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About The Lane County news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1914-1916 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1916)
1 Dti. HMo11 1001 X COUNTY NEWS t .0 ',5 Continuing the Springfield News and Lane County Star, Which Were Consolidated February 10, 1914. t fnt,i)fc II. IIH.it 4iriMiil l,.1ra'snn, Mltcoitd- SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1916. VOL XV. NO, 21. THF i ii ii LANE BUSINESS MEN'S CLUB EXTENDS SCOPE OF WORKS! ml comnMee of ten, an au. tun lllary of the Springfield Uusl- iichh Men's club, was tho out growth of the banquet and busl ncHS meeting of last Thursday evening. President SwartB has not completed tho personnel of thin committee. Tho banquet waB In tho na turo of a compliment to tho of ficers of tho Oregon Power com pnny upon tho removal of their principal olllces to Springfield. Vlce-i)roHldont and General Man ngor Norman, after responding to tho words of welcome, took tlax growing an his topic, and explained what Ib now being dono to fOBtor flax growing In tho stnto of Oregon. A special committee of throe wlUJio ap pointed to follow out sugges tions maio ny Mr. rsormnn. J. L. Clark, mannger of the ogon Hop Growers' assocta - n, came up from Snlem for Oroco Hon, came up from Snlem for and Germany both having an nt - tho meeting, and It was his talktitude as he put it, of botli being on co-operation between Iho.mnd nt us for the wav we wore town men and tno farmers tnat led to the organization of the agricultural committee of ten. President Swnrta wan toast- mn.stor and M. M. Pcery made tho address of welcomo to tho guests of honor. Council Meeting Again Tonight .,Tho rocular meeting of the City Council will bo held tonight I nt the City I inn. tho question of selling tho rock crushor will again bo discussed also tho re pairing of Second street from Main to the river bridge. Tho proposition of tho street car company putting In plank In atcad of brick on each stdo of tho rails will also be up for dis cussion. ALL COOS TO BE HOST Railroad Colobratlon will bo in July and August Mnrshfleld, Ore., April 8. Tho entertainment committees of tho railroad celebration or ganizations are busy with their nlans for tho oxecursions which will visit Coos Bay tho last week i.. T..1., nv nVot in Aiimmt. Assun nccs have .boon coming ; In so fast recently 'that the oxpec- tation Is the country Is going to mu .wi tun Mf n Pn n - Conuillelto and tho Myrtle Point or will bo as glad to entortaln tho stranger as anybody else nearer to tho arriving point. One idea that will greatly facilitate the opportunities of be coming acquainted has been adopted and will bo carried out to full measure. It is proposed to tag every visitor so ho may bo Jtnown ns a stranger, and every Coo8 County person will wear a badge of identity. Details of tho programme will be worked out without undue haste, for It Is desired to have nvonts of real Interest. It Is tak en for granted that guests aro not going to be so much seekers for frivolous things as thoy aro bent on seeing everything there is hero In tno way or natural scenery and points of beauty. CAMP CREEK ITEMS Spoclnl to tho Liino County Nows Camp Creek, Ore, April 8. Tho Drattaln brothers of Spring field woro hero on business Sat urday, , a Jim Cummlngs and .family havo moved from hero to tho Springfield Dairy farm. Road Supervisor W, R. Jack has boon doing some work on tho rond, Dr. Henderson from Eugene, Is working on" lite ranch here. Mrs'W, R, Jnclc has bcoiijvery Bfclc this week. & tr. Owen Iuih moved Ro the McKonzio Itutto ranch. Mao Polilu vlHllcd with friends hero Wednesday and Thursday. ' Miss Mabel Chase and Hoy Grbfoflhlou are visiting at the Jhomo of MIhb Mabel's parents, .). .1. (JIU180. J- S &ZtL Donna to. plow for Scott Gllspee. I5dd Wagnor was a visitor here this week. Tooze Speaks to Large Crowd Lamar Toozo, tho University Wl11 lmvo tno adv"taKO of ex- will resist any effort of the men representative of tho Ford peaco U,e.8 "andllng their crop. tb secure higher wages. Scott party, spoko at the Methodist . Tho wo1 ,s t0 he coUectcd at sa d: church at the evening services Uirc0 ccntral points Eugene, i "These employes demand a and also before the Epworth ,Juctlon City and Cotage Grove, wage Increase amounting to League. ;c J' IIur(1. market master has $110,000,000 annually. The Mr. Toozo talk