HE LANE COUNTY NEWS
Continuing the Sprlngfitfd News and Lane County ftarf Which Were Consolidated February 10, 1914
Cut to1 Klriiiir'2l.ll)ntaprtninlit,Or(iKnn, com)
pit" mutter under not at Contra ol M Mh, 1879
SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1915
..VOL. XIV NO.
fULLINfi BLOCK
ltl OF OEAJH
OF
Edward Uradloy, agcd 39
years, employed In tho constrUc-
Tirt L, ,L h of .
WORK
MAN
Rooth-Kelly mill, was struck on cu"? j" ' ! '
tho head by a block, falling from ' M'- M,,,cr 8 headquarters "
tho refuse conveyor Just before UJ cmPay'8 "
noon lust Friday, and ho died In jrtlnnd, although ho wl 1 qiond
tho Eugene hospital at 3:30 tho Htarl , J,1118 t,mo ?jTBnB'
nmo afternoon Ho leaves ttlMr. Miller was with ho O.-W. It.
wife and two children, Lltta and
Lyman. Tho body will be ship-
cd Wednesday evening to Cllf-
ford, Michigan, their old homo,
for Interment there.
Mr. Ilradloy, Paul Lansbery
and Jack Graham were at work
digging a trench from tho new
burner Into the mill race, and
were standing nearly under tho
conveyor by which rofuso was
taken from the mill to tho old
burner. This conveyor has been
cut abort, and the rofuso Is now
dropped Into wagons to bo bnul-
cd away. Either because tbo
convoyor became clogged, or be
cause some other stick caught
underneath, a block of wood
probably eight by ten Indies and
two foot in length, was forced
over tho sldo of tho conveyor
and It struck Mr. Brndly square
ly on tho top of tho head. Hp
bad just stralghtoned up from
bis work, and In a moment
woidd bavo started for bis din
When the block hlni.beitaWc-,el4alt,IoFirit
nor.
crumpled down, backward, and
was lifted from tho trench by his
fellow workmen. Ho was hnsti
ly taken to tho office and a phy
sician called, who found that
tho skull had been fractured at
tho baso of tho brain. Mr. Brad
i .i .... i ...... nnn
enough to recognlzo thoso ncar;Ro80uur6. secretary-treasurer,
him and to ask .what had hit
him.
TWOHY BROS. TO PUSH
BUILDING OF LINE FROM
GRANTS PASS TO COAST
Portland, Dec. 24. Tho Tele
gram thlB evening says:
R. B: Miller, former general
traffic manager of tho O.-W. R.
& N. Co., has become identified
In an important capacity with
Twohy Bros, company, contract
tors and owners of railway linos,
timber lands, mines and bank-)
Jug Interests. Announcement of
this was made this morning by 1
Robert Twohy on tho return of
Mr. Miller from Grants Pass.
Mr. Miller will give .special I at-
tention to tho development of
tho California and Oregon
Coast Railroad company.
This line, which is now. in op-
nr,ii n iiotntinft nf 1K mUoB
oration a distance of 15 miles
out of Grants Pass, is planned
to bo constructed to Crescent'
City, in tho northwestern corner I
of California.
Thn linn linn liPftn lnontwl hv
v w " H
George W. Boschko, fonnerly
chief engineer of tho O.-W. R.
& &N. Co. system, and now on
tfio staff of the Twohy Bros.
company, through to Crescent
nifv Tta pnttelninHnti in thn
, x ...111
lopuuu lyimumi Wm i""
00 unuonaiiun huuu. i rum vicb-
cont City to Trinidad, north of
Eureka, tho distance Is 70 miles
m,i u ta miitn uimiv tlmfr'tlin
gap will bo closed within the next
two years, connecting with tno
northern terminus of tho rail-
road owned Jointly by the South-( Wlll bo started at onco on now
orn Pacific und the Santa Fo road down the i Umatilla river
sytems, running along tho coast from Pendleton to Pilot Rock
"Tho importance of tho'lino ,aroun(j Qit0 nn i.. ;!;
projected from, Qrants Pass 7,500. Douglas Co, turkeys
Greacont City ca be appreolatv bring owners $15,000,
ed," Bald an official of tho Two
hy DroB. company, "when one
studios tho railroad inapt) and
notCB tho access tho Oregon
Trunk or tho Oregon Electric
lines will have to a connection
down tho coast to San Francis
co."
Tho traffic rcnour6os of Illin
ois valloy and tributary country
are Hald to be almost lncalcuablo
In redwood, sugar pine and oth-
or "moor, coppor ores and agr-
w- Vy u
Br and th f0""?
20 ycurs and rose to tho highest
oillco in tho 'company's tralllc
service.
