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l tl' i rij tlmi )" VunrjMI, I9)l.t UtlufiWt,0rioii. Mitooad UunuXtfud4rtG Contra M X M7 SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY ,SEPT. 21, 1916 VOL XV. NO, AS iPPiNr.FTPi n MEWS SPRINGFIELD IS CENTER OF LANE'S HOP HARVESTING Nonrly 600 Acres In Vicinity Have Heavy Yield This Year $30,000 IS PAiD TO PICKERS Many Springfield People Benefit by Industry and Earn Winter1 Clothes Money Between 27,000 nnd 130,000 will 1 have boon paid out In tho 30 or 35 days of hop picking In tho torrltory within a radius of four mllos around Spring field tills yonr, according to Informa tlon given out by local business men. This amount la probably distributed to 2,000 peopto. Tho season this year Is longor than utunl, tho early hops como on about August 20, and tho Into onos will prob ably hold out for tho hotter part of another wcok. Although tho ylold Is good, and tho soason longer, tnoro hops than usual havo been lost because of mold. Because of damp weather con dition, It js estimated that about 15 'per cent of the crop Is rendered unfit forThe market f Aato price, the growers In general .arf pretty welt sailafitfd, for white (ho bffers'Tecelved are quite low as coin pa'red' with some fonaof years, they , arc" higher than had been hopod for. Practically all of the'earlles have been nold fo'r 12 cents, while 10 cents is be ing offered for tho late varloty, Very few of the" latter havo boon sold, how over, It Is reported. Thcro are nbout ton yards Immodi nlcjy tributary to this city ,ln which nctjvlty has marked, for tlio .post 30 Jays. Among tho nearby ranches aro somo of tho largost, as well as tho best productive, of tho state Tho ownors of nearby hop yards and tho approxl- mnto sizes of tholr,holdlngs aro as fol- IniM! Jim Rnnvnv SfiO nnrnn .Tnlin Seavey 140, Palmer Bros. 48, Henry I llukroldo 18, Ivan Andarami 2B. Clark ! nnd Washburno 18, Qoorgo Knight 20, , Ben Uammltt 10, Thomas Seavey IB, I niftri Anilnrann IB. E. R. Morrlunn 10 :v,; " ; :. " " . . unu Manning uoonaru 10, i nis manes a total of 690 acres of hops to bo har- vested ho re. I Fully throo fourths' of thoso hop growors do their blinking buslnpss In ' Bprlngflold. They have had their , crops picked by a largo number of 4 Springflold'pooplo. When tlio bronzed picker begins to como back to town tho last of tho'weok they will each have their checks that will go toward buy , Ing school books and wlntor clothes. ' Tho hop business helps , the general , business condition's' Of this commuri- Ity and should make September and ; October pfospe'rous months for the 'local business m'dn. " Install "Made In Springfield" Signs . "Keop to the Rlght'advise throe , now signs which appealed on ' 'Main street at the Intorsolonfl of Second, 'r Fourth and" Fiftn'st're'oia'Tuos'day. 'fh'o" n sa.t..AVA tho sign Itsolf Is painted rod, on which I i tho whlto lottors aro distinguishable Bomo llttlo dlstanco away. Tho Blgns are of homo manufacture, having boon '.constructed by street Commissioner, J, 12. Edwards In tho plumbing shop of Long and Cross. Hears From Mrs. R. Q. Van Valzah A ldttor ffbra Mrs. R. fJ. Van' Val zah' ' at Watsontown, Ponns'yfvanld, has' just been I'ocolvod by Miss ltlary "Roberts of this city , The totter states that' tlio doctor was buriod at Lewis' . burg' on tho 15th, by tbo sld'o of his fath6r. Dr. LIbyd Van Valzah haB gono to Washington, D. C. Mrs, Van i Valzah.dld not say when tho family '"planned to return homo. ' Hughes-Fairbanks Club to Meet A mooting of tho local HughOB-Falr-banks organization has boon, ctillod for tomorrow ovonlug, at 8; 00 o'clock at ' the real estate pfflco of J .J. Browning on'' South.' Fourth stroet. A full uttun dunco is urged, as important business ' Is to bo considered yrom where he plans later