The Lane County Wsj:
W. A. DILL,
Published Every Monday and
Thursday by the Lane County
Publishing Association.
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION
Ojo Year
"tx Months
Threo monthc
Advertising rates furnished on nppll
v "cation.
Member of the Willamette Valley
Editorial Association.
MONDAY, FEB. 14, 1916
000 less than St. Paul. Us net
nn S.R.400 .OanOOdGo SoSSOOOO
Kvas $5,400,000 and $4;200,000
Editor and Mgr. better respectively. Gross earn
ings per mile of all tho four are
fairly close, Northern Pacific
leading with $G038. Great
Northern had tho largest per
mile net.
Primarily this is duo to tho
very low rate of maintenance of
the Great Northern road. Its cost
of carrying trafllc, too, is much
less. While tho opening of spring
will bring about new equipment
and longneeded repairs which
will undoubtedly lower tho net
earnings for the next six months,
' there Is every indication that tho
$1.60
.75
.CO
. .x, r-r .. nAnc 'gross earnings will continue to
MR AND EMPLOYES AS Wase and it is gratifying to
t AND EMPLOYES g r aumdont
1 Thet S. F. Examiner advocates balance on the right side of the
what seems to be a mutually fair ledger to warrant the railroads
plan of set nilttghyelt'nt 11 tE.in spending money in improve-
plan of settling the threatened ! ments. Telegram.
universal railroad strike.
Tho organized employes are
demanding ten hours pay for
eight hours work and time and a
half for overtime.
TURNING THE CORNER
It Is excessively humiliating,
both to statesmanship and.to
iournallsm which are thAoret-
At present they have a ten-u doinpr steerfng that I
hour day, and the Examiner sug
gests that railroads concede the
eight-hour day but not the overtime.
our troubles mostly cure them-1
selves, so far as they get cured!
at all. For many months, up to I
1 about Sentember last, the rail-
Experience shows that ianyjroad system had bcen in a Ian
employes will do as little work as I 11?shhlE. state. jIanv anu- elo-
possible during a short workday , nt were the appeais to do
to create as much overtime as ' oniGtl l nab out it . Nothinn was must seek it's channels for east-. WEST
possible. 'done about it unUl the invalid !crn and foreign" distribution
This dishonesty on the part of , ot through Springfield; midway be-
OREGON SONG
Oh! beautiful hills of Oregon,
And deepest" bluo of tho sky, . -
Tho lovely flowers and fruitful showers,'
Tho birds that wing on high!
Our hearts with rapturo turn to thco
For this great wealth of harmony
And wo proclaim thee joyously
Our Oregon, our home. -
Tho snow-capped peak of mountain,
Tho green of pine-clad hill,
Tho sunset of tho'ovoning sky,
Tho murmur of tho rill;
Our hearts aspire, attuned to. thee,
i?or Truth, for Love, for Liberty;
And wo proclaim thee Joyously
Our Oregon, our home.
We're gathorcd hero from ovory. clime,
And dwell In concord sweet,
The brothorhood of man our aim,
Tho strong to help the weak.
Encircling all our vast domain
As wnvo o'er wave, our love sweeps on;
With hearts exultant wo exclaim:
"OREGON, OUR HOME!"
Tho music of this song was composed by J. Norman
Watorhouso, prominent na a teacher and In musical activ
ities In EuKono. Ho Is also secrotary of tho Eugene Phil
harmonic Socloty. one of tho most notoworthy musical
orgnntratlons In tho Northwest. "Orecon Song" was Riven
Us first public recital as a chorus number by tho Philhar
monic Socloty January 18th, and was recolvod with much
favor. Tho melody is charming and has an cnsy-nowlng
rhythm. Tho words, composed by Mrs. Watorhouso. espe
cially those of tho third verso, echo In lino poetic stylo ono
of tho fundamental principles upon which tho Orango wna
founded. "Oregon Song" could hardly llnd a more har
monious setting than would bo given It by a place on tho
programs of Oregon Qrnnges.1
employes defeats the object of 0? bed ntartS up The tween the btea"tlful Wlltametto
1 . . . . , out 01 ueu, anu sianeu up me, . xtoKonylo rivers with won-
an eignt-nour aay ana manes , ... thnrnmrlitared in the-.-,.: . " n.(i0 w .
