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U. of 0. Library TIE Jit ill J "Ul li. lililLalW IXJJUVV KIXTRKNT1I YKAIl. SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 191!) NUMBER 31 F LIS in i Big Milling Plant Opened Tues day Morning. Will Product 175 Barrels of Flour Dally. 50.000 INVOLVED IN DEAL Another Permanent Induetry Added to Springfield's Crow ing List of Activities. Indicative of the Industrial activity which in now taking place In Spring fluid another big business deal In volving the tranafor of IIO.OOO, which 1n the oJtVlal appnilnnent of the property by the court of tbo plant o( the Kugene Mill and F.lovator com pany In thia city, which passed Into the hand of firm composed of O. C. CaawHI. (.'. A. K. Whltton. O. O. Hush man ana A. Welk ThA mill was opcucd for business Tueaday morning and the owners plan SPRINGFIELD Uli 1 WH OPERATION to D.atiurscturn me jxoxan Dranu or day Rl)J 10 road op0ped to travel flour, the aame a tbat put out by theaftf,P Mnr c,01ied lnCiJ the mie ol former owners. Juiy The MVI pnvj,ig extends f r m rrevioua to two yeara ago. the mill ' ,he Sprln?fieid brldgo tf the city li.n- latn aa ifa.na-ui Aril ririitrat I mn tt V M iff " ,, . ' . ' gene Mill and Klevator company in connection with tbo Eugene mill, wblcb was owned by Elmer Paine and l. A. Williams, a short time after, sold a! Interest In tbe property to Mr. Paine, thua glvtug over the entire wnershlp to hlro. r'or a year, to i Aate early this spring, Mr. Paine op erated the mill alone. The property waa then declared bankrupt and K. L. 'nhainbtnr waa appointed trustee of Jtae company by the court Since that time tbe mill hae been closed. . One year ago tbe mill waa entirely rebuilt at a cost of $30,000, and all modern machinery -Installed. The plant is operated by water power and has an electric elevator which Is run Independent of the mill Itself. The Unt Is equipped with IU own elec tric lighting system. Detwcen eight and ten men will be employed when tbe plant is on Ita running baals again and will produce about 17S barrels of flour dally. According to Mr. Caswell, who wrll he the busineas manager of the plant, hard wheat will be shipped in from to Ills In Montana, and floar made of. it as well as of tbe soft wheat. A new railroad spur will be con etructed immediately at a cost of ap proximately $3,000. This wltl make tbe plaDt roodernty equipped In every way, and it has already been con sidered the largest mill lu the west ern part of Oregon, outside of Port land. , - WASHBURNE ESTATE IS GIVEN TO HEIRS Tbe eatate of C. W. Washburne, Jane county pioneer, who died Jan., 12, at tbo age of 95 years, was last Suturday equally dlvidod Into seven portions by the terms of tho will. The estato is tho largest In tbe county and Included over 4,000 acres of land, a large Interest la tbo First National Dank of Junction City and other property throughout tho county. Before Mr. Wasbburue's death, tbe heira, at tho suggestion of Mr. Waah burno, formed a etbek company, Incor porated under the laws of Oregon. To 'this corporation tho entire estate was ontruated. At the meeting Friday (he corporation wu dissolved and the real and personal property of the estato finally divided among, the stock holders. Those who Hinre lu (bo CKtnto are As follows: H. A Wnfiliburne of Spring fiold; W. C. Wuahburne, of Junction C'dy; K. W. Wdiihliurno, of Portland; rttirtlia K. Leo, of Eugene ; Mrs. H. ITHl, of Colfnx, Washington; Mrs Em ma Crawford, of Albany; Cheater W. and Curl J. Wui-libuviie receive the one abure willed to their futhcr. DONNA WINS OVER . , SPRINGFIELD IB TO B .Id a looHcly play! game last Sun day, (he Donna team won from Spring field by a score of J(f to" 5. , .'' ' The umpiring wag rank and much Vrogllnt; resulted during tbe game. DISTRICT DEPUTY MODERN WOODMEN IN OPRINOriELO leo. I j. Cooper, form or Ameri can Consul at Umi, Peru, H. A. now district deputy for tho Mod tra Woodmen of America, wm In Springfield till week In the In- Icrrat of the society. Ho I niak- leg a survey of the country, with the Intention of organizing new ramp of the society. Mr. Cooper ha recently arrived from Peru, where he made a special study of foreign trade and commerce dur- ing hla four and a half years' service with tbe government. Mr. Cooper was formerly In the head office of the Modern Wood- men at Lincoln, Neb. He aay be waa moat agreeably aurpili.ml to find Mr. Thomas Swart llriug here, he bavins known