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NEWS SPRINGFIELD 1 JlaJEL. ittiMl Kti'ifiurr il, IllUt 4uritici)l'l0t"K)ni iUm ttuturumter cl of Con ire l M itfh, W7i 8PRINQFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JAN. 25, 1917. VOL. XV. NO, 104, ZOLA GRAY JUMPS 10 LEADING PLACE IN T Shiko-up Shows Gortrudo Will- i Inms Socond, With Eunlco Parkor n Close Third. OTHERS MA'He GOOD GAINS It Neck and Neck. Affalrj Only a Small & Difference Between Last and First Place NEWS CONIES Kola Ora Thurston 38,500 Gortrudu Williams 37,0tC Eunlco Parkor 31,850 Mnrlo Graham, Eugono 20,000 f Llln Mlllor 19.250 4 Jluth Drottaln 19,000 Tho second voto count In the big prize winning Subscription context, shows somo remarkable changes in tho lineup. Tho contowt now In woll under way and tlio raco botwoon tho young ladles for first placo will bo both exciting and Interesting. Mies' Zola Gray of Thurston Jumps to first plnco and Miss Gortrudo Williams, In nplto of getting a lute start, share.i the honors by climbing from last placo to socond In tho contest. Miss Eu-V nice I'nrkor Is third with Just a fow subscriptions behind tho loaders. . The Misses Iluth Drattaln, Mario Graham and Llla Miller havo built up a splendid voto count and a row long term subscriptions would placo tKoso young ladlos right up with tha loaders, Howovcr tho raco Is a pre dicted, "neck-and-nock" affair. All liavo an oqunl chattco nnd now, youn .lody, ts the tlmo to got busy. - - Tho tlmo Is getting short and tho -votes allowed are getting less nnd lens every threo days. Get those sub scriptions your frlonds promised tn Klvo you right NOW. You need their support nnd a few subscriptions ono way or another may mean n difference ot n hundred dollars to you. Your friends will do all they can If they know you nro reully trying. Thoro is only a small difference In votes Le tweon last and first placo In tho con test. This dlfforcnca can bo made UP if you will put forth your best ef forts. The Springfield News ought to bo In ovory homo In this vicinity, and thoro nra a number ot families who dq pot get tho Nows. Also thoro is a big delinquent list to sco nftor. The noxt count which takes placo Saturday night may again show a com plete rovorsal of position in tho lineup. Build up your count now beforo the next decroase In tho schedule taken, effect. Voto schedulps on last pago' of this issuo. MILL CLOSED FOR A WEEK Break In 8team Feed at Booth-Kelly Lumber Plant, Is Cause Bocnuso of n serious break In tho nteam feed which operates tho car riage at tho head saw, tho local Booth Kolly mill closed down shortly after noon yesterday, and will probably not rosumo operations boforo Wednesday or' Thursday ot noxt wcok, according to Jack O. Parkor, master mechanic. The broken parts haye bocn sent to aibrazlng company in Portland for re pairs. (At present tho planer is still run ning, but it must closo down soon for at1 least two days. They Enjoy Real Breakfast. At 11:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, the Domestic Sclonco girls enjoyed a "regular" breakfast, ono prepared bymombors of tho class. Tho menu lucludod oranges, cream of wheat, bin cults, Jolly, nn omelet, and coffee. Thos who sorvod tho meal aro: Avis Thomp son, Edna Duryoo, Forn Travis, Aufl; roy Perkins, Goldlo Jones, Stella Ma gill, Dutce Fischer, and Dalo Lorah WJII Hold Box Supper. A box Buppor and. program will bo hejd at tho Jlnydcn Ilrldgo school house Friday ovonlng at eight o'clock. Sgyoral Eugeno nnd Springfield pooplo will appear on tho program'. Every ou is Invited to attend and havo a good time. 6000 ROSE SLIPS ARE READY University Ground Keeper Will Qlve Plant to Schools Again. Tho Hprlngfluld high school may if It desires, socuro somo of tho 0000 hardy rose clippings from tho Univer sity of Orogon bushes, which will bo ready to he sent out by II. M. Fisher, superintendent of grounds, on Feb ruary 1. Mr, Flshor states that ho hnn never had such a lot of vigorous Blips as thin year, and that oven lust fall tho slip for this years' clip ping wero loading with bloom. Tho'' roscu from which the slips nro cut are beauties, mainly of tho Caro line Tcstout and1 Fran Karl Druschk, variety. Mr. Fishdr takes mora oi peclal cure of his roses than almost utiy; other of tho campus shrubs or trees, and ho says that often the roses bloom Until December or later. High schools, of the state may oblairi slips upon application, tho order being flllod in tho order of receipt. Thoro Is no charge. lMt year thoro woro 4000 slips avail able, but so ii.any requests cnino In that n number had to be hold over un til this winter. For tho 1917 supply only two applications havo come In no far, ono from II, C. Tschanz, prin cipal of tho Iong Crook high school, and tho other from II, II. Hoffman, superintendent of schools at Hopnor. Tho usual deluge of requests is ex pected, howovor, as soon as announce ment of tho slips is mado. To Put $1500 Into Church Addition Board of Christian Congrega tion Decides Upon Immediate Improvements. 