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About The Lane County news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1914-1916 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1916)
1 Jh COUNTY S Continuing the Springflold Newa and Lano County Star, Which Woro Consolidated February 10, 1914. XtiMrit't'Ki'iriiirt' H, liil.tt Htirliulntd. Oregon, miieconil ala mnttirumlur art nl Con urn of Jl teh, 1H7i SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 1. 1916. VOL. XV. NO. 27. LANE NEW 1 tllL . OF 0. SENIOR IN EUGENE SUNDAY f Owen D. Whullon, aged J.J, a gon, was drowned in Iho Wlll uinolto river at Eugene Sunday evening, and his three compan ion had narrow escapes in the cold waters of the Willamette, Whullon with Lawrence Un DROWNED Kill Willi l At WI Ullvv IJ II" I 1 t It t t I i ill in uiu nwniv um inu j ji jl vv iiiiiuiiu twu nuiuuuiwu w 1 of Grants Puss, 0r-cur1l0.u,u.B mHV PI inK,,V i,, !,!! !nents exceeding tho cut. orders , meet In this city June 1 to dls zor of Riddle and Jumes ;)"u i and Indications derwood villo Razor .CoBsniau pf Creswoll, made thejjV trip up tho mill race, and bade Ijy tho rlvor, Intending to make 1 n portugo at tho old tannery! rnplds. Ih the darkness they missed tho landing place, and wero drawn Into the rapids, .where their board was over turned. All clung onto it until the rapids near tho Ferry street bridge wero reached, and there the boat rolled over. Whullon disappeared from sight, but tho other young men managed to reach shore. Whallon's body had not been recovered this af ternoon. Whallon's homo was at Nam Da. Idaho, where his father Is water superintendent. He was, ENTIRE 200 ACRES FOR FLAX IS SUBSCRIBED Tho entire 200 ncroa of land for the growing of (lax In Lane county this spring has been sub scribed, according to members of tho II ax committee and the TCugeno Chamber of Commerce, and arrangements will at once bo mudo to plant every ncro of the luud to this crop. A report as to the names of the farmers who have agreed to plant and euro for the llax and tho localities In which the tracts wero selected will bo made by Elihu Root Points Out Sins of Democratic ri VOmfTllSSlOri And l.JmiS$ir71 IH Wilson Has Failed In Foreign and Domestic Policies. ROOT SHOWS HIS ERRORS. Acfdrtti Temporary Chairman of Nw York Republican Convention 'Point! Out Slna of Damocratlo Com itntcdon and Omlitlon "Wa Havo Lo.t Influtnc Bacauta We Have Been Brave In Worde and Irreiolute In Action." In his aililrcsfl aji temporary chair man of tho Nv Vurlc stule Iteimlilk'au cuuveuttoii. doltrrrrd In Cnrnelo Hull, Now York, the Hon, Kllliu Hoot Raid: We uro entorluK upon u coulcat for tliu election of u preNldvnt ami the con trol of government under condltlona osHcntlully new In tho experience of our , party and of our country. Tho forniH tuid inelliods which we are about to follow uro old iiml furalllar, hut tho grounds for action, tho demand of groat events for decision upon nu tlonnl conduct, tho moral forcen urg Ing to n Holullon of vaguely outlln ed qucfltloiiH, the tramendoim con sequences of wisdom or folly In nutloii' ul policy, all theso are now to the great mass of American votura now living. Never stnee 1804 has x election been fraught with consequences so vital to national life. All thu ordinary consid erations which play km great a part In our, presidential cumpulgtiH urn and ought to lie dwarfed Into Insignificance. i Democratic Party to the Bar. For tho Hint tlmo ln twenty years wo cuter tho Held as tho party of opposl tlou, mid Indeed It Is u much lougnr time, for In 1S00, In nil respects huvo tho tariff, tlm teal opposition to tho sturdy mid patriotic courso of Presi dent Cleveland was to bo found In tho party thnt followed Mr. llryan. It Is our duty ns tho opposition to bring tho Democratic party to thu bar of publlo judgment, to put It upon ItH defense ho far as wo mo Just and substantial grounds to criticise Its conduct and to nsk thu voters of tho country to decldo