SPRINGFIELD GARAGE
TO HANDLE FORD. CARS
II. Sandgatbo, proprietor of
tho Sprlngflejd garago, last
week made, arrangements to be
tho Springfield agent for tho
Ford car. A demonstrator car
will bo hero shortly after tho
first of tho year. A lino of sup-
plies will bo kept on hand here,
and tho Interests of Ford owners
carefully looked after.
BAPTIST YOUNG PEOPLE
TO HOLD WINTER RALLY
Meeting of Umpqua District Will
Be Held December 30
A mid-winter rally of tho
young people's societies of tho
Baptist churches of the Umpqua
Baptist church in Eugene De
comber 30, Delegates are ex
pected there form a dozen or
more towns in tho district. Tho
officers aro as follows: Truman
Chaso, of Springfield, president;
Miss Lucy Ely, of Eugene, vice
president; R. E. Crawford, of
u u J""'"1
superintendent, tho program is
aB follows:
1:00 Opehlng Song and Devo
tional Service, led by Arthur
Pcngra.
1:10 Greetings and Welcome
from tho Eugeno Society
Mentor Bonoy.
Response on Behalf of" Del
egates from out of town
Ed Ayors, Junction (Jity.
i:20 Oponlng Address, "Young
Peoplo and Sincerity" Rev
W M ll'nwla SJnrlnrrflnlrl '
1:B0 Address "No More Dull
WnitOTBailoy.
2:00 Discussion from tho floor.
2:20 Address "Loyalty to tho
B. Y. P. U." Rev. H. W.
Davis, Eugeno;
'o.E - ess and Discussion,
'The Standard of Efllcien-
cy; What Has It Done?"
Rev. J. D. Sprlng8ton, Port
land.
3:15 Address, "Tho Larger Out
looU..Ma Mabol Durton
Btnte proBWont.
3 :35 Address, "Deoponing tho
Spiritual Life of tho So-
cioty" Rev. C. E. Dunham.
Auuress, uur junjoiu,
(unasslgned) and "Inter
mediates" Miss Beulah
Kinsoy.
4:35 Business Session: Roll
call and reports from tho so-
slcletles.
7:15-Devotional,
'7:30 Stereopticon Lecture.
,8:30 Grand Pree-for-all Rally
Social under tbo direction of
tho Eugene Society. A spec
ial feature of this will bo a
reading by Dr, Kconoy Ferris of
.Springfield-
INDUSTRIAL NOTES
Salem, Ore., Doc. 27. Work
COUNCIL FAILS 10
CONFIRM MAYOR S
I
After spending considerable
Kmc In discussion, with some
flights of orators, tho town coun
cil in special session Thursday
evening adjourned without tak
ing n vote on the question of
confirming' tho nomination of
S. J. Calkins as nightwatqbman.
Adjournment was taken when
it became evident that confirm
ation was impossible. The coun
cil did, however, pans a motion
declaring its belief Mr. Calkins
should be exonerated from
any blame of malicious intention
in disposing of the Tad Luckey
stock of liquors, stored in the
Morrison-Calkins warehouse.
This motion was made by Cof
fin, seconded by Peery, and was
in a form satisfactory to Mr.
Calkins. Coflln, Peery, and
Fischer voted for tho motion,
and Fenwick voted no for the
reason, ho explained, that no
charges 'had been made against
Mr. Calkins, and tho motion be
fore tho house would get an un
necessary matter into the min
utes.. Tlie meeting Thursday was
tho result of ono held the last
of November Fenwick had ob
jected to the confirmation of
Calkins on tho ground that a
quantlty.of liquore, belonging to
Tatl Luckey and stored in the
warehouse after the town went
dry, on express permission of
the. council; hod' been removed
without any record having been
made by Constable L. E. Thomp
son, who had checked in the
various items.
When this point was raised,
V wnn nirrnol flint Mr fnllflns
i.o,r o nnnnwitnifv nf
should have an opportunity of
.appearing before the council to
'make any statement he might
'desire.
w , , . . .
Mr. Calkins Statement Was
from Mr. Luckey, and had de
livered them back to Mr. Iuckey
upon request, and surrender of
tho warehouse receipts. 'He de
nied having any information of
nn agreement or order that the
liquors were to be checked out,
and said if thero were such
agreement it must have been
Willi HOIUU Ullier lierauil ll,
fit. -in. u li-
Imigjit have been with Jack Lit-J
tell, who had charge of tho ware
house at that time.
Collin stated that ho had
Morrison
had stated ho would keep the
old officers, unless for cause, and
that some of these persons had
said they would make affidavit
to this effect, and agreed to
bring these affidavits to the
council at its next meeting.
