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About The Lane County news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1914-1916 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1916)
The Lane County News W. A. DILL, Editor and Mgr. Published Every Monday and Thursday by the Lane County Publishing Association. RATES OP SUBSCRIPTION Ono Year' ?LG0 Six Months Thrco months .. .. ,60 Advertising rates furnished on appli cation. ' Member of the Willamette Valley Editorial Association. THURSDAY, JAN. 20. 1916 WHY SHOULD OREGON WORRY? The Pacific Corist Manufac turer, a trade journal published at San Francisco, posts as a for caster of the future by declar ing in its January issue that Ore gon will advance slower in popu lation than either California or Washington. The basis" of the prophesy is the assertion that trans-continental railway lines will continue to build up south ern California. Sah Francisco bay and Pudget Sound to the ex clusion of Portland and the Col umbia River basin. What oracle the San Francisco trade journal consulted in making its forecast is not apparent, but the susupfc- ion is warranted that the wish to see Oregon discriminated against for the benefit, its reighbors is father to the thought Nevertheless do we see about us any evidence thai lends color to the prophesy itself? That, after all, is the way to look at the matter. What is the outlook in the Willamette valley?. First of all we have 3,200,000 acres of land embraced in the Oregon & Washington land grant that is not merely closed to settlement, but actually withdrawn from taxation. This enormous handi cap we seem to be facing with mediately in front of us stretch es an interminable line of litiga tion which will tie up the land for years to come and make it a detriment rather than a help to us. Senator Chamberlain's bill, to which he seemes to be wed ded, is calculated to do this very" thing. Meantime a plan is pro posed that will immediately get action in the matter. It is that a receivership be created. This would mean that titles above re proach could immediately be given to the land, that it could at once be opened up to settlement, that it would begin to yield pub lic revenue through the tax rolls and that every other right in volved would be protected, for the funds realized from sales could be maintained'intact until such time as through the slow process of adjudication title to these founds would be definitely and finally fixed. No question before the public is of more im portance than this, and yet no question is receiving less from, those bodies which are supposed to be constituted the guardians of thepublic Interests. Unless there ig development throughout the state, in eastern Oregon and elsewhere, there can be little advance in the next few years. -These problems are not going to settle themselves. De velopment and distribution are the two greatest questions be fore the people of Oregon, and instead of wasting so much of our time, energy and money on things more or less inconsequen tial, we should give attention to these to the end that Oregon may be made .to advance and give the lie to the self-interested prophesies that are being made to its detriment. Telegram. COMMUNITY BREEDING AND COMMUNITY MARKET ING At a recent gathering of far mers, the point wjts made that nq two of their, number .ever had their livestock ready to go to market at the same time, ttiere fore they could not combine their shipments sufficient to mnko a carload. This muntfdV ately called' up the question of community breeding. Maiiy dis tricts have solved this problem to their entire satisfaction. The farmers In n certain section hold ai meeting and decide upon the breed of cattle, hogs and sheep which the majority of ,thcm de sire to raise. After this question is settled they sccuro stress all of one breed, or perhaps in tho caso of a bull, tho community as a whole invests in him. They then nrrango to do their breeding so that tho pigs or calves will come within two or three weeks of each other, which means, with the usual feeding methods, these animals will be ready to go on the market at practically the same time. Tho various granges and far mers' Institutes over the conn try rire now making a special study of community shipping and it is not anusual thing for a lot Of liogs to conic to tho stock yards at the present time, with from fifteen to thirty differ ent ownerships, and the results so far have been entirely satis factory indeed. The shipping master in charge ,of a community shipment re , cently smiled very broadly when he remarked that the market had advanced 25 cents since he had begun to assemble his pre sent shipment. He said this would be very good news to his clients. The wish was expressed by one of his hearers that these self-same people might reniem ber this little circumstance when at