... v - o - 1 Ul 1U001LIilliva iwi vv- '
SPRINGFIELD WILL
GIVE PLAY AT BELL
The caste for the drama to he
given by the West Springfield
Literary Society at tho-Boll
Theater Frhlnv ovenluir. Fob.
m 1 1 .ww -- - lUvllUl WUCQlUlllVtVU w v O" f "
labor cost unfairly high to the. t , lemtion of chean nower; with I IS, is as follows:
employer. j Since about September rail-! railroads radiating north, south, "Dot, tho Miner's Daughter,"
In their own interest, in the' - pnrninM inwe been climb-' east and west, containing the,l;armer Mason Ilany Nixon,
interest of the railroads, and in - w 1330 acre site recently purcnaseu ..ure. mason. iNou mmy, tier
sc;"'t3 " " ' . by tne soutuern t'aciuc com-'uwn
Alncrm fvniiiifT nitvnil
A TT . . . 1 - J. .. 1 1
)0t our recouecuou, is uiiuiciy pany for their great macmne ;uerueri iianscn; uoi, uic
aminer demands that overtime , without preSedent in the coun-;ad car shops and terminal miner's daughter, Mabel Weller;
be withdrawn. t,,B llctriTO rr.n nt v.llirnt, Vmumlc which will be the larg- Royal Meadows. (Dot's lover)
Labor should desire a short : ' ,, PSt nm most modern on the Pa- Norman Burn; Mr. Clifton
workday as there will be onnor-;recenuy ei s t , cific Coast, to employ 1,500 to! (miner) Jhn Alexander; Mrs.
tunbr for emovent of and being at the Clifton (author) Florence Fur-
tunity for employment of more a mQnth Probably the Inter-i'teway of the McKciTzie, Mo- "set; Wlnnlfred Clifton (dau
inen, and only the labor-hog gtate Commerce commissions ! hawk and upper Willamette riv- ghter) Lucille Spurgcon; Arthur
wants extra overtime. report, not yet availabe, vAli ! ers, all of which are now Floyd (villlan) John Alexander;
The railroads should concede! , iT , Al niimnullnfr in fish and came, n (Policeman, Elbe Signor; Bill
the eight-hour day but not fop;wXte ined a b " veritable unters- trQrs andTorry (rufllan) Bennio BaMd
t.nhnnn.av.nsthfi a Au.n anglers paradise. The future : son ; Clergyman, .Chester Mason
c.uony tcoioreu uoy) Koyai Col
lins; Ilapzibah (colored cook)
Dove McGee.
Good niano music and vocal
ten hours pay as the eight-hour 'V7', w anglers paradise. The future
Z if!;. mIllion dollar net in No-icommerclal and industrial grow-
KICK J 1J UiUlMUWU lul OMAtV fciv
nation.
vember and December. th of the city is going to be rapid
Th5 mpnnR mnro mllrn.Kl rind sure.
f ?!!"0" WaSe ,WOrke.? building, more buying of mater-! In conclusion It might be add-
ials more employment of labor, ,aS
and finally higher wages. It is commerciai opportunities. Tour
one of the best of sound prosper- jsts and homeseekers may have
titv Sn fur ns lpnrtprfihin nnv- their attention called to tlie
The American people want the j where .g conceraedf It just hap. beautiful streets, arclntectual
rauroau employes 10 uav a 'e-'pened of itseU,
bunauiy siiuix vurivuu, iiuu iu . Post
be well paid for their labor. i J
in the United States nearly a mil
lion are employed by the rail
roads and are now well-paid for
labor.
solos will entertain the audience
between acta. No long awk
ward pauses. Admission adults
25 cents and children 15 cents.
The also want the railroads to SPRINGFIELD WRITE UP
earn a reasonable return on their j IN EASTERN PAPER
business and investments, and
they should mutually agree.
It is estimated that Astoria
Saturday Even- uuimiiuuuuuii taviuuva, ispeni ?iou,uuu lor new ouiiumgs
3 .power and water planjt, hotels, jn 1915. Monmouth spent about
cnurcnes anu lactones; we limy j 5 v5(000 for new buildings In
fairly exhaust modem English 1 1915.
and invoke several dead langu
ages to assist in describing cli
mate, soil and dream-land scen
ery; we may become redolent in
CojUinued fromj)agel
nv. r,a,r an i, moM t-' ,., i praise of our f rui t and grain , pro
eight hours work at Pt'sjp
schedules means to increase la- ?nethseam kins till truth will slink away
bor cost of operation twenty per ficf ffi of 5Sn crinisn $ ra"?J
cent. :timable value to the Booth-Kelly f mnS " llt h.Xpf
.A twenty per cent increase will Lumber company, was dug. The mmo "snen a 18 Da-K";
come out of the pockets of the following year Ir in 1853, Mr. 1 i8 . t ?Htateu5S
producers and consumers, in- Briggs and hte son Ellas erected Si
fnflMnor a aa mm ui.u giui .urn u u.u . , ... eo q,,,,,,,,,
creasing high cost of living.
