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About The Lane County news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1914-1916 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1916)
0 U Continuing tho Sprlngflold Newo and Lane County Star, Which Woro Consolidated Fobruary 10, 1914. SPRINGFIELD. LANE COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY, 17, 1916 VOL. XIV NO. 101 oMmtteruiiterolo( Camera ol M xeh,W LANE COUNTY Ifltlf : MPROVE fill) HAYDEN BRIDGE 10 SPRINGFIELD Assurance wan given by the' county court Saturday that tho, iritwi iiifiim for the vear call for 101UI pittUH lOr 1110 tr uill iui tho improvement or tno county intid loiidlnir from tho north end ofFiri Htreet to Hn or I'll in Hirtci io i iiiyucn unubw ml. I,. f.iu ttirwln score of farmerB togetner wnn Hovoral citizens of Springfield in eluding Chn. L. Scott, Welby Stevonu and W. A. Dill. Among tho farmerw prcBont were Dun SporoH, AugUBt VltUB, F. W. Bartholomew, A. urawioru, v. C. MyorB, R. S. Wynd, E. W. Lo-, , M M ,, veo S O MoBler Snow cauBed tho Booth-Kelly Mr."iMoBlor was the speaker, to close down Friday night, and asked the court to do Bome-lNot only did the buow make It thing for tho road, which Is In i dangerous to work on the docks l)ud condition, yet must serve ahut tho mill was too cold for tho large territory. All work done comfort of the men. heretofore has boon largely of I Peep snows In tho hills made the volunteer type. It was stated It Impossible to get In more logs that subscriptions of $000 had !"! there were repairs that had been mado, and that this could .to bo made, be Increased to $1000. I The fuel on hand In the bins Welby Stevens advocated tho 'will last a few days yet, and then ubo of screened gravel, since a the hog will be started, using good quality can bo had from yards. points near at hand. A road as Secretary of State; and J. A. good as macadam can bo con- Supt. Public Instruct on, has Is structcd from this, he Bald, and sued a statement showing tho tho cost Is much less. following high Bchools of Lane Members of tho Court ex- County to have met the requlre plalned that when the work was monts prescribed for a standard done on tho Thurston road last high Bchool in Oregon: year It was planned to do thlsf ; . wnHr n wnR 1ho Ktjited that SCORE OF HIGH SCHOOLS Mr. Chambers would give the land bo the road can bo straight-, eneil from tlie Midge to tno school houBO. This will shorten 'consisting of James .Withy-, tho distance 100 feet. combe, Governor; Ben W. Olcott. r - Union Dlstl1ctNoWrPlcasant FeW Voters are Union District No. 2, Lornnc. Union District No. 3, Crow. Registered Yet U'Uon District No. -I. Elmlm. & Union District No.. 5, Walter- !vllle. .. , I Union District No. 0. Walker. Only 50 Springfield citizens) Union District No. 7. Thurston had registered up to Saturday District No. 4. Eucene. i lduht. 25 with each of tho regis trars, II. E. Walker and J. C. 1 Mullen. There Is a lot of time: yet before the lists close for tho May primaries, yet tho ofllclnlBj would llko to see citizens en-; rolling now so ns to prevent a I congestion at tho last. Onlyl native-born or fully naturalized j persons nro eligible to registry, i and this registration Is porman- j out unless tho voter falls to cast his ballot onco In a blennlum. ; or moves to another precinct. Mayor E. E. Morison was tho first to regiBtor with Mr. Walk er, and Miss Lillian Gorrlo, city (r;n(inTO wnH thn first woman to1 1HO opiK"uiu uua-ugu uusi SSnr woman to ,w(jeU rQcelved . lt8 Stmiebaker lorn ADeeno was tno nrst to register with Mr. Mullen. INDEPEPNDENCE MAN BUYS GROCERY STORE R. TI. Knox of Independence last week purchased the grocery j store of Messrs. Nice & Minor and assumed chargo at onco. Mr. Knox Is an experienced grocery limn, uiul will conduct tho store alone modern Huob. Ho will j The meetings conducted by bring his family hero from Indo- ;Rev. T. L. Jones in the Methodist ' pendonco as soon as ho finds a j church are increasing In interest snltablq house. ; and power. On Friday evening Messrs. Nlco and Miller have tho spirit of God was present in 'inndo no plans for tho futtjro. I great power. On Sunday morn and for tho present at least will Ing ho preached a sermon of remain In Springfield. They had (great beauty and poyew on tho boon negaged m the grocery .business for throo had worked tm a spienuiu trauo. Springield Yards Handle 14,369Cars A total of 14,396 freight cars wore