him for many year. He waa tbo guont of Mr. Hwart while at ftyringfield. Interviewing member of bin society. Road to Eugene Completed and Open to Travel The new stretch o paving ou the! hold which, in time, will ret'ult In ex-jbirih rate per thousand in California Pacific hlf,iway between Hrrlugfleld Llualnn or ib- white race from the Pa-1 communities where they have concen and Lugcn waa comphted last Tues- jtn,. coast. . itrated is five tlmen tbe white birth .. . . . .... ,. Woik Itnt. now bi-Kun on the high way at Goshen and la working this way, and, according to Guy Pyle, who has the contract for the construction, about 40 days will Ih needed to com plete the highway a far north as tbe Springfield bridge. The puvlug to he pU' r.n, hcptuulng at Ooshen will be the tame material naod lu the construction pf tbe road between Eugene and Sprlncflcld. White tbe construction la In progress, tourlata and other travelers are com pelled to get over tbe road lu the beat way possible, aa no short detour could he provided. There is on) road, however, which goea through Springfield and Natron, but this stretch is about 12 miles long, and unless the traveler is in search of beautiful scenery end has plenty of time to get over the roadu, it Is not considered advisable to fol low it Thia detour is for tho benefit of those who want to go up the Wl lumctte river, but fur ihoao who ro following the Tactfio highway, the road now in the course of construction la ihe ouly one to use. 6ACKETT DRAW8 LARGE AUDIENCE AT M. E. CHURCH I fevangeiini uuiie ihickvu. Known as j Kid McCoy, the ex-llghtweight cham pion of the world, spoke in the Meth odist church Sunday evening, which was filled to capacity. Mr. Sackett has been touring the l""01 fcUBMM.. ana i oooui iwo miieH.j,OD Albm JolinBOn of Wiu,hinton coast and preaching In all of the priu- that our lunula ration and naturaliza cical cities. At every place he has lion laws are entirely too liberal, and been enthusiastically received and Ins done a great deal of good. He speaks In a direct and forceful way. Mr. Sackutt told a story of his life, inclu.l- ing his career as a prize fighter. Ho also told how he became converted I and told of bis work since he has been in charge of the welfare work of the Kerr Glass Manufacturing company in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. The speaker alho luipresHCd upon his audience tho value of tithing to become reully suc cessful! In life. At the close of the meeting three conventions were made by tho evan gelist. , DEER SEASON WILL OPEN IN OREGON SEPTEMBER 1ST Tho deer season throughout Oregon will open September 1st this year and will continue openod until October 31st, according to on announcement made byjf'url I). Shoemaker, Stale (iiiuio Warden, Thuraday. Tho only exception is ill Tnlon and Wullowa comities where the season will oien on September 10ih and cloeo on No vember lOih Heretofore, tho reason has openod on August 15th lu District No. 1, which consists of all countle west of the summit of the Cascade Mountains. Tbo season this yo&r lg uniform ln both districts except In the two counties heretofore mentioned. The bag limit U two doer with borni wbkb is the same aa last year. JAPAN'S PEACEFUL OF THE PACIFIC What It Has Done in Hawaii; What It Is Doing In California, and What It May Do In the Nation. The. New la thoroughly, comer. i movement ostensibly to restrict for ant with the Japanese situation Injelgn Immigration In the Interests of California and Hawaii, and notea with ! American citizenship were Hollclted. nrrenain alarm the gradual spread itf ,he 1m,nnc lo Oregon and Wash- lug ton. It to high time the people of theao states should be made aware o! the menace and shoutd have the facto concerning it presented in- an In telligent and unbluved manner, and we believe tliia baa been accomplished In a aerie of articles written by V. 8. Mct'lntfby. publisher of the Racr- memo (( ol.) Uce, which the News will jooo to iz.wo or ner subjects a year print in serial form. The arfleb s j openly and more across the border are concisely written, and present the j clandestinely. Our Japanese populv altuatton as It exists today. Every jtion, instead of decreasing, has multi American should read thm and learn I plied six fold since 1900. The Chi- how thin lniMouH menace is slowly but surely creeping luio our in hint almost unawares and raining a foot- Explanatory Commencing on June 12, I9t"), the liousp