whether that party, organized as 11 is, represented as It has been hIiicq . U (uiiiio luto imvii has shown Itself tlio commltteo in a short tlnio, Eugoiio Bobho, flax export of Salom, gIioho ouch tract of land, Having had ycara of experience in the growing of the crop, ho wan careful to aclcct the land heat adapted to It. POTATO OUTPUT THIS YEAR TO DOUBLE LAST'S At leant donhlo, and perhaps three times as many potatoes ... . rn.iHott in tho vlelnltv of !n..l.. ..n.l 1..... I Ol'IlllliUlU UN WCIU lillf UVywIU- Ing to E. E. Morrison, who has been specializing in potatoes for the past few years, Already this Spring he has sold need that Will mean the production of 75 7, i . 1 iV i Xr t rn field territory, or a total or i.u carloads. Last yeai is production was about 50 carloads. Last of Siuslaw Logs Tomorrow ir ii,, ,r i v, , m. ci ! money, this would spell an In-! known that they were not in Michigan City, Indiana, will be At the big County School Ral iinuung oi logs irom uc &i-, VPHtn,nn nn hQ nart Qf ti10 huv-!fnvnr nf pnfnrpfnf? tlm pltrhf-ithe nrincloal sneaker, and will lv to be held in Eugene on Sat- .in T,..i i L Z 5 res of $2,000,000 for the lumber ALVAono, while the value of the . d fheh;i he cnuHtu uicrcijy iiit Yl'yiu""y company will nayo oecn deiry - ered. The log train will remain in service, handling freight only So? Sni thnt Mr Ilvland will "& .t ltt J I " ,nl h niit into oneratlon The Tl.u,,s 8lat? ror ."0,000 feet of leaders realised Uiat the 1'ailroad train J 1 tie un nt E?iS o lbl"Jdeo timber at a figure said i companies WGuld fight fio the tra.l. L,e.u,,tS .10 .1.-1 to be about $225,000. In addi- ,w Wh and iiat this .Vwuld l for m i hn nBt of l,aB nr ror Uic ""'Ppiues. The bor, also gave notice that his or Middle roric noout tue iirsc oi ni n1 nft nn,i plffT cmin,i u . n.T vl I hen move hl t S Sine it To thi No 1 work Vho.r.fn Ai,?.l,t, l. " .ontV. L b?. IS 'l lnlv Tahln tlin .v-wit v. l iiPBiiinPil 1 c iisumui. All Sllverton county is rejolt- bla river ns well as Puget Sound other crafts and had kept out of clipping has just begun, will own school flag. Using the ac ing over building of large mill giving Oregon mills a chance to iaoor battles when their asslt-lstart at 35 cents, Mr. Morrison customed gestures the following there. compete with their neighbors. iance would have turned the tide Istates. ' .words will be used: i mm competent to govern ttio country ns it should be governed nnd whether Its spirit, Its policies, and Its performanco nro the bcNt that the American peoplo can do ln tho way of popular self gov ernment. In tho Held of domestic affairs aoiuu facts relevant to these questions had already been ascertained when In An gust, 1014. tho great European war began. During tho year and a half of Democratic control of government In a period of profound peace there had been a steady decrease ln American production, in exports and ln revenues and a steady Increase In Imports and expenditures. Enterprise had halted. Tho Democratic tariff had been framed upon an avowed repudiation of all pro tection, however moderate and reason, able, and because nil protection was repudiated practically all Information from competent witnesses ns to tho ef fect new provisions would have upon business was rejected, It was with Just cause thot tho enterprise of tho country halted, timid nnd irresolute, because It felt und feared tho hostility of government. Foreign Competition After War. Tho great war has not changed the lesson which wo hud already learned when It began, It has but obscured further demonstration, It has caused an enormous demand for soma things Which the United States Is ahlo to pro duce ln largo quantities, and In these lines of production. Svhlle other Indus, tries still languish, there have been ex. tensive employment of labor, great ex. ports and a great Influx of money. Hut this Is temporary. It must soon ceaso, nnd when tho factories havo Btnppod nd their laborers are no longer employed we must