1 An, addition will bo bpllt on to tho north end of tho Springflold church, on Fourth and A streets, at an up proxlmnto cost of S1600, immediately, according to a decision mado at a. meeting of tho church board 'Monday! ovonlng. Tho work is to begin as soon as all arrangements can bo com pleted, which will bo In a couple ot weeks at most, according to E. E. Mor rison, chairman of tho board. After tho now portion is completed, tho pulpit und baptistry, which aro now on the east stdo of tho church, will be changed to tho north end. On tho north and cast sides, additional Sunday school rooms for tho accomo dation of 10 classes, outstdo ot tho main auditorium, will bo constructed. The main ontranco will then bo on tho south sldp instoad. of at both cor ners of tho wost sldo, as Is tho arrange ment at present. When, tho construction ot tho now portion Is complote, the entiro church' Will bo repalutcdi About one month or six weeks will bo requlrod for tho improvements, it is stated. NEW FLAX PLANT IN EUGENE Will Llpman, of Portland, Member of a Company To Promote Industry. Announcement was mado Monday night of tho. formation of n company lo tako over tho flax project that was started in Eugeno by tho Chamber of Goiuinercp last year. A 10 a ere tract of land nenr tho city will bo purchased and a modern flax plant will bo oroctcd, according to announcement ot those Interested. Tho members of tho new company aro Gcorgo Qunlo, Bocretary of tho Eugene Chamber ot Cominorcp; W. .Llpman, ot Llpman Wolfe of Portland and a member of thq Portland Chamber of Commerce flax cpnunltto.o, and David Auld, a Eugeno lumber man. The machinery In the flax plant already In operation will bo used and added to. Mr, Qualo says thoro Is enough flbor on hand at the plant to reimburse tho Cbambor of Commorco for what it has put into tho project and to pay all Indebted ness bostdea paying tho farmers woll for their work of raising flax. Disables Motor Truck. The large Booth-Kelly motor truck; which Is driven by Z. W. Wruy bo-, canto dlsublod this afternoon and hnd to bp towed ; in by Ollvpr Johnson's truck to tboSprlngflold Garage. When tho truck wob going into tho gnrago H ran into tho sldo of tho door and toarlng It off Its hinges and breaking tho glass in tho upper a't, TIk ,truok suffered little Injury, The Making By WALTER During tho next few wooks tho News will publish a serlos of articles" on a fow of tho fundamentals to ho taken into consideration in building nnd beautifying a town such as Springflcd. TOWN BUILDING AND COOPERATION. There, is nothing cany, but there is a great deal of satisfaction In building a community of which tho Inhabitants might well be proud. Community building is a difficult and laborious process at host. It requires plenty of confidence in tho future, and.surclr Springfield has a future. There must bo cooperation nmong tho mci and women of tho community which will bring togothcr the many elements that mako tho success of., a town possible. Under the American idoa of individualism, community building has often been regarded ns fndlvidual in character. Thore has been little em phasis laid on tho cooperation side ot community development, and at tho present tlmo at least, tho people of Springfield seem to have lost sight of this fact altogothor. It Is truo that in many towns strong men have erected business blocks, established banks, created mills, and hayo accomplished a grcnt deal that has assisted materially In the growth and develop ment of tho community, WJnllo all this individual enterprise is nec essary and worth while, it in itself cannot create a town in tho best sense of tho term. Tho individual has identified the success ot the town In these instances with his own commercial advantages, nnd has overlooked