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About The Lane County news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1914-1916 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1916)
" I Continuing the Springfield Newt and Lane County ttar, Which Were Consolidated. February 10, 1914. .4 ntirtl rhrnrr2MtfVMnii'Utt,i,)fAirn, mcoiiJ' d tnttrnttilr netot Oonuro of M Mh, 179 SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1916. , VOL XV?tiQ?97? Lane tfdUNTf TttE JL JL JLJL Nil WS I I9I5 PROVES 10 HAVE BEEN A VERY BUSY YEAR FOR SPR (Compiled from the flle of tho Lane county Nowi by Rov. H. c, etheil.) Jan. 1. Robort Bowlaby, well hhown resident of Eugene, on Main Btr6ot, and died Boon al'torwnrdR. J. J. Bryan bought Bell The atre from Wnllaoo Potter. Jan. 7. J. B. "WoiiB sold the West Springfield grocery to Mrs. Eniiha Post, MIbb Anna Rutlodgo, now in- atructor In Domestic Science In bumo, wholesale dcalora In cur- nubile Bchoola, takes up work, led pork products, arranging to 1 t.. n utitUr'hmm n rntnii nmritnt. i.nmrhf. Hltii for now 3)UudhiK. comer of Fifth and Main. fund silo, at Prunovlllo, dcatroy A lodge of Reapers of America cd by lire, caused by the upset the parent lodge of a new order, ting of Ids lantern, founded In Sprlngflold. I Mr8( Amlnta Abeenc, a long- E. E. Morrison sow naruwarq utore to M. C. Bresslor &. Son, of Ashland. City Council passed an ordin ance restraining dogB, to pro tect tho publuic from rabies. Jan. 18. Lawrence stnoesv ged 13, son of former Mayor Wclby StevoiiB, enmumg over tho upper works of tho street ear bridgo In piny with two com- panlons, touched a high voltago wire, fell Into tho river and was killed. Auditors report shows expons- cs of Springfield city govern- mont part about $1000 monthly, Two Springfield High school teams won debates: at home, against Eugene; and at Croswell against Creswcll. Jan. 21. Fire, prouauiy incen- diary, destroyed tho F. A. Perln i ii. . m a f 1 merchandise stock. . Mnk.'tCu Union revival aer ,.svicw -wiN-emmeneed in the: garage building, comer of Mill and Main; J. Bruce Evans, of Long Boach, Calif., evangelist In clmrgo; Harold Humbert, of Eu gene, Bong leader. Feb.l. Springfield Planing mill begins tho manufacture of furniture. Tho S. P. company commenc ed tho macadamizing of Seventh street from Main street to the lcpot. Rov. N. J. Harblt, aged 53, for 25 years a minster of tho M. E. church and formerly pastor of tho church here, died at His cd In the McKcnzlo river Satur honie hero, of nrterlo-sclerosis. (day. Tronson's body recovered He had been afflicted for years. Monday. , Funeral in tho local church by j Tlio Willahiette Valley Editor Rev. J. T. Abbott, District Super- ial Association met here. Intendont and other ministers. April 29. Leonard Ltipley, fdr Feb. 15. Bruce Evans revival several years a contractor and meetings closed Very success- builder here, for a short time ful. : 'past In California, bought nilll West Springfield school stau- at Jasper, dardlzed. . May 3. Lcston Craighead, Society of Pennsylvanlan& or- aged 17, living near Springfield gaiilzcd. Mrs. LUcy Crannier Junction, boating with two corn was tho chief promoter, panlons, was drowned. The Long & Cross about to begin body was recovered next day by the erection of a cpneroto build- the use of a floating dummy, ing for the Springfield creamery, j Harold Hayden. aged 10, son Chas. Barkman manager. i0f Mr. and Mrs. Curtis TIaydon, Fob. 22, Rural mall carriors died of stomach trouble. The of Lane, Linn and Benton eoun- funeral attracted unusual attcu tlea niet here today. . Itlon because of the recent vlo- Blg rally of school patrons and teachers at Lincoln school building. Notnlilo address by cxton- A. C Community Center." Ransom Miner, purchased .in terest o'f F, J. Moslor In grocery firm of Mpslor and Major. A, F. afid A. "M. gave a ban quet "6n tlils date, t . March, i. uov. u. v misen t monger, pastor of Baptist churph JIUDL IUW 11IUI1L11D, IcaigMUU to return to Pennsylvania. . Tho talk abput rahies In JJ3ast fWh urog'on reminds Tliurman RlKgEl.tl,iat,ho hfts aJmadstono." March 11., An addition to the Methodist church ordered by trustees, and work commenced. March 15. Old logs In Booth Kelly mill pond used up, and shipment of logs from