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Continuing the Springfisld Nswa and Lans County Star, Which Wsrt Consolidated February 101914.
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SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, ORIOON, MONDAY, NOVEMiEK 22, 1f16.
VOL. XIV. NO.
LANE
COUNTY
s
OH
HEARING
LUMBER RATES
IS
Dnrtlm.,1 Mnv 91 Thn TfihJ
Portland. Nov. -ino ioic-
gram lost evening said:
eawmu. iuou ui mo yv mm-
otto valley, then on a parity of
GONOLUDED
ratcH with Portland, were pro-i(no Portland district was '"'bad."
mined a rate by high officials of ( Willamette valley dealers re
tho Southorn Pacific after a Bponded by testifying their be
acrles of conferences In 1913. nof that tno Portland trade was
Tho present new rate, which ui;b0ttor than tho valley trado. not
crlmlnatca against Portland anajwIthBtanUng Ut0 ratC8 T,e
favors tho valley mills, Is a fui- hearing brought out testimony
ill I.. iwH1ldn tt flirt r A "1 TM . . 1
officials, according to A. C. D x-
olllclala, according wa.u -
on, manager of the Bopth-oKlly
onmnmiv and IlrHt witness for
the ilofonso in the hearing of
owi0iui mlilH ncn nst tho
Southern-Pacific before bxani-jVQuoy
inor ,Uutlor for tho Intcrestato
commorco commission.
Tho l03t of the testimony wob
concluded at noon louay. unvio
I'uiiuiuMuu uuiuui. . ' .
are to bo BubnUtted in January
mid argument made in wnaii-
i- n n im Aitvntiioimn i
ot tho intcrestato commerce
nnnnnlHslon. Portland mill men
potnmlBBlon. Portland mill men
ljellevo they have made a strong
caBe, and aro surprlaed at tho
poor showing mado for tho rail-
joad.
Corroborating Dixon, J. II.
MulKoy, aBBiBtani gencnu iruiBiu-
agent, testified in recounting tho
lilutnrv nfrntCB in tills BCCtlon Of
tho country, that In 1912 leading mUa had suspended operations
olllclala of tho railroad camo to tho last year. Testimony of
Oregon to sco what was wrong Portland mlllmen brought out
with tho lumbor Industry and n,B feature also. They teatiflcd
subsequently sent two special that valloy points could ship to
representatives to investigate. Portland, then to California,
The new discriminatory rate 'cheaper than Portland mlllmen
against Portland, which took couid ship direct They held tho
effect last month, is an outcome, output of the Portland mills is
Mr. Dixon said that tho pre- decreasing and thes-valleyiK!nttf
cut rate, which Portland mills increasing,
are protesting, is a rotfult of Uio i Johan Poulson, of tho Inman
Southcrn Pacific Investigation Ipoulsen Lumber company, and
in 1913, when Sproule, Luce anu
a few other high officials, con-(pastern nnd Western Lumber
suited with Valley mlllmen to company, testified that Wlllam
learn where tho lumber Industry ;ctte valloy points can ship lum
hnd gone. They said they had bor lo Portland and then to Cal
to have more traffic and depend- uornla over the Southom Pacific
cd on the mlllB north of Ash-1 lines cheaper than Portland can
land, stated Dixon. Tho Spring- 8hln direct,
field mill of tho Booth-Kelly Mr. DulToy's testimony show
company was rebuilt on the un-jod how tho railroad Is willing to
dcratanciing mere wouiu uo
new rate. Tho rate, explained
Dixbn, Is to dovolop traffic on' car to Portland and then send
the Southern Pacific ho said, 'it out, yet making tho long haul
in reply to a query, ho did not for less than tho rate granted
think tho rate was intended to Portland mills. On tho electric
encourage settlement on logged- , branch of tho Southern Pacific
off lands, as he never heard of ,in the Carlton and Newbcrg
tho railroad offering such en-country, Mr Duffoy testified all
couragement. shipments this side of St. Joseph,
Loss than half tho mills In tho or 60 per cent of the shipments,
vnllnv nrn riinnlnir. testified Dlx-!nro born nth into Portland and
on. and there has been a steady
,iACn in th last five years,
nvnininp.fi Itbo cause as a
i.r nf mnrkut. chieflv. and
n nw,i umt Mi Vallev was dis-ifor
criminated against in every di-
,.,.,ir. nn ornHH-oxnmlnntlon
he admitted that many Portland I
nlnunil find tho
output
has been cut in two.
