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, --. HKVKNTKIONTII YIOAU y SlMUNMH-'liiLI). LANK COUNTY, OUWJON, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1920. NUMP.ER 20 '"i 1 1' SPRINGFIELD W. CELLflRATE JULY 3 Four Ls nncJ American Legion Plan Program for the National Holiday. , Wlnil I expected to be Hie large! celebration ever put "ii In Spring-' field, and perhaps even in i,ano couu ty, will be. the Fourth of July celcbra- lion now ttlf)ic planned for by tho members of th L. L L. L. the Amer j lean Legion and tho citizen of the town. Committer from these orgseij nations and tho clllxen am now: worklnic up number of features for, the celebration which will take plii'e on July 3. as the 4th falls on gunday thin year. A splendid program of IKrtn. cntertu'nment. music, ipeaa. Inn and fireworks will be Mag. t Invitation are being sent to a. I Four I. and American Legion organl g.iHoii of the county to attend this ruin affair It Ih expected that It will develnp Into n general county reunion It 1m eMliiialcd that thef me 1 -' iiiefuVera of the Loggers and l.uti'le-t incnx teflon In Him distent pari of Hie 'until) iilu in', und nil tllcHi are pi-i tei til li here. There Ik fi Iki II lilll'e lil"liiliel'i-tiip (if the American l.r-gloti posts thrmiKhO'it t the rounty and these together wi!i iill other eX service llien not HH'llllleri of any special omtulx-itlon will at tend In gret numbers. Beside tli jho people .f the rounty generally am hulled to share In Springfield' hospitality and festivities that day.' An added attraction for tho day will he Hie chautauqua which will be held In this city during the first week In July. It la understood that an excellent program will bo put on by the Wexco Chautauqua people both ou July 3 and 4. j LADIES LOYAL EOION ENTER-' . TAIN MEMBERS OP FOUR L'3 . A business session of tho L. L '.. L. was held Monday night The newly elected president. Ceo. Davenport was Installed after which he made a short talk to those present. W. II. (Mark is the retiring president of tho or ganization. After the business session men of the Ixyal Legion of logger ami Lumbermen and their wives and daughters were guests of the newly organized Three Ls. the ladles auxi liary to the Four Ls. Music was furnished by the orchestra of the Methodist church and refreshment were served by the ludles organixa-! tlon. I During the supper hour. 9 to 9:30, of the night crew at tho Booth-Kelly mill the Three Ls went over to the. mill and served ice cream and cake to the men who were unable to at-1 tend the social evening. , ";. t Plans have been announced by tho ' ladles for a big program and social evening June 20 at Morrison's nail, . for the L. L. L. L. Muakiana from the university have been secured for the occasion and Jjiere will also be a' number of readings on the program. The auxiliary to the Loyal Legion is now composed of 28 woman, wives, mothers and daughters of men who are members of the L. L. L. I WINZENREID ASPIRES TO TWO OFFICES BUT GETS NEITHER John Wenzenreld received a num ber of votes for Justice of the peace and for constable, of the Springfield district,' but was not nominated for either office In the recent primaries.; Some of his friends claim that this was duo totho fact that he tiled to monopolize the honors of the town. Another candidate for the office of Justice of the peace was Herbert Cox. Ills friends are wondering why he made no campaign for the office, but perhaps Herb Is bashful about enter- Ing politics. ' I Fred IlhsHermun'H name also ap 'pcarcd on several ballots for con-, stable, hut Fred claims he was not a cundldnle. alt IiuiikIi tho fact thut ' lie was all "dulled" up and d'd not work for several days previous to the election makes It look suspicious.; liii Cray of near Walterville traim acted liii!.ine:H In n; Tuesday. RinE PARTIALLY DESTROYS POLLNECK HOME ON C STREET Fire broke out In tho roof of the h too of Mr. and Mra. Pete Pollneck on C and Tenth streets about J:.!) y Hterday morning. Tho hose carta wi re qiflckry taken to the arena and fl.a fighters' noon hud the blar.o un4cr ci ntrol. Apparently the flro was caused 'by a defective flue aa tho flro at. tried In the roof by the r Winner. Neighbors saved moat of the fu mi ni ro and belongings of the family with tho exception of some clothes. Mr. Pollneck was In Eugene at the t lino of the fire and Mrs. Pollneck was at work In a hop yard near here. Their four small children were home i the time. None were Injured. The futility moved 'to Kugene yesterday afternoon where they will make their home for tho present, perhaps return ing when tho bouse Is repaired. Mi. I'ollneck .xprcssed his gratitude for the good work of tho neighbors snd( those who helped extinguish the firs. Tho house la owned by Frank Pow ers and It Is said there was about fSOO insurance on the building. FIRE DESTROYS LAVERT RESIDENCE i i No Insurance Carried: Most of Furniture Saved: Fire j ct,HH in Bnn Fire which broke out about 12:45 p. in. Monday iilmoMt completely de stroyed the residence of K. W. Lavtrt instil and O streets. All of the furni ture from downstairs except two !'"