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it tup QPPiNnFiFi n tiliroJ Kj-j'tury Jl, I3ll.it l.irliuilol'i.Or-gmi, eoonil tlM mltoiunlr nctol Cnniro ol 41 rli, IH7V SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOV. 23, 1916. VOL. XV. NO. S. NEWS FARMERS BENEFIT MUCH FROM USE OF RURAL CREDITS ACT Will Snvo Totnl Sum of $532, 500 In Intoroat On Annual Mortgago Chargoa GOES INTO EFFECT JAN. 8. i' f State Land Board Has Power To Sell State Bond! To Raise Agrlcul- tural Loan Fund Tho rural credits amendment to tho Oregon constitution adopoted by tho pooplo at tho last olcctlon, and to be como offfctlvo by Its direct statement on and after January 8, 1917, means nn annual mortgago Intorost saving to Oregon farmors of approximately I632.B00. At tho proscnt tlmo mort gages on Oregon farm land aggrogato 135,500,000, and tho avorago roto of Interest Is 8 per cent per annum, a total Intorost outlay of 2,8i0,000. Tho rural crodlts amendment pro vides that tho state of Oregon, through tho state land board consist ing of tho govonior, secretary of state and tho state treasurer, shall Issue and soli "Oregon farm credit bonds" (n a sum not to aggrcgato moro than 2 per cont of tho asnessod valuo of all property of tho state Bear 4 Per Cent Interest Thoso bonds arc to boar 4 per cont Interest and aro to mature at future periods to bo dotennlnod by the board, such porlods not to exceed 30 years In any BOrlcs' of bonds. Tho bonds tire to bo Issuod In series of 50,000 each, and In denominations of 2S, $100, and $500 and $1000. Tho money securod from tho salo of tho bonds Is to ho placed to' tho s.1lt .if (tin "Mirni rrodltn loan fund" and Is to.be loaned to fanners who J actually own ntld operate their own laud, or who wish to do so, nt nn an nual Interest rnto of C por cont, und In sums not Iohb than $200 nor moro than $6000 to nny ono Individual. Tli.i 1n..na nrn In lin KltfMirnil llV IlOtOH Ottd mortgages based upon an apprnUod value of not to exceed CO per cent of tho land, or not to oxceed $G0 por aero. In coso loan funds aro not avnllablo nt any time for all applications pref erence Is to bo given to applications not exceeding $2000 In amount. Alms Are Enumerated Tho purpose for which tho loans arc to bb limited are. flrat, the 'pur chaso of land; socond, tho purchaso Of livestock or other equipment or for the making of Improvements that will Increase tho productivity of the land; third, for tho satlsfaotlon of existing encumbrances which havo been In curred 'for any of the othor purposes. Tho loans aro to run for not loss than 10 nor moro than 36 years and are to bo repaid by amortization pay ments which will satisfy tho loan and cancol tho mortgago, principal and In terest accrued, at tho dato of ma turity, Such a loan, however, mnybe repaid, In excess of the agreed pay m'ents, In amounts of $60 or multi ples thoreof. fit Is further provided that the sur plus accumulated by tho board from intorost nnd ropnymontn shall bo placod In a fund to bo known as tho "rural credits rosorvq fund," which Hbnli bo Irreducible oxcopt to pay possible Iossob, and which shall bo used to make loans on the soma con ditions as thoso mado from tho "rural crodlts loan fund.'1 Laws to Be Enacted ,The amendment provides Uiat (ho loglslaturo of 1917 shall ouact sUch laws as may bo necessary to provide machinery for tho operation of. the act, and especially to guard against speculative uso of tho moneys borrow ed from tho funds. It Is provided, howovor, that in event tho loglslaturo falls or neglects to enact such legis lation, tho board shall put tho amend ment into effect under rules adopted by It. VTho assossod valuation of all prop erty In tho atato will aggregate about 1880.000,000, according to reportod es timate of tho stato tat commission, ThJB sum will permit the Issuance of blinds amounting to IlT.OOOjOOO, or a llftle mofJtWtf faalftfho toftl qtrjres oBt outstanding farm mortgages In tho stato. The annual-Interest at 5 psr'cant on PARENT-TEACHERS MEET Allocation Will Hold Flrat (lathering of Year on December 8. Tho first meeting of tlio yonr of thu Puront-Tenchi'rii association of thin city will bo hold nt threo o'clock on tho afternoon of Fridny, December 8, In tho Lincoln school building. Ono feature of the program will bo n talk on "Preparation of School Lun ches" by Miss