Inspected In the Hold yards' hy Car Inspector F, It was a splendid presentation of R. Russell, who has totaled tho I tho ofilco and .work, pf Jesus as figures for tho six numths end- Savior. The closing moments of lng January 1. A total of 3240 the service worp. glorious in the passenger card were expected noble (deolsionsi mado and tri horo durihg; thQ"samo timo. ' himphB ofnfalth.u Meeting M,on ..Each aar was given; twp In-, day, Tuesdiy . .and .Wednesday BP0tqnB, onco'AialtiCatrie In' and evenlng at TiSQRndTyesay tho othor beWd llt was taken FIRE SIGNAL SYSTEM IS CONSIDERED Qlilctf III co icalLod '.i special mealing lut Friday night of the Hi oman far the purpose of con Bldorlng tho now Hot of flic sig nals HUbmltted by ,h W. Coflln, who Ih chairman of tho Arc and water committee uppolnlcd by tho city council. Tho chart allowing tho new signal HyHtcm 'of 0 )C, fc,,fi ,v in nmko '?on lowr company to maKc . ,, ,lnnmo,i nilvlnnliln wuh roferrrcd to W. L. McCul- ru. """r" f TiV, , Vn i,ir. 11 ,H n l)ttrt or Ulc l"an 10 ,mvo roHldence and business ... Hl,Pillf,nnWi mnmiiort 1HJUDU 111 am IUH'IvUI milimiuki I Snow Causes B-K ! Mill to Close IN COUNTY ARE STANDARD j Ti10 Htate i)0mi of oducaUon ! District No. 12, Santa Clara, Eugene. District No. 19, Springfield. District No. 32, Maplcton. District No. 40, Crcswell. District No. 43, Coburg. District No. 45, Cottage Grovo niacin Vn f.O TllHr. OJItf District No. CD, Junction City. District No. SG, Irving. District No. 93, Dorenn. District No. 97, Florence. District No. 12G, Leaburg. DEMONSTRATOR CARS REACH SPRINGFIELD mi r-i t ii.i.i r l i. ;.:r" JT.T.. 191G, and they are now ready to bo show;! to customers. The, nated as a Ford agency.. M. E. Meetings Gain in Interest - L.ov,e or uou." it was a wonuer- yearu, unuiiui oaniiuit uu uii iiicAiiuuauuia tneme. tho evening meeting will long bo remembered. The League room was full at the young people's service. Rev,. Jones spoke in his inimitable way. His words went straight to tho hearts of his hearers. At 7:30 the Baptist pastor and wife with their: poonla came over in u body. The sermon was all tho Spring-significance of the name of Jesus nftornoon. All aro ,wdlcqm3-' This is Letter Writing Week Tell Eastern Friends of Springfield Write a letter this week to a frlond or business acquaintance In the East and tell them: Springfield Is at the threshold of the famed McKenzIo river, with Its gamey fish, j Sprlnglleld Ib the gateway "to the big hunting grounds of tho Willamette beyond OaKrldgc. Springfield is the point of t eparturo for a climb of the snow clad Three Sisters. Springfield is at the Junction of the Pacific Highway and the trans-Cascado, McKcizle highway to Central Oregon the Interior route to Ci llfornla. Springfield wants visitors. , Springfield maintains a fros camp for auto tourists witha concrete storage build Springfield has one of tho most modern sawmills In the West. Machinery throughout' compressed air. Springfield has a power plnent score cities and towns. Springfield has mild sumnl Springfield Is worth visiting, FISCHEB-BOUTIN LUMBER GO. CONTRACTS TO DELIVER LOGS TO BOOTH-KELLY CO. Carl Fischer of the Fischer- j Springfield, and will begin ship Boutin Lumber Company, an- "nts as soon as logs can be nounced today that thp com-lf- The contract affects a , , , . 4 4it I considerable amount of timber pnny's logging camps Just thls wl requIre seyeral monthg side of Marcola will be opened jt0 fijj Just as soon as the snow goes Mr. Fischer stated further that enough to make logging opera' tions noBSlble. From 30 to 40 men will be employed on the work. The Fischer-Boutin company has a contract to deliver logs to, plied on the Booth-Kelly con tho Booth-Kelly company afc' tract. . Finger Injured in" Washing Machine Mrs. J. W. Baker, wife of the proprietor of the Springfield laundry, suffered a severe lacer ation of tho middle finger of her right hand when operating the washing machine Thursday af ternoon. Mr. Baker was ill and she was trying to get all the work done. In reaching mtoi tl waBilinc machine a rlnK on lI1L W"'b IlHU-llim, U Illlfe Ull her finger caught on a bolt on the rovolvinc portion. Her arm was drawn in between the 're volving portion and the casing, and when it could go no furr thor the flesh was torn from the front of tho finger by the ring. Six stitches were required to close the wound. Her arm to the elbow was se verely bruised. CAMP CREEK ITEMS (Special to tho Lano County News) Mao Polllc and Dale Chase were visitors hero this week. Madge Hambol and Robert Williams of Walterville were here Sunday. School is closed hero until tho people recover from tho Grippe and colds. Leonnrd and Walter Stephens were Eugene visitors Wednes day. Mr. and Mrs. Masterson of Springfield were here Sunday. Vic Hammltt was here on business this weok. Albert Simmons spent Thurs day at M. Gossler's. Mrs. Owen of Crow is here at tendlng upon her daughter Lllah Beaer-HeMdoh Hardware Company, ng. s operated .