was both high- clmr6 ot the venture and is railroads are not in such finan ly Instructive and entertaining i writing lettera to tho sheep men cial condition as to permit grant no dealt with the attitude of the ?f tno cunft aaklng for opln- in'g the demands, foreign countries he visited to-, Ions 0,1 t,,c ,dea and requesting , it j8 not true that tho men ward the United StatoH. whlli In AU shcerpertsth owho.baot N want a shorter day. They de- somo countries thoy were met by throngs in others no Interest . shono In their visit. England aml Germany both having an at - treating the other nation He nrnisod Mr. VnnVa ffrnrfa mwiin. itlmated that In ccmlim vears he would receive unilse where now , h0 JH getting only ridicule. Heforo the League his talf was Imore of the personal experlencs or nia trip, tno hurried trip to catch tho Ford party in Now York, missing the first and catching tho second boat, of be ing met by crusors 20 miles from from Bhore and having a covey between lines of battleship, chased by submarines. To Improve East Main and 2nd Sts. Councilman Peery. chairman of the street committee spent this morning Interviewing the County Court, In regard to the, use of tho County Scarifier, i which will be used to improve ! A. Middleton, Machen, and W. East Main street, Second and Mcullough, made up a fishing some on Mill streets. Today's party to Richardsons on the Si rain having put the .rbads in uslaw Sunday, they report Rood good condition to work on. MT. VERNON ITEMS I A very enjoyable session of tho Mt. Vernon Thlmhln club. was held Thursday. Anrll Gth at tho home of Mrs. Frank Withers. T?nlln...L. it. l 4v 1Ui'uw,"K 01 neeuio SSlTcT ;g y U a guest of the cuib M b VUH J or le cuw. ,mia' iuvuu Amiuage. i Samuel Smith Passes Away The funeral of Samuol Smith who died at his home In Coburg Saturday evening nt 5:30 was held Saturday afternoon at the home, largely attended by friends and relatives. Rev. Mr. Drako a former nator of the M. E. church In Coburg officiating. Mr. Smith died on' his 74th birthday, leaving a widow and 12 grown children, eight sons and four daughters, two children having died. Ho wns born in Pennsylvania, lived In tho middle west boforo coming to Oregon and spoilt his remaining years in tno vicinity or coburg, being a well-to-do farmer, loved and rc Bpocted by all who knew him. Tho remains' were brought to Walker's chapel and "Sunday morning to tho athoEno-dt....N morning woro taken to the Ma bel comotory where interment took plnco. Mr. Smith was a pioneer of tho Mohawk Valley and a civil war vetoran, Ile.was a.lifo long' friends of Rev. Etliell, Fred Barl nards and Robert Sidwell. LANE COUNTY WOOL GROWERS WILLPOOL CROP The entiro wool oulpttt of Lano County wlll .be pooled thla year, according to a decision mado by the market committee of tho Pomona Grange. This will bo tho first time an effort of this sort has ever been made but tho ImnrcHRlon nrovall4 that it mo impression prevails mat it ... ousaiui unu yju u.vau lraln gen'lcc men. His reply in hlghcr prices, for the crowcrs dlcates that the Southern Pacific hcarty co-operation in tho ,nnter. All I)e"n lR 1,, I tlilnk tl All sheep men will be 1 in rn 4ln nnAl enter the pool. 1 I think that if we can secure tllc ,nalrlty of the wool produc - cd ,n tI,ls county we 011,1 obtain scvcral cenls ,norc per pound than can be secured under the or(h"nary method oftBeling," says ,"Ir' Ilur(1- 1 1 ,ie Uatcs BCt for tllc flrst Po1 not oeen Uec,u1eU nor a"y definate arrangements yet made, Roseburg will regulate jitneys will charge license fee and re quire $2000 bond. Additional Locals Ed Holverson took a short trip to Row River Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Sidwell, of Coburg spent Saturday with relatives in Springfield. a I W. A. Dill, editor of the News. left yesterday morning for the coast to, spend a few days for the benefit of his kealth. luck. The concrete footings for the ncw Methodist church have been placed and the work on tho ! forms for the walls is progress- InS nicely, the concrete will be nntirnrl 111 n frtttr rtmro "r.