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SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1917
VOL. XVI. NO. 9.
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II 26 YEARS SAYS
ONE LOCAL WOMAN
Solid Wook of Snow-fnII, Rain,
and Slush Unusunl for
Springfield.
DEEPEST SNOW 12 INCHES
Youngsters Enjoy Snow-balling and
Coasting; No Serious Damage
Reported at Yet
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"U'n tbo worst atonn wo'vo over
; aeon horo, nnd wo'vo lived horo nit
years," ono snow-bound woman snld
as alio answered a strangers question
nt hor door Saturday nftonioon, Dut
aim wuh smiling and good-natured, and
tlio snow seems to liavo put nlmot
everyone In tbo snuto mood, although,
of course, thoro nro many men out of
work boenuio of It, nnd much slcknos
Tho 12 Inches of snow which worn
on tho ground Saturday nftonioon,
were tho result of tlvo days' snow an 1
rain fall, Until tho last of tho wook,
nowovur, mo k rounu was so wot, ami
m wo 3
STORM
uio snow so noany nun. mat iiiuo i of tIi-'lnto Itov. N. M. Sklpworth earlv
ojecopt slush resultod. Hut with a'Mothodlst niluiHtnP of Orocoil.
couplo of cold nights, tho enow has Jugt ,0foro nooI1(,Frldny. Fobrunry 2.
packed somowhnt. nnd tho young folk m7) nt tho lom of hftr 80f JU(,K0
lmvo boon nblo to got In somo coaca. flklpworth, UG1 Chnrnolton strent
lug and sledding and lots of snow-',,, ,.:iIBOno, nB0(, ftlIn0Bt s2 yt.arH, Sh0
lmllldK- I hnd been III for sovornl weoks.an 1
And It Isn't only tho chlldron who ,,,, boon near death'? door for several
liavo reveled In tho snow, olthor, for ,my8
moro than ono dlgnined matron o- T)io funornl services woro conducted
gontlomnn luiH rocolved a faco-wnshlnB by ,lev acorgc jnrklnMon of Ul0
One youngster oven pelted a fow nt. ' ,,,rgt Methodist church nt tho Cordo.i
his "Pror" When asked If ho had hnd & Voatch clmpoli ,.C8tonlny ftornoon
his face wnshod yot, ono of tho lnut p0i,ruaiy 2Ci at 2:30 0.clocJi and ,.
ness men said no. not yet, but that ,ormenl wns nin,i0 In ,ho 0. O. K.
he had been nfrald to go homo at noon comotory
and so hud his lunch nt n restaurant. Sha wu; lho ,notl,cr of ftv'0 ci,llllrcM
I.utor in tito nriornoon, no was soon
uornoon. no wns soon
t, hlKh'bootH and other
clad, In overcoat
protectors, traveling liomoward with
n shovel over ono shoulder, wrothcr
for protection or Tor shoveling snow.
no one knew.
Thus fur, there aconiB to liavo beea
no sorlous damage. Thoro Is danger
of roofs caving In from tho weight of
course, and many liavo been busy
keeping them clean, but no catastrophe
haH been reported. Tho street car
sorvlco has been very good, and can
woro to bo had at quite regular Intor
vnls, oven If tho early ones wero a
llttlo behind time. Six or seven pn ri
sen Rors wero given Unto for rofloctlon
when tho nower suddenly wont off nt
6:30 Saturday nveulng, nnd tho Kugono
bound car, was left strnndod on tho
Springfield brldgo, minus light nnd
boat, bcsldos motion. Dut thoy, too
wero good nnturod. . Ono follow re
marked that tho car, lltto a Ford, ran
on its roputntlon.
Ono of tho most nmuslng Incidents
wns the sight of n man sitting on n
bale of liny on a wheolbarrow. He
turned tho barrow out of tho way for
n passerby nnd sold: "1 don't know
whether I'll got this hay homo or not.
T tlinil llin linfirilu nn,l nnltn nm nvnrv.
