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f ' V THE SPRINGFIELD Hifi1Krif!j'ir II, ltll.it lorlndoltl.brtgon, miccoad Stu;mMteruu1vr get of Oonirn of H mi, lft TV SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY. OREQON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1918 VOL. XVI., NO. 0, NEWS iT r SPECIAL COUNCIL IS A. C. Travis Is Appolntod Night Watchman to Succood W. 'j H. James LIGHTS ORDERED CHANGED City Tool Shed Will Do Built At Rear of Hote House On F Street. A npocla! mooting of thu city coun cil wns called Monday ovonlng for tho purposo of oloctlng a president of tho council to appoint n night police or flcor and also to rearrniiKO and placo tho street lights on Third, Fourth, Fifth. Wall and Broadway stroots. M 0. Drosslor was appolntod president of Uiu council, Docauso of tho resignation of W, II. Jamas, night watchman, which took effect January 1, It wan necos nary to appoint n now man to succood him. A. C. Travis wan appolntod as night police nnd began his dutloa Tuosday night. Othor applicants for tho position wcro: J. P. Johnson, Frank 'Coglil, It. N. Griffin, M. V. En dlcott and Curl II. Horbat. A potitlon signed by tlfo tax payors asking for a rearrangement of lights on Mill and Broadway was prosontod to tho council last month and referred to tho street committee for Investi gation. -By motion1 tho light on Third and Wall streets was ardor ed moved to- Fourth -a(! Wallslretn. Tho light on Fifth street In front of tho F. A. DoPuo rosldonco was ordered moved to Fifth and Wall streets. Two lights wcro ordered moved from - .East Main stroots, one to tho Inter section at (Third and Broadway streets and tho othor to bo placed at Fifth and Droadway, Tiio city recorder was Instructed to order tho city phono now at' tho rosl donco of H. H. Walker, former re corder, to tho rosldonco of Win. Don . aldson, chlof of police and stroot com missioner; and tho phono at tho resi dence of M. 0. Drossier, councilman, was ordered moved to tho homo of A. C. Travis, new night watchman. Tho surety bond of Treasurer O. D. Keflsby from tho American Surity company was accepted. Tho ntreot committee was Instruct ed to arrange, for tho orocton of a city tool shod to bo built on tho city lots at tho rear of tho hose houso oh P stroot. A potitlon for plumber's llconso from W. 0. Warden, of Eugono, was allowed and tho application of J. J. Bryan to conduct a pool and. billiard room was grantod. Tho eight stations for tho ntght watchman's clock havo boon installed and tho watchman will begin using tho clock at onco. It will be neces sary for him to try tho doors of all ot tho business Iioubos at 7 p. m. and j again at 10 p. m. From 10 p. m. to ft, a. ra. tie win yisii eacn ot mo eignt .-stations every hour. Rebekahs to Install The Rebekahs will hold thotr In stallation of officers at their regular meeting Monday ovonlng, The oloc tlvo officers who will be Installed aro Mrs. Juno Korf, noble grand; Mrs. Kato Bnimmolto, vico-grand; Mrs, Clara Snodgrass, recording secretary; Mrs. Rosa Montgomery, financial sea rotary; Mrs. Cora Hlnson, treasurer. Tho appointive officers havo not ydt boon announcod but they will also be installod Monday night. Elected to High Office R. Tj, Kirk, superintendent of tho Sprlngflold public schools was oloctod president of tho department of supor 'lntondonts ot tho Oregon State Teach era,' association at tho mooting ot that organization in Portland last week x : - 1 Llbriiry,Board.to Meet. A regular meeting of the library , board will bo hold Monday night at JUie publlo library, MEETING HELD MONDAY EVENING PRUNEVILLE DOES WELL That Section Makes Qood Showing In Red Cross Mrs. Porcy Tyson and Mrs, Ooorgo Catching nocuro good list of natnos In tho I'runovlllo neighborhood for tho Rod Cross membership campaign. Mrs. Percy Tyson and Mrs. Oeorge Catohlng, Solicitors Mrs. Annlo Knrlinu, Mrs. Harold Chnso, Mrs. Ilortlm James, Mrs, I. Cllno, Mrs. O. II. Starr, Mrs. C. 0, Kellogg, Mrs. Kato Fish, Mrs. Emily Hardio, Mrs. W. It. Ilnrdlo, Mrs. N. 0. MoElhany, Mrs. Emma Wyllo, Mrs. fl. Y. Bartholomew, Mrs. F. B. Chase, F. B Chaso, Nellie Bailor, Mcrlo Chnso, 8. V Biirtholomow, Harry Chnso, Etta Chase, Mrs. J. W. Chnsa, Mrs. W. J. Pongru, ' ' Mrs. H. E. Walker, Solicitor. Mrs. li. A. Wushburnc, Miss Flor ence Coffin, Miss Mary lloherts, A llouvos, Al Mongomory, Mrs. Ira