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SPKINOFIICLD, LANE COUNTY. ORfXJON, TIIUHSDAY, SKITEMUER 22, 1921.
NUMBER 36.
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THE MILL YARD
Stock of Lumber on the Dock
Being Rapidly Reduced
Pond Full of Logs
When the sawmill rlom-il down last
winter, for a Mliort time a most .if
u supposed. It wan generally under
stood that the yard waa piled full of
lumber. Perhaps inont of the people
iiliont SprlnicMeld whose interests do
not keep their minds fixed on tho
course of thing connected with In
mill have rnled along to the present
I ho notion that tho same condition
xlst today. A mere glance over
llifl yards and through thn sheds will
show that thla U very far from the
fart.
It doe not require much thought to
see that If there are any shipments or
local sales at all. the stock of lumber
on hand must lw reduced by Just that
much. A drainage haa bnen going on
for half a )ar or more, and no addi
tion to offset II. The ontgo haa It
r reaped through thn aummer. Tin
moat careless obm-rver could hardlv
fad) to not lew the frequency with
which trucka loaded for Eugene or
wagon loaded or partly loaded for
country points panned through th
streets. Cars going out loaded have
teen a more and more frequent alght
Tbla la bound to toll on the atock la
time.
The plaiwr havo been running at
a moderate rate nearly all the time.
A great deal of their output baa gone
Into the dry sheds, and eome of It haa
gone out again. Thla baa nwant a
heavy draft on the higher grade of
lumber, auch aa the planera mostly
work on. Home of It haa meant a
transfer from tbe piles on the dork
to the dry slued a; but a great deal of
It baa gone to fill outalde ord-era. And
the atock a have been depleted to suob
an extent that the Booth-Kelly Lum
ber company haa had a number of
tlmea lately to draw on an outalde
mill to fill an order for certain klnda
f planer atuff. Maybe not very much
but Home. It may he that there la
more lumber In the drysheds now
than there wan at the time of the
aunpennlon, but they are by no meaua
overcrowded). (Vi'rtalnjy t2i propor
tion of the company's atock of lum
ber In the aheda, protected from the
weather and ready on an hour's
notice to fill orders for high grade
lumber ia greatly Increased. That l.s
a fine atate of thlnga.
Hut go out on the docks, and you
will nee what Inroads have been made
on the atock. The pllea of lumber
that uwd to cover all the available
apace, even crowding the drivewaya,
have been literally riddled. Thla con
dition Increases aa one goea lo ward
Hue eaat, especially on the newer
dock over the pond. There la not
more than half the lumber In tho
lncka of the company that there was
nt the "time of the suspension. Thla
Agrees with the estimate of one who
tin a had his eye on It every day.
Another thing that might surprise
a person who haa not taken a look or
riven It a thought. Tbe pond ia filled
with logs almoRt to Its utmoat capa
city. It la estimated that there are
from 12,000,000 to 15,000,000 feet In
it. Suppose thn mill should atari up
some day on a moderate cut of. auy
from 100.000 to 125,000 feet a dav.
There are enough loga in the pond
now for a run of something .like 120
days at that rale. That la to sayt It
Hue company were loaded up with
orders, and it thought beat to start Its
KDwmlll going on these ordera, It
could run all winter, four or five
months at leaat, on the logs now In
the pond, if the anow was ao deep that
they could not get Into a logging
camp. ,
It wna ahown during the years sus
pension after the burning of the old
mill that fir loga w!l not lie forever
in the water without deterioration.
Nobody supposes that these logs were
brought down out of the mountains
to escupe the fire to be allowed o
lie in the water and rot. Everybody
about Springfield la vitally Interested
Jn these matters. Everyone who
PROv. 1$S ON THE
SCHOOL BUILDING
Tbe work on the roof of the high
school building la done, and Mr. Mer
ger haa gotten hla pay and gone hi
way to otlusr flelda of work. The de
lay In the ahipment of a part of th"
tin plate did not hinder the general
wc.rk.
There was a little delay In receiving
some flooring from Eugene, ao that
Mr. Perklna could not work a full
force the flrat part of the week.
