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About The Springfield news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1916-2006 | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1920)
ID lil MEWS i O KM kiA'kntkkntii vkak Hl'Uf. LANK COUNTY, OltKClON, TIIUUSDAY, JL'LY 1020.. NUMHKR 29 H -EoJ I 4 ,r I Ii I VM VI r? I . II I 1 1 FjEW CITY HULL TO BE OF CEBEIT Will Have Ample Room for Offices, Fire Department and Jail Room. Wink Is rapidly going forward on construction of tin new city hntl il till' MIIIIK llH'Hl'lill MM the 1 I budding mi Miiln street. Tin build Ing will have ii ground space if 2S by 30 fed mitt will bo o story high. An, r inudi consideration of Mm agl i h i Inn for n two siory building the otllll II decided IllUt III'! building S oud'ncd would ) ndeijuate for till present needs of flic c 1 1 v . A cement lour and front nnd real wall and Mm rvof I nil ttiHt Ih necessary to hull. I iin llio W. (I. W. lodge, illiil Al Montgomery have dolt:it"d the ll'ie of their wuIIn Th cltv's vault lin been moved in a ixinliidii it f I j t ii 1 n c- I In- ri'iir wall Hllll Will III! COIIItCCtl'd Willi tln build lug !leir. hi It l Is I'V "0 feet Oil til'" e:i"t aide of the lilill Will llf officii tiiiniiM fur llif iim of iln i lly record er and n meeting plan- of the inutii II. hi iIih went side a space 10 by 20 fed will In m-I littiil In house llii tii-f truck. A rolling door mid other plan give promise of making the f'ri' triH-k c)iil k I v m i i hhIIiIi'. An Improved . Ignition aystciii will ! Mil on i In- Won fire Iruck whlrli will make It pnsdhlc to start the i tiglno wlilimil ili-lny. The truck wilt iilo carry tin' chemical tanks. In tliu tear of tin fin depat tnii'iit will In a rixim 10 by 10 feel for uhi' us a city Jail REMEDY GIVEN TO CHECK PEAR AND CHERRY SLUG Tim foliage -of pear apd cherry I" aufferlng from the attack of the alug. Young treea, paiiiculnrly, may bo MTloualy Injured hy thla (eat. accord ing to A. I.. lovctt. profeaaor of 4'titomology at the college. -J "The pear and cherry alug Ik a nl'my brown inutine about one fourth lin hlotlg iund akelwton.iing the wirfnoe of the leaven," he aald. "The adult of t It It ulug U a robust wimp like creiiluro which laya her cggH In the liHhiic of the leuf. "Lend arm'tiule powder--one pound to f.O galloni of water applied un a hpray Ih (he Mnndaid niipllcat'oii f.r oinmercliil planting." aaya I'rnfi-H mm- Loveit. ".ny finely divided diiMi will ulho prove cffeciive in conirol. Sulfur, ii I r Klakcd lime, aifted wool iihIm'h or road dust blown or alfied over the foliage, will quickly end the Infection." REPAIRING ROAD FROM Mc- KEN2IE BRIDGE TO FOLEY The . roud from the Mi Keiule bridge up (o I'oley Springs, which lias been Very loiitli from deep ruts and rocky points and dangerous In nome places because of narrow pilules, Is being worked and an en I flrely new road is being substituted In some places, reports II. K. Vincent, of the Cascade forest otllce, who has Just returned from a trip of severnl days through Hint section of the for, cpt. In spite of the work which Is being done, the road to the springs is passable for automobiles ut all places, said Mr. Vincent. Son Born to Laavitt'a Wednesday. Itev. nnd Mrs. Linden U. Ieavltt are being congratulated on the birth of an eight pound son, born to' them Wednesday morning at their home on Fifth street. Mr. Leuvltt Is wearing one of those mile-long smiles now. Auction Sale Draws Crowd. The. auction sale held Saturday by the Farmers Supply company drew i good crowd. It Is the Intention of the firm to hold n sorles of these auctions. As an Inducement to. get ihe farmers of thla vicinity' to tTade in Springfield apodal, prices. 