Anno McCortnlck, touch er of domestic Sclenco and art. Anothor probable ovent of tho after noon will ho tho discussion of the fonnatlon of a women's class In doni ostlo Hclonco and art. Thoro will also bo itoiiio nuinlc, It Is thought, Tho oxnet program will bo announcod soon. Kvcry mother Is urged to attend thin opening mooting of tho year. PUPILS AT LINCOLN SCHOOL TO APPEAR riiuti, nuvLiviDLft W Present Story of PI or m Fathers , '. . X . . and "The Magic Curtain Magic of The Past" Tho scholars fo the sixth, seventh and eighth grades, for whom Mrs. J.uclna Hlchardson Is tho teacher, will glvo a program appropriate to tho Thanksgiving season at 8 I. M. on Friday evening, November 24 In tho Assembly hail at, tho Lincoln school. All parents and patrons aro given a cordial invitation to attend, , Tho program for the evening follows: I. Gloria, Audience. II. History of tho National Thanks giving day, Ada Ronnie. HI. The First National Thanksgiving Proclamation. Claudo Nystrom. IV. Story of tho Pilgrim Fathers. 6A and 7A. Directed by Mrs. Gladys Smith. The Story of Our Pilgrim. Fathers In Story And In Song. CAST OF CHARACTERS Constance Cooper, Reader .. Phyllis Kester John Carver, Governor William Drewstor. Minister Rowland Parker Miles Standlsh, Captain Carl Bauer William llnulford Clair Luckoy John Aldon William Wright Prlscllla Helen Stevens Iloso Standlsh Vomlta MorrlBon " i S!rUbIn Faith llnulford.. Genevieve Copenhaven William Bradford Junior - I Raymon Coo John. Uradford Morrison Miller Hopo , Tiiolmu Stark Truth .. Ora Chaso Love ...Lavon Russell King's Ofllcor Robert KIsor Crctclteh 'of Holland ....Vivian Scnseney Massasolt Dick Nlckum Squanto Jesse Larison Indian Braves Albert Russell Lowell SlkCB. and Willard Bruce. Indian Maidens ........Edna Moo Eva Manwaring. SCENES Sccno I. ... Puritana in English pri son." Scone II Why the Puritans left Holland. Scene HI Noted people of tho May flower. , Sccno IV Tho Embarkation "The Lord's My Shophord." Scene V Signing- tho Mayflower Compact, Sccno VI Landing of tho Pilgrim? Scone VII "Wolcomo English- mon." r Scene VIII Pilgrims going to church. Scona IX, Departure of tho May flower. N Scono X MnBsasolt and his In dians. Scono XI Tho First Thanksgiv ing. V. Vocal Solo Floyd Nolloth VI. Tho magic curtain 71 grade Diroctod by Miss Lacy Copenhaver "The Magic Curtain of The Past." CHARACTERS Mary EvanB Dorrls Smith Mrs. EvanB Nelllo Phelps Mrs, Allerton Vesta Laruo Mr. Allorton William Nlckum Mary Mabol McPherson John William McCulloch Silas Floyd Nolloth Prudeuco Grotchen Herrtck William Lostor Smith Patlonco Lena .Crump pig Chief Raymond Stump Guosts: Edwlna Parsons, Dor otby Qlrard, Errol Parker, Emma Tra vis, Helen Mullen, Henry ..Tomseth, OenY.(''9lI.a'i parrel iWllkuiBon, Ray wuDor, ueoino uuruiaur, uuiui iirui tain,1 Grace Buahan, Lylo Wynd, Elsie Kaurlu Hazel Dertno, Alhurta White, (GOnnnued Pg For) SPRINGFIELD WINS FROM EUGENE JR. -0 Local Players Como Up To Form And Tako Easy Victory , From Visitors. PLAY STRAIGHT FOOTBALL Few Spectacular Plays Made .On Elth er Side Juniors Have Good f t" Bunch of Rooters BV HEATHICB HOLDROOK mi. I . . a 1 1. 1 . i t. ..... resulting from tho game between Wash inton Junior high School Beam of Eugene nnd tho Springfield high school i . ,, . , .football team. Tho game was play I . ,.. .., ,.,., cu on me opriiigiiuiu gnuiroiii wuu- nesday afternoon. The game began at four o'clock with a kick off by Eugeno. Spring field received tho ball and yardage was mado by Bcnro, Dally, and Wool ley Iiearo mado tho flrat touchdown by a short end run, but SpringflcldkmlB scd tho goal. V' Eugeno mado yardage on two downs nnd' on a long run of about 15 yards. The second quarter Woolley fum bled tho ball but regained the ball. Sprnlgllcld mndo yardage and when near the goal Dally mado another touchdown by an end run. Spring flold again missed the goal kick. Eu geno made yardage but wero driven back losing moro than they had gain cd, "Woolley mado another touchdown by a line buck. Springfield missed the goal kick. Dally mado yardage, Eugene fum bled but xogalnod tho ball. . . Spring field was -working towards their goal, when Dally Intercepted a forward pass HIGH 31 SCORE Roscoe l'orklndan1 made another touchdown -Tin goal kick was successful. Eugeno mado yardage, Springfield regained It and Dally