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SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1918.
VOL. XVII;, UO.p
EIGHT
HOUR
DAY
EFFECTIVE IN ALL
MILLS AND GAMPS
Govornmont Ordor Comos no
Rosult of Portlnnd Moot
ing Last Wook
LOCAL PLANTS OBEY RULES
Delegates Attend Conference at Port
land Monday to Determine Sched
ule of Wages to De Paid
rtHt Frlduy, for tho first time In
tho hlMtory of tho Went, inun In tho
employ of tho sawmills mid losing
camps begun working on an olwlit
hour IiumIm. Friday morning thu Hooth
Kolly nnd Fischer-Boutin iiiIIIh of hla
city began at S o'clock, an hour Inter
tlmn usual, and thu closing whistles
now blow ut 6 o'clock.
TIiIh now oritur of thliiKH In 1 1 1
lending industry of tho Wont ciuii"H
iih ti result of a moutlUK of 200 Itiut
bonnoii In Portlnnd lust wouk with
Col. Hrleu P. Dlsque, commander of
thu spruce production division of
t tho United Htutett Signal Corpii. In
atlondnnco at thu mooting worn tho
principal fir ami spruce manufac
turers of tho coiiki dlHtrlctH of Ore
Kon and Washington mid Home plno
tiintiiifiicturorM. Following an all
day iIIhciihhIoii of thu Biibject Colonel
Ulhiiiiu, nt thu request of tho moot
Inn, iHKimd un ordor pluclng tho In
dustry un an eight-hour basis In
thorn- two HtatvH. Thu oritur Is, not
oiio of military Import, but Ih tho
niHiili of voluntary action on thu
part of thu lumbermen In accord
ance with thu loquosl made by
Colonel Dlsque.
Thu iuanai:ern of tho mills In. thin
city received word from Colonel Din
iiiu Hint the order applied to fir iiiIIIh
an well iih IIioho In tho plno and
spruce dlHtrlctH. and ordern were Im
mediately iHHiied by them to maku It
offoctlvu Friday.
Tho Loyal Login- of Loggers mid
l.iiniboriiien eleetcil I). V. twites to
t ruproHuut tho Ilooth-Kully mill, Prod
x Parker to represent tho Fischer- Mou
lin mill nnd August Mullcr to ropres
out tho Spilngflold. plaining mill at
a mooting of nearly GOO loggers ami
tuiwiiilll moil hold ut Portland Monday
for tho purpoHO of nrrlvliiK at a com
plele understanding of their part In
thu war dopartinent'H program to got
tho uinxlmuiii production of Hpnice for
battle plancH and fir for ships to win
tho war. Tlio convention hail been
culled by Colonel llrleo P. Dlsquo,
1'nlted States army, U:ou IiIh return
lust week from llie national capital.
Only accredited doluKUtOH from tho
Loyal Legion of LogKurs and Lumber
men woro admitted to tho meeting,
thoro being ouu delegate from oaeh of
tho local canipH In Western Oregon
and Washington.
Spoclflcnlly, Colonel DlBqtio do
chirod that tho workmen would gut
10 hourH' pay for eight hours' woilc,
according to tho form or Hcliedulu. Ho
nddod that vory hooii tho men woul.l
not havo to . provide their own lid
ding, nH tho government Is purchas
'i In k 1 HO, 000 hlankutH for thulr iiociIh,
A fixed price of $8.lin a wook for
board at all logging camps and saw
iiiIIIh In rrniote sections had been
docr-Ml, Im ih mired tho worlinion,
Another i,yniiiTiiico which ploatied lnin
wih Iho Htitt'-ment that improved 'Jan
uary cii'iltluiiH lu tho dryroouip
woul.l lie cnv'od Into effect at thu
ourllor. iierlblo dato, ,
Pollowlm; Colonel DIhiiuo'h pns.i'i
tatloti of niallorn for coiiHliloiatlon by
tho worlcno'' . nnd a pica for tluT
Blip; i' t. a rooliitloii wns ndopto 1
without. (ilHt-ent, IndorHliiK IiIh nitlv.
tloH for tho vorkiiion'H wolfaro and
ploiL'jiih' I. Im in divided support.
