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THE ' s, aitorttrttriurr it, I0it.il WrlufleW,0rgo, iiooad Uu nuttwuadar (? Couirs of M utk'wt SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY SEPTEMBER, 25, 1916. VOL. XV. NO. 6 C" lTTl I KTn 71 71 sTY NEWS X ,-4 HAPPY KIDS GO 10 SCHOOL 6 FO MORE EDUCATION Looo Studontd RoglctoTod First Dny Thlo Yoar Than Woro Last Year H. S. MAY HAVE FOOT BALL Ten New Teachers Start Work and Take Places of Those Who Designed Onco again aro small boys seen "tearing up Jack" lu Kenorul on tho local school grounds lu particular, and onco more aro small girls discovered with arms entwined, confiding "so. crets," Hooks and now shoos aro much In ovldonco those days, for school ro oponod this morning. Although tho registration has coino down from 447 on tho first day of last year to 424 today, thoro sooms to bo no lack of enthusiasm and readiness to got back to work. Some of tho youngor children aro positively ra diant Superintendent It. L. Kirk otntod this morning that ho ozpoctcd bctwoon 25 and CO more students to enroll boforo tho woek la over. The decrease In enrollment seoms to bo In tho second grade. In tho pri mary department, thoro aro 15 moro now pupils than there were at this tlrno last yoar. Thoro aro now 318 pupils In tho grades, and 106 high school students, a decrease of 13 In the former and 10 In tho latter, about 10 per cent of tho high school students reglstorod Saturday. . Work starts In earnest at 0:00 A. M. In tho morning, as today was spont mostly In assigning lessons and rooms; fixing up credits and promotion cards, etc Improvomonts mado to tho school Mrs. Doan wob tho daughter of Mr. buildings during tho summer Include 'and Mrs. Ansel Heraonway who llvo tho laying of somo new floors In tho 0n a farm near Goshen a short dls high school, fixing up tho sldowalks tanco above Sprlngflold. Sho was and other repairs, and tho painting born at Notl 47 years ago, having of tho manual training building. j passed away Jusl ono day before, her H. L. Kirk, for five years suporln- birthday. For moro than 20 years, tendont of tho Sprlngflold schools, nd- Miss Hemonway taught In tho schools mtttod that ho had somo now plans 'of Oregon and Washington. At ono In vlow for tho grade school during tlrno, Bho wob a toachor In tho primary tho coming yoar, but ho refused to dopartmont of tho Croswoll schools dlvulgo anything further now. I when O. L. Scott of this city was prln- There may bo a Sprlngflold hlgli'c'nftl- Mr- ScU ot hor: "Sh ochool football team again, If tho plan no ,f tho hardest working school of W. J. Mooro, now mathematics In-, nowr M atructor, goes through. Ho had ' On October 18, 1908. Miss Hemen broached tho subject to tho boys, and "nltod ' arr,nB0 with says that while there Is some onthu- Charles I. Dean, and the family has alasm, tho proposition Is just about ",nc ,do? ar B Des dc? balanced jus? now. A mooting will bo hor husband Mrs Dean Is ; survived held this week to decide tho question her parents. Mr. and Mm Ansel .,nw if . in nrnt,nA Mr Hemonway, by four stop-children, Or- "'m CM.:;' I Thoro aro 10 now teachers this yoar, J oui in overy eno, vu7 or tnoso wuo navo resignou, bo uh total numbor Is tho samo as last yoar, hn lnnln4lnfv Ctinni-lntnn.lnnt KlrW. ' 4V, .uu.u. .. ....... Tho first school mooting was hold last . Saturday afternoon, at which times the toachora woro asslgnod to their j rooms In Uio grades, and to their sub-, Jecta in tho high Bchool, as follows: Grades First Qrado, Mrs. L. K. Pago; second grado, Miss Frances Bartlott; third grndo, Miss Boss Palmer; third grado, Miss Mary nouso (now) ; fourth grado Miss Morlo Nlmmo (now) ; fifth grade, MIbs Harriot Vilas (now) ; fifth grado, Miss Craco Walker; sixth grado, Miss Annlo Young; sixth grade, Mrs. Gladys Smith; sovonth grado, Miss Laoy Co ponhavor; eighth grado, Mrs. Luclna niclianlson; mnnual training and nrlthmotlc, J. F. Qoddard; domestic uclonco and physiology, Miss Anna McCormick (now); High School Toachora training, R. L. Kirk; science, P. M. Stroud; English and lan guage, Miss Efflo .Ilhodes; History, Miss Vera Williams (now); English, Miss EBthor Campbell (now) matho mathlcs, W. J. Mooro (now); com mercial, Miss Nora Soronson (now), Repairing Approach to Wagon Bridge Workmon aro repairing the west approach to tho large WIHopieUo