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About The Lane County news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1914-1916 | View Entire Issue (March 2, 1916)
, tfUtorUl 8oc. X Or LANE COUNTY Continuing the Springfield Newo and Lane County Star, Which Woro Consolidated February 10, 1914. it'Mt'Pihnm U, IU1,tt itrlutr1o1 1. )fiicnn, mitlorunilu nrinf Cungfo n(M r.jfi, 17V aiiecotnl. SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1916. VOL VX. NO. 10 NEWS TEACHERS ILL HOLD INSTITUTE HERE SATURDAY A local toachors' liiHtllulo will bo hold in Springfield next Sat urday under the direction of the County School Superintendent, 13. J. Moore. Stale Superintend ent .). A. Churchill will bo one Of the principal speakers. The following program has been pre pared : 10:00 n. n. Selected iiuihIc. 10:10 a. m. "DilllculticH In the Teaching of Grammar In tho Upper Grades," Mrs. Gladys Smith, 10:'I0 a. in. Selected music. 10:C0 a. m. "Illustrative Stops in Agriculture and Geo graphy," by Mrs. Luclna Richardson. ll:20'n. m. Selected music. 11:30 a. m. "The Making of a "Fly Trap." J. F. God dard. 11:55 a. m. Selected music. Noon Intermission. 12 to 1:30. Luncheon for in vited guests in Domestic Science kitchen. 1:30 p. m. Music. 1 M0 p. m. "Pig liaising," F. P.. Allen, U. S. Dept. of Ag riculture. 2:15 p. in. Lecture, Prof. F. C. Ayro, University of Ore gon. 2:15 p. m. Music. 2:55 p. m. Address, State Sup W orlntendont J. A. Churchill. 1:00 p. m. DlBinlBBal. i '. . .. . . n . .11 ALONE WILL The one who does the best work is going to have that beautiful Obormoyor & Sons Jplnno, and theothors arc going tobo handsomely rowarded by other prizes. In addition one of them is going to win an extra prize of $10 In gold, to bo awarded March 15. Now young ladies, its up to you to get busy. A good start may mean a great deal so get in tho gamo early. Remember tho winning of tho 10 gold piece will not bar tho winner from securing the piano or any of tho other prizes. DO IT NOW and heln snmonnn in reap the benefits of this liberal offer. This contest Is between indi viduals and no lodge or other organization will bo permitted to enter. This also means that no lady will bo permitted to stand as tho candidate of any particular organization tho un derstanding if 8ho wins the pi "nno or other prizes It is to go to that organization. Such an arrangement would bo mani festly unfair to other contest ants. Any candidate so detect ed will bo disqualified. Remem ber and have your friends trade with merchants' who are giving handsome prizes and helping to mnko this contest a big success. Remember to havo your friends trade with tho mer chants giving coupons. m TuE PRZE MIL NOMINATING BLANK t Springfield, Ore .'.1916 I hereby nomlnato or suggest the name of ', Address f , , ; a lady worthy to becomo a candidate in your "Popular Vot ing Contest.' I presont this nnmo with tho distinct agree ment that tho management shall not dlvulgo my name. This does not obllgato mo In anyway whatever. Signed 25-VOTE COUPON Send this vote to tho LANE COUNTY NEWS Office with in Fifteen Days from dato and it will count for 25 votes No inonoy is required with this Coupon. VOTE FOR NOT GOOD AFTER MARCH lBlOlflV PORTLAND LIVE STOCK MARKET REPORT North Portland, Ore., Feb. 20. - A light run of cattle enme for ward for Monday' market with the bulk of trade remaining steady. Pulp fodf went up 20 cents, making the top 7.70 for UiIh claim of steers. Hay and grain fed uloera are going from 7.2f to 7.R0; cows and helfera not much In ovldence. Quoa tions steady. Hogs are not coming In as numerous numbers as could be handled, the aggregate being about 2,700 head for Monday. I lugs sprung the market 15 cents nnd tops are quoted at 8,15, bulk went at 8 cents. A limited supply of sheep found a steady market with Iambs going at O.Ofi; ewes at 7.00;" yearlings and wethers at 8 cents. Market strong. ,LUMBER COMPANY FAR BEHIND UN SHIKMtN 15 iOrdoro for 123 Car Loads Not Yot Flllod. Notwithstanding statements of railway ofllclals that thcro would be a betterment In the freight car situation this week, the care are still short, accord ing to L. L. Lewis, sales man ager of the Booth-Kelly Lumber company. On Monday, sayB Mr. Lewis, five cars were divided between the two mills and on Tuesday only two came, one for each plant. Thcro were 24 cars re quired for those two