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About The Lane County news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1914-1916 | View Entire Issue (April 6, 1916)
" wet. jTTZ. ! f Ore, Xltatortal Soc, X ,TT THE LANE COUNTY Continuing tho Sprlngflold NoW3 nnd Lnno County Star, Which Woro Consolidated February 10, 1914. uMt KiTiirt M, I'Ul.tHirlnjItiH.Oregnii, miocmii. olnM MMtvruwtiir net of Congrn of M rrti lt SPRINGFIELD. LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1916. vol. xv. no; 20. NEWS ANOT EB GRAVEL TRAIN WILL BE PUI ON RUN Another gravel train will bo put on this week to haul gravel from the Natron pits, tlilii time to provide- ballast for tho doublc- tho highest prloo paid for cows IthlH Beaflon. Tho run was good 'almost 1000 being counted in, and buying waH active HOGS A very light nm of 2800 hogs camo to market Monday. Uuy- , org were Inclined to rest and the , market waH Inactlvo in the forc ,noon. Hog prices wcro lowered to tho 0,20 mark. A five cent drop under luBt week's close. Uulk went at 9.00 to JUG, SHEEP No receipts In the sheep section market very strong. COOS BAY ROAD OPENS TRAFFIC FROM VALLEY school were neither tardy nor absent during tho four weeks ending Morch 24: First and second grades Ve rona Wood, Lily Anderson, Mole Fischer, Florence Collins, Jazlc Yockoy, Enlz Rowland, nor- SURVEYORS RUN LEVELS BUT SAY NOTHING WIMi TJ AT Mill,,,, nf Cnrlnc. field a conductor, and over a Werner. Gertrude Gobi, Rutr A party of surveyors has been at work In tho vicinity of Mill and Main streets for the past several days, taklnir levels, but encc Hpicor, Mcta Rogers, win-j they nave nothfng to say as to lam Burch, Bessie Maple, Millie .whom they are working for. Rogers, Agatha Snyder and OnajThey have not been setting any Pice. stakes, but have been taking Third and fourth grades levels from the street monu- Olivc Sutherland, Christina ments. MARCOLA GIRL WINS $5. PRIZE IN VOTING CONTEST nrltlirwl Itnllrtatrf tirtttt C2rtfflltr. 1 WdUUVU I7UIIUDIU 0 ty field gravel, the first train carry- A f , lll.i.v f r ......111., ikah 11 .! - ,GiMA,1 T.1,.,.1. .. A 11. i. trim f III' wnr r 1m nir i nun liv Mil "'"""B w huuiilj nuum ut- i,,, mioanmr,,. , rnrt fnr Hnna V inuuui, jiuvi t wnininnfin.PnRinn in Ktn?Ann. maud a premium. Spring lambs iinViminiT!itt v.,urnn vo0tor-:les Anderson, frnm tim iciiirnnn Htntimi north- nro quoted at 13.00. Prime ' Pnlmr . 7.. f TWom--. George Chapman, wKstorlv tn 11 nnlnt nnriii of fhn lambs at 10.50. Ii-wcs at 8.25. fi,rll, ,.,w1 ovnroaa unvn lnIDorls Andreas, "Y at Dlalr ntreot connecting 1wul"u,B u,u' J"JiU,,u8 bo ferried across the Rogers, .Ada Schunk, Anna Blakely, v Carl VanderSterre, Goln, Char- Gerold Bndlcott, Glenn Wiltse, Wilma Savage, t . . -m! Uinpqutf ia wuce i, wara me ftuies, The second count In the News LUMBER REVIVING iMerchants' Piano voting con- STIRSNORTHWEST, j TZ 1 r rt t- cm !was declared the easy winner Of taw ' '"H5e ouii the 5 prize given th Hampers Industry in united btates i T X O ' .,w Sanfc making the greatest gala ;since the first count She added "In fhn Pnnlflr. Mnrfhwnot nil OVP.r 1 (1.000 vnfpa in lior ennra the Southern Pacific and thgi ' river, but the Bchedules lv!degom yau Totfnifai and is now one of the serious W htnietlo l'nc fte 8 "Y, Hjo -I oSrt Wilt ' Rowland, f d fnVorable eftecta 0f .contendere for the big prizes, will bo used for turning englneii publ shed a. most interesting I 0n the first trip yesterday, wm?e. ..... j . increasinir actlvitv in the Miss Helen Roberts with th high officials of thc ,,ritaTwT trade," writes a Portland lead she took at the first, is still hereafter, and tho turntable will special edition for Douglas tlx mi m bo romoved from tho Eugene mom or