The name "High School" and the
year "1921" already atand out hold I v
on the brow of the new building.
Tluo upper room are practically
finished, except for hanging aome of
the door. Tho plastering, except on
the assembly room la done down to
the baxeirtent, and most of that.
Mr. Perklna thinks (he -ntlre Job
will be finished by October 101 li.
What la left after the date aet for
the opening of the school will be such
us cbii be done without interfering
with the work of the achoot.
CETTING ALONG
WITHOUT A SAWMILL
A Sprlngflcjlder who mado a short
visit to Coburg, a few weeks ago,
rambled over tlra old mitlyard. trying
lo locate some of the points with
which he waa familiar year ago
Speaking to a Coburg business man
about tbe long suspension of the
Booth-Kelly mill here, be remarked:
"You people have had aome exper-l
lence In that kind of a situation."
"Yea", aald the Coburger. "We"r
larnd that we can get along with
out a sawmill.- Knowing something
of the way Coburg has been "getting
along" without a sawmill, he waa r I
minded of a story his mother had!
told him of an Incident that occured
a good while before he came to the
country. An old' farmer and hla wife,
both riding on one home, came to
visit the aforesaid Sprlngfielder'a
grandparents over Sunday. When
the visitors were about to start home
on Monday morning, and the oi l ,
gentleman had mounted the horse, and
squared It up along the "I'pplng;
block" for the old ludy to mount be
bind him. he remarked. "We're a
needln' of another horse and a wagon
mighty bad." He had been "getting
along" for years with one horse, In a
one-horse kind of way; but he real
ized that another horse and wag n
would be a great advantage to him.
Never mind. Coburg may be an
important station on a strong line of
railroad one of these days, and some
other Industry may ailse on the site
of the old sawmill.
knows anything about a lumber
country can look Into them for him
self, and form a Judgement as valu
er.' as anything net forth here. But
when you are speculating on the prob
ability of an early opening of the
big sawmill as we know hundreds of
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iT-wpio urrmi'uuin re. you neeo. noi ;
figure an overstocking of cut orl
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a re Nsed lumoer or snortage or logs
into your calculation at all. Look
and see.
Feriol C. Perkins, sargeant In Co
P. 142. Infantry, has filed hla dls
charge with the county clerk.
THE GAME IS ON U
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NOTES FROM THE
AUTO CAMP GROUND
BBaBsssasa
Three auto parties were on the
ground Tuesday wvenfng.
One consisted of two men and two
women. The leading lady, the spokes
man of the parity ,sald they had been
on auch a trip a they were making
this season for several years travel
in-, and working by the way at any
seasonable work that would employ
as many of them as possible. Tl.elr
home Is In Yakima, Washington.
Tlnelr chief objective on thla season's
tour was to gt a good view of Cali
fornia. They had gone as far aa Red
ding, and the beat became unbearable.
They turned back and worked awhile
about Corvallls. They had worked In
Jess Renvey'a hop yard. They were
going on as ftr aa Ban Jose, and ex
pected to winter there.
Another party consisted of two
young men and their wives, from
Rockaway, Oregon. One of the men
Is a photographer. Tim tourist season
Is bis harvest, and h could not get
away for his tour until most others
had taken theirs. He expected to
visit Crater Lake and Mt Shasta, and
perhaps Mt Laswen and the Joseph
Iron caves, and Htock up with photo
graphic views of those points.
