NEWS
SPRINGFIELD
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8PRINQFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JAN. 25, 1917.
VOL. XV. NO, 104,
ZOLA GRAY JUMPS
10 LEADING PLACE
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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