deal with a situation for which wlso forethought should make provision, More Impor tant still, the war has paralyzed tho peaceful Industries of nil Uuropo and has stoppod that competitive foreign production which In July, 1011, had al ready entered American markets to supersede American products under the turllT law of lOia. Tho wor him thus given to American products nu immunity from competition far more effective than any possible protective tariff, Hut that Is temporary1, and when the war Is over, when foreign production begins again, the American market compared with Impoverished Europe will bo more than over before tho oliluet of rtuslrn ujid oflairt. uml wo LUMBER SALES SS OUTPUT IN C0AS1 MILLS Portland, April 30. There is absolutely nothing tho matter with tho lumber business In Ore gon and Washington at the pres ent time. Orders continue to pile in and mills are fairly swamped with them. Each week It Is tho same old story of ship - oxccouiiig oruuru. o lung us Umt COJution prevails, lumber - me1 ,mvo n0 ca-u8C to fear. During the past four weeks sum contracts calling for 100,000,000 j accumulating that the move foot of timber products havejmcnt was not favored by the boon placed In these two states, mien on the great systems. Of this, one-third is of high-: Two of the great Western nrlced car inatorlah A iarco rmirls led this conciliatory move- part of the orders placed call for Douglas fir, and translated into v!"1"? iirc".."l 2 I which the lumber enters runs lfnr ,.ti.nr Tho month has been the best, all things considered, lujudmitted that in sueh a strike a decade Uncle Sam Is In the market here, having placed a contract cc,,Uy cullcd for by tho 6vern- l.mcnt for 3,375,000 feet of Doug - flr8t cal1 sJ)Cclnc1 PuBct Sound i,,?,,Vcry - Jhls ar0U8ed the of Commerce to ac- ition. The Jimtter was takenup i8cceeded In having the war de - jpartment change the call to In- elude delivery from the Colum- r r i : lfiVHntft . inPPf1. El " .'air become the dil iiiiiinsr Krouml-of wtmction of our the world to the de own Industries unlesu Hint Is prevented by a wise nnd competent government How Can We Defend Ouraclves? Hut It Is not from domestic ques Uona thnt tho most dlfllcult problems of this day nrlse. The events of the last fow years have taught us many lessons. Wo have learned that clvlllta tion ! but a veneer thinly covering the xavnge nature of man. How can this nation, which loves pence and intends justice, avoid the curse of militarism nnd at the same time prescrre Its in dependence, defen'd Its territory, pro tect the lives and liberty and proper ty of Its cltUens? How can we pre vent the same principles of action, tho nrae nolicles nf conduct, tbn same forces of military power which are ex hibited in Europe from laying hold upon tho vast territory and practically undefended wealth of the new world? Have we still national Ideals? Will anybody live for them? Would any body die for them? Or nro we ell for ease and comfort nnd wealth at any price? Confronted by such questions as these nnd tho practical situations which give rise to them, is tho coun try satisfied to trust itself again ln the hands of the Democratic party? Impotent Inteferenoe In Mexloo, The United states had rights and (titles in Mexico. More than 40,000 of nur citizens had sought their fortunes and made their homes there. A thou sand millions of American capital had been invested in that productive coun try, Hut tevolutjpn had eom. anil (ContTnuod """on "PagoT" Beaver-jHerndortHardwareCompany. RAILWAY MEN E NOT TO STRIKE NOW New York, April 29. While there has been no formal an nouncement, it is understood here -today that the threatened! avertpd. Managers and representatives 'of the unions are scheduled to point to a pcaceieui conference. 