4'., THF SPRINHFIFI H Continuing tho SprlngfJold News nnd Lane County Star, Which4 Woro Consolidated February 10, 1914. it4f tTitnwrJI. mi.il Muliititil t.Arnitnii. mgiih1 Um inattcr uiidif not of Connie ul M rhi lh"i SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1916. VOL. XV. NO. 34. IN II. Wo WALKER BECOMES GRAND WARDEN flngfiold Man Eloctod to Poot inis morning at uonvon- tion in RoeobOrg. HAS ALMOST 300 MAJORITY Position Considered an Especial Hon. or, as Qrand Warden Decomes Grand Masterin. Two Years. Word thai W, WHB 'rocolvod hero today ' V Wulkur, tho local un- dertnkor, was this inoniliig ch'otod . n ... .,... .uh. c , d a,,,p,nonU of rolIed ,mrIoy .O.O. I., now ii convention nt I OH0.Jirai( nm, (ffor()nt fcm,8 ,mV(j ))Con K" V '"coming-in gradually during tlio last tilltut 'tnn ... n l).lli r v. about 300 majority, Mr. Walker has boon a member of the Odd Follows lodgo for some 10 or 12 years, has gone through tho chairs unit Is now I'nst Grand. V'jho )Ms!llon of Grand Warden is cWnl(lorod an especial honor, because automatically, tho Warden succeeds to the Deputy Grand Mnstorshlp tho following year, nnd to tho Grand Mas tership, tho highest honor possible the year after' that. ' Mr. Walker has attended all past Grand Lodgo conventions, nnd Ins twice boon placed before tho Grand lodgo for tho ofllco to which ho has just been eloctod, onco coming within u few votes of election. Sprlngflold Iodgu No. 70 has been V. , , Y . " . . r. getting lots of now members lately, nnr.un , n c i.!. ... ,ni ' mado Noble Grand nt tho llrst meet-'tho ing In Juno, and altogether has been fn.,. .i.i. i. ' "' " 'v u uu.uiui fvuia, jv uuw nun uuutiv , 125 membora. Tho now Qrnnd Warden Is expected homo tomorrow night. "rRMErl STUDENT WRITES ' "Ole" Solelm S. H. 8. '15 Tel. of His w..u U-.I, in oi.u a New Work In Richmond. A letter rocolvod this week from Albert Solelm, Sprlngflold high school, '15, by Ilorbort Hansen, states that the writer Is at present an employee of tho Standard Oil company at Itlch mom!, California. "Olo" writes: "I hnvo "worked for tho Standard Oil company about n month now. and havo been promoted threo times. I began with thirty dollars per and ut present am gottlng sixty-llvo dollars, My present position Is n clerkship forjtho Sprlngflold High school, has boon tho blacksmith and mnchlno shop do- engaged by tho DoMoss Entertainment partmonts. I can now realize my high- 'company to tutor two little 'oys who CBt nbmltion, nn olllco man. j belong to tho troupo. Sho will Join tho 0"I 'have been ovor to BerkeIoyand 'company next fall nnd will travel with. tod Bill Barnes, a former S. II. S. ! them during tho winter. Miss Bsrtsch graduate. His address Is 3010 Har-.wlll roceivo n very substantial salary per' a'troot. Mao Lyon Is nt Corning, nnd havo all of her traveling expenses ' Just a little way from hero. Mary: paid. Hartung Is nt Oakland, but I do not j Tho DoMoss Entortalncrs travel up know hor address." and down tho coast and mako most of Mr. Sololm's address is 934 McDon- aid avenue. Put New Train on Sunday A now pnssongor train, tho Eugonb limited, to run botwoen Portland and I Eugene on tho 8. P.,"wlll bo placed on tho run next Sunday, according to nd- j vices received this wook at tho Eu-j gone ofllco. This train will mnko tho! run from Portland in four hours and , oiio minute, leaving Portland nt 8:00 A. M., and arriving at Eugeno nt 12:01 P. M. On tho return It will leavo at 1:00 PVM.i and nrrlvo in Portland at C:01 P, M. This train is to tnko tho pjiirio ot Nos. 53 nnd 54, which will bo (Tim off nt that dato. No. 53 Is tho GtUlfornln train, put on for Exposition travel, which now arrives ot Eugeno nt 12:30; whllo No. 54 returns north nt nn early hour In tho mronlng. Puttlnn In new Tennis Court A now tonnls court is being con structod nt tho cornor of Main and Sofcond streets for a numbor of em ployees ot tho Booth-IColIy Lumbor company, among whom nro Nols Jen sen, E. Martin, and Joo Lushy. Work has boon going on for about two weeks, progressing ns quickly as tho wonthor vwlil pormlt. It Is hopod tho court may bo finished and tho not up this wook. High School Closes Week Earlier. 