1 will 1k paid for certain items of their pro duce on these days. Mi. Corsaw feels thqt this will benefit tho entire town. Cow owners will do well to place their lui.v orders with Lyon St Hunter. We cun fill your orders for less than you can buy in the field and have It hauled. Fre delivery.' H, p. McCounell and fumllly of Tucson, Aria., were in Sprlugfleld Monday looking for a local lou ott J farm iear Tne Mr'01""!!' motorod up front . Arizona and are camplu out at .the.1 present. ' ' " Mfss Kstella Martin went to Sea side Tuesday for a tt'n days vacation. FIRE BURNS ROOF OF I SENSENEY RESIDENCE lire, which broke out In the upper Hiniy of tlii house occupied hy A. VI. r-'t'i senoy mi Sixth, and H street, itn ut 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon, destroyed t tin roof and charred the walla of the upper story hcforH tJiu vol'inioi-r flrenien could control th Mn.f. The family nuclalm-d fio loaa UN all tioilHi holiI kooiIh were ri'inod in ilme lo nave dBinnfji from either tlii' or water. U la unknown JumI Iiow the flro Hiarti'd na aoine are of the opinion II wun caused by ilerertlvw wiring while othcia Iie1lec It waa cntiHed by M nrka from tliu klu hen chimney faliltiK on lb" roof. Dun 'to tho fart that the Tire truck hud nol; been 'quite flftlHhed and xrnn In lhf garage at the time, then aa homo dtluy In KelllrnT It to the men. The nearest hydrnnt waa two blocka illMant.' In apile of 1heao hand) ca;pa the volunteer firemen did ex- i llent work In rontrolliiiR the lila. un I preventing It from apreadlng to Iim lower atory of the realdence. TK owner, who Uvea In Eugene, will repnlr the hoiote at once. Inaur iii. -e wna currieil on the biilldlim Tl o Kcjacney family have taken up tiiiiporary qiiarierit in teiita on the i-r iperiy. SPRINGFIELD S. P. AGENT IN CAR LOADING CONTEST! To aid In Hie i iiinpalcn - w hich over the Pacific ganlzallona an heavier car loading la being waged all coaat by audi or the Good Kailway Service (inundation of California. Aifent Olaon of the Southern, Pn- If Ic company niinouneea that bin ci'inpnny haa decided to offer cafh pr!y.iH.to all llK ageiila in a car load Ii g cotiteat that will atari Auguat l--t and continue for thi'ee niontha. Km prU of $.'0 and a aecond of 'J.U will be awarded to atations on lie I'adflc ayatetn which hIiom- the hi'MVleat loading In each of 17 tliffer ent coiiiuuidltlea. An additional prlre roeM to the agent who makei the ereuii'xt Improvement over hla re-ord for the corresponding :erlol of 191S (ieneial Mnnager J. H. Ilyer In fending out the rule governing the t'Oltleaf. ciiIIm intention tothe nei-ea-hlly of obtaining for the public th" maxlinuni KM -fc-ncy font exlHlIng ra'liOMd facillllea. "The Southern Pa el'le r1nlre lo iln-nH 'n (Hi power tii render efficient Heivli o at a time when the number of cira la below I he id iiiiiiiil of he 1'uHfir conat diltMieia We- me now actually rend ring more iniiiMpoi Uiihin service Minn we d'l for the sninn period of i hut yeiT. The nvr:i(;i' car load for June, lliO. wan 21 ton as oinpared with 52 4 ti ns for the Kami- month of l!'l' and we handled a much larger gniKH tonnage per mile, but with the J lin reaped huMm-ha that being of fered we must a'lll do better and rely ii i, on the intelligent support of the Nhliing inhlic." j H4rrisburg Without Balling Wire j Mini Iduiig, July 21 - Hundreds of tons of hay 'recu nlly harvested near: here are lying around anl may tie, lost, nil because there Is no bailing, wire to be had in this vicinity for. i love or money. 1 Mr. n nil Mrs. Milton Coffinan, Sr.. mul son Milton and 'daughter I. m ile "i't leave S'ltiirday for their home In Falrbury, Ncbr. On their way they will visit friends near Uock Springs. Wyo. The Coffnmn'a huve made their me n Snrlncfield since last full. Miss Helen Coflman. who is em ployed at Hie postofflce. will remain In Springfield for a while. , ' Miss Margaret Baker of Portland 4s visiting with her grandmother, Mrs. Kosa Bossermun. for several weeks. She Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs". Claire Baker, formerly of Springfield. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ham. who' live on 7th and K streets, are, the! proud parents of a 9i pound daugh ter, born Wednesday morning, July 2Sth. She has been named Ilerdlna. Mr. and Mrs. Ilussell C. Maine aro being congratulated on the lilnh nt n 9 pound son, born Friday, July 23. K'lhel and Charlie Wlglo. small grandchildren of Mrs. J. II. Wigle. ' returned io mrlr home at IlarrlshuiK Sunday nflor a visit In Springfield. