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About The Lane County news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1914-1916 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1916)
..... m& imne " couNt y -mews Continuing tho Sprlngfiold News and Lano County Stnr, Which Woro Consolidated February 10, 1914. SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1916 VOL. XV. NO. 3. 0Um iiintlrruiiilernplof Ooiwro ci( M rtU,m RIVER OVERFLOWS WEST SPRINGFIELD DAMAGE NOMINAL Rains which continued Sntnr day mid all day Sunday brought tho Wlllainouo river to flood lev el at Springfield thin morning,' Tho crest of tho flood wuh hord about daylight, and (lining tho day tho river han been receding slowly, On this uldo of (ho river the- water has filled doproBBlono at the went ond of B and C streets, and haa got ton into (,lio barn yardB along MM Htreet, from Alain northward. On tho west side of tho river, a vide area !h under water, but ho far uh learned, no damage In being done. Tho road between Springfield and Eugene Ih under water from (ho bridge here to .TudkhiB Point, and all the fannu jilong the road aro flooded. For tho moHt part the. Iiouhob aro sel.on slightly higher ground,, or have high baHomonts, so all aro habitable. Sovurafc .families, however, spent the night last night at Springfield hotels rather Ulan riSK Doing 1100(10(1 OUl lit tho night Tlui flood, according to.Chas. Kingwoll, florist In West Spring- item, is iwo ioei iobh innn was tlmn ordinary jar It would pro tho flood of six years ago, and lmbiy fnll t0 pieces. Th!- Is Ul0 this one does not appear to bc L.lmlow dedicated to Charnel clonic the damago Its predoccs- Mulligan, one of tho early set 80r tiers of Eugono and for whom 'Jin fact," Bays Miv Kingwoll, charnelton street was named, "this flood is just what wo liave Thc inBCrintion unon tho window been needing, boon getting Tho gophers had pretty bad, and they havo now been drowned out. Judging by past experience wo will not bo troubled with them for several years now. "Tho water has been deep enough not to wash the land, and 11 will deposit a silt that, will lasuro us: fino orops this year." WORK OF EXTENDING O. & E. RAILROAD NOT HINDERED BY WEATHER Ontario, Ore.,, Feb. C Wea ther conditions do. not put a quietus on tho work of extending the Oregon & .Eastern railroad Kin to Harney county." So says II. kj. 1'iencii or iiarnman, wuo.is n Ontario on a business trip from, tho intorlor. NothwltliBtauding tho snappy weather that prevails. in tho sec tion of railroad building, about 100 men aro putting in tho flu shing touches on the steel brid ges; deep cuts and heavy grades, iroparatory for tho Jlnal dash or tho Icvol country In the vlcln ty of JIaniman, from which lolnt tho building of tho lino Westward will bo clear sailing. - Tho brldgo on tho McRay anch, Bomo four.mlloB west of tlvorsldo, is compacted nnd torkmcn nro now flushing the wamp crook bridge, near tho purlock ranch, to which point . i t. i.i mi. i aiis nave uuun mm, inu iuai inportant bridge to be built over Bio Malheur river will bo near pio Blaloek ranch. AVE MEMORIAL WINDOWS rwo In Court Houoo aro About to Fall Piooos. Tho two memorial windows in ho circuit court rpom at . tho ourt hoso aro In JthmlnonUlau- er of falling out and being des- oyed. As they cost tho county bvoral hundred dollars a nuiu- or of years ago and ns it is do- red to preserve thoin as long as bsslblo, tho county court has rdorcd that thoy be removed, Something? llavo you Homcthing.or valuo Unit you no long er need 7 Do yon want (o (rado It off for ionio thing c'Ibo that you can uho? Then tako ad vantage of Tho Nowb' offer and run FOUR LINES FREE in .the Ibsuo of Monday, Fobruary 14, 1916. Tho only condition' is that tho copy bo In tho Nuwh ofllce by G p. m. Saturday, February 12. Blanks on which to write the advertisement will appear In tho Thursday issue. Space over tho four lines at tho regular rate Go per line. placed in frames and hung up insldo tho court room where tho J anger 0f their destruction is 'jC88 I For Jt nun,i)0r of months past on0 of tho w,0wb especially ,lm8 bc01, n lm(l condition and an .vm.ilnnllnn nT It alimvnn flint n small portion of it had fallen out and other portions of it have ugod out so that with more shows that Mr. Mulligan was born January 20, 182G, and died May 30, 18D9. Tho other win dow is in memory of Eugene F. Skinner, founder of tho city. The inscription upon this win dow shows that this pioneer was born T3eitembor 18. 