Mr. Morrison declared it would
not have been lawful for him to
make any promises as to whom
ho would appoint. Ho declared
ho. had not pledged himself be
foro election had not promised
Calkins or any one else. He had
Beavtr-Herndom
ICR
WATCHMAN
l
no idea but that he would make
a change that that was what
was expected. He said he want
ed men in office who voutd
work In harmony with him, be
cause the mayor is to a large
extent responsible for tho acts
of his appointees.
The mayor expressed the
hope that thero might be less
boars' play, and that the council
might get down to work in har
mony. Ho felt that now that
thouestion had been raised af
terthc appointment had been
madk, that the only thing to do
wasto bring It to a vote.
Fenwick declared tho only
way to bavo harmony between
two contending forces is for
botlitto concede a bit, or to go
in for a fight to a finish. He
said Jie understood that the
grand Jury had been asked to
Investigate bis bringing some
old people to the polls on elec
tlon'JeJay, He said ho would be
perfectly willing to have that
matter carried through to the
end, but would like to see all
othorniatters of controversy
dropped.
Councilman Peery declared
tho publicity had not been to the
credll of the parties Involved
and Ijo' criticized Fenwick for
making a grandstand play In
stead of going to CalklnB pri
vately and asking for the in
formation he -wished.
Wlicn It became evident that
the session could take no action,
a motion to adjourn prevailed.
TJhVnext regular meeting of the
council occurs itonday, Janu-
SUPT. KIRK GOES TO
MEETING OF STATE
TEACHERS' ASSN.
Supt. R. L. Kirk of the Spring
field schools, left this morning
for Medford to attend the ses-
Sions Of the Oregon State
Teachers' association. He is one
of the four accredited delegates
' f rom conuyt, the others load rates on boots and shoes
being County superintendent E J and leather between Missouri
j, Mooro Supt W. R. Ruther- manufacturing points and points
iford of Eugene and Supt Cooper i f
1 of K Pleasant Hill. Mr. Kirk hoar , , ,,
a paper before the convention
n'.. uu.-.nnHnn nf Plnoc
Rivalry in the High School." (Kansas to the
On Wednesday there will be'were increases
a meeting of the State High' rouellout the
CMmnl rnlntlnrr lnntnio f , UirUUfellUUi. IUB
which Mr. Kirk is president. Re- and vinegar to ponits in Kansas
vision of the constitution will and Missouri,
be one of the subjects to come The opinion of the commission
up for discussion. On Wednes- js confined strictly to a discus
y S!?S"!Jrt?-?i n of the merits of the conten-
otli
in a member, will meet, also for
nP ,to onnaHtuttmi
FIRE DESTROYS HOME
imn, nf v "!. Rfivfirns
.l-.-. J
bv fire Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Severns was at home at tHmmv was carefullv analvz- motion that an executive com
the time but some distance from Sa consisting of Cal. M.
tho house when she noticed the ea- ana aiscusseu ni ine western . B A Wash.
flames and did her best to save advance rate case and will .Young , C. J. ;3-wrud
some of tho contents but most therefore, not be again discus- bunie, Walter Griffin and Fred
fi,ot wna rnmnvnri tn t.h i van! s i, i, f,ii Fisk be chosen., this committee
took firo from the great heat
The house and contents were
Insured for about half value in
the Oregon Fire Relief Associa-
tion.
Mr. Severns will erect another
house as soon as conditions will
admit.
ALL THE WORLD WOULD 1
USE OUR PAINTS
NEXT YEAR
if tho exceptiouul qualities
of tbo Sherwin Williams
brands were universally
known. As it is, the demand
is rapidly increaslngi tho
beculiar lasting qualities at
tracting groat comment
wherever it is tried. Write
us of vour imint require
ments and we'll send' prices-
and valuable suggestions,
Hardware Ctmpany,
WILL EXTEND RAILROAD
INTO NEW TIMIER
Word comes rom Mabel that
the West Coast Lumber com
pany, shortly after the first of
the year, will build a two-mile
spur into its timber above Ma
bel. The company has been
working on a patch of timber
from which it was difficult to
get the logs fast enough to keep
the mill busy, but when the new
timber is reached, the supply
will be sufficient. The company
has been getting many orders of
late and is anxious to have the
mill running full time. Two to
four weeks will be required to
construct the spur, depending in
a large measure on the weather.
Gets a Pleasant Surprise
W. L. McCulloch, Chief Engin
eer of the generating plants of
the Oregon Power Co., was very
pleasantly surprised when on
Christmas eve employes at Dal
las, Independance, Albany and
Springfield had delivered at bis
home a very beautiful reclining
smokers chair.