Young Mrs, Hoy Cnstoel. CRESWELL LADY BURIED Mrs. Phoebe E. Hughes Laid to Rest In Odd Fallows' Cemetery, r 1 Tho funeral of Mrs. Phooto E. Ilughos, of Creswoll, was hold Mon day at 1 o'clock at tho Methodist church at Creswoll. Interment was mado in tho Odd Follows cemetery In Eugono. W. "P. "Walker, Springfield undertaker, had chargo of tho fun oral.' Mrs. Ilughos was born in Van Buren, county, lOwa, In 1842 and when nino years of ago crossed the plains with her fathor and mother. Tho family sottlod at Fremont, Cali fornia, Deceased Is survived- by Uirco daughters and four 'sons as follows: Mrs. Mae Scotland, Mrs, Shaub, of Creswoll, Mrs. Ann Rlggs, of Cottage a th vbt i a. i k .;!' son sn o t Eugene, W. E? Scott, of Redmond, William -Parsons, ot Creswoll, and It. 11. Parsons, ot Redmond, S. H.-S. Wins - Over Mapleton . s Van Valzah Shoots 12 Baskets for Springfield Team Monday ovonlng tho Springfield High school Basket Ball team won from tho Maploton High school team in a game at tho Sprlngflold hall with a scoro of 42 to 10. Springfield's line-up follows: Van yalzah, center; dossier and Hill, guards; Davidson, Koster, and Dlmm, forwards. In the second half Dlmm took the placo of Kester as forward. Tho Maploton line-up was! Robinson, contor; Slemmons and Robinson, guards; Bock and Ogden, forwards. Custer of Eugono, rofcrcod and Creed Brattaln, umpired. Tho Maploton toam had played a numbor ot gamea in this section win nlng from both. Santa Clara and El mira. The ganio with Florence re sulted In favor of Florence. Van Valzah was tho star basket- makor for tho Springfield team mak ing 12 baskets Goes to Work In Grocery Store W, V. Hutchinson, of this city, who ! has been carrying tho mall on Route . No. 2 out ot Springfield has resigned i and accepted a position as clork at. tho Fifth Stroot grocory. Tho mail on that routo was carried this morn ing by Bruco Lunsbory, ot this city. J. P, Hanokanip, of Eugono, who was to havo taken thdt route this morning having failod to show up. Mr. Hutchinson took tho mail rojato in Soptember succeeding R. W. Smith now proprietor ot tho Fifth Street grocory. I Deeamher In Warmest Month Rflearrlart ' Decombor, 1917, was the mildest 1 on "record for this section since 1871, when tho records wore first kept The normal, temperature for tho past month was 48,4 degreoB. The rainfall for month was .13,96 Inches. In many ' placos tho buds on the fruit trees ar swelling and tho pussy willows an already In bloom along tho streams. BELGIUM'S COLONIALS REBUILDING IN Men from Belgium's colonial possessions at work in recovered section of iBelglum rebuilding the war-swept terri tory. The photograph was taken at one of the subdepots for supplies of all kinds which are forwarded to points where the reconstructive work Is In progress. PAUL LANSBERY Oil WAY TO FRANCE Tells of Thanksgiving Feast and Seasickness Caused by Rough Sea, December, 1917, Somewhere on tho Atlantic; Dcar',FolksTt Horae:Wih try to writo you a few lines before wo land to let you know that we aro getting along tine and aro almost to Franco, or wherever wo aro going to land. I did not llko tho trip very well tho first few days wo were on board, for tho water was very rough and I got somewhat sea-sick but am alright now, feeling fino and am enjoying the trip very much. I would not care If it would last a few days longer. I hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiv ing dinner more than I did, as I was sick all day and did not eat' a bite. Wo had turkey, dressing, cranberry sauce, plum pudding, etc., but that did not sound good to mo at that time as the sea was very boisterous all that day.- Those who did eat had an awful tlmo of it, as tho ship was' rolling so hard you could not stand up, and thero was turkey and cran berries flying all over the kitchen and dining room. One morning when a man was walking across tho kitchen with a mess kit full of mush In one hand and a cup of; coffeo in the other tho ship 1 rolled, nnd ho started to slide. He' ' tried to dtop by throwing Mb arm around' a post. Ot course he did stop suddenly throwing the mush in his own fnco and the coffee on another man who was standing near. It surely was fupny to see men slid Ing around in all directions. It was really funnier than Charlie Chaplin in Shanghai. But tho sea has been very smooth for tho last three days so