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About The Lane County news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1914-1916 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1915)
Ore, lilfitorlal Soc, X LANE Continuing tho 8pringflold and Lano County Star, .Which Woro Conoolldatod February 10, 1914 Aiitorsi! rntwiArr il, hill.il 4nrniiflnll .Orirmi, eoitul e!n mitisr umlor acIo! Coiigie o( M uu, lMtf SPRINGFJELD, LANE CQUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1915. VOL. XIV. NO, Iff COUNTY NEWS ifllif JUDGE GQLVIG TO TRACE HISTORY OF T Judge William Colvlg, tax and right of wily agent of tho South ern Pacific company, will he tho principal speaker at a .hauquct of the Business Men's club, which 1b to ho held in tho club rooms Friday evening,, October 22. Judge COlvlg will speak on the O. & C. laud grant, talcing It up form tho-'llmo of tho first grant, and trace tho 'history of tho grant down to tho last docreo of tho courts, Ho will discuss also the . status of tho lands at the present tlmo, and tho problems attendant upon the disposition of tho lands. Judge Colvlg will spoalc, not from the standpoint of tho Southern Pa cific company, but nB a citizen, taxpayer and lawyer who Is In ji position to havo a clear Insight Into the problem. Judgo Colvlg will arrive In Springfield Friday morning ac companlod by J. 13. Wcrleln and . JUirilS liounnn 01 i-oruium, wnu(- come to speak In tho Interest of ,1 the Manufacturers' and Land Products Bhow, which is to bp licld In Portland the last 6r tho month. The vistors nro to bo met at Springfield Junction by a committee from the Busi ness Men's club and taken at once to the Springfield High school, wherp they will speak on the educational aBpcct of tho forthcoming show. TEACHING MUSIC AT WEST SPRINGFIELD The West Springfield school board has added music to their schedule under a special Instruc tor. Miss Iugalls has had tho work for two weeks and It Is proving to bo very satisfactory. She teaches Tuesday and Thursday mornings giving twenty minutes to each room. Although no special teacher is employed for domestic art and industrial work classes have been organized and one hour each week is devoted to this work. The Lllrary society "was reor ganized last Friday evening with about fifty members. A pro gram will be given by the society in -about three weeks. Mr. Peterson Is at work drill ing a new well for the school, tho old one having gone dry. The fountain won by tho school at tho May fair will bo installed at the new well. LACK OF EMPTY CARS CAUSES TROUBLE Lumber Dealers Lose Orders and Make Complaint Salem, Ore., Oct. 15. Oregon lumber shippers havo informed tho Setate Public Service com mission that several lumber or ders have failed because of tar diness of tho Southern Pacific company inp rovlding a sufll cont number of empty cars to handle shipments, The 'commission office here today communicated with Com missioners Altchinson and Miller who aro in San Francisco ndviB Ing them to confer with Presi dent Sproulo regarding what re lief may bo oxpectcd. Com plaints were registered with tho commission office today by flvo of the largest companies In the Wlllaniotto valloy showing a shortago among tho flvo com panics of 180 cars. Li GRAN BUILDS TWO HOT HOUSES F. B. Chaso Adding to Inoido Oardon Spaco. F, B. Chase, tho well-known gardener who haB several acres of garden In hot houses on his farm across tho river between Eugono and Springfield, is add ing moro spaco by tho erection of two large hot houses to rc placo two that ho has torn down. Tho two which ho recently .In.,.,, ittnfn nfinlt 'f ltir 'itiCi toro down were each 20 by 200 ! feet. Mr. Chaso began the work of building the two now houses ilvo weeks ago and will complete them this week. He has had from two to eight nen at work on the build tags all of that time. ! rnnt iiiiliio ilin ...... An i flirt fminina Tl Pllnun llfiu to tho frames, Mr. Chase has used over a ton of putty. In tho niiiuiivi ui uiu Lwu nuw ill. I uut- UrCH he has used 3158 panes of glass each 1G by 18 inches in di mensions and In tho larger one, SG'10 panes each 10 by 14 inches, ? w"b " "mi " i iicro are live hoi nouses on ine place, each of the other three', ' "7, , , !.,. . broueht to Portland bvAlox N h-1 ucing jz oy zuu icei in (union - slong i ....... . u. buuau iuiw