Or 9m, lM THF I ANF NEWS Continuing the Springfield News and Lane County Star, Which Wero Consolidated February 10, 1914. ii to roil Kohftur'JI.I'Ml.nHtHlMf Inl I ,f)reroit, moooncl cUh nmttor unilor otof Congro ot M rb, WI9 SPRINGFIELD. LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1915 VOL. XIV. NO. COUNTY WARTS FARM HI BRINGS $17,500 i Property valued ut $29,000 lar"$ nliml In n triulii wlilh wiih lceu or"' comploted today whoroby C. E. Swartfl disposes of his 319-acro farm in tho Mohawk valley, near Donna to A. Luthrop of near Na tron, talcing in exchange Mr. Lathrop's farm of 70 acres, a houso and lot In Eugeno and a money consideration. Possession is to lie given at enco In both cases, and farm im-, M I plcmcutK, hay, etc. aro being (jxenangcu. ixchangcd. Mr. Swnrts' son, a ' w " ,ato i. SwartH, who has been nuui-1'10;,0,, , arfH 'V, .'Intr tlm hnn,,., fnrni will fnWn,No' PUP' HCltllCP abSCIlt aging tho Donna farm, will take charge of tho Natron farm. Tho Mohawk farm went into the deal at $17,500, tho Natron farm at $9,750, or $125 an aero, and the Eugeno property at $1800. Tho deal wus made through the Browning and Morrison agency. STORES OPEN ON SUNDAY District Attornoy and Sheriff Enjoined from Enforcing sunday Closing Law District Attorney JJI, Dovers: and Sheriff J. C. Parker wore Mrs. Alford, one night last both served with Injunction .Tune, alighted from a Eugene papers yesterday, restraining . Springfield car and stepping on them temporarily from enforc-tho rear fender, she was thrown lug Oregon's Sunday closing to tho track as the car started law. A caso was instituted In, up and dragged for a distance tho federal court by tho Bruns-'of about 100 feet. She claimed wlck-Bnlko-ColIander .company .that .she suffered permanent In to enjoin tho district attorneys 'juries us a result of tho accident, and sheriffs In 25 counties of tho, Tho jury went out at 3 o'clock state from enforcing this law. (in tho afternoon and returned a Final hearing In tho caso will bo j verdict In less than three hours' held In Portland November 15. time. and a temporary injunction Is iHsued to bo in force in tho mean time. To Glvo Enturtalnment. An entertainment, consisting of a program by tho High school literary society and an address by a man of "national promi nence," will bo given at tho High school building Friday evening, November 12. Every one is cor dially Invited. There will bo games, dramatics, eloquence and all sorts of merriment. SPRINGFIELD TO PLAY COTTAGE GROVE NEXT Tho football team.ls improv ing wonderfully. Tho boys put up a good fight last Saturday and wero successful in keeping tho score lower than It was tho time boforc when they played Junction City. Springfield scor ed In tho first five minutes of tbe game and during tho first quar tor tho score was G to 3. Tho final score was 30 to 3, in June City. Springfield scored in the first flvp minutes of tho game and during the first quartor tho score was G to 3. Several of tho team wore crip pled a little, but none very ser iously, Bally being tho worst. Fogels. took his place. Springfield Is going to Cot tage Grovo Saturday and thoro is .not any reason why wo cannot boat them. Aboht a dozen rooters accom panied tho team to Junction City. Let moro than that go to Cottage Grovo. You aro need ed. Every ono who can, please go. It encourages the team. Bill hill. SPRINGFIELD HAS 17 STUDENTS IN VARSITY University of Oregon, Eugeno, Nov. 10. Springfield has 17 studonts enrolled in the Stato University this year, Thoy aro: Walter L. Balloy, Lola Barr, Amy Carson, Clinton Conley, Mario DoPuo, Eileen Dill, Ester Fur usott, Doll HlnBon, Opal Ilolvor son, Francis Lamborty, Marjorio Machon, Vera Perkins, Earl Po well, Mary Putnam, Gladys Ro berts, Paul Scott and Randall , Scott. Ths year's registration shows an Increase of 0 por cent ovor tho enrollment at tho corres- ponding lnio last fccar. Tho growth 1b duo to tho spread of higher education throughout tho state and to tho development of tho University Itself. It is believed that tho second cemester'B registration in Febru ary will add another 100 stu dents. Tho mid-year class will be largely composed of. Fresh men but will also contain a num ber of old students returning to collogo to complete their ndvan- MANY STUDENTS PROMPT AND IN ATTENDANCE Principal P. M. Stroud makes tho following report of the High School for the month ending on November 5: I'otal enrollment 131 w , ? No' 1111111... mice 2571 Ms 77 Mi 10 8G 97 4 nor lato Per cent of attendance No. visits by parents . . JURY GIVES MRS ALICE ALFORD ONLY $2,000 Verdict Rendored U $50,000 Damage Caso Suing for $50,00 damages for injuries sustained when she waB (Irnirired bv