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Vogle left Wed nesday morning for a visit In Al bany, Corvallis and Portland. ,Tbey will be awny for about a week. Mrs. Ellen Horner and Mrs. ,1 N. Wright huve arrived from Corona, Cat., to visit with relatives of the former Mr. aqd Mrs. II. P. Fox have ar rived from Portland to visit with the tatter's sister, Mrs. Hoy Jenkins, and heij mother, Mrs. W. II. Mc Fur laud. Tl)?y will remain for two weelu. Miss Len!ce Heri-Uk of Portland Is vlsittngj jela.tJv.HS, ..and. friends In SprlngtLu Ml abort. U"a-. ..'1 BAND CONCERTS MAY BE GIVEN HERE IN AUGUST That It In poaalbM for th people of Hpriiifrield nnd vicinity to have the pleamire of hrarlnf a band con cert one evening euch week during AuguM waa atated by roualc lovera and boontera her yeattrday. The Klka hand of Kugenn la open for en gagemeiit a number of nvenlnga and II. la aald inn he aefured at a roa aonabte price.. The aggregation If one of the fltn-at bandit In the atate and at llw reetDt Klkt convention In Haletn won the prize. There la much favorable aentltnent toward bringing the band here each week next month, both for Ha value aa a niiiil enlrUliniinit of a high character and for the pet It Will put Info the" town. The matter will be taken up by the Ameticajj Legion and j the Chamber of Commerce. Infinite' announcement will be made later. j CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WILL EAT ICE CREAM j A pleaaant feature of Ihe meeting of the Chamber of Commerce culled fur tonight, will be the Ice cream feed after the bualnena acaalon. The teeetlng la called for 8 o'clock nharp, Friday, July ::o In th ciiamlier'a room' In the Stevena. building. Among the niattera to come before the bohdy la the poaxiblllty of aecur Ing band concert a for next month. Kvery member la urged to be pres ent and all men who are Interested in the welfare of Springfield are In vited to attend whether member or not. SUTTON AND EDWARDS HUNT BLACKBERRIES ON ROW RIVER John KM ward h and family and E. (I. Sutton and Tamily motored to How river, above Cottage Grove, Sat urday where they camped over night. They brought home hp vera I gallons of herrlea nnd report a pleaaant trip. Sntfnt b'!evca that If Kdwards H an good at finding votes aa he la finding blai-kberrlea he la Mire to be elec ted hit' riff next fall. ROSENSTEIN BUYS INTEREST IN THE FARMERS EXCHANGE CJ. Kcaenatein of Portland has pur eh!tmd fl'e interest nf I. Welhafi-ln In he Kiirniei M Exi hange and will bd Mvoc'nti-d with S. HJrector and X. Director. He will take an active part in Hi" husinesH and will make IiIk home here. Mr. Itoeiistein come from 1'iirM.iiid where he waa formerly in Hie ffereral mere hand it buaineas. 693 Steers to Make One Belt Portland. July 2S - Probably the laigest leaiher belt in the world is one niiiile by the Hav's-Scott Belting 9 . 1. I . . I. 1 - , . I -"ii: i'ii n. i-i hum cny huh now in use In the mill of the Weed " Lumber company ;i; W I, Cal. Tin- belt is 2."M feet lieig. 8fi inches wide and ioll for about $12,000. This one belt fer-MiMly covered the bodies of G93 husky steers. Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Howe, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Peterson. Mr. and Mrs M. Uriel and Misa AdeiaUH Grid Kpeni the week-end a Belknap Springs. Miss Dora Nelson, who has been employed at Ketel's Drug store for the past year, left Saturday morning to Join hcj pa mnts at SerjSeant Bluffs. Iowa. She is vksiting in. Wyoming on the way to her desti nation. Miss Frames Travis, bookkeeper at K. E. Morrison's, resumed her duties Monday morning after an ab sence of a month which she spent visit lug relatives mul friends at Richmond. Stockton and Sacramento, Cal'lornia. Miss Lena Brewer resumed her work at Hotels' Drug store Monday after, a month's vacation spent in Porl land and West Timber. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sea ire have re turned from a weekend trip to Port land. Mr. and Mrs. Verne Wilkinson are moving from Sixth street between B un i io the retains property on Fil th but w een D and E. Mrs. F. E.' Lenhart haa returneH ft...... w .. I 1 1.. I. . B . .vl win - vimi hi i u ri lii nil ana at Kalama. Wash., with her mother. Misses I.cttie ard Lottie Whittaker will leave the latter part or the week to spend' their va,caftlon at Hood River. Mrs. Harold K. I locket t and two children or Enterprise arrived Tues iluy to visit with Mrs. Hockett's mother, Mrs. George Orr. Mrs. Mary Overton of Brownsville, Is visiting indefinitely, rw;!ih her sister, J. JL.,Wte. , : v 'Mr U1Hv'aVUuIim? 