' Statistics or tno niuiuui uum-
ncBS In Portland wore provided
i,v h. n. Van Duzcr. manager
of tho Inman-Poulsen company, part of tho producing mills in
in his evidence, being supple-. tho valley continued tho wit
nionted by other Portland mill.ness, are located on the branch
men. Into the territory affected lines of the Southern Pacific and
bv tho now rate, Inman-Pouiaen
,,j ww . . mil)
Co., shipped 148 cars In 1912(
110 In Ivlo ami oo cara m vi-t.
This mill cut 113,000,000 feet of
lumbor in 1913. Tho mum in
Portland district cut 055,000,000
frtot in 1913. and 523.000.0Q0 feet ,
In 1914. The valley mills cut (James G, Wilson, representing
from two-fifths to one-half as the Portland . mills, objected to
much as tho Portland output 1 the resolutions, as they contaln
From Portland district thoro was cd statements not made under
41.500.000 feet shipped to San 'oath. Examiner Butler allowed
Francisco and bay points in 1913 1
and 37,199,000 foot in 1914. Van
puzor explained that Portland's
output Is decreasing mid the val
ley, If, not, Increasing, is at least
not decreasing Ho announced
that Portland mills could not
compote with tho val.ely on ac
count of tho dlfferonco between
17Vi and' 2lVi, the four cents amount or tins material receiv
differonco absolutely preventing ed from the United States. '
shipment. In conclusion, Vanl Of the total amount of rall
B;uzbr said Portland business road ties exported during 1914
has dropped'- practically 1,000,- (over five million,)- tho Stateof
' OP0 foot a day, figuring a 10- Washington alone furnished
'hour run, lAit meanwhile tho nearly half a million, ' j
Booth-Kelly people rebuilt a mill
and a tnlll was built at Schoflold
but nono in Portland,
Portland, Ore., Nov. 19. -Conflicting
testimony featured tho
hearing conducted hero today by
PlyBHGB Butler cxamlnor for the
Interstate Commorco commls-
tilon on tho petition of Portland
lumbermen for a readjustment
rtf rates in California. Tlia natl-
1,0,1 flMlarcd WMcmettO V.lOy
,.., ., ,nvn 4a,,nAYi
j)y fou cent8 hundrca p,unti8
flml held it ui as ono ot tno rea
eons why tho lumber buslnoss In
Willamette valley dealers rev
,mr ot tho Booth-Kelly plant in I
.ager of tho Booth-Kelly plant Ini"',"; 1 f"" , ni.hin n f ho
, E?Igeno Umt boforo granting I J2$L SdonS It &uSd 2
ni vnllnv nnlnH hn favnrnhln i "car.oy. lUUimiB. it CaUSCU
luifforentlal, tho Southern Pad-
n w nnnvnaan,i Mm
seeking tho cause for
:Bhr!nkago of lumber shipments,
Mr. Dixon teatiflcd that the
cnnVasser learned that tho valloy
(1,ynB amii Btrong (lompotitlon;
(ilium 4ihu nuuiiK ijuiiiijvuwm",
th'nt tho valloy nr at I?at.
llrai dBadvantagco
-i i i a..i I
mtCB ,n tcrVltory reached exclu-
'ulvolv hv rail will not narmit
iBlvelv bv rail wlU not nermlt
'lQm to compote with Portland
minB effectively,
j Mr. djxou Bad j,0 believed the
findings resulted In tho railroad
company granting lower rats to
jtno valley.
On cross-examination Mr,
Dixon admitted several Portland
ip. B. Duffoy, secretary of tho
naui cars as rar away from rort
land as West Timber, bring tho:
.weighed at Brooklyn vards and
'pout smith. Prom St. .Tosenh via
Portland to California destlna-
do-Hon the rate of 17 V. cents: but I
frnleht to orltrhmto In Port-!
land for the same destination tho
ratn Ir 21V. nonta.
Mills In the valloy, continued ,
jsir. uuiToy, nro given a very low
irate to Portland when shipments
nro uesuneu oy wmor lor aan
.Pcdro and tho Atlantic coast via
. tho Panama canal Tho creator
not on tho main lino.
1Tl. 1. -I.. 1 TTI..
amlner Butler, found on his desk
solutions objecting to any
change In the how, rate, sent by
t bo commercial clubs pf Oregon
City. Albany and Corvallls.
the resolutions to stand.