and Hill made long runs Just beforo tho whlstlo blew. Tho local team made another touchdown by a lino buck. Springfield high school students ex pressed tholr ndmlratlon for tho Jun lorycll leador and are thinking of training a Springfield high school man for such n position. Tho teams lined up as follows: Springfield Eugene c. Cotton .. .....Russell r, t. Gossler, McKay .....lNowinnn L t. D. Hill Rolnes r. g. Trendy, Kester . . Donar 1. g. Rodenbo, Gossler Walker r.e. Dryan . Rowling 1. e. McKay, DImm Lawrence t. b. Woolley ........Walker gx b. Deare . . Purdy h, b. Dally Thenes h. b, Dlmm, L-. Hill Farmer Umpire Med ray, Referrejs Ilmm, Llnoman Byrne, BASKETBALL SEASON IS ON First League Game Between Christian and Baptists, December 2 Most of tho details of tho winter's Sunday School Basketball League tap! rnamont nave oeen settled and tno Christian and Baptist squads wero out last night getting acquainted with tho ball again. Tho Mothodlsts and tho Dooth-Kolly squads will take their first limbering up this ovenlng. Tho Cristlnn and Baptist first teams -will open tho season, Saturday, Dec ember 2 with tho first gnmo. Mayor E. E. Morrison will officiate by tos sing up tho first ball, Tho Meth odists and Booth-Kelly second team will also show tholr mettle the samo evening. B.K WILL ENTER TWO TEAMS Manager Bird Makes Announcement Company Will Furnish Suits Tho Dooth-Kelly Lumber company employes will enter two basketball teams In tho recently formed Sunday School Dasketball Leuguo, It was an this morning. Mr. Dird also stated that through A'. G. Dixon, the Dooth Kolly Lumber company has announc ed It's Intention of standing' behind tho hoys, and ot putting thorn on the floor with new suits nnd equipment. Manager Bird Is' especially anx- lous that tho mbtubera ot tho Booth Kelly teams turn out for practlco at tho tlmo ngrood upon, which Is ho tweon the hours of 6:00 and 7:16 each, pvonlng1 with the exoeption of Friday. iimberownersare! TAXED HEAVILY IN MOST EVER! STATE Lumbermen At Portland Con vontlon Discuss Groat Need Of Cooperation. MUST. AVOID ALL WASTES Fund It Raised To Start World Wide ! Campaign To Increase Market For American Lumber t Lumbering In tho northwest is Just one stage In advance of savagery, de clared Major E. G. Griggs of Tacoma, former president of tho National Lum ber Manufacturers' association, at the conference of leaders of tho lumber Industry at Portland Chamber of Com merce this week. Tax burdens rest heavily on .tho timbermcn at all times, he said. He, has to keep on sawing up stuff with frantic zeal regardless of the price he gets simply to keep himself from being dovoured by it terest and the demand of tho assessor. The result is a frightful waste of magnlflcent " .... . ... Idustrtal saicty nas now spread across , , ... . trees, as only that part Immediately ' count rom the m,8 o and for uso on the Atlantic system. merchantable can be hauled. The ' cast t0 the sawmla of Pa.l A lslt of the important buildings rest lies in the woods to rot or else flc coa8t Th,8 movemcnt nas gay. and the Important structures complet is thrown into the burner. ed tnousand8 of 1Ivea and na8 Ercat-r ed during the year or in course ot We profited enormously by the tho st of compensation In construction includes new passenger groat San Francisco fire and by the' placca saya the Oregon fed- stations at Modesta. Turlock. Vlsalla, earthquakes in Chile." said Major eraUon for lndU8trlal 8afety wnlch and Richmond Callfi, Globe, Ariz, Griggs. Dut is it necessary for us Ls ,organlzcd a short time ago to Mexta- Tex': combination to hang on and wait for some cata-. promole saety movcment in Ore- rrelght and Psenger stations at Gar clysm to keep us in tmslnesa? gon jlbaldi. Ore., Webster, Ariz., Carpenter, Cooperation Is Solution ja 0rcBon a, large number of BerJ. Cleveland. Tago, Wellbourne. arid Van' I sayno. The answer is In Intel 0U8 permanent disabilities occurring VIeck Tex" and. othera under coa llgent cooperation for tho marketing Qa ,umbor and powrKiriTen "cUon at Earlimart and Gerben- i n"' 80 at a" timCS ther"- saws in sawmills, as well as. other C1"' at Truckee he "modeling qt. shall be an even and normal dlstrl t of , f accidents can be un. the hotel including the construction of -fThe conference: was called to give' vrrt. , '"""?"'"' the local lumberman