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About The Lane County news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1914-1916 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1915)
rk. . ft. J, I lift. Continuing th 8prlnfi(d Newt and Una County tar, Which Were Comwlfdated February 10, E MthniltrUI II1H 4l anrlnnAal l.trasAn. k.t'uMiBil. BPtKOfflLD, LANE COUNTY, Oft IOC. THURSDAY DECEMBER 16, Itl . T1-JT7 a wrmm m w ami mm wim imm . . . ' M j - - . - . . . - "' JM'PtiEWi f ALLS DEAD AT IN MILL Vetsran Employ of Booth-Kelly , Ce.( Siiccumo to Etfeitement Ovtr Argument fe? Pootowloft of Lurpber Truek. - A wMk heart, excited by an argument and wreelling bout, with a fellow workman, caused the death at 1:30 yesterday af ternoon at the Booth-Kelly mill of Jarnel Mkldleford McPherson, . one of the veteran employes of ike company and known to hi .comrades as Mkl. Death occur red several minutes after the al tercation was over, and Adolbert ttticknum, the other party to the sculllo had started back to his place, Coroner Vcatch made an Investigation last evening and decided an Inquest was not ne cessary, McPherson had been driving a dock horse for tho company for a long time, and Bucknum, who wna previously employed by tho company when It operated its Coburg plant, is a bundle tier in planing mill, puring the after noon an argument had arisen ov.cr a lumber truck which Bucknum wanted to take to his end of the mill. Later he went again to the east end of the planer Hear the grinding room, Mandtarted'io tatifc trtick, with him. McPherson came up at Jthls time seized a small stick, scarcely larger than a Jath, and stuck It into the Wheel of the truck, stopping Its progress. Bucknum rushed at hint and McPherson parried with tho stick. Bifcknum struck at his, grazing his left cheek, and then then both got hold of tho stick and struggled for its possession. Within n minute, Foreman Nor - man Howard stopped up and told tho mon to stop their fighting, and they did so, Bucknum start ing1 for his work. McPherson pyshed the truck out of tho way and returned to his load of lum- WORK Lninp- m.nhinp As ho sitooned'1SaJe3men 1,1 c1,arR of tlie exhlb ijaning maenme. Asnosioopeu ... min. ,pipo rURtrihntfi 0plck up the reins, he crumpled ahd fell back into tho arms of jquhiea. Tho exhibit from Ore James Casteel,, another veteran 'gon and Washington will include ln the Booth-Kelly service, Ho display boards cut rrom tno jog 'ifu.i ninnnn TTncmn n mn.'Rt different angles and finished called to Clarenco Hoguo, a ma- t1,.,.o1 ,, ,n o1lrt, nirnniu , chine man who had witnessed tho whole occurrence. Casteel mid Hoguo, with othor wbrlc ' mon, jaised Mr. McPherson to tho lloor, but It was clear that he could live 'but a moment. A Btrotchor wns brought and tho ,'j body removed to Walker's par- II lore. i ' Mr. MfiPliei'aon had been suf' ferlng frdih heart trouble for a . m 1 At ' i number or weoKs, auu uik co- f .11.1 nnt- .lnntu qi tnniinaf necessary. Besides tho wife ho loaves two sons and two daughters, Lola JMcEhorson of Blckleton,,,Wash., May McPherson at home, Ray mond McPherson of Bickleton, Wsh., and Clyde McPherson at lionio. ' 'Tho funeral' services : will bo heiili 'Saturday mornlpg at tiQ Baptist church by Itov, Ferris, Friends, wishing to vI6V th'a'e" malns may do so by calling at tho resldonco, 3rd and 0 streets, Friday between tho hours of 10 aiid 4, The casket Will not bo opened at the church. Interment will take place at the Mullcey Cpmotory west of Eugdno, . . ' Eosebur'g Ca'thollo church will bo remodeled at cost of $0,000. HUGE REFUSE BURNER FOR HOOUIAM SAWMH.L 40 Carloads of Brick and Clay Ordortd FromCheaalls Fac tory This Week Chehalls, Wash., Dec. IE. The Chehalls Brick k Tile com pany, of tlite city, this week se cured an order from the Grays Harbor Lumber company, ofllo- qutam, for 420,000 brick and 130 1 1 - . 1 1 I. M.j i 1 1 .1 I VUI1B Ul CMly, W IK) USVU III UUIH1- frig a refute burner far the Ho rn) lam concern's mill. The bur ner in to be, 35 feet In diameter and &0 feet high, the largest on'tms Jheet srf for lw the Paclfio coaat. ThUTwlll be,8' 8h mde n verae of approximately 40 car load of y' Ir cwu material and will keen the, plant H?! "L1,!?1,1 ie running; on this order alone fori about two months. - t i EUGENE WATER BOARD BUYS LGHTING PLANT f!nnitMi H fnn ww.n fhfi K. gene city electric lighting sys tern and the Oregon Power Co., ceaeed Monday when the city council ratified the purchase of the purchase of the latter's fran-. chiae and hokllngs within the city limits and suburbs of Eu gene. Tho deal itivolvcs $160,- ooo. or which sum soo.ooo is to be paid at once, with deforced payments of $1250 a month with I