a Eiieeno Btroet car. Mrs. Alice Alford was given a verdict against the P., E. & E. Hallway company by a Jury in tho circuit court Tuseday for $2,000. The trial lasted three days and was hard fought by both sides. Tho caso attracted more than tho ordinary amount of atten tion on account of the unusual ly largo amount of damages ask ed for. Fred E. Smith and C. A. Hardy were attorneys for Mrs. Alford and John F. Rollly for tho railway company-. THE From an authoritative source The News has secured tho fol lowing statement of the lumber frleght rate caso as viewed by tho valley lumbermen: California Rate Situation Prior to 1898 there was very little milling in the Willamette Vallov south of Portland. The entire cut of tho Valley was practically all consumed locally. The San Francisco territory se cured Its supply of lumber from tho Columbia River and Puget Saund by water. In order that mills could bo located and oper ated successfully In the Willam ette Vnlloy It was necessaiy that permit those mills In tho Interior to Bhlp lumber in competition with mills located on tide water. In ordor to encourage tho milling industry In tho Willamette Val ley, the Southern Pacific Com pnny established a rate of $3.10 nor ton on rough green fir lum ber and lath for shipment from nolnts on their East sido lino south of Portland, and $3,35 per I ton from points on their West side lino to San Francisco, Oak-, land and other tide water points at San Francisco Bay. tho rail rate from Portland bolng $5.00! por ton. I As a result of this rate thoi MilliiiiK iimuouj in uiu tyiimui- etto Valloy was encouraged to such an oxtont that sovornl largo milling operations wero estab lished, in ndldtion to many smallor mills. This development continued to such an oxtont that In 1907 the railroad company found they wero hauling empty cars North to tako care of tho South bound lumber shipments ! originating In tho Willamette, REAL FACTS Valley, nhd claiming that it was COUNCIL WINDS UP AFFAIRS OF ADMINISTRATION Affairs of tho present muni cipal administration were brought to a closo at the regular monthly session Monday oven ing. Bills for the month wero audited and ordered paid, and tho 'Judges and clerks c(' tho recent election wero allotted $5 each. , Tho monthly reports of tho recorder and tho treasurer wero read and filed. Councilman Fenwick of the Street committee reported that repairs needed for Main street had been deferred for a time. J. E. Stauigcr presented his resignation as marshal, to take effect upon the appointment and confirmation of Ills successor. The question of whether there Is any ordinance governing the throwing and breaking of glass on the streets was referred to the attornoy for Investigation. Ho was Instructed to present an ordlnaco on the matter if ne cessary. Now Mayor to Call Meeting Mayor-elect Morrison stated this morning that he expects to call a meeting of the council for Monday or Tuesday night, following his induction into of fice at noon next Monday. JITNEY ORDINANCE GOES INTO EFFECT DEC. 3rd By proclamation of Mayor C. L. Scott, tho ordinance licensing and regulating all carriers of passengers In SpringfieJ.ilUiG so-called Jitney ordinance), will go Into effect December 3, 1913, 30 dajjs after tho measure was approved by tho people at the polls. COUNTY JUDGE TO SPEAK County Judge II. L. Bown will speak to the Civics class of the Springfield High school on Mon day afternoon at 2:30 in room 3, on the subject, "What the Lane County Court is Doing." The public is invited to attend. unprofitable to do this they can celled these low rates, advanc ing the Valley rate to $5.00 per ton, the same as applied from Portland. Tho lumber manufac turers south of Portland, finding themselves again unable to com pete with Portland and Puget Sound mills who shipped by water, filed complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commis sion asking that the Southern Pacific Company be required to restore the low rates. In that suit tho lumber manufacturers ( Portlantl intervened and asked the Commission to give Portland the samo rate as Willamette Val ley. The Commission in its de cision, (Gl ICC 14 June 1st, 19081. IiiBtoad of ordfirlncr tho restoration of tho $3.10 rnto from tho Willamette Valley pre scribed a rate of $3.40 per ton on rough fgreen lumber from points on the West side lines of the Southern Paolflc Company south of Portland to San Fran oIbco and other Bay points, but denied the request of the Port REGARDING Beaver-Herndon Hardware Company LEAGUE ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON LUMBER The new lumber freight rates to California formed the princi pal theme for discussion at the meeting of the Springfield