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About The Springfield news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1916-2006 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1920)
rJ I ,' J : 61'IUNGFIELD, UtfE COUNTY, ;onEOOe jTnunDA;V OECEMDER .91920 ji .NUMBER. 43 i BJSVENTEKNTH YEAH -re- rzl ' , : - i . .. . . f . : . , :.. " i ,,. . i. .'-i ' it J BOHBOB SELLS : RETAIL BUSINESS Retains WholeiaU Part Only; 0. C. Ban Will Ope rate Retail Stor.' B. E. Morrison haa otdr th reUU department of. tale business to Oscar Cj Dean. , Mr. MorrUoa retains the wholesale department , and tba two firms will op rata their business en tirety separate. Tht cjiange to take affect about tba 1Kb of Deo. Mr. Morrison will retain the rear end of tba preaent store room wblch will be used as a warehouse for bis wholesale business. 11a wll have bis office In the cement building on Third street. ' ' ' Mr Bean will continue to operate the retail end of the store as at pre sent, carrying the same line of grain, feed, seeds, flour, poultry supplies, etc. Mr Bonn hus been with Mr. Mor rison for nearly two yars and pre vlous to this be had been employed at the flouring mills, lie has had much experience In this line of busi ness. Mr. Morrison for somj months psst had found that his wholesale business had grown to such an ex tent thst. he was unable to give pn per attention and time to the retail department. In his wholesale busi ness ho will handle only hay, grain, feed, seeds, potatoes, flour, suit, fer tilizer.. He. The new warehouse being erected In Eugene by the Oregon Electric railroad hus been leaned by Mr. Mor rison and he hns established a branch house there. , Business Grows Fast In commenting on the volume of his present business Mr. Morrison re called the sum of hi business seven years ago. At first he dealt only In potatoes and the first year's business amounted to about $2500. His first placo of business was a small office In the rear of the Commercial State bank. Later he branched out, bougnt the building where he Is now located. Ho later Installed tho shipping switch for bis plant From time to time he has added (Continued on page four) "Doings'ofthe Loggers and t EXPOSE "B" Expose "A" "-met with fairly good success as a contribution to 4L pro paganda so I will roll VP my sleeve for the task of pVoducting Expos "B" By thJlraa.1 expose the, alphabet 1 ahall have exhausted my vocabulary, but trust the 4L idea will penetrate ivory to the extent of finding audi clent fertility withia tha gray matter of the. lop-sided intellectuals, as so gratuitously, i dubbed Expose .."A' "nothing, but a mess of unadulterated Bull" to take root. for tha production of a tltnoSc.'glonia., They daserVe harder luck than that fill say they do" after 1 have placed all my won derful talent, at the disposal of their Publicity,. Committed. . i. The public shall know that there are some 4L 'members who-cannot appreciate straight, dope from a wri ter who never ' haa been known to peddle' anything second ' band or of tha hot air variety. -' During my sojourn on this ' little old ball fit dirt. I have come'in con tact with not a few other workers, some, who have no Ideas on industry, others, maybe more than a few had their heads so Jammed so ..full of "Isms" no onerfOh'pyKlde tha highway could make out heada or talis of their plan, Jpr . farrylng on production. They are strong to pro. gresa, but In an intelligent manner bespeaking enlightenment,'. .witness: The Vollstadt Act" sounds, lke it relates to liqu0f,but .It idoewV This particular niece of 4L legislation now being bombarded to locate Ita weak spots proposes that, when a 4L mem ber shall be assessed a. certain aura to be duplicated by the employers another fifty-fifty proposition)- ta SCOUT TROOP FILLED; B0Y8 GET INSICNAS Tba 8prlngfleld troop of Hoy Scouts now has a full membership Hut. It members. These bar been divided Into four' patrols and three hare bean named as follows: Bearer, Fox. and Dob White. Tha fourth will be named later.