to go to litendon and Marshflold. Ho plaas !to bogene lude(lnltely, but when" be joea VirVlt rum'oaV he VoaH CharVes' 'A. lg 'lifi'a restgned1 Itltf fpo8iti9n,1BV,deYiVerynUh 'fb'r 'fio ROAD CREWS ARE AT WORK Qravellns Is Being Done on Highway Above Oakrldge Onkrldge, Ore. Bopt 20. Two road crows aro now working in this dis trict. Ono crow Is graveling portions of tho road above Oakrldgo, which nuiu kiuuvu uuiiiui ill mu duiibujii and tho othur crow Is building tho now road which was rocontly established down tho rlvor from Oakrldgo as far as tho Louis Flock homestead. A grentor part of tho right-of-way has beun cleared and tho grader Is now being used, Wlillo hero last weoK County Com missioner Uurlaw statod tfiat an on doavor would ba mono to got tho now grado around Cluvorpatch mountain graveled this fall. It Is extremely Important that this bo dono, other wlso this now place of road, which Is u flno bit of work, would bo cut all to plocos by tho wlntor tralllc. MEMORIAL SERVICES HELD IN HONOR, OF LATE E. C. WIGMORE Eugene Bible University Students and Faculty Ret Aside an Hour Today Memorial services In honor of Rev. E. C. Wlgmoro, a member of tho i5u gono Blblo university faculty and pastor of tho SprlngSld Christian' church for eight years, who died lit, E?uirtna. AiiirMAt 50. vrlll Tin ttalrl tn tba assembly room of tho Bible university :, ...-.' . . . -. . tl una aiternoon at 3 o ciock. "Tne, university work has begun and this is tho flrst opportunity had to hold the services," said President Sander son last night. Tho 'meeting will bo hold primarily for the students but special friends of tho family are Invited to attend the! services which will consist of a nuni-, ber of addresses by membors of tho faculty, President P. L. Campbell, of1 the stato University will bo present and speak. President 'E. C. Sanderson, "oldest' member of tlfo faculty will preside. Tho other speakers will bo Professor D. C. Kolloms, representing tho fac- lit TAflitnlt Ilnvtl nfnalflAtit rt ttiA student body, tho students. Professor E' ,V' ,Iovlon' V;0al,fmnI f88c,at!on; nni1 Rov- J- S- McCallum, the board of tru8tooa- Reverend Wlgmoro had boon a mem- uur ui mu bciiuui b lucuiijr ur o jrcure .m n.n timo of hi. aunm. tho second ., , , o ii U,UU01 "uu" mU8' wl" 00 furnishod at tho services tnl ttornoon. SPRINGFIELD SCHOOLS WILL OPEN MONDAY All New and Old Teachers Will Be on Hand To Start Things Off For Anotriir Year "You b'etch'a," asserted Clerk A. P. afcKi,rzey, when questioned as to whether school, would start Monday AX V4AVtt to say thaf undoubtedly all 2d teachers, including tho auporlntendont, would have arriv ed by that time. A lotter received" 4 day or . bo ago'1 from Mr, Kirk, was written at Hopner, Oregon", so he will . nrnlinlilv maVa If in Rnrlninn1fl hnfnrA r--Q Everything la now In readlnoss for tbo opon!nc of BCU001. Tho buildings havo beon r0palro(1 and cloaned. ami ro08t of tll0 tekchors aro here . It only remains for tho pupils to como In from tho hop 'field's, which a great many aro oxpocted to do Saturday. Tho enrollment may bo a trlflo light for the first fow days, as probably somo pupils will desire to finish their picking Jobs boforo moving back to town. At a mooting of tho Springfield school board, hold last Monday even ing In Clerk McKlnfVoy's ofltco, new in surance policies woro taken out on tho 'buildings 'and oquipmont, In place of thoso which havo expired. Thoro is now $1800 on tho high school build ing and fixtures in tho Flro Insurance company of Pennsylvania; $3500 on tho Lincoln building In tho California Fire Insurance company: $1400 policy on tho Lincoln building In tho Connec ticut Flro Insurance company; and, anotner policy of $14000 6t tho Lincoln blllldlng In tho North Assurance com- Pan(y;t,, , , . ,, from Eastern Washington