some later time they might come on the market and find it off 25 cents. One destructive pessimist who was on the mar ket not long since, at a time when hogs were inclined to be weak, made the statement that that he had never gone on the market when the .prices were not falling, which brought forth the observation that a market must advance at. some time in order to be able to decline. j Every farmer who has an affil jiation with a grange or farmers' i union should immediately take this matter of community ship ping and breeding up with his J officers to the end that better .information may be had regard ing this subject. It's a well known fact that the owner of one hog in a community ship ment receives the same price for his offering, quality considered, as does the man "who is on the market with a three or four car load shipment, and it is a further fact that his percentage of cost for handling is exactly the same as that of the carlot shipper. As ,the present movement grows it I will only be a question of a short time until every town of a size will have a community shipping organizaton and when this , comes to pass there will be none of the worry and vexation in , connection with country killing. Portland Live Stock Reporter. MARKET TOPPERS It is the aim of every live stock farmer to have, the buyer say to them, "The top o' the market to you." Experienced feeders achieve it,, but rarely be ginners. Pig-club members have topped the market on the first hogs they have raised. These mem bers followed the instructions given them by the pig-club agent stationed in their State. Thev fed balanced rations, kept th . hogs free from lice and worms, and made their hog feeding business enterprise, and not a venture. In Oklohama 23 boys and 1 girl sold their pigs to the two Oklahoma City packing houses at top prices, going 35 cents above the top of the market for the day. These hogs averaged 10 months of age and 344 pounds in weight. Eleven of them were judged as perfect market type by the buyers,, land only opb .scored below 90J( .The average dress oqt, was ,84 per cent unchilled. Tho champion hog from Klng- Edmund Breese In "The Song of the' Wage Slave," a five part plcturization of tho famous poem of the same name from ' The Spell of the Yukon" and other verses, by Robert W. Ser vice, comes to the Bell Theatre Sunday only. "The Song of the Wage Slave" How Ned Lane, fisher County weighed 440 pounds on the hoof and dressed out 87 per cent unchilled. This ll-months-old barrow was oh alfalfa pasture the first four months of- his life, and then was fed tankage, corn, kitchen wastes, shorts, and alfalfa the next seven months. He cost G cents per pound to produce, in cluding purchase price, feed, and labor, and gave the boy a profit of $8.90 In addition to the prizes won. In Kentucky 15 pig-club boys, with hogs averaging a little over 200 pounds, tonned the Louis ville market for the day by 25 ! cents a hundred weight. PREVENTING MOTTLED ' BUTTER. - Mottled butter is frequently, iounu on me mantel at tins time of the year, and. even though it may be of very good flavor, it'Is strongly discriminated (tgainst by the purchaser. As this de fect is one of workmanship, it can be overcome by the applica tion of proper methods on the part of the buttermaker. Mottles are caused primarily by an uneven distribution of salt in the butter. This may be pror duced by insufficient working of the butter or by churning, wash ing, and working it at a very low temperature, or by washing or working it in a temperature sev eral degrees higher or lower Xhan the churning temperature. When the quantity of butter made In one churning is much less than usual- It is necessary to work it a greater number of rev olutions of tho chum than usual in order to produce .the same re sults op the butter, .. , Extremely low, temperatures, of churplng, washing, and work ing should be avoided, because, they produce so firm a butter that it is. only with great difficulr ty that the salt can ge worked uniformly into it. , High temper? attires of churning washing and. working must also be avoid-. ed to prevent an abnormal loss ot fat in the buttermilk and also he niaklngg of a greasy, leaky butter. Great variations in tempera ture during the manufacturing , process Bhould always be avoid? I ed. Under normal conditional the temperature of tho watof should be the same as, or within ! 