Committee on lmmlgraUoii, ! f hnlrnuin. held aa Washington. D. C. an eitciiUed hearing in connect ion jese province though uuder the Ameii wllh tho proposed bill offered by the;cfln flap. What has happened there "league for Couatructive Immigration is an indication of what bas already legislation." Dr. Sidney Cullck fh commenced In California, founder and secretary of tho League, It has been conclusively proved that and originator of the plan explained I' in detail. Subsequently there wete read Into the record of the hearing, in refutation of Dr. Culick'a theories and assertion certain articles Irom the Sacramento Pee. written by the Publisher thereof, V. S. McClatthy, and published June tth, 11th and 13th. The facts and figures In those articles stood through- out the hearing without dtsproval; and they covered, uot only the features of uio uiu nu itrooaoie rcauua oi iib,i,n.. ... i .v.. rrr. passage, but also the existing condi tlons lu connection with Asiatic lm migration. It developed during tbe hearing, in ' the testimony of Dr. Charles McFar land. Secretary of the Federal Coun cil of Churches of ChrMt of America, that tho organization named is uot furnishing funds for Dr. Gulick's work, aud that he is being financed, partly at leaft, by Andrew Carnegie, through tho Ofcinuilaiun on Peace and Arbi tration. THE FUTURE OF THE . REPUBLIC AT SAKE (Editorial from Sacraiycmo Bee, June 17. 1919) The experience of the past four yearn has convinced most Americans that if we are to preserve tbe high Btnn-.lards of American citizenship we must be more careful lu the selection of niuierial from which that citizen- ship Is moulded. The beutimeut la general that immigration if it be uot stopped for some years, tihould be re biiUtod and carefully selected. With the prevalence of that seutl muut it hati been an easy matter Iur mg tho patt year to organize what is culled the League for Constructive Im migration Legislation, and to aecure for It cndonemeut and subscriptions (rout a long liot one tliounund or more of representatives Bnd loyal Americans from all walks of life and entertaining liiniiy shades of political opinion. In that Hat are found Gover nors, public cfl'ioluls and politicians, University presidents, bank presl dontH, proi'.iineitt editors, lawyers and heads of Chambers of Commerce. It now develops that tho main ob ject of tho promoters of tho enter-' j ilt is not the haiue us tho intent of this long lit; t of endorsers; that the "constructive .Immigration leglula itou" suggested la intended by thoBe promoters simply as a vehicle for opeulng our gates to Asiatic Immi grants and making them eligible for naturalization; and (hat this purpose wag not generally apparent to tho one thousand National 'Committeemen' of (he League wbea . thvlr ei-loi-Ro- j ment and their subscriptions for a PEI it COAST STATES The whole story, with an over whelming array of facta and figures, largely from the promoter them elve, was told In throe article writ ten by the Publisher of tbe Bee. Under the "Gentlemen' Agree ment," whose spirit called for a re alrlctiou of Japanese immigration sim ilar to that enforced against the Chi nese by law, Japan is sending us 10,; nese population has decreased lo be tween onehalf and one-third of the original number. And the Japanese irate and Increasing. J Nearly half tbe population of Ha- j wail and more than half the, annual ; births are Japanese; and tbat terri tory will be governed in a few yearn, under present conditions, as a Japan- tho two civilizations will not cxipt together; that under economic com petition, and beqauhe of difference In standards of living and In racial rharactarietics, tho Anglo . Saxon Is ! displaced by the Japanese. Tbe .'conatvuctlve immigration" pIao and tbo propos(.d eBlation will ' increase the evil and hasten the end. They are shown to be the work of pWny Qulick, wbo bas spent bis time ,n mil C0UDtry 8ince hls arrival from secure adoption of his "new Oriental policy," which would open our gates to AsiatIC6 as immigrants and citi zens. The chief value of plan and bill at this time Is to offer proof of The Bee's, charge that Japanese propa ganda is carried on as systematically ln this country now as was German propaganda before the War; and that the most efficient propagan-Jiats are loyal bnt mislead American citizens. The facts presented by The Bee's articles seem to demand at once such protective measures as cuu lie applied to diminish the