Wendling camps commenced. . Rally of Woodmen of tho World of eastern Lano attended hy 200. March 18. Mayor C. L. Scott received, patonts op two dlvlces for the tran smlsslpn. of ppwor, E. H. Denton brought In a hog that Weighed, dressed 458 lbB,- March 29. John H. Innls, for mer mayor of Springfield, diet? at Mrs. h.t. Frsnci), of. the Blon.donartmeiit of tho O. on' "The School aB a Jnspor, aged 81. I April C. Fred Watlco sold hlfi I 1 . -WWII It. . i meat maruct to unnsi wuicn- bach and Bert Nlckum. Tho Brattaln Land Co. let nibcautlfully observed, with pro contract to Ole Bolclm and Co. gram at Grand Army hall. Geo. fqr, half a, mile of concrete side- Ketchum and W. M. Lewis mem walk In front of their property hers of tho Post, had died during on,Eaot Main street, tho year. pearly lop teachers of East-J Dr, James W, Ford of Eugene, orn Lane county met In Institute preached the baccalaureate ser in Lincoln school building. mon to a High school graduat- Anrll 5. Swarta & Wash- 'Ing class of 10. Anrll VI. Ieano Cllno's barn Umo rodent of this vicinity, died aged GO. April 15. B. F. Hendricks, a pioneer of Lano county for many years a resldont of Sprlnglleld, died In Eugene, aged 70. L. B. Young, aged 83, a nativo .of sout Carolina, for many 'years a reflldont of this vicinity, dcd at the home of his sonlra T. young, in Springfield, j jilss Myrtle Copenhaver, tor two years a teacher at West Springfield, was elected principal 0( the Wendling schools, April 19. J. Bruce Evans, tho evangelist who conducted the great unon nicotlngs last winter, waB tendered a reception by 150 (young people, L. E. Flcgal sold his Interest in the nlumblnir business to His . " partner, W. N,' Long and J. E, Cross of Eugene, came into the mi In lilo alaail - ina uuvuiupuieui, league, at a banquet, launched a boom for the promotion of the use of wood paving. - L. A, Bass, teller at tho Frst National Dank, resigned to en gage In similar work elsewhere. April 2G. F. E. Sly and four Sunday Bchool children riding in fais nutoj were killed near Croswell by collision with -a train at a crossing near Mr. Sly's honic , ' Hagbert TrOnson kand Charles uoie, uoin . connecicu wun 'Springfield people, were drown Jem death of two boys near his Qse. A sugar beet factory has been talked up for several weeks. Interesting May Day exercises at the public schools. M.ay C. The assistant state superintendent and, tho county sU'perintondont,,on a visit of in spection, found tho local schools up to standard in nearly very detail. ., . , Paul Scott and Miss Lola Barr University students from Sprlng- field narrowly escaped drown ihg frmo the hpsottlng' of their canqe in the Eugono race. May 10. J. J. Brownlnc "ro- turned from California arid again toon up tne, real estate ousiness this tlmo with E. E. Morrison. May 13. Joseph C. ParalqW. a civil war veteran over 90, died near Jasper, The WillahiottQ Paclflc to be gin hauling gravel from tho pit near Natron soon. Tho Springfield and West Sprlngflold schools won many prizes at tho schoQl'falr in Eu gene. May 20, Three gypsy women hold up an old gentleman near llio river bridgo, and robbed him of $15, Ofllcors compelled them to give It up, Wm. McBco, helping a travel er to oxtrlcato JiIb outomoblle from tho mud, was run down and severely injured when the auto Btnrtcd. May 24. A. G. Bpcscn, a na tlvo of Denmark, died at h'f) homo hor0 on his 47th birthday. May 31. Springfield Mer chants' Association "formed to Improve trade relations with mirrOundlng country. May 30. Decoration my JUne 7. Win. G. Hill, trimmer .tender at the sawmill, slipped in i front of tho saw and was soverc- ey cut, but narrowly escaped death by tho quickness of a fel lov workman. Supt. Kirk and wife entertain ed the High school graduates and faculty. June 10. J. L. Malosh traded his homo h6ro for a farm near Bend, and will move there. Revival Meetings Being Held at the M. E. Church Rev- T. L. Jones ii- Yesterdav morrilmr at the 11 o'clock services the Rev. T. L. Jones began revival services at the Methodist church. Sixty-two years ago Mr, Jones' father settled just west of the present town of Creswell, and at hat time with his father visited Springfield. In 1871 lie entered the minis try of the M. E. church and has been wholly engaged in tie