the important fact that a town has a conscience, point of view, and an attitude of Its own. This spirit ot the town must be alive to tho town's condition, ready and elert as an indicator of tho character of the general citizenship to take on problems and dimcultlce. Community vlow and Individual Interest do not always coincide. It is not usually hard to find the basis ot opposition on the part of somo men to town progress. Many times it Is due to misunder standings, to Idle gossip, or to competition in a limited field. In this particular community this opposition seems to hinge on politic, which caues a deadlock at every turn of the road. Thus the political contest may take on all o fthc bitterness of a hostile strife for gold in a mining camp, and end with merchants having nothing to do with each other in a business or in a social way. Instead of Ignoring such a situation, the rest of tho community takes sides. As a conscquonce cliques are formed. The larger the community the more cliques. Then thoro comes the natural result; there is a division in the town, and tho community. begins to lose ground, because there are no central interests. Each faction thinks mora ot its potty grievances than it thinks of the 'good of tho wholo community. If ono side does really want to do something for the town the other sldo comes out with gatling guns and riddles the project with criticism. Nothing deadlier could exist than Just such a condition. Mark Twain gavo to the world a few years ago his "Story ot the Man Who Corrupted Hadleysburg.'" It cannot be repeated here, but tho comploto overturning of its citizens was due wholly to sus (Continued onpage two)' ' ' STORY OF 5 YEARS TOLD EUGENE BODY BY E. E. Potato Dealer Speaks of. Enor mous Growth of Industry; Predicts Big Future. A story ot tho growth ot the potato industry in Springflold, Eugene and upper Willamette valley points from tho zero point where It was five years' ago to the placo where this section bids fair to becoming the best known potato producing district on the coast which was really a recital of bis own struggles and growing success In tho business, was that embodied in Mayor E, E. Morrison's talk to tho Eugeno Chnmbor of Commerce at its weekly luncheon yesterday. Mr. Morrison's story was a recital ot confidence In tho potato industry jund willingness to back his Judgment with money. Ho told how he had j brought In good seed, sold it on time I to tho growers, nnd guaranteed a roa- jsonablo price for tho crop when har I vested. This was continued yoar af- (or year until both quality and output j wero (greatly increased and a market 1 built up where nono existed beforo. I A good outlook for the future was ! predicted, when tho speaker stated that he expected to seo an output ot 1000 cars per year within a short ; tlmo, which will mean bringing In I from $350,000 to $400,000 ot new mon ey to pay for tho crop. Tho prosont prices aro abnormal, and cannot bo expected to prevail year after year, tho Mayor said, but he thinks that nil tho potatoes of good quality that can bo grown in this dis trict next year can bo sold at a prlco that will not tho grower a good profit. Ho estimated tho average profits from potato growing in tho futuro at from $30 to $40 per aero.' This estimato, of courso, was based upon tho produc . tlon of potatoes of good quality and ('of tho varieties most In demand in . ttjo markets supplied from hero. ' Tho Early Whlto Roso, tho Ameri can Wonder nud tho Burbank, ho said, nvo tho varieties to grow, for tho mar ket served by this district. Thosa 1 (Continued on page two) I SON of a Town It DIMM WOULD CREATE Plan Contemplates That Each County Havo Committee to Take Over Functions. Creation of a "public revenue com mission;" one for each county of the state, is proposed by ,W. D. Fenton. in order to give to a single body the power of levying taxes and so divorce tho tax levying power from the tax standing power. Mr. Fenton's plan is outlined in a letter sent Sunday to Herbert Gordon of the Multnomah delegation in tho houso of representatives with request that the committee on assessments ami taxation embody his ideas In a bill. The plan calls for a committeo of three, ono of whom to bo a member nf a minority party, to take over the tax levying functions now enjoyed sepa rately by county commissioners, school directors, common councils, port com missions, dock