Is Deputy Assessor
John 10. Edwards yoHtunluy bogan
his duties us deputy iissossoi' for tho
town and will ho at his offlco at tho
lty hall. -
WAGE IN TIMBER 45 CENTS
Dltquo Fixes Scale In Spruce, and Fir
Industry
Htnmlaril wiiroh of cdmriioti labor
ers In the sprtico nnd fir industry of
i Oregon mill Washington will bo 46
conlM-iiii hour with n mlxlmutn of CO
rents mi hour. Tlio maximum wuko
for laborers In tho white plno Hoctlon
In tho eastern portions of tho two
Htittun will ho 40 cuntii an hour. Col
iowtl Hrlce DiH'juo, director of tho
, Hprtico production hurenu of tho army
IhIkiiiiI corps announced tho hcuIo IohI
I night. Ho had beun deleguted to do
cldo upon am? fix tho wages by tho
Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumber
I moil In confernnco at Portlnnd IuhI
Monday. Tluiu and u half will bu paid
for nil ovurtlmu. Copies of tho wagn
itohodulii worn ninllod by Coionnl DIs
'que to till lumbermen In tlio district.
Yarnell Church
Gets Convention
Twenty-ninth Annunl Gathering
Lano County Sunday School
Association to Meet
Tho twenty-ninth annual convention
of thu l.auo County Sunday School
UHHOflatloii will bo hob! nt Vornull
Wednesday and ThurHilny, March 13
and II. Following Ib tho program,
which Iiiih been iiroparod under tho
mi! urvlHlon of J. II Miller, proBldont;
Mm K. J) I.ncy, Hocrotary; and W H
(ant?., Bonn leader:
Wednesday Morning, March 13
10:00 Souk Service.
10; 15 Devotlonnl Horvlce, Itov. Mr.
llaydcn
10:30 A Wolcomo to Our Visitors,
Dan Sporo.
10:40 Uokdoiibu, O. S CalllHon 1
10:50 Soldier or Slacker, Mr M. A.
Danenliowor
11 : 15 Special, Vornon sehnol.
11 :2& KacliiK the I.lfo Needs of
YoutiK People, Hov. Win. M
Caso
AiinouucemoiitH and appoint
ment of eomnilttooH
Wednesday Afternoon ,
1 :30 Sook Horvlce.
1 Mfi Devotional survlco, K. L Swift
00 Special, Donna Hchool.
2: 10 War TaHk of tho lllblo School.
Hev. Mr. Danforth
1; 0 Solo, Frank Piiro.
2:50 AddroHH, Hov. Mr. Crlm.
3:20 Solo, Mr K K llurko
3: 30 AddroHH, Uov. K, K, nurk
Wednesday Evening
7:30 Souk service and prayer.
(iiiltar duct, Lewis aUtom,
Tho world Vision, Mrs. M. A
Danenliowor.
Special music, Kate and Ceo.
Ilaydun.
Illustrated lecture, "Japan,"
Mrs M. I). Madden.
Music
Offering and benediction.
Thursday Morning, March 14.
10:00 Sour service.
Prajso sorvlco, C. II. SedKWlck.
Spocial number, Donna school,
10: -15 Touchers' Work and Proparn,.
Hon, Mrs. M. A. Danenliowor
Mimic, Kuto and Goorgo Hay-
dun.
11:20 Workers' coiiforonco, led by
Mrs. M, A. Dnuonhowor
Music
Thursday Afternoon
1 :30 Huslness mooting, followed by
social sosslon,
.