work since, that time. During these years ho has preached in nearly every neighborhood from Portland to tho California line. He has a record of more than 6000 persons Who have been converted, under his ministry, and 1000 who have been sanoti- UBcaver-Herndon Hardware Company In INI 111 II I IIWMM j II I Hi IH III III , June 14. H. E. Rice soM his Interest In hardware store to J. lit Holbrqok, of Brownsville. f Rev, M. F. Chllds assumed : pastorate of Free Methodist church. New Coast Fork bridge, near Goshen will bo built of wood. June 21. Bannuct of Busi ness Men's club attended by 100 merchants and farmerB. Judge Grant B. Demlck was the prin- cipai speaKer. I Juno 24. Carl E. Fischer elected school director, to sue- fleed Dr. N, W. Pollard. ' Johh II. Knott, of West Sprlngflold, died at the hospital their building on Main between streets here of internal cancer, a'gedw, d nd Fourth. occunied bv'reslden Aline 28. Norkenzle Baptist Church, northwest Of Springfield formally onened. July 1. J. T. Witter, immi grant of 1852, died here, aged 82. . Rudratiff Bros, bought Bell Theatre of J. J. Bryan. Contract let for macadamlz- T..i.. k t,.iw TOihnnf'on Camp Creek. The Maln- ail early Immigrant, long time j resident of this vicinity died at Ir home at Condon, and was 1 (Continued on rage 4) fled. He comes with a ripe, ricli ex perionco and an absorbing pas sion to yet add new recruits to the forces of righteousness. The sermons of yesterday in- utcateu tne strength and spirit of the man. Hear him once and you wiu oo sure to rouow him through the series. Bro. Jones is accompanied by his wife Who has through the . r vw mimouj 0 the puDlic. au oi inese.iac vitally interested and actively tora were responsible for a co-operative in all his work. .'siirmkaKe in revenue, which Meetings each evening except Saturday at 7:30. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursdy and Friday irom z unui 0. uext sauuaui 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. STURDY HARDWARE- tho kind that is made to sell and to last is tho kind you'll find at this store. Wo have a complete stock In whtch you can always find just what you want aud bo sure of getting quality ev ery time. Try us for Hard ware that wears. 10 W ARE COMPLETED IE II Two deals in Main-street property were completed last Friday, by the signing of final, papers and the acceptance of . n. 1 " abstracts, By the more, recent deal, AI. Perkins and J. W. Machen trade Springfield Bakery and thejgene and 'there were other con -t'aiace ua owuuus, wseuiur wuu the slaughter house property and seven acres of land to Dr. J. McClelland Henderson of Camp Creek farm of 420 acres. The farm is well improved and lis rated as one of the best farms o . street property has a frontage of 40 feet and six inches, and has a two-story cement build ing, erected in 1911. Tho properties were listed at S23.000 on each, side or the deal. CONSUMERS PUT HEAVY DRAIN. ON RESERVOIR Consumers of water from the Oregon Power company's sys tem, by leaving faucets open on Thursday evening to" prevent freezing completely drained tho reservoir of the 200,000 gallons Etored there, and all that was pumped as well. The practice left the city with very inferior fire protection, sincethere was no water reserve. The company osks'that patrons use the cut off valves, located at the side walk, and thus drain pipe lia ble, te. ireeae... Tflis.ift;,iwir -to the patron and far Ireiter for the safety of the city. The com pany cannot provide fire protec tion if the water is thus wasted. PROSPERITY FORESEEN I RAILROADS Chicago, Dec. 31. ."It's a long lane that has no turning." Pos- sibly the old adage never was exemplified more effectively than it has been this year in the imnrovement in railroad earn-! ings throughout the country, particularly 1 the last three or four months. Facing a combination of un fortunate circumstances which resulted in material depreciation of their revenues, the Nation's transportation agencies early in the year found themselves in a precarious plight, which serious ly affected the credit of many of them and caused depression in various lines of business, which were sympathetically affected jby the inability of the carriers to buy materials and undertake improvements to the extent