Ore
COUNTY
Continuing tho Springfield Nows and Lano County Star, Which Woro Consolidated February 10, 1914.
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SPRINpFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY, 14, 1916.
VOL. XV. NO. 5.
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BOUTIN
AND
OTHERS
MILL AT SHERIDAN
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FISCHER
IF!
Local Fischer-Boutin Mill Expected to
Begin Operations Within a
Short Time
Frank Boutin, or
Wisconsin, president
Bayfield, billion foot of tliiifiAf tributary
of tho to this mill. The Sheridan mill
Fischer-Boutin Lumber
Into 1iiti nrtett ultwti ftuwl rtP
Ifinf hwih tkilf liriu twit- lwitit rll
pany hi oprmgiimu, nmwnwn ,0WC(, to nn, dow, am,
Willi mo uraciier Timuor com- uttio ronalr work
llttlo ropalr
very
EW
SO 0
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BUILDING
REPOR
T
WEDNESDAY
A taxpayers meeting for the
purpose of hearing the report
of tho special committee, -appointed
two weeks ago to prc-
paro plaiiB and estimates of
PEDIS
WRITES DF TRIP
TO CALIFORNIA
Pacific Brnnrh Nntlnnnl Snl-
dlerB Home, Calif.
To tho Springfield News, Ore.:
Air. Editor,
I said Amen, I will take your
word for it, rather than look for
further proof. So I didn't get a
hnnnv ImnrcKnlnn nf flrnnia
Pass, was rather glad when we
passed on towards Ashland, tho
famous land of good health, sun
shine and automobile camping
; ground, but was disappointed
in seeing neither, for if It had
I been the day for the ground hog
(to come out he would have rolled
up for a nip Van Wink'e sleep
iof 20 years. It mav be all that
iney claim lor it. rn tane tneir :
NEWS-MERCHANTS
VOTING CONTEST
RAS GOOD START
The big prize voting contest'
announced in these columns last
week is creating more interest
1 vontnro n wtor'word ,or 11 rather than look for jthan we Imagined it would at the
1 V tllLIU U U. lllld ,f,, Mint, m.lrlmmn on frtf mn T't f 1 , XT I .. n 1 1
cost for a now school building Si will l.n n?w nllJiS would rather take Gus Wash- contestants are being sent to
for Springfield, will be held at SUck back yard and live In this office daily and soon there
the High school building at 7:30 ,e" ,,?f.e?,eed .n,..?y,,t.w, ,Stfrinfield, thpn take chances in win be many who would be will-
o'clock Wednesday evening, co,,i(i h; ovnortPd Wt fnrTn either Kqseburg, Grants Pass or img rec
The committee, which con- )Q? t?d... an. 1 Ashland. You will notice that Ilenneve
stats of the three members of;' KvSZ. l Medford- .Well I don't
will have to .i,i yra on, i0n the old theory that there are , ' i n uvn v
pany or Portland, announced bo done. Logs were all cut jrischor and nrnrv torrnthnr !JUBl aH bOOU 1,8,1 Je" m ino Rca'anv thine to do with the irre
today tho purchase of tho mill from tho pond, and so the As weaLd'thTre.
and Umber holdings of tho ging operations will bo started mi aiv t. n i .iim, i,o , , .6nv of y trip la not worth read-, mnHC!,,,. 'nmi wnRrri
Sheridan Lumber Coinpany, at Just us soon as possible. Mr. lliakine b6iiio earoful'lnvitlBfl-!,l,& yu lmve Ul? nr?of .reader8lone of those know-all that you
,,a'!;..P.!:o0!!:.a'' ' ?cl i3.'1? ! B .V0!5:0OJii "ona lHto the costs of buildings, ra"lagc' , Sr rnnd on every train, shouted here
ui me i iHBiiui-iiuiuiii ii nn, yi. ui man uiuhu uuhm b, i wi oi unt Jlu8 bocn canvasssing thelS"i:i"b i" ;V . 'i Vi S., "H we come to the hawks nest, of
needs of the district in the way Lno,i niV innnnw V
of furihar f.rirtnl rnnimina. At ncsday evening January 26 for
have active managemont of tho which will bo operated by tho
Shorldan property, dividing his company, and part under con
tlme botweou Springfield and tract.
Sheridan. J. M McKibbcn. Interested In
Coincident . with the an- the mill hero, will go to Shcrl
nouncomont Of the purchase of dan at onco with Ills family, and
tho Shorldan property, Ib tho take active charge of the mill,
Htutcmont that the mill will be as Mr; Fischer's assistant,
put Into operation Just as soon Messrs. John and Gccfgo
as logs can bo gotten out of tho Hrachor, nB members of tho
woods, and the Springfield mill Storey-llrachor Timber corn
will also Ktart within a short nany. wore at ono time largely
speculation. My. I said, let me
shut my eyes while we are pass
ing through such a place, less
time.