turn section irom nn railroad who were In SrlnKfleldi "a ,er ay rnce, ueien . r v,; rovlow if"fl in thfi lfla,, wtt, thmi ' "T; .V.."," . . "b"-"'v" bunuay, maue aii oiuciai visiw--- V'VV;""' nr,irw;L c'inanclal and industrial condl-voles to nuuiuiiuiwu over tne line, m tne partj, were , , , " , . I vice-president w. it. scou; as-I" , ww. Banker ri pnrivp t tpw s stanL c mer lcnirineer j. u. LJar-iy""'"'"" Av...b, low: Sunerlntoiulent R L. BnrckiJe Queen. yards. The work Is under tho direction of Engineer Russell. Engine No. 201)!), now used as a helper to get tho gravel trains for tho Willamette-Pacific from i;c in Prv Vklnyh- halter, Division Engineer Siefcr; Seventh and Eighth Grades tJlipb in tor W urK . Preght Agcnt n A illnshawJMabel Smith, Alice Schwind, I... i.l nilm.n J 1 .11 p v V-i ri florff t prrd Rtolln Slnrlr Pacific i and others. The Willamette rall- Spiingflcld to the summit at No il, will bo used for tho Eugene gravel train, and an engine of tho 20QO class, a heavier typo, will bo used as a helper, running Foreman Ottabeck's piledrlv- road was constructed by thelNeva Workman, Sherman Ma rrom sprmgueiu junction to tno fcr crew on the Southern Pacific 'Southern Pacific company and top of tho hill. 'slipped unannounced into town connects with the latter's main Graveling operations on tho nt 11 o'clock thin morning, and line at Eugene. It Is 120. G mites south end of tho Wlllamett-Pa-1 within a few minutes was at In length. On account of the clflc, covering the last eight j work to replace tle culvert jan mountainous country through miles of track before tho Ump-'thc log dump line, opposite tho which it traverses, many difficult burner. Eight piling will bo engineering problems were pre I driven for tho two new bents, sentcd In Its construction. From I There al e eight or nine men In Eugene the line proceeds almost qim river is reached, will bo com pleted In ten days or two weeks. LIVESTOCK MARKET North Portland, Ore., April 3, Cattle market remained steady "with the close of last week. Three loads of grain and four the crew, PATRON-TEACHERS TO HOLD FIRST MEETING due west to Cushman, near the mouth of the Siuslaw river. It then turns south and follows tho coast to Marshfield. There were 39 steel bridges aim viuuucts used in tne con The first program of th re-lu m yiauucw ubcu hi uie con ntly organized Patfon-Teach-;truc0'ftth road- There are nine tunnels, aggregating 13,- est 472 feet The route Is. mostly through rugged, heavily timbered coun try, and has scenic attractions! cently organized noaAtlnttntt trill lin Iwilrl morrow aftrnoon at 3 o'clock at A icJ?n?t?J Q Mm l li.Anl.1 Golinnl .llnn PI Tin , 'HOO.I IVVl UUU UlC BUUrf loads of pulp fed steers went at Busk of the University of Ore tho high prlco of 0.00. One load igon will lecturo on "Medical In of pulp fed cows sold nt 7.G5 Ispectlon of Schools." All pa- trlill.h ii atillt 1ntw1 ittnnt ri i T Ql (i-nno f P lltr. anlinnln o f s.t.u ti .uuii iibiii. nit iiuvi uuun v.. (.i.v nbiiuuin tit w , IWV.U. ' ii ol. 1 111 wi in uuiniun inui, u.iuu iuuil It runs for many miles. A par ticularly scenic attraction Is where the road is built alone . i Lakes Tsiltcoos, Tahkenitch Vanco Cagloy-of tho News' William Kcrcher, a lumber 'and tho Black Arm of North staff, made a business trin to Co- buver of Portland, reirlstored at lake. bum Tucsdav. i tho Elito last ovoninir. A rich lumbering district is w . " . . 1 ' .... . . 