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tiling anil It wouiu liavo paid mo tr
havo made a sled. But I guoss I'll i
got thoro," and ho sat
down again. Tho
passerby glanced back from farther j
.1 ..... l.n a t I nn.1 n llin. n n M '
down the ntreot and saw tho man
amostly ongnged In conversation with
another, nnd still sitting,
Whllo it scorned thoro was qulto r.
lot of'snow horo, when tho snowTilow
nnd four hprsos woro put to work oi
tho streets Saturday afternoon, tho
fow inches In Splngfleld is really ns
nothing to the four foot at Cnmp 9,
20 inllos above Wendllng, or the six
foot nt Cnmp 10 above, All logging
operations nt tho camps ceased thn
first of last week, , -
60 Will' Grow Broccoli.
About CO farmers ot tho near vicin
ity havo signed on ugroomont to grow
broccoli this year, according to H.
A. Razor, who with V, T. Langlote,
of Rlddlo Is intorostod In the Western
Broccoli association. It is oxpocted
that 00,000 crates will bo shlppod out
as a starter tho coming season. Tho
Broccoli company has placed tho see l
with tho First National bank ot Eu
gono to bo distributed to tho growers
from thoro.
Relty Trade Is Made.
On Saturday, Mrs, R, V, Mortouscn
trudod a town rosldonco In Yoncnlln
In L, J. Cepley for tbo lnttor's thrco
plocoe ot property on B street horo.
Dr. and Mra. MortonBon will move
soon into tho largest ot tho throo Iiouh
m, Tho deal wan mado through Mr,
Johso A, AUatu ''
STORE OPENS TOMORROW
(Mr. nd Mr. W. J, Hill Ready to
Serve Public, In New Location
Tomorrow morning, Fobruary V,
, tlio Hill Department store, will bo nil
Toady for business, In tlio I. 0, O,
building nt tlio corner of Fourth nnd
Main st roots, tlio roomn formerly ov
cuplod by Hampton'n Htoro. Such
wns tlio statement mado today by Ma
; J, Hill, who Ih to bo In nctlvo
chnrgo.
Tlio Racket Htoro stock linn boon
transferred to tlio now location, nt.
vtrnotho window trlniH Imvo boon put
In, mid now Spring Mock, Incluillnt?
ynrdaco goods, otnbroldorioH and Incos
hns arrived. Tlio now atoro plana
Jo carry a full lino of dryKOodts, notions
chlnnwnre, Itardwnro, toys, and sta
tionery. Miss Maudo Uutterflold of tlio Hill
Htoro In Kiixdiio Ih assisting born, an
?iro also J. V. Znng nnd Paul Onion
decoratora. Mra. V. J. Hill und MIrj
Mabel Kami rem are also kept bu.iy.
MOTHER OF JUDGE
SKIPWORTH IS CALLED
BY DEATH, FRIDAY
'Wife of Early Oregon Methodist Mln. '
Ister Rounds Out Busy Life
of A,lmoet 82 Years.
Mrg Corncia a sklpworth, widow
Tmir of whom jturvly.p.horlioso nrq:
Mr. yd' iDrof "portinml: liev.
Walton sklpworth of Hlllsboro; Mrs.
Eula a Wooi, "J,, EuBono nm, Juds?0
Q P Hklpworth of Eugene. Anotl.or
Boni K R sklpworth, died In Eugemt
3 years afto.
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E. B.U. Glee Club
m
Pleases Audience
Thursday Night's Concort Hero
is'Enjoyablo Ono "in
L'ovory Respoct.
An enthusiastic audience greeted
the Bugeno Blulo University Meu'u
Gleo club, which appeared hero nt lho
Christian church in a well-balanced
Thursday evening. The ma
iod voices, nnd show rnn.
concert
havo good
tlonally fine training, and thelc solec-
tlons wero ploaslrtg.