1809, and died December 15, 1SG4. Tho windows wore placed in the courthouse while Hon II. R. Kincaid was county judge. Register. Man Jumps From Bridge atfEugene Scott Innian, aged about. 35 years, jumped into tno noou Bwollen WJllametto , from the. river brldgo at Eugeua lato yes terday afternoon and was drowned, for no aid could reach him. Ho and his brother-in- law, II. L. Burt, had gone to the river to sea tho flood, and were gazing up-Btrcani, when sudden ly, without warning ho climbed onto the railing and plunged down. Those on tho brldgo saw him conio up onco or twice be fore he was borne away down the stream. lie leaves a wife. DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE MEETS TUESDAY 'NIGHT . Tho regular monthly meeting of tho Springflold Development leaguo will bo hid in tho league rooms nt 8 o'clock tonirrow eve ning. All persons interested in the advancement of Springfield nro invited to ntetnd, P. P. L. & P. Co., employed 2,000 extra men , keeping its trackB cjoar in Portland, durJng tho recent biiqw. City, of Port land enuioyed looo. Union Pacific Bystom feeds and houses pasengers at The Lalles whilQ trains aro stalled. Norway will send expedition to Northwest in spring to get Douglas fir seedlings to ruplant with in that country. GREATER PART OF CDBURG BUSINESS SECTION DESTROYED BY FIRE SUNDAY Tho business section of Co burg, was swept by flro, which, destroyed tho postpfilce building, tho telephone exchange and the principal business houses and damaged the Coburg Hotel, early Sunday morning. The loss is estimated ut $18,500. Early rlBcrs in Springfield could sec the glow from tho fire, and the S. P. agent at Coburg early advised Mr. Franco of the conditions ! thcro. A drenching rain storm saved 'the lumber mill of the Booth ) Kelly Company and adjoining business blocks from what seem ed certain destruction, as the town was almost wholly without fire protection. Tho pressure of the water sys tem wnu not sufficient to throw water on tho fire, and tho hose tower, in the path of the flames, becamo a menace to adjoining property and so was chopped down. A bucket brigade wus formed and the water taken from tho hose at the curb. The origin of tho fire, which started near a stove in the con fectionary store and billiard hall of Vogt Bros., is unknown. The rei1 f the burned district covers an cntiro block Edward Crandall, night watch man of thc Booth-Kelly Lumber Conmany. reported that at 5:30 he was in the street and. saw-nolhu.ljdingjind stock, loss, . $1,500;, sign of fire. Fifteen minutes later ho saw smoke issuing from the top of the Soddcrs building and sounded tho alarm. Tho Eugono fire department LUMBER PRICES ARE ADVANCING AT THE RATE OF $1 TU $4 PER THOUSAND Portland, Ore., February G. Advances in lumber ranging from $1 to $4 a thousand over discount sheet No. 7, dated Jan uary 12, were jnade at a meeting of sales managers of the lumber mills from all over Oregon and Washington, held in Taconja, tho now prices to become effec tive at once. "It's an ill wind that blows no body good." .While the silver thaw has worked untold hardr ship on the people of this city and stato and , caused thousands of dollars worth of damage, it probably will ho of tremendous ultlniato benefit to the lumber men. Mills nro shut down nnd forced to remain idle as there has been from two to five feet of snow In the woods, forcing all logging camps to remain closed. The thaw has served to reduce the amount of snow to a consid erable extent, according to re ports at hand, but at tho same time with tho enforced idloness of camps and mills, tho curtail ment of lumber production Mr- - liliMi III nil Beaver- HerndonHardwareConipanv was called upon for assistance, but did not respond so quick was tlib work of destruction. The losses are otmated ds fol io was:,. 