-i" A pleasant party composed of Postmaster Harry Stwart and lfamJ g . , . . " muSroved. It was feared the UUO UlOt lVUlV Id VCl J lliUUII child had. scarlet fever but .the attending physician pronounces it only a skin disease. J. J. Browning damaged his Ford car somewhat Friday ar tornoon when, in attempting to turn in Fourth street in front of his office, tho machine sud denly crashed across tho side walk Into tho rear of the Swarts & Washburno market, breaking one wheel, of tho auto, bending tne crank, smashing a light, and splintering the wall of the build ing; Hi B a a ve r-H m don. 3 :.S P. 10 RESIST i EFFORTS FOR ! HIGHER WAGES ,San Francisco, April, 8. (P. N. S.) In a statement issued Soutbeni Pacific company j makes public the reply to the.de-i ,,I.UI1U8 recently maue on me, ran- roails of the country by the four t urotnerhood8 of ranway .mand 10 hours' pay for eight hours work with increased over- 'Hm. ;tlme ! "The men asking the increase jae adready the highest paid of railroad employes. The situa- tion is serious for other em ployes, for the railroads and the j public." Telegrams announcing their ' re-election at the annual meet- ing of the board of directors have been received by President William Sproule, Vice President Scott, Chief Counsel William F. Herrin and Vice President E. O. McCormick. Mrs. A. Vallier is apatient in (the Springfield hospital. o Mrs L. J. Crow returned Wendling for over Sunday. to Elmer McBee of Eugene form erly of Springfield was in town on business this morning. . Miss Lila Miller entertained a dozen schoolmates pleasantly Saturday night with games, fol lowed by refreshments. . Mrs. Alice Elilson of West Springfield will leave tomorrow to spend the summer in the log- &ing camps above Wendling. Mrs. J. E. Staniger left Fri day evening for Richmond, Cali fornia, to join her husband, who went to that place several weeks ago. The new court of the A. K. Y. tennis club on the corner of Gth and A streets is being placed in excellent condition and will be ready for use in a few days. The Marion Biglow mill of Walterville was loaded Saturday for shipment to the mouth of the Wildcat where R. M. Baker will set it up to cut some timber he lias there. Miss Alice Staniger visited AHna Voiln Tlnrlinro nt Wnltor. vlllo nror Stmrfnv hrlnn- hnnlr n quantity of orchids which are prnnlmr Wortrlmnn'o wliiflnuc much to the nleasure of nnSaers ! by. Mr. and Mrs. Norwood Cox re turned Friday from a six months stay at Parker, Arizona. Parker is In tho copper mining district w.vkj. PRICES WITHIN REASOn'tJiPP1"6, :vlj l?yrss First cost often makes a prospective paint job pro hibitive in price. Get our prices an?l you will find thoy meet every require ment of restricted expendi ture without reducing the quality of the paint. Easy flowing and lasting proper ties make it worth while considering. Get our ad vice on best color schemes. dwareCompany, and the war having given an 1m pctus to the copper trade, every thing Js rushing there. Tho Sirinjefield Garasro Is nlac-! ,ing a large sign on tho post in i rront or the garage, the work on the sign was done by the Tho jinas ign Co. j A Jolly fishing party composed ! of Mrs. Mullen and dauKhter; jviiss Ann iiuiedge, Mrs. ?,mH 'i m i C ? u ur' Mrs. A. W. Robins of Portland, Is spending a month with friends . - r ana inenas nqre ana aiso at tne home of her parents, D. W.Smith all adapted to the parts which and family. After leaving here they played and this was a great she will go to Ciearmont, Wy- factor in the success of the play, oming to join here husband and The chief role "Galilger" was reside there. taken by Wilfred. Cook and ho a tt u c , , did "his heavy work" well. The C. A. Hoag who for the last part of '(.Babe" Woodward by fiueuye,fSThasbei?, connected France Travis was played oppo with the Booth-Kelly company site Wilfred Cook. These two il ,b0,th, Wend,inS Spring- player3 together with Mrs. Kit leld, today severed his connec- ters excuse us we mean Snit tions with the company and ters who wa the mop lady, teayes the last of, the week for played the leadlng parta Butte, Montana. Mr. Hoag who Snitters was right there when It has had much experience in the came to doIn, her dooty and mining business will become in- Bho Cf,roiv au h AnntJ in interested in that business upon I lift- nrrivnl In Tlllfto - HIS arrival in uune. , , i talk about her family Bower- Miss Florence Cpffln week- socksthe audience screamed, ended in Salem visiting with her ;And then when Mary, the Maid brother, Ralph Coffin of the and the mop lady s0(to quarrel. Western Union there and also iln Qalliger tried to act as chief Miss Myrtle Wills of Portland, 'mediator to no avail. They were house guests at the Everyone in the certainly home of Dr. Ray Bemberton. starred in their own -part from , ithe bashful Professor Wright, Lugene Wires to who was ' osafainniA eotow-e .who was "so afraid of girls" to Prim A riff Rrirlrrf. the "graceful Miss Cameron" VUIIie Oil Enage;who spnt the sack, of sugar. (Even old Mrs. Morton, who was E. E. Kepner last week lo- "s interested you can't tjink" cated a towPer site for the Eu-J SSiST MS ' gene Water board, for the erec- S'!, lil t..