An especially good number was Ul0
"What From Vengeance" selection
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irom mo "ocxioi nom Micia," m
.wnicn mrs, w. m, l'aiicrson, soprano, s
which Mrs, K. M. Patterson, BOpniui. K
and Miss Ruth Boozor. contralto, Join-!
iod with Messors Filor, Jopo, Humbert 1
and Itowo.
fAil nil
Mrs. Patterson also ap
peared on tho program In n solo,
"Juno." Miss Mndgo Humbert was
accompanist.
Following Is tho program:
Part I.
1. B. B. U. Song
Arranged by H. Filer
Qloo Club
2. Tenor Solo-"Thou Wondrous Youth"
, Franz Abt
Henry Paul Filer
3. Quartot-"Wter Lilies" Under
McBSors. Filer, Jopo, Humbort, Rowo
4. Reading , SolecteJ
Tod Loavltt
5. "Sloop, Little Baby of Mlno"
Dennee-Smitn
' Gleo Club
, Part II.
1, "Mulltgnn MiiBkotoers" ....Atkinson
Qloo Club
2, Reading 8eloct9l
Kondnll R Burko '
St, Barltono Solo-"01d Black Mnro"
.t?. Squlro
Harold F. Humbort
4. "What from Vongounca" Sextet
from "Lucia" Donizetti
, Mrs. B. M. Patterson, MIsh
Ruth Boozor, Messors, Filer
Jopo, Humbert, and Rowo
G, "Huntor'u Farowoll" .... Mendelssohn
Qleo Club
Robert Price ot Mnbol hud his tonlsls
removed nt the Springfield hospital
Friday,
BRIDGE GUARDED IN NEW YORK
J'hoto Uy American Tress Association.
Naval uillltlumun on lookout to prevent attempts at blowing up ManhaU
tnu bridge, ono of the Ove big lrldgc.t spnnnlttK the Kast rlvch
EL
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10 GET
Court Fixes 'Rate Schedule for
Men and Teams for Mc
t. Kenzie District.
Gravel haulers for the McKenzle dls.
trlct during tho coming summer will
be nblo to earn approximately ?4 a
day for man and team, since tho coun-
ty court has Just prepared a detailed
schedule of tho rates to be paid forj
i hauling gravel different distances, and
tho amount to be hauled In a day.
I Under the schedule, which provides
i different rates for nil distances froia
onehalf mile to two and a half miles,
by quarter miles, computation is raado
on tho basis of ono and a half yards
to tho load. For example, on a haul
of a half mile or less, a team Is ex-
poctcd to make 10 trips, traveling olsht
miles, and carrying 24 yards of rock.
Payment at 18 .cents n yard would
give the teamster $4.32 for his day'
'work. Ills estimated he would Lo
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trnvollng five hours, nnd loading and
, nlondlnK for three hours out of tho
'BUt ho Is employed. On a haul of
i.throe-uuartors to a mile, tho teamster ,
I vrould bo. expected o make a haul of ,
;tenloads. 15 yards at 30 cents a yearl
nolt 4,B? Inthodayho,
wniilil irnvol 171i mllnn nml linvn nnn
.,' , , . . ,7 I. TL 1
linur RO mliiulna Hlnnillnir Hmo. fin thn
. . . f B. . . r . i
,
,ux"uul " wo un i n nan nines
1,10 P",1-0"1 Wl" D ni " ccn" n
ynni, wuicu woum hivo mo toamsier i
$3.06 If he mado tho required fouri
'trips, covering 19 miles. I
HAULER
uaVp nrrij TDPATPn PI MP ,8tate hoard of health, which wero n- quarterly meeting will bo held at Cres
HMVt BttN iKCAltU t-IINfc . co.od by ,0Cftl authorities Friday lwe,i, Saturday March 3. 1917 com-
' fisu. e "lornlng. tho Roseburg public and hlgh'mencing at 1:30 p.m. at the Woodmea
scsays E. M. Padden, of Portland, 8chools woro cIosed at noon and wIll'haH. B. L. Klemer of Alvadore presl-
After 2 Weeks' Stay Here. probably not be opened for Uio next'dont of tho Lano County Fruit Grow.