wa gon bridge, Just southeast of town. New piling is to be installed, and a new apron onstruptod. A big maple . treo that has been growing partlajly beneath the approach has been ro moved to. make 'room for a eoncrete bent to bo built. POTATO BUYER VISITS LANE COUNTY GROWERS M. Enos and E. E. Morrison Make Toiir of Farms Where Crop Is Contracted M. Kiioh of Sacramento, California spout Friday with IS, E. Morrison look 1 Ing ovor this potato Holds that havo boon contracted by Mr. Morrison nt i Sprlngflold, Croswoll, Monroo and ! Lebanon. Tho crop looks flno for ' this yoar and tho ylold will doubtless I bo heavy. Mr, UnoB said that all of tho northwestern ntntoH and California havo Rood potato crops this yoar. Last year Mr. Morrison shlDDOd 43 'cars of potatoes out of tho county to jinnrkot. This yoar ho oxpocts that tho crop ho will handle will run closo I to 100 cars. "It Is too soon to predict jtha prlco of potatoes on tho market," said Mr. Morrison, "but I expect that wo will bo ablo to soil tho whole crop at a good prlco." MEMBER OF COUNTY'S FEW FIRST FAMILIES DIES SEPTEMBER 22 Mrs. Minerva He men way Dean Who Lived on Qoshen Road Passed Away at Eugene Hospital Mrs. Mlnorva Hcmenway Dean, wlfo of Qoorgo I. Dean, who resides on the Qoshen road betweon Springfield and Goshon, died at the Eugeno hospital Friday evening, September 22, follow ing an oporatlon for tho removal of tho appendix and ovaries which shu underwent Wednesday morning. Mrs. Doan has boon in poor health all summer, and was taken to the Eugono hospital Tuesday, whero thu oporatlon was performed tho next morning. Sho seoniod to bo doing well and chances woro vory good for hor recovery, when she was suddenly tak en, worso, Friday afternoon. Some .of. tho anaesthetic had entered the lungs" and In spite of all that was done, aha I died tho same ovenlng. vine, Raymond. Eddie, and Hazel, and by two brothers, Oscar, who resides wth U,B paTontB( and ProfosBor Ansel, p f of Loxngton, Kentucky, . ,llnnPft, hold from tho chr)8tmn churcll ttt Eugene yesterday . nnornoon. Hov. a. j. uonnuu, or Junctlon city( officiating. . METHODISTS TO ASK ANNUAL CONFERANCE HERE NEXT SESSION Other Local Churches and Business Men Join In Invitation to Ministers Tho Sprlngflold Mothodlst church Is making plans to Invito the Oregon conforonco of that religious body to moot hero next yoar. The conforonco for 1916 opons at Lebanon tomorrow morning for ono weok's session. There aro about ISO ministers that havo to be entertained whtlo at tho conforonco and nearly 100 layman who attend to pay their own oxponsos. This would bo a largo undertaking for tho local Mothodlst church alone. Whon tho new church Is completed It will have amplo room to hold tho sessions of tho conference, but it will have diffi culty in entertaining tho delegation. At the meetings of the Baptist, and Christian caurcbea ootn organizations offered to cooperate with, the Metho dists in the project. A committee under the chairmanship of J. W, Pep kins has spent a largo part of today getting the opinions of tho Sprlngflold business mon as to their attitude toward the proposition. BIG ARTESIAN WELL S DISCOVERED ON LOCAL MAN'S Dr. R. P. Mortenson Finds He Owns "Spouter" Sending Up 10 Gals, a Minute IS LARGEST ONE IN COUNTY Discovery Was an Accident, Attempt Was Being Made to Drill an Ordinary Well Ton gallons per minute; COO gal Ions per hour; 14,400 gallons per day; 100,800 ballons per weok; and Oh! But what's tho uso? Anyway that's, the flow of water from the artesian well struck Friday on the CO aero farm owned by Dr. II. P. Mortensen of this city ono half mile west of Eugene. And what's more, C. C Peterson, of Falrmount, well-driller, asserts-that this well Is not only the largest but tho best In tho county. The stream of water is 325 feet deep, and has been reached through a strata of gray sandstone. Its dis covery was an accident, as Dr. Mor tensen bad no Idea such an under ground stream existed on his place, but has had Mr. Peterson at work for tho past two months drilling for an ordinary well. Tho artesian well en hances tho value of the Doctor's farm greatly, ho says, as thoro has been no water of any sort avallablo here tofore The water Is lco cold, and is excellent for drinking. It is Impossible to tell tho height of tho stream as conditions are now, since