1 No special reason is advanced tfor the virtual collapse of the strike, but indications have been Iment. Men on the Western and the Bt. Paul roads let it be hour, overtime and other de- niands under penalty of a gener- ? .w para,yze tlie Industries of the country at a UnHml Hmo nf Ho hfstnrv Tlinv they would lose even if they won thfclr contention. It Is said the Brotherhood Samuel Gompers, pmiam of the American Federitlotl of U- ganlzutolH would refuse any ;10ral ' financial assistance if j the railroad men declared a gen- crai-alftW - He rraviras his rea-' n- He gave ns his rea - son that th0 railroad brother - , hoods always had held them - seives above other crafts and im(i held themselves above the! in favor of the unions. Following the lead of the Western roads, the Erie system's ' men began to waver on the! ; strike proposition and it wasi thnn seen that the movement would not receive the solid or jenthusiastic support of the un - Hons and it has been fading per- ceptioiy since. u.nginemen ana Hremen are largely owners or their homes and do not care to run the risk of losing them in a long fight. M. M. Peery Heads Wilson League Forty-one democrats of Springfield and vicinity met Fri day night and organized the Woodrow Wilson league of Springfield. G. Y. Harry, organ izer, was present and outlined the aims and objects of the lea gue. M. M. Perry was chosen presi dent; Mrs. Welby Setvens, vice president; Harry Stewart, sec retary, and Mrs. Lydia McGow an, treasurer. Another meeting will be held May 12 at which time the work of tho organization for the cam paign will be outlined. t , EXCITING RUNAWAAY IS SAFELY STOPPED A team belonging to Mr. Pease of the Willamac Land Co. Ill EVERY HOUSEKEEPING REQUISITE In hardware can bo found in our beautiful stock. What's more, the standard of qual ity and workmanship will be the best by ovory pos sible test with all the rest. Gardening tools a specialty, rakes, hoes, shovels, spados tjrass cutters, lawn mowers. Everything that contributes to a happy home in hard ware. m OE broke loose near the Cqx & Cox store Saturday afternoon, and moved westward on Main street. At Third a switch engine was pushing some cars across Main, j and the runaway animals missed Ithe obstruction by a hair's breadth. J. S. Lbrah, of the Springfield Livery barn, heard fthe noise and recognizing the 'team knew It would make for tho barn. He hurried to the rear of the building and closed the doors. When they horses entered the darkened building, they skidded half way across the floor and came to a stop. " comine in contact wl h a g contacl wun a 'wab"u VZ Camp Meeting, at West bpnngnelci by teachers and by representa r Uves of the G. A. It. A statute' 'of the State of Oregon provides Arrangements are being com- 'that each school district shall. pleted for a camp meeting to be held by the Free Methodists in the grove opposite their church ln West Springfield May 17 to 24 i Bishop wiuson t. wogue or preside over the meeting of the Southern Oregon Annual con - fornnpo frnm ATnv 94 to 9R Jvangelistic and missionary serv- Ices will be held each afternoon and night during the conference, District Elder D. D. Dodge of Grants Pass will have charge of the camn meeting. Holiness of Iheart and life will be the central theme or tne meetings. , rr: MOHAIR SEASON CLOSES WITH PRICES AT 51 CENTS The local mohair season has closed with the price In the vi- cinltv of 51 cents, with none of- if ered. E. E. Morrison purchased 112:000 pounds in tfiisn)art'"dfWesti-ofireetrAt'-at (country, and has shipped all but a very small amount some hundred pounds. noinuls. Tho wool market, for wlitnli MAKE REPAIRS TO THE MAIN-STREET PAVING A crew of men under direction . been busv for several davs re- !palring holes in the Main-street jpaVement. using a bitumenous compound mixed with fine rock. The work was completed at noon today. JL W. J. WHITE TAKES OVER BELL TH E ATR E t -.t,u t,ii assumed management of the Bell theatre, which he has pur- chnsnd frrim Pnrlranff hrnthfir He will conduct the house on the same lines as has character- ized the Rudrauff management for the past nine months. F. A. Rudrauff will remain for!MrK,u ?"2!l" two weeks