A TT TUT VV mim ELL NEWS Hh 'yUKIKLD, LANI3 COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1920. "St S KV1CNTKKNT1 1 V KA II NUMBER 30 MORE dill SERVICE AIM OF CHAMBER Invites Women to Join Them In Ice Cream Social on Friday, the 13th. The Chamber of Commerce aroused, throw off It old mautlo or luthargy and went Into real action at It meet' Ing lout Friday itlictit. Nearly a acorc of member attended the session which waa full of "pup" One of Ita most Important action , w's ..the step taken toward the lm- provement of the mall service of ' tfprlnirifld. At the present time thorn la no mall to point north and Port ' laud after 4 p. ni. Tim need for such i a service wa clearly shown. The connection with the night northhoun I train was discontinued neveral year ago. On motion a committee wa ap pointed to take thl mutter up with the. district pontHl officer In I'ortland. The fact that Springfield I without tint nervlce of a Ittiemaii'i to look after and M"-p up telephone service here, and that we am dependent ou a man com'ng from KuK'iie In cuse of a break In phone tier le. came up for discussion. A committee of Cham Iwr metulK'i' huh iiiHtructcd to com .munlcate with the I'Htlflc Telephone nd T1-grudi coinpuny, In an en deavor to have a llneniun located hen. The report of the secretary of the chamber on the IothI housing problem wa received hut no action waa taken on the matter. There was considerable discussion a to other mean to relieve the shortage of living quarter here. The Committee in charge of the, ftubllc camplnR it round reported that the ground had been cleaned up and sitade ready for the use or the camper. A new toilet ha ben put In on th ground and wood ha been donated y . the Booth-Kelly lumber mill. Tourists are using thin ctirhplng place every day and are pleaded with the layout. The mutter of hiring the Elk band from Eugene to give concerts here dur ing AugUHt wait turned down a It wan felt the chamber could not aeeiire the necessary fund. The secretary wa Instructed to collect due from the member for the month of August and September. -The two month collection will be made for the purpose of. securing suf ficient fund to enable the chamber to carry on more extensive work. A number of bill were allowed. U -wis noted that a number of Springfield manufacturer were omit ted from the Hat us published In the directory of Oregon Manufacturer, recently published by the Associated Industrie of Oregon. The aecrctary as Instructed to send a corrected lift which will be publiahed In a later edition. Apparently the chamber member iiave no fear of Friday, the 13th. for they act the date for the next meetlnng vltatlon baa been extended to the due Inn the evening of Aug. l3th. An In improvement club and to the wive of the member to Join In an ice cream noclal to be held In the park at the close of the business Hesaion. Springfield Couple Marry 8unday I'heHtor A. Nye and Miss Chlora D'Vera MasterHon. both of Springfield, were married 1 last ' Sunday at the Methodist parsonage (in Kugene, iter. T). II. Leach officiating. The couple left Monday by automobile on a camp log trip. Mr. Nye Is a clerk In a Eugene hardware store and Miss tnssterson had taught In the Camp Crook school for the last three years. ' They will make their home In Kugene. Dr. Dlppel has returned to the city fter visiting with his psrents at Bandon. Mr. Dlppel will remain In JDandon for a short vlult, James Rlvett and wife from Lincoln Nebraska. and brother Dick from Chicago. III., arrived lust Ffday to visit with Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Tyson. They started on lieir return trip Monday. Mr. and Mr. Harry hoa left yes- terday afternoon for the McCredlo . Springs where they will spend their two woeks vacation. NELLIE CLARK SUCCUMBS TO LOCK JAW WEDNESDAY Ml Nellie Clark, daughter of Mr. and Mr. W. II. Clark, died at 1:10 u. m. Wednesday, August 4, at the age of 13 years. Death waa cauaed by lock jaw a the result of running a nail Into her foot latt Thursday. Ap parently the Injury was not serious as It c-iuHed her no great pain until Tue day morning. A doctor was summoned at notfn Tuesday, but the disease had developed to rapidly to be re lieved. Funeral services will be held from the Walker chapel at 2:30 Friday afternoon, with Interment In Laurel J I III Cemetary. ' Van Vatsah Returns from American Legion Convention I lob Van Valzuh returned Monday from the atate convention of the American Legion held at Astoria. Hie reports ad excellent session with a