SEES FORT STEVENS' BOYS
John R. Solelm Sees Soldiers Pass
Through San Francisco
John Ii, Sololm a former clerk at
tho Peory drug store In this city wroto
to frlouds under dato of March 2nd
from San Francisco saying that ho
hud soon tlio Fort Stovens hoys as
follows: Lostor IIIH, Ivan McKliinoy,
Dell HIiiBon, Paul Meyers, Bob and
Sheet Hays, Ilussoll Dlmni and "Hum"
Stownrt. I also saw Hoy Follows, for
inoiiy of Spilngflold, I was with
Frank Crawford when 1 found thorn.
Kmnk Is now sportliiR boiuo now
torgoaiit'B strlpoa.
Youib truly,
JOHN H, SOLE1M
SPRINGFIELD FEED
COMPANY
MOVES
Tako Poo803sion of Vitus Block
! Formerly Occupied by Hay
den & Motcalf Friday
, The SprliiKflold Feed company took
poBHOHHlon of tho largo room vacated
by llaydcn & Motcalf houso furnish
ers hist Friday and moved their largo
Htock of flour, feed and Heed to that
place.
C. K. Lyon, known as Tho Spring
field Feed company succeeded Pearl
Hi ewer on November C, 1913 and was
located lu one-half of ono of-Lho store
I rooms In tho W. O. W. building and
at thnt time currying only flour, feed
and hay.
j Tho following year they secured
J tho other half of tho store room and
lu December 1915 took possession
I the adjoining room nnd-,occupled tho
.two rooms from that time until thoy
'moved to Uio Vitus' building. On
May 1, 191C thoy bought tho Morrison
t warehouse on tho S. P. track nt Sec
ond and South U streets. In this
warehouse they have Installed mach-
Inory for rolling and grinding grain
and cleaning clover seed and field
Ba'nH
Thoy have expanded from a stock
of riour, feed rind hay until now they
carry In addition, seeds, cement, land
pliiHtor, llmu and brick and specialize
In field gruliiB and garden scods.
Flscher-Boutln Runs Full Time
After ii shut-down of 10 days on
. account or mo scarcity ot logs, tno
r iKciier-iioiuiu saw mm negun run -
ning full tlnio Monday morning. For
soveral weeks they havo been engaged
In moving their logging camps from
RlehardHon on tho Siuslaw to Lin -
slaw and now they aro receiving an
average of eglht cars of logs a day,
a sufficient quantity to keep them
; running full time. .
Tax Collection
To Begin Today
I ,
'Fifteen Thousand Statements
Have Beerw Sent Out to
Property Owners
Fifteen thousand tax statements
havo been written and mailed to the
property owners of Lane county and
'the collection of taxes begins today.
For moru than tvo weeks past 16
men hnvu he6n working on the rolls
making up the statements and each
taxpayer will know exactly what ho
has to pay and what each pleco of i
j property ho owhb Is assessed for.
' Tho property is listed this year on
tho rolls under thu old alphabetical
system, each person's property nil
coming under his name In one place
on tho books Instead of being scat
tered around In a number of books!
as under tho "block" systoni as used
by Assessor Keonoy In past years.
Thoro Ih a total of ovor $900,000
to bo collected this yoar. tho tax bo -
lug divided Into various funds as fol
lows: State and County ?504,52G.34
Special school 180,081.57
"" - o.i-i.io
Special road 30,017.80
Special city 16S.101.10
Port or SiiiBlaw 19,539.72
Forest flro patrol 1,232.44
Total $918,C0G.75
The first half of tho tuxes aro due
by April 5 and tho second half must
bo paid by October 5, according to!aml !" Claudo Washhurne of Jun
law. If not paid by tho latter dato,!ct'0" c,tv. who liavo boen visiting for
on Novomhor 5 thoy will bocomo do-! several weeks nt tho homo of Mr. and
lliuiuont and u ponnty of flvo per M'8- u- A- Wishhitrno ot Hiis city left
cunt, .besides Intorost at tho rate of
ono por cont a month, will bo charged.
