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About The Lane County news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1914-1916 | View Entire Issue (April 3, 1916)
ttmm inintnntim I.' 2fte $e0 $d(tetf oJK? The Lane County News W. A. DILL, Editor nnd Mgr. 0 Published Every Monday and .Thursday by the Lane County Publishing Association. RATES OP SUBSCRIPTION One Year .... $1.50 Bis Months .... .75 Three months .50 .Advertising rates furnished on -Application, Member of the Willamette Valley Editorial Association. -MONDAY, APRIL, 3, 1910. KEEP TROUBLES AT HOME Is there any particular reason, we wonder, why Springfield cit iens should peddle this town's trhnhlns to tho EutreiiG' tinners? Friday night's Guard contained a long article from "Taxpayer" criticizing the sale of the city's rock crusher to private parties. The News published a commun ication of similar tenor Thurs day, and is ready to open its col umns" for furthr discussion, for or against the sale. There was no need to Interrupt Eugene's perennial discussion of the Am azon with one of our own prob lems. Again, about a week ago . someone felt called upon to get a letter from the state labor commissioner condemning the present high school building and to take it -to the Register for publication. Of course it was published. But why give these local prob lems undue publicity. They can be worked out here at home, without troubling our neighbors. The News is a local newspaper, ready at all times to assist in the solving of local problems. It represents Springfield to the world, and as a business enter prise brings into Springfield far more money than it sends out. No othr paper spends here more than a tithe of what it takes up. The News' business is here, .and it seeks to be a true reflec tor of Springfield life. If the citizens feel that they have to run to Eugene to get their griev ances published, or to do all trading, to the detriment of the Springfield stores, and conse quently to local advertising, The News will feel at liberty to seek elsewhere for the business that its growing list entitles it to. THAT BALLOT CONTRACT Elbert Bede of the Cottage Sentinel, in his own paper, and in th Sunday Register, publishes charges that the conduct of county affairs is unduly expen sive in Lane county, and in both places he refers to the effort The News made to submit a bid for the printing of the ballots. Here are the facts: When the report was given out that the county printing had been given to one Eugene firm, The News investigated and found that the award pertained only to a list on which bids had been made We desired to bid on! some of the larger work, and ac-1 cordingly wrote the county clerk asking for specifications on the uauui juu, uuu usauiiii& luiii mat we felt our plant sufficient to -handle the job in a proper man ner. That was about March 21. On the afternoon of March 24. 1 'a. frjend in Eugene called us to;Kc-ke, 'Twas not always so, for fiay the court was about to let j Deputy Cleric Lee told us at this the contract for the ballots, and same interview, of the bids for we hastened to the court house, I large envelopes for use by elec- . . . . . . a : i i ii . i t arriving just in time to see tne county judge open the bids. We mi- n . . - . 1 . . . . I a . 1 1 1 ..II n . I V L' I f 1 i 11 I I I II Ilir. 1 I II I 11 11 (1 n i ml 11 .in iiiii . why we had not been allowed to ibid only $190.00. countenance of Mr Hutch a fleeting JN THE NAj,E op T,,, STATK 0f make a bid, and Judge Bown -TrnHov.inr wr,i" ,,,, , prtKOON: vou and each of you are .t,i. TiTimo t Taw1h ip I fiwalloH'my ttoids. apologized J hereby cltod and required to appear . ... 