i ,,,, , ,?,. ,.. i,Jtwo weok8- Th0 n"mber ot measles )erB exchange will present a report
I just want to say that wo liavo . ca808 roported cach day ha8 rcachod 0f tho work of tho exchange this year
received no such treatment anywhere fa tota, that ha8 bccome aIarmlnB and ,ncludlng a Mport on and ycost
a. wo have received hero In Spring. tu,8 moans to ent n doplorablo 4 of marketlng aPpplo8. c. B. stewart,
field; ovoryono has been most consld- opIdom,C( wlth poe8lb,0 resulting fatal. bounty Fruit Inspector will glvo an
Tin annhirl Waa ltCraC1 DCC088ar Strict Address on spraying. Other speakers
us up. You can make that as strong orderahave been ,88Uod through Uio and discussions will bo on tho program
as you wish, for Springfield poop.o ,oca, nealth authorUlcs, and parent, 'All fruit growers Invited to be present
w ..v,v
bo saia a. m. i'aouen, manager tor
J, Slfnon and Brother of Portland, who
with Mrs. Padden has boon in Spring
field for tho past two wooks, marklup;
nnd packing tho Hampton storo stock
and fixtures for shipment to Portlnnd-""
Mr "nd Mrs PndS
MI ,nnU Iaaae" '.U !.U"r8tln
ovonlng, with a cordial invitation ot
tho friends thoy had made horo to
"come and soo us."
Make First Loq Shipment,
Tho first of tho Tidewater Mill conf
pnny's logs to bo shlppod from lho
Sluslaw river to Coos Bay wont out
Thursday aft6rnoon for Marehflold,
whou n 14-enr train wns loaded nnd
despatched, Jack Bestor and Wllllnm
Vaughn have tho contract fo. rvulin-j
,tho logs, of whirl' 'berp 0 spvin
million foot
RANCHER FIGHTS
2
Waldeni Trotter, of
eiKnap
Springs, Finds .Animals
IiSuBarn;. Kills Both
A remarkable story of the killing of
two big cougars by Wnldcn Trotter, a
mountain rancher, one day this weok,
comes from Belknap Springs on the
upper McKenzle river.
Trotter heard a noise in his bam,
, which Is across the McKenzle highway
from his residence, nnd went over to J
Investigate. He found his cow stand-.
Ing In tho barn doorway, gazing stead -
W7H
COUGAR
lly at something inside, seemingly ton j jQn a g High Jinks in
frightened to move. Looking In, he ! ti Vl
'saw two cougar? in the manger, Shov-j Eugene Thursday Night.
Ing tho cow asldo, Trotter slammed tho
door shut and ran to tho house for h'l , . . , ,
1 gun and dog Sneak. L b,s 5?e ? !l occ""ecl
EnerInR tue.barn ho flred a .hot!M"
nnd ono of the cougars fell. The other CSl
daehea pa8t him and out of tho barn, 1 " MuT stunts
''but Sncak gave chase and hnd the nnl . ba"Q"et. ani! h'f h 3inks; M,U8'C' 8t
,. , , b . , , , , , nnd boxing bouts were features of lho
, ial at bay n few hundred yards down j ....
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the road when Trotter came up with .
hlm. Ho mtsa 0ne and return
to tho barn, where ho found tho first
cougar had recovered from the shock
0f tho bullet wound.
The cougar attacked Trotter and ho
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KnocKea it uown wttn tno butt ot ni9'cn,SB. chas. Hardt. John Wlnzenreid.
rllle. This partially stunned tho cou-'
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riiio. Tnis partially stunned tno cou-'t
am, Trottcr nad mo to diBpatch '
fit with another bullet,
Maesles Close Schools.
Acting upon orders Issuing from the
and chHdren nave been aBRed to
Kivo tBeIr heartiest co-operation.
Burolar Steals Cloars.
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Fryor'B phnmacy at Junction Clty
, , .
h, ,f C,'d,ce, C'Ba,r8' Ut
In Bmall change nnd ono Ivor Johnson
A - . . . . A J ,11. , mImIaA. ahI n . 1 1
,32 caliber revolver woro taken. Tho
burglurs loft no cluo. This Is the
socond store break thoro In tho last
30 days.
