SPRINGFIELD NEWS
THF
sr,
SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17,1f1f
VOL. XVI., NO. 4
CITY COUNCIL HAS
BUSY SESSION ON
MONDAY
EVENING
All New Walks Built In Future
Must Be of Concrete
and Cement
MUCH REPAIR WORK DONE
Day and Night. Policemen Will Both
Act ae, Chlefa of Fire
Department
The regular monthly meeting of the
elty council waa hold Monday ovonln?
nt tho city hall and tho reports of com
mittees wore confirmod, flro chief
were appointed, bills were allowed, a
petition for a light at Sevonth and 0
atroots was read, the council waa
naked to reconsider removing certain
atroot lights from East Main atroot
and the atreet committee reported con
alderable repair work having boon
dona on tho streota.
Tho Flro and Water commlttoo sug
gested that tho day police bo mado
flro chlof In tho day tlmo and tho night
-watchman act In that capacity at night
Tho rocordor, It was suggested could
look after tho flro apparatus, keoping
It roady for use. This roport waa con
firmed by tho council. No apeclal mon
will be employed by the department
but all help will coma from volunteers
The Finance committee reported tho
following bills which wero allowed by Hne upj Van Vl"h, centerr Kester
tho council: Oregon Power company, Jang Davids,' forwards; and HUl and
1239.C0; D. W. Roof, for watchman's , dossier, guards. During tho second
look, fGl.60; Fischer-Boutin Lumber half Dlmm substituted for Kester.
company, $28.80; M. C. Dressier A Ray Alexander's; A.L,. Wright.
-"Son, 'fr.8flrprnsie!aNeVsfs-CT8r t irWf were turf fs,4 Ms tiHc
Frank Cogllle, labor on strootB, $3.00 of Eugo'ne waa umpire, Dlmm rcfe
Dort Lalluo. labor on atroots, $2.40;, reed the first half and Hosier tho
Frank Ooddard, labor on strbots, $2.40 , lest half.
Wtn. Edwards, labor on streets, $1.20.
A petition asking that a light o , Mn
and O atroots, which waa signed by
tho tax-pnyors of tho adjoining pro
perties, was presontod and roforrod
to tho Light and Wator commlttoo for
Investigation. With reference to tho
i order of tho city council of Docombor
til to move cortaln lights on East Main
street, J, O. Baldwin appeared in per
son petitioning tho council to recon
sider this order. At tho mooting of j Nows of tho death of Joel McCor
December 31 the light on Fifth street mack, of Marcola, at Glen Ridge, New
In front of tho F. A. De Pue residence I Jorsey on Saturday has boon received
' - I . - .1 . n Tl I. .1 Tlf-ll
was .urunrou miutuu iu rum kuu iinii ,
4 This waa reported as having been
r ' done and a light was also ordered
' placed at Fourth and Broadway.
Tho atreet committee reported that
the street commissioner had gone over
all of the board side walks In town
and had repaired all walks which they
found needing repairs. Several boo-
Hons, however, were reported aa be-1
Ing beyond ropalr and that new walks
would havo to bo put In at once. By
an ordlnanco passed at this meeting
all sidewalks, which aro constructed
in hn ftiturn wilt havn to hn built
of concrete and cement, thus in time
doing away with tho board wnlkB. jFrod McCormack and Holon McCor
Councilman SIdwoll, chairman of tho , mack' aU of Marcola.
n 4 . I.. ." l I. M 1 .
the city machine shed at the rear of
the city hose house on P street be-
. , . .
wteon Sixth and Seventh streets.
The Eighth Grado Civil Gbvornment
class of the Lincoln school with tholr
teacher, Miss Lacy Coponhavor, at-
lnlj li mnnHn- nn,l Mav-- m
. ...,w. .. ..
Mprrison oxplalned tho mothod of do-
ing tho uufliuo8 or tno city to tho pu
pllfl.
Business and Social Meeting
Tho Christian Endeavor Socloty of
tho Christian church is planning ,to
havo its rogular monthly business
and social mooting at tho homo of
Franco Trayia tomorrow evening.
May Locate Hero
Lewis Maybo, of Alexandria, South
Dakota, Is visiting with his brother,,
Albert Maybo, of Springfield, Mr.
Maybo may decldo to locate in Spring-
field. " '
.45 SEW FOR RED CROSS
Ladles Will Continue to
Meet at
Scheel Building
About 4C ladle turned out to the
Rod Cross mooting Tuesday afternoon
A standing voto waa taken for the
purpoio of deciding whether to re
main in the pretont rooms at tho Lin
coln school building or to move to
tho I'oory-Wlnxenrlod halt, which has
boon offered to tho auxiliary as a meet
InR pldco. A majority of tho ladles
favored tho school houso as a mooting
plnco.