2 degrees of, that of the butter milk. When the churn room is so cold that the butter becomes chilled before working Is cpm7 pleted, mottled butter Is fre quently the result. To prevent this it Ib preferable to Increase" the amount of .working rather than tdrai.e,the temperature pf the wash' water . v - VT . Mottled butter, theft, may' be prevented by using methods that a rugged, honest-hearted mill worker, sought the love of pretty Mildren Hale, whoso young af fections wore already given to Frank Dawson, tho dashing young son of tho millionaire mill-owner, and what came of it. A sublime Btory of a strong man's supreme sacriflco and un sclfi hscdovtlon. will insure a uniform distribu tion of salt. LOVE, LAUGH, AND WORK "Lovo, laugh nnd work," Elbort Hub bard sang, and his song Uvea aftor him. Lovo! V Wo must not only lovo individuals, but we must lovo In tho larger sonso that takes In tho wholo world. It Is swoot to havo ono particular being enshrined in tho innor tomplo o? ono's heart and to know tho Joy ot unselfish devotion to that loved ono; but such lovo rightly undorstood, melts tho heart until it Is Inclusive) rather than exclusive; until tho hum blest human being that comes within our radiuB is tho recipient of somo form of our favor; until tho face of every flower nnd dumb animal looks good to us and wo read Dlvlno Lovo In everything. True Lovo takes In tho wholo world, making ono's own life a benediction. Laugh! And what Is moro Inspiring than honest laughter! It makes tho heart young and around tho heart centers every activ ity of our existence. Wo should each day mako merry with thoso ubout uo and loam to ox tract a laugh from tho moHt com mouplaco incidents. Wo cliould not only begin each day with a laugh, but wo should cultivate a senso of humor. It is a saving graco. , Thero is no tense situation that a kindly laugh and smllo cannot ro Hovo. And then comoa Work. No life is complote without It. Happy should bo overyono who has to toll for a living. Work is the savior of tho soul and body. it is not enough, howover, that ono should bo simply occupied, but ho must havo a life-work, a definite goal. It must bo something purposeful, and each year should mark a posltlva milestone in ono's progress. Ono must have a vision of something worth whllo and then dally work to wards it Tho WIso Ma.n of Old said! "Whero there is no vision tho people perish." Tho vision must bo always on a nlQuntaln-top something that loads upward and onward. We must not only cherish a vision and work towards it, but wo must see that it 1ms practical vuluo and Is a height we can truly gain if wo faith fully work for it, It would bo a good thing if wo wore to place boforo us wjiero wo work ov ory.day a picture of an Alplno peak surmounting donso forests and crag gy steeps and Ujoro on tho top, pin our eoul's d'oslro nnd dally climb up from our cot'.in tho woodland until wb' finally sdalo'tho heights nncl.wln tho crowjij ofvylctory; , ,: . f . $i Lovo, Jaugn and, work. . " f- -' Life will bo a triumphant song then, ANNIE MILLER KNAPP. Tito CoxcfujUMau f pMJp COME IN AND CONSULT US ON ANY BUSINESS PROPOSITION. WE MAKE NO CHARGE FOR OUR ADVICE. IT IS OUR BUS NESS TO KNOW THE SAFETY OR UNSAFETY OF INVEVSTMENTS. MAY BE WE CAN SAVE YOU FROM MAKING A COSTLY MISTAKE. . ., OUR BANK IS A MEMBER OF THE ''FEDERAL RESERVE" SYSTEM OF BANKS. THIS SYSTEM BINDS ITS "MEMBEF BANKS" TOGETHER FOR THE PPOTECTION OF EACH OTHER AND THEIR DE POSITORS. YOUR MONEY IS SAFE IN OUR BANK AND YOU CAN GET IT WHEN YOU WANT IT. 96-323 If. The Best Groceries For Less Money The Fifth Street Grocery Thos. Sikes, Prop. Phone 22 1 Why not save and doposlt in our Savings Department one-twelfth of your total taxes each month? I3y so dis tributing the tax burden over the entire year, it will not seem so heavy. 4 per cent on savings. FIRST- NATIONAL BANK, EUGENE, OREGON. MONEY TO LOAN on improved farms and city property, call at my office 32 :!hst 8th Ave, Eugcno, or call Phono 808. 7Ctf F. J. BERGER. Dr. ADALINE KEENEY FERRIS Homeopathic jhyalclan and .Surgeon Olllco, Baptist Parsonago Corner Second and C Streets HOUItS : 9 TO 12, PHONE 40 Jas. Corsaw has re-opened his shoo repair shop in tho west half of the Stevens bl eyeje shop, .Main St. near Seventh. Ofllc'u Ninth and I'ourl til, TelcpnonofsM DRMY.SHAFFERjD.V.S. VETERINARY SURGEON AND DENTIST I i Bulto 2. Phono 888, EUGENE, ORE Residence over Dodge's Store CAREFUL, CONSCIENTIOUS Dentistry DR. J. E. RICHMOND PHONES Office, 3; Residence, 116-J Over Commercial Bank, , Springfjejd, Qregan. , II 1 !. .. HERBERT E. WALKER NOTARY r PUBLIC Office In CKy Hall, Springfield, 'Ore. MEMBER HDEMIRHSERVE 1 Harness, Shoes, Gloves Harness and Shoes Repaired at ' The Harness Shop J. H. BOWER Lawyor. omco 774 Wlllamotfo St. Phono Eugono COD Homo Phono 132-J . - , i 1 " t Euaenc,,progon O. R. Gullion, M.D. Practice Limited tl Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. , Graduate Nurse Attending 306, White Temnle, Eugene. w. f. Walker UNDERTAKER FUNERAL DIRECTOR Office Phone C2; FJealdence 67-J West laln 8t. ' See Edwards & Brat tain For Farm and City Property Exchanfjeo a Specialty Springfield . - Oregon Phojie. 30 m.mTH Springfjeld Garage H. SANDOAtHE . Proprietor , . ' Repairing a Specialty..., a Main, bet'. Fourth and Fifth. Phono 11 SPRINGFIELD - OREGON