FOREST NOTES
Canada and Mexico also take
tho lead In the amount of shlng-
les received from tho United
I States. Australia and the Oco-
ianlc Islands rank next in tlfo
STUDENT WRITES
OF CONDITIONS
AT HIGh1 S
L
To tho Patrons of Diet. No. 19:
Monday. Nov. 15, It rained. In
room 9 at Uie High school build-
Ing It leaked so, that by 3:16
largo puddles of water were
'........ll..,. nil . I, WUtr,
r nXr U'Z
floor into, tho assembly room,
Flower vases, wash uasms ana
tin palls were used to catch the
water that did not go through
cracks to the ground below. But
? Tlf IdHnl"f1,Jf L R
cat SSSS SSSSi
some of the pupils had to move
their books to keep them from
getting wet. This is one among
tho many incidents that occur
which impress upon us the fact
that the High School building
r,ni,i i, vr,.in , iot.,rn
.Jiou Id bo replaced by a larger
wiiou a Msuor comes vo lowu
f; S?,. ?.?"18 u0rnif nfnS S!
1)1 .1?:u,n. 18 it not pointed out
building, is it not pointed out
with pride? No, It Invariably is
r, rniin M nmlni. .nnxnno mill
not. Tho following reasons will
CO
readily prove tnat it is impera-.tpo cold. It endangers the pu
tlve that we have a now struc- pHs' health, for even by wearing
uwu in uiou uaivuivu iui;uu iu
tho ono now standing.
Tho .present building is too
small, for there Is not enough
room for all the classes, so tne
pedagogy, manual training and Jit to' be very unevanlv shaped. It
domestic science classes have to ;Is painted an Unsightly gray col-
recito at tne Lincoln scnooi. Tne
assembly room is too small to
allow for a platfctrm large
enough for tho graduating class
and another building has to be
obtained for commencement
;rcises.' When; a program-tectJir.wIth patches of sky-blue;
given a temporary platform has
to bo constructed. There Is not
any good place to hang the
wraps, for It is Inconvenient to
UBe the halls for that" purpose
because the wraps often fall
down and get soiled. There is
no place whero'the students can
get exercise on rainy days, no
l'PRf ronm nrul no trnntl nlnon foi
The. building Is dangerous, for
it Is not constructed of fire proof
material and there aro no lire-
escapes whatever. Stoves aro
used to furnish heat and these
entail u large number of chin'f
neys which are dangerous, for
they keep tho walls heated,
causing them to .become very
dry, so that if any defect in the
chimney should occur thoy.
would immediately ignite. Tho
floors have been oiled so many
times that thoy
havo become
J saturated with oil. This adds to
Ithe danger of fire for live coals
dropping on the iloor would
cause a blaze.
Tho Present building has no
adequate system or Heating and
ventilating. Heat is furnished
,v apwoort 8tovc: in the room. It
yLu lVu um A ,UIU,B ulu
!'ot enough stoves. The assem
Mv v.v '
nraJ rooms with a stove in
iench - Now it Is heated by ono
stove and that is in tho very
back part of tho room. . Those
students sitting in tho front
nnrt of the room havo to move
back by tno stoyo to
keep
warm. This causes a loss of
time both for the student who is
moving and for the ono already
near tho fire. Two or three
trips are usually mado to get the
necessary books, pens, etc..
1
UNION SERVICES
THURSDAY AT THE
BAPTIST CHURCH
Tmnksgivlng day will bo ob-
served in Springfield by union
services at the Baptist church
at 10:30 a. m. Rev. H. S. Wll-
kinon of the First Methodist
' t-"--l. 171.. . t J i -1 4-
SSX ric
pufcllc is invited to attend, the
services,
The matter of closing the
stores part of. the day on Thurs
day was being discussed among
tlifl. mflrAliflnla ilWa ri rTti In o. tint
Inn aZiMt Ti,m,r a,i ,ZS;tI
WUfflC.
cauainK a disturbance. Then.
too", the students arc inclined tcv
(alk rather than to study when
they are close togethr. ICae hot
vm iibn iiic ncio uuui tu ileal
it. . 1.1 .in.
the, entire room, those sittins
near the fire would have to
move. .Owing to the shape of
tne room it Is very difficult to
heat It Ventilation is obtained
by an onen window but this is!vTi,VVr
not dSb e for' it causes Jg J? lJ vi n!t hSo
Li.J..... ( L.lnCOm SCIlOOl Was HOC larS
draughts and makes the room
.tncir vrans continually It Is Im-
possible to keep warm.