Mrs, Fenwlck Home.
Mrs. Melvln Fenwlck arrived homo
Thursday ovonlng, afteran extended
stay at San Diego, California. Mr.
Fenwlck has gone to Savanah, Mo.,
hoping to got relief from recurring
earner troublo and will roturn homo
oon ns possible.
WILL ORGANIZE GRANGE
C. J. Hurd 6ys One of Best In County
' to Be' Started at Goshen.
Tho town of Goshen will soon havo
ono of tho largest granges In the
county, according to C. J. Hurd, deputy
stato master of tho order. On Tues
day of noxt week an organization will
bo perfected.
A. C. Miller and .W. E. Iloldrldsjo
nro securing tho names for charter1
members and they expect to bare at
least 100 to bo placed on tho roll
when organization takes place next
Saturday.
Goshen Is ono of tho fow communi
ties of tho county and has never had
a rural organization of somo kind
Mr. Hurd expects the now grange to
be one of the best in Lane county.
Ho will have charge of the work of
organizing.
NEW LOGGING CAMp
ON THE SIUSLAW TO
SUPPLY LOCAL MILL
Krlby Brothers Will Begln Filling Big
Contract With Booth-Kelly A
Soon As Spur Is Built.
As soon as the railway company
builds a spur to a logging camp Just
established on tho Richardson place,
nlong tho line of the Coos Bay branch
of the Southern Pacific, about 40 mllea
west of here, KIrby Brothers, of Map!-
ton will begin tho work of filling a
'contract for between 3,000,000 nnd
4.000,000 feet of logs, to Tie delivered
to tho Booth-Kelly mill hero by rail.
It is thought work can bo started
in a month.
L. C. Kirby, member of. tho firm,
who is arranging with the railroad
I company for the construction of the
I spur, says that when the camp Is In
J fult operation they will be. able to ship
j about ten cars of logs each day. it
is expected that It will require 'four'
months time to complete the contract
The logs will be cut from land ovrsd
ed by Archie Richardson and Joseph
Fowleri where Ihfero' "Ha1 ve ey'er'Bee'a
any logging operations before. Tho
timber In' that section Is said to 1)3
among tho best In he S'uslaw countrr.
'Hello BilF Lodge
Eats and Frolics
, Feast of Elk-Meat Main Attrac-
pruKruiu wuicu ucturreu uiiur i cjr.-
dTnn Zi been disposed of
"f '"f,. ..!ln..Tf..?...,...
3d Of.
included
'Hnrry stowart , s ' rt cbarl.
LdTv'jS!
rS SSSt EES
valller, Bena Wilmont, Riley Snod-
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c. Luckov. A. Mlddleton.
m n t.,,.uv a tfMHitnn. m ir
nrflsslor Ai Perkins. Thurman Rleca
Horticulturists to Meet.
Regular quarterly meeting ot tho
Lano county Horticultural society, Tho
News From Former Resldens.
itouo iu...Du vu...j
mnrnlnf? fMitn PrsrVitf. flrflirnn. hrinif-
i.v ., ,.j i. ,, i,,.a.
in-law. Georgo Engjnnd. hnd left Tort-
land for Preacott. and that ho was
.,v ,mnrnvlnv fmm hlH rfiPftnt nn
slowly Improving from his recent op
oration. David England, formerly a
foreman at tho Booth Kelly lumber
mill here, has left Prescott, where ho
has been mill foreman, and taken up
a superlntendency at West Timbers,
Oregon. Mr. Parrlsh will visit Id
Springflold for a wook before retunlng
to Proscott, where he is omployeo.
Real Estate Transfer.
A. J. Perkins ot ux to P, E. Keyo, j
Nl-2 of lot 1 Kelly's add. Sprlngfiell
'no.
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MOTOR CRAFT
WILL GUARD 11. S. .
AGAINST U-BOATS
Navy Department Prepares to
Build Patrol Fleet for
Defense Purposes.