De velopment league which was held Tuesday evening at the League rooms. J. E. McKibben lo'l tho Fischer-Boutin Lumber company presented a large mass of figures pertinent to tho ques tion under discfission, and at the conclusion a committee consist ing of Thos. Slices and D. S. Bcals was appointed to draft suitable resolutions and to pre sent the claims of the communi ty before the Interstate C6nw merce commission when it meets this month. The commit tee presented the following reso lutions, which were unanimous ly adopted: RESOLUTIONS Whereas, the country around ,and tributary to Springfield is tlargely dependent upon the lum jbering and saw mill industry, j Whereas, the new rate of 17 I cents made from all Willamette ("Valley points into interior north ern California points will great ly encourage and put new life I Into the lumber business in the I Willamette Valley. Therefore be it resolved, That we?most emphatically commend the. Southern Pacific Co., in granting and giving this small differential in favor of the Will amette Valley lumber mills as equitable and just and that we : believe-that the Portland Cham ber' ot Commerce, other civic bodies of Portland, manufactur ers, Associations, wholesale business interests and other re sidents of Portland who believe in the square deal, should make whatever move is necessary to draw the Portland mill men from their, course which would work great hardships to the Willam ette Valley mill men and those dependent upon them, would render hundreds of thousands of dollars of investment useless LUMBER FREIGHT land mills and the $5.00 per ton rate from Portland continued in effect. The following language of the Commissioners' decision is quite pertinent on this sub ject: "It was not denied that in the past Portland lumber had suc cessfully met lumber from the Willamette Valley in San Fran cisco upon the former rates of traffic There can be but one result: lumber reaching San Francisco by wa ter must supplant that from the Willamette Valley in the San dltions which induce us to apply this low rate from imlls in the Willamette Valley do not obtain in the case. This rate cannot affect manufacturers having the benefit of the water rate and are not therefore dependant at all upon the Southern Pacific com pany for reaching the San Fran cisco market. It Is of no espec ial importance to the manufac turers at Portland and no injus tice is done by withdrawing same. The distance from Port- FOOTBALL ENTHUSI ASTS, ATTENTION! We carry a complete line of sporting goods. We also carry the best In Flash Lights'. They sure shine. Lot a Kwiklito light you on your way. and greatly retard the growth of rural Oregon. We know that in the past the lumber industry of Western Ore gon has been made to suffer greatly because of its heavy handicap In ,'ratcj3, which has kept it from fairly competing with the Portland mills In the markets of California, Eastern Oregon, Idoho, Utah and Mon tana. We, therefore, ask that the public mind of Portland be not 'swayed by the contention ot a few saw mill men in Portland but :that they will grant the many i milsl of Western Oregon as well !as Western Oregon herself their 'Just rights. j Prosperity of this section means more prosperity to Port land and a greater Oregon as j well. MR JAR RETT GOES TO SPRINGFIELD j (Special to the News.) The va icancy left by Mr. Jarrett, the Booth-Kelly Superintendent who was transferred to Springfield as superintendent pt the Booth Kelly mill there has been filled by Nels Neilson, the former yard boss. H. A. Barnes was promoted to the position formerly held by Mr. Nielson. WENDLING ITEMS The second team of the Wend ling Athletic Club played an in teresting game of basket ball with the Marcola High school team last Saturday evening de feating them by the score of 24 to 17. j Earl Bennett who has been at the Eugene hospital as the result of an accident with his gun. in. which the right arm was shatter ed, is expected home Thursday. I The Parent-Teacher Associa tion will meet Friday evening at the school house. Professor Earl Killpatrick will deliver the ad dress of the evening, i Ray Redding made a business trip to Eugene Tuesday. Several inches of snow fell on the hills above Wendlin'g last Sunday, The logs from the catnp were covered with several inches of snow when they reach ed Wendling. I A. C. Dixon of Eugene made a tour of inspection at the mill Monday. land is considerably greater than the average distance from ,the Willamette Valley mills and on the whole we think the de fendants (S. P. Co.) should be (left to their option in meeting ior declining to meet water rates at Jortland. The claim of the facturers) is therefore declined. At the