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8PRINQFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1916
VOL. XIV. NO .104
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BOOTH KELLY
MILL RESUMES
AFTER 2 WEEKS
flaxes for the entire county.
After having boon Hhut down new BILL TO END
since the night of January 14, LAND PROBLEM
live Booth-Kelly Lumber coin-'
pnny'fl mill hero resumed opera- Hawloy V Moooure Proyldos for
i.( ..,rt..i...r ,.fin. ,. fun 1 Settlement and Sa o of
tloiiH Huh morning with a full Tracto Involved.
cicw. Ton carloadu of logB ar- 1
rived yestordny from Landax, WaBhlngton, Jan. 2Ij. Con
on the Middle, Fork of tho Will- grcssman Hawley. introduced a
iimetto and anothor ten from
Nettle's camp this side or Wend-
jmg wcro nrougiu in in mo uvu-
ning. TJieflo are uto nrsi iog
shipments received bIuco tho dny
beforo Christmas. poses to amend the original
A. M. llagon, of the company, 'grant by declaring that tho
Minted this morning that ho bo- ( words "actual settler" shall have
lloved logs would bo comlngg In the meaning, current In the
npw fnat enough to keep tho courts and tho department of
mill running, especially If the the Interior at the time tho land
Fischer camp at Marcola gets to J grants were originally made and
shipping by the first of the 'provides that unsold lands shall
month ns expected. bo sold at $2.50 an acre, wlth-
LogB purchased from S. O. out delay, to persons who resided
Johnson will bo brought In from 0n tho grant lands prior to Jau
tho Sluslaw, beginning In about uaryl, 1910, upon their making
ten days. 'application therefor within six
Burner and Crano Undor Way months from tho dato of the
Work of erecting tho iron hood passage of this act; also, that
over tho now refuse burner was, tho. railroads shall immediately
begun this morning by a crew of establish a suitable agency to
men. A week or ten days will; receive applications and effect
bo required to finish tho work.
A good start has been made
erecting tho south support for
tho new timber loading crano,
half a dozen or tno posts navmg clslons bf the federal courts, by
been eroQtod. Quito a numberrestricting the sales to actual
neen eroQteu. ijuiiq r iiumuur,
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.BOOTH-KELLY COMPANY
BUYS SIUSLAW LOGS
A sale or -1,000,000 feet of cut
fir logs, now in tho Sluslaw river
near Cushmnn, was consummat
ed Tuesday between S. O, John
son formerly of tho Wondllng
Johnson Lumber company and
tho Booth-Kelly Lumber com
pany of Eugene.
Tho logs will be taken from
tho'river and shipped over tho'
W. P. and S. P. to tho mill at
Springfield to bo sawed. The
work of shipping them will start
within tho noxt 30 dnys accord
ing to A . C. Dixon, manager of
tho Booth-Kelly company.
Tho timber has been In the riv
er for a period varying of from
one to two years and was cut
from the holdings belonging to
the Wondllng-Johnson company
which is now In the hands of the
bondholders.
It wlll take approximately G00
carloads to haul the logo to
Springfield and it is tho present
intention to move 10 cars a day
after tho work Is started.
SHERIFF PARKER TO
ENTER. THE RACE.
Democrat
Elected by Majority
of 500Q
n Republican County
to Sook Ro-eloctlori.
Sheriff James Parker has for
'mally announced his candidacy
'for re-election to tho office of
Sheriff of Lane county.
"I have decided to rim for ro
oloctipn at tho May primaries at
tl$ request of my friends," Bald
Shorfi! Parker Saturday. "Many
people' have' been asking mo If
I was to bo a candldato, I have
at last ddolded to enter tho
field."
This Is the second term Sher
iff, Parker has been In office, He
tlin lfiHN nnirt hv a liialhrltv or
7' Ts 71' ' Tl TH.,W'
ovwkQOQ votes,, Tliero,,Is a re-
'publican majority In this county
of over 3,000 votcH.
"If I nin re-elected I will con
duct the olllcc ub economically
fnnd cfllclcntly as poBlblo," said
I Sheriff Parlccr.
' In addition .to the regular
Khorlff duties, It la part of Sheriff
Parker's work to collect the
bill today to dispOBO of tho Ore -
gon-Cnllfornla grant landB along
mo jincs or juugo woivcrion s
interpretation of tho supreme
court decision. Tho bill pro-
salcB.