Tho Sheridan mill Is ono of
the largest Inland mills In Ore
gon, and has a record cut of
201,000 feet In a ten-hour run.
Tho planing department Is lo
cated at Sheridan, and tho mills
proper are some distance back
in the hills toward tho SileU
country. There 1b a total of a
interested In Lano county Um
ber. The Fischer-Boutin logging
camps near Marcola are now in
" ' , r T" EE ; Eugene, (you feee a timely hour
.v-nov ty 1' ilrtflsMnnnnHonl Tnnfc Mm 1 'OK "' V""" """" I""""
peared hefore Uio committee j r Vr 7,, ,f:.n rAZ Pni.ne nauks pounce upon us. liut
since then I have seen with my
own eyes that those fellows
must be trying hard to lift their
o.wi i, ...A.t. A. M. train from there for Cal-
valuable information aa to ma- ?" a .Ja naHJi . fi!
rhfs informa-ii"'.,""',1","' "li1i"A" r
terlals and costs.
Hon will bo presented to the tax
payers Wednesday evening-
VALLEY MILLMEN MAY
for the balance of tho night, and Mortgage s' fo? we find MedfoVd which
many
ipients of a fine S400 Ob-
enneyer & Sons piano or other
valuable prizes enumerated hi
this list.
All of these handsome prizes
are enumerated in the , an
nouncement on anothear page
and will be given to some of tho
young ladles of this vicinity.
The question is how can I do
It? All that is necessary is to
get your relatives and friends to1
trade with the merchants who
are donating prizes in this pop
ular voUng contest.
For each dollar spent with the
merchants you will receive 25
Washington, D. C, Feb. 12.
The Interstate Commerce com-
I tntcalrm lioa ioanrwl mi nnlnK tm.
full oneratlon, and will shortly jIU,ttIng the Willamette Valley
ho shipping seven or eight ! Lxmxbr Manufacturers' associa-'
S0 LSwKfi?! gue ver after every-(of the contestants. Also to get
abuttlnc on to mine. They I w rf' flyour friends to subscribe for this
-i iviiuuiviuim mnx i ;-., y fpn f viviu now on uiuu we leave paper. For each one year new,
ENTER RAILROAD SUIT I ft"1 m, ?at Shasta Springs it was like seal- Inscription you will receive 600
Mm t ninnhoq Hip wlinTp nirht !inS the Alps snow from 7 to 20 Votes: for each one year renewal
Cordials', Verbasive, and somoJSMS flSl"
cn for. on in rnhirn Minlx l----""'0 litis LU UC Uliucuiuuu mu uuusi
charge with adjetives that was!
cars of lojrs a day. Part of these jton to intervene and be treated !mu?h mrl ?niphatlc than reli
eclipses, for a time we was no no circumstances are coupons
'sooner out of one tunnel than in iSSUed by the merchants except
lanother. We wouldn't have had !nr)0n cash nurchases.
Co.. hero and the
their own mill.
Springfield Gets Write-up
fand History in Eastern Paper
Tho Springfield, (Mass.) Re
publican, one of the greatest and
moat reputable dallly publica
tions of the day, is preparing a
very extensive article on the var
ious Sprlngflelds throughout the
United Stales, which number 20
in all, tho article to appear in a
special Sunday edition of the Re
publican at an early date. Louis
R. Capron, managing editlor of
the Sunday department, in a let
ter to PostnuiBter II. M. Stewnrt
expresses a desire to secure In
formation regarding Springfield,
Oregon, especially tho mnnner in
which It got Its nnmc, an ex
tremely brief summary of Its
early history, and a conclso de
scription of Springfield today.
Tho following article has been
carefully compiled and is au
thentic In every detail:
Springfield, Oregon, is situated
at tho head of the great Willa-!
motto valley, midway between
& Western Lumber company vor before we vould have;wife 0r daughter of merchants
bub tho Oregon-Washington ""kV..1--..:.",; ".T, " r been interrupted by darkness who are co-oneratinc with this
Railroad & Navigation company. rSrtKw S Siskiyou on to Dunsmulr paper m this voting contest may
The hearing of this case is set ' J3??KUP SS'Sl bad three locomotives. and a!compete for any prize, neither
for March 16 at Portland. d'fe a,"d Ba d "S.L.Llllxotary.snow-. plow. J?or-aU otL.n W-wife. orikuehtgr'oPaEV
In addition to the Eastern &' 11,1,0 lo lUM uv "."""""'that we were stalled for four
Western Lumber company there1 Pronounce the benediction and hours at siss!ons From there
are 15 other complainants, and l8,lJ!BnlB2S" Sn K t ion to Bluir we had Plenty oI
In addition to tho O.-W. R. & N. Vi v t snow, then we came into black
company there are three other ihad forSottei1 tliat 1 was a prea- winter but plenty of water as
cher of the gospel
Well Rosebuig had put on a
new dress or white anu loonea
like anything but a place that
we ran along the Sacramento.