1 Cook & nice, hardware and furniture, Iohb $4,000 to $5,000, InsurdWc $3500. Building own ed by N. J. Nelson, .loss $2,000; 'partially coyered by insurance. Dr, Ml E. Jarnagin, drug store, including stock, fixtures and building; loss, $4,400; no insur ance, k Vogt Bros., confectionery store and. pool room, loss, $2,r. 400; insurance, $1,500. Build ing owijed by Mrs. Lucy Sod dcrs, ofMinnesota; loss $1,200; Insurance, $800. United States Government, loss, $5 Building owned by M. J. Skinner, loss, $1,000; partially insured. All mail and postofflce fixtures; together with the prop erty of;, the, postmistress, Mrs. John Fitzhugh, who lived in the building,1 were removed before the flanges reached the building. Switchboard is Saved Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Company, loss, $200. Building' owned by Lock & Washburne, loss, '$700; insur ance, $500. A switchboard val ued at $G00, belonging to the telephone company, was saved. S. L. Tonnesen, feedstore, insurance, $1,000. Hotel owned by Mrs. Fred Hlggiubotham and conducted by B. D. Locke, damaged, loss on building and furniture, $500, partially insured. means that when the camps and mills reopen things will be run ning. All the, mills have orders they are .unable to fill. There are no logs in the river and it will be from 30 to GO days after the .camps resume before there will be enough logs to permit all tho mills to operate. The situa tion today is really acute. That the outlook is more fav orable today than it has been at any time in two years, wns the consensus of opinion of those at tending tho Taconia meeting. They can see nothing in the way of breakers ahead. It is freely stated that It will not make any difference now if every mill In Oregon and Washington reopens there will be business enough to take care of all the lumber they can cut and more too. One of the returning lumber men stated that some of his col leagues were fearful that fur ther advances .would "bust tho market." In reviewing tho situ ation, he said, the great majority were of the opinion there was THERE IS MONEY SAVED n buying our; paints. Sam-' pies of all colors and tints, always opon to your in spection. Our paints aro mao frojn ..materials, al most everlasting. The puiv est oils and the real lead of substance. No peeling, fad ing or crinkling in our paints. Try us for tho paint on your next job. not a chance of this. AlMumber I producing sections arc raising 'prices, and it, Is.-impossible for ( mills here to operate at a profit if they remain in the market at prices under those asked by other producers. The new advances are as fol lows: Tho base price on dimension has been.raised $1 per 1000 feet. V. G. flooring is advanced $3 straight through. culturist and farm advisor, will NS'.1 4fln 1 8 oanCeil4i 'leave within a few days for Pull No. 2 is up $3, and No. 3 up $3.50 , WaB, Ivi flnf rrrnlti flnnrlmr a tin 41 i . ' . . T.T T '" " i- Ull UULU 11U, it UI1U Q. lxG flat grain is unchanged, remaining the same as in dis count sheet No. 7. x4 ceiling, No. 2 and 3, is up $1. 1x4 ceiling, No. 2 is up $1, with No. 3 unchanged. lxG drop siding is unchanged. Common boards and ship lap, 2-inch, dimension, and common dimension timbers are advanced $1 straight through. All railroad material is up $1. Repeated Delays Interrupt Journey Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Westerberg of Walla Walla, Washington, are great deal of good for the far in Springfield the guests of the jmers of the county. He has been Southern Pacific company until ! prominent in Grange work, be- the Oakridgo line can be cleared, as they are on their way to Win berry. Delay after delay has marked the Westerberg's trip. They had i l VS A 41 A. rVtM l.Vtl UIIU hten'were snowed in 'at Hood River for three days. They came in on the stub train from Albany last evening. This train got as far as Natron, and then returned to Springfield. They are taking the delays in good part, and are