Or, IUitoriat Soc. X f 7 LANE COUNTY NEWS Continuing tho Springfield News and Lane County Star, Which Woro Conoolldatod Fobruary 10, 1914. A-ltitjit tfehfiurf HI,9t1,itaDrliu1M,5riii)it, Mlecotnl nlK niKltcrumli-f ncI nl (.'oiiftts ol M nuh, IMtf SPRINGFIELD. LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1916. VOL. XIV. NO. 102. i MORE s LI OFFERED M A LOWER COS! bonoflctnl to tho lumber trndo ami luiH takon practically tho whole fir production off tho mar ket In tho northwciit, said Mr. Lewis. If tho prcBonl lumber conditions hold on for threo or four inoro weeks tho trado In tho spring will undoubtedly bo good, , In tho estimation of Mr. Lewis. ; Tlioro ban been no incentive ifor tho lowering of quotations land tho condltioiiH have rcmnln- A proposition to furnish 3210 & ''L u r more candlopowcr of light, at a fo nrico iT'lni her i.as not cost abouh $5 a month' less was l,JC(,,;S;?or,IiIv1 "ot laid bofon tho town council n t 1 " V",VI !" V5:M ,l?-:-0.r:- . ltH udlourj.cd meeting Monday h .V tied u Si by t o Iaro by Dale Mummoy, local manug- J S0 SV1 H j?c SS or of tho Oregon Power com- pany. no submitted a plan to the councilman, showing a pro- to start In about two or thrco weeks, provided tho weather conditions will have changed posed distribution of lights. Tho " " " ,ir I oxvIh matter was taken under advise- J lr 1 x SoK'Xne mcnt) Tho proposition was u brought in at this time because ""J" f H r,J j tho present lighting contract will J "intll probably tho "SSpmSiiUon made by tho ttoyJSllS'S power company would re-distil- laJ ,0nrw,2 ' accorumb 10 buto the 11 arc lights now . , iwra. uso, would take out tho 87 32 cnndlopowcr incandcsccnts and place 18 100-cnndlo power lights on A street and on Fifth as far out as 0, and Install 0!) GO candle power lights at other points hmho city. This would give a total of 321 G candlopowcr more thiyi now In use. Tho council had met ror tna purpose of receiving bldB tho nurchat bonds covering deferred pay in 0 No bids were slbmltted, and tho New System for Fire Alarms This is Letter Writing Wee WisWJSS'f JS centt; road work 3 per cent. Tell Eastern Friends of Springfield J2,J&SS. ;from the workmen and remit Write a letter this week to a frlond or business acquaintance In tno isast and tell litem: Springfield Is at the thrcslfbld of the famed McKcnzio river, .1 with Its gamoy fish. . Springfield is the gateway (p the big hunting grounds of the Willamette beyond Oakrldge. Springfield Is the point of departure for a climb of the snow clad Three Sisters. j Springfield la at tho Junction of tho Pacific Highway and the trans-Cascade, McKcnzio highway to Central Oregon tho Interior route to California. Springfield wants visitors. Springfield maintains a frdp camp for auto tourists with a concrete storage building. SpringiiokHias one of tho nust modern sawmills in the West. Machinery throughout 1b operated '.-with electricity or compressed air. , Springfield has a power plaent supplying electricity to a score cities and towns 1 Springfield has mild summers. Sprlngfleld 1b worth visiting, won't you come Chairman J. W. Coflln of the lire and water committee of tho V'" .council, after conferring with ho purchase of $071 of Bancroft J 0w Bet of cards Ki - .mills Pnvnrlni? ilofnrrpd nnv- a. .w SCI pi carus prillt- Z r,7. Vi .... ;mV r eu ror distribution over town, ? a Street from 1 to Tenth B,v,nS Instruction how to turn street rrom uignin to i cnui. , ninrm nf fln. Tin flro In an alarm of lire. The fire , wards have been made to con- ? n2ai! c. I e cm fract fm- form t0 tho voUn Pclncta. and n. 1 ,i; tun imumim " turning In an alarm, one Is to tho work under tho condition ... r., .?. . ',.,. ,, STOCKHOLDERS OF COMMERCIAL STATE Bfti MEET The annual meeting of tho stokholders of the Commercial State bank was held at the bank ..n r.o ,m,n ni.,t n.wi inureaav cveninc. nenorts i . ... t 1- i Villi Urn ll.U Ullllll. tlllU ' w . mat no woum ui to uio uoiiuh iu , d number Btreet ,mme Wcrc made showing tho bank to par am nccrucu mtercsut tncro nd hoU8C numl)Cr: The man at be in a strong financial condl weio no other purchaser. , Ul0 ,,,ant wlll tllon glvc tho pro- tion. The usual annual dividend WAS ONCE PASTOR OF . . " ti, f uvu,.,,,, nf Hin im,i was ordered paid. wi mnvi w i i w i w l,,.n n on innii n innnni ( nun (uou uuii utiiii TtoV. J; CTUcliardsOn. one of lhf n nnnni' llMiitli:) nri!ifOnr nf iho ' WlTlamnttV vAltoP: passed j c 1 J