points, neay Garfleld, whore W'haVbWal ok M the iMrveat iflblds during the suni-' mer, Mr. .Cqaley hn entered the jArWtit;tfcfer again, rtiis- DEATH STRUGGLE IN EUROPE SWAYS AS A Fierce Fighting On All Sides Does Not Seem to Sap Energy of Armies PETROGRAD KEEPS SILENT Powers Contending for Same Positions Fought for Months Ago Sommc Region Is Quiet Loudon, Sept. 20. Fighting on a hugo scalo Is In progress along tho castorn war front, wlilthcr tho cen ter of Intorcst has shifted following tho lot-up in tho heavy allied attacks along the Sommc In the west Evtdcnco is accumulating that the central powers aro now devoting their main attention to tho campaigns in tho East, concentrating largo forces agalast Roumanla, notably under Field Marshal von Mackenscn in Dob rudja .and putting all possible avail able men in the field" to atop the Rus sian march on Lemberg by way of Hallcz and tho. menacing drives of the Russians and Roumanians In the Car- i"?. Tr"f Both Berlin and Sofia Doth Berlin and Sofia report the development of a great battle on the line the Russians and Roumanians have tkaen up in Dobrudja to defend the railroad route into Interior Ron mania from Constanta, on the Black sea. The engagement, they declare, Is turning in favor of the force of the central powers under von Mack, enson. Latest reports from the, fight ing In Gallcla and Volhynla, show the Teutonic forces on the offensive and claiming decided advantages over the Russian- armies- under General Brus- slloff. As has frequently been the case when decisive developments were lacking, Potrograd today is silent re- ard!ng , tho PraUons n,nf Rouraanla front, reporting merely that thoro havo been no important hap ponlngs. Turkish troops, which appear to have played an important part In stiffening tho linos of tho Teutonic id""uu,",, ""j ,'"uo " allies In the East , havo been success ful In tho recent fighting In Qallcla, Constantinople announces today. A 48-hour battlQ with superior Russian forces resulted In the Turks completely maintaining their positions. In Macedonia, the trend of the cam paign appears, to favor the entente armies. The Serbians are reported in a Continued advance along the west trn'lcrid of the line, drlyng'the remain ing' p'ulgarlaps' ou o? Fiorina peak Jn the Walmakcalan range, north of Lake Ostrovb. 'Sofia, hbwevdr, , dehies the a'liccesa claimed for the Serbians In tho.Ka'makcalan region.. Comparative quiet prevails in the Somme) region. Parls sends news of a German; atajck at'ljjll 76, north of tte' irlyor, yihp) the Frech repelled, ojectlng such Germans as succeeded In gaining a foothold In advanced posi tions. Marcola Schools Have Opened The Marcola schools opened Mon day morning with a good attendance. Tho high Bchobl enrollment was high er than oxpocted as when all como thoro will bo nbout fifty Tho teachers and tho grades they teach aro as fol lows: Miss Minnie Evans, tho first and socond, Miss Evnngollno Jennings, the third and fourth, Mrs, Mlnnlo Mor ris, the fifth B, fifth A, sixth and sev enth, Miss Maudo Klncald eighth grado high school science and English, Miss Verona Black, math., business course, English and alnguage, Mr, A. I. O' Reilly, normal math, sclonco and his tory. Serious Accident Was Averted . But for tho quick work of O. W, Johnson ,drlvor of, the Booth-Kolly lumbor truck, Georgle James would; havo suffered serious injurlos Monday, Tho lad was riding hU bjcyclo from the mill along tho private road, the extension of Fifth street and failed to turn out for tho truck, and ran into It. Tho wheel was completely demol ished, but the truck was stopped with in a. few inches ot .the, boy, , In. , tho Individual cow, contest, In con nection wtth the Lane .county ifalr this year. C. A, Swarts ot this city was given' routtb' award.' Thd animal wnlbh