1 , j 1 i r wpuiieu nil uy iiic iimi the eood. and Miss Svl Oft 'ltions, contributed to the Pacific ' via Strubin and Mrs. Delbert "Reports from practically all places in the list, industrial and commercial lines j The contest is on in earnest indicate steady progress. In the now. The piano will soon be steel and texile trade the pace of :on display; the other prizes are t 1 1 11 l.f1fj l-tsst ltn. 11. - X it , nrnirrncc i u rinvnnri i iim 'iiiiiii v iit i j i i i 2r miiiwii in umruu itr r na Martha. Andrea, Delia Wllkhis, the suppiy to meet tne demand. -merchants co-operating with i w'iiuii, oi'iau Jia-tThese trades, which are swamp-, the News. It Is high time for pie, Oden Monjay, otto tycy,cd with crderSi hoa undisputed : the contstants to get in their Wesley F'azler, Orm Page, Ed- ieftlrerBhin In the nnahated wave (Rood licks, and nilR un the atrine- mond Hcnnls, Walter Paschelke. , nf Tirnanr!f v SWflftnlnir nvw nur of votes that will be nepdmi tn country, rue amount or tneir.isirry away me Dig prizes, business is limited only by their The way to get the votes Ma capacity for production and the to secure subscribers to tho availablity of distributive facili- News, or secure renewals from ties, both by land and sea, are those now dn the list, or by far short of requirements, a asking for trade coupons from difficulty which is becoming in- .any or the following merchants: Firemen Hold Annual Election The annual meeting of the Springfield Fire department was held at the city hall Tuesday evening, the principal business being the election of officers. The following were chosen: Jess Smltson, chief: Harry Kiefer, assistant chief: Clark Wheaton, Secretary,? .Milton Bally, treas urer. Routine business took up the rest of the time. Additional Locals BELIEVES CRUSHER SHOULD BE SOLD TO SAVE CITY MONEY creasingly annoying. The rail roads seem to be doing all with in their power to solve the prob lem, both by large purchases of additional carriages and the re-i cent very extensive purchases ot t rails, but without more oc.ean ; tonage they are helpless. i Manufacturers of agricul-! implements . reporjnottl Hayden & Metcalf. M. C. Bressler & Son. Ketels Drug Store. , C. E. Sales Toggery. I. D. Larimer. Wolf & Miller. Swarts & Washburne. 1 Mrs. D. Crouch. The Latest Vote. Following Is ; ihtotvptM 'it . -"! 1 Mrs. 0 John Tomseth left yes-' tural satisfactory demands for their after the' secohd counFasmade products. The leather trade re- by the committee, Dr. J. E. ports are equally favorable. Richmond, Fenner Travis, and Collections are improving thro- Herbert Hansen: ughout the entire country. The Miss Helen Roberts 53,675 price of the principal commod- Miss Sylvia Strubin 30,350 ities of trade continue to rise, al- Mrs. Delbert Bucknum ....25,625 Miss Eva Titus. IVInronln OA qsn "I believe it is a wise move snown much change during the, Miss Hazel Redmond "l275 for the city to dispose of tho ;week Miss Ruby Crabtree, crusner, saiu oun- "Prircs nn thP stock fiychnn?f. Camrt Creek 10.525 iwere weaker. Due to the ru- Miss Mabel Duryee 7,950 old rock crusher," said Coun- Tho oilman M. M. Peery, "I believe A. W. Wooley was. down from slockraising and dairying Indus-, the city would be money ahead, i mor of peac'e the war oabies. Chloie Woolley ".".".".".'.7,000 tnwlnv fni' Wnorl Pnllf whnrn ir...nt rn . trlfa linvn nlorv liaan ilar'nlnnnrl i T lie orilSlier WAS llllt ill UV the in.. i i s.. Hortr-jirla Ttrn;inn.i. t nnn Mr. Tomseth is superlntendnt wife and baby who are at the extensively. ( city at a time when it was im- several of the most prominent Duttee Fischer 1,050 Springfield hospital. ' warsnnem, the terminal of the possiuie io get tock eibewiiere, ones decided declines developed. , .railroad, has a population of 5,- but now rock can be had from jAnglo-French bonds were firm- , - The tennis court for the A. K. 000, and is the largest town be- other sources cheaper than it er and at higher urices. The I 11 IV Si 10 I JlAnf IT .1.. l , ...i.i. itwiuin Aotni-ln rfntmii nnl Ti'n- nnil lift hlnSf Pfl Ollr Of Mlfi lllll anfi ' o nr- rrir r.r.n , -w i. uiuu, ruuciuiy uiuumsuu wiui : .