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THE SPRINGFIELD
NEWS
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Uh tailteruuiUr set of Oongr of M reUWTV
SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1917.
VOL,., XVI, NO. 244
DEATH OF MILTON
G. BALLY THROWS
GLOOM OVER CITY
Mill Suporlntontiont's Endurance)
Givos Way Aftor Throo
Months of Sufforing
WAS BURNED JANUARY 13
Deceaied Wa One of Most Oelovcdi
Citizens, And Hl Death la
Personal Olow to al
Milton 0. Dally, one Of tlltl incut 1
highly roBpoctcd and emlnmblo cltl-
amis of Sprlngfluld panned to IiIh ro.
ward Tucaday evening at tho Spring.
field hospital, whero ho had boon
coiityied alnco tho 13th of January,
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no u rcouii ui uyuiu uurun rutwivcu
nt tho mill of tho PUcher-BouUn Lum.
bcr company.
Milton Dully waa a mnu who aa lui
been said, aocmed to rise aomehow v
a aphero all hi. own. Among hU '
follows, thoao who knew him beat,
loved him moat aa a manly mnu, truo,
noblo, and kind, ho hold a placo In tho
hearts and affections of hla frlcnda,
who wore numbered by his acquain
tances. "Wo who know him," aald ono of
hla frlonda, "found him truo to tho
every trust, ho has been weighed In
tho balance, and found not wanting,"
Mr. Dally received the wounda
which caused hla death on January
13th wflien ho was severely burned
to tho hips when a steam plpo gavo
away, pouring hot wator and steam
over tho lower part of his body. Ho
was taken to tho Springfield hospital
Immediately, and had been gradually
Improving up uptll three weeks ngo,
sion tho continual pain began' to
grow too much for him.
About a month ago, akin grafting
operations wero begun, thrco of theso
tw.tit i A'tMii n.l w Ittt n ttn rnn t Oil.
UUIIlH ua iui iiiwu ntin uiiui hhk
cobs. air. uaiiy s menus nnu nis son
Raymond gave skin eagerly for tho 1
operations, and others wero planned
for tho future, since tho lower Ilmba
wero nlmoHt entirely bare. But ho'
wns too woak to bear up, his ondur-
nnco gavo way, nnd several days ago
ll wnn fimmil Hint U I'Ollld IlOt liVO.
"Ho simply wore out. wns tho vor-
diet of ono pf his physicians.
Ho passed away at 7:10 Tuesday
evening nt tho hospital. The body
-urn Inknn In llm VV. F. Wnlkor un.'
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dertaklng plirlor. whore It is bolnff
proparou tor uunm wniieii wm io
placo Sunday In tho Lugono Masonic
comotery, his brother Odd Fellows to ,,i0t0n of these Improvements, and caro In Infancy,
bo In charge. Funeral acrvices will bo tno arrival oftho now auto hearso Wo are busy conserving our natural
hold at the Methodist chuch at two WUch Is expected from Portland a.jrCBorces, but what are doing to con
O'clock. Reverend James T. Moore ,out May i( Mr. Walker will have aa servo human life, our greatest nat-
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yioui.ii hid auiu.uu. .
Mr. Bally was born In Hawksvllle, ' n8 Browlng business.
Ontario, Canada, In July, 1874. Ho p p Barnard nnd Ed Collins aro do
wns married to Miss Ethel Boutin lng (jl0 carpenter work.
Of Bayfield, Wisconsin, In 1890, They ,
moved to Oregon In 1900, whero thoy
have since mado tholr homo, mov
Ing to Sprlngflold about elgtfryenrs
ngo. Two sons wore oorn to uio cnotco flowers on which someone baa
union. Raymond E., and Joseph S., spont i,our8 of tmo nnd labor, or
who with Mrs. Bally, survive. Ho Is' inking a fow windows "Just for tho
nlso survived by seven sisters nnd fun of tbo thing" wns the shooting or
two brothors, nil of whom nro in tho ' u A Washburn's old pot dog "Bud
onst. Mrs. Harry M. Stownrt ' dlo." which wns douo tho first of Uio
Mm. Cnrl E. Flnchor of this city nro
slstora of Mrs. Bnlly. Joseph Boutin, a fn)ny ,)0t f0r 15 yonrs, and was tho orly wns used for gasoline will now
Mrs. Bully's fnthor nnd Frank Boutin,1 ,,iayf0iiow of Mr. and Mrs. SwartaVbo utilized for dlstlllnto, Tho work of
hor undo, nnd Mrs. Boutin and daugh-' cl,j(jron .vnon tnoy woro uu0l waa ' Betting up the pumps, plnclng tho
.tor, nro nil hero. A slstor of Mr. gonti0 and Qmrmloss, and also n good tank under the sidewalk, nnd of ruu
Bnlly, Mlas Harriot Bally, la expect- dog. His master found him near nUB the plpo, was finished this mom-
od to arrive from Buffalo. lbo "Lucky" Baldwin house In tho ! Ing. Tho whole forco worked on tho
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iir. aiiy hub uuu "l"ioa8t part or town, tno itrst or tno
' Uio Flschep-Boutln mtll over since
Its organization In 1910 when tho
namo was tho FIschcr-Bally mill. He
had chargo of tho mill at tho start,
thon wns connected with tho garage
here for a year, later going back
to tho mill as superintendent, which.