Gets Farm Tractor
Ouy Mock who rosldos at Douglas
GnnleiiB ont of this city hua pur-
chuBod u small, farm tractor of tho
cnttorplllor typo.
PARENT TEACHERS
MEEHHURSDAY
First Appearance of New High
School Orchestra Is One
of Attractions
The Parcnt-Tcachors meeting held
last Thursday evening at the High
school building was well attended and
an excellent program was rendered.
The assembly room of the High
school was crowded and much Inter-
est was shown in tlio meeting. This
was tho first appearence of tho now
training 'for some time- under tho
leadership of Miss Marlon Richmond.
R. L. Kirk, superintendent of the
Springfield public schools, gave an
Illustrated lecture on child welfare.
Soveral Blides of up-to-date schools
and -modern play grounds wero shown
and jMr. Kirk told why such recrea
tion , grounds were essential. He told
of Uio good dervled from them by
the school children, and how their
mental and physical bodies were aid
ed and improved by modern play
groundn and clean, wljolesomb sur
roundings. The new high school eleven piece
i orchtra fR ma(lo up ot the follow.
j ,ng inBtrumcnU: ctarlnets. Walter
Oossler, Ray Alexandor; slido trom-
j bene, Royal Collins, D. J. Deals;
; cornets, Robert McKee, D. E. StraUon
Mr8. ,c. A. Barnett; violins, Frank
Shont2. Mr. Davis: snare drum. Mr.
Dornn plnno, Dorothy Holbrook. I
The program rendored was as fol -
I the
Ttdcf?
lows:
Dramatisation of "Betsy Ross and
' KevenMi And-Ellitli irTTidef?'
: gong,- II
S. quartette, Eliza Copen-
lmvoi-. Rilnn fiiirvpp. I.vnn nrniiilv
,
W alter Gosslor.
, Section; '.Le8 All be Americans '
j Now" and "Ulueblrd" Orchestra'
Wanologue "Little Boy Blue" Berenice
Cagley accompanied by Miss Jane
I-indsey.
Selection "Over the Top" Orchestra
Junior Circus
i Draws -Big Crowd
i
I j0y jjme s Enjoyed by All
Goodlv Sum ls RnnliTnrl
By Youngsters
The circus given last Friday night
I It. fl . i .1 j
, ... muiiiouiiv IIUll, II1U .UlllUl BU- ,
, cioty of the Christian church was a
great success both socially and fin-
lanclally. A large crowd attended. It
was a regular old fashioned circus
with a main show and many side
shews In booths around the hall. For-
i tuno tellers, moving picture shows,
tishlng ponds, the animal cage, and
tho place where they shot tho Kaiser
wero a few of the mauy drawing cards
i mi. luiumiuuu was sold, pop corn
balls, home made candy, and oven
i1,.. (..,. I. r ,lt 1
-ui..
""""" l" u,uw" """ ovuy
was 8old- and whcn tho 'o"BSt-
' 0,-8 countei their pennies, yes, this
. WUB 11 pcm aua,r- u,ey ,ounu uml
uioy nail ciearou ?ii.G5.
This money will bo used to Improvo
Junior room In
the Christian
olinrch and some of It will be giv'on
..-
, not decided as yet, Just what work
"oy will donate their money to. ,
Tho circus was unuor tlio supervis-
j Ion of Gladys Lepley tho Junior sup-
orlnteiulent.
Visitors Leave for Home
Mrs. W, F. Martin of Vancouver B.C
last Thursday for their homos. Mr.
Martin has boon on a huslness trip
through Canada and In Now York but
has returnod to his homo. Claudo 1
Wnshhurno hus boon In San Francisco
iud Portland looking nftor business
rfl'alra but has also returned to his
liop.o.