-- -, ' At a recant meeting of tha troop tha boya adopted a constitution. Every Tuesday .night was sat for masting dnUe-at . the Lincoln school. Dues of Si cents per month wara fixed. Unless a good excuse la (Ivan fine of 6 centa la to be assessed for non attendance at tha regular meetings At their last meeting Horace Sykes of Salem was present and gave a tee lure, Illustrated with lantern slides, on fire prevention. t Tha folowlng boya were present at tha Investura services and received their Scout Inslgnas, thus becoming sctnal scouts: Malvern Young, Ralph ( line, Virgil Mcl'hersun. Jack Webb, Verl Fegles, John Hutchlns, Harold Stewart, and Randolph Allum. WENDLING MILL BEGAN OPERATING WEDNESDAY The Booth-Kelly sawrallj at Wend ling began operating with a full crew Wednesday morning. The mill has been closed for. several months for the purpose of making repairs. The mill ran part time Monday and Tues day to make adjustments. FUOR L COMMITTEE VISITS BU8INE83 MEN OF TOWN A committee consisting of George Davenport and E. E Hartung called on every business bouse last week for the purpose of explaining the work and purposes of the Loyal ; Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen. They spent on entlre,day among, the business men. and reported a fair amount of success. COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS TREE ' COMMITTEE MEET8 TONIGHT The exucutlve committee and the delegates . from all the organizations planning for the community Christ mas tree are to meet tonight in the library. A meeting pf tho executive commit tee was held last Sunday afternoon at Wikh time r-lanj wore made for financing tho community tree. Loyal Legion of Lumbermen create a fund for the use of the de eeased's, family, ' V. .1. :.: ... ... Can you beat It? Where is there nn.. Industrial orgax.tts.Uon , of any other brand 1 hat has. everf dared to breathe , of r a - similar -.innovation. Imagine tba I WW. Attempting such a stunt when the best, they ever have is a "Mulligan banquet In the Jungles for ..the misguided i dupes who they successfully agitate to go on itha strike, r . ; The strike . is , unquestionably , the weapon of the -stupid , and unintelli gent. The 4L'rs do not have to trust to heaven and prayers nor resort to the strike to settle disputes ;as :thy arise from time to time. 4L' control of industry. Is not a "cut and dried" proposition, . Things are adjusted 'by agreement- by. those-, vitally. ' Involved and affected-by conditions,-) n ; ,!nce. I bavei mentioned the I. W. W, compare, their, mot hod f dealing with., industrial! problems Ho ' that of tho ;4U r' For. ycur' convenience I re cltpta -bJt, of the history, of MW. W. activity li the vlclalty. I! About four years- -before -the war the" P. 'E. Jfc H. jRy? Co.',,1,ut wages two .bits' day At the time a number of hon est! workers thought the cut unwar ranted,! so they quit; according to thelrbest and mature 'Judgment, the exqrclse. of that right would compel tha P, E. ft a Ity.' Co. to again place the wages back to the correct rung In the ladder. ImmedfiUely profes sio lal L W. '. W. labor leaders arrived by box icar from parts unknown, pre Bunueiyi Portland and "' declared a "Strike was on". Sabotage'' would challenge the attention of employers, and the public so tools were stolen (Coutlauod on page four) SCHOOLS 10: K 6tUdnt 'Body; Clves1, $150 To -; ward Catting nil lot " , Athetotics " , - The high school 'and' the' Lincoln school are' to1 have a ball 'fit which td play basketball." Tba school board has' aide 'provision for ' the 'remodel ling of the old building ' which' pre viously had Teen need 'for manual training. Mabaal (raining la bow given-in the Lincoln school. Wort haa been started on; the building and It Is expected to have it ready for tha boys to practice In during' tba holi days. ! Agitation by the high school athletes for some place to play In was started some time ago. Tba first plana for the remodelling of this building were rejected because of the high cost. In view of the possibility of building a new high school In the near future, In which a gymnasium Is sure to be a feature, it was decided not to put In any more money In a separate building of this kind. However, plans were altered and