'At. a special 'mooting of tho school ikJR-d hold Tuesday evening It was do cldod to closo the High school torm on tho same dato ns tho closing ot tho grade schools. This will bo on Juno 2 Instead of Juno 9 ns first planned, MAKING IMPROVEMENTS AT LOCAL FLOUR MILL New Timbers Being Put In unci Pond Oatoa Doing Repaired; President Reports Business Uood. ' Iniprovomcntii In tlio way of putting in now timbers mid Axing tho big Brof p,o(J wth ntCr3tato Com gates for raining und lowering tlio onil, nro now being innld at tlio 8prlngflold Flour mltls. a, ii. unxor, uuniness manager aim ZTn? s lian increased steadily clnco Inst year. Vo look for good business right along," ho added. A forco of four Is now employed nt tho mills; tho dally output la about '40 barrels. Thin Includes Knoxull, llukore, whole wheat nnd graham ' ,,,,, ,,,,,.. ' " month. A carload of wheat is ox poctcd this week. GETS CtRLOADJF FIXTUflES M. C. Bressler & Son Will Refit Hard ware Store With -New Furniture. A carload of fixtures, worth S2G00, Including sldo wall cases, four glass front show cases, a cash register, a desk and several other pieces, was re- coived by M. C, Dresslor & Son Mon day. Tho fixtures woro purchased .from Dotgnl & Fleet of ABhland i ...... u .1 7 .,1 "When wo havo thoso sot up, we'll l. . nnn a, M.r m ni line," said Mr. Dressier. Hn nnlil JIU BUIU ho had purchased tho goods Just now i. nny,rt,,ni, t,. , - -Kt- ilium u ouiwuiu jnn-u. Tho hardware business Is picking up according to Mr. Brosslor. who stated that their genorai saios would avorago v..w.. .w- now onothlrd bettor than they did at ! ri. ,.r..n., i. ...A. on nnlml f. In ,liA nt tillllflln . 'materials. Tho hardware man a so inrodlctK continued bettor business for Sprlngflold in tho future, although ho thinks it will como gradually. . ... ' HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT JOINS ENTERTAINERS T u, . JTTm.,,, ... -. m.E. m.uo. 00.lBCn wv ... . u.wr for Children of the ..... - ri De- Moss Family. Miss Mabel Bortsch, who is a mom- bor ot tho teachers' training class nt tho western states drulng their winter ..... . . ... . . . Hours, 'inoy navo oeon at springuciu sovornl tlmos. During this last wlntor ithy entortnlnod tho peoplo of Spring- flold nt tho Baptist church. Lowell School Standardizes Tho "Lowell school will (hold ita standardization rally noxt Saturday under tho supervision of Miss ..Vera Kimball. Tho exorcise will occupy tho whole day and will bo hold in tho 'Brovo Just north ot tho school houso. i Tho children will have churco ot tho nrnirrnm In tho mornlnir. n lmsknt lunch will be sorved nt noon Frank A. Wo,lls. nsslsant superintendent of public Instruction, wfll deliver tho prlnelpul address ln tho afternoon. Opens New Grocery A now cash grocery store has boon opened on Main street Just opposlto tho Bell Theatre, by J. P. Sheppnrd, formorly of Coburg. Tho stock valued ut about $0000, consists mainly ot gro corioH and working men's clothes, such ns overalls, Jackets nnd glovos. Quito a good deal of now goods hits been ro colvod lajoly, according to tho propri etor. - 1 Mr. Shoppard bus boon hero slnco May 12j na to remaining ho says, "If tho peoplo will