giVen' rouVlk-awa:: lhiua outwea r Tho rV scored a pr- HUGE PENDULUM BRITISH MAKE NEW ORDER AIMED AT - NEUTRAL NATIONS Propose to Limit Scandinavia and Holland to Normal Imports STRIKES OVER-SEAS TRUST English Exporters Restricted as Well Jkf as Amerlcant-r-U. 8. Will Make Protest A( delayed dispatch received from London with regard to a new British J ordAr dealing with trade to Norway, SwMen, Denmark and, Holland gavo the (Impression that Great Britain was attempting to cut off all neutral trade witk; those countries. However, Lord Robert Cecil, the British Minister of War Trade, explained that the prohi bition was limited only to certain ar ticles and not to trade in general. rjsw the Order Applies to America. Tae plan of rationing the neutral coHBtles of Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Holland, under which no further liceafes will, be granted lor the pres ent to British exporters, has been ex tcuded to apply to the Unitpd States by the expedients ot refusing to allow the Netherlands Overseas Trust to ac cept further American consignments asd by declining to. grant, letters of as surance for American shipments des tined fur these countries. 1r consequence of this American shipments for Holland will be stopped absolutely, while the regular transpor tation companies trading between tho United States and Scandinavia will not take the cargo ea without assuran ces M their Innocent destination by thelrIUh authorities. Furthermore, tramp steamers are hardly likely fo risk tho inevitable landing In tho prize court of any cargo ihey might accept. Neutral diplomats here believe, two reasons induced the British Govern ment to take this action. The first Is 'tho simplicity of the plan, which en ables the Government to control sup plies at the source. The second Is tho growing bill which Great Britain is being pressed by neutral Govern ments for demurrage and other exp enses Incurred by taking suspected ships into Kirkwall and other parts for examination. So far as Is known, no machinery exists at present for ad justing these claims because many of the cargoes never actually reach, the prize court When shippers ask for compensation they are referred to the prize court, which thus' far has de clined to consider their claims on the ground that they hayo no standing. In court. , It Is expected that Washington will make an inquiry. fq regard to tlfls mat ter, especially as to the American schooners vhlcb were taken, into .Ler wick4 and released after being detain ed fpr several weeks, 'No charges were preferred against them. Another blockade measure, which also probably will interest Washington is the recent arrangement under which bureaus were set up in England and France for granting licenses for ex change ot goods which figure on the list of prohibited imports. Tho Amer ican authorities contend that under the British-American commercial treaty of 1815 such prohibitions must bo enforced equally against all coun tries. Consequently any privileges granted to France and not extended to the United States are held to be in violation of that treaty. Travelers Return From Blue River Mrs. Victor Von Goltz, of Portland, Mrs. N. W. Emery, Mrs. Mae Steven son, Miss Florence Coffln and Fred Thomas returned Sunday from Blue River, where they spent Saturday evening and Sunday, They contem plated staylfig at Cook's Inn, but owing to so many travelers they woro unable to get accommodations, so mo tored to Blue River whore thoy were royally entertained at the Blue River hotel. Springfield Enters Debate League The Springfield high sohopl, lias en tered the Oregon high school debating league f Or" thXseason, 0191647. (F lUyi s'lx s'chijpls Vro 'ncf eflr'q'ye'tocbm poje r the' Jlnverslty'oejEpcnpj awuraea ni way 10 me winnerum, mm finals. 