lower bids secured. Tbls together with tha fact that tha high school student body voted to give $150 toward the expense of pre paring the building for this use, tha school board decided to remodel the old building The high school teams will use the building In tho evenings and the Lin coln school ftudents In the afternoon. The management of the high school ball tossers hnve started making their arrangements and schedule foi games NEW SIGNAL FOR FIRE AT MILL OR POWER PLANT Since the recent fire at the power plunt a new fire signal has been ar ranged to denote fire at either the mill or the power plant. This will be a series of short blasts. Voilstedt Sells Home To Newcomer Henry Voilstedt last week sold his home on O street between Sixth and Sevtnth. streets to Mr. and Mrs. T. V. Cgdon. The Ogdons are recent urrivals from Kansas and wilj make their home here. The Voilstedt i family has moved to the corner of l Eighth and A streets. Officers and Teachers Elected For Methodist Sunday School' At he annual meeting for election of officers for the Sunday school at lthe Methodist church Tuesday night ,tho following officers ere-elected.' i Sam Bartholomew, superintendent; Oswald Olson, secretary, Joe Deets. assistant secretary: Margaret McE! haney. organist;?' Dorothy Anderson;; assistant organist j , Joyce Maje, lil raiian; Mrs. L.', K. ' Page, "primary urrintenden; Fred Lou's, treasurer; Mrs. Batchelder. missionary superin tendent; and Mrs. Myers,, missionary treasurer. Practically the aame -i; corpa of teachers were re-eJcted. Plans - (or the Christmas tree were dlscusseu. . ;, EGGIMANN HAS NEW CAR C. F. Eggimann haa purchased a new Dodge delivery car for use in bis bakery and candy kitchen. TUSSI NG, OFB EN DSAYS i GOOD HOMESTEA DS LEW , D. D. Tusslng of Bend arrived la Springfield Monday and will take a pd'sll JoiTwrnrCTiErTyonr Mr7 Tuss ing formerly ''worked for Mr. 'Lyon about' five years sgo.' 'a present he IS stopping aC the! Lyon' home. 'Mr. Tnssing aaya"botbwlarg saw mills' at Dnd 'haVV'close'r'down' for the winter aha1 that' a MrgVWniDer ?2EJK ZJZFAJ. v a,;: , , ..7 w tpttloW of 'the city, Oearge W. Stoke gcrrf homesteads open to entry M)"' r -'e.-.ti Bend that are uniler' "water. While aoma l6f this land le'k 'bit 'rocky j yet excellent1 crops can be raised. , He says that 'there fs'also a'large amount '6f arid land 'at 'a 'greater dla tahce from Bend that iniy be home steaded." This,' he says, Is good land for an arid country.' All ready some er servlce' men 'have taken advantage of tba credit given them for the time spent in the army. He explained It thus: One must live on their home stead for 21 months, in three seven month periods, and cultivate and seed at least 40 acres, and build a habita ble house. If one served "21 months in the service he would still have to live on his place for at least one month and make the improvements. Or, If he had served fourteen months, more or less, he would have to live on the homestead seven months, or enough time to make the difference between his time In the service and the 21 months. LEGION TO HAVE IMPORTANT MEETING FRIDAY NIGHT The regular business meeting of the American Legion, Post No. 40, will be held Friday night. Dec- 10, In the Woodman hall. There are a number of important matters to come before the legion and it. la requested that there be a full attendance of the membership. After the business session there is to be a "hard-tlmea" party. All ex-service men of . Springfield and community are Invited to attend, and don't forget to wear your "hard- Time" duds. Invntor of Improved Prune Dryer Visits In Springfield Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dencer of near Salem visited with the Thomas Sikes family In Springfield last Sat urday and Sunday: Mr. Dencer came to Eugene to attend a meeting of horticulturists'.' " ' "" Mr. Dencer has invented an Im provement for prune driers that is conceeded will be of great, value. TH E TATTLER1 " (Springfield High School):' t EDITED" BY' 'SOUPM SIGNOR i v: ' .'