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Continuing tho Springfield New and Lanapounty.Star, Which Woro Conoolidatod Fobruary 10, 1914.
SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1915,
fllNM Mullet uiKler (! Coiiitio of M wh, 1679
VOL. XIV N0.8tf
COUNTY
NEWS
TAX LEVIES ARE BEING MADE
Springfield Council
Seta Levy at
17 Mills
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SPRINGFIELD'S TOWN
TAX FOR 19.16
General fund ... .10.0 mills
t ?t. bnprovement ..3.0 mills 1
flon'l Ininrnvnmnnt tt.R inllltt 4
Gcn'l improvement 3.5 mills
Second St. brltlgo
Interest fund 2 mills
... I
17.0 mills
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led by the town council In its
special; meeting of Monday even-
tni9,oirfr,?imXr,SStndf Sn'S ?S
$10,910 for the use of tho city
u ii.uwi.niiB ...iu ""of the nirr en tunil aiu s at their
moro than pay tho actual run
nlng expenses. Miscellaneous
revenues will help somewhat In
paying tho city's way, and an
offort will bo made by tho coun
cil to collect at least part of the
$40,000 to $50,00 duo tho city on
delinquent assessments or open
nccoumB.
Tho meeting Monday evening
was called for tho purpose of
considering the budget and to
give the citizens generally an
opportunity to expresso their
views. A largo nunlber woro
presont, butjno ono cared to
- tako an active part In-the discus
sion, so tho councllmen them
selves took up tho budget, and
after talking it over, item by
item, reduced tho amount by
$1100 from tho amount asked
for In tho original budget esti
mate. Tho nsscssed valuation of tho
town of Springfield this year,
taking this year's figures from
tho county assessor, and last
year's figures on the public serv-'
ice corporations, is $971,538, or
some $120,000 less than' it was
last year. This accounts for thc !
larger mlllngo of the lovy, as tho
amount to bo raised is less than
for last year.
Following is tho segregation
of tho amounts n$ adopted in
the budget:
I'ollco ,830
Ilecorilor .. C00
Treasuror . ,. ..... 480
Attomoy ,. ' 300
Lights .: 2.400
Vntor 1.400
EnRlnoor 100
Streot Improvomcnt 2,500
Library
Interest on bonds nnil vnr-
rnntH 7,000
Oonornl Bxponsca i.OOO
Total , $10,910
No levy wns made for the
sewer fund, as it was lounu
that sufficient money is duo thut
fund from othor funds to tako
caro of tho probablo repairs this
coming year.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
OFFERS COMPROMISE
IN LAND GRANT CASE
Salem, Ore., Dec. 1. Appear
ing bofpro the Oregon and Cali
fornia railroad land grant con
ference committee hero today, D.
W. Campbell, assltant general
manager for tho Southern Pacl
ilo company, declared that ho
was clothed with absolute auth
ority to negotiate a compromlso
with it for the disposition of tho
lands In thd Oregon and Cali
fornia railroad grant, nnd that
ho was prepared to glvo consid
eration to any plan the commit
to might propose.
Aftor listening to him, the
committee decided to adjourn
until tomorrow forenoon when
It will meet and endeavor to
agree upon a plan. If It agrees
on one. It will submit It to the
railroad officials tomorrow after
noon, If the railroad company
submitted tp congress, which
then" accepts the plan It will be
wijl take final actlpn Jp accord
ance w liK rullhE t)f tlie supre-
st curt, Vhlch 'ktia ;t,.rat
For school purposes,
DlBt. No. 19, . . 9.5 mtllB
Town tnxcH 17.0 mills
Probable county and
state lovy .... .10.0 mills
Probable- tax for
Springfield 42.0 mills'
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forfeited. The court hebL how-
ever, that the rallrpad has an
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'position that tho company waslfro,n Hteto ta commission
nliunlntn nw.ini. of M.n ln.wla UPOII tllC nSSCSSCd Valuation Of
and lumber, subject only to tholf110, I)ubl,c t1 corporations
!rc8trlction that when it sold any 1 La" unbr, the total Is more
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nr fllri innHil It mitut lin f r nrtttttil
iou"'v'" V v.v.
rcitoratcd the salient features of
ltt ,)lttn pr0po8cd by him at a pre-
V,UB neo"n8 of 11,0 committee.
jTlll8 would provJdo for the 6alo
nctual value to settlers, and the
sale of tho timber lands at their
market value. Besides the $2 50 yeur after thc tPay018' meet- to .visit friends for a time be
an aero, h,i TnV,r; l"g. foreistartlng to Kentucky.
would be given a sufficient sur
plus to reimburse it for any los-
C8 BUBtaned
lUids.