MARCOLA LOSES 2 GAMES
Pleasant Hill Wins Double Header
Friday Night
Tho Marcola high school boys' and
girls' basketball teams were defeated
by tho Pleasant Hill school's teams In
a double header played at Marcola
Friday night. The Pleasant Hill boyu
won with a score of 55 to 25 and the
girls won ovor the Marcola girls with
tho score board reading 20 to 15.
The lineup of the four teams fol
io ws: Pleasant Hill boys Puckett and
j Mutchens, forwards; Rlnehart, center; !
. Dristow and Moore, guards. Marcola
I boys H. Page and Gourley, forwards;
Queen, center; Page and Frazler,
8"ardn; Manning was substituted for ,
Moore in the second half for Pleasant
"' Pleasant Hill glrls-DIHey and
Wneeler. forwards; Boner, center:
Beaver and Miller, guards. Marcola
girls Vandervicr and Titus, forwards
Price, center; Smith and Smith,
guards. Cooper, of Pleasant Hill, ref
eree. Plowing Up Many
Acres of Hops
Gradual Decline in Market and
Increased Labor Costs
Given as Reason
Last soason a great many acres of
hops In the vicinity ftof Springfield
were plowed up and this spring similar
action will be taken by other growers
l t,n ..l.l.ti..
.u ..D ,,wu.v. ,
John Seavey is plowing up 20 acres
jof his yard near Springfield H Hardy
ris plowing up 14 acres of his hops
-
between .Eugene and Springfield .on
-the north Me vampbe"
, aManValkrrTiavraTonea aoout lO
acres of hops between Eugene and ,
Rnrlnirf Inlrl nn fhn ennth slilp nf flip.
1 . .i . i .i
t river, and others are contemplating
similar action.
The gradual decline of the hop bus-
iness is given as a reason. Except for
. a short neriod last fall when the nrine
went as high as 35 cents a pound, the
went as high as 35 cents a pound, the
price of hops has been much lower for '
a number of years, and the growers
in some instances have barely made
expenses and some of them have lost
money. The price is now about 15 tietl " 36 states Congress has adopt
. cents a pound, but owing to tho high l&1 tno amendment and six states have
1 . i-i. . . i . . i . f nl I n r nlrpmlv nrwl vnHffail Mi n
turn ui iuuui aim iuaicnui mere is ill-
I tie profit at that figure. In former
years it cost about 9 or 10 cents a
. puumi 10 row Hops.oui me cosi is
much greater now.
The Krebs yard, the largest In the
world, located near Independence
Polk county' 18 beinB D,owed UD this,
vA9i anA ti AAmMnn.. tun -.. . i.
, niu .wuyuuj mui unno UIO
yard will raise vegetables and evapo-
rate them in the hop dry kilns. There
is a big demand for dehydrated fruit
nnd vegetables for war purposes and
the owners of the yard think that they
will be able to make more out of such
crops than out of hops.
MARCOLA RED CROSS BUSY
Masquerade Benefit Dance Nets Aux-1
uiary itu.uu
I
Mrs Vlnn Ppw trno ciifop rf tUn. T,1
' W .-4, vi wtu
cross auxiliary at Marcola turned over
funds to tho Eugene Chapter Satur
day amounting to $144.40 proceeds
from a masquerade benefit dance
given February 23rd at that place Of i
this amount $62.40 was obtained from j major's school at San Francisco, Cal
rofreshments served by tho members Ifornla and passed throueh Euirenn
tiurjng th0 evening consisting of Ice I
croant, cake, sandwiches and coffee,
T1,o Kisciier Lumber Co., donated the
lco cream IIenry Gregerson and
Walter Price the sandwiches and cof-'
feo, while Red Cross members furn-
lshod tho cake A large number from
tho Mabel nud Wendllng auxiliaries
woro presont. A prize for tho best ;
COStUlllO Was Clven to Mrs. Van Ors.
!