large attendance of delegatea from all over the state. Ho anys that much good was accomplished by the work of the legfonalres and ways that The American legion with Its Ladles' .Auxiliary Is destined to be the great est organization and power for good In the United Htates. Next years con vention Is to be held In Eugene. Van VaUah n-turned Wednesday to Huckleberry Mountain above Oak ihlge where he Is one of the forest gangers. T MEASLES EPIDEMIC City Health Offjcer Asks Co-operation ef People To Pre .' vent Spread of Measles ' Quite a number of case of meaLs .have been reported In Springfield at the present time. "It la said that the dlKeaae has epreud considerably be I cause In some c.nns those afflicted have not remained at home. That the disease may spread Into hu epidemic I the or in Ion of Dr. W. II. Pollard, city health officer. If there is not prompt action and ad ' hereuce to the quarantine laws by the people. In an effort to keep the city's health bill clean, attention In called to the state law on thl sub ject. Cunpter 264. of Section 22. 'General Laws pf Oregon, 1919 con , tain" the following paragraph which compels all who h:ive the care of those having .a communicable disease to report same: r" ' "And all person having the care of person affected with communica ble disease, lucluding head of bouse- l.holds. Immediately upon the develop- meut of the disease so as to show j Its commtinlcahle character to report i to the local health officer." The law I provides a penalty for failure. Moving School Starts Term j Lane county's "school on Wheels" haa ttpened for lta fall term, taught by -Mrs. Nora Wells. The school is on a railroad car and is now located above Wendlfng. It Is moved from camp to camp for the convenience of the logger! children. Three 'a to . Entertain The ladle of, Springfield Will be guest of the Three L's on Thursday, AugUHt 12, a program and lunch hav ing been provided for the occasion. Mr. W. A. Lambert Is the new Chair man of the organization. 8. Director 1 returned Wednesday irom Portland woer . he . has been visiting with his mother end sister nd two netce who have just ar rived from Russia. sHia ' sister will visit In Springfield soon. Rev. Walter Bailey visited In SprinFflcld, Sunday snd Monday sneaking at the Baptist church Sun day evening, Mr. Bailey was former ly paster of the Baptist church and 1 now located at. Carleton. Oregon. He ha hcen veiling with, his parents at College Crest for the past 'wek and returned to his borne yesterday. Mr. and Mr. Henry McCullem and children, arrived here, from California nd are visiting old friends. Mr. Mc Cullem was partner here with Harry Whitney In the barber business two years ago. COUNTY FAIR 10 ' RE REST EVER Many Displays Promised Live stock Department Expected to Lead Them All Never have prospects for a. success ful county fair been brighter than at the present time, report W. C. Yoran, Secretary of the Lane Count Fair Association. This word "successful" applies to evry department as there Is no Indication of slack or Uck of Interest In any of the many sections that go to make up a fair. The livestock department promises the biggest Increase at the present time. The raising of pure bred stock Is becoming more general throughout the county and consequently there Is more fine stock to show and more desire for competition among the stockmen than there baa been In the stock, each exhibitor and stock raiser endeavoring to benefit through learn Ing what constitutes a first-class animal. - A sale of pure bred stocM conducted by the purebred Lives toe SB tOCk I Breeder' Association. Is to be held on the last day of the fair, which tends to further Increase Interest In this department. Already every stall In the barns now on the fair grounds hss been spoken for, and a new barn 30x150 feet Is to be erected st once to house cattle; and another 30x80 feet is to be built for sheep, goata and hogs. One barn 30x75 feet has been set nlil fnr th hoT and rlrls' clubs. In which their pigs, calves, chickens! and rabbits will be housed. All space In this building will be Uken by the several clubs. Five horses are now being worked on the race truck and there are good Indications of at least 25 horses being on hand for the races, which ,are to be In Id the first three days or the fair. At least four granges have Signi fied their Intention of making a dis play of the product of their com munity and the grange of the western part of the county will combine in a distriay. tliu asHurlng an excellent