consequences of our blunder and Japan's bad faith. The "Gentlemen's Agreement" should bo at once canceled, aud all Japanese immigration, iucluding pic ture bride, forbidden by law, as is done in Canada and Australia such a law a Japan herself imposes against China and Korea; Japauese should be prevented, if possible, leav ing Hawaii for the maiuland; and laws forbidding ownership of land by aliens not eligible to citizenship should be made effective. . It is pertinent at this time to ask why this country should adopt, nt tbe vequeat of Japan or any other Nation, a principle uiuinr whloh races are to be admitted in the future, uot on the bubis of their value to us us Citiaens but in proportion to the num ber of their fellows who are already here; why should wo admit as immi grants, much least aa clih'.eus, th various peoples of Asia in the fare of preNent. knowledge and the experi ence of Hawaii and California; why if it Is desirable to restrict immigra tion, we do not fix the number we uro willing to admit, aud select, on merit and hocaube of their vulue to us in upbuilding a homogeneous people, the most likely individuals from those offeriug? Shall we hereafter conduct thia Nation so as bet to preserve Its in stitutions and inmiifl its perpetuity? Or shall we, as in tho pant, open our doom on 'request or demand, to tho elements that vlM make for disunion In a national crf. cud Invite a yol 'ow flocd tbaf ' " rveutiially Ola--j'ea (be wh!t i'o? Theto are " '','' e .which rtit be (Continued on r6 fur) II MARCOLA MAN ARRESTED FOR OBSTRUCTING ROAD O'en Horton. waa arrested Wed nesday at Marcoia and brought to Eugene on a charge of ob structing; tbo road. The complaint was brought by Dr. Shaffer, veterinarian,- who al leges tbat on a certain date about three weeks ago Horton passed him on tbe road between Spring field and Marcoia and then slow ad down to a speed of about 10 miles. When tbe doctor signalled that he wished to pass, the of febder would drive' fast for- a short distance, and then alow down again. Since then Horton has been missing until thia week, when he returned lo Marcoia. and the authorities at once arrested him on the charge- JHe pleaded not guilty, demanding trial, ana was released on a $25 cash bail, promising to return when wanted, as the district attorney waa not prepared for a trial at present. Severe Electrical Storm Occurs Sunday Night Tbe diU-ict surrounding Springfield aud vicinity was visited by one of the most severe electrical storms ever experiepced here, last Sunday night. ! The. hnmA nt PVinlr Pferher fin snilth Second street was struck and damaged by lightning. Tbe bolt struck the cor ner of the building, tearing off the 'gable, followed along tbe .electric J wires and tore up a portion of the;8ented aml for tnat parpose u WM ! ordered Jdayor Morrison and City ,ing in an adjoining room and waa pai-, Attornej. Immc, altead tflft heftrinr. jtially stunned saw a ball of fire go tloa of mon around the room and disappear out 1 ,v .,.,., . . . . ! . , . , - , , te are oi ouUtandlng bonds about :of the window. The fieUla a4joinir.g t , , J . to become dae, was turned over to the Uvere torn up for efcral feet. )finance onimJU .w tQ (IJgh.n!ng struck a barn , aboative .rrangements for noatlng a jmile. from the c.ty. tpre.the u , frem ruftdto, to prOTW ta building near the couuty farm, start- the needed. 1 " -,ed a number of forest fires and dls- . . ablud a number of telegraph wires. A , miles from Springfield, was complete-;8treet ly destroped, together with about five or six tons of hay and several hundred bashels of wheat. j According to R. S. Wallace, acting : supervisor of the Cascade national forest, 25 fires were started io the , upper mountain districts, eight la tue jMcKenzie section and 14 in tho Wil- .""" " weJk8 was. pa, The main 0DjCt ,are serious, as there is a Urge force the ordInance ,8 to elve the. cltr ,of fighters present all of the Una In power t0 make repairB c,ean and con. ( addition a number of road and bridge truct 8idevaIkg tf after proper notice crews can be called upon at any time by pcr80nal servkfl or by publicatioB for assistance. "in a newspaper, the owner refuses to j Notwithstanding the damage done do so by the storm, it was the very thing . . , , , I The matter of closing moving pie needed by the farmers, especially help-' ... , . . . J . . ture theatres on Sundays waa brought Ing the corn, bean and other late . . . i 7 ! , before