,,nlo of Mftb(3, who (,onnted Ule same !
to tho proceeds of tho dance. Mrs. ,
Fry ulg0 tllrnoa , 8lxtje now mom.
l-swps for tne month ot February!
nml a lnrg0 nuniber of complete gar-'
monts from tho auxiliary
JoHn Ashworth Is In France
Mrs. N. A. Ashworth Just rocelvod
a card from hor Bon Joluv saying that
ho had arrived safoly in France. Ho
.s enlistod In tho 119th company first
repiucomont battalion, u. s, Marlneo.
PLANS MADE FDR
RARE INTELLECTUAL
TREAT FOR THIS CITY
Dr. Louis Albert Banks, Author
and Lecturer to Visit
Springfield Sunday
HELD IN
,M: E.
CHURCH
Th(g 0ne of Hundreds of Prohlbl
j t,on R.e onJucted by An(
Springfield is promised one' of tho
greatest intellectual treats that ever
came to a town when, on Sunday ev
ening, March 10th atg7i30 o'clock,
the renowned LoufsAwSJttBanks will
giveone of his mosffamfwl lectures'
here In the Methodlscliiarch,
There Is no more distinguished
example of the modern people's
j Preacher ' the American pulpit to-
aay man ut. uanns, ana it is inter
eating to note that he began his ca
reer in the Northwest. Charles-Park
hurst editor of Zlon's Herald, of Boston
8ayB of him:
"Dr. Louis Albert Banks , 'speaks
with such blood earnestness on every
subject he touches that it would ha
. lmpc8glble t0 conce,ve of fa eTer
I
'being dull. He holds his audience
' -th : ...
He hM advailtage ot a volce tbat
I ca.ii oe neara anywnere irom
stan and yet 8
,hmni to. the4l5be
,bnunf.Iation.BoEonf rMiHn
from the
harsh.even
pitch-In
denunciation. Boston r Daily Globe."
This is one of hundreds of National
Prohibition rallies now being condpet-
, V
;ed 1,y the "Saloon League. More
i than 4000 have been he,d durlng tho
past tw0 y0AVli &nA ra08t of the 8tates
have been reached by this great nat
. lon-wWe "Water-Wagon" crusade.
The adoption of the amendment to.
tlle constitution requires that it shall
De Passed by a twothtrds vote of both
houses of Congress and shall be rati-
- .uw..- ..
, amendment. To get tho Amendment
jtled by the legislatures of the
" oucuc iumi.-ai,
Dr. Banks Is the author of more vol
umes of sermons and lectures than
any man now living. He has written
than fifty books, and'scarcely a
nrear.her(s Hhrrirv ran lin fnnnrl with.
- . -'
i out several copies of them,
Few public speakers or writers havo
j studied so wide a range of subjects
; and made themselves heard on all of
j thorn as has Dr. Banks. He has ser-
. ved remarkably successful pastorates
in the leading churches from coast to
coast. As an evangelist his Itinerar
ies have been nationwide.
SPRINGFIE LD BOYS LEAVE
Will
Attend Sergeant-Major's School
In San Francisco
Albert Beare and Corporal Roy
Cairns, members of the 13th company
O. C. A. stationed at Fort Stevens
have boen assigned to tho sorgeant-
Sunday morning at 7 o'clock on their
way to the school. Twelve men from
the companies at the fort were seloct-
ed for this school and are now training
There will bo a six weeks' ,n
San Francisco and those who pass the
exainlnatibns will go to more advanc
ed training schools in Virginia or
South Carolina.
There were 21 sol-
diors from Fnrl- Stnvnnu nn Hi a train
Tho others wero going to othor schools
in San Francisco, A number of Spring
field people were at Eugeno to see tho
boys go through.
Battery Catches Fire
The battery on tho car of G. W.
Stafford caught flro Monday morning
at Fifth nnd Main streets but help
was called and tho flames were ox-
tlngulshod before any serious damaco
was ih ao. Tho local garage made tho
necessary repairs.