interest at 5 per cent. , the Eugene water )oard, which controls the municipal electric lighting system, and which has beon in operation a little over four years. The property in- dudes the franchise, electrical business, machinery and appli ances held by the Oregon Pawor company for the Northern Idaho & Montana Power company, a Deleware corporation. No bond iseue will be required mid none of the city's property is involved a acurky-iH the dd, the d ferred payments to be made out of the earnings of the electrical department. LUMBERMEN TO EXHIBIT COAST WOODS IN EAST Portland, Doc. 15. Oregon and Washington lumbermen are co-operating with the National Lumbor Manufacturers' nssocia- Tl j2Si b0 diBpiuyeu- nt convcnUons of jrctall himber dealers this winter in Eastern and Middle West states, rne cxmou win g.ve come familiar with tho merits of huhber from the Pacific Northwest and should help to create a now market for the for est products of these two states. Lfilline literature and answer ln- oUtained from Ul0 Bame WOod. i S. P. AUDITOR PAYS VISIT TO SPRINGFIELD YARDS Chief Auditor McCalfXory of the Southern Pacific company, accompanied by a party of other officials from San Francisco, and by Superintendent F. L. Burck halter and heads of departments In Oregon, were In Springfield yesterday morning inspecting the company's stores hero, and checking Up the materials on hand. They went to Wondllng early in the morning, and left here over tho east side line at 9 o'clock. BUSINESS AND RELIGION TO BE LECTURE THEM D, W- Morton of the Univer sity of OreKon School of Com-r merco, will be the speaker at th.e regular monthly, dinner of the , .Mothpdi Brotherhood' next; Monday evening; His tonic will fyo, ''BusineBS and Jtollglon." AH men are invited to attond the banquet and lecture v : Now that tho, Ui, S, District Court has decided1 tho railroad Is only entitled to $2150 an ,aoro In the O. A, C. Land Grant' easel what will Jiajipen to tax mousy which has been assesod gainst the company on much higher Values per acre than $2.50? Ncwj r rom Dpnni The basket ball girls practice regularly and wlH play Creswell Deo. 18th In Springfield. A new program has been ar ranged 'for meetings to be held after school. Different meetings Will bo held on the various nights. Lena Brewer is back, to school after having been ill for, several days. Basel Dailey was absent from school Tuesday. Wanna McKenney received r... 0 w "" lor, it being 88 per owit. j a peswmuit in a jwrwuu wuu it ,feea aick during the entire voyage J ffl & bate Wedneaday on increasing the arm yand navy. Hie affer- minative won by four polnta. The first1 aarne of the season is scheduled for Saturday nit.bejslBa season In gpriagB&d. HONOR POPILS UE LISTED At tho end of each six weeks grade period, hereafter, the at tho 'College where he says he Public schools will publish the was encouraged to" believe, that nairie of those students having much Improvement in the eaat tho highest general average Intern grown apple could be secur thelr studies and deportment, ed by oetter methods of produc 8uch averages will be taken tion. Thee methods he studied from the report cards which are sent to the parents at .he.end .of each six. weeks. Owing to the fact that .several students, have bean negligent in the matter of returning their ; cards, to i,ifJWjjauwJ an exW4t ol cher, some who liaye excellent .Hfty-one boxe of Winesaps at marK3 win necessarily tie omu-; ted from this list. High School Senior Class prson Vaughn, Roy Penny, Gladys Lee. Junior Class Dorothy Miller, Josephine Lyons,, Bertie Bruce. Sophomore Class Mary Har ding, Lucile Smith, Floyd Kester. Freshman Class Wanna Mc Klnney, Lynn Grundy, Clifford Grades Eighth A Dale Lorah, Jessie Coe, Pearl Snook. Eighth B Duteo Fischer, Audrey Perkins, Harry Fandrcm. Seventh A Helen Stevenson, Thclma Crouch, Sidney Warner. Seventh B Velma Gore, Floyd Campbell, Hazel Hayden. Sixth A Sylvia Strubin, Hel ton StevonB, William Wright Sixes BMlldred Miller, Vesta Larue, Doris Smith. Fifth "A PhyliBd Kester, Gen evieve Copenhaver, Ellen Tom Beth,' Fifth B Alice Mortensen, Thoron Newman, Guy Fisk Fourth A Larue Stevenson. Alfred Townsend, Crystal Bryan. l'Ourtn Florence Kiser, state. Mabel ltoof, Hazel Jones. I The meeting hero was similar Third A Lawrence Bruce, to meetings held in other sec Carl Lewis, Ohestor Myers. itlons of. the state, and is the out Third B Alice Thontsoth.'come of discontent and charges Veda GIgstad, Leland Mont-j that tho butter market in Port gomery. ;land has been manipulated In Second B Howard Brasfield, some manner said Mr. Shroclc George Moon, Gerald Lunceford. First B-Dolly StevenB. Doris Myers, Ester Kaurin. FINDS WESTERN METHODS