L. E. Durrin and A. F. Herrick
made the presentation, repre
senting all the employes of the
above plants. Mr. McCulloch in
reply thanked them and the rest
of the loyal boys assuring all
that tho' gift was appreciated be
yond words.
WESTERN ROADS GET
INCREASE IN RATES
Washnigton, Pec. 23. Rail
roads west of the Mississippi riV
$rwerej$ven material injjraaj
es nl ireigut rates- today oy tne
Interstate Commerce comms
sion in a second decision in the
so-called Western advance rate,
case.
Important increaess granted
included carload rates on agri-
euuurai implements eAtepi. iu
Ipoints in Louisiana; carload
rates on canned goods and car-
."'" wio ucmcu
'innil ratos nn ppps frnm nnlnts in
southwest, as
from points
west on cider
for and gainst the indi
.vidual increases proposed ex
cept for one general reference.
Tn tills H snvs!
I Tue testimony Ueard in tne
western advance rate case re-
? IhennancW , oj
thn rfionrd In this case. That
ly condered aB part 0f the Jus -
tiflcaUon off ered by tHe respond.
ents for the increases here prom
ised."
OBITUARY.
Mrs. Ada G. "Wells was born
in Shoreham, Vermont, Jan, 7,
1847 and died in Thurston, Lano
county, Oregon, Dec, 12, 1915.
Her husband, Dcrus F. Wells,
pa.ssedjiaway Dec. 8, 1911.
Of the seven children born to
them ono son Elmer R. Wells of
Thurston and three daughters,
Mrs, C. M. Odcll of Fall Creek,
Oro., Mrs. J- B. Nesbitt of
Springfield, Ore., and Mrs. Nellie
Hilterbrand Of Cabool, tyo.,.tq
gether with Qnebotlr, Wm,
F. Wilson of1! McKenzio Bridge,
Ore-apd. two sistorsj Mrs. Isabel!)
Btfrlfrigton of. Houston', Texas,-
TAXPAYERS- 0. K.
GREATER PARI OR
conn BUDGET
Efforts of the majority of the
roads committee to have the
Lane County taxpayers, at the
annual, budget meeting, last
Thursday adopt a plan for a re
duction of the road levy faited,,
and the minority report, favor
ing the budget practically ay pre
pared, was adopted' by a vote,,of
approximately 100 to 40. This
did not occur, however, until af
file majority of the committee '
T. H. Garrett, E. E. Kepner and
Welby Stevens, had put up- a
hard fight They had argued
that the cities of the county are
independent road districts and
as such should be exempt from
the general county road levy.
The point raised considerable
discussion, and was referred to
the county attorney for an opin
ion. The discussion, however,
had gone into a contest of tqwn
versus country, and continued in
a sharp vein until cooler heads
turned the trend another way. .
Another point that raised con
siderable discussion was the re
port recommending that the as
sessor be asked to return to the
old" alphabetical system of listing
hie assessments instead of the
hew block system. The coramft
tse maintained that the old jJaR
w iha'iem- expsBsire. "T1t'ra
committee recommended also
that real property should be as
sessed on the ground only once
in two or four years; that the
school supervisors be employed
for ten months instead of 11;
that a general purchasing agent
be appointed to make all pur
chases for the county and that
a reduction of $10,000 be made
in the retiring warrant fund,
making this item $40,000 instead
of $50,000.
If the county court adopts the
recommendations of the taxpay
ers' budget meeting, it is be
lleved the tax levy may be cut
from 16 mills to 15 mills, or at
least to 15 1-2 mills. An unex
pected increase of the public
service corporations' property in
the county, which figures have
come in since the budget was
made up, of $777,165, over the
court's estimate, was not figured
on by the court and will tend to
help reduce the levy.
The Taxpayers association
was unanimously voted to be
made a permanent organization
on a motion made by E, J. Ad
ams. Mr. Adams included in his
to be augmented by 40 other tax-
payers, or wnom eacn grange
in the county will select one
and the executive committee," is
to chose the rest so that every,
portion of the county shall b.
Represented..
and Mrs. Lucy Tinker of Qklaho- .
ma City. Okla., remain to mourn
Uieir loss.
Mrs. Wells, was suddenly,
stricken with paralysis about
9:30 P. M. Dec. 11th and. passed
away the following- day about X
P, M.
St. Helens industries in full
blast employ 90 men In ship
yards, 30 in creosotlng plant. I50f
in two sawmills, and E0 in. W-
road-metal plants. ,t .. ' ,
-Standard OH' Comp&nyypl . .
build tank at Stanfleldi j
tt3C"