iniiK nuu summer vegetables in hoimoa nil fnll ntid wlnlop. llo --- now 'planting lettuce In the niwl will ant rmf Imnntnno tm His tomatoes ripen early in tho!00 Jnd,nS!!,?n?,l!rSnk spring and ho raises them in tho ..I i. ....... .. fc.uoo nuiiDva uiiui iuu uuiuuui 7 .. .. r . .. ; V 7 ' loinniocH uegin 10 ripen laio in thoininHncr.Airrnatnmnvn.hnr vormtnhlna thnt will rf rn-n,, outside in the winter and early snrlnir nr ralsofl IhrIiIo and Mr SfalwaS flfd uiasea wajBHnaaareauyniar-,. ket for them. The liousc8 are .steam heated from a central plant on the place and there is an irrigating arti ficial rain system in constant op eration. SHIPPING OUT HOPS E. E. Morrison today shipped from bis warehouse here three carloads of the John Seavey hops. ANOTHER MAN ARRESTED FOR THEFT OF SACKS Frak Spores, a Mohawk Farmer Indicted Frank Spores, a well-known farmer of the Mohawk valley, was arrested Friday on a charge of burglary. He was indicted by the grand jury tho day before but the indictment was kept se cret pending his arrest. Spores was brought to Eugene by De puty Sheriff Croner and he was ablo.to give the necessary $1,000 bond without going to jail. "Spores was a witness before the grand Jury on the day ho was Indicted, giving testimony in the case against. Ben King, charged with tho same offense. According to the story told by Spores, King had told him that he was going to steal some sacks from a neighbor by tho namo of Swarts. Spores said ho pleaded with King not to do so, but he did, and the two went to the Abo Kelly place, whore Kelly ordered King off tho place after the lat ter had told that he had stolen Swarts' sacks. Spores said ho went to Eugene later to. tell Dis trict Attorney Devors abput the theft but tho official was out of the city at the time. FOOTBALL NEXT SATURDAY Junction City High school will send -Its football team to Springfield next Saturday- for a game with tho Springfield, de fenders. Miss Elizabeth Snndcatho has arrived from CUiTleMInn to' , visit hor father, IT. Sandgatho, indefinitely, PROMISE SUGAR FACTORIES FOR WESTERN OREGON Portland, Oct. 1G.Thc Tele gram says: If tho people of Southcrn 0 wflnt A factory which will bo a million dollar industry, all that Is re quired of them is to sign con- tracts with the Oregon-Utah Sugar -company that they will ,ant am, cuItivate, beginning wIth lh(J 8cafj0n of im ml lc ' ' i than 5,00 acres of sugar beets in Rogue Itiver valley and continue Uoot growing flv0 yearH. At tho same time the company will con- tract to pay the land owners $5 a ton for all beets f. o. b. at con- venient loading stations on the railways during the five-year period. This is the announcement period. , I Tllla la flirt nnnnnnnnniniW brought to Portland by Alex Nib- 1, w . . ' (ley, secretary of the Oregon-(Utah Utah Sugar company, on his re - .mi . ... turn from Salt Lake. The com- nanv was ' recentlv organized "UD iB.iiujf uifiuiiMcu , wltll a canltal of S100 000 an ""lu ""u laouu Ul OVU, ; 1 v" w carry the factory's onerations ! . lt. - , alone until the first outnut ofilea:'Utnh G4.000 acres in heetA , ... m. . BU8nr Is marketed. The presi- !tifillt f illC Company iS C. W, !Nibley' of Salt Lake one of the !ccutlve heads of the Utah & .the Jiatlonal administration will SUS conipaiiy, which coiitnue sugat, bh the tariff list i,i0,f- in nOPin,i rvn has several nlants and will this. year produce 3.000.000 bairs of Bllirnr. f3rrirfr IT! Qntilnra rt Grants Pass, is vice president; O. C. Beebee, a Salt Lake banker, treasurer; Alex Nibley, of Port land, secretary, and F. S. Bram well, who was formerly associ ated with the elder Nibley in Eastern Oregon railway and tim ber operations and other enter- prises, is field superintendent I MEETING TUESDAY . No Oregon capital is solicited I ,T . . t, , . for this undertaking, says Secre-!Mfmb7 f ie flf, depa,rt tary Nibley, and if the landow1161' f a oer ciUzens in nnwT). .., terested in the welfare of the contracts within the next 30 days to plant the required acre age of beets tho sugar factory will be built in time to begin op Within a few days headquarters will be opened at Medford and Grants RJss for signing beet growing contracts. Both Secre tary Nibley and Superintendent Bramwell will bo on the ground to conduct an educational cam paign with the landowners. "Experiments made since the