PROFITABLE A few years back one Dan W. Lagoro, being dissatisfied with tho results of apple production on his Mississippi Valley farm, journeyed across tho western Beaver-Herndon (1. High School A double-header is to be played feeiwektr Springfield and Cres weboih boys and girls teams pteying. Both teams are prac ticing regttlar and the two .games promise to be good fast one. The giria and boys have had thdJtryOutjs and the teams are Loyalty A w'aeason has opened, the baaftt baU season. The outlook is vary promising and the quea Hon is. are you.loy! or are yon gotaf to be a quitter. in tie last Student Body meet- Inja itewjreU leader was chosen. He mr tried, to arouse enthust .during the season but you wod' not reeknd. Now is the time p prove your Joyality. If he says be wants to have a big rally don't hang back, get, in ana do your part. You nevei' sawf4 yarty man hank back when" he wad asked to do somethfaur. Take the hint and do your beat to nue this the .biggest an4 best ihar. ot the continent to learn jwfafii,' hioukl of Oregon raeth odm.' Th specific problem of Mr. 'LdgOfe.waa to determine wheth er thirsuperiority of the Oregon appie .Is due, entirely to climatic coopqons or to oeuer metnoas of production or to both. He reached Oreaton in time to at- tend thei winter abort course under the direction oC the horti- cultural experts and returned home fully impressed with their value. i-IIe anooed them to his own orchard practieea and, aa aJ the Dig Indiana Htate Fair in which lie won with 61 boxes two- thirda of the $2,000 prize fund, competing witli, 1600 boxes. His prlaes' were 'first in display of commercial lots, first in one box Wlneeap class, and with the same box first In the grand sweensiakes. He has written a letter of appreciation to the hor ticulturalidepartment and also had copies . Of American Fruit ond Green's. Vegetable Grower shownlg photographs of his prize dlsjilay,' sent to C. I. Lewis, head of the department. COUNTRY CREAMERYMEN OO CONSIDER PROBLEMS Thab-the Eugene. Co-operative creaieryi.wlll unite with other co-Operative creamery associa tions Of the state to protect and assist in marketing products was the! sense of a meeting neld yesterday afternoon. There were present the directors of the Eu cene association. G. F. Frevert. jof tho department of agriculture Washington. D. C, and S. (Shroclc, who represented tho last night. "We -met with the board of directors horo to assist them in adjusting any problems of this nature and to neip tne creamer- les fiiid suitable and agreeable l,..oiVaia tnv fliotr irm1lirtS." Said Mr. Shrock luniivuva iu. w a'- " 1 Oregon and 10 other western Ktatea are in tho territory cov ered by Mr Frevert of the federal "IJZZfJr1 "V two iniA IT MAY NOT BE PLAIN to you that a plane, is a good Christmas gift. This is an ago of practical utility. Yuletido gifts are more ap preciated If thoy are useful. Why. not a new tool chest for him whoso passion Is took in the working? Why1 not fine cutlery ,rfor the painstaking houseyHe who, takes pride in things worth while? Do your Christmas-; shopping wlilk) our stock Is complete, Hardware Company fee is making a special study and Examination of tilt proiktti fc4g creameries and other phase of this industry. It is planned to hold a meeting; of representative from aH the co-operative associations in the state that are in favor Of aH or ganisation later, No date or place has been selected as yet but it is felt that the success of the undertaking is assured as an the creameriea are in favor of it. It is planned to standardise the industry, providing suitloM mar kets. Mr. Shrock: and Mr; Frevert left this morning' for Junction City and other points in the in terests of this movement. Register. COUNTY COURT MEMBERS RETURN FROM PORTLAND Profitable Discussions on Road ' Questions Held Visitors,, Entertained , Members of the Lane county commissioners' court, who are back to their work after a few days spent in Portland; in at tendance at the annual conven tion of the county Judges and county commissioners of the state, report a very profitable and enjoyable meeting. They were lavishly entertained while in the city and taken on a num ber of trips into the country to look at different types of road construction. They were taken over the famed Columbia, high way, but as the day was stormy they were unable to enjoy it very much, nor were they able to see much, of the scenery. They were given a chbpken oinner at tne Crown Point Lea tad .treated right royally. J "There were many good, tains at the coBYeniioDL said Commis sioner Harlow yajterday,, "mud some TSw!te"1no!mtkm waa given." - ' Mr. Harlow took part in the discussion on "The Advisability of the Services of