Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Springfield news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1916-2006 | View Entire Issue (April 4, 1918)
VAQXt loll PAINOFIILD. LANE VOXHVf.'.XtPQk. THUR1AY 4PRIL 4, 1918. '5? VOL. XVII. NO. 10. ' Mr ' i i i: orKlN ir ltCD NEWS iJBBBBL 4-""ilBB !HHMilllllH SJBBH BBSS.. .BBBKA SHEB 10 BEGIN OPERATIBNS AT NT- EARLY DATE Has Large Contract From Coun ty foTthe.Hayden Bfldge " Road WILL BEGIN THIS WEEK Plant Is Being Overhauled, Rewired and Put In Flrat-Class Con dition for Operating Tho SprlnRflold rock cruHhor which 3iau boon Idlu slnca last fall Is bolng -overhauled and will resume oporatlons In a day or two uudor tho namo of the Springfield Gravol Products com pany with David Linn of Eugono as manager. Tho plant of tho Sprlngflold Sand and Oravol compuny, located on tho rlvor bank Just west of Main slroot, .bccnino Involved In financial difficult 'les and suspended operation last fall, .and on February .23rd wan Mold to sat lafy crodltors. Mark Prlndlo, of Pay otto, Idaho, wob tho purchasor and ho Imodlatoly resold It to David Linn of the Eugono Sand and Oravcl company. Tho plant is thoroughly oqulppod with crushors, motors, and screona for doing i big business, and Mr. Linn is overhauling It preparatory to begin nlng oporatlons at onco. Tho ma chinery baa boon overhauled, tho plant rowired, and tho spouta on tho bunkora ralsod to nld In loading the rock. This repair work will bo com plotod In tlmo for tho rock crusher to begin work olthcr tomorrow or Satur day. Tho plant will employ about nix men. A largo amount of rock has boon old to tho county, which will haul it awny with tholr big catcrplllnr and turcks, tho plant only crushing It for them. Most of it will go on tho Hay don Drldgo road. Tho city of Spring Held will also bo furnished with rushod rock from this plant. Sues For Divorce Mrs. Ithoda 11. Whlto who Uvea near thla city has Hued James D. Whlto, tho man now serving a term In tho county jail 'for committing an act tending to contribute to tho de linquency' of his daughter. Mrs. White asks for a divorco and for tho care and cuBtody of tho children who are: Grace, agod 11; LoRoy. aged 10; Wilbur, aged eight; Paul, aged four, and Lionel, two. Mrs. Whlto nay a that her' husband haa frequently struck her and otherwiso trcatod her In a cruol and inhumau manner. Sho auks that ho pay 25 a month for tho -support of tho' childron. Receives Odd Fruit , D. 8. Doala of this city rocolved isomo comquota Tuesday, which were .grown in Pasadena, California, from tils brother -who HveB thoro. This fruit, which belongs to tho orange family aud resomblos It, In color, Is only as largo as a good sized black borry and tho akin la oaten with tho fruit. Cumquot hedges are used for ornamental purposos in tho south, and near fruit profusely. ' ' Will Unveil Flag Thoro will" bo a upoclaj Borvlco flag unvollod . at tho Christian church, Thero. will be .a short addresa by tho pastor Rev. J. S. McCallum, special songs and addrcssos, Tho Borvlco flag which will hold a star for ovory boy who has attended tho Christian church or whose paronta huvo attondod, will bo unvollod by two girls, 'sisters of boys In tho service. ., , , Bryon Sulno Campbell J, J, Bryon of this city on Monday began suit against E, L. Capipboll seoktng Judgment In tho sum of $10SG alleged,, duo on a promlsory note, to gether wjth lnforest ani $76 attorney foo, and for tlj fur'or BUtnpf 1122.22 and ?25 attorney foo, (Mil DltCHARGED Springfield Bty la Unable U Stand MrfHiua Amv LIfa J.'Z 1 , --r f ' irlff 8haaa7 6h tf '"Mr. and Mrs. Ifarry -ShaWn of i this I eity, has re-! colvod an, Uouorablo dlschargo from tho army duo to tho fact that ho wax I pnysicaiiy unauio to stann 1110 army llfo, Tho young man enllstod August 