position bo held at the tlmo of his
death.
, Mr. Bally1 holpod build tho Booth
Kelly mill at Wondllng, and also Uio
old Booth-Kelly mill here. He wan
'''In tho fullest senao a "ploneor" lum
berman of this section. Aa a black,
tmlth and mechanic, tho,so who
licnow him said aa waa unsurpassed,
fond tha,saiQ0 title imlcht well be ap
Mld (o him as a husband, father and
Mend. .
Deceased Bad ben a member ot
Tioth tho Rebekah and 04d Fellow
ges for tuore tha flfteea years,
"in'd his brothers and iftftrs In
trleadahlp, lovo and truth, say of him:
was iaelUa. of tkt lsdc H
PUPILS GET GOOD ADVICE
i,C. A. Qwarta Talk to D. 8, Claaa an
"Economical BuylnS"
MIhs Annlo McConnlck anil fifteen
Lincoln itchool domostlc science stu
dents paid u vlHlt to Uio Swnrts A.
Washburn meat murkct unit packing
,plnnt and enjoyed a very practical
Illustrated tnlk by C. A. Swnrts on
"Economical Buying," yostonlay inorn
Ing "Never cotno In and ask for n dol
lar'a worth of the best aleak," Mr.
Bwnrta ndvlaed, "Know wdint yon nro
buying, nnd got nil you enn out of
thu proposition. You will never liavo
n kooiI bl bank account until you
learn to economize). Kind out whot
( can bo done with thu cheaper cutH o'
niont, buy Uigho, and leant how to
mnko thorn pulntublo."
For liifllance, Mr, Swnrts suggest
ed a piece of boiling beef, not tho
cholr.oHt cut but u good, imablo pleco
novorthulcHB, which would cont n
nnnrlr. rooking It with nolatouH.
rice, carrot and perhapH oilier
vegotablcs,
nud
for
thiiH producing n
alx people. IIo
2fi centa worth of
good inoiil
pointed out that
"the best steak" would not hnve gone
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Hourly HO HIT.
Mr. Bwarts very kindly told tlii
puplla to come In whenovcr thoy do-
alrd Information about buying meat.
u Ih probablo that tho High ohool
domoatlc aclonco claaa will pay the
market and packing plant a visit In
a few days.
Another Business
House Enlarging
W F Walker Is Making Under
taking Parlors an Up-to-Dato
Establishment
Another sign of progresslvcncsB
mong our business men la the cntara;.,
Ing and remodeling of tho w F walk- , and a realization of the wayB In which on 'Individual Responsibility." Fol
er Undertaking parlors on Main and 1 It must protect theni. A babywWeek ' thlsthere waa a shdrt business ses
Mill atrcet8 ui this icIty. whlcU Is just
under good head-way. and will proba.
bjy bo completed sometime early next 1
month
A fifty-foot addition bus been built
on (l0 Uack and tho otnbalming and ;
(rimming rooms will bo moved Into '
lno ttow )art. Instead of Mr. Wulk-
oriH 0ffcu occupying only ono small
r00in at the oaat Tront. nu at present,
it wm ako In tho space of tho three
amu room8 thero. Tho family room
n.xoln mnm will urtinn lli
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worU , completed, bo situated nt tha
rear of the chapel proper.
Tho chapel room Itself will bo en-
IarBed t0 lwco pre80t size. win.
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uuwa wm uv uuuuiiii oi t.m..
nnJ Opora chairs will be Instnllel
throughout It will also bo repaper-
ctj an(j repainted. With tho com-
esiaousnmcnt. more in Keeping wim ,
Flnas Het Dog Dead
0no of ,i.OB0 deeds which Is Just
nbout as commendnblo as rooting up J
wook Tho unmUi which has boon
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wook, dead.
