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About The Lane County news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1914-1916 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1915)
THE LANE COUNTY NEWS 41k W. A. DILL Editor and Manager Published Every Monday and Thursday by the Lano County Pub llshing Association. HATES OF SUBSCKI PTtON. Oao Year $1.60 I Six Mouths , .75 I Throb Months .61) Advertising Rates Furnished on Application. Member of tho Stato Editorial Association. ,Mombor of the Willamette Valley Editorial Association. And Remembor to Get a ' rSPRlNG FIELD, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1915. ABOUT SCALES A condensed report covering the work of the State Ofllce of Veights and Measures for the first quarter, under the new laws enacted at the last legislative session governing weights and measures, shows that out of the total number of scales examined up to date, G24 had to be adjusted and corrected before sealing. 493 scales could not be adjusted because of imperfection or need of repairs and were condemned. In other words, out of a total number of 2,958 scales tested, 1, 117 of them were weighing incorrectly and had to be either adjusted, corrected or condemned. In addition, many scales of the computing type, having charts of obsolete construc tion were required to be re-charted correctly, or have tho computations covered, leaving in use only the pounds and ounces for weighing purposes. The type of 'scale commonly known as the "family scale," owing to its inferior construc tion and consequent inaccuracy, is not legal for use in trade, and the State Office has issued instructions, that it be con demned and its further use prohibited. With respect to liquid measures, out of 44S measures inspected and tested, 399 were found accurate, while 49 were found inaccurate and. con demned. Out of 112 gasoline and oil pumps examined and tested, 95 were found to be accurate and 17 were condemned for-repairs. Hay, grain, meats, wood, coal, ice and many other'commodities have been inspected with a view of insur ing the correctness of the amounts delivered. Where discrepancies have been found it has been the policy ,pf the office to regulate the same without resorting to the courts except only in such instances as were of absolute necessity, as an example in one case, sacked Hour, due to the use of an inaccurate scale, was found to vary in weight from to iy pounds less than the marked weight. In this in stance the firm was required to resack correctly the amount involved, some 60,000 pounds. In general, while the territory to be covered by the district sealers is considerable, eight or nine counties to each man, much good has already been accoriipllshed and all of the coun ties will have been visited before the close of the year. i. NIGHT AND THE STARS We are too much indoors. Even when night comes we turn up the lamp and sit within its excluded circle to read what other indoor men have written, or we go out, hastily and un der cover of the street lights to get within other walls where folks are gathered to see or hear something of what others have done in films and plays and lectures. Or we sit on a shaded porch with trees about, so that the vast encircling night is only coolness and a breeze. The stars do not get much chance at us. Thus we keep the universe away from our souls. Such living makes for pettiness of the spirit. These scandalizing, gossiping little villages always live under roofs and behind blinds and curtains as if in ambush, that each inhabitant might lie in wait against the reputation of the other. Almost all of those who wrote the Bible lived in flat roofed houses and went on the housetop when day was done so that the wheeling planets and the whole host of the stars were their familiars. It was in that light that they thought of man and his destiny. In this modern confusion of change we need the eternal influences the moon etching pattern on lake and roadway, the night gleaming of the rivers, the solemn beauty of the Milky Way, the steadfastness of the North Star. Night ought to free us from the littleness of the day's doings and lift the' heart to the things that are above and beyond our days. Collier's. Before starting work on that new and revolutionary sub marine, Mr. Ford should remember that conditions don't favor getting out in the middle, of a tour and cranking the blamed thing. According to the Toledo Blade, "when it comes to ranking union stations, Cleveland's is the rankest." Sounds like jealously. , President Wilson gets along better without Mr. Bryan than Mr. Bryan without President Wilson. The grand duke stepped aside for the czar just in time to keep Von Hidenburg from driving tandem. Why Not Patronize the Busses? A few people are prejudice against the Busses. Why should they be? Some say the busses pay no tax. Did you ever stop to think how much the busses are saving the people of Spring field? Suppose the two busses -take in $12.50 each, that is $25 a day. Now six days in a week at $25 a day is $150, and 52 weeks in a year is $7,800. That is what the busseB are saving for gprjngfield. The people of Stop - Over for Springfield. AND MEASURES the buBses make. Springfield are saving more than If the two busses take $25 a day at 5 cent fares, the people of Springfield save $25 a day clear. But the busses have all kinds of expenses such as oil, gasoline, wages, etc., to take out of the $25 they take in. Wiinr vm pany pays the city as large a tax as that? Figure it un for your selves. The motor-bus has com to stay if we lose out some one else will take up the same busl- RITA CARLYLE As "Coddles" in the sensational laughing success, "A Pair of Sixes," which comes to