Thoro has boon somo talk of meet
Ins Thursday afternoon to saw In ad
dition to tho meetings on Tuesday
aftonioon and Wodnosday aftornoon
but It la not known yet whether tho
rooms can bo used on that aftornoon.
S. H. S. Defeats
Junior High Team
Game Is Lively from Start to
Finish With Final
Score 29-22
The Springfield Daakotball team
was again victorious whon thoy won
from tho Junior High school team of
ErrMnel an a gamo played on the
Springfield floor.
i no gamo was mm
and "poppy" from beginning to the
ond and aroused much enthusiasm
among tho rootera on both aides. The
final score waa 29 to 22 In favor of
tho local team.
Following la tho ltno-up pf the Jun
ior High: Lawrcnco, center; Purdy
and Hyland, forwards; and Farmer
and Andrews, guards. Springfield's
In New Jersey
Jool McCormack Suffers Attack
of Appendicitis Which
Is Fatal
by his family.
Mr. McCormack went east' some
tlmo ago to visit with relatives land
was suddenly stricken with appondl-
cttls. He underwont an pporattbn Fri-
.day but failed to recover from the dls
. . . .
i ,
oase. The remains will be brought
. ' . . , , . .i r i -
to Oregon and burlod In the Masonic
cemotery at Eugene. Mr. McCormack
has boon a resident of Lane county
for 38 yoara.
Ho is survived by his widow Mrs.
Hattle C. McCormack and flvo child-,
' ren as follows: Margaret Windham,
EuRono: Georee A. McCormack, Swift
Current, Canada; Alice McCormack,
Is With Marshall Wells Company
I T.tlllnn MiiHtcnn Hamrhinr nf Mr.
, . ..,.. .,.,,. - . ... '
. and Mrs. Marlon Mulligan, of thiB city
. ... . . ,
I has written tor hor paronta saying
, that sha haH secured a position aa
BtonoraDher with the Marshall Wells
commy , Portland and that she
... . . .
u0- tno worn very mucn. irnoro
are about B0 gIr,8 ,n tho ofnco
Now at Camp Dlx, New Jersey
Mr, and Mrs. L. E. Thampson re
cloved a lotter from tholr son, Earl
N. Thompson Baying that he Is now
stationed at tho Officers' Training
camp at Camp Dlx, New Jersoy He
,B registered with the artillery,
The
, woathor la very cold Earl says but
ho likes It vory much.
.Take Poles to Junction
A 60 foot electric light polo 'Was
taken through Springfield today 'for
use near Junction City. Anothor one
45 feot in length will also be taken
to the same placo. :
COMFORT IN NATIONAL ARMY BARRACKS
SBSbBsb '
The National anny'a "single men In
lights unpleasant so long as they have
BUidB.
STATE EXAMS ARE'
GIVEN THIS WEEK
A Few Win Exemptions from
Sixth and Seventh
Grades
The Eighth Grade stato examina
tions nr.o being held today and to
morrow In the assembly room at tftMstOiins couple was tho marriage of
Lincoln school building. Tho
o exam-
by Rev.
nations are being conducted
c. H, .Ethell. . r
Twelve students' from the" Eighth"
Orado will take tho oxaminaUona.
Thoso aro: William Wright, Carl
Bauer, Asuhol Fish, Lowell Bikes,
Edna Moo, Carrie Ditto, Jessie Court
right, Lena Safloy, Alice Reynolds,
Evelyn Miller, Florence Hill and Jes
so Lnrlson.
Exemptions in the Eighth A grade
aro: Lena Safloy Arithmetic and .
Spoiling; Asahol Fish Arithmetic
and Spelling; Evelyn Miller Spelling
As usual tho Eighth grade examina
tion in Geography, which Is conducted
for the Seventh A grado will be given.
Thoso In the Seventh A are: Wendell
McKlnney, Claire Luckey, Morrison
MUlor, Hazel BratUln, Alberta White
Genevieve Copehaver, Doris Smith,
Vcmlta Morrison, Vivian Senseney
Rhoda Jack, Vclma Starks, Grace
Shahan, and Juanlta Reed., From this
number four have secured exemptions
as follows tVernlta Morrison.Genevleve
f!nninliavm Phvllln tvestnr. nnil Mnr.
, ' ..... '
1 rlson Miller,
Those from the Sixth A grade who
will take the State examination in
physiology are; from Brattaln, Ivan
Uowart, Howard Graham. Grayclon
w'8' 0Va i eery; ueuuing
', A,frod Townsend, Amy Coy, Lulu Ed-
Lewis, Lloyd Peery, Clarence Redding
warus, Lrenice norricK, umei Jttowara,
' W,n''rcd ' na Mulligan, Mray
Nosblt, Goldie Parks, Donna Warner,
and Madge Warner.