O. P. Co. Tkes Precautions
Now "No Admlttanct" signs" have
been placod at nil doors of the Ore.
gon Power company's electric plant
and buildings In this city, and no ono
will In Uio future be allowed to visit
tho various plants and buildings wit
hout first having obtained a pass from
fho propor authorities.
had boon through tho chairs In the
(V)dd Follow organization and had. for
i tho last several years been treasurer,
holding this position at tho time of
iila death, baring been reiBtalled
only a night or two before bis ac
cident. Two' special street cars hare bee
chartered for tho funeral train which
will include practically erery cttlsaa
of Springfield. Mr. Sally's brother
Odd Fellows and alaUrRobakah-B will
,ba. In. charge In a body.
CHRISTIAN TROQPS NEAR GATES
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It In predicted that the fall of Jerusalem, tho Holy City, to Christiana will soon be an accomplished fact after
centiirlcx of MuhIciii rule. Advance guards of the English troops advancing through l'n lea tine from Egypt were said
tu be nluiOMl nt the very cntcN of the city.
BAB! WEEK WILL BE
ERVED MAY 1-6
Cr,. , . jui
Springfield Will Campaign for
Conservation of Hu
man Race
Ono of tho developments of tho
growing Intereata In tho welfare of
babies during tho past' few years la
Dnby week which is to be held this
year May 1 to C.
A Baby Week Campaign has two
purposes. Flrtit, to give tho moth-
ers of a community tho opportunity of !
learning ha most Important facts t
with regard to tho care of the baby.
Second, to bring home to tho commun
ity a knowledge of the facta regard.
ing tho needless deaths of Its bablos
should bo a community campaign; 1
each person should feel that he or .
she Is a part of IL j
Chicago held the first Baby Week
In 1914. Since then other cities
over tho country have tnkon up tho
Idea, and this year wo are to have a
Rational Baby Week and every com -
nuinlty should observo it In some
manner.
The reason why Baby Week l8 held
In tho spring Is because tho death '
m, nt l.-ililna lu hll-lllat 111 tlio Olim"
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mer. It Is appalling to know that
In tho United States 300.000 babies
under ono year of ngo die every yo. '
This is one out of every seven babies
OBS
uui 11. . v luuai ..ui. ui wav m...s wl Uie uiauiKuuuii, iiu;o hid uuiuci. i noon. Following tne meeting me mei
aro preventable. Of tho babies that,0u8 duties do not always permit hlaof tue facuity adjourned to Klncai
survive many thousana go tnrougn
life handicapped because of improper j
lonai uasei:
What can Springfield do for its
babies? Thero Is work to be dono
here, will you help?
Garage Now Has Two Pumps
The Springfield garage started yos.
(horning Installing gasoline
pumps both inside and ' outsldo tho
building, tflie former outsldo pump
being moved Inside, and tho ono re
contly purchased from tho Beaver
llerndon hardware company being set
up at tho edge of the sidewalk In
front Tho hand pump which form-
Improvement, but Henry Korf wants
is understood that ho had a great
deal to do with It.
Unusually High Wane Offered
Paul Brattaln has had word from
his brother, H, A. Brattaln, who lives
in Paisley, Oregon, that tho winter
in that immodlato vicinity was vory
mild; wuljo in a nearby section of tho
country, one shcop owner who started
the season with 30,000 "head ot sheep
lost, during the severe cold weather,
15,000. The sheep men Just now, on.
account of the scarcity ot labor caua-
cd by the war, are offering from 975
'to f 100 per month for help to asiat
during the lambing season, aad for
helping to care for the aheep.
AtMntlen Firemen
Aft munhjtm im A!lMtjui ta font
L'at the City Hall Sunday 2 End. at 1:30
clock to attend the fuaera) of the
late brother M. O. Bally,
mffr Ktefer Aaa't Fire Cafet
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BOT E OD AS
VERY FINE MEETING
Pastor Gives Forceful Talk, New
Members Taken In, And
. Splendid Dinner Enjoyed
Thirty-six members wero present at
tho Methodist Brotherhood meeting
held last Monday night, which waa
characterlied by the president as a
"very fine meeting, all the way
through." A moBt delicious supper,
served by Mrs. R. W. Smith's corn
mlttee of tho Methodist Ladies aid,
was thoroughly enjoyed as tho first
teature of the meeting.
The speaker for the evening waa
the pastor, Reverend S. A. Danford,
who' gave a very forceful, short talk
slon. during which the matter of a
nrocram for the mext meeting was
taken up. Instead of having a speak-
er at that time, the members decided
to take un some public question for
discussion.