(2& tion of a tower to support one t-!! end of the Eugene municipal el-.3"?' ectric plant's high line, where it' o acount of "Galliger'' would crosses the Willametet river. HVTfS61!1?011?? r" The wires are to be taken off lt Ml3s Rhodes the Director, the street railway bridge, where' Te s"cces of the.Plav a they caused the accident to for-1"6. esure was due to her mer mayor Stevens' son a year efforts m tne training. ago. . The eastern tower will . wR.-n-.fjrs nPrr,PTc be about 20 feet north of the,ST,LL WR1TTING RECEIPTS bridge and some 30 feet east of . . the river bank. Superintendent ; Creat Deal of Tax Money Conws C. W. Geller of the Eucene board ! . in by Mail supervised the survey. 1ST HUSTLE TO WIN THE PIANO Only a Short Time in Which to Work for the Obermeyer & sons Pianc Contest Will Close May 15 If when you do a kind act you should fatally wait for the grat- itude, you might thereby miss the opportunity of doing another and failing to get what you have foolishly desired, lose all the joy of life, or, having got it, lose the other chances of heme satisfied. Best keep on trying then; what is done for others you have done twice for yourself for what is your end and object than happiness, which never fol- llOWS greed A piano is never a foolish pos SCSSlOll, Every time you spend a dollar put it in some place where you can get a vote coupon and then turn It over to your chosen can didate. You won't be the only ine nonig uiw, aim now ao you jkm?Y but xay,0?r uUo Ae.lp ,, it. -i -i Will I. II HI 111U UIUIV illlU JUt UIC prize where you want it? You UUW III U tlllU UU DU1I1U- thing for somebody elso, are be I ginning to learn tho true secret of a happy life, and once you get in the way you will keep It up forever you will speedily see that tho millonium is no fickle dream, but a blessed reality, to1 bo brought about by just such simple means. No uso to shout about virtue of tho piano or other prizes. All havo become familiar, with thorn. Now is the time for steady, de termined effort, the' kind that wears and tears and makes ohar- ( Continued oh "Page" i.)"' STUDENT BODY PLAY PROVES GREAT SUCCESS Springfield High school Play "Galliger" was given at the soa a,m,nf0ri oik .lit, mwub vvr niUVtt was much above expectations The cast of characters wfr part. whenever Mrs. Snitetrs . ... iwntilrl nut liPr arms iilrlmhn nnrf J. C. Parker, sheriff and tax, collecter, is now busy with .his force of deputies, writing . re ceipts for taxes that have come in by mail lately. Every nlcht j during tax collection season the sheriff has had a force of men at Iwork from 5 p. m. to 1 a. m., writing receipts for money that i was sent in by mail, but the 'force was unable to keep up and the sheriff says it will take at least two weeks more to catch up. About one half of the remit tances received by mail have been receipted for, says the sheriff. All property owners who wish to pay the first half of their taxes ,for this, time on will De compelled ' to pay interest at tne rate or one (percent per month until October 5, when the second, half will be- come duo and after that date if tho tax is not paid it will become delinquent. 30,000 Pound Crane in Place Raising of the heavy girders of the new timber laodlng crane at the Booth-Kelly mill was fin ished yesterday, and today the fixtures are being put in place. Electricians will be busy the next few days putting in the wires, and by the end or the week the crane will be ready for operation. ' The two girders of the crane, with tho end pieces, weighed a total of 30,000 pounds, making, it no small task to get them up 30 feet -to the tracks. Cribbing of 12 by 12s and 8 by S's wasj .built up on either side of the centra railroad track, and tho 70-foot girders were rocked up and up, an end at a , time, by means of the donkey engine.' When tho crane, was finally up, it was found' to be just one Inch !to the south of the lino that had been established for tho rails.