and loggers op - portunity to learn of the work of the National Lumber Manufacturers' as- soclatlon and its proposed campaign for a world-wide exploitation of wood as a building material. E. D. Hansen was elected chairman and Mr. Hazen called upon R. H. Downman, president of tho national association, for a resume of the pro- gram. Mr. Downman pointed out that commlttee to take charge of the work while dealers in building materials of accldent prevention is a desirable other than wood are exceedingly ac- outcomo ot these meetings." said Mr. live in advertising Uielr wares, tho . WlUlams. nequesta from employers lumbermen have, because of petty rI-;for tno C(M)peraUon of tie federation yalries and cutthroat competition. ' w, be. gladIjF recolTed by tho secre- railed to support any concerted sell J tary ing movement, preferring to take , Tno members of the federation ara their chance on their own account !tha Btat0 mdu8trlal accident commis- Whole Industry Demoralised. Bion. the atote bureau of labor under n-V!" MMl!?"? &. g th'- p- Hott- ttnd 010 University exten- line has retarded the development that Bfon division. No charge la made for uwuo, ao iea 10 more waste In the northwest than the total cut of some of the next largest pro ducing sections and has kept prices la such a fluctuating and undependable state that the whole industry has been demoralized, Mr. Downman assorted that In one mill at Hoqulam he saw more lumber . - ..uvjuiaui no niw mora lumoer wasted than the entire cut of anv nnn i miui iub eours cui oi any one of his own seven mills in the cypress country of the south. Following Mr. Downman, Major Griggs was called upon. He said that ' concerted se ling ; methods mean far .uu. ,u u.u mmoermen or tne north west than any protective tariff. It Is not so much that Canadian lumber . may be produced for less but that the uemanu ror wooa bo stimulated moro that counts. Americans Own Canadian Stumpage. as a matter of fact, he declared, the Canadian lumber is produced, not by Canadians, but by Americano ot tho . east who have made their investments there In the hope of making' some- tblng. The conference followed the lunch eon of the members' council of the 1 Chamber of Commerce, which was ad-' dressed by several of tho dlstinqulshed visitors from the oast, ' The same ! thoughts wero expressed there as at tho conference. I No School All next Week. Youngsters ot tho town will probably hall with Joy. the announcement ot the fact that tomorrow will be their last day of echool for an entire week. The reason tor a holiday of eilch length is tho occurrence ot the Lane county teachers' Institute and, ot the Thanksgiving rocesa both ,1a, ti, same wools. Tho former will Ve'hid OTi Monday, Tuosday, and WedaMHUy ROYAL NEIGHBORS TO VISIT 40 Local Members Will Meet Supreme I Oracle at Eugene Today. About 40 Springfield Jloyal Neigh bors plan to be present at tho meet ings to be held in Eugene this after- I noon and evening, at which time, Mrs, Myra I). Enrlght, of Kansas City Kan sas, Supreme Oracle of tho order, will bo present on a fraternal visit to the Eugene lodge. in tho afternoon, tho session will tako tho form of a "School of Infrac tion," while class adoption will bo a feature of tho eveninc. At tho ! latter meeting, about 100 now members I ,b.l 1! 'nto ". ot.h mv;i.iutjo win ue jieiu la me cafiiu hall, Eugene. STATE UNIVERSITY TO AID IN AVOIDING SAWMILL ACCIDENTS Thousands of Needless Disabilities Oc cur Each Year In Oregon - Give Safety First Lecture University of Oregon, Eugene, Nov, 22. Thousands of needless accidents occur every year in Oregon, and sev eral uhndrcds of thousands of dollars must be spent to compensate for them. '"Vr at. Mlv li rrln trr , Vi 1 a ennti. " " al waste with complacency is no long- .doubtedly prevented," said Den H. wulIama Becretary of the new feder. Lnn nnd . memher of th state ,. slngr. verslty extension faculty. i Tho fnrlnratinn otnnrta ranriv in nrrt. vldean nlU8trated talk on safety work with special reference to sawmill. Arrangements for such a talk wero recently mado by the mill at Gar- dlner, Or. A plant safety committee was appointed otter this meeting, "Tho rnmnlnimsni nt o niont oofntir tho lecture. YOUTH IS KILLED IN WOODS Francla Piquet. 