During the business session, tho
'question of holding meetings every
' two weeks came up, the plan being to
i bavo no dinner at the mid-monthly sets
slon. However, this proposition was
voted down, and tho Brotherhood '
...II. nr. o..nnlnr, nt ll.n ,l.lr.l
n,u uicci mu unc u, iuu i.w.u ,
Monday In tho month, as heretofore, .
a banquet being held preceding the
business session. I
M. W. Weber resigned as secretary
attending the meetings. Vance Cai-.
icy was elected to the position.
H. W. Burton and L. M Cagley, new
members, wore taken Into the Bro
therhood at the Monday night session.
President R. W. Smith presided at th3
meeting.
JOSEPH LUSBY "OWNS UP"
Popular Young Man la Lost to Hope,
ful Glrla for Good, Now
By dint ot much persuasion, Joseph
S. Lusby, retail salesman forthe Booth
Kelly Lumbor company, -as brought
to confess that he and Miss Mablo
Ralston, who 18 now teaching at Co
burg, are to be married In June. They
will mnko their homo In Sprlngflold
In the home recently purchased by
Mr. Lusby on D street, between Fifth
and Slxjh, and which ho Is now fitting
up.
Tho announcement does not come
entirely unexpected, since Mr. Lusby
has boon wearing a happy look tor
some time now. He and Miss Rals
ton have known each other for seven
years during three ot which they board
ed at the samo place In Coburg.
Lieutenant L. H. Nixon Weda
News has been received here by
his parents ot the marriage ot Second
'Lieutenant Lonnle H. Nixon, son of
Mr. and Mrs. II. M, Nixon ot tiila city,
to Miss. Winnie Haynes of Anson,
'Texas, on April 10.
Mr. Nixon, who through several vis
Its to this city is quite welt-known
'here, will be stationed at Del Rio,
Texas, for the present.
May Cleae Petsofffce
Notice that the Mohawk poatafftca
will be dosed soon haa bees posted.
W. A. I leek, who htz had the offlee
for the past two years, haa realgaed,
aad unless some oae apll forthe
pesUoaaterahip wUhfn Oia next ?9
fey the officii aril) be aiflCMtfaied.
OF HOLY CITY
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FARMERS GET TELEPHONES
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Two New., Companies of Valley,
Incorporate for Business !
Two more fanning districts of tho
Valley will enjoy telephone service
in the near future, as articles of In.
coporatlon have been filed with Cor
poration Commlsslones Scbufderman
at Salcm.for the following companies:
Santa Clara Telephone company of
Santa Clara, Lane county; Incorpor
ators are F. W. Miller, J. W. Smith
and Emmett Howard; capallzed at
1000; to conduct a telephone bus.
Iness. Fall Creek-Springfield Tele
phone company; Incorporators are O.
O. Wilson, C. E. Warner and William
F. McBee; capitalized at $1000; head
quarters Is at Fall Creek Lano county
to conduct a telephone business.
These companies will build and op
crate farmers' lines to connect with
the system of the Pacific Telephone
and. Telegraph company at Spring
field and Eugene.
U. of "O. to Teach
Army Courses
Dril
Starts Under Direction 0f
Regular Army Men
at Eugene
Military drills, to be held five times
a wcek under the supervision of fed
. ... . j .
eral army oiucers, was prescnuea lor
all nmlo stmients of the University of
0regon for the remainder of the
school year by the faculty at a sped..
a, meetlng held here Monday after-
leid where tihey took in drlllln
under tne mrecuon oi wen w miaow.
Special courses will include Instrun-
tion in military tactics, military law,
sanitation, first aid. army admlnls-'by
tratlon and organization, regulations
and field service. A course In topog.
raphy and map making, a medical
course given In connection with the
school of medicine, and a course In
mathemetlcs.'ballistlcs, explosives and
'electricity will be given by tho sctenci
departments assisted by the oxamln-j School boards. In fixing tuition for
ing officers of the coast artillery, j high school pupils from outside dls-
I tricts, cannot consider the cost ofcon.
Honor Guard Has Class Here j structlon to school buildings, accord'
Tho first corps of the Honor Guard )ng to tho opinion rendered by tho su
Girls now has a clas8 In Springfield. preme court, In the case of school
This corps takes up tho study of j district No. 24, Marion county, against
bandaging nnd tho regular First Aid County School Superintendent Smith
work. The meetings will be held uu- j Chief Justice McBrlde wrote tho o.
dor the supervision of Dr R P Mort- pinion, and he held that school dia
oiiBen at his office on Tuesday even-' tricts were entitled to receive, for tha
Ing. Much Interest is shown, and education of such pupils, actual cost
tho girls are progressing rapidly In from the educational fund, which, ha
their study. Tho girls of tho third ; Bald, Included salaries, caretakers, sup
corps Journey to Eugeno for their class piles, lights, telephones, wator, In
es and aro earnestly pursuing the nrta suranco and repairs. j
of swimming, mechanism ot automo
biles and military training.
nilstrated Lecture Comlno
Thero will be an llllstrated lecture t tho superintendent of schools at Jot
here next Tuesday, April 24, In tho.oph. Wallowa county, ha8 been en.