DEADLIEST SUBMARINE FOE
Naval Experts Busy at Designing
Swift Vessels to Keep Watch on
Our Coasts in Wartime.
The nary department has begna
preparations for the building of a mc
torboat patrol fleet for defense against
German U-boats that might cross the
Atlantic to prey oa shipping or to enter
American harbors in search of battle
ships.
A. Lorlng Swasey of Swasey, Ray
mond Sc Page, Boston ship architects,
has been called to Washington, It was
learned, to take charge of the cob
strnctlon In private shipyards of motor
patrol boats, to be equipped with fore
and aft guns, wireless, searchlights and
unique bombing devices.
Simultaneously with tho call of Mr.
Swasey to Washington to take charge
of this work, Admiral Knight has noti
fied tho officers of the various civilian,
patrol squadrons, composed of private
ly owned motorboats, to hold their men
subject to call. There are l.SOO power
boats on the Atlantic coast enrolled in
tho civilian motorboat patrol organisa
tions. Of these probably 100 could bo
armed nnd equipped for defensive
work against submarines and be ready
at suort notice.
On Thousand of the Boats Needed.
.Yachtsmen estimate that not fewer
than J.OOO boats of a type of which'
oiiljr a few exist In tho United States
today would be necessary for the
proper patrol of the coast. In view ot
tho speed with which patrol boats were
built for En;lnnd, It Is believed that.
th'cT ijDOO'BoafJ' could be 'built la' much' '
less than a' year to substitute or sup
plement the work against submarines
that may have to be done In the first
Instance by private owned volunteer
craft. Tho United States has now two
types of patrol boats that were con
structed for test and as a guide for
yachtsmen. One of each type has been
constructed, and both boats, one thirty
five feet in length and tho other sixty
six, are capable of doing twenty-five to
thirty miles an hour.
While the government and motorboat
men are preparing for defense against
submarines, the question of netting the
harbors has come to the front. A num
ber of navy experts deny that It is es
sential to net the harbors against the
possible Invasion of submarines, while
others Insist that If ono submarine
should get Into a harbor where a por
tion of the Atlantic fleet Is lying the
havoc would be tremendous, as each
torpedo' would count to the full. So
far as can be learned, tho navy depart
ment Is Inclined to rely at the start In
any case on protection by the patrol
boats, though urged by civilian yachts
men to proceed promptly with the prep
aration of nets for nil harbors likely to
bo frequented by any portion of tho At
lanUc fleet
Patrol Boat Moat Effective.
Patrol boats supplemented by nets.
wire and bomb devices of various kinds
have not been moro than sufficient for
England's protection against the sub
marines. While tho patrol boats that
spread out .in fanlike circle after a
submarine 'has submerged for escape
are the most effective instruments de
vised for submarine catching, it was
learned from a rellablo source that
England a few weeks ago was celebrat
ing the destruction of the hundredth
German subnlarinc. This number is
great or Email, according to one's pomt
of Tlew. Considered In the light of tho
difficulties of tracking and "nailing"
submarines, it would bo large. But au
thorities In this country agree that
Germany probably has now SOO subma
rines, of which many aro of a trans
atlantic type.
The view 13 rather widely held that
there Is not a great probability of Ger
many attempting to raid American
coasts, though 1c Is believed that sho
would in caso of hostilities send sub
marines to attack the coastwlso ship
ping. Arthur' F. Aldrldge, editor of
Rudder, in the courso of a recent dls
cusslou concerning the possibilities ot
our motorboat patrol, cited tbo fact,
that C50 patrol boats were built for
England In 535 days. If the govern
ment on the advice of Mr, Swasey
should now proceed to build a stand
ardized motorboat patrol It U believed
that the several big shipyards equipped
for such construction could beat this
record and turn out 1,000 beats te a.
few months.
rea Estate Transfers,
J. 8, Maglsdry et al to Chance K.
Troxol lot 10 blk. 4 hlsh Bchoi a,'
to Spriat; flsM-f lt,
t