ttaos nt ICC,T nml ' D" KcS3y' w w,V nn lna Snlnn nv rti.milii.r n. mowl, lCpeatCU l O UllltS at , f , , f, nfflfnrK til Mirt CJnlrtin linaiillril XunZl .b 0 USVYqlB. A HlllglO SUOrt , , " " " " " " mains were brought to Kugono , f Kr t Pnorv vtri.nm. I FARMERS MAY witn nis own contrmuuon one 'cent a day from each workman, iln computing the amount due I the Commission add $15.00 per month for board when the men ;arc boarded. For instance, a i farm hand Is paid $40.00 per i month and board and works 2G days, his wages would be $55.00 per month. The premium would bo 2 per cent of $55.0d or $1.10 plus 2G cent to be contributed by the workmen making a total 'amount to be remitted to the .Commission of $1.3G for the I month. This Is due and payable 'on or before the 15th oX tho month following that In which the work is performed. Those farmers desiring to se cure the protection of this Act may do so by making applica tion to the Commission for ap plication blanks and a copy of jthe law. The protection afforded to .both employer and workman Is detlrnfJned. lauuuiuiu. in case uiu wuiiuuau PRIZES LISTED FOR L COUNT! ANNUA SCHOOL FAIR Following is a list of the priz es that will be given at the an nual Lane County school rally and fair in Eugene, May 12 and 13; List of largest per cent of per rons attending school rally in Eugene on Saturday, May 13, from any school district, first prize. The teacher or tcacheiB must send to the county school superintendent a list of all per sons over four years of age liv ing in the school district by May first. Registry books will be kept in each booth and persons in at tendance must sign their own names. By this means the per centage of attendance will bo Best float or design Best ENJOY STATE 11 ,18 injuruu m uiu tuurau ui 'drill. fivprHRP nr ornlnHnn fn ihc .employment the Commission, parade by any school. Bestcol- mLPanInifenwiiBto hIb8 of industrial and (bills, hospital hills, medicine,, h l fc f d d eSCrtennlnBgntl2 districts. Best COl- addition compensate the work-jlective exhibit f vegetables and r .man for time lost by paying him ,fl f d by L ?hPnrtn nn l 2 "IS the agriculture department U ,than $30.00 per month. Under hich be had b aplylns t0 ---jtiie county school superintend j count of injuries sustained as the money paid by the Commis sion is full compensation under .the law for the Injury. This in sures the employer absolute pro By CARLE ABRAMS State Industrial Accident Commission Farmers of Oregon are com ing to realize that insurance for tectlon from damage suits and tneir workmen against accident possibly Is desirable, therefore the State insures the workmen of the pay Industrial Accident Commission ment of his expenses and money ent, from the individual home and school gardens irom any school district. Individual Exhibits Best map of Lane county showing actual present bound- ?m 7c p aries with natural geographical from court costs and nntnta nf it0f o,r, 0 rivers, pities and Vowns, rail roads, etc. It must be drawn to scale showing township and OF for burial on Tuesday. Tho fun- oral services were held from the First Baptist church, Rev. S. S. Johns officiating assisted by Rev. Ferris of this place. Rev. RichardHou was once pastor of McKcnzio Fork.Baptlst church (now Springfield church) for IG years, and was well known to the older members or this church and was greatly beloved by all who know him. lie wasj Roy Penny has been elected barn In Missouri and was 83 i president of tho Llternry society years and Borne months old. The for the coming year, funeral services woro attended Tuesday night at 3:15 the let by a largo company of his early , tor men of tho football team '.net menus. T. ..l1.1f 1 - 1 . J 1fu 1. 1 . A 1 fl f 1 'b"'" mi, i,i i1.,i nt ,,,, liias esiauHsiieu a rate ior unrer- on wmcn 10 live wnne miureu. lias also ueen cliangetl. instead , , lent lines of farming operations yorkInKmen'8 compensation Is Te ii;; There a so must be of a goneral alarm, followed by consisting ofAU?erldns,,JW.elby;&nder award number, short blasts, In- Stevens, Al. Montgomery, M. M. the Amended Act passed by the islation. It is not only protec- t I?a iiiIano ! lust legislature and which be- tion to the individuals, but it is !numbered and subdivided. This came effective July 1st. The a protection to society against e f n n,itori tn c?, (great interest manifested by far- injured workmen who might be-, Qf w ,f Mnhnf 7 ,t;,-niers is shown by the fact that come public charges and who BesttoD sldont and;tllat un to date 'bout 20o far- often do. It is a protection to llr.?..