M E church at & P M by Rov. and Mm j gaged to fill the vacancy left by th
George H. Parkinson. The subject . resignation of Miss. Josepha Wllsoa'
will bo a "Missionary Trip Around tho of the union high school at Waltorvilltf
World" illustrated with 70 colored
slides showing what the missionary
Society ot the M E church haa ac
complished In the last 60 years.
There will be no admission charge
but a collection will be taken.
. . He Wm a aeed One
3. J. Brian of this city dealring
'to have some, walnut, tre;TsftJ,
sent ta Euxeae for a- mas to da
work. The man came, put, la .,
four hours of expert labor, and Mi
fed at the nt ot 35 a day Swftlr.
cotsea high.
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HAVE SUCCESSFUL
INSTITUTE TUESDAY
,AII- day Joint Session Held
i Here Is Helpful and Inter- ,
csting; About 100 Attend ,(
i "i
NOON DINNER IS ENJOYED
"Evangelism" Is Theme, With Tho
Cigarette Evil and Sabbath Dec- j
ecratlon A Sub. Topics It
About 60 or 70 ladles were la at
tendance at the morning session of,
th(1 a-day Jlnt W. C. T. V. coa-
ventlon held In this city Tuesday,
while probably 30 more attendei la
'he afternoon. At noon a most da
, llclous dinner was served by tha
Springfield W. C. T. U. ladles to tbalr
own members and the 12 or Id mem
bers fiom Eugene who were In aU
tendance. Following la the menu.;;
Chl'-.ken, mashed potatoes, baked
beans, tomatoes, fruit, salad, Jelly,
picklv, take, coffee and tea. 7be
banquet room of the Methodist church
In which the dinner was held waa
prettily decorated with, white stream.
-rs and flags
Tho mectluf was opened with a da
votlonalservice led by Mrs. ff A.
Danford. Vh? subject for th day waa
-Evangelism.'" Following this. Mrs,
Jennie Ilosir. uf the L mono Cen
tral V. O. T. U. whlcr r.ri.iniMtii n
met with tho Springfield bol, gavo
a general review of the evangelistic
department of the W C T U Mrs.
Hortpn of Eugene, in a gaper on
"Evangelism." emphasized the might'
Jnesa and holiness of Jesus Christ
"How to Entertain Children to.
Church and Sunday School" was tho
Interesting topic treated by Mrs.
Alice Winters of East Eugene, follow.
Ing which a discussion took, place,
I as to what can be done with the child
. on Sunday afternoon
une ui rue especially line lumfjj
of the session was a paper on "Tho
Danger of Cigarettes" by Mrt. Mary
Campbell of this city. If possible, an
excerpt of the talk will be given in
the News In an issue of the near fu
other features of the dav wero-
' "formal discussion by Roveren.i
- f, S rris on the cigarette evil
ond s'abbath desecration- a solo br
Rnv osbolLB. a devotional servica
beginnlg at 1:30 led by Mrs. Chris
Jensen; a paper "Are Christians
Responsible for Sabbath Desecra-
ton by Mrs- Jf 0 Barrett ot Eaat
Eugene; a solo by Dr. Adallne Fer
'ris; a paper "Effect of Cigarettes"
Mrs. Mlttc Allen; a reading by
t violet Reld of East Eugene; and a
"song "The Star Spangled Banner"
' by the high school chorus,
j The Institute was held In the Metlu
0dlst church.
J
school Boards Must Limit Tuition
Will Fill Out Trm
Rollin Dlckerson, whoso homo Is
.In Eugeno, but who has recently neea
Mr. Dlckerson will taKO up ni8 auuo
next Monday,
present, term.
He will till out tb
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Walter Mo-ore Finds Purse
. Walter Moore, teacher la the hi&k.
school at Springfield, and son of P.
-JrXoora, county sohool BuperiateaC.
i eat, Tuesday found the haadbac leat
4M th streets of Bugene by Mrs. I
Hi' naarca. It WM tUTBed OTr t
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CJier or i'oiue uinwsw.
Chief, wk had tea aa advarUweaKt
, for tt. tamed It vr to tae orratf
ITa sag csuvui .rrer 7 ia saeawu
i