'R. .h. Kirk. Wperlntendetit of the BrlHgflej.Vclty sdjools,, V prwl-f dent dt te ltrue,' ' OPEN TO CASCADE SUMMIT Will Remove High Centers In Mili tary Wagon Road Above Oakrldge Oakrldgo, Ore. Sept. 20. Whllo hero yesterday, Supervisor C. R. Scltz, of the Cascade national forest, stated that he had a plan on foot to rcmovo tho high centers in tho military road above Oakrldge. With tho high centers re moved and washouts filled in, cars could be driven with safety as far up the river as tho Rlgdon ranch, and pos sibly tho improvement might be ex tended on to tho summit of the moun tains. During tho fire season, owing to the great saving of time, the forest service finds it advantageous to transport fire fighters to the vicinity ot the fires in automobiles, and placing of the upper road in shape for cars would be of great benefit to the department, as well as to the traveling public The work will be done this fall and next spring by the forestry depart ment without cost to the county or road district WORKMEN SEE END . OF' LABORS ON NEW METHQDJST (CHURCH Brick Work Will Be Finished Today; Doors are Befog Hwtg and Windows Plated .Because of. delay, in aecariag brick, the completion of the new Methodist cnurcn nas oeen nera p monia u ni- or six weeks, hat the brick work jrllljage investigation. t be finished his evening .and it la I The aanonnaemcn't area made fat ,aa probable that the work will go ahead "wer to a seetton by j. N.- Teal, conn steadiljr Xrpm now on. The sen are for-the lsmberaen, as te his eia now working on the Inside finish. j ion regarding the effects of snch an un Concrete coping Is yet to be pnt on restrained movement upon the car die a part of the walls, sidewalks are to be , trlbutlon system. Mr. Teal Jaad pre constructed, wjndows are. to be. set viously ashed. Vice President, and Gen. and alf the outside and some ,pf tha'eral Manager W. R .Scott the same Inside doors are to be hung. Twenty questlpn,(but he had asserted the gate men, under the direction of Foreman way proposition to be strictly a traf M. M.Male, are now at work, and it Ac matter with which he i unfa is expected, that the building will be 'i.1., . finished sometime near November 1. ! Announcement Creates Sensation A comfortable-looking touch to the MrSproule's annpsncemeat created, lea'gue and ladles, aid rooms and to a sensation. n the roomful of lumber the study are the old-fashioned brick producers who have for years been, fireplaces which have been built in fighting for. the opening of the. gate each . The church proper is fitted up way that would allow lumber to t)e with steam radiators. J shipped pver the .northern lines and The parsonage is practically finish- into territory that is now closed by ,ed as there remains only two or three high freight rates. f dors to be hung, and a few other finish-1 s far as this open gateway woujd ing-up Jobs. The painter will probably afTect car distribution, however, $r. finish tomorrow or Saturday. 'Sproule. asserted that It would afford . Aiuca or inc material xor uoltj mo church and the parsonage is ot homo manufacture. The lumber was fur nished by the Booth-Kelly and the Fis cher Boutin lumber mills, and the Springfield planing mill turned out the flnish material.. MRS. FENWICK RECEIVES . . BRUISES IN RUNAWAY Fallen Singletree Frightens Horses; ' Mr. Fenwc.kt Xlsp ln Hack, l Uninjured An accident in which the conse quences might have been much more serious was that Jn which Mrs. Melvln Fon'wlck was badly bruised, yesterday, tr, and.Jrs. en,wick were on tielr way to their farm east of town, when at about Seventh and G streets the singletree ot the hack-in which they were riding, dropped on the horses' fqet, thereby so scaring the animals that thoy started to run. Mrs. Fen-j wick was thrown out almost immedi ately, and Mr. FeDwlck Jumped out