! steads wie savsl. the furniture up srairs being burned. No InHinooce was lariied on the houKe or conteiia. The fire was thought to have iMn.rt fr..m m ii... ,.n.i.er uMrh Ar..n 1 Kerf on the roof from - (he -hlmn.tv. . The occupants of the house .had start-, ed a fire shortly before noon. The volunteer fire department responded at once ami were soon at work, al- "" DU'ce of the t hough a kink In one ..... . larga uose w ausen u 10 ores a"n de.avd i.pVnrk .nn.i..r nt :t was claimed bv those' In charge ol the fire .fighting that this, made io; difference as they were walling t turn'' tho water ou the house until more of the furniture could be saved. ' Mrs. Loretta Slmonmin was-keep-' Ing house for her brother, Mr. La vert, and both were present at the time of the fire. They have taken up tempov. i pry . residence In u store building on ii street. ' relatives of Mrs.'. Slmonson and Mr. j1 Invert, are also' making .their home. with them for a time, having sold i their foruier residence at Marcola ITS SCARCE By Our Printer's Devil. Iuper is so scarce that the election candidates couldn't print campaign i literature, couldn't even print hallo. s j not to mention all the small papers; going out of bus'noss. Oh. yes. sir! j Sugar la so scarce that ' they -can't j even keep a supply stored ahead, so ' the price will raise a coupla cents don't know what ' for jus for mean- j ness, I guess, and to.'sce the lieople j sweat. Gasoline la scarce, don't know . .. j why. they say It'a Car Shortage. There was once a . time when stuff j was scarce and yet scarcity doesn't' call for a raise In price, does It? Ualslug the price won't make things morei plentiful. Nay, it's Just a gran, and 1)0 w that the prices are high, people are such big hogs that they' cun't quit. The only reason they can j give why stuff should be high is be-1 cuuse labor is high and labor is high because prices are. h'gh and Iioushh that are built on a bill are high be-: ciiusH the hill ls high. Oh, grocoryman, why are youri spuds high You have hut one reason and that Is because you paid a high price for them or else you sell hih to be In style. If this keepH on very long us fellers are gonna raise on peddling b!l!a, raking lawns, piling wood. etc. We'll have to charge to go to school 'It's about, as sensible an hoiiio of tliut junk the grown-ups try to put over. HI PROGRAM SUNDAY Servicer at Cemetery at 10 A.M. If It Rains Afternoon Serv ices in Woodman Hall. Memorial Fay exercises for Spring field will be held next Sunday, be ginning with a program at the Laurel Hill cemetery at 10 oclock. At this time members of the O. A. It., women of the G. A. R. and American Legion members will go to the cemetery. Auto owners of the city are asked by the Ladles of the O. A. R. to do nate the use of their cars to take old soldiers of the Civil war to the cemetery, as many of them do not have sutos and cannot walk that dls- lance. Those who will give the use of their car are asked to communicate with Mrs. C. V. Egglmann who Is In 1 charge of this matter. Following Is the program: At 10 oclock at the cemetery O A. It. roll call and prayer by Rev. If. C. F.thell; prayer by chaplain of Anier'can Legion; decorating of the graves. At 2 o'clock on the Willamette river bridge Services by the C. A. It. and American I.egion; scattering of flowers on the water. At -:a0 a the fnrk- cor,,"r Ma,n 8,1,1 "'"Hs-opening t- marks by chairman of the day; j I layer by Rev. Linden Leavitt; Lincoln's Gettysburg address. , by George Signor; song by high school ! students; reading by Mabel Humph rey; address of the day by Col. BtarJ i of the t. of ().; song. "Wbo Will .Be the Last Grand Armv Man." bv Arnnr- lean Legion quartet; benedicMo.i bT Henry. Opal L. Mason. Sybil A. West Rev. J. H. Ebert; Star Spangled Ran-lfaU' V" Korn, Dell H. Powell, ner; taps funded by Carl Peterson j Clarence R. Powell. Russell C. Olson. l'te.'lsteiy after the program Immediately after the program ,her wl,L ,M" "P1"1 nieeling of lua ; . A,nrri' a" I.egion. JOHNSON WINS IN OREGON. Latest returns from the state Indi- ...... . ,,, . , 'Ht" thl Senator Hiram Johnson will I l nti.. o I I i i' i i ' " . . . - , 1k10 ,j mi MrRre maW.iUy of over 2000 votes for!blKh whool In 1919. and Miss McBee a majority or over -ooo nomination as president Local Woman Will Tour U. 5. Giving Entertainments s '. - y. - -'!-' : " ' . - -V WW kWV- v.;.