30, 1017 In tho Medical corps, Field Hos-, pltal 32 and linn boon training In Camp Frcmiont, Palo Alto, California slnco that tlmo. lio was In tho hospital I for seven weeks prior to receiving his d,BC"ttrt0' 1,0 discharged onj I March 20, and ho has returned to this city. GETS LIFE CERTIFICATE Is Graduate of 8prlngflcld Hlflli and Oregon Normal School til-.. ., ln, .1 .... . .1 .. teacher ut tho Lincoln building Inst wook received hor llfo certificate to teach from Stato Suporintondend of schools, J. a. Churchill. Whllo M11 Bartlott is only twenty two years -f ago sho Is a graduato of tljo Spring flold high school and of tho Oregon Nnrinal school, and has taught school for four years. Miss Uartlott Is well known In this cTt having lived bore most of hor llfo. Easter Exercises Draw Big Crowds .Beautiful Music, Special Ser mons and Programs By Children Are Attractions ; Tho churches of this city woro well filled Sunday morning at the special Raster sorvlcea. , At tho llcyivdltEplflcopacliui-cJi" thoro wub an excellont program nn- lrir.il hy the children of the fjii.jil.'iy schoi' Most of- tho numbers' wmo I riven 'v little tota who did exception ally well. Tho program Is as fol'ows: I Marching song j "Welcome" William Polard. I "Tho Bastor Story" Hazel Jones Song Junior Choir "An Easter Sermon Morrison Miller Motion Song "Clod Is Lovo" Children Recitation BurMs CHno "A LltUo Child's Easter Thought" . .. Fivo Glrla Song Dorothy Richmond ! Recitation Juno Danka jllocltatlon Franklin Drury Class Exorcise Ten boya Song Mira Dol Hutchinson and Julo Pollard "Tho Flowor Qlrla" Five girls Class Recitation Five Glrla Song "Sweetly tho Birds aro Singing" ... - Children Thoro was also an Easter sermon and special music beautifully render ed by tho church choir. N At tho Christian church thero was a short' 'program given by, the prl- ' mary department of the Sunday school, Thoro was an exercise by tho little boya and llvo little girlo class put on a vory pretty oxerclso called "Eastor Flowers." Tho apodal Bastor sormons. both vl,, WttB 1uloty solemnized Satur In tho mornlnir and evonlne woro un. dy evening at tho homo Of tho bride's lifting and appropriate for tho occasion ,parent8' Mr- nnd Mrs- Charlea Hallo Rev. Walter Bailey, pastor of tho way nonr Brownsville. Only relatives Baptist church, apoko on tho Easter ,and c,08e Wenda ot the couple woro aubloct for his mornlnir sermon, sov-' Pr080nt- Tuo yunB couple have bo- oral boautlful songs woro rendered. Run housekeeping In tho house owned 'Ho." saM Nov. McCallum in his aer Thoro woro no Eastor exorclaos duojby Mr8 B- Crouch at tho corner of nn. Death comes aoonor or later, to the fact that tho rocont meetings 8oventh and E Btroots. And when death cornea to a child oxtondo'd up bo closo that thoro wub ! p- D- Carpenter of Fall Creek" and nothing Is more consoling than tho no tlmo to proparo thorn. j Lillian Bancroft 6r Eugeno were knowledge that Jesus blessed tho quietly Wkiddod at throo o'clock Easter children, and Bald 'Suffer HtlB child Library Board Meis Sunday 'at the homo otAtr. and Mrs. 'on to como unto mo, for of such i,a Monday night 'the SDrlngfioId LI- brary board mot nnd transacted' the Tegular routine business. Two of tho latest war books 'Ovor tho Top" hy Hompy, nnd "The First Hundred Thousand" by Ivan Hay have boon re- qolvod by the i library and will bo ready for circulation next week, , , Address, People of Springfield. Prnf T tf CiUUnrt nf tlin 3fitn 1Tn. w. ... u.t.wt V Will yorslty will speak In the Methodist Sunday ovehflfk, AiMl Ythi to grnduatd with her class In June.' Mr. p!o of'SpringnMdo'iiar con (Jarpontpr is tho son' of B., E. CArron. and our rolationa'to' it.J ' for ot Fall Crook. ..