commissions, library commissions, and the like. Central Body Favored, At tho present time these bodies mako their own levies and expend itures. Mr. Fenton, howevor, believer in acentral tax lovying body, that will havo the public confidence, to gather all Information relative to pub lic, Indebtedness and public expendi tures. Such a commission, ho points out, will bo ablo to take into consideration the entiro levy ot a county from all angles and for all purposes, therebv preventing waste and duplication. It will make for greater scrutiny of ex penditures and greater economy and efficiency In administration. It will reduce the annual tax levy, ho says, and will compel obedience in tho 6 per cent limitation law, which ho charges is being evaded by many (ax levying bodies at tho Present, time. The creation ot these commissions will still keep intact tho right ot (ho people to voto spejclal levies tor special purposes it they desire, he adds Mr. Fenton also believes that a pub- (Ocn tinned onPa:o'"TwB) PUBLG HE-VENUE COMMISSION WILL AID NEEDY CHILDREN The Qolden Rule Sewing 8oclety, Just Organized, Has Worthy Aim. Tho Golden Ilulo Sowing society, whose object most certainly seems lo come under the Golden Rule and which is worthy of tho cooperation of every citizen has Just been organized in Springfield, Mrs. Dan Gore is president Mrs. Ncttlo Motcalf, vice president, and Mrs. It Snodgrass, secretary- treasurer. Tho society will meet each week at tho home of some member, and the time' will be spent in making over clothing for some family which is in need. If; at any time, no one Is known lo be In need, the work will be continued Just thq same, and garments will be put in readiness, so when a call comes tho children can be properly clothe) Immediately. If any one has clothing that can be worked over, or that chil dren havo outgrown, tho society will bo very glad to receive it Such gar ments can be (eft at the home of Mr?. A. J. Co'wart, Mrs. William Donaldson, or Mrs. W. G. Hill. Tho next meeting of the society will be held at the home of Mrs. W. F. Cofer at the corner of E and Eighth streets on Tuesday, January 30. Any one that is interested is welcome. Leaburg Farm Changes Hands Thirteen Hundred Acre Tract Passes Into Hands of For mer University Student. Dr. Carrie E. Letburg has Just com- Dieted a deal whereby she disoosed ot her large tract of land near the Leaburg post office, about 20' miles east ot Springfield, on the McKenzto river, to Ralph B. McEwan of Athena, Oregon. Thls is one of the most nlcturesoua farms in Lane county and consists oness through, combinations to control 1300 acres,, extending" from the Kenzle river Tack into the hills and for a distance up and. down the river. A residence built several years ago at cost of $5000 or $6000 is located on a knoll a lew rods back oi tne aic Kenzie highway, and always attracts attention of travelers up and down the river. Dr. Lelberg and her husband, who was a naturalist ot noto. boueht the place seven or eight years ago. They made many Improvements besides erecting the flno residence, and trans- formed it from almost a wilderness to one ot the most desirable, residence .... farms In the county, ur. L.cioerg8 "tv- mw.(.? husband died there several years ago ma,n problem ot tho lumber Industry and elnce then she has managed the has grown out of tho hundreds, ot bit farm i "0Da of fee of tImDer acquired cheap- I , m m a .5Lt t Mr. McEwan is a graduate ot thofT a w years ago irom we puo.ic University .ot Oregon with a class ot several years ago, and his wife was Miss Adele Goff, also a University graduate and whose home was at Hood River. Mr. McEwan has made a succosj at wheat farming ainco leaving the University. Ho owns a big ranch In the vicinity ot Athena, which is la tho eastern Oregon wheat belt. It Is said the purchase price of the dghborhood of $50,000 tract is in the neighborhood Hold Special Meeting- Tho finance committee of the city. council held a special meeting at the city hall Monday night to consider matters concerning town finances'. Me - thods of reducing tho work ot the treasurer wero discussed and S. P. Ness, city attorney sugested a change in tho methods ot bookkeeping. S, H. S. To Meet Eugene. A doubleheader champion basketball game between the leaders ot the Eu gone G rammer School Basketball league, and between the Triple "M" club and tho Springflold high school teams, is scheduled to take placo at the Eugene high school gymnasium next Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock, ' The following uncalled-for letton were remaining in the Springfield post office on January 22: Miss Ttena Ham. Mr. Edward C. Handsaker, Mrs. Mary Brown, Miss .Martha ense'th, Geo, Wf Robbina, Mr. Johnny Kllnge, Mr. and Mrs. N". O. Starr, Mr. W. A, Young, A charge of one.cent will bo made on all advertised letters. County Judge, H. L. Bown has sign, ed an order approving the final re port of SadtQ Perkins, executrix ot 41. Aa4nA Xfa Xflnnlo Tfflhlni if i. '.,.. 