banks of the Willamette at the
but will say that Springfield
has two commodious grade
font nf what- now Mill street "UB lwu whiuiuuiuub gmuc
BAROMETERS OF BUSINESS Z t J ht , !r iS nii school buildings, a 12-room high
which thev conducted for manv s01 and will erect a third
Next to lumber the railroads SJS grade school at a cost of $25,000
are probably the most accurate ave place to the I)re8ent mill hif yefr', The State University
barometers of business for the of the Booth-Kelly company and J? located less than three miles
Pacm. f rthw"st a,, o, S H. BaWs flrig , W At SeSKS? SrTSg
the roads west of the Mississippi ae Veseni lime ine largest whjch 0ffera aiiUrimr onnortun
have been and are making dedd- Xany s .JKsSSJ 8 tottTwfh ISfeoTSdS
ed recoveries in earnings, and , S Sig direct employment ates- A new $25,000 church will
the Northwestern roads particu-; to over 500 men and distributing ,be b,ulltby the Methodist denom-
annuallv for waces alnno. an- "iiuuu uuiuik ui a v huhiuiu.
crop, are leaving far behind last V "7 $ ' r ' ciaT centers ofThe Golden WeVt.
year'sarnings totals P Snringfie(1 ,8 a brillJant x. TTTT"" , ,
The Wall Street Journal has 'ampie 0f American energy, push D- A- White & Sons are build
compiled interesting tables cov-' and enterprise. Tlie same' char- inS their fourth warehouse in
erlng the operations and earn- acter of persistent effort and en- Salem.
ines of the Bie Four the Great ergeUc progresslveness that has , Coos Bay plans monster cele-
Northern Northern Pacific laia the corner stone and foun- bratiort July 4th, to celebrate
wortnern. Northern Pacific, dation of our Bt cUles ju completion of railroad.
Northwestern and St. Paul roads the west js today the pre(lomI. interstate Commerce Corn
It says: "While increase In gross natlng spirit among the residents mission allows railroads to re
revenues vary from 5 to 9 per of piis progressive city with it's duce rates on hay for 30 days In.
cent operating expenses show no growing population qf contented order to give elief rto stock men.
such nronortlonafe increase anVrPPle' -Springfield--has two BrUisb steamer loading 3,000,
such proportionate increase, and imo(ern electr,cal, dri OOOfeet of lumber at Portland.for
have been naming close to last mills, the largest steam, electric London. '
year,'.s or not more than 2 per power jjlant on the Pacific coast. OOO.'OOO corooratfon orrar
cent over. Consequently net miles of pavedslree'ts,-excellent ized tp, operate steamers b?tvoei
galriq chow large percentage sewerage, electric street cars Portland' Oriental and Auctral
changes, going as high as 31 per "nedf f !looIs and church- lan portrf. '
cent fo Tho five months ended es' ""f"1 Jiomes and is sur- Bend Bulletin snys eneln
cent io tno ine inontns enccj roun(0i by a hr(,0 vaUcy o: ccra VIth fuI, 8t,v.
November 30, 1915. m0re tliap 20,000, acres of Very fJOm Bend lowurd Burr on tho
So far as the proportion of fertile -and productive land dc-. fctrahoru line.
gross revenues saved for net yuiu low-'raismgariuf grow- rjonel tiif A
gpes
Jead
grocs
than
Harney County Tribune Is a
new paper at Bums.
RICH, PURE,'
WHOLESOME
"SPEAR HEAD"
The Famous Chew with the
Delicious, Fruity Flavor
That Lasts
, tag Great Northern easllv "'Ji'i VfilW, , 'ncw oul 1W- o per cent
s allfoftUfe other-thfeeWith. J: i'M. u'2n8 Ac Rw . . '
earnings 5S?,o00.0U0 lesf in the world. -MfifflHSTnt GO - jco , nrf" "a ,iVb "
Kc. thwestorn and 7,500.- vuOuO.ooo .eet, nlj of vhich at Panuvia Pacific Expo"glt.on,
MADE BY MODERN PROCESSES
You want to get all the enjoyment
and benefit possible out of tobacco.
Then chew plug tobacco.
You want your chew to have the
wholesome, appetizing richness of ripe
fruit. Then chew Spear Head.
