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Continuing tho Sprlngfiolcl Nowo'nnd Lane County Star, Which Woro Consolidated February 10, 1914.
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SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28..1915.
VOL. XIV. H6 JB&ff
OREGON GATTLE
WIN POIZES AT
F
Oregon Building, Ban Frnn
claco, October 28. Oregon, milk
ami beef cnttlo made u magni
floonl Hliowing In Miu great stock
show null In progress. Tim SwIbs
herd brought down by Iimian,
of Junction City, had no compe
tition and lauded everything.
The Judges, however, were con
fident that the Junction City an
imals would win anywhero and
against any sort of competition.
Tho Harry WeHt Jorsoyn, from
Scappooso, captured all but two
ol the blue rlbboim for this breed
of milkers. Among these was
the champion two.-ycar-old bull.
CI, 0. Hewitt and Frank Loughry
of Monmouth, contributed to tho
Weat group. Tho Hereford ani
mate brought down by George
Chandler, of
Maker, captured
PANAMA
the big prizes for that class, and vcy Immediately north of Lnke
JWr. Loonoy of Jefferson, came in view. An analysis of this report
lor several winnings, as did W. I. Uhowcd Mr. Strahorn) jfhat the
Domes, of Polk county. Tho preliminary estimates of cost
Porter Red Polled animals won were more than ample to pro-
ijovcral first places. Only In tho
Holstcius did Washington nose
us out of anything- worth while.
Tho stock show was not as largo
as hoped for, but many fino ani
mals wore oil exhibition.
All Roady For Orogon Day
There Is great anticipation
over the coming of Governor
James Withycombo and his
party, cxpxcctcd to arrive here
made public before tho end of
pato in the Exposition occasion
honoring Oregon on the 30th.
Elaborate preparations for occa
sions worthy of a great slate
have been made and for a week
the distinguished Orcgoulaus,
olllclal representatives of tho
nlf will lin Mm niMitor nf crnnt
social activity. The Exposition
will be sponsor for much of this,
but tho Oregon clmmlsslon will
add to tho festivities In a splen
did way. It was expected Unit
nil of I lux PninniinHlniinrn wnulil
bo here, but it now appears that
this will not be nossiblo In
tnin Instances. Tho week will be
nun nf "nnnn hnitRn" nt tho Orn-
gon building, and large events; 10 v for Btudjf by the Port,
at tho Exposition at this tlmo'5nml c,t,M,nB committee within
will make It an especially dcslr-,n few weeks, so that steps may
aWo tlmo to see the exposition, uc tako " n deflnltc I)lau t0
which Is to cIobc within a month. , fl"anc0 th lme- .
t
Word received hero Indicates
Hint many will come fronu Ore
gon to join in the festivities in
cident to Oregon's final effort.
Liked Orogon Juices.
On Horticulture day, tho
opening of Horticulture week,
Chiof C. N. Ravlln and a bevy
of madlons fair gave away 4,231
wine glass samples of logan- .been doing a part of tho switch
berry juio and 1,400 samples of ing ju the Springfield yards.
good old Oregon, elder. If the
Oregon horticulture both had
been larger and tho juice had not
failed they could have dispensed
doublo tho quantity of liquids,
for tho palaqc of Horticulture
was crowded throughout tho
day., Besides tho juices tho Ore
gon booth gave potted foms and
InltlltiM Tf itrnu n rnmr tint 1-
UUt uum.o.,v y0 .v ,v.j ..wv.
ccablo fact that many stayed to
enjoy tho Orgon oxhibitits of
fruits, and not before 'has tho
Oregon showing b,eon bq excel
lent. There 1b much fine fresh
fruit from various sootlons of
tho state and it is displayed to
splendid, advantage. ,In. connec
tion w'ilji lIortIcultu.ro W'opk is
tho Fall .Flgw.er.fifopw and thoro
nre now on. tjlspiqy great quan
tities of' chrysanthemums, roses,
carnations and begonias chry-
tmnlheinutnH eight Indies across
tuberous begonlauH beyond the
bollef of tliOHO who have not
seen them, and hot hpuBoi roses
that certainly are lovely. '
No Fruit Awards' Yot
To answer in a geiioral way
many specific Inquiries, it1 may
bo stated here that no fresh) friilt
awards have yet been jnndbjand
It In tho opinion of Director Jlav
1 1 ii that there will bo no awards
on Friday, tho 2th to pa&icl
Novembor. Just as long asfany
fresh fruit of any kind Ib )ii;all
ablo, tho Jury of awardkSv'in bo
too busy lo work out tho lum
inous detail of tho"'varlous
awards. 4
STRAHORN RECEIVES?" .