The building is unsightly, for
three additions have been nut on
(o the priglnal structure, causing
or which detracts from its at
tractiveness. The interior is far
less inviting than the exterior,
uitt.c c i uuia iiuiiR in um
nsevuiuiv room iinti narmomzes.
ex-.The walls are painted a gxav
here and there, none of which
adds to the beauty of the room.
i ; -1 . cu. . doubtful if 51000 win be enougn
part of them are black and part forthe whole west end of the
of thev are green. There are no structure will have to be re
decorations whatever unless you Ujngled and new floors put in,
term electric wires strung In lat- nnd wben new floora are Dut in
tieo. Avoric across a dull gray it mav be necessarv to have new
cellhg decorations. , I sills, because last fall the Janitor
Til n Mnnlflinnwla n
illU UlbiriKl IS imailUmUV UUie
to construct a new building. We
are as prosperous as many other
towns which are now building
high schools. For nstance.vwe
are richer than Cottage Grove,
for she has an assessed valua -
iPr SlVenao oaAn, messed valua- !nft for manual training and do
1 loSof.f n1n2V8oo1oa5a!nst Spi?"- mestic science would pav the in-
hatjust built a $100,000 high
scljpol was assessed at 89,248,-
UU. Springfield and Cottage
urove nave pracucauy tne same
. , v ,
number of inhabitants. The last
census showed that Springfield
bad sa population of 1838 and
Cottage Grove had 1834.
opnngueiu uas property in uie
school district that is not in-
eluded in the town. This out
lying territory nearly doubles
the amount which is received
from the property in Springfield.
Kfe ly ndirwhlch is in the
For instance, there is the Booth
school district but not in tho
town. Their plant alono cost
$7SO,000, besides the lumber
they lpavo on hand. Tho Fischer
Boutin sawmill Is also included,
which is worth about $100,000.
Besides these there, is also tho
planing mill and a farm which
'recently sold for $30,000, all of
wiucn are included m tne scnooi
district Cottage Grove's school
district does not include any land
outside the city limits. So wo
have an advantage there.. It
Is the-school district that builds
EVEN THE THANKS
GIVING DINNER
tastes a little better if the
dining room has a cheerful
and attractive paper on the
walls. It is wonderful how
just tho right kind of paper
will brighten up tho room.
Our lliie of dining room
papers is especially attrac
tive, and If you are hard to
suit we think you will find
what you want at our store.
the school bulldins, not the
town. It Is true that the tbwn
of Springfield has a debt, but It
is not so large as that of some
towns. In Eugene the city pays
for the paving and macadamiz
Infl of tho Intersections of the
streets; in Springfield the prop
erty owners pay for It They
also pay for the macadaminzing
of the streets, for example the
A, 4th, 6th, 6th, and 7lh street
paving funds are not a city debt.
Main street paving is a city
debt, but not the other streets.
The city pays the expense, of re
pairs, but that fund, for all the
streets is only about $5000.iafc
year a school tax tevy of eight
mills was needed to maintain the
schools. This was lowered to
seven mills. Last year a sug
gestion was made that the. out
lving districts like the Chase
district and the one northeast
of town be consolidated with the
one here. All Of the children
ready for high school attend the
Springfield High school and that
means we nave to support tnem
Undoubtedly It is only a
mHm. nt timo unfii thov win i
annexed to the high school any
.nisv
j waj.
Heretofore, the neonle of
Springfield have been inclined to
think this is just a small town,
not destined to grow, so when
'erecting school buildings they do
enough to
children of
accommodate theibreaking of a ghaftf and: ghut
Springfield when?down oatnrrlav afternoon h-
bullt, but now it is far too small
and part of the grades have to
go to the high school biulding.
It is simply postponing the
inevitable to construct small
buildings for manual training
and domestic science because
wft will absolutely have to have
n high school building within a
few years, then these .smaller
buildings will be practically use-
iea5. There is considerable talk
of spending $1000 or $1,200 for
a manual training and domestic
science buikhriAbut-SlOfrO
will be needed for repairs oh the
rre'aonf lifcVi erVinnl tinnUnc Tf Is
1 ... ... . -
dnrfoH in ,t in onmo nowinnnr dit-tii A M -rn Wirin-
:boards on the porch and he
,fm,H tb Rm rnffpn fhnt u
;wns necessary to replace them!
jwith new onsf The money that,'
kvould be spent on a small build-
nt fnr mnmi fmtnino nnH rin.
terest on a S40.000 high school
for twn nr thrnft venrs. Thfire-PYlui
fore it would be cheaper In the
end to construct si new building.
i x v wiu
, xt
j SDent on new grounds for tlie'ablest KPeakers and educators
i old jn-ounds are lanre' enough. !in the state and s always greet-
-mi,.. can.t snrincfield have a
larger and better High school
.building?