days to handle tho cut of the two mills, thus it will be seen that only one-fourth the required number were Received, to shy nothing of (Continued on I'aco .1) The following are candidates for the piano contest: Miss Helen Roberts Mrs. Ernest Lyon Wsr'Sllfis'Gftr-- Miss Dutto Fischer Miss Gladys Withrow Mrs. Lola Chase MIbs Grace Sidwell. MIbb Lucllo Copenhaver Miss Marjoric Machen MIbs Francis Travis Miss Chlolo Woolley Miss Lola Barr Miss Elsie Holverson MIbs Beatrice Holbrook Miss Verna Tagg Miss Rhodes Miss Maud Morelock Miss Anna Rutlcdge Mrs. II. A. Korf . Miss Druce Barnes Eva Titus. Mrs. Tom Allen Miss Hazel Redman Mrs. Dale Mummoy Mrs. F. E. Lenbart Miss Pearl Snook Miss Hazel Parrish Mrs. Elmer Ferguson Miss Jessie Walker Mrs. J. E. Fox Miss Avis Thompson Miss Mable January Miss Ethel Conley Miss Ruby Sensensoy Mrs. Zella Cantroll Miss Grace Collins. Miss Ella Young Miss Grace Male Miss Estella Martin Miss Mabel Fandrem. Miss Silvia Strubin Miss Ruby Crabtreo Mrs. Sargie Sneed Miss Mary Putnam Miss Gertrudo Williams Miss Mable Dureo FLAX RHISIN6 TO BE GfVEN TRYOUT IN LANE COUNTY Following an extended discus sion at the regular weekly lun cheon vestcrdav. tho Euirouc Chamber of Commerce formally (iccKieu to enter upon uie uax growing experiment proposed lv Mm Pnrflniift flninliir Thin means that Eugene will receive the S000 appropriated by the Portland Chamber of Commerce for promotion of tho flax lndus , try, and the sum will be applied toward the payment of an ex pert to supervise the planting and growing of the crop and the care and sale of the fiber after It Is grown. Other expenses above the $500, wlilch will be considerable, must be taken care of locally. For the purposes of the ex periment not less than 200 acres und not much moro than 300 letting flax soft water that has acres of land will bo required Jhot been mineralized Is a neces and more than this amount has ary requisite, already been pledged. Hon II. B. Miller, director of I The outside limit of approxl- ti"e University school of com 'mately 300 acres is placed for merce, told of the research into .tho reason that this represents Jthc flax industry that has been the capacity of the mechanical iiade by this department, and ! equipment at hand for caring !Bw enthusiastic as he sketch for the fiber. Eugene Bosse, of cd the outlook for the future. Snlem. who ban snout his life The following committee was in the flax business and who has had long experience in Bel- ' glum, is the expert who will be choscn. Mr. Bosse has the ma-,"ie wont uiuuub we mima m chlncry for caring for the fiber, grousing interest in the-Indus-Indicating the interest taken ipy: Geo. Quayle, chairman- E. .in the growing of flax here, tho,MicCianahair, v. n. wiiKins, . 'nHondnnnn nt vntUnrrlnv's lnn-iP. Hewitt, W. F. Gilstrap, Cal M. cheon was the largest since these weekly gatherings were. IlIilUKllllllCU. Ill UUUIUUU tU UUUI,; memDora'-'many farmers the country surrounding Eugene were present. Samples of flax fiber grown in Oregon were on exhibit in the club dining room, and these were eagerly in spected. Gcoree Quayle. chairman of the agricultural committee, pre- Emma Gossler who is attend slded at the luncheon and out- oing High school at Thurston lined what has been done thus 'spent the week-end at her home far. The addresses were con- here fined 'principally to the delega-j Erellne Scott and Inza Crab- tlon from Portland who were High School Notes Sports The S. II. S. basket ball team will play Junction City High school at Junction City Satur day evening. Springfield defeat ed Junction on Its own floor but It probably will be a close game on tho floor of the J. H. S. The Eugene High school sec ond team played the S. H. S. second team at Springfield last Saturday night. It was a fast and close game, the score being 27, and 36 in favor of Eugene. A tennis club has been organ ized In tho school. Those who do not belong to this club will pot be allowed to play on the school courts. There are now ahout thirty members. Locals and Personals German II class stayed after school Monday because of fail ure to study their lessons. Dorothy Miller wns absent Monday and Tuesday on ac count of sickness. The Latin II clas Is making a chart which contains all tho rules for different cases. It is to be hung in the front of the room. a Beaver-H srndonHHardwareCompany, pn'Rftit by appointment. Kugtwe lioMe, flax export B 'kc at considerable length of Uf tiORRibilltleB of the crop. ' '('oiidftiong In Oregon are M U for the production of flax f lu r of the highest grade," said Mr. BoBBe. "Your iwll, your cli mate and your water are suit able for nrofltablo nroduction of uhls crop. It is not an experi ment, anu an mat is necessary Is to go into tho enterprise 'with the determination to do It right. 