glvo mo a chance to llvo I'm going to stay by thorn." Mr. and Mrs. Shoppard are llvingnt tho corner of Main and B streets, llubort- Bonty ot Talent nnivod Monday ovonlng and is assisting In In stalling tho now fixtures In tho M. C. Brosslor & Son hardware store, Mr. Bontloy will bo hero about two months. yALLEilllERIN WANT EQUAL RATES morco commission ays ron- land Sooks Advantage. AFTER DIFFERENTIAL Manufacturers Declare Rose City Should Not Go Into Group With The Dalles and Bond. Washington, May jTho Wlllam- otto Valley Manufacturers' association In a brief niod with tho Interstato cuninuss.o.., M.ur umi Portland lumber Interests nro tpuch ",oro " " a ,n.in.ll nnnH. , t. A M 1 1 1 .. ferontlal against tho valley mills than they are In tho rate charged on lumber from Portland and Hrldal Veil Into Utah and Idaho territory. To support tho equality of rates bo .twecn tho Wlllametto valloy and Port lond Into this consuming district Is tho purposo of tho brief of the AVII- lametto vnlloy mills, which was pre pared by Joseph N. Teal and W. C. McCulloch. Tho vnlloy manufacturers o( the whoto reducing tho share Oregon 'declare that Portland is not entitled to counties could recolvo from 30 to 20pcr g0 nto a Broup with Tho Dalles andiccnt- This would make the division 20 Bend, and to defeat tho nroDosed dir. :Pcr ccnt t0 tne stale tor schools, 20 to ferontlal against themselves have In- tcrvoncd In the easo tcrvoncd In tho case. I Controlling Facts In Situation. There are ten controlling facts In I tho situation, savs tho Intervenlnir l" uauon, Bas mo intervening "rlof, in summing up the caso. These ttro summarized as iouows; . . . t . First Tlio first rates woro estnh. . i... . . iibiiuu irum me wiiiaraeiio vaney into umi, in 1897. when tho Southern PacI - I 1 I II "o wns rrn Independent lino. soconu i anty in tno rates from ,nrriinrv in m,o.iinn , ,,... . territory In question was maintained from that dato to 1908. "' 0 ClUUlgO 10 a OlITOrCnt Bl In 130S was not hroni-ht nhonf no ',t, ' "os "tLk unon fho t ro8Ult r an attack upon tho rato, but V'ZZTVZ aJm"' .nc nortu r Tortland. Fourth Tho effort of tho. Ilfforontlnl aru auininarizcu an iouows; , vir.i ti,,. n,, , . I The amendment was beaten, 53 to Ulh Id mri. .h tho S.otl,cm P.tl.;l" the point ot no vn8 l0 cnilnnto tl o Va Hoy m lis as M lle was on'y tr'ng to save a lltUo ! J" ..?.." C.a"y ml"a n8lmore for the federal covernment. and luiiiiiu-i iHH iur liiih uuHinesB. 1 FIfth-From 1901 to 1913 tho Union .., ,.,. onlnrn innin w. ,,n. ' . -. . - dor n common mannccment. nmlor niwo innrror merger, I Give Parity Rates In 1915. Sixth In Juno, 1915, after tho merg. or was dissolved, tho Southern Pacific again named rates from the valley on a parity with Portland. Seventh In Octobor, 1915, a routo wb cloned through Portland to Utah for tho valloy mills, as well as through Ttosovillo, Cal. Eighth Tho purposo of tho present procedure is to secure a fixed differed- t,al to obtain a monopoly of tho lumber trade for tho Portlnnd nillls. Mnth Tho only territory reached i... .- ..n.. ...iii- .... "i mum un u ruio imruy. with Portland is ovor tho Southern Pn-' die and Its connections to the south ami over tho Union Pnclflc and Its connections, McCammon, Idaho, and enBt, nil other territory being closed by prohibitive rates. Tenth Averaging tho distances, Portland possesses nn advantage in mileage ovor tho valloy mills of only miles in a 000, lie nul 125 m"8 ln a 1000-m,1 liaul- Six Springfield Men on Jury. Tho following local men woro sc- looted for tho circuit court panol for tll torm by County Clork Rus- BC nnu &"er' or monoay: unas W. Piatt, R. L. Drury. Waltor GIllos- pio. Sprlngflold