The queer thing about the matter was that both horses did not run together, but ono seemed to run in a circle, so that two wheels ot the rig passed over Mrs. Fenwick'8 body. Her husband was nble to head oil tho horses, but was unable to stop them, as they had gotten loosed from tho hack, and were running down Seventh street . Thex were finally caught at the Springfield planing mill. When the frny was over, Mrs. Fon 'wlck was found to have sustained only a bad bruise on the forehead, which a local physician soon dressed. Mr, Fenwlck was unhurt. Goshen Men to Remove Rock J. C. Johnspn nnd V, F. Lyons ot Goshen, left Monday morning for a point along the coast near(Lake Creek, where .they hftyo a contract Jrqm. Iho cpunty to re'raqye. aBptaX of. rock pn, the coast line. They expect to be gone fo'r a nerled of three months.' They tjl9 will, change, county road 'to uape Horn..., ( lt,n : : t . ! Ju .11 I -I 'J. . V t '. u Threshing Mt grain 4a Lane, jconnty; PORTLAND WILL BE OPEN GAMY FOR SHIPPING LUMBER President Sproule of Southern Pacific Company Makes j Astonishing Statement ij ONLY 2 WAYS OUT BEFORE S. P. As Well Equipped as Any LInft On West Coast Is Sp rente's Testimony Arrangements are now beteg werked out by the traffic managers ot the var ious western railroads whereby tie Portland gateway to to be thrown opea for the unlimited dktri2mt(ea of pro ducts or the Wll'iasette valte? throughout the nation. Hsrefefere only two ostlets. have been avillaMa from Southern Vnclte t&rttdry-M to the south thfongh Sdcraawnto and the other ylA the O. W. R. & K to the east ' - - ' This statesten was niadei yeeerday afternoon by William Jsproate, deat of the Southern Pacific conriany, te teettfyie 'before the Orefon Pahlte little relief becauso the "home line tries to load its cars on its own l(ne first." . , Mr. Sproule discussed the car situa tion at some- length, asserting .that. nrst ot all. the fact that the Southern Pacific, has. fewer cars per mile of track than some' other roads Is no cri- terlon as to Its" susceptibility to short aget. He said the density of traffic is 'what control.- So many cars carry so. many tens of freight for so many. miles. M&&eufe thd railroads, by that eriUirioa, he said, ana the Sebtherh. TaclRe Is" as well equipped as any . He' urged'.that fell- t . .... . t . -. est. poseiBie . aee-ee; maae of ine cars and that "dead take? he T0Jed. ' Asked ,'if 'relief' from the present shortage coulcf hot he had by Ihcreaa ing the per' diem rate charged tor the holding- ot cars out of uee by foreign lines ho replied that the charges are a small factor, because when- a railroad needs cars It needs them so badly that It will pay the. charge, whatever the charge might be. In most years, he said the railroads have been able to assemble a supply .ot cars In advance ot the heavy .period of use. This year, however, on account of the unprecedented business, the car riers have not. been able to do sq and are caught with a large percentage ot equipment tied up at Atlantic sea ports or on railroads In remote places whero It cannot be reached. Causes are Listed Mr. Scott listed the causes ot the shortage as follows: Unprecedented activity In eastern manufacturing, which brought on unprecedented de mand tor cars; deficiency ot shop tonnage on both coasts; closure ot the Panama canal and diversion ot all transcontinental shipments to the railroads; congestion of freight cars at eastern terminals which make them hard to get at fpr. return and re loading; f allure. M, car . builders f fill order; for 3500 .new hex ears with 'sufficient promptness to relieve the situation thuB.brevght ahent , i.. j... :o i, , J&ert BnoekA ot. JWL.Oeek w4s threwn irera "her vTkey a, shrt tiMtC a turn. . K Mdkt aeirfel MTfe'lrMee, fcoaiutOn Wettll eeaftiHNt 4a Md '-IftsVi