the council and after discussion garden crops. Generally, it was bene- ,. . ,, . . . , . , , jit was decided to take no action, the fiuial to all vegetation. . , .,...,,.,. ! ' , council being of the opinion the matter ! FOREST FIRES BECOMING j should be decided by vote of the peo- ! SERIOUS OUT OF CONTROL pIe' This men ft b necessary; ! or the sponsors of the movement to ! Several serious forest fires are rag- 'present a petition to the council before j ing in the upper McKenzie district and ithe measure can be placed on tfi ; appeals are being sent out for more,bHoL , ifire fighters. The situation is much There being no further business, adr j worse than any time this season. Jocrument wae taken. ai r iKcner s luinoer camp, near Mar-1 i I cola, about 20 miles from Springfield, a fire is burning partly in the slashing i and partly 'in the young timber. It ,hus been burning slowly since Sunday! 'night, but was not considered serious P. hall, Liberty Lodge No. 171, A. F, until about noon Thursday, when the &d A. M., was constituted aud conse- wind arose and blew it into some cf, crated by Grand Master Earl C. Bro j the heavier timber The crew of,Pa6h, of Portland- fighters is composed of the mill and j Officers of the new lodge were al0 'logging men employed by the com-, Installed. Members of the grand pany. j lodge, and of lodges in Portland, Sa- J Near camp 20 of the Booth Kelly leni, Eugene, Roseburg, Albany, Har- I.um4er company above Wendliug, ', rbburg, Juuctioa City were present. Where is a small fire burning, which, the following officers were present; U caubing no worry to the r?ple of ,G. G. Brown, grand junior warden; O. I the vicinity. . , P. Goshow, grand Junior deacon; J. 1L j The fire on the SoutU Fork of the , Richmond, grand senior steward, Geo. jMcKenzie, is now spreading rapidly Kinnear, grand Junior steward. Rex autl liurniua nvpr n. irm-t FlAvia. cminl tnnlni iLvimhi Tampa It A blaze near Frissel crossing about 111 miles from the McKeuzie bridge Is spreading and getting Into valuable 'timber. Another serious fire in tho Rebel creek region is growing rapidly worse with plenty of limber ahead of it This blaze Is the worst of the fires ln the Cascade forest aud is out of coutrol. A small blazo has been reported on Fall Creek near Reserve. The fire is uot considered serious although it la spreading. Tho remaining fires started by tho electrical storms last Sunday are re partud to be under control or com pletely out. TS Springfield Will Be Represented at Telephone Rate Hearing Irt Portland, t NEW BRIDGESTO BE CONCRETE Move; to Close Picture Shows May Be Put on Ballot at Next Election. The city council met In regular sej sion Monday night and transacted w large -amount of busfness. All mem bers were present with the exception, of Councilman M. W. Weber. The first order of business taken was the replacement of the worn-out bridges on Fifth street. After coa glderable discussion tbe matter waa. left with the street commissioner, with power to act. It is planned to ri move the old bridges and renlace then with conci-ete ,rcbes. The MXt matter-taken up was tt teiephone 'situation, hut masmnch a the mmtter offic,aj,y ln the I - , .. i oi me ruouc service commission. who has ordered a hearing; to talco place in Portland on the 27th Inst, no action was taken, but it waa decided .to have Springfield properly repre- discussed, and. after some diacuseioa the matter wag turned over to th 1. with inatructlons to ascertain tne most economical man- ner of doing the work. It la planned to have the work done while the par ing plant is in the city. -Mrs. H. E. Walker was appointed 4 member of the Library board. An ordinance providing for the cot ;etructlo repaIr and cleanl of rtde LIBERTY LODGE A. F. AND A. M. CONSTITUTED CONSECRATED k81 Fr1Jay evening lu the I. O. O. j Robinson, grand secretary; Wallace' , McCamuant, grand orator, It was tho first time in presenting i the charter that uch a large atten- dance of grand officers had ever been i present. The following officers wore Installed: C. K S warts, worshipful master; C. B. Wbeaton, senior war den; B.'A. Wauuburne, treasurer; Carl Oleson, secretary; J. F. Kettles, eeniof deacou; Harry M. Stewart, Junior dea con; Norwood Cox. senior steward; D. W, Crites, Junior steward; Fred Louie Tyler; M, C Dressier, chaplain. Re frethmenta were aervad to about eey. enty members, at the close of the e. Ion. COUNCIL TRANSAG HUGH IMPORTANT BUSINESS