REPORT COVERINGS
'MILES OF THE SURVEY
Supplomcntnry Investigation of
Railroad Confirms First
Estimates. .
Rdbort 13. Strahorn, president
of tho newly organized Oregon,
project into Central and South
ern Oregon, received a supple
mentary report from his engln-
leers covering 23 miles of stir-
vide for this stretch, (which is
tho most dlfllcult piece of work
that would be cncounfSfed in
tho whole 4Q0 miles ofjiroposed
construction.
Tho feature -that made Mri
Strahorn somewhat apprehen
sive regarding1 this portion o
tho proposed line is the topogram
phy of the country T-lsi23
miles covers the divide between
Summer Lake nful GobscLake.
While It is not a high divide, a
good deal' of canyon work is
necessary on both sides of the
ridge. 'Inasmuch ns tills routo
was found to be the only, feas
ible one Tu the construction of
a north and south line between
Klamath lake and Warner lake,
I1!00!'"'? tho construction cost
'uu1 lu"
With this, tho heaviest sur
vey, found to be well within the
first estimate, Mr. Strahorn was
confident that tho final rccoin
umlssance on other parts of tho
cer-iwu,ll wuum a,,uw u".vui.
It is now believed that the
final report of the engineers will
.COBURG LOG TRAIN HAS
FINISHED ITS WORK
The train .which has been
hauling logs from tho Booth
Kelly pond at Coburg for tho
past several weeks, 'finished Its
work yesterday and lias been
discontinued, This crow had
nnd this work will now have to
bo cared for by tho Wendllng
freight crew, aud by tire Eugene
nwitch pngino.
There remains about four mil
lion feet of lumber, largely di
mension stuff, in thc-Goburg
yai'ds, and this is, being used in
tho filling of orders.
0ln, Hot 1rpi,n Afnval,.
floltl RlJord of oct( S contains
four pages of views of the work
being clone by tho S. P. qp. on
their now line to Coos Bay, In
cluding a. view of the new $1,
500,000 bridge .across the bay,
These are tho best photographs
yet published and give tho world
tho first graphic picture' of the'
Immense work 'Jbeliig, dono ip
that section by thcrallroad,
A $200,000 Umber paloJivCoos.
County to a Minneapolis syndi
cate is repbrtod by Frederick A.
Kribs.
Portland, the Big Brother
of the Willamette Valley
"This rate of tho Southern
Pacific is tho rosult of a desire
of tho Southorn Pacific to build
-up tho mills along Its line in tho
Willamotto valloy at tho expense
of the Portland mills. If tho
vnlloy mills cannot.compete for
business with tho Portland mills
on tho basis of tho same r-ato'
thon tho bo3t thing for them to
do 13 to draw thpir fire3 and
.close down; and, the sooner tho
bottor."--0. M. Clark of Clark
Wllifion Lumber Co;, Portland,
in an interview in the Wedries,
day Telegram, f
Soil Expert to
Address Meeting
The regular meeting of the
Springfield Development League
which will come on Nov. 2, has
been posponed one week on ac
count of the city election which
Is held in Unit room. S. J. Sea
ney, a soil expert will be in
Springfield on November 9.
PRASES TIMBER AND
FARM LAND NORTHERN
END OF O. & C. GRANT
L. W. Williims, Special Repre
sentative of U. S. Attorney
General .Gregory, .Will Con
tinue Inspections.
S. W. Williams, Special rep
resentative. of Attorney General
Gregory, who is examining the
lands of the Oregon & Califor
nia railroad grant in this state
preparatory lo making recom
mendations as to legislation
concerning its disposition, re
turned to Portland after making
ja Burvoy of tho northern end of
j.tho grant.