-with electricity or supplying electricity to a era. won't you come the Fischer-Boutin mill here will .,.,,. :, ir it,. , i iruuiiciD wuu nave pm.i.coiiiuu; resume operations if the mar- d gtate Teacllers. ket justifies. In that event the !amnaq0n and to whom certifi logs necessary will be hauled to'cates were issued at this time, their mill, and the surplus ap New Conveyor is Rpincr Installed DBII16 lliataiicu . - The Booth-Kelly Co. is tak - ins advantage of the closing of the mill to put in the new line of conveyor to take the refuse from the mill to the new burn- er. The frame work is in place, but it will be the end of the week before the equipment is pcady for use. A new conveyor is also being installed under the trimmers. been very sick with who has Grinne. A. j on business Friday, BASKET BALL Methodist teams defeated tho Baptist teams at League hall on last Tuesday evening. The first team game resulted in a score of 28 to 23, and the second teams youngsters of the Minerva di-! in marching, drills and evolu made scores of 25 to 22. Itrict where others have found I tions in the parade. them unmanaceable. He is 20 Instead of the "stunts" which Wednesday evening the first team basket tossers of the Chris- tian church, were defeated by tho Atlas club of Eugene, 3S to 14, and the second team was de- feated by the business men's class of the Eugene Y. M. C. A. by a score or uu to a. Harisburg High school bas ket tossers defeated the Spring- field bovs hero Saturday even-,,.. ing in a rattling good game by a score of 25 to 21. The Har- -1 BRIGHTEN UP YOUR FURNITURE 4 - 1 1 Lot us snow you wuat aum first class paints will do. The ilrtlstlc eftecf possible ijvlth;pur fenaniayj, stains iuid varntshosrwlU surprjse you. If you are tired of the present flniph of your fur jiiturej iwo cap show you Mbxto; change it,, with a pamtjoruBnr;- uq iiuny; riaburg Girls' team did not ar rive, so the local high school Ben lore played the freshmen, winning by a score of 8 to 7. INDUSTRIAL NOTES Salem, Jan. 17, Monmouth Valley & Slletz R. It. will soon resume 'construction work Into Slletz basin. Reports Bhow that a large sawmill will bo erected in Inde pendence Instead of Hoskins as was previously reported. The Canby cheese factory is scheduled to start January 15. Oakland, California, the City -I 1 1 m.,n miii. city. Harney County is celebrating its first view of a locomotive and all that section is rejoicing that it will soon have a railroad. Marshfield reports that Con logue Bros, will soon start their logging camp. Marshfield, McDoanld & Vaughn logging camp at Beaver Hill will soon resume. Marshfield, Kruse & Banks Bhln yard long idle Is now run ning full blast, working on a new Bteam schooner with prospects for several more orders before summer. Principle business of the Northwest for the past week, has been shoveling snow. ' Gaston opens a new 12,000 school building. Portland, Spokane man buys the Haradon Candy Factory for $150,000. FEW FAIL IN EXAM FOR TEACHERS' CERTIFICATES The following is the list of according to a statement given to the Lane County News by :the County Superintendent E. J. itificate Lola Howe. One Year State Certificate Bessie Thurston, George T,. Ha,( Marjon Cowies KernS( Annis B. Love.Mabel V. O'Leary, Henr' W. Chezem. Laura J. Wil- 'kns. Laura Rutli. Genevieve .Deardorf. Georgia Dillon. Laura 'stillman, Jettie Shrode, Emma e. Ragsdale, Etta C. Whorton, UM Owen, Bertha E. Klein - ,wachter, Ernest Evans, Mamie Sheridan Petty, and Ella B. Wallen. j There were others who passed the examination who asked that their certificates be issued on demand whose names do not appear. There were six failures out of a class or forty- seven. Any teacher who has made a grade below 60 per cent in any one subject and whose average is below 75 per cent failed in the examination. A GUY FROM LEBANON, OR. IS A REGULAR BOY TAMER University of Oregon, Eugene,! ja 15. Guv