expiration of two years when the Commission's decision expired, the railroad company again advanced the rates from the Willamette Valley to basis of $5.00 per ton, and the issue was again the subject of com plaint to the Interstate Com merce Commission. The Com mission again fixed a rate of $3.50 per ton on rough green lumber from East side points : and 3.75 per ton from West side ! points on the Southern Pacific , lines south of Portland to San (Francisco Bay points. In this later decision (21 ICC reference page 389-39G June 22, 1911), the Commission makes the fol lowing statement: "The average distance from Willamette VaVlley mills to San Francisco is 622 miles and the distance from Portland to San rates should therefore be higher from Portland than tho Willam ette Valley. In our opinion a rate of $3.50 upon rough green fir lumber and $5.00 upon other kinds of fir lumber from Willam ette Valley points lp view of tho shorter distance, Is higher than a uniform rate of $5.00 from lumber. Our decision If it dis criminates either way is against the Willamette Valley and not against the Portland mills." Early this year the Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that tho lbng ahd short haul clauso of tho Interstate Com T 60-FOOT CRANE TO LOAD TIMBERS AT THE B-K MILL A timber crane to make easier loading of timbers is being con structed at the Booth-Kelly mill. The new crane will be of the a span of &0 feet, extending from south of the long line of live rolls across the rolls, the adjacent loading spur and the dpek along, the mill race. In length, the crane tracks will extend from near the big stick planer to the western end of the dock, a dis tance of 500 or 600 feet. The track on which the crane will run will be 30 feet above the dock. The pile driving crew is now at work putting a line of piling on the south side of the race on which the north rail structure will stand. Braces will be ex tended diagonally across the race so as to make the crack perfectly rigid. By means of the crane,, big limbers, weighing from 1000 to 2000 pounds and more can be picked from the rolls as they come from the mill, and be car ried and deposited on a car any where along the spur, as far as the end of the dock. The" load ing: of bridge timbers was the only heavy hand-work remain ine; at the mill, as machines did all the other heavy work- merce act should apply in the anplication of this Willamette Valley rate, and issued an order prescribing that this rate of $3.50 per ton must be applied 16 Intermediate points. In cbmi pliance with this, order therefore the Southern Pacific Company were obliged to reduce the rate on rough preen lumber to Sac ramento, Marysville and similar points intermediate to San Francisco from the "Willamette Vallev to $3.50 and $3.75 per ton. Subsequently however, ow ine: to "the decided deoressidn existing in the lumber business the (railroad company decided to make these rates apply not only on rough green lumber but on all kinds of lumber, and at the same time reduqe the rate from their eWst side mills to the same rate as that from their East side mills, or $3.50 per ton. Also Instead of the rate from Portland being maintained at !$5.00 per ton, it was reduced to S4.30 per ton. Therefore the differential instead of being iys cents per hundred pounds as established by the Interstate Comnierce Commission was re duced to 4 cents per hundred pounds, and this reduced rate made to apply on intermediate points, giving the Portland mills as well as the Willamette Valley mills, the benefit of1 the rediic- i.tion to intermediate territory. This reduction became effective October 22, 1915." Utah and Idaho Rate Situation At the conclusion of the big Eastern rate case in 1908, when the several railroad companies were making up their tariffs to conform with jthe decision of the Interstate Commerce Com mission, advantage was taken of a technicality in the decision which made it possible for the railroad lines to establish a rate to Utah points that was 2y2 less per hundred pounds from Port land than from points North and South of Portland. This eaVe Portland a rate of 37 cents to Utah common points as com pared with Wilamette Valley rate of 40 cents to these same points. This same differential mining districts of Utah taking rates higher than 37 cents and 40 cents. Although the Willam ette Valley manufacturers wero assured by the Commission that it was .ot their Intention to thus discriminate against the Willamette Valley, intimating that if suit were brought they would equalize these rates, tfye Willamette Valloy manufactur ers in order to avoid antagoniz ing thci Portland manufacturers did not file auclij8inXperf (Continued oa P 4)