In holding thc
Grange Master
Here Friday
eVn 11 ? n Jl ,.?m ?itho appointment of S. J. Calkins
c',,,.i7nnM nvM,,7
M . n8?i(i .1.r.i ,n7 t0 nddrcfls
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l.do p. m.
Mr, Sponce has Just returned
from a meeting of the national
grange at Oakland, California,
and has a number of interesting
tilings to impart to tho Grangers
of the county. Ho will be ac-
,, uied at each nipotlm? hv
l,7Hn ""l ?TO pLi Vh
n f TIllr.i n,7, ",1 " ' 7 ZatuiL
ZT. . , ' 1" , TO
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T 0n S..i..,7 nunil)or
W. U. W. fcLfcO I UH-IOtRb.
At tho meeting of tho Wood-
Z nLUZ Wd Ufn8(,ny pVOn" "se charges. It was agreed
i aLI ,? nJ1?SUB nfcr8twere that thl8 nmCte shou,d bo faken
SSCwn?ifih0 nfUlng ternl: P at the regular December ses
r. a in nnv Z1 f- siou on the 13th, and that in the
fJnmn00 meantime Edward Soleim is to
tenant; C A. Iloag, escort; C. A. continue on the job
SnS' .atcl""an' N' G- Gr,mn-! At tho opening of' the session,
HnfflScP?Tra;TllS?ir! Councilman Peery moved the
Walk0,r' clcrjc A R'ch- confirmation of the appointment
wHnii.ba CVi A haTC f0l and Councilman Fischer, saying
lowed the election and business ho dlt, BO to get tho m'tter be-
buhsiuu. jl. lii. I4QX anu joun
Gardner wore cranted trnnHfer
cards. ,
WEST spriimgfifld cl tm
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WILUCIVE PROGRAM
Tho program to bo given by
n woot HminonShi i itororv
tho West Springfield Literary
soeletv Frldav eveninir will bo aa
follows
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Piano solo, Mr. Collins; debate
"Resolved that Washington was
greater than Lincoln."
Eighth grade Recitation by
Hazel Dean; solo, Miss Willie
McGeo; dialogue, An Unappre
ciated Genius; piano duet, Flor
ence Furusot and Miss McGee;
reading, Miss Wellor; solo, Miss
Ipgalls; reading, Lavlna Smith;
dialogue, Gossip; male quartet,
"BlosBom;" song, Glenwood,
The date for tho spelling con
test with Goshen will be Dec
ember 10.
Salem, Nov, 29. West Linn's
new water system will bo com
pleted about Dec, 1st.
C. E. Lucko of Cnnby. pur
chased and shipped 26 carloads
of hogs and cattle In October.
Roseburg Work has started
on Umpqua-Grater Lakcwagon
road.
Florence sells $5,000 street
improvement bonds , to bank m
Toledo, Ohio. w ,
Douglas county farmers got
$80,000v for 11,700 turkeys.
Salem u$ltolMa.ve,a,ch. fac-
tery ifct iptac;
UP FOR III
Estimates Put the
County Levy at
16 Mills
Sixteen mills will probably bo
ihn 1 (n r inv low rnV ni.in .n.i1
county purposes to be proposed ian fuml In cases where the trict court of Utah, where thejEnernyof San Francisco, attor
by the county court at 'tho an-j amount proposed for the county proceedings were filed. Thejud- ney for the Southern Pacific,
nual taxpayers' meeting, to be school fund from Lane county ges sit today as the district court asked forty days in which to
held within a few weeks. This'0 anY district, together with for Utah. prepare a brief for the railway,
is based upon a property valuaHtne special district school tax' The case for the government Presiding Judge Sanborn object
tlon of $39 000 000 but accord-!lcyy for maintenance authorized was presented to the circuit Jud-Jed to thfe delay and finally ah
big to the figures received here
than that. The valuation placed
upon tne property or tne corpor
ations by the tax commission is
$4,423,525, making a total valu
ation of property in Lane county
of $39,775,165. Tho valuation
ns placed upon all other property
by Assesor Keeney was $35,351,
640. Sixteen mills is half n mill
higher than tho levy made last
COUNCIL DECLINES
APPOINTMENT
The Springfield council in a
special adjourned session Tues
nigntwaicnman, anu Aiayor
Morrison deferred, for the time.
tlle naming of a city attorney!
,to 8cceed J H- Bower, over
tij0 termination of whose ten-
uro of office there was a differ -
ence of opinion.
Tho motion to confirm Mr.