you can hardly feel it roll at all. we are now in tno danger zone, department of the Springfield High but the submarine that gets us will 8cnool navo 8ecured p08ltlon8 ,or the surely have an awful time, as wo are remainder of the school term. Miss well protected. If you get this letter ,DldweU wlu be ln charso ot nrst you will knpw wo landed safely. but'four Brado8 ,n tho nlvorvlow publlc I don't really think thero is any 8cnool nnd M,Ba Plntt w, toach nt danger of us sinking. We keep our jma life preservers wlth us all the tlmo j so wo can float away if anything hap pens. I nm writing this out on dock with my life bolt for a desk. I am glad I did not join tho coast artillery in Eugeno as I would still bo at Port Stevens and would havo missed all this traveling around, i I can not tell you when we started, how long wo havo beon on the water or wfint boat wo are on, as the consor would not lot it pass; but the maln thing, is we aro, hero all right and are enjoying the trip, AiiBwor as soon as possible and tell mo all tho news, I am as ovor your son and brother ' PAUL LANSBERY. NEW RECRUIT IS BEING ADVANCED Springfield Boy fs Token from Ranks and Made Company Clerk Company "D" First Replacement Regiment ot -Engines?, -Washington Barracks, Washington, D. C, Decem ber 29, 1917. Dear Father: Well I am leading the life of a regular American soldier now. Wo have been stationed at the United States War College at Wash ington Barracks for our first bit of training. Only Engineers aro here and a better crowd of soldiers in the making I never expect to see. Our officers are just out of Officers' Train ing camps and they are about as cour teous as one could imagine. In all the days I have been here I have not heard one officer swear at a recruit Last night I .found Bert Lombard and he has invited me to spend the dad with him. Bert has enlisted in the Ordinance Corps and is still working for tho War department It seems that I am getting along very nicely here. The second day after our company arrived here I was taken out ot tho ranks and put in the Company headquarters office and have been here constantly evef since; If I am kent hern nnrmanentl I will Eet the rank ot a sergeant wo are ordinarily off duty after 4:30 afternoons. Hero in tho office we usually work later than thdt time. AVrlto to mo as often as you can i Jn3 the letters wo receive are about ' the only Joys we soldiers have to break up the routine of our life h.ere, J With love to all, "WALTER DIMM. I Two Graduates Get Schools Anna BIdwell and Edna Piatt, both Graduates of the teacher's 'tralnlnr Bank Secures Judgment Tho Eugene Loan and Savings bank has beon given judgment against A. J, Perkins and wife and W. E. Dodgo and wife ln tho sum ot $2673.30, to gether with S250 attorney fees, costs and dlsbursomontB, interest at eight per cent and tho foreclosure ot the ni rtgage on tho premises Involved. Brick-Layer Returns Home Harry Klefer, who for the pa'st six; weeks had boon employed ab brlckt layer on the n&w postoffico being orootod by the government at Wil lows, California, has returned to hla homo In Springfield. ' ! MOTHERLAND SPECIAL MEETING OF BOARD Resignation of Waller J. Moore, Is Accepted The Springfield school board held a special meeting Monady night to accept the resignation ot Walter J, Moore, teacher In Mathematics and Science at Springfield High school and to accept applications, for the vacancy. Mr. Moore has gone to Co burg, as principal of the public schools The board also discussed. (the mattery or siarung miuiarT-unir wi-ww. Nothing was decided but the board has a director In sight should they decide to have the drill. School Boy 1$ Hurt Seriously Lloyd Johnson Runs Over Rus sell Prairie With Motorcycle Russell Prairie, a ten year old school boy of Eugene, was seriously Injured yesterday afternoon when a motorcycle ridden by Lloyd Johnson, son of Oliver Johnson, of this city struck him as he stepped from a dairy1 wagon near the Patterson school building in Eugene. ' L The rider tried to guide, the. machine. so that he would not hurt the boy but was unable to do so and the boy was knocked down and run over. Hq was carried to a nearby residence and later taken to a hospital. Upon examination it was found that the outer, table at tho back of the skull, wo crushed In, the scalp was torn 'rom tho skull for a distance ot