-"!?- 11?: O. B. Kessoy cashior, were re-, piers have availed themselevs of the families of injured workmen & inY, tallied in ofllcc.. Fenncr Travis, tie benefits of this Act, although against suffering and poverty a cS GFIE IG ! il .. i l .... ... ii7i 1 i ,1.D"'U uuudw, uniivmuiu who lias been wiui tlie bank a"' ouuuhissiuh nua up iu una auu . io iuuuu w ",C tracks of land estimate of iiiimlwr of vo.sim in fhn nnnupitv itinie been so busy putting into public in tho way of taxes, be 'ot clerk, was elected assistant 'operation the new amendments cause one of the greatest costs ; t m timber and waate ; cashier. i the law that no effort has been of our system of government is d th tb production of ittu iu itunij' imintio ui iucu wmi. wom uuu uuu ui uivimv-i-j q jjj kinds including privilege to take advantage of est forms of court costs is per-frilt flnrv nrnflllfe hnsrq, u YETltheAct. Th s infonnatlon is be- sonal Injury cases. Under Ore- u. fineen 'd noult' nd the nrxmiti rr iirirloltf rllccnmlnntnd mrt OTIY1 Q nrOCftnt linMllltV HWO It Una " " ' v.u.w...t u,lu.ul.uu1.u i,Z value of the same raised by peo unate instances in the Commls- injured workmen to secure dam slon ofiice during the past few ages against employers by weeks. In a number of cases bringing suit. RAILROAD WORK MOVES Ontario, Ore., Jan. IG. In spito of tho sovoro weather, work continues on the O.-W. R. MILL MAY NOT START FOR A WEEK Superintendent Jarrctt of the Booth-Kelly mill stated this morning that Montgomery bro thers had told him they expect ed to be able to ship a trainload of logs to tho mill hero tomor row, but Mr. Jarrett added that the mill probably would not re sumo operations for a week, as they would want to be assured of a steady supply of logs bo- and chose Albert Bearo as cap tain ror next year, j Miss Leota McCracken has been absent from school for sev eral days. She has a bad attack I of the sore throat. Mr. Stroud thoucht that h0 starting. Drifts are 15 feet deep & N. extension west from Rivei-1 could get along without having in places above Wendllng and side Ore to nolnts In Ilarnov 1,10 i-aurippe nut ne now naB nis uu County I throat wrapped up and Beems to i the company's camps there for Nearly all tho grading has lee4 ns bad j?a Ul rest of us dId- b ume' l..... .w.r.,1 r,,., n ni, I Geomo Carson lins rnturnnd iivku tuiniiviv;ii an km ho uiiu- ' . . i loy ami tlie rock cuts and ; nt"uul '" bvhu uuya ui bridges are now progressing rap-. sickness, idly. Mail service to Riverside I Mr- Stroud is suffering from a has been begun, the mall run on I severely burned neck as a result tho thrlce-a-week train being.01 ",0 1,80 or wnito's liniment, from Onearlo to Riverside I. Tho water plpo leading to the Between Bend and Bums tho 'laboratory froze last night and Strahorn surveying party is in tho field, running the newly pro jocted lino between thoso Inter ior points. II. N. Boguo, chief onglneor for tho Strahorn party, hired a saddle horso for tho pur pose of a closer Investigation of tho Sago lien Pass. Leaving the horse, ho proceeded by auto to Bond, so It is not known whether this pass wlll be used by tho now line, but probabilities aro that It will. Everything Indicates that within a fow months work will! actually bo under way to con nect' BuniB finally with tho outer world, and to do away with "In terior ' Oregon forever. LUMBER MARKET IS MADE STEADY BY COLD WEATHER bursted this morning. Miss Newton has changed her roll call lately. Instead of hav? ing tho pupils answer hero she has them answer prepared or unprepared. Roy Penny Is quite a historian on Danlal Boone. Tho Literary society of tho S H. S. will glvo an entertainment at tho High school Friday 21, at 8 o'clock. All Miss Newton's classes who havo missed any quizzes make them up tonight (Wednesday) at 3;15. Glen Woolloy has returned to fichool ufter . several days ab senco. Mr, Stroud to Howard Cotton who whs sitting by tho stove, "Aro you burning, Howard?" Howard, "I don't think so!" Mr. Stroud, "Well, 1 smell lions havo tended to steady tho ruouor lumber market and has withhold I rr"""1 ' an oxp.ectod Ajumn. according, to Hoko Cahnory of Medford has L..,.,fJowls, of the Bopth-Kolly Increased its stock from $5,000 Lumber company. ' to $10,000 and will' double its , The cold weather has" been