getting as much fun as possible out of their en forced delays. HOP GROWERS IN FAVOR OF ACREAGE REDUCTION Plan to Cut 25 Per Cent From 1916 Yield Up to Men of Three Pacific States Portland, Feb. 5. Hop grow ers of the Yakima valley are to be called together to determine whether they are- prepared to enter into an agreement for a reduction of the acreage devoted to growing hops of 25 per cent the present year. It is admitted by the growers, of .botlrOregon and the Yakima valley that there must bo a voluntary reduction in each of the districts or a loss all along the line. With the in creased spread of prohibition too many hops are uemg grown. California hop men have already agreed .to a 25 per cent reduction according to reports received from there. Reduction of the acreage, it is believed, will mean a profit on tho hops produced. Maintain ing the present acreage and pro duction will, according to those who havo studied the question, mean a loss to all and a very serious loss to those least able to go without a profit for one jyear. Because of prohibition and the unsettled condition of the hop market by reason of world move ments .such as the war, it is fche belief that a normal acreage and 'production this season would be fatal. Attention is called to the! fact that tho past season reports were circulated that the Euro pean crop was short and, that the opening, sales were.' at 14 cents or better. This,, was .in order, some assert, to encourage pick ing, whereupon the price at onco COBLDN RESIGNS AS AGRICULTURIST FOR LAOUNflf Tl. 'T1. rVurlnn fnr n vonr flnVl . mnntha r.flt10 mmf v osM tfon of' director of county agrl- culturista for the state of Wash ington. Ho received official not!- flcatiorl of his appointment Thursday and he will at once -' tender his resignation to the- : Lane county court. The salary-' of the new position is consider-: ably in advance of the salary he is -receiving for his work in Lane J county. He will be employed jointly by the federal govern ment and the state of Washing- ton and he will have his head- ' quarters at the Washington state college at Pullman. He will have under him 14 county agri culturists over whose work he will have supervision. Mr. Coglon came to Lane county November 1, 1914, and hi that time has accomplished a sieving that the Grange can do more for the farmers than any other organization of its kind. With the co-operation of a num- i .ber or leaders in this wont Mr. ICoelon has been able to nlace S- t - ..-.L' Tr II tf Lane county In the front rank. of all the counties in the state, not only in the number of Granges but in the progressive ness of the methods employed by the farmers in their work. "I have had the splendid co operation of the farmers of the county in my work here," said Mr. Coglon. T have never worked in any community where have had such thorough co operation. I have felt all the' time that the people were with me and I feel as though I have never lived in any place in which.' I have received so much good to J myself as I have since coming here. The work here has been as profitable to me as I hope it has been to the fanners of thq cqunty." j : lJ I. O. O. F. Initiate Three Candidates Three candidates are to be given the initiatory degres at the meeting of Springfield lodge, I. O. O. F Wednesday evening, acording to M. L. France, noble grand. The members have been making special programs on the different meeting nights, and will continue the plan again thfs -week. dropped and. there followed im mediate, talk of over-production. There appears to be a strong sentiment in this stato in, favor of a reduction of thq acreage and concerted action is expected to follow a plain, blunt presentar' tion of the facts to growers. REPUBLICANS LEAD IN EARLY REGISTRATION- , A prepondenauce of Republi can voters are registering with Re clstrar John Mullen, accord lug to figures given qut today. So, far he has enrolled 37 repub licans. 12 democrats and but 4 socialists. ;' jty Jrep.lstoiing early, .voters will avoid the crowded offices of tlio last fev' days before thq boks close.' i s