-..-t"t juuiuiuiuu juau ui $(o,uuu,uuu J. J. Bryan ob president, has ruita, aiuornia. un uoos uayia"". wmicuuu iuul mc been graded, and the backstops there Is probably a total popula- rock for the G street improve- i.i.... . tinn nt in nun tniriniv in Mnrtii 'nieiic last vear was uouniir. 111 of a large sawmill. Mrs. W. F. Martin of Vancou ver, B. C, Is hero for a visit at the homo of her parents, Mr. nnd Mrs. B. A. Washburne. Mrs. Marie Elliott, the nurse at tho Sprlngflold hospital who underwent an opcrution lust week, is getting along nicely. tion of 10,000, taking in North 'ment last year was bought in uend and other nearby towns, ugene xoriess man it couia ue Pntrnlnf mnnililv enanlmi nf Several laree sawmills are locat- crushed here. the town council will be held at ed tlie uay- tho city hall Monday. Further .... . conaideratlon of tho limttnr nf Waits tor 50 Years The whole student body of the ; the city rock crusher will nrob-; Marshfleld, Ore.. April 5. The ably come up. im-at irum irom uoos uay over the Willamette Pacific railroad Mru T W rinlrm. n.wl ,ln,,l, IVlUIMUlieiU lOUliy Willi HVO ter Lillian returned high school paraded the streets this aftrnoon to advertise their play, which Is to bo given tomor row evening. Refuse from mill is being burned on the railroad right of way ad jacent to the retail yard this week while changes are being made to the humor. a "For the city to attmpt to go to its river bar for rock would mean the expenditure of $2000 for site and moving expenses, and then there would be the cost of getting out the rock. "Another thing that has not nwc.Tn,, coacnes loaueti with passengers, (been considered, so far as I can !i m Tr ii eveniiiK from Roseburc where A auout the same time a train leant, is the matter of interest the Dooth-Itolly e with passengers bound for 'and depreciation. The upkeep irned In bonfires J JA1? S: Marshfleld left Eugene. of the crusher is considerable, placed in New York, was largely oversubscribed. Several other j large bond issues were eagerly; taken. Bank deposits continue to increase and rates for money ; are practically unchanged." Registered Here Mr. Baker will remain In Rose- burg for a short time. Many old settlers, who have and the interest on the invest i waited for years for rail connec- ment continues whether the Miss Chloie Woolley and Miss Wash., who have been guests at Vf Avis Thompson go to Cottage the E. M. Duryee home tho Pnst -miVp,, j Grove to attend the W. F. M. S. week expect to leave tomorrow I v,; ""A convention to bo held there Frl- for San Francisco where they u',, UI" ; will spend tho summer. day and Saturday. Miss Woolloy will also visit her cousin Miss Minnie Knowles. J. S. Kllnck, formerly in busi ness In Springfield, came In yes terday from a trip to Iown and other eastern states. He brings a glowing report of tho prosper ity of the oaBt, and believes tho west will spoil como In for Its share. Ho Is thinking of locat ing -here again. ' Deeds woro filed for record yesterday whoreby W. W, Brown and wlfo transfer to Wolby Stev ens and wlfo, lots '4, 5, 0, 7, 8, or 10, 11, 12, 13, J4, 15, 10, 17. 