BERTTIE BRUCE,
Portland First unit $40,000
KeKnnedy school completed.
Allsky estate, California, will
rebuild burned block in Portland
The lumber industry, like rail
roading, has been legislated to
death.
State authorities plan to abol
ish tubercular institution. Will
save $50,000.
Home Telephone Co. asks to
be allowed switching charges In
Yamhill County doing business
at a loss.
Additional Local
Miss Gladys Wagner of June- der arrest in Eugene in-connecr
tion City is expected in Spring-, tlon with his picture, operations'.
fleld tonight. She Avill attend the
teachers institute being held in
Eugene and also visit her aunt
Mrs. Wm. Donaldson in Spring
field. L. E. Scrivner and Mrs. A. P.
McKinzey will begin tomorrow
taking tho annual school census
under the direction of School
Clerk McKinzey. The work must
be completed and in the hands of
the county schqoj superintend
ent by December 1.
; Mrs. S.. D. Lanowrites to
Chief Staniger asking his assist?
LnAa in A vnnnxm&w fit ' . nlintaj
$i 114 putyiijvv'i win&vui. iui en
largement '.' Tho"'' agent was un-
RAPID PROGRESS
BEING MADE I
LUMBER CRANE
Rapki progress Is being mMfe
en the piling foundations for tfe
new monorail system fetag i
suited at the Booth-KeMy mill.
Two rows of piling have been
placet from the western' mi. of.
the dock eaatward. as far -tk
driveway, at the office, and thi
morning work was bguH oh th
last row the one, akmg tk
north side of the race. This will
be completed, In two or three
days.
The crew worked Sunday on
the space between, the bridge
and the blacksmith shop, and
will finish this part of the pile
driving next Sunday. Work has
to be done, Sundays on this part
of the work because the wood'
wagons have to use the drive
way there during the weekdays.
Carpenters are now engaged
in making the forms for the con
ciete footings which will be put
under the south side of the
' , The00-KlZ miU
,1nwn Thiirwla v sftomn
structure.
was elinf
cause so many of the men. want
ed to go to the football game.
COUNCIL WILL MEET
TOMORROW EVENING
The first, meeting of the town
council under the administration
of Mayor E, E. Morrison will ibe
held tomorrow evening; when
the mayor will-read his .first an
nual message to the council.
and make his appointment ,
- ThercbHnemsii
on Monday evening,. November
29, for the purpose of consider
ing the budget for the coming
year, and for making the neces
sary tax levy. Items necessary,
to be raised are enumerated in
a notice published in this issue"
of The News.
! COUNTY SCHOOLS
The c"n7
superintendent
iSacompiei?.lI)lantf ?)r,liaJmf
Prof. M. S. Pittman who is head
of the Department of Rural Ed-
i i- A. Ct X A XT t
UYX.U au, iai
oupcrvmor ufteuiy uunu5
the week beginning with Nov...
2Dth.
Mr, Pittman is one of tho
ed with largo audiences in Lane
county.
Plans are complete for the fol
lowing schedule during his' visit
in Lane county: Monday even
ing, Nov, 29, at Divide; Nov. 30,:
at Dorena; Dec. 1, at London;1
Dec. 2, at Deerhorn; Dec. 3j "at
the Dunn school.
During the day time Prof. Pit
tman and the supervisor will
visit the various schools within
range of the places where the
evening meetings will be held.
The purpose of their visits will
be to aid the rural teachers -in
their work. It is hoped that the
teachrs will make good use. of;
Mr. Pittman while he is visiting:
1 their schools.
Claud Washburne came'up
from Junction City Saturday-to
see tho Oregon-O. A, C. game,
and 'he spent Saturday evening'
and Sunday with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. B, A. Washburne,
of Springfield,
'
Mrs. John, H. Biirgard of.
Portland, sister .of Mrs. B. A.
Washburne, spent Sunday in
Springfield visiting the Wash
burr.es. Two of h'er. sons are. at
tending the University, and she
came up to see the game.
"
Mr. and Mrs. Charles. Clover
of, CcyrgsjKntt the .wek-end
wlth7 their,:daugliterV,Mrs. H J."
Coxt, '' ' ,
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