output. ' " i Alaska Man Buys Lots in Springfield G. R. Smith, an old Alaskan friend of Dan Gore, stopped off a fow days last week while on his way from San Francisco to Seattle and while here ho pur chased flvo lotsvln tho Railroad addition from tho Goro & Rowo agency. Mr. Smith was very much Im pressed with tho prospects for the futuro of Springfield. men have been injured on the! Lastly, state compensation is farm and the employed has then Insurance conducted by the made application to come under , State without profit and the the Act and sent in remittances State appropriates sufficient to cover his premiums with theisums of money to more than hope that by so doing the Injur- pay all the expenses of opera ed man would bo cared for by tion, so that every dollar collect tho StatO. This, of coures, is.ed from employers and work- important as will be realized by men alike Is paid back directly all readers. It 13 similar to in- to injured workmen in first aid 8uring a building after the same and for time lost. Numbers of has been burned down and then , farmers and a great many man expect to collect insurance on ufacturers in times past have the building. Similarly a great afforded themselves liability in many applications have come in suranco 'from insurance com from farm hands who have been panles and In such cases the injured, for benefits under the amount received by the work Act. They thinking that as long men is questionable as more as thev have not reiected the Ithan-half of it is used by the Act they are entitled to its bene- company in expenses and profit fits. However, no proection can and a considerable portion of be extended to workmen unless, that remaining Is dissipated by accepted oy apilcation of the me injured workman m lawyer s employer. The rate fixed for farming op erations is general farming in cluding all operations Incident thereto, 2 per cent of the pay roll. Threshing, clover hulling, cent: prune drying, 1 per cent; wood cutting, 3 per cent; land UI ARTFIJL HARDWARE ;V Combination knobs and looks lacquered, dulled and sandblasted brass, just the articles to beautify your homo. Our hardware line Is complete, consisting of tho bestind at right- prices toc.CuMnotto: "Hardware for wpaf" , it Be&ver-Herndon Hardware Company fees and court costs in suing for his rights. Jurors are Chosen For Term of Court TsJ The county clerk has prepar ed tho following list of Spring field citizens who are llablo for jury service at the coming term of cricult court: Springfield Chas. W. Piatt, John Winzenried. O.C. Thurman, JN. B. Mann, R. A. Stevens, S. B. McBee, L. L. Westfall, Nathan , Hill, G. W, Carson, S, H. Rich Imond, L. K. Page, Jas. Laxton, D. S: Jordan, C. K Wheaton, J. B. Young, R. L. Drury, J. W. Coffin, D. W. Roof, J.W. Ruth, Taylor Needham,- Wm. C. Mow ers,,, Danpqres,. Walter CJUles-plee.-iKVU, Berger, Geo. I. Deari, Walter W. Edmlston. ' pie living in the school district, during the year 1915. Best collection of kites of all kinds and shapes, either simple, double or triple planes and glid ers, illustrating the principles of aeronautics. They may be paint ed or decorated in any way the maker desires and if the weather is suitable they are to de demon strated by actual flight for at least a half hour. Best made useful article or device for farm use, such as split road drag clod crusher, iron gate or device for feeding hogs, etc. It must be the full sized article itself and not a model. An affi davit stating that the pupil act ually made the article itself must accompany the exhibit. Best three piece collection of manual training work including any kind of homo or office fur niture. The articlesmiade must have been constructed from Oregon grown lumber. Best collection of art work, either oil painting, water colors or pen sketch. Best collection of six button holes, worked in different mater ials by a girl under 14 years. Best collection of patching and darning, three exhibits of each, by a girl under 14 years. Best dress showing hand and machine work. Best apron showing hand and machine work. Best three piece collection of fancy needle work of any kinds. Best loaf of white bread. Best pan of baking powder biscuits. Best layer cake of three layers Best and neatest j.'ecord of Babcock milk test. Record must be for sjx or more cows and for at least three months. n. ' Al fmiith" lumber Co. at Marshfleld "will start on full drrie Wnlininw' flrnt I'' 1