Calkins' appointment was with-j
drawn after charges had been
,lnnUo. Umt 1Iquor8 store(1 m the
- Muum warenouse
wl,QU tho saloons were closed
"ore two yeara ago had been re-
"10VCU V . VVi n""l0,my' Te
.mayor stated that he had no di-
rcct information, on the subject,
and suggested that Mr. .Calkins
ilm o-Ivom nnimrtimltu ir.
r,f' "l'
foro the meotlntr sppondpd th
:5.i?0 meeunS' seconded tlio
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yu uiwmmu vuimi sutiuu ne ;
objected to the appointment of
Mr. Calkins becauso he had in-
tervlewed many of the business
cn and had found a great many
who favored the retention of Mr.
Xv","i;
,&0,eim
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juuuuiuiiuii l'uuwicK reaa
a
list of liquors which Constable
L. E. Thompson certified com
prised the Tad Luckey stock,
which had been stored In tho
warehouse under orders of the
town council. Ho quoted Mr.
Thompson's statement of a con
versation with Mi Calkins in
which the fact was brought out
that a greater part of thes llq
uors had been taken, at different
Beaver-Heniiton Hardware t pp vy I:
Basing the valuation of all
property In the county upon
$39,000,000, approximate com
putations of milage, if the levy
is to bo made 16 mills, are as
follows:
fFor general fund for county
purposes, 8,G97 mills, $338,481.
For county apportionment of
stato tax, 3.781 mills, $147,459.
For high school purposes .88
millB, $34,320.
County school purposes, 2.61
mills, $102,180.
lter county school library pur-
notes', .036 mills, $1404.
I1008- -"36 mills, $1404.
rror school district mainten-
fror school district mainten-
uy law uuus jiol equal io&Wi
.004 mils, $156.
m
Total, 16 mills, $624,000.
CAMP CREEK ITEMS
(Special to tho Lane County News)
Camp Creek, Ore. Alvey
Brown of Eugene Is here visiting
friends.
Xrs. Mable Chase, Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Carr spent Thanks
giving day at the home of J. J.
Chase.
J. C. Trotter has sold his ranch
'here and has gone' to Marcola
TO CONFIRM
OF NIGHT WATCHMAN
. times to Mr. Luckev's home. Mr.
Thompson was quoted. as saying J
liquors. Mr. Fenwick stated,
lin tntOl directors manv Dromment
lie wuuiu iiui uiu w ' , . " i" - " v
confirm Mr. Calkins' appoint- men of Portland, including Pres- of the Southern Pacific. At that
ment. ' ident Foster of Reed college, time the Southern Pacific did
Mr. Fischer stated he had!AdolPn Wolfe of LIpman, Wolfe I not own any stock in the Cen
come to the meeting with the;0, A- Dr Calvin S. White, and jtral Pacific, but these two roads
intention of voting to confirm
i the appointment, but that he felt
if Mr. Calkins were to be as
careless in the matter of Hq
uors 'while working in a public
!cal - aclty as he appeared to have
j ueen as a private citizen, lie did
inot see his way clear to vote for
the appointment.
.vijjuiiiimtiii. 1 --- t- -
aiayor Morrison stated that:the fact tllat tlie state is corned
he had confined his work to the
(Continued on Pace 4)
MILL EMPLOYES CrVE
WATCH TO J. TOMSETH
John Tomseth, for seven
years superintendent of the lo
cal .mill of the Booth-Kelly com
pany, was summoned from his
home during the noon hour on
Tuesday, with an urgent call
from the mill. Fearing trouble
there on the last day of his ten
ure of office, he hurried to the
u,w U1 umue. uo uumcu w mc
offlc0 to flml a croup of the
employes there, with Engineer
Edgar Martin ns spokesman,
with words of appreciation for
Mr. Tomseth's fairness to the
ion Mr Mnrtin Yrospntfi him
wjth a handsome 21-jewel watch
ti,o cArt nf the men of the mill.
accompanied by a paper signed
by all of them.
Mr. Tomseth was so overcome
ho could hardly respond, but ho
thanked tho men. He is very
proud of tho watch and chain,
and is especially proud of tho
spirit which prompted the gift.
Mr, Tomseth resigned a, few
weeks ago. and will leave n ten
days for Weed, California, where
he will be superintendent of a
big mill.
ALL OVER THE .WORLD
the paint that we sell Is be
ing used, and giving only
the greatest satslfactlon.
Ono reason Is that the in
gredients are the best qual
ity, and it Is made by men
who know their business.
We sell It ready mixed for
use, ,and we solicit your
trade the next time you
want anything in this lino.
Ask for Shenvin.-WHliams.
ARGUMENTS ARE BEING IDE OK.
