orgprn, JO . .Si f STRATH PLANS " Kill LINES IN EASTERN OREGON Portland, Ore., Oct. 7. The' first evidence of coming revival of railway construction on "a1 considerable scale in the north west was afforded in Portland today by the organization of the Oregon, California and Eastern railway, designed to supply some 400 miles of standard gauge lines for central Oregon, and adjacent territory, at an es timated expenditure of $7,000, 000. Some 40 leading bankers, merchants and others including J. C. Ainsworth, A. L. Mills; Wm. M. Ladd, Emery Olmstead, Jul ius Meier, Theo. B. Wilcox, IJ. C. Wortman, Adouphe Wolfe, H. L. Pittock, Wm. F. Woodward and Nathan Strauss met fo in augurate the enterprises and en gaged Robert E. Strahorn, builder and former president of various Harriman lines in the northwest, to head the company by assurances of support. The project, its. promoters an nounced, promises a new and direct all-rail line directly south through central Oregon to Ne vada, California and the east, saving several hundred miles over present routes to Rerib, Carson City, and other Nevada and northeastern Californio points. It was said it also -would open new and rich trade terri- tory in central Oregon ; and northern California, and Nevada.' The plan is for an east and west line of 150 miles to connect the Harriman and Hill lines at Bend, with the Oregon Short Line in Harney valley, a north and .south line of 170 miles to connect Bend with the Nevada-California-Oregon line at Lake- view, a 60 mile branch from the latter in Silver Lake Valley, southwesterly to Kirk, the ter minus of the Klamath line of the Southern Pacific, giving Port land and Spokane a direct line to Klamath Falls, and a 30 mile branch from the Lakeview line easterly to Warner Valley. From reconnaissances and surveys already far advanced,, it is believed the system can be completed and equipped in about ' three years. KLAMATH FALLS HAS . CELEBRATION BECAUSE OF RAILROAD NEWS Klamath Falls, Ore., Oct. 9. Klamath Falls celebrated Its good railroad news on the, streets last night with band music, dancing, bonfires and speeches. Several hundred peo ple were gathered, filled with op timism as to the future of Kla math Falls and Klamath county, as the result of new Strahorn railway connections proposed. . a C Colt, of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, made the prijvclpal address. He said Portland business men have long seen the necessity of rail way connection with the great undeveloped parts of' Oregon, and that they have been working steadily, aided by the Klamath Falls Commercial club, in this direction. , , Captain Siemens, president of '1 the local commercial club, safd" Klamath county is under obli gation to the Portland Chamber of Commerce for Its important work in securing npwfines. (Gontiivued- on4PagOi2.)