14 daughter left Friday to spend several weeks at Kltson Springs. , Fred Leniley attended,, the Elks convention In Salem last week'."v" !920 CROP ESTIMATES 2 PERCENT ABOVE AVERAGE Waahlnglon, July 2". (Special! correspondence) If the country Is j uf; '-ring from high prices of food-j stuffs It certainly Is not due to under product ton on the part of the farm-' era. The department of agrlc'iKure 1 estimates for the 1920 staple crops j kIiow (hat In clinost every Item tte ! production w ill exceed the 10 year j Average, even though that average. Includes the war years when we were straining every rocourc.e to sup-. ply not only ourselves but the altlei. Mere are latest official estimates: KsMmnt" 10-year July 1.1920.' average.; Winter wheat 79.7 " M.2 Spring wheat 88.0 82.4 All wheat ....82.5 81.6 Corn S4.i 83.8 Oats S447 J4.3 Hat ley 87.0 . 84.3 Uye .'83.5 8S.7 Potatoes ; 87.3 . 86.5 KImx 89.1 82.3 Hay (tame) 8.1.5 82.8 SPRINGFIELD NINE WINS ' FROM LEONA TEAM In a holly contented pitchers battle la Ml s day the Springfield nine won from i.io.ia 4 to 1 The game was pi i. ved at I ,on a and was declared by those who saw It to be one of the bi st of the aeapon so far. Naileries for the game were Gil bert and Knight for Springfield, wh'lo llaker occupied the mound for Leoua. Hllbert plVheiy 20 strike outs, allowing only three hita. Spring fMd hit P.aker nine times and fanned l.S times. The Coyotes from Crow will play here next Sunday and the Sunday following Albany will cross bats wjth Springfield on the home diamond. An especially pood game is looked for with Albuny as they have a strong bunch of ball players. TRAVIS FAMILY RETURNS FROM MO.TOR TRtf TO IDAHO ! 1 i Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Travis and daughter Fern returned Saturday from a two weeks motoring trip to rolnis fn Idaho and Ontario. Ore., where they visited their son. Fenner. They visited at Nam pa, Boise and f'aldwHll. Idaho. At Natnpa they visited w ith C. K. Sales who formerlv lived in Springfield. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. McBee were hosts on Sunday for dinner having as their gue:ts the following: Mr. and Mrs. (liner McBee and family, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cline and family! Mr. and Mrs. George Stewart and fam-'lv. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Saul and family, Lewis. Wayn. Loris and Alice McBee and Philo Wilcox. .Mr. and Mrs. 11. J. Cox have moved from the property at Sixth and C streets recently purchased by W. C. i McLagun, to the Frank Powers prop-! erly at Fifth and A streets. Mr., and ' Mrs. MiLngiui will move to their! new home at once. ! i Miss Ethel Newland is visiting i.i ' Medforj. Miss Newhind, who is a encher in the Med ford high school, is spending the summer here with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Newland. j Mr. ami Mrs. Harry Anthony j ami Mr. ntul Mrs. Jack Ilenderer! returiu-il Wednesday from Crater! Lake where they motored on their honeymoon. Orson Yauchn and Herbert Moore returned Wednesday night trom spetuiitij;- 4 months in Alaska, llerliett was eniployed at Juneau and Orson at Chiekajroff. Mrs. Wm. Ikrry has returned! from Ktua. Cal.. where she was! called liy the illness of her mother, j Mr. and .r,rs. J. J. Bryan and' daughter, Crystal leH Tuesday by auto to spend a ten days outing at Newport. j Mrs. John Tomseth and daughter,' Ellen left Monday for Spokane where they will visit with Mrs. Tomseth's mother and sister. j Miss Vesta Benson returned to her' home in Portland Sunday night after a two weeks visit at the home if .Miss Grace Male. , j Miss Carmen Harwpod of Salem spent Saturday and SuuUay visiting: with relatives and frieuds in Spring-1 field. j Mrs. Nancy Smith, who hHsleen' iu)Kl" tii Upi ruiif at Ql oVivieU, Fri day, v- Miss Naomi lliublt returned Tues day from a tluee weeks visit in eastern Oregon. -. - : , GREAMERY HAS BIG BUSKS Hi YEAR Increase of Nearly $14,000 Over. Last Year-r-Receive