the United States .Government Engineer in Road Work," speaking of the work done in the Cascade Na tional forest. While in Portland Commis sioners Harlow and Hawley went around to the different ma chinery houses to examine the different types of road graders with a view to the purchase of one to be used by J. R. McKy, the county road superintendent. BASKET BALL NOTES The Sunday school basket ball league opened, its season on Tuesday evening with a game between the Baptist and the Christian teams, won by the lat ter with a score o.t 18 to 17. The Baptists had led from the start up to within five minutes of the close of the game, and then the Christians put over the winning baskets. Cook starred for the Baptists, and Conley, for the Christians, tossed a basket from over half the length of the hall. The next game is scheduled for next Tuesday, when the Baptists and Methodists meet. The Eugene Y. M. C. A. bas ket ball team came to Spring field last evening and played a game with the, Sprllngfield Me thodist team. . The local tosseas won 25 to 21. OBITUARY Died At the Eugene Hospital,! Friday Dec. 10, 1915, Robert P. Redding, age G6 years, 9 mouths, 24 days. Mr. Redding has been suffer- ing for a long time being afHict- ed wi U Kidney trouble which be done to releave, but with' out avail. Mr. Redding was, 'born in the stjite of Ohio, Feb. 16; When a young man h(J learned thr trade of comotivo engineer and worked on several eastern roads. Mr. Redding leaves to mourn his departure, a wife and six ohlldren, they are the five sons, Robert. Clarence, Albert, Alon- zo, and Ormoll, and. of Spring field, a daughter Mrs. Sarepta Wheeler of Eugene, also three step children Louls.-andvRoy Ir wln of this,!,' cHy and Mrs. Likt SlttroJl'Of WendUng. The funeral services were hekl at the W. F, Walker Chapel Sun day afternoon Doc, 12 at, 2:30, G01DIL ORDERS GALL MADE FOR WW Receive Bids on $67140 of Bancroft Bonds for Imswove mnt 4f ,WG" 8tre-Jut Quorum Present ' ' Toww warrants to the rwimk eC" $2710 were jordered rede em eel by the town ,cmibB reg ular session Monday Upon the reading of the of the treasurer, It was found there was a balance of $866 fo the general fastd, and $696 In the (street improvement; fit ltd, to-. gether with, sufficient rands 'hi the Fifth street paring food to pay a $500 warrant, and these calls were accord tngry ordered. The sum of $910 in the general improvement sinking fund was, ordered, transferred; to the gen eral fund and used with the rest in the payment of warrants, c Another matter of interest was the report of M. Fen wick, chairman of the fire and water committee, who stated thai lie had Interviewed the water hoard in regard to plying Springfield with Mo action, was taken Ule xv port The present Kgktiag w tract wiUa the Ore company does not expire neat jpiifcM - XZ'k fntb9- nsHtter 'TG:mnmm tion of S. J- Calkins as niaht watch was hot taken, up, Owlag to the abeeaoe. of,. Mac lAitll- sen and CoemoBoMn 'Wp&f. ''fl s The matter of dehnquent as sessments due the city wna dfts- cussed for a little time, and the council decided to take steps in the near future to hasten tfcsee collections. Two permits were granted to property owners in the suburb to keep sjwine within the city limits, and the apHction tot Chase & Brigham for a WUUrd r and pool license was referred. ' The request of Mr, Campbell,' whose father sokl the city a gravel and dirt bar west of the city, that he be allowed to plant potatoes on a portion of it, was referred to the judiciary com mittee. The telephone company was requested to move the. city's , free phones to the home of the . now mayor and new pbWce caief, in accordance with the terms of thp franchise. An .ordinance was passed fix ing the form of the Bancroft bonds, in the sum of $671, to be sold to care for the improve- ,L' ment of G street from Eighth, . to Tenth. Monday, January 17, was designated as the date for f receipt of the bids. ' 'fA The recorder reported that " owners of some property in the west end of town had come to him in regard to a sower assess ment on a tract which had sub sequently been sub-divided. He was instructed that the council could take no actidn, but he did have authority to suggest to the owners that they agree amopg 1w tnemselvea to abide by tho ap- V ppr,tiorunept made by the city ensdheer. conducted by Rev. J. T. Moore of the M. B. ohurcli. On Monday the remains were taken to1 Marcola where a shoft service was held for the friends where Mr, Redding lived before coming to Springfield, Rev, .Workman of Marcola. conducted this service after which the remains, yfere laid .to rest in the Baxter Cemetery be side those of a son who had pre ceded him about two years r 0. t is