IptllPTir nrnlnrf na illcnui'nnrl lnr ' ""VV AU,fV tlrtllUIIQll UlCU I Mil I sugar beets can be successfully grown in the valloy," said Mr, Nibley. "Soil, climate and irri gation facilities aro favorable to aJarge yield per acre of beets carrying a high percentage of saccharine. It was too late last January to initiate this project for this year's operation of tho factory. Beaver-Herndon Hardware Company 'flie company will pay $5 a ton for beets, tho same price as is paid beet growers in Utah and Idaho, who will this year receive $5,700,000 for their beets. Far mers and orchardlsts will haye their crop sold for five years ahead at a fixed sum which will bo profitable to them. By giv ing proper attention to culture of beets there is no trouble to harvest from 15 to 20 tons to the acre after tho first' year. Many growers get 25 tons an acre. It costs ifiz an acre to piant ana grow beets. This sum includes everything. "Even the fruit growers will profit by tho installing of a sug ar factory in the valley, as they will have cheap suearfor fruit canneries and fruit that would otherwise go to waste will be Utilized with profit. The sugar factory will give employment in other lines, for it Is a consumer Uf limestone, wood for fuel. teaming and trucking, electric nnw'nr nwnv tmnnnnrfn. 'tion. j if the proposed sugar factory in itogue River valley becomes . the nrono8ed smrar faetorv i s , ,, , In l?nmin R vnp vollair linnnmna I , V, X a eolntr concern, the nrncron - a going concern, the Oregon " ' ,,,.. Sugar company will build . other sucar factories In ern Oregon, where climate, soil'. . 'and irrieatlon faoilitica arn sidt - ,uuu unguuuii uunuura uiu buu nhlf Colorado has approximately I 2500 acres in sugar beets and 14 factories; California has 145,- 800 acres in beets and ten factor- Mnnn . , ' . V and eight factories; Idaho 40,000 acrosln hnRtsnnd fmirfnctnriPR "There is an assurance that for a lone: nerlod as a revenue measure and the market condi- ilnna tnv ATiiorlAnn ciitrnr will continue favorable for many years,, because of the Eu- 0 lrt"lcl. oieuuens. ropean war situation. Beet seed1 Mr- Tlmor from Seattle is can be obtained for the coming ,here visiting with Myram Craig. season's planting if the order is placed soon." FIRE DEPARTMENT town should not forget the spe cial meeting of the fire departs ment, which is to be held at the city hall tomorrow (Tuesday) evening at 8 o'clock. FOREST NOTES 4 The receipts for timber sales on the National Forests in Washington and Oregon during tho first quarter of the present finpnl vnr olinw n mhrlrol Iti-' crease. In' fact, the receipts fori19"' Illusive, $11,833 this first quarter are more than half what they were for the en- ues to benefit from the heavy tire previous fiscal year. This Passenger traffic that has result indicates a very decided increase ,ed from the Panama-Pacific In cutting operations on tho Exnosition. Government Forests. A forest ranger on the Olym pic National Forest has report ed a Douglas fir tree which is over 1350 years old. Hitherto tho oldest Douglas fir of which there was an accurate record had 740 annual rings. Does any one know of an older tree of this species? EVERYTHING FOR THE KITCHEN Whatever the cook could wish or ask for. can bo found on our counters, and not articles for the kitchen onlyj but every kind of hardware imaginable, and tools of every description. Just como in and look at our long counters filled with hardware, all ready for you, You will be sure to pee something you need. 3J5 WALTERVILLE RESIDENT PASSES AWAY Poter Ashley, Prominent Odd Fellow Dies at Hia Home. Peter Ashley, a prominent Odd Fellow and well-known in thin section, died at his home a mile south of Walterville at 2:30 o 'clock Friday afternoon. The funeral services were held" Sat ,Urday at 10 o.clock at the home ami interment was made at 2:30 at the Mt. Vernon cemetery. Cut in Third Big Transformer The Oregon Power company yesterday "cut in" an 11,000 volt t transformer at its substation here in order to give better elec- i 4x1(131 service in Springfield, Eu- Sene and Harrisburg. This imakes three transformers in use now. CAMP CREEK ITEMS (Special to tho Lano County News) wo Cam, Creek Ore Oct 17 ' wreeK, ure., UCt. 1 Rev Husband hpid cprvlnrR ht "ev. usoana neiu services nere West-iSunday Jim Kenndv from Donna fa ,um ennQy irom i :"ere visiting his sister Mrs. Stephens. Miss Mable Duryee from Springfield is visiting with her uncl,e' J- A' Crabtree. .uiss uwen spent uie week-end Wltu illss Aiaage Hamble at with ATIsb Marl cm Wnlforviiin .W?"