and assist Mr. White until he becomes acquainted Messrs. Rudrauff have been appointed Portland agents for the Royal typewriter, and have sold their Eugene business to the Underwood typewriter company. An Off Day for Auto Owners Yesterday was , an off. day (or auto owners, with (hree acci dents', nohe serious. Late last evening two couples from Mon roe, drove rapidly around south on the stub street past the post otflce, and the. car stopped sud denly when the front wheels dropped into the ditch. The I front axle was broken square in I two, and tho windshield smash led. The occupants were shaken up, but not injured. They refus ed to give tliior names, j Roy Jenkins ran into the rear ot lfev. J. T. Moore s car when the minister stopped unexpect edly. Tho damage was trivial. Ernest Lyons broke a spindle in tho steoring mechanism of his j machine when near Creswell, and Henry Adrian went up to make repairs, Tho time lost on the fine afternoon was the prin-, cipal disadvantage. FLAG SALUTE TO BE FEATURE OF SCHOOL PARADE "Every patriotlce American Citizen," said County School Su perintendent E. J. Moore, in an interview for the News, "will concede that this is an oppor- tune time for the coming citi zens of this great country to be taught lessons of patriotism and, loyalty to tho government tin- ider which we live and which, gives us its protection. It is be- i provide each school with an American Flag, and that it shall be kept lloaung whenever the weather will permit and properly respected ny the pupils. urday. May 13, it is planned to have every school represented , In f Via nairaanf alanf a nnnv bearer from its pupils. The teacher and mmlls are rennpRfpd to have their school flag fasten- led to an appropriate staff so that it may be carried just In front of 'each school in the parade, car-i ried by the color-bearer. After , tne pageant wnn au aisincts has i gotten on to Willamette street, ;a bugler at the head of the col-; umn will give the Call for Attett- -tion. The parade will immedt Mely halt, and each color-bearer will step out Jn front of fhJp school float or drill company. and pupils will front towards the other signal, sF sides of the stre to "uncover" wl spectators on the streets are expected to "uncover" while the bovs and girls give the flag salute to their , I pledge allegiance to ray flag and the republic for which it sta"ds; one nation, indivisible; with liberty and pustice for all." After the salute is given, all patriotic citizens, every school boy and girl, the whole company , wm J0ul ln '"S one mighty cheer for "Old Glory." , lulb HU"e1Mf saiuie wn oe t ' lu i t' "LU1 , jjf8! o, th; Parade has reached Sixth street, and just in front of the armory in the same manner. Invitations have been given Governor Withycombe, and 'State Superintendent Churchill, .""ijj0"" Hle T 7w rt. f tomoWle, as at least the gOVem- SeciJne to he XfnpftS- S5 Jelk-Sid jJunIor Week-fend. .nr.,, t-. THAN THE AVERAGE April weather, somewhat warmer than the average for April, was cooler than April of last year, according to H. M. Mayo, volunteer observer at Kincaid station. The mean for the month was 51,1 degrees, or .6 of a degree over normal. The average maximum temperature , was G2.6 and the average mini mum was SD.O. The highest was 774 degrees on the 15th, and the lowest 31 degrees on the 12th.5 . The total rainfall -was 2.81 in. or .18 of an inch over normal. The accumulated excess ' since January 1 is 7.17 inces. There were 8 clear days,12 partly cloudy, and 10 cloudy. Hall fell on five different days, and there was a killing frost on tho 12th. POISONED RAISINS GET MOLES, SAYS FARMER, L, Mooro, a successful farm er living east of Springfield, re ports to the News that ho has found seedless raisins, sprinkled with strychnine an excellent means of killing off tho moles in field or garden. He places tho treated' fruit pretty well down in the holes,, and the animal tako to the bait. Astoria plans to improve 2,000 teet or street. -4 1