R. P. D. No. 1; Win. C. Myors, Springfield, R. P. D. No. 2; D. S. Jordan and N. II. Mann. Beaver-Heriidon Hardware Company HO BILL HANGS IN CONGRESS Takes Matter Up Again Today After Getting in Tangle over Procedure. DEBATE OREGON DEMANDS , Amendment .Cutting Down Counties' Share from SO to 20 per Cent Is Oefeated. " ... , , , - .... . . Washington, May 24. Tho senato , j.. ' ' subcommittee on tho Oregon & Call- 1.H1 ,n.1r.l ,..,..,.,., fornla land grant bill today authorized, w to tho full committee on the ; fines .here- ' , in nttlnnflniftni ftin linifsn lilll Tlila 0 amendment to the house bill. This , will hasten" action as soon as the bill '8 received from thc house Washington, May 24. Tho houso ad journed at C o'clock In a tangle over '1'10 vlBIon of proceeds made by the 0reson nnd California land, grant bill. Foster oi Illinois nau secured tne aaop Uon of an wncndniont in commltteo counties for roads, 40 for reclamation iand 20 for the federal treasury. When tho bill bad been finished by sections nnd reported to the house by . rur8- ul1 ucmanuea a . amonJi I P . oie on 1,10 0Slcr amena ri i ti i r i . i I aJltJilLa , . . . , . I Tlin nmonrtmnnf wan hontnn Kfl n ' 60. Foster then resorted to filibuster- . . .. . . .. . . ,nB tacucs' n,BKInB lne Plnt or no quorum Speaker Clark found no nnnlm' rMnt -,! ho-, r ih. demand for a call of the House was wunorawn, and no motion lort d Kltchln the house oi luajomy jauer uiicnin, mo nouse house was withdrawn, nnd no motion i ".. . . t 1 ms mrows mo ngni on mo noor tomorrow morning, with the result in i . ..... . . . i Z A . . , ' . , lu,J- r"Bwr " urB'"B "IB nHmeui Isald he was only trying to save a lltUo I mo for tho fmlorni covommont nmi ... peop' 01 .u.reB" sno ,,u aKIee 10 I a iair proposition liKe mat. -Foster won in committee of tho whole, 29 to 1 24, on a count by tellers and he re peated his victory, 33 to 32. Bitterness Shown In Debate Mondell of Wyoming accused mem bers of tho committee ot not standing by the bill as they should and tho charge was hotly resented by Baker. umerness was snown as mo oeoaie FIRE lengthened. Slnnott and Hawley offer- !8tudcnts havo put forth especial e-f Ing repented amendments for more lib- ;fort8 t0 mako thla program the best oral treatment for Oregon. ,of the yean Qne featurei whlcn l8 Hawley s effort to secure 10 per cent j wortny ot noto ,s Ul0 lwo.act comedy of the proceeds for port districts pro- :put on by the 'dramatic section, which voked Lewis, whoald ho could ndt ,8 an hour of B0,d ,augh The folIoww conceive of a constituency so ravenous'. nc. ,. thfl dn,nPI, nrernm- 'as to ask for it. - Slnnott, offering an amendment to keep the land on the tax rolls, dedlared "e uouutcu power to resist title, ah- soiutely, in tne government. Lenroot retorted that ir Oregon is entitled to tho taxes, it has no right to any share of tho proceeds, and Ferris character- ized it "only another attempt to roach the hand into tho crib." Former Springfield Man Dead. James Randall, u formqr timber cruiser nnd lately in business in Sprlngflold, but who has been living nt his homo at 1432 Orchard street hero for the past sovornl months, died suddenly at homo at 2:30 Sunday morning at tho ago of 57 years Heart Iay 2;' MoJer- Woodmen at Eugeno; never abla to i0CatQ th6 body Ho trouble was given as tho cause ot hlaj;'"ne ? at MauQl: Juno 11 nnd 18 at,saya that they two campod wUj,m two death-Eugeno Morning Register. Thurston. The team will play Har.,m,e8 of thQ t whoro thQ 8koiolon DO THE FLIES BOTHER YOU? Do the mosquitoes come in at night and sing about your room? If so, we can help you right away. Come down to our store and order screens for