18, 10, and 20 of block 60, and lots 14, 15, 16, 17, IS, 19, and 2Q of block 00, Washburno's sub division of Sprlngflold Invest ment & Power company's add to' Sprlngflold. Another deed transfers lot 18 and imrt of 19 iujblock (19 from Mn and Mrs. Stpyons to F. N. Fogorty. ' Mr nml Mra T Tannnn mwl t,0nB wlth tllO Outside World, plant is Operated Or llOt. daughter Anna, of Bickleton, foU aZtn&3 ' th pportun-! "For the benefit of the town, Wnnh wim lmvn iion o-noaio , ty to rldo on the train from :I believe it would be better for jthe plant to be in private hands, settled hero 50 years for if the city were to operate it. ago," said Captain David Holden it would have to run but eight as ho purchased his ticket, j hours, while private owners can "they told mo a railroad was go-; operate ten or more hours per lug to bo built. I've waited ever ! day, and for many months in the year. "I believe if the citizens under stand what the plant has cost the city, and the other real facts concerning It, they will approve Engine No. 2010, engaged In hauling tho logs from tho Sius law, lost a step while dumping logs yestrday morning, and was 15 or 20 minutes late in KetthiK nway, having to wait for repairs. A log fell from a car in such a was to. to damage the rollwny, and tp leave a timber projecting too close to the track. 0 Work of assembling tho now timber crane at the Booth-Kelly mill is now under wuj Tho two hugo girders havo been turned around intp position, and spaced lor tho carriage. The whole de vice will bo raised together to the height of tho runway, and tho Inst beams will bo turned in to place Tho orano Is from tho Rawling & Harnisohfoger Co., of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and has a capacity of .three 'temp or nearly 2000 foot of green litni-- her. Only 500 citizens of SDrinc- , field, up to this date, have reuis- itered for the primary election. Marshfleld Kruse & Banks whi,ch is held May 15. Tho ship yard rushing work on sev- registration lists close April 18, era! ships. i leaving little over ten days to 'enroll.. Recorder H. E. Walker reports the following: Republi- IfMlTls. 21 K' flpmnnrnte KK nm. NEW POSTER IS OUT 1916 Rote Festival Design Advertises Scenery of Famous Columbia River since for this day." MARCOLA ITEMS MARCOLA. Ore.. April 4, MMirV fsAlll-t.I.tll ...... tin P .1. Innnl ' P Iln 1 ,1 ) x im lunu viiik jiijus ui lliu iuuu m no UIt3 UUU HBO. n, WHETHER YOU PLAY basketball, football or base ball, or any other athletic ganio, thero is no better place to get your articles than at our store. Tho large variety of sporting goods which wo have on hand Is only benjten by tho lowness of our prices. High grade goods at low cost Is our motto, and we live up to It well. Bgaver-Hsrnioii HardwareCompany. d gresslves, 3; prohibitionists, 10: independent. 11; socialist, 10; total, 304. Registrar J. C. Mul len reports a total of 200 regis tered by him. SCHOOL NOTES Everyone is busy this week! boasting for "Galllger," GalUcer i; ,is the only .topic of conversation, and there Is a rumor that a stu dent body play is going to be an annual affair from now on., There is a great deal of enthus iasm among the students, and they are surely going to put on a piping play next Friday. Be sides the play there is to bo special music by the high school mixed Glee club. The cast is putting in over time practicing. Marjorio JUachen, Marie De- and Vera Perkins visited Portland's 181$ Kose Festival postor Is tho first publicity, national tn scope, Pue to go forth ndverUslng the beauties ot school last Friday. tho Columbia river. The festival will , A professor from the O. A. C. bo hold Juno 7. S nnd 0. Oponlng day jvns down last Friday and gave will witness tho national dedication of us a speech about municipal' tho Columbia river highway. Tho government, postor carries tho slogan "For You a The freslnnqn had a meeting igoso tu Portland Grows." The poster Monday noon and elected Car was donated by Prod o. Coopor, for- men Harwood, president and, inor Oregon boy, nowfamous as an.EUza Coponh'aver, secretary, ajjlat Thox deslgty win , soon hang , in Bbyfc of .tlio tennisWub held a transportatl6n offices all oyer the meeting tonight tcTdecide abouti United statos. the tennis tournament. I 3