Congressman Hawley says the
hill will carry Into effect tho or
lglmil granting acts and the de-
restricting tno sales to actual
uU m .uu..
Fischers to Ship
Logs by Feb. lst,s,i)rinBfiel? was
" ; three weeks ago
Logs will be coming to Spring
field from tho Fischer-Boutin
camps abolt February 1, accord
ing to Carl Fischer of the com
pany. Ho states that the com- j having a chance to get acquaint
pany's camp has been opened cd with their surroundings, the
out. They will be able to begin
loading cars early next week,
and then shipments can begin.
Tho camp there has not been
hampered by snow
nearly so i
much as have the camps beyond
Wendllng. They will ship from 5
to 10 carloadB per day.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC HAS i
UNTIL FEB. 5 TO FILE j
The Southern Pacific was glv- j
on until February 5 to prepare
its bill of exceptions in the big
Oregon & California land case
by Federal Judge Wolverton,
Tho company Is appealing on
(he decree prepared by Judge
Wolverton on the decision of tho
Bupremo court of the Uplted
States, The company claims it
has a right to tho timber on the
land, plus an equity of $2,50 an
acre In the land itself. WolYer
tbn's decree allowed It $2.50 an
acre but nothing for tho timber.
FOREST NOTES
Of tho total area of approxi
mately 9,700 acres planted with
young trees by the Forest Ser
vice during tho fiscal year 1915,
nearly 3.000 acres was planted
In Oregon and Washington. Of
tho total area sowed with tree
seed, 5,870 acres, approximately
500 acres wore sowed in Oregon.
It is estimated that there "still
remains 1,756,000 acres Infested
with prairie dogs, ground squlr-i
rpls and gophors within the Na
tional Forests. At thp rate at
which tho Biological. Survey Is
working to nermlhate these
pests, tieBe ftcs ylll b, cleaned
il'vai - o, wtwou HJ f ? m
up wltjji flYe yearst
NEW HIGH SCHOOL TO BE DISGOSCED
AT A TAXPAYERS' MEETING MONDAY
In order to learn the wIbIicb
of the taxpayers and patrons of
tho Springfield schools as to how
best to supply tho need for a
new high school, the board of
education has called a special
meeting of thp district, to be
held at the High school building
at 8 o'clock Monday evening,,
January 31.
The recent eighth grade ex
aminations in Springfield and
!(i,c neighboring districts make
ijt certnln more will want to gain
admission to t
the High school.
A preliminary canvass shows at
least 25 pupils who expect to
tnl enrollment up to approxi
mately 170.
Tho board has been faced for
some months with this prospect
of an over-crowded building, as
well as the problem of repairs
to make the building habitable
A few weeks ago The Nowsjfor the patrons of the school
printed a form petition to the .that expenses this year, accord
board asking them to investi-'lng to present outlays, will be
gate the possibility of securing j probably $2000 less than was es
a new building for Springfield, i Unused at the time of making
Tho response was gratifying, 'the budget .
BASKET BALL
In regard to the basket ball
game played In Springfield the
Cottage Grove Sentinel said:
"Cottage Grove found out how
Springfield felt when playing
7rhQ lmllB in nie two maces,
team is lost in the other. Hon-
ors are about even now and It is
possiblo that a game will be ar
ranged for a neutral floor.
defeated hero
29 to 10.
"The Springfield team has im
proved since playing here 'and
that helps to account for the
drubbing handed the locals, al
though in the second half, after
llnrnlR hold Snrincrflnlcl to 171
points while they were getting 1(3
of their 20 for the whole game."
The local High school basket
ball teams captured both games
from tho Cottage Grove aggre-
jgation hero Saturday night, tho
Springfield Second team defeat -
Ing the visitor's second team 17
to 13, and tho local first team
romping away with the Cottage
first team to the tune of 44 to 20.
The second team played the
ifir8t Ramo. and it was a tussellthe third meeting of the Chris
from beginning to end. The
Iscore was always close, and both
teams worked to tip it their way.
The local boys showed a great
fighting spirit, and certainly de
serve praise for the clean, hard
fight they put up..