..j . .. This la It " -rx t . ih Si Weber is manager of this year's basketball team. Weber is seriously stricken "with" the'-fever, So 'In order to ease him, off, the boys', gave bfm the Job of manager. A team, will. ba organised as soon 'as the' hall Is fin ished. SI says 'he sees bright" pros pects of a light team. Quite a lot of last year's "dark" team' is here for this year's medicine. Although last year was sort' of an air round defeat In pill . tossing, the boys are air looking forward to a great suc cess this season. A little scream entitled: "Us Kids Here in School". Us kids here in school have a time Aflghtln' each other and the teachers. To watch us would be worth a dime JAn" betteV Settlnrra. there'ach'SrsaOiu The fronniS, funny lftt. Wat8NB UUU lUTD IU VV44U IUC11 UUU1B, In shootln paper wada And dreaim''B castle tflwert; An' the shs-tyoii "WTtrto aSe W! TheyTe'gfeSt. tb ffoubt kbouf ltr They crack a Joke and look around To see If It has made a hit. Juniors wear a "nonothing" mask; Dress in their Sunday best Smile and bluff their way Thru every civics test... An' the seniors T How dignified they are; They sure do act their part. You'd thick to look at them, no one In the world was quite as smart., - It. Love. -III II, 'V. T I f Finds ElectrlcaVCdnAWnTtbat In nri(rrnu A Flr Hazards i After" ."eompW and ' thorongn' wp: J l UUUUUCU UO VUUU1UUU W wya uik as 'regaYda'firW HsU' and fire' protect tlon to'be.'abbnl tha average' condt- ' tiori. wUhona exceptldn.' He founi'1 a! number" of Instaticei of Electrical " wiring' which"' wer cchsldered' a grea't ffre'1 batards.'' In' ore buflil'pj the llghtlng'cohhectioh's were entirely' ' severed ' until' corrections had b'jen madeT Mr Stokes spent seveial days In specting Springfield and investigated the conditions among the business places, schools, electrics, wiring and connections, and the source and sup- . ply of the city's water for fire pro tection. The law providing, for the office of state fire warden was enacted In 1917. The object of the creation of this department waa to eliminate, as far as possible the enormous fire loss of the state. Men who were trained and experienced along; the line of fire prevention and protection were selected for the new department. Mr. Stokes, G. W. Allen, and Horace; Sykes, all deputy fire wardens, are making a survey of the conditions in all communities throughout the state. Mr. Stokes examinee the conditiona as to fire risks and protection in case of fire. Mr. Allen is a specialist la regards to ordinances and measures for the protection against fire, and Mr. Sykes has charge of the educa tional campaign for fire prevention U. S. Fire Loss $350,000,000 . Speaking "of the fire loss to the country Mr.. Sfiokds said that last year, with no great conflagrations, fire caused a loss of J350.000.000 in the United States. Twenty-three thousand lives were lost and 40.000 people maimed for the remainder bf their lives. There were 136,000 resi dences burned and 40,000 buildings which were supposed to "have been fire-proof werei destroyed. New con struction In the,.. United j States mounts to a billion dollars annuahy said Mr. Stokes, and' the lost from fire amounts to nearly a half billion each year...-' ' The work of running down those who commit arson is - a Tory impor tant part of the fire-wardens' activ ities. H. H. Pomeroy heads this de partment1 and 'is considered one of the best investigators' In: the United States, and' has secured a, large num ber of confessions , from . those who have 1 committed ' arsdnl 1 ' In the throe (Continued ' on 'page? tour) . T : , i - i ; Last week John Ketels; - That ta!V good looking- bachelor. Was arranging; hla display . Of Christmas Goods. Ori a table opposite the fountain; There was a counter full Of mirrors. And John was carefuly Inspecting these( Holding them so that the Fountain was reflected. At the fountain sat a Young lady! SheJnu8t have thought as flirting with her BecaGae; She remained therjeV nTRTrrinri finnriL DiiiicriiiL Wnnuc All Afternoon. ' We have never seen Bill H. Out on the river. Nor do we know it he can Swim But we have seen Him Out with a Lake M.ny times lately. By the way. Jlave you seen Bill dolled up in bis new Derby? - , :. t ' ' ' '