exhlbIt4on iu thi line. Add to these c nu us the Individual displays of veg etahles, grains, trasses and -fruits, for which liberal premiums are a warded, and there will b a display of fnrm pntducta seldom found under one roor. at least at a county iair. to themselves thl year in which to ! display their handiwork, and the best I exhibit ever tn tuis oepanmeni assured. There will be sn annual display of!.4K , . , farm machinery. Implement, and he wr00ima nd 'the mdera equipment utilities, J"''glng from Inquiries for exhibit space. The fair ' to' be held four day September 21 to 24; and September 25 is to he a day of sport with auto race and auto polo, something new and thrilling. GUI AS 1858 The census bureau last Friday announced Springfield's 1920 popula tion as 1855. The 1919 census figures gave Springfield 1838. Liine county's population waa given as 38,166. showing a gain of 2383 per son over the 1910 figures, or an In crease of 71 per cent' Eugene's census gives 10.593. Other towns In Lano county are a follows: Coburg 270; Cottage Grove 19J9; Creswell 273; Florence 317; Junction City 687. The populations of these towns In Lane county in 1910 waa as follows: Coburg 613; Cottage Grove 1834;Cres woll 367; Florence 311: Junction 799. McKenxies Return from Crater Lake Mr. and Mrs. A. P. McKenzle re turned last week from a two weeks motoring trip to Crater Lake. They were accoinpH.iiel on the trip by Mrs. Carl if. Williams and son Clark of Portland. Mrs. Williams Is a sister of Mrs. WcKenzle. More Cars to Be Distributed Salem. Ore., Aug. 6. Every Indus try in the state depending upon rail road transportation ' for the disposal tof Its product will be cheered by a promise recently given by the South ern Puctflo railroad to distribute 100 empty cars dnlly over its lines north of Ashland. Many Oregon Industries, particularly the lumber mills, are now hampered by the acute car shortage, i 0 IS ROUND-UP SHOW TO BE STAGED AT SPRINGFIELD Bill Sltoms. with bis troupe of 20 riders and performers, will stage a roundup show her Sunday. Ills company Is known as the Great West ern Roundup. 81ms has been putting on shows of this nature in the west for a number of yers. His perform ers are mostly young men who come from the ranges of Eastern Oregon and have a reputation of being the real thing when it comes to riding bucking borne. Among the features of their show -what Is claimed to be the champion bucking bull of the world. They offer a dollar a second to anyone who will ride him. They not only ride their own horses but offer $200 for any horse brought in that they cannot ride. The company has about 50 horses of their own. In the comic line it is said they have a very clever clown in the company Party Motors to Canada Bert Snook, In company with his . . . KT,.- TJ, 1. T 1 and Norman Byrne left Tuesday for a motoring trip to Saskatchewan, Cau ada. Jlr. Byrne may stop In eastern Washington to work In the harvest fields, but the others of the party will go op to Canada where they will look over the country and make an Indefinite stay. WALKER PUTS III it Entire Lower Floor of W. O. W. Building Is Remodelled for Undertaking Parlors It has been said that Springfield will have one of the finest and best equipped,- undertaking .parlors for a town of its size in the atate when Fred Walker's new chapel and rooms are completed. Mr. Walker has leased the entire lower floor of the W. O. W: building and is remodeling them to suit the needs of an up to date under- .laking establishment The eleeane , j of the furnishings and decoration of iu ub insiaueu speass mucn lor me enterprise of Mr. Walker. The building which has a large frontage on Main street, is constructed of brick and Mr. Walker t-aya this li an especial advantage, On one side, with an entrance from the street, is a large chapel. At the rear of this room and to the left Is a large aized room. The other half of the building Is taken up with office and stock rooms.There Is a comfortable reception and office room in front with a private office adjoining. Back of these are two large store rooms, a lavatory and work room. A twelve foot porch has been added to the rear of the building. The new parlors will be opened in about two weeks. 