Frum. Lebanon. five feet two inches of SO-nound schoolteacher. He manages the years old and looks less. The superintendent of Lane has had n0 complaints from Minerva sjnce Guy Frum, Lebanon, went ont0 the job last September: I Mr. Frum finished high school 'at Lebanon last June. Late in the summer County Superinten dent Moore entered his office one day and thought he saw a f mnll rir rv 011 rfflrc rtlmfl 4. IU I t? he asked thQ stem u HB Mr. Frum slid onto his feet and said ,le had come to register. He showed his certificate. He came to tho State University and 'arranged his reading work. Then ho went out to Minerva. I Minerva is in the depts of the Coast range. It is rather off the main lines of travel. The 'children of Minerva (for this Minerva has children) had made young women after experience. The school board called for a man. ' Guy Ffuni, Lebanon, appear nnces 'to1 the contrary. . is tho 1 'man, arid tho itrimanageables of 'Min'erva':iftre'lfeaIdJtjb Jook irfe- prdaehfuliy at the school. Daara as'tney pass. t . 1 r " U4 PLANS ARE BEING PERFECTED FOR L RALLY By E. J. Moore, County School Superintendent. The educational rally and in dustrial school fair which has It 7.t f TT.... r . it, 1 UKCU UCIU 111 illKCIlU JUI IUC LWU the Commercial club of Eugene has asked that it be made a per manent event. It has met with such hearty response and co-operation on the part of the busi ness men and citizens of Lane county and the teachers, pupils and patrons of tho schools have taken such an interest and zest in it that it will be held again this year on Friday and Satur day, May 12 and 13, In Eugene. The magnificent new armory has been secured for the display of all exhibits either of a purely educational character and from an industrial standpoint. Tho large room will be divided into two sections. One section will be given over to the districts of the first and second class and the other section to the rural and village schools. It is hoped that.the display may be arranged so that contests in Palmer writ ing and of a literary character may be pulled off on the stage, as the exhibits must all be in place by 5 o'clock on Friday evening. The division of floor space will be made ten days be fore the fair opens, but applica tion for such must be made o the county school superintend ent by May 1. The final spelling contest will be conducted as heretofore place of paper, which will be provided by the county superintendent, and committees of teachers will grade the work o the applicant. It will be started at 1:30 p. m., Friday afternoon and will be I continued until it is determined who are the best spellers in each : grade. Engraved gold and silver ! medals will be given the winners and they will be on display for ten days before the contest is given. Thet street pageant will also oe a Dig teature ot tne rally. Each school in the county may enter a float, drill or exercise and appropriate prizes will be given for the best and most mer itorious display. Three prizes will be given for the most appro priate and best designed floats. They should illustrate historical, or current events or school ac tivities, and no objection will be made to burlesque or panto mimes; but nothing political, of an advertising nature or reflect- ing in anyway on individuals or nations win De auoweu.. inree prizes will also be given to ! schools making the best display ! were pulled off in the east park on previous years we are going COO to have an athletic sport carni val on Saturday afternoon be ginning at 2 o'clock. Pupils will be divided into three classes. Class A repre sents pupils up to 14 years of age. Class B, pupils over 14 years of age. Class three, pupils who have had six months or more training by an expert in manual training, domestic sci ence or domestic art or art. All exhibits must be: arranged by the school Itself and be com pleted for inspection of specta tors by Friday eyening, May 12. In judging collective school or or collective individual exhibits the Judges may allow ten points for neatness of arrangement of exhibits and decoration of booth. Fifteen points for quality of ex hibits and the remaining 75 points must be bestowed for merit or quality of tho articles on exhibition. Disinteresetd judges will pass upon tho merit of the variouh ar.Ucles and, exhibits and their decision,. -will, bo, final. .fsfo appgal can' be taken from thg;JpclsiQ,nXijjflCe 1 1 i back to tho main lino. . come. 'Ktit i 1 '