tho well-hole is three Inches and the cosing below Is six Inches. This difference breaks the forco of- the'' flow, -Mortensea'a 'plan was to lei ino stream run ireeiy unui io- day, when, If the force was tho samo, he would have It capped and put un der pressure. It Is planned to en- case the water How in such a manner, ns to bring it as high as possible, in order to make it moro convenient for piping to tho house and barn. Tho well Is close to the houso. Tho well has cost tho Doctor nbout $200.00 ho says. ZEPPLINS KILL 28 IN AIR RAID ON ENGLAND AT NIGHT Bombs Start Fires In Streets of Lon don Explosolns Demolish Buildings London, SopL 24. The most preten tious zoppelln raid England has yet been called upon to withstand oc curred In tho early hours ot today. Between 12 and 15 airships of a now pattern participated. Two were shot down In Essex. The entire crew of ono was killed, while tho 22 officers and men manning the other woro made prisoners. The casualties so far reported are 28 killed and 99 Injured In the Lon don district, and 2 persons killed and 11 Injured In an East Midlands town, which Is not named in the official statement. Numerous fires wore start ed, both In London and the town re ferred to. Military Damage Small The military damago inflicted' was negligible, according to Sir John French's reports, which follows: "Tho. latest reports show that prob ably not moro than 12 airships partici pated in last night's raid. Police re ports from the provinces indicate that tho damago done was slight. At one town In East Midlands a number ot bombs were dropped and two persons were killed and 11 Injured. "It Is feared two moro bodies aro buried under tho ruins. In this town some damago was caused to tho rail way station, and about a dozen houses and shops were wrecked or damaged. Bombs Start Fire "A chapel and storehouse were sot afire. With this exception, no other casualties were reported outside of the metropolitan area. Although a large number of bombs were dropped pro miscuously v over .the districts visited, the material damage was insignificant. A groat number 'of bombs fell into the sea and into open places. "Tho metropolitan causualtles are (Continued on Pago Two) FARM CONGRESS DOES MANY TRINGS FOR OREGON'S BENEFIT Representative N. J. Sinnott Writes Resume of Legisla tion Affecting State r . FARM LOAN BILL IS FIRST i Road' Laws, Irrigation Acts and Much Other Work of Direct Ben efit to Us (From Oregon Journal) Washington, Sept 24. Represents tlve Nicholas J. Sinnott writes for tho Journal a rosumo of important leg islation by the session of congress re cently closed affecting particularly tho state of Oregon and the Second con gressional district, where public land and reclamation questions are vital. As a member of the public lands com mittee of tho houso Mr. Sinnott bad a part in framing many of these meas ures, and of several he was the author. By N. J. Sinnott Much' valuable legislation was en acted at the recent session of con gress. First In importance may be placed tho farm credit law. Practical operation may show some defects, which can be remedied by amendment In a future congress. This is especial cause for congrat ulation In legislation of spoclal inter est,' to eastern Oregon, though it Is to be regretted that reclamation funds are so low as not to permit of tho in auguration of new projects to care for the million acres of land in the Second Oregon district susceptible of Irriga tion. If tho sales from the Oregon land, grant are wisely made the state wTlf-proflt 'from JIO.000,000 to' ?i8,- ooo nnn Legislation Passed In Review Appropriations have been made of $235,000 for the Umatilla reclamation proJect W8000 for K,amath , I , nrnl(4p. nA ,Rnfm fnr rnni,,, in the Crater Lake park. The leave of absenco homestead law for settlers on unsurveyed land Is a much needed (Continued on page four) MEMORIAL SERVICE IS HELD IN HONOR OF LATE E. C. WIGMORE Members of Eugene Bible University Pay Tribute to Their Former Instructor Students, faculty and friends of the late E. C. WIgmore, former pastor of tho Sprlngflold Christian church held an impressive memorial service in honor of their former instructor and friend at the Eugene Bible University Thursday afternoon. The chapel of tho Bible University was filled with thoso who listened to the splendid