- MISS AMY ELIZ.VEETH CARSON Miss Amy Cur.s.ni, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. lieorgv W. Carson, or this city, will leave neM month for a tour of I lie I'nited St Men and a part of Canada, giving ivad'ngs and imper sonatioiis al niiiy iniportanl poinU CITY AMENDMENTS ARE PASSED BY LARGE MAJORITY All of the nine amendments to the city charter which were referred to th voiers by the council received an almoHt unanimous vote at the prim arlcM last Friday. Hereafter all city elections will be held at the tami time and places s the county, state or national elections. A number of names were written in for tho offices of justice of the pi ace and constable for Springfield rtlftrict, uul tne result will noi u known until the council counts t ballot. The nominee will be an', nounced later. GLASS OF 111 WILL GRADUATE Five Will Be Given Teachers Certificates; Baccalaureate Sermon Sunday Night. The thirteenth annual commence ment exercises of Springfield high Kchr-l v. ill be held on Friday night, June :, the Methodist church. Nine htiid'-iits will receive their diplomas. The commencement address will be loeiivereij ny nr. 11. it. nnwiuiin, ui-an of the school of education at the I'nlversity of Oregon. Hacca laureate services will be next Sunday n'ght. May 30. at 8 o'clock, also at the Methodist church. Rev. J. II. ELert has been selected to de liver the baccalaureate sermon. The nine students who will receive diplomas are: Juanita E. Lombard, Moha E. Mc- weore """ Resides these Florence Ftsb ant Alice McBee" will be given teacb- ers certificates, naving corapieiea ! that conrse here this year. The first ! three named of tne seniors nave also completed this same coarse. MUs i F , M I r in" c v. -"-o- of Springfield high school in 1919. ft: ; L A- ' ,:f - ''- ' and places of interest on the trip.' versiiy of tlregon. and 5i,426.12 to Anions the places which Miss Cursou l(e Oregon Normal school at Mon ia planning to visit are Yellowstone ,nouth i.yS0o iy. All of the nine state . measure (Continued ou puge 8. past-ed with good inajoriiie.. FORD TRUCK TO New Arrangement Will Improve Town's Facilities for Fire Fighting. A Hew Ford chassis has bcerr or- dered by the city council and will BOon be put , operation iu the fire department. This will be fitted up to T tarry the two chemical tanks now lo vred by the city and all the hose and ladders. 'The two chemical tanks hrfve a capacity of IS gallcnn each. The council is planning on add Inn ft larger and improved chemical tmlr later. About 600 feet of hose and 60 fter of ladders will also b-i 'carried. 'The total cost of the new f.'ra equipment will be auout JlOOd. The difficulty In the pas( has been to get these -tanks and hose to the fire quick enough to make effective work. It' was said by some city au thorities that had it been possible to get the two chemical tanks to the two fires this week that they couli have been extinguished much moro quickly and with less damage to property than with water. COUNTY AND STATE ROAD BONDS PASS How Springfield and Vicinity Cast Their Ballots; Both MUlage Bills Pass. By a majority of 640 votes Lane county jroters declared themselves ,1a a favor of the county road ' bond bill In the primary election last - Friday. Four thousand eight hundred and sixty-three votes - were cast for the bill and four thousand two hundred, and .twenty-three against iL The success of the bond Issue, U Is said, ' was due to the vote In Eu gene, which returned a majority of '981 votes for the bill. Sections with- In a radius of a few miles around j Eugene most of which have improved J roads, failed to support the bill but In "the outlying districts there' waa a heavy, majority for it. Among the places which went in favor of the bill almost .unanimously. -.were - Florence, Acme and Lake Creek. Early returns showed the results of the road bond bill to be quite fav orable, Later, when returns: from the farming precincts, were brought iu, a majority of 'several hundred votes was piled up against the bill. Following are the returns front some of the precincts close to Spring- (field: , r Yes No i Springfield No. 1 25 29 Springfield No. 2 - 3! 47 I Springfield No. 3 35 43 ; Springfield No. 4 - 37 43 Thurston 28 53 Walton 20 7 twendling 102 24 j Mohawk 29 53 McKemle 14 6 j Pleasant Hill 30 42 !Camp Creek '. 34 S3 icioverdale . 29 33 jKall Creek 24 70 Goshen 33 53 ; Jasper 17 t i Mabel ' .'. 7 25 : Marcola .'. 59 43 .Willakenzle 15 90 Willamette 64 50 i FTve thousand seven hundred and 1 twenty votes favoring the higher edi , cational tax act, or millage bill, were .cast ,in Lane county as against less ! titan half that number. 2460 against : it. All of the 3 counties of the state : returned sweeping victories suoh aa this for the bill. This bill will add ( to the income of the three higher ! j educational Inst'tutlons the followlni? i amounts: t679.155.S0 to Oregon Agri. 'cultural college; r.09."6fi.85 to I'nl-