It was overflowed in many plac
es. Sleep, why there was no
such a thing as that to be had,
would produce roses, and saidjf or we did not know when we
can the" wife ,ordaught'erranyu -of
the merchants who are co
operating with this paper in this
contest enter the competition.
The reasons for this are obvi-,
ous, and we are very sure that
the merchants will feel just as
we do in regard to the matter.
We want this contest conducted
with the greatest possible fair
ness, with no occasion or op-
nnrl of Wncfrtfii HriKmii Tim
J.m.,, i, o oof fi.' f on railroads named as defendants
miles on tho Pacific Ocean and S,lmi),a,,nan8 Wttnf a retadT
extends eastward to the crest of Fuff8ln ennl ?,f rates i?1?? Ah,a
the Cascade mountains, a (lis- afford Portland and Bridal Veil
n,,nn of i Kn ,if st an opportunity to do business on
lua.wu w. j uy niiiv-u, -.'!-. ii mi , ... . ; ,., ,,, , i u rt .... i t x i i i . z .
area of about 7 nOtfsnuare mlle4 I" ruuHoname oasis wun nuns in irom appearaucea, uiu ooreas raigni nave 10 iry swimming portunity for anybody to crltl-
j iiivi ouvuuuo JL liic X ilVflllU yi iitfc i - w vH w4 uu vy- 1 1.1 Ltii luituiiih c. ituouviuvi pica I TIP IIuiiOL LjOX IS ilUW ciL
soldier. We glided out or that But we landed sate and sound in ;our 0fl5ce, ready to receive votes,
famous city so quietly we had i Oakland after crossing the Sac- !rpne i,ox not oe opened until
no cnance to asu questions, au ramento on me largest ieny in
seemed to know that Roseburg the United States if not in the
i was the still pig that drank her world.
Well I am somewhat tired
Tho climate of Springfield is ft1"6" 8e,c"0" i,t acifl?
very mild and extremes of tcm.jNorthwest. The complaints want
lilt DUIUU ItllU U9 is lUIIlCU 11UUU
River, Cascade Locks and Bend.
perature are unknown. The av
erage summer temperature is
65 degrees with nights always
cool, and tho average for the
winter season is 40 degrees". The
total rainfall is 38 inches, distri
buted mostly through the winter
months.
iBaac and Ellas M. Brlggs, In
tho fall of 1819, located their do
nation land claims where the
town of Springfield now stands.
They chose as the site for their
DRAW aR'rriGE
SWUNG TO PLACE"-.swill in quietness. If there was
no sprlnglield, or uugene, ana a
Thd draw in the big railroad l81 s"tlto. .to,!,?!e "V.?
lrlrli?o ifntariir tlin SlnftlW Hvr "uure iiohuijuik uwuue. iaui i
am afraid I would soon be like
"r l'"-,n,o Trlol, ,nn wlo Hrnnmml tW
sition Tnesuay morn i g and t he yr y w.-,
track laid' s trains rcan cross the ,ne was eaven- Lo0
ill u uuu uniii3 1111UI115 iiuiiu uiat
W"toV oL1 uinln WtlU fx CJ
This s the AiVallcft of the' " 1 1 T I i
it r ,1' ... 1.1- n.v .Peter and said, nlease send me
dwellings, a spot convenient to Zette Pac the other place for this is not
a spring of purest water thatljaml , ac" ir ooinnioipii ;for the likes of me. Too, we
sent up it's little bubbles with iSmtffSS leht that one J. W-P.'was
CeasloSB Olieruv and a nort on !a"..reai:y IOlraJn8,l crosa .. Innnnirh fnr nno town. lUnvlncr
the Pacific Ocean and the sum-of this, which was then prairie, L,' , ,,VnMniw i, ,t ti,p fin n" 0,1 wo BOon passed the smaller
m!L of tho finHcndo' nance, and whom atond mis fnmif. in riim l 'shed m Octohei but the Unip- n,naa nc Pn,
mlt of tho CaBcado'nango, and, where stood this fount, in duo
is 125 miles south of Portland, tlmo was fenced In, the inclosurc
the stnto metropolis. It Is a town becoming known to tho early
of moro than 2,500 population hunters, trappers, anglers, pio
and la located in almost tho di- neers and Indians as the
"Spring-Field" hence tho name
of tho town which now stands
as one of tho greatest commer
cial and railroad conters In the
county. The same spring con
tinues to pour forth pure, cold,
sparkling water today and Is lo
cated at the rear of tho beautiful
residences of J. L. Clark and
Postmaster II. M. Stewart on
North Second street.