things that were said of Mr. WIgmore. The life history of Mr. Wlgmoro was presented by E. C. Sanderson, Dean of tho Bible University. "Ernest Charles WIgmore was born in London, England, August 13, in the year of our Lord, 1864. He went with his parents from England to Chi cago in 1873, They moved from Chi cago to Spencer, Iowa. He worked at tho blacksmith's trade in his early manhood and was also a railway en gineer for some time. He united with the Christian church at Spencer, Iowa, In 1886. Brother Frank Fannon and the speaker held tho meeting in which he obeyed the gospel. Soon after this ho began to preach tho Word of Llfo. Ho was for five of six years a student in Drake University and graduated from that University with the degree of Bacholor ot Divinity, Ho was also a graduate of the Eugeno Blblo Uni versity and tho Univorsity ot Oregon. He was married to Susie May Blttln ger in Iowa, June 23, in tho year,1892. Two of their children, Alvln and Vlncel, havo departed this life. They have three children living, two sons, Harold and LaGrade, and their daugh ter, Frona. Brother WIgmore was pas tor of the' Christian church at Panora, lown, for Ave years and at Palouse, VusiJngtgn, for three years and at Monmouth, Oregon, for two years. He has also served as an Kvengellst in holding protracted meetings, one of (Continued on page two) NEBRASKA CANT BEAT OREGON GROWN CORN P. H. Emery Has Field That Comes Up to the Middle West Standard Did you over hear anyone say, "It takes Nebraska and lowa to raise tho corn, Oregon Isn't In that class."7 Vcsl Well, listen to this. P. H. Emery, who has a farm a mllo and a half cast of Springfield has a field of that mid dle west class of corn. Saturday he brought three stalks ranged from 11 to 13 feet high and the lowest ear of corn on theso stalks was four feet from the ground. Ills wholo field Is like this. The cars are numberless and they are big and filled all the way out to the ends of the cobs. And this has been a cool wet summed. Wo haven't had those hot days and nights that make good corn. The corn is of the Yellow Dent variety and the seed was grown up tho McKenzIe river. CAR SHORTAGE IS NOT SO SERIOUS AS IS ADVERTIZED Local Agent of S. P. Returns From Rate Hearing More Cars Are Promised Characterizing the meeting of the railroad commission from which he has Just returned, as a "friendly meet - , , . i me uouunoia fuver nignway ana tae ing between the lumber men tnd the , . .. . , , . . . . old Oregon trail throagh Idaho and to railroad representatives," M. I j Salt Lake City. Here they rested for France, local Southern Pacific ticket ' a day and "saw the sights." agent, said that he did not believe the J From Salt Lake City via the Lin probability of the closing of the lam-' coin highway, they passed through, ber mills of the state to be as serious Wyoming and it's desert to Denver, as has been represented. In regard ! where a stop of another day was made, to tho statement wh"lch , appeared a. "The Colorado roads are fine, and the few days ago purporting to have come scenery Is very beautiful." Mrs. Kirk from A. C. Dixon, general manager of said. tho Booth-Kelly lumber company, to "From Denver wo went to Colorado the,effect.Aha thew Springfield, mill Springs whichJsone. oj&emogt would close Friday "night, "because of noted summer resort of the nrest. 5At car shortage; Mr. France said; "I didn't notice Mr. Dixon's state ment It he said It I didn't catch it, and I listened closely to all that was said." Mr. France said tho situation was unquestionably bad, but that the raid road company was doing all it could. There seems to be some relief for the near future In the fact that a consign ment ot new cars ordered from the factories at Columbus, Ohio, and at Michigan City, Indiana, which have been delayed since July 1, are now fin ished and will be sent west empty by freight rates, in order to got them hero more speedily. The reasons giv en for delay In manufacturing are the inability to procure steel and the fact that the workmen could not be employed to so good an advantage dur ing the hot weather. Besides this delay In securing tho new cars ordered, another reason ad vanced by the railroad representatives for tho acute car shortage was the fact of the heavy crops, which caused congestion in the east and prevented cars from