Touring the country In an automo
bile Is not one long Joyiide, as aome
persons, mostly those who have never
tried It, may Imagine. It haa ita
seamy side, too. A NVws observer,
coming on the camp ground one even
ing found a traveler, strong, middle
aged man, with one wheel of hla car
on the gronnd. trying to extract the
tire from the channel where it seemed
as though It might have grown. It
was an uncommonly stout, firm look
ing cord tire. He aald It had traveled
ten thousand miles, and he thought
it waa good for several thousand more,
although tt waa somewhat scaled and
acamI on tbe aurface. The tourist
for a long time was unable to budge
the tire. He would claw at It with
his fingers awhile, and then he would
make a vain effort to insert the end
of h!a tire tool. For a good while he
bore It with beaming patience. The
observer sympathized with him deeply
and tried lo help him. by bracing the
wheel or whatever suggested Itself
to him. l!ut be was too Ignorant
about cars and tires to even make a
respectable showing standing over
the worker with hla hands In his
pockets, ar-l giving advice. Finally
the workman paused, gazed at the
wheel steadily for a few seconds
took deliberate aim and struck the
tire a smart blow with the edge of
the curved bar. accompanying the ac
tion with a good-sized swear word, not
uttered with any particular violence.
The effect seemed magical. The
t're loosened Itself from tho clasp of
the rim all rouiwt at once, and fell to
the ground. The tourist seemed
greatlysurprlsed. The audden yield
ing of the tire seemed aa unaccount
able as Its stubbornes8 before. The
observer Is too inexperienced In such
matters to say with any assurance
whether it was the blow or the oath
thut did the business. Neither one
seemed enough to account for the re
sult. It really seemed that th trav
eler timed the blow and the oath with
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT
J. W. SEAVEY HOP RANCH
Fire was discovered about 11:30
Tuesday evening- In a large warehouse
at J. W. Beavey'a bop yard. It ha-1
made auch headway before It was dis
covered that it could not be checked.
The warehouse, and the store building
which adjoined It, were entirely de
stroyed. Ross Mathews, of Thurston,
who runs a store In the building
during the hop season, had remove.-!
part of his stock. The rest was de
stroyed. Work In the hop field was
finished that afternoon, and a great
deal of miscellaneous equipment had
been stored In this building. Dances
were held In this building during hop
Heason( and there was a piano In the
building. All this property was de
stroyed. A large wide-spreading maple tree,
standing between the warehouse and
a row of bunk house, prevented the
fire from being tarried to these bunk
houses and from them to the large
bams beyond. There had been fire
in a furnace in the warehouse early
In the evening, but it is thought it
had dted out. No one knows bow the
fire Parted.
auch nice calculation that the tire
felt the Impact of the two at the same
Instant,
METHODIST ANNUAL
BUSINESS MEETING
The Methodist quarterly conference
last Thursday evening:, was preceded
by a aupper, of which from 50 to 100
persona partook. It ia needless to
say that there wm a good attendance
at the buslnees meeting. A unani
mous request waa presented to the
coming annual conference, through
the district superintendent. Dr. Dan
ford, for the retain of the pastor for
another year.
Dr. W. H. Pollard waa elected dele
gate and Mrs. U. G. McElhany alter
nate, to a special lay electorate con
ference, to alt with the annual con
ference thin year, to vote on certain
constitutional changea. , R. W. 8mlth
and M. Morris were elected delegate
to a laymen's association, which is
to meet at the same time aa the an
nual conference .
FARNHAM'S FUNERAL
The remains of Private Waldo H.
Farnham, whose expected arrival was
announced several weeks ago, arrived
In Eugene the latter part of last week.
Funeral services were held at the
Branstetter chapel Sunday morning.
He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. David
D. Famham, of Waltervllie, who had
lived In Springfield for a time, several
years ago.
He was born at Aumsville, Oregon,
October 29. 1895. He was a member
of the 16th Company. 5th Regiment
of Marines. He was killed in action
at Mt. Blanc, France, in October, 1918.
4 L NEWS BULLETIN
COOS BAY
The Buehser and the A. C. Smith
mills and camps are running. AH
other operations in this vicinity ara
clown. A local logging outfit has
leased the Bay Point mill, and will
try tc be:it the low price offered for
legs by manufacturing and marketing
their own product, starting this
month. Reedsport Lumbor Co., Reeds
port, Oregon, is running.
WILLAMETTE VALLEY
Booth-Kelly operations are down
awaiting improvement in conditions.
The Coast Range Co., at Mabel, Is
running, but future operation here
doubtful. Fischer Lumber Co., Mar
cola running. The Mohawk Lumber
Co., at Donna, is down indefinitely.
