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SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY SEPTEMBER, 25, 1916.
VOL. XV. NO. 6
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NEWS
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HAPPY KIDS GO 10
SCHOOL
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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