?; I rea rautree and Harold Hrey were visitors at Marcola ,&u,n,aay- , , ' Miv and Mrs Walter, Steph'ens are visiting with relatives at Sunday. Harrisburg. AT. and Ml"S Mr. and Mrs. Roy Coe of Eu ,Sene are here visiting with Mrs. A. L. Simmons and J. C. Trot ter were in Springfield on busi ness this week. RAILROAD EARNINGS GROW Southern Pacific Returns for August Make Record. 1 Southern Pacific earning con tinue to mount upward. The report of operations for August is a duplication of the splendid showings of the pre vious three months. Gross in August of $13,207,856 was the largest for any month since Oct ober, 1913, and the largest for any August in the road's history. The five-year average of gross earnings for August from 1909 i339. Southern Pacffic contin- The $1,535,698 gain in gross for August was all saved for net with1 the exception of $300,000. Taxes and uncollectible income showed a slnall gain, but as it was net operating Income of $4, 596,969 gained $1,242,000 and was the largest for any month since October, 1913. Oregon ian. Additional Locals The Oregon Power company has cleaned all tho grass out which lind been growing up ni ithe cracks in .the sidewalk alone 'the Sixth street side of their property. . Col. M. IL Ellis of Albany, who was in Eugene Saturday to attend the 'dedication-of the Eu gene armory, spimt Sunday in nend tho day with his sister. Mrs. J, O. Ilolbrook, and family. LOWER TAX LEVI FOR NEXT YEAR S PREDICTION That the city tax levy for the coming year will bel ess than that of last year was the predic tion of City Attorney J. H. Bower at the ratification meet ing of the Good Citizenship league, held Friday evening In the Baptist church. Mr. Bower reveiewed the history of the past year in the administration of city affairs, and gave the pres ent council credit for economy in the administration of civic affairs, and for securing a very material reduction In the total of outstanding warrants of the town. Pefttlons were circulated and freely signed at the meeting to place in nomination the League ticket Charles L. Scott for mayor; J. W. Coffin, and J.'t. Donaldson for councilmen; H. E. 'Walker for recorder and Miss Lillian Gorrie for treasurer. Others who took part in the discussion were M. Fenwick, Rev. J. T. Moore, L. E.' Thomp son, J. E. Staniger, IL E. Walk er, L. K. Page, J. W. Coffin, Dr. Keeney Ferris and Rev. W. N. Ferris. The meeting adjourned sub ject to the call of the chair. NEW BOOKS ON SHELVES OF SPRINGFIELD LIBRARY Jean Stratton Porter's new book, "Michael O'Halloran" was put on the shelves of the Springfield public library last week, and Mrs. Hill, the librar ian, announces that other books will be received shortly. She states also tjjat bulletins are re ceived wekly from Salem on ag riculture, dairying and forestry. Dr. Ellis was very much pleased with Springfield and its sur-r roundings. , Mr. and Mrs. Dale Mummy will be located in Eugene for a short time. Mr. Mummy will continue to look after the busi ness of the Oregon Power com pany in Springfield. Mr. and Mrs. Adelbert Perrv Mr.. Ford and Mr. Taylor of Roseburg came up Friday by auto for a visit with Mrrs. Per ry's sisters, Mrs. George Cat ch ine: and Mrs. vin Williams. Miss Gertrude Williams returned with them for a short visit. J. C. Carsaw returned Thurs day from Babb, Montana, where he has been since June employ ed on a government irrigation project. Mr. Carsaw thinks that Oregon is the best place to livo, and he is glad to be at home again. Mrs. Dr. Kester returned Sat urday night from Portland where she had been for the past two weeks caring for her daugh ter, Mrs. E. G. Jarvis, who has been ill. Mrs. Kester brought her infant granddaughter home with her. E E. Brattain shipped two carloads of cattle to Portland last week, having secured the animals from above Oakridge. Mr. rBattain was in that part of the country from Tuesday until Friday colecting the shipment. ' V L. F. McDaniel, who was op erated on at the Mercy hospital sevral weeks ago for appendi citis, was able to return to Springfield last week-, and ts now able to get about tho streets,