-i ..... unurcu tho peopl dltlona utuc i Marry uin 10 I j V V ' 1 daU-- i r sn iswKji!tiiv t vm . iiiBii'a SUnsCRlHINa for Liberty Bonds does not mean giving anything. It you call It that to spend more needfully here and use more hoedtully there. It meana aafe, cane, sensible, substantial INVESTMENT, backed by the beat security In the world our whole United States, and from which you will receive reasonable Income In INTEREST. Compare this degree or patriotism with the kind that is taking our sons, brothers, husbands and fathers across the seas to probable hardship and possible death. The balance Is In their favor If you were to mortgage your entire financial future in order that they may be backed up with those supplies which represent the means for both PREPAREDNESS and PROTECTION. T.h.e thlrdJJberty Loan is at hand. Don't wait to be personally solicited for your subscriptions. Go to your bank and VOKUNTEER YOUR DOLLARS. LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEE. 3 COUPLES MARRY Three Marriages in Which Springfield Folks Are the Principals. Saturday morning the wedding of Miss Mabol Fritz and Frank Smltson, both 6f this city, waa quietly noloni nlzed in Eugene. Tho mother of the brldo was witb, them. Tho young cou ple began housekeeping' once In their uew home on South B street. Tho wedding of D. W. Sturges. who 1,8 employed n the Sprlngflold garago, and Miss Alice Halloway of Browns- l- P- Forrest of Eugeno. Rov. C. E. i uunnnm performed the ceremony. Tho ceremony was witnessed by only toy? relatives and cIobo frlondB of; 1,10 couple, who woro served with "B"1 refreshments following tho eor- ,f,Cei Mr. nnd Mrs, Carpentor loft In V10''" car for the former's farm at'Fall Crook, where they will raako thoir , homo. Tyilss Bancroft waB a senior at . the university,' mid expoots to flnlah.ont family on earth beeauso dlseaso .1 1 .. .1 - . . . I her courso by correspondence and VICTOm WAND" FUNERAL IS HELD (Many Beautiful Floral Pieces Rev. J. S. McCallum In Charge; Express Sympathy ,The funeral of. Stanley Lamar, In frinr.soa ot Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Strub- V w" W8B hew Tuesday rkMHln .1.1.1. m- !- ...rus i iB ociiq viom want- pastor ot tho Christian church had charge of the ceremony. A quartet. Mrs. J. C. Holbrook, Miss Ethelyn Powers, E. E. Morrlsc. nnd R. V. Hutchinson accompanied by Mrs. A. B. Van Valzah sang "God Wlll Take Care of You." After tho scrip turo reading by Roy. McCallum the quartet sang "Tia So Swoet to Trust in Jesus." "It la. appointed unto man once to tno knlgdom of Hpaven.' "Wo trust in Jesus and believe In him. Wo follow his Instructions, place our llfo in his safe keeping, and wo will not bq, docolvod, So we know. It will ,ho well with the soul of a child because of the teachings of Jesus, 6ur body is our temple, which is per- i'shablo, tho eoul dwells within and it is otornal. .Thero' can. bo. np perman- always comes,, .but -Jesus tobo from (lie.iloadiio ostabllsh.an etornal, fam- 'y;in HDaveu, and he haB prepared a pace (bore- for each of us. does not mean even sacrificing unless "There can be no question about ho Salvation of the soul of. a child, and that it will form a part of the great family in eternity around the throne ot god. For the child haa nover sinned. It la absolutely pure. So it will be with every faithful, true disciple 'of God. Jesus died that we might have llfo, divine llfo, and live forever more." After a nraver bv Rev. MrOnllum tho quartot As, ,Q jM I The tmy caBket waa embowercd with many beautiful floral pieces. Ladles Give Benefit Dance The ladies of tho G. A. R.ot Spring field held a benefit danpe last Thurs day evening to raise money for war irol,ef wrk. The dance waB held in the Peory-Winzenried hall which was prettily decorated In flags and red, white, and blue bunting. There waa a three piece orchestra. About 30 couplea