In the fall of 1852 J. N. Don
alds opened a small trading post
at tno corner oi wnat is now
Mill and Main streets and which
qua bridge will not be completed
for soveral months yet. Flor
ence West.
root center of Lano county
which is situated In the central
Will Observe
Willard's Day
(Continued on Pago 2.)
Ladies' Quartette
Mrs. R. A. Rico
W. C. T. U. Members
It is expected that a largo aud
ience will gathor in the Baptist
church next Thursday evening
to listen to tho splendid program
prepared by tho W. C. T. U. In
honor of Frances B. Wlllard.
Remombor tho hour, 7:30 P. M.
Following Is tho program:
Music - '
Scrlpturo Reading
Prayors -
Hymn --
Sketches from Mlsa Willard's Life
Her Childhood - Mrs. Richardson
Her Student Llfo - Mrs. McKinnoy
Ilor RoligiouB Development Mrs. J. FItzgorald
As Woman and Friend - - Mrs. Allon
As Founder of World's W. C. T. U. Mrs. Pollard
Music, Trio
Mrs. Richmond, Miss Gilbert, Dr. Keenoy-Fcrrls
Cleansers Stunt - - - Nino Children
MubIc Two Little Girls
Reading, "Tho Falling of , tho Walls of Jorlcho," -
"..".. " Kr Keonoy-ForrlB
Solo - - ' ' ' - ' - - - Mrs. Mooro
Hymn, "Amorica" By Congregation
CAMP CREEK ITEMS
Spoclal to tho Lano County Nows
Emilia Gosslor from Thurston
visited with relatives hero this
week.
Mrs. A. M. Brown was in
Waltervllle on business Satur
day. Alvoy B. Brown has returned
to hia home in Eugene after a
three weeks visit here.
Charles Stephens went to
Pleasant Hill Thursday on busi
ness. Scott Gllspeo from Donna
washero on business Friday.
places such as Myrtle Point,
West Fork, and Leland, as one
would pnss the pebbles on ihe
beach. Only prompted by the
attractive, such as Jump Off Joe
or the Devil's Punch Bowl, so the
first of note that we next found
was Grants Pass, about as hard
to find as a placer mine. Just
an indenture in the mountain
side, so completely snowed in
that, wo had to thaw it out be
fore wo was sure of the place
and I was satisfied to take some
one c'se's word for it, as the
snow was so deep and the storm
so great that two great mogul
engines had all they could do to
plow through It. Some one said
that the weather represented tho
disposition of tho people, again
(ConUnucd on rage 4)
Several Deals in
Local Reality
P. C. Courtwright, formerly
lit business in Springfield, last
week trade unimproved prop
erty at Richmond, California,
to George Vallier, for unim
proved property in Springfield.
The deal was made .through
Gore Rowe. This firm also re
ports receipt of a check for
S1250 from a man in Alaska to
apply on payment for property
he recently purchased in this
the first count is made on March.
3. The judges will be absolutely
disinterested people, in whom
everybody will have confidence,
There will be no favoritism, The
lady who secures the largest
number of votes will win the
piano, and so on down for .the.
rest of the prizes. We wish there
were pianos enough to go
around for all of the girls, but
there are not, and all but one
will have to be content with one
of the many other beautiful
prizes offered.
Voting can commence at any
time in a ballot box which is now
in this office and the keys to the.
box will be given to the award
ing committee whose names will
be announced in another issue
of this paper.
Use tho free vote coupon in
this issue If you know of any
lady who has not been nomin
ated and whom you think would
a Masterson last week sold !"a!c a 1TJ1
to W. J. Bird, an employe of
tho BootU-Kelly Co., two resi
dence lots on north Seventh
street. The deal was made by
Edwards & Brattain.
inating blank in the announce
ment and send her name to this
paper or bring it in in person and
here name will be entered. It
(Continued on Page 4)
MILADY WILL
HAVE TO SALUTE
our wall paper it's tho
very finest procurable.
When you buy your wall
papors hero you don't have
to take what wo givo you
our assortment is so ox
tensivo that you are bound
to bo pleased. If you have
ideals with respect to ele
gant and elaborate wall
paper wo realize them for
spring stock has just ar
rived,
m
m
Beaver-H ?rndonwH ardwareCompany
H
NOMINATING BLANK
Springfield, Ore 1916
I hereby nominate or suggest the name of
Address , , . ,
a lady worthy to become a candidate in your "Popular Vot
ing Contest.' I present this name with the distinct agree
ment that the management shall not divulge my name. This
does not obligate me in anyway whatever.
Signed '.
25-VOTE COUPON
Send this vote to the LANE COUNTY NEWS Office with
in Fifteen Days from date and it will count for 25 votes
i. No money is required with this Coupon.
VOTE FOR ". . !
FEBRUARY 10, 1916.