Cream . from Large Territory. The totr.t KHles business of, tho Hnr'nrfield Creamery amounted to' slightly over $78,000 for their f!cal year ending this week. This Is anj Increase of nearly $14,000 over last' year. This was for the sales of (heir butler, - cream and - milk. Their -n-eire-otitpiit -sold- iMtnt. .butter, no cnbe butter .. bernK.tjnarkefedi Their main brand of butter is the P.Osebud. A better idea of the volume of the creamery's business . can be gained from the fact that they hand led 270.000 pounds of cream during; the year. More than 156,000. pounds of butter were manufactured from Mils cre,am.. The number of farmers and dairy men patronizing the Springfield plant averaged 300 for the past year. Tho creamery gathers cream on four routes which cover a great deal of territory around Springfield. Besides these routes the farmers close to Springfield bring in their cream and a large amount is shipped ' in over the railroad. The firm plans to add another route up the Mohawk Talley next month. iHtrlng the past year practically all new machinery lias been installed until now th creamery Is one of tbe most modern and un to date In the way of efficiency and sanitation. A 300-gatlon 'pasteurizer, a double door churn of 1000 pounds capacity and a new crcm saver are among the more important pieces of machinery put in. M. T. Cyr and Roland C. Moshler, owners and operators of the" cream ery, are deeply gratified with the success of their business for the past year and took for even better busi ness during the year upon which they are entering. SEAVEY DESCENDANTS GATHER ON OLD FARM . t , ; ' Tlu good old times were (talked over whensthe ninth annual re-union of. the descendants and relatives - of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Seayey was held at the old farm homei On the McKenzie river about three .' miles northeast of Springfield last Sunday. There were 48 members, of the family present. Needless to say a sumptu ous dinner after the gdbd old-fashion was served. Reminiscences by the older members and several short In formal talks made up the program of the day. ,Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Seavey were pioneer fanners of Lane county coming here early in the 50's and the majority of the relatives are still engaged in farming. The old farm was long known as containing the f:nest hop yard in this county. Mrs. Elizabeth January, a sister of Mrs. Alexander Seavey, was the only one of the original party at the re-unlon. Alexander Seavey csme to the west by boat around the Horn, while Mrs. Seavey and her' sister came across the plains' with their parents by ox team. Following is the list of those' pres ent Sunday: James Walter Seavey, Mrs. James Walter Seavey,. Alexand er McK Seavey, Herbert A. Stone burgv Althea Stoneburg I-orinda S'onehurg, John Author Stonehurg, Wilbur Bushnell, Vance. Howe, Elizabeth January. Mrs. Ethel Olsen, Mrs. Flowerend Olsen. Mr. and Mrs. Ceorge B. January, Mrs. V. A. Seavey, John Wassom, Jess Seavey, Mollie A. Seavey, Mareeline E. Seav ey M. Joan Seavey, Shirley Jean Senvey, Dug Wusson. Vena Howe. J. C. Bushnell. Annie Bushnell. S. Bert Simmons, J. H. Seavey. Alice Bush nell. Gladvs Howe Blanche Howe, Lnvelle Howe, Alice . Seavey,; Hazel Seavey. Holly Seavey.' Betty Seavey, Junnita Wilner. Lee Seavey. I.ela Seavey. E. T.- Bushnell. W. L. S'm mons, Donald Seavey., William H. Seavey, Sereatha Wassom. Dorothea Bushnell, Clara A. Wassom and M. A. Simmons. Builds Summer Cottage on Westlake. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bressler have returned from a two weeks stay at Siltcoos lake. While there Mr. Bress ler built a cottage on their lot on the shore of Westlake. Build High Smokestack. North Bend, Ore.. July 87. The Buehner Lumber company has start ed construction of a smokestack 110 feet high with a diameter of )Q feet at the top. i I Mr. and Mrs. Crusberg andi family of New Britain, Conn., are jrlslting at the home of Mr. and Mrsj L. M. Anderson, the two women bejjng sla ters. j t Mr. and Mrs. L. May nnd s n Ver don returned Sunday afternoiii from a few days visit In Oregon City aud Portland where they went to attend thy funeral, of Ethel M.ay,