'i. "'11LV.r1. -1 "l '- Itufus genially. hn the County Court ot Iho Stato of 111B COUIH.V CierK IS rcsnon-l""" sioie lor tne proper printing ana care or tne ballots, co we con-, suited with him before making a contract. He told us he had , to have a deputy to watch the' wnrlr nnrl wnnlrl thprrtfnro Inalot thnt tho. nrintiinr lm lnno In Eugene." and had to walk over four miles Next we interviewed the clerk, i to the school house. lie had one and were told by Mr. Russell of the first play sheds in Lane and his deputy, Mr. Lee, that 'County built for his pupils and there had been rto demand that got it furnished with gymnasium the printing be done in Eugene, i apparatus. Now he is going bitt that "if the contract were j ahead with some extension work .awarded to a ' shop outside of ,at the State University so as to Eugene, that the successful bid- 'keep up with the tlmse. In com der be required to put up a bond Iparison with his lifelong faith of $5000, and pay the expenses .fulness of service, how mean are of a deputy to supervise the i the enternal bickerings.in vest! work." jgations, and electioneerings that jur. iiusseii tnen nanueu us his . freply to our letter of a few days before, in which he discussed the awarding of county printing in general,, and ending with this paragraph: "."a I understand 'the matter at' the present time, the County Court expects soon to accept By GEORGE RANDOLPH CHESTER. Creator of "Wallinuford," and CHARLES V. GODDARI) Copyright. 1015, by the Star Company. All foreign Rights Reserved Tlie Missing Heir i OW strange are the vagaries of fortune! At the very Instant when the anient believers in Utile Joe were filling their j lungs for u final shout of triumph a guy little red balloou tlarletl out ou the truck, where the horses were pounding down the stretch, whirled saucily lu frout of the favorite's nose, shot straight up In the air uud sailed merrily across the Infield toward the green hills aud tho blue sky. For only an Infinitesimal space of time the nerv ous Utile J 00 bad shied and .checked his sieed, but that space was enough to let u dun colored stranger of the name of Tippy Hash under the wire at IS to 1. "The hound!" mumbled a small inau at tho rail, and his face was so blauk in the first moment of disappointment that It brought a chuckle from the ad- Joining large gcutlemau with the round pink race. "Cheer up. neighbor," he consoled: "the walking's good." The small man thus addressed cast on tho tlorld big J. Itufus Walllngfonl a sldewlse glance a slow glance and a cautious one. Cordial of wanner was the florid one and Jovial of eye and broad of white walstcoa and In his rich cravat glowed a $2,000 diamond , Quite reassuring. Hut nevertheless tj.e ! small man glanced once more to (In- right aud to the left before ho an- swered 8'"llad a 'hundred on that rabbltr he1 complained. "Well, a hundred's n hundred." chuct led the big man. "It's n thousand when you lose It on 1 stranger was moist lipped at tho a red balloou." objected the lean and j thought of a bet so attractive, lank Bhu-kle Daw, climbing down from j "Certainly!" A slight Hash of tern the fence, where he had been perched 1 pcr ,i the broad chested Jim. He like a Jumping Jack on a stick. He ; turned to the stranger. "You're on. set on his head the silk hat which he 1 neighbor, for a hundred." had been waving In encouragement to The pallid blue eyes almost siwrklcd. Little Joe and smoothed his pointed , uule Stranger was not there at the black mustache. At that moment ! bcgluulnz of the nest race, but as Blackle's eye caught the glisten and , gunt or someiuing wuue in me crowu. , It was the head of Onion Jones, so , bald that It looked freshly peeled, aud I Onion was winking and making mys j terlous signs at the rate of about seven to the second. Giving Jim tho "high sign." Ulaekle slipped away and, fol lowing Onion to the grand stand, found there Violet Warden and her sister Fannie, both their pretty faces flushed with excitement. "There's the man!" exclaimed Vlo let. her blue eyes dancing as she caught Blackle's sleeve. "Mr. Hutch! You were standing