being returned promptly. S. P. TAKES 40 CARS UP MOHAWK THIS MORNING FOR MILLS Booth-Kelly Mill Is Still Sawing Timber Despite Reports to Contrary The local mill of the Booth-Kelly company resumed work this morning after the force had had two days rest -Saturday and Sunday. Eight empty freight cars nrrived this morning and postponed for a few days more the possibility of closing for good, as has boon so frequently advertised lately by a Eugene evening paper. Although the local mill is GO cars behind In its deliveries the few cars that were received last week and the eight new ones this morning make the (situation look brighter. Tho docks of tho mill are piled high with sawed timber and most of tho avallablo spa) is filled with nearly 12,000,000 feet of lumber. This morning Fred Hanson, rirlslon superintendent ot the Southern Pacific took 40 empty cars up the Wendling road to be distributed among the mills. at Marcola, Mable and WendltegThls Is tho first large train ot empties tt havo gone up the Mohawk for wue time. WEARY TRAVELERS RETURN FROM LONG TRIP OF S446 MILES Superintendent R. L. Kirk and Family Spent Summer in j the Middle West j HAVE VARIETY OF WEATHER; People of Colorado Know How ta Make Natural Scenery Pay DIvl- t denda In Real Cash After having travelled 6446 miles. all of the way by automobile, ap proach within 24 miles of the Mite isippi river, and having been absent two months. Superintendent and Mrs. R. L. Kirk and son Charles, arrived here Thursday evening, dusty, tired and glad to be home. Nevertheless, It was a lovely trip," Mrs. Kirk said. The greater part of the time set used In travelling was spent la Kirks- ville, Missouri, the hose of Mr, Kirk's parents, and at Shelbina, where Mrs. Kirk has an auat Both of these cities are in the aorta era part of the state. Mr. and Mrs. Kirk and Charles left Portland in their Bnick c Jaly 29. ' Frora Portland, they travelled over Prospect Lake, where "we spent the night, a city park has Just been thrown, open for the tourists, with every ac commodation free. Between 300 and 400 cars had stopped there the night we camped." One of the strange Incidents ot the trip, or one which will at least seem strange to Westerners, is the fact that nono of the beautiful scenery of the Garden of the Gods, Pike Peak, the Seven Falls, etc. can be viewed without first paying the admission prlco. For Instance, a famous bal ancing rock is covered and can not be seen, until the prospective wonderer parts with 35c Nevertheless, it is said, that tourists spend thousands ot dollars dally around Colorado Springs. . The roads in general were good. The best marked one was between Denver and Colorado Springs, a dis tance of about 70 miles. The roads in Wyoming were the worst of all. As a whole, Colorado was found to have the best roads. From there to Kansas City the travellers took tha old Sant Fe trail, which was formerly vUe only route from Kansas City west. It Is now an excellent road. One of the Interesting and pleasant discoveries of the trip was that ot "The Delaven Free Camp House," for the accommodation ot travellers over the Sante Fe trail. The house stands on the road about one quarter ot a mile from Delaven, Kansas, a very small town. The cottage contained two rooms, the one in the rear being pruvlded with a cement floor. There Is space for the storage of two cars. The front room contains a sanitary couch, a table, chairs, an oil stove, telephone, and other conveniences. Everything is free, all visitors are re quired to do Is to sign the register. About three weeks were required to make the trip both coming and going, as some bad roaas were found, and also Mr, and Mrs. Kirk travelled falrlv leisurely. They had very little trouble on tho way, and nono of It was serious. The two longest delays were onco when Charles was ill for tour or iWe days, and once when they struck a mountain storm, as they were crossing the Great Divide. For three days bore they were compelled to travel bo slowly that only 40 miles a day was, made. When asked as to the crop proa--pectB In the country through whick Mr. and Mrs, Kirk passed, It was stat ed" that ' there was a very fair cem crop in Missouri, but that the ere iu Kansas were poor because of tiMt hot dry weather. The wheat crop iHir be about one half the usual yleM tki (Conttoued cm Page Tw). j