Exemptions In Sixth A physiology
are: Crystal Bryan, Mabel Humphrey
and Harry Gossler.
There will he no classes held In the
Sixth, Seventh or Eighth grades while
tne examinations are being given.
, ' , " " ds
lOWOr graUOS.
School will continue as usual in the
In order that any pupil might bo
exempted In any subject ho must
have attended school for at least 4G0
days during the 3 years Immediately
proceeding tho examination, his de
portment havo averaged at least 85
por cent during this time and have
mado an average of at least 80 per
cent In that subject during the last
year,
Boilers Are Rellned
The Fischer-Boutin mill resumed
work Tuesday morning after having
been shut down since, Saturday for
repairs, 'The boilers were rellned
with brlck'tho work being done by
Harry Kolfor. - -; "
barracks" don't find wintry days and
letters from borne, newspapers and
YOUNG
COUPLE
SP1GSJURPRISE
Henry Adrian and MM Hazel
Scott Wed in Salem
Yesterday
An event which came as a decided
surprise to the many friends of the
Henry$gf typ. and Miss Hazel Scott,
both of thisefa$.alt:the home of the
brido'a parents Mr. feuL Mhl J. B.
Scott In Salem, at ihree'tfcloclcyeeter
day afternoon. The ceremony was
Performed by Reverend T. B. Ford of
aiem.
The house was decorated with cut
flowers and ferns and the bridal cou
ple stood under a bower of Ivy, the
bride being given away by her, father.
She carried a large boquet of carna
tions. Mr. Adrian Is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
O. E Adrian, of Eugene. Tho bride
has been the matron of the Springfield
hospital for tho post year and the
groom has for four years been con
nected with the Springfield Garage.
They will mako their home . at the
hospital for the present aa the groom
has not decided what business' he will
engage in.
Only the relatives and immediate
friends of the couple were present
Mrs. Adrian,, mother of the groom, and
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Adrian, of Eugene,
went to Salem for the wedding. A
strange coincidence is that the wed
ding took place exacUy one year from
the day on which the young! couple
first met
I Mr. and Mrs. Adrian returned' to
Sprhfgfleld this afternoon
MOONSHINER IS ARRESTED
C. Helslg, of West Springfield, Held
for Invettlgatlcti
C, Helslg, of West Springfield was
arrested yesterday afternoon by In
ternal Revenue Officer Jack Llttell,
Sheriff J, C. Parker, Deputy Sheriff
D. A. Elklns, and District Attorney,
. Ray, charged with Illicit distil-
iin-
Holslg admitted to tho officers that
he had been manufacturing peach
brandy and that ho threw his still
off tho wagon bridge over the Willam
ette at Springfield Just before his ar
rest, Mr. Llttell states that the charge
of illicit distilling will be placed a
gainst him and probably other charges
Involving violations of the Internal
revenuo laws. Helslg is an Autsran.
la Injured In Woods at Mabel
J, r. Gohoon la at the Springfield
hospital as the result of an injury re
ceived while at work in the woods at
Mabel on Saturday,
He waa struck
by a chain Juat back of the right ear
which has affected hia speech, jflls
side was also injured' in the' accident,
' Mrs. Goheen Is here with her husband.
1911 ENROLLMENT LESS
t 4
High Seheel Has 28 Deere d
Grades 3
The school records show that the e
rollment in the Springfield schools ts
less now than it was at this tlmo. last
year. At the high school the enrollment
Is 20 less, the shortage being in tho
malo studonts. January 1917 there
wore 140 students atendlng the high
school whllo this month thcro aro
only 112 enrolled.
ffho decrease tat tho grades Is 3.
The difference 'at tho high school Is
made because of the number of boys
who have enlisted In the federal serv
ice. Gets News of Daughter's Death
Carl A Lohman left Monday for
SeatUe in response to a telegram tel
ling of the death of his litUe daughter
Mr. Lohman la a Booth-Kelly employe.
Eighth Graders
Have Good Debate
Both Teams Show Good Knowf
edge of Subject; Negative
Wins
fThe Eighth A and Eighth B Civics
classes at the Lincoln school building
held a very Interesting debate Mon
day, tho subject being "Resolved:
That it is more profitable for the
United States to maintain a large
standing army than a large standing
navy." The affirmative was upheld
by Wm. Wright Asahel Fish and Car
rie Ditto, representing the Eighth. A,
and the negative was supported by
Veeta LaRue, Wallace Halsey, and
Doris Smith from the Eighth B.
The Judges wericpal N. A.
Bake, Olive Smith, and. Verge Ander
son, who rendered a decision in favor
of the aiaye fesm. - Both teams
showed a gooa uwWifUtge" of trHB
Ject and considering- that this is their
first appearance in argument, did ex
ceedingly well.