three inches over the right eye, his right collar bono was brokety his right elbow mashed, and that there were also other injuries. In trying to guide the machine out ot the way, Young Johnson was thrown and the motorcycle fell on him, caus ing Bovoral slight injuries. Leaves for Grand Junction Floyd Thompson who has beon visit ing with his parents Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Thompson for the past three weoks will leave tonight for 'Grand, Junction, Colorado whero ho is em ployed. He will be accompanied by Rey McPhorson. University Professor Will Prjeach Professor J. T. Mathows, professor ot mathmatics at Willamette Univer sity will preach at both tho morning and evening services at tho Metho-1 dlst church Sunday. Professor Mat-f hewB has boon in tho University long-! er than, any ohar Instructor nowj there. .Dr, Danford has been given a short, leave, of abseace.and left yeater day, tor Btamark, . North Dakota on' business. SPRINGFIELD BOY TELLS EXPERIENCE 8F SOLDIER LB Camp Is Flooded Wth CifU of Useful Articles at Holiday Seasonal!; PRAISES RED CROSS WOMEN 4 Y .M. C. A. Does Much to Provide for Care and Comfort of Men In1 Training Quantlco, Va., Dec. 27, 1917. Dear Mrs. Dlmm and Ladles ef SpriagfieM: I received your ..most useful gift today. I appreciate it very much aad want to thank you and the rest of ' the ladles of Springfield. I find since I havo enlisted la the-' Marine. Corps that the ladles are surely d&lns; their part and it seems to me a little hit more. jTbis Christmas has been ono of the best 1 have ever experienced, et course I couldn't be home which ia something I longed for more thaa anything else. The Red Cross ladles from Wash ington D. C. fixed ap a Christmas tree here for the Marines aad wa had one grand time. I doa't heUeito a man left the buitdlag without Ws pockets tilled with tobacco, cigarettes candy and mixed nuts. Of coarse the band was there and after the pres ents were given but 'twere was a dance. There were about six Marines for every girl but.everyohe bad a gecfd Usaa- Just the, same. . v "Christmas day we", had one of the grandest dinners I have ever seen on a table, and believe me we did our best to eat everything in sight, but no use, "there was too much. It there was anything, ia the line of eats that we didn't have. I haven't been able to think of It Christmas aiternoon every, man in the 119 Company received a package from the M. E. church of Baltimore, Maryland. My package contained 1 . package of cigarettes, 1 sack tobacco, 1 trench mirror, H lb of dates,, 1 pair shoe laces, 1 tooth brush, 1 stick tooth paste. 1 shaving stick, i sewing kit 1 writing tablet, 1 pack: envelopes 1 bar of toilet soap and wash rag. -1 pipe, 1 marine kerchief, a' small can of tea, 1 led' pencil and candy, and. mixed nuts, The packages the nr boys received were about the same. The next day December 36th we an. received a box of candy1 from tha, ladles ot Spokane,' Washington. ' " About the first of December we .all got a hand kint; Bwe(ert .Jwrtattets, muffler, and cap from the Red, Cross and wo have been making good usa of them since that time 'as It h'aslu'een quite cold here at times tho coldest being about zero. The rest 'of the companies here received about the same kinds ot gifts as we did. 'You see the boys haven't a kick coming ln the way ot being forgotten by "those at home. Of course we all received presents from our friends at home. 1 have never seen a place flooded with packages as this camp has beeji the last few days. I am at the Y. M. C, A. writing this letter as I always come here to write. The Y. M. C. A. is surely dbrag a wonderful lot of. gsod. The building is crowded, every night with- the bpya writing and reading. Tho band gives a concert here every night Wo aro all enxlous and expect to go across the pond before spring. I expect te waVe good by to the U. S, In a very short time; You knew; how wo feel. It wpnt take ua long whea we all get flyer, there. I want to thank you and the rest ot tha ladies again' for your "giVtt Next Christmas f hope and expect to be in Springfield to celebrate because when the .people, of thieW'JS. are hack ot us as they seem to be, I f !, Jlmtt it 'can't ' take us long." ' "m.''i With bost regards to SprMKleM . JOHN p. A8HWOHTH 119 Co. U. S. Marines, UhReg. Provisional Battalion Quaatlco, Va, .31 1 i .i