From the first blast of the
whlstle In tho games between ,ing 24 to 23 in favor of the Chris
the two first teams, the Spring-jtlans. Bucknum for the pinners
field tossers seemed t;6 have tho and Penny for the Baptists, did
Cottage Grovers bested. Jerry stellar work.
Van Valzah started the game in The final scpre of 24 to 19 for
Hill's place at foreward, and did the Christians In the main event
BeaverIorndonPairdwaf e Company.
" 'a point on a foul, and then the
and, the board felt that, with this christians made two on fouls. In
evidence of popular desire, sup- an lritant mtyrQ basUets
pleniontcd with statements se- wcre flhotj and the final Bcorc
cured In private interviews, it!,nade, Ilnl for the christians
was Justified In giving the mat-!an(1 Pengra for the Baptists, dls
torujorious consideration. Tlie:(iit,,i.i, i.,
uoaru nas estimated mat at least
a 12-room .building will be re
quired, and that the building
fihdlild be started an tho unit
system, so that it .can be added
to at a later uate. i urtner man
this5 the board has no plans, but
WosJlU like to get 'the views of
tbeHaxpayers. Material to be
used, probable cost,t means of fi
nancing the project and kindred
subjects are matters
that tllC
boafo would like to have brought
up and discussed.
Marvin Drury, a member of
the School board, stated in con
nection with the plan for a build
ing that It would be interesting
steller work until replaced by
HillThe Springfield baskets be
gan to pile up early in the game, j
and continued throughout. Hill
and Pengra seemed to be able to
elude their guards at any time In L1
order.to shoot a basket and Cook
ambiid up to the middle of the I M Hoey was unable to say
fioorat one time, and almost specifically when actual con
slxMkn Ice cream. Brattaln and Istructlon ofrtne road would be
dt5at-guards-allowed their started. He, did.sayjtiQiYS.v.er,
forewards but few baskets, and that the policy of the company
Green at center produced thrill
lor the audience. Bally replaced
Brattaln at guard the last five
i minutes, and did cood work.
Tho games througnout wer,e
clean, and there was no one un
kind word said on the floor. No
one disputed the referee, This
is the kind of a game we like to
play, and we wish to commend
the Cottage Grove teams on
their gentlemanly conduct at all
times. Hugh Travis refereed the
if - Mr- Tronsdale of Cottage
Grove umpired.
A double header basket ball
game in Springfield has been
scheduled for Saturday night,
between the first and second
teams of the Christian church
and of the Pleasant Hill Athletic
club.
Two snappy games of basket
ball Tuesday evening marked
tian and the Baptist teams in the
iSunday School Basket Bail
league.. Tho Christians won both
games.
The second teams from the
two churches went onto the
floor first, and put up a very
close came, the final score be-
OUR WALL PAPER
just adjusts Itself-to your
satisfaction, after tb hang-
pr skillfully applies it to the
wall. What's more, it stays
put, continues to hold its
icOlor, does not crlnlple, or
warp, and wears right along
in a manner most meritor
ious. We've, patterns that
are. of great arilstte beauty,
stamped, uppn,backgr.qunds
that are" supef b;, .ernbqssed
or ijnombQssed.
m
does not represent the closeness
of tho contest, for tho baskets
had been pretty evenly distri
buted up to the last five minutes
of play, when the score stood 18
to 18. The Baptists went ahead
Next Tuesday the Methodist
and Baptist teams will meet.
ROAD FROP1 COOS BAY TO
EUREKA IS S. P. PROJECT
Connecting Link Between Willa
mette Pacific and Western Pa
cific Will Bo Constructed.
Announcement has been made
lv IT. P. Hnev. assistant, fitieinpfir
nf (ho Wlllnmollo Pnplfln rnllrnnil
,company that theiouthern Pa-
clfic plans to eventually build a
railroad from Coos Bay to Eu
reka, California, a distance of
260 miles, which will connect
the present terminus of the Wil
lamette Pacific road at Marsh
field with the northern terminus
of the Western Pacific at Eureka
California.
It has long been understood,
unofficially, that the Southern
Pacific company planned to
build this linet to complete its
coast road to California, but this
is the first official announcement
of the plan by Mr. Hoey, who
made a trip over the proposed
iroute late last fall.
in building the Willamette Pa
cific road has been to construct
a road which will be suitable to
handle all condition of traffic.