"I think this must bq the fin
!est timber in the; world," he said.
!"At least I have never seen such
fine trees myself, and many tim-
bcrnm ell me timet It is tho best
anywhere,
"Much of the land offers pos
sibilities for development, al
though there is some of it that
one could not reach without an
aeroplane. A lot of it, however,
could be settled and cultivated
profitably."
Mr. Williams covered districts
near, Eugene, Orogon City, Sal
cm, and went over the lands of
the Coos Bay wagon road grant
near Roseburg. He will leave
for Southern Oregon soon Uo
examine the grant lands in that
part of tho state and avIH return
to Washington without revlslt
ingPortland. Revival of railroad activity in
Oregon is tho surest indication
of returning prosperity.
According to reports Newport
Beaver-Heradon Hardware Company
offcrs $100,000 bonus to the P.
& W. C. R. R. Nav. Co. as in
ducement for early construction
have been made.-
News 'From Springfield High School
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Personals
Say Harold, how do you
form the plural for Miss.," Har-
iSId "l tnink lt Is Jrrs-'
Who knows who It is that is
shed. Oh, it is some green
Freshman.
We are all expecting a Fresh
man party soon. Some class,
about 70 In all. The room will
look likealfren pasture.!
Green for manager. He gets
the money to pay for our games.
Green every time.
Mart has not been to school
for several days.
Two Freshmen irlrls have a
new style started. They have
fur ton Rhnns. Somf? more class
L- -
for freshmen. ,
. The Souhomores put the best
yet 'IS or any other number on
the hill. .
You had better stop putting
numbers on the wood shed.
That means for you freshmen
to be better.
The Student Body sang
"Music In the Air." It sounds
.like it all right.
Many deaths are expected
this week. We take our exams.
Harold St. Clare has moved
to the front row In our English
III class.
Did you see the '10 the Fresh
men put on the bill?
Springfield high has narrow
escape. Mr. Stroud's room
came near getting on fire when
discovered by him. The wall
was smolcing but a blaze hadL
not yet started. ,
We need some fire drills!
Our football rally was a great
&uccess for there were a great
many out to tho game.
The business men who helped.
us financially are as follows: Mr. I
Kessey, 50c; Dr. Rebhan, 50c;
jPerry, 25c; Hall, 25c; Ketels, 25c
DoPuo. 50c: Egglmann. 75c
THE PLOW
THAT IS BEST
is tho'plo.w that lias strength
liocauso of combtnlnp eoou nia-
tcrjal with Eood workmanship,
nnd in consoquenco of which
will kIvq Rood service to tlio
user. Tho nlows wo hanulo
tho Scotch Clipper and tho Blue
bird in steel and tho Orogon Mo-
lino 'in" chilled stool oro holng
offered at prices which aro
bound to find acceptance with
the shrewd buyer. Oome in nnd
look them over. Everything In
hardware
oPcoSWdpeCp RDLU U NN UN
POTATO BLIGHT LOSS
STOPPED BY SPRAYING
Cannot Be Stamped Out But
- Can Be Checked
Losses' such as have been suf
fered for several seasons by
Lane county potato growers
from the common potato blight
positively can be avoided by pro
per spraying, according to R. B.
Coglon, Lane county agricultur
ist. It is not believed that the
disease can be stamped out, once
it gels started, but it can be kept
from doing damage, says Mr.
Coglon.
. Although it is extremely diffi
cult to get figures to show the
actual damage from potato
blight in Lane county, the losses
in past years are known to be
very heavy. And unless precau
tionary measures are taken by
every grower of potatoes, the
disease will be here next year
and each year following. In fact
it will spread from field to field
If not stopped and in the end
probably will infect the whole
county. .
Lester Hill was absent from
school Friday to help his father.
Nort Pengra could not play
football on account of an injury
received In a gamewith the city
boys.
Most every body was out to
our game last Friday. Be sure
to see that you are at the next
one. r
Miss Rhodes lias made a
change In th e seats of her Eng
lish students, putting most of
the girls on the front row.