right by him-Percy W. Hutch! We followed him out here." He got $-10,000 from us." said Fan nle, and her checks turned a shade pinker as J. itufus happened to look up and catch her musing gaze. "lie Is No. 13 011 the list." She opened her little notebook nnd pointed to a list ot name. Twelve had been scratched bids in the matter of the ballots for the icoming 'primary elec tion." And fifteen minutes before this unmailed letter was handed to us the court had made the award. The Sentinel comments, also upon the fact that the two bids submitted on th ballots were so close together $10.50 by the Guard and- $16.20 by Yoran & juugys. un mese ine uuaru hid $37, the Rigister Job Shop j UIOUIUI HUH UtiUIl lUUCIUUK 1, -Ui.I i l. i i me puunc scnoois or i-.ane county, uregon, lor twenty i years; his father taught for twenty-tnree years In the same vears in the same county. When thft vfilincor. TorInn hnrrnn innoh- ' liner ho WAR rmlfl $2i.fin n moiitli I disgrace the tremendous school system of New York! We'd like to present the New York Board of Education with a picture of the Jordans, father and son, to hang on the walls of their luxur ious offices. Io might suggest something to their peanut minds. Collier's. aisceuauittJMmmunes i out: Ttio tniriceniii wns rcrcy y. Hutch. MHo Is a lawyer, but he Is never In his office. Wo don't know much more about him." "Leave that to us." said Ittacklo. "We'll tell you all about him when wo hand you that $40,000. Md Iwick to tho works on the jump, Indies. I kiss you chnstely on the foreheads." Ills long legs were springing rtcwr the steps n second after, aud. nodding significantly toward the small man as he approached Walllngford. he enrao up to the rail ou the other sldo of Mr. Hutch nnd asked: "What do you think of the next race. Jim?" "Lady t.on." J. Itufus promptly re plied, waiting .'or his cue. "I know Ijidy Lou's sure money, because she was touted to mo by a barber whose cousin was a stable boy ten years ago." "No chanc?.1' was the contemptuous answer as Rlackle grinned at tho small innu. "I'll tell you why. No I.ndy' horse has won a nice this meet. Lady Swlscoe came In last In the first race today: Lady Sandy fell down yester j. ii broke her collarbone; Lady nrenms was ruled otr the track for staggering under too much Imp. Nov- crtucIl;s.,, j,sey. mv boy. I'll let you u, ( ur nKnlust rield-for a bun. em .. j Kufu; WJ1H , roJoot ,hw r . r m1 something In ., ",.,. " , r hl. wmmlMmtbim ' 1 . , ..- " ,rt ro1' " ,n,bt'ol,c' lmt re on. a SoupwU." gayly cd luacKie. ami ne vhikcu 111 1110 mini 11 ! man. "Hotter set In. stranger." "Any more at that pricey The Lady iMXl streaked past the Judges, an J casy winer over tho field by three g00,j lengths, there was a mumbling Just back' of 4uo Ugt plnU fnced Jm, nnd the lean Jumping Jack on the fence the small man. Imploring to the very last for some hound out of the pack to overhaul the winner. "Oh. I guess I'm a boob!" exulted J. Itufus, turning his round nnd nullautly beaming countenance on Mr. Daw and Little Stranger. '"I guess I'm a hi. I.! Gentlemen, produce and smile!" "That wasn't In the bet," objected Blackle, relinquishing Ids hundred, nnd at that moment both Mr. Daw and Mr Wnlllngford turned In response to a low gurgle from Little Stranger. HI , huml w.ls , ,,, ,,,,, H,cUet nmi there was a green pallor ou his face, a green glaze In his eyes. "I've been touched!" ho husked. "Somebody lifted my leather!" Blackle and Walllngford looked nt each other speculatively. Illncklo grin ned. ' "Well, such things will happen. Mr. Welsh," snld Walllngford. with a sus picion of n snarl. "If yon will lenvo your pocketbook exposed Just before you have to pay a bet. Mr. Welsh, we must all take the consequences. Mr. Welsh." Tho small man. his green pallor CITATION TO HEIRS turning to purple Indignation, was ln tho County Court of th Stnte of Ore struggling for