20, Is Struck by Fall ing Tree, at Mabel. Marcola. Nor. 22, Francis Piquet of !Mabel a Wed by a tree while ' ' working in the woods there yesterday ... morning. Mr. Piquet was Just a j young man. about twenty years old, starting out in life. He was well known throughout tho Mohawk val g a ways Uved tortto " , , TTl uT a11- Mr Paet is survived by his Mrs- W Mrs. Daius Hi eman and three brothers, Charles, Alfred and Albert. The funeral Borvlces have not yet boon announced, Juniors Give Best Programi Tho short orotrram xlven by the Junior class at Marcola Monday was Baid by professor O'Reilly to be tho ', of supplies, your officers have llttlo bost given this year by nny of the opportunity left to effect a material classes. Tho program consisted of ' reduction ih operating costs. As six musical numbers rendered by dif-, little or no more can be accomplished foront members ot tho class. The , In the direction ot reducing costs, ones in tho junior class aro: Pearl t off orts will have to be consentrated Sullivan, Mario Dlckert, Eva fltus'on raising revenues, and unless the Pearl Walker. Leone Darger, Ralph present volume of traffic can be main- Garoutto, Charles Heck, Violet Cran - doll. Lottie McMurry, Maude Allen, Emily Paris, and Audrey Lewis. ' Real Estate Transfer. Jamee' C. Parker, sheriff, to L. M.J favlset, ux Lot ' 6, blk'.' 21 Emerald Helgtila 'and. to1 Springfield, IT 7.35. tfataeaC. Parker to II. L, Stanley et ai Lbt ii.blk,' X'S. B. 1?. Kepnw'B'add Trivti et af-It 9.. X Wd T. j,' SOUTHERN PACIFIC INCREASES LARGE PARTOF EQUIPMENT B"-noss Has Increased Sine Close of Panama Canal and Has Reduced Competition. EXPLAINS CAR SHORTAGE Company Adda' 28 Locomotives, 60 Pasenger Carsand42S4 Freight Cam To Rolling 3ock To replace equipment vacated dur ing the last fiscal year and to provide for Increased requirements, the South ern Pacific Company has placed orders' for 28 locomotives. 60 passenger cars and 4204 freight cars, the greater part j of which is to be delivered during the' ; last half of 1916, according to the an nual report of the Southern Pacific Company and proprietary companies for the fiscal year ending June 30th 1916 Just made public. The report shows that the railroad has also or dered two ocean going freight steam ,, . ,,.. via nuu wuc uiun oiuiuvt w uc ucin- " ii- P.?ted d at resn0 tn.e remodeling' or the passenger station is progress I 1116 lDtOrrUDtlOn OI SteamStllD S6r- vice through tho canal since S.eptem-, "er lotn., 1915, nas minimized sea, competition" says Chairman Julius Kruttachnltt inthe report "and has rt- stored to your companies the freight which has been diverted from them by the frfcquenL steamshiD service through tho Panama Canal during the Previous ye ar. and by the low rates Prevailing. Nearly all the steam ers wnIch had operated through the canal found more profitable em- Ployment in consequence of increased demand for steamship tonnage owing to the European war. and they hare not been restored to regular aervW between Atlantic and Pacific porta a,nce th "opening of tho canal, uPn tho rf Donaal condltioas.- nowever. it may Barely oe assnmeei that the Intense competition of the c11 steamship lines will be encoun tered again. Mr. Kruttschnitt points out the4 great Increase in operatnig expenses that would result with the granting of 7" men and enginemen and says it would , . ... , wipe out the substantial economics nrh,ava. to BnMml((, onH r. the higher wage demands of train- achieved by unremitting and stren uous work throughout the year, "In order to maintain the compan ies credit and to provide for the na M and development of tr. Hnes. such threatened increase of ex penses can be met in but one way by an increase of revenue or by a reduct,oa of ,n other dtrect. expenses ions" he continues "JSmbarrased on tho ono side by numerous Ulconsid ered Federal and State laws, which largely and unnecessarily increase the cost of operation, and on the ' other by large increases in prices .talned or Increased, we shall have to 'appeal for relief to the same public whoso tolerance or tacit consent la responsible for the hardships we ara now endurfng.. Mr: Krutotaohnltt Jhen fcolnta out, to the Southern-Pacific's safety record. During the last flsea) year no. pas- sopger lo!:, Ws life Jn ai train accl ha8"beeh killed In" a train1' aticlde-rif for seven" years' and elevett" B&enUiaT dttriBg-which-. prio4 433,,63a loco