Bohemia Lumber Co., Cottage Grove,
is operating. J. H. Chambers, Cottage
Creve, is running part time. Western
Lumber & Export Co., Cottage Grov$
(down for several month), reported
will resume cutting in October. This
territory haa been very hard hit. ten
or more mills In Lane county having
gono Into bankruptcy or receivership
within the last six months. The cred
itors of the Point Terrace mill, at
Beck, will start the operation soon tf
liquidate the four million feet of log
now In the company's boom, with no
promise of continuous operation. Prac
tically aV tine email tie mills in thla
READY TO MAKE
US
Arrangements Completed for
Manufacturing Corsaw't
New Invention
The organizatitn of the Springfield
Manufacturing and Investment asso
ciation, not incorporated, haa been
completed. The attorney of the as
sociation lt Chas. M. Stevens, of Eu
gene. Tbe plan of the association is
to create a trust fund, for the purpose
of establishing a manufacturing plant,
to manufacture r.ny article that thJ
association may see fit to turn out.
The first object In the manufacture of
Corsaw's Gasoline Gauge.
The association has made a con
tract with Geo. B. Prettyman, of this
city, a machinist, to Install machinery
in h!s own workshop for this purpose.
The necessary machinery and tools
for this purpose hare been purchased,
and the shop will soon be prepared
for the work. Enough material has
been ordered to manufacture 1000 of
the gauges. Mr. Prettyman has en
tered Into a contract with the associa
tion to manufacture this number of
the gauges. He expects to begin turn
ing them out within 30 days, and to
turn out the whole number within two
or three months.
It Is expected that this first lot of
gauge will be sold and put into use
In this vicinity; so that the practica
bility and efficiency of the Invention,
and fta capability of supplying the
need tt was devised to meet can be
demonstrated In the territory near
home.
territory are down.
Both camps and mill of the Ham
mond Lumber Co.. at Mills City, oper
ating 8 hours. At Sllrerton. the Sil
ver Falls Timber Co., la running two
shifts, with the Silverton Lumber co,
running; one. Spaulding plants at
Salem and Newberg are . operating.
The first logs from the new Miami
(logging; project will be shipped about
October 1. The plant of the Prouty
Lumber Co., at Timber, Oregon was
completely destroyed by fire Septem
ber 11. Most mills on Tillamook line
are operating. The two Cobbs-Mitch-ell
camps and their mills at Falls City
and Valsetz, are running; also camp
and mi!l of Willamette Valley Lumber
Co.. at Dallas. All other plants in
this vicinity down indefinitely. Them
are thirty-eight mills on the Yaqulnj
branch from Corvallis to Newport."
AH of these mills were down early in
September. One has started ' sinca.
PracticaVy all small rail shipping
mills in western Oregon are down, ex
cept a few that are supplying local
demand.
OREGON
A 4-L surrey Just complete1 shows
one-third of the mills of Oregon, rep
resenting about 20 of the lumber
cutting capacity of the atate, are not
operating; that two-thirds of the mills
are running, producing about 70
of the normal cut of the state, show
ing that the mills that are operating
now are producing about 90 of their
normal capacity. Oregon dogging is
producing 40! of normal capacity.
BEND AND EASTERN OREGON
Logging operations pro d u c I n g
enough to keep mills operated at
about 75 capacity. Most of the lar
ger sawmill operations are producing
their normal 8 hour capacity, with
orders indicating this will be kept up
the balance of the year.
The committees of the Eugene and
Springfield Methodist churches met
la'st Friday and looked over the Par
ker tract, the prospective site of ths
conference camp ground. The Eugeni
people are enthusiastic over tbe pro
ject and are working heartily with
the Springfield people in favor of this
sita Blueprints and photographs ana
being prepared to be exhibited at the
session of the annual conference, to
show the favorable points of this slta.
"Danger Ahead" is the cry of th
sea shore. See the invigorating love
drama, "Danger Ahead," also "The
Forest Runner" and "Rubbing it In",
at the Bell, Wednesday, Sept 28th.