You want a plug with a deliriously
sweet and mellow flavor that lasts as
long as the chew lasts. Then chew
Spear Head.
One chew of Spear Head will con
vince any man that there's no other to- .
bacco on earth with such a rich and
lasting flavor. That's because all the
natural juices of the choicest Burley
leaf are retained in Spear Head.
The making of Spear Head is con
ducted strictly according to pure-food
methods in a great modern factory that
is spic-and-span throughout.
The most expensive, modern pro
cesses keep Spear Head fresh, sweet
and pure at every staged
The luscious plug of Spear Head,
from which ypu bite the tastiest,
wholesomest of chewa, represents ,
the highest forn f plug tobacco
production. '
Try Spear Head the very best chew
that money can buy. In 10c cuts,
wrapped fn wax paper. '
Tire TO crt2DiTOno
Not!eo In Uoroby givon .that 0. L
C'ranranr haa bocn npvctyited admin
istrator of the ca'.ate 0: tAicy C. Cran
nies', deceased. All jjc.-ijouo JjuJjk
rlaJinc.eantimt tho oi!d o j:.it are here
by notlusa'rtd wawif the ainQ,(flu-r
jjafillod, T4iyi,.tliiDropr YOUOjwiJh tp
tUe. oa!d . ittUn.iiiliitwfor. ot tl) :J.'
oKitKt of J. M. Dover; n iv'-Kere Cre
con. v.lthlu six woaiha Irora ths dat'5
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IT IS CARELESS TO KEEP JEWELRY AND VALU
ABLE PAPERS IN THE HOUSE; IT IS ALSO DAN
GEROUS. YOU MAY LOSE THEM; FIRE MAY BURN
THEM; BURGLARS MAY STEAL THEM AND MAY
KIL LYOU TO GET THEM.
THE CAREFUL MAN KEEPS HIS VALUABLES
IN ONE OF OUR SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES. HE
KNOWS THEY ARE SAFE SO IS HE AND HIS FAM
ILY. WE WILL RENT YOU A SAFETY DEPOSIT BOX
FOR $2.00 PER YEAR
96-2E3
SJ 'IMP .IJflMr
The Best Groceries
x For Less Money
The Fifth Street Grocery
Thos. Sikes, Prop. Phone 22
Why not save and deposit in our Savings Department
one-twelfth of your total taxes each month? By bo dis
tributing the tax burden over tho entire year, It will not
seem so heavy.
4 per cent on savings.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK, EUGENE, OREGON.
of the first publication of this Sum-I
mone, to-wit: wunin six momim iru
tho 3lBt dny of January, A. D., 1910,
S. W. CHANMKIl.
Administrator.
J M.DEVEItS,
Attorney for Estate. Jan. 31-F6b.S8
omce Ninth ami I'eiirJ Bii. TciepnonoShB
DRM.Y.8HAFFER,D.V.S.
VETERINARY 8URQEON
AND DENTIST
Sutto 2. rhono 888, , EUGENE, OUB
Residence over Dodge's Store
he
Springfield Garage
H. SANDGATHE
Proprietor
Repairing a Specialty
Main, bot Fourth, and Fifth, Phone 11
SPRINGFIELD - OREGON
Dr. ADALINE KEENEY FERRIS
Homeopathic Physician and Surgeon
Olllco, Unptlst I'arnonngo
Corner Second and C Strode
HOURS: 0 TO 12. I'HONE 40
J. H. BOWER
Lawyor.
Olllco 774 Willatnetto St.
Phono Eugono 609
Homo Phono 132-J
Euoene, Oreaon
W. F. WALKER
UNDERTAKER
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Office Phone 62; F.'esldenee 67-J
West Main St
O. R.Gullion,M. D.,
Practice Limited tl
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat.
Graduate Nurse Attending
306, White Temple, Eugene.
See ,
Edwards &Brattain
For Farm and City Property,
Exchanges Specialty, j
Springfield - Oregon
Phone 30 !
D. W. ROOF, JEWELER
CPRINCFIELD, - OREQON
FINE WATCH REPAIRING
A SPECIALTY
NPTAnv
PMDLIC
5iiicTn citrTf3ti:' c.T-f reia, ot
CAREFUL, CONSCIENTIOUS
Dentistr
DR. J. E. RICHMOND
PHONES Office, 3; Residence, 116-J
Ovor Commercial Bank,
Sprlngfiold. Oregon.
Jas. Corsaw has ro-opencd
his shoo repair shoj) in the
west half of the Stevens bif
cycle shop, .Main St. nen
Seventh. f
r 1 S