every room hi tho house, and they will be delivered to you promptly and put ln placo as well, if you desire, it. S. H..S. TENNIS TEAM TO MEET JUNCTION CITY Match to Occcr June 10 at Junction ! City; Local Player Who Had ; Blood Poisoning Is Better I I Tho high school tennis team plans to a ,nat,ch of two fi,nsIC8 an" nre uiiuicn nun iiiu uiiuuuu viiy IV til II jon June 10 at Junction City. Return games will probably bo played hero tho succeeding Saturday. Tlio players ar0' c,arcnc manager, Ivan McU Kinney and Frank aibbs. I Tho Junctlln City team wished to! mpp, ttlfl inpn, lmmt,.. aa,rfi;iv t,t tlio match had to be postponed, because - . - ,of Ivan McKlnney's Inability to qlay ,at that time. Mr. McKInney has been suffering with blood poisoning in his , ... left foot for some weeks, but Is now . , . , Improving, and it is hoped ho may bo ftMV pw w Juno 10 T,)(J b . fl tournaments mw oa at tho hleh 8chool( proBreS8- Ing as fost as tho weather permits. They will probably bo finished in two weckg aftcr whcj, thSBeml-flnaIs will bo played. INTERPRETS LEGISLATIVE ACT " I District Attorney, J. M. Devers, Tells Fruit Growers Sizes of Berry Boxes J. M. Devers, district attorney for .Lane county, has made a statement regarding the use of berry boxes by lrult growers. Many of tho farmers ,ot the county have mado Inquiries con- mlmlntr ,nn I n noscorl hv ,ma ,00, 1 , 7 T . , legislature concerning the size of berry x,, r,M .k! It 1 1" I Ji'vi'rM ill l Hrll rt- I K 1 1 1 M I - - j-- law m fnllnm- law as IOUOWS. i . "D D uaoivcio ubcu ' i .. i ,. V , "l""ttnuc"":o' ,u,aw c4,":,f "6"ucnico, rasyucrrics ur similar berries shall be ot the Interior scapfcJ'iy of 67.2- cubic inches (dry Quart) or 33.6 cubic Inches (dry pint) '"v,. an 11 shall be unlawful to offer . - expose for sale" or sell strawberries In ..- .1. . .1 v- "vc"" ard provided, that nothing with- !n .hi,, RPPtin Rilflii i, rnnBtnie,i n T way preventing The "s 7 blackberries. logan - horrlPB. msnhorrtM or Kimiiar WHoa wolSht or In boxes or baskets of greater interior capacity than 67.2 r"""1 . . wo,sn or m ooxes or ater interior capacity ruhln in n Tina " LAS I iaUMUUL FKOURAM PROMISES TO BE GOOD Two-Act Comedy, Violin Solo, Piano Trio, Reading, Stunt, and De bate are Features. The last llterarv socletv nroirram of tho year w, be hold Prday n,ght at g 0.ciock tho Hlch school. The U.i.n. ... . ivtunu boio mini iiicnuruson 'patriot stunt Music section "For a' That" . Roy Penny piano trio....MIsses Scott, SIkes and Parker Snappy debate, "Resolved that there I is more pleasure In pursuit than In possession." Elecution section "My -Cousin Tim," 2 act comedy.... ..Dramatic section bvurjuau is mvueu 10 s feature program. A ten-cent admls- B.uu wmuo cuan, , ueiny - 'nmiRps of tno Hlph Rplionl Annnnl . Announces Baseball Schedule. Following la tho schedule ot tho Sprlngflold baseball team: Sunday, a jrisuurg anu urownsvuio also. proo - l'ably somo time in June, according to I u.w.1,1 n..M, rn. i. havo played only ono gamo thus far this season, that of last Sunday, when they beat tho Atlas club of Eugeno, ? to 18. Hyland Brothers Move Machinery Hyland Brothers logging machinery, consisting ot four donkey engines, tools, and cables, arrived hero Tuos day aftornoon from the Hyland cump, where a logging contract has Just been finished. Tho machinery will now be moved to Tunnel No, 1 at Notl, on tho Wlllametto-Pnciflc railroad, whoro a logging contract for the Booth-Kelly compnny"'wlH bo startod. The Noedlecraft club mot this af tornoon with Mrs. Milton Bally. Light refreshments wore served. lour us fnllnu-n- ' ,aW as iouows. icomtiaBlon lo '. ", lonnd, ta( hi, v SKELETON FOUND! WOODS