speech. i gon, for Lano County. "My name's Hutch." ho hotly stated, 'iu the matter of tit ostnte of Samnol D. "1 got rolled out for 5-100. and the only j Weaver, deceased. consolation I have Ik for u frosh rm man to call me n wclshcr! Would I have come back here if I had luleiiilc I to welsh iu this but? No living man can put a linger on a crooked act of mine!" "How about a dead one?" suggested N'''1"'. ";' I'een Jim Walllngfonl TlinnliM." rofinn.l 11,.. hiuiiltml .,. somewhat mollified, "if yon gentlemen are going intn the city ufter the m-xt .nice im like to mm- you stop at m "ieo koi timt hundred.' Tl"'-V VI'1" " Ml ""ifh's oiihe. Where they saw several letter IIUm "nuked "IHchnrd Liimly" imd "Luml.v Estate." Hutch gave Walllngfonl :i check for $100. "We owe you a dinner, sport." Wal llngford urged, pocketing the rlml; "You should hove that much of a rake off ou a rough day. Come out, ami we II open a bottle of bubbles!" "I'll Join you luler," snld Mr. Hutch as he saw them to the door. Wonderful entertainers. Mr. Wal llngford arid Mr. Daw. A dinner for Mr, Hutch, an evening nt the theater with Mr. Hutch, a supper to Mr Hutch, a luncheon, n spin to n ro.ul house, hospitality on tup all the time But nt the end of three days iho enter tnlnment committee withdrew Into Wnillngford's downtown suit In a hotel near tho pulsing red heart of Broad way, nnd glunlmed. The pretty War den orphans had been scut out to "frnuio' a spirit medium scare foi Percy, but even the after world was of no interest to hard Ilutcli. TP 77 nr . I "If you cunt tit tiny business wiM ,, ,,,, w.wJ rum wllv ,0-t yoM can maw grmiiiiuni mu incim tu mi committee, a man so Imtdtiondcd that he was more reitful to the eyes with Ills hat 011 Onion Jones. "I ain't seen a piece of money for so long that I wouldn't know how to make change for a nickel." When Onion had departed with a bor rowed twenty Jim turned to Illuoklo. "What Is tliN new hope" be ile mnuded. "Loavo it to me!" And there was the map of (jloo In the beady black eyes. "Not If you're cooking up uny strong uriii play." protested Walllngford. "I never saw the Inside of a Jnll but once, mid I got my llrst gray hairs Just try ing to get out." "Vor. didn't get your streak of yellow there." retorted lllueklc. "You took that In with you. Now you listen to ine I'm going to have the goods on Hutch before I go to bed tonight, and you'll help. The girls are waiting for his forty thousand, and I'm whetted. Itlns for drink!" "Whut'll you have?" asked Walllng fonl. going to tho phone. "Anything." grinned ftlncktc. "I want alcohol ou my breath when Percy gets here." When Mr. Hutch came blithely and eagerly to lie entertained at no expense to himself he found Walllngford tils clear eyed ami gonial self, but the nsiinlly chipper Htacklo Haw, redolent of whisky, the fumes of which rose chiefly from tho lniels of his coat. Mat nodding in a chair. Ho roused himself Instantly, however, aud grubbed Mr. Hutch by thu hand. "Wad to see you. sport!" he greeted the visitor with thick cordiality. "Let's go out and get it 1 appetite!" Mr. Daw was mi her a nuisance that afternoon. He was usually the life of the party, but now he was a deadener and. moreover. 11 constant source of hu miliation to hs companions. Ile went to sleep In leather padded nooks In .1 . . ...... ......... I .1... r..t.....l . . al... I several hotel bars, aud he constantly 1 went to sleep In the limousine, though f whenever the machine stopped he woko i with a Jerk. They couldn't lose him from tho party. No. sir! In the olIW of Mr. Hutch, where J Itufus luvarlably left something to come after the next day. tired nature Blacklo Was Still Snorino, and They Threw Water In Hia Faco to House Him. ut lost had Its wav. Mr. Daw slni'.i (Continued on Pago 4.) ro Mrs. natuo. I'.go, Ansa liia Aiarnn, I Gust Martin, Charles Murtln, r . V. i Woavor, Itacliel Weaver, Frank