to which they had been accustom ed in previous years. This situation was brought about largely by the slump in material. business conditions in ithe united States and engulfed the Nation in a wave of depres- jsJom NoWf however, material nr0Kress is apparent. Added to tjjlg inflUenco were the constant ,ly rising wage and tax expend! ty.aa .mirwi wifii n nmWr. ;ently 'hostile attitude on the part strUck consternation to the iiearts of the railroad managers and forced fliom to send out orttn far hAln This serious depletion in rev enues led the railroads, to urge on the Interstate commerce (Commisslpn and the various ,state commissions having auth 'ority over railroad rates, the 'Rreat necessity for enhancement in revenues derived from the .transportation of passengers 'and freight, The most important case of tho year was the petition of the , Western roads for advances in i freight rates, particularly those on livestock and pa.cking-house : products, which were declared to be abnormally low. As dis tinguished from the case of tho Eastern railroads decided late In 1014, the Western roads did not -street mm which was made by Edwards -it. Brattaln of Springfield and Joha Gcnn of Eugene. By another deal, Long,: Cro acquire from George Perkins,' a lot 50 x 100 feet on tit. owtk east corner of Fifth ad Main Mr. Long turned in Hl muerauoM, Messrs. Long fc Crcwws own tha creamery building, with a, front age of 33 feet in the same C. J. Murray, who hu teea living with his son-iifcw, the. Palmer brothers, beivfeen .feer arid Eugene,, laA weX. pur chased a housl ami. tws on First and. F street from Jl. .T Powell, and occupy th house, shortly.. The deal Jwa 4 .1 i 1 ' . 1. - 0. W. LYONS IS CANDIDATE C.V. Lyons, of WRo .form erly ,qf SpringfleW, announced, last Friday that he will he a can didate on the republican 'ticket for the office of county coramte sloner, thus gaining the distinc tion of being the first in the JM for this office. He was a, candi date two years ago, getting into campaign quite, late and .after ward withdrawing because pt the large h limber of ,caiidaate. , Mr. Jbypna is an out tme reet dent.oXne,c,unty,,aBd par ticularly fam'i(lar4witx ihe;jwjk rUi;paitiot.the eraty,-tm h ah enthusiast bn.the'jroa'd gu jdonVliejijj'andtieJkfe gd roads .absolutely owantiartQ our Ttroper -deveflopment." - .-- jseek a general advance in all commodities but asked for var- ious increases on the different commodities. The decision was a disappointment inasmuch, as tne federal body refused to. al low advances on those commod ities which the roads were the most desirous of obtaining. The railraods have- since been successful In inducing the Com merce, Commission to recpnsider its ruling so far as it applies ,to the rates oh livestock and pack ing house products. Europes demands on the United States for munitions of war, food-stuffs and other ,ma terials have resulted in expand ing the export trade' to tljis country to enormous 'propor tions. This was resulted in an increase in the movement, of freight which has not only takipd the capacity of the transporta tion agencies to the iitmostAt)ut has been largely instrumental in bringing about the Improvement In earnings. Added to thia isithe greater .movement of freight whjch has, resulted from the steady Improvement in .domestic activity. The country has been blessed with bumper crops and mis.iacj nas seryed to swell, the revenues of jthojse jrqads passiag through districts in which crops 810 grown. n How strikingly railroad earn ings and, credit declined ,before thejcproer, was turned is indicat ed, py the, fact that thef total mileage in the hands of receivers is now greater than lp 1896, which was the previous record. It is estimated that one-sixth of the country total mileage Is in tile hands of receivers and that two-thirds of this is represented in Southwestern territory. Fewer miles of new railroad were built in the United States during 1915 than in any other yeak- since 18G4, There have been only three years shipS lgG.8 when the increase in niileage was smaller than 1000 miles, and they were the Civil War years of 18P1, 18G2 and 18G4. In 1915 tho total mileage of pew railroad construction in the United States was 933, compared with 1532 in 1914 and 3071 in 1913. 1 1 I