Mr. Putman Bays, "Say, Bally
, I would like to have one of your
Pictures when you are ready to
rmi In a football game. You
lolmm ""fa-
We all crave more wood in the
stove or some fur overcoats.
Come and see our beautiful
school building. It will make
you wish for a new one! Its
rotten. Seeing is believing so
come. One thing though, Ave
have something worth while in
side. Mr. Stroud left the room Fri
day arid forgot to put his name
on Che board. He will remain
forty-five minutes after school
for doing so.
The football gamelast Satur
day was not in tho least dry. If
you were there you know.
There are no sore heads in
our school. We all got beaten
Saturday, not the team alone,
I mean the whole school, you
and I.
I can't see how we lost the
football game, we had four
Hills, Clarence, Merle, Bill and
Lester.
Watch our comeback in the
next J. C. football game. S. H.
S. 61S J, C; 7. You just see. We
have the pep.
Our English III room is now
much more pleasant because of
tho plants being put there.
Prof's had better watch for
star gazers from now on.
Sports Football
. Springfield was defeated by
Junction City, 'Oct. 23, on the
local field tho score being 42 to
0. Tho v game was snappy and
well played, for both teams put
up a clean, fair game.
The team is practicing hard
every evening, rain or shine,
with the hope of defeating Juno-
lion November C at - Junction-
Qty". There' will be a large
mmiber of students from "hero
go to Junction to root for the
team. Let us hope there will be (
GRAVEL TRAINS
m 9 MILES
BELOWSIM
Ballast from the Natron pit
Is now being delivered on the ;.
Willamette-Pacific nine miles
south of the 'Siuslaw river, ac- '
cording to J. W. Williams, who
is trainmaster in charge of tho
operations but of Springfield. .
Two trains a day,, or fifty car-
1 loads of material are being hur
ried to the front in an effort to
get the first lift under as much
track as possible before the
rains come and make ballasting
operations difficult. One of the
trains is getting back about 7:30
jeach evening, and the other, 13
getting in at 10, 11 and 12
o'clock. The haul is nearly 80
miles from the pits. .
In anticipation of the difilcur
ties of crossing the Umpqu'a
river at this time of the year, '
the Willamette Pacific Is exert
ing every effort to ruch supplies
to' the Umpqua river brtdge,ac
cordlng to a statement made by
W. B. Fontaine, assistant engi
neer oi the Southern Pacific
company in Eugene.
"Already we have shipped all
jthe rails necessary for track Iay
jing" said Mr: Fontaine, "and
but'a short stretch of grade.-less
than twenty miles, remains now
without rails.
"Unless we had all of1 this ' -heavy
material deliveredrnow'
while the good weather lasts," ,
continued Mr. Fontaines "it
would be impossiblo-'for us to '
complete this work this winter.
But we have taken advantage "
of the conditions as they now
are and have delivered our last "
(load of rails. Tbese rails were
shipped to Portland, thence by "
steamer to Coos Bay.
I "Three pile drivers arejiow -j
working on this uncompleted
I stretch of twenty miles of road,
between the two rail head.spans.
One pile driver is stationed at -north
rail head and is working
in a southerly direction An
other pile driver is working at
the south end of the rail head
working north. The third one
i? stationed midway and is
working sorth.
"As soon as the pile driver lo
cated midway reaches the Ump-
qua river it will be taken across
the river to tunnel No. 7, work
ing from that point back north
to Umpqua river. Track laying
jofj course being kept up with the,
pile, driver crews.
as many as turned out last Sat
urday. The students attended loyal
ly Saturday and were very "en
thusiastic over the game. They
yelled from beginning of " tho .
game to the -end, and between
halves formed a big S on the
field and sang the football song,
"Poor Junction City,"
Tennis
Rain for tho last week has
stopped the girls from practic-.
ing at tennis. As soon as, it is
clear they will begin again in
preparation for the tournament.
Alumni Notes
Bobert VanValzah and Ralph
Miller, 4)0th graduates of ;i5,
are employed by. the Mohawk
Survey company, -
Graco Emery, '15, is staying
at home this whiter.
Albert Splemv'4.5. Is working
in Cox & Cox department, store.
" Grace Gopenhaver la spending
tho winter at her homo -i.iv Q.q-shen.