4.i who under the wltf is W receive die ,ate1rni01 "TIh roslduKV.the. PrOPftrtr, house ttndand UHo lot ou B afreet la Springfield, I CwUiaad on page Uinni 'ECULI IS PARTIAL CAUSE OF PRESENT SLUMP Timber Situation Analysis Mackt In Forest Service Bulletin, Just off the Press. . , COOPERATION- ADVOCATED Report Contains Boiled-down Concltt-. Ions of Study of Timber Owner- ship and Lumber Business j, - tt That unstable and partly speculative, forest ownership in he West and Souilv is the cause of frequent over-ctrttla of the, market and, waste of, foresi re sources is announced by the farMf. Service in a report ust off thesovera ment press. Too large stocks of timber acquired from the public do main and too much timber speculation mixed with the manufacture of ltua ber, says (he Service, underlie the present instability of the industry. All this, the Service points out con cerns the lumber user. Many states aro paying dearly for lumber because their own. timber is largely used, sp and outside supplies can be obtained only at high, costs for transportation. With little being done to frow new forests on cutovor lands, a more wide spread shortage of forest products Is At- . A 1 f At- - ,BnaM!nra- m lUB lul" laa -roreat ouryjeo buyucs. us form5 l.m price cooperation i amon lu?ber manufacturers to make the industry more efficient and check wasteful over-produotion. But it is strongly against changes In the pre- 't competitive character of, the,ttmsU ITHINKSF ill M?-vouVr u,"e v2?tfl.SJ?r-1 advocated In the name of conserva tion. The report contains the boiled-down conclusions of a -study of timber own ership and the lumber business, un dertaken by the Forest Service tr find out how this business as conduct ed today affects forest conservation and the interests of the millions cf . users of wood ,n United States. ' and to see whether the public policies ror conserving ine nations rorest wealth go far enough. It is also sougnt to neip me maustry soive me .serious problems which confront it ' Tt.a PA-aet CnpvtiA flnilti ttiaf ttiet .oomain. j,umoennen in me west are carrying; vast quantities or limner land beyond -all possiblo needsiof: their present sawmjllq and Jogging camps. Widespread speculation during a few years of sudden development carried .timber values very high, and. .many western stumpage holdings have been over-capitalized. The business of making lumber, says , the report, has thus been loaded down wlth investments in tiraberland. The productive branch of the industry has I been interlocked too largely with spec- . ulatlons in its raw material; and in- j stead of standing on Its own feet as a . manufacturing business, has tended to 1 be the tall of the dog, made frequently to serve the exigencies ot timber spec- , latlon. According to the report, pros sure from an overload of timber -a the first cause of the general instabili ty of the Industry.. For ope thing, it has lead to building mills beyond the demand fof their products. At least, a iniru oi me saws are now, iuiu. On the other hand, the Forest Ser vice reports that social and economic. changps Jn the United States are re ducing Ita proportionate use of lum? ber- Uses tal?en over by o,ther struc- tural materials within tbp last, ton,- I ll. . A - .I... A I years are eswpiaieu ai one-nii oi iuo I prosent yearly cut of lumber; and lo the same, period, the per capita con sumption, of lumber soemB to havo passod Its peak and dropped nearly one-fourth. Caught with, Its burden of timber land, on the pno. band and these chang es .in the, country's use of wood on tha other, the timber Industry, the report, points out, has been' between an upper and, nether mjUstono., Occasional, years, oj high earnings havO.een, fojlowed b,y usually,, loagftr; Dorioda at small profits or loss, Th