New Road Viewer
Named by Court
Welby Stevens Takes Place of
J. T. Donaldson Who Has
Resigned
On Tuesday Welby Stevens, of
Springfield, was appointed county
road viewer to fill the place made
vacant by the resignation of J. T.
Donaldson, also of this city. The ap
pointment, will take effect Immedia
tely. Mr, Donaldson has been road view
er for the past seven years and has
viewed out a large number of the road
established by the county In that time.
He gives as his reason for resigning
that other work takes moat of his
time. J. F. Powers, of Springfield, is
the other county roadi viewer, the law
providing that two mon shall vlow
the sites of the proposed roads and
decide whether or not they are desir
able, their duty being to recommend
the acceptance or the rejection of the
petitions.
Mr. Stevens, the new appointee, is
a well known citizen of the pounty
and has always been Interested in
roads. He Is a member of the Spring
field school board, & director of the
Commercial State bankt and a member
of the board of directors, of the Lano
County Fair Association.
Is Granted Divorce
Mrs. Vlrgie A. TownBend, of this
city, was yesterday granted a divorce
from her husband, Charles A. Town
send. They wero married in 1903 and
have two children, Flaud and Alfred.
Mrs. Townsend is given the care and
'custody of the chlldron, the court
holding the father an unfit person to
have custody of them,
" N Will Held Banquet
Robert Burns lodge. Ne, ,78t Free
Masons will hold a banquet "at f ,P,
M. tomorrow night At this banquet
the wives of the members have been
invited to participate. k
WAR WORK COUNCIL
YIC.A. CAMPAIGN
BEGINS NEXT WEEK
Northwest Is Asked to Secur
Fund to Help Euild Hos- (
tess Houses (
$144,000 TO B E R;A I S E Q
Work Is Equally Dlreeted to Bringlrtf 1
Help to Women anel PrsteeUen j
Against Wren Influences 4 j
Next week, January 21 to 27, begins
the drive for this state's aad the North
west share of the ;4,06,e06 fsd re
quired by the National War Work
Council ef the Young Worn .ens Christ
ian Associatioa, te carry ea a work
whieh is of vital leuvertaBee to all
girls and women whether directly or
lndrlectly affected by the war, as well
as for the soldier beys themselves,
The government has requested that
It preform cwtafa Usee ef construe'
Uve work at hone aad m the battle
zone. The northwest quota is to b
$144,066.
la addition to tho famous Hostess
House work which brings soldier,
sailor, his family and women together
under homelike environment and gives
him new cheer la lonely camp and
cantonment, the Y. W. C. A. war work
is equally directed to bringing help '
to the girls and women war has
brought into strange employment and
left without adequate protection a
gainst influences that undermine the
higher standards of our day.
'The werk of bur wonderful Hostess
Houses has already brought the Y. W.
C. .Aman: tfiwoaads M .thankful-lets-
tlmoalals and Is consequently quite
well known." said Mrs. William Mac
Master, chairman of the Northwest
Field of the NaUonal War Work Coun
cil. "But in this more tangible Institu
tion sight must not be lost of another
work very vital to our Nation. This
constitutes, for the general welfare a
most important function of the Y. W,
C. A. It is concerned with the care.
moral guidance aad housing of the
thousands upon thousands of girls who
are employed In new war-time Indus
tries in the vicinity of Army camps
and in the war zone itself. The com
ing of the war has brought to girls
and women longer hours of labor,
emotional excitement nerve strain.
crowded housing, moral dangers, shift
In employment and to the noa-Kngllek
speaking women preplexity and fear.
'To. meet these crucible conditions,
which If left to work themselves out
In their own way, woald result disas
trously for the. whole Natloa, the Y,
W. C. A., through its National War
Work Council, has undertaken, the
task of supporting women's Industrial
standards, the providing of wholesome
recreation, physlctal training, social
moral protection, safe housing, voca
tional training and guidance and pro
tection and advice for foreign-bora,
women.
' "In France the need for Y. W. C. A.
help is great Ample provision Is now
made for Y. M. C. A. huts and dug
outs In the war soae, hHt thus tar It
has not been possible te provide huts
where the heroic nurses, of whom,
thousands are near the battle lines,
may run In to enjoy a bit pf rest and
recreation to rebuild them in mls4
and body for the next day's emergen
cies. "Many of these huts are needed
near the base hospitals. It takes Just
$2000 to erect one and $500 to furnish
and make it homelike. There is also
great need for the 'Foyer canteens'
In the various industrial and ammuni
tion centers, where proper food, rest
and recreation for overworked French,
women may be obtained."
List ef Births and Deaths Mads
A complete list of the births and
deaths during the year 1917 la Spring
field has been prepared as follows:
7,7 births, 40 males and 37 females,
El deaths, 34 males and 17 females, ,