K. ( Weaver, Mrs. Clmrlos Link, Mrs. 1 May Frees, Clark Weaver, Ilussoll Weaver, Fern Weaver, Hainuoi wos i;o, William Wesco, Kffo Muud, Hus soli Mattlx. Theodore Mattlx, Anna Hauso, John (! .Woavor, Ferdinand Edgar, Mrs. C. W. Lehman, and Wil- Oregon for tho County of Lano, at tho courtroom thereof In Eugcno, Lnno County, Oregon, on Tttemluy, tho 9th day of May, 1910, at 10 o'clock A. M. of said day nnd then and there show cause, if uny exist, why an order of salo of the real estuto belonging to snld estate should not ho niado to pay tho charges, expenses and claims against said ostatu, aud that said or dor direct tho administrator of said estuto to sell tho real ostat of said ostato under tho provisions of Sec tion 1257 of Lord's Oregon Laws pro viding for the salo of real estuto of u decedont without notlco whero tho In ventory and appraisement of tho estate shows that all tho property within itl'O jurisdiction of the Court does not nvm SHfiO.OO. This citation is issued nuVsuant to an order of tho County Court of Lano' County, Oregon, In tho abovo entitled cstato dated March .'list, 1910. The properly doscrlhed In the pe tition for tho order to soil nnd which will bo sold if tho ordor Is granted, is described as follows; Commencing at u point South 20 de grees 20 mill. Vz East u distance of 21.G feet from a point which lu North 88 degrees 34 minutes East 171.3 feot from center of section 18 township 20 South Ilungo z East Willamette meri dian; thenco 8. 48 deg. 19 mln. W. 20M ree.W thenco uoutu ;io nog. .it mm. uast 2C5 feet; thence South 78 deg. 10 mln. I I JUST LOOK AT THIS PICTURE AND DO A LITTLE "THINKING." THEN YOU WILL BANK YOUR MONEY. WE WILL KEEP YOUR MONEY SAFE FOR YOU. BANK WITH US. WE PAY FOUR PER CENT INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS ! The Best For Less Money The Fifth Street Grocery Thos. Sikes, Prop. Phone 22 Kast 219.9 foet; thenco North 20 dog. M mm 30 W. 4(14.3 feet to plnco of beginning, containing 1.89 neres, more or less, In Lano County, Oregon. Witness tho Honorable II. U Ilown, Judgo of tho County Court of the Stato : of Oregon, Lnno County, nnd tho seal or said Court hereto affixed this .list day of March, 1910 . i The dato of the first 'publication of this citation is April a, Attest STACY M. IIUSSKLL. (Seal County Court) County Clork NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Department of uio Interior. U. S. Land Olllco nt UoBoburg,. Ore gon, March S, 1910. Notlco Is hereby given that Wnldon II. Tondoll of Vldn. Oregon, who, on January 2f, 1911. mado Second Homo-; stond Entry. Sorlnl No. oboim, ror tno SW 1-1 of NE 1-4, NW 1-4 of SE 1-4 anil E 1-2 of SW 1-4 of Soctlon 4, town ship 17 S, range 2 E, Wlllumotto mer Idla, has filed notlco or Intention to mnko Pinal Plvo-Yeor proof to estab lish claim to tho land above described, boforo I. 1-. Hewitt, U. 8. Commission er, nt ills office ot Eugeno, Oregon, on tho lith day of May, 1910, Clalmnnt names no witnesses, Jul-., lus Bock of Vldn, Oregon; John P. Mlnnoy, of Vlda, Oregon; Benjamin P, MInnoy of Vldn, Oregon, William Schornlg of Vldu, Oregon. J. M. UPTON, Mar lH-Aprl 17. ltoglstor. Springfield Garage H. SANDGATHE Proprietor Repairing a Specialty Main, hot. Fourth and Fifth. Phono 11 SPRINGFIELD OREGON HERBERT E. WALKER NOTARY PUBLIC Ofllcf In City Hall, 8nrlnafleld, Ore Why not save and doposlt in our Savings Department one-twelfth of your totul taxes each month? By so dis tributing tho tax burden over the cntiro year, It will not seem so heavy. 4 per cent on savings, FIRST NATIONAL BANK, EUGENE, OREGON. 1 11 11 mm 1 mm Groceries Dr. ADALINE KEENEY FERRIS Homeopathic Physician and Surjjeon Olllco, Baptist Pnrsonngo Comor Second and C Streets HOUIIS: 9 TO 12. PHONE 40 J. H. BOWER Lawyor. Office 774 Wlllumotto St. Phono Eugeno C99 Homo Phono 132-J Euoene, Oregon W. F. 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