DISSOLUTION OF S. P. ANO C. P
I St. Louis, Dec. 1. Arguments
began before three federal clr-
cult pjudges here today In the
,case In which the government
seeks to separate the Central Pa
fciflc railway from the Southern
(Pacific. The case was certified
iacihc. The case was certified
to the circuit judges by the dia-
to tnc circuit judges ny tne dia-
K-- uv diu c. iuuvviuiiuau ui
(Boston, who anounced at the
n l 1. i n
opening mac uie government
would require the entire day for
Dr. W. G. Eliot
Speaks to Mothers
W. G. Eliot, Jr. of Portland
will address a meeting of wo
men at the Lincoln school at
8 o'clock Friday evening, De
cember 3, on the subject,, "How
Shall T Tell My Child?" He
comes under the direction of the
Oregon Social Hygiene Society,
and the meeting is held under
the auspices of a local commit
tee composed Of Mrs. N. W. Em-
e, Dr. Keeney Ferris, Mrs. O.
B. Kessey, Mrs, R. L. Iirk, Mrs.
E. E. Morrison Mrs. L. K. Page.
ra- u,cinar, aardson and
Mrs. Gladys Smith.
The Oregon aocWUHygleneifa plan waT: prculg&Kfcy
of Oregon, and has'on its board
i06.1
The society is making it its'ental transportation to Califor-
1 to eaucaie me iamers ana
mothers of the state to the im -
'Portance of the fact that their
c"uupren snoum ,earn tne Iacis 01
;"l"Ui" r""
j The subject Is an important
Pa? 111 senerai irom
upon to spend large amounts m
care tor blind and otherwise de- Pacific (meaning the San Frah
fective children, many of whom ciseo-Np.w Drlpans no unri
,owe their afflictions to social dis-
Sir " , , not naturally competitive.
The sex problem touches ev-i 2. Composition between the
erife.socner, or laten two hnes is not restrained,
child of our city must meet it.- -3. The defendant railways
A sane, careful, helpful discus- .have not monopolized commerce
sion of this vital matter should)
appeal to every parent. ' (Continued on Page 4)
DOES SPRINGFIELD WANT A
NEW HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING?
Do the people of Springfield want a new High school
building one that will not leak like a sieve arid endanger
the lives of the students?
Right now the price of lumber is as low as it will ,be.
for years and that is an item Labor will cost more later,
and that is a big item in the cost of a building. The need
for a suitable building, with heating and ventilating arid a ".
roof that will safeguard health, is certainly urgent.
The way to get a building
the board will' be to fill out the blank below and mail-it
to A. Pi McKirizey,' clerk of the board, oj to ThoSnies,
Marvin Drury, or Carl Fischer, members of the board." Or
leave It at the News office if you wish. Now for pome I real
action. , " ' - ' 4 . . '
Springfield,
To the Board of Education,
District No. 19, Springfield, Oregon. y
Gentlemen": I am tt taxpayer of Dist. No.' 19, and am
interested in the welfare of .'the1 SpYing'fleldvschcls. I
would request your board to , make a careful investiga
tion of tho matter of the erection 6f a new' high school
building for Springfield, and if you find it feasible, call
meeting of the taxpayers of t,he district to take such
steps aslmay. be riecesskry' to prbvjde stlcH' k buildlriir;)
, pectfiiJiy1 suomftte'd,"- ' : " w v "
its argument, that the railway
attorneys also would want a
day, and that possibly it would
be necessary to continue the ar
guments on a third day.
A brief of nearly 300 pages
was filed with the court by the
government but Garrett H. Mc-
iHKreeuieni. waa reacneu l.n
attorneys for the Southern Ffte
' . . . . -n .
nc snouiu, man a. oner irom new
York on Saturday, December
13. By the same time the gov
ernment attorneys are to file a
supplementary brief answering
any'oral arguments of the. rail
way attorneys which they de
sire to controvert 1
Mr. McClennan began by stat
ing that on February 20, 189f,
the Southern Pacific company
owned all the stock of the
Southern Pacific railroad, which
controlled lines from San Fran
cisco to New Orleans, connect
ing there with steamer lines for
New York and that the Central
Pacific Railway company, form
ed in 1891 to succeed the. Cent-
owned a line from Ran FYarirfa.
irai i-acmc xiauroau company,
co tQ Ogdon, connecting there
with the Union Pacific and the
Denver and Rio Grande.
0n February 20, 1899," said
ths couneLr, the-wvernmet:'
pany was. to acquire allTBeT"
lBtnr1r nf tho P.pntral Paolfir 'and
had a monopoly of trans-coritin-
nja. Incidentally, we do, not
deem it necessary to determine,
'whether the roads had a mon-
;opoly, but merely whether they
restrained commerfi.
1 The position of the defendant
. una uugwui
summarized as follows:
railways in this litigation may be
; i. The lines of the Southern
those of the Central Pacific are
is 'to. ask the board Of, edu- :
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