the Eugene Theatre on Wednesday, October 20, with Oscar Fignian. "A PAIR 'OF SIXES." "A Pair "of Sixes," Edward Peple's laughing success, which ran an entire year at the Long acre Theatre, New York, will be the attraction at the Eugene Theatre on Wednesday Oct. 20, with Oscar Fignian. It received a degree of praise from the usu ally severe metropolitian critics in terms that almost exhaust the superlatives. There has been no dissenting opinion as to the in genuity of the fantastic idea on which the plot is based and the swift movement and comic in tensity of the 'details make an endless entertainment of rarely enjoyable fun. The story concerns George B. Nettleton and T. Bogus Johns, manufacturers of a digestive pill, who are continually quarrelling about their respective claims of being the brains of their pros perous business. With a hurst of temper, each declares he wants to break the partnership. This is not easy to arrange, but when their lawyer comes, they dispute as much about the de tails of the business. They final ly accept the lawyer's sugges tion to decide the dissolution, bv drawing a hand at poker. They agree that the one who wins shall be the master of the business, and the other is to be his servant for a year. If either party breaks this contract, he is to forfeit $5,000 and his interest in the business. There are also numerous cash fines and penal ties. Also absolute secrecy is demanded. This makes Bogg's position exceedingly painful to him when he is installed as but ler in the Nettleton home, and his sweetheart comes to visit him as a guest. He dares not tell her his reasoh for his menial position and his tribulations are made worse through the insist ent interest of an eccentric En glish servant who determines to capture him as a husband. This amazing complication excites no rnd of amusing situations and the fun Is fast and furious until his sweetheart takes a hand in the game and proves that a lone queen of hearts can beat a pair of sixes. Oscar Figinan heads .the New York cast to be seen here and the production will be under the management of II. II. Frazee. nesB. Would also like to state that the busses do not belong to any religiouB organization or any church or anything of the kind, as many people think, you can find the owners on the busses at all times. V 1 Born To Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Calkins, October fl3j 1915, a: daughter. Flour special for next week. Johnson's Best $1.20 or $4.70 per bbl. Cupid $1.4$ or $5.70 bbl. All old wheat stock at new wheat prices. Potatoes 70 cents cwt. Springfield Feed Co. Classified Ads For Sale, Rent, Wanted, Etc. LOST Elk scarf pin. Finder please return to News office. ! WANTED A second hand bl j cycle with clincher tires. Must Be in good condition.. D. S. i Jordan, Phone 130W3. j FOUND Child's muff. Call at I News gfilce. 75 FOR TRADE Eugene resl- dence property for Springfield Residence. Address News.75 WANTED A gentle saddle pony for a lady to ride this winter for its keeping. Address P. 0 Box 55, or call at 1G7 Mill and B street. It FOR SALE At a bargain close In residence lot. Browning Realty Co. GOOD RANGE for sale at bar gain. Inquire at News office. FOR SALE A good motorcycle or will trade for a good horse also spring oats. Inquire at News Ofllce. LOST Between Fifth and A streets and Booth-Kelly !of-fice-a merchaum pipe, gold mounted. Finder please re turn to News office or Booth Kelly office. 3 FOR SALE Wagon and har- ness cheap. Call at NewB ofllce. - HORSES FOR SALE If you want a bargain, don't fall to see them. Must sell this week Also household goods for Bale. J. F. Martin, C15 A Btreet. JS FOR SALE First class Jersey cow, giving a good flow milk. See E. M. Crawfird, Spring field Junction. FOR SALE OR TRADE New aix room (bungalow fan 1m fprpvetd 'lot' 50x150, trees, out ride Jetty limits, city water,, .sewerage, wired for electric lights, one block from mac , adam street. W111 trade for We Have a Will !Bo!X in our VanJt at The First National Bank of Springfield, and you are welcome to deposit your will in this strong box for safe keeping without cost. The Best For Less Money The Fifth Street Grocery Thos. Sikes, Prop. Phone 22 FIRST NATIONAL BANK, EUGENE, OREGON. Established 1883 i Capital and Surplus - $300,000.00 Interests on Savings Accounts and Time Certificates Springfield property. Address E. R. Spencer, Cottage Grove Oregon. O. R. Gullion, M.D. Practice Limited tl Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Graduate Nurse Attending 306, White Temple, Eugene. Ofllce Ninth unit rearlnu T?lfphonrRM DR M. Y. SHAFFER, D.V.S. VETERINARY SURGEON AND DENTIST Sulto 2. Phono 888. EUGENE, OltE Residence over Dodge's Store The Springfield Garage H. SANDGATHE Proprietor Repairing a Specialty Main, bat. Fourth and Firth. Phono 11 SPRINGFIELD - OREGON Donald Young and L. L. Ray announce tho formation of tho law firm' of Young & Ray, with Qfllces over tho Lpan & :Savings Bank, Eugene, Oregon. Groceries OUR GROCERIES are famous for quality and wo buvo you money on what you buy here. Wo sell Dopendablo Coffees and Teas and everything else is dependable which wo s611. Nice & Miller Op Commercial Stuto Bank Phono 9 J. H. BOWER Lawyer. Phono 1221 831 Willamette St. Eugene, Oregon Office In City Hall, Springfield, Ore. HERBERT E. WALKER NOTARY PUBLIC W. F. WALKER UNDERTAKER FUNERAL DIRECTOR Office Phone 02; f.'eildenw 67-J West Main 8t. Harness, Shoes, Gloves Harness and Shoes Repaired at The Harness Shop See Edwards &Brattair . Fqr Farm and City Property Exchanges a Specialty Springfield Oregon Phone 30 CAREFUL, CONSCIENTIOUS DR. J. E. RICHMOND PHONES Office, 3; Residence, 11 6-J Over CommerciahBanki 'Springfield, Oregon. ' . Dsatxstry