'CALIFORNIA PACKERS TO BUY LANE COUNTY PRUNES The California Packers Corporation has made it known that they will buy large quantities of the 1920 crop of dried Italian prunes of Lane county. This . corporation operates packing blants -at Roseburg and' Dallas.' and will ship the prunes out from these plants under an Oregon label. - Injured in Fall from Bicycle While riding down from the flag pole on Springfield Heights Friday afternoon. Alvln, the 10 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Fegles, fell from his bicycle cutting a deep gash In the left side of his face. Calvin Burns, who was working at . Baker's sundry at the foot of the hill, saw lh6 accident and took the lad to a local, physician. Nine stitches were necessary to close the wound. ' Mrs. Paul Brattaln and son Lamar and daughter Hazel, accompanied by Mrs. Edith Rebhan ; and Helen S,tev iis, have returned from a motoring trip of several weeks to eastern Oregon. - They stopped at Crater ;Lake and spent two weeks with. Mr. Brattaln at Paisley. Luke county, and returned by way of the Columbia Highway. PARLORS THRESHERS RAISE PRICES THIS YEAR Harvest Wage Scale. Slightly Higher Small Owner Not Bound By Price Scale The charge to be made by thresh- jers and the wages to be paid were agreed opon at a conference or tnlrty tbresherraen In Eugene Monday. Th prices for threshing is as follows: , j'er two-bushel sack: oats 2S cents; barley. 28 cents; wlieat. 30 cents. ,. The wages set are higher than lane ! year for this county being as follows: Pitchers In field, and bundle wagon , loaders, 94 a day; sack sewers and machine men, $4.50 a day; man with -team, $5.50 a day. There was a full discussion on both, prices and wages and the final scale agreed upon waa considered as being . fair to the farmer, thresher owner, " and laborer. The declining price of wheat and other cereaW entered Into discussion. Due to the . fact that many of the fanner havf small thrte shins mar chines and do not do a general busi ness ln that line, ' depending; upon ' their neighbors for help In exchange: for the threshing of their grain, the . prices for the standard outfits will not - I be binding upon them, according to , action taken at the meeting Monday. ' The charge for threshing with these . machine will be six cents a bushel I for oats and seven cents a bushel for wheat. S. M. Mcrherson. of Springfield, was chairman of the meeting, and O. W. Hayes, of Eugene acted as sec retary. The threshermen will main-, tain only a loose organization, depend ing solely upon the word of the indi vidual members to maintain the prices ' as fixed. The owners of 17 standard -threshing outfits s'gned the agree ment yesterday. There was an at tendance of 30. the remainder being owners of the smaller neighborhood outfit. Ira P. Wnltney. county agent, waa instructed to see the other machine owners In the county, and ask then) to sign the .agreeme nt.v i- r Mr. and Mrs. Rsbbhae-Camping In' the Olympic Mountains The following ,-letter . haa .been, re- -celved from Dr. and Mrs. W. C Reb han mailed from their camping place at "Moro by the Sea and Among the .Indians": July 29, 1920. Springfield News. - . . Springfield. Oregon I This is to certify that after many j prophesies and speculations of your -j community, that we are now. July 1 29. 1920 A. D. enjoying a happy vaca tion in the Olympic Mts. Congratu!e-, tions are now in order followed bg many valuable presents. We may be -reached by "wireless" . or "airless" at our present location for a few days, fter which time we will be at home to our friends. Yours very sincerely. Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Rebhan Snooks Visit Farm at Fall Creek Mr. and Mrs. S. Snook and their son and daughter. Bert and Pearl, visited with the Dave Gtaspey family at Fall Creek last Saturday night. The Glaspey family are now operating the Snook farm. During the evening a country dance was given which was well attended by friends from Goshen. Lowell, and Fall Creek. FOR SALE FOR SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION 1 bay mare taken up on Springfield Streets. July 28. 19.20; weight about 1150. three white feet, one black. Will be sold at auction to the high est bidder for cash at livery bans, end of Main and) , Mill street, Springfield.- on Friday, August iO, 1920. W. J. Donaldson. City Marshall. FOR SALE Lot 15. block 3. Valley View addition to Springfield. Ore.. Price $125. Joseph Schrems, Roser burg. Ore. s2p BOARD AND ROOM " TORRENT 1 sgleroo"nTrand 1 double room furnished for sleep ing; breakfast if desired use . of bath. 221. 6th. st. corner Of "A". CABINET SHOf Go to H. E. Pitts' cabinet Shop, corner Fourth and "C streets, for your Sr.nitary Butter Mold, kitchen cabi nets, kitchen tables. English break fast tables and general cabinet work.