"The Willamette Pacific com
pany's line to Coos Bay could
have been built cheaper and
with greater speed," said Mr.
Hoey, "but we could not have
built a roadbed which would
have been suitable to handle all
kinds of traffic. We sacrificed
time and spent more money for
better results."
Mr. Hoey said, "to date, the
line has cost $9,000,000. He said
there was no grade on the entire
line greater than six-tenths of
one per cent. "Grades -were re
duced to insure the speedy and
safe operation of all trains," said
Mr, Hoey.
The Southern Pacific com
pany now contrails the Western
Pacific company road which has
its northern terminus at Eureka,
California. A distance of 260
miles Intermenes between Coos
Bay and Eureka which Is almost
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W. O. W. Banquet
To End Contest
A membership contest which
has been in operation for the
past two months in the Wood-
man of the World camp, will
ond next Tuesday evening when
the losing side will banquet the
winners, H. C. Bird and Tom
Abeene aro tho captains of the
respective teams. Every effort
is being made to get all members
out, as there Is a competition on
foot for a $50 prize for the camp
with the best attendance.
A number of the members are
planning to go to the chicken
pie supper to be glye,n( ipmorrow
evening by the &jkejp camp.
Springfield choppers will meet
rt the' bity Mll'ln time, to take
lie C":3rf caVasthelupper- s
tybels''al1,7VuCwrt,"
MEN'S MEETING
WILL DISCUSS
VITAL SUBJECT
A meeting for men, to be ad
dressed by local men on the
great social evil question, will
be held on Wednesday evening,
February 2, at 8 o'clock at the
Bell theatre, under the auspices
of the Oregon Social Hygiene
society. Personal invitations
have been sent out to over '300
men of the community, but the
receipt of a printed Invitatidh is
not necessary. All men from 18
years of age onward are urged
to attend. Boys as young" as
14 will be welcome if they are
accompanied by their fathers.
The invitations are signed by
R. L. Kirk, superintendent of the
schools; O. B. Kessey, cashier"
of the Commercial State bank,
and Dr. J E. Richmond.
Among the speakers will be
Dr. W. C. Rebhan, M. C. Bress- ,
ler and Atty. R. S. Hamilton of
Eugene. "u
Meetings such, as the one to
be held here next Tuesday have
been held In 90 of the larger
cities and towns of the state,
and all are under the direction
of the Oregon Social Hygiene .
society. This organization is
composed of a number of ernest,
thoughtful business men, educa
tors, .physicians, clergymen,
and professional men of. me
state who are endeavoring .to
aTa'r&pWsr
information, and the decrease of.
venereal diseases. President W.
T. Foster of Reed college is the
president of the organization
and its roster of officers includes
Adolphe Wolfe of Portland, Les
lie Butler of Hood River; Pres
ident Kerr of O. A. C, L. R. Al
derman, superintendent of the
Portland schools
The society is affiliated with
the state board of liealth, and.
receives its support from the
state, and no appeal for money
is made at any of the meetings:
Some of the most practical
work of the society has been to
eliminate quack advertising, to
arouse parents to the' serious
ness of conditions and to help
them in bringing infonnatlbn
about vital facts regarding
health and physical development
to their growing children.
HOP DEAL CLOSED
MR. HORST ADMITS
Portland, Jan. 24. In an
nouncing that a big deal had
been closed between the Oregon
Hop dealers' Association and in
dividuals he did not care to name
E. Clemens Horst, hop buyer
from San Francisco, who has
been negotiating with the asso
ciation for a number of days,
yesterday admitted that Tib tiad
purchased a considerable quan-
tity of hops himself paying tne
top market price.
This admission substantiates
Saturday's rumor that a deal had
heen closed between Mr; Horst
and the association. The rumor
spread Saturday was to the
effect that Mr. Horst had ac
quired 10,000 bales of hops, pay
ing for the lot $231,500. The 10,
000 bales were supposed to have
been made up' equally of choice,,
prime, medliipi and common
grades, ' j
A members of the association
declare that Mr. Horst had of-
for
i-ed' the association prices ion
B-'four cradesfof '13, 12V2, 11.
the
and 9y2 cents,' respectively, ft
'Hotdlhcsdf thet)regon Hop-
Krar Association total30,000
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