were on tho floor, and a good ly sum waa realized. Suffera Lacerated Knee Howard Dixon, while making the Haydon bridge turn near this cfty, on a motorcycle, ran qff the road into a ditch and recolved a badly lacerated knee, Sunday afternoon. A physician from here was called, and several stitches wore, .necessary to; close the gash on tho knocv.Ho is a son of. Mrs. Nora Dixon of Eugene. Another boy who was running the machine at the time of tho accldout was uninjured. ,. Moves to Marcola Ranch George A, Brown and famtly have moved from Chula Vista to Marcola. Mr. Brown traded a 4Q-acro Idaho ranch tor he, pnch at Marcola which contains aroa, J,, .W, Hennts, rormor owner of.tho, Marcola ranch, has left for the Idaho placo. 3D UBERTY LOAN GAMPAI6N OPENS SATUROAY illNB Public MMtings Will 'Is Held 3undayfand Wednestlay Evenings. $30,000 FOR SPRINGFIELD Industrial Plants Will Be Worked and House-to-House Canvaaa Will Be Made. ' The campaign for tho .Third Liberty loan will open In Springfield Saturday morning. On Saturday and Moaday special committees will canvass the industrial plants of the city. It is anticipated that a very large subscription will be received from employees of industrial plants, which have been the' ofily di rect recipients of the "war prosperi ty" In this section. On Tuesday the houseto-house cam paign will begin under the charge of the district captains and their assis tants. Every man, woman and child in tho community is invited to be pres ent at a Liberty Loan rally to be gives at the M. E. Church on Sunday even ing at 7:30 p. m. Dr. J. II. Gilbert of the State University will speak at I thin rrumtlnff- On Wednesday evening a public meeting will be held at tie high school building at 8 o'clock p. m. The high school orchestra will fur nish music for the assembly, and there will be -several speeches by per- bobs well informed on tie subject-'of .tho war. All are welcome at this fmeetlng, and It is urged that our' citi zens turn out. THREE MEN ARE INDICTED Manager and Half Owner of Local Flour Mill Accused of Arson. Elmer D. Paine, half owner of the Springfield Mill and Elevator Com pany, and Jesse Fox and Harry Mar tin, residents of Coburg, were Indict ed by the Lane county grandJury, yes terday afternoon on tho charge ot "burning with intent to injure the la surer." The indictment is. the result of two fires of supposedly Incendiary origin at Coburg during the past two years. The grand Jury returned, two in dictmenU, one agtnst Fox and .Mar tin, charging them with burning the old glass factory building at Coburg on April 1, 1916, and the other against the three, men charging them with burning the warehouse ( ot th Eugene Mill and Elevator Company 1b Coburg on February 4, 1918. Both buildings contained large quantities of potatoes owned by Fox at the tlae they were destroyed by fire. All three of the men gave bonds. Is Repairing Road . Loren Jensen, ot Eugene, is repair ing the road which, passes in front of the Springfield flour mill.' The road had become sunken and the timbers of the flume underneath were consid erably worn. These, have , been rem edied. The road there, wastmpassable for a few days but is now in splendid condition. p Goes to Officers Training Camp Corporal Fred C. Stewart formerly of tho Third company C. A. C. but now of the. Thirteenth Columbia, has been appointed to the officers train ing camp at Fortress Monroe and loft last Wednesday for his now post Cor poral Stewart is tho son ot Mrs. II. L. Stewart ot this city. Gets Wheat Prom Portland Tho Springfield flour mill .received six car loads of wheat from tho grain corporation in Portland tho first ot ' this week, and one car load of wheat r..ii LVIng. ' This1 will' bo ground into flour at once. Tho' wheat was unloaded at Morrlsoa'a spur.