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LANE COUNTY
Continuing the Springfield Newo and Lane County Star, Which Woro Consolidated February 10, 1914.
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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.
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.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
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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.
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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
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