JENTIFIED C. L. Morris Says It Is That sf J. R. Bucknum, Who Dis appeared 18 Ytzrs Afv WERE HUNTING COMRADES Rifle, Watch and Coins are Taken to Eutene by County Sheriff fer. Examination by Frntfa - that was found Monday1 a few Wiles Above Mabel as that of his friend J. R. : Bucknum, who bad become lost white hunting 18 years ago aad pirMted in the woods. He turned ria a report to the Sheriff J. E. Parker who -wcnt t0 Mabcl aHd fero8ht the fiftAvasfft and all the belongings that could 'b found to Eugene. Mr. Morris of Ifsrrki burg was the hunting copankw ihe day that Bucknum disappeared. With the remains was found aa eJd fashloned silver watch, of Elgin make, which Mr. Morris does not remeher, and tnero was a Winchester rifle aad seven cartridges, six of them kvoded and one empty. There was a pocket knife and several coins, two of the-m ( being silver dollars. One bore (he date xavs, wnicn was me same year taai Bucknum was lost. ' The rifle found near the remains Is a Winchester, which is the saae saake that Bucknum used, and the cal bre la u,u tuVwc i"lti 'M5 wh,ch Morris th,H Pe I . w m. i Bnc A oa that if thu ran rviAri w bla v. ?, , , . ,v, ,, u.i i " - y was found, bu his gaiter shoes, oea. talnlng loggers' calks la the soles were found intact and la. a fair state of ree ervation. The. rifle, too, was in a. good istate of orafiervatioa ABBareatlv it. or',nn, th 1, L had not laid oa. the ground, but yra supported several inches above it, oa some brush, and later aaderbraeh had "wn over it It was oa.thia acco rown er lu " W8 oauuB "as , ' "r Z , Sheriff Parker and J. L. Dillard. aa attache of the sheriff's office, drove to 'the scene pf discovery In an auto- . . i mobile and brought the skeleton to Eu ' gene. Mr. Morris was then called, and !he came to the c'ty and declared the remains to be those of Bucknum. Tho dead man's son, Herbert F. Bucknum, formerly of Coburg, now residing at j Santa Rosa, Cal., is expected here to day to further Identify the articles found with the skeleton as being those of his father. - The skeleton was found by John Co- holl. n loireor In tho omnlov of ffa Coast Range Lumber company. He yB that he had passed the spot where tho bones lay a numbCr of times, but jha(r never happened to 'look that way. jMonday he peered into tho brush oa the bank of cash creek and saw the i i.iPI,rhP,i n,i moovproW. Th r..n. . . . . ... ... j rine was noi iouau oy mo suerm at jthe time he was there, rbut was ua- (earthed by Peter Smith, wood super- intendent of tho Coast Range com- pany later. Lost in November, 1CSS. It was on November 18, 1898, that Bucknum was lost Ho and Morris were hunting doer and became separ- nturl Thnt nlpht- snow full to n. rfpi.th 0f 10 or IS Inches. The next day Mor- hunted ,onB for h,8 companIon ad flnBlIy ,Vent homo anrt organized a I : . searching party, Tne party spent sev- leral weeks In tho woods, but failed Un lorntn tho hoilv of tha mlsBlnc man. , Tnpp,H lllintBll f. 13 R(.vera, nlfK lnnffor fhnn .,. nthcr mnn. wag found j , ' ...... Bucknum was a blacksmith and wa3 botwcon 45 and50 at the tlm of h's dlsappearanco. He was n member !l "l0 um'e" I 1.1m 1I4a n mi Minn a mon rvr order, and his life insurance money was paid by tho order to his widow. Slnco then Mrs. Bucknum has died. Tho lodgo erected a monument to his memory in tho cemetery at Harrlsburg. Dolbort Bucknum, "who lives at B and Eighth streets, is u son of J. R. Bucknum. Meteor Tennis Club Meets, Tho Meteor Tennis club rnef last night at the homo of tho vlce-prosl dent, P. L. Travis, Tho clubiConsider od levying somo taxes, aad dteCHSsed plans for a tournament' to coaao &K probably eono tlmo within the next month.