0iie of the advantages of llax Is that It is a reliable crop. I fknow, for I have been In the business for fifty years and in that time I have seen but one cron failure. That was in 18G4, 'and the cause was too much rain. "Just to emphasizo the excel Ifcnce of conditions in the Wil lamette valley for. the growing of llax fiber, let me point out the water situation. In all of Europe there Is but one river the river Lys, In Belgium ;whose waters are wholly suit able for the retting of flax, but in the Willamette valley all of your Irvers are perfectly suited to this purpose." Mr. Bosse explained that for appointed by C. D. Rorer, pre- siaent or uie luigene unamuer of Commerce, to start immedi- .Young and Dr. J. M. Miller. Register. -. CAMP''CREEK1TEMS Special to tho Lane county News Edear Dowey visited with frlpnds here Saturday and Sun dav. Lester, Chester and Lulu Nye Piient Sunday with friends at iThurston. tree of Walterville spent Satur- On account of the rain there will be no tennis playing for some time. The Physical Geography class went on a hike Thursday, to gather rocks, which they tested in the laboratory. The regula literary society will be held Friday, March 3. The program will be as follows: Comedy Sketch Surprises. Music. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, in four parts. Elocutionist. Orator. Little Girl. Little Boy. Miss Kate Lansbury '15, tea cher of the Not! school is expect ed home Friday. Miss Alice Stanlger returned home from Southern Oregon after teaching a term of school there. Miss Winona Piatt '15, who is teaching school at Ulakleville will spend the week-end with her relatives. Ray Bally (in English IV) In order to make a law tho people must circulate a partition. WE CAN HOLD UP OUR HARDWARE to the closest inspection. Wo not only carry all kinds of Mmrdwaro, to'ols, and farming Implements, but w e carry all sizes, and mo dels where such creations aro made. Wo are a store that has rendered the high est satisfaction at tho low- st prices. a day and Sunday at tho home of S. A. Crab tree. Mm. Matcrson and son Oren of Sprintcflold have moved to their ranch hero. Mrs. J. J. Chajn warn n Hkinnn visitor Monday and Tuesday. mini nazal Nye and Will Ruth of Thurston were married Thursday. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Ar thur Jack gathered at their nome Saturday evening to. bid them farewell before their de parture to Idaho where they will reside. The evening was spent with music nnd games. Those who attended were: Mr. and Mrs. Will Jack, Mr. and Mrs. Will Elliot, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Jack, Mr. and Mrs. Lenord Ste phens, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Com mlngs, Mr. and Mrs. David Ste phens, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ste phens, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Chaf fee, Mr. and Mrs. Van Scoy, Mr. and Mrs. Mackeson, Mrs. J. J. Chase, Mrs. G. F. Hartley, Mrs. Hill, J. K. Platts, J. A. Crabtree, T Solelm, Misses Llla Owen, Lulu Nye, Vera Chase, Eveline Scott, Ester Chaffee, Madge Hamble., Grace Stenhens Lizzie Kennedy, Emma and Harriet uossier, liuby, Inza and Lola Crabtree. Pauline and Alma Jack, Mr. Lather, Mr. Bid well, Edgar Dowey, Nat Chaffee, Bert Llbby, Otto Gossler, Rohert, WIHam, Chester and Lester Nye, Albert Simmons, Guy, Chester, Charlie, Toby and Elvin Ste phens, Lee Mackeson, Randal Chase, Frank and Willard Elliot NO UNLOADING DEVICES OR BUNKS REQUIRED Salem, Ore., Feb. 28. Ac cording to a ruling made by the public service, commission to. day, the Southern Pacific is not under obligation to provide its logging cars with bunks or un loading devices. If the safety of tne consignees' agents should acmandmrtSTHjHimneii: ligation of supplying it rests on the shipper and not on the com mon carrier, the commission held. The decision was the result of a complaint made by Labor Commissioner Hoff alleging that the facilities and equip ment furnished by railroads in the state, in the transportation of logs, were inadequate, in that generally cars were not pro vkjejlwith bunks. (Continued on Page 3) Composition Work in the Springfield Schools Stories from Mrs. Flannigan's class at the Lincoln school. A Fishing Trip One Sunday morning we thought we would go fishing. We had to get our lunch ready and harness the horse. We got our lunchs and hooks. We took cake, pie, cookies, potato salad, eggs, sandwiches and some cof fee and we made some ice cream. We rode and it was three miles and half, we went to the McKinzey river. There were six of us and we caught 27 fish. We fished until about 3 o'clock and then started for home, we got home about half past five. LILLIAN BAKER. 5th A,' Age 10. A Fishing Trip One day we boys thought we would go fishing. We got up about six o'clock in the morn ing and started out. We went in a boat. We fished on the way. This was in Paisley, Oregon. We stopped and pulled the boat to the bank and locked it and fished, and fished a while then ate our lunch. We had bread butter andmeat for our lunch. And wo fished till one o'clock and started homo we had twenty fiive fish. There wore five of us boys. Wo had lots of fun. We came homo it was two o'clock. TOMMY BRATTAIN, 5th A, Ago 11. Strawberry Picking It was a beautiful summer day wlien we went strawberry pick GRAVEL TRAINS TO RESUME WOFIK N SHORT TIE The last five miles of rails ort the Willamette Pacific railway are now beinc laid, and tho work of ballasting, this Btretch oi ixacrc wm start some umo next week, according to an nouncement of W, R. Fountaino engineer In charge of construc tion in the jabsence of H. P. Hoey, assistant chief engineer of the Southern. Pacific com pany. It will take only a few days to lay the rails on this five-mile stretch of track, said Mr. Fon taine, and it will take about a month to ballast it When this is completed every rail on tho main line except those across the bridge at the Umpqua river, which is now in course of con struction, will have been laid and the track will be ready for through service between Eugene and Marshfield by ferrying across the Umpqua at Gardiner. A big steam shovel which has been In the shops at Portland undergoing repairs has been or dered for the gravel pits at Nat ron, from which the ballast ma terial will be obtained and it Is expected that the machine will jbe placed in operation within a .week. I The same number of train 'crews that were employed dUr--Ing the last, period of ballasting on tne W P. will be placed on this joK There will be a pit crew,Xtwo lo haul the gravel fronv the pit to the "front' and onhelper crew, four in all.:The ona .rouna tnn &mftr"M althat each train will he able to make. The completion of the five mile stretch of track in question will notsinean the withdrawing of all crews from the line for some time to come. The right-of-way will have to-be fencedr requiring a good-sized crew of men, and there will be other crews at work for some time at various things in connection with the work of completing the line for traffic. ing. We had to walk about two miles and a half. We went through a canyon over fences over two hills and through a pasture with lots of cattle, some times they would run after us. We took our lunch with us and six buckets. We filled them all before noon. We ate our lunch. After dinner we picked strawberries and ate them. We nlaved until about five o'clock 'then we started home. We had a very good time. It was half past seven when we reached home. VERA MILLER;. 5th A, Age 11. 1 1 A Fishing Trip at Blakelyville My brother and I went swim ming on a warm day when a man came and told us that my father wanted us. So we got out of the water and put on our clothes and went home. When we got there we saw an auto standing in front of our house. The auto was all ready. It had all the supplies in it. The auto belonged to the Ore gon Power Company. It was a truck. We took four fish poles, a tank full of gasoline," a few loaves of bread, some coffee, one mug, some tires and patches in case of an accident. . . At